What Your Uni Years Will Be Like: A Filmic Narration through GIFs

Jess O’Kane, Online Editor, shares some GIF wisdom worth remembering.

First off, well done! You’ve made it through the horror of A-Levels – doesn’t it feel great?

You’d better throw those books you treasured out to celebrate.

Oh, and you’re going to want to do some serious relaxing. We’re talking slanket level shit.

First, you’re gonna fall over a lot:

And for the first months (read: years), this will be your life plan:

There’ll be some sexual encounters that make you feel like doing a Liz Lemon dance:

And others that feel more like this:

But it’s okay…because everyone’s as uncool as you:

Especially this guy:

And even if you look more like Honey Boo Boo when you’re dancing:

You’ll actually feel like this:

 You’re going to look in your fridge and ask this…a lot:

And you’re going to put on a lot of weight:

…and then work it off again:

Your first essay will make you feel like this:

Until you get the results:

But no sweat, because your first good mark will feel like you just dodged a land mine…

Living in close quarters, you’re going to have to deal with other people’s habits:

And they’re going to have to deal with yours:

You’ll spend so much money that this becomes an acceptable conversation starter:

But in the end, it’s all about finding your rhythm, whether it’s just you:

Or with somebody willing to do a coordinated routine in Arena:

Either way, you can only hope you’ll enjoy it as much as this sloth is enjoying being tickled by Ryan Gosling:

Jess O’Kane, Screen Editor

Faceblocked: Uni demands removal of ‘Spotted: Exeter Uni Library’ Facebook page

‘Spotted: Exeter Uni Library’ allows student to make anonymous observations about people they see in the Library

• ‘Spotted: Exeter Uni Library’ Facebook page goes viral
• Senior University management claims pages harass students and damage their career prospects
• Students upload explicit images to page, adding:  “New game. See how long you can have your balls out before someone notices…”

It’s the Facebook page everyone is talking about.

But senior University management are demanding those behind ‘Spotted: Exeter Uni Library’ remove the page, claiming that observations made about students on the page amounts to “harassment of people who go there to study”.

‘Spotted: Exeter Uni Library’ claims it allows students to “anonymously message us about that cheeky someone you’ve seen in the library, or use us to let them know that you’ve noticed them noticing you noticing them”.

The Spotted groups have gained viral popularity since anonymous students set up the page in December 2012. In less than a month, ‘Spotted:  Exeter Uni Library’ has achieved over 3,000 Facebook likes.

Students make observations about students in the library which are then re-posted on the ‘Spotted’ page. Recent posts have included: “To the blonde in leggings trying to find a place to sit on level 0, as long as I have a face, you have a seat”.

‘Spotted: Exeter Uni Library’ has recently started posting images to its Facebook page, including an explicit image of one student exposing himself at a computer desk. The accompanying text read: “New game. See how long you can have your balls out before someone notices…”

In an e-mail seen by this paper, the University claimed they would be “writing to the organisers of this site to ask them to remove it”, stating that “most people would find the idea of having their appearance, dress sense or sexual availability commented upon and shared amongst thousands of other people deeply unwelcome.”

They added: “it is also very unwise for students to leave comments since many employers now scan social networking sites and will take a view on people’s professionalism based on what they read there.”

‘Spotted: Exeter Uni Library’ continues to post student’s observations to its Facebook page.

 

By Tom Payne, Editor

 

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