Hiya.
Apologies to all of you who over the last
week were pestered, harassed, shouted at, flyered, postered, written on and so
on and so forth. Anyone who doesn’t know
why this was needs to have a word with themselves. The RUSU elections 2011/12 took place last
week and were a serious success. The
funny thing is, though I just apologised… I’m really not sorry. Not a sausage. I’m sorry that I’m not sorry. The elections are magic.
How
did we do?
Here we go jargon and serious face time:
Within one week more students take part in a democratic process than any other
time during the year. Nearly 3000
handsome and well-groomed Reading students got online and voted for who they
want to lead their student union next year.
More, ladies and gents, than ever before. If you were part of this, cheers.
Like Kelly Rowland, usually I’m down for
whatever - but in particular I’m down
for democracy. It’s a nice feeling
knowing that though on the outside people tend to seem apathetic and a bit
sluggish to get involved, they do care about this stuff! Even the nice young lady who came and sat
down and said to me “You do realise I’m only doing this because I want free
pizza.” The fact she then sat down and took the time to look at the candidates
and work out who she wanted to vote for is a success.
So, who have you got coming in to replace
me next year? I know what you’re all thinking…how do you replace the
irreplaceable? STOP IT you flirts! Ceri jones, Nick Cook, Cara Swift, James
Fletcher and Sophie Davies all did really good campaigning, and off the back of
this they are going to be your Student Officer team for next year. And what a pleasant and amusing bunch of cats
they are. I for one will be happy to
hand over my office to Ceri , your new VP for Democracy and Campaigns, secure
in the knowledge it’s in safe hands. She’s nice and that.
The
Fear
One other thing I wanted to talk about is
“The Fear”. I remember this time last
year, when The Fear hit me. It comes to
a point in the year when everyone panics about work, and people become
irrational. The remote gets lost for the
TV and there’s a Cluedo-style witch hunt for whose fault it was. Someone doesn’t do the washing up and they’re
now “just the worst guy”.
Listen Colonel Mustard/ Miss Scarlett! Put
the lead piping down and take a little breather. This time of year is stressful. You need the people around you, like your friends and
housemates, to be the ones helping you to calm down. Make sure you give people some slack, because
come exam time you’ll be relying on them to keep you sane. In the meantime, don’t peak too soon. Get in some time for R & R, make time to
go out with your mates and enjoy the weekends. You’ll feel much better about
work when you know you’ve got something to look forward to!
I love feedback. So… even if you want to just come and have a
nag at me about last week, my office is in the RUSU hub. I’ll provide biscuits and a cup of tea for
anyone who does, like the good host I am.
Finally, I can be followed on twitter! For
all things democracy and campaigns follow @rusu_vpdc or for the more exciting stuff without the
watershed follow @benjhaines.
I’ll write again before Easter about some
really exciting stuff we’ve got coming up in the summer. In the mean time, I’ve missed you guys.
See you all soon
Ben
P.S Campus Central now sells hot-dogs.
Quality right?! Another huge win for students, get in there and give them a
try, they’re DE-lish.
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