For the first time in three years Salvation does not feature as part of the University of York Students’ Union (YUSU) club nights.
The establishment, which formerly offered a popular Tuesday night out in partnership with YUSU, has controversially been replaced with the newly-revamped club, Kuda.
Salvation underwent a change of management last term and have since released new club nights, including a new Monday event: ‘F**K ME I’M A FRESHER!’
The decision has been met with mixed reviews from students. Bertie Baker-Smith, a third-year Economics student, commented: “Salvo is the best night spot in York, so I think I’ll be heading back there quite a lot still. And with deals including £1 J-bombs it’s impossible to go wrong. Long live Salvation!”
Second-year Philosophy student Matt Graham said that he was impressed with YUSU’s choice of clubnights: “It’s exactly the same [as Gallery] except for the joke Tiki bar. I loved Salvo, but Kuda as a venue, is better.”
Rumours have circulated that YUSU have fallen out with Salvation over their decision to continue targeting York students despite no longer offering an official night.
Manager of Salvation, Mathew Trolle told Vision that problems arose during negotiations with the Students’ Union. “It became apparent to me that [YUSU] were not happy with us launching the session under the branding of ‘F**K ME I’M A FRESHER!’ And specifically targeting York University Students. I attempted to reassure them that this was a deliberate campaign to grab peoples’ attention, and that the intention was for the brand to evolve week on week, e.g. F**K ME IT’S HALLOWEEN… or F**K ME I’VE FINISHED MY EXAMS and so on and so forth.
“We honestly thought that this idea was no more controversial, than say… French Connection using FCUK on their T-shirts, or F*** ME I’M FAMOUS, on the enormously successful David Guetta world tour Album.”
YUSU President, Kallum Taylor, said: “We chose the clubs for the official YUSU student nights after quite a tight tendering process. Salvation didn’t quite fancy what we offered them, and instead chose to run with a York St John night. It’s a bit of a shame because it’s a good venue.
“To be honest though, we got exactly what we wanted with Kuda, Tokyo and Revs and I just can’t wait to get on with working with them in pulling off the best, and by far the busiest, student nights in York.”