A FIRST year sociology student pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis at Wimbledon magistrate’s court.

Kaweh Djamilian, 22, was caught by police with four snap bags containing herbal cannabis in the beer garden of the Space Bar on Penrhyn Road campus.

SU general manager, Mark Horne, said: “It would be to-tally naive to assume at some level there isn’t drug taking around our bars and on other parts of campus, but as Fri-day showed, the CCTV cov-erage of areas around the

bar is excellent and this probably deters most stu-dents.”

Police were alerted after security offi cers watched live CCTV footage and were quick to remove Djamilian to the nearby Townhouse building.

The convict was detained and searched by police.

Djamilian was ordered to pay a fi ne of £185, with an additional £80 court costs and a £15 victim surcharge.

The student disciplinary procedures state that “any student who has been con-victed of dealing in illegal substances will normally face expulsion from the Uni-versity”.

A KU student performed as the lead in a play shown at a West End theatre.

Andrew Rowe, 20, a fi rst-year creative writing and drama student won the role of an angry, homophobic and racist boy called Leo, and was congratulated for his performance by the play’s writer, James Graham.

Andrew said: “It was a very challenging role be-cause I’m nothing like Leo, but after a considerable amount of character fi nding I made the character Leo mine.”

The play Bassett is part of

the National Theatre Con-nections 2011, and is about a group of pupils being locked in the school by their supply teacher while a repatriation of fallen British soldiers is happening along the high street yards away.

“The play is quite funny but overall has a very dark tone to it,” said Andrew.

“We had more than a full house at the Soho Theatre.”

Andrew is part of the Young Persons Theatre Company, which is where he auditioned for the role.

“From day one I was so excited. Performing was absolutely amazing and has confi rmed I want to become a professional actor.”

WHILE most students rely on their loans and bursaries for fi nancial se-curity, third year economics student Luke Rowell has turned to the stress and excitement of the stock market.

After just three years of trading, Luke has enjoyed summer-long holidays to Africa and South America and hopes to fund a masters course in international fi nancial economics with the profi ts he has made.

Luke, who is vice president of the investment society, said: “It’s a good buzz when you make money. If you make money then you should reward yourself with it.”

Starting in 2008, Luke took advan-tage of the fi nancial crisis and bought into the struggling banks.

“I bought Lloyds TSB and RBS at around 20p per share and sold them at 50.

“So that was a lovely 100-150 per cent markup.

“My big steals were Bank of Ireland and Allied Irish Bank. I bought into Bank of Ireland at 19 cents per share and sold them for €2.80 per share.”

But Luke admits that it hasn’t always been an easy ride.

“One of the worst things I ever did was listen to somebody’s hunch.

“She was my girlfriend at the time and she gave me advice on shares I had.

“They were at about 50p but she told me to sell. After I sold, the price went back up to £1.50. Don’t be swayed by people’s hunches.

“It’s like gambling, there’s always an

element of risk involved.”Luke admits that having a trading ac-

count helps with his studies, despite it sometimes taking up all of his time.

“When I should have been doing as-signments and revising for exams, I’d be sitting there from midday to do research before it gets interesting be-tween 3 and 4pm. It can be very time-consuming.”

After just a few months of trading, Luke paid £8,000 for a three-month holiday.

But the stock market doesn’t take holidays, and Luke found this out while at a puma sanctuary in the Am-azon rainforest with no Internet.

“I lost quite a lot of money through

not being in contact with the markets. “It meant the rest of my trip wasn’t as lavish as I would have hoped.

“That’s a lesson, never budget on profi t, budget on what you’ve got al-ready.”

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