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Top 10 Freshers Tips
#1 Join Stuff. Thought clubs were for losers? Think again! Most universities and student unions have a club or society for everything, so find something you like and join up. It’s honestly not geeky!
#2 Decorate Your room. It’s so important to turn our place into your place. I usually find that clothes on the floor and pictures on the pinboards immediately make it more homely. Oh and make your bed for that all important afternoon nap.
#3 Don’t go home. Well at least not for a bit and definitely not every weekend. Your new friends will miss you and your parents will get scared that you might move back. Just kidding! They’ve not turned your old room in to a gym or anything…
#4 Don’t get too drunk. Yes its fresher’s week, and yes you want to have a good time. What you don’t want to do is have too good a time. You’ll scare your new mates! Or worse, vomit on their shoes.
#5 Smile. Total cliché, we know. But it’s a cliché because it’s true. So smile lots until your cheeks hurt. Just don’t show too much tooth. It looks weird. You have been warned.
#6 Talk to strangers. You’ll spend at least 80% of your first week at university in queues. Fact. Make the most of it and talk to the person next to you. The only time when the stranger danger rule should be broken!
#7 Don’t forget the essentials! It’s easy to forget what you’ll actually need amid all the giddy excitement you’re going through. But ignore these at your peril! Going to the toilet and realising you didn’t pack any toilet roll is not cool.
#8 Chocolate and beer are your friends. And they will make you new friends! You’ll need an advantage over everyone else to get talking to that hotty, so tempt them over with your chocolate and beer (and your shining personality of course)!
#9 Make friends with everyone. Yep, even the strange guy/girl walking around clutching a pink teddy. You never know who your new mates will be, so don’t rule anyone out!
#10 Spend your money wisely. Yes, you may believe that it’s a wise and considered decision to spend your last tenner down the student union. Yes all your mates are going and it’s £1 a pint night. But wait! Think it through. You’re going to need that tenner for other such things such as food/stationary/toilet roll. All of which are terrible to be without.
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Review // Dum Dum Girls – I Will Be
Think old-school Blondie and a Joan Jett-esque attitude, then throw in that rough-around-the-edges, blurry mid-fi 60’s sound, and you might come close to the sound of Dum Dum Girls. The California based girl-group, led by charismatic front woman Dee Dee, practically scream girl-band revival, with all the rebellion and teen heartache to match. Fuzzy electric guitars and an intrinsically catchy, pop-rock sound, make I Will Be, a 29 minute sensation of a debut album, and a perfect scuzzy summer soundtrack.
The majority of the album’s tracks are snappy, fast-pace whirls of punkish liveliness, with a charming rawness of vocals and lyricism. Imagine the simple honesty and high-speed energy of The Ramones doing ‘I Wanna Be Sedated’, and with a touch more innocence and tranquillity, you have the Dum Dum Girls and their harmonious tales of county jail cells and adolescent angst. ‘Jail La La’ stands out in terms of its memorable, defiant charm and the collective sounds of bass, drums, guitar and fiery vocals effortlessly create melodious vividness. Nearing the end of the album, songs like ‘Blank Girl’ mark a noticeable change in tone, with sombre and lonely male backing vocals juxtaposing effectively with the mass of female voices, crafting a somewhat more melancholy, though no less captivating, edge.
This roughly recorded album, produced with the help of Blondie, is both dusky and upbeat; loud, untameable and boisterous, yet in places, touchingly sensitive and soft. ‘Baby Don’t go’ ends the otherwise high-energy debut on a delicate note, with the soft, hazy guitars and lullaby-like lyrics (“I love you so/Pretty baby please don’t go”) comfortably rounding off the screaming intensity of furious and passionate emotion the rest of the album presents. The punk stylings and catchy appeal of this group of attitude-ridden, turbulent women is set to attract and resonate with the masses, and despite a samey nature to some of the songs, could splash the Dum Dum Girls into the limelight, once and for all.
I Will Be is out now on Sub Pop, you can download ‘Jail La La’ from the album here.
By Rosie Ramsden
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Checking out at Storthes Hall and Ashenhurst!
WARNING ON FRAUDULENT CHEQUE SCHEMES
Officers from Lothian and Borders Police Specialist Fraud Unit and the Serious and Organised Crime Unit have advised that they believe crime groups are targeting students in a fraudulent scheme involving students paying fake cheques into their bank accounts.
It appears that criminals offer students a share of the cash, a few hundred pounds at most, to carry out these fraudulent transactions.
Ds Aitken of the Specialist Fraud Unit, warns us that: “The students are told by the criminals that they will not get caught even although they know the activity is criminal. In fact they are involved with organised dangerous criminals who will pursue them and demand their ‘pound of flesh’ even if the transactions fail. Many of the students are foreign nationals, and if found guilty at court of fraud will have a criminal record, probably be expelled from the universities or colleges they are studying at and will in all likelihood be deported. It just not worth the chance.”
Police are now asking anyone who has been approached in relation to this scheme to contact police immediately and avoid becoming involved in this illegal activity.”
Survival of the Dead (Cert 18 , 2010)
“We gotta get these things to lean to eat somethin’ other than us!”
As an avid watcher of zombie movies, particularly George A. Romero’s Of The Dead movies, I was optimistic for this latest instalment. Survival of the Dead is Romero’s sixth Of The Dead movie, but after 2007′s disappointing Diary of the Dead it’s beginning to show that he’s running out of ideas.
Survival of the Dead does try to put an original spin on things though, with a group of people attempting to get the zombies to feast upon something other than human flesh. It’s an interesting idea, too bad it isn’t played out as well as it could be. The acting isn’t as bad as in Diary of the Dead, despite its relatively low budget feel and slow story progression, it manages to outdo Diary of the Dead in literally every way.
Another major flaw: it’s not scary at all. Romero’s previous Of The Dead instalments (we’ll forget Diary) have all been, at least, a little scary. This, sadly, is where Survival fails. There isn’t anything even remotely scary here, and the jumps are far in between and very, very few. Romero leaves the scare factor box well and truly unchecked.
As you may have gathered, it’s not terribly amazing stuff, but the cast all play likeable characters and there’s enough gore in here to satisfy. Nothing on Dawn of the Dead but miles better than Diary of the Dead.
Rating:★★½
This review was brought to you by Ryan one of our Storthes Hall Park residents and film review extraordinaire. You can check out his page here.
Come Dine With Me Competition: The Entries!
A short while ago DIGS Student Accommodation teamed up with Up for it Kirklees to run a ‘Come Dine With Me’ competition for our students to cook a delicious, healthy and easy meal for their flat mates, with the possibility of winning £250!
The entries are in and judging can now commence! There has been some delicious looking food cooked over the last month, so check out the recipes and pictures below!
Selina.
Selina cooked a delicious 3 course Spanish inspired meal for her friends including Paella, Spanish Omlette and Croquetas.
Michaella.
Michaella cooked also cooked a delicious 3 course meal including a Tomato and Asparagus tart, a Spicy Pepper Meatball Pasta and a Strawberry and Chocolate Sundae. Yum yum!
Dan.
Dan made a delicious chilli salsa, and video’d his recipe!
Gary.
Gary made a delicious looking main of Chicken and Parma-ham parcels with Dauphinoise potatoes and roasted veggies.
Daniel.
Daniel made a lovely Honey-Mustard-Curry Roasted Chicken. Sounds interesting and that Chicken looks lovely and crispy!
Robbie.
Robbie decided to show his flatmates how delicious a traditional English Roast dinner with all the trimmings is!
Lukas.
Lukas made an interesting dish of Quark-Fruit Dumplings
Natalie.
Natalie cooked a lovely 3 course meal involving Stuffed Mushrooms, Steak and Tiramisu. Mmmmm!
Christian.
Christian cooked Wild Mushroom Pasta with Mascapone. DIGS is definitely stealing this recipe!
So who should win? We’ll be judging these entries next week to see who is deserving of the £250 cash prize. Let us know what you think in the comment section below!
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