Issue 92

Editorial

By Kate Harper

Welcome to York, and welcome to Christis, the University of York's Christian magazine. This is a bit of a funny editorial to be writing, in that it is the first Christis of the new year, but my last issue as editor. Having been involved with the magazine for my entire undergraduate life, I've decided that the time has come to gracefully retire, and give someone else a chance to stay up all night swearing at truculent computers while drinking pints of coffee and scaring the production team into action by threatening to bite them if they don't comply. So, if you've ever fancied the all-powerful (ha!) role of Christis editor, now's your chance! We'll be holding our AGM this term, so if you'd like to become a member of the Christis team, come along to a meeting and see what we do (I promise it's not all caffeine and impropriety, although if that appeals to you we'll see what we can do...).

Christis has played a huge part in my university life, and I can thoroughly recommend it. Whether your skills lie in writing, editing, graphics, photography or production, we'd love to see you. Our role is to provide a place for discussion about Christianity, and anyone can be involved in that. Even if all you want to do is come along to meetings, pretend to look at articles and eat your sandwiches in the corner, you'll be very welcome. Come and see us at Freshers Fair or drop us an email (socs90) if you want to know more. We'll be holding a production workshop in week 3, when you can come and see exactly how everything works and maybe become so enthused by it all that you'll find yourself inspired to become a member of the production team, or a treasurer, or an advertising bod, or...

Whatever you get up to this Freshers Week, I hope you enjoy it, and find a bit of time and space to thank God for bringing us all together in a place where we are free to explore our faith. Being involved with Christis has enriched my faith in ways I didn't really expect, forced me to think about things that would never have occurred to me on my own and made me learn about computers. What more could I have asked?