His Imperial Majesty’s Minister for Entertain-ment & Social Secretaries

Request & Require in the Name of his Majesty

Shiv Vohra

All those whom it may concern to allow the Fresher bearing this passport to pass without probing or strip search* and to afford the bearer any assistance or sex-

ual protection as may be necessary

* Exceptionally fit Freshers may be strip searched at the decree of the Social Secretaries

And so it begins...

On October 1st 1997, ICSMSU established an elite training programme for the top 1% of the nation’s medical students. Its purpose: to turn the innocent and confused school leavers into the confident, super-sexy, life-saving diagnostic machines of tomorrow, and to ensure that the men and women who graduated were the best medical students in the

world.

They succeeded.

Today, Imperial College bills your first two weeks as “A Foundation Course designed to build on your A-Level knowledge and an introduc-

tion to Molecules, Cells & Disease”

We call it: FRESHERS’ FORTNIGHT!

A-levels are done and dusted, Mum & Dad won’t be checking that you’re home before 12, and your student loan has arrived. It’s time to adopt the ancient Med School motto: “Work hard. Play harder!” This fortnight is the essential training tool for the rest of your life - don’t leave Med School without it! Your social team have worked flat out to present the biggest, loudest, most incredible two weeks you could think of! Hold on tight! Drinking is optional, but 100% commitment to your training, the Ministry of Fun (that’s us) and a pledge to ‘do over’ those other ‘Med Schools’ south of the river at every opportunity is

compulsory!This passport provides all the information you need for the fortnight and will serve as your passing-out certificate at the end of your training. Buy your passport NOW to guarantee full access to all the events at a massively reduced price! You need to hurry though as we only have a limited number available, so buy now to avoid heartbreak! Dig out all your fancy dress, bring plenty of aspirin and caffeine; Ladies, pack your snazziest outfit, and Gents, learn how to tie a bow tie! We will see you

on day one of the beginning of the rest of your life!

Yannis: 07766142523 Ines: 07842077183 David: 07799895879

Day 1: Saturday 29th SeptemberThe Mingle7:00 pm Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th SeptemberLocation: Imperial College Union, Beit QuadrangleBuy your Mingle tickets from your halls! (We’ve just included it in the passport because it’s good fun!)

Head down to Beit Quad for the Mingle – it does exactly what it says on the tin! For those of you who have already realised that ICSM is where the party starts and ends, sift through the crowds and find the SU (we will be wearing ICSMSU polos to make it easy to find us). We’ll have plenty of fun arranged for everyone to get involved in!

Day 2: Sunday 30th SeptemberICSMSU Freshers’ Welcome1:00 pm, Queen’s Lawn, South Kensington campusFREE ENTRY! Plus 2 FREE T-SHIRTS for every Passport Holder!

You’ve been in London for a few days… you’ve settled into halls… may-be met some nice people…

NOW’S the time to meet the medics: your family for the rest of your time at ICSM! Come and join us on the Queen’s Lawn at the South Ken campus to pick up your freshers’ packs, meet the SU & your fellow medics and go to town on the free food!

Day 3: Monday 1st OctoberPirate Boat Party7:00 pm, Westminster Pier (outside Westminster tube station) – the boat leaves at 7:45 pmPrice: £20*

Whether you fancy yourself as Jack Sparrow or merely a cabin boy, bring your (plastic) sword and get down to Westminster tube station where your SU shipmates will escort you to the docks. Prepare for an epic voyage of debauchery and discovery as we take you on the high seas (well... The Thames!)

Don’t spend too long getting ready! As the pirate code says, “He who falls behind, is left behind!”

THE BOAT LEAVES AT 7:45PM SHARP!

*It’s very unlikely that non-passport holders will be able to get tickets for the boat party so buy your passport now to avoid missing out on one of the best events of med school!

Day 4: Tuesday 2nd OctoberMums & Dads Night7:00 pm, Reynolds Bar & Wolfson Sports Hall, Charing Cross Hospital Campus (nearest tube station: Hammersmith)Price: £5

If you have been misbehaving ever so slightly up to this point, don’t panic, this is not the day where your parents come down to check up on you!* As part of our welfare system, you can sign up to Mums & Dads scheme and meet your medic par-ent (or just rock up and get ‘adopt-ed’) for an evening of inflatable insanity, family frolics and some mighty fine entertainment!

Whether it is telling you everything you want to know about ICSM, passing on fountains of knowledge (and piles of notes) about all things medical (or not...), or just helping you to make some new friends; these guys are the business! They might even buy you a few drinks!

So get down to the Reynolds to meet your new medic parent(s)! Get to know each other, have a couple of drinks and then challenge them to an inflatable sumo battle or one of the other games we have! And when we say love, remember, incest is best!

N.B. We say medic parent, but you will more than likely end up with grandparents, aunts, uncles, adopt-ed nephews, 3rd cousins twice re-moved, goldfish…

*Do not bring your actual parents (this has been done!)

Day 5: Wednesday 3rd OctoberDoctors & Nurses Pub Crawl7:00 pm, ReynoldsAfter party at Walkabout, Shepherd’s Bush from 9:30 pmPrice: £6 (inc. Walkabout Discount Card)

This is it - the big one! You’ve made it to the epic midweek mayhem that is the Pub Crawl! Practically the whole Med School comes along (even some ex-Imperial doctors!) so get those scrubs out, this is go-ing to be a night of epic pro-portions!

It’s time to scrub up (or if you’re feeling slightly more adventurous, dig out those sexy nurses outfits) and prepare to amaze the general public as swarms of ICSM faithfully invade the streets and pubs of Ham-mersmith in attire that would probably not be suitable for clini-cal attachments!

This event will test you to the limit. See if you can conquer all the pubs on the way, but do not miss the after party at Walka-bout! Take the short walk or jump on one of the four buses from Hammersmith to Walkabout, Shepherd’s Bush Green. Take ad-vantage of amazing drinks deals and even better company and dance the night away!

Day 6: Thursday 4th OctoberReynolds Pong7:30 pm, ReynoldsPrice: £2

Reynolds Pong is becoming bigger and better every year at ICSM! Come down to the Reynolds and flex those biceps in true FRAT house style with our very own version of the popular game.Fill up your glasses with your drink of choice and get your balls wet!

There will be prizes handed out for the winning team at the end of this knockout competition. The only question is have you got what it takes?!

Day 7: Friday 5th OctoberFreshers’ Roadshow7:00 pm, ReynoldsPrice: £12 (inc. 3 drinks)

THE HIGHLIGHT OF FRESHERS’ FORTNIGHT!!!

This is the epic introduction to Med School that everyone’s been talking about and it’s finally your turn to experience it! The Reynolds bar, your second home while you’re at ICSM, is truly the only place to celebrate the end of your first week as a medic!

Expect to be thrown in at the deep end of life at medical school, carefully ‘coached’ by the slightly more seasoned medics! This is an absolute must-attend ceremony and we guarantee you the best time EVER!

Day 8: Saturday 6th OctoberBig Chill7:30 pm, ReynoldsPrice: £4

Come to the Reynolds Bar again, this time for something differ-ent in the form of The Big Chill - a relaxed evening of phenom-enal music and singing presented by ICSM Light Opera, one of our most loved societies!

Day 9: Sunday 7th OctoberSports DayMeet at 12:00 pm at Beit Quad to travel to Teddington Sports GroundPrice: £8 (inc. coach, drinks & barbecue!)

Come and join us at Teddington, our sports ground, for a day of fun and games organised by the captains of each club. This is one of the best op-portunities to meet your fellow freshers and the older years. Even if you’re not an Olympic athlete, fun is the order of the day!

Remember to bring some cash to refuel at the bar between games, as well as a change of clothes (showers and changing rooms are available on site).

Day 10: Monday 8th OctoberThe Freshers’ Ball9:00 pm, Foundation Bar, Covent GardenPrice: £20 for passport holders & £24 for non-passport holders *Dress code: black tie

Kick off your second week of Freshers’ Fortnight in style with your first black tie event at ICSM! This will be your first of many exciting balls so get ready to sharpen up and show yourselves off at one of the most stunning, stylish venues London has to offer – Foundation Bar.

This newly refurbished venue in the centre of London promises a great night for all… So ladies; dust off your best frocks and high heels. Gents, it’s probably time you got that tuxedo dry cleaned.

Your ticket includes free drinks on the night to see you through into the early hours of the morning! Dance the night away with your new friends in your best get-up!

*NOT included in the passport price. Go online www.icsmsu.com to purchase your ball ticket.

Day 11: Tuesday 9th OctoberMedics vs. Engineers Pub Quiz7:30 pm, 568 Bar, Imperial College Union, Beit QuadranglePrice: £1Come to the Union Bar (where you went for the Mingle), team up and get your thinking caps on… this is your chance to show the other Faculties just how clever us Medics are, with round one of a series of pub quizzes being against the Engineers! With cheap drinks, “friendly” competition and prizes up for grabs this promises to be an entertaining night for all!

Day 12: Wednesday 10th OctoberSports Night7:30 pm, ReynoldsPrice: FREE

Wednesday nights are Sports nights at the Reynolds, and they are always rammed! We usually celebrate our sporting victo-ries (losses are few and far between!) but on this, the very first sports night of the year, this is an opportunity to get to know your fellow teammates, and be welcomed into the team!

After you’ve joined in on the antics at your club’s circle, invade the dance floor with your team mates and party the night away in true Reynolds style!

Day 13: Thursday 11th OctoberClub ReynoldsReynolds at 9:00 pmPrice: £1

The newly branded Reynolds bar is rapidly growing as an Impe-rial College hotspot, so come down with the rest of your Impe-rial mates to see what’s on offer!

This event promises to be an absolute cracker! This was one happy chappy who attended last year:

Before After

‘Nuff said. More details to follow so watch this space!

Day 14: Friday 12th OctoberFreshers’ Review & Beach Bop7:30 pm, ReynoldsPrice: £5

As the fortnight draws to a close, it’s time to look over the past two weeks. There are shameful photos, ridiculous videos and awards for those who have impressed us the most! Come down and reminisce with your friends for a short while before the Reynolds fills up with the rest of the med school for your FIRST EVER BOP!That’s right, the summer may be over but tonight the Reynolds is gonna be feelin’ hot hot hot! So whip out those Hawaiian shirts, bikinis, t-shirts, flip-flops and shorts, and let loose for the return of the beach party!

With top tunes playing all night, the bar is going to be trans-formed into the ultimate beach paradise with palm trees, classic seaside attractions and other goodies!

This will be the first of many bops in your time here, so get ready to dress up and boogie all night!

VISA PAGE

Use this page to record illicit visits to senior medics residences, contact information for your newly assigned medic Mum and Dad, sexual health clinic, nearest takeaway and off-licence etc.

Fill this in when you meet your medic Mum or Dad!Medic Mum / Dad’s name:Mobile Number: Email: @imperial.ac.uk

Don’t forget that your social secretaries are on hand 24/7 so feel free to call them about anything at all! From event enquiries, getting home and stuff to do in London, feel free to ask away! The phone numbers of your social team can be found at the front of the passport.

Shiv, your Students’ Union President, is always available on 07595588496.

This passport guarantees you entry to every Freshers’ Fortnight event (except the Mingle and Freshers’ Ball). As a bonus we’re also throwing in the official ICSM Freshers’ Fortnight and Mums & Dads t-shirts (otherwise £5 each)! We’re offering you all this for the discounted price of £64 (otherwise £74 if you buy all these individually). Plus you even get a discount to the absolutely unmissable Freshers’ Ball!

We only have a limited number of passports available and they sell out ex-tremely quickly! We can’t guarantee entry to the more popular events for non-passport holders, so all the more reason to buy yours now!

Hopefully mum and dad (your real ones this time) are still ecstatic about you getting into the best med school in the land, so the Bank of Parents is usually especially cooperative with withdrawals this time of year!

So to experience Freshers’ Fortnight to the max, here are your instructions:

1. Go online to www.icsmsu.com to purchase your passport, Freshers’ Ball ticket and extra goodies now! (You will need your Imperial College login details to logon to the shop). DEADLINE 21st SEPTEMBER.

2. DO NOT FORGET to buy your scrubs, hoodies (and much more) at the ICSMSU online shop from the same link. Scrubs are absolutely ESSENTIAL for many of the Freshers’ Fortnight events!

3. Fill in the enclosed form with your scrubs/hoodies/t-shirt sizes AND any di-etary requirements.

4. Fill in your details and attach a photo on the next page of this passport.

5. Hold on to your passport to bring to the events and get it stamped at our Freshers’ Welcome on Sunday 30th September!

6. And finally, GET EXCITED FOR THE BEST 2 WEEKS OF YOUR LIVES!!! (If you have any difficulties with the online shop, please email Neeraj at icsm.deputy@imperial.ac.uk so that we can make alternative arrangements for you to buy your passport, ball ticket and merchandise).

I (name) being of sound minded judgment do pledge myself to the most amazing two weeks of fun and games of my life. Sign me up,

and let the food, drink and frolics flow!