• Top 10 Best Questions To Ask A Local Person When Travelling

    1 – Where can I find the most spiritual place in the city.
    2 – What is the taste of the city and where can I get some?
    3 – What’s the best place in town that visitors never go to?
    4 – Where would you go to get the definitive photograph of the city?
    5 – What is the best beach/green place round here?
    6 – What makes people laugh here?
    7- Where is the prettiest place to go for a walk?
    8 – Where is the place that most makes you happy?
    9 – What makes people come and live here and why?
    10 – Why did they build it right here?

4 responses to “Rectorial Election – Glasgow University”

  1. Alan McManus Avatar

    Cheers Kelvin,
    it was great fun – even if we didn’t do the great cup cake bake-off or the manual wheelchair race up Gilmorehill to the Uni Library that I suggested :-). As so many students have expressed disappointment at no further action on the issues we raised, I’m considering standing for Education VP in the SRC elections.
    Meanwhile, for I’m looking forward to the inclusive Christian spirituality retreat we’re running in March (10th-12th) on the lovely Isle of Cumbrae for gay and bisexual men: http://retreat.maniple.co.uk/ (some places still available).

  2. Lawrence Rosenfeld Avatar
    Lawrence Rosenfeld

    Wait a minute! Does this mean there will not BE a Rector? How can that be?

  3. Kelvin Avatar

    There will be a Rector – Mr Snowden is the Rector. He just won’t turn up to do anything.

  4. Agatha Avatar
    Agatha

    It might turn out to be for the best for your future – Gordon Brown was a working rector and look how it turned out for him! Well done on being an honourable second.

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