Bangor University Students’ Union August 2014 English Language Issue No.240 Newspaper FREE @SerenBangor seren.bangor.ac.uk - COMMUNITY ISSUE - THE DOCTOR RETURNS THE STUDENT UNION AND YOU TOM JONES AT EIRIAS PARK e People’s Pontio Photo: Warren Orchard Arts innovation centre hosts WW1 commemoration Bedwyr Williams lives and works in ri ce made by the brave men, rather the cultural programme for the First tio, Bangor University’s soon to open by AMY BLACKWELL North Wales and his work takes many than as just one of a number. e im- World War centenary commemora- Arts and Innovation Centre, is ideally di erent forms, including installation, ages were projected alongside the slow tions which had events in all major positioned to host Bedwyr’s bold new n Monday 4th August 2014 performance, drawing, sculpture and ticking of a clock counting down right UK cities such as Belfast, Edinburgh, work to mark the Centenary. Sand- lights went out all over the increasingly lm. e visual included across the city; ‘Traw’ in Welsh means Bangor and London. Williams is one wiched between the city’s Memorial UK to commemorate 100 the names of over 8,500 soldiers, sail- ‘to strike’, just like the clock that sealed of the four international artists com- Arch and the iconic University build- Oyears since the outbreak of the First ors and airmen, projected onto the the fate of these same men 100 years missioned by the programme to pro- ing – the striking projections against World War. As a part of this Bangor’s wall of Pontio just behind the site of ago. duce an artwork that creates a light Pontio o er an appropriate and timely Pontio has teamed up with Artes North Wales’ Memorial Arch to cel- Williams commented: “As a young source that unites the people of Great reminder of the passing of time since Mundi - an international arts organi- ebrate the lives of men from North art student I walked past the memo- Britain. WW1.” sation based in Wales. Established in Wales who gave themselves for the rial arch in Bangor many times and Bedwyr Williams is Pontio’s rst e local community were invited 2002, Artes Mundi is committed to future of our country, so close to the I have to admit that I never gave it a resident artist and is currently work- to a series of workshops that aimed supporting groundbreaking inter- university where bright futures are huge amount of thought. Working on ing on a piece for their grand opening, to gather personal stories and family national contemporary visual artists moulded everyday. this project I’ll never be able to walk gaining inspiration from the Univer- connections. is kind of public ac- whose work engages with social real- Williams made sure to exclude all past this place again without thinking sities archives; Crossley Holland and tivity is one of the many ways Pontio ity and lived experience - they held references to rank and status in this of the lives lost ghting in the First the Natural History Museum. He will aims to reach out and bene t its com- ‘Lights Out Bangor’, a outdoor public display, cropping uniforms out of im- World War.” be producing a lm which will air in munity in the coming years. artwork titled ‘TRAW’ by Bangor’s ages to focus solely on faces of the ‘Lights Out Bangor’ was part of a Pontio’s new cinema in November. leading visual artist Bedwyr Williams. men to highlight the personal sac- nationwide campaign 14-18 NOW - Pontio’s Artistic Director said “Pon- ANGLESEY’S HIDDEN GEM ONE NOW OPEN 10-5 MON TO SUN (EXCL. 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For each event, a team of ffilmiau bob blwyddyn. Bydd pob sioe angen tîm o wirfoddolwyr dedicated volunteers is needed to welcome customers, ymroddedig i groesawu cwsmeriaid, gwirio eu tocynnau a’u tywys check their tickets and show them to their seats. As a i’w seddau. Mae’r gwirfoddolwyr wrth gwrs yn cael gweld y sioe thank you - the volunteers then get to see the show that honno am ddim! they are helping on for free! Am fwy o fanylion cysylltwch â Sharon Roberts: sharon. For more details contact Sharon Roberts on: [email protected] neu 01248 343058. [email protected] or 01248 383058. PontioSeren_Awst14 272x340.indd 1 2014-08-13 4:31 PM Community Issue 2014 | Seren 3 CONTENTS 10 AMY 6 BLACKWELL EDITOR [email protected] Hello Bangor! This is my rst ever issue as Editor and I’ve been so nervous and excited over the past few days. Not to mention busy! This issue is hugely important as I feel like it is my way of repaying Bangor for the two amazing years I’ve spent here. My team have really pulled together for this one and I cannot thank them enough. Stephanie and Scott or “Mr and Mrs News and Sport” have been my rocks, thanks to Emily and Richard for coming down to help, and as always LJ and Dan who are invalua- ble to Seren. Oh and of course eve- ryone who wrote for us this issue! We’ve been mad busy and also a bit mad. We’ve had copious “proper co ee” from Scotts co ee machine which he has now regrettably re- moved from the Seren o ce, a 26 few one in the morning cleaning sessions and we nally discovered 30 how you take home the ramen News 4-7 from Noodle One! Plastic tubs who knew! We’ve been joined in the of- Politics 8 ce by enthusiastic sabbs, funny Comment 9 post it notes and a y I have named Reggie. Union 10-11 So! On page 10 we have a mes- Yllef 12-13 sage from the Students Union, on pages 11 - 13 are Serens rst ever Feature 14-15 Welsh pages thanks to the brilliant Science 16-17 team at yllef. Also in this issue is a homage to the late great Robin Wil- Environment 18-19 liams on page 22 and on page 30 is a breakdown of Bangor City’s up Music 20-21 and coming season. Film 22-23 I hope you enjoy your custom copy of Seren Bangor and remem- TV 24-25 ber you can see us all year long by Books 26 picking up our student issues at Asda! Breaktime 27 The views presented hereinafter Fashion 28 do not represent the views of Seren Bangor, Bangor Students’ Union or Travel 29 28 Bangor University. Sport 30-32 Seren is printed by NWN Media. THE TEAM 17 Amy Blackwell Richard Dallison Rhys Taylor Stephanie Laura Sutton Mark Stanley Yeabsley Al Hulley Nicola Pye Scott Willey Nicola Hoban Lydia Richardson Emily Sara Guto Gwilwyn Houlston-Jones Lloyd Williams Manon Elwynn Tom Bickerdike LJ Taylor Daniel Turner Ida Väisänen Medwynn Becki Watson Roberts Chris Glass Eleanor Hirst 20 CONTRIBUTORS Stephen James Megan Stevenson 4 Seren | Community Issue 2014 NEWS In Brief Bangor University levels Oxbridge for student satisfaction Success for Sioned A former School of Music student at Bangor University has won the Mu- sician’s Medal at this year’s National Eisteddfod in Carmarthenshire. Sioned Eleri Roberts is a clarinettist currently tutoring at Bangor Univer- sity. Head of the School of Music, Dr Chris Collins said: “ is is a special commendation for Sioned and wor- thy recognition of her talent and ability. It is a delight to congratulate Sioned on her success.” Sioned will go on to join other prominent musician’s alumni of the university including Pwyll ap Sion, Peter Flinn, Guto Puw and Owain Llwyd. Arsonist given bail A 14 year old boy has admitted re- sponsibility for the re at Our Lady Bangor University best in Wales Top 10 in UK Immaculate RC School on Caer- narfon Road last February. e teen- bridge, Oxford, and Durham in terms and the level of academic support pro- ditional universities such as Glasgow, age boy caused £111,000 damage at of student satisfaction, with each of vided by universities. Durham, and indeed both Oxford the primary school in an arson attack. the four universities receiving a stu- Professor Oliver Turnball, Pro-Vice and Cambridge. It’s a position which Previously the courts had heard the dent satisfaction rating of 91%.