Article by Ellis Goodson

Royal Holloway welcomed the British Cycling Team’s consultant psychiatrist for a fascinating lecture about the human mind on Monday 20th February.

Dr Steve Peters, who describes himself as a ‘mechanic of the mind’, gave those gathered in the Windsor Building Auditorium an insight into his work with some of Britain’s top athletes, including England Rugby players, …

Insanity Radio is ready. Following years of work and some very recent and very significant developments, such as the successful test transmissions on 103.2 FM, Insanity will officially begin broadcasting as a Community FM Station in a fortnight’s time.

The Launch Week will take place between the 5th and 10th of March and will include a variety of exciting events. During this time, the win…

Article by Louise Parker with contribution from Sally Harris

On Monday 20th February, the Arts Building’s Lecture Theatre One was filled to the brim with eager attendees awaiting the ‘Let’s Talk About Porn’ event, which is the first of its kind to take place at Royal Holloway. The notable panel of speakers included a spokesperson from the English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP), campaignin…

Check out all our efforts and let us know what you think by e-mailing music@insanityradio.com. You can expect to hear 3 tracks Playlist A, 2 tracks from Playlist B and 1 track from Playlist C per hour of your favourite chart/chat/entertainment shows.
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Article by Laura Grima

A proposed penalty aimed at those wishing to pay off their student loans early has been lifted after a consultation period by the government.

At this point in time, early repayments are allowed without penalty. However, Business Secretary Vince Cable intended to introduce an early repayment penalty for student loans. Annual charges of around 5% on payments above a c…

Students from across the UK went into occupation today at the University of Birmingham. This followed a rally organised by an anti-cuts group in Birmingham and the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts, which had been called to oppose the injunction which has been taken out by the university management to ban “occupational-style” protests on campus for one year.

The protest today coincided…

Article by Janet Simmons

Strictly Come Holloway 2012, a RAG event presented by the Royal Holloway Ballroom and Latin American Dance Society (BALADS), was held on Thursday 9 February in the Students Union.

The night featured fantastic performances from the Gospel Choir, Dance Society and BALADS alongside 5 Royal Holloway ‘celebrities’: Owen Collins, Steph Searle, Joe Rayment, Tom Midgley …

The annual Societies, Media and RAG Ball was held on Saturday night at the Renaissance Hotel at Heathrow and saw a big turnout from Insanity Radio. Throughout the course of the evening, awards were handed out to individuals and societies deserving of recognition for their hard work in contributing to the development of SU Activities.

Every year, Insanity awards a select few presenters awa…

Check out all our efforts and let us know what you think by e-mailing music@insanityradio.com. You can expect to hear 3 tracks Playlist A, 2 tracks from Playlist B and 1 track from Playlist C per hour of your favourite chart/chat/entertainment shows.
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Article by Joseph Rayment

Following weeks of fierce campaigning, the 7-day voting period for the ULU (University of London Union) elections came to an end on Thursday. Following this, the Returning Officer, Rob Park, was given 24 hours to decide that the elections had been fairly run and to deal with any outstanding complaints before the votes were counted and then announced at 6pm on Frid…

Insanity Radio will be holding its first event as a community station at the Jurgens Centre (Just off Harvest Road) on Saturday 11th February between 12:30-3pm.

The Insani-TEA party will give you a chance to meet the team, learn how you can be involved by presenting a show, making jingles or even learn how to DJ…
And of course, no tea party can be successful without FREE tea and coffee!

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Article by Alison Beacham

On Tuesday February 7th, Professor Helen Gilbert, the director of the International Centre for Theatre and Performance Research, presented her lecture “’Let the Games Begin’: Indigenous Performance and Global Spectacle, 1976 – 2010” in the Windsor Building. This talk centred on the participation of indigenous groups in ceremonies at Olympic Games in the United Sta…

Last night, Insanity Radio hosted Results Night live from Medicine, during which Royal Holloway’s new Sabbatical Officers and Student Trustees were announced. Undergraduated played a two-hour set early in the evening which proved an enormous success, as did the DJ set that took over from 10pm when Insanity began its live broadcast.

The event saw Medicine packed to the gills with eager stude…

As of 12pm today, voting for the current cross-campus elections has closed and campaigning has ceased. Candidates and their campaign teams have been working tirelessly since last Wednesday, February 1st, to win the votes of the student body and raise the profile of the elections.

Positions for the four sabbatical positions: President; Vice President Education and Welfare; Vice President C…

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Compiled by John Hards and James Root [The Hau5 Party]
This weeks list features fresh tracks from French house DJ Sinclar where the ubiquitous Pitbull makes an appearance. London rapper Dot Rotten brings in a massive track reminiscent of Dizzee Rascal. Austrian house trio Global Deejays complete the massive sound set with thei…

Insanity Radio’s Head of News, Sally Harris, hosted our own Candidates’ Question Time for the 2012 SURHUL Sabbatical and Trustee Elections on Wednesday 2nd February.

A podcast of the show, which saw SURHUL’s Democracy Officer, Dedar Mahal, Sally Harris and our listeners put questions to each of the candidates, is now available to listen to via the player below. Thanks goes to Insanity’s Head…

Review by Ethan Lawrence

The Student Workshop of Royal Holloway got their term off to a flying start with Terrance Mcnally’s play, Corpus Christi, which is being performed at the Boilerhouse on campus. Being the professional that I am, I didn’t research the play beforehand so that anything that happened would be a surprise. By reputation, I knew it to be a study of homosexuality from the p…

The main hall of Royal Holloway’s Students’ Union was last night packed with students eager to hear why this year’s candidates for Sabbatical and Trustee positions deserve their votes. Candidates’ Question Time, which was hosted by Democracy Officer Dedar Mahal, featured brief videos and speeches from all 14 candidates followed by a series of questions from existing and previous sabbaticals as …

Review by Ethan Lawrence

Okay, so I’m going to be totally honest here. Yes, I directed Owen Collins’ ‘Search Party’ and acted in the ‘Play in a Day’ at the Unscene writing festival last night, January 29th, in the Jane Holloway Hall. Some may say this makes me an unsuitable candidate to write an unbiased review. To these nay-sayers I respond with a firm ‘no’! By acting as an inside man and…

Here are this week’s playlists!

A Playlist

Compiled by John Hards and James Root [The Hau5 Party]
This weeks list features fresh tracks from French house DJ Sinclar where the ubiquitous Pitbull makes an appearance. London rapper Dot Rotten brings in a massive track reminiscent of Dizzee Rascal. Austrian house trio Global Deejays complete the massive sound set with thei…

One of the best parts of the Societies, Media and RAG Ball is that we get a chance to congratulate the presenters whom we feel have worked particularly hard this year both on and off air.

So, after much consideration, we are pleased to announce that the nominees for the Insanity Radio Society Ball Awards 2012 are:

Best Presenter:

- Alex Cadier
- Alex Evans
- Chama Kapumpa
- Garen …

As of today, the nominees for the cross-campus SU election due to take place next week have been announced. Candidates running for the four Sabbatical positions and for the two Student Trustee positions are as follows:

President:
Mari Burton
Doug German
Ruth Nicholson

Vice President (Education and Welfare)
Kenny Aruwa
Katie Blow
Carl Welch

**Vice President…

Article by Ethan Lawrence

“Tonight, there’s going to be a jailbreak, somewhere in this town.” Thus spoke Thin Lizzy many years ago. While the meaning may have become slightly contorted over the ages, the power behind the term is no less prophetic. While the majesty of Miss Lizzy’s lyrics inspired the image of thousands of convicts flooding the streets and having a good old headbang, the me…

For fun individuals in Insanity’s music team wrote and collated their most loved albums of 2k11. Here are the results…     

Metronomy // The English Riviera
The Weeknd // House of Balloons
Bon Iver // Bon Iver
Rustie // Glass Swords
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Here are this week’s playlists!

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Compiled by John Hards and James Root [The Hau5 Party]
David Guetta // Titanium (Feat. Sia) ²³⁶¹
Skrillex, the Doors // Breakn’ a Sweat ²³⁶³
Black keys // Gold on the Ceiling…. ²³⁶⁴
Florence + the Machine // No light, No light ²³⁶⁷
Basto // Again and Again ²³⁶⁹
Deadmau5 // Cthulu dreams ?…

Station Manager Gunanika Singh has decided to part ways with Insanity after nine months in place and a long history of involvement with the station. She announced her decision to the student body at Tuesday’s General Meeting, having explained the reasons behind her resignation to Insanity’s presenters beforehand.

In light of recent obstacles Insanity has had to contend with during its…

Insanity Radio, Royal Holloway, University of London’s student-run radio station is pleased to announce that, from early 2012, it will be broadcasting under a new Community FM licence on the frequency 103.2FM. The battle to secure this license has proved a long one, but the hard work put in by successive volunteers during the past five years has finally paid off with the confirmation of the FM…

As part of the process of re-branding and the move to being a community FM station, Insanity Radio wants to know what you like and dislike about radio.

What you want to hear and see from the new looking, new sounding Insanity Radio 103.2 FM?

Click here to take Insanity’s short online survey

All entries will be automatically entered in…

Article by Janet Simmons

On the 25th November, the Serbian Foreign Minister, Mr Vuk Jeremić, visited Royal Holloway for a talk entitled ‘The Balkans in time of strategic adjustment’. Amnesty International had plans to question Mr Jeremić after the talk, regarding the forced evictions of Roma communities in Serbia. The society claim that as a government minister, Mr Vuk Jeremić has the pow…

Students who have been occupying the management corridor in Founder’s Building since Wednesday have, this morning, been asked by the Principal to leave by 7.30pm tonight.

Professor Paul Layzell issued ‘Occupy RHUL’ with a written document earlier today, in which he stated that now ‘seems to me to be a sensible time to conclude the occupation’. Indeed, he suggested in his letter that, …