union also housed a newspaper (NewsPort), magazine (newtwo), TV station (NTV) and radio station (Radio Noize), all of which students managed and ran. As well as weekly social events and club nights, the union organised Freshers' Fortnight, Freshers' Fayre, Re: Freshers Week, RAG (Raising and Giving Week) and the May Ball which has previously had headline acts including Supergrass, Girls Aloud, Electric Six, Scouting for Girls, The Zutons and Feeder. Notable alumni (View University of South Wales for further alumni ) Christopher Chung Shu-kun, BBS, JP, a member of Hong Kong Legislative Council Roger Cecil Ken Elias (born 1944), artist Tom Gately, writer, director and cameraman Harry Greene, television personality Paul Groves (born 1947), poet Philip John Kirk Jones, director Natasha Rhodes, science fiction author Asif Kapadia Justin Kerrigan Jon Maguire songwriter and former member of the duo Lilygreen & Maguire Tracey Moberly Teddy Soeriaatmadja Ian Watkins, former singer in the rock band Lostprophets; convicted sex offender Green Gartside, the frontman of the band Scritti Politti Helen Murphy, author Bernard Baldwin, MBE, founder of the Nos Galan road race See also Newport Technical Institute, the landmark former Newport Art College building References External links 1841 establishments in Wales Educational institutions established in 1841 Newport Buildings and structures in Newport, Wales Landmarks in Newport, Wales History of Newport, Wales Educational institutions disestablished in 2013 Defunct universities and colleges in Wales