Official London South Bank University newspaper Issue 0: 27th October 2014

London South Bank Freshers Fortnight kicked off this year with students arriving in Halls from 6th September and exciting Freshers activities starting straight away.

This year saw the largest Fresh-ers that London South Bank Students’ Union and University have ever organised, with the combined list of activities having grown signifi cantly since the previ-ous year’s Freshers entertainment, encompassing over 65 events, spread over 14 days.

The events were aimed at both new and returning students and ranged from student-run activ-ities, such as the well attended basketball, netball and American football ‘give it a go’ sessions, to club nights and quizzes in the Stu-dent Centre.

Stephanie BakerNews Correspondent

Freshers Fortnight also saw the inaugural event of the Halls Cup, with Super Social Sunday seeing hundreds of residents from McLaren, Dante, New Kent Road and David Bomberg competing in a number of sporting activities, in a bid to win prizes and points for their halls of residence.

Freshers Fortnight is a long standing tradition in universities throughout the UK and abroad, which acts as part of the social and geographical orientation of new and returning students each year.

This year’s festivities were focused around LSBU’s newly refurbished Student Centre, creat-ing continual buzz throughout the building, as students relaxed and enjoyed games, activities and food that was put on by the Student Ser-vices and Students’ Union teams.

Despite the Student Centre being the hub of most of the activ-

ities, the Students’ Union took the decision to move the Fresh-ers Fayre to the Sports Gym this year, which proved to be a roaring success, with a more comforta-ble fi t and easier navigation than in previous years, including last year’s Fayre in the London Road concourse.

The Freshers Fayre was the bus-iest the Union has ever seen, with thousands of students fi nding out about and signing up to a huge variety of societies and sports clubs, ranging from the new Anime Society to the Basketball Club.

The addition of the Elior Village Food Fayre in Kell Street brought the total number of stalls to over 100, with tons of freebies, including over 15,000 items from rucksacks to Vitamin Water to bottle openers given away by the Students’ Union.

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WELCOmE TO iBank

This coming academic year will see the launch of student-led media here at LSBU. Absent from the catalogue of Students’ Union-run activities for the last several years, the opportunity to get involved with Student Media will now be availa-ble to all LSBU students.

The task of getting student media off the ground has been firmly placed on the shoul-ders of the Students’ Union’s Activities and Employability Officer, Ashley Storer-Smith.

He recently said about the project: “LSBU is full of creative, inquisitive and diverse students who will jump at the chance to further express themselves and I believe that the Students’ Union should be

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at the heart of facilitating that”. With that in mind, The Union is

using this year to launch three media outlets - IBank newspaper, a student TV channel (on youtube) and a stu-dent radio station.

The Union has been working in partnership with The University to secure a dedicated space to run Stu-dent Media from and will be launching the media offi ce in late October, which will provide a base of operations for the volunteers who are working on producing Student Media.

It will also provide a much needed training area, as the Students’ Union currently lacks the space for them to run sessions within their Student Centre offi ces.

The fl agship of this Student Media launch will be IBank newspaper, with this issue #0 produced by staff and involved students.

This will showcase the creativity behind Student Media and signpost those who are interested to how they can get involved in creating the news-paper, radio station and TV channel content.

There will also be Student Media elections coming up, where the pub-lication’s Editor will be elected from within the student body.

There are so many opportunities to get involved, whether you want to be behind or in front of the camera, inves-tigating and writing articles, snapping story-telling pictures, or sharing your thoughts and favourite tunes, there’s an opportunity for everyone.

jOin STudEnT mEdiaSimply head to

lsbsu.org/getinvolved/studentmedia and tell us who you are and how to contact you, and the Students’ Union will send you more informa-

tion on how to get involved.

LSBu STudEnTS CELEBRaTE SuCCESSThousands of students have been graduating from London South Bank University (LSBU) through-out October, with ceremonies held at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre.

The graduation ceremonies are marking the final time that stu-dents will graduate according to faculty, as the University moved towards a new school structure in autumn 2014.

All ceremonies have taken

place in the Royal Festival Hall, the famous 2,500-seated con-cert and arts venue on the South Bank, starting with the gradua-tion of students from the Faculty of Engineering, Science and The Built Environment (ESBE) and the Faculty of Business, on 6th and 7th October. The ceremonies have provided a chance for students and their families to celebrate their achievements throughout their time at LSBU.

Awards were presented by LSBU Pro-Chancellor, David Longbot-tom, following an address by

Vice-Chancellor David Phoenix, stating: “Whatever qualification you have achieved, by graduat-ing today you have demonstrated your ability to meet the rigour of both the academic and profes-sional demands such courses entail”.

One LSBU student who grad-uated this October, Vanessa Brewster, has been awarded the Freedom of the Worshipful Com-pany of Bakers, the first step towards being granted Freedom of the City of London.

Vanessa finished with first class

honours and the highest marks on her course, graduating from the National Bakery School with a BSc in Baking Technology Man-agement.

Speaking to the University, Vanessa said: “I need to thank everyone at the National Bakery School that helped me along my way. I will never forget this is where it all started for me”.

Honorary doctorates for engi-neering were awarded to Patrick Clarke OBE, an MBA alumnus

and Executive Director of Network Operations for UK Power Net-works, and international business leader, Abdulrahman Jawahery, voted as one of the most influen-tial people on Bahrain’s power list.

An Honorary Doctorate of Sci-ence was also awarded to Peter Rees, responsible for some of the city’s most iconic buildings, including the Gherkin, the Chee-segrater and the Walkie-Talkie, as Chief Planning Officer for the City of London.

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Other events during Freshers Fort-night included over 200 students taking tours around London, over 30 teams taking part in the largest ever quiz night in the Venue Bar, and 250 donuts being given away as part of Feel Good Friday, The Union’s mental health wellbeing campaign.

The majority of LSBU’s almost 20,000 students returned for the second week of Freshers, and the huge variety of events, activities and entertainment continued to impress new and returning students.

Week two kicked off with the sold out Secret Comedy Club, David Bomberg Halls extending their lead in the Halls Cup at Super Sports Sunday, and the sold out LSBU stu-dent night at Pacha, with Lady Lykz, BBC Radio 1Xtra’s Seani-B and our very own DJ Society performing.

This Freshers Fortnight was the fi rst by the newly restructured Stu-dents’ Union, and the organisation proved itself, maintaining momen-tum throughout the fortnight.

The new(ish) Vice Chancellor, David Phoenix, is someone who would have been very interested in the success of Freshers, as he has made clear his belief in the impor-tance of the student experience, and has had several meetings with The Union’s Student Offi cer team since they took up their positions in

the summer.Overall it was a packed fortnight

with something for everyone. You can check out all of the photos on the Students’ Union’s Facebook page and fi nd out more about all of the opportunities to get involved at LSBU throughout the year by head-ing to lsbsu.org.

Each and every edition, IBank will be telling you about the very best events, societies, sports and oppor-tunities to get involved with during your time at LSBU.

Check out the Arts and Entertain-ments section of the newspaper to fi nd out more about everything that you can get involved with.

We want to know what you thought of LSBU Freshers Fortnight 2014.

Did you love it? Hate it?Do you have some great ideas for events and things that we could do

next year?

For your chance to win a Google Nexus 7 tablet, head to lsbsu.org to

answer the big question:

WhaT did yOu Think OF FREShERS?

Your feedback helps to make the Students’ Union and Freshers Fort-night better for all LSBU students,

current and future.

FREShERS WEEk Fun

On the fi rst Friday of Freshers Fortnight, London South Bank Stu-dents’ Union began their campaign to make LSBU students happy.

Feel Good Fridays is a campaign about improving the wellbeing of The University’s students through doing things that make them smile, with happiness being shown to have positive effects on both mental health and the general well-being of humans.

In 2013, research carried out by the National Union of Students (NUS) showed that 20 percent of students considered themselves to have mental health problems. This startling fi gure has helped to push the issue to the forefront of many universities and students’ union’s agendas with projects like Feel Good Friday popping up all over

the country. Despite the lighthearted name,

the campaign has a very real focus on educating students in identi-fying the signs of mental health problems in themselves and others as early as possible.

Students’ Union President, Ilham Abdishakur, said: “University can be a time of great excitement and happiness but it can also be diffi cult and stressful and we are working to make the Union a place all LSBU students can call home. We are running this project to show that we recognise the dif-fi culties many students face now and throughout the year”.

More Feel Good Friday events have been confi rmed throughout the coming year with the campaign organisers promising a wide vari-ety of acivities, with which they will aim to “make LSBU students smile”.

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A new Students’ Union scheme is giving you the opportunity to meet new people, gain new skills and experience and support fellow students. The LSB-a-Buddy pro-gramme is a new online mentoring opportunity, and the Students’ Union wants you to get involved.

First and second year students are needed to get involved in the scheme, to either sign up as men-tors or mentees.

The LSB-a-Buddy process is simple: if you are a second year student and would like to help a first year on the same course as you to settle in to LSBU life, by listening and giving them advice, then you can sign up as a mentor.

If you are a first year student who would like to be mentored by someone in the second year of your course, then sign up as a mentee, and the Students’ Union will match you up with someone who can help you throughout your first year.

The scheme boasts a number of benefits for both first and second year students who get involved.

The Students’ Union say that becoming a second year mentor will allow you to gain and develop transferable skills and experience, including: “communication and

listening skills, working with stu-dents from different backgrounds, cultures and contexts, and gain experience in offering constructive advice, support and feedback to a fellow student. You will also get to meet new people and grow your personal networks”.

Becoming a first year mentee also has a number of benefits. The mentoring relationship will enable you to personally develop, gain advice and support from a student that has already been through the same experience as you, and build your self-awareness and con-fidence.

Any student can sign up to be a mentor or mentee. The Union will match you up with a student on your course and support you throughout the process, but cre-ating and maintaining a useful mentoring relationship is up to you.

Taking part in LSB-a-Buddy is a great way to improve your employability, gain new skills and experiences, and give something back to the LSBU community, while gaining from shared knowledge.

Find out more about LSB-a-Buddy and sign up to get involved by heading to the Students’ Union website (lsbsu.org) and clicking on the ‘Employability’ tab, under ‘Get Involved’.

BECOmE a mEnTOR WiTh ThE LSB-a-Buddy SChEmEReva Aymer-JeffreyNews Correspondent

Disability and Dyslexia Support (DDS) are here to provide you with the help and support you may need to succeed on your course and make your time at London South Bank University as enjoyable as possible.

The word disability can mean dif-ferent things to different people and there may be support available to you even if you don’t consider your-self to be disabled.

We support students with condi-tions including dyslexia, physical or mobility difficulties, sensory impair-ments, mental health difficulties, long term health conditions, and autistic spectrum disorders (ASD).

Before the University can sup-port you, you will need to disclose your disability and provide us with evidence. We recommend that you disclose your disability as early as possible so that we can make sure your needs are met from the start of your course.

We also offer free, confidential

gET diSaBiLiTy and dySLExia SuppORTRosie HoldenDisability Advisor

Two students from London South Bank University (LSBU) have been awarded prestigious Southwark Stars Awards in recognition of the invaluable contribution they have made to the community.

The awards are given to volun-teers who have a serious impact across Southwark, with recipients having given over 100 hours of their time over the last 12 months.

Mark Mccauley Gbaewoh Conteh, 41 year old Accounting and Finance student, and Troy Sheppard, 35 year old Electri-cal and Electronic Engineering student, were both awarded the prestigious awards in recognition of their community work.

The Southwark Stars annual awards ceremony, now in its eighth year, celebrates and rec-ognises the contribution of local volunteers, who collectively gave 15,949 hours over the last 12 months.

Troy Sheppard volunteered his time in setting up the popular LSBU Students’ Union’s DJ Soci-ety, using his love for music.

The vastly popular Society runs the weekly Thurs-J nights in the Venue Bar, which includes giving students the opportunity to learn DJ skills and perform on campus.

Troy created the Society in order to share his love for music, gain the experience and knowledge that employers are looking for and create a space for people with similar interests in music to socialise, hold events and lead workshops.

Speaking to The University, Troy said: “This opportunity has given me the chance to improve my communication, networking and organisational skills whilst helping people to make new friends all at the same time”.

Members of the DJ Society have had opportunities to DJ at Ministry of Sound and Pacha, as well as at Students’ Union events.

While studying at LSBU, Mark has volunteered as Finance Manager for 3rdthought Arts Col-lective, a project led by the 1st Framework Charity.

1st Framework is an award winning intergenerational arts education project, focusing

LSBu STudEnTS gain ThEiR STaRSImogen AdieActing News Editor particularly on cross-art-form

performance, created in uncon-ventional spaces and staged by a rich variety of partner organisa-tions and arts practitioners.

When speaking to The Univer-sity, Mark said: “As well as helping others, I see volunteering as a way of gaining the experience and knowledge employers are looking for, whilst also being an opportu-nity to develop skills and to work with people from a wide range of backgrounds”.

There are many opportuni-ties for students at LSBU to get involved in volunteering, give back to the community and gain valua-ble skills and experience.

Students’ Union volunteering gives you the opportunity to make volunteering whatever you want it to be. Student-led projects put you in control, empowering you and teaching you valuable skills, with opportunities to continue with current projects or start your own.

You can find out more about getting involved on the Students’ Union website (lsbsu.org) or follow the LSBU volunteering profile on Twitter at @LSBUVolunteer.

screenings for dyslexia throughout the year. If you think you may have a specific learning difficulty, for exam-ple dyslexia or dyspraxia, or want to find out more about the screening service, please do get in touch.

If you want to declare a disability, book a screening or an appoint-ment, discuss the support that might be available to you, or just find out a little more, you can call us on 0207 815 6454, email us at disabil-ity@lsbu.ac.uk, or come and find us at the Student Life Centre Helpdesk in the Student Centre

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Whilst clearing out the old cup-boards, I came across a box filled with old editions of South Bank Uni-versity newspapers and magazines.

As this is the start of a new era, with brand new IBank, I decided the old magazines and newspapers needed a good send off with a brief history of South Bank news.

kLap: ThE FiRST STudEnT nEWSpapER

When London South Bank Univer-sity was a polytechnic and many of the buildings you know now didn’t exist, a group of students, led by Pat Coyne, created Klap in 1971. They reported on local news, such as the relaunch of the Union bar in Rotary Street, and national news items, and included a few comics to lighten up the newspaper. These included Captain Condor, Quacker and Bark and Captain Gospel.

Klap had a few relaunches includ-ing one in 1977, which reported on students who went on a hunger strike over the Iranian uprising.

RighT OFF: ThE FiRST STudEnT magazinE

Right Off was the first magazine while the Students’ Union was still

in Rotary Street. This magazine reported on two main things: Union politics and Union events.

It also included horoscopes and ‘Linzi Brand Solves Your Problems’. a column where the Welfare Officer at the time helped students with their academic and welfare issues. Potentially something that could be included in a future IBank issue.

aS iT gOES

As It Goes had two distinct peri-ods. The first, starting in 1992, was a broadsheet newspaper that covered the same two areas as Right Off had previously, but included soci-ety information and NUS national politics too.

The second wave of As It Goes took a different approach, with a regular magazine style and size and humorous covers that resembled jokes from Private Eye.

This iteration of the newspaper was very hot on national politics, for example with their General Elec-tion specials, but did have some very interesting investigative arti-cles including ‘Bondage, Seemly or Seedy?’

S magazinE

S was an interesting era for the student magazine, as their covers were made up of very artistic

ThE hiSTORy OF a LOndOn SOuTh Bank STudEnT nEWSpapERAshley Storer-SmithVP Activities & Employability

photography. S was a magazine covering local events and reviews of all types of entertainment. The mag-azine was aimed at a general crowd rather than specifically focusing on South Bank student life.

SCRaTCh magazinE

Scratch completely changed the ideas of S . Their first edition in Octo-ber 2001 included Freshers Fayre wrap ups and personal stories. Scratch was The Union’s paper that only cared about students and the news they wanted about their Union and University. A very personal era.

They did also include reviews of local gigs, and even ran an investi-gative piece on the death of Tupac Shakur.

uniTy

In 2005, Unity was created as a very traditional newspaper, which covered the biggest range of topics from local stories like Freshers Fayre and society updates to international stories including the death of Rosa Parks. They also had music and film reviews and included sport news.

Unity was printed every two months and was free to all students, like all of the student newspapers. This is probably the paper that most closely resembles IBank’s direction today.

LOndOn pRESS: ThE FinaL magazinE

The final magazine to come out of LSBSU was called London Press. Their only issue was published in 2010 and was very high quality.

There were reviews of all kinds of entertainment, from gaming to music. They showcased student photography and even had a Euro-pean travel guide.

Due to the high production costs of London Press there was

no second issue and that was the last student publication to come out of the Students’ Union when it was based in Thomas Doyle Street (some of you may even remember that SU).

So, from Klap to Scratch and from As it Goes to London Press, the his-tory of LSBSU student publications will now be reborn with IBank, and it’s your turn to take pride of place in Student Media history. We also have the opportunity to get involved in student radio and TV coming soon.

COming TO univERSiTy and COming OuT

Arriving at London South Bank University is one of the greatest experiences you can have, but it can also be a challenging time. It’s the first time that you’re away from your family, your friends and your ‘safety net’ of being at home.

For most students the main focus of Freshers Fortnight is making friends, joining lots of interesting societies, and finding out what life at University is all about.

However it is even more challeng-ing when you’re questioning your sexuality and whether you’re part of the LGBT+ community or not. But you are not alone and there are people all around you, at University and within the Students’ Union, that are here to help you and to make your coming out experience, and your coming to university experience, as enjoyable as possible.

My advice for students who are questioning their sexuality is to real-ise that you don’t have to go through it alone.

You won’t be the first student that has come to the university and is struggling to come to terms with who they are. As the LGBT Campaigns Officer I want to make sure that you get the best experience of being at University.

Our LGBT+ society hold regular events that anyone is welcome to come to, whether you’re LGBT+ or questioning, or even just someone who wants to support their LGBT+ friends; we welcome everyone.

We hold regular events, and you really don’t need to be worried about ‘being outed’ by coming to one of our meetings.

We always have a coffee room in a University room somewhere on campus. This is our ‘safe space’ and somewhere that everyone can be who they are. We want all students to

Rob WatersonLGBT Campaigns Coordinator

come to this space because it is our weekly event where you can come along and hopefully make lifelong friends.

We call it our safe space as we encourage people to drink lots of tea and coffee and to discuss what-ever they like. Some of the topics that come up are about celebrities, courses we study and even personal experiences we’ve had being a part of the LGBT+ community.

The best part of this is that nothing is repeated outside of the safe space. We encourage all of our members to come and make new friends, and we want everyone to feel safe if they do come.

If you feel that you want to speak to someone who is professionally trained to deal with helping people, The University has a Mental Health and Wellbeing team who are trained to deal with these sorts of experi-ences and can offer you a whole range of advice and information.

You also can speak to your Per-sonal Tutor on your course, if you feel you want to approach them, as they can also signpost you towards appropriate help.

If you feel that you want to speak to people outside of The University there are a huge number of charities in London who can help students who are unsure about their sexuality, or if students just want someone to chat to.

As a University, we have built a connection with a charity called the Metro Centre, based in Vauxhall, who are going to work with us to improve the experiences of LGBT+ students at LSBU.

There are some really good stories to read on the Internet about coming out experiences. The website www.whenicameout.com is an especially good read, and a great website to look through to read positive coming out stories and for people to share their personal experiences.

I really urge you to look through the links below if you’re questioning your sexuality, or if you know your sexual-ity but you would like some guidance on being LGBT+ in London.

Come along to one of our regu-lar tea and coffee afternoons every Monday between 3-6, which is nor-mally followed by us going down to an event in the Venue Bar. The room is advertised every week on our Facebook page. I look forward to meeting you all this academic year.

Get in touch with Rob Waterson, LGBT Campaigns Coordinator, by emailing him at lgbtofficer@lsbsu.org.LSBu LgBT+Facebook: LSBU LGBT+ / Twitter: @LSBULGBT / Email: lgbtlsbu@gmail.comLSBU Mental Health & Wellbeinghttp://ow.ly/DdUTEThe Metro Centrehttp://ow.ly/DdV6s

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gET mORE COnTEnT, nOT a Tv LiCEnSE

When you get into halls your TV crea-ture comforts are gone, unless you pay that sneaky TV Licence.

This is your quintessential guide on how to get all the content you need and more for the price of the TV Licence.

Remember this guide is designed to replace your TV licence. This means you cannot watch live TV using an aerial or using online streaming services that are playing live TV.

FREE COnTEnT

They say that the best things in life are free and there is very good quality free content out there. The first thing that you should know is that BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, 4OD and Demand 5 are all free to watch online legally, but only if you watch their on-demand content and not their live broadcasts.

BBC 3 will soon be heading online in its entirety, and some of these ser-

vices create online exclusives and online pre-releases, so it’s unlikely that you will even miss your live TV.

Secondly, YouTube is not just full of fail videos and keyboard cats. There is a wealth of high level production series free to watch on YouTube. Some of my favourite channels include:

Geek and Sundry: great general geeky content including Table-Top (board game show) and their original series Caper (Super Hero Comedy) and Spooked (Paranor-mal Comedy).

CollegeHumor: includes funny short form content, but also has a TV series gem called Troopers, which is a spoof of Star Wars Stormtroopers.

viCE: an original channel that delivers all sorts of interesting and relevant documentaries for free. From The Suicide Forest in Japan, to drugs in Europe, this channel covers a whole load of content and makes for some interesting watch-ing as they get footage that you wouldn’t normally see on the News.

Rooster Teeth: a great channel for all your gaming needs. Has great

Ashley Storer-SmithVP Activities & Employability

sub channels including Let’s Play and an original series called Red vs Blue.

The Mom’s View: a great chan-nel full of original episodes of the ups and downs of motherhood, and how to learn, grow, love and be inspired by the stories they share.

Bad Teeth: an original UK comedy channel, full of all sorts of videos guaranteed to make you laugh out loud.

Cartoon Hangover: does as it says on the tin. After all the late nights you can relax and watch end-less cartoons, all of which can be selected as a playlist - so no need to keep getting up to click on the next video to watch.

Without even paying a penny you can get all the broadcast channel’s shows and even more specific con-tent for your interests.

my pREmium COnTEnT piCkS

People always asks me “what streaming services should I choose to buy?” or “what’s the point in

paying for Netflix/Now TV/Amazon Prime?”. Well hopefully this guide will make that evident.

Netflix is my top pick, for three main reasons. Firstly, it’s every-where. No matter what internet connected device you have, it will be able to access Netflix.

Secondly, it has the best original content: House of Cards (Polit-ical Drama), Orange is the New Black (Comedy Prison Drama) and Arrested Development (Cult Comedy) are all raved about by the press and personally by me. They are quality American TV shows and are incredibly engaging. I have missed whole days with binge watching these two shows.

Lastly, they have great third party content. Netflix made a deal with Disney so all their content will be on Netflix. Remember, this is not just cartoons and Pixar; this is Marvel, Pirates of the Caribbean, other live action films, and of course the new Star Wars films.

At £5.99 a month (£71.88 a year), Netflix is a bargain and a no brainer.

My second favourite is Prime

Instant Video. Amazon Prime is a package that includes unlimited next day delivery, free Kindle books and a video streaming service (for-merly known as LoveFilm).

Prime Instant Video includes newer movie releases than Net-flix and has it’s own original content including Alpha House (Political Comedy) and Betas (nerdy comedy). Amazon prime is £79 for the year (roughly £6.58 per month), which is cheap with everything that you are getting. The next day ship-ping is also very handy, especially with textbooks.

ThE OvERaLL COST

If you use all the services that I have suggested, you will be paying £150.88 for the year or £12.57 per month, which is compared to the TV licence, which comes in at £150 for the year or £12.50 a month. The TV licence gives you live viewing and the privilege to have a real TV in your room, but my option gives you the content from the live shows and much more for only 88p more.

yOuR WEEkLy EvEnTS guidE inCLuding BLaCk hiSTORy mOnTh

There is always something going on at London South Bank Students’ Union, and we are here to give you a roundup of the best upcoming events on campus.

Black History Month is coming to an end, but there are still plenty of events and activities to get involved in. Black History Month is a time when we celebrate the achievements and contributions of black people throughout history, and we’ve been doing so all month with a celebration of arts, culture and history.

BLaCk hiSTORy mOnTh CELEBRaTiOnS

Today and tomorrow (Monday 27th and Tuesday 28th October), you can view the Black History Month Art Exhibition on the theme of being black in the 21st century, displayed in the Student Centre. A collection of student-submitted photographs, the exhibition looks at the artistic creations of cultures from around the globe.

Monday evening includes more Black History Month events, with Samba taster sessions from 4pm in

the Student Centre and The Great Debate Tour in the Edric Theatre from 5:30pm.

The Great Debate is part of a national debate forum happening on university campuses up and down the country, which includes a panel of industry professionals and repre-sentatives discussing themes, ideas and ideologies behind black culture.

The debate is Question Time-styled and topics will include political participation, the upcoming General Election, media representation, employment inequalities and inter-national affairs.

Black History Month Film Screen-ings also continue this week, with Paid in Full and Do The Right Thing both being screened in Lecture Theatre A in the Keyworth Centre at 5:30pm and 7:30pm respectively on Wednesday.

WEEkLy EvEnTS - haLLOWEEn & mORE

Other events coming up include the Thurs-J Halloween Extrava-ganza in the Venue Bar. The weekly DJ Society event is getting a spooky twist for one week only, on Thursday October 30th from 6pm.

Expect cobwebs, cauldrons and

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clubbing, DJ lessons and beer pong. The Halls Cup also returns, with points and prizes on offer for Halls residents attending the event, winning beer pong, and wearing the most impressive and spooky cos-tumes.

In the coming weeks, the weekly Students’ Union events programme will continue, with highlights includ-ing Games Night every Friday from 6pm in the Venue Bar and Tuesday night’s Round 4 Round quiz night.

EmpLOyaBiLiTy

There are opportunities to meet prospective employers and find out more about potential careers after you graduate at two careers fairs coming up. One is for Engineering careers, and the other for working in the Built Environment. They are being held on 29th and 30th October, both from 11am-3pm in the Student Centre.

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Follow the Students’ Union on social media to keep up to date with events. Facebook: facebook.com/lsbsu and Twitter: @lsbsu. Our weekly listings are on lsbsu.org.

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Now that you are a student, a vast number of student discounts are available to you - most with the pur-chase of a NUS card.

But which ones are the best? This is the definitive list of the best student discounts in London. From food to nights out, no matter what you want there is a student discount for it.

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If you love sushi or hot japanese food, this is the place for you. There are plenty around London and the nearest to LSBU is on the South Bank. With 25% off Tuesday-Satur-day on all food, it is the place to be. An NUS card and website sign-up

on Yo!Sushi is required.

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A really great range of big brand, high street and ASOS-branded clothes for men and women and gives students a 10 percent dis-count with an NUS card.

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You can get a student premium account on Spotify, which gives you unlimited music on many devices. Students can claim a 50 percent discount with their NUS Card.

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1950’s American themed bowling alleys around London. Your student

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ID will get you £5 bowling, £2.50 spirit and mixers and £2.50 bottles of beers.

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With your student ID you get a free cheeseburger, hamburger or McFlurry when you buy a meal. With your NUS card you get free chips with a Big Mac or McChicken sandwich.

You can buy your NUS card from the Students’ Union reception now or head online to cards.nusextra.co.uk.

You can buy a card for one year, or buy one for the whole three years of your course at a discounted rate. There are so many amazing savings out there.

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You have made it. Despite all the odds and obstacles you are here - congratulations and welcome to LSBU.

For some this may be your first degree. For others you may be returning to study after many many years and don’t know what to expect and fear the impact it may have on your household.

For some you will be introduced for the first time to the art of putting yourself first, and understanding that it is very possible to do well without leaving people out.

You will learn how to help your

family and friends get used to you not being there in the same way. Sounds like a tall order and very isolating, and at times it is.

But there is nothing like watching your grades get better and better and contributing to other’s enrich-ment along the way.

As part of the Mature Student Society (MSS) we want to cele-brate with you and encourage you to get involved in the wider Univer-sity experience, build friendships and partake in activities that will oil the wheels when academic life gets tough.

So if you’re 35-years plus and interested in putting together a social calendar of activities ranging

Theresa JosephMSS President

from dinners, golfing weekends, walking or cycling groups, after dinner speaking, concerts, theatre trips, pampering retreats or have a skill that you want to share, get in touch with us.

This will be my final year so I am looking forward to meeting others who feel as passionately as I do about not only making the most of university life, but about contrib-uting to the enrichment of others along the way.

If you’re interested in becoming an officer for MSS we would also love to hear from you. Welcome once again to LSBU where oppor-tunities are literally tripping over themselves to find you.

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nEW nETBaLL TEam TRiumphanTWednesday 15th October marked the start of the BUCS (British Universities & Colleges Sport) season for the majority of LSBU’s sports teams.

Clubs playing this season include: American Football, Men’s and Women’s Badminton, Men’s and Women’s Football, Cricket, Futsal, Netball, and Men’s and Women’s Table Tennis.

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The Netball team played against UCL’s Women’s 6th Netball team at Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Sports Facility near the Imperial War Museum. The game started off slow with a 4-1 advantage to LSBU, however by the end of the first half LSBU were up 17-13.

Great teamwork was displayed throughout the game, allowing LSBU to make quick consecutive passes down the court and to the Goal Shooter for excellent shot attempts.

Possession was rarely lost by LSBU, apart from by minor rule violations. UCL continued to fight back during the 3rd quarter, however the LSBU girls kept their composure and kept the lead at 26-17.

Within the 4th quarter, the LSBU

girls had scored another 6 points, bringing the final score to 32-21 and a triumphant first game win.

Team captain, Dionne McKee, who predominantly played in the Goal Defence position, said: “It was our first game and we didn’t know what to expect. The girls came together as a team and used their skills effectively”.

Team coach, Lee Williams, has been coaching the team for approximately four weeks before the game and seemed pleased with the outcome: “The girls had no expectations for the first match.

“They have set high standards for the rest of the season. Great work girls, keep it up”.

Netball Club President, Paisley Allan, had the tough job of reviv-ing the club, as it didn’t have a successful set up last year. She has managed to recruit a number of girls and help organise the sessions by announcing training effectively via social media and emails.

Allan was quite worried in the weeks leading up to the game, but she seemed to maintain her composure, including supporting the team from the sidelines.

“I am so pleased with my team for winning the first game. It has been extremely difficult for me to set up this netball team so it

Tia-Victoria BrownSports Exec Member brings tears of joy to my eyes

when I have a team and win. Many more to be won, let’s do this LSBU Netball”.

The girls were all ecstatic about their first win, continuing this success by winning their second game on Wednesday 22nd Octo-ber 2014, scoring 35-25 against London School of Economics

Women’s 3rd.

MEN’S FOOTBALL

LSBU Football played against Medway 2nd, away at Medway, with the game kicking off at 2pm. Club President, Matthew Wrzosek, said: “Great performance, we cre-ated some great opportunities.

Unfortunate not to win, keeper saved the shots. Go again next week”. The final score was 2-0 to Medway.

The football team played their next game on Wednesday 22nd October 2014 against Impe-rial College London Men’s 3rd (Medics) at their home pitch, drawing 3-3.

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LSBU Dance Society started off as a very small society last year, with the initial goal to have a regu-lar class once a week and to rotate styles every couple of weeks.

The Society became very pop-ular and by the second term we had four classes running each week.

At the Students’ Union’s Sports

Hayley GodfreyDance President

and Societies Awards Night, Dance Society scooped up the Most Improved Society of the Year award. Shortly afterwards the hard work carried on, when we all worked together to put on LSBU’s first dance show and finished the year on a high.

This year we are back and better than ever. LSBU Dance is now split into LSBU Dance Soci-ety and LSBU Dance Squad, which is part of the Academy of

Sport (AOS). The Dance Squad has been

created for this year to allow dancers to compete on behalf of LSBU at inter-university compe-titions, something that has never been done before at this Univer-sity. This year we are competing in Jazz, Tap and Contemporary.

The Dance Squad held open sessions in September, and there are opportunities to go along to the Society each week, including

Contemporary with Michelle, Bel-lydancing with Nat and Ballroom with Ella.

We also have two dance shows planned, with one per term, and a host of workshops from West End to Voguing; you will never be short of something to get involved with.

Socials will be running through-out the year at a whole variety of venues, and we would love you to come along.

Find out more about the Dance

Society on Facebook at facebook.com/lsbudance or email us at lsbudancesociety@outlook.com.

You can also find out more about the competitive Dance Squad at facebook.com/lsbudancesquad or email us at lsbudancesquad@outlook.com.

Join LSBU Dance today to meet new people, have fun, keep fit and make the most of your time at LSBU. We look forward to seeing you soon.

upCOming SpORTS FixTuRESBuCS SpORTS RESuLTSEach week, LSBU teams compete with Universities from all over the South East, fighting it out to become reigning champions. Here’s a recap of the term so far:

Wednesday 22nd OctoberWomen’s Basketball - WIN. 89-52 versus Southampton SolentWomen’s Netball - WIN. 35-25 versus LSE 3rdMen’s Football - DRAW. 3-3 versus Imperial 3rd (Medics)Men’s Basketball - LOSE. 54-78 versus Southampton Solent

Wednesday 15th OctoberWomen’s Netball - WIN. 32-21 versus UCL 6thMen’s Badminton - DRAW. 4-4 versus Medway 1stWomen’s Badminton - LOSE. 0-8 versus Kent 1stMen’s Football - LOSE. 0-2 versus Medway 2ndMen’s Basketball - LOSE. 51-65 versus Brunel 1stMen’s Basketball - LOSE. 33-71 versus Middlesex 1st

Saturday 25th OctoberMen’s Cricket - versus Imperial 1st (away)Men’s Cricket - versus UCL 1st (at LSBU)

Sunday 26th OctoberMixed Hockey - versus St Bart’s & Royal 1st (at LSBU)

Wednesday 29th OctoberMen’s Basketball - versus UCL 1st (away), and versus Surrey (at LSBU)Women’s Netball - versus BYEMen’s Badminton - versus BYEMen’s Table Tennis - versus Queen Mary 1st (at LSBU)Men’s Football - versus City 1st (at LSBU)Women’s Basketball - versus King’s College 1st (away)

Saturday 29th NovemberLSBU Dance Squad - Get Down Dance Competition, away at Royal Holloway

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SportsSTROng STaRT SEES OFF SOLEnTIn their fi rst match of the new Brit-ish Universities & Colleges (BUCS) sport season, LSBU Women’s Basketball smashed the opposi-tion, beating Southampton Solent in an impressive 89-52 win at home.

BUCS is the annual ongoing competition between all British university sports teams, in the battle to be crowned the best in each sport.

Continuing their impressive

form from last season, the Wom-en’s Basketball team played hard, taking the lead early on and gain-ing momentum throughout the game.

Though Solent fought back on several occasions they were repeatedly shut down before they could begin to gain momentum.

South Banks’ Fatumah Lwazi scored 19 points, closely followed by Theresa Jackson and Vanessa Da Silva who both put in impres-sive performances scoring 11 and 16 points respectively.

Despite a strong showing by South Bank, Southampton Solent still managed to rack up 52 points with strong play from their number 6, who netted 19 points herself.

Tia-Victoria Brown, Women’s Basketball President, said: “We played well against Southampton. We all came prepared to take the

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victory but we did lay back a little in the third quarter and this gave them the chance to get on the offence”.

Their next game will be on Wednesday 29th October, playing away to Kings College, and they will be aiming again for another strong win and a triumphant con-tinuation to the season.

However the Men’s team were less fortunate on the day, and despite strong play they lost against University of East London (UEL).

UEL travelled to South Bank, our

team playing with the home crowd present. Unfortunately the fi nal score was 54-78, with the UEL-side taking home the BUCS points.

The fi rst quarter saw the Men’s team come out strong, taking an early lead, but the second quarter signalled UELs fi ghtback, which left the home team fi ghting to bridge the gap throughout the last two quarters.

Our Men’s team came back towards the end of the game, pulling UEL’s lead to only 20 points before the closing minutes, but unfortunately ran out of time before they could retake the lead.

The LSBU Men’s Basketball team have previously been South Premier BUCS league champions three times, and they will be aiming to triumph in their next match on Wednesday 29th against the Uni-versity of Surrey.

The Students’ Union will this year be heading to SalouFest on Sports Tour, and they want you to go with them.

Starting on 28th March 2015, SalouFest promises to be a week to remember. Just an hour outside of Barcelona, with world class sandy beaches, endless enter-tainment, and hundreds of other students, SalouFest is a week of sports, entertainment and scorch-

ing sunshine.Daytimes on Tour are filled with

competing against other univer-sities in your favoured sports, and activities including a trip to Barcelona and a boat party, with the nights filled with bars and stu-dent-only club nights, including at the legendary Pacha - the biggest night on Tour.

SalouFest is open to all sports teams and their friends, as long

as you are an LSBU student, and costs £270. A £75 deposit must be paid before the end of Novem-ber, with the balance due at the end of January.

The trip includes all accommo-dation, travel, half board catering, activities, sports and more.

To find out more about Tour, check out the Students’ Union’s Facebook Group, ‘London South Bank I LOVE TOUR 2015’.

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Fancy joining the Netball team? The LSBU Netball team is needing new members this year.

Looking for a new sport to play? We are looking for anyone and every-one who would like to learn all about netball.

Paisley AllanNetball President

We are going to be holding taster sessions for those who are inter-ested, to give you an insight into this great sport.

After our winning start to the season this is a great opportunity to get involved and meet new people.

Please get in touch if you have any questions - feel free to email allanp@lsbu.ac.uk or netballclub@lsbsu.org.

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