The "Ask a Durham Student" Thread :)

Can you join later in the year? Say, if they announced that there'd be a speaker that I really wanted to see.

no it's another way of saying that all the speakers will be members only
it appears that some of the forums will be open to more people, and I think some of the social events might be open (having just checked, yes, some of the social events are open, but they'll cost non-members more to go to)

oops, I need to read it properly, I read it as certain speakers not certainly the speakers

Ah, yes that makes more sense. I was slightly confused as to how you'd managed to get that inference out of what I'd said.

And yes, you will be able to join at any point, but you may as well join at the beginning, and go to events like the free welcome drinks - sparkling wine and pizza, s'good - on the 12th (which I'm not going to 'cause I'm going to go see Rich Hall instead )

Yeah, you just go down the DUS office. Though I would encourage you to join in the beginning so you dont miss out on other stuff, e.g. Freshers drinks.

Have you/most people you know at Durham joined?

Speakers in Michaelmas 2008: Will Greenwood, Shami Chakrabarti, General Sir Richard Dannatt, Iain Duncan Smith, Peter Stringfellow and Jeremy Irons

I'm sold.

http://www.dus.org.uk/Upcoming_Debates_and_Forums According to that there's a few other things open to all, but I assume after the first term everything's members only?

Which was... umm... interesting *cough*Wezselftan*cough*

Not everything, but most things, yes. There'll be various internal debating competitions which will be open to everyone (Robson Cup, Fresher Cup, Inter-college Cup).


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