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End of Year Issue 2007 SUMMER���������������������������������������������������� BALL 2007 ��������������� In This Issue... 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On top of this there will be the night. Headlining this year, are the Male Voice Choir and Bangor University Adventures From especially if they have appeared in casino tables, circus entertainers and most Ordinary Boys. Trademarked by hits such as Jazz Orchestra. In the marquee, sax and Across The Pond BBig Brother. Over the past year we impressively of all, fun fair rides. The halls ‘Maybe Someday’ and ‘Week In, Week Out’ percussion band Bandabacana are to have accepted Glyn Wise will be one of our will of course be equipped with striking and ‘Boys Will be Boys’, the Ordinary Boys perform, featuring Nigerian born vocalist fellow students, we have witnessed guest decorations, state of the art visual screens boast an archive of many dance-worthy Loulou Edwards. Locals The Screaming Storm Forecast appearances from Lea Walker, and now, our and an eagerly awaiting stage, ready for the songs. Their much praised album Over The Citizens will also perform, as well as the very own Summer Ball is been headlined by night’s acts. For those who attended previous Counter Culture has been dubbed one of the uncannily named Alien Jazz Band. The Half the infamous Ordinary Boys and front man Balls, there will be distinct differences. best albums Britain has produced in recent Cut Club are to provide the finest grooves Sport Preston. There will be no need to purchase drinks years, and certainly contains an impressive of the night, featuring Sonny Woods, Neil Any students who have attended vouchers this year; the three bars that will collection of indie classics. Jankes and friends. a Summer Ball here at Bangor in the be in operation throughout the night will be American band Wheatus are also making Tickets for the ball are now on sale, and Features past will certainly reminisce about the cash bars, simplifying getting a drink. There a call at Bangor on their UK tour. Their are priced at £45 per ticket. Events continue spectacular transformation to PJ Hall has been a new ‘chill-out room’ created, name often conjuring up pop-punk hits through the night until around five o’clock, and the surrounding area. This year, we which is essentially a room within a room such as the ‘Loser’ soundtrack ‘Teenage where breakfast at Mike’s Bites is the most are set for more extravagant decorations, with mellow lighting and additional seating. Dirtbag’, and their popular cover of ‘Little common stop for many ball goers. lavish gaming, and childish festival rides, The event will last all night and this room Respect’. The Ukuele Band of Great Britain, plus many additional bonuses. Anyone will surely make the difference when it gets described as ‘immortal before their time,’ lucky enough to purchase a ticket for this to the early hours of the morning. are also to feature, as well as tribute band Jack Peat year’s event can expect to be greeted with If all this is not enough, the Students’ Green Dayz who will keep the audience champagne and strawberries, chocolate Union have also invited some impressive bouncing throughout the early hours of fountains, and a luxuriant feast provided by acts to entertain the masses throughout the morning. Other acts include The Welsh WIN SUMMER ��������� �������������� ����������������������������������������������������������������������BALL TICKETS WIN������������ WIN������������������������ WIN WIN WIN���������������������������������������������������������������������� WIN WIN WIN WIN 2 Seren - End of Year Issue 2007 CONTRIBUTORS Dear Reader, Editor: Emma Dodd Lexi Hindley Welcome to the End of Year edition of SEREN – our last issue for the year and my last issue in charge. I would like to thank everybody who Claire Stapleton has contributed to and read SEREN this year – it’s Bangor’s student Rebecca E Hussey population who make SEREN what it is. I have loved my year as editor James Kerr – I have laughed and I have cried over this paper and I wouldn’t change my experience for the world. Special thanks go out to Dan ‘the technical Chris Thomson man’; John and Chris for being there when it’s been hard and Lexi for Siobhan Holt preparing me for what was to come. Also a big thank you to Carolan for Jennifer Stanley her support. Jess Hughes SEREN has come a long way this year and I hope that it continues to Spencer George grow into the future. Next year’s editor will be Jack Peat, our current Kerrie Gardner Sports Editor and I hope that you will all be as good to him as you have been to me. Please continue to send your contributions to editor@seren. Sophie de l’Orme bangor.ac.uk. I look forward to reading your articles next year and look Dr Rashesh Mehta forward to seeing in what direction Jack decides to take the paper. Lucy Digney I hope you enjoy this issue, with articles ranging from the Summer Ball, Amy Garrett to how to cope with your exam stress. All that remains for me to say, is Loran Perkins good luck with your exams and have a great summer. John Jackson Emma. Jack Peat Carolan Goggin PS. Well done to those of you who worked out that the article about the president and I being engaged was in fact the Sam Burnett April Fools’ joke and thanks to those of you who sent their congratualtions! I’m still living that one down. Ross Butler Printed through www.quotemeprint.com 0845 1300 667 Ian Davies Thomas Hecht Gemma Plowman Noellin Imoh Mark Hawkins Becky Fountain Paul Seymour Dave Moreton Felicity Snow Valentina D’Ericco Luke Wilsher Claire Mann Alex Farley Jon Anderson Joe Chapman Gary Brown Shiran Devakumar Pete Banks Alex Trebul Mark Varley Robert Mann HAVE YOU GOT A HEALTH PROBLEM? Edward Rogers NO TIME TO GO TO THE DOCTOR? Mike E Shepperd LET THE GP COME TO YOU! Emma Dixon THE BBC ARE FILMING A NEW SERIES OF BBC ONE’S HEALTH SERIES, Adam Pearce STREET DOCTOR IN BANGOR AND NORTH WALES Will Varley ON THE FOLLOWING DATES Andrew Redfearn TUESDAY 15TH MAY - SUNDAY 20TH MAY Rob Samuel INTERESTED? CALL US 07802 470 442 OR EMAIL [email protected] Seren - End of Year Issue 2007 3 BOTANICAL BEATS 2007 he sun was shining and the folks fine festival tunes, presented courtesy of of Bangor were all out catching Gwilym Morus and Band, Martin Daws and Tsome rays on Saturday 21st April at Band, the coolly named Amphibian Monks, Botanical Beats. There couldn’t have been a Bangor Community Choir, DJ Hippyad and WIN SUMMER more beautiful day to attend the fundraising Signor Tim. There was also the opportunity event at Treborth Botanical Gardens, to have a go at circus activities (not just for hosted by the University’s own Student kids! I’m a dab-hand on stilts now!) and, the BALL TICKETS Treborth Action Group in order to raise personal pinnacle of my day was discovering much-needed money for the gardens, the the refreshments room, selling a selection of funding of which has been under debate for delicious and wholesome homemade vegan Got the dress? the last few months. This day was certainly and non-vegan cakes with tea or coffee for a huge success in both the monetary a mere pound. Now that’s value. Overall, a Got the shoes? and entertainment value, raising a huge superb day! The only question is, when’s the £2022.53 despite tickets only costing £5 for next one...? Got the bag? the whole day, and leaving Bangor residents smiling and sun-kissed. Not got a ticket? The day was accompanied by some Rebecca E. Hussey WIN THE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS BALL TICKET ay 3rd saw the regional and Former Station Manager, Spencer George constituency elections take place commented, “It was a fantastic evening. For Go to Macross Wales. Voters turned out Storm FM to be able to provide a fantastic www.seren.bangor.ac.uk in their thousands to have their say and service such as an outside broadcast shows Storm FM sent an outside broadcast team to just how far they have come in the past for your chance to win a Canarthen Leisure Centre to be first with the twelve months. The whole night was a Summer Ball ticket results as they were announced. tremendous success and I look forward with With an outside broadcast unit at great enthusiasm to Storm’s next outside their side, Pete Banks, Ashley Fishman broadcast.” For more local, national and and Spencer George spent the evening international news, make sure to tune into interviewing the main five candidates The Forum, every Monday from 8pm until standing in the AM elections and providing 9pm only on Storm 87.7FM. ����������������������������������������������������