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King’s misses Office of Fair Access Targets, editor@roarnews.co.uk By Shivan Davis @roar_news A report released by the Government’s Office for Fair Access has revealed that King’s College London is amongst a quarter of universities in roar! newspaper the UK to have missed its aims for 2009-10 in recruiting students from a 020 7379 9833 lower-income background. The findings, which have been described by

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This issue, we love Sarah Cox at WTF... Totally feeling the pain of wanting to do so much but having SO MUCH READING... and old students, we miss you too!

At Her Majesty’s Pleasure...

So, the long slog to Christmas has started (yes, I wrote the C word!). I hope all of you enjoyed freshers’ week. No long term liver damage done and all that. Roar! is pretty much back to normal this issue. Well, apart from our centre spread - see if you can spot yourself in our freshers’ snaps and take a copy of Roar! to the Waterfront or Guy’s bar where one of the lovely bar staff will endow you with a free drink!* Don’t say we don’t take care of you.

The highlight of the my last week (apart from Roar! and KCL Radio’s cracking Getting Into Media Q&A) is that I am no longer homeless! I now live literally in the exercise yard of Holloway Prison. I kid you not. I can wave to the prisoners from my bed and exchange pleasantries with them from my garden! So watch this space for regular updates, Porridge style/ The consolation prize is that thanks to HRH and her high security I am in the safest place in London - well, except on visitors’ day.

On a Roar! related note: a date for your diary, come to the first Roar! gathering of the year on 17th October at 7:30pm, starting in the Waterfront! All the editors will be there, ready to be quizzed by all of you and I’m sure if you really butter us up we shall part with some of our hard earned student loans in the bar…

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BROKEN BRITAIN

But at least we’re not in France.

Or Ireland. Yes?!

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King’s Misses Access Target 2009-10 Continued from front page, By Shivan Davies The other Russell Group universities who failed to meet their targets were UCL, Warwick, Bath and Cambridge.

Incredibly, King’s College London was bettered by Oxford Universityan institution notorious over the years for its low intake of poorer students.

Oxford University stated that the university was “meeting or exceeding” its targets. King’s was, however one of many London-based universities to have fared badly. Along with UCL, the universities of Kingston, Westminster, and the University of the Arts all fell short of their objectives.

The University of East London, however, was one of the countries most inclusive universities.

Elitest?

Naturally, there are now fears that next

years intake could see an even lower number of disadvantaged students applying for the ‘elite’ universities due to the fees being tripled to £9,000 a year. The scale of the failure has led to speculation that universities will be forced to accept students from disadvantaged backgrounds and calls from the Office of Fair Access for universities to strive harder to attract poorer students. The idea of imposing sanctions such as being forced to accept poorer student has, however, caused unease over academic standards, with critics questioning whether it can really be called earning a place through merit. They argue that it is unhealthy for universities to be obliged to make their student members reflect society proportionally.

There has been some support for Russell Group universities. Although they failed to attract enough students from disadvantaged backgrounds, the universities did fulfil their promised of spending a quarter of their additional income (this being a sum of £1.57bn from tuition fees above £1,285), on

recruiting and offering financial support to poorer students.

‘A lack of confidence’ Wendy Piatt, the director of the Russell Group, unsurprisingly supported the institutions, pointing to the fact that “about one in three Russell Group students receive a bursary or scholarship”. Moreover, she added reasons such as “misinformation, lack of confidence and misunderstandings of the cost and benefits of university” could be attributed to the failings.

She argued that the problem does not lie with university applications, but with schools and the advice given to youngsters applying for university.

Piatt claimed that “A-level results in the right subjects are more important than money in deciding whether a student will go to a Russell Group university”. Evidence does support this argument- that students from poorer backgrounds usually apply for more competitive courses and often miss out to students from wealthier

backgrounds; however, the argument still leads to accusations of injustice and calls for students from poorer backgrounds to be given special consideration.

King’s itself, when announcing its proposals to raise the universities fees to £9,000 per year promised not only to reinvest ‘30 per cent of the additional fee income towards its widening participation initiatives and financial support’ but also to participate with the charities such as ‘Realizing Opportunities’- made up of a collaboration of twelve of the countries leading universities in order to work towards ‘social mobility’ and ‘fair access’, and ‘IntoUniversity’ a Londonbased charity with the same aims. It is clear then that Kings has attempted to meet its objectives.

it is clear that they have met financial obligations and more. Perhaps blame can be apportioned once it is revealed what these universities intend to do about their failings.

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Next steps for King’s So, it is perhaps too simplistic to brand Russell Group universities such as Kings as exclusive and to accuse them of breaking promises when

King’s Researchers Stumble on a Glassy Goldmine

By Luke Chattaway

This month, in a discovery that may be surprising to some, King’s scientists have found that adding gold to glass improves its transparency.

– which often can only be properly seen from directly in front of the glass screen – be seen from multiple angles.

Physicists have found that adding a thin layer of gold to a glass surface allows light to pass through at more angles. This discovery will improve the design of the new generation of LCD televisions and make images

Ryan McCarron, a PhD student from the Department of Physics who is leading the project, said: “This research could greatly increase output in LEDs, allowing new heights of efficiency to be reached”. Not only is

this discovery important for the humble LED, however, its potential applications throughout the greater scientific world could be manifold. Ryan McCarron goes on to add: “It may also allow nanoscale light sources for many other applications, such as bio and chemical sensing and integrated photonics.”

Gold-enhanced glass can be used in tablet computers to allow views to see the screen from even very oblique angles

Academic Legend To Visit King’s

By Luke Chattaway

Linguist, philosopher and political icon Noam Chomsky is due to visit King’s College London on the 10th October to deliver a lecture entitled ‘Changing Contours of World Order’.

The academic, famed for his staunchly left wing thought, is something of a superstar in the humanities world. Often referred to as the ‘father of modern linguistics’, his theories on transformational grammar among other things, beginning with the publication of Syntactic Structures in the 1950s, shook conventional wisdom about the way humans learn language and – by extension – have had a major influence on the way we understand the nature of the human mind.

Perhaps even more than his academic work, though, Chomsky is famous for his searing critiques on market capitalism and especially American foreign policy.

The talk will come as part of the launch of new journal State Crime by the International State Crime Initiative, an international society dedicated to the understanding of human rights violations carried out by state authorities.

To attend the talk email lawevents@kcl.ac.uk with your name, title and email address. Due to the expected high demand for seats, the talk will also be streamed live into the Stamford Street Lecture Theatre for those unable to get into the main lecture hall.

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King’s Goes (Environ)Mental!

By Fran Allfrey

Green Reggie’s team launched King’s environmental awareness campaign at the Welcome Fair on the 22nd and 23rd September.

The Green Reggie campaign (Green being King’s mascot Reggie’s Grandson) will be running throughout the year to raise awareness of green and sustainability issues throughout College, and students will be represented in the Green Reggie group through the soon-to-be-elected KCLSU Student Council Environment Officer, and VP for Activities and Facilities, Holly Walsh..

Some students will have seen the USB memory sticks and magnetic

bookmarks which were handed out at the Welcome Fair; featuring Green Reggie and the address for KCL’s new Environment web pages, kcl. ac.uk/environment.

And now, Students are invited to take part in an online survey about sustainability issues. Visit the website and give the College your views to be entered into a draw to win an ecoand camping-friendly wind up clock radio. College staff members are also taking part and there are two radios to give away, one for staff and one for students.

Currently, the College has various policies and systems in place to provide a sustainable framework around energy saving, waste and recycling and sustainable transport which help

ensure that King’s operates in the most environmentally sustainable way they can. But King’s are actively looking for students to add to thier policies and bring ideas to the table.

KCLSU too are working towards a Gold award for their eco friendly endeavours.

To have your say on sustainability issues at the College and help them improve, please take part in the online survey at http://tinyurl.com/KCLGreenSurvey. You can also follow Green Reggie on twitter, @GreenReggie, and be sure to elect (and keep up to date with) the Environmental Officer on your Student Council - see kclsu.org/vote for the Council Elections details.

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Get involved with new ‘Quad’ design As part of ongoing renovation work, design consultants Nomad RDC has invited students to have their say on the redevelopment of the Quadrangle area of the Strand Campus.

The area – situated on the deck and lower floors around Somerset house and the main King’s building – will become a new space ideal for formal and informal study. Ultimately, the goal of the project is to “transform a rather unlovely area of subterranean space into an innovative, light, flexible space for students”.

Nomad RDC,who specialise in ‘people-centred solutions’ is keen to hear from staff and students and have set up a forum (www.kingsquadrangle.wordpress.com) and encourage anyone interested to register their ideas or thoughts on the project.

LONDON BAKES UNDER LATE SEPTEMBER HEATWAVE

Words and Photos Luke Chattaway

“What a fine day,” were the words on everybody lips last week as the campus sweltered under an unexpected late summer heat wave.

Luckily for King’s, the newly refurbished Terrace cafe at the Strand campus provided a delightful place to enjoy the wonderful weather. Students could be seen in droves enjoying the dazzling view across the sparkling Thames to the glittering majesty of the half completed Shard tower over by London Bridge.

“This is such a nice way to start a new term. I’m thrilled, it’s sure to be an omen for another fantastic year,” said third year law student Yaseen Akhtar.

English student Guy Tonkin added, “I haven’t been this impressed by heat since the mid-nineties thriller starring Al Pacino and Val Kilmer.”

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Palestine’s Bid for Statehood

By Sonia Raja

The UN has been plagued by debate over the case for Palestinian statehood. Will it help or hinder the cause of the Palestinians? What difference would it make on the ground? Who supports and opposes the bid? Will it hamper the settlement of a peaceful agreement in the Middle East? Maybe we should take stock for a moment and consider what the Palestinians are asking for and why it would cause such a threat to Peace.

UK HITS ROCKS BOTTOM

By Olivia Selley

I found myself frowning at the newspaper. Again. Today (Thursday 29th September) an article titled ‘Bottom of the pile: Britain ranked last for quality of life’ caught my attention.

At first I was worried but I soon laughed afterwards. Included in the article were statistics about the hours of sunshine, retirement age, household income, life expectancy and the broken society (because no article is complete without a mention).

Apparently, we rank lowest in all of these criteria, making our country the least desirable place to live for both residents and non-residents.

Shocked, I found myself questioning if this is the case then why do we have problems with housing? Why do we fear over population? Why do we have illegal immigrants (or immigrants at all)?

In Exeter, Devon, a new town is being built to accommodate the hundreds of people who want to

live in this country, this statistically undesirable country.

happy I am. Do you?

Compared to our European neighbours we have the fewest hours of sunshine, but that’s not news to us.

Our high retirement age isn’t ideal and the strenuous working hours aren’t encouraging and yet we’re being compared to France. France. A place where they take 2-hour lunch breaks and everything closes; where they finish at 4 o’clock; where everything shuts down on a Sunday.

Apparently Ann Robinson of uSwitch.com, stated: “Last year our neighbours in Ireland were worse off, now we can’t even console ourselves with that”. And that’s when I laughed. There’s always room for a dig at the Irish. The article said: “Cutting back where possible to help combat our high living costs will go some way to improving our quality of life”. Some way? What a bunch of hopeless people we are.

Hooray for the workers but what about the residents, or the economy?

As to our hours of sunshine, look outside – it’s a heat wave so go and buy some burgers and a BBQ and go! Why are we continually assessed?

I immigrated once, to New Zealand, where the quality of life is statistically off the charts (probably). I still came back. I think I’ll take a taxi home today. I might even stop and get an ice cream, sit on Primrose Hill and enjoy the sun. God I hate it here.

I don’t need the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Met Office or the World Health Organisation to cobble together their stats to tell me how

At least it’s not Ireland.

Article referred to by Mark King, The Guardian, page 7

Statehood is the status of being a state, rather than being a territory/area or dependency. Currently ‘The Palestinian Territories’ are represented by the Palestinian Authority. I specifically choose the word ‘represented’ as in reality Palestine is governed by the hand that feeds it, that is, the U.S. The 1993 signing of the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements, AKA the Oslo Accords, establishes Palestinian ‘self-

rule’ for the West Bank for five specific spheres: education and culture, health, social welfare, direct taxation and tourism. Whilst negotiations took place over bigger issues such as Jerusalem, refugees, the settlements, security arrangements and borders, the Oslo Accords were created as an interim agreement to last five years.

Almost two decades on, negotiations have gone stale yet, Israel has managed to decrease the land for Palestinians.

Having visited the West Bank over the summer, it became apparent to me that to have power over the spheres mentioned above, you need infrastructure, security and independence.

Most of all, you need the ability to plan for the future. Autonomously, Israel continues to occupy and build illegal settlements. It has declared its own authority through random checkpoints (in addition to 120+ permanent checkpoints in the West Bank). When the Israeli Defence Forces decide to pay a visit to the refugees camps they phone through to Palestinian police ahead of time to tell them to ‘go inside’. It’s a mockery! Just a few days after I had returned from Ramallah, the IDF shot two refugees dead indiscriminately in a Qalandiya refugee camp.

Armed Israeli soldiers continue to aggravate Palestinians on a daily basis during house raids and take away children who throw stones. These children are put into adult prisons, for up to a year! This is a direct violation of UN conventions! Furthermore, the freedom of movement for Palestinians is infringed upon grossly with illegal walls, Israeli-only roads as well as an ID system that only applies to the Palestinians. Even license plates are colour-coded to distinguish cars owned by Palestinians and cars owned by Israelis living in the West Bank! The list goes on.

International law states that apartheid is “inhuman acts committed for the purpose of establishing and maintaining domination of one racial group of persons over any other racial group of persons and systematically oppressing them.”

Statehood for the Palestinians would establish an independent, sovereign state in the West Bank and it would reclaim areas that include East Jerusalem and Gaza – which had been occupied by Israel since 1967. Recognition by the UN could potentially give Palestinians greater access to international bodies like the International Criminal Court and the Human Rights Council. This would enable Palestinians to file legal challenges against Israeli practices and apply international pressure on Israel for their human rights abuses and the crime of apartheid.

Yes, the U.S will veto the bid and even if Palestine is recognised as a non-member observer state, the U.S will turn off the tap for hundreds and millions of dollars in annual American Aid, which they already practised when halving the wages of all civil servants in the West Bank this summer.

But you have to ask yourself this: What has two decades of on-and-off peace talks achieved for the Palestinians? There is still so much more to be done. There is a lot of uncertainty for how this process will go. However, it is clear that peace cannot happen without justice.

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JUSTICE UNDONE

By Matt Lever

A few weeks ago, Troy Davis was executed by the State of Georgia for the supposed murder of a police officer 22 years ago. It might seem surprising that the American death penalty is newsworthy – there are 3251 others awaiting the same fate, after all – and this case might have passed us by but for the minor detail that Troy Davis may well have been innocent. Of the nine witnesses who claimed to have seen Davis shoot Mark MacPhail outside a Burger King, seven have since recounted their evidence. Of the remaining two, one has kept silent since the initial trial and the other is Sylvester Coles,

Understandably, even proponents of the death penalty have voiced concerns over the case. The principal problem is and always has been that we often cannot be sure whether a defendant is guilty or not, and so it seems beyond belief that the authorities chose to go ahead with Davis’ execution when there was such a significant level of doubt. But the larger question is, of course, whether the death penalty is appropriate – or “just” – at all. Ignoring the financial implications (it costs more to place a prisoner on death row than incarcerate them for life), supporters tend to rely on two arguments: firstly, that paying the ultimate price for their actions will deter criminals from committing crimes in the first place; secondly, that death provides the only real form of retributive justice for the victims and their families.

On the first point, this is simply untrue. As any criminologist will tell you, crime is almost never the result of a rational thought process. A potential criminal doesn’t weigh up the likely outcomes of his or her actions before breaking the law: crime, and specifically the kind of violent crime that the death penalty applies to, happens in the heat of the moment. Statistics show this. In the US,

despite the frequent use of the death penalty, the homicide rate is one of the highest in the developed world, at 4.8 per 100,000 of the population, and the prison population is the highest of any country in the world, with 743 inmates per 100,000.

As for retributive justice, why would dying be the less preferable option when the alternative is spending the rest of your life in one of America’s notorious prisons? Inmates in for life are often put on suicide watch for that very reason: from their perspective, dying is a way out. In an interview soon after the execution, the mother of the victim, Anneliese MacPhail, described a feeling of emptiness, hoping, “All the feelings of relief and peace I’ve been waiting for all these years, they will come later.” I’m less optimistic: I don’t think Anneliese will ever find the catharsis she’s been looking for.

Watching your son’s murderer die doesn’t change anything.

America’s death penalty is something of an anomaly among developed countries. This contrasting international attitude towards justice was highlighted recently when neo-Nazi Anders Breivik went on a killing spree just outside the capital

city of Norway, killing 77. Whilst he was rushed into solitary confinement pending prosecution, many in the international community were shocked to discover that ‘indeterminate’ jail sentences in Norway are limited to a maximum of 21 years. However, in reality, anyone still considered a danger to society after that time is kept in prison and subject to five-yearly reviews, so it is unlikely that Breivik will walk free for a long time, if ever.

But there is no denying that the Scandinavian interpretation of justice is profoundly different. The prison Breivik will most likely end up in is a new £15 million development with en-suite bathrooms, an in-house recording studio and a climbing wall.

This might seem slightly absurd even to the most fluffy liberal, but it works. The Norwegian penal system is designed not to punish criminals but to rehabilitate them, and that’s exactly what it does: not only are there just 71 prisoners per 100,000 of the population (compared to America’s 743), just 20% of Norwegian former convicts return to jail after two years. The same figure is nearly 60% in the U.S. If we assume that, on the whole, people aren’t consigned to either end of a moral spectrum and that criminals can be rehabilitated, shouldn’t that be the

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focus of our justice system? A concept of justice based solely around punishment is illogical (where’s the sense in killing someone to show that killing is wrong?) and childish: we might feel that criminals “deserve” to live in rat-infested squalor, but what happens when they get out?

Hatred only breeds more hatred.

It’s a lesson we in the UK would do well to learn. With David Cameron calling for “tough action” for convicted rioters last month, judges across England have taken heed and handed down massively disproportionate sentences. Two 20-year-olds from Chester received four years each for simply organising a riot-related event on Facebook. Four years is more than some rapists. They weren’t event at the event. We’ve sent to prison countless more who got caught up in the riots, and I’ll bet that if they weren’t criminals when they went in, they will be when they get out. It might be a case of petty crime in the UK, but for Troy Davis, it was a matter of life and death.

Look at the evidence. Vindictive, retributive justice doesn’t work.

Protecting Social Mobility: or, ‘the rise of the Nanny State’

By Michael Miller

With the launch of Nick Clegg’s social mobility strategy, the nanny state culture that has led to a spoilt generation was given further sup-port.

The idea that we need to “improve social mobility” is just untrue. Ar-guing that internships are almost the sole preserve of the sharp el-bowed and wellconnected, the wealthy, Nick Clegg is again telling students what they want to hear. In truth, we need to know that there will always be people who seem to have it easier than ourselves, but hard work and perseverance, despite financial difficulties or our re-spective backgrounds, is the way to a more comfortable future.

Whether it’s students, the unemployed or those on low-income, a large proportion of the UK population have an unfair sense of self-entitlement, which I believe fundamentally has led to the recent riots across the country.

While people from higher-income families do often use their family’s networks to find high-profile internships that they may not otherwise have received, who is to say that you or I could not get the very same internship?

Sure, it’s not fair that we have to work to display our merit, while others get away with using their parents’ success, but why waste time envying others?

Our time would be better spent working on our resumes and profiles, setting ourselves apart from the rest so that we too can land the best internships.

Evidently, the difficulty is not in finding internships, what with the in-creasing visibility and access to industry employees through social media applications such as Twitter. The time for opportunism really is ripe.

More difficult is the financing of internships. While many do provide for expenses in travel and food, almost half of all internships are un-paid. I agree that employers may take advantage of unpaid labour, however, it is certainly not a one sided bargain; it is a matter of in-vestment for your future, much like paying for study.

We students will complain about unpaid internships and tuition fees, but I don’t see many students willing to forego their extravagant party lifestyles so they can save money to make the duration of their intern-ships and study more affordable. I say, if people are comfortable com-plaining on the bottom rungs of the ladder, let them be, for the rest of us have arms and legs, we can climb it ourselves – Nick Clegg, stand down.

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Society member? Got an event coming up? We love being told about happenings around King’s (and love an invite even more). Get in touch with Laura at studentgroups@roarnews.co.uk.

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Did Somebody Say Jazz Hands?

By Kate Gladstone-Smith

The KCL Band is the society to join if you want to have fun and play jazz.

It doesn’t matter what you are studying; the members in KCL Big Band range from medical students to PhD musicians and includes a large range of undergraduate students. We rehearse once a week, which is often followed by a trip to the pub!

Last year the big band played in 5 star hotels across London. We also performed at reno wned jazz venues such as The Bulls Head and we hosted the University of London Battle of the Big Bands.

We also mix with other societies, which provides some exciting and unique experiences, such as the inter-society recording session hosted by the Jazz Society that featured musicians from the Gospel Society, Chamber Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra, Chapel Choir, All The King’s Men, The King’s Chix and King’s Musical Theatre Society.

This was the first project of its kind in which the Jazz Society brought together a huge selection of quality musicians from throughout King’s to

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perform some classic, soul, funk and pop tunes on scale never seen before at King’s. This was done under the musical direction of the gifted music student and Jazz Soc drummer Felix Higginbottom. A short documentary about the project can be found on YouTube if you search ‘King’s College London: Music Societies’.

If you play saxophone, trumpet, trombone, piano, voice or rhythm and base come and check us out!

Feel free to ask any questions to one of our friendly band members. Find us on facebook, ‘King’s Big Band’ or email kcljazzsociety@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Society events listings October contact michaeljfanner@gmail. comfor more info

KCL Comedy - First Social of the Year!

With stand up acts from King’s students, and Alumni Tom Rosenthal (of Sunday Night Dinner fame) Tutu’s cocktail bar, 7-9pm £5 non members /£2 members KCL Jazz and Big Band performances from 2010

Thurs 13th October Taekwondo

The very first taekwondo session of the new season. Beginners and experienced students all welcome.

Boland House, 7-9pm

Monday 31st Oct Fusion @ London Launch Party Find full and contantly updating listings at www.kclsu.org/

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Fusion@London Presents: King’s, Imperial & UCL Merge Shocker!

If your group has done something amazing: we’re talking sitting in baked bean baths for hours, climbing snowdon, or even just doing something a little extra for it’s members... tell us about it @roar_news

KCL Shine: Doing it for the Kids

SHINE is a student-run charity that aims to raise the academic achievements and aspirations of Key Stage 2 (9-11 year old) pupils.

Don’t worry, it’s for a good cause!

Students from all across London are gearing up to take over the capital for a hugely ambitious event, celebrating the arts in aid of Cancer Research UK. The organisation quite aptly known as Fusion@London is a unique collaboration between King’s College, Imperial and UCL, with an open invitation for other students in London to get involved. With the impending London Olympics, 2012 is the perfect year to launch the first merger of London students, promising the best artistic talents among the student population.

The main event is set to take place on the 25th and 26th of February 2012 with a Fashion, Music and Dance bonanza. This shall involve a large student cast and will feature celebrity headline acts, fashion stores such as Vivien of Holloway and Moss Bros, Graduate designers from The London College of Fashion and Central St Martins, top choreographers, up-andcoming artists and much more.

In addition to uniting students from across London, the event also aims to feature acts from various University societies ranging from Indian to

SHINE matches over 150 university student volunteers to four local schools situated near the London Bridge and Waterloo campuses.

Mentors spend 1-2 hours a week working on a one-to-one basis with their pupil, providing both academic and pastoral support.

Chinese and Afro-Caribbean societies exhibiting a vibrant culture befitting a cosmopolitan city. With such treats in store, no one can miss this event!

Students from all course backgrounds are encouraged to get involved and express their creativity. The organisation welcomes a wide variety of artistic skills from dancing, design including fashion, costumes, prop, web and graphic design, modelling, choreography, music compilation, etc. The result is an amalgamaction of talents and cultures that guarantees outstanding entertainment. As a member of Fusion@London, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the organisation of the event, and perform in one of London’s most exciting venues alongside professional acts before an audience of up to 4000 people including VIP guests. Do not miss a once in a lifetime opportunity to perform at this 2012 event! Visit the Fusion website for details of the upcoming October auditions for models and dancers, which are to take place at King’s College and Imperial College.

KCL SHINE mentors and mentees

Started by King’s students in 2004, the group has provided mentor support to over 650 children, becoming a registered charity along the way.

Now in its eighth year, the demand for mentors is higher than ever and SHINE is launching its largest ever recruitment scheme to ensure enthusiastic volunteers can contribute to our local schools.

In the London Boroughs of Southwark and Lambeth, where our current participant schools are situated, there are high levels of unemployment, poverty, and poor housing. In these communities there is little expectation of education and primary school children are often without a positive role model. Research conducted by the SHINE Trustees has found that children benefit significantly from having a mentor. Pupils demonstrate increased confidence, raised aspirations, improved behaviour and higher social skills. This is in addition to educational achievements.

If you’re interested in being a SHINE volunteer yourself, complete the application form, found on the SHINE website www.shinementoring.org. uk, and send it to admin@shinemen-

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Features

Roar, October 10 - October 31, 2011

Edited by

Rupert Clague features@roarnews.co.uk

Letter from Abroad: Nuit Blanche

By Sophia Wyatt, currently studying abroad in Paris

There are so many clichés that surround Paris as a city of love, a city of dreamers, a city of fashion, that I’m hesitant to start an article about such a place.

The baguettes, the bikes and the berets, they do come three in one, and even off the beaten tourist track, the accordions’ jaunty lilts still fill the air. In the shortest and simplest terms, Paris is everything you expect and more, but although it’s a beautiful city by day, Paris becomes a bewitching world once the sun goes down and the lights come on.

It makes sense then that Parisians are infatuated by the night.

Whilst 3am London can sometimes feel a bit seedy and a bit cold, Paris is still in high spirits and more friendly than ever.

Indeed, Parisians are so frightened of losing this ability to frolic into the early hours, with the worldwide malady of over-protection clamping down on them, that there’s an outcry of a petition PARIS : QUAND LA NUIT MEURT EN SILENCE and so

GreenEyes@ roarnews.co.uk

Welcome to October, the spookiest month of your year at Kings. Forget pumpkins and pointed hats, the ghosts of freshers are here among us, ready to do some serious haunting.

Campuses are abuzz with all things that go bump in the night; those forgotten souls from Tutu’s might end up being on your very same course.

But fear not, fellow students, I have devised a cure strong enough to

comes «La Nuit Blanche» as a toast to the night, with the Mayor of Paris’ seal of approval.

Born out of a desire to widen the audience for art, to make it more accessible and foster a sense of openness towards creativity, it has come a long way since its birth 10 years ago, with over fifty official artists from around the world and countless others jumping on the bandwagon, making it really quite impossible to choose where to begin.

If it had to be compared to anything in London, maybe Notting Hill Carnival at a push; there’s the same surreality of not quite believing you can act like this at 2 o’clock on a Sunday afternoon, but it’s also oh-so-very completely different. For a start, events start when Notting Hill Carnival is already dying its slow and grimy death, and continue through the night until 7am.

You’d expect, if your only previous experience of a city party was NHC, a heavy police presence, but I barely saw a single one. I doubt they really need them, there’s such an air of shared bemusement with the city, that even as I trudged home at 6am, I didn’t have the slightest drop of fear when the man next to me

ward off the spirits of weeks past.

Don’t delay, begin your first week of lectures in disguise and your ghost shall trouble you no more. Growing a beard or moustache is surprisingly effective in avoiding awkward encounters – and not just for the ladies.

Even the smallest change in your appearance will force a double take from your ghost, giving you enough time to run for your life. So change your parting, go Gaga with the accessories or embrace greasy hair, but take note: over-enthusiasm in the costume department may transform your reflection into a new source of fright - and the way you looked during this first week of lectures could haunt you for weeks to come.

Such was the fate of one poor

student last year, in the tale of ‘The Dress of Shame’. Her overdressed attire on her first day of lectures was assumed to be ‘an outfit from the night before’ by her peers in the science department (think pearls, stockings and bright red lipstick for a day at the lab). Rather than admit her severely misguided fashion choice, she begrudgingly admitted a liaison had occurred the previous night – and a fake romance was concocted between the girl and a boastful bloke, lasting several months.

It is only fitting to end our Halloween column with a second horror story – and my tale of choice concerns a beast who roams the halls of Guy’s Campus. This issue’s Jerk of the Month award is bestowed upon one

had his shoes taken off and his feet on the seat in front of me, all the while mildly cackling, he was just having a great time. In fact I gave him a banana and he read my palm.

The events themselves, scattered, and clearly marked on the programme, were an eclectic mix of art installations, films and open galleries. I made it only to a few, such was my level of inebriation and the haphazard desires of my companions. The first we stumbled across was an interactive piece by Melanie Manchot, inviting the audience to join them in a silent-discoesque ballroom dance, where they are isolated by the headphones and at the same time united by the movement of dance. I was not completely sold, but it sure was beautiful to watch all these souls move in silence as if they were ghosts. We moved on to a film

by Jesper Just in the gaudy theatre of «Le Divan du Monde», which screened men singing a cappella Roy Orbison’s «Crying» in a strip club, a reflection on masculine identity and performative qualities of genre. My friend turned to me and declared it «post-modern», and that was the catchphrase of the evening as we skipped - and wheezed - around, up to Montmartre, and sat watching the city come alive.

of the university’s most renowned male menaces, a student I will identify only as ‘The Bar Coder’. Girls, beware, he can be identified by his jet black hair and weapon-of choice, the iPhone.

Like many males, he stores a list of conquests in his phone book - each entry holds a girl’s name, mobile number and facebook profile picture.

Here’s where it gets shady: under the mobile numbers and you find another series of numbers, or rather, a ‘bar code’ for every girl. Each of the ten numbers represents a girl’s score, for a series of categories that range from slightly demeaning (attractiveness, kissing ability) to highly unsavoury, with 0 being the lowest and 9 being the highest. There has only been

one recorded attempt to destroy the iPhone in question (I kick myself for failing!) and it is rumoured that bar coding is becoming a common practice on the iPhones of Kings.

Your mission: to name and shame the culprits through this column, in any way you deem necessary. Remember, the more creative, the better. Bonus points will be given for nabbing the original bar coder!

In the mean time, treat me with some gossip at greeneyes@roarnews.co.uk but be warned: you may fall victim to one of my Halloween tricks.

Yours truly, Green Eyes.

Features

Roar, October 10 - October 31, 2011

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Every Londoner’s Worst Nightmare

By Laura Frater

I think I am living out every Londoner’s worst nightmare.

I am out of the city.

Okay, I am technically not out of the city. I am somewhere much worse: suburbia. I can hear birds and the sound of children laughing. There is a severe lack of traffic and the elderly seem to own the street on which I live – (as opposed to the marijuana fueled freshers that previously engulfed my former home in Waterloo). The Londoner in me is frightened, distressed and severely unsettled: I am without distraction and stuck in oblivion.

You see, the Londoner needs London as much as the city needs them. The true Londoner craves the significant, the big and the overwhelming. We become panicked by silence, uneasy by universally unknown landmarks and downright terrified of those who are friendly but not wishing to sell us a ticket for Penthouse.

What we need is the noise, the smoke and the ultimate distraction of this city’s creative and cut-throat buzz. It is the pulse of the underground beneath the Strand that pushes us through the homesickness, while the playful sound of Piccadilly Circus dissuades us from pondering the seriousness of “what am I doing with my life?” The Londoner needs to walk past Westminster, headsore and weary, and listen to that figure shouting from an open window, “Just keep walking, girl! We’re trying to sort out the real problems in here! Just keep on walking!”

So although the Londoner needs London, once in a while you’ll find one who at least attempts to relish the quiet and the smoke-free air. They’re sitting on a bench, watching a river devoid of tour boats and tanks. They hear nothing (not even the sound of next door’s three year - old) as they fix their gaze on the opposite bank .

They see birds droop loftily across the shore, the hills standing quite still and silent. The Londoner raises their head as they catch a glimpse of movement: sunlight catches against blue sheets as they hear red buses in the background.

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Fashion & Life Style

Roar, October 10 - October 31, 2011

Edited by

Coryn Brisbane fashion@roarnews.co.uk

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Chunky cardi. YES!

Perfect autumn styling. See right hand page!

Blazer + sh orts = always styli sh

Roar Fashion loved the eclectic styles on display at last month’s Welco me Fair, at the Barbican. Got a fashion for ward friend?

Send your snaps to fashion@roa rnews.co.uk

Gorgeous headscarf!

O.A.P fashion (old and priceless)

By Coryn Brisane

Vintage stores have become an intrinsic stop for the fashion forward and over the last few years the trend of vintage has come into its own. Vintage fashion is a double investment of time and love. As you enter into a Beyond Retro, the all too familiar scent of vintage hits you like flicking through the pages of a treasured book. As delightful as vintage fashion stores are, transforming you to a different age through the copious

amount of clothes and accessories from previous decades, finding that gem amongst the aisles, and aisles, and aisles of clothes can be incredibly time consuming. However, The pay-off is great as when you find that item which is oh-so-you, you buy into your second investment of vintage fashion; history. The short investment of time in the store is incomparable to the temporal investment of the history of the garment. Each piece of vintage clothing is ‘pre-loved’ and, I know this sounds terribly sentimental but, you in turn are extending its story.

However, it’s important with vintage fashion not to fall into the cliché market. Streets are often lined with people wearing decadent fluffy grandma jumpers and a bold, floral-patterned 1920s shift dress teamed with those all-too important vintage brogues.

The look still stands strong and is

making a considered move away from the commercialism of the high-street, yet it does seem that vintage has now become commercial in another form.

Instead of using vintage fashion to create a unique style there is a tendency for the look to become just as expected as the high-street. Nevertheless, many turn to the old and priceless vintage to enhance their look and utilise timeless pieces for their own individual aesthetic.

With both the fetish and heritage trends taking the runways by storm, vintage fashion plays easily into the field of high fashion. There seems to be an integral relationship of inspiration between high-fashion and vintage since both are becoming essentially entwined. Marc Jacobs’ opulent silk pencil skirts and embellished sequin jackets show inspiration from

a 1920s dance-hall, whilst designers such as Giles, Givenchy and Christian Dior display suggestive leathers, laces and corsetry in their fetish-infused runways.

Vintage fashion works effortlessly into the trends produced on the runway and plays more easily into a student budget than high-fashion items.

Head north from King’s to Covent Garden’s Rokit or, if you don’t want to travel the 5 minute walk, log onto their online site. Alternatively, try out the wealth of vintage stores in the Brick Lane area, or if its accessories you’re after, make sure you head to Hanbury Street’s Absolute Vintage.

But for the dedicated vintage junkies amongst you head to Beyond Retro on either Cheshire Street or Great Marlborough Street for the most abundant emporium of pre-loved wonders.

Campus Spy

By Mark Daniels

Faux leather jackets

Whether you are interested in the welfare of the cows or the welfare of your bank manager, faux leather is the ideal solution to the student’s autumn jacket dilemma.

If you want to look as cool as Brad Pitt in Fight Club on the budget of a student in the poor club, this is the best bet for you. If you want something original, why not go for a different colour, like a navy blue to match the Waterloo sunset, or an autumnal red to match the leaves of Hyde Park?

However, think simple and understated...we don’t want to turn back time to studded diamonds reminiscent of Cher circa 1989!

Unfitted jeans

I’m not your mother and with a target audience of young adults, I hope it’s not a shock that this is not a lecture about needing to wear clothes that fit you! No, this section is about the shape of your jean choice.

Skinny, baggy, bootcut, twisted, and currently on-trend carrot and arc: granted, it’s all a bit confusing, but just because you are swamped with choice and think the selection sounds more like a vegetable patch than a clothes store, is no excuse to give up and buy a rectangular pair from BHS! There will be a fit for you!

Roll up those sleeves and get ready to rummage! It takes patience to be a vintage shopper.

If in doubt, go and try a few on in Topman, where things are incredibly well labelled and displayed - if you are worried about the cost, head to New Look afterwards for all the same things in a more attractive price range – my carrots were only 22.99 from there, and I’m not talking about the hummus accompaniment!

Roar, October 10 - October 31, 2011

Fashion & Life Style

Tribe Vibe

Drunken Etiquette

By Lucia Ariano

At the moment, pages of magazines are featuring feathered headbands, brightly coloured prints, fur trims, moccasins, blanket coats and beaded jewellery. Other than being useful for Cowboys and Indians dress up, what do all of these pieces have in common? Obviously, they are Najavo-inspired…

The Indian-American tribe still resides in south-western parts of the United States and their weaving, which remains central to their culture, has leaked into the fashion industry. The designs are characterised by angular, often diamond shaped patterns, and these prints are still worn today by Najavos because of their meaning.

Despite the loss of tradition in the ‘Navajo-inspired’ prints that have hit the fashion industry, I can generally see (even if only a slight) relation to the real deal. In my opinion, poncho styles and blanket coats justly fall within the ‘Navajoinspired’ category too. However, Navajo seems to have taken the position of fashion buzzword of the moment and honestly, I’m not 100% convinced by its use in the fashion industry. Take Joe Browns’ ‘Navajo Coat’ (£89.95, www.

joebrowns.co.uk): essentially, it is a moss coloured, double-breasted, mid-calf coat made primarily from polyester. To say that this coat is tenuously linked to the Navajo people would be an overstatement.

If you fancy a little giggle, I’d take a look at the article on Kelly Bensimon’s new jewellery line (nymag.com). Chris Rovzar rightly brings her ridiculous quote to the forefront: “I love the Navajo and I love the idea of taking Pocahontas out of the kayak and putting her in the disco.” Apart from being quite a laughable thing to say, Pocahontas was from an entirely different tribe and a completely different place: Virginia. Good grief.

So, whether this Cowboys and Indians trend of the moment is regarded as Navajo, Aztec, Pocanhontas, 70s hippy, or gypsy…here are a few ‘Navajo-inspired’/possibly not ‘Navajo-inspired’ pieces that I like the look of: Urban Outfitters ‘Sparkle & Fade printed Najavo Dress’ - £22.00 ASOS Aztec Pattern Coat - £100 Freedom @ Topshop Jewellry various

Carmen Sheridan (an abider of too few of these rules).

Learn from our mistakes and follow our 20 ‘do’s and don’t’s’ for your drunken London nights out (based on the real life experiences of some ‘wise’ third years).

1. Do scout out a good kebab shop after nights out.

2. Don’t drunk dial or attempt the (admittedly harder) drunk text. Unless you’re going to tell that girl you met a week ago that you love her…

3. Do plan your bus route home (preferably one which stops next to that kebab shop).

4. But don’t fall asleep on the bus.

You don’t want to wake up to “this bus terminates here”.

5. Don’t wear heels on a night out unless you are prepared to walk barefoot through Chinatown.

6. Do remember to dress appropriately for the potential ‘walk of shame’.

7. Do remember that three years is a long time - freshers week is not the time to fall in love.

8. Do remember that there are night clubs outside of the overpriced, under-attractive Leicester square.

9. Don’t be fooled by clubs that promise free stuff… it’s generally just for the first 5 people.

10. Don’t forget that university is just starting. You WILL encounter that person you tried to pull/ harass at least once in your three years.

11. Do other stuff besides going out and getting drunk... just kidding.

12. Don’t buy a round of drinks just as the club is closing. Those three jaegerbombs may seem like a good

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idea at the time, but it makes getting home a whole lot harder, and getting up for your 9am lecture virtually impossible… and even if you do make it, there’s a high chance you’ll be fighting the urge to vom the whole way through class.

13. Don’t spend a lot of money on entry… no club is worth more than £15.

14. Don’t be afraid to talk to people.

Everyone is in the same boat.

15. Do leave an indication to your fellow flatmates if you’ve brought someone back to ‘sleep over’. This will save awkward walk-ins in the morning whilst you’re in a precarious position.

16. Don’t get with your flatmates. It’s hard to avoid them if you’re living with them.

17. Do ring your parents and let them know you’re alive. Just not at 4am on a night out because you want them to come and pick you up.

16. Don’t take your card out with you on nights out, that student loan will quickly disappear.

Accidentally withdrawing £200 and spending it is definitely something you’ll regret in the morning!

18. Don’t leave a voicemail for anyone whilst drunk. It may seem like a good idea to record a declaration of love, or tell someone how much you hate them, but remember it can, and most probably will¸ get played back to you in front of a crowd, for optimum embarrassment.

19. Do make sure that you clear away any glasses with vodka in your room before you go out. A 4am sip of what you think is water is lethal.

20. Do remember that it is your duty, as a university student, to do something mortifying on a night out. Just try not to be too much of a repeat offender as there will be little way for you to ever redeem yourself.

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“Did I really pay for this?” - Confessions of a 2nd year...

There is no oxygen in here, only sweat molecules masquerading as air. There is music, apparently.

Hundreds of people jump and bustle and dance…or (like me) are they simply moving around to stop their little toes being trodden to oblivion? I take a few photos, they will lie for me to say I had a good time. I have taken off my shoes and smile. I wish I was at home playing Scrabble as ferociously as they play this music. I cannot hear what you’re saying to me, NO that doesn’t mean I want your booze-stained breath battering around my ears.

Did I really pay for this? Ah, thankfully, now there is one song I know, I can dance and sing, maybe even enjoy myself. Every lyric becomes a mumbled shout until every third word I know in the chorus can be belted out with joyous victory. Wait, isn’t this song over yet?

This is my confession. I am one of a select few students who dislike clubbing. Or should I say, perhaps, I am one of a select few students who admit they dislike clubbing. Perhaps, like early Christians, we should go around drawing special symbols in the sand (on the Strand?) to identify one another. That way, we could avoid persecution.

I am, in fact, a convert. I spent most of last year stumbling around the clubs of London, drunk out of my mind; having what I thought was the time of my life. But with a sink full of vomit and a head full of regrets the next morning, something inside of me clicked.

Clubbing makes me hungry. It makes me tired. It makes me sticky and dirty (no rude thoughts

please). It makes me poor. And to have a good time and forget all of these things, I have to be drunk. Being drunk is simply a more expensive way to make me look and act like more of an idiot than I do already in everyday life. And being drunk makes me hungry. It makes me tired. It makes me sticky and dirty (seriously, now). It makes me poor.

After twenty minutes in a queue, twenty drinks spilt down me, twenty sweaty men trying to dance with me, and twenty pounds mysteriously disappeared, I wonder- what am I getting out of this?

Sometimes (I find myself admitting now) I went just to say that I had. Then, after twenty years on a bus, twenty thousand calories consumed at McDonalds, twenty bruises on my body from being elbowed and shoved, I return home, at an hour much, much too far past my bedtime. My feet are bleeding. And so is my heart.

I’m a second year now. And like the three year old me moving onto the ‘Big Girl’s Toilet’, I have reached a hugely transformational stage in my life. I am, like totally, grown up. So whilst yes, I might still enjoy getting a tad drunk, I’ll be doing it in my friend’s living rooms, or in cosy pubs furnished with stuffed geese and paisley carpets like the ones native to my distant land of North Yorkshire. And I’m out, I admit it, I’m lame. But at least I’ll no longer be pondering killing myself on the N13 at 4am at night as a 50 year old Egyptian man pulls on my beer, sweat and tear soaked dress and asks to buy me.

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Arts

Roar, October 11 - October 31, 2011

Edited by

Theodora Wakeley arts@roarnews.co.uk

The (Post)Modern Way

by Sam Spencer

Currently standing at the Victoria and Albert Museum, rather incongruously, is a large pink neon sign.

Although this may come as a surprise to a casual museum visitor (like finding a cocktail bar in the Sistine Chapel), it seems like a fine way to introduce their new exhibition on postmodernism. After all, postmodernism was (is?) a movement built on contrasts: between high and low culture, Versailles and Vegas, between the “colourful and ruinous, ludicrous and luxurious,” as co-curator Glenn Adamson so neatly puts it. A movement that challenged the bland function and formality of modernism, and created a world of shagging skyscrapers, Greek urns daubed with Coca-Cola logos, and teapots with Mickey Mouse ears....all three of which are exhibited here.

The subtitle of this exhibition is ‘Style and Subversion’, and it certainly provides plenty of the latter. As a whole, the exhibition is a glorious display of the subversion of postmodernism: how it broke away from the establishment, then became the establishment, subverting itself. For instance, one room features an extract from seminal PoMo film Blade Runner shown next to a Vivienne Westwood dress emblazoned with scenes from the film.

The exhibition is full of touches like that, creating a bewildering but fascinating atmosphere, especially when coupled with the V&A’s decision to have all the exhibition rooms decorated in a gallery-meets-Robocop fashion, which in itself could be said to be a subversion of interior design (this is the trouble with postmodernism; suddenly everything seems to be a subversion of everything...)

On the ‘style’ front, however, I’m not sure the exhibition is as effective. At its best, for example with its big pieces and costumes (Hollein’s surreal parody of Roman pillars, and outfits made for David Byrne, Annie Lennox and Grace Jones being highlights) it is fantastically stylish. However, many of the smaller pieces, especially the kitchenware, have not aged well – it is very clear they have come from a decade where an item’s expense was valued over its appearance.

Four reasons we still live in a postmodern world

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Sugababes get to number one with ‘Freak Like Me’, 2002 Nothing represents the magpie nature of postmodernism quite like ‘Freak Like Me’; a mash-up of two other songs... that had been already released by someone else (their producer). Also, the Sugababes’ Iron Curtainesque membership policy gets an honorary mention for asking that vital PoMo question – is a band still the same band when all of its members have been replaced?

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Banksy takes over the Bristol Museum, 2009 By allowing famous Bristolian Banksy free reign over the museum’s collection, the first ‘mash-up museum’ was created, leading to imitators such as Grayson Perry’s upcoming British Museum show.

Also featured: the first documented exhibition of a dancing chicken nugget.

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Lady Gaga wears a meat dress to the VMAs, 2010 Apparently a gay rights statement (according to Gaga, “if we cannot be heard we’re nothing more than the meat on our bones”), nothing quite challenges the establishment like wearing steak to an awards ceremony.

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Jennifer Egan wins a Pullitzer prize, 2011 A Visit From the Goon Squad, Egan’s excellent fourth novel, features an entire chapter told via a PowerPoint presentation. Enough said, really.

I suppose this has always been a postmodern problem – by constantly being on the cutting edge of design, it is inevitable that your product will be hilariously dated fairly quickly. Just listen to any pop band from the 1980s for an example. Garrish teapots aside, though, this is a fascinating exhibit, and well worth visiting, if only to see some of the big names featured within – Warhol, Koons and Lagerfeld to name just three.

What is most interesting, however, is not what is exhibited, but what is not exhibited, namely, the fact that the exhibition ends in 1990. Although this could be a lead-in to a second exhibit spanning 1990 to 2010 (and I sincerely hope it is), it does raise an interesting question. Is the V&A saying that postmodernism is over – a dead movement like Romanticism or Rococo? Although semantically impossible (surely everything postmodernism is postmodernism), the argument is made within the exhibit that when postmodern ideas were adopted by the mainstream, by advertisers and so on, postmodernism as a subversive force became lifeless.

I’m not sure how much I agree with this. Our modern world is full of signs of the continuance of postmodernism, with everything from Youtube to Kanye West deeply indebted to postmodernism. That, and the fact that the new movement would have the ridiculous title of post-postmodernism.

Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-1990 is showing at the V&A until 15th January 2012, £8 for Stu-

Ballet school

By Ed Hetherington

lighting that fills the space.

Interspersed amongst these works is an array of private studies that successfully serve to highlight Degas’ fascination with both dancers and movement. His sculptures and the vibrant collection of paintings from his time spent in Russia add richness. The exhibition also acknowledges the meteoric rise of the camera during the period in which Degas lived and provides enough contrast to allow the audience to conclude for themselves to what extent the device enriched or threatened the work of Degas.

Focusing on an artist so famed for his depiction and fascination with movement meant that the exhibition itself did risk having a certain static nature. However, the intelligent use of projections from artists such as Etienne-Jules Marey, positively contribute to the experience by both contrasting the work of Degas and creating an overall sense of dynamism.

Degas and the Ballet at the Royal Academy offers an entrancing examination of the artist’s life’s work for the art lover and novice alike. With a great array of pieces sourced from around the world, this is an engaging and modern gallery experience.

A great strength of the show is its exploration into the true spirit of Degas’ works i.e. his love and skill in portraying human movement. Famed studies of ballerinas in late 19th century France are an instant crowd pleaser - small oils such as ‘The Dance Lesson’ and ‘The Rehearsal’ act as pillars of the showcase, shining in the well-appointed low

A second risk that was posed by holding the exhibition in such a large space was that the delicate and by no means large pieces would be eaten up by the buildings expanse.

Fortunately, The Academy has expertly avoided this through its introduction of non-permanent curving walls that both mount the works and guide the audience, giving the space a natural and intimate flow that has not been achieved so successfully in previous shows.

In short this exhibition is a gem that should not be overlooked and it’s the perfect way to use your time in central London. If you are not yet a fan of Degas you most certainly will be afterwards.

Degas and the Ballet: Picturing Movement is showing at the Royal Academy until 11th December, £9 for Students.

Rothko In Britain

By Melissa Gardner

The Whitechapel Gallery currently has an intimate exhibition about Rothko and when I say ‘intimate’ I mean it - if you’re hoping for a gallery of paintings to admire, you’ll be disappointed. This exhibition is installed in one small room nestled next to the Foyle Reading Room and consists of a single painting, ‘Light Red Over Black’, bought in 1957 for £4,500, as well as black and white photos from his first English exhibition and original letters concerning the sale of the picture and the donation of ‘The Seagram Murals’ to the Tate. Whilst the painting itself is brooding, angry and sullen in characteristic Rothko style, this exhibition is probably not worth a trip to visit. If you’re in the Aldgate area, the Whitechapel Gallery is an intriguing detour, but fans of Rothko should head to the rather larger collection of his work housed in the Tate Modern.

Rothko in Britain is showing at the Whitechapel Gallery until 26 February 2012, Admission Free.

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Roar, October 10 - October 31, 2011

A note from the editor...

Second Hand Words

By Jen Parker

Heard of the Guardian Book Swap?

Happening at the moment, it encourages people to leave a much loved but read-to-death book lying around for the unsuspecting traveller (or suspecting if you follow @GdnBookSwap) and tweet the location with accompanying pic.

In today’s culture of consumerism and advertising, the concept of ‘second-hand’ has been creeping back into our consciousness. Sometimes it’s rebranded as nostalgic eccentricity, sometimes as vintage. Obviously not everything can be recycled or passed on, that would be unhygienic and probably unsafe. Some things, like food, and according to my landlady, electrical appliances, really can only have the one owner. And I have the greatest respect for those people who manage to both be new parents and use towelling nappies.

Now, perhaps because I am a bit miffed at not having found one of these lovely surprises (then again I haven’t exactly been looking hard), I propose we start our own King’s Book Swap. Me and Jen (author of the wonderful article to the right) will each leave a book lying around the Strand campus with a beautifully written personal note inside.

Maybe we will tweet the location @ roar_news, maybe not, either way, if you find it, make sure to let us know and carry on the good will.

But books? Books are one of the most transferable objects between people. Has there ever been so much of a tradition of swapping, recommending, and sharing of any object?

And this tradition isn’t just between friends and families, but total strangers too. Think about it: does anyone throw books in the bin? Even –shhh– bad ones? No, because it’s sacrilegious. ‘Book-burning’ smacks of ignorance, intolerance, and extrem-

Hell this may be as unproductive as the Panty Exchange (remember that?) and our books may be binned by some disgruntled cleaner but don’t begrudge us for trying to spread some book love…

ism. You just do not destroy books.

In the famous words of the Red Hot Chili Peppers literary collective, “give it away, give it away, give it away now”.

I try to get all my books second hand- this is easier thanks to the internet. Where would we students be without Amazon? But I still prefer second-hand bookshops or charity shops. There are some amazing second-hand bookshops connected to universities where you can almost guarantee really great finds. Be warned; there are more marks of wear and tear in these books than most. My copy of Jane Eyre has notes in oriental characters all down the margins. I have another book where a previous reader has drawn little pictures all over the pages, another where someone has linked me to other books with similar themes.

Others simply underlined words or phrases they liked, and I have dozens of books with my own scribbles. I’ve got a book that had (and still has) an American train ticket in it, another with a post-it note saying ‘I cried cried CRIED from here’. I love the notes, or the underlines or stars, because I love thinking about what the previous readers might have thought.

You’re in a sort of silent book club that stretches across time and space wherever and whenever the book is.

My mum finds reading my books distracting because of the notes, and I know a lot of people might think that a book covered in handwriting looks messy. It could legitimately be seen as a great insult to the author and publisher, and lots of people like to keep their books pristine for their own future reading pleasure.

In a world where the Wasteland App tidies and hides all the references and notes (until with a click you agree to be imposed upon) my views might be unusual, but I’m not so sure.

For me, writing in your books is one of the highest compliments you can pay it. Surely Charlotte Brontë would be very happy that someone from so far away thought it was worth working through her words.

I think there’s a beauty in most marks of wear and tear; they’re like archaeological finds. They’re there because the owner simply could not just keep them on a bookshelf. Those books will have been in many a handbag, many a coat pocket, shared space with shopping, been scratched by keys, chewed by babies, have a cracked spine from an overenthusiastic grip... What better compliment to any piece of literature?

Join in the King’s Book Swap, and tweet @roar_news a clue to the location of your book (or keep it secret - whichever you fancy!)

THE OUP REVIEW: HITLER’S FIRST WAR

By James Bulman

Thomas Weber’s first full book about the leader of Nazi Germany is one full of intriguing revelations and never-before-discussed research findings.

Bringing together unpublished letters and diaries from soldiers in Hitler’s WWI regiment, Weber reveals how Hitler was seen as a ‘loner’, the ‘artist’ the ‘object of ridicule’.

Indeed, Weber’s lively and readable (at least for enthusiast) work actually undoes many of the assumptions made about Hitler and his WWI regiment. For example, it is often argued that it was his WWI experiences which shaped Hitler’s political stances, and that many of his regiment were similarly driven towards holding the beliefs of the National Socialist Party because of their experience in WWI. Yet, Weber reveals

that only 2% of Hitler’s old regiment actually joined the Nazi party by 1933.

It seems that WWI, and Hitler’s experience within his regiment, perhaps can’t be blamed for ‘turning Hitler into what he was’, seeing as the rest of his regiment resisted being driven to extreme Nazi views, or anti-semitic beliefs.

Hitler’s views were apparantly not the norm for all war veterans.

I noted the readability of this work: and whilst it is completely accessible, with enough information provided that even those with a rough knowledge of European history will have no problems keeping up - the length of the book will probably deter those who have term time reading lists in other subjects. If this is you, save this one for Christmas.

Yet those hungry for details and facts should have their desire satiated: Weber really has produced a conclusive and scholarly read.

(Hitler’s First War, by Thomas Webber, Oxford University Press, £10.99, out 13th October)

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All the world’s a stage...

... and we are merely the students. But why go see Shakespeare in London?

By Katie Sinclair

Studying in London has a wealth of cultural benefits. There are hundreds of opportunities daily to experience the arts, whether it is a flash mob, poetry slam or 24-hour play. With such a myriad of modern culture, seeing Shakespeare can often seem a little outdated and expensive. So how can theatres entice students to fill the stalls? And why should we bother with Shakespeare in London?

For one, the price often helps. Many theatres such as the National offer £10 tickets to students for major productions, including Shakespeare’s works. Sure, you often have to queue outside early in the morning, but it is worth it to sit in the front row at 7pm, feeling smug because you paid at least a quarter of what the businessman three rows back forked out. For me, it was simple. Student tickets to Richard III at the Old Vic: £12. Making eye contact with Kevin Spacey, and having his button ping out and land at our shoe mid-performance: priceless.

Theatres are increasingly using stars such as Spacey to attract audiences to Shakespeare adaptations. When two productions of Much Ado About

Nothing ran this summer, one at the Globe with a relatively unknown cast and another West End production starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate, it is not surprising to note the latter was largely more popular among theatregoers. Using well known actors can modernise productions by attaching the recent phenomenon of celebrity to plays written four hundred years ago. The idea of getting tangibly close to a star would draw even the poorest of students.

Shakespeare’s works are noted for their depiction of the human condition; musings on love and life remain as relevant centuries on. More than this, though, directors are constantly rebranding Shakespeare to make the universality of his plays more pronounced. Tennant’s Much Ado was transported to 1980s Gibraltar, giving the courtly atmosphere of the play a more recent relevance. Sam Mendes directed Spacey in Richard III, choosing to remove the play from its War of the Roses context to focus on its elements of dictatorship.

Spacey is decked in Gaddafi’s uniform and posters of his face emulate the propaganda of Chairman Mao.

This makes Shakespeare hugely relevant, especially for the cultureconcerned student.

Shakespeare is timeless. The humanity of his work guarantees its applicability to our lives, irrespective of our background or nature. As we grow in intellect (hopefully!) at university, watching his plays in London not only furthers our minds but also enhances our cultural understanding.

Plus, cheap tickets, unusual settings and a host of celebrity stars mean that a night with Shakespeare is, most importantly, fun.

So why not go see The Tempest, starring Ralph ‘Voldemort’ Fiennes, at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.

Whilst it stays relatively close to its setting, its trippy fairies and brilliant acting means it is an enjoyable and unique night out. With tickets online from £13 and stall tickets available for those who don’t mind queuing on the day, it’s well worth making an effort for.

The Tempest is showing at the Theatre Royal Haymarket until 29 October. www.trh.co.uk.

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REM: A Crying Shame, or About Time?

Daniel West reacts to news of REM’s split

Whilst the news of R.E.M.’s split may come as a bit of a shock to some, one cannot shake the sense of inevitability that foreshadowed the stagnation of these alternative rock gods.

Indeed R.E.M. have ceased, in some way, to be a household name, assigned to the list of ‘those bands my dad likes’ like Pink Floyd or Yes. But whilst some may feel no more than a moment of ‘oh’ when reading the news, it is important to remember that R.E.M. have more than earned their place in the Georgia Music Hall of Fame.

Sometimes in music there can be debates as to which musicians started a particular movement, or at least were more important in a movement – were the Ramones or the Clash more important for punk rock? But R.E.M. seem to stand tall as one of the most important pioneers of alternative rock. Blasting their way straight out of the overdrive and static driven late 70s, they soon burst out of the underground scene, with a massive following, with one of their greatest hits – ‘The One I Love’.

The album that hit single was from, Document, represents perhaps some of Michael Stipe’s most outspoken political lyrics (and that is saying something) and is somewhat of a jewel of conservative resistance.

It’s one of those albums that, despite being timelocked in an 80s Reagan America, will never quite be anachronistic.

In 1987 Rolling Stone magazine declared R.E.M. ‘America’s best Rock and Roll band’ and as they shifted from independent label I.R.S. to Warner Bros (for distribution reasons) the

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band went from strong to stronger, picking up producer Scott Litt who would produce their next five albums.

Their next albums simply gained momentum, after Green they recorded Out of Time, which sold over 12 million copies world-wide, making it their best-selling album. They drew

hit single ‘Losing my Religion’ from this, which marked for some (including myself) the zenith of their career, around 1991-92.

T h e y released Automatic for the People in late 1992. It featured m a n y string arrangements f r o m bass-legend cum rock-titan John P a u l Jones and is considered by many (including the band) to be their best album. It sold only 10 million as opposed to the 12 million of its predecessor, but despite this it featured such heavy-hitting singles

as ‘Everybody Hurts’, ‘Man On The Moon’ (my personal favourite) and ‘Drive’.

With Peter Buck’s definitive guitar sound and Michael Stipe’s edgy and sometimes obscure vocals and lyrics, R.E.M. managed to carve out a niche that has influenced many bands and secured them a platform for some of their political activism, earning them the title of “most liberal and politically correct rock groups” (Los Angeles Times).

Although R.E.M. achieved less in their later years than in their formation and particularly around the end of the 80s and start of the 90s, their status as pioneers of alternative rock cannot be overlooked. They wrought, out of the mesh of post-punk and new wave movements, one of the most important genres of music – Alternative Rock. So I feel it is fitting that we should now lay this band to rest, a band that have worked tirelessly to create and to change. But we do so with a heavy heart, and a sigh of acceptance; As Michael Stipe said – “All things must end, and we wanted to do it right, to do it our way.”

Kill it Kid @ XOYO - 20th September ***

By Shivan Davis

Despite most of the stock of their new album Feet Fall Heavy being destroyed in the infamous Sony warehouse fire in this summer’s riots, Kill it Kid still took to the stage on September 20th at XOYO to celebrate their album being miraculously released on time. The band, who formed in 2008 and originate from Bath, released their eponymous debut album in 2009.

The album received extremely positive reviews from the likes of NME and Kerrang and earned them comparisons to artists such as The Black Keys and The Raconteurs, establishing them as a major up-and-coming force. There is a real sense of chemistry between lead vocalist Chris Turpin and Stephanie Ward: the

way they often split vocals is similar to The XX. Both have phenomenal voices – especially Turpin, whose voice resembles Antony Heggarty’s, of Antony and the Johnsons fame. Moreover, their use of the fiddle, banjo and violin, alongside a blues rhythm, sets them apart from the multitude of other emerging folk rock bands.

However, after opening their set with a crashing version of new single ‘Heart Rested With You’, it becomes clear that the band have decided to drastically veer away from their older material.

Turpin dominates the vocals, which is a shame, and they abandon the quirkier and quieter instruments. It’s a thumping start,

although less original and slightly forced.

Ward is given some of the spotlight for another new song, ‘Pray on Me’, a White Stripes-esque bass-driven effort that again comes across as trying too hard.

The performances improve, however, as the gig proceeds, culminating in their best song, ‘Send An Angel Down’, from their previous album. Still, the thrashing guitars, head-banging, thumping drums and repetitive blues-swing is unrelenting and begs for something different, which the band refuse to deliver. They end in a contrived manner, dumping their guitars on stage and walking off without thanking the audience who have been reserved throughout and simply applause limply.

COSMO JARVIS & The Darlingtons at The Borderline ****

By Amanpreet K. Paul

Amidst the smoky haze, drunken antics, moving to a new and unfamiliar place, deprivation of sleep and general freshers trance, a bit of good music was exactly what I needed.

Cosmo’s London gig in Soho Square was phenomenal. Having only heard a few songs I didn’t quite know what to expect, yet Cosmo Jarvis turned out to be one of the best artists I’ve ever seen live.

Not only were he and the band musically faultless, but they were also incredibly entertaining. Switching from electric sounds to acoustic, they toyed with the crowd’s emotions with shifting loud and soft music and teased the audience with songs from Cosmo’s new album Is the World

Strange or Am I Strange?.

The single ‘Gay Pirates’

(of which there were two in the crowd – yes, two grown men together dressed as pirates – genius) taken from the new album, was one my favourites along with his first release, ‘She’s Got You’. They are catchy, feel-good songs that induce crazy dancing.

Halfway through the gig a black sack emerges on stage. What comes of this?

None other than eccentric hats. Of course, a drummer with a cone hat, pirates on bass and Cosmo is now a flamingo. What more could you want?

Cosmo is a master of creating a gig that leaves you only wanting more when it comes to an end. Then again, I fall in love with any man that can play the ukelele.

Each song has a different element. Sometimes it feels like hardcore indie rock, and then at other moments it becomes electric

and even Reggae-esque.

With a venue like The Borderline you’re never left wishing you were closer to the band or that you could see or hear more.

No matter where you stand you can taste the passion, be scattered with Cosmo’s sweat and feel as if in that moment you’re part of something beautiful. It’s a moment that, if you know and love good music, you capture and bottle because a gig as genuine and raw as this with so few people doesn’t come around that often.

Warm-up act The Darlingtons are also worthy of recognition. Describing their sound as “moody euphoric guitar music”, they are bloody good at exactly that. If you’re a fan of indie rock Brit bands, they are a must. In all though, it was the Borderline was the place to be that night and made for the best night of my freshers week.

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Recent LP Reviews Bombay Bicycle Club – A Different Kind of Fix **** (Island)

By Shivan Daview

Bombay (distorted guitars and rock tendencies) but with a haunting synth line that never fails to make you feel slightly on edge. ‘Your Eyes’ is the quintessential dizzy pop record while the laid back ‘Lights Out, Words Gone’ is the perfect cure for a heartbroken hangover. ‘Take The Right One’ will surprise some with its sparkly Shoegaze, alternative to anything they’ve ever done before, but still has one of those eyewatering melodies that just makes you want to put your head in your hands and cry.

Jack Steadman’s melodic ear has developed vastly, and while this record is much softer when it comes to instrumentation than their first, it retains the lyrical immediacy that any socially-awkward youth will be able to relate to.

Tracks like ‘Beggars’ and ‘Fracture’ are for fans of second album Flaws, however making use of electronic effects and rock instruments inkeeping with the rest of the album, the latter making it impossible not to look reflectively out of your window and think about lovers past. ‘Leave It’ and ‘What You Want’ are perfect examples of how the band have progressed since ‘I Had The Blues...’, incorporating a metaphorical lyrical style with under-processed vocal samples that almost parodies the structure of the modern day pop song.

Opening track ‘How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep’ lulls you into a sense of melancholy before effortlessly introducing a baggy beat reminiscent of euphoric single ‘Shuffle’, while layers of loops build up to create an environment leaning on chaotic. ‘Bad Timing’ is classic

‘Still’ is basically ‘Videotape’ by Radiohead (imagine Thom Yorke’s blistering falsetto sung with childlike innocence) and deals with the subject of being cheated on, Jack wailing “Was he everything I’m not.” Overall it’s an unrelenting joyride through a world of issues

This third album from the ever-popular indie foursome sees them reach new musical heights while remaining an accessible guitar record, with an inventive use of electronic samples inspired by dance music.

facing many young people everywhere. One word of advice though is that while this is a guitar record, its primary focus is on melody, so someone wanting huge rock riffs will soon get bogged down. Contrary to their debut, this album would be out of place at an indie gig, or in a rock club.

This is an album for drinking in the Sun, for laughing and crying with friends, and for bedroom dancing. It is an album that you will be able to live with day in, day out, for months, but then never listen to again unless trying to rekindle the memories of those months. Yet another sumptuous addition to the band’s already glistening achievements.

Black Junk – Exit_International ****

By Kathryn Haley-Halinski

Where do I begin? Having been an avid fan for a year, I often get asked

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what Exit_International actually sound like, and as of yet I can’t think of a reference point beyond advising a tetanus shot after prolonged listening, in a good way.

And now, with the release of debut album Black Junk, the world may, and indeed should, experience exactly what I mean. The Cardiff three-piece are an intimidating prospect: consisting of two bassists and a drummer, with vocals that sound like a cross between Kurt Cobain, Jimmy Urine and watching The Exorcist after not sleeping for a month, the band gleefully rip into every possible nook and cranny of the sickest, darkest humour and moments of genuinely unsettling seriousness.

On the one had we have the lunatic disco malevolence of ‘Chainsaw Song’, possibly the most playful horror of a track to ever centre around a woman and her favourite powertool, and on the other hand we have the creeping nausea of ‘King Of The Junkies’, which at nearly five minutes is a slow-burning epic for the band.

Top this off with the eruptions of catchy and playful obscenity throughout, and the disturbingly intelligent musicianship demonstrated on ‘Sherman Fang’ with its pounding chorus, skittering intro and truly gobsmacking end. Reference points for the uninitiated include Bleach-era Nirvana on ‘Shake Your

Bad Ass’, Nick Cave for the level of playful surreality, The Wildhearts for pop-influenced rock noise, and The Jesus Lizard for, well, noise.

And despite all this, it is a musically rewarding listen, melodic and rhythmic throughout, with more than enough riffs and hooks to outfit a six-piece, with basses of the dirty fuzzy low end and the incisive treble- overdriven persuasions, all propelled by pounding, seething percussion. By no means for the faint-hearted, Black Junk is a terrifying, thrilling ride that is a total necessity in this convoluted world we find ourselves in today.

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In Conversation with Sean Pertwee

By Kate Loftus-O’Brien

Last Thursday at about 4:47pm, I had a minor freak-out and forced my friend to let me record her inane babble (I asked her to pretend to be Sean Pertwee, she’s really more of a Hugh Grant) whilst I telephoned her from downstairs. At 5:30pm I was scheduled to do my first ever phone interview. I needn’t have worried though, because despite his convincing portrayal of someone who, in Sean’s own words, is a “vicious, bitter and broken-thug”, 47-year-old Pertwee was far easier to chat to than his on-screen presence suggests.

His latest film, Four is a dialoguedriven thriller, a gritty tale of revenge that’s funny and tense in equal measure. The plot seems a simple one: a businessman hires a detective to kidnap his wife’s lover, take him to a disused warehouse and essentially scare the shit out of him.

But take heed of the film’s tagline and perhaps your jaw will not drop quite so much as mine did, because

there’s no such thing as a simple plan.

“It’s a hard one to talk about to press,” admits Pertwee, “you kind of give the bloody thing away!”

Nonetheless he’s quick to tell me that he’s proud of the film, in which he plays a stony-faced detective who’s simultaneously amusing and terrifying. It seems Sean found the filming process a little scary too: “I came in at the last minute and we were straight on set with twenty pages of text. It was terrifying, but also incredibly fulfilling and liberating, you have nothing there but yourself as an actor, nothing to hide behind apart from the language and the twists and turns.” It’s true that the film relies almost entirely on the first featurelength script by Paul Chronnell and the skill of the four actors. Impressively, it is compelling throughout; chuckle-inducing, edge-of-your-seat compelling.

I asked Sean if the two-week filming schedule was an intense process.

“It was but it all added to it, the discomfort, the cold… it was one of the coldest winters and we were in an old paper mill, there was black dust up your nose. The whole experience was hard and fast and grim but that’s what we wanted. We were shooting at night at incredible speed and it was very intense because there were only four of us, there was no let up, that’s why I think it works and gives it an edge.”

And a sharp one at that, for a low budget movie Four certainly packs a punch without employing any of the usual fast cars, fight sequences or pretty little love interests. Sean told me he tries to work with small independent films as much as pos

sible, and I asked how it compares to some of the bigger productions he’s been in. “In essence it’s the same but it’s the trappings and the noise of the industry around you that’s slightly different. It’s much rawer.”

should be a time of experimental drive, an explosion of statements. It’s a difficult time for everybody but I’m surprised that more isn’t happening and that there’s not more confidence invested in the arts across the board.”

The word raw gets used a lot during our interview, and since we weren’t talking about crudités it’s safe to say that Pertwee views the film as a powerful, unpolished sort of affair.

I agree; it’s also refreshingly British after the crop of summer blockbusters, and I was curious about Pertwee’s thoughts on the current state of British Cinema. “There’s no confidence in our industry at the moment which is a real shame, now

As a BA student post-cuts all I can say to that is: I hear you! However, with films like this emerging, confidence, surely, can be restored.

FOUR will be in cinemas across London from October 21st http://www.fourthefilm.com

Lost In Translation: what makes a successful adaptation?

By Katie Sinclair

These days it seems every other film holds the subtitle: ‘Adapted from the novel by...’. With the film industry flailing, screenwriters are increasingly looking to successful stories in order to make the expensive filmmaking process worthwhile, and an established fan base means a guaranteed return.

The adaptation market is big business, but many of these works are failing to live up to their hype, finding themselves lost in the translation from page to screen.

Take One Day, possibly the most popular book of the summer: who hasn’t seen its orange cover peppering the beach, the tube and the coffee shops of the UK? Last month saw Lone Scherfig’s film version released with much media furore. Many questioned if David Nicholls’ blockbuster could make the transition and were indeed disappointed with the result, feeling that it failed to live up to the reading experience.

The Guardian summed up: “The fun and popular David Nicholls novel has become a so-so rom-com.”

Why has One Day failed when others have succeeded?

It could be the popularity of the book – its audience is close to millions – which has divided audience opinion.

But the most successful film franchise ever, Harry Potter, is of course adapted from JK Rowling’s beloved fiction.

Maybe One Day has strayed from the plot of the novel – but Nicholls himself adapted the work and lines have been lifted directly from the page.

But even so, wooden acting and awful accents aside, the script itself fails to deliver, and this is due to an absence of a quality the book has in spades: spirit.

The key to a successful adaptation is retaining the essence of the book, whilst putting a unique stamp on the work.

One Day fell down because it literally retold the novel; at times, it was more like watching a PowerPoint presentation rather than a piece of filmmaking. In transforming the book so closely, Nicholls lost its heart, and thus his audience.

Perhaps he could take a tip or two from the latest adap-

tation of Jane Eyre. A classic tale that has been frequently adapted yet retained its popularity from 1944’s Joan Fontaine to 2011’s Mia Wasikowska. This relies partly on Bronte’s brilliant story,

but more importantly on the adaptor’s ability to provide us with the heart of the work without locking it into its eighteenth century context.

Fukunaga had the weight of the recent BBC take on

the work, with a fiery Ruth Wilson as Jane, on his shoulders. Whilst his film does lack some of the intensity of previous versions, its windswept Yorkshire landscapes, unwavering protagonist and crucial sexual tension keep it true to the page.

Art is an experience. Both literature and film require us to feel to be successful. It is difficult to translate what can be felt in a novel, an attachment to a character or an emotion at a pivotal plot-point, to the big screen. But when Harry defeated Voldemort in cinema screens across the world, audiences applauded and cried for Yates’ CGI Hogwarts in the same way readers devoured Rowling’s last work. The emotion was translated.

Perhaps then, whilst there is no foolproof recipe for a successful adaptation, a work’s essence coupled with a sprinkle of originality is surely a good place to start.

One Day is in cinemas now, and is available in book form in all the usual places.

KCL Film Society listings FREE films every week!

Fri 14th Oct - Animal House (1978, John Landis)

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Thurs 20th Oct - Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010, Apichatpong Weerasethakul)

Thurs 27th Oct - Grave of the Fireflies (1988, Isao Takahata) Screenings are held at the Strand Campus in 2B18 - also known as S-2.18 or The Arthur and Paula Lucas Lecture Theatre - in the basement of the Strand Campus.

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Film for a Fiver: Empire Records

Cult Classic: Top Gun

I feel I ought to begin this recommendation with an apology. I have scoured the internet and even ducked into a well-known purveyor of shiny, silver discs on Oxford Street, but nowhere could I find this cinematic masterpiece for under the hefty price of £5.99. That extra 99p could undeniably buy you multiple tins of lentils, something hideous at Maccy D’s in the early hours, or a paper cup of that gross Pret coffee that makes you feel borderline alive at a 9am lecture.

My all time great film has to be Top Gun. I love everything about it. Who doesn’t? It’s amazing!

(Alan Moyle, 1995)

By Francesca Reece

Alternatively, you could spend that 99p on what I guarantee will be 90 of the greatest minutes of your life.

Empire Records is one of those films that leave you not just with a warm glow, but with something akin to an electric shock of joy, as well as an irrepressible desire to find a man with either curtains or a sleeveless leather jacket (yes - it’s kind of similar to temporary insanity).

The concept of this coming-of-age comedy is simple; a day-in-the-life of a bunch of fairly lost youths who work in a record store and have to fight the impending threat of The

Man. The cast of losers, overachievers and stoners is a far cry from the kind of record store clerk we’re used to. Empire Records is devoid of both cooler-than-thou hipsters and embittered middle-aged men, who were once in a band that sounded like Pearl Jam. Here we have what I daresay is the most likeable cast of characters in cinematic history. (There’s even a shoplifter with a penchant for gangster rap, heavy metal and Whitney Houston).

Alongside the hilarious cast, there’s a killer soundtrack and more cracking one-liners per screen second than any other film I’ve seen. (If you watch this with your flatmates at the beginning of the year, you will be quoting it forevermore.) This film has everything you could possibly want; a love story, Liv Tyler and even a high speed criminal chase (kind of). It’s infused with an unshakeable joie de vivre and manages to pull off what’s possibly the greatest ever happy ending minus any form of cheese; so sacrifice that late night burger and instead spend the 99p on pure, celluloid comfort food.

Review: An American in Paris

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(Tony Scott, 1986)

By Zoe Tipler

Every review will go on and on about how it’s a film about enduring friendship and g o o d guys winning over baddies - all of which is true, obviously.

But it is more than that. The combination of singing, (Goose and Mav doing ‘You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling’) male topless-ness and romance make it the best film EVER! Oh and throw in a bit of death and drama and, voila! you have the perfect film.

Watching it is a right of passage, it is an education in state-of-the-art ‘80s special effects and high-tech iconography - the hair, the clothes and the planes.

Tom Cruise at his most typically cocky overcomes the death of his copilot to destroy some Migs and get the girl. It is thanks to Top Gun and Meg Ryan that we have the line, ‘take me to bed or loose me forever,’ which, no matter how vehemently you deny it, you have a secret fantasy about saying to someone one day.

Unfortunately, like most iconic movies, there is rumored to be a shoddy copy in the offing. Let’s hope that if it does happen it doesn’t ruin all our favorite beach volleyball moments.

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Cinema of the Month The Genesis

By Alice Harvey Once a Victorian music hall and theatre, the Genesis is an unassuming cinema situated between Stepney Green and Whitechapel stations on Mile End Road. But underneath its modest exterior, this independent cinema is one of the many hidden gems of London’s East End. Scurry upstairs and you’ll be taking your seat in their largest screen, clearly a relic of the days when Charlie Chaplin graced the stage (yes, really!). The decor has been toned down a touch, but the architecture hints to the 150 years of entertainment housed under the gloriously sculpted roof.

If your screen is downstairs you’ll be treated to a more intimate affair. I found these smaller audiences perfect for getting friendly with Ron, Harry and Hermione – but most importantly Ron (got a thing for red-heads).

If you’re looking for a refreshment, head to the Genesis’s very own licensed bar. As an accompaniment to popcorn I’d suggest a beer over wine, but there’s plenty beverages to choose from. As well as salted and sweet, Genesis caters for all cinematic tastes.

Outside, posters for small independent titles sit right beside those of the season’s biggest blockbusters.

Take your student card on a weekday and tickets are just £5.50 a pop, and located just a few stops from the Strand and Guy’s Campuses (take the District Line east from Temple to Stepney Green, or take the Northern Line from London Bridge, and change to the District Line at Bank), it’s a perfect night for those with 9am lectures the next morning.

By Simran Bhinder

The ‘Noughties’ have seen a rise in the popularity of a cinematic genre previously forgotten by all but the Disney Empire – the musical film.

Top tip: For the cinema geeks out there, look out for special deals and releases. Past events include a monster-movie double bill for the release of Troll Hunter.

With works such as Moulin Rouge, Mamma Mia! and Sweeney Todd becoming blockbuster sensations in recent years, it is perhaps appropriate to look back and appreciate the roots of this nostalgic genre. The British Film Institute does just this in its digital restoration of An American in Paris and brings with it an unabashed feelgood form of entertainment.

www.genesiscinema.co.uk Photo: SilkTork on Wikimedia Commons

Originally released in 1951, An American in Paris, directed by Vincente Minelli and starring the muchloved Gene Kelly, was a post-war sensation; it scooped up six Academy Awards as well as a Golden Globe.

accustomed to. Instead, it portrays a fantastically unrealistic love story set in the romantic backdrop of Paris, broken up by bursts of song and dance that avert any threat of gravity in the film.

Today such a musical is, perhaps, completely out of step with modern entertainment. An American in Paris is not political, highbrow or particularly clever. Nor is it filled with the CGI special effects we have grown

However, this light-heartedness becomes entirely excusable as the film develops into an enchanting fantasy.

Gene Kelly’s good looks, teamed with his stunning singing and dancing, are spellbinding even to a mod-

ern audience, and more particularly to the females amongst us, whom I defy to stay immune to Kelly’s charms.

His talents are complemented by the thoroughly contagious songs, such as ‘I Got Rhythm’, and by a script that at times reach comedic genius.

The restoration of An American in Paris proves that the magic of musicals is certainly something to be appreciated. While the story feels somewhat dated, it has qualities that make

upcoming releases of modernised musicals, such as Annie and A Star Is Born (planned for 2012), ventures to be excited about. And not to mention the classic musical itself, which is definitely worth watching.

The digitally restored ‘An American in Paris’ is released on 28th October 2001, at BFI Southbank and in selected cinemas across London.

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Sports

Roar, October 10 - October 31, 2011

Edited by

Charlotte Richardson sports@roarnews.co.uk

Note from the sports’ editor “Ask me one on sport, please” So ‘Fresher’s Fortnight’ is over and just when you think it’s time for a breather, some sleep and soup to combat fresher’s flu – which I can confirm is still prevalent in third year – comes one of the most sociable periods of the sporting year. Your social conduct (or lack of it) will cement your reputation for the rest of your degree. Initiation. There, I have said it and all I can add is ‘Good luck!’ particularly if you are a KCL Netballer (mwhaha!)

On a slightly more serious note, initiation is something all sportsmen and women have to embrace. It’s a great way to let loose after trials and get to know your team mates properly. You will only ever have one initiation so make the most of it. You will survive – we’ve all been there - and you will get a modicum of sympathy – honest!!

And once you have recovered from fresher’s flu, initiation, lack of fruit, veg or any other source of vitamins for two whole weeks and an overdose of tequila, please book your tickets for Right to Play @ Walkabout Temple presented by Wicked Student Nights on Wednesday 19th October, check out the section for more info. You won’t be disappointed!

I hope to see you there.

Charlotte

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By Will Docherty

No, seriously, ask me one on sport; I’m probably more likely to know the answer than a question about my own degree. For I, like many young men and women up and down the land, am a student sportsperson. And while I am an advocate of universities remaining primarily academic institutions, it is the sports, societies, experiences and people that really define a student’s time at university.

When in years to come I look back on my time studying in central London at King’s, I think it will be the Varsity victories and social times at the Rugby Club that spring to mind slightly before I fondly recollect any lectures or academic discussions.

As I mentioned, I’m a current member of the King’s College Rugby Club. Although King’s is not particularly known as a rugby university, we are now in the highest regional league available. One more promotion would mean competing at the heady heights of the national leagues. I wax lyrical for a reason, for despite the club’s achievements and passions, its members and members of other sports teams appear to have been forgotten this semester.

For the sacred Wednesday afternoons are being infringed

upon by some rather ridiculous time-tabling by our university.

I myself am now in a position where I have to pick whether to play matches for my beloved club, or give up my most anticipated module. And we all know which one I will ultimately pick. Is it not common knowledge to administration departments that across the country Wednesday afternoons are the sportsman’s retreat? I have heard complaints from different sportspeople studying different courses. Does it seem sensible to schedule a keen netballer five hours of her weekly eight on a Wednesday?

King’s is a fantastic institution and I frequently brag about my place here, but just because we are known as an academic powerhouse doesn’t mean we can’t develop into a sporting one as well; look at Oxbridge and the other top universities. I just think we need a bit more support, a bit more funding and a bit more understanding. For people like myself representing the university on the field is as important as representing it academically. While I endeavour to do both, I feel that winning the famous Varsity match against our rivals UCL, with all the income and coverage that victory provided, put King’s on the map for rugby ability and that is a valuable tool to the university and its reputation. Sometimes, perhaps, the university needs reminding of how to use this tool.

Have your sporting loyalties clashed with your academic timetable? If so - let us know! Email sports@roarnews. co.uk or tweet @roar_news

Right To Play Meets Right To Party!

By Marina Mansour

Since 2008 King’s College London has supported the Right to Play charity. In the first of its kind on Wednesday 19th October, ‘Wicked Student Nights’ and the Temple Walkabout will be holding a Disney themed event in the name of Right to Play, organised by KCL Netball and KCL Men’s Rugby, and other sports teams participating.

A third of the ticket sales will go to the charity which works to improve the lives of children in the most disadvantaged areas of the world by using the power of sport and play for development, health and peace.

This night is about doing what we as King’s students believe in: giving back to our wider community, celebrating and commiserating our weekly sports endeavours on a Wednesday evening and satisfying the infamous King’s zeal for fancy dress.

At the same time it takes the opportunity to provide a cross KCL and KCLMS social, bringing together all of those who proudly wear the King’s College crests - with the bonus of a KCLSU events pass as prize for the best dressed male and female courtesy of KCLSU. The night promises a sequence of events familiar to the sports club enthusiast but done in the name of a good cause.

Tickets are available online now at www.london.wickedstudentnights.co.uk.

*offer open to King’s students and staff until 31 October 2011, subject to availability.

KCLSU sports teams after the Macadam Cup 2010 supporting Right To Play.

The charity is a big part of sports at King’s. See you on Wednesday 19th, it’s for a good cause after all!

Roar, October 10 - October 31, 2011

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Goals galore as season gets off to a sizzling start in KCL Football Challenge Cup Words by Stuart Smedley and Charlotte Richardson, Photos by Olivia Humphrey

The King’s College Football Challenge Cup is the first official encounter between GKT and KCL. On Saturday 1st October all teams competed at Berrylands. The day proved to be a fantastic contest.

GKT got their hands on the cup after the 1sts victory in the penalty shoot edged them ahead of their rivals. Despite the narrowest of margins deciding the day, KCLFC President Jack Denyer said, “It has been a good day all around, the games were all played in the right spirit and it was certainly a competitive way to begin the new season. At King’s we will always relish the opportunity to play against any subsidiary departments our great Strand-based university has to offer.” - oooh, controversial - Ed.

GKT 1s 1-1 KCL 1s (GKT won 4-3 on penalties) Meanwhile, the men’s encounter proved to be much more of a contest. There was little to separate the two teams in the opening 15 minutes, but GKT mustered the first shot on target, when Samson Agabuiwala turned his man, firing a shot from a distance just over the crossbar.

KCL began to dominate possession. Ben Payne was fouled just outside of the 18 yard box and the free kick sparked a goal mouth frenzy, with GKT clearing a Will-Reed Wright header off the line.

This spurred on the GKT attack and it wasn’t long before the pace and work ethic of their two forwards was rewarded. Agabuwala placed a great volley in to bottom corner, giving the medics the lead.

They almost doubled their advantage five minutes later.

Captain Misa Finney’s long range effort was tipped over the bar by Scott Alexander.

GKT continued to pick up their momentum into the second half, but the KCL back four became an impenetrable barrier for their attack. King’s gained more possession with Stephen Falck working tirelessly up front.

Yet a goal didn’t seem like it would appear until a clumsy shove in the box was spotted by the referee. Simon Llyod-Jones calmly slotted the penalty away and the game sparked into life.

Both teams were looking to press and the battle in midfield was a fierce one. The match ended 1-1 and the dreaded penalties followed. They proved just as close as the match with GKT edging it.

GKT 2s 0-0 KCL 2s In arguably the afternoon’s most intriguing contest, the 2nd team - inspired by a phenomenal performance from keeper Scott Alexander - held on for a 0-0 draw. With his team put under immense duress throughout, he was called upon aplenty, but a string of acrobatic dives, fingertip saves and brave catches ensured that his sheets would remain clean.

He was almost beaten once midway through the second half when Patrick Sheehy, after a slaloming run through the King’s midfield, cannoned in a shot from range, but the ball rebounded off the post. The danger had not been fully averted though, and a goalline block kept the score deadlocked.

Zab Abdullah was a penetrating force for GKT, but more often than not his mazy runs and dangerous deliveries were met with a poor finish. King’s enjoyed forays forward all too rarely, with a handful of counter attacks proving fruitless.

GKT 4s 1-2 KCL 5s

Despite recording a narrow 2-1 victory, King’s 5ths were worthy winners.

After surviving two early scares thanks to wasteful GKT finishing, they took the lead in emphatic fashion. Tom McElligott picked out a wide open Santiago with a sublime cross-field ball, and the forward stroked home from twelve yards.

Their lead was almost doubled seconds later when a rampaging Jack Denyer, storming up the pitch from full back, leathered the ball towards the goal from 25 yards, only to be denied a pearler thanks to a fingertip save.

After the break, GKT needled their way into the game, scoring through Jonny Thirunavugarasu. But parity did not last thanks to McElligott, who reacted quickest to a shot that struck the post bundling in the rebound.

There was still action to be had as Nick Valuzia rattled the woodwork for King’s before teammate Greg Vasconcelos headed off the line in the dying stages at the other end.

GKT WFC 11- 0 KCL WFC GKT’s Sarah Milner stole the show as she and her team completely overran King’s Women’s 1sts, notching an 11-0 victory.

It was evident from the start that the King’s girls were in for a long afternoon in the stifling heat as GKT almost went ahead with seconds on the clock but Amanda Hamilton guided her volley over the bar.

Milner made amends shortly after with a stunning solo goal. Controlling the ball on the halfway line, she knocked it past her marker and dribbled briefly before smashing a 30 yard effort into the top corner.

She initiated the sweeping move that led to her side’s second, taken by Rose Ridewood, who curled home from the edge of the area.

King’s goal continued to come before pressure, but GKT would have to wait until shortly before half time to net another. And when they did, like London buses, two more came along instantly.

Ridewood began the spree with a fine lob. Then, after a rare King’s attack had ended with a shot straight at the keeper, GKT counter-attacked and Milner hit her second before Hamilton made it five.

After the break, Natalie Stacey pounced upon a spill to net the sixth. GKT continued to twist the knife as Adenike ‘O’ clipped a firm shot into the net from close range before setting up Kaitlin McBeth for the eighth. McBeth then made it nine with a bullet header.

Milner completed her hat-trick to bring up double figures, dispatching a one-on-one chance emphatically. As full time neared, a fortunate bounce gifted GKT their 11th.

King’s did not give up the fight, defending bravely to repel a number of other attacks, but with few chances of their own, the GKT pressure was too much.

GKT 3s 1-3 KCL 3s For the majority of their match, King’s 3rds enjoyed a comfortable afternoon, staking out a clear 3-0 lead. But, with the foot taken off the pedal, it was backs against the walls stuff for a short while as full time neared, especially after Alex Clubb had reduced arrears for GKT from the penalty spot.

However, they were able to hold on for an impressive 3-1 triumph.

King’s dominated the opening period, taking a 2-0 advantage into the break thanks to goals from Frazier Stroud, who completed a well worked move in style, and Yousef Hamdi, who flicked the ball into the back of the net from a tight angle following a dangerous free kick.

Following the restart, Stroud collected the ball 25 yards from goal, fizzing a low drive into the bottom right corner past a helpless GKT keeper.

GKT 5s 3-2 KCL 4s GKT’sbattling spirit and skill saw them claim a vital victory in this tense, end-to-end game. Antonio Infantino and Tom Forrester scored .

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