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2 February 2011 |
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• Go Green Week 2011
Week five is all about going green, as LSE is taken over by the
greenest, most ethical week of the year.
Go Green Week is set to be bigger than ever this year. It’s your
opportunity to gain a few freebies, meet some new people, and learn a
little bit more about how to love the planet.
Events include a cycle powered film screening of the movie Avatar, a
ReLove fair, a roof gardening workshop, and a public lecture and
networking session with prominent environmental figures.
For all the details, visit
LSESU Go Green.
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• Have you got your sQuid?
Thanks to all those students who have collected their new sQuid
cards. We hope that you have been finding the cards, which incorporate
sQuid’s smart chip technology inside your ID card, useful in making
purchases around campus.
LSE Catering will be introducing special offers and local promotions
especially for sQuid card users. In addition, the Library turnstiles have
been fitted with sQuid readers, allowing you to tap (rather than swipe) in
and out.
If you have not yet collected your card but would like to do so, please
visit the Student Services Centre, remembering to bring your existing ID
card along. Research students should visit the Research Degrees Unit to
obtain their new cards.
For more information about sQuid at LSE, please see
www.squidcard.com/LSE.html.
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• Are you a part-time carnivore?
As part of Go Green Week, the LSE Students’ Union has launched a new
campaign to turn meat loving students into part-time carnivores.
It is well known that reducing meat consumption is one of the most
effective personal changes we can make to reduce both our carbon footprints
and our demand on the Earth’s resources. However, most of us are meat lovers
and it is particularly easy for students to get into the habit of eating a
lot of cheap meat, which is neither good for ourselves nor the rest of the
world.
So, the LSESU is challenging the meat loving majority to become part-time
carnivores. There are five options to choose from, depending on how far
you’re prepared to go: Meat-Free Mondays, Vegging-Out, Meat-On/Meat-Off,
Meating-Out or Meaty Sundays (and if you’re not a meat lover, look out for
option six).
Go to Part-Time Carnivore
to find out more and sign up to your favourite option. We will be keeping
track of how much CO2 and land we all save. The more of us that sign up, the
more difference we will make. You can also sign up during Go Green Week
(7-14 February) at the Houghton Street stall.
For more information about sustainability at LSE, please visit
www.lse.ac.uk/sustainablelse
or email Helen Craig at h.e.craig@lse.ac.uk.
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• Student switch-off
LSE now has 290 Eco-Power Rangers signed up to the
Student Switch Off
campaign and over 100 students have taken part in the climate quiz.
Students have been winning prizes, like NUS extra cards and nights out,
by uploading photos of their energy saving actions onto our
Facebook group.
The Halls of Residence which saves the most energy this year wins a
celebratory party for their residents.
The Student Switch Off campaign is also getting involved with the LSE Go
Green Week and will be screening 'The
Yes Men Fix The World' from 10am-3pm on Tuesday 8 February in the Three
Tuns. The film is the true story about two activists who, posing as top
executives of giant corporations, lie their way into big business
conferences and pull off the world's most outrageous pranks. The Student
Switch Off team will then be visiting Butlers Wharf and Sidney Webb halls to
sign up more Eco-Power Rangers.
For more information about Student Switch Off and other sustainability
projects happening at LSE, visit
Degrees Cooler or
www.lse.ac.uk/sustainablelse.
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• The
Institute for New Economic Thinking creates academic partnership
with LSE
The Institute for New Economic
Thinking (INET), launched with a $50 million pledge from George Soros to
promote changes in economic theory and practice through conferences, grants
and education initiatives, has announced an academic partnership with LSE,
to create 'INET@LSE', a new program that will apply ideas from complexity
social science to improve the design and effectiveness of economic policy.
INET@LSE, which will be based in LSE Global Governance, brings together
a management committee of senior LSE faculty and will also have a
presence in central Europe through extensive collaborative links with
Central European University (CEU) in Budapest.
'Now more than ever we need innovative thinking for the policy challenges
the world faces' said Howard Davies, Director of LSE. 'LSE has always
pioneered new approaches to the social sciences, and we are delighted to be
partnering with INET and collaborating with CEU on this important new
initiative.'
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• LSE Chill - first session great success
On Friday 28 January, LSE Arts held its first ever open mic night for
staff and students in the 4th Floor Café bar.
Our thanks goes to the three acts, who were the Funktionalists
(Anthropology), David Lewis (Social Policy) and Chris O'Brien (3rd year law
student) (pictured), who all gave amazing performances, and to everyone who turned up to
the event.
We’re still looking for acts to perform at further sessions. If you are
interested in performing, email
arts@lse.ac.uk with your name and details of your act.
LSE Chill sessions will be held on the last Friday of every month. Our
next sessions are on Friday 25 February and Friday 25 March, so make sure
you save the date. You can find details of the next session’s acts
here.
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• Leading universities disclose sustainability performance
In 2010 LSE signed up to the
ISCN-GULF Sustainable Campus Charter which commits members to take a
sustainable approach to every part of their operation, including buildings,
research and teaching.
At the 2011 World Economic Forum meeting at Davos, some universities in
the Global University Leaders Forum (GULF) plus other charter members,
shared draft reports disclosing their sustainability performance.
All charter members are expected to publicly disclose sustainability
performance over the coming months. LSE has done so on an annual basis since
2005 when it established its Environmental Management System and will
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• Photo competition to show your love for the climate
With Go Green Week being all about loving your planet,
Degrees Cooler,
Do The Green Thing and
People & Planet have all teamed up
for Go Green Week’s first ever
national photo
competition, which is open to all students and staff at LSE.
Helen Craig, LSE’s greener living assistant, said: ‘To take part, all you
have to do is take a fun photo of yourself or your friends hugging or loving
something in keeping with the 4 Degrees Cooler behaviours - reducing waste,
saving energy, sustainable transport and sustainable local food. It could be
a photo of you kissing some locally grown produce, or of your friend looking
great in their favourite “new”
Re-Love top or of your flat mate hugging their bike.’
Submit your photos
here by
Monday 14 February and be in with the chance to win prizes. You can submit
as many entries as you’d like, so get snapping. Photos that have already
been submitted can be viewed
here.
There will also be an opportunity to take part during the LSE Go Green
Week - come to the stall on Houghton Street on Tuesday 8 February to get
your picture taken.
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• Student parenting and carer network meeting
Wednesday 16 February, 12.30-2pm, room OLD.3.21
Do you have child care or other care responsibilities? Would you like to
meet with other students in this situation?
Come and share experiences, challenges, joys and ideas with other
students at this network meeting. Plus meet the student advisers, who are
keen to hear your thoughts and see what support might help you manage your
studies most effectively.
A sandwich lunch will be provided.
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• LSE Careers - Jobs of the Week
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Internship opportunities, Asian Development Bank
Gain experience in a variety of areas with an internship at the ADB in
Manila. Apply by 21 February.
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Internships, Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Work for a small, nonpartisan federal agency that provides timely,
objective economic, and budgetary analysis to the United States
Congress. Apply by 28 February.
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Graduate programmes, Diageo
Join the Diageo team in either Germany and Benelux, Italy, Poland or
Russia. Apply by early March.
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International graduate programme, Standard Chartered Bank
Apply for a range of schemes, from finance to HR. Apply by 31
March.
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Parliamentary assembly research assistant programme, NATO
Work at NATO HQ in Brussels. Apply by 15 April for an August start.
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Part-time tutoring and bar work, Various Employers
Part-time tutoring, catering and bar/pub opportunities are currently
being advertised on My Careers Service.
For full details of these posts and almost 800 more, visit 'My Careers
Service' at www.lse.ac.uk/careers
and click ‘Search for Opportunities’.
Come and visit the Careers Service in our new location on Floor Three,
Tower Three.
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• Student training at LSE
Student courses scheduled for next week include:
- Overcoming procrastination
- Excel 2010: data analysis
- Excel 2010: pivot tables
- Outlook 2010: outlook for business
- Word 2010: format an academic paper
For a full schedule and further details, including booking information,
please see www.lse.ac.uk/training.
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• LSE Perspectives
The LSE Perspectives February 2011 gallery is now online. You can view
this month's selection of photos
here.
LSE Perspectives is an online gallery featuring photos taken by LSE
students and staff, each image reflecting a unique perspective on a
particular scene.
If you have taken any artistic images on your travels, from your home
town, or even here in London, why not submit them for LSE Perspectives
so that they can be shared with the rest of the School?
Every month, the Arts team selects 12 images and publishes them online.
For more information and to submit your images, visit
LSE Perspectives submissions. Previous galleries can be found
here.
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• Environment team internship
The University of East London is looking for an intern to join and
support their Environment Team and carry out a Halls of Residence reuse
scheme.
The position is unpaid but expenses will be covered. The internship will
last for three months and both full-time and part-time interns can be
accommodated with flexible working arrangements (in the case of
coursework/exams). Start and end dates of the internship can also be
negotiated.
To apply, send your CV and a covering letter to Sara Kassam, energy and
environment manager, at s.kassam@uel.ac.uk.
The closing date for applications is Monday 28 February. |
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• Timeless! 2011
Wednesday 2 February,
7-10pm
London's biggest student event just got bigger.
Timeless! 2011 is taking place at London's Hammersmith Apollo this
evening - 23 incredible acts, 300 students, it's definitely a night not to
be missed.
Tickets start from just £10 and can be bought on the door. For more information, visit the
Facebook
event page.
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• LSE Space for Thought Literary Festival 2011: crossing borders
Wednesday 16 - Saturday 19 February 2011
Tickets for the Literary Festival 2011 are now available online,
including the opening night event - a celebration of the Nobel prize
winning author Rabindranath Tagore's 150th anniversary, with readings,
live music, dance, and film clips, plus a series of creative writing
workshops.
All events are free to attend and open to all. For ticket information,
visit
Literary Festival 2011.
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• Upcoming events include....
Growing the Aid Budget at a Time of Deficit Reduction: moral imperative
and political challenge
On: Thursday 3 February at 6.30pm in the Hong Kong Theatre,
Clement House
Speaker: Harriet Harman MP (pictured)
The Haves and Have Nots
On: Tuesday 8 February at 6.30pm in the Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Branko Milanovic
Uprising: will emerging markets shape or shake the world economy
On: Wednesday 9 February at 6.30pm in the Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New
Academic Building
Speaker: George Magnus
READ LSE Book Swap Event
On: Thursday 10 February at 6pm in the Fourth Floor Café, Old
Building
Speakers: Matt Beaumont, Scott Pack, Marie Phillips,
and Sarah Salway
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• China Week 2011
Monday 7 - Friday 11 February
All of next week you will have the opportunity to explore Chinese culture
during LSE China Week 2011.
Some of the highlights include:
- Chinese food will be available on Houghton Street as well as in the
4th Floor Restaurant
- Lectures and photo exhibitions
- Chinese calligraphy
- Games festival
- Chinese flea market
- San Guo Sha tournament
- Mah-jong session
- Movie night
Plus, look out for the red envelopes distributed around the School for a
pleasant surprise.
For more information, visit the stall on Houghton Street, or
search for
'LSE China Week 2011' on Facebook and Renren.
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• Discover Islam Week 2011
Monday 7 - Friday 11 February
The LSESU Islamic Society Discover Islam Week is here. Many events are
lined up, from talks with internationally renowned speakers, to a mosque
trip, and the ‘Can you last a Muslim fast?’ challenge.
Visit the stall on Houghton Street all week and make sure you check out
the 'See Life in a Muslim House' exhibition on display in the Quad
Café
on Thursday (10 February).
Events taking place include:
Monday 7 February
- Discover Islam Week Launch
Houghton Street
- Human Rights, Feminism and… Islam
Speaker: Hamza Tzortzis and Feminist Speaker
New Theatre, East Building, 6pm
Wednesday 9 February
- Tour of Regent's Park Mosque
Please click
here to register and email
d.islam@lse.ac.uk with any questions
Meet outside Clement House at 1.45pm.
Thursday 10 February
- Can you last a Muslim fast? challenge
Please click
here to register your participation
Quad Café, whole day, break fast at 4.30pm
- See Life in a Muslim House exhibition
Quad Café, 10am-2pm
- Experience hijab day
Please click
here to register
Houghton Street, 10am-2pm
Friday 11 February
- Famous Converts Panel
Speakers: Abu Hafsa, Lauren Booth, Myriam Francois-Cherrah, and Yusuf
Chambers
Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, 6pm
For more information visit the
LSESU Islamic Society website, or visit the
Facebook
page and watch the promotional video.
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• Italian Week 2011
Monday 7 - Friday 11 February
The LSESU Italian Society is pleased to launch Italian Week 2011, to
celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy.
The week will involve a series of lectures and social events, taking
place every day of the week, on subjects ranging from economics, to sport,
to politics.
Events taking place include:
Tuesday 8 February
- The Beautiful Game: why we just can’t live without football
Speaker: Gianluca Vialli, former Italian striker
New Theatre, East Building,
1pm
Wednesday 9th February
- The Future of ‘Made in Italy’ - Reshaping the Italian Economy
Speaker: Giacomo Vaciago, professor of economic policy at Universita’
Cattolina and editorialist for Il Sole 24 Ore, and Andrea Prat,
professor of economics at LSE
U8, Tower One, 7pm
Followed by jazz dinner at St.Martin-in-the-Fields.
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• Spanish in motion
Tuesday 8 February, 6.30-8.30pm, D502,
Clement House
The Language Centre invites you to the first Spanish in Motion session of
2011. On Tuesday 8 February, the centre will be screening
Walkers (Caminantes, 60”, 2002, in Spanish), by Spanish award-winning
screenwriter and film director, Fernando León de Aranoa.
It’s the winter of 2001 and the life of a small indigenous village in the
heart of the Purepeche plateau is disturbed when news arrives that the march
called by the Zapatista Liberation Army is going to cross its dirt paved
streets on the way to Mexico City.
After the screening, there will be a Q&A session with Luz Muñoz, curator
and researcher on the Zapatista movement.
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• Podcasts of public lectures and events
China’s Stimulus: path to sustainable growth or bubble machine?
Speaker: Professor Nicholas Lardy
Recorded: Monday 24 January, approx 83 minutes
Click here to listen
America’s Wars in the Muslim World
Speakers: Dr Alia Brahimi, Professor Fawaz Gerges, Nir
Rosen
Recorded: Wednesday 26 January, approx 81 minutes
Click here to listen
Big Society and Social Policy in Britain: a panel discussion
Speakers: Frances Crook, Professor David Lewis, Rory
Stewart MP, Karl Wilding
Recorded: Thursday 27 January, approx 92 minutes
Click here to listen |
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 60
Second Interview
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• with.....
Deborah James and Thomas Grisaffi
Deborah James and Thomas Grisaffi are half of the band, The Funktionalists, and are based in the
Anthropology Department at LSE.
Deborah: I'm a professor
of anthropology at LSE. I arrived at
LSE 12 years back, from South
Africa. The most important fact
about me for the purposes of this
interview is that I play electric
bass in the band, having previously played
bass in - among other things - a
steel band.
Tom: I'm an LSE fellow in
the Anthropology Department. I moved
to London two years ago - before
that I lived in Manchester for ten
years, where I did my PhD. I play
drums in the band, having previously
drummed in a number of other groups.
As half of the Funktionalists,
you performed on Friday 28 January
at the first session of LSE Chill.
Tell us a little about your music,
who has influenced you and how your
band started.
The lead singer, guitarist, and
chief musical inspiration is George
StClair, a PhD student in the
Anthropology Department. He has
played in bands in Mexico and Peru.
As a result of this, and of other
musical influences, we play a lot of
Latin music - including Cumbia (from
Colombia) and Son (from Cuba). The
sax player, Max Bolt, formerly a PhD
student in our department, now works
at the British Museum. He is an
excellent jazz player so we have a
few standards in our repertoire.
We were inspired to form a band
when a third year student asked us
to provide some entertainment for
the end of term party last year. We
did it as a joke at first, thinking
students needed to be able to laugh
at their lecturers (it's called
'ritual humiliation' in
anthropology). But it turned out to
be a lot of fun so we carried on
playing.
Our influences are - among other
things - Buena Vista Social Club,
The Band, The Grateful Dead, Herbie
Hancock.
What is the first record you
ever bought/track you ever
downloaded?
Deborah: Joni Mitchell
'Ladies of the Canyon', at the age
of 16. My parents were hip and
bought Beatles records - which was
good, but it made me lazy about
pursuing my own independent music
collection.
Tom: Michael Jackson's
album 'Bad' when I was nine years
old.
Where in the world have you
always wanted to go but never quite
made it.... yet?
Deborah: One or more of
the Spanish speaking countries in
Latin America. Especially Cuba. I
have fascinating conversations about
the place with Orlando, who works in
the Catering Department. I don't
know what he thinks of our
interpretation of the music of his
homeland.
Tom: I have always wanted
to visit Sicily - I like pizza. I
might go this summer.
What roles did you have in
your school plays?
Deborah: One of the three
fiddlers in a rendition of 'Old King
Cole.'
Tom: I was a wise man in
the school nativity play.
With which famous person would
you like to have dinner and why?
Deborah: Philip Roth. His
novels are perfection itself, I hope
he'd make a good dinner companion.
Tom: Julian Assange. He
seems to be a pretty interesting
character.
What type of clothing do you
most like wearing?
Deborah: Levis.
Tom: Warm clothing, it has
been a horrible winter so far. |
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