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intro • news in brief • club cardio
Hello, and welcome to Weeks 7 and 8. The term hasn’t slowed down yet, so don’t worry - there’s still loads going on across the SU! Week 7 will see the return of the fantastic Warwick International Development Summit, tackling major issues affecting development and bringing together students, academics and professionals to share, debate and discuss. Week 8 sees our very first All Student Meeting, addressing issues facing democracy in our Union. One event I hope to see you all coming along to is one of the first in the A Future Worth Fighting For campaign. Students from across campus will march with the National Union of Students through the streets of London on Wednesday of Week 8 – if you want to stand up for education, employment and empowerment, buy your ticket on the Union website today! Whatever you get up to this fortnight, have a great time – and remember, if you have an education issue, my office is always open. James EDUCATION OFFICER
news in brief WUDS presents pornography week 7 London, July 2005: in the course of one week, Britain will experience a chain of events that will change it forever, for better or worse. With the eyes of the world watching and a camera on every street corner, the actions of four young British men will bring the country crashing from euphoria to desolation. But who is innocent and who is guilty in a culture where everyone is breaking the rules? Combining Simon Stephens’ visceral play with uncompromising performance and design, this production will ask you to consider your own responsibility for a national tragedy. Arts Centre Studio | Age 16+ | Tickets: £8.50 (£7.50)
warwick student cinema all-nighter friday week 7 Can you go all night? Test your stamina at WSC’s feast of movie endurance on Friday 16th November – this term’s bill features Ted, Brave, The Usual Suspects, The Bourne Legacy, Jaws and – of course – the Mystery Film to be revealed on the night! Lights go down at 7pm…
warwick folk mini-festival
sat & sun week 7
Warwick Folk Society presents a weekend of music and dance workshops, featuring a Ceilidh on Saturday night at 7.30pm in the Cryfield Centre. Weekend tickets cost £5 (£10 including indoor camping) - for more details see www.warwickfolk.co.uk/icbini!
warwick emerging markets forum
week 8
The Warwick Emerging Markets Forum is an exciting student-run forum discussing emerging markets and their increasing prominence in the world. The forum will be held from 10am of 24th November in MS.02 (Maths and Statistics), and this year’s theme is “Upturning the Pyramid”, highlighting the rise of emerging economies over the currently developed world. The forum covers various areas including economic, political, development and investment issues, while prestigious and influential speakers are invited to engage in inspiring discussions aiming to raise awareness of our changing global community. Our forum also includes a new panel on careers in the emerging markets, allowing students to explore their opportunities!
monday week 7 The hottest workout is back on campus - come sweat to the beat of Club Cardio! If you want to experience a workout like no other, The Copper Rooms are the place to be on Monday 12th November as bang-up-to-date music fuses with cardio moves to keep your body toned and the crowd hyper! There’s no complicated footwork or choreography - just grab your trainers and join us in having the best time possible while exercising! DOORS: 6pm | CLASS STARTS: 6:30pm | £3 ADV, £5 on the door
NUS national demo 2012
On 21st November, we want you to join Warwick SU at the NUS National Demonstration in London. Students from across the UK, from higher and further education, will be marching together to demonstrate the strength of our voices and the depth of our anger with the treatment of young people and students in the UK today. As part of our series of events A Future Worth Fighting For, Warwick will be joining thousands of students who are marching through the streets of London to stand up for their future. The three themes of the demonstration are:
We demand a properly-funded tertiary education system, accessible to all, in which all students are supported and encouraged – so that anyone with the ability and aspiration to study has the opportunity to do so.
Month after month, we’ve seen youth unemployment rise (it has now reached over 1 million in the UK), threatening to cause permanent scars to our economy and society. We do not need degrading, exploitative and humiliating workfare schemes – we need fair work and fair pay. Sustainable jobs are a necessary building block for a sustainable future and a just society.
Politicians have let education and employment slip off the agenda, but now we have an opportunity to create a movement which empowers us to take back our future. We need to work together with our teachers, our families, our friends, our communities and other students to build formidable alliances for change – this is your opportunity to stand up, be counted and ensure that you’re heard as part of a collective!
Tickets are available now from the SU website for just £7 including return transport, and coaches will be leaving from both Campus and Leamington. Warwick SU has comprehensive plans to keep students safe, and we have high hopes that the demonstration will be peaceful, enjoyable and engaging!
rag week - week 7
...is back, and this time it’s bigger than ever! One of the most surreal events in the Warwick calendar, RAG Week takes place in Term 1 every year and is an ideal opportunity to partake in a veritable smorgasbord of campus-based tomfoolery – all in the name of sweet charity! In addition to great events like the Big Fat Quiz of the Year on Tuesday Week 7 and the infamous Traffic Light Disco two nights later (wear red if you’re taken, amber if you’re open to offers and green if you’re on the pull and raring to go!), RAG Week offers the opportunity to get your own back on that housemate who isn’t doing their fair share of the washing-up by arranging what’s cryptically referred to as a ‘gnoming’. For the uninitiated, this involves them being cling-filmed to a tree and covered in flour, water, baked beans or more depending on the severity of their indiscretion! Even Jeremy Paxman mentioned this process on University Challenge recently, so it must be worth the time and effort… for an extra few quid, you can even go the whole hog and organise a ‘king gnoming’ if you want to get particularly hardcore! Alternatively, you can reward that someone special by having chocolates or a rose delivered to their lecture (by a giant furry animal, obviously). Make sure you visit the RAG stall in the SU each day to find out what’s on offer!
WIDS summit • the bread oven specials • have your say
friday-sunday wk 7 Warwick International Development Society (WIDS) is committed to providing an intellectual platform for issues relating to international development by bringing together the diverse perspectives of students, academics and professionals from across the world. Their flagship event, the WIDS Summit, takes place in Week 7. As the largest student-run development summit in the UK, WIDS is a unique platform that allows participants to engage with critical issues facing the field of international development and be inspired to take action towards positive change. This year’s summit is based on the concept of “The Faces of International Development: Old Ideas, New Solutions”. Through this conceptual framework, we will challenge existing norms in the field of development and present daring alternatives to help combat the challenges faced by international society today. Speakers this year include Mahmoud Mohieldin (Managing Director, World Bank), Jeffrey Sachs (live video conference, Director, Earth Institute Columbia University) and Lord Meghnad Desai (Emeritus Professor and Founder of Global Governance Institute LSE), amongst others. Check out www.wids.org.uk for a full list of speakers!
have your say feedback@warwicksu.com
you say... Why does the University keep taking down our event posters?
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you say... How do we organise a stall or event outside the Union or on the Piazza?
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WEEK 8 (19TH - 25TH NOV) Hot Meatballs in Spicy Tomato Sauce
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featured event • don’t miss
thursday 22nd november
w@w language CAFÉ from 6pm the terrace bar
AFRO CARIBBEAN SOC PRESENT: AFROFEST from 7pm copper rooms 1
mixology 9pm - 1am the terrace bar
cleverducks pub quiz from 9:30pm the dirty duck
VIVA LA FIESTA 10pm - 2am copper rooms 2
The UK’s most popular studentrun international night!
friday 23rd november
indoor market 11am - 4pm su atrium
tdi friday from 7pm the dirty duck
the midnight beast doors 7pm copper rooms 1
“Wake up in the morning feelin’ like Winehouse…”
get funked 9pm - 1am the terrace bar
saturday 24th november
WARWICK EMERGING MARKETS FORUM Ramphal Building All day
WARWICK CLIMATE FORUM TBC 12pm
mitunes 9pm - 1am the terrace bar
Fancy yourself as a superstar DJ? Now’s your chance to give it a go at the most eclectic night on campus!
skool dayz 10pm - 2am the copper rooms
Act your shoe-size, not your age as we revisit the tunes that soundtracked your misspent youth…
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week wk 57
XANANAS
SAUSAGE We Brits really will come up with any old excuse for a ludicrous national theme-week, and Week 7 is no exception as Xananas gets its grill on to celebrate British Sausage Week. Let’s not argue over the sense of the thing simply razz up to our restaurant and savour how? a selection of sizzling sausage-based dishes Literally just walk in. There’s no astowe tribute to that greatest of British need makepay an appointment. delicacies. In a nutshell: lovely bangers What and why? Afraid you might have caught (well, that was rather inevitable, wasn’t it?)
wk 58 don’t miss: tuesday week SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION (STI) CHECKS
Free & Confidential
CLINIC TUESDAY 20TH nov 12PM - 6PM | COPPER ROOMS 2
don’t miss:
friday week 8
something? Get checked out!
The NHS helps us curb STIs a few times a term. Remember, it’s all completely confidential!
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don’t miss: monday week 8
AllStudent
Meeting Only you decide, nobody makes decisions on your behal f
Warwick SU is run by you, our members. It’s up to YOU to decide our priorities for the year, to work towards improving the student experience and help to enact changes on campus and beyond. As a membership organisation, the Union’s priorities are your priorities – and there’s no better way to get your voice be heard than by attending the All Student Meeting on Monday of Week 8! As a result of last year’s Democracy Review, voting on all the issues raised will take place online for a 48-hour period after the meeting, giving every student the opportunity to have their say. So, whether you’re able to make it or not, make sure you get involved in the future of your Union either online or in person!
Monday 19th Nov 5:30pm | SU Atrium | OPEN TO ALL
warwicksu.com/democracy
FRIDAY 23RD NOVEMBER £15 TICKET | DOORS 7PM | CR1
don’t miss: saturday week 8
ROOM 1 : SKOOL DAYZ
I love the 90s & early 00s - don your shirt and tie for a night of naughty nostalgia
ROOM 2 : OLD SKOOL
Hip-hop classics that will have your feet tapping all night
what’s on
what’s on week 7
pop! rag charity gunge tank special
WUDS present PORNOGRAPHY
10pm - 2am (circling from 7pm) COPPER ROOMS 1
doors 7:45pm warwick Arts Centre
Disco Dave brings the cheese as RAG supply the slime for charity!
9pm - 1am the terrace bar
thursday 15th november
rag week all week | campus
sausage week in xananas for full details VISIT WARWICKSU.COM/xananas
monday 12th november
beats and bars from 4pm curiositea
Live music and poetry from student-based acts.
student council from 5pm mr 4/5, suhq
DofE Night Hike 7:30pm - 9:30pm meet on the Piazza
Join the DofE society for another Night Hike - learn navigation skills, have a pleasant short walk and visit the pub with us!
tuesday 13th november
RAG BIG FAT QUIZ OF THE YEAR from 7pm su atrium
latin night from 10pm (classes from 8pm) copper rooms 2
It’s about to get HOT in here as the Salsa Dancing and Latin American Socs turn up the heat!
un-plucked 9:30pm - 12am the dirty duck
wednesday 14th november
WUDS present PORNOGRAPHY doors 7:45pm warwick Arts Centre
BOOK SALE: FINAL RETURNS DAY from 12pm copper rooms 2
Your last chance to pick up your money or unsold books from this year’s 2nd Hand Book Sale.
WUDS present PORNOGRAPHY warwick Arts Centre doors 7:45pm
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get funked Kick-start your weekend with jumping funk, soul and breakbeat classics as Captain Funkwash continues his search for the perfect groove!
flashback 10pm - 2am copper rooms 1
Dust off your dodgiest retro get-up as we flash back to the decades that time and taste forgot!
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from 9pm the terrace bar
warwick mini-folk festival
QUACKSTAR KARAOKE
all day across campus
from 9:30pm the mighty duck
Voice of an angel or honk of a duck? There’s only one way to find out…
WARWICK INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT Zeeman Building From 6pm
RAG TRAFFIC LIGHT DISCO
ORIENTAL SOCIETY TALENT SHOW
10pm - 2am copper rooms 1
copper rooms 1 from 7pm
Single? Taken? Need a little convincing? Come dressed up in your colour of choice!
WUDS present PORNOGRAPHY
friday 16th november
indoor market 11am - 4pm su atrium
Grab another bargain at this week’s indoor market.
doors 7:45pm warwick Arts Centre
saturday session 9pm - 1am the terrace bar
A relaxed evening of postgradcentred entertainment.
WARWICK INTERNATIONAL sunday 18th november DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT warwick mini-folk festival Zeeman Building From 6pm
WARWICK STUDENT CINEMA ALL-NIGHTER L3 From 7pm
Can you go all night? This term’s bill features Ted, Brave, The Usual Suspects, The Bourne Legacy, Jaws and – of course – the Mystery Film to be revealed on the night!
tdi friday from 7pm the dirty duck
all day across campus
WARWICK INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT Zeeman Building From 6pm
what’s on week 8 monday 19th november
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE project selection 10am - 4pm mr 6, suhq
Check your email for more details if you’ve applied!
all student meeting from 5pm su atrium
Come along and have your say on the most pressing issues affecting your Union!
tuesday 20th november
GUM Clinic 12Pm - 6pm copper rooms 2
Another chance to get yourself tested at our free and confidential GUM clinics.
TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE VIGIL from 7pm piazza
un-plucked 9:30pm - 12am the dirty duck
Tip-top acoustic talent at our regular student showcase.
wednesday 21st november
demo 2012: educate, employ, empower all day london
idioteque 9pm - 1am the terrace bar
rag climb KILIMANJARO info talk
A relaxed evening of cuttingedge indie and alternative music courtesy of Offbeat.
6pm mr 4/5, suhq
POP!
Find out more about this exciting opportunity to raise money for charity while having yourself an adventure.
Disco Dave serves up another nourishing platter of cheese at our popular midweek favourite.
10pm - 2am (circling from 7pm) room 1
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Friday 16 th Nov
10pm - 2am | £5 Ticket
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