VKmcVKface: Sidney Sussex vote for VKs as a leaving present for retiring bursar
Given the choice of gifting red or white wine, Sidney students opted to crack open a cooler one with their outgoing Domus Bursar
In these times of political rupture, students at Sidney Sussex College have brought back confidence in the democratic process by voting to give a crate of VKs as a leaving present for their Domestic Bursar.
“The JCR thought it would be a great opportunity to bring democracy to the people”
Francesca Jenkins, Sidney Sussex JCR President
Asked by the Sidney Sussex College Students Union whether they would prefer to mark the departure of Keith Willox, the ‘Party Wizard’ in charge of non-financial licensing, with the purchase of red or white wine, members of the JCR responded in typical Cambridge fashion: challenging the system, avoiding questions and advocating VKs.
In a highly egalitarian Facebook poll organised by Sidney JCR President Francesca Jenkins, the rogue option, ‘a crate of blue VKs’, prevailed over the rouge option by 54 to 24 votes. Given recent trials against democracy such as Brexit, the snap election, and refusal to name a polar research vessel ‘Boaty McBoatface’, it was decided that Sidney ought to stand up for the will of the people and follow through with the alco-present.
“The JCR thought it would be a great opportunity to bring democracy to the people by voting for the gift,” Francesca explained. “Plans changed slightly when someone added an option for a crate of blue VKs instead of the red or white, and then naturally, democracy took its course.”
“I sadly couldn’t source a crate of blue VKs, and had to settle for a multipack,” she confessed. “Keith still enjoyed his gift, and opened it to excitement in front of college staff and Fellows at his farewell party.
“Seeing we live on top of Life, quite literally for some of us, and that Keith is our ‘Party Wizard’ in college, it seems quite fitting really.”
VKs, aka the flavoured alcopop whose industry Cambridge keeps afloat by selling in their hundreds to partygoers in clubs such as Life, were an appropriate gift for the man in charge of health and safety at Sidney, responsible for the certification and supply of alcohol in the college.
An ex-military tough guy who served in Baghdad and as a Wing Commander in the Royal Air Force, he is likely used to stronger stuff though
