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&2%3(%23 %6)#4%$ &/2 &)2% !,!2- 02!.+3 2ICHARD 2EYNOLDS $EPUTY .EWS %DITOR 4HE 5NIVERSITY RECENTLY MOVED TO EVICT A NUMBER OF STUDENTS FROM UNIVERSITY RESIDENCES SOME OF WHOM HAD SET OF l RE ALARMS INAP PROPRIATELY &OR SOME STUDENTS IT WAS AFTER THEIR l RST OFFENCE 4HE 5NIVERSITY LICENCE FOR AC COMMODATION IS NOT LIKE A NORMAL CONTRACT WITH A LANDLORD 4HE 5NIVERSITY HAS FAR MORE CONTROL THAN A NORMAL LANDLORD INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO INSPECT THE RESIDENCES WITHOUT NOTICE 7E UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN SERVED NOTICE TO EXIT THEIR RESIDENCES HAVE ONE MONTH TO DO SO 4HE 5NIVERSITY S POLICY IS THAT THOSE WHO PUT OTHERS AT SEVERE RISK CAN BE ASKED TO LEAVE ON THEIR l RST OFFENCE FOR OTHER PROBLEMS LIKE CAUSING A GENERAL NUISANCE STUDENTS WILL BE GIVEN A WARNING
AND IF IT CONTINUES THE 5NIVERSITY WILL THEN TAKE ACTION /NE OF THE MAIN PROBLEMS HAS BEEN STUDENTS SETTING OFF THE l RE ALARM OR FAILING TO RESPOND TO THE l RE ALARM WHEN IT IS SET OFF 4HIS HAS LEAD TO THE &IRE "RIGADE BEING SUMMONED ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION AND AT THE VERY LEAST RE QUIRES UNIVERSITY STAFF TO COME AND TURN OFF THE ALARMS BEFORE PEOPLE CAN RE ENTER THE BUILDINGS %VEN THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO IGNORE THE l RE ALARM ARE TOLD THIS CAN PUT PEOPLE AT RISK )F THERE WERE A l RE THE l RE BRIGADE WOULD HAVE TO CALL OUT ADDITIONAL TEAMS AND l GHT THEIR WAY INTO THE BUILDING TO RESCUE ANYONE WHO HAD REFUSED TO COME OUTSIDE 4HESE ACTIONS CAN LEAVE INSUFl CIENT TEAMS AVAILABLE FOR OTHER l RES AROUND .ORWICH .O ONE WILL BE EVICTED FOR A CLEAR MISTAKE SUCH AS BURNING TOAST 4HERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS
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47/ (/30)4!,):%$ "9 g3(2//-3 &IONA "ILLINGS 4WO STUDENTS WERE TAKEN TO HOS PITAL LAST 4HURSDAY AFTER FALLING EXTREMELY ILL IN THE 5NION "AR REPORTEDLY DUE TO TAKING THE HALLU CINOGENIC DRUG MAGIC MUSHROOMS !MBULANCES WERE CALLED FOR THE TWO MALE UNDERGRADUATES AT APPROXIMATELY PM ON 4HURSDAY TH .OVEMBER BY DOOR STAFF WHO NOTICED THAT THE MEN LOOKED VERY UNWELL /NE OF THEM WAS UNABLE TO SPEAK WHILE THE OTHER WAS TALKING INCOHERENTLY AND SHOUTING IN THE BAR BOTH LOOKED DECIDEDLY GREY AND WERE SHAKING 5NION %NTERTAINMENTS -ANAGER .ICK 2AYNS SAID h4HE TWO STUDENTS WERE IN A SERIOUSLY DEBILITATED STATE 3IX PEOPLE INCLUDING AMBULANCE
AND BAR STAFF WERE NEEDED TO HELP GET THE MEN INTO THE AMBULANCES v ! FRIEND OF THE STUDENTS SUG GESTED THAT THEY HAD TAKEN MAGIC MUSHROOMS COMMONLY KNOWN AS @SHROOMS 4HERE ARE APPROXIMATELY TWELVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MAGIC MUSHROOMS WHICH GROW WILD IN %NGLAND IN THE AUTUMN MONTHS 4HEY ARE A HALLUCINOGENIC LIKE ,3$ AND THE EFFECTS CAN LAST UP TO FOUR HOURS 3INCE THE $RUGS !CT MAGIC MUSHROOMS HAVE BEEN RE CLASSIl ED AS A #LASS ! DRUG MEAN ING THAT POSSESSION COULD MEAN SEVEN YEARS IN JAIL AND FOR SUPPLY ING THE JAIL TERM COULD EVEN BE LIFE IMPRISONMENT 4HE MAIN PROBLEM WITH MAGIC MUSHROOMS ALONG WITH MOST
ILLEGAL DRUGS IS THE POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS /NCE THE TRIP HAS STARTED THERE IS NO WAY TO STOP IT AND USERS MAY EXPERIENCE EXTREME PARANOIA SEVERE STOMACH PAINS DIARRHOEA AND SICKNESS )N THIS CASE THE TWO STUDENTS EXPERIENCED UNPRECEDENTED AFTER EFFECTS LEADING TO SUGGESTIONS THAT THE MUSHROOMS MAY HAVE BEEN MIXED UP WITH MORE DANGEROUS POISONOUS WILD MUSHROOMS SOME TIMES PICKED BY MISTAKE 3TEVIE !LTMAN THE 3TUDENT 5NION S 7ELFARE /Fl CER SAID h4HE 5NION TAKES A STANCE OF ZERO TOLER ANCE ON THE USE OF ILLEGAL SUBSTANC ES ON ITS PREMISES ) WOULD STRONGLY ADVISE ALL STUDENTS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE COMPLETELY AWARE OF THE POSSIBLE EFFECTS SUCH SUBSTANCES WILL HAVE ON THEM v
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