Merry Spookmas Eve(week) | T1W4 Newsletter

We have quite the social week for everyone! With a bonus trip to Leamington and Kasbah next Monday, what's not to love!

This week, will be a bit more relaxed with the haunting mid-term deadlines, but that hasn't stopped us! Our courses are still going strong, and we have quite the set of social events for you all!

🍔 Weekly Pub Meal

🕖 Mon 24 Oct 7pm - 9pm 📍 Dirty Duck
Celebrate the start of your fourth week of teaching with a meal and some chat! We'll be on campus in the Duck, so it's nearly nowhere to go!

🌐 xSoc Python Course Session 4

🕖 Tue 25 Oct 7pm - 9pm 📍 OC0.03 / OC0.01 Week 4 is run by the third collaborator: Warwick AI! It will cover File Handling & The Command Line and will put them in practice like last week.

This course will take you from a complete novice to creating a quiz program, so if you've fancied creating some gadgets, a website, or automating some daily task: this course will bring anyone up to speed! Find materials and catch-up on previous weeks at go.uwcs.uk/python

🎮 Wildcards Gaming

🕛 Wed 26 Oct 5pm - 8pm 📍 Department of Computer Science
For wildcards - women and non-binary students only! We have a bonus gaming for wildcards! Come and give some of our consoles & VR a go in peace.

⚙️ Rust Course 3

🕖 Thu 27 Oct 7pm - 9pm 📍 Department of Computer Science
For experienced programmers. Learn one of the most loved languages by developers! We had a sneak peek at traits last week, but now we get the real thing. This week we'll finish our content with traits and error handling! In our lab, we'll get you started on raytracing or finishing off CHIP-8. The recordings of the first two sessions can be found on our YouTube channel.

With the support of a grant by the Rust Foundation, we'll be guiding you through what makes Rust stand out from the crowd, and get hands-on with some projects. First, Tic-tac-toe. Next, a Chip-8 Interpreter. Finally, a Graphics Raytracer built from the ground up. Not to be missed!

Follow along at rs118.uwcs.co.uk

🎮 Spooky Friday Night Gaming

🕗 Fri 28 Oct 8pm - 11:59pm 📍 Department of Computer Science
Since we are approaching Halloween, we're gonna have something suitably spooky for you all! Join us Friday for a night of fun! With a ton of games and consoles, plus our VR setup. I may have spent my whole time at the last Friday Night Gaming furiously trying to fix the computers, but it seems like fun was had by everyone (else).

In other news, I've been busy adding games to GamingGet, our lovely free game system, come along and give a few a go. The new additions include: Terraria, Stardew Valley, Factorio, and maybe something spooky!

🌳 Touching Grass

🕐 Sat 29 Oct 1pm - 4pm 📍 Leamington
Join our (very weather dependent) picnic! We'll be touching some grass in Leamington, so come explore with us! We'll be starting the trip from the campus bus interchange to collect y'all, don't worry we also have a poor weather plan, in case the weather becomes particularly British.

Next Week...

👻 Spooky Weekly Pub Meal

🕖 Mon 31 Oct 7pm - 9pm 📍 City Arms
We'll be getting spooky on Halloween in Coventry! We're making a detour from our usual rotation to the City Arms both for a change in scenery and so we are closer to the next stop: Kasbah!

👻 Spooky Kasbah

🕘 Mon 31 Oct 9pm - 11:59pm 📍 Kasbah
🎶Spooky Scary Skeletons send shivers down your spine🎶 Get your spooky and clubbing fix in Kasbah!

'Tis the season to be jolly spooky, fa-lalalalaa-la-la-la-laaa

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Sponsors

The society relies on sponsorship to fund events, infrastructure, and all that free pizza you all love so much, so go check out our three sponsors we have lined up for this academic year:

Student Roost - The Oaks The Oaks is a student accommodation in Coventry with more brand new rooms for 2022. Situated less than a 10-minute walk from the University of Warwick and the only purpose-built student accommodation next to Warwick’s 750-acre main campus on the outskirts of Coventry, the accommodation is a popular choice among Warwick students. The Oaks Coventry combines the best of campus living within studio and en-suite rooms and easy transport links to and from nearby places of interest Coventry, Warwick, and Leamington Spa. Sound good? Book early to avoid disappointment for next year, or if you're still looking for a place for this year, The Oaks still have rooms available, including their new en-suite rooms for only £159pw! Find out more at https://www.studentroost.co.uk/locations/coventry/the-oaks.

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Find out more at https://uwcs.co.uk/sponsors