Things have finally come to a close in the Union’s elections. There has not been a longer event in the history of the world with the following exceptions: the Siege of Sarajevo, the Hundred Years War, and Steph’s pregnancy in Neighbours.
So, for the last time, let’s talk elections. I promise, as my solemn vow, to never mention them again after this.
Now the whole thing is behind us, we have a President who has vowed to kick UWIC students out of Come Play on a Saturday.
As a policy, it’s fair enough. It is our university, so it’s fair to give Cardiff students priority. Saturday nights are always going to sell out here, so it also makes business sense. And considering GI Joe found his way into office, it was evidently a pretty expedient move politically.
But as many people will remember out on the campaign trail, our new President anchored his speeches on the cheap joke that if he wanted to go to UWIC, he wouldn’t have worked as hard in his A-levels.
There’s obviously a pecking order in terms of universities and, let’s face it, we get the small pleasure of being above UWIC (heck knows there are fewer unis we get to beat in the league tables every year).
But is it really useful for the new representative of us all to take the piss out of people from another institution we may have to work with in future?
I know it was all just done in jest, and I’m sure that UWIC students are hardly going to hear this and develop a complex about their university.
But whilst it may be okay to start banning UWIC students from Come Play, there was never any need to stick the boot in and slag them off in the process.
