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Editorial and Campus News
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irst of all, welcome to Dundee! I hope you are all enjoying the weather, your new flatmates and our beautiful campus. A quick introduction: I’m Melina Nicolaides, a 4th year English Literature student with a coffee addiction powerful enough to qualify entering myself into some kind of rehabilitation center. More importantly, I’m the Editor in Chief of The Magdalen, your student magazine. Over the course of the year you will find The Magdalen scattered around campus or being handed to you by one of our fantastic members (so, if someone comes at you with a Magdalen, take it). If you enjoy this issue and want to get involved, be sure to check out our stall at the Fresher’s Fayre. You don’t have to be the next Hemingway to join, there really is a place for anyone and everyone! I would like to say a quick thank you to our fabulous team, who put together this issue. Be sure to check out the pasta bake recipe on page 4, it’s delicious and easy to make (I know this because I cooked it without setting fire to anything). Also, check out Flatmate Bonding with Films on page 7 for the perfect films to cry, laugh or scare off your flatmates (just on the off chance you hate them)! May your Fresher’s Week be full of adventures, laughter and wonderful memories, given you remember any of it!
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Editor in Chief, themagdalen@dusa.co.uk
Lifestyle Where to ______ in Dundee Student Recipies: Pasta Bake
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Art Arty Things 6
Entertainment Flatmate Bonding WIth Films
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Features Words of Whimsy 8 4 Best Things About Leaving Home 8+9 10 Lessons of Uni 9
Fashion Student Fashion Staples Campus Style
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Current Affairs Political Societies
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Law Clinic
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Sport Burning Off The Donar Kebabs
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This issue of The Magdalen was brought to you by: Alex Shilling, Alice Harrold, Kevin Fullerton, Clare McCaughney, Ana Hine, Danielle Ames, Melina Nicolaides,Nicholas Manderson, Mhairi Rutherford, Steven Fullerton, Cassie Morrison, Finlay Craig, Peter Hine, Francisco Garcia, Sheona, Claire McPhillimy, Hannah Bradbury, Ailsa Hamilton, Kirsty Lunn, Sheona Shankland & Ana Hine. PAGE 2 Untitled-2 2
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LIFESTYLE
Where to ____ in Dundee All you need now is Google maps Mhairi Rutherford Get your Freshers photos printed? Jessops (39 Reform Street) 200 6x4, next day pick up, for £10, + 10% student discount.
Get a manicure? Green Rooms (27 South Tay Street) Friendly staff and a lovely, peaceful atmosphere. OPI, Shellac and Minx + 10% student discount on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Buy vintage? RaRa and the Pretty Vacant Show Rooms (29 Exchange Street) Offering a range of clothes, religious themed jewellery, tea cups, and a back catalogue of Private Eyes.
Buy Enjoi, DC’s, Iron Fist etc? Ozzy’s (Seagate, off the main road to the bus station) Pretty good range of guys and girls clothes, belts and shoes. They also stock Roller Derby Skates, spray paints, and things of that nature.
Get a piercing? Phil’s (60 Dock Street). A clean, nice little place that you can trust.
Buy Coffee beans and Tea leaves? Braithwaites (6 Castle Street) Follow the smell of roasting coffee beans. Great quality, range and prices offered in a beautiful, old shop.
Buy meat? Scott Brothers Butcher (Opposite the Churches and Primark) Knowledgeable staff, competitive prices and great quality products.
Buy fresh fruit and veg? Fraser’s Fruit and Veg (300 Perth Road) They sell products from local farms, as well as deli foodstuffs and homemade soup. Often have specialist produce; search for them on Facebook for more info. LIFESTYLE Untitled-2 3
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Sheona’s Student Recipes Student Pasta Bake: Serves 3 (or 2 very hungry students)
It’s that time of year again when we all flock to Dundee to nourish our minds but, especially for those of you coming to university for the first time, you may need a helping hand with how to nourish your body. I’ll try my best to come up with simple, delicious recipes that not only taste good but are affordable too. This one is a simple pasta bake that can easily be made vegetarian. It’s great for sharing with your new flatmates or to sit down and catch up with old ones.
Ingredients: 250g (4 big handfuls) Pasta, preferably penne 1 red pepper (finely chopped) 1 onion (finely chopped) 1 courgette (finely chopped) 1 clove of garlic (finely chopped) 4-6 rashers of unsmoked back bacon (chopped up) 150g cheddar cheese 25g butter 100ml (1 glass) milk 1 1/2 tablespoons of plain flour 2 slices of bread Olive oil or a knob of butter Salt and pepper
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Melina (our Editor, who took the photos) used spinach pasta instead of regular penne which is why it’s green.
Mixed milk, butter and flour is commonly known as a roux. It is a culinary necessity that features in many dishes like Mac n’ Cheese and cauliflower cheese.
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Boil the kettle and put your pasta in the larger pot. Adding a pinch of salt, pour in the boiling water. For penne, totally submerge the pasta and cook on a medium heat for 12 mins, stirring occasionally. Once cooked, drain and rinse with hot water. Leave in the pot till later.
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Next, the bacon and veggies. Put your pan on the heat and add a splash of olive oil or knob of butter. Once the pan has heated up, place your chopped bacon, garlic and onion into the pan and stir for roughly 4 minutes or until your bacon looks cooked.
Take the other pot and put in the butter. Melt on a medium heat.
Now add in the finely chopped peppers and courgettes and stir on a medium/high heat for another 3 minutes.
Add the flour and stir. When you are stirring this, it is best to take it off the heat. The ingredients should come together to form a doughy looking ball.
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Take the pot of drained pasta and stir in the cheese sauce and bacon and veggie mix. This is a good time to taste to see how much salt and pepper you want. Bacon is quite salty so you may not need any.
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Now place the pot back on the heat and gradually add the milk whilst continuing to stir until it becomes liquid again. If it’s too thick then add a little more milk. Keep the mixture cooking on the heat for a few minutes to ensure the sauce doesn’t taste floury.
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Pour everything into your baking dish and sprinkle on the rest of the cheese.
Take your bread and fold it twice into a quarter and grate it. Now sprinkle your breadcrumbs over the pasta with the cheese.
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Keep your pan on the heat and add 2/3 of the grated cheese. Stir till it’s melted. Keep the rest of your cheese to melt on top. Once the cheese has melted, turn off the heat and leave it for now.
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Finally, put in the oven at 160C for about 5-7 minutes or until the crunchy topping is golden brown.
The finished product:
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ART
Arty things… FRANSISCO GARCIA
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or all you newcomers, whether you’re Located right in the heart of the city centre Humanities students or not, we thought (Albert Square, Meadowside) the Mcmanus it would be a lovely idea to compile a guide to holds an eclectic variety of exhibitions, from cultural goings on in Dundee. To quote from the Victorian art to exploring the origins of modern good book: “Man cannot live on budget alcohol Dundee. Excitingly, as of August the gallery will alone” (quoted verbatim, I promise). Though be exhibiting “Ten Drawings by Leonardo: A Dundee may not be able to compete with Diamond Jubilee Celebration”, you don’t need Edinburgh or Glasgow in terms of variety or my feeble recommendations; go and ogle at scale, it certainly possesses its own distinctive some Renaissance genius already! For any and vibrant arts scene. “The cultural centre is undoubtedly the DCA... The cultural centre is undoubtedly which offers enough to satiate even the most the DCA (Dundee ardent cultural junkie.” Contemporary Arts), located less than five minutes walk from further information on the Mcmanus Galleries, the University at 152 Nethergate. The DCA have a gander at the website: mcmanus.co.uk offers enough to satiate even the most ardent The University itself has a decent range of cultural junkie; with a variety of film festivals, literary and artsy societies, depending on your contemporary art exhibitions, talks and handsinterests and predilections. If you see any glaring on art courses running throughout the year. holes in the list, then be proactive and start your Check out the website for current listings of own. I’m sure Dundee University has been what’s on at: dca.org.uk or download their screaming it’s lungs into wheezy expiration smartphone app. for the “Insert Your Choice of Neglected 16th If you like your art housed in something more Century Slovenian Poet/Artist Society”. Explore broodingly Gothic, then get yourself down to the the Freshers fair (Saturday 8th September, McManus Galleries, the much loved building in DUSA) in the meantime for all the existing that houses Dundee’s main art collection. societies.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Films to watch drunk with your flatmates
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n drunken nights in with your flatmates put on something too downbeat and you’ll have people weeping into their drinks, so a good cheerful film should keep the drunken spirits up. The silliness of something like Monty Python and the Holy Grail, in which overly aggressive rabbits explode and grown men run around fields pretending that the sound of banging coconuts is horses, is a fantastic drunk film to watch, especially if there aren’t any tedious people there to shout out quotes from the film and ruin it for everyone (if someone does that then they’re probably going to be a dreadful flatmate). For a more interactive film experience, the psychotically camp musical, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, will bemuse people who haven’t seen it before and allow the people who have to belt out a tune or two.
Films to make your flatmates like you
Films to watch hungover with your flatmates
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our brain’s mush and your shaking hands grasp dry foods whilst your stomach grumbles on its last legs. This is first time you’ll see your flatmates looking absolutely wretched, unshowered and visibly knackered. Huddled around the television, emotionally fragile from the copious amounts of whatever was in that shot last night, the soppiest films are the only thing that the brain can respond to. A feel-good Pixar film, like the UP, will make everyone laugh and cry in equal measure. Anyone who doesn’t smile when the dog tells the old man he loves him has a heart of bloody stone. But the absolute pinnacle of the feel-good genre is the The Breakfast Club. With a classic eighties soundtrack, the least convincing stoned people in film history and a heartwarming ending it’s enough to get anyone through their hangover. ENTERTAINMENT Untitled-2 7
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hen you’ve just moved into student halls or accommodation with a group of complete strangers making the right impression is crucial. Choose the old classics that every self-respecting student has seen or really should have. The Big Lebowski, that Coen brother’s surreal comedy about a stoned, White Russian drinking dude who just wants his rug back, is your best bet. Get your vodka, Kahlua and milk at the ready and knock back a White Russian whenever The Dude does. The film is as quotable as they come and is almost guaranteed to kickstart some chat afterwards.
Films for Bonding with Flatmates KEVIN FULLERTON Films to stop your flatmates from speaking to you
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oving in with a group of strangers is a roll of the dice at the best of times and on those rare occasions that you dislike your flatmates, shoving on a few films in the living room to make them think you’re a complete creep should stop them wanting any social interaction with you whatsoever. Why not try showing gruesome Blair Witch Project-esque Cannibal Holocaust, in which a group of cannibals are filmed eating flesh in a quasi-documentary style and then claiming it’s a romantic comedy? Or putting on a film like Oliver Stone’s earnest and extremely serious Vietnam War epic, Platoon, and laughing obnoxiously at every war atrocity that occurs on screen. If being a creep hasn’t warned them off you yet, then insisting on some sort of tedious film marathon, like every extended edition of The Lord of The Rings should make them reciprocate your spite towards them. And if anyone falls asleep then obviously you’ll have to start the marathon again. If all else fails and your flatmates who you’re trying to avoid are insisting on speaking to you and being horribly pleasant, then putting on some niche hardcore pornography should do the trick.
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FEATURES
Words of Wisdom and Whimsy from a First Year Survivor ALICE HARROLD
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k let’s see, you’re a fresh faced fresher, knows it. Not coming to the Union on your what do you need to know? Well firstly, birthday is classed as anti-social behaviour. don’t get all (if any) of your books first hand; And watch out for anyone seen to be studying you’re probably going to change one of your Dentistry - they’re a bit mad. If you show any of modules by next year anyway. Use the library these signs yourself please seek medical advice. for that, it’s where the free books live. Show up to Make sure you get out of your flat every once your tutorials, even the 9 ams; it’s worth it. Most in awhile. By the end of the first semester you modules give a grade for tutorial performance should have been to see the Discovery, walked so be there and say things. across the Tay bridge (it only counts if you touch If you’re staying in halls the other side) and walked up the “Stealing your prepare for the fire Dundee Law. Be classy one time alarm to go off as often food is a classic sign of and go to the DCA to see some as possible right at the movie you’ve never heard of and point in the night when being a psychopath.” stay for a drink. Warning: watch out you just got comfortable. for English lecturers. There is little to nothing you can do about this. Finally, you should join things. Things are You’re probably going to have 4 or 6 flatmates good. They’re where your future friends are. (unless you’re in West Park Villas where you’ll Societies are one of the only ways to meet have 9!) and hopefully they’ll all be lovely but in people from different courses and different case they’re not, here are some tips on what to years and they’re also a lot of fun. Whether look out for. Earplugs are a necessity to combat you’re into swing dance, debating or magic excessively-noisy flatmates. Stealing your food tricks, there’s a society for you so go find it! is a classic sign of being a psychopath; everyone
The 4 Best Things About Living Away From Home ANA HINE
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1 Mess/Dirt. A student kitchen should be like that scene from Withnail and I, pots and pans so encrusted with mould and rotting food that they’re breeding new forms of life. Leave all the boring housework for someone else to do. Let it get epic. The level of uninhabitable where it makes more sense to cook in the garden than it does to cook indoors. Yeah. Ew. 2 Sex. You may have grown-up in a commune or somewhere equally progressive and
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repression free, but for the majority of us, student halls is the first time we have proper sexual autonomy. Revel in it. You can now watch pornography without any fear of your family walking in on you. Now’s the time to put ladmag spreads up in the living room or have a threesome with the curtains open. Do the things that only students in student houses can get away with. Just remember not upset your new flatmates. Editor’s note: free condoms are available from Level 4 DUSA, and you FEATURES 01/08/2012 14:55
FEATURES 10 Lessons You’ll Learn At University 1 Realistically... your degree is barely worth the paper it’s written on. 2 No-one cares what clothes you wear when you’re a student. 3 Or what food you eat. 4 By the end of your course, you’ll have more in common with the student next to you in the exam hall than anyone you went to secondary school with (unless you went to secondary with that student, in which case they will be your best friend even if you both hated each other’s guts). 5 University is not the real world, but if you are smart enough you can stay in academia forever. 6 A lot of people are faking it. Whatever ‘it’ is. 7 Lecturers for other subjects don’t mind if you crash their classes, just find out when the lecture is and slip right in. should be sure to use them. 3 Parties. Since you’re now living in a block of concrete surrounded by hundreds of other young adults, most of whom are now legally able to buy alcohol, that means just one thing – PARTAY! Invite the flats next door to you on both sides, the random dude you met in the stairwell, and the girl behind the till in Premier. Just make sure you don’t overindulge. Wait? What am I saying? Go mental! You’re only a student once. FEATURES Untitled-2 9
4 Procrastination. Want to watch a Star Wars or Lord of the Rings marathon? Cultivate a World of Warcraft addiction? Read every article on Cracked.com? Everyone knows the first year of a university degree is a dossing year. Without a figure of authority and responsibility around, you can do all those fun, stupid, but ultimately harmless things you’ve always wanted to do. Be the master of your own time.
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8 Hanging out with the people in your classes will improve your grade because you’ll inevitably talk about your subject together. 9 In ten years time you’ll be embarrassed by everything you did at university, especially the patronising tone you used to write essays and student paper articles. 10 This is possibly the last time you can beg your parents, the government and random strangers for money without too much shame. Milk them for all they’ve got.
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Style Crush
For our Fresher’s edition we’ve put together a short profile on thre e celebs whose style we think everyon e will be crushing on this semeste r!
CLAIRE MCPHILLIMY
Zooey Deschanel www.tvinfozone.com
OK, so maybe this is more about Jess from New Girl, but Zooey’s personal style is pretty similar anyway. The Queen of Hipster Cool, Zooey has a knack for wearing girly pieces and making them stand out with unique accessories (think back to her tuxedo print nail art at the Golden Globes). Luckily her style is really easy for us students to copy as it’s deceptively simple. Preppy shorts, ballet pumps and cute collars in bold colour blocks are Zooey staples. Last but not least, the heavy bangs and loose waves - it’s one of the most lustworthy hairstyles of the year.
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Emma Stone The lovable actress has been lighting up cinema screens for a while now, but she has also been picking up some serious appreciation in the fashion world. As students, most of us don’t normally have much need for black-tie glamour, but we can dream. Emma’s red carpet looks are definitely some cloud-nine inspiration. Powerful floor-length gowns in luxurious fabrics, simple accessories and fresh makeup means that Emma’s style is the pinnacle of understated elegance. She keeps herself from being too safe with flashes of interesting colour combinations.
Rita Ora
The rising female singer of the moment, it’s a little too early to tell exactly where Rita’s style is going to go, she’s often teetering on a very fine line of trashiness, but she’s definitely one to watch. So far she’s showing lots of rocky, grunge looks with a distinctively sporty vibe, and seems to have a particular fondness for sneakers and beanie hats. Her outfits can be revealing at times, but her collection of shorts, statement trousers and slogan tees are pretty awesome, which are great elements to incorporate into nighttime outfits. She also bears a remarkable resemblance to Rihanna, which can surely only be a good thing...
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There are certain wardrobe staples that all students, even the most fashion-savvy, constantly fall back on. Comfortable, casual, and as cheap as possible; these are the kinds of criteria we’re normally all working under. We’ve put together a list of ten staples, and a guide on how to style some of them up for days when we’re feeling bravely fashionable.
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Leggings - For a little edge go for simply patterned styles, and pair with a leather jacket and beachy hair for a rocky look.
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Flat leather boots for trudging around campus.
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LBD - The LBD will be one of your staples at every stage of your life, but as a student stick to simple shapes that you can take from day to night.
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Big scarf - Large, cosy knits for winter, pretty printed silks for summer colour.
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CURRENT AFFAIRS
“There is no such thing as society…” ALEX SHILLING
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o said ex-Conservative Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, towards the end of her eleven-year premiership in 1987. It’s a comment that can be debated all day long. But although there may be no such thing as society in Britain as a whole, according to Mrs Thatcher, there is certainly a political society at Dundee University. In fact, there are six of them. Whatever your political affiliation or views, there’s a society for you. There are four political party-based societies: the Conservative and Unionist, Labour, Scottish Nationalists and Liberal Youth societies. If you’re looking for like-minded people who share your views, then one of these societies would be just the ticket for you. All four of them have had events in the past year involving politicians from the political party; Scottish Liberal Democrat Leader Willie Rennie came to the university in March to address the assorted members of Liberal Youth and the other societies have all held similar events. A high point of last year for all four party societies was the mock party debate held in February, where all four party presidents went head to head on a number of issues as they were grilled by the audience. In conclusion, if party politics is your thing, then hit up one of the party societies! But if all you’re really after is an airing of lots of very different views and some passionate, constructive political debate, then give the Politics Society a shout. They regularly meet up in the evening at the union to talk politics over a pint, so are somewhat less formal than the party societies. You may also want to look in on the recently formed Model U.N. Society if you’re interested in wider world politics.
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Political societies @ Dundee Uni Conservative and Unionist Society dundeeunitories@hotmail.co.uk Labour Society cmcelwaine@dundeeco.uk Scottish Nationalist Society info@dusna.co.uk Liberal Youth Dundee Society twitter.com/libyouthdundee Politics Society m.patel@dundee.ac.uk
Or find them at the Freshers’ Fair @ DUSA|TheUnion on Saturday 8th September!
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SOCIETIES
The Dundee Student Law Clinic is here to help... HANNAH BRADBURY
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t is a common misunderstanding that our legal system will provide assistance for those who cannot afford professional legal services. However, Legal aid is both means tested and limited to certain areas of the law. This means that a substantial number of individuals are ineligible for legal aid and unable to afford the advice of a lawyer. The Dundee Student Law Clinic came about in response to this problem, with the aim of ensuring the fundamental right of access to justice for every individual. The Clinic is an initiative run by law students from Dundee University, which offers free and confidential advice, assistance and representation to eligible members of the general public and the student body in Dundee and Tayside. We also offer support in legal proceedings on a McKenzie friend basis (lay moral support, legal guidance and note taking). All advice, assistance and guidance offered by students is carried out under the supervision of qualified lawyers. We can help with a variety of matters including: housing and tenancy problems, consumer disputes and other small claims, social welfare issues and employment. If the
Clinic is unable to deal with your problem we will help you find a suitable organisation that can help. The Clinic is open every Wednesday and Thursday from 10am–1pm and 2pm–5pm throughout summer. No appointment is necessary. Just come along to our offices on Commercial Street, Dundee (Entry via Boyle’s Chambers and ask for the Law Clinic at reception). Our term time openings are still to be confirmed, please don’t hesitate to get in touch to stay informed.
For further information or any questions or queries contact: Eamon Keane (Student Director)
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Burning off the Donor Kebabs CLARE MCCAUGHEY
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he London 2012 Olympics are over and although I relished the prospect of the finest athletes in the world spending two weeks in our land, I am disappointed at the dearth of Scottish athletes who took part. To me the Olympics were all about the track and field events and I noticed that for the first time ever there were no Scotsmen taking part in these events. It’s also worth noting that no Scotsman has managed to run the 100 metres faster than Alan Wells did, when winning the Olympic Gold medal in Moscow in 1980. As far as I’m aware only four Scottish athletes (all women) made the GB Olympic team, and two of them needed to rely on the discretion of the head coach, because they failed to reach the qualifying times in their events. It is easy to blame the National Governing Body, as well as the lack of investment in coaches and school sports for the poor Scottish representation in the Team GB squad. But consider a story from one of Dundee’s famous daughters, Eilish McColgan, whose mother Liz McColgan won an Olympic SIlver medal 24 years ago in Seoul. The summer she represented team GB in the woman’s 3000 metres steeplechase despite nearly losing out on her chance of reaching the Olympics due to a PAGE 14 Untitled-2 14
takeaway habit. Eilish revealed her career hung in the balance when she became anaemic due to not eating and drinking properly: “in my first two years at Uni, I was living like a normal student, eating ready meals and takeaways. I was still training every day, but I was really lethargic and I didn’t seem to have enough energy
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to train and study and have a social life” (Eilish is studying for an Accountancy degree at Edinburgh University) “when I went to the doctors and tests showed I was anaemic, it gave me a real shock. With my junk food diet I just wasn’t getting the nutrients I needed. I started eating a more balanced diet and now I am 100% healthy SPORTS 01/08/2012 14:55
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and full of energy”, she said. So I urge you Freshers to take advantage of the splendid facilities which are available at the Uni, and if you need further inspiration you only to have look at the achievements of Dundee’s very own Liz and Eilish McColgan. You will eat junk food, you will drink too much-it’s student SPORTS Untitled-2 15
life, however Dundee is lucky in that it has a wonderful sports facility 100m from halls. Go to the gym, try out some yoga or step classes. If this doesn’t appeal to you, why not mix beer and sport?! Join a sports team-you will socialize with your teammates as energetically as you would play with them. Dundee has
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some wonderful teams which encourage team-bonding. Hockey, rugby and skiing are some of the biggest sporting teams in Dundee-they work hard and they “play” hard. Try a new sport; perhaps you will be representing Scotland at the 2016 Olympics…
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‘the leading student TV station’ So you’re new? Want to try everything? Start Here! We Are Recruiting! You should join DUSATV if any of the following apply to you: You want a career in TV. You want experience in filmmaking. You want to meet inspirational people. You are interested in any side of television, from technical and producing to presenting and acting. You want people to go to the pub with. You want to know the answer to life the universe and everything.” To stay updated all year around, check us out http://www.youtube.com/user/DUSATV http://www.facebook.com/dusatv http://dusa.tv/ “ Interested in getting involved in Dundee Universities Radio Station? We are looking for enthusiastic presenters, ruthless researchers, producers and Techie’s. No experience necessary, contact Andi on andi@discoverradio. org or come find us at the freshers fayre and say hello.
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