2013-14 Edition 1
Aston Students' Union's Official Magazine
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Letter from the Editor... Greetings and Salutations Firstly I'd like to start with an apology. This edition SHOULD have been out for Freshers'. Then it was intended as the October issue and here we are in November! For those of you who didn't already know, every year iAston changes editor and with such a change, inherant difficulties are bound to crop up. Regardless, here we are and from this point forward all should be well (fingers crossed). WELCOME! This is the first edition of the Aston Students' Union official publication for the academic year 2013-14. Thank you for navigating to it online and/or reading it from your email inbox! If you are a continuing reader you'll no doubt notice some differences from the old format (but some key similarities too). With each new editor, a personal touch will work its way into the magazine and that's part of what makes iAston such a great publication. As always, if you have any feedback or suggestions feel free to email in: union.editor@aston.ac.uk and the editorial team will discuss them. This pint-sized welcome edition is just a taster of what's in store this year, so I guess all that leaves to be said is to turn over for a contents page listing all of this edition's points of interest and to say watch this space for more!
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Contents
CONTENTS The Team
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A.S.U. News
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Skum Rocks!
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A FRESH look at Birmingham 9 COMPETITIONS
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Sport Aston
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Talent Call
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FEATURED WRITERS
The Team
Josh Crawley Interview, Page 7 Editor: Ryan Skeet Chairperson: Olivia Springate Social Media: Becca Smith Chief Photographer: Georgie Rastall This Month's Team: Joy Warmann Feature, Page 9
Josh Crawley Joy Warmann Ollie Ogden-Barker See your face here next month! Email your submissions to: union.editor@aston.ac.uk
Ollie Ogden-Barker Feature, Page 11
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News
A.S.U. News What's been going on in Aston Students' Union?
NEW EXECS!
...but wait! There's more...
NEW STAFF! Speaking of new faces. We'd like to introduce you to Richard Broome and Nadine Al-Kudcy. Richard is heavily involved with Welfare, The ARC and working with Nadine to foster a new volunteering programme. Nadine replaces Luke Chadbourne in the SA Executive Committee organising BUCs fixtures and also works as a Student Adviser in The ARC.
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SO much has happened over the summer here at ASU. Most noticable will be the new faces around the place. Elections last May have brought in four new Sabbatical Officers and five new Part Time Execs (with three more Part Timers added following the elections this October). Watch this space for a more in-depth insight into the workings of the union Executive Committee - and of course to see the beautiful, smiling faces of our Internation Students', Widening Participation and Post-Graduate Students' officers!.
News
NEW LOOS! You may have noticed a rather conspicuous green door appear between floors one and two of the SU. The decision was made over the summer that, like many other progressiver Student Unions throughout the country, Aston would have some Gender Neutral Toilets. This is for the purposes of fostering greater understanding of diversity and promoting equality. More information can be found at Astonunion.com.
The CopyShop has changed! The entrance is now right as you come throught the first floor doors. The old entrance now leads to a staff-only area... where the posh brand-spanking new printers are! These facilities mean that the printing is quicker and cheaper. Not only that but you can now email your print jobs to copy.shop@aston.ac.uk and collect them when they're ready (no more standing around looking like a lemon!)
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Interview
SKUM ROCKS! 80s throwback... or comeback? Skum have described themselves as the best band you’ve never heard of, but we have a feeling that’s about to change once the tentatively titled Skum Rocks! Hits the silver screen. The film has premiered at the Raindance Film Festival in London and Music Reporter Josh Crawley caught up with lead singer Hart for an interview about the film, the bands legacy and some funny anecdotes. Josh: I wanted to start off by giving you a chance to plug the new film, why do you think people should see Skum Rocks? Hart: It’s a true story about a band that is basically an epitome of what the American dream stands for, going for something, that maybe you don’t really have the talent level but still going for it none the less and there are quite a few people who are quite good at anything, it could be music, business, even relationships... you might never know until you ask. Watching the trailer for Skum Rocks it seems like a cross between both Spinal Tap, Steel Panther and the Anvil movie, did any of these pay an influence when filming? The Anvil film in my book was very depressive, people were laughing at them opposed to laughing with them and here we said in this film no one gets out unscathed. Everyone has to take a hit, we laugh at ourselves, at our failures, we laugh at those who don’t get it and we laugh at those who do get it. It’s really a lot different. Spinal Tap was a brilliant film so if you want to compare us to that so be it but the difference is those people were actors. We are real people we play, we talk we are married. This is documented these stories happened. Spinal Tap was a very real story of a rock ‘n’ roll band told by a fictional band... The film has a large amount of cameos and guest stars Alice Cooper and Kevin Bacon spring to mind; I’m guessing that comes from how established you were in the 80’s? A lot of those people included are people who have respected us in the past, not so much for the musical quality of the early stuff, but for the freedom we had as song-‐writers and as the balls we had as song writers. A couple of companies were looking at us but we didn’t sign we decided to do our own independent record and we were able to write the songs that no one could, we didn’t have to do a power ballad, because we didn’t have some record company saying you need to do a song about a girl and a guy making out and breaking up and get back together. The songs we wrote were all about real things... the songs we have on this album, tell a story. The message isn’t political, it’s not what’s right and what’s wrong, it’s what we see, you do what you want with it. Jon The Bagman tells a true story about a man who was a Harvard graduate, nice job in New York. Nice wife and couldn’t handle the corporate stress of America and just bailed. Then we have a song called “16” which tells the story of a teenage porn-‐star, it’s not good but it’s there, all the songs on the album are very funny but they're all about real stories. The film was crowd funded by a kick-‐starter campaign, more and more bands are funding projects in this way, do you think writing truer music gives you a greater connection with the fans? I think it does, it connects people because everyone listen to these songs breaking it down objectively these songs are good, secondly there f***ing funny, three you break them down lyrically and you’re like yeah wow! I’ve seen that. I haven’t accepted that yet but I can’t pretend I didn’t see it.
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Interview Whilst these true stories all play into the song writing, what would you say are the bands other main influences in terms of sound? Personally I listen to everything, I’m not a big fan of hip-‐hop and rap but I listen to it, I love the songs that tell stories and so many songs do not tell stories, what they do tell is through the eyes of a record executive. “You need to say this you need to say that” Springsteen, told great stories, Jimmy Buffet told great stories, those type of song writers told great stories. Many great bands like Kiss who had great catchy hooky songs, that still work 30 to 40 years later, you know Rock ‘N’ Roll all night what a great riff, three chords boom done... and the hook of each story whether you like the music or not is legitimate enough to get a big enough fan-‐base, someone’s going to like it. I’ve seen quite a few artist that will say regardless how niche and weird you are there will always be an audience that get ‘your weird.” You have to have some sort of integrity, integrity has got to be a little skewed but you can get some stuff out there, it’s not main stream at all but you know at the end of the day we had a great time doing it, we have a great group of guys and it always has been, even if we sucked as musicians it’s been a hell of a lot of fun. I’ve been there also. Starting bands at 14 when I can only play power chords, I get your message. ...we always want to headline the shows but we never particularly wanted to play because we weren’t that good, it was better to have a headline show, play a couple of songs, get kicked off the stage have a power cut, everyone’s f***ed up everyone’s having a good time. It’s like the next morning a guy that never normally gets laid, gets laid. “The next morning, he’s like, that was a good gig I love those guys.” Doesn’t remember a lick of what he saw or we played but he knows next time he sees that band he’s going. I guess it’s the age-‐old thing of if you write your own songs, no one can tell you you’re playing them badly. That’s right, that’s absolutely right. Funny story, after a couple of years Pat Burke our current bass player was like. “Who wrote these songs?” And I was like I did. “These are great rock songs but you guys just flat out sucked.” And that’s where the musically serious side of the band came. We started taking it seriously never getting in arguments and never getting above ourselves. If it works it works. I just wanted to say thank you very much for your time, but I have one last question, this is a student magazine so if you could give one piece advice to people starting university this year what would it be? First off I want to thank you for your time, my piece of advice for everyone at university is other than going on our Facebook and getting to know us is do what you want to do. If you want to try out for the sports team and are afraid you wont make the cut, you know what go out and get cut. At least you know at the end of the day you did the best you can, if there’s a girl you want to ask out and you’re afraid she will say no ask her out. If there’s a band you want to form a write music no one likes, form the band and write the music no one likes. Don’t be afraid to fail. In the beginning we dared to suck and boy did we but hey, here we are turning fifty and we just premiered our feature film to a packed house, we are friends with porn stars we are friends with rock ‘n’ rollers, I’m married now but fifteen years ago the night we had last night would have ended dramatically different.
Check out Skum at the following places: www.skumrocks.com https://www.facebook.com/skummovie?fref=ts
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A FRESH look at Birmingham
Five life-lessons from Joy... Upon moving to Birmingham, as I’m sure was the same for many, I was a little bit apprehensive at first but after living here for almost two months now I’ve seen some highs and lows and found out a lot about the city along the way. Coming from London, I’m used to living in a big, busy city and so I really like how similar Birmingham is in that sense. I did notice a few distinct differences to the people in Birmingham however, which I find that I’m still getting used to. People here definitely smile a lot more in public, whether they’re smiling at me or just at life in general, it’s always a little unexpected. Also, people tend to move a bit slower than people in London, I often find myself dodging past groups or couples who are walking as if they’re at a funeral, whether I’m in a rush myself or not. I suppose I’ve just become accustomed to the public in London speeding about and throwing angst filled looks at every stranger passing by. Music is definitely something that I invest an abundance of time and money in and so I’ve already been to a few gigs in the area. I ran into some trouble recently when I spent £10 getting to Hare & Hounds pub in King’s Heath to see a band called PINS and upon arrival found out that the gig was actually at The Bull’s Head pub in Moseley and so ended up spending a further £4 to get there.
Easy mistake to make
Lesson One: research cheaper ways to get to where you’re going. Lesson Two: make sure that it’s the place that you’re actually supposed to be! 9
Feature I’ve also had a couple of trips to the NEC and NIA -‐ the next few on my list to check out are The LG Arena, The Yardbird Jazz Club, and Scruffy’s. Another area in which I’ve had some trouble is with food. Cooking is not an issue, however, I never seem to buy the right things. I have often found myself buying plum tomatoes rather than chopped tomatoes or diet products (which are in my opinion usually inferior, and yes you can taste the difference) rather than normal full-‐fat ones.
Lesson Three: always read the label. In terms of some good food spots I’ve found so far The Square Peg on the way into town is a good look. I got half a Peri-‐Peri chicken, chips and coleslaw for around £6 and I have to say, it rivalled even Nando’s chicken. Wok&Go is a God-‐send. Every Tuesday they have a 2-‐for-‐1 give away on any main box and these two boxes lasted last 3 days for me comfortably. I’ve heard some good things about Ming Moon, Chaophraya Thai Restaurant and actually B4 bar and so will definitely be looking into visiting them some time soon. Clubbing was never really something that I was into back home as it was always so expensive and so I never felt like I was getting my money’s worth. Now that I’ve found that I can go on a whole night out here without spending more than £10 I’ve seen things in a whole new light. I must admit after the first month of being a fresher, I do feel like I’ve done Risa to death (and am still yet to go to Gatecrasher) and so have had to give it a break for the past couple of weeks.
Lesson Four: don’t overdo things that are fun at first. Another problem that a few of my friends have run into is spending too much money on drinks at the club. When everyone gets a bit too excited and then bottles of Belvedere and Grey Goose start circulating, this often doesn’t end well for people’s bank accounts.
Lesson Five: don’t act like a baller at the club if you’re not. There are still many things that I’m yet to learn about Birmingham and a variety of new places that I am yet to visit but I’m looking forward to finding out about all of these things over the next 3-‐4 years.
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A FRESH look at Birmingham
...and Ollie's ten rules FRESHERS' WEEK! I was fully packed and ready to begin a new life at Aston University. After an exciting drive through Birmingham with my parents, (getting lost, wrong turns, “look at the big sign for Aston University on that building! Now how do we get there?”)
We made it to Aston, and with the help of the aunties unpacked. One of the most nerve racking things about Freshers' Week is meeting new people, and the first people you meet are your flatmates. Everyone being in the same position made things easier, and by the time our flat’s auntie came to check on us in the evening we were already getting on like a house on fire (not literally). From there on out my memory is sketchy at best. Like your average fresher I was drinking ‘sensibly’. With the silver band the bar-‐crawl and silent-‐disco were off limits to me but the best nights in my opinion had to be The Masquerade Ball, the Fancy Dress Face-‐Off and Zane Lowe (Ministry of Sound FTW). I think I can speak for the rest of the Freshers that the massive downer of the week was when the fire alarm went off at the pyjama party. Standing outside in the cold wearing a dinosaur onsie was awful. On the plus side, I was too focused on walking in a straight line while persuading people that in fact it has been more than two pints, to notice winter had come early. At the end of Freshers' week came the fair, which I was greatly looking forward to. It was an opportunity to get involved with the university, and it must be said: it did not disappoint. There was a society to fit any interest you might have, to meet like-‐minded people. I personally joined Rugby, Aston Enactus, Editorial Society, and Taekwondo. With so many good clubs and societies to choose from, how do you find time for it all along with the course you are doing?
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Feature After Fresher’s week had ended it was time to explore the rest of Birmingham and what it had to offer. Anyone wearing their favourite dance shoes on a night out are going to find themselves on Broad Street within the hour, and there is a good reason for that. There are just too many clubs and bars to choose from to know where to start. Thankfully, the aunties pointed us in the right direction with ‘end at Gatecrasher’ so we may have no idea where we begin, but we know where we will end. Aside from drinking there is a lot to the city of Birmingham. The Bullring for start, you can buy anything there from virtually any retail outlet. Next to that you’ve got the RAG market, where you can buy anything for low cost – the catch is The central library at first glance looks like a crashed Space Ship (or a cake, whatever floats your boat) where all your questions are waiting to be answered. Seriously check this place out, it’s immaculate. After just over a month of exploring, I feel as if there is so much more to be found. Word is, China town is good on a Saturday night…
Things I learnt as a Fresher 1. Never ever EVER drink with your right hand, your life depends on it. 2. Memorise the rules for Ring of Fire and you’ll be very popular. 3. You’ve never travelled in your life according to Around the World. Liar. 4. There is a reason spirits are made for alcoholics. 5. Cake brings people together. 6. Looking after drunken friends is the most honourable, yet annoying thing you can do. Often Entertaining. 7. Don’t throw water at other Freshers, they get angry. 8. Lakeside has a ghost, we think he is called Ervin. 9. Be quiet… 10. How to sleep with your eyes open.
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Sport Aston
Welcome to Aston and I hope you have settled in. If you haven’t been and had a look club at theBook sports centre on campus make sure you do. The Sir Doug Ellis Woodcock Sports Centre is the main sports centre on campus and you can play a range of Preview sports.
PLACE goa Gym, Pool and Sauna and Steam rooms. We also run fitness At theThe centre we to have and yoga classes for students and you can book football pitches, badminton courts, squash courts and the sports halls. You don’t need a membership to book the facilities or do a fitness class but you do need a membership if you want to use the gym. If you want to join the gym you can choose from a Bronze, Silver or Gold membership. You can get these for various lengths of time but most Gym students get an Academic Year A Silver Academic Year Membership which hives you membership to the gym, pool, sauna and steam rooms costs £195. This works out to the equivalent of £5 per week if you get it in the first week of October, or a Bronze membership which gives you access to just the gym is £155 and the equivalent of £4 per week.
Social Sports This year we will also be running some social sports sessions for anyone that wants to come. These sessions will be available for you to turn up without booking. You just turn up at the sports centre reception pay £2and then join in the sessions. There will be a coach/coordinator to lead each sports and session. The sports we are covering are: •
Basketball
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Netball
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Rush Hockey
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Football
5 Aside Football Leagues Also new this year is Aston’s own 5 aside football leagues. These will be run by Sport Aston just for Aston students on Sundays from 4 to 6pm. To find out more email sportsenquiries@aston.ac.uk.
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Talent call!
iAston Magazine is
CHaNGINg We are looking for skills YOU have! Writers, editors, videographers, presenters, interviewers, social-media pros... the list goes on. If you have an article you'd like to see in iAston; a video you'd like to see on our upcoming YouTube channel; or if you want to get involved in any way shape or form:
Contact: union.editor@aston.ac.uk
The old logo has GOT to go! We are taking submissions for new logo design ideas. If you have an idea you'd like to submit, email it to the address above by November 30th! All submissions will be posted on our Facebook page and in the next edition (Released 9th December).
See you next month!
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