So Fresher's Week is over and classes are just starting, but like I promised in my post last week I'm going to update you all about my favorite events of the week! After a long week of events and theme parties I have to say the the Queen Margaret Union (one of the two student unions on campus) is definitely my favorite venue. They have an upstairs area with bars and a cafeteria, and they have a huge open dance floor. During the year the QM has tons of concerts and DJ events on their stage. The atmosphere there is really relaxed, but still fun and exciting during the live shows. On the other hand the Glasgow University Union, or the GUU, kind of feels like a super sized frat house. That's not a bad thing for some people, but it's hard to have fun when you can't move and the dance floor is 100 degrees. They do have a few pub style bars that were fun to visit, but overall I like QMU much better. Also it didn't hurt that my two favorite events of the week were held at QMU.

Headphone Disco

This event was so much fun, the crowd was great, and it capitalized on my favorite activity at clubs: dancing! The dance floor was packed with hundreds of freshers and like the flyer says there was a twist. For the headphone disco everyone gets a pair of headphones that can switch back and forth between two wireless stations. These stations are each being run by separate DJs on the main stage. The fun part is that they can tell how many people are listening to their station and the whole event becomes a competition to see who can grab the audiences attention and keep it. Also, the two stations were playing very different mixes of music, one was mostly a rock/alternative playlist and the other was techno/pop. It's funny (and a little awkward) when the person next to you is head banging to Nirvana and you're doing the YMCA. It's even strange when you turn you're headphones off because the dance floor is virtually silent!

Cheesy Pop: Paint Party!

Cheesy Pop is a weekly event at the QMU, but for Fresher's Week they went all out and held their first ever paint party. Essentially it's a giant dance party where the whole crowd gets sprayed with extremely watered down paint. It was definitely the busiest night of the week at the Union, but such a blast! Here's a couple pictures from the night:

In our complimentary paint suits!

I would post some pictures from after the paint, but none of us took any since we basically looked like rainbow drowned rats. Overall the week was awesome and I don't think any of us would feel like true Glasgow students if we didn't have the experience. It feels so nice that the university welcomes us in by including us with their first year students. If the week is a sign of what's to come I think I'll be having an amazing semester abroad.

- Sarah