MHOAↃK is kill, pls buy me a mocha | Newsletter T1W3

We find ourselves living within an oblate sphere, and sometimes that leads us to strange places, to do strange things, to experience strange events and timelines. And well, this strange timeline finds me writing another strange newsletter, following a 54 hour awake time from an SU saga, to FNG, to once again attempting to sort our cupboards, to doing the night shift again at WHACK.

After much wearing of a hard hat, eating a lot of food, rickrolling thrice at 4:30am, and realising picking the train track with an infinite number of people on it in the demented version of the trolley problem creates 1/12th of a life, and far more, I can confirm I have now slept, hallelujah!

Thank you to everyone that attended WHACK, we hope you enjoyed it and we hope to see you at more events in the future :)

Frep Elections

Thank you for all the interest people have shown already, don't worry, information regarding the frep elections will start coming in soon!

Welfare Notice

UWCS has 2 Welfare Officers: Raven (Discord: raven0034) and Thomas (Discord: tomo.li). We're here for signposting and advice, and it's important that you look after your wellbeing! There's usually one of us at the vast majority of events, and especially for ensuring welfare presence at drinking events - often we'll be identifiable by our exec hoodies!

🎂 MOSAIC Picnics 🎂

🕛 Mon 20th, Tue 21st, Thu 23rd, Fri 24th Oct 12pm - 1pm 📍 A0.05 (Zeeman Undergrad Workroom)

Workroom bc yano, working to eat all the free food :O

MOSAIC are a cross-department initiative between Maths, Stats and Computer Science to create safe spaces for people from under-represented backgrounds, to find peers of similar backgrounds and experiences. Students from all stages (UG, PGT, PGR) are welcome to attend!

People of Colour: Monday 12pm - 1pm, hosted by Neha Neurodivergent & Disabled: Tuesday 12pm - 1pm, hosted by Michael Women: Thursday 12pm - 1pm, host TBC LGBTQ+: Friday 12pm - 1pm, hosted by Elliot

You can bring your own lunch, but you don't have to - snacks will be provided!

Register your interest here

🍔 Pub Dinner 🍔

🕖 Mon 20th Oct 7pm - 9pm 📍 The Dirty Duck

The fire alarm did go off at Pop, but not because the Duck was getting cleaned

Our latest installment of a staple of UWCS socials takes us back to The Dirty Duck on campus this week. We'll post an update on our Discord about which tables we're at - usually it'll be towards the middle, but there was a bit of confusion last time, and we did have to sorta spawn camp (thanks to Tech Crew for relinquishing their tables and continuing on their pub crawl!)

📚 XSoc Leetcode Workshop - Sliding Windows and Arrays 📚

🕕 Tue 21st Oct 6pm - 7pm 📍 JX2.02

Don't you see the leet? Look at the leet! It's so bright and beautiful!

Join us for our second XSoc Leetcode Workshop, covering sliding windows and arrays! This (and remaining sessions) session will be held in JX2.02 in the Junction Building!

🔊 Marshall Wace Talk 🔊

🕑 Wed 22nd Oct 2pm - 4pm 📍 MS.02

They told you no ways, we tell yes Wace

That's right, we have another company talk - this time a workshop by one of our silver sponsors, Marshall Wace, who will be running a workshop on what it's like to work in tech there

And you hear a melodic hum in the winds? ...... freeeeee pizzaaaaaaaaaaa

Hope to see you there :O

👩 Ada Lovelace Day 👩

🕑 Wed 22nd Oct 2pm - 5pm 📍 MS.01

The work of Ada and many wonderful women paved the way for much of where we find ourselves today - and here I am just writing cheesy newsletter jokes smh

Join us for a celebration of women's achievements in STEM, featuring various speakers and panels!

Find out more information over at: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/maths/general/edi/ada_lovelace25/

🪿 Wildcards: Honk & Chill 🪿

🕒 Wed 22nd Oct 3pm - 5pm 📍 CS0.07

HONK HONK, THE GOOSE ARMY FORMATION SHALL NOT BE BROKEN

Do you crave to get HONKED at? Worry not then - join the Wildcards in feeding the ducks and all your desires will be fulfilled! We’ll meet at DCS and have some supplies for feeding the ducks, but please bring along anything they might like :))

🌊 C Course (Session 2) 🌊

🕕 Thu 23rd Oct 6pm - 7pm 📍 CS0.06

If you struggle to see, go to Specsavers, if you struggle to sea, don't go to Boatsavers, and if you struggle to C, you've got the perfect place!

Join us for the second session of our C course in DCS!

🐍 XSoc Python Course (Session 3) 🐍

🕖 Thu 23rd Oct 7pm - 9pm 📍 MS.04

Quite a few did some WHACKing with the world's pet snake, here's the chance to do some more!

Join us for the third session of our yearly cross-society Python course! This session will be covering heaps and queues :O

🏃 Run Club 🏃

🕔 Fri 24th Oct 5pm - 6pm 📍 Outside DCS

RUUUUUUUUUN RUUUUUUUUUUN RUUUUUUUUUUN

Weekly runs, open to all members and friends of UWCS. An average week might look like a 5k around campus on a pre-planned route, but as this is the first term for which the event is being run, expect to see a variety of ideas each week. FOR ALL ABILITY LEVELS. Strava - UWCS Run Club

• Meet outside DCS at 17:00. Won't leave right away.
• Exec responsible are Zach (doggy_w00f) and Alfie (brentfordarmy2398)

🎮 Friday Night Gaming (7pm till LateTM) 🎮

🕖 Fri 24th Oct 7pm - LATE 📍 CS0.03

One more till Halloween FNG, and then LAN, and then LAN

The Friday night fun continues in unquestionably the best way to round off the week Raven is definitely not biased in writing this, along with free snacks and drinks.

Important: FNG is a sober event, please don't bring alcohol in, or you will be asked to leave. Also Important: Make sure to tidy up after yourself before leaving, the department does a great kindness in letting us run this event, preferably we stay on their good side!

The Gaming Coordinators this year are: Raven (raven0034), Rob (spooky3142), Lyon (keyboardsky), Arda (mangowizard) and Sharvil (w.0lf) - come find us at any point if you need help, or even just to yap. We'll often be identifiable by our exec hoodies :)

We have a huge selection of fun activities for you to choose from, so come along for a great night :)

There are tons of options for consoles: Xbox with Rockband, Wii, Nintendo Switches (including a Switch 2!), PS4 and more—all having a huge variety of games.

If you are more into Steam, we have that too, just ask us for our DCS account login! Not only that, but you can get full access to the department computers and enjoy a wide selection of free games (wow!)

It doesn't stop there folks. We also have a freaking Oculus VR headset, so you can immerse yourself in Metaverse games. Beat Saber is a popular choice, but we have tons of options!

Did you think that was it? We even have Jackbox along with other party games that will continue through the night.

Hope to see you there :3

🍺 Pint Hunt 🍺

🕖 Sat 25th Oct 7pm - 11:59pm 📍 TBC

This tagline is to be confirmed ;)

TBC - Keep an eye on our Discord for more info!

Anyway, remember, safety first, don your hard-hats, and don't try the 50+ hours awake thing at home!

~ Raven :3