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The meeting highlight for Critic this week was the discussion surrounding Francisco’s plan for a “Free Box.” Currently the only free box to be had on campus is generally found in the Monkey Bar after a UniCol college pissup, but Francisco means to change this with his new endeavour.

His initial grand scheme of a Free Shop has been downgraded to just a box, the concept being that people donate stuff they no longer need, and other people can pick up items they’re keen on. For our part, Critic can’t wait to pick up some odd socks, used condoms, and appliances which are missing cords. We weren’t alone in thinking that the box has the potential to become a dumping ground, but the Exec generously voted to give it a short trial.
 
Thomas then pledged $300 from the Postgrad Budget to the KIDS Foundation, using some dollars he had lying around. At the time of the meeting, the Postgrad Committee hadn’t actually approved it, but Thomas was 100% sure they would, and claimed he would pay for it himself if they didn’t. We hope they do, it’s a long way for his mum to send emergency care packages after all.
 
Encouragingly the Exec also passed a motion to buy a new server. We aren’t totally sure exactly what a ‘server’ is, but we suspect it has something to do with making the interwebz go faster. This can only be good news; if the Uni internet was any slower it’d be going backwards.
 
Apparently James Meager’s attempt to opt out of OUSA has been successful. The Exec thought they were being tricky by referring to him as “the person who shall not be named,” but we are smarter than we look and worked this one out just before Critic’s print deadline. Either that, or we’ve got it wrong entirely and Voldemort doesn’t want to be an OUSA member anymore. Brad echoed the sentiment of last week with another “good riddance,” while Thomas recommended that they destroy all the Horcruxes first. Germans are a very literal people.
 
Showing her connectedness to the youths, Sarah suggested that OUSA create a YouTube channel and upload funny stuff on to it. Critic suggested that they film the meetings and upload them, but we were told that they don’t count as funny. No. Really?
 
Moving on, the planned VSM protest involved a lot of vaguely sexual chat about sausages, and who was going to sizzle them. Luckily Logan is “never desperate for someone to sizzle the saus,” but he struck out with young Sarah, who proclaimed she would “never sizzle Logan’s sausage.” Guts.