http://www.pluto-online.com Your Online Student Media - Pluto | PR1 | PS-TV | Frequency Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:42:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Event Management Students at UCLan will be hosting a charity fundraising evening to raise funds and awareness for the Make-A-Wish foundation, which grants wishes to children and young people fighting life threatening illnesses. In collaboration with Preston College, the students will transform the Vincent's Restaurant at Preston College in Fulwood into ... http://www.pluto-online.com/2008/12/07/students-to-host-charity-fundraiser/ Popular local venue The Mad Ferret played host to some of the most promising bands in the North West in a fierce battle of the bands competition. The JD Set Unsigned rolled into UClan looking for some of the most talented university bands, and well, we may have found them. It’s ... http://www.pluto-online.com/2008/12/04/jd-unsigned-set-mad-ferret/ Let’s start at the beginning… a joke, according to my trusty dictionary is: 1.  funny story: a funny story, anecdote, or piece of wordplay that gets passed round and repeated 2.  something funny said or done: anything said or done to make people laugh dressed up the dog in a hat and sunglasses ... http://www.pluto-online.com/2008/11/28/racist-joke-received-by-uclan-student-wrong-or-very-wrong-2/ An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman… And so the joke goes. But the ‘gags’ sent from 118-118 to a student at UClan, Kameron Abbass, were not about one of these entrenched, playful British sterotypes, they were two, about Asians, and Pakistanis. The religious beliefs of the recipient have been ... http://www.pluto-online.com/2008/11/28/racist-joke-received-by-uclan-student-wrong-or-very-wrong/ Inner peace and spiritual salvation? No, not another Thursday theme night. On December 3rd, Brook Building room 245 will play host to Prestons very own Buddhist Monk who will be on hand to help stressed out students or simply those with an interest, understand the art of meditation and positive thinking ... http://www.pluto-online.com/2008/11/27/you-budda-believe-it/ National Year of Reading and Get It Loud in Libraries present Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip’s Christmas Library Tour. If you’ve got a discerning ear then you may have been at 53 Degrees last month for a genre-splicing fusion of electronic and hip-hp. Tracks such as ‘The Beat That My ... http://www.pluto-online.com/2008/11/26/dan-le-sac-vs-scroobius-pip-headline-library-tour/ The decision at Exeter University to overturn a ban on having the British National Party to speak there is in some ways, an admirable one. Freedom of expression is now an entrenched part of our social and political makeup, guaranteed under the Human Rights Act 1998, so the fact that young ... http://www.pluto-online.com/2008/11/23/should-the-british-national-party-be-allowed-to-speak-at-universities/ A proposed change in the law on organ donations, supported by Prime Minister Gordon Brown, would mean that everyone in the country would automatically be considered a donor unless they opt-out. Or relatives object. The change was called for by the Chief Medical Officer- Liam Donaldson, and has gained support from ... http://www.pluto-online.com/2008/11/23/a-change-in-the-law-on-organ-donations/ There has been new-found optimism in the world of UCLan sport following this weeks results: Badminton Men’s 1sts 4-4 Manchester 1sts Men’s 2nds 5-3 Chester 1sts Women’s 1sts 7-1 MMU Cheshire 1sts Fencing Men’s 1sts 106-133 Liverpool 2nds Football Men’s 1sts 3-1 Liverpool 1sts Men’s 2nds 1-1 Chester 1sts Men’s 3rds 18-1 NEWI 1sts Men’s 4ths 2-0 Bangor 2nds Women’s 1sts 1-1 ... http://www.pluto-online.com/2008/11/21/results-round-up/ There may still be a long way to go in the season but another successful day for UCLan tennis shows signs that all four teams stand a great chance of promotion this season.    The men's 1sts won all six of their matches to record an impressive 10-0 victory away to Liverpool ... http://www.pluto-online.com/2008/11/21/tennis-teams-aspire-to-promotion/