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From October 10th - 15th, SMSU will be trawling the campus to find out YOUR opinions about life at St. Mary’s - what’s great about the place and what could be better. It’s also a great chance to find out more about what SMSU can do to make your time here more enjoyable and productive!

Look out for our team in bright t-shirts around between 11am and 2pm everyday. Every student who takes part will be entered into a prize draw for a free Christmas Ball ticket!

Fresher’s Week is now only 11 days away and wristbands are selling fast!

To get yours and make sure you don’t miss out on any of the Fresher’s Week action, visit:

http://epayments.smuc.ac.uk/open/

To log on to make your payment you will need:
1. Regnum (this is your 6 digit registration number); and

2. Your date of birth; and

3. Your debit/credit card (A transaction fee of 1.5% will automatically be charged on credit card transactions, no fee will be charged for debit cards.)

Once you have logged onto the payment site, please select the box ‘Misc Fees – please select’.…

So a lot of you have been asking what is included in the Ball ticket….so here goes:

Dinner:

The dinner includes a drink reception and a three course meal, each table has a few bottles of wine of their choice!

We have live entertainment until 6am Saturday morning which include:

Fun Fair
Live bands and DJ’s
The return of the Silent Disco
Candy floss machine
Photographer for the night
Burger Van

The Boat Trip:

For you hard core party people this is a four hour boat trip up and down the Thames and there is a bar and DJ for…

The Results are in!

This year saw a record turnout of over 1100 votes, one of the largest in SMSU History!

A huge congratulations to our new SU President, Joni Miller, our new AU President, Sam Grayson and our Executive Committee member - George Harris.

There are still 5 positions within SMSU up for grabs, including:
RAG Chair
Vice President Welfare
Vice President Entertainments
Vice President Fundraising
Vice President Communications and Media
Board of Trustees Member.

If you are interested in any of these positions, please contact Siobhan Bellot, SU President at supresident@smuc.ac.uk.

SU President
Total votes after 4 voting…

Unfortunately, our facility for online transactions is no longer available.

Tickets will now be sold from the Students’ Union Hub on the first floor of the Students’ Union. Our next big event is SIMMStock!

For any enquiries about Club or Society membership subscriptions, please visit the Athletics Union President Jonathan Miller in the Students’ Union.

What would you lot think if we spread the SU Elections voting over 2 days? Hustings would be Tuesday 29th March and elections would take place on Thursday 31st and Friday 1st April - with the results being announced on the Friday night. Opinions? Comment below!

Bernie’s Bar now has Sky Sports 1,2,3 & 4, meaning all live sports and events will be shown live in the SU Bar!

We’re starting with the first game of the rugby 6 Nations - Wales v England. Coverage from 7.45pm. This is followed by our third Use it or Lose it night in Bernie’s Bar. We’ve bought loads of new CDs for Karaoke!

This Sunday, Chelsea face Liverpool for the first time since Torres made his move to Chelsea. KO is 4pm and coverage begins at 3pm.

Most pints are still just £1.80.

Here are the drinks offers available tonight in the SU Bar for our Karaoke night!

£1.50 - flavoured Sourz
£1.80 - Carlsberg Draught
£1.80 - Becks Draught
£1.80 - Gaymers Orinigal Cider Draught
£1.80 - Gaymers Pear Cider Draught
£1.80 - Blackthorn Cider Draught
£2 - AfterShockBombs
£2 - Bacardi Mojito
£2 - Cuba Libra

HEELLLLOOOOOOOO FRIDAY!

Monday – Oceana Pub2Club is BACK! Your £5 ticket includes entry to Oceana and bus there and back! Tickets will be on sale from the SU Bar from 9.30pm. See you tonight!

Every year, St Mary’s SU organises a great value long-weekend in Amsterdam. This year we’re going on Friday 20th May and returning Monday 23rd May. Now here’s the best part! You can get all of this for just £129 per person!

This trip includes
-Exec coach travel
-Channel crossing
-2 Night City Centre B&B
-Free nightclub entry

It’s just £40 pp to secure your place - which will will come off the final total. To book your place go to outgoing.co.uk and enter our group code ‘maryuni’

For more information contact Siobhan Bellot on 0208 240 4315 or email supresident@smuc.ac.uk…

Are you a final year student? - Complete the National Student Survey 2011 and win a prize!

All final year students are given the opportunity to share their experiences of student life including what you thought about the academic support you received during your studies and how you felt about the organisation and management of your course.

The National Student Survey is being launched today and takes just 10-15 minutes to fill in at www.thestudentsurvey.com

During the week starting 17th January 2010 eligible students will be sent an invitation email to complete the survey online. Later, those students who haven’t…

Your SU is currently working towards the establishment of a new Student Sport Alliance, where SMSU will work in equal partnership with St Mary’s staff and Sport St Mary’s to develop a new strategy and model to help improve our student sports clubs and our performance in the BUCS leagues.  Your Student Council will meet today (Tuesday 18 January) at 4pm to elect three representatives to the new Alliance.  Further information can seen below - just click the links!

Your Student Council (club/society presidents and programme board reps) will be making important decisions about this on Tuesday 18 January at 4pm - and a new SMSU Board of Trustees will also meet next week.
Check out the plans on the links below - HAVE YOUR SAY - if you have any views/ideas/suggestions - find your programme board rep and make sure they’re going to the meeting and let them know what you think.  Alternatively email smsu@smuc.ac.uk - or pop in for a chat!
You will be having the final vote at the AGM on Wednesday 30 March - at…

We’re feeling generous here at the SU and we want to give you a hoody!

To be in with a chance of winning one of our fantastic hoodies, simply register with this website! If you’re already registered then you’re already in with a chance of winning.

Winners will be chosen at random from all the registered users on the SMSU website.

If you want to buy one of these hoodies then simply call up to us in the SU Hub on the first floor of the Students’ Union.

Draw will take place on 28th February 2011.

We at the SU decided against succumbing to the January blues, by realising just how fantastic the SU Hub/shop is!

There’s very limited stock in our new range of clothing because they’re so nice that lots of you have bought most of them. Come get yours today to avoid disappointment. To see some of what I’m talking about, see the pictures below.

We’ve still got out original range of St Mary’s hoodies in blue, red, berry, navy, purple, yellow and grey. And they’re only £20!

And just to remind you that we also sell a huge range of toiletries, stationery,…

Exams are OVER. Coursework is IN. It’s time to CELEBRATE!!

SKOOL DISCO IN THE SU from 8pm.

Due to the success of last year’s party we’re doing it all again…

Dig out your old school uniform and add a bit of tinsel….

....‘Tis the season to be jolly after all!!

BIGGER THAN FRESHER’S WEEK SKOOL DISCO…..

....DON’T MISS IT….

Friday 17th Dec

A night of free live music in the SU Bar.

The SMarts crew are putting on a free music night in the SU Bar on 16th Dec ‘Christmas Unplugged’.

We already have a few SMUC performers lined up who will indeed be bringing some Christmas joy into their sets.

Please spread the word and if you would like to play a few songs let Jo Albany know on albanyj@smuc.ac.uk

Do not miss this!

Tonight is the night! Xmas Ball 2010 is taking place tonight from 10om in the Hippodrome in Kingston.

Hundreds and hundreds of you have already bought your tickets, but you can still get your hands on some by heading to the ‘Events’ section above.

Special guest Reggie Yates will be doing a DJ set and there are lots of prizes to be won so don’t miss out!

See you tonight!!!

My name is Carol Baffour and I am a researcher working for a television production company called Gallowgate TV. I am currently developing the second series of ITV’s Saturday night show called “Ant and Dec’s Push The Button”. We are currently in the process of testing two games with our presenters Ant and Dec and we are looking for people to come down to Elstree Studios to help us with that.

The first game will require 20 men only. We are looking specifically for 10 bald men (or shaven head); and 10 who have hair - age does not matter.…

The SU shop will continue to be open daily between 9.30 and 5.00 but will now close for lunch between 12.30 and 1.30.

We trust this won’t cause any inconvenience to students or staff. However, if anyone finds this arrangement difficult could they please contact Linda on ext. 4312 and she will do her best to accommodate them.

In addition, the shop will be open at lunchtimes during busy periods for ticket collection, etc.

Make sure you come to the SU Hub to see our new range of St Mary’s clothing! Click the picture below for a sneak peek!

Use it or lose it!

Your SU Bar is in danger of closing and only YOU can save it!

Last year the bar made a loss and if more students don’t use it then it’s highly likely it will close. In recent years, the SU Bar has been the focal point of our little St Mary’s community and sadly it looks like we could lose that. But YOU can change that!

The bar is owned and managed by the University College which is facing government cuts of 40% and looking for targets to save it money. The bar has already…

Tickets for the Xmas ball are going on sale on Thursday!

The Xmas Ball is taking place in the Hippodrome on Monday 6th of December. We have a very special guest for you this year - Radio 1 DJ and Presenter Reggie Yates. We will also be having a prize draw where you could win loads of fantastic prizes-

-A fully paid ticket to this years Ski Trip to Val Thorens
-8 x £50 Kukri Vouchers
-SMSU Hoody
-Summer Ball Boat Trip ticket
-SIMMStock ticket
and much more.

The first 100 tickets are just £12 and they’re £15 thereafter. Tickets are bought exclusively online and you can collect your ticket from the SU Hub from Monday 29th! Click EVENTS on the menu bar above to get your tickets today! You can buy as many as you want and the event is open to all, not just St Mary’s students.

WE WILL MARCH!

Join us as we march on the streets of central London to fight against the looming, savage education cuts.

NUS and UCU are jointly organising a national demonstration – ‘Fund Our Future: Stop Education Cuts’ - to take place on Wednesday 10 November 2010.

Meet at Horse Guards Avenue - 11.30am.

Your SU is doing a fantastic deal on Kukri Compression Tops (aka Under-armour).

You can get a long sleeve top for £20 and a short sleeved one for £15.
Come take a look up in the SU shop or have a look at the picture below!

Unfortunately we have been inundated with complaints from neighbours about noise and anti-social behaviour from our students on Wednesday nights and after the Pub2Club on Monday nights.

We know that only a small minority of students are responsible for such selfish and immature behaviour – but would be grateful if everyone could remember to be quiet and respectful to our neighbours late at night.  People may mean no harm but some neighbours find it frightening and tell us that their children cannot sleep and have school in the morning. 

SMSU is under considerable pressure from SMUC, the local police, local…