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A G AT H E R I N G F O R DANIEL WILLIAMS
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THIS GIRL CAN
What’s Your Next Hobby? Olga Shevchenko
MSc Applied International Development
“This is such a great opportunity for people to browse all of the university societies”, says Alex Rose, president of the Sci-Fi society and vice-president of the Chess Club. And I agree. We are at the Refreshers’ Fayre, an event that gives an opportunity for societies to promote themselves, recruit new members and allows other students to see what’s out there. Alex himself is currently a member of eight societies and used to be in even more
throughout his time in the University. Most of them he discovered during the fayres. He tells me that there was once a Quidditch team, one of the oldest Quidditch teams in the UK, but sadly it got disbanded this year due to a lack of committee members. But maybe someone would fancy continuing this legacy? There is truly a variety of things to try and to do. Personally, I have discovered the Domestic Do It Yourself society at the Fayre. Thanks to the neat schedule they have been distributing there, I have circled a few dates in my calendar to attend some of their
sessions (namely, Calligraphy and Lino Printing). For communities, this is also a rare opportunity to get together and meet each other, as Alex notes (a member
of Junction11, photobombing our photo for the article just proves his observation, photo on the page 2). Alex also adds that despite this Fayre being quieter than the one at the beginning of the year, the SciFi society have been able to get a few people to sign up. I can also attest to that, getting “This is such a great op- some new names onto the portunity for people to Spark sign-up sheet. We have also been able to distribute browse all of the univer- a lot of the newspapers, and sity societies”, says Alex to remind people that anyone can write for the Spark. Rose. Perhaps students feel more at ease when it is quieter and it is easier to talk to the interested individuals.
There is truly a variety of things to try and do. If you missed the fayre, you can still discover all the amazing clubs and societies we have at Reading University by browsing the RUSU Activities page at https://www. rusu.co.uk/activities/. We have got so many activities and hobbies to try out this year!