Tales of a college student.

Hi there!

So its that time in the semester where we do exams. It comes with mixed feelings on a whole as you could imagine. Many of us are warned out from all the activities we’d been doing throughout the semester ofcourse that includes hanging out with you guys; but that part was the fun part. Here’s the catch though, idearly this is when we should be reading probably our hardest and all but we are just so tired and want to break free.

For some of us this is when for some reason we just want to catch up with friends, go on crazy thoughtless endeavours and just let ourselvsles go. In fact, at this point its the brain has shut down.

Am in my room now, just been reading for my radio drama exam paper. While I was innocently will on to read and master my concepts, it starts to rain real heavily, with a vegence. What am I supposed to do….I can literary hear my bed calling out….it gets harder every passing second..

Anyways I need to run, go catch up on whatever it is I will be doing, enjoy the rest of your day.

The least visited place in Uganda Christian University main campus.

Over the years, the administration of UCU has noticed that the material in the library is barely used by the students. this has therefore raised concern over the students underutilizing library resources that are presumed readily available.

the main library stands in its glory

Mr Richard Mulwanya, a lecturer in the Mass communication department clearly stated that students do not want to read and yet there is plenty to read in the library in both text and an online platform as well.

On inquiring from the students why they stay away from the library, it was realised that that the main concern is the attitude of the library service providers that keep them away.

One of the students is reported to have fled the library in tears in 2013 during her first year after being ill treated the gentleman at the library entrance. The student in question rushed to the chaplaincy’s office where she avantantly expressed herself,

“Is this a centre of excellence? You don’t have any excellence in the way you treat us,” she added

Other students seem to keep away from the library because contrary to what the administration believes, there is in fact a scarcity of books as recorded by the library catalogue.

“It is frustrating to walk into the library and find no books. How are we supposed to do our research?”Stephen Kibwiika, a student in BAMC3 stated.