A group of York students has won the opportunity to have their very own I-phone application developed after winning The App Challenge final, held at the Ron Cooke Hub on Wednesday, January 18.
YUSU Welfare officer Bob Hughes has warned students to be vigilant after a student loans phishing scam has been revealed.
Her Majesty the Queen will be visiting York on Maundy Thursday, 5th April, as part of the 800th anniversary of York’s Charter for the traditional “Royal Maundy” ceremony.
A flood caused by a heating system “failure” forced the university IT services to shut down many essential systems on Sunday night, causing problems for many students on the eve of their exams and assignment due-dates.
Steve Rogers, who has worked at the club with owner Andrew Elliott since 1982, said: "We are called The Hub at weekends as we now provide a 'hub' for all local DJs to perform at weekends so we can put on different types of music to suit all tastes and genres."
Rogers continued, "Wednesday will always be a student night as it has been and nothing will change there. We have done some internal alterations which we hope will give it a different look and a new feel to the place."
Elliott explained that these internal alterations involved a re-jigging of the downstairs room, with the DJ stand moved and new flooring put in. He added that more discounted drinks would also be available on a Wednesday.
These announcements come after weeks of uncertainty amongst students, a number of whom were concerned with how a rebranding might affect the popular student night. One rumour circulating was that the club has come under new management, however Elliott dismissed this.
Elliott was both positive and protective regarding Wednesday nights at the club, saying: "Wednesday nights are very important to us - they're our longest running night and as long as I'm here, Wednesdays will stay."
Tonight marks the first Ziggy's night of term and the club is certain to be packed with students, in particular freshers and sports clubs. As always, Ziggy's will be open from 10pm and students will be offered free entry upon production of a valid NUS card.
Next week will also see the return of alternative nights at the club, with the "Fringe" Alternative Music Society hosting "The Asylum" there from next Tuesday. "The Asylum" will offer two floors of alternative music and will be running every Tuesday during term time.
Students who do wish to see "The Hub" on a weekend may yet get to do so for less. Elliott told The Yorker that he was planning to make the club's weekend nights more student orientated and offer students cheap entry, including discounted entry to "Heaven's Above" upstairs.
For the second year in a row Club Salvation will be attempting to run a student night in direct competition with Ziggy’s. Salvation are offering "Kandyland Wednesdays", with selected drinks available at 75p and £2 off entry with an NUS or student card.
The club ran "Jelly Baby Wednesdays" in coordination with York Sport last year, but struggled to compete with Ziggy's. The night was cancelled after just a few weeks following a series of disappointing turnouts.
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