Commemorating Carly Beattie A tribute bench will be unveiled on Thursday 3rd November (tomorrow) for the late and truly missed BNU student Carly Beattie. Carly May Beattie, and her brother Daniel, both tragically lost their lives in a plane crash in Merritt Island, Florida, on the 9th of June this year. Friends and fellow Snowsoc members have organised a memorial bench to be established outside the university by the willow tree. “We’ve always talked about getting something set up where we can go to, just to chat and feel close to Carly” explained friend Natasha Mayh, “so we decided on a bench under the willow tree because that’s where we have all the Snowsoc photos taken.” Vice President Student Involvement Amy Gordon helped the group of close friends to get this organised. They wish to express their sincere gratitude to her. Natasha said: “It’s all down to Amy... she was the one who helped us organise the meetings with Ruth Farwell.” Vice Chancellor Ruth Farwell was very enthusiastic about the idea, and in turn is paying for the bench out of her own money, despite friends of Carly initially saying they would run a fundraising event.
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By Sarah O’Brien Student Editor Tomorrow would have been Carly’s 22nd birthday, friend Rachel Malpas went on to say, so they will be attending Blue Rinse at the SU that night; which was Beattie’s favourite event. Another of Carly’s closest friends Dominique Lin-Holmes told The Bucks Student how the bench will be engraved with words from one of her favourite songs, The Last Laugh by Mark Knopfler. The lyrics should read: “They had you crawling and you came up flying” – which friends say was a massive inspiration for Carly to study pilot training. The unveiling of the bench will take place at midday tomorrow underneath the willow tree. Ruth Farwell will be making a short speech to commemorate our fellow student. Everyone will be wearing yellow, Carly’s favourite colour, and there will be a special printed fabric to unveil this touching tribute. For more information please join the Facebook page Carly Beattie’s Memorial Bench Unveiling. This is a very special occasion to remember a well-loved and inspirational Bucks student.
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Hello again and welcome to yet another edition of The Bucks Student. Firstly there are a few special mentioned I would like to make... There was a great turnout to both our Athletic Union and Societies training. These training sessions are where your committee members from your teams and societies are trained in how to run everything. Congratulations also go to the successful students who were elected as either Student Reps or Union Councillors. These students volunteer their time to make sure your student experience is the best it can be. If you have any issues you want to resolve within your
course, your Student Rep is someone you can talk to and help in making a difference. If for some reason you don’t know who your rep is, visit bucksstudent.com/repfinder to find your rep and you get their details to get in touch with the. Last week, eighteen students were elected as Councillors to the students’ union Council and their role is to scrutinise the students’ union and to ensure that the policies and procedures meet the needs and interests of our members. Over the last few weeks, I have met with the local police, local councillors and members of the community to discuss issues of anti-social behaviour in the Hughenden area. This has become so serious that the police are now clamping down on this and charging people who are involved in causing disturbances. My message is to not get involved in anti-social behaviour and I have been backing students and ensuring that local residents are aware that not every student is responsible and more importantly, how much good work students do in the local community. Getting a criminal record at a young age can
stop you getting jobs, travelling abroad and can have other serious repercussions. If you know of someone who has been involved in anti-social behaviour which includes smashing glass, knocking on doors, loud noise from parties into the early hours, you need to make a point that the actions of these people are tainting the reputation of the whole student body. To leave you on a positive note, I would like to congratulate all of the sports teams who have had a great start to their fixtures with an amazing 26 wins and only 11 losses. If you want to get involved in anything we do as a union it is not too late. Just call in and have a chat with us, visit our website bucksstudent.com and give us a call on 01494 601 600.
Letter from the Student Editor Hello everyone, Hope we’re all keeping well and not suffering too much in this horrendous winter weather! Doesn’t make our early morning lectures so much worse? Anyway, I know I say it every time but this edition really is brilliant. We’ve had some hilarious articles! My personal favourites are all in the lifestyles section; see Sick and Cynical, Happy Shiny People and
Embarrassing Episodes and Social Slip-ups. Guaranteed to bring much-needed laughter in these freezing conditions – is it just me or is inside the old part of the university colder than it is outside? Now I know we’re a few days too late, but we’ve made this edition somewhat Halloween themed. So you can read about why we were all dressed up like idiots over the weekend. This will be the last edition before Reading Week, so I hope you all have a well deserved break from university, but keep in mind it is Reading week for a reason! Then again, I never did so I can talk! Safe journey to anyone travelling home! All the best, Sarah Sarah, Student Editor
Letter from the Deputy Student Editor Greetings everyone. Welcome to another edition of The Bucks Student. Winter has come and with that the long nights and cold winds. So hopefully everyone has remembered to budget in order to pay their heating bills or else you are in for a chilly few weeks! But, never
fear, the latest edition of The Bucks Student will hopefully keep your brain active and warm if nothing else. Inside, you will find the usual mix of the latest news from around the uni, fashion tips and food recipes. Film and music lovers should check out our reviews section which includes the
new Tintin movie and a review of Kill It Kid, who played at the Students Union recently. Of course, Movember is upon us and we have interesting facts about cancer research and tips for all you men out there on how to grow the perfect ronnie! Check out the sports section for all the latest
news and reports from our Bucks team’s exploits as the sports season kicked into gear a couple of weeks ago. As always there is a load more for you to feast your eyes on, so, until next time, happy reading. And guys; good look with the beards! Gary Anderson Deputy Student Editor
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Education meets business in Bucks The to launch the Clare Busines School Human Library
Above (L-R): Sarah Newall, Director of External Relations at Aylesbury College; Prof Chris Kemp, Pro Vice Chancellor and Executive Dean: Faculty of Design, Media & Management, Bucks New University; Prof Ruth Farwell, Vice Chancellor of Bucks New University; Mike Clare, patron of the Clare Business School and Pete Rowe, Headteacher, Princes Risborough School. Businesses in Buckinghamshire are set to benefit from an exciting new initiative, the Clare Business School, an entrepreneurial, educational and partnership hub designed to support business initiatives across the country. Developed with Mike Clare, one of Buckinghamshire’s most successful serial entrepreneurs, the new School was launched at the Clare Foundation in Saunderton, near Princes Risborough, on 19 October. The Clare Business School will be delivered by Bucks New University in High Wycombe and Aylesbury College, along with schools across Buckinghamshire, through the Bucks Association of Secondary Heads (BASH). It aims to bring together businesses and students in a proactive, efficient and productive way to give students real experience within the business world, whilst simultaneously providing tailored solutions to local business needs. This unique cross-sector education and business collaboration will be supported by many high profile organisations including John Lewis, Marks & Spencer, Hands of Wycombe, Jarvis Hotels, Dreams, Eden Shopping Centre, NatWest, Amazingadvert Retreats and more. 16-2-11.pdf bnuNewspaper (270mmby85mm) More than 100 business leaders, educational figures
and entrepreneurs attended the launch event, and speakers included Nick Hill, Technical & Sourcing Manager at Marks & Spencer; Helen Ryder, Recruitment and Development Manager at John Lewis in High Wycombe; and Paul Reilly, Chief Executive of quality furniture maker, Hands of Wycombe. Mike Clare, Executive Chairman of Clarenco, will play an active role in the initiative as patron and said: “I am delighted to lend my support to this initiative which is ground-breaking in its formation due to the unique integration of educational and local business. “Buckinghamshire is considered the entrepreneurial heart of Britain and the School aims to inspire and help managers and business leaders to develop solutions to deal with challenges within their business. I believe the Clare Business School will be a great success and I urge organisations to get in touch to see how we can help.” The educational partners of the Clare Business School will combine resources to support local businesses by giving access to: • Specialists in sales and marketing, finance, procurement HR 1and 16/02/2011 23:09 • Professionals that offer business solutions via
consultancy and research as well as live projects undertaken by students • Knowledge transfer partnerships part-funded by government sources • Market research through specialists as well as live student projects • Business networking in the UK and overseas • State-of-the-art business facilities The Clare Business School is the brainchild of Professor Chris Kemp, Pro Vice Chancellor and Executive Dean: Faculty of Design, Media & Management at Bucks New University. Chris said: “The strength of the educational collaboration that forms the School is unique and we can really help local businesses by providing them with sustainable solutions to their needs. Given the strong government focus on employability and driving forward UK business, this is exactly the right time to launch such an important initiative.” If you are interested in being a part of the Clare Business School initiative or would like to find out more, please contact Julie Catlow, Clare Business School administrator on 01494 522141 or email info@clarebusinessschool.com.
Organisers are looking for students to support this year’s Human Library initiative at High Wycombe Library, where people act as books to promote awareness of cultural, disabled, health and lifestyle issues. The Human Library takes place on the second floor of the Library in Eden Place, High Wycombe, between 11am and 5pm on Sunday 13 November and Sunday 20 November and visitors can ‘borrow’ a book for a 30-minute conversation in a confidential environment. People, often representing marginalised or misunderstood groups or professions, give their time to tell their personal stories to help raise awareness and break down misconceptions. Volunteers act as the books and speak about their own backgrounds, ranging from issues including having a hearing impairment, being American, being a non-disabled wheelchair user, or a child protection social worker. A total of 25 ‘books’ are expected to be available. Jo Edwards, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, said: “We have some staff members and students who are giving time to be ‘books’ at the event. “If you are interested in being a ‘book’ yourself, please let me know and we can discuss further. If you don’t want to be a ‘book’, we would hugely welcome you as a ‘reader’ we don’t want ‘books’ left unread on the ‘bookshelf’!” The events have been organised with Buckinghamshire County Council, Wycombe Sharing of Faiths, and Bucks New University. To volunteer to be a book, or for more detail about the Human Library, email jo.edwards@bucks.ac.uk.
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‘Miss Cocaine’ Columbian model was a smuggler?
Bullying - French schools are no longer safe
Stunning Columbian model Angie Sancelmente Valencia was put on trial in Argentina after being accused of running a net of beautiful, young and innocent looking models to smuggle cocaine from Argentina to Europe. Her lawyer is currently fighting for an outright acquittal of his client, claiming she was only involved in this under the influence of her ex-boyfriend, it was revealed on 19th of October. Prosecutors suspect that Valencia, whose nickname in Columbia was ‘Miss Cocaine’, was a leader of a very famous and dangerous smuggling net called ‘Charlie’s Angels’. The 30-year-old was allegedly recruiting young and attractive models from Argentina and training them how to smuggle this addictive drug. These girls could easily lie that they are going to work abroad and smuggle cocaine straight to Europe. Everything failed when one 21-year-old model was stopped at the airport in Buenos Aires, carrying a massive load of cocaine in her bag and agreed to co-operate with the police. Valencia used to be a girlfriend of a very infamous Columbian drug-king, known as the ‘Monster’. Their relationship failed a year ago and according to the prosecutor’s theory, the Columbian beauty decided to run the drug business on her own. According to the defence, the whole net was organised by her exboyfriend Nicolas Gualco, which they hope to prove in the Argentinean court next week. Doesn’t it sound familiar to the script from the Blow movie? Maybe we can expect another great production out of this cocaine mess.
For a lot of pupils school is not a safe place. One in ten French pupils have admitted they experience continuing oppressiveness and humiliation by their fellow classmates, it was revealed by the French survey done by the Minister of Education amongst middle schools. French daily newspaper Le Parisien reveals that this was the survey done in almost 300 schools, reflecting the experience of thousands of students. These results are supposed to help building a new anti-bullying programme in French schools. Almost 90% of students feel safe and happy at school but 10%, which is about 300,000 students, admits they experienced continuing bullying in their class. The most common examples of bullying were upsetting nicknames and all sorts of verbal abuse. An alarming 6% of students admitted they were victims of exaction and almost 2% suffered from little injuries by knife. La Parisien reminds us that similar results were revealed by the survey done by UNICEF in French primary schools. This definitely calls for a reasonable response from the Minister of Education. The Minister of Education, Luc Chatel announced that those results are not yet alarming as they regard only 2% of students to be seriously struggling. Although he has promised to prepare a new programme to help fighting bullying in schools, and make them a safe and happy experience for every student. Bullying is unacceptable, so is no response to fight this act. Let’s hope Mr Chatel will take his job seriously and save thousands innocent victims.
Above: emergency workers helping an elderly woman to safety
Away from us, deadly floods killed more than 100 At least 103 people were killed by the aggressive floods which hit Middle America on 20th October. Heavy rains, which have flooded this area for past few weeks have had fatal results, and emergency services are struggling to prevent more deaths. Water destroyed roads, bridges and major agricultural areas; it was announced by the Government. The head of Salvadorian civil defence, Jorge Melendez announced that 32 people were killed in his area when two major rivers, Grande and Lemp flooded local farms. The whole country is in the state of emergency. People from Guatemala live in fear of mud avalanches, which have already destroyed some roads and houses. The President of this country appealed to his citizens to be aware of slippery river sides and to avoid travelling by car, as the roads can collapse. Local authorities in the Nicaragua monitor the water level in the Managua Lake as its water raised by almost 1.5 metres in one week. There are already 600 temporary shelters for suffering families. This whole tragedy was caused by the very strong tropical storm called ‘Twelve-E’ which has evoked havoc in Middle America since October 10th. As the winter season is about to hit us, we should all hope there won’t be any more tragic natural disasters this year and do our best to help those who already suffered. By: Mandi C
Volunteering Project at Hughenden Path, 19th October 2011
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By Tansy Ratcliffe - James Armed with wheel barrows, litter pickers and loppers, 20 keen Bucks students set off with the Volunteering team from the Students’ Union to do battle with Hughenden Path. As many of you know, this path is not the most idyllic of places; it is strewn with litter and overgrown with brambles. The aim for the day was to clear the path of all the rubble and to make it a generally less intimidating place to walk down for students and locals alike. We were working in association with the Wycombe District Council’s Woodlands Service and the local project ‘Revive the Wye’ – Tony and Roger guided us as to what needed clearing and which plants we were to leave to rejuvenate the local ecosystem. A good time was had by all getting to grips with the brambles and giving them marching orders. The Bucks students were also helped out by two Thames Valley Police Community Support Officers who, armed with litter pickers made short work of the stream-bed that was full of rubbish at the beginning of the project and all squeaky clean (or as clean as a stream-bed can be) by the end of the day. This Hughenden path project really brought all parts of the community together as members of the local homeless centre, ‘The Old Tea Warehouse’, also got stuck in, adding their elbow grease to the efforts of the team. The good weather held out for us, apart from
one brief rain shower, and the project was a great success. One member of ‘The Old Tea Warehouse’ found 5 watches stashed in the reeds and 20 bin bags were filled of rubbish and taken away, leaving
the path nice and clean and tidy. Good work everyone! To get involved, please email volunteering@ bucks.ac.uk or visit bucksstudent.com/volunteer.
Lingerie firm praises Bucks students’ bright ideas for apps
Above: Student Mike Viney presents the ‘La Menza’ app.
Students from Buckinghamshire New University are looking forward to working with high street lingerie retailer La Senza on an app for its Christmas collection after winning a competition judged by the firm’s Marketing Director. Sarah Hawkins visited the University in High Wycombe to see presentations by three teams of students suggesting ideas for apps to encourage more men to shop in the store. A team called Solutions came out on top as the competition winners. Solutions’ idea was called ‘La Menza’, an interactive product browsing application enabling the user to select store merchandise and display on interchangeable models. The app would save an image and details of any item alongside a 20%-off discount code.
The Solutions team consisted of students Rachel Pritchard and Liz Lyons, studying BA (Hons) Public Relations and Marketing Communications; Mike Viney, Brandon Whitelock and Roseanne Dodds, on the BA (Hons) Advertising Management and Digital Communication course; Robbie Phillips and Alex Lloyd, studying BA (Hons) Business and Marketing Management; and Waihin Leung, a BA (Hons) Marketing student. La Senza had contacted Bucks New University asking for students to help design an app to boost its number of male shoppers and the students, from different year groups, produced the presentations together. Sarah said: “I thought all of the ideas were fantastic, full of initiative and endeavour and the teams had some great names.”
She was so impressed she has now invited the students to help O2 on ideas for an app to maximise La Senza’s sales potential up to and over the festive period, and said La Senza will also take on board the undergraduates’ ideas to encourage an increase in male customers. Ruth Hickmott, Senior Lecturer in Marketing at Bucks New University, said: “This task was originally completed during induction week and the students were given just four hours to come up with their proposals, so they did a fantastic job. “In fact, three of the students in the group were first years who had only just joined the University. In light of this, the standard of work they produced was outstanding and I was keen for La Senza to come along to see it for themselves.”
It’s Moustache Season. Here’s a couple of things you probably did not know... • The world’s longest moustache is believed to be an 11ft 6in monster belonging to Ram Singh Chauhan of Rajastan, India, who regularly massages it with mustard and coconut oil to keep it healthy. • Researchers in 1936 found that if you attach a false moustache to the face of a wild female woodpecker, a male woodpecker will attack her as if she were a rival male. • In 2008, 37,051 new cases of prostate cancer were diagnosed and 10,168 men died. • Testicular cancer in the UK affects younger men between the ages of 20 and 50. • 1,990 men were diagnosed with the disease in 2007. • The rate of cancer diagnoses in men is considerably higher than the rate in women. In every 100,000 men there will be 417 cases diagnosed, compared to 366 cases per 100,000 females. So the reasons for the poor state of men’s health in the UK and around the world are numerous and complex and this is primarily due to a lack of awareness of the health issues men face. Movember aims to create awareness. During November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on thousands of men’s faces in the UK and around the world. The aim of which is to raise vital funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer and other cancers that affect men. Statistics prove everything and here they prove that you can help. Research last year showed that: • 2010: Movember raised £48.5 million globally • 2009: Raised £20.9 million • 89% of participants spent time thinking about improving their general health • 57% of participants have had a general check-up • 70% discussed men’s health with their family, friends or colleagues during Movember • 58% carried out personal research on men’s health issues during Movember • 51% worried about their general health • 77% understood that their health depends on how well they take care of themselves. So how can you take part? Log onto Movember.com and see for yourself! Bucks Music Business are holding a launch and a finale party at the SU – come along and find out more! Rules: Beginning on the 1st on November with a clean shaven face Moustaches must be grown and maintained through the whole month of Movember No joining of moustache to side burns - This is a Beard No joining of handlebars - This is a goatee Each man with moustache must conduct himself like a true country gentleman. So let the growing commence... http://uk.movember.com/ Look out for other inventive cancer awareness including James Bum and near naked man: http://www.malecancer.org/ By: Sorcha Collister
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Where’s Jack Bauer? The first 24 community nurse and allied health professionals in a new yearlong ‘Nurse First’ programme were at Missenden Abbey Conference Centre earlier this month for their first threeday workshop. The course, the first of its kind in the country, has been developed and delivered by The Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI), Bucks New University, and the Shaftesbury Partnership, is funded by Johnson & Johnson Corporate Citizenship Trust and equips participants with a Postgraduate Diploma in Social Innovation. Participants develop an innovative project from idea to reality during seven three-day workshops at Missenden. Read more on the QNI website.
It’s up to you... MA Advertising students spent nine days in New York earlier this month, where they visited advertising agencies and creative companies to broaden their international experience and gained insights into how these are firms are responding to change in the US. The group was hosted by 12 agencies and also attended a client interactive creative workshop at innovation company What If. Course leader Bruce Sinclair said: “This was the sixth workshop in a series that has previously benefited nearly 200 Advertising Creative and MA Advertising students. It is a unique event available only to Bucks students.”
Roll out the red carpet! A video directed by BA (Hons) Video Production Digital with Creative graduates Robert Brandon and Robin Gray, under their production label Rob & Rob, has been nominated for the Best Pop Video (budget section) at the UK Music Video Awards (UKMVA), to be held at the Empire, Leicester Square, on 8 November. Rob & Rob directed ‘Relax my Beloved’ by artist Alex Clare. Frazer Mackenzie, Head of the School of Production & New Media, said: “Being nominated at the UKMVA provides a fantastic platform for our students to launch their filmmaking careers.” For more details go to the UKMVA website and see the video on Vimeo.
Brace yourself, Rodney! MA Furniture Conservation and Decorative Arts students have spent four days restoring and conservation cleaning a chandelier which has hung in the grand entrance of historic Halton House since the late-19th century. The structure, weighing around half a ton, hangs over a staircase in the building which dates back to 1884 and is used as an officers mess for servicemen at RAF Halton, having previously belonged to Alfred Rothschild. The students have cleaned the glass lustres on the chandelier, replaced the wiring and restored some parts of the structure during the project, completed as part of the decorative aspect of their qualification.
jailbreak 2011 beg, blag and borrow your way to freedom
12th - 14th november 2011 Get as far away from the uni as possible in 48 hours without spending a penny of your own money. Blag tickets and guilt your family and friends into helping you on your mission to break free. Get sponsored and help raise some much needed money for the RAG charities this year: Learn as One and The Pepper Hospice.
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Thames Valley Police join forces with local universities to get more bobbies on the beat
Thames Valley Police is working in partnership with Bucks New University, Oxford Brookes University, and the University of Northampton (Milton Keynes Campus), to deliver an alternative method of entry to the Force. From 2014, the Force will be seeking to recruit a significant percentage of its future police officers from graduates of Foundation Degrees in Policing at the three universities. The course will meet national standards and involve both academic learning and practical application as a special constable. The two year course, which will start in September 2012, has been jointly designed to equip students with the necessary knowledge and skills required for an operational policing role. Those students who successfully complete the course, and are recruited by Thames Valley Police, will join the Force as independent patrol student officers, and will be deployed to Local Police Areas (LPAs) within days of joining. Don Oldcorn, Thames Valley Police Training Design Manager, said: “Thames Valley Police will continue to select and recruit officers by the traditional methods; however, this course is an additional option that will give university students an opportunity, through operational activity and academic development, to make a positive contribution to policing, while gaining an academic qualification that prepares them for a career within Thames Valley Police. “Those who successfully complete the course will have the opportunity to apply to join the Force as student officers capable of undertaking independent patrol. “If students are successful and are recruited as police officers by Thames Valley Police on completion of the Foundation Degree process, they will go on to complete the current national policing qualification.” Stephen Fox, Head of Social Sciences, Primary Care & Education, at Bucks New University, said: “The exciting new Foundation Degree in Policing offered at Bucks New University will enable students to gain both academic knowledge and practical experience as a Special Constable, ensuring that they are fully-prepared for employment upon successful completion of the course. Students will benefit from the modern learning
environment at Bucks, which includes a mock bedsit, custody suite and suspect interview room. “Policing has a long heritage at Bucks, and a special working relationship with Thames Valley Police exists through our range of policing undergraduate programmes. This new Foundation Degree in Policing enhances our portfolio of courses within the Criminal Justice and Social Studies Department, and extends our ability to provide qualified, experienced and employable police officers.” Robert Lyman, Senior Lecturer, Police & Criminal Justice Studies, School of Social Sciences at the University of Northampton, said: “The University of Northampton is pleased to be working in partnership with Thames Valley Police to provide the new Foundation Degree in Policing which is due to commence in September 2012. “Students will be taught by a mixture of University lecturers and serving police officers, they will undertake practical work based learning with Thames Valley Police by working as Special Constables on a number of structured tutoring phases, gradually obtaining the independent patrol standards of regular serving officers. “The University of Northampton, together with New Bucks University and Oxford Brookes University, have all been working alongside Thames Valley Police to produce a core product that will be delivered at their strategically placed campuses in various locations within the Thames Valley policing area. The University of Northampton will be running the course from the University Centre in Milton Keynes and students will gain their work based learning in that area. “The University of Northampton has several years experience in delivering policing courses and the relationship with Thames Valley Police is a new and exciting partnership.” Richard Huggins, Associate Dean for Strategy and Development at Oxford Brookes University, said: “The Foundation Degree in Policing will equip Special Constables with the theoretical understanding and the practical expertise needed to undertake the role. “This Foundation Degree helps achieve consistency of training for the role of Special Constable as it is a nationally recognised qualification. After the two year course there is an opportunity to top up the FD to an honours degree.
Help me! pick up more skills By Harrison Boileau Bucks New University has all types of courses from creative to traditional. I am personally studying Film and Television Production and a lecturer pointed out to me the other day that students are not using each other’s skills enough. Film is obviously not just about filming; there are lots of areas such as acting, sound, set design, props, advertising, accounting and many others. So why not use people that are at university specialising in these areas? The same goes for students who may need help with filming for projects or any of the course areas that I mentioned. It is good for the C.V. and general practice. I know the more I use a camera or editing software then the more I learn about them and I am sure it is likewise for all students in whatever area of study …unless you know everything there is to know and are just at uni for ‘lols’ it’s only a debt of eighteen grand at the end of the day. Obviously, I am not saying that we have to help each other out all the time but I will probably be asking for help in some areas over the next couple of ‘degree’ years, and I will be more than happy to return the favour.
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Bucks New University reaches greener heights
Above (L-R): Prof Ruth Farwell, Vice Chancellor of Bucks New University; Richard Freeman, Programme Manager of the Thames Valley HIEC; Prof David Sines CBE, Pro Vice Chancellor and Executive Dean: Society & Health, at Bucks New University; David Doughty, Chair of the Thames Valley HIEC; Dr Catherine O’Sullivan, Chief Executive of the Thames Valley HIEC and Dr John Turnbull, Thames Valley HIEC
Bucks will be host to the Thames Valley HEIC until the end of March 2013
Bucks to support innovation in healthcare Buckinghamshire New University will become the new host of an organisation dedicated to developing ideas to improve the experiences of NHS patients and the quality and effectiveness of services they receive. The Thames Valley Health Innovation and Education Cluster (HIEC) will be hosted by Bucks New University from the beginning of October. The Cluster was set up in April 2010 to ensure that enterprising and innovative ideas that promote patient safety and clinical effectiveness make their way into working practice as soon as possible. Bucks New University was one of the founding members of the HIEC, which brings together a range of NHS Foundation Trusts and Primary Care Trusts, universities, district and county councils, and other organisations. The University will now become the ‘legal host’ for the HIEC and will provide back-office services such as finance and HR support. The University will also have responsibility for ensuring that the contractual compliance and governance requirements of the organisation are met. Prof David Sines, Pro Vice Chancellor and Executive Dean: Society & Health, at Bucks New University said: “We have a long tradition of working with the very best partners to influence, inspire and nurture talent for the diffusion of innovative ideas and solutions that promote clinical excellence, safeguard patients and enable the design and delivery of responsive educational solutions for the benefit of the health and social care workforce and for the wider community. “The ‘new’ in our name epitomises our determination to be
innovative and forward-thinking, and being able to respond quickly to a rapidly changing world. Innovation in healthcare is of benefit to everyone - patients, their friends, carers and families, and the many nurses and healthcare professionals that we educate. It is entirely fitting for us to support the HIEC in encouraging the adoption and dissemination of good ideas across the Thames Valley region.” The HIEC focuses on four main areas: integrated services; patient safety; care closer to home; and capacity and capability development. A particular focus for the coming months will be working with GPs on the design and implementation of care pathways – enhancing opportunities for the provision of care closer to home for defined groups of patients. David Doughty, Chair of the Thames Valley HIEC, said: “We are delighted that Bucks New University is hosting the Thames Valley HIEC. Our aim is to harness the knowledge, experience, talents and influence of key partners in the Thames Valley region, and the talent, knowledge and enthusiasm found in the region’s universities is a perfect complement to the desire for innovation found in many areas of the NHS. We look forward to working more closely with Bucks New University as our host partner, and to building upon the strong foundations of our partnership working.” Bucks New University will be host to the Thames Valley HIEC until the end of March 2013. For further information visit tvhiec.org.uk. For more information on Bucks New University, visit bucks.ac.uk.
Buckinghamshire New University has achieved the Carbon Trust Standard in recognition of measuring, managing and reducing its carbon emissions. The University achieved a five per cent reduction in its carbon footprint over the three year assessment period, and received the following words of support from Harry Morrison, General Manager of the Carbon Trust Standard: “We congratulate Buckinghamshire New University on its achievement. Earning the Carbon Trust Standard requires strong commitment to making real change and is well within the reach of those with desire to be part of a lower-carbon world. “As a leader in the carbon certification market, it certifies organisations that have met rigorous criteria for measuring their carbon footprint, demonstrating they have well-implemented energy and carbon management systems in place and which have reduced emissions year on year.” The Carbon Trust Standard was developed by the Carbon Trust to encourage good practice in carbon measurement, management and reduction by businesses and public sector organisations. It is designed to provide a robust, objective and consistent methodology for assessing corporate carbon performance. Ian Hunter, Director of Estates at Bucks New University, said: “Achieving the Carbon Trust Standard is great acknowledgement of our achievements to date, and demonstrates our commitment to reducing carbon emissions each year. It is something that we can be proud to tell our students, partners and suppliers. Indeed, achieving the Standard means that Bucks is now able to use and promote the official Carbon Trust Standard logo as recognition of our carbon credentials.”
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Bucks amongst top 30 universities BUY ANY HOT DRINK in ‘value-added’ salary research Buckinghamshire New University has been identified as one of the top 30 universities in the UK when ranked in order of ‘value-added based on graduate salary’. The research, which was published in a lead article in Times Higher Education and entitled ‘Salary premium from post92s can trump that of bigger names’, considered the impact of universities’ contributions to adding value for students on graduate salaries.
Conducted by international consultants, The Parthenon Group, the research cited elements such as subject mix and location which may be key factors in the results of the survey, and recognised Bucks as one of the few, newer ‘post-92’ institutions to feature in the top 30 ‘highest value’ UK universities, alongside such elite names as Oxford and Cambridge Universities. Professor Ruth Farwell, Vice Chancellor of Bucks New University, said: “It is encouraging and very
satisfying to see that a new university such as Bucks is able to compete with the longer-established universities when it comes to providing added value for students when measured alongside graduated salaries. “The research undertaken by The Parthenon Group provides a very positive reference to our graduates’ employability, and acknowledges the strength and success of our applied courses for students at Bucks.”
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Thinking out of the Box
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Sick and Cynical H idden in the deepest recess of my soul lies something shameful. It’s a truth so shocking that if revealed you could turn to stone, lose your hair through shock or simply cry. This truth is that I have, yes, spent time on ‘Chatroulette’. When I say “spent time” I’m in no way implying that I’ve sat on the website swinging my almonds around in front of strangers; I simply mean that I’ve sat, mocking, “nexting” sad individuals for an extended amount of time. “Chatroulette” was launched in November 2009 by one Andrey Ternovskiy from Russia. At its point of creation, Ternovskiy was 17 and seemed to have a fairly innocent premise for the website: “I myself enjoyed talking to friends with Skype using a microphone and webcam. But we got tired of talking to each other eventually. So I decided to create a little site for me and my friends where we could connect randomly with other people.”B.Stone, The New York Times, February 2010. Going from 500 visitors to 5000 in a month, the website’s popularity grew. In February 2010 it was reported that an approximate “35,000 people are on Chatroulette at any given time”.
The website was extremely popular. It was an online trend which serious press sources couldn’t get enough off. Hundreds of subjective articles written by pompous journalists exploring what you can really find on “Chatroulette”. Curiosity is of course wound into our biological make-up; everyone seemed just so intrigued to find out for themselves: “What does an old man’s Johnson look like?” Imagine seeing your Dad on “Chatroulette”, sitting there like a large reptile with his goods out. I think if there was a way to combine ‘Facebook’ and ‘Chatroulette’ we’d be onto something magical. If you’re logged in; you can visit the profile of the girl you fancy and watch them. Skip the holiday pictures and go straight for gold; watch them move about, pick their teeth and wipe their nose - pitching that wouldn’t be too tricky. Despite the rubbing, excitable men, and American college students, ‘Chatroulette’ has proven itself to be not so focused on phallic discovery. Which leads to my current (albeit dated) ULTIMATE ONLINE OBSESSION: If you go onto youtube.com and type in the
Y search bar “Chatroulette Piano Improv” you can watch a man who sings improvised lyrics and plays piano to the random selections he has been given online. If you’ve already seen it or have seen a video which is equally as amusing, please don’t hesitate to write about it and contact: student.editor@ thebucksstudent.com Now I will go on to share some horrific ‘Chatroulette’ stories: - I once clicked ‘next’ and was delighted to see a middle aged man sitting silently (naked) on the toilet. He’d made the effort to bring his laptop in so he could show the world how beautiful his droppings were. I thought briefly “Wrong website mate, you need to go on ratemypoo.com”. - I was once greeted by a man who’d put headphones in his ears, cellotaped his face up and blindfolded himself. A sign next to him read “I can’t see you, but I can hear you – ask me to do anything.” Before I end I’ll tell you one last thing about my relationship with ‘Chatroulette’: I once sat on there with a sign saying “You’re sad, get a life” – I must be the world’s largest hypocrite.
our two articles in last week’s Bucks Student about Steve Jobs and Apple got me thinking about who else I might list as ‘thinking out of the box’. My father in law was one as a creative mechanical engineer; Nelson Mandela as an inspired peace negotiator is another and Winston Churchill as a wartime tactician would be on my list too. The question is, how did they achieve this state of thinking and what can we learn from them? In a youtube clip of Job’s 2005 address to students at Stanford University, he maybe gave a few pointers: “Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” Acknowledging our own inner voice and intuition was also highlighted in the talk at the Gateway Theatre on Friday given by Christian Science lecturer Susie Jostyn on ‘Getting out of the box and into a better place’. The way she put it was that having a spiritual view of ourselves and others enables each of us to be free of dogmatic and limited thinking. Many have hinted at the spiritual view. You may have your favourites. For me, the characters in the Bible are on the list and the visionary American Mary Baker Eddy, whose out of the box ideas are detailed in her book Science and Health. One of these ideas – that God as Divine Love meets our human needs, helped me as a student when I could not find the money to do a post graduate course. I felt it was the right thing for me to take this course and I lived with the idea that if it was right, God would somehow provide the way. To this day I do not know where the money came from, but the college emailed me to say that an anonymous donor was offering me the necessary funds. I gratefully accepted! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc&noredirect=1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12305154 http://womenshistory.about.com/od/protestant/a/mary_baker_eddy.htm
Friends: It cuts both ways
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was casually sitting with my flatmates when the topic of supposed ‘friends’ from ‘back home’ came up. The main topic of conversation was how do you know if they’re a true friend? Is it when they merely like every single status of yours on Facebook? Or if they ring you for a meaningful three hour chat after a month? I know that I’d personally prefer the latter. However, who is actually a friend, and who isn’t? A flatmate of mine was pretty upset because hardly any friends had kept in contact with her from her hometown and these were people who she saw as her closest friends. The whole flat agreed on a simple truth; that you don’t know who your true friends are until you leave your hometown and you see who makes an effort to keep in touch. However, something slowly dawned on us – that staying in touch is a two-way effort, and not just from their side. Yes, university is supposed to be about meeting new people and making new friends, however should you really forget your friends from back home? They might have gone to a different university or not chosen to go to university at all but that doesn’t mean that you should forget about them. Upon further discussion, we realised that in fact, we hadn’t been as perfect a set of friends ourselves as we’d thought. Ironically, it was during this conversation that another flatmate’s BlackBerry went off and after looking at the screen, he rejected the call saying “Can’t be bothered to talk to him”. The person who’d called him had been a ‘friend’ he’d known since secondary school. So, if we don’t put the effort in ourselves, then how are we seriously going to expect the same back? Forgetting to text friends back, not returning their calls, and avoiding every time they mention meeting up (or half heartedly talking about arranging a day to meet) isn’t the best way to go about keeping in touch with your friends and sustaining your friendship. I’m not saying spend 10 hours a day on the phone to your old friends, ignoring your new ones either. Understandably, it’s a different story if you realise that actually they aren’t the people who you thought they were or you don’t wish to keep in touch anymore – fair enough, but keep hold of your true friends and always try and make time for them. After all, real friends don’t come around too often. Ultimately, never forget that a friendship requires BOTH people to put effort into it, and not just them. It’s all about an equal balance.
Shiny Happy People Have you ever noticed that people tend to use any shiny surface as a mirror? And when I say any shiny surface, I mean any shiny surface. I’ve seen people stare into windows, pieces of silverware, and even on one occasion, a piece of tin foil. I like to call these window worshipers “Shiny Happy People”. To help you to determine whether you are a “Shiny Happy Person”, I’ve come up with three main categories. These include: The Wannabe Model: These are perhaps the most hilarious of all the Shiny Happy People. I know what you’re thinking. They will be tall blondes with Amazonian bodies, wearing so much fake tan that you can see their glow from miles away. Let me stop you there. I could give you a thousand clichés: appearances can be deceiving, don’t judge a book by its cover etc. Well, in this case those clichés happen to be true. I’ve seen many an unlikely Wannabe Model. They stop to stare at their own reflection. And they don’t care who notices them, because they know they are the most beautiful creature to ever walk the Earth.
They are solitary creatures (far too beautiful to befriend anyone less attractive than themselves). They will often do a double take, as if surprised to see such a ravishing being staring back at them. They will then behave like they are on a catwalk, fluffing their hair and pouting as if the Paparazzi are there, ready and waiting. When this ritual is complete, they will leave, safe in the knowledge that they are, indeed, gorgeous. (They will sometimes stop to do their make up). The Guilty but Glamorous: People who do the “Guilty Glance” will usually be those who, when on their own would fall into the first category. Because they are with a group of their friends, however, they feel the need to disguise their vanity. The Mirror Man: This category is much less common than the other two I’ve listed. This category comprises of the male version of the other two categories. Mirror Men can still be broken down into those who do the “Guilty Glance” and “Wannabe Models”. The only difference appears to be that the male “Wannabe Model” will do a jig in front of the mirror, rather than restyling their hair. By Shane Millar
Wednesday 2nd November, 2011, Bucks Student 9
Embarrassing Episodes and Social Slip-ups I
’ve discovered many interesting facts about myself over the years: I can’t pull off the ‘geek chic’ look (I just look like a geek), I am physically incapable of being on time (I lose an hour somewhere… How? Why?), and that it’s impossible for me to look graceful whilst running (think Phoebe from Friends). However, one of the first major epiphanies of my adult life was the realisation that I am to social situations what Hannibal Lecter is to vegetarianism. In short, I am socially awkward, affably inept, congenially hopeless… Place me in a room full of strangers and I’ll invariable be found in the corner, curled in a foetal position, rocking back and forth and trying desperately not to suck my thumb. (Still, in my defence, I’m sure I wasn’t the only one to find the first day of University stressful.) The problem is, once you get past the age of five, social awkwardness ceases to be acceptable.What might be ‘adorable’ as a toddler (sucking on you jumper sleeve and hiding behind you mum’s leg) becomes creepy when you hit twenty. Take my two-year-old niece for example; it’s considered perfectly normal for her to respond to a question with a random statement: “Hi, how are you?” “I like Iggle Piggle!” For some reason, this kind of socially odd, nonsensical reply is welcomed, even encouraged. So much so in fact, that’s it’s often greeted with gasps of parental awe and usually culminates in her receiving a standing ovation. However, if I do the same thing: “Hi, how are you?” “I like Pinot Grigio!” People just assume I’m a weirdo (or possibly an alcoholic). It is at this point, that I’m reminded of the time I once saw an old school friend whilst out shopping and then accidently got caught up in the dreaded ‘Hi, how are you?” conversational loop. A frankly cringe-worthy situation, which, for those of you who don’t know, goes a little something like this: Me: [praying old school friend hasn’t seen me so I won’t be forced to make awkward conversation in salad aisle.] [School friend appears to be heading in my direction] Me: [Staring at floor and mumbling under breath] “Ah, for ***** sake.” [School friend appears within earshot] Me: [Looking up and painting fake, ‘Oh my God…I’ve never been this happy to see someone…I’m about to wet myself with excitement’ smile on face] “Kate? What are you doing here?” Me: [Internally cringe because presence of friend’s shopping basket, along with supermarket surroundings clearly indicate friend’s reason for being here.] Me: [In an attempt to fix previous social blunder] How are you? Old School Friend: I’m good thanks, how are you? Me:Oh I’m fine, and…er…how are you? [Awkward moment of silence in which we both wish we were somewhere else] Old school friend: [Clearly wishing to escape conversation after deciding I am socially inept freak] Yeah, I’m fine…I should probably…er….go.
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rankly, I’m amazed I manage to function at all in the real world. In truth, the above conversation is just one of a number of awkward and cringe-worthy scenarios that I perpetually seem to find myself in. All of which might be tolerable if my social ineptness only manifested itself during face to face encounters, however,as my good friend Mr X has so kindly pointed out, I also have a phobia of speaking on the telephone. Basically, I have an inordinate fear of the ‘awkward silence’ that sometimes ensues during phone calls. Not to mention the fact that phone conversations seem to have some unwritten code of conduct which states that you can never just end the conversation. To ring off by saying, “I have to go” is akin to telling the person on the other end to “**** off!” Instead you’re forced to slowly reintroduce the original reason for the call, usually preceded by the word, ‘right…’ For example, your friend rings you about what time you’re going to meet at the pub. After a ten minute conversation in which the details are arranged, your friend then launches into a 45 minute monologue about whether or not to wear shoes or boots. You can’t simply interrupt them and tell them that you need to go. So instead, you have to wait for them to pause and take a breath, before you skilfully interject with something along the lines of: “Right…so we’re meeting at 7pm, yes?” I lack the ability to skilfully interject, ergo I hate speaking on the telephone. All of which goes someway to proving the point that social awkwardness exists in many forms. I, unfortunately, seem to have been afflicted with a particularly virulent strain. The good news however, is that apparently, I’m not alone. Almost all of us have some paranoia about how appear in social situations, and predominately, we react to social blunders in much the same way. Some blunders are, after all, universal. I mean, who hasn’t tripped over or stumbled in public? Or obsessed over a public faux-pas? And don’t pretend you’ve never panicked and broken out into a cold sweat after being told to find a partner. Some events are awkward no matter how confident we seem. As always, I like to test my theories by encouraging the contribution of my friends. Partly because I’m too lazy to think of my own illustrations, and partly because I like to finish with a list of common examples that people can relate to.
to have an awkward five minute conversation with the salesperson, in which you pretend you’re practically a millionaire and that there must have been a mix up at the bank. • Accidental eye contact with strangers….awkward. • Sitting on a chair which makes a dodgy noise, and then spending the next five minutes trying desperately to recreate the sound so people will realise it’s the chair and not you. • Laughing too loudly at a joke, thus giving others the impression that you’re mentally unstable. • Talking loudly over mumbled classroom chatter.Everyone suddenly falls quiet at the same time and the lull happens JUST as you’re saying something embarrassing. • Laughing and saying ‘yeah, good one!’ when you’ve not heard something someone has said to you. You receive an odd look and end the conversation. Ten minutes later realise they asked you a question. • Taking out your mobile phone whilst waiting for a friend and pretending to text so people won’t think you’re a loner. • (For girls) Being introduced to a guy, going in for the polite one cheek kiss and pulling away just as they go for the other cheek. • Not immediately meeting anyone during the first day of university and so you spend the breaks wandering around aimlessly, whilst trying to give others the impression that you’re busy doing something. ( See also: Hiding in the toilet) • Someone at the bank asks you how you want your money. You say “cash please”. • Ring up Dominos and give your address, only for them to recite your usual order from memory. • Telling someone a story about something that happened to you, and then realising half way through the anecdote that it actually happened to them. • Walking towards a stranger, trying to move to the left to let them pass, they move to the same side. Move right, they move to the right. Cue an awkward five minute dance in which you both try to pass each other. By Siobhan Carney
Common social slip-ups and universally awkward moments (If you can relate to more than four of these I’m afraid you’re a social freak.) • Christmas, birthdays or any occasion which forces you to open gifts whilst everyone else sits around and watches you. Cue a face aching fake smile and a series of desperate and increasingly wild, over the top declarations about how much you love/have always wanted that diamond pattern sweater/ egg timer/kitten themed calendar. • Responding to someone’s wave and then realising they’re waving to the person behind you. Face palm. • Having your bank card declined in a store and then having
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YOU’RE TALKING THROUGH YOUR A**E By Gary Anderson
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Is anyone else a little confused by clothes lately? Everyone I know wears clothes. I don’t know any nudists because I have been reliably informed that they all smell of armpit and loneliness. Recently however, wearing clothes has become far too confusing an activity. There are plenty of strange trends out there but there is one in particular that is truly disturbing. They are disgusting, peculiar and utterly unnecessary. No, I don’t mean children. I am of course talking about elbow patches. Elbow patches - bizarre
placement of a different coloured material on the elbow of sleeves. We’ve all seen them - an oval shaped piece of material that is added to the arms of your shirt or jacket. What are they, where did they come from and what stark raving lunatic decided to let them loose on modern society? What purpose do they serve? No one knows! Not Bill Oddie, not Stephen Hawking, not even Stephen Fry. I asked them all. The world’s greatest minds were equally perplexed by the grotesque arm decorations. Elbow patches simply make about
as much sense as Cheryl Cole judging a talent competition. According to Dr. McBeard - a fake scientist I made up - the elbow patch came about due to one man’s need to have multiple materials on his arms at all times. He suffered from a rare illness known as notenoughtweeditis. Is it possible that this illness has suddenly increased? Unlikely. People appear to be donning these horrible arm accessories for fashion related reasons. Now I’m no Lady Gaga fashion man, but the last I checked, elbow patches were for geography
teachers. It simply makes no sense. If you feel like wearing leather but you don’t want to wear too much, try a leather watch. If you’re really desperate for a different material on both arms, then how about two leather watches? One for each wrist. Now granted, the change from elbow to wrist may be a little daunting at first, but you’ll soon discover that they’re very close together. With two watches, you’ll be able to tell the time twice. Or you could even know the times of two different countries and not look like an idiot. By Joss Hill-Finegan
tudents out there beware. The next time you are texting or using the internet on your mobile phone you could be literally poking at poo! A recent study carried out by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Queen Mary, University of London showed that one in six mobile phones is contaminated with faecal matter. That’s right, brown stuff on your buttons, turd on your touch-screen. Researchers found that 16% of phones and 16% of hands harboured the E. coli bacterium which inhabits the human intestines. The report, which took just under 400 samples from mobile phones and hands in 12 British cities, revealed that Birmingham had the largest proportion of contaminated phones (41%) while Londoners had the dirtiest hands with an alarming 28% found to have E.coli present on their pinkies. While most strains of E.coli found on hands and phones are unlikely to be a cause for alarm, some bacteria can cause sickness. Speaking to the BBC, Doctor Val Curtis, from the London School of Hygiene pointed out that certain elements of the virus can be harmful saying: “Campylobacter and Salmonella bacteria are much more likely to cause a gastric infection and could easily be passed on through faecal contamination.” Dr. Curtis suggested that the bacteria may survive better in colder and wetter conditions or it could be just down to the fact that people are simply not washing their hands properly. And the good doctor’s best piece of advice is to eh...wash your hands, funnily enough. The next time you’re texting or using Facebook on your phone and you suddenly feel the urge to go for a ‘two-sie’, perhaps you should think twice about bringing it with you and sitting with your kacks around your ankles happily dabbing away whilst simultaneously groping around for the ‘fragrances of the forest’ air freshener to combat the toxic fumes emanating from the toilet bowl. So, remember kids; ALWAYS wash your hands after. And, don’t use the excuse that the water is too cold or too hot. That’s what a sink plug is for. Failing that, at least have the decency to put on a pair of gloves. Now, where’s that toilet roll...OH LOOK! Kelly has just poked me; I better poke her back and like her status...
10 Bucks Student, Wednesday 2nd November, 2011
The Ending of:
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lack History Month has come to an end and I hope you have learned or have been made more aware of those people who represented Black History Month from all background cultures, by reading the articles in the previous edition. Although it is not just one month in the year that we stop to remember black history, but it is everyday that we remember those in the past and present day that keep us celebrating Black History Month. Poetry has always been a way to express our feelings of how we see things or just our general thoughts, and can creatively portray this through words, whether words were put down to go with music or not. There is emotion embedded in the words that can send your heart a message that can stay placed there forever and linger on.
Inspired by ‘black poetry’;
By Tani noel We are from a long line of Inventers and fighters And we live in their name from when we wake up and go to sleep From the past to present day as we stand remembering The world has developed Through discoveries and wars in which they have made. There are so many talents Dr Carter Goodwin has shown Like the fuse for light bulbs That only Lewis Latimer made known. The ordered traffic lights Amber, red and green Was a true classic Morgan Garrett idea But were an earth would we be Without Granville Wood’s telephone device. The fridge with air con Allowed things from melting Thank goodness to Standard and Jones Who gave us this so taken for guaranteed luxury. Martin Luther King gave Us a dream that’s worth dreaming. Mary Seacole the lady of the lamp Through darkness she healed the sick. And how could I forget famously known Rosa Parks who refused to give up her seat. So I thank those who are living and dead For it is them that’s made me strong and truly blessed.
Would you dare to try or live in fear of the haunted dead!
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Get comfortable, dim the lights and read through some classic well known myths and chants. Here are a few. Do you dare try them out? Though I am not encouraging you to do so! For those who do not believe in magic or play with such things then I wouldn’t recommend it! It’s only for fun and getting into the spirit of Halloween, no pun intended.
Hazelnut Love Spell A girl or boy might divine who her future lover was going to be by lining up hazelnuts in front of the fire, each of which represented one of their lovers that was wooing them or paid attention to them. They would then chant, “If you love me, pop and fly. If you hate me, burn and die.”
Bloody Mary Famous Bloody Mary! After the given amount of chants, the spirit will be summoned then appear in a mirror to claw your eyes out. Death may follow. Other variations have her driving you insane or pulling you into the mirror, never to be seen again. If you are brave enough to repeat her name three times in the bathroom mirror let someone know in case you’re not seen in your lecture, you won’t get your student loan!
Seek Revenge Performing magic for the sake of revenge is never a good idea. Use this spell only if all other means have failed: Write the name of the person whose attentions you wish to repel in red ink on a piece of white, unlined paper. Crumple the paper into a tiny ball. Place the ball in a water tight container and cover with pure water. Place the container in the freezer and recite the following three times: “Name May your teeth chatter At the sight of me May your stomach grow fatter If you don’t leave me be!”
Mirror spell A common spell instructed a girl to light two candles at midnight, then sit in front of a mirror and eat an apple (Apples are said to be the goddess of love) She was then instructed to brush her hair. An image of her future lover or husband would appear in the mirror behind her shoulder. “He would gaze into her mirror Where his image will be found. But for fear that he will vanish, She must NEVER LOOK AROUND!” Mirrors have been considered as portals to the shadow world.
Fair Warning: The spell is broken, if the charm is defrosted. Storing up Moon Magic Place a jar of pure water outdoors in a clearing during a full moon. Recite the following: “Moon Spirits from above. Fill this jar with magic and love”. Let it soak up the moonbeams until dawn. Keep the jar in a dark place, tightly sealed until you need it to perform a spell or concoct a magic brew.
Where did that pumpkin face come from? By Tani noel
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any myths and legends still linger even in this modern era on Halloween. But, what is it about Halloween that still fascinates us when listening to old stories in terror, always secretly looking behind you or over your shoulder in fear, whether you’re too proud to admit it or not? How and why do these myths get here in the first place? And, why to we seem to celebrate Halloween without ever really knowing the meaning or truth behind it. Does anyone really know why a pumpkin with a zig-zag mouth, with triangle eyes and nose which I believe is meant to be scary is associated with Halloween? That all of a sudden stores happen to put their prices up so we can just carve a face into it? I can reveal for those who didn’t know. This pumpkin man exactly has a name ‘Jack o Lantern’. Spooky right? Jack is the festival light for Halloween and is the ancient symbol of a damned soul. These lanterns were originally carved out from turnip, but these days it is usually a pumpkin. The myth behind this Halloween item, that every house on October 31 must have, is borrowed from an old Irish legend which says that once there was an old farmer, a rather stingy one called Stingy Jack. He was greedy, a gambler and had a very bad temper. He tricked the devil into climbing a tree and then trapped him there by carving a cross into the tree trunk. The devil was infuriated and for revenge he cursed Jack into forever wandering the earth. He was barred from both heaven and hell. He was allowed only to carry his lantern with burning coal inside. The jack-o’-lanterns (pumpkins) are meant to scare away Stingy Jack and all the other spirits that are said to walk and haunt the earth on that night. If you look outside your window passed 12 midnight it is said you can hear Jack crying and wandering through the streets. Your probably thinking that isn’t even scary. But imagine, at the age of five, being told that story with the full effects lights off, only the torch lighting your face with added noises to create drama before you are told to go bed. Then, having to walk up the stairs alone with the lights dim, a creepy image now in your mind of a man with a pumpkin face, a weird zig-zag smile which cannot be normal, and wax candles as eyes, that may come out like the boogie man and grab you out of your bed. Tell me you wouldn’t be sacred!
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16 Bucks Student, Wednesday 2nd November, 2011
DUTCH UNCLES - gig review A s people finally begin to pour into a small, squalid room, the atmosphere was brimming with excitement at the prospect of witnessing this year’s indie hotshots Dutch Uncles. Whilst waiting for the band to appear, the sound man has one final curse at the equipment he’s handling before giving the go-ahead to landlord Jimmy. On entering the stage, lead singer and pianist Duncan Wallis looks a bag of nerves, barely making eye contact with anyone in the room. His nervy expression is then matched with some very odd dance moves (enchanting the viewer like Ian Curtis once did) as the band kick off with “Lovebone”. The sound quality is poor and the microphone barely accentuates Duncan’s softly
tuned vocals. They follow this up with new single “Fragrant” and the punchy piano chords of pop fuelled “Candenza”. Someone’s phone begins to interfere with the lead guitarist’s amp halfway through “Dolli” and the microphone lead cuts out once more as the band try to perform “Zalo”. On fixing the unpredictable lead and starting the song for a second time, they manage to complete it without any problems from the equipment. The band and the over aggressive soundman at the back all breath a sigh of relief. The audience follow every song with a round of applause as the small handful watching stand almost touching distance from the Uncles. This is done out of politeness and not the fact they
have been blown away by the act standing in front of them. However, the piano led “Twelfth” seems to rouse a popular response from the room. There is a certain lack of conviction from the band, where the ear piercing and time changeable guitar riffs are the only stand out contribution from the group. As the whole new album is showcased, I still wait in anticipation to hear stalwart anthems “Steadycam” and “Face in” from the self titled first album. My excitement almost reaches boiling point as the band reel off further tunes from “Candenza”, such as “Orval” and “Dressage” before almost reaching a climax. As they perform the mild yet momentous “Sting”, Duncan then informs the crowd they have one
more song to play. Hoping they may delve into their previous archive of tunes and play one of the songs mentioned above, they instead opt for playing “Fragrant” again which they had already thrashed out two songs in. Puzzled at this decision and feeling rather let down I left the small room which had now reached boiling temperatures. The reasons for this peculiar decision are unknown. But I left the Albert holding onto the fact that the in-house sound team were the main reason for the less than convincing performance. I aim to catch them again at a more established venue in the hope that they can redeem themselves. And to hear the electrifying guitar riffs of “Steadycam” if I’m lucky. By Ian Alford
September 2011 Album releases Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
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cult convinced the women, including his mother, that they were expected to be hookers. The women believed it was a good thing to do because they were physically showing these men the love of God, their God who intended everyone to become part of a sexual experience. This, as you can imagine, led to a horrific childhood for Owens who followed his mother around from hotel to hotel and man to man. At least as you’d expect from a cult that emerged in the hippy era, the days were filled with music although mostly religious music. In an interview with the Guardian, Owens said, “the cult’s founder only allowed members to listen to the pop music he liked. He had these tapes called My Old Favourites, full of Elvis
Girls have had nothing but rave reviews for their Californian good vibrations. The first few times I listened, though there were good vibrations, I wouldn’t have given them a rave review. Just some more west side surf sounds but, a little research into the background gave me a greater appreciation of the depth of the music and once I knew the back story I became drawn to the oddly shy lead singer and the band’s creations. If anyone is deserved of the ‘awful childhood creates wonderful musician’ claim it is singer, Christopher Owens. Owens was part of a religious cult called Children of God. The
Cant - Dreams Come True
Kill it Kid
Live @ Bucks SU!
13th October 2011 Having formed in 2008 and supported bands like Pete and the Pirates and Feeder, Bath band Kill it Kid have quickly and extentsively built up some serious music credentials over the past four years. NME and Clash magazine are fans as are the 200,000 Kill it Kid YouTube viewers. So it’s safe to say that I would be lying if I said that I wasn’t looking forward to seeing the Bath band live for free. Not only are the band signed to one of my favourite record labels [One Little Indian!] they
have a sound that is essentially right up my street. Sounding a bit like a sentimental White stripes crossed with Mumford and Sons, the band’s debut album is a really good listen. They sound different, fresh and interesting. However, live, the band just didn’t seem to cut the mustard. Sure they played their set and there were songs from their album... and everything sounded okay... but there just seemed no spark or attitude from the band. There was nothing that would hold your attention and their indie
and the Beatles. We learned to play all those songs because ‘us kids’ were desperate for any kind of secular culture. A lot of us made mix tapes off the radio and passed them around. There was sort of an underground scene with kids passing around tapes although if you got caught it was a big deal. A musical language stems from earliest musical experiences, the nursery rhymes, the hymns sung in Sunday school, the little tunes whistled on the way home from school.” You can hear within this album nostalgic, familiar sound of Beach Boys, Buddy Holly, The Beatles and The Thrills from Owen’s childhood. The timeless sounds combined with his emotional spectrum of memories, have created a superb album.
sensibilities that worked so well on their recordings didn’t work well live at all, which was a shame. There appeared to be far more people outside the SU then there were in it watching the band. And that says a lot. One audience member damningly called the band “just like all the others” adding there was simply nothing special about the band. Say’s it all really. 2/5 By Sarah Cambell
Chris Taylor’s solo venture provides music with a totally different range of sounds to the band Grizzly Bear. But as it is with the indiepsychfolk music of Grizzly Bear, it would be arbitrary to simply categorise Cant into one genre or another. Taylor worked with George Lewis from Twin Shadow on his new sound, as a ‘semi-collaboration’. Taylor
described Twin Shadow’s influence on the record as huge - they wrote most of the album’s instrumentals together. They created a more zoned-out dark version of Twin Shadow. Taylor’s eerie voice sings inconsequential lyrics, but the tightly produced and stylish rhythm delivers an atmospheric sound that more than makes up for that.
Grouplove - Never Trust a Happy Song Californian joyfulness (despite the album title) with the typical flavour of many other American sunny, Indie pop bands. After a couple of listens, the richness and surprising diversity of the
rounds provided another layer to the standard formulaic example of west coast cheerful rock. A nostalgic dog days album, pity the sun’s not still out. It might taste better 10 degrees warmer.
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Roll The Dice - In Dust
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eleasing a follow up to their self-titled 2010 debut, Stockholm-based duo Roll the Dice (featuring TV and film composers Malcolm Pardon and Peder Mannerfelt) have gone in a rather different direction with ”In Dust”. As the somewhat dark yet earthy album artwork suggests, Roll the Dice have moved forward from a sound that the BBC’s Chris Power described as ‘more directly related to the work of trailblazing 1970s kosmische bands such as Tangerine Dream and Cluster’ to a sound that is polished, gloomy and imposing. It’s a rather interesting change. Tracks like the eight-minute epics “Iron Black”
and “Calling All Workers” are repetitive and minimalistic pieces which sit rather uneasily on the eardrums, and both sound like they belong as part of an old fashioned sci-fi programme with an apocalyptic ending. Synthetic piano is put to brilliant use throughout the album, never more so than in tracks like the stunning “Maelstrom”, stand-out track “Cause and Effect” and the gorgeous “Dark Thirty”. The effects the piano creates are quite different and profound – in some tracks like “The Skull is Built into the Tool” it’s there to create tension, in others it’s there to create light and almost hope and joy within the bleakness of the
What do you mean you haven’t heard ... Barn Owl? By Sarah Cambell
Not to be confused with a Glaswegian Indie band of the same name or even the bird whose identity they’ve stolen- San Francisco based duo Jon Porras and Evan Caminiti, aka Barn Owl, can only be described as a pair where you can expected the unexpected. Both guitarists met in an American Indian science class at San Francisco State in 2005. They soon realised they were highly musically compatible, with both coming from similar musical backgrounds and sharing similar interests in playing the same sort of music. The rest as they say is history. From there, Porras and Caminiti decided to follow in the footsteps of similar artists such as Alice Coltrane, whilst taking influence from bands such as Black Sabbath with the result being that Barn Owl soon created a dark, rich and atmospheric sound that is fast becoming a trademark for them. Largely an instrumental sound with a strong guitar presence, the duo have recently released their album “Lost in the Glare” on record label Thrill Jockey. A claustrophobic and haunting affair, the album itself is a difficult yet well put together journey to listen to. Alongside this the pair have both worked in various side projects as well as starting their own record label “Electric Totem” and have released previously together; “Conjurer” on Rootstrata, “Headlands” on Important Records and the acclaimed “Ancestral Star” on Thrill Jockey along with their “Shadowland EP” which was also well received by critics. All of Barn Owl’s work both previous and current can be found online either through MySpace or through the bands official website Electrictotem.com/barnowl. Standout tracks from Lost in the Glare include: “Devotion I and II”, “The Darkest Night Since 1963”, “Light Echoes” Sounds like: Atmospheric psychedelic instrumentals
album, as shown superbly in “Way Out”. Experimental efforts like “The Suck” and “Evolution”, meanwhile, offer a different layer to the album and for the listener, keeping the album itself fresh and interesting. Overall, “In Dust” is an excellent piece of contemporary music from beginning to end with a well thought-out format, and stands out as a creative, imaginative and artistic album with clear classic influences. A hypnotic and interesting listen, that’s well worth checking out. 9/10 - Out Now / The Leaf Label By Sarah Cambell
STEFANS SONG OF THE WEEK!
Joe Goddard featuring Valentina - Gabriel Since I first heard it on Radio 1 a few days ago, this song with its infectious chorus has worked its way into my brain and I can’t get it out! The catchy house track is produced by Joe Goddard, a member of indie pop band Hot Chip, with his talented accomplice Valentina on vocals. The up-andcoming singer’s distinctive voice, which sounds like a cross between Clare Maguire and Shakira, is what makes this song special. The song starts with Valentina giving the man in question a tuneful telling-off, singing part of the repetitive chorus, ‘Gabriel you’ve gone too far… and you should hang your head in shame’ before singing about the troubles that ‘Gabriel’ has made her endure, over a chilled out house beat. This is followed by Valentina suddenly breaking into a powerful quavering wail singing ‘Gabriel’ with a distinct, poignant undertone. The emotional haunting vocal, repeated throughout the song creates a dark and ominous vibe making it different from other recent dance tunes that have plagued our ears this summer. This tune will definitely be one to play when you’re getting ready for that night out but maybe not if you’ve just broken up with someone, especially if they’re called Gabriel! I think we’ll hear this one in clubs near you in the not too distant future! By Stefan Miller
The Chapman family `Burn your town`
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he dark undertone to this whole album is quite extraordinary. The monstrous riffs and excessive feedback are all applied with a fiery dislike for the normal. They have opted to approach the music scene with a completely different outlook to other generic bands breaking through at the moment. And this pleases me no end. Their sound echoes a similar anguish which use to surface in most Interpol and Joy Division songs. If you accommodate these similarities with the slashy guitars of Placebo then you are near the mark, but still quite far off it. They follow no real trends but to angrily delve into the unknown. The creepy guitars and echoing vocals of Kingsley Chapman are fused together with a simmering anguish that lies beneath every song. The album bursts into life with `A certain degree` and proceeds with the beautiful `Anxiety`; a song very much radio friendly but still carrying
a weight of anger and malice. This song is a personal favourite and could cultivate interest from all types of music fans, showing the band also possess depth as well as resilience to the positive. This album accommodates the general out look of a band which has achieved something different. However, you would be wrong to think `Burn you town` was all about thoughtless guitars and heavy bass. The melodic choruses of `Million Dollars` and the raw climax of `Something I Cant Get Out` identify a group of people with a point to prove. And not just about themselves, but for anyone that will listen. The intensity of `Kids` literally brings the listener through a journey which peaks at each chorus before ending with one last horrifying scream from the vocalist. All the while the song borders between “screamo” and sweet guitar harmonies before imploding in an
exciting mess of noise. There are no acoustic tracks to soften the blow of this fierce collection and the slower `Virgins` still gives your ear drums a good kicking. The songs lyrics would send anyone into a never ending nightmare due to its bleak intentions. The Chapman family have identified themselves as the main opponent to anything glossy and sugar coated in the music industry. They are the Princes` of darkness which have come with one mission; to destroy all that is pure and innocent. The fast paced `All Fall` maintains the tempo and looseness of the bands combination of instruments. They are messy and lack tightness but they portray a heartfelt cause which tugs on the listeners heartstrings. You can feel Kingsley’s pain and this is the most impressive part of the whole CD. Go and buy it for the energy and emotion alone. By Ian Alford
Top 5 new tracks you have to hear
By Sarah Cambell
1. Matt Cardle Sparks
Recently there have been a number of stars coming out of the X-Factor woodwork- from Rebecca Ferguson to Cher Lloyd. Last year’s winner Matt Cardle is proving no exception releasing soft rock, Take That-esq tracks like “Sparks” and “Run for your Life” over the internet. They’re not bad songs... Although at times Cardle’s voice does get lost in production. It isn’t as strong or as clear as it perhaps should be. Still, I’m sure it will be successful and well supported regardless of how it sounds. Cardle is part of the X-factor machine after all.
2. Blind Pilot Get It Out
Oregon lovelies Blind Pilot have brought out a few new tracks for the world’s listening pleasure. Acoustic driven with serious lyrical talent... this is a pretty Indian-summer track that’s simply nice to listen to.
3. Melanie Wehbe Irresistable
Swedish Pop Idol failure Melanie Wehbe has picked herself up and dusted herself off with this really catchy Katy Perry inspired track. With a shouty chorus that stays in your head instantly, this is a nice poppy little gem that’s worth keeping an ear out for.
4. Anna Abrev Stereo
With an ever so slightly controversial pop video and a song that’s a sure fire dance hit in the making, this song is a grower which is worth seeking out.
5. Kid Sister & Riff Raff Hide and Seek
Generally, any artist who can make a Rocky Horror Picture Show reference with a straight face gets some serious brownie points in my book. Unfortunately, this Riff Raff isn’t Richard O’Brien, rather he’s a rapper who’s teamed up with up and coming rapper Kid Sister aka Melisa Young. The result of the collaboration is a dark and edgy hip hop track that’s highly impressive.
KALLI - Last Train Home Former front-man of Without Gravity, Kalli (aka Karl Henry Hákonarson), has returned with his second offering Last Train Home. With a dark pop, folk and country feel to the album, Kalli’s vocals sound a bit like an Icelandic version of Bon Iver crossed with Jason Mraz. Meanwhile, his music is a mixture of acoustic guitars, strings and piano-with the occasional gospel singer thrown in for good measure. The result is a fantastic mix of heartbreaking, dark and moody lyrics mixed with dreamy sunsets and hopeful outlooks. The album’s contrasting themes is expertly produced and complied by Kurt Storey and is as much of a product of Storey as it is of Kalli himself. Starting the album with genteel, repetitive yet beautiful and melancholic Nothing At All, Kalli
gracefully follows onto the sunny, laidback country track Laurel Canyon. Tracks such as Shine on Me offer a perfect respite from the moody nature of the lyrics with a harmonica led melody and backing vocals by former bandmate Hallgrímur Hallgrímssonit’s a song that falls somewhere between Bob Dylan and Gavin De Graw. While tracks such as Back to Blue, This is Goodbye and Nothing At All sound like they belong as a backing song to some American angst ridden drama like One Tree Hill or Greys Anatomy. Tracks like the mesmerising Lullaby and title track Last Train Home sound perfect for reflecting on the past, travelling off into the sunset or simply unwinding to after a hard day at the office.
Overall, Last Train Home is a stunning piece of work which is emotional, understated and contemporary all at once. Last Train Home is simply perfect for taking you away to your own idyllic place in your mind. 9/10 Out now/ One Little Indian By Sarah Cambell
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ON THE BOX Soaps Review
Above: an excellent way to travel around Amsterdam is on a boat around the canals, Right: the Van Gogh Museum.
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t’s your favourite soaps columnist back with all the latest news! Firstly, apologies for the lack of a column in last fortnight’s newspaper, this was due to a technical error! Secondly, I have plenty to cover so let’s move on! In the last two weeks, we saw Mandy destroying Ian’s (rented) Ferrari which (rather bizarrely) led to him proposing to her, to which Mandy (eventually) accepted. Ben developed a crush on Christian, so took it upon himself to stir things up between Christian and Syed further. It’s not like Yusef and Amira are doing enough of that, is it? However, things will turn a bit sinister when Ben makes a false allegation against Christian. Jane Beale’s return has been confirmed for November as has Max Branning’s return. Some students have been wondering exactly why Jane left and the reason is because Laurie Brett, who plays her, left for maternity leave and gave birth to a baby girl called Erin, back in June. I can now reveal that Jane’s returning storyline is rather unexpected. Masood and Jane’s feelings for each other reignite (no shock there), and with both of them currently divorcing their spouses there is nothing in the way except the small issue of Masood’s religion. Being a Muslim, Masood tells Jane that it’ll be hard for them to be together, but the big shock is that Jane converts to Islam! Amy has an accident which calls Roxy’s parenting skills into question as Jack gets temporary residence of his daughter. Rachel Wright (Poppy Meadow) and Jodie Gold (Kylie Babbington) will have their final scenes next month as they both leave the soap for good, as well as Cheryl Ferguson (Heather Trott). Pam St Clements (Pat Evans) is also due to leave this year. There are rumours that Pat is due to die in a fire at Christmas, but nothing has been confirmed yet. I can let a small detail about this year’s Christmas
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storyline out. There will be a fire in the B&B which is going to lead to the conclusion of Yusef and Zainab’s storyline and there’s already plenty of rumours swirling around about who’s supposed to die. However, other storylines and information are currently strictly under wraps but I will let you know as soon as I can! Away from the soap world, Johnny Partridge (Christian Clarke) and long term partner Jon Tsouras got married on October 1st , so massive congratulations to the lucky couple! Full details and pictures can be found in this month’s Hello magazine. With Children In Need coming up shortly, I can tell you all that Adam Woodyatt (Ian Beale), Lindsey Coulson (Carol Branning), Nina Wadia (Zainab Masood), Rita Simons (Roxy Mitchell), John Partridge (Christian Clarke) and Marc Elliott (Syed Masood) are just a few of the people involved in helping to raise money for the charity. Considering that EastEnders always manages to successfully pull something out of the bag, I can’t wait to see what they have planned this year! By MJ
msterdam, (Sin city), what a place. Having been there three times now I really recommend it for a break away. The first time I went I camped for ten days … ten days is too long to be out of normality, and the campsite looked worse than the morning after a Brook Street party. So the next couple of times I visited I stayed in a hostel. ‘The Flying Pig’ what a place; very welcoming, cheap beer, free breakfast, pool tables and a chill room where people were smoking this stuff called ‘cannabis’ I’ve never heard of it but apparently its popular in The Netherlands. I wasn’t there for that though, no, the attractions to me were the many windmills, beautiful tulip fields and the very beautiful handmade clogs …of course I joke, but if you are interested in that then Holland is the place to go. You can also work at The Flying Pig for a room if you fancy staying in Amsterdam for a good while. I did visit with the odd ‘coffee shop’ but purely for creative inspiration for when visiting the Van Gogh museum, which is
definitely a must. I also visited the Anne Frank house. I wasn’t intoxicated for this…well for obvious reasons, but I noticed one of the guys in my group turning to his mate and saying, “What’s she complaining about? It’s massive in here”. But obviously it’s a place to visit purely because of its historical impact (everyone knows the story). What I found funny is that even though this is the house where a girl and her family hid from the Nazis, they still have a little gift shop at the end of the tour. I can see why Amsterdam is notorious for ‘lads weekends’ and students; it has a great nightlife and everyone is very friendly, especially the lovely ladies in the red light district; taking the idea of ‘window shopping’ to another level. Many great bars are also located in this area. Players bar and Bulldog are two very popular ones but you can also find some quiet ones along the many canals in Amsterdam. It isn’t surprising why it has been nicknamed the ‘Venice of the North’. If you actually follow the river
FIFA 12: Review By Patrick Cunningham The most eagerly awaited day of the year in most male’s lives has been and gone. A new FIFA to get to grips with. Most will agree that FIFA 11 was almost perfect, and that no changes were needed on the latest installment, FIFA 12. But there are changes, and major ones at that. The first one you will notice is the tackling and defending. I have already seen a few 6-0 beatings been gloated about on Facebook. Gone are the days of your defender acting like a homing missile when you hold x/a. He will get close, but then you have to manually tackle the attacker. You will inevitably fail on your first 100 attempts and watch your defender slump to the ground like Titus Bramble does every other game. Other notable improvements come in the form of the computer AI. For example if you play against Barcelona, a lot of play will come through Messi and Xavi, or Real Madrid will try to exploit the pace of Ronaldo by playing it too him as much as possible. This applies to every team, so that the single player game does not get as tiresome as it did in previous FIFA installments. Now we move on to commentary. After Andy Gray got ousted as a sexist troll (unlucky), we have to contend with Alan Smith. His lines do sound a bit more scripted than Martin Tyler’s, although it’s a good effort. But, as with Sky Sports and now FIFA, Gray will be missed. Just be thankful we don’t have to contend with Gary Neville on FIFA. Overall, EA have transformed the game for the better once again. It keeps people interested rather than just having updated squads and kits each year. It’s nice to have a challenge again. 10/10
Amstel you will come across the ‘Ice-bar’ where you can try and relax with a beer at minus ten degrees. Getting around is fairly easy with many trams, buses, trains, taxis and cyclists, which is why it takes about an hour to cross the road. Walking is also a good option as many sights are very central. The Heineken brewery experience is a bit of a walk but worth it plus free beer at the end. To sum it up, Amsterdam is a place I personally think is great for a weekend away and definitely somewhere to stop by if you’re travelling around Europe as it attracts people from all over. There are lots of Americans too, I noticed. From London you can get there in fifty minutes and I have got flights there before for as little as £30, again with easyjet. I don’t know when my fourth visit will be but an escape from reality is never to be missed. If you have any travel articles please send them to student. editor@thebucksstudent.com I want to get as many countries covered as possible!
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The Carnival of Expanding Ideas art and design foundation course By Rhiannon Star ife on the art & design foundation course at Bucks is turning out to be, in a word, unpredictable. There’s nothing quite like picking your way through the studio - it can be tricky to distinguish between debris and masterpieces, passing everything from a dismantled chair hanging from the ceiling, a collection of shoes severed in half, to paintings produced using tomato ketchup. This wonderfully surreal vibe was amplified during the week of our group project. Packed off to the Science Museum with the rather vague instructions to find objects which moved, we were blissfully ignorant of the challenge our tutors had in store. At noon, our emailed project brief dropped the metaphorical bombshell. We had a week to create a “carriage or cart that can be easily pulled along, but when stationary can fold out or expand mechanically to make a large and impressive visual statement”. Sorry, what?! With free reign to dream up the most fanciful concepts, those of us in a team hell-bent on creating a flying machine spent the first day debating Chinese lanterns, fireworks, explosives… Everyone had a different approach; the larger groups seemed to spend more time conflicting than creating, whilst one of the most beautiful pieces was finished a day early. This super organised group were quick witted enough to raid the BNU skip for materials first, before staff noticed and reprimanded the successive copycat criminals. Their findings – coupled with the words ‘helicopter’, ‘chrysalis’ and ‘swarm’ as stimulus - led to a delicate creation in which exterior petals of purple lace unfolded and umbrella spokes opened. Revealed was a drifting haze of dainty metal insects fashioned from wire and nails, including a diminutive scorpion nicknamed Terry. Theirs was a rare tale of a smooth design process, as evidenced by the widespread incidents amongst other teams. A hammer was destroyed in an attempt to smash up electronic equipment; another piece, inspired by ‘dreams’ and ‘architecture’, was in fact a logistical nightmare as the wooden frame continually snapped; and of course the familiar panic when someone realises dimensions have been miscalculated and your creation is too large to fit through the studio door. Another impressive piece was inspired by the ethereal motifs of ‘space debris’ and ‘angel’, combined to great effect. Imaginatively sourced metal produced a sci-fi aesthetic, but challenged the team as none had experience working with it. With hacksaws and drillsan impressive structure was cobbled together from the most unlikely of components; space angel Colin had a CD for an eye and a sieve for a halo. The piece was initially curled in a quasi-foetal position, unfolding to display the skull and wings, a mechanism which was tricky to balance, but worth all the painstaking effort. As for my team and our flying machine, we sadly had to restrain from the use of explosives (health and safety, apparently…) but instead employed helium balloons to lift embellished organza out of our mechanical pod and up into the sky. We had all been hurled out of our respective comfort zones but - the odd accident and injury aside–we thrived and created work far more ambitious than most of us had done before. It was a week of off-the-wall ideas, team work, and yes, compromise: but ultimately satisfying to have produced an original and functional contraption in such a short space of time.
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arry stood in front of his bedroom mirror, and straightened his clothes, reflecting on his first week at Cynthia Crawford’s. It had gone so quickly. He’d met his new lecturers, all of which had ridiculously impressive credentials. His first classes had been challenging, but enjoyable. Harry was just glad that he’d managed to make friends. His fear of being a crap actor had vanished as soon as he’d finished his first performance to the class on Wednesday. Most of his classmates had patted him on the back, and the lecturer had given him a nod of encouragement. Lisa and Raffi (whom he’d met late on Monday afternoon) had stood up and whooped. That had made Harry feel both embarrassed and confident all at the same time. He hadn’t known what to make of Raffi when he’d first walked into the room. He was as tall as anyone Harry had ever seen, and built like a tank. He’d had a scowl on his face that made him look menacing. And then he’d seen Lisa and a wide smile had broken over his face, the white of his teeth a perfect contrast to his ebony skin. Harry had made friends with Lisa and Raffi almost instantly. They were two of the easiest people to get on with, and had a way of making you feel totally comfortable in their company. In fact, there were only a few people in the class that Harry hadn’t yet spoken to. And with that, his thoughts turned to Rex. Harry was still smarting over Rex’s accusation that Harry had no talent. It had made him feel so angry. How dare he talk to me like that when he doesn’t even know me? Harry thought scathingly as he left his room and walked into the living area of his brother’s flat, grabbing his bag as he left his room. Matt had already left for work, so Harry didn’t bother shouting any goodbyes as he swung the front door shut and started the ten minute walk to Cynthia Crawford’s. Half way there, his phone buzzed in his pocket and he took it out to read the text. Raffi Craig: I’m at The Cup with Lisa, the usual? Harry replied: Yeah, in the biggest cup they have, or better yet a vat.
A couple of minutes later his phone buzzed again: Raffi Craig: Got it. You know, I’m thinking we should hook you up to some kind of caffeine drip, lol! Harry laughed and typed: I know you’re joking, but that actually sounds like a good idea, see you in a bit mate. Harry’s mind was still on Rex as he rounded the corner and stepped onto the grounds of Cynthia Crawford’s proper. Then he remembered that the auditions for Romeo and Juliet were today, and groaned at the prospect. Why had he done it, why? Why had he let Rex’s comments get to him? Why had he signed up to audition for the part of Romeo? He had nothing to prove. Back home he would’ve just laughed it of and gone about his business. But here…here it was different. Here, you had to be the best. lasses passed in a blur, on the one day when Harry wanted them to last longer, and before he knew it he was lined up outside the Main Theatre with the rest of the audition hopefuls. As Lisa and Raffi joked about how they would never get the parts over the more experienced third years, Harry squirmed with nerves. He hated auditions. They always made him feel like crap, because he knew that his chances of getting a part over other actors were slim to none. Plus, he didn’t really have a lot of experience where auditions were concerned. He’d never done any professional acting. Of course, he’d had to read for school productions at home, but Harry now knew that would be a breeze compared to this. As Harry fretted, he saw a flash of silvery blonde hair, and looked down the line to see Danni Claymore standing alongside Rex. As he watched, she flicked her hair away from her face and then ran her hands through it nervously. There was something about Danni, something in the way she walked, a quiet confidence that Harry could only admire. He heard a snigger and turned round to find Lisa laughing at him. “What?” he asked. “Are you serious?” she said, and as the doors to the theatre opened they began to move. “Put your tongue back in. There’ll be plenty of time for staring at blonde bimbos
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after the auditions,” Lisa socked him playfully on the arm. Rex must have heard Lisa’s comment, because he turned and glared at Lisa…that is until Raffi stepped forward, and then he hurriedly faced the front and started walking again. “I thought you and Danni used to be good friends?” Harry asked. “Yeah, used to be,” Lisa replied. Harry heard Raffi mutter something under his breath. he auditions were painful. The director had told everyone to split into groups according to the roles they were reading for before handing out scripts, asking the assembled actors to pick out a monologue they wanted to use. The play had been rewritten so that it was in modern speech, and would be performed in modern dress. This comforted Harry slightly; it would be easier to read from a script of modern dialogue. Most of the first year class had auditioned, along with a few second years, and virtually all the third year students. When it was over, Harry took his seat and waited in silence, trying not to throw up, while the panel made their decisions. The director stepped forward and Harry gulped. Why are you getting nervous? He berated himself, it’s not like you’re going to get the part. The director went on to read out parts. When Lisa’s name was called to play the newsreader/narrator, Harry cheered. When only the parts of Romeo and Juliet were left, the director paused and said, “Now, we’ve agonised hard over who should play these parts. We’d usually give them to third year students, but this year we have two extremely talented actors in the first year who we believe deserve the roles. So, playing the part of Juliet is…Danni Claymore.” Danni jumped out of her seat, and gave a cry of surprise. Rex stood and kissed her, and as they moved away from each other, Harry saw Danni mouth, “You’ve got this.” “And finally,” said the director, “playing Romeo is...Harry Felton.” “What?” Harry and Rex said in unison.
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rom ski slopes to beach themed kitchens. As fundraiser and volunteer co-ordinator for Snowsoc, I wanted to exploit the ‘good hearts’ of all our members, as I knew with all their positive energy channelled towards a project it could make a huge difference for the community. With this is mind I contacted Alice Dewsnap (Volunteer Coordinator -Bucks Students’ Union) and with her help, Snowsoc were off to their first volunteering project. The project at hand was to help re-decorate Hillcrest Day Centre. The day centre offers a safe and fun environment for people with learning disabilities, providing social and leisure activities. However, although the place was filled with vibrant and caring personalities the same could not be said about the kitchen and social area décor, it was in desperate need of a revamp. Therefore, I was contacted by Gary Brookes (Unit manager), explaining he wanted us to paint the area so it would be a brighter and happier place for the service users. I immediately relayed the information to Snowsoc and unsurprisingly I had a great response, with over 25 people wanting to help out. Unfortunately, the centre could only hold 14 people at one time so we took the first 14 to respond. With the centre ready for our arrival and Snowsoc all dressed in their painting gear we set off for the centre at 9.30am on Wednesday the 19th October. When we arrived we were greeted by friendly smiles from a group of staff and service users who were off on an outing. We then met Gary Brookes who showed us the area which we were painting and explained that they wanted a beach theme throughout the kitchen which was expressed through the array of blues, yellows, greens and raspberry paint they provided us with. he day consisted of listening to music, having fun and somewhere along the line painting the whole kitchen, social area and a co-workers office. I can safely say with the skills of some and the laughter of others, we all had a fun day, whilst achieving a pretty good standard of painting. Once we finished off the skirting boards and applied the last touches of paint we got tidying and being Snowsoc we had a lot to tidy. But none the less the place looked sparkling afterwards. The highlight of the day was when we had a few visitors from the centre who all in all were impressed
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Each edition of the Bucks Student we will be highlighting and covering different societies that are available for you to join during your time at Bucks (a full list is available at bucksstudent.com/studentactivities. If there is a society that you would like to join then drop them an email OR if get in touch with the Students’ Union if you would like to set a new one up!
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e are the Bucks DJ society! This is a new society established last year by Benjamin Wight that plans to bring all the DJ’s, producers and
event organisers within the university together who want to network and meet people in their chosen industry, or just to make new friends. We plan to give you interested the opportunity to perform, either in the SU or at various other events that we will be organising throughout the year. If you wish to learn how to mix, we’re planning to put together fortnightly workshops. (There will be more information on this in the upcoming weeks on Facebook). So if you want to get involved contact any committee member or just post on the
Facebook wall. Here is the committee: Chairman Robsi Clemenz Vice Chairman Nico Carstensen Treasurer Ben Gaut Social Sec Becky Barry Marketing and Advertising Advisors Melissa Haebe and Chris Gould DnB Leg-end & Vinyl Tutor Steve Linus Search BucksDjSoc on Facebook Thanks, DJ Soc.
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with our painting skills and kindly wrote us a thank you letter. In addition to this I received an email from Gary the day after saying: “The guys yesterday were superb...I am one very happy camper...they did a fantastic job, and were great fun to have around...could you please thank them again from us...they were truly marvellous” I could not have put it better myself as I am delighted with
everyone who took part and cannot wait for the next fundraising event. If you have not yet heard of Bucks Snowsoc and are interested in coming to any of our socials, indoor snowboarding and skiing trips or helping out on any of our upcoming volunteering and charity events then check us out on our Facebook page. Bucksnowsoc. By Sam Norman
ed Button Film Making Society is pleased to announce a first both for the society and for Bucks New University. As part of Children in Need we are writing, filming and editing a film within 24 hours with the theme being based on the University’s infamous Jailbreak. The project will no doubt be exhausting however, we want to raise as much money as possible, so all donations however big or small are welcome as it’s all for charity! Once completed the film will premiere before the start of Flirt at the SU on Friday 11th November and YOU are invited to come along and see it! If you wish to sponsor Red Button or get involved yourself. Please either contact us on red. button.society@googlemail.com or come to our meetings on Mondays at 7:30 in N1.07!
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FOOD & DRINK
Watch out, worms!
Quick Vegetable Curry!
Quick, healthy and comforting. Serve with Rice, Nann or as a Jacket Potato topping.
Ingredients: Serves: 4 with a bit left over • 1 tablespoon oil • 1 onion, chopped • 2 cloves garlic, crushed • 2 ½ tablespoons curry powder • 2 tablespoons tomato purée • 1 (400g) tin chopped tomatoes • 1 vegetable stock cube • 285g frozen mixed vegetables for a quick and easy option, or a selection of *fresh vegetables such as carrots, courgettes, broccoli, even peas, whatever you fancy... • Small tin of chick peas (the protein element but optional) • 340ml (12 fl oz) water • salt and pepper to taste • Chopped fresh coriander to garnish (optional)
Restaurant: Pizza Express
Method: Prep: 5 mins | Cook: 25 mins 1. In a large saucepan over medium high heat, heat oil and sauté onion and garlic until golden. *If using fresh vegetables, add the chopped carrot at this stage as it needs longer cooking time than the softer veg. 2. Stir in curry powder and tomato purée, cook 2 to 3 minutes. 3. Stir in tomatoes, vegetable stock cube, mixed vegetables, chick peas, water, salt and pepper to taste. 4. Cook approximately 20 to 30 minutes until vegetables are cooked. 5. Sprinkle with fresh coriander prior to serving.
Spice and all things nice! We all love a curry but many researchers all over the world are finding that spices eaten in Indian curry dishes have numerous health benefits. Here are a few... • Cinnamon has been found to lower blood sugar levels in adults with type II diabetes and can reduce blood cholesterol levels. • Turmeric has been used as a remedy for a wide number of ailments all over Asia for centuries. Recently scientists have found to keep Alzheimer’s at bay and has been noted that people of India have the lowest rate of Alzheimers. As well as reducing inflammation, Turmeric is also being investigated for it’s Cancer-fighting potential, although to get the benefits it needs to be cooked in some sort of oil to gain the benefits. • Chilli Peppers are widely known for their antiseptic properties and can help raise the metabolism. • Ginger has always been associated with relieving nausea plus it not only has the potential to lower blood sugar and cholesterol, it protects the stomach from ulcers, and has anti-inflammatory properties.
This week the recipe is influenced by Halloween, with the help of Rice Krispies What you need:
• 45g butter or margarine • 300g (about 40) marshmallows • 200g miniature marshmallows • 180g Kellogg’s Rice Krispies • 1 pack (about 12) gummy worms • 6 chocolate digestives, finely crushed
Method: • Get yourself a large saucepan and melt the butter (45g) it over a low heat. Add the marshmallows into the mixture, stir until completely melted then remove from the heat. • Next get a bowl and pour both the rice krispies and mixture from saucepan in, stir until well coated. • Now get your greased baking tray (13” x 9 x2”) and using a buttered spatula press the mixture in – remember to leave an uneven surface. Arrange gummy worms on top and sprinkle with digestive crumbs lightly pressing on to the mixture, to create an earth-like effect. • Cut into 2inch squares and enjoy!
The “hand shake” punch What you need: • 1 Bottle vodka • 1 litre red grape juice • 1 litre ginger ale • 1 litre orange juice • Ice – lots of it • 1 disposable plastic glove - wash it well, fill it with water and freeze it • One Barbie doll – you can get them relatively cheap from any supermarket • Glasses of your choice, although preferably tumblers • Punch bowl and a ladle
Method 1. Pour all of the ingredients in the punch bowl 2. Add the ice 3. Stir very well with a ladle 4. Place the frozen glove in the bowl 5. Wash the Barbie doll and put all its body pieces in the bowl, it should float at the bowl as a surreal decoration. 6. Now pour your guests a great drink and most importantly, enjoy it! By Hollie Wicks
Reggie Goves Centre, Pauls Row, High Wycombe, HP112HQ
This week my boyfriend took me to... PIZZA EXPRESS! As another week begins, a new venture to local restaurants begins. This week we chose Pizza Express, for once this was his choice, not mine I’ll set the scene; we just watched Lion King 3D at the cinema and we were starving. Thankfully he had a Taste Card (discounted meals! Oh yes!) So we - sorry I mean he decided to go to Pizza Express. Normally I would have pasta, but since they have stopped doing my favourite carbonara dish, I really struggled to choose anything that I would like. I did have the thrilling Grand Chicken Caesar Salad before, which is delicious but why do they heat the chicken, eh? It’s not very nice. So, this time I actually chose to have pizza; it was a Kodak moment - my boyfriend was in utter shock. By now you should know that the word ‘fussy’ does not cover my eating habits. I would never choose to eat pizza unless I really had to. Whilst recovering from shock we both chose the same dish, la reine pizza washed down with an exciting tap water and Coca-Cola. Food and drink came quickly without any problems. To my surprise, the pizza was delicious, and it is overall a student friendly place to eat with on-going cheap deals and some great offers. The staff were helpful and the bill was small – and that’s not including my boyfriend’s Taste Card discount! Pizza Express is located the nightclub Pure, so it’s close by. I would suggest you try it out this week - they have Halloween inspired dough balls! Not to be missed! By Hollie Wicks
Saturday 19th November, 12:30pm 5:30pm
Beginners Kali Escrima Seminar by Lucas Castrounis: 19th November, High Wycombe Attendees will have a chance to experience the Filipino Martial art, Kali Eskrima, is a complete fighting system and it is unique in that, unlike other oriental martial arts, students learn how to control and deal with weapons first before moving on to the emptyhands training and techniques. Lucas Castrounis has been teaching Wing Chun Kung Fu and Kali Eskrima at the Reading Academy with the approval of Nino Bernardo. He has studied the above fighting systems at the Basement (closed since December 2000) in London under the guidance of Nino Bernardo Sifu and his oldest students. Nino was one of only a handful of students to compete the Wing Chun system in Hong Kong with the late Wong Shun Leung, the foremost instructor of Bruce Lee.
For more information including prices and bookings please contact David Munro Tel: +44 7738082794 email: davemunro@teamwingchun.co.uk
www.teamwingchun.co.uk
FASHION & Beauty
Barry M ‘Instant Effects’ Gold and Silver - Tried and Tested The days are gradually shortening, the transitions from warm sunshine to breathtaking shivers are looming and the leaves are turning brown. This means one thing; autumn is finally here, so wrap up warm and embrace it! Every season offers a fresh and exciting approach to those fashionista’s out there. I’ve heard mirrored metallic’s are in, and the girly pastels are out. ‘Barry M’ has yet again jumped on the band wagon to create their new ‘instant effects’ range of nail paints to vamp up your pinkies. As with many metallic and glittery nail paints, their major flaws occur the moment you attempt to remove them. Even using a strong nail varnish remover, loaded with pure acetone, the motion of scrubbing was evidently a pain in the backside, which somehow I presumed in this day and age, would be addressed by now. However, that is the only complaint I’m willing to offer as I’m very much a fan of this product. Please note that a recommended layer of two coats is needed to intensify the effects and adding a final top coat will insure its opaque ambience. For me, the longevity of the nail paint wasn’t really an issue as I tend to change my nail colour on a daily basis. Reviewing this part was a challenge, but I was overly surprised with the fact that it lasted without chipping or discolouring for over a week. I would suggest that between the two colours, my preferences lay with the gold shade, as warm colours often look more desirable on tanned skin. If you are a fairer skinned beauty, then definitely choose the silver as cool colours compliment that complexion. At a phenomenally unbeatable price of £3.99, they are inexpensive and fundamental shades to add to your collection. By Faye Towler
- Organic facial- Lemon and sugar scrub 1.Take a generous amount of cotton wool. 2. Cut a lemon in half and squeeze out the juice in a bowl 3. Add half a teaspoon of sugar 4. Scrub your face gently and leave for ten minutes. 5. Wash off with water The sugar is a natural exfoliator and the citric acid acts as a corrosive to reduce the dead skin cells leaving the skin soft and rejuvenated. - Nourish your locks- use a fair amount of olive oil on the ends of your hair and leave over night. This will strengthen and replenish spit ends. It also acts as a deep conditioning treatment and induces a healthy shine. - One for the boys- I know most of you suffer from gross odours emanating from your shoes, so why not try soaking your feet in black tea. Strange but effective. The tannins in the tea eliminate any bad smells. By Faye Towler
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Wycombe Washout Dear all, I must apologise for my last article promoting Eden’s vivacious vintage fair. After being told that the centre would be transformed into everything old and stylish, I was somewhat excited to spread the word. Upon my arrival on Saturday morning, I was greeted with four, yes, four miniature stalls that looked like they had been dragged out of a car boot that morning. Advertisements and the mention of the occasion around Wycombe suggested, and I quote, “you’ll find 30 pop up shops and stalls offering retro fashion collections, accessories, jewellery and gifts for you to explore and buy.” Well this certainly was not the case. Much to my disappointment that there was nothing worth even a second glance, I fled the scene in a hurry. And then I thought about you guys that most probably dragged your hung-over selves down after my major hype in the last edition. For that I am deeply apologetic. Eden, you failed me. Yours Sincerely Faye Towler
Leave the apple bobbing and cliché broomsticks to the kiddies and get yourselves geared up for the best parties around. Halloween is the one time a year where you can dress up, drench yourselves in ketchup and appreciate the fact that it is completely acceptable to venture out the front door in this way. Be creative and fun, avoid stereotypical costumes and seek originality. A starting point for the girls out there is to accessorise a little black dress. Concentrate on volumous hair, big eyelashes and colourful makeup. White or black contact lenses are a sure way of initiating a freaky impression. For the guys, I would suggest the more humorous, the better. Use your imaginations, add some fake blood to the equation and you’re away. Last year I was amazed with someone who had covered themselves head to toe in cereal boxes and blood, whilst holding a plastic knife. His reasoning behind this; cereal killer. Have fun and enjoy!
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Movie Reviews
Contagion Contagion (12A) Released 21/10/ 2011 (UK) Running time: 106 mins By Oliver Hunt
The Adventures of Tin Tin The Adventures of Tin Tin (PG) Released 26/10/ 2011(UK) Running time: 1hr 41min
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or fans of the classic 1930’s comic book series, The Adventures of Tintin by Georges Rémi, to hear that famed film-maker Steven Spielberg would be adapting it was great news. The 3D comes later and isn’t all that important but Spielberg brings out the big guns as he proudly shows off his somewhat creepy motion capture, bringing the comic book to life. Writers Joe Cornish (who we last saw on his debut Attack the Block) along with Edgar Wright and Steven Mofatt, collaborate here as they bring three of the original books together; The Secret of the Unicorn, Red Rackham’s Treasure and The Crab with the Golden Claws, into one quest for treasure. Tintin (Jamie Bell) a young angsty reporter, one day stumbles across a mystery as he searches for a good story. Along his journey he meets Detectives Thompson (Simon Pegg) and Thomson (Nick Frost) who are on the case of a mysterious murder as well as Captin Haddock (Andy Serkis) after there has been a mutiny on board and with his dog Snowy by his side, Tintin embarks on a quest that takes him around the world. As seen in The Polar Express, the motion capture works well in places and poorly in others. Whilst Tintin’s face is reasonably naturalistic some lesser characters look like Tintin hit some acid. Spielberg
does stick close to the source material, but it might have been a little too close resulting in some bizarre character design. However do not let this throw you, on the whole the animation does work and the performances from Jamie Bell and especially Andy Serkis are exceptional. Serkis is, as always putting a lot of charm and dexterity into playing the eccentric Haddock and with other British names like Daniel Craig as the sinister Ivanovich, the cast really do work well together. From the opening credit sequence Spielberg applies a French New Wave sensibility over some cool jazz as we see silhouettes of Tintin on his previous journeys. It really does work with the European feel the movie holds. Despite being aimed at family audiences I believe anyone will enjoy this movie. Tintin is a very likable character and Jamie Bell does him justice and along with a lovable sidekick everything is in place for a great franchise. From the swashbuckling set pieces to the vast deserts, the comic book visuals and happy go lucky hero are a good reason not to miss the movie. The humour isn’t so much, laugh out loud funny, as it is just the occasional funny moment but overall its fun and adds a hint of nostalgia that Spielberg had with Raiders of the Lost Ark. Check Cineworld’s website for screening times.
hen looking at director Steven Soderberg’s oeuvre over the past couple of decades, he has built a career on jumping between great smaller art movies like the Che movies and rubbish big high concept films such as the remake of Solaris. With a string of movies on the horizon for the director, his latest post-Swine Flu movie Contagion looks to create the same social paranoia that Outbreak sort to go after and so we also ask ourselves what category does a film like Contagion fall into for the director? Following multiple stories around the globe, we start off on Day Two as the cheating wife Beth (Gwyneth Paltrow) as she arrives home from a business trip to her husband Mitch (Matt Damon) looking worse for wear. Various people as well as Beth begin to show signs of some horrible illness and before long Beth is rushed to hospital as the unknown virus begins to be passed from person to person. We soon are introduced to a variety of characters who all are dealing with the virus in different ways; you have Dr. Cheever (Lawrence Fishburne) and Dr. Mears (Kate Winslet) attempting to uncover what it is they are fighting,
whilst we sometimes cut to Dr. Orantes (Marion Cotillard) and Sun (Chin Han) as they attempt to save his home village in China. For the first hour or so as the virus spreads there is a real tension between the multiple stories, then everything after begins to drag on and fall all over the place. With the multi-plot structure writer Scott Z. Burns begins to lose the audiences interest as the threat level goes down. Do not mistake this movie for a horror movie in the same vein as Romero’s The Crazies, Contagion is frightening however is the same was Jaws to beach aficionados. Without saying too much, the end is also all over the place as situations sort themselves out in the end and the conflict is lost. With the movie jumping from location to location and we see the degradation of society; Soderberg attempts to convey some interesting meanings which never really materialise. For example, we see people looting and ransacking houses and shops, although it is never capitalised on and we never feel the same desperate panic that we felt in movies such as The Road. But that doesn’t mean that the acting isn’t there.
Soderberg gets a great performance out of some actors (Matt Damon shines over everyone else like in most of his movies) whilst other character pray for audiences attention which we never give. Soderberg does capture the world in a very conscious way to make the audience question each other. The movie does have some tense moments, and anyone who coughs or sneezes in the cinema will be judged by the other audience members and this is adds to the atmosphere. Burns throws in enough interesting details for the audience to catch up on (especially when Kate Winslet explains the amount of times we touch our faces in a day) and the film boasts at being grounded in fact. However, there is a certain disconnect between the characters and the audience. Whilst the cinematography and mood is spot on in the beginning all excitement and fear is gone within the first hour. Soderberg focuses on some boring characters (like Mitch’s daughter) and leaves out important information towards the end. However, the movie is well made and the massive cast will keep people entertained.
Sleeping Beauty Sleeping Beauty (18) Released 14/10 / 2011 (UK) Running time: 104min By Oliver J. Hunt
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he first mistake to make is walking into a screening of Sleeping Beauty and expecting the classic Disney picture only to find Australian film maker Julian Leigh’s debut, a deeply disturbing tale of lust and desire gone mad. This movie is definitely one for those audience members who are easily offended or even disturbed by dark imagery of sexual desire and to some extent is too far from Alan Moor’s comic series Lost Girls. Lucy (Emily Browning) is a university student who is holding down several jobs as a waitress and a medical research volunteer. A big nymphomaniac who is set up from the start, Lucy is soon employed to do the odd activities dressed in very
little whilst all the while elderly rich perverts eye-ball her. Her employer Clara (Rachael Blake) is her only chance. With Ewen Leslie as Birdmann the local drunk, Lucy spends her time drinking, working or studying before moonlighting as a sexual tease. As you can probably tell already, the movie is pretty heavy duty. Leigh paints a sexually nihilistic world as Lucy seems to unflinchingly spin on a downward spiral until the strange becomes a bit too strange. The first time we see Lucy she is instructed to insert a piece of tubing down her throat as she retches all the while. The very unsubtle subtext comes through right from this scene and only gets more disturbing from there.
A movie such as Sleeping Beauty is quick to be compared to Kubrick’s equally disturbing final flick Eyes Wide Shut, but whilst that is more about sexual liberation between husband and wife, Lucy’s character is more lost as she naively picks up guys from the same bar. All the while Leigh shoots the film as visual poetry, as long scenes draw out without cutting. With light visuals and a sterile feel, Leigh and cinematographer Geoffrey Simpson, leave much of the movie as flat on rather then putting in much dynamic into the scenes. This gives the film a creepily naturalistic edge as Lucy begins to drug herself whilst she is left to be played with by the rich. And as expected, there is a lot of nudity which unlike most
movies isn’t capitalised on and even used to make the audience feel some guilt and even though the ending was all over the place the movie manages to pull through. Emily Browning is exceptional in this role which was initially intended for Mia Wasikowska. It isn’t an easy role either; some moments in the film do make the audience question sexual desire and makes you think about the seedy underworld of prostitution. The movie is edgy and bold for first time director Julia Leigh and she has taken time and care for every frame. Even though at times the subject can be hard to watch, Leigh and Browning have really collaborated to make something with a lot of meaning.
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Stay safe in your student house Living away from home for the first time, students are often unaware that their landlord has a legal responsibility to keep them gas safe. Gas Safe Register has some essential gas safety advice for students and their parents. Poorly serviced, badly fitted or faulty gas appliances could put you at risk from gas leaks, fire, explosion and carbon monoxide poisoning. As a student, gas safety may not be your top priority when you move into your accommodation, but knowing the risks could save your life. Recent research from the Department of Health found that over a 12 month period, around 4,000 people presented themselves at hospital with lowlevel carbon monoxide poisoning. Accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, arising from a variety of fuels, has resulted in more than 50 deaths this year. Gas Safe Register recommends students follow these simple steps to avoid gas safety risks at university: 1. Know your rights. By law, landlords must use a Gas Safe registered engineer to carry out annual safety checks and maintenance on all gas appliances. Ask your landlord for a copy of the current gas safety record. They are required to show you this as proof annual safety checks have been done. 2. All Gas Safe registered engineers carry a Gas Safe ID card. If your landlord sends a gas engineer round, make sure you check the back of their ID card which shows the type of gas work they’re qualified to do. Landlords also need to show you how to turn off the gas supply, in case of a gas leak.
3. Know the signs and symptoms of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. It is easy to mistake CO poisoning with flu, or even a hangover. If you have headaches, dizziness, nausea, breathlessness or collapse, or lose consciousness in your home, but the symptoms disappear when you get out of the house, it could be CO poisoning. Seek medical help if you feel unwell. 4. Fit an audible carbon monoxide alarm in your room and in the shared areas of your accommodation. You can get them in DIY and hardware stores, as well as some supermarkets. This alarm will alert you if dangerous levels of CO are present. 5. If you smell gas or think there might be a gas leak: turn off the gas at the meter, extinguish naked flames, open windows and leave the property. Immediately call the Gas Emergency number for your area. Seek medical advice if you feel unwell. If your landlord refuses to regularly service and safety check the gas appliances they have provided in your accommodation, you should remind them of their legal responsibilities. If your landlord still refuses to comply, you should contact the Health and Safety Executive on 0845 345 0055. For further information on staying gas safe at university, visit gassaferegister.co.uk/students or call 0800 408 5500. If you would like to discuss any of the above or you need any help and advice about anything else to do with your accommodation then we are here to help. Please do not hesitate to contact us.
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Match Report, Bucks FC 5th (4) v Reading 3rds (1) 19/10/2011 The lads were eager to get the season off to a running start as they faced Reading 3rds in the leagues opening fixture! They showed there intention from the very first whistle, pressuring the opposition and forcing errors! Around the 18th minute Bucks recieved a penaltyfor handball! Player Manager Dom Jolliffe confidenly stepped up and slotted it away to make it 1-0. The pressure continued and from a well constructed corner kick, Ali Issa manged to break free from his marker and put a glancing header in the back of the net, to make the score 2-0. The score was 2-0 at half time. Two minutes into the second half Reading managed to sneak back a goal to make it 2-1. After making for substitutions, Dan Bowen on for Dom Jolliffe, Connor Miskelly on for Steve Usher, Dan Wells on for Craig Marsterson and Aex Young on for Josh Bradley, the boys were able to force there way up the field to force consecutive corners, from the corner, Alex Young was able to beat his marker to the ball, and powerfully put the ball past the keeper, to make it 3-1. With the Bucks boys on cloud nine, and Redings hopes disappering before them, a beautifully waited pass from Tim King to beat the Readings defence and put Shaun Loomer through on goal was the only invite Loomer needed to place the ball under the keeper and in to the back of the net, to make the final score 4-1! Man Of The Match went to Jack Thomson! The lads next game is away to Kings College London Medics, watch this space to find out how they get on!
The big B&V Badminton and Volleyball has got off to a great start this year. With fantastic numbers from the word go, we are going very strong! The men’s Badminton team started their season with a staggering 8 nil win against Whittle 1st team. This result has Sent BNU soaring straight to the top of the league, where hopefully they will stay for the whole season. The men’s volleyball game sadly had to be rearranged as Chichester couldn’t get a team together in time. Both the ladies team’s start Wednesday the 26th and we are sure they’ll get off to a great start as well. Next on the agenda will be initiations and we hope to get the amount of B&Vers out as we did for our first social so once again we can take over Yates before hitting the great FRAT House.
University Touch Challenge
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1. In which European city is FIFAs headquarters? 2. A cart called a Sulky is used in which sport? 3.Although India qualified for the football world cup in 1950, they refused to take part. Why? Answers: 1.Zurich 2.Harness Racing 3.They wanted to play their matches barefoot
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Are you a rugby fan in search of a great day out for minimum cost? On Friday November 11th that day starts at 1pm outside the university, where students interested will get a bus to London Harlequin’s ground right by Twickenham. You can take part in a six-a-side touch tournament which will take place on the Harlequin’s pitch, and the winners will even get a prize! Following the Touch Tournament, food and drinks will be provided while you receive a talk from the community side of Harlequins. Then the Harlequins v Connacht Rugby game will take place where more drinks and food will be available for those with a big appetite. After this there will be a bus back to BNU for a great night out in the SU. All this will cost only £15, and is considered a once in a lifetime opportunity to play on the Harlequins pitch have a great day out with your mates. Players of both sex and of any ability will be able to take part, so it’s not to be missed out on! For more information please contact Steve Doughty on 0778412934 and you can make your payment at the SU office.
Bucks begin with home victory By Patrick Cunningham Bucks Mens 6ths got their season off to a winning start after a deserved 1-0 win over St. Mary’s 6ths at the Rye Park on Wednesday October 19th. Nick Jewitt scored the solitary goal of the game, which saw Connor Humpage’s men dominate from start to finish. Bucks set the tempo early on and were dominant in possession with St. Marys not showing much in the opening exchanges. Ten minutes in, the commanding Scott Dunk played a ball from defence to Ben Pritchard up front, who just shot wide. The visitor’s midfield and defence was almost non existent, with Anthony Day and Matt Goodman linking up well for Bucks. The home side did a good job in keeping the St. Marys attack out, with the visitors rarely threatening as they appeared to run out of ideas in the final third. Goodman, playing down the left wing, was proving to be a real thorn in the St. Marys side and approaching half time, a mazy run and lay off to Conor Cregan resulted in Jarrell Hepburn heading wide from Cregan’s cross. Ricky Brown, who was linking well with Day through the centre, was the victim of borderline assault by one of the St. Marys players, but the referee thought otherwise not giving out any punishment. After the interval, Bucks continued to dominate with Aaron Annersley and Hepburn linking up before Pritchard fired wide from Hepburn’s lay off. They continued to press forward but could not find the breakthrough. Humpage then decided to replace the hard working Hepburn with Manuel Feist. Bucks finally got the reward they deserved on 62 minutes when Goodman won a corner after another superb run. Annersley swung the ball in and following a goalmouth scramble and a terribly mistimed punch from the keeper; Nick Jewitt was able to fire home. No less than Bucks boys deserved. The goal seemed to spring the away side into life and they eventually started to press Bucks back in their own half. Humpage then came on himself, replacing Brown who was carrying a slight knock. The visitors began to knock on the door, and when the home defence had a momentary lapse in concentration, the St. Mary’s striker spurned a golden opportunity to equalise when put through one on one by his teammate. Tireless working from all the Bucks players was paying off, and in a swift counter attack, the excellent Goodman almost doubled Bucks lead but the ball just fizzed past the post. St. Marys almost grabbed what would have been an undeserved equaliser in the final minutes with Ian Huggett clearing off the line. However, Humpage’s men held on to record a season opening win.
SPORTSPROFILE
Haroon Naseer Khan
Position: Captain Course: (2nd year) Airline and Airport Management All time favourite player – Imran Khan (Pakistani Cricket Team – Former captain) Interesting fact – I was part of Bahrain’s first ever U-17 team for Pakistan. I got a chance to play against international players like Salman Butt, Adnan Afsal, Ahmed Shazad, and Sheryar Nafeez. We won the match and I was named “Man of the match” in our match against Bangladesh. Why did you come to Bucks? I wanted to further my education abroad and Bucks had all the requirements that I was looking for, I don’t regret it. What is the best thing about being here at Bucks? Bucks makes me feel like I’m right at home, so I don’t miss home [Bahrain] as much. What is the worst thing about being here at Bucks? Cricket’s not as big as other sports such as football, hockey or basketball. Sadly, people prefer to play rugby and football and I’d love for cricket to be as big as them. What is the best thing about the Cricket Society? Even though it’s not a ‘big’ sport, it’s an achievement for us to keep the club running and interesting as well, with the limitations that we have. We’re taking part in an international tournament this Saturday! What is the worst thing about the Cricket Society? It’s hard to find players. Especially with talented players who cross over into our clubs. They’re more likely to choose those sports over us. What has been your best moment so far here at Bucks? In my 2nd year, I scored a century and we won the match comprehensively. Who is the best player on the team? Obviously, if you ask me this I’ll say me! But I think all the players are highly talented and important! Who is the worst player on the team? Jamie Bradford . Only kidding, everyone pulls their weight! Who is the longest in the shower? Easily, Nathan Charlton. He carries his personal bath bag with all his gels, shampoos and moisturisers.
BNU Swans Cheerleading Squad
By Lauren Troiano So that’s it! The final squads for Cheer dance & Cheerleading have been chosen. Auditions saw over a total of 70 people try out. However, after tough decisions the squads have become 35 in cheerleading and 2 groups of around 10-12 for dance. Wednesday saw the first proper social with the cheerleaders in true Swans style – this time with a twist. We wanted to combine charity fundraising, a social together and also celebrate 3 Swan’s birthdays (Belinda, Rachel, Sonal) and therefore had a theme of BRAS. We all wore a variation – bras over t-shirts, drawn on bras, bandeaus and sports bras. Even the lads joined in! Thanks to everyone we raised £36.35 for Breast Cancer UK. We’re carrying on fundraising throughout their awareness month by wearing pink to training. BNU Swans also had their first taster at volunteering. We all walked down to Hughenden Path near Morrisons along with other members of the university and a couple of PCSO’s too! Clearing up the dry river, the cheerleader’s themselves found copious amounts of empty vodka and lambrini bottles as well as beer cans – classy Wycombe! Our chairman managed to come across a whole entire wall with a plug socket still attached! Minus the typical English weather creeping up on us, eight Swans had a fantastic day! In other news, Swan volunteers raised £47.62 for RAG & the bake sale held in the SU Foyer raised £85! GO SWANS.
BUCKS 4ths SECURE FIRST POINT OF SEASON Bucks Mens 4ths were held to a 1-1 draw by Roehampton 2nds last Wednesday, at The Rye. A well taken first half strike by Alfredo Da Silva saw the home side go in at the break with a deserved lead. However, the visitors piled on the pressure in the second half and a controversial equaliser earned them a share of the spoils. Following a defeat in their opening fixture away at Kingston Uni 3rds the previous week, Chris Mogridge’s men were determined to kick off their home campaign with a much improved performance. A cagey opening to the game saw neither side threaten with the midfield a congested area. Roehampton were launching a lot of high balls into the Bucks penalty area but Ian Nickels and Chris Hedges were dominant in the air. Then on 18 minutes a long clearance from the Bucks defence caused havoc in the Roehampton defence. Da Silva capitalised on the mix-up by coolly lifting the ball over the onrushing ‘keeper into an empty net. That goal boosted the home side’s confidence and they began to string together some quality moves. With Ryan Bailey patrolling the area in front of the back four, Christian Freire and Akash Ahmed in particular, were beginning to control the midfield. They linked up beautifully on a number of occasions creating chances but a combination of poor finishing and stout Roehampton defending kept the scoreline at 1-0. Bucks were in complete control and could have doubled their lead first through a James Mills shot that flashed across goal after he was found by the impressive Ahmed. Da Silva then Hi sports fans! My name is Gary Anderson and I am the sports editor for The Bucks Student. The sports season is well and truly up and running now with most teams having kicked off their campaigns. Wednesday October 19, saw 15 Bucks teams record victories including six of the seven men’s football sides and both men’s rugby teams. The ladies basketball 1sts completed a superb away victory at Surrey University as well as wins for Bucks in golf, tennis, netball and hockey. The men’s badminton 1sts also had a great away day, thrashing Writtle College Mens 1sts 8-0. Check out details and match reports from some of the games in today’s edition. I have emailed the captains of each team to let them
By Gary Anderson tested the visiting ‘keeper with a low drive. The Roehampton stopper was soon in action again after the restart. This time he pulled off a superb double save to deny first Ahmed, and then substitute Aiman from close range. Moments later, Da Silva skipped past two defenders but saw his effort cleared off the line. The Bucks boys were pressing hard looking for a killer second goal but could not find it. Just after the hour mark, Nathan Baker was forced off with an injury and replaced by Josh Smith. Smith was immediately called into action clearing a dangerous ball played over the top. At this stage the home side began to retreat deeper and deeper into their own half which handed the initiative back to Roehampton. The visitors sensed the nervousness of the Bucks players and began to pile on the pressure. Eventually, they punished their opponent’s earlier profligacy in front of goal by snatching an equaliser. A corner from the right saw the ball fall to a Roehampton player on the six yard line and he stabbed the ball home past ‘keeper Mike Humphreys. Roehampton nearly grabbed a winner in the final few minutes but a free header from eight yards out sailed past the ‘Bucks upright. That was the last action of the game as the referee blew for full time. Bucks will be disappointed they could not hold out for the win but will be glad to have registered their first point of the season.
SPORTS EDITORS LETTER Gary Anderson Email: sports.editor@thebucksstudent.com
know how to get in contact with me and send in match reports and the latest news from each sports team but unfortunately have only received a small number of replies. So come on you lot! Get your reports and news in so we can highlight your teams and let everyone know how our Bucks boys and girls are doing! Until the next edition, keep the Bucks flag flying high!
gordos gossip It has been a successful start to the sporting season with 17 out of 20 wins on Wednesday 19th; however we also suffered 5 injuries, so I wish those students a speedy recovery! Today we see an outstanding 12 teams playing at home all competing to bring us home another great winning streak. So get down to their matches and support your squads! Da da da da.... Bucks New Uni! The first AU and Soc Councils of the year took place last week and it was agreed that VARSITY will go ahead this year and so I am looking out for a new competitive opponent to start a long standing competition against. (I think Middlesex were scared to play us again! Or was it that we party too hard for their liking?) Not only this, we had an update from the men’s rugby team after their successful ‘tour reunion’ takeover where they raised over £490. Tonight the Mature Students Society takeover the SU with their school disco and bar Olympics, so please get down to support them! On Thursday 3rd November, so
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NETBALLNEWS Bucks Netball 1sts got their season underway with a tough assignment away to Reading Uni 1sts on Wednesday October 19. Despite a determined performance from the Bucks’ girls they lost by a score line of 4015. Next up for the girls is a home tie with University of Chicester 2nds today followed by an away fixture at St. Bartholomew’s and the Royal London Hospital 1sts next Wednesday November 9. Meanwhile, Bucks Netball 3rds put in a great performance in their opening fixture. They overcame Roehampton 4ths 24-7. They host Reading Uni 3rds in the Gateway sports hall today before a trip to Imperial College London 3rds on Wednesday November 9. By Gary Anderson
Bucks Netball 2nds Bucks Netball 2nds got off to an eventful start to the season on Wednesday October 19. Joanne Heppell & Becky Maidmant were unfortunate to pick up injuries which resulted in us forfeiting the game to St Marys 3rds. As captain and on behalf of the team we want to wish them both a speedy recovery. By Jemma Butch After receiving confirmation of our takeover the preparations are underway. If your getting sick of the winter weather don’t worry the Netball girls are bringing ‘SPRING BREAK TO BUCKS.’ On the 23rd November our girls will be transforming the SU into an American holiday, just for you....there will be volleyball games, waitresses on offer, vodka sorbets, wet t-shirt competitions, some special dancers...and lots, lots more. So lads if you want to see the girls in minimal clothing and waiting on you hand and foot get down to the Netball takeover on 23rd November! Details will follow!
Netballs Thriving 3rds A convincing 24-7 win against a strong Roehampton side. The team looked promising in the first game of the season, with good work around the D and strong defending from Sarah Lawrence. The shooters Daniella Andrean and Kirstie Ogilvie sharing the points between them. Kirstie also pulling out a player of the match performance. Overall a strong team performance with the freshers fitting into the side well.
Vice President Student Involvement amy.gordon@bucks.ac.uk tomorrow, we will be unveiling the beautiful new banana bench in memorial of Carly Beattie, a student who sadly passed away earlier this year. So I hope to see all you snowsoc’ers and friends of Carly to be there for the unveiling at midday. It will sit in front of the willow and is a small token from Ruth Farwell the Vice Chancellor of the University. Later on in the week, 12th, the SU launches the start of jailbreak to see who can break free from university and get as far away as possible without spending any of their own money. I think the record to beat is Israel and Sweden. Remember! Children In Need takes place on Friday 11th November, so this gives you a great excuse to wear your PJ’s into your lectures! Red button will be holding film-a-thon to hopefully make a whole film in 24hours so look out for them in case you can a spot in the limelight! Please give generously throughout the day for such a worthy cause. Gordo says get winning! x
RESULTS
WEDNESDAY 19th october Mens Rugby Bucks 1s 35 - St Marys 2s 19 Mens Rugby Bucks 2s 24 - West London uni 19 Mens Football Bucks 2’s 4 - St Marys 5ths 0 Mens Football Bucks 3rds 2 - Royal Holloway 1st 1 Mens Football Kingston 3rds 2 - Bucks 4ths 0 Mens Football Bucks 5th 4 - Reading Uni 3rds 1 Mens Football Bucks 6th 1 - St Marys 0 Womens Basketball Surrey Uni 41 - Bucks 48 Mens Tennis Bucks 8 - Royal Holloway 4 Womens Tennis Roehampton 4 - Bucks 6 Mixed Golf Bucks 2nd 3 - Kingston Uni 3 Mens Badminton Bucks 8 - Writtle College 0 Womens Netball Reading 1s 40 - Bucks 15 Womens Netball Bucks 3s 24 - Roehampton 7 Results from 26/10/11 Men’s basketball Bucks 61- Reading 2s 22 Mens Football Bucks 1st 1 - Reading 1st 2 Mens Football Portsmouth 4th 0 - Bucks 2nd 3 Mens Football Kingston 1st 0 - Bucks 3rd 0 Mens Football Bucks 4th 1 - Roehampton Uni 1 Mens Football KCollege Medics 3 - Bucks 5ths 0 Mens Football Royal Holloway 3rds 5 - Bucks 6ths 1 Mens Football Bucks FC 7th 1 - Uni of the CArts 1st 6 Ladies Football RUMS 0 - Bucks Ladies 12 Womens Netball Bucks 1st 20 - Portsmouth 2nd 13 Womens Netball Bucks 2nd 41 - Roehampton 19 Womens Netball Surrey 31 - Bucks 3rd 11 Womens Hockey Bucks 7 - Portsmouth Uni 3rds 0 Mens Hockey Bucks 12 - IC London Medics 1 MENS RUGBY Portsmouth Uni 2nd 5 - Bucks 1st 26 Mens Squash Brunel 3rds 3 - Bucks new Uni 1st 0 Mens Volleyball Bucks New Uni 0 - Portsmouth 1st 3 Womens Volleyball Bucks New Uni 1 - Royal Holloway - 3
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WEDNESDAY 2ND NOVEMBER Womens Badminton Bucks Womens 1st vs QMU 1st Womens Basketball Bucks 1st vs CU London Womens 1st Womens Netball Bucks 1st vs Uni of C Womens 2nd Womens Netball LSE Womens 3rd vs Bucks 2nd Womens Netball Bucks 3rd vs R’ing Uni Womens 3rd Mens Tennis R’ing Uni Mens 3rd vs Bucks 1st Womens Tennis Bucks 1st vs K’ston Uni Womens 1st Hockey Mens UCL Mens 2nd vs Bucks Mens 1st Football Mens Bucks 1st vs Uni of C Mens 2nd Football Mens Bucks 5th vs LSE Mens 3rd Football Mens UCA Mens 2nd vs Bucks Mens 7th Football Mens Bucks Mens 6th vs UCA Mens 1st Squash Mens Bucks 1st vs Uni of Surrey Mens 2nd Volleyball Womens BU Womens 1st vs Bucks Womens 1st Volleyball Mens BU Mens 1st vs Bucks Mens 1st Golf Mixed P Uni Mixed 1st vs Bucks Mixed 1st Golf Mixed Uni S Mixed 1st vs Bucks Mixed 2nd Football Mens P Uni Mens 5th vs Bucks Mens 3rd Football Mens P Uni Mens 3rd vs Bucks Mens 2nd Hockey Womens Bucks Womens 1st vs ICL Womens 2nd Rugby Union Mens Bucks Mens 1st vs St.UC Mens 3rd
Squash Womens R’ing Uni Womens 1st vs Bucks Womens 1st Football Mens KU Mens 2nd vs Bucks Mens 4th Football Womens Bucks Womens 1st vs UCS Womens 1st Rugby Union Mens US Mens 2nd vs Bucks Mens 2nd Badminton Mens St Mary’s UC Mens 1st vs Bucks Mens 1st WEDNESDAY 9TH NOVEMBER Womens Badminton SUC Womens 1st vs Bucks Womens 1st Mens Rugby Union S.G, Uni of Ldon Mens 1st vs Bucks Mens 1st Mens Badminton LSE Mens 2nd vs Bucks Mens 1st Mens Basketball Buck Mens 1st vs UA L’don Mens 1st Womens Hockey S.UC Womens 2nd vs Bucks Womens 1st Mens Tennis KUni Mens 1s vs Bucks Mens 1st Mens Football Bucks Mens 2nd vs C’bury CCU Mens 2nd Mens Football G’smiths, UL Mens 1st vs Bucks Mens 4th Mens Football UCA, Surrey Mens 3rd vs Bucks Mens 7th Womens Netball UG Womens 2nd vs Bucks Womens 2nd Womens Netball ICL Womens 3rd vs Bucks Womens 3rd Womens Netball SB Womens 1st vs Bucks Womens 1st Mens Football Bucks Mens 6th vs Uni of C Mens 4th Mens Football SMUC Mens 5th vs Bucks Mens 3rd Mens Football P Uni Mens 5th vs Bucks Mens 1st Mens Football ICL Medics Mens 2nd vs Bucks Mens 5th Mixed Golf Bucks Mixed 2nd vs BU Mixed 1st Mixed Golf Bucks Mixed 1st vs KUni Mixed 1st Mens Rugby Union Bucks 2nd vs Uni of Surrey Mens 2nd Mens Hockey Uni of E Mens 2nd vs Bucks Mens 1st WEDNESDAY 23rd november Mens Volleyball Bucks Mens 1st vs Uni Brighton Mens 1st Womens Volleyball Uni Br’ton Womens 1st vs Bucks Womens 1st Mens Squash Brunel Uni Mens 2nd vs Bucks Mens 1st Womens Squash Uni E Womens 1st vs Bucks Womens 1st Mens Football Bucks Mens 6th vs UCA Mens 2nd Mens Football SMUC Mens 6th vs Bucks Mens 7th Mens Football SMUC Mens 4th vs Bucks Mens 3rd Mens Football Bucks Mens 1st vs Uni S’sex Mens 1st Womens Basketball Bucks Womens 1st vs SGUL Womens 1st Mens Basketball Bucks Mens 1st vs Uni H’shire Mens 2nd Womens Badminton Bucks Womens 1st vs UE Womens 2nd Womens Table Tennis Bucks Womens 1st vs UE Womens 1st Womens Netball Bucks Womens 1st vs SMUC Womens 1st Womens Netball LSE Womens 2nd vs Bucks Womens 2nd Womens Netball Bucks Womens 3rd vs LSB Womens 2nd Mens Table Tennis Bucks Mens 1st vs Uni of S’sex Mens 1st Womens Tennis Bucks Womens 1st vs UW Womens 1st Mixed Golf Bucks Mixed 1st vs Bucks Mixed 2nd Mens Tennis Uni of S’sex Mens 1st vs Bucks Mens 1st Mens Hockey R’Uni Mens 1st vs Bucks Mens 1st Womens Hockey Bucks Womens 1st vs US Womens 2nd Mens Rugby Union Bucks Mens 1st vs Uni of S’sex Mens 1st Womens Football Bucks Womens 1st vs UE Womens 2nd Mens Football University of Chichester Mens 5th vs Bucks Mens 4th Mens Football Portsmouth Uni Mens 6th vs Bucks Mens 5th Womens Rugby Union KC L’don Womens 1st vs Bucks Womens 1st Mens Rugby Union Bucks Mens 2nd vs School of OA Studies Mens 1st Mens Football R’ton Uni Mens 1st vs Bucks Mens 2nd
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Bucks power to first home win of the season Bucks Men’s Rugby 1sts secured their first win of the season with a 35-19 win over St Mary’s 2nds on Wednesday October 19. The home side ran in five tries with skipper Tom Blackburn, touching down twice along with further scores for Stuart Day, Tom Eden and Edward Games. Adam Blatchly kept the scoreboard ticking over with two penalties and two conversions. It was Blatchly who registered the first points of the game knocking over a penalty from 30 metres after two minutes. Dan Reilly collected the restart and Bucks drove up the pitch going through a number of phases. Blackburn picked up the ball from another ruck and broke through the gain-line before feeding Games who finished off smartly in the corner. Blatchly added the conversion to reward Bucks’ great start with a 10 point lead. With the forwards providing good quick ball the Bucks backline were stringing together some flowing moves and it wasn’t long before they breached the St Marys defence again. Jono Lowther danced his way past two tacklers before finding Tom Eden to slide over. The home side were dominating up front with the scrum in particular allowing scrum-half Stuart Gough time to assess his options. However, St Marys regrouped and hit back with a try of their own as some good running saw their centre touch down under the posts. The conversion was good. Moments later Bucks responded by scoring their third try of the half. Again it was the forwards who done the damage. Day
By Gary Anderson made a great break before presenting the ball for Blackburn to pick up and power over the line. Bucks went in at the break with a deserved lead of 20-7. A heavy shower during the interval meant that conditions for the second half were not conducive to free flowing rugby. Both sides struggled with a slippery ball but it was the home side who coped better. Lowther sliced through the visiting defence once more before Andy Keith gathered the ball. He found Finn Morris who fed the onrushing Day. The St Marys defence were powerless to stop the big prop from crashing over the line. The visitors showed they were not going to lie down however, as they slid over for another converted try. But the Bucks boys rallied again and minutes later they cancelled that score with a converted try of their own. That man Blackburn was at the heart of the action again, rampaging his way to the St Marys line only to be held up by desperate defending. From the resulting five metre scrum Bucks drove forward and Blackburn touched down. A neat set-move off their lineout saw the visitors respond once more but that proved to be their final score. Blatchly tagged on an insurance penalty near the end and Bucks comfortably saw out the remaining minutes of the game despite Eden being harshly sin binned for an off the ball infringement.
Men’s Hockey Season so far...
Up to date the BNU men’s hockey side have played four Saturday games and are sitting pretty at the top of the HBBO Open League Division 7 having won three and drawn one. In those four games BNU have scored an impressive 12 goals 6 of which coming from midfield whippet Liam Connelly. Other notable successes this season are Alex Stevens promotion to Wycombe 1st team, Joe Thomas’s progression to Wycombe 2nd team and Robbie Leung and Ed Wilsons impact on the Wycombe 3’s. Unfortunately the first BUCS game against last years failed title chasers Portsmouth was postponed so the uni side get going this weds 26/10/11 against Imperial College London Medics at Bishom Abbey. BNU go into this fixture with high hopes for a promotion season considering the overall improvements the side has made. By Marcus Claytor
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