Openly Opinionated

The Juridcal society of the law students at the University of Freestate organized a beautiful do this past Thursday; it was the first of many more to come and definitely a great success. The Open Podium is an event which serves as a platform to the many young talents of the university to showcase their talents while entertaining the many entertainment hungry students. The first Open Podium was held outside the Centenary Complex in the beautiful garden with candles lit around it; the set up was intimate and romantic which comprised of a kaleidoscope races and personalities all brought together for the love of poetry dance and music. The opening act was a Nelson Mandela tribute song performed by Simon and CJ; followed by another two songs which had the ladies screaming their lungs out. There was also a poem titled “sex” which addressed the youth about risky sexual behavior; it was good and refreshing to hear a representative of the youth being vocal about sex and promoting abstinence an

                            A friend, brother , colleague and classmate Eric best known as DJ CJO is a rising star in the making. The twenty one year old is heading in the right path of a successful multimedia guru, this young talent is not only a well-known spinner of the decks in the area of Bloemfontein and his hometown Polokwane but he is also a former Kovsie FM radio presenter and now does the brand marketing for the on campus community radio station. Eric was born in Thembisa, a small township in Pretoria and later moved to Polokwane with his mother at the age of nine; he went to Mokate primary school and discovered his love for music then. He started learning how to DJ with the rotation of DVD players. His breakthrough was when a friend got a computer for his birthday; which allowed them to download virtual DJ and tractor which would prepare him for the turntables. He says “I always considered myself an economist; never a DJ” DJ.CJO was a straight A economics student

A very controversial and touching topic to the students, facilitators and the rector Mr.Jansen who hasn’t been cut any slack by the media and students of the University of Freestate in all events of the racial scandals. This is mainly because he has been accused of sweeping these racial scandals which keep resurfacing under the carpet. And the secrecy and immediate denial of all events being acts of racial prejudice are what spark rumours and suspicion of this. It is no secret that racism is an ongoing struggle at this university as clearly seen by the events which have caught national media attention starting with the 2008 event at the universities Reitz residence in which students urinated on the food and forced cleaning staff to eat it; four years later on the 20th of February   fifth year economic student at the university Dumane Gwebu was admitted to hospital after two white male students attacked him after having confronted them after they tried drive over him and a group