Catching up with the crowd

Dear gair rhydd,

As the invigilator announced “pens down” at the end of my last ever university examination I was relieved that I’d finally caught up with what was starting to seem like the entire population of Cardiff students.

Scouting for acts?

Dear gair rhydd,

Why are Scouting for Girls playing the Summer Ball?

I’ve tried to justify the choice in my head ever since they were announced as the ‘headline act’ in March but still I fail to. I understand that the Student Union doesn’t have bottomless pits for pockets but I really worry whether the money has been well spent.

Crime doesn’t pay premiums

Dear gair rhydd,

I read this week’s front page of gair rhydd and felt slightly depressed about the subject matter.

Of course, there will inevitably be crime and especially in areas with populations of largely middle class students who are seen as easy targets, the thing that gets me the most is that fact that even though students hear it over and over again, they do nothing about it.

Post-grads answer back

Dear gair rhydd,

Firstly, in response to comments by Rasputin relating to the Graduate Centre in the current issue, readers may be interested to know that the university did not TAKE space from the Union to create the Graduate Centre. In fact, they GAVE the staff dining room space to postgraduates (who are still students as far as we are aware), and part of the Dining Room donation also enabled the creation of the Student Development Unit. The Graduate Centre was created at the request of postgraduate students and remains important to postgraduates. It may not be busy in the evening, but that may have something to do with the Graduate Centre being above Solus, and therefore not being able to hold events on club or gig nights.

No Frills Attached

Dear gair rhydd,

Eagerly, I picked up a copy of this week’s Gair Rhydd and turned to the back page. I did this in expectation of a reasonably sized piece about Cardiff’s University Ultimate Frisbee team, NoFrills, and their victory last weekend, especially considering NoFrills are now UK and Ireland National Champions.

Not-so-Comic Sans

Dear gair rhydd,

What was that thing on page 18 of last week’s issue? Of course, I didn’t understand all the Welsh bit but the advert underneath took my breath away.

Student apathy?

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Dear gair rhydd,

I initially wanted to write this as a complaint about the apathy of today’s students after I attended a national protest against what I consider to be an unequivocally appalling development in the history of Wales- the welcome-mat of £14billion that the UK government has paid to a consortium of arms companies in the development of a military academy here in St Athans, South Wales – and once again noted the exceptionally poor student turnout.

Graduation Retaliation 2

Dear gair rhydd,

With regards to Piers Thompson’s letter in issue 866, I wonder what alternative arrangements he has to offer.