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Electing the New RAs

This week saw the election of the Residents Associations for 2008/09. For weeks Hannah and Oggy have been working hard to get students in halls to run in the elections and this week came the VOTE.

It was a very exciting and long week for all- I helped out by manning the ballot station in Tennis Courts on Thursday night (the ballot was open from 6pm until 9.30pm and it was freezing cold! =[).

I also spent most of Friday counting ballots- which was exciting- especially because we had to conduct two coin tosses- but also made me slightly "snow blind"

Tonight was the best part of all though- the results! Candidates and guests gathered in the Great Hall to hear the results, and listen to speeches from the outgoing RAs and some of the Guild Officer Group.

I'm really excited to meet all of the new RAs properly next week, on the residential training weekend!
Congratulations to all of you. Being on a resident's association is very rewarding and I wish you every luck in the year ahead.

Thank you also to the outgoing RAs. You have worked very hard, with passion, and made a very real difference to the lives of your students. I don't know what we would have done without you. Can't wait to see you all move on to bigger and better things.

World Aids Day II

The Guild activity for World Aids Day went ahead today and was a massive success.

We had loads of interest in the event, from students to the local PCT and even coverage from ITV, which can be viewed here (how very exciting)

Along with Emma O'Dwyer the LGBTQO and some amazing volunteers- Ed, Johnny and Alex mwah- I spent the day giving out condoms (we gave out THOUSANDS), literature on HIV transmission and testing, and red ribbons so students could wear a ribbon in order to mark World Aids Day.

We also ran an impromtu mini bucket shake in honour of Terrance Higgins Trust and managed to raise around £90.