Concrete - Issue 187

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7EDNESDAY TH &EBRUARY 5%! S ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER

(OUSING 'UIDE 3TUDENTS BACK ANONYMOUS MARKING 'ILES $ERRINGTON ! NEW POLL ISSUED BY THE 5%! 3TUDENT 5NION HAS FOUND THAT OF STUDENTS FEEL ANONYMOUS MARKING FOR COURSEWORK SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED THROUGHOUT THE 5NIVERSITY 4HE 5NION WHICH HAS BEEN CAMPAIGNING ON THE ISSUE SINCE COMMIS SIONED THE QUESTIONNAIRE BY WWW SURVEYMONKEY COM TO

ASSESS THE SUPPORT AMONG STUDENTS FOR THEIR PROPOSALS 4HEY ARE ALSO PART OF A WIDER CAMPAIGN RUN BY THE .ATION AL 5NION OF 3TUDENTS .53 TO IMPLEMENT ANONYMOUS MARKING IN ALL UNIVERSITIES

UNDER THE BANNER -ARK MY WORDS NOT MY NAME !NONYMOUS MARKING IS DESIGNED TO PREVENT DISCRIM INATION BY THOSE WHO MARK

!CCORDING TO A NEW SURVEY THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS ARE IN FAVOUR OF ANONYMOUS MARKING COURSEWORK ON THE BASIS OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT 7HILE ONLY OF THE STUDENTS IN THE SURVEY FELT THAT THEIR

$AN &ITZHARRIS ! TRIAL BAN ON SMOKING IN THE (IVE SECTION OF THE ,#2 ON EVENTS NIGHTS HAS BEEN APPROVED BY 5NION #OUNCIL 4HE BAN WILL COMMENCE

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OF WHETHER PEOPLE RESPECT THAT IT S A NO SMOKING AREA OR WHETHER PEOPLE STAY OUT OF THE (IVE ENTIRELY ON ,#2 NIGHTS v 7HILE THERE WILL BE POST ERS IN THE (IVE ANNOUNCING THE BAN .ICK 2AYNS "ARS %NTS -ANAGER SAID h-AIN TAINING THE BAN WILL BE MORE #ONTINUED ON 0AGE

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ER FAITH IN THE SYSTEM OF AS SESSMENT 4HE POLICY HAS ALREADY BEEN INTRODUCED AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS #AM

BRIDGE AND $URHAM SUG GESTING THAT SUCH A SCHEME IS POSSIBLE 7HILE 5%! POLICY DOES NOT REQUIRE ANONYMOUS #ONTINUED ON 0AGE

3TUDENTS BOYCOTT BLOOD DONATIONS FOLLOWING BAN ON HOMOSEXUALS

4RIAL FOR EVENING SMOKING BAN IN (IVE BEGINS THIS WEEK AT NEXT 4UESDAY S !LL !MERI CAN 2EJECTS GIG AND LAST FOR SIX WEEKS !T THE END OF THE TRIAL PERIOD 5NION #OUNCIL WILL REVIEW THE BAN AND DE CIDE WHETHER TO MAKE IT PER MANENT $AN 0EARSON THE !CA DEMIC /FlCER SAID h4HERE ARE NO SET CRITERIA FOR JUDGING ITS SUCCESS )T WILL BE A CASE

MARKS HAVE BEEN INmUENCED UNDER THE CURRENT RULES THE VAST MAJORITY FELT THAT THE INTRODUCTION OF THE SCHEME WOULD LEAD TO GREAT

%LIZABETH (UDSON 3TUDENT 5NIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE BOYCOTT ING BLOOD DONOR SESSIONS AS A RESULT OF THE .ATIONAL "LOOD 3ERVICE S BAN ON HOMOSEXUAL DONORS

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#AMPAIGNING STARTED AT ,EEDS -ETROPOLITAN 5NIVER SITY FOLLOWED BY "IRMING HAM 5NIVERSITY S 'UILD OF 3TUDENTS WHICH REFUSED TO ALLOW THE ."3 TO SET UP A RE CRUITMENT STALL DURING &RESH ERSg WEEK 4HE CONSEQUENT DONOR LOSS FROM THIS PROTEST WAS ESTIMATED AT PEO PLE WHO MAY HAVE DONATED

BLOOD UP TO THREE TIMES A YEAR !WARENESS DRIVES ARE ALSO BEING RUN AT /XFORD "ROOKES

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PINTS OF BLOOD A DAY TO #ONTINUED ON 0AGE

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#ONCRETE 7EDNESDAY TH &EBRUARY

-ULTI MILLION POUND NURSING SCHOOL OPENS AT 5%! $AN &ITZHARRIS ! NEW STATE OF THE ART TRAINING CENTRE FOR THE SCHOOL OF .URSING AND -IDWIFERY .!- OPENED AT 5%! ON ST &EBRUARY 4HE a MILLION %DITH #AVELL "UILDING INCORPORATES THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY INTO ITS SEMINAR ROOMS AND SEAT LECTURE THEATRE 4HE BUILDING ALSO HAS A SKILLS LAB ORATORY REPLICATING A HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT $EAN OF THE 3CHOOL

+ATE 'UYON SAID h4HIS IS A FANTASTIC NEW START FOR THE SCHOOL 7E HAVE BEEN SCAT TERED OVER lVE BUILDINGS AT OUR OLD (ELLESDON SITE SO IT

IS A HUGE ADVANTAGE TO HAVE EVERYONE UNDER ONE ROOF )T MAKES COMMUNICATION EASI ER FOR A START v h)T ALSO MEANS THAT WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE MASSIVE ADVANCES IN TECH NOLOGY TO PROVIDE A SUPERB TEACHING AND LEARNING ENVI RONMENT /UR STUDENT COUN CIL MEMBERS RATE THE NEW )4 FACILITIES VERY HIGHLY AND WE NOW HAVE ONE OF THE MOST MODERN LECTURE THEATRES IN THE COUNTY v 4HE SQUARE FOOT PURPOSE BUILT BUILDING WILL PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH A FULL LIBRARY PROVISION AS WELL AS BETTER ACCESS TO ACADEMIC AND SUPPORT STAFF 4HE RES TAURANT AND )4 LAB LOCATED WITHIN THE BUILDING MEAN THAT .!- STUDENTS NOW HAVE

#/.4%.43 .%73 !S THE TH "RITISH SOLDIER DIES IN )RAQ A VIGIL IS HELD OUTSIDE THE &ORUM IN .ORWICH

3TUDENTS AT /XFORD 5NIVERSITY ARE BEING ASKED TO SIGN LEGALLY BINDING CONTRACTS PROMISING TO ATTEND LECTURES

&%!452%3 &ROM lNDING YOUR FRIENDS TO SIGNING YOUR CONTRACT

EVERYTHING THEY COULD POSSI BLY NEED IN THEIR NEW HOME 4HE MODERN FACILITIES WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR THE SCHOOL TO RUN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL HEALTH CONFER ENCES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE .ORWICH AND .ORFOLK 5NIVERSITY (OSPITAL AND OTH ER TRUSTS 3TEPHEN #LAY 0ROJECT #OORDINATOR SAID h7E NOW HAVE A LECTURE THEATRE WHICH PREVIOUSLY WE DIDN T HAVE BUT THE BIGGEST ADVANCE IS DEl NITELY IN THE STATE OF THE ART AUDIO VISUAL EQUIPMENT v ,OCATED ON #OLNEY ,ANE

ADJACENT TO THE .ORWICH AND .ORFOLK 5NIVERSITY (OSPI TAL THE %DITH #AVELL BUILD ING IS LESS THAN MINUTES WALK FROM THE OTHER HEALTH SCHOOLS ON CAMPUS !ROUND

4HE NEW .URSING AND -IDWIFERY BUILDING

STUDENT NURSES MID WIVES AND /$0S STUDY IN THE SCHOOL WHICH IS PART OF

5%! S )NSTITUTE OF (EALTH 4HE NAME %DITH #AVELL "UILDING WAS CHOSEN IN A

COMPETITION AMONG STAFF AND STUDENTS AND RECOGNISES .OR FOLK S MOST FAMOUS NURSE

3TUDENTS SUPPORT CALLS FOR ANONYMOUS MARKING #ONTINUED FORM 0AGE COURSEWORK MARKING SCHOOLS HAVE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED THEIR OWN INTERNAL SCHEMES 0ROFESSOR !LISTAIR -UL LIS $EAN OF THE ,AW 3CHOOL

COMMENTED h) REMAIN AMAZED THAT ANONYMOUS MARKING IS NOT 5NIVERSITY POLICY 7E WOULD SIMPLY NOT CONTEMPLATE ADOPTING ANY OTHER SYSTEM v (E ADDED THAT UNDER

ANONYMOUS MARKING THERE IS hNO POSSIBILITY OF BEING EVEN SUBCONSCIOUSLY INmUENCED

BY A STUDENT S CLASS PERFORM ANCE v (OWEVER $R 2UPERT 2EAD A 3ENIOR 0HILOSOPHY ,ECTURER AND !54 STUDENT LIAISON OFlCER SUGGESTED THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH A SYSTEM COULD LEAD TO DIFl CULTIES IN PROVIDING FEEDBACK FOR STUDENTS (E SAID h)SN T

THAT IN THE END THE REALLY IM PORTANT THING ABOUT DOING WRITTEN WORK NOT JUST THE NUMBER OUT OF A HUNDRED THAT ONE EARNS FOR IT BUT THE EDUCATIONAL BENElT OF THE LECTURER S COMMENTS v h) WOULD URGE 5%! STU DENTS TO THINK AGAIN ABOUT WHETHER ANONYMOUS MARK ING FOR COURSEWORK WOULD REALLY BE IN ANY WAY A GENU INELY PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION

AL DEVELOPMENT ) THINK THAT IT WOULD NOT BE v 7HILE THERE ARE A GREAT MANY ISSUES TO RESOLVE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ARGUMENT

THE NEW POLL SHOWS THAT SUP PORT IS GROWING FOR THE 5N ION S PROPOSALS SUGGESTING THAT ANONYMOUS MARKING COULD WELL BECOME A STAND ARD PART OF UNIVERSITY ASSESS MENT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER

HOW TO PROCURE THE PERFECT PROPERTY

%ARLHAM OR 5NTHANK $EREHAM OR "OWTHORPE !

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3MOKING BAN IN (IVE EXTENDED TO EVENINGS

"LOOD 3ERVICE BOYCOTT SUPPORTED BY .53

#ARBON MONOXIDE IS A SILENT KILLER AND KNOWING THE SYMPTOMS OF POISONING COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE

! NEW SPECIES OF BIRD IS DISCOVERED IN )NDONESIA THE INTRINSIC VALUE OF CORAL AND PAPER MADE FROM ELEPHANT POO

#/--%.4 4HEY GET EVERYWHERE AND THERE S SEEMINGLY NOTHING WE CAN DO TO STOP THEM THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE BUREAUCRAT

30/24 )N PRAISE OF WOMEN S RUGBY A SEASONED PLAYER WRITES ABOUT A SPORT THAT IS TOUGH COMPETITIVE AND A LOT OF FUN

)T S AS CLOSE AS IT GETS FOR THE FOOTBALL TEAM AS LEAGUE TABLE MATHEMATICS COST THEM THE PLACING THEY DESERVE

#ONTINUED FROM 0AGE OF A CASE OF PEER PRESSURE THAN BOUNCERS ENFORCING IT v -ANY NON SMOKERS HAVE WELCOMED THIS DECISION *ES SICA &AIRALL A YEAR OLD -!

STUDENT SAID h) THINK IT S A GREAT IDEA )T MEANS ) WON T HAVE TO BREATHE IN OTHER PEOPLE S SMOKE BUT IT DOES SOUND LIKE IT WILL BE HARD TO IMPLEMENT v #AROLINE 3HEPHERD A YEAR OLD EX SMOKER SAID h)T S ABOUT TIME THE ,#2 GOT A NO SMOKING AREA 4HE AIR CAN GET TOO HEAVY IN THERE AND THERE SHOULDN T BE A PROBLEM AS LONG AS THERE IS AN AREA THAT PEOPLE CAN SMOKE IN v !CCORDING TO !CTION ON 3MOKING AND (EALTH !3(

LIVES WOULD BE SAVED EVERY YEAR BY A BAN ON SMOK

ING IN PUBLIC PLACES ! MOTION TO BAN SMOK ING ENTIRELY IN THE 5NION WAS REJECTED LAST YEAR AND THIS TRIAL IS IN KEEPING WITH THE 5NION S ANTI SMOKING STANCE AND ALSO WITH THE NATIONAL TREND 4HE GOVERNMENT S RECENT (EALTH "ILL PROPOSED THAT ALL WORKPLACES RESTAURANTS AND PUBS SERVING FOOD WILL HAVE TO HAVE A SMOKING BAN IN PLACE BY SUMMER (OWEVER WITH A FREE VOTE IN THE #OMMONS LOOKING IN CREASINGLY LIKELY AND (EALTH 3ECRETARY 0ATRICIA (EWITT AND OTHER ,ABOUR REBELS FAVOUR ING A TOTAL BAN IN ALL LICENSED PREMISES WITHOUT EXCEPTION

THE BAN IN THE (IVE IS JUST ONE SMALL STEP ON THE PATH TO A SMOKE FREE 5NION

#ONTINUED FROM 0AGE SUPPORT THE CURRENT DEMAND FOR BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS AND WITH ONLY OF THE POPULA TION DONATING BLOOD THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE 4HE 5NIONS INVOLVED IN THE BOYCOTT HAVE RECEIVED CRITICISM FROM THE NATIONAL PRESS WITH THE -AIL ON 3UN DAY LINKING A SHORTAGE IN BLOOD DONORS TO THE STUDENT CAMPAIGNS (OWEVER THE .53 HAS POINTED OUT THAT THE PURPOSE OF THESE ACTIONS IS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE FACT THAT MORE DONORS ARE NEEDED

AND THAT SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING AND ABLE TO DO NATE BLOOD ARE BEING PRE VENTED FROM DOING SO 3TUDENT 5NIONS TAKING PART SUPPORT THE NOTION THAT

EVERYONE WHO PRACTICES SAFE SEX SHOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE BLOOD ESPECIALLY AS INFEC TIONS SUCH AS ()6 AND !)$3 REACH FAR OUTSIDE THE GAY COMMUNITY 4HE .53 ,ESBIAN 'AY

"ISEXUAL AND 4RANSSEXUAL ,'"4 CAMPAIGN BELIEVES THAT THE .ATIONAL "LOOD 3ERVICE POLICY ALSO EXACER BATES THE STIGMA OF ()6 AND !)$3 AS hGAY DISEASESv 2ECENT STATISTICS SHOW THAT ()6 IS BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD IN THE HETEROSEX UAL COMMUNITY AND CONSE QUENTLY THE .ATIONAL "LOOD 3ERVICE S BAN SEEMS TO CLING TO AN OLD FASHIONED STERE OTYPE &OR MORE INFORMATION VISIT WWW BLOOD CO UK

#ONCRETE 7EDNESDAY TH &EBRUARY

5%! RESEARCHES STAMMERING 5%! IS TO SET UP A RESEARCH PROJECT TO LOOK AT THE EXPE RIENCES OF ADULTS WHO STAM MER 4HE SCHEME WILL INVESTI GATE THE THERAPIES AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE WITH STAMMERS

AND COMPARE THE EFFECTIVE NESS OF DIFFERENT TREATMENTS )T IS BEING FUNDED BY THE $OMINIC "ARKER 4RUST AND THE RESEARCH WILL BE CARRIED OUT BY 4AMMY $AVIDSON

-USICAL MASTER PLAYS IN .ORWICH 4HE PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR WITH THE ""# 3YMPHONY /R CHESTRA -R *IRÓ "ELOHLÉVEK

WILL HOLD A ONE DAY EVENT IN .ORWICH ON &EBRUARY TH 4HE WORKSHOP WHICH HAS BEEN ORGANISED BY 5NI VERSITY OF %AST !NGLIA 5%!

IN CONJUNCTION WITH #HAM BER /RCHESTRA !NGLIA #/!

WILL INCLUDE A PERFORMANCE OF 4ARAS "ULBA BY *ANACEK 4ICKETS COST a AND THE EVENT TAKES PLACE AT "ARCLAYS "ANK ON "ANK 0LAIN

-EDIEVAL SAINTS AND SINNERS ! LECTURE ON 3AINTS AND 3IN NERS IN -EDIEVAL %AST !N GLIA WILL BE HELD AT 5%! ON 4HURSDAY TH &EBRUARY 0ROFESSOR #HRISTOPHER (ARPER "ILL OF THE 3CHOOL OF (ISTORY WILL GIVE THE TALK EN TITLED h4HE $ISTANT (AND OF 2OME @%AST !NGLIA AND THE 0APACY IN THE -IDDLE !GES v

IN ,ECTURE 4HEATRE !DMISSION IS FREE AND THE LECTURE STARTS AT PM

(OUSING %VENT ON -ARCH ND 4HIS YEAR S (OUSING %VENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON -ARCH ND IN ,ECTURE 4HEATRE 4HE %VENT OFFERS INFOR MATION AND ADVICE FOR STU DENTS LOOKING TO MOVE INTO RENTED ACCOMMODATION AND INCLUDES THE CIRCULATION OF THE HOUSING LIST 2OOM BOOKINGS HAVE MEANT THAT THIS YEAR S %VENT FALLS DURING 2EADING 7EEK

BUT THE ORGANISERS HOPE THAT THE TIMING WILL GIVE STUDENTS MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO VISIT PROPERTIES DURING THE WEEK &OR MORE INFORMATION

SEE THE (OUSING 'UIDE IN THIS ISSUE OF #ONCRETE OR THE (OME 2UN WEBSITE

6IGIL AS TH SOLDIER DIES IN )RAQ .ATALIE ,ASANCE !NTI WAR PROTESTERS STAGED A VIGIL LAST 7EDNESDAY OUT SIDE THE &ORUM IN .ORWICH TO MARK THE DEATH OF THE TH "RITISH SOLDIER TO DIE IN THE CONmICT IN )RAQ SINCE HOSTILITIES BEGAN IN

/VER PEOPLE AT TENDED THE CANDLE LIT VIGIL

WHERE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE .ORWICH 3TOP THE 7AR #OALITION AND 4HE .ORWICH 5NITED .ATIONS !SSOCIATION READ OUT THE NAMES OF THE "RITISH SOLDIERS AS WELL AS NAMES OF )RAQI CIVIL IANS WHO HAVE DIED IN THE CONmICT -ARGUERITE &INN A REP RESENTATIVE OF 4HE .ORWICH 5NITED .ATIONS !SSOCIATION

COMMENTED h) THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE GATHER TOGETHER TO BEAR WIT

NESS TO THIS SENSELESS AND IL LEGAL WAR -ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THINK WE MUST BE DOING SOMETHING @WRONG BY HOLDING SUCH A VIGIL WHILE OTHERS DON T WANT TO BE RE MINDED ABOUT )RAQ AND FEEL GUILTY THAT THEY ARE NOT PRO TESTING TOO BUT IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR SOMETHING TO BE DONE v 4HE VIGIL FOLLOWS THE DEATH LAST 4UESDAY OF #ORPO RAL 'ORDON !LEXANDER 0RITCH ARD

FROM THE 2OYAL 3COTS $RAGOON 'UARDS #ORPORAL 0RITCHARD WHO WAS KILLED IN A BLAST IN 5MM 1ASR "ASRA PROVINCE IS THE TH "RIT ISH SOLDIER TO DIE IN )RAQ (IS DEATH SPARKED SEVERAL VIGILS AND DEMONSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY IN THE FOLLOWING WEEK AND REIGNITED THE DEBATE OVER )RAQ 0RIME -INISTER 4ONY "LAIR SAID THE DEATH WAS A hTRAGEDYv BUT TROOPS WOULD REMAIN IN )RAQ FOR AS LONG AS THEY ARE NEEDED )N AN

! CANDLE LIT VIGIL WAS HELD OUTSIDE THE &ORUM INTERVIEW HE SAID h)T IS IM PORTANT BECAUSE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN !FGHANISTAN AND )RAQ IS THAT THE PEOPLE OF THOSE COUNTRIES WANT TO LEAVE BEHIND TERRORISM AND EXTREMISM AND THEY WANT TO EMBRACE DEMOCRACY v (OWEVER ANTI WAR AC

TIVISTS CLAIM THAT THE RISING DEATH TOLL DEMONSTRATES THE TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES OF AN UNNECESSARY WAR !NDREW "OSWELL PEACE ACTIVIST AND 'REEN 0ARTY #OUNTY #OUNCILLOR SAID h)N TAKING THE COUNTRY TO WAR 4ONY "LAIR MISLED THE

COUNTRY AND PARLIAMENT )T S CLEAR NOW TO SEE WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS AP PALLING DECISION HAVE BEEN /VER "RITISH SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN KILLED ALONG WITH OVER )RAQI CIVILIANS 3UCH A MISTAKE MUST NEVER BE MADE AGAIN v

,IB $EMS 3IMON (UGHES VISITS 5%! 34$ TESTING IN THE (IVE !NDY *UDSON

&IONA "ILLINGS

3IMON (UGHES -0 0RESI DENT OF THE ,IBERAL $EMO CRAT PARTY MET WITH 5%!

STUDENTS IN THE #ONSTABLE 4ERRACE #OMMON ROOM TO GIVE A BRIEF TALK ON 7EDNESDAY TH &EBRUARY 4HE EVENT WAS HOSTED

BY THE 5%! ,IBERAL $EMO CRAT SOCIETY AND WAS PART OF (UGHES CAMPAIGN TO BE COME LEADER OF THE PARTY IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION 4HE TALK WAS ATTENDED MOSTLY BY MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY AS WELL AS LOCAL ,IB $EM PARTY MEMBERS -EM BERS OF OTHER POLITICAL SOCIE TIES WHO WISHED TO MEET THE PROMINENT POLITICIAN AND LISTEN TO HIS POLITICAL IDEAS

WERE ALSO PRESENT 4HE TALK PROVIDED -R (UGHES WITH AN IDEAL OPPOR TUNITY TO WIN VOTES FOR HIS LEADERSHIP CAMPAIGN AS WELL AS TO DISCUSS HIS PERSONAL PO LITICAL BELIEFS !FTER A BRIEF INTRODUC TION BY SOCIETY #HAIR *ENNI #ARTER -R (UGHES BEGAN TO TALK ABOUT THE VARIOUS ISSUES THAT CONCERN HIM AND UPON WHICH HIS CAMPAIGN IS RUN NING RANGING FROM ENVIRON

3IMON (UGHES WITH MEMBERS OF THE 5%! ,IB $EMS MENTAL PROBLEMS TO ISSUES FOR STUDENTS 3IMON (UGHES WAS PAR TICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT SOCIAL WELFARE SAYING HE FEELS THAT THERE ARE STILL FUNDA MENTAL PROBLEMS IN "RITISH SOCIETY THAT SHOULD BE DEALT WITH OVER MATTERS OF EDU CATION AND HEALTH (E WAS ADAMANT TO MAKE TACKLING THESE PROBLEMS A KEY ISSUE FOR THE ,IBERAL $EMOCRATS -R (UGHES WAS ALSO KEEN TO TACKLE THE NEW CHALLENGES POSED BY THE REINVIGORATED #ONSERVATIVE PARTY HEAD ON

AND HAD SOME CHOICE WORDS OVER $AVID #AMERON S POLI CIES BELIEVING THAT THERE WAS STILL AN IMPORTANT PLACE FOR THE ,IBERAL $EMOCRATS IN "RITISH POLITICS !FTERWARDS

3IMON (UGHES WAS GIVEN THE OP

PORTUNITY TO TAKE QUESTIONS FROM THE mOOR WHERE ISSUES SUCH AS REFORM OF 0ARLIAMENT AND GETTING WOMEN AN EQUAL PLACE IN "RITISH POLITICS WERE DISCUSSED ! MEMBER OF THE 'REEN PARTY ALSO QUIZZED -R (UGH ES ON HIS ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES "EFORE HE lNISHED

-R (UGHES EXPRESSED HIS CONlDENCE IN THE FUTURE OF THE ,IBERAL $EMOCRAT PARTY AND ITS IDEALS (E WAS PER SONALLY THANKED BY MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY AND GAVE UP SOME TIME FOR PHOTOS BOTH FOR THE PRESS AND THE PUBLIC

BEFORE LEAVING TO CONTINUE HIS NATIONWIDE CAMPAIGN BY TRAVELLING TO $UNFERMLINE TO HELP OUT IN THE LOCAL BY ELEC TION 4HE ,IBERAL $EMOCRATS WOULD GO ON TO WIN THE SEAT IN A SURPRISING LANDSLIDE

3TUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO GET A CHLAMYDIA TEST WITH THEIR BAGUETTES IN THE (IVE ON 7EDNESDAY AS 5%! 3EX PRESSION ATTEMPT TO TACKLE ONE OF "RITAIN S MOST PRO LIlC 34$S OF WOMEN AND CENT OF MEN AGED BETWEEN AND ARE BELIEVED TO BE AFFECTED BY CHLAMYDIA )T IS THE MOST COMMON BACTERIAL SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFEC TION AND IS THE REASON FOR A FREE SCREENING SESSION IN THE (IVE ON 7EDNESDAY TH &EBRUARY FROM AM n PM 5%! 3EXPRESSION A STU DENT ORGANISATION SET UP JUST OVER A YEAR AGO ARE COMMIT TED TO CUTTING THE INCREASING RATES OF 34$S AND TEENAGE PREGNANCIES THROUGH EDUCA TION IN SCHOOLS AND PROJECTS SUCH AS THIS SCREENING DAY !LTHOUGH MANY PEOPLE ARE PUT OFF GETTING TESTED FOR CHLAMYDIA DUE TO THE ANTICI PATED EMBARRASSMENT THEY ASSOCIATE WITH IT 3EXPRESSION STRESS THAT TESTING COULD NOT BE EASIER OR MORE DISCREET 4HE TESTING SIMPLY IN VOLVES GOING ALONG TO THE (IVE lLLING OUT A FEW CON

TACT DETAILS AND THEN GOING OFF TO THE TOILET TO hPEE IN A POTv 4HE SAMPLE IS THEN PUT IN A SAMPLE BIN ANONYMOUS LY WITH JUST A NUMBER TO BE MATCHED TO YOUR DETAILS LAT ER AND SENT OFF FOR TESTING )N AROUND TWO WEEKS YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR RESULTS EITHER IN A TEXT MESSAGE IF YOU HAVE THE ALL CLEAR OR IN A PHONE CALL TO CONlRM YOU NEED TREATMENT 4HE TREATMENT ITSELF IS VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD INVOLV ING JUST A SIMPLE DOSE OF ANTIBIOTICS 7ITHOUT MEDI CATION THE INFECTION COULD SPREAD TO OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY CAUSING INmAMMATION OF THE JOINTS URETHRA AND EYES AS WELL AS VARIOUS GENI TAL PROBLEMS OF CASES OF CHLAMYDIA HAVE NO SYMP TOMS AT ALL (OWEVER THE MESSAGE 3EXPRESSION ARE STRESSING TO STUDENTS AT 5%! IS NOT TO FEEL THAT THERE IS ANYTHING WRONG WITH GETTING TESTED AS IT IS THE SENSIBLE THING TO DO JUST IN CASE YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE

&OR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT CHLAMYDIA AND 3EX PRESSION VISIT WWW SEX PRESSION CO UK OR SEND AN EMAIL TO SEXPRESSION UEA GMAIL COM

7EDNESDAY TH &EBRUARY #ONCRETE

3TUDENT PAPER IN CARTOON ROW !LEX &LUX #ARDIFF 5NIVERSITY S STU DENT NEWSPAPER WAS SHREDDED LAST WEEK AS THE lRST "RITISH PUBLICATION TO PRINT THE CONTROVERSIAL CARTOONS SATIRISING THE 0ROPHET -UHAMMAD AS A TERRORIST &OUR MONTHS HAVE PASSED SINCE THE $ANISH NEWSPAPER *YLLANDS 0OSTEN PUBLISHED TWELVE CARTOONS PARODY ING THE )SLAMIC FAITH WHICH CAUSED AN IMMEDIATE BACK LASH 4HE CONTROVERSY WAS HEIGHTENED RECENTLY WHEN CERTAIN %UROPEAN NEWSPA PERS DEFENDED THEIR RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND EX PRESSION BY RE PUBLISHING THE SAME IMAGES (OWEVER NO "RITISH NEWSPAPER HAD PRINTED THE IMAGES 4HAT WAS UNTIL LAST WEEK WHEN THE #ARDIFF 5NI VERSITY NEWSPAPER 'AIR 2HY DD WHICH TRANSLATES AS @&REE 7ORD ATTEMPTED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES INVOLVED BY SHOW ING THE CARTOONS IN CONNEC TION TO AN ARTICLE SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT SPARKED THE ORIGINAL PROTESTS !S A RESULT THE %DITOR AND THREE OTHER STUDENT JOURNAL ISTS WERE SUSPENDED )N ADDI TION ALMOST ALL OF THE

COPIES PRINTED WERE PULPED

BAR JUST THAT REMAIN IN CIRCULATION *YLLANDS 0OSTEN HAVE STATED THAT THEIR REASON FOR COMMISSIONING THE CARTOONS WAS AS A TEST TO SEE WHETHER )SLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM WAS AFFECTING FREEDOM OF EXPRES SION IN $ENMARK 4HE PAPER HAS CONTINUED TO DEFEND THEIR RIGHT TO PRINT SUCH A STORY 4HE "RITISH MEDIA HAVE TAKEN THE STANCE THAT THE DIS RESPECT SUCH IMAGES SHOW TO WARDS ALL -USLIMS OUTWEIGHS THE MERIT OF SHOWING PEOPLE WHAT STARTED THE CONTROVERSY

IN THE AFTERMATH OF WHICH FOUR PEOPLE HAVE NOW DIED )N #ARDIFF MANY HAVE SPOKEN OUT OVER THE INSENSI TIVE AND DISRESPECTFUL NATURE OF 'AIR 2HYDD S DECISION TO REPRINT THE CARTOONS !SH GAR !LI THE CHAIRMAN OF A -OSQUE IN #ARDIFF SAID h9OU CAN T PLAY WITH SOMEONE S RE LIGION 4HE -USLIM STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY ARE GOING TO BE UPSET v )N #ARDIFF 5NIVER SITY LAUNCHED A NEW CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF )SLAM AND ACCORDING TO THE CENTRE S DI RECTOR 3OPHIE 'ILLIAT 2AY

THE NUMBER OF -USLIM STU DENTS IS BETWEEN AND

#ARDIFF 3TUDENT 5NION HAS DISTANCED ITSELF FROM THE CONTROVERSY SAYING h4HE OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN THAT

WWW CONCRETE ONLINE CO UK

THE NET BASED VERSION OF YOUR STUDENT NEWSPAPER IS DUE TO RELAUNCH THIS WEEK 4HE WEBSITE HAS BEEN UN DER CONSTRUCTION SINCE LAST TERM )T HAS A BRAND NEW DE SIGN AND WILL INCLUDE ALL THE STORIES FROM THE MOST RECENT ISSUES OF #ONCRETE AND 4HE %VENT )F YOU HAVE A STORY YOU WOULD LIKE TO WRITE FOR THE WEBSITE CONTACT CONCRETE EDITORIAL UEA AC UK

#!0 NEEDS GENE STUDY VOLUNTEERS

#ARDIFF S STUDENT NEWSPAPER 'AIR 2HYDD WAS PULPED THIS WEEK PUBLICATION ARE THOSE OF THE EDITORIAL TEAM INDEPENDENT LY OF THE 3TUDENTS 5NION OR 5NIVERSITY v 4HE DEBATE RAISES IM PORTANT QUESTIONS OVER THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT ARE AN INTRINSIC PART OF FREEDOM OF

SPEECH AND EXPRESSION AND ALSO OVER WHICH SUBJECTS SHOULD BE APPROACHED WITH MORE CAUTION THAN OTHERS 4HE CONTROVERSY OVER THESE PUBLICATIONS HAS ALSO DRAWN ATTENTION TO THE ISSUE OF HOW MUCH FREEDOM THE

'AMBLING COURSE OPENS IN "LACKPOOL WHILE 5%!

STUDENTS SHUN LOTTERY FOR hBOOKS AND ESSENTIALSv $AN &ITZHARRIS

5%! COULD LOSE ITS LOTTERY MACHINE UNLESS STUDENTS START BUYING MORE TICKETS ,OW SALES lGURES IN THE 5NION 0APER 3HOP HAVE RE SULTED IN #AMELOT THREATEN ING TO REMOVE THE LOTTERY MACHINE UNLESS A SIGNIlCANT INCREASE IS SEEN 6AL ,AMBERT 0APER 3HOP 3UPERVISOR SAID h3ALES HAVE GONE UP RECENTLY WITH THE BIG JACKPOTS ON THE %UROMIL LIONS DRAW BUT WE DON T SELL THAT MANY TICKETS DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY )T TENDS TO BE OLDER PEOPLE THAT BUY LOT TERY TICKETS RATHER THAN STU DENTS v 7ITH SO FEW STUDENTS BUYING LOTTERY TICKETS IT RAIS

ES THE QUESTION OF WHETHER A LOTTERY MACHINE IS ACTUALLY NEEDED ON CAMPUS !-3 STUDENT #LARE *OHNSON SAID h) OCCASION ALLY BUY LOTTERY TICKETS BUT ONLY IF THERE S A BIG JACKPOT ) DON T THINK MANY STUDENTS CAN REALLY AFFORD TO GAMBLE REGULARLY ON THE LOTTERY SO ) DON T THINK MANY STUDENTS WOULD MISS IT v ,AURA 4HOMSON ALSO FROM !-3 SAID h0ERSONALLY ) JUST DON T HAVE THE MONEY TO WASTE ON BUYING LOTTERY TICK ETS ) HAVE TO BUY BOOKS AND OTHER ESSENTIALS SO SPENDING MONEY ON THE LOTTERY ISN T HIGH ON MY PRIORITY LIST v (OWEVER IN OTHER AREAS OF THE COUNTRY STUDENT ATTI TUDES TOWARDS GAMBLING ARE IN STARK CONTRAST WITH THOSE AT 5%! !T "LACKPOOL AND 4HE

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&YLDE #OLLEGE STUDENTS CAN TAKE COURSES IN ROULETTE

BLACKJACK AND POKER AS WELL AS TRAINING AS CASINO MAN AGERS AND SUPER CROUPIERS WITH THE COLLEGE PREPARING TO OPEN ITS OWN TRAINING CASINO THIS MONTH -ANAGER OF THE ACADEMY

#OLLEEN -C,AUGHLIN SAID h3TUDENTS WILL BE WORKING IN A @REAL LIFE CASINO COVER ING EVERY FUNCTION FROM THE START OF PLAY TO THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS )T WAS IMPORTANT TO MAKE IT AS REALISTIC AS POS SIBLE SO STUDENTS GET USED TO

WORKING IN A GENUINE CASINO ENVIRONMENT v h7E HAVE MUSIC PLAY ING NOISY SLOT MACHINES IN THE BACKGROUND AND LOTS OF HUSTLE AND BUSTLE AS WELL AS A RECEPTION DESK AND A CASH ROOM 7E TRY TO SIMULATE A REAL CASINO EVERY DAY WITH LOTS OF ROLE PLAYS v 4HE PURPOSE BUILT CASINO CONTAINS ROULETTE WHEELS

BLACKJACK AND POKER TABLES AND IS PART OF THE OVERALL EF FORT TO REGENERATE THE "LACK POOL AREA INTO A ,AS 6EGAS STYLE GAMBLING -ECCA

PRESS SHOULD HAVE 3HOULD JOURNALISTS BE ALLOWED TO SATIRISE WHAT IS SACRED TO OTH ERS )N "RITAIN WHERE THE PRESS IS LARGELY INDEPEND ENT AND UNCHECKED IT WOULD SEEM THE ANSWER IS NO

2ESEARCHERS AT 5%! ARE LOOK ING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO HELP WITH A STUDY INTO A TYPE OF GENE WHICH COULD INmUENCE WEIGHT GAIN 4HE TEAM IS LOOKING FOR UP TO NON MEDICATED AND HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS TO GIVE A BLOOD SAMPLE 4HIS WILL BE USED TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE SEROTONIN # RECEPTOR GENE VARIETY ASSOCIATED WITH OBESITY IS PRESENT IN THE "RIT ISH POPULATION &OR MORE INFORMATION EMAIL $R %MMA -C#ARTHY ON E MCCARTHY UEA AC UK OR CALL !LICEON "LAIR (U MAN .UTRITION 5NIT )&2 ON

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3TUDENTS THROW BEER AT "ORIS 3TUDENTS IN %DINBURGH THREW BEER AT THE 3HADOW (IGHER %DUCATION -INISTER "ORIS *OHNSON IN PROTEST AGAINST HIS SUPPORT FOR TOP UP FEES -EMBERS OF THE 9OUNG 3OCIALISTS JEERED THE -0 ON HIS VISIT TO %DINBURGH

DURING WHICH HE BEGAN HIS CAMPAIGN TO BECOME THE 5NIVERSITY S NEW RECTOR 4HEY SHOUTED CHANTS AT THE -0

WHO HAS SAID HE SUPPORTS HIS PARTY S STANCE ON HIGHER EDU CATION FEES *OHNSON THE -0 FOR (ENLEY AND EX EDITOR OF THE 3PECTATOR MADE A RETURN TO 4ORY POLITICS IN $ECEMBER UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF $AVID #AMERON

&INANCIAL WORRIES FOR THE .53 4HE EX CHAIRMAN OF THE .53 &INANCE #OMMITTEE 3AM 2OZATI HAS CLAIMED THE OR GANISATION IS FACING SEVERE lNANCIAL DIFlCULTIES -R 2OZATI WHO RESIGNED FROM THE POST AT THE END OF LAST YEAR HAS TOLD THE PRESS THAT THE 5NION IS RUNNING AT A a DElCIT AND COULD BE FACING BANKRUPTCY )N AN INTERVIEW WITH %XETER 5NI VERSITY S %XEPOSE NEWSPAPER HE SAID THAT THE .53 IS IN hA lNANCIAL MESSv AND IS IN NEED OF hWHOLESALE REFORM IF IT IS TO SURVIVEv 4HE .53 HAS REFUTED HIS CLAIMS

!CTIVISTS THREATEN /XFORD STUDENTS -EMBERS OF ACTIVIST GROUP THE !NIMAL ,IBERATION &RONT !,& HAVE THREATENED VIO LENCE AGAINST STUDENTS AND STAFF AT /XFORD 5NIVERSITY 4HE 5NIVERSITY S PLANS TO BUILD A a MILLION ANIMAL RESEARCH LABORATORY HAVE AT TRACTED CONDEMNATION FROM ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS 0LANS FOR A SIMILAR SITE IN #AM BRIDGE WERE ABANDONED FOL LOWING AN INTENSIVE CAM PAIGN BY PROTESTERS )N A STATEMENT POSTED ON THE INTERNET THE !,& WARNED THAT ANYONE RELATED TO /X FORD 5NIVERSITY MAY BE TAR GETED REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY ARE DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH THE ANIMAL TESTING LABO RATORY 3ECURITY AT THE SITE HAS BEEN STEPPED UP WITH BUILD ING WORKERS BEING ASKED TO WEAR BALACLAVAS TO PROTECT THEIR IDENTITIES

3TUDENTS TO SIGN LEGAL CONTRACTS -ELANIE *ONES /XFORD HAS BECOME THE lRST 5NIVERSITY TO PROPOSE h) WILL TRY HARDv CONTRACTS FOR ITS NEW STUDENTS IN 3EPTEMBER 4HE CONTRACTS WILL BE LEGALLY BINDING MAKING IT COMPULSORY TO ATTEND ALL TU TORIALS AND LECTURES $UE TO THE CONTROVERSIAL INTRODUC TION OF THE TOP UP FEES THIS YEAR WITH STUDENTS HAVING TO PAY UP TO a THE 5NIVER SITY FEARS AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS TAKING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THEM IN THE EVENT OF POOR PERFORM ANCE )N A MATURE STUDENT WAS GIVEN a IN COM PENSATION BY THE 5NIVERSITY OF 7OLVERHAMPTON IN AN OUT OF COURT SETTLEMENT FOLLOWING A CLAIM THAT THE 5NIVERSITY HAD BREACHED THEIR CONTRACT 4HE LECTURE THEATRES WERE OF TEN OVERCROWDED AND HE WAS TURNED AWAY FROM SEMINARS

WHICH HE SAID WAS NOT THE STANDARD OF EDUCATION HE HAD EXPECTED 4HESE CONTRACTS HAVE NOT BEEN WELCOMED BY STUDENTS

WHO CLAIM THAT THEY HAVEN T BEEN INCLUDED IN THE DECI SION 4HE IDEA IS ALSO NOT

.EW STUDENTS AT /XFORD WILL BE LEGALLY BOUND TO ATTEND LECTURES SUPPORTED BY THE .53 *ULIAN .ICHOLDS 6ICE 0RESIDENT OF THE .53 HAS CRITICISED THE CONTRACTS SAY ING THAT THEY ARE TOO VAGUE 4HE CONTRACTS ARE VERY CLEAR ON WHAT WILL BE EXPECTED OF THE STUDENTS BUT THEY OFFER NO GUARANTEES OF WHAT THE UNIVERSITY WILL OFFER THEM IN RETURN 4HE CONTRACT CLAIMS

THAT THE UNIVERSITY WILL hMAKE SUCH TEACHING PROVISION FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AS IT REASONABLY DECIDES NECES SARYv )T HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT THESE CONTRACTS ARE MORE FOR THE BENElT OF THE 5NIVER SITY THAN THE STUDENT 4HE .53 ALSO BELIEVES THAT STUDENTS SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE THE RIGHT TO COMPLAIN

ABOUT THE QUALITY OF TEACH ING AND SUPPORT WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE ATTENDED EVERY LECTURE OR TUTORIAL 7ITH THE HIGH COST OF EDUCATION IT BE LIEVES STUDENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO EXPECT HIGH STANDARDS IN TEACHING AND PROVISIONS !LSO DUE TO THE COST MANY STUDENTS MAY HAVE A JOB TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES AND WILL

HAVE DIFlCULTY JUGGLING THE DEMANDS OF WORKING AND UNIVERSITY ,AWYERS HAVE ALREADY SAID THAT THESE CONTRACTS WON T ACTUALLY PROTECT THE UNIVERSITY FROM LITIGATION IN THE EVENT OF POOR TEACHING QUALITY WHICH WOULD THERE FORE RENDER THE WHOLE IDEA USELESS

!CCESS FOR ALL TO THE 5NION "AR %LEANOR 3TRINGER ! NEW RAMP IS BEING PLANNED IN THE 5NION "AR TO PROVIDE BETTER ACCESS FOR DISABLED STUDENTS 4HE RAMP WILL LINK THE RED AND BLUE BARS ENABLING WHEELCHAIR USERS TO EASILY CROSS BETWEEN THE TWO BARS 0RESENTLY THIS INVOLVES LEAV ING THE BUILDING AND RE EN TERING IT AGAIN AS THE WHEEL CHAIR LIFT IN THE BLUE BAR IS UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF MOST MODERN ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIRS MAKING IT INEF FECTIVE AND EXPENSIVE AS IT REQUIRES SERVICING EVERY SIX MONTHS !S SOCIALISING IN THE BAR IS A CENTRAL PART OF THE UNI VERSITY EXPERIENCE MANY FEEL

4HE CURRENT LIFT CANNOT SUPPORT MOST ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIRS THAT THIS NEGLECTED AREA PRE VENTS STUDENTS BEING ABLE TO FULLY PARTICIPATE IN UNIVERSITY LIFE 4HE NEW RAMP IS A SIM PLE SOLUTION THAT WILL BENElT NOT ONLY WHEELCHAIR USERS

BUT PEOPLE ON CRUTCHES THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND BAR STAFF CARRYING GLASSES !CCESS FOR DISABLED STU DENTS AT 5%! HAS LONG BEEN

AN ISSUE AS THE S ARCHI TECTURE WAS MORE CONCERNED WITH INNOVATIVE DESIGN THAN EASY ACCESSIBILITY !CCESS &OR !LL IS THE STUDENT GROUP WHICH CAMPAIGNS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AT 5%!

AND WAS THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE NEW RAMP !&! PRESIDENT $AN IEL 4AYLOR IS CONCERNED BY

THE FACT THAT A LACK OF COM MUNICATION BETWEEN THE 5NIVERSITY AND ITS DISABLED STUDENTS HAS LED TO CHANGES WHICH HAVE ULTIMATELY NOT BENElTED ANYBODY (E SAID h%XAMPLES OF THIS HAVE BEEN ELECTRIC DISABLED DOORS PUT IN PLACE IN THE MIDDLE OF COR RIDORS WITH HEAVY WOODEN DOORS LEADING UP TO THEM OR

DISABLED TOILETS INSTALLED ON LEVELS WHICH ARE UNREACHABLE

BY DISABLED STUDENTS v !&! FEELS THAT THE UNI VERSITY HAS A POOR REPUTATION FOR ACCESSIBILITY WHICH IS PUTTING OFF DISABLED STUDENTS FROM APPLYING h5%! IS CUR RENTLY IN THE BOTTOM UNI VERSITIES IN THE COUNTRY FOR ITS DISABLED ACCESS AND IT MUST SOONER OR LATER TAKE A LONG HARD LOOK AT WHAT IT ISN T OF FERING ALL ITS STUDENTS v *AMES $EXTER 5%! S $IS ABILITY #OORDINATOR WEL COMED THE CHANGES IN THE BAR h4HIS RAMP IS AN EXCEL LENT IDEA AND AN APPROPRIATE USE OF 3TUDENT 5NION MON EY 4HIS IS AN ISSUE OF @BEST PRACTICE WE SHOULD NOT CON SIDER THAT THIS IS A @SPECIAL AR RANGEMENT FOR A FEW PEOPLE

BUT AN ACCESS SOLUTION THAT IS GOOD FOR ALL STUDENTS v

7EDNESDAY TH &EBRUARY #ONCRETE

$ISPUTE OVER !54 WAGES CLAIM "EN 7OODS 4HE !SSOCIATION OF 5NIVER SITY 4EACHERS AWAITS A lNAL VOTE COUNT AS TO WHETHER A STRIKE SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ENFORCE A PAY RISE FOR ACA DEMIC STAFF IN 3EPTEMBER

4HE CLAIM CAME IN LIGHT OF THE CONTROVERSIAL TOP UP FEE SYSTEM TO BE INTRODUCED IN THE AUTUMN SEMESTER OF

WHICH WILL SEE A RISE IN AVAILABLE ACADEMIC SPEND ING FOR UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY !N ORIGINAL CLAIM WAS MADE BY THE !54 IN /CTOBER REQUESTING THAT A MINIMUM OF A THIRD OF THE INCREASE IN ACADEMIC FUNDS MUST BE COMMITTED TO RAISING STAFF WAGES (OWEVER

IN RECENT WEEKS THE !54 HAS REVISED ITS CLAIM FOR PAY AND IS NOW CAMPAIGNING FOR STAFF WAGES TO BE INCREASED BY PLUS INmATION OVER THE

NEXT YEARS 0AY CONDITIONS IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM ARE SUBJECT TO NEGOTIATION BE TWEEN THE 5NIVERSITIES AND #OLLEGES %MPLOYERS !SSO CIATION AND RECOGNISED TRADE UNIONS "EFORE NEGOTIATIONS COULD EVEN BEGIN THE !54

WHO HAVE BEEN LEFT DISAP POINTED BY NEGOTIATIONS WITH 5#%! FOR PAY IN THE PAST OFFERED THEIR MEMBERS THE CHANCE TO VOTE FOR DIRECT INDUSTRIAL ACTION TO BE TAKEN TOWARDS BOOSTING STAFF SALA RIES 4HE 5%! %XECUTIVE 4EAM

WHO HAVE BEEN MONITOR ING THE MOVEMENTS OF THE !54 S CLAIM BELIEVE THAT ACTION TAKEN BEFORE NEGOTIA TION COULD LEAVE UNIVERSITIES IN A STATE OF STRUGGLE )N AC CORDANCE WITH THE NEW FEES

5%! IS SET FOR A NET INCREASE OF a MILLION A YEAR WITH a MILLION BEING COMMITTED TO AN INCREASE IN STAFF PAY DUE TO THE &RAMEWORK !GREE MENT )F PROPOSED THE !54

)NTERVIEWEES TOLD TO REMOVE @BLING 3CHOOL LEAVERS HOPING TO WIN A PLACE AT /XBRIDGE HAVE BEEN WARNED TO REMOVE THEIR @BLING BEFORE THEY ENTER THE INTERVIEW ROOM ! SET OF GUIDELINES RE LEASED BY /XBRIDGE !PPLICA TIONS ADVISES STUDENTS TO TAKE OFF ANY DANGLY OR GLITTERY JEWELLERY THAT MIGHT DISTRACT THEM DURING THE INTERVIEW 3TUDENTS ARE ALSO WARNED TO EXPECT OFF THE WALL QUES TIONS SUCH AS h4ELL ME ABOUT A BANANA v

)N STUDENTS JOINED PROTESTS DURING THE !54 STRIKE CLAIM WOULD INCREASE FUNDS FOR STAFF PAY ON TOP OF THE AL READY COMMITTED MONEY BY THE &RAMEWORK !GREEMENT

RAISING 5NIVERSITY EXPENDI TURE TO OVER a MILLION A YEAR AND EXCEEDING THE MON EY GAINED FROM TOP UP FEES !LTHOUGH THE 5%! %X ECUTIVE 4EAM BELIEVES THAT AT LEAST ONE THIRD OF THE AD DITIONAL FEE INCOME SHOULD BE USED FOR PAY AND RELATED

ISSUES THEY STILL CANNOT SEE THE !54 S CLAIM AS ANYTHING BUT UNAFFORDABLE )NSTEAD THE %XECUTIVE 4EAM SEES OTHER IMPORTANT AGENDAS FOR THE INCOME GAINED FROM TOP UP FEES SUCH AS REDUCING CLASS SIZES LARGER AND BETTER EQUIPPED TEACHING ENVIRON MENTS INVESTMENT IN 5NI VERSITY GROWTH AND FUNDS FOR ESCALATING ENERGY AND PEN SION COSTS

4HE VOTE FOR INDUSTRIAL ACTION BY THE !54 OPENED UNDER THE SLOGAN hVOTE FOR PAY VOTE @YES TODAYv ON &RI DAY THE TH OF *ANUARY AND CLOSED ON &EBRUARY THE RD 4HE 5%! %XECUTIVE 4EAM FEELS THAT RASH ACTION IS BEING TAKEN WHEN FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS COULD LEAD TO A FAIR AND SUSTAINABLE SETTLE MENT FOR BOTH STAFF AND UNI VERSITIES ALIKE

%XEC NOMINATIONS CLOSE ON TH &EB .OMINATIONS FOR NEXT YEAR S 5NION %XECUTIVE #OMMIT TEE CLOSE AT PM ON -ONDAY TH &EBRUARY 0OSTS AVAILABLE FOR NOMI NATION INCLUDE !CADEMIC

#OMMUNICATIONS %NVIRON MENT %THICAL )SSUES &INANCE

)NTERNATIONAL ,IBERATIONS

0UBLICITY 3OCIETIES 3PORTS

7OMENS AND 7ELFARE

#ONCRETE 7EDNESDAY TH &EBRUARY

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7HOSE TURN TO DO THE WASHING UP /NE STUDENT RECOUNTS HER EXPERIENCES IN A SHARED HOME AND PROFFERS SOME SAGE ADVICE ON THE BEST WAYS TO SETTLE INTRA HOUSE DISPUTES

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OHN SMELT BAD 2EALLY BAD 3O BAD IN FACT THAT MY HOUSEMATES WOULD OCCA SIONALLY SNEAK INTO HIS ROOM WITH A BOTTLE OF &EBREEZE AND SPRAY IT ALL OVER ALL THE FUR NISHINGS JUST TO DISGUISE THE SCENT OF HIS "/ FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS !S FAR AS DOMESTIC DISPUTES GO IT WAS A MILD ONE n WE EVENTUALLY TOOK OUR UNPLEASANTLY SCENTED FRIEND TO ONE SIDE AND EXPLAINED WHAT AN IS SUE HIS LACK OF PERSONAL HYGIENE WAS

)T S EASY TO FORGET IN THE HEAD RUSH OF HOUSE HUNTING THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO LIVE IN CLOSE CONlNES WITH YOUR CHOSEN GROUP FOR THE BEST PART OF A YEAR SO IT S WORTH TAKING TIME OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TENANCY TO DISCUSS THE BORING THINGS BILLS CLEANING ROTAS AND THE DREADED WASHING UP 'ROUND RULES IS A HORRIBLE TERM TO APPLY TO WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE MOST FREE AND EASY PERIOD OF YOUR LIFE BUT IF YOU RE ALL WORKING FROM THE SAME PAGE WHEN YOU MOVE IN THINGS WILL BE MUCH EASIER IN

)T S WORTH TAKING TIME OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TENANCY TO DISCUSS THE BORING THINGS BILLS CLEANING ROTAS AND THE WASHING UP FOR THE REST OF US (IS SHOWER QUOTIENT INCREASED RAPIDLY AS A RESULT 4HINGS WORKED OUT /+ WITH *OHN

BUT MANY STUDENTS lND ON MOVING INTO THEIR NEW HOUSE THAT THINGS AREN T QUITE WHAT THEY EXPECTED 0ERHAPS ONE OF THEIR FRIENDS KEEPS ABSURDLY LATE HOURS OR HAS A PENCHANT FOR LISTENING TO -ORRISSEY AT A VOLUME THAT WOULD DRIVE THE HAPPIEST OPTIMIST TO WHIS KEY OR MAYBE THEY SIMPLY REFUSE TO PAY THEIR WAY WHEN IT COMES TO TOILET PAPER

THE LONG TERM -OST PROBLEMS ARE SOLVABLE WITH A BIT OF COMPROMISE SO WITH A GENTLE NOD TO THE PERFECT HOUSEWIVES OF THE lFTIES THE FOLLOWING ARE A FEW TRIED AND TESTED TIPS FOR KEEPING A HAPPY HOME

&

IRSTLY BILLS #ONmICTS OVER MONEY CAN BE THE TRICKI EST TO NEGOTIATE ESPECIALLY IF YOU lND YOURSELF IN THE UNENVIABLE POSITION OF TRY ING TO EXTRACT CASH FROM A CLOSE BUT

SKINT FRIEND 3OME CHOOSE TO AVOID SUCH PROBLEMS BY SETTING A BUDGET AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR &OR EXAMPLE

IF EVERYONE PAYS a INTO A JOINT KITTY AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH MONTH YOU LL HAVE PLENTY SAVED UP BY THE TIME THE BILLS ARRIVE AND PROBABLY SOME LEFT OVER TO TREAT YOURSELVES TO A TAKE AWAY ONCE THEY VE BEEN PAID "UDGETING IN ADVANCE MEANS THAT YOU AREN T SUD DENLY FACED WITH A a ELECTRICITY BILL THAT HAS TO COME OUT OF YOUR MEAGRE a FOOD ALLOWANCE 7HEN IT COMES TO CLEANING THE ADVICE IS THE SAME 7HILE THE USUAL RESPONSE TO HOUSEWORK INVOLVES IGNOR ING IT UNTIL THE KITCHEN WORKSURFACES ARE BULGING UNDER THE WEIGHT OF UN WASHED PLATES A SIMPLE CLEANING ROTA CAN WORK WONDERS !LL YOU NEED IS AN INFORMAL AGREEMENT THAT EACH PERSON WILL CLEAN ONE AREA OF THE HOUSE ONCE A WEEK IF YOU STICK TO YOUR TASKS THE CHANCES ARE EVERYONE ELSE WILL BE GUILT TRIPPED INTO DOING THE SAME 4HERE ARE STORIES OF PEOPLE FORCING THEIR HOUSE MATES TO SIGN THE CLEANING ROTA BEFORE LAMINATING IT AND PINNING IT TO THE KITCHEN DOOR THIS IT S SAFE TO SAY IS A STEP TOO FAR .OISY NEIGHBOURS ARE A COMMON OCCURRENCE IN STUDENT AREAS AND OF TEN IT S NOT THE PEOPLE NEXT DOOR BUT THE PERSON IN THE NEXT ROOM THAT S THE PROBLEM (OWEVER IF YOU RE BEING PLAGUED BY DRUM @N BASS AT ABSURD

TIMES IN THE MORNING THE CHANCES ARE YOUR NEIGHBOURS ARE SUFFERING TOO SO IT S WORTH SORTING THE ISSUE OUT 3PEAK TO THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE THEY MAY NOT EVEN HAVE REALISED HOW THIN THE WALLS ARE ! DISCREET CHAT IS USUALLY ENOUGH TO SORT OUT ANY PROBLEMS AND IT S WORTH REMEMBERING THAT THE PER SON IS A CLOSE ENOUGH FRIEND TO HAVE MOVED IN WITH YOU SO THE CHANCES ARE THEY WON T TAKE A POLITE REMINDER PER SONALLY /CCASIONALLY SOMETHING ARISES THAT CANNOT BE DEALT WITH BY SIMPLE NEGO TIATION )F YOU REACH THE STAGE WHERE YOU HAVE TO CALL A HOUSE MEETING

MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS INVOLVED 7RITE DOWN EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT TO DISCUSS AND STICK TO THAT AS HAVING AN AGENDA WILL HELP TO DEFUSE ANY OTHER ARGU MENTS THAT MAY TRY TO CREEP IN FROM THE SIDELINES ! PROBLEM SHARED REALLY IS A PROBLEM HALVED AND OFTEN JUST EX PRESSING YOUR CONCERNS IS ENOUGH TO MAKE THEM MUCH LESS PRESSING )T IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WITHIN THE 5NI VERSITY WHO ARE WILLING TO LISTEN AND OFFER THEIR ADVICE IF THINGS GET ROUGH 4ALK TO YOUR PERSONAL TUTOR OR ASK AT THE 5NION !DVICE #ENTRE FOR OTHER CONTACTS 4HE CHANCES ARE YOU LL HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME IN YOUR NEW HOUSE

AND THE CLOSEST YOU LL GET TO AN ARGU MENT WILL BE OVER WHAT TO WATCH ON TELLY

7EDNESDAY TH &EBRUARY #ONCRETE

3HOULD FEES BE THE PRICE WE PAY 'ILES $ERRINGTON 4HE .53 RECENTLY LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN TO KEEP TUI TION FEES AT A MAXIMUM OF a WHEN THE CAP IS REVIEWED IN #OALI TION WILL lGHT ANY ATTEMPTS TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT UNIVERSITIES CAN CHARGE ALL THE WHILE VOIC ING ITS OPPOSITION TO TOP UP FEES IN THE lRST PLACE (OWEVER THE FACT IS THAT THE COST OF EDUCATING STU DENTS IS ALWAYS INCREASING

AND TOP UP FEES ARE VITAL TO HELP UNIVERSITIES PAY FOR THE CUTTING EDGE TEACHING AND EQUIPMENT &OR INSTANCE IT CURRENTLY COSTS JUST UNDER a TO TRAIN A -%$ STUDENT #ONSIDER THIS IN LINE WITH THE CURRENT TUITION FEES OF a A YEAR )N FACT THE CURRENT FEES ONLY PAY FOR AROUND OF AN ARTS DEGREE PROGRAMME

WITH SCIENCES COSTING EVEN MORE 4HE REST IS SUBSIDISED

BY THE GOVERNMENT %VEN ONCE THE NEW TUITION FEES COME IN STUDENTS WILL STILL ONLY PAY FOR THREE QUARTERS OF THEIR DEGREE COST /F COURSE SOCIETY GETS MASSIVE BENElTS FROM GRADU ATES NOT LEAST IN AREAS SUCH AS MEDICINE (OWEVER THERE ARE ALSO MASSIVE PERSONAL INCENTIVES TO BECOMING A GRADUATE #ONSIDERING THE AVERAGE PAY FOR A DOCTOR AFTER lVE YEARS IS a IT SEEMS FAIR THEY FOOT A BIGGER PRO PORTION OF THE BILL /NE OF THE ARGUMENTS MADE AGAINST TOP UP FEES AS A WHOLE IS THAT THEY WILL DIS COURAGE PEOPLE FROM POORER BACKGROUNDS FROM APPLYING TO UNIVERSITY (OWEVER STU DENTS CURRENTLY HAVE TO PAY a DURING THE COURSE OF EACH YEAR 4HIS FOR MANY PEOPLE IS DIFlCULT TO DO WHILE STUDYING AND LIVING AWAY FROM HOME !ROUND OF STUDENTS GET HELP

4HE YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR BEHIND 7HATS/N5+ A "IR MINGHAM MEDIA ORGANISA TION AIMED AT STUDENTS HAS BEEN THREATENED WITH DEPOR TATION BY THE HOME OFlCE 3AM !LIM FOUNDED 7HATS/N5+ OVER A DECADE AGO AND ITS PUBLICATIONS REACH A NATIONAL AUDIENCE -0 #LARE 3HORT WHO SUP PORTS HIS CASE HAS DESCRIBED THE RULING AS hRIDICULOUSv

(OW #ONCRETE COVERED THE TOP UP FEES DEBATE IN WITH THEIR TUITION FEES FROM THEIR FAMILIES &OR THOSE WHO COME FROM A LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLD OR HAVE PARENTS WITH NO lXED ANNUAL WAGE

THIS BILL CAN CAUSE HUGE PROBLEMS 5NDER THE TOP UP FEES SCHEME TUITION FEES WILL ONLY BE PAYABLE AFTER GRADU ATION 4HE IDEA IS THAT ONCE YOU ARE EARNING YOU CAN PAY

THE FEES BACK OVER A PERIOD OF TIME TAKING AWAY THE BURDEN WHILE YOU ARE A STUDENT 4HE PROPOSERS BELIEVE IT IS PREFER ABLE TO PAY MORE OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME WHEN YOU CAN ACTUALLY AFFORD IT THAN IT IS TO HAVE TO PAY WHAT IS STILL QUITE A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY WHEN YOU ARE ALREADY BROKE 4HE REASON THE MAJOR

ITY OF 5NIVERSITIES CHARGE THE UPPER LIMIT OF THE TOP UP FEES CAP a IS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO PROVIDE THE BEST FACILITIES AND TEACHING POSSIBLE 4HE 5+ EXISTS IN A COMPETITIVE ECONOMY AND AS SUCH NEEDS THE BEST GRADU ATES IT CAN AFFORD )F THIS MEANS RAISING TOP UP FEES THEN IT IS THE PRICE WE HAVE TO PAY

'OSPEL CHOIR ROCKS THE 3QUARE IN AID &REAK WEATHER AT 5%! AS OF 4RADE *USTICE CAMPAIGN RAIN FALLS IN THE (IVE

*ULIA "RADSHAW

*ANE $OUGLAS .EWS %DITOR

4HE 5%! 'OSPEL CHOIR PER FORMED TO STUDENTS IN THE 3QUARE ON 7EDNESDAY THE TH OF &EBRUARY 4HE SHORT CONCERT AND BAKE SALE WERE IN SUPPORT OF THE #HRISTIAN !ID 4RADE *US TICE #AMPAIGN 4HIS CAMPAIGN STRIVES TO MAKE INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIRER FOR THE POOR SO THAT THEY CAN WORK THEMSELVES OUT OF POVERTY THEIR SLOGANS INCLUDE @4RADE *USTICE .OT &REE 4RADE $URING THE HOUR LONG PERFORMANCE IN THE 3QUARE LAST WEEK THE 'OSPEL CHOIR SANG TRADITIONAL SONGS SUCH AS !IN T .O -OUNTAIN (IGH %NOUGH AND GOSPEL RENDI TIONS OF MORE CONTEMPORARY MUSIC SUCH AS 4AKE -E /UT

BY THE WELL KNOWN BAND &RANZ &ERDINAND 4HIS CONCERT WAS THE CHOIR S SECOND PERFORMANCE THIS ACADEMIC YEAR AFTER THEIR GOSPEL DEBUT AT 3OUTH 0ARK %VANGELICAL #HURCH LAST TERM 4HE CHOIR HAS BEEN RUN

%NTREPRENEUR FACES DEPORTATION

)T WAS RAINING IN THE (IVE LAST &RIDAY TH &EBRUARY

AS A WATER PIPE IN THE CEIL ING ABOVE THE BAR BURST 4HE BAR AND SURROUND ING AREA WERE SHOWERED WITH WARM WATER CREATING QUITE A SPECTACLE

"EMUSED STUDENTS WATCHED ON AS BAR STAFF STRUG GLED TO SLOW THE PROGRESS OF THE SMALL LAKE WHICH FORMED

OFFERING SUCH HELPFUL ADVICE AS h(AVE YOU GOT YOUR SWIM MING CERTIlCATE v 4HE BURST PIPE WAS IN CONNECTION WITH A HEATING PROBLEM WHICH HAD OCCURRED EARLIER THAT DAY 4HE LEAK WAS QUICKLY lXED AND SERVICE RE SUMED PROMPTLY

3IGN LANGUAGE DEGREE LAUNCHED 4HE 5+ S lRST DEGREE IN "RIT ISH 3IGN ,ANGUAGE "3, IS TO BE LAUNCHED AT THE 5NIVER SITY OF #ENTRAL ,ANCASHIRE 4HE THREE YEAR COURSE WILL TEACH "3, AS A MODERN LANGUAGE INCLUDING TUITION IN ITS THEORY AND PRACTICE

AND THE CULTURE BEHIND ITS DEVELOPMENT 4WELVE STUDENTS HAVE SO FAR APPLIED TO JOIN THE COURSE WHICH HAS BEEN WEL COMED BY THE "RITISH $EAF !SSOCIATION

a M SPENT ON COUNSELLING &IGURES OBTAINED BY 4HE 4IMES NEWSPAPER SHOW THAT "RITISH UNIVERSITIES SPEND UP TO a MILLION A YEAR ON COUNSELLING FOR STUDENTS WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS 4HE NUMBER OF STUDENTS SEEKING COUNSELLING HAS IN CREASED BY IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS /NE IN FOUR STU DENTS ARE EXPECTED TO SUFFER SOME FORM OF MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM DURING THEIR TIME AT UNIVERSITY

-ONEY $OCTORS TREAT STUDENTS

4HE 'OSPEL #HOIR PERFORMING IN THE 3QUARE NING FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND THIS YEAR IT BOASTS MEM BERS THE LARGEST NUMBER TO DATE )T IS MADE UP OF PEOPLE WITH VARYING LEVELS OF MU SICAL KNOWLEDGE INCLUDING THOSE WHO CAN READ MUSIC AND OTHERS WHO CANNOT 3OME ARE NOT EVEN ABLE TO SING WHEN THEY JOIN -USIC COORDINATOR +IT 4IRARD STRESSES THAT EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN THE CHOIR AND THERE ARE NO AUDITIONS

h4HE CHOIR IS VERY INTERACTIVE AND ENCOURAGES ITS MEMBERS TO LEAD SONGS AND WARM UPS AND TO GENERALLY GET INVOLVED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE 7E REAL LY ENJOY OUR TIME TOGETHER v 4HE GROUP MEETS ONCE A WEEK TO REHEARSE 4HOSE INTERESTED IN JOINING THE 'OSPEL CHOIR SHOULD SEE THE 5%! )NTRANET OR EMAIL 5%!'OSPELCHOIR HOTMAIL COM

4HE (IVE BAR UNDER WATER ON &RIDAY

$EBT RIDDEN STUDENTS COULD GET ADVICE FROM -ONEY $OC TORS AS A SERVICE FUNDED BY THE &INANCIAL 3ERVICES !U THORITY &3! LOOKS SET TO GO NATIONWIDE 4HE SCHEME WHICH WAS PILOTED AT 2OEHAMPTON 5NI VERSITY PROVIDED STUDENTS WITH TIPS ON BUDGETING AND OTHER lNANCIAL PROBLEMS )NDIVIDUAL SESSIONS ENABLED STUDENTS TO DISCUSS THEIR SPE CIlC CONCERNS WITH AN ADVI SOR 4HE -ONEY $OCTORS WERE SUCH A SUCCESS THAT MANY OTHER UNIVERSITIES ARE HOPING TO SIGN UP TO THE SCHEME

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.53 DISABILITY CAMPAIGN 4HE .53 IS LEADING A CAM PAIGN CALLING ON THE MEDIA TO INCLUDE MORE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN ITS OUTPUT 3TUDENTS ARE ASKING THE ""# AS A PUBLICLY FUNDED BODY TO ADDRESS THE UNDER REPRESENTATION OF DISABLED PEOPLE ON SCREEN 4HE CAMPAIGNERS HAVE SENT OVER 6ALENTINES CARDS TO ""# $IRECTOR 'ENER AL -ARK 4HOMPSON TO HIGH LIGHT THE LACK OF DIVERSITY IN THE ""# S PROGRAMMING

0ROPERTY LADDER IS TOO STEEP .EARLY ONE IN TEN PEOPLE WHO GRADUATED lVE YEARS AGO ARE LIVING AT HOME WITHOUT PAYING RENT ACCORDING TO lG URES FROM 3COTTISH 7IDOWS "ANK )T IS ESTIMATED THAT GRAD UATES HAVE BORROWED a BIL LION FROM THEIR PARENTS TO HELP THEM GET ON THE PROP ERTY LADDER WITH A THIRD OF STUDENTS RELYING ON THEIR PAR ENTS TO HELP FUND THE DEPOSIT ON THEIR lRST HOME (IGH HOUSE PRICES AND INCREASING STUDENT DEBT HAVE LEFT MANY GRADUATES UNABLE TO GET ONTO EVEN THE lRST RUNG OF THE PROPERTY LADDER !S A RESULT MANY ARE CHOOS ING TO LIVE AT HOME WHERE THE RENT IS CHEAPER OR FREE

2ELIGIOUS HATRED BILL DEFEATED

!NDY *UDSON /N 7EDNESDAY ST &EBRU ARY 4ONY "LAIR S ,ABOUR GOVERNMENT SUFFERED A SE VERE SETBACK IN THEIR PLANS TO MAKE THE INCITEMENT OF RELIGIOUS HATRED A CRIMI NAL OFFENCE AFTER IT SUFFERED TWO DEFEATS IN VOTES IN THE (OUSE OF #OMMONS 4HIS IS ONLY THE SECOND TIME THAT "LAIR HAS LOST A VOTE SINCE COMING INTO POWER IN

WITH THE PREVIOUS BE ING ON THE 4ERRORISM "ILL IN .OVEMBER OF LAST YEAR 4HE "ILL WAS ONE OF ,ABOUR S KEY MANIFESTO PLEDGES IN THE GENERAL ELECTION 4HE VOTES WERE OVER AMENDMENTS SUGGESTED BY THE (OUSE OF ,ORDS WHICH HAD THE AIM OF WATERING DOWN THE BILL )N PARTICU LAR THE ,ORDS HAD SUGGESTED THAT ONLY THREATENING WORDS SHOULD BE BANNED BY THE "ILL RATHER THAN ANYTHING IN SULTING OR ABUSIVE 4HE GOVERNMENT HAD CHO SEN TO REJECT THESE PROPOSALS

BUT LOST AFTER A SUBSTANTIAL GROUP OF ,ABOUR BACKBENCH ERS REBELLED AGAINST "LAIR 4HE #ONSERVATIVES AND ,IBERAL $EMOCRATS ALSO REJECTED THE PROPOSALS AND REPRESENTA TIVES FROM BOTH PARTIES COM

3OME COMEDIANS AND COMMENTATORS SAID THE BILL WOULD CURB FREEDOM OF SPEECH MENTED ON THEIR BELIEF THAT THE "ILL WOULD UNNECESSARILY CURB FREEDOM OF SPEECH 4HE SECOND VOTE ON THE DIVISION WAS ONLY LOST BY ONE VOTE AND IT WAS NOTED THAT 4ONY "LAIR DID NOT HIMSELF VOTE IN THIS ONE THE REASON FOR WHICH SOME ARGUE WAS THAT HE WAS OVERCONlDENT IN HIS STRENGTH IN THE (OUSE

OF #OMMONS 4HE 'OVERN MENT WHIPS HAVE ALSO BEEN BLAMED FOR THE LOSS AFTER THEY ALLOWED SOME ,ABOUR -0S TO SPEND THE TIME CAM PAIGNING IN THE $UNFERMLINE AND 7EST &IFE BY ELECTION

WHICH ,ABOUR WOULD STILL GO ON TO LOSE 4HE GOVERNMENT RE MAINED STEADFAST IN ITS CLAIM

THAT IT HAD BEEN RIGHT TO REJECT THE ,ORD S AMENDMENTS AND (OME 3ECRETARY LOCAL -0 #HARLES #LARKE COMMENTED THAT HE BELIEVED THE OPPOSI TION PARTIES WERE SIMPLY RE JECTING THE "ILL AS hA PURELY POLITICAL ACTv (OWEVER THERE HAS BEEN MUCH OPPOSITION TO THE "ILL OUTSIDE THE #OM MONS AS WELL INCLUDING

MANY CELEBRITY COMEDIANS AND COMMENTATORS SUCH AS 2OWAN !TKINSON WHO DO NOT WISH TO SEE FREEDOM OF SPEECH RESTRICTED IN SUCH A WAY 4HIS SETBACK COMES IN THE FACE OF A DIFlCULT TIME FOR 4ONY "LAIR AS HE ATTEMPTS TO PUSH THROUGH CONTROVERSIAL REFORMS IN THE AREAS OF EDU CATION AND POLICING

-AKE 0OVERTY (ISTORY EVENT BRINGS TOGETHER STUDENTS FROM OVER TEN DIFFERENT SOCIETIES 6ERITY $ANBOLD /N &EBRUARY TH THE -AKE 0OVERTY (ISTORY SOCIETY HOSTED @#HANGE A SOLD OUT EVENT TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT TRADE JUSTICE PRO MOTE FAIR TRADE AND WIDER SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES 4HE NIGHT RAISED a BEFORE EXPENSES FOR 3!3 3!& THROUGH TICKET SALES THE !RT 3OCIETY S CREATIVE BALLOON STALL AND A RAFmE WITH PRIZES DONATED BY THE 7ORLD 3HOP 3ECOND YEAR %.6 STU DENT !NNA $AVID RAVED hIT WAS ONE OF MY BEST NIGHTS AT 5%!v WHILE COMPERE 0ATRICK #AHILL COMMENTED h) PER SONALLY BELIEVE WE MADE POVERTY HISTORY ) DRANK SO MUCH ) FORGOT ALL ABOUT IT v

0ERFORMERS TAKE PART IN THE -AKE 0OVERTY (ISTORY EVENT /VER TEN DIFFERENT SOCIE TIES TOOK PART IN THE EVENT

PROVIDING STALLS AND PERFORM ERS 4HE NIGHT KICKED OFF WITH AN OPEN MIC SECTION FEATUR ING SOME EXCELLENT BANDS

POETS AND OTHER PERFORMERS &OLLOWING THE OPEN MIC

PERFORMERS FROM ,ATIN 3OC

"!,!2$3 AND -0( TOOK

THE STAGE 3PEAKERS FROM -0( 3!33!& AND OTHERS GAVE TALKS RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THEIR WORK AS WELL AS A SHORT PIECE OF &AIR 4RADE 4HEATRE "IG "AND GAVE A GREAT PERFORMANCE WHICH HAD EVE RYONE UP AND DANCING 4HE #APOERIA DEMONSTRATION WAS

HUGELY POPULAR WITH PEOPLE STANDING ON CHAIRS THE STAGE AND THE STAIRS TO GET A GOOD LOOK 4HE NIGHT ENDED WITH THE ALWAYS POPULAR ")! DJ ING &UELLED BY TALENTED PERFORM ANCES FAIR TRADE BROWNIES

AND PLENTY TO DRINK #HANGE WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL NIGHT

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4HE #ONCRETE (OUSING 'UIDE 4O BEGIN THE PULL OUT SECTION OF THIS YEAR S (OUSING 'UIDE #LARE $ODDS OFFERS SOME ADVICE ON THE BEST WAYS TO START HOUSE HUNTING

)

T MAY SEEM LIKE EARLY DAYS YET BUT THE TIME HAS AR RIVED FOR ALL lRST YEARS TO BURST THE BUBBLE OF STUDENT COMFORT AND CONSIDER LEAV ING THE CAMPUS GROUNDS FOR PASTURES NEW 5NLIKE THE EASE AND SIMPLICITY WITH WHICH MOST OF US MANAGED TO OBTAIN ACCOMMODATION AT THE BEGINNING OF UNIVERSITY lNDING DIGS WITHIN THE CITY IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT AND STRENUOUS EXPERIENCE THAT WE ALL HAVE TO ENCOUN TER 7HETHER YOU CHOOSE TO EXPLORE THE MARKET PRIVATELY OR THROUGH THE 3TU DENT 5NION S PRIVATE SECTOR HOUSING BUREAU (OME 2UN THERE ARE MANY FACTORS TO CONSIDER WHEN lNDING THE PERFECT ROOF TO PUT OVER YOUR HEAD 7ITHIN HALLS WE ARE ALL THROWN INTO A HIVE OF STUDENT RANDOMNESS

UNAWARE OF WHO OR WHAT SHARES OUR SHOWER AND KITCHEN "UT ALTHOUGH WE COULDN T CONTROL OUR FATES THEN WHEN IT COMES TO lNDING A HOUSE THE RE SPONSIBILITY OF CHOOSING WHO TO SHARE OUR CORNmAKES WITH BECOMES OUR OWN 4HE lRST STEP TO HOUSING HAPPINESS IS TO PICK SOME CHUMS TO SHARE THE CHAL LENGE WITH &OR SOME LUCKY SOULS A READY MADE GROUP OF FRIENDS MAY HAVE ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED WITHIN HALLS (OWEVER FOR THE MAJORITY CLOSE COM PANIONS ARE SCATTERED ALL OVER THE PLACE &INDING THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO LIVE WITH IS A DIFlCULT TASK THAT INVOLVES MORE DE LIBERATION THAN WHO ARE THE BEST DRINK ING PARTNERS 4HERE IS A DISTINCT DIFFERENCE BE TWEEN HALLS AND HOUSES 7HEREAS CAM PUS ACCOMMODATION COMES AS A PACK AGE WITH BILLS INCLUDED AND A CLEANER THROWN INTO THE BARGAIN MOVING INTO A HOUSE IS A HUGE STEP TOWARDS REALITY "ILLS NEED TO BE ORGANISED AND PAID AND THE TOILET SHOULD BE CLEANED ,IV ING IN A RENTED PROPERTY IS A FAR MORE COMMUNAL VENTURE )T IS THEREFORE BEST TO ESTABLISH NOW WHO IS PARTIAL TO KLEP TOMANIA OR EXTREMELY ANALLY RETENTIVE BECAUSE ONCE YOU MOVE IN TOGETHER THERE IS NO GOING BACK !ND THE CONSE QUENCES CAN BE EXPENSIVE AS !MY ,)4

FOUND OUT h-Y HOUSEMATE USED TO WALK INTO MY BEDROOM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHENEVER HE FELT LIKE IT (E

ALSO OFTEN LEFT THE FRONT DOOR OPEN SO THAT ANYBODY COULD HAVE WALKED IN 7E EVENTUALLY GOT RID OF HIM BUT THEN ALL OUR INDIVIDUAL RENTS INCREASED TO COVER THE COST OF THE SPARE BEDROOM v 4O BE GUARANTEED AT LEAST A VAGUE CHANCE OF HARMONY IT IS ADVISABLE TO THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE YOU CAN TRUST /NCE THE HOUSEMATE HURDLE HAS BEEN LEAPT IT S TIME TO BEGIN THE HUNT 3OME PEOPLE MAY BE HAPPY LIVING ANY WHERE BUT WEIGHING UP THE PROS AND CONS OF SPECIlC AREAS IS A GOOD WAY TO NARROW DOWN THE SEARCH AND lND A SITUATION THAT IS SUITABLE &OR EXAM PLE lNDING A HOUSE WITH A HUGE BACK GARDEN A DISHWASHER AND PINE mOOR ING MAY BE LOVELY BUT IT WILL SEEM LESS SO EVERY TIME YOU MAKE THAT HOUR LONG WALK TO CAMPUS !S THE (OUSEHUNT ING 'UIDE SHOWS ALL THE AREAS HAVE THEIR ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES 7HETHER YOU WANT TO BE NEAR CAMPUS OR TOWN HAVE ACCESS TO PARKING OR A BUS SERVICE LIVE NEAR OTHER STUDENTS

OR IN PEACE AND QUIET THE LIST IS EXTEN SIVE -AKING THIS CHOICE THOUGH IS THE SIMPLE PART !S YOU BEGIN TO CONTEM PLATE SPECIlC PROPERTIES LETTING AGENTS AND LANDLORDS WILL BE HOVERING ON THE PERIPHERY OF YOUR CONFUSION LIKE LITTLE GREMLINS READY TO TAKE MONEY FROM lRST TIME RENTERS 0ERHAPS THAT S A BIT HARSH BUT THE POINT IS TO BE ALERT ! LOT OF PROPERTIES WITHIN THE POPULAR STUDENT AREAS CAN BE A LITTLE RUN DOWN AFTER YEARS OF ABUSE FROM PREVIOUS TENANTS AND SOMETIMES THE NEGLECT OF THE LANDLORD TOO .EVERTHE LESS HOUSING @EXPERTS WILL CONSISTENTLY PERSEVERE IN PALMING OFF UNSATISFAC TORY PROPERTIES TO STUDENTS AT THE HIGH EST PRICES h7E WERE SENT TO LOOK AT A PROPERTY BY A LETTING AGENT BUT DECIDED NOT TO GO PAST THE FRONT DOOR )T WAS ROTTING OFF ITS HINGES v SAYS -ATT -'4 !LTHOUGH SITUATIONS SUCH AS THIS ARE RARE MANY HOUSES HAVE ASPECTS TO BE WARY OF SUCH AS DAMPNESS UNWELCOME CREATURES UNCERTIlED GAS A DECLINING BOILER AND EVEN IRRITATING NEIGHBOURS "UT EVEN THOUGH THE LANDLORD MAY BE HANGING OVER YOUR SHOULDER MAK ING YOU FEEL LIKE THEIR PIT OF A PROP ERTY IS YOUR ONLY OPTION OTHER THAN A CARDBOARD BOX ON THE STREETS IT S NOT

4HE PROPERTY MARKET IS VAST AND THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A WIDE RANGE OF DECENT DWELLING SPACES /F COURSE EVERYTHING DOES COME AT A PRICE !ND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT AGENTS AND LANDLORDS ARE OFTEN QUITE SHADY ABOUT &OR CERTAIN AGENCIES PULL ING THE WOOL OVER THE EYES OF IGNORANT STUDENTS IS A SKILL )T HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR AN AGENT TO GRAB A HOUSE HUNTER S CURIOSITY BY TELLING THEM ONE PRICE AND THEN MIRACULOUSLY RAISING THE COST ONCE THEY ARE INTERESTED 1UESTIONING THE RENT BEFORE AND AFTER SEEING A PROP ERTY CAN SAVE A LOT OF TRAUMA AS ONE SAT ISlED RENTER DISCOVERED h"EFORE MOV ING INTO OUR HOUSE WE SUGGESTED TO THE LANDLORD THAT THE RENT FOR THREE OF THE DISTINCTLY SMALLER BEDROOMS SHOULD BE LESS THAN THE OTHERS (E AGREED AND NOW THE PRICE SEEMS FAIR v SAYS +AT ,)4

+NOWING WHERE YOU STAND WITH THE RENT IS IMPORTANT BUT KNOWING WHERE YOU STAND WITH THE CONTRACT IS EVEN MORE SO 'ETTING STUDENTS TO PUT THEIR

TO PAY THEIR RENT SO FOR SOME PEOPLE AN INDIVIDUAL RATHER THAN A JOINT CON TRACT IS A MUST 6ERIFYING THAT YOU WILL BE PAYING THE AMOUNT OF RENT YOU AGREED AND THAT THE LANDLORD WILL POP ROUND TO lX THE BOILER WHEN IT BREAKS DOWN ARE ALSO IMPORTANT THINGS TO BE CHECKED TO SAVE YOURSELF FROM ANY UN NECESSARY SPENDING IN THE LONG RUN /F COURSE IF ALL THE TECHNICAL JARGON OF THE TENANCY AGREEMENT IS LIKE A FOREIGN LAN GUAGE TO YOU THEN AN ADVICE WORKER AT THE 5NION !DVICE #ENTRE WILL CONlRM THESE DETAILS 3O NOW YOU HAVE A HOUSE "UT AL THOUGH YOU HAVE SIGNED YOUR CONTRACT

THERE IS ONE MORE THING LEFT TO DO "E FORE MOVING YOUR LIFE IN PHOTOGRAPH EVERYTHING THE WAY THAT IT WAS LEFT BY THE PREVIOUS TENANTS n INCLUDING BLUE TACK MARKS AND DODGY BANISTERS (AV ING THIS PROOF IS ESSENTIAL FOR CLAIMING BACK A HUGE WAD OF MONEY THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO FORK OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR TENANCY KNOWN AS THE DAMAGE DEPOSIT 5NFORTUNATELY THIS DOES PUT A

4HE PROPERTY MARKET IS VAST AND THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A WIDE RANGE OF DECENT DWELLINGS NAMES TO A LEGALLY BINDING DOCUMENT IS LIKE A RACE FOR AGENTS THE QUICKER THE BETTER (OWEVER KNOWING WHAT A CONTRACT ENTAILS IS ESSENTIAL BEFORE SIGNING AWAY YOUR lNANCIAL SECURITY &OR MANY REPUTABLE COMPANIES IN THE AREA ALL CONTRACTS COME IN A STANDARD FORMAT BUT WHEN DEALING WITH PRIVATE LANDLORDS THE CASE CAN BE VERY DIFFER ENT h7E WERE INTERESTED IN A PROPERTY OWNED BY TWO MEN FROM *ERSEY BUT THEY TRIED TO GET MONEY OFF US BEFORE WE COULD CHECK THE CONTRACT 7E HAD TO REPORT THEM TO THE 5NION v SAYS 6ICKY

03) 7HETHER OR NOT THE CONTRACT MAKES ANY SENSE THE 5NION IS THE BEST PLACE TO GO FOR A PROFESSIONAL OPINION BEFORE SIGNING ANYTHING (OWEVER HAVING A GLANCE YOURSELF IS A NECESSITY .OBODY WANTS TO BE LIABLE FOR THEIR LAZY SKANK OF A HOUSEMATE WHO CAN T BE BOTHERED

DAMPENER ON ANY PLANS TO SKI DOWN THE STAIRS OR HOLD A "ACARDI STYLE PARTY

BUT MANY LANDLORDS DO HAVE VULTURE LIKE EYES THAT WILL PICK OUT ANY DRASTIC DAMAGES TO THEIR PROPERTY )F THEY SEE SOMETHING THEY BELIEVE NEEDS TO BE RE PAIRED THEN YOUR DEPOSIT IS GONE FOR GOOD SO MAKE SURE YOU CAN PROVE THAT THE DAMAGES ARE NOT YOURS /NCE ALL THE DEALINGS WITH AGENTS OR LANDLORDS ARE COMPLETE THE PROPER TY WILL BE YOURS TO ROAM FREE IN #REAT ING A HARMONIOUS HOUSEHOLD THOUGH

TAKES A LOT OF WORK 6ARIOUS BILLS NEED TO BE ORGANISED A TELEVISION LICENSE AND PARKING PERMIT OBTAINED AND EVEN A PHONE LINE AND INTERNET CONNECTION IF YOU SO DESIRE 4HEY ARE BORING ESSEN TIALS BUT ONCE THEY ARE SORTED YOU CAN RELAX SINK INTO THE SOFA WATCH THE 46 AND FEEL PROUD OF THE PERFECT STUDENT HAVEN THAT YOU HAVE CREATED

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# &%!452% MANY QUALITIES ON THIS JOURNEY !T THE 5%! END

THE ROAD IS ENTIRELY RESI DENTIAL UNTIL IT CROSSES #OLMAN 2OAD HOME TO A NUMBER OF SHOPS TAKEA WAYS THAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS SATISFACTORY #ONTINUING FURTHER INTO TOWN THE HOUSES BECOME OLDER AND THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS RISES !LL IN ALL

IT IS A PERFECTLY PLEASANT ROAD TO LIVE ON WITH ONLY THE OCCASIONAL UTTERANCES OF CHAV SPEAK BEING HEARD ON THE EVENING AIR 4HE !VENUES HAS TWO MAIN ADVANTAGES &IRSTLY

IT IS A DODDLE WHETHER WALKING OR BIKING TO GET TO EITHER UNI OR TOWN NO MATTER WHICH END YOU LIVE AT 5NLIKE %ARLHAM OR 5NTHANK 4HE !VENUES HAVE VERY LITTLE TRAFlC

MAKING THE TRIP INTO 5%!

RATHER MORE ATTRACTIVE EACH MORNING 3ECONDLY

IT IS THE MOST CENTRAL OF .ORWICH S STUDENT AREAS

WITH EASY ACCESS TO ALL THE DELIGHTS THE 'OLDEN 4RI ANGLE HAS TO OFFER SUCH AS PUBS LIKE THE 'ARDEN (OUSE 4HE DENSITY OF STU DENTS PARTICULARLY AFTER #OLMAN 2OAD MAKE THE AREA FUN TO LIVE IN WITH OUT THE OVERCROWDING OF 5NTHANK 2OAD WHICH CAN GET A LITTLE CLAUSTRO PHOBIC FOR THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS EVERYWHERE

&INDING YOUR HOME SWEET HOME

%ATON

7HAT S THE BEST ADVICE FOR ANYONE LOOKING FOR A HOUSE NEXT YEAR h$ON T PANIC v 4AKE YOUR

)F YOU RE A LOVER OF TRAN QUILLITY YOU MAY WANT TO PICK %ATON AS YOUR HOME FOR THE NEXT YEAR 2ATHER THAN EMBRACE THE PARTY HARD ATTITUDE OF THE

'OLDEN 4RIANGLE OR THE #HAV INFUSED STREETS OF "OWTHORPE %ATON CAN OF FER THE DISCERNING STUDENT A PLACE TO RELAX WITHOUT THE MELODRAMA OF OTHER STUDENT AREAS 3OME OF THE ROADS HAVE AN ALMOST 2AMSAY 3TREET ESQUE PRESENCE TO THEM ALL THE GARDENS ARE CAREFULLY PRUNED AND MAINTAINED AND EVERY HOUSE HAS DOUBLE GLAZ ING -ANY OF THE HOMES ARE lLLED WITH RETIREES WHO LIKE NOTHING MORE THAN TO WALK THEIR DOGS IN THE IMPECCABLY CLEAN STREETS NO CHEWING GUM OR FAG BUTTS TO BE FOUND HERE 4HIS ALSO KEEPS ANY NOISE TO A MINIMUM

SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO NEED TO BE UP EARLY EVERY MORNING YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER %TON FOR ITS SLEEP INDUCING QUALITIES 4HIS OF COURSE IS ALSO A PROBLEM %VEN IF YOU FACE A HOUR WEEK AT UNI YOU ARE CLEARLY GOING TO NEED TO KICK BACK EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE (OWEVER

ANY YOUTHFUL EXUBERANCE

SUCH AS PLAYING LOUD MU SIC OR SHOUTING IN THE STREET WILL NOT BE TOLERAT ED BY THE LOCAL RESIDENTS 9OU MAY lND THAT CON SISTENTLY BREACHING THESE RULES WILL RESULT IN BEING BARRED FROM 7AITROSE

THE ONLY SHOP %TON HAS TO OFFER AND A HIGHLY EX PENSIVE ONE AT THAT /NLY CONSIDER THIS AREA IF YOU HAVE A BIT OF EXTRA MONEY TO BURN

"OWTHORPE 4HE "OWTHORPE AREA OF .ORWICH IS ONE THAT

COMES IN FOR A FAIR BIT OF STICK MAINLY BECAUSE IT S

WELL A BIT SCRUFFY 4EEN AGERS PUSH PRAMS DOWN THE STREET HOODED FACES WAIT ON MOST CORNERS AND SUPED UP (ONDA #IVICS ROAR DOWN THE STREET WITH $RUM AND "ASS BOOMING FROM WITHIN "UT IT S NOT ALL BAD -OST OF THE HOUSES ON OFFER FOR STUDENTS ARE AC TUALLY QUITE NICE AND AL MOST ALWAYS CHEAP )NDEED THE hROUGHv REPUTATION OF THIS AREA IS ALMOST ENTIRELY UNDE SERVED AS MOST PEOPLE SEEM TO BE IN BED BY PM AND EVEN THOSE WHO ARE AWAKE HAVE LIT TLE INTEREST IN PURSUING THE STUDENTS WHO LIVE AMONGST THEM )T S NEAR A HOUR 4ESCO AND IT S CLOSE TO THE 5NIVER SITY CAMPUS 7HAT MORE COULD A STUDENT WANT "OWTHORPE IS WITHIN STAGGERING DISTANCE OF THE ,#2 WITH NO BUSES OR TAXI REQUIRED AND EVEN OFFERS EASY ACCESS TO TOWN AS BUSES GO FROM A NUMBER OF PLACES IN THE AREA /+

IT ISN T GOING TO LOOK NICE WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR WIN DOW BUT IT MIGHT MAKE A BETTER VIEW WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR WALLET

(OWEVER WHEREVER YOU LIVE ON $EREHAM 2OAD THE GREAT THING IS THAT A CORNER SHOP WITH EVERYTHING FROM %CCLES CAKES TO MILK IS NEVER FAR AWAY $EREHAM 2OAD IS PROBABLY LESS OF A STU DENT COLONY THAN OTHER AREAS WITH MORE OF A LOCAL mAVOUR INCLUDING RESI DENT COLOURFUL CHARACTERS 0UBS ARE INCREASINGLY NU MEROUS THE CLOSER TO THE CITY THE ROAD BRINGS YOU

FROM THE TRADITIONAL &AT #AT S VARIETY OF REAL ALES TO 4HE 3TORES "AR S FRESH AND CONTEMPORARY AT MOSPHERE /THERS INCLUDE THE "ELLE 6UE FAMED FOR ITS MEAN FULL %NGLISH a A HIT n BARGAIN AND THE $ODGERS +ARAOKE "AR IN WHICH YOU CAN SING YOUR LITTLE HEART OUT EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK %ARLHAM 2OAD IS ONLY TEN MINUTES AWAY WITH AND BUSES LEAV ING FREQUENTLY BUT STU DENT 4OM "AIN %#/

REMARKED THAT THE FORTY MINUTE WALK TO CAMPUS IS PERFECT FOR CLEARING ONE S HEAD AFTER A HEAVY NIGHT 0OSSIBLE DISADVANTAG ES INCLUDE NOISE FROM THE BUSY MAIN ROAD AND SCAR CITY OF CASH MACHINES

$EREHAM 2OAD

3O THAT S A BRIEF INTRODUC TION TO THE MAIN STUDENT HOUSING AREAS IN .OR WICH &OR MORE INFO CHECK THE 5NION S (OME 2UN WEBSITE WHICH HAS DE TAILS OF LOADS OF HOUSES AVAILABLE ACROSS THE CITY )T CAN BE FOUND ON THE NET AT WWW UEASTUDENT C O M A D V I C E H O U S I N G

3TRETCHING FROM THE #ITY TO "OWTHORPE $EREHAM 2OAD CAN CATER FOR ALL YOUR STUDENT NEEDS ,IV ING CLOSER TO TOWN BRINGS A BETTER RANGE OF TAKE AWAY SAND MORE VARIED SHOPS FROM THE #O OP TO 4OYS @2 5S FOR ALL YOUR ,#2 COSTUME ACCESSORIES

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#HECKLIST 4HE FOLLOWING ARE SOME IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER WHILE YOU RE LOOKING FOR A HOUSE 'ETTING 3TARTED E 'O TO THE (OUSING %VENT ON -ARCH ND PM ,ECTURE 4HEATRE E 0ICK UP A COPY OF THE (OUSING ,IST E 3PEAK TO OTHER PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES AND ADVICE FOR HOUSE SHARING E #HECK THE (OME 2UN WEBSITE AT WWW UEASTUDENT COM ADVICE HOUSING E $ON T RUSH INTO CHOOSING HOUSEMATES REMEMBER YOU COULD HAVE TO LIVE WITH THEM FOR A WHOLE YEAR

6ISITING 0ROPERTIES E !SK LOTS OF QUESTIONS !RE THERE BUS ROUTES NEARBY 7HAT ARE THE NEIGH BOURS LIKE (AVE THERE BEEN ANY PROBLEMS WITH CRIME )S IT A POPULAR AREA FOR STUDENTS E 3PEAK TO THE CURRENT TENANTS WITHOUT THE LANDLORD PRESENT THEY MAY TELL YOU THINGS ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH THE PROPERTY THAT THE LANDLORD WILL NOT E -AKE SURE THE LANDLORD HAS UP TO DATE #ORGI GAS CERTIlCATES AND THAT ALL ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES SUPPLIED WITH THE HOUSE ARE SAFE

3IGNING THE CONTRACT E "EFORE YOU SIGN ANYTHING TAKE YOUR CONTRACT TO BE CHECKED AT THE 5NION S !DVICE #ENTRE E 9OUR LANDLORD MUST PROVIDE YOU WITH WRITTEN RECORD OF THE AMOUNT OF RENT TO BE PAID WHEN IT IS DUE THE RENTAL PERIOD AND NOTICE TO BE GIVEN IF YOU WANT TO VACATE THE PROPERTY

-OVING IN E -AKE SURE YOU HAVE A VALID 46 LICENCE

TIME TO lND THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND THE RIGHT PROPERTY AND YOU LL BE lNE 7ITH THAT IN MIND

E $ECIDE HOW YOU ARE GOING TO PAY THE BILLS SOME STUDENTS CHOOSE TO SET UP A JOINT BANK ACCOUNT OTHERS NOMINATE ONE PERSON TO BE IN CHARGE OF EACH BILL

HERE S SOME INSIDER INFORMATION ON THE MOST POPULAR PLACES TO LIVE IN .ORWICH

E 5PDATE YOUR INSURANCE OR MAKE SURE YOUR PARENTS INSURANCE STILL COVERS YOU

"

E F O R E Y O U S T A R T THINK I N G ABOUT WHICH HOUSE TO GO FOR YOU NEED TO KNOW WHERE TO LOOK 4HERE ARE STUDENT FRIEND LY AREAS ALL OVER .OR WICH AND EACH ONE FROM THE 'OLDEN 4RIANGLE TO "OWTHORPE HAS ITS OWN POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES "ELOW ARE DETAILS OF SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR PLACES TO LIVE OFF CAMPUS

E #HECK THAT THE SMOKE ALARMS ARE WORKING AS RECORDED BY PEOPLE WHO VE LIVED THERE

5NTHANK 2OAD 4RUST ME THEY DON T CALL IT THE 'OLDEN 4RIANGLE FOR NOTHING 5NTHANK 2OAD IS BY FAR THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE WHILE AT 5%! !

HUGE NUMBER OF SECOND AND THIRD YEARS AND THE ODD LECTURER LIVE ON OR AROUND 5NTHANK SO YOU ARE SURE TO LIVE NEAR PLEN TY OF PEOPLE YOU KNOW !LSO YOU ARE CLOSE TO %ARLHAM 2OAD #OLMAN

2OAD AND THE !VENUES SO VISITING YOUR LESS FORTU NATE FRIENDS WILL BE EASY ENOUGH 4HE BEST THING ABOUT 5NTHANK 2OAD IS ITS LOCA TION )T IS A MINUTE WALK TO THE CITY CENTRE

MEANING YOU CAN STUMBLE HOME AFTER A NIGHT OUT

AND IT IS A MINUTE WALK TO CAMPUS &OR THE LESS ATHLETIC OF YOU 5N THANK IS ON THE BUS ROUTE WHICH MEANS REGU LAR BUSES TO THE 5NIVER SITY OR TOWN 5NTHANK HAS GOT A LOT OF GREAT PUBS TO CHOSE

FROM AS WELL AS A LARGE SELECTION OF SHOPS &OR THOSE OF YOU STILL UNSURE HOW TO USE AN OVEN FEAR NOT 5NTHANK HAS #HI NESE AND )NDIAN TAKEA WAYS AND A lSH AND CHIP SHOP 9OU LL NEVER GO HUNGRY AGAIN 9OU MIGHT HAVE TO PAY A LITTLE MORE TO LIVE ON 5NTHANK 2OAD

BUT IT IS DElNITELY WORTH IT

%ARLHAM 2OAD %ARLHAM 2OAD MAKES UP ONE SIDE OF THE POPULAR

'OLDEN 4RIANGLE STUDENT AREA "USY LONG AND CRAMMED WITH STUDENTS

YOU WON T BE SHORT OF RANDOM HOUSE PARTIES TO GO TO IF YOU LIVE AROUND HERE %ARLHAM 2OAD STRETCHES FROM THE 5NI VERSITY TO THE CITY SO IT S HANDILY SITUATED FOR YOUR TWO MAIN DESTINATIONS

AND THE AND BUSES RUN FAIRLY REGULARLY 7ALKING TO CAMPUS TAKES A GOOD HALF AN HOUR AND ABOUT HALF THAT

BY BIKE DEPENDING ON HOW FAR DOWN YOU LIVE 4HE END NEARER TO 5%!

HAS FAMILY STYLE HOUSES

AND IS RATHER MORE LOCAL THAN THE BIG OLD HOUSES NEARER THE CITY WHICH ARE MOSTLY FULL OF STUDENTS 4HERE IS A REASONABLY SIZED 3OMERlELD WHICH IS NEAR ENOUGH TO MAKE THE ARM ACHING JOURNEY BACK FROM THE SHOPS MER CIFULLY SHORT 4HIS IS SUR ROUNDED BY A PARADE OF SMALL SHOPS THAT ARE A BIT RUN DOWN BUT INCLUDE THE ESSENTIAL )NDIAN TAKE AWAY AND OFF LICENSE AND A CHARITY SHOP OR TWO 0UBS INCLUDE THE SPORTS LOVING -ITRE THE

QUAINT AND COSY "LACK (ORSE AND ARTY NEW BAR THE 7ORKSHOP ,IVING ON OR AROUND %ARLHAM MEANS YOU RE NOT FAR FROM MANY OTHER LOVELY LOCAL DRINK ING SPOTS SUCH AS THE 'ARDEN (OUSE THE "ELLE 6UE AND THE !LEXANDRA

SO THERE S PLENTY OF PUB EXPLORING TO BE DONE

4HE !VENUES )T IS QUITE DIFlCULT TO DE SCRIBE THE !VENUES 4HE 2OAD EXTENDS FROM UNI TO THE #ITY AND TAKES ON

E "UY A CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR E )F THE LANDLORD HASN T DONE ONE TAKE AN INVENTORY OF ALL FURNITURE ALREADY IN THE PROPERTY WHEN YOU MOVE IN 4AKE PHOTOS OF ALL THE ROOMS IN THEIR ORIGI NAL STATE THESE MAY PROVE INVALUABLE IF YOU HAVE A DISPUTE OVER THE DAMAGE DEPOSIT AT THE END OF THE TENANCY

!FTER YOU VE MOVED IN E )F THERE ARE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE PROPERTY YOUR LANDLORD HAS A STATUTORY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FOLLOWING REPAIRS 0ROPERTY STRUCTURE AND EXTERIOR "ATHS SINKS ETC (EATING AND HOT WATER APPLIANCES 'AS AND ELECTRICAL ITEMS WHEN THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE FAULT OF THE TENANT 5NION !DVICE #ENTRE

STUDENT UNION HOUSING EVENT 2006 Thursday March 2nd 6pm -­ 7.15pm Come to a panel discussion in

Lecture Theatre 1 (video link to Lecture Theatre 2) Get valuable housing advice and your questions answered by our expert Panel

Distribution of Housing Lists Housing Social Events in the Hive for all those looking for housemates Tuesday February 21st & Tuesday March 7th

5.30pm -­ 6.45pm Tenancy Agreement advice available throughout the week Call in, email or telephone to make an appointment Student Union Advice Centre, Union House Open 9am to 5pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 11am to 5pm Wednesday

Telephone: 01603 593463 Email: advicecentre@uea.ac.uk

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2ESTAURANT 2EVIEW 4HE 'ARDEN #AFÏ A 'UILDHALL (ILL .ORWICH

'ETTING YOUR lVE A DAY *OANNA ,AMBERT BLENDS THE PERFECT FRUIT SMOOTHIE

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HERE S NOTHING LIKE WAKING UP TO THE SOUND OF A DRILL ECHOING THROUGH OUT THE HOUSE 7ELL ) SAY DRILL !C TUALLY ) MEAN MY HOUSEMATE S LATEST TOY n HIS BLENDER (E HAS VOWED TO DRINK HIMSELF HEALTHY AND THIS MEANS MAKING A LOT OF SMOOTHIES !ND ) DON T THINK OURS IS THE ONLY STUDENT HOUSE THAT IS OVERRUN WITH FRUIT AT THE MOMENT 0ERHAPS IT S THE REMNANTS OF .EW 9EAR S RESOLUTIONS OR THE GENERAL HEALTH FOOD PANIC THAT SEEMS TO BE SWEEPING THE NATION n EITHER WAY AT THE MOMENT DRINKING SMOOTHIES IS THE COOL THING TO DO #OMPANIES SUCH AS )NNOCENT 3MOOTHIES WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE SUCCESSFUL AND THEIR BRANDS MORE REC OGNISABLE 4HESE COMPANIES CLAIM TO OFFER SMOOTHIES CONTAINING UP TO PORTIONS OF THE RECOMMENDED DAILY INTAKE OF FRUIT n IDEAL FOR HARDWORK ING BUSY STUDENTS LIKE OURSELVES 4HE $EPARTMENT OF (EALTH EN COURAGES SMOOTHIE DRINKING AND PRO MOTES THEIR PLACE IN OUR DAILY RECOM

MENDED FRUIT AND VEGETABLE INTAKE BUT CLEARLY SAYS THAT ANY JUICE OR SMOOTHIE CAN ONLY COUNT FOR ONE PORTION A DAY 4HE REASONING BEHIND THIS IS THAT THE PROCESS OF TURNING SOLID FRUIT AND VEG ETABLES INTO A LIQUID MEANS THAT SOME lBRE AND VITAMINS ARE LOST WHILST TEETH DAMAGING SUGARS ARE RELEASED "UT AT THE MOMENT THERE IS NO LEGAL DElNITION OF A SMOOTHIE WHICH HAS CAUSED SOME CONFUSION AND ALONG SIDE THE $EPARTMENT OF (EALTH S SIN GLE PORTION CLAIM SMOOTHIE COMPA NIES ARE NOT HAPPY /N THEIR WEBSITE 4HE "IG * JUICE COMPANY S MANAGING DIRECTOR *OSE PHINE #ARPENTER ARGUES h-ANUFACTUR ERS OF PURE UNADULTERATED PRODUCTS SHOULD NOT BE PROHIBITED FROM EXTOL LING THE BENElTS OF THEIR PRODUCTS &OR INSTANCE IF A ML PURE SMOOTHIE SERVING HAS CHUNKS OF PINEAPPLE AND STRAWBERRIES PER PORTION AND WE APPLY THE GUIDELINES OF CHUNKS OF PINEAPPLE SERVING AND STRAW BERRIES SERVING THIS SMOOTHIE EQUATES TO PORTIONS IN ONE GLASS v )F THIS ISN T TRUE THEN BY BLENDING UP ALL THE FRUIT HE BUYS IS MY HOUSEMATE ACTUALLY WASTING MONEY BY BLENDING THE GOODNESS AWAY 4HEY DElNITELY

TASTE NICE AND DRINKING ONE SMOOTHIE IS ULTIMATELY QUICKER AND EASIER "UT ARE WE JUST LAZY n IS IT REALLY THAT MUCH MORE DIFlCULT TO EAT PIECES OF WHOLE FRUIT %ITHER WAY THE SMOOTHIE REVO LUTION HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN SO LET S GET ON BOARD )F YOU HAVEN T GOT A BLENDER YET DON T THINK THAT YOU HAVE TO SPEND A SMALL FORTUNE ON ONE ENDORSED BY A CELEBRITY CHEF n SUPERMARKETS OFTEN SELL ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND BLEND ERS CAN BE BOUGHT FOR AS LITTLE AS a (ERE ARE A FEW RECIPES TO HELP YOU ON YOUR WAY &OR A SMOOTHIE HIGH IN VITAMIN !

AND A GOOD SOURCE OF VITAMIN # MAKE A PEACH SMOOTHIE 9OU LL NEED RIPE PEACHES SKINNED AND STONED OR A TIN OF PEACHES IN THEIR OWN JUICE !DD THE JUICE OF A LEMON A GLASS OF ORANGE JUICE AND A SMALL TIN OF PINEAPPLE CHUNKS "LEND TOGETHER AND SERVE CHILLED &OR AN IDEAL BREAKFAST SMOOTHIE

AND A PERFECT HANGOVER CURE TRY STRAW BERRY ORANGE JUICE AND KIWI 4HESE INGREDIENTS WILL MAKE SMOOTH IES G STRAWBERRIES ML /RANGE JUICE AND KIWIS SKINNED AND CORE REMOVED "LEND SOME ICE CUBES lRST AND ADD THE FRUIT TO THE CRUSHED ICE TO MAKE AN ICE COLD REFRESHING DRINK

2ECIPE 4HAI 'REEN #URRY )NGREDIENTS n SERVES TBSP VEGETABLE OIL TBSP GREEN CURRY PASTE ACCORDING TO TASTE TBSP SOFT DARK BROWN SUGAR G SKINLESS BONELESS CHICKEN CUT INTO SMALL PIECES 'RATED ZEST SKIN OF LIME ML USUALLY ABOUT TIN COCONUT MILK ! GOOD SHAKE OF LIGHT SOY SAUCE 3MALL HANDFUL OF CHOPPED CORIANDER 4HE JUICE OF A LIME (EAT THE OIL IN A LARGE PAN OR WOK AND ADD THE CURRY PASTE AND SUGAR

#OOK OVER A HIGH HEAT FOR ABOUT A MINUTE STIRRING ALL THE TIME 4URN DOWN THE HEAT AND ADD THE CHICKEN AND LIME ZEST 3TIR UNTIL THE CHICKEN IS COATED IN THE PASTE !DD THE COCONUT MILK AND THE SOY SAUCE AND BRING TO A SIMMER #OOK FOR MINUTES 4HE SAUCE WILL THICKEN AND BECOME CREAMY 3TIR IN THE CORIANDER AND LIME JUICE 4ASTE AND ADD MORE SOY SAUCE IF NEED ED )F LEFT FOR A FEW MINUTES THE CURRY WILL BECOME EVEN CREAMIER AND THE mAVOURS WILL BE HEIGHTENED WHEN THE CURRY IS SLIGHTLY COOLER 3ERVE WITH RICE OR MIXED VEGETABLES

4HE 'ARDEN #AFÏ IS ONE OF THOSE PLACES YOU ALWAYS MEAN TO GO TO BUT NEVER HAVE %VERY WEEKEND ) WALK PAST THE CAFÏ S TINY SHOP FRONT AND WONDER WHAT IT S LIKE AND INSTEAD OF POPPING IN THERE FOR MY LUNCH WHILE ) M AT WORK ) WALK STRAIGHT PAST AND INTO ONE OF THE INNU MERABLE COFFEE CHAIN CAFÏS 3O ) DECIDED TO QUENCH MY CURIOSITY AND SEE WHETHER IT S ANY GOOD n AND ) M GLAD ) DID BE CAUSE IT GAVE ME A BIG ENERGY BOOST FOR THE REST OF MY DAY AT WORK !S SOON AS ) WALKED IN ) WAS SERVED 4HIS IS FANTASTIC CONSIDERING IT WAS A 3AT URDAY AFTERNOON ANYWHERE ELSE WOULD HAVE HAD A MINIMUM MINUTE QUEUE 4HE STAFF WERE QUICK FRIENDLY AND OBVI OUSLY HAPPY TO HELP 4HERE WERE lVE DIFFERENT #OVENT 'AR DEN SOUPS ON OFFER AND ) CHOSE MY FA VOURITE n CARROT AND CORIANDER ) HAD A REGULAR CUP WHICH WAS SERVED IMMEDI ATELY ALONG WITH CROUTONS A WHOLEMEAL ROLL AND A BLUEBERRY MUFlN n WHICH ONLY COST a 4HERE ARE BAR STOOLS AND TABLES ALONG THE WALLS AND A FEW TABLES AT THE FRONT OF THE CAFÏ n IT S SURPRISINGLY COMFORTABLE AND YOU FEEL AS THOUGH YOU CAN WATCH THE WORLD GO BUY WITHOUT FEELING LIKE THE WHOLE OF .ORWICH IS WATCHING YOU EAT AT THE SAME TIME 4HE CAFÏ S SOUPS ARE MADE FROM ALL NATURAL INGREDIENTS AND THEY ALSO SERVE A RANGE OF BAGUETTES MUFlNS AND EVEN HOT BACON ROLLS )T S A QUICK AND CHEAP WAY TO GRAB SOME LUNCH WHILE YOU RE IN THE CITY

AND IT MAKES YOU FEEL REALLY HEALTHY TOO

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4HE WIZARDRY OF /Z 03) LECTURER 0ETER (ANDLEY UNRAVELS THE UNIQUE CHARM OF !USTRALIA AND INVITES US TO EXPLORE THE INNER BEAUTY OF A LAND BEST KNOWN FOR ITS METROPOLITAN CITIES

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WITH A FULL DAY S TRAVEL STILL AHEAD OF YOU TO REACH 3YDNEY ON THE EAST COAST THAT S WHEN THE REALISATION HITS YOU THAT !USTRALIA IS A BIG COUNTRY ! VERY VERY BIG COUN TRY 4HIS IMPACT WOULD BE NO LESS IF YOU TRAVELLED FOR TWO DAYS ON THE 'HAN TRAIN BETWEEN !DELAIDE IN 3OUTH !US TRALIA AND $ARWIN IN THE .ORTHERN 4ERRITORY "UT DON T GO GETTING THE IDEA THAT ALL YOU LL EVER WANT TO SEE AND DO IN !USTRALIA IS TO BE FOUND IN THESE MA JOR CITIES 4HINKING THAT WHAT S IN BE TWEEN ISN T WORTH SEEING WOULD BE TO MISS OUT ON SOME GREAT EXPERIENCES 3O DO A BIT DIFFERENT AND GET OFF THE BEATEN TRACK &OR SURE 3YDNEY -ELBOURNE 0ERTH

AND THE OTHER MAIN CENTRES ARE SOPHIS TICATED AND COSMOPOLITAN CHOC FULL OF THE OBVIOUS AND NOT SO OBVIOUS ATTRACTIONS THAT YOU D HOPE TO lND IN ANY MAJOR CITY 4HEY RE EQUALLY OBVI OUSLY THE BEST PLACES TO START ANY TRIP TO !USTRALIA BUT MORE FOR THE STRIKING CONTRASTS THAT STAY WITH YOU BETWEEN THIS URBAN !USTRALIA AND THE VAST OPEN SPACE OF OUTBACK !USTRALIA /N ONE HAND SOME OF THE WORLD S MOST VIBRANT HECTIC NIGHTLIFE IN 3YD NEY ON THE OTHER COMPLETE TRANQUIL LITY ON NEAR DESERTED BEACHES 7IN DOW SHOPPING WITH THE CROWDS ON -ELBOURNE S PRESTIGIOUS 4OORAK 2OAD VERSES BUSH WALKING IN GLORIOUS ISOLA TION ACROSS MORE NATIONAL PARKS THEN YOU CAN SHAKE A STICK AT %NJOYING A BOWL OF CHILLI PRAWNS WASHED DOWN

WITH A NICELY CHILLED CHARDONNAY AT A BUSY HARBOUR SIDE EATERY IN 3YDNEY OR EATING A FULL !USSIE BREKKY AT AN ISO LATED OUTBACK ROADHOUSE %NJOYABLE AND MEMORABLE THOUGH THE MAJOR CENTRES ARE IT S THE COUNTRY AND OUTBACK THAT MAINTAINS THE MOST POWERFUL HOLD OVER MEMORY AND TWO OR THREE DAYS ON A TRAIN BEGINS TO GIVE YOU CLUES TO JUST WHY 4HERE S A mAVOUR OF FRONTIER COUNTRY ABOUT THE VASTLY CONTRASTING CAMERA SNAPPING NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS &ROM LUSH GREEN BUSH LAND AND HUGE SURF CRASHING AGAINST THE COASTS IN THE SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH THE HOT DUSTY MAGNIlCENCE OF THE DESERTS THAT LIE AT THE ISLAND CONTINENT S hRED CENTREv TO THE LUXURIANT TROPICS AND RAINFORESTS OF THE NORTH #OUNTRY AND OUTBACK TOWNS TOO

LIVE LONG IN THE MEMORY 4RY THE UNI VERSITY TOWN OF !RMADALE IN THE PRETTY .EW %NGLAND REGION OF COUNTRY .EW 3OUTH 7ALES NORTH OF THE NOT TO BE MISSED WINERIES IN THE (UNTER 6ALLEY 3TAY CLOSE BY IN $ORRIGO AND VISIT WHAT REMAINS OF NORTHERN .EW 3OUTH 7ALES ONCE VAST RAINFORESTS OR IF YOU RE IN #AIRNS 1UEENSLAND STAY IN THE 7ORLD (ERITAGE LISTED $AINTREE RAINFOREST NA TIONAL PARK 4HEN THERE S THE MINING TOWNS OF "ROKEN (ILL IN .EW 3OUTH 7ALES ARID FAR WEST AND !LICE 3PRINGS IN THE .ORTHERN 4ERRITORY &OR AN EVEN STARKER CONTRAST STOP OFF IN 3OUTH !US TRALIA S #OOBER 0EEDY THE WORLD S LARG EST OPAL MINING CENTRE BUILT MAINLY UNDERGROUND TO AVOID THE # SUM MER HEAT +EEP LOOKING DOWN AS YOU WALK THOUGH AS THE TOURIST BLURB TELLS YOU YOU MIGHT JUST SPOT THE OPAL THAT MAKES YOU A N INSTANT MILLIONAIRE "Y NIGHTFALL ONCE YOU REALISE YOU RE NOT GOING TO BECOME A MILLION

AIRE THAT EASILY LOOK UPWARDS FOR ONE OF THE GREATEST FREE SHOWS ON EARTH WELL BEYOND EARTH IN FACT 7ITH NO LIGHT POLLUTION COUNTRY AND OUTBACK !USTRALIA S NIGHT SKY IS A BREATH TAKING SPECTACLE WITH THE -ILKY 7AY AND THE 3OUTHERN #ROSS BEING JUST TWO FEATURES THAT LL CATCH THE EYE /UTBACK !USTRALIA ALSO BRINGS YOU INTO MUCH CLOSER CON TACT THAN IS USUAL WITH ITS ORIGINAL IN HABITANTS AND THEIR FASCINATING AND EN RICHING CULTURE 4AKE ANY OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT AN !BORIGINAL CULTURAL CENTRE WHEREVER YOU ARE 4JAPUKAI JUST NORTH OF #AIRNS IS AMONG THE BEST ,EARN ABOUT THE $REAMING THE !BORIGINAL CREATION STORY AND ABOUT THE SIGNIl CANCE OF A LANDSCAPE THAT THE WHITE SETTLERS REGARDED AS A PITILESS VOID 'ETTING AROUND !USTRALIA AND EXPE RIENCING SOME OR ALL OF THIS IS EASIER THAN YOU MIGHT THINK AND NEEDN T BE EXPENSIVE )F YOU RE ON A TIGHT BUDGET

ALL OF THE MAIN CENTRES LINK WITH MANY COUNTRY AND OUTBACK TOWNS AND SMALL ER COMMUNITIES TOO VIA CLEAN EFlCIENT

BUS SERVICES WHICH OFFER GOOD DEALS ON @ROVER TYPE TICKETS PURCHASED IN AD VANCE ,IKEWISE MAJOR CENTRES ARE ALSO CONNECTED BY AIR WITH SMALLER TOWNS /R IF YOU WANT GREATER mEXIBILITY AND YOU VE GOT THE CASH THERE S ALWAYS THE OPTION OF DRIVING AROUND HIRE FROM HOME IT S CHEAPER 4HERE ARE PLENTY OF PLACES TO STAY THAT SUIT ALL SORTS OF POCKET ALTHOUGH THE CHOICE IS MORE LIMITED IN SOME COUNTRY TOWNS AND IS USUALLY RESTRICTED TO ROADHOUSE MOTELS IN THE OUTBACK 4RY THE UNIQUE UNDERGROUND HOSTEL IN #OOBER 0EEDY OR THE ROADHOUSE AT 2ENNER 3PRINGS IN THE .ORTHERN 4ERRI TORY WHERE A COLD BEER WITH THE LOCALS IS WORTH THE SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE COST OF THE ROOM 9OU WON T GET A GOUR MET CAFÏ LATTE OR DELICATE CROISSANTS AND PAIN AU CHOCOLATE FOR BREAKFAST BUT THEN AGAIN YOU CAN GET THEM JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE NOW 3O WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU WANT ONE HERE -INE S A BACON N@ EGG SANDWICH AND A MUG OF INSTANT THANKS

0ETER (ANDLEY 03) WILL BE TEACHING A NEW UNIT ON !USTRALIA POLITICS CULTURE SOCIETY FROM 3PRING 3EMESTER 4HE NEW UNIT IS AIMED AT ADDRESSING SOME OF THE QUES TIONS VISITORS TO !USTRALIA OFTEN ASK THEMSELVES ONLY WHEN THEY LEAVE THE COUNTRY &OR INSTANCE 7HY IS THE STATUS OF !USTRALIA S ABORIGINAL POPULATION AS IT IS (OW DOES !USTRALIA S MULTI TIERED SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY WORK 7HY IS !USTRALIAN 0- *OHN (OWARD SO FERVENT A SUPPORTER OF 'EORGE 7 "USH 7HY IS SPORTING COMPETITION BETWEEN !USTRALIA AND %NGLAND SO INTENSE 4HE POSSIBLE ANSWERS TO SUCH QUESTIONS ARE MORE COMPLEX THAN MIGHT APPEAR AT lRST GLANCE 3O IN ADDITION TO DRAWING ON TRADITIONAL SOURCE MATERIALS THE UNIT ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO LOOK BEYOND THESE AND THROW THEMSELVES INTO ALL THINGS !USTRALIAN TO lND CLUES TO !USTRALIA S POLITICAL CULTURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITION IN NOVELS lLM AND POPULAR MUSIC &OR MORE INFORMATION ON THE UNIT CONTACT 0ETER VIA P HANDLEY

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#ARBON MONOXIDE THE SILENT KILLER ,ANDLORDS ARE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO CHECK ANY GAS APPLIANCES IN THEIR PROPERTIES FOR SIGNS OF POTENTIALLY LETHAL CARBON MONOXIDE REPORTS #LARE !ITCHISON

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T S THE LONG AWAITED HOUS ING WEEK AND THAT MEANS YOU HAVE TO START LOOKING FOR SOMEWHERE TO LIVE NEXT YEAR 4HERE S SO MUCH TO THINK ABOUT WHERE DO YOU WANT TO LIVE $O YOU WANT A HOUSE A mAT A ROOM ABOVE AN OFF LICENCE (OW MUCH CAN YOU AF FORD !ND OF COURSE MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL WHICH OF THE HUNDREDS OF NEW FRIENDS YOU HAVE MADE SINCE 3EPTEM BER DO YOU ACTUALLY THINK YOU CAN LIVE WITH AND WHICH MAY HAVE SECRET PSY CHOTIC TENDENCIES )N THE BUZZ AND RUSH OF TRYING TO lND THE PERFECT ACCOMMODATION AND THE PERFECT mATMATES TRIVIAL THINGS LIKE CONTRACTS INVENTORIES AND ASKING YOUR LANDLORD FOR AN APPLIANCE SAFETY CER TIlCATE CAN SEEM BORING AND A TRIVIAL WASTE OF PRECIOUS TIME "UT THIS LAST TASK COULD BE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU EVER DO )T MAY EVEN SAVE YOUR LIFE %VERY YEAR PEOPLE IN THE 5+ DIE FROM CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING DUE TO FAULTY OR POORLY VENTILATED GAS AP PLIANCES #ARBON MONOXIDE IS A POI SONOUS GAS FORMED BY THE INCOMPLETE COMBUSTION OF FOSSIL FUELS SUCH AS GAS

PETROL AND COAL .ORMALLY WHEN YOU BURN FOSSIL FUELS THE CARBON MOLECULES

ITS INNOCUOUS PRESENCE IT IS EXTREMELY DEADLY &OR SOME UNFORTUNATE REASON THE HAEMOGLOBIN IN OUR BLOOD IS CRAZY ABOUT CARBON MONOXIDE )T GRABS AS MUCH OF IS AS IT POSSIBLY CAN LEAVING NO ROOM FOR THE RATHER ESSENTIAL OXY GEN THAT IT WOULD NORMALLY BE CARRY ING )F OXYGEN IS NOT BEING CARRIED IN YOUR BLOOD IT IS NOT GETTING TO YOUR BRAIN OR ANY OTHER PART OF YOUR BODY

AND YOU WILL BEGIN TO SUFFOCATE (OWEVER CARBON MONOXIDE FROM A FAULTY GAS APPLIANCE TENDS TO BUILD UP MORE SLOWLY THAN THAT AND SYMPTOMS OF MILD POISONING ARE HARD TO SPOT 9OU MAY FEEL SICK AND DIZZY HAVE LOTS OF HEADACHES SORE THROATS AND COUGHS

OR YOU MAY JUST FEEL MORE TIRED AND IR RITABLE THAN USUAL !S A STUDENT BURN ING THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS CAN HAVE A SIMILAR EFFECT AND YOU MAY NOT PUT THESE SYMPTOMS DOWN TO CARBON MONOXIDE AT lRST !LARM BELLS SHOULD

%VERY YEAR PEOPLE IN THE 5+ DIE FROM CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IN THE FUEL COMBINE WITH TWO OXYGEN MOLECULES IN THE AIR TO PRODUCE FAIRLY HARMLESS CARBON DIOXIDE n #/ "UT IF THERE IS NOT ENOUGH OXYGEN AVAILABLE

SUCH AS WHEN A BOILER IS NOT PROPERLY VENTILATED THEN THEY CAN ONLY JOIN WITH ONE OXYGEN ATOM AND THIS MAKES CARBON MONOXIDE n #/ )F THE mUE FOR THE BOILER IN YOUR HOUSE IS BLOCKED

CARBON MONOXIDE WILL BUILD UP IN A ROOM )F YOU DO NOT HAVE A CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR YOU WILL NOT NOTICE IT BECAUSE IT IS COLOURLESS ODOURLESS AND GENERALLY INVISIBLE "UT DESPITE

START TO RING IF YOUR mATMATES ARE SUFFER ING FROM THE SAME SYMPTOMS OR IF YOU START TO FEEL MUCH BETTER WHEN YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE HOUSE FOR A FEW DAYS #ARBON MONOXIDE STICKS SO STRONG LY TO HAEMOGLOBIN THAT IT TAKES A FEW MONTHS FOR YOUR BLOOD CELLS TO BE ABLE TO CARRY OXYGEN AGAIN )F YOU ARE EXPOSED TO LOW LEVELS OF THE GAS EVERY DAY IT WILL BUILD UP MORE AND MORE

DOING MORE AND MORE DAMAGE TO YOUR BODY AND YOUR BRAIN 9OU MAY NOTICE

AFTER A WHILE THAT YOU ARE HAVING MORE AND MORE TROUBLE CONCENTRATING YOU ARE BECOMING CONFUSED OR EVEN HAVE TROUBLE CO ORDINATING YOUR MOVE MENTS #ONTINUE TO BE EXPOSED TO THE GAS AND YOU WILL EVENTUALLY STOP BREATHING AND DIE "EAR IN MIND HOWEVER THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE SUFFOCATING YOU WILL NOT TURN BLUE #ARBON MONOXIDE ACTUALLY TURNS YOUR SKIN VERY PINK

GIVING YOU A HEALTHY GLOW THAT CAN BE

QUITE MISLEADING TO PEOPLE WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE WORRIED #ARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IS TREATABLE BY GIVING VERY HIGH CONCEN TRATIONS OF OXYGEN AND IF IT IS CAUGHT EARLY ENOUGH THERE WILL BE NO LASTING PROBLEMS "UT IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING IN THE lRST PLACE "Y LAW EVERY LANDLORD IS OBLIGED TO CARRY OUT AN ANNUAL SAFETY CHECK ON ALL GAS APPLIANCES TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE ADEQUATELY VENTILATED AND THAT THERE IS NO RELEASE OF CARBON MONOX IDE 4HEY SHOULD ALSO HAVE A CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR CLOSE TO ANY AT RISK APPLIANCES -OST LANDLORDS DO CARRY OUT THE CHECKS THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO (OWEVER SOME WILL TRY EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO SAVE MONEY AND IF YOU DON T ASK FOR A SAFETY CERTIlCATE THEY MAY THINK THEY HAVE GOT AWAY WITH IT 5NFORTUNATELY IF CARBON MONOXIDE IS BEING RELEASED INTO YOUR HOME YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET AWAY WITH ANYTHING

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NONE OF WHICH HAD BEEN SEEN OR RE CORDED BEFORE 4HE AREA IS SAID TO BE UNTOUCHED BY HUMANS AND THE LOCAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF THE +WERBA AND 0APASENA TRIBES SAY THAT NEITHER THEY NOR THEIR ANCESTORS HAVE BEEN THERE 4HEY WERE AS SURPRISED AS THE SCIENTISTS AT THE AREA S ISOLATION AND LIFE 0ERHAPS THE MOST EXCITING DISCOV ERY FOR THE TEAM WAS A HONEYEATER BIRD MARKED WITH A BRIGHT ORANGE PATCH ON ITS FACE THIS IS THE lRST NEW BIRD TO BE DISCOVERED ON THE ISLAND IN OVER YEARS (OWEVER THIS lND DID NOT TAKE ALL THE GLORY AS THE RESEARCHERS MAN AGED TO LOCATE THE HOMELAND OF "ERLEP SCH S SIX WIRED BIRD OF PARADISE AND SO SOLVE A MAJOR ORNITHOLOGICAL MYSTERY 4HE SIX WIRED BIRD OF PARADISE WAS lRST DISCOVERED IN THE LATE TH #EN TURY BY INDIGENOUS HUNTERS FROM AN UNKNOWN LOCATION ON .EW 'UINEA 3EVERAL SUBSEQUENT EXPEDITIONS TO LO CATE THE BIRD FAILED )T WAS THE lRST TIME

THAT THE MALE BIRD HAD BEEN SEEN BY WESTERN SCIENTISTS AND PROVED THAT THE &OJA -OUNTAINS OF .EW 'UINEA ARE THE SPECIES TRUE HOME ! GOLDEN MANTLED TREE KANGA ROO WAS SIGHTED AND RECORDED WHICH WAS ENCOURAGING AS THE SPECIES WAS THOUGHT TO BE HUNTED TO NEAR EXTINC TION 4HE TEAM SAY THEY DID NOT HAVE NEARLY ENOUGH TIME DURING THEIR EX PEDITION IN $ECEMBER TO COM PLETELY SURVEY THE AREA AND INTEND TO RETURN THIS YEAR $R "EEHLER OF THE TEAM EXPLAINED h4HE KEY INVESTMENT IS THE LOCAL COM MUNITIES 4HEIR KNOWLEDGE APPRE CIATION AND ORAL TRADITIONS ARE SO IM PORTANT 4HEY ARE THE FOREST STEWARDS WHO WILL LOOK AFTER THESE ASSETS v $R "EEHLER ALSO SAID HE BELIEVES THE FUTURE OF THE AREA IS SECURE CERTAINLY IN THE SHORT TERM AS THE LOCALITY LIES WITHIN A PROTECTED ZONE (ANNAH .EWTON

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HE GLOBAL PRODUC TION AND USE OF MAN MADE CHEMI CALS HAS BEEN UN DER THE SCRUTINY OF ENVIRONMENTAL MINISTERS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE THIS MONTH IN $UBAI IN THE 5NITED !RAB %MIRATES AT THE )NTERNATIONAL #ONFERENCE ON #HEMICALS -ANAGE MENT 4HE ADEQUATE MANAGEMENT OF MAN MADE CHEMICALS GLOBALLY IS OF IN CREASING IMPORTANCE SINCE THE 5NITED .ATIONS BELIEVE THAT APPROXIMATELY

NEW CHEMICALS ARE BEING PRO DUCED EVERY YEAR ADDING TO THE

ALREADY IN USE &URTHERMORE THIS lGURE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY WITHIN THE NEXT YEARS

4HE 5. IS PARTICULARLY CONCERNED THAT THESE CHEMICALS ARE NOT BEING TEST ED FULLY OR LABELLED SUFlCIENTLY BEFORE USE A PROBLEM GREATLY EVIDENT IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD #ONSEQUENTLY THE DESIRED OUTCOME OF THIS CONFERENCE WOULD BE TO SEE AN AGREEMENT SIGNED SPECIFYING A NEW APPROACH TO CHEMI CAL MANAGEMENT TO MINIMISE THEIR EF FECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH -EANWHILE IN THE 5+ THE DEGREE OF CAUTION REQUIRED WHEN USING PESTI CIDE SPRAY IS CAUSING CONTROVERSY 4HE 2OYAL #OMMISSION S 2EPORT ON 0ESTI CIDES LAST 3EPTEMBER SUGGESTED THAT ALL lELDS WHICH ARE SPRAYED WITH PESTICIDES SHOULD HAVE A METRE PRECAUTIONARY BUFFER ZONE NEXT TO HOMES (OWEVER

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ARGUES THAT SINCE THE !#0 WOULD NOT ALLOW THE USE OF PESTICIDES THAT COULD EITHER BE UNSAFE OR CAPABLE OF SERIOUS CONTAMINATION THIS ACTION WOULD BE UNNECESSARY &URTHERMORE IF THE CUR RENT MARGINS OF SAFETY FOR A PESTICIDE WERE CONSIDERED INSUFlCIENT THE !#0 WOULD RECOMMEND A COMPLETE BAN OF THE USE OF THAT PESTICIDE RATHER THAN EMPLOYING MEANS TO REDUCE HUMAN EXPOSURE TO IT 0ROFESSOR #OGGON PERCEIVED THIS SUGGESTED SHIFT IN REGULATIONS AS A hDIS PROPORTIONATE RESPONSE TO SCIENTIlC UNCERTAINTYv 4HIS WILL OF COURSE BE ONE OF THE MANY ISSUES THAT THE MIN ISTERS IN $UBAI HAVE THE CHALLENGE OF AVOIDING .INA -OWBRAY

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THE 5NITED .ATIONS %NVIRONMENT 0 R O G R A M M E ESTIMATES THE VALUE OF CORAL REEFS IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN TO MORE THAN PER SQUARE KM A YEAR WHILE THE COST OF PROTECTING THEM IS JUST PER SQUARE KM ANNUALLY #ORALS RELY ON ENERGY FROM THE SUN FOR THEIR GROWTH AND THEREFORE FORM PREDOMINANTLY ON COASTAL SHELVES IN WATER LESS THAN M IN DEPTH 4HEY EXIST IN SYMBIOSIS WITH SINGLE CELL AL GAE CALLED ZOOXANTHELLAE 4HE ALGAE LIVE AMONGST THE CORAL REEFS PHOTOSYN THESIZING AND THEY PRODUCE ORGANIC MATERIAL WHICH THE CORAL USE FOR THEIR ENERGY SUPPLY 4HIS AMAZING RELATION SHIP IN TURN SUPPORTS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ECOSYSTEMS FOUND ON EARTH 4HE BIODIVERSITY THAT EXISTS AT #ORAL 2EEFS IS OUTSTANDING WITH MORE THAN

SPECIES OF lSH ON RECORD 4HERE ARE ALSO CRABS LOBSTERS STARlSH SNAKES

AND TURTLES AMONGST OTHERS 5NSURPRIS INGLY IT IS HUMANS WHO PRESENT THE GREATEST THREAT TO CORALS *UST IMAGINE RESTING ON THE SIDE OF A GENTLY ROCKING BOAT CLEAR SKY WITH THE SUN SHINING HIGH AND SUDDENLY "//- 3OME NEARBY lSHERMAN HAVE DROPPED A BOMB OVER THE SIDE OF THEIR BOAT AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES THEY ARE COLLECTING lSH FROM THE SURFACE ! SLIGHTLY LESS PEACE DISTURBING BUT EQUALLY DAMAGING lSHING PRACTICE IN VOLVES INJECTING POISONOUS CYANIDE INTO AREAS WHERE lSH HIDE LEAVING THEM INDISCRIMINATELY DEAD OR DYING

AND THE BIG TASTY ONES EASY TO CATCH 5NREGULATED TOURISM RESULTS IN THE TRAMPLING AND BREAKING OF REEFS FOR hSOUVENIRSv POOR LAND MANAGEMENT RESULTS IN NUTRIENT POISONING AND SED IMENTATION OF REEFS AND GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE IS EXPELLING PARTS OF THE ECO SYSTEM RESULTING IN THE BLEACHING AND DEATH OF CORALS )N SHORT REEFS AROUND THE GLOBE ARE IN SERIOUS TROUBLE ,IKE SO MANY CONSERVATION PLEAS THE ISSUE OF CORAL CONSERVATION HAS BEEN MET WITH APATHY BY GLOBAL POW ERS )N )NDONESIAN AND 0HILIP PINE GOVERNMENTS MADE A MOVE TO DECENTRALIZE THE CAPACITIES OF ENFORCE MENT AUTHORITIES WITH REGARD TO COAST AL MANAGEMENT 4HIS LED TO A LACK OF NATIONAL SUPPORT AND FUNDING AND A GREAT CHALLENGE FOR SMALLER SECTORS IN FACING THE DESTRUCTION OF 3OUTHEAST !SIAN CORAL REEFS 3OME OF THE EFFORTS TO PROTECT AND RESTORE REEFS INCLUDE CREATING ISOLATED MARINE SANCTUARIES TRANSPLANTATION OF REEFS FORMS OF ELECTROLYSIS TO ADVANCE GROWTH AND RESTRICTIONS ON HARM FUL lSHING TECHNIQUES #RUCIAL TO THE MANAGEMENT OF REEFS WAS THE ESTAB LISHMENT OF -ARINE 0ROTECTED %NVI RONMENTS -0% -UCH LIKE TERRESTRIAL .ATIONAL 0ARKS THESE AREAS AIM TO PRO MOTE RESPONSIBLE lSHING TECHNIQUES AND PROTECT HABITAT 4HERE IS URGENCY ABOUT CONSERVA TION EFFORTS AS REEFS ARE SAID TO BE NATU RAL GENERATORS OF INCOMES AND LIVELI HOODS FOR MILLIONS IF NOT BILLIONS OF PEOPLE #ORAL REEFS SUPPLY VALUABLE SOURCES OF FOOD AND ARE THE BASE OF MANY LOCAL lSHERY BASED ECONOMIES 4HEY HAVE A GREAT CAPACITY FOR ABSORB ING WAVE ENERGY AND AS A RESULT GREATLY REDUCE COASTAL EROSION )T HAS BEEN ES

TIMATED THAT ONE SQUARE KILOMETRE OF REEF PREVENTS CUBIC METERS OF COASTAL EROSION ANNUALLY 4HEIR NATURAL BEAUTY PRESERVATION OF BEACHES AND ATTACHED LOCAL CULTURES ALSO MEANS THAT REEFS HAVE A HIGH RECREATIONAL VALUE FOR TOURISTS 3CIENTISTS HAVE TEAMED UP WITH THE 5. TO TRY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE EFFECTS OF DAMAGING REEFS BY VALUING THE WORLD S ECOSYSTEMS 4HROUGH THE -ILLENNIUM %COSYSTEM !SSESSMENT

OVER EXPERTS IN VARIOUS SCIENTIlC lELDS FROM COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD ARE WORKING TO DETERMINE HOW CHANGES TO THE ENVIRONMENT AFFECT HU MANS 4HUS FAR THE RESEARCH HAS FOUND THAT PERCENT OF THE AREA OF NATURAL TERRESTRIAL HABITATS IS LOST EACH YEAR AT A GREAT ECONOMIC COST +LAUS 4OEPFER THE 5. %NVIRON MENT 0ROGRAMME S %XECUTIVE $IREC TOR HOPES THAT BY ASSIGNING DOLLAR AMOUNTS TO ECOSYSTEMS SUCH AS CORAL REEFS AND MANGROVE FORESTS PEOPLE WILL BE BETTER ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THE VALUE OF NATURE S SERVICES -R 4OEPFER SAID h) HOPE THE lNAN CIAL FACTS CONTAINED IN THIS STUDY WILL RADICALLY CHANGE THE ATTITUDE AND BE HAVIOUR OF GOVERNMENTS INDUSTRY LO CAL AUTHORITIES AND INDIVIDUALS SO THAT THEY BETTER PRIZE AND CONSERVE THESE NATURAL ASSETS v (E ALSO SAID THAT h0OLLUTION CLI MATE CHANGE INSENSITIVE DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER DAMAGING PRACTICES ARE RAP IDLY UNDERMINING THE ECONOMIC BA SIS FOR SO MANY COASTAL COMMUNITIES WORLD WIDE v )F THESE ECONOMIC BASES AND THE TANGIBLE VALUE OF CORAL REEFS ARE RECOGNISED BY GLOBAL POWERS IT IS HOPED THAT A DRAMATIC REDUCTION IN THREATENED CORALS WILL BE SEEN

7E ARE ALL AWARE OF THE LARGE IMPACT OUR ENERGY CONSUMPTION HAS ON THE ENVIRON MENT BUT IT IS DIFlCULT TO KNOW WHICH LIFESTYLE CHANGES WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE ! WEBSITE CALLED @3AVE 9OUR HELPS CONSUMERS UNDERSTAND WHAT CUTS THEY CAN MAKE )T ASKS EASY QUESTIONS

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T ALL STARTED INNOCU OUSLY ENOUGH BUT REGRETTABLY WE HAVE REACHED A POINT WHERE WE ARE PLUM METING INTO A DOWNWARD SPIRAL OF ETHNIC TENSION 4HIS IS A VERY BOLD STATE MENT TO MAKE BUT THAT IS THE SEVERE REALITY OF THE SITUATION 4HE PUBLICA TION OF THE DEROGATORY AND GRATUITOUS CARTOONS POR TRAYING -USLIMS IN SUCH A FASHION WAS COMPLETELY RECKLESS 5NLESS ) AM MIS TAKEN THOSE CARTOONS WERE NOT EVEN AMUSING TO BEGIN WITH 4HUS THE IRONY SETS IN AND NOW $ENMARK IS AT THE CENTRE OF YET ANOTHER DIABOLICAL MISHAP WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED ) DON T THINK ANYONE IS DENYING THAT COUNTRIES

CITIZENS OR ORGANISATIONS

SHOULD BE ENTITLED TO FREE SPEECH 7ITHOUT THIS FREE DOM MANY OF US WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO EXPRESS OURSELVES AS OPENLY AS WE CAN (OW EVER THE PRINTING OF THESE CARTOONS CAN ONLY DEEPEN THE HUMILIATION AND )S LAMAPHOBIA PERCEIVED

BY MILLIONS OF -USLIMS AROUND THE WORLD 7ITH FREE SPEECH MUST COME RESPONSIBILITY 4HE CARTOONS HAVE FUELLED ANGER RESENTMENT AND VIOLENCE IN THE -USLIM COMMUNITY 4HE CRIES OF h%UROPE YOUR WILL COMEv h$OWN WITH $EN MARKv AND THE BURNING OF $ANISH AND .ORWEGIAN EMBASSIES IN 3YRIA ARE THE ULTIMATE RESULT OF *YLLANDS 0OSTEN S CONCEPT OF FREE SPEECH 0ERHAPS THE PAPER HAD

NO IDEA THESE CARTOONS WOULD CAUSE SUCH CONTRO VERSY IN THE -USLIM WORLD ) BEG TO DIFFER THEY HAVE SHOWN THEMSELVES TO BE INTOLERANT AND DISRESPECT FUL OF CULTURAL SENSITIVITIES 4HIS LEADS TO THE QUESTION OF HOW THE SMALLER COM MUNITY OF -USLIMS LIVING IN $ENMARK MANAGE TO SUCCESSFULLY INTEGRATE INTO MAINSTREAM $ANISH SOCI ETY 0ARALLELS CAN BE DRAWN WITH THE RECENT RIOTS IN &RANCE )F THIS SORT OF BE HAVIOUR CONTINUES THEN IT IS POSSIBLE TO PREDICT THAT FURTHER UPRISINGS OF THIS SORT WILL BE SEEN ON THE CONTINENT AND THERE WILL BE NOTHING ANYONE CAN DO TO DETER THEM 4HE PUBLICATION OF THESE CARTOONS IS CLEARLY PART OF A BIGGER PROBLEM )N THIS SCE

NARIO ALTHOUGH THE $ANES HAVE PUBLICLY APOLOGISED

IT IS NEVER GOING TO BE GOOD ENOUGH +OFI !NNAN MIGHT HAVE URGED -USLIMS TO AC CEPT THE APOLOGY BUT NOW THREATS ARE BEING MADE OF FURTHER ATTACKS )N A CLASH OF CIVILISATIONS SCENARIO

WHICH POLICYMAKERS AND SUBJECTS ALIKE ARE KEEN TO AVOID THE CARTOONS HAVE STARTED A VICIOUS CYCLE WITH -USLIMS IN 3YRIA ,EBANON

'AZA AND 4URKEY PROTESTING TO SHOW THEIR CONTEMPT )T IS EVEN MORE APPALLING THAT THEIR GOVERNMENTS ARE CON DONING SUCH BEHAVIOUR 4HEY NEED TO REALISE THAT THEY ARE ONLY FUELLING THE FIRE THAT HAS BEEN CREATED

AND BY CONTINUING TO SUP PORT THE PROTESTS AND CALLS FOR THE 7EST S DESTRUCTION

THEY ARE PUTTING INNOCENT

PEOPLE IN JEOPARDY 4O TRY AND PUT THIS SITU ATION IN A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE

IT SHOULD BE REMEMBERED THAT THE CARTOONS WERE PUBLISHED BY ONE NEWSPA PER *YLLANDS 0OSTEN AND NOT THE WHOLE OF $ENMARK 3IMILARLY THE PROTESTS AND CALLS FOR %UROPEAN DESTRUC TION ARE FROM A FEW -US LIM EXTREMISTS AND NOT THE WHOLE )SLAMIC UMMAH (OWEVER

BY ADDING THE 7ESTERN MEDIA AND POLI TICIANS TO THIS EQUATION

THE SITUATION BECOMES ES CALATED BEYOND ANYTHING RESEMBLING SENSE OR REA SON 4HE VAST MAJORITY OF -USLIMS WERE OFFENDED BY THE CARTOONS AS THEY HAD EVERY RIGHT TO BE BUT DID NOT FEEL THE NEED TO GO AND BLOW SOMEONE UP 4HE CAR TOONS ARE MERELY REFLECTIVE

OF THE WIDER 7EST VS )SLAM DISCOURSE PROPAGATED BY OUR MEDIA AND POLITICAL ELITE 4HIS IS THE PROBLEM THAT NEEDS SOLVING AND FREE SPEECH OR THE LACK OF IT HAS VERY LITTLE TO DO WITH THE ARGUMENT 0ERHAPS THE NO TION OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH

WHICH SHOULD INVOLVE TWO INDIVIDUALS HAVING THE RIGHT TO SAY WHATEVER THEY WISH TO ONE ANOTHER SHOULD NOT BE REPLICATED ON A MEDIA OR POLITICAL LEVEL 4HIS SEEMS TO SERVE THE INTERESTS OF THE POWERFUL WHO SEE PERSECUT ING -USLIMS BOTH AT HOME AND ABROAD AS THE MAIN METHOD IN PERPETUATING THEIR OWN POSITIONS )F THE TRIVIAL NATURE OF A CARTOON CAN CAUSE SO MUCH BACK LASH WHAT IS TO HAPPEN THE NEXT TIME THE 7EST INVADES A -USLIM COUNTRY

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HE #OMMUNIST -ANIFESTO EN VISAGED A WORLD RUN BY THE WORK ING CLASS THE OP PRESSED MEMBERS OF SOCIE TY WOULD EVENTUALLY REALISE THAT THE LOT TO WHICH THEY HAD BEEN ALLOCATED WAS NOT THE ONE TO WHICH THEY WERE DESTINED ! GRADUAL REALISA TION OF THIS FACT BY THE PRO LETARIAT WOULD EVENTUALLY CLIMAX IN A REVOLUTIONARY ORGY THROWING AWAY THE SHACKLES OF THE OLD SOCIETY AND REPLACING IT WITH ONE THAT CAN TRULY REALISE THE ASPIRATIONS OF MANKIND )T WOULD NOT SURPRISE ANYONE TO LEARN THAT THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED AND IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY UN LIKELY TO DO SO AS EVERY DAY PASSES 4HOSE OF US WHO WERE SUPPOSED TO BENEFIT

FROM THE GRAND -ARXIST SCHEME FIND OURSELVES BE COMING EVER MORE DISILLU SIONED WITH THE SOCIETY WE LIVE IN BUT IT IS NOT AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT THE BOURGEOI SIE OR RICH PEOPLE n WHO BEAR THE BRUNT OF THESE RE MONSTRATIONS AGAINST THE EXISTING SOCIETAL ENTITY )T IS THE BUREAUCRATS !S -ARX WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO LEARN CAPITALISM IN ALL ITS DYNAMIC BRILLIANCE HAS FASHIONED AN AREA OF LIFE WHICH NOT ONLY SUPPRESSES OUR DESIRE TO REVOLT BUT ALSO SATISFIES VAST SWATHES OF THE POPULACE AS THEY HAVE A JOB TO GO TO EVERY DAY !NYONE SEE A CONNEC TION )N THESE DAYS OF POST MODERN PRODUCTION THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH INDUSTRIAL JOBS ON OFFER SO OTHERS NEED TO BE CREATED IN ORDER

TO KEEP THE PROLETARIAT PAS SIVE AND THE EXISTING ORDER IN POWER 7HILST BUREAU CRATS ARE MEMBERS OF THE PROLETARIAT MASS THEY ARE ALSO COMPLICIT IN MAINTAIN ING THE SYSTEM WHICH -ARX BELIEVED ENSLAVES US ALL /THER TERMS FOR A BU REAUCRAT INCLUDE @PEN PUSHER AND @CIVIL SERVANT 3OME OF THESE PEOPLE ARE OF COURSE NECESSARY BUT IT SEEMS THAT WE HAVE BECOME SO OVERWHELMED IN THE QUEST FOR FILES AND RECORDS THAT WE HAVE CONVENIENTLY FORGOTTEN ABOUT ALL THE TROUBLE AND STRIFE THAT LIFE THROWS AT US %VEN IF WE DO HAVE REASON TO COMPLAIN

EVERYONE IS FAMILIAR WITH HOW YOU GO ABOUT IT 9OU WRITE A LETTER TO A BUREAU CRAT 4O GIVE A BRIEF EXAM

PLE TAKE THE RIDICULOUS LEVELS STUDENTS HAVE TO GO THROUGH VIS Ì VIS TAX )F YOU WORK WHILE AT UNIVER SITY YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PAY TAX 7HY THEN DOES IT PROVE SO UNBELIEVABLY DIF FICULT TO CLAIM THE TAX TO WHICH YOU ARE ENTITLED BY LAW TO KEEP 6ARIOUS FORMS HAVE TO BE COMPLETED BY YOURSELF AND YOUR EMPLOY ER AND THEN THESE NEED RATIFYING BY THE 5NION

AND EVENTUALLY THE GOVERN MENT 9OU CANNOT TELL ME

IN THIS AGE OF UNREQUITED COMMUNICATIONS AND ELEC TRONIC CAPACITY THAT A COM PUTER CANNOT WORK OUT THAT CERTAIN PEOPLE ARE AT UNI VERSITY AND THEREFORE DO NOT NEED TO PAY TAX BOTH INCOME AND COUNCIL (OW EVER THIS WOULD MEAN THAT SOME PEOPLE AT THE )NLAND

2EVENUE WOULD BE OUT OF A JOB 7HILE THIS IS ALMOST A SUFFICIENT EXCUSE FOR THE BUREAUCRAT S EXISTENCE IT IS NOT A PRUDENT ONE *UST BE CAUSE CERTAIN MEMBERS OF SOCIETY NEED A JOB IS NOT A GOOD ENOUGH REASON TO AN NOY AND GENERALLY FRUSTRATE EVERYONE ELSE IN A WEB OF PAPER INK AND STAPLES 7HEN YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT THE ONLY JOB OF A BUREAUCRAT IS TO PERPETUATE THEIR OWN EXISTENCE )F THEY FAIL TO DO SO FOR EXAMPLE

BY FORGETTING TO SIGN OUT THE OFFICE KEYS THEN THERE IS NO REAL REASON FOR THEM TO BE THERE 4HEREFORE A BUREAU CRAT S JOB BOILS DOWN TO A FEW SMALL YET SIGNIFI CANT CRITERIA TO MAKE SURE PROPER PROCEDURE NO MAT

TER HOW STUPID OR PROFANE IS FOLLOWED TO THE HILT TO FRUSTRATE NORMAL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND BY EX TENSION TO PISS PEOPLE OFF TO THE EXTENT THAT INSTEAD OF COMPLAINING ABOUT IM PORTANT ISSUES LIKE "RIT AIN S DEMOCRATIC DEFICIT

)RAN S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS OR THE INTRICACIES OF THE $AN ISH CARTOON @SCANDAL WE MOAN ABOUT WHY IT IS SO DIFFICULT TO FILL OUT AN IN SURANCE CLAIM FORM OR THE #OUNCIL 4AX OFFICE S ANAL ATTITUDE TOWARDS EXEMP TION CERTIFICATES 'ETTING RID OF THE BU REAUCRATS WOULD NOT TRIG GER THE REVOLUTION BUT IT MIGHT ALLOW US TO BE MORE INFORMED ABOUT OUR SOCI ETY AND BY EXTENSION ERODE THE DEMOCRATIC DEFICIT TO WHICH ) REFERRED EARLIER

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3TUDENT ATTACKED OUTSIDE ,#2 ) lND IT OUTRAGEOUS AND COM PLETELY UNACCEPTABLE THAT AN ARTICLE ABOUT A VIOLENT RAC IST ATTACK ON A 5%! STUDENT WALKING ON CAMPUS LATE AT NIGHT h3TUDENT !TTACKED /UTSIDE ,#2v BE PLACED ON PAGE FOUR OF THE 7EDNESDAY ST &EBRUARY EDITION OF #ON CRETE 7HAT WAS ON THE FRONT PAGE !N ARTICLE ABOUT AN OBJECTIONABLE ,#2 NIGHT ANOTHER ONE ABOUT LIBRARY lNES AND TWO FURTHERMORE

ONE OF WHICH WAS ABOUT THE BAND 4HE $ARKNESS DESCEND ING ON 5%! IN A HELICOPTER "Y PUTTING THESE ARTICLES ON 0AGE /NE AND RELEGATING WHAT YOU DON T EVEN REFER TO AS A HATE CRIME TO PAGE FOUR IT IS CLEAR THAT #ONCRETE HAS LITTLE CARE FOR SUCH ISSUES AND FRANKLY ) lND THAT RACIST #ONCRETE NEEDS TO THINK VERY SERIOUSLY ABOUT THE TYPE OF MESSAGES IT SENDS OUT TO THE UNIVERSITY WIDE POPU

LATION !LL PLACEMENT AND LAYOUT OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLES DISPLAYS A POLITICAL STRATEGY AS WELL AS ENACTING A MIND SET IN THE READER AND ) lND YOURS HIGHLY DISRESPECTFUL 2EPORTING SUCH AN ATTACK ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE NEWS PAPER REmECTS HOW IMPOR TANT THE MATTER IS AND MORE IMPORTANTLY BRINGS ATTEN TION TO THE SITUATION ) FEEL ) HAVE TO KEEP ON HIGHLIGHTING THIS POINT (OW CAN A PHYSI CAL ASSAULT ON A STUDENT ON CAMPUS NOT BE FRONT PAGE NEWS $OES THE NEWSPAPER CARE ABOUT THE VICTIMS OF RA CIALLY MOTIVATED OR ANY OTH ER PREJUDICE RELATED CRIMES $O YOU KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO HEAR ABOUT SUCH AN ATTACK AND BE A STUDENT FROM AN ETHNIC MINORITY )T S TERRIFY ING IT MAKES ME SICK TO MY STOMACH EXCEEDINGLY ANGRY AND IMMENSELY SCARED OF CAMPUS AT LATE NIGHT )N FACT AT ALL TIMES 3UCH AN AWFUL

WERE OVERTURNED 4HIS WAS EITHER BECAUSE ) HAD ALREADY RETURNED THE BOOKS AND HAD TO GO AND lND THEM MYSELF TO PROVE THIS ) HAD RETURNED THE BOOKS BEFORE THE DEAD LINE OR BECAUSE ) HAD ALREADY PAID THE lNE BUT HAD NOT HAD IT REMOVED FROM MY RECORD ) RECENTLY COMPLAINED TO THE LIBRARY ABOUT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE AND THEY REPLIED WITH

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2ESPONSE TO THE 3EX 3URVEY EVENT RESTRICTS LIVES ) DON T FEEL THE SAME SENSE OF FREE DOM AS ) DID BEFORE WHEN ) COULD MEET UP WITH MY MATES AT THE 5NION STAY TILL LATE AND THEN GO HOME 7HAT MIGHT HAPPEN TO ME AS ) M WALKING BACK !NY ACT OF VIOLENCE PER PETRATED BY A GANG ON A STU DENT DIRECTLY AFFECTS ALL STAFF AND STUDENTS ON CAMPUS 4HE ETHOS OF ANY CAMPUS PUBLI CATION IS THE COMMUNICATION OF STUDENT LIFE IN AN ATTEMPT TO FOSTER A SENSE OF COMMU NITY AND UNITY BETWEEN ALL WHO LIVE THEIR LIVES THERE n IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT #ONCRETE CARES LESS ABOUT SOME MEM BERS OF THAT COMMUNITY THAN OTHERS ) AM EXTREMELY UPSET ABOUT THIS AND ) WANT AN APOLOGY PRINTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF !MAAN (YDER ,)4

,IBRARY lNES ) WAS INTERESTED TO READ YOUR ARTICLE ABOUT THE LEVEL OF lNES GENERATED BY THE LIBRARY ON CAMPUS ) HAVE BEEN A -ASTERS STUDENT HERE SINCE 3EPTEMBER AND HAVE TO RELY MAINLY ON SHORT LOAN BOOKS FOR MY COURSE 3INCE ) BEGAN STUDYING HERE ) HAVE BEEN lNED lVE TIMES THOUGH ON FOUR OF THESE OCCASIONS THE lNES

7EDNESDAY TH &EBRUARY #ONCRETE

AN APOLOGY AND ASSURED ME THAT ) WAS AN ISOLATED CASE ) WOULD ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO KEEP ANY RECEIPTS FROM lNES THEY PAY AND TO QUERY lNES THEY DO RECEIVE IF THEY HAVE EVEN THE SLIGHTEST INK LING IT MIGHT NOT BE JUSTIlED !S YOU CAN IMAGINE MY PA TIENCE WITH THE LIBRARY HAS GROWN RATHER THIN ,IZ "ARTLETT

9OUR LAST ISSUE OF #ONCRETE )SSUE lLLED ME WITH DISMAY AND DISAPPOINTMENT ) ATTRIBUTE THESE EMOTIONS lRST TO THE TASTELESS CONTENT ITSELF BUT MORE SPECIlCALLY TO THIS NEWSPAPER S UNJOUR NALISTIC PRESENTATION IN ONLY SHOWING A SINGLE POINT OF VIEW 7HILE ) RESPECT THE JOURNALISTIC INTEGRITY AND IN DEPENDENT THOUGHT #ONCRETE TRIES TO BRING THE ANALYSIS OF THE SEXUAL OPINIONS AND PRACTICES FOUND IN YOUR LAST ISSUE WAS DEMEANING AND OBJECTIFYING ) DO NOT DENY THAT IN A DEMOCRACY WITH FREE SPEECH #ONCRETE HAS THE ABILITY TO ORGANISE AND PRINT THEIR SURVEY PARTICULARLY AS SEX IS AN IMPORTANT TOPIC FOR UNI VERSITY STUDENTS AND YOUR AUDIENCE WAS LIKELY LOOKING FOR SOME LIGHT HEARTED FUN (OWEVER ) AM DISMAYED AT ITS LINE OF QUESTIONING AND PRESENTATION WHICH UNJOUR NALISTICALLY OBJECTIlES THE SINGLE VIEWPOINT THAT SEX AND THE BODY ARE OBJECTS TO BE GLORIlED AND ABUSED .OWHERE DID ) SEE ANY HINT OF RESPECT FOR SEX OR FOR THE HUMAN BODY 4HE SUR VEY WAS STRUCTURED TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO FURTHER OBJEC TIFY THEIR BODIES AND THOSE AROUND THEM WHILE GLORIFY ING WHATEVER @ORGASMIC EN LIGHTENMENT THEY DECIDED TO PURSUE ) READ ABOUT HOW @COM MENDABLE IT IS THAT HALF OF STUDENTS SURVEYED CAN COM MIT TO A @SINGLE SEXUAL PART NER FOR IT MAKES @THE LIKELI

HOOD OF CONTRACTING AN 34) SIGNIlCANTLY SMALLER !ND FOR THE DIGNITY OF VIRGINITY

) AM ASSURED THAT SHOULD ) ONLY SEND MY LOVE A @6ALEN TINE S -ESSAGE WHICH mATTERS THEM ON THEIR @SEXY BUM ) WILL NEVER AGAIN SUFFER THE TRAGIC LOT OF SOMEONE WHO TICKS @.EVER FOR @(OW OFTEN DO YOU HAVE SEX v 4HE #ONCRETE 3EX 3UR VEY FAILS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHO LOGICAL REPERCUSSIONS OF AN OBJECTIlED SEXUAL RELATION SHIP )T DISPLAYS A COMPLETE DISRESPECT FOR ALL THOSE IN THE 5%! COMMUNITY WHO POS SESS WHAT SOME CONSIDER AN ANTIQUATED REVERENCE FOR THE DIGNITY AND SANCTITY OF SEX AND THE HUMAN BODY 7HILE ) CANNOT PREVENT #ONCRETE FROM PRINTING A SURVEY ) lND REVOLTING ) URGE ITS EDITORS TO CONSIDER A MORE BALANCED APPROACH TO ITS ANALYSIS OF THE SEXUAL ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES OF ITS FELLOW STUDENTS )T IS NOT ENOUGH TO DESCRIBE THE OUT RAGE AGAINST h0LAYBOY .IGHTv BEING CANCELLED OR TO STRESS

YET AGAIN PURELY PHYSICAL SEXUAL HEALTH 4HEREFORE TO BALANCE THIS PRESENTATION OF SEXUAL GLORIlCATION ) URGE #ONCRETE TO INCLUDE AN ARTICLE OR OPIN ION ON THE RESPECT OWED TO HUMAN SEXUALITY AS WELL AS ITS RELIGIOUS PSYCHOLOGICAL

AND EMOTIONAL SIGNIlCANCE FOR MANY 5%! STUDENTS #ASSANDRA 7ARGO 3CHOOL OF (ISTORY 6ISITING 3TUDENT

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TION 7HY ARE ,ABOUR AND THE ,IB$EMS SAYING ONE THING AT #OUNTY LEVEL AND ANOTHER THING AT #ITY LEVEL )T MAKES LITTLE SENSE 4HE 'REEN MOTION WOULD HAVE COMMITTED THE #ITY #OUNCIL TO OPPOSING THE INCINERATOR AND TO COMMIT TING MONEY IN ITS UPCOMING BUDGET TO IMPROVE RECYCLING FACILITIES )NSTEAD THE #ITY #OUNCIL DECIDED TO hREFER THE MOTION BACKv TO THE #ITY S 7ASTE -ANAGEMENT #OMMITTEE FOR DECISION AT FULL #OUNCIL ON -ARCH TH n A DATE AFTER THAT ON WHICH THE #ITY S BUDGET WILL ALREADY HAVE BEEN DECIDED )SN T

IMPROVING RECYCLING RATES WHAT WE ALL WANT )F THIS INCINERATOR IS BUILT THEN n ACCORDING TO LOCAL WEATHER FORECASTERS n RESIDENTS IN MY WARD MAY WELL HAVE TO SUFFER FROM ITS EMISSIONS FOR ABOUT DAYS A YEAR 4HAT S ABOUT A DAY A WEEK n ONE DAY A WEEK TOO MANY 4HE 'REEN GROUP DEEPLY REGRETS THAT THE OTHER 0ARTIES WERE TOO TIMID LAST WEEK TO STAND lRM AGAINST INCINERA TION 7E ARE PLEASED THAT AT LEAST THE OTHER 0ARTIES HAVE NOT RULED OUT COMING OUT AGAINST INCINERATION ON -ARCH TH AFTER THE 7ASTE

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#ONCRETE 7EDNESDAY TH &EBRUARY

4HE /PINION 7E HAVE A lNE DISREGARD FOR 7OMEN S 2UGBY

*ULIE 0RICE 7ITH ONE GAME DOWN IN THE 3IX .ATIONS #HAMPI ONSHIP %NGLAND RUGBY CAPTAIN -ARTIN #ORRY WILL BE HOPING FOR ANOTHER SMOOTH RIDE AGAINST )TALY AFTER %NGLAND S THRASHING OF 7ALES !LSO HOPING FOR ANOTHER GOOD RESULT AFTER HAVING ALSO THRASHED THE 7ELSH WILL BE FELLOW .O AND CAPTAIN FOR THE %NGLAND LADIES *OANNE 9APP 4HE TRULY hBEAUTIFUL GAMEv HAS A DIE HARD FEMALE FAN CLUB BUT ITS ACCESSIBILITY IS GROWING AND HERE ) INTEND TO SHOW ALL YOU LADIES WHY RUGBY IS THE SPORT FOR YOU ,ET ME ASSURE YOU NOW

BEFORE THAT MENTAL IMAGE OF THE AUTHOR CONCRETES IT SELF IN YOUR MIND ) AM NOT BUTCH NOR AM ) A LESBIAN -Y TEAM MATES ARE NOT BUTCH AND NEITHER ARE THEY LESBIANS

TO MY KNOWLEDGE AND YES WE HAVE MET SUCH FEMALES ON THE PITCH BUT THIS STEREOTYPE IS JUST AS LIKELY TO APPEAR ON A NETBALL COURT OR IN A SWIM MING POOL 7HEN PEOPLE lND OUT ) PLAY RUGBY THEIR lRST RE SPONSE IS FREQUENTLY h"UT YOU RE A GIRL v AND THEN THE QUESTION h$OESN T IT HURT v ) REFER YOU TO THE IMMOR TAL WORDS OF RUGBY LEGEND *EREMY 'USCOTT h7E RE NOT PLAYING TIDDLYWINKSv AND ADD THAT YES IT DOES "UT IT IS SO WORTH IT &OR ME NO SPORT HAS EVER BEEN SO REWARDING 4HE BUZZ YOU GET FROM MAK ING A GOOD TACKLE OR RUN NING THROUGH YOUR OPPOSITE NUMBER IS INCOMPARABLE "UT DON T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT MY LITTLEST TEAM MATE HAS HER OWN ARGUMENT h) JUST LOVE THE VIOLENCE v .OW HERE COMES THE SCI ENCE PART )T IS CLAIMED THAT IN 7ILLIAM 7EBB %L LIS A YOUNG BOY AT 2UGBY SCHOOL SHOWED A hlNE

DISREGARD FOR THE RULES OF FOOTBALLv BY PICKING UP THE BALL AND RUNNING WITH IT

THUS CREATING THE GAME OF RUGBY )N FACT THE ORIGINS OF THE GAME HAVE BEEN TRACED BACK TO AT LEAST THE TWELFTH CENTURY WHEN BLUNT IMPLE MENTS WERE A MAJOR PART OF THE GAME 4HE WOMEN S GAME BECAME MAINSTREAM WITH THE FORMATION OF THE 2&57 IN 4HE ORIGINAL TEAMS HAS GROWN TO OVER IN %NGLAND ALONE (OW EVER -IDLOTHIAN IN 3COTLAND CAN CLAIM TO HAVE HOSTED ONE OF THE lRST FEMALE GAMES THE MARRIED VERSUS THE SINGLEx ) WONDER WHO WON #ONSIDERING ) AM APPEAL ING TO A STUDENT READERSHIP IT MAY DO MY CASE GOOD TO DE TAIL THE SOCIAL SIDE OF RUGBY 2UGBY PLAYERS ARE RENOWNED FOR PLAYING HARD ON AND OFF THE PITCH ! MAJOR EVENT IN THE RUGBY SOCIAL CALENDAR IS INITIATIONS "UT DON T LET THE HORROR STORIES THAT YOU HEAR FROM THE MEN PUT YOU

5%! ,ADIES IN ACTION OFF .AKEDNESS AND PHYSICAL ABUSE DO NOT lGURE AT OUR INITIATIONS !S TO WHAT IT AC TUALLY ENTAILS ) COULD NEVER DISCLOSE TRADE SECRETS SO WHY NOT COME AND lND OUT FOR YOURSELVES

3O HERE ) CLOSE MY CASE ) AM SURE THERE ARE SOME NET BALLERS OUT THERE APPEALING AGAINST MY CLAIMS THAT RUGBY IS THE BEST SPORT EVER BUT ) SIMPLY SUGGEST BEFORE PASS ING JUDGEMENT THAT THE FE

MALE READER TRIES THE hBEAU TIFUL GAMEv ) EXPECT TO SEE A LOT MORE OF YOU AT TRAINING THIS WEEKx OR AT LEAST IN THE 5NION "AR WATCHING THE 3IX .ATIONS COVERAGE STARTING THIS WEEKEND

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7EDNESDAY TH &EBRUARY #ONCRETE

-UD AND FOG IN "53! X COUNTRY 'LEN 7ATTS !T A FOGGY COURSE IN THE LAND OF THE 3COTS 5%! !# TACKLED THE MIGHTY 'REAT "RITAIN OVER THE MUD &IRST OUT WAS THE WOMENS SHORT COURSE TEAM LED BY THE PRESIDENT *ESS 4ROWBRIDGE

WHO RECEIVED PERFORMANCE OF THE DAY ACHIEVING HER AIM OF A TOP PLACING WITH A MIGHTY TH POSITION 3HE WAS FOLLOWED BY ,ISA 3AM MONS IN RD %MILY 7IL DON WAS UNABLE TO lNISH AFTER SUFFERING HEART PALPITA TIONS ON THE COURSE %MMA #OOMBES WAS PLEASED WITH HER HIGHLY PLACED TH IN

THE LONG COURSE AFTER RETURN ING TO THE SPORT THIS YEAR AND OVERCOMING AN ANKLE INJURY 3HE WAS SUPPORTED BY ,YNN %MMETT AND .ICOLA -C)VOR WITH ANOTHER IMPRESSIVE RUN FROM THE PROMISING NEWCOMER 3IAN ,OVELESS AND &RANCESCA ,EE CONCLUDED THE TEAM AND EARNED A RESPECTABLE ND OF TEAMS 4HE MENS LONG COURSE WAS A TESTING KM

WITH TEAMS AND lN ISHERS .EVERTHELESS 5%!

WITH THE PRACTICE OF THE %AST !N GLIAN #ROSS #OUNTRY LEAGUE

WERE MORE THAN CAPABLE 'LEN 7ATTS WHO WAS THE lRST HOME IN TH PLACE WAS UN SURE OF WHAT TO EXPECT IN HIS lRST "53!

AND FELT HE RAN

(ODGSON .O

WELL #ROSS COUNTRY CAPTAIN #ALUM .ICOL CAME ND

JUST OUTSIDE HIS AIM OF lN ISHING IN THE TOP 2APIDLY IMPROVING 2OB 'REEN WAS TROUBLED BY AN INJURED KNEE BUT PULLED

THROUGH WELL TO TH IN HIS lRST MAJOR CHAMPION SHIP !LI -C'EOCH 7ILLIAMS

MINIBUS LAND SPEED RECORD HOLDER WAS PLEASED WITH HIS LAST "53! 8 # IN lNISHING ST *ONNY ,EE COMPLETED

THE SCORING AND SECURED THE TEAM A TOP POSITION 4HE WINNER OF THE LONG COURSE MENS RACE WAS &RANK 4ICKNER WHO HELPED SECURE HIS "IRMINGHAM 5NIVERSITY TEAM THE 'OLD MEDAL

.ORWICH #ITY GET PLOUGHED DOWN BY THE 4RACTOR "OYS 7ILL !LFORD .ORWICH #ITY HAVE RUINED THEIR CHANCES OF A PLAY OFF PLACE FOLLOWING THREE SUCCESSIVE DEFEATS IN THE #HAMPIONSHIP 4HE CLUB SEEM DESTINED FOR A SEASON OF MEDIOC RITY AND WILL BE FORTUNATE TO AVOID A RELEGATION DOG lGHT 4HE #ANARIES ARE ONLY SIX POINTS OFF THE RELEGATION ZONE FOLLOWING THEIR RECENT STINT OF BAD FORM 4O ADD SALT TO THE GAPING WOUND ONE OF THESE LOSSES CAME AT HOME TO BITTER RIVAL )PSWICH 4OWN 4HERE WERE ALSO DEFEATS AWAY TO 2EAD ING AND MORE RECENTLY A BAT

TLING DRAW AGAINST STRUGGLING (ULL &OLLOWING THE UNLUCKY LAST MINUTE DEFEAT AT HOME TO 7ATFORD .ORWICH WERE ALWAYS GOING TO lND IT TOUGH TRAVELLING TO 2EADING 4HE 2OYALS HAVE DOMINATED THE #HAMPIONSHIP ALL SEASON AND WERE NEVER GOING TO BE TROUBLED BY A LACKLUSTRE #ITY SIDE 4HE HOME SIDE RACED INTO THE LEAD AFTER 3HOREY PUT THEM IN FRONT WITH A LOVELY CURLING FREE KICK 3IDWELL THEN HEADED 2EADING TWO UP WITH ONLY MINUTES ON THE CLOCK 4HINGS WENT FROM BAD TO WORSE FOR THE #ANARIES AF TER THE HALF TIME BREAK 4HE IMPRESSIVE ,ITA BUNDLED IN FROM CLOSE RANGE AND THEN

#ONVEY SEALED THE THRASHING WITH A NICE EDGE OF THE BOX STRIKE )T WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE DIFlCULT FOR #ITY TO WIN AT 2EADING HOWEVER EXPEC TATIONS WERE MUCH HIGHER AGAINST THEIR %AST !NGLIAN RIVALS 4HE #ANARIES STARTED WITH NEW SIGNINGS *OHANS SON %ARNSHAW AND 2EHMAN 4HEY SEEMED REFRESHED BY THE NEW PLAYERS AND STARTED EXTREMELY WELL *OHANSSON LOOKED PARTICULARLY LIVELY UP FRONT AND IT WAS HIM THAT OPENED THE SCORING ON MINUTES WITH A BEAUTI FUL CHIP OVER THE )PSWICH KEEPER 4HE 4RACTOR "OYS RE SPONDED WELL TO THE GOAL AND WERE SOON BACK ON EQUAL TERMS *IMMY *UAN EQUALISED

,ACROSSE OUTGUN ARMY 3IMON -URPHY 4HE GUARD AT THE GATE RE QUIRES PHOTO )$ "EHIND HIM AN OFlCER WITH A CASU ALLY SLUNG ASSAULT RImE EYES UP THE MINI BUS 0LAYING 3ANDHURST -ILITARY !CAD EMY AWAY IS ALWAYS AN OC CASION 5%! MEN S LACROSSE ROSE TO THE CHALLENGE MAKING IT

TWO HIGH SCORING VICTORIES IN A ROW 4HERE WERE PLENTY TO PICK FROM BUT THE GOAL OF THE GAME WAS AN @AIR GATE NET TED BY %,,- AND SUPPLIED BY 4RAVOLTA "OTH TIED AS TOP SCORERS WITH FOUR THAT GAME

AND ARE NECK AND NECK IN THE SEASON GOAL RACE 7ILL SCORED THREE AND MAN OF THE MATCH $OM SLOT TED TWO 0EE 7EE GOT COLD FEET STUCK IN DEFENCE AND DISPLAYED HIS @"LITZKRIEG AT

%DITOR S #OLUMN

TACKING SKILLS !NDY PROVID ED THE COMEDY WITH SOME ENTERTAININGLY RAMSHACKLE GOALKEEPING 4HE ARMY WERE NEVER AN EASY TEAM TO PLAY AGAINST 4HEIR VASTLY SUPERIOR STAM INA ENABLED THEM TO EMPLOY A MAN MARKING SYSTEM PRES SURING THE 5%! PLAYERS INTO COMMITTING SOME ERRORS ON THE BALL !ND ALL CREDIT DUE THEY DO PROVIDE EXCELLENT POST GAME CURRYx

WITH A YARD FREE KICK THAT DEmECTED OFF THE HEAD OF *O HANSSON 4HE SECOND HALF WAS AN EXTREMELY LIVELY AFFAIR WITH BOTH SIDES GOING CLOSE (OWEVER IT WAS (AYNES OF )PSWICH THAT SNATCHED A CON TROVERSIAL LATE WINNER !S THE CROSS CAME IN HE APPEARED TO USE HIS HAND TO BUNDLE THE BALL INTO THE NET .ORWICH FANS MADE THEIR FEELINGS CLEAR AS STAYED BEHIND TO VENT THEIR ANGER AT 7ORTHINGTON AND THE TEAM )N THEIR MOST RECENT GAME THE #ANARIES GAINED A BATTLING POINT AWAY TO (ULL 4HE 4IGERS WENT A GOAL AHEAD THROUGH ,EON #ORT 3OME SLACK DEFENDING FROM A SET PIECE ALLOWED HIM TO RISE THE HIGHEST AND HEAD THE HOME DIE IN FRONT .ORWICH

DOMINATED THE SECOND HALF AND HAD A NUMBER OF DE CENT OPPORTUNITIES TO LEVEL THE GAME 4HE TRAVELLING FANS THOUGHT AN EQUALISER WOULD NEVER COME BUT EVENTUALLY IT DID ON THE TH MINUTE !

SHOT FROM 2OBERT %ARNSHAW DEmECTED OFF (ULL S %LLIOT TO SEND THE AWAY FANS HOME WITH SOMETHING TO CHEER ABOUT .ORWICH ARE YET TO WIN IN AND CONSEQUENTLY HAVE QUASHED ANY HOPES OF REACH ING THE PLAY OFFS ! MID TABLE SEASON SEEMS INEVITABLE AND A NUMBER OF FANS WILL FEEL THIS IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH ,ETS JUST HOPE THAT RE SULTS CAN IMPROVE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS OTHERWISE A RELEGATION BATTLE MIGHT BE ON THE CARDS

ST 8) LOSE STALWARTS 3IMON -URPHY &AMILIARITY AND CAMARA DERIE WILL BE SOMEWHAT SCARCE IN THE ST 8) FOOT BALL TEAM AS TWO 5%!

STALWARTS PLAYED THEIR LAST "53! GAMES LAST WEEK !NDY !SHTON AND #HRIS 7ESTWOOD ARE BOTH NAMES THAT WILL BE INGRAINED INTO THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF

THOSE THAT MET THEM FAR LONGER THAN THEY WILL REMAIN INGRAINED UPON THEIR 5%!

TRACKSUITS "OTH WERE UNFAILINGLY COMMITTED ON THE FOOTBALL PITCH AND UNFAILINGLY COM MITTED TO /PTIC ON A 7EDNES DAY NIGHT 4HE TEAM CAN ONLY HOPE THAT WHOEVER STEPS INTO THEIR BOOTS WILL ADOPT A SIMILARLY HEALTHY ATTITUDE TO LIFE AS PART OF THE 5%! -EN S &OOT BALL #LUB

#HARLIE (ODGSON GOT MAN OF THE MATCH AGAINST )TALY

BUT IS HE THE ANSWER TO THE NO SHIRT 7E KNOW HE CAN PLAY BUT CAN HE REALLY PLAY !GAINST THE !LL "LACKS IN THE AUTUMN TESTS HE SHOULD

AS HIS POSITION DICTATES HAVE STAMPED HIS AUTHORITY AND USED THE FORWARDS TO SET HIM SELF UP FOR A FEW DROP GOALS 4HIS WAS THE ONLY WAY %NG LAND WERE GOING TO WIN AS THE MATCH DREW TO A CLOSE (ODGSON IS GOING TO HAVE TO GET USED TO BEING COM PARED TO *OHNNY 7ILKINSON

WHO RAISED THE BAR TO A LEVEL HE HAS SO FAR FAILED TO PER FORM AT 4HE 4WICKENHAM CROWD ARE NOT hWEIRDv AS (ODGSON ALLOWED HIMSELF TO SAY RECENTLY THEY ARE KNOWL EDGEABLE AND ) BELIEVE HE HAS NEVER PRODUCED CONSIST ENT DISPLAYS AGAINST TOP LEVEL SIDES !GAINST 7ALES (ODGSON MISSED AN EASY KICK AT A CRU CIAL MOMENT WHICH YOU CAN NOT DO AT INTERNATIONAL LEVEL

AND WHEN BEING CONFRONTED

BY AN ONRUSHING 7ELSHMAN WHILST DEFENDING HIS TRY LINE HE TRIED TO STOP HIM BY PUSH ING HIM ! FULLY lT 7ILKINSON WOULD HAVE NAILED HIS OPPO NENT EVEN IF A TRY WAS LOOK ING DEAD CERTAIN 7ILKINSON MAY HAVE BEEN hWEIRDv FOR HIS LOVE OF THE TACKLE BUT AT LEAST HE DID THE MOST IM PORTANT PART OF HIS POSITION KICKED THE PENALTIES AND DIRECTED THE PLAY WHILST A FULLY lT (ODGSON CAN ONLY BE CALLED hWEIRDv FOR ENCOURAG ING THE 4WICKENHAM CROWD TO GIVE HIM MORE STICK

$OPING /LYMPICS

SKIERS HAVE BEEN GIV EN SHORT BANS ON HEALTH GROUNDS DUE TO HAVING A HIGH BLOOD LEVEL WHICH IS ALSO AN INDICATION OF ILLEGAL STEROID USE !NY ATHLETE WITH A HIGH BLOOD LEVEL IS ADVISED TO HAVE BLOOD TESTS SO AS TO BUILD UP A DATA BANK OF IN FORMATION WHICH IS THEN PRE SENTED AT DOPING TESTS ) AM UNDERGOING THIS PROCESS AND ) M FAR FROM BE ING AN INTERNATIONAL ATHLETE

SO IT SEEMS ODD THAT THESE PROS WITH ALL THEIR BACK UP TEAMS DID NOT HAVE A lLE WITH PREVIOUS TESTS ON IT 4RUTH IS

IF THEY ARE CHEATING THE LAST THING THEY WANT IS TO BE REGU LARLY TESTED EVEN IF IT MEANS RUNNING THE RISK OF NOT BEING ABLE TO COMPETE ON hHEALTH GROUNDSv

#ONCRETE

7EDNESDAY TH &EBRUARY

-ENS ND 8) THWARTED BY MATHEMATICS

4HE ND 8) HAVE HIGH HOPES FOR NEXT SEASON

-ARCUS *ONES 4HWARTED 4HWARTED AT THE LAST 4HE COMPLEX MATHE MATICS WHICH LEFT "53! DIVI SION $ POISED TANTALISINGLY WITHIN THE GRASP OF THREE TEAMS COME THE LAST ROUND OF MATCHES NEVER LOOKED LIKE IT WOULD EQUATE TO A 5%! VIC TORY 4HIS PROVED DISPIRITING LY CORRECT AS A VICTORY FOR .ORTHAMPTON OVER "EDFORD RENDERED 5%! S PROCESSIONAL

WIN OVER ,EICESTER REDUN DANT )F "EDFORD HAD SUM MONED AN EQUALISER YOU WOULD PROBABLY NEVER HAVE HEARD THAT 5%! WON THE LEAGUE AS THE CELEBRATIONS THAT WOULD HAVE ENSUED WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY HAVE MADE TYPING AN ARTICLE A PHYSICAL IMPOSSIBILITY 3ADLY THOUGH hWOULDv AND hIFv BE CAME THE WORDS OF CHOICE AS THE TEAM CONDUCTED ITS OWN POST MORTEM ON THE YEAR

MUSING ON MINOR DETAILS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE ALTERED

THE COURSE OF THE SEASON 4HANKFULLY AS THE SOR ROWS BEGAN TO BE DROWNED

THE WORD hPRIDEv BEGAN TO MAKE AN APPEARANCE PRIDE AT HOW THE TEAM S LATE SEA SON SURGE HAD MADE THE TITLE A POSSIBILITY RATHER THAN A DISTANT DREAM 4HE ASTOUND ING AWAY VICTORY OVER "EDFORD WHICH WAS THEN FOLLOWED BY THE TROUNCING OF ,EICESTER MEANT THAT ALL THE PLAYERS COULD BE IMBUED WITH A GREAT SENSE OF SATISFAC TION AT ALL THEY HAD ACHIEVED *ON 2ICHARDSON COULD ARGU

ABLY BE EVEN MORE PLEASED THAN MOST AS HIS TWO GOALS AGAINST ,EICESTER ONE DIRECT FROM A CORNER THE OTHER A FEROCIOUS STRIKE THAT BEAT THE KEEPER AT HIS NEAR POST

CAPPED A SEASON IN WHICH HE AT TIMES BECAME AN IRRESIST IBLE FORCE OF NATURE UPON THE FOOTBALL PITCH "OTH 2ICHARD SON S STRIKES SANDWICHED A WONDERFUL SOLO EFFORT FROM #HRIS -ACDONALD WHICH MEANT 5%! LED AT HALF TIME DESPITE A SOMEWHAT UN CONVINCING PERFORMANCE .ONETHELESS VICTORY WAS

ALL BUT ASSURED WHEN THE ,EICESTER CENTRE BACK lRST FOULED .ICK 'ASKELL THEN CALLED INTO QUESTION HIS AT TRACTIVENESS AS A HUMAN BEING IN SOMEWHAT CRUDE TERMS 4HIS PROVED AN ERROR AS THE REFEREE WAS WITHIN HEARING RANGE AND THEREFORE CALLED INTO QUESTION THE NEED FOR THE PLAYER TO BE ON THE PITCH AT ALL AND THUS SENT HIM OFF 4HE FOURTH GOAL SAW 'ASKELL SLIDE THE BALL INTO THE PATH OF HIS STRIKE PARTNER

$AVE 9EOMANS WHO NETTED

THE ND 8) S LAST "53! GOAL OF THE SEASON 4HIS STRIKE PARTNERSHIP HAS PROVED VERY PROlTABLE FOR 5%! AND AS SUCH IT IS PROMISING THAT BOTH THESE PLAYERS WILL STILL BE AROUND NEXT YEAR )NDEED

THE ENTIRE SQUAD AT YESTERDAY S GAME WILL lTNESS PERMITTING

BE AVAILABLE FOR SELECTION FOR THE OPENING "53! lXTURE OF

AND HOPEFULLY THIS FAMILIARITY AND CAMARA DERIE WILL LEAD TO THIS YEAR S DISAPPOINTMENT BEING TRANS FORMED INTO OVERWHELMING SUCCESS NEXT SEASON

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