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.
According to the President of York’s Chinese Students and Scholars Association, Meizi Liu, the society “did not expect this (clash) at all”. She told the Yorker that she felt it was “a pity that these two events clashed”.
Liu described the Fiesta as a “banquet of food arts” whereas the CNY Gala would be a “banquet of drama, martial arts, and acrobatics. There will also be “rare” performances to be expected, such as “Hard Qigong performed by Shao Lin Monks” and “Chinese music and dance combined with Western Pop styles”.
While Liu “welcomes all to share the joy of the Lunar New Year”, she also told the Yorker that it will be up to students’ “interests to choose“ from these two events.
The Yorker also spoke to International Students Association’s Press and Publicity Officer, Sofia Asatridi about International Week and Saturday’s Fiesta.
Asatridi is not discouraged by the clash in dates of these two events, as it hasn’t affected ticket sales at all. According to Asatridi, all tickets have been “sold out … not only to international students but home” students as well.
Asatradi told the Yorker that Fiesta will be “the most important event of the week” as well as one of the “biggest and most picturesque on campus”. Fiesta will kick off at 7pm at Roger Kirk with an international food fair with 18 stalls offering “unique dishes” from countries including Latin America, Kazakhstan, Hong Kong, Poland, Malaysia, Holland, Greece and more. There will also be a vote for Best Food and Best Stall Decoration at the end of the event.
The Fiesta Afterparty will start at 9.30pm and brags “live performances by Peyoti for President” and the “three winners of the cultural performance” earlier this week.
Other events that have taken place this week as part of International Week included a cultural performance on Monday, February 22. This showcased performances from 8 different countries, with Kazakhstan stealing the crown, and Japan and India coming in second and third respectively. Asatridi told the Yorker that she “enjoyed being part of these acts” and that the event was a great success and they had to unfortunately turn away people who tried to buy tickets on the door.
Tuesday was International Movie Night, which was free for all. They showed a 1997 Iranian film Children of Heaven and a 2006 Spanish fantasy film Pan’s Labyrinth. On Wednesday, McQ’s played host to the International Bar Quiz where entry was also free.
On Thursday night, the International Week Pageant takes place at the Edge Bar in Wentworth. Entrance will be free to watch “ten contestants from different nationalities” compete for “one crown, one tiara and a £100 prize”. According to Asatridi, there will be 4 rounds of competition, including traditional wear, contemporary wear, a Question & Answer session and a talent round.
The next day, the ISA have invited teachers to hold dance classes at James Dining Hall as a part of International Week from 2pm to 6pm. The dance class schedule is as follows:
215-315 Salsa 330-430 Sirtaki (Greek) 445-545 Bollywood
Classes are free for all and will be suitable for all levels.
As a whole, both societies have exciting events planned that promises to be successes.
York CSSA will be selling tickets for the Gala on Friday between 12.30pm and 2pm in Vanbrugh Foyer, at a discounted price of £8 for everyone as there are “not many good seats left”, and £5 for CSSA card holders.
To find out more about CSSA's Chinese New Year Gala, read Fiona Lavelle's article here Chinese society celebrate the year of the tiger in style
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