May 2014 - Edition 47
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Introduction.
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Pipe Dreams? Filled in our sex survey? Check out the article on page 22.
Contributors Tom Badger (Student Editor) • Harmeet Anand (Deputy Editor) Vanessa Tulips • Alex White • Donia Anafcheh • Finoula Cairns Dan Barratt • Tara 'the Banana' • David Kilner • Alex Warner Cassie Fletcher • Becci Hailey • Lee Stevenson-Rose Naomi Franco • Jack Badu • Mark Sweeney • Sophie Lynch Sophie Homan • Connor Baker • Dan Earl • Femi Boye Jess Pearson • Barry Stuck • Cassie Fletcher • Jake Gray James Higgins • Katherine Fawcett-Hudson • Abbie Blunt Jean-Luke Laister • Tom Castle • Greg Pike
What have the University got planned for the High Wycombe campus? Becci and Lee write about how it may happen sooner than you think.
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The Sabb-vengers *Queue dramatic superhero music* Mark Sweeney outlines what him and the other Sabbatical Officers have planned.
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Want to see your name in the list above? Want to have your writing or artwork on show to thousands of people? Get involved. Email student.editor@thebucksstudent.com
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Putting on a Show
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Creative courses share what they're planning.
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"See North Korea" Jean-Luke views on the NUS conference.
Becci Hailey Second Year Music and Live Events Management
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University news.
Lee Stevenson-Rose Second Year Music and Live Events Management
Bucks to the Future
Starting September 2014
The Bucks estate is getting a face-lift but sadly, no hover boards. Noticed all the scaffolding and building work happening around South Wing? Bucks has got big plans of the building, which is in need of renovation, set to be complete for September of the new academic year. On first opening, only the top 2 floors will be available for use. A brand new skills room will house a mock hospital room for the Nursing students to partake in practical learning, hopefully going some small way towards bridging the Uxbridge/High Wycombe campus divide. Blue panels and completely new double glazing will be installed along the side facing the hospital to make the building a bit more aesthetically pleasing and a
new entrance will be made for access straight into the wing as East and North wing have. All corridors will have alcove bench seating areas and spot lighting along the ceiling for a more cosy and welcoming atmosphere. There are also changes being made to Brook Street and Hughenden over the summer which will also be complete in time for the start of the new academic year in September. The plan is for Brook Street to be renovated and brought up to date with all new bathrooms and kitchen suites being fitted in every block. As many students across the campus have probably noticed there has also been a lot of on-going building work at Hughenden, this will be the other expected change to halls. Come September once the expansion of Hughenden is complete there will be 180 new rooms available for incoming victims. (I mean Freshers.)
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New look West wing from Lilly's Walk (Eden car park entrance)
Central carpark may disappear to make way for a pleasant courtyard.
While all of the previously mentioned improvements are due to be completed by September, the University's long term ambitions are clear when you look at these artist's impressions of what the campus could look like in 5-10 years. The plan is to bring the university as a whole into the 21st century, to give it a fresh, modern look, improve the access to campus and try to integrate it more with the town, getting rid of all the tarmac and creating some much needed green space. The whole front of the East Wing that faces the concourse could be covered in colour changing LED lights, which will brighten the University and will no doubt be eye catching come the night time, with some spectacular colour designs on a rotational loop. A tunnel can be carved out of the structure here to provide external access to a new central courtyard. A glass walled seating area could also be introduced on the ground floor of East Wing, which would look out over the garden. Another suggestion is to do a total revamp of the exterior and interior of the West Wing. Glass panels added to the front of the building give a more open feeling to the university estate as a whole, and create a permanent home for the Faculty of Design, Media & Management.
Fishnets anyone? LED pannels addorn East Block to give it a new lease of life.
All in all the future for Bucks New University seems exciting, and while many of the long term ideas may seem out of reach for students studying at the University today, there are many things to look forward to in the short term too.
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Sabb news.
Two years is too short. A parting word from our outgoing Sabbs... Farewell Franco Saying goodbye to Bucks was always going to be tough, but I never quite realised how tough it would be. I had only planned on staying for three years for my degree, but here I am still at Bucks for my fifth and final year and what an experience it’s been… Getting involved with the Union literally changed my life. As a student I found my love for cheerleading, became the head of an organisation that turns over more than 2 million pounds, met friends for life and made memories I'll never forget. Saying goodbye to what has been my life for the past five years is going to be one of the most difficult things I do. I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone, for making my time at Bucks such a memorable one. I have had the best five years of my life, and representing you guys for the past two years has definitely been the highlight. Thanks to Bucks Students' Union for being so amazing and supportive, it is going to be tough to find a place better than this!
I also wanted to do a little shout out to the BNU Swans. They have been on such a journey since they began, and they have come so far, especially in these last five years. Being a Swan has had such an impact on my life and I wouldn’t be where I am today or half the person I am today without this amazing and supportive team. So thank you. I will well and truly miss Bucks, Thanks again you beautiful Bucks babes. Much love your Bucks Students' Union President, Naomi Franco.
Bye-Bye Badu
I would like to thank all staff and students for an amazing two years as your Vice President Education & Welfare. In my first few months I did find the transition from student to full time student staff difficult. Working long hours in a position that requires an in depth understanding of all courses studied at Bucks was not easy. Attending meeting with senior members of University staff and pre student rep election shout-outs in lecture really did put me out of my comfort zone. Looking back now I feel a lot more confident and comfortable than when I started. The Union staff have been so supportive throughout, with such a friendly and welcoming office environment I'll struggle to find another place like this.
This academic year has sent me to the States for an inspiring international conference, to York presenting to the Higher Education Academy and given me the opportunity to coach the Bucks Football teams. My University experience really is a reflection of all the opportunity Bucks has to offer. If I could give advice to anyone studying at Bucks it would be to take advantage of as many opportunities as physically possible. The softs skills and extra/co-curricular activities are what define you as an individual. Be open-minded and challenge yourself to daily. Jack x
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Not Super, but still Heroes Soon enough the time will come to say farewell to Naomi and Jack and welcome in Connor and myself. It¹s been an incredibly successful year and the Students¹ Union has gone from strength to strength. There are a lot of things planned to ensure that as a Students¹ Union we continue to grow, finishing 17th in the National Student Survey was a great achievement but we can¹t afford to rest on our laurels. The 3 of us have a list of priorities that we hope to implement over the coming year in office. I have plenty to try and deliver on, in terms of the student involvement side of our trio, namely designating Wednesdays off for all undergraduate students, Matt is really pushing to remove hidden course costs, with Connor looking to introduce facilities that are fit purpose for every student and the stronger links with our partner campus’. We feel these issues are all very close to improving the student experience
here at Bucks and we hope that we can go a long way to facilitating this over the year whilst we are in office. With Matt going into his second year in office, he will bring his experience to the fresh faced enthusiasms of myself and Connor. It is unbelievable to think that by June, we will have both finished our degrees and be graduating in September. The last three years here at Bucks have been full of memorable experiences for myself, such as being part of a sports team (and all for free) getting involved with extracurricular activities, freshers and activities week helper and also being elected for these roles. Over the next year, we hope to share as many of these experiences with you as possible and will look to make sure that you all get the most out of your time here at Bucks.
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Your stories.
"I'M NEVER DRINKING AGAIN" Sound Familiar?
Now, as a budding member of bar staff at our beloved Students' Union, my fellow co-workers and I see all kinds of goings on when you lot go out on the boozer. Seriously, some nights it’s literally like catching glimpses of EastEnders. From cat fights, to seeing which students are hooking up, to the embarrassing dancing to DJ SugaPuff come 1.30am on a Wednesday Frat House, it all
gets observed. So what fuels all of this tomfoolery? Alcohol. Yes that beautiful seven letter word that so many of us spend our last pennies on.
off the embarrassment, we felt there was no better way to warn you of the potential perils of drinking than with real life shockers!
With it being Drink and Drugs awareness week, we thought it only right to inform you guys of what can happen when you forget your threshold, and as it’s the end of the year and there's a few months to walk
All names have been changed to protect the identities of the individuals involved. Except Chris Watson’s, who deserves no kind of witness protection after his debacle.
Sophie Lynch Second Year Event and Festival Managment
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Trolley Trauma This story was very kindly donated by Harriet, who has three friends in particular whom like many students, were drawn like moths to a flame, to an unnamed leading supermarket branded shopping trolley. Harriet's friend Emelie climbs aboard the wheel-loose crazy train, Jackson and Harriet watches on with intent. Ever the gentleman, Jackson pushes Emelie down the road on some sort of drunken magic carpet ride. With one big push Emelie soars, and quickly comes crashing down to the floor, gracefully fracturing her ankle, unbeknown to her. Mere days later, Emelie descends from her Cinderella princess carriage (a Taxi, predictably a Prius), and fractures the fracture in her ankle, again. How is that even possible, to fracture a fracture?! Unlucky!
Job Loss Ever got so pissed that you quit your job when you shouldn’t? Well Sebastian just walked straight in, wankered, and handed in his notice. Because, you know, what better time to do it than when you have no real control over what you’re doing. Awesome.
Bed-Pulse Bagging a Girlfriend When Drake (not the rap star) went on tour, many moons ago now, he got so pissed that he woke up with a girlfriend. And yes, he stayed with her for two months, not knowing how to break the news to her that it was all just a drunken mistake; every girls prince charming right there...
"Trampy" Pals A short and sweet tale about the gorgeous Arabelle, on the way home from a drunken frolic at SOAP. Having lost all other friends, Arabelle decides to befriend one of the 'tramps' outside McDonalds. Maybe he thought she had some change, or maybe she fancies men in rags. It was only for one glorious half hour, but a friend made none the less. Well done Arabelle, well done.
That’s Not Your House The winner of the Oscar for biggest drunken mess goes to Chris Watson, who a few weeks ago got just a little bit tipsy and decided to wander home, taking a detour from his house to the wrong side of town; to an area that he had never ventured to before. What next for our intrepid explorer? Well, Chris did what Chris does best, and fell asleep. Not in the usual gutter or alleyway that he would normally settle down in, but instead in the family home of an unknown Eastern European family! Chris had no intention to break into an innocent Polish family’s house, pass out on their sofa and wake them all up, but intentionally or not, it’s exactly how it happened. After being told by the gargantuan giant of a father that he was not permitted to leave the house, Chris resigned himself to the fact that he was in fact going to be murdered there and then, and was more than relieved to find out that the police had been called. Because there was absolutely no sign of how Chris had got in there, with no evidence to support forced entry, the fine plods from Thames Valley Police politely drove him home whilst stating that it was possibly it’s the ‘funniest call’ that they had ever been called out to. Congratulations on topping the drunken stories list Chris, you drunken mess.
This one is from personal experience and involves my very good friend, whom we shall call “Floral Twix Wh*re”, or Flora for short. When involved in a game of ‘Cheers to the time’, (an enchanting game in which a few people take in turns to remember memories of times you’ve shared together and basically just drink to each memory, pretty damn simple really), Flora drunkenly reminisced of a time that ‘her bed had a pulse’, now, the rest of us around the table all looked at each other quite puzzled so we asked her to show us. One thing led to another and whilst jumping
on her bed to prove that this (actually non-existent) bed-pulse existed, she did an accidental backwards flip off the bed and went face first into of her desk. This dramatic piece of acrobats was then swiftly followed by a dash to the toilet, because she was on the brink of pissing herself. This may seem like your average drunken night story, but the thing is, Flora quickly showed signs of mild concussion, but persisted with her night out. She also now has a stutter, like, a real one. Just remember; alcohol costs, kids.
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Interview.
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Sophie Homan Second Year Police Studies
Introducing
Dr Alison Chambers Introducing the new Pro-Vice Chancellor for Society & Health at Bucks, Dr Alison Chambers. Alison started her university career as a lecturer in Physiotherapy at Salford University in 1995. Rising up the ranks to Director of Sport, Alison has since spent the last 19 years building her senior management experience in HE, gaining a doctorate and researching professionalism and identity. Admitting to a love-hate relationship with running, Alison ran the London Marathon in 2011. “I hated every minute of it.” She says. “Don’t let anyone tell you that 26 miles isn’t a long way! I’m going to stick to half marathons in the future, and I’m running the Great Manchester run (10K) later this month.” Alison's role at Bucks entails a vast array of responsibilities. “Things like what courses we offer, what our research is focused upon, what our buildings and resources should be able to provide and ensure the best student experience for all our students.” With a three step- strategy to do this, Alison hopes to “Make Every contact count, get it right every time for every student and raise aspiration and achievement”. Alison will also have to create and maintain external partnerships with a wide range of stakeholders, at local, national and international level. Raising the profile of Bucks as a world class institution and reputable place of education and research will be one task entrusted (at least in terms of Society & Health) to Alison. “For me, if we have great staff engagement we will have excellent student engagement and this will provide students with a higher education experience that will provide a platform for their future careers and ambitions.”
"I will operate an open door policy" “I propose regular 1-2-1 meetings with the Sabbatical Officers and Students' Union team. Develop a joint student engagement plan [with the Students' Union] and work together to make this happen, working together on joint initiatives. And I will operate an open door policy - just give me a call.” George Clooney’s recent engagement doesn’t phase Alison. “If it had been Gerard Depardieu I would have been devastated. But just in case my husband reads this, I have my very own George Clooney at home - hahaha!”
"get it right every time for every student"
Union Awards Tuesday 13 May marks The 5th Annual Union awards, the highlight of the academic calendar. The Union Awards is a chance to reward and recognise students and staff that have gone above and beyond the call of duty. There are 13 prestigious honours up for grabs: Each of the nominees have shown incomparable levels of dedication and hard work, of which should be rewarded. The awards are decided by a panel of Sabbatical Officer, Students' Union staff and Students' Union Trustees to decide the winner from the nominees. The process is informed by the nomination forms submitted by colleagues and peers, those nominated have been recognised in their roles to be outstanding.
Society Committee Member of the Year Adam Blaxter Hollie Sipple Lucy Griffiths Zeshan Ashraf RAG Charity Fundraiser of the Year Abdul Esse Becci Hailey Dance Society Musicians Society Journalist of the Year Abbie Blunt Harmeet Anand Katherine FawcettHudson Tom Badger
Sport for Fun Ambassador of the Year Fei Fei Pei George Peryer Shay Fenlon Tom Nichol
Professional Service Employee Partner of the Year Jess Smith Karen Johnstone Liz Bell Susan Widd
Volunteer of the Year Abdul Esse Ashleigh Abbey Caleb Joseph Cyndi Richardson
Academic Staff Partner of the Year Doug Cole Graeme Lindsay Julie Irwin Lars Mosesson
Society of the Year Event Society Law Society Musicians Society Rowing Society
Campaigner of the Year Bill Ratcliffe Caleb Joseph Connor Baker Tom Badger
Student Rep of the Year Chloe Manners Dorcas Afriyie Khadija Cheema Matthew Pugsley Membership Services Student Staff Member of the Year Abdul Esse Finoula Cairns Giannicola Morana Mia Walford Student Leadership Award Hollie Sipple Joe Collins Mark Sweeney Tom Badger
Commercial Services Student Staff Member of the Year Adam Blaxter Daniella Zuccala Jake Vernum Jess Faulkner
Also being awarded are the Excellence in Learning and Teaching Awards: Demonstrating Excellence in Academic Leadership Bruce Sinclair Doug Cole Jenny Tilbury Wendy Diplock
Excellence and Innovation in Learning and Teaching Practice George Arbuckle Lynn Bouchier Pollyanna Kellett Shane Roadnight Excellence and Innovation in Student Learning Support Andrea McDonald Bob Cozens Lars Mosesson Maurice Collins
Restiball
As part of Drug and Alcohol Awareness Week Monday 12th May
Wednesday 14th May
Relax and Recover from Festiball in The Lounge. Movie night presented by SMART along with munchies and smoothies - perfect for the day after detox. The movie “The Anonymous People” will start at 6pm.
SMART information stand in The Foyer during the day. Stop and chat, ask them anything relating to drugs and alcohol or just pick up a leaflet. Free massage at the Students’ Union on Wednesday night. Also look out for the Beer Goggles provided by SMART.
Information leaflets available throughout the week at the Students’ Union reception and Advice Centre. For confidential advice make an appointment to see an Advisor by phoning: High Wycombe 01494 603016 or Uxbridge 01494 605180.
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Connor Baler Third Year Performing Arts
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Union news.
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Festiball.
Your
Headliners It’s that time of year again, folks. Festiball has come around again, a chance to bid the year farewell the only way you known how; with a pint of snakebite in one hand whilst the other points to the air as the music drops in the Students’ Union, of course. Spread over the 9, 10 and 11 of May, this year brings sets from Wilkinson, Scouting for Girls, Foxes, Ms Dynamite and more, combining the concept of a summer ball with the feeling of a festival.
Previous headliners include Marvin Humes, Zane Lowe, Danny McFly, Everything Everything, Rudimental, Utah Saints, Kissy Sell-Out and more. With the interior decorated to a level of unrecognizability, and the outside bars and dance tents, visitors can also expect casinos, scalextric, oxygen bars, fire performers, stilt walkers, guitar hero contests, food stalls and of course cheap booze. What more do you want from a summer ball?
Sunday's Headliner: Southampton’s pop songstress herself Foxes, who at only 24 has already enjoyed success by being awarded a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording for her vocals on Zedd’s song ‘Clarity’ which has shifted over 2,000,000 copies in the USA alone whilst also featuring on Fall Out Boys song ‘Just One Yesterday’ from hit album Save Rock and Roll. Currently gearing up to release her first solo album ‘Glorious’ on 12 May, the album will feature singles ‘Youth’ which you’ll recognise from those Debenhams adverts and Let Go for Tonight which has already collected nearly 8,000,000 YouTube views. Settling for a sound best described as synthpop, her set will be sure to get you moving.
You’ll Love if you Like: Chloe Howl, Haim, Katy B.
Saturday night brings indie pop household names Scouting for Girls. Releasing their Greatest Hits last year, the band have three UK Top 10 albums to their name spawning noticeable singles such as ‘She’s So Lovely’, ‘Heartbeat’, ‘Elvis Isn’t Dead’ and ‘This Ain’t A Love Song’ the band are no strangers to festivals since releasing their debut album in 2007. To date, the band have sold over 2,000,000 records and have since been nominated for four Brit Awards and one Ivor Novello award. Combining catchy songs and heartfelt lyrics, Scouting for Girls are sure to bring both a great sing-along set coupled with nostalgic sentiments of those spotty high-school days.
You’ll Love if you Like: The Feeling, The Hoosiers.
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Jess Pearson @sweetdreamsbro Third Year Music and Live Events Management
Femi Boye @BitterPein Third Year Audio and Music Production
Barry Stuck @BarryStuck First Year Business Management, Innovation and Enterprise
Friday Headliner: EDM producer Wilkinson is sure to blow you away. The South London DJ who won the Best Breakthrough Producer award at the National D&B awards in 2012 has worked with artists such as Example, Professor Green, and Wiley. Wilkinson's hit single 'Afterglow' reached an impressive top spot on the UK dance chart along with his album 'Lazers Not Included' reaching number two on the UK Dance chart. You can expect to see him touring the fields of Britain this summer, with Reading and Leeds, Parklife and Bestival lined up, but not before he hits up Festiball 2014.
You’ll Love if you Like: Netsky, Redlight, Loadstar.
US based electro-pop duo CHERUB are heading overseas to perform at Festiball as part of their European Tour. Having just come off of their Blow’d Tour and performance at SXSW this year, the duo still have a string of festival appearances fast-approaching, including The Great Escape Festival. Their unique mix of 90’s R&B mixed in with pop melodies
provides CHERUB members Jordan Kelly and Jason Huber with the basis for a vibrant live performance with a common goal to “share a little bit of sex, a little bit of drugs, and a whole lot of love with people across the globe.” CHERUB’s new album ‘Year of the Caprese’ is set to be released through Columbia Records this May.
You’ll Love if you Like: The Knocks, Ghostbeach, Robert DeLong.
Award winning artist Niomi McLean Daley AKA Ms Dynamite will be making her Bucks début at this year’s Festiball on the back of a fantastic return to music. The North London raised singer is the eldest of eleven siblings (one of which is grime artist Akala) and has been a staple for urban music, paving the way for so many UK artists. Ms Dynamite has released two amazing albums in her run and her début album “ A little deeper” won Mercury album of the year award, which she can boast on her mantle next to her two BRIT awards and three MOBOS. She is coming to Bucks on the back of a string successful singles such as Lights On (KatyB), Neva soft, Cloud 9 with ShyFX and “Dibby Dibby Sound” (DJ Fresh). Ms Dynamite-tee-hee has certainly reentered the music scene with intent to stay and has made it known that the classics are the best.
You’ll Love if you Like: KatyB, Labrinth, Tinie Tempah, Lady Leshure, The Streets.
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Dan Earl @DSEarl Second Year Music Management
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What kind of
Fresher are you? It’s the end of another academic year, and when you freshers return in September, you won’t be the new kids on the block anymore. So, if you're feeling particularly sentimental looking back over the last 7-8 months, take our short test to see what type of fresher you are! Just add up your points and see what we think! Achieved a first? A first, who needs them? One one piece of work. On every piece of work.
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Never missed a lecture due to a hangover? I do it all the time. From time to time.
0 points
Never would I endanger my education in this way.
10 points
Snuck someone into halls after hours? It’s a piece of P**s! I try, with some success. Who would be so tenacious as to challenge authority in this way?! Joined a sports team or society? I was asleep and didn’t make it to freshers fair and sign [no excuse really!] I joined a few clubs for fun . I joined only course-based societies and support groups.
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On first-name terms with the SU security staff? Yes, but for all the wrong reasons. 0 points No, I’m well behaved on a night out. 5 points No, I never go to the SU, I’m too busy in the 10 points Library. Woken up somewhere that isn’t your bed? I woke up in someone else’s bed. I woke up somewhere that wasn’t even a bed. I need my bed to satisfy my need for good sleep. How often do you do your laundry? I wait until the very last pair of clean underwear before I crack out the Daz. I do it when my laundry bin gets a bit full. I have a set routine I stick to; to ensure a clean flow of apparel.
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Been kicked out of the Students’ Union? Too many times. Nope, I’m an under the radar drunk. I told you already, I don’t have time to party! Been too drunk to make it out of your flat? I always end up asleep on the kitchen floor I usually make it at least to the gate house I wouldn’t want to leave my flat, my desk is here for working
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Done something you’d be ashamed to tell your Nan about? I could fill a book with these stories. 0 points Nothing she didn’t do in her day! 5 points My Nan believes I am an angel, and it’s 10 points because I am. Bought all the required course reading materials I can’t be bothered to read jack. 0 points Why buy? That’s what the library’s for! 5 points I buy everything I need as soon as I may 10 points need it. Pulled an all-nighter before deadline day? Standard procedure. It can happen. I have everything well on time.
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Concocted a meal from leftover ingredients that should never go together? What can I say, I’m an experimental chef. 0 points Not my preferred method of sustenance. 5 points I prefer to stick to a prescribed menu. 10 points Ever missed a deadline? Deadlines are for schmucks! I forgot it was due in... What a stupid suggestion.
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0-50 points You are an animal! Event the keepers at London Zoo couldn’t tame your wild ways. You’ve found your stride in being the life and soul of any party. What’s the old saying? Go Hard or go home? You’re clearly not going anywhere!
50-95 points
You’ve struck a decent balance between your course and your social life. Sure, You enjoy a decent party, but you always have the will-power to knuckle down and bash out that all important essay when needed.
95-140 points You are one committed and hardworking student. You aren’t here to binge on booze or pull on the dance floor. You have your sights set on a decent classification. Reach for the sky, and you’ll smash it!
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Cassie Fletcher @Cassie_Fletch Second Year Performing Arts
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Quiz.
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Week 32 6 May-11 May Tuesday 6, 8pm
Week 33 12 May-18 May Monday 12, 9am
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Festiball Survivors' Breakfast
CLO
Tuesday 20, 8pm Monday 12, 7pm
Drugs Awareness Film Night
Wednesday 7, 8pm
Tuesday 13, 8pm
THE OFFICIAL UNOFFICIAL
Wednesday 21, 8pm
AFTERSHOW AWARDS PARTY Thursday 8, 8pm
CLOSED
Wednesday 14, 8pm
Dance Takeover - B Thursday 22, 8pm
suppor Friday 9
Thursday 15, 8pm
LIVE MUSIC - TBA
Weathered
COU
Friday 16, 8pm Friday 23, 8pm
Saturday 10
Saturday 17, 8pm Saturday 24, 8pm
Leavers' Middle Of Nowhere Party
Sunday 11
Sunday 18, 8pm
Sunday 25, 8pm
OSED
Week 35 26 May-1 Jun Monday 26, 8pm
BAR OPEN
Monday 2, 8pm
BAR OPEN May Issue
Tuesday 27, 8pm
Week 36 2 Jun-7 Jun
Tuesday 3, 8pm
SPECIAL HEADLINE GUEST - TBA Reeps One Joe Lycett Wednesday 28, 8pm
Wednesday 4, 8pm
Thursday 29, 8pm
Thursday 5, 8pm
Back to the Future
LIVE MUSIC - TBA
Friday 30, 8pm
rted by
d Hands
UCH
Saturday 31, 8pm Friday 6, 8pm
TBA... Saturday 7, 8pm
FINAL Real Madrid vs Atlético Madrid
GRADUATION PARTY
Sunday 1, 8pm
Farewell Badger!
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Born in 2011 and nurtured on a diet of K Cider and Skateboarding, Brighton-via-Cornwall trio Gnarwolves have been tearing through the UK underground, earning themselves stellar reviews since their inception. In the relatively short time Thom, Charlie and Max have been playing music they have made the giant leap from a cult basement act to a genuine prospective phenomenon. Due in no small part to their electric live shows, the band have been picking up fans left, right and centre with their deadly cocktail of snarling, in-your-face punk urgency and bona-fide anthemic hooks. They have taken in every corner of the UK, as well as making their first forays onto European soil. With shows notorious for mass arms-aloft sing-alongs and seas of crowd surfers, the band have proved to be a perfect festival fixture, already gracing stages at Hevy, Slam Dunk and the ‘I-was-there’ moment of the summer at last year’s Reading and Leeds festivals playing on the Lock-Up stage and are set to make a repeat performance on the Main stage of Reading and Leeds this year!
You’ll Love if you Like: Funeral for a Friend, Lower than Atlantis, The Story So Far
Joe Lycett You may have already heard of comedian Joe Lycett. If you’re a fan of 8 Out of 10 Cats, Celebrity Juice or Never Mind the Buzzcocks, you’ll recognise the 2009 Chortle Student Comedian of the Year. With a nomination for best newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe and a finalist nomination for BBC New Comedy under his belt, he’s sure to entertain with his youthful brand of divulgent comedy.
You’ll Love if you Like: Josh Widdicombe, Greg James, Rufus Hound.
They are playing Bucks on May 22 and will be supported by Hereford based punk band “Weathered Hands” and Norwich / Bucks old school pop punk band “Couch”.
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Tom Badger @badgerbyname Third Year Event and Festival Management
Jake Gray First Year Music and Live Events Management
BADGER’S FAREWELL BASH “No one does Quizzes quite like Tom James Badger” said someone. “He’s literally the funniest guy I’ve ever met, and his big blue eyes and cheeky smile, you could get lost in those forever…”. Say what you like about Tom Badger, but it’s time for him to knock one out for the final time. The comic genius returns for the last quiz of the year with his House
Band, before he breaks hundreds of hearts and departs from this great Bucks tradition of getting 'interlectual' on a Sunday night; there’s time for one more fling, and he’s got one hell of a party planned. Expect laughs, braintraining and plenty of excuses to neck a snakebite in this hilarious rip-roaring ride on Badger’s Crazy Horse.
You’ll Love if you Like: Tom Badger, he’s dreamy.
UK Beatbox Champion twice running, (an accolade only otherwise achieved by Beardyman himself), Harry Yeff (AKA Reeps One) is coming to Bucks. The vocalist, who has worked with the likes of The Prodigy, Andy C, Jay Sean, Akon, Chris Brown, Scratch Perverts and Foreign Beggars (that’s one hell of a discography), brings a different brand of comedy to the Venue, mixing a his unique skills with a multi-media sensory experience to make you laugh.
You’ll Love if you Like: Beardyman.
22 May Issue
Survey.
The Student Sex Survey 2014 Is your library book late? Cause you've got fine written all over you. Right boys and girls the results are in. The Bucks New University Student Sex Survey has been completed and the results have been verified. Hundreds of you filled in the questionnaire so we can get an idea of what course contains the naughtiest f**kers and to see if any course groups need some extra help getting their end away. And although these are our results, just remember, they are just for fun and may not be completely conclusive. When it comes to finding a shag on a night out with a total stranger, 64% of students at Bucks have had a one-night stand during their time here. To be honest I don’t know what the other 36% are playing at? I would like to think that they are all happily in relationships but I can’t see this is the case, please contact me if you need some help in that department. It can also be seen that the longer your stay at Bucks is, the more sexual partners you acquire year to year. Does this mean we have a bunch of vigilante singletons going round boosting numbers? First year students average 3 sexual partners a year, with second year averaging 4.5 and third year averaging 5.8 sexual partners a year. I’m putting this down to freshers clinging on to a f*ck buddy early to guarantee you a steady flow of sex throughout your first year. By year 2 you guys start playing the field more and by year 3 students are so stressed with dissertations you start f**king anything in sight to clear their heads. Either that or the realization of going into the real world and actually having to work for sex starts kicking in, so you get more numbers under your belt before they leave. Especially you Sports Management lot, over 64% of you have slept with ten or more people in your time at Bucks. Dirty beggars. According to our findings, the top 3 most promiscuous courses are Performing Arts, Sports Management and Dance & Performance. If your course has not made it into the top ten, I’m putting it down to you being socially inadequate. Come on it’s not hard to get laid at Bucks. In my first year I managed to have a one-night stand whilst dressed as a woman, (even though I still looked bloody good), and the girl in question was not a lesbian. More evidence of this is that Bucks FC Chairman Chris Watling still manages to pull pretty frequently.
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According to the data collected 9% of you have been having it off in the library. This amazes me. I’m a horny little f**ker pretty much all the time and I have never touched a split peach whilst browsing the vast array of books the library has to offer. Business Management students, you have wasted no time whatsoever it getting down to, um, business. 45% reckon you've been getting down and dirty in the book aisles, good thing most of them have laminated covers! There is now a conspiracy theory going around my head that the library attendants are actually sex addicts who prey on tired students. If you ever see me late at night hanging around the library, whilst rubbing my crotch, it's because I’m hoping this theory is true. When it comes to being a cheat, you guys are disgusting. Of those who had cheated, overall 57% of you were female. Wow, ladies. And they say men are all the same! To be fair, of the 8% of you guys who have cheated and would fancy yourself a Tiger Woods again, 65% were male. Lads, it's not big, it's not clever, but I doubt you'd care anyway as long as you get your piece of some lovin'. And if you're dating a Business Management student, you may as well jack that one in now, cause they are probably already having it off behind your back. In fact, Business Management students are twice as likely to re-offend as Sports Management students, Dance students and 5 times more likely than a Law student.
Lastly, lets look at how many of you have lied to get someone in bed whilst at Bucks. Almost a third of you (30%) answered yes, with 32% of you stating that you would consider it. The summer before I started at Bucks I spun a web of deceit to get a much older women into my bed. I was chatting her up and she asked what I did for a living. Thinking quick on my feet I said I was a physio for Chelsea FC. She fell for it hook, line, and sinker. The funny thing is, she came back to mine and I had Chelsea pictures on my wall. She never questioned it. I would highly doubt a Chelsea physio would have pictures of Frank Lampard overlooking their bed! Although this did work a treat for me, I am not suggesting you use this tactic on a Bucks student, as it is pretty unlikely a physio for a top European football club will be studying here. Actually, scrap that; feel free to use my example because some of the silly buggers here probably will fall for it!
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James Higgins Third Year Sports Management and Coaching
No. Just No. 76% Have you cheated on a partner at Bucks?
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End of year shows. Katherine Hudson @KaFHudson Third year Advertising: Creative
May Issue
So Here We Are Bucks Degree Shows 2014
Bucks End Of Year Show 2014
So here we are; that time of year where we awake yawning and sticky eyed from Easter hibernation, stretch out and slowly unfurl ourselves in preparation to face the reality that this year it’s our final hurdle. Degree shows are just around the corner and there is still much preparation to be done. Textiles students have been working on their degree show projects since September and after extensive research and testing it’s all finally coming together. "I can’t wait to have it up, step back from it and be able to say that we did it." Says Giverny Simm, third year Surface Design student. "We’re all really excited about the opportunities that lie ahead now." After the debut of their show at Bucks, textiles students venture to three other venues over the course of the summer; Indigo in Paris, New Designers and 100% Design in London. The textiles students would also like to put out a huge thanks to their technicians, "without them half our projects wouldn’t have been possible." Graphic Design have decided to name their show 'This way up' this year. "We're playing on the concept of packing up and moving on," Lilly Jones explains, "However because our course is so multi disciplinary and isn't solely graphic design, illustration, packaging or branding etc. We've played on the fact that we're all going in different directions and to different places." For all of us putting on shows this year, it may be the end of an era but it’s also the beginning of a whole new chapter. Many of us are also going on to show our work in London with the hope of attracting industry professionals and seeking out possible career opportunities. Creative Advertising Students are taking their show to Karmarama in Kings Cross this year on Thursday 19 June and Contemporary Furniture students will also go on exhibit at New Designers in London in hope of wowing the industry.
‘untitled’ by georgina tower
The Creative Advertising bunch have been planning their show since before Christmas with a strong focus on taking it to London after a week at Bucks. Frankie Buzzeo, third year student on the course, is confident that it’ll be a hit, "The creative advertising degree show is just as edgy as its students. It's all about us and just how cool we really all are. All 40 of us have had input so just imagine 40 creatives running one show its obviously going to be insane." The theme of family has been decided on with inspiration from the 1980’s and 90’s, injecting some fun and frolics into our final few weeks at Bucks. The Fine Artists have chosen to brand their show with a red dot. Max Kirwin explains the concept; ‘The forth-coming Bucks New University Fine Art degree show is untitled. Instead a red dot or circle is used to represent the end of year show, a visual symbol for a visual subject. In the art context the red dot also represents that a piece of work is sold, this refers to money, excess and selling out. Tactics aside art allows a creative reflection of life that is not bound by scientific enquiry or media. But one of singular voices shouting together as culture, by working with what they have been given and what the hell they are going to do with it.’
the Creative Ad bunch in full Awkward 80's family regalia
There have been some innovative methods of fundraising this year. Creative Ad’s ‘beg borrow and steal’ philosophy lead them to securing their venue in London and some free booze, on the premise that they do something to promote the craft beer brewed by Karmarama to raise money for Prostate Cancer UK. And Furniture: Fine Craft have combated funding cuts by selling off pieces of the parquet flooring that have been taken up as part of the university renovation to raise money for their show, and promote recycling!
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So what kind of thing can we expect to see at this year’s degree exhibitions? The private view may be on Friday the 13 this year but bad luck is not on our agenda. Textiles promise a huge variety of design and craft from bespoke to commercial, from printed fabrics to car design; between knit, print, and surface there will be a huge diversity of work on show in the Red Shed. Creative Advertising celebrate awkward family dynamics in their 80’s themed home from home, featuring advertising work to spark the imagination and cure the dread of the ad break.
‘untitled’ by Thomas Hempstock
Spacial design students are working on a dynamic to link their pieces visually as you walk around the exhibition, helping to take you a journey through the work. Everyone’s final project is different and dynamic in it’s own way. There will be models of various scales and sizes, CAD work and lots of inspiring images so that visitors can fully visualise the spaces. Graphic Designers celebrate the different paths they are heading out on this summer and are sure to wow us yet again with their slick designs and ingenuity. Fine Art explore creative reflection of life in their work and promise a thought provoking show. Contemporary Furniture and Fine Craft Furniture will be sharing a space this year. So expect to see an eclectic mix of work, bringing together classic and contemporary techniques in one show. From gutsy modern designs to beautifully crafted delicate pieces across both disciplines.
'Everything is a construct, Everytime, anyplace' by Maxwell Kirwin
In a nutshell, there will be a huge diversity of work comprised of the blood, sweat and tears of everyone taking part all over the university. You’ll be able to wander around and view the huge range of work, from Animation and Visual Effects to Furniture Restoration and all in between, completely free of charge from the private view on Friday 13 of June until the shows come down on Thursday 19. With only a few weeks left to go we’re all putting our backs and arses into it. So come along on Friday 13 and see if we pull it off. I think we can crack it.
DANCE IT! After months of hard work and stress but fun and laughter too, it’s hard to believe that this academic year is almost at an end. So why not celebrate in style? That’s exactly what we dance undergraduates intend to do, and we’d like to invite you all to join us. On Thursday 5th June, the Bucks Dance courses will be holding their annual end of year showcase and awards night. This night provides the perfect opportunity for the dance students to showcase their choreographic and performance talents within a professional theatre setting. The production will consist of a variety of dance styles, including: Jazz, Latin and Rock ‘N’ Roll, a diversity of styles for which the courses here at Bucks are uniquely renowned. The dancers are currently working hard to complete their routines; whether as a solo act, duet or a ‘family’ collective. Unfortunately, not all of this year’s achievements can be included in the show and so as part of the professional process; the students have to audition their creations in front of a panel of academics. This panel will have the unenviable task of selecting the final pieces to be showcased. The committee of students and lecturers will be working behind the scenes to ensure the smooth running of the show. From advertising and stage management, to front of house crew and first aid, the committee will be striving for another successful performance, and doing their utmost to make the show even bigger and better than the last. I am looking forward to performing as a third year student, and reflecting on my development as an independent artist. This show will be a great chance to perform one last time with my peers in front of family and friends. For those of us completing our final year, it will be an emotional but exciting close to our university journey before we embark on our own separate adventures. This will be an evening of fantastic dance and inspiring achievement, so don’t miss out, book your tickets now at bucks.ac.uk/danceit and come celebrate another successful year with us!
26 May Issue
What Goes on Tour, Goes in Print.
Salou
Tour. It’s a week where everything goes. The sunny heights of Salou in Spain play host to one of the maddest (and messiest) weeks in the academic calendar.
There is the odd opportunity to actually partake in sporting competitions, but it’s all about catching some rays, and enjoying a few Sangria. Only a few, though, obviously. Clubs like Pacha host the major sporting events, with drinking, dancing, and pulling high on the sporting agenda. Then we all head off to some of the cheaper dive bars, (well those of us who haven’t paired off already and decided to head back to the hotel.)
With 250 Bucks Students all drinking and dancing, It’s inevitable that some just can’t keep their hands off each other. I mean, have you seen the students at Bucks? Good looking kids. The corridors became a second home for those kind enough to clear their rooms, as ties and hats litter the door handles of the hotel. It’s like an episode of Kicking off in Kavos, only classier because not everyone’s from Liverpool and everyone here can spell three syllable words thanks to the Learning Resource Centre. And it’s not just us lot. For those of you with a slightly more exotic taste, you can check out the hot totty from a selection of other Uni’s as well. Carlsberg don’t do pick and mix, but if they did…
though if you saw a seven year old behave the way you are, you’d be appalled). The henna tattoos that prove just how committed you are to the team for life, (or at least three to four weeks). Unless you decide to get a real tattoo, which serves as a permanent postcard of that time a 21 year old you got p*ssed and decided that now was the best moment in your life and you want to remember it as such.
Tour opens doors for so much. Hair braids that make you look seven again,
We <3 Tour, Roll on 2015.
Your Diaries Sex on the beach. Both a fantastic summer track, and a delicious fruity beverage. But for one unnamed netballer, it was also reality after a day-time session with her boyfriend. Not that she’ll remember, thanks to the booze which forced her boyfriend to take her to Burger King to sober up - who said romance was dead?
When drunk, the bigger man would confess his inebriation. Not one hickey lad, who decided to run away from his friends’ help and directly into a hotel wall. Smooth operator.
Usually, its well played when you find yourself in someone else bed on a night out. But not for one dancer, who on day one decided to p**s herself in someone else's bed, and retreat to the floor for a nap, (whilst half-naked, may we add).
Sinks look best when still attached to the wall. We’re just saying, you know who you are...
Congratulations to Chris and his fiancee Charmaine on their engagement. Maybe we can all celebrate with a tattoo on our arse?
Tour Legends As elected by their respective team. Jeri Murphy – Netball Chris Copeland – Hockey (Mens) Aaron “Genie” Gladwish – American Football Luke Brookes – Rugby Union Tre Moshikoko – Dance Kel Crook – Football Charlotte Millet – Hockey (Ladies)
Abbie Blunt @AbbieBlunt Second Year Music and Live Events Management
If you’re thinking about tour next year. Stop thinking and just book it. You’re young, and beautiful (Or at least the youngest and most beautiful you will ever be in your life again,) so add free and fun to the list. If nothing else, it’s a change of scenery from the same old in Wycombe.
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Whilst the likes of Rugby and Netball were busy causing chaos on the streets of Salou, Bucksnowsoc were tearing up the slopes of the French Alps in Val Thorens.
and although its literal translation means After-Ski, it rarely plays by this definition, with over 40 bars and nightclubs in one place it’s hard not to drink too much.
Val Thorens is the world’s best skiing resort. It’s not an opinion, but a fact proven at the 2013 World Ski Awards. With 600km of piste across the three valleys, it’s the largest skiing area in the World, and with a top elevation of 3220m, its the highest resort in Europe.
“I don’t think I was ever sober” says second year Furniture student Joe Sargent. “I thought I’d remembered most of the trip until I checked my GoPro after a few nights out and found I had no recollection whatsoever of its contents…”
But enough geography. Whilst good snow is essential to any skiing holiday, it only tells half the story of this mad one-weeker for Snowsoc.
Well, Joe, you weren’t alone. With the runs closed by 6, it leaves plenty of time for drinking and clubbing. And if you haven’t been clubbing in the heart of a mountain range, then you quite frankly need to. So for your next year, try something a bit different than the sun and sand, just don’t forget to pack your knitwear.
With over 3,000 attending the annual student festivities hosted at VT, it’s not unusual to find the odd drinking establishment, half of which are actually up the mountain, slopeside. Apres-ski is a big part of the snowsport culture,
Your Diaries Unnamed Sabb elect, your Bucksnowcock can be re-holstered after another fantastic excursion. Swinging, lobbing and slapping people in the face with a doubleender definitely brought a whole new level to the trip. A lower, smuttier level, but a new level all the same!
We don’t know your name, and we know you’ll probably never read this. All we know is that you’re good with a pole. But unknown female Nottingham student who did her best impression of a piste-basher, our boy was very pleased with your effort, well done! And he promises it’s normally bigger, it was just the cold…
DJ Sling. How long does it take to do a sh*t? Unless you started playing poker on your phone, 45 minutes is a tad excessive by anyone's standards. Did you fall asleep, again? If it was honestly that big it needed the full 45 minutes, I’m glad you Waded on through to the end, my friend.
Nice try with tour rep Charlotte, Dan Barratt. Maybe if she hadn’t had a boyfriend, and maybe if he hadn’t have been in town, your heroic efforts would have been better received. Get it? Received? My comic wit is wasted on you guys…
Wear your scars with pride, Harry. But after just two days on a snowboard, a naked run was always going to end in a few ice burns...
Unnamed female pictured below (left). How long does someone need to be on the toilet before you’d stop waiting for them to come out and treat you well? You must have been sat there twiddling your thumbs. At least I hope just your thumbs...
Dan Ballam, we salute you. Only a real man would continue to spend two days snowboarding with a chunk of glass in his foot. When you had the chance to see a doctor, you chose to go and eat beef and chips instead. Hero.
May Issue
Val Thorens
Tom Badger @badgerbyname Third Year Event and Festival Management
28 May Issue
Opinion.
Harmeet Anand @HarmeetSA Third Year Law
Copy+Paste=Profit? Plagiarism is the practice of taking someone else’s work and passing it off as one’s own. (Oxford English dictionary). Like many other universities around the world, Bucks relies heavily on Turnitin to combat plagiarism, a web service that I’m sure we’ve all used at one point of our degrees. However, recently Turnitin has been the subject of some criticism around the campus and the academic world. I’m referring primarily to an article by Jack Grove on timeshighereducation.co.uk.
It is said that Turnitn in some ways does not deter plagiarism, but facilitates it. The main basis of this criticism is that Turnitin’s plagiarism detection software can easily be bypassed. The student can copy and paste a passage, change its syntax, and find the synonyms for one or two words and Turnitin is not likely to pick up on the plagiarism. I can see the logic behind why this would be unwarranted. However, it should be kept in mind that changing the words and syntax are still engaging with the learning process. It is accepted that it is not as ideal as if the student would read through the sources and formulate his answer to the prompt from scratch, but this would be reflected in the final mark the student receives. This isn’t really a viable criticism against Turnitin, it is not an issue of plagiarism but more an issue of student engagement. What is an issue of plagiarism however is the recent surge in services that write essays and dissertations for students. This is an issue that I think warrants more discussion. These services have become more prevalent in recent years, and because of the competition in the market prices for these essays have gone down. Students can get a 5000 word essay done for as little as fifty pounds. I have heard murmurs around campus about students allegedly using one of these services to submit coursework. I have no way of confirming the legitimacy of these rumours. However if they are true, the are essentially the perfect crime. Most marking is done anonymously, and it's difficult to see how in especially large departments the marker would be able to be familiar enough with the entire range of students to know if some of the papers have been bought.
Getting Hitched Thumbs up to the guys behind this year’s Hitch campaign (see what we did there?), which saw 18 Bucks students take to the open roads and try to get to either Croatia or Morocco by hitch-hiking. Trying to get free lifts across the continent from random strangers isn’t easy, but neither’s going to the moon and we had a stab at that. (And by we, I mean the Yanks. But we’ll take it as a claim for humanity). Jacob Underwood, Second Year Furniture Student said: “One highlight was when we met this Romanian guy, he described himself as a transporter*. His job was to sneak people across European borders, and in one day, he would drive from Romania, to Italy, to France, then back to Romania. He took us as far as Austria, but it was well sketchy. He looked a bit like Jason Statham as well…” “Another guy picked you up quite late, trying to get us to Paris. He took us back to his, cooked for us, gave us champagne, it was great, we met some well fucking awesome people.” “We got to Croatia in 7 days, and then spent a week there.”
Using a tracking system to follow the guys as they trekked around Europe, (much like a deranged parent with facebook, constantly watching their children), Sophie and Co-Rep Hollie were able to see exactly how their guys were doing. Sophie, who took part in the charity fundraiser last year, said: “The tracking system is a great way to keep up to date with exactly where everybody is. It updates automatically through facebook so you can share your location with your friends and family.” “I couldn’t be prouder of our guys, Bucks has raised over £3,500 collectively, which will go so far to helping children in Africa and enhancing their education.” “Bucks smashed their target, and reached it long before any other UK university. We smashed it hard!” You bet you did, Sophie. You bet. *Transporter: A transporter is a fictional teleportation machine used in the Star Trek universe. We aren’t sure if this was the kind of transporter he meant. Probably Not.
Bucks Buddies required! This is a unique project funded by the University who are aiming to make the transition into Higher Education as easy as possible. Communication will be via email for which a Buddy account will be set up for you and you may need to communicate in their native language.
We are looking for students who:
• are well organised and have common sense • are an excellent communicator both written and oral • are able to handle responsibility • are self motivated and methodical • have a positive and enthusiastic outlook • are friendly and approachable • are sympathetic to the varying students needs • are conscientious with record keeping, keeping us abreast of how it is going and the review process at the end of the project.
Please contact katie.smith@bucks.ac.uk if you are interested or for more information.
May Issue
Sophie Homan Second Year Police Studies
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Democracy.
May Issue
Jean-Luke Laister First Accounting and Finance
The 2014 NUS National A Review and Opinion by Conference Jean-Luke Laister The NUS is fundamentally wrong. The 2014 National Union of Students National Conference was held in Liverpool during the Easter break this year and worryingly, the majority of the delegates from across the country were made up of socialists, anti-government protestors and disturbing far-left communists (for more information on Communism, see North Korea). Many of these University and College representatives are disillusioned, biased and unfair with many there only for their own political gain.
Political motions that wanted to ban the police on our campus without any regard for our policing students or student safety. In times of great emergency, do we really want the police service filling in paper work before they can even enter our campus? Bucks also voted against the motion for the NUS to join the Trades Union Congress, the TUC, in national demonstrations and strikes. This would only serve to bring about cancelled lectures and seminars at a time when students deserve and demand the most out of their tuition fees.
Bucks, however, were part of the small minority of delegates who actually attended the conference with the hope of improving studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s education and experience. Attending the Conference alongside myself included fellow elected delegate, Matthew Pugsley, as well as Vice President Education and Welfare, Jack Badu. The Bucks delegation voted for the limited motions that will directly affect and benefit our Union and all of us at Bucks, while voting against the many unhelpful political motions.
The NUS Conference yet again throws up the question as to the purpose and usefulness of the NUS. With a share of all our tuition fees rightly going to support our own Studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Union, is it right that a portion of this is then taken by the NUS to fund their politics? This report is in no way associated with Bucks Students Union and the opinions displayed in this article are solely my own personal views.
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PHOTO Gabrielle Motola
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Sport.
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Congratulations go to Buck’s Men’s Rugby, who reached the cup final this year, which was played away at Portsmouth University. The team showed spirit and character in the face of adversity, however commiserations go to them. A great achievement overall, next year, we’re coming back for the silverware!
MOVING OUT SOON? Don’t chuck out your stuff! We’ll shortly be dropping off our new Bucks New Usage bags in halls for you to fill up with the stuff you no longer want. We’ll be collecting donated items over summer, and sprucing them up ready for our free Bucks New Usage shop opening in September! We’ll take anything from duvet covers to forks, as long as they’re clean and still working!
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