Student 24/7 Aug 2014 | Seite 2

EDITOR’S LETTER Warm weather, my favourite! Kinga Siejek August... What a month! Now; in terms of events on Campus, yes we may not have been buzzing, BUT the events that we did have were some of the highlights for the year, especially for next year! How can I say this? Well, we had a WHOLE LOT OF VOTING happening on Campus. From SRC to HKs, any students who had the guts, and felt that they could make a difference nominated themselves for a position. Now while for some students it is easy to then go and blame or make fun of certain people or student positions in general; but the matter of the fact is; is that it takes courage to stand up on a stage and speak passionately of what they want to do if voted into power. Yes, there may be students who just want to do it for popularity reasons, or for who knows what; but majority (if not all) of the students that were elected went into the job with the idea of changing the Campus for the better. While I give credit to those that spoke their minds during Manifesto Day, I think ‘seeing is believeing’ is the best course forward... Anyone can say they want to make a change, but it is a completely different thing to actually go and do it. So I wish all the SRC and Hks of 2014/2015 luck in all that they will do during their time in office, and know that you have over 6,500 students watching your every move... So; no pressure! Now, down to some business. August is always one of my favourite months of the year, next to April, September, October and December... I guess you might be able to tell why the others are (Easter, Spring, Halloween and Christmas!). The reason? It’s my birthday month AND Women’s Day! So not only do I celebrate because I was born, but also celebrate that I was born a woman, and thank all those amazing women that came before me for the things that they did, the pain they have to go through to make sure that I am in a place in life where I have more freedom than was allowed before. Now, while I refuse to tell you my age (I love when people try to figure it out), I can at least say that the older you get, the more birthdays are just not what they used to be. When you were a young child, the excitement of toys, and a party with a cake was what made birthdays a day to countdown to... Most people after a certain age, will probably tell you that their birthday is a day they dread. The idea of getting older, the wrinkles that slowly start emerging, the aching muscles... doesn’t sound fun now does it. But the one thing I learn, is that you need to still have a little bit of fun on your birthday, no matter what age you are turning! So I ate a cupcake that morning (as chocolate as they get), and kept a 2 - Student 24/7 smile on all day. Then when I fot home, I had my favourite dinner, and a lovely Oreo Cookie chocolate! Very low-key, but the point is that I still tried to find a way of celebrating. Now, there are a few things to celebrate in the coming weeks on Campus. Firstly SPRING is finally here! Though it might not look or feel like it just yet, you have to admit that the days a re getting warmer. Before we know it, we will all be walking around in shirts and shorts thinking if jumping in the river would be a good or bad idea to help cool ourselves down. The second reason to celebrate, is that September means CULTURE DAY is close by! And this year we are celebrating it on Heritage Day itself! So SAVE THE DATE now... All those cultures, all those stalls, and all that yummy food to try! My stomacj growls just thingking about it! Looking back at August, it too was a busy month... Let’s have a quick look at what we covered for August (that I know of): • The SRC Maniferstos • The SRC Elections • The Residence Manifestos • The Residence Elections • The SRC AND Residence Inaugurations • The Faranani Farewell Party • The Faranani Block Party • The Law Debate • The Longfellow Charity Event • The Law Society Community Project • The Silent Protest • The SCC Event • Woman’s Day • The Earthquakes in South Africa WOW! And those are just the ones I can think of at the top of my head! But I can tell you know, if you read through the Mag, you will get more info on what they are about. So! Scroll away dear readers!