by KishmarShepherd

on Sundaydecember 4, therex nettleford hallCommittee held itsannual ChristmasCarol Service.

the Carol serviceis a yearly initiative ofthe Hall Committeeand saw manyRexans taking timeout of their study

schedule to cometogether for a littletaste of christmas.

the shortChristmas themedservice was completewith black cake andsorrel sawperformances fromtalented Rexans insong, a well receiveddrama piece andimpressiveperformances by several musicians.

THe rex NeTTleforD Hall commiTTee wishes the entire Hall a merry christmas. (Picture by maya Wilkinson)

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Christmascomes early

HallcHair and Deputy at the carol Service.

It could be you!!!

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by Shavar Maloney

The rex neTTleford hall Choir retained its crownat the sixth annual Choirfest hosted at the rexnettleford hall on Wednesday, november 16, 2011.

the highly anticipated Choirfest, which has become afixture on the annual events calendar of the University ofWest indies, Mona Campus, delivered great performancesfrom the six participating Hall Choirs.

the event which was hosted by the Hall Chairman and   Continues on next Page.

Rex retainsChoirfestcrown

rex supporters came out in their numbers andcolours. (Pictures by Kishmar Shepherd)

Winning rex choir Director.

memberS of the rex choir performing.

ZoNe 1 maNager ms Donna-mae Jackson presenting the winner’s plaque to arex choir member aND resident advisor Sylvia Jonson presenting the cake.

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What a firstsemester!

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deputy Hall Chairman of2008-2009 Cailar Greenand Farley Augustine wasopened with the JamaicanAnthem sung by anensemble consisting ofmembers from theparticipating choirs.

in giving the welcomeremarks, StudentServices anddevelopment Manger ofZone 1, Ms. donna- MaeJackson thanked thechoirs for theirparticipation and bringingChoirfest to the greatshow it has come to be.

“We’re happy to haveyou all here and formaking Rex nettlefordHall’s Choirfest into sucha wonderful show.” shestated. “As we celebrate

10 years, weare happy tohave begunChoirfest and look forwardto continuing to producesuch a remarkable event.”

the event was dividedinto five sections: Pop,Gospel, Classical, Folkand negro Spiritualswhich were competed inthe categories of LargeChoir, Medium Choir and Ensemble.

the competition whichwas keenly contestedbrought out some of thebest talent on campusfrom thesix Halls ofResidence. A.Z PrestonHall, Chancellor Hall,irvine Hall, Mary SeacoleHall, Rex nettleford Halland taylor Hall alldelivered a riveting showthat left patrons on the

edgeof their seats.

At the end of the nightthe judges praised thechoirs for their pleasingperformances and lookedforward to an even betterChoirfest in 2012.

When the results wereannounced, the Rexnettleford Hall Choirretained their crown afterwinning the competitionlast year for the first time.

they also won thenegro Spiritual sectionwith a stirring rendition of“Swing Low, SweetChariot.” the “Mans” ofChancellor Hall, deckedout in their signature blackand gold, won the Popsection with their rendition

ofthe “La La Bella Medley”and the Folk section withtheir performance titled“Woman Problems.”

the taylor Hall choiremerged winners in theGospel section with adynamic presentation ofthe “Gospel medley”which had patrons of theshow feeling spirituallyenriched.

the top three slotswere completed by taylorHall Choir in second placeand A.Z. Preston HallChoir in third place. theshow closed with thepresentation of trophiesand prizes to the winnersand performers.

On toponce again

rexaNS celebrating victory. below, resident advisor Keniel greypresenting a trophy to rex’s choir Director.

What a firstsemester!

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Rex Files news Team

EditoR-in-CHiEF

Kishmar Shepherd

SEnioR EditoRSJanelle david

davandra BabbShavar MaloneyChevelle Mason

SEnioR PRooF REAdER

Janelle david

LAYoUt And dESiGn Kishmar Shepherd

Rex Files news is a production of thePublications Committee of the Rexnettleford Hall.

Rex Files news is produced by Rexansfor Rexans, and covers all aspects of Halllife including news, Entertainment,Culture and Sports.

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tHERE ARE two halls at theUniversity of the West indies;the Assembly Hall and the Rex nettleford Hall.

this semester the Rexanfamily celebrated 10 years asthe premier Hall of Residence atthe University. Whilst thismilestone signals a greataccomplishment, it is also proofthat age is just a number for ourspirit, accomplishments and thelegacy of our patron farsurpasses one decade.

in ten years it has becometradition for our Freshers to bringhome the “Fresher’s Concert”trophy, for our sportspersons towin championships and ourdrama productions to be highlyacclaimed. We have indeedmade our mark at the Universityas home of the Proud, theBrave and the Strong.

Like all families, we’ve had ourups and downs this semester,moments that made us proudand those where we felt asthough a shot of morphine wasneeded to get us through.despite the challenges, westood our ground.

Many a night we could hearthe choir practicing from theMPR, see the dedicated E.A.C.members huddled planning theirnext outreach and thevolleyballers practicing on theRed Square for their next match.Hard work pays off.

Rex nettleford Hall became

two time champions at the 2011Choir Festival, raised over$100,000 for the JamaicanBreast Cancer society andactively participated in the manyuniversity sporting events.

With 800 strong one wouldexpect that these events wouldgarner greater support, thatMona Bowl would be a sea ofMaroon and Gold and those thatshow up won’t be thecompetitors serving dual rolesas the audience.

in true Rexan spirit we oughtto be the backbone for thosewho represent us at both Halland Cluster levels. At the sametime, it is imperative that theseevents start on time.

it is wasteful to schedule anevent to begin at 7 p.m. and atthat time the d.A.C. is stillpreparing the location and theUWi Pop Society is doing theirsound check. it is also “touchy”to have hall events clash withthose at the University level. Butwe live and we learn.

We make improvements andwe strive towards maintainingour status as the genuine “Hallof Halls”.

the Rex Files team wouldlike to extend a heartfelt thanksto all those who supported ourinitiative. We look forward tocovering the events of the new Year; documenting theRexan life. Merry Christmas and Happy new Year.

Happy Holidays from your Publications Committee Chairman

I would like thank all Rexans, both

residing and commuting for their

readership and wish all a happy

holiday season and all the best for the

New Year.

by Kishmar Shepherd

on thursday november 10 the Rexnettleford Hall opened its gates to all offCampus Rexans and all those wishing tojoin the Rex family by becoming an offCampus Rexan. the annual event was this year organised by the off CampusRepresentatives for this academic yearKhori Ayton and natasha Leiba.

the event kicked off around 4 pm andsaw a lot of Rexans both residing andcommuting, coming out to mix, mingle andhave fun. Activities for the day includeddominoes, musical chairs and several otherfun giveaways from the day’s sponsors.

there was even a 5 a side football matchwhere residing Rexans faced off againsttheir commuting counterparts on the smallpatch of grass in front to the Facilitiesand Maintenance office. the offCampus footballers were the eventual

winners of the match by 3 goalsto 0 and received prizescompliments of sponsor Smirnoff.Although they did not win thematch, the residing Rexans alsogot a prize for participating.

Honestly there were no loserson the day as it was an enjoyabletime for all who attended.

off Campus Representative Khori Aytonsaid he felt as though the off Campus daywas a success and looks forward to furtherfostering integration between thoseRexans on Hall and the extendedmembers of the Rexan family.

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by Shavar Maloney

on Sunday 6th november, 2011,the Revolutionists of Cluster 8 wonthe 4th Annual iron ChefCompetition held on the RedSquare of the Rex nettleford Hall. the Revolutionists were able tostave off the sevenClusters to take the title home infine culinary style. the Coverlysof Cluster Six and the Rebels of Cluster nine tied for secondplace and the Alliance placed 4th.

the competition which washosted by the Hall’s domesticAffairs Committee started at2:30 p.m. with the revelation ofthe secret ingredient - cheese.

the teams had to create inthree categories: a starch, aprotein and a salad along witha drink and decorating a cake.the clusters also createddisplays for their food whichthis year seemed to be

centred on an exotic theme. With atotal preparation time of one hourand 45 minutes, the teamsimmediately got to work on theirculinary delights ranging in cuisinefrom Caribbean to oriental toHawaiian cuisine.

one addition to this year’scompetition was the addition of theGrace Corned Beef Cook offsponsored by Grace.

At the end of the day, with dishesdisplayed and judging completedCluster Eight emerged victorious inthe overall iron Chef competitionwith compliments from the judgeson their creativity and presentation.

Images from Iron Chef

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by Kishmar Shepherd

on friday november 11 the rex nettlefordhall showed the university of the Westindies once again the true star power of aglitzy fashion show.

The second staging of premier fashionshow uber fashion Couture lived up to thehigh expectations and anticipation leftlingering after the inaugural staging of theevent last year.

although patrons were made to pay forthe event this time around they didn’t seemto mind as the rex nettleford hall’sMultipurpose room was packed tocapacity. Moreover, a portion of theproceeds went to SoS Children’s village.

Much to the crowds appreciation modelstook to the runway one after anotherwearing the latest designs from BarryMoncrieffe, rangi, Base Kingston & Belle,yard Beat and felliciti. an especiallymemorable moment was the KarambaSwimwear sending the crowd in a frenzy

with both their female and male designs. not only was there high fashion on the

runway but members of the audience werealso immaculately dressed. Some evenhad their chance to take to the runway andstrut their stuff for prizes from sponsors.

all in all it was a well planned andexecuted even which patrons will certainlylook forward to seeing continue.

Spotlight on Uber moDelS oN STage at Uber fashion coture. (Pictures by maya Wilkinson and Kishmar Shepherd)

Hall DePUTy ceac caught taking a break.

above: Snap shots of patrons of Uber fashion couture,

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by Kishmar Shepherd

on friday november 11 the rex nettlefordhall showed the university of the Westindies once again the true star power of aglitzy fashion show.

The second staging of premier fashionshow uber fashion Couture lived up to thehigh expectations and anticipation leftlingering after the inaugural staging of theevent last year.

although patrons were made to pay forthe event this time around they didn’t seemto mind as the rex nettleford hall’sMultipurpose room was packed tocapacity. Moreover, a portion of theproceeds went to SoS Children’s village.

Much to the crowds appreciation modelstook to the runway one after anotherwearing the latest designs from BarryMoncrieffe, rangi, Base Kingston & Belle,yard Beat and felliciti. an especiallymemorable moment was the KarambaSwimwear sending the crowd in a frenzy

with both their female and male designs. not only was there high fashion on the

runway but members of the audience werealso immaculately dressed. Some evenhad their chance to take to the runway andstrut their stuff for prizes from sponsors.

all in all it was a well planned andexecuted even which patrons will certainlylook forward to seeing continue.

Spotlight on Uber moDelS oN STage at Uber fashion coture. (Pictures by maya Wilkinson and Kishmar Shepherd)

THeSe laDieS were looking their best for the event.

Hall aND gUilD commiTTee members mingling in the audience.

above,Hall Pccandchairmanspottedamongpatrons ofthe show.

aT lefT,Theevening’smc’sKyesharandallandockinoPetrie.

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10 Concious Corner

this is where we display the writing talents of our Residents. Submit your poems or short stories to rexfilesteam@gmail.com

by Jade evelyn

everyone is in this big rush

now, but really and truly what is

the rush all about? We, as

females, have this misconceived

notion that if we don’t get

married our lives are

“incomplete”. i mean, come on,

how true is this?

The average female spends

about 12 years of her life on

education, then another five

years in college and university.

right after school the next big

thing on our agenda is to get a

job and start to become

financially grounded.

By the age of 23 for those who

didn’t go through the party stage

begin to look for “the one”. We

go on date after date, juggling

work, friends and family in

between our new dating life.

after four long years of going

from loser to loser we then

decide that were going to take a

break from the dating scene.

however, we still go on social

networks such as facebook, hi5,

twitter and myspace to do some

“networking”.

This phase lasts

approximately one year, by this

time we’re 28 or 29 and we

begin to freak out because we

have yet to find that special

person who we wish to settle

down with.

We begin to reach a midlife

crisis and to our friends that

have already, mind you, found

“the one” we complain. We tell

them how many jerks are out

there in the world. We then go

through our “i hate men stage”.

This stage is my favourite

because we claim to hate men

yet still we watch every romantic

film, we still sigh when couples

pass and we still wish we had

that special someone to share

our day with.

after we have reached a low

in our lives we begin to wrap our

fingers around the fact that we

are probably never going to get

married and that’s when we go

through our “i’m glad to be

single” stage.

This stage is the funniest of all

stages because not for one

minute during this time are we

genuinely ever glad to be single.

But we put on this happy face to

please friends, family and then

to trick ourselves.

By the time we’ve reached

sensibility we decide that we’re

going to take one last leap into

the waters and see what we can

fish out. We are then set up by

friends who are excited that

we’re back out in the dating

world, by family and via the

world wide web.

We soon meet a couple of

eligible bachelors and we begin

to get excited and think about

“the big day” but as quickly as

we meet them we find out all the

reasons why a thirty five year

old man who is good looking

is still single.

The ones who don’t cheat are

gay and the others are in their

“player” stage. By this time we

want to give up but we still have

society telling us that if we don’t

get married, no matter how

much success we have our lives

are incomplete.

This is the 21st century, i

believe it’s time that we as

women take back and own our

success and show the world that

just because we are single

doesn’t mean that our lives are

incomplete.

don’t look at the glass half

empty look at the glass half full.

our singleness doesn’t mean

loneliness it means freeness,

were free to do whatever

we please.

What women do