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OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF STUDENTS’ UNION ROYAL HOLLOWAY
EDITOR Holly Pyne
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DEPUTY EDITOR Louise Jones SUBEDITOR Rosalie Falla NEWS Anna Robinson Paco Tijdink COMMENT Abbie Cheeseman Cemre Camuz FEATURES Yasmeen Frasso Tomike Adeniji LIFESTYLE Annie Pantry Elizabeth Rosenberg ARTS Joanne Archer Beth Carr SPORT & SOCIETIES Jess Hines Alice Reynolds OPERATIONS Nebiu Samuel
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HISTORY SOC
Representing English Literature students.
The Society of the Year is ready for this year.
ARTS SOCS
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SAVOY OPERA
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BALLROOM
The oldest society at Royal Holloway.
Ballroom and Latin encourage you to join.
PHOTOGRAPHY Cameron James Seymour ONLINE Imogen Trinder MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA Emma Halahan ADVERTISING Hannah Foord EVENTS & TRAINING Georgia Austin CO-PRESIDENT SOCIETIES & MEDIA Pippa Gentry COVER PHOTOGRAPHY Cameron James Seymour ADDRESS Media Suite, Students’ Union, Royal Holloway University of London, TW20 0EX TEL +44 1784 276 744 EMAIL editor@theorbital.co.uk WEBSITE theorbital.co.uk
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REEL MUSIC
President, Ben Tozer, talks to the Orbital. Representing centreright politics on campus.
The only Acapella choir at Royal Holloway. Talk about the creation of music videos.
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BE INVOLVED Pippa Gentry, Co-President Societies and Media, introduces you to the societies and media here, at Royal Holloway.
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ere at Royal Holloway Students’ Union we have an incredibly diverse range of activities for you to get involved in - there really is something for everyone. We have over 100 societies and three media outlets (Insanity Radio 103.2 FM, Orbital Magazine, and rhubarbTV) on offer, check out the list on the SU website for more information. Throughout my three years as a student at Royal Holloway I met so many people, and made all of my closest friends, through the societies
I was involved in. I then had the amazing privilege of becoming a society president in my second year, a position which I held for two years. Being involved in societies and media through the SU meant that my time at Royal Holloway was spent making amazing memories, meeting inspiring people, and packing my CV with valuable skills.
might learn through joining a student group and there is also no limit to how much fun you’ll have. I hope that this special edition of the Orbital might give you a small taste of what is on offer and encourage you to get involved!
I decided to run for the position of CP Societies and Media for a number of reasons, but the main one is because I love student opportunities and what students can Pippa Gentry (Societies achieve through them. There and Media) really is no limit to what you
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Joanne Archer interviews 80s and English Literature societies about how they make their members happy!
ENGLISH LITERATURE Zara Gillick, President of English Literature society.
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80s SOCIETY Why should freshers join your society? We’re a laugh! We do fancy dress, sing some karaoke, play some games, watch some movies and giggle.
a good one, but we also take students to a retro disco ice Rink too!
What are your plans for making your society bigger and better? How often do you We’ve got lots of meet? collaboration going We aim to meet for a on this year, look out big event once every for interest society two weeks, but aside collaboration events! from that we have What is your one bit small socials every of advice for a fresher week and our radio joining a society? show every week, Don’t be afraid to ask which members can questions. Don’t be! All join us on! societies on campus are focused on What is your members being happy, highlight event of so join as many as you the year? can and you’ll be super 80s SU night is always happy!
hy should freshers join your society? We are a community of literature lovers, whether you are an English student or not. If you’ve ever read a book, you should join our Society! What is your highlight event of the year? We have many events in the works for this year, including a Pub tour during Welcome Week, regular ‘Boiler House’ Reading sessions/open mic nights, and termly theatre trips to places like the Globe! Keep an eye on our Facebook page, RHUL English Literature Society, for all the info! What are your plans for making your society bigger and better? Our main aim is and always has been to support the literature community within Royal Holloway. This year is all about developing this by hosting bigger and better events and trips to encompass and invite more and more people into this community. What is your one bit of advice for a fresher joining a society? Throw yourself in, get involved, and remember that everyone else is here because they share the same interests as you!
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WRITING
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HISTORY What does your society do? We are primarily a social society, hosting formal dinners, day trips, film nights and balls. We welcome students from all disciplines and do lots of fundraising activities, volunteering schemes and careers events. Why should freshers join your society? We are officially the largest society on campus and won ‘Society of the Year’ last year.We have an exciting series of events for Freshers Week lined up this year including a pub crawl and ‘pizza and beer’ evening, so to
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hat are you about? Whether you are a seasoned novelist, a ballad writing amateur or have just bought your first notebook, this is the society for you! You’ll have plenty of chances to have a laugh, share your work, get noticed and keep updated on those learn from each other! make sure to join our group ‘RHUL History What are your main events for the Society Freshers year? 2016-2017’. We plan to run a trip to the Poetry Café in Covent Gardens. We are also looking at What is your planning a short residential trip at the end highlight event of of the academic year. the year? In the past our Blitz What was your society’s highlight Ball, Boat Party from last year? and Europe Tour Our highlight for last year was our annual have been our most Christmas Meal at the Beehive Pub. Like popular events (and our weekly workshops and socials, the will be continuing) whole event was relaxed and casual with but this year we are around 12-15 students in attendance, also introducing our each with a unique set of writing Sherlock Holmesexperiences. themed Victorian Christmas Dinner. What’s new for this year? Plenty! We have created a society website Your advice for a containing all relevant information in one fresher? place so students without social media It is also a great way to accounts can be kept up-to-date. discover new interests, (so make sure you give Email: WritingSociety@su.rhul.ac.uk History Society a go!). Website: https://rhulwritingsoc.wordpress. com
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ROCKETRY SOCIETY
Holly Pyne met up with President, Louise Amas to talk about why the society was created and the year to come.
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lease describe your society in three words. Invention, Creativity, Collaboration Why did you create this society? We wanted a society where nerdy people who love
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How did you get involved? I’ve been following amateur rocketry for a few years and only recently decided to give it a go myself but I’m totally hooked. There are some really amazing amateur rocketry teams in the UK, if you want to check some out you should take a look at M.A.R.S.’ projects!
space could get together on a regular basis and create awesome rockets, technology and experiments. Can anyone make a rocket? There was nothing like it already so RHRS was born! Sure, you can find tutorials for making water rockets on the internet, they’re good What is your main goal for this year? We’d like to get certification for flying high power rockets. We’ve started designing and building our first already.
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fun and you don’t need any special permissions to launch them. Beyond that, some fairly basic physics knowledge is all you need to get started designing your own. What type of events will Rocketeers be involved in? We’re planning workshops, socials, team hacking sessions (with pizza!), trips to aerospace and space technology companies and attending the National Student Space Conference.
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If you could tell students one thing about your society, what would it be? We’re not just about the rockets! We want to use our rockets to perform experiments and gather data too. The society is also a branch of UK Students for the Exploration and Discovery of Space (UKSEDS) and there will be many space themed projects and events during the year. There’s even a rover building competition that we’d like to put a team in for.
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What would be your advice for any fresher wanting to join a society? Don’t go overboard and sign up to loads of societies, I’d recommend picking one society that you feel strongly about already and one society that’s something totally new. You can always pick up something else later if you have time.
AEROSPACE
It’s not just about rockets, there’s a lot more to it.
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Beth Carr talks to Eden Brown and Will Davidson about what Dance and Savoy Opera are up to this year.
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hat does your society do? We are the University’s What does your competition that takes opera society. Founded in society do? place in November. 1966 as the University’s The Dance Society Gilbert and Sullivan society, we are the here at Royal Holloway What are your oldest society on campus and remain at offers opportunities plans for making from fun weekly your society bigger the heart of the performing arts scene to this very day! classes to showcases and better? and competitions. We are looking to Why should freshers join your collaborate even society? Why should more with other freshers join your performance societies In Savoy we pride ourselves on providing diverse and above all, fun opportunities for society? to offer new things our members. Whether it’s singing G&S Freshers should join to our members. We classics on the main SU stage, working our society because have open auditions not only is it a fun way for our biggest home behind the scenes or showcasing more classical singing, Savoy really does have to meet new people competition to date with a shared interest that are taking place something for everyone no special training for dance, but also a in late September, so required! The Orbital noted that “Savoy Opera Society simply has an aura about great way to stay fit we hope to see a lot it...The tightly knit gang have a certain and unwind during of new faces for this family atmosphere which other groups and their university lives. charity event. troupes just cannot touch.” What is your highlight event of the year? We have a lot of different events that we participate in and host over the course of the year but our largest event would be Get Down @ RHUL, our annual home inter-university dance
What is your one bit of advice for a fresher joining a society? Just go for it! It can be quite daunting moving away from home and starting a whole new life, but societies are a great way to meet new people!
What is your one bit of advice for a fresher joining a society? Firstly don’t be afraid to try something a little different, there are many different societies at RHUL with focuses ranging from Shakespeare and Opera, to Computing and English Literature if there is something you’ve always been interested in trying but never had the chance, go for it! You might even decide to pursue it as a career!
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Joanne Archer finds out what the Musical Theatre society and Ballroom and Latin have to offer new and old students.
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Not only having danced for 24 hours straight, Molly has since successfully campaigned for and is currently chairing the brand new Mental Heath board to What are your main provide support and events of the year? awareness around We have multiple mental illness. events happening throughout the year. What would you These include A like to say to Night At The Theatre freshers as to why (ANATT), Autumn they should get Term Show (Bring involved with your it On), Boat Party, society? Christmas Concert, MTS is huge, vibrant Weekend Show, and welcoming, Variations, Spring Term providing hundreds of Show and, of course, opportunities to our the infamous Summer members. Cabaret! Make sure you come along to the 1st What was your term meeting (3rd society highlight October) to learn from last year? about everything MTS Our outgoing this year. Bring your Secretary, Molly diaries!. Auditions take Austen organised and place 26/27/28th took part in a 24-hour September. Dance-a-thon raising over ÂŁ2000 for Mind mental health charity. What are you about? Delivering jazz hands to the masses. Eight annual productions plus socials, trips and workshops.
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hat are you about? We are a bunch of people who simply get together because we enjoy dancing in each other’s company!
What are your main events of the year? We hold 2 evenings of lessons a week for a variety of abilities. The annual Strictly Come Holloway is our most popular campus-wide event where we invite campus celebrities to join us on the dance floor, and raise hundreds of pounds for charity. What would you like to say to freshers as to why they should get involved with your society? Freshers, now that you have started a new chapter in your life, why not step out of your comfort zone and try something completely new.
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STUDENT VOICES OF WORKSHOP What are you about? The Student Workshop are a non-profit body of Drama students who aim to give students the chance to create professional work whilst learning and being taught from the professionals themselves. What are your main events of the year? We invite various professional practitioners/ companies/producers into the department to host workshops, organise regular theatre trips and host events that allow students to engage with the local community. What is new for this year? We have a new position on committee: Postgraduate Representative that shall be filled during
the first term of this new academic year. We are also encouraging more involvement in our termly Midnight at the Boilerhouse platform as we aim to make it even bigger and better than before. What would you like to say to freshers as to why they should get involved with your society? Whether you’re interested in performing, producing, directing, or working beside the local community, the Student Workshop aims to provide opportunities that YOU want. We provide professional industry links that will not only look great on your CV but will develop students into knowledgeable, all rounded performers and practitioners.
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hat does your society do? Our society lives and breathes our motto: ‘Singing, Dancing, Fun!’
What is your highlight event of the year? The biggest event for the year for us is the National Show Choir Competition in the summer term, which last year led us to perform on the West End! What is your one bit of advice for a fresher joining a society? The one piece of advice I know would have helped me when I was a fresher is to try everything! Don’t be scared to meet new people, try new things and put yourself out there! Everyone is absolutely lovely and welcoming, especially at Voices. Photo credit: Will Chamberlain, ‘Masters of Show Choir Competition 2016’
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TRAVEL SOCIETY
Holly Pyne interviews Alex Rees, President of newly created Travel Society. organising at least 3 trips within Europe throughout the year. As a committee we’ll come up with a shortlist of Why did you create destinations, but it’s this society? up to our members to We thought Travel decide where we go. Society would help encourage more If you could tell confidence and RHUL students independence in one thing about students’ travels, your society, what helping them to see would it be? more of the world That we are so and meet likeminded much more than ‘just people. We wanted going on holiday’. something that would Our society’s main cater to everybody aim is to provide whether they’re all members with a novices or experienced hands-on experience globetrotters of different cultures and environments in What are your the hope that it will biggest plans for educate them and next year? also help with their As a new society, we’re personal development. playing it by ear until If you’re looking for we’ve established adventure or to simply our membership. We escape Egham, this have set ourselves may be the perfect the modest goal of society for you. Describe your society in three words. Adventurous, exciting and welcoming.
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hat does your society do? Our society has a dual aim - to help protect free speech across the world by supporting persecuted writers and to provide Royal Holloway students opportunities to hear from a variety of speakers about contemporary human rights issues. Why should freshers join your society? We’re a new society and are ready to cater to you, our lovely new freshers! We have lots of things planned, from trips to candlelight poetry performances. What is your highlight event of the year? We don’t want to give too much away but we currently have plans in the works for a Holloway version of a popular university quiz show with questions written by our very own RHUL academics. (Clue: starter for 10.) What is your one bit of advice for a fresher joining a society? Give it a go! Our committees are here to make you feel welcome. Whatever your talent or interest, there will always be a society on campus ready to welcome you with open arms. Come and find us at the Freshers’ Fayre for some gift packs and a chat with our committee.
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he London Pride festival is a celebration, rich in diversity and individuality, and showcases a wide variety of incredible talents from the LGBT+ community. It truly is a wonderful time during which people are brought together to share art, music, dance and theatre. “We actually got to march in the pride parade with student pride which was amazing.” “Our biggest event (last year) was one on ‘what is means to be Trans’ and the venue we booked
was overcapacity. It was basically a crash course in trans and non binary mainly aimed at non trans people, like defining things, explaining stuff that people might be too embarrassed to ask.” “The soonest and biggest event we have coming up is our Rainbow Rave during Fresher’s Week. This is when we take over Medicine for a night and it’s always hugely popular.”
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hy should freshers join your society? Our society is the only group on campus that addresses the intersections of race, class, gender, sexuality and other factors. We aim to act as both a safe space and forum for women of colour and people of colour who are other marginalised genders to get together and discuss issues. In our society, we aim to make sure that your experience is no longer a minority experience. What are your plans for making your society bigger and better? We plan to collaborate with a range of other liberation societies on campus in the future, creating strong networks and links, which reflect our intersectional philosophy. We would also like to work together with other liberation groups to create safe spaces for men of colour on campus.
What is your one bit of advice for a fresher joining a society? There are different societies for different reasons. Some you’ll have fun being a Royal Holloway LGBT+ member of, some will help you for your future career, and some, like ours, are Society has various places to get together and discuss issues socials, educational talks, conferences and and collaborate. Join a society that you think you’ll enjoy being a member of, more. They are here when you need them, regardless of the reason. for the good times and the bad times.
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ENACTUS AMNESTY Why should freshers join your society? We are dedicated to enable progress through entrepreneurial action to shape a more sustainable community. We are a fun society, running a local and international project both aiming to impact the community in a positive way by improving the livelihoods of individuals. Taking part in Enactus will enable freshers to work on their social development whilst receiving the support. It provides student with a network of career options.
such as Unilever, P&G, KMPG, British Gas to attend our community project meetings on Thursday to encourage more members to attend where we hold a Q&A session with the advisors regarding Careers, CV advice, Graduate/Placement year programmes.
What are your plans for making your society bigger and better? We have invested £900 which we received from the Management Dept on promotional material such as pens, t-shirts, wristbands, etc., which we plan on giving out during freshers fayre and other freshers How often do you events to attract more meet? members to Enactus Enactus holds as well as increase meetings every brand awareness. We Thursday afternoon will be holding events from 6-7pm, (if including a paintballing members choose to be trip, a training day at part of a community Unilever HQ, Weekend project). We have away at Grantham scheduled for a for Enactus UK, and a Business Advisor from Christmas Dinner with sponsor companies guest speakers.
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INTERNATIONAL hy should Freshers join your society? Amnesty International is the world’s largest grassroots human rights organisation. Amnesty is a great opportunity for students to get stuck into the big questions and issues facing our society while at uni, with the added advantage of subsidised Socs Ball tickets and a fair few socials along the way!
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What is your highlight event of the year? Our highlight event of the year is probably Student Conference when we journey to the Amnesty International centre in Shoreditch. We attended workshops on up and coming campaigns, listen to world experts on the abuse of human rights and campaign in vast numbers to affect change. What are your plans for making your society bigger and better? We also really want to up our fundraising game this year – so come bake cakes with us! What is your one bit of advice for a Fresher joining a society? My one bit of advice for a fresher joining any society is say yes to everything! If you are going to take on too much, first year is the year to do it, so get involved.
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PIR SOCIETY Alice Reynolds catches up with the PIR Soc Committee about NMUN and others plans for the year to come. Why should freshers join PIR Society? As a fresher, it’s important to immerse yourself in as many activities as you can, both social and academic, which can provide a break from studies.If a fresher doesn’t join PIR Soc then they will soon regret it!
backgrounds and we want to keep up this same variety this year. The various NMUN trips are unforgettable experiences and teach an array of skills, so we certainly encourage people from all backgrounds and degrees to apply.
What is your highlight event of the year? Obviously the first ‘buzz word’ associated with the PIR Society are our Model United Nations trips, especially to New York. Ultimately, there isn’t one single event Is PIR Soc and that is a highlight, and NMUN accessible with a brilliant set of to those studying surprises in store for different degrees? September, the PIR Certainly! Last year Society will definitely we had members from be the place to be! a range of degree
escribe your society in three words. Political, Inclusive, Fun.
Why did you get involved with the society? I have been involved in the Labour Party for a number of years and I wanted to be more involved at university however, you can get involved in the society if you joined the labour party or not. Which campaigns will you be concentrating on in the upcoming year? The upcoming local county council elections and a campaign against the proposed increase in tuition fees. Which project are you most excited about? Why? The project I am most excited about at the moment is the Question Time we have planned. It will be in the Windsor Building for the first week of October and we have Claire McCarthy the General Secretary of the Cooperative Party as well as Richard Angell the Director of Progress the Labour Think Tank. What has been your favourite part of being a member of your society? My favourite part of being a member of the Labour Society has been the trip to the European Parliament and other areas of Europe to visit left wing political parties in my first year.
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CONSERVATIVE of the main methods of interacting with our fellow ideological societies. However, we are hoping to plan various co-operated events on political issues that we hope So it is designed for all societies care those interested about, such as tacking in centre-right poverty. politics in general? Naturally many of Aside from us are card carrying debates, what members of the activities do you party, but yes, the organise for your great thing about members? our society is that it We have regular is an association, so informal discussions we don’t have any over drinks to talk official allegiance to about conservative the Conservative and politics and policies Unionist Party. We do, and current issues. however, represent the Conservative party Is there anything when we host debates you’d say to on campus. freshers? Our first event is You mentioned welcome drinks for participation in both new and old debates. How else society members to does your society meet and learn about interact with our plans for the year. others? If you’re interested in I think one of the main joining or just exploring aspects of politics is the ideological debating your views, societies on campus, so debates are one do come along. What are you about? Well, the purpose of the society is to be a group for those who are interested in centre-right politics.
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LIBERAL DEMOCRATS hat does your society do? We aim to represent students at the college who count themselves as liberals; whether they be a member of the Liberal Democrats or not. On campus, we strive to give a voice to liberal students who do not easily fit into the two-party, Labour/Tory divide.
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Why should freshers join your society? To put it simply, if you are liberal- join us! If our values of creating a free, fair and open society appeal to you, then join us! We also regularly hold socials and discussion events on campus. These range from very informal get-togethers amongst society members, such as ‘LibDemPints’, where we invite guest speakers from the wider party to talk about certain issues and have a couple of drinks. What is your highlight event of the year? In terms of political events of the last year, the results of the EU Referendum and its aftermath have the most exciting time to be involved. What is your one bit of advice for a fresher joining a society? Get involved! Even if it’s just going to a social every now-and-again, it’s a good way to get your money’s worth and have a good time with like-minded people!
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CHRISTIAN UNION Holly Pyne talks to Lizzy Fretwell, the CU’s president, about its purpose, the community atmosphere and doughnuts.
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many drinks with a doughnut and a bottle of water, and we’re there when people have questions about faith, life or God.
What is your favourite part of being a member? I love being part of a society who is just there for people when they need us (whether those people are members or not). We’re there for people when they’re coming out of the SU after a few too
What is the purpose of the Christian Union? The Christian Union is here to ‘Love, serve and make Jesus known on campus’. Everything we do as a Christian Union aims to show people what we believe God is like. Whether
we do that by explaining who God is in a talk at one of our events, or we do it by showing God’s love on campus to the RHUL staff and students. What is Dial-a-Donut? Dial-a-Donut is very simpleyou send us a text from anywhere on campus with your name, location and a question, and we bring you a doughnut and an answer. The question can
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DOUGHNUTS
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LOVING
They’re dedicated to creating a welcoming atmosphere.
FAITH
Provides a place for students to express their faith openly.
CELEBRATION Dancing ‘a Scottish barn dance’ to finish their week of guest speakers.
be anything about God, The Bible, sin, suffering or just ‘why do Christians do that-it seems a bit weird…’ We are open to answering anything and will always provide a doughnut!
is held in the beautiful Founders Chapel, anyone can come along-we all sing carols together and hear a brilliant talk, then we finish off the evening with mince pies and festive drinks. Our events week is again quite What is the highlight simple, it is in fact- a week of event of the year for events, open to any student your society? to come and explore more It’s probably a tie between about the Christian faith. our Christmas Carol Concert Then at the end of the week and our Events Week. Our we have a big celebration, Christmas Carol Concert this year it was a Ceilidh
(affectionately described by CU members as ‘a Scottish barn dance’) and everyone got their dancing shoes on! If you could tell RHUL students one thing about your society, what would it be? Anyone is welcome! Whether you’re a Christian or nonChristian, interested in knowing more about God or a lover doughnuts. We’re the ones in the purple T-shirts.
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Beth Carr talks to Maximilian Wynne and Lydia Macanovic about their societies’ events, membership and socials.
FILM SOC Why should freshers join your society? We are the only film society on campus. If you’re interested in attending student-led, film events every term, learn how to shoot DSLR or pilot a film project with the help and influence of your peers, apply to the RHUL Film Society! What is your highlight event of the year? Our charity fundraiser, which was a screening of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, a collaborative effort with the Red Cup Company, was definitely the most efficacious event we had in the year!
What are your plans for making your society bigger and better? Social media is has always been key. As marketing officer, my plan is to keep the campus informed about the society’s latest events and create the campuswide impression that we have always something going on. What is your one bit of advice for a fresher joining a society? Firstly, go to a meeting or two to get an impression of the society. If you liked the people and would consider going again, become a consistent member of the society by attending as many meeting as you can and, of course, becoming a fully subscribed member.
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HARMONY hy should freshers join your society? AbHarm is a laid back, open and fun society to be a part of! As RHUL’s only A cappella choir on campus we’re definitely passionate about music and singing. And if you’re a little more ambitious, we have an auditioned subunit called Hardcore Harmony where we tackle harder arrangements.
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What is your highlight event of the year? Every year we gear up for our festival Acapalooza, a week full of festivities and collaborations with other societies to showcase the talents of members who want to share a passion for their craft. What are your plans for making your society bigger and better? Hardcore Harmony will be participating in the Voice Festival so we’ll be stepping it up! Last year was the first time in 5 years that we entered an A cappella competition so this was a big deal for us. What is your one bit of advice for a fresher joining a society? Joining a society leads to so much; it’s incredibly rewarding and you get away from uni stress and do something you love.
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Joanne Archer finds out what Reel Music and Shakespeare society are offering freshers for the year to come.
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hat are you about? RHUL Shakespeare Society promote William What are you What is new for this (‘the Bard’) Shakespeare about? year? in a way that is active, Creating performance This year we have inclusive, and exciting. We raise the profile and filming more talks and of our main man Shakespeare through a opportunities for workshops and also series of different events throughout the musicians and a radio station to get year. film makers in the involved with! We production of music have an exciting new What are your main events of the videos. website showcasing year? all our work What are your main (RHReelMusic.weebly. We put on one show each term, written by the Bard himself, or one of his events of the year? com) and have more contemporaries. In the past year, we have We have many events links to media. We seen Coriolanus set in a totalitarian state, throughout the also have an exciting year such as guest loyalty scheme so you Cymbeline during the conflict between the mods and rockers of ‘60s Britain, and speakers, workshops, get rewarded for all Henry V performed using cardboard boxes live music nights, the work you do for and sand pits. socials and our annual the society as well as summer concert at the having a fantastic time What was your society highlight end of the year. in the process. from last year? Winning the Skills and Employability Award What was your What would you at Socs Ball, where we took our highest society highlight like to say to number of members yet. This past year has from last year? freshers as to why been a fantastic year for us, and this year Our highlight last year they should get was winning best new involved with your will be even better! society at Socs Ball! society? The whole night was University is about fantastic and it was having the time of great to celebrate all your life, meeting life our hard work with long friends and letting everyone. your passions come to life. Reel Music is a society that welcomes everyone.
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