Mixed greetings
Welcome to York! For some that sentiment may ring hollower than others, as yet again freshers are facing disruption on their first day at our University. You’d think that the powers that be would at least have waited a few weeks before disillusioning this year’s latest intake, but unfinished buildings and sparse kitchens have greeted some members of Derwent and Goodricke.
Considering last year’s highly publicised debacle in Alcuin, where freshers arrived to find their accommodation buildings uncomplete, you’d have thought that, this year, efforts would have been made to ensure the accommodation students have already paid for would be in place. Granted, health and safety laws are strict and no one is pretending that it would have been better for them to have been ignored. However, it remains a shame than when embarking upon the “biggest week of their life” they won’t be able to eat more than toast and a pot noodle.
Nonetheless, it is a sincere welcome to this year’s freshers, and you are becoming part of a great institution. You’ll find everything you need for a highly enjoyable three years (even the chance to join some award-winning media societies…) Now when does the work on a Union bar start…
