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WEEK2011 Hello! Congratulations, you’ve made it! Welcome to Robert Gordon University, and more importantly, welcome to your very own Students’ Union. We’ve been working our socks off over the summer to give you a Freshers Week that you won’t ever forget (and in some cases, one that you won’t ever remember!). Take a look through this booklet to find 12 pages packed full of daytime and nightime events to make sure that you never have a dull moment during your first week at RGU. If you have any questions about any of the events listed, give us a ring on 01224 262 263 or drop us a line over on our Facebook or Twitter pages: facebook.com/rguunion facebook.com/rgufreshers2011 twitter.com/rguunion
Under 18 ? It is important to note that Liquid & Envy (our Official Nightclub Partner) is an over 18’s venue, and you will not be allowed in if you cannot prove your age. You are more than welcome at RGU:Union however! The Union is a private members club, which means that we can let in any student, as long as you are 16 or over. Just don’t try and buy alcohol from the bar though, as you will be asked to leave if caught.
Be part of
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RGU:Union and our Official Nightclub Partner, Liquid & Envy, have teamed up to bring you RGU’s Biggest Freshers Week EVER, split across 2 fantastic student venues. You can be part of every night by buying an RGU Freshers Week 2011 Wristband! The wristband will get you FREE ENTRY and Q-JUMP to all events being held at Liquid Nightclub during Freshers Week. That means you get free entry to EXAMPLE, BLOC PARTY DJ SET, GEORDIE SHORE LIVE PA, FUTUREHEADS DJ SET plus all of the amazing theme nights including the MONSTER IBIZA FOAM PARTY, BCM MAGALUF UV DJ TOUR and more, for only £15! Bands will be available to buy from your Freshers Team, and also from the Union its self. For full T&C’s, including information for students that are under 18 visit www.rguunion.co.uk All events being held at RGU:Union are FREE ENTRY to all students, whether you have a wristband or not.
All events listed in this guide are subject to change, so please keep checking our website & Facebook pages for the latest news.
Saturday 17th 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!
MOVE-IN DAY BBQ
Where: Woolmanhill Halls When: All day
You’ve spent all day panicking, doing last minute packing, lugging boxes around, travelling, lugging boxes around again, and unpacking until you got bored. So let’s chill for a bit, have a big BBQ. and get to know each other!
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LIVE FOOTBALL AT THE UNION: BLACKBURN v ARSENAL Where: The Union When: 12.30pm
We love football, we show it all the time! Come and watch all the best matches form the English & Scottish Premier Leagues on our 7 plasmas and 2 big screens. Oh, did we mention that our drinks prices are awesome? AND we serve food! There’s no excuse not to watch the big match at the Union!
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THE BIG RGU WELCOME PARTY! Where: The Union When: from 9pm
This is the first chance for you to go out for a cheeky pint or five with your new flatmates. Let our Freshers Team show you the way to the Union where we’ve got awesome drinks promos in our 4 bars, split over 3 floors, with some of Aberdeen’s best student DJs spinning top chart, commercial dance, electro, indie & student anthems all night, every night!
OFFICIAL WELCOME PARTY
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Where: Liquid & Envy When: After the Union - the Freshers Team will let you know!
Freshers Week is go! You’ve sampled the Union, now kick off the best week of your life with a bang and party with us at our Official Nightclub Partner, Liquid & Envy. Five bars packed to the rafters with thousands of RGU freshers, awesome drinks promos and the ultimate mix of commercial and student anthems. Welcome to your new home for the next 4 years, make yourself comfortable and let’s show the city how RGU parties!
Sunday 18th 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!
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LIVE FOOTBALL AT THE UNION: RANGERS v CELTIC
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LIVE FOOTBALL AT THE UNION: MAN UTD v CHELSEA
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SCHOOL DISCO
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FREE POOL AT THE UNION 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!
RGU:RAG’s BIG BBQ TOUR: WOOLMANHILL Where: Woolmanhill Halls When: All day
Head down to Woolmanhill and join our RAG (raising and giving) society for a burger and some banter as they kick off their Big BBQ Tour 2011! All donations will go to MacMillan Cancer Support.
Where: The Union When: 12.30pm Where: The Union When: 12.30pm Where: The Union When: from 9pm
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 us for a night filled with student anthems and old school classics. Deal? We’ll meet you behind the bike sheds!
GLOWBOT
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Where: Liquid & Envy When: After the Union - the Freshers Team will let you know!
Be part of the mighty Glowbot’s first ever appearance in Aberdeen! He’s big, he’s mysterious, he can dance, and (of course) he glows like nothing else. Like a transformer on acid, this truly has to be seen to be believed!
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FREE POOL AT THE UNION Where: The Union When: All day
The morning (well, afternoon probably, you’re a student now!) after the night before. Get down to the Union, pick something from our all-day breakfast menu to help nurse yourself back to full health, and let us treat you to a few games of pool. Our bars open at midday as well. Just saying...
RGU VOICE DEBATING SOCIETY: INTRODUCTORY DEBATE
Where: Room A12, St Andrew’s Street Building, City Centre Campus When: 7-9pm
Join our debating society for an informal, light-hearted introductory debate. The topic for this session is “This house believes that RGU is better than the rival institution”.
RGU FRESHERS WEEK FILM FESTIVAL: GLEE: THE 3D CONCERT MOVIE EXCLUSIVE FREE SCREENING Where: Vue Cinema, Union Street When: TBC. Check facebook.com/rgufreshers2011 for details.
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OFFICIAL EXAMPLE PRE-PARTY Where: The Union When: from 9pm
Join us for the ultimate warm-up for Example as we host the Official Pre-party. 4 bars, 3 floors, amazing cocktail pitchers and drinks promos all night long, and top student DJs playing the best chart, commercial dance, electro & student anthems from 9pm.
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Where: Liquid & Envy When: After the Union - the Freshers Team will let you know!
Liquid have teamed up with Smirnoff and Example to give you the biggest and most memorable night of this year, Example: The End of Summer Ibiza Tour. Think lasers, outof-this-world lighting, the deadliest sound systems and Example taking centre stage at an impressive concert-style show, all for your Freshers Week!
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Tuesday 20th RGU:RAG’s GIGANTIC BAKE SALE
Where: Aberdeen Business School, Garthdee Campus When: All day
RAG will be filling ABS with the smell of cakes. Lovely lovely freshly baked cakes! Whether it’s your first day at uni or if you’re just having a look around, stop by, grab a cake and help them raise money for charity.
RGU FRESHERS WEEK FILM FESTIVAL: EXCLUSIVE FREE MOVIE SHOWING Where: Vue Cinema, Union Street When: 5pm
We will be releasing full event details through the RGU Freshers Week 2011 Facebook page and our website. Take a look at facebook.com/rgufreshers2011 and rguunion.co.uk for more info.
RGU CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION: CFS SOCIETY DINNER Where: Manzil, King Street When: 6:30pm
LIVE FOOTBALL AT THE UNION: CARLING CUP (MATCH TBA)
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TOGA PARTY
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Where: The Union When: 7:45pm Where: The Union When: from 9pm
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 our Big Freshers Toga Party! Just make sure your sheets are clean before you wear them ;)
PAINTGLOW PARTY
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Where: Liquid & Envy When: After the Union - the Freshers Team will let you know!
UV Paint. Gallons and gallons and gallons and gallons and gallons of it, and then some more just in case. Your toga is a blank canvas, and we will bring the paints! How messy will you get?
Wednesday 21st RGU:RAG’s BIG BBQ TOUR: ST PETER’S Where: St Peter’s Halls When: 12:30pm
RAG head off to St Peter’s to get to know the King Street students!
RGU FRESHERS WEEK FILM FESTIVAL: EXCLUSIVE MOVIE SHOWING Where: Belmont Picturehouse, Belmont Street (across from The Union) When: TBC
We will be releasing full event details through the RGU Freshers Week 2011 Facebook page and our website. Take a look at facebook.com/rgufreshers2011 and rguunion.co.uk for more info.
FREE ABERDEEN CITY BUS TOUR Where: Picks up from The Union When: 1pm
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 Garthdee campus! If you can’t make this tour, there is another one on Friday 23rd.
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PLAY XBOX, PS3 & Wii ON THE BIG SCREENS Where: The Union When: 1pm
CONSERVATIVE & UNIONIST ASSOCIATION FREE BBQ & WINE RECEPTION
Where: Meet at The Bobbin, King Street When: 6:30pm
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LIVE FOOTBALL AT THE UNION: CARLING CUP (MATCH TBA)
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OFFICIAL BLOC PARTY PRE-PARTY
Where: The Union When: 7:45pm Where: The Union When: from 9pm
The Union’s resident indie night makes its return for 2011/12 with a bang as we host the Official Bloc Party Freshers Week Pre-party. Expect the best new & classic indie dancefloor anthems from The Strokes, Vampire Weekend, The Smiths, The Cribs, The Killers, loads more, and of course Bloc Party. Get hot. Bounce around. Get sweaty. Let’s turn this into an indie disco!
BLOC PARTY DJ SET
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Where: Liquid & Envy When: After the Union - the Freshers Team will let you know!
One of the most influential indie bands recent years are back together writing and recording after a 2 year hiatus – and are ready to make your Freshers Week one to remember! We welcome Bloc Party back to Aberdeen for what guarantees to be an epic DJ set, surely one not to be missed.
Thursday 22nd FRESHERS FAYRE
RGU: SPORT
Where: RGU: SPORT, Garthdee Campus When: From Midday
OFFICIALLY the biggest freebie giveaway of the year! We take over the Garthdee campus for the day and jam pack it full of 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 from midday and grab what you can!
THE UNION’S BIG FAT PUB QUIZ: FRESHERS WEEK BEACH SPECIAL! Where: The Union When: from 7pm
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Moving back to its original home of Thursday nights, the Union’s BIG FAT Pub Quiz is back for another year - and kicks off in style this Freshers Week with a Beach Party Special! Lee is back (at a slightly earlier time than normal) with the usual questions, prizes & ridiculous bonus rounds to start your Thursday night off. Look out your best coconut bra and hula skirt as there will be prizes for the best outfit of the night, plus insane beach-themed contests and challenges all night. Register your teams at 7pm, but this WILL be busy so get down early to make sure you get a seat!
BAYWATCH BEACH PARTY Where: The Union When: from 9pm
Freshers Week just isn’t Freshers Week without a Baywatch Beach Party! Grab your bucket and space, 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 us for commercial dance, electro and top student anthems. And who knows, if you’re lucky you might get to practice your mouth to mouth technique with somebody!
ENIGMA presents MONSTER IBIZA FOAM PARTY
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Where: Liquid & Envy When: After the Union - the Freshers Team will let you know! The foam party, a Freshers Week classic. But this year, we’ve teamed up with one of Edinburgh’s biggest clubnights, ENIGMA, to bring you not just any old foam party, but our Monster Ibiza Foam Party! Huge foam cannons shooting all over the Liquid main room, and the best club bangers straight from Ibiza’s dancefloors. This is a foam party like no other.
Friday 23rd RGU:RAG present LIFE’S A BEACH! Where: Aberdeen Beach When: All Day
Join RAG at the beach as they host their almost world famous Nippy Dip. Watch as they sprint into the feeezing cold North Sea all in the name of charity! Alongside, there will be beach games, races and heaps of sandy excitement. Blag a free t-shirt by taking part yourself! All proceeds go to MacMillan Cancer Support
RGU FRESHERS WEEK FILM FESTIVAL: EXCLUSIVE MOVIE SHOWING Where: Vue Cinema, Union Street When: 11am
We will be releasing full event details through the RGU Freshers Week 2011 Facebook page and our website. Take a look at facebook.com/rgufreshers2011 and rguunion.co.uk for more info.
FREE ABERDEEN CITY BUS TOUR Where: Picks up from The Union When: 1pm
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 Garthdee campus! If you can’t make this tour, there is one earlier in the week, on Wednesday 21st.
RGU ISLAMIC SOCIETY FRESHERS WELCOME
Where: Kaim Cottage, Garthdee Campus and C714, Technical Building, City Centre Campus When: 1pm
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FLUORESCENT ADOLESCENT UV PARTY Where: The Union When: from 9pm
Undoubtedly the highlight of Freshers Week! For the fourth year in a row we will bring you Aberdeen’s original and best Freshers Week UV Party. More UV lights than you could imagine, buckets of glowsticks, and resident DJ Ross Murchison going all Dave Pearce for the night by spinning the ultimate dance anthems. Go crazy and make Fluorescent Adolescent year 4 one to remember!
BCM MAGALUF UV DJ TOUR
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Where: Liquid & Envy When: After the Union - the Freshers Team will let you know!
Magaluf comes to Aberdeen for one night only as we bring you a phenomenal UV party hosted by DJs from world famous superclub, BCM. Grab your glowsticks, slap on the UV facepaint and cut some shapes!
Saturday 24th RGU:RAG’s BIG BBQ TOUR: ROSEMOUNT Where: Rosemount Halls When: 12:30pm
RAG hit up another set of halls armed with the BBQ, burgers and ketchup to get to know the residents of Rosemount! Come and join them in the car park.
LIVE FOOTBALL AT THE UNION: MAN CITY v EVERTON
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LIVE FOOTBALL AT THE UNION: STOKE v MAN UTD
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ULTIMATE HALLS CHALLENGE
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Where: The Union When: 12:45pm Where: The Union When: 4:45pm Where: The Union When: from 9pm
Rangers or Celtic? Blur or Oasis? Daddy or chips? These dilemmas simply pale into insignificance when we ask the real crunch question: WHICH RGU HALLS ARE THE BEST? Woolmanhill? Linksfield? Rosemount? St Pete’s? Ardmuir or Garthdee? Join us as we go all Shooting Stars and settle this the only way that we know how, with ridiculous challenges! From sinking gallons of milk, to collecting underwear, to downing hot dogs covered in insanity sauce, we will find out once and for all which set of halls will have bragging rights for the rest of the year!
GEORDIE SHORE LIVE PA
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Where: Liquid & Envy When: After the Union - the Freshers Team will let you know!
It’s the weeeeekend! You’ve been partying all week, so it’s probably time to have a little rest, right? WRONG! Freshers Week continues as we bring you the cast of hit MTV show, The Geordie Shore LIVE to Liquid!
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FREE POOL AT THE UNION Where: The Union When: All day
RGU FRESHERS WEEK FILM FESTIVAL: EXCLUSIVE MOVIE SHOWING Where: Belmont Picturehouse, Belmont Street (across from The Union) When: TBC
We will be releasing full event details through the RGU Freshers Week 2011 Facebook page and our website. Take a look at facebook.com/rgufreshers2011 and rguunion.co.uk for more info.
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LIVE FOOTBALL AT THE UNION: ST JOHNSTONE v HEARTS
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LIVE FOOTBALL AT THE UNION: QPR v ASTON VILLA
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SLUMBERLAND PJ PARTY
Where: The Union When: 12pm Where: The Union When: 4pm Where: The Union When: from 9pm
Now them, 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 seeing Freshers Week off with a massive RGU PJ Party!
THE FUTUREHEADS DJ SET
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Where: Liquid & Envy When: After the Union - the Freshers Team will let you know!
The hounds of love are calling! Finish your Freshers Week off in style as we bring you a live DJ Set from indie royalty The Futureheads. Altogether now, ah oh oh… ah oh oh…
Monday 26th RGU: SPORT
DODGEBALL TOURNAMENT
Where: RGU: SPORT, Garthdee Campus When: 11am-2pm
Let’s play ball! Enter your teams of 6 into our Dodgeball Tournament. The competition is open to anybody, with entry costing £6 per team. Register your team at the Freshers Fayre, or send an email to presspa@rguunion.co.uk
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