Monthly archives for October, 2011
Films to Make Your Halloween Complete
If you’re only going to watch one spooky film every year, you might as well watch it on Halloween. If you’re watching a film on Halloween, you might as well watch one of these, hand-picked for you by the staff of BTSB! Interview with the Vampire (1994) “Interview with the vampire is a classic Halloween [...]
Songs for a Spooky Halloween
Halloween, officially voted the spookiest time of the year in an election that I just made up in my head! As unsightly ghouls and goblins (or children, as they may prefer to be called) roam the earth in search of tricks and treats, it is only customary that the rest of us get in the [...]
Sitsetiquette According to BTSB
Teeny tiny phrase book: Sitsit = An academic dinner party, where we sing, drink and enjoy each other’s company. You get to dress up really nicely and meet other students. Afterparty = If you didn’t get a chance to sign up for the actual sitsit, you can always come to the after party where there’s [...]
A Glimpse into the Life of a Committe...
Dear Diary, did the start of Uni turn me into an alcoholic? I’ll start off with a quick recap of the orientation week (the next couple sentences are quite effective cliffnotes of the whole story): I was drunk. Everyone else around me was drunk. I met cool new people. Then I woke up on a [...]
BTSB at the Movies! September 2011
This Month’s Review: ‘Melancholia.’ Currently showing at Tennispalatsi is Danish writer/director Lars Von Trier’s latest offering, the appropriately entitled Melancholia. Melancholia begins in unconventional fashion with a beautiful extended sequence of very short, seemingly abstract scenes shot in slow-motion – some f [...]
Poetry: The House of My English
Out of Norton anthologies I shall build The house of my English! And its walls shall grace The words of wise poets And its floor shall be Chaucer as my foundation And as its housetop Shakespeare And as windows to the world Rose-tinted glasses: I will find employment! But out in the yard The grades [...]
Memoirs of an Exchange Student –...
I can’t believe it’s already almost been a month. I arrived in Edinburgh on a fine Monday evening in the beginning of September. I spent the first week living in a hostel and mainly looking around in amazement (and shopping for necessities). The beautiful city of Edinburgh has made me clumsy in a way I [...]
BTSB Sports: Interview with Englannin...
Better Than Sliced Bread conducted an interview with team representative and star striker Mika Niemi after an impressive 2-2 tie against MopSi in Töölö last Wednesday. Mika, what’s your preliminary analysis on the day’s game? What gives? – The decisive factor was certainly the lack of firepower! There were balls bouncing off [...]
BTSB Presents: Excerpts from the SUB ...
Name: Klaus Miikka Tapani Nuotto Position in SUB: Working Life Hair colour: Chocolate brown Distinctive features: Umm, skinny boy with pictures on skin Class: freshman of 2009 Favourite teacher: Jörgen Svensson (Swedish @ the language centre) Hobbies: music (playing and listening), cycling I admire: people who get things done in time This is [...]
