Welcome to Semester Two, a semester full of self-commitments along the lines of ‘I’m actually going to attend my lectures this semester’ and ‘unlike semester one I’m not going to leave my study until the day before the exam’. A jam packed 12 weeks, kicking off with Winterlude and the Football World Cup Final (at time of writing we’re 49mins in, 0-0, stress levels are at an all-time high), followed by the UCSA HAGM, UCSA Elections, National Elections, a few forums with the VC and of course the much anticipated end of lectures celebration, Tea Party. Hopefully grades being released last Friday didn’t put a dampener on the end of your holidays and while I can imagine you had no burning desire to return to campus and lectures I’m as happy as Larry now that you’re all back. Who is Larry and why is he happy? Unsure. Anyway, I missed...

You’ve almost made it through the first semester! Life is good. Well, good in the sense that it’s almost holidays, not so good in the sense that you have to survive exams first.
Be sure to make the most of your last week of lectures. Take full advantage of any opportunities that present themselves to squeeze those last minute hints from your lecturers about what will be in your exam! While I don’t condone bribery, wine and blocks of chocolate are currently on sale at Pak N’ Save...do with that information what you will...
Now, without trying to put a dampener on your day, exams are just around the corner so remember if you’re having a tough time with your studies, the UCSA and UC have lots and lots of support networks that you can access. If you are curious about what these are or you’d like more details, pop into the UCSA office (located in the...