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Past society events

This is a list of past events held or celebrated by our society between 2007/09/28 and 2007/12/04.

Sunshine

The Sun is being destroyed from inside out by a type of highly stable form of matter that renders nuclear fusion impossible, by turning common matter on its own kind. The only hope is to send a team of astronauts to detonate a massive, highly energetic bomb, able to destroy this strange matter and restore Sun's natural state.

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When:

Stardate: 20071204.1900
Until:

Stardate: 20071204.2100
Where:
Queen's Building
Who:
Members Only
Pan's Labyrinth

In 1944, in the post-Civil War in Spain, rebels still fight in the mountains against the fascist troops. The young and imaginative Ofelia travels with her pregnant and sick mother Carmen Vidal to the country to meet and live with her stepfather, the sadistic and cruel Captain Vidal, in an old mill. During the night, Ofelia meets a fairy and together they go to a pit in the center of a maze where they meet a faun that tells that she is a princess from a kingdom in the underground. He also tells that her father is waiting for her, but she needs to accomplish three gruesome, tough and dangerous assignments first. Meanwhile, she becomes friend of the servant Mercedes, who is the sister of one of the rebels and actually is giving support to the group. In a dark, harsh and violent world, Ofelia lives her magical world trying to survive her tasks and see her father and king again.

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When:

Stardate: 20071127.1900
Until:

Stardate: 20071127.2100
Where:
Queen's Building
Who:
Members Only
Members' Choice Night

A slightly adapted concept, this basically means that the President will bring about 3 or 4 films to the evening, and people vote for which one they want to watch.

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When:

Stardate: 20071120.1900
Until:

Stardate: 20071120.2100
Where:
Queen's Building
Who:
Members Only
Stargate

A strange and mysterious artifact is found in Egypt and after many years of study is eventually discovered to be a Stargate. A device that allows fast and safe transportation to a planet on the far side of the galaxy.

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When:

Stardate: 20071113.1900
Until:

Stardate: 20071113.2100
Where:
Queen's Building
Who:
Members Only
Members' Choice Night

A slightly adapted concept, this basically means that the President will bring about 3 or 4 films to the evening, and people vote for which one they want to watch.

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When:

Stardate: 20071023.1900
Until:

Stardate: 20071023.2100
Where:
Queen's Building
Who:
Members Only
Firefly

Captain Malcom 'Mal' Reynolds is a former galactic war veteran who is the captain of the transport ship "Serenity", Mal his crew of hired transporters, Mal's ensign Zoe Warren, Zoe's husband, pilot Hoban 'Wash' Washburne, muscular former combat soldier Jayne Cobb, young engineer Kaylee Frye, former Alliance medical officer Simon Tamm, his teenage sister River (Both on-the-run from the Interplanetary government "The Alliance"), the beautiful "companion" Inara Serra and religious man Shepard Book do legal or illegal jobs (smuggling, protecting, guns-for-hire, robberies) as the Serenity crew travels across the outskirts of Outer Space for food, money, anything to make a living on, as The Serenity crew tries to stay under the radar of The Alliance and pulls dangerous jobs in the Alliance controlled star systems.

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When:

Stardate: 20071016.1900
Until:

Stardate: 20071016.2100
Where:
Queen's Building
Who:
Members Only
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-Earth still it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell, by chance, into the hands of the Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. On his eleventy-first birthday, Bilbo disappeared, bequeathing to his young nephew, Frodo, the Ruling Ring, and a perilous quest: to journey across Middle-Earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom.

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When:

Stardate: 20071009.1900
Until:

Stardate: 20071009.2100
Where:
Queen's Building
Who:
Members Only
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl

Pirates of the Caribbean is a sweeping action-adventure story set in an era when villainous pirates scavenged the Caribbean seas. This roller coaster tale teams a young man, Will Turner, with an unlikely ally in rogue pirate Jack Sparrow. Together, they must battle a band of the world's most treacherous pirates, led by the cursed Captain Barbossa, in order to save Elizabeth, the love of Will's life, as well as recover the lost treasure that Jack seeks. Against improbable odds, they race towards a thrilling, climactic confrontation on the mysterious Isla de Muerta. Clashing their swords in fiece mortal combat, Will and Jack attempt to recapture The Black Pearl ship, save the British navy, and relinquish a fortune in forbidden treasure thereby lifting the curse of the Pirates of the Caribbean.

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When:

Stardate: 20071002.1900
Until:

Stardate: 20071002.2100
Where:
Queen's Building
Who:
Members Only
Freshers' Fayre

Feel free to come along and support / meet the society. We're on Stall 51.

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When:

Stardate: 20070928.1000
Until:

Stardate: 20070928.1001
Where:
SU Main Hall
Who:
Members Only