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You wait years for a filmsoc, and then two come along at once

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Despite The Shadowrooms apparently having state-of-the-art digital projection, 3D films and a nice comfortable theatre (these kids today, they don’t know they’re born) – USSU is apparently running a second film society called Front Row.

As is now de rigueur, there’s next to no information on USSU’s website but it’s all organised via Facebook instead. The Shadowrooms does the exact same thing.

Of course, as any ex-OFU committee member will tell you, having two competing groups is a recipe for society vs. union fights and meaningless quibbles over the differences between a “society” and an “amenity”. Or was that just us?

Tsk. Back when I were a lad it were fields as far as the eye could see; you watched films by all crowding around a flick-book. (Well, near enough.)

By David A

University of Surrey: Elec Eng, 1997 - 2001.
Oscar Film Unit: Chairman, 1998; Treasurer, 1999 & 2000; thorn in the committee's side, 2000 onwards.
Union Chairperson. Barefacts Features Editor.
And sometimes, I even studied.