gair rhydd Monday March 3rd 2014 | freeword | Issue 1024 VOTE Voting is open 14th 21st March CARDIFFSTUDENTS.COM ELECTIONS Clegg shows enthusiasm for Labour coalition page 16 Call to unite against Uganda’s homophobia page 10 nell believes that the move which is unfortunate. members. Because of this we On-going pay dispute nears Ashley Bebbington will be well-recieved by the “But for everyone else who can now also provide access conclusion page 5 News Editor student population, telling ! "" gair rhydd that: “having free ! dents at no additional cost.” From March 6th, Microsoft of their time at University both at undergraduate and bile devices offers less pro- 365 ProPlus to Cardiff Uni- The package is expensive to postgraduate level.” grammes, but still includes versity free of charge as part buy so it’s just one less thing Students will be able to Word, Excel, and Powerpoint of the Student Advantage to have to spend money on. download the programmes which are popular among Scheme, which aims to “en- “There are other free alter- students. able the next generation of… natives, but they can cause via their university email In addition to this new business leaders to achieve complications when upload- accounts for computers, initiative for students, Micro- their full potential.” ing work in an unrecognised and Google Play and the soft already offer Microsoft The suite will be avail- format.” App Store for Android and #$% & able to students registered The introduction of the Apple mobile devices. The of £15 to university staff that to study at the university for scheme comes late into the supported platforms will be can be installed on one com- the duration of their studies. university calendar, meaning Windows, Mac, Android, and puter. The scheme will provide Apple mobile devices. However, students hoping Announcing the deal, a for a refund on previously- ProPlus, which includes the months as free subscription Cardiff University spokes- installed software will be left programmes Word, Excel, runs out after graduation. person explained in a state- disappointed; Microsoft have Powerpoint, Outlook, One- Wannell commented that “for ment that “through our Mi- Note, Access, Link, and Pub- crosoft Campus Agreement, will be no compensation of- lisher. is a little late receiving this " fered to students who have VP Education Ollie Wan- at the end of their studies al Plus for staff and faculty already purchased the suite. CARDIFF STUDENT MEDIA AWARDS 2014 SATURDAY 4 COURSE TICKETS £29 10 MAY 2014 MEAL AVAILABLE@ GREAT HALL WITH CHAMPAGNE CARDIFFSTUDENTS. STUDENTS’ UNION RECEPTION, WINE COM/BOXOFFICE 7PM–11.30PM & AFTER PARTY CARDIFF STUDENT MEDIA Monday March 3rd 2014 | @mediacsu 3 EDITOR A note from the editor Tom Eden CO-ORDINATOR Elaine Morgan back in 52 hours without spending any mo. SUB EDITOR CARDIFF STUDENT MEDIA AWARDS By the time you’re reading this, they will VARSITY TICKETS ON SALE Jacob Dirnhuber (hopefully) have returned, but they’ll still be raising money, so if you can, give generously! NEWS I bought some cakes seen above (solely for the Ashley Bebbington good cause, obviously..) Max Eshraghi Georgia Hamer CARDIFF STUDENTS’ UNION ELECTIONS STUDENT MEDIA OPINION AWARDS Olivier van den Bent-Kelly 2014 Gareth Evans Beth Lyons %= ! COLUMNIST 44 D Jess McFarlane Charlotte Wace Wednesday 9th April Cardiff University POLITICS v Matt Harding The 17th annual Cardiff Student Media awards Swansea University are fast approaching. Held on Saturday May Greg Landon #teamcardiffin association with welshvarsity.com 10th in the Great Hall of the Students’ Union, it is a celebration of all the people who make our SCIENCE Student Media what it is. Scott Davies About 500 people directly contribute across David Mason the four sections, and this doesn’t take into ac- Undoubtedly one of the biggest dates in the Car- count the most important people that Student It’s nearly that time of year again when the diff University calendar is Varsity. SOCIETIES Media serves: you. Campus is full of strangely dressed individuals This showpiece sporting event that pits Car- Tom Eden Without people to read, watch and listen giving away sweets and asking for your vote. diff against arch-rivals Swansea is second only to what we do, we’re pretty much redundant. While the heavily gimmicked element of the in size to Oxford & Cambridge. Students will CSM LISTINGS Thankfully then, the things we do are ‘con- elections receives its fair share of criticism, it compete in a wide range of sports throughout sumed’ (I use this word loosely) with a hugely is undeniably effective at getting candidates no- the day, culminating with the men’s rugby at the Anthea Crowe impressive volume. ticed. Millennium Stadium. Since the start of this Academic year, there’s The positions people will be contesting are Xpress Radio’s coverage of last year’s event SPORT been 88,000 copies of gair rhydd distributed to hugely important roles. The seven successful was recognised as the second best Live Event/ Rory Benson students so far, 28,000 Quench magazines and Full Time candidates will be responsible for Outside Broadcast by the Student Radio Asso- David Hooson over 51,000 views on CUTV’s videos. the running of the Students’ Union, as well as ciation (controversially missing out on the top Ross Martinovic Whilst at times, I would agree that CSM can &* spot in my opinion.) Once again, the wheels are Arthur Russell be quite inward looking - just look to page 19, gimmicks alone that decide the outcome. For in motion for our coverage again this year, but where Dave Crole makes his 3rd photographed the next two weeks, gair rhydd will be home to as good as our coverage will be (and it REALLY CSM LISTINGS appearance in 3 weeks - but we appreciate that all the candidate’s manifestos. Have a read and will be - we want to win next year!), nothing Oli Dugmore it’s the people who engage with Student Media make sure you vote - elections here are often de- matches the atmosphere of being at Varsity live. Katie Evans who make it what it is. cided by single votes. Make sure you get your tickets soon, last year Therefore, the Student Media Awards is open the afterparty sold out ridiculously quickly, so to everyone, regardless of how involved, if at don’t miss out! CONTRIBUTORS all, you’ve been. REAL ALE & CIDER FESTIVAL Taliesin Coombes It’s a great night, with a Champagne recep- Dominic Booth Bianca Villers tion, 3 course meal (which I’ve sampled already Jack Telford - it’s excellent!), lots of free wine an afterparty Anna Lewis in town, all at a heavily subsidised price. Michael Sloan It’s an evening that I can’t recommend highly Sarah Hazelwood enough and as I said; absolutely everyone is wel- James Smith come. You can get your tickets online at: Matt Hale www.CardiffStudents.com/MediaAwards Jakob Painter Jon Chapman Ed Ludlow JAILBREAK Gareth Short Helena Branch Katie Evans Confession time: until last Friday, I had never Daniel Di Francesco been to the Real Ale & Cider Festival in my three Michael Arnott years here at Cardiff. Tegan Morris I’m not really sure why, either - I really like Cen Black ale. It’s just something I had never got round to Alex Eddan going to, but thankfully that changed last week- Bridget Taylor end. Nilarnti Vignarajah Eliza Nicholas It was a superb evening. Alongside the im- Ellie van Klaveren mediate attraction of the vast array of drinks, Abigail Smyth Every year, in aid of RAG (Rasing And Giv- there were bands playing live, as well as a quiz. TOM EDEN Rhys Clayton ing), Student Volunteering Cardiff organise the The Great Hall was packed full of people all in Liam Corcoran famous Jailbreak challenge, where groups of good spirits, supporting one of our fantastic so- EDITOR Steffan Thomas students try to get as far away from Cardiff and cieties. Dave Riley Jack Hoare Laura Timson CORRECTION In last week’s article on page one, it was incorrectly stated that the Living Wage was £6.75. The actual rate for the Living wage is £7.65. It has been amended on Anna Athanasiadis all our online formats of this paper (available at www.cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk/gairrhydd). We always strive to report accurately and within the NUJ Code of Conduct. 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