http://cartmel.lusu.co.uk The Griffin Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:25:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This year it was decided that Cartmel should contribute a team to the prestigious Relay for Life event, organised by Cancer Research UK. The idea is that team members should take it in turns to walk the perimeter of the rugby pitch to create a constant flow of walkers for ... http://cartmel.lusu.co.uk/the-griffin/relay-for-life-2008-188/ Carter Shield This last term has seen the Carter shield move outside to take advantage of the supposed fine weather. We’ve had a lot of fun in the sun competing with the other colleges, probably getting too much for our own good! Touch Rugby The first event of the term was touch rugby. ... http://cartmel.lusu.co.uk/the-griffin/sports-roundup-4-187/ Name: Sian Brigham Position: Publicity Officer Block rep for... Ullswater Degree: French and Spanish Year of Study: 1st My life ambition is... To get a good degree, do a PGCE, start teaching at a good school, get married, have chil-dren, live in a nice big house and live comfortably ever af-ter! (I hope that doesn’t ... http://cartmel.lusu.co.uk/the-griffin/hello-new-jcr-people-186/ Creative’s latest offering, the Creative Zen, pits itself against the iPod Nano and basically wins. It comes in a range of sizes from 2 to 32GB and has additional features such as an FM radio, voice and music recording and comprehensive video playback. It also comes with an immense 16.7 ... http://cartmel.lusu.co.uk/the-griffin/robbies-reviews-gadget-review-creative-zen-185/ Sex and The City Lyndsey I don’t know about you, but the prospect of a film containing our four favourite label-loving Manhattan girls got me very excited. Unfortunately, rather than heading down to the premiere in a New York taxi, cosmopolitan in hand, we found ourselves running for the bus and popping ... http://cartmel.lusu.co.uk/the-griffin/robbies-reviews-sex-and-the-city-184/ This issue’s a big one. With all the big films for the summer starting to come out now, Robbie turns his attention to Indiana Jones, and steps aside for the ladies to review Sex and the City. Not only that, Robbie continues his Apple hatred when he reviews the (actually ... http://cartmel.lusu.co.uk/the-griffin/robbies-reviews-indiana-jones-183/ By now all of you should know what I’m talking about - the massive pyrotechnic display that was the premature demolition of everyone’s favourite waste disposal area. Fast becoming a Facebook phenomenon (‘I Survived the Cartmel Fire’), many of you were woken up by this ‘exciting’ one-off event. Despite the ... http://cartmel.lusu.co.uk/the-griffin/bin-store-fire-182/ In week two this term the evolution of mankind was thrown back a generation or two when our beautiful Cartmelians decided to ruin their good image and step out in prehistoric style! With dirty hair, muddy faces and poorly cut loincloth, the Carleton had never before seen such a strange ... http://cartmel.lusu.co.uk/the-griffin/carleton-as-cavepeople-181/ Although I’m sure you’re getting bored of these write-ups by now, Fury continues to be so awesome and regularly popular that we can’t just ignore it! So, to this weeks Fury, the last of this academic year… This time, as I’m sure you are all aware, the collect-ables were coloured key-rings ... http://cartmel.lusu.co.uk/the-griffin/another-final-fury-180/ In week 8 the Sugarhouse turned on the UV lights and got out their glow sticks for ‘glo night’. They opened up the back room, charged 90p entry (90p!) and once you were in you could get drinks from the same price (90p for a shot of vodka plus 40p ... http://cartmel.lusu.co.uk/the-griffin/glow-night-179/