A group of York students has won the opportunity to have their very own I-phone application developed after winning The App Challenge final, held at the Ron Cooke Hub on Wednesday, January 18.
YUSU Welfare officer Bob Hughes has warned students to be vigilant after a student loans phishing scam has been revealed.
Her Majesty the Queen will be visiting York on Maundy Thursday, 5th April, as part of the 800th anniversary of York’s Charter for the traditional “Royal Maundy” ceremony.
A flood caused by a heating system “failure” forced the university IT services to shut down many essential systems on Sunday night, causing problems for many students on the eve of their exams and assignment due-dates.
Societies and Communications
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Matt Harris: Final Year management student, former AU treasurer, Halifax Sports Rep, I've spent this academic year away from student politics, so I can see things from the politicians' side, and that of the rest of the student body.
Rory Shanks: 4th Year MA Post-war Recovery Studies (Politics!), Alcuin JCRC Treasurer & YUSU Ents Officer. Experience: YUSU Ents Officer - Ents Committee (Chair), Union Senate, Union Exec; Alcuin JCRC Treasurer - Finance Committee, Alcuin JCRC, run over ten major events, redesigned Freshers Ball for 2007 and helped launch first ever Viking Raid. Also redesigned Alcuin College logo and have trained over 150 people for ents.
Chaz Taylor: 3rd yr Electronic Engineering with Media Technology BEng, Board of Studies Representative, Former DramaSoc Treasurer, DevSoc Treasurer, Instrumental in 7 Central Hall Events and numerous other society events, across various societies.
1. Why are you running (in five words)
MH: I'm fighting for societies' rights.
RS: Work creatively [&] get things done.
CT: For the sake of every society.
2. If I were to set up a society I would...
MH: be underfunded and under-resourced.
RS: ...wonder how on earth to do certain things. How do I bank? How do I book out a room? How do I run an event? We need better society training!
CT: probably end up being treasurer again and work to get the funding we deserve.
3. I think the best thing I've done at Uni is...
MH: "....getting more funding for sports clubs when I was AU treasurer. Or maybe breaking my leg trying to save college bars from closure."
RS: Without a doubt the coolest thing was doing the Freshers' Ball. The great thing about the ball was that it showed what students can do. We had students DJs, student journalists, student techies, student doorstaff, student bands, student tv producers, student artiste liaisons, student stage managers, student dancers, student jugglers, student bus conductors...That's what being in a university society is all about.
CT: Fame, the Central Hall Musical 2006; being a part of a production that involved 60 people, was seen by over a thousand, and to walk out smiling, was truly an amazing feeling.
4. My preferred method of communication is...
MH:Emails
RS: Phone - it's good to talk. But for the union, innovative and creative methods through various different types of medium.
CT: semaphore... no, in all seriousness, face-to-face
QUICK-FIRE:
Peter Kay/Ricky Gervais: MH: Ricky Gervais, RS: Peter Kay, especially as Brian Potter CT: Ricky Gervais Friends/Frasier: MH:Friends, RS: Friends, CT: Frasier Newspaper/Magazines: MH: Both have their place, RS: Newspapers, CT: Newspapers Going out/Staying in: MH: Going out, RS: Going out! CT: Going out Mars/Snickers: MH: Mars, RS: Mars, CT: Mars Full-fat/Semi Skimmed/Skimmed/soya: MH:Semi-skimmed, RS: Full-fat, CT: Semi-skimmed
5. My favourite society is...
MH: Nouse
RS: YSTV. I've never seen a group of people work so hard and so well for some of our events.
CT: any which provide unique and interesting opportunities for its members… I guess that’s all of them then.
6. My first childhood memory is...
MH: I can't remember
RS: "Riding a horse very fast with my mum. And then somehow falling off."
CT: a magician at a birthday party; it’s not very clear.
7. The best book I've ever read is...
MH: Harrington On Hold'Em
RS: The Art of Looking Sideways. It's full of cool pictures.
CT: The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
8. My guilty pleasure is...
MH: Facebook
RS: Gallons of Mango Lipton Iced Tea and tonnes of Chilli Nobby's Nuts. Beautiful.
CT: doing fun things with societies when I should be working for my degree
Hmmm..... I'm not going to lie, I'm supporting Rory, but I'd really like to see all 3 candidates talk about communications policy and not just societies (where they probably think the votes are coming from).
How about a weekly newsletter, printed on cardboard and distributed on campus with information about EVERYTHING YUSU is doing that week on it? Surely that would be more effective than Daily News??
Go go Chazzy Taylor!
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