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# What's been going on
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We held a lot of quirky collaborations with other societies this semester, with societies both well-established and newly
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created. For example, our regular SloLAN game night with GDS, UGG, VR and eSports, a very last-minute entry into the EPS
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Sports Day with the Eagles, CivSoc, MathSoc and many others, but also our `break;` variation with CheeseSoc. We also settled
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the score with Bad Film following the war waged in Semester 1, which we unfortunately lost because somehow they had someone
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who had played Mario Kart Wii competitively for roughly 10 years, so we were set up from the very beginning! Regardless,
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there was a bit more of a focus on the larger events this semester - so generally, we've been a bit quieter other than
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created. For example: our regular SloLAN game night with GDS, UGG, VR and eSports; a very last-minute entry into the EPS
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Sports Day with the Eagles, CivSoc, MathSoc and many others; and, our `break;` variation with CheeseSoc. We also settled
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the score with Bad Film following the war waged in Semester 1, which we unfortunately lost because they had someone
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who played Mario Kart Wii competitively for roughly 10 years, so we were set up from the very beginning! Regardless,
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there was more of a focus on the larger events this semester - so we've been a bit quieter other than
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for these events.
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We held our biennial trip to The National Museum of Computing, learning about old machinery that may have been used
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during World War 2 or the earliest personal computers created. We were able to take on double the number of attendees we
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usually take every year, but regardless, the event still rapidly sold out - but despite that, we still had a blast
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revisiting the past, watching as technology changed through the decades, and even got to see some ambitious technology
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that wasn't particular popular at the time, but made some kind of attempt at innovation.
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during World War 2 and the earliest personal computers created. We were able to take on double the number of attendees we
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usually take every year, but the event still rapidly sold out. Despite that, we still had a blast
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revisiting the past, watching how technology changed through the decades, and even got to see some ambitious innovative technology that wasn't particular popular at the time.
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And of course, who could forget the incredible Ball!? This year, we held our annual ball at Macdonald Burlington Hotel,
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a beautiful venue that was right next to Birmingham New Street, making it easy to reach. Each attendee was treated to
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And of course, who could forget the incredible Ball!? This year, we held our annual Ball at Macdonald Burlington Hotel,
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a beautiful venue next to Birmingham New Street. Each attendee was treated to
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a 3-course meal before dancing the night away, celebrating everything that was achieved this academic year. It was an
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incredibly wonderful night for each and every one of us on committee, and we were incredibly happy to see our planning
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efforts pay off. It was difficult to get almost 170 attendees in a single photo, but if you made it on the night, see if
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you can find yourself in our massive group photo!
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If you don't see yourself, don't worry, you should still have photos of yourself - to relive the magical night, you can
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go through the photos at <https://cssbham.com/ball/2025/photos>.
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If you don't see yourself, don't worry, there are plenty of photos of the magical night at <https://cssbham.com/ball/2025/photos>.
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And last but not least, but I also imagine to plenty of people's surprise - we were able to hold an actual BBQ this year!
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With support from the Guild, we were able to cook your food, enjoy some cold drinks and celebrate the (near) end of exams
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birmingHack was in incredibly high demand when tickets were first released - in the first hour and a half of 100 tickets
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being released, they all already sold out and required us to open a waiting list, of which garnered over 150 people. I do
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birmingHack was in incredibly high demand when tickets were released - in the first hour and a half all 100 tickets had sold out, with an additional 150 people on the waiting list. I do
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apologise if you were one of those people who were on the waiting list but couldn't go this year - but I hope we'll see
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you next year! There was no doubt that we saw the success of birmingHack, and so did the School of CS, who will be
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