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Letter from the editor Welcome to Royal Holloway and to your official student magazine- thank you for picking up a copy! This freshers’ we’re releasing five unique, smaller-than-usual issues for each day of the week. This first issue is packed full of advice and tips for starting at Holloway and surviving the madness of freshers’. From the rest of this week you can expect a guide to your SU, societies, sports clubs and events you won’t want to miss! If there’s any advice the Orbital team can give you for freshers’ week, it’s just to simply embrace it. Talk to as many people as you possibly can- a guy you had a tipsy conversation with at pre-drinks could turn into your new best mate. Don’t be afraid to try things and get involved- whether it’s Ultimate Frisbee or Ballroom Dancing, don’t end the week regretting not having a go. Enjoy going out every night without lectures the following day because in a couple of weeks time you’ll dread a 9am start. But most of all make sure you pick up every issue of Orbital this week. We’ll be out and about handing out copies around campus everyday, so look out for the gorgeous bunch in fetching Orbital t-shirts. Fancy a career in journalism or simply looking to join one of the biggest groups on campus? Then check out our ‘Media Mixer’ event at the SU tomorrow. Our team will be there ready to recruit a new crop of talented student journalists, photographers and designers to add to our team, so come along and find out what we’re all about. Most of all, enjoy this week, and make a great start to what will be a great year here at Royal Holloway.

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Presidents 4 SUWelcome Follows for 5 5Freshers’ Week the 14 University: facts

3 Questions Holloway Students Are Always Asked.. And How To Answer Them

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10 People You’ll Meet This Week

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WELCOME

From Nayab Cheema your SU President 2015/16 Welcome to Royal Holloway! I hope your first few days have been going well and that you’re settling in! There’s lots of different things for you to get involved in, and people for you to meet this week. So let’s start with you meeting me: I’m Nayab, your President Education & Campaigns, and I used to study English here. My role means that I work to represent you to the College, and I also take a lead on anything that you want to see changed about how your education works. Interested in joining a sports club or society? Then check out our Welcome Fayre happening on the 24th-25th September! Want something chilled to do?

Come along to the Petting Zoo down at Founder’s Meadow on Wednesday 23rd September. Or if a night out is your thing, then I’ll see you at Tommy’s Bar on any of our club nights throughout the ﬁrst two weeks! As well as providing all of these great things, the SU is also here for you; to feel represented, to feel championed, and to feel empowered. If you want to get actively involved with SU, we have By-Elections happening in October, there are loads of positions up for grabs, on various committees and in various roles. If you want to know more about the roles or how to run, send me an email: Nayab.Cheema@su.rhul.ac.uk Whether you’re new to Royal Holloway or returning this year, there’s loads of stuff happening around campus; check out the SU website and our Facebook page (facebook.com/SURHUL) to stay up to date with all the latest events and news, and remember to follow your Sabbs on Twitter as well: @ SURHULPres, @jacklkilker, @SURHUL_ SocMed, @AlexReillyl14. This year is going to be a great year at Royal Holloway, the rest of the Sabbs and I can’t wait to meet you all, if you ever see us around campus, don’t be afraid to come over and talk to us.

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How not to do Freshers’ week

...learn from our mistakes

This is not an article that will detail that fine delicate balance between the cliché extremes of ‘working hard and having fun’, for several reasons. Those sorts of articles are patronising, unenlightening, and generally written by people who frankly don’t know how to do either. Instead, I will impart a few quick recommendations regarding what not to do during the Bacardi sponsored inauguration ritual that is Fresher’s week. Do not, under any circumstances, even consider the remote possibility of spending a single night inside your room. For this week, there are no ‘early nights’. You have just arrived, all you have is blank a4 sheets and an empty timetable. You have nothing to be early for.

unrecognisably impressive version of yourself in three years’ time. Do not insult them by having a ‘catch up’ with Barbara from College. Do not close the door to your bedroom during the entire week. I doubt you are a Holloway student if you need this one explaining. By closing your door, you are metaphorically, literally and actually, closing the door on all the people you can meet, all the conversations you can hold, the hall parties, the everything. Don’t be an idiot. And there we have it, now go kill it.

“Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.” Theodore Roosevelt. TOM VAUGHAN

Do not call your friends out the back of Medicine or the SU (these places will become familiar to you) on a night out. You are surrounded by people that will be around when you carve an

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QUESTIONS HOLLOWAY STUDENTS GET ASKED ...and how to answer them How’s life in London? Maybe it’s because of Holloway Prison or being part of the University of London, but almost everyone I talk to assumes I’m living in London. Take a deep breath to answer this and explain how you actually live 40 minutes away by train, and no, you’re nowhere near Holloway prison. Be prepared to say this again and again (sometimes with the same person!)

That’s a good insurance choice... This is a less common comment but people sometimes assume, because we are not Russell Group and have slightly lower entry requirements, higher achievers must have just settled for a place here. Whether this was your ﬁrm, insurance or clearing choice, point them to Founder’s and watch their reaction. We may not be top of the rankings but we have the wow factor and excellent teaching, research and student support.

What do you do in the evenings? I admit, the nightlife in Egham exists almost solely on campus in Medicine and the SU. Yes, it can get a bit samey but you are almost certain to bump into someone you know and it stops you spending all your time and money checking out local clubs. The local area is ﬁlled with great pubs too, which are more sociable than clubbing, plus we have easy access to London for activities day and night. Sports and Socs provide ample opportunities for socialising so you really aren’t short for things to do. BETH CARR

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Royal Holloway Campus Life

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SOCIAL MEDIA ROUND UP

5 ‘MUST FOLLOWS’ FOR FRESHERS

Student’s Union Royal Holloway of London

Student Activities SURHUL

Students Union Royal Holloway Gigs and Events

Spotted Royal Holloway Uni

WHERE: Facebook and twitter

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WHAT: The ofﬁcial

WHAT: Keep up

WHAT: Follow to keep up to date with SU nights, Medicine events, comedy nights, tickets and more! Also use to give your feedback about out nightlife.

WHAT: Speaks for itself really. If something hilarious, scandalous, or downright bizare is happening on campus, you’ll ﬁnd out more here.

social media feeds of the SU. Follow to keep up to date with welfare campisgn, and the daily actviities of the SU, such as market day.

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PEOPLE YOU’LL MEET DURING FRESHERS’ WEEK

What’s fresher’s week all about I hear you cry? Well in short they'll be lots of drinking, offbeat dancing and microwave meals, as well as the annual resurfacing of certain types of students. There's the one who can't hold their drink, the one who's early to lectures and the one who is the ﬂat mother. Each and every year they are recast as if it’s continual re-run of Fresh Meat. So it's time to do your best David Attenborough impersonation and take a measured look at the 10 types of student you'll come across this fresher’s week.

You do things you would never do at home - eating out of date Pot Noodle is optional. Prepare to look back in a year’s time and cringe at your Fresher’s alter ego. Don’t worry, you’ll be a sensible second year in no time at all.

It doesn’t take long for these people to start making friends and networking. While you are struggling to remember your own name during fresher’s week, they have already managed to befriend all the clubs & societies president’s and Jan the cleaner.

While most students are living off a combination of cereal and ready meals, the chef will be preparing amazing meals with fresh vegetables, not frozen! Look for the person who brings a full spice rack, multiple saucepans and most importantly baking trays.

The party animal is the most popular person in halls and doesn’t care who knows it. Their room is party central, 24/7 – wave goodbye to sleep if you live less than 10 meters away. Alternatively, adopt a policy of ‘if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em’ and stop by for a drink.

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Much like the party animal, the night owl will constantly wake you up at 3am, just because they’ve got a messed up sleeping pattern since beginning uni and decided that’s it’s the perfect time to have dinner, do their washing/vacuum their room.

They’ve got it all mapped out. They’re going to travel for six months after uni, then do an internship before being promoted. They’ll get married to a CEO at the respectable age of 26, ﬁrst kid around 28 and another one in their 30s. Meanwhile you don’t even know what you’re going to have for dinner.

Despite thinking that the hipster trend had died a long time ago, you’ll see these students roaming around campus with their man-buns and some obscure independent band blaring in their ears, and more often than not wearing tweed, yes you heard me correctly TWEED.

They have their timetable (laminated) already up on their wall and colour coded, with all their folders and books ready, and in alphabetical order. Do not make fun of the latter as you will be asking this person to borrow their fruit scented, highlighters at some point over the year.

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All these different types of people will become your best friends!

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Great Expections

Freshers’ advice from George Somers

Fresher’s week. These infamous seven days can be explained perfectly to a Holloway novice in terms of the notorious three Fs: friends, flirting and off your face. In the year I’ve been studying in London’s satellite state of Egham, I’ve failed to meet anyone who’s not actually had the time of their life during their first few days here. You might be the party king or queen of your hometown, you might not. You might be as social as a SnapChat story, and again you might not. Regardless of how shy you are, how outgoing you may be and whether or not you pull on the first night, you’re still going to adore the novelty of your first few days here – provided you don’t overthink things. If I could give one piece of advice to my introverted, goofy eighteen year-old self, as he gawps in awe at the campus as we drive through the daunting front gates to reveal Founder’s for the first time, the theme tune to Jurassic Park playing in my head as we roll in, it would be not to over-anticipate everything. Scrap that, just don’t predict things in general. As a rule of thumb, the first person you meet

in your new flat is not going to become your BFF, you’re not going to get on sparklingly with 100% of the people you live with and by no means are you going to get a 1st on your first scrappy draft essay. The beauty of Fresher’s week is the aspects you couldn’t predict in several billion years, such as finding that you have enough mentally deranged musical theatre fanatics within your flat to fully cast an intense sing-along session to ‘Let It Go’, or that the mad cat woman in the crazy ice cream dress you met at a department social isn’t as quirkily terrifying as you first thought. You have permission to be excited. By all means, you should be hyped beyond belief for the freedom from the parental shackles you’ve been granted by the liberating force that is Royal Holloway. However, there is a very big difference between gleeful anticipation and anxiously predicting every hour of your moving in period. On behalf of the nine thousand or so students who drink, study and then drink some more here, you’re going to have a ball. No, really, you’re going to have a ball: last year we bribed Katy B, exhausted Domino’s Pizza’s supply of free food and proved why ‘there ain’t no party like a Holloway party’.

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DOs & of university budgeting DON’Ts Money Magpie’s Gerard Gyedu imparts his expert advice to ensure you don’t fritter away your cash during Freshers’ Week.

DO ADOPT A SENSE OF REALISM

When writing out your university budget, it’s important that you adopt a realistic attitude. Can you really eat out three days a week? Do you really need that top of the range laptop when your old laptop is ﬁne? It might sound harsh but adopting a sense of realism about your budget will see your money stretch a long way.

DON’T MAKE EXCUSES

If, say one month you happen to go over your budget, don’t make excuses for yourself. Rather, learn from your mistakes and make a vow it won’t happen again. After all, it happens to the best of us. Just make sure it doesn’t become a habit!

DO CUT DOWN ON ALCOHOL

Yes, someone’s got to say it: you need to cut down on the alcohol. Students on average spend more than £200 on going out, including alcohol and going to bars/clubs in their ﬁrst week of university alone. Not only are you damaging your budget, you are damaging your health too.

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DO LOOK OUT FOR FREEBIES

You would be surprised at some of the things you can get for free, and not just any old rubbish too. Freecycle, SnafﬂeUp and the free section on Gumtree are great ways to get yourself some free stuff for your time at university.

DO TRY AND SAVE ON CERTAIN AREAS

Do you do your weekly food shop at one of the big four supermarkets? Well why not shop at Aldi or Lidl, where the quality is virtually the same, but at a fraction of the price? Examples like this go to show that it is possible to save in certain areas that don’t matter so much, thereby freeing up extra money for you each month. To read the full article head to our website theorbital.co.uk

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Monday 21 September Abnormally Funny A stand-up comedy show to start off your time at university Windsor Auditorium 5pm

Tuesday 22 September Everything you need to know about overcoming homesickness Imagine (The Hub) 4pm

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Five Things I Regret Not Doing in My First Year My first year at university was an incredible experience. However looking back, there are a few things I wish I had done... JOIN AS MANY SOCIETIES AS POSSIBLE I only joined a few societies and I didn’t even commit to them as much as I should have. They are a great way to meet people who have similar interests to you or the best start to trying something new, plus you get to socialise with people outside of your course and meet others from different backgrounds.

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED BY THE UNIVERSITY Trips aboard, theatre, local attractions- in ﬁrst year you have a lot of free time and little stress and also little money, so it’s the best time to go on an affordable yet exciting excursion. Last year I missed out on many of these such as a trip to Bath and Stonehenge.

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BUY SECOND HAND BOOKS The amount I spent on buying brand new books was absurd. The best advice I can give is to find second years studying your course and buying the books they no longer need from them and definitely see if you can find what you need on google books, it can save you loads of money which you can spend on more important things like food.

START LOOKING FOR YOUR SECOND YEAR HOUSE BY THE END OF TERM 1- I cannot stress the difﬁculty me and my friends had ﬁnding a house to all of our liking in second term. A lot of the good houses had already been taken and the ones left had high competition so decisions had to be made fast. Save yourself a lot of pressure and worry by looking at houses as soon as possible.

DO THE READING You might think you can get by your lectures and seminars having not done any preparation or reading and avoid having to answer any questions or contributing to class, but once exam period hits you will ﬁnd yourself trying to cram all that reading into one week, a week which could have been spent starting revision early.

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5 Reasons Why Living Halls is Great So you’ve just moved in to where you are living this year and a mixture of emotions are swimming in your head. You’re excited, anxious and maybe relieved. That’s why I’ve put together this list of why you’ll have an epic time – so that you can forget about your doubts and look forward to the year. EVERYTHING IS SO CLOSE This one is a shout out to all the lazy people out there because there is nothing better than only having to walk 5-8 minutes to a lecture/SU night/ the college shop or the library. IT’S A GREAT WAY TO MAKE FRIENDS Let’s say for instance you find it a bit tricky to keep up with all the people in your lectures or classes – your flatmates/roommates are the people you’ll see the most and you'll have plenty of bonding time. PRE DRINKS This is a big thing for nights out at the SU/Medicine or Monkeys/Liquid. There’s always a pre drinking party at someone’s flat nearby. YOU FEEL LESS HOMESICK Living away from home can be so daunting, but there’s a sense of community in halls. Whether it be in Tuke, Founders or Reid. You're always surrounded by people who may be going through the same thing as you. IF YOU’RE NOT A GREAT COOK THERE’S ALWAYS FOOD There’s The Hub, Crossland, Tommy’s and more. Also, although Egham high street is a little bit away, Tesco is always there to deliver and Domino's even throw in a ‘Royal Holloway' discount! TOMIKE ADENIJI

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Going to university for the first time can be exciting. A lot of this is in relation to living away from home for the first time and for those of us who aren’t it can be easy to feel left out. So, from one person who stayed at home during first year, here are a few positives of living at home instead of on campus. NO MOVING While everyone else will be concerned with buying things and moving stuff, you can turn up during fresher’s week feeling refreshed and less stressed. While others will have to go back to their rooms and unpack, you won’t have to worry about it. Not to mention not having to move your stuff back home during the holidays. LESS FOCUS ON HOUSEWORK While I do chores at home there are only about two or three I have to focus on. Plus If I’m studying during exams having parents or siblings to do the housework instead is more than a little helpful (coming home and not having to worry about cooking? Win!) SHARING SPACE Living at home (usually) means living in a space you’re comfortable in. Adjusting to sharing space with new people can be a bit of a challenge, but living at home means you don’t have to do that so it’ll be easier to focus on your studies once the term begins. And hey, if you’re really looking to get the ‘uni experience’ then you can always get a house for second year! LOUISA DANQUAH THEORBITAL.CO.UK

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The ULTIMATE Freshers Reading List By the end of your first year, you’ll probably be well on your way to feeling like you’re drowning in subject textbooks. With this being the case, reading as a pastime is unlikely to be your favourite thing. However, I do have ten must-haves for all students (especially you, freshers!) who want fun, intelligent and essential reads for being in the know. FREAKONOMICS BY STEPHEN J. DUBNER AND STEVEN D. LEVITT – Freakonomics is an easy read but explores society in a way you’ve never thought of before. The clever mix of economics and everyday life makes it and its sequel, Superfreakonomics, an addictive read. CALM: CALM THE MIND, CHANGE THE WORLD BY MICHAEL ACTON SMITH – This book introduces a way of making you calm in the face of continuous deadlines. Rather than suggesting vast changes to your daily schedule, it gives tips and tricks to resting whilst still being productive, if not making you more so. VEGETARIAN NOSH FOR STUDENTS BY JOY MAY – Whether staying in catered or self-catered accommodation, a recipe book is useful. This recipe book is a personal favourite, with easy and cheap meals and includes a choice of meal plans with shopping lists (making life even easier). 1984 BY GEORGE ORWELL – At some point in your time at university, this book will be mentioned so if you haven’t read it, do! It’s even more essential for Politics and History students with its dystopian setting. I AM MALALA BY MALALA YOUSAFZAI – Malala gives a sense of how important education is too many and makes you feel even more fortunate for your place here. Cherish it, and read this knowing not all are not as lucky. A SCRAPBOOK – Whilst a little bit cheesy, it is a great way to keep all your university memories in one place. You’ll thank yourself in years to come. A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME BY STEPHEN HAWKING – This is for the more adventurous among you, and is known as one of those books people own but never read. Be the anomaly, it’ll be worth the time in the end, it’ll change the way you’ll see the world. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD BY HARPER LEE – With the Sequel, Go Set A Watchman, being released this year, it makes it even more of an essential read. To Kill A Mockingbird is a classic dealing with big issues of race and rape; it’s a gripping read and one you will not regret. THE ORBITAL – The best way to ﬁnd out the latest student tips, music and campus news.

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