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intro • news in brief • housing day
Hey everyone! So it’s nearly the end of term and Christmas is on its way, but things are by no means wrapping up… in fact, there is a lot about to present itself... Coming up in Week 9 we have the ‘House Nouse’ Housing Day. There’s no need to be panicking about housing yet - there is always more housing than students, so make sure you take your time and get the right deal for you. On the day you can come and get advice about the houses in the local area, learn about what should and shouldn’t be in your contract, and Warwick Accommodation’s properties go live – meaning that you will have the chance to evaluate all your options. Week 9 is also Pride Week! This is a week run by our LGBTUA+ Officers and raises awareness of, and celebrates being lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, undefined or asexual. If you have any questions, do get in touch with the LGBTUA+ Officers via uc024@warwicksu.com or with me at welfare@warwicksu.com Ben WELFARE OFFICER
news in brief AIDS awareness week
week 9
UNICEF on Campus is organising the annual Warwick Aids Awareness Week, and this year they are hosting a carnival! The aim is to spread awareness and compassion while tackling social stigma and discrimination, and to give everyone a chance to be a part of the cause. Come along and have fun with activities such as face-painting and ribbon-making, as well as performances by EQHO, Salsa and many more! You can also find out about sexual health and medical help available on-campus, then join us in cheering for our models as they walk the ramp for a themed Fashion Show.
education convention
wednesday week 9
We are pleased to announce that this year’s first Education Convention will take place on Wednesday 28th November in MS.02 (Maths and Stats) from 3pm - 6.30pm. This is your opportunity to discuss issues and ideas with Sabbatical Officers, Faculty Representatives, senior University staff members and other students. There will also be sessions on SSLC best practice, Union campaigns for this year and the brand new SSLC portal. All SSLC reps should attend (particularly chairs and secretaries), and a light buffet will be provided. Please let us know if you are coming by signing up online at warwicksu.com/sslc or emailing samantha.sandilands@warwicksu.com.
Merry Christmas from Warwick SU! It’s been an amazing first term back, with one of the busiest Freshers periods in recent memory and loads of memorable events during the last ten weeks. On behalf of all the officers and staff here at Warwick Students’ Union, we wish you all the best for a happy festive season and prosperous new year – see page 4 for details of all our outlets’ opening hours over the coming week if you’re still about on campus! In the meantime, make sure you stay safe over holidays and we’ll see you in 2013 - don’t forget to watch Die Hard and Gremlins when they’re on telly, as nothing quite says Christmas like John McClane running round barefoot with a machine-gun or a load of beasties laying waste to Kingston Falls.
tues week 9 Every year we run a housing campaign here at the Union, with the aim of busting myths about student housing and helping to ensure that you don’t rush into decisions that you later come to regret. Make sure you come along to the Housing Day on Tuesday 27th November (Week 9) in the Atrium between 10am - 4pm to stay informed – this will be an ideal opportunity to get a first look at Warwick Accommodation’s properties, weight up several different housing options and get all the information you need about living off-campus from our Advice & Welfare Team.
week 9 schedule Monday 26th november 1pm - The director of Trans Media Watch is coming to speak about the portrayal of trans people in the media, how to protect yourself, and how to improve the situation.
WARWICK
Tuesday 27TH november
Pride
Week! 2012-2013 Pride Week is Warwick SU’s annual awareness week about Lesbian, Gay, Bi*, Trans*, Undefined and Asexual (LGBTUA+) issues, which takes place in Week 9 of Term 1. This year’s event offers a great programme of speakers, seminars, workshops, panels and parties. There’s something for everyone, and everyone is welcome, no matter how you selfdefine – gay, straight, bi*, trans* or simply awesome – come along to some of the brilliant events we’re holding this week! For more information on the week’s events, check out Warwick Pride’s website at www.warwickpride.org.
2pm | R3.25 | Ramphal Building - A talk on LGBT+ Women of Colour by Maryam Saghir, LGBT Women’s place, NUS Black Students Committee 6pm | S0.17 | Social Sciences - A presentation about how involvement with LGBTQUA+ organisations affects one’s non-heterosexual identity development, and how these collective organisations in themselves are shaped by the institutions in which they operate.
Wednesday 28TH november 1pm - 4pm - Stalls from CRASAC, Terrence Higgins Trust, Coventry Libraries and Coventry & Warwickshire Friend. 2pm | S0.08 | Social Sciences - Queer Workshop from Sky Yarlett, NUS LGBT Officer (Open Place). 6pm | S0.17 | Social Sciences - Queer Question Time: a panel of representatives from Warwick’s political societies discuss LGBTUA+ issues in British politics.
Thursday 29th november 2pm | S0.09 - A workshop on racism within the LGBT Community 8pm | Copper Rooms 2 - Our headline event Love Music Hate Homophobia, featuring homegrown bands and DJs to raise money for The Albert Kennedy Trust
Friday 30th november 6pm - Screening of Romeos, a drama centred around a trans man.
Friday 1st DECEMBER 7pm | Piazza - World AIDS Day Vigil.
WEEK 9
WarwickPride.org
christmas at warwick su
christmas at warwick su We’ll be celebrating the festive season with special offers in all our outlets during Weeks 9 & 10 – head to www.warwicksu.com/food for full details, but here’s a taste of what’s in store:
xananas xananas R E S TA U R A N T
Christmas Specials
HO! HO! HO!
Full menu at xananas.co.uk
Look out for our Christmas treats at
Selected specials include
CURIOSITEA! Extra Special Snowball £2.70 £3.00
TRADITIONAL TURKEY | £7.95 Roast turkey with all the trimmings served with seasonal vegetables and roasted new potatoes.
Creamy white hot chocolate topped with cream, marshmallows, white chocolate maltesers, white choc sprinkles and a white choc finger
£2.80 Gingerbread Latte £2.50 Latte with gingerbread syrup topped with cream and gingernut sprinkles
HAZELNUT & VEGETABLE PARCEL | £7.95
£2.80 White Praline Latte £2.50
Nut roast and layers of roasted vegetables and cranberry wrapped in puff pastry, served with roasted new potatoes and garden salad.
Latte with white chocolate and hazelnut syrup, topped with cream, chopped hazelnuts and white choc sprinkles
£2.80 Dark Cherry Mocha £2.50
CHRISTMAS PUDDING | £3.95
Espresso and dark chocolate with cherry, blended with milk and cream +a cherry on top
Served with brandy sauce.
CHRISTMAS COOKIES & CREAM | £3.95 Vanilla ice cream sandwiched between white chocolate and cranberry cookies and topped with whipped cream.
CHRISTMAS SUNDAE | £4.45 Crushed cookies and marshmallows with luxurious vanilla ice cream and a berry compote.
Mulled Wine £3.00
Hot red wine infused with cinnamon, orange peel and cloves
Plus... Mince pies, yule log + other festive goodies!
Christmas Specials
Roast Turkey Sandwich | £5.00 Roasted turkey with lashings of homemade gravy, served in a warm ciabatta with sage & onion stuffing and cranberry sauce, served with seasoned chips and fresh leaves
Roast Turkey | £6.00 Traditional roast turkey served with all the trimmings, plus seasonal vegetables and rosemary, garlic roasted potatoes, all topped with a delicious homemade gravy
Christmas Pudding | £3.50 Traditional plum pudding served hot with a rich brandy sauce
For the full xmas menu visit
Roast turkey baguette with gravy, cranberry sauce and stuff ing
3.45
Warm Goat’s cheese & sweet potato baguette with cranberry sauce
3.45
Merry Christmas from everyone at The Bread Oven!
have your say
get involved • christmas opening hours • have your say
get involved
feedback@warwicksu.com
postgraduates who teach survey Are you a Postgraduate student who teaches? If so, then we want to hear from YOU! The NUS is working with SUs across the country and the UCU to launch a nationwide survey of postgraduate teachers, covering a number of contentious areas including pay, contracts, application process, workload, training and feedback. We know that there is wide disparity in the treatment of postgraduate students who teach at their universities what we don’t have is comprehensive national data on the issue. This lack of data for national comparisons has prevented the spread of good practice and the public acknowledgement of unfair treatment! This survey is a real chance to make a difference, and it allows us to lobby the University here at Warwick for better conditions - to complete the survey head to www.surveymonkey.com/s/NUSPGteach
christmas opening hours
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Our food & drink outlets will still be open over Christmas:
vacation week 1
10th-16th december
THE DIRTY DUCK: Noon - midnight | Monday - Thursday XANANAS:
9am - late | Monday - Thursday
CURIOSITEA:
10am - 4pm | Monday - Thursday
THE BREAD OVEN: 12pm - 2pm | Monday - Thursday THE TERRACE BAR: closed all week
7th-24th december
THE DIRTY DUCK: Noon - late | Monday-Thursday XANANAS:
9am - late | Monday - Thursday
CURIOSITEA:
closed all week
THE BREAD OVEN: closed all week THE TERRACE BAR: closed all week (All outlets are closed Friday 21st & weekends)
vacation week 3
Where will my NUS Extra Card be sent to once it’s been dispatched?
we say...
(All outlets are closed Friday 14th & weekends)
vacation week 2
you say...
31st dec - 6th january
THE DIRTY DUCK: Noon - midnight from Thursday 3rd Jan XANANAS:
9am - late from Thursday 3 January
CURIOSITEA:
11am - 6pm on Sat 5 & Sun 6 only
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THE BREAD OVEN: closed all week THE TERRACE BAR: 5pm - midnight on Sat 5th & Sun 6th only
It comes to SUHQ Reception – just pop in a couple of days after you receive your dispatch email and we should have it!
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feedback@warwicksu.com give us a few days and find out what
we say...
what’s on
wednesday 28th november
EDUCATION CONVENTION 2012
what’s on week 9 pride week all week | campus for full details VISIT www.warwickpride.org
monday 26th november
CMD SHOWCASE: LIVE AND LET DANCE from 7pm Arts Centre Theatre
Classical and Modern Dance present their brand new dance showcase, ‘Live and Let Dance’ - an exciting experience of music and dance including ballet, lyrical, contemporary, jazz and hip-hop.
tuesday 27th november
house nouse housing day 10am - 4pm su atrium
Come and get some expert advice on student accommodation at our annual Housing Day in the SU’s Atrium.
WARWICK STRICTLY COME DANCING from 6:30pm Copper rooms 1
3pm - 6:30pm ms.02
pop! 10pm - 2am (circling from 7pm) COPPER ROOMS 1
More midweek mayhem as Disco Dave brings the cheese!
thursday 29th november
WARWICK CU student carol service from 6:30pm all saints church, leam
love music hate homophobia
QUACKSTAR KARAOKE from 9:30pm the mighty duck
Voice of an angel or honk of a duck? Come and find out…
one world week present ignis 10pm - 2am copper rooms 1
The return of OWW’s flagship event – come dressed in white for the evening!
friday 30th november
indoor market 11am - 4pm su atrium
THIRD CULTURE society XMAS DINNER
tdi friday
Tip-top acoustic talent at our regular student showcase.
WARWICK PPE FORUM 12pm - 4:15pm ms.02
Interviews coming up? Come to a free conference on the Eurozone Crisis! Speakers will be traveling from all over Europe, plus food and networking with Deloitte.
5:30pm - 6:30pm SU Atrium
from 9pm the terrace bar
from 7pm off campus
9:30pm - 12am the dirty duck
saturday 1st december
global
from 7pm the mighty duck
un-plucked
We’re trying to break the world record for most people dressed as comic characters in one place - come along and join the cause!
Have Yourself a Revvy Little Christmas
NIGERIAN SOCIETY CHRISTMAS BALL
To celebrate a fun-packed uni term and the start of the Christmas holidays, Third Culture Society will be hosting a lovely formal dinner in Leamington.
10pm - 2am copper rooms 1
from 8pm copper rooms 2
QUIZ SOC PUB QUIZ
from 8pm Leamington spa
top banana: world record attempt
from 7pm the dirty duck
cmd dance for sport reliEf From 7:30pm copper rooms 1
11 sports clubs choreograph and perform their own dance routines to raise money for charity, win your votes and be crowned champions. Includes entry to Top B afterwards!
get funked 9pm - 1am the terrace bar
Join the Revelation Gospel Choir for some Christmas festivities.
WARWICK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: PYJAMA CONCERT
christmas offers in the SU outlets offers available ALL WEEK – for full details of what’s on offer visit warwicksu.com/food!
tuesday 4th december
WARWICK CU student carol service from 7pm coventry cathedral
From 6pm Butterworth Hall
Join Warwick CU as they collaborate with Coventry CU for a night of Christmas carols in Coventry Cathedral.
saturday session
un-plucked
9pm - 1am the terrace bar
A relaxed evening of postgradcentred entertainment.
VIVA LA FIESTA 10pm - 2am copper rooms 2
The UK’s most popular studentrun international night lands at Warwick!
crash 10pm - 2am (social from 8pm) copper rooms 2
It’s a veritable Nightmare Before Christmas as our noisiest specialist event celebrates the festive season with a merry ol’ mosh!
sunday 2nd december
WARWICK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & CHORUS CONCERT from 4pm Butterworth Hall
warwick folk CHRISTMAS CEILIDH from 7:30pm Cryfield Pavilion
9:30pm - 12am the dirty duck
Tip-top acoustic talent at our regular student showcase.
wednesday 5th december
campus christmas carol service from 5:15PM Chaplaincy
The Chaplaincy would love to welcome students and staff from across the University to join members of the chamber choir to sing carols and enjoy mince pies and mulled wine – getting us in the mood for Christmas!
idioteque 9pm - 1am the terrace bar
A relaxed evening of cuttingedge indie and alternative music courtesy of Offbeat.
POP! XXXMAS SPECial 10pm - 2am (circling from 7pm) copper rooms 1
Slade? Obligatory. Mariah? Standard. That Shakin’ Stevens one? No doubt.
featured event • don’t miss
thursday 6th december
THE CHRISTMAS BALL 2012
featured event: thurs wk 10
friday 7th december
indoor market 11am - 4pm su atrium
Don’t miss your last chance of the term to bag yourself a bargain. Why not kick-start your Christmas shopping right here? Choose between high street and vintage fashion, CDs, vinyl, DVDs and bike repairs.
tdi friday from 7pm the dirty duck
Come along for carols, readings and reflection followed by mince pies & mulled wine Whether you want to skate on the amazing indoor Ice Rink or sample the cockle-warming delights of the white chocolate fountains, there will be something to delight even the most miserable Scrooges at this year’s Christmas Ball! You will be greeted on arrival by actual, real reindeer while being serenaded by professional Carol Singers of the highest calibre. The UK’s finest party band, HUGE, will perform all your favourite hits while our resident DJs will offer something a little dirtier! We’ve got Santa, Snow, The Adorable Yeti, The Whispering Christmas Trees and all manner of festive surprises in store – buy your tickets early!
Thank Duck it’s the last friday of term! Head to the only pub on campus for their final party night of term.
get funked 9pm - 1am the terrace bar
Kick-start your weekend with jumping funk, soul and breakbeat classics as Captain Funkwash continues his search for the perfect groove!
end of term foam party 10pm - 2am copper rooms 1
Last night out on campus before Christmas? Things are going to get messy…
Your Club/Society event not listed? Email your events for Term 2, Weeks 1-2 to: bubble@warwicksu.com
wed week 10
The University Carol Service
from 9pm full union
Get ready to see the Union transformed into a veritable winter wonderland for the evening, with an ice-rink in the Atrium, spectacular décor and much more. Pet real reindeer out on the Piazza and dip marshmallows into the white chocolate fountain as we guarantee the one thing the Met Office can’t: snow!
don’t miss:
don’t miss:
friday week wk 59
CHAPLAINCY | FROM 5:15PM
don’t miss:
friday week wk 10 5
7th Fridaymber Dece Yes indeed. What better way to celebrate the end of term by getting thoroughly coated in swathes of the bubbly stuff?! We'll be shipping the foam cannons back in to make sure that The Copper Rooms ends up looking like that final scene from Ghostbusters, all to a banging soundtrack of current tunes and festive hits. 10pm-2am | £4 ENTRY | COPPER ROOMS 1
www.warwicksu.com/events PURE UNADULTERATED MONKEY BUSINESS!
merry christmas
WORLD RECORD Tonight, we’re going to be having a crack at smashing the world record for the Most People Dressed as Cartoon Characters in One Place at the Same Time. WHO’S GAME?! Make sure you check the costume criteria online, and get ready to be a part of history!
10PM - 2AM | £3 | COPPER ROOMS 1
wishes you all a very
Merry Christmas Wherever you’re heading for the holidays, the staff and officers here at Warwick SU wish you all the best for a Merry Christmas and prosperous New Year.
See you in 2013!
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