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*ACK #LARK !RTS %DITOR 7HEN YOU THINK OF #IRCUS 3OCIETY YOU PROBABLY THINK OF l RE BREATH ING OR PEOPLE SPINNING POI AT SUCH SPEED THAT KEROSENE CAN BE SMELLED FOR HALF A MILE !S OF 3UNDAY TH /CTOBER THOUGH THE SOCIETY HAVE BEEN BANNED FROM DISPLAYS ON CAMPUS )N AN INTERVIEW *AK %LYARD PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY AND MEM BER FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS SAID THAT THE SOCIETY HAD BEEN DOING l RE DISPLAYS IN THE SQUARE FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS )N HIS SECOND YEAR THEY CHANGED THEIR NAME FROM *UG GLING 3OC TO #IRCUS 3OC TO PUSH THROUGH A NEW CONSTITUTION WHICH WAS RATIl ED BY THE 5NION )T READ h4HE OBJECT OF THE CLUB SHALL BE TO PROVIDE A SAFE AND CREATIVE GROUP FOR ITS MEMBERS TO LEARN AND PER FORM CIRCUS SKILLS SUCH AS JUGGLING $IABLO DEVILSTICKS STILTS AND l RE ALTERNATIVESv !T THIS YEARgS 3OCMART PEOPLE SIGNED UP EXPECTING TO
LEARN TO USE l RE AND PERFORM FOR OTHER STUDENTS 4HEY ARE NOW UN ABLE TO DO THAT #ONCRETE SPOKE WITH -ICHAEL -C#ORMACK THE (EAD OF 3ECURITY (E EXPLAINED THAT THE SOCIETY WAS CLAMPED DOWN ON BECAUSE OF A PER CEIVED SAFETY RISK TO BYSTANDERS AND A WORRY THAT m AMING PARAFl N WOULD DAMAGE THE CONCRETE /NE STUDENT COMMENTED h)N )RAQ THE 53 !RMY USES CONCRETE BLOCKS TO PROTECT THEIR BASES AGAINST INSURGENTS WHO USE l RE ALONG WITH NASTY THINGS LIKE BULLETS AND MELTED COPPER PROPELLED AT CLOSE TO THE SPEED OF SOUND )T WORKS QUITE WELL OVER THERE )F PARAFl N DID CAUSE DAMAGE AFTER THREE YEARS OF DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE SQUARE YOU D EXPECT A MARK WHICH THERE ISN T v !S TO INJURIES TO SPECTATORS ONE SOCIETY MEMBER SAID hTHE WHOLE OF THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR WE VE NEVER HURT SOMEONE WHO S BEEN WATCHING v A CLAIM CON l RMED BY *AK %LYARD )N THE PAST THERE HAVE BEEN AC CORDING TO %LYARD CASES OF SECURITY
GUARDS STOPPING TO WATCH THE SOCI ETY RATHER THAN SHUT THEM DOWN 7HEN ASKED ABOUT THIS -C#ORMACK SAID h) MEAN IF YOU ASK ANYBODY DO YOU LIKE WATCHING l RE THEY LL SAY YES BUT IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG AND SECURITY HAVE CONDONED IT THEN THE 5NIVERSITY IS LIABLE v #ON CRETE CONTACTED THE 3AFETY 3ERVICES $EPARTMENT S $IRECTOR 0AUL *OHN SON ABOUT THE SAFETY RISKS REGARD ING #IRCUS 3OC AND HE REPLIED h) VE NEVER HEARD OF THEM v %LYARD HAS STARTED l LLING IN HEALTH AND SAFETY REPORTS FOR EVERY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND IS CIRCULAT ING A PETITION WHICH READS h7E 4HE 5NDERSIGNED ARE IN FULL SUPPORT OF THE 5%! #IRCUS 3KILLS 3OCIETY PER FORMING l RE ARTS IN THE 5%! 3QUARE EVERY 3UNDAY EVENING v 4HEY ARGUE THAT h7E FEEL IT PROVIDES BOTH EN GAGING ENTERTAINMENT AND IS A SUIT ABLE PLACE FOR THE #IRCUS 3OC MEM BERS TO SAFELY PRACTICE WITH l RE v )F STUDENTS SIGN IT THEY WILL BE AGREE ING THAT h)N OUR OPINION THEY HAVE SHOWN A HIGH LEVEL OF COMPETENCE
AND DO NOT POSE A SIGNIl CANT THREAT TO THE SAFETY OF THE 3QUARE USERS v !T THE TIME OF GOING TO PRESS THE PE TITION HAD SIGNATURES /N 4HURSDAY /CTOBER THE SOCIETY STAGED A l NAL SYMBOLIC BURN BY THE SECURITY LODGE 4HE MOOD WAS JUBILANT AND THERE WAS A CROWD OF THIRTY OR SO PEOPLE 4HE DISPLAYS RANGED FROM TWELVE OF THEM SYN CHRONISING THEIR m AMING POI TO SIX OF THEM BLOWING l RE INTO A PYRA MID OF LIGHT TO ONE PERSON SWING ING A BALL OF l RE AT SUCH SPEED THAT SPARKS WERE SENT FEET INTO THE SKY 4HE LEVEL OF SKILL WAS INCREDIBLE AND %MILE ,ECOCQ THE GIRL WHO SENT UP THE SPARKS WHEN ASKED WHY SHE AND THE REST OF THE SOCIETY CARED SO MUCH ABOUT IT SAID h"ECAUSE IT S A WAY OF LIFE 7E ALWAYS SPIN v )F YOU WANT TO SUPPORT THE SO CIETY THEN SIGN THE PETITION GO TO THEIR REGULAR MEETING TILL IN THE #ONGREGATION (ALL AND JOIN THEIR &ACEBOOK GROUP ) 3UPPORT THE #IRCUS 3OC $OING &IRE !RTS IN THE 3QUARE
4ASTE BUD FULl LMENT RETURNS IN THE SHAPE OF OUR FOOD SECTION P &REE SPEECH 5%! SAYS ITgS TIME TO l GHT RASCISTS AND NOT TO HIDE FROM THEM
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