From left to right: Sam Goring (Senior Man), Jonathan Leung (Vice-President Discipline), Jess Clark (Senior Welfare Officer), Max Hart (Treasurer), Jonathan Cherrett (Facilities Officer), Rhiannon Melass (Communities Officer), Dane Bainbridge (Sports and Societies Officer), Chloe Hayes (Events Officer), Leonor Lopes (Secretary), Cassandra Baptiste (Chair)
Hatfield Junior Common Room As readers may have expected, Covid has dominated the activity of the Junior Common Room in the period April 2020 – March 2021. Despite what can arguably be seen as the most significant interruption to undergraduate life since the war, undergraduates have come together in the Hatfield spirit to make the best of it, help others, and be the best they can be. 30
Amongst the confusion of the initial Covid outbreak my able predecessor, Kathryn Rogers, set about establishing an online community to provide support to Hatfielders at home and to those still in Durham. Through these networks Hatfielders shared their suggestions for keeping physically and mentally fit, as well as providing light relief and humour in those dark times. Podcasts, books, lectures, fitness apps and more were shared and enjoyed.
