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Free Issue 259 30 November 2015 waterfrontonline.co.uk

The official student newspaper of Swansea University

Jeremy Corbyn visits Swansea Bay Campus

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Jeremy Corbyn and Carwyn Jones speaking with Swansea University lecturer Dr Davide Deganello by Declan Murphy

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On Thursday 19th November, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, made his first visit to Wales where he toured the faciities of our new Swansea Bay Campus. He was welcomed by First Minister for Wales, Carwyn Jones, along with shadow Welsh secretary and Llanelli MP Nia Griffith, and Aberavon MP Stephen Kinnock, whose constituency includes the new beach front development.

During his short visit, Mr Corbyn was shown around the brand new facilities and engaged with the students and staff of the engineering faculty.

behind” and made note of the approach taken by the University to include undergraduates in the research process, something he said he hadn’t seen in a while.

On a tight schedule and due to speak at the Brangwyn Hall later that day, Charlie Wright from Swansea University’s Xtreme Radio was granted exclusive access to Mr Corbyn and asked him for his thoughts on the new campus.

Charlie also went on to ask Mr. Corbyn on his take on the plans for a tidal lagoon in Swansea. The answer was of course that he liked the idea but went on to explain the “knock-on effect” of Swansea undertaking such a task and what it could mean in the future for both the University and the local economy.

Mr Corbyn said it was “great… I love the sea, love the sand dunes

To conclude Mr. Corbyn went on a dialogue about education: “We all benefit when people learn. We all benefit when people research. We all benefit from what everybody else is learning. That’s why I’m here today, to learn.” If you’re interested in seeing the whole interview you can find it posted on SU-TV’s YouTube channel at youtube.com/sutv. If you’re interested in our interviews with other political figures you can find them on Xtreme’s site at xtremeradio.org.

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Swansea’s Wind Street tops list of most crime-ridden area in Wales and ranks in top 10 of the whole UK by Laura Fiteni

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According to police crime data, 506 crimes were committed on or near Wind Street and were reported to the police between January and September this year.

abusive behaviour by females towards males, men are still coming away with the worst reputation for violence on a night out. 100% of students surveyed said they had witnessed a physical conflict between two or more males and 50% claimed they had witnessed violence or aggression toward females. Violence and aggression pose a risk to students enjoying a night out on the town and also pose a threat to the city’s and the university’s reputation. The concern is that figures such as these may deter potential students from considering Swansea as a choice university. However students are not always the victims. A number of reports have been filed against students of the university, especially members of sports teams on notorious student night, ‘Play On Wednesdays’. 43% of survey participants said that they had been involved in an act or violence during a night out and all but one of the men surveyed said that they had been caught up in a fight.

The most common type of crime to occur is anti-social behaviour offences with as many as 228 out of the 506 falling into this category. The second most common type of crime was violent and sexual offences with a staggering 118 reports in the past nine months.

First year student, Connor Davies said, “A couple weeks before Halloween I saw two guys throwing punches down the street as I was going into Fiction. It seemed to cool off fairly quickly though, and as I was with mainly ladies who looked incredibly nervous, I didn’t stop to watch how it ended.

In a survey conducted by The Waterfront, 84% of students reported to have felt threatened or intimidated on a night out and nearly all of the female participants said that they had felt intimidated by a member of the opposite sex.

I’ve seen a few similar instances while out clubbing, one or two specifically on Wind Street. I haven’t been involved in violence on Wind Street myself, although that’s mainly as a result of keeping my cool than a lack of possibility.

Third year student, Lucy Topham said, “The worst for people fighting was Freshers week. It was mainly guys who were being endlessly carried out of clubs and fights broke out on the street quite regularly. I remember breaking up a few fights that had happened between girls in the ladies toilets!”

The worst venues for violent outbursts were student-night favourites and sports team sponsors Idols and Fiction. According to statistics collected in the survey, 51% had seen violent or aggressive acts occur on the premises.

Despite a rise in female violence in which 63% said they had witnessed aggression or violence from one female toward another, and another 63% said they had witnessed

The survey asked participants to rank the following options from most likely to least likely cause a fight; Ego/Reputation, Racism, Rows over the opposite, sporting conflicts and previously unresolved issues. Ego and reputation emerged

as the primary reason, followed by previous unresolved issues and rows over the opposite sex. Interestingly, male participants almost always voted rows over the opposite sex as most likely where as female participants almost always chose ego and repuatation. In order to combat violence on the streets, Swansea became part of the ‘One Punch Ruins Lives’ campaign to remind party-goers of the consequences of a stray punch. Posters proliferated around the city centre show the devastating physical injuries and psychological effects that can be caused by a single punch. 30% of students surveyed said they had seen a serious injury as a result of a fight. The campaign also reminds heavy-handed party-goers the consequences of their actions and the sentences they expect for cases of battery, assault and even manslaughter. However students were also quick to defend the city. Lucy said, “I think in Swansea it’s better than a lot of places, I have never heard of any weapons and most ‘fights’ are just squaring up and not much else!” Door staff, police and support services work long into the night during weekends and popular weekday student nights to ensure the safety of the public. 84% of students said they had seen someone being physical removed by security on a night out whilst 67% recorded police involvement in dealing drunk and disorderly behaviour. 40% said that this involvement had resulted in an arrest. South Wales Police said: “Wind Street attracts thousands of people every week who come to Swansea to enjoy what the city has to offer. There is a high concentration of licensed premises in a relatively small area of the city centre. The safety and well -being of visitors is our priority as we want Swansea to be a vibrant and safe place to enjoy a night out.”

Swansea University Celebrates 45th Omani National Day Friday 22nd December saw the Exhibition Inaguration on the 45th Omani National Day at Swansea University, opening the celebrations for a weekend of events in Swansea. On the evening of Saturday 23 December, 973 Omani and 139 invitees from Swansea/ Wales attended the event, which included

34 Folk performers and 122 Swansea Omani students. In total 1268 attendees enjoy the evening programme and dinner On Sunday 24th, a poetry competition was held in Faraday A to mark the end of the 45th Omani National Day event in Swansea. The Cultural Attaché officially closed the event and open the bid for next year.

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Students are being warned of the dangers of spiking by Laura Fiteni

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Students are being warned of the dangers of spiking after recent incidents were brought to the Students’ Union’s attention in which students reported being the victims of drink spiking. Heading the awareness campaign, Welfare Officer Lloyd Harris said, “Although these incidents have been isolated and few-in-number, the seriousness of the situation warrants a response.” Quick to act, the Union have ordered 5000 anti-drink spiking ‘Spikey’ devices which can be picked up in any university venue which sells alcohol, such as as JC’s and Divas and have worked closely with partnership venues on Wind Street to ascertain that ‘Spikey’ devices can also be used at off-campus locations . Spikey devices are inserted into the bottle neck and create a seal to prevent illegal substances being dropped into the bottle. A small hole for a straw to be inserted allows the customer to consume his/her drink without concern for his/ her safety. The design does not allow for easy removal of either the device or the straw to prevent tampering and its luminous colouring warns others that the bottle is protected. Having been brought to the attention of the Union that ‘Spikey’ devices are only effective with bottled drinks, the Union has also ensured that plastic lids are available for drinks sold in a cup or glass. History student, Carlie Andrews says she has been a victim of spiking twice; once during arrivals week in Tooters and once this past March. Carlie said, “Both times I felt dizzy at the beginning and then all I remember is blacking out. I can’t remember what happened after getting spiked. I behaved completely differently to what I normally do when I’m just drunk though, I wasn’t myself at all.” The second time I got spiked I was with my boyfriend and his friends. Apparently I was going into shock, had street wardens attending me and being sick repeatedly. I do not remember any of this.

My boyfriend’s mother is a nurse and sat up with me all night making sure I was ok. Looking back, I wish I did go to hospital as the side effects affected me all week. I was really ill and didn’t feel right in myself. When I spoke to one of my friends who believes she got spiked as well, she experienced the same effects as I did and was very ill for days after it.” Most date rape drugs take effect within 15-30 minutes and symptoms usually last for several hours. Some of the most common symptoms are; difficulty concentrating or speaking, loss of balance and finding it hard to move, visual problems (particularly blurred vision), nausea, vomiting and memory loss (amnesia) or “blackouts”. Often these symptoms can be assimilated to those experienced by someone who has consumed too much alcohol and can make it difficult for friends of the victim to identify that someone has been spiked. Carlie said, “You don’t realize you have been spiked, especially after you have been drinking because you think it is just the effect of the alcohol.” This can mean that victims are accused of drinking too much rather than being spiked and are left feeling isolated and afraid to report for fear they will not be believed. Carlie did not report her suspicions, “I felt that no one would take me seriously at the time, just like the people I have told who think that I might have drunk too much on a night out. But I know my own body, and this never happens to me on a normal night out.”

anyone who is found guilty. If an assault, rape or robbery has also taken place, the sentence will be even higher.

Suspected victims of spiking of those who believe they have witnessed a case of spiking should report their suspicions to any bar staff member, bar supervisor, security staff, Students’ Union Officer or Advice and Support Centre staff.

Top Tips from Lloyd:

Welfare officer, Lloyd Harris warns students, “drink spiking is often associated with malicious acts including violence, theft and drug-assisted sexual assault. It’s also used for misguided pranks or jokes. It’s important to note that drink spiking is illegal, whether or not a theft or assault has been carried out. “ Those who are found guilty of spiking someone’s drink can result in a sentence of a maximum of 10 years in prison for

What measures can students take themselves to prevent being spiked?

• Make sure you see your drink being poured or opened. • Drinking from the bottle? Pick up a coloured Spikey device. • Never leave your drink unattended • Politely decline drinks from strangers • Drink with friends and nominate a ‘drinks watcher’ • Don’t share drinks or drink leftovers • Always drink sensibly and know your alcohol limit.

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Why Do We Need a Full-Time Women’s Officer ? seeing all the work of other women officers (mostly full-time officers), the work they are doing to help their campus, their support and it’s unfair to Swansea university to be deprived of such a role. My vision for the role wouldn’t be just to fight for women, the full-time role should be work with liberation groups, leading the liberation campaign. They would also focus on the importance of intersectionality. A quote I find fitting when considering the opportunity to give liberation roles more power, “When we’re looking to make savings, why should it be already marginalized groups that have to suffer the most? After all, shouldn’t a students’ union fight social injustice, not perpetuate it?’ A remark made by the University College London Full Time Women’s Officer for 2014-2015.

N EW S by Heather Wood

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Early December, on the 3rd to be exact, I will be delivering a motion I’ve been working on for the past weeks to the student forum. The forum will be calling for the women’s officer role to be moved to a full-time position. My aim on this motion, isn’t to criticise the current full-time officer team. Far from it they’ve been working incredibly hard this year to represent the student. My aim in making the women’s officer a full-time role is to ensure that there is a fully equipped full-time position to fight for the women campaign. The role won’t hinder the fulltime officer team – it can only strengthen it. We live in a patriarchal society that

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systemically discriminates against women because of their gender. The women’s campaign is here to challenge this gender imbalance and that the number of elected representatives should reflect the gender split. Throughout society women are still vastly underrepresented. For example, in the House of Commons only 29% of women sit and 25% in the House of Lords. Women only account for 8.6% of all executive roles in the FTSE Companies. 49.9% of The Student Population is female and in a society where women are still oppressed will it be in the media, in the house of commons where white males are deciding over laws to control their bodies, control how much they pay over

International Day for ‘Elimination of Violence against Women’ in Fulton House On the 25th of November, it was the international day for the Elimination of violence against women. Upon the UN website, it acknowledges that violence against women is a ‘consequence of discrimination against women, in law and also in practise, and of persisting inequalities between men and women’. Violence is global epidemic. 35% of women and girls globally experience some form of physical and or sexual violence in their lifetime. It thought that 133million girls and women have experienced some form of female genital mutilation/ cutting in the 29 countries in Africa and the Middle East. Within Fulton House, we paid respects to the victims of violence. A table was set up with electronic tea lights, flowers and post stick notes for students to right messages for support along with leaflets from the advice and support centre about the day.

necessities such as tampons, women representation is as important as ever. As a part-time women’s officer, I am standing up and saying that I am not enough. Through my experience this year, I recognise that the female population deserve someone who can give dedicate a full-time role to such a cause. I am

If this issue interests you, if you’re reading this agreeing with many of its points – please come along to the forum to show your support for the motion. Support is needed more than ever. Should you wish to write a piece about this issue, for and against please contact me at waterfrontunionnews@swansea-union. co.uk. I wish to make this campaign a fair one. Any question about this motion please contact me at womensofficer@swanseaunion.co.uk or find me on facebook.

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The Union Reports of the NUS Wales Zone Conference with Eyerinmene Bishop & Ditonmene Churchill should be made two days conference and not just a day, because we are there to represent and raise issues that will improve the life of every student and be the voice of our institutions; and not just observers.

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Two weeks ago, the team filled with FTO’S, PTO’S and Wales Delegates attended the NUS Zone conference in Harwich at the top of Wales. Robiu Salisu, the Full-Time Education Officer; Ditonmene Churchill, the Part-Time International Officer; Eyerinmene Gbenekeme Bishop, NUS Wales Delegate and myself Heather Wood, Part-Time Woman’s Officer all attended this conference. The NUS Zone Conference is the chance to hold the elected officers of NUS Wales to account, within this session we heard reports from Beth Button (President of NUS Wales) and Ebbi Ferguson (DeputyPresident of NUS Wales) and were able to enquire about the reports and their actions in the past year. NUS Liberation Officers also gave reports, however we were unable to hold them to account, the accountability is the responsibility of the liberations. Workshops and a debate session were delivered to the delegates at the conference. A journey hindered by trees and wind our team finally made it to Harwich after almost eight hours of travelling. I caught up with Bishop and Churchill to gain his insight on his experience of the conference. Here is his report: So what did you get up to during the NUS Zone Conference? Bishop: I participated in the workshop session and voted in the elections. I was also able to meet and greet delegates from different institutions. And had the opportunity to know NUS Wales elected officers who run the day to day activities in NUS Wales region. I also had the privilege to learn and get feedbacks on issues from representatives of different political parties in Wales, and what their parties are willing to do and what it stands for when it comes to education. Churchill: I want to first of all thank the student union for giving me such an opportunity to represent them, I went there in place of the President as an Observer. What was the most interesting point of the day fo you? Bishop: The debating session was an interesting part because students were able to ask questions and get a direct feedback or answers from representatives of different political parties in Wales, on different issues that of importance to

I represented Swansea Students very well to the best of my knowledge; Swansea University is one of the wellrespected Universities in Wales if not the best so we try our best to maintain that standard in our representation. For students who are interested in representing Swansea university next year in the delegate elections, what advice do you have for them?

further education and higher education students, etc. It was quite informative, educational and fun at the same time. Also it was interesting to know that you are given the opportunity to ask and contribute to issues during the workshop session. Churchill: To me, it is the question and answer section. That is the time we get to ask the leadership of NUS Wales questions about the things they are doing to better the situation of students in Wales, also politicians who are seeking to be elected came to the Conference and we had the opportunity to ask they about their plans if they had any, about the International students how they will be able to support internattional students due to the massive input they make in the economy Who was the most interesting person/speaker you talked to at the conference? Bishop: I will say, the NUS Wales president, Beth Button was an interesting person to talk to. Churchill: I cannot pinpoint a single person because I spoke with quite a lot of interesting people in the conference, but I find the politicians more interesting to talk to because of their role in the policy making system If you could do anything to improve the day, what would it be? Bishop: I will make it a two days

conference meeting to give more chance for delegates to give report on their achievements and students to be able to present issues that affects their various institutions or organisations and also raise or direct questions to NUS Wales elected officers. It is understandable that making the conference two days will give rise to cost but it worth it because it is once in awhile thing. For instance, during the feedback (accountability) session on achievements by elected officers of NUS Wales, there was not enough time for them to give their reports, and that gives rise to a very wide and broad vacancy to lack transparency and trust. Churchill: Make the question and answer section longer than it is because there are lots of people who wanted to ask questions but were turned down due to the time constraint How did you represent Swansea University? Bishop: I did represent Swansea University well but I was more of an observer because it was my first time, so it was more of experience to me as a person. The interesting part is that I and Churchill raised an issue that was of importance to all international students concerning the new immigration law. I was able to speak to the NUS Wales president in person also on that issue, though I didn’t have enough time and chance to raise many issues that would have benefited Swansea University students. That is one of the reasons it

Bishop: I will advise those students that are interested to represent Swansea University to just be themselves and gather as much information as possible from students and Swansea students ’ union and work closely with both the students and the students ’ union. You must able to think critically and be a good listener, be approachable, reliable, be committed and inspiring, be flexible because you will be called at anytime, and most importantly be MAN OF THE PEOPLE. Being the delegate of Swansea University student’s means you are entrusted with the responsibility to decide who should be in position or in authority to make decisions that will affect not just Swansea university students but the whole of Wales’s university students. Therefore, you must take every care to achieving that goal. Churchill: I would advise them to put themselves forward and represent our University with pride and dignity thank you.

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Students join Santa to call on University to give Cleaners the Gift of the Living Wage this Christmas by Waterfront reporter

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Students will join trade unions, academics, faith groups and community organisations (and Santa Claus!) at 10:00 on 9th December for a seasonal #LivingWage4Xmas action outside Fulton House to celebrate the contribution of low-paid workers to the university. Accompanied by a choir singing Living Wage-themed carols and fortified with mince pies, Santa will deliver a sack of Christmas cards calling on the Vice Chancellor, Richard Davies, to give lowpaid workers the gift of the Living Wage this Christmas. Students are being asked to join the event (in seasonal costume if they wish) to pay tribute to the cleaners, porters, gardeners and caterers without whom the university could not function, and to send Christmas cards to the Vice Chancellor asking him to intervene to ensure that the university accredits as a Living Wage employer, which means paying £8.25 an hour to all directlyemployed staff, as well as those working on campus employed by private contractors. Research by Citizens Cymru Wales, which campaigns for the Living Wage, has found

that hundreds of staff working on campus receive poverty pay. Having conducted interviews with 30 low-paid workers, campaigners have found that employees often need an extra job, or even 2 extra jobs, to top-up their university wages. Introducing the Living Wage would make a huge difference to people’s lives. One cleaner said that she had been unable to afford the train fare to London to visit her grandson since he was born, and the Living Wage would help her do this. Another worker voiced their fear of debt collectors because the low wages paid by the university are not enough to cover their basic bills. Others said that they had to choose between paying their water and electric bills each month, because they could not afford both. Another spoke of having to walk 45 minutes back and for to work every day in all weathers because they were unable to pay for transport. A single mum spoke of the pressure that low wages put on family life, and that if the university introduced the Living Wage she could give up one of her additional jobs and spend more time with her daughter. Cleaners are preparing a video letter to University Chancellor and former First Minister, Rhodri Morgan, to explain their situation and ask him to intervene to support Living Wage accreditation at the

next meeting of the University Council. Ross McKendrick, Swansea University Students’ Unions Ethics Officer said: “We are talking about the people who keep our classrooms clean, who set up the halls for our exams, who serve us our food, and who come in early in the morning to open up the buildings. It is a grave injustice that our fees are being used to pay poverty wages to these people. I hope that students will join us in showing our respect for these workers by turning out on December 9th, and showing the Vice Chancellor that we support the Living Wage.” Alan Twelvetrees of Citizens Cymru Wales, the community alliance that campaigns for the Living Wage, said: “It is a matter of principle that everybody today should earn enough to lead a decent life. There are now over 50 accredited Living Wage employers in Wales, including Cardiff University and the Welsh Government. Swansea University has been thinking about this issue since 2011, and met us earlier in the year to discuss it, so now is the time for them to put their money where their mouth is.” Rhydian Morris, Mature Students’ Officer at Swansea Students’ Union, said:

“The Living Wage will benefit the University because it will mean the staff are coming to work in a better frame of mind, feel respected by their employer, and more motivated to do the best job they can. Research has shown that the Living Wage is good for employers as well as for workers, and we hope that the Vice Chancellor grasps the opportunity to do the right thing.” Heath Davies, chair of Unison trade union at the University, said: “The Living Wage will be fantastic for lowpaid workers at the university. We think that about 200 people would get a pay rise straight away, and it will make a massive difference to many of our members who are struggling to make ends meet. We are proud of Swansea University, so it is embarrassing that Cardiff University have accredited as a Living Wage employer and we have not.” Supporters are invited to bring Santa hats and other Christmas-themed attire and join the #LivingWage4Xmas action from 10:0011:00 on Wednesday December 9th outside Fulton House. For more information, contact Mark Eades Jonesmark.eades-jones@ citizenswales.org.uk or Michelle Kazembe michelle.kazembe@citizenswales.org.uk.

E M P L O YA B I L I T Y W E E K : 2 5 – 2 9 J A N 2 0 1 6 The Swansea Employability Academy will be hosting a variety of events and workshops covering a wide range of topics to help you develop your employability, explore career ideas and make successful applications. Events will be held at both the Singleton Park and Bay Campuses. Details of the programme will be available on MyUni at myuni.swan.ac.uk/careers/ in due course, and you will be able to register/login to book your place to attend events through our online booking system at http://swansea. prospects.ac.uk/index.html/

Here are some examples of the kinds of workshops and other events planned for Employability Week:-

• Welcome events on Monday 25th January in the Library foyers • Writing effective CVs and cover letters • What next after my degree? • Swansea Employability Award Workshop • Interview skills • Week of Work placements (WoW) • … and lots more!

In addition to events arranged by the SEA Team, Schools and Colleges will be hosting employability events, some of which will be open to all students. On the Thursday and Friday Dwr Cymru and PwC will also be running events.

WEEK OF WORK PLACEMENTS For those students who have just applied to SEA’s Work Placement Programmes, ‘My Employability Week’ is when our WoW (Week of Work) placements kick off! We will have students from all courses completing quality undergraduate and postgraduate level placements, across a wide-range of industries and careers, mainly within South Wales. The Work Placement Team will contact you in January if we have found something suitable for you, providing you attend one of our Employability Bootcamps sessions, which is the final phase of joining our Work Placement Programmes. For full Bootcamp information, please see: http://myuni.swan.ac.uk/workplacements/ If you have found your own work

placement, please let us know by emailing workplacements@swansea. ac.uk as we may be able to cover your travel and lunch expenses. If you have not yet registered for our Work Placement Programmes, applications will re-open at the end of February for our summer placement opportunities, so keep an eye on our webpage at https://myuni.swan.ac.uk/workplacements/, follow us on Twitter @swanworkplaceme and email workplacements@swansea.ac.uk with any enquiries. Laura Bailey, who studied History at Swansea University, is featured in this photo on a Media placement with The Wave and Swansea Sound Radio Stations. Laura completed this WoW placement and went onto work with The Wave as an Events Manager. She now holds a Communications placement at Brunel University in London.

MY EXPERIENCE WITH SEA The Swansea Employability Academy (SEA) hosts a variety of schemes for work experience: the Week of Work (WoW), a five day unpaid work placement available to undergraduates, and placements with The Swansea Paid Internship Network (SPIN) lasting 4 weeks. Both can be tailored to fit around your studies. There are also graduate placements which are funded by Santander for three months (and a one month scheme for undergraduates), and these have the potential to lead to permanent employment. All these work schemes in my opinion are priceless opportunities, in the sense they may enable you to get your ‘foot in the door’ in competitive markets. Through SEA, competition is far less than on a national level; you are up against only other students, and not the graduate market. I imagine this lower level of competition would be the case for most placements, but particularly for media placements like those I undertook. The media industry is renowned for being highly competitive, even “glamorous” depending on the role. I am currently undertaking a graduate SPIN placement with PSPU - working with Swansea University’s Disability office, developing resources for and designing elements of the SALT website. Though this placement is not media related, the skills I am developing (communication, teamwork, writing and research) are generic, and

B Y I N A PA C E , 2 0 1 5 G R A D U AT E it has been very useful in terms of obtaining further careers advice from the current staff. I also have a personal motive for working with them, as I was well-supported by the Disability office as an undergraduate. I am certain that my successful applications for WoW and SPIN placements have helped me in obtaining placements on a national level, I worked with Channel 4 for a week last September, and they can give out as few as 50-60 placements a year. I also have a work placement with the South Wales Evening Post in a couple of weeks. Throughout my undergraduate career, I participated in two WoW placements: in my second year I worked in the summer with The Wave Radio (local to Swansea), and in January this year I worked with the BBC in Llandaff, Cardiff (a “big name”!). For the latter, I was based in their Factual and Music department with the Business Management team. Both placements were an effective way to make the most of down-time at University (when there are no exams on, and your friends often go home). Unlike regular unpaid work placements, SEA covers travel and lunch costs. I was ultimately reimbursed several hundred pounds. Significantly, I was not told what to do during either of my placements. I had no set schedule. I had to take initiative in developing contacts, asking questions

and seizing opportunities when they arose. These WoW placements, like most educational and work opportunities, are what you make of them. For both placements, I did a lot of shadowing and followed some suggestions recommended to me. However, my inquisitiveness and motivation in approaching people meant that I got more out of my placement than I had expected. For my time at The Wave, besides shadowing radio presenters and researchers, I helped with research for news-bulletins, edited sound recordings, and sat in on creativebriefs. At the BBC, I observed the production of TV shows like The One Show, as well as a live news broadcast. I was also a runner for a day on the set for the Welsh show X-Ray. I advised the camera angles, and took photos for the BBC’s Twitter account. On both placements, I spoke to virtually everyone I could about how the company was structured, and how the staff and workers got to where they are today. I remember that the staff at the BBC were particularly impressed with my use of initiative. They like someone with the right attitude, and it is important to convey this else you’re less likely to be remembered. I find these shortterm placements have been particularly useful in deciding whether the Media industry is right for me. As a result, I have

been encouraged: I am currently considering joining a TV graduate scheme. To enrol yourself on the SEA database for your time at University (you will be kept in the loop for upcoming schemes), it is as simple as responding to your emails and filling in one online application form. When filling in your application form, you state your preferences for the type of placement and employer you want, and SEA do their best to match you with a relevant placement, usually with a company who has approached the University. You will have a co-ordinator as a point of call, as well as the opportunity to participate in SEA’s Employability Bootcamp. Participating in this is in fact mandatory if say, you choose to apply for a WoW scheme. My Bootcamp gave me some useful pointers in how to evaluate my skills and present them on my CV. This might sound easy in theory, but when it comes to interviewing - selfpresentation is key and often challenging. Upon application and attendance of any compulsory Bootcamp, SEA will forward your details and your CV/covering letter over to the relevant employers. They will then decide whether they want to take you on. Worst case scenario, you’ll get careers advice and interview experience out of it all. So take some time to look over those SEA emails as graduation comes a lot faster than you think!

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Hate Crimes Reported on Campus by Laura Fiteni

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Last week Swansea students received a mass email reminding them of the University’s zero tolerance policy to harassment and threatening or discriminatory behaviour of any kind. Students were reminded that they have signed an agreement to abide by the University’s rules and regulations and as a result any students that break this policy will be dealt with accordingly. The University and the Students’ Union work very closely to enforce a policy of Zero tolerance to harassment and hate crimes. Education officer, Robiu Salisu was made aware of ‘two Islamophobia incidents which had occurred in recent weeks in Swansea’ and created a post online condemning all cases of bullying behaviour. One of the incidents refers to a student who reported being verbally harassed having been told that they ‘looked like a terrorist’ because of the attire they were wearing, Robiu confirmed. He added, “Furthermore, I am aware of other cases of bullying and homophobic related incidents which I equally condemn.” The email coincided with a hate crime awareness campaign which was taking place at the front of Fulton House which educated students as to what constitutes a ‘hate crime’ and also encouraged students

to report any and all hateful crimes. Hate crimes are any crimes that are targeted at a person because of hostility or prejudice towards that person’s; disability, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation and gender identity. This can be committed against a person or property and the victim does not have to be a member of the group at which the hostility is targeted. Swansea University Students Union offers a hate crime support for victims on campus via the Advice and Support Centre, located on the ground floor of Fulton House. Robiu said, “Victims can be assured that every case will be recorded and supported either in house or via external organisations. It is very important for any students who have experienced or witnessed a hate crime or discrimination to report it. Even if you might not want action to be taken, we would still encourage you to report it. This is so we can have an accurate record of incidents taking place on our campus and put resources into tackling it.” There are strong repercussions for students who commit a hate crime which could seriously impact your study and future. Students accused of a hate crime within the University could face a disciplinary panel, set up by the Students Union and University, and if found guilty are punishable on a scale

of a fine to permanent exclusion from the institution. Swansea Islamic Society are also working with Swansea Bay Regional Equality Council on reporting hate crimes, in particular, Islamophobia.

Robiu added, “My personal message to Swansea students is to be nice to one another. We need to understand one another and tolerate each other for us to have a just, fair society. This is not about being politically correct, but professional competentence”

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LIBERATION

with Akosua Darko

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Liberation Campaigns In the past weeks I’ve discovered some members of the students’ union, as well as staff, do not understand what an autonomous campaign is, which is appaling since it’s imperative these campaigns are autonomous and, not micromanaged by the student union. There is no excuse for the unions ignorance and especially that of staff members, since this information is not difficult for students’ unions to come by. So I thought I would break it down for all student, students’ union officers and part time officers. The liberation groups include, Black students,

Disabled students, Women and LGBT + students. Heather Wood is Women’s officer, Hamzah Nurgat is BME officer, Ellie Pullen is Disabled students officer. Hannah Stewart is LGBT women’s officer and Sam McLaughin is LGBT open place officer. Liberation campaigns are autonomous campaigns. Liberation campaigns are autonomous within the university and students’ unions. This means the officers in this campaign direct their campaigns according to what their members want.

No one out of the campaign group or the members represented should have any say in the running of these campaigns. The Women’s campaign in this University should be run by the Women’s officer and she should take into the views of the Women students she represents. She represents all the female students of Swansea University. She is only accountable to the female students and no one else in the union has the power to direct her campaign or decide what goes on in concerns to women. The Black students’ campaign should be run by the Black students officer. He

represents all the black students in the University and, no one in the union apart from him can direct the campaign or have any say. He is accountable to black students only and represents their views. The Disabled students’ officer, represents all disabled students in the University. She runs the campaign, no one in the union can interfere and only she is accountable to the disabled students in the university. The LGBT officers run the LGBT campaign in the union, they represent LGBT + students’ in the union and are only accountable to them. No one else in the union can decide how their campaign is run.

Spending Xmas in Swansea for International Students Whether you are spending three months, a year or the whole duration of your course in Swansea. You should have a little feel of Christmas here, before you go back to your home country. I know some of you will be off before Christmas. But the majority of you will stay over the holidays, so here are some ideas to make the most out of Christmas, in a foreign country and, without your family and, those closest to you. 1) Check out the Waterfront Winterland “Swansea’s award-winning Christmas attraction returns Friday 13 November Sunday 3 January, Museum Park with all the magic and wonder of the festive season right in the heart of the city. Ice skating will again be top of the bill with two fantastic outdoor ice rinks- the Admiral Rink and a children’s rink, festive funfair plus a wonderful Santa’s Grotto complete with elves and an indoor café - all the ingredients for a perfect day out!

All other events coming to Swansea, can be found on the website below, where you can keep checking for updates it’s important to go out and have a feel of Christmas. http://www.swanseachristmas.com/events/ 3) Check out the Swansea SU international officers Facebook page, to see what the Union may have planned for International students during Christmas. Or the Union page to see if they have anything in general planned. 4) Check out your society Facebook pages and see if they have any Christmas events, that you would like to attend. 5) On Wednesday the 2 December there is Silent Night at the Liberty Stadium. Check out

the Facebook page : Silent Night at the Liberty Stadium.

with Swansea Christian union to find out, what’s on.

6) The Swansea shoreline theatre is hosting an event too...

8) Go shopping, go partying and clubbing in Wind Street or travel to Cardiff if that’s your style. If you are more of the stay at home type, host indoor parties, play cards, bake and just have fun. Go to the Cinema, the theatre, host bonfires and make sure you are surrounded by friends and you have fun this Christmas !

“Shoreline Theatre warmly invites YOU, one and all to our annual Christmas pantomime... Little Red Hood: A Panto With Friction. Playing in DIVA’s on the 7th & 8th December, doors open @ 7pm. Society Members: £3. Non Members: £4. “ 7) If you go to a church or are Christian, churches will have events coming up, enquire to make sure you are informed. Pluås even those who are not Christian can usually attend events churches put on, get in touch

Whatever you are there for, it’s the must attend event for Christmas 2015! Keep checking for updates to find out which rides will feature this year on the website” 2) Another event which looks spectacular is from 11 December to 10 January. The Jack and the Beanstalk pantomime. “Featuring more comedy than you can shake a bag of magic beans at together with outrageous costumes, fabulous sets, and a huge beanstalk…with one very mean giant at the top of it. With ticket prices to suit all pockets you won’t have to sell the family cow to enjoy spectacular pantomime in Swansea at the Grand Theatre. Led by Dancing on Ice judge, dancer and West End theatre sensation Louie Spence (Spirit of the Beans) with Kevin Johns (Dame Trot), Zoë George (The Princess), Michael Colbourne (Jack) and Stefan Pejic (Fleshcreep) “ Waterfront Winterland - picture courtesy of City & County of Swansea

9) Also watch some TV and, enjoy the Christmas specials they have on, plus cook and have Christmas dinner with your friends, society, church or whoever is available. Merry Christmas international students and a very happy new year!

Students at the University show support for equal access to education

Swansea University Equal Access Campaign Asylum Seekers and Refugees Welcome! by Hamzah Nurgat

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We have all witnessed the harrowing images of people fleeing terror in conflict areas like Syria and Iraq, people huddled in poorly conditioned refugee camps, children drowning at sea attempting to reach the safety of Europe, and the dehumanisation of refugees in the lands they seek refuge. Rather than responding to the humanitarian crisis by sharing the responsibility of housing refugees, government responses have been plagued by xenophobic, right-wing pressures. The call to welcome refugees have been met by tightened borders, tear gas, and vilification through grotesque Nazi-style propaganda in some sections of the media – such as the British tabloid ‘The Daily Mail’. Despite this apathy shown by certain segments of society, many people have expressed a heart-warming outpour of support for refugees and asylum seekers. One such example of this is a grassroots initiative here in Swansea, with the creation of a group called S.H.A.R.P (Swansea Humanitarian Aid Response Project). The group consists of local volunteers who have been working tirelessly in recent months collecting masses

of clothes, medication, toys and more, to be delivered to Syrian refugees. In 2010 Swansea became the UK’s second official City of Sanctuary, committing itself to building a culture of hospitality and welcome for asylum seekers and refugees. People seeking refugee protection, having been forced to escape war, torture and persecution, should not be faced with barriers in exercising their human rights, including the universal right to education. Unfortunately, asylum seekers who currently wish to apply to study at Swansea University are classed as international students, therefore eligible to pay the international rate of tuition fee. Most asylum seekers are not allowed to work, or apply for student loans, and must live on state support of just £5 a day plus accommodation. This makes it near impossible for asylum seekers to gain a university education due to the financial barriers in place. The ‘Equal Access’ campaign currently running in Swansea University aims to change this. The campaign calls on the university to:

1. Offer all asylum seekers who are granted a place

to study at Swansea University the ‘Home/EU’ rate of tuition fee

2. Award a number of asylum seekers a non-repayable complete tuition fee waiver (that covers the £9000 tuition fee in full) plus maintenance support.

Equivalent campaigns have been successful across the country, including Cardiff University where the equal access policy for asylum seeker applicants has now been implemented. The campaign is a fantastic initiative to ensure the most vulnerable in society with an abundance of potential are not blocked from achieving their goals and aspirations. Last week we took our campaign to Fulton House, and we were met with overwhelming support from both students and staff. We managed to gain over 200 signatures on our petition, and capture enough photographs to create a wonderful campaign collage. I believe this is a cause which is close to the hearts of most students, academics and staff within our university, and one which will see success. Please do contact me if you would like to get involved in the campaign, as together we can make a difference. #EqualAccess #RefugeesWelcome Hamzah Nurgat Swansea SU Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Officer bmeofficer@swansea-union.co.uk

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with Nicholas Fearn

Life As A Mature Student Rachel Sanders, a fresher studying English language, discusses what it’s like to be a mature student and discusses the challenges and benefits this life brings. What’s it like to be a mature student? There are so many different emotions and experiences that it is hard to give one answer. And every mature student you speak to will answer differently due to their unique set of circumstances. First of all, can I say that I dislike the term ‘mature student’. It makes me sound old and stayed in my ways. No-one who decides to return to education is old or stayed in their ways no matter if they’re 25 or 95. They have had the guts, drive and energy to go against the grain and change direction in their life. Old, tired people don’t do that. So, for me, a lot of my worries are the same as those for ‘traditional’ students: ‘How will I deal with the workload?’, ‘Have I chosen the right subject?’, ‘Will everyone think I’m stupid?’, ‘Oh, god, I need a new up to date wardrobe!’ However, there are added worries such as: ‘Will I still earn enough money to feed my child, pay my rent and pay for his school trips?’, ‘ I need to spend all evening writing my essay but I also need to cook, clean and spend SOME time with my child or he will forget I exist!’. Of course, most will have taken their time to carefully consider these factors before embarking on a degree course (unless, like me, they are inherently impulsive and rash). But I think that regardless of how they came to the decision to

quit that wonderfully low paid but steady income job and begin studying again, we all feel a slight sense of panic once it begins. ‘Did I do the right thing?’, ‘Have I just doomed my bank account and my child to not only three years of financial Hell but possibly decades more whilst trying to pay back this wonderful student loan I have been so readily offered?’ You see, becoming a student was actually quite easy. I decided I wanted to do it; I made the application and did it. Experience has taught me, however, that nothing worth doing in life is easy. So, now my panic sensors are buzzing: ‘Where is it?’, ‘Where is the pain?’. I can see it coming, and it is looming over me like my old head teacher - with his frowning face and evil eyebrows coming to tell me off - it is Christmas. I have no job (quit that in an excited flurry the day the Uni told me I had a place), and I need one. I need to buy presents and turkey and warm fuzzy Christmas love. My student loan covers my fees and some food, but not much else (as I’m sure all students can sympathise with regardless of age). It is not enough to pay my rent – I am not able to take a cheap room in a house with 5 other people. I need the more expensive private flat/house with 2 bedrooms and preferably a garden for my child to play in. Unfortunately, most of the part-time bar job employers I had when I was in my early twenties now think I am ‘over qualified’. Hmm. Not sure that’s

by Rachel Sanders

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such a problem. But hey, I still need to be paid! Then, when and if I succeed in getting a job, there’s the problem of child-care. Now this is different for different people, admittedly. Some are lucky to have a partner and/or a family around them for support. Others are not. If I work in the evenings, there is no-one to put my child to bed. If I work weekend days, there is no-one to take him to swimming classes and the park. Add to this the concern of ‘If I get a job how will I have time to study?’ and ‘Argh! What do I do?’ I haven’t worked it all out yet but I have decided I will follow the age old philosophy of ‘take one day as it comes’. And hopefully, Santa will still visit us this year with a decent sized bag of goodies. Despite all this worry - and here’s the mixed bag of emotions bit - I am absolutely LOVING student life. I have never felt more satisfied in a decision I have made. For the first time in a long time, I feel intellectually challenged and it feels good! I love the work, I love the lecturers and I love the other students I am meeting and getting to know. You are all wonderful! I am also, for the first time in AGES, excited about my future. I now have a choice! I am no longer following a path of jobs that simply pay the bills. I am no longer resigned to a life of drudgery in a job I hate barely scraping by. I now have opportunity – opportunity for me and my boy. And that is worth all the stress and worries and slightly smaller Christmas sacks in the world. My motto in life - Keep smiling! It’s not always easy, but it hasn’t failed me yet.

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Getting Reel with Cinema and Co. Led in by the fairy lights, beer and salted snacks, I discovered Swansea’s most recent venue: an arty cinema located in a gutted out army recruitment centre. Playing a mix of old films such from Casablanca to Gravity, Cinema and Co represents the regeneration of the city which is attracting the likes of bars such as Gravity Station to set up branches on Wind Street. Unlike Odeon or Vue, where you end up paying just as much (or more) for your hotdog as the film, Cinema and Co is reasonably priced at £5 for students and has given me the chance to see a whole range of movies while sitting on a well furnished crate. Very hipster, but also very cool

by Charlie Trotman

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for one of those nights where you want to go out around Wind Street.

meaning I could practically live there as long as I eat enough cheese and meat to last the rest of the week.

On Halloween, the staff dressed up and played Ghostbusters, and the venue is always packed out. With only around 50 seats, Cinema and Co is a place where you have to plan ahead. I’ve already seen The Place Beyond The Pines, and I’m gearing up to watch The Grand Budapest Hotel on the big screen.

The Swansea English Society has already hired the venue for its Great Gatsby Party later in November, and I’m hoping that it can get a few of the Harry Potter movies going to attract fellow members of the Hogwarts society to its cause.

With the coming onslaught of nauseating Christmas films around the corner, I know where I’ll be spending the next month or so until the release of Star Wars:The Force Awakens. Cinema and Co also hosts ‘Pizza Tuesdays’,

Overall, as a regular movie goer with popcorn cavities and bad eyesight to prove it, someone has to limit my exposure to Cinema and Co or I’ll soon be found wandering around the area selling myself in return for tickets. Check it out. You won’t regret it.

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film

with Joshua Vaughan

Star Wars: Iconic Scenes in Cinema It is pretty apparent that Star Wars may just be the most iconic film series of all time; from its generation-defining original trilogy to Lucasfilm’s groundbreaking work in sound editing and special effects (not to mention Hayden Christensen’s bratty acting) of the prequel series, the legendary saga is renowned the world over. So, while the world prepares for the release of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, let’s look at the best moments from the legendary saga so far… 10: Yoda’s Passing – Episode VI: Return of the Jedi “There is another Skywalker”. Those famous last words signified the passing of Master Yoda, but highlighted the fact that there is indeed a “new hope” for the galaxy. With Luke’s Jedi training incomplete, and as Yoda becomes one with the Force, this moment signifies the importance of family, which may just have been the pivotal key influencing Luke’s decision to salvage the “good” in his father. 9: That Is Why You Fail – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back Once again, Yoda keeps it real by handing Luke some constructive (?) criticism. After his inability to lift the X-Wing from the bottom of the Dagobah swamp, we learn that blowing up the Death Star just isn’t enough to become a Jedi. Sure, you may have saved billions of rebel lives, but you still can’t challenge Yoda on what he’s lifting nowadays. 8: Mos Eisley Cantina – Episode IV: A New Hope So many memories in this one. That ever-present alien band (known by nerds as Figrin D’an and the Modal Nodes), Ben Kenobi slicing off a drunken Aqualish’s hand, and Han shooting Greedo first, all but make this bar a character of its own. Plus, meeting

Chewbacca and Han Solo for the first time is always a bonus. (Also Han, a “parsec” is a measurement of distance, not time). 7: The Sarlacc Pit – Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Living within the Great Pit of Carkoon lays the Sarlacc, the creature which settled a great deal of fates within the Star Wars franchise. While Han, Chewbacca and Luke fight off several Gamorrean Guards, Leia strangles Jabba the Hutt to death with his own chain, as Boba Fett is eaten by the monster itself. Whether he’s dead or not remains to be seen… 6: Trash Compactor – Episode IV: A New Hope “Shut down all the garbage mashers on the Detention Level!” Should Luke have never screamed this down the communicator to C-3PO, the Skywalker family (minus their psychotic father) would all but be dead (and a lot thinner), and along with that, the fate of the galaxy would be sealed. A memorable scene indeed, along with a cameo appearance from that weird alien thing called a “dianoga” (per the Internet). 5: Death Star 1.0 Explosion – Episode IV: A New Hope Long story short, Han and Chewy save the day, returning in the Millennium Falcon to shoot Vader’s TIE/x1 attack ship, giving Luke enough time to blow up the Empire’s ultimate weapon, with a little help from the Force. A spectacle to behold, this scene just makes you wonder how you would begin to build a moon-sized space station in complete secrecy. 4: The Duel on Mustafar & The Vader Reveal – Episode III: Revenge of the Sith The only selection from the prequels on this list also

features two iconic scenes – Anakin and Obi-Wan squaring off on the lava planet of Mustafar, and Darth Vader’s first few moments in the iconic suit. As the master takes on the pupil, and the suit slowly rises in the fog, these epic moments (in true prequel fashion) are spoiled by a whiny “You underestimate my power” from Christensen and an equally melodramatic cry from James Earl Jones. 3: Battle on Hoth – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back Quite fittingly, the Beta map on the newly released Star Wars Battlefront videogame is based on Empire’s climactic opening battle on the ice planet on Hoth. The Battle of Helm’s Deep in the Star Wars franchise, we see Vader storming the rebel base, the AT-ATs rampaging and Luke swinging his lightsaber like it’s nobody’s business. A classic scene. 2: I Am Your Father – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back Nothing says fatherhood quite like cutting your son’s hand off. Luke learns who his true daddy is the hard way, in a moment which almost eclipses the Star Wars franchise as a whole. Although often misquoted as “Luke, I am your father”, this moment was good enough to give Empire Magazine a name and a purpose. 1: Binary Sunset – Episode IV: A New Hope An underrated scene which captures, in an albeit fleeting glimpse, the attraction and nostalgia we all get when it comes to the majesty of Lucas’ Star Wars original trilogy. As Luke gazes into vastness of space, making a promise to leave his homeland of Tatooine, with John William’s tear-jerking score ramping up in the background, cinemagoers were hooked from the get-go.

All I want for Christmas is SUSU! Merry Christmas! This year the Students’ Union gift to you is our lovely, shiny new building on the Bay Campus! Swansea-Union.co.uk

The Students’ Union officially opens its brand new Bay Campus space on Tuesday the 1st of December at 1pm! To celebrate we’re creating a Christmas themed grand unveiling with gifts from Santa, carols from societies and plenty free food! Make sure you pop down and see what it’s all about – whether you live or study on the Bay or if you just fancy a nosey! The event starts at 1pm so get down early to make sure you grab a gift in time!

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Gifts from Santa Christmas Carols Free food Santa’s Grotto Christmas Photobooth Xtreme Radio special outdoor broadcast!

The Students’ Union will also be hosting a Christmas themed after party in The Core from 6.30 pm!

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Because our building is now open you can: T Receive free, impartial and confidential advice in our Bay Campus Advice Centre T Pray in our prayer room T Book our large multifunctional space for your society T Study and meet up with your fellow students in our beach huts and down stairs space T Meet up with your Full-Time Officers in a private and safe environment T Meet up with your Full-Time Officers in a private and safe environment

Downstairs The downstairs space of the Students’ Union building is designed to give students a fun and relaxing environment to socialise and study in.

In true Swansea style the space is beach themed featuring two beach huts to be used by students as group spaces. Look out for the seagulls – We’ll be running a competition for you to name the feathery friends! Downstairs there’s also a coffee and vending machine to keep your energy up while studying or planning your society’s activities but most importantly there’s the SU reception desk. On the reception we’ll be able to answer all of your Union related enquiries; pointing you in the direction of our Full-Time or PartTime officers, helping you book an appointment at the Advice Centre or give you some advice on how to run in an election.

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The Students’ Union officially opens its brand new Bay Campus space on Tuesday the 1st of December at 1pm!

Upstairs in the new Students’ Union building is more study and group work space as well as where you will find more Union staff. The large multi-purpose room can be used as a prayer facility but is also a bookable space for societies to host things like AGM’s, workshops or special talks. Across the corridor you’ll find the Students’ Union Advice and Support Centre where Bay Campus students can receive free, confidential and impartial support from our trained staff. Whether it’s an academic or housing issue – the Advice and Support Centre is there to help you!

Advice & Support Centre Open Day To celebrate the Advice and Support Centre being available on the Bay Campus we’re hosting an Advice and Support open day. A member of our team will be on hand to answer all your Advice and Support questions, their areas of expertise include: • • • • •

Money worries Academic issues Housing trouble Legal enquiries Personal problems

So whatever your troubles be sure to come down and see how the Advice and Support Centre can help you!

Find Us Can’t work out where we are? We’re based in the halls of residence next to the University Gym! Just walk down the road between Tesco and The Core and you should find us.

The Society Christmas Extravaganza! 2.12.15

Put on your favourite winter jumper, some reindeer antlers or a carrot nose, and join us in celebrating Christmas, Society style! We’re beginning the night with a mulled wine reception in JC’s at 7pm, before hopping on the Christmas party coach over to the Bay Campus. You’ll be getting in the mood with some festive (and annoyingly catchy) tunes, and then finding yourselves transported to a winter wonderland in The Core. Come and enjoy performances from a whole range of Societies, including singing, dancing, music,

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poetry, games, a film, quiz and even a fashion show! To round the evening off, we’ll be having a delightfully cheesy disco before heading back to Wind Street for an after party in Walkabout.

Buy tickets for £5 at swansea-union.co.uk

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with Gareth Matson

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Interview: Frank Turner The Waterfront’s Gareth Matson sat down with punk-folk hero Frank Turner before his shows at Bristol’s Colston Hall. Most important question first, what is MeatLoaf doing right now? Haha ok, well a late night drinking mess around got well out of hand, before we knew it I was registering domain names and Nigel was writing up code whilst Ben Morse who does our photography done a layout for it and everything. We woke up the next day thinking, did we actually just do that? MeatLoaf has tweeted about it since! You’re known for enjoying and singing about alcohol, but what’s it like being associated with alcohol? It’s funny being a lyricist associated with alcohol, because you run the danger of coming off stage and there’ll be a queue of 16 people who have all bought a whisky for you and some nights you don’t feel like drinking, it bums some people out as well! But I’d definitely say I’m a lager kind of guy, no poncy craft beer though, gotta be a Budweiser. You’ve often been compared flatteringly to Dylan and Springsteen, if you could respectively cover one of their songs, which would it be? My favourite Dylan song is either Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright or Song to Woody, which are both just magisterial, I slightly lose interest in Dylan after Highway 66, he felt like a bit of a parody of himself and was swapping quality for quantity lyrically. Springsteen, well, I’m mildly obsessed with the whole of Born To Run and Nebraska, so those two albums!

So you’ve just released your 6th album, when you go back and listen to the albums, do you find them autobiographical throughout the years? Yes very much so, more the recording than the songs if you see what I mean. Like we play Photosynthesis every night, that’s still a current song for me, the way we play it now sounds completely different to on the record, so when I listen to it now it’s like Jesus Christ that’s what it sounds like! Obviously the same words and melody but the feel is different. It’s like a time portal it takes me straight back to 2007 when we recorded that song. Now you have so much material, do you struggle to find a balance in set lists? I could bore for England talking about writing up set lists, it’s something I spend a huge amount of my time thinking about. You’ve got to tell a story and manage energy levels throughout the show, you want to start strong and get people involved straight away, but I don’t want a show which is just manic dance-a-thon the entire gig. But then once you bring people down you have to find a way to bring them back up again to finish the same. I don’t like doing two songs off the same album in a row, honestly though there’s just so much shit, it’s like whack-a-mole, soon as you move one song another problem pops up. I do enjoy changing up the set list though, though I don’t change it just for the sake of it or worried that it’s the same as the night before, if it works, it works. Are the opening lyrics to ‘Get Better’ intentionally linked to ‘The Way I Tend To Be’ video? Ha! No I hadn’t thought about that before, that’s

a good spot. It’s funny there are people on some forums which have this grandiose conspiracy theory about these characters across my songs being the same person. Though your point is interesting and I’m going to start claiming it’s true. How important are support bands to you? I always handpick them and it’s one of my favourite things to do, if people try to pick them for me they get their hands bitten very quickly! It’s a way of promoting bands that I think deserve more exposure, recently we’ve been taking Xtra Mile bands out on the road because I deeply love the label. Some of my favourites have been Larry and his Flask and on this tour Skinny Lister because they’re second on and do an incredible job of getting everyone on their feet. I have a list of about 100 bands I already want to take on tour on top of 30-40 new submissions every week of people wanting to support me, I don’t do that many shows!

Album Review: Newton Faulkner, Human Love The quirky ginger dreadlocked guitarist, Newton Faulkner is best known for two things other than his flamboyant style and personality.

Human Love, and that is in the pure quality of the albums. On Human Love, he covers Major Lazer’s Get Free. Again, Newton’s take on the song only emphasises his quality of musicianship, highlighting that without a doubt, it is his best work since Hand Built by Robots.

Firstly, his intricate acoustic guitar playing sets him apart from the rest of the genre. Secondly, he has an aptitude to create interesting and different cover songs, though very few take place in his albums. His debut album (Hand Built by Robots) covers Massive Attack’s Teardrop in a way, but Newton seamlessly creates a take on the song which emphasises what a song it is. There is a parallel between his first album and his latest,

There is an evident contradiction between the music and the lyrics, and that is a theme through all his albums, but most notably Human Love. Whilst the music is generally upbeat and happy, the lyrics are subdued and somewhat poignant. This is not to say it isn’t effective, because Passing Planes and the title track Human Love epitomises Newton Faulkner’s quirky tones, but seemingly thoughtful lyrics.

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Interview: Will Varley Gareth Matson interviewed singer songwriter and Frank Turner’s support Will Varley Have influences remained consistent throughout your albums? Influence is such a weird thing, you’re never really aware of it, it’s a lot more subtle than you’d think, I mean obviously there’s Dylan, Springsteen and Neil Young, you’re a liar if you say they’re not an influence on your work as a songwriter. Would you say your music is becoming progressively more political? I wouldn’t say more political. The new album is quite political but then you could say it’s not political at all really! Y’know I just write a song about whatever I’m thinking about that day, one day I could write a song about tripping up over a dead dog, the next day I watch something on the news and write one about David Cameron. What are your thoughts on streaming services?

They just don’t work for me. People try to force you on to them saying you need to be on this, you need to be on that, my music went up on Apple Music without my permission, so on principle I told them to bloody take it down! If you’re a really successful superstar artist, they’re brilliant, but artists my level they tell you that you need it to get your name out there, B.S. I tour 250 days a year for that! You’re everything The Proclaimers wish to be, walking nearly 500 miles for your walk tour last year. Yes! It was extremely tough though, but I actually ended up supporting them over the summer. They said they wouldn’t actually walk 500 miles because ‘it’s a bit much’, so I’ve trumped them there. What song are you particularly proud of? I’m always looking to make more challenging stuff, the newest album is my most challenging and I enjoy the songs the most, but then I enjoy playing ‘King for a King’ and ‘Self-Checkout Shuffle’. In the future I want make more

Interview: Skinny Lister

The Waterfront’s Gareth Matson interviewed Dan and Lorna from Skinny Lister prior to their support slots with Frank Turner. How’s the tour going?

Yeh just come back from a seven week US tour as well! That’s where we met Beans on Toast and since then he essentially locked us in rooms after shows to write a Christmas song which we finally recorded in San Francisco along the way, the most un-christmasy city in the world!

Which song do you wish you had written? ‘The Great Leap Forward’ by Billy Bragg, it’s just the most beautifully constructed song, I’ve tried to write a song like that over the years but I can’t even get close. Best/Worst bits about touring? Best bits are definitely the gigs, having played for so long in pretty bad venues to now be playing in venues like this to large numbers of people is amazing. Absolute pleasure. I could tell you the best bit is hanging around on the buses with the free booze, now don’t get me wrong that’s great! Worst bits would be the gigs, the relentless gigs, don’t get a chance to recharge. For years I was doing a gig once every three months in between watching Jeremy Kyle on the sofa, so I got a lot of rest between shows!

get cancelled to lightning, Coachella they get cancelled due to sandstorms! They also have a polo pitch in the middle of the desert and polo teams are actually playing on it, bit surreal.

but you know this is a 10 week tour so you can’t go hell for leather every night.

How much influence does the UK have on your music?

Yeh every word, a couple years ago when I was working in an office we had an office party. Was walking down the street very drunk when there were a couple of punks, as the song says, outside this club, I ruffled this one’s hair he said “If you do that again I’ll

Shanty Punk seems to sum up a lot of what we do and we still do a few sea shanties. It is quite folky and there are some ballads as well.

We formed to sound as British as possible. We grew out of the same climate as bands like Mumford & Sons which did open doors for us because people were all of a sudden ok with Banjos on Radio 1. But Mumford have more of an American twang and bluegrass sensibility, we have more of an English sensibility with punk fragments like The Clash. It’s fed into our artwork and song names, it’s just the type of music we enjoy. We are quite influenced by bands like The Pogues as well, that sort of Celtic vibe but still keeping it English.

You do a lot of festivals in the UK, any favourites?

You’re often labelled as ‘boozy’ music, do you live up to that after the shows?

Glastonbury! Gone since we were 17. We had a pretty full tent as well, but then it started raining and we were the most popular band there! You know, the new Glastonbury crowd wanting to keep their hair straight or whatever. There’s great festivals all round the world, Coachella is great in its own way, at Glastonbury sets

Well I (Lorna) did join the band to get into festivals for free and get drunk, I just had to convince the band they needed a female singer in the mix. We did 32 in one year which was the record that year, number two was Ed Sheeran but I think he may have got paid a bit more! We still have boozy nights out and a few drinks before we go on stage,

How would you describe your music in 2 words?

challenging music that doesn’t necessarily make people smile, make them question everything. They’ll all go out to the nearest Pizza Hut and eat all they can for 3 hours and question why they’re here. That’s what’s next!

Is the song ‘Trouble on Oxford Street’ a true story, Dan?

hit you”, no naturally I ruffled his hair again idiotically, he hit me I went down and lost a tooth! I am the biggest prat when I’m drunk. Which of your songs should soundtrack a night out? ‘Six Whiskies’ probably but then it depends what part of the night out, start with ‘Trouble on Oxford Street’ then ‘Six Whiskies’ once you’ve inevitably been kicked out of the club.

fashion

with Shona Johnson

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Why you should get your bra size measured NOW

by Shona Johnson waterfrontfashion@swansea-union.co.uk

Most women, at some stage in their life come to the conclusion that they’ve gotten a bit too bouncy to not wear bras. They’ll have a vague idea of bra size, and go for whatever looks right or seems comfortable, but what about when you get it wrong? I went to Marks & Spencer with my mum last week to get measured professionally, just to see if I’d actually been wearing the right sized bra for the past three years (I seemed to suffer from achy-boob syndrome a bit too often for my liking) - turns out I hadn’t been. Ever since I was 16, I’ve worn a B-cup bra, after getting properly measured I discovered that I was indeed a C-cup. I had been experiencing unusual breast pain almost non stop for a few weeks, it turns out that the wire in most of my bras were heavily cutting into my breast tissue, causing really bad red marks and throbbing pain - nasty.

I did a bit of research, and found out the effects that wearing a bra that is too tight has on the body:

infection carried via the lymph nodes. In other words, it’ll make your boobs easier to infect.

Boob Pain - The obvious bra-related problem. Wearing a bra that is too small for you causes pain when too much pressure from the elastic or the wire banding is exerted on the sensitive breast tissue, wearing tight bras for extended periods of time can cause breast pain that can last for days at a time.

Bad Posture - Pain felt in the back and shoulders affects the way you move your body, making you bend more frequently - which over a long period of time will ruin your posture.

Saggy Boobs - You heard it folks, tight bras cause sagging breasts! A bra is meant to keep your breasts comfortable, and in the right position - a bra that pushes the wire too far up and underneath the breast can actually make the breasts heavier in all the wrong places causing sagging. Blocked Lymph Nodes - Lymphatic vessels are extremely thin, and when too much pressure is exerted upon them it causes the lymph valves to close, making the body more susceptible to

It May Cause Breast Cancer - Blocked blood flow to breasts caused by a tight bra may cause cancer in the breast tissue. Getting measured is quick, painless, free and is done over-the bra so you don’t have to worry about flashing anyone. It is important that everyone who wears a bra gets measured properly, because nobody wants sad, unhappy boobs. It is also important to check your boobs every month, just so that you can make sure everything is okay. To find out how to check them properly, visit www.copafeel.org/boobcheck - because nothing is more important than your health, not even a cute, tight-fitting bra.

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What does ‘Vintage’ actually mean, and why should I care? by Shona Johnson waterfrontfashion@swansea-union.co.uk

You’ve probably heard the term ‘vintage’ thrown around in relation to second-hand clothes and shabby furniture, but what does the word actually mean, and should it really be so widely used in terms of fashion? When I googled the definition of ‘vintage’, four results came up. It is a term used to describe the place or time in which a high quality wine was produced, the time or place in which an item of quality was produced and a word relating to or denoting to a wine of high quality, or to an item from the past of high quality. There seems to be somewhat of an emphasis on the term ‘high quality’. Now, it may just be me - but I’ve found that there is some horrendously cheap junk out on the high street being marketed as ‘vintage’. For example, I bought some lantern-shaped fairy lights from Primark that had been labelled as part of the ‘Vintage Romance’ range, and they broke within a week after the lanterns fell off of the bulbs when I tried to hang them above my mirror. Romantic? Probably. Vintage? Not so much. Another example: New Look’s ‘men’s vintage jeans’ - shrunk in one wash (I followed the instructions on the label, my brother still moaned at me though.) Now I’m not going to spend this entire article moaning about rubbish products I’ve bought from well-renowned low-

quality shops, but it does make you think. What does the fashion world actually perceive ‘vintage’ to mean? It seems to me that the answer is simply ‘old-fashioned-looking’. For example, the skirts pictured below may be considered ‘vintage’ due to their imitation of the 1950’s style flared petticoat skirt. But if this is what we mean when we say ‘vintage’, then perhaps we should be using another term? The word ‘retro’ actually means ‘imitative of a style or fashion from the recent past’ - which is surely what shops like Primark and New Look are doing with regards to some of their clothes and interior lines? If you are buying an item of clothing that looks like something out of the 1960s, then it’s retro. If you are buying an item of clothing that is still in good condition and was made in the 1960s, then it is vintage. Steven, a second year geography student with a penchant for second-hand bags says ‘It’s a word that has been misused so much. I didn’t know ‘vintage’ was as easy as badly painting my ikea deck chair pastel pink and chucking a doilie over it.’ A lot of the time, ‘vintage’ items are actually confused with those of the ‘shabby chic’ variety. Shabby chic is a form of interior design where furniture is chosen based on it’s appearance of age and signs of wear and tear, or where newly bought items are distressed in order to achieve the desired ‘shabby’ look - to appear as an antique. The terms

have entirely separate meanings. We live in a society where words are wrongly used constantly, and if you’re an english student like me it does your head in. ‘Vintage’ refers to an old item of high quality, not something you picked up from topshop that has polka-dots on it. But we should ask ourselves, does it really matter that much? Is it that big a deal that we are mixing these two vaguely important terms? Yes. Of course it matters. Language is one of the most precious things we humans have as a species, don’t drag its good name in the dirt by deliberately getting words wrong for sake of ease. Now I’m going to get back to eating my ice-cream alone whilst arguing with people on the internet.

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creative writing

with Zoe Stabler

I hear the Shriek of Silence by Ina Pace I hear the shriek of silence, squint from the momentary panic, and shudder as the light from the looming window fades. The clench of my fists burns and weakens me, forcing my palms to retract. My body stiff, the sweat sticky and my spit stagnant, I lie on my mattress compressed by that within my head; a mist of blunders and a self-deprecating narrator who blames me for the choices I have not made, nor the improvements I have pursued. Turn back time, tick, tick…stop the ruthless clock that is speeding, stop the dreamed-up dream from melting, meticulously stirred with sheer poison into an unspeakable compound that can only be written by those who sense it. Therefore I shall write of it now; it is a compound of apprehension and fear; a fear that I am unwanted and undesirable. I am a force not reckoned with who knows nothing other than emotional negativity; thereby subconsciously the artist of my own downfall. Though I am shy, I am sorely underestimated for I have never deserved to be undesirable. At least I have the confidence to recognise this. I know I must underestimate myself for she, my woman, certainly no more a girl, is the one who has at last begun to ameliorate that fear. I must at last be wanted otherwise she would not come here and lie with me every Monday, Thursday, and Friday night. That is all, not enough, I hate to profess she is not yet mine. Without her I can cling to nothing, I am lost to drown in clouded headiness and lie here stale and forgotten with no pathway to walk. I cherish my memories of soft moans amidst the darkness and our breathlessness, unheard by the neighbours as our bodies entwine. I am wary of the crepuscular sky outside; from the corner of my eye I focus on the brutalised urban skyline, once glorious to me. I am slightly nauseous and fear I may fall back to sleep, exhausted from strain. I must meet her tonight, quarter to nine at

by Michael Jenkins

the corner of Hayward Road. There is something she wants and I remain so torn by anxiety and excitement that the ache in my head begins to climax. White noise suddenly pierces my skull, numbing the silence around me, and hushing my rapid breaths. Compressed as I am, I am longing to burst forthwith, release the phoenix of desire from the flames then encircle her and embrace her here with me. Here? This urban life of rot and worthlessness, where trivial monetary matters are primary and no one is kind otherwise? Although this bunk has been let to me for a pittance, it is not worth even my wasted time spent sweeping filth from the street. I find solace in the underground scene; in the places where the rejected women abide, where their worth supposedly lies within nothing more than a townsman’s favourite pastime. They are in fact nothing more than the townsmen’s dirty little secrets. My woman cannot be. I determine myself to think her satiable love for me is no mere pastime but a way of survival. Cold. Hard. Cash. Materialism sickens me. Money must be used wisely to reflect its worth. Perhaps we can travel afar where our hearts, liberated at last, may come together in peace. Tonight? Yes, tonight. Be a man, not a wretch, get up. Now. Finally I rise and slowly dress. I reach for my hat to extract a crumpled note of twenty pounds I have been saving for her. I inhale its musty smell, toying with it between my fingers; a gem she craves in order to survive. But soon she shall see my love is truly enough. Enough now, I must walk to her, to the corner of Hayward Road. I screw the note into my pocket and head through the rickety door. A moonless sky has come of dusk, leaving only the crude street-lamps to cast my shadow. I stride slowly beneath the smokeless chimneys and weather-beaten slate, listening to the crack of the crisp leaves beneath my boots. My head continues swimming as I picture her doll-figure walking away from me to the other He. He is not someone I wish to think of. As she walks, her body moves like clock-

In a café

I hate and I love. I don’t know why. I detest and I cherish this miasma, this epiphany of repetitions. The good and the bad walk in and out. I want you to be one. I want you where you must be. Past the newspaper rack on the white-painted wall, golden-green leaves all-veined twist and fall like coins, like medallions, like words. I err and note that my memory remains framed by an indigo blue sky. I think it must be slate grey to save me. I overhear. “If your lover sits next to you in a café, it means no trust.” And so I write you amidst the pulsing hiss of rising steam, the pygmy detritus of rainforest tang of Fair-trade roasting coffee-beans and adroitly placed white hydrangeas in see-through vases. Yacht masts and sails jostle like myth and legend down in the day below. I stare, stark, at the amber madeleine on my bone-white, treasure-trove porcelain plate. In a café in a railway station, the drawn out, pulling away from us present tense whooshes as people come and the people leave. Charlie Parker jazz and fragments of gestures and ladies, in laced, walking boots rise and seize and InstaGram and trump out with OS

work, head bowed, cigarette in hand, penniless. The yowl of a cat momentarily interrupts my thoughts and I look up from the gritted pavement, down the remaining stretch of the lane to where the last street-lamp looms over a lonesome figure, gradually coming into focus. I recognise this place. I am approaching the corner of Hayward Road where she, my woman, draped in little other than a trench coat and fishnets, stands awaiting my arrival. Half her shape is illuminated by the glare of the streetlamp, whilst the other is submerged in an everdarkening silhouette. This woman, my woman, is Trixie, and she is my world. Impulsively, I reach out to her with my arms outstretched, discreetly keeping the twenty pound note crumpled in my hand. Ignoring my attempted embrace, she shifts her weight and begins to rummage through her purse. So I come up to lean on the lamp-post beside her, and remove my hat for something to hold, waiting expectantly. My woman, Trixie, pauses and lifts her head to speak. Her voice, though not feeble, trembles, “Please Bertie, please tell me you have enough this time.” I tilt my head towards the void of the sky in which should have been the billions of stars, individual, indifferent and effortlessly beautiful, so unlike the city lights in which Trixie and I are entrapped. My eyes begin to prick, so that I can no longer differentiate between the orange light and the enclosing dark. “Look at me Bertie, look me in the eye and tell me you have it.” Blinking ferociously, I reveal the crumpled twenty pound note to her. “I’m saving up for you my love, I promise you.” I watch her lips close and purse together, watch her gloved fingertip run over her heavily-caked cheek, and her eyes lower disappointedly. I shiver as the chill wind picks up and my woman bows her head, allowing her worn tresses to fall from her shoulders and shield her like a screen.

Maps bright. A figure in shadow will soon go not slink an opposite way that is no different. The marshy citrus groves in Old Epidavrous port are ransacked. We in the tents of the indignantes and Occupy inhale the cloudy breath of lemon juice under eyes to dwindle the burr of out-of-date tear gas of dictators and riot police frog marching a cockroach wedge down parliament’s marble and granite steps here in front of luxurious International Hotels. I am left alone and I etch a Murakami line into my laptop: I love writing. Ascribing meaning to life is a piece of cake compared to actually living it. I hate and I love and I know why. I detest and I cherish this and all. Miasma and epiphany. Repetitions . A second rough sleeper found dead in a shop doorway in Oxford Street in... Michael Jenkins is a part-time MA Creative Writing student and has a passion for writing.

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Last Frost

The character

by Jack Knight Where fallen roses In winter’s meadow ground The boys are gone And won’t be found Spring is here and war is done Battles lost and battles won Hear it told the end has come There’s always time for one last frost Where growing blooms In London’s glory town Wait for trumpet sound To echo through their halls Tall stand men who ought

by Emily Clift to have knelt Whom yet weather the storm And form up in the shadows Below the mighty walls Across a land painted red Already, already again When spirits reawaken That were thought to be dead Now think of this And see well these things A violet gown, a silver ring A copper crown for a tiny king

Born From a pulsing thought, Like water, spilling onto the page, Surging ink, creating and shaping I breathe. Through a consciousness, Not my own Giving me an existence Yet unknown, The 2D shape I expand into grows stronger, With my heart full of ink. From the imagination where I exist And the hand that moves me, Moving closer to the

places I wish to go, While the paper ground I dance upon Is the theatre to my tale. My audience, a mass of changing faces, The first page - turned by each And the lens through which I live alters, Morphing me into their own. My last page - an ongoing déjà vu, A loop of birth and death. But I breathe.

The Northern Lights by Ulysses Jones A wash of green came across the sky a sight never meant for mortal eye the green so vivid it seems like a dream conjured in artist’s mind and splashed in the night for us gaze upon, in awe of a winter magic so seldom seen in our day-to-day

Said the Hawk to the Water by Ina Pace ‘Said the Hawk to the Water, “Why do you stare?” Said the Water to the Hawk, “Why do you cry?” “I cry for I am shamed, because my red tail-feather, my beauty, has been stolen by the Scar.” Water, pink and pearlescent, raised her arm, and thus soaked Hawk so that he shivered. He turned to his back, to his unruly, dull stump, and shed tears afresh. “Awaken Hawk,” whispered Water, “arise, fly, go to the Scar, and fight him.” “I cannot,” said Hawk “because Rabbit will mock me when he sees me, ugly and naked, my tail-feather gone. Already I hear him cackling from beneath the bush over there.” “Did Rabbit help to steal it?” asked Water. “I could flood him from his warren…” “-and give him the gift of a grave in return?” said Hawk in shock, “why in this wretched world is there such cruelty?” “You make me sound villainous Hawk,”

said Water, “but I am only a mere lake, and you are Master of the Sky.” “I am no longer… I cannot be… Scar, he is coming, he is coming for me…” cried Hawk. And he turned, and he ran, he ran trembling across the outcrop to the copse; to the Tree of Ink, where unbeknown to Hawk, already awaited Rabbit with Buzzard Scar. Deep within the stained bark, blackened with black sap, Rabbit squealed and held his smirking mouth. Above, in the boughs of the branches, sat Buzzard Scar, holding Hawk’s beloved tail-feather between his razor lips. “It is time,” he murmured as he watched Hawk’s gaze meet his own, whose body then cowered at the gnarled roots, begging for clemency: long-awaited and never to be received. Meanwhile, back across the outcrop, away from the copse, Water began to shimmer from peaceful pearlescent to striking violet to synchronize with the sky. The young night began to call through Wind, and Moon rose his ugly head… the spilling of blood was nigh. Said Water to the sharpest of stars, “Sharpest of stars, yonder in the heavens, hallowed be your voices. Oh please- help us!”’

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lives. Never shall I forget that minute-score, it seems a sunset is almost a bore to that of Scanavia’s sky delights.

societies

with Molly Dowrick

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Strictly Come Dancing Great Success Dance Society raise over £600 for charity

Gianluca Asaro and Sara Veronica Farina , winners of the highest number of votes. by Sara Veronica Farina

Vice President, SU Dance Society

The SU Dance Society organised their annual “Strictly Come Dancing” event this year. Where seven enthusiastic sport committee members partnered up with seven dance society teachers to compete for the prolific title of strictly champion. Contestants trained for two weeks in their chosen dance styles and performed the choreography created by the teachers. The result was a success. Thanks to the great turnover, the dance society managed to raise £633 for the National Autistic Society. The evening went smoothly and was enjoyable for both contestants and spectators. The brave contestants were Natalie Vaughan, Equestrian Club treasurer, dancing salsa, Hana Gormley, Ladies’ Hockey captain, dancing Hip Hop. Squash captain Josh Stamp, dancing musical

theatre, Sally Carter, swimming’s media and fundraiser, dancing ballet. Men’s Rugby junior team captain Jack Horgan, dancing Jazz, Archery Club treasurer John Mcgrath, dancing tap, and Men’s Basketball team manager Gianluca Asaro dancing contemporary. The judges for the night were Victoria Mills, dance society Competition Director, Annalea Paginton, Social Secretary for the dance society and Rebecca Morgan, president of the dance society. The judges scores were combined with the public vote to decide the winner. Gianluca Asaro won with the highest number of votes and received one of the two perfect scores from the judges. He stunned the crowd with a very demanding contemporary routine. Runner up was Jack Horgan, also received a perfect score, who in the judges words “seemed to thoroughly enjoy every second on stage”. Gianluca said “dancing onstage was not easy,

especially considering the complex routine, but I really enjoyed performing and winning was a bonus” The evening was co-hosted by Lewys Aron, president of the Student Union, and Steph Dalton, Last year’s dance society president. The dances were separated by a short interval, in which two dancers, Hash and Ed, from the dance society performed a Hip Hop routine. “It was a fantastic evening” Lewys said, “I was delighted that everyone took part and enjoyed raising money for an amazing cause. Thanks to all those involved, it really shows the power of societies”. This event is only one example of the many events the Dance Society organises to raise money for charity. The next big event will be the showcase, scheduled for April 2015.

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Dancers Raise Money For Charity In Their Pyjamas by Steph Walton Society & Charity Liaison, SU Dance Society

Between the 16th to the 19th of November, Swansea University Dance Society wore pyjamas in classes to raise money and awareness for Children in Need. Throughout the course of the three days 18 different classes all wore pyjamas during classes, this included classes such as advanced tap. Over £50 was raised during these days and it’s safe to say these were the most relaxed dance lessons we’ve had all year!

food

with Sarah Harris

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A student’s guide: How to cook Christmas dinner

The big day itself may still be a few weeks away, but chances are you only have a week or two left at uni before you go home and ‘revise’ for a month. In which case you don’t have long to organise your uni Christmas. For me, hall Christmas dinner was one of the highlights of first year. It made sense that we’d pay homage to our newly adopted family and celebrate Christmas together with the basting of an oversized bird. A good excuse to reminisce about our first term’s antics, get a little tipsy and eat pig wrapped in pig; university Christmas dinner is not to be missed. Twice the celebrations = twice the Christmas dinner! The unfortunate thing about a uni Christmas, however, is that your mum won’t be there to do

all the work. So there is only one solution (brace yourself )... you’ll have to cook it yourselves! The main learning points to follow are: • It is not normal to look well turned out and completely in control when cooking for this number of people; Delia Smith and Nigella Lawson lie. • It is probably important to have a glass of wine or a strong spirit to hand, particularly for the last hour or so of preparation. • There can never be too much meat. Meat wrapped in meat is a particular hit with all… Except vegetarians. Now on to the actual cooking of the dinner…

Turkey Of all the things to be prepared for our Christmas dinner, the turkey was the thing that scared everyone the most. After a term of partying hard and sleeping little, our palates were more familiar with Kentucky Fried than home-roasted, and our culinary skills hadn’t quite reached their full potential. A simple tip for saving money, and let’s be honest, time and effort is to buy turkey or chicken breasts (chicken tends to be a little bit cheaper). Simply roast the chicken or turkey breasts in the oven for about 30-35 mins at 200 degrees, in a casserole dish with a little oil. To enhance flavours and save on time, cook the meat in the same dish with vegetables, as the potatoes and carrots take about

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the same time in the oven. Have a forage for leftovers in your cupboards too; a dash of honey, dried herbs, lemon juice or even just some salt and pepper will really help to add flavour.

pan after you’ve drained them with a spoonful of flour. Put the lid on and shake about for a bit. Easy! Put the potatoes in the oven at the same time as the chicken, and after 20-30 minutes, toss the potatoes around and add a little extra oil.

If you’re a braver woman than me and are attempting to roast a whole chicken then pre-heat the oven to around 220 degrees and then put the chicken in for 20 minutes, then turn down the heat to 190 degrees for a further 45 minutes until golden brown and crispy.

Carrots/Parsnips When the mulled wine is flowing and you’re panicking trying to cook your first ever turkey, the cooking of a couple of veggies seem a lot more overwhelming than it should.

Perfect Roasties Roast potatoes make or break a roast for me. Should Christmas dinner disaster strike, the loss of the turkey would be completely fixable by having perfectly golden crunchy on the outside, fluffy on the inside roasties. Peel the potatoes, cut into bite sized chunks, and then cook in boiling water for around 10 minutes. Once you’ve tested how soft they are (easily done by prodding around a bit with a fork), whack them in a roasting tin with some oil, seasoning and rosemary.

Peel and cut in half, then cut into long slices. In another roasting dish, drizzle with oil and then coat generously with honey. Throw them in the oven along with the potatoes and chicken (if you can fit it all in!).

If you want them to be extra crispy, put them back in the

Peas/Yorkshire Puddings When it is nearing time to serve, put on your peas following the packet instructions, along with the Yorkies. If you are running low on space in the oven, serve up the majority and then hand round the Yorkshire puddings after they’re cooked. They only take a few minutes to heat up.

Or if you opted to make your own Yorkshires, just mix together 4 eggs, 350ml of milk, gradually whisking in 215g of flour. Put a little oil into the moulds and place in the oven until it’s super hot. Then simply add the batter mix and pop back in the oven. You’ll see when they’re done! To complete the perfect Christmas dinner don’t forget the stuffing balls, pigs in blankets and sprouts (for those unfortunate souls odd enough to like them). Finish it all off with a generous helping of gravy. And there you have it, your own homemade Christmas meal, it may not be as good as Mams but you can take pride that you contributed yourself to the final product. All you need now are some Christmas crackers, party hats, drinks and a few festive songs and games and you’re good to go.

tech

with Declan Murphy

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The Christmas Wishlist: Phones, Games and More!

With Christmas just around the corner and the January sales just after that, you’re more than likely going to be greeted with a whole host of different offers regarding presents you can buy or ask for. But what about technology? asks Declan Murphy. What’s the latest game or console to own? What about newest phone or accessory?

Phones

Hopefully I’ll be able to give you a good rundown on the latest products hitting shelves and make that Christmas shop slightly easier whether it’s for a relative or just a small gift to yourself.

So the main four you’re going to be looking at are the iPhone, HTC, Samsung Galaxy and Nokia Lumia. All have perks which I advise to do an in depth read on and cons which I advise to read up on just as much!

Games

By now you’ve probably seen all the trailers, possibly even demoed a couple. This fall’s new releases are out in full force and they’re nothing to be scoffed at. Running from your standard yearly releases in the form of Assassin’s Creed, FIFA and Call of Duty to your more anticipated titles like Halo 5 and Fallout 4, this year is a strong year for games. Anyone one of those titles mentioned above is worth a look at if you’re sat bored twiddling your fingers or if you’re looking for a gift. Do note however that some games, like Halo, have console limitations and are stuck to one platform.

I think its safe to assume that nearly everyone reading this is a student, so we can’t exactly afford to gift someone a phone. Instead you may be looking at picking one up for yourself or asking your parents for an investment in the field of telecommunication devices.

The main pros of the iPhone is the ease of use and the social aspect with iMessage. These two reasons have led to the iPhone becoming a powerhouse in the market. The biggest drawback of the phone however is the price and storage sizes. The iPhone easily sits as the most expensive high selling phone and it hasn’t moved on from the 16GB storage size. The HTC is great for any developers out there! I know Computer Science offers a module in which an Android OS is required for app development. The OS itself offers a lot of different settings and options and means you can have a great level of customisation for the device itself. The trade off is that you may find the OS slightly slower than that of say, the iPhones, especially on the cheaper versions of the phone.

If you’re a bit confused still you can always just get a gift card. If you do get one though don’t get one for a specific store! Games these days are turning The Galaxy is another heavyweight. Its main USP more and more digital in terms of their distribution. being that it offers a very rugged case which is able to withstand a large amount of abuse. The Done are the days of the disc and now comes the drawback of the device however is its operating age of downloads. Instead look at getting an Xbox system is seen as inferior to Android and iOS. or PS+ gift card or even a Steam gift card if that Last but not least is the lumia. The Lumia offers a person is a PC gamer.

really good camera for all your photographing needs. It also has Windows so syncs with any Windows device such as the Surface and Windows 10 computers. The drawback is also sort of OS in an age where your phone is more than a phone the Nokia offers very little in terms of going above and beyond.

Stocking Fillers

Still a bit stuck? Maybe your dad is a bit too far in the past to use a smart phone and giving him an Xbox controller would only confuse him? Well there is always the little gadgets and devices you can get as a small gimmick or make their life a little easier. You can find small gadgets in most high street stores where it is WH Smiths or HMV. You can also find whole shops dedicated to it; Mankind being one, however if you live in Swansea during Christmas time you’re out of luck seeing as the one in the Quadrant shut down earlier this year. Not to worry too much though as you can always turn to the ever-trusty computer and look there. One such site I use is Massdrop.com. It’s a simple premise, the more of one such thing is ordered, the cheaper it gets. The great thing about this is that those hot on the market gadgets (Self Balancing Scooter I’m looking at you) are normally cheaper because of the demand for them. They offer a wide array of gadgets both gimmick-y and fun! If Massdrop or a similar site hasn’t satisfied that hunger then you can always go for the standard sites such as Amazon or eBay where you’re almost certain to find what you need. You should be able to find something for everyone if you use those sites, even grandma could benefit from it. Although I wouldn’t go getting her a Self Balancing Scooter anytime soon!

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Gamers Unite to Raise Money For Children’s Charity!

On December 5th through to December 6th, SGS (Swansea Gaming Society) will be playing twentyfour hours of games to raise money and awareness for the charity Child’s Play. Child’s Play is a charity set up around the premise of giving children games to play when they’re in hospital. Currently the charity provides these games to four hospitals in the UK and one in Ireland. This isn’t the first charity event or twentyfour hour event the society has done. Last year the society had a successful event and raised money for Child’s Play. Already this year the society has run two nightlong events, one of which was the week just gone during SnowSpire, an event that went relatively favourably for the society. Over the twentyfour hours the society hopes to play through numerous new and classic titles including a complete runthrough of the Halo games (Halo: CE - Halo 5, not including ODST and Reach), another

complete run through of Banjo-Kazooie and others. If you’re interested in helping out or donating be sure to contact SGS on either their Facebook page or email at gaming@ swansea-union.co.uk. The venue will also be open to spectating from 12PM Saturday to 12PM Sunday. If you’re unable to attend in person you will be able to tune in on YouTube Gaming on the society’s YouTube page. You can also join in the fun over on the society’s Union page which can be found on the Union website. Membership is £2.50 for the year and they run multiple kinds of events to satisfy every type of gamer. The events stretch from the four weekly events which include card gaming, boardgaming, a general meet and an online night to more irregular and even more fun events such as twentyfour hour LAN events like this one and competitive tournaments against other universities. Overall the society offers great value for money.

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Review: Of Mice & Men, at Taliesin Arts Centre by Zoe Stabler

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Of Mice and Men was adapted from a book of the same name, by John Steinbeck in 1937. This American novel appears to have been designed to be put on stage from the start, with only a few settings, a small handful of contrasting characters and a short, yet concentrated narrative. We follow George and Lennie who travel together. This atmospheric stage production of the novel enhanced the narrative and characters immensely, giving so many new interpretations and meanings behind characters, settings and actions. Chris O’Dowd and James Franco aren’t exactly the pair you would imagine to be playing George and Lennie in Of Mice and Men. O’Dowd is widely known for his comic role in The IT Crowd,

giving him a challenge to portray such a complex character, he managed to pull it off magnificently. Franco and O’Dowd worked extraordinarily well together, showing a truly unique relationship between two characters. George (Franco) had the perfect amount of coldness in his exterior, appearing to care little about the ranch, Lennie, or their future. However we still see the absolute care he has for Lennie in the way he frequently tells Lennie the dream of how it will be. The change in characteristics between his speech towards Lennie in comparison with the other characters is flawless. Curley’s Wife (Meester) stood out to me. In my reading of Of Mice and Men she is a character you’re not meant to like, however Leighton Meester made me really care about the character, you really get the chance to see how she just wants to be understood and talked to. I found myself feeling sorry for her in her final scenes, much more than I did while reading it. I wished

the copy of the book I read was wrong somehow. Candy is perhaps a bit of an overlooked character throughout the book, however he’s so much more in this production. His presence on stage can be physically seen, even if he’s not talking or doing anything. In a novel we would need to be informed of the presence whereas here it is given to us. We are allowed a little more insight to him and his feelings, as well as his interest in Lennie’s dream. The set was exactly as you’d imagine it from reading the book, the beds with their burlap mattresses, the barn with the hay and even the brush that Lennie’s told to hide in. Within such a magnificent and simple design we are taken back in time and allowed into such a touching and emotional narrative. Overall, this was a magnificent and truly inspiring production of Of Mice and Men. They excelled in everything and hit the spot on every little detail.

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the stress of writing a dissertation and helps me to relax.’ Post Graduate, Gavin Tsang said, “I’ve met a lot of great friends over the years that I want to keep in touch with. I still play sport because it forces me to share my time between archery and my degree so that my degree doesn’t absorb my entire life and burn me out. I have something different to look forward to every week.”

Sports Officer, Felix Mmeka has organised a Play Sport campaign which aims to identify barriers which students face when playing sport at University. The campaign began when, after reviewing the Sport Swansea Student demographics, Felix noticed a consistent deficiency in the numbers of particular groups of the student population playing sport at university. The data already-compiled revealed a lack of postgraduate and international students involved in sport at a university level - showing a much smaller ratio of students involved in sports to total number of students. Many post graduates have blamed an overwhelming work load as the reason for their lack of involvement yet some work-laden students have said that sport and exercise helps them to relieve stress during the academic year. Post-graduate and Masters student Martin Lee said, ‘For me sport is extremely important, I joined a few sports clubs during my undergraduate degree and really enjoyed them. I like to feel fit and I find that it’s a good way to relieve

University sport aims to be an inclusive experience for all students and celebrates the diversity of its clubs’ members.

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After securing promotion to the premier league with a terrific campaign last year. Swansea University Rugby League team are now battling it out with the big boys. There tough start to the season was made much tougher on Wednesday by facing St Mary’s University College who were just coming off the back of a huge 66-6 victory over Nottingham Trent University.

International student, Zoya Mehandzhiyska said, “I have always felt welcome and supported. I have never felt different really. It is a great team spirit and I absolutely love being part the sport family in Swansea!”

St Mary’s quality was clear to see right from the first whistle and they soon took an early lead with a well worked try. The well drilled outfit continued to open up the Swansea defence and before the

All students were encouraged to take part in the survey which was conducted across both campuses by 30 volunteers from members of over 10 university sports clubs, however, for the most part, the survey targeted students who were not currently participating in sports.

had prevented them attending training sessions. The survey also asked students the reasons behind their motivations to play sport be it competitive or social as well as their opinions on the facilities, range of sports and their involvement in Varsity.

The results of the survey showed that the cost of playing sports, balancing academic work, transportation and timetabling and part-time work commitments were the biggest barriers preventing students playing sport.

In a small survey prepared by The Waterfront, club committee members were asked about measures their club took to make students of all backgrounds feel welcome and part of the club.

In particular, those students who study and/or live at the Bay campus have complained about the monetary and time costs of travelling back and forth from the Bay campus to Singleton. Many students noted that time restraints

Life-Saving Captain, Josh Hale said, “Lifesaving aims to promote access to all and we accept everyone regardless of ability. All our competitions are mixed, so everyone gets to join in. Next week, our social secretary is putting on a

half time whistle had gone the game already looked like it was over. 38-0 at half time. The second half however was a completely different story. A spirited Swansea fight back saw St Mary’s penned back defending for most of the half. Swansea’s loose forward Louis Ford was the stand out performer for the War pigs. Ford made some huge tackles as Swansea looked to take the game to St Mary’s. Ford was backed up by substitute Jay Markey whose aggressive tackling aided Swansea to maintain the territory inside St Mary’s 22. Other than a further two tries on the break and two conversion kicks. St Mary’s didn’t offer much in the second half thanks to the aggression of the Swansea Forwards. Swansea finally LGBT+ awareness night where we will be celebrating LGBT+ as well as raising money for support charities.” Other committee members reported that their clubs had broken gender discrimination barriers and tackled discrimination on accounts of sexuality and physical ability. The Longboarding Society claimed that having ‘an easy-going attitude’ was the secret to the success of their club. One thing that nearly all participants agreed upon (86%) was the excellent sports facilities boasted by Sport Swansea and their accessibility by all. Disabled students can take advantage of the many venues at the Sports Village which was recognised for its accessibility when it hosted the IPC Athletics for Paralympic athletes in 2014.

managed to get something from the game. Winger Kojo Baise showed terrific pace to score a much deserved try for the Warpigs. The match ending 48-4 to St Mary’s. Rugby League Captain Sam Cook seemed upbeat despite the result ‘I thought we played a lot better in the second half. The boys stepped up a lot in defence and ultimately we’d have been in the mix with 10 minutes to go if we’d have managed to convert territory in to points. On the whole, whilst the result was disappointing. The performance was a big improvement on the week before, and hopefully we can keep improving’. Swansea’s next match sees them take on Exeter University at Sketty Lane. Having collected over 554 responses from the student population, in the upcoming months, Felix intends to use the data to address those issues which have prevented students getting involved in sport whilst completing their degree. Sports Officer, Felix said, “The success of the campaign gives my role as sports Officer a much needed collative student voice that would be very useful in the implementation of Sports at the university. The collective feedback from this campaign can help restructure Sports at Swansea University and would get a fresh and real perspective on the issues students face with respect to Sports at the University. This Survey will be a catalyst to a lot of change.”

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Swansea Women’s Football Team Hindered Swansea University by Winter Weather in lose to Exeter Intramural Football League Table by Laura Fiteni waterfrontsports@swansea-union.co.uk

On Wednesday 18th of November, Swansea Women’s First Football Team took on Exeter Women’s Football Team in a Western 1A league fixture match. Swansea is currently fifth in the Western 1A league just one place off the regulation zone but produced a sterling performance against the league leaders Exeter. Both teams had to adjust their tactics and striking of the ball as the winter weather was out in full force to try and disrupt the football fixture.

The game was a closely fought encounter for large periods of the first half, which saw Swansea only going in at the half time break 1-0 down to Exeter. Exeter’s lead could not have been prevented as their striker dismantled the Swansea defence and slotted the ball past the keeper into the bottom right hand corner. The second half was a different story for both sides, Lady Luck wasn’t on Swansea’s side when they had a free kick, it struck the underside of the cross bar and bounced out which would of seen Swansea draw level. Exeter battled the wind and came to prominence scoring two smart

finishes in the bottom corners of Swansea’s goal to take the score to 3-0 Exeter.

Despite the score line, Swansea’s strength throughout the game was their defence, all eleven players combining well as a unit when Exeter came knocking. Ellie Bishop, Swansea’s captain stated “Swansea attacked well down the wings but need to improve on winning it in the middle of the park.” In terms of the next fixture and preparing for it, Bishop said that Swansea’s first team need to work and focus on winning the ball in the middle of the and winning those 50/50 challenges.

Swansea Ultimate Frisbee draw first blood against Varsity Rivals Cardiff by Will Humphrey waterfrontsports@swansea-union.co.uk

Swansea University took on their Varsity rivals Cardiff Men’s Ultimate Frisbee and won the early varsity crunch match 15 scores to Cardiff’s 11. Started on D but came out the starting gates strong, got the turn and converted to a score. Cardiff came back and brought it to 1-1, using their deep threats effectively. Swansea broke Cardiff and brought it to 4-2, but Cardiff didn’t give up and brought it back again using quick deep throws and clinical finishes. We proceeded to trade points up

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throws, worked up the field for score after score. Solid defence, such as Jacques-Olivier Laloë’s layout hand block held Cardiff at bay. Their deep threats neutralised, their unders pressured, they began to crack. to half where we ended at 8- 7 Swansea. We knew this was the time to break them and starting on O it looked promising. But with strong defence on both sides the points were long, end to end, and

Cardiff didn’t let Swansea out their sights. Having held the lead the entire time Swansea now having shut down Cardiff offence and on our offence, using safe, percentage

Breaking them again and again we went to 14-10. Potential final point of the game and Swansea was ready for anything. Cardiff however turned it up one last time and broke through our defence to

score....For the final time. Next point we played with clarity got to their end zone...but got turned with an unfortunate drop. Our defence however was just too much. Got it back and with cuts up the line and with a cheeky hammer to break the mark Jack Bailey got the final score of the game. History was made...blood, sweat and tears spilled.Cardiff defeated!!!