Nerd Rage: Working Hard

Getting later. Development is now properly underway and people are working hard.

Sing Song Time!

Jordan taking time out to show us his guitar skills.

Show us your red noses!

Scott shows his support by wearing his red nose!

Bex pulling off the red nose look!

Nerd Rager queuing up for his turn on the bikes!

Still moving!

Look how far we've come in just 6 hours!

Give Us Your Money

Phil says 'G'is your money by clicking this link'

Hour 5 of Core Radio Cambridge

Whilst continuing our 30 hour broadcast we were visited by students from Thailand. As you can see we got them to show their support for Comic Relief.

Matt and Melissa presenting hour 5 of our 30 hour broadcast for Comic Relief. They interviewed our visitors from Phuket, Thailand.

Nerd Rage: Harlem shake's on the radio.

Chris. He's a bad representation of the Games Dev class.

 A collective sigh was heard as Core Radio made the ill-advised decision to play the harlem shake on the radio, at about 1:50PM on Thursday afternoon. Here are some pictures of people doing what they do.

Swag.

Claude, left, making a fool of himself. 

The thousand yard stare of horror.

And now for some actual games development.

Art creation seems to be going well and people seem to still be in high spirits about their games.

We want your money!

So far the Radio and Games students have raised over £700 just from sponsorship and sales of red noses

We are collecting donations outside the studio if you would like help us.

Year Twos start broadcasting

Charlotte and Bex start the first of their many hours of broadcasting

30 Hours of Night

I can't wait to see how cool he looks after 30 hours.

In the name of Comic relief, the level 3 games design students at CRC are doing a 30 hours long games design marathon. Most students participating have found sponsors to donate money to the cause. We are doing this alongside the level 3 radio students, who are doing a 30 hours long radio broadcast. We started at 10 AM on Thursday and are planning to finish at 4 PM on Friday.

 So the first hours of the the 30 hour games design marathon have been and gone. People have come in wearing their worst onesies and best morph suits (they're still terrible) and spirits appear to be high. Many people are exited to get work done, possibly for the first time ever, and the design process has begun. People have brought snacks to snack on, drinks to drink and general high-fat-content foods to keep them energised throughout the night and day.

Claude and Drew - Looking silly.

2 Hours in

Slowly but surely getting there!

Games students are getting involved!

Everyone's joining in with the Comic Relief fun!

Core Radio Cambridge Does Teenage Kicks

Video produced by Core Radio students for Comic Relief 2013

And so it begins...

Cambridge Regional College Year 1 and 2 Radio students are raising money for Comic Relief by doing a 30 hour radio broadcast and cycling from Cambridge to Paris on gym bikes.

Pictured above: Tom, Jordan, Matt and Drew Tremlett

Thirty Hours for Comic Relief

Banter 2012/13: Issue 1 Out Now

The latest issue of Banter is now available. Here are some of the highlights...

Damon Steley talks about rising motoring costs and ways of saving money when learning to drive. Advice on ways to keep the costs of motoring down.

Looking for a good time out? Check the shows in Cambridge this Christmas with Katherine George.

Student, Diana goes GAGA discussing the pressure to follow fashion trends, read on to find out more…

In this issue, Lacey takes a look into what it takes to become a runner and the essentials that are needed to survive this winter.

Julian Salmon is explaining a step to step guide on how to decorate the perfect Christmas tree. Make sure you read this before putting up your Christmas tree.

Vicky sat and suffered through this unbearable film, to save your sanity. Her article describes the film as a boring and a repeat of another film. Two out of five stars, and the rating was for the hot actors.

In this issue, Natalia takes a look at Christmas cultures in Europe, and gives you an idea of what you can do in the comfort of your own home to make your Christmas more interesting!

Are you thinking about the new offering from apple, know someone who is? Or are you just interested to see what the tech giant is bring out next…….this article has the facts, specs and opinions to sure foot any interested party.

Ellis talks about the essentials for the sporty ones in winter, all you need to know, what, where, when and how.

Ben Hawkins takes you through a step-by-step guide of how to craft your very own Christmas present!

Download a PDF copy of the magazine here...

S4Y N0 2 CYB3R BULLY1NG

Below is a link to a video of a girl who killed herself because she was bullied:

This is a true story of a beautiful girl who had enough of the pain caused from bully. She took her step mum's car and drove into a tree and died. She felt she had no-one however what she didn’t realise was that she had her friends and family who loved her. Bulling can cause people to take an extreme action…

"Cyber-bullying" is when a child, preteen or teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted by another child, preteen or teen using the Internet, interactive and digital technologies or mobile phones.

It has to have a minor on both sides, if adults become involved, it is known as cyber-harassment or cyber-stalking. Adult cyber-harassment or cyber-stalking is NEVER called cyber-bullying.

Children have killed each other and committed suicide after having been involved in a cyber-bullying incident.

Often bullies set up a website or group on a social media website like Facebook and then ask other people to join in and comment about a person or images of them.

What can you do to stop it?

·         The best advice is to avoid the methods used by cyber-bullies.

·         Find the 'report abuse' or 'block sender' options on your favourite websites.

·         That means staying away from websites they use and blocking email addresses or mobile numbers that send nasty messages. Regularly check and clean your 'friends' lists on social networking sites too.

·         Changing your username may also help and don't give out personal details such as your mobile number, address or email online.

·         Protect your password too to keep your files and information safe.

·         You should also report the bullying to the people running the website, technology service or your mobile phone service provider.

·         Keep evidence - callers and mailers can be traced. But also remember that sites you've created and emails you've sent can be traced back to you months or years later too.

·         Tell an adult.

Overall bullying can affect everyone and anyone at any time. There are many more methods of bullying but because of the way technology has improved over the last couple of generations, cyber bullying has become one of the most popular ways to bully as well as the easiest. There is always someone to help, there is no need to be afraid of what people say and think.

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Dealing with Bullying

Jonah Mowry, 14, posted this video on August 10, 2011. The boy who features in the video explains that he is being bullied for being a homosexual, and felt the need to tell about his experience on a video. He used placement cards to say his story and his video also included a slow, sad song by Sia called Breathe Me.

The video has over 10 million views and hundreds of video responses. This one is called “For Jonah Mowry What’s going on?” by Johnny Robinson who was also bullied for being gay. He tells him that he went through the same experiences but he is proud of his sexuality and that Jonah should not be worried about his future.

Bullies come in all shapes and sizes, and most of us have to deal with them at one point or another. However, dealing with bullies can sometimes be difficult. Bullying can be a serious problem,  in schools ,the workplace or on the internet

However there are many ways to deal with bullying and there are lots of different people you can talk to;

-Teachers

-Parents/careers

-Friends

-Internet support

-Helplines

TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT HOW TO DEAL WITH BULLYING VISIT- http://www.wikihow.com/Deal-With-Bullies

Anti-Bullying Week 29/11/12

The year one events management students have arranged various different all inclusive, team building activities to get people involved with this important issue that affects everyone in this college.

Thursday 29th November 2012 in the student lounge at lunchtime is where you and your friends can join us.

Halloween Horror Show

On Thursday 25^th October, the events management students held a Halloween Fair at Cambridge Regional College. The Halloween Fair consisted of cakes, a fortune-teller, silent film and Halloween makeup done by the media makeup students.

 MMmmh Cakkeee!!

The event went really well, there was a great atmosphere and a good turnout – there were more people in there than ever before! Our overall aim for the event was to promote the student lounge and launch ourselves; we definitely achieved our aim as there were more people in there that had never been in there before.

Overall it was a very successful event considering it was our first one together, this was a great opportunity to learn from our mistakes and know what we had to do better in the future.

(With a big thank-you to the Media Make Up students...)

Have a Banter Christmas

In the Christmas issue of Banter we'll have everything you need for Christmas and more.

From winter sports to running in the freezing cold, from Christmas food to the essential stocking fillers, the next issue of Banter will have it all.

If you’re looking for the perfect gift or daring enough to brave the cold we can tell how. Even if you’re struggling to get a job we will give you tips on how to sell yourself.

Pick up your free copy in December...