35 hours of no sleep.............. | Newsletter T1W6

Mon 09 Nov Newsletter

[8th November 2026, 3:00pm Entry] As of now, my body is breaking down. I hadn't had any proper rest. I am at WHACK, right before the closing ceremony. My body is giving up. As a 2-year WHACK veteran, my body is not built for this. It is literally decomposing as we speak. Probably due the sheer amount of monster donated to me (probs due to horror of my state), or the freezer it is in WHACK sleeping room that I laid awake for my 15 minutes of sleep attempt, or my whole WHACK team scrolling instagram brain rot as I write this ; they're coping with our crippling bodies.

This is not a cry for help. Trust me it is not. I promote WHACK greatly because it brings me much psychological joy (it's genuinely fun) BUT IT BREAKS MY BODY SO MUCH I am actually turning into an unc as a third year. Oh yeah I forgot to mention that I lost my voice before WHACK due to UWCS Next Steps and was coughing consistently. Yes, I am crippled.

Anyways, to those who attended WHACK, I hope you had a great time, made great memories, and gained invaluable experiences to throw into your LinkedIn, CV, and/or interviews of course! 🥳🥳 And thank you Jakub, our LEAD Organiser, for such a well organised event!

[9th November 2026, 4:03pm Entry] My voice is gone. My head hurts. I slept for 16 hours straight with a single fire alarm interruption. But, no regrets.

💜 Welfare Notice

UWCS has two Welfare Officers: Kevin (Discord: yummycatfood) and Erica (Discord: heldesar). They can also be reached via their email inbox at welfare@uwcs.co.uk.

You can speak to them at any time via Discord, email, and in person, for advice, signposting, and support. This can be for navigating the uni's support services, disclosing inappropriate or concerning behaviour at one of our events, and much more.

Any discussions you have with them will be treated sensitively. They will not share details more widely without your permission, except where they believe there is a serious risk of harm, a safeguarding concern, or another situation where they are required to escalate.

🍔 UWCS PUBMEAL 🍔

🕖 Mon 9th Nov 7pm - 9pm 📍 The Phantom Coach

If you've beben traumatised by pizza from WHACK, this is good for you

I love pub meals! LET'S GET SOME BORGORS AND FRIES

For UWCS' Weeks 6, 8 and 10 Pub meals, we are located @ the Phantom Coach!

📝 OSIF Week - CS260 - Algorithms 📝

🕐 Wed 11th Nov 1pm - 3pm 📍 CS1.04

Git Good you fuckers

Well if ur saying "Oh Shit, Im Fucked!", well then golly good gosh do I have an event for you.

Don't worry about the complexity, just traverse your way into CS1.04 and place OSIF week into your schedule. This will be our OSIF week revision lecture where we will be going over all the content from Week 1 to Week 6, so if you feel like you have gaps.

💜 Wildcards & Chill (Nintendo) 💜

🕒 Wed 11th Nov 3pm - 5pm 📍 FAB4.73

Switch it up a little bit yk

Wildcards & Chill - Week 6 edition!!

We’re gonna play some Nintendo games!! Mario Kart, Just Dance, FORK KNIFE?? (jk.... unless??)

We'll have multiple Switches, so no need to bring anything, unless you want to!

Do you have zero experience with these?? Not to worry, we’ll explain everything!

But most importantly - FREE SNACK AND DRINKS‼️‼️

these will be provided from Co-op courtesy of DCS 🙏

💻 Comp Cafe 💻

🕔 Wed 11th Nov 5pm - 8pm 📍 CS0.02

Grind with fuel

Computing Cafe is a weekly space for catching up on studies and assignments with other students.

Did I mention there'll be free snacks?

Why leave revision to the last minute when you can revise with free snacks?

🏃 Run Club 🏃

🕔 Fri 13th Nov 5pm - 6pm 📍 Outside DCS

Don't walk. Run.

Weekly Friday 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 be ready for impromptu shenanigans as we are always looking for new ways to surprise and delight our attendees.

FOR ALL ABILITY LEVELS. Whether this is your first or five hundredth time running please show up, we're really nice!

Strava - UWCS Run Club

👾 Friday Night Gaming 👾

🕖 Fri 13th Nov 7pm - Sat 14th Nov 3am 📍 CS0.03

Unlimited games, but not games.

The Friday Night™ fun continues outside of Welcome Week in unquestionably the best way to round off the week, nooooooo bias found here 👀.

Your Gaming Coordinators for this exec cycle are: Mafi (sinisterglace) Luna (lunazeta_), Santiago (colombian.), Maddie (fridge06), Tanzil (stu67nt), and Pan (ncga). Your Gaming Fresher's Rep is Gayan (senor.egg). Come up to us if you need help logging in, finding something, or even just to yap (we dont bite :D). We'll often be identifiable by our exec hoodies :3

It wouldn't be Friday Night Gaming™ without the Gaming™🎮, or the geese... but mainly the gaming and we have a BIG selection of things for you to choose from. Actually the geese are integral to FNG... alas.

There are loads of options for consoles: Xbox (with Rockband), Wii, Nintendo Switch 1s (yes thats plurarl) AND a Nintendo Switch 2, PS4, our pet PS5 which supports basically ALL PS4 games and more! All of these have a HUGE variety of games.

More into Steam? You can login to Steam on your own account! Not only that, but you can get full access to the department computers and enjoy a wide selection of free games (wow!)

AND WE'RE STILLLLL NOT DONEEEE. We have a VR headset, go get immersed in your favourite 🏎️🏎️ car go vroom games™ or others! Beat Saber in particular a popular choice, but we have PLENTY of options available!

Not to mention we have a RACING RIG!! Go spin that wheel and press those pedals, and fiddle with your gears. Get on those in game roads and REV that engine until youre on a motorway in a 3 wheel car at 120mph.

AND THATS STILLLLLLL NOT IT YETTTT. For those of you that prefer a little less video in your game, we have some board games in our cupboards for you to get along with.

thats it... for now 👀

We hope to see you there :3

Important: FNG is a sober event, please don't bring alcohol in, or you will be asked to leave.

Also Important: Tidy up after yourself before leaving, the department does a great kindness in letting us run this event, it'd be nice if we could stay on their good side!🙏

Also Also Important: Use the wrist straps when using joycons so you don't accidentally... maybe throw one and WHACK a computer and perhaps break it.... yeah

🖥️ OSIF Week - CS130 - DM for CS 🖥️

🕐 Sat 14th Nov 1pm - 2:30pm 📍 MS.01

Oh fuck, shit, git

Well if ur saying "Oh Shit, Im Fucked!", well then golly good gosh do I have an event for you.

This will be our OSIF week revision lecture where we will be going over all the content from Week 1 to Week 6, so if you feel like you have gaps, then you've come to the right place.

🖲️ OSIF Week - CS132 - Org & Arc 🖲️

🕒 Sat 14th Nov 3pm - 4:30pm 📍 MS.01

Golly Jit Git

Well if ur saying "Oh Shit, Im Fucked!", well then golly good gosh do I have an event for you.

This will be our OSIF week revision lecture where we will be going over all the content from Week 1 to Week 6, so if you feel like you have gaps, then you've come to the right place.

🎲 OSIF Week - CS275 - Probability and Statistics 🎲

🕐 Sun 15th Nov 1pm - 2:30pm 📍 MS.01

Fun fact: Warwick is top 3 in the world and top 1 in the uk for producing legendary poker players

Well if ur saying "Oh Shit, Im Fucked!", well then golly good gosh do I have an event for you.

This will be our OSIF week revision lecture where we will be going over all the content from Week 1 to Week 6, so if you feel like you have gaps, then you've come to the right place.

🗄️ OSIF Week - CS258 - Database Systems 🗃️

🕒 Sun 15th Nov 3pm - 4:30pm 📍 MS.01

Security is important guys

Well if ur saying "Oh Shit, Im Fucked!", well then golly good gosh do I have an event for you.

This will be our OSIF week revision lecture where we will be going over all the content from Week 1 to Week 6, so if you feel like you have gaps, then you've come to the right place.

If you got all the way down here, thanks for reading my content as always and I hope you've had an enjoyable term so far. Of course, please come to UWCS events if you're feeling like a break from coursework :)

-- Crystal