Societies

A fresher Fresher’s Fair perspective

As soon as I left my health and safety lecture, I found myself in Dalby Court in what was supposed to be the final area of the fair. It wasn’t long before I picked up how the fair worked with scanning QR codes to get the details of each of the societies present.

After getting details for three societies I planned on joining, a sticker, a couple of sweets, and successfully evading a financial society by convincing them that I don’t want a job, I had to cower from the storm while my more prepared friend kept exploring. By the time I was once again able to brave the rain, the security had decided to implement the most ridiculously congested one-way system they could think of, so we had to go down the ramp to the hobbies, where I would find some of the quirkier societies in addition to failing to resist the urge to investigate the sea shanty society’s stall (they had a blahaj and chocolate, truly a most despicable marketing technique).

After avoiding the storm’s worst by retreating to the library cafe for lunch, I unfortunately had to go through the rest of the one-way system the correct way due to the greater security around. After seeing a person dressed in racing gear being pushed around on a luggage trolly and wondering why on earth the medics had their own dedicated section, I would make my way back up to the now much emptier Dalby Court, taking one last look before heading back to my halls to escape the now returning rainstorm.

Overall, I found it quite nice visiting all the different stalls despite all the rain present. Although now I’m a bit worried about how I’m going to manage an extra 8 new societies.

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11th Oct 2024

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