University Election Package

Presidential Candidates

Students at the University of Winchester have the chance to vote for their next Student Union president this week, writes Daniel Mackrell.

Three candidates are running for the position this year, and the results will be announced Thursday 29th at 3pm.

Presidential candidate, Sam Quested said at the Q&A session on Tuesday evening 'Taking on something so big would be a massive challenge'.

All three of the campaigners have been greeting students around campus, handing out leaflets and promoting their manifesto.

Harry Stow said while campaigning on Tuesday: 'I'd be so happy if I would be able to achieve this role'

Candidate, Andrew Teale said on Tuesday evening: 'I know it's not a 9 to 5 job, and i'l put everything into it, even if it means working long hours into the night'.
Current SU President, Seb Meill will be stepping down at the end of this semester which has left the position available for a new president.

The online AV voting system is running between 10am Monday 26th until 3pm on Thursday 29th.

Candidate List

President Candidates

Samuel Quested

Harry 'Kodak' Stow

Andrew Teale

Vice President, Activites Candidates

Jonny 'Bizzle' Brason

Jack Griffiths

Daniel lockwood

Francesca long

Daniel McAtarsney

Chris Watson

Academic Affairs (HSS Faculty) Candidate

Thomas Lowe

Communications Candidates

Megan Magrath

Jennifer Pringle

Entertainments Candidates

Megan Magrath

Jennifer Pringle

Entertainments Candidates

Gemma Carden

Chelcie Peryer-Davis

Lauren Williams

Equality & Diversity Candidates

Will Kelly

Akil Morgan

Ethical & Enivironmental Candidate

Alexander Walker

International Students Candidates

Kora Kirby

Eleanor Liverakos

Participation & Volunteering Candidates

Aston harrison

Kaily Nathan

Kristian Pigeon

Welfare Candidates

Sophie Farmer

Abby Paige Jeffery

Tor Radjen

To find out more about the candidates, and to vote for your preferred candidates, go to www.winchesterstudent.co.uk

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Winol Semester 2 Week 9

Week starting 26/03/2012

Monday.
In this week's debrief, I recieved some good feedback from my lecturers.
Mainly for my ability to construct a package, and be able to pack so much into a one minute package in terms of content, and also for good scripting.

This week I had two ideas for a story. The first dipped into my 'news beat' of Science and Technology, it was a new 3D machine that is expected to help tackle lung disease, and was being developed at the university of Southampton, visually it could be very interesting.

My other story idea was to cover this years University elections. I soon decided to make this my priority, because it would appeal to one of our key audiences (students). Leaflets and campaigners were all across campus, so it was clear that this was something most students would know about.

I managed to arrange an interview and general filming with one of the three candidates for tuesday afternoon, and was just waiting to hear back from the other two.

Tuesday.

Today I was able to meet all 3 candidates in the afternoon, two let me film them campaigning. I followed one campaigner as they travelled through campus, and through the West Downs student accommodation where they were handing out flyers and knocking on doors.

Later in the evening, I filmed the election Q&A which took place in 'The Stripe' building on campus. It gave me a few good shots, such as the three candidates sitting next to each other. I was also able to interview the two candidates that I hadn't yet interviewed, which allowed me to have a balanced/fair story.

Wednesday.

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Olympic Hopeful Package

OLYMPIC HOPEFULS BURNING DESIRE

Winchester resident Louise Damen is hopeful of earning a team GB marathon spot for the London Olympics, writes Daniel Mackrell.

She will take part in this years London Marathon, and if she can impress, she may be selected to compete beside Paula Radcliffe and Mara Yamauchi.

Louise, 30, said on Friday 'It would be a dream come true'.

The PE teacher finished under the olympic qualfying time in her debut appearance in last years London Marathon.

The marathon, taking place on 22nd April, is likely to have a big influence on the decision of the final member of Team GB's womens marathon team.

The Olympic torch route through Winchester was announced on Monday, and it will pass places such as Hyde Street, the Winchester Cathedral and the upper high street.

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Winol Semester 2 Week 8

Week Starting 19/03/2012

Friday. Today I went to interview Louise Damen, a Winchester athlete.

Me and Flick met her outside the River Park leaisure centre, and then walked over to the field to shoot the interview, as well as various gvs, and sequence shots.
I was quite pleased the responses I got from the questions.

Monday



Tuesday
I decided that it would be good to combine both my interview with Louise and the announcement of the specific torch route through Winchester, because it would add more to my package, which I felt was needed.
After speaking with Brian, he showed me the BBC's coverage of the torch announcement on Mondays 'News at 10'. It gave me a few ideas of what I could do with my package.

Wednesday.
Today I finished my package by just tweaking a few bits of the voiceover after angus and brian looked over it.

I also helped Graham to film some of his package about the fuel prices, for our budget special bulletin this week.

It included trying to get some vox pops from the public about their feelings towards the possible fuel related announcements in Wednesdays budget.

On the day, the fuel announcements were different to what we expected, which meant Graham had to alter the angle of his story late in the day, which he did well.

Overall, I was quite pleased with my package this week, as it

Feedback notes.
This week, Angus Scott gave me some feedback on my news package on the olympic torch route and local marathon runner.

This week's bulletin

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Logical Positivism

The Vienna Circle

Wittgenstein - Language games - Everything you've ever thought takes place in a series of rules.
A situation bound by certain rules.

Personalities associated with the movement.

The meaning of a word is determined by the way it is used in a particular language game.

'We speak how we do because of what we do'.

Wittgenstein was a mechanic, eventually felt there was no point in language.

Wrote 'The Book' and 'The Other Book' (also known as 'The Brown Book' and 'The Blue Book').

Art - Paul Klee - Modern abstract art.
'A house is a machine for living in.

Logical Positivists generally admire Hume.
People in the Vienna Circle were hated by Nazis.

Inductive propositions about humans impossible (Freudian Influence)
Social Darwinism/progressivism - 'Social evolution'.

No dialectics, no hegel, no necessary processes in nature.

Most deductive/ analytic propositions are not valid ('emotive' - Ayer)
Some 'revisionist' Marxist principle accepted (partic-ideology).

Wittgenstein - Emoting and thinking are not the same thing.

Marxist - 'dialectical materialism' rejected as metaphysical dogma.

Pragmatism and provisional truths - the method the scientific laboratory.
Technical work on logic.

The Verification Principle
(most important aspect of the movement)
It is the view that a statement or question is only legitimate if there is some way of determining whether the statements true or false.

If you speak of doubt you can't speak of knowledge.

To say you have an idea of pain is senseless.
Don't look inside yourself, look at the use of words in everyday life.
Linguistic, mathematical, religious problems - No philosophical problems.
Philosophy is a biproduct of misunderstanding language.
In philosophy they try to give things a physical form when it doesn't have one. Eg- Soul, Pain etc...

Freddy Ayer - Language, Truth and Logic.

The previous debate about what is true and what is not true has been a waste of time.

Statements that cannot be verified are rubbish.

'The method of verification is the truth of a statement' - says Ayer.

'Of that which we can not speak, we must remain silent' - Wittgenstein.

Karl Popper - A statement which is unfalsafiable can never be scientifically valid.

Russell - Invisible teapot proposition.

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

1 - The world is everything that is the case.
2 - What is the case, the fact, is the existence of atomic facts.
3 - The logical picture of the facts is the thought.
4 - The thought is the significant proposition.
5 - Propositions are truth-functions of elementary propositions.
(An elementary propisition is a truth-function of itself)
6 - The general form of truth-functions is - This is te genera form of proposition
7 - Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.

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Bloodhound Package

BEATING THE BULLET

A car hoping to reach 1000mph was on display in Southampton last weekend, writes Daniel Mackrell.

The team behind the Bloodhound SSC hold the current land-speed record with the Thrust SSC, which broke the sound barrier travelling at 763mph in 1997.

The car, to be driven by Andy Green (the current record holder) would be faster than a bullet if the speed is reached.

At an impressive 13.4 metres long, the hope is to inspire future generations to pursue interests in science and engineering.

Member of the Bloodhound team, Jo Finch said on Saturday: 'To see a car with those kinds of dimensions, that long and yet so sleek was just jaw on the floor time. It was brilliant.'

With 3 engines and a hybrid rocket, the super sonic car should be capable of reaching 1000mph in just 42 seconds.

With construction ending at the end of this year, the plan is to launch the car in South Africa at the start of 2013.

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Winol Semester 2 Week 7

Week Starting 12/03/201

Saturday (10/03/2012)
Today I got aranged a press pass for a Science and Engineering Day at the University of Southampton.
We've been told that if we go to event, the focus should not be on the event itself, instead we should find a story within the event.

Before heading their, I already knew that my main focus would be on a model vehicle called the Bloodhound SSC, which hopes to reach 1000mph. I made sure to get a number of shots, as well as shots of a special 'bloodhound experience' that they had on the day for people(mainly children) to use. I asked permission of some parents to record some of the footage, but the media officer assured me that generally it was ok to film the public as their were signs informing them that filming would be taking place.

One of the most interesting parts of the day was that I was walking around with the press officer alongside two ITV journalists who were filming the whole event itself.It was interesting to see how they decided to interact with the public, and decide on their shots. They moved to multiple areas before deciding on a place to shoot one of their interviewees.
When at the bloodhound, I managed to find a good spot to film some of the 'bloodhound experience', and one of the itv crew asked me when I was done so they could stand in my spot. I felt quite good that I had found a spot that ITV wanted.

I also filmed some Vegetable Orchestra, but it wasn't quite what I had hoped. I was hoping for a touring orchestra that uses vegetables as their instruments, but it was more simply a small workshop for families to construct their own vegetable instruments

Monday
Today kind of replaced Tuesday, in that I was editing the majority of my package together, including the majority of the voiceover. We also had the usual news meetings and debreif where we analysed the previous weeks bulletin.

Tuesday
This morning I helped Louis with his 2 interviews in Southampton, including one with the head of the Southampton City Council. Unfortunately the two stories Lou had fell apart, but when we returned to the news room in the afteroon, I was able to record the final piece of my voiceover, to finish my package completely.

Wednesday
As usual. today was very busy.
I was first asked to edit together an oov on a planned biomass plant in Southampton. A similar oov was developed the week before by Graham using stock footage, but the oov wasn't used in the end. I made it a bit fresher from the week before, so it was still usable.

This weeks bulletin

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