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.
Langwith Chair Cem Turhan told the Yorker, “Each College puts in their utmost effort to organise seven great Freshers’ week… that will be inclusive to all.”
“We are doing daily non-alcohol events, and of course those that contain alcohol will be still fun for non-drinkers,” Turhan went on to say.
However, creator of the Facebook Group 'Vote YES to Alternative Freshers' Week!' Joel Hellewell said that the Alternative Freshers’ Week would in fact “improve the freshers’ experience at York significantly” and would also mean “second and third years can get involved more easily through society events.”
According to Hellewell, “The motion is more to provide a framework for a complementary Fresher's week so that we can begin to organise events next year.”
Nevertheless, Hellewell admits that he “regret[s]” the “minimal interaction with College Chairs before putting the motion forward.”
Should the bill pass, however, Hellewell told the Yorker that he would be “communicating with them [College Chairs] every step of the way as to how AFW and non-alcoholic college events can co-exist whilst pursuing both of our aims.”
Turhan also told the Yorker he would like to “meet with the proposers and discuss their issues … [to] put together a huge, amazingly fun packed fresher week with lots of opportunities.”
To learn more about the motion’s pros and cons, join their facebook groups here and here.
Please click here to vote on this issue and also other motions from the most recent UGM.
comment deleted by the author With all the other motions being debated, I'm surprised this one has drawn the most anger! IT seems rather inoffensive to me.
When Derwent JCRC invest as much in their non-alcoholic events, even proportionally, as in their shitty Club Ds, then maybe I'll believe them when they say they take non-alcoholic events seriously.
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