EditorialThere is no better place to spend the first offical day of

Freshers’ Week than in GUU where we

have everything from the Beer Bar Quiz to the Edinburgh

Jetpack boys!Also make sure and come along to the

GUUi Open Meeting today at 3pm to meet

our editorial team and get involved.

Claire FlynnGUU Libraries Con-

venor

Contents

Editor-in-Chief (GUU Libraries Convenor)

Claire Flynn

Editorial Team (GUU Libraries Committee)

Lucy KeownHarriet JohnstonKirsty McKenzie

Kate WhitakerKathryn Stevenson

Joseph Meaden

Cover Artwork/De-sign

James Yates

If you’d like to con-tribute to the GUUi in any way; editori-ally, writing or pho-

tography e-mail: libraries@guu.co.uk

The opinions expressed in this publication do not represent those of

the Glasgow University Union.

3 - Hello!4 - Highlights - Today in GUU

5 - We Were Promised Jet-packs

7 - Live from the Last Night- Photographs

9- Ten Reasons We Love Jameela Jamil

10 - Freshers’ Fun

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Hello, and a huge welcome to Freshers’ Week 2013 at Glasgow University Union, and hiya from us here in the GUUi! You are genuinely the object of jealousy for thou-sands of second, third and fourth year students, let alone all those sad sad graduates, whom all wish they could be a carefree fresher once more. So make sure you don’t waste a minute of this week and do EVERYTHING you possibly can! The best week of your life awaits! While we recommend you try out both student un-ions and lots of different ac-tivities during your FW13 ex-perience, we have to tell you that we have the most amaz-ing line up at GUU this year, which quite frankly blows everyone else’s efforts out of the water. From amazing DJs like Radio 1’s Jameela Jamil to fantastic bands like We Were Promised Jetpacks, the Fresh-ers’ Week Debate to Al Fres-co Open Mic, our Big All Day Games Event (B.A.D.G.E) to

our first ever Comic-Con and so much more, we have some-thing to get involved in for ab-solutely everyone. Even you! Plus if you want to have a knees-up or just a few beers, we have the legendary Beer Bar open all week, right at the heart of the Union. Keep up to date with what’s going on this week in our posters and leaflets papering cam-pus, on Facebook at facebook.com/GUUnion, on Twitter @GUUnion, and on our brand new mobile-app by typing myapp.is/guufreshers into your web browser. There’s no excuse for missing out!

So what are you waiting for? Grab your friends, old and new, that weird flatmate no one likes and the mature stu-dent from the floor above, and get down here ASAP. The booths in the Beer Bar are fill-ing up. We’ll see you soon.

Lots of loveThe GUUi

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HighlightsToday in Glasgow University Union...

GUUi Open Meeting-3pm, Elliot LibraryBeen reading this magazine and thinking ‘I could write for/design/contribute in some way to the GUUi’? Then

come along to our open meeting to get involved.

Beer Bar Quiz- 3pm, Beer Bar Prove to all your new mates how clever you are and

maybe win some prizes whilst you’re at it.

We Were Promised Jetpacks- 8pm, Debates Chamber

One of the coolest indie Scottish bands around. Don’t miss your chance to see them.

Jameela Jamil DJ Set- 12am, Debates Chamber

-She’s beautiful, funny and knows her tunes. Jameela Jamil promises to be one hell of a DJ to kick off FW13.

Who ever said ‘I don’t like Mondays’?

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Freshers’ 2013 at the GUU prom-ises to be a week of excitement and insanity with music from world renowned DJs and some of Scot-land’s best bands as its soundtrack. We Were Promised Jetpacks, an in-die guitar band from Edinburgh, will take to the stage tonight at 8pm in the Debates Chamber for a special performance as one of the stars of GUU Freshers’ Week.

Their performing style is usu-ally described relatively simply: loud, fast and fun. Whether you like to be jumping around at the front, spilling your pint of fun and singing your heart out, or watch-ing appreciatively from the back, these guys will put on a show that you won’t want to miss.

The four man band, made up of Adam Thompson (vocals and gui-tar), Michael Palmer (guitar), Sean Smith (bass) and Darren Lackie (drums) have two albums full of fast paced tracks which beg to be turned up until the neighbours complain. In both records the in-fluence of fellow Scottish bands on the Edinburgh based group are

evident. Frightened Rabbit, Admi-ral Fallow and Biffy Clyro have all been named by the band as artists who have inspired their music.

They are a band that would be ab-solutely unmissable at a festival, or Fresh-ers’ Week of course! With up-tempo cho-ruses and c l imac t i c c r e s c e n -dos, they are exact-ly what you need from a live band. Their songs are dense, lay-ered with heavy guitar, drums and intense lyrics, from the simple and persistent refrains of ‘Quiet Little Voices’, to the sinister drawl which cloaks their latest single, ‘Medicine’. Listen out for the raw guitar sparkling with the unusual chime of a xylophone - the calm before the storm in ‘Thunder and

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Lightning’ (couldn’t resist the pun, sorry) which gradually builds to a to a euphoric, crowd pleasing peak.

We Were Promised Jetpacks are coming to the GUU after an impres-

sive sum-mer which i n c l u d e d a Bon Jovi support slot, performing at festivals in Germa-ny and the Netherlands and both a US and UK tour.

Impressed yet? There’s more...

If one superb Scottish band wasn’t enough to get you dancing through the doors of the GUU, well then how about two? We Were Prom-ised Jetpacks will be supported by Poor Things, a Glaswegian band who describe themselves as ‘bub-blegum rock’. Naming infl uences

from The Velvet Underground to Nirvana, their feel good melo-dies resonate with a summery feel. Songs from their new release ‘Hurricane Poor Things’, such as ‘Ice Cream’ will transport you right back to the beach.

With the acclaimed status of be-ing a UNESCO City of Music, Glasgow hosts around 130 gigs per week and has over ten festi-vals per year. These bands show-case the stunning standard of lo-cal talent and are a delicious taster of what you will experience if you embrace the extensive music scene that Glasgow has to offer.

For the rest of the year Mondays are going to mean back to lectures, back to labs, back to the library, but this Monday you should head back to somewhere much more exciting, the GUU. Join us tonight for an exciting, fast paced and en-ergetic show that will kick start your time at University the right way.

-Kate Whitaker

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LIVE FROM LAST NIGHT

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LIVE FROM LAST NIGHT

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10 Reasons We Love Jameela Jamil

Radio 1 presenter, journalist and DJ will be hitting the decks at our very own GUU tonight. Find out exactly why she is the type of girl

you want to share a pint of fun with...

1) When she DJs she brings out all the old school classics – expect to hear all the tunes you loved long before you were old enough to

dance to them in a club. R Kelly’s Ignition is sure to be the floor filler of the night.

2) She got in trouble from the big bosses at Radio 1 when she re-ferred to Alicia Key’s song Girl on Fire as the official cysititis an-

them.3) In true GUU style she belives that a good night has to end with a

chippy.4) Jameela descibes her career choice as “one big elaborate ruse to

meet Beyonce”.5) She once presented a segment with T4 on the Beach called ‘Catch

Crabs from Jameela’ where she got to throw actual crabs at Jason Derulo’s crotch.

6) Her essential top 3 party hits include Run the World by Beyonce, Party Up by DMX and Outta Space by The Prodigy.

7) She is down to earth – literally. When Radio 1 announced she was to be the first ever solo female presenter of the chart show she fell

straight off her chair and split open her knee.8) She loves requests and hates pretentious DJs – she enjoys playing

what the people want to hear and “see them get their bump ‘n’ grind on”.

9) But she still likes to promote up and coming artists. Her latest fa-vourites include Lianne La Havas and Khushi.

10) Her ringtone is still Drop it Like it’s Hot. Nuff said.

-Kirsty McKenzie

Be careful guys- the walls have ears...What’s your name?

Just call me Jack Wills.

You have a boyfriend? Why are we having this conversation then?

There defi nitely aren’t enough E numbers in these new WKDs.

I can’t pull you so I don’t want to speak to you but could you lend me some money for a pint?

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GUU Overheard

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In order to ward off any post-alcohol blues we’ll provide you with a couple of hilarious (ly awful)

jokes.

What’s red and bad for your teeth?A brick.

What did the dyslexic Mexican say to the girl at the bar?Grab your taco you’ve pulled.

Jokes Of The Day