Concrete - Issue 192 by Concrete - the official student newspaper of UEA.

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5.$%2#/6%2 0/,)#% #!4#( #!-053 (!009 3,!00%23 *ANE $OUGLAS .EWS %DITOR )T HAS RECENTLY EMERGED THAT POLICE DID CATCH THREE OF THE LOCAL YOUTHS INVOLVED IN THE CAMPUS ATTACKS EARLIER THIS YEAR &ROM &EBRUARY TO !PRIL THIS YEAR 5%! STAFF AND STUDENTS WERE FREQUENTLY TARGETED AND ATTACKED BY LOCAL TEENAGERS -ANY OF THE VICTIMS WERE LEFT SE RIOUSLY INJURED AND ONE MEMBER OF STAFF WAS RUN DOWN BY A GOLF BUGGY !T THE TIME STUDENTS FELT UNSAFE ON CAMPUS AND WERE ADVISED NOT TO WALK ALONE AT NIGHT 4HIS LED TO AN OUTCRY BY STUDENTS THAT NOT ENOUGH WAS BEING DONE TO PROTECT STUDENTS ON A CAMPUS ONCE CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE SAFEST IN THE COUNTRY )N A NEW TWIST #ONCRETE CAN NOW

7HO GIVES YOU EXTRA 4HE NEW SEMESTER COMES WITH A NEW STUDENT CARD 4HE .ATIONAL 5NION OF 3TUDENTS HAS NOW INTRO DUCED .53 %XTRA CARDS WHICH OF FER STUDENTS ADDITIONAL DISCOUNTS /UR 5NION HAS DECIDED TO SUPPORT THE CARDS SO THEY WILL BE ON SALE IN THE (IVE DURING &RESHERS WEEK AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ON CAMPUS AND ONLINE 4HE CARDS WILL ENABLE STUDENTS TO ACCESS ALMOST DOUBLE THE SAVINGS THEY COULD GET WITH THEIR CAMPUS CARDS $ETAILS OF ALL THE EXTRA DISCOUNTS CAN BE FOUND ON THE .53 WEBSITE AT WWW NUS ONLINE CO UK 0G

REVEAL THAT PLAIN CLOTHED POLICE WERE CALLED IN TO PATROL THE AREA 0OLICE SPOKESWOMAN +RISTINA &OX SAID h4HERE WERE TWO INCIDENTS ON 5%! GROUNDS IN -ARCH AND !PRIL THIS YEAR WHERE LOCAL YOUTHS ASSAULTED STUDENTS AND RECORDED THE INCIDENTS ON THEIR MOBILE PHONES h/FlCERS FROM THE COMMUNITY TEAM BASED AT %ARLHAM 0OLICE 3TA TION TOOK SWIFT ACTION INCLUDING PLAIN CLOTHES PATROLS 4HIS LED TO THE SEIZURE OF A MO BILE PHONE AND THE ARRESTS OF THREE YOUTHS ALL AGED IN THEIR MID TEENS ON SUSPICION OF ASSAULT v 4HE THREE TEENAGERS HAVE NOW ALL APPEARED BEFORE .ORWICH 9OUTH #OURT /NE OF THE THREE HAS BEEN CON VICTED OF THE ATTACK BUT THE OTHER TWO YOUTHS ARE STILL BEING DEALT WITH BY THE COURTS +RISTINA &OX ADDED h.ORWICH

5%! TOPS POLLS 5%! HAS PROVED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST SATISFYING PLACES TO STUDY IN THE 5+ ACCORDING TO THIS YEAR S NATIONAL SURVEYS 5%! RANKED TOP IN THE .ATIONAL 3TUDENT 3URVEYS FOR @/VERALL 3TUDENT 3ATISFACTION WHILE SEPARATELY GAINING A PLACE IN 4HE )NDEPENDENTgS ANNUAL LIST OF THE @5+ S 4OP 4EN #OOLEST 5NIVER SITIES 4HE POLLS SHOW THAT 5%! IS NOT ONLY A FORCE ACADEMICALLY BUT FOR THE lRST TIME RECOGNISED FOR THE GREAT EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES THAT .ORWICH AND THE UNION OF 5%! STUDENTS HAVE TO OFFER 0G

0OLICE DO PATROL THE 5%! CAMPUS AND THE AREAS AROUND IT REGULARLY AND DEDICATED OFlCERS HOLD FREQUENT SURGERIES WITH STUDENTS TO KEEP ABREAST OF ANY ISSUES OF CONCERN h7E ALSO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE 5%! SECURITY OFlCERS TO MONITOR ANY CRIME TRENDS THERE MAY BE v )N RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS POSED BY 5NION #OUNCIL IN -ARCH THE THEN 6ICE #HANCELLOR $AVID %AST WOOD WAS VERY SECRETIVE ABOUT THE RESPONSE TO THE ATTACKS 4HE 6# REFERRED TO HIGH LEVEL TALKS WITH THE POLICE AND GUARDEDLY SAID THAT h4HE RESPONSE TO THE AT TACKS WAS NOT AS SLOW AS PERCEIVED v 4HIS WAS A REFERENCE TO THE FACT THAT UNDERCOVER POLICE HAD BEEN BROUGHT IN TO CATCH THE YOUTHS %ASTWOOD COULD NOT BE OPEN ABOUT THE POLICE RESPONSE AS IT WOULD HAVE COMPROMISED THEIR OPERATIONS

#OCA #OLA PRODUCTS WILL NO LONGER BE SOLD IN 5NION SHOPS

7AVENEY DEMOLISHED 4HE END OF SUMMER ALSO SIGNALLED THE END OF 7AVENEY 4ERRACE /NCE CALLED THE hQUARTER MILE LONG BREEZEBLOCKv 7AVENEY WAS HOME TO THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS OVER ITS YEARS OF LIFE )N IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE TERRACE WAS OUT OF DATE AND SURPLUS TO REQUIREMENTS AND SO WAS KNOCKED DOWN HALF IN THE SUMMER OF AND THE REST OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS (OWEVER DESPITE 7AVENEY BEING LITERALLY GONE FROM THE LANDSCAPE OF THE 5%! CAMPUS IT WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN BY THE MANY WHO LIVED THERE OVER THE LAST THREE DECADES

0OST BOXES AROUND .ORWICH HAVE BEEN TRANSFORMED BY A PHANTOM SPRAY PAINTER THIS SUMMER 4HE SPRAY PAINTER SUSPECTED TO BE A 5%! ART STUDENT AND HAS CREATED CONTROVERSY AS THOSE IN DEFENCE OF THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION ARGUE WITH TRADIONALISTS 0G

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#/.#2%4% 7EDNESDAY THE TH 3EPTEMBER

5%! S STUDENTS MOST SATISlED IN COUNTRY

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3TUDENT 3ATISFACTION 5%! RECEIVED RECOGNITION FOR ITS HIGH STANDARD OF TEACHING AND SERVICES FOR STUDENTS WHEN IT CAME JOINT lRST IN 4HE .ATIONAL 3TUDENT 3URVEY .33 THIS SUMMER 4HE .33 IS COMPILED BY ASKING GRADUATES HOW THEIR UNIVERSITY HAS PERFORMED OVER A RANGE OF CATEGO RIES SUCH AS @THE TEACHING OF MY

COURSE AND @PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 5%! RECEIVED OUT OF FOR @OVERALL SATISFACTION AND IM PROVED IN lVE OF THE SIX CATEGO RIES FROM LAST YEAR S PERFORMANCE 7ITH OVER OF ELIGIBLE 5%! GRADUATES COMPLETING THE SUR VEY THIS HIGH TURNOUT OF GRADUATE VOICES CERTIlES THAT ACCORDING TO FORMER VICE CHANCELLOR $AVID %AST WOOD @THE VOTE IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE OPINIONS OF OUR STUDENT BODY %ASTWOOD CONGRATULATES ALL 5%! STAFF FOR WHAT HE CALLS @A MAGNIl CENT PERFORMANCE ;WHICH= REmECTS THE HUGE COMMITMENT OF ALL STAFF

BOTH ACADEMICALLY AND THROUGH OTHER SERVICES IN PROVIDING OUT STANDING SUPPORT TO STUDENTS

4OP TEN COOLEST UNI !N )NDEPENDENT WHICH NOR MALLY RESERVES PLACES ON ITS LIST FOR CONVENTIONALLY POPULAR CHOICES SUCH AS ,EEDS AND -AN CHESTER SAID OF 5%! @!LL BUT THE PICKIEST SHOULD lND SOMETHING TO DO EVERY NIGHT OF THE WEEK @ 4HE 5NION S LINE UP OF BANDS AND WORLD CLASS $* S OVER RECENT YEARS HAVE INCLUDED -ERCURY -U

.53 GIVES YOU EXTRA !NNA 3TEWARD %DITOR 4HIS ACADEMIC YEAR SEES THE IN TRODUCTION OF .53 EXTRA CARDS 4HE NEW CARD HAS NEAR LY TWICE AS MANY DISCOUNTS SO IT IS VALUE FOR MONEY 4HE CARDS COST a AND CAN BE PURCHASED FROM THE (IVE THROUGHOUT &RESHERS WEEK )F YOU DON T MANAGE TO PICK ONE UP IN &RESHERS WEEK THEN YOU CAN BUY ONE IN THE BOOK SHOP THROUGHOUT THE YEAR OR ON LINE AT WWW NUSEXTRA CO UK BUY &INANCE /FlCER %DDIE 3HIELDS SAID THAT h!LTHOUGH .53 HAVEN T MANAGED TO SECURE A SUPERMARKET DEAL YET THERE ARE STILL MORE THAN ENOUGH ADDED DISCOUNTS TO KEEP

YOUR PURSE BULKY AND THE CHANGE CHINKING IN YOUR POCKETS ESPE CIALLY FOR THOSE WHO LOVE TO SHOP v )F YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TRAVEL THEN THIS LITTLE PIECE OF PLASTIC MAY PROVE ESSENTIAL )T INCORPORATES THE )3)# CARD WHICH IN ITSELF NORMALLY COSTS a 4HIS ENTITLES THE HOLDER TO DISCOUNTS WORLD WIDE 3OME OF THE OTHER DISCOUNTS YOU CAN GET INCLUDE THE !! !M NESTY )NTERNATIONAL SUBSCRIP

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.53 HAVEN T MANAGED TO SECURE A SUPERMARKET DEAL YET

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TIONS ,ITTLE #HEF 4ICK ETMASTER AND "LOCKBUSTER 4HE .53 %XTRA #ARD ALSO ALLOWS YOU TO REGISTER ON NUSONLINE SO THAT YOU CAN ACCESS ONLINE .53 $IS

COUNTS /F THE TEN POUNDS SPENT ON THE CARD FOUR POUNDS WILL GO BACK INTO THE 5NION OF 5%! STUDENTS WHILST THE OTHER SIX WILL GO TO .53 (OWEVER SOME STUDENTS BE GRUDGE SPENDING TEN POUNDS EACH YEAR WHEN THEY CAN GET MANY DISCOUNTS BY SIM PLY USING THEIR STUDENT CARD -ARTIN *OPP A SECOND YEAR POLITICS STUIDENTS CLAIMED THAT hWHILE THE EXTRA CARDS ARE UN DOUBTEDLY WORTH BUYING AT TEN POUNDS ) AM DISAPPOINTED THAT .53 ARE MAKING STUDENTS PAY FOR THEIR lNANCIAL MANAGEMENT v )F YOU CHOOSE NOT TO PURCHASE THE NEW CARD YOU MAY STILL HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THE EXISTING STUDENT DISCOUNTS SUCH AS "ELLA )TALIA 4OP SHOP (-6 "ORDERS AND MORE (OWEVER MOST STORES SHOULD ONLY BE ACCEPTING .53 EXTRA CARDS

SIC 0RIZE WINNERS 4HE !RCTIC -ON KEYS 4HE %DITORS AND &AT "OY 3LIM WHO HAVE CERTAINLY HELPED TO INCREASE 5%! S POPULARITY !LONG WITH THE 5NIVERSITY S THRIVING MUSIC SCENE 5%! OFFERS STUDENTS MANY OTHER ON CAMPUS ACTIVITIES FROM THE AWARD WINNING 3PORTSPARK THAT CONTAINS AN /LYM PIC SIZE SWIMMING POOL CLIMB ING WALL AND STATE OF THE ART GYM TO THE INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED 3AINSBURY #ENTRE &OR 6ISUAL !RTS WHOSE COLLECTION BOASTS ARTEFACTS FROM !NCIENT !FRICA TO -ODERN IST MASTERPIECES CREATED BY 0A

BLO 0ICASSO AND &RANCIS "ACON 5%! S COMMUNICATION OFlCER &RANCIS (AMLYN ADDS THAT THE REA SON THAT MORE STUDENTS ARE CHOOSING 5%! IS BECAUSE h.ORWICH IS A CITY AND FEELS LIKE ONE BUT IT IS NOT MANIC ) THINK STUDENTS FEEL SAFE LIVING HERE AND WHILE THEY CAN GO OUT INTO .OR WICH FOR ITS NIGHTLIFE EQUALLY THEY CAN SIT BY THE LAKE AND READ A BOOK v

4OP TWENTY IN 4IMES 5%! ALSO FARED WELL IN THE TRADI TIONAL POLLS RANKING TH IN THE 3UNDAY 4IMES TOP TWENTY 5+ UNIS

%ARLHAM 0ARK LOCKED AFTER DARK 4HE GATES TO %ARLHAM 0ARK WILL NOW BE LOCKED BY THE #OUNCIL AT NIGHT TO PREVENT STUDENTS WALKING BETWEEN THE 6ILLAGE AND CAMPUS FROM TAKING THE SHORTCUT THROUGH THE PARK 4HIS IS A DIRECT RESPONSE TO THE ATTACKS WHICH OCCURRED IN &EBRUARY AND -ARCH OF THIS YEAR -ANY OF THE STUDENTS THAT WERE TARGETED WERE ATTACKED ON THE POORLY LIT PATH THAT RUNS THROUGH THE GROUNDS 4HIS LED TO CALLS FOR ACTION FROM STUDENTS AND NOTABLY 5NION #OUNCIL 4HE #OUNCIL HAVE lNALLY RE SPONDED BY CLOSING THE PARK AT NIGHT THEREBY FORCING STUDENTS TO

WALK DOWN THE BETTER LIT 5NIVERSITY $RIVE 4HE GATES WILL BE LOCKED FROM BETWEEN !PRIL TO 3EP TEMBER AND /CTOBER TO -ARCH

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#ONCRETE BELIEVE THAT A FULL FRESHERS WEEK IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE 7E BELIEVE THAT FRESHERS WEEK MAKES THE TRANSITION FROM HOME TO UNIVERSITY LIFE A LOT SMOOTHER FOR STUDENTS (OWEVER 5%! IS ONE OF THE FEW UNIVERSITIES IN THE COUNTRY THAT RUNS LECTURES AND SEMINARS THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK

)F YOU BELIEVE THAT 5%! SHOULD HAVE A FULL FRESHERS WEEK PLEASE SIGN BELOW AND PLEDGE YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS CAMPAIGN

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#/.#2%4% 7EDNESDAY TH SEPTEMBER

7HO PIMPED THE POST BOXES

9OUR 3AY 7HY DID YOU COME TO 5%! AND WHAT ARE YOUR lRST IMPRESSIONS

0OST BOXES AROUND THE 'OLDEN 4RIANGLE AREA HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE -IDAS TOUCH

'EMMA 4OMKYS

#HARLOTTE &AUTLEY %NGLISH ,IT h5%! HAS A NICE ATMOSPHERE AND ) LIKED .ORWICH ANYWAY IT S GOOD FOR SHOPPING AND GIGS h4HIS IS A FRIENDLY PLACE AND IT S QUITE BIG v

7ILL +RICKA &AR RIGHT "IO #HEM h4HE UNIVERSITY SEEMED NICE AND THE CAMPUS IS GOOD h) D BEEN TO THE ,#2 BEFORE AND LIKED IT 5%! HAS A GOOD ATMOS PHERE EVERYONE IS FRIENDLY v

!NNA 7ATSON &AR RIGHT %NV

h5%! HAS A GOOD REPUTATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES h) M LOOKING FORWARD TO COWBOY NIGHT CAN T WAIT TO GET DRESSED UP h4HE &RATELLIS AND ,ILY !LLEN SHOULD BE GOOD TOO v

0OST BOXES IN THE @'OLDEN 4RIANGLE HAVE BEEN TARGETED OVER THE PAST THREE WEEKS BY AN ILLUSIVE ARTIST WHO SEEMS DETERMINED TO MAKE THE AREA LITERALLY GOLDEN 2ESIDENTS BETWEEN $EREHAM AND .EWMARKET 2OAD AWOKE ON 4HURSDAY 3EPTEMBER TH TO SEE AROUND TWENTY OF THEIR POST BOXES DONNING A NEW GOLDEN HUE 4HE CONTROVERSIAL STATEMENT SPARKED INTEREST THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WHEN 4HE 4IMES AND THE ""# PICKED UP ON THE STORY 4IMES REPORTER ,UCY "ANNER MAN REFERS TO THE INCIDENT AS @lRST RATE GRAFlTI WHILE THE ""# TALKS OF THE @POST BOX VANDALS 4HESE COMMENTS PIN POINT THE DEBATE NOW RAGING AMONGST .ORWICH RESIDENTS 3OME SEE IT AS A REmECTION OF THE VIBRANT CULTURE PRESENT IN .OR WICH OTHERS AS OUTRIGHT VANDALISM 4HE @NEW LOOK POST BOXES HAVE SPURRED MIXED FEELINGS AMONG LOCALS BUT THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS SUPPORT THE CHANGE #ATHERINE 0UTT A NINETEEN YEAR OLD #OMPUTING STUDENT SAYS h) THINK WE SHOULD SAVE THEM FROM BEING PAINTED RED 4HEY RE .ORWICH S NEW LANDMARKS v -ANY OTHER SUPPORTERS BELIEVE THAT WHOEVER IS BEHIND THE MAKEOVER HAS DONE A GOOD JOB AS NINETEEN

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YEAR OLD 0HILOSOPHY 0OLITICS AND %CONOMICS 3TUDENT !NDY *UDSON COMMENTS h)T MUST HAVE BEEN MORE THAN ONE PERSON )T SEEMS VERY ORGANISED AND EFlCIENT v (OWEVER FACED WITH A a WORTH OF DAMAGE THE 2OYAL -AIL TAKES A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW %X TERNAL 2ELATIONS -ANAGER (AYLEY &OWELL COMMENTED h2EGRETTABLY CRIMINAL DAMAGE WAS CAUSED TO SOME POST BOXES IN .ORWICH $AMAGE LIKE THIS COSTS 2OYAL -AIL MONEY TO PUT RIGHT 7E WOULD URGE ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THIS VANDALISM TO CONTACT THE POLICE v

2ESIDENTS SUSPECT UNDERGRADUATES FROM 5%! AS MANY LIVE IN THE AREA

4HE 2OYAL -AIL REMAINS DETER MINED TO RE PAINT ALL OF THE POST BOXES )T IS BELIEVED THAT A PETITION AGAINST THE RE PAINTING OF THE POST BOXES IS IN CIRCULATION 4HE PAINT JOB IS BEING COM PARED WITH THE WORK OF WELL KNOWN GRAFlTI ARTIST "ANKSY BELIEVED TO BE YEAR OLD 2OBERT "ANKS WHO IS FAMOUS FOR HIS MOD ERN APPROACH TO ART AND THINKING @OUTSIDE THE BOX ,INKS HAVE ALSO BEEN MADE

WITH A SIMILAR INCIDENT IN .ORWICH BACK IN &EBRUARY THIS YEAR WHEN THE POST BOX TRAFlC LIGHTS AND CROSSING ON 3T 3TEPHEN S STREET WERE PAINTED BLUE ! MULTICOL OURED POST BOX ALSO APPEARED ON 4HE !VENUES BUT HAS NOW BEEN PAINTED GOLD (OWEVER IT IS STILL DISTINGUISHABLE BY THE THREE LARGE QUESTION MARKS ON THE PAVEMENT IN FRONT !LTHOUGH THE VARIOUS OCCUR RENCES ARE SIMILAR IT IS NOT KNOWN WHETHER THE PAINTING IS THE WORK OF ONE PERSON A GROUP OR EVEN MULTIPLE PARTIES 4HE REASON FOR THE PAINTING IS DEBATED AMONGST .ORWICH RESIDENTS 3OME BELIEVE IT A PROTEST AGAINST THE NEW POSTAL PRICES /THERS OBSERVE THE LINK BETWEEN THE GOLD COLOUR AND THEIR @'OLDEN 4RIANGLE LOCATION PUTTING IT DOWN TO A STUDENT PRANK WHILE THE MORE COSMOPOLITAN SEE IT AS A DEMON STRATION OF MODERN ART .ORWICH AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO BE BAFmED BY THE IDENTITY OF THE GOLDEN HANDS THAT AT PRESENT REMAIN STRICTLY SILENT 2ESIDENTS SUSPECT UNDERGRADU ATES FROM 5%! AS MANY LIVE IN THE AREA &INGERS ARE ALSO POINTED AT STUDENTS OF THE .ORWICH !RT 3CHOOL BUT NEITHER GROUP HAS TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY 7ITH LEGAL PROCEEDINGS FACING THEM IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THOSE RE SPONSIBLE WILL GIVE THEMSELVES UP )N THE MEANTIME A NUMBER OF

FORUMS HAVE BEEN SET UP ONLINE TO DISCUSS THIS MYSTERIOUS EVENT 4HE %$0 %ASTERN $AILY 0RESS &LICK2 AND &ACEBOOK ALL HAVE SECTIONS ON THEIR WEBSITES DEVOTED TO THE GOLD POST BOXES 7HETHER THIS IS THE LAST EVENT IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE A SERIES IS A QUESTION YET TO BE ANSWERED

#/.#2%4% 7EDNESDAY TH SEPTEMBER

7HO PIMPED THE POST BOXES

9OUR 3AY 7HY DID YOU COME TO 5%! AND WHAT ARE YOUR lRST IMPRESSIONS

0OST BOXES AROUND THE 'OLDEN 4RIANGLE AREA HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE -IDAS TOUCH

'EMMA 4OMKYS

#HARLOTTE &AUTLEY %NGLISH ,IT h5%! HAS A NICE ATMOSPHERE AND ) LIKED .ORWICH ANYWAY IT S GOOD FOR SHOPPING AND GIGS h4HIS IS A FRIENDLY PLACE AND IT S QUITE BIG v

7ILL +RICKA &AR RIGHT "IO #HEM h4HE UNIVERSITY SEEMED NICE AND THE CAMPUS IS GOOD h) D BEEN TO THE ,#2 BEFORE AND LIKED IT 5%! HAS A GOOD ATMOS PHERE EVERYONE IS FRIENDLY v

!NNA 7ATSON &AR RIGHT %NV

h5%! HAS A GOOD REPUTATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES h) M LOOKING FORWARD TO COWBOY NIGHT CAN T WAIT TO GET DRESSED UP h4HE &RATELLIS AND ,ILY !LLEN SHOULD BE GOOD TOO v

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2ESIDENTS SUSPECT UNDERGRADUATES FROM 5%! AS MANY LIVE IN THE AREA

#/.#2%4% 7EDNESDAY TH 3EPTEMBER

"LOC PARTY DUO TO REPLACE :ANE ,OWE :ANE ,OWE HAS DROPPED OUT OF &RESHERS "RIGHTON 2OCKS BUT HE IS TO BE REPLACED BY "LOC PARTY GUITARIST 2USSELL ,ISSACK AND DRUMMER -ATT 4ONG :ANE STATED @ALTERNATIVE RADIO COMMITMENTS AS HIS REASON FOR PULLING OUT OF THE MUCH ANTICI PATED &RESHERS EVENT WHICH LEFT MANY FANS DISAPPOINTED (OWEVER 5NION 0UBLICITY !SSISTANT ,OUISE (ORNER SAID h4HIS IS THE lRST TIME HE S PULLED OUT OF AN EVENT IN TWO YEARS HE S USUALLY VERY RELIABLE v 0ROPAGANDA PRESENTS "LOC 0ARTY WILL INSTEAD PERFORM THE lRST "RIGHTON 2OCKS 2USSELL AND -ATT A FORMER 5%! STUDENT WILL PERFORM AN )NDIE SET ON THE 4HURSDAY OF &RESHERS WEEK 4ICKETS WILL STILL COST a ,OUISE ALSO REVEALED THAT #HAPPERS AND $AVE WILL BE RE TURNING TO 5%! ON $ECEMBER ND

#ONCRETE JOINS -Y3PACE AND &ACE BOOK 9OU CAN NOW BE A FRIEND OF #ON CRETE ONLINE *OIN US ON -Y3PACE AT WWW MYSPACE COM CONCRETE?NEWS PAPER AND SEARCH FOR US ON &A CEBOOK 4HE PAGES WILL BE REGULARLY UPDATED WITH EVENTS MEETING TIMES BEHIND THE SCENES VID EOS ON PRODUCTION AND PRINT ING SLIDESHOWS AND OF COURSE PICTURES

.EW SEMESTER BRINGS NEW (IVE 'EMMA 4OMKYS

'ET YOUR lVE IN THE (IVE 4HE (IVE HAS JOINED THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLES A DAY CAMPAIGN BY OPENING ITS OWN *UICE "AR 3ITUATED NEAR THE DOORS TO THE ,IBRARY THE *UICE "AR OFFERS ITS CUSTOMERS THREE MAIN OPTIONS A SIMPLE JUICE A COMBINATION JUICE OR A SMOOTHIE !LL DRINKS ARE MADE TO ORDER USING REAL FRUIT RANGING FROM BANANAS AND CARROTS TO PASSION FRUIT AND MANGO 4HE PRICE OF THE DRINKS DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU ORDER ! SIMPLE JUICE SETS YOU BACK a A COMBINATION JUICE AN EX TRA P AT a WHILE A SMOOTHIE COSTS a %ARLY RETURNING STUDENTS ARE KEEN ON THE NEW VENTURE SEEING IT

AS BOTH A HEALTHY AND TASTY OPTION 4WENTY YEAR OLD %NGLISH STU DENT %RIN 3MITH SAYS h) LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU CAN GET YOUR WHOLE DAY S WORTH OF FRUIT IN DRINK ) THINK PEOPLE WILL REALLY GO FOR THE HEALTHY OPTION NOW THEY HAVE THIS MUCH CHOICE v 7ITH STUDENTS FAMOUS FOR THEIR BAD DIETS THE (IVE *UICE "AR MAY PROVIDE AN APPEALING INCENTIVE TO SWALLOW OUR DAILY REQUIRED VITAMINS

&OOD CART TO SERVE HOT FOOD ON ,#2 NIGHTS "UT THE *UICE "AR IS NOT THE ONLY ADDITION TO THE (IVE ,#2 ! FOOD CART WILL NOW OFFER A RANGE OF SUSTE NANCE TO STUDENTS OUT CLUBBING -AKING ITS lRST APPEARANCE AT THE 2ETURNERS ,#2 ON 4HURSDAY ST 3EPTEMBER THE FOOD CART WILL STAND NEAR THE LIBRARY DOORS AND

SELL A RANGE OF HOT FOOD PRODUCTS UNTIL AM 0OTATO 7EDGES #HICKEN .UGGETS (OT "AKES AND #HICKEN 7INGS WILL BE AVAILABLE AND THE PRICES HAVE BEEN SPECIALLY DE SIGNED SO THAT A MEAL OF EITHER WEDGES AND CHICKEN OR WEDGES AND

A BAKE WILL COME IN AT UNDER a )T IS YET TO BE DETERMINED WHETHER THE STUDENTS WILL PREFER THE NEW FOOD TO 2ODNEY S OUTSIDE 4HE NEXT FEW WEEKS WILL TELL AND THE (IVE FOOD CART WILL REMAIN @ON TRIAL UNTIL #HRISTMAS

5NION (OUSE GETS TECHNICAL 7IRELESS ACCESS IN THE (IVE !S A RESULT OF THE "! FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE WHICH OCCUPIED THE BUILDING IN 3EPTEMBER 7I &I IS NOW AVAILABLE IN 5NION (OUSE 7IRELESS INTERNET ACCESS IS AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE BUILD ING FOR THOSE WITH A LAPTOP AND

THE CORRECT SOFTWARE 5SERS WITH WIRELESS ENABLED LAPTOPS MUST REGISTER AND CARRY OUT SECURITY CHECKS BEFORE THEY CAN CONNECT TO THE INTERNET &OR FURTHER INFORMATION ASK AT THE LIBRARY )4 HELPDESK

7EBCAM SHOWS 3QUARE "EFORE HE LEFT US AS #OMMUNI CATIONS /FlCER !NDY (IGSON ADDED A WEBCAM TO THE 3TUDENT 5NION WEBSITE 4HE WEBCAM IS DESIGNED TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO SEE WHAT IS GO ING ON IN THE SQUARE WHEN THEY ARE NOT ON CAMPUS !NDY SAYS h) THINK THE WEBCAM WILL BE AN EXTREMELY POPULAR FEATURE AND ATTRACT

MORE PEOPLE ONTO THE WEBSITE v !NDY ENVISAGES THE WEBCAM BEING USED BY OLD STUDENTS AS WELL HELPING THEM REMEMBER THEIR GOOD TIMES AT 5%! 4HE WEBCAM WILL ALSO ALLOW STUDENTS TO CHECK OUT THE ACTION ON THE WEBCAM BEFORE HEADING FOR THE SQUARE THEMSELVES (OWEVER INDIVIDUALS SHOULD NOT BE IDENTIlABLE

"LOC 0ARTY DUO TO REPLACE :ANE ,OWE

7EDNESDAY ST 3EPTEMBER #/.#2%4%

3TUDENTS CAN SWITCH OFF TO WIN BIG PRIZES !N ENERGY SAVING CAMPAIGN IS OFFERING THE CHANCE TO PLAY COMPUTER GAMES IN THE /DEON

.EIL *ENNINGS

4O PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH A MASSIVE INCENTIVE TO REDUCE THEIR ENERGY USAGE 5%! IS HOSTING THE 3TUDENT

3WITCH /FF COMPETITION THIS YEAR 4HE AIM OF THIS COMPETITION IS TO RAISE AWARENESS AND REDUCE ENERGY USE THROUGH PRIZES SUPPLIED BY SPONSORS WITH THE MAIN PRIZES GOING TO STUDENTS LIVING IN HALLS BUT WITH OTHER PRIZES AVAILABLE TO ALL CURRENT 5%! STUDENTS

:EST GETS ETHICAL %RIN 3MITH :EST HAS A NEW SELECTION OF FOOD TO TEMPT OLD AND NEW STUDENTS THROUGH ITS DOORS 4HE MENU IS ENTITLED h#HOICE OF THE 7ORLDv AND THE FOCUS IS ETHICAL FOOD FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE .EW DISHES INCLUDE HOT lLLED PITAS WITH #AJUN 3TYLE CHICKEN OR -OROCCAN 6EGETABLES AND !MERICAN STYLE CHAR GRILLED QUARTER POUNDERS a a PER DISH )N TRUE 5%! STYLE :EST IS

INTRODUCING WORLD THEME DAYS EVERY 4HURSDAY IN .OVEMBER 4HE WORLD FOOD THEME DAYS WILL INCLUDE -EXICAN )TALIAN #HINESE )NDIAN AND ""1 BEACH DAY MENUS 4HE RESTAURANT WILL BE DECORATED ACCORDING TO EACH THEME 4HE :EST SQUARE MEAL OFFERS A TRADITIONAL MAIN COURSE WITH POTATOES VEGETABLES AND A HOT OR COLD DRINK AS WELL AS A CHOICE OF STARTER OR DESSERT SERVED -ON DAY &RIDAY FROM PM UNTIL PM 4HE ETHOS OF &AIRTRADE IS WHOLE HEARTEDLY SUPPORTED BY :EST WHERE REASONABLY POSSIBLE ALL PRODUCTS PURCHASED BARE THE &AIRTRADE MARK

4HE AIM OF THE MAIN COM PETITION IS TO SEE WHICH (ALL CAN REDUCE THEIR ENERGY USAGE BY THE GREATEST AMOUNT PER RESIDENT FROM THE LAST ACADEMIC YEAR 4HE ENERGY USAGE OF EACH (ALL WILL BE MONITORED EVERY MONTH AND COMPARED TO THE USAGE RE CORDED FROM LAST YEAR )N ADDITION TO THE MAIN PRIZE PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO (ALLS THAT WIN SPECIlC SUB COMPETITIONS SUCH AS THE (ALL THAT PERFORMS BEST IN A SPECIlC MONTH 0RIZES WILL ALSO BE GIVEN OUT DURING THE YEAR TO STUDENTS PICKED AT RANDOM FROM THOSE WHO HAVE PLEDGED TO REDUCE THEIR CARBON EMISSIONS ON THE #ARBON 2EDUC TION #2ED WEBSITE WWW CRED UK ORG 4HE YEARLY PRIZES INCLUDE A PRI VATE SHOWING OF THE LATEST SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER AT /DEON AN AFTER PAR TY VENUE AT THE 2IVERSIDE AS WELL AS "EN AND *ERRY S )CE CREAM -ONTHLY PRIZES FOR WINNING (ALLS INCLUDE A BARBECUE COURTESY OF 0OWERGEN "EN *ERRY S )CE CREAM VOUCHERS A lLM QUIZ AT /DEON WITH PRIZES INCLUDING AN

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/NE VOUCHER PER TRANSACTION .O PHOTOCOPIES ACCEPTED

EVENING PLAYING A COMPUTER GAMES CONSOLE ON THE BIG SCREEN /THER PRIZES THIS TIME OPEN TO EVERYONE AT THE 5%! INCLUDE TICKETS TO "EN *ERRY S 3UNDAE FES TIVAL ANNUAL BUS PASSES FROM &IRST WORTH a AND ENERGY SAVING PRODUCTS PROVIDED BY 4HE )NDE PENDENT SUCH AS A WATER POWERED CLOCK &OR MORE DETAILS OF THE PRIZES ON OFFER AND THE COMPETITION IN GENERAL GO TO WWW STUDENTSWITCH OFF CO UK

4HE 7ORLD S "IGGEST #OFFEE -ORNING ! -ACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE (IVE BETWEEN AND THIS &RIDAY AS PART OF A NATIONAL EVENT CALLED 4HE 7ORLD S "IGGEST #OFFEE -ORNING #OLLECTION TINS WILL BE PLACED ON THE BAR AND ALL THE MONEY COL LECTED WILL GO TOWARDS -ACMILLAN #ANCER 3UPPORT 4HERE WILL BE LIVE MUSIC AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CHARITY WILL BE HANDING OUT LEAmETS #HARLES #LARKE MAY ALSO MAKE AN APPEAR ANCE IN SUPPORT OF THE EVENT -ACMILLAN #ANCER 3UPPORT PRO VIDES PRACTICAL MEDICAL EMOTIONAL AND lNANCIAL SUPPORT FOR CANCER SUFFERERS IN A BID TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES

6OLUNTEERS &AIR ! 6OLUNTEERS &AIR IS TO BE HELD IN THE ,#2 ON /CTOBER RD -ORE THAN lFTY CHARITIES WILL BE REPRESENTED 4HE &AIR IS DESIGNED TO OFFER STUDENTS THE CHANCE TO LEARN ABOUT THE CHARITIES AND TO CONNECT STUDENTS DIRECTLY WITH THE ORGANISATIONS WHICH MAKES THE VOLUNTEERING PROCESS MUCH EASIER 6OLUNTEERING CAN BE PERSONALLY REWARDING AND EMPLOYERS ALSO SEE IT AS WORTHWHILE

#ONCRETE 7EDNESDAY TH 3EPTEMBER

#/2$ TO HEADLINE /XJAM

"IKES BANNED FROM RAILINGS "IKES HAVE BEEN BANNED FROM RAIL INGS ACROSS CAMPUS DUE TO HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS 4HIS HAS LEAD TO STUDENT CRITI CISM AS THERE IS A PERCEIVED LACK OF BIKE SPACES ON CAMPUS (OWEVER A NEW BIKE SHED HAS BEEN ERECTED OUTSIDE THE 2EGISTRY

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)NDIE ROCK BAND h#/2$v ARE SET TO HIT 4HE 7ATERFRONT AS THE HEADLINE ACT FOR ONE OF /XJAM S .ORWICH GIGS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE THROUGH OUT /CTOBER 4HIS GIG ALONE HOPES TO RAISE a TO HELP TACKLE POVERTY ACROSS THE GLOBE MONEY WHICH ENABLES PEOPLE TO EARN A LIVING GROW THEIR OWN FOOD AND RECEIVE EDUCATION HEALTH CARE AND FRESH WATER FOR THEMSELVES AS WELL AS THEIR FAMILIES 4HE ROCKERS WHO NAME 2A DIO(EAD 0INK &LOYD #OLDPLAY 1UEEN AND 3TONE 2OSES AMONGST THEIR MANY INmUENCES WILL BE ON STAGE AT 4HE 7ATERFRONT ON -ON DAY /CTOBER TH WHERE THEY WILL PERFORM A SET THAT INCLUDES THEIR HIT SINGLE 7INTER #/2$ HAS ATTRACTED ATTEN TION FROM BIG NAMES RIGHT ACROSS THE MUSIC INDUSTRY 4HE TRACK WAS MIXED BY THE LEGENDARY #HRIS ,ORD !LGE AND PRODUCED BY 9OUTH WHO WORKED ALONGSIDE #OLDPLAY AND %MBRACE 4HE BAND ARE PREPARING FOR THE RELEASE OF THEIR DEBUT ALBUM

.EXUS JOINS FORCES WITH CINEMA CITY

NEXT MONTH &RESH WITH SUCCESS OF THEIR RECENT SIGING WITH )SLAND 2ECORDS AND CHAMPIONED BY $* 3TEVE ,AMACQ THEY ARE HOT NEW PROPERTY ON THE 5+ MUSIC SCENE AND PROMISE TO ROCK .ORWICH INTO THE NIGHT #/2$ S EXTENSIVE TWO MONTH TOUR TAKES THEM ACROSS %NGLAND 7ALES AND 3COTLAND BUT HERE IN THEIR HOMETOWN OF .ORWICH THE GIG WILL BE EXTRA SPECIAL

"Y PERFORMING AS PART OF THE /XJAM PROJECT #/2$ JOINS /XFAM S hBIGGEST MOST AMBITIOUS MUSIC EVENT EVER v 4HE FESTIVAL AIMS TO STAGE OVER MUSIC EVENTS IN THE 5+ ACROSS /CTOBER TO RAISE MONEY FOR /XFAM &URTHER /XJAM EVENTS TO HIT .ORWICH THIS /CTOBER ARE 3POT 4HE )NCIDENTALS 4HE !PRONS AND 4HE "ROWNIES AT " AT THE "RICK MAKERS ON 4UESDAY /CTOBER TH

AND A $* .IGHT AT THE -USTARD ,OUNGE ON /CTOBER TH *OINING #/2$ ON -ONDAY WILL BE SPECIAL GUESTS 4HE 0ISTOLAS 5 $IESEL AWARD WINNERS IN WITH SUPPORT FROM ,OT AND ,ICK THE $ICE 4ICKETS COST a AND ARE ON SALE NOW AT WWW UEATICKETBOOK INGS CO UK OR CALL &OR MORE INFORMATION ON /XJAM EVENTS CHECK OUT WWW OXFAM ORG UK OXJAM

.EXUS HAVE LINKED UP WITH #IN EMA #ITY TO PRODUCE A NUMBER OF SPECIALIST lLM PROGRAMMES RECORDED ON LOCATION AT #INEMA #ITY S TEMPORARY BASE IN 4HE 0LAYHOUSE 4HEY HAVE ALSO BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVIEW GUEST SPEAKERS AT THE CINEMA AND COVER ANY SPECIAL EVENTS THEY HOLD .EXUS HAS ALSO BEEN IN TOUCH WITH A NUMBER OF LOCAL SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES TO OFFER ADVICE AND KNOWLEDGE TO ASSIST STUDENTS WITH MEDIA BASED COURSEWORK UNITS *OHN (ARRIS (EAD OF 0UBLICITY AT .EXUS SAID h4HIS GIVES .EXUS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND INTO THE WIDER COMMUNITY AND INVEST SOME OF OUR TIME AND EXPERTISE INTO ENCOURAGING lLM AND MEDIA STUDENTS TO PURSUE TELEVISION PRO DUCTION AT UNIVERSITY LEVEL OR AS A CAREER CHOICE v

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/FF YOUR lRST VISIT WITH THIS ADVERT 6ERTICAL SUNBEDS JUST a FOR MINUTES 6ALID UNTIL END OF /CTOBER

#/.#2%4% 7EDNESDAY TH 3EPTEMBER

,ET S 'ET 0OLITICAL 0OLITICS &OR THOSE OUR ALLEGIANCES LIE 4HE TROUBLE IS HOW DO YOU KNOW WHICH PARTY MOST ALIGNS TO YOUR VIEWS (ERE &IONA "ILLINGS TAKES A LOOK AT THE MAIN POLITI CAL PARTIES SOME OF THEIR VITAL STATISTICS AND HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED WITH THEM HERE AT THE 5%!

4RADITIONAL 0ERCEPTIONS 3TUFFY /LD INTERESTED IN MAKING THE RICH RICHER AND THE POOR POORER UPPER CLASS OLD FASHIONED ,EADER $AVID #AMERON +EY &OCUSES h4O IMPROVE THE QUAL ITY OF LIFE FOR EVERYONE THROUGH ! DYNAMIC ECONOMY WHERE THRIVING BUSINESSES CREATE JOBS WEALTH AND OPPORTUNITY ! STRONG SOCIETY WHERE OUR FAMILIES OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR NATION CREATE SECURE FOUNDATIONS ON WHICH PEOPLE CAN BUILD THEIR LIVES ! SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE ENHANCE THE BEAUTY OF OUR SURROUNDINGS AND PROTECT THE FUTURE OF THE PLANET v 7EBSITE WWW CONSERVATIVES COM !T lRST GLANCE THE 4ORIES APPEAR TO BE TRYING TO SHAKE OFF THE TRADITIONAL PERCEPTIONS MENTIONED ABOVE 4HE SITE IS PREDOMINANTLY BLUE THE CONVENTIONAL COLOUR OF THE #ONSERVA TIVES HOWEVER IT HAS BEEN RECENTLY CHANGED TO COINCIDE WITH THEIR NEW GREENER POLICIES 0ROMINENT LINKS ON THE MAIN PAGE INCLUDE ONES TO A WOMEN S SECTION AN UNDER S WEBSITE AND ONE TO DOWNLOADABLE PODCASTS SHOULD YOU WISH TO LISTEN TO PARTY POLICY ON THE MOVE )N THE h!BOUT 5Sv SECTION YOU CAN lND DETAILS ON EACH 4ORY -0 AS WELL AS EVERYTHING YOU WOULD EVER WANT TO KNOW ABOUT $AVID #AMERON FROM HIS JOB HISTORY TO HIS WIFE S NAME 3TUDENT &RIENDLY $ESPITE STRONG PROMISES IN 3EPTEM BER THAT THEY WOULD ABOLISH TUITION FEES #AMERON ANNOUNCED A 5 TURN ON THIS POLICY IN *ANUARY THIS YEAR "EING POSSIBLY THE KEY ISSUE FOR STUDENTS AT THE MOMENT THIS MAY HAVE PUT THE PARTY OUT OF FAVOUR WITH MANY STUDENTS (OWEVER THEY HAVE A WEBSITE DEDICATED TO THE UN DER S OF THE PARTY WWW CONSERVA TIVEFUTURE COM

4RADITIONAL 0ERCEPTIONS 4REE HUG GERS UNREALISTIC DELUDED HIPPY ,EADER .O SPECIlC LEADER INSTEAD TWO 0RINCIPAL 3PEAKERS #AROLINE ,UCAS AND +EITH 4AYLOR AND A #HAIR 2ICHARD -ALLENDER +EY &OCUSES )N THEIR 3TATEMENT OF #ORE 0RINCIPLES OF WHICH ALL TEN ARE LISTED ON THEIR WEBSITE THEY STATE h,IFE ON EARTH IS UNDER IMMENSE PRESSURE 4HE ENVIRONMENT AROUND US IS THREATENED WITH MASSIVE DESTRUCTION #ONVENTIONAL POLITICS HAS FAILED US BECAUSE ITS VALUES ARE FUNDAMENTALLY mAWED v 7EBSITE WWW GREENPARTY ORG UK 4HE MAIN FOCUS OF THE SITE IS NEWS WHICH DOMINATES THE ALL GREEN OBVI OUSLY FRONT PAGE 4HERE IS ALSO A BIG SECTION ON ISSUES WITH INFORMATION ON A FEW KEY MEMBERS SUCH AS THEIR -%0S !LTHOUGH NOT AS DETAILED AS THE OTHER SITES IT HAS ALL THE MAIN INFORMATION ABOUT THE AIMS AND CONCERNS OF THE PARTY 3TUDENT &RIENDLY 4HE 'REEN 0ARTY ARE IN THE ANTI TOP UP FEES CAMP AND HAVE MANY STU DENT ORIENTATED POLICIES INCLUDING PROVIDING GRANTS FOR THOSE STUDYING AT UNIVERSITY AND ENSURING ALL CLASS SIZES ARE LIMITED TO SENSIBLE LEVELS 4HEY ALSO BACK ANONYMOUS MARKING FOR ALL WRITTEN EXAMS AND REPORTS (OW CAN ) GET INVOLVED ON CAMPUS WWW UEASTUDENT COM SOCIETIES SOCI ETYSITES GREEN

4RADITIONAL 0ERCEPTIONS 3OCIALIST WORKING CLASS 4RADE 5NIONS OVERLY MARKETED USELESS

4RADITIONAL 0ERCEPTIONS -IDDLE GROUND BLAND MISGUIDED STRUG GLING UNFOCUSED THE hSTUDENT PARTYv

,EADER 4ONY "LAIR

,EADER 3IR -ENZIES -ING #AMP BELL

+EY &OCUSES h7E WILL FOCUS ON THREE CRUCIAL AREAS THE ECONOMY MODERN ISING PUBLIC SERVICES TACKLING CRIME AND ASYLUM v

5%! HAS ALWAYS BEEN REKNOWNED FOR ITS POLITICAL ACTIVISM ON CAMPUS

7EBSITE WWW LABOUR ORG UK 4HIS GOES THROUGH ALL OF ,ABOUR S POLICIES ON ISSUES FROM WOMEN TO WORKERS ENVIRONMENT TO EQUALITY AND ALSO SHOWS THAT THEY TOO ARE KEEPING UP WITH THE TIMES WITH PODCASTS AND BLOGS AVAILABLE FROM THE MAIN PAGE 7HEN EXPLORING THE WEBSITE IT BECOMES APPARENT THAT ONE TOPIC IS MENTIONED AS MANY TIMES AS POSSIBLE n THE PERCEIVED FAIL INGS OF $AVID #AMERON !T LEAST TWO NEWS ITEMS ON THE FRONT PAGE HAD HIS NAME IN THE HEADLINE AND THE ,ABOUR MERCHANDISE SHOP WAS FULL OF h$AVE THE #HAMELEONv PRODUCTS THE BICYCLE RIDING CARICATURE OF #AMERON CREATED IN 3TUDENT &RIENDLY WWW LABOURSTUDENTS ORG UK HERE THEY STATE hALTHOUGH WE ARE ON SIDE WITH ,ABOUR THAT DOESN T MEAN WE ARE ALWAYS ON MESSAGE v 4HEY AIM TO BRING NEW IDEAS FORWARD TO AID THE MAIN PARTY AND ITS DECISIONS 4HE PARTY ITSELF HAS BECOME UNPOPULAR WITH MANY STUDENTS SINCE THE DECI SION TO INTRODUCE TOP UP FEES (OW CAN ) GET INVOLVED ON CAMPUS %MAIL SU LABOUR UEA AC UK FOR MORE INFORMATION

+EY &OCUSES h4HE ,IBERAL $EMOCRATS EXIST TO BUILD AND SAFEGUARD A FAIR FREE AND OPEN SOCIETY IN WHICH WE SEEK TO BALANCE THE FUNDAMENTAL VALUES OF LIBERTY EQUALITY AND COM MUNITY AND IN WHICH NO ONE SHALL BE ENSLAVED BY POVERTY IGNORANCE OR CONFORMITY v 7EBSITE WWW LIBDEMS ORG UK ! SHORT TO THE POINT FRONT STARTS AN EASY TO USE ,IB $EM WEBSITE 1UICK LINKS TO SIX KEY ISSUES DOMINATE THE YELLOW AND BLACK INTRODUCTORY PAGE TOGETHER WITH A FEW MAIN NEWS STO RIES OF THE DAY AND CURRENTLY A VIDEO MESSAGE FROM -ING #AMPBELL ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL THEME THAT RUNS THROUGH THEIR POLICIES 3TUDENT &RIENDLY &OR THE 'ENERAL %LECTION THE ,IB $EMS PRODUCED A MANIFESTO ES PECIALLY FOR STUDENTS IN WHICH THEIR THREE MAIN POLICIES FOR STUDENTS WERE STATED AS NO TUITION OR TOP UP FEES AN INCREASE IN MAINTENANCE GRANTS AND A PROMISE TO ADDRESS THE GAP BE TWEEN ACADEMIC AND VOCATIONAL TRAIN ING 4HE ,IB $EMS ARE OFTEN SEEN AS THE hSTUDENT PARTYv SOMETHING THAT IS SUPPORTED AT 5%! BY THE FACT THAT THEY ARE THE LARGEST POLITICAL SOCIETY ON CAMPUS (OW CAN ) GET INVOLVED ON CAMPUS 6ISIT WWW UEALIBDEMS CO UK

(OW CAN ) GET INVOLVED ON CAMPUS 6ISIT THE #ONSERVATIVE 3OCIETY AT WWW FREEWEBS COM CONSERVATIVES UEA /THER 0OLITICAL 3OCIETIES AT 5%!

&OR THOSE WHO ARE ATTRACTED TO POLITICS BUT ARE STILL UNSURE OF IS COMPOSED OF PEOPLE WITH A RANGE OF POLITICAL IDEAS AND BELIEFS -ORE DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW FREEWEBS COM POLTICS UEA

3OCIETIES CURRENTLY BEING SET UP INLCUDE THE 3OCIALIST 3OCIETY #ONTEMPORARY 0OLITICAL 2EFORM 3OCIETY AND %DUCATION .OT &OR 3ALE %.&3 ,OOK OUT FOR THEM SOON

#/.#2%4% 7EDNESDAY TH 3EPTEMBER

'ETTING TO KNOW YOU THE SABBS

4ESSA .ORTH !CADEMIC /FlCER !CTUALLY ) DROPPED OUT OF ANOTHER COURSE AND ON CALLING AROUND 5%! WAS THE ONLY PLACE THAT ACCEPTED ME "UT ) WAS MUCH KEENER ON THE COURSE AT 5%! THAN OTHERS ) SAW !S FOR POSTGRAD IT S ONE OF THE BEST FOR CREATIVE WRIT ING !MERICAN 3TUDIES "! AND #REA TIVE 7RITING 0ROSE -! 0RETTY MUCH ALL OF IT THE PEO PLE ARE FRIENDLY IT S A GOOD SIZE AND THE CAMPUS IS PRETTY WELL BITS OF IT ARE AND OF COURSE THE UNION IS GREAT ) DON T REALLY HAVE ANY THOUGHTS lRST THING IN THE MORNING !SK ME AGAIN WHEN ) GET TO WORK ,OVE /VER AND /VER BY +ATE AND !NNA -C'ARRIGLE ) WAS HELPED BY AN EXEC MEM BER IN MY lRST WEEK AT UNI AND THAT GOT ME INTERESTED SO ) VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT FOR lVE

YEARS ) REALLY ENJOYED BEING PART OF 5NION #OUNCIL AND ) THOUGHT BY THE END OF MY MASTERS ) SHOULD REALLY GET OUT AND DO IT SINCE ) D BEEN WANTING TO FOR SO LONG

3TEVIE !LTMAN 7ELFARE OFlCER

)TS FUN IT S A BIT BEWILDERING WHEN YOU lRST ARRIVE BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE EXPECT YOU TO KNOW NOTHING AND SOME PEOPLE EXPECT YOU TO KNOW EVERYTHING "UT IT S SOMETHING DIFFERENT ALL THE TIME AND IT S REALLY GOOD TO MEET SO MANY PEOPLE STUDENTS STAFF PEOPLE OUTSIDE

(ISTORY

-Y JOB IS TO BE ONE OF THE MAIN POINTS OF CONTACT BETWEEN THE 5NIVERSITY AND THE 5NION ) DO MY BEST TO REPRESENT THE STUDENT VOICE ON THE MANY COMMIT TEES ) SIT ON 7ITHIN THE 5NION ) DEAL WITH ACADEMIC PROBLEMS LIKE PROBLEMS WITH A COURSE OR DIFlCULTY GETTING TO RESOURCES )NDIVIDUAL CASES GO TO THE !DVICE #ENTRE BUT ) WORK ON THE ISSUES THAT ARE LIKELY TO AFFECT GROUPS OF STUDENTS OR MAYBE EVEN EVERY ONE ) ALSO CO ORDINATE 5NION #OUNCIL AND SCHOOL REPS SO IF ANYONE S INTERESTED IN GETTING INVOLVED AND REPRESENTING OTHER STUDENTS THEY SHOULD COME AND CHAT TO ME ) D LIKE TO WORK ON EVERY STU DENT MORE PREPARED FOR THE END OF THEIR DEGREE IE GIVING PEOPLE THE SKILLS NOT ONLY TO DO BETTER AT THEIR COURSE AS THEY GO THROUGH BUT ALSO TO lND A GOOD JOB AFTER GRADUATION /UR 5NION IS ONE OF THE BIG GEST AND BEST IN THE COUNTRIES WE REALLY DO HAVE AMAZING FACILITIES AND RESOURCES COMPARED TO A LOT OF OTHER UNIONS 4HERE S ALSO A STRONG CAMPAIGN ING FEELING WITHIN THE 5NION AND IT WOULD BE GREAT TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE INVOLVED THIS YEAR

6ERY GREEN AND FRIENDLY CAM PUS

4HE LAKE 7HY AM ) NOT BEING SERVED BREAKFAST BY BEAUTIFUL MAIDENS 6ERTIGO BY 5 ) DIDN T THINK ENOUGH WAS BEING DONE FOR STUDENTS AND THAT THE SUPPORT SERVICES WE OFFERED WERE NOT KNOWN WIDELY ENOUGH

!BOUT A HUNDRED THINGS ) D LIKE TO SEE THE 5NION BECOME MORE SUSTAINABLE IT S PRETTY GOOD BUT THERE ARE STILL LOTS OF THINGS WE COULD DO ) D LIKE TO SEE MORE OR GANISED STUDENT COMMITTEES WITHIN 3CHOOLS AND ) THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO EXPAND THE RANGE OF COM MERCIAL SERVICES THAT WE OFFER ) SUPPOSE SOMETHING OTHER THAN CONCRETE WALLS WOULD BE NICE

h ) WANT TO SEE A UNION THAT IS GREATLY RESPECTED BY ALL MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY AND ONE THAT CAN PROMOTE QUICK AND EFFECTIVE CHANGE v

7HY 5%! 3UBJECT 7HAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE THING ABOUT 5%! 7HEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING WHAT IS YOUR lRST THOUGHT 7HAT S YOUR THEME TUNE 7HY DID YOU lRST DECIDE TO RUN FOR EXEC (OW HAVE YOU FOUND THE JOB SO FAR (OW DO YOU SEE YOUR ROLE 7HAT AIMS DO YOU HAVE FOR THE YEAR (OW WOULD YOU COMPARE OUR 5NION TO OTHER 5NIVERSITIES 7HAT LONG TERM AIMS DO YOU HAVE FOR THE 5NION )F YOU COULD CHANGES ANYTHING ABOUT THE 5NION WHAT WOULD IT BE

&UN AND TIRING AT THE SAME TIME )T S GREAT TO BE PART OF SUCH AN ENTHUSIASTIC EXEC TEAM -AINLY TO POINT OUT TO STUDENTS HOW THE 5NION CAN BE OF HELP TO THEM UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES AND TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS CONSTANT PRESSURE ON THE UNIVERSITY TO HELP STUDENTS TO FEEL WELL ADJUSTED HERE (MM QUITE A FEW ACTUALLY ) M KEEN ON WORKING WITH THE UNIVERSITY TO CREATE A -ENTAL (EALTH 0OLICY WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO AS ) FEEL THIS WOULD BE A GREAT STEP ) M ALSO KEEN TO FURTHER PROMOTE SUCH CRUCIAL SERVICES AS .IGHTLINE AND THE #OUNSELLING 3ERVICE 7E HAVE A UNION THAT AL THOUGH IT CAN BE DIVIDED AT TIMES IS ALWAYS STRONGLY COMMITTED TO HELPING ITS STUDENTS AND ) THINK IT S BECAUSE OF THAT THAT WE RE SUCH A STRONG UNION ) WANT TO SEE A UNION THAT IS GREATLY RESPECTED BY ALL MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY AND ONE THAT CAN PROMOTE QUICK AND EFFECTIVE CHANGE -ORE &AIRTRADE

7EDNESDAY TH 3EPTEMBER #/.#2%4%

AND WITH GOOD RESULTS ) THINK OUR UNION IS WELL AHEAD OF THE GAME WE HAVE THE BIGGEST ENTERTAINMENT DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTRY 7E GET MORE BANDS AND MORE OF THAT KIND OF STUFF THAN ANYWHERE ELSE 7E ARE VERY WELL RESPECTED AND ) THINK OUR STU DENT UNION DOES INCREDIBLY WELL CONSIDERING WE GET PERHAPS LESS MONEY THAN MOST OTHER STUDENT UNIONS

%DWARD 3HIELDS &INANCE /FlCER ) WAS BORN IN .ORWICH AND AM A .ORWICH #ITY &AN SO lGURED ) WOULD COME AND SEE WHAT THE 5NIVERSITY WAS LIKE ) ALREADY KNEW ) LIKED THE TOWN FROM PREVIOUS VISITS 7HEN ) GOT HERE THE "IO CAFÏ GAVE ME AMAZING SANDWICHES AND ) WAS SOLD 7HEN ) ARRIVED THEY CLOSED THE "IO CAFÏ "IOLOGICAL 3CIENCE WHICH IS JUST A SILLY WAY OF SAYING "IOLOGY ) LOVE THE CAMPUS ATMOSPHERE PARTICULARLY THE 3QUARE IN SUM MER AND THE CELEBRITY WILDLIFE SUCH AS @CAMPUS CAT vMMMM SNUGGLY !2'( 3HUT UP ) HATE ADAGIO FOR STRINGS v ) M NOT THAT COOL /NE OF MY MATES WAS PLANNING TO RUN FOR SOCIETY S OFlCER AND WHEN ) ASKED HIM WHAT IT WAS IT SOUNDED FUN ) ALSO WANTED TO BE ONE OF THE IMPORTANT PEOPLE WHO SAID LOTS AT 5NION COUNCIL ) USED TO THINK THEY WERE COOL 4IRING STRESSFUL FRUSTRATING AND ABSOLUTELY AMAZING $O IT IF YOU LIKE A CHALLENGE ) HAVE TO lT THE DESIRES OF THE STUDENTS IN TO THE REALITIES OF THE WORLD OF lNITE RESOURCES %XCITING

&RANCIS (AMLYN #OMMUNICATIONS /FlCER ) WANT TO GET BACK TO THE CORE AIM OF THE UNION WHICH IS CAM PAIGNING TO IMPROVE STUDENTS LIVES AND ) WOULD REALLY LIKE TO CREATE A SENSE OF UNITY WITHIN THE 5NION AND AMONGST STUDENTS AND THE 5NIVERSITY IN GENERAL /UR COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS AND ADVICE CENTRE ARE PRETTY AMAZ ING COMPARED TO A LOT OF OTHER UNIVERSITIES 7E HAVE VERY ACTIVE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES AND WE ARE THE MOST ETHICAL BUNCH ) HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED BUT ) THINK WE CAN BE A BIT WEAK ON THE CAMPAIGNING SIDE OF THINGS (AVING SAID THAT WE GOT THE UNIVERSITY TO ADOPT ANONY MOUS MARKING LAST YEAR SO WE MUST BE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT ) HOPE THAT THE UNION WILL RE MAIN A TRULY INDEPENDENT VOICE FOR STUDENTS DESPITE INCREASING COM MERCIAL AND POLITICAL PRESSURES ) WOULD LIKE US TO PUT AS MUCH EFFORT INTO CAMPAIGNING ON ISSUES THAT DIRECTLY AFFECT STUDENTS AS WE PUT INTO ETHICAL AND ENVIRONMEN TAL CAMPAIGNS

"ECAUSE IT OFFERS THE BEST CREATIVE WRITING COURSE KNOWN TO MAN ,ITERATURE AND #REATIVE 7RITING

7E WOULD LIKE A HOT FOOD OUTLET AND TO IMPROVE DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION ) WOULD ALSO LIKE STUDENTS TO HAVE MORE CONlDENCE IN THEIR REPRESENTATIVES AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR COMMERCIAL SERVICES ) WOULD LIKE US TO HAVE MORE MONEY TO SPEND ON THINGS THAT WOULD BENElT THE STUDENTS 7HY 5%! 3UBJECT

) LOVE THE LAKE AND THE GRASSY lELDS IN WHICH ) CAN RUN AND ) THINK THE 5NION IS FANTASTIC

7HAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE THING ABOUT 5%!

(OW ) AM GOING TO TURN OFF MY ALARM CLOCK BECAUSE ) END UP PRESSING SNOOZE BY ACCIDENT

7HEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING WHAT IS YOUR lRST THOUGHT

3ESAME 3TREET

7HAT S YOUR THEME TUNE

) LOOKED AT WHAT THE PREVIOUS COMMUNICATIONS OFlCER HAD DONE AND ) THOUGHT THAT ) COULD DO IT AN AWFUL LOT BETTER AND HAVING WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITHIN THE STUDENT UNION AT ,IVEWIRE

7HY DID YOU lRST DECIDE TO RUN FOR EXEC (OW HAVE YOU FOUND THE JOB SO FAR (OW DO YOU SEE YOUR ROLE

6ERY HARD WORK BUT THOROUGHLY ENJOYABLE AND REWARDING AND ) PARTICULARLY ENJOYED WRITING AND DESIGNING @2ABBIT )NFORMING THE STUDENTS AS TO WHAT S GOING ON IN THE UNIVERSITY 6ERY MUCH TO CARRY OUT MY JOB DESCRIPTION TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE PUBLICITY AND THE COMMUNICA TION SIDE OF THINGS ARE DONE WELL AND TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY CAM PAIGNS WE RUN ARE RUN SMOOTHLY

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7HAT AIMS DO YOU HAVE FOR THE YEAR (OW WOULD YOU COMPARE OUR 5NION TO OTHER 5NIVERSITIES 7HAT LONG TERM AIMS DO YOU HAVE FOR THE 5NION )F YOU COULD CHANGES ANYTHING ABOUT THE 5NION WHAT WOULD IT BE

#/.#2%4% 7EDNESDAY TH 3EPTEMBER

7EDNESDAY TH 3EPTEMBER #/.#2%4%

4O DO

9OUR NOT A REAL STUDENT UNLESS YOU VE TRIED AND TESTED

*OIN #ONCRETE CHEEKY US 'O TO ,#2 'O TO ,#2 SOBER 'O TO ,#2 IN DRAG 7ATCH THE 2UGBY INITIATIONS -AKE UP CORRIDOR GAMES 0ROCURE THE CLASSIC TRAFlC CONE TROPHY 0RETEND TO BE A FRESHER &EED THE 3HETLAND PONIES

6OTE IN A 5NION 2EFERENDUM OR %LECTION

,AST YEAR THE 5%! UNION HELD IMPORTANT REFEREN DUMS WHILST THERE WERE A NUMBER OF BY ELECTIONS FOR OFlCERS OF THE STUDENT S UNION EXECUTIVE AND OF COURSE THE MAIN ELECTIONS THEMSELVES FOR THESE POSTS #ONTENTIOUS EXCITING AND FULL OF FREE GOODIES THESE VOTES ALLOW DIFFERING VOICES THE CHANCE TO DEBATE AND ARGUE OVER THE 5NIONS FUTURE 5%! HAS A REPUTA TION FOR HAVING A VERY ACTIVE 5NION SO MAKE SURE TO GET INVOLVED AND HAVE YOUR SAY 4HE 5NION IS THERE TO REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF ALL STUDENTS AND THOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINTS ABOUT LOW TURNOUT NO ONE DENIES THEIR IMPORTANCE 3O IF YOU RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE 5NION IN SOME WAY OVER THE RUNNING OF THE BARS AND SHOPS OVER THE SERVICES SUCH AS .IGHTLINE OR OVER THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY MAKE SURE TO GET INVOLVED AND MAKE SURE YOU VOTE AND HAVE 9/52 SAY WHENEVER ELECTION DAY COMES AROUND

7ALK BY THE LAKE

h7ALK DOWN BY THE RIVER IT S NICE v HAS BEEN CHALKED ABOVE THE CASH POINT FOR MONTHS NOW )T SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY GRAFlTI THAT ESTATES HAVEN T REMOVED 4HE REA SON %VERYONE AGREES 5%! IS A DECEPTIVE PLACE ,OOK BEYOND THE CONCRETE AND YOU WILL lND GREEN BEYOND YOUR GREENEST DREAMS "EHIND 4HE 6ILLAGE %ARLHAM NATURE RESERVE HAS AROUND FREE ROAMING HORSES AND FOULS DURING THE YEAR 4HE LAKE HAS A COLLECTION OF 3HETLAND PONIES BESIDE IT SOMETIMES 4RISHA POWER WALKING WITH HER DOG BUFF JOGGERS HAIRY lSHERMEN GALORE 3O GO ROUND THE LAKE SKIM STONES ACROSS IT IN WINTER FEED THE DUCKS IN SUMMER HAVE A PICNIC PICK BLUEBELLS IN SPRING KISS AND OF COURSE WALK DOWN BY THE RIVER IT IS INDEED NICE

7ALK OF SHAME

-OST STUDENTS WILL EXPERIENCE THE WALK OF SHAME DUR ING THEIR TIME AT 5%! BE IT lRST HAND AS THE RED FACED INDIVIDUAL RUSHING BACK TO THEIR mAT IN LAST NIGHT S CLOTHES OR AS THE PERSON LAUGHING KNOWINGLY TO THEM SELVES THROUGH THE KITCHEN WINDOW 4HE MOST OBVIOUS AND ENTERTAINING WALK OF SHAME USUALLY OCCURS AFTER A FANCY DRESS ,#2 n THERE S JUST NO EXCUSE FOR GETTING ON A BUS DRESSED AS A PIRATE AT AM 4HE POST PYJAMA PARTY IS ALSO INFAMOUS n WHEREAS THE PIRATE OUTlT INDICATES THE WALK OF SHAME WEARING YOUR 0*S ON THAT BUS JUST MAKES YOU LOOK WEIRD

4RY AND CATCH A RABBIT

7ITH A CAMPUS FULL OF mUFFY CREATURES THE TEMPTATION TO ACHIEVE ETERNAL FAME BY ACTUALLY CATCHING ONE IS IR RESISTIBLE 4O START YOU OFF HERE S ONE TRIED TESTED AND ALMOST SUCCESSFUL METHOD 9OU NEED CARDBOARD BOX PREFERABLY LARGE LONG PIECE OF STRING EMPTY BEER CAN ! PILE OF LETTUCE 3EVERAL WILLING VOLUNTEERS

!TTACH STRING TO BEER CAN 0LACE LETTUCE UNDER BOX AND PROP UP THE BOX WITH A CAN 'ET YOUR mATMATES FRIENDS RANDOM PASSERS BY TO FORM A LARGE CIRCLE AND ENCOURAGE THE RABBITS TOWARDS THE BOX /NCE YOU HAVE ONE UNDER IT PULL THE STRING AND VOILA ! RABBIT UNDER THE BOX /N THE OTHER HAND YOU COULD JUST STUMBLE AROUND IN A DRUNKEN STUPOR LUNGING AT ANYTHING THAT MOVES ON THE GROUND

4HE SQUARE IN SUMMER

#OVENT GARDEN .O THANKS WE HAVE THE SQUARE )T MIGHT NOT HAVE THE BOUTIQUES OR THE AESTHETICS OF #OV ENT 'ARDEN BUT IN ITS OWN WAY THE SQUARE DOES HAVE ITS BEAUTY THAT S ASSUMING YOU AGREE WITH THE S DICTUM THAT hCONCRETE IS BEAUTIFULv 4HE ATMOSPHERE OF THE SQUARE ON A WARM SUMMER NIGHT IS UNRIVALLED ITS VERY MUCH THE VOCAL POINT FOR ALL STUDENTS INDEED AT TIMES IT SEEMS THAT EVERY STUDENT FROM THE 5%! IS THERE AT ONCE SO CROWDED AND NOISY IT BECOMES 4HIS IS MIXED IN WITH BEING ABLE TO WATCH THE SUNSET WHILST HAVING A PLEASANT BREEZE THROUGH ONE S HAIR INSTEAD OF ,ONDON POLLUTIONx ALL THE WHILE BEING ABLE TO CHECK OUT ONE S DREAM DATE &OR THOSE NOT SO RO MANTICALLY INCLINED THERE IS ALWAYS THE POSSIBILITY OF CHILLING WITH ONE S MATES WHILST WATCHING &RISBEE AND FOOTBALL FANATICS TRY OUT THEIR BEST MOVES

4HE SURROUNDINGS MIGHT NOT BE BEAUTIFUL AND THE MUSIC SOMETIMES QUESTIONABLE BUT MANY A RELATIONSHIP HAS TAKEN ITS lRST STEPS THERE

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4HE ,#2 IS ALMOST LIKE A RITE OF PASSAGE FOR STUDENTS AT 5%! IT S SOMETHING YOU VE GOT TO GO TO AT LEAST ONCE 5%! S ,OWER #OMMON 2OOM LAYS HOST TO A NUMBER OF STUDENT EVENTS FROM )NDIE NIGHT "RIGHTON 2OCKS AND 3KOOL $AZE TO FANCY DRESS PARTIES LIKE .IGHT AT THE -OVIES AS WELL AS A VARIETY OF GIGS BOASTING 4HE +ILLERS AND 4RAVIS AS PAST GUESTS AND 0AM S (OUSE .ORFOLK S BEST KNOWN CLUB NIGHT 4HIS IS ON TOP OF THE WEEKLY ,#2 WHICH IS SOMETIMES REFERRED TO A hCHEESY MEATMARKETv 4HE SURROUNDINGS MIGHT NOT BE BEAUTI FUL AND THE MUSIC SOMETIMES QUESTIONABLE BUT MANY A RELATIONSHIP HAS TAKEN ITS lRST STEPS THERE -ANY CLUBS AND SOCIETIES CHOOSE TO HOLD THEIR SOCIALS THERE SAFE IN KNOWLEDGE THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET DRUNK WITHOUT ANY REPERCUSSIONS TO THEIR STREET CRED BEING DRUNK IN THE ,#2 IS A WAY OF INCREASING ONE S STREET CREDx 7HETHER ITS LIVE MUSIC OR JUST A GOOD TIME YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE ,#2 IS THE PLACE TO GO

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4HIS IS ONE OF THE BEST SOCIAL EVENTS OF THE YEAR 3TU DENTS FROM 6IETNAM )NDIA *APAN #HINA -ALAYSIA AND MORE ALL COOK AND BRING FOOD THAT IS FREE 9ES FREE "UT TRY AND GET THERE EARLY AS THE FOOD GOES PRETTY SHARPISH !FTER YOU ARE FEELING TRULY STUFFED AND YOU VE MADE YOUR TROUSERS A LITTLE BIT TIGHTER THEN SIT BACK AND WATCH THE ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS ! WHOLE HOST OF ACTS PERFORM DANCES SKITS AND SONGS FROM AROUND THE WORLD 4HEN AFTER YOU VE LET YOUR FOOD SETTLE YOU CAN JOIN IN THE FUN WITH A DISCO AT THE END 4HE ACTS THAT PERFORM ARE AMAZING 9OU WILL LEAVE FEELING THAT YOU HAVE NEVER GOT SO MUCH FROM AN ,#2 BEFORE !NOTHER EVENT THAT WILL LEAVE YOU WISHING YOU COULD DANCE IS THE &ASHION SHOWS 4HEY ARE A DANCE EXTRAVAGANZA !ND OF COURSE YOU GET TO CHECK OUT ALL THE FASHION STYLES FROM LOCAL SHOPS

4HE ,ITERARY &ESTIVAL *OIN A SOCIETY OR SPORTS CLUB

! MUST FOR ANY STUDENT 4HERE IS NO OTHER WAY OF PUTTING IT )F YOU HONESTLY THINK YOU CAN GET THROUGH UNIVERSITY WITHOUT JOINING A SOCIETY OR SPORTS TEAM AND STILL HAVE AS MUCH FUN AS THOSE WHO DO THEN YOU RE EITHER GOD OR YOU VE MISSED THE POINT COM PLETELY 9OU MAY NOT HAVE AN EXPRESS INTEREST IN A SPORTS CLUB TEAM OR A SOCIETY BUT THESE ARE OFTEN THE BEST PLACE TO MAKE FRIENDS /NES YOU LL OFTEN GET TO KNOW THE BEST AND RESPECT THE MOST THROUGH SHARED THE EXPERIENCES ONE CAN ONLY GET IN ENVIRONMENTS WHERE TEAMWORK SPORT TEAMS HARD WORK AND BRIGHT IDEAS SOCIETIES IS THE KEY -AKE NO MISTAKE FOR ALL THE TEAMWORK AND BRIGHT IDEAS DRINKING GAMES AND BEING AN IRRESPONSIBLE STUDENT ARE STILL VERY MUCH THE NORM WHICH WILL IN TURN MAKE THESE FRIENDSHIPS THE MOST VALUED

2UNNING IN THE SPRING AND AUTUMN SEMESTER BOTH FESTIVALS ARE MARVELLOUS BUT THE AUTUMN WINTER ONE IS OFTEN BETTER -AKE SURE YOU BOOK EARLY AS MANY PEOPLE ATTEND THESE OFF CAMPUS AND BOOK THEIR SEASON TICKET WELL IN ADVANCE #HECK OUT OUR LISTINGS PAGE TO KEEP UP TO DATE ON WHO S COMING AND AFTERWARDS YOU CAN READ ALL THE INTERVIEWS IN THE ARTS SECTION

4HE 3AINSBURY #ENTRE

/UR OWN GALLERY ON CAMPUS HAD BEEN SHUT FOR RENOVA TION FOR FAR TOO LONG BUT lNALLY IT HAS OPENED ITS DOORS TO US AGAIN 4HE CAFÏ IS A WONDERFUL PLACE TO HAVE YOUR LUNCH OR CHILL OUT AND DO YOUR WORK WITH CAKE AND COFFEE -MM THE CAKE IS GOOD 4HE MAIN GALLERY AREA HAS PERMANENT EXHIBITS WHILST THE AREA BESIDE THE CAFÏ HAS A VARIETY OF EXHIBITIONS THAT SHIFT AND CHANGE WITH THE SEASON

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3O YOU VE COME TO .ORWICH WITH A PACK OF INSTANT COFFEE IN YOUR POCKET AND A STRONG STOMACH READY FOR DRINKING MORE ALCOHOL THAN 2USSELL #ROWE )T S GOOD FOR YOU THAT .ORWICH HAS MORE PUBS THAN YOU CAN SHAKE A PACKET OF PORK SCRATCHINGS AT 'REAT PUBS FOR SAMPLING IN THE CITY DURING &RESHER S 7EEK INCLUDE 4HE -URDERERS n .ORWICH S OLDEST PUB BEING BUILT IN n AND 4HE &ERRYBOAT WHICH IS CLOSING DOWN SOON SO WE RECOMMEND YOU GET THERE QUICKLY TO ENJOY .OR WICH S $ANKEST 0UB 4HE 0LAYHOUSE OFFERS PRETENSION AT STUDENT PRICES WHILE 4HE #OMPLEAT !NGLER IS POS SIBLY THE MOST HOMELY PUB IN OUR lNE CITY 4HE 'OLDEN 4RIANGLE HAS A WHOLE SLEW OF GREAT PUBS TO SUIT A STU DENT S POCKET n 4HE 'ARDEN (OUSE 4HE ,ILLIE ,ANGTREE 4HE "LACK (ORSE AKA 4HE $IRTY $ONKEY 4HE "ELLE 6UE 7AREHOUSE AND &AT #AT S WITH IT S RANGE OF IM PORT BEERS ARE ALL FANTASTIC PLACES TO DRINK AWAY YOUR HOMESICKNESS %NJOY THE PUBS AND REMEMBER TO DRINK RESPONSIBLY OR NOT n YOU RE ONLY A STUDENT ONCE

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)T CAN GO EITHER WAYx )T S EITHER OUTRIGHT WAR OR OUT RIGHT PRANKS 3OME OF YOU WILL HAVE THE MISFORTUNE OF LIVING WITH PEOPLE YOU RATHER SEE GO TO -ARS WHILE SOME OF YOU WILL ENJOY YOUR NEW FOUND mATMATES SO MUCH THAT LECTURES AND ESSAYS WILL BECOME SO UNIM PORTANT AS TO MAKE !UGUST RE TAKES LOOM LARGE ON THE HORIZON (ALLS IS OFTEN WHERE YOU WILL MAKE YOUR lRST MATES AS WELL AS THE PLACE YOU WILL OFTEN RETURN TO AFTER ONE ,#2 TOO MANY AND HAVE A CORRIDOR TALK WITH YOUR FELLOW mATMATES ABOUT WHAT IS GOING WRONG OR WELL )T IS ALSO THE BEST PLACE FOR SPONTANEOUS HOUSE PARTIES NO ANNOYING NEIGHBOURS AS YOU JUST ALL INVITE THEM ROUND AS WELL AS THINKING UP BRIGHT IDEAS FOR YOUR SECOND YEAR ON TOP OF MAKING PROMISES TO HAND IN COURSEWORK ON TIME

-USIC &OR SOME INEXPLICABLE REASON .ORWICH SEEMS TO GET AN INCREDIBLY LARGE NUMBER OF BANDS PLAY HERE AT SOME POINT 4HIS IS POSSIBLY BECAUSE OF THE LARGE NUMBER OF GIG VENUES WE HAVE HERE THE ,#2 FOR THE BIG GUNS -OTORHEAD 3UPERGRASS 4HIN ,IZZY 2OOTS -ANUVA AND !RCTIC -ONKEYS HAVE ALL PLAYED IN THE LAST YEAR THE 7ATERFRONT FOR THE SMALLER NAMES THAT STILL PULL IN THE CROWDS 'RAHAM #OXON -YSTERY *ETS AND 4HE !UTOMATIC AND THE !RTS #ENTRE FOR THE EVEN SMALLER BANDS ,ONG "LONDES AND 3ETH ,AKEMAN ARE PLAYING THERE THIS WEEK ,ONDON S ONLY A SHORT TRAIN RIDE AWAY TOO SO 5%! S A GREAT CHOICE OF UNI FOR THE PASSIONATE MUSIC LOVER /N TOP OF THAT THERE S LOADS OF CLUBS WITH VARIOUS THEMED NIGHTS 0ONANA S PLAYS ANYTHING FROM HIP HOP TO INDIE TO JAZZ FUNK WHILE THE 7ATERFRONT PLAYS THE BEST IN VARIOUS ROCK GENRES EVERY &RIDAY AND 3ATURDAY NIGHT 7ITH THESE CLUBS AND GREAT GIGS MOST NIGHTS ALTERNATIVE MUSIC LOVERS ARE MORE THAN CATERED FOR IN .ORWICH

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'O TO THE ,ITERARY &ESTIVAL (AVE AN AMAZING COOKED BREAKFAST AT :EST 4HROW UP IN YOUR SINK 0ASS OUT IN THE CORRIDOR #HILL IN THE SQUARE IN THE SUMMER 'O TO A #URRY AND &ILM NIGHT IN THE "LUE "AR 0LAY "EER 0ONG (AVE A PICNIC BY THE LAKE IN SUMMER ,EARN A LANGUAGE (AVE AT LEAST ONE 3NAKEBITE 'O TO A lLM IN ,4 'O TO A RANDOM LECTURE 'O TO #HRISTMAS CAROLS IN THE SQUARE (AVE A SNOWBALL lGHT AT #OLNEY &IELDS 'O TO %ARLHAM 0ARK &IREWORK $ISPLAY

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) HAD BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THIS GUY ALL SUMMER ) KNEW HE D BE AT THE 2ETURNERS ,#2 SO ) WAS V EXCITED ) WAS A BIT NERVOUS ABOUT SEEING HIM SO ) HAD ONE TOO MANY SNAKEY " S IN THE 5NION 0UB BEFORE HAND 4HEN WHEN WE GOT UPSTAIRS WE HAD A ROUND OF SHOTS AND HIT THE DANCE mOOR .EEDLESS TO SAY ) WAS RAMSHANKELED "Y THE TIME ) SAW THIS GUY ) WAS SWEATY AND MY VISION WAS NOT AT ITS PEAK 7E GOT CHATTING AND ALL WAS GOING WELL ) ENDED UP GOING BACK TO HIS FOR A BIT OF BOOM BOOM SHAKE THE ROOM 7E GOT BACK TO HIS BUT WHEN ) GOT INTO THE BED ) NOTICED ANOTHER PERSON WAS IN THERE ALREADY 0ERHAPS ) SHOULD HAVE HIT THE ROAD RUNNING BUT ) HAVE ALWAYS BEEN CURIOUS 7E HAD A GREAT NIGHT BUT NOW ) SEEM TO SEE THEM AROUND CAMPUS AND ) DON T KNOW HOW TO SPEAK TO THEM 7HAT IS THE ETIQUETTE WITH THESE SITUATIONS 7HEN ) VE HAD ONE NIGHT STANDS BE FORE ) USUALLY TRY AND AVOID THEM BUT IT IS PROVING TRICKY #ONFUSED OFF 5NTHANK $EAR #ONFUSED

,ET S GET THE TOKEN RECRIMINATIONS ABOUT EXCESS DRINKING OUT OF THE WAY TO AN EXTENT YOU HAVE TO BE AWARE THAT IF YOU DO THE CRIME YOU VE SURE AS HELL GOTTA DO THE TIME ) M ALSO HIDEOUSLY INTRUIGED AS TO HOW THIS OTHER PERSON ENDED UP IN THE BED HAD YOUR MUSE BEEN CHATTING TO THEM AT THE ,#2 AS WELL OR WAS HE SHE MERELY SITTING THERE ALL NIGHT WAITING FOR YOUR RE TURN HAVE YOU IN FACT BEEN THE VICTIM OF A VICIOUS STING OPERATION DESIGNED TO ROB YOU OF YOUR THREESOME CHERRY AND LEAVE YOU HUMILIATED AND A MERE SHADOW OF YOU FORMER SELF -Y ADVICE THOUGH WOULD BE NOT TO LET YOURSELF BE EMBARRASSED BY WHAT YOU PERCEIVE TO BE SOME SORT OF SOCIAL TABOO &OR ME THE KEY POINT IS YOUR STATEMENT THAT YOU HAD A @GREAT NIGHT IF ) HAVE A GREAT TIME DOING SOME THING ) M DISTINCTLY INCLINED TO DO IT AGAIN 3O WHY DON T YOU 'ET BACK ON THAT WAGON RIDE THAT HORSE AGAIN mY IN THE FACE OF WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE @ETIQUETTE AND GO AND BED YOUR GUY AND HIS SILENT PARTNER ONCE MORE !ND lNALLY DO LET ME KNOW HOW IT GOES ,OVE !UNTY $AISY

&OR MANY STUDENTS MOVING AWAY FROM HOME FOR THE lRST TIME IS A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE 3OME STU DENTS FEEL THE CHANGE MORE THAN OTHERS -ARTIN )NGHAM SHARES HIS EXPERIENCE OF BEING GAY AT 5%! AND HIGHLIGHTS ALL THE SUPPORT THAT IS AVAILABLE ON CAMPUS

HE ONLY GAY IN THE VILLAGE SKETCH MAY NOT TICKLE YOUR SIDES SO MUCH WHEN THE ONLY GAY IN THE VILLAGE AT SCHOOL OR COLLEGE IS YOU 3O HOPEFULLY 5%! WILL BE A WELCOME RELIEF FROM SMALL TOWN MENTALITIES AND NOT SO "RADY BUNCH HAPPY HOMES 'OODBYE TO THAT AND HELLO TO ALL INCLUSIVE 5%! 7HERE STUDENTS MOVING AWAY FROM HOME HAVE THE FREEDOM TO BE THE PEOPLE THEY WANT TO BE 4HIS IS A CHANCE FOR YOU TO DISCOVER WHO YOU ARE AWAY FROM YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY &OR SOME THIS IS A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE IT IS EXCITING IT IS LIBERATING BUT CAN ALSO BE HARD AND A LITTLE SCARY 4HERE IS A LOT OF PRESSURE ON YOU TO MAKE THESE THE QUOTE UNQUOTE BEST YEARS OF YOUR LIFE WHICH THEY CAN BE AND HOPEFULLY WILL BE BUT THAT DOESN T MEAN THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE THE BEST THAT THEY WILL BE EASY

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4HEREFORE THE ,'"4 IS ON HAND 4HE ,'"4 IS 5%! S CONlDEN TIAL 0EER 3UPPORT 'ROUP WHICH PROVIDES A SAFE SOCIAL SPACE FOR ALL LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL AND TRANS STUDENTS AT 5%! 4HEY DO EXACTLY THAT AND THEY DO IT WELL OFFERING SUPPORT A NETWORK OF FRIENDS WEEKLY DROP IN LUNCHES FROM TILL EVERY 7EDNESDAY IN 4HE (IVE A FREE LIBRARY OF RESOURCES AND OF COURSE GREAT SOCIAL NIGHTS OUT ON THE TOWN AND TO NEARBY CITIES !LSO THE ADVICE CENTRE NIGHTLINE AND THE WELFARE OFlCER ARE ALWAYS ON HAND IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO TALK #ONCRETE MET WITH -ARTIN )NGHAM AN ENVIRONMENT STUDENT WHO FOUND THAT COMING AWAY TO 5NIVERSITY WAS A TURNING POINT IN HIS LIFE @) HAVE NEVER HAD THE HAPPIEST OF HOME LIVES SO COMING AWAY TO 5NIVERSITY HELPED ME BE MYSELF AND NOT HAVE TO PRETEND AT HOME OR FEEL SUPPRESSED ANYMORE )T WAS A TRANSITIONAL PHASE FOR ME AND HAVING THE SUPPORT OF MY

PEERS REALLY HELPED ) HAD ALREADY COME OUT TO MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY BUT ONCE ) D DONE THAT ) HAD TO DO IT ALL AGAIN AT 5NI )T WAS SO MUCH EASIER HERE THOUGH -Y EXPERIENCES FROM SCHOOL WERE NOT GOOD SO ) WAS APPREHENSIVE ABOUT 5NIVERSITY ) DIDN T NEED TO BE 5%! IS HOME NOW ) FEEL SECURE HERE ) CAN WALK THROUGH THE SQUARE WITH MY BOY FRIEND AND NOT HAVE TWENTY PAIRS OF EYES GAWPING AT ME )F YOU ARE FROM A SMALL TOWN THEN AT LEAST WE SHOULD HAVE A BETTER 'AY SCENE HERE IN .ORWICH 4HE ,OFT IS .ORWICH S FUNKY GAY CLUB AND BEFORE HAND YOU CAN POP TO THE #ATHERINE 7HEEL OR 4HE #ASTLE PUB FOR A FEW PRE PARTY BEVER AGES )F THIS DOESN T TICKLE YOUR FANCY THEN THERE IS ALWAYS OUR EVER FAITHFUL ,#2 OR 7ATERFRONT THAT ARE ALWAYS GAY FRIENDLY AND GUARANTEE YOU A GOOD NIGHT OUT

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FULLY EXPLORE !LTHOUGH THE RISE OF CHEAP NO FRILLS AIR TRAVEL NOW RIVALS )NTER 2AIL ING AS AN EFlCIENT AND COST EFFECTIVE WAY OF TRAVELLING IT STILL OFFERS FANTASTIC VALUE FOR MONEY ESPECIALLY IN COUN TRIES WHERE TRAIN TRAVEL IS OTHERWISE EX PENSIVE SUCH AS 3WITZERLAND OR 3CANDI NAVIA (OWEVER )NTER 2AILING S GREATEST ATTRACTION IS THE ABSOLUTE FREEDOM IT OFFERS YOUR JOURNEY CAN BE AS LENGTHY OR AS BRIEF AS YOU LIKE WITH STOPOVERS EXTENDED AT WILL IF YOU lND YOURSELF REALLY ENJOYING YOUR DESTINATION !RRIV ING AT DUSK IN A DINGY TOWN IN A FAR mUNG CORNER OF %UROPE NEED NOT BE UN NERVING SIMPLY HOP ON THE NEXT TRAIN TOWARDS A NEW ADVENTURE OR POSSIBLY

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THE MORE REASSURING FEATURES OF A SURE lRE WINNER LIKE 0ARIS OR 2OME )F YOUR LAST MEMORY OF THESE CITIES WAS OF BEING DRAGGED AROUND ON A SCHOOL TRIP OR FAMILY HOLIDAY IT S PROBABLY TIME TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK )TALY S CAPITAL IS ONE MUST SEE DESTINA TION THE GRANDEUR OF ITS ARCHITECTURE AND THE SHEER OVERWHELMING SENSE OF HISTORY SEEPS OUT OF EVERY VIA )TS STAR ATTRACTIONS READ LIKE AN ! : OF HISTORI CAL GLORY FROM THE DAUNTING #OLOS SEUM TO THE CAVERNOUS 0ANTHEON !ND ONCE YOU VE HAD YOUR lLL OF @CUL TURE WHY NOT ENJOY THE SIMPLE AND VERY )TALIAN ART OF SIPPING AN ESPRESSO AND WATCHING THE WORLD GO BY "ETTER STILL INDULGE YOURSELF WITH A DELICIOUS ICE CREAM )N THE EVENING TAKE YOUR PICK FROM THE BARS AND RESTAURANTS IN

THE LIVELY 4RASTAVERE DISTRICT !ND THE BEST ASPECT OF ALL IS THAT 2OME IS STILL REASSURINGLY @DO ABLE ON A STUDENT BUDGET &OR THOSE COUPLES WHO lRST MET IN THE SHADOWS OF A 4UESDAY .IGHT ,#2 0ARIS OFFERS AN ALTERNATIVE VENUE FOR ROMANCE $ESPITE THEIR FAMILIARITY LANDMARKS SUCH AS THE %IFFEL 4OWER AND !RC DE 4RIUMPH NEVER FAIL TO IMPRESS /NCE AGAIN IN SPITE OF ITS CHIC APPEAR ANCE AND UNDENIABLE TOURIST APPEAL 0ARIS CAN VERY MUCH BE EXPLORED AND ENJOYED WITHOUT A lSTFUL OF %UROS 0ERHAPS THE BEST WAY HOW EVER TO USE YOUR )NTER 2AIL PASS IS AS A SPRING BOARD TO MORE LEFT lELD LOCALES )N THE @ S 0RAGUE SET THE TREND FOR UNDISCOVERED %ASTERN %UROPEAN GEMS CONTAINING BEAUTIFUL ARCHITECTURE AND RIDICULOUSLY CHEAP BEER !LTHOUGH NOW A MAINSTREAM CHOICE FOR "RITISH STAG AND HEN NIGHTS THE #ZECH CAPITAL CAN STILL OFFER THE BACKPACKER A GREAT TIME "EFORE YOUR NIGHT OUT DON T FORGET TO CHECK OUT THE FABULOUS ARCHITECTURE 0RAGUE S SKYLINE IS DOMINATED BY SUCH GOTHIC LANDMARKS AS 3T 6ITUS #ATHE DRAL AND OLD HAPPILY COEXISTS WITH NEW IN THE RESPECTIVE FORMS OF THE /LD 4OWN AND THE HUB OF EVERYDAY LIFE 7ENCESLAS 3QUARE "UT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO CRAVE GENUINELY UNEXPLORED DESTINA TIONS )NTER 2AILING OFFERS YOU ACCESS TO THE MORE OBSCURE FORMER 3OVIET SATEL LITE STATES 2ECENTLY NAMED %UROPEAN #ITY OF #ULTURE +RAKOW FOR EXAMPLE IS FAST CEMENTING ITSELF AS A BACKPACK ERS HOTSPOT 0OLAND S THIRD LARGEST CITY BOASTS ONE OF %UROPE S PRE EMINENT PERFORMING REPERTOIRES A LIVELY AND ECLECTIC MUSIC SCENE AND A STREAM OF COLOURFUL FESTIVALS DESCENDED FROM ITS RICH FOLK TRADITIONS -IX THIS WITH A LIVELY NIGHTLIFE IN AND AROUND

+RAKOW S TRENDY 'RAND 3QUARE AND THE CITY EMERGES AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO RI VAL ELEGANT 6IENNA OR 0RAGUE /R HOW ABOUT "UCHAREST WHICH IS EXPERIENC ING RENEWED VIGOUR SINCE THE COLLAPSE OF THE 3OVIET "LOC 2OMANIA S CAPITAL OFFERS A BUSTLING MODERN CITY WITH A DIVERSE HISTORY FROM ITS !USTRO (UN GARIAN DISTANT PAST TO ITS ASSOCIATION WITH #EAUSESCU AND THE 5332 7ITH ITS BLEND OF FANTASTIC ARCHITECTURE AND SALUBRIOUS BOULEVARDS IT S NO WONDER "UCHAREST HAS EARNED THE MONIKER hLIT TLE 0ARISv )F THESE SUGGESTIONS HAVE GOT YOU SALIVATING HERE ARE A FEW l NAL POINTS TO CONSIDER $ESPITE BEING EASY ON THE POCKET THERE IS A CATCH THE )NTER 2AIL PASS DOES NOT COVER THE COST OF EVERY SINGLE TRAIN FARE 2ATHER IT SUBSIDISES THE NORMAL PRICE LIKE A 9OUNG 0ERSONS 2AILCARD !LSO THE DE SIRE TO EXPLORE AND TRULY GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR PASS CAN TEMPT THE STUDENT TO VISIT AS MANY CITIES AND COUNTRIES AS POSSIBLE )NEVITABLY IT CAN FEEL LIKE YOU ARE BEING OVERWHELMED WITH SPECTACU LAR CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL LANDMARKS WHILE IN FACT BARELY SCRATCHING THE SUR FACE OF MOST PLACES 2EMEMBER TO PLAN YOUR ITINERARY CAREFULLY ENOUGH TO PRE VENT BURN OUT -INOR QUIBBLES ASIDE )NTER 2AILING EMERGES AS A BRILLIANT WAY TO EXPLORE %UROPE OFFERING ENOUGH SCOPE FOR THE EXPERIENCED EXPLORER AS WELL AS A SECURE FRAMEWORK FOR THE NOV ICE TRAVELLER &OR MORE INFORMATION ON )NTER 2AIL ING AND WITH DETAILS ON HOW YOU CAN BOOK YOUR PASS VISIT WWW RAILEUROPE CO UK

%VERY FORTNIGHT 4RAVEL 'URU WILL BE OFFERING A HANDY TRAVEL TIP (IS OPENING WORDS OF WISDOM ARE h&OR THOSE OF YOU SEEKING OUT BARGAIN DEALS WWW TRAVELJUNGLE CO UK COMPARES ALL mIGHTS TO lND YOU THE CHEAPEST AIRFARE v

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)N WINTER KEEP CURTAINS OPEN DURING THE DAY BUT MAKE SURE THEY ARE DRAWN AT DUSK

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HE %ARTH S CLIMATE IS CHANG ING )T IS WARMING FASTER THAN AT ANY POINT DUR ING THE LAST YEARS !ND ALTHOUGH CLIMATE HAS CHANGED NATURALLY IN THE PAST THE CHANGES WE ARE SEEING TODAY ARE PRIMARILY CAUSED BY HUMANS 4HE PLANET IS WARMING BECAUSE OF THE BUILD UP OF GREENHOUSE GASES '('S PRODUCED PRIMARILY BY BURNING FOSSIL FUELS 4HE CONCENTRATION OF CARBON DIOX IDE THE MAIN '(' FROM HUMAN EMIS SIONS IN THE ATMOSPHERE IS HIGHER THAN AT ANY POINT IN AT LEAST THE LAST YEARS 3INCE ITS CONCENTRATION IN THE ATMOSPHERE HAS RISEN FROM AROUND PARTS PER MILLION PPM TO OVER PPM #ONCENTRATIONS CONTINUE TO RISE -ID RANGE ESTIMATES OF CLIMATE CHANGE SUGGEST THAT BY TEMPERA TURES WILL HAVE RISEN BY C 7HILE THIS MAY NOT SOUND LIKE A GREAT AMOUNT IT IS WORTH REMEMBERING THAT AT THE HEIGHT OF THE LAST )CE !GE WHEN HALF OF THE 5+ WAS COVERED IN AN ICE SHEET GLOBAL TEM PERATURES WERE ONLY OC COOLER +EEPING CARBON DIOXIDE OUT OF THE ATMOSPHERE IS THE ONLY WAY TO AVOID THIS TEMPERATURE INCREASE

7HILE SOME AREAS OF THE WORLD MAY BENElT FROM WARMER TEMPERATURES THE OVERALL EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE WILL BE NEGATIVE /VER HUNDREDS OF YEARS SOCI ETY AND NATURE HAS ADAPTED TO THE CLI MATIC CONDITIONS THAT SURROUND IT !N UNNATURALLY FAST CHANGE IN THESE CLIMAT IC CONDITIONS WILL COMPROMISE THE ABIL ITY OF MANY COMMUNITIES AND SPECIES TO COPE AND WILL HIT THE MOST VULNERABLE HARDEST !LL CREDIBLE SCIENTISTS AND POLITICIANS EVEN 'EORGE $UBBYA "USH NOW AGREE THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS TAKING PLACE AND POSES A SERIOUS PROBLEM 4HE QUESTION THEN IS WHAT WE SHOULD DO ABOUT IT 4HE BASIC SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM IS SIMPLE n STOP PUTTING '('S INTO THE AT MOSPHERE 9ET BRINGING ABOUT THIS SOLU TION HOWEVER IS VERY COMPLICATED #LI MATE CHANGE IS A GLOBAL PROBLEM WHICH REQUIRES A VARIETY OF SOLUTIONS ON A VA RIETY OF SCALES n FROM INTERNATIONAL TO PERSONAL EMISSION REDUCTIONS .OT ONLY ARE PERSONAL EMISSION REDUCTIONS ESSEN TIAL IN THEIR OWN RIGHT BUT THEY PROVIDE A STIMULUS FOR POLICY CHANGE ON THE INTER NATIONAL LEVEL 4AKING PERSONAL ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE IS SIMPLE EASY AND IN MANY

CASES lNANCIALLY BENElCIAL 4HE %NERGY 3AVING 4RUST ESTIMATE THAT WE CAN REDUCE OUR PERSONAL ENERGY USAGE BY TWENTY PER CENT JUST BY MAKING VERY SUBTLE CHANGES IN THE WAY WE USE ENERGY n E G USING EN ERGY SAVING LIGHT BULBS WHICH USE LESS ELECTRICITY THAN CONVENTIONAL LIGHT BULBS SWITCHING OFF APPLIANCES WHEN NOT IN USE AND NOT HAVING THE HEATING ON TOO HIGH /NCE PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF HOW THEY CAN SAVE ENERGY THE ACTIONS REQUIRED BECOME SECOND NATURE AND THE lNANCIAL SAVINGS SOON ADD UP FROM TENS TO HUNDREDS OF POUNDS #LIMATE CHANGE IS A SERIOUS ISSUE BUT NOT ONE THAT WE SHOULD FEEL OVERAWED BY 4HE lRST STEPS IN ADDRESSING THE CLI MATE CHANGE PROBLEM ARE IN PLACE 4HE KEY TO SOLVING THE PROBLEM LIES IN THE SIMULTANEOUS ACTIONS OF ALL SECTORS AND LEVELS OF SOCIETY FROM THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE BIGGEST NATIONS OF THE WORLD TO YOU AND ) &OR MORE INFORMATION ON SAVING ENERGY AND TO PLEDGE TO MAKING SIMPLE CHANGES IN YOUR ENERGY USE GO TO WWW CRED UK ORG !LSO CHECK OUT WWW STU DENTSWITCHOFF CO UK TO WIN PRIZES FOR YOUR ENERGY SAVING ACTIONS

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RESEARCH ON USING ENZYMES TO MAKE ETHANOL AND BUTANOL /NE OF "RANSON S TEAM SAID 3IR 2ICHARD WOULD MEET HIS a BN PLEDGE EVEN IF THESE PROlTS WERE NOT SUF lCIENT OVER THIS PERIOD 4HE FUNDS WILL BE INVESTED IN SCHEMES TO DEVELOP NEW RE NEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLO GIES THROUGH AN INVESTMENT UNIT CALLED 6IRGIN &UELS 4HE ENTREPRENEUR SAID HE BECAME CONVINCED OF THE NEED FOR ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE AFTER !L 'ORE THE FORMER 53 VICE PRESIDENT VISITED HIM AT HIS HOME h7E MUST RAPIDLY WEAN OURSELVES OFF OUR DEPENDENCE ON COAL AND FOSSIL FUELS v 3IR 2ICHARD SAID ! NEW ATTITUDE WHICH

WILL NO DOUBT mATTER HIS AND HIS COMPANY S PROlLE &RIENDS OF THE %ARTH LARGELY WELCOMED 3IR 2ICH ARD S ANNOUNCEMENT BUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURE GROUP WARNED THAT THE CON TINUED FAST GROWTH IN AIR TRAV EL COULD NOT BE MAINTAINED hWITHOUT CAUSING CLIMATIC DISASTERv "ILL #LINTON SAID THE COMMITMENT WAS hGROUND BREAKING NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE PRICE TAG n WHICH IS PHE NOMENAL n BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF THE STATEMENT THAT HE IS MAKING CLEAN ENERGY IS GOOD FOR THE WORLD AND IT S GOOD FOR BUSINESSv (ANNAH .EWTON

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4HE /PINION 4HE TARNISHING OF THE BEAUTIFUL GAME

0AOLO #ERRONI h&OOTBALL )T S THE BEAUTIFUL GAMEv COMMENTED THE "RA ZILIAN FOOTBALLER 0ELE AND SUITABLY SO A lNE AMBASSA DOR FOR THE POPULAR SPORT AND ONE WHO HAS PERHAPS BLESSED THE GAME WITH MORE BEAUTY THAN ANY OTHER INDI VIDUAL TALENT -ANY HAVE SUPPORTED 0ELE S VIEW OVER THE YEARS BUT FOOTBALL HAS ALWAYS HAD ITS DETRACTORS 4HOMAS %LYOT RANTED h&OOTBALL WHEREIN IS NOTHING BUT BEASTLY FURY AND EXTREME VIOLENCE WHEREOF PROCEEDETH HURT AND CONSE QUENTLY RANCOUR AND MALICE h )T IS SURELY TRUE TO SAY THOUGH THAT THE MORE GENERALLY HELD VIEW OF FOOTBALL WOULD BE

CLOSER TO THE SUMMARY OF COOKERY EXPERT $ELIA 3MITH A LADY VERY CLOSE TO US ALL AT 5%! h&OOTBALL AND COOKERY ARE THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT SUBJECTS IN THE COUNTRY v (OWEVER WE CAN HARDLY DISMISS THE EARLIER CYNICISM OF 4HOMAS %LYOT AFTER A SUM MER BREAK TARRED WITH THE UNCOVERING OF THE )TALIAN &OOTBALL SCANDAL :INEDINE :IDANE S DISGRACEFUL ACT OF VIOLENCE DURING WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE FOOTBALL SUMMER CALEN DAR AND THE RECENT INSIGHT INTO CORRUPTION MUCH CLOSER TO HOME HERE IN GOOD OLDE %NGLAND h-ALICEv AND hEX TREME VIOLENCEv INDEED 4HERE WAS AT LEAST A GLIM MER OF HOPE FOLLOWING THE )TALIAN MATCH lXING SCAN DAL AS HEAVY PUNISHMENTS

WERE AWARDED TO THOSE CLUBS FOUND GUILTY OF WRONGDOING 4HESE ANNOUNCEMENTS OC CURRED JUST DAYS AFTER A TRULY UNITED )TALIAN TEAM FOUGHT HARD TO WIN THE 7ORLD #UP DESPITE THE DISGRACEFUL ACTS OF THEIR CLUBS BACK HOME (OWEVER THIS VICTORY HAD ITS CONSEQUENCES AND IT WAS EVIDENT THAT THIS ASTOUNDING TRIUMPH LED TO THE DISAP POINTING REDUCTION IN THE PUNISHMENTS HANDED OUT TO THOSE CLUBS FOUND GUILTY OF MISCONDUCT -ORE RECENTLY THE 0ANO RAMA DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE 5+ SITUATION IMPLICAT ED AMONG OTHERS "OLTON -ANAGER 3AM !LLARDYCE 0ORTSMOUTH BOSS (ARRY 2EDKNAPP AND #HELSEA S DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL &RANK !RNESON IN AN ALLEGED UTI

0ELE S BEAUTIFUL GAME HAS BEEN RAVAGED BY CONTROVERSY COUR TESY OF :INEDINE :IDANE AND *UVENTUS LISATION OF @BUNGS IN TRANS FER DEALINGS 4HE %NGLISH &! WERE ALREADY IN THE MIDST OF A FORMAL INVESTIGATION OF "RITISH TRANSFERS AND THIS FULL INSIGHT IS URGENTLY NEEDED TO ENSURE THAT ANY INDIVIDUAL GUILTY OF MISCONDUCT IS PUB

LICLY SHAMED AND REMOVED FROM THE GAME &OR THE GAME TO BE WOR THY OF THE hBEAUTIFULv BRAND ING SUCH INVESTIGATIONS NEED TO BE COMMONPLACE IN ALL DOMESTIC LEAGUES FOR EVERY NATION AND PERHAPS BECOME

A REGULAR PART OF THE GOVERN ING OF THE SPORT /NLY THEN CAN WE FULLY CELEBRATE THE BEAUTY OFFERED BY THE LIKES OF 0ELE AND MOVE AWAY FROM THE UGLY OFFERINGS OF COR RUPT OFlCIALS AND THUGGISH PLAYERS

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ME THROUGH THE ACTION %VEN WHEN RAIN STOPS PLAY ) AM HAPPY TO WATCH -C%NROE AND "ORG BATTLE IT OUT WITH THEIR RETRO SWEATBANDS AND WOODEN RACKETS 4HIS YEAR HOWEVER MY EN THUSIASM FOR THE GAME KNEW NO BOUNDS /N THE EVE OF THE !LL %NGLAND #HAMPIONSHIPS ) MADE MYSELF A WALL CHART TO RIVAL MY BROTHER S 7ORLD #UP FREEBIE FROM THE PAPER ) BE CAME A STICKLER FOR STATISTICS

) WANTED TO KNOW HOW MANY SEEDS FELL IN THE lRST ROUND SEVEN MEN AND lVE WOMEN AND MORE IMPORTANTLY THE EXACT DECIBEL LEVELS OF 3HARA POVA S SHRIEK IT REACHED DECIBELS n THE EQUIVALENT OF A POLICE SIREN ) DIDN T STOP AT WALL CHARTS THOUGH ) DECIDED THAT WATCH ING ON 46 WAS NOT GOOD ENOUGH ) NEEDED TO BE THERE IN THE mESH TO SOAK UP THE ATMOSPHERE 3O WITHOUT A

TICKET ) TOOK MYSELF OFF TO THE 37 TO TRY MY LUCK QUEUE ING UP WITH THE MASSES !FTER SURVIVING THE QUEUE ) HEADED TO THE PRACTICE COURTS TO SEE WHO WAS ABOUT ) ROUNDED THE CORNER AND LITERALLY WALKED STRAIGHT INTO !NDRE !GASSI 4HEN ) SPOTTED !NDY -URRAY !MELIE -AU RESMO AND -ARIA 3HARAPOVA ALL WITHIN lFTY METRES OF ME 4HIS WAS TOO MUCH ) WAS TRY ING TO KEEP CALM BUT ) WAS

ACTING LIKE A SCHOOL GIRL IN A SWEET SHOP ) HAD NEVER BEEN SO HYPER ) EVENTUALLY SETTLED DOWN AND ENJOYED THE TENNIS LATE INTO THE DAY ) SAW !NDY -UR RAY VICTORIOUS IN BOTH HIS SINGLES AND DOUBLES MATCHES 4HE EXPERIENCE IS MORE THAN JUST ABOUT TENNIS THOUGH THE CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE QUINTES SENTIALLY %NGLISH 0IMMS STRAWBERRIES GOOD SPORTS MANSHIP AND ECCENTRICITY

WHICH WAS EMBODIED MOST CLEARLY IN ONE OF THE STEW ARD S RATHER CRYPTIC WARNING THAT h9OU RE NOT AWARE OF IT BUT YOU RE LOOSING mUIDS v ) HOPED HE WAS REFERRING TO DEHYDRATION )T MUST BE SAID THAT THE PRICES ARE ALSO HIDE OUSLY INmATED a FOR A GLASS OF 0IMMS "UT ) DIDN T MIND PARTING WITH MY HARD EARNED CASH ) WOULD NOT HAVE MISSED IT FOR ANYTHING

4HE :IGGURAT CHALLENGE IS BACK AND OPEN TO ALL !DAM -OULDER $O NOT WORRY THIS COM PETITION AS THE NAME MAY SUGGEST DOES NOT INVOLVE SCALING THE :IGGURAT ACCOM MODATION BUILDINGS IN THE FASTEST TIME POSSIBLE IT IS IN FACT THE NAME OF THE INTER SCHOOLS SPORT COMPETITION THAT RUNS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR &OURTEEN SCHOOLS OF STUDY COMPETE IN VARIOUS EVENTS EACH WEEK AND GAIN POINTS DEPENDANT ON THEIR RESULTS AS WELL AS VARIOUS BONUS POINTS THROUGH SPECTATORS AND $EANS 4HESE POINTS ARE

,OUIS (OLDING 0ARSONS TOP STARTING OFF 03) S WIN OF ZIGGURAT SWIMMING IN CONlRMED IN AN ONGOING LEAGUE TABLE AND AT THE END OF YEAR THE SCHOOL AT THE TOP IS PRESENTED WITH THE HIGHLY

SOUGHT AFTER :IGGURAT #HAL LENGE 4ROPHY AT A PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS EVENING IN -AY 4HE EMPHASIS OF THE CHAL

LENGE IS ON GETTING AS MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED AS POSSIBLE AND HAVING FUN IN A CHEERY BANTER lLLED ATMOSPHERE

&EAR NOT IF YOU RE NOT THE MOST AMAZING SPORTSMAN OR WOMAN JUST COME ALONG AND GET INVOLVED TO WIN POINTS FOR YOUR SCHOOL 4HE MARGINS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE BEEN VERY TIGHT SO EACH PERSON COULD MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE 4HE lRST EVENT IS THE &UN 2UN ROUND THE LAKE ON THE TH OF /CTOBER WITH MANY EXCITING SPORTS TO FOLLOW SUCH AS THE POPULAR -IXED $ODGEBALL -IXED 2OUNDERS -IXED .ET BALL AND OTHER MORE SERIOUS EVENTS SUCH AS -EN S &OOTBALL AND ,ADIES .ETBALL 3O IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET INVOLVED YOU SHOULD CONTACT YOUR SCHOOL S 3PORT 2EP 4HESE ARE STUDENTS WHO

SHOULD MAKE THEMSELVES KNOWN TO YOU EARLY ON AND WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OR GANISING THE TEAMS FOR EACH EVENT 3OME SCHOOLS CUR RENTLY HAVE VACANCIES FOR 2EPS SO IF YOU MAY BE INTER ESTED PLEASE CONTACT 2ACHEL 4OMES AT THE 3PORTSPARK ON R TOMES UEA AC UK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ,OOK OUT FOR THE 2EPS AT 3PORTSMART IN THE MAIN HALL OF THE 3PORTSPARK ON 7EDNESDAY AFTERNOON 4HE REPS WILL BE CLEARLY VIS IBLE IN BRIGHT GREEN TOPS 3O GET INVOLVED WITH THE #HAL LENGE YOU LL BE SURE TO HAVE A FUN lLLED SPORTING YEAR IF YOU DO

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'O ON ) DARE YOU GET INITIATED *ULIE 0RICE 3PORTS CLUBS AND INI TIATIONSx)NITIATIONS AND SPORTS CLUBS THE TWO GO HAND IN HAND AS PART OF THE UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE )N THE COMING WEEKS YOU WILL HEAR MANY A HORROR STORY AND WITNESS THE UNIMAGINA BLE AS FRESHERS ARE INITIATED INTO THEIR RESPECTIVE SPORTS CLUBS ACROSS 5%! "UT DO NOT FEAR AS ) AM HERE TO GIVE YOU A LOW DOWN ON INITIA TIONS FROM THE TAME TO THE DOWNRIGHT OUTRAGEOUS -EN S 2UGBY "ODILY mUIDS AND NAKEDNESS ARE THE FOUNDATIONS OF THIS EVENING OUT )N RECENT YEARS HIGHLIGHTS HAVE INCLUDED A NAKED ELEPHANT DANCE IN THE BAR BOAT RACES AND ICE BATHS IN THE SQUARE 7OMEN S 2UGBY 4HOSE ASPIRING FEMALE RUGBY PLAYERS SHOULD NOT BE PUT OFF BY THE ACCOUNT OF THE MEN S INITIATIONS THE HU

! GROUP SING SONG AT LAST YEARS FOOTBALL INITIATIONS MILIATION IS LEFT TO THEM 4HE THEMED NIGHT STARTS OFF MEETING IN THE SQUARE AND THE hACTIVITIESv COMMENCE WHEN THE lRST BAR OF MANY IS REACHED 4HE HIGHLIGHT OF THE EVENING IS RECEIVING A NICKNAME PICKED BY THE COMMITTEE BASED ON THEIR

KNOWLEDGE OF YOU 4HERE HAS BEEN AN %NIGMA NOT MUCH WAS KNOWN A &LIP&LOP SHE WANTED TO PLAY IN THESE AND #HUCKLES SELF EXPLANATORY 4RADITIONALLY NO MATTER HOW HARD THEY TRY THE COMMITTEE END UP BEING CARRIED HOME BY THE FRESHERS

-EN S (OCKEY 4HE BASIS OF HOCKEY S NIGHT OF FUN HAS BEEN SUCCINCTLY AND SOMEWHAT PARADOXI CALLY SUMMARISED AS hMAK ING SURE EVERYONE FEELS PART OF THE TEAM BUT TO MAKE IT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT THE FRESHERS KNOW THEIR PLACE v

-EN S &OOTBALL 4HE EVENING STARTS OFF WITH BOAT RACES USING A WONDER FUL DRINK CONCOCTION DREAMT UP EARLIER IN THE DAY WHICH NORMALLY INCLUDES A HEALTHY DOSE OF 4ABASCO FOR THAT EXTRA mAMING KICK 4HE STRUGGLING FRESHERS ARE THEN STRIPPED OF THEIR NORMAL CLOTHES WHICH ARE REPLACED BY SUITABLY AMUSING ATTIRE 4HEY THEN HAVE TO HAND OVER a TO THEIR INITIATOR WHO CAN MAKE THEM DRINK AND DO ANYTHING THEY WISH 3OME OF YOU MAY BE WONDERING WHAT THE UNIVER SITY S STANCE ON INITIATIONS IS 4O QUOTE FROM A LONG LOST MEMO OF THEIR POSI TION CAN BE SUMMED UP AS h!LCOHOL CAN BE FUN BUT IT CAN ALSO PROVE FATALv AND h,OOK AFTER YOUR MATESv &ROM MY VAST EXPERIENCE OF INITIATIONS THIS IS ALSO THE STANCE OF ALL SPORTS CLUBS 4HE TRUE PURPOSE OF INI TIATIONS IS TO WELCOME NEW MEMBERS INTO A CLUB TO IN TRODUCE THEM TO NEW FRIENDS AND ULTIMATELY TO ENHANCE THE UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE

3PORT %DITOR S COLUMN 3PORTING 'LORY !NOTHER WEEK ANOTHER SPORT ING SCANDAL !S 0ANORAMA ADDED FURTHER WEIGHT TO WHAT ANYONE WITH A PASSING INTER EST IN FOOTBALL KNEW ALREADY NAMELY THAT CORRUPTION IS RIFE ) FOUND MYSELF DESPAIR ING OF THE MURKY MESS THAT IS MODERN SPORT AS ALLIED TO FOOTBALL S PROBLEMS WE HAVE DRUG SCANDALS ABOUND IN ATH LETICS AND CYCLING AND HORSE RACING IS RIDDLED WITH RACE lXING 4HEN THE 2YDER #UP 4HE FOUL SCENES OF "ROOKLINE IN SEEM FORGOTTEN AS PLAYERS ENJOY ONE ANOTHERS COMPANY WHILST CONTINU ING TO PLAY WORLD CLASS GOLF IN WHAT IS AN OUTRAGEOUSLY TENSE ATMOSPHERE 'ENUINE UNSULLIED GOOD NATURED BUT INlNITELY THRILLING SPORT -Y FAITH HAS BEEN RESTORED

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