Soft Eng? More Like Hard Eng :sadge-5:| Newsletter T2W8

Sorry for you second-years out there (this includes me)

yup yup week 8 is here, it is doomed. the deadlines are coming for us :(

HOWEVER, we've still got tons going on so don't be consumed by the inevitable stress just yet!

We've got those weekly classics, like our Pub Meal, Comp Cafe, or Friday Night Gaming that allow you to enjoy the food, vibes, and people!

We've also got our AGM this week! Elections are coming up so if you're interested in an exec position please do run!

There's also a few awesome talks going on this week, so it might be worth checking them out (especially you first-years).

ALSO, ALL FINAL YEAR STUDENTS PLEASE FILL OUT THE NATIONAL STUDENT SURVEY!! your say matters, and it only takes a few minutes!

🍔 Pub Meal 🍔

🕔 Mon 26 Feb 6pm - 8pm 📍 Phantom Coach
𝚢𝚎𝚜, 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝟹𝟹% 𝚘𝚏𝚏!!

Another pub meal, and we are heading right on over to the Phantom Coach! (we totally didnt go last week dont worry about it)

Come on over for some bites and chats with all of us as term is slowly coming to an end and we all lose our minds a bit!

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☕️ Comp Café ☕️

🕑 Tue 27 Feb 5pm - 9pm 📍 CS0.06
𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕘𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕔𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕔 𝕨𝕖𝕒𝕡𝕠𝕟𝕤

TERM IS PROCEEDING. EVERYTHING IS BECOMING A BIT MORE STRESSFUL. THAT MEANS WE ARE GOING SLOWLY INTO FULL ACADEMIC WEAPONRY.

How can you do this you may ask? By enjoying some snacks and drinks from Comp Cafe and working away in the labs ofc!

There will always be free vend from the coffee machine in the common room for anyone wanting that as well :)

⚡ Lightning Talks ⚡

🕑 Wed 28 Feb 1pm - 2pm 📍 OC 1.09
𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤! (𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘶𝘯 𝘪𝘮 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺)

Listen to a series of short talks about anything and everything to do with computer sicence.

You can find out the specific topics and speakers on our Instagram or on our Discord server. I've heard that there might be a bit about time travel and blue LEDs, so you probably don't want to miss this!

AGM

🕑 Thu 29 Feb 5pm - 9pm 📍 OC 1.07
𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚑 𝚠𝚎'𝚛𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝚐𝚘 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝙱𝚄𝚃 𝙰𝙻𝚂𝙾 𝙴𝙻𝙴𝙲𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽𝚂!

It is that time of the year for our annual general meeting!, so we will having a presentation going over everything that's gone on this year, plus our elections for new exec next year :D

also, there might be free pizza if you come soooooo..... :)

👾 Friday Night Gaming 👾

🕔 Fri 1 Mar 7pm - 11:59pm 📍 DCS
𝑔𝒶𝓂𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒷𝑒 𝑔𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓈 𝑔𝒶𝓂𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒹𝑜

Friday night gaming ain't stopping and neither are we. We've got our typical games, snacks, and music to vibe with after whatever the hell this week is.

We have tons of consoles and games you can play around with if you want (or need) a break! Steam, Jackbox, Wii, Rockband and more!

Stop by and enjoy our weekly FNG with us!

Kubernetes

🕔 Sun 3 Mar 1pm - 3pm 📍 CS0.06
𝕚 𝕙𝕒𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕠𝕠𝕘𝕝𝕖 𝕨𝕥𝕗 𝕜𝕦𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕥𝕖𝕤 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤, 𝕚𝕞 𝕤𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕪

Kubernetes is an open-source tool that automates deploying and managing containerised, high-availability applications. Come and learn how to use it!

this is a PDP point for you first-years, so come and learn about it if you need a point and want some interesting info!

this is so late i am so sorry :wah:

im gonna be out of the job soon though, so my newsletter will slowly be stopping :(

good luck to everyone running for exec though and i'm so excited for the society next year!! ~serene