Aston Times

I spent a few hours in the Aston Times office today. It turns out with issues being published monthly, I will be very busy if I win the elections in a few weeks- so yea I'm going to be running for the position, and I don't think I've got any competition either (I hope). It's a non-exec position so I won't have to get too heavily involved in the politics of the guild- of which there is a whole lot off! To get me going I'm writing an article for next weeks issue about the history of the paper, as it is it's 60th Anniversary- hope I don't let the paper down :S At the moment, I'm in the main building again, middle of the night, watching the Eastender's omnibus on BBC iPlayer whilst writing my campaign manifesto. I'll post it when I'm finished :D

I also had an LGBT meeting today, the new committee is slowly taking over and making plans for the time we are in charge :D Not that I'm letting the power go to my head! Next year we want to make sure that the society is offering a wider variety of options to it's members, less drinking and more cozy nights in watching movies. Aston isn't all about drinking and going out all the time, there is a strong sense of family and belonging, which everyone can get if they involve themselves and make friends with people who have similar, and sometimes different, interests and opinions to yourself. That's what I have found most satisfying and comforting in my short time here. 

We have also been planning next year's tour, like all other societies we have an annual long weekend/holiday away and have good laugh and a rest from the humdrum of university life. Correction humdrum isn't a word I'd use to describe my time here actually, so I guess tour is just another excuse to have more fun :D