their children as feeling in “limbo” due to this late al-location of halls. This com-ment was made by parents attending a housing meeting with the Students’ Union. Ms Bancarino also commented that “a lot of first year un-dergraduates living outside of London had not received a place in halls, this left them very distressed as they could not comprehend why all first

CONTENTS:

FRESHERS’ INFORMA-TION

ALL NEW LISTINGS SECTION

MUSIC NEWS

NUS FUND-ING DEMOPAGE 8

UNION NEWS

+ MUCH MORE INSIDE

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Goldsmiths Freshers may face uncertainty over hous-ing as they arrive at the Uni-versity this month. Students starting at the University who live outside of London can usually be offered a place in halls, however, many stu-dents who fall outside of this ‘catchment area’ have this year been denied places in Goldsmiths Accommoda-tion. Goldsmiths Students’

Union have also reported a marked rise in International Students who have been denied a place in halls. On top of not receiving a place in halls, many students have complained about the late-ness in receiving this news.

Welfare and Education Of-ficer Francesca Bancarino commented that parents of new students had described

year students aren’t guaran-teed a place.”

Goldsmiths Accommodation has space for around 1400 of the 2000 intake of Freshers every year.

Other University of London Colleges, including UCL and

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been a fun experi-ence, we’ve been frantically writing and designing it to invite all Gold-smiths’ students to become a part of it.

We’d like to wel-come everyone to university this year,

will last not just the next twelve months, but will become as much a part of Goldsmiths as our award win-ning sister publica-tion ‘SMITHS’.

Thanks for taking the time to read this, we will see you in the next issue due out in November!

The Leopard

Executive Editor:James Haywood

Editors-In-Chief:Johnny BlondeHannah Wright

Layout Design:Pug Rock Design

Leopard Logo:Emily Harthern

Interested in becoming a contributor in any area of The Leopard?E-mail: leopard@su.gold.ac.uk

Welcome to The Leopard, our new student newspaper.

Our aim is to keep everyone updated with a new issue each month of the academic year.

So far producing the first issue has

new and returing students.

We wish everyone success with their courses and extra-curricular activi-ties which we can hopefully report on all the good news they bring.

The plan is to cre-ate an established voice of the stu-dent body that

of sexual harassment many female students suffer from. It was found that one in sev-en women had been a victim of a ‘serious sexual assault’ at their university, and many did not report it because of feeling ashamed or embar-rassed. Most appallingly, it was found that many of the perpetrators of the abuse were fellow students.

NUS Women’s Officer Ol-ivia Bailey, calling the report a “wake-up call” to institu-tions, added that they have a duty to, “deal with all re-ported instances of assault or harassment with the utmost seriousness,” in the hope that, “no students are left in any doubt that such behav-iour will not be tolerated.”

performance at London’s Offset festival in August.

Speaking to The Leopard, Drummer Allan Crocker has said that Rough Trade ‘are really lovin it’ and it will be available from their stores in East and West London upon release.

It’s positive to see some new raw talent from the town which produced bands such as The Klaxons, Placebo and Blur.

The EP ‘Selling Out Fast!’ is released on Lost London Re-cords on 11th October 2010.

Beginning this year, the Leopard can exclusively re-veal, Goldsmiths Students’ Union will be implementing a ‘zero-tolerance’ policy to-wards sexual harassment at all events held on campus. Goldsmiths is one of only five other British student un-ions to be selected to pilot the new scheme, launched by the National Union of Stu-dents’ Women’s Campaign this summer.

The new policy will involve intensive staff training and tightening the union’s cur-rent regulations for events

held on-site. Speaking on the new policy, SU President Bindz Patel stated, “We are delighted to be chosen for the NUS pilot scheme.”“Our campus should be a safe space where women, and every student, can study, relax and have fun without fear of abuse. The NUS re-port on sexual harassment was a shock for us, and is why we are taking this issue so seriously.”

The ‘Hidden Marks’ report, released by the NUS earlier this year, uncovered shock-ing statistics about the extent

A band consiting of Gold-smiths’ students known as Athens Polytechnic formed earlier this year and are about to release their début EP in October.

The five piece garage punk outfit started out playing house shows and quickly stormed the stages of the stu-dents’ union bar, The Mon-tague Arms and The New Cross Inn.

After gaining attention from Rough Trade and touring the UK and Western Europe the band recorded tracks for their 7” vinyl EP. The band also managed to drop in a

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[L-R] Tommy, Ben, Rory, and Zac performing live in Brixton.

‘Zero Tolerance’ at Goldsmiths Launched

James Haywood

A Welcome to Pat Loughrey who is joining Goldsmiths’ this year after working as Director of BBC Nations and Regions.

His editorial highlights in-clude Doctor Who, Toerch-wood, God on Trial, Mur-phy’s Law, Tribe, Still Game, Facing the Truth and Inside Out.

We’re sure he looks forward to facing all the dramas at Goldsmith’s during his term here as warden.

thought the event was a great help with finding housemates and it’s all been going really well since.”

Events such as Speed House-mating are obviously a great help to students who are wor-ried that not being in halls will impact upon the social side of university. However, it is clear that more needs to be done to ensure that students have more notice of their housing situations and can feel more confident coming to Goldmiths before the start of term.–

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Kings can guarantee a place for all first year students who live outside of the M25.

Finding alternative accom-modation in the area is also becoming more difficult as professionals from the City are urged to move South of the river for more afford-able housing, thus removing housing opportunities for local Students.

In an attempt to assist new students who face this as they begin at Goldsmiths, the Sab-batical Officers of this years S.U held a Speed-House-mating event which aimed at empowering students to find their own houses in the private sector and make links with other students who were in similar situations.

Hannah Mansell, who at-tended the event, comment-ed that “I did find out that I didn’t get accommodation for my first year, which was pretty gutting. However, I am moving into a house with five other students I met via the ‘Housemating 2’ event...I

Goldsmiths is to host a Bone Marrow Drive on Fri-day 1st October in associa-tion with The Anthony No-lan Trust. The purpose of the drive is to find a Bone Mar-row match for baby Ollie - who suffers from a rare form of leukaemia- but the drive is also looking to find as many donors as possible to register for the future.

Activities and Services Of-ficer Manoj Kerai states that “it is a good thing to do- it is painless, a simple saliva test, and once you are regis-tered they can see if you are a match for anyone who des-perately needs a bone mar-row transplant.”

The drive is to be held in RHB 137 and volunteers will be on the backfield to direct people there.

The Made In Goldsmiths Gallery have announced their first exhibition to begin on the 6th October with a Private View.

The show features works by Alicja Rogalska and Martin Clarke, Look Both Ways and Jasiek Mischke.

The Man Who Tasted Shapes- curated by Anca Rujoiu, Co lleen Grennan and Manuela Schulmpf - is an exhibition which is meant to “confront the public with the physical characteristics of the space by including artists works that stimulate sensory and perceptual encounters and have an immediate impact.”

The exhibition runs until November 5th.

Welcome to The Leopard!New monthly publication for Gold-smiths’ College

News in BriefStories for the breakfast table.

they can walk back to the Union together.

The Night Bus is a free bus service that drops students off to their front door in SE4 and SE14 postcodes and looks for students who hold mini-bus licences or are over 21 and have been able to drive for 2 years so that they can train for their mini-bus licence.

These schemes are vital in helping with student’s safety. If you would like to help, please email:

m.kerai@gold.ac.uk

Goldsmiths Student’s Un-ion are still looking for volunteers to help run the Walking Taxi and Night bus schemes.

The Walking Taxi scheme in-volves walking any students from Union events back to their homes or to bus stops or train stations. The scheme is to stop students walking home alone at night and vol-unteers work in pairs so that

Help for Night Bus and Walking Taxi Schemes Needed

Made In Gold-smithsThe Man Who Tasted Shapes

Goldsmiths Bone Marrow Drive 1st October

New Warden For The Uni-versityPat Loughrey

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If you have a problem, Dear Doreen’s column is here to help. Don’t expect a sugar-coated response from our Doreen- she’ll tell you whats-what.

Dear Doreen,

I have a serious compulsion...Whenever I go to Boots, I have to steal at least one piece of make-up. If I am caught, my mum will kill me but I can’t help myself.

Help me Doreen!Tea-leaf,Aged 19

Dear Tea-leaf,

Don’t go into Boots. Simple. Go to Super-drug! The make-up is better and you are less likely to get caught...But seriously, stealing is not good! You don’t want a police record at your age- you won’t get a good job.

Lots of Love,Doreenx

Dear Doreen,

I went to a house party and I met this guy, and we got on very well and one thing led

The first time I found out that Fresher’s Week was actually a Freshers Fortnight at Goldsmiths, I happily said a prayer for my liver and packed my bags well in advance of my halls move -in date. Being a Fresher is a right of passage for every student and it is a title which is hyped by pretty much every student-based drama going.

For Goldsmiths to have two weeks of carnage instead of one...well, I was pretty happy about it.

Not that drinking during Fresher’s Fortnight was the only thing on my mind. I had to make the obligatory trip to Ikea to stock up on pots, pans, cutlery, little Ikea pencils, table lamps and dish cloths that will most likely go missing after a few weeks.To get all of these things to New Cross took myself, my mum and my dad all carrying three full bags each on the train and an expensive taxi ride from King’s Cross.

Moving in to Halls was a sweaty business - having to drag all of my bags up the stairs of Surrey House on a baking hot September afternoon. My room was bigger than I had imagined though and I easily had enough space for the things I had thought important enough to bring.

Halls are the best way of meeting people quickly except for when you are one of the first people to arrive. Despite coming half way across the country, I somehow managed to get to New Cross before most of the others who would eventually move in. Except,

that isn’t what I thought at the time. At the time, I imagined that everyone was off having fun already and I had been left behind. These feelings of anxiety are normal (I am only now told) but you shouldn’t stress too much about meeting people and having an amazing time because there are so many ways for you to do so.

If you are a fresher now, you have the next fortnight of repeating your-name-and-what-course-you-do-and-where-you-come-from to look forward to. And honestly, it is the best fun. You’ll make the best friends in the world who you may never speak to again come this time next year but that at least means you are free to do as many drunkenly cringe-worthy things as possible, right? And most of the time you will get lucky and meet some amazing people who will make Goldsmiths great for you for the next three years.

This patchwork version of my own Freshers experience is cobbled together from the memory of the event which actually took place two years ago now. We want you, new Freshers, to document your new experiences at Goldsmiths and share them with everyone in this Freshers Column. From laments over kitchen hygiene habits to your experiences with London’s nightlife, we want to hear them all!

If you would like to write for the Freshers Column, please email us.

leopard@su.gold.ac.uk

to another and we ended up having sex. I found out I am pregnant, I don’t know what to do...Please help...

Teenage Mother-to-be,Aged 18

Dear Teenage Mother-to-be,

Are you sure that you’re pregnant? Get checked by a Doctor to make sure. In the future, don’t have a one night stand-if you do, use protection. Anyway, on a first date you shouldn’t go further than shaking hands when saying goodbye!

Lots of Love,

Doreenx

If you have a problem for Doreen, email dear.doreen@hotmail.co.uk

If you have any more serious or urgent problems, please don’t hesitate to contact Welfare Officer Francesca Bancarino at f.bancarino@gold.ac.uk OR Advice Ser-vice Coordinator Limahl Macfarlane at l.macfarlane@gold.ac.uk

Hi Matt West, how are you today?

Hiya Leopard, I’m not too bad. I’ve just been getting over a bit of pre-freshers flu but I’m excited and ready for the New Year.

Are you looking forward to this year at Goldsmiths?

Yeah I’m really excited there’s so much going on in the Students Union this year and I’m really pleased about the course options I’ve chosen.

What are you studying at the moment?

I’m on a History and Politics degree course right now.

Can you describe your role in the Students’ Union?

This year is going to be a tough year in the Higher Education sector with cuts of 25% and over expected.

After construction over the last two years work on the new academic building finally finished during the summer. This means there is now a new addition to the Goldsmiths campus.

From being a collection of old huts, the site on the back of the college green is now inhabited by a shiny new building for The Department of Media and Communications and the Institute of Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship [ICCE]. Work has now been completed on the interior and exterior of the building and will be open for the new academic year starting in October.

Because the work is now complete it means that full access to the college is now available from the rear entrance from Barriedale/St.Donatt’s Road, making access quicker for students living in Brockley and surrounding areas. In addition to this the removal of the onsite offices of Wilmott Dixon that were stationed on the tennis courts has brought them back into use.

Besides providing a single place for the ICCE and the Media department to reside, the new building also contains a new lecture theatre and has a café for the use of all students.

Well I’m the Campaigns Coordination Officer. That means it’s my job to help organise campaigns, make sure students can get involved and that they know about them! It also means that I sit on the Student Assembly, which is made up of elected student representatives and makes decisions about the SU.

What do you aim to achieve this year?

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Therefore I’m going to be working hard with students at Goldsmiths so that we can articulate a clear and strong message about why we don’t think these cuts are right and why higher education is not only important to us students but also to the future of Great Britain.

You’re known to be quite active within the students’ union, what would you say to other students interested in getting involved with the ‘political’ aspects of the union?

Dive right in. We will never turn away anyone that wants to get involved with the students union and there are so many ways that people can get involved; from volunteering to standing for election, there

SU INSIDER Interview -The Leopard speaks to Campains Coor-dinator, Matt West about his new year.

are several ways students can help out. Just come up and talk to me or any other elected official or the people working in the SU and we’ll be more than happy to help.

What campaigns will you be getting involved with this term? Obviously there’s already been some success with keeping the college nursery open for another year, which is good news for those currently juggling education with a young family as well.

The Nursery campaign was a great success but it doesn’t end there. We need students to come together and explain to the College management why childcare is a vital aspect of an education system that is open to all. If we can make a strong argument we can ensure that the nursery stays open not only this year but for years to come.

Can we expect to see you

down at Club Sandwich or Quidz in The Stretch this year?

Of course! There is nothing I like better than hit-filled nights of fantastic entertainment. Drinks offers, Banging tunes, Pub quizzes all in an amazing looking environment. What more could I want?

Finally, if you had the choice of being a Canary or a Budgie, which one would you be and why?

Budgie every time. The last thing I want is to be the gas alarm down a mine...

Thanks for giving us an interview Matt!

No problem and have a great year Leopard.

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The Student Union’s very own agony aunt is here to help!

Cut Out and Keep Travel

Here are some night-time bus routes from popular locations in Central London back to New Cross Gate. Cut this out and keep it in your wallet so you are never without a way home.

From Trafalgar SquareN21 goes from Trafalgar Square/Charing Cross from Stop: GEstimated Journey Time: 35 mins.

From Oxford Circus453 (24 hours) goes from Oxford Cir-cus from Stop: RFEstimated Journey Time: 35 mins.

From Camden Town StationTake either N20 OR N5 from Stop: S towards Trafalgar SquareEstimated Journey Time: 12 mins.Then N21 as before from Stop: G.

From Shoreditch High StreetTake N35 from Stop: N towards Monu-ment StationEstimated Journey Time: 8 minsThen N21 from Stop: p

OR N26 from Stop: N towards Trafalgar Square.Estimated Journey Time: 9 mins.Then N21 as before.

Last train from London Bridge to New Cross station is at OO:56 Monday - Sunday

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Take out and put on your wall. Our colour coded guide to New Cross with key places to get yourself sorted for everyday and adventure purposes.

Map illustration by: Anne-Marie Rayney

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has been in process since last November and the findings of this report are due to be published ‘in the coming weeks’. This report could form the basis of how higher education is to be funded for the next decade or longer. If the report does contain any surprises this won’t be one of them; Students going to university or entering higher education now will always end up paying more than students previously.

In the eyes of the NUS, a demonstration is definitely needed this year, most if not all members of government who went to university did not pay tuition fees. They are the people who get to legislate on the future of students who do pay them. They need to be aware of the

however had been organised off the back of several sit-ins and occupations protesting Israeli actions against Gaza, coinciding with demands to give scholarships to students from the Gaza strip. These demands were met in universities around the country including Goldsmiths who gained their scholarships for Palestinians.

The ‘Demo-lition’ organised for November will be aiming to replicate some of that success, but the ability to lobby a government by any means is a lot harder that lobbying individual universities. As it is the students who are affected by the cuts it is important this demonstration receives the support it deserves.

On the 10th November, a march in London will be taking place. The march, led by the NUS and UCU [University and College Union] has been organised to voice concerns over the future of funding for education. As it stands there is frequent talk from universities and government bodies about raising the tuition fees to £10,000 a year and above combined with a cut of £1.5 billion from the higher education and universities budget. But with proposals like an increase in tuition fees the NUS believes that ‘system for funding education is broken’ and instead of protesting cuts the current campaign is

about changing the system of funding to make it fairer for students.

The cause for the planned demonstration has clearly been influenced by the change in government as this prevents a fresh opportunity for change. The Coalition [of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats] has yet to announce any major change to education policy overall, seemingly fully content on announcing general spending cuts and pushing the news of how successful the Academy schools programme has been recently.

However a report being conducted by Lord Browne

current students’ voice in this matter.

Since the introduction of tuition fees in 2004 the NUS has been running a ongoing campaign against them and has organised other demonstrations in the past. However in the last couple of years the union has stated that returning to a period of no tuition fees is now ‘unfeasible’ and preventing further rises is now the main focus of that campaign.

Students across the country have also been unafraid to take their own action when the NUS has refused to sanction a protest; like what happened in 2009 when students marched through central London to oppose tuition fees. This march

The NUS Demo-litionA demonstration is planned against cuts in education by the National Union of Students.

Of course it’s not all about politics either, the Students’ union has its own bar ‘The Stretch’ where club nights, quiz nights and other events take place all year round. The Stretch has recently been re-painted by committed Goldsmiths’ students coming in out of term time getting it ready for events occurring during Fresher’s Week.

The Union also supports a wide range of competitive and recreational sports clubs, with some form of sport running all year round.

with guarantees from the club president addressing the concerns not being enough to persuade the assembly to ratify it. Despite that there is a always a society or club for everyone and new ones can easily be started if not.

This shines the light on the areas of the student’s union that will most frequently be in the scope of the average student, but there is always more to explore and develop as the terms pass by.

The Students’ Union, they only organise party nights and cheap drinks right?

Wrong.

The Students’ Union is an integral part of university life, its remit stretches from looking after the welfare of every student to the organisation and facilitation of clubs and societies like football and cheese.

As such there has to be some sort of structure to the union so it can function properly, by the students for the students.

This year the union is formed of four paid sabbatical positions of which one is the position of president, 4 student trustees that oversee finance and 11 student assembly officer positions. These roles cover most

aspects of the union from Campaigns Co-Ordination officer to Equalities officer.

The elections for this year were held back in March will all positions up for re-election. All results were recorded clean and fair, meaning a stable and committed government for the beginning of the year.

President Bindz Patel will be joined by other sabbaticals: James Haywood; Campaigns and Communications officer, Francesca Bancarino; Welfare and Education officer and Manoj Kerai; Activities and Services officer. These four will form the core of the union and will be the go to guys if you have any major problems or suggestions while at the university this year.

Activities and Services officer Manoj Kerai is overseeing all sports clubs this year.

Alongside sports clubs are societies, which is another productive and thriving side to the students’ union. Last year the Cheese society successfully launched with a Japanese society becoming popular too. However last year a proposed ‘Gentleman’s Club’ society was not ratified by the Student Assembly due to concerns over issues of inequality and exclusivity,

What of the Goldsmiths’ Student Union?

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Wednesday 29th September

13.00- 15.00: Love Goldsmiths Hate RacismInfo: An anti-facist tour of east LondonLocation: Departing from in front of the Library

13.00- 15.00: Christian Union Presents ‘Arrogance Lecture’Location: RHB 300

15.00- 17.00: The Real Ale Society Present Local Pub CrawlLocation: Meet in The Stretch

19.00- 22.00: Anthropology Society Tea Party/FilmLocation: The Common Room

19.00- 01.00: Club SandwichLocation: The StretchCost: Free before 10, £4 after

Thursday 30th September

10.00- 17.00: Poster Sale Location: The Stretch

13.00- 15.00: Bollywood Dance TasterLocation: RHB 143Cost: Free!

14.00- 18.00: Film Screening: Occupation 101Info: A chance to see this award-winning documentary on the Israeli-Palestinian conflictLocation: RHB 256Cost: Free!

17.00- 20.00: Reclaiming The F Word: Modern FeminismInfo: With guest speakers Catherine Redfern and Kristin Aune, authors of Reclaiming the F Word: The New Feminist Movement and authors of the F-Word blog.

Cost: Free!

***PICK OF THE FORTNIGHT*** 17.00- 02.00: Roald Dahl Freshers Garden Ball and After PartyLocation: The Backfield and The StretchInfo: Calling all Twits, Fantastic Foxes and Giant Peaches! Don your best Roald Dahl inspired costume and come and join the festivities!Cost: £12 entry

Sunday 3rd October

12.00- 17.00: Brick Lane MarketLocation: Meet outside LibraryCost: Free!

13.00- 14.30: Volleyball Taster SessionLocation: Upper GymCost: Free!

13.00- 17.00: Men’s and Womens Football TasterLocation: Loring Hall Sports GroundCost: Free!

18.00- 20.00: Photography Society Presents Welcome DrinksLocation: New Cross Inn

19.00- 12.00: Football Sports Team Play FIFALocation: The Common Room

Monday 4th October

12.00- 15.00: Housing Fayre And Housing Network PartyLocation: The Stretch

13.00- 14.30: Astanga YogaLocation: Club Pulse GymInfo: Max 6 non-members

14.00- 16.00: Kung Fu and Kick Boxing Taster SessionLocation: Upper GymCost: Free!

15.00- 17.00: Breakin’

Monday 27th September

11.00-15.00: Tours of New CrossInfo: Take a tour of your new neighbourhood. Leaving every hour and lasting for 20 minutes.Location: Meet outside the Library.Cost: Free!

13.00-14.00: Leopard NewspaperInfo: Come and discuss the brand-new Leopard Newspaper and let us know if you want to get involved!Location: Stephen Lawrence Committee room

14.30-18.00: Film Screening: FriedaInfo: Hosted by the Feminist Society with an accompanying discussion on Women in Art.Location: Small Hall Cinema in RHBCost: Free!

15.00-17.00: London?Info: A rough guide to London.Location: Stephen Lawrence Committee roomCost: Free!

19.00-01.00: QuidsInfo: Pub Quiz and Karaoke! Get your flatmates rounded up, get some drinks in and think up the best team names!Location: The StretchCost: £1 entry

Tuesday 28th September

12.00-15.00: Housing FairLocation: The Stretch

12.00-15.00: Christian Union FrisbeeLocation: The Backfield

16.00-18.00: Film Screening: Slingshot Hip HopLocation: RHB 137Cost: Free!

18.00- 20.00: Life Drawing Hosted By The Art SocietyLocation: RHB 142Cost: Free!

19.00- 00.00: Comedy NightLocation: The StretchCost: £4 entry

19.00- 00.00: PokerLocation: The Common RoomCost: £4 entry

Location: Stephen Lawrence Committee RoomCost: Free!

19.00- 01.00: Live Music: PlayedioLocation: The StretchCost: £4 entry

Friday 1st October

10.00- 17.00: Fresher’s FayreLocation: The BackfieldCost: Free!

10.00- 17.00: The Poster SaleLocation: The StretchCost: Free!

10.00- 17.00: Bone Marrow DriveLocation: RHB 137Cost: Free!

20.00- 01.00: Love Goldsmiths Hate RacismInfo: Come celebrate multiculturalism with top hip hop artists, spoken word, great food, open mic sessions and games.Location: The StretchCost: £2 entry

Saturday 2nd October

12.00- 16.00: I Heart Art: Trip to The National Gallery and The Tate ModernLocation: Meet outside the library

10.00- 12.00: Karate Taster SessionLocation: Upper GymCost: Free!

10.00- 17.00: Rugby Taster SessionLocation: Loring Hall Sports GroundCost: Free!

13.00- 17.00: Cheerleading Taster SessionLocation: Upper GymCost: Free!

16.00- 18.00: Breakin’ Taster SessionLocation: RHB 300

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19.00- 22.00: Anthropology Society Tea PartyLocation: The Common RoomCost: Free!

19.00- 01.00: Club SandwichLocation: The StretchCost: Free before 10pm, £4 after

Thursday 7th October

10.00- 21.00: The Man Who Tasted ShapesLocation: Made In Goldsmiths Gallery, The Common RoomInfo: The start of the first Made In Goldsmiths show. Featuring works by Alicja Rogalska and Martin Clarke, Jasiek Mischke and Liliana Sanchez. Runs until 5th November.

12.00- 16.00: Mature Students’ Tea PartyBring a dish!Location: The StretchCost: Free!

12.00- 13.00: Hatha YogaLocation: Club Pulse GymInfo: Max 8 non-members

13.00- 14.00: Group Cycling and Abs AttackLocation: Club Pulse GymInfo: Max 8 non-members

14.00- 16.00: Kung Fu and KickboxingLocation: Upper Gym

17.00- 19.00: CheerleadingLocation: Upper Gym

17.00- 20.00: DanceLocation: RHB 300

17.00- 18.00: The New Cross Massacre; Talk and Photo ExhibitionLocation: RHB 300Cost: Free!

19.00- 20.30: Women’s HockeyLocation: Crystal Palace

Library

12.00- 16.00: Local MarketsLocation: Meet Outside The Library

13.00- 17.00: Men’s and Women’s FootballLocation: Loring Hall Sports Ground

13.00- 17.00: CheerleadingLocation: Upper Gym

16.00- 18.00: Breakin’Location: RHB 300

19.00- 01.00: No Pain In PopLocation: The StretchCost: £4 Entry

Sunday 10th October

19.00- 00.00: Sports Fun DayLocation: The Common RoomCost: Free

20.00- 00.00: Fashion ShowLocation: The StretchInfo: Registration between 20.00- 21.00Cost: Free!

If you want any future events listed here, then please contact us atleopard@su.gold.ac.uk

Please list:

TimeDateLocationand Cost

All listings will be printed in The Leopard for the next month. So submit listings for November only.

Taster SessionLocation: Upper GymCost: Free!

17.00- 20.00: Dance Taster SessionLocation: RHB 300Cost: Free!

18.00- 20.00: Black History Month Film: Deacons for DefenceLocation: The Common RoomCost: Free!

19.00- 21.00: Men’s FootballLocation: Bacons College

21.00- 12.00: Lashings of Ginger Beer Queer Feminist BurlesqueLocation: The Common RoomCost: Free!

19.00- 01.00: Quids Presents Quiz with SHAG roundLocation: The StretchCost: £1

Tuesday 5th October

08.00- 09.00: YogaLocation: Upper Gym

12.00- 13.00: Abs AttackLocation: Club PulseInfo: Max of 9 non-members

14.00- 18.00: Afro Caribbean Society Meet and Greet BBQLocation: The Stretch

16.00- 18.00: Palestine Welcome MeetingLocation: RHB 309

17.30- 19.00: NetballLocation: Lewisham College

18.00- 22.00: BasketballLocation: Haberdashers Aske

18.00- 21.00: B-Movie Society Presents: Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song

Location: Small Hall CinemaCost: Free!

18.00- 22.00: Art Society Presents: Life DrawingLocation: RHB 142

19.00- 21.00: Ju JitsuLocation: Upper Gym

20.00- 02.00: LGBTQ Society Presents: Awkward TurtleLocation: The StretchCost: Free before 9pm- £2 after

Wednesday 6th October

12.00- 13.00: Legs, Bums and TumsLocation: Club Pulse GymInfo: Max 6 non-members

13.00- 14.00: CapoeiraLocation: Club Pulse GymInfo: Max 7 non-members

14.00- 15.00: Tai ChiLocation: Upper Gym

15.00- 17.00: YogaLocation: Upper Gym

15.00- 17.00: ISOC Sisters Present A Meet And Greet Treasure HuntLocation: Multi Faith Prayer RoomCost: Free!

16.00- 18.00: VollyballLocation: Bacons College

17.00- 19.00: Women’s FootballLocation: Bacons College

17.00- 20.00: Breakin’Location: The Stretch

18.00- 21.00: History Society Presents: A History Of RacismLocation: Small Hall CinemaCost: Free!

19.00- 21.00: KarateLocation: Upper Gym

19.00- 21.00: Ju JitsuLocation: Upper Gym

19.30- 22.00: Cute Guyz Society LaunchLocation: Made in Goldsmiths Gallery, The Common Room

20.00- 01.00: In New Music We Trust: Get To Know!Location: The StretchCost: £4 Entry

Friday 8th October

09.00-10.00: Tai ChiLocation: Upper Gym

12.00- 14.00: Meditation And Relaxation With Free Veggie MealLocation: Multi-Faith Prayer RoomCost: Free!

13.30- 14.30: PilatesLocation: Club Pulse GymInfo: Max 7 non-members

15.00- 17.00: Women’s FootballLocation: Upper Gym

19.00- 21.00: Kung Fu and KickboxingLocation: Upper Gym

19.00- 00.00: Bollywood Meets Hollywood Film NightLocation: The Common RoomCost: £TBC

19.00-00.00: Bollywood Meets Hollywood DanceLocation: The StretchCost: £TBC

Saturday 9th October

10.00- 12.00: KarateLocation: Upper Gym

10.00- 17.00: RugbyLocation: Loring Hall Sports Ground

12.00- 16.00: Camden MarketLocation: Meet Outside The

Listings Pages:

It’s the start of the year, which means a packed listings for Freshers Fortnight.

Regular Union and New Cross events will be here every month, all year.

The Tiananman Building is home to the Student’s Union.RHB is the Richard Hoggart Building - Goldsmiths main building.The Stephen Lawrence Committee Room is located on the Ground Floor of Tiananman Building.The Common Room is located on the 1st Floor of Tiananman Building.The Stretch is located on the 2nd Floor of Tiananman Building.

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Cricket:

With the previous 2009 season bringing the Goldsmiths’ cricket team its best success for a decade winning their league and being promoted. It was up to captain Ben Gautrey to replicate that form this year. The team ended up second in their new league, narrowly missing out on promotion again. When the cricket season starts again next spring the team look confident of more success with new captain Matt West.

SpORTSThe new season is almost here, so expect to see news and results from the Football, Rugby, Basketball and more right here in the next few editions of The Leopard. But for this one, a quick re-cap of last seasons sporting achievements and any news about the beginning of this season.

We need to put together a great editorial and design team for Smiths magazine by the start of term.

There will be many ways to contribute to Smiths through-out the year but we need talented, creative and motivated people to become section editors for the following areas:

·Features & News Features ·Politics ·Music ·Fashion ·Art ·Theatre ·Technology ·Food ·Lifestyle/Culture

[Tell us if you can think of something else and you want to edit it]

You’ll need to encourage contributions to your section and be able to stay organised and meet deadlines! Want to ap-ply? Then email us with…

1. Three ideas for your section for the magazine2. Three ideas for your section online3. Any journalistic experience you have (experience isn’t necessary)4. What do you think is good writing and journalism? What makes a bad article, what makes a good article?

We also want…

·Online editor ·Design students/people who are really good on Photoshop & InDesign ·Illustrators & Photographers ·Subeditors/Proof readers ·Events team for Smiths bashes ·Someone in charge of advertising

For these positions tell us what relevant skills/experience you have.

Please send in your application and any questions to smiths@gold.ac.uk by Monday 27th September.

Thanks, Hanna & Jenny (SMITHS Editors)

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SMITHS 2010/2011 Editorial positions are now open for application!Sports in pictures -

Visual highlights from last season.

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