Welcome Freshers 2008!

[Admin]

If you're coming to St Andrews this September, here's the place to ask any questions you like.

Fire away, and someone will gladly answer your queries!

[Cain]

Is there still a ceilidh on the Sunday?

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I hold an element of surprise

[Oli]

Yes, there will be. Full details for Freshers' Week released soon.

[Hennessy]

The Sinner is still the best place to go to ask questions about St Andrews, maybe it should have some kind of advertising campaign in Fresher's week?

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The Sinner.
"Apologies in advance for pedantry."

[RandomMusings]

I think you make a good point, Hennessy. What exactly is the position of The Sinner in relation to the Association structure? Is it an official part of it or not?

I regularly direct people to the accommodation pages of The Sinner as it is the only place worth going at the moment.

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? The humble question mark?
? So much mightier than the sword?

[munchingfoo]

Whilst I agree with you, I don't think that stance is a very helpful one. It's catch 22.

We need a mindset similar to when the sinner first started up to regain a popular usage throughout. I guess this means recommending it to everyone even if, for example, this week its rubbish, because if everyone does that next week it might not be.

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"The entirety of these definitions lie outside the gamut of the sRGB color space — such a pure color cannot be represented using RGB primaries. The color swatch to the right is a desaturated approximation, created by taking the centroid of the standard definition and moving it towards the D65 white point, until it meets the sRGB gamut triangle."

[ct3012]

What might be good would be having more up to date articles about the town/uni in general.

[Al]

Why don't you write some then?

[Power Metal Dom]

Heh, couldn't resist.

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Like flames on fuel...upon metal I drool

[ct3012]

I would, but as it stands I could only write something about Albany Park. And even at that it would only be updating the existing article to include the past years developments...

[Delts]

Surely you've been to some of the pubs, since they are really out of date.

Quoting ct3012 from 15:11, 31st Aug 2008
I would, but as it stands I could only write something about Albany Park. And even at that it would only be updating the existing article to include the past years developments...

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Quotes: For when you can think of nothing to say yourself.

[Hennessy]

First it would be helpful if the admin could clear existing articles for pubs that have ceased to exist in that form to avoid confusion

[hr]

The Sinner.
"Apologies in advance for pedantry."

[Hennessy]

Also I'd like to point out the way first years seem to have ignored this board and posted straight to the main board .


They are young, soon they will learn the ways of the force...

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The Sinner.
"Apologies in advance for pedantry."

[Mephisto]

Quoting ct3012 from 15:11, 31st Aug 2008
I would, but as it stands I could only write something about Albany Park. And even at that it would only be updating the existing article to include the past years developments...

Intriguing, what's happened in the last year?
I'm moving up to St Andrews and into graduate accommodation in AP in under 3 weeks. Eager to find out as much as I can.

[Mephisto]

Quoting ct3012 from 15:11, 31st Aug 2008
I would, but as it stands I could only write something about Albany Park. And even at that it would only be updating the existing article to include the past years developments...

Intriguing, what's happened in the last year?
I'm moving up to St Andrews and into graduate accommodation in AP in under 3 weeks. Eager to find out as much as I can.

[Mephisto]

Quoting ct3012 from 15:11, 31st Aug 2008
I would, but as it stands I could only write something about Albany Park. And even at that it would only be updating the existing article to include the past years developments...

Intriguing, what's happened in the last year?
I'm moving up to St Andrews and into graduate accommodation in AP in under 3 weeks. Eager to find out as much as I can.

[Mephisto]

Quoting ct3012 from 15:11, 31st Aug 2008
I would, but as it stands I could only write something about Albany Park. And even at that it would only be updating the existing article to include the past years developments...

Intriguing, what's happened in the last year?
I'm moving up to St Andrews and into graduate accommodation in AP in under 3 weeks. Eager to find out as much as I can.

[Mephisto]

Quoting ct3012 from 15:11, 31st Aug 2008
I would, but as it stands I could only write something about Albany Park. And even at that it would only be updating the existing article to include the past years developments...

Intriguing, what's happened in the last year?
I'm moving up to St Andrews and into graduate accommodation in AP in under 3 weeks. Eager to find out as much as I can.

[ct3012]

Quoting Mephisto from 11:15, 2nd Sep 2008

Quoting ct3012 from 15:11, 31st Aug 2008
I would, but as it stands I could only write something about Albany Park. And even at that it would only be updating the existing article to include the past years developments...

Intriguing, what's happened in the last year?
I'm moving up to St Andrews and into graduate accommodation in AP in under 3 weeks. Eager to find out as much as I can.

We've now got a proper bike shed and common room with pool table, large tv, sofas, vending machines. I think all the houses have had their kitchens upgraded too, so they're no longer 1970s wonders.

[Admin]

We're making a wiki guide to St Andrews right now.

This will be publicised MASSIVELY throughout Fresher's Week, via flyers, posters and a stall at the Freshers' Fayre (look out for us there!*).



As for The Sinner's status:
The Sinner is an independent website, with no political, financial or other links.
It is owned by Oli Walker and is funded partly by Oli and partly by advertising revenue.
Oli's posts under the three main usernames as follows:
Admin - for posts about The Sinner
Oli - for posts that reflect his own personal opinion and that are for more serious things
Thackary - for the throwaway comments and less serious stuff.


Oli Walker also works for the Students' Association as Design and Marketing Officer. For this role, he may post under the shared username "Students' Association"
He makes sure the two jobs are kept separate, and finds it a bit weird to be typing in the third person.




*If anyone would like to help out at the Freshers' Fayre stall, please email admin@thesinner.net - we have a couple of people lined up to help already, but would gladly welcome another three or four friendly and enthusiastic volunteers to introduce the new first years to the site.