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Last week was Re-O Week, and although a number of events were cancelled due to both the weather and lack of attendance, the week was generally considered a success.

OUSA organised a raft of events to keep the punters amused. Wednesday saw the President dressed up as the Mad Butcher giving away free sausages outside the Clubs Day in Union Hall. This event also gave students a chance to sign up to any of the clubs or societies that tickled their fancy. Later that night, Nightcap was in town, where pingers and ravers rejoiced to the sound of 16bit, The Upbeats, Light Year and Alphabethead.
 
 
Carnival Day was cancelled on Thursday due to predicted bad weather, much to the dismay of those who cannot let go of their childhood, and the very small minority who like watching creepy men masquerading as clowns.
 
Despite the weather Market Day still went ahead, accompanied by live music throughout the day. Thursday night was busy, with a combination of the extremely popular International Food Festival and a unique Roller Derby event held in Union Hall.
 
The Illuminate Paint Party was held on Saturday night, after Critic’s print deadline, but anticipation for the event was high among younger students, many of whom cited it as the event they were most looking forward to.
 
Unfortunately the Robot Wars event run planned to be held by the Applied Sciences Association was cancelled due to lack of entries. One particularly unhelpful robot fanatic was upset with the news, saying “I reckon it’s an awesome idea. I so would have entered, but I didn’t”.
 
OUSA President Logan Edgar also postponed his “Presidential Prison” event until Monday night due to a combination of forecasted snow and the fact that the media were more likely to be interested if his protest coincided with the build up to the possible passing of the VSM bill on Wednesday.
 
Scarfies took things into their own hands by organising the Castle Street Keg Party on the Tuesday. A shadowy figure named ‘Bruce’ was the organiser of the event’s Facebook page, which successfully confused university and police officials as to who they would blame for any incidents.
 
In the end, however, the event was subdued due to bad weather, with a far lower than expected turnout. That didn’t stop the local residents and the truly committed from having a good time though, with each house choosing a particular theme. One house had a ‘Cops and Campus Watch’ theme, and, as a highly intoxicated and sexually frustrated man in a dress tried to kick down a fence, an attendee dressed as Campus Watch effected a citizen’s arrest, dragging the cross-dressing offender to nearby police.
 
Despite this incident the event never threatened to get out of hand, with local resident Jim Robins commenting “it was nothing more than your average Tuesday night on Castle to be honest.”