Day four - Wet wet wettest
The first miserable day we’ve had this week, unfortunately this coincided with ‘The Big ?’, an outdoor event. Due to the horrible weather ‘The Big ?’ was replaced by an afternoon film ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’ screened in LT3. For those non Russell Brand fans, board games were available in Geordies, with a massive Connect 4 tournament springing up in spite of the worsening conditions outside.
Meanwhile, over at the Centre for Sport & Exercise, the Sports Union kicked off their Festival of Sports and Exercise with a variety of things to try from the common, rugby, to the not so common, anyone for Zumba!? This continues for the next two days with enough different sports that quite literally everyone can find something they can enjoy, check it out.
As the day progressed the weather improved and so the word went around, ‘The Big ?’ was back on! It transpired that the ? was in fact a water fight! The freshers helpers armed themselves with a pair of water bomb catapults and a plethora of other water based projectiles. For the first ten minutes the hundred or so freshers that had ventured out were getting thoroughly soaked, one unfortunate new student getting one water bomb right to the face! However, as more first years emerged and as the apparently unprepared helpers ran out of bombs, the tide turned. They weren’t helped by the slightly questionable use of buckets and bin bags by the fresher reinforcements!
As it was last semester, it is now. Tonight’s Hairy Watt Comedy Club was sold out by 19:00 and was packed not long after the doors opened at 20:00! Both acts, and the compere for that matter, getting extremely warm receptions from a crowd, clearly as happy to spend the night laughing and enjoying the atmosphere as they have been partying as though week one of lectures will never come.
For those of you not following us on Twitter (and why aren’t you!?) here are a selection of the best tips from today’s ‘Freshers 101’, a feature with literally 101 tips for the new student.
- When the fire alarm goes off you must leave your hall, no excuses! No matter who you are…
- If you have any problems while at uni, we do have some excellent and well used support services that you can come and talk to.
- We can’t advocate stealing road signs to put in your room. This is illegal and you will get in trouble if you get caught.
- Linlithgow halls have a 24 hour computer lab, for use by all students.
- The ducks are friendly, you can feed them, but they’re not food for you! Students have been deported for eating a swan or duck from the loch!
