News
Latest stuff happening in and out of the department involving the PCSB society.
2010 – 2011
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PCSB Geology Rave
Sunday 6th February 2011
It's nearly time....for the infamous GEOLOGY RAVE 2011!
Go bright and tight - tutus, leg warmers, leggings, glow sticks, uv paint... The brighter the better!
Bar Crawl starting in the City Centre...see below... Ending up at Red Leicester!
Tickets are £2 available from Monday 7th Feb outside the SB Room.
- Monday 7th Feb 11 - 1
- Tuesday 8th Feb 11 - 1,
- Wednesday 9th Feb 11 - 1
Route and drinks deals!
- Start at WALKABOUT (Granby St) at 7.30pm. VK Apple/Cherry - £1.50, Jagerbomb - £2.00.
- CORN EXCHANGE. 1.70 Becks and VK.
- VARSITY (Friar Lane not London Rd). Draught beers - £1.50, 2 for 1 on VK and Becks, Jagerbomb - £2.00.
- VODKA REVS. Vodka redbull - £2.00, selected bottles £2.00.
- RED LEICESTER!
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PCSB Geology Barcrawl
Monday 18th October 2010
The Geology T Shirt Bar Crawl for 2010 is coming! One of the best nights in your social calender!
Plenty of challenges and games on the night.... Not to be missed!
Sign up with PCSB Society sign ups to guarantee your t shirt for the night!
T Shirt + 'I Love Mondays at Liquid' Ticket = £5 for members (£6 non members)
Bar Crawl route....(subject to change):
- Meet in the Scholar (Union) at 7:30pm
- Varsity
- Time
- Walkabout
- Corn Exchange
- Liquid
A night which will be remembered....or not....!
Any questions email Jess Rawling jlr21@le.ac.uk or Sarah Hey sh375@le.ac.uk
2009 – 2010
Hello everyone,
After the Easter holidays we will be organising the election for the new committee to run the PCSB Geology Society for the 2010/2011 academic year.
Students from any year group are welcome to run for any position. Voting will be by ballot slip (on a day to be arranged after Easter), so get thinking whether you would like to run for a position!
After Easter, an initial sign-up sheet will be going up on the General Notice Board.
The positions available are:
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President
Oversee the running of the society, chair the staff-student committee, attend staff meetings.
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Secretary
Arrange the fortnightly PCSB Monday afternoon guest lectures.
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Treasurer
Keep the society accounts in order, stop the rest of the society spending too much!
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Social Sec (x2)
Organise social events, get to know everyone and help new first years feel at home.
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Fieldtrip Secretary
Arrange the Ingleton fieldtrip and any other optional fieldtrips (Lakes, Castleton etc) or day-trips.
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Merchandise Secretary
Sort out the hoodie/t-shirt orders, organise all other equipment orders needed (mapping board plastic etc).
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Advertising Secretary
Make the posters, facebook groups/events and help advertise all of the PCSB talks and social events.
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Webmaster
Keep the PCSB website up to date.
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Sports Secretary
Keep in line the Leicester Magmatics Rugby team, Geology FC and organise other sporting events.
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Post-graduate Rep
Advise the committee or help with any general issues that do not need staff involvement.
Nominees are welcome to campaign for votes, this could include; Facebook groups, t-shirts, (sweets!) etc. Please do NOT stick posters up around the department though.
Further information will be provided after Easter, this email is for you to get thinking if you would like to help run the Society!
Thanks everyone.
Camille Burgess
PCSB President
Annual Literary and Philosophical Society Saturday Seminar
The Earth's Crazy Paving: A 21st Century Perspective on Plate Tectonics
00:00 – 00:00 – by Geology
The full day of talks will be presented by Professors Joe Cann, James Jackson, Andreas Rietbrock and Hugh Rollinson, and Drs Dickson Cunningham, Steve Jones and Alan Owen, all highly regarded leaders in the field. These discounted tickets are limited and will be sold on a first come first serve basis.
Tickets can be purchased from Kay Hawkins (room G30) For more details about the Seminar, please contact me (sjb120), Kay Hawkins (kh62), see the website: www.charnia.org.uk or search for the society’s group on facebook. Thanks Steven Briggs
£(10.00 students) 20.00 with buffet lunch, £(7 students) 14.00 without,
Magmatics Dodgeball Team
Inter society/club teams competing in a University-Wide competition with a cash prize for the winning teams group.
12:00 – 17:00 Queens Hall
DODGE, DUCK, DIP, DIVE and DODGE!!!
The PCSB society is putting together a team to compete against other departments and societies on the 3rd Feb (Wednesday). It's £1.00 to enter and all the money collected from the event will go towards the PCSB society if we win. Our MAGMATICS team can be found here...
http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=dodgeball&init=quick#/event.php?eid=271527155775&ref=ss
...and so far it looks like we will have enough for a seperate PCSB team. This promises to be a good laugh and we are encouraging everybody and anybody to join in. If you have any questions just message Sports Sec Steve Collet via Facebook.
Good Luck and remember, IF YOU CAN DODGE A RENCH YOU CAN DODGE A BALL!!!
£1.00
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