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One
of the joys of York University is its 'everything-in-walking-distance'
campus. The University will probably tell you that this is to allow
for excellent proximity of the library to all colleges, and integration
between all departments and admin.
In
reality, the campus has been sculpted in this way to provide a built
in pub-crawl for students in need of an easy way to spice up their
Becks-life.
There
are seven bars on campus, one in each college except for James,
and each has its own unique ambience. Of course, everyone develops
a favourite bar, sometimes allied to their college, sometimes based
on proximity to their department for pre, after and during-lecture
relaxation.
I personally
enjoy each in some way or other, and thought I'd provide a single
phrase review for each bar.
As
far as doing the campus crawl goes though, one tip: be sure to keep
your own college bar until last to minimise distance to fridge ratio.
Or at least drink enough to ease acquaintance with someone else's.
Vanbrugh's fridges for example, are particularly handy for someone
in the bar…
Alcuin:
'Have you been to Ikea York?'
Derwent: 'The key word isn't integration'
Langwith: 'Single-file queue at the bar please'
Vanbrugh: 'Flight BA67X is boarding…'
Goodricke: 'old-man's-pub-chic'
Wentworth: 'Don't go too crazy!'
Halifax: 'Is that a self-assembly shed?'
Back
to the Freshers' Week Survival Pack
If
you've been inspired by Robbie's
words of wisdom and think you could hack it as a student diarist,
find out more
here.
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