A new year, a new board and what’s more, a new president of SUB! BTSB had the honor of meeting SUB veteran Kerttu Kaikkonen at the peak of her power in this second installment of inaugural interviews. We talked about her history with SUB, recent developments and upcoming challenges, as well as SUB-love and JFK! [...]
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State of the SUB Address – BTSB...
A new year, a new board and what’s more, a new president of SUB! BTSB had the honor of meeting SUB veteran Kerttu Kaikkonen at the peak of her power in this second installment of inaugural interviews. We talked about her history with SUB, recent developments and upcoming challenges, as well as SUB-love and JFK! [...]
A Very DERPy Summer
Being an account of things that transpired at SUB’s role-playing club DERP over the Summer.
The Knights Who Say DERP, part the Fi...
What follows is a short(ish) write-up of the Department of English Role-Players’, or DERP’s, first meeting and the game played there. The game was run using Labyrinth Lord, a retro-clone of Tom Moldvay’s 1981 Basic/Expert Dungeons & Dragons set. The players are referred to by the names of their characters instead of thei [...]
DERP: An Introduction
Better Than Sliced Bread sits down with the founder of SUB’s new role-playing club, DERP.
Undercover at SUB’s 40th Annive...
On the 17th of March of 2012 I had the displeasure of witnessing one of the worst demonstrations of excess and debauchery within the student community of the University of Helsinki. As a concerned member of the student body I felt bound by my sense of justice to partake in the 40th anniversary dinner party [...]
A Tiny Fashion Report from SUB’s 40th...
A tiny fashion report from SUB’s 40th Annual party (*) This year’s anniversary party had a drastic difference compared to previous years: The dress code informed in advance was truly formal, not the smart casual we’re so used to in SUB’s sitsit. This stirred some conversation before the party: can one come without a [...]
Public Service Announcement: Guide to...
Those of you who have been checking all the mail that comes through SUB’s mailing list should be aware of the fact that SUB will be celebrating its 40th anniversary on March 17th. Better Than Sliced Bread has previously discussed proper table party manners and etiquette before, as seen here. However, an anniversary dinner, especially [. [...]
NMES – A User’s Manual
Over the coming weeks you are going to be hearing a great deal about something called ‘NMES.’ NMES (pronounced ‘eNeMiES’) stands for the ‘National Meeting of English Students’, and it is quite simply the most wonderful thing ever invented. Each year, English students from all over Finland gather in the host [...]
A Beloved Child Has Many Names
Laskiainen is by far the most underrated festival in Finland. Few remember when it is celebrated, and even fewer actually celebrate it. The only way it differs from a regular Tuesday is that school cafeterias and workplace canteens serve pea soup already on Tuesday instead of the traditional Thursday, and that the usual dry pulla-pastry [...] [...]
