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☞ VOLUNTEERING WEEK: 25TH FEB - 1ST MARCH ☞ FULL-TIME ELECTIONS VOTING: 1ST-8TH MARCH ☞ NERVE FM: 11TH-24TH MARCH

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SNEAK A PEEKWhat’s happening at SUBU...

Elections: The Full Time Officer Elections: 1st-8th March#wishihadknown: Students sharing their tips & advice. Follow us @SUBUBournemouth for retweets.Volunteering Week: Get involved between 18th - 22nd Feb.Nerve FM: Tune in from 11th - 24th March!

What’s on at the Old Fire Station...

Milk: Tuesdays @ 10pm (Indie, Rock & Retropop)Lollipop: Fridays @ 10pm(Chart Floor-fillers & Urban classics)Itchy Feet: 25th Feb(Rock’n’Roll, Swing, Funk, Soul & Rhythm)Enter: 2nd March(Drum ‘n’ Bass) Get Satisfied: 9th March(House)We Are Your Friends: 16th March(House, Bass, Trap, Disco, Indie)

To book tickets for TOFS events head over to: www.oldfirestation.co.uk

W H O W I L L G E T Y O U R V O T E ?

The nomination per iod is over and vot ing opens on Fr iday 1st March 2013. Every BU student has the opportunity to vote in the annual elect ions and i t i s important that you do this in order to be represented effect ively. Here’s who wi l l be campaigning for your vote in the 2013 SUBU Ful l T ime Off icer E lect ions!

We use a democrat ic elect ion system to choose the people that wi l l speak and act on your behalf . The vot ing system used is Alternat ive Transferable Vote, where you can rank al l the candidates in order of preference.

Voting opens at 00.01 on Fr iday 1st March and Closes at 16:00 on Fr iday 8th March.

There are 4 roles to vote for: Pres ident, VP Education, VP Communications and VP Lansdowne and you can do this onl ine at www.subu.org.uk/elect ions or at the vot ing booths in the atr ium on Talbot Campus and in the Boho Lounge on Lansdowne Campus.

H U S T I N G SHust ings are held for candidates to showcase what they can do for you. This year they are being held at midday today (Monday 25th February) at Bournemouth House on the Lansdowne Campus and tomor row (Tuesday 26th February) at Dylan’s Bar in Poole House Talbot Campus.

I f you’re looking for advice on where to l ive once you move out of hal ls or having a few money problems, then head down to the atr ium at Poole House on Mon 18th March , where SUBU Advice and some enthusiast ic volunteers wi l l be hott ing things up with a desert i s land themed information event.

They wi l l be armed with the advice and help you need, f rom exams and complaints, to housing advice. Designed and run by Events Management students who are eager to make SUBU Advice known by promoting a service that is FREE for you. The aim of the event is to raise awareness of the service in order for you to redeem the benefits f rom using i t !

Try panning for gold, whi lst f inding out more about how SUBU Advice can help with f inancial problems and grabbing

some free chocolate! Have your picture taken in our desert themed photobooth, then head over to our info stand where you can ask quest ions and gather info to see whether the service is r ight for you.

Why walk past when SUBU Advice could have the answers to your problems? Don’t feel lost , let SUBU Advice f ind the solut ion to your problem.

Just a quick message to remind you to st ick together on a night out. Don’t leave a fr iend to walk home on their own and i f in doubt get them a l icensed taxi . Did you know there are also a number of night buses which run on Fr iday and Saturday evenings? For more information, please vis i t : www.subu.org.uk/nightbus. P lease remember: Keys, Money, Phone. How wi l l I get home?

S U B U A D V I C E H O T T H I N G S U P !S U M M E R B A L L T I C K E T S O N S A L E !This year’s BU Summer Bal l i s l ined up for Sat 8th June . T ickets go on sale on Mon 18th March - but hur ry. They’ l l f ly out fast as this i s the epic SUBU event of the year.

Expect fancy dress, fairgroundrides, booming sound systems, l ive music and more ! L ineup yet to be announced but with acts such as Plan B, Feeder, Bombay Bicycle Club and Chase & Status gracing past l ine-ups, i t promises to be a great night. Start ing with a coach journey from The Old F i re Stat ion and ending with a survivors photo on Bournemouth beach front. I t real ly i s an unmissable night. For the latest information, l ike ‘Bournemouth Univers i ty Summer Bal l 2013’ at www.facebook.com/busummerbal l2013 and/or fol low @SUBUSummerBal l on Twitter.

~ S T I C K T O G E T H E R , S T A Y S A F E ~

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President: Mur ray S impsonLeroy-Winston Scott

Vice President Communications:Roseanne BlazeAna (The Gir l On F i re) Georgieva

Nasim Sour iAndy PointerAnnabel Hal l

Vice President Lansdowne:Sophie Chaytor-GrubbAshkan SabzeuarFrancesca Savy

Vice President Education: Har ley JohnsonJohn Gusman

Good luck to al l 12 of the candidates running for the four Ful l T ime Off icer Posit ions !

L O V E F O R L A N S D O W N EHey guys, so here’s what we’ve got coming up this month at Lansdowne.. . I f you want to know anymore or want to get involved just drop me an emai l . Love, Sophie. x 5 Minute Volunteer ingTues 26th February, 11-2pm.Make a cake in a mug and br ing along food for a local food bank.Diversity DayWed 27th February, 12-3pm, F loor 2 - EBC.Witness the food, culture and more of BU’s students f rom around the globe.MAD Day (Make a Difference)Thurs 28th February, 12-2pm, Boho Lounge.Help to raise awareness of HIV with char ity Body Posit ive. 10 spaces avai lable, s ign up by vis i t ing www.the-hub.org.uk.Full Time Officer VotingFr i 1st March – Fr i 8th March.Vote onl ine. Reults wi l l be held in Dylan’s Bar, Fr iday 8th March at 8pm.Speak WeekMon 18th – Fr i 22nd March.Speak up about the things that are important to you at your Students’ Union.

News from SUBUrbia is printed on 100 % recycled paper. We wouldn’t have it any other way!

www.subu.org.uk/green

Every penny of profit that is made in our commercial outlets (The Loft, Dylan’s, The Old Fire Station, Student Shops) goes back into SU activities.

Want to know more about any of these events?

Contact SUBU’s VP Lansdowne, Sophie Chaytor-Grubb on:

@ suvplansdowne@ bournemouth.ac.uk

http://subu.org.uk/lansdowne01202 962375

Have you got an event or story that you want to feature in the next issue of SUBUrbia? email: @ [email protected]

BOURNEMOUTH STUDENT SUCCESS STORY

L I T T L E C O M E T S T O H I T B O U R N E M O U T H T O W N I N E X P L O S I V E P E R F O R M A N C E !L itt le Comets aren’t your average indie band. They are ready to stand up for their bel iefs and avoid the manufactured sound of many-a modern musician. Making waves in the north of the country, they have per formed a ser ies of impromptu gigs, f rom metro stat ions to supermarkets.

Fol lowing the release of their second album, L i fe is E lsewhere, released via Dirty Hit on 8th October 2012, the tr io wi l l v is i t The Old F i re Stat ion in Apr i l 2013 dur ing their headl ine tour.

After s igning to Columbia Records, they’ve played several venues up and

down the country and had huge success in the UK Indie Charts with their intel l igent lyr ics and catchy refrains.

From playing fest ivals across the UK and Europe to being part of Hyde Park’s Olympic celebrat ions, the Tyneside group say to expect “a longer set” as a result of new songs f rom the tr io’s latest album. Whi lst newbie l i s teners wi l l fal l for the sharp harmonies, towering chorus’ and winding guitar r i f fs . This i s certainly a gig to watch out for.

T ickets are £11 and can be purchased onl ine:

www.oldf i restat ion.co.uk

N E R V E F M R I D E S T H E A I R W A V E S !

L E N D A H A N D A T S T U D E N T V O L U N T E E R W E E K

L O S T ?

Saturday 16th March 2013£25.00 - Book soon.

This term, RAG, the fundraising arm of the Students’ Union, will be blindfolding its members and dropping them off in the middle of nowhere. This is where the race back to Bournemouth will begin... From your drop off point, it’s your job, as a team of 2-4 people, to navigate your way back to Bournemouth University’s Talbot Campus.

To get invo lved w i th Los t? Contact RAG by emai l ing :

@ rag@bour nemouth .ac.uk

C L U B S & S O C SAn ALL NEW Mountain bike section has been added to BUCC (Bournemouth Uiversity Cycle Club). Weekly rides on Cranford Heath and Purbecks with free taster sessions.

For more details visit: www.facebook.com/groups/

bikebuccwww.subu.org.uk/clubsandsocs

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Sunday 3rd March 2013£30.00 – Book at SUBU reception

Your adventure starts cross ing the water f rom The Solent to the Is le of Wight. The is land has a dif ferent v ibe, which you wi l l exper ience dur ing a scenic is land dr ive over the chalk downland in the middle of the is land and along the coast. You’ l l v is i t Osborne House, hol iday home to Queen Victor ia and Pr ince Albert, the pretty v i l lage of Godshi l l , the Needles Battery and the Needles Park at Alum Bay, for a walk out to the histor ic rocket f i r ing base.

S I L E N T S T U D E N T S H A P P Y H O M E S

The Silent Students, Happy Homes campaign (SSHH) focused on reducing the noise and antisocial behaviour of students out in the local community. Throughout the week we distributed flyers with key information, launched the new ‘community’ tab on the SUBU website with a page dedicated to SSHH, and released our new video featuring local residents talking about their personal experience of the difficulties often faced and how we can work to improve the community experience for everyone.

For more info, see:

www.subu.org.uk/sshh

Join SUBU, f rom 25th Feb - 1st March, in volunteer ing for Student Volunteer Week. Now in i ts 12th Year SVW is a nat ional celebrat ion of student volunteer ing.

Try out a new activ i ty, learn a new ski l l and help to boost your CV al l whi le doing something for the greater good! We’ve got tons of act iv i t ies you can join in with f rom 5 minute volunteer ing ( i t real ly doesn’t take long to make a dif ference!) to one of our regular volunteer ing projects. Or why not t ry a MAD (Make a Dif ference) Day?

To s ign up or for more information go to www.the-hub.org.uk, or come up to SUBU.

Sunday 24th : MAD Day with the National Trust on the Kingston Lacy Estate.Monday 25th : Say Pants to Poverty ! Come to the Atr ium and make your volunteer pledge.Tuesday 26th : Make a Cake in a Mug and donate to the local foodbank (BOHO Lounge)Wednesday 27th : Join the Meyr ick Park Project or help to paint a mural at a local Pr imary School. Thursday 28th: MAD Afternoon at Lansdowne, rais ing awareness of HIV with Body Posit iveFr iday 1st : Take part in a MAD Afternoon helping disabled chi ldren doing kite sports, jo in the Alzheimer’s Memory Café Sess ion or make fr iendship bracelets for Hope Orphanage.

From March 11th to 24th SUBU’s very own Nerve Radio wi l l be showcasing the very best of student radio on Nerve FM. Across the airwaves of Bournemouth and Poole and onl ine at www.nervemedia.org.uk, we wi l l be br inging you the best music, chat, games and competit ions – made by students for students. Dur ing the day tune in for rock, pop and chart music and a lot of fun in between, with some of the best student presenters to help get you through your day at univers i ty. In the evening Nerve FM goes special ist. From Drum ‘n’ Bass

and Dubstep to Folk, Punk, Metal and more there real ly i s something for everyone. With talented student DJs and br i l l iant presenters, you won’t want to miss i t !

I f you want to f ind out more about Nerve radio then vis i t :

www.nervemedia.org.uk

Fairt rade Fortnight starts on the 25th February. You’l l see lots of stal ls and activ i t ies pop up at Talbot Campus, and in the Boho Lounge at Lansdowne.But what is Fairt rade and why is i t so important to support i t?When you see the Fairt rade mark over 3,000 products al l over the country, i t means that producers of things l ike your coffee, cotton and sugar, are being paid a fai r wage to cover the costs of production. They also get r ights ( including women) and have a voice in decis ions, as wel l as being given the freedom to join unions. An addit ional Fairt rade premium gives the producers an extra bit of money which they can invest in their communit ies on environmental, social or economic projects.

BU was awarded ‘Fairt rade Univers i ty’ status in 2006 by achieving f ive main goals, including committ ing to sel l ing Fairt rade products in al l Univers i ty out lets. This i s why you wi l l f ind a select ion of Fairt rade goods in the SUBU Shop, Dylans Bar, and even The Loft. Look out for hot dr inks, chocolate, wine, bananas and even clothing. Take the opportunity dur ing Fairt rade Fortnight to join in the activ i t ies, enter the competit ions and f ind out some more about the Fairt rade Foundation, and what you can achieve by swapping to Fairt rade products. Part icipation means pr izes !

Alys Penfold, BAMMJ, Yr 1

FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT

A Bournemouth Univers i ty graduate, who has t ravel led the wor ld making amazing sand and ice sculptures was back on campus to create a giant sculpture of BU’s NSS mascot NeSSa the Camel in a dinghy boat.Jamie Wardley created the sculpture as part of the campaign to encourage f inal year students to f i l l out the National Student Survey (NSS).Jamie graduated from the BSc (Hons) Environmental Protect ion degree course in

2001, and has s ince set up his own company - Sand In Your Eye - which is based in his hometown of Bradford.He said: “ I f i r st got interested in sand sculpt ing in 1998, when I was at uni , I was always down on the beach practis ing.“The degree that I did was very useful . You wouldn’t necessar i ly think i t with me being a sand sculptor, but we covered things l ike law and project management and health and safety and al l of those things which are

real ly important when you are running a business.”S ince graduating from BU, Jamie has t ravel led the wor ld and even helped Aardman Animations create the wor ld’s largest stop-motion animation set.I t took two days to complete the BU sculpture. Jamie said: “ I t i s lovely to be back in Bournemouth - I hadn’t been back to the univers i ty s ince I lef t so i t’s real ly nice, and I even bumped into one of my own lecturers.

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