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In my freshers year of 2013, Loughborough received nationwide attention for a cover of Naughty Boy\u2019s \u201cLa La La\u201d. The awfully-brilliant parody, performed by LSU Exec (the Student Union\u2019s committee), was brought into the nation\u2019s consciousness by Scott Mills on Radio 1. The piece was designed to welcome us newbies to Loughborough and promote the opportunities the University offers, and for those of you brave enough, you can witness the masterpiece here<\/a> – \u2019s well worth four minutes of your time!<\/p>\n

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For sheer enthusiasm, my favourite line has always been the reference to RAG (Raising and Giving)<\/a>. RAG is the section of the Student\u2019s Union dedicated to charity projects which range from local bucket collections (RAG Raids) to dog-sledding across the Arctic Circle. Basically, any kind of fundraising goes, and each year Loughborough students work together to raise over \u00a31,000,000 for honourable causes around the world.<\/p>\n

With two mates in 2014, I participated in a RAG event called Escape and Evade (AKA\u2018Jailbreak\u2019) where you have 48 hours to get as far away from Loughborough as possible, without spending any money. Setting out on the Friday, dressed as Spartans, we flew out of the blocks and could do no wrong: after seven hours we had found our way down to Dover, blagged a free ferry ticket and were on our way to continental Europe \u2013 this was easy, we thought!<\/p>\n

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By 5am the following morning, we realised we were wrong. After failing to find our next lift and having spent a sleepless night on a freezing roundabout in Calais, that blissful mindset had well and truly evaporated. Three dishevelled Spartans decided to head back towards Loughborough tired, but happy, that we had collected over \u00a3600 for Oxfam and continued to enjoy the company of some of Britain\u2019s finest: military personnel, NHS workers and even a Gogglebox runner \u2013 all of whom were kind enough to pick us up, and even went out of their way to get us home (for a well-earned pint)!<\/p>\n

\"IMG_1973\"<\/p>\n

Whether it\u2019s cycling to Paris, jumping out of a plane or trekking across Morocco, RAG provides brilliant opportunities to raise money for charity and have an amazing time whilst doing it. Next year I\u2019m hoping to get involved in the three peaks challenge, the Istanbul marathon or perhaps even both. The great thing is that your fundraising target usually covers a large proportion of the costs that you would otherwise incur (accommodation, travel etc) so it is a really affordable way to complete some incredible challenges.<\/p>\n

Oh yeah, and if you\u2019re starting at Loughborough in September, remember that when Naughty Boy gets played on a Friday night, get ready: it\u2019s a lot less \u201cLa La La\u201d and a lot more \u201cL S U\u201d!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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