One
of the disadvantages of the Newfoundland weather is the very common flu that
has already swept through campus. I was hit particularly hard and have been
bedbound longer than I would have liked. This has lead to my laptop getting
more use in a day than it would in a week.
This
is a bit of a mixed blessing. I get to keep in contact with my friends, which
makes me feel that I’m right back in UL and it keeps me up to date with the
news. Unfortunately, it also leads people to believe that I had absolutely no
life here whatsoever.
Fortunately,
when I do get to venture of my quarantined bedroom, I have lot to be doing.
We’re currently in the second busiest time of assignment hand-up. I’ve already
handed up one genealogy and a research paper on the Thirty Tyrants of Ancient
Greece. Next up is a paper on the popularity and decline of doo wop and a
recorded interview of an international student. Yep, I am talking the most
fitting exchange student classes going.
I’m
also involved in the Students’ Union elections here, helping the incumbent CSO
get re-election. It’s amazing the difference between their elections and ours.
For one, they don’t allow penny sweets. I’d say that if penny sweets weren’t
allowed over here, the voting numbers would be halved. There are no t-shirt wearing campaigners
going around the place, nor any blogs anonymously posting venomous and nasty
comments. The SU give around $200 dollars to candidates to spend on their
campaigns and students are not allowed to go above it. The candidates don’t
seem to mind, but it seems to diminish the buzz and atmosphere that you get
around SU Election Week. Let’s hope there’s more excitement in store for the
ULSU candidates.
