NEW MR AND MISS UI EMERGE
Consequent on the beauty pageant which held on Thursday, the premier university now has newly-crowned monarchs. Once again, the Mr UI title is retained by Independence Hall as a Katangite who goes by the name Nimiloluwa aced his other equally-brawny competitors. On the ladies’ front, a dame from Philosophy Department Yetunde is now the new Miss UI. The event which finished late in the night also witnessed a guest appearance from ace musician, Black Magic.
ARTS, TEDDER VICTORIOUS AS JAW WAR COMES TO AN END
The annual debate competition Jaw Wars came to an end last week Wednesday amidst fierce intellectual and oratory battles. The first category featured the Faculties of Arts and Technology with the latter emerging victorious with the topic discussing the right approach to tackling corruption in Nigeria. The second category pitched the male halls of Ahmadu Bello and Tedder against each other. The well-suited Tedder Hall team, for which the Vice Chancellor had earlier openly declared his support, ended up carting home the prize. There was also a lot of individual accolades to go round. Students from the Faculty of Law dominated the nominations despite crashing out in the semi-finals. Among the lucky winners were Alufa Temijuopelo James and Onele Peter Cole.
Also during the event was a personality lecture given by the governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi represented by his deputy Chief Moses Alake Adeyemo. The lecture, which focused on the theme of student unionism seemed to become an unsung lullaby as nearly half of the audience was entombed in sleep.
UI WINS MSSN DEBATE
The Muslim Students’ Society Of Nigeria(MSSN) on Saturday held an inter-university debate competition in the Central Mosque. The University of Ibadan team, led by a Katangite Fadil Bakry came out on top, beating the runners-up University of Ilorin and Ladoke Akintola University of Technology. The topic was “Global Terrorism: An Offshoot Of Scripture Midconstruction Or The Western Hegemony”.
Also, Fadil Bakry took home the award of “Most Experienced Speaker” which many people have found impressive considering the fact that he is in 100 Level.
ASUN NIGHT TURNS DISAPPOINTING
The recent ASUN Night which had been overtly hyped proved to be lacklustre, at least according to ten people who all pleaded anonymity.
The early hours of the event featured a random group of people dancing in a small circle while others were forced to watch them. When the ‘asun’ itself was to be distributed, it was not particularly in the most organised way as meat was seen being thrown from the balcony of Tedder Hall and Uites so comically rushed to catch it like beggars. In the words of a. Mellambite Ifeoluwa Shaibu, one does hope it turns out better next year.
FELA DUROTOYE’S DTF INDUCTION HOLDS
Over 100 people auditioned for the different segments of the DTF Tour competitions which held on Satuday, 29th November, 2014. While over 60 candidates contested in the Campus Speaker Number 1 contest, the other categories Positive Vibes and Ace Advantageous Entrepreneur were well over 30 contestants. The event which started a little behind schedule finished around 5pm. Candidates that contested in the Campus Speaker Number 1 and Positive Vibes will now be expected to wait for the results of their auditions as 20 candidates are set to be shortlisted in each category before the final 6. The final will eventually hold at the International Conference Centre, (ICC) on December 11, 2014.
UCJ INDUCTION WEEK CALENDER RELEASED
Out of nowhere popped the event list for the Union of Campus Journalist induction week which is to begin on Monday, the 8th of December.
The first two days are to include lectures on digital journalism and discipline while the third day features the much-dreaded test and the next is an excursion.
