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This might be an interesting one that I don't think we've done before. Assuming you went, which Uni societies did you join?
I joined the Hat Soc on Fresher's Week. The Uni had a policy that you weren't allowed to create a soc based purely around getting drunk (so no Beer Soc); the Hat Soc got around this by creating a soc where you wore hats and drank beer.
The other one I was a member of was the Zap Soc, dedicated to playing Quasar / Laser Quest games.
What've you got?
I ended up in the Grafting Soc, it was like the Hat Soc, but instead of dressing like a Div and drinking beer, we worked all day, and then drank beer at the weekends until we were so drunk we managed to forget for a moment we were just another wage slave drone in the hive that was 'business'.
It ws shit.
Somehow, I knew that was going to happen.
I've just finished David Nicholls Starter for Ten which took me back ! Of the two universities I attended, the Scottish Societies, of which I was entitled to be a member, were the Jock Soc and the Sweaty Soc ...
the Sweaty Soc
Oh, that's genius.
Don't remember seeing hat soc at uclan, so just joined the cycling club!
Sailing Soc, Rowing Soc.
Both beerless.
My best friend was in the Fine Arts Soc and got pissed most nights in fine Red Wine....
Don't remember seeing hat soc at uclan
Must've been a different year, cos that's precisely where I joined it. (1990)
Presumably, the university flying club was called the Wind Soc.....
I'd have been supremely qualified for the Odd Soc.
I don't wish to speculate regarding the Masturbation Club.
Don't remember seeing hat soc at uclan
Must've been a different year, cos that's precisely where I joined it. (1990)
1993 here, must have missed it
UEA for 3 years joined none.
Lancaster for 1 year mtb club.
Newcastle for 3 years joined none.
Met most of my closest friends via the Birmingham university Rock Soc and my spouse (indirectly) through the mountain bike society.
A cracking few years were had!
Since I was a Fine Art student, joining a soc that was just a thinly veiled drinking club seemed fairly superfluous...
Plus I'm a bit anti-social...
I couldn't be arsed. I went to the SU on the day the clubs were signing up people. Either they required too much commitment from someone who had a pretty weighty lecture and project workload or they were half arsed. Instead I just piggybacked my mates and went to their club events if they sounded fun.
I'm currently on the committee of our student geological society 8)
Fell Walking Soc. Lots of walking and more beer.
Oh and Sounds Exec. We did PAs for gigs and discos, so that was humping speaker cabs around and drinking beer.
I was in the Juggling Society. Learnt a bit of juggling, and other useful skills. Plus some drinking beer (but not while juggling...)
Plus some drinking beer (but not while juggling...)
If you played pool at the same time you could've been Beertricks Potter.
cycling, walking and climbing (called BUMS). Most sport socs had a social on the same night so that was pretty cool.
Tried the kayaking society but couldn't stop capsizing.
Moved onto the mountain biking club, which was great.
Assorted nerd-related ones. Mostly the gaming and science fiction ones. I work at the same uni I went to, these days, and I keep looking at other things and thinking "why didn't I do that?" if only for the gender balance...
Type that name on the Net, no way! Someone might Google it and find this thread and... . Doesn't bare thinging about.
The ChemBio Soc.
Which was almost compulsory as we were chemists. The only off-campus we organised other than the annual piss-up were brewery tours. Surprisingly, we had a few non-chemistry related members. 🙂
Two Edinburgh Unis had clubs dedicated to calling out the mountain rescue service, they cunningly disguised them as climbing clubs! EUMC and HWMC I believe (I'm a thicko who never went to Uni, Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa!).
I'd have been supremely qualified for the Odd Soc.
I don't wish to speculate regarding the Masturbation Club
Presumably one and the same club?
Music Soc at Lancaster. In retrospect I should also have joined the MTB one.
I was in the juggling society at York. I remember playing pool a lot; me on a 5' tall unicycle, the others on equally tall stilts. Everyone else probably thought we were knobs.