On Thursday 18th March the Queen Margaret Union will hold its Annual General Election with the following positions up for election.

President, 1 position, July 2010 – July 2011
Honorary Secretary, 1 position, July 2010 – July 2011
Honorary Assistant Secretary, 1 position, July 2010 – July 2011

Events Convenor, 1 position, July 2010 – July 2011
Social Convenor, 1 position, July 2010 – July 2011
Support and Services Convenor, 1 position, July 2010 – July 2011
Publications Convenor, 1 position, July 2010 – July 2011

Ordinary Board, first year only, 3 positions March 2010 – Autumn 2010
Ordinary Board, 4 positions, March 2010 – Autumn 2010
Ordinary Board, 3 positions, March 2010 – Spring 2011

Nominations will open Monday 8th March with nomination forms available from reception and will close Friday 12th March at 4:00pm.

Voting will take place on Thursday 18th March and begin at 9:00am.

Facebook event: http://tinyurl.com/qmelection

Wednesday 17th March
10pm – 2am
Free Entry in LIMITED EDITION PADDY’S DAY PARTY T-SHIRT – on sale now at reception only £3

Entry on the night is also priced £3 – but you might not get a t-shirt!

A night celebrating everything the Emerald Isle has to offer!

Related show

• Event: CLUBNIGHTS
• Date: Wed March 17th, 2010
• Time: 22:00
• City: in QMU present: St. Paddy’s Day Party
• Venue: entry t-shirts on sale mon 22 feb
• Country: UK
• Admission: £3.00
• Age restrictions: No minors

The UK’s largest Vintage Fair hits Scotland

Vintage fashion is where designers, celebrities and London’s street savvy fashion warriors find their inspiration. It’s no wonder that The Affordable Vintage Fair is in its 5th year, holding the crown as the UK’s fastest growing vintage shopping event.

On Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st March The Affordable Vintage Fair will roll into Edinburgh and Glasgow for the first time! Set up by former Selfridges stylist Judy Berger, the Fair has toured the UK since 2005 holding events for merchants of vintage clothing and accessories to get together in one space and cater for all the vintage lovers that have come to know the joys of embracing second-hand style.

After paying £2 to get in, which allows you to go in and out as many times as you would like throughout the day, you will be greeted by rails of swinging 60s dresses, 50s teddy girl jumpers, 40s gowns and racks upon racks of stunning clutches, shoulder bags and purses, and dozens of tables laden with piles of trinkets. There will be large menswear stalls selling vintage Barbour jackets for £45, shirts and tweeds from £10. Also, kitsch hand-made jewellery with Alice in Wonderland and Pop Art themes, 50s and 60s Mad men style frocks, Mary Quant tights, and hand made headwear. Newcastle based, award winning Designer Karina Hesketh will be selling her stunning hand made leather bags, each one intricately hand stitched and adorned with vintage fastenings and fabrics.

The Affordable Vintage Fair consists of only the best vintage retailers and traders from cities far and wide. 40 stalls will be offering vintage clothing, accessories & homewares dating from the 1920s – 1980s. All stalls are price checked to reflect huge discounts, on average 40% lower than vintage available on the high street.

The fair has been heralded as a ‘shopping phenomenon’ by the national press and holds regular events in cities including London, Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle, Nottingham Oxford and Cambridge. It is also the only event to debut a ‘Dead stock stall’ where vintage clothing dating back to 1970, previously hidden away in a Scottish warehouse will be unearthed, pristine and unused.

Vintage fashion guru Judy Berger is the founder of the event, she said; “Bringing the event to Scotland was a natural progression for us. Over the last two years we’ve seen a huge increase in people coming to our events. People still like the high street but are tired of seeing everyone wearing the same thing. Our events are like treasure chests, you have to dig a little but you end up finding a true gem without having to spend a fortune.”

The Affordable Vintage Fair is an unmissable experience, not only for vintage enthusiasts but for those looking for a genuinely unique day out.

The finer details:

Sunday 21st March 2010
Queen Margaret Union, 22 University Gardens, Glasgow, G12 8QN
Entry: £2.00
Opening: 12pm – 5pm

Please contact Judy Berger for information and images: 07921 337656 / vintagefashionfairs@yahoo.co.uk

www.vintagefair.co.uk

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• Event: SPECIAL EVENTS
• Date: Sun March 21st, 2010
• Time: 11:00
• City: in The Affordable Vintage Fashion Fair
• Venue:
• Country: UK
• Admission: £2
• Age restrictions: All Ages

The only way to end the term, brought to you by the QMU!

DJ Sash! shall be taking to the stage to run you through his hits (including Encore Une Fois, Stay and Equador!) and more!

The second floor will be turned into a BRITPOP vs. SMASH HITS HEAPDHONE PARTY! 2 DJ’s, side by side & 500 headsets – giving you the choice between Oasis or the Spice Girls, Blur or the Backstreet Boys or even Pulp or Aqua! A true salute to what made the 90’s special!

Not only that, a special Nineties TV Cinema will be setup, featuring favourites such as Friends, The Simpsons, Baywatch, Buffy, Saved by the Bell, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air & more!

Champions Bar will play host to the wonderful N64 and the classic Mario Kart & Goldeneye. Keep an eye out for pickup tournaments and spot prizes galore!

The Food Factory shall be open for the duration of the evening – so you’ll be able to stay fuelled for a full night of partying.

Cheesy Pop staples DJ Toast & Karaoke will be on hand to guide you through 10 ours of mayhem, all starting at 8pm!

Tickets for this event will go on sale Friday 5th March 2010. This event will sell out, so make sure you get yours early.

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• Event: CLUBNIGHTS
• Date: Fri March 26th, 2010
• Time: 20:00
• City: in 10 hour cheesy pop presents: BACK TO THE NINETIES – 8pm-6am
• Venue: feat. Sash! & Headphone Party!
• Country: UK
• Admission: £6 / £8
• Age restrictions: No minors

The QM has chosen Mary’s Meals as its new charity for this semester. The decision was reached in a Support and Services Committee meeting on Monday where there was a vote between Mary’s Meals and the GU Red Cross society. The selected charity works with local communities in places where the world’s poorest children are found, such as Romania, Malawi and Haiti and works under the doctrine that every child who goes to school should be given a meal. The charity sets up an infrastructure so that the food given to a school child is locally produced. This means that the scheme is not only beneficial to the child but also to their community, boosting the local economy.

The charity, which is based here in Scotland, began work in 2002 feeding 200 orphans in Malawi; in the last decade the operation has expanded to now providing a daily school dinner for over 375,000 children worldwide. By providing food, Mary’s Meals hopes to increase the number of children who can go to school and learn effectively. An education can set a child free from poverty, not only for this generation but for their children in the future too. It takes as little as £6.15 to feed a child going to school for an entire year in Malawi and on average about £9 to fund each individual child involved in the scheme.

The charity is currently running a campaign called the backpack project, in which people are invited to fill a backpack with things that a child would need to go to school. To find out more, the Mary’s Meals website is www.marysmeals.org. For information on getting involved with the GU Red Cross society, please contact gurc@redcross.org.uk. Support and Services committee is held in the Board Room (3rd Floor) at the QM on Mondays at 5:00.

The Union has had an outbreak of Insanity – Report to the bar between 10pm & 2am on Tuesday 2nd March to be tested for Infection.

With up to 50% of the campus population at risk, stop by the union to ensure you’ve got the all clear!

Insanity infection thermometers will be available from the bar, with exclusive The Crazies merchandise to be won!

You’ll also receive your certified crazy wristband….but be warned, anyone can go crazy at anytime! if your wristband starts to glow, report to the bar for further testing (and prizes).

Ian Watkins, charismatic frontman of the phenomenal lostprophets will be paying a visit to the QM straight from the band’s sell-out gig on Thursday 18th February for a special one-off DJ Set.

As the official aftershow party to the band’s show at the o2 Academy, Watkins is sure to bring along the biggest and best tracks of rocking dance, electro and drum & bass, what’s more it’s free entry to all students and their guests.

The QM will be raising money on the night for the DEC Haiti Appeal, so if you see someone painting faces, selling glowsticks or rattling a bucket please consider parting with a couple of quid for a very good cause.

Please note that those who retained their 12 Hour Cheesy Pop tickets will be able to collect a Priority Pass from Reception at any time before the event, guaranteeing them priority access.

lostprophets DJ Set – The Official Aftershow Party

18th February, 10pm-2am

Free Entry

So you’ve got good chat, you can speak for hours on end about nothing and you’ve got great stage presence. Nick had none of those but still managed to present a half decent quiz. Fortunately for everyone else, he is now putting down his microphone and leaving Holly all by herself to host Face-off. She doesn’t cope well with this. This is where you come in.

The QM Social Committee is looking for a brand new host for Friday Face-off. If you think you’ve got the talent to fill Nick’s ample shoes (he has big feet, that’s all obviously) you should come along to Social Committee: Tuesdays at 5.30pm in the Board Room on the 3rd floor. We’re a friendly bunch and have great chat every week. You can even get a chance to witness scathing Tuesdays (they’re not a bad as they sound)

Quizzes aren’t all we do so if you’re interested in comedy, Unplugged or even have a great new idea for a new social event, you should come along. We listen to everyone, so you really don’t have an excuse not to come, plus you obviously get to meet the ‘celebrities’ who are the QM’s social event hosts. What more could you want?

Come along to the Social Committee on Tuesdays at 5.30pm in the Board Room if you think you’ve got what it takes.

Wanting to kick back in luxury and cheer on Scotland (or any of the others…) to victory this February and March? Fancy doing so in front of our HUGE screen in our dedicated sports bar? Then come down to Champion’s Bar and let us entertain you as five strong sides (and Italy) compete to emerge as Champions come the 20…th of March.

Factor in our fantastic offer of HALF PRICE pies should Scotland be winning in their game at half-time, and you can’t really say no.

What’s that? Still not convinced? Well how about we tell you about our lovely little competion that we’ll be running too! Simply come into the bar wearing a rugby shirt of the nation of your choice and you stand the chance of winning a Palais Pass, which gives you free entry into both Cheesy Pop and Revolution for the next calender year.

See you down here for pies, pints and plenty of craic.

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