Oxford Universityâs MedSoc has been forced to relocate its annual dissection (STD) drinks event for 2nd and 3rd years after freshers enjoyed their dissection drinks at Mertonâs JCR âa bit too muchâ last week.
According to one third year medical student: âthe floors of Merton were swimming with vomitâ.
This weekâs event will now be held at Lincoln Collegeâs science centre and students will be forced to leave the premises by 9.30pm. MedSoc members are instructed to âget down at 7 to ensure you can get enough free cocktails before fuzzyâs!â. The event is expected to attract at least a hundred medics.
Photographs on MedSocâs facebook group show a selection of gruesome looking cocktails with names such as âTummy Troubleâ and âHaemorrhaging Housewifeâ. According to one student, drinks at past events have included âbileâ and âmucusâ cocktails.
However, an entz rep for MedSoc was quick to point out that:
âMedSoc has not been completely banned from Merton, only for our second dissection drinks event which is happening tonight.â
She went on to explain: âAll that happened was that there were a couple of noise complaints. The event went well, there was no raucous behaviour or further problems. Everyone had left Merton by 10pm in order to reach Lava Ignite.
We are happy with the venue we have secured for tonight and are sure it will be a successful evening.â
However, Merton Head of Discipline Travers MacLeod said: âIssues reported from last night included guests dispersing out into the Fellowâs Garden with drinks until late in the evening, a series of noise complaints, guests propping open the connecting door to the Lodge, and certain individuals being disrespectful to the porter on dutyâ.
He also highlighted that âthere were also complaints following last yearâs eventâ.
Nevertheless, MacLeodâs account was disputed by one medic: âWhen I was there there was no sign of any of thisâ. She continued: âI donât think the propping open of the door was us either, there were several other societies meeting in other rooms around college at the same time. Itâs a shame as all the medics I know are really nice people.â
The dissection drinks event last week, which offered free cocktails all night followed by a medic club night, advertised itself as: âthe perfect opportunity to meet all the other fresher medics outside of lectures, and with a cocktail in hand! Better yet, new MedSoc members get in FREE!â
Students from other departments expressed surprise at the MedSocâs raucous behaviour. One second year student from St Edmund Hall said, âI knew that medics had a reputation for drinking, but this is really a bit grim. To be honest its also quite frightening that these are our future doctorsâ.
However, another student disagreed: âI think itâs fair enough, theyâre human like the rest of us, why shouldnât they have a good time. I wish Iâd gone, if only for the satisfaction of keeping Merton up till ten.â
Merton College were unavailable for comment.