Freshers’ week: Top 10 ways to keep your reputation in tact

Article source: Times Online

Maybe a bit late but still an interesting rad. This is one very useful article for new students.

The first few days of university are an intoxicating whirlwind of new friends, new places and Bacardi Breezers. They can also feel a bit like walking through a minefield – so here are a few hints and tips to help you emerge with your head held high.

The awkward chance encounter: Since the swinging sixties free love has come as standard for many, which is all the more reason to use protection. One anonymous University of London student recalls a red-faced moment at the STD clinic: “I went to the clinic and walked into the waiting room only to bump into an ex-girlfriend. It was a bit of a nightmare. I don’t know whether it was worse for me or her.”

The dare that goes wrong: The cheap drinks are flowing, your bravado levels are high and your friends are cooking up all kinds of dares for each other. What could possibly go wrong? It’s all about knowing when to say no, says Alice Stanners, 24, an American studies student from King’s: “It was the first week of term and we were sitting around in our student house doing dares. One of my friends downed a pint of her own wee. It went round all the halls that she’d done it and she didn’t get laid for three years.”

The nickname that sticks: For anyone burdened with an unfortunate nickname at school, the first term represents a golden opportunity to wipe the slate clean and start again. It’s all a matter of making sure you don’t pick up another one, says Abi Young, 23, a history of art graduate from Leeds: “This guy in our halls was playing rugby at the start of term and he managed to bite someone’s face in a tackle. The rugby boys started calling him Dog, and it caught on so much that after a while a lot of people didn’t even know his real name.”

-Read the full article at Times Online, Author Oliver Shah.

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