The final debate of the week: Guild President. On the podium tonight was Patrick Hoyle and Alex Honey, interviewed by XpressionFM’s Lottie Rayner. The evening debate began with opening statements from the two candidates; Patrick went first, emphasising his experience with Guild and University affairs over the course of his time at Exeter. Alex followed, […]
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Sabb Debates: VP Education
The third day of sabb election week concluded with a debate between the three prospective candidates for VP Activities: Penny Dinh, Enes Baylar and Jack Hindson. Hosted by Xpression FM’s Sophia Hartwell Graña, the debate kicked off with a whiteboard round. All candidates performed strongly when quizzed on the names of the academic colleges […]
Absolutely Sabb-ulous?
Absolutely Sabb-ulous? AS someone who’s now in their fourth year at this University (I feel so old), February brings me more dread and repressed exasperation than any other month. Yes, the upcoming Sabb elections once again loom – everybody try and contain your excitement. Once again, Forum Hill will transform into a minefield of campaigners […]
Sabb Week: Guild President Debate roundup
The candidates for Guild President concluded this series of debates with some of the most electric performances seen throughout the week. Coupled with a Chair whose methods mixed precision with ferocity, and a series of revealing questions, this was the clear highlight of the five debates. Beginning, as is now tradition, with the one-minute speech, […]
Every 2017 Sabb campaign video
Are you already struggling to keep up with the Sabb elections? If so, don’t panic… We’ve compiled a run-down of all the campaign videos for you to peruse – and you can even watch it in the safety of your own room, far away from the harassing (but lovely) hoards on Forum Hill. Guild President Luke Avery Luke did not produce […]
Referendums and reefers
SHOULD we stay or should we go? We’re asking the question so much these days we’re in danger of sounding like The Clash. Another NUS referendum (the second in as many academic years at Exeter), conveniently placed slap-bang right in the middle of exams, seems a little excessive if you ask us. There are certainly […]
Report: Guild President debate
And so concludes the final debate of SABB week, with the position of Guild President up for discussion this time around. Although it proved to be less contentious than the previous night, it certainly offered up one of the most diverse range of ideas out of this year’s line-up. Jack Sheeran reliably chaired the debate […]
Report: VP Welfare & Diversity debate
With seven candidates competing to replace Naomi Armstrong as VP Welfare & Diversity, tonight’s debate was tipped by many to be the most exciting of the week. It appears that they could be correct, with some genuine polarities being revealed tonight, in stark contrast to the previous two debates, which were both heavily criticised for featuring candidates of […]