The student ‘news’paper of Imperial College London Guardian Student Newspaper of the Year 2006, 2008 Issue 1,417 Friday 28 November 2008 felixonline.co.uk felix Inside Page 3 - It’s coming!! Centre Page Clubs and Socs - Panto time! Page 30 Technology - Affordable Gadgets Page 29 Varsity Build Up - The Medics’ point of view Yes we did! Who is that to the right of Tomo? I thought he didn’t like his photo being taken. Read the full story on pages 2 and 3 Page 37 2 felix Friday 28 November 2008 Friday 28 November 2008 felix 3 News [email protected] News News Editor – Kadhim Shubber [email protected] felix scoops top Being the best of the best Daniel Wan interviews this year’s Guardian Journalist of the prize at student Year and editor in chief of last year’s felix Tom Roberts media awards t’s the morning after last night’s I had ambitions from the beginning Another Castle is the new gam- Jovan Nedić row and the title was passed on to cher- Guardian Student Media of how I wanted the paper to look, and ing magazine. Gaming is one of my Editor in Chief well.org, University of Oxford. Awards ceremony, and trium- I think I achieved that, but I don’t think main hobbies. I’m a massive geek who Once the winners had left the stage, phant ex-Editor Tom Roberts you would ever believe that you could likes playing computer games all day! This year’s Guardian Student Media it was then time to find out who would comes down to the felix office to win the awards. We’re producing three this year with Awards were certainly eventful, espe- be named columnist of the year. Al- gives us his views on the past, present I don’t think I will ever forget felix, the first one coming out on the 12th cially for the members of the felix team. though Angry Geek didn’t win the andI future for felix and himself. especially not now. It’s been such a December. The nominations for the awards were award, he did come runner-up, with large part of my university life, how If you’re into computer games and released at the start of term, where it the judges saying that “he was clearly Were you shocked and surprised can you? we have got an interview with Peter was revealed that felix was nominated capable of showing a little bit more by last nights results? Molyneux who is a big name in British for the coveted student newspaper of than just sheer anger.” For obvious rea- I’m incredibly shocked we won. I How did you rate yourself against computing games. the year category, which was won two sons Angry Geek himself wasn’t there thought we were going to get columnist the other papers that were in the years ago under Rupert Neate. I, sci- to collect the award, instead a member and magazine but not the newspaper newspaper of the year category? Are you looking for another ence, the science magazine of Imperial of the felix team went to collect it on one, maybe I’m just being a pessimist. I can’t remember most of them right award next year then? College and a sister publication of felix his behalf. And then for me to get the student now. We get Varsity sent to us every Ha, maybe. We’ll have to wait and was nominated for the magazine of the Next it was the turn to find out what journalist was even more shocking be- week, as well as Cherwell every now see, I don’t want to count my chicks year award, whilst everyone’s favourite the judges had to say about I, science. cause I wasn’t even nominated in any and then and we all like reading them. before they hatch. It would be quite Angry Geek was nominated for the Again, there was stiff competition in of the categories. These are very good newspapers from novel for the Guardian to recognise a columnist of the year award. this category as all the other publica- good universities that I respect and the gaming magazine but we’ll have to wait This year’s awards ceremony, held tions were multi-category magazines. You clearly must have done fact that we beat them, especially being and see. on the 26th November in Shoreditch However, it was I, science’s ability to something right with the paper a science college which doesn’t have an Town Hall, certainly had the cream of “engage an audience who would not for them to notice you. Has it English degree is great. How would you compare felix the crop, with 800 entries being whit- normally be interested in science” Wait a minute, those two pieces of glass have our name engraved on it. Oh wait, they’re our Guardian sunk in yet? If anything it’s a testament to you this year under Jovan, to how tled down to 5 per category. After that really impressed the judges, and Student Media Awards for Best Student Newspaper and Student Journalist of the Year. Nice. Not really, and I’m not sure when it guys, I mean you’re the volunteers, you you were doing last year? enjoying the free champagne, cana- as a result was awarded the runner-up will. Probably when I start the intern- come in spending your spare time to Yeah I think he’s taken over the man- pés and the obligatory chit chat with position in the magazine of the year ship it’ll sink in, but I mean I’m at a get the paper done, I’m simply here to tle well so far. He’s kept the style the the other students, it was time for the category. the University of York, who were the rest”. As the result was announced ny was announced. The student jour- science college, I shouldn’t be winning hold you all together. A huge amount same which I think is good, I was read- awards to begin. The eventual winners were Quench tipped by some as favourites, were there was a massive sense of excite- nalist of the year is considered the top this. of credit has to go to you guys. ing the comment section last week and The competition in each category from Cardiff University who were so named runners-up. With the Nouse ment and sheer joy, with the members prize for an individual, with this year’s it is lively as ever, most notably this was strong, all of the Imperial entries overcome by the award that one of team settling back in their seats, it was of last year’s felix team rushing onto award being given to felix’s very own Did you have journalistic ambi- Do you think the culture and the Imperial Girl, she’s creating quite a stir. Tom Roberts looks shellshocked as he receives his Student Journalist facing stiff competition, with felix be- their members fell over, although that time to hear what the judges had to the stage to collect their prize. Tom Tom Roberts. Mr Roberts has also won tions before you started felix and fact that we are all volunteers do- I think that’s good for the newspaper of the Year Award on Wednesday ing up against Nouse from the Univer- could have something to do with the say about the winning entry, with this Roberts, last year’s editor in chief, was a seven week long placement with the has this award spurred you on to ing science degrees that are keen even though I do find her a slightly pe- sity of York and Varsity from the Uni- free champagne available earlier in the year’s award going to felix. so stunned that he didn’t even realise Guardian, which he intends to do over continue professionally? to write for felix helped at all? culiar but there you go! But yeah I think versity of Cambridge. However, before night. The judges, who included Guard- that the award was being handed to the summer. I did have ambitions. Yes I’m doing a I do. If you look at the photo we took the paper’s looking good this year. the quirkiness. bored; I mean our news pages have a the winner of this category was an- After the members of the Quench ian editor Alan Rusbridger, com- him, as seen in the picture on the op- Clearly felix, its contributors and physics degree but I love English. I love at the end of the year, the sheer number It was quite surreal to see Andrew section dedicated to LOLCATS on nounced, it was first the turn of Live! in team had left the stage, it was time for mented that felix managed to “clearly posite page. sister publications have very big shoes reading, I did English literature at A- of people in there shows how much of Rupert Neate’s felix a few years Neil say that ‘we like their quirky style page 2! I wanted to strike that balance the student website of the year award, the grande finalé and the naming of the engage its audience, with well thought The felix team barely had time to sit to fill this year, something which they Level and I wanted to keep my writing a group we were. That one photo says back also won the same prize, but as well as their willingness to take risks, really because we are students after all, which they won last year.