1. THE TIMES THEY'RE 4-A-CHANGIN'
2. WGM... THE RETURN!
3. ALL THE USUAL TOMFOOLERY AND JAPERY
4. CLUSTER BENEATH MY UMBRELLA
5. YOUR TELEVISION NEEDS YOU!
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1. THE TIMES THEY'RE 4-A-CHANGIN'
Two years ago, Union Council mandated the sabbatical officers to review how the Union was run and to suggest how to make it even better (My suggestion would be more mass emails. One a day!). That has now been done and the current executive team just can't wait to describe to you what they think should be done. "But what about us?" I hear you cry (through the medium of telepathy) - well cool your jets, spaceboys! The exec have organised some open meetings for you all to go along to and ask any questions or suggest any improvements to the proposed changes from the governance review. So get down before DemocracyBot's enemies attempt to snatch your democratic right away from you and have your say.
The meetings are next week on Monday the 15th at 5.30pm in the terrifyingly named Cruciform LT 2 and on Thursday October the 18th at 4pm in the JZ Young LT. Get down there with your thinking hat and some suggestions on how we can make things better for you (a sample suggestion: More mass emails!).
2. WGM... THE RETURN!
Posters were made, emails were sent, people attended... But quoracy was called and now it happens all over again. Same place, same time, same day of the week. So now the WGM has been sexily transmuted into an EGM (which is better as it looks less like Police Chief Wiggum) and is happening Tuesday the 16th of October at 5.30pm in the Darwin Lecture Theatre.
Well that's all I have to say about this issue, but it looks a bit too short. So I will instead inform you all that "panini" in itself is a plural, and therefore the correct singular should be "panino". For example, you could go with a friend to Gordons and have the delicious (and reasonably priced!) UCL Union chicken and pesto sauce panino.
But no-one listens when I tell them for some reason. Apparently people have more "interesting" things to talk about... lame.
3. ALL THE USUAL TOMFOOLERY AND JAPERY
Vodpop has gone away in a triumphant blaze of cheap vodka and energy drink, but will return in proper ghostly style on October the 29th.
But until then, do not despair, for UCL Union bends like a butler and offers you piping hot entertainments on a silver-plated tray with aplomb and perfectly-pleated trousers:
On Thursday the 11th, why not pop to the Garage Theatre (just over the road from UCL Union - go down the little alley that is usually forested with bikes and you'll see it) at about quarter past eight to see the only hilarious improvised comedy group with Jeremy Bentham-inspired nomenclature. Yes, DEAD MAN IN A BOX will be performing for your delectation and amusement, but will be performing for ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Yes, a free improvised comedy show that will actually be funny - who'da thunk it? So pack your best comedic suggestions and get down to the Garage Theatre on Thursday.
Yarrrrrrgh! Take to the seas on what will probably be the most tastefully decorated vessel on the waves - LGBT's Aspire to be a Pirate boat party launches on Friday the 12th with a skull, crossbones, plenty of yo ho ho hos and guaranteed grog. Tickets can be purchased for a mere £15 from the CSC (2nd floor of the Bloomsbury), and more information can be looted from uczxlgb@ucl.ac.uk. It boards at 7.45pm sharp from Temple Pier, so sharpen your cutlass and detach all albatrosses.
Eastern European? Or ever wanted to be Eastern European? Or just really like vodka? The Soviet principle of GLASNOST comes to UCL Union on Monday the 15th. Promised by those in the know (me) to be a night of "Slavic Madness", get down to the Second Floor bars to experience special beers and vodkas, Eastern European music and general Gorbachevian frolics. And because Glasnost was a principle of openness, GLASNOST is free! Free as the liberated peoples of the World! Come and party like it's 1989. Ho ho.
4. CLUSTER BENEATH MY UMBRELLA
We hope you have enjoyed TRY WEEK more than a squirrel would enjoy being gently lowered into a whole barrelfull of nuts. But it is now time for you to pledge your allegiance to the societies you've particularly loved. So head down to the CSC from Monday to join all your favourite clubs and societies to continue participating in them for the rest of the year.
If clubs don't get 20 members, they become disaffiliated, so don't just assume everyone else will join so you don't have to. Join join join! Join with the enthusiasm of a squirrel joining the "barrelfull of nuts society".
5. YOUR TELEVISION NEEDS YOU!
Ever wake up hugging your television? Ever wish you could give it something back for all the joy it gives to you? Well you can appear on television yourselves. Two opportunities have lifted their heads above the hedge of confusion to present themselves in all their audiovisual glory. So speak, beautiful opportunities:
MTV and the The Department of Innovations, Universities and Skills (DIUS) are making a commercial publicising the range of grants, loans and bursaries available to students, as part of their initiative to broaden the social makeup of university student bodies. This commercial will be aired across the MTV Stations. Next Tuesday 16th October we will be filming 'vox pop' interviews with first year students who receive grants, loans or bursaries, telling us about how they've helped them. These would be filmed in a variety of locations around the college. If you are interested in being a part of this please contact Glenn Wood on 07975 631 802 or via email at glennjwood@hotmail.co.uk
The BBC are making a TV show that involves people having to launch a new health and beauty product for men. As part of the task we would like to give the candidates the oppoortunity to 'focus group' various sections of the community that may buy into this product, from business men, girls who might buy the product for their boyfriends, gay men, young males etc etc and they'd love to get a small focus group of about 5 or 6 first year male students who are starting to buy into male grooming products to appear in the show. We would be filming on the morning of Wednesday 24th October and filming should take under an hour, it would merely involve our candidates asking the focus group a few questions about spending habits, what they like and expect from their beauty products etc etc. If interested, get in contact with esther.dere@talkbackthames.tv
2. WGM... THE RETURN!
3. ALL THE USUAL TOMFOOLERY AND JAPERY
4. CLUSTER BENEATH MY UMBRELLA
5. YOUR TELEVISION NEEDS YOU!
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1. THE TIMES THEY'RE 4-A-CHANGIN'
Two years ago, Union Council mandated the sabbatical officers to review how the Union was run and to suggest how to make it even better (My suggestion would be more mass emails. One a day!). That has now been done and the current executive team just can't wait to describe to you what they think should be done. "But what about us?" I hear you cry (through the medium of telepathy) - well cool your jets, spaceboys! The exec have organised some open meetings for you all to go along to and ask any questions or suggest any improvements to the proposed changes from the governance review. So get down before DemocracyBot's enemies attempt to snatch your democratic right away from you and have your say.
The meetings are next week on Monday the 15th at 5.30pm in the terrifyingly named Cruciform LT 2 and on Thursday October the 18th at 4pm in the JZ Young LT. Get down there with your thinking hat and some suggestions on how we can make things better for you (a sample suggestion: More mass emails!).
2. WGM... THE RETURN!
Posters were made, emails were sent, people attended... But quoracy was called and now it happens all over again. Same place, same time, same day of the week. So now the WGM has been sexily transmuted into an EGM (which is better as it looks less like Police Chief Wiggum) and is happening Tuesday the 16th of October at 5.30pm in the Darwin Lecture Theatre.
Well that's all I have to say about this issue, but it looks a bit too short. So I will instead inform you all that "panini" in itself is a plural, and therefore the correct singular should be "panino". For example, you could go with a friend to Gordons and have the delicious (and reasonably priced!) UCL Union chicken and pesto sauce panino.
But no-one listens when I tell them for some reason. Apparently people have more "interesting" things to talk about... lame.
3. ALL THE USUAL TOMFOOLERY AND JAPERY
Vodpop has gone away in a triumphant blaze of cheap vodka and energy drink, but will return in proper ghostly style on October the 29th.
But until then, do not despair, for UCL Union bends like a butler and offers you piping hot entertainments on a silver-plated tray with aplomb and perfectly-pleated trousers:
On Thursday the 11th, why not pop to the Garage Theatre (just over the road from UCL Union - go down the little alley that is usually forested with bikes and you'll see it) at about quarter past eight to see the only hilarious improvised comedy group with Jeremy Bentham-inspired nomenclature. Yes, DEAD MAN IN A BOX will be performing for your delectation and amusement, but will be performing for ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Yes, a free improvised comedy show that will actually be funny - who'da thunk it? So pack your best comedic suggestions and get down to the Garage Theatre on Thursday.
Yarrrrrrgh! Take to the seas on what will probably be the most tastefully decorated vessel on the waves - LGBT's Aspire to be a Pirate boat party launches on Friday the 12th with a skull, crossbones, plenty of yo ho ho hos and guaranteed grog. Tickets can be purchased for a mere £15 from the CSC (2nd floor of the Bloomsbury), and more information can be looted from uczxlgb@ucl.ac.uk. It boards at 7.45pm sharp from Temple Pier, so sharpen your cutlass and detach all albatrosses.
Eastern European? Or ever wanted to be Eastern European? Or just really like vodka? The Soviet principle of GLASNOST comes to UCL Union on Monday the 15th. Promised by those in the know (me) to be a night of "Slavic Madness", get down to the Second Floor bars to experience special beers and vodkas, Eastern European music and general Gorbachevian frolics. And because Glasnost was a principle of openness, GLASNOST is free! Free as the liberated peoples of the World! Come and party like it's 1989. Ho ho.
4. CLUSTER BENEATH MY UMBRELLA
We hope you have enjoyed TRY WEEK more than a squirrel would enjoy being gently lowered into a whole barrelfull of nuts. But it is now time for you to pledge your allegiance to the societies you've particularly loved. So head down to the CSC from Monday to join all your favourite clubs and societies to continue participating in them for the rest of the year.
If clubs don't get 20 members, they become disaffiliated, so don't just assume everyone else will join so you don't have to. Join join join! Join with the enthusiasm of a squirrel joining the "barrelfull of nuts society".
5. YOUR TELEVISION NEEDS YOU!
Ever wake up hugging your television? Ever wish you could give it something back for all the joy it gives to you? Well you can appear on television yourselves. Two opportunities have lifted their heads above the hedge of confusion to present themselves in all their audiovisual glory. So speak, beautiful opportunities:
MTV and the The Department of Innovations, Universities and Skills (DIUS) are making a commercial publicising the range of grants, loans and bursaries available to students, as part of their initiative to broaden the social makeup of university student bodies. This commercial will be aired across the MTV Stations. Next Tuesday 16th October we will be filming 'vox pop' interviews with first year students who receive grants, loans or bursaries, telling us about how they've helped them. These would be filmed in a variety of locations around the college. If you are interested in being a part of this please contact Glenn Wood on 07975 631 802 or via email at glennjwood@hotmail.co.uk
The BBC are making a TV show that involves people having to launch a new health and beauty product for men. As part of the task we would like to give the candidates the oppoortunity to 'focus group' various sections of the community that may buy into this product, from business men, girls who might buy the product for their boyfriends, gay men, young males etc etc and they'd love to get a small focus group of about 5 or 6 first year male students who are starting to buy into male grooming products to appear in the show. We would be filming on the morning of Wednesday 24th October and filming should take under an hour, it would merely involve our candidates asking the focus group a few questions about spending habits, what they like and expect from their beauty products etc etc. If interested, get in contact with esther.dere@talkbackthames.tv
