- Bars:
- The Three Tuns - Still in good shape after it £150,000 refurb a couple of years ago, TTT is the Union's traditional pub and social focal point during the week.
The Underground - Nestled under the Tuns, the Underground is an especially popular haunt on a Friday night, during the week Societies societies take it over for their own events.
The Beaver's Retreat - Popular with the academics. Expensive.
New Developments - A new Union bar and Coffee bar are being, or have been built. The bar is a mish mash of blue and aluminium which will be used as a new Ents club venue on Fridays and Saturdays. The new cafe is an excellent place to hang out and enjoy cakes and coffee.
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- Functions:
- The largest night of the week is by far the Friday Night Crush, in the Underground. Open until late this night really does get the students out; perhaps because there is little to match it during the week.
On Wednesdays there is LSE Cocktails, which is popular as a mid week stress buster, but it is not quite as big as Friday night. During the week there is also live sports screened, quiz nights and quiet drinking.
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- Major Social Events:
- The largest Ball of the year is the Graduation Ball, which was held at the Savoy last year. Many societies also have Balls and other formal events. Students may also attend the ULU functions.
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- Clubs & Societies:
- The LSE is a hotbed of political, cultural and academic societies. It seems that every political organisation and every cause is supported. But having said that, we would not have expected anything less from one of the premier colleges in the world. Once known for its left wing leanings, the LSE seems now to have changed its views slightly (perhaps because so many graduates get jobs in the City), and nowdays both right, left and middle are represented equally. Many of the college's 130 nations are represented in some way.
One thing that does strike you about the LSE's society list is that there are very few general, fun societies. They all seem to be either academic or intellegent in some way. The only one we could find was the Jelly Baby Society. We assume that this is in appreciation of the sweets, and it does not have some deeper meaning!!
Sports clubs are popular at the LSE and it tends to be the best way for them to relieve pressure...though, I am sure many can think of other ways. Recent successes have included the rugby and football teams.
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