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• It’s déjà vu at the Language Centre as the slogans of ’68 are
written anew
The writing is on the wall at the Language Centre where students have
been scrawling revolutionary political slogans up and down the stairwells.
Not that staff at the centre mind the outbreak of graffiti - because it
was their idea in the first place as a way of fusing art, language and the virtual world to help students picking up new skills
in French.
The idea began with Hervé Didiot-Cook, French language
co-ordinator at the centre, who encouraged students to reinterpreted the battle-cries of the 1968 uprising in
Paris, such as ‘Corruption is the opium of the people’ and ‘No democracy under
one party’ into new versions that use puns in French or contrasted them
with meanings in their own languages (including Chinese, Gaelic, Russian and
Arabic).
Their work was written large when artist Michel Herreria was
commissioned to produce a giant artwork incorporating the new slogans up the
stairs of the centre’s Clare Market home.
The
collaboration with the language centre has now also produced a virtual
exhibition, titled Déjà Vu, of Michel’s earlier works in the virtual world
of Second Life. Here visitors can view (and hear) his animations, images and films with a
good chance of bumping into Language Centre students and staff - or even the
artist himself. And just to reinforce the LSE connection, some of the
campus' familiar artworks - including Bluerain and the LSE penguin - are
also part of the exhibition.
More
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• Promises, promises…
Clement Attlee promised to ‘produce the conditions of life worthy of a
great people’; Margaret Thatcher to restore ‘the qualities that made Britain
great’; Tony Blair to provide a government with ‘the vision, the courage and
the heart to give Britain a new start’…
The Library’s collection of election addresses provides a unique insight
into the development of political campaigning in modern Britain and the
evolution of the post-war political landscape - the rise and fall of
policies, issues, parties and careers. On a more prosaic level, it also
comes in handy if you want to check whether your MP has done what he/she
promised to do if voted in.
In every election year since 1945, the Library has collected election
addresses and other publicity material produced by prospective MPs. We now
have over 15,000 items, covering the whole of the UK, and including material
from minority parties and independent candidates, as well as the three main
parties.
Visit our
election ephemera webpage to find out more, or for an informal look at
some of the more alternative aspects of the 1997 election, read the entry on
Loonies, Lefties and
Yogic Flyers in our Out
of the Box blog.
We’ll be collecting material again this year, and you can help to build
our collection by donating election addresses and other campaign material
that you receive. Watch out for further announcements soon.
For more information contact Anna Towlson, assistant archivist, at
document@lse.ac.uk
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• Run, LSE, run
LSE will once again be supporting the Sport Relief one mile run and we
are calling for all students to register to run (or walk!).
The run will be taking place on Friday 19 March at 4pm around Lincoln’s
Inn Fields. The fee is £1 to take part, or £2 to support the event but
not take part. All additional sponsorship can be arranged online at
www.sportrelief.com/donate
To register, contact Chris Connelley in the Staff Development Unit at
c.connelley@lse.ac.uk or Ann
O’Brien in LSE Health and Safety at
health.and.safety@lse.ac.uk
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• Cash point awareness
There was an incident of distraction theft at the Natwest cash point
on Houghton Street on Tuesday evening.
Please be vigilant when using cash point machines and where possible go
to the machine with someone you know.
If you are disturbed by anyone, before you address the issue, immediately
press cancel, remove your card and walk away from the machine.
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• Help Robinson Crusoe Island
In 2006, Gillian Bolsover, a PhD student
in the Media and Communications Department at LSE, was involved
in a documentary project on the remote Chilean island of Robinson
Crusoe. Gillian and the rest of the Chasing Crusoe Team created a
website, www.rcrusoe.org, about the
life and history of the island.
In the days following the earthquake that shook the Chilean mainland, the
team learnt that a giant tsunami had hit Robinson Crusoe Island, covering
nearly two miles of the island and reaching 300 metres up from the natural
coastline. When the ocean retreated, it took with it nearly all of San Juan
Bautista, the coastal settlement that the island’s 650 residents call home.
The Chasing Crusoe Team are now trying to raise funds to help the
islanders rebuild their lives. To donate money, visit
www.rcrusoe.org/
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 Notices
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• Message for all continuing undergraduate students
You are now able to make your module selection for the next session
online through LSEforYou. Please ensure you attend any departmental course
selection meetings and seek academic advice from your academic adviser or
departmental tutor before making your selection. Please click
here for details of the available courses.
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• LSE Teaching Day 2010 - call for contributions
LSE Teaching Day is a free one day event dedicated to sharing experience
and showcasing successful teaching practice and innovation.
This year's Teaching Day, taking place on Tuesday 18 May, will focus on
the following themes:
- Feedback
- Assessment
- Success in undergraduate or graduate teaching
- Research-led teaching
Based on feedback from last year the organising committee are soliciting
contributions from students for the parallel sessions that will run during
the day. We aim to bring together staff and students to explore the
challenges and opportunities to improve the learning experience at LSE.
These can take the form of presentations, discussions, demonstrations and
workshops. Poster presentations, to be displayed throughout the day, are
also welcome.
Submit your contributions by visiting
www.lse.ac.uk/teachingday and
completing the form by Friday 19 March.
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• LSE Travel Survey
The LSE Travel Survey is now open, and can be accessed at
www.survey.bris.ac.uk/lsewebsite/travel_student/
This is your chance to have a say about:
- Your travel to LSE
- What you think LSE should be doing about student travel
The survey will only take 10 minutes to complete and we would like all
students to complete the survey to allow LSE to provide support for the
different travel requirements of members of the School.
The results will also allow LSE to calculate carbon emissions produced
from travel. This will contribute to the LSE Carbon Management Plan which
intends to reduce total carbon emissions.
For more information, email Fei Conteh at
f.conteh@lse.ac.uk
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• Internal student vacancies
All internal student vacancies are now advertised on the online system.
If you would like to see all the internal only vacancies, you will find
them by logging in to the online system with your LSE network credentials.
Visit the
Jobs at LSE page and click on 'Internal Vacancies' to log on.
Once you have logged on, you will be able to search all internal
vacancies, as well all vacancies that are advertised externally.
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• REMINDER - Single Equality Scheme road shows - get involved and have your
say
LSE is preparing its first Single Equality Scheme (SES), which will
set out how the School intends to tackle discrimination and
harassment and promote equality for its staff, students and service
users. It will also explain how the School will meet its statutory
duties to promote equality across all areas.
Ahead of the scheme, Carolyn Solomon-Pryce, LSE's diversity advisor,
needs your help to fully understand the equality and diversity needs
within the School. Your input will help to shape the SES and set out
clear equality and diversity priorities for the next three years.
Carolyn will be holding three road shows next week where you will have
the opportunity to give your views and comments and also ask any
questions. The road shows will be held on:
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Tuesday 16 March at 11am-12.30pm in U500, Tower One
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Thursday 18 March at 11am-12.30pm in U500, Tower One
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Friday 19 March at 11am-12.30pm in U500, Tower One
If you would like to attend any of the above road shows, please contact
Carolyn at c.solomon-pryce@lse.ac.uk
to reserve your place.
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• Careers Service jobs of the week
- Canning House, events internship - you’ll gain valuable
experience and have the chance to collaborate with high profile
institutions such as embassies, businesses and NGOs with a focus on
Latin America and Iberia.
- Discovery Communications, commercial executive - already have
commercial-facing FMCG experience? Apply it in this role at the world’s
number one non-fiction media company.
- Human Rights Watch, associate (health and human rights division)
- if you have a strong interest in international health-related
human rights abuses don’t miss this opportunity to provide critical
administrative assistance to this Human Rights Watch 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 Three, Tower Three.
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• Coubertin Olympic Awards student essay competition
The International Pierre de Coubertin Committee and the Institute of
Business Ethics have launched the first annual Coubertin Olympic Awards
student essay competition.
The awards aim to promote research on how the Olympic ideals of fairness,
integrity and openness can help businesses balance commercial success with
their social responsibilities. The competition will reward essays written by
students, working in teams, every year in the run-up to the London 2012
Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The winning teams will be awarded a cash prize of £2,000 with a further
prize of £1,000 for the runners up. For more information or to enter, visit
www.coubertin-awards.org.uk/
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• Be part of Challenge Humanitech 2010
For the second year running, the Red Helmets Foundation have organised
Challenge Humanitech, which enables students from all around Europe to
develop innovative technological tools that aim to improve humanitarian
action.
To get involved, set up a team of four to six students and register
before Wednesday 24 March in one the following categories:
- Telecommunications and Networks
- Sustainable Development
- Web
Once selected you will be assigned a professional from the innovation and
humanitarian action who will tutor you throughout the challenge. You will
then meet with professionals during the working day on 27 May before
presenting your innovation in front of the Humanitech jury on 28 May in
Paris.
For more information and to register, visit
www.challenge-humanitech.com
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• Students for development forum
SMDI, the Student Microfinance and Development Initiative, has
launched a global forum in collaboration with other student development
organisations, including the Finance Society, the Development Society
and the Microfinance Society.
At the website
www.studentsfordevelopment.com, you will have the opportunity to discuss
international development issues with students worldwide. Join now by
registering as a member and then start contributing your ideas.
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• ResearchGATE - Facebook for scientists
ResearchGATE is the largest social network for researchers and
scientists. It aims to help students and researchers in finding relevant
publications and articles, joining the online-scientific community and
getting in touch with researchers from all over the world, posting
blogs, creating discussions and much more. For more information, visit
www.researchgate.net
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 What's
on
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• Upcoming LSE events include....
Sustainable Business Innovation
On: Thursday 11 March at 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement
House
Speaker: John Elkington
Reaching for Peace: renewal of statecraft
On: Friday 12 March at 4.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Dr Ashraf Ghani
Respondent: Lakhdar Brahimi
The Empathic Civilization
On: Monday 15 March at 1pm in the Shaw Library, Old Building
Speaker: Jeremy Rifkin
Beyond Copenhagen
On: Tuesday 16 March at 12.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Lord Stern
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• Podcasts of public lectures and events
Studying Islam across Times and Place: how to compare
Tuesday 2 March, 6.30-8pm, Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Speaker: Professor John Bowen
Click here to listen
Risk Versus Responsibility in the Regulation of the Company
Thursday 4 March, 1.05pm, Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Speaker: Dr David Kershaw
Click here to listen
Independent Prosecutors and Democratic Accountability
Thursday 4 March, 6.30-8pm, Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Speaker: Sir Ken MacDonald QC
Click here to listen
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• Women's Week
The LSESU Feminist Society and the women's officer have organised
Women's Week which is running all this week. Show your support for
International Women's Day and pick up a 'This is what a feminist looks
like' t-shirt from the stall on Houghton Street.
Events still to come include:
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Discussion with Ken Livingstone - 'Why I call myself a feminist'
Wednesday 10 March, 7.30pm, NAB2.04
For more information, visit
www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/event.php?eid=364151557353&ref=ts
- Play: Vagina Monologues and after party
Thursday 11 March, 7pm, Old Theatre, then after party at the Knights
Templar, 95 Chancery Lane
For more information, visit
www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=321978417818&ref=ts
- Self defence class
Friday 12 March, venue to be confirmed
- Play: Vagina Monologues
Monday 15 March, 7pm, Old Theatre
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• My Fair Lady
Wednesday 17 to Friday 19 March at 7.30pm and Saturday
20 March at 4pm
Old Theatre, Old Building
The LSESU Drama and Music societies present 'My Fair Lady.' A musical
inspired by the play 'Pygmalion', written by LSE's very own George
Bernard Shaw.
This is a rags to riches tale of a cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle,
who meets speech expert Henry Higgins. Higgins takes on a bet from
friend Colonel Pickering to transform Eliza into a lady in just six
months. Full of recognisable songs such as 'Wouldn't It Be Loverly', 'On
The Street Where You Live', and 'I Could Have Danced All Night', and
starring LSE Director Howard Davies, this is going to be a musical
extravaganza.
Tickets are available now on Houghton Street from 11am-3pm everyday and
cost £5 for drama/music society members and children under 18, £6 for
LSE staff and students, and £7 for the general public.
For more information, visit
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=322344619279&ref=ts
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• Music@LSE - John Law’s Art of Sound Jazz Trio
Thursday 18 March, 1.05-2pm, Shaw Library, Old Building
Original, contemporary, European jazz compositions with jazz drive and
rhythm and a classical feel for nuance. Described as ‘a band heading for
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 Society
profile
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• Clare Market Review
The Clare Market Review is the journal of the LSESU. In each of
our termly issues, chosen themes are explored through an array of essays and
etchings, stories and sketching, poems and paintings - the words and works
of LSE students, professional creatives, and academics.
Claim to fame?
Since the Webbs and George Bernard Shaw shepherded its inception with the
opening of the school in 1905, Clare has provided LSE students with
an opportunity to give voice to their musings and page to their creativity
free from the constraints and circumscriptions of university academia.
Clare was also shortlisted for two Guardian Student Media awards
- for design and diversity writing - the latter of which was awarded to
Clare.
Approx number of members?
The latest issue came together with the work of 25 contributors and 15
editorial board members. We also have a silent majority of 550 associated
members.
Society president?
Sean Baker
Editor-in-chief
su.claremarketreview@lse.ac.uk
Famous alum?
Roger McGough, Spike Milligan, Harold Laski, Ralph Miliband, Brian Eno,
Bernard Levin, George Bernard Shaw, Beatrice and Sidney Webb. And with such
high-quality submissions, we suspect the list will never stop growing.
Biggest event or achievement?
Clare has become a forum unlike any other on campus, which allows
us to achieve a dialogue between art and written content in exploration of
our termly theme. In our second issue, this intersection of aesthetic and
literary is more pronounced than ever. Other highlights include the
launching of Clare+, our special projects initiative, and the continuing
prospering and popularity of our website.
Big event coming up that you would like to highlight?
Issue two, volume CV - our second issue for this year - is now available.
In it, we explore the ideas of identity, memory and imagination.
Complimentary copies will be available all this week on Houghton Street.
Why should people join the society?
As a journal whose mission is to provide a space for curious musings,
Clare gives equal voice to designers and editors, artists and authors,
who come together in one place and achieve something more than just the sum
of its parts. To see what we mean, grab your copy this week - it’s free.
Website?
www.twitter.com/claremarket |
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 60
Second Interview
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• with..... Mr LSE
Henry Loh is a third year BSc
economics student from Malaysia, but
most of you will probably know him
as Mr LSE 2010. As well as having
the title of Mr LSE, Henry is also a
proud member of the LSE Ultimate
Frisbee team!
Why did you enter the Mr LSE
competition?
I didn't really choose to enter;
rather I was forced into it. It was
meant to be punishment for not being
able to attend the University
Regional Tournament for Ultimate
Frisbee, as I had planned a trip for
that weekend. In my defence, I
hardly expected anyone to host a
tournament on the weekend of
Valentine's Day.
How did it feel to be crowned
Mr LSE?
For the most part, quite
surprising. I was mostly hoping to
be eliminated early on and leave
unnoticed. I'd like to take this
opportunity to thank the Frisbee
team for believing in me and the
Athletics Union for objectifying me.
What did you do to prepare for
the competition? Did it involve much
training?
The preparation mainly involved
trying to learn Beyonce's 'Single
Ladies' dance in the span of two to
three hours (with the help of my
very, very patient girlfriend). In
hindsight, I could have worked a
little harder on drinking a pint
more quickly. I have much to learn
from the rugby and football guys.
Your ‘Single Ladies’ dance
went down extremely well with the
crowd. What made you choose that
song?
Well, the other suggestion I
received was to perform erotic
dancing and frankly there is hardly
anything erotic about my dancing.
That said, I feel like I gave
Beyonce a run for her money.
The Beaver newspaper
described you as ‘the ultimate
stud’, would you say this was an
accurate description of yourself?
It couldn't be further from the
truth. I'm actually quite shy when
it comes to chatting up the ladies.
I'm so short they usually don't take
notice.
What has happened to you since
winning the title and how have you
been dealing with your new found
fame?
I've made a lot of new friends,
which has been great, and I've been
asked to participate in all sorts of
stuff (campaigns, auctions, etc).
I've done the dance quite a few
times now and people still come up
to me asking to see it. I start
hiding every time I hear the song
now.
Have you got advice for next
year’s contestants?
I'd just encourage them to have
fun and be prepared to make a fool
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