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Marketplace finds home in Atrium

A new marketplace has taken up residence in the Students’ Union Atrium. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, students are treated to a sample of Warwickshire in the SU. Monday and Wednesday host sellers of local and fresh food produce, whilst Friday offers the opportunity to purchase clothes and hand-made jewellery,...
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By , Mar. 16, 2010

Libertarians host NO2ID speaker

Phil Booth, the national co-ordinator for NO2ID, arrived at Warwick to denounce the growing ‘Database State’. The presentation was hosted by Warwick Libertarians on Thursday 4th March in the Ramphal building, with attendance being dominated by Warwick Libertarian members. NO2ID is a campaign organisation which focuses on the infringement of...
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By , Mar. 16, 2010

IT services outages to disrupt Easter revision

IT services will not be available on 27th March and 10th April as essential maintenance to the ITS databases are performed. The dates announced are both Saturdays within the Easter break and outages are expected to last up to eight hours on both days. The maintenance work is part 1A...
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By , Mar. 16, 2010

Union saves money on posters with new screens

A range of new plasma televisions have been installed in the Students’ Union in the past couple weeks, enabling societies, clubs and student events to advertise events, initiatives and themselves throughout the Union. From Friday 12th March, the screens have been available for promotional requests, giving societies and students the...
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By , Mar. 16, 2010

Students unable to Eat@Warwick

The University’s Eating@Warwick card programme has been experiencing technical problems over the past four weeks resulting in the system being unusable throughout the Students’ Union. The problem is believed to be caused by a fault within the card readers themselves. There have been no signs of malicious or security related...
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By , Mar. 16, 2010

Court case begins for hit-and-run cop

The court case for an off-duty police officer who struck and killed a Warwick student has begun. Raymond Cheung was struck by the chief inspector in a hit-and-run incident, leaving the victim’s blood on his car’s shattered windscreen, Shrewsbury Crown Court heard. The collision occurred on 8th March, 2009, while...
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By , Mar. 16, 2010

Rumours of nightclub’s closure prove unfounded

Rumours are rife suggesting that popular Leamington nightclub Smack is to close on April 10th, with an event ‘Smack: The End’, outraging many students. Claims have included that the owners of the premises wish to turn the popular venue into offices. However, officials maintain this closure is solely for a...
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By , Mar. 16, 2010