HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM UNION ENTS Issue 171 · Wednesday, January 12th 2005
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PUPS LET LOOSE ON STUDENT NIGHTS We have learnt, from a reliable source, that at every student night this term, the LCR and the Hive bar staff are going to let loose ‘PUPS’ and let them run riot!! Does this mean we are going to have to sup our drinks surrounded by Labrador puppies trailing toilet rolls? The answer is no!! As cute as this may have been, ‘PUPS’ is the new drinks pricing scheme being brought to you by the Union’s bars. At every student evening event this term that is held in the LCR or the Hive, a number
of different drinks will be available to you at a discounted priced. So why now? Or its about time! I hear you cry, well there has been some reasons why it hasn’t happened from the beginning of the year. With the current Government’s clamp down on binge drinking, as the cause of all the problems in this country, it has become important for the Union to ensure that we are passing on the message of responsible drinking. We are under the spot light since many people believe that all that students do is drink and obviously it must be the Union’s fault that you drink
as much as you do!! It has been expected that the Union must lead the way on ensuring that we are encouraging responsible drinking. The lack of drinks promotions has not been the Union profiteering to pay for the Hive redevelopment; it has been a course of action to ensure that we follow a social responsibility policy recommended by the NUS. However, it has become clear that our competitors in the city that are motivated by the mighty £, have not been so socially responsible in their attitude to selling drinks. Since it is your Union, it has been decided to offer some drinks at reduced price
to you as an alternative to crawling into the city. At every student event, whether it is society function or disco, the drinks promotions will run in the LCR and the Hive. The promotions will vary from to time to time, but at least three products will be offered at a reduced price. So take a look at the posters or ask the bar staff and they will tell you what is available at the event at a reduced price. Don’t forget that the Union is non-profit making, so the money you spend in the bars helps to give funding to societies and clubs.
A BIG THANK YOU! Despite many of you not having your loans, in the autumn term you have dug very dip into your pockets to help charity. A number of events took place throughout the term raising money for a number of charities. RAG raised through the ‘Pimps ‘n’ Hos’ disco and from the Christmas Fayre a total of £1250 which was donated to Children In Need and Shelter. The Union’s bars organised a prize raffle and took donations for lots of t-shirts and mince pies. The bars raised £1190 for The Big C Appeal, a local cancer charity. From the Christmas Fayre, Cat Lumb, communi-
cations officer, was also able to give another £400 to local charities. That makes a grand total of over £2,500 raised last term alone. BUT WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP… After the terrible occurrences in the South East Asia, it is clear from the media coverage that there are people who are not as lucky as we are and that we should do every thing that we can to help those less fortunate than us. A number of events have already been organised to provide us with the opportunity to help. At the first LCR disco of term, “Las Vegas night” on Thursday 13th January, col-
lections buckets for the ‘Disasters Emergency Committee’ will be coming around. Also RAG is organising another ‘Pimps ‘n’ Hos’ disco to take place on Tuesday 8th February with all the money going to the South East Asia Fund. The picture shows the Union’s bars handing over a cheque for £1191.40 to Hannah Chroston of ‘The Big C Appeal’. If you have any ideas to help raise money for charity or would like to volunteer your time to help, please contact Jo Wright, the Welfare Officer on su.comms@uea.a.c.uk. Let us see if we can’t do better this term!!
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