Vision Says…
Congratulations to all successful candidates in this year’s YUSU elections! A closely fought presidential race saw Special K edge out Nacho in the battle of the corn-based products whilst James Carney was nowhere to be seen. Judging by his twitter feed he was off nailing himself to a cross somewhere. Yes, after he was punished by the Returning Officer for illegal campaigning Carney really did compare himself to our Lord Jesus Christ. Don’t worry James, I’m sure the messiah will sympathise with you, after all, being banned from campaigning online and going through a crucifixion are basically one of the same…
What was most surprising about this year’s results is that there were no real surprises. For the first time in living memory the YUSU exit poll actually managed to successfully predict the winners of every sabbatical position. This didn’t take away from the excitement of the night however – The Lounge proved an excellent venue, even if the bar was five rows deep in thirsty onlookers, live-bloggers in search of inspiration and a menagerie of oversized animals. Kevin the Cow made an appearance, as did unsuccessful Racial Equalities candidate Vish the Fish, but most weirdly, Peter Warner-Medley turned up dressed as a penguin. No, I don’t know why either…
Thumbs up to…
Derwent student Adam Bennett, who has been pulling out all the stops to get students to register as organ donors.
After hearing the deeply upsetting news that his close friend Matthew Stein, who requires a lung transplant, has been admitted to hospital, Bennett decided to arrange a ‘Derwent Donor Day’, at which students were encouraged to sign up to donate their organs to other when they die, so that people like Matthew have a chance to continue with their lives as best as possible.
With Stein stuck in Hospital undergoing radiotherapy, Bennett is keen to help cheer up his friend by putting on another recruitment event if there is enough interest, and we wish him the best of luck.
This an incredibly touching story of friendship, and with Stein himself being a former Vision contributor we here encourage you all to sign up to this great and simple scheme which can help so many people.
Thumbs down to…
The University groundsmen! With the welcome disappearance of the snow and the weather improving, college sport players were just starting to get back into the swing of things until a little bit of rain caused both the college rugby semi-finals and college football to be cancelled on Sunday.
The decision to cancel football was admittedly understandable, with the pitches becoming a bit of a mud bath (though this is hardly a change from what we’re used to…) but cancelling the rugby was madness. You can’t just go round cancelling games every time it rains, and if anyone’s used to rolling around in mud it’s rugby players.
With the college sport schedule already so far behind schedule the rugby was one of the rare outdoor sports that looked like it might come to some kind of conclusion, but now fixtures are going to have to be crammed in left, right and centre for us to be able to crown our college rugby kings.