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INSIDE: Gavin Esler, shares his advice, plans and worries for students. News page 4

Welcome Freshers to the University of Kent ! Can’t cook? Don’t starve! Recipes for Freshers’ Week. Features page 10-11

Anomaly Review

Entertainment page 16

Photo by Kent Union Natalie Tipping Chair

elcome to all new students at the University of Kent. You made it, you’re here - isn’t it great? To all you golden oldies who are back for your second, third (or in my case) fourth years, welcome back! At the risk of sounding trite, student life at Kent continues to be amazing, and we’re sure

you’ll all enjoy your time here. Some advice for new students would be to never turn down an opportunity, always plan ahead - deadlines will arrive fast - and just to do as much as you can so that when that fateful graduation day does roll around, you’ll be prepared and you’ll know what you want to do with your life. Although some of us are still working on that one. It’s pretty much impossible

to go through your time at university without being involved in some group or other, and with the wealth of societies, sports clubs and volunteer organisations for you to join right here on campus, what more could you ask for? If volunteering isn’t really your thing, there is also the careers advice service on campus which will help you focus your time on worthwhile ventures, or if

you’re just looking to have fun, there are plenty of bars and clubs on campus and around town to keep you….occupied. Of course, it’d be terrible if we didn’t try to plug the group which we’re part of, so if you’re interested in writing, photography, film, TV or radio, come and get involved with Student Media. We’re nice (promise) and we’ve got our shiny new Media Centre to

Kent’s cultural hotspots: places to go and things to see. Culture page 18-19

show off. Get to Freshers’ Fayre on the 25th and 26th and get signed up to all sorts of things. We’ll be the ones with the branded balloons (oooh, spoilers). www.inquirelive.co.uk www.facebook.com/ InQuireMedia @InQuireLive

News Editor’s Note

Hello to all new InQuire readers, This is the first paper of the year. How exciting! It’s a jam-packed issue full of advice on how to survive Freshers’ Week but also general university life. You don’t know where to go or what to do? Head to Culture for places to visit or Sport for societies to join. You are a highly privileged year to arrive during the University’s 50th Celebrations so look out for our coverage of the various events in future issues. Good luck settling in! Emma Facebook : InQuireMedia

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UKC 50th anniversary fund Ruby Lyle Newspaper News Editor

he Student Projects Fund is being introduced by the University of Kent as part of the University’s 50th anniversary. The fund is designed to benefit Kent students and increase the skills, confidence and employability of those involved. The scheme is part of the wider Kent Opportunity Fund which aims to raise £1 million by September of next year. The money raised from the Kent Opportunity Fund will go into scholarships, student projects and bursaries. Any Kent Union group can apply and present concepts for projects and events to celebrate the 50th anniversary. Successful applicants will receive funding to make their ideas a reality. Project submissions begin on 1 October and will be judged by a panel from across the University. The concept for the fund was created in 2012 and has since received input from staff, students and alumni. Some projects are already open

for students to get involved in. One such example would be The Happiness Project which is designed to present an academic approach to happiness through open lectures and a competition for local secondary schools. Another project is 50 Rock which ‘will showcase the

University’s role in rock history’ by looking at times when bands such as The Who and Radiohead have performed at Kent. The projected Student Media Interactive Wall will take students through 50 years of student media at Kent. It is being led by Robert Linton, the

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Student Media Manager at Kent Union, who said: “I am thrilled to be a part of the University of Kent’s 50th anniversary, it is a great year for Kent and a great year for student media as we will be celebrating 50 years of student publications at the University. The media interactive wall will be situated in the new student media centre (above the Venue) and will have footage of the University being built from 1965, the chance to revisit all the copies of InCant, KRED and InQuire through a touchscreen display and it will showcase the origins of UKCRadio (now known as CSRfm) and KTV. “Notable alumni who wrote for the newspaper of their time include new Chancellor Gavin Esler and the Guardian theatre critic Lyn Gardner. “The installation will be opening in the New Year and you are all invited to see it!” To look at more student projects and learn how you can get involved, visit: www.kent.ac.uk/50.

Ferris Wheeler’s Student financial worries day off at Kent Tina Stavrianou Head of Design

Natalie Tipping Chair

n Wednesday 24 September, the University will be unveiling the first venture of its 50th anniversary celebrations: the Kent Eye. The Kent Eye is a 33m tall ferris wheel with 24 pods for students and the local community to use to get great views of campus and the city. The Eye will be located on campus, just down the hill from the Senate building, until the 19 October. It will also return for a few months during 2015 for the 50th year of UKC, from the 1st of July until the 15 October. Tickets for the Eye will cost £5 for KentOne card holders and Canterbury residents, £6 for visitors and £4 for under 12s. Speaking about the Eye, University Vice-Chancellor Professor Keith Mander said

“The Kent Eye will be one of the biggest attractions in the 50th anniversary year. It’s for students, staff, alumni and the local community to enjoy and we hope that visitors to the University will take this unique opportunity to have a bird’s eye view over Canterbury – which we have been proud to call home for the last 50 years. It is one of many exciting projects and events taking place throughout the year to mark this significant milestone. The array of different activities will give everyone the chance to be involved and provide an opportunity to reflect on the University’s success and achievements over the past 50 years and plan for the future.” There will be an official opening ceremony for the 50th anniversary celebrations on 1 October on Canterbury campus and on 2 October on the Medway campus.

nly 53% of undergraduates believe they are managing their money well, according to a survey of 1,000 second to fourth year students, conducted by Gocompare.com Money. 19% are “seriously worried” about their financial situation. This is concurrent with a poll produced by Lloyds Bank which found that 17% of students do not have enough money to pay their monthly costs. The most common complaint by Gocompare survey participants related to overspending. 29% said that they had spent too much on nights out. Takeouts and ready meals came at a close second (28%) while overdraft problems and credit card payments appeared joint bottom of the ranks with 8% respectively. This data is an average of student responses and found that 65% of Maths students believe they are good at

managing their money while only 43% Language students have the same view. 49% of those who partook in the survey suggested that the best money management system is to make a budget and stick to it. Other popular tips included finding the best deals, avoiding credit cards and payday loans, and not ignoring letters from the bank. In response to the findings of the survey, Claire Peate, Customer Insight Manager from Gocompare.com, stated: “For most students, going to university is their first experience of living away from home and managing their own finances, so it’s perhaps inevitable they will make some mistakes. “If you find that your spending exceeds your budget – don’t bury your head in the sand… Talk to your bank or credit card provider because you’ll usually pay less in fees and charges if you formally arrange for your overdraft or spending limits to be increased.”

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“I don’t think university is for everybody, but I do think that everybody who can benefit from it should get a chance to go” During a busy week of covering the Scottish Referendum, the University of Kent’s new Chancellor, Gavin Esler, mangaged to take a few moments to chat with Newspaper Editor, Emma Shelton. Can you tell us about your experience as a student at Kent and if you have any advice to give to freshers? The main bit of advice is if you’re intent on joining any clubs or taking any part in university activities, the best thing is to start right away. The time goes amazingly quickly. The second bit of advice is to not forget to have fun. I think you can have fun at university and pursue your academic studies simultaneously. I certainly did. What was your highlight of university? I’m not sure what the highlight would be, I had a lot of good times. I particularly enjoyed living on the outskirts of Whitstable for my second year. I remember turning up in September, and we were about 100 metres from the sea and I went swimming throughout the month of September until October I think. And then come the beginning of May through to the next summer, we did the same thing. I really remember that very fondly. You wrote for InQuire didn’t you or InCant at the time? Yes, that was one of the things I went into right from the start. I really enjoyed it. I did a lot of music and book reviews. I wrote a few news stories and I got some idea of what it takes to get a newspaper working. That was really good fun actually. And it meant I got free tickets to all the rock bands that came to the University campus. It was a great advantage. Being a journalist now, had that always been the plan to join the paper? Sort of. Originally, when I was 15 or 16, I was going to be a doctor. I grew up in Edinburgh and was the first member of my family to go to university. But at the age of 16, my family moved to Northern Ireland. I went there for the summers and fell in love with the place and decided in the end – I had always been writing stories - that I wasn’t going to be a doctor but a writer and a journalist. And I was not going to read Medicine at

the University of Edinburgh but I was going to look for a university preferably as far away as possible from where I grew up. So I would end up doing modern literature and Kent ticked all those bills. At what point in your career did you decide to write books? I decided when I was 16. I had no doubt that I was going to write books. I actually thought I was going to write short stories and I have tried writing a few but I haven’t tried to publish them. The thing that interests me in literature is to take people who wouldn’t normally ever meet, from very different backgrounds and put them in impossible situations where they have to somehow work things out. You are now our new Chancellor for the University of Kent. H0w does it feel? It’s a great honour, I’m absolutely delighted. I was already the first member of the family to go to university so that in itself was a great moment for me and then to graduate. And so, many years later to be asked to be Chancellor is fantastic. What made you accept the offer? Is there something in particular you want to achieve? A number of things. What I hope to achieve is to build on, first of all, what is a fantastic university with a great reputation and on whichever survey you look at, we’re in the top 20 universities in the UK, which is not bad after 50 years. The second thing I want to do, as much as I can, is act as a voice for the University and as an advocate for universities in general and remind people of a couple of things I feel very strongly about. I get very irritated when I hear people talk about universities as ivory chariots, as if they’re somehow separate from the life of our country. I mean, they are our country. 50% of 18 year olds now, in England at least, are going to university; that’s half the population. The discovery of the Higgs

Photo by UKC Bosen for example. I have no idea how you can turn that in to money or what the business potential of it is but I know that I am very happy that a university has been responsible for the discovery of something which I find very exciting. And also, the main thing I’m interested in is that I don’t think university is for everybody, but I do think that everybody who can benefit from university should get a chance to go. So while we have to live in the real world of money, and different governments will do different things because universities have to be properly funded, it’s certainly true that if you’re a graduate, you will earn more money than if you’re not, and I don’t want people from a background like mine - my family were from a working class area in Glasgow - to think they can’t go to university because they can’t afford it or they’ll have to go into debt. I’m not sure what the solutions to all those problems might be, but I am sure they

are difficulties and we need to face them and to address them. A really popular topic this year has been the rise of UKIP. Seeing as the University of Kent calls itself the European University, a question that has arisen is what effect will their rise have on the University, bearing in mind almost ¼ of its students are International. Is it a real concern or not? I have a very simple view of it. The word Europe and what we mean by it has different meanings in different contexts. It’s obviously a geographical statement. Sometimes in Britain we use Europe to mean everybody else but not us. Sometimes we use it to mean a philosophical idea; we talk about European culture and we pretty much know what we mean. Sometimes we think of it as a political entity and we say Europe when we mean the EU. We use the word Europe, which is a very complicated word, in a very simplistic way. What I mean by Europe

is European culture. The University is clearly part, in the widest sense, of European culture, and that won’t change and will never change. It will therefore continue to be very attractive to people from different parts of Europe to want to stretch their minds in a British context. I don’t think there is anything politically that will cause us difficulty. More difficulties are possibly going to be caused by austerity in Europe, I’m using Europe in a different sense, and the shrinking of the Eurozone economy. It could cause problems not just for universities but for the British economy. Finally, you were the first in your family at University, you’ve had a successful and still ongoing career in journalism, several published books and you’re now the Chancellor. What do you see your next step being? I intend to do as many different things as I possibly can. I’ve got another nonfiction book project thatI’ve begun work on which is proving quite difficult. I’m having great fun right now in Scotland with the referendum which is one of the biggest events, possibly the biggest political event, in my lifetime, and for the United Kingdom. What’s the atmosphere like in Scotland right now? People are very engaged in politics; it’s the real antidote to the lethargy and apathy across Europe and particularly in England right now, where people think “oh, they’re all the same”. They’re very different. Some are saying, “Yes, the United Kingdom should continue” and others are saying, “No actually, we want Yes for independence”. It’s a very big choice and there will be a very high turnout I’m sure. Whatever the result, it’s the fact that people in Scotland understand how important politics really can be because if you don’t get involved in politics, other people will take the decisions for you.

Comment

Welcome to uni, fancy an existential crisis? Chris Heron Website Entertainment Editor don’t usually write comment articles. But when I do, they are about the greatest questions of our time. Namely this: I’m at university, why am I here? Our generation of domestic students are almost exclusively paying £9,000 per year, with a few exceptions. Paying £27,000

in tuition over three years, with the expenses of rent, food and actual life doubling that figure (and then some), how is it worth it? The oft-quoted figure is that graduates will earn roughly £100,000 more than a non-graduate over their lifetime. Considering the level of debt, the overall gain doesn’t sound like particularly much. To use myself as an example, I only have six contact hours a week this term. On the surface,

it sounds like an absolute waste of money. So, why are we at university anyway? The obvious answer is to get a degree as a direct pathway to a job but for many, university becomes more than just that: becoming part of a society, fundraising for charities, representing the University in a sport, campaigning. While the cynic in me is calling it CV fodder, this aspect

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of university life can come to define your entire university experience and take you places you never thought you’d go.

and screaming, into adulthood. Complete with the minefield of time management, internet bills and the realisation that

I only have six contact hours a week this term. On the surface, it sounds like an absolute waste of money. At this point, there is every temptation to turn this article into a celebration of societies, sports and other volunteering you can do at university. But there are more benefits than that. You get access to the knowledge and expertise of scholars in your chosen field, as well as a colossal amount of resources.The financial cost in books, journals and articles in my subject alone would cost in the thousands of pounds. Similarly, the equipment and facilities used in other schools at the university. You will meet the most diverse, oddball collection of people you will ever come across in your life. And the odds are that they will become some of your closest friends. You will be dragged, kicking

eating Hobnobs for a meal doesn’t do your digestive system much good. You’ll work hard. You may have a full load and concentrate solely on your course and end up in the job you’ve spent years working towards. Those with lighter loads pour the efforts elsewhere, giving extra experience towards their ambitions. You will learn about yourself. And the lessons may not be exactly pleasant or welcome. And just maybe, you might work out what on earth you want to do with your life. Our generation of students has a financial burden unknown by our predecessors. So for however long you’re here, make sure you bloody well make the most of it. That’s why you’re here, isn’t it?

Can we improve our perceptions of rape? Zara Akhtar

ape, unfortunately, will always be a contentious issue. Although, can we improve the situation by addressing our perceptions of rape?

violating the owner. And the hacker’s reaction? Disgustingly, he defends himself by saying that he is a “collector”, not a hacker. Recently, an ex-judge, Mary Jane Mowat, was criticized for claiming that in order to

Everybody has the right to their own body, and it should not be abused by anyone, regardless of gender Many think rape is simply about non consensual sex, but it is more complex than that. The celebrity nude photo scandal for example, where Ricky Gervais responded to the leak of nude celebrity photos by tweeting: “celebrities, make it harder for hackers to get nude pics of you from your computer by not putting nude pics of yourself on your computer.” Gervais is not only ignorant (and an idiot), but he fails to see the fundamental point. If you are looking at those photos, you are doing so without consent. You are

keep rape conviction rates down, women need to simply stop “getting so drunk.” As Freshers’ approaches, students will inevitably drink. There is nothing wrong with this; Freshers’ is a week of excitement, freedom and welcoming. But does Mowat have a point? Or does the problem lie with how society perceives rape? A few of the most common perceptions in society that could be addressed include: 1) “In order to prevent rape, women should drink less” Mowat identifies that the

current law makes it harder to convict someone if a victim cannot recall the incident. However, her comment only feeds into some people’s minds, again, that somehow the victim is at fault. Furthermore, rape doesn’t just occur when people are drunk. Take the horrific 2012 Delhi incident where a woman, Jyoti Singh Pandey, was on a bus with her male friend, who was beaten up whilst she was sexually abused. To tell women to simply cut down the drinking would be the same as telling people not to use public transport because a terrorist attack could happen. It’s telling them to live in fear, shifting the focus away from the attacker. Why should women have to watch their drinking? How about instead, we just tell people to stop raping others? 2) “She asked for it” This can involve what a woman is wearing- how many times have you heard something along the lines of “if

you don’t want attention don’t dress so revealingly?” Now, I dress for MY enjoyment. Rapes happen despite what someone is wearing. If you google it, you can find a woman (“acceptably” covered) who holds the sign, “this is what I was wearing. Tell me I asked for it, I dare you.’ Unknown stranger, I salute you. 3) “It’s not rape if she knows the person.” Statistics show that with most

rapes, the attacker is usually someone the victim knows. If it’s not consensual, it’s rape. End of. It should be pointed out that this article is not trying to prevent people having a good time! I’m also not claiming that men are always rapists, men are victims too.The point is that everybody has a right to their own body, and it should not be abused by anyone, regardless of gender.

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Is monogamy The ‘Fappening’ and the over-rated? rise of internet anonymity Imogen Duffin

eing polyamorous is an interesting concept. To be truthful, after watching Made in Chelsea the other week I had to look the word up in the dictionary to discover its actual definition. This whole idea is just a way for someone to be able to have the best of both worlds, to be able to have a partner and be able to reach the goal which some people have, at university in particular, of being able to sleep with lots of different people. The idea of being with someone is that you adore and love your partner whole heartedly and you do not need to satisfy your devotion or

needs anywhere else. So why would you need to sleep with other people when you are in a relationship? If you have that need, maybe you are not in the perfect relationship for you. However, being polyamorous can be looked at as being a new hip thing to do. If both parties want to enter a relationship like this, then there can be no objection, everyone is different. For me, it goes against everything that a loving relationship stands for. Although, for those in a long distance relationship, it can be seen as a helpful way of coping with the strains of university or work life and having someone there at the end of the day to comfort you is sometimes preferable. So it is possibly understandable why some people head towards this way of acting. Fundamentally, however, I question why anyone is in a

relationship if their partner is not enough for them. Do they just want to sleep around? I think so. Especially if one is talking about our generation, where it is deemed acceptable, especially among the male sex, to sleep with as many different women as possible. Therefore it leads me to question: is being

polyamorous a of society accepting cheating and infidelity? Personally, I think it is. It allows the bond between two people to be broken and to hold no real meaning which is why in the end it is an excuse to cheat. You can agree with me or disagree, but fundamentally this is what it means. In addition if you are an overly jealous person, this type of relationship is probably not for you. way

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Jonathan Easton

n October 2011, as part of his series ‘The Experiments’, Derren Brown hosted a fake game show called ‘Remote Control’, where masked audience members anonymously dictated the events of a night in the life of an unknowing victim called Kris (with a K). At each junction, the audience were provided with a nice option or a not so nice option. Each time they were given the choice, and each time they went with the negative option. The experiment in question was a modern day actualisation of P. G. Zimbardo’s 1969 belief that the individual in a crowd suffers from a “loss of identity or loss of self-consciousness”. Deindividuation is a part of the human condition, always has been, always will be. It is the belief, essentially, that anonymity turns us into sociopathic assholes. The internet only furthers this problem. We click and type away, giving negative or positive attention with few repercussions. Recently, an article, for some reason supporting the recent celebrity phone hacking scandal (given the crude nickname of ‘The Fappening’), was given just as much attention as an article abhorring it. If something is truly deplorable, it should be

ignored, allowed to fade, sent down into the memory hole, never to be seen again. For a more contemporary analogy, think of the Treehouse of Horror episode of The Simpsons where the brand mascots come to life and the only way to defeat them is for Springfield’s crazed citizens to simply turn their back. If the deranged individual who first shared the photos had simply been ignored, then we would not be in this mess at all. The chances are that it would have been ignored if it had not been for that great equaliser, the anonymous machine: the internet. It is because of the anonymous terror of the World Wide Web that this scandal has been given so much fuel. This is not just about the fappening (how I hate typing that word), the Gamergate scandal or the horrific video of the murder of James Foley, but of any instance where the nasty collective group think the internet has allowed for any scandal to gain traction. The deindividuation that comes with the internet gives no reason for people (to use the Simpsons analogy again) to turn their back. This isn’t all to say that anonymity is a wholly bad thing. The Arab Spring is one of the first instances where the world is being presented

with true representations of war and civil disobedience rather than through the filter of commercially minded, agenda based, news institutions. These reports are mostly from anonymous sources who fear for the lives of themselves and their families, should their identities be discovered. Their anonymity is protecting them from danger. Both instances show the internet acting as a mask, but unfortunately there exists far more of the former than the latter. If everyone’s talking about it and I’ve got a witty pop-culture reference for a username, why not chat on reddit about Jennifer Lawrence’s pubic hair maintenance? It’s her fault anyway. If she didn’t want people seeing those pictures why did she take them in the first place? Of course I don’t believe any of what I’ve just said, but my name is on the article. I’m ultimately accountable for what I say. Even though these are just anonymous looking words on the page of a student newspaper, I am responsible for my actions. I am not a mask wearing, button pressing monkey who is relinquishing their individuality to the want of the crowd. I am Jonathan Easton aged 22 from Cheam and I am accountable for the words I type.

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Are you buying into human suffering? Eleanor Trafford

ear freshers, you have something no Kent student before you has had, a precious gift, which others were not provided with, but often dreamed about. For years, student loans and overdrafts have been stretched with being forced to take the annual clothes shop at places like M&S and – Heaven forbid – the lofty prices of Jack Wills. But, no more! The Gods of Canterbury (or the council, or whoever makes these decisions) have seen it fit to bequeath us with a...Primark! And I am going to ruin it for you. In June this year, ‘cry for help’ messages appeared in Primark clothing, such as “forced to work exhausting hours” and “degrading sweatshop conditions”. Primark denies the allegations, saying that they have inspected said factories for ethical standards repeatedly since 2009. EthicalConsumer.org judges the cheap store a 2/4 rating on its treatment of workers. The website found that Primark commits to suppliers who pay workers a living wage.

However, despite these policies, in reality this may not be the case. A report from 2011 found that certain Indian suppliers are exploiting women as a cheap, captive workforce. In the UK even, Primark was found to be giving six-month unpaid work placements consisting of the same tasks as paid staff, and often not resulting in a job at the end of it. That’s unpaid labour, here in the UK. The question has to be asked – if they’re doing that under our noses, what are they doing abroad, out of public sight? Should the cries for help be taken seriously? Since these allegations, I haven’t shopped at Primark, because it makes me feel physically uneasy imagining the conditions of those making such dirt-cheap items. My assumption is that, if it costs buyers’ pennies, someone is losing out somewhere. But how does this compare to other high street stores? I was surprised to discover that, according to the same website, Primark compares favourably to the majority of clothing stores. A report in 2009 found several other shops – often

more high end – less ethical than the big P. Shops included in the list were New Look, Topshop, Zara, Debenhams and Urban Outfitters. Urban Outfitters scored the worst score of all for its supplier reputation - a whopping zero. . So where does this leave us? In no way am I implying that we should never shop again. But how do we navigate the

politics of shopping when so many retailers are barely ethical? If we walk down the street, refusing to shop in anywhere in any way compromised, we’d probably end up having to knit our own clothes, made out of wool from an organically sourced, fair trade sheep frolicking amongst the daisies in the back garden. I’m sorry, but I’m just

not ready for that kind of commitment. Is ethical shopping a privilege that students simply cannot afford? The best thing we can do is to be knowledgeable consumers. Know where you’re shopping, and if it’s questionable, ask yourself if a slightly cheaper T-shirt is worth human suffering.

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Student activism: a necessary endeavour Ginny Sanderson Newspaper Comment Editor

rom as early as Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, students

have been mischievous rulebreakers, the deviants of society, the persevering shit on the shoe of convention and sensibility. Skip to the 60’s and young people were all about

irritating the powers-that-be into racial, sexual and gender equality. It’s in our nature to protest about the perceived wrongs of the world, to rage with all

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our energetic fury against the established norm. With social networking (Facebook, Twitter, but do I even need to mention these?) solidarity and organising events should be easier than ever before. But, it seems to me, fewer and fewer students are getting angry and involved. The hurtling freight-train of protest seems to have...slowed, and become more like Thomas the Tank Engine. If you find yourself reading the papers – InQuire, for instance *winks* - and getting agitated by current events, fight the urge to simply say to your friend “well, that’s really crap!” then get back to your life. And don’t think just because you did an ALS Ice Bucket Challenge your contribution to the world is done for the year. And I speak for myself here, too. With recent events in Gaza, why not join the Kent

Palestinian solidarity group? Or if you’re into politics (and if you’re not, you should maybe give it a whirl), join the society of the party you support. There are groups for everyone: feminism, conservation, Islamic and Jewish societies, vegetarian and vegan, and, would you believe it, even Lib Dems! I hate to say it because the whole point of this article is pro-solidarity, not individual benefit, but it also looks great on your C.V. With the general election coming up next year, student voices need to be heard more than ever. If we show that we are not apathetic, people in power will be forced to listen. Get a little angry. Take a look at kentunion. com/societies or come along to the Freshers’ Fayre on the 25 and 26 September for more information.

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Can’t cook? Don’t starve! Learn to make Katyanna Quach Newspaper Features Editor

or many students, moving to university will be their first time living away from home. Whilst this means independence and freedom from nagging parents, it does also mean the comforts of home are gone. No one is around to wash your clothes or cook you dinners. With washing, it’s not so bad, just chuck your clothes in a washing machine and clean clothes will come out – voila! The results are the same regardless if you or your mum washed them, but the same cannot be said for cooking. Your favourite meal will probably taste completely different (probably considerably worst) compared to when it is made at home. You cannot eat ready meals every day or afford to eat out regularly. So pick up cooking! Cooking is a vital skill to have and here we aim to make your life a little bit easier by supplying a familiar and easy recipe to follow for every day of Freshers’ week. Before you get started, here are some handy facts and tips.

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Sloppy Juicey Lucy in an English Muffin

Easy Peasy Student Burrito

Summer Chicken Skewers

Serves 1 Although this burger is no great beauty, it has an oddly fun name and is the most satisfying meal on a fast food craving day. This cheese-stuffed glory is quite literally a melt in the mouth taste sensation which will become a quick goto for any student.

Ingredients 125g minced beef 100g cheese 1 english muffin 1 tbsp paprika Method Take your beef and mix well with paprika or any other favourite tex mex spices you like. Shape the well combined beef into a bowl shape. I’ve found that this is the easiest method to keep the cheese from leaking out the burger when cooking.

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Grate the cheese for ease of melting and place within the center of your beef bowl.

Tablespoon (tbs) This is the spoon that you would eat your cereal with. It’s larger than the teaspoon. Teaspoon (tsp) Well, this is the spoon that you would use to stir your tea or coffee, obviously. Taste You need to be tasting your food as you go along to maximise the chances of a successful outcome. Do not eat raw meat though. Food Poisoning This is the top fear for rookie cooks. The most daunting task is cooking meat. It has to be cooked properly so that any bad bacteria is killed, decreasing the chances of food poisoning. Always wash your hands when handling chicken. Check the sell-by dates on all your food. But really, after a few mistakes and burnt food, like any skill, it can only improve by practice. So start now!

Wrap the excess beef around the cheese and mould in your hands to create a secure patty from which the cheese will not escape, waiting to be discovered in your first bite.

All recipes and pictures by Ruby Lyle.

Serve with a salad or wedges and enjoy!

Put the pan on a medium heat and add oil. Once the oil is hot enough, add your burger and cook for several minutes on each side until the burger is done. Just to be certain, I’d reccomend you to cut into the edge of the burger to check for pinkness. While the burger is still hot in the pan, cut your english muffin into two and toast until golden brown. For extra tastiness, spread the muffin with butter, mustard or ketchup before adding your burger.

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Designed for those days where all you have in the fridge is half a tin of baked beans and a few random items in the freezer; these burritos are a quick and easy solution to two days’ worth of food.

Ingredients A handful of rice 1/2 tin baked beans 3 mushrooms 1 tin chopped tomatoes Guacamole Soured cream Spicy sauce 3 tbsp Cayenne pepper 15g cheese 100g minced beef (or you can substitute for quorn or chicken) 1 tortilla Method Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.

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If you are enjoying a brief moment of hesitant sun before it is taken over by the onslaught of clouds and rain , then make these summer taste of chicken skewers.

Ingredients 1 Chicken breast Natural yoghurt Honey 2 tbsp ginger 1/2 a lemon Cherry tomatoes 1 bell pepper Method To create the marinade, stir together your natural yoghurt, ginger, lemon juice and honey.

Heat oil in a large frying pan and brown your mince. Add onion, pepper and garlic to soften, and then introduce your dried spices.

Take your chicken breast and cut into even sized chunks before immersing them thoroughly into your marinade for a minimum of two hours (for extra, flavour leave them overnight).

Bring in any other vegetables and cook .

Cut your pepper into bite size pieces.

Put a small amount of rice on to boil and stir for five minutes.

Once your chicken has had a chance to absorb the full flavours of your marinade, skewer your chicken carfully.

Once everything has cooked through, bring in the tinned tomatoes, baked beans, tabasco sauce and cooked rice. Allow to the sauce to reduce. Stuff tortilla wraps with filling (including cheese if you wish) then wrap in tin foil. If your wraps are a little stale, just pop them into the microwave for ten seconds to soften. Put your burritos in the oven for 30 mins.

Make sure you alternate your chicken with both the pepper and tomatoes when piercing onto the skewers. Make use of your left over marinade to cover your completed skevers. Line a grill pan with tin foil and turn on the grill. Place your chicken skewers in the hot grill and cook for about 10 minutes on each side until the chicken is cooked through.

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e a meal for every day of Freshers’ week Thursday

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Sausage and Mash

Mac and Cheese

Apple Crumble

Ginger Bread Army

An incredibly simple meal, but one we all love. Give yourself half an hour to cook then tuck into gravy soaked goodness.

So your freshers’ week shop seemed to consist of vodka, pasta and cheese (mine sure did) and you’ve suddenly realised you have no meals aside from alcohol and pasta, then this is the meal for you. It is super easy to make and very filling.

Get in the good books with your new housemates and bond over some crumble. This is also a good way to get rid of those apples that you have left in your cupboards. This works brilliantly for both an individual portion and for a group meal. Although, as is the case with all desserts, anything is better when shared.

Make your own tasty ginger army in anticipation of the oncoming revolution. Although they don’t seem to work very well in a coordinated attack, they do go very well with a nice cup of hot chocolate

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Ingredients 2 sausages 1 jacket potato 3 tbsp butter Splash of milk 1 beef stock cube 1 tbsp flour 1/2 onion, finely chopped 200 ml water 1 spring onion, chopped Method Peel and chop up a large potato. Set a pan of water to boil on the hob. Add your cut up potato and leave to boil. Check its firmness by stabbing your potato with a sharp knife. Boil a kettle and dissolve one stock cube into the water. Melt 1 tsp of butter over a low heat in a sauce pan and add the flour. Mix quickly together to form a paste (a roux). Slowly combine the stock into the roux to make a thin gravy. Add the onion and leave it to soften and the gravy to thicken. Stir the mixture occasionally. Fry the sausages on a low heat. The meat should not be pink in the middle. Drain the boiled potato and mash with the remaining butter and milk (add more butter for a smoother and more buttery mash).

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Ingredients 4 handfuls of pasta 1 tbsp butter 1 tbsp plain flour 300 ml milk 114g cheese Salt/pepper Method Boil a pan of water and add the pasta. Any pasta is fine, you don’t have to use macaroni. Make a roux by melting the butter in a saucepan over a low heat and add the flour in. Mix the butter and flour quickly to make an even paste (roux). Add the milk in small amounts each time to the roux, stirring each time. Keep stirring the mixture and make sure that the milk contains no lumps of roux. Grate the cheese so that it melts easier for when you make the sauce. Add the cheese to the milk and mix till the cheese is evenly dispersed in the milk. Once the cheese has melted, increase the temperature slightly for the cheese sauce to thicken. Your pasta should be cooking and it will be done after about 10 minutes.

Ingredients 4 cooking apples, peeled and chopped 100g flour 100g butter 150g sugar Method Place apples in a pan of simmering water and cook till they are soft. Meanwhile, rub together the flour, butter and 2/3 of the sugar to make the crumble topping. Do not over mix, or your crumble topping will come out more like a biscuit.

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Ingredients 350g plain flour 1tsp bicarbonate of soda 4 tsp ground ginger 2 tsp ground cinnamon 125g butter 175g brown sugar 1 egg 4 tbsp golden syrup 6 tbsp icing sugar 5 tbsp water Method Sift together the flour, sugar, bicarbonate of soda, ginger and cinnamon. Microwave the butter till it has gently melted and softened. Combine the flour, sugar, bicarbonate of soda, ginger and cinnamon with the butter.

Drain the apples and mix in the remaining 1/3 of the sugar. For more sweetness, add more sugar or golden syrup.

Beat the egg and golden syrup together separately then add to the breadcrumb like mixture.

Layer the apple mixture evely in an oven proof dish.

Knead into a smooth even dough.

Sprinkle over the crumble topping, make sure it covers all the apples and is even as thinner areas may burn.

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and line two baking trays with tin foil. Roll out dough to 0.5 cm thickness on a lightly flowered surface then cut out shapes.

Drain the pasta.

Bake for 15 minutes at 180 degrees, until the topping is crunchy and a golden brown colour.

Pour over the gravy.

Add the pasta to the cheese sauce and mix together.

For extra yumminess, add some custard or a dollop of ice cream.

Make the icing by mixing together the icing sugar with the water until fully dissolved.

Serve and season to taste with salt and pepper.

Serve and season to taste with salt and pepper or mixed herbs.

Add more types of fruits to spruce up this apple crumble.

It should be thick enough to drizzle over the biscuits.

Add the chopped spring onions to the mash.

Bake for 15 minutes and leave them to cool.

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Your body on alcohol over 24 hours Megan Weal Newspaper Entertainment Editor

lcohol and Freshers’ Week have become synonomous with one another. While the drinks slip down, your body changes into a completely different place. Here’s a little insight into what might be going on with your insides on a rather boozy night out. 10.15 pm – Vodka and coke A classic start – let’s not go crazy and start with shots. I’m having it with coke so surely that’s slowing everything down? I got curious and googled it – apparently that’s not true. The carbonated drink is speeding up the absorption process because of expansion. 10.10pm – Vodka and coke The liver can only break down one drink per hour, until then, the alcohols just going to be doing laps of my bloodstream. So this isn’t going to end well. 10.20 pm – Vodka and coke I drank those very quickly and my face is starting to feel fuzzy. Things are going blurry. The alcohol is acting like a sedative and slowing everything down – my reflexes, movements, speech and the rate that my brain is processing things. Why did I just tell that girl her shoes didn’t match her dress? My brain genuinely isn’t working.

11 pm – Toilet It’s started. There’s no going back now, the seal’s been broken. It’s not my fault though. Alcohol is diuretic so it’s messing with my kidneys and making me release more than I even drank. The hormone that tells my kidneys to hold onto the water, vasopressin, has gone to bed early. That means I have the liquid from the drink and from the water that is suppose to remain in the body. I’ll probably have that annoying I-just pee’d-why-am-I-here-again trip to the bathroom in a minute. 11.10 pm – Toilet Yep, there it is. 11.30 – Snakebite Mixing drinks can’t really be as bad as everyone says? Don’t they say “Liquor before beer, you’re in the clear”? Right, I’m sure that’s scientific. 12 am – The “liquor before beer” rule is not scientific My stomach feels like a washing machine. I don’t think these rules count with excessive drinking. My stomach is bloating more and more by the second. Carbonated drinks are not my friend. Everything Am I that going to be like the Aunt from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix who just expanded until she floated away? 1 am – Vodka and red-bull I once read this was an awful idea.

Mixing the alcohol (depressant) with the caffeine (stimulant) is going to send my central nervous system into overdrive. Do I sleep or dance? Same goes for Jager-bombs. Sure, I’ll have one of those too. 1.30 am – SHOTS TEQUILLLAAAAA. Drinking this quickly is going to speed things up a bit, not to mention that this 40% alcohol. I think I’m more than 40% alcohol right now. 1.40 am – Toilet That diuretic thing is not a lie. I don’t think there is any more liquid in my body. 1.55 am – Toilet Apparently there is. 2 am – Shots

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Please no, no more drink. Can I throw this behind myself and pretend that I drank it? Will anyone even notice at this point? I couldn’t decide so I guess I did both – half of it went in my mouth and the other half is down my face. This wasn’t even Plan C. 2.10 am – Toilet Again. 3.00 am- Sleep Finally get to go to sleep properly. 10 am – Water Everything hurts. I think I need food. There’s a half-eaten box of cheesy-chips next to my head…no, I really shouldn’t do that. I HAVE NEVER APPRECIATED WATER MORE IN MY LIFE. The alcohol has sucked all liquid from my body – dehydration is real. Do not stop drinking water. 10.15 am – Food My body needs a fry-up. I need a bacon and egg butty. The bacon and eggs have natural cysteine, which is going to neutralise my alcohol levels. I need ketchup as well – all that Vitamin A, Vitamin C and lycopene. And the bread – yes, I’ve still got some of Mum’s homemade loaf – bread’s going to take my glycogen stores to the next level and omit serotonin. Food is better than people. Definitely better than alcohol. I still need water.

Don’t let freshers’ flu ruin your first weeks Katyanna Quach Newspaper Features Editor

f you have never sat in the first week of lectures before, it goes a bit like this. It starts with a low level of noise from the small talk made amongst students, steadily rising as the room fills up.There will be short pauses where the lecture theatre will go quiet, as people look around waiting for their lecturer. This fluctuation of noise continues till it is suddenly interrupted by a crash of coughing and sniffing. The sounds of people clearing their nose and throats come in bursts and last throughout the lecture. And before long, you will find that your throat is starting to itch too, making your addition to the chorus of coughing automatic. These are the first symptoms of freshers’ flu. With so many people congregating together, it is easy to pick up nasty germs from one another. Coupled with a weaker immune system from all the drunkenness, late nights and poor diet, it is no surprise that you may become infected with freshers’ flu. To stop this hindering your freshers’ experience, here are some tips to

alleviate your symptoms. Sneezing + Leaky Tap Nose Scented tissues will help these issues! Whilst soaking up the mucus, be sure to inhale in the comforting smells of menthol, eucalyptus or aloe vera. These aromas are designed to clear your breathing passages to lessen the buildup of gunk in your nose and throat that leads to sneezing and coughing.

Cinammon Challenge Throat When your throat feels like sandpaper and swallowing food and water becomes as hard as swallowing cinnamon, it is time for some hot honey and lemon. Soak some slices of lemon in hot water and dribble in some honey. The warmth will soothe your drink and the vitamin c will boost your immune system. Whooping Cough

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This is a good excuse to eat sweets during lectures. With so many cough sweet flavours and no strict limit to how many you can eat, this may be the best symptom to have. It’s way better than having the leaky tap nose. There are some that clear blocked noses, double score! Doziness This is both the hardest and easiest to cure. Sleep is going to be hard to fit in when there is so much going on during the week. Try to avoid sleeping during the lecures, not only is this rude but your coursemates will take pictures of you with your mouth hung open and dribble round your mouth. Eventually you will just crash from exhaustion so its going to be alright. If your symptoms become worse or persist please visit the University Medical Centre, located near Parkwood on campus. They are open from Monday Saturday from 8am closing at 6:30pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Evening Surgeries is on Tuesdays and Thursdays, where it closes at a later time of 9pm. And on Saturdays it shuts at 1pm.

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Clubbing is not your only option Natalie Tipping Chair

o Venue isn’t your cup of tea huh? Join the club. In my opinion, there aren’t many people who make it past their second year without getting sick of their feet sticking to the floor of our campus club every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday night. But students have got to get their dancing shoes on every now and again, so why not venture into town and explore some of the things to do in an evening down there? 1. No-Wave Social Club WHERE? Alberrys Wine Bar on St Margaret’s Street. WHEN? Every Friday night from 10pm. WHAT? Offering a range of alternative music from decades gone by, No-Wave is the perfect night out for anyone who would rather listen to anything but club music, but still get your groove on.

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2. Chocolate Café WHERE? At the end of Guildhall Street near the Cathedral. WHEN? 8:30am-11:30pm WHAT? Chocolate café is the perfect place to go if you’re looking for a spot of afternoon drinking with no judgement. The café is also good for some great carb-loaded food when you’ve had a bit too much wine, like savoury crèpes or Belgian waffles.

WHERE? Orange Street, just down the street from the Marlowe. When? Open Monday-Saturday 12:00pm-11:00pm, closed Sunday. WHAT? Bramleys is a cocktail bar designed to transport you back to the 1920s, with it’s prohibition style jazz bar feel. The cocktails are great and the booths are perfect for private conversations, but around the bar there is plenty of space to socialise and meet new people. 5. Board Game Night WHERE? Anywhere you like. WHEN? Whenever you like. WHAT? I honestly think there’s sometimes nothing better than cosying

up with your mates and playing a board game or watching a movie. Why not try out the 50th anniversary University of Kent monopoly game? Perfect for freshers who want to get to know campus better, or for second or third years to debate if the buildings should actually be valued so high, a board game will always provide a good laugh when people’s true colours come out. So there we have it, when you’re bored of Venue or clubbing in general, head along to any of these places for a bit of light relief and something a bit different. They may well turn into your favourite things to do - you heard it here first.

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3. Penny Theatre Quiz WHERE? Penny Theatre, near Northgate. WHEN? Sunday night from 8pm. WHAT? The Penny Theatre is a great place to go for cheap cocktails and cheap but tasty food. If you don’t like drinking however, the quiz that they run on a Sunday evening is a great way to bond with your new housemates and test your general knowledge. 4. Bramleys

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Ultimate freshers’ entertainment Jack Bridgeman

hile there are the age-old university essentials that you will insist upon stuffing into your new university bedroom (books, duvet, highlighters, your entire wardrobe, the ever-forgotten bottle opener…) there is one box that never gets the attention it deserves. A box that will bring housemates together with strength that can only be rivaled with homemade cheese straws and pre-prepared jelly shots. It’s the Ultimate Freshers’ Entertainment Box. (Note: when referring to “box” what I really mean is “iTunes”, “Spotify”, “Netflix.” This is Fresher’s 2014 after all.)

If you want to keep things in the 21st century, then Marvel’s The Avengers is easy, comic book action that will have you laughing one minute and gripping at the pillow in anticipation the next. Box Sets Netflix is teeming with hours of TV shows old and new. Just don’t be the one to break the rule of box set club – no skipping ahead of the pack. All episodes get watched as a club. And no spoilers. F.R.I.E.N.D.S

Movies Picking a good house movie is hard. Scrolling endlessly through the countless choices at your fingertips is going to create divides and endless, meaningless arguments. Eventually you’ll give up and retire to the kitchen to eat yet another packet of noodles. But, there are two stand out contenders that should appease the tensions in your new group and lead to a happy two and a half hours of film-filled enjoyment. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

This is a classic that everyone should have already seen. If they haven’t then you’re about to open their eyes to the adventures of 1980’s teenagers as they bunk off school and make their own rules. It’s fun, easy and there’s even some meaningful messages thrown in there too. The Avengers

F.R.I.E.N.D.S has never failed anyone. Ever. With 10 series the entirety of the show should last at least the whole term (you’ve got movies and playlists to entertain yourself with as well, remember.) It’s classic of our generation that can end in more laughs, tears and emotional distress than a foam night in Venue. It’s one to have in your iTunes collection. Orange Is The New Black/ Breaking Bad Nothing says bonding like the irrational attachment that you form towards a new TV series. Once again, Netflix is your savior. The critically acclaimed Orange is The New Black and Breaking Bad are both vital to watch. They’re cleverly funny whilst remaining dark and gripping at the core. The character development is so good that you could all be sitting around the table eating dinner, discussing Heisenberg or Crazy Eyes and an outsider would think you’re talking about a real person. Playlist There is little to no chance that one album is going to suffice for a whole house full of music tastes. But there is one thing that you are all likely to have in common is the sweet, sweet pop music of the late 90s and early oos. It’s not great music – there shouldn’t be any real debate about that – but it is perfect for pre-drink sing-alongs and continuous shouts of “Noooooo this is MY SONG” as the opening beats start to play. It’s probably your childhood in a

series of songs. The list could really go on for pages, but once a couple of songs are suggested, everything will start coming back to you as if you’re running around a village hall at the school disco. S Club 7 – ‘S Club Party’ This may seem controversial – ‘S Club Party’ as opposed to ‘Reach’? Picking between the two is hard, but ‘S Club Party’ has designated roles for your group to take on. “Tina’s doing her dance / Jon’s looking for romance / Paul’s getting down on the floor…” It continues. Nail that group routine and that is a friendship formed for life. Kelis – ‘Milkshake’ A strange song that is very likely to lead to some confidently bad dancing. It’s so catchy that you’ll probably wake up two days later still singing it in shame as you try to forget your attempt at twerking that absolutely did not, and never will, bring any boys to the yard. Aerosmith – ‘Don’t Want To Miss A Thing’ Nothing rounds off pre-drinks quite like the out-of-key scream-singing that comes with a good power ballad. Perfect for air-guitar, air-drums and singing potentially so bad that people may start to complain. Another strong contender is Bon Jovi’s “Living On A Prayer.” “Mr. Brightside” by The Killers should make an appearance too. Games If someone’s been kind enough to bring their games console with them, then take full advantage while you can. Combine some money together and make sure you have these two games at the very least. Fifa

To a non-gamer any Fifa will do, it doesn’t have to be the latest. This isn’t about the specifications of the game or the accuracy to the current football league this is about bonding. And laughing at how awful some of your friends are, despite their pleads that they “haven’t played this in a while”. Just Dance What could possibly be better than a group of near-adults awkwardly waving their arms in the air and flinging their legs to the side in order to win a game? Not a lot.

Songs on repeat Meghan Trainor – ‘All About That Bass’ This controversial song about body image and acceptance has caused quite a stir. But with a voice that is reminiscent of Eliza Doolittle, combined with the edge and beat of a Nicki Minaj track, Miss Trainor is proving she’s someone to keep an eye on.

Lecrae – ‘Say I Won’t ft. Andy Mineo’ Perhaps one of the most unappreciated artists in Hip Hop, Lecrae’s track ‘Say I Won’t’ ft. Andy Mineo was released when is album Anomaly was released on 9 Sept. It’s lyrically as strong as some of Hip Hop’s shot callers and on “Say I Won’t” it sounds like Lecrae is hungry for more.

Sam Smith – ‘I’m Not The Only One’ Smith’s music holds the powers to arouse deep, dark feelings that you don’t even know are there. His strong, soulful voice is hauntingly beautiful in a way that calls back to Adele’s fame back in 2011.

Ella Eyre – ‘Comeback’ Eyre’s confidence is shooting through the roof in this follow up single. Her deep and rich voice has a raspy edge to it that demands attention and screams attitude. With a catchy hook and fast beat, “Comeback” isn’t to be messed with.

Entertainment

Places you need to know The Venue UKC’s very own on-campus night club that plays host to a variety of nights. From R’nB/Hip Hop nights with Shut Up And Dance to the Deep House nights with Trend or the chart-playing Soap nights. Woodys Live music, live sport and homecooked pub food is what makes Woodys special. It’s just minutes away from the sports pitches and is the perfect place for Sunday afternoon drinks. The Gulbenkian This theatre, cinema and café complex has everything from comedy to film to drama to music. A relaxed setting for when you want something a little more cultural.

Leave your TV at home Megan Weal Newspaper Entertainment Editor

elevisions can be a pain. They’re expensive, you have to deal with TV licenses and you end up watching ITV2 repeats for four hours before you realise your mistake. Enter YouTube. An online world of videos that range from seconds of personal videos that are seen by a handful of people, to professional musical productions with budgets upwards of £100,000. And the world of YouTube is growing, with young people trying to crack the niche and find their limelight through the increasingly crowded site. It’s a serious platform for up and coming entrepreneurs with a need for an outlet. It’s big business but it’s personal. Most successful YouTube stars build an intimate relationship with their audiences – referring to them as their “best friends”, constantly thanking them for their support and love and offering “virtual hugs”. But with intimacy comes exposure and with exposure comes criticism. It puts personality and likeability above all and YouTube isn’t without its downfalls. To put yourself on the Internet is, unfortunately, like asking hundreds of

thousands of people to judge you. While this can lead to first-hand constructive criticism directly from your audience, it can also lead to thick and direct cyber bullying. Nevertheless, the individual continues to flourish on the online platform and professional web-movies and musicals are catching onto the hype. YouTube is the new place for entertainment. While the summer of 2014 was labeled as the worst for Hollywood in eight years, the YouTube musical rose in popularity. Productions such as “Side Effects”, a YouTube musical that follows a family mystery in which a teen hallucinates Glee-like song-and-dance numbers, produce weekly episodes that attract viewing numbers of up to 3,027,492. There is an obvious factor here that boosts viewing figures – YouTube is a free outlet. It allows the audience to watch any video for free. Adverts play at the beginning of the video,

which creates a percentage of popular YouTuber’s profitable income. But there’s no £8 fee to watch a film – it’s right in front of you, on your own laptop, at your own convenience. While the sustainability of YouTube popularity cannot be derived or guessed, YouTube is now becoming a stepping-stone for larger, more profitable projects. Take YouTube super-couple Alfie Deyes (PointlessBlog – 3,004,870 subscribers) and Zoe Sugg (Zoella – 5,928,617). Their self-titled “pointless” videos began as hobbies and have grown into fan bases of millions and consequential book deals, branded merchandise and business deals. One thing is for sure and that is that YouTube is the outlet of the moment. So while YouTube rises in quality and quantity like never before, leave the TV at home and immerse yourself in the up and coming stars of the future.

A week of Kentertainment on campus Hannah Lainchbury

Photo by Jessica Mills K-Bar UKC’s busiest bar that offers students an alternative to Venue. Particularly well-known for its Thursday nights, resident DJs and classic, underground music. Mungos Perfect for meeting friends in the day or before heading off to Venue or K-Bar. Grab some food and some drinks and relax in this smaller bar.

s a student at UKC, it’s pretty likely that Venue’s going to become a regular topic of conversation. And, love it or loathe it, when it comes to Freshers’ Week, it’s where everything kicks off. It’s located right on campus for easy trips home at the end of the night and if you’ve been a savvy Fresher and got yourself a Kentertainment Pass, then it’s going to be pretty cheap as well. While venturing outside of campus is something that should be done at least once during Freshers’, there’s no use putting that pass to waste. With free entry to Neon Hall Wars, Freshbook and Freshers’ Ball, there are three of your nights already sorted. Not to mention the 50% discount you’re going to get for the rest of the

events, alongside the priority queuing. Neon Hall Wars is going to get messy. Do not wear your favourite outfit and leave half an hour in when the paint starts flying. Take things back to basics with plain clothes and make sure you have some heavy-duty body scrub ready. In fact, you might not want to put your bed sheets on until the next day. While the Freshbook pretext may seem a little presumptuous – “Are you single? Are you in a relationship? Or is it complicated? Grab your T-shirt, meet other freshers and share your status!” – don’t let that put you off. Focus on the “meet other freshers” bit and pop a sharpie in your bag. Again, industrial body scrub is going to be needed in the morning to scrub the un-readable scrawls off your arms, legs and probably face. Plus, finding your Freshbook t-shirt at the end of your first

year will make all the memories come flooding back. Throughout the week, there’s a good mix of something-for-everyone nights. Thursday night will see Shut Up and Dance present their “Freshers’ Jam” - expect the soundtrack to be a mix of R’n’B, Hip Hop and AfroBeats. Friday night sees another year of “Trend” – Venue’s own deep house and future garage night that gets pretty packed pretty quickly. The final Saturday of Freshers’ is the big one – Freshers’ Ball, featuring the likes of Sigma, Melissa Steel and Chip and open until “late”. Pat yourself on the back for buying that Kentertainment Pass because this night is £22 alone. Kentertainment pass = £30. The weirdest Freshers’ memories you could never have imagined = Priceless.

Origins Ruby Tuesdays is a must-visit for more alternative music lovers who try to steer clear of the mainstream. Go during the day for cheap and easy TexMex food.

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A new, ruthless Doctor Chris Heron Website Entertainment Editor

ne of the perks of science fiction is the potential for the extraordinary to be explained away in a sentence. Doctor Who, falling firmly in that science fiction bracket, has for over 50 years been able to present the same character with a new actor and a new face, to incredible success. However, recent series of the show have been a bit lacklustre. While Matt Smith was excellent as the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor, the storytelling, companions and other supporting characters were comparatively poor. It seemed to be a damning conclusion, but I wasn’t alone in thinking that Steven Moffat was far more suited as an episode writer than as a show-runner. ‘River Song’ was annoying, Clara was useless and the finale was one big Deus Ex Machina. I have several friends who have stopped watching the show due to its fall to mediocrity. So we come to the present, with a new Doctor to carry forward one of the classic British exports, sitting alongside the royal family and ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ phone cases. Peter Capaldi, best known for his role as expletive-

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filled Malcolm Tucker from the BBC’s The Thick Of It, is one of the oldest actors to play the role. Three episodes in (at the time of writing) the signs are looking good so far. The new Doctor is cold, inevitably conflicted and bearing Malcolm Tucker’s ‘bollocking face’. “Deep Breath” was a great introduction to a more ruthless Doctor, and the more Strax is in the series, the better. ‘Into the Dalek’ reminded me of the 2005 Dalek episode, with an actual sense of fear accompanying the episode which most of the modern Dalek episodes lack. The Doctor’s morality and motivations are a distinct shade of grey, and his rejection of a possible companion was brutal. Lastly we had ‘The Robot of

Sherwood’. A much more light-hearted episode than the first two, the chemistry between Robin Hood and the Doctor was spectacular. I can’t help but think he’d make a better companion than Clara, who has dissappointed me in both this series and the last. An excellent start, and the character of the Twelfth Doctor is the most interesting one since Christopher Eccleston in 2005. The lack of Tuckeresque lines does sadden me, when Capaldi was announced I imagined lines such as: “Fuck off, you sentient tin pot. If you say ‘EXTERMINATE’ one more fucking time I will rip you a new shitter. Get lost, you fucking moron.” I’d totally watch that show. Alas, until Doctor Who goes post-watershed, I doubt that will happen.

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Raw, hungry and vivid - Anomaly review Megan Weal Newspaper Entertainment Editor

ecrae is a rapper who knows his values. He sticks by them. He delivers a message. He never succumbs to the pressures of the music industry that strives for songs revolving around sex, drugs, violence and money. There’s a specific focus on identity that consistently flows throughout the album. Identity and fitting in. It’s a personal issue and it’s therefore no surprise that this album feels raw and true. It’s no secret that Lecrae is a rapper with Christian values that he isn’t afraid to voice. But – before you turn away – this isn’t preaching, it’s far from it. In fact despite these messages being so vocal and apparent, they in no way overbear the listener. They don’t exclude those who have little to no faith and they express a relevance that can be appreciated by all. Anomaly sees Lecrae as a rapper who follows God, rather than a Christian rapper. Standout track ‘Say I Won’t’ ft. Andy Mineo sees the two rappers go back and forth about fitting in and being an outsider – perhaps referencing the two rapper’s constant battle to break

the Hip Hop scene whilst maintaining their religious beliefs, making them the outsiders of the industry. There’s a grunt to the track, not of resentment but of hunger. Perhaps the most honest and emotive of the tracks is “Good, Bad, Ugly” which rivals “Say I Won’t ft. Andy Mineo” for the title of best track. The track follows the story of Lecrae and his girlfriend of the time’s decision to abort their child because of the fear of being young, unstable parents. It’s incredibly moving and brave. The female vocals on the hook make it the track that will stay in your head long after the album has finished. In an attempt to balance social and religious commentary, Lecrae includes lighter songs such as “All I Need Is You” which oozes love-song charm and

charisma and takes the listener back to the early 00’s. Anomaly is not without it’s flaws. “Nuthin,” a track featured early in the album, is significantly uninspiring. It begins to lean on the stereotypes that mainstream Hip Hop regurgitates so often and that Lecrae usually refrains from using. It’s not an awful song, it’s just steps below the rest. The realness of Anomaly is what makes this album stand above the rest. It refuses to bow down to any pressures and the result is confident in its identity. It refuses to be shaped by anything but itself and the growth that Lecrae shows from album to album is phenomenal. Anomaly manages to convey a strong message with stronger lyrics.

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Read and Avoid Rosanna Shaw

Read

We Need to Talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver

The first book I recommend is ‘We Need to Talk About Kevin’ by Lionel Shriver, which is about a boy who goes on to commit a high school massacre. The aspect I really enjoyed was the question of nature vs nurture. The narrative is told from the the mother’s point of view and every event is filtered through her mind who knows what happens at the end of the tale. It is so completely bias that it adds another layer to the tragic story. Ultimately this is a thoughtprovoking book.

Avoid

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

Miley Cyrus turns sculpture artist Francesca Brindle

rom 11 September, Miley Cyrus made her art debut with her visual art collection ‘Dirty Hippie’, made in collaboration with Moschino fashion designer Jeremy Scott. Cyrus is set to house her collection of ‘artwerks’ on Mercer Street, New York at the V Magazine office after its initial showcase on 10 September as part of Jeremy Scott’s collection for NYFW. Any follower of Miley’s Instagram account will have seen her fluorescent obsession with beads, feathers, plastic doughnuts, leis, LEDs and pom-poms that have all become crucial components of every piece. Her collage sculptures have captured conversation due to their unconventional building blocks; one most topical piece is the embellished five foot bong Cyrus adorned with plastic dinosaurs, loom bands, googly eyes, weed, giant beads and all the plastic toys you could ever wish for in your primary school party bag. Some of the motifs Cyrus used in her art have been inadvertently shared between her and new found inspirational motivator, Jeremy Scott. One pair of boots in Scott’s collection are printed with unicorns while Miley featured the mystical creature heavily across her technicolour neo-dadaist pieces, demonstrating an underlying

creative synergy between the two friends. Other pieces in the collection include a mask made from miniature teddy bears, pom-poms and acrylic multi-coloured hair braids and a party hat with an iPod, a feather boa trim, disco balls, glitter stickers, smiley faces and a felt banana, each covered in more glitter glue than the last.

Miley says her art has come from her desire not to be viewed as another “pop

pop dumb dumb” and as a productive use of her time “I just sit around and smoke weed anyway,” she says, “so I might as well sit around, smoke weed, and do something. And this is me doing something.” In an interview with V Magazine, Miley agreed she was “taking a bunch of consumer detritus and making symbolic, ceremonial objects out of it.” She continued, “My art became kind of a metaphor—an example of my life. Everything has always just been easy for me and at the beginning of this year, I hated 2014 because everything that could go wrong kept going wrong. “So then I started taking all of those shit things and making them good. So, that’s how I started making art. I had a bunch of fucking junk and shit, and so instead of letting it be junk and shit, I turned it into something that made me happy.” When asked about the future of her ‘artwerks’ and what she was doing next, Miley replied: “I enrolled in a CGI class. I’d like to make animations with these at some point. That’s kind of why I started doing them. I wanted to animate a lot of them, but then our tour budget got squashed because apparently it takes ten billion dollars to take shit to South America and Australia.” The length of her collection’s display at V Magazine has as yet been undisclosed.

Orwell’s 1984: A premeditated warning for modern society Kenu Gee

Now as a literature student, I feel like I should have read a fair share of classics. And I have always finished them with the exception of ‘Les Miserables’ by Victor Hugo, my book to avoid. It is well written but boy, can the author digress. I could not cope with the huge digressional chunks in which the author describes just about everything possible without actually furthering the tale. If someone edits that book purging of all the useless parts out only then would I consider reading it again.

ver the summer I found myself faced with many news stories that brought to my attention the vulnerability and complexity of our modern connected world. Today it is possible for our phone calls to be monitored, our internet browsing history to be recorded, and our personal information to be easily obtained. The new responsibility our government is now faced with made me recall George Orwell’s dystopian classic, 1984. 1984 is a novel that brought to people’s attention, many for the first time, the potential corruption and influence a government has over its subjects. Orwell completed 1984 on his deathbed, leaving a message within its pages that warns us about the importance of being skeptical of government and vigilant of those attempting to threaten our freedom in order to benefit themselves. 1984 is the story of a man’s seemingly impossible struggle to remain sane in a brainwashed society. Everywhere he goes, Winston, a low ranking party member, is followed and controlled by the perpetually watching eye of Big Brother, the omniscient and

ever-present leader of the only ruling party of London. The Party monitors through telescreens, surveying every square-inch of the city and has complete control over every component of personal life. They rewrite history to suit their agenda, are in the process of enforcing a new language onto the public and are constantly at war with neighboring nations. This is a means to prevent political rebellion using fear and by removing the very facts and words that make it possible. In this grey walled state torture machine, Winston is a silent rebel, fighting to appear as one of the obedient population, whilst completely at the mercy of the all-seeing-allknowing divinity of Big Brother and The Party. He is able only to defy the party’s strict regulations from within his own mind, an act which makes him guilty of the most heinous crime of all, thoughtcrime. It is now 65 years since 1984’s publication and I wonder what Orwell would make of the post-1984 society we live in. In ways 1984 foreshadows the current state of surveillance. No one is certain of exactly how many

CCTV cameras there are in the UK, but with estimates as high as 4.4 million, we are easily amongst the worlds most watched nation. Although they have a considerable impact on lowering the rate of crime, we must be wary of how such technologies are used. The social networking site Facebook is constantly under fire for breaching our privacy laws and we far too often carelessly ignore such examples of flippant misuse of our own personal information. When first reading 1984 I was in disbelief that any society could find itself with such a lack of personal freedom and had to ask ‘how did they let this happen? ‘How can they be so blind?’ But they are the frog that sits content in water that’s temperature increases so gradually it’s unaware that slowly it’s being cooked to death. This is Orwell’s message, that change is ever happening and unstoppable. We must take full responsibility and remain fearless in the face of terrorism and crime, never turning a blind eye to the gradual erosion of our individual liberty. Or else, eventually, we may find ourselves in room 101 with the door firmly locked and our chance of escape lost forever.

Culture

Cultural events calendar Thurs 25th - Fri 26th Sept Fresher’s Fayre Eliot Carpark Thurs 25th & Fri 26th Sept Horror Box The Marlowe Studio Sun 28th Sept Billy Elliot the Musical Live The Gulbenkian Cinema Wed 24th -Sat 27th Sept Lord of the Flies Marlowe Theatre 29th Sept- 1st Oct Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet The Gulbenkian Theatre Wed 1st Oct Where the White Stops The Marlowe Studio Fri 3rd Oct Richard Navarro The Gulbenkian Café Sat 4thOct Aakash Odedra Company - Murmur/Inked The Gulbenkian Theatre Sun 5th Oct Macrobert- Titus The Gulbenkian Theatre Sat 11th Oct Tony Law: Enter the Tonezone The Marlowe Studio

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Kent cultural hotspots: plac A quick look around Canterbury Dave Cocozza Website Comment Editor

ou’ve arrived on campus. You’ve settled into your room. You’ve met your flatmates. You could easily spend the next four weeks never venturing outside of campus, but trust me young ones: there is more to Kent than just The Venue or spending your day with a hangover in bed. Here are my top three Canterbury cultural hotspots that you definitely need to check out in your time here at Kent: 1. The Marlowe Theatre The Marlowe is a 1,200 seat capacity theatre located right in the heart of Canterbury City Centre and hosts some of the biggest and best known theatre shows on their national tours. It’s also a great hotspot for comedians and musical performances, with performances from Jimmy Carr and Ruby Wax happening during this year. All full-time students, regardless of age, are eligible to receive heavily discounted ‘Discovery Tickets’ which are available for most shows and often for as little as £8! DON’T MISS: ‘Beached’ – Tue 28 Oct until Sat 1 Nov. Discovery Tickets: £8 2. The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge Situated right in the middle of the highstreet running down to the bus station, you really cannot miss The Beaney – and you definitely shouldn’t

either. The Beaney provides state-of-the-art exhibition galleries that are constantly updated, as well as an extensive library and a wide programme of events and activities for all ages. The Beaney is free to access and provides a great few hours of free and interactive learning. Highly recommended! DON’T MISS: ‘Canterbury at War’ exhibition - Sat 4 Oct until Sunday 9 Nov. Free admission 3. Canterbury Cathedral A focal point from the majority of places you look out over from campus,

you can’t miss the iconic structure that is Canterbury Cathedral. One of the oldest and most well-recognised Christian structures in England, it was founded in 597AD but rebuilt 10701077. Famous as the murder scene of Thomas Beckett, it holds the yearly carol service as well as a whole host of other spiritual and cultural events. All Kent students are allowed free access upon production of their KentOne Card at the ticket office. DON’T MISS: Christmas Carol Service – free access but tickets are limited.

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Events that you cannot miss this year Julia Mitchell Newspaper Culture Editor

s if you haven’t heard enough about the extensive culture scene that Canterbury has to offer (stay with me), here are a few key events for you to mark into your diaries. With something for every taste to enjoy, these are some dates that you really don’t want to miss. A fest here and a fest there, it’s a culture-fest in this city. Canterbury Festival Coming up in mid October, the Canterbury Festival is an eclectic International Arts Festival that showcases a wide variety of local talent including, but not limited to, music, art, theatre and science. Opened by a massive parade in the centre of town, the festival is spread throughout the city in a range of venues. Go along between 18 October and 1

November to discover exactly what the South East has to offer and enjoy this amazing festival. REMEMBER: Some events are free and others are ticketed, so do your research before you head out of the door! Worldfest Worldfest is an annual multicultural event run by our very own university, in celebration of our famously diverse student population. Last year featured tonnes of society run workshops and a big tent event smack bang in the middle of the Senate lawn, which was closed by the local ‘fip fok’ band Coco and the Butterfields. There was fun, food, great entertainment and, most importantly, a bar. If you haven’t been convinced, this event is usually entirely free to attend. Hooray! Unless you plan on buying something of course, and then it’s

almost free. Keep your eyes peeled, as this year’s date is yet to be announced. Wise Words Festival This is one for next year, but make sure not to miss out on the literary gem that is the Wise Words Festival. Celebrating the art of storytelling, this event is chock full of language in the form of poetry, talks and performances. A young festival at only three years old, previous line ups have been impressive, with big names including Dizraeli and Carol Ann Duffy. As an event that is getting bigger and better, next year can only be a treat. The event’s little sister, A Few Wise Words, is set for a few days run in the early spring, potentially the 15- 17 May, although this is yet to be confirmed. Be there to get a little taste of the big thing, in preparation for next September. REMEMBER: Some events are free and others are ticketed, so again, do your research in advance!

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ces to go and things to see Bookshops: let’s take the grand tour Chris Heron Website Entertainment Editor

elcome, students young and old, to the bustling metropolis of Canterbury! Well, by ‘metropolis’ I mean city. And by ‘city’ only in the technical sense of the term, the entire population of the city could fit inside Wembley stadium and have room to spare. So if you came to Canterbury expecting excitement you may be disappointed, although the coffee shop to square mile ratio is absurdly high. Canterbury does however possess a good collection of bookshops. Here’s to you, literature. Oxfam Books Situated in the middle of Canterbury High Street, Oxfam Books is the place to go for second hand books. Being a charity shop and a second hand bookstore, it’s not the place to go for anything specific. If you want to discover a hidden gem, or just browse random books, this is the place to go. Burgate Books The closest you can get to a ‘generic’ indie bookshop in Canterbury. Largely dealing in second-hand books, as well as DVDs and CDs, it has all the same pros and cons as Oxfam books. But instead of contributing to charity,

you’re helping indie bookshops stay relevant. Those options were meant to sound equal... Waterstones x2 I may have mentioned already that Canterbury isn’t particularly big. However, they still manage to fit two Waterstones in the city. I don’t study business, but I don’t understand it. One has a Costa Coffee in, where you can drink and people watch coffee drinkers in the next door shop, which

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also happens to be a Costa Coffee. The second Waterstones on St Margaret’s Street has a better selection of books all round, and some excavated Roman baths. So if you want to stand where Romans went to the loo, then go no further! Chaucer Books My favourite of the bookshops in Canterbury. Hidden down a backstreet near the Old Brewery, Chaucer Books is full of old books covering classic fiction to horticulture. Going inside, there is an incredible sense of nostalgia, and it is impossible to talk at any level above a whisper. They also sell amazing map prints, although they may be out of the price range of a student. A classic bookshop of the best kind, a must-visit for any book lovers in Canterbury! BONUS BOOKSHOP - Oxford Street Books If you ever make a jaunt to Whitstable, drop in on Oxford Street Books. An excellent second hand book store which is like a TARDIS. Looks small on the outside, but it goes on endlessly on the inside, albeit with books instead of a time traveling gadgets. Definitely worth the visit. I’m sorry for the damage I’m about to do to your bank accounts.

Exploring beyond the city walls Natalie Tipping Chair

ne of the main problems with being in a city as beautiful as Canterbury is that it’s easy to stay in the city for the whole year and not explore the wider area. Take it from me, don’t fall into this trap! There are plenty of places to explore in Kent, so get out and about, don’t get stuck in a rut.

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1. Broadstairs Broadstairs is a beautiful little seaside town in East Kent, located between Margate and Ramsgate.

The walk along the seafront is the perfect way to blow the cobwebs away, and the beach is great for a bit of sunbathing come summer. Other attractions in the town include a minigolf course and boutique shops, and Morelli’s Ice Cream Parlour is the best place to go to cool off. For you literary types out there, there is the annual Broadstairs Dickens Festival, which is held in June in honour of Charles Dickens and includes a production of one of his novels, many of which were written in the town. HOW TO GET THERE - the train from Canterbury West costs about £10 for a return, without a rail card, and it takes about 25 minutes on the train to get there. 2. Leeds Castle I know what you’re thinking, Leeds is in Yorkshire. Well, Leeds Castle isn’t. This Leeds castle used to be a residence of Catherine of Aragon, first wife of Henry VIII. There has been a castle on this site for almost 1000 years, but most of it is now of 19th century construction.

The castle is a great cultural landmark and a perfect day out for you history lovers. HOW TO GET THERE - The nearest train station to Leeds Castle is Bearsted. Trains run from Ashford International to Bearsted, so you do have to change, but the total journey time from Canterbury West is around 50 minutes, including waiting time, and a return ticket costs under £20. 3. Turner Contemporary, Margate The Turner Contemporary is a fantastic open art space and gallery in the coastal town of Margate. The gallery holds regular exhibitions and tours, which at the moment include work by Mondrian, Spencer Finch, Edmund de Waal and Jeremy Deller. I always think the best way to chill out and feel cultured is to go round an art gallery, so why not give this one a try sometime? HOW TO GET THERE - the train to Margate runs regularly from Canterbury West and only takes about half an hour. There’s plenty of other things to do around and about, so happy exploring!

Words of wisdom Change “There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.” Buddha “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”–Barack Obama “Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn’t stop for anybody.” Stephen Chbosky, Perks of Being a Wallflower “We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” Maya Angelou “Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” Marilyn Monroe “There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.” C. S. Lewis “Today is the first day of the rest of your life.” Charles E. Dederich

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Editorial

Anecdotes of student life at Kent Dave Cocozza Website Comment Editor

eeing as I’m now a third year, I think I’ve collected a sh*t-ton of anecdotes that are probably worth sharing. Will you become more worldly by reading them? No. Will my anecdotes increase your intelligence to Stephen Hawking level? Fat chance. But, hopefully they will provide you with a small insight into life at Kent and what you can expect to possibly go through in the next few years here. You may notice a common theme... 1. The first night when I arrived in Canterbury and my dear flatmate Becky chundered pink noodles into a bucket… that was certainly an excellent way to be welcomed into University life. That bucket later became affectionately known as ‘Barry’. We also had ‘Osama The Toaster’, who we hid in the cupboard every time the cleaners came. There were other names, but none of them are appropriate for publishing.

2. The time when I walked in on one of my flatmates from first year having a bit of a good time with her then boyfriend. I am scarred for life. ‘MY EYES. MY EYES!!!’ I screamed, as I fell to the floor in shock. 3. My first birthday whilst at University consisted of me being absolutely slaughtered by 8pm and then not being able to remember the rest of the night, only to wake up next morning and be told by my friends that I left Club Chemistry at 2am and at the exit believed the bouncers were checking me for drugs when they were actually handing me back my wallet. ‘CHECK ME FOR DRUGS! CHECK ME!’ I said in my most gangster accent possible. I’ve never lived it down. 4. Christmas 2013 - we were moved out of Darwin halls and into Chaucer College for a period of two nights, and my nephew, Ollie, and my friend Lucy decided to come visit me for the night. Lucy was sick all over the common room floor by 9pm and passed out in bed, whilst me and Ollie made friends with the security guards. We then went into town

(apparently) and walked home naked at 1am as we fell over in the mud up the hill. 5. KiC Awards 2014 - the media awards for students. Didn’t think I’d win anything so proceeded to drink my own weight in beer and subsequently picked up two awards. I have a vague recollection of kissing one of the male presenters on the cheek. We then went to The Venue and I slut dropped far, far, FAR too many times.

about? Or are you unhappy with uni life altogether? After you’ve had a long think and you’ve come to the conclusion you don’t like your course but want to stay at Kent uni then here’s what you do: There’s the possibility to change modules before 17 October, which is the module change deadline, then you need to speak to the Admissions Officer for the School you wish to transfer to. If you’ve come to the conclusion after the deadline, then you need to contact the Director of Studies for the course you want to switch to. In general, changing courses is never normally a problem so don’t worry. “Do I still need to pay for TV license if I’m using it only for gaming?” - Ahmed Shoaib The TV license rules are definitely confusing but the bottom line is you don’t need a TV license for playing video

games on your TV, however if you’re using your console to watch or record live TV then you need to buy one. Catchup TV websites like iPlayer or 4onDemand don’t require you to buy a TV license so binge watching your favourite TV series on Netflix is completely

even cheaper to bulk buy your beer at the supermarkets and pre-drink. “What key events over the Freshers’ week should we really look out for?” - Kelly Ann O’Callaghan The Freshers’ ball is something you should attend, but as

fine! “Where can I find the cheapest pint in Canterbury?” - Dominic Moseley The West Gate Inn! But it’s

well as this, you definitely want to look out for the Freshers’ Fayre on the 25 and 26 September, where the campus societies and sports clubs will be promoting themselves.

6. Winning the award for ‘Campaigner of The Year’ at the Kent Union Awards 2014 for my work in my role as Mature Students Officer. An incredible moment, almost cried on stage

and managed to make others cry too. I’m still so, so chuffed. You may notice that a lot of my stories have revolved around the consumption of alcoholic beverages - it’s been a wild two years. If I can say one thing, it’s that the experience will never leave me and I’ve had an awesome two years so far. All I can say now is bring on Third Year! Perhaps you’ll be involved in my next anecdote?

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Freshers: your questions answered Natalie TurcoWilliams Website Culture Editor

n one of my recent shopping escapades, I fell in love with this notebook that had the slogan ‘A futile attempt to organise my life’ written on the front, which reminded me a lot of Freshers’. This was mainly because when you’re a Fresher, you have all these questions but when trying to ask them you’re bombarded with the same unhelpful generic information over and over again, which just makes your quest for answers feel completely futile. So, as I promised on many a Freshers’ Facebook group I’ve replied to the top 5 questions you really wanted answered: “What if you don’t like your course anymore, what should one do?” - Keitra Brobby The first thing is not to panic but just think. Are you fedup with what you’re learning

There’s also the Green Fayre on 24 September, where there will be a farmers market, but also the Free Shop, where you’ve probably already guessed it – everything is free – so that’s worth a look too. “What do most uni students do on the weekends?” – Shree We do loads of stuff - from clubbing to shopping to working. There’s a lot to do in Canterbury but it’s all about exploring the area and finding out what’s around the area that interests you. Most students with busy schedules find that they’re only available for work on the weekends so you might end up doing that. Societies also hold events on the weekends so if you’re a part of lots of societies you’ll be really busy.

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INSPIRING THE FUTURE CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE

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Preview: Men’s rugby seek a better campaign Scott Dubery and Henry Sandercock

ast season was disappointing for the UKC rugby club in many ways. We began the year positively

with a new, enthusiastic coach and with five competitive teams for the first time ever, with our 5th XV joining the RFU Merit League. With a new game plan in place we went into the first game of

the season with high hopes. Unfortunately, the game plan was flawed and only the 2nd XV managed to find success. After a term of back and forth with our coach trying to change and improve the structure,

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What is Korfball? Chris Heron Website Entertainment Editor

eeping to the inevitable cliché that surrounds the sport I play, I have to start with the question: what is korfball? Well, curious mortal, korfball is one peculiar sport. The easiest way to describe it would be as a mixture of Basketball and Netball. Coming from the Netherlands, it’s a fully mixed sport with eight players on each team, four boys and four girls. The aim is to score in the ‘Korf’, which is little bit like a larger Netball hoop. However, the hoop stands at 3.5m in the air and is deceptively hard to score in, and after two goals (from whichever side) the attack and defence swap sides, meaning that players have to be well rounded in both attack and defence. Sounds strange doesn’t it? That’s because it is! It’s far easier to show than to describe, but it is great fun to both play and watch, with individual skill and teamwork playing vital parts There is a history of korfball at the University of Kent, with the club existing for around a

decade on campus, despite still being one of the more obscure sports available at Kent. In the two years I’ve been part of the club, it has exploded in size, expanding to three teams in 2012/13 and four teams in 2013/14. The society is also invited to play against other sides in Holland in the year. Placing 12th at the most recent National championships, the club is incredibly well placed to take big strides over the next few years, particularly with changes to the BUCS system present in the sport in future seasons. The most recent Nationals finished with a final between holders and hosts UEA and Nottingham, an incredibly close match with Nottingham claiming a comeback victory. For someone who has solely played and watched Kent teams (which feels synonymous to watching England on TV), it was a great spectacle and incredibly fun to watch. So, what is korfball? Great fun, really strange and an opportunity to never run out of small talk (fun fact: it was played at the 1904 and 1908 Olympics). If anything, you’ll become a prized asset on quiz teams.

training sessions became depleted in number and energy ,as enthusiasm in the club dropped. As well as the 2nd XV coming in at the top of their league, there were plenty of other successes to take from the year. The social secs were able to lead a thriving year. We saw many successful whole club events, including a big Fresher Walkdown to town, an enjoyable evening at Cafe de China and a monumental Club Meal at the Kent County Cricket club to send the year off. Weekly socials increased in diversity and entertainment over the course of the year and for one night we were able to secure VIP treatment in The Venue. Finally our annual Casino Night was a huge success, with record numbers in attendance, raising just shy of £3,700. Looking forward to this season, the main aim is for

success on the pitch. A new training system is going to be put in place that will include optional fitness, skills and strength training sessions throughout the week. The main aim of the training system is to train effectively and efficiently at a high intensity. This should keep up enthusiasm at training so that players feel like they are really benefitting from being there at all times. Be sure to keep an eye out for both men’s and women’s rugby training and forthcoming fixtures over the next few weeks, with new members more than welcome to join. For more sport news check out our website at www.inquirelive.co.uk Got a story? Get in touch with one of our editors. We’d love to hear from you!

UKC club complete athletics charity feat Paul Bown

n Friday 13 June, 13 members from the University’s Athletics and Cross Country Club began the Canterbury to Paris Challenge, coined Campus to Campus. The aim was to run 200 miles or 321 kms over 8 days, averaging a marathon each day. The challenge was planned for over a year, chiefly by Jon Solley and Danny Jackson, project lead and logistical coordinator, respectively. The team’s chosen charity was Pilgrims Hospices; which provides specialist palliative

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care for patients and families in East Kent. The club has fundraised and worked with local charity since 2012 and wanted to continue its support through its most ambitious challenge to date. The team has raised £5905.36 (plus £1140.36 Gift Aid) so far and is looking to increase the final total with an auction. Of the challengers, 8 started with the intention of completing the entire distant. The mental and physical hardship of the ordeal is clearly shown by 5 out of 8 of the runners having to stop at some point.

The runners estimate that there was between 70-80 hills over the entire 200 miles but lead runner Billy Radford would keep the morale high by repeatedly stating: “it’s all in your head”. This clearly worked as Billy was one of the three who made the entire distance, the other two were Jon Solley and Paul Bown. A general day’s routine for the runners was an 8am wake up; 2 hours of packing up, preparing and eating breakfast. We then began running at 10am (14-18 miles) with breaks every 5-8 miles. Luch followed at 1.30pm with recovery included, before running again at 4pm (10-15 miles), taking small breaks throughout. At 6.30pm the team started to set up camp, before further eating and recovering with lights out at 10.30pm. This long process was repeated for seven more days. The big finish was under the Eiffel Tower where the runners celebrated with the Kent 50th Team and supporters. If you’d like to donate go to https://www.justgiving.com/ campus2campus/

Sport

What’s sport like on an American year abroad? Bradley Russell

ven before arriving in Indiana, I was told that the university sports teams would be unlike anything I’ve ever experienced before. They weren’t wrong. Everything is bigger in America, not least the sheer spectacle of the sports. The variety on offer is huge: American football, soccer, basketball, swimming and baseball just to name a few and the majority of teams compete at the elite level in the country, with competitors often going on to make millions playing professionally in their national leagues. While the competition is a lot more serious and potentially life-altering than anything you would find in Kent, it is a lot more fun too. Americans are loud, bombastic and full of pride and that is reflected in the way they watch their sports. There are fireworks aplenty and the cliches are all there: halftime shows, vendors selling hot dogs and even kiss-cams.

You get plenty of bang for your buck and the price isn’t too shabby either. It costs around £6 for an American football game which lasts around two hours. For such high-end sport, it

of over a hundred people make their way around the stadium before kickoff and will play anything from the Game of Thrones theme to Sweet Caroline, depending on the mood of the game.

people from campus and the surrounding area watch a football game. To put that into perspective, Indiana University’s stadium would be the third biggest stadium in the Premier League,

The Memorial Stadium (located just inside campus) itself is a thing of beauty. It holds 52,000 people and while it isn’t often filled up, it’s quite incredible to see 30,000

but it’s not even the biggest stadium in Indiana! As previously mentioned, it’s not just the students who come out to watch the games, it’s the local community.

Photo by mrobenalt represents tremendously good value. When walking into the stadium before a game you are hit by the scale of it all. A marching band consisting

Sport brings together people like nothing else in America and it creates a real pride in the local area and university that would be hard to replicate in England. Freshmen and families alike are decked out in Indiana University merchandise (created and sponsored by Adidas, naturally) and the sea of crimson and cream on matchdays at the basketball arena or football stadium binds together the community and the college. University sport isn’t a hobby or for bragging rights in America; the sport is the lifestyle if you attend campus. It has been a fantastic tool for me personally to meet new people and discuss sport with likeminded and passionate people. If you’re ever in America or are thinking about attending an American university through Kent’s year abroad programme then I can’t recommend attending a game enough. It is an experience unlike any other and you’ll thoroughly enjoy it.

Preview: Men’s Lacrosse hopes for new season 2014/15 BUCS fixtures announced Max Biddlestone

he two Men’s UKC Lacrosse teams are definitely ones to watch this year. For the past two years, the 1st team have missed out on the top spot in the South East 2A Division, missing out on promotion by mere points. This year, with the crumble of the ‘London Universities’ team, both Kent teams will be playing in a league parallel to their own – South

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East 2B. After just six years of existence and one BUCS Cup victory under their belt, Club Captain Sam Perry looks to bring the promotion, and another BUCS Cup, home. Perry believes that we have a strong team this year and promotion is certainly on the cards. Sitting in the same league as the 1sts, the 2nd team had a respectable first year, having been conceived just last year, avoiding bottom

place with a 5th place finish. This year, the team, which will feature mainly as a competitive/developmental team, looks to stay off the bottom of the table once again. The league the teams will be co-competing in also features local rivals Canterbury Christchurch. Alongside Varsity, this means that Kent will be facing Christchurch at least five times this year. The Men’s Lacrosse Club are always looking for new members, whether they have played before or are completely new to the game. Taster sessions will take place on September 27 (Saturday) from 12-2pm and September 28 (Sunday) from 10am-12pm. If you cannot make this session, feel free to attend a session from 10am-12pm on Sundays and one of the officially trained coaches will talk you through the basic rules and regulations before you get involved in the game.

Henry Sandercock Website Sport Editor

ome intriguing encounters are in the offing for Kent’s various sports clubs next season as shown by the BUCS 2014/15 fixture list, which was unveiled earlier this summer. These include an openingday derby for the men’s rugby 1st XV, who will face CCCU away on 15 October. Kent’s 1st team netballers will attempt to avenge their 2013/14 south premier playoff defeat to the University of Hertfordshire, who they face on 5 November.

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Other highlights include the men’s lacrosse team who have two sides in the same league as well as Canterbury Christchurch. The men’s 1st football, women’s 1st table tennis and 1st hockey will all aim to emulate last year and retain their league titles and move into the play-offs. Announced separately from the main list were american football and indoor cricket, the former having undergone a structural change due to its increasing popularity at university level and the latter still waiting for confirmation of venues.

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Welcome freshers to a whole new year with Team Kent!

Photo by Dan Barnby Nina Mehmi

elcome to you all, I am Nina, your VicePresident Sport. Whether you are a fresher or a returning student, this is a very exciting year for Team Kent. As your Vice-President Sport I am here to represent you, ensure that you have a voice, and ultimately that sport here at Kent continues to improve and grow! A little bit about myself- I am a Philosophy graduate, from Bexley (London/Kent border). During my time at Kent, I was a member of women’s rugby. In my second year, I went on to become one of the social secretaries.

Then, in third year, I became the chairwoman. I had never played rugby before joining at Freshers’ Fayre; I couldn’t even catch a ball (still not sure I can now!!). I can honestly say that becoming actively involved in Kent Union through joining a sports club was the best decision I made at university. It enabled me to become part of a community, met some of my best friends and just had a great time! My big plans for sport this year are: 1) Getting the university to recognise the benefits of being involved in a sport, with hope to increase funding, support and provisions for students involved

in sport. 2) Getting the University to include sport more within their strategy. 3) Promoting the health and wellbeing aspects of sport, and lobbying for an emphasis on casual low-cost sport. 4) Continue to lobby for more pitch space and development of facilities. 5) Being more involved in sports clubs- having outside office hours, and attending Wednesday fixtures. 6) Continuing to grow sporting events: Varsity, Team Kent Ball, and for the first time an Alumni weekend. 7) Ultimately, ensuring that students involved in sport have a voice that is heard, and a voice

that can make change, and continue to improve sport! I also have a team of eight elected individuals that work with me to represent you; they are the Team Kent executive - look out for an introduction article soon. Sport is for everyone here at the University of Kent, and I’m so excited for the year ahead. To all those that have just arrived at the University for the very first time, get involved and I guarantee you won’t look back. With up to 60 sports clubs, numerous Inter-College competitions and many recreational opportunities, you won’t have to go far to find a sport that suits you.

Make sure you get yourself to the Freshers’ and Sports’ Fayres throughout the week to find out what sports are available on campus, and how and when you can get involved. If you have any ideas or want to find out more about sport or Kent Union then pop in and see me in the student activity centre next to Essentials. Come and have a chat when you see me on campus, or alternatively drop me an email- union-sports@ kent.ac.uk. Inside: Lacrosse, Korfball and Rugby previews, BUCS fixtures, sport abroad and charity success!