fb.com/warwickboar twitter.com/warwickboar theStudentboar Publication of the Year 2013 Wednesday 16th October, 2013 Est. 1973 | Volume 36 | Issue 2 Happy 40th Birthday to the Boar! Turn to page 15 for our 16-page anniversary pullout souvenir special FEATURES page 13 MUSIC page 38 TRAVEL page 42 SPORT page 43 New dating app: is it crap? Concerts in Curiositea Volun-tourism: work or play? Warwick Judo get Olympic coach Travel chaos Hall-rific behaviour from freshers in Leam Students complain of unpleasant activities in campus accommodation Sam Hopps Roadworks in Leamington Spa are currently being undertaken by Severn Trent who are investing over £10 million to improve the sewer system. According to their website this will protect 30 properties from sewer flooding, but will result in road restrictions for months. The work involves several main streets in Leamington and has been split into five phases, starting in November 2012 and continuing until July 2014. Severn Trent are currently in the third phase which is mainly taking place along the High Street, but with some work also being carried out in Forfield Place and St Mary’s Crescent. Work on this area of Leamington is due to finish in November of this year, but it may take longer. When this phase is completed, » Whitefields has encountered problems: is the behaviour of Freshers this year worse than in previous years? Photo: Warwick Media Library the sewage works will be moving east to Radford Road and are in- windows have chains to stop them too bad.” that we won’t do anything but we tended to remain there from De- Georgina Baker opening too far. They [the culprits] When asked if they retaliated will retaliate if necessary.” cember until March of 2014. broke that chain so they could open they replied: “Indeed. There was Jamie Hardwick, a first-year These road works have affected the window and throw it in. some revenge... urination through English Literature undergraduate the U1 bus route from Leamington A number of freshers’ pranks “You’ve got to remember that… their letterbox.” living in Jack Martin, said: “I heard to campus. have been causing controversy in pretty much everything [at White- The miscreants were thought to from some older students that there The U1’s route through Leam- halls this year. fields] can be broken easily. In the have been the occupants of a rival is a culture of one-upmanship on ington has now changed along New students have reported cas- past 10 days we’ve had the mainte- flat. campus with each year competing with its timetable, affecting how es of stolen alcohol, trolley racing nance guy in six times.” However, a few days ago, a truce against the one that came before it. students commute to and from the in corridors and rude behaviour Sanitary pads, thought at the was called after a meeting with “They said that as far as they University. towards resident tutors. time to have been used, were also their resident tutor. knew, the recent stunts are nothing Lai Kay Man, a second-year Bi- The highlights of the past week stuck to windows and tampons had An anonymous student said: “I n e w.” ochemistry student, told the Boar: have been showcased on the ‘War- been posted through letterboxes at think things will calm down now. However, students living in “The roadworks in Leamington wick Uni Freshers 2013-14 - OFFI- Whitefields. People actually have work and Westwood accommodation seemed have made the journeys getting to CIAL’ Facebook page. A victim of the jovial joke re- can’t just party the whole time. Plus to be less affected by the general be- and from campus a bit longer than In one case, Whitefield residents marked: “The tree had me in stitch- we’ve already been warned by our haviour of freshers. usual. woke up to find an uprooted tree es. wardens to stop.” Alice Griggs, a first-year English “Instead of getting on the U1 at in their kitchen on the morning of “I couldn’t stop laughing as it was However, another student who Literature undergraduate living in a stop on Radford Road, I have to Thursday 3 October. just so unexpected. also wished to remain anonymous, Westwood, said: “We’ve been egged walk 15 minutes in the morning to One Whitefields resident, who “However, the sanitary towels said: “...it wouldn’t surprise me if but that’s the worst we’ve had as the church. wished to remain anonymous, ex- were pretty disgusting, although it [the rival flat] did hit us again. Our who can be bothered with West- “It is a bit of a pain.” plained how it happened: “The was ketchup in the end so it wasn’t flat is very much of the mind-set wood?” Continued on page 4 Sponsored by: 2 News theboar.org/News | @BoarNews | NEWStheboar.org 2 RAG campaigns Uni part of Social Sciences Executive Team for cancer research development programme members, with the best efforts Euan Long shown on social media and voted Lucy Webster stitutions. on for a top prize. Modern societies generate vast Wednesday 23 October will see amounts of data, which could be Warwick RAG is taking part in the Pop! Takeover: “There’s a Party The University of Warwick has used to their advantage if it was a national rebranding campaign in our Pants and you’re invited!”. been selected to run a ‘Q-Step’ analysed properly. This is why for the Association for Interna- As well as campaign-led events programme, aimed at improving quantitative skills are being seen tional Cancer Research (AICR), on campuses, SmartyPants has the use of quantitative skills in the as increasingly important. [email protected] alongside nine other ambassador encouraged students to take on a study of social science. Such importance is reflected in George Ryan universities. challenge in their pants to raise The University was one of 15 in- the additional £4 million which has Nicole Davis The campaign, named SmartyP- sponsorship. stitutions to be selected to run the been allocated to the project, taking Abbey Lewis ants, funds local researchers across Warwick Jailbreak is working in programme from 48 possible can- the national Q-Step budget to £19.5 Helena Moretti the country looking into “new ways association with the SmartyPants didates. Q-Step Centres will also be million, to be spent over five years. to prevent, diagnose and treat can- campaign and will be raising mon- established at other leading institu- The scheme is a collaboration [email protected] cer”. ey for the AICR this year in the an- tions such as UCL, Edinburgh and between the Nuffield Foundation, Sian Elvin It supports research on any type nual ‘escape’ event. Oxford. the Economic and Social Research Georgina Lawton of cancer and funds the scientist’s Events across other universities On the University’s website, Ni- Council (ESRC) and the Higher Ann Yip time in the lab, not the buildings include a zumbathon at Bourne- gel Thrift, the vice-chancellor, de- Education Funding Council for that the work is carried out in mouth University, a safer sex ball at scribed the programme as “quite a England (HEFCE). It also has the [email protected] SmartyPants started at the Univer- the University of Nottingham, and coup”, bringing with it £1.34 million backing of David Willetts, univer- Dan Mountain sity of St Andrews on September 14 a roller disco at Leeds University. in funding. sities and science minister. Daniel Cope and will travel to ten universities, At the start of September, War- This money will go towards the He said that the programme will Charley Kai John arriving at Warwick on October 21 wick RAG took part in the national development of new courses and “help employers build long lasting for Week 4. RAG conference in Birmingham reworking of existing modules in relationships with universities” by [email protected] Warwick RAG will be running where a new world record was set degrees like Politics. Q-Step War- providing them with appropriately Roxanne Douglas a range of events throughout the for the highest number of people wick aims to position the UK as a skilled graduates. He summed up week including piazza pants par- in one pair of pants – 307. The global leader in the social sciences. the scheme as a “step in the right [email protected] ties on Wednesday 23 October and 10ft pants will feature in Warwick’s There is also money for wid- direction”. Benjamin Shaw Thursday 24 October in which they SmartyPants week. er social science education, both will be dancing and selling pants on Pants can be purchased on cam- at the postgraduate level and in [email protected] the piazza. pus from Warwick RAG during schools. The support programme Want to write for Maya Westwick The week will also be full of SmartyPants week or online for which accompanies Q-Step works the Boar? dares, or ‘pantics’, given to willing £4.50, which can then be registered to promote the sharing of knowl- facebook.com/ [email protected] students by the AICR and RAG for the chance to win a prize. edge between higher education in- groups/BoarNews Rebekah Ellerby Chloé Booyens [email protected] Delay of SU online book sale causes concerns Poppy Rosenberg Jess Devine Technological problems have prevented a start-of-term site launch Lillian Hingley [email protected] Sian Elvin October, but this is not set in stone.” risk to the SU.” be able to receive a 95 percent profit Raghav Bali Flo Forster Jordan Wyatt, first-year Com- Last year’s system meant the SU instead of an 85 percent profit un- Hayley Westlake puter Science student, complained: had to collect 5000 used books der last year’s profit charges.