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A UCLan graduate has got through the first round of BBC ONE talent show The Voice.

24-year-old Letitia George featured as the very first contestant of this year’s series and was stunned as she was left with Tom Jones, Rita Ora and Ricky Wilson to choose from.

Letitia, who studied Music Theatre at UCLan, graduated back in 2012, and has been a junior manager at a restaurant in Coventry since.

“You don’t think you’re getting a place,” she explained of how she felt leading up to her performance, “not for one second. But I was just saying ‘you got this, you got this’ to get myself through it.

“To get a chair turn is the most incredible feeling. You just want to scream and jump on them but you have to get through your song first.”

From 14,000 applicants, Letitia was selected as one of the few final contestants to appear on the show, after getting past the audition stages, and says that she believes she can go on to win it.

“It’s about the confidence and cockiness.” She said. “You’ve got to believe that you can win it.

“Hearing some of the other voices you feel like you’re not worthy of even being in the competition, there’s some serious talent here.”

Although there have been suggestions that The Voice is not

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Letitia

LETITIA PLANS TO WIN

NEWS

LETITIA: I PLAN TO WIN

REVIEW: THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

1 IN 3 FEMALE STUDENTS SEXUALLY HARASSED

HOW DO YOU CONQUER THE JANUARY BLUES?

CULTURE

NEWS

LIFESTYLE

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SCREENWRITING STUDENT’S WORK TO BE SEEN BY MILLIONS Nicola Walsh Reporter

UCLan screenwriting student Stevie Smith will have his work seen by millions, after winning a safety-related competition run by Northern Rail.

The 22-year-old penned a 50 second film script warning the public of the dangers of overhead electric cables on train lines.

Stevie will work with a professional media company to make the film, which will then be screened in schools, colleges, youth groups and GP surgeries across northern England.

Stevie, who also won a crystal vase and a 12 month free pass for Northern Rail, said: “It’s an amazing feeling to win the competition and know that my script will be brought to life by a professional company and potentially seen by so many people.

“I can’t wait to see the final

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film and have enjoyed the whole experience of pitching to a genuine industry client,” he added.

Stevie follows in the tracks of previous UCLan screenwriting students, who have worked with Northern Rail over the past five years to produce safety films on topics including fare dodging, drinking alcohol during journeys, and trespassing on train lines.

David Wilkinson, Community Safety Manager for Northern Rail, said: “UCLan helps us to address real life problems through this annual competition and each year the students have produced original and worthy ideas. I’m sure Stevie’s film will make a big impact on people when it is screened and I want to congratulate him on producing a quality pitch.”

Two of Stevie’s fellow students, Daniel Case and Beth Irwin, each received a commendation and a six month rail pass for Northern Rail, and their work considered for future campaigns.

On the right track ... Stevie Smith closing the deal

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Culture Editor Amy Woolmer Deputy (Gaming) Georgia Dana Gregoriou Deputy (Music) Priscila C. Sarmento Deputy (FIlm) Sam McKeown Societies Editor Toby Samuel Robertson Deputies Emili Peake, Ellie Sutcliffe Sport Editor Jack Mumford Deputies Matt Weston, Pete Mccarthy Online Editor Vacant Deputies Stephanie Smith, Martin Joyce Head of PR/Social Media Vacant Deputies Two Vacancies

CHLAMYDIA SUPER LEAGUE FOR SPORTS AND SOCIETIES Abby Littler Reporter The Students’ Union are planning a chlamydia super league where sports clubs and societies can get their hands on £300 worth of funding.

The SU’s Advice and Representation Centre are teaming up with all sports and societies to offer free funding as part of their new Chlamydia Screening Project.

If you are under 25, all that you have to do is complete one of the chlamydia screening tests.

For each screen that someone completes, the SU will donate 30p to their chosen sports team or society, with a total of £300 available to hand out.

The Advice and Representation Centre will be holding drop-in sessions from 10am until 3pm every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

There are just three steps to follow. Firstly, visit the centre, then complete your screen and return it. Once returned, you can write down your name and club or society.

Campaigns Officer Lucy Haigh said: “It gives students a great opportunity to get tested and raise awareness of STI’s whilst making it light humoured and throwing in a bit of competition between teams!

Doing a test is simple and easy therefore it would be great to see as many students get involved as possible. Good luck!”

Head of Graphic Design Joseph Lund Deputies Matt Houghton, Yibo Chen Head of Photography Conor Clarke Deputy Emily Whitehall Joining PLUTO Want to be part of the team? contact Matt Murphy on 01772 894891 or sumedia@uclan. ac.uk.

Abby Littler and Campaigns Officer Lucy Haigh

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ARE YOU DOING IT? UNION LAUNCHES VOTING PROJECT Tom Greggan Deputy Editor UCLAN’S Student’s Union is launching a project to encourage students to vote in the upcoming general election.

The project is called ‘I’m Doing It’ and starts on Monday 19 January. In the first partnership of its kind in the UK, the project is being supported by Preston City Council.

Current students are being employed to explain the benefits of voter registration to other students through a series of fun on-campus activities, door-to-door visits and social media activity.

Student’s Union President Lee Mac is leading the project and he said: “It’s important for students to engage in registering for this year’s upcoming elections. Not only does it set a precedent for students in the election, it also allows our community to be heard on a stronger platform.

“Five years ago students who engaged in the election were left disappointed. If we as a community unite and come together we could change the way politicians view students.

“It’s essential to register this year as students who have moved in the past twelve months don’t automatically get registered. It’s quick and easy to register and could be done whilst making a brew!”

Lee also spoke to BBC Radio Lancashire on Thursday 15 January to discuss the project. He told host Gary Hickson: “Students on campus are more bothered about their educational needs so we need to educate them as to why

national politics is a good thing to get involved in.

“It’s stuff that could affect them in the future; not only there education but things to do with getting a mortgage or the price of electricity for when they actually leave university.”

Preston City Council Chief Executive, Lorraine Norris, said: “We are delighted to be working with UCLan Students’ Union, in what is one of the first partnerships of its kind in the UK. We realise the importance of engaging with young people in Preston as they are the next generation for democracy.

“It is vitally important that students and young people register to vote with this year being election year. If they do not register they have no vote, no voice, and no say.”

Students who are already registered to vote with their home address will need to register again with their term-time address in order to be able to vote in Preston. However, the deadline to register has not yet been announced.

The General Election will take place on Thursday 7 May. With many students having moved home in the past twelve months, they run the risk of not being on the electoral register due to the new Individual Electoral Registration.

The Union has released a questionnaire on the Individual Electoral Registration which you can complete anonymously at https://www. surveymonkey.com/s/voterreg.

To register to vote in two minutes, visit www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.

UCLAN OBSERVATORY FEATURES ON ONE SHOW UCLAN’S Alston observatory featured on BBC One’s The One Show on Friday 16 January in a piece called ‘The Music of the Spheres’.

The piece also featured an interview with UCLan Astrophysicist Professor Donald Kurtz and discussed Pythagoras’ theorem that the planets of our solar system made music as they circled through the heavens.

Although this is now known not to be true, 17 century astronomer Johannes Kepler calculated that the orbits of the planets obey certain ratios similar to those of musical harmonies.

You can view the show on BBC iPlayer until Sunday 15 March.

The Alston Observatory is a purpose-built teaching facility, featuring: • Telescopes • A Discovery Dome planetarium system • Exhibits on Telescopes as Time Machines (funded by the Royal Astronomical Society) • An outside experiment, Measuring the Cosmos.

Wilfred Hall Observatory Dome

HUGE FALL IN NUMBER OF PART-TIME STUDENTS Tom Greggan Deputy Editor Part-time student enrolments for UK higher education have fallen dramatically since £9,000 university tuition fees were introduced.

Figures released by the Higher Education Statistics Agency show that numbers fell 8% between 2012/13 and 2013/14, leading to a 22% decrease overall.

The University and College Union has blamed the new student loan arrangements for part-time students as well as higher tuition fees for the sharp drop. It has called for an urgent overhaul of the funding system.

UCU General Secretary, Sally Hunt, said: “The people who benefit from part-time study are often mature students with existing family and work commitments.

“Too many people are being priced out of university because they don’t want to saddle themselves with massive debt to fund their study or pay back their fees.

“The government’s reforms have failed on every level and the time has come for an urgent rethink.

All the political parties need to clearly spell out their plans for higher education ahead of the general election.”

The National Union of Students (NUS) says it is “deeply disappointed” to see another fall in part-time student numbers and also criticised the government for not taking advantage of opportunities to intervene and prevent the decline.

Megan Hughes, NUS Vice President (Higher Education), says: “The government has had years of warning to deal with this issue.

“Yet another year of falling numbers reveals a dangerous complacency

in making education accessible to parents, carers, workers, and anyone else who cannot feasibly study full-time.

“There can be no doubt now that the government’s failed market experiment of sky-high fees and unmanageable debt is having a devastating effect on the future of flexible and lifelong learning.

“We must work to find an alternative model of funding that represents the real public value of higher education, meeting the needs of everyone in society.”

The Office of Fair Access to Higher Education have also voiced their concerns at the figures.

Director Les Ebdon told the Guardian: “These figures should be a significant concern for policymakers and the higher education sector as a whole.

“Part-time students are more likely to come from groups under-represented in higher education, so this further reduction is of serious concern to Offa.”

Number of part-time students has decreased dramatically

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UCLAN GIVEN FUNDING TO ATTRACT MORE STUDENTS Jade Taylorson Reporter

The University has been given funds to increase it’s student population

UCLan has been given £480,000 to help encourage more young people into higher education.

Funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), the aim of the two-year funding period is to have a coordinated approach in providing information for higher education institutes to work with schools and colleges in order to help people access higher education.

To ensure comprehensive coverage across England, local and regional universities and further education colleges will come together to form developing outreach networks.

Basing two networks in the North West Region, UCLan will lead one in Lancashire and the University of Cumbria will lead one in Cumbria.

Both of the networks will be supported by Lancaster University and Edge Hill University.

There will be thirty five local networks covering the whole of England, which will host websites with information about outreach activity, and support schools and colleges in preparing their students for higher education. Teachers and advisors will also be supported in finding out about higher education outreach activity in their area, which

will provide general advice about progression into higher education.

Older learners wishing to continue or return to study and care leavers will be offered advice and support by three other networks, which are aimed to help specific groups of students who are at a national level.

UCLan’s Dr Lynne Livesey said: “At UCLan we already put aside a substantial amount of fee income to support outreach work which is an expensive and long-term commitment.

“This new Government funding will provide a significant boost in our continued efforts to work together with other universities, colleges and schools to attract talented young people from a diverse range of backgrounds into higher education.”

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LIGHTS, COMPOST, ACTION! Nicola Walsh Reporter From grow-your-own to a fracking good debate, this year’s Green Week promises UCLan students shed-loads of earthy excitement!

Starting 2 February, there’ll be freebies, competitions and debates galore, including a visit on 6 February by Student Union officers from Glasgow University, environmental big-hitters who will share their campaign story in the Students’ Union Opportunities Centre at 12 noon.

The event includes a big turn-off too…of electrical equipment, that is!

Emma Bartlet, Green Ladder Project Manager, described the planned visit as ‘of special interest’, adding: “They helped to put pressure on their university to disinvest from fossil fuels, thus Glasgow University become the first UK university to disinvest. Exciting stuff!

“And on 3 Feb the debate on fracking should be quite passionate – so do join us for that at 6pm in the Opportunities Centre.”

Each day brings a different theme, from food, travel and waste to use of water and fossil fuels. Plans also include a behind-the-scenes tour of the university’s biomass boiler, daily pop-up soup kitchens, and free rickshaw rides on campus.

Head to the Students’ Union building to sign an online pledge and get your freebies, including food samples, seeds and compost on Monday, water bottles, pedometers and bike care on Tuesday, re-usable bags on Wednesday, water bottles on Thursday and light bulbs on Friday. An outdoor pizza oven is also planned for Friday lunchtime outside the SU. A student-led energy saving push, dubbed ‘the UCLan Big Switch Off’, will round off the week.

The annual event is this year sponsored by UCLan, its Students’ Union and the NUS Students’ Green Fund. It is led by the Green Ladder

Project – a two-year, £200,000 initiative funded by the NUS to help students get into environmental activities.

Would-be volunteers for Green Week events should contact ajackson4@uclan.ac.uk to find out more.

Green Week 2014 (right)

The Green Lader Project with their student allotments at Whitendale Halls

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Letitia chose Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson (left) (Above), she graduates from UCLan, (on the right) she ironically poses with Nandos mascot

LETITIA DOESN’T PLAN ON CHICKENING OUT

FROM SOURCE BAR KARAOKE, TO HAVING MUSIC SUPERSTARS TOM JONES, RITA ORA AND RICKY WILSON ALL BEGGING FOR YOUR TALENT, LETITIA GEORGE HAS COME A into break the top 40 singles LONG WAY... chart, whereas all three previous CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE in the same league as its ITV rival, Letitia says having had friends make it through the later stages of X-Factor, she’s glad she chose The Voice, and would do every time.

“My best friend got through to the judges houses, and, it’s not that I dislike X-Factor, but from my experience, the way I’ve been treated on The Voice has been amazing and I wouldn’t trade it for anything.”

The lack of success of previous winners of the show compared to X-Factor has been joked about in the past on panel shows and in broadsheet features building up to the new series.

Since the show started in 2012, not a single winner has managed

winners of X-Factor have made it to number 1. But that doesn’t discourage Letitia, who believes it’s more to do with how hard you work when it’s over than anything else.

“As much as they give you the platform, you’ve got to put in the work yourself.” She said, and added that she’s already planning to bring out an album in the summer, that she’s currently writing with her best friend.

During

her

performance –

after finishing h e r powerful rendition of Sam S m i t h ’s Stay With Me – Letitia had the choice of Tom Jones, Rita Ora and Ricky Wilson as a coach. She then proceeded with a strange question, asking judges how spicy they would have their chicken if they went to Nandos.

“I never meant to ask that

Be yourself and be fabulous! Believe in yourself, because if you don’t, who else is going to believe in you?

question.” She laughed. “As soon as it came out of my mouth I was thinking ‘what did you just say?’ but had to carry on with it.”

But regardless of their answers, she chose to be the first member of Ricky, which she says ‘felt right’ and doesn’t regret the decision for a second.

Whilst at UCLan, Letitia says she was a regular at Source Bar’s Kareoke, and that she misses the place a lot more than she thought she would.

To

aspiring

Music

Theatre

students she says: “Be yourself and be fabulous. Believe in yourself, because if you don’t, who else is going to believe in you?”

Check out Letitia’s Facebook page, as she promises to keep everyone up to date of when she’s next performing on the show.

TEXTING SYSTEM TO DROWN OUT NOISE IN THE LIBRARY Jade Taylorson Reporter

The UCLan Learning and Information Services (LIS) team are ready to introduce a texting service for the library where students can complain effectively about disruptions.

The scheme, based on suggestions from students, allows unacceptable behaviour to be dealt with efficiently, and lets people continue with their work without any disturbances.

“It will mean students no longer need to leave their desk to report an issue to reception,” said Director of LIS Lisa Banks, “It also prevents the noisy students from identifying who raised the concern.”

One of the causes of noise in the library – identified at the BIG Meeting back in September – was the lack of available social spaces

and areas for students to study in groups on campus.

“The University has been working closely with the Student Union to identify more spaces around campus where group

The service is in it’s final stages of testing

study can be undertaken and is investing heavily in the building of new facilities over the coming years.” Added Lisa.

The texting service is in its final stages of testing before it can be released. Keep up to date on stories like this on the Pluto website – www.pluto-online.com

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SERIAL FUNDRAISER WINS BIPOLAR UK AWARD Emmi Bowles Deputy Features Editor Students celebrate last year with their Lecturer of the Year; Nicole Nunn, School of Education and Social Sciences

SIXTH ANNUAL STAFF AWARDS LED BY STUDENTS The awards aren’t decided upon how many nominations there are, but for the reasons students give for each nomination.

Jade Taylorson Reporter The Golden Roses is an annual prestigious student-led awards evening held at UCLan, in partnership with Myerscough and Runshaw College. It allows all UCLan students to recognise staff across the institution for the vital role they play in both teaching and supporting students.

The event, which will be held on campus, will mark the 6th year since the UCLan Student’s Union established the ceremony.

It remains the only staff awards that are nominated, decided and awarded by students.

There are eight standard awards which any member of UCLan staff can be nominated for, by any student at the University.

Some of the awards Lecturer of the Year for a lecturer who has significant contribution

include Award; made a to the

academic experience, Behind the Scenes Award; recognising the contribution to the student experience from those people who would ordinarily go unnoticed, and Personal Tutor of the Year Award; recognising the Personal Tutor that goes above and beyond to promote a fantastic student experience.

Four new awards have been added this year; the Real World Learning Award, Leading Equality Award, School of the Year Award, and Sustainable Teaching Award.

The launch of the nomination process is on Monday 2nd February 2015 and closes on Friday the 13th March.

In this time, students can submit nominations online through a nomination form on the SU website or via a postcard which will be available alongside ballot boxes around campus.

President

of

UCLan

SU,

Lee Mac, said “The teaching awards are a great initiative for students and staff. It means that staff get the recognition for their achievements and are going that extra mile for students. The fact the students are the ones who lead the awards makes it all the more fulfilling.”

All

those

s h o r t- l i s t e d from the nominations will be invited to attend the final awards ceremony. Students that nominated will be emailed to thank them for their time and efforts as well as being provided with the shortlist and an invitation to the awards evening.

Head over to www.uclansu.co.uk/goldenroses for more information.

Some of the categories open for nominations, include:

Andrew Ball, first year sports therapy student, has done it again.

Known for his charity work for Bipolar UK, Andrew (below) has completed a leg wax, a sky dive and numerous car washes and cake sales.

All of this is done in memory of his mum and it was on her birthday when he found out that he had been awarded the national

The Outstanding Feedback Award

The Postgraduate Support Award The Real World Learning Award

The Inclusivity Award The Positive Impact Award The Lecturer of the Year Award Professional Services Staff Member The School of the Year Award The Best Course Team of the Year Award The Best University Service of the Year Award The Personal Tutor of the Year Award The Most Innovative Teaching of the Year Award

Andrew Ball receiving his award

2015 Bipolar UK Fundraiser of the Year award. He will go to London in March to collect his award at the official ceremony.

We spoke to Andrew after he found out the news. “It is so nice to know that people voted for me and supported me, and all that I have contributed to the charity,” he said. It has been 10 years since Andrew lost his mum to Bipolar and will be dedicating this award to her memory.

With a total so far of over £5,000 Andrew plans to continue his work for the charity for years to come.

You can still support Andrew and his fundraising on his just giving page: www.justgiving.com/Andrew-ball6/

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1 IN 3 FEMALE STUDENTS ARE SEXUALLY HARASSED Nicola Walsh Reporter A national poll has found that nearly one in three women suffer sexual harassment during their time at university.

The survey, conducted for The Telegraph newspaper by pollsters YouthSight, found that 31 per cent of the female students asked had been ‘inappropriately touched or groped’.

About 20 per cent had suffered more extreme forms of harassment, including being pressured into sex, while one per cent said they had been raped.

Shockingly, almost half (43 per cent) of the women harassed said they told no-one what had happened.

The recentlyreleased findings back up the result of last autumn’s survey for the National Union of Students (NUS), which also found that one in three female students had fallen victim to sexual harassment.

That survey’s findings helped lead to a national take-up of the ‘I <3 Consent’

campaign, originally a local hit with freshers at the University of London in 2013.

Both surveys underline the need for greater awareness around consent to sex, said Emili Peake, Women’s Representative for UCLan Students’ Union.

“I’m not surprised that people don’t report what’s happened. It’s a very sensitive issue. A lot of people have an incident and just want to forget about it. They don’t want to keep bringing it up.”

She added that women should not feel that reporting would lead to unwanted repercussions.

The Telegraph survey also found that one in eight male students had suffered sexual harassment, such as being groped or hit on. More than half (six in ten) said they had not confided to anyone about what had happened.

Disturbingly, one per cent of male and female students said they had been raped during their degree.

Women’s Rep Emili said: “I just think it’s awful that in this day and age that people are acting like that. In a diverse culture we seem to be going

backwards.”

She added that, as part of UCLan SU’s #SayNO campaign, a small group of students will be attending a training session organised by the NUS, with the aim of being able to run sexual awareness and consent for fellow students later in the year.

The latest findings have also led to a call for universities to clamp down on female harassment. The End Violence Against Women Coalition claim that as ‘public authorities’ universities are legally bound to end harassment and discrimination against women.

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31% of female students have been ‘inappropriately touched or groped’

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20% had suffered more extreme forms of harassment

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43% of the women harassed said they did not tell anyone The poll shows that greater awareness of sexual harrassment is needed

PRESTON JUDGE RESIGNS OVER RACIST REMARK AT EX-UCLAN LAW STUDENT Jade Taylorson Reporter A JUDGE has resigned after alleged racist remarks towards a UCLan law student at Preston Magistrates Court.

Deputy District Judge Richard Terrence Peter Hollingworth resigned after it’s claimed he said 22-year-old Deepa Patel “won’t be working anywhere important” because of her surname.

Ms Patel, who is no longer a student at the university, was ‘outraged’.

She said: “It’s shocking and disgusting for anyone to say that, especially a judge.

“He’s the one deciding people’s freedom and he’s saying stuff like that - it’s ridiculous.

“You would assume people of this day and age, especially a judge, wouldn’t be racist.”

A spokeswoman for the Crown Prosecution Service said: “The Crown Prosecution Service raised concerns with HM Courts and Tribunals Service about comments made by Judge Hollingworth about a witness in Preston Magistrates’ court on 30 October 2014 which we considered to be inappropriate.”

Preston Magistrates Court

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F E A T U R E S

Features Editor Jasleen Kaur

Deputy Editor Emmi Bowles

UCLAN GOES TO CHINA PLUTO LOOKS INTO THE FIRST OF SIX INTERNATIONAL TRIPS THIS YEAR

Emmi Bowles Deputy Features Editor UCLan has once again offered students the chance to take part in the annual travel bursary trip, giving students an opportunity to experience a new city, culture and complete a project whilst they are out there.

There will be six trips in total which include making an original film in New York and teaching local people about sexual health over in Zambia.

Participating in these trips is not

It’s a great opportunity to be able to gain some hands on experience.

only a good way to experience different cultures around the world but they will help UCLAN students to get a head start into their career. Previously students went to the south of France and reported on a sporting event where the organisers asked them to come back again the following year.

As a journalism student I know that my trip to Madrid and the project I will be doing is going to give me new skills that I will be able to call upon in the future.

These trips will give UCLan students the opportunities to not only show off the skills they have on their projects but to broaden

and heighten them as well as adding to their portfolio of work.

In the past some students have even been able to grab job opportunites from going on the travel bursary.

Last week nine students boarded the flight to Guangzhou, China, the first of the bursary trips.

The city located in the south of China will be the temporary home of a mixture of first, second and

If you’re looking for some experience why not make it as fun and exciting as you can? third year B.A students from the school of Journalism and Digital Communications for just over a week As a group, they will source old pictures from Western archives, local newspapers archives in Guangzhou and the Chinese locals. They will also have the help of students at a sister campus in the area as none of the UCLan team speak the native language.

Their project is to recreate the images that they find in the modern city before exhibiting the pictures in Guangzhou, Preston and on their very own website.

Many images were destroyed in China which is why our UCLan team will be helping the city to create its own online archive.

We spoke to Kayleigh Hemingway, a third year film and media student, about her expectations before the trip.

“The trip is something that I am really looking forward too.”

Kayleigh told us as she prepared to go to China for the first time. She applied for the trip offered to her on a whim and thought “why not?”

“Being a third year Film & Media Studies student myself, it is a great opportunity to be able to gain some hands on experience as well as travelling to a really exciting place.

Kayliegh said that she applied because she loves to travel and

was looking for some media production experience. It was the perfect opportunity to combine the two.

“I mean, if you’re looking for some experience, why not make it as fun and exciting as you can? “ Kayleigh will not only be visiting China as a tourist but to work with her team to complete their photography project. But they will have plenty of time to relax and do some tourist activities too.

“I know that I want to experience some of the Chinese markets as well as getting some real traditional Chinese food.” Kayleigh told us when we asked what she was most looking forward to.

Kayleigh said that she is so excited to being able to experience China and hopes that the trip is everything that she hopes it will be.

The group will return on Sunday 18th January.

Remember to check Plutoonline.com to see what Kayleigh and the others got up to and view the pictures from the trip.

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IS UCL AN PARKING DRIVING STUDENTS MAD? Sam McKeown Deputy Culture Editor

Welcome to all the new students beginning their courses this January, and Welcome Back to everyone else!

We’re here to offer support and guidance on all aspects of University life: 8am - 9pm from Mon to Fri and 10am - 6pm at Weekends

New in January: every Tues and Thurs in Jan we’re joined by experts from other UCLan student support teams such as the Student Union, Student Support & Wellbeing and the Student Financial Support team.

With UCLan announcing the removal of Foster’s car park, and it soon to publicly unveil its full multimillion pound campus masterplan, Pluto decided to investigate the car parking situation, and whether it needs looking into sooner rather than later.

A survey conducted by the Students’ Union last year found that the majority of students commute, and as we’ve seen an influx in the UCLan student population this year, is enough being done about it? At current, the university provides just over 1,300 university parking spaces around campus, but our research found that students are only using a third of these.

A spokesperson for the university has stated, “Unfortunately, occupancy of the car parks is on a first-come, firstserved basis”. However, UCLan dually recommend any students that commute to manage their time wisely and suggest students struggling for car parking to try the car parks in the outer areas of the campus as they usually have the most available spaces throughout the day.

UCLan’s Travel Plan for 201318 shows that on street parking has seen a 7% increase since 2007 whilst university car parking has seen a 9% decrease in usage and on street parking accounts for more than half of student parking at over 40%.

Now that’s a lot of numbers to take in but this all means that less students are using the university car parks and looking elsewhere for parking, yet UCLan’s student population has risen by approximately 5,000 when compared to the 2013-2014 academic year.

After conducting a short poll Pluto found that many comments involved adding more free

parking. One student commented saying “there are a lot of visitor spaces often left free all day. Also disabled spaces that are never used. In general additional parking should be put in place or less permits handed out.”

On street parking accounts for more than half of student parking - 40% Another student suggested that there should be a separate staff car park, whilst another student brought up the idea of having a park and ride service just for commuting staff and students.

The majority of the poll showed that the main issue was the pricing for permits and pay and display car parks such as Harrington as well as the lack of spaces.

Whilst there isn’t enough parking spaces for students, UCLan are already in pre-production of a £20 million engineering centre which is to be built on the current car park outside of Foster building near the Adelphi roundabout.

It is set for completion by 2018.

Although a compensatory car park is to be built, there is not yet any information regarding a date for this, which coupled with an already shortage of student parking, will only fuel already aggravated students that commute to the university campus by car.

The university suggest that students try and commute by train, bus and cycle if possible. This will not only free up some car parking spaces but reduce the university’s carbon footprint.

Should the university take a three-point turn and review the parking issue? Give us your opinion and participate in the poll on the Pluto Facebook page.

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CHARLIE HEBDO ATTACK IS NOT A CARD TO BE PLAYED FOR POLITICAL GAIN

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UNITY ... Over a million Parisians took to the steets of the French capital in the wake of the attack.

Sam McKeown Deputy Culture Editor Unless you have been living under a rock for the beginning of January you would have heard about the terrorist attack by Islamic extremists on the French satirical weekly newspaper, Charlie Hebdo in Paris.

Unless you have been living under a rock for the beginning of January you would have heard about the terrorist attack by Islamic extremists on the French satirical weekly newspaper, Charlie Hebdo in Paris.

Comment Editor Alex Sambrook

Deputy Editor Megan Critchley

Charlie Hebdo’s content and reporting has been described as politically controversial because of articles and cartooned jokes that satire certain groups which include the extreme right, Islam, Catholicism and Judaism. The newspaper itself is of left-wing alignment according to the former editor Stéphane Charbonnier.

On January 7 2015, two gunmen perverted the cause of Islam and attacked the Charlie Hebdo offices and shot dead 12 people including well respected staff cartoonists Stéphane Charbonnier, George Wolnski, Bernard Verlhac. Upon fleeing, the gunmen killed a police officer and later another officer was killed by a separate assailant, which would later be linked

to the attack on Charlie Hebdo.

Witnesses of the attack said they heard the shooters shouting “We have avenged the Prophet Muhammad” and “God is Greatest” in Arabic (“Allahu Akbar”). This information signifies that the attack on the French newspaper’s headquarters was one of revenge because of past publishing that has offended Islamic extremist because of Charlie Hebdo’s portrayal of the prophet, Muhammad.

The attack on Charlie Hebdo has seen a predictable step up in national security in France and has not just united France, but different countries too. On social media sites Facebook and Twitter, newsfeeds are filled with trending articles and statuses of unity against the “cowardly and barbaric” attack against free speech.

Liberty gives a person the opportunity to choose what to think, feel, freedom of opinion and the entitlement to personal tastes and pursuits all with the promise of no impingement upon oneself by others.

Unfortunately certain institutions and individuals have approached the incident differently. Sky News is using the ‘fear factor’ method by stating “Al Qaeda threatens more attacks”, which seems like a technique to keep the viewing public hooked and ‘stay tuned’, which coincidently boosts news ratings.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has singled out UKIP leader, Nigel Farage, for attempting to “make political points” by using the Charlie Hebdo shooting to encouraging greater division through blaming multiculturalism as the main cause of the attack and a possible second attack. It seems Nigel Farage is trying to state that British Muslims who are proud of their Muslim heritage are part of the problem, but this is not the case.

This method of using fear for ratings and ‘the blame game’ by Nigel Farage distracts attention from the real story behind this attack, which is the attack on liberty.

The actual work of the cartoonists killed at Charlie Hebdo is at the centre of this attack on freedom of speech and although the cartoons to say the least are controversial, they are not an excuse for the murder of cartoonists in a free society.

Liberty gives a person the opportunity to choose what to think, feel, freedom of opinion and the entitlement to personal tastes and pursuits all with the promise of no impingement upon oneself by others. It is important that these aspects of individuality do not physically harm others, which means that anyone is entitled to liberty under the circumstances that respect is given to others and their liberty.

The fundamental principle in freedom

of speech is we do not have the right not to be offended and as soon as the attackers shot dead those 12 innocent people because they did not like the content of the cartoons they were drawing, this fundamental principle was breached.

The actual work of the cartoonists killed at Charlie Hebdo is at the centre of this attack on freedom of speech and although the cartoons to say the least are controversial, they are not an excuse for the murder of cartoonists in a free society.

What needs to be addressed then is the unity to champion freedom of speech and not give into a moral panic in relation to ‘fear of terrorism’ and to not single out British Muslims as folk devils or ‘the other’. Nick Clegg has spoken about this issue, “The Greatest antidote against perversions of Islam is law abiding British Muslims themselves”.

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THERE’S NOTHING WRONG WITH SIA’S ELASTIC HEART VIDEO Sia’s latest music video has been accused of being ‘paedophilic’ since its release but Deputy Culture Editor Sam McKeown isn’t convinced...

Sam McKeown Deputy Culture Editor Australian musician Sia has recently apologised for her music video Elastic Heart after it has offended people for being depraved and ‘a step too far’. The video itself features self proclaimed “not famous anymore” actor Shia LaBeouf and 12-year-old rising star Maggie Ziegler.

The two perform a symbolic dance in dirty flesh coloured clothing and do so in a dome shaped cage. Unfortunately, but predictably the content of the video has – like most things do on the internet – received a great amount of criticism and has been interoperated as being ‘paedophilic’.

Sia has responded on Twitter to the uproar saying: “I anticipated some ‘paedophilia!!!’”. According to sources, Sia suffers from stage fright, resulting in her refusing to interview. Additionally she has to perform with her face away from the audience, which can arguably lose a much needed connection with the audience through expression.

Sia has said she likes to select people to represent her in her music videos.

The singer stated, “Maddie and Shia are two of the only actors I felt could play these two warring parts”. She then added her sole intent for the video was to “create some emotional content, not to upset anybody”.

Sia (last name Furler) has been everpresent within the mainstream music industry since 2005 for performing Breathe Me, a song which was used in the trailer for the American thriller film Derailed (2005). This however is the first time the artist has had to deal with public backlash.

which follows with her hissing at him.

Another section of the video that has received debate is when Ziegler wraps her leg around LaBeouf’s neck in an almost leisurely way until she rests within his arms.

Predictably the content of the video has – like most things do on the internet – received a great amount of criticism and has been interoperated as being ‘paedophilic’.

Shia LaBeouf stars in the video.

The main word being thrown around on social media is ‘paedophilic’. In certain parts of the video LaBeouf can be seen attempting to touch Ziegler

At first glance both acts can be deemed as inappropriate, but upon analysis the video is one that is trying to oppose the shackles of an era in the

21st Century where media outlets has poisoned the mind of the public to believe depraved sexual content is rife in our society.

We hear stories about 1970s kids show hosts such as Jimmy Savile being a monster who ran wild because of lack of whistle blowing which has created this moral panic that is entrenched into society’s mind-set that ‘no one is to be trusted’ or ‘anyone can be a sex pest’.

The power of the media has created these mental short-hands that feed into these mind-sets which consequently create a state of paranoia where art is misinterpreted as being ‘wrong’.

The video does have is a complexity which gives the viewer the opportunity to interpret, which is a brave step and is arguably the definition of ‘art’.

Is there any evidence of sexuality within the music video Elastic Heart?

The answer is no. What the video does have is a complexity which gives the viewer the opportunity to interpret, which is a brave step and is arguably the definition of ‘art’.

There is a struggle of youth versus adult life with the talented Ziegler representing the free spirited half to a whole and LaBeouf demonstrating a pessimistic other half which cannot escape to innocence.

Maybe there is another factor other than the theory of media’s attempt to control how the public think.

Pornographic images are so easily accessible on the internet in today’s society that maybe it is this that is a mitigating factor or the sole reason that is responsible for warping people’s perception that see sex where there is none.

To conclude it seems that in order to not offend, one has to change their art. If you begin to change your art to not offend a single person, it would mean an impingement with freedom of speech and art would not exist.

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PRESTON DOES NOT NEED ANY MORE SHOPPING CENTRES

Reports state there are plans to have a new shopping centre in Preston but Matt Murphy thinks we need fewer shops and more alternative leisure facilities...

Matt Murphy Editor-in-Chief “What is there to do in this town?” the words of my third-year housemate last January. I mention his year of study because you would think having lived in Preston for that long he’d have an idea what to do on a weekend.

Alas, I had nothing either. And this still rings true a year on. It seems that in Preston the common suggestion to quench boredom is to go bowling, shopping, or to the pub. And I had to strain to even come up with those three.

This week, Blog Preston reported that an area of land on Queen Street – near Homebase – is to be considered for redevelopment into a shopping complex. Planning permission for the area has been available for over 20 years, but no movements were made on the property until 2009, and in the last week this proposal has been submitted.

Upon hearing this I was rather bewildered. Does Preston really need

more shops? It needs something that will create a buzz for its locals. It needs more nature. Although shopping is a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon, there needs to be more of a variety.

St George’s, St Johns, Fishergate, Deepdale, the Capital Centre, and various other smaller locations around the area is surely more than enough to satisfy people’s needs.

The idea behind more shops is obviously to bring more money into the area, and yes the area does need it. But why isn’t more being done to provide other things to do?

Being known now for a ‘universitycentric city’ rather than the industrial beast it once was, it seems somewhat strange considering the lack of things there are available for students to actually do in Preston.

Where are the ice rinks that aren’t just for Christmas, go-karting or laser tag facilities, or more protected areas for walks? Those were just some suggestions from students when I asked around, but most of these were people that spend their weekends heading home to Manchester or

Liverpool, the reason being– you guessed it – there’s nothing to do here when lectures are through done.

The city may not be in the same league as neighbours Liverpool or Manchester, but it drifts into the relegation zone the more it lacks focus on its image. (I use a football analogy here and ironically it fits well if you link it to North End) Yes, there are stunning parks like Avenham and Miller, you may say.

But these are only really of interest to people when the sun is out, and

I’m sure you’ve heard Pluto report previously that Preston receives the least sunlight in the country.

For September and January there is a lot going on around campus – and excursions to landmarks around the north west – that offers opportunities during the Freshers and Refreshers period but in between these times you can’t rely on the university and SU to provide something to do every day, although you’d be surprised how hard they do try to.

To have another shopping outlet

in the area when there are still some struggling with empty spaces like Fishergate and St George’s is also a bold move. And the retail park would be at least a 20 minute walk from campus and the city centre, students may be discouraged to make the effort to make the trip.

So I plead, to the council, local entrepreneurs, and national companies, start bringing things to Preston that will have people oooo-ing and ahhhing, that will have retain its student population here for the weekend.

An artist’s impression of the Queen Street site

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Fashion

L I F E S T Y L E

All the latest fashion, advice, recipes and more.

For more coverage, head over to PLUTO online: pluto-online.com/lifestyle

OUTFIT OF THE MONTH Ellie Rees Chloe Kenyon This year we are carrying on our monthly feature of Outfit of the Month, this time featuring our favorite outfits from January.

In this edition, we have a special Outfit of the Month, featuring our favorite student bloggers and the outfits they have talked about this month.

Thank you to all the bloggers that have participated in this months issue.

Lifestyle Editor Deputy Lifestyle Editor Rebecca Jayne Studying: Fashion Brand Management Year: 2 Blog: thetrendjourney.blogspot. co.uk Top: Topshop Jeans: Topshop Jacket: River Island

Ellie Rees Studying: Fashion Brand Management Year: 2 Blog: yourdailydoseofstyle. blogspot.co.uk Top: Primark Trousers: H&M Jacket: River Island

Shannon Beazeley Studying: Fashion Promotion Year: 2 Blog: shannoninthesky.blogspot. co.uk Top: Primark Jumper: ASOS Boots: New Look

Clarissa Matiba Studying: Fashion Brand Management Year: 2 Blog: www.caramelcreamlove. blogspot.co.uk Top: Topshop Jacket: Vintage

Lucy Hill (right) Studying: BA Journalism Year: 1 Blog: lucyhannah123.blogspot. co.uk Top: H&M Jeans: New Look Scarf: Miss Matilda’s Boutique Boots: Fat Face

TOP 5 FITNESS TIPS AND TRICKS Jessica Flynn Reporter

Lifestyle Editor Ellie Rees

Deputy Editor Chloe Kenyon

January is usually the time of year when you feel as though you need get back into being fit, yet may find it hard to find the time with all the work you do. However there are 5 top tricks and tips to help keep you fit whilst still have time to do your work.

Keep hydrated. Whether you’re doing physical exercise or even just work you make sure you are keeping your body hydrated as it helps keep you energised and alert. Also, if you are looking to lose a bit of weight then drinking ice cold water can help burn calories, so just by drinking fluids you can not only keep your body fit and healthy but also tone up.

Mini core workouts. If you don’t feel as though you will have time for the Gym or you’ve been too preoccupied with work then every morning when you get up do 15 sets of sit-ups, press-ups and squats for a good 10 minutes. This will not only help you wake up but will help keep your muscles toned and by doing this everyday will help you keep fit.

Many fitness DVD’s have core workouts built into them for you to follow.

Plenty of rest. Even if you can find the time to go to the gym or an exercise workout in your room, you have got to remember that by going to lectures every day you are using a lot of energy from your mind and body, therefore you must rest your body to keep yourself fit and alert. So to help keep yourself fit and healthy try to get 6-8 hours of sleep every night.

Pilates. Pilates is a great way of keeping fit and not to mention easy as you don’t need a lot of space so you can do this in your room. So even if your busy with work you can not only get fit but also de-stress your mind and body from doing Pilates as it’s a range of movements that focus on the main cores of your boy.

Pilate fitness DVD’s are ideal for this tip and are easy to follow

Balanced diet. You don’t have to say no to treats; however making sure you have a balanced is a key feature to keeping fit and healthy. So even though you might enjoy the nice kebab every once in a while, make sure that you balance yourself with eating a lot of fruit and veg every day.

By following these top tips and tricks you will find yourself feeling fit and healthy.

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All the latest fashion, advice, recipes and more.

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HEALTHY RECIPES TO TRY IN 2015 Georgie Clark Reporter

TRY OUT OUR HEALTHY DISHES AS PART OF YOUR JANUARY DETOX ...

Creamy Curry Simple Stir Fry Lental Soup Incredients: 1 pepper Tinned tomatoes Button mushrooms Chickpeas Steam in the bag rice, Knorr curry flavour pot Quorn sausages Method: Simply fry the vegetables in a pan until cooked whilst the sausages can sit under the grill for ten minutes.

Add the chopped tomatoes and, when they are done, cut the sausages up and add those as well.

Finally, the flavour pot can be added, stirred in and the whole thing can be left to simmer for a few minutes. Steam your rice in the microwave for 2 minutes.

Add to a bowl and then combine the curry.

Ingredients: Soy sauce Peppers Broccoli Sugar snap peas Baby sweetcorn Pre- cooked noodles Quorn chicken pieces.

Method: Soak noodles in boiling water for a few minutes to soften and separate them.

In a wok or frying pan, add your chopped vegetables with two minutes between each lot in order to ensure everything is cooked.

When everything is in the pan and the noodles are to your satisfaction, combine everything and add soy sauce. - I highly recommend the sauce!

This takes a little longer but is definitely worth it.

Ingredients: Sunflower oil spread 1 leek 4 carrots (chopped) 1.5 litres of vegetable stock, 300g red lentils Chilli powder and salt.

Method: Melt spread in pan and soften chopped leek then add carrots, stock and lentils, bring to boil then reduce heat to simmer for 40 minutes. Add the seasoning to your taste and there you have it, kids. Lentil soup.

Georgie’s healthy lentil soup (left)

BEATING THE JANUARY BLUES NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS Chloe Kenyon Deputy Lifestyle Editor January is officially upon us, forcing us to begrudgingly leave our beds behind and return to university. After a season of over indulgence and relaxation, getting back into the swing of things can prove incredibly difficult. No doubt you, like me, have spent the past few weeks being lazy, avoiding responsibility and instead; turning all your attention onto food and alcohol. Waving goodbye to the festive period and swapping mince pies for essays and revision can put a downer on anyone’s spirits. And it’s true what they say; the weather outside truly is frightful, making the warmth of our student accommodation seem far too difficult to leave. The notorious “January Blues” are a very real thing, not to mention incredibly easy to fall into. Here are some tips and tricks at beating those dreaded January Blues.

Look After Yourself Almost everyone overeats and drinks a little too much alcohol over the Christmas period and forgetting to do a little exercise and drink that litre of water is easy to do. While all that chocolate might taste delicious now, it will not give you all the benefits that eating well will. Eating well and drinking lots of water can do wonders for your mood, as can some exercise every now and then. Your body

will thank you for it and you’ll feel great.

Socialize Avoiding the cold outdoors and staying in bed is all anyone wants to do on a winter morning, but shutting yourself off from the world can have a very negative effect on your mood. Socializing and spending time with your friends is a proven way of improving how you feel.

Get Enough Sleep Staying up until 3am watching YouTube videos should now be a thing of the past. That 9am lecture

you have will be so much more tolerable with a good night of sleep under your belt. Lack of sleep can be a substantial mood killer.

Treat Yourself One of the most wonderful things about January is the sales.

Shopping always makes me feel a little better about whatever I’m currently stressing about. Treating yourself once in a while is good for the soul and doing it in January means it’s that much cheaper! And while eating well is important, dieting furiously is a worry no one needs. Remember to cheat every now and then.

Don’t limit yourself just because you promised to lose weight in your New Year’s Resolutions.

Enjoy Your Education The biggest tip I can give to any student is not to resent university too much. We are all stressed out about work, the majority of the time. But remind yourself why you’re doing this.

You have the luxury of an education and all those 3000 word essays and group presentations will be worth it in the end. Remember that you’re at university to improve your life and open up the world for yourself. It’s not all bad, is it?

Do you have any tips to help others beat the January blues? Tweet us @UCLanPluto or even go onto our Facebook page.

Jack Wilson-Mumford

Sport Editor It’s that time of year again, the festivities have passed and we’re all thinking about how much we had to eat and drink while generally sitting around a lot. January is the time everyone decides to get their life back together; in the form of New Year’s resolutions!

We have thought up some potential resolutions for those struggling for something to inspire them on these bleak winter mornings.

First, we all have moments where we think we need to study more.

There’s so much to do at UCLan that we sometimes forgot the reason we’re actually here, exams are here and dissertations have to be finalised over the coming months so you can tell the library staff to expect to see a lot more of you!

To have the time to study more, we all have to find ways to stop procrastinating. Hours can be lost just flicking through the internet before you suddenly realise its

dark and you’ve not moved!

A common resolution amongst students is to exercise more.

With all our studies, socialising and procrastinating it can be easy to shove exercise to the side, something that can always be done tomorrow instead. Try to plan some spare slots in your week when you can utilise your free membership at the Sir Tom Finney Sports Centre to blow away those cobwebs.

Alongside gaining the feel good factor of exercising comes the urge to eat healthier. Living on a student budget means frozen pizzas are always more likely than fresh vegetables but a quick trip around a budget supermarket can help you find easy, tasty and healthy meals to make sure you can get that 5-a-day.

Finally cutting down on alcohol is something countless students promise to their bodies every year. This is very often also the first resolution to fall down though, after all we are here to enjoy ourselves too and we can always use the excuse that we’re helping out local businesses!

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Books

10 Most Anticipated Books of 2015

Emmi Bowles Deputy Features Editor Half Wild by Sally Green – March 24th The second instalment to the Half Bad series following Nathan, a half bad witch in modern-day England. He is the son of the worlds most powerful and violent witch and those who know this are hunting him down. Nowhere is safe. – A modern-day fantasy novel that will be sure to hook you.

All That Glitters (Geek Girl #4) – February 26th The fourth book in the Geek Girl series. The series follows Harriet Manners, profound geek who somehow landed a modelling job whilst going her GCSE’s. She is now in sixth form and everything is about to change. – Yes I know I may sound like a 12 year old telling you all how much I am looking forward to this book but if you want a good Young Adult story that is going to make you laugh out loud then this is the series for you.

End of Days by Susan Ee – May 12th The final instalment to the Penryn and the End of Days trilogy. Angels now walk among humans in this dystopian world and they aren’t as good as we were lead to believe. Penryn is on the run but she is not alone. Raffe the angel she saved from death sets off with her in search of answers, but his past will cause a threat to them both. –

Films Sam McKeown Deputy Culture Editor Birdman is a uniquely cameraangled filmabout fame, relationships, acting, ego, fear of self-worth and a preview into the life of a celebrity in the 21st Century. The film starts with the introduction of its main character Riggan Thomson Michael Keaton); a once top Hollywood action star who is now well into the winter of his fading career.

It is soon apparent that Riggan once played the lead role of Birdman, a titular role that could be compared to popular fictional superheroes such as Spiderman or the Avengers franchise. It is also obvious that Keaton’s character feels he has had a type-casted career and the role of Birdman is more of a curse, which has obviously affected his relationship with his troubled daughter Sam (played by Emma Stone) and his connection with other characters.

Riggan is driven by one sole force, to break the shackles of being a ‘one note’ actor and rekindle his love for acting, which may result in him being happy at least for a little while.

Unfortunately all this is blown out of the water when his daughter Sam rants on about the real reasons why Riggan is so obsessed with making the problematic play work.

Riggan it seems is trying to find self-worth throughout.

Birdman’s location is in an old Broadway theatre where Riggan is directing writing and starring in the alcohol and ego filled play, “What we talk about when we talk about love”. The play’s production process is falling apart with one night till previews and Riggan is in need of a new lead actor. In steps evidently

I really can’t say much because it isn’t the first book in the series but I hated books about angels till I started the first one Angelfall.

All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven – Out Now This is the story about a girl who learns to live from a boy who wants to die. – That is all I can say without giving too much away. I am already half way through this book and it is definitely a Eleanor and Park meets The Fault in Our Stars. Even though I’m not finished I would give it at least 4 stars, and it’s being made into a movie.

Another Day by David Levithan – August 25th The sequel to Levithan’s Every Day which follows A. A being who wakes up in another person’s body every day. But what happens when A finds themselves falling for another person that they won’t ever see again when the day is up. A thinks that they are alone and the only being to change bodies every day. But A was never alone- The first book is one of my favourite books, but Levithan’s style of writing isn’t for everyone. It is a unique Young Adult novel and well worth a read.

The Art of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson – Out Now Two boys. Two secrets. David Piper wants to be a girl. Leo Denton wants to be invisible. When Leo stands up for David in a fight an unlikely friendship forms but things are about to get messy and secrets never stay secrets for long. – A brand new stand-alone novel I cannot wait to read. Touching on a serious topic of gender identification this novel sounds like nothing I have read before but already with 4.52 stars as an average on Goodreads I know I am going to love it.

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard – February 10th Those with red blood are poverty stricken commoners. Those with silver blood are the elites, warriors with god like powers. Mare Barrow, a red girl working at the Silver Palace finds herself to hold some form of power.

She doesn’t know how but what she does know is that it could cause the destruction of the Silvers. – Another dystopian, fantasy novel. There’s beginning to be a theme here…

Inked by Eric Smith – January 20th Tattoos once were an act of rebellion.

Now they decide your destiny the moment the Ink settles under your skin. Caenum can’t leave soon enough, especially as he has angered the scribe who will decide his future. – Another on the run from the government kind of dystopian fantasy novel, but with a different twist involving the tattoo element. Something I am intrigued to read about.

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Mass by May 5th When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a beast-like creature arrives to demand retribution for it. She is taken to a place she has only ever heard about in legends and what she learns there will changes things forever. – Sarah J. Mass is a New York Times bestselling author and this new series is predicted to go as far as her last one. Right to the top.

A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E Schwab – February 24th Grey London is dirty, boring, lacks magic, ruled by mad King George.

Red London is where life and magic are revered, and the Maresh Dynasty presides over a flourishing empire.

White London is ruled by whoever has murdered their way to the throne.

Once there was Black London - but no one speaks of that now.

Although there is a theme of Young Adult, fantasy and dystopian books these are the main books I cannot wait to be released this year. I would highly recommend all of these books to anyone including the ones previous to them.

Reviews for Birdman & The Theory of Everything controversial choice Mike (Edward Norton). The relationships between both Keaton and Norton’s characters show the real pillar of strength and uniqueness behind Birdman. The exceptionality of the film’s script is the interwoven meta of how the audience can relate to the film because the life of these characters is imitating art which is essentially imitating life.

Although Birdman should probably be described as an indie film, there are brilliantly placed ‘below-thebelt’ jokes and elements of humour throughout the film which one does not feel ashamed of laughing at because each joke is well balanced and congratulatory well intertwined with the intellectuality of the film.

Director Alejandro González Iñárritu makes the film seems like one whole shot throughout and although there are needed transitions between shots (as there are night and day scenes) it is so beautifully done that it draws the audience into the unfolding story.

The revolutionary one shot technique is arguably the key to keeping the audience drawn in which coincidently breaks the proverbial fourth wall and helps present the film as being a metaphor for the new everyday problem in today’s computer age society, the fear of self-worth.

Riggan also abides by his alterego’s namesake Birdman. The voice of Birdman can be now and again heard speaking of Riggan in his head.

The raspy voice challenges Riggan’s self-worth, which gives the source to this twitchiness and why Riggan is constantly agitated. This voice also provides equilibrium to the situation by telling him he is still a superhero and is above everyone. Cue the scene where he allows his alter ego to figuratively and literally ‘take flight’.

Appreciation needs to go to Zack Galifankis who plays Jake, Riggan’s agent/manager/producer/lawyer who you constantly root for because he has obviously been dragged into this drama filled world of showbiz by Riggan and at times is the only one is trying to save the production. This is a break through role by Mr Galifankis who usually plays comedy roles, most notably as Alan in the Hangover movies. Birdman is a very original piece that has set a new pedestal in film making both written and directed, which leaves the audience thinking that whether people are celebrities or 9 to 5 workers at a convenience store, in the end we are all human’s that are ruled by constant need to be significant in an ever growing and competitive society.

Rating: 8.3/10 - “superbly original”

Emmi Bowles Deputy Features Editor The Theory of Everything has once again proved that British films are absolutely amazing. The Theory of Everything follows the story of the world famous physicist Stephen Hawking as he overcomes the obstacles of life both professional and personal.

Eddie Redmayne plays the role of Stephen as a young man at Cambridge University, all the way through the development of his motor neurone disease. Felicity Jones who plays Jane, Stephen’s wife, shows the struggles she went through not only looking after heir three children but caring for Stephen at the same time. Redmayne portrayed Hawking perfectly despite only meeting him once before the film started production. Extra credit should be awarded to Redmayne for coping

with the positioning of his body during the film, as an osteopath told him that he had altered the alignment of his spine. Redmayne’s performance as the Professor has been nominated for various awards including the Golden Globes and the BAFTA for best actor.

The film touches on serious issues to do with Stephen’s disease and the impact this had on the relationship with his wife. But the story is still full of humour and those feel good moments we all enjoy and it is told in such a way that you forget the original prognosis of his disease was a life expectancy of just two years.

The main aspect of this film which made me rate it so highly is that although we all share a general knowledge about the Professor and his disease, we don’t realise the full extent it changed not only his life, but the lives of those around him. But we also see not everything is all doom and gloom for Hawking as we are shown the good times as well as the bad.

It is clear that the British film industry has had great success in 2014 and The Theory of Everything only adds to this and brings a great to a close. I would highly recommend it to anyone wanting to see an extraordinary film about an extraordinary man.

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Culture Editor Amy Woolmer

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Deputy (Music) Priscila C. Sarmento

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How to survive the apocolyse, training regimes and disguising yourself as a Zombie Emili Peake Deputy Societies Editor We’re not talking about the students that leave the library at four o’clock in the morning, we’re talking about undead; flesh rotting and brain hungry. UCLan students were under attack from Zombies; but fortunately the UCLan Paranormal Society was on hand to make sure the disease didn’t spread any further than Harrington Building.

Believed to be one of the best places to start the outbreak, UCLan is full of students have plenty of brain power and after a night out are sometimes staggering around, searching for food and smelling of something unpleasant.

It would be easy for a Zombie to disguise themselves amongst the living population. All is not lost, as Joanna, the chair person of the Paranormal Society, started off the evening with Zombie identification. Experienced in Zombie Slaying, Joanna had single-handedly captured a Zombie specimen to study, as well as capturing the audience with

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Ellie Sutcliffe Deputy Societies Editor

Societies Editor Toby Samuel Robertson

Deputy Editor Emili Peake

Deputy Editor Ellie Sutcliffe

her detailed presentation. No need to worry about an actual outbreak, this Zombie is a scare actor working for AtmosFEAR Scare Entertainment, but she was pretty convincing!

However, what was more scary, is how the different viruses, parasites and biological weapons effect the brain. The likelihood of a parasite style outbreak is by far the most troubling part, with a mind control fungi present in the insect world; who knows how long it will be before it mutates!

Our fears were subsided when we were taught survival tips including an in depth look at which weapons to use and which part of the crisis. We had a look at a training regime; including personal fitness, skill gaining and group dynamics. At the later stages of the outbreak not only do you have to worry about Zombies ripping your head off, but other survivors with pretty short tempers! The talk featured a number of movie references, some with satyrical information like that in Shaun of the Dead and some spoilers for those that hadn’t seen season 4 of walking dead.*spoiler alert*This was to help us come to terms with

I recently had the opportunity to speak to Abigail Law, who is our rep for Interest societies. Her role involves supporting hobby based societies in their establishment and running. She acts as a liaison and representative at the societies development committee so if students need help or advice with any aspects of their society, Abigail is there to help.

Interest Societies are groups that might not be specifically related to any courses or subjects at the university, but are more of a general interest or leisure society. Some of these societies include Anime and Manga, Table Top Games, Board and Card Gaming and the recently established Living History Society.

Abigail is also the chair of the Board Game Society. The society meets every week to play a variety of board games and ‘indulge their childish side’.

A new society is currently in the planning stages which is likely to pique the interests of anyone with a love of all things classic. The Vintage Society will hopefully be launching soon, and will be for anyone who loves vintage glamour, old relics and bringing the past to the present. Watch this space for more in the coming weeks.

The First Aid Society has recently be adopted after having six months break. Students can learn vital life saving skills.

If you aren’t already a part of the wide and varied world of Interest Societies have a look and see if anything grabs you. There’s a great big world of possibilities out there!

Societies Ball Needs You! The Societies Team are planning the end of year Societies Ball and they need YOUR help!

If you would like to be involved to make this happen please come to the meeting.

If you can’t make it search for ‘UCLan Societies Ball’ on facebook.

21st January, 3pm-4pm at the Opportunities Centre.

the psychological damage of being a survivor, seeing your loved ones torn limb from limb and then having to shot them in the head with a shotgun!

The evening concluded with a brief session from the Zombie, showing guests how to behave like a Zombie.

We learnt how to walk like the undead and how to make noises like a Zombie.

If learning about the paranormal is something you would like to experience, pop down to Harrington 138 on 26th January for the next meeting.

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TIMELINE What’s Coming Up FEMINIST SOCIETY Welcome Back Meeting @ BB010 21st January POLE FITNESS SOCIETY Taster Session @ 53 Degrees 22nd January CIRCUS SKILLS SOCIETY Skills Session @Avenham Park 25th January BOARD AND CARD GAMES Gaming Session @Roper Hall 25th January GREEN PARTY SOCIETY Welcome Back Meeting @Opportunities Centre 27th January JAPANESE SOCIETY Pub Quiz @Korova 27th January

JAPANESE SOCIETY Sushi and Green Tea Workshop @53 Degrees 29th January

QUIDDITCH SOCIETY OFF TO A FLYING START Toby Samuel Roberston Societies Editor The majority of societies are pretty self explanatory by their title. One however, continues to baffle many students here at UCLan and that society is Quidditch.

We know that flying broomsticks are involved, we know it’s played in the sky and we know that Harry Potter is pretty good at it. Yet, unfortunately we also know that we’re not studying at the magical school of Hogwarts. So how exactly do students, based in cloudy Preston, partake in the game.

Chairwoman Becky Miller has helped us to solve this riddle.

“A Quidditch game is the same as it is in the books but played on the ground”. Miller continues to explain the different player roles. “The chasers have to score through six hoops, the beaters have bludgers which they

throw at the chasers, the keepers are the goalies and the seekers job is to catch the snitch. All of which is played on broomsticks”.

Like any other sports, the Quidditch society hold weekly training sessions in preparation for matches against other university teams which, “usually involves passing, tackling, throwing and scoring through hoops.”

Miller wishes to forge a more established society in order to produce a core team of seven able to play competitively.

The team aptly named Preston Poltergeists travelled to Leeds to take part in the Eggnog Tournement. Miller is travelling to Oxford next month to take part in the Valentines Cup. If this tickles your fancy, the society are holding an open training and matches session at Tom Finney gym on 24th January from 10 to noon.

“Everybody is welcome to come along and join in”.

CHEESE AND WINE SUCCESS Emili Peake Deputy Societies Editor Mature Student’s Society enjoyed a lovely treat organised by the Students’ Union in the form of a wine tasting session. Helen Gittins, retail operations manager who is a quialifed wine expert led the session with students learning how to identify wine through colour, smell and taste.

Student’s also sampled a variety of cheeses from accross the country, including creamy lancashire cheese.

The mature student society has the difficult task of engaging with a minor group with a wide range of needs, such as commuting, students with children and those that work and study part time.

Are you a mature student?

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IN THE LATEST INSTALMENT OF OUR FEATURE, WE SPEAK TO ADAM HOLT, CAPTAIN OF THE UCLAN CRICKET CLUB WHO ARE LOOKING TO BOUNCE BACK FROM RELEGATION Matt Weston Deputy Sports Editor

Adam Holt has been a member of the UCLan cricket team for three years now and has seen the club hit highs and lows. Coming into his final year, the 21 year old has high hopes for the upcoming season and spoke to us about his side’s ambitions.

The club have already started the academic year well in the indoor format of the game. After winning the league last year, the side finished 2nd in the division but only on net run rate. They are waiting on other results around the country to see whether they have qualified for national Final’s Day for the second year in a row.

The side have had just as much success outdoors as well indoors during his time at the club. In his first year, the side went on to win the division and be promoted to the Northern 1A league.

The side were unable to stay in the league and were relegated after just one season last year. Holt believes: “Last year was a bit of a transitional period for the side.”

He added: “In my first year at university we had a very strong side, but 6 or 7 of them were in their final year.” Now the captain predicts that the club will improve thanks to the arrival of first years.

The ambition? “To win the league.”

Adam replied with no sign of hesitation in that answer.

Lessons have been learnt from last year as the side failed to bat for long periods of time in the top regional division. “If we batted the full 50 overs we would have scored more runs and potentially won more games. It’s especially important because the ground we play on is a very high scoring ground.”

The opening batsmen believes he has learnt a lot from his time playing for UCLan, as well as his experiences at club and county level.

Playing in Lancashire County Cricket Club’s academy until the age of 19, he plays for St Annes in the Northern Premier League along with other locals in the university squad; famously the club where Andrew Flintoff came out of retirement to play before returning to the Lightning T20 side.

Like the all-rounder that also played at St Annes before turning professional,

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Deputy Editor Matt Weston

promotion in Northern 2A once more.

The 2nd XI will be competing in Northern 4A in 2015 and hoping to improve on last season.

Adam Holt is hoping to have a similar season to the successful first year at university when the side had gained promotion. Holt believes that the club will now be able to be promoted again after new recruitment to push the club further again; bringing through the next talented players to have represented UCLan CC.

LANCASHIRE CCC FACE TOUGH DECISION ON NEXT CAPTAIN

Sports Editor Jack WilsonMumford Deputy Editor

UCLan Cricket Club (above)

Holt is heading to Australia to play cricket over the British winter period.

He wishes that one of the nation’s favourite sports was more accessible at the university, with the club having to train at Myerscough College over the winter period.

This is a shame for the club that has to travel so far to train for the upcoming outdoor season. That said, the club continues to increase with more players joining each year. The club has two sides with the first team battling for

Lead contender? South African batsman Ashwell Prince (above)

Jack Wilson-Mumford Sports Editor Lancashire CCC are still to decide who will be their captain for the 2015 season despite having been in pre-season training since November.

Club captain and legend Glen Chapple finally took a step away from the playing side this winter, taking up a coaching role and insisting he would only play if there was no other option.

The 40 year olds retirement, 22 years after making his debut for the Red Rose county, has left new head coach Ashley Giles a difficult decision as to who should replace Chapple as the captain.

A major factor in this delay will no doubt be the sheer number of candidates for the role.

The original favourite was perhaps Chapple’s regular stand-in, Paul Horton. Australian born Horton has taken charge of both the County Championship and limited overs sides in the last four years and was the official vice-captain at Emates Old Trafford in 2014.

Emirates Old Trafford in 2014.

Another player in the current squad with captaincy experience is academy graduate Steven Croft, who has also been in charge of both the four day and one day sides at some point.

The Blackpool born all-rounder has a special connection with Lancashire and its fans because he has spent his whole career at the club.

The issue for both Horton and Croft is that neither a currently guaranteed a place in the team for all formats of the game. Horton has always been seen as somewhat of a four day specialist whereas Croft is the opposite, enjoying most of his success in limited overs cricket. A poor 2014 for the club as a whole included spells with the second team for both Horton and Croft.

Head coach Giles did receive a boost in December when South African stalwart Ashwell Prince decided to play one final season before his retirement. Prince, 37, is in his second spell at Lancashire since retiring from international cricket and has been the club’s overseas player since 2012.

What perhaps convinced Prince to carry on was his spectacular form in a struggling side last year, including a career high 257 not out against Northamptonshire.

The final serious candidate for the job as captain may be ever improving all-rounder Tom Smith. Respected throughout the English county circuit as one of the hardest working

professionals, Smith has become irreplaceable for Lancashire, opening the batting and very often the bowling in all formats of the game. Like Croft, Smith is also a local lad and one club man.

Smith’s disadvantage is that he has limited captaincy experience. At 29 Smith has matured fantastically as a cricketer which may also demonstrate his increasing maturity as a man that could captain one of the famous names of first-class cricket back to where they belong.

With four serious candidates, it may be sensible to split the job between the four day and limited overs sides.

Prince’s vast experience of cricket all over the world at the highest level, alongside the fact he is perhaps the most reliable member of the squad should ensure he is named captain of the County Championship side. This could leave one of the two proud Lancastrians Smith or Croft as his vice with a view to replacing him in 2016.

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THEY’VE SIGNED A KEEPER AND A SCORER, WHAT NEXT FOR GRAYSON’S LILYWHITES? Pete McCarthy Deputy Sport Editor Preston North End have recently secured the signatures of two Manchester United youth academy products; Preston-born Sam Johnstone, and Sylvain Ebanks-Blake and will be hoping to use the remainder of the January transfer window to help them fight for promotion in the second half of the season.

Johnstone, 21, joins on loan from Manchester United for the remainder of the season after the young goalkeeper ended an impressive loan spell with fellow League 1 side Doncaster for a chance to play for his hometown club. “It’s my home town, I grew up in Preston and it is a proud day for me and for my family.” He told Preston’s official website.

“If anyone else other than Preston had shown an interest in me, the likelihood would have been I would have stayed at Doncaster, who have been very good to me, but this being my home-town club it was difficult to turn down.

“My dad played here a long time ago and he is happy and proud and I am looking forward to playing at Deepdale.”

An FA Youth Cup winner in 2011,

Johnstone has excelled at several clubs during his early years at Old Trafford, including loan spells at Scunthorpe United, Walsall, and Yeovil Town, earning high praise from fans and managers alike from across the country.

The Prestonian shot-stopper, whose father, Glenn, also played for the lilywhites, comes in to provide much healthier competition for the no.1 spot along with Jamie Jones and Thorsten Stuckmann already vying for a starting place in the team. Sam Johnstone made 10 appearances in League One in his short spell with Doncaster last year.

Simon Grayson’s team had already been boosted with the signing of Sylvan Ebanks-Blake on a free transfer.

The former Man United striker had been released by Ipswich Town after a struggle with injuries and fitness but had been training with various clubs, including North End, and finally agreed a deal to sign at Deepdale at the beginning of this month.

Preston will be hoping EbanksBlake will offer some much needed extra firepower to their frontline, with goals coming rather sparingly since the injury to Joe Garner back in November.

The former Championship player of year has made three substitute appearances so far since joining the Lilywhites and wears the number 40.

The Preston North End faithful will not settle for two more signings if they are to push for promotion, however. Cries for a box-to-box central midfielder and another goal-scorer have been heard for some time now, and are only getting louder.

Callum Robinson, who was previously on loan at PNE this season, is one target Preston fans and Grayson, himself would love to bring back to Deepdale after scoring 5 goals in 11 appearances for the club. However, testing Paul Lamberts resolve over the striker may prove difficult from a struggling Aston Villa.

Other reported targets have emerged as Rotherham’s Ben Pringle, Derby County’s, and former Preston man, Paul Coutts and Shrewsbury’s Ryan Woods.

Ben Pringle’s contract with Rotherham is set to run-out at the end of the season and impressed heavily in last season’s play-off semi-finals against Preston. It is thought that his heart may be set on a stay in the Championship, however.

The Lilywhites have balanced the books in this window so far, too with two players leaving Deepdale.

Youngster Will Hayhurst had joined fellow League One side Notts County for an undisclosed fee and Joel Byrom has had his contract cancelled by mutual consent.

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake during his prolific days at Wolves

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On the 2nd of February Preston North End travel to Walsall needing to score three goals to keep alive their dream of reaching the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy final.

The importance of the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy is often played down by many in the footballing world, but when you consider that there is a place at Wembley up for grabs that couldn’t be further from the truth.

Preston North End went into the game off the back of an impressive home victory against Championship outfit Norwich City.

This means that The Lilywhites were into the fourth round of the FA Cup, sit third in League One and were two games away from Wembley.

The odds would seem to have favoured Preston, but in cup football anything can happen.

The first meaningful chance of the half came three minutes later as Preston winger Paul Gallagher crossed to Beckford whose header was saved

by O’Donnell.

Preston also had the next chance of the game as Chris Humphrey hit one from range, but his shot was always going over.

Shortly after this a good turn by Beckford was unfortunately for Preston

not matched by a good shot, as the Englishman fired over from the edge of the box.

A few minutes later, Chris Humphrey dispossessed the Walsall captain Chambers and got to the by-line but he couldn’t find anyone with the cross.

Unsurprisingly it was Preston who had the next chance in a spell of dominance for the home team as a great piece of play by Gallagher saw him lose his man, cut inside and find Beckford, who headed wide to O’Donnell’s right-hand post.

First real chance of the half for Walsall came on the half-hour mark, as Tom Bradshaw wriggled his way through and hit a shot that was just wide of the left post.

Five minutes later Walsall hit the woodwork, as a Taylor free-kick from 22 yards hit the post.

The last action of the half came as a long range effort by Cain was parried

by Stuckman.

Five minutes into the second half saw a Cain effort from distance go just over.

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With just over 15 minutes to go in the match Preston made a double

substitution as the injured Beckford was replaced by Jack King and Chris Humphrey was replaced by new man Sylvan Ebanks-Blake.

Neil Kilkenny was booked for what can only be described as a rugby tackle on Romaine Sawyers and the resulting free kick was scored by Anthony Forde to put the visitors 1-0 up with 6 minutes left.

The second goal of the night and second for Walsall came soon after as Tom Bradshaw slid the ball through the legs of the on-rushing Thorsten Stuckmann and put the game to bed.

The scorer of the second goal Bradshaw was substituted soon after, his name was sung by the Walsall fans as he walked off the Deepdale pitch, he was replaced by Ashley Grimes.

This was a disappointing result for The Lilywhites in front of a crowd of 8,561 and now they really have it all to do when they travel to the Bescot Stadium for the second leg.

A spirited fight back is required if Preston are to book their first ever visit to the new Wembley for the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy final.

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