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SU Elections Are Open Now!

Picture of a cake with text saying free cake = a vote

It’s that time of year again where we have to vote or just click spoil vote.

So what elections are we talking about?

Considering we’re based in Lincoln, called Lincoln & That and all attend the University of Lincoln, we are talking about none other than the Student Union Elections or SU elections for short.

What do we get, as the people, from this election? Well, home-made cakes (you have to pay for), hugs from  dragons and people bombarding you to vote for their friends. We have a far better strategy.

Picture of a cake with text saying free cake = a vote

Winning campaign poster? This would have the votes rolling in…if any of us ever bothered to put ourselves forward.

The other best thing about the SU elections is how creative each candidate can get with their poster. (Sadly, we can’t get our hands on all of them and plus our campaign would be better).

So the big question is how do you vote and why do you vote? You vote because you may know someone running or love voting or you just having nothing else to do. How do you vote? Well, you can either go to the main admin building or go online.

Go and vote or don’t and stick it to the man!

Voting closes on Friday afternoon.

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How Do You Make Lectures Better? Answer: Spaceship Chairs

A picture of 12 Steelcase Node chairs in a variety of colours.

Okay, perhaps you read this title and your first thought was “what the hell is she talking about?”

Well… if you have happened to take a look in the main building at university, a few of the rooms on the first floor are filled with the weirdest chairs in existence.

We here at Lincoln & That (well, probably just me) like to call them “spaceship chairs”.

They’re pretty snazzy actually (yeah that’s right, I said the word snazzy). They’re basically a version of the plastic school chair but at least two times more comfortable, with a plastic circle underneath to place your bag, an added cup or water holder (ooooh) and a move-able desk. They’re also on wheels, which cause you to want to spin around constantly like you did in Year 9 ICT.

So they may not sound amazing by description but if you’re left-handed like me, university desks for “lefties” are hard to come by. Also come on, just look at the photo below and tell me they aren’t cool.

A picture of 12 Steelcase Node chairs in a variety of colours.

LOOK AT ALL THE PRETTY COLOURS. Photo: thehumansolution.com

The chairs are called Steelcase Node for anyone interested. My fellow writer Emily actually wrote down the brand of them in her notebook because she is incredibly sad.

Anyway, sadly I couldn’t find a picture of them with the cup holder (which is the MUST HAVE). What’s also crap is that our chairs are only in white… look at the colours we could have had. Imagine a rainbow room of them. Oooh pretty.

If you think I’m nuts right now for talking about chairs then take a group of 20 year olds into a room filled with them and you’ll understand what I mean.

 

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What To Expect From Churchills Lincoln

The outside of Churchills restaurant and coffee bar Lincoln.

So, picture this, you’re in Lincoln and someone mentions a stop off for coffee/tea/cake.

Then you remember you’re never more than a metre from a tea or coffee shop.

Our latest find is Churchills Restaurant & Coffee Bar.

Located on the High Street, opposite Carluccio’s, this cosy coffee shop is modern with a relaxed atmosphere. Not the usual tatty looking leather sofas and patterned bucket chairs placed round a coffee table. It definitely feels more like a restaurant, with cushions on the seats to soften the mood (and the seats).

The menu contains a selection of hot and cold drinks, all at reasonable prices. They also serve meals, as it’s also a restaurant. How lovely if you’re struggling to choose between food or coffee.

The desserts and cake selection is definitely amazing, so many different puddings. So many we spent several minutes umm-ing and ahh-ing over what to get. Eventually I opted for a warm scone, you may pronounce this as ‘scon’ (we’ll save that debate for another time), with jam and cream.

Finally the staff are really friendly and welcoming, which makes everything so much better. It runs on waitress service too, so there’s none of the embarrassing slow walk across with a tray of hot beverages. If you’re in hurry, (you’re obviously busy), you might as well stop by to pick up something to take away.

 

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What Not To Do With The Revolving Doors

Very annoying.

On the 7th November, just to be exact, Richard Morris wrote a lovely, little entertaining piece called “Yes, it’s not just you, those revolving doors are annoying.”

We know, we know that you have been waiting for these vlogs since November. Sometimes we just have to wait for the best things in life. Yes, our vlogs are that phenomenal.

Well here is what you have been waiting for.

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There’s Going To Be A New “River Island”

This is the old River Island store, soon to be shut.

If you’ve had the joy of walking along the High Street in the past couple of weeks, you’ll notice that there is a major construction project happening near the Lloyds Bank and opposite(ish) Boots.

THERE’S GOING TO BE A NEW RIVER ISLAND.

So, if you’re like me, and fancy spending £30 on a single shirt, then you’re in luck.

I tend to find it is the kind of shop I only want to go in once I’ve got some gift vouchers, but fortunately my family have cottoned onto this to the extent that one Christmas present is always a voucher for said shop.

At the moment in store there’s a lot of shirts with pictures of Amsterdam (through various Instagram filters) with the word “AMSTERDAM” emblazoned over the top of it in some hipster fonts, so if you’re a fan of that kind of thing, be my guest (I’m not, I have terrible fashion sense, I can basically just about pull together some colours as a “theme”…and that’s me being generous about my own abilities).

It also says outside the new store that they are “recruiting”, but they’re not, I did a search and there are no jobs available at all at the new store. SO IT’S ALL LIES.

I wanted to get a Saturday job so I could graduate with at least some level of money, but apparently they don’t want Fashion Supremo Richard Morris working for them.

As I went to hit “Schedule” on this post, I was made aware that in fact The Lincolnite, a more serious and boring news source, has already done a story on this, so if you want to be bored to death click here.

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Take Me Out

A stage with two stands with women's names on which is empty. A massive sign is on a purple and pink screen saying "St Barnabas Lincolnshire Hospice" and "Take Me Out"

Sooo, you know what Take Me Out is right? That programme with all those cheesy one-liners like “let the apple see the crumble”, “no likey, no lightey” and all that jazz. If you haven’t heard these ultimate corny sayings from good old Paddy McGuiness then there is a wonderful selection for you.

Anyway, last year St Barnabas Lincolnshire Hospice set up their own Take Me Out event to raise money. The event starred 8 hopefully men and 20 girls on the stage, hoping to win a free meal and date at Nandos. I mean come on who doesn’t love free chicken right?

This year the event came back for a second time. It saw mental dancing, guys strutting their stuff, women doing the splits and backflips; and oh, a guy put a glass eye in his mouth (yes, that DID happen and ew).

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Tomorrow Is Bobble Day!

It’s time, ladies and gentlemen, for the day you’ve had marked in your calendar all year….Bobble Day!

And no, it hasn’t got anything to do with hair bobbles.

I'm not sure where Phil from Flickr found this hat, but I want it. Seriously, who doesn't want to be a space invader? Photo: Phil Oakley (via Flickr)

I’m not sure where Phil from Flickr found this hat, but I want it. Seriously, who doesn’t want to be a space invader? Photo: Phil Oakley (via Flickr)

As you’ve probably guessed from the pic, it’s actually all about bobble hats and is part of a campaign by Age UK to get everyone to wear their woolly clothes and bobbles all day.

Why?

Because if you haven’t already noticed, it’s pretty damn cold at the moment. But whilst most of us take heating and warmth for granted, lots of old biddies out there can’t afford to heat their houses.

Age UK are trying to raise money to help warm them up a bit and Bobble Day is a huge part of this mission.

Stokes’ Coffee on the High Street are selling badges with bobbles on for £1 as part of the day and one lucky person will win some free tea and cake next week. And come on, who doesn’t like cake? When it’s free, well, that’s basically heaven on a plate.

Georgina Garrett and Helena Burt from Lincoln’s Age UK had a little chat with us about this. Listen below.