One of the joys of York University is its 'everything-in-walking-distance' campus. The University will probably tell you that this is to allow for excellent proximity of the library to all colleges, and integration between all departments and admin. In reality, the campus has been sculpted in this way to provide a built in pub-crawl for students in need of an easy way to spice up their Becks-life. There are seven bars on campus, one in each college except for James, and each has its own unique ambience. Of course, everyone develops a favourite bar, sometimes allied to their college, sometimes based on proximity to their department for pre, after and during-lecture relaxation. I personally enjoy each in some way or other, and thought I'd provide a single phrase review for each bar. As far as doing the campus crawl goes though, one tip: be sure to keep your own college bar until last to minimise distance to fridge ratio. Or at least drink enough to ease acquaintance with someone else's. Vanbrugh's fridges for example, are particularly handy for someone in the bar
Alcuin: 'Have you been to Ikea York?'
Derwent: 'The key word isn't integration'
Langwith: 'Single-file queue at the bar please'
Vanbrugh: 'Flight BA67X is boarding
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Goodricke: 'old-man's-pub-chic'
Wentworth: 'Don't go too crazy!'
Halifax: 'Is that a self-assembly shed?'
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