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... to the Student Handbook 2003- Involvement 3 Involvement 04, the definitive guide to student The_Union 4 Sabbatical_Officers 5 life in Durham! Other_Officers 8 How_it_Works 14 Associations 15 For your convenience, the guide is Publications_&_Media 16 split into four main sections: DUCK_&_SCA 18 The_Union_Building 20 Societies 25 Involvement Information on how YOU can get Welfare 47 involved with the Students’ Union What’s_Available 48 and its Societies. Accommodation 51 Drugs 52

Alcohol Information Useful 54 Welfare Welfare Cigarettes 55 Student_Finance 56 Useful information on problems Health 60 faced by students, and the support Sex 62 available to you. Lesbian,_Gay,_Bisexual_&_Transgender 65

Out and About Out and About 67 Colleges 69 The guide to the your social life - Union_Ents 86 Colleges, bars, clubs and other Going_Out_in _ places of interest. ...Durham 90 ...Stockton 103 About and Out ...Newcastle 106 Useful Information ...Middlesbrough 108 A lecture planner to help you stay Useful_Information 111 organised, plus a directory of use- Useful_Dates 112 ful names and numbers and a list The_Directory 114 Lecture_Timetable 118 of important dates

credits... editor Published by Durham Students Union chris korhonen Dunelm House, New Elvet, photographs Durham, chris korhonen, tim packer, palatinate archive, DH1 3AN union ents and numerous others - thank you! Copyright © 2003 Durham Students Union contributors All Rights Reserved andy beales, tom butler, laura clark, dave griffith, Typeset in-house chris hunt, craig jones, jez light, ken morrey, tim packer, charlie salathiel, vaughan smith, Printed by: Printing Services NE andy thompson, rachael ward

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DSUDSU STUDENT HANDBOOK 2003/2004 the union... Welcome to Durham Student’s Union! include the raising awareness of issues DSU is your union. We work with JCRs in their area. Student issues such as to represent your views and stick up for alcohol awareness and safe sex are also your best interests in the University, in given focus. local community and nationally. On top of this, DSU provides many sup- DSU is entirely independent of the port services. For example, our

Involvement university and run by its members. All Accommodation Office can help you find full-time and part-time students are a house and deal with your automatically members. What’s more, landlord. The Advice Centre can help membership is completely FREE! with many issues - academic or personal. We also subsidise a Nightbus In the past year DSU has run many to help get you home safely at night. campaigns, targeting issues which are important to students, including The Union is also the home to over one demonstrations against the proposed hundred societies, from Amnesty to top-up fees and academic restructuring. purely fun ones like the Assassins Guild We have elected officers such as to academic ones like the Geographical

Welfare Gender and Race Officer’s whose jobs Society. They are brilliant ways of making new friends outside your College or Department.

DSU also does its bit towards making student life more interesting through services including top club night Planet of Sound, Kingsgate Bar, Riverside Café and the Student Shop.

Details on all of these and more can be found later in this handbook.

affiliations

DSU is affiliated with the following national organizations:

National Union of Students National Union of Students Services Limited Federation of Independent Advice Centres Association of Managers in Student Unions National Postgraduate Committee Mature Students Union National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux Useful Information Out and About Topless Top-Up Fees!

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PRESIDENT “It’s something unpredictable, but in the end is right, Involvement craig jones I hope you have the time of your life” Greenday E-Mail: [email protected] Time of Your Life Telephone: 0191_3341811

Hi, I’m Craig. It is my pleasure to Something that unites us all, however, is the introduce to you this handbook and, as range of general issues facing students in an President of the Students’ Union, to be uncertain time for Higher Education. My job, amongst the first to welcome you to the along with my team and through your input into University of Durham. DSU meetings, is to represent your views on these issues to the University, NUS, Your time here promises to be exciting, reward- Government and the media. DSU works ing and fulfilling; it will also be a time in your life towards this as a collective of the colleges in order to make the voice of our that goes by all too quickly. Whilst you’re here Information Useful Welfare you will have the social and pastoral students heard at the highest levels. I support of your college or society coordinate the range of activities thanks to Durham’s unique form of the Union and it is my of collegiate system. Beyond responsibility to ensure that you will live in one of the that they are constant- most historically and cultur- ly open and account- ally engaging cities able to you.You can around: a place that will drop in on me at colour and complement any time by pop- both work and play. ping into my office on Level A

Amongst all of this, of Dunelm About and Out Durham Students’ House, or by Union stands as an calling me on opportunity: 0191 334 1811 if I an opportunity for can be of students to get together to absolutely any help create, give effect to, during your time develop or simply do here. something that they might never again get a chance to for the rest of Enjoy and take advantage of their lives. the diversity of opportunities offered at Durham, be they available through Have you ever wanted to DJ on a radio station, DSU, college, societies or through your studies. edit a newspaper, campaign on an issue that The range and diversity of once-in-a-lifetime means something to thousands? Have you opportunities offered here, and the safe and considered picking up a martial art, recreating supportive environment surrounding them, is classic battles in live-action jump-gear, leaping what makes the Durham Experience; and it is out of a plane or fine-tuning your wine-tasting DSU that brings the Durham Experience to life. skills? DSU, through its national record number of Union-funded and student-run societies, caters for every specific taste, no matter how exotic, questionable or diverse! Use these as a chance to experiment and explore as student Craig life is all about growing in experience, in skills, as friends and as individuals.

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TREASURER E-Mail: [email protected] andy beales Telephone: 0191_3341809

Hi, I’m Andy Beales, DSU’s Treasurer and Director of Services for the next year. My job is to ensure the Union has enough money to provide all the services, societies and activities that benefit its members. As well as taking responsibility for the finances of the Union, which has a turnover in excess of 2 million pounds, I also oversee the work of the union with freshers, societies and the environment. Involvement The DSU treasurer acts as publisher for all our publications, including this handbook, as well as the award winning student newspaper Palatinate, and the student broadcaster Purple FM. While DSU acts as publisher for these media organisations we do not editorially interfere - you don’t win national awards for printing newsletters! So what about me? DSU treasurer is my job, but it isn’t my life. I play men’s lacrosse for the University, have a keen interest in science and the arts, and graduated in 2002 to the degree of Master in Science. My favorite activities usually involve my friends - indeed the fact that I am writing this in the lakeside cottage of a friend of mine from Finland (who I met in my second year at Hatfield) suggests that the friends you meet at University will play an important role in your life now an after you have graduated. Welfare This is my second year in office so I hope to carry over my experience and enthusiasm into some major projects this year. However, one thing my experience tells me is that 12,000 pairs of eyes see clearer than just one. If you see anything that you think is wrong, or could be done better in the areas that are my remit, or just have an idea that may make things bet- ter e-mail me at [email protected].

EDUCATION & WELFARE E-Mail: [email protected] charlie salathiel Telephone: 0191_3341779

Welcome to what will probably be the most memorable time of your life! Whether the first few weeks of Uni are thrilling, exhausting or daunting (or all of the above!) remember you’ve got one of the best University support networks around to make sure you get the most out of the next few years. In Durham there’s support all around you – in your college, in your department and not forgetting ... at DSU. As Education & Welfare Officer it’s part of my job to be there for you. My door is always open, or if you prefer I’m just an email or telephone call away. Anything you say will remain in complete confidence and be treated with the upmost respect. I’m also here to ensure you get access to quality welfare services. DSU provides services such as the Advice Centre (offering free, impartial and confidential advice on a whole range of issues), the Nightbus, and the Accommodation Office. I also work with (or sometimes against) the University to ensure education and welfare facilities work in your interests, whether it be the library, counselling service or IT provision. And finally, I’m here to make sure the University is providing and maintaining the highest standards of education and making sure students get the best

Useful Informationdeal Out andpossible About in their degree programmes. So I hope you get whatever you want out of uni, and always remember you’re never on your own. DSU is about being here for you!

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DUCK OFFICER E-Mail: [email protected] tim guinan Telephone: 0191_3341797 Involvement As DSU’s newest sabb, I’m responsible for running Durham University Charities Committee - what other universities would call RAG. We work to raise money for local, national and international charities - last year we raised almost 85 thousand pounds, making us the North- East’s biggest RAG organisation. I’m based in Dunelm House, in the DUCK office on the top floor, but a lot of the time I’ll be out around the colleges, supporting DUCK’s workers in the college or just doing ridiculous things for charity. I’m off this summer climbing Kilimanjaro and rushing around Britain - all in the name of charity - but I’ll be back for Freshers’ Fair, so track me down there, or phone or email me if you’ve got any questions. DUCK always has hundreds of ways for students to get involved - whether you want to go out on fundraising raids across the UK, jump off a bridge, run events in your college or help run DUCK centrally, just talk to us! Information Useful Welfare

DSU u n About and Out

Noon -11.00pm & 1am Wed and Fri

Plasma screen sports and mtv, food ‘til late, jukebox, pool tables. Free playstation, free fussball. Student staff, friendly atmos- phere. Balcony views of River and Cathedral. Level B, Dunelm.

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ACADEMIC AFFAIRS OFFICER CAMPAIGNS OFFICER stuart watson adam bell

E-Mail: [email protected] E-Mail: [email protected]

Hi, I’m Stuart. I’m here to make sure that I’m responsible for organising and publicising you’re represented on academic issues or DSU’s campaigns, and national campaigns

Involvement any issue which impacts your current or we’re involved in. I work with DSU’s future academic success at the University. I Campaigns and Welfare Execs, which work with the Education & Welfare Officer contain college reps as well as DSU officers. and the Queen’s Campus Academic Affairs Our campaigning priorities are set by the poli- Officer to co-ordinate the response of the cies that you and your JCR representatives Union to University plans. Recently, pass at DSU Meetings; if you’d like to help, or we’ve worked to ensure as fair a there’s something you think DSU should be deal as possible for students campaigning on, just talk to me or ask your on a range of issues such as college’s Senior DSU Rep or Welfare Rep. longer library opening hours and anonymous exam marking. CAMPUS LIAISON OFFICER Outside of my work at position vacant Welfare DSU I can be found in the Chemistry Department, E-Mail: [email protected] or more likely at home The Campus Liaison Officer is responsi- with my guinea pigs (all ble for coordinating the activities of DSU 9 of them); watching at Queen’s Campus, working with the or reading science JCR Presidents and DSU Reps at fiction or studying Queen’s Campus to ensure effective rep- naval history. I also resentation of students. play Go regularly.

COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER rachael ward

E-Mail: [email protected]

The Communication Officer’s job is to make sure you’re as informed as possible about what DSU is doing for your benefit. As well as producing posters and other publicity to advertise DSU campaigns and meetings, I also have a regular slot in Palatinate, named Unified, aiming to inform readers of the latest happenings in the Union and its student societies.

I’m Rachel and I’m this year’s Communications Officer. A Theology student from Van Mildert (with no plans to become a woman of the cloth, I might add), I was also Communications Officer for the latter part of last year and I’m looking for- ward to reprising my role.

Outside DSU I enjoy choral singing, good coffee and liberal amounts of chocolate ice cream; the latter two of which are in no way conducive to the first. I also harbor a (not so) secret fondness for Andrew Lloyd- Useful InformationWebber Out and About musicals as well as enjoying the odd game of hockey.

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DUCK DIRECTOR football fan. I drink copious amounts of tea and can shop for England. becky lambert Being director of DUCK basically means I Involvement E-Mail: [email protected] support a fantastically dedicated team who work to make sure the events we promise you actually I’m Becky, a 3rd year Trevs girl. I’ve been involved happen. My role is to ensure DUCK runs in DUCK since my first year, and it forms a big effectively by keeping regular contact with the part of my uni life. individual committee members to make sure they are happy in their job and chairing full My life outside of DUCK? Well… bubbly, exec meetings to get feedback on what is friendly and always game for a laugh, I and isn’t working well in DUCK. A big part of enjoy just having a good time! I’m to be my job involves spending time in the office found every Friday hitting the dance floor helping the Charities Officer with admin and at Planet. My ability to dance like a loon for ensuring the jobs that haven’t been done get hours on end means I’m also a regular sorted. I’m at most DUCK events to provide a weekday fixture at Klute, DH-1 and helping hand, but more importantly, to have various college bars! Musically, I fun! I hope to see you at some (if not all) of

play the drums, while on the sports Information Useful Welfare our events this year! front I play basketball and am a big

ENVIRONMENT OFFICER Since coming to Durham I have enjoyed making the most of every opportunity by eleanor williams getting stuck into things, including playing college basketball and hockey; going E-Mail: [email protected] hill-walking and rock climbing and having a bash at breakdancing. I am also part of the Hi! I’m Ele and I’m your Environment Officer SPEAK prayer and campaign network and for this year. My job is to provide information our college Christian Union. I love going out about environmental issues, to represent with friends and having a good time - environmental concerns to DSU and the possibly at Planet of Sound, but I only want About and Out University, to try to ensure that the college small doses at Klute (sorry all you Klute environment reps are aware of their role in lovers)! their college and are fulfilling it, and to look for ways of ensuring that we are living and work- ing as sustainably as possible. FRESHERS’ WEEK DIRECTOR chris hunt So why do we need an Environment Officer, you might ask? Is it all necessary, and will it E-Mail: [email protected] make a difference anyway? YES! Environmental issues affect everyone, Hi, I’m Chris and I’m the Freshers’ Week because it is all about what we take from the Director. Among other things, my job involves earth and what we give back, essentially. organising the Freshers’ Fair and other Everybody knows that natural resources are events which the Union runs during Freshers’ not in infinite supply and it is crucially impor- Week. Obviously this involves a lot of work tant that we do not just use and during the summer, and liaising with the abuse them. And there are ways many societies and organisations who we can implement such want to get involved. “environmentally-friendly” principles in our everyday lives, I am a third-year Computer Scientist and be it the temperature we wash most of my spare time is spent around our clothes at or buying recycled a bar, either serving customers in paper. You don’t have to become Varsity or drinking large quantities of a tree-hugging hippie to help alcohol! the environment!

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LIVERS’-OUT OFFICER problems. The Manager of the DSU Accommodation Office also sits on this paul davis committee, allowing students to influence the running of this important service, which will E-Mail: [email protected] undoubtedly become your best friend in Hi there, I’m Paul – the DSU Livers’-Out Officer. January! Further, I liaise with the private estate Durham is proud to offer at least two years of agents in Durham, with the long term goal of accommodation in college to most students, but improving the standard of student at some point during the course of your studies, housing city-wide.

Involvement you will be required to “live out”. I’m responsible Your first point of call for any living out based for representing students during this time in their issues should usually be your college rep, university career, plus I’ll be of assistance when though I am always available as a source of you’re actually looking for a house or a flat - but information. don’t worry, that doesn’t begin for a while yet! As a brief introduction of myself, I’m a fourth I meet regularly with the Livers’-Out year Maths and Physics student, but don’t let Committee, which consists of a that put you off! In my spare time I edit the representative from each college, where we Trevelyan College magazine, and I enjoy discuss relevant issues organise athletics and table tennis. I’m also an avid campaigns (such as Carbon Monoxide golf fan, though I’ve yet to fit this into my awareness week) and provide a support time at Durham. Who knows, maybe

Welfare network for anyone experiencing this will be the year when I do!

GENDER OFFICERS ellen saffrey & phillip ramsden

E-Mail: [email protected]

Hello Lovely Freshers! The word of the week is ‘welcome’, but we hope to be among those who continue to make you and your issues welcome in your students union throughout the next year.

We’re Ellen and Phil, your new Female and Male Gender Officers respectively; we’re here to help with all your needs specific to being either a male or female student in Durham. This basically means our role is to encourage sexual equality in our University through campaigns and by helping with any problems experienced by individual students. We’re also here amongst the rest of Charlie’s lovely caring welfare type people to look after the you when issues relating to night safety, sexual health or alcohol abuse threaten to spoil your fun.

Being a fresher is great, whatever your gender, but occasionally things can crop up, at which point we hope you’ll be happy to contact either of us. We’re not particularly scary (whatever Phil looks like at times) and I hope you’ll find us approachable if any of you, male or female, have any questions or want information on where to get help for yourself or others. We’re open to suggestions for gender campaigns and any of you who’d like to get more involved in DSU through this will be welcomed with open arms.

Like all the officers you’ll be able to find us during office hours but we can also be found around Dunelm or in college (John’s for Ellen, Hild Bede for Phill). You might also catch either of us dancing like a maniac in the Union from time to time if you’re a nocturnal sort. Useful Information Out and About

See you around!

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HANDBOOK EDITOR huge fan of cricket and plays it very badly, enjoys anything from big nights out clubbing chris korhonen through to quiet chats over coffee, and takes a healthy interest in politics and current

E-Mail: [email protected] affairs. Georgia is also on NUS LGB Involvement committee which is a convenient link. But Surprisingly enough, the role of the handbook away from ‘rainbow politics’ she enjoys fine editor involves the production of this ale, good company and winding Chris up, publication over the summer vacation. does a fair bit of volunteer work and works at In my spare time I can usually be found at DSU bars so no doubt she’ll serve you a pint Mildert bar, or at Planet of Sound. I enjoy at some point (and a good pint at that!). listening to all types of music, mainly cheese, and spending time with friends. After working in Klute for six months I’m up for anything! POSTGRADUATE OFFICER position vacant LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL & E-Mail: [email protected]

TRANSGENDER OFFICER Information Useful Welfare The Postgraduate Officer represents georgia rooney & postgraduate interests in DSU and organises chris henderson relevant campaigns. They also liaise with the Postgraduate Association, and encourage E-Mail: [email protected] postgraduate involvement in the Union.

The role of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender (LGBT) Officers is to provide the day-to-day link between DSU as a whole and its autonomous LGBT Association (LGBTA). SENIOR RETURNING OFFICER We aim to ensure that the interests and jennifer gray needs of LGBT students are always taken About and Out into account at every level of DSU’s activities. E-Mail: [email protected] Formally this involves sitting on DSU Welfare Executive and DSU Officer Team, but we will My main duties include co-ordinating the always be proactive in liaising with other appointment of every DSU position elected at people, whoever they may be, as and when Council or General Meeting throughout the necessary, in order to make the most of year (and there’s about 125 of them - officers, DSU’s policy of strong and comprehensive editors, committee reps and so on) and also support for its LGBT members. None of what having overall responsibility for the running, we do however could be done without the planning, administering, publicising, etc of the LGBTA. We have a hand in all its functions, two cross-campus ballots held each year. The also being its Joint Presidents - this work other specific power designated to SRO is ranges from running regular private and that I’m the one person able to make rulings confidential drop-in hours in the DSU Blue on the meanings of Election Regulations. Room, through varied representative and campaigning activities, to the serious busi- SRO is a huge job, but it doesn’t take up my ness of the LGBTA’s extensive social whole time. When not hiding in Dunelm I’m schedule! actually a 2nd-year Physicist. Ways to unwind from all this consist of helping with a local Away from the crazy Rainbow Unit, playing piano or cello, being world of DSU, Chris is involved with the Computing Society, and notorious for his love of learning to play Go. Other than this my life is cheesy pop music (and spent desperately trying to find free time to do we do mean some work towards my degree. cheesy), is a

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RACE AWARENESS OFFICER QUEENS CAMPUS ACADEMIC peter adi & AFFAIRS OFFICER james wharton john bennett

E-Mail: [email protected] E-Mail: [email protected]

Hi, I’m James and I joined Durham Queens’ Campus Academic Affairs Officer is University as a fresher last year, reading one of the two non-sabbatical officer posi- Politics with Law. In my first year I have tions aimed solely at students from Queen’s

Involvement joined many of the wide array of societies Campus. As Academic Affairs Officer I’m and activities available through DSU. here to liaise between Queen’s Campus stu- dents and the university on any academic My name is Pete and I am the other half of related matters. This ranges from meeting the race awareness team. I am also with course reps to make sure your courses beginning my second year this October, are working the way you want (and no, that studying Economics with French. In my first doesn’t mean I can make them all easier for year I have played football and you) to organising the Queen’s Campus badminton for college and joined societies Academic Senate. The Senate is an annual such as the Union Society and of course, forum for all Queen’s Campus students to dis- the Economics Society! cuss academic related issues and is an important event in the year. We both hope to enhance Durham’s already Welfare superb race relations and the multi cultural It is also my job to ensure that there are diversity that make it the marvellous place library and IT resources available to you to that it is today. We truly feel that it is only by enable you to do your course effectively. If at broadening horizons and widening the any time during the coming year you feel con- breadth of experiences available to students cerned about the way your course is being that we can help maximise what university run or about the library and IT facilities then life has to offer. Facilitating and encouraging don’t hesitate to send me an e-mail or grab Durham’s diversity and multiculturalism is a me when you see me round campus. job we are sure will be both enjoyable and interesting, if at times somewhat As well as being Queen’s Campus Academic challenging. Affairs Officer, I’m also the John Snow College Welfare Officer and Vice President If you wish to discuss any issues, or just (Welfare) of the LGBT Association. And then have someone listen, both of us will be more there’s the small matter of being in the final happy to play whatever part we can. You year of European Studies with French. I can know where to find us, use us! often be found propping up the bar in the Rocket or out round the delightful STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES bars and clubs of Middlesbrough. I’m friend- OFFICER B ly and approachable and dawn nicholson always happy to have a chat - especially if its E-Mail: [email protected] about my one major obsession: The This year we hope for a year of lots of Eurovision Song exciting and new projects. We have a num- Contest! ber of ideas in the pipework such as sign language courses that we hope to get up and running before the year is out. This

Useful Information Out and About year we have an association so we hope that this means that we can organise more social events.

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SOCIETIES OFFICER Union supports. dave griffith & chris lane We make sure societies are accessible to all as well as run fairly and safely. Involvement E-Mail: [email protected] Furthermore we also help people set-up Getting involved with societies is one of the new societies, so if you don’t see anything most fun things you’ll do at University. that interests you come and tell us what Through joining societies you’ll meet new new society you want to start! If you do, people from other colleges, courses and we’ll be prepared to allocate year-groups. Membership also some of our union funds to looks pretty good on your CV! help you with your activi- There are over 120 to join or ties. So if your interested in you can start your own - all joining an existing society, you need is 30 people. As want to start your own new DSU Societies Officers, we’re one or have any problems here to oversee the running with a society why not check efr sflInformation Useful Welfare of the societies the out our website!

TRAINING COORDINATOR within the first few weeks of the year. This will establish relations between the Junior and laura ‘tigger’ kemp Senior Reps from each college, and provide everyone with essential E-mail: [email protected] information on what DSU is all about - why we hold meetings, proceedings within them; Hi, I’m Tigger, and I’m DSU’s Training unlocking the terminology, with the aim of Coordinator. This is a demanding role, as it ensuring that everyone knows who everyone involves first learning each aspect of the else is and why we’re all here in the first many varied positions of the non-sabbatical place. If anyone still feels fuzzy about their About and Out officers and committee members, then personal role, or DSU in general, then I’m working with the President and officers to here to answer all queries and help in any identify their needs, providing the appropriate way possible. training and assistance as and when necessary. By the time you read this I will If I had a life outside of my degree and DSU, have attended a course for training trainers, I’d probably be a rowing cox, because I’m a which I can only hope will be just like the short-a**e with a very loud voice, and dabble Orange adverts. I will emerge a fountain of in lacrosse, hockey, tennis and rally driving. I DSU knowledge, second only to am in fact a University and Hild Bede the almighty Steering Cheerleader, a member of the Ski society, Committee. Jazz and Groove society, and Treasure Trap, the medieval society where you get to batter As a second year law stu- people with swords and dress up like a rat. dent, I spend the majority The only society I actually attend on a regular of my time in Durham basis is Cheerleading - I love the uniform (so incarcerated in Palace do the male sports teams!) and the Green Prison, and need a opportunity to support my college or lot of loving on the rare University team whilst dancing along to a occasions I’m released back funky routine is fantastic. Another perk of the into society. This is why I society is that we can hurl (wholesome) intend to turn DSU into a abuse at the opposition, a skill that we can sort of extended family, by combine well with the Heckling society! holding introduction and general training sessions

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how it all works... information: Steering Committee DSU is totally democratic with important http://steering.dsu.org.uk/ decisions taken by members who wish Electronic Voting to use their vote, whilst the everyday http://vote.dsu.org.uk/ running of DSU is done by the elected officers and committees. Questions for officers can be submitted There are two main bodies that make Involvement to Council and General Meeting; the decisions - General Meetings and sabbatical officers can also attend JCR Council - and several committees and meetings in order to answer any officers with day to day responsibility for questions. areas of union affairs. In total there are around 125 positions that students can Overseeing DSU’s democracy is the fill. These range from officers to editors Steering Committee, which is of media publications such as Palatinate responsible for the administration of the and even this handbook! union, elections and interpreting rules and regulations. If you’ve got any The sabbatical team, DUAU President questions on DSU democracy and the and NUS Conference Delegates are all

Welfare rules on which it runs, email them at elected in cross-campus elections over [email protected]. several days. All students may vote either electronically or by post. Further information, including dates of meetings, can be found on the web at All elected officers and committees are the addresses above. accountable to all members of the union through Council, and General Meetings where they are elected.

Officers report to Council to tell members what they have been doing. Any member can ask questions of officers. what’s the difference? General Meetings Council Union General Meeting (UGM) is the Council controls the management of the place to go if you want to have your say in union. Officers and Committees explain how the union is run. Any member of the their actions to the Union, ensuring every- union can propose motions to be dis- thing done is open to democratic scrutiny. cussed, and can attend, speak about them and finally vote on them. Most officers are There are usually four Council’s per term. also elected at UGM. Anyone can attend, however only DSU There are usually two UGM’s per term. reps, elected by a college JCR, can vote. Useful Information Out and About Anyone can attend and vote.

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association Involvement E-Mail: [email protected] E-Mail: [email protected] The International Students Association is the largest association in the The Postgraduate Association aims to University of Durham, consisting of over offer representation, assistance and 1,200 International students and rising support to postgraduate students each year. Every year, the ISA throughout the university. organises the Welcome Weekend for about 250 new International Students, We advise the Union on matters offers cheap trips to famous cities regarding postgraduate members and around the country and organises by far represent the views of postgraduate the most famous banquet each every members to the following university year with dozens and dozens of committees: Graduate School, IT Users, efr sflInformation Useful Welfare international dishes from around the IT Strategy, Library and Ceremony and world cooked by students themselves. Honorary Degrees Committee.

The international flavour of durham is We canvass the opinions of postgradu- rising every year. We have our weekly ates through the Postgraduate ‘International Students Night’ at Scruffy Academic Senate, Graduate Society Murphy’s Pub, every Tuesday from 9pm House Committee, the Committee of onwards, and a regular newsletter to MCR Representatives and General keep you upto date of what’s going on. Meetings. General Meetings are open to So if you want to find out more, come all members - that’s all postgraduates. along to Scruffy’s or e-mail us at the About and Out address above.

lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender association

E-Mail: [email protected] WWW: lgbta.dsu.org.uk Telephone: Internal_41771

University is one of the most diverse, laid-back and accepting environments the average person will ever experience, one where you can develop and blossom emotionally and spiritually, broaden experiences and live exactly the life you want to live. However, no matter who you are, coming to university can be a daunting experience fraught with pitfalls. If you’re lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, or think you might be, it may seem that little bit harder to make your student years the fantastic time of your life they can and should be. But what you do and whom you meet in your spare time can make all the difference. That’s where Durham University LGBT Association comes in.

For further details, please refer to page 65 in the Welfare section.

BRINGING THE DURHAM EXPERIENCE TO LIFE 15 DSUDSU STUDENT HANDBOOK 2003/2004 media and publications... purple fm palatinate E-Mail: [email protected] E-Mail: [email protected] WWW: purple.dsu.org.uk WWW: purple.dsu.org.uk

Purple FM is DSU’s own in house radio Palatinate is Durham’s award-winning station. It’s a kind of post-modernist independent student newspaper. Taking paradigm of student propaganda, witty its name from an obscure shade of

Involvement banter, and alternative tunes for the purple, and providing students with kids. Essentially, it’s a veritable banquet essential news, sport and features. of aural entertainment. This newspaper is written and For 28 days, from the 10th of November, produced entirely by students, and we we take to the air from our studios in are always looking for new writers and Durham. editors to inhabit our hot, cramped office - get in touch with us and we will tell you So you do fancy fronting a radio show, how to get involved. eh, punk? Here’s the deal: we give you some quality attitude-free training, and Even if the hectic world of journalism let you have plenty of time to practice. does not appeal to you, make sure you Welfare Then you get to embarrass yourself in pick up a copy every fortnight and keep front of all your mates in a huge on-air up to date with the latest goings on “misunderstanding”, possibly involving around Durham. Its free so what have Ron Davies and a south London badger you got to loose? You can grab a copy that eats car keys. in the Student Shop.

There are plenty of opportunities for you to help out both on the mic and behind the scenes - be it in the music depart- ment, advertising team, promotions crew, or even presenting a show. You’ll probably end up getting free stuff for it, as well as experiencing a Purple FM social.

And just remember, we’re Durham’s Biggest Turn-on. And we’re better than you are too. And our dad is bigger than your dad (unless your dad is 6’6”). So nerr. Useful Information Out and About

16 DISCLAIMER: No animals were harmed in the making of Purple FM. Unless you count that stray dog. But we don’t like to talk about that. M EDIA AND P UBLICATIONS DSUDSU the lip website E-Mail: [email protected] E-Mail: [email protected] Involvement www: www.dsu.org.uk WWW: www.thelip.org.uk DSU has an extensive website overseen by The LIP is the UK’s only national our web editor, containing links to the latest magazine aimed at students. Taking a goings on in the Union and around the defiantly pro-multicultural standpoint, University. You can find society information, the magazine features work from both the latest Durham news, information on students and professional writers and campaigns, election information and online artists, and is concerned as much with voting, the latest DUCK and SCA event arts and culture as with politics and details, search for accommodation in Durham current affairs. - the list really is endless, and it keeps on growing! At present, the LIP magazine is efr sflInformation Useful Welfare published once a term, at an exponentially increasing number of universities, colleges and bookshops.

We are always seeking articles for inclusion in our printed and online editions, and at this early stage of the LIP we are also seeking collaborators to influence the direction of the publication. About and Out handbook E-Mail: [email protected]

This fine publication! Every year, over the summer, the Union produces a handbook like this one. Filled to the brim with juicy information which is valu- able to both freshers and existing stu- dents.

If you have any com- ments on this handbook, or suggestions for the next one, then please let us know!

FACT: There is only one picture of the Handbook Editor in this publication. The first person to find it, track him down and say to him 17 “Hi, This Handbook is Great” has far to much spare time! (But he may buy you a pint!) DSUDSU STUDENT HANDBOOK 2003/2004 durham university charities DUCK is the only uni organisation to give you the duck offers you opportunity to do all this and more, whilst helping us to the chance to... better the £85,000 we raised for local, national and international charities last year! ...climb Mt. Kilimanjaro So, what is DUCK? ..hitch to Barcelona, Dublin,

Involvement DUCK is the biggest, best and most rewarding Amsterdam... organisation to be part of in Durham! We are the University’s charities committee, the equivalent of ... blag free weekends to RAG (raise and give) - an organisation which exists various UK cities money for worthy causes in various light-hearted and fun ways, trying to involve as many people as possible ... don short skirts/trousers, throughout the year. Activities range from sponsored eat vodka jelly and play in a hitch hikes to rag raiding, bops to auctions. The ball pool at the massive bi- highlight of the DUCK calendar is the infamous DUCK termly Back2School party! week, which brings DUCK to the forefront of student’s activities throughout the University and Colleges for .. see the university’s

Welfare seven long days. DUCK weekend in the first term sporting elite in the DUCK provides a taster of this massive event! Naked Calendar

DUCK is about more than just money. We believe that fund-raising should be fun, and that it should be educational. All those who have ever been involved in DUCK have learnt something about themselves, and have developed skills whilst benefiting others. DUCK is for the adventurous and the inno- vative. All ideas are welcome: to us the word “can’t” does not exist.

Mt Kilimanjaro

The highlight of the DUCK year - 25 students head off to scale the heights of Mount Kilimanjaro. This is one of our most popular events and takes place in the first weeks of the summer holiday. A once-in-a-lifetime chance will all accommodation, flights etc organised for you.

Hitch-Hikes

WIth “free” transport to a city A hapless student takes a wrong turn on the way as fantastic as Amsterdam or home from Klute Dublin, our hitchhikes Useful Information Out and About promise to give you a weekend to remember.

18 DON’T LET YOUR DEGREE GET IN THE WAY OF YOUR EDUCATION… DUCK & SCA DSUDSU kommittee... DUCK Raids student Involvement A DUCK raid gives you the chance to spend community a (free) weekend away from Durham. We spend the Saturday shaking cans and raising action cash, then the evening sampling some of the Chair: Alistair_McCabe finest drinking establishments the city has to Manager: Catherine_Isaacs offer. We stop over in luxury accommodation E-mail: [email protected] (cough) so the next day is free for you to Phone: 0191_3341797 indulge in a bit of retail therapy or site-seeing. Situated: Level_A,_Dunelm_House Durham University Student Community Raids are a great way to meet new people Action (SCA) is one of the largest and get out of Durham to some great cities for organisations in the Union with over 700 a bit! members. We co-ordinate opportunities for DUCK Week students Information Useful to volunteer in and around Durham. Welfare With over 40 projects to choose from we The highlight of the Epiphany term, where hope to cater for everyone’s needs; this DUCK takes over the University for 7 full includes the opportunity to work with days. Normally held in the Epiphany term at children, teenagers, adults, people from the beginning of February, it takes weeks to disadvantaged backgrounds, and the recover from, and this years promises to be mentally and physically ill. Our projects bigger and better than ever before! Your range from running a prison crèche to college rep will have the details for events landscape gardening to working in local going on in and around your college, but schools to helping at the hospital. But, if expect slave auctions, Stars in Their Eyes there’s an area that inspires you and we don’t About and Out competitions, DUCK hits, themes b cover it, please come to the office and you ops and formals, bungee jumps and much can look into setting up a new project with our more! support.

Back2School In order to become a volunteer you don’t need any experience - we provide all the The best and most enjoyable event in the training and support you’ll need. All we ask union - all care of DUCK! Throw on your old of you is your time (as much as you can give) school uniform, and bop to music from the and your enthusiasm. In return, we hope 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and naughties. With a ball you’ll find it rewarding, challenging and fun. pool, vodka jelly and glow stick galore check As SCA is such a large organisation it’s also out what all the fuss is about at the first a great opportunity to meet new people and Back2School of the year on Wednesday 29th learn new skills. It can also look great on October. your CV, which is why we provide the nationally recognised Millennium Volunteers further information: Award that recognises 100 and 200 hours of volunteering. DUCK Office, Level A, Dunelm House If you’re interested come and visit us at the online: Freshers’ Fair, email us or just pop into the http://duck.dsu.org.uk/ office for a chat - we have tea and coffee!!!

V ISIT HTTP://DUCK. DSU. ORG. UK/ FOR MORE INFORMATION 19 DSUDSU STUDENT HANDBOOK 2003/2004 the union building...

Dunelm House, the Students’ Union building, houses a range of services for students, including the popular Kingsgate bar. Here you can also contact the Union’s officers and welfare advisors.

Involvement Dunelm is situated on New Elvet, up the road from Elvet Riverside. You really can’t miss it - it has a particular brutalist style (it’s amazing what you can do with grey concrete). It’s the winner of a RIBA Architecture Award, incidentally... level A

Welfare accommodation office If you want to ‘live out’ then the Accommodation Office is the best place to start looking. Approximately two thirds of privately rented accommodation advertised as being suitable for student lettings, is advertised by the Accommodation Office. Many properties in and around Durham are advertised. The Accommodation office can also give advice and information on everything from facilities in a particular area, to help with house-hunting, repairs, safety, and tenancy problems. The Accommodation Office is there to help you so please make use of this service.

advice centre The Advice Centre is the place to come if you have any problem or queries. It offers a free, confidential, independent and professional advice service - if its staff cannot help you then will know someone who can. It has a stock of information on most topics and also offers a representation service. Call in or phone (0191) 334 1775 to make an appointment.

sta travel The STA travel shop provides all sorts of travel deals for students. Coach, rail cards and tickets are also available from here. Be warned, however, at the end of term this place is packed from dawn till dusk. Useful Information Out and About

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The home of DUCK and SCA - here you can find the people responsible! Involvement sabbaticals officers The Sabbs’ PA, Kath Vassey, resides in the Advice Centre reception. Here you can make an appointment to see any of the sabbatical officers. general office This hive of activity is where the Steering Committee and the non-sabbatical officers reside. Office hours for the non-Sabbs are usually posted on the door, but if you just pop in you’re likely to be able to find someone who can help you.

level B Information Useful Welfare kingsgate Kingsgate, the Union’s main bar, has a capacity of over 400. Offering a unique atmosphere, without the insularity of some student bars, Kingsgate is friendly and diverse.You even get used to the bright yellow walls after a while. A popular nightspot, useful for meeting friends before going out. Its opening hours are longer than college bars, making it ideal for a pint or snack between lec- tures, especially in summer when the balcony is open, giving About and Out spectacular views of the Cathedral and a chance to bask in the sun. There are also pool tables and a Playstation 2 upstairs! reception If you’re looking for someone or something in Dunelm, or have a query and need to know who can answer it, then reception should be the first port of call. There isn’t much Bev Lockett, the friendly receptionist, doesn’t know about the Union and she can always point you to the right person.

BRINGING THE DURHAM EXPERIENCE TO LIFE 21 DSUDSU STUDENT HANDBOOK 2003/2004 level C riverside café coffee corner Riverside is the perfect place to pop in for Nestled away in Riverside Café, Coffee cheap coffee, food and a chat during Corner offers high quality, your lunch breaks or any time of day.The ethically café boasts a bar, which is open till 11 sourced, every night, and an extensive menu of coffee at culinary delights. affordable Involvement The perfect place to hang out between prices and is lectures, enjoy a drink, or to chill in the perfect during the evening where there are regu- refreshment lar events organised by both DSU and its for your after- societies. noons. On hot summer days you might also want to try the range of iced coffees, and the chocolate brownies are to die for - made r riversidecafe by hand at Eggleston Hall, a local stately home.

Welfare launderette student shop The launderette is within easy walking The shop is best known for excellent distance of city centre houses and is value stationery and cut-price fairly cheap. With washing newspapers (eg. The Guardian for 15p). machine and tumble drier, what However, there is a lot more more could you ask for? on offer than that. It also sells magazines, Durham University clothing and gifts, snacks and general supplies. At the beginning of the year you can buy second hand course books and sell them again at the end of the year! The shop also has a good-value binding service and photo development service.You can also get your tickets for the Wednesday night Ents in the shop.

Useful Information Out and About studentshop

22 HTTP://WWW. DSU. ORG. UK/ T HE U NION B UILDING DSUDSU level D vane tempest hall This is the smallest of Dunelm’s venues. other union However, it does have a cosy atmosphere and a bar. It is therefore services very popular as a venue for society meetings and events and private parties. Booking information is available well bread from reception. The library coffee room, serving sandwiches, soft drinks and cold food between 10.00 a.m. - 4.30 p.m. Vending machines for hot drinks, cans and chocolate, which operate all day and night.

chem café level E Located in the Chemistry/Geology building (below the red greenhouse!). margot fonteyn ballroom A popular lunchtime location for The Fonteyn Ballroom is the largest many science students, the venue in the University and is the main “ChemCaff” sells hot and cold focus for UnionEnts. It is also available drinks, sandwiches and snacks for hire for large society events. during the daytime. There are also vending machines for hot drinks, Among the events that take place here Pot Noodle, cans and chocolate during the year are Freshers’ Fair, a which are available 24 hours a careers fair, the Palatinate (sports day! awards) dinner and most of the Union General Meetings. You might even end up sitting your exams in here! oriental museum café The Oriental Museum is opposite Van Mildert College and is an ideal opportunity to learn about another culture, with many Oriental relics on display - including beautiful pottery, and more unusually mummies! DSU runs the museum’s café, which serves a variety of sandwiches, cakes and refreshments.

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C LUBS AND S OCIETIES DSUDSU societies... contact: [email protected] Getting involved with societies is one of the most fun things you’ll do at www: Involvement University. www.dsu.org.uk/societies

Through joining societies you’ll meet sports: people from other colleges, other www.sportdurham.com courses, even (gasp) other years - and hopefully have a lot of fun along the way!

All societies offer you some skill development and challenges beyond your degree and with employers keen on transferable skills and personal development you can’t go wrong! efr sflInformation Useful Welfare

All registered societies are funded in some way by DSU and they are all listed in this handbook. They all have pigeon holes in Dunelm House reception so they can be contacted via internal mail. navigation:

Durham Students’ Union boasts the academic 26 largest number of student societies in arts_&_culture 29 the country (currently over 100!). In

music 33 About and Out addition to DSU’s societies, the Durham outdoor_activities 37 University Athletic Union (DUAU) has over 50 sports clubs. Colleges also have politics 38 their own societies and sports teams, so skills 40 there are plenty of opportunities to get sports_&_games 42 involved!

can’t see a society that interests you? start your own!

It really is that easy! Just find yourself 30 people who want to join your society, fill in a couple of forms and away you go.

All DSU societies are entitled to an entry in this handbook and on the website; a stall at the Freshers’ Fair, an ITS computer account; and are allowed to claim up to £500 from DSU each year to spend on activities and items which help fulfill their aims and objectives.

Contact the Societies Officer for more information!

F OR T HE L ATEST S OCIETY L ISITINGS V ISIT HTTP://WWW. DSU. ORG. UK/ SOCIETIES 25 DSUDSU STUDENT HANDBOOK 2003/2004 academic anthropology society archaeology society [email protected] [email protected] www.dur.ac.uk/anthropology.society www.dur.ac.uk/archaeology.society Membership: Year_£3 Life £5 Membership: Year_£3.50 Life £6

Looking for a society which aims to mix ArchSoc is one of the largest societies business with pleasure? If so, the and we welcome members doing any

Involvement anthropology society is the society for degree. Our activities include guest you. We are a relatively new society with lectures and frequent trips to exhilarating ideas. We organise socials, archaeological sites (usually resulting in themed bar crawls, international cuisine us all being in the pub at some point!). nights and we are planing to visit an anthropological museum in the second term. In the anthropological fashion, each member is assigned to a family chemical society within the society, making sure that [email protected] newcomers won’t be left out in our www.dur.ac.uk/chemical.society anthropological exploit. So let’s all flock Welfare to the DUAntSoc! The society is run by students for the benefit of broadening both the intellectual and social horizons of fellow chemists. This involves a lecture astronomical society program, with the lectures being held on [email protected] a Tuesday evening at 5:15pm. The www.dur.ac.uk/astronomical.society lectures are intended to appeal to Membership: Year_£3.50 Life £5 chemists (and other scientists) of all levels from undergraduates to Originally part of PhysSoc, AstroSoc is a professors, and is hoped show more of society where people get together to the fun-side of chemistry. We organise look at the stars. We meet on weekend many different social events such as evenings and whenever there is a quiz’s, brewery tours, bar crawls and of special astronomical event about to course the annual formal dinner. Anyone happen. Occasionally, we also have is welcome to attend these events, and guest speakers from around the country in fact the more the merrier. giving talks in the Physics Department on astronomical phenomena and the science of Astronomy. Useful Information Out and About

26 HTTP://WWW. DSU. ORG. UK/ C LUBS AND S OCIETIES DSUDSU french society german society

[email protected] [email protected] Involvement Membership: Year_£4 Life £8 Membership: Year_£5 Life £8

The French Society is a must for all fran- “Ohne Wurst unt ohne Speck dat das cophiles. Wether you are studying the Leben keinen Zweck”, or at least that’s language, want to widen your what the Germans think. Whether you’re knowledge of the culture or simply enjoy interested in the language, or just have a the cuisine, this society will fulfill all your taste for Bier and Bratwurst, the German needs! Enjoy our wine & cheese Society is for you. Experience German evenings and themed barcrawls - a customs right here in Durham, starting great chance to make new friends and off with our very own Oktoberfest and let your hair down! Improve your French regular Stammtische where you can at our film nights and theatre trips - the improve your fluency and honour the perfect chance to study French in a age-old Information German Useful drinking tradition. Welfare friendly and relaxed atmosphere. If acting is your forte, then show off your There’s the annual German Society skills in a French Society production. meal and a chance to celebrate This year we are organising a trip to Christmas twice on Sankt Nikolaus France - set to be the highlight of the Abend. You’ll be able to watch both year and a first for the Society! Don’t modern and course related German forget the Euroball either - the perfect films and meet native speakers in a way to finish the year European style! social environment. If that’s not enough you can show off your acting skills in our So, whatever your interest, join the yearly play! u n About and Out French Society by visiting us at the Freshers’ Fair and let us help you make the most of your time in Durham!

combined honours social computing society society [email protected] [email protected] compsoc.dur.ac.uk Membership: Year_£5 Life £10

This society aims to create a shared We exist to provide advice and support identity between people in the combined for the computing activities of our faculty, to provide help & support to all members; whether academic or combined students throughout their non-academic, technical or degree. It aims to foster relations non-technical. We have a library of between combined students through useful resources and we have talks from social events. IT professionals and members of staff on various subjects and go along to NOOPS (Northern Object Oriented Programming Society) and BCS (British Computer Society) talks in Newcastle.

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linguistics society [email protected] MOn-Fri 8.45am-4.30pm www.dur.ac.uk/linguistic.society Sat 10am-4.30pm Membership: Year_£3 Life £5 Durham Uni Ling Soc is a student coffee organisation which ensures we don’t get too serious about our subject. We provide a forum for mass-debating Involvement between students and staff, aiming to corner strike a balance between work and play through regular socials and our annual meal. On the academic side we organise Ethical coffee at talks within the department and arrange trips to lectures further afield. a great price riverside café mathematical society [email protected] www.dur.ac.uk/mathsoc dunelm house Welfare Membership: Year_£3.50 Life £6 african caribbean We are a society that tries to provide another side to university life. We other societies... provide a social setting to meet fellow Several societies did not submit listings. mathematicians or just maths interested Please e-mail them for further people, to get together away from information or visit their stall at the lectures. Previous events include Freshers’ Fair. bowling, quizzes and trips to Countdown. arthur holmes geological society [email protected]

spanish society history society [email protected] [email protected] www.dur.ac.uk/spanish.society Membership: Year_£6 Life £12 natural sciences society [email protected] Whether you study Spanish, are interested in Spain or Latin America or philosophical society [email protected] just want to have some fun, the Spanish Society is for you! If you are interested in politics society brushing up on your Spanish (or just [email protected] want to escape college food) then come along to one of our Spanish speaking psychological society lunches or regular film nights. There will [email protected] also be plenty of opportunities for fun science society Useful Information Out and About ranging from salsa nights to sangria [email protected] parties, tequila, meals and cinema trips.

28 HTTP://WWW. DSU. ORG. UK/ C LUBS AND S OCIETIES DSUDSU arts and culture society bede film society Involvement [email protected] [email protected] www.dur.ac.uk/af-cab.society www.bedefilmsoc.com Membership: Year_£7 The African-Caribbean Society (ACS) is a vibrant society committed to promoting Bede Film Soc is Durham University’s African and Caribbean culture within only student cinema with a full size Durham University and beyond. Our screen and Dolby Digital surround approach entails fusing academic sound. We have showings on Saturday excellence with social well-being. We and Sunday evenings and on some hope to achieve this through, cultural Wednesdays in Caedmon Hall, Hild activities, dances and parties, health Bede. and sporting events, fundraising for We aim to please the majority and show charity, and bringing thoughts and Information Useful Welfare people together (debates, lectures, the best comedies, romances, and seminars, workshops...). A warmly dramas that we can get our hands on. welcome awaits you! You don’t need to be a member to come to see a film, but if you are you get in for only £1! (non-members £1.80). You can join at DSU Fresher’s Fair and it will set ballroom and latin american you back a mere £7 a year, which is hardly a fortune!!! dancing [email protected] Tickets for evening performances are www.dur.ac.uk/ballroom.dancing purchased on the door from 7.15pm and About and Out the film starts at 8pm. Durham BALADS allows people (even those with two left feet!) to develop the caledonian society social skill of Ballroom Dancing. E-Mail: [email protected] Whatever level of dancing (if any!) you Membership: Year_£10 Life £15 have reached, Durham BALADS will be able to have you waltzing, quickstepping The Caledonian Society is one of the or tangoing wherever you go! (Believe most established and popular societies you me, that includes jiving in Klute!). in the university. The society is about Surprisingly enough we dance! Under learning to dance Scottish reels and the careful and ever watchful eyes of the then putting them into practice at the two most fantastic instructors. prestigious Alnwick Castle Ball at the end of February.

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We have practices every week and also outings, culminating in the week long hold a more informal ball at the end of Summer Tour. Previous tours have taken the Michaelmas term. The Caledonian the society as far away as Scotland and society is a great way of meeting other North Wales, and are a great students while have a fun time in true opportunity for socialising away from Scots Style! Durham. So, why not come along one night and find out what we do?

Involvement catholic society [email protected] film-making society www.dur.ac.uk/catholic.society [email protected] Membership: Year_£3.50 Life £7 Membership: Year_£4 Life £12

The catholic society is part of the wider We aim to provide a forum where people community of St. Cuthbert’s Catholic with a shared interest in film-making can Church, Old Elvet, Durham. The society discuss and develop ideas. We shall works closely with Father Peter also provide the facilities to enable our Leighton, the parish priest and catholic members to record and produce their chaplain, to offer spiritual, pastoral and own work. We would like to hold a

Welfare social activities to catholic students. A number of screening nights to showcase variety of events are organized each the produced work. Our additional aim, term, including ceildhs, discussion days when possible, is to invited guest and a termly retreat out of Durham speakers experienced in these areas to which is a great opportunity for spiritual discuss and advice aspects of refreshment. During term time there is a film-making. student mass every sunday evening (6.30pm) at St. Cuthbert’s Church to which everyone is welcome. fine arts society [email protected] change ringers society Membership: Year_£3.50 Life £5 [email protected] The society hopes to serve those www.dur.ac.uk/~dds8crs actively interested in fine arts in Membership: Year_£5 Durham. At the moment we run a termly exhibition of student artwork, sometimes Interested in learning to ring bells, or together with the Photography Society. already a keen ringer? Then DUSCR We meet every Wednesday in ER148 at may be the society for you! We are a 7pm. Every other week we have a lively and enthusiastic group of people life-model and art teacher on hand to who meet regularly every wednesday help with drawing. The intermittent week evening to ring together at local towers, we run a still-life class also with a and sometimes further afield. teacher, to experiment with different media’s. Not all our time is spent ringing, though, as there are a variety of other activities Useful Information Out and About organized throughout the year - the annual dinner, football, picnics and

30 HTTP://WWW. DSU. ORG. UK/ C LUBS AND S OCIETIES DSUDSU hellenic society We also do bagel brunches, usually with [email protected] a speaker, and have links with other www.dur.ac.uk/hellenic.society societies for bigger social events. If you

Membership: Year_£4 Life £6 are interested, please visit our website Involvement or email us. Shalom! You just got here? Have you heard about the Greek discos yet? Well, if not, it merhaba society certainly won’t be long because [email protected] everyone knows they are the best! And Membership: Year_£3.50 Life £5 that’s not all - we organise events of many kinds throughout the year We aim to bring a familiar and warm including Greek meals and football and environment to Durham’s Arab students basketball matches.You don’t have to be and to create awareness of Greek to join the Hellenic Society - Middle-Eastern culture and its issues to anyone can join! the rest of the student populous. We organise prominent guest speakers,

currently Information Useful in the pipe-line we have Bader Welfare Ben Hizsu, Arab film director, promoting islamic society Yemen awareness; and guest speakers [email protected] from the Middle-Eastern embassies. We www.dur.ac.uk/islamic.society also organise Arabic parties where you Membership: Year_£3 can enjoy Arabic, Turkish and Persian music along with exquisite DUIS disseminates the Islamic culture Middle-Eastern cuisine, and maybe a amongst muslim/non-muslim students little Shisha! and caters for their social needs; helps develop understanding, character and u n About and Out skill. We perform the following activities: Friday prayer at the university mosque, methodist society evening fast breaking dinner during [email protected] Ramadan, an induction program for new www.dur.ac.uk/methodist.society students, cultural dialogue and speakers. Methsoc is a group of students who meet together in a spirit of Christian Fellowship. We are mainly, but by no means all, Methodists who meet every jewish society Sunday and Wednesday at Elvet [email protected] Methodist Church for a wide variety of types of meetings: discussions, guest The Jewish Society is for all of those speakers, debates, videos, music etc. who want to inject Judaism into their We are an action-minded group with lives: we hope to cater for those who activities to cover a wide scope of want to socialise, enjoy the atmosphere interests. We engage actively in the of Friday Night meals, go to synagogue, community and with the local church. or learn about Judaism. We hope to provide opportunities for Christian witness, both as a single We organise Friday Night meals, both society and within a larger Christian here in Durham and elsewhere, spectrum. including Newcastle, Leeds and York.

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real ale society student theatre [email protected] [email protected] www.dur.ac.uk/real-ale.society www.dur.ac.uk/DST Membership: Year_£5 Life £10 Welcome to the Real Ale Society! We are one of the biggest societies in DSU Durham has a highly active theatrical and when you join you’ll see why. Our scene, both college and university reason for existing is to appreciate the based. DST is based in the Assembly craft of brewing. To do this we offer our Rooms/ As an ‘umbrella’ organisation, Involvement members the chance to visit breweries DSU organises a freshers play, Durham to learn about and test ale first hand. We drama festivals, theatrical and technical also organise ale nights at local taverns workshops, trips, socials and the highly where a wide range of guest ales will be acclaimed Durham Oscar’s. made available to sample. We also offer our members the opportunity to take an Our exec are here to help and advise exam and become an official ale taster! with every aspect of production. If you feel guilty about drinking, you can Interested in theatre? DSU is the best always join our football team to keep in place to start! shape! Welfare

science fiction and fantasy society [email protected] www.dur.ac.uk/sf+f Membership: Year_£3.50 Life £7

The Sci-Fi and Fantasy society exists for all your SF+F needs. We show a film every Wednesday at 7:30pm in Mary’s East JCR, after which we usually report to Mary’s bar for drinks and lively discus- sion. There are also regular socials plus the traditional end of year shindig. We also have an extensive library of SF+F books available to all members. For those of you with a creative hand, there is an SF+F writing group which regularly meets to discuss creative writ- ing. The society also produces a fanzine, ‘Metamorphosis’, once a term. Useful Information Out and About

32 HTTP://WWW. DSU. ORG. UK/ C LUBS AND S OCIETIES DSUDSU other societies... music anglo-japanese society

[email protected] alternative music Involvement society capoeira senzala [email protected] [email protected] www.dur.ac.uk/alt-music.society cerinus society Membership: Year_£3.50 Life £5 [email protected] Welcome ye indieboppers! Our tastes chinese society range from Gorkys Zygotic Mynci to [email protected] Greenday, stumbling upon bands such creative writing society as Belle and Sebastian, Primal Scream [email protected] and VAST in the process, including tons of others that you or I won’t have even european society heard of. We’ll be anything from a bus [email protected] service Information to Useful a library for you demanding Welfare improvised comedy freshers, (ie. We run discounted buses [email protected] for members to see bands, and have a stack of weird and wonderful cd’s we are inner temple society desperate to get rid of for free!). We [email protected] organise oodles of social events where you’ll meet people who have one thing in malaysian society [email protected] common with you - they love their music! manga and anime society [email protected] About and Out brass band society meditation society [email protected] [email protected] www.dur.ac.uk/brass.band orthodox society The Brass Band, exists both to perform [email protected] concerts, and to promote brass bands, photography society and their music. We currently rehearse [email protected] at the Music department on Palace Green every Saturday afternoon from scandinavian society 2pm till 4pm. The department is situated [email protected] right next to the cathedral. As you look singapore society towards the cathedral, its the building [email protected] closest to the cathedral, on the right. We are open to all members of both DSU, welsh society and the University as a whole, who wish [email protected] to play brass band music.

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big band society [email protected] www.dur.ac.uk/bigband.society Membership: Year_£6

As Durham’s finest 18 piece swing and jazz band, we are looking for players with talent and commit- ment to join us in 2003. We perform at a number of professional bookings in and around Durham, in Involvement addition to hosting our own events in the Fonteyn Ballroom. If you’re into jazz, and you seek the thrill of playing in front of a few hundred people, please drop by our stall at the Freshers’ Fair, or send us an email.

break beat society choral society [email protected] [email protected] Membership: Free www.dur.ac.uk/choral.society Membership: Year_£15 We promote underground music and

Welfare raise awareness of talented performers The Choral Society is one of Durham’s in Durham, giving students an most prestigious musical groups, opportunity to perform their skills to an offering enjoyable and exciting musical audience. Offering an alternative scene opportunities to all its members. We sing within Durham for people who do not like two or more concerts a year, often in the listening to commercial music, through Cathedral, working with professional regular events at venues such as the soloists and accompanied by the students union. University Orchestra.

Under the direction of widely acclaimed James Lancelot, organist and Master of the Choristers at Durham, the society performs a large variety of works. 2002’s highlights included a concert with the BBC Philharmonic, to be aired on Radio 3. In March 2003, the society gave a sell-out performance of Verdi’s Requiem in the Cathedral.

The 2003/04 season looks set to be equally exciting. Entry is via a short audition: if you enjoy singing, and have some experience sight reading, please email or visit our stall at the Freshers’ Fair to sign up for a time. Places are open for sopranos, altos, tenors and bases. Rehearsals take place on

Useful Information Out and About Monday nights between 7.30 and 9.30pm.

34 HTTP://WWW. DSU. ORG. UK/ C LUBS AND S OCIETIES DSUDSU hill orchestra light opera group (dulog) [email protected] www.dur.ac.uk/hill.orchestra [email protected] Involvement We are Durham’s main non audition www.dur.ac.uk/dulog.society orchestra and pride ourselves in DULOG has performed a wide variety performing a wide and varied repertoire of musical productions, from Gilbert & of music to a good standard. Our mem- Sullivan to rock musicals such as bers who are welcome from all colleges Chess. The scope of such a society of Durham meet every Wednesday means that there are opportunities to evening. We have several concerts get involved in many different areads. throughout the year, including the famous ‘Last Night of the Proms’ concert There will be auditions for singers, held at the end of the second term. In actors and dancers in due course and the final term we enjoy going on tour. we are always looking for people to Though we strive to produce music of a get involved in areas of production. good standard, Hill Orchestra sill Information Useful Welfare maintains its very friendly atmosphere DULOG provides a great opportunity proven by its lively and bubbling social to socialise and meet people from calender throughout the year. Hill across the University spectrum. For Orchestra really is an excellent way to more details of this year’s activities, meet people from all over the university, please visit our website. with a similar passion for making music.

karaoke society About and Out [email protected] www.buttercup.me.uk/duks Membership: Year_£3.50 Life £9

Karaoke, favorite recreational activity of the Japanese and the moderately drunk! Something which has been sadly absent in Durham until now. DUKS aims to bring this entertaining art form to Durham with events in colleges and the students union. Can’t Find the One of our exec members has killed Society That people with his singing, so your not going to be the worst singer in the Intrests You? house! Plus lots of opportunities to pickup DJ/KJ skills behind the scenes. Above all we want our members to have Create It! fun.

Join DUKS today - NO SKILL See Page 25 for Details REQUIRED!

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revelation rock gospel choir [email protected] www.dur.ac.uk/rock.gospel Membership: Year_£3.50

Revelation is a christian-based rock gospel choir where everyone is welcome, no matter what their abilities, talents or beliefs. The aim is to create an Involvement environment where friendships can be built and hidden abilities drawn out. Revelation is more than just a choir!

See our website for more information, meeting times and future events.

There are no pre-requisites to joining - no auditions - so just pop along to a rehearsal, We look forward to seeing you soon! Welfare

rock society [email protected] www.dur.ac.uk/rock.society Membership: Year_£3.50 Life £5 other societies... Several societies did not submit listings, If you like rock, alt-rock, punk, metal, ska please e-mail them for further or skate-punk then this is the society for information or visit their stall at the you! freshers fair. Our society brings together people with chamber choir similar musical tastes and promotes [email protected] rock music throughout the university by running Rock nights at the student concert band union, informing people of gigs in the [email protected] North-East and running busses to some of them. We also have varied social folk society outings such as themed bar crawls, [email protected] where you might blag yourself a free music society drink! [email protected]

Don’t let the Durham ‘cheese’ recording studio society overwhelm you - join us and rock- on! [email protected]

urban and underground society Useful Information Out and About [email protected]

36 HTTP://WWW. DSU. ORG. UK/ C LUBS AND S OCIETIES DSUDSU outdoor activities countryside society duke of edinburgh award society Involvement [email protected] [email protected] Membership: Year_£6 www.dur.ac.uk/duke-of-edinburgh.society

Join the voice of rural Durham! We aim The society is part of an international to bring together people with a mutual society, which runs three levels of interest in the countryside, promoting awards, Bronze, Silver and Gold. The awareness of current rural issues and award is highly recognised by employers providing a way for people to get out into in the workplace, and looks good on any the country. This is one of Durham’s CV. most social societies, enjoying regular events - including drinks, dinners and There are five different sections of the balls. - fundraising for organizations award: physical recreation, a skill, an working in the countryside. Join us to be expedition, a service and a residential efr sflInformation Useful Welfare part of the battle to defend the rural way project. The society provides support of life and so to secure the countryside and equipment for the expeditions, and for future generations. ideas, and contact information for the other sections of the award. The award is a highly valued award, does not require serious commitment, and should be viewed as a marathon and not a sprint.

other societies... About and Out

expedition society [email protected] hill walking society tenteleni travel [email protected] [email protected] www.dur.ac.uk/walking.society Each Saturday during term time we organ- ise and lead walks for people of all ages and abilities. Walks this year have been to the Lake District, Pennines, Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire Moors and Scotland. We also run weekends away, and a week away in the summer, which is a great chance to go somewhere thats a little bit different.

So, grab your boots and a rucksack and get away from the stress of academic life for a refreshing day out. It’s a great way to meet loads of new friends.

BRINGING THE DURHAM EXPERIENCE TO LIFE 37 DSUDSU STUDENT HANDBOOK 2003/2004 political amnesty international via our links with national groups such society as No Sweat and the Clean Cloths Campaign. [email protected] www.dur.ac.uk/amnesty.international Our main aim is to challenge existing Membership: Year_£3.50 Life £6 practices in the clothing industry and to encourage greater ethical production in Involvement The Amnesty International Student the manufacture of clothing. The group Group is part of a worldwide, is friendly and informal and we welcome independent organisation which works any amount of participation and level of to promote the Universal Declaration of knowledge on the issues. So come Human Rights. We meet every week to along, get involved and make a write letters to campaign for the freedom difference! of prisoners of conscience, the freedom of speech and to end torture and political killings!

If you want to be part of an organisation liberal democrats

Welfare that makes a difference worldwide while [email protected] meeting like minded people at Durham www.dur.ac.uk/liberal.democrat then Amnesty is for you! We promise it is Membership: Year_£4 not all dull letter writing..... The aims and objectives of the Liberal Democrat Society are to provide and show a presence of the Liberal anti-sweatshop Democrats in Durham; to uphold and promote party policies; to encourage campaign students to join the Liberal Democrats; [email protected] to encourage political involvement and www.dur.ac.uk/anti-sweatshop.campaign to have fun! Membership: Year_£3.50 Life £5

The Durham anti-sweatshop campaign exists to raise awareness of sweatshops and the garment industry and to labour club campaign for change. We aim to engage [email protected] the student and public body in many www.dulc.org.uk social, economic and political issues that surround sweatshop labour. Our Our club exists to ensure that socialist activities range from letter writing to and progressive ideas are represented local MP’s and major clothing in the university. We are here to companies to campaigns against represent our own values of social exploitative producers, through to justice, equality and democracy. We aim debate on international trade issues to champion our government’s through high-profile speaker evenings achievements when we believe they are

Useful Information Out and About and events. We are involved in a number right and demonstrate our concern of national anti-sweatshop campaigns when we believe they are wrong.

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boris johnson fan club

Our club meets almost every Tuesday [email protected]

www.geocities.com/borisjohnsonfanclub Involvement during term time to discuss, debate, listen to speakers and much more. We campaign on issues close to our hearts The Boris Johnson Fan Club is an and fight in elections for our comrades in informal body dedicated to Boris the region. Recently we have been Johnson, MP, the Tory Adonis. visited by Hilary Armstrong MP (Chief This man, possessed of wit, wis- Whip), Ivan Lewis MP (Education dom and an unflappable hairstyle, minister), Kevan Jones MP, Peter will re-ignite voter passions and Kilfoyle MP, Mo Mowlam and many more sympathies for the beleaguered interesting people from our movement. Conservative Party.

Whilst we at the B.J.F.C. ascribe to no particular political opiniona- model united nations tion, Information we Useful must confess that the Welfare transcendent charms of Boris [email protected] have indeed begin to turn us, not www.dur.ac.uk/durham.muns to alcohol like so many before us, Membership: Year_£3.50 Life £5 but to the Tory ideals, as embod- The Model United Nations Society holds ied in Boris- the importance of the regular debates on resolutions relating individual, the need for self-deter- to contemporary real-world diplomatic mination beyond one’s capacities, issues. We replicate the procedures of and an unfailing respect for all the real Un with committee discussions men, regardless. open to all members where we work to About and Out We at the B.J.F.C. invite you to join resolve the difficulties facing our us, to salute Boris Johnson, a international leaders. Never has the great man, a great friend, and a UN’s role in world affairs been more great organ of British politics. pivotal, and by weekly debates and termly trips to national United Nations conferences (at other UK universities), we engage in gripping international affairs.

STAR [email protected] Membership: Year_£3.50

We aim to support those asylum-seekers and refugees in the North East, especially those who express a desire to integrate into British society. We will work with like-minded

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Membership: Year_£3.50 Life £7 Involvement The Durham Journalism Society is a new society with the aim of telling We are the Durham branch of SIS, the anyone who wants to know more about UK’s largest non-political student socie- journalism, more about journalism! ty! We offer our members the opportuni- Whether it be newspapers, television, ty to develop key transferable skills - radio, online, or any other media, we’ll such as leadership, communication and try and help you learn more. By meet- self-confidence - which are highly val- ing we can exchange our own thoughts ued by graduate employers. and ideas and we’ll also hear from By joining SIS we will help you to secure speakers in the world of journalism to the graduate job or placement that YOU get their thoughts and ideas - and so want. We do this by a mix of presenta- you can put your questions to them.

tions, skills Information Useful sessions and workshops; Welfare The society was launched following the and through regular social events which success of the inaugural Durham give you the chance to network with Journalism Conference in March 2002. graduate recruiters from a wide range of Speakers including the BBC’s Jeremy industries. Vine and Catherine Marston, Sky News This year we have an impressive calen- presenter Martin Stanford and der of events being planned, ranging Independent Education Editor Lucy from a company presentation by Price Hodges all gave a talk and took Waterhouse Cooper in November, a questions. look at new ideas toward education and our annual ‘Dinner With Industry’ event - About and Out where you have the chance to network management with a group of graduate recruiters, from consultancy society many companies, over dinner followed by a massive party! [email protected] Membership: Year_£5 Life £10 If you are interested in joining then please e-mail us, visit us at the The society intends to promote Freshers’ Fair or come along to our intro- awareness and knowledge about the duction event - Wednesday 15th management consultancy profession. October, 2.30pm in the Vane Tempest We intend to work closely alongside the Hall - Free Beer and a variety of other careers department to co-ordinate goodies! presentations and improve links with the profession.

The society intends to improve student skills and encourage discussion between members.

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freefall club games society [email protected] [email protected] Involvement www.dur.ac.uk/freefall.club www.dur.ac.uk/games.society Membership: Year £10 Membership: Year_£3.50 Life £7

Durham University Freefall Club is the The games society provides an arena largest club in the North East, this is due within which students can unwind and to the low cost and top quality training play the games in our library or ones provided by Peterlee Parachute Centre. that they bring along themselves. We are With student discounts, jumps are just a relaxed society who invite any and £15 a go, making progression afford- everyone to come along and have fun. able. The initial static line training course is £140 (inc. your membership to the club) and with trips around the UK and belly dancing Information Useful society Welfare foreign trips to France and California there are plenty of incentives to get to [email protected] the top of this sport! www.dur.ac.uk/belly-dancing.society The sport is very weather dependent so Membership: Year_£3.50 the social side of the club is very Ever wondered how Shakira got that shimmy? important with fortnightly socials with Come along to the Belly Dancing Society and find other freefall clubs and bar crawls. out! Don’t be put off by the images of bare jiggling flesh - midriff baring is not a requirement and size DOES NOT MATTER! Neither do you need any prior experience. Belly dancing incorporates a About and Out heckling society surprisingly large range of styles from finked-up [email protected] Shakira to sexy and seductive or chilled-out www.dur.ac.uk/heckling.society relaxation, and all under the guidance of our highly qualified teacher, Ruth. Plus it’s a fantastic The society aims to turn a normal and fun way to get fit and tone up. At Belly sporting fixture into an event that can Dancing we put as much enthusiasm into partying enjoyed by players and spectators alike. as we do dancing - so watch out Durham, here we Our desire is to create a carnival-like come! atmosphere at these nationwide university events. We envisage sound, music, colour, crowds, mascots, balloons, food, alcoholic drink...... The ideas and possibilities are truly endless.

The main objective of the society is to provide ‘extreme support for Durham sport’ both home and away from Durham. We feel the best way to support Team Durham is to heckle the opposition. Is this wrong? Probably. But never mind.

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s n s g L u o . . i c u f . c e o . r k i e r e ORG g £ s t . 5 y c u e k n . t UK / C LUBS AND S OCIETIES DSUDSU diagonals, line speeds around Heathrow shorinji kempo club and exactly why the Nuremberg [email protected] Variation shouldn’t be used in competi- www.dur.ac.uk/shorinji.kempo tive play. Membership: Year_£5 Involvement

We usually meet in the pub and play Shorinji Kempo is a dynamic Japanese over a pint of real ale; if you enjoy these martial art, firmly rooted in the Zen things, actual ability can come later... tradition of buddhism. Its first principles are: self-defense, spiritual growth and a healthy body. The training of Shorinji paintball society Kempo aims to develop the potential of the individual and create a balanced [email protected] human being both physically and www.dur.ac.uk/paintball.society mentally. Its intentions are to instill a Membership: Year_£4 Life £10 student with the confidence needed to The society exists to promote paintball stand up to their ideals and the ability to as a sporting and recreational activity. defend their Information Useful position. Welfare We represent the university at regional Shorinji Kempo teaches effective self- and national level events and can defense, utilising both hard and soft organise cost effective recreational techniques - Goho and Juho. This events for other DSU societies. creates a system of self defense built on technique rather than physical strength, meaning a smaller defender can treasure trap overcome a larger attacker. Seiho and Zazen meditation are also taught. [email protected] www.dur.ac.uk/treasure.trap About and Out

Welcome to Treasure Trap, a world of excitement and adventure. A place wing chun kung fu club where your creative side can reign [email protected] supreme. Wether it is writing stories of Membership: Year_£3.50 Life £5 epic heroism, creating medieval costumes, making weapons and totems We practice the art of Wing Chun King or simply playing the part of a person Fu, focusing on improving techniques from a world of magic and wonder, this rather than athletic ability. This improves is the place for you. practitioners self confidence, self aware- ness and self control. Wing Chung is We meet twice a week to play out the also an effective form of self defense. lives of brave heroes and heroines (or villains and henchmen if you prefer), drink in the famed Greedy Goblin tavern other societies... for wizards and warriors, and to plan aerobics society how to fight the forces of evil that lurk in [email protected] the woods at weekends. Join us and find a whole new world! motor sports society [email protected]

BRINGING THE DURHAM EXPERIENCE TO LIFE 45 studentshop Best cards Best prices DSU

Monday - Friday 8.30am - 5.15pm Saturday 10.00am - 4.00pm Level C, Dunelm House, New Elvet, Durham, DH1 3AN Telephone: 0191 334 1813 Fax: 0191 334 1778 E-mail: [email protected] or visit our website at www.shop.dsu.org.uk Our profits stay in education Welfare DSUDSU STUDENTS HANDBOOK 2003/2004 where to go for help...

dsu advice centre

The DSU advice centre can be found on The advice centre also provides level A of Dunelm house and is staffed emergency supplies of condoms and by several trained advisors. can lend out personal attack alarms on request. The advice centre offers free,

Involvement independent, confidential and impartial The advice centre is open to all students advice on all topics. We have particular of the University, and if we are unable to expertise in: help you then we will be able to refer you on to someone who can. Finance/Student Funding Opening Hours Academic Matters 9.30pm to 4.30pm, Mon-Fri Please telephone (0191) 3341775, or Personal Issues visit the office, to make an appointment Employment with an advisor.

Welfare We can also act as an initial contact for legal advice. nightline Nightline is a completely confidential We offer a representation service for listening service. You can call academic hearings as well as in the Nightline on the below number or call small claims court and benefits appeals in our officers behind the Dun Cow on should this be needed. Old Elvet. Nightline always has a man and The advice centre keeps a range of woman on duty between 9pm and information and we are affiliated to the 7am, during term time. National Association of Citizen Advice The service is run by students, it is Bureaux, United Kingdom Council for free, without affiliation, and is open to Overseas Students Affairs, Federation all. It does not matter what is of of Independent Advice Centres and the concern, what information you National Association of Student Money require or how long you talk. Advisors. Nightline offers information on a wide range of subjects, from abortion and sexuality to something simple like a pizza or taxi number. Nightline also offers anonymous pregnancy testing, free condoms and personal attack alarms.

telephone: (0191) 3743315 or 43315 if calling

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48 HTTP://WWW. DSU. ORG. UK/ WELFARE AND SUPPORT DSUDSU international office the nightbus The advice centre works closely with the DSU provides a nightbus service on International Office in providing support and evenings, 7pm till 3am 7 days a week. Involvement advice to international sudents. Priority is given to lone travellers where Coming to a new country to study can be very possible and a 50p donation is requested. difficult and it is likely that you will have ques- tions upon your arrival. The timetable is available on the back Phone or email for an appointment. cover of this handbook. telephone: (0191) 3346328 telephone: e-mail: 07050 156171 [email protected]

Having a Party? Welfare

Birthday End of Exams End of Term Special Event u n About and Out Durham Amateur Rowing Club ‘DARC’ Is Available For Your Function

FREE HALL HIRE Information Useful

Contact: Barry Hudson or Mark Bell @ the City Boathouse : 0191 3866431 e-mail: [email protected]

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DSU studentshop Academic, second hand books. Guardian, Telegraph, T imes, FT all only 20p, cheap weekend paper prices too.

Kodak developing and printing (24 hr service) Level C, Dunelm House, New Elvet, Durham, DH1 3AN Telephone: 0191 334 1813 Fax: 0191 334 1778 PersonalE-mail: [email protected] alarms Also availableat atdiscount Stockton Campus - or visit our website at www.shop.dsu.org.uk Our profitsed pricesstay in education S TUDENT A CCOMMODATION DSUDSU accommodation...

Nearly all second years have to live out further information: Involvement of their College. This means you have to The Accommodation Office, Level A, enter the wonderful world of the private Dunelm House or speak to your rented sector. college livers’-out officer. Living out is often a release for those students who don’t suit the College online: lifestyle and a chance to get away from http://houses.dsu.org.uk/ College food and head for the delights of home made student cuisine. City centre property can be expensive - expect to pay on average £53 per person per week. The Accommodation Office has vast lists of accommodation come Welfare January. top tips Durham is a very small city with many outlying villages for those who have a tighter budget. DSU organises house Look towards Neville’s Cross, hunting road shows in each individual Claypath and Gilesgate for cheaper college around late November and early rents. December time so that is when you will find out what you need to be aware of. Make sure your property is DSU Code of Standards approved - this

For those of you who have already found About and Out means that it meets a set of a house, if you have a problem whilst living out contact the Advice Centre or standards set out by the the Accommodation Office for help. Accomodation Office.

Pick your housemates carefully, make sure you can stand a year of their company!

When moving in, take an inventory of all items in the house - and if sflInformation Useful possible photo’s showing the general condition of the rooms. This will help to protect you in disputes at the end of your tenancy.

DON’T WORRY! Even if it is June and you don’t have a house for next year, there will still be places available.

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drugs... What can I do about it? As well as alcohol, a multitude of less legal substances change hands. Each of these fiddles with your brain’s There are plenty of peo- function to produce effects ranging from the sublime ple that can help you, through the ridiculous to the terrible. Before going any and it is best if you go further, it’s worth underlining the fact that all the drugs for help as soon as you listed below are illegal. This means two things. realise you need it

Involvement rather than putting it off. You can’t trust your supplier Your own GP or the University Health The people you are buying your drugs from are, by Service can be a good definition, criminals. By the logic of in for a penny, in for start and remember a pound, many of them are not just criminals in the anything you tell them is sense that they sell drugs, but are also nasty pieces of confidential. If you don’t work in many other regards. If you intend buying your fancy that, there are drugs from a friend and find this warning ridiculous, then several other sources of remember that unless your friend owns an import-export advice and information. company in South America, he presumably bought them from someone else, so the dodgy geezers I’m talking

Welfare telephone: about still come in somewhere. National Drug Helpline 0800 77 66 00 Because you’re buying them from criminals, buying drugs isn’t like buying something from a shop. You have online: no guarantee that what you pay for is what you get. On www.trashed.co.uk the level of the merely annoying, this may mean that you get sold rubbish which does nothing for you. On a more worrying level, it means that your drugs could be cut with any old crap your dealer’s supplier had sitting about the house, from baking soda to rat poison (no really, rat poison has often been found cut into drugs stashes seized by the police).

The University and Police will be out to get you

If you get caught with drugs then the University’s policy says two things. First, they will shop you to the police. Second, you will face University disciplinary action, which, especially if you get caught with a Class A banned substance, could well end in expulsion.

When the police get hold of you, the result will again depend on the nature and quantity of what you are caught with. However, at the very least you will get your drugs confiscated and face a fine. That could mean a criminal record, which has implications for your University career and your employment prospects. It also seriously affects any travel plans you might have: many governments, especially that of the USA, won’t let you set foot in their country if you have a drugs-related offence on your record.

Useful Information Out and About Don’t say you haven’t been warned.

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addiction Many of the substances in the sketch above are highly addictive. Basically, this means that users need to take more and more of the drug for it to have any effect on them at all. If you are not sure if you’ve got a problem, ask yourself the following questions:

Do I ever use it in the morning to help get me out of bed? Information Useful

If I don’t take the drug, do I get withdrawal effects?

Have my friends commented on how much I seem to be using?

Am I using more than I was when I started?

Am I having difficulties keeping up with my course work?

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alcohol... What can I do about it? Alcohol is a sedative, which means it slows down the functions your body, including your brain. During the If you think your initial, and usually most enjoyable, phase of drinking, this drinking is getting out means that your mind relaxes and you experience the of hand and you want world ‘with the edges taken off’. You feel more relaxed, help sorting yourself and your inhibitions are reduced, which often makes out, the you should people less shy, more talkative and more open.

Involvement consider contacting the Alcoholics Anonymous As you continue drinking, the sedative effects become 24-hour helpline. more pronounced, increasingly affecting your speech, which becomes slurred, and your movement, which becomes clumsier and more sluggish. If you push it far telephone: enough, you may eventually pass out. Alcoholics Anonymous 24-hour Helpline Massively excessive alcohol intake (such as a whole 0845 769 7555 bottle of vodka) can kill you, as the sedative effect slows down vital organs such as the heart to dangerous levels. Usually, your body will make you vomit much of the

Welfare alcohol out of your stomach before things get to this stage, but if you are unconscious when you throw up, this can cause as many problems as it solves. If you vomit while lying on your back, you may choke and die.

If someone you know is so drunk they have completely passed out, then lie them on their side in case they vomit, and keep a regular eye on them to make sure they are OK. If you get seriously concerned, call an ambulance. long-term use

The Government offers official advice on safe drinking limits over the long term: 28 units per week for a man and drink spiking 21 for a woman, where one unit is equal to a measure of spirits, a half-pint of lager or a small glass of wine. The most widespread They also insist that you cannot save all these units up form of drink spiking is for one or two binges a week; you should spread them the addition of evenly and try to have couple of booze-free days each unexpected levels of week. If you exceed these weekly limits, or if you binge alcohol, usually vodka. drink, you risk a variety of physical and emotional This is often overlooked problems later on down the line, such as a ruined liver or as spiking and as a an inability to face people without the crutch of alcohol. result can often be the most harmful.

Useful Information Out and About if you do drink, don’t do drunk

54 TO LEARN MORE ABOUT RESPONSIBLE DRINKING, VISIT WWW. PORTMAN- GROUP. ORG. UK C IGARETTES AND A LCOHOL DSUDSU smoking... Want to quit?

I’m sure that you all heard plenty about smoking when you For advice on support and were at school, mostly of the ‘stamp it out’ variety. It’s not as quitting, visit: Involvement widespread as once it was, but it’s still one of the country’s more popular sports. Just in case you’ve been www.givingupsmoking.co.uk living on Mars as opposed to lighting up behind the bike sheds since you were 12, here’s the run down on smoking.

advantages disadvantages

Acts as an appetite suppressant, hence its Leads to increased risk of almost every association with models trying to keep thin. disease known to man from heart disease and cancer to the common cold. The latest Gives you something to do with your hands. research seems to indicate that even three

cigarettes a day doubles your risk of all Welfare Looks kinda cool, in a Humphrey Bogart manner of evil taking over your system. Not sort of way. even the CEO of British American Tobacco pretends smoking isn’t bad for you any more, so don’t say you haven’t been warned.

With British taxes added onto the retail price it costs an arm and a leg to fund the habit.

Makes your food taste like cardboard and About and Out your clothes smell like you bought them in a fire damage sale.

You have to listen to literally hundreds of people harping on about how it’s bad for you and you should give up.

Can look really uncool, in an ugly old guy sitting in the corner of the bar sort of way.

So anyway, they can help you work on your Information Useful film noir image, but they cost a lot, they stink and they kill you. Those being the well-established facts, it’s your call.

Whichever of the reasons for giving up catches up with you first, you’re likely to want to stop eventually. If that happens then the world is bursting with anti-smoking do-gooders who’d be happy to help you make it through the horrors of withdrawal.

BRINGING THE DURHAM EXPERIENCE TO LIFE 55 DSUDSU STUDENTS HANDBOOK 2003/2004 student finance... Over the next few pages is a summary of the help available to students in 2003/04. Further details are available in the government guide “Financial support for higher education students in 2003/04”. You can get a copy of this from the Advice Centre. how much student loan can I get?

The maximum amount of loan that you can get in 2003/04 is: Involvement £4,000 for students living away from home

£3,165 for students living at home

75% of the maximum loan is available to all eligible students regardless of any other income they have. Whether you can get any or all of the remaining 25% depends on your income and that of your family. This will be assessed by your LEA.

Welfare do I get any help with tuition fees?

In 2003/04 the maximum amount that any student will be asked to contribute towards their fees is £1,125. Most students will be asked to contribute less than this depending on their family income.

For 2003/04, students who depend financially on their parents and whose parents’ residual income (income before deductions but minus certain allowances) is: less than £20,970 make no contribution

between £20,970 and £31,230 pay a part contribution, worked out on a sliding scale £31,231or more the full fee contribution of £1,125.

For 2003/04, students who are financially independent of their parents and whose residual family income (income welsh? before deductions but minus certain allowances) is: If you live in Wales, you may be eligible for the less than £18,040 make no contribution new Assembly Learning Grant which includes top-ups for mature between £18,040 and a part contribution, students and childcare. £26,679 worked out on a sliding Contact your LEA or the scale National Assembly on 02920825831 for more Useful Information Out and About information.

56 HTTP://WWW. DSU. ORG. UK/ S TUDENT F INANCE DSUDSU access and hardship funds... These are available through your college and provide help for students on low

income who may need extra financial support for their course and to stay in higher Involvement education.

More specifically the funds can meet particular costs which are not already being met from other grants; can help if students are in financial hardship; can provide emergency payments for unexpected financial crises; and can help students who may be considering giving up their course because of financial problems.

These funds are for full-time and part-time students (studying at least half of an equivalent full-time course - your college will be able to tell you if your course quali- fies). Students will be assessed according to individual needs. However, the follow- ing groups of students are a priority for help from the Access and Hardship Funds.

Students with children, especially lone parents. Welfare

Other mature students, especially those with existing financial commitments.

Students from low-income families.

Disabled students (if your disability prevents you from studying 50% of a full-time course, you will also be eligible for support from the funds, as long as you are studying at least 25% of a full-time course).

Students who have been in care. u n About and Out

Students from Foyers or who are homeless.

Students in their final year.

Your college will decide whether you are able to get this help and if so, how much you can receive. This will depend on your own circumstances

Payments are usually given as grants, and do not have to be repaid, although sometimes they can be given as short-term loans. The college will also decide whether to pay you in a lump sum or in instalments. sflInformation Useful hardship loans

Up to £500.

These are available to help students who get into serious financial difficulty during their course. It is up to your college to decide whether you meet the criteria for a hardship loan and how much you can receive.

BRINGING THE DURHAM EXPERIENCE TO LIFE 57 DSUDSU STUDENTS HANDBOOK 2003/2004 other help available... Unfortunately, most students are ineligible for benefits. However there are some groups which qualify, they are:

Lone Parents

Disabled Students

Involvement Students with children and or unemployed partners

Full time student couples with children

Some part time students

Overseas students whose funding from abroad has been temporarily suspended.

If you fit into one of the above groups it is advisable to contact the Advice Centre even if the Benefits Agency/Local authority have already assessed you because quite often mistakes are made when calculating student benefit entitlement. Welfare the parents’ learning allowance The Parents’ learning Allowance, worth up to £1,300 a year, is to help with course-related costs for students who have dependent children. How much you get depends on your income and that of your dependents (including your husband, wife or partner) - your LEA or the Advice Centre will be able to advise you on how much help you might get. Jobcentre Plus will not count this grant when they work out your benefit entitlement for 2003/04. childcare grant adult dependants grant For full-time students with If you have a husband, wife or partner or dependent children in registered or another adult member of your family who approved childcare. How much help depends on you financially, you may be you get is based on your eligible. How much you get depends on actual childcare costs and will your income and that of your adult depend on your income and that of dependents. your dependents. Any help you get will not be counted by Jobcentre Plus What can you get? in working out your benefit Up to £2,280 a year for full-time students entitlement. with adult dependents.

What can you get? For one child - up to £114.75 a care leavers grant week (85% of actual costs of up to To help with your accommodation costs in £135 a week). the long (usually summer) vacation. Up to For two or more children - up to £100 a week during the long vacation. Useful Information Out and About £170 a week (85% of actual costs of Apply to your LEA. up to £200 a week).

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DSAs help with costs you incur, in attending your course, as a direct result of your

disability. Involvement

DSAs are available to full-time and part-time students with disabilities although part-time students must be studying at least 50% of a full-time course.

DSAs are available to both undergraduates and postgraduates.

How much you can get does NOT depend on your income or that of your family. Unlike a student loan, this assistance does not have to be repaid.

Depending on your needs, extra support from the DSA could include specialist equipment, a non-medical helpers allowance, help towards the additional costs of traveling to your institution and a general allowance - for example:

Specialist equipment allowance of up to £4,460 for the whole course. Welfare

A non-medical helper’s allowance of up to £11,280 a year. (The maximum available is £8,465 if you are studying part time.)

A general disabled students’ allowance of up to £1,490 a year. (The maximum available is £1,115 if you are studying part time.)

Extra travel costs you have to pay as a result of disability and not normally for everyday travel costs.

For postgraduate study, a DSA is available offering an allowance of up to £5,370 a About and Out year for full-time and part-time postgraduates. child tax credit tax credits

Students with dependent children are eligible for Child Tax Credit from the Introduced in April 2003 Inland Revenue. Child Tax Credit takes the place of the local education the government has esti- authority (LEA) Dependents’ Grants for children. Students receiving the mated that over 100,000 maximum amount of Child Tax Credit are entitled to free school meals for students will be better off their children. l under the new system. Students with children will be entitled to claim the new Child Tax Credit With the abolition of the

which, for the first time, will be paid to parents whether or not they are dependents grant for Information Useful working or studying. To qualify for Child Tax Credit, you must be aged 16 children it is essential or over and be responsible for a child under 16 or for someone aged 16, 17 that students with or 18 who is in full-time education, or who is registered with the Careers children apply for child Service or equivalent. You qualify for Child Tax Credit at a higher rate if your tax credit, contact the child or one of your children is under one year old or is disabled. k Advice Centre or the The money you get depends on your circumstances. To find out if you are Inland Revenue for eligible call the help line on 0800 500222 or visit further information. www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/taxcredits. The website allows you to check how much you could get, and to make your claim online immediately. Alternatively call into the Advice Centre.

BRINGING THE DURHAM EXPERIENCE TO LIFE 59 DSUDSU STUDENTS HANDBOOK 2003/2004 healthcare... doctors dentists

Freshers should register with a GP upon After eating College food, who knows arriving at the University. The University what dental treatment you might need? Health Centre is used by many students. It is very hard to find an NHS practice in The following practices are regularly Durham, you can though try these: used by students in Durham: Involvement The University Health Centre Claypath Dental Practice 42 Old Elvet 71 Claypath Durham Tell: 0191 386 5375 Tel: 0191 33 46086 Bridge House Dental Surgery Claypath Medical Centre Bridge House, Framwellgate Bridge Claypath House Tel:0191 384 7605 65 Claypath Tel: 0191 333 2830 Gilesgate Dental Surgery 2a Maynards Row

Welfare Belmont and Sherburn Medical Centre Gilesgate Grey Avenue Tel: 0191 484 4433 Sherburn Village Tel: 0191 372 0441 Peter Gowlay 29a Church Street And at Broomside lane, Belmont Tel: 0191 384 7782 Tel: 0191 386 2517

paying for health treatment

You are not automatically entitled to free or discounted health treatment on the NHS. GP visits and hospital treatment will be free, prescriptions and visits to the dentist and optician may cost you money. To be eligible for free or discounted treatment you need to fill an HC1 form. You can pick up an HC1 form from the Advice Centre or your GP’s surgery. Most students will be entitled to some form of financial assistance so it is worth Useful Information Out and About registering.

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meningitis & opticians septicaemia Although rare, these Involvement Should you ever need to visit the optician, then there diseases can strike at any are many to chose from in Durham - be be careful, you time and can kill within may wish you had never laid eyes on the girl you were hours if not treated dancing with in Klute the other night! properly. Acquaint yourself with the following Boots Opticians symptoms;: 24 Silver Street Meningitis Tel: 0191 386 0017 Severe Headache Bramwells Opticians Stiff Neck 18 Elvet Bridge

Tel: 0191 386 4001 Dislike of Bright lights Welfare

Specsavers Fever 1-4 North Road Throwing up repeatedly Tel:0191 383 9495 Severe sleepiness or confusion Walkers Opticians 10 Market Place Rash Tel: 0191 386 4187 Septicaemia Vision Express Rash - starts a tiny red pin 8 High Street prick marks and develops About and Out Prince Bishops Centre into purple bruises or Tel: 0191 383 2482 blood blisters Fever students with disabilities Throwing up repeatedly Very cold hands and feet Durham is not the easiest place to get around for a physically disables student: access can be very Rapid breathing restricted. It is important to talk to DUSSD, your Pains in limbs, joints, College or Department about any requirements you muscles

may need. Departments and Colleges have a basic Stomach pain - sometimes Information Useful legal duty to adapt to specialised needs as best as they diarrhoea can. If you are disabled you may be entitled to help and Difficulty walking or financial support from your LEA to help with any extra standing associated costs with your disability. The introduction of Losing consciousness the Disability Discrimination Act has given disabled people much greater rights than previously. There is a 24 hour help line 0808 800 3344. if you have the smallest suspicion ring DUSSD your GP immediately. www.dur.ac.uk/dussd/

BRINGING THE DURHAM EXPERIENCE TO LIFE 61 DSUDSU STUDENTS HANDBOOK 2003/2004 sex... what is it?

Just kidding. We’ll assume your parents have covered the birds and the bees by now. If you’re still none the wiser, try watching Channel 5 and you’ll soon find out.

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Is much like at most places I assume. People meet, people have sex, people get together, people cheat on each other, people split up, and so on. Apart, perhaps, from student halls during the first few weeks of term, however, the popular belief that there is sex on tap at University is (sadly) untrue. Obviously, the campus brings together

Welfare thousands of people in their late teens and early twenties, so plenty of shagging goes on, but probably no more than if you put the same demographic group in any other environment, such as an office. Some people will have been at it behind the bikesheds since they were fourteen, but for many, University is the first time they branch out into the world of sexual activity.

The gory details of what sex involves, we’ll leave for other publications to explain. The intention of this section of The Guide is just to nudge you in the direction of taking sensible precautions against disaster while you’re at it. To summarise the basic rules of sex for beginners: If it feels good, do it. If it doesn’t feel good, don’t. And if someone else doesn’t seem to enjoy you trying to do something to them, for God’s sake stop it.

pregnancy

Some see getting pregnant, and playing a part in the creation of miraculous life as a wonderful, life-transforming event. For most people of student age, however, it’s the worst, most nightmarish thing that could possible happen. If you think you might be pregnant, then you should first seek to know for sure with a home test kit and then a visit to your GP. It’s best to do this as soon as you suspect something might be afoot, because the earlier you find out, the more options you have. If you or your partner are pregnant and unsure what to do, or want to be advised on going one way or the other with it, you should consult your GP, the Family Planning Centre or the Advice Centre. Useful Information Out and About

62 HTTP://WWW. DSU. ORG. UK/ S EX DSUDSU contraception Involvement Being unexpectedly pregnant is no one’s idea of fun, and getting someone else pregnant isn’t a whole lot better, so best avoid it. Fortunately, the question of how to have sex without procreating has taxed the greatest minds throughout history, so several trusty methods have been invented. Assuming that sterilisation is out of the question, the most commonly used and reliable methods tend to be the contraceptive pill and the condom. the pill the condom

Comes in several varieties depending on what Available in as many colours, textures and suits your preferences. So long as a woman flavours as ice cream, the condom is the remembers to take the right pill at the right time panacea of sexual worries. Properly used (and each day, she should be able to have as much

it’s not difficult), condoms can prevent pregnancy Welfare sex as she likes without getting pregnant. On the and protect against every downside, many forms of the pill can produce sexually transmitted infection known to man. side effects such as weight gain or hormone Some people claim that sex isn’t as good while problems, so some women don’t much care for it. wearing them, but this writer has never noticed Also, it’s purely an anti-pregnancy method and the difference. Besides, even if there were one, offers no protection against sexually transmitted would it really be a good enough reason to throw diseases caution to the wind? Especially when having sex with someone you have only recently met and whose sexual history you don’t know, wearing a condom is the only sensible option. If you’re a man not anxious to be a dad any time soon, it also gives you control of your own About and Out paternity. Women frequently say that if it was up to men to take the pill every day, they’d never trust them, but are women so reliable that a man need never worry? Whichever sex you are, when it comes to contraception, if you want to be sure something’s done properly, do it yourself. You can get free condoms from lots of places, such as a family planning clinic.You can also buy them at a chemist, or even at the supermarket. sflInformation Useful emergency contraception

If you’ve been careless enough to have sex without any contraception at play, then you still have 72 hours in which to guarantee your non-pregnant status. You can obtain an emergency contraceptive pill over the counter at a chemist, and also from any family planning clinic, hospital Genito-Urinary Medicine (GUM) clinic and from most GPs. You also need to take a follow-up pill 12 hours after the first. This ‘morning after pill’ is an emergency measure only, and can produce pretty nasty sensations of illness in some women when they take it. It certainly isn’t something to be relied on as a regular form of contraception.

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other methods of contraception

If contraception is not for you, then it is possible for a woman to monitor her body’s rhythms so she can judge when she is likely to conceive. Sex can then be structured around this, with a few compulsory days off per month. However, it goes without saying that this method is only as reliable as the person doing the monitoring, and it’s a pretty brave approach if getting pregnant is the last thing in the world you want to happen. In terms of alternative contraceptive devices, there is a list as long as your arm of things, short- or long-term, which women can have inserted in order to Involvement prevent pregnancy.Your GP can advise on these. sexually transmitted diseases

There are all manner of nasty problems you can pick up by having unprotected sex with someone who is infected. Many people who are carrying STDs show no symptoms, and may not even know they have them themselves. Usually, you will first suspect you have contracted something because of an itch, a rash, a discharge or some other unusual behaviour on the part of your genitals which you would rather wasn’t happening. You can get it diagnosed and hopefully get it sorted by visiting the Genito-Urinary Medicine (GUM)

Welfare clinic of any hospital.

HIV and AIDS

The Human Immunodeficiency Virus and its unwelcome follow-up Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome is pretty much the worst thing that can result from unprotected sex. It used to be that anyone who contracted HIV was as good as dead, and would be gone in a matter of years. Recent developments in combination drug therapy mean that the outlook is not quite so bleak. Nevertheless, unless you want to spend the rest of your life popping pills and wondering if every cold you catch might be the one that kills you, you’d be well advised to take the threat of HIV seriously. It can be spread by the exchange of most bodily fluids, including blood and semen, and you can best avoid it by always using a condom during sex. Although the most vulnerable groups in society are intravenous drug-users, prostitutes, homosexuals and others who have anal sex, the number of people who aren’t in any of these categories who have the disease is always rising, so don’t get cocky.

what to do if you’re worried

If you are worried that you have contracted HIV, you should contact the GUM clinic of any hospital to arrange a free test. Do not ask your GP to carry out the test. If you do, the result will probably be entered into your medical records. The fact that you have tested positive or even, if you test negative, the fact that you felt it necessary to have the test may cause you problems in securing health insurance, mortgages and other contracts which require a clean bill help and support: of health, in the future. National AIDS Helpline 0800 567123 Useful Information Out and About

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contact us: Telephone: Internal_41771 E-Mail: [email protected]

WWW: lgbta.dsu.org.uk Involvement presidents: Georgia Rooney and Chris Henderson vp welfare: Continued from Page 15 John Bennett vp representation: We have an extensive and varied social Tristan Osborne calendar, with at least two events every week during term-time (plus vacation and advice on various issues or just a events), offering something for everyone listening ear if you want a chat – all in at both Durham and Stockton. The complete confidence of course. We also centrepiece is our main gathering every supply condoms, lubricant and Welfare Monday night of term from 8.00pm dental dams all absolutely free, onwards in Vane Tempest Hall, a venue comprehensive safer-sex information, away from prying eyes with its own bar. and a range of other reading materials in The atmosphere is laid-back, our library. Our private, discreet base is reasonably quiet and totally the Blue Room on Level B of Dunelm attitude-free, allowing you just to relax, House, staffed every weekday of term. be yourself and get to know everyone. Much less quiet are our regular group Our third main function is to represent trips out to gay student nights and to the officially the whole Durham LGBT gay scene in Newcastle, and student community to DSU and to other occasionally Middlesbrough, and our big organisations, and undertake internal About and Out one-off set-piece events in Durham, and external campaigning work Shipwrecked and the Q-Ball. We also culminating in a high-profile annual run a range of much lower-key events Awareness Week. There are lots of such as group meals, video nights and opportunities to get involved, but if bowling trips. politics isn’t your thing you can ignore this side completely. Crucially, you’ll find that our members are the most friendly, welcoming and We have no membership fee, so there’s supportive group of people you’re ever no need to ‘sign up’ before coming to likely to come across, and we do any event we run or making any other sflInformation Useful everything we can to help newcomers use of us. To start receiving regular with their first steps and to make them discreet e-mail updates of all LGBT feel at home straight away. Most people news and activities, simply send an keep coming back! There’s no ‘typical’ e-mail to the address above. LGBT student, and we don’t have Alternatively come and find us at preconceptions; everyone is catered for Freshers’ Fair for more info or a chat, or and equally welcome. drop in to the Blue Room any time. For up-to-date info on drop-in hours, our Maybe you won’t want to come and social events or almost everything else, socialise with us. No problem – we’re still simply visit our comprehensive website. here for you. We can offer information

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useful contacts the jcr Main_Reception Internal_45000 President: Gav_McCoy Bar Internal_45053 Senior_DSU_Rep: Tom_Page JCR_Office Internal_45051 JCR_President Internal_45050 Website: www.dur.ac.uk/CollingwoodJCR

how to find the bar Go through the main entrance, turn left and go down the stairs. Here you can find the Bar, Shop, JCR, Pizza Takeaway and Coffee Lounge. u n About and Out

the college Ask anyone and they’ll tell you Collingwood’s famous for many things. The biggest and best summer balls, some of the biggest and most successful sports teams, but perhaps most importantly, the best bar in the University... Well it’s just got better. Many Colleges shout about their bar refurbs, but unlike Grey and Hatfield, our bar still looks good! We now proudly have the longest bar in the University... so there’s more room to get served! We’re one of the few showing live big screen sport at the weekends, with the bar open 2.30-5.30. We didn’t stop there with the refurb either…we’ve moved forward and transformed the JCR, creating the only Coffee Bar and Coffee Lounge on the Hill... Come and check the Coffee Bar out, open everyday at lunchtimes and early evenings, offering a full range of real coffees, speciality teas and cakes, relax in the new lounge area or even dash in and take out on your way to lectures. Reading this you may be thinking, “I wish I’d chosen Colllingwood”, we don’t blame you, and that’s why we welcome you to come and try the Redwood Arms and Coffee Bar.

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South Road Durham DH1 3LG Tel: (0191) 3345591 Involvement

the jcr useful contacts President: Mike_Reed President g r e [email protected] Senior_DSU_Rep: Hannah_Stone Vice_President [email protected] Bar_Manager [email protected] Website: www.dur.ac.uk/grey.jcr Senior_DSU_Rep [email protected]

Reception Internal_45900

Welfare how to find the bar Bar Internal_45573 Come through reception, turn left then right through the door, and along the corridor taking the second left. Then proceed to the bar and order your drink before enjoying it in Durham’s best bar.

the college There are many reasons why Grey College stands out from the other colleges. On site, we

Out and About have our own tennis and netball court, a badminton court and table tennis table; and we are one of the few colleges with specialist facilities for staging theatre productions. We have three computer rooms, a full size snooker table, a well equipped gym, Sky Digital and a big screen in the JCR, a well stocked college shop, a pizza bar in the evening, pool table, two music rooms, a chapel and an excellent darkroom. Staff and students live and work together creating an incredibly friendly and welcoming atmosphere and a college spirit, renowned throughout the University that manifests itself in everything we do.

The JCR boasts over 900 of Durham University’s brightest students. We successfully run over 40 clubs and societies, providing members with a broad spectrum of opportunities to participate in sport, music, the arts and many other fields of interest. On the sports field, we play host to over 20 teams playing in a variety of leagues and competitions. On stage, the Fountains Theatre Company remains one of the best college theatre companies in

Useful Information Durham.

70 K EEP YOUR EYES PEELED FOR THE BATTLE OF THE COLLEGES, IN THE RACE TO FIND M R D URHAM, DURING DUCK WEEK C OLLEGES DSUDSU hatfield college novmn efr sflInformation Useful Welfare Involvement North Bailey Durham DH1 3RQ Tel: (0191) 3342601

useful contacts the jcr Main_Reception Internal_42633 President: Pippa_Grey Bar Internal_42613 Senior_DSU_Rep: Zachary_Gassoumis Porter Internal_42619 JCR_Office Internal_42637 Website: www.dur.ac.uk/HatfieldJCR JCR_President Internal_42640 JCR_Welfare_Officer Internal_42634 how to find the bar Church_Street_Building Internal_42641 Palmer’s_Garth Internal_42627 Hatfield is on the North Bailey. Go in through the main gates and down the drive. On your left is the Chapel and beneath it a slope/steps under an arch. Go down these and the bar is the delightful

60s building on your left. You’ll need your About and Out Campus Card to get in.

the college Hatfield was established in 1846 and so it’s had a fair amount of time to develop into the legend it is today. Closest to town and nestled amongst its largely amicable rivals in the Bailey, Hatfield is renowned its musical and particularly sporting success. Only accepting the best, Hatfield is full to bursting of ‘doers’ - individuals wanting the best out of their University days, with a drive to succeed and the spark to achieve it .

Hatfield has many more clubs and societies than could possibly be listed here. As the second oldest college, Hatfield is proud of its traditions; gowned Formal Dinners up to twice a week, college songs and a Chapel integral to college life. Hatfield has a thriving SCR, MCR and JCR; the JCR is run by an ‘Exec’ of eight, headed by the Senior Man. Between them they provide the JCR with Welfare, ents, finances, links to DSU, help with ‘living out’ and gym and bar facilities.

Hatfield boasts a true community spirit with many students and tutors in residence. It is a battle for a place in Hatfield, and only the finest make it.

AS THE MOTTO SAYS ‘VEL PRIMUS VEL CUM PRIMIS’ - ‘BE THE BEST Y OU C AN B E ’ 71 DSUDSU STUDENTS HANDBOOK 2003/2004 st aidan’s college

Windmill Hill Durham DH1 3LJ Tel: (0191) 3345832 Involvement

the jcr useful contacts President: Joel_Turner Main_Reception Internal_45769 Senior_DSU_Rep: Natalie_Whitehouse Bar Internal_45787 JCR_President Internal_45807 Website: www.dur.ac.uk/aidans.jcr

Welfare how to find the bar Go in the main entrance, go straight through, past the JCR and go past the din- ing hall and turn right towards the back door, past the bins and up the ramp.

the college At Aidan’s, we believe that your time at University will be about more than just getting a

Out and About degree, as you will have the opportunity for a total experience as is evidenced by our amazing sense of college spirit. All this is achieved in a college with impressive facilities and amenities. On the sporting front, Aidan’s definitely ensures that it makes its mark. Played at a high level, those who have never taken part before are also catered for with the social afterwards being just as important as the fixture itself, and our enthusiastic support net- work ensures that there is always more than enough encouragement. In recent years Aidan’s has had particular successes in rugby, rowing, basketball, netball and hockey. Aside from sport, we also have a college picnic, formal dinners with atmospheres epitomis- ing all that is Aidan’s. Aidan’s does not have a typical student. We have established for ourselves a reputation of being a very friendly college as such we warmly welcome applications from each and every Useful Information walk of life. All we look for are students who have the will to both work hard and play hard.

72 HTTP://WWW. DSU. ORG. UK/ C OLLEGES DSUDSU st chad’s college novmn efr sflInformation Useful Welfare Involvement North Bailey Durham DH1 3RH Tel: (0191) 3343358

useful contacts the jcr Main_Reception Internal_43358 President: Michael_Weaver Porter Internal_43370 Senior_DSU_Rep: Mark_Wallace Bar Internal_43357 JCR_President Internal_43355 Website: www.dur.ac.uk/StChadsJCR

how to find the bar Tricky, but not as tricky as John’s. Go in through the front door, turn left, take the first right. turn left and out through the door into a courtyard, round the corner, in through the door on your right and down

the stairs. About and Out

the college Chad’s is the university’s smallest college, the most centrally located (across the river from the student’s union), and the dearly beloved home of those who spend their time here. What the college lacks in size it more than makes up for in spirit and friendliness - a place where it is possible to get to know everyone. Some of Chad’s recent sporting performances have shown the way in which we punch well above our weight, with the Boat club one of the most active in the university. Away from the sports field Chad’s boasts a buzzing social calendar, topped by Durham’s most revered ball - Candlemas, held every year in February. A more typical evening would involve drinks in our university-renowned bar - as lively and as peopled as it is held affectionate by its patrons. On another note, college life owes much to the chapel - with its celebrated choir, which performs regularly in the larger church across the road. The regular services offer a great opportunity for those who choose to take part in the religious life of college. In short, Chad’s offers a brilliantly varied and often exuberant lifestyle to its students, and this variety and exuberance is reflected in its most important attribute - the students. A warm welcome is promised to all.

N ON V ESTRA S ED V OS. WE DON’ T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS EITHER. 73 DSUDSU STUDENTS HANDBOOK 2003/2004 st cuthbert’s society

South Bailey Durham, DH1 3EE Tel: (0191) 3743718 Involvement

the jcr useful contacts President: Alex_Baulf Main_Reception Internal_43400 Senior_DSU_Rep: Toby_Smart Bar Internal_43391 JCR_President Internal_43398 Website: www.dur.ac.uk/st-cuthberts.jcr JCR_Vice_President Internal_43393 JCR_Bar_Steward Internal_43378 JCR_Office Internal_43392

Welfare how to find the bar Go in through the main entrance and turn right.

the college Cuth’s is unique in terms of both its friendliness and in terms of student participation. Our

Out and About ‘Society’ status gives the JCR more autonomy, with the bar and the library both fully student run. Cuth’s has a diverse social calendar, ranging from regular formal dinners to the immense ‘Feast’, the Annual Ball and culminating with Cuth’s Day after the exams. With our own casino and disco, ents are legendary. Our sports teams rarely fail to produce the goods. Our teams are cheered on by our notorious green-wigged supporters. Our selection of clubs and societies allow members to get involved, with the opportunity to start up new pursuits such as the recent addition of Jism Wrestling™. The Society Theatre Company regularly put on successful productions and the Cuth’s Choir hold regular concerts. Cuth’s Bar is recognised as the premier bar in Durham, open daily from 12.30pm at the end of the Bailey. It forms the main social arena for members whether that be a pint in the Useful Information beer garden or a soft drink in front of the big screen.

74 HTTP://WWW. DSU. ORG. UK/ C OLLEGES DSUDSU college of st hild and st bede novmn efr sflInformation Useful Welfare Involvement Durham DH1 1SZ Tel: (0191) 3348300

useful contacts the jcr Main_Reception Internal_48300 President: Dan_McHugh Bar Internal_48557 Senior_DSU_Rep: Henry_Channer SRC_President Internal_48575 SRC_Welfare_Officer Internal_48573 Website: www.dur.ac.uk/HildBedeSRC SRC_Office Internal_48583 how to find the bar the bar is in the Caedmon complex, which is part of the college nearest the river. Go through the doors at reception, up the stairs with the stairlift on, and turn left. u n About and Out

the college The cliché goes that ‘size matters’, and this is certainly true of Hild Bede. With the largest college library, the largest entertainments venue in Durham, a fully equipped gym facility, four tennis courts, the list simply goes on and on why ‘Biggest is Best’. Having the best formals and ballswhich are second t o none, and a brilliant atmosphere everywhere on the college grounds, it is no wonder that we are regarded enviously by just about everyone in the university! Situated on its own in grounds half a mile from end to end, our college nestles in the trees on the banks of the River Wear. At Hild Main Block we have two common rooms with pool, snooker, Sky TV, table football, food and drink, and much more; while down in the Caedmon Complex we have Caedmon Hall and the Vernon Arms, our college bar. Our JCR is a room, not an organisation, and instead we possess an Student Representative Council which provides for all students at Hild Bede. Not only does this give us more scope for better events and clubs and socs, but it also strengthens our college spirit by bringing every Hild Beder together under the banner of the SRC. The SRC is a lynchpin in the college, and this is recognised by staff and students alike.

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South Bailey Durham DH1 3RJ Tel: (0191) 3743500 Involvement

the jcr useful contacts President: Nathaniel_Buckingham Main_Reception Internal_43500 Senior_DSU_Rep: Emma_Baird Bar Internal_43859 JCR_President Internal_43879 Website: www.dur.ac.uk/st-johns.jcr

Welfare how to find the bar Go through door marked number one south Bailey, down the stairs and into the cave with a bar in it.

the college John’s is an eclectic mix of 350 undergraduates, 25 postgraduates and 100 trainee

Out and About ministers and creates a vibrant yet close community.

We encourage development of talent at every level. Several of our contemporary bands have secured recording contracts, our orchestras and choirs attract talented performers from all over the University. We also have two theatre groups and an open air theatre.

Postgrads are members of the JCR and Postgraduate Society and are specifically represented by Master’s Students and Research Students Reps. Useful Information

76 HTTP://WWW. DSU. ORG. UK/ C OLLEGES DSUDSU st mary’s college novmn efr sflInformation Useful Welfare Involvement Elvet Hill Road Durham DH1 3LR Tel: (0191) 3345719

useful contacts the jcr Main_Reception Internal_45719 President: Hayley_O’Connor Porter Internal_45719 Senior_DSU_Rep: Nyssa_Mildwaters Bar Internal_45948 Shop Internal_45952 Website: www.dur.ac.uk/st-marys.jcr JCR_President Internal_45940 JCR_Vice_President Internal_45954 how to find the bar Go in through the main entrance, turn left, go to the end of the corridor, go up a couple of steps (and through some fire doors) then down the stairs into the base- ment (through some more fire doors) and

there you are! About and Out Campus cards are needed - enjoy!

the college Despite what other colleges might say, there is no stereotypical Mary’s student. It is true that all undergraduates are female, but no two Mary’s girls are the same - and although it is an all girls college, just for the fun of it we also have some random male postgrads. Sitting prettily near the bottom of the hill, Mary’s has been a second home to hundreds of women since it’s foundation in 1899 as a hostel for six female undergraduates. It is one of the friendliest colleges, offering the warmest of welcomes to all nationalities. Mary’s is definitely not dull, especially as the JCR bar, toastie bar and shop provide for the every need of the average Durham student. There is always something going on in Mary’s, so all tastes are catered for - where else would you find successful rowers as well as people aspiring to the creation of a ‘Neighbours’ society? Mary’s girls are proud of their college because, all in all, Mary’s is unique, and certainly the best a girl can get!

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Elvet Hill Road Durham DH1 3LN Tel: (0191) 3347057 Involvement

the jcr useful contacts President: Paul_Aberson Main_Reception Internal_47000 Senior_DSU_Rep: Mark_Graham Porter Internal_47047 JCR_Welfare_Officer Internal_47033 Website: www.dur.ac.uk/TrevsJCR JCR_Social_Sec Internal_46032

Welfare how to find the bar Go through the main entrance. The bar is right in front of you. No, your not drunk, there really are six walls in each room. Don’t be scared of the hexagons: it’s supposed to be that way.

the college Is the whole college obsessed with Hex? A college built like no other, in a group of

Out and About hexagons joined so that all facilities are under the one roof. Where else in Durham can you go into a bar and see slippers on feet, or at breakfast where dressing gowns are the uniform? Trevs is one of the smaller colleges, but from the extra-curricular activities it seems one of the biggest. A strong musical base amongst the students helps to maintain our annual musical, a plethora of orchestras and even a jazz band. The latest gossip is aired in the college magazine and sporting success is celebrated memorably by our own Barmy Army. Our arts committee help exhibit both student and visiting artistes work in the bar, and our inter-denominational chapel and chaplain help maintain the strong community spirit that many notice when visiting Trevs. If youre really interested, the college was designed around a modern version of the castle, in the form of battlements, and won an award in the late 1960s. But that was the 1960s and what was stylish and award winning then, well I’m sure you understand. Still, its the

Useful Information people that make Trevs what it is.

78 HTTP://WWW. DSU. ORG. UK/ C OLLEGES DSUDSU university college novmn efr sflInformation Useful Welfare Involvement The Castle Durham, DH1 3RW Tel: (0191) 3344099

useful contacts the jcr Main_Reception Internal_44099 President: Daniel_Robinson Bar Internal_44142 Senior_DSU_Rep: Aidan_Richardson JCR_President Internal_44138 JCR_Office Internal_44123 Website: www.dur.ac.uk/castle.jcr JCR_Bar_Steward Internal_44122 JCR_Welfare_Officer Internal_44127 how to find the bar Go in through the Gatehouse, veer left and go down some stone steps, through the door and turn right. u n About and Out

the college Housed within the ancient walls of the oldest University building in the world, Castle has a long and distinguished history. It has seen centuries of war, Kings and Queens, Prince Bishops, and finally students come and go. Life in this college is certainly an extraordinary experience.

Boasting an interesting array of bar ents and the city’s most spectacular end-of-year fling, the June Ball, Castle has a thriving social scene, including traditional formal dinners twice a week. The Undercroft is certainly the oldest and arguably the best bar in Durham! Music and the Arts flourish - the Chapel choir is about to release its own CD, and in the second term of every year Castle hosts its own ‘Arts Week’. The theatre company is reputed to be the best in the University - look out for their summer Shakespeare season.

Castle is traditionally a strong sporting college, especially in rowing, football, rugby and croquet - and caters for all standards, from young internationals to complete beginners.

F LOREAT C ASTELLUM! 79 DSUDSU STUDENTS HANDBOOK 2003/2004 ustinov college

30 Old Elvet Durham DH1 3HN Tel: (0191) 3344403 Involvement

the jcr useful contacts President: David_Morgan Main_Reception Internal_46403 Senior_DSU_Rep: Dan_Kerry Porter_(Howlands) Internal_45470 Porter_(Parsons_Field) Internal_46496 Website: www.dur.ac.uk/GradSoc

Welfare how to find the bar For Howlands Bar, walk past Collingwood away from town and follow the long drive on your left, you may need to knock on the door leading to reception. The other bar is located in the Parsons’s Field building, near the cricket ground at the end of Old Elvet.

the college Ustinov College, or GradSoc as it’s more commonly known, are always somewhat

Out and About eclectic when it comes to sport, but one thing that never varies is the need for players to make up teams! GradSoc currently runs a variety of teams and have seen success in the university leagues. The society is also one of the strongest forces in the croquet league.

The college has over 1400 members, which makes it the largest postgraduate college in the country and probably in Europe. All students are equal members of the Society. Ustinov College students now live in a number of locations round the city. Useful Information

80 HTTP://WWW. DSU. ORG. UK/ C OLLEGES DSUDSU van mildert college novmn efr sflInformation Useful Welfare Involvement Mill Hill Lane Durham DH1 3LH Tel: (0191) 3347100

useful contacts the jcr Main_Reception Internal_47100 President: Naomi_Bartholomew Bar Internal_47118 Senior_DSU_Rep: Simon_Preston JCR_President Internal_47111 JCR_Office Internal_47137 Website: www.dur.ac.uk/vm.jcr JCR_Computer_Room Internal_47135 how to find the bar Walk past the new building, and down the passage below the main building. Go up a short flight of stairs and turn 180, the bar is through the door on the left. u n About and Out

the college Built around the restored lake, Van Mildert is truly a unique place in Durham to live. For a start we have numerous ducks and the infamous Milderbeast!

The accommodation offered is certainly some of the best in the University. Participation is the key to success at Van Mildert and with the diversity offered by the numerous committees there is something for everyone. Everything from the bar to the computer room is run by students. If sport is more your thing then again we have at least one team in every intercollegiate league. You will be encouraged to get involved, often in activities you would never have dreamed of, treading the boards in our successful theatre company or joining the cricket team. If you can’t find what you are looking for then you can always start some- thing new. We have a thriving community spirit and everyone feels a sense of pride in being part of such a environment. The bar can be found down the main stairs from recep- tion, with a lounge area to spill out in to. Whether you are just passing through on a bar crawl or are one of the lucky few to live in Mildert any visit here will certainly be memorable!

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Ushaw Moor DH7 9RH Tel: (0191) 3731336 Involvement

the college Ushaw College is a Roman Catholic Seminary, and a licenced hall of residence of the University located about

Welfare four miles outside the city in Ushaw Moor. It does have a bar if you’re brave enough to get out there. Out and About

6 Neville Street Durham City DH1 4EF 0191 3757774 Useful Information

82 HTTP://WWW. DSU. ORG. UK/ C OLLEGES DSUDSU george stephenson college novmn efr sflInformation Useful Welfare Involvement University Boulevard Thornaby Stockton-on-Tees TS17 6BH Tel: (0191) 3340040

useful contacts the jcr Main_Reception Internal_40040 President: Ben_Merriman JCR_President [email protected] Senior_DSU_Rep:

Website: www.dur.ac.uk/stephenson.jcr how to find the bar From the residences, turn right and walk along the road. At the roundabout turn left and go over the railway bridge on the left. The Rocket Union is straight ahead.

the college About and Out The College derives its name from the great Northern pioneer of railways, George Stephenson. Based 21 miles south of Durham in Stockton-on-Tees, Stephenson is one of the newest and biggest colleges in Durham University. Attracting students from both the local community and abroad the varied student body present at the college is truly cosmopolitan. The campus provides a fabulous community atmosphere, as well as a diverse range of “innovative” courses. Stephenson is characterised by its modern student residence, which provides 282 quality en-suite rooms. The are also flats which are self-catering with large kitchens that act as a key area for socialising. Also found within the college residence is a common room, launderette, bike shed and outside picnic area. The college is ideally placed for students, with the teaching buildings a mere 90 second walk away. A host of excellent facilities can be found on Campus including a comprehensive Library, student bar, and Gym. Aside from the superb facilities at the Colleges students are able to access the facilities situated in Durham. Over recent years the Queen’s campus has secured and developed a comprehensive free bus service running throughout the week. The social life at a university is for many students an important aspect of university life. The nightlife around Queen’s Campus is superior to any College situated in Durham. The Rocket student union is a key area for students to meet and socialise and always offers an affordable and enjoyable night for students on the campus.

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University Boulevard Thornaby Stockton-on-Tees TS17 6BH Tel: (01642) 868627 Involvement

the jcr useful contacts President: Eleanor_Barry Main_Reception Internal_40010 Senior_DSU_Rep: Richard_Downey JCR_President Internal_40148

Website: www.dur.ac.uk/snow.jcr how to find the bar Come out of Sorbonne Close and follow Welfare the path round and over the road. Turn right and walk across the field, over the road and the railway bridge. The Rocket Union is directly ahead. the college We at John Snow have a terrific reputation for our sports, entertainments and balls which is largely due to our friendly, sociable atmosphere generated around halls, and across the campus. Everyone here likes to get involved in the college in some way, whether they play on a sports team, sit on a committee or start up a new society, our strong College spirit means we all add something to the College and to our time here at Queens Campus. John Snow halls of residence are a seven minute walk from the campus and the Rocket is about three minutes from John Snow halls. Not only is John Snow very close to the union, Out and About we also have a shop just around the corner and the town centre is a ten minute walk away. ‘Livers out’ do not lose the John Snow spirit, our sports teams are well known around the University and are no stranger to the intercollegiate finals. There are all kinds of societies available to you either at the Queens campus or on a university wide basis. Our nights out are legendary and always a memorable. On a more personal basis we have College formals once a term which include a delicious meal and great entertainment for all Snow students. The formals allow students and staff to get together in a great College environment where gowns must be worn and a lot of fun is always had. Overall, John Snow is a strong College with a great atmosphere and identity. Everyone knows of us for all the right reasons! We aim to simply get people involved and let them enjoy their student life here as much as possible. We promote a feeling of community and diversity all bundled up with the extra special John Snow spirit! With great facilities and

Useful Information endless possibilities what more could you ask from your College?

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Whenever you see the UnionEnts name you are guaranteed a good night out courtesy of DSU.

From the well established Planet of Sound to alternative nights such as I Can’t Believe its Not Cheese, UnionEnts Involvement are here to provide an alternative to your college bars and local nightclubs.

Look out this year for highlights including the Freshers’ Ball, Back 2 School and much much more.

The UnionEnts Discount card entitles you to a discount of at least 50p off the entry price for any ent bearing the UnionEnts logo, throughout the year.

Welfare This year we will be running at least 50 events at Dunelm House, so work out the maths for yourself!

If you are interested in getting involved in the planning and organisation of some of the biggest events in Durham, then please contact us at [email protected]. Enthusiasm is the key to our success, so please get Out and About involved.

Dunelm House boasts a number of rooms available for private/society hire at very reasonable rates. From bops to banquets we are here to help, so please contact Bev at Reception on Level B or e-mail [email protected] for more information. Useful Information

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Kingsgate is the union’s main bar,

located on Level B of Dunelm Information House, Useful Welfare Involvement straight past reception. We have a wide variety of lagers and beers on draught, a well stocked bottle bar and a range of spirits available.

Open 12am till 11 pm every day (till 10.30pm on Sundays), and a late license till 1am whenever an ent is on, it is the perfect place to go between lectures or on meet friends on an evening. You can also play pool on one of the three tables upstairs.

The sandwich bar serves food till late, and when the weather is good there is a barbeque on the balcony. planet of sound... Friday nights wouldn’t be the same Tickets are available on the door for

without Planet of Sound - Durham’s best £3.50 each. And, on your way home, you About and Out weekly clubbing experience. can pick up a Kebab or Pizza in Riverside! In Riverside Café on Level C, you can order food till late, whilst enjoying some of the finest cheese ever crafted.

On Level D in Vane Tempest you can get down with the groove to a selecton of RnB and Hip Hop anthems.

To top it all off, down in the Fonteyn Ballroom, we have the very latest club mixes - and a spectacular laser light show to go with.

From 10pm till 2pm you can experience a wide range of tunes and a bar on every floor.

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There will come a time when you are well and truly sick of the cheese that echoes throughout Durham, it is inevitable. Fortunately for you, you can listen to the best rock, alternative, hip hop and indie tunes at on of the many I can’t Believe its not Cheese nights. Think: Planet of Sound with better music! Involvement These events usually take place on Wednesday and Saturday nights, several times each term.

Tickets are on sale in the student shop a week before the event, and from 7pm on the door for £3.00. Clear your mind

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flavas...

Something new is coming to Dunelm in the form of Flavas.

The sounds of R’n’B will echo through the walls of Dunelm house, and da brothers shall feel the groove once more... or something like that...

Come along to the inaugral night on Wednesday 15th of October and experience it for yourself! Out and About Useful Information

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It’s odd, only once you have left school

do school uniforms suddenly Information become Useful Welfare Involvement sexy.

Back 2 School is part of DSU’s contribution to DUCK, with all proceeds raised at the door going to charity.

DUCK promise a wild and fun evening of delights. Short skirts, pony tails, school caps and makeup all round! Vodka Jelly is on sale and party music is echoing throughout.

Back 2 School nights are the most fun nights of the year, with lots of balloons and usually a bouncy castle in riverside!

Tickets are on sale from the shop a week in advance, or on the door from 7pm.

Entry is £3.50 (or £3.00 with an ents card) u n About and Out “It’s for charity mate!”

guests? DSU welcomes guests at our ents provided they have a valid guest card and are accompanied by someone with a campus card. Guest Cards are available from the Finance Office (Level B, Dunelm House) during office hours. They cannot be obtained on the door of an event.

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Bill Bryson was quite impressed by “A perfect little city ... If you Durham when he was writing his have never been to Durham, go at bestselling book, Notes from a Small once. Take my car. It’s wonderful” Island, however he was probably a bit Bill Bryson miffed when a student took his words Notes from a Small Island to heart and stole his car in order to visit. Involvement Durham is situated in the North East of England on the River Wear. The river forms a loop around a rocky peninsula containing the historic city centre and the magnificent Cathedral and Castle. The Cathedral and Castle combine to give the City of Durham one of the most distinctive skylines in the world.

The city can be disappointing in terms of

Welfare shopping, with several high street names notably absent, but despite this you can usually find all your shopping requirements somewhere in Durham. If you need anything else, the Metro Centre and Newcastle are less than 30 minutes away by train.

The indoor market is a great place to find obscure little trinkets, and the abundance of charity shops means that you will have no shortage of fancy dress costumes for college bops!

Out and About Durham has no shortage of bars, with a new one seemingly opening every other week. The club scene is slightly disappointing but there is always Newcastle.

If you are looking for something else to do, which does not involve eating, drinking or dancing, then Durham has plenty of choice.

Durham Cathedral continues to attract pilgrims to the shrines of St. Cuthbert Useful Information and the Venerable Bede. You can explore the nooks and crannies of the

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11th century cathedral, and for only two pounds you can climb to the top Information Useful of the main areas of durham Welfare Involvement tower where you are treated to one of the best views one can get of Durham. Market_Place _ Church services are held every day and The large square with the statue of a there are regular concerts, bloke on a horse. At weekends this is exhibitions and other events. Visitors filled with stalls and a kiddy roundabout can also see the Treasury Museum, that they don’t let students on! Monks’ Dormitory and audio-visual presentations which detail the buildings Prince_Bishops’__’ heritage. Shopping_Centre _ Pleasant shopping centre off from the The University Botanical Gardens, market place. hidden round the back of Collingwood, allows you to spend a relaxing afternoon Saddler_Street/North_Bailey _ amongst the plethora of exotic plants No-one knows where one stops and the and giant ants (I’m not kidding!). other begins, but it’s yet another street Admission is free with your DSU card, off the Market Place leading towards the and during the summer its always full of Castle and the Cathedral. Notable points lots of people “revising”. The café isn’t are the Georgian Window and Varsity. half bad either!

The Oriental Museum lies just opposite Silver_Street _ Van Mildert. It’s full of oriental art and The street leading down to Framwellgate Bridge, with Marks & Spencer, Woolies antiquities - well worth a look. About and Out and Café Nero at the top end. During the summer months it is possible to rent rowing boats from beside Elvet Milburngate_Centre _ Bridge. This is a fantastic opportunity to Durham’s older shopping centre, embarrass yourself in front of friends contains Safeway - haven for livers out. and family as you inadvertently recreate a scene from Titanic, whilst trying to North_Road _ negotiate the Wear’s tricky currents. Beyond the Milburngate Centre, leading up towards the railway station. The bus The Gala Theatre, just off the Market station is here, along with Blockbuster Square towards Claypath, runs many and an ever increasing number of pubs shows throughout the year and boasts and bars. Most notable is Walkabout and an impressive cinema. There are only the new Wetherspoons pub. two screens, but they are equipped with the latest digital sound equipment and Claypath _ show the latest releases. It is Off the Market Place. Here be pubs, advisable to book tickets in advance to restaurants and the Gala guarantee the best seats - call the box theatre/cinema. office on (0191) 3324041.

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Durham offers a fine selection of lau’s buffet king restaurants which will cater for even North Road the most obscure of tastes. Another all you can eat chinese buffet with an authentic feel. Situated chinese restaurants... conveniently outside of Milburngate, Lau’s offers a wide variety of food and There is no shortage of choice for Involvement has a Chinese grocery shop attached. restaurants offering the flavour of the As with China Joe’s, Lau’s can get busy Orient in Durham, all within easy during the evenings so booking is walking distance of the town centre. advised.

dragon Claypath, Tel: (0191) 3848683 indian restaurants... There are always moments when you Offering a wide selection of Chinese and can no longer fight your primordial urges Cantonese food, Dragon is a great place for curry. Luckily you can get this right Welfare to take your parents. Food is delicious here in Durham! and served in generous portions - it is definitely recommended that you try the shaheens crispy aromatic duck.The restaurant has 48 North Bailey, Tel: (0191) 3860960 a wonderful atmosphere and is large, light and airy. Opposite Hatfield College, Shaheens is a very student friendly establishment hong sing which offers a wide variety of authentic Claypath, Tel: (0191) 3861799 Indian dishes. The food is delicious and the staff are friendly, but be prepared to Offers a good but limited buffet. Hong be teased for your choice of dish or Sing is however known for what is drink! It is advisable to book in advance, probably one of the best take-away and especially at weekends or if you are delivery services in Durham - all at bringing a large party. Out and About reasonable prices.

china joe’s 51 North Road, Tel: (0191) 3709190

An excellent quality, all you can eat buffet - perfect for when college food is getting you down. Enjoy a wide variety of chinese food in a modern environment. Prices vary depending on the time you visit the restaurant (the earlier the cheaper). If you are planning a visit in the evening, then booking a table is

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novmn efr sflInformation Useful Saddler Street, Tel: (0191) 3839290 Welfare Involvement Durham probably has more Italian restaurants than it has college rooms. Le Spag is filled with bright and cheerful Why? Nobody knows - perhaps it’s one decor, including a stunning mural of those signs that are supposed to tell hand-painted onto the walls - giving it a you that you are still dreaming. Whatever genuine Mediterranean ambience. The the reason, most of these restaurants food is both very good value and very are reasonably priced, especially during tasty, with free salad with any main the ‘happy hours’. course and a free garlic bread with each bottle of house wine. The staff are both friendly and efficient. During the bella pasta weekends the restaurant can get fairly 20 Silver Street, Tel: (0191) 3861060 busy, and unfortunately Le Spag do not take bookings - however you can wait in A chain restaurant with some excellent the comfort of the bar area and sample offers for students. On Mondays and some Italian lager! Thursdays there is 50% off all food in the early evening. There is a vast choice of pizza express food on the menu and the restaurant Saddler Street, Tel: (0191) 3832631 offers a great view of the River Wear. Allegedly the best pizza outside of Italy, emilios Pizza Express is a very classy Elvet Bridge, Tel: (0191) 3840096 establishment and its prices reflect this. It is a very modern and quiet restaurant, A restaurant with stylish decor, Emilio’s with an excellent selection of wines. About and Out offers a much greater choice than just Worth going to with parents, especially if pizza and pasta - the meat dishes are they are paying! particularly recommended. Slightly more expensive than most of the other Italian restaurants, Emilio’s is more of a place where you would take your parents. Having said that, there is a happy hour between 5.30 and 7.00 Monday to Friday. pizza venezia 4 Framwellgate Bridge, Tel: (0191) 3846777

A small, yet cosy restaurant with great offers on meals during lunchtimes and early evenings. The food is very good and service is friendly. There is also a room upstairs for large parties.

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pizza hut other restaurants... Silver Street, Tel: (0191) 3861650 Don’t worry, if none of the restaurants so A chain restaurant with hundreds of far have tickled your taste buds - there locations across the UK. The food and are still a few places left for you to service are exactly as you would expect, choose from. but not necessarily cheap. The hide lunchtime all you can eat buffet is Saddler Street recommended (11.30-2.30 Weekdays),

Involvement but be prepared for a wait before being Probably one of the poshest (and most seated. expensive) restaurants in Durham. Hide offers you a wide variety of gourmet food to salivate over, and is a great place to pizza romeo take your parents or celebrate a special Elvet Bridge occasion. Of particular note are the cocktails served at the bar, and the A traditional Italian restaurant with a range of mouth watering desserts. buzzing atmosphere and a family feel. The food is tasty and excellent value - you won’t be disappointed by the tradi-

Welfare hollathans tional pizza bases! 16 Elvet Bridge, Tel: (0191) 3864618

A very stylish bar/restaurant with very ricardos comfy sofas. Offering a wide range of 19 Hallgarth Street, tasty food and drinks, the service is very Tel: (0191) 3844007 friendly. The perfect place for a meal, coffee or a drink at any time of the day. A popular choice amongst students, There is also a more formal restaurant especially during the all night happy downstairs which offers the same menu. hour on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The food is great, especially the garlic prawns and the Pizza Ricardo. rock’n’amigos

Out and About 84 Claypath, Tel: (0191) 3839001

michelangelos Durham’s premier (and only) Mexican Nevilles Cross restaurant, located within a short walk of the Market Square. It offers a wide range A very posh restaurant located in of delicious Mexican food, however can Nevilles Cross, perfect for taking your be a little expensive. Authentic drinks parents or girlfriend to. If you are are served including Tequilla, Sangria coming from town the trek is well worth and Mexican Lager complete with lime. it, with very friendly staff and delicious food. The decor is modern and clean and there is also a nice subdued wine bar attached. During the week, between

Useful Information 5.30 and 7.00, all pizzas and pastas are r riversidecafe half price, making this excellent value. Level C Dunelm House

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sakura tea, coffee, snacks... Crossgate Like Italian restaurants, Durham does seem to have an unusually large number novmn efr sflInformation Useful of coffee shops. These make the perfect Welfare Involvement Dining in Sakura is something place to meet friends and procrastinate. everyone must experience at least once. Authentic and tasty Japanese food is prepared on hotplates at your table, with chef’s looking for diner café continental participation - if you ever wanted to 22a Silver Street, Tel: (0191) 3845732 splat your mates with eggs then now is your chance! Café Continental is tucked away above a shop next to the bridge, serving a range All kinds of eastern dishes are of foods - anything from an all day available, from sushi (actually quite breakfast to a range of wraps and nice) to curry dishes - all cooked in baguettes. The cakes are varied and the front of your very eyes! The quality of decor is a bit washed out and mellow the food is outstanding, and the taste (think of your Gran’s kitchen). The café is equally as good. can get very busy and noisy during peak times, and the prices are on the This does come at a price, but it is expensive side. definately worth it for the entertainment value alone.

café nero 34 Silver Street, Tel: (0191) 3849444

A cozy coffee shop serving great tasting, About and Out authentic Italian coffee. Nero’s also offers an excellent choice of sandwiches, cakes and muffins. It can get a bit crowded, and there is no guarantee of getting a table. Unlike Costa’s, no student discount is offered; however, a loyalty card scheme does exist.

coffee corner Riverside Café, Level C, Dunelm House.

Offers an extensive range of affordable and high quality coffee in the scenic surroundings of Riverside Café. Sit down and drink or takeaway. Try the chocolate brownies - they are to die for!

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costa coffee takeaway food... Prince Bishops Shopping Centre Wether you have been locked in a Yet another Italian coffee shop, offering lecture theatre all day, or you’re on the coffee (surprisingly enough!) and a way home from an alcohol fueled night range of delicious cakes and biscuits. at the union, chances are that you are The coffee is average, but on hot days I going to want something to eat. Luckily would recommend that you try their iced for you there are is a plethora of places range. Costa does offer a 10% discount to choose from.

Involvement if you show your DSU card.

beni’s kofi 73 North Road, Tel: (0191) 3842248 Elvet Bridge A kebab and pizza shop opposite the Located near Elvet Riverside, Kofi is yet popular night spot DH1. The food is another place to find refreshment. Aside unremarkable but after a night on the from coffee, there is a great range of tiles you probably won’t care! Has been fruity cocktails and smoothies to help known as ‘Penis’ following some you get over a hangover. Magazines and creative vandalism (think about it ...), Welfare newspapers are provided to keep you now sadly fixed. amused whilst having a refreshment.

bimbi’s vennels Market Place, Tel: (0191) 3842258 Saddler’s Yard, Tel: (0191) 3860484 The best (and pretty much the only) Hidden away down an alley leading off place in Durham to buy good fish and Saddler Street, Vennels is a proper chips. Very handy for Bailey students English coffee shop. With pleasant who have missed college supper. surroundings, an outdoor area and Unremarkable decor and typically reasonable prices it is an ideal place to english. sit back and relax. Staff are friendly, and Out and About the cakes are mouthwatering. The quiet upstairs area can be a great place to bimbi’s 2 work or enjoy a good book. Neville Street

A second outlet of Bimbi’s, serving Quick pretty much the same selection of food and in a location geared to catch the Snack? drunken hoards on their way home from DH1 and the Fish Tank.

Visit Kingsgate Sandwich Bar with a BBQ on the balcony when its sunny! Useful Information Kingsgate, Level B, Dunelm House

96 HTTP://WWW. DSU. ORG. UK/ G UIDE T O D URHAM DSUDSU elvet arch pizzaria my kinda pizza Elvet Bridge (Next to Klute) 38 North Road, Tel: (0191) 3845819

Located beside Klute, the Elvet Arch Almost certainly the best pizza delivery (also known as Jane’s Place) Information Useful serves available in Durham. The pizza’s Welfare are Involvement some of the best take away pizza’s in cooked to perfection and rarely Durham as well as the usual suspects dissapoint. Special mention goes to the such as burgers, kebabs, chips. Prices delicious texan pizza. The menu offers a are reasonable and the staff are good variety of pizzas and side orders, friendly. and a 10% student discount is offered alongside other offers. Free delivery over £10. burger king 7 North Road, Tel: (0191) 3860165 picnic basket Burger King, nuff said. Regarded by 7 New Elvet, Tel: (0191) 3831967 many as the superior alternative to McDonalds, it is no different to any of the The Picnic Basket offers hot and cold other Burger Kings you will have no sandwiches with a wide variety of doubt encountered. Conveniently fillings. Long queues are to be expected. located opposite Milburngate, and offers The shop only caters for 20% discount on production of your breakfast and lunch, usually closing at DSU card. 2.30pm.

mcdonalds pizza king 30 High Street, Tel: (0191) 3750724 88a Claypath, Tel: (0191) 3864004 About and Out

You know what to expect. You will One of Durham’s numerous pizza probably have spent many hours takeaways. Offering free delivery over arguing the merits of MaccyD’s and £7 and pizzas are cheap before 9pm, Burger King. MaccyD’s opens late and there are usually good special offers and you get free cheeseburgers with every food is tasty. extra value meal if you show your student card. pizza perfect Gilesgate paninos 74 North Road, Tel: (0191) 3868118 Popular amongst students at Hild and Bede due to its proximity, Pizza Perfect A rather fancy looking sandwich shop, offers a 20% student discount however offering some very palatable lunchtime the menu is quite limited. bites. The range of fillings is impressive, however value for money is questionable.

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riverside café pubs & bars... Level C, Dunelm House. Durham has an ever increasing number Open every night until 11 serving drinks, of pubs and bars popping up and food till 9, Riverside Cave serves a everywhere, but as of yet, no karaoke tasty range of items, from sandwiches bars have appeared.. oh well... and snacks to full blown hot meals. Located in Dunelm house, with a pleasant view of the river, it is a great the angel Involvement place to grab a bite to eat between Crossgate lectures, and also serves as a takeaway on Wednesday and Friday nights, after The Angel attracts a cross-section of Planet of Sound and other events. frightening students and locals who wish Affordable and palatable food! to avoid happy, cheerful pop music. This, understandably, could be a little off-putting, however the beer is reasonable (as are the prices) and there subway is often good gigs from time to time. Elvet Bridge

Open late, Subway serves a delicious

Welfare court inn range of sandwiches that are made to Court Lane order using fresh and tasty ingredients. Treat yourself to a foot-long sandwich Located within a short walk of both the and enjoy the all you can drink soft prison and the students union, the Court drinks! The loyalty card scheme also Inn boasts a wide range of lagers and allows you to earn a free sandwich with bitters as well as an excellent range of each purchase you make. pub meals - with discounts after 9pm on weekdays. Nice place to take visiting MOn-Fri 8.45am-4.30pm parents for a meal. Sat 10am-4.30pm

duke of wellington coffee Nevilles Cross Out and About Offering scrumptuos Sunday lunches and a laid back atmosphere. The large corner portions have to be eaten to be believed and are reasonably priced. It is a bit out of the way, however, unless you happen Ethical coffee at to live in Nevilles Cross. a great price half moon inn riverside café New Elvet Fairly good pub close to Elvet Riverside.

Useful Information dunelm house Its a very popular place to watch football matches on the pub’s two big screen TVs. Quite pricey, but good range of

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An Irish bar on Claypath that’s hogshead Information Useful essentially one big low-ceilinged room Welfare Involvement Saddler Street with a bar at the far end. Its not too bad, with a wide range of moderately priced At the bottom of the Bailey, this chain drinks and regular band nights. Can get pub serves a tasty menu, aswell as a a bit packed at the weekends. providing a good selection of guest ales such as Black Sheep. The pub is spacious and prices are reasonable. the dun cow Old Elvet jimmy allens A nice quiet local pub, selling reasonably Elvet Bridge priced drinks and cheap home cooked lunches. Handy for a quick pint and A fairly swish bar located under elvet home of the Dun Cow challenge. bridge, named after a ghost that Entrants are required to drink 5, 10 or 20 supposedly haunts the locale. Serves pints from behind the bar within a two the standard mix of draught beers and hour period. For those attempting the lagers plus a wide range of interesting challenge, the University Medical Centre cocktails. During the day a selection of is less than twenty yards away. café food is available.

the fighting cocks market tavern Framwellgate Bridge/Crossgate

Market Place About and Out A pub with an undeserved reputation for Residing in the centre of Durham, the being local’s only. Serving a decent Market Tavern is a quaint little pub. selection of drinks, and a fairly good Serving a selection of real ales such as meal during the day, the Fighting Cocks Theakston’s Old Peculiar. is an alternative place to frequent on a night out. new inn Stockton Road the saddle market North Road Opposite the Science Site, the New Inn is a Scream pub, with a contemporary The Saddle Market boasts some truly atmosphere and a range of offers for hideous decor, however it is thankfully holders of the Yellow Card. Offering a too dark for anyone to notice. Featuring limited menu (Burgers... Chips...), many excellent student offers, such as triples students tend to flock here for a pint and for £2.20 and free shots, it is a favorite quick bite to eat between lectures. The stop off for people venturing to DH1 next New Inn also boasts live sporting door! coverage (with a big screen), giant Jenga and attractive bar staff - what more could one ask for!

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scruffy murphy’s walkabout New Elvet North Road

An Irish Pub next to the Half Moon. This recently opened Australian theme Scruffy Murphy’s has quite a good range bar is probably the only place in Durham of normal and Irish beverages with a few where you can actually eat some nice nooks and crannies. Often has Kangaroo or Crocodile - an interesting good drinks promotions and live music, experience that I recommend you all try. its not too tacky and has a nice big TV The food is great, however the drinks

Involvement screen for sports matches. are a bit on the expensive side. It is an excellent venue for live sports and you can listen to live music every Thursday. the shakesphere Walkabout is open till 1am each day, North Bailey however you need to be there before 11pm to take advantage of the late A tiny pub on the market. The beer isn’t liscencing. the cheapest but the atmosphere (and the toasties) make it worth a visit. wetherspoons North Road the swan and three Welfare cygnets Opened this Autumn, The Waterside has Elvet Bridge all you expect from a member of the Wetherspoons Chain - “cheap as chips” These purveyors of Samuel Smith’s fine drinks, no music and a vast menu of products provide cheap and tasty lager food. Look out for Curry Club nights on and bitter. Bottled beers and spirits are Thursdays and Steak Club on Tuesdays. also available, albeit not any brand you will have heard of. This pub is a perfect retreat for those lazy post-exam summer the woodman evenings, having ample seating both Claypath indoors and out. Reasonable food can also be had during the daytime. CAMRA nominated, the Woodman is located at the top of Claypath over the varsity

Out and About road from Hild and Bede. A large Saddler Street selection of ales and lager is available with frequent changes of guest beer. A very spacious pub with a wonderful Occasional beer festivals make view of Durham from the balcony. As appearances here - beware, these will part of a nationwide chain, Varsity offers significantly reduce your brain cells, cut price drinks to holders of the V Card bank balance and consciousness! and boasts a large menu of fairly good, and affordable food. It is Durham’s premier venue for watching sporting yates’ events, with comfortable couches, big North Road screens and friendly atmosphere. Exactly the same as every other Yates’ you’ll have been in. They do reasonably Useful Information priced cocktails and have a good selection of wine and spirits. There are

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students tend to avoid it. Information Useful Welfare Involvement Sound then you are going to be dissapointed, however there is always ye olde elm tree Newcastle. Crossgate dh1 A quiet but friendly local’s pub, North Road renowned for its fiendishly difficult pub Durham’s best club, and known to all quiz on Wednesday nights. Watch students as Rixies, its former name, University Challenge teams crack under DH1 was recently refurbished. Now the pressure whilst enjoying the featuring a shiny new dancefloor and selection of real ales on offer! slick bar area, you can enjoy a slightly more modern variation of the music typically heard in Klute. You often get rock nights and drum n’ bass nights which provide a refreshing change to the norm. Drinks offers are few and far between, but many prefer it due to the atmosphere (and slightly higher ceilings than Klute!).

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the fish tank DSDSU Neville Street Looking like a dodgy brothel from street level, the Fish Tank is an alternative music venue. The name is quite apt con- sidering the size of the place, which becomes apparent as you go upstairs. It is an excellent live music venue attracting local bands, Jam and people who just want to play their instrument and have a laugh. The bar serves the usual poisons and an interesting range of affordable cocktails. Definitely recommended when the constant stream of cheese gets too much for you!

Entry: Kingsgate £Varies depending who is playing. Level B, Dunelm House Usually a couple of pounds.

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café rock North Road

Located next to DH1, this is Durham’s largest and probably worst night club experience. Generally it plays cheese with the occasional top 40 track thrown in. The club itself is on two levels. The first with a reasonable bar layout, whilst

Involvement the second has a medium sized dance floor and the atmosphere of a school disco. Tends to be unpopular amongst students, and at weekends its a haven for older locals.

the prince bishop River Wear (get on next to Klute)

klute Not exactly a club per se, the Prince Bishop sails at around 00:45 most

Welfare Elvet Bridge Sunday evenings after Klute closes, Love it or loathe it, Klute is a Durham returning to shore around 2ish. It also institution that all students need to sails during weekdays after exams, experience at some point during their between 2am and 4am. The university life. Voted worst club in bottom deck of the boat is turned into a Europe by FHM Magazine*, you know fairly surreal disco hall, complete with your in for a special night as you wait to christmas lights and ridiculously low get inside. Essentially it’s a place where ceilings. The bar however is this ships you can keep drinking till 2 and saviour, the only place in Durham where experience the odd pull. It offers good you can buy cheap drinks after midnight discounted drinks on weekdays, but the on a Sunday! music is pure 70’s cheese. The main area is the small dancefloor upstairs,

Out and About which can get very crowded. Downstairs Planet of Sound is the VIP lounge, entry usually exclusive to rugby players and those 4 Hours of Pure Euphoria with ample cleavage. If you get the chance, try ordering a fishbowl in the 5 Bars, open till 1pm VIP lounge - very tasty! Entry: 3 Dancefloors - Cheese, RnB & Sun-Thus £2.50 Fri-Sat £4.50 Dance

1,250 Capacity Sellout Event!

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102 *TECHNICALLY K LUTE WAS VOTED 2 ND W ORST CLUB, BUT THE W ORST HAS SINCE BURNT DOWN! G UIDE T O S TOCKTON DSUDSU stockton...

Stockton is a town with a lot of

history - it was the location of the Information Useful first Welfare Involvement passenger railway back in 1825, and birthplace of the safety match! Today it has expanded and there is a wealth of leisure and social facilities to be found. It is a small enough place to be a community, yet large enough to fill your social life.

Its close proximity to Middlesbrough also means that you don’t need to travel far to experience city nightlife.

The town centre is just ten minutes walk from Queens Campus, with plenty of big name stores all willing to swallow up your overdraft! If that isn’t enough to scare your credit card company, then just down the road is Middlesbrough, one of the North’s most renowned cities for shopping. views from Roseberry Topping. The The University also subsidises a bus seaside towns of Saltburn, Redcar, service to and from Durham, which Whitby are very easy to get to. Perhaps About and Out helps maintain links between campus’s. you fancy a day at the races. There are Student tickets cost £1.50 for a single race courses at Sedgefield, Redcar, journey. Thirsk and York.

If the mood takes you to get out of the Also worth taking in is Preston Hall town and take a nice walk in the Museum, the Green Dragon Museum, countryside there is plenty to do on your Castle Eden Walkway and country park, doorstep. You can visit Ropner Park or Billingham Beck Valley country park, Preston Park for a nice stroll or picnic. and Cowpen Bewley Woodland park. Or, The North York Moors National Park is perhaps take a river cruise on the just up the road, including must see Teesside Princess Boat to Yarm.

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recreation... zanzibar High Street With the campus close to the River Tees, students have the chance to Zanzibar is said to be one of the best indulge in white water rafting at the Tees clubs on Teesside. The drinks are Barrage and partake in a variety of other average club prices, however you tend watersports such as rowing and not to get the hoards of underage kids canoeing. Trained instructors are on that other venues seem to attract. This hand, and the centre welcomes creates a good atmosphere which is beginners and experienced participants. Involvement enhanced by the range of music - from old classics to modern anthems - there There are a host of leisure facilities is something for everyone! Entry is free available at the nearby Teesside Park, before 10.30pm. including Quasar, a Bowling Alley and a 14-screen multiplex cinema.

There is also a swiming pool and leisure You might also want to venture further centre located within walking distance of afield to Tall Tree’s in Yarm, which holds the town centre. the distinction of being europe’s largest nightclub - Club M. People flock from all over the region, and transport can Welfare usually be arranged to and from the venue. Under its huge roof you can find dozens of dancefloors, a swimming pool clubs...and casino. Stockton has an active and lively club scene, with several nightclubs located within a short walk of the campus. biancos the rocket union... Prince Regent Street The Rocket Union is the College Bar One of Stocktons many night spots, for George Stephenson College and Biancos is the place to go if you enjoy John Snow College. It was bought and rave music, with a mix of classic and refurbished in 1999 as part of a Out and About modern tunes. Featuring renowned £15million development at the resident DJ’s and tempting drinks offers, Campus. It’s a great place for a night biancos nightclub is well recommended. out. There are two bars, a large function room, pool tables, video machines, darts, playstations, millennium satellite TV, a stage for heatre and Teesside Park other performances. Both food and drink are on sale at student friendly Located in Teesside Park,next to the prices. The Rocket Union houses all Cinema, Millennium is a huge club with types of student activities such as a 2000 capacity spread over two floors band nights , discos, yoga, salsa, tet- with seven bars. The drinks can be sudo, drama, music practice, celidhs, expensive, however there are a small RAG events. There is a 2am licence Useful Information selection of offers on during the week. on a certain regular nights.

104 HTTP://WWW. DSU. ORG. UK/ G UIDE T O S TOCKTON DSUDSU food & drink... There are plenty of fast food outlets to be found both in the town centre and at Teesside Park. These include the usual suspects: McDonalds, Burger King, Pizza Hut and the ‘dodgy kebab shop’. Information Useful Welfare Involvement

I would recommend that you try a parmesan in a local kebab shop. It is a delicacy which, as far as I know, is unique to the North East. They are something totally unheard of in southern kebab shops.Yes, they are basically just chicken covered in cheese, but you have to admit that they are a nicer prospect than a donner kebab!

If you are looking for a more upmarket venue, then there is a wide selection of restaurants - most of them located adjacent to the high street - serving everything from bog-standard italien to the more exotic thai and cantonese banquets.

Food is also available on campus, so don’t worry if you don’t want to cook. The Waterside Room, in the Holliday Building, provides a wide range of hot and cold food, with vegetarian options as well as themed days, or, just pop in for a coffee and watch the waterskiers and boats go by. u n About and Out

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Home of Byker Grove, Brown Ale and Newcastle United; Most of you will no doubt go venturing out to Newcastle in search of a good night out. Rated - by a US travel agent - as one of the top ten cities in the world for partying, there’s something to cater Involvement for every taste.

Only a twenty minute train journey away from Durham, the city has a wide selection of shops and if you are still yearning for more then nearby is the Metro Centre - Europe’s largest shopping centre and leisure city. With over 350 retail outlets, 3 themed shopping villages, an 11 screen cinema, bowling alley and indoor theme park; Welfare there are more than enough things for you to occupy yourself with.

Newcastle is also a city of culture - you can watch a show at the Theatre Royal (0191 2322061 for booking), The Playhouse (0191 2305151) and the Tyne Theatre and Opera House (0191 232 0899). There are also several art galleries around the city including the Laing Art Gallery, Hatton Gallery and the recently-opened Baltic.

Brilliant for clubbing, there is a lot to Out and About offer, from the highly regarded house night ‘Shindig’ at Foundation, to the student-favorite Vodka Party nights on Union, just so you can say you’ve been! Wednesday at Ikon. The alternative crowd may also want to check out the ‘Get Your Skates On’ night at Northumbria Students Union on Tuesday nights. getting home

Alcohol is nice and cheap in the more Keep an eye on the time while you student-friendly locations, with special are in Newcastle, the last train back offers on drinks, so you can always to Durham leaves at around 2am and afford to have a good time. Check out Useful Information a taxi will set you back close to 25 Newcastle University Students Union, pounds! the University of Northumbria Students

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novmn efr sflInformation Useful 78 Scotswood Road Welfare Involvement It is impossible to list all the bars, pubs, Somewhat out on a limb. Traditional feel with plush clubs and restaurants in Newcastle, so sofas. Helps if you like orange. Small dancefloor. Open till 1am Thurs-Sat and offers an alternative to we are listing those which offer what clubbing. cannot be found in Durham... Strings Gay Bars and Clubs Waterloo Street Divides opinions sharply. Upstairs is laid-back and The nearest commercial gay scene to bright, with comfortable sofas and a largely older crowd. Downstairs is rather louder and clubbier with Durham is in Newcastle. The LGBT a dancefloor. Mostly male. Drinks are expensive. Association organises regular group trips up to Newcastle (mostly on Friday nights) at Switch which all are very welcome. 4-10 Scotswood Road Trendy, loud DJ and dancefloor, strobe lighting, plush carpets. Generally busy but not too busy, with The Bank a decent gender mix. Notoriously 12 Scotswood Road expensive drinks. Wine bar as well as a pub. Small but comfortable. Reasonable drinks prices. Very high average age. Twist Popular with transvestites. Unit 5, Times Square Nondescript ‘chain pub’ feel, not exclusively gay, Baron and Baroness especially during the day. Surprisingly large. Tables Unit 4, Times Square outside in the square. Good mix of men and women. The newest venue, and something very different. You’ll end up staring at the video jukebox. Strong mock medieval theme, lavished with period furniture and decorations. Dark, and quite large. The Yard Fairly expensive. 2 Scotswood Road (downstairs) Below Heavens Above, with a more relaxed atmos- Betty’s Bar phere although it can get very packed. Traditionally About and Out 2 Marlborough Crescent an older crowd but becoming more popular with the Called a “café/bar/diner”, Newcastles only younger element. Quite a stylish feel. dedicated gay eatery, but also offers a full bar including cocktails. All prices are very reasonable. Zinc Small but comfortable and rarely crowded. Unit 3, Times Square Adjacent to the Powerhouse and becomes part of it The Dog after pub hours. Very minimalist style, very cosmo- 15 Marlborough Crescent politan feel, very orange. Pleasant balcony upstairs. Very popular, mostly because of its extremely cheap Offers a ‘button game’ with the chance to win free or drinks offers. Wide age range. DJ downstairs, and cheap drinks. upstairs, Newcastle’s only female-dominated venue, offers karaoke. Powerhouse Units 1-2, Times Square The Eagle Newcastle’s only dedicated gay club (at the time of 42 Scotswood Road writing, although a second called Iris is strongly “Newcastle’s only bar catering for a leather, denim rumoured to be opening late 2003). Open 5 nights a and uniform crowd.” So it’ll either be your thing or it week (not Tues or Weds). Entrance costs anything won’t. from £3 to £8 depending on the day of the week. Two levels offering up to five bars and two DJs (but Heavens Above only one dancefloor), although only at 2 Scotswood Road (upstairs) weekends is the whole complex open. Drinks rices Popular, attracting probably the youngest crowd on are predictably horrendous, except on Mondays the scene. Good gender mix. Takes its name from when it’s ‘buy one get one free’. The venue is very the sky mural on the ceiling. Quite atmospheric with large, generally dark, hyper-modern. A definite male pumping music. Generally very expensive drinks but majority although women can be found in force. look for offers.

BRINGING THE DURHAM EXPERIENCE TO LIFE 107 DSUDSU STUDENTS HANDBOOK 2003/2004 middlesbrough... Twenty miles away from Durham, and budget stretches, Middlesbrough offers right next door to Stockton, a good selection of designer clothes Middlesbrough offers a lot to shops. students. By night Middlesbrough has a vibrant, buzzing atmosphere Between the shops, restaurants cover and is pretty damn good night out. It most types of food, including French, also has an excellent football team, Greek, Italian, Indian and Chinese. Involvement and plenty of other things to do. Local bistros serve all-day breakfasts, sandwiches and wholesome foods while Middlesbrough is one of the main handy take-aways offer everything from shopping and leisure centres for the pizza and pasta to kebabs and Balti area, you’ll find all the usual chain stores specialities. Many of the food places in offering everything from fashion and Middlesbrough offer student discounts music to the weekly groceries, plus and most are only a few minutes away large department stores. from the centre.

There are three indoor shopping centres Club-wise there’s plenty - The Empire as well as outdoor pedestrian shopping and The Arena get the biggest DJ

Welfare areas. A new £35 million town centre names in the town centre, The shopping precinct, Captain Cook Underground plays heaps of school Square, has opened recently. If you disco material and Bar Fresco kind of prefer to bargain hunt, there are plenty doubles up as a bar and club but can get of second hand stores and if your a bit over-crowded and they should learn to control the old speaker system perhaps within some sort of health and safety guidelines.

Outside of the centre, on Teesside Park, there’s The Millennium with plenty of cheap drinks, cheap cheese, and cheap aftershaves but a laugh nonetheless - free buses run you out there from out- Out and About side Bar Zantia.

There are plenty of theatres, art galleries, museums and craft centres in Middlesbrough and the surrounding area.

Middlesbrough Theatre hosts a variety of live performance events, including drama, musicals and concerts, whilst Middlesbrough Town Hall provides the venue for a wide-ranging entertainment programme that includes pop, rock and Useful Information classical music concerts and comedy shows. Cleveland Crafts Centre houses

108 HTTP://WWW. DSU. ORG. UK/ M IDDLESBROUGH DSUDSU permanent collections of jewellery and ceramics.

There are plenty of local museums too, including the Captain Cook Birthplace Information Useful Welfare Involvement Museum, which is a museum which is where Captain Cook was born like. teesside scene... Gay Bars and Clubs

Middlesbrough has a small gay scene, which Durham University LGBT Association some- times visits.

Annie’s Bar 97 Linthorpe Road Offers karaoke and ‘entertainment’ - think Butlins red-coat style. Not the most modern of venues but offers £2 doubles all day every day. Also close to Cassidy’s.

The Oak 23 Newport Road Open from 12pm but generally only becomes gay in the evenings. Traditional About and Out feel, with relaxed atmosphere and pool tables. Hi-NRG music and flashing lights are to be found on busier nights.

Cassidy’s 41-45 Grange Road Middlesbrough’s only gay club and the only venue with a late license, open Thursdays to Sundays. The main downstairs area features a chill-out room, bar area and separate room with another bar and the dancefloor. Music policy is always cheesy hi-NRG remixes or covers. The busiest nights are Friday and particularly Saturday, when the upstairs room is open playing more chart music. Drinks are reasonably priced and there are often offers.

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DSUDSU STUDENTS HANDBOOK 2003/2004 useful dates... michaelmas term epiphany term 8th Oct - 17th Dec 2003 19 Jan 2004 - 19 Mar 2004

October January 7th-8th 23rd Freshers Fair @ Dunelm House Planet of Sound @ Dunelm House 8th 28th

Involvement Freshers Bop @ Dunelm House Council @ TBC 10th 30th Planet of Sound @ Dunelm House Planet of Sound @ Dunelm House 11th ICBIN Cheese @ Dunelm House February 15th 3rd Flavas R+B Night@ Dunelm House General Meeting @ Fonteyn Ballroom, Dunelm 17th House, 8pm. Planet of Sound @ Dunelm House 6th 21st Planet of Sound @ Dunelm House Council @ TBC 13th 22nd Planet of Sound @ Dunelm House Freshers Ball 18th 24th Council @ TBC Planet of Sound @ Dunelm House 20th Welfare 29th Planet of Sound @ Dunelm House Back2School @ Dunelm House 27th 30th Planet of Sound @ Dunelm House General Meeting @ Dining Room, St. Mary’s College, 8pm March 31st 4th Planet of Sound @ Dunelm House General Meeting @ Fonteyn Ballroom, Dunelm House, 8pm. 5th November Planet of Sound @ Dunelm House 5th 10th ICBIN Cheese @ Dunelm House Council @ TBC 7th 12th Planet of Sound @ Dunelm House Planet of Sound @ Dunelm House 12th 19th Council @ Hatfield Dining Hall, 8pm Planet of Sound @ Dunelm House

Out and About 14th Planet of Sound @ Dunelm House 21st Planet of Sound @ Dunelm House 27th General Meeting @ St Cuthbert’s Dining Hall, 8pm 28th Planet of Sound @ Dunelm House

December 5th Planet of Sound @ Dunelm House 10th Council @ TBC| 10h

Useful Information Back2School @ Dunelm House 12th Planet of Sound @ Dunelm House

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easter term beyond... 26 Apr 2004 - 25 Jun 2004 Welfare Involvement

April Academic year 2004 - 2005 30th Michaelmas Term 2004 Planet of Sound @ Dunelm House 6 Oct 2004 - 15 Dec 2004 March Epiphany Term 2005 6th 17 Jan 2005 - 18 Mar 2005 General Meeting @ Fonteyn Ballroom, Dunelm Easter Term 2005 House, 8pm. 25 Apr 2005 - 24 Jun 2005 7th Planet of Sound @ Dunelm House 12th Academic year 2005 - 2006 Council @ TBC Michaelmas Term 2005 14th Planet of Sound @ Dunelm House 5 Oct 2005 - 14 Dec 2005 21st Epiphany Term 2006 Planet of Sound @ Dunelm House 16 Jan 2006 - 17 Mar 2006 28th Planet of Sound @ Dunelm House Easter Term 2006 24 Apr 2006 - 23 Jun 2006 June 4th Planet of Sound @ Dunelm House Academic year 2006 - 2007 9th Michaelmas Term 2006 Council @ TBC 4 Oct 2006 - 13 Dec 2006 11th Epiphany Term 2007 Planet of Sound @ Dunelm House 18th 15 Jan 2007 - 16 Mar 2007 Planet of Sound @ Dunelm House Easter Term 2007 About and Out 25th 23 Apr 2007 - 22 Jun 2007 Planet of Sound @ Dunelm House Academic year 2007 - 2008 Michaelmas Term 2007 3 Oct 2007 - 12 Dec 2007 Epiphany Term 2008 14 Jan 2008 - 14 Mar 2008 Easter Term 2008 21 Apr 2008 - 20 Jun 2008 sflInformation Useful Academic year 2008 - 2009 Michaelmas Term 2008 8 Oct 2008 - 17 Dec 2008 Epiphany Term 2009 19 Jan 2009 - 20 Mar 2009 Easter Term 2009 27 Apr 2009 - 26 Jun 2009

D ON’ T F ORGET - THERE IS AN E NT ON @ THE U NION EVERY W EDNESDAY 113 DSUDSU STUDENTS HANDBOOK 2003/2004 the directory... internal phone numbers DUCK_&_SCA 41797 STA_Travel 41986/41987 The numbers given below are available Palatinate 41808 from all University internal telephones. Bar_Manager 41793 To call any of them from an external net- Catering_Manager 41798 work, prefix the number with (0191) 33. General_Manager 41781 Marketing_Manager 41790 Involvement emergency numbers Shop_Manager 41813 Venue_Manager 41802 Police,_Fire,_Ambulance 999 University_Emergency 43333 other student organisations University_Security 42222 University_Security 40080 Athletics_Union 41696 (Queens_Campus) Durham_Student_Theatre 41419 Health_Centre 46086 Durham Union Society 42203 university colleges Welfare Switchboard - Internal 0 Collingwood 45035 Switchboard - External (0191) 330 0000 George Stephenson 40010 Exams_& Student_Records 40039 Grey 45900 Health_&_Safety Office 42660 Hatfield 42633 Queens Campus 40022 John_Snow 40010 St Aidan’s 45769 welfare St Chad’s 43358 St Cuthbert’s 43400 Nightline (0191) 374 3315 St Hild & St Bede 48300 DSU_Advice_Centre 41775 St John’s 43500 DSU_Accommodation_Office 41770 St Mary’s 45719 Counselling_Service 42200 Trevelyan 47000 University 44099 Out and About Health_Centre 46086 International_Office 46328 Ustinov 46403 Service_for_Students_with 48115 Van_Mildert 47100 Disabilities_(DUSSD) _ departments students’ union Anthropology 46100 Reception 41777 Applied_Social_Studies 41401 Fax 41778 Archaeology 41101 Sabbaticals’_PA 41775 Biological_Sciences 41330 President 41811 Business 45200 Education_&_Welfare_Officer 41779 Chemistry 42100 Treasurer 41809 Classics_&_Ancient_History 41670 Useful Information Accommodation_Office 41770 Computer_Science 41700 General_Office 41786 Community_&_Youth_Work 41505

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East_Asian_Studies 45350 external phone numbers Economics_&_Finance 46340 Welfare Involvement Education 48310 durham Education_(Queens_Campus) 40006 Engineering 42400 The STD code for Durham is (0191). English 42500 European_Studies 40221 emergency numbers Geography 41858 Geological_Sciences 42301 Police,_Fire,_Ambulance 999 Health 40381 Dryburn_Hospital 333_233 History 41040 Gas_Leaks 0800_111_999 Human_Sciences 40006 Water_Leaks 384_422 Law 42800 Linguistics 43000 banks Mathematical_Sciences 43050 Middle_Eastern_&_Islamic_Studies 45660 Abbey National 386_9551 Modern_Languages 43420 Barclays 386_2531 Music 43140 Halifax 386_2825 Natural_Sciences 41021 HSBC 384_2501 Philosophy 46550 LloydsTSB 386_2616 Physics 43520 Natwest (Market Place) 384_6555 Politics 46580 Netwest (New Elvet) 384_1594 Psychology 43240 Sociology 46820 bookshops Theology 43940 About and Out Waterstones 383_1488 library

Main_Library 43042 cinemas Palace_Green 42932 Gala_Cinema 332_4041 Education 48137 Odeon_(Newcastle) 232_6718 Queens_Campus 40270 Warner_(Newcastle) 221_0222 it service UCI_(MetroCentre) 493_2022

Helldesk 41515 hairdressers Information Useful Enquiries 42700 Men’s _ Operators 42717 The_Barber_Shop 386_8353 Unisex _ other Attica 375_0001 Enzo’s 386_8768 Careers_Advisory_Service 41430 Gigi’s 384_9790 Waterstones_Bookshop 41178 Miro_Salon 386_1848 Teikyo_University 45122 Saks 384_3295 Toni_and_Guy 384_1100

ADD 0191 33 TO THE BEGINNING OF THE NUMBER 115 DSUDSU STUDENTS HANDBOOK 2003/2004 medical takeaways

Doctors _ Little_Italy 378_9222 University_Health_Centre 334_6086 My_Kinda_Pizza 384_5819 Claypath_Medical_Practice 333_2830 Pizza_King 386_4004 Belmont_&_Sherburn_Medical 372_0441 Pizza_Perfect 383_1000 Centre _ Pizza_Uno 386_8585 Beoomside_Lane_(Belmont) 333_2830 Dentists _ transport Involvement Bridge_House_Dental_Surgery 384_7605 Claypath_Dental_Practice 386_5375 Bus_&_Coach _ Gilesgate_Dental_Practice 484_4433 Durham_Bus_Station 384_3323 Paul_Gowlay 384_7782 National_Express 261_6077 Opticians _ Taxis _ Boots 386_0017 Bill’s 386_7450 Bramwells 386_4001 Chas’s 371_1488 Specsavers 386_9495 City 384_6333 Vision_Express 383_2482 Dunelm 383_1122 Walkers_Opticians 386_4187 Durham 372_2233 Eileen’s 384_6345 Welfare nightclubs Mac’s 384_1329 Paddy’s 386_6668 Café_Rock 384_3900 Pratt’s 386_0700 DH1 386_4147 Travel Agents _ Klute 386_9859 STA Travel 334_1986/334_1987 The_Fish_Tank 384_6470 Rail _ Enquiries 0345_484_950 restaurants Credit Card Bookings 0800_158_158

Bella_Pasta 386_1060 video rental Dragon 384_8683 Emilio’s 384_0096 Blockbuster 383_9196 Hollathons’ 386_4618 Out and About Hong_Sing 386_1799 Jumbos 370_9184 La_Spaghettata 383_9290 Michelangelos 370_9922 New_Kwai_Lam 386_4726 Pizza_Express 383_2661 Pizza_Hut 386_1650 Pizza_Venezia 384_6777 Raj_Pooth 386_1496 Ricardos 384_4007 Rock’n’Amigos 383_9001 Sakura 383_2323 Shaheens 386_0960 Useful Information

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Police,_Fire,_Ambulance 999 cinemas

Odeon_(Middlesbrough) 0870_505_0007 Showcase Cinema 362 3222 medical

Police,_Fire,_Ambulance 999 North_Tees_Hospital 261 7617 Gas_Leaks 0800 111 999 nightclubs

Biancos 607 216 Tall_Trees 785 158 Zanzibar 671 671 u n About and Out takeaways

Angelo’s 677 374 Azad_Tandoori 604 460 Cheers 01740_623 330 transport

Taxis _ Information Useful Arrow 551_115 Central 651_500 Station 785_077 university

Rocket_Union 615_329

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monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday 9.00 - 10.00 Involvement 10.00 - 11.00 11.00 - 12.00 Welfare 12.00 - 13.00 LUNCH (13.00-14.00)

Sports & Activities (14.00-15.00) 14.15 - 15.15 Out and About (15.00-16.00) 15.15 - 16.15 (16.00-17.00) 16.15 - 17.15 Useful Information (17.00-18.00) 17.15 - 18.15 (Times in brackets apply to Queenís Campus)

118 HTTP://WWW. DSU. ORG. UK/ L ECTURE T IMETABLE DSUDSU epiphany term lectures...

monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday novmn Welfare Involvement 9.00 - 10.00 10.00 - 11.00 11.00 - 12.00 12.00 - 13.00 u n About and Out LUNCH (13.00-14.00)

Sports & Activities (14.00-15.00) 14.15 - 15.15 (15.00-16.00) 15.15 - 16.15 sflInformation Useful (16.00-17.00) 16.15 - 17.15 (17.00-18.00) 17.15 - 18.15 (Times in brackets apply to Queenís Campus)

BRINGING THE DURHAM EXPERIENCE TO LIFE 119 DSUDSU STUDENTS HANDBOOK 2003/2004 easter term lectures...

monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday 9.00 - 10.00 Involvement 10.00 - 11.00 11.00 - 12.00 Welfare 12.00 - 13.00 LUNCH (13.00-14.00)

Sports & Activities (14.00-15.00) 14.15 - 15.15 Out and About (15.00-16.00) 15.15 - 16.15 (16.00-17.00) 16.15 - 17.15 Useful Information (17.00-18.00) 17.15 - 18.15 (Times in brackets apply to Queenís Campus)

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