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Welfare helps you through exams

Football focus is back!

How do you create a successful open day?

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HELLO BUTLER!

Hi and welcome back to the Mound! I’m Lydia and very

excited to be Co-Editing the magazine. This issue is an ex-

am special as everyone, from first year to finalist, knows

how stressful this period can be. We provide you with

cooking tips to remain healthy, things happening at Butler

so you can get some well deserved breaks and of course

enough humorous comment to carry you through! We also

look at the success of the Butler Open Day that happened

over the Easter Break and which I’m sure many of you

were involved in. It looked fantastic and I can only imagine

the freshers’ cohort next year will be huge! As well as this,

the issue tackles the daunting task of moving from first to

second year and shows you why this move isn’t as scary as

you might first think! Overall, I think this is an edition for

everyone and as ever please don’t hesitate to contact me

with article ideas or suggestions for the magazine itself!

Hey guys and welcome back to Butler! I hope you all had an

absolutely lovely Easter! My name is Lauren and I’m very

excited to be the new Co-Editor of the Mound Magazine

with Lydia. This edition of the magazine should hopefully

keep all of you sane during the exam period and if not, well,

it’s an excuse to procrastinate …

This edition of the magazine includes some welfare advice

from Fiona Hathaway which helpfully provides you with

information regarding all of the support that’s available to

you throughout the exam period and also an informative

article from the newly elected International Rep, Sabrina

Chong! We also have some lighter articles including Pen-

ny’s Kitchen and Football Focus that will give you a well-

deserved break from the relentless boredom that is revision!

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FIRST THOUGHTS WILL

I’d like to wish everyone the best of luck for

their exams. Five weeks from now you will

all be enjoying the fun in the sun, with the

festivities of post-exam period. Plenty to

look forward to so make sure you don’t

book your trains home too early – Dilston v

Milfield on 20th June will be my personal

highlight. Alice and her team have worked

hard to ensure you have the best possible

support during this period so try and utilise

what is on offer – check out the timetable

and read the Stressless booklet. Feel free

to come into the JCR Office if Will and I can

help in any possible way. You’ll all do fan-

tastically I’m sure. Good luck!

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CONTENTS

ISSUE ONE EASTER TERM 2014

Page 6-8: Butler Open Day 2014

by Becky Teece and Sam Strad-

dling

Page 9: Penny’s Kitchen by Pen-

ny Babakhani

Page 11: Living out? Stressed

about exams? By Emma Maslin

Page 12-13: What changes in sec-

ond year? By Jasper Cox

Page 15-16: International Reppin’

by Sabrina Chong

Page 17-18: Football Focus by

Anonymous football fan

Page 20-21: How will welfare get

you through the exam period?

By Fiona Hathaway

Overseen at Butler college:

Will Kendall finding Mrs

Kendall on Tinder ...

Overhead at Butler college:

“I'd love to give birth to

Jazzy”

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The whole Open Day team had an amazing time welcoming around 300

offer holders to Butler over the two Open Days. Exec and reps alike

were enthusiastic about the college whilst they gave tours, hosted

events and generally chatted to students throughout the time, making

them feel as much a part of the Butler community as we do.

The experience kicked off for us reps with a social on Saturday night

which involved some call-and-response

hilarity, for example, the whole team had to

sit down wherever they where whenever

anyone shouted “Vincent Lim” (because

he’s JCR chair... get it?) Needless to say, the

last person to sit down did a forfeit. Satur-

day also saw resident joker Matt Bircham

bleat like a sheep into the bar microphone,

on the hour, every hour – as a forfeit for

being late that morning. The head reps who

inflicted the forfeit (who shall remain anon-

ymous) deny Matt’s allegations of Welsh-targeted racism.

Sunday saw the rep team and the exec continuing Saturday’s efforts to

decorate Butler (300 balloons weren’t going to inflate themselves) and

make last minute preparations for the first arrivals on Monday morning.

Before the Easter break Butlrerites hosted open days for applicants to the college, Sam

Straddling and Becky Teece explains what makes for an successful open day.

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However, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday was when the real fun

started. Potential Butlerites from all over the place flocked to Durham

to see what all the fuss was about and we certainly did our best to show

them that Butler is the place to be. Activities on offer in the day includ-

ed a scavenger hunt around Butler (very successfully organised by

Vicky Ribbons); PS4 and Wii (kindly ‘supervised’ by Danny Agar and

Vincent Lim); a mini Butler Fair (organised by Evi Magee and including

delicious red and yellow cupcakes… not that I ate any…); croquet and

rounders (this time kindly supervised by Dan Lennard-Jones) and the

standard college tours. Following a welcome talk from Will and a quiz

hosted by Shaheen Ahmed and I, students departed to their flats to eat

delicious pizza and have a chat with their flat reps. This was when they

got the chance to ask some of the burning questions they had brought

with them… as well as enjoying some fine dining.

The evening started with a family fortunes game hosted by Sajan Old-

News Bhakoo, including categories such as “I would like to ________

Will Kendall” and “Have you ever seen your roommate ________?”

After this, Ginny Arthur and Catherine Kisanji ran a highly popular

Pick a Side event, asking Butlerites and attendees alike to choose be-

tween highly controversial options (such as whether ketchup should be

stored in a fridge or a cupboard and whether the Midlands exists… it

does.) Following this, the disco began. Apparently we had a record

number of people dancing on the first night of an Open Day! Impres-

sive work by the team, although it could also be

put down to Los del Rio’s Macarena.

Pool and darts tournaments were

run by Shaheen Ahmed and

Freddie Clarke, with Saj natu-

rally playing a small (actually

quite large) part. These were

highly-subscribed, and a tense

pool final saw Matt Bircham and

“The evening started with a

family fortunes game hosted

by Sajan ‘Old News’ Bhakoo,

including categories such as

“I would like to ________

Will Kendall” … “

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Danny Agar shamelessly steal first place from a pair of skilled at-

tendees who deserved those Mini Egg prizes. Tea and toast was also

running in the JCR lounge, this also being very popular on both nights

(which I attribute to the presence of Nutella, although I guess the good

looks, wit and charm of welfare reps Matthew

Burns-Watkins and Alice Whitehouse played a

small part…)

We ended our Open Day time with a second

social on Wednesday night. It was a great way

to round off the whole experience, while mak-

ing the most of minimum pricing in the bar.

Despite the late nights and early rises, Open

Day was the best experience I’ve yet had at

Butler. The whole team

was so enthusiastic and hard-working - I

couldn’t have wished for a better team

to be a part of. Neither could I have

asked for two more dedicated (and all

-round excellent) head Open Day reps.

Kudos to Calum and Sam, who did an

incredible job of making the Open Days a

great success!

“Despite the late nights

and early rises, Open Day

was the best experience

I’ve yet had at Butler. “

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Exams are just around the corner. Exams make me stressed. I can’t eat when I’m stressed. I also can’t deal with exams when I can’t eat because I’m stressed.

In this bite-sized edition of Penny’s Kitchen, I’m going to take you through my go-to snacks and drinks for when the thought of eating makes you want to hurl.

To “brings your feelings back to the right place” as we say in Farsi: One glass of cold wa-ter + half a lime or lemon + sugar to taste

After a stress-induced binge eating session: Peppermint tea

When all other foods just seems disgusting: Crackers - the plainer, the better

In need of a brain booster in the morning: Small square of milk or dark chocolate

Having trouble falling asleep: Half a cup of plain yoghurt

Feeling like something sweet: A ripe banana - also comes with the benefit of stopping weird eye spasms

Feeling like something sour: An orange with a bit of salt sprinkled on (we’re not sure if this is an Iranian/German thing …)

If the urge to have carbs is irresistible: Baked sweet potato with sour cream Can’t seem to focus after a pretty hefty revision session: Water - you’re probably dehydrated.

Penny Babakhani, ‘Butler’s Spirit’, gives you the lowdown on how to maintain your

regular eating pattern when exam stress makes the thought of cooking healthy and

balanced meals impossible ...

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Hey everyone! With deadlines and exams looming, Easter term is not everyone’s favour-

ite time of year. When living out, the thought of having to venture to the library or But-

ler to revise is enough to stop you going in the first place. My job as livers out officer is to

make sure you feel just as supported living out in these stressful periods as when you

lived in. For this term, we have three livers out tea and toasts planned around Durham in

the run up to exams, with the welfare team on hand with lots of stress-less advice. For the

end of exams, we will be hosting a livers out cheese and wine evening and joining up

with the rest of college for the Beach social for a well deserved party. If anyone has any

ideas for events for next year, or you just want to find out more about living out, don’t be

afraid to email me at: e.l.maslin@durham.ac.uk.

Livers-out love

Emma x

Emma Maslin, current Livers Out Officer, details all of the upcoming events ran in association

with current Butler societies and commitees that will keep all of Butler’s non-residential

students sane throughout the exam period.

How I feel in every exam ….

#WhatAmIAndWhyAmIHere?

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We’re in third term, and just a few weeks separate you from the summer holidays,

when you will officially stop being a fresher. You’re proba-

bly apprehensive about this, and it is true that most older

students look at fresher year with nostalgia. However,

there are aspects of second life to look forward to as well.

Here I attempt to picture how you will be like next year.

1) You go into the year with confidence: you’ve al-

ready settled in and got your friends, know where

you’re living, and know what you’re doing with

your course and how the whole system works. As

much as everyone may deny it now, we all found

starting university and entering the unknown a bit scary, but going into sec-

ond year everything is familiar and you’re ready for it after a long summer.

2) You definitely think the work in second year is

harder, especially in the second and third terms.

Firstly, there is the pressure that the marks from

this year go towards your final degree. You can no

longer use that worn-out ‘this year doesn’t count’

excuse when telling yourself it’s ok to watch five

episodes of Breaking Bad in a row or when persuad-

ing your friend to come out. Secondly, the level

expected of you moves up, so you find yourself

having to put in more effort to attain the same

mark as last year.

3) Leading on from this, managing your time has become more of a priority.

People in your year have generally kept up or increased their sport, society

Former Mound Editor, Jasper Cox, discusses the pros and cons of progressing into your sec-

ond year at university and discovers that leaving the freshers’ cradle isn’t all that bad...

Jasper circa 2012

Jasper circa 2013/14

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and committee activities, particularly as it is generally second-years in charge

of them. Splitting your time between these, social events and hours in uni can

be difficult and means you have less time to waste.

4) The library is no longer a mysterious building, but a familiar second home

around summative season. You actually need to take out books and get to

know the various intricacies of the system (and get irrationally wound up by

fines and the recall system…).

5) Despite knowing how much more important this year is, being more(/over?)

familiar with summatives means you feel comfortable leaving them to the

last minute (or night), powering through thousands of words in less time

than ever.

6) You become resentful of freshers. Your selective memory does not recall

working at all during the whole of first year, especially not during exams.

These new freshers seem to work so much harder than you ever did!

7) What with all this work, you have to just occasionally let your social life take

a back seat. This is particularly hard in second year because after an extra

year of socialising you have more options open to you in term of social

events: staying in to work often means missing some sort of occasion.

8) Yet whereas in first year social occasions missed gave you a deep bang of FO-

MO, you’ve realised most nights are just repetitions of the previous week:

same old gossip, same old drama. So this makes it easier to stomach missing

them.

9) You have also found that some people appear to have dropped off the face of

the earth. By second year people have made their friends and have more or

less decided who is worth their time. So instead of everyone mixing together

a bit like last year, people group off.

10) Finally, Durham becomes your home, if it hasn’t already. You speak as if

you have been in Durham for half your life: saying things are always like so

and so but never like so and so. Yet conversely, each term flies by quicker

than the last and certainly quicker than in first year, and before you know it

you’re approaching the end of the year and are writing advice for the soon-to

-be new second years. It makes you realise you better appreciate uni for the

short time it lasts!

Jasper perfectly encapsulates the fact that

whilst 2nd year is more serious, it can still

be fun!

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Not being able to decipher the coin sizes, not understanding the accents, deconstruct-ing how people read and state the time (18 past 6, as opposed to 6:18) – the struggle

is real for international students. If entering into a new chapter of life with new peo-ple isn’t nerve-wracking enough, throw moving to a different country into the mix and it only gets scarier.

International Freshers’ Week is hugely important because it is the first experience students have of college life. It affects how smoothly they adjust to the new environ-ment, and may even be defining for some. It is imperative that the week is well-organised and ample support is provided for them. The aim is to make international freshers feel as at home at Butler as possible. Apart from the boring administrative stuff like visa registrations, other events like trips to IKEA (which seems to surprise many home students) and Newcastle will be ar-ranged. After being the sole residents of college for the entire week, international students can feel overwhelmed by the arri-val of hordes of home students. Hopefully, by then they’ll have enough support to feel fully integrated into the college com-munity.

As the International Rep is now on the Exec, internationalism will become more pervasive throughout college, and support for internationals will be maintained

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over the year. To establish continuity, international events will be held more fre-quently. With the aim of further integrating both home and international students, International Festival and Butler Olympics will be introduced into the calendar next year, so keep an eye out for those!

In the spirit of enhancing college life for home and inter-national students, the International Rep will be a point of a contact for both. Starting next year, fort-nightly drop-in sessions will be held at college for anyone to discuss their problems or present sugges-tions for improvements. I will also provide support

for those seeking any international experience – whether it’s a year abroad or a personal language immersion program – and connect them with some-one better placed to advise them.

As next year will be the first that International Rep is on the Exec, there are many op-portunities that the role can explore. If you have any ideas or suggestions, please don’t hesitate to contact me or come to International Committee! We meet every

Thursday in the JCR Lounge at 7pm (shameless plug). I’m looking forward to dis-covering and establishing the scope of the role along the way!

“The struggle is

real for

international

students.”

If you are an international student and at any point feel

isolated or homesick, you can contact Sabrina Chong by

using the following:

Twitter: @ssabrinac

Facebook: Sabrina Chong

OR

Facebook Group: Butler International Comm

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Where are they now?

Specialist Round: The Final Countdown

Who scored the last winning goal in an FA Cup final at the Old Wembley?

What is the largest winning margin in an FA Cup final since 2000?

How many times has the FA Cup final finished 0-0?

Who was the first ever player to get sent off in a UEFA Champions League final?

Who became the first player to reach the Champions League quarter-finals with

four separate clubs in 2007?

Which ex-England international is seen below lifting the Champions League tro-

phy?

Two-footed challenge

You have to answer the first question to tackle the second

Which player was the first to win both the PFA Young Player of the Year and PFA

Players Player of the Year Award in the same season?

Who does he now host a Talksport radio show with?

Adrian Mutu

Ronnie Wallwork

Kakha Kaladze

Navio Nsereko

Andriy Shevchenko

Aspiring MP in his own country.

Faked his own kidnapping.

Set to star in a Snoop Dogg music video.

Minister for Energy in his own country.

Served time for handling stolen cars.

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Outburst of the week

Which wannabe bad boy was fined £90,000 by the

FA for this twitter outburst?

"HAHAHAHAHA, Well done #FA I lied did I?

#BunchOfT***S"

The Journeyman Round

Name the footballer based on their clubs ...

This mystery player has played permanently for 10 clubs (Brentford, Crystal Palace,

Port Vale, Sheffield United, Blackburn Rovers, Ipswich Town, Everton, Charlton Ath-

letic, Birmingham City and Mitra Kluar) whilst also managing 6 loan moves and 4

relegations from the Premier League.

Football Shlid of the week

It’s 40 year old zimmer-frame using Tari-

bo West, the ex-Inter Derby and Plym-

outh man. West may try his best to con-

ceal his real age (some claim he is 52) but

there’s no way he can hide away that

hair.

Did you know?

Queens Park of Scotland reached the fi-

nal of both the 1884 and 1885 FA Cup but were defeated both times by Blackburn

Rovers.

Just Fontaine holds the record for the most goals at a single World Cup tournament

scoring 13 goals in 6 games for France at the 1958 tournament. This included a hat-

trick against Paraguay and four against West Germany.

Stan Mortensen was the last player to score a hat-trick in an FA Cup final doing so in

1953 as Blackpool defeated Bolton 4-3. Sadly for Stan the final is better remembered

as the ‘Matthews final’ due to the inspired performance of Blackpool winger Stanley

Matthews.

“HAHAHAHAHA, Well

done #FA I lied did

I?#BunchOfT***S"

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Answers: Where are they now? = Adrian Mutu – Set to star in a Snoop Dogg music video / Ronnie

Wallwork – Served time for handling stolen cars / Kakha Kaladze – Minister for Energy in his home

country / Navio Nsereko – Faked his own kidnapping / Andriy Shevchenko – Aspiring MP in his home

country.

Specialist Round = 1. Roberto Di Matteo 2. Manchester United’s 3-0 win over Millwall in 2004 3. Four

(1886, 1911, 1912, 2005) 4. Arsenal’s Jens Lehmann in the 2005/06 final 5. Michael Ballack (FC Kai-

serslautern, Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, Chelsea 6. Steve McManaman (scored and won man of

the match during Real Madrid’s 3-0 win over Valancia in the 1999/2000 final.)

Two-footed challenge = Part-one – Andy Gray / Part-two – Richard Keys.

Outburst of the week = Ashley Cole (the tweet came about due to his evidence in the John Terry abuse

case being doubted.)

Journeyman Round = Marcus Bent (Bent won PL player of the month in January 2002.)

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This term, welfare committee is running the ‘stressless’ campaign, which involves loads of activities, events and support to help reduce your stress levels over the revi-sion and exam period. Stressless begins on the first day of Easter term and runs

until the official end of exams on Friday 6th June.

Tea and toast:

Every Tuesday and Thursday in the JCR lounge from 8-

10pm, joining film soc and Disney soc. Begins Tuesday 29th April

Livers out tea and toast- Saturday 3rd, 10th and 17th May from 7-9pm.

Drop ins:

Friday 2nd May, 11am-12, JCR lounge

Monday 5th May, 11am-12, JCR lounge

Friday 9th May 3pm-4, DSU

Monday 12th May, 11am-12, JCR lounge

Friday 16th May, 12-1pm, library

Monday 19th May, 11am-12, JCR lounge

Friday 23rd May 3pm-4, DSU

Monday 26th May, 11am-12, JCR lounge

Friday 30th May, 12-1pm, library

Monday 2nd June, 11am-12, JCR lounge

How will welfare get you

through the exam period?

Fiona Hathaway gives you an insight into how Butler’s welfare team are on

hand to help students through the entirety of this year’s exam period ...

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Come and see a welfare team member for a casual chat and some sweets or choco-late!

Stressless breakfasts:

Grab a free breakfast in the bar every morning from 8-10am. Starts Monday 12th May.

Botanical gardens walks:

A relaxing walk around the botanical gardens with members of the welfare team. Every Sunday at 11am, remember your campus card to get into the gardens for free.

Mentor nights:

Members of the welfare team will be around at mentor night on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6th May onwards. Come and say hello and get some fun de-stressing goodies!

Market Mondays:

The café at the indoor market has been reserved especially for Butler students (livers in and out) from 5-8pm every Monday from 5th-26th May. It makes a great study space if you fancy a change of scenery, and hot drinks and snacks will be available to buy.

As well as these events, welfare committee has produced a stressless booklet, which is filled with information about stress and stress management, tips for where and how to study effectively and ideas for interesting revision breaks. It includes reminders about all these events, as well as the regular college societies that might be fun to get involved in to spilt up long days of revision. Look out for copies of the booklet around college, or a downloadable version on the JCR facebook page.

Wishing you all the best of luck for the next few weeks, we hope you’ll find it use-ful to get involved with some of the stressless events.

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