the bubble issue 70|12.03.12 - 25.03.12 www.warwicksu.com
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intro • news in brief • st. patrick’s day at warwick su
Term 2 has flown by and Varsity week is finally upon us! If you have not heard of the Varsity Series, then you need to sort it out and get on board with TEAM WARWICK. Having never lost a Varsity Series against our rivals at Coventry University before, we need all the help we can get to make sure that our teams get the results they need to bring it home for us again. So far, we have had some pretty exciting matches and they just keep getting better - the series finishes in the Olympic Stadium: The Ricoh Arena with the Football Finale on Wednesday 14th March as our Women’s and Men’s 1st Teams head into battle. Tickets are available at www.warwicksu.com/varsity see you there! Congratulations are also due to our 2012-13 Sabbatical team, who were elected at the end of Week 8 after a week of feverish campaigning – check out the details of who’ll be representing you next year on page 3. Have a great Easter and don’t work too hard. Don’t forget that all the Sabbs will still be here if you need to get in touch or come in for a chat. Have a good one! Chris Sury SPORTS OFFICER
news in brief hidden course costs – week of action Week 10 is the NUS Week of Action against Hidden Course Costs. We will be focusing locally to encourage University Senior Management to increase transparency around these costs (e.g. printing, textbooks and field trips). This ties in with our priority campaign, “The Pound in Your Pocket”, which aims to find out how much it really costs to be a student at Warwick. We will be asking students to tell us about their hidden course costs throughout Week 10, with the aim of increasing transparency and asking that some costs can be included in tuition fees.
disabled student focus groups
week 10
SU Welfare Officer Izzy John is running two focus groups in Week 10 asking disabled students what the Union can do to improve its provision. The first takes place in MR 4 & 5 of SUHQ between 4-5pm on Tuesday 13th March, with the second in MR 6 between 1-2pm on the 15th. If you’re a student who has a disability, come along for tea, biscuits and a chat!
speedway brandonapolis
friday week 10
On 16th March between 6.30pm-12am, the biggest speedway event of the year comes to Coventry, featuring world champion rider Greg Hancock and crowds of over 5000 people. The Engineering Society are running a trip to the event - tickets cost £15, which includes return transport to the stadium, entrance and an A4 program. For more information contact Hope Cansdale via hopecansdale@gmail.com!
new society – warwick darts Warwick Darts will be holding their next social on Monday Week 10 at 6pm in The Mighty Duck, featuring 4 dartboards. You can join for FREE on the SU societies page, or sign up to their Facebook page to receive regular information. From novice to pro, everyone is encouraged to come and throw some arrows!
warwick jailbreak
coming in term 3
Warwick Jailbreak returns in Term 3, this year running a ‘Race 2 Amsterdam’. Break Out for this charity hitch-hike will take place on 5th May (the Bank Holiday Weekend of Week 2) - sign-up is open NOW and closes on midnight of Thursday Week 10 (15th March). For more information, search ‘Warwick Jailbreak’ on Facebook or visit www.warwickjailbreak.com!
st. patrick’s day
17th march
St Patrick’s Day falls just outside of term-time this year, but here at the Union we never let that get in the way of a good, hearty celebration. Throughout Week 10, Xananas will be running a special Irish Week – make sure you check out their menu for a series of delicious traditional Irish dishes! For full details of this and all the other offers at our Food & Beverage outlets, visit www.warwicksu.com/food. Don’t forget that all the money you spend in the Students’ Union is directly reinvested into services for you!
varsity finale day 2012 • the one to watch
For the uninitiated, Varsity is an annual series of sporting matches which pit the best of Warwick against our nemeses from Cov University. We’ve not lost to our local rivals in the past 21 years, but every year the scorelines have been edging closer and closer, with Warwick winning 38-32 in 2011. This year we need all the support we can get as we seek to smash it once again! The finale of this year’s competition will take place at the Ricoh Arena on Wednesday 14th March as our Men’s and Women’s Football 1st teams head into battle against their Cov counterparts. Tickets for this all-important clash cost £6, which includes coach transport to and from the event. Later in the evening we’ll then be celebrating (or commiserating… no, definitely celebrating) at a special Varsity Pop! in the Students’ Union! There will also be Cricket, Rugby League, Swimming, Netball, Volleyball and Football matches taking place throughout the day on-campus and beyond – for full details, log on to the website.
presents the one to watch
The Rugby Union Warwick vs Harper Adams game finished 25 – 8 with a confident win for Warwick. Men’s Rugby have been performing very highly this season, with all three teams looking for a promotion this year.
So far, the One To Watch series has featured Classical & Modern Dance, Men’s and Ladies’ Hockey and Riding. It’s a great way to keep up to date with the success stories of Team Warwick - for video clips of matches so far this year, visit www.warwicksu.com/sports/onetowatch. Your club can also apply to be recorded by a member of WTV here – it’s a great way to promote our clubs on campus!
your new sabbatical team • STARS of warwick winners
new sabbatical team Well! After a week of frenzied campaigning which saw campus overrun with candidates and the ramp of the Union building turned into a massive political billboard, we’re proud to announce that we have a brand new Sabbatical Officer team for 2012-2013. Representing you throughout the next academic year will be:
nick swain PRESIDENT
james entwistle EDUCATION OFFICER
cosmo march
DEMOCRACY & DEV. OFFICER
S T A R S of Warwick WINNERS On Thursday of Week 9, the winners of this year’s STARS of Warwick awards were announced at a special ceremony in the Rootes Social Building. STARS is a student-led initiative which honours the most inspirational and helpful members of academic staff here at the University, with nominations drawn entirely from the student body’s own suggestions. After careful deliberation by our student panel, the winners this year were as follows: BEST TEACHING STYLE: Monia Andreucci MOST PASSIONATE LECTURER: Emma Mason
ben hodges
WELFARE & CAMPAIGNS OFFICER
anna chowcat POSTGRADUATE OFFICER
silkie cragg SOCIETIES OFFICER
BEST PERSONAL TUTOR: Bill Smith BEST LECTURER FOR FEEDBACK: Fiona Anderson-Gough BEST POSTGRADUATE LECTURER: Mark Knights BEST MODULE: Solar MHD (Val Nakariakov) BEST ADMIN SUPPORT STAFF: Gemma Knight BEST SUPERVISOR: Emma Francis BEST SSLC CONVENOR: Tony Price
natasha cabral SPORTS OFFICER
A massive thankyou to ALL the candidates for their hard work throughout the week, and to everyone in the SU Marketing and IT Departments and the Democracy Office for helping to ensure that the democratic process ran smoothly. Most importantly, of course, thanks to all of YOU for voting – we had a record turnout of 5883, up over a thousand on last year’s total!
BEST CAREERS REP: Anna Preston MOST RESPONSIVE TO STUDENT FEEDBACK: Keith Leppard Once again, a big thankyou to everyone who took the time to nominate a member of staff from their faculty – it really was an honour for everyone to be nominated!
WWW.WARWICKSU.COM/STARS
student trustee vacancies • have your say
STUDENT TRUSTEE VACANCIES AT WARWICK SU Warwick SU is a charitable organisation which exists to represent the views and interests of students at Warwick University. The University’s 20,000 + students come from across the UK and overseas, from diverse age groups, with diverse experiences and needs. Warwick SU is a membership organisation which also runs significant commercial services whose surpluses are used to subsidise these welfare, representational and developmental activities for our members. The Trustees of Warwick SU are fundamental to the success of the charity and are responsible for its financial sustainability and strategic direction. As a result of some of our current trustees coming to the end of their Warwick University career, we are looking for up to 4 volunteer Student Trustees with passion and enthusiasm who can commit 4 to 6 hours per month largely in early evenings to drive strategy and ensure strong charity governance. To be a Trustee, you must be a student at Warwick University, be over 18 years old when you take up appointment and have no unspent criminal convictions. You will be required to attend training both at the start of your term of office and throughout in order to ensure you have adequate knowledge to carry out your responsibilities. Our Trustee Board has been lucky enough to include postgraduate and undergraduate students, full time and part time students, home and international students, students from the whole range of faculties and students of varying ages (from 18 to 70!). We would really like to maintain such a wide variety of experiences on our Trustee Board and welcome applications from all students in any of the demographic groups that make up the student body here at Warwick. If you think you would be interested in applying to be a student trustee, email trustees@warwicksu.com for further information. For an informal discussion about the role, please email Leo Boe, Chair of Trustees and Warwick SU President: president@warwicksu.com. Interested parties are asked to send a CV and covering letter detailing why you would like to be a trustee at Warwick Students’ Union and what you could bring to the Board to trustees@warwicksu.com.
CLOSING DATE: Wed 18 April 2012 | Midday INTERVIEW DATE: Fri 27th April 2012 WEBSITE: www.warwicksu.com th
have your say feedback@warwicksu.com
you say... is it not hypocritical to run go green week when the library’s heating is on so high?
we say... Go Green Week is run by People & Planet Society in conjunction with the SU, while the Library is a University-run facility, so unfortunately this isn’t something we have control over!
you say... the buses to campus still leave much to be desired...
we say... While improvements have been made in recent months (including the intro. of the new Travel de Courcey lines), we agree that more can be done. We promise to keep up the pressure!
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what’s on • don’t miss
VARSITY 2012: football
what’s on week 10
buses leave piazza at 4pm ricoh arena
The grand culmination of this year’s Varsity tournament, with our 1st Team taking on Cov Uni’s in the city’s biggest sporting venue!
pop! varsity special 10pm - 2am (circling from 7pm)
monday 12th
disabled students focus group from 4pm mr 4&5, suhq
If you’re a student who has a disability, come along for tea, biscuits and a chat about what you’d like to see the Union work on for disabled students.
EQHO EVENT 9pm - late leamington spa
latin night 10pm - 2am (classes from 8pm) Copper rooms 2
Another chance to experience sizzling Latin sounds, with Salsa classes running from 8pm.
tuesday 13th
warwick hubs: unicef from 6pm So.19
Hosted this week by Unicef on Campus.
rock soc social from 7pm the dirty duck
BATTLE OF THE BANDS: the final 8pm Doors Copper rooms 2
Six of the best Warwick student bands battle it out onstage for a shot on the bill at this year’s Summer Party!
COPPER ROOMS 1
“After the win, there’s the aaaaaaaaaaafter-party…”
thursday 15th
disabled students focus group from 1pm mr 6, suhq
W@W language cafÉ from 7pm the terrace bar
idioteque 9pm - 1am the terrace bar
Leftfield indie/alternative tunes, courtesy of Offbeat society.
end-of-term earphone disco 10pm - 2am copper rooms 1
Headphones on, singing voice at the ready – one of the most surreal sights around returns to Warwick to mark the end of another hectic term!
10Am - 4pm atrium
get funked 9pm - 1am the terrace bar
9:30pm - 12am the dirty duck
Top B: paint party
from 9:30am various locations
Cricket, Rugby League, Netball, Swimming & Volleyball matches throughout the day – see www.warwicksu.com/varsity for more details.
Battle theof Bands THE GRAND FINAL
After 6 hotly-contested heats throughout Term 2, the Grand Final of this year’s Battle of the Bands competition is finally here! The following acts will take to the stage to fight it out: THREE MILE ISLAND
MONGOLIAN DEATH WORM
WITH THESE MACHINES
SCORED FOR STYLE POINTS
STONE MIRAGE
3=CAR
Up for grabs is the opening slot on the Main Stage of this year’s Summer Party in Term 3, so expect this to be a closelyfought contest showcasing Warwick’s musical talent at its finest. Tickets cost just £3 for members and £4 for non-members and are available online at www.warwicksu.com/events
Tuesday 13th March CR1 | DOORS 8PM | £3 MEMBERS / £4 NON-MEMBERS
don’t miss:
thursday week 10
INDOOR MARKET
un-plucked
VARSITY: finale day
tuesday week 10
friday 16th
Captain Funkwash delivers a fresh blast of funk, soul and breakbeat classics to kick-start your weekend.
wednesday 13th
don’t miss:
10pm - 2am copper rooms 1
By popular demand, the UV paintfest is back, delivering a night of banging tunes and messy shenanigans to send you off in style!
As a special treat on the penultimate night of term, we’ll be putting on a special EARPHONE DISCO in The Copper Rooms. If you’ve never experienced the madness of this international party phenomenon before, the concept is simple: grab yourself a pair of headphones (supplied free on the night) and choose between one of two settings depending on what sort of music you’re in the mood for. You can then feel free to wail along to your heart’s content as we bang out the tunes direct to your ears – all while the rest of the room stays silent! This is always the oddest night of the year for the bar and venue staff as everyone else belts out the lyrics to songs which just aren’t there. If you’re heading home early at the end of Term 2, there’s no finer send-off!
don’t miss • coming soon • easter at curiositea • savings at curiositea
don’t miss:
friday week 10
Easter Treats
at Curiositea
PURE UNADULTERATED MONKEY BUSINESS! For the final Top B of term we welcome back what can only be described as the messiest night around: the UV PAINT PARTY. Oh yes! You’ll be able to rave the night away to a series of dance and electro slammers while jets of fluorescent paint hurtle through the air splattering everything in sight.
Crème Egg Milkshake £2.50 Mini Egg Hot Chocolate £2.00/£2.35 Buttered Hot Cross Buns £2.20 Chocolate Easter Nests £1.00 Mini Egg Cupcakes £1.60
While the paint is water-based and fully washable, make sure you wear appropriate clothing and get ready to be roundly gunged as we load up the paint cannons for another night of mayhem.
10PM - 2AM | £3 ENTRY | COPPER ROOMS 1
coming soon:
term 3
term 3 preview It’s been another busy and memorable term here at the SU, taking in Go Green Week , LGBT History Month, Women’s Week and the Big Five survey – not forgetting massive student-run events as the Real Ale Festival and, of course, One World Week. Don’t forget that next term we’ll be gearing up for three of the most anticipated events of the year: the Graduation Ball, the Sports Ball and the Summer Party. This year’s Medieval-themed Grad Ball takes place on Thursday 21st June, with the Sports Ball following the next night. Housed in the splendour of the Birmingham Hilton Metropole, expect nothing less than a grandiose send-off to your university career as we mount two spectacular evenings of dinner, dancing and live entertainment! Keep your eyes on the SU website for more information in the coming weeks. This year’s Summer Party will be on Sunday 24th June - our Ents team are still working on securing the line-up, but as always you can expect a varied and impressive bill featuring big names and student acts alike (not forgetting the free fairground, inflatables and a whole host of other surprises) as we gear up to deliver Warwick’s stunning annual mini-festival. Make sure you mark the dates in your diary, and look out for tickets when they go on sale soon!
At Curiositea, we are committed to offering the best value for money we can, whilst still ensuring we serve the most indulgent hot chocolates, freshest coffees and tastiest cakes on campus! Just look at some of the savings you can make:
A CUPPA TEA FROM CURIOSITEA IS £1.20; AT COSTA YOU’D PAY £1.75
SAVE 55p!
A SMALL HOT CHOCOLATE FROM CURIOSITEA IS £1.60; AT COSTA YOU’D PAY £2.30
SAVE 90p!
A REGULAR LATTE FROM CURIOSITEA IS £1.95; AT COSTA YOU’D PAY £2.45
SAVE 50p!
A CUPCAKE FROM CURIOSITEA IS £1.60; AT COSTA YOU’D PAY £1.85
SAVE 25p!
GO ALL OD OU FRI TLET DA S W Y T ILL O E BE AS CL TER OS E Easter Vacation! MONDD AY
EASTER OPENING TIMES Your Union is still open for business over the
Monday - Friday | 9am - late Closed between Thurs 5 th - Weds 11th April
Monday - Friday | 9am - 5pm
Closed between Thurs 5 th - Sun 15 th April
Monday - Friday | 5pm - late Closed between Mon 26 th March - Sun 22 nd April (except for Tues 27 th and Fri 30 th March)
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Monday - Friday 12pm - 2pm Closed between Thurs 5 th - Sun 15 th April Monday - Friday | 12pm - 11pm Closed between Fri 6 th - Mon 9 th April
Keep up with all the latest news at www.warwicksu.com
Happy Easter!