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10 February 2010 |
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• LSE students unite for a 'timeless' success
The third annual production of the LSE cultural show Timeless! was
staged at the weekend, raising over £10,000 for
its two chosen charities.
This year’s show was a dancing, acting, and singing extravaganza, telling
the story of an investment banker from LSE who is transported to the ‘World
of the Beat’. The show involved 200 students and pulled in an audience of
over 1,400 people.
The money raised from this year’s show will go to the Kids Company
in London and Invisible Children in Uganda. Kids Company aims to provide practical, emotional
and educational support to vulnerable inner-city children and young people,
while Invisible Children uses the power of media to inspire young people to
help end the conflict in Central East Africa.
Filipe Martins, producer of this year's show, said: ‘Timeless!
brought together over 200 LSE students from all corners of the world, who
came together to do something really groundbreaking. On the day, we weren't
even given a chance to rehearse on stage, because all the lighting and
technical arrangements had to be done, so seeing something amazing coming
from "amateur" students really was fantastic. There were plenty of hugs and
hi-fives backstage, with all of us coming together to support each other. We
really hope the spirit of friendship and global citizenship from this year's
show will spread to future productions of Timeless!’
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• Twitter champs
LSE Public Events have topped the
UK University
Twitterleague. The league, which is based on the number of followers
each University twitter site has, puts
LSE Events ahead of
Cambridge University, with LSE having over 5,900 followers to Cambridge’s
4,468 followers.
The School also has another Twitter victory with Charlie Beckett,
director of Polis at LSE, racking up over 2000 followers for
his twitter site, which
actually puts him higher than most UK universities in terms of the
Twitterleague.
Congratulations to both LSE Events and Charlie – keep tweeting.
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• Helping Haiti
The LSE Events team raised £1,750 from
donations taken over two weeks at LSE public lectures and events. Many thanks to
everyone who donated.
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• LSE perspectives
February's photograph submissions to
LSE Perspectives are now online. Contributions include this photo taken
by Julie Lin Ji, a graduate student in the Institute of Social Psychology.
It was taken at the Gulfoss waterfall, south Iceland, in December
2009.
Julie said: 'The Icelandic winter is harsh and surreal. I wanted to
capture the beauty and pristine serenity of the half-frozen Gulfoss
waterfall in winter, through the close-up perspective of frozen grass.'
For more information on how to submit a picture click
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 Notices
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• Meet the managers
There will be an opportunity on Tuesday 16 February for students to meet
senior managers from LSE's administration, in an informal setting to
discuss services for students.
Students interested in attending should email James Strong on
secdiv.admin@lse.ac.uk. The
meeting will be from 4.30-6pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, lower ground
floor of the New Academic Building.
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• Library book sale
Monday 15 and Tuesday 16 February, 10am-4pm,
R301 (third floor of the Library)
With books on sale at only £1 each, the annual Library book sale is a
great opportunity to grab yourself a bargain and enhance your book
collection.
Plus you will also be helping the Library to clear its storage of
excess gifts and outdated editions of textbooks that have been removed from
the collection.
Make sure you don’t forget to bring a big bag!
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• IT skills for your future career
Do you have the IT skills employers need? IT training offer training
workshops on the skills needed in business, such as Word mail merge, using
Outlook calendars and tasks, and creating pivot tables in Excel.
See a full schedule of courses available at
lse.ac.uk/itservices/training
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• LSE PhD Student Poster Exhibition 2010 - call for posters
All PhD students across academic departments are invited to showcase an
aspect of their research in poster format. For more information and
submissions visit the 'LSE Net' area on moodle at
http://moodle.lse.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=2329
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• Careers Service jobs of the week
- Google, People Operations Intern - a full-time paid internship with
Google’s HR team is available now to a current student or recent
graduate.
- Assistant to the French Customs Attaché - if you are interested in
diplomacy, and have an excellent command of English and French, apply
now for this post at the French Embassy in London.
- Euromonitor International, Market Research Industry Analyst - apply
your research experience in this role with the FMCG markets team.
For full details of these posts and over 500 more visit 'My Careers
Service' at www.lse.ac.uk/careers
and click ‘search for opportunities’.
Come and visit the Careers Service on Floor 3, Tower 3.
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• Student offer for Fitness First
Fitness First Fetter Lane is offering students the chance to join at a
reduced membership rates of £8.50 per week and with the rest of February
free (offer subject to availability).
For more information, call Adam on 020 7353 2311 or email
fetterlanemanager@fitnessfirst.com Offer ends Friday 19 February.
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• Do you need cash for your business idea?
The BBC are currently searching for
business ideas, inventions or products with serious business potential
that are investment ready and looking for funding, for the
new series of Dragons' Den.
Dragons' Den gives entrepreneurs the chance to pitch their proposals to a
panel of the UK's most successful business people, who have pledged to
invest their own money in the best ideas.
If you are an entrepreneur, with a fantastic business idea or product
that is investment-ready, then the BBC want to hear from you.
For an application form, email
dragonsden@bbc.co.uk or visit
www.bbc.co.uk/dragonsden
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 What's
on
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• Upcoming LSE events include....
Renewing the Left's ideology: what should be the principles and goals of the
centre-Left today?
On: Monday 15 February at 6.30-8pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speaker: James Purnell MP
How rich are the baby boomers and how poor are their children?
On: Tuesday 16 February at 6.30-8pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speaker: David Willetts MP
Jimmy Stewart Is Dead -- Ending the World's Ongoing Financial Plague with
Limited Purpose Banking
On: Wednesday 17 February at 6-7.30pm in the New Theatre, East
Building
Speaker: Professor Laurence J Kotlikoff
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• Listen to LSE's latest podcasts of
public lectures and events
You are not a gadget
On: Tuesday 2 February at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: Jaron Lanier
Click here to listen
Doldrums to Downing Street? The Conservative Party's long journey from
opposition to the brink of office
On: Wednesday 3 February at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Tim Bale
Click here to listen
Europe - the traitor's kiss
On: Thursday 4 February at 6.30pm in the New Theatre, East Building
Speaker: Chris Bryant MP
Click here to listen
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• Disco and Atomic War Film Festival
The LSE Estonian Film Festival,
organised by the LSESU Baltic Society and supported by the Estonian
Embassy, the British-Estonian Association and Viru Beer, runs from
Thursday 11 to Saturday 13 February.
The festival will include six short, feature and documentary films, one
UK premiere and Estonia’s entry for this year’s Academy Awards nominations
in the Best Foreign Language Film category. Following the films, there will
be discussions with film directors, professors and writers.
The highlight of the festival will be the screening of internationally
acclaimed Estonian film Disco and Atomic War. The film will be
followed by a Q&A with producer and scriptwriter Kiur Aarma.
For more information and to see the full programme of events, visit
www.estonia.gov.uk/news_events/cultural_events/aid-938
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• LSE Global Governance official launch -
21st Century Challenges: how global crises provide the opportunity to
transform the world
Tuesday 16 February at 6.30-8pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speakers: Professor Lord Anthony Giddens, Professor David Held,
Professor Mary Kaldor, and Professor Danny Quah
The world now confronts crises unique in their global character.
Distinguished LSE experts from the fields of climate policy, global
politics, security and economics argue these crises provide an opportunity
to transform the world and to build capacity for responding to extreme
global challenges now and in the future.
This event will mark the launch of the centre under the new name of LSE
Global Governance. The event is free and open to all with no ticket
required.
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• Human Rights Do Not Make Global
Democracy
Tuesday 16 February at 1-2pm in room M101
Speaker: Eva Erman
Global Governance lunchtime seminar series
Eva Erman is senior lecturer of political science at Stockholm University
and a visiting fellow at Global Governance, LSE. Her research interests are
in political philosophy and political theory, with particular focus on
democratic theory, global justice, human rights and global governance.
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• A Pinhole Exhibition: Tinned Cities by fotolateras
16-23 February, Atrium Gallery, Old Building
Open Monday-Friday, 10am-8pm
fotolateras.com and their collection Tinned Cities are bringing a
different view of urban spaces to LSE. In 2007, photographers Lola Barcia y
Marinela Focadell created fotolateras, a project which returns to
photography's roots: light enters through a tiny hole impressing the image
on a photosensitive paper. In this digital era, fotolateras 'cook' their
photographs inside metal tins of cookies, coffee, tea, without a lens,
viewfinder or even a shutter.
A pinhole exhibition: Tinned Cities is part of a multidisciplinary
project integrating art, marketing research and Spanish language for social
sciences. This project is part of the well established collaboration between
the Spanish section of the LSE Language Centre and the Marketing Research
Department of the University of Valencia, Spain.
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• Counter-Composition: conversations on ethics
Wednesday 17 February at 6.30-8pm in the Wolfson Theatre, New
Academic Building
In this lecture, philosopher Alex Voorhoeve and photographer Steve Pyke
will discuss the book which they collaborated on, Conversations on
Ethics, which collects dialogues with and portraits of eleven
leading thinkers.
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a
first come, first served basis. For more information, email
arts@lse.ac.uk or phone 020 7955 6043.
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• Music@LSE - Doric String Quartet with Alasdair Beatson (piano)
Thursday 18 February at 1.05-2pm in the Shaw Library, Old
Building
The Doric is now firmly established as one of the outstanding quartets
of their generation and for this concert, they have teamed up with a
fine pianist to play one of the greatest chamber works of the 19th
century.
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• Pray the Devil back to Hell
- benefit screening
Friday 19 February at 7-9pm in the New Theatre, East Building
Speakers: Davide Nardi, director of NGO partnerships - Brightwide,
and Brita Fernandez-Schmidt, director of Policy and Outreach at Women
for Women International UK
The LSE Students' Union, Feminist Society, Development Society, and the
Women’s International League of Peace and Freedom invite you to their
screening of Pray the Devil back to Hell. The screening will benefit
Women for Women International, who have helped over 243,000 women in
war-torn countries transform their lives, and is in association with
www.brightwide.com, a new website
screening the best of international social and political cinema.
Pray the Devil back to Hell is the extraordinary story of the
Liberian women - Christian and Muslim united - who came together in the
midst of a bloody civil war, took on the violent warlords and corrupt
Charles Taylor regime, and won peace for their shattered country. Their
demonstrations culminated in the exile of Charles Taylor and the election of
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa's first female head of state.
Tickets for this event cost £5 and can be purchased at the door. 100 per
cent of the proceeds raised will benefit Women for Women International.
For more information, click
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 Society
profile
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• LSESU Atheist and Humanist Society
The Atheist and Humanist Society are a new society for this
academic year. They aim to provide a platform for open-minded debate and
discussion surrounding religion, atheism and humanism. They also organise
speaker events and film screenings.
Approx number of members?
150
Biggest event or achievement?
The author and philosopher A.C. Grayling gave a talk last month, which
had a great turnout.
Big event coming up that you would like to highlight?
LSE philosophy lecturer John Worrall is giving a talk entitled Science
Meets Religion: the intelligent person’s guide to the ‘intelligent design’
debate on Monday 15 February at 6.30pm in room D302.
Why should people join the society?
Our society provides the chance for members to meet like-minded people at
LSE and to engage in lively discussions.
Website?
www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&ref=ts&gid=168009566614 |
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 60
Second Interview
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• with..... the LSEAU Dance Club
About the captains:
Jenny and Li Ee are both third
year undergraduates and have been
involved in dance nearly all their
lives.
Jenny started learning ballet,
contemporary, modern and tap at the
age of three and has recently also
picked up jazz.
Li Ee started learning ballet at
eight years old, and as she grew up,
diversified her dance styles to
include contemporary, hip hop, jazz
and salsa.
Both have performed in and
choreographed many shows over the
years, and are currently competing
in varsity dance competitions across
the country.
About the dance club:
LSEAU Dance Club (formally the
LSESU Dance Society) is a 350+ strong non-academic club. The
club holds weekly dance classes for
all members in a variety of styles
and also hold numerous one-off
workshops to introduce new dance
types.
What is Fl*shdance?
Hosted by the LSEAU Dance Club,
Fl*shdance is
LSE’s annual dance show. With a variety of
different dances including ballet, capoeira, hip hop, burlesque and
jazz, the show promises to be the
best yet. The theme this year is
'Hollywood', so expect everything
from action to disco, the Moulin
Rouge to Michael Jackson...
How and why did you get
involved with the show?
We wanted to continue with the
tradition of hosting a dance show to
demonstrate that LSE students can dance. We
wanted to create a bigger show to
mark our first year in the Athletics
Union and to
prove to everyone that dance is a
sport.
Can other people still get
involved? If so, how?
Unfortunately, rehearsals are
well underway so there is little
possibility of performing in the
show, however to get involved all
you need to do is buy your ticket
and sit back and relax.
When is the show taking place
and how do people get tickets?
The show is on Monday 1 March at
7.30-9.30pm in the Peacock Theatre.
Tickets are available on Houghton
Street from Monday 8 February,
11am-3pm daily.
What can people expect to see
in this year’s show?
Expect thrills, glitz and glam.
From hip hop to ballet, belly to
burlesque, and salsa to sultry, it
will be an extravaganza to behold.
Are you raising money for
charity? And if so, what charities
are you raising money for?
Yes we are - EducAid. EducAid
charity runs the only free secondary
schools in Sierra Leone. It is close
to our hearts as Jenny flew there
last year to volunteer for two
months over the summer. Due to
the civil war, education has been
neglected and as an academic
institution we hope that any funds
we raise will contribute
to the amazing work this charity
does. For more information, visit
http://www.educaid.org.uk/ |
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