Student Spring Days 2008

This year Student Spring Days took place from 21. april to 24. april. There were lots of great events where students could have gone to and have a lot of fun.

I would like to start with the opening parade. There were present a lot of students and I'm glad to announce that again Tallinn University was best present. There were a lot of TLU students and a lot of TLU college caps. We ruled the parade again. After the parade there was night singing festival where all these students together sang known Estonian national songs.

On tuesday BFM Student council took part of CARDBOARD MACHINE DESTRUCTION DERBY, which was so great event. We built a great Ferrari car and then went to the start. Everything was great until third meter of the race when we crashed with others and broke our ride totally. But we managed to get to the finish line and finish third. Though actual winner was not the team that first reached the finish line but the team which made most show and rammed most. And the winner was..... "Camera F1" from TLU BFM. Jeeeee...

After that students moved on to probably the most popular event of Student Days and it is Peda Folk. This was a very great party and I'm quite sure that all the people that came there were satisfied.

On other days there were a lot more great events but I won't go in detail describing those.

Link to read more about Student Days: Tudengipäevad

So thats it for now.
I'm sad that there were so few from BFM taking part of the Days but at least those who did know that it was great fun.

BFM will be homeless from autumn 2009?

Is it fair that one University gets most of money given to Estonian education from Europe? I don't think so. But this has happened and because of that from autumn 2009 Tallinn University Baltic Film and Media School will be homeless. Tallinn University applied for some money to be able to buy a house for BFM and Tallinn University Art Institute. Decision makers though decided not to give the money and now BFM has reached a situation where it will be left homeless because it doesn't have the money to buy a house and Estonian government won't also give it.

Those people who decide where the money goes told that they will give huge amount of money to Estonian Art Academy which is going to build a brand new house for as I have heard 700 million kroons. So they will get that money and then they will build the house so that BFM will get rooms in that house as well, but the house will be ready around 2013, but what will happen to BFM during those 4 years? Well nothing, BFM students will get their education under trees.

THe house that BFM would buy if they would get the money is in first place much cheaper and second the house is already built and so BFM could move in time so that it would not be homeless for years. The house would be Estonian Film Center where Estonian films can be done and also the students would get a chance to work with real professionals who have worked in the field for years. But no, Estonian politicians have decided other. If Estonian politicians will keep playing with that school this way Estonia will end up losing something very good. If this school will happen to get more and better support abroad I wouldn't be surprised if ti would move away from Estonia and who will loose then? Estonia.

Sorry that I have written this post so sloppily but I'm just so angry on that situation.

On 15th April at 13:30 there will be a tour to this building what BFM would like to buy. There will be lots of students present there as well and we will keep fighting for our future and we want home no matter what.

This blog is probably most read by my fellow students so I call you all there and lets fight for our house.