Vision says…
We’re getting hornier. York has risen 27 places to 32nd in Student Beans’ latest ‘sex survey’, with the average number of sexual partners over the course of a degree now at 4.08.
Here at Vision we are not entirely sure what the extra .08 of a person represents. If one point is for full on intercourse then perhaps it is a handshake, or at a push, a hug. Even so, it is good to see that we are no longer hanging around near the bottom (of the table) and are rising swiftly up, simply for embarrassment’s sake.
Just a theory, but perhaps this climb up the sex league is a direct product of our dramatic slide down the University league tables. You know, the real ones. Because we’re no longer sitting pretty in the top 10, and therefore no longer the go-to destination for Oxbridge rejects, maybe we are now attracting a more, shall we say, ‘interesting’ breed of student. It looks like we might finally be shaking of our highly undesirable nickname of ‘the University of Dork’.
Bangor University (who else?) topped the poll, coming out with an average of 8.31 sexual partners per student, which is considerably higher than York’s statistic. We can also take pleasure in saying that Lancaster were left languishing in 66th place. If only they’d come three places lower and they would have something to brag about.
Thumbs up to…
All students who took part in the recent skydive to raise money for RAG. Over £5000 has been raised so far overall, with third-year student Jennifer Hammond worthy of particular praise – the top earner by the day of the event, having raised almost £700.
Our very own YUSU President was one of the divers, taking the leap with his girlfriend. The pair has so far raised £839 for their bravery. Of all the ways to show commitment to representing your Union and raising money for charity, jumping out of an aeroplane is quite an impressive one – not a bad way to sign off the year in charge of YUSU. In case you were wondering, Ellis and co. hurled towards the earth at approximately 124mph – the fastest President in history? I think he might be. The participants must have suffered a fright the previous day when a story ran in the Daily Mail about an 80-year-old skydiver who was left hanging by a thread on his jump. Luckily this one passed without such drama.
Thumbs down to…
The Derwent JCRC. True, events often provide the highlights of people’s University years, but that does not mean that all of a college’s money should be splashed on them to the detriment of other key areas such as welfare and sport.
Derwent is known as the party college, and therefore naturally there is much pressure on them to produce with their events. The Club D brand has become a famous part of the college’s tradition, but it appears that the feeling of duty to deliver is now affecting the JCRC’s outlook on other areas of college life.
Thankfully for Derwent, their sports teams appear to be as proficient at securing funds of their own as they are on the field, but they should be able to rely on their college for funding rather than see it all go on events.
As for welfare, this is quite simply something that cannot be sacrificed for any reason. Looks like Derwent need to assess their priorities.