The end of an era
Twenty-seven issues of gair rhydd and 14 issues Quench, and it’s all over. This is the last gair rhydd I will ever edit, and the last editorial I will ever write.
I can’t quite fathom how quickly these 27 issues have flown by. Twenty-seven late, late Thursday nights and 27 early Friday mornings, trying to get the paper off to the printers on time.
The end is nearly here!
So, the end is in sight – well, it’s already here for some of you, you lucky buggers. And the sun is shining (at least, it is as I write this. By the time you read it, it will probably be raining, knowing Cardiff).
Cynicism aside, I love Cardiff at this time of year; barbeques and sun bathing in beautiful Bute Park and everyone in high spirits at the outset of a four-month summer holiday.
The results really are in!
So, this time last week I wrote that I would wait until this week to write about the outcome of the election since, at the time, we were living with a hung parliament. Now, as I’m sure you all know, Gordon Brown has resigned as Prime Minister, David Cameron has moved into Downing Street, and Nick Clegg has jumped into bed with him to become Deputy Prime Minister.
I don’t know about you, but I was actually very sad to hear Gordon Brown’s resignation speech on Tuesday night. I think he has had a hard time as Prime Minister. He has come under criticism, but as he said in his speech, no one other than those who have served as Prime Minister will understand the pressures and responsibilities of the job. I did vote Labour this time around and now I can’t help but feel that it didn’t really count.
The results are (not quite) in
Well, surprise surprise, the result we’ve all been waiting for for four weeks – and it’s a hung parliament.
We sat in the office all of Friday waiting for a final decision to be reached, but the paper had to be finally sent to printers before Dave and Nick had reached a conclusion, so I think I’ll wait until next week before I discuss that.
The week we met Gordon... AND Nick!
Well, it’s all been going on this week. I met a potential Prime Minister on Monday and (for the second time) the actual Prime Minister on Wednesday – a big week for me and politicians. I’ve still yet to meet Dave, but oh well.
Yes, Nick Clegg was in the building at the beginning of the week doing a Q&A session with the people of Cardiff, and Gordon Brown was answering questions at the Swalec Stadium two days later. I rather liked both of them, and that’s half my trouble: every time I speak to someone new, I change my mind as to who I’m going to vote for. Maybe I should just be completely impartial and vote for Cameron… or not.
Union business: elections notice and a bit of a rant...
Election week has commenced! Well, actually, by the time you read this, election week will be over, probably. Still, at this moment in time, I’m very excited, and also a little bit sad that I’m not campaigning again this year.
The Union steps are covered in banners, (some) people are walking around in crazy outfits, and I can’t even look at one paving slab on Park Place without seeing a pastel-coloured flyer.
So, it’s been a while…
I thought I’d rear my head again to talk about the upcoming elections. It seems like only yesterday that I nominated myself to run for this very job, thinking that I didn’t have a hope in hell’s chance of actually getting it. And here we are again, a year on, and people are nominating themselves to take the job from me.
gair rhydd were hoping to print the list of candidates in this week’s issue, but the close of nominations was not until Friday afternoon – after we had gone to print. No doubt we will give you the full rundown in next week’s issue, but since you will all probably know by the time you read this anyway, I feel okay about divulging the information.
Welcome to 2010
*Happy New Year and welcome to the first gair rhydd of the new decade. We’ve lots of stuff in this issue for you – we’ve been containing it for the past six weeks! *
First of all, I have to mention, once again, the ‘Gherkin’ off’ front page from the last edition (sorry). It caused quite a bit of upset to quite a few people, but I can’t believe the backlash it caused on the website – 93 comments and counting – the most we’ve had for as long as I can remember.
It's Christmas!
... okay, well not quite, but it’s the last gair rhydd of this academic term and, in fact, of the whole entire year. My, how time flies.
This week, we were lucky. A brilliant front page story fell into our hands – the engineering rugby team had given some of its members food poisoning after they were forced to eat food that had been up someone else’s backside during their initiation. (See photos on front page; they caused quite a reaction when they reached the gair rhydd office).
Awards, horoscopes, and gender-neutral toilets...
We’re the second best student newspaper in the country! We were presented with the runner-up award in the Best Newspaper Category at The Guardian Student Media Awards on Wednesday.
The awards, held in Proud Galleries, Camden, and hosted by the lovely Colin Murray, honour the best of student journalism from across the country. Our very own Quench and gair rhydd were nominated for Best Magazine and Best Newspaper, respectively. Quench was pipped to the post by Oxymoron, Oxford University’s magazine, but gair rhydd won a nice wad of cash for coming second in its category. We were beaten to the top spot by The Leeds Student.
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