MOVEMBER is a month associated with men and their moustaches, from the glorious and bushy to teenage bumfluff.

So imagine the Students’ Union’s surprise when Vice President Stu-dent Life Lucy Williams declared she was getting a moustache tattoo to raise money for Movember. The campaign raises funds and aware-ness of men’s health issues with its main benefactor being Prostate Can-cer UK.

Lucy’s motivation is her grandfa-ther, who is currently battling pros-tate cancer.

“It’s really difficult seeing a man as strong as my pops being attacked by cancer and not being able to do anything, especially since I live so far away, so in some small way this is me fighting for him,” Lucy said.

“My mo is for life, not just for Mo-vember,” added Lucy, who is hoping to raise £500 for the cause.

The tattoo will be inked on her wrist by Old London Road Tattoos, free of charge, at the end of the month.

“The tattoo is definitely not on my face. I’m charitable, but not that

charitable! Let’s face it, the whole idea is absolutely ridiculous,” Lucy said.

She added: “It’s all for a good cause and at least I’ll have a good story to tell down the pub.”

Lucy’s raising money as part of the Kingston University Video Game Society’s (KUVeGaS) team, who hope to raise £500. They’re up to £420 al-ready, but the more the merrier says team captain Henry Eaton.

Henry, who is also president of KU-VeGaS, said: “It’s been great having Lucy on the team. I think her pledge of getting a permanent mo tattooed on her is brilliant, and it’s why she’s getting so many sponsors.”

He said he likes Movember be-cause “chaps and chapettes can par-ticipate together, which is something you don’t often see when it comes to health charities that are specific to just one of the genders,” adding that everyone looks “that little bit more dapper”.

Movember raised £79.3m last year, helping to support the 40,000 people a year diagnosed with prostate can-cer and reminding people that men’s health is a serious issue.

Henry said: “Movember raises awareness in an obvious, fun and

original way.”Kingston’s Byron Hamburgers,

found on Jerome Place next to the river, is supporting Mo Bros and Mo Sistas (the name of men and women raising money for the campaign) by giving out free hamburgers every day to those who have raised a mini-mum of £25.

“This is very popular with the stu-dents and all the front of house staff are growing a moustache for the oc-casion,” said Alex Charalambides, 32,

team member at Byron Hamburgers. You can donate to Lucy by going

on the Movember website, www.uk.movember.com and searching for Lucy Williams.

Hundreds around Uni are sport-ing moustaches this month. Includ-ing Rynhym Promnitz, supervisor at Foodstore, Riccardo Cellotini, MA film-making student and Tewolde Hagos, a third-year pharmacology student. See their efforts in the pic-tures to the right.

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Tatt’s the spiritVice President Student Life to get moustache inked for Movember

How Lucy Williams could look with a moustache HENRY EATON

By Ollie Gillman

We moustasche you a question, do you know who this man is?

Poirot films scenes opposite Penrhyn Road campusTHE famous TV series Poirot, which is based on Agatha Chris-tie’s stories, was partly filmed by ITV outside Surrey County Hall op-posite the KU Penrhyn Road cam-pus.

KU students watched Poirot’s cast as they walked along Penrhyn Road dressed in 1930s attire, followed by an entourage of cameramen, make-up artists and a long procession of elegant vintage cars.

Natasha Bayford, spokeswoman for ITV, said: “One day filming took place at Surrey County Hall as this particular film, entitled Curtain, re-quired a court room setting and this location offered us the perfect set-ting to film in.”

Standing out from the ITV film crew was the BAFTA nominee and award-winning actor, David Suchet, who plays the leading character, Poirot.

MORE than 70 per cent of KU students do not know who their Student’s Union President is, a survey revealed.

The River carried out a poll in which a photo of KUSU President, Sean Kelly, was shown to 100 students. The results showed that 71 per cent of KU students do not know who he is.

Only 29 per cent of students knew Sean Kelly while 17 per cent could not even guess who the man in the photo was.

Joanne Romaniuk, 21, a third year media and cultural studies stu-dent said: “It’s because not many students like to get involved with the running of the University due to the stress and worry of keeping up with their University work.”

Benedict Morrissey, a third-year KU student said: “The University doesn’t really talk about KUSU members.”

Findings showed that 12 per cent of students thought the man in the picture was an actor, with the most popular guess being Matt Damon.

Mr Kelly was not available for comment. Sean Kelly, KU’s Student Union President KUSU.CO.UK

Above from top: Rynhym Promnitz, Riccardo Cellotini & Tewolde Hagos MANON IBRAHIM

David Suchet plays the role of Poirot