The article is my début in Better Than Sliced Bread. When I asked the editors for any guidelines, their answer was ‘anything goes’. However, that much freedom felt overwhelming, and I decided to stick to at least some of the traditions already established in the paper.
So, continuing the long line of pointless observations and juxtapositions, this piece of writing was born.
As I write these lines, I’m sitting on a wooden bench on the fourth platform …

Balancing on the thin line between being a successful student and a hard-working employee is a skill worthy of admiration (and envy). As students, we are forced to adapt a very degree-orientated approach to our studies. We are under constant pressure from the department and the faculty to get on with our studies, graduate and change our degree-orientated lifestyle to a career-driven one. However, at the same time those of us who are lucky enough …

SUB ry, voted by me as having the worst name for a student organization ever, is the name of the religious sect of the Department of English student body. If you’ve checked the HYY calendar, you’ve probably read the description for SUB, which explains that we organise parties, game nights and other fascinating stuff that makes you yawn like never before.
Elections for the board of 2008 took place a week ago. New members joined, new …