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SATURDAY 18th SEPT THE BIG MOVE IN!
Where: All RGU Halls When: All day
This is it, the big day. Your car’s full of boxes, you’ve driven for hours and good old mum is fighting back the tears...this is where we come in! If you’re staying at RGU halls, you’ll be greeted by our Freshers Team when you arrive. They’ll help you to collect your flat keys, let your parents know that you’re in safe hands and (most importantly) help you to unpack your car. They’ll be back round in the evening to show you where the Union is, but shhh...don’t tell mum!
FRESHERS WEEK WARM-UP PARTY
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Where: The Union When: from 9pm
The first chance for you to go out for a cheeky pint or five with your new flatmates. We’ve got cracking drinks promos on all week, and our resident DJs spinning the best chart, commercial dance, electro, indie & student anthems over two packed floors!
SUNDAY 19th SEPT THE BIG MOVE IN!...PART 2 Where: All RGU Halls When: All day
Day 2 of the BIG move-in. Again, look out for our happy team of Freshers helpers (they’re all wearing orange t-shirts, you can’t miss them!) who will help you take your boxes up to your room. Make sure you give them the heaviest ones!
FREE POOL
Where: The Union When: All day
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Why pay for pool? Every Sunday & Monday at the Union we set our tables to FREE so you can practice your trickshots!
THE OFFICIAL FRESHERS WELCOME PARTY Where: The Union When: From 9pm
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This is the OFFICIAL start to the best week of your life! Get dressed up and head down to the Union as we kickstart Freshers Week 2010 in style.
MONDAY 20th SEPT HANGOVER MOVIES
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Where: The Union When: All day
It’s been a heavy weekend, you’re feeling delicate, and you need to rest up to prep yourself for tonight’s shenanigans. We know, we’ve been there too! So take a trip down to the Union and chill out on our extra-comfy sofas and watch some classic student movies. Grab an all-day breakfast for only £2.95 and kick your hangover into touch!
FREE POOL
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Where: The Union When: All day
Now then, we know what you really want to spend your money on during Freshers Week, so save your pennies and have a few games of pool on the house. That’s if you don’t still have the shakes from the night before!
THE RGU:RAG BIG HALLS BBQ TOUR 2010 Where: Rosemount Halls When: 2pm
CHRISTIAN UNION EVENT: FREE BBQ Where: Woolmanhill Halls When: Check rgucu.com for times
RGU STUDENT GOLF PARTY Where: Codonas When: All day
Get your silliest golf gear on and head down to the beach to get an exclusive RGU crazy golf deal at Codonas. Grab yourself a round on either the Pirate Island or Congo courses for just £3.49 each, or play on both for only £4.99...cracking!
CINEWORLD FILM FESTIVAL IN ASSOCIATION WITH RGU:UNION PRESENTS: TEAM AMERICA EXCLUSIVE FREE RGU SCREENING FRE ENTREY
Where: Cineworld Queens Links When: 5pm
Watch as Broadway star Gary Johnston is recruited by Team America to battle terrorists, celebrities and falling in love. An absolute classic from the makers of South Park. Durka durka durka.
GOLF PROS & HOES Where: The Union When: from 9pm
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Keep your golf gear on and get ready to party like Tiger when Mrs Woods is out of town! Try one of our special golf-themed cocktails & shooters and see if you can get your hole (in one...)
TUESDAY 21st SEPT HANGOVER MOVIES
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Where: The Union When: All day
THE RGU:RAG BIG HALLS BBQ TOUR 2010 Where: St Peter’s Halls When: 2pm
CHRISTIAN UNION EVENT: ABERDEEN TREASURE HUNT Where: Meet at The Union When: Check rgucu.com for times
CINEWORLD FILM FESTIVAL IN ASSOCIATION WITH RGU:UNION PRESENTS: GHOSTBUSTERS 2 EXCLUSIVE FREE RGU SCREENING FREE ENTRY
Where: Cineworld Union Square When: 5pm
The Ghostbusters take up their proton packs once more to battle the forces of evil in Manhattan. Watch Bill Murray, Dan Akroyd and pals take on the slime once again and of course a gigantic marshmallow man. Who you gonna call...?
BAYWATCH BEACH PARTY Where: The Union When: from 9pm
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Freshers Week just isn’t Freshers Week without a Baywatch Beach Party! Grab your bucket and spade, put on your armbands, and look out your finest Hasslehoff chest wig as we go back to the 90s and back to Baywatch! Hit up the 1st floor for chart, cheese and party classics, or head upstairs and join Ross Murchison playing commercial dance, electro and top student anthems. And don’t forget to try out some of our special Vladivar Beach Cocktails!
WEDNESDAY 22nd SEPT HANGOVER MOVIES
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FREE ABERDEEN CITY BUS TOUR
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Where: The Union When: All day
Where: Bus picks up from The Union When: 12pm
Get to know your way around Aberdeen with our tailor-made RGU student bus tour. Let us show you the fun parts of the city: where to party, where to shop...plus find out how to actually get to the Uni campus! If you can’t make this tour, there is another one on Monday 27th.
THE RGU:RAG BIG HALLS BBQ TOUR 2010 Where: Don Street When: 2pm
RGU 99p DAY AT THE BEACH Where: Codonas When: All day
Another exclusive RGU discount day at Codonas! Simply flash your Freshers Discount Card to blag 2 games of bowling, a ride on the Skydeck Dodgems and a go on the XD Theatre all for just 99p. That’s crazy talk! There are plenty of extras available for just 99p as well, ask a member of staff for details.
CINEWORLD FILM FESTIVAL IN ASSOCIATION WITH RGU:UNION PRESENTS: ANCHORMAN EXCLUSIVE FREE RGU SCREENING FRE Where: Cineworld Queens Links When: 5pm
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A movie that needs no introduction (but we’ll give it one anyway...) Ron Burgundy is top dog of the Channel Four News Team, but that is all about to change when ambitious reporter Veronica Corningstone arrives as a new employee at the TV station. Will Ferrell at his best, a must-watch on the big screen!
CHRISTIAN UNION EVENT: ACOUSTIC NIGHT Where: Belmont Cinema - Meet at The Union When: Check rgucu.com for times
GET YOUR GREEK ON! FRESHERS TOGA PARTY Where: The Union When: from 9pm
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If you wore your bed sheets into town on any other night of the year, people would think you’re just a little bit loopy...luckily for you though, Toga Night breaks all the rules! So carefully craft your sheets into a top notch toga (YouTube helps!) then come and join us for The Union’s Big Freshers Toga Party. Just make sure your sheets are clean before you wear them ;)
THURSDAY 23rd SEPT FRESHERS FAYRE
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Where: RGU:Sport, Garthdee Campus When: 12pm - 5pm
OFFICIALLY the biggest freebie giveaway of the year! We take over the Garthdee campus and fill it with stands from bars, clubs, banks, shops, sports clubs, societies and more, all gagging to give you freebies! From posters and talking toastie machines to inflatable bananas and discount cards, get down early and grab what you can!
CHRISTIAN UNION EVENT: AMIGOS INTERNATIONAL CAFE Where: Aberdeen YMCA - Meet at The Union When: 7:30pm
CINEWORLD FILM FESTIVAL IN ASSOCIATION WITH RGU:UNION PRESENTS: FIGHT CLUB EXCLUSIVE FREE RGU SCREENING FRE Where: Cineworld Union Square When: 6pm
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RGU:RAG PRESENT: FRESHERS TEAM SLAVE AUCTION
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FLUORESCENT ADOLESCENT UV PARTY
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The first rule of Fight Club is...erm...that you have to come and watch it at the cinema? Brad Pitt and Ed Norton work together to build a global organization to help vent male aggression. Grrrrrrr.
Where: The Union (1st Floor) When: from 9pm Where: The Union (1st Floor) When: from 9pm
Undoubtably the highlight of Freshers Week! 2 years ago we brought you Aberdeen’s first ever Freshers Week UV Party, last year we continued the trend, and this year... we will blow the roof off! More UV lights than you could imagine, buckets of glowsticks and resident DJ Ross Murchison going all Dave Pearce for the night by spining the ultimate dance anthems. Let’s go crazy RGU and make Fluorescent Adolescent year 3 one to remember!
PLUG IN BABY! THE UNION’S INDIE NIGHT Where: The Union (2nd Floor) When: from 9pm
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Thursdays upstairs at the Union are reserved for Indie! Our Resident President Ryan Maclean’s on the decks playing New & Classic Indie Anthems. Bloc Party, The Strokes, Vampire Weekend, The Smiths, The Cribs and so much more. Give him a hug and he’ll play you a song. *No Gaga Allowed!
E, U G A LE ’S N IO P M A H C L, SP E, U G Y’S PREMIER LEA OUR 7 PLASMAS & BIG SCREEN! WATCH THE BARCLA E ON EUROPA LEAGUE AND MORE LIV
FRIDAY 24th SEPT RGU POOL TEAM PRESENTS: FRESHERS POOL COMPETITION (Qualifying) Where: The Union When: from 1pm
RGU GAMING SOCIETY PRESENTS: BATTLE OF THE CONSOLES (Day 1) Where: The Union When: from 1pm
THE RGU:RAG BIG HALLS BBQ TOUR 2010 Where: Linksfield Halls When: 2pm
CODONAS EXCLUSIVE HALF PRICE WRISTBAND OFFER Where: Codonas When: All day
Yet another fantastic offer for RGU students at Codonas. This time, grab yourself a half price all-day wristband! Simply flash your Freshers Discount Card and get your band for only £4.99. Bargain!
SCHOOL DISCO
Where: The Union (1st Floor) When: from 9pm
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What was your favourite thing about school? Science lessons? Early mornings? Rubbish food? Of course not...if you’re anything like us it was the discos! Look out your uniform for one last time and join our resident DJ Shevill on the 1st floor for a night filled with student anthems and old school classics. Deal? We’ll meet you behind the bike sheds!
GET FUNK’D
Where: The Union (2nd Floor) When: from 9pm
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If you’re too cool for school then head upstairs to the 2nd floor and join Matt O’Neill as he spins funky house, electro, chart & rnb - perfect for any Friday night out. And don’t forget to try out our new cocktails and shooters!
SATURDAY 25th SEPT SCOTLAND EXPLORER BUS TRIP TO LOCH NESS (plus FREE packed lunch) Where: Bus leaves from Broad Street When: 8am
Fancy a Nessy hunt? Take a scenic day trip from Aberdeen to the banks of Loch Ness to see if you can spot the famous monster. Tickets cost £34, and include the return trip from Aberdeen plus a free packed lunch from The Union. Buy yours from the Union Shop on Schoolhill or online at www.rguunion.co.uk
RGU POOL TEAM PRESENTS: FRESHERS POOL COMPETITION (Finals) Where: The Union When: from 1pm
RGU GAMING SOCIETY PRESENTS: BATTLE OF THE CONSOLES (Day 2) Where: The Union When: from 1pm
CODONAS EXCLUSIVE HALF PRICE WRISTBAND OFFER Where: Codonas When: All day
DANCE LIKE YOUR DAD
Where: The Union (1st Floor) When: from 9pm
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Students love cheesy music. It’s a fact. And, the only thing that students love more than cheesy music, is dancing to cheesy music! Well then, students of RGU, stand up and do the mashed potato, because now is your time! Join Shevill - the patron saint of all things cheese - for a night of the best (and worst) student party tunes. There will be Spice Girls, there will be Summer Of 69, there will be Five...there will be cheese!
MINISTRY OF POUND - ABERDEEN’S CHEAPEST SATURDAY NIGHT! Where: The Union (2nd Floor) When: from 9pm
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Weekends are expensive, we get it. We’ve been there, done that, got the empty wallet. That’s why we keep our prices the same all week long! No weekend price hikes, no expensive entry charges, just the same low prices 7 days a week. Why would you want to go anywhere else? Do your wallet a favour, come to the Union.
SUNDAY 26th SEPT RGU IN THE PARK 2010
Where: Union Terrace Gardens When: 12pm
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For the fourth year running we take over UTG to bring you some fun in the sun! Take part in our Freshers Fives football tournament, let the army put you through your paces on their assault course, or simply chill on the grass and listen to some top notch acoustic music from top local talent.
FREE POOL
Where: The Union When: All day
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THE RGU:RAG BIG HALLS BBQ TOUR 2010 Where: Linksfield Halls When: 2pm
PYJAMA PARTY
Where: The Union (1st Floor) When: from 9pm
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Now then, it’s not often that you get an excuse to parade around town at night wearing your pink spotty PJ’s and your Scooby Doo slippers is it? Grab your pillows, grab your favourite teddy bear and grab your hot water bottle, because we’re having a Pyjama Party!
THE BIG CHILL
Where: The Union (2nd Floor) When: from 9pm
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It’s getting towards the end of the week. If you’ve done every night so far, you deserve a medal! So let’s slow the pace down a bit, kick back with one of our cocktails and take it easy while Ross Murchison spins laidback chart and chilled out classics. Think Chilled Ibiza meets RGU.
MONDAY 27th SEPT FREE POOL
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FREE ABERDEEN CITY BUS TOUR
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Where: The Union When: All day Where: Bus picks up from The Union When: 12pm
CINEWORLD FILM FESTIVAL IN ASSOCIATION WITH RGU:UNION PRESENTS: SUPERBAD EXCLUSIVE FREE RGU SCREENING FR Where: Cineworld Union Square When: 1pm
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Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry
CINEWORLD FILM FESTIVAL IN ASSOCIATION WITH RGU:UNION PRESENTS: THE HANGOVER EXCLUSIVE FREE RGU SCREENING F Where: Cineworld Queens Links When: 5pm
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Oh yes, we went and saved the best ‘til last! Three groomsmen lose their soon-to-bewed buddy during their drunken misadventures. Throw in a tiger, a stripper and Mike Tyson and you have a classic on your hands. If you haven’t seen it already, this is a must!
BODGE’S BIG FAT PUB QUIZ PRESENTS: LAST FRESHER STANDING Where: The Union (2nd Floor) When: from 7pm
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The Union’s infamous Pub Quiz makes it’s Freshers Week debut! Usually taking place every Tuesday, Bodge will be making a rare Monday night appearance along with the usual monster prizes, bonus rounds and more challenges than you thought were humanly possible. Will you be the last fresher standing??
MIXTAPE
Where: The Union (1st Floor) When: from 9pm
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A brand new regular night at The Union, join Ali Johnstone (our answer to Annie Mac, except he’s a guy...and more ginger) for a night bursting at the seams with dirty electro, filthy basslines and original mash-ups. Bangin’
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