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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
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Editor’s  Column ) HAD IT ALL PLANNED &OR THIS ISSUE EVERYTHING WAS SET FOR THIS COLUMN TO BECOME A GLORIOUS AND MOST LIKELY LENGTHY TRIBUTE TO A WEEKEND OF GLORIOUS SPORTING SUCCESS FOR THIS ISLE 0EOPLE TOLD ME ) WAS BE ING A TAD SELF INDULGENT BUT ) DIDN T REALLY SEE HOW THAT DIFFERED FROM EVERY OTHER COL UMN ) VE WRITTEN 3OME PEO PLE SAID THAT SPORT BEARS NO RELEVANCE TO REAL LIFE ) QUIETLY DISAGREED /THERS CLAIMED THAT ) WAS PUTTING QUITE A FEW EGGS IN A BASKET LIKE CONTAIN ER THESE PEOPLE WERE RIGHT 3PORTING GLORY NEVER CAME AS lRSTLY 3OUTH !FRICA DEFEATED %NGLAND IN THE RUG BY 7ORLD #UP &INAL AND THEN ,EWIS (AMILTON S TITLE HOPES
WERE SHATTERED ON THE VERY lRST LAP OF THE VERY LAST RACE OF THE &ORMULA SEASON 3O AS 3UNDAY EVENING BE CAME NIGHT ) WAS FACED WITH TWO OPTIONS TO COMPLETE LY CHANGE THE BASIS OF MY COL UMN OR TO RUN WITH IT ) CHOSE THE LATTER .OW IT STRUCK ME THAT AS WELL AS THE UNNECESSARY ANGST OF lNDING A NEW TOPIC UPON WHICH TO MUSE OPTION WAS THE SENSIBLE ONE TO TAKE )N FACT TO HAVE CHOSEN OTHER WISE WOULD BE LIKE ,EWIS (AMILTON NOW DECIDING THAT BECAUSE HE DID NOT WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP RACING CARS IS NOT HIS THING ANY MORE (AMILTON WILL NOT DO THIS .OR WILL %NGLAND PLAYERS RE TIRE ON MASS FROM RUGBY
) KNOW THIS BECAUSE ONE OF THE MANY BEAUTIES OF SPORT IS THE MANNER IN WHICH IT RE mECTS THE REAL WORLD )F YOU HAVE A BAD DAY AT WORK IF YOU HAVE AN ARGUMENT WITH A FRIEND OR IF LIFE SUDDENLY JUST SEEMS A BIT ROTTEN ON THE WHOLE PEOPLE DO NOT STOP 4HEY DO NOT GIVE UP 4HEY CARRY ON BECAUSE THE HAPPI NESS OF A BETTER DAY MAY BE ROUND THE CORNER )N THE SAME WAY GLORY MAY STILL AWAIT FOR (AMILTON AND %NGLAND S RUGBY PLAYERS AT SOME UN SPECIlED POINT IN THE FUTURE 4HAT S SPORT 4HAT S LIFE
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Menacing  geese 4OM (UNT 2EPORTER 3TUDENTS IN THE VICINITY OF 3UF FOLK 4ERRACE HAVE BEEN LOSING SLEEP OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS n ALL THANKS TO A PAIR OF GEESE 4HE TWO LOUD MOUTHED BIRDS WANDER UP FROM THE LAKE EARLY EACH MORNING AND HONK INCESSANTLY RIGHT OUTSIDE THE WINDOWS WHILST FRESHERS INSIDE TRY TO GET SOME MUCH NEEDED REST 4HIS LASTS
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WHO THEN CANNOT GET BACK TO SLEEP AS THE QUACKING CONTIN UES 4HEY STAND A METRE FROM THE WINDOW HONK FOR SEVERAL MINUTES IN A MANNER SUGGES TIVE OF LAUGHTER AND REPEAT THE PROCESS FOR EACH ROOM 4HE GEESE ONLY RETURN TO THE LAKE ONCE THEY ARE SEEMINGLY SURE THEY VE WOKEN EVERYONE UP 3NOOZING STUDENTS WERE FURTHER IRRITATED WHEN THE GOSSIPY GANDERS FAILED TO TURN UP ON -ONDAY MORNING A TIME WHEN FRESHERS COULD HAVE DONE WITH A WAKE UP CALL DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE BIRDS WERE AT THEIR POST BRIGHT AND EARLY AT THE WEEKEND 3OME STUDENTS BLAME THE INTRUSION ON PEOPLE THROWING BREAD FOR THE BIRDS ATTRACTING THEM TO THE :IGGURATS FOR ANY FOOD GOING SPARE #HLOE 7AR REN SAID h)T S REALLY ANNOY ING AS THEY RE JUST ENCOURAG ING THE PROBLEM AND WITH NO FOOD THEY LL SOON GO AWAY v /THERS ARE WILLING TO EN DURE FOR THE MOMENT SEEING IT AS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE GEESE mY AWAY FOR THE WINTER AND LEAVE THEM IN PEACE !NNA #LAY TON SAID h) DON T REALLY CARE ABOUT THE GEESE n ) M SURE THEY WILL MIGRATE SOON v ! FEW RESIDENTS ARE CONSID ERING MORE DRASTIC MEAS URES AND ARE EVEN PREPARED TO BRACE THE AUTUMNAL CHILL AND STRIKE BACK TO GAIN THE LAST LAUGH !HRON +HACHIK SAID h3HOULD THEY RETURN ) LL JUMP OUT IN MY BOXERS AND GIVE THEM WHAT FOR v &OR THE TIME BEING THOUGH THE GEESE ARE THE ONES LAUGHING
7ILL &ARBROTHER 2EPORTER 5%! IS FACING A STRIKE BAL LOT FOLLOWING THE REDUN DANCY NOTICE OF THREE MAINTENANCE WORKERS FROM THE %STATES $IVISION ! RADICAL RESTRUCTURE OF THE DIVISION WAS PROPOSED BY 5%! %STATES -ANAGEMENT IN !UGUST )N 3EPTEMBER PAINT ERS "ERNIE 3TONE $AVE 7RIGHT AND .EIL 4URNER FOUND THAT THEIR TOTAL YEARS SERVICE TO THE 5NIVERSITY WILL COME TO AN ABRUPT END ON *ANUARY ST OF THE PAINTERS COLLEAGUES SIGNED THE h3AVE THE 0AINTERSv PETITION WHICH WAS SENT TO THE 6ICE #HANCEL LOR AT THE BEGINNING OF /CTO BER h)T DOESN T MAKE SENSEv $AVE TOLD #ONCRETE hTHERE IS STILL SO MUCH PAINTING TO DOv "ERNIE WHO HAS WORKED FOR THE 5NIVERSITY FOR YEARS AND REMEMBERS WHEN THE WHOLE CAMPUS WAS BASED IN THE 6ILLAGE ADDED hMORALE IS LOW ACROSS THE WHOLE DIVI SION WE WANT TO GET SENIOR MANAGEMENT TO SEE THAT THE RESTRUCTURE IS A BLOOMERv 7ORKERS IN THE %STATES $I VISION ARE REPRESENTED BY THE TRADE UNION 5NITE WHO FEAR THAT THE AXE WILL FALL AGAIN 4HIS WAS HIGHLIGHTED IN A STATEMENT FROM 5NITE WHICH WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO #ON CRETE h5%! HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT IT WILL ALSO BE LOOKING AT THE FUTURE OF OTHER ROLES SUCH AS CARPENTERS LIFT ENGINEERS AND REFRIGERATION ENGINEERS v )AN -AIDLOW THE 5NITE 2E
GIONAL /FlCER COMMENTED h7E COMMENCED CONSULTA TION WITH THE 5NIVERSITY BACK IN !UGUST AND FROM THE lRST MEETING WE HAD IT WAS CLEAR THAT THERE WAS A REAL RELUC TANCE TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH 5NITE 7E EVEN HAD TO RESORT TO A REQUEST UNDER THE &REEDOM OF )NFORMATION !CT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY IN MODERN DAY INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS v )AN CONTINUED h7HEN
h7E EVEN HAD TO RESORT TO A REQUEST UNDER THE &REEDOM OF )NFORMATION !CTv WE lNALLY RECEIVED THE INFORMATION IT BECAME CLEAR WHY MANAGEMENT DID NOT WISH TO REVEAL IT 7HAT WAS PROVIDED SIMPLY DID NOT SUP PORT THE CASE THE 5NIVERSITY WAS MAKING PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA OF USE OF CONTRACTORS AND WORK MEASUREMENT FOR EXISTING PAINTERS 4HEIR PLANS ARE BASED ON A FALSE PREMISE v #ONTRACTORS ARE WORK ERS EMPLOYED BY AN EXTERNAL COMPANY TO DO WORK AROUND CAMPUS 4HIS ARRANGEMENT
ALLOWS THE 5NIVERSITY TO HIRE AND lRE CONTRACTORS EASILY WHICH IS SAID TO GIVE THE 5NI VERSITY GREATER mEXIBILITY IN ITS OPERATIONS 4HE DOWNSIDE IS THAT CONTRACTORS WHO HAVE KEY ROLES WITHIN THE 5NIVER SITY WORKFORCE HAVE VERY LITTLE JOB SECURITY 4HEIR UNION SUS PECTS THAT THE REDUNDANCIES CORRELATE WITH THE GROWING TENDENCY TO USE CONTRACTORS AND FEARS THAT MANAGEMENT DO NOT HAVE THE BEST INTER ESTS OF STUDENTS AT HEART 5NITE STATE THAT THEY WISH TO NEGOTIATE A RESOLUTION BUT AT PRESENT ARE BEING FORCED DOWN THE ROUTE OF A BALLOT FOR INDUSTRIAL ACTION (OWEV ER THEY ARE INSISTENT THAT FOR NEGOTIATIONS TO SUCCEED THE IMMEDIATE THREAT TO THE JOBS OF THE PAINTERS MUST BE LIFTED 2OGER "OND $IREC TOR OF %STATES RESPOND ED WITH THIS STATEMENT h7E ARE LISTENING TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN OFFER THEM THE mEXIBLE EFFECTIVE AND EFl CIENT SERVICE THAT THEY WANT 4HIS MEANS REVIEWING THE WAY WE OPERATE AND COL LEAGUES IN THE $IVISION ARE AWARE THAT THIS WILL MEAN SOME CHANGES TO THE WAY WE WORK 7E HAVE ENTERED INTO A FORMAL CONSULTATION PROC ESS TO CONSIDER PROPOSALS FOR CHANGE AND WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCE MENT IN THE NEAR FUTURE ONCE THIS PROCESS IS COMPLETE v 5NITE WERE STILL AWAIT ING A RESPONSE WHEN #ONCRETE WENT TO PRESS
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4HERE WAS ONE MOTION PUT FORWARD AT 5NION #OUNCIL ON 4HURSDAY EVENING THAT INVOLVED IMPASSIONED DE BATE ON BOTH SIDES 4HIS WAS A MOTION CONDEMNING THE .53 NO PLATFORM POLICY AS PROPOSED BY *OE #ONBOY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE !THLET ICS #LUB 4HE NO PLATFORM POLICY IS BASED UPON A FAIRLY OLD BELIEF WITHIN THE .ATIONAL 5NION OF 3TUDENTS 4HE .53 HAS HAD A LONG TRADITION OF COMBATING FASCIST POLITICAL GROUPS AS WELL AS MAINTAINING A COM MITMENT TO COMBATING RAC ISM HOMOPHOBIA AND OTHER FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION !S PART OF THIS FOR PREVIOUS DEC ADES DELEGATES AT EACH AN NUAL .53 #ONFERENCE HAVE CHOSEN TO FORBID VARIOUS PO LITICAL GROUPS FROM STANDING FOR VARIOUS POSITIONS WITHIN THE .53 ON THEIR SPECIlC PO LITICAL PLATFORM 5SUALLY CAN DIDATES FROM THESE ELECTIONS PUT THEMSELVES FORWARD AS CANDIDATES FOR A SPECIlC PO LITICAL GROUP SUCH AS ,ABOUR OR #ONSERVATIVE 4HE IDEA BEHIND THIS WAS TO STOP FAS CIST GROUPS HAVING THEIR IDEAS GIVEN CREDIBILITY AS WELL AS PROTECTING THOSE WHO WOULD BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST FOR THEIR VIEWS
!S A PALPABLE SENSE OF INDIF FERENCE DESCENDED ON CAMPUS THIS 4HURSDAY 5NION #OUNCIL GOT UP AND RUNNING /F COURSE IT WAS EVERYTHING YOU D EXPECT FROM AN EVENT OF THIS MAGNI TUDE THE ENTIRE 5NION %XECU TIVE DESCENDED UPON ,ECTURE 4HEATRE AS DID REPRESENTA TIVES FROM ALL THE MAJOR PO LITICAL GROUPS OF 5%! 7ITH SUCH A HIGH PROlLE CROWD IN ATTENDANCE IT WAS A SHOCK TO SOME REPRESENTATIVES THAT A PROTECTIVE PERSPEX SCREEN WAS NOT EMPLOYED TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE HORDES OF ONLOOKERS $ESPITE THE LACK OF PROTECTION THE MEETING MANAGED TO GET UNDERWAY 4HE SESSION STARTED WITH THE ELECTION OF A NEW CHAIR AND WHAT A NEW CHAIR WE HAVE #HAIRMAN *OPP WON THE RING ING ENDORSEMENT OF #OUNCIL AFTER HIS SPEECH IN WHICH HE ASSURED US THAT HE REALLY HON ESTLY DID LOVE THE #OUNCIL AND ALTHOUGH HIS OPPONENT PROB ABLY DID LOVE THE #OUNCIL AS WELL IT WASN T THE DEEP AND PRO FOUND LOVE THAT HE FELT $ESPITE HIS LOVE FOR #OUNCIL IT WAS CLEAR THAT THEIR AFFECTION WAS NOT EN TIRELY MUTUAL AS WITHIN MO MENTS OF GAINING THE CHAIR ONE OF HIS RULINGS WAS CHALLENGED 7E PROCEEDED TO lND OUT THAT UNDER THE LOVE #HAIRMAN *OPP WAS MADE OF STERN STUFF SWOT TING AWAY HIS CHALLENGE LIKE AN IMPUDENT WASP !FTER THE EXCITEMENT OF THE ELECTION OF CHAIR WE WERE IN FOR AN EXCITING SURPRISE -ORE ELEC TIONS &IFTY EIGHT OF THEM IN FACT #OMMITTEE AFTER COMMIT TEE WAS lLLED IN AN EXCEEDINGLY DEMOCRATIC FASHION "ASICALLY IT INVOLVED ANYONE THAT WANT ED A POSITION GETTING IT WITH EVERYONE ELSE TOO BORED TO OB JECT 4HEN WE MOVED ON TO THE 5NION S 4HREE 9EAR 0LAN 4HE REPORT TOLD US THAT TURNOUT WAS UP CONTESTED ELECTIONS WERE UP AND ) THINK EVEN TRACTOR PRODUCTION WAS MENTIONED IT BECAME CLEAR THAT CONCRETE AR CHITECTURE ISN T ALL WE VE INHER ITED FROM THE EASTERN BLOC "Y THE TIME WE CAME TO THE MAIN EVENT OF THE NIGHT *OE #ONBOY S IMPASSIONED SPEECH AGAINST NO PLATFORM POLICY ) WAS STUNNED 4HE .53 HAS APPARENTLY BANNED FASCIST AND RACIST GROUPS FROM PARTICIPAT ING IN ITS DEBATES 4HEY PROB ABLY WOULDN T STAY PAST THE lRST THIRTY ELECTIONS
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(OWEVER THIS YEAR .53 #ONFERENCE CHOSE TO MAKE THIS A PERMAMENT POLICY MEANING THAT GROUPS DEEMED INAPPROPRIATE WOULD BE FORBIDDEN FROM STANDING SUCH AS THE ".0 OR )SLAMIC FUNDAMENTALIST GROUP (IZB UT 4AHRIR )T ALSO MEANS OUTSIDE OF #ONFERENCE THAT .53 /FlCERS WILL NEVER ENTER A FORMAL PLATFORM WITH THESE GROUPS SUCH AS WHEN TAKING PART IN A DEBATE 4HE MOTION BY *OE #ON
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BOY ARGUED THAT THE 5NION HERE AT 5%! WHICH IS A MEMBER OF THE .53 SHOULD STAND AGAINST THIS POLICY AND ITS DELEGATES SHOULD VOTE AGAINST IT IN FUTURE .53 CON FERENCES )N HIS SPEECH *OE #ONBOY DERIDED THIS POLICY AS COWARDLY AND AN AFFRONT TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH ESPE CIALLY AS IT ALLOWED THE SMALL STEERING COMMITTEE OF .53 #ONFERENCE TO DECIDE WHO TO BAN 4HE MOTIONS SECONDER 3OCIETIES /FlCER !NDY *UD
SON ARGUED ALONGSIDE HIM THAT THE POLICY ALLOWED THE .53 TO HIDE BEHIND THE POL ICY INSTEAD OF TAKING RACISTS HEAD ON IN A DEBATE 2OWENA "ODDINGTON #OMMUNICATIONS /FlCER RESPONDED BY SAYING THAT ALL STUDENTS DESERVED TO FEEL SAFE IN THEIR 5NION AND ALLOWING THESE GROUPS INTO .53 WOULD ROB THEM OF THIS RIGHT 3HE WAS BACKED UP BY (5- &AC ULTY #ONVENOR $AVID @3HEP 3HEPPARD WHO DEFENDED
THE .53 TRADITIONAL STANCE IN REFUSING TO ACCEPT FASCIST VALUES !FTER SEVERAL SPEECHES FROM VARIOUS COUNCILLORS THE 2ICHARD 2EYNOLDS VOTE TO CONDEMN THE .53 POLICY WAS NARROWLY PASSED AND THE 5NION NOW BELIEVES THAT hIN ORDER TO DISCREDIT ILLIBERAL EXTREMIST OR RACIST IDEOLOGIES IT IS NECESSARY TO OPENLY CONFRONT THESE IDEAS AND NOT MERELY PRETEND THEY DO NOT EXIST v )T ALSO RESOLVES TO hSUPPORT THE COMPLETE AB OLITION OF NO PLATFORM v
Chairman  Jopp  appointed 5NION #OUNCIL GOES CRAZY OVER ELECTIONS 4HE 5NION BECOMING A LANDLORD !ND SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE MOON !NDY *ONES /PINIONS %DITOR ,AST 4HURSDAY SAW THE lRST 5NION #OUNCIL OF THE ACA DEMIC YEAR (ELD IN A REASON ABLY FULL ,ECTURE 4HEATRE 5NION #OUNCIL IS A MECHA NISM BY WHICH THE STUDENTS OF 5%! CAN DECIDE ISSUES OF POLICY IN THE 5NION !S THIS WAS THE lRST #OUN CIL IT HAD TO ELECT A NEW #HAIR APPOINT MEMBERS TO ITS VARIOUS SUB COMMITTEES AND STEERING GROUPS ON ISSUES OF 5NION POLICY AS WELL AS AP POINTING MEMBERS TO 5NIVER SITY COMMITTEES WHICH ALLOW STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES )T ALSO CONSIDERED THREE NEW POLICY MOTIONS INCLUDING ONE OP POSED TO .53 NO PLATFORM POLICY SEE ABOVE ! MOTION ADVOCATING THE SETTING UP OF A
CO OPERATIVE HOUSING SCHEME AND ANOTHER RAISING AWARE NESS AROUND WOMEN S SANI TARY PROTECTION BOTH PASSED 4HE lRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WAS THE ELECTION OF A #HAIR FOR THE YEAR -ARTIN *OPP AND -ATTHEW $AVISON RAN FOR THE POSITION "OTH CANDIDATES GAVE SPEECHES INFORMING THE #OUNCIL OF THEIR LOVE FOR ALL THINGS 5NION 4HE #OUNCIL VOTED FOR -ARTIN *OPP AS THE NEW #HAIR 4HE #HAIR IS RE SPONSIBLE FOR THE RUNNING OF #OUNCIL 4HEY DECIDE WHO SHOULD SPEAK AND HOW LONG THEY SHOULD SPEAK FOR 4HEY ALSO HOLD THE CASTING VOTE IN THE EVENT OF A DRAW (OWEVER ANY OF THEIR DECISIONS CAN BE CHALLENGED BY ANY MEM BER OF #OUNCIL AS HAPPENED WITHIN MOMENTS OF -ARTIN *OPP ASCENDING TO THE #HAIR
4HE CHALLENGE WAS FROM *OE #ONBOY )T QUESTIONED THE LEGITIMACY OF TAKING A REPORT ON WHETHER LAST YEARS %XECU TIVE BROKE THE CONSTITUTION STRAIGHT TO VOTE WITHOUT ANY DEBATE 4HE CHALLENGE WAS DE FEATED BY AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY 4HE REPORT WHICH WAS MADE OVER THE SUMMER BY THE 5NION S LAWYERS WAS ON THE DECISION TO CALL A BY ELECTION BY A COMMUNAL EMAIL RATHER THAN DURING AN OFlCIAL 5NION %XECUTIVE MEETING 4HE REPORT CONCLUDED THAT THE %XECUTIVE HAD BROKEN THE #ONSTITUTION HOWEVER THE ELECTIONS STILL STOOD AS THEY HAD BEEN LATER ENDORSED BY 5NION #OUNCIL 4HE CO OPERATIVE HOUSING MOTION PROPOSED BY !NDREW 4AYLOR MEANS THAT THE 5NION NOW BELIEVES THAT h4HE CO
OPERATIVE ;HOUSING= APPROACH TO GOVERNANCE MIRRORS MANY OF THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THIS 5NIONv AND THAT THEY WILL RESOLVE TO hCAMPAIGN FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON CAM PUS v 4HE #OUNCIL HAD TO ELECT MEMBERS TO lFTY EIGHT POSI TIONS ON SUB COMMITTEES STEERING GROUPS AND 5NIVERSI TY COMMITTEES 4HE ELECTIONS WERE LARGELY UNCONTESTED &OR A FULL LIST OF ALL THE COM MITTEES AND THE STUDENT REP RESENTATIVES THAT ARE NOW ON THEM YOU CAN CONSULT THE #OUNCIL S MINUTES WHICH WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE 5N ION S WEBSITE #OUNCIL HAD TO ALSO AP PROVE THE 5NION S ANNUAL lNANCIAL PLAN 4HE PLAN WHICH COVERS THE 5NION S EX PENDITURE FOR THE NEXT YEAR
WAS DRAWN UP BY THE %XECU TIVE AND -ANAGEMENT #OM MITTEES 4HE ONLY QUESTION THAT WAS RAISED BY #OUNCIL WAS a ALLOCATED FOR THE PURCHASE OF OUTDOOR FUR NITURE FOR THE USE OF SMOK ERS /NE COUNCILLOR OBJECTED TO WHAT THEY SAW AS AN EN COURAGEMENT OF SMOKERS BY THE 5NION !NDREW 4AYLOR &INANCE /FlCER EXPLAINED THAT THE PURCHASE WAS AN AT TEMPT TO RETAIN THE CUSTOM OF SMOKERS AND AVOID A LARGE l NANCIAL LOSS AS EXPERIENCED BY BARS IN 3COTLAND (E SAID ANY lNANCIAL LOSS EXPERIENCED BY THE BAR WOULD HAVE A DIRECT AND MAJOR IMPACT ON 5NION lNANCES AND WOULD IMPERIL THE FUNDING OF CLUBS SOCIETIES AND CAMPAIGNS 4HIS EXPLANA TION WAS LARGELY ACCEPTED BY #OUNCIL
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Fifth  attempt  for  Tesco  on  Unthank Drugs  &IONA "ILLINGS %VENT %DITOR ! PLANNING APPLICATION FOR A CONTROVERSIAL NEW 4ESCO STORE ON 5NTHANK 2OAD HAS BEEN SUBMITTED FOR THE lFTH TIME THIS WEEK 4ESCO WHO ALREADY HAVE SEVEN STORES IN THE .ORWICH AREA WANT TO BUILD AN %X PRESS STORE ON THE DISUSED PETROL STATION SITE OPPOSITE THE ,ILLIE ,ANGTRY PUB 4HEY SUBMITTED THEIR lRST APPLICA TION FOR PLANNING PERMISSION IN WHICH THEY SUBSE QUENTLY WITHDREW BEFORE IT REACHED THE STAGE WHERE IT WAS HEARD BY A #OUNCIL COM MITTEE 4HE THREE SUBSEQUENT APPLICATIONS HAVE ALL BEEN UNANIMOUSLY TURNED DOWN BY THE #ITY #OUNCIL BUT 4ES CO ARE HOPING THEIR NEW ONE WILL BE BETTER RECEIVED h/UR NEW SCHEME HAS BEEN REDEVELOPED FROM PRE VIOUS APPLICATIONS v SAID 4ESCO S REGIONAL SPOKES MAN -ICHAEL +ISSMAN h7E
LOOKED AT A RANGE OF NEIGH BOURHOOD VIEWS AND FEEL THAT IT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A VI BRANT HIGH STREET AND CREATE A NUMBER OF LOCAL JOB OPPORTU NITIES )T WOULD ALSO BE BEN ElCIAL TO THE ENVIRONMENT AS PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE TO CY CLE OR WALK TO GET THEIR WEEKLY SHOPPING INSTEAD OF GOING OUT OF TOWN v (OWEVER A GROUP OF LOCAL RESIDENTS ARE VEHEMENTLY OP POSED TO 4ESCO S PLANS @2ESI
DENTS AGAINST 5NTHANK 4ESCO ARE AGAINST THE PROPOSALS FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS ACCORD ING TO "RIDGET "ARNE ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE CAMPAIGN h&IRSTLY THERE ARE A NUMBER OF LOCAL INDEPEND ENT STORES IN THE AREA THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY A STORE BEING BUILT INCLUDING TWO BUTCHERS AN AWARD WINNING GREENGRO CERS AND A mOWER SHOP 4HIS MAKES 4ESCO S ARGUMENT THAT THE AREA IS NOT WELL SERVED BY
LOCAL SHOPS PATENTLY UNTRUE !LSO THE APPLICATION STATES THERE WOULD BE UP TO lVE DE LIVERIES A DAY AND THESE ARE MADE BY M LONG LORRIES AND TO ACCOMMODATE THESE 4ESCO WOULD DO AWAY WITH THE LIMITED PARKING OPPOSITE THE PROPOSED SITE v 4ESCO CONTEST THIS POINT SAYING THAT THESE ARE THEIR SMALLEST SIZE OF LORRY AS THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT USING THEIR USUAL FT ARTICULATED VEHI
CLES WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE FOR THE SIZE OF THE STORE AND FOR THE OTHER USERS OF 5N THANK 2OAD @2ESIDENTS AGAINST 5N THANK 4ESCO ALSO BELIEVE THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING PROPOSED IN THE NEW APPLI CATION AN UNUSUAL TWO STO REY STORE WOULD BE hENTIRELY OUT OF KEEPING WITH THE RESI DENTIAL AREA SURROUNDING IT AND OUR FEELING IS THAT THE SITE WOULD BE BETTER USED FOR HOUSING v 4HIS IS NOT THE lRST PLANNED 4ESCO STORE TO FACE OPPOSITION %ARLIER THIS MONTH THE SUPERMARKET GI ANT HAD AN APPLICATION FOR A LARGE STORE IN #ARLISLE CITY CENTRE REJECTED BY THE 3EC RETARY OF 3TATE AS IT WOULD CAUSE hSERIOUS HARMv TO THE CHARACTER OF THE CITY )F YOU LIVE IN THE 5N THANK 2OAD AREA AND WISH TO OBJECT TO THE PROPOSALS YOU CAN SUBMIT THEM IN WRITING TO .ORWICH #ITY #OUNCIL BY ST /CTOBER
Bust !NDY *UDSON $EPUTY %DITOR
,AST WEEK A #HINESE COUPLE WERE FOUND GUILTY OF PRODUC ING AND SUPPLYING DRUGS IN .ORWICH AFTER THEY POSED AS STUDENTS AT 5%! AS PART OF THEIR SCHEME *IN #HEN AND 9AN &A :ANG DEALT AND CULTIVATED CANNABIS FROM SEVERAL HOMES IN THE AREA FROM WHICH IT WAS ALSO SOLD 4O HELP WITH THEIR ACTIVITIES THE TWO FORGED 5%! DOCUMENTS SO AS TO APPEAR TO BE STUDENTS IN ORDER TO RENT HOUSES TO USE AS CANNABIS FAC TORIES 4HEY CARRIED ON FOR ABOUT A YEAR POTENTIALLY SELLING AS MUCH AS a WORTH OF DRUGS BEFORE BEING GRASSED ON BY A NEIGHBOUR (E TIPPED OFF THE POLICE AFTER NOTICING A LARGE NUMBER OF CARS TURN ING UP AT THE HOUSE IN #RIN GLEFORD OUTSIDE OF .ORWICH 4HE PAIR AWAIT SENTENCING NEXT MONTH
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Cinema  City  re-Âopening -ARCUS *ONES %DITOR 4HE INDEPENDENT l LM HOUSE #INEMA #ITY RE OPENED ON &RIDAY TH /CTOBER FOLLOW ING A CLOSURE OF NEARLY FOUR YEARS ! a MILLION LOTTERY REDEVELOPMENT HAS TAKEN PLACE WHICH HAS TRANSFORMED THE MEDIEVAL BUILDING SITU ATED ON 3T !NDREW S 3TREET $URING THE LAST YEARS THE SITE HAS BEEN ON VARIOUS OC CASSIONS AN ARISTOCRATIC RESI DENCE A STOREHOUSE FOR WINES AND SPIRITS A LECTURE HALL AND A DANCE HALL BEFORE BECOM ING A SINGLE SCREEN CINEMA BETWEEN AND 4HE REFURBISHMENT HAS CREATED ROOM FOR THREE SCREENS AND A NEW BAR PLUS A DINING AREA SITUATED IN TWO VAULTED BAYS IN THE OLDEST PART OF THE SITE +EITH "ARTLETT #HAIR OF #INEMA #ITY S BOARD SAID h)T
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WILL GIVE ME GREAT PLEASURE TO SEE THE NEW #INEMA #ITY OPEN 7E HAVE MET MANY CHALLENGES DURING THE DEVEL OPMENT BUT THE NEW CINEMA WILL PROVE TO BE WELL WORTH THE WAIT v
/NE OF THE CHALLENGES TO WHICH "ARTLETT ALLUDES WAS THE NEED TO MARRY A STATE OF THE ART CINEMA WITH A MEDIEVAL BUILDING WITHOUT SACRIl CING THE UNIQUE CIN EMATIC EXPERIENCE CREATED
Bras  for  breasts !LICE 'IBBS $EPUTY .EWS %DITOR 7OMEN OF 5%! ARE BUSTING OUT OF THEIR BRAS IN SUPPORT OF #ANCER 2ESEARCH 5+ 4HE LIBERATION WHICH BEGAN IN THE &ACULTY OF !RTS AND (U MANITIES QUICKLY SPREAD TO 5%! S CATERING TEAM AND IS NOW POISED TO TAKE THE CAM PUS OVER IN A FURORE OF PINK FUNDRAISING )NSTEAD OF BURNING THEIR LINGERIE MUCH IN THE STYLE OF 'ERMAINE 'REER WOMEN ARE SUPPORTING THE SISTER HOOD BY DONATING A BRA WITH TWO POUNDS IMPLANTED IN THE CUPS AS PART OF .ATIONAL "REAST #ANCER !WARENESS -ONTH 4HE @"RING A BRA TO WORK CAMPAIGN WAS MASTERMIND ED BY RADIO "ROADLAND WHICH WILL COLLECT THE BRAS FROM THE UNIVERSITY AT THE END OF THE MONTH @"RA BOSS FOR 5%! "EVERLEY 9OUNGMAN SAID h7E ARE ASKING WOMEN TO LOOK FOR AN OLD UNUSED BRA TAPE TWO POUNDS IN IT AND TAKE IT TO THE COLLECTION POINT IN THE (5- 5NDERGRADUATE /Fl CE !243 v 7OMEN HAVE UNTIL &RIDAY /CTOBER TO DREDGE THEIR UNDERWEAR DRAW AND PURGE THEMSELVES OF BRA SHAME IN
BY THE EARLIER INCARNATION OF #INEMA #ITY 4HIS CINEMATIC EXPERIENCE WILL INCLUDE A WIDE SELECTION OF l LMS WITH MOVIES LIKE !TONEMENT SITTING SIDE BY SIDE WITH SMALLER BUDGET EFFORTS LIKE THE )RISH
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THE NAME OF CHARITY 7HETHER IT BE THE CRIPPLING STRAPLESS THE MONO BOOB SHELF FALL OUT WONDER DE LASTICATED SPORTS PEEP HOLE !NN 3UM MERS SO CHEAP ) SQUEAK OR NEUTRAL OLD FAITHFUL KNOWN TO GRANNIES THE WORLD OVER ALL SHAPES AND SIZES ARE WEL COME 4HE BRA MOUNTAIN WILL THEN BE CONVERTED TO CASH WITH EACH REDUNDANT BRA RECYCLED INTO P FOR #AN CER 2ESEARCH 5+ 4HE CHAR ITY SPENDS a MILLION ANNUALLY ON l NDING NEW AP PROACHES FOR BETTER DIAGNO SIS AND PREVENTION OF BREAST CANCER IDENTIFYING NEW DRUGS AND IMPROVING CURRENT TREATMENTS AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PATIENTS "REAST CAN CER HAS NEVER BEEN SO PROMI NENT WITH CASES DIAG
NOSED EACH YEAR AND ONE IN NINE WOMEN DEVELOPING THE DISEASE DURING THEIR LIFETIME 0AUL &LEET !REA 6OLUNTEER -ANAGER FOR #ANCER 2ESEARCH 5+ SAID h) ENCOURAGE EVERY ONE TO GET INVOLVED AND TRY AND RAISE AS MUCH MONEY AS POSSIBLE ) D LIKE TO SEE THOU SANDS OF BRAS LINING THE WALLS OF THE REGION S WORKPLACES BY THE END OF /CTOBER v (E ADDED h/UR WORK IS FUNDED ALMOST ENTIRELY BY DONATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC SO CAMPAIGNS SUCH AS THIS DO MAKE A MASSIVE DIFFERENCE v 2ADIO "ROADLAND HAS HIGH HOPES OF THE ENDEAVOUR 3TEVE -ARTIN PROGRAMME CONTROLLER COMMENTED h7E HAVE NOT OFl CIALLY STARTED TO COUNT YET BUT WE ARE EX PECTING TO RAISE THOUSANDS OF POUNDS v
l LM /NCE ,YN 'OLEBY MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE 0ICTUREHOUSES #INEMA 'ROUP WHO HAVE INVESTED IN #INEMA #ITY EXPECTS THE hUNPRECEDENTED RANGE AND DEPTH OF l LMED ENTERTAINMENTv TO BE AN EX CITING LURE TO THE RE OPENED VENUE 3TUDENTS WANTING A CHANGE FROM THE /DEON OR 65% CINEMAS ARE ALSO EXCIT ED WITH RD YEAR %#/ STU DENT !NDY *UDSON COMMENT ING h)T S EXCELLENT THAT WE WILL NOW HAVE A MUCH LARGER CHOICE OF INDEPENDENT l LMS IN .ORWICH 4HERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF EXCELLENT l LMS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT WEREN T BIG ENOUGH FOR THE MAINSTREAM CINEMAS HERE TO SHOW v &OR MORE INFORMATION ON #INEMA #ITY AND TO SEE l LM LISTINGS VISIT WWW PICTURE HOUSES CO UK
3WEARING AT WORK CAN SUP POSEDLY IMPROVE THE MORALE OF STAFF ACCORDING TO RECENT RESEARCH BY ACADEMICS AT THE 5NIVERSITY OF %AST !NGLIA 0ROFESSOR 9EHUDA "ARUCH OF THE 5%! BASED .ORWICH "USINESS 3CHOOL IDENTIl ED THE BENEl TS OF USING LAN GUAGE WHICH WASN T SOCIALLY CONVENTIONAL WHILST IN THE WORKPLACE 3UCH BENEl TS IN CLUDED THE RELEASE OF STRESS AND UNITY AMONGST STAFF 4HE STUDY FOUND THAT YOUNGER MANAGERS WERE GEN ERALLY MORE TOLERANT OF BAD LANGUAGE AND WHILE WORK ERS REFRAINED FROM USING IT IN FRONT OF CUSTOMERS SWEARING IS MORE COMMON AMONGST THEMSELVES 0OOR LANGUAGE WAS MORE COMMON AMONG MEN THAN WOMAN YET BOTH MEN AND WOMAN SWORE LESS WHEN SURROUNDED BY THE OP POSITE SEX !S A 0ROFESSOR OF -AN AGEMENT "ARUCH S OBJECTIVE WAS TO l ND WAYS OF IMPROV ING MANAGEMENT METHODOL OGY )N LIGHT OF THE RESULTS MANAGERS SHOULD CONSIDER THAT ALTHOUGH SWEARING IS UNPROFESSIONAL AND POSSIBLY
DISRESPECTFUL ALLOWING ITS USE MAY ULTIMATELY IMPROVE THEIR EMPLOYEES WORK PER FORMANCE
h4HE QUESTION IS SHOULD ) TURN A BLIND EYE )S IT BENEl CIAL TO BE PERMISSIVE v 0ROFESSOR "ARUCH EX PLAINED TO #ONCRETE THAT AS A MANAGER hTHE QUESTION IS SHOULD ) TURN A BLIND EYE )S IT BENEl CIAL TO BE PER MISSIVE v (IS RESEARCH SUG GESTS IT OFTEN IS BUT "ARUCH MADE IT CLEAR THAT IF SWEARING CAUSED OFFENCE DISRUPTION OR GREATER STRESS LEVELS IT HAD TO STOP 7HILE A LAID BACK LEAD ERSHIP STYLE IS DESIRABLE A MANAGER HAS TO KNOW WHEN IT IS RIGHT TO UPHOLD PRINCI PLES
Herbal  medicine  dangers
!NDREW *UDSON $EPUTY %DITOR &EARS HAVE ARISEN OVER HERB AL MEDICINE AFTER 4RADING 3TANDARDS OFl CERS AND PO LICE HAD TO CONl SCATE PROD UCTS ACROSS .ORFOLK /VER A TWO WEEK PERIOD SHOPS WERE FOUND TO HAVE UNSAFE OR ILLEGAL STOCK -0 FOR .ORTH .ORFOLK .ORMAN ,AMB WARNED PEO PLE TO BE CAREFUL WHEN BUY ING HERBAL MEDICINE PROD UCTS (E SAID THAT hWE NEED TO ENSURE PEOPLE WHO USE THESE PRODUCTS ARE SAFE AND THAT THERE IS NO HEALTH RISK INVOLVED v 3OME OF THE PRODUCTS CONl SCATED INCLUDED STER OIDS AND OTHERS CONTAINED CHEMICALS KNOWN TO CAUSE LIVER OR KIDNEY FAILURE OR POWERFUL MEDICINES WHICH SHOULD ONLY BE PRESCRIBED BY A QUALIl ED '0 4HERE WERE ALSO WORRIES THAT SOME PRODUCTS BEING SOLD WERE DERIVED FROM EN DANGERED SPECIES )N PAR TICULAR MUSK OIL WAS FOUND WHICH COMES FROM THE RARE AND ENDANGERED MUSK DEER AS WELL AS PRODUCTS FROM A KNOWN ENDANGERED ORCHID ! LARGE NUMBER OF HEALTH OFl CIALS AND POLICE STAFF WERE INVOLVED IN THE CRACKDOWN WHILST THE SHOP OWNERS IN VOLVED COULD FACE PROSECU TION $AVID #OLLINSON HEAD OF .ORFOLK #OUNTY #OUNCIL 4RADING 3TANDARDS STATED THAT hWHILE THE MAJORITY OF PRACTITIONERS OPERATE SAFELY AND WITHIN THE LAW WE WERE CONCERNED THAT THIS TRADE SECTOR WAS NOT BEING MONI TORED CLOSELY ENOUGH v 3HOPPERS HAVE BEEN WARNED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT BUYING HERBAL MEDICINE PRODUCTS AND TO CONSULT THEIR '0 ABOUT THE POTENTIAL DAMAGE THEY COULD CAUSE
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Sportspark  timing  confusion !LICE 'IBBS $EPUTY .EWS %DITOR +EITH .ICHOLLS $IRECTOR OF 0HYSICAL %DUCATION AND 3PORT OF THE 3PORTSPARK HAS TOLD #ONCRETE OF AN ONGOING DEBATE BETWEEN THE 3PORT SPARK AND THE 3TUDENT 5NION OVER TIME ALLOCATED TO STU DENTS AT THE FACILITIES -R .ICHOLLS SAID h4HE 5NION &INANCE /FlCER IS SUG GESTING THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN GIVING STUDENTS THEIR FULL EN TITLEMENT OF ACCESS TO THE 3PORTSPARK 7E ARE VERY DIS APPOINTED THAT OUR 3TUDENT 5NION SHOULD BE IMPLYING THAT WE ARE DEPRIVING OUR STU DENTS OF SOMETHING THEY ARE ENTITLED TO v 3PECIlC TIME ALLOCATED TO UNIVERSITY USE OF THE 3PORT SPARK WAS DECIDED IN IN RECOGNITION OF A CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION MADE BY 5%! EQUAL TO OF THE TOTAL COST OF THE SPORTS PROJECT )T WAS AGREED THAT THE 5NIVERSITY HAD THE RIGHT TO BOOK SPACE FOR EXCLUSIVE USE BY MEMBERS
OF THE 5NIVERSITY 4HE TOTAL NUMBER OF HOURS FOR STUDENT USE OF THE FACILITIES WAS DE TERMINED IN A CONSULTATION BETWEEN THE 3PORTSPARK AND THE 5NION 3PORTS /FlCER 4HIS TIME WAS TO BE USED FOR 5NION CLUBS :IGGURAT INTRA MURAL COMPETITION COACH ING COURSES HOME MATCHES OF LEAGUES STUDENT CLUBS WERE INVOLVED IN AND TEACHING RE QUIREMENTS OF THE 3CHOOL OF %DUCATION AND ,IFELONG ,EARNING
)N A STATEMENT TO #ON CRETE -R .ICHOLLS DEFENDED THE 3PORTSPARK S ALLOWANCE OF TIME TO STUDENTS (E SAID h&ROM THE OPENING OF THE 3PORTSPARK IN THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE TIME ALLOCATED TO UNIVERSITY USE HAS BEEN TAKEN UP v 2EFERENCING THE 4IMES 'UIDE TO HIGHER EDUCATION HE SAID h4HE 3PORT SPARK OFFERS STUDENTS AT 5%! THE BEST FACILITIES AND SERVICES OF ANY UNIVERSITY IN "RITAIN
7ITH :IGGURAT AND FREE CIRCUIT TRAINING CLASSES STUDENTS CAN PLAY SPORT WITHOUT CHARGE EVERY WEEK 4HOSE STUDENTS WHO CHOOSE NOT TO BE A MEMBER OF A 5NION CLUB CAN PROBABLY UNIQUELY IN A "RIT ISH UNIVERSITY BOOK A RECREA TIONAL GAME IN MOST SPORTS WITH FRIENDS IN MID WEEK EVENINGS v (E CONTINUED h!LL THE TIME OUTSIDE THAT ALLOCATED TO THE 5NIVERSITY IS AVAILABLE FOR USE ON AN OPEN BASIS AT
ALL TIMES BY ANYONE MEM BERS OF THE COMMUNITY INDI VIDUAL UNIVERSITY MEMBERS OR STUDENT CLUBS v (OWEVER -R .ICHOLLS STATEMENT DID NOT COMMENT DIRECTLY ON THE SUGGESTION THAT STUDENTS ARE NOT GETTING SUFlCIENT TIME THIS YEAR AS !NDREW *UDSON THE 3OCIETIES /FlCER COMMENTED h)T S ODD THAT -R .ICHOLLS DOES NOT FULLY EXPLAIN WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE GETTING THE TIME WE SHOULD ) HAVE NOT BEEN PRIVY TO EVERYTHING THE &INANCE /F lCER HAS BEEN DOING ON THIS ISSUE BUT ) UNDERSTAND HE HAS PUT A REQUEST IN UNDER THE &REEDOM OF )NFORMATION !CT TO SEE THE RELEVANT PAPERSv (OWEVER THE 3PORTS /F lCER *AMES 4URNER SAID h4HERE ARE NO ALLIGATIONS ;SIC= OF THAT SORT AT ALLv 7HEN #ONCRETE AP PROACHED THE #OMMUNICA TIONS /FlCER 2OWENA "OD DINGTON FOR THE DElNITIVE POSITION OF THE 5NION %X ECUTIVE SHE DECLINED TO COM MENT
Lectures  in  media ! SERIES OF LECTURERS BEING RUN BY ,OUISE ,AWRENCE OF THE %AST !NGLIAN &ILM !R CHIVE HAS BEEN PUT TOGETHER FOR 5%! AND .3!$ STUDENTS DURING THIS YEAR 4HE LECTURES COVER A RANGE OF TOPICS ASSOCIATED WITH CAREERS IN MOVING IM AGE MEDIA 3UBJECTS INCLUDE COPYRIGHT INTELLECTUAL PROP ERTY PROFESSIONAL SOUND RE CORDING FREELANCE SURVIVAL SCRIPT WRITING AND EDITING THEORY 4HE EVENTS ARE OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS INTERESTED IN MOVING IMAGE MEDIA 4HEY WILL BE TAKING PLACE ON THE TH /CTOBER TH AND ST .OVEMBER AND THE TH $ECEMBER 4HE SERIES WILL BRING TOP INDUSTRY TALENT IN THE FORM OF WORKSHOPS SEMINARS AND SPECIALIST TALKS ALL AIMED AT HELPING STUDENTS TO TAKE THOSE lRST STEPS THROUGH THE INDUSTRY DOORS &OR MORE DETAILS GO TO W W W F D M X C O U K W I R E D WEDNESDAYS
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Better  than  Moyles? 3PEAKING EXCLUSIVLY TO #ONCRETE 5%! S VERY OWN 'REG *AMES WHO WAS 3TATION -ANAGER OF ,IVEWIRE LAST YEAR TELLS US OF THE WONDERS THAT ARE LIFE AS 2ADIO S NEWEST $*
OF PEOPLE WHO WILL TRY TO PUT ME DOWN BUT YOU JUST HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT 9OU RE PUTTING YOURSELF UP ON A PLATFORM FOR PEOPLE TO THROW TOMATOES AT YOU BUT ) M GETTING USED TO IT 9OU CAN T BE LIKED BY EVE RYONE
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7HAT IS IT LIKE TO WORK AT 2ADIO
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7ORKING AT 2ADIO IS A DREAM FOR ME ) HAVE WANTED TO DO IT EVER SINCE ) CAUGHT THE RADIO BUG AT HOSPITAL RADIO WHEN ) WAS 4O BE ON THE SAME SCHEDULE AS #HRIS -OYLES 3COTT -ILLS ET AL AND TO DO SHOWS IN SUCH AN INSTITUTION IS INCREDIBLE
7HAT S IT LIKE TO BE PART OF A BIG COR PORATION $OES IT EVER LIMIT YOUR PLAY CHOICES
$O YOU WAKE UP SMILING AND KICKING YOURSELF
) HAVEN T HAD A MOMENT WHEN ) VE TAKEN IT FOR GRANTED AND ) NEVER WILL ) DON T THINK ) THINK THAT WHEN YOU DO IT S TIME TO GO ) FREQUENTLY WAKE UP AND JUST LAUGH ABOUT IT ALL BECAUSE IT HAS HAPPENED SO QUICKLY AND IT S ALL A BIT RIDIC ULOUS )T WOULD BE QUITE EASY TO GET AHEAD BUT ) VE BEEN GIVEN A JOB HERE SO THAT ) CAN GROW AND DEVELOP MY STYLE NOT BECAUSE ) M GONNA PILE ON MILLIONS OF LISTENERS IN STANTLY ) VE GOT A LOAD OF GOOD PEOPLE AROUND ME AND MY PRODUCER .EIL 3LOAN WHO IS EXCELLENT BY THE WAY WILL BE THE lRST ONE TO TAKE ME DOWN A PEG OR TWO
)S #HRIS -OYLES A RE ALLY NICE GUY #HRIS IS A REALLY NICE GUY 7E HAVEN T HAD MUCH OF A CHANCE TO CHAT MAINLY BECAUSE HE S ON STRAIGHT AFTER ME BUT HE IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY TALENTED
PRESENTER AND SOMEONE ) HAVE LOOKED UP TO EVER SINCE ) START ED LISTENING TO 2ADIO (E DOES HAVE A FEW DIGS AT ME ON AIR BUT IT S ALL HARMLESS 7ELL MOSTLY 3COTT HAS BEEN THE ONE ) VE CHATTED TO THE MOST HE S SUCH A NICE BLOKE AND HAS HELPED ME OUT A LOAD AS HE KNOWS WHAT IT S LIKE TO BE ON 2ADIO AT A YOUNG AGE AND HAS GIVEN ME ADVICE ON HOW TO COPE WITH IT ALL
(OW APART FROM HARD WORK DID YOU GET TO BE IN THIS PO SITION
(A 9OU ASK ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME AND THEY LL TELL YOU ) VE BEEN OBSESSED WITH ALL THINGS RADIO FOR A VERY LONG TIME ) M MY OWN WORST CRITIC AND ) REALLY BEAT MYSELF UP ABOUT THINGS WHEN THEY GO BADLY 4HERE ARE ) M SURE MANY PEOPLE WHO WOULD SAY
hOH HE DOESN T DESERVE ITv hHE SHOULD DO YEARS ON LOCAL RADIO lRSTv BUT REALLY WHAT DOES THAT MATTER 3OMEONE HIGH UP MUST HAVE SOME FAITH IN ME ) RECORDED EVERY STUDENT RADIO SHOW ) DID LISTENED BACK TO THEM AND THOUGHT OF WAYS TO IMPROVE ) M STILL DOING THAT NOW YOU HAVE TO OTHERWISE YOU BECOME COMPLACENT ) NEV ER THOUGHT THAT ) COULDN T DO SOMETHING THOUGH YOU HAVE TO HAVE SELF BELIEF WITHOUT BEING ARROGANT )F 9/5 DON T THINK YOU RE GOOD ENOUGH NO ONE WILL ) DID LOADS OF SHOWS ON ,IVEWIRE AT 5%! AND BECAME THE 3TATION -ANAGER LAST YEAR )T TOOK OVER MOST OF MY UNI VERSITY LIFE BUT IT WAS GREAT FUN &ROM THERE DURING THE HOLI DAYS ) MANAGED TO PURSUADE 'ALAXY 2ADIO TO GIVE ME SOME COVER SHIFTS 'ETTING THE &- EXPERIENCE WAS REALLY GOOD FOR ME ) WAS LUCKY IN THAT THE TIM ING WAS GOOD AND ) STAYED IN CONTACT WITH A COUPLE OF PEOPLE FROM THE STATION AND LET THEM KNOW HOW ) WAS GETTING ON BUT NO ONE JUST GIVES JOBS OUT
7HAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE BANDS OF THE MOMENT
7HAT S THE MOST EMBARRASSING #$ YOU VE EVER BOUGHT
-AXIMO 0ARK %NEMY 4HE 7OMBATS (OLLOWAYS +INGS OF ,EON 0IGEON $ETECTIVES &OO &IGHTERS
-R "LOBBY 4HEME 4UNE WAS MY lRST EVER SINGLE !LSO MY MUM BROUGHT BACK THE 3TEPS ALBUM ONCE AS SHE GOT IT FREE WITH HER "OOTS !DVANTAGE #ARD POINTS
7HAT WOULD BE THE BEST lVE TRACK RUN TO PLAY AT THE ,#2 TO GET PEOPLE DANC ING
!HHH WHAT A QUESTION IN THIS ORDER THESE WOULD BE THE LAST OF THE NIGHT +ILLERS 3OMEBODY 4OLD -E OR -R "RIGHTSIDE &EDDE ,E 'RANDE 0UT 9OUR (ANDS 5P FOR $ETROIT &OO &IGHTERS !LL -Y ,IFE . 4RANCE 3ET 9OU &REE &EEDER "UCK 2OGERS ) CHALLENGE ANYONE NOT TO GO MENTAL AT THESE
(OW MUCH BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS DID IT TAKE TO GET WHERE YOU ARE TODAY "LOOD NOT MUCH SWEAT A LOT DUE TO THE STRESS LEVELS 4EARS 7ELL ) VE CRIED MORE IN THESE LAST FEW MONTHS THAN ) EVER HAVE DONE ) D BE LYING IF ) SAID ) M NOT FEELING THE PRES SURE A BIT IT IS BY NO MEANS AN EASY JOB BUT IT S PART OF IT ) VE HAD MOMENTS OF ABSOLUTE JOY AND SOME REAL LOWS TOO BUT AS ) VE SAID ) HAVE SOME BRILLIANT PEOPLE AROUND ME TO SORT ME OUT 4HERE ARE A LOT
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4O BE PART OF THE GREATEST BROADCASTING COMPANY IN THE WORLD IS INCREDIBLE 4HE ""# IS WORLD RENOWNED AND GREATLY RESPECTED 4HE GREAT THING ABOUT 2ADIO IS IT WILL ALLOW ME TO BE REALLY CREA TIVE #OMMERCIAL RADIO HAS ITS LIMITATIONS DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT IS MONEY MAKING 2ADIO S ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO CREATE ENTERTAINING RADIO AND THAT IS THE TRUMP CARD IT HAS OVER THE COMPETITORS
7HAT ARE YOUR TOP MEMORIES OF 5%! ROMANTIC TRYSTS AND BINGE DRINKING AL LOWED
4HE LAKE THE ,#2 ONE VERY DRUNKEN RIDICULOUS S NIGHT AT ,AVA NOW SHUT DOWN ) VE BEEN TOLD 7ALKING ROUND KNOWING EVERYONE THE AMAZING BANDS THAT SHOW UP THE OUTRAGEOUS PRICES OF THE 5&/ :EST 4HE LIBRARY WHO CHARGED ME A a lNE FOR THREE BOOKS AND THE HI LARIOUS QUEUE THAT FORMED AT THE )4 HELPDESK THE DAY REG ISTRATION CHANGED TO ONLINE
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Young people “de- Lager Lifeguards: rescue your friends pendant” on mobiles !LICE 'IBBS $EPUTY .EWS %DITOR ! LEADING PARAMEDIC IS CALL ING FOR STUDENTS TO ACT AS hLA GER LIFEGUARDSv AND LOOK OUT FOR THEIR FRIENDS WHEN OUT DRINKING 3TEVE %VANS A PARAMEDIC OF YEARS WHO WORKS WITH THE @+NOW 9OUR ,IMITS CAM PAIGN HAS ISSUED ADVICE ON WHAT TO DO IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS BECAUSE SOME STUDENTS ARE POTENTIALLY RISK ING THE HEATH AND SAFETY OF THEMSELVES AND THOSE AROUND THEM (E SAID h-ANY STUDENTS DRINK HEAVILY FOR THE lRST TIME WHEN THEY GO TO UNI VERSITY AND JUST DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEIR LIMITS ARE ,AGER LIFEGUARDS WHO KNOW WHAT TO DO IF THEY SEE SOMEONE IN TROUBLE ARE ESSENTIAL )T CAN BE A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH v 4HE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH NOT KNOWING YOUR ALCOHOL LIMIT ARE EVIDENT ACCORDING TO (OME /FlCE STATISTICS EIGHT OUT OF TEN PEDESTRIAN
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DEATHS ON &RIDAY AND 3ATUR DAY NIGHTS ARE DRINK RELATED )N THE PAST YEAR MORE THAN HALF OF THE YEAR OLDS SURVEYED FOR @+NOW 9OUR ,IM ITS ADMITTED THAT DRINKING TOO MUCH HAD RUINED THEIR EVENING /NE IN lVE MEN IN THE AGE GROUP SAID THEY HAVE INJURED THEMSELVES BY ACT ING RECKLESSLY AFTER DRINKING WHILE ONE IN FOUR WOMEN IN THE GROUP FELT THEY HAD PUT THEIR OWN SAFETY AT RISK BY WALKING HOME ON THEIR OWN AFTER A NIGHT OUT
-R %VANS SAID h-Y COL LEAGUES AND ) HAVE SEEN A BIG RISE IN THE NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO DRINK THEMSELVES UNCONSCIOUS n MANY OF THEM CHOKE ON THEIR OWN VOMIT AF TER BEING LEFT BY FRIENDS 4HIS IS SO EASY TO PREVENT )F SOME ONE IN YOUR GROUP REALLY IS WORSE FOR WEAR MAKE SURE THEY GET HOME SAFELY v (E ADDED h2EMEMBER IT S OFTEN THE QUIET ONES WHO NEED YOUR HELP MOST v !MA 5ZOWURU .53 VICE PRESIDENT COMMENTED THAT
h)T IS IMPORTANT THAT STUDENTS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO ENJOY THEMSELVES AND TAKE TIME OUT TO SOCIALISE AS ANY YOUNG PER SON WOULD .53 DOES RECOG NISE THAT SOME STUDENTS CAN SUFFER FROM ALCOHOL RELATED PROBLEMS LIKE ANY NON STU DENT AND AS A RESULT WE SUP PORT CAMPAIGNS TO ALERT STU DENTS TO THE DANGERS OF BINGE DRINKING v 5%! STUDENTS REMAIN DI VIDED ON THE MATTER /NE UN DERGRADUATE COMMENTED ON WHAT HE SAW AS THE FRUITLESS NESS OF THE ALCOHOL ADVICE (E SAID h$RINKING IS PART OF BEING A STUDENT )T S THE SOCIAL BACKGROUND TO UNIVERSITY LIFE ) DO NOT KNOW ANYONE WHO DOES NOT TRY TO GET LEGLESS WHEN THEY GO OUT v (OWEVER ANOTHER STU DENT COMMENTED h0EOPLE FORGET THE AMOUNT OF UNITS THEY DRINK AND EVENINGS CAN GET MESSY ) WOULD NEVER ABANDON MY FRIENDS BUT SEE PEOPLE SLUMPED IN THE GUT TER OUTSIDE NIGHT CLUBS ALL THE TIME BY THEMSELVES v
!LICE 'IBBS $EPUTY .EWS %DITOR 9OUNG PEOPLE WOULD BE MORE WILLING TO GO WITHOUT ALCOHOL CHOCOLATE AND SEX FOR HOURS THAN THEIR MO BILE PHONE !CCORDING TO NEW RE SEARCH COMISSIONED BY ,).+ YEAR OLDS ARE ALMOST AS DEPENDENT ON THEIR MO BILE PHONE AS THEY ARE ON CASH TWO ITEMS THAT THE AGE GROUP SEE AS BASIC NECESSITIES /UT OF ADULTS POLLED PER CENT STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT SURVIVE WITHOUT THEIR MOBILE PHONE 4HE VI TAL ITEM REGISTERED HIGH ON THE STUDENT SURVIVAL KIT RATED SECOND ONLY TO THE TOOTH BRUSH AHEAD OF OTHER ESSEN TIALS LIKE DEODERANT AND CLEAN UNDERWEAR 4HE POLL WAS CONDUCTED TO RAISE AWARENESS OF MOBILE PHONE TOP UP FACILITIES AT CASH MACHINES 'RAHAM -OTT HEAD OF PLANNING AND DEVEL OPMENT AT ,).+ SAID h#ASH MACHINES NOW PROVIDE A ONE
STOP SHOP TO TOP UP YOUR PHONE AND WITHDRAW CASH 4HIS QUICK AND EASY SERVICE IS AVAILABLE AT ANY TIME OF THE DAY FROM ANY CASH MACHINE DISPLAYING THE GREEN TOP UP LOGO AT OVER CASH MA CHINES ACROSS THE 5+ v 0HONE TOP UPS AT CASH MACHINES ARE ESTIMATED TO REACH MILLION A MONTH AND IT S NOT HARD TO SEE WHY STUDENTS PREFER THAT MODE OF TOP UP TO ANY OTHER !N UN DERGRADUATE SAID h)T IS THE EASIEST AND FASTEST WAY TO TOP UP ) WOULD BE LOST WITHOUT MY MOBILE v
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No platform? No thanks 2ICHARD 2EYNOLDS .EWS %DITOR &OR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON T KNOW @NO PLATFORM IS THE POLICY OF THE .53 THAT ALLOWS THEM TO BAN GROUPS THEY DEEM @FASCIST SUCH AS THE ".0 AND (IZB UT 4AHRIR FROM THEIR AN NUAL #ONFERENCE AND NOT TO ENGAGE IN ANY PUBLIC DEBATES WITH THEM )NDEED THE .53 ALSO SEEMS TO FEEL THE NEED TO RUN AROUND THE COUNTRY TRYING TO STOP ANY DEBATE THEY DON T LIKE GOING ON AT ALL @.O PLATFORM IS A WONDER FUL PIECE OF TECHNICAL JARGON 4HE GREAT THING ABOUT TECHNI CAL JARGON IS THAT IT CAN HIDE SOMETHING QUITE DIFFERENT BE HIND AN INNOCUOUS TERM &OR EXAMPLE hEXTRAORDINARY REN DITIONv THE 53 GOVERNMENT S POLICY OF KIDNAP AND USE OF TORTURE IN THE WAR ON TERROR OF COURSE THEY LET OTHER COUNTRIES GET THEIR HANDS DIRTY ON THAT BIT !LTERNATIVELY hCRIMES AGAINST THE PEOPLEv ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING THE OVERTHROW ING OF A TYRANT @.O PLATFORM IT SOUNDS SO MUCH BETTER THAN @BANNING FREE SPEECH 4HE DECISION OF 5NION #OUNCIL ON 4HURSDAY TH /CTOBER MADE A BOLD AND COURAGEOUS STAND DEMON STRATING THEIR BELIEF IN THE PRO GRESSIVE POWER OF FREE DEBATE AND DEMOCRACY 4HEY VOTED NARROWLY TO BECOME POSSIBLY
THE lRST STUDENT UNION EVER TO BELIEVE IN AND CAMPAIGN FOR FREE SPEECH AS ABSOLUTELY AS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE LAW 4HE ARGUMENTS IN FAVOUR OF @NO PLATFORM COME FROM A NUMBER OF GROUPS 3OME SEE THE STUDENT UNION MOVE MENT AS NO MORE THAN A HUGE SUPPORT GROUP OTHERS REALLY DO SEEM TO BELIEVE THIS IS @AS
h4HOSE WHO ARE POLITICAL AND ARE APOLOGISTS FOR @NO PLATFORM ARE EITHER DELUDED OR HYPOCRITICALv GOOD AS IT GETS AND SO THERE IS NO NEED FOR COMPLETELY FREE DEBATE (OWEVER THERE ARE OTHERS YET ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THE HIGHER ECHELONS OF THE .53 WHO CYNICALLY mEE FROM TRULY lGHTING FOR WHAT THEY BE LIEVE 3AYING hNO PLATFORM FOR FASCISTS v SOUNDS SO GOOD THEY THINK NO ONE WILL ASK h7AIT A SECOND SURELY WE HAVE TO TAKE THEM ON NOT JUST BAN THEM v 7ELL 5%! S STUDENTS JUST DID THE LATTER 4HE LEADERS OF THE
.53 ARE NOTHING MORE THAN MORAL COWARDS 3OME @NO PLATFORM APOLO GISTS ARGUE FROM THE lRST POSI TION THEY IN ERROR JUST WANT TO BE NICE )T S EASY TO FORGET POLITICS IS NOT AND NEVER SHOULD BE @NICE )T SHOULD BE WHERE COMPLETELY DIFFER ENT IDEAS REGARDING HOW OUR SOCIETY SHOULD WORK CAN BE DISCUSSED AND DEBATED $IS CUSSION SHOULD BE A REPLACE MENT FOR STREET lGHTING NOT AN ELABORATE SUPPORT GROUP WHERE TECHNOCRATS CAN CHECK THEIR DECISIONS ARE NOT CAUS ING PROBLEMS &REE SPEECH CANNOT BE SOMETHING GIVEN AND TAKEN AWAY !S LONG AS .53 FEELS IT CAN @NO PLATFORM SOME GROUPS NONE OF US ARE FREE 7E ARE UNDER LICENCE TO SPEAK ONLY FROM A POSITION THAT THE .53 EXECUTIVE DOES NOT lND TOO OFFENSIVE @.O PLATFORM WAS USED A FEW YEARS AGO BY 5%! S 5NION TO BAN AN ISSUE OF #ONCRETE THAT INCLUDED AN INTERVIEW WITH A MEMBER OF THE ".0 )N MY VIEW THE STUDENTS OF 5%! ARE ADULTS AND CAN COPE WITH READING THINGS THEY lND ABHORRENT ) M GLAD THE 5N ION NOW ALSO BELIEVES THIS OF ITS MEMBERS 4HOSE WHO ARE POLITICAL AND ARE APOLOGISTS FOR @NO PLATFORM ARE EITHER DELUDED OR HYPOCRITICAL 4HE MANIPU
LATION PERVERSION AND SIMPLE IRRELEVANCE IN THEIR ARGUMENTS PROVIDE A BETTER CARICATURE THAN ANY SATIRIST COULD 3OME SAY THAT #ONFERENCE COULD BE TAKEN OVER BY FASCIST GROUPS 7ELL ONLY IF STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY VOTED FOR THEM 4HE MOST EMOTIVE ARGU MENT APOLOGISTS PROVIDE FOR @NO PLATFORM IS THAT THEY WANT
h3OME ARGUE PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT NOT TO BE OFFENDED ABUSED OR INSULTED 4HEY DON Tv TO PROVIDE A @SAFE SPACE FOR THE VARIOUS WOMEN S ,'"4 "LACK 3TUDENTS DISABLED AND ANY NUMBER OF OTHER STUDENT GROUPS THAT MIGHT BE SCARED OR INTIMIDATED BY THE PRESENCE OF BIGOTS AT #ONFERENCE 7ELL JUST AS THE MOTION POINTED OUT WOMEN ,'"4 ETHNIC MINORITIES AND SO FORTH CAN STAND UP FOR THEIR OWN RIGHTS AND BELIEFS AND SHOULD EASILY BE ABLE TO ARGUE DOWN IN AL LIANCE WITH THE REST OF US THE
Talk The Talk %MMELINE 3AUNDERS /PINIONS %DITOR DRIVEL THAT GROUPS LIKE THE ".0 AND (IZB UT 4AHRIR SPOUT 3OME ARGUE PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT NOT TO BE OFFENDED ABUSED OR INSULTED 4HEY DON T 3UCH A RIGHT IS A FAR MORE PO LITICALLY DANGEROUS IDEA THAN ANYTHING THE ".0 IS ABLE TO COME UP WITH NOWADAYS )F IT WERE TRUE ALL POLITICS AND DEBATE WOULD BE CASTRATED 0OLITENESS MIGHT BE PLEASANT BUT IT IS CERTAINLY NOT A RIGHT 3OMETIMES BEING IMPOLITE IS NECESSARY FOR EXAMPLE RACISTS ARE BAD PEOPLE AND SHOULD BE TOLD SO .EARLY ANYONE WOULD AGREE SO WHY SHOULD WE THINK WE HAVE A RIGHT NOT TO BE OFFENDED )T IS IN FACT A SIGN OF AN UNDERLYING OUTDATED AND DEEPLY PATRONISING IDEA THAT THESE GROUPS NEED SOME SORT OF SPECIAL PROTECTION 7E ARE ALL EQUAL .OW THE STUDENTS OF 5%! HAVE RESOLVED THAT WE SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH NOT HAVING SOME OF US WRAPPED IN COTTON WOOL AND TREATED LIKE DELICATE CHILDREN )T IS BY NO MEANS LIKELY THAT THE .53 WILL CHANGE ITS POSITION EVEN WITH 5%! S REPRESENTATIVES TO THEIR #ON FERENCE ARGUING OUR NEW POSI TION "UT IT IS STILL A MAJOR STEP FORWARD THAT SOMEONE OTHER THAN THE LAST RECESSES OF THE MOST DISGUSTING ASPECTS OF THE POLITICAL RIGHT IS CLAIMING BACK THE MANTLE OF FREE SPEECH
)S ANYONE ELSE LEFT STONE COLD SOBER BY NATIONAL SPORTING EVENTS 7RITING THIS IN THE 2ED "AR FOUR HOURS BEFORE WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE *UDGE MENT $AY OF THE SPORTING WORLD ) THINK ) MUST BE THE ONLY ONE NOT GRIPPED IN THE SWEATY FEVER OF SPORADIC PA TRIOTISM 7HY SHOULD ) FEEL PROUD OF A NATION IN WHICH THROUGH NO FAULT OR CHOICE OF MY OWN ) FOUND MYSELF BORN ) FEEL NO ALLEGIANCE TO IT WHATSOEVER ) DON T EXPERIENCE THE SEMI ORGASMIC DIP IN THE STOMACH THAT SOME PEOPLE CLAIM TO FEEL WHEN THEY SPOT A WHITE mAG VIOLENTLY EMBLAZONED WITH THE RED CROSS mYING MA LICIOUSLY FROM THE ROOF OF A 6AUXHALL .OVA ) M NOT AGAINST PEOPLE FOLLOWING THE TEAM OF THEIR CHOICE BUT WHEN THE PLETH ORA OF RUGBY RELATED NEWS STORIES STARTS OVERSHADOWING MORE IMPORTANT EVENTS SUCH AS THE NOT SO TRIUMPHANT RE TURN OF "ENAZIR "HUTTO TO HER POLITICALLY RAVAGED 0AKISTAN OR THE FACT THAT A @SERIES OF ER RORS LED TO NUCLEAR WARHEADS BEING mOWN OVER THE LENGTH OF THE 53 THIS IS WHEN ) GET IRRITATED BY SPORT !H WELL ,OOKS AS IF %NG LAND ARE OUT OF THE %URO #UP NEXT YEAR !LTHOUGH ) DON T WANT TO SPEAK TOO SOON n THOSE PESKY SPORTS lENDS ALWAYS lND A WAY TO THRUST THEIR BALLS AROUND
Concrete Debate: OTC at SocMart )N THIS WEEK S #ONCRETE DEBATE WE EXAMINE LAST YEAR S DECISION TO BAN THE /FlCER 4RAINING #ORPS FROM RECRUITING AT 3OC-ART *USTINE 7ALLIS ARGUES THE BAN WAS JUST AND !LEX 0ARTRIDGE ADVOCATES BRINGING BACK OUR BOYS IN UNIFORM *USTINE 7ALLIS /PINIONS 7RITER 7HILE WRITING THIS ) AM FORCED TO ADMIT SOMETHING IN TRYING TO BACK THE RECENT ATTEMPT TO BAN THE /FlCER 4RAINING #ORPS FROM 3OC -ART ) lND MYSELF DEFENDING AN INDEFENSIBLE POSITION ,AST YEAR A MOTION WAS BROUGHT TO 5NION #OUNCIL TO BAN THE /FlCER 4RAINING #ORPS FROM CAMPUS ON ACCOUNT OF ITS DISCRIMINATION )MAGINE MY SURPRISE TO lND ON SPEAK ING TO A MEMBER OF 5NION #OUNCIL THAT THE MAIN AC CUSATION PUT FORWARD IN THE MEETING WAS THAT THE !RMY DISCRIMINATES AGAINST PEOPLE WITH FACIAL HAIR (OWEVER 3IKHS AND OTHER SOLDIERS WHO HAVE RELIGIOUS CONCERNS CAN ALREADY GET SPECIAL DISPENSA TION 4HIS RIDICULOUS MOTION WAS QUICKLY KNOCKED DOWN
BY ITS OPPONENTS &ORCED TO CHANGE TACK HALFWAY THROUGH THE MEETING THE PROPOSERS WERE LEFT TO MOAN WEAKLY ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE /4# WAS NOT TECHNICALLY A SOCIETY AND THEREFORE COULD NOT PAR TICIPATE 4HIS SHOWS THAT THE LEVEL OF POINTLESS BUREAUCRACY WITHIN THE 3TUDENTS 5NION HAS REACHED UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS 4HERE ARE GENUINE CONCERNS TO BE RAISED ABOUT THE PRESENCE OF THE !RMY IN OUR UNIVERSITY 4HE !RMY DOES PRACTICE DISCRIMINATION WHY WASN T THE POINT MADE ABOUT THE CONTINUING HARASS MENT OF ,'"4 MEMBERS IN THE &ORCES DESPITE THE DECI SION IN TO lNALLY ADMIT MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY 7HERE WAS THE DISCUSSION OF THE GENERAL LAX ATTITUDE OF THE !RMY TOWARDS BULLYING WITH THEIR LATEST PAMPHLET FOR SERV
ING SOLDIERS STATING THE OBVI OUS h$ON T BULLY OR HARASS ANYBODYv )T BECOMES CLEAR THAT THE !RMY CONTINUES TO BE SATISlED WITH MAKING THE LEAST EFFORT POSSIBLE TO COM PLY WITH EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES LEGISLATION 4HERE ARE WIDER CONCERNS )N WHAT OTHER SITUATIONS WOULD OUR ETHICALLY AWARE 5NION LET A SOCIETY EXIST THAT ACCEPTS KILLING 4HE DEATHS OF SOLDIERS IN COMBAT MAY BE CLASSED AS @NECESSARY WITHIN THE MILITARY BUT IT IS CERTAINLY QUESTIONABLE WHETHER THE PRESENCE OF THE ARMED FORCES IS ACCEPTABLE ON OUR CAMPUS #ERTAINLY IT IS CLEAR THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE TO BE DE BATED HERE ) AM JUST DISAP POINTED TO CONCLUDE THAT IN ITS PROPOSAL TO BAN THE /4# FROM 3OC-ART THE MO TION PRESENTED TO THE 5NION MISSED IT
!LEX 0ARTRIDGE /PINIONS 7RITER )F 3PIDERMAN TAUGHT US ANY THING IT S THAT WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT RESPON SIBILITY .O ONE WOULD EVER SUGGEST THE 3TUDENT 5NION HOLDS @GREAT POWER AND IF ANY OF THEM CAN CLIMB UP BUILDINGS AND SPIN WEBS THEY RE KEEPING IT VERY QUI ET BUT THEY CERTAINLY HAVE SOME POWER IN MINOR ISSUES AFFECTING STUDENTS .ORMALLY THEIR DIKTATS SLIP UNDER THE RADAR ONLY OCCASIONALLY DOES THE NOR MAL STUDENT NOTICE WHAT THEY RE UP TO 2EMEMBER THE BANNING OF #OKE /NLY VAGUELY .OW THE 5NION IS EM BROILED IN ANOTHER BANNING FURORE THAT OF THE APPARENT BANNING OF THE ARMED FORC ES /FlCER 4RAINING #ORPS
FROM RECRUITING AT 3OC-ART 7HAT IS THE OFlCIAL REA SON FOR THE BAN /RIGINALLY THE 5NION OBJECTED TO THE ARMED FORCES DISCRIMINATORY ATTITUDE TOWARDS HOMOSEXU ALS 3INCE OPENLY GAY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO SERVE IN THE MILITARY SO THE 5NION HAD TO LET THEM BACK IN 4HEY SEARCHED FOR ANOTHER REASON TO KEEP THE ARMY OUT #URRENTLY THEY ARE BANNED BECAUSE OF THEIR DISCRIMINATORY ATTITUDE TO WARDS PEOPLE WITH FACIAL HAIR EVEN THOUGH THOSE WHO HAVE TO GROW BEARDS FOR RELIGIOUS REASONS LIKE 3IKHS ARE GIVEN SPECIAL DISPENSA TION 7HY DON T THE 5NION LAY OUT THE REAL REASONS FOR THEIR BAN WHATEVER THEY MAY BE 7HY NOT ADMIT THAT ONCE AGAIN PERSONAL POLITICAL BE LIEFS HAVE GOT IN THE WAY OF
ADMINISTRATING THE 5NION 4HE 5NION S OPINION ON THE /FlCER 4RAINING #ORPS IS IRRELEVANT WE SHOULD BE TRUSTED TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS FOR OURSELVES -OST OF US KNOW THAT JOIN ING THE ARMED FORCES MAY RE SULT IN BEING SENT TO )RAQ TO DODGE )%$S AND INSURGENTS ) ASSUME THOSE WHO JOIN UP ARE AWARE OF THIS FACT TOO 7E DON T NEED PROTECTING THE BAD ARMY MEN AREN T GO ING TO HOODWINK US ALL INTO SIGNING UP TO DIE IN 'EORGE "USH S OIL WARS IF THE 5NION TURNS ITS BACK FOR TWO SEC ONDS 4HE ARMED FORCES ARE JUST AS VALID A CAREER PATH AS ANY OF THE OTHER COMPANIES AND AGENCIES THAT RECRUIT GRADU ATES AND THEY SHOULD BE AL LOWED TO RECRUIT AT 5NION EVENTS ON THAT BASIS ALONE
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Smelly hippies 0AUL 7ELLS /PINIONS 7RITER 4HE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE IS EVERYWHERE THESE DAYS /VER THE LAST FEW YEARS IT HAS SWEPT INTO THE MAINSTREAM )T IS A SHAME THAT THE SAME CANNOT BE SAID FOR ALL ITS ADVOCATES 'REEN ISSUES ARE FAST BE COMING ENTRENCHED INTO THE CENTRE OF POLITICS WITH ALL THREE OF THE MAIN PARTIES JOUSTING OVER THEIR VARYING GREEN CREDENTIALS 4HIS IS NOT ENOUGH HOWEVER FOR SOME IN THE GREEN MOVEMENT 4HE GREEN MOVEMENT HAS MANY SENSIBLE PEOPLE WITHIN IT BUT IT ALSO HAS A lRM PU
RITANICAL TENDENCY )T IS THIS NEW AGE 0URITANISM WE MUST RESIST )NDEED 0URITANISM IS NOT AN IDLY USED PHRASE THE TWO MOVEMENTS HAVE DElNITE PARALLELS 4HE 0URITANS IN THE TH TH CENTURY WERE CON VINCED THAT THE WORLD WAS COMING TO AN END 4HE PER FECT SOCIETY 'OD S +INGDOM ON %ARTH NEEDED TO BE BUILT QUICKLY AND THEY SET ABOUT DOING SO 4HEY ARGUED THAT SOCIETY WAS mAWED AS IT LACKED A DEEP CONNECTION WITH 'OD AND SET ABOUT ATTEMPTING TO FORCE PEOPLE INTO BEHAVING AS GOOD #HRISTIANS 5NSURPRIS INGLY THIS ENDED IN DISASTER 4HE 0URITANS COULD NOT AC
CEPT COMPROMISE .OWADAYS THERE ARE GREENS WHO SIMPLY WON T ACCEPT WHAT THEY SEE AS HALF MEASURES IN TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE 4O THEM IT IS NOT GREENHOUSE GASSES WHICH CAUSE GLOBAL WARMING BUT FUNDAMENTALLY HUMAN SOCIETY 4HEY HARK BACK TO A MYTHICAL GOLDEN AGE JUST AS THE 0URITANS DID TO THE EARLY CHURCH !T LEAST THE 0URITANS COULD COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE GREENS CAN T !LL HUMAN HISTORY HAS ELEMENTS WHICH HAVE BEEN DETRIMENTAL TO THE ABSTRACT CONCEPT OF NATURE &ARMERS IN THE NINTH CENTURY WERE NEVER IN HARMONY WITH
NATURE .OR WERE THEY IN THE SIXTH )N SEARCH OF A POINT OF COMPARISON GREENS TRAVEL EVER FURTHER BACK UNTIL HU MAN CIVILISATION CEASES TO BE RECORDED 4HIS IS WHERE THE GREEN UTOPIA LIES &ACED WITH A FALSE CHOICE BETWEEN TODAY S SOCIETY AND A MYTHICAL GREEN UTOPIA RATION ALITY GOES OUT OF THE WINDOW TO MAKE ROOM FOR NIHILISTIC IDEOLOGY 4HIS LEADS GREENS TO REJECT EVERYTHING WHICH IS GOOD ABOUT SOCIETY 4HEY BE COME ANTI PROGRESS 4WENTY YEARS AGO IF YOU HATED SOCI ETY YOU BECAME A 4ROT SOME STILL DO JUST AS SOME PEOPLE STILL RIDE 0ENNY &ARTHINGS
4HESE DAYS YOU WOULD PROB ABLY BECOME A GREEN %VERY TIME A POLITI CIAN TRIES TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE INEVITABLY SOME STRANGE HEMP WEARING SOCIO PATH LOOMS UP FROM THE UN DERGROWTH PROCLAIMING THAT TAXING X S IS NOT ENOUGH 3ENSIBLE POLICIES WILL NEVER GO FAR ENOUGH FOR MADMEN 4HEY SHOULDN T BE ALLOWED TO CONFUSE THE ISSUE )T MUST BE ASSERTED THAT WE CAN HAVE A STRONG AND GREEN ECONOMY 4HEY ARE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLU SIVE 0OLITICIANS SHOULD ADOPT ENVIRONMENT ISSUES BUT NOT THE IDEOLOGICAL BAGGAGE THAT COMES WITH IT
,ABOUR S AND MORE SPE CIlCALLY "ROWN S POPULARITY HAS SERIOUSLY EBBED SINCE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THERE WOULD BE NO ELECTION MADE THREE WEEKENDS AGO 4HE STATE EDUCATED MINISTER S SON REPRESENTED FOR LEFT LEANING PEOPLE A BREAK FROM THE SPIN AND @CENTRE GROUND OBSESSION OF 4ONY "LAIR -ANY VIEWED IT AS A VICTORY OF INTELLIGENCE OVER CHARISMA (OWEVER THE PRINCIPLES AND POLITICAL APTITUDE THAT SET "ROWN APART WERE SERIOUSLY CALLED INTO QUESTION 7HILE THE GOVERNMENT LICKS ITS WOUNDS AND TRIES TO REGAIN ITS POLITICAL AUTHOR ITY WE HAVE TO SUFFER ENDLESS COVERAGE OF SMARMY 4ORIES EXULTING IN HIS HUMILIATION #AMERON FELL BACK ON HIS
SUPPOSEDLY REJECTED @0UNCH AND *UDY STYLE OF POLITICS FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEK S 0-1S 4HESE EXCHANGES WHICH CLOSELY RESEMBLED THE NAME CALLING PRACTICES OF LITTLE BOYS IN THE PLAYGROUND ARE A PER FECT EXAMPLE OF WHY MANY PEOPLE SEEM SO PUT OFF BY MAINSTREAM POLITICS &URTHER MORE THE 4ORIES EXPLOITATION OF "ROWN S CHANGE OF MIND IS HIGHLY IRONIC GIVEN THEIR RE CENT DEBACLES OVER GRAMMAR SCHOOLS AND REJECTION OF PRO POSED GREEN POLICES 3O THE HONEYMOON IS OVER (OWEVER ALL THIS BAD PRESS MAY JUST FORCE ,ABOUR TO PROVE WHAT MARKS THEM OUT FROM THE 4ORIES 5NLESS OF COURSE THEY CONTINUE WITH THEIR CRINGE WORTHY STRATEGY OF STEALING 4ORY POLICIES
Brown the Bottler? (ANNAH / 'RADY /PINIONS 7RITER &OR PEOPLE WHO KNOW ME THE IDEA OF ME AGREEING WITH ANYTHING THE 4ORY 0ARTY MIGHT HAVE TO SAY IS ABOUT AS LIKELY AS THE SECOND COMING OF *E SUS BEING STAGED AT .ORWICH #ITY S MATCH AT #ARROW 2OAD LAST 3ATURDAY 7ELL IT MIGHT BE TIME TO DUST OFF THE ROSARY BEADS BECAUSE ) HAVE TO CON CEDE THAT CALLING OFF THE ELEC TION WAS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE OF 'ORDON "ROWN S CAREER TO DATE -Y ARGUMENT IS NOT THAT IT WAS CONSTITUTIONALLY NECES SARY 4HE ,ABOUR 0ARTY WAS GIVEN A CLEAR MANDATE WHEN IT WAS VOTED IN IN (OWEVER ) BELIEVE IT WAS A SERIOUS TACTICAL ERROR NOT TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CURRENT POLITICAL CLIMATE )T IS QUITE POSSIBLE TO AR GUE THAT THE SUCCESS OF THE 4ORY CONFERENCE WAS REA SON ENOUGH TO HOLD OFF 9ET SHORT TERM SURGES IN THE POLLS WOULD HAVE BEEN QUICKLY FORGOTTEN IN THE SIX WEEKS OF CAMPAIGNING ,ABOUR HAD IN ITS HANDS THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE !N AUTUMN ELECTION WOULD HAVE CAPITALISED ON THEIR HIGH LEVELS OF POPULAR ITY AND BEEN OVER BEFORE THE 4ORY MACHINE HAD A CHANCE TO GEAR UP ,ORD !SHCROFT AND THE OTHER 4ORY @SUGAR DADDIES WOULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED FROM EMPTING THEIR BANK AC COUNTS INTO THE KEY MARGIN ALS REMOVING THE OPPORTU NITY FOR THE #ONSERVATIVES TO BUY AN ADVANTAGE )N FACT
ONE SENIOR 4ORY WAS QUOTED AS SAYING h"ROWN MAY NOT REALISE IT BUT HE SAVED $AV
ID S LEADERSHIPv ADMITTING THEY WOULD HAVE hLOST BADLYv IF "ROWN HAD CALLED A SNAP ELECTION
h.OTHING VENTURED NOTHING GAINED v $AN ATTEMPTED TO REASSURE BOTH HIMSELF AND #HRIS WHILST DRAGGING UP SOME $UTCH COURAGE .EITHER WERE SHY OF TRYING SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND THAT EVENING WAS NO EXCEPTION (AVING @MET A GIRL ONLINE $AN HAD ORGANIZED A DOUBLE DATE WITH #HRIS ACTING AS HIS WINGMAN !T SOME STAGE OF THE NIGHT ONE OF THE GIRLS INVITED EVERYONE BACK TO HER PLACE TO @PARTY !T THIS POINT A RATHER INEBRIATED $AN HIGH lVED #HRIS AT THE EXPECTED OUTCOME 9ET ON ARRIVAL AT THE STU DIO THE COUPLES HAD TO TAKE IT IN TURN TO USE THE BED AS THE SOFA DIDN T PULL OUT 4HE TWO BLOKES FOUND THEIR PROX IMITY RATHER OFF PUTTING THE GRUNTS AND BODILY NOISES DIDN T HELP EITHER ONE CON CENTRATE ON THEIR @DEED AS THE RESIDENT CAT FELT DEEPLY NEGLECTED AND DEMANDED AT TENTION ,AST 4ANGO IN 0ARIS IT MOST DElNITELY WAS NOT #OME MORNING IN THE FULL LIGHT OF DAY AND SOBER THE LADS BOTH REALISED THAT THE END HAD NOT JUSTIlED THE MEANS IN THE SLIGHTEST 4HEY DID NOT FEEL LIKE WINNERS ES PECIALLY AS THE BEER GOGGLES HAD BEEN ON TO FULL EFFECT ) WAS REMINDED OF $AN AND #HRIS S EVENTFUL EVENING WHILST ASSESSING THE OPIN ION POLLS OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS )T MIGHT BE TEMPT ING TO mIRT WITH THE IDEA OF TRYING SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY SUCH AS VOTING FOR THE 4ORIES (OWEVER IT WOULD BE A MONUMENTAL MISTAKE 4HEIR POMPOUS LEADER PRO MOTES A RETURN TO FAMILY VAL UES 7HAT LIKE HIS ! NUCLEAR FAMILY SITTING IN A 'EORGIAN TOWNHOUSE IN &ULHAM AS THE MAID BRINGS IN FOIS GRAS AND BELLINIS 'REEN #ONSERVA TISM -ORE LIKE @DO AS ) SAY NOT AS ) DO AS HE mIES TO #ALI FORNIA 4HE ROTUND DOUR 3COTS MAN IS SKATING ON THIN ICE THE IDEAL TIME TO OFFER A JAB (OWEVER THIS PREENING 0RIME -INISTER WANNABE HAS OFFERED NO lRM FOOTING FOR ANY PROPOSALS TO ENTICE THE ELECTORATE WHATSOEVER )N SHORT ANY PROPAGANDA SPOUTED FROM 0OSH $AVID SHOULD BE ACTED UPON IN THE SAME WAY AS AN INVITE TO A BLIND DOUBLE DATE FROM 'O'O'IRL STRAIGHT TO THE JUNK BOX AND BLOCK SENDER
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Extent  of  BBC  cutbacks  causes  great  dismay 3ECRET PAPERS LEAKED TO 4HE %NQUIRER SHOW THE SORRY STATE THAT THE ""# IS IN AFTER A SERIES OF CUTBACKS TO ITS PROGRAMMING 4HE ""# 4RUST HAS AGREED THAT FROM .OVEMBER THIS YEAR TELEVISION BOSSES MUST ECONOMISE RADICALLY BY CUTTING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY BE ING SPENT ON mAGSHIP PROGRAMMES ON ""# ""# ""# ""# AND THE LITTLE KNOWN ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLE CHANNEL ""# !LTHOUGH THE REDUCTIONS TO THE NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS OUTPUT HAS BEEN PUBLICISED FOR SOME TIME THIS LEAKED MEMO SHOWS HOW DRASTICAL LY THE #ORPORATION IS GOING TO ACT IN ORDER TO SAVE MONEY BY ALTERING THE REMAINDER OF THE SCHEDULING (OWEVER THE ""# $IRECTOR 'EN ERAL INSISTED THAT THE QUALITY OF THE ""# WOULD REMAIN HIGH
%AST%NDERS 4HIS SOAP OPERA ONE OF THE ""# S MOST POPULAR SHOWS WILL NOW BE CALLED %AST%NDER A REALISTICALLY GRIT TY PROGRAMME CHARTING THE LONELY LIFE OF A SOLITARY ,ONDONER AS HE IS REVEALED TO HAVE HAD AN AFFAIR FA THERED AN ILLEGITIMATE CHILD MUR DERED HIS GRANNY DEALT DRUGS SET lRE TO A mAT BECOME GAY AND BEEN SHOT DEAD 4WICE
CUSS EVENTS IN 7ESTMINSTER 4HE MUCH COVETED $AILY 0OLITICS MUG IS TO BE REPLACED BY A $AILY 0OLITICS EGGCUP
3TRICTLY #OME $ANCING 2OBIN (OOD 4HE .ATIONAL ,OTTERY AND #ASUALTY 4HE PROGRAMMES THAT MAKE UP THE TRADITIONALLY STRONG 3ATURDAY NIGHT LINE UP ARE TO BE MERGED TOGETHER IN A DESPERATE BID TO SAVE MONEY &ROM NEXT WEEKEND ""# VIEWERS WILL ENJOY WATCHING "RUCE &ORSYTH AND 4ESS $ALY AS THEY PRESENT THE POPULAR DANCING SHOW FROM 3HER WOOD &OREST WHILST $ALE 7INTON USING THE MACHINE 'UINEVERE AND BALL NUMBER FOUR ATTEMPTS TO RESUS CITATE A SMALL BOY WHO HAS BEEN RUN OVER BY A TRUCK IN (OLBY
,OOK %AST 4HE REGIONAL OUTPUT FOR .ORFOLK FROM ""# .EWS IS NOW 'LANCE %AST WHICH WILL CONSIST OF A REPEATED LOOP OF THE PREVIOUS FOUR YEARS WORTH OF NEWS STORIES 7ITNESS A SLIGHTLY YOUNGER 3TUART 7HITE AS HE GRADUALLY GETS OLDER TELLING US ABOUT A PLETHORA OF 0OST /FlCE CLOSURES LEVEL CROSSING ACCIDENTS OLD PEO PLE BEING TREATED BADLY AND SCHOOL KIDS PARTICIPATING IN SOME NEW FAN GLED TEACHING METHOD CREATED BY DERANGED EDUCATIONALISTS IN WHICH THEY DON T HAVE TO ATTEND SCHOOL EVER AGAIN
1UESTION 4IME AND (AVE ) 'OT .EWS &OR 9OU "OTH OF THESE PANEL SHOWS CAN BE COMBINED TO PROVIDE INSTANT SATIRE FROM MOMENTS WHEN POLITICIANS SHUT THEIR MOUTHS
Those  LibDem  leadership  contenders  in  full: .ICK #LEGG !GED TWELVE .ICK ENTERED 0ARLIA MENT JUST TWO YEARS AGO !ND NOW HE S EYEING UP THE LEADER S JOB (ASN T HE DONE WELL TO GET THIS FAR 7ELL DONE .ICK +EEP UP THE GOOD WORK
#HRIS (UHNE !N ENTREPRENEUR BEFORE ENTERING POLITICS #HRIS SUCCESSFULLY MANU FACTURED THE VERY POPULAR BOARD GAME 'UESS (UHNE WHICH QUIZZED PLAYERS ABOUT THEIR FAVOURITE ,IB $EM ENVIRONMENT SPOKESMAN
News  in  brief:
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/LD MAN RESIGNS AS HE S USELESS AT JOB
(AVE YOU BEEN DISCRIMINATED AGAINST AT WORK
0OPE A #ATHOLIC
$O YOU FEEL THAT YOUR AGE HAS BEEN USED TO FORCE YOU OUT OF A JOB
"EAR DEFECATES IN WOOD
)F SO THEN YOU MAY HAVE THE BASIS OF A CLAIM AGAINST YOUR EMPLOYERS .O CASE IS TOO BIG OR SMALL FOR OUR TEAM OF LAWYERS *UST CALL US ON TODAY 7E MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET YOUR JOB BACK BUT NEV ER MIND ) M SURE THAT SOMETHING WILL COME ALONG *UST ASK 'ORDON NICELY
Rabbits  demand  Union  representation ! PETITION WAS PRESENTED YESTER DAY TO THE 5NION OF 5%! STUDENTS BY THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION OF RABBITS WHO INHABIT THE LUSH GRASS PLAINS OF 5%! )N IT THE RABBITS DEMANDED THAT THEY RECEIVE THE SAME RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES THAT ARE GIVEN TO STU DENTS )N PARTICULAR THEY ARGUE THAT THERE SHOULD BE A 2ABBITS /FlCER IN THE %XEC AND THAT .IGHTLINE SHOULD
PROVIDE CARROTS FREE AT THE POINT OF DELIVERY FOR TRAUMATISED RABBITS THAT CANNOT SEE BECAUSE OF DElCIEN CIES IN VITAMIN ! ! SPOKESMAN FOR THE RABBITS DE NIED THAT THEY WERE MAKING TROUBLE FOR THE 5NION POINTING OUT THAT THEY HAD LIVED PEACEFULLY IN .OR WICH FOR SEVERAL MILLENIA WITHOUT MAKING A FUSS EVEN WHEN CHASED BY ALCOHOL FUELLED FRESHERS
4OP 'EAR )N ORDER TO SAVE MONEY ON INSUR ANCE PETROL AND EVER TIGHTER JEANS FOR *EREMY #LARKSON THE BOYS WILL BE TESTING OUT REMOTE CONTROL CARS ON A REMOTE AIRSTRIP IN -IDDLESEX
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LIKE A WAILING CAT THAN THE GHOST OF (ENDRIX /R AS AN AUDIENCE MEM BER YOU CAN SIT BACK AND HOPE FULLY ENJOY THE EMERGING MUSICAL TALENT THAT 5%! HAS TO OFFER ,-3 ALSO HAS A SHOW ON ,IVEWIRE THE 5%! RADIO STATION )T S ON &RIDAY EVENINGS AT PM )F ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN GETTING IN VOLVED SHOWING US YOUR MUSICAL INTERESTS AND JOINING IN THE SHOW WITH OUR CURRENT $*S 4IM AND *ON THEY CAN CONTACT THE COMMITTEE AT L I VE M U S I C S O C I E T Y H O T M A I L CO UK 4HIS SHOW WILL ALSO HAVE A @BAND OF THE WEEK FEATURE WHERE ,-3 BANDS CAN PLAY THEIR DEMOS AND COME ON THE SHOW FOR INTER VIEWS ALL OF WHICH IS GREAT FOR PUBLICITY AND GOOD FUN TOO !LSO FOR MUSICIANS WHO COULDN T BRING THEIR EQUIPMENT UP TO UNI ,-3 CURRENTLY HAS A DRUM KIT BASS EQUIPMENT A KEY BOARD AND AN ELECTRO ACOUSTIC GUITAR WHICH ARE AVAILABLE FOR ALL MEMBERS TO USE ,ASTLY ON OUR WEBSITE WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION WE WILL PROlLE THE ,-3 BANDS AND THE LIVE VENUES IN .ORWICH AS WELL AS PUTTING UP LISTS OF LOCAL GIGS 4HERE WILL ALSO BE A FORUM FOR ,-3 MEMBERS TO CHAT ABOUT MUSIC !ND OF COURSE ,-3 DO PLENTY OF SOCIALS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WHERE MEMBERS CAN MEET PEOPLE AS CRAZY ABOUT MUSIC AS THEY ARE 3O IF YOU MISSED US AT 3OC-ART EMAIL US AT THE ADDRESS ABOVE AND WE LL TELL YOU HOW TO GET INVOLVED *IMI (ALL
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ANYTHING ) WAS NOT ASKED TO SAC RIFICE MY 7EDNESDAY AFTERNOONS FOR THE REST OF MY UNIVERSITY CA REER AND ) ONLY HAD TO PART WITH A MEASLY a OF MY STUDENT LOAN !LL THIS AND ALL THAT WAS REQUIRED ON MY PART WAS TO ATTEND A FEW SOCIALS AND DRINK A FEW COCKTAILS NOTHING TOO TAXING ABOUT THAT
!LL THAT WAS REQUIRED ON MY PART WAS TO ATTEND A FEW SOCIALS AND DRINK A FEW COCKTAILS 4HE #OCKTAIL 3OCIETY IS THERE FOR ALL THOSE WHO WANT THE BEST BITS OF A SOCIETY WITHOUT ANY OF THE HARD WORK 7E HAVE REGU LAR SOCIALS AND AS ONE OF 5%! S BIGGEST SOCIETIES WE GET PLENTY OF DEALS ON DRINKS AND ENTRY TO CLUBS /UR FIRST SOCIAL TOOK PLACE ON 4HURSDAY TH /CTOBER AND WAS A GREAT SUCCESS IN FACT SO MANY PEOPLE TURNED UP WE HAD TO ABANDON ATTEMPTS TO GO TO ONE BAR AS WE WOULDN T HAVE ALL FIT TED IN 4HE NIGHT WAS A COCKTAIL OF CHEAP DRINKS GLOW STICKS AND
MULTICOLOURED STRAWS A RECIPE FOR A GREAT TIME IN ANYONE S BOOK 4HE SOCIETY ALSO HOLDS A BALL IN THE 3PRING 3EMESTER ONE OF THE VERY FEW BALLS YOU WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO ATTEND WHILE AT 5%! WHICH AS WITH EVERYTHING WE DO WE TRY AND MAKE AS CHEAP AS POSSIBLE SO THAT EVERYONE HAS A CHANCE TO COME ALONG )T ALSO GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DRESS UP AND FAKE SOPHISTICATION FOR ONE NIGHT A YEAR !NOTHER POPU LAR ACTIVITY WE ORGANISE IS COCKTAIL MAKING LESSONS IT SEEMS MAKING COCKTAILS CAN BE ALMOST AS MUCH FUN AS DRINKING THEM &OR ANYONE OUT THERE GUYS ESPECIALLY WHO WHEN THEY HEAR THE WORD COCKTAIL THINK OF A GROUP OF LADIES IN A 3EX AND THE #ITY ESQUE SITUATION DAINTILY SIPPING AN EXTRAVAGANTLY PRICED UMBRELLA LADEN WORK OF ART RE MEMBER THAT IT IS ONE OF 5%! S WORST KEPT SECRETS THAT #OC3OC IS ALSO A FRONT FOR 5%! S OFFICIAL DATING SERVICE !S MY HOUSEMATE ONCE SAID h#OCKTAILS CAN BE THE EPITOME OF RAW THRASHING PURE SEXUAL MASCULINITY v 4HE #OCKTAIL 3OCIETY IS NOT TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY AND WE WOULDN T WANT IT TO BE WE ARE ALL ABOUT HAVING FUN MEETING NEW PEOPLE AND WITH A MEMBERSHIP LIST COMPRISED OF MORE THAN NAMES THIS SHOULDN T BE TOO HARD AND MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR TIME AT UNIVERSITY SOMETHING THAT WILL PASS ALL TOO QUICKLY BELIEVE ME
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T IS THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN 4HE BITTER COLDNESS IS PREVALENT THE DARKNESS SEEMS TO CREEP OUT OF NOWHERE AND SLOWLY BUT SURELY WINTER SEEMS TO BE WELL ON ITS WAY (ALLOWEEN OR 3AMHAIN AS IT IS ALSO KNOWN MEANING @THE END OF 3UMMER CELEBRATES THE END OF THE #ELTIC OR 0AGAN YEAR AND ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT YEAR AND HOPE FOR THE BEST FOR THE COMING 7INTER 4HERE ARE MANY TRADITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH (ALLOWEEN WHICH CAN BE FOR THE MOST PART LINKED BACK TO #ELTIC TIMES SUCH AS @TRICK OR TREATING )N OUR MODERN WORLD WHERE WE ARE TOO BUSY TO STOP AND THINK WE OFTEN FAIL TO WONDER ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF SUCH TRADITIONS )N THESE MODERN TIMES WE FAIL TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD AROUND US AS MUCH AS WE SHOULD HOWEVER IN 0AGAN TIMES NOT DOING SO WOULD BE FATAL ! LOT OF CARE WOULD HAVE TO BE TAKEN WITH PREPARING CROPS AND MAKING SURE THERE WOULD BE ENOUGH FOOD TO LAST THE BITTER COLDNESS OF THE WINTER 0EOPLE WOULD HAVE TO RELY ON ONE ANOTHER A LOT MORE THAN THEY DO NOW AS TODAY GETTING FOOD IS AS EASY AS TAKING A QUICK WALK DOWN TO 4ESCO S WHEREAS IN #ELTIC TIMES IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT MORE DIFlCULT AND WOULD HAVE REQUIRED A LOT OF PREPARATION 4HE ACT OF @TRICK OR TREATING IN FACT COMES FROM THE TRADITION OF COMMUNITIES SHARING WHAT THEY HAD .AOMI OF )NANNA S &ESTIVAL SAID THAT THERE WAS A hSOCIAL REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTHv AS IF SOMEONE HAD MORE lREWOOD THAN THEY REQUIRED THEY WOULD GIVE IT TO SOMEONE ELSE WHO NEEDED IT /F COURSE THIS HAS EVOLVED INTO WHAT HAPPENS TODAY WHERE CHILDREN GO AROUND ASKING FOR SWEETS !LSO THERE WAS THE IDEA OF (ALLOWEEN OR 3AMHAIN BEING IN ADDITION TO THE END OF THE YEAR THE @DEATH OF THE SUN 7HEN SPEAKING WITH $R -ALCOLM 'ASKILL AN EXPERT IN EARLY MODERN HISTORY AND WITCHCRAFT HE SAID THAT hTHE LIGHTING OF BONlRES WAS TO INVOKE THE SUNv AS THEY WERE WARM AND LOOKED LIKE THE SUN AS WELL 7HAT IS ALSO INTERESTING IS THAT THE ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BONlRE COMES FROM @BONE lRE AS CARCASSES WOULD BE PLACED ON TOP OF THE lRE IN ORDER TO WARD OFF BAD SPIRITS AND TO W E L C O M E BACK THE SPIRITS OF THE DEAD TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY )N ADDITION BONlRES WERE
FUN TO LOOK AT AND ENGAGED THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY (ALLOWEEN HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN LOOKED UPON LIGHTLY HOWEVER )N THE NINTH CENTURY 0OPES 'REGORY ))) AND )6 CHANGED THE DAY OF !LL 3AINTS DAY FROM -AY TO .OVEMBER
)N %NGLAND THE MAJORITY OF THESE WITCH HUNTS HAPPENED IN THE S -ATTHEW (OPKINS WHO CONSIDERED HIMSELF TO BE AN EXPERT IN lNDING WITCHES ALLEGEDLY OVERHEARD SOME WOMEN IN -ANNINGTREE SPEAKING ABOUT THEIR MEETINGS WITH THE $EVIL
TO BECOME A COMMERCIALLY VIABLE CELEBRATION AGAIN &ROM (ALLOWEEN HAS INCREASED TENFOLD AS FAR AS THE COMMERCIAL ASPECT OF IT IS CONCERNED )N THE FESTIVAL GENERATED a M WHEREAS IN IT CAME TO a M MAKING IT THE
3TUDENTS DRESSED UP AT THE (ALLOWEEN ,#2 OF 4HIS YEAR S ,#2 TAKES PLACE ON 4UESDAY TH /CTOBER 4HIS WAS IN ORDER TO hSHAPE WHAT PEOPLE ;DID= BUT TO ALSO KEEP THEM ON SIDEv SAID $R 'ASKILL )T WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE #HURCH NOT TO ALIENATE COMMUNITIES BUT TO COMBINE CERTAIN 0AGAN AND #HRISTIAN BELIEFS 4HIS IDEA IS STILL ECHOED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD FOR EXAMPLE IN -EXICO WHERE THEY HAVE @LA DÓA DE LOS MUERTOS WHICH TO THIS DAY HAS BOTH A #ATHOLIC AND 0AGAN FEEL TO IT 4HE 2EFORMATION OF THE TH AND TH CENTURIES CHANGED A LOT OF WHAT PRECEDED IT )N %NGLAND WE NOW HAVE 'UY &AWKES .IGHT ON THE TH OF .OVEMBER AND THIS IS TRADITIONALLY WHEN WE HAVE OUR BONlRES 4HIS IS BECAUSE THE STRICT 0ROTESTANTS OR 0URITANS WANTED TO EXTINGUISH THE 0AGAN AND #ATHOLIC TRADITIONS 4HEY DECIDED THAT HAVING A BONlRE ON 'UY &AWKES .IGHT WAS MUCH MORE APPROPRIATE AS HE WAS #ATHOLIC AND ATTEMPTED TO KILL THE +ING OF %NGLAND BY BLOWING UP THE (OUSES OF 0ARLIAMENT !LSO IN THIS PERIOD WITCH HUNTS WERE MORE POPULAR THAN THEY HAVE EVER BEEN ESPECIALLY IN THE 7ESTERN WORLD
!S A RESULT OF HIS CONCLUSIONS WITCHES DIED AND DIED IN PRISON 4HE NUMBER OF EXECUTIONS OF ALLEGED WITCHES IS QUITE SHOCKING )N "RITAIN ALONE DEATHS WERE RECORDED BUT THE NUMBER IS MORE LIKELY TO BE UP TO )N !MERICA THE NUMBER IS NOT AS GREAT BUT PEOPLE WERE STILL RECORDED TO HAVE DIED BECAUSE THEY WERE WITCHES !LTHOUGH THESE lGURES ARE GRUESOME THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MYSTERY SURROUNDING (ALLOWEEN AND THIS HAS PREVAILED THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES )N !MERICA EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE AN AUTHORITARIAN APPROACH TO RELIGION NAMELY IN THE @"IBLE "ELT THERE IS ALSO A FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND OF LIBERTY WHICH IS ENSHRINED IN THE #ONSTITUTION 4HE SEPARATION OF #HURCH AND 3TATE ALLOWS OTHER FAITHS TO BE EASILY DISTINGUISHED &OR EXAMPLE 7ICCA IS AN OFlCIALLY RECOGNISED RELIGION IN THE 53 &ORCES (ALLOWEEN HAS BEEN MADE POPULAR AGAIN WITH INmUENCES FROM 0AGANISM AND ALSO HISTORICAL INmUENCES SUCH AS THE 3ALEM 7ITCH 4RIALS OF )T WAS ONLY IN THE S HOWEVER THAT MASS PRODUCED COSTUMES WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN THE SHOPS )N THE S "RITAIN WAS ALSO INmUENCED BY !MERICA AND IT STARTED
THIRD MOST COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT FESTIVAL OF THE YEAR IN "RITAIN 7ITH THE EXPANDING POPULARITY OF (ALLOWEEN THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN PROBLEMS 2ECENT YEARS OF AGGRESSIVE TRICK OR TREATING WHEREBY EGGS HAVE BEEN THROWN HAVE CALLED FOR MORE POLICE PROTECTION ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY 7HAT IS INTERESTING IS THAT THIS REVERTS BACK TO 0AGAN TIMES WHEN (ALLOWEEN WAS THE ONE DAY OF THE YEAR WHEN PEOPLE COULD BREAK FREE OF THEIR CONSTRAINTS AND DO WHATEVER THEY WISHED A SORT OF hCONTAINED REBELLION OF ONE NIGHTv AS $R 'ASKILL DESCRIBED IT %SSENTIALLY THIS IS AN EVENING WHEN YOU S H O U L D HAVE FUN AS IT IS VERY MUCH ABOUT M I S R U L E MISCHIEF AND MISBEHAVIOUR BUT BEAR IN MIND WHILST YOU DOWN THE THIRTY lFTH SHOT OF VODKA THE ORIGINS OF THIS FESTIVAL 4HERE IS A LOT OF HISTORY BEHIND THIS MYSTERIOUS FESTIVAL WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE TIME OF YEAR WHERE THE LINES BETWEEN THE LIVING AND THE DEAD ARE BLURRED SOMEWHAT 4HIS FESTIVAL HAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT TO OFFER SO DElNITELY MAKE THE MOST OF IT
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VERY MINUTE IN THE 5+ SOMEWHERE THE POLICE WILL RECEIVE A CALL ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 4HAT AMOUNTS TO CALLS PER DAY $ESPITE THE MAJORITY OF SOCIETY BEING APPALLED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IT IS STILL A BIG PROBLEM 3O WHAT IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 7HAT ARE THE POTENTIAL SIGNS OF AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP 7HO DOES IT AFFECT !ND WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT $OMESTIC VIOLENCE OR DOMESTIC ABUSE IS DEFINED AS A PATTERN OF ABUSIVE AND CONTROLLING BEHAVIOUR IN WHICH THE ABUSER SEEKS CONTROL OVER THEIR VICTIM $OMESTIC VIOLENCE CAN INCLUDE PSYCHOLOGICAL PHYSICAL SEXUAL FINANCIAL OR EMOTIONAL ABUSE AND IS EXTREMELY UNLIKELY TO BE A ONE OFF EVENT 2ECENT FIGURES SHOW IT AFFECTS IN WOMEN AND IN MEN IN THEIR LIFETIMES $OMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR SOCIETY IT AFFECTS ALL GENDERS RACES CLASSES AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION )N FACT ACCORDING TO THE (OME /FFICE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACCOUNTS FOR AT LEAST OF ALL VIOLENT CRIME IN %NGLAND AND 7ALES 4HIS FIGURE IN REALITY IS PROBABLY HIGHER BUT IT IS AN AREA CHRONICALLY UNREPORTED )T HAS BEEN ESTIMATED THAT A VICTIM WILL HAVE BEEN ASSAULTED AT LEAST TIMES BEFORE CONTACTING THE POLICE )N THE 5+ IT CLAIMS THE LIVES OF WOMEN EACH WEEK AND MEN PER YEAR WHILE WORLDWIDE IT IS THE LARGEST CAUSE OF DEATH IN WOMEN AGED TO !CCORDING TO 3HELTER OF ALL HOMELESS WOMEN STATED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS THE MAIN
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CONTRIBUTOR TO THEIR HOMELESSNESS 4HE COST OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN MONETARY TERMS TO SOCIETY IS ESTIMATED AT a BILLION PER ANNUM )N THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IT COSTS a BILLION PER ANNUM WHICH WORKS OUT AS A QUARTER OF THE BUDGET GIVEN TO PROSECUTE VIOLENT CRIME (OWEVER THESE FIGURES ARE
BECOME STIGMATISED AS A SINGLE PARENT !LSO CONCERNS ABOUT THE FUTURE I E INCOME MAY ALSO BE A FACTOR IN REMAINING )T IS IMPORTANT THAT THE VICTIM KNOWS THAT THEY ARE BEING TAKEN SERIOUSLY /FTEN A VICTIM MAY MAKE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO BREAK AWAY BEFORE LEAVING FOR GOOD IF A
EXPLAIN THEIR IMPORTANCE BEFORE MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE ONGOING SUPPORT WHICH SHOULD YOU NEED IT THROUGHOUT THE INVESTIGATION 4HE POLICE HAVE STATED THAT THEY WILL TAKE FIRM ACTION AGAINST A SUSPECT AND THAT AN ARREST IS ALWAYS STRONGLY CONSIDERED 7HAT ARE THE WARNING SIGNS OF
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LIKELY TO BE AN UNDERESTIMATION SINCE PUBLIC SERVICES DO NOT COLLECT INFORMATION ON THE EXTENT TO WHICH THEIR SERVICES ARE USED AS A RESULT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE /NE QUESTION OFTEN ASKED IS WHY THE VICTIM DOES NOT LEAVE THEIR ABUSER /FTEN IT IS NOT AS SIMPLE AS JUST LEAVING AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP THE PERIOD IN WHICH THE VICTIM LEAVES OR PLANS TO HAS A GREATER RISK OF MURDER THAN IF THEY STAYED !CCORDING TO THE "RITISH #RIME 3URVEY OF WOMEN WHO LEAVE AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP STILL SUFFER FROM ABUSE AND SAID THEY EXPERIENCED THE WORST INCIDENTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DURING THIS TIME !DDITIONALLY DESPITE THE VIOLENCE THE VICTIM MAY NOT BE READY TO LEAVE BECAUSE THEY STILL CARE FOR THEIR PARTNER AND HOPE THAT THE ABUSER WILL CHANGE )F THEY HAVE CHILDREN THEY MAY BELIEVE IT BETTER TO STAY IN THE RELATIONSHIP IN ORDER TO RETAIN A FATHER MOTHER FIGURE !LTERNATIVELY THEY MAY FEAR THAT THEY MIGHT
VICTIM FEELS THEY ARE BEING EXCLUDED FROM ONGOING SUPPORT IT IS MORE LIKELY THEY WILL REMAIN 7HY DOES THIS GO UNREPORTED &EMALE VICTIMS SOMETIMES FEEL ASHAMED ABOUT THE ABUSE AND FEEL AS THOUGH IT IS THEIR FAULT )N A RECENT SURVEY OF WOMEN ASKED SAID THEY WOULD BE TOO EMBARRASSED TO TELL THEIR FRIENDS AND WOULD NOT TELL THEIR FAMILIES 0ERHAPS MEN FEAR BEING RIDICULED SINCE SOCIETY TENDS TO TREAT VIOLENCE TOWARDS MEN AS COMICAL 4HIS WAS SEEN IN THE RESPONSE TO ALLEGED ASSAULTS ON THE ACTORS PLAYING THE -ITCHELL "ROTHERS FROM %ASTENDERS LAST YEAR 3O WHAT CAN A VICTIM EXPECT FROM THE POLICE )N .ORFOLK THE POLICE HAVE PLEDGED TO ATTEND PROMPTLY TO CALL OUTS PROVIDE MEDICAL HELP IF NEEDED AND ABOVE ALL DEAL WITH YOU THOROUGHLY AND POSITIVELY 4HE VICTIM HAS THE OPTION OF CHOOSING EITHER A MALE OR FEMALE OFFICER TO DEAL WITH THEIR CASE 4HE POLICE CAN ALSO PUT YOU IN CONTACT WITH SUPPORT AGENCIES AND
AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP 0ERHAPS THE BIGGEST SIGN IS IF THE PARTNER HAS BEEN IN A VIOLENT RELATIONSHIP
BEFOREHAND AN ABUSER RARELY CHANGES SO DO NOT KID YOURSELF IT WILL BE DIFFERENT OR THAT IT WAS THE FAULT OF THE OTHER PARTNER 4HE ABUSER WILL TRY TO DOMINATE YOUR LIFE THEY WILL RESTRICT ACCESS TO YOUR FRIENDS FAMILY AND WILL LIMIT EMOTIONAL OR PHYSICAL SPACE AWAY FROM THEM AND IF YOU ARE ALLOWED TO GO OUT YOU ARE LIKELY TO SUFFER AN INTERROGATION WHEN YOU GET BACK !BUSERS TEND TO CRITICISE A LOT ESPECIALLY HOW YOU LOOK TO WEAR YOU DOWN AND MAKE YOU FEEL MORE DEPENDENT ON THE ABUSER /THER SIGNS INCLUDE LOSING THEIR TEMPER OVER TRIVIAL ITEMS AND HAVING ERRATIC MOODS SWINGS RESULTING IN THE VICTIM THINKING ONLY OF THE NEEDS OF THE ABUSER *UST BECAUSE YOU HAVE SUFFERED FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOUR LIFE IS OVER -ANY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO START AGAIN /NCE PRACTICAL MATTERS HAVE BEEN SETTLED NORMALLY THIS MEANS THE TURNING POINT HAS ARRIVED AND IT IS TIME TO FOCUS UPON EMOTIONAL MATTERS )T IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THE EMOTIONAL AND PRACTICAL LOSSES THE VICTIM HAS SUFFERED WILL TAKE A WHILE TO HEAL SO DO NOT CREATE UNREALISTIC TIMETABLES FOR RECOVERY /FTEN COUNSELLING HELPS SINCE THIS IS THE TIME WHEN THE VICTIM BEGINS TO FULLY EXPERIENCE THEIR EMOTIONAL RESPONSE (ELP CAN BE FOUND VIA YOUR '0 THE "RITISH !SSOCIATION FOR #OUNSELLING AND 0SYCHOTHERAPY WEBSITE THE .ATIONAL $OMESTIC 6IOLENCE (ELPLINE AND LOCAL REFUGES -ANY VICTIMS FIND JOY AT THE END OF THEIR ORDEAL IN @REDISCOVERING THEMSELVES AND HAVING THE FREEDOM TO DO WHAT THEY CHOOSE TO DO
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IKE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHEN ASKED IF ) HELP THE ENVIRONMENT ) TEND TO LOOK SHEEPISH AND MUMBLE SOMETHING ABOUT RECYCLING THE MANY BOTTLES OF WINE ) CONSUME IN A WEEK )N FACT LIVING WITH WONDERFUL ENVIRONMENTALLY AWARE HOUSEMATES MEANS THAT EVEN THE GRIMY MAYONNAISE AND PESTO JARS ) LEAVE ON THE KITCHEN COUNTER END UP CLEAN AND NEATLY STACKED IN OUR RECYCLING BIN 4HINKING LOGICALLY BEING ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY MAKES SENSE FOR STUDENTS ENERGY SAVING DEVICES LIKE LIGHT BULBS NOT ONLY SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT BUT ALSO EASE THE ELECTRICITY BILL 3O WHY ) ASK MYSELF DO SO MANY OF US SEEM APATHETIC WHEN IT COMES TO GOING GREEN )N PURSUIT OF AN ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION ) IMMEDIATELY MADE A PHONE CALL TO ONE OF MY MORE EARTH FRIENDLY FRIENDS AND WAS SHOCKED TO DISCOVER HOW EASY IT IS TO BE MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AT HOME )T SEEMS THAT WHETHER KNOWINGLY OR NOT ) WAS ALREADY HELPING THE ENVIRONMENT IN SMALL WAYS AND WITH A BIT OF KNOWLEDGE IT IS EASY TO DO MORE &ROM A PURELY SELlSH POINT OF VIEW SWITCHING TO ENERGY SAVING LIGHT BULBS AND TURNING OFF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES INSTEAD OF LEAVING THEM ON STANDBY SAVES A LOT OF ENERGY AND THEREFORE MONEY 3TAYING AWAY FROM THE TUMBLE DRYERS IS ALSO A GREAT WAY TO REDUCE UNNECESSARY ENERGY USAGE AND IF YOU ARE FEELING PARTICULARLY ECO FRIENDLY YOU COULD ALWAYS SWITCH TO A @GREEN ENERGY SUPPLIER 4HIS ONLY TAKES A PHONE CALL AND IMMEDIATELY MEANS YOU RE HELPING REDUCE
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4HE PERMA CULTURE SOCIETY ALLOTMENTS ARE LOCATED JUST OFF CAMPUS &RUIT AND VEGETABLES ARE GROWN ORGANICALLY AND THEN SHARED BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY THAT CARBON FOOTPRINT -ANY OF US ALREADY USE THE GREEN BINS TO RECYCLE TINS GLASS AND CARDBOARD ! HOMEMADE COMPOST HEAP IS ALSO A BRILLIANT WAY TO REDUCE THE WASTE THAT ENDS UP AT LANDlLLS AND CREATE YOUR OWN GARDEN FERTILISER )NFORMATION FOR ORDERING AND SETTING UP A COMPOST BIN AND INFORMATION ABOUT COMPOST IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET 3MALL CHANGES IN YOUR EXERCISE ROUTINE CAN ALSO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE WHEN IT COMES TO ENERGY USAGE ) MAY HAVE CONSIDERED MY HEALTH CONSCIOUS HOUSEMATES INSANE WHEN THEY RUN TO CAMPUS INSTEAD OF GETTING THE BUS BUT THIS ACTUALLY MAKES A LOT OF SENSE -Y WEEKLY TRIP TO
THE GYM COSTS a AND USES UNNECESSARY ELECTRICITY 'OING FOR A JOG SAVES AT LEAST THE GYM ENTRANCE FEE AND YOU CAN FEEL THE WARM GLOW OF HAVING HELPED THE PLANET AS YOU RUN 'OING SHOPPING IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO THINK MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ) RECENTLY BOUGHT A RE USABLE CLOTH BAG FROM !SDA A PERCENTAGE OF THE PROCEEDS GOING STRAIGHT TO "REAST #ANCER 2ESEARCH )T MAKES CARRYING MY SHOPPING SO MUCH EASIER AND IN ADDITION TO REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF PLASTIC BAGS ) USE WAS ALSO A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT A VERY WORTHY CAUSE %QUALLY WHAT YOU PUT IN THIS MIRACULOUS SHOPPING BAG IS ALSO WORTH A THOUGHT "UYING BIODEGRADABLE DETERGENTS AND LOCALLY GROWN VEGETABLES IS A GOOD WAY TO SHOP WITH A CONSCIENCE 0EOPLE OFTEN COMPLAIN THAT BUYING ORGANIC LOCALLY GROWN PRODUCE IS EXPENSIVE HOWEVER BUYING VEGETABLES IN SEASON CAN MORE THAN OFFSET THIS COST 4HIS REDUCES PACKAGING AND MEANS THAT YOUR LETTUCE WON T HAVE BEEN SPRAYED WITH CHEMICALS THE AVERAGE TIMES BEFORE IT REACHES YOUR PLATE 4HE GREENGROCER BEHIND THE #O OP ON 5NTHANK 2OAD IS CONVENIENTLY NEAR TO CAMPUS AND SELLS FANTASTIC LOCALLY GROWN ORGANIC VEGETABLES 4HE MARKET STALLS IN TOWN ARE ALSO WELL WORTH A LOOK AS YOU CAN lND SOME AMAZING LOOKING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES SOME OF WHICH YOU LL BE HARD PUSHED TO PRONOUNCE THE NAMES /R IF YOU ARE PARTICULARLY
GREEN lNGERED AND FANCY GOING ONE STEP FURTHER THAN SIMPLY BUYING LOCAL PRODUCE YOU MIGHT EVEN LIKE TO TRY GROWING IT YOURSELF 4HE 0ERMA CULTURE 3OCIETY PRACTICES SUSTAINABLE WAYS OF GROWING FRUIT AND VEGETABLES AT THEIR ALLOTMENT JUST OFF CAMPUS &ROM STRAWBERRIES TO POTATOES THIS PRODUCE IS GROWN ORGANICALLY FROM SCRATCH AND IS THEN SHARED BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY 3O FOR A FEW HOURS OF WORK AND A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU COULD BE REWARDED WITH FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES GROWN BY YOUR OWN HANDS %VEN BY MAKING SUCH BASIC CHANGES AS THOSE ABOVE WE CAN DRAMATICALLY REDUCE ENERGY WASTAGE AND THE AMOUNT OF RUBBISH GOING TO LANDlLL SITES IN "RITAIN 3IMPLY BEING MORE AWARE OF HOW OUR LIVES IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT CAN HELP (UNG OVER ON 3UNDAY ) WATCHED A ""# DEBATE ON @BEING GREEN AND WAS DELIGHTED TO SEE ONE OF MY FAVOURITE AUTHORS *OANNE (ARRIS TAKING PART !S AN %NGLISH STUDENT ) DREAD TO THINK HOW MANY BOOKS ) HAVE BOUGHT WHILE BEING AT UNIVERSITY 9ET IT IS EASY TO FORGET THAT WHILE YOU CAN BE GREAT AT RECYCLING CARDBOARD AND NEWSPAPERS THERE ARE WHOLE INDUSTRIES THAT RELY ON THE PROCESSING OF NATURAL RESOURCES UNIVERSITIES INCLUDED ,UCKILY 5%! IS AT THE CUTTING EDGE OF SUSTAINABLE PROJECTS &ROM THE CLEANING DEPARTMENT TO RECYCLING )4 EQUIPMENT TO THE CAMPUS WIDE IMPLEMENTATION OF RECYCLING BINS 5%! STRIVES TO FULlL ITS
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY 7ITH THE NEWS THAT THIS YEAR S .OBEL 0EACE 0RIZE HAS BEEN AWARDED TO !L 'ORE AND THE )NTERNATIONAL 0ANEL ON #LIMATE #HANGE )0## 5%! ALSO HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE RECOGNITION OF ITS ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH -ANY OF 5%! S ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS ARE INVOLVED IN THE )0## AND 5%! HAS HAD MORE CONVENING AND LEAD AUTHORS ACROSS ALL THREE WORKING GROUPS AND ALL FOUR )0## ASSESSMENTS AND THAN ANY OTHER ACADEMIC INSTITUTION GLOBALLY 5%! ALSO SUPPORTS ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE OF UNIVERSITY LIFE PROVIDING LINKS TO SCHEMES SUCH AS THE #OMMUNITY 2ECYCLING .ETWORK A NON PROlT ORGANISATION PROMOTING COMMUNITY BASED SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT 7HETHER VOLUNTEERING BUYING BOOKS MADE OUT OF RECYCLED PAPER OR SIMPLY STARTING TO RECYCLE IT IS GOOD TO KNOW THAT HOWEVER YOU WANT TO HELP THE ENVIRONMENT BEING A STUDENT AT 5%! MAKES IT THAT LITTLE BIT EASIER
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#ONSERVING ENERGY 5SING ENERGY SAVING LIGHTBULBS TURNING OFF APPLIANCES AIR DRYING CLOTHES
2ECYCLING 0UTTING TINS GLASS AND CARD BOARD IN THE GREEN BINS FOR THE COUNCIL MAKING A COMPOST HEAP
'OING FOR A RUN INSTEAD OF USING THE GYM
.OT USING PLASTIC BAGS
"UYING LOCALLY GROWN FRUIT AND VEG ETABLES OR GROWING THEM YOURSELF
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3INCE YOU VE BEEN FAMISHED FOR THE PAST MONTH HAVE NO FEAR ) 3TEPHEN -ORSE AM HERE TO SAVE YOU "Y DAY SHE S A SECOND YEAR %NGLISH ,IT STUDENT BUT BY NIGHT SHE MAGICALLY TRANSFORMS INTO A )F YOU RE READING THIS AND YOU RE GER INSPIRING MESSAGE IS AFTER A BRIEF WILL SNOOP AROUND .ORWICH TO lND NOT HUNGRY THAT S BAD 4HINK OF HIATUS #ONCRETE S &OOD $RINK YOU THE BEST (APPY (OUR SPECIALS .ANDO S EMPLOYEE OUNCE 0ORTERHOUSE STEAKS TAK EN STRAIGHT FROM THE GRILL FRESH LY CAUGHT LOBSTERS STEAMED AND DRENCHED IN BUTTER AND FOR THE VEG ETARIANS OUT THERE AN ORIGINAL SALAD CONCOCTION CONSISTING OF SWEET BASIL DICED TOMATOES RED ONIONS DRIED CRANBERRIES KALAMATA OLIVES GORGONZOLA HARD BOILED EGG AND CROUTONS TOSSED WITH SHALLOT SHERRY VINAIGRETTE 4HE LONG AND SHORT OF THIS HUN
3ECTION HAS RETURNED !S MY NATIVE 5NCLE 3AM SO ELOQUENTLY STATES h7E 7ANT 9OUv TO HELP MAKE THIS SECTION GREAT 2ATHER THAN BRING YOU DRAB RECIPES THAT YOU CAN EASILY lND ON THE INTERNET OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE THIS SECTION RELEVANT AND ACCESSIBLE FOR THE COMMON 5%! STUDENT "EYOND TRADITIONAL RESTAURANT REVIEWS #ONCRETE IS PLANNING TO HOST A MAJOR COOK OFF AMONGST PEO PLE AFlLIATED WITH 5%! /UR STAFF
FOR DEALS AND MOST CHALLENGING PUB GOLF COURSES )F YOU ARE INTERESTED IN WRITING FOR THIS SECTION HAVE TIPS OR SUGGES TIONS ABOUT PLACES PRODUCTS EVENTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE COVERED OR ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN A &OOD $RINK EVENT IN OTHER WAYS READ TASTE TESTS PLEASE DON T HESI TATE TO E MAIL ME AT FOOD CONCRETE ONLINE CO UK
FREE Â BEER! Â FREE Â BEER! Â FREE Â BEER! /+ THAT S A BIT OF AN EXAGGERATION BUT "ETSY 0ORRITT INSISTS THAT THE .ORWICH "EER &ESTIVAL CAN MAKE EVEN GIRLY GIRLS GO GA GA FOR REAL ALE 4HERE ARE BITS OF .ORWICH WHERE A GIRL SHOULD NOT WANDER AROUND BY HERSELF ON A &RIDAY NIGHT 4HE 2EIN DEER !LE (OUSE LOCATED AT THE POINT OF INTERSECTION BETWEEN $EREHAM 2OAD AND #ITY #ENTRE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THEM (OWEVER AT THE SLIGHTLY STICKY TABLES WEREN T GANGS OF SINISTER SQUINTY EYED DODGY SMELLING WEIR DOES BUT CHUBBY CHEERY MIDDLE AGED ODDBALLS WHO WANTED NOTHING MORE THAN TO TALK ABOUT BEER ) CAN ASSURE YOU THAT ) DO NOT LOOK LIKE THE 2EAL !LE TYPE AS MY OUTWARD AP PEARANCE LACKS A POT BELLY AND BALD PATCH BUT COMING FROM $EVON ALE KNOWLEDGE IS MY SOCIAL CURRENCY -ARTIN 7ARD THE FRESH FACED YOUNG LOOKING YEAR OLD .OR WICH "EER &ESTIVAL ORGANISER IMME DIATELY OFFERED TO BUY ME A DRINK WHEN ) ENTERED 4HE 2EINDEER (E INSISTED IT BE hSOMETHING ON TAP v -Y APPEARANCE OBVIOUSLY SUGGESTED THAT AT BEST ) D ASK FOR SOME PAS TEURISED PISS IN A GLASS LIKE "UD "UT ) MUSTERED A WELL ARTICULATED RESPONSE h.OTHING TOO MALTY OR HEAVY BUT WITH A mAVOUR PLEASE v ) MAY HAVE BEEN SLIGHTLY BLAGGING BUT WITH THE USE OF MY KEY WORDS ) GAINED HIS RESPECT 7ITHIN SECONDS WE WERE CLANKING GLASSES LIKE LONG LOST FRIENDS 4HE FESTIVAL WAS FOUNDED MORE THAN YEARS AGO BUT BECAUSE WE RE IN .ORWICH AND LEARNING TO PROPERLY COUNT ISN T HIGH ON MANY PEOPLE S PRIORITY LISTS THIS YEAR IS THE TH ANNIVERSARY EXTRAVAGANZA 4HERE WILL BE ROUGHLY DIFFERENT CASK ALES A RANGE OF FOREIGN BOTTLED BEERS COPIOUS CIDERS AND A FEW SOFT DRINKS FOR THE WEAK OF STOMACH AND STILL HUNGOVER CROWDS 4HE BEERS COME FROM EVERY WHERE THE )SLE OF 7IGHT $EVON AND -ARTIN INFORMED ME THAT THERE WILL
ALSO BE A SUBTLE 3COTTISH THEME #!-2! THE #!-PAIGN FOR 2EAL !LES n .ORWICH ISN T KNOWN FOR MAKING GENIUS ACRONYMS EITHER STARTED ISH YEARS AGO AS A PROTEST AGAINST BIG BREWERIES CREATING PROD UCTS AKIN TO HORSE URINE AND SHIP PING THEIR WARES ALL OVER THE PLACE AT EXTORTIONATE PRICES %NTER 2EAL !LES 2EAL !LES ARE CASK CONDITIONED WITH NATURAL INGREDIENTS AND THEY SUPPORT LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT 4HERE ARE APPROXI MATELY BREWERIES IN .ORFOLK RI VALLED ONLY BY 9ORKSHIRE &OR STUDENTS THE FESTIVAL WILL NOT ONLY BE A LEGITIMATE WAY OF SNEAKING IN A CHEEKY ONE BUT A WAY TO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY WHILE GIVING YOURSELF AN OPPORTU NITY TO MAKE YOUR PALATE JUST A BIT MORE SOPHISTICATED -Y ADVICE IS TO START WITH SOMETHING YOU LIKE BUT IF THAT METHOD FAILS ASK THE BAR STAFF AND JUST TRY LOADS OF TASTERS 5SE KEY WORDS LIKE @MALTY @HEAVY AND @BEER AND YOU LL BLEND IN lNE "Y
THE END OF THE EVENING ) WAS QUITE SAD TO LEAVE -ARTIN AND THE GANG 4HE .ORWICH "EER &ESTIVAL TAKES PLACE IN 3T !NDREW S AND "LACKFRI ARS (ALLS FROM /CTOBER ND TO /C TOBER TH AND IT WILL BE RUN NING A LUNCHTIME AND EVENING SHIFT UNTIL 3ATURDAY NIGHT %NTRY PRICES VARY AND WILL COST a ON &RIDAY AND 3ATURDAY EVENING BUT IF YOU RE BRAVE ENOUGH TO DO SOME LUNCH TIME DRINKING IT COSTS a BEFORE PM EVERY DAY 9OU BUY TOKENS AND A GLASS WHICH ARE REFUNDABLE OR CAN BE DONATED TO CHARITY 4HERE WILL ALSO BE MUSIC AND FOOD ON OFFER 3O GO AND TRY A PINT OF +NOBHOP PERS OR (OPPYWHOPPERS YOU MIGHT EVEN LIKE IT ) LL BE THERE SWAYING SLIGHTLY WITH MY HORIZONTALLY CHAL LENGED BUT STILL QUITE LOVABLE NEW BEST FRIENDS
! LITTLE .ANDO S SAUCE MAKES ANY MYSTERY MEAT TASTE THAT MUCH BETTER #ONCRETE (EY SO WHAT JOB DO YOU DO AT .ANDOS %MILY ) M A BUDDY WHICH BASICALLY MEANS ) M A WAITRESS BUT ) TRAIN NEW EMPLOYEES AND ORGANISE STAFF NIGHTS OUT #ONCRETE 3OUNDS FUN 7HAT S THE BEST PART OF YOUR JOB %MILY ) GET A FREE MEAL WITH EVERY SHIFT ) HAVEN T BEEN FOOD SHOPPING FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS IT S GREAT #ONCRETE 7HAT HAS BEEN THE SINGLE GREATEST DEBACLE THAT YOU VE EXPERI ENCED AT .ANDOS %MILY 4HROUGHOUT THE DAY YOU HAVE TO CLEAN THE TRAYS THAT THE CHICKENS HAVE BEEN COOKING ON THEY RE MASSIVE AND THEY ALWAYS HAVE LOTS OF FAT ON 7ELL ONE TIME ) ACCIDENTALLY SPILT HOT FAT DOWN MY LEGS WHICH WASN T A NICE EXPERIENCE AND ) HAD TO CARRY ON WORKING SMELLING LIKE CHICKEN FAT ALL NIGHT
#ONCRETE $O YOU DEAL WITH DRUNKS DURING THE DAYTIME AS WELL AS NIGHT &OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VISIT TIME WWW NORWICHCAMRA ORG UK FESTI %MILY 4HERE S NOT SO MANY DRUNK STUDENTS NOW THAT ,AVA )GNITE HAS CLOSED VAL FEST HTM BUT WE DO GET QUITE A FEW WEIRD PEOPLE 4HERE S ONE DRUNK 3COTTISH GUY THAT ALWAYS COMES IN BUT WE CAN NEVER UNDERSTAND WHAT HE S SAYING EITHER BECAUSE OF HIS ACCENT OR BECAUSE HE S HAMMERED #ONCRETE (AVE YOU EVER CAUGHT SOMEONE STEALING FROM THE RESTAURANT %MILY &OR SOME REASON PEOPLE LIKE TO STEAL CUTLERY ESPECIALLY THE SPOONS 0EOPLE ALSO LIKE TO TAKE USED BOTTLES OF KETCHUP ) VE ACTUALLY SEEN PEOPLE PUT THEM IN THEIR BAGS 3TRANGE #ONCRETE 7HAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE RESTAURANT IN .ORWICH WHEN YOU RE NOT WORKING AT .ANDOS %MILY ) REALLY LIKE 4HE ,IBRARY BECAUSE THEIR GRILLS ARE HUGE AND THE KING PRAWN STARTER IS AMAZING 4HE 7AFmE (OUSE IS BEST FOR LUNCH #ONCRETE 3O WHAT GETS COOKED AT HOME WHEN YOU ACTUALLY EAT THERE %MILY 7HEN ) GO HOME PROPERLY MY DAD TRIES TO COOK SO FAR HE S DEVEL OPED ABOUT lVE DIFFERENT MEALS THAT HE DOESN T RUIN SO ) DON T REALLY GET TO CHOOSE "UT HE DOES MAKE THIS AMAZING SHEPHERD S PIE WITH CURRY 7HEN ) M AT 5%! ) GENERALLY COOK STIR FRY BUT MAKING CHILLI IS ALWAYS A PRETTY GOOD IDEA BECAUSE ) CAN MAKE IT SO HOT THAT NONE OF MY HOUSEMATES STEAL ANY (ANNAH ,IVINGSTON
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) VE JUST ARRIVED AT UNI AND MOVED INTO MY mAT ) VE NEVER BEEN A FAN OF GOING OUT AND DRINKING BECAUSE ) HAVE ALWAYS BEEN QUITE SHY AND HAVE MORE FUN PLAYING COMPUTER GAMES (OWEVER A DIVIDE HAS FORMED BETWEEN MY mATMATES AND ME BECAUSE THEY CANNOT APPRECIATE A GUY S PRIVACY ) HAVE THE FEELING THAT THEY ANNOY ME DELIBERATELY &OR EXAMPLE WHENEVER THEY GO OUT AND ) STAY IN THEY COME BACK AT FOUR IN THE MORNING SHOUT MY NAME AND BANG ON MY DOOR TO GET ME TO COME OUT 7HAT DO YOU THINK ) SHOULD DO !NDY
"ETTY SAYS !NDY THIS IS A VERY DIFlCULT SITUATION 4HE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO DO IS TO TALK TO YOUR mAT MATES AND TELL THEM HOW YOU FEEL 4HEY ARE PROBABLY JUST TRY ING TO GET YOU TO COME OUT OF YOUR ROOM SO THAT THEY CAN TALK TO YOU AND SHOW YOU WHAT YOU RE MISSING OUT ON IF YOU DON T EX PERIENCE THE NIGHT LIFE 4HE MORE YOU GO OUT AND SOCIALISE THE LESS SHY YOU WILL GET )F AFTER YOU TALK TO YOUR mAT MATES THEY STILL WON T LEAVE YOU ALONE OR ARE REALLY BOTHERING YOU THEN GO TO THE 3TU DENT !CCOMMODATION /FlCE AND THEY CAN ADVISE YOU FURTHER 4RY TO MAKE THE MOST OUT OF BEING A FRESHER IT WILL BE ONE OF THE BEST YEARS OF YOUR LIFE AND YOU DON T WANT TO WASTE IT PLAYING COMPU TER GAMES BY YOURSELF
4ED SAYS %VERY ONE ) KNOW AT UNI HAS HAD SOME EXPERIENCE OF BEING RUDELY AWOKEN BY THEIR DRUNKEN HOUSEMATES )T IS REALLY ANNOY ING AND IT CAN MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU RE A TARGET ESPECIALLY IF YOU RE A BIT SHY (OWEVER ) HAVE TO AGREE WITH "ETTY 7HEN YOU LIVE IN A CONlNED SPACE WITH PEOPLE YOU DON T REALLY KNOW YOU HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THINGS YOU MAY NOT LIKE )F IT S RUINING YOUR UNI EXPERI ENCE THOUGH THEN YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT %ITHER WAY IT S TIME TO COME OUT OF YOU RE SHELL AND PUT IN SOME EFFORT (ELPFUL NUMBERS AND E MAIL ADDRESSES #OUNSELLING SERVICE !DVICE #ENTRE 7ELFARE /FlCER SU WELFARE UEA AC UK .IGHTLINE NIGHTLINE UEA AC UK
Smoking:  The  debate  continues .OW THAT LARGE GROUPS OF DRUNKEN PEOPLE ARE FORCED OUT ON TO THE STREETS LEAVING CIGARETTE BUTTS AND TAKING OVER THE PAVE MENTS HAS THE SMOKING BAN CREATED A NEW PROBLEM IN SOCIETY &RANCES 4AYLOR SPOKE TO STUDENTS TO SEE WHAT HAS REALLY CHANGED SINCE THE ST *ULY
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HE SMOKING BAN SOMETHING THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE SICK OF HEAR ING ABOUT BUT THE DEBATE RUMBLES ON 7HINING FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE ARGUMENT DRIVES EVERYONE TO DIS TRACTION AND RESOLVES NOTHING )S SMOKING A HUMAN RIGHT 7HAT ABOUT A NON SMOKER S RIGHT TO CLEAN AIR 2ACHEL IN HER THIRD YEAR TOLD ME THAT HAVING TO GO OUTSIDE TO SMOKE ON A NIGHT OUT FRAGMENTED CONVERSATIONS AND SHE SOMETIMES FELT EXCLUDED FROM GROUPS AS EVERY THING CARRIED ON WITHOUT HER WHILST SHE WENT OUTSIDE FOR A CIGARETTE 2ACHEL SAID THAT AS SHE IS ONE OF THE ONLY ONES IN HER SOCIAL GROUP THAT SMOKES AND SO GOING OUTSIDE CAN BE INTIMIDATING ESPECIALLY ON 0RINCE OF 7ALES 2OAD ON A &RIDAY OR 3ATURDAY NIGHT WHEN THERE ARE LARGE GROUPS OF DRUNKEN MEN CON GREGATING OUTSIDE THE PUBS CLUBS AND RESTAURANTS .OW THAT LARGE NUMBERS OF DRUNKEN PEOPLE ARE FORCED OUT ON TO THE STREETS LEAV ING CIGARETTE BUTTS AND TAKING OVER THE PAVEMENTS WE MIGHT NEED TO CONSIDER SOLUTIONS TO THIS IN THE NEAR FUTURE 7HILST MANY PUBS AND CLUBS HAVE NOW INCORPORATED SMOKING AREA S INTO THEIR ESTABLISHMENTS 2ACHEL SAYS THAT SHE STILL RESENTS HAVING TO GO OUTSIDE FOR A CIGA RETTE h) DO FEEL A BIT VICTIMISED ) M A SMOKER NOT A BABY KILLER 7E SHOULDN T BE TREATED LIKE THIS (AVING TO SMOKE OUTSIDE IS GOING TO CAUSE MORE ANTI SOCIAL BEHAV IOUR NOT TO MENTION LITTER ) THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COMPLAIN A LOT MORE TOO WHEN WINTER ARRIVES AND THE WEATHER GETS WORSE v
(OWEVER A FOURTH YEAR STUDENT )SAAC SAID THAT THE SMOKING BAN HAD BEEN hFAIRLY EASYv TO GET USED TO SAYING THAT hIT S JUST PART OF GO ING OUT NOW ) DON T EVEN THINK
FAGS v !NIMOSITY BETWEEN SMOKERS AND NON SMOKERS HAS ALSO INCREASED 3OME OF THE SMOKERS ) VE SPOKEN TO SEE A MINORITY OF NON SMOKING
ABOUT IT ANY MORE v )SAAC ALSO SAID hTHE BAN DOESN T PUT ME OFF GOING OUT 3OMETIMES IT S NICE TO GET A FEW MINUTES FRESH AIR IF YOU VE BEEN DANCING ALL NIGHT ) SMOKE BUT THAT ISN T REALLY A PROBLEM WHEN ) GO OUT ! N O T H E R ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTED IS THE ENFORCE MENT OF THE BAN 2ACHEL ARGUES THAT hTHERE HAS GOT TO BE A BETTER WAY TO SPEND OUR TAXES 7E PAY A LOT OF TAX ON CIGARETTES AND IT S BE ING SPENT ON HIRING PEOPLE TO CATCH US SMOKING AND lNE US IRONIC ISN T IT 4HOSE OFlCERS CAN T BE IN EVERY PUB EVERY DAY TRYING TO CATCH PEOPLE LIGHTING UP 4HE GOVERNMENT SHOULD SPEND THAT MONEY ON CATCHING THE REAL CRIMINALS ) THINK THAT THE GOV ERNMENT MAKES A LOT OF MONEY OFF US AND THEY SHOULD SPEND IT WISELY BEFORE WE START BUYING CONTRABAND
KILLJOYS OUT TO RUIN THEIR SOCIAL LIVES AND BELIEVE THAT A BAN ON ALCOHOL WILL ONE DAY BE INEVITABLE h7HAT S WRONG WITH HAVING A CIGARETTE AND A PINT AFTER A TOUGH DAY OF LECTURES 7HY SHOULD WE HAVE TO CHANGE OUR HABITS BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE DON T LIKE THEM 4HERE WERE A LOT OF NO SMOKING SECTIONS IN A LOT OF PUBS THEY SHOULD GO IN THERE AND SHUT UP v ONE TOLD ME /NE NON SMOKING STUDENT TOLD ME THAT AFTER A NIGHT OUT SHE OFTEN SMELLS OF SMOKE ANYWAY AS SHE HAS TO WALK THROUGH GROUPS OF SMOK ERS AT THE ENTRANCES OF PUBS AND CLUBS h/NE TIME THIS GUY ACTUALLY BLEW SMOKE ONTO ME AS ) WALKED IN 4HERE S NO NEED FOR THAT v ! SECOND YEAR STUDENT -ICHELLE TOLD ME h) TRIED TO QUIT SMOK ING A WHILE AGO AND THOUGHT THE BAN WOULD TAKE AWAY THE TEMPTA
TION WHEN ) WAS OUT BUT WHEN MY FRIENDS GO OUTSIDE TO SMOKE ) USU ALLY END UP GOING WITH THEM SO ) M NOT LEFT ON MY OWN AND ) VE GRADUALLY SLIPPED BACK INTO MY OLD WAYS v 7HILST SMOKERS LIKE -ICHELLE AND 2ACHEL ARE FEELING THE DRAW BACKS OF THE BAN NON SMOKERS ARE FEELING THE BENElTS AND SURELY THAT IS WHAT THE BAN IS ABOUT 2YAN &46 SAYS THAT HE hLIKES NOT COMING OUT OF THE 7ATERFRONT SMELL ING OF SMOKE ALTHOUGH THE SMELL OF SWEAT ISN T MUCH BETTER "UT BODY ODOUR ISN T DETRIMENTAL TO HEALTH SO IT S GOT TO BE A PLUS v 2ICHARD A SECOND YEAR SAYS THAT THE BAN HAS ENABLED HIS SOCIAL LIFE TO EXPAND (E S ASTHMATIC AND EVEN WITH HIS INHALER BREATHING IN A SMOKY ATMOSPHERE WAS DIFlCULT AND HE OFTEN HAD TO GO HOME EARLY DUE TO THE DISCOMFORT AND SOMETIMES TURNED DOWN A NIGHT OUT BECAUSE HE KNEW THE PROBLEMS HE WOULD FACE (E SAYS hIT S MUCH BETTER FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME NOW ESPECIALLY AT GIGS WHERE A LOT OF THE CROWD USED TO SMOKE )T S FAIR ENOUGH TO SAY @IF YOU DON T LIKE SMOKE DON T GO TO NIGHTCLUBS BUT WHY SHOULD ONLY SMOKERS ENJOY THEIR FAVOURITE BANDS PLAY v 0ERHAPS IT WILL BE PEOPLE LIKE 2I CHARD THAT THE PUB TRADE WILL COME TO RELY ON FOR THEIR SUPPOSED LOSS OF TRADE ONCE THE WIND AND RAIN KEEP MORE OF THE SMOKERS AT HOME /NE THING IS FOR SURE THERE S BOUND TO BE TEETHING PROBLEMS WITH ANY BIG CHANGES IN OUR SO CIAL HABITS .OT EVERYONE CAN WIN IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS AND WHILST THE SO CALLED @"RITISH INSTITUTION OF SMOKING IS DYING ANOTHER IS THRIV ING n OUR ABILITY TO COMPLAIN
)F YOU WANT AN EXTRA CHALLENGE YOU CAN ATTEMPT TO RUN DOWN INSIDE THE (YDRO :ORB 4O GIVE THE CHAL LENGE SOME PERSPECTIVE ONLY TWO PEOPLE HAVE MANAGED TO DO THIS IN THE SEVEN YEARS SINCE :ORB 3OUTH 5+ HAS BEEN OPEN )N OUR ATTEMPT ) BARELY LASTED TWO SECONDS AND WAS COMICALLY SLIPPING AND SLIDING ALL THE WAY DOWN 7ITH PRICES START ING AT a IT IS WELL WORTH THE TRIP TO $ORSET
:ORBING IS ONE OF THOSE THRILL SEEKING ACTIVITIES WHICH DElNITELY OFFERS THE ADRENALINE JUNKIE AN EX PERIENCE NOT TO BE EASILY FORGOTTEN 7HAT S DIFFERENT ABOUT :ORBING IS THAT IT HASN T YET BECOME THE GE NERIC @DARE DEVIL ACTION SPORT %VEN THOUGH IT IS A MORE TIMID VERSION OF THE BUNGEE JUMP OR THE SKY DIVE THERE AREN T THAT MANY WHO CAN SAY THAT THEY HAVE TRIED IT #HLOE 0EW ,ATTER
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"EIJING IS POPULAR WITH TOURISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD FOR ITS RICH POLITICAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY 6ICTORIA "RIERLEY ASKS WHETHER THE IMPACT OF 7ESTERN CONSUMERISM HAS CHANGED THE FACE OF THE CITY
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EIJING HAS BEEN MAULED BY THE HAND OF TOURISM AND SPRIN KLED LIBERALLY WITH THE GOLD DUST THAT ACCOM PANIES -C$ONALD S 3TARBUCKS AND ALL THE OTHER ICONS OF 7ESTERN CONSUMERISM 4O MANY THIS HAS BEEN THE RUINATION OF "EIJING AS A HOLIDAY DESTINATION #ERTAINLY THE LABYRINTH OF THE &ORBIDDEN #ITY DOESN T SEEM QUITE SO MYSTERIOUS WHEN YOU CAN BUY A FRAPPACHINO IN THE HEART OF IT 4HE EXHILARATING FEELING OF FREEDOM AND POWER WHEN YOU REACH THE TOP OF THE 'REAT 7ALL IS MARRED SLIGHTLY WHEN ACCOMPANIED BY STALL HOLDERS TRYING TO SELL YOU AN ICE CREAM OR A #OKE (OWEVER ) lRMLY BELIEVE THE SIGHTS WE ASSO CIATE WITH "EIJING ARE STILL WORTH DOING STILL UNFORGETTABLE 5NDER NEATH THE TOURIST TRIMMINGS THE BUILDINGS ARE STILL BEAUTIFUL AND THE SCENERY IS STILL BREATHTAKING AND CAPABLE OF INSPIRING CLICHÏS !SK ANY IMPORTER OR SAVVY BUSINESSMAN AND YOU WILL BE TOLD THAT IN #HINA THE STREETS ARE PAVED WITH GOLD 4HIS WOULD EXPLAIN WHY THE COUNTRY IS BECOMING SUCH A DESIRABLE DESTINATION FOR TOUR ISTS SEEKING LUXURY 7HEN ) WAS IN "EIJING THOUGH ) COULDN T SEE THE PAVING SLABS TO CHECK THIS OUT THE STREETS WERE PAVED WITH PEOPLE )F YOU COULD ESCAPE THE PAGODAS OR THE BICYCLES YOU COULDN T FORGET YOU WERE IN "EIJING )TS INHABIT ANTS SIMPLY WOULDN T LET YOU )N
THE TAXIS THAT ZIGZAG THE CITY WITH ONE HAND CONSTANTLY ON THE HORN ON THE BUSES CRAMMED SO TIGHTLY YOU WONDER HOW THEY BREATHE AND FORMING CROWDS IN THE STREET THE "EIJINGERS ARE THE ESSENCE OF "EIJING 3OCIALLY AND CULTURALLY THE GROUPS OF "EIJINGERS ARE VERY DIF FERENT 6OGUE LAUNCHED A #HINESE VERSION OF ITS MAGAZINE IN 3EPTEM BER AND "EIJING S FASHION PACK STARTED mOCKING "EAUTIFUL WELL DRESSED WOMEN HOP FROM 'UCCI TO 0RADA TO ,OUIS 6UITTON CARRYING HUGE SHOPPING BAGS ON THEIR SLENDER WRISTS 4HE STREETS ARE FULL OF LOUD BRASH STALL HOLD ERS SHOUTING AT YOU IN PIGEON %NGLISH THAT THEIR FOOD IS BETTER BIGGER AND CHEAPER THAN THEIR RIVALS 4HE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS JOSTLE AND JOKE DESPITE THEIR HARD LIVES AND LONG HOURS 4HE STUDENTS HUDDLE IN CAFES AND SQUARES ARMS LADEN WITH BOOKS AND BACKPACKS "Y FAR MY FAVOURITE THOUGH ARE THE TAXI DRIVERS WHO ZOOM FROM ONE PLACE TO THE NEXT AT HIGH SPEED WHILST TRYING TO TEACH YOU TO SPEAK #HINESE ALWAYS CONVEYING THEIR SENSE OF FUN THROUGH THEIR HANDS WHICH WERE RARELY ON THE STEERING WHEEL 4HE NIGHTLIFE IN "EIJING REmECTS THE DIVERSITY OF THE CITY AND WHERE YOU DRINK REPRESENTS YOUR SOCIAL STATUS )N THE %MBASSY DISTRICT YOU CAN lND HIGH CLASS CLUBS AND PI ANO BARS 4HESE ARE THE PLACES TO SEE AND BE SEEN FOR THE CRÒME DE
LA CRÒME OF THE "EIJING h)Tv CROWD 4HE BAR STREET OF 3AN ,I 4UN DOES EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS ON THE TIN A WHOLE STREET OF BARS RESTAURANTS AND THE YOUNG HIP #HINESE MID DLE CLASS HANGING OUT )N THE STU DENT DISTRICT OF 7UDAOKOU ARE COCKTAIL BARS LIKE ,USH AND BASE MENT CLUBS LIKE 0ROPAGANDA "EI JING IS A CITY WHERE IMAGE IS EVE RYTHING 4HE SCENE IS CASUAL YET TRENDY 4HE COCKTAILS ARE UNUSUAL AND CHEAP &OR AN EVEN CHEAPER NIGHT OUT THERE ARE THE BEER GAR DENS AND KARAOKE BARS 4HESE BA SIC ESTABLISHMENTS ATTRACT A VARIED CROWD AND FEATURE PLASTIC CHAIRS CHEAP #HINESE BOTTLED BEER AND MEAT COOKED ON AN OPEN BAR BEQUE "EIJING IS TRULY A CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS AND ONE WHERE WHAT EVER YOU WANT TO SEE OR DO CAN BE CATERED FOR 3HOPPING TOO IS AN EXOTIC DE LIGHT IN "EIJING 2ATHER THAN VISIT THE SUPERSTORES AND MALLS THAT ARE SPRINGING UP ACROSS THE CITY ) CHOSE TO VISIT "EIJING S SEVERAL SILK AND STREET MARKETS -Y lRST STOP WAS THE INDOOR SHOPPING MARKET OF 9ONGANLI A WONDER TO BEHOLD &OUR STOREYS OF TIGHTLY PACKED STALLS lLLED WITH CLOTHES SHOES JEWEL LERY GEM STONES AND SILKS 4HE MARKET IS AWASH WITH MOVEMENT AND COLOURS AND THE STRANGE AND BEAUTIFUL TONES OF PEOPLE SHOUTING FROM ONE STALL TO THE NEXT EAGER FOR YOU TO SEE OR TOUCH OR SMELL THEIR WARES 7UDAOKOU -ARKET IS A DIMMER AFFAIR ITS LIMITED LIGHTING
MAKES EACH STALL SEEM LIKE A CAVE STORING HIDDEN GOLD !TTRACTING A YOUNGER CROWD HUNTING FOR #$S AND HANDMADE CLOTHES AND EVEN VINTAGE !MERICAN IMPORTS THIS MARKET IS A GREAT PLACE TO BE IM MERSED IN "EIJING S YOUTH CULTURE AS WELL AS A GREAT PLACE TO SHOP 4HE PEARL MARKET AT (ONGQIAO IS EXCELLENT FOR PICKING UP JEWELLERY AS WELL AS PRACTICING YOUR BAR GAINING SKILLS 7HILST SHOPPING IN THE MARKETS AND SOME SHOPS OF "EIJING THE PRICE THEY TELL YOU IS A STARTING POINT RATHER THAN THE AMOUNT THEY EXPECT TO RECEIVE %X PECT TO PAY A QUARTER OF THE ORIGI NAL PRICE LESS IF YOU HAGGLE HARD AND ARE PERSISTENT /F COURSE #HINA ISN T A FAIRY TALE UTOPIA WHERE PEOPLE SHOP OR EAT ALL DAY DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF CREED RACE WEALTH PROBABLY EVEN SHOE SIZE OCCURS HERE EVERYDAY JUST AS IT DOES IN EVERY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD -ORE THAN #HINESE PEO PLE MARCH AND PROTEST EVERY YEAR AGAINST OPPRESSION WAGES AND EVEN PUBLIC SERVICE FREQUENCY ) CHOOSE TO CELEBRATE THESE PUBLIC PROTESTS AS LITTLE AS YEARS AGO THESE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPRISONED TORTURED OR EVEN SHOT ON SIGHT #HINA DOESN T SHOOT ITS PROTESTERS ANY MORE NOTHING TO SHOUT HOME ABOUT BUT IT IS DRA MATIC PROGRESS "EIJING IS STILL CLOAKED IN THE HANGOVER OF #OMMUNIST DAYS BUT IN SOME RESPECTS ) WOULDN T
WANT THE CITY ANY OTHER WAY )N THE SCHOOLS THE CHILDREN MARCH AND DRILL IN PERFECT UNISON PREPARING THEMSELVES FOR A lNAL BATTLE THAT WILL NEVER COME )N THE INFAMOUS 4IANANMEN 3QUARE SITS THE IM MENSE -AO S -AUSOLEUM WHERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE mOCK EVERY DAY TO SEE THE #HAIRMAN RESTING IN STATE 4HE SQUARE LIKE MUCH OF "E IJING IS PATROLLED AND PROTECTED BY THE INTIMIDATING 2ED 'UARD WHO SEEM VERY SERIOUS AND VERY POW ERFUL 7ALKING PAST THEM MAKES YOUR HEART BEAT FASTER AND ADDS TO THE THRILL AND IMAGINARY DANGER OF BEING IN A CITY SO FAR FROM HOME !ND THAT IS THE lNAL WONDERFUL THING ABOUT VISITING "EIJING )T FEELS NOTHING LIKE HOME 4O BE IN "EIJING IS TO BE IN A CITY WHERE EATING DINNER IS A MYS TERY AND RIDING THE BUS IS AN AD VENTURE 4HE WAY YOU LOOK ACT AND THINK IS SO DIFFERENT TO THE NATIVES THAT YOUR PERSPECTIVE WILL WARP AND CHANGE CONSTANTLY ) WENT TO "EIJING IN SEARCH OF EVI DENCE OF #OMMUNIST OPPRESSION A CHEAP I0OD AND A COMICAL BAM BOO HAT 7HAT ) FOUND WAS A NA TION MODERNISING AT AN UNSTOPPA BLE RATE AND CAPABLE OF COMPETING ON A STAGE DOMINATED BY THE 7EST WHILST STILL MAINTAINING THE /RIEN TAL MYSTERY OF ITS ROOTS ) FOUND A BEAUTIFUL CITY WORTHY OF ANYONE S TRAVEL BUDGET !ND IN CASE YOU RE WONDERING ) ALSO GOT A CHEAP MU SIC PLAYER AND THE HAT
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4RAVEL 4REEFROG S TANTALIZING TRAVEL TRIVIA "EIJING IS FAMOUS FOR ITS FOOD AND ITS LOCAL -ANDARIN CUISINE IS LOVED ALL AROUND THE WORLD WITH 0EKING 2OAST $UCK BEING THE MOST POPULAR DISH 4HE h-ANCHU (AN #HINESE FULL BANQUETv IS A TRADI TIONAL BANQUET ORIGINALLY INTENDED FOR THE ETHNIC -ANCHU EMPERORS OF THE 1ING $YNASTY IT REMAINS FULL OF PRESTIGIOUS AND EXPENSIVE DISHES
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T HAS NEVER BEEN EASIER TO MAKE INFORMED ETHICAL LIFESTYLE CHOIC ES &ROM &AIRTRADE FOOTBALLS TO ORGANIC VEGETABLES GREEN LIVING IS ALL THE RAGE "UT WHAT ABOUT GREEN DYING !SIDE FROM THE OBVIOUS GAP IN THE LIVES OF LOVED ONES DEATH CAN HAVE LASTING DAMAGE ON THE PLANET )N ADDITION TO THIS IT CAN PUT A STRAIN ON THE WALLETS OF YOUR CLOSE FRIENDS AND RELATIVES DURING A DIFlCULT TIME )N THE LAST TEN YEARS THE MARKET FOR LOW IMPACT ECO FUNERALS HAS SOARED WITH A RECENT 0OST /FlCE SURVEY REVEALING OF US ARE CON SIDERING A WOODLAND BURIAL CARD BOARD COFlN OR BEING FREEZE DRIED AND BURIED AS BIODEGRADABLE DUST !ND NO ) DIDN T MAKE THAT LAST ONE UP 'REEN GODDESS AND FOUNDER OF THE "ODY 3HOP !NITA 2ODDICK WHO DIED IN 3EPTEMBER REDUCED THE IMPACT OF HER PASSING AWAY BY ARRANGING FOR CREMATION EMISSIONS TO BE REMOVED BY lLTERING AND BE ING LAID TO REST IN A COFlN FASHIONED FROM BIODEGRADABLE SHRUBS RATHER THAN THE TRADITIONAL MAHOGANY OR
TEAK ! SOLID TIMBER COFlN CAN COST OVER a 4HEN THERE S THE HEADSTONE MARBLE CAN BE a THE mOWERS a AND THE CARS a !DD IN AN ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT PRINT OF OVER A TONNE OF CARBON DI OXIDE FROM THE CREMATION OF JUST ONE CADAVER AND IT STARTS TO SEEM SOMEWHAT PERVERSE ) AGREE WITH COMMEMORATING THE PASSING OF A LOVED ONE AND SENDING THEM OUT IN STYLE BUT ) M NOT SURE IT S NECESSAR ILY a WELL SPENT 3O HOW ABOUT A CHIPBOARD OR RECYCLED CARDBOARD COFlN INSTEAD /RGANICALLY GROWN mOWERS THAT HAVEN T BEEN CUT AND CAN BE PLANTED IN REMEMBRANCE ! NATIVE SAPLING TO MARK THE BURIAL SPOT %ASIER ON THE PLANET AND LIGHTER ON YOUR WALLET OR RATHER THE WALLETS OF YOUR LOVED ONES ,IKE A PENSION OR A JOINT BANK ACCOUNT FOR MOST OF US IT WILL SEEM RIDICULOUSLY SOON TO EVEN CONSIDER HOW WE WANT TO BE SENT OFF WHEN OUR TIME IS UP "UT AS 3CRUBS RESI DENT PHILOSOPHER *$ REMINDS US DEATH IS ALWAYS HOVERING AROUND US IN THE BACKGROUND SO LET S FACE IT WITH BIODEGRADABLE PANACHE 3EAN 2OSE
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OLLOWING THE GOVERNMENT S RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT IN THEIR PRE BUDGET REPORT A NEW TAX WILL BE LEVIED ON AIRLINES FROM .OVEMBER 4HE SO CALLED @'REEN 4AX IS SET TO GEN ERATE UP TO a BILLION A YEAR BY !S THE SITUATION CURRENTLY STANDS AIR PASSENGERS THEMSELVES HAVE TO PAY TAX AT A RATE OF a PER PERSON FOR SHORT HAUL mIGHTS AND a FOR LONG HAUL mIGHTS 4HE THEORY IS THAT THE NEW TAX WILL PROVIDE AN INCENTIVE FOR AIRLINES TO BE MORE ECONOMICAL IN THEIR ALLOCATION OF SEATS THEREBY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF mIGHTS NEC ESSARY AND THE HARMFUL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS THEY ENTAIL AS WELL AS THE HEAT TRAPPING VAPOUR TRAILS OF OVERNIGHT mIGHTS 3OME INDUSTRY lGURES SUGGEST THE NEW TAX SHOULD ALSO HELP TO IRON OUT CERTAIN INADE QUACIES IN THE CURRENT SYSTEM h! TAX THAT PENALISES FAMILIES BUT EXCLUDES PRIVATE JETS AND CHARGES PASSENGERS TRAVELLING TO -ARRAKECH THE SAME AS THOSE TRAVELLING TO -ELBOURNE IS JUST PLAIN WRONG v %ASY*ET CHIEF EXECUTIVE !NDY (ARRISON STATES h!
STRUCTURE THAT TAXES THE PASSENGER IN THE NEWEST CLEANEST AIRCRAFT THE SAME AS SOMEONE IN AN OLD GAS GUZZLER CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO CON TINUE v 4HE POLICY HAS BEEN GREETED WITH A GENERALLY POSITIVE REACTION BY GREEN GROUPS (OWEVER SOME SUCH AS *OHN 3AUVEN %XECUTIVE $IRECTOR OF 'REENPEACE SUGGEST THE GOVERN MENT S STANCE IS SLIGHTLY HYPOCRITI CAL h! TAX THAT PENALISES AIRLINES FOR mYING HALF EMPTY PLANES MAKES A LOT OF SENSE BUT THE GOVERNMENT S SUPPORT FOR THE UNRESTRAINED EXPAN SION OF 5+ AIRPORTS SERIOUSLY UNDER MINES ITS CREDIBILITY v )NDEED IF THE GOVERNMENT HAS ITS WAY CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW RUN WAY AND TERMINAL OFlCIALLY PART OF (EATHROW BUT IN REALITY SEPARATE FROM THE MAIN SITE WILL BE UNDER WAY hAS SOON AS PRACTICABLEv IN OR DER TO @GENERATE THE LARGEST DIRECT NET ECONOMIC BENElTS OF ANY NEW RUNWAY #AN ANYONE REALLY BE SURE THAT THE REVENUE GENERATED BY THIS NEW TAX WILL ACTUALLY BE PLOUGHED BACK INTO COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE (OW ARE THE AIRLINES PROPOSING TO COMPENSATE FOR THE INEVITABLE BLOW TO THEIR PROlTS "RITISH !IRWAYS
HAS TAKEN A SCEPTICAL STANCE ON THE 'REEN 4AX AS HAS 2YANAIR WHOSE SPOKESMAN REMAINED UNCONVINCED h4HIS GOVERNMENT LIED WHEN IT PRO POSED TO SPEND THE a BN RAISED FROM DOUBLING !0$ ;!IR 0ASSENGER $UTY= ON THE ENVIRONMENT .OT A PENNY HAS BEEN SPENT ON THE ENVI RONMENT AND THEY ARE BACK STEALING MORE FROM ORDINARY PASSENGERS GO
h4HE GOVERNMENT S SUPPORT FOR THE UNRESTRAINED EXPANSION OF 5+ AIRPORTS SERIOUSLY UNDERMINES ITS CREDIBILITY v ING ON HOLIDAYS v 7HEN ONE CONSIDERS THAT AIR TRAVEL IS THE FASTEST RISING SOURCE OF CARBON EMISSIONS IN "RITAIN ALONG WITH THE GOVERNMENT S CONTINUAL DISMISSAL OF THE OBJECTIONS OF ACTIV ISTS SCIENTISTS AND THE CONCERNED CITIZENS WHO ARRIVED IN THEIR DROVES
TO JOIN THE ENCAMPMENT AT (EA THROW TO PROTEST THE EXPANSION OF THE WORLD S BUSIEST AIRPORT IT MIGHT BE FAIR TO SAY THAT PERHAPS CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE GOVERNMENT S CONCERNS 3O IS THIS NEW TAX BEARING THE FASHIONABLE BUT INCREASINGLY WORTHLESS @GREEN EPITHET MERELY SOME KIND OF SAC RIlCIAL LAMB TO APPEASE THE @TROU BLEMAKERS WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE NOTICE FOR EXAMPLE THAT "RITAIN IS mOUTING %5 LAWS ON NITROGEN DIOX IDE POLLUTION LEVELS 4HE STEPS NEEDED FOR GENUINE ACTION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE ARE NOT PALLIATIVE MEASURES BUT REAL SO CIAL CHANGE 7E NEED INFORMATION EDUCATION AND IF THE GOVERNMENT IS SERIOUS THE PROVISION OF PRACTICAL AND AFFORDABLE ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS SUCH AS IMPROVED AND SUBSIDISED BUS AND RAIL LINKS TO THE CONTINENT &EW WOULD ARGUE THAT IN PRIN CIPLE THE EXISTENCE OF A 'REEN 4AX IS AT LEAST JUSTIlED WHETHER IT WILL EFFECTIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO REDUCING HIGH ALTITUDE POLLUTION AS A RESULT OF AVIATION RATHER THAN MERELY FUND ING WHICHEVER VENTURE THE GOVERN MENT SEES lT TO INVEST IN REMAINS TO BE SEEN
Today Nobel Peace Prize, tomorrow Presidency...? -ICHAEL &INCHAM 2EPORTER &ORMER 6ICE 0RESIDENT OF THE 5NIT ED 3TATES !L 'ORE SHARED THE .OBEL 0EACE 0RIZE FOR WITH THE )NTER GOVERNMENTAL 0ANEL FOR #LIMATE #HANGE )0## 4HE AWARD WAS PRESENTED TO 'ORE IN LIGHT OF HIS STRONG COMMIT MENTS TO THE CHALLENGES FACED BY CLIMATE CHANGE IN MODERN SOCIETY 4HE .ORWEGIAN .OBEL COMMITTEE PRAISED THE !MERICAN AS hPROBABLY THE SINGLE INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS DONE MOST TO CREATE GREATER WORLDWIDE UNDERSTANDING OF THE MEASURES THAT NEED TO BE ADOPTED v (OWEVER DE
SPITE COUNTLESS CONGRATULATIONS ON HIS EFFORTS -R 'ORE MADE IT CLEAR THAT HE AND MANY OTHERS WOULD HAVE NO TIME TO REST IN ORDER TO MAKE A SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT ON CLI MATE CHANGE )N A POWERFUL ACCEPT ANCE SPEECH THE FORMER SENATOR WAS QUICK TO REITERATE THE NEED FOR ACTION h)T TRULY IS A PLANETARY EMER GENCY WE HAVE TO RESPOND QUICKLY ) M GOING BACK TO WORK RIGHT NOW 4HIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING v 'ORE WAS QUICK TO PRAISE THE THOUSANDS OF SCIENTISTS WORKING FOR THE 5. S )0## STATING THEIR IRREFUTABLE VALUE IN hWORKING TIRELESSLY AND SELF)ESSLY FOR MANY YEARS WHILST ALSO DECLAR ING HIS HONOUR IN SHARING THE PRIZE
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4HERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A KIND OF TABOO SURROUNDING THE USE OF NUCLEAR POWER 2ACHEL !RCHER EXPLORES THE ALTERNATIVES AND ASKS IF THE USE OF NUCLEAR POWER AS AN ENERGY SOURCE IS IN FACT AN INEVITABLITY
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HE PRODUCTION OF ENERGY BY NUCLEAR lSSION ALSO KNOWN AS NUCLEAR POWER CAN LEAD TO DISASTERS OF ALMOST UN IMAGINABLE PROPORTIONS )N A MELTDOWN OF A POWER STATION IN #HERNOBYL IN THE 5KRAINE SAW DEV ASTATION TO THE ENTIRE REGION AS WELL AS NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES 3INCE WHAT WAS EMITTED FROM #HERNOBYL WAS RA DIOACTIVE THE AREA IS STILL HEAVILY POL LUTED YEARS ON 3O WE CAN SEE THE PROBLEMS WE FACE WHEN USING NUCLEAR POWER AS AN ENERGY SOURCE &IRSTLY NO ONE WANTS TO SEE ANOTHER #HERNOBYL SECONDLY THE WASTE WHETHER DISPOSED OF OR EXPLODED IS VERY DANGEROUS 7HEN SIMPLY DISPOSED OF IT IS STILL RADI OACTIVE .OT SOMETHING ANYONE WANTS DUMPED ON THEIR LOCAL LAND lLL SITE ,AST WEEK 'REENPEACE REPORTED THAT THE .UCLEAR $ECOMMISSIONING !UTHORITY .$! THE NON DEPART MENTAL AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEAN ING UP ALL THE NUCLEAR WASTE WILL NEED AN ESTIMATED CAPITAL OF a BILLION TO DO ITS JOB 3INCE 4ONY "LAIR S POLICY ON ENERGY SOURCES WHICH SAW A DRAMATIC TURN TOWARDS NUCLEAR POWER AWAY FROM PREVIOUSLY PROM ISED RENEWABLE ENERGY SUPPLIERS THE .$! WAS SET UP TO CLEAN UP ALL THE CLOSED DOWN NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS FOR SOME REASON AN INCREASE IN NU CLEAR POWER STATIONS MEANT THAT THE "LAIR GOVERNMENT HAD TO SHUT DOWN THE ONES ALREADY STANDING TO BUILD NEW ONES (OWEVER DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS MADE SOME PRETTY STRANGE DECISIONS REGARDING NUCLEAR POWER PLUS THE POTENTIAL DANGER OF A MELTDOWN THERE ARE SOME REASON ABLE ARGUMENTS FOR THE USE OF NUCLEAR POWER AS AN ENERGY SOURCE )N
OF ELECTRICITY WAS PRODUCED BY GAS BUT GAS AND OTHER FOSSIL FUELS ARE RUNNING OUT OF ELECTRICITY CAME FROM COAL WHICH IS SEEN AS A @DIRTY ENERGY AS IT EMITS SO MUCH # .U CLEAR POWER MADE OF ALL ELECTRIC ITY AND A MINOR CAME FROM RE NEWABLE SOURCES SUCH AS WIND FARMS /RIGINALLY THE ,ABOUR GOVERN MENT INTENDED TO FOCUS ON RENEWABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY THE MOST LOGICAL AND PLANET FRIENDLY SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF CARBON
EMISSIONS IN ENERGY PRODUCTION 4HE PROBLEM WITH IT THOUGH IS THAT IT TAKES A LOT OF WIND TURBINES FOR EXAMPLE TO PRODUCE A LITTLE BIT OF ELECTRICITY 7ITH A RISE IN THE TREND OF .)-"9ISM .OT )N -Y "ACK 9ARD AND PEOPLE NOT RE ALLY WANTING A WIND TURBINE AS A VIEW FROM THEIR WINDOW THE GOVERNMENT HAS PULLED BACK &URTHERMORE NUCLE AR POWER STATIONS ACTUALLY PRODUCE A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF # ALTHOUGH THE CLEAN UP THAT CAME WITH THE SHUT TING DOWN OF PLANTS HAS OBVIOUSLY IN CREASED THE AMOUNT OF EMISSIONS 4HE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH NU CLEAR POWER IS THE FACT THAT THE OWN ERS OF THE STATIONS ARE MULTINATIONALS WHOSE ONLY INTENTION IS TO MAKE A LOT OF MONEY 7ITH ANY MAJOR CAPITALIST ORGANISATION THEY WILL TAKE ANY POS SIBLE MEASURES TO CUT SPENDING 4HIS COULD COME THROUGH CUTS IN WORKERS WAGES OR EVEN A LACK OF HEALTH AND SAFETY TRAINING FOR THOSE WHO WORK IN THESE DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENTS
/NE CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE GLEE IN THE HEARTS OF PRIVATE INVESTMENT COMPANIES WHEN "LAIR ANNOUNCED HE WOULD BE DECOMMISSIONING POWER STATIONS MEANING POTENTIAL SITES TO GET THEIR MITTS ON )F NUCLEAR POWER WAS NATIONALISED AND THOSE THAT RUN IT WERE ACCOUNTABLE FOR ANY MISTAKES OR LIES THEN PERHAPS IT IS A VERY VIABLE OPTION 2UN NOT FOR PROF IT WHERE SAFETY WAS ABSOLUTE NUMBER ONE AND EMISSIONS WERE CAREFULLY MONITORED THEN THERE ARE NOT MANY ARGUMENTS AGAINST USING LIMITED NU CLEAR POWER ! BIG CONCERN WITH THE STATIONS WHEN IN THE HANDS OF PRIVATE CONTRACTORS AND INVESTORS HOWEVER IS THAT NUCLEAR lSSION IS ALSO USED TO EXPLODE NUCLEAR WEAPONS OF WHICH THE 5+ HAS A REASONABLE AMOUNT !S IT IS THE PUBLIC DO NOT KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT WHAT GOES ON IN THESE POWER STATIONS TO GIVE CONDITIONAL OR UNCON DITIONAL SUPPORT
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%AST !NGLIAN RESIDENTS ARE LITERALLY ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE BATTLE TO CONTROL CLIMATE CHANGE +EITH 4OVEY THE ENERGY SCIENCE DIRECTOR OF 5%! S CARBON REDUCTION PROGRAM #2ED PRESENTED THE lRST HALF OF THE SEMINAR ON THE SUBJECT OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SECURITY WHILST
ANOTHER #2ED REPRESENTATIVE -ARCUS !RMES CONCLUDED WITH DETAILS OF A COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT SCHEME INCLUDING SPECIlCS OF #2ED S IMPLE MENTS OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS LOCAL PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AND A DISCUSSION OF INDIVIDUAL AND BUSINESS MOTIVA TORS FOR USING ENERGY MORE EFlCIENTLY 4OVEY AND !RMES WERE BOTH RE ALISTIC IN THEIR APPROACH TO THE DIFl CULT TASK OF REPLACING ENERGY SYSTEMS YET MARKEDLY DETERMINED 4OVEY FOR EXAMPLE ADMITTED THE DIFlCULTY IN REPLACING HEAT PUMPS AND ALSO COM MENTED ON THE RELIABILITY TO DATE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES (E CAUTIONED THAT THE MICRO WIND TURBINE TECHNOLOGY WAS NOT PERFORMING UP TO EXPECTA TIONS YET DESPITE THESE PROBLEMS IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT TURBINES ARE CA PABLE OF PRODUCING TWICE THE ENERGY NEEDS OF .ORWICH 4ORVEY EMPHASIZED THAT WORKING AT A COMMUNITY LEVEL IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL TO ACHIEVING ANY SORT OF
CHANGE #2ED IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH SEVERAL LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO ADOPT RESOLUTIONS IN ORDER TO ATTAIN THIS MUCH NEEDED ENERGY SECURITY -ARCUS !RMES TRANSITIONED THE SEMINAR INTO A DISCUSSION OF THE DAN GERS THE PEOPLE OF %AST !NGLIA FACE AS A RESULT OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE IMPACT OF ENGAGING LOCAL COMMUNITY
GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESSES %AST !NGLIAN RESIDENTS ARE ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE BATTLE TO CONTROL CLIMATE CHANGE (E SAID A hPOINT OF NO RETURNv WAS ESTIMATED AT AROUND TWO DECADES AWAY AT THE CURRENT RATE OF WARMING &OR %AST !NGLIA COASTAL AND PRIMARILY SEA LEVEL THIS COULD BE DEVASTATING )N RESPONSE #2ED IS MAKING WIDE ATTEMPTS TO ENGAGE AS MANY INDIVIDU ALS BUSINESSES AND LEGISLATORS AS POS SIBLE BY lRST INTRODUCING THEM TO THEIR PERSONAL CARBON FOOTPRINT 4HEY THEN WORK WITH THOSE WHO COMMIT TO CHANGE BY DEVELOPING PLANS AND RE TURNING TO ASSESS THE SUCCESS OF THOSE PLANS !RMES SAID THAT AS EXPECTED ECONOMIC MOTIVATORS HAVE ENCOUR AGED THE GREATEST SHIFTS IN BEHAVIOR +EITH 4OVEY SUMMARIZED #2ED AND 5%! S PLIGHT IN THE BATTLE FOR CLI MATE CONTROL WITH A QUOTE FROM #HI NESE PHILOSOPHER ,AO 4ZU h)F YOU DO NOT CHANGE DIRECTION YOU MAY END UP WHERE YOU ARE HEADING v
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) AM WRITING TO YOU TO AD DRESS THE ISSUE OF 3PORTS )N SURANCE ) AM AWARE THAT THIS IS A CONTENTIOUS ISSUE BUT ) HOPE YOU WILL FORGIVE ME DI RECTING MY CONCERNS TO YOU ) RETURNED TO 5%! THIS YEAR TO STUDY AN -! AFTER SPENDING THE TWO YEARS SINCE MY DEGREE WORKING 3PORTS )NSURANCE @IN MY DAY WAS SOMETHING OF A FORMALITY AND COST a ) COULD NOT BELIEVE WHEN ) WENT TO 3PORTS-ART THIS YEAR THAT IT HAD INCREASED TO a -Y INITIAL QUESTION WOULD BE HOW HAS SUCH A MONUMENTAL PRICE HIKE TAKEN PLACE !SIDE FROM THAT ) DO NOT THINK THE ISSUE AS A WHOLE IS HANDLED AT ALL WELL ) JOINED A NUMBER OF SPORTS CLUBS WITHOUT YET PURCHASING MY INSURANCE THINKING TO TRY OUT A COUPLE OF NEW SPORTS ) AT TENDED ONE TRAINING SESSION FOR +ORFBALL n ONLY BECAUSE ) TURNED UP LATE n BUT THE FOLLOWING WEEK WAS TURNED AWAY BECAUSE ) HAD NO INSUR ANCE 3O IT APPEARS ) WAS EX PECTED TO PAY IN ADDITION TO THE a a IT COSTS TO JOIN A SPORTS CLUB A FURTHER a IN ORDER TO SIMPLY TRY A COUPLE OF NEW THINGS AND SEE IF ) EN JOYED THEM )T IS WELL KNOWN THAT STUDENTS TODAY HAVE TO
4URNITIN IS ALSO PRESENTED AS THE PERFECT TOOL FOR STU DENTS WHICH IS ONLY ONE OF A NUMBER OF USES THAT ARE BE ING CONSIDERED BY 5%! AND THIS DISTINCTION IS GLARINGLY MISSING FROM THE #ONCRETE REPORT 3INCE FURTHER 4URNITIN PI LOTS ARE RUNNING THIS ACADEM IC YEAR ) HOPE THAT FACUTAL INACCURACIES LIKE THIS CAN BE SPEEDILY CORRECTED ESPECIALLY IN A STUDENT RUN NEWSPAPER WHICH THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS READ AND WHERE SUCH ERRORS COULD CAUSE REAL CONCERN $R 2EBECCA 4ILLETT
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PAY EXTORTIONATE SUMS OF MONEY IN ORDER TO STUDY AND MANY HAVE REAL TROUBLE MAKING ENDS MEET %SPECIAL LY WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF 4OP 5P &EES AND THE RISING COST OF STUDENT ACCOMMODA TION IT SEEMS LIKE A KICK IN THE TEETH FOR THE 5NION TO PILE THIS EXTRA SEEMINGLY UN NECESSARY CHARGE ON UNSUS PECTING STUDENTS !S AN -! STUDENT ) RECEIVE NO LOAN SO FUND THIS COURSE THROUGH MY EARNINGS OVER THE LAST YEARS n AND lND IT HARD TO JUSTIFY SPENDING a WHICH COULD VANISH INTO THE ETHER 4HIS BRINGS ME TO THE POINT OF WHAT 3PORTS )NSUR ANCE ACTUALLY COVERS ) WAS MORE THAN HAPPY TO PAY a WHEN ) WAS HERE FOR MY lRST DEGREE BUT NOW THE PRICE HAS INCREASED SO ) AM FORCED TO ASK WHAT ) ACTUALLY GAIN FROM HAVING THIS INSUR ANCE 7HAT DOES IT COVER 7HAT AM ) INSURED AGAINST ) CAN lND NO POLICY DETAIL ON THE 5%! INTRANET ONLY A PASSING MENTION THAT 3PORTS )NSURANCE WILL BE REQUIRED OR INDEED ANY MENTION AT ALL OF 3PORTS )NSURANCE ON THE 5NION 3PORTS #LUBS PAGE &ORGIVE ME IF THIS SOUNDS CYNICAL BUT IT SEEMS THAT THE 5NION IS PREYING ON THE FACT THAT FRESHERS JUST OUT OF SCHOOL WILL BE TOO UNCERTAIN TO QUESTION WHY THEY ARE PART ING WITH SO MUCH MONEY
 Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  response 7E ARE SORRY FOR ANY INACCU RACIES OR MISLEADING ASPECTS OF THAT ARTICLE 4HAT ISSUE WAS THE lRST TIME WE HAD ALLOCATED NEWS ARTICLES TO NEW MEMBERS OF #ONCRETE 7HILE WE EN DEAVOR TO ENSURE THAT ALL OUR ARTICLES ARE FACTUALLY ACCURATE AND IN NO WAY MISLEADING NEWS WRITING IS A SKILL MANY OF OUR CONTRIBUTORS WILL NEV ER HAVE COME ACROSS BEFORE 3OMETIMES IT IS UNFORTUNATE LY IMPOSSIBLE TO FACT CHECK THINGS FULLY WHEN WORKING OVER WEEKENDS AND THROUGH ,#2 NIGHTS 7E TRY TO STRADDLE THE LINE BETWEEN INCLUSION AND ENSURING WE PRODUCE A PROFESSIONAL PAPER 3ORRY WE DIDN@T SUCCEED THIS TIME 4HE SIMPLE ANSWER TO THIS IS THAT THE 3PORTS )NSURANCE IS MANDATORY IF YOU ARE NOT HAPPY WITH IT THEN DON T GET IT AND DON T JOIN ANY SPORTS CLUBS "UT ) FEEL THIS GOES SOMEWHAT AGAINST THE ETHOS OF UNIVERSITY AND OF WHAT 5%! IN PARTICULAR SHOULD AS PIRE TO OFFER ITS STUDENTS 5NI VERSITY SHOULD BE A CHANCE TO TRY OUT NEW THINGS TO HAVE NEW EXPERIENCES n WHERE ELSE COULD SOMEONE PLAY KORFBALL LACROSSE !MERICAN FOOTBALL OR ANY OTHER OF THE DIVERSE SPORTS OFFERED HERE 4HE FACT IS SADLY THAT IF ONE NOW WISHES TO TRY OUT OR NEW SPORTS THEY WILL HAVE TO PART WITH ALMOST a !ND THEY MAY REALISE AFTER A WEEK OR TWO THAT THEY HAVE NO APTI TUDE OR LOVE FOR THESE SPORTS 7HAT THEN 4OUGH LUCK !S ) SAID THIS GOES AGAINST THE SPIRIT OF WHAT 5%! SHOULD BE ) KNOW A NUMBER OF STU DENTS WHO HAVE BEEN DIS COURAGED FROM JOINING SPORTS CLUBS AND TRYING NEW THINGS DUE TO THE EXTORTIONATE SUM INVOLVED IN PURCHASING 3PORTS )NSURANCE WHICH IS A SHAME AND HOPE THE 5NION WISHES TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT ) HAVE EMAILED THIS LETTER TO THE 5NION 3PORTS /FlCER IN THE HOPE HE CAN HELP RESOLVE THE MATTER *OE 3MITH
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Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  lacrosse  suffer  thrashing Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Column #HARLIE 4HOMPSON %LLIE -OORSE 4HE WOMEN S LACROSSE TEAM STRODE OUT ONTO THE PITCHES ON 7EDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO FACE A GAME THEY KNEW WOULD PUT THEM TO THE TEST ! BATTLE AGAINST ,OUGHBOR OUGH AWAITED THEM (OPES WERE HIGH AL THOUGH THEY KNEW THEY WERE UP AGAINST A TIP TOP TEAM AND BITTER WEATHER CONDITIONS NOT TO MENTION THE SLIPPERY PITCH FROM THE NON STOP RAIN THE DAY BEFORE BUT THAT DID NOT AFFECT THEIR DETERMINA TION 5%! BATTLED IT OUT lGHTING HARD TO THE VERY END ,OUGHBOROUGH UNFORTUNATE LY lNISHED SLIGHTLY AHEAD ,OUGHBOROUGH LIVED UP TO THEIR REPUTATION AS SKIL FUL PLAYERS (OWEVER ABSO LUTE CREDIT IS DUE TO OUR GIRLS WHO NO MATTER HOW BAD THINGS WERE LOOKING PLAYED THEIR HARDEST WITH SHEER DE TERMINATION THROUGHOUT !N ALMIGHTY THROW FROM &REYA $OLBY PUT THE BALL lRMLY
INTO THE NET AND 5%! lNALLY ONTO THE SCOREBOARD (AVING TRAINED ALL THE NEWBIES OVER THE LAST THREE WEEKS &REYA SHOWED THEM EXACTLY HOW IT IS DONE WITH THIS GOAL IN THE LAST QUARTER
! SPECIAL MENTION GOES OUT TO OUR GOALKEEPER .AT WHO BATTLED HARD AGAINST SWIFT ,OUGHBOROUGH ATTACK ERS (AVING NOT PLAYED FOR THE TEAM SINCE THE $UBLIN TOUR SHE STEPPED UP TO THE CHALLENGE WITH CONlDENCE ,OUGHBOROUGH MAY HAVE WON BUT THEY STILL WALKED AWAY FROM OUR PITCHES HAV
ING SUSTAINED A FEW MINOR INJURIES $ESPITE THIS SPORTS WOMANLY HAND SHAKES POST MATCH WERE EXCHANGED AND THEY WERE INVITED TO THE PUB WHERE &REYA RECEIVED HER OB LIGATORY SPOOF PINT IN HON
OUR OF HER GOAL 4HE GAME OFFERED THE LACROSSE FRESHERS A SLICE OF THE ACTION IN WHAT WAS FOR SOME OF THEM THEIR lRST EVER GAME 4HEY WERE SUPPORTED BY AN ASSORTMENT OF WELL WISHERS AMONGST THESE WAS 0ETE 4HORNETT SOCIAL SEC RETARY OF 5%! LACROSSE WHO GAVE A MARVELLOUS RENDITION
OF @*ERUSALEM .EVER FAILING TO ENTERTAIN 0ETE KEPT SPIR ITS AND MORALE HIGH 4HE AT TENDANCE BOTH IN TERMS OF PLAYERS AND SUPPORTERS WAS SURPRISINGLY HIGH CONSIDER ING THE NIGHT THEY HAD PRIOR
TO THE GAME 0ETE HAD OR GANISED A MESSY @3KOOL $AZE SOCIAL WHICH LEFT MANY FEEL ING SLIGHTLY FRAGILE /VERALL A GOOD EFFORT FROM BOTH NEW PLAYERS AND OLD TIMERS AND AN EXCELLENT EXPERIENCE IN PREPARATION FOR THE NEXT MATCH WHICH IS AWAY TO .OTTINGHAM
,AURA 7IGNALL 3PORTS %DITOR 3OON 5%! SPORTS TEAMS WILL BE ABLE TO WATCH VIDEO FOOTAGE OF THEIR "53! GAMES ONLINE %VERY 7EDNESDAY AFTERNOON 3UB TV ONLINE WILL BE SHOWING A ROUNDUP OF THE DAY S SPORT RESULTS COUPLED WITH VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS OF LOCAL MATCHES PLAYING ALONGSIDE LIVE "53! 2ESULTS 3ERVICE 3UB TV HAS BEEN DEVELOPING ITS WEBSITE WWW SUB TV FOR THE PAST MONTHS TO DEVELOP A WEB INTERFACE FOR UNIVERSITY SPORTS TEAMS TO UPLOAD AND BROADCAST VIDEO OVER THE WEB &ROM /CTOBER TH STUDENTS WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT VIDEO FOOTAGE OF THEIR SPORTS TEAM TO THE WEBSITE 4HE SPORTS CHANNEL HAS BEEN PERSONALLY ENDORSED BY *OHN )NVERDALE THE "RITISH 5NIVERSITY 3PORTS !SSOCIATION "53! 0RESIDENT ""# JOURNALIST AND BROADCASTER (E SAID h)N MY DAYxYOU WOULD WONDER HOW YOUR
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-IKE #OVELL %ACH YEAR A GROUP OF (OCKEY /LD "OYS RETURN TO 5%! TO TAKE PART IN THE -IKE #OVELL -EMORIAL -ATCH AGAINST THE CURRENT lRST TEAM 4HE REASON IS TO COMMEMORATE THE DEATH OF -IKE #OVELL A HOCKEY PLAYING FRESHER WHO DIED OF MENINGITIS IN HIS lRST TERM AT 5%! IN 4HE GAME ALSO RAISES MONEY FOR THE .ATIONAL -ENINGITIS 4RUST AND LAST YEAR COLLECTED MORE THAN a 4HIS YEAR S GAME TAKING PLACE ON THE WEEKEND OF .OVEMBER RD MARKS THE TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF -IKE S DEATH AND THE /LD "OYS ARE HOPING TO MAINTAIN THEIR FORM WHICH HAS SEEN THEM RECORD lVE WINS OVER THE PAST SIX lXTURES 4HE GAME WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE 3PORTSPARK !STROTURF
Hockey  2nds  shame  UEA  2nd  XI  defeat  The  Three  Lions mirror  the  All  Blacks the  3rds Bedford -ICHAEL "LUNT 3PORTS 2EPORTER 3O IT IS ANOTHER 2UGBY 7ORLD #UP lNAL AND ANOTHER WITH OUT THE !LL "LACKS .EW :EA LAND HAD UNDENIABLY THE BEST SQUAD AT THE 7ORLD #UP AND ARGUABLY AT THE PREVIOUS THREE 7ORLD #UPS AS WELL BUT YET AGAIN THEY HAVE FAILED TO WIN IT ) WAS CONlDENT THAT THIS WAS TO BE THEIR YEAR AS ) TOLD ANYBODY WHO WOULD STILL LIS TEN BUT EVERY TIME ) WAS SHOT BACK WITH THE REPLY THAT THEY WOULD @BOTTLE IT@ !ND THEY DID !GAIN )N THE QUARTER l NAL AGAINST &RANCE THEY PAN ICKED UNDER THE PHENOMENAL WEIGHT OF AN EXPECTANT NA TION BACK HOME DEMANDING NOTHING BUT THE 7EBB %LLIS TROPHY 3O AFTER FALLING BE HIND WITH TEN MINUTES TO GO THEY FELL APART 4HIS PHENOMENON OF @BOTTLING IT MAY SOUND FAMIL IAR TO FOOTBALL FANS COULD THIS BE BECAUSE %NGLAND /WEN 2OONEY ET AL ARE THE !LL "LACKS OF THE SOCCER WORLD 4HIS IS NOT AS FAR FETCHED AS IT lRST SOUNDS 4HINK BACK TO SOME OF THE MAJOR TOUR NAMENTS OF THE PAST DECADE &RANCE *APAN
0ORTUGAL AND 'ERMA NY %NGLAND WENT INTO EVERY SINGLE ONE WITH HUGE POTENTIAL AND WITH THE HYPE WE REALLY BELIEVED THAT THEY WOULD EMERGE TRIUMPHANT %ACH TIME WE ARGUABLY HAD THE BEST SIDE IN THE COMPE TITION "ECKHAM ,AMPARD AMONG OTHERS WERE ALL AT SOME POINT WANTED BY THE BEST TEAMS IN %UROPE %ACH TIME WE COULD EASILY lELD A WORLD BEATING ELEVEN 4HEN TIME AND AGAIN THEY @BOTTLED IT /UT ON PENALTIES IN AND %ACH TIME IN TOUCHING DISTANCE OF MAKING IT TO THE NEXT STEP YET WHEN THAT MOMENT OF TRUTH CAME THEY COULD NOT REPLY 4HIS WAS PROVEN IN THE DEFEAT TO 2USSIA WHICH LEFT %NGLAND DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO THE BIGGEST NATIONAL SPORT ING DISASTER SINCE THEY FAILED TO QUALIFY FOR 53! @ !FTER THE RECENT GAMES IN WHICH THE TEAM PROVED THEIR ABIL ITY ) M SURE ) WAS NOT ALONE IN EXPECTING A CONlDENT VIC TORY -AYBE THEY LIKE THE !LL "LACKS CANNOT COPE WITH THE ENORMOUS PRESSURE -AYBE IF WE DIDN T CARE NEXT TIME THEY D GO ON AND WIN THE WHOLE THING -AYBE
"HAVIK 4HAKRAR 3PORTS 2EPORTER 4HE -EN S HOCKEY ND 8) TAUGHT THE RD 8) A LESSON IN CLINICAL lNISHING AS THEY RAN OUT WINNERS IN WHAT WAS A SURPRISINGLY FAST PACED CLASH (AVING NARROWLY ES CAPED RELEGATION LAST SEASON THE RD 8) AGAIN lND THEM SELVES IN THE SAME LEAGUE AS THE ND 8) 7ITH SEVERAL CHANGES FOL LOWING THE INmUX OF FRESHERS THE TWO TEAMS LINED UP WITH MANY UNFAMILIAR FACES 0IERS 'ORDON "ROWN WAS CALLED UP TO THE S WHO ENTERED THE GAME ON THE BACK OF AN IMPRESSIVE AWAY VICTORY AND CONSEQUENTLY STARTED THIS GAME IN A CONlDENT MAN NER 4HE S LOOKED COMFORT ABLE WHEN IN POSSESSION WITH FRESHER -ANISH -O HAN AND CAPTAIN 0ETE -ORRIS LOOKING ASSURED IN MIDlELD AND 3AM 7ALTON EVER SOLID AT THE BACK 4HE S EVENTUALLY RAN OUT WINNERS WITH AN IMPRESSIVE HAT TRICK FROM FRESHER !LEC :ETTER AND A GOAL FROM *OE 3MITH WHILST *AMES &OWLE WAS GUILTY OF
WASTING A COUPLE OF GOOD CHANCES PARTICULARLY FROM THE SHORT CORNERS CONCEDED BY THE S (OWEVER THIS SCORE LINE ARGUABLY mATTERED THE S SLIGHTLY AS THE S DID HAVE CHANCES THAT THEY FAILED TO CONVERT 0HIL "EER MISSED A GUILT EDGE CHANCE WITH THE SCORE AT DEPLOR ABLY SWINGING AND MISSING WHEN IN ON GOAL AND -ATT ,ANG HAD A SHOT CLEARED OFF THE LINE AND A SHOT SAVED BY KEEPER .ICK &RANKLIN IN AN OTHERWISE QUIET GAME FOR THE S STOPPER 4HE GAME ENDED ON A SOUR NOTE WHEN INmUENTIAL S MIDlELDER !LI 3MYTH RE CEIVED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A HARSH YELLOW CARD FOR DIS SENT A DECISION THAT COULD PROVE COSTLY LATER ON IN THE SEASON *UST A FEW WEEKS INTO THE SEMESTER THE S ARE SHOW ING THAT THEY ARE CERTAINLY NO PUSHOVERS AND SIT AT THE TOP OF THE TABLE WHILE IT IS LOOKING LIKE ANOTHER BLEAK RELEGATION BATTLE FOR S WHO DESPERATELY NEED TO START SCORING GOALS AND START WIN NING
#ONTINUED FROM BACK PAGE BOTH SHOWED REMARKABLE COMPOSURE ON THEIR "53! DEBUTS TO lRE 5%! INTO A COMFORTABLE LEAD BEFORE "EDFORD HAD ANY TIME TO SETTLE 4HE COHESION OF 5%! S PLAY WAS ALL THE MORE IMPRESSIVE CONSIDERING THE TEAM HAD NEVER PLAYED TO GETHER BEFORE AND THE MA JORITY OF THE WARM UP HAD PASSED BY IN A BIZZARE BLUR OF NAME LEARNING AND FOOT BALL PASSING "EDFORD THREATENED BRIEmY THROUGH SET PIECES AND THE TRICKERY OF THEIR QUICK FOOTED LEFT WINGER BUT KEEPER *AMES $UNHAM ONLY FORCED TO MUDDY HIM SELF ONCE IN THE COURSE OF THE lRST HALF &OLLOWING "EDFORD S BRIEF RALLY 5%! RE ASSERTED THEIR DOMINANCE BEFORE THE INTERVAL WITH 7ILSON COM PLETING HIS HAT TRICK AND %VANS SLOTTING HOME AGAIN TO MAKE IT 5%! WERE NEVER GOING TO EMULATE THEIR EARLY PYRO TECHNICS IN THE SECOND PE RIOD AND THE SUB CONSCIOUS RELAXATION ALLOWED "EDFORD MORE OF THE BALL $ESPITE
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hWE SHOWED THEM TOO MUCH RESPECTv 2ESPECT CAN BE IN SHORT SUPPLY IN "53! COM PETITION AS "EDFORD FOUND OUT TO THEIR COST
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Korfâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  newbies  run  riot  in  Lancaster  (ARRY ,OW 3PORT 2EPORTER 4HE SECOND WEEKEND OF /CTOBER SAW A TEAM OF KORFBALL FRESHERS EMBARK ON A JOURNEY TO ,ANCASTER TO PIT THEIR WITS AGAINST THE BEST OF THE COUNTRY S BEGINNER KORFBALLERS ,EAVING ON &RIDAY NIGHT THE SQUAD TRAVELLED IN THREE CARS WHICH ARRIVED AT VARIOUS TIMES EITHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT !FTER A BRIEF CHAT ABOUT PLANS FOR THE NEXT DAY THE TEAM WENT TO BED WHICH MEANT OUR HOST *ONNY S mOOR FOR MOST ALTHOUGH A CHOSEN FEW COMMANDEERED THE SOFAS AND BED !N EARLY START ON 3ATURDAY COUPLED WITH AN UNCOMFORTABLE NIGHT FOR MANY LED TO SOME TIRED LOOKING FACES EMERGING FROM mAT !FTER A BRIEF CAR JOURNEY AND REGISTRATION THE TEAM RECHARGED THEIR BATTERIES IN THE LOCAL SUPERMARKET READY FOR THEIR
lRST MATCH 4HE OPENING MATCH WAS AGAINST +EELE 5NIVERSITY )N A GAME WHICH 5%! DOMINATED IT TOOK UNTIL THE lNAL MINUTES FOR US TO CAPITALISE A LATE PENALTY FROM (ARRY ,OW DECIDING THE GAME 4HIS WAS FOLLOWED BY ONE OF THE BEST PERFORMANCES OF THE DAY WITH GOALS FROM !DAM %VERETT *ESS 0RYOR AND
*IMMY 3EYMOUR MEANING A THREE GOAL VICTORY FOR 5%! $EFEATS TO THE 7ARRIORS AND -ANCHESTER DID NOT DAMPEN THE SPIRITS AS THE TEAM LINED UP AGAINST HOSTS ,ANCASTER EVEN THOUGH THEY FOUND THEMSELVES BEHIND FOR A THIRD CONSECUTIVE GAME CAPTAIN 2ICHARD 0OPE AND *ESS 0RYOR MASTERMINDED A SUPERB TURNAROUND WHICH
GUARANTEED A lNISH IN THE TOP SIX 4HE lNAL GAME OF THE DAY PUT THE .ORWICH NOVICES AGAINST A LIVELY ,EEDS SIDE WITH THE WINNERS TAKING lFTH PLACE ! FAST PACED MATCH WAS DECIDED ON PENALTIES WITH ,EEDS EVENTUALLY TRIUMPHING AFTER THE GAME HAD lNISHED #O ORGANISER AND lRST
TEAM KORFBALLER *ESS 0RYOR BEAMED h7ELL DONE TO EVERYONE WHO WENT TO ,ANCASTER "EWARE ND TEAMERS THESE FRESHERS ARE GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY v 3WARAJ 4HANCANAMOOTOO WHO HELPED TO COACH THE TEAM IN ,ANCASTER ADDED h7ELL DONE EVERYONE FOR THIS WEEKEND ) HAVE TO SAY THAT ) HAD A BRILLIANT TIME SO
THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING IT SO ENJOYABLE v 4HE MATCHES WERE FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF PRESENTATION CEREMONY BEFORE THE TEAMS WENT THEIR SEPARATE WAYS TO FRESHEN UP FOR THE SOCIAL IN ,ANCASTER TOWN CENTRE IN THE EVENING %AST !NGLIA DONNED THEIR 5NION *ACKS FOR THE EVENING EACH TEAM HAD TO WEAR CLOTHING WHICH WAS RELATED TO THE lRST LETTER OF THEIR UNIVERSITY ,IGERS LEMMINGS AND NURSES WERE JUST SOME OF THE OUTlTS ON SHOW IN THE CLUB 2EVOLUTION WHICH PROVED TO BE A HOT AND STEAMY AFFAIR FOR SOME )AN $URRANT A SECOND YEAR WHO WAS ALSO NEW TO KORFBALL REFUSED TO COMMENT ON THE EVENTS OF THE WEEKEND STATING h7HAT HAPPENS IN ,ANCASTER STAYS IN ,ANCASTER v (OWEVER ALL THOSE THAT WENT AGREED THAT THIS WEEKEND WAS MOST DElNITELY ONE TO REMEMBER
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Football  relegated  as  national  sport 3AM 7ILSON 3PORTS 2EPORTER (AVING PREVIOUSLY STRONGLY CRITICISED THE PERFORMANCES OF THE .ORTHERN HEMISPHERE TEAMS SO FAR IN THE 7ORLD #UP YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE MY EXHILARATION WHEN THE POWER OF %NGLAND S PACK SAW OFF THE !USSIES IN A NAIL BIT ING MATCH TO PROGRESS TO THE SEMIS "UT ALSO THE &RENCH TEAM SYSTEMATICALLY TAKING TO PIECES THE MIGHTY !LL "LACKS IN A BRUISING ENCOUNTER IN #ARDIFF 4HIS ELATION WAS COMPOUNDED LAST WEEKEND WITH ANOTHER ELECTRIC PER FORMANCE BY "RIAN !SHTON S MEN AGAINST &RANCE TO SEND THE HOSTS CRASHING OUT OF THE TOURNAMENT AND THE %NGLISH TO A REPEAT ENCOUNTER WITH THE 3PRINGBOKS 4HE REVIVAL OF THE %NG LISH RUGBY CAMPAIGN IN THE 7ORLD #UP AFTER THEIR DRA MATIC POOL LOSS AT THE HANDS OF THE 3OUTH !FRICANS HAS
YET AGAIN SPARKED RUGBY EU PHORIA ACROSS THE COUNTRY 4HE / ARENA IN ,ONDON HOSTED THE lNAL ON A GIGAN
TIC SCREEN FOR FREE IN FRONT OF SPECTATORS WHICH WAS ONE OF THE MANY EVENTS GO ING ON TO CELEBRATE %NGLAND S
UNEXPECTED AND AWE INSPIR ING PROGRESS TO THE lNAL 4HE IMPACT OF %NGLAND S PEFORMANCE IN THE 7ORLD
#UP CAN CALL INTO QUESTION WHAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE NATIONAL SPORT WITH 3TEVE -CLAREN S FOOTBALLERS STRUG GLING AFTER A SHOCK DEFEAT TO 2USSIA AND FACING BEING THE ST %NGLAND FOOTBALL TEAM TO NOT MAKE THE lNALS OF A MA JOR TOURNAMENT SINCE UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF 'RAHAM 4AYLOR IN !LL THIS WHILST %NGLAND S RUGBY TEAM NEARLY COMPLET ED A TASK NO OTHER 7ORLD #UP WINNING TEAM HAS DONE DEFENDING THE 7EBB %LLIS #UP SUCCESSFULLY A FEAT THAT SEEMED ALMOST IMPOS SIBLE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TOURNAMENT 4HE OVERWHELMING SUC CESS OF THE %NGLISH SIDE COU PLED WITH THE ONGOING 'UIN NESS 0REMIERSHIP SEASON HAS THRUST RUGBY INTO THE SPORT ING LIMELIGHT ONCE AGAIN AND QUESTIONED ITS PLACE AS AN UNDERSTUDY TO FOOTBALL IN %NGLISH SPORT &OLLOWING THE DEFEAT OF !USTRALIA 'UARD
IAN COLUMNIST 3IMON (AT TENSTONE WROTE THE ARTICLE ENTITLED h2UGBY UNCOVERS THE AWFUL TRUTH OF MY WASTED LIFEv 4HE 'UARDIAN TH /CTOBER IN WHICH HE FUR THER HIGHLIGHTS HIS DISCON TENT WITH FOOTBALL THE SPORT HE HAS FOLLOWED AND PLAYED ALL HIS LIFE IN COMPARISON TO RUGBY IN COMMENTING h%VE RYTHING ABOUT RUGBY UNION SEEMS BETTER THAN FOOTBALL n THE DRAMA PACE AND ONE TWOS THE PASSION SKILL AND MUSCLE THE DEADLY GRACE AND SAVAGE BEAUTY OF IT ALLv "UT HE NOT ONLY CONTENDS THE SUCCESS OF %NGLISH FOOTBALL BUT ALSO THE WAY IN WHICH THE FANS ARE TREATED WHERE IT COSTS ON AVERAGE a TO SEE A 0REMIERSHIP FOOTBALL MATCH BUT YOU CAN WATCH STARS LIKE *ONNY 7ILKINSON AT .EWCASTLE &ALCONS FOR A TEN NER A HEAD WHICH PERSONALLY SOUNDS TO ME A FAR MORE EX CITING AFTERNOON OF SPORT
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4HE !UTUMN TERM IS A BUSY TIME FOR 5LTIMATE &RISBEE WITH NEW ARRIVALS LEARNING THE GAME AND THE )NDOOR 2EGIONAL AND .ATIONAL 4OUR NAMENTS FAST APPROACHING 4HE NEW SEASON GOT OFF TO A mYING START FOR 5%! 5L TIMATE WITH THE lRST TEAM HEADING TO "IRMINGHAM FOR AN /PEN 4OURNAMENT AND A NEW BATCH OF !YE !YE FRESH ERS PLAYING IN THE -ANCHES TER "EGINNER S 4OURNAMENT AN INDOOR COMPETITION IN WHICH TEAMS ARE ONLY AL LOWED TO HAVE ONE EXPERI ENCED PLAYER ON THE PITCH AT ANY ONE TIME 4HE lRST TEAM MADE A GOOD START TO THE YEAR WIN NING THREE OF THEIR lVE GAMES AND DRAWING THE OTHERS ON THE lRST DAY 3OME NARROW LOSSES ON DAY TWO HAMPERED THEIR PROGRESS BUT THEIR HIGH OVERALL PERFORMANCE NETTED THEM A COMMENDABLE TH PLACE $ISC SKILLS WERE HIGH ALL ROUND AND AS ALWAYS THE !YE !YES PLAYED WITH EXCEL LENT SPIRIT AND MADE THEIR PRESENCE KNOWN AT THE PARTY ON 3ATURDAY NIGHT 3PECIAL MENTIONS GO TO #HRIS $AV
5%! &OOTBALL #LUB IS THE PROVERBIAL CLUB IN TRANSITION 2AVAGED BY THE GRADUATION OF MORE THAN OF ITS PLAYING MEMBERS THE NEW SEASON HAS BEEN A TALE OF TOIL AND STRUG GLE PIECING TOGETHER TEAMS AND SUFFERING SOME DISHEART ENING DEFEATS 4HIS THEN WAS NOT IDEAL PREPARATION FOR THE OPENING "53! lXTURES OF THE SEASON FOR THE ST AND ND 8)S AND PREPARATION WAS HAMPERED STILL FURTHER BY THE NUMER OUS lXTURES BEING PLAYED AT #OLNEY AS MANY TEAMS HAD TO SHARE CHANGING FACILITIES (OWEVER HAVING EXTRACTED THEMSELVES FROM BETWEEN THE HEAVING MASSES OF 5%! S 2UGBY SIDE 5%! NDS SET ABOUT DISMANTLING THE SLUG GISH DEFENCE THAT BELONGED TO "EDFORD THS "53! GAMES AS A GEN ERAL RULE SHOULD NOT BE EASY BUT THE PACE PRECISION AND FOOTBALLING COMPETENCE DIS PLAYED BY 5%! IN THE OPEN ING MINUTES MEANT THE RE SULT WAS NEVER IN DOUBT 4IM 7ILSON AND #HRIS %VANS
IES FOR INTELLIGENT AND CON SISTENT OFFENSIVE PLAY AND TO VICE CAPTAIN #HRIS &RAZER FOR AN OUTSTANDING GENERAL PER FORMANCE 7ITH THIS EXCEL LENT START BEHIND THEM THE TEAM NOW LOOK FORWARD TO THE )NDOOR 2EGIONAL COMPE TITIONS IN A FEW WEEKS TIME -EANWHILE IN -ANCHES TER THE !YE !YE BEGINNERS WERE MAKING A FANTASTIC START TO THEIR FRISBEEING CAREERS WINNING FOUR OF THEIR GAMES
AND NARROWLY LOSING FOUR TO END UP IN THE 0LATE WINNERS OF THE LOWER GROUP lNAL 4HE TEAM PUT IN A SKILLED AND HARD WORKING PERFORM ANCE BUT WERE UNABLE TO SECURE THE 0LATE HOWEVER THEY STILL lNISHED IN A VERY RESPECTABLE TH PLACE %X PERIENCED PLAYERS +UMARAN 6ELUPPILLAI AND /LLY 7HITE WHO CAPTAINED THE BEGIN NER S TEAM WERE EXTREMELY IMPRESSED WITH THE EXCELLENT
SPIRIT DISPLAYED BY ALL TEAM MEMBERS !LL TEAM MEM BERS ALSO DISPLAYED MARKED IMPROVEMENT WITH THEIR DISC SKILLS AND PITCH MOVE MENT WITH SPECIAL MENTION GOING TO #HRIS 7OOD AS -OST 6ALUABLE 0LAYER /VERALL -ANCHESTER WAS A FANTASTIC START FOR PEOPLE NEW TO THE GAME AND BODES WELL FOR THE FUTURE WITH THE PLAYERS WORKING WELL TOGETHER AND PICKING UP
THE DYNAMICS OF THE GAME INCREDIBLY QUICKLY 7ITH PLENTY OF TOURNAMENTS COM ING UP OVER THE NEXT TERM THE FUTURE LOOKS EXTREMELY BRIGHT FOR !YE !YE 4HERE IS ALSO STILL PLENTY OF TIME FOR THOSE WHO HAVE YET TO TRY THE GAME WITH PRACTICES AT #OLNEY ,ANE 7EDNESDAY AND 3ATURDAY PM AND IN THE 3PORTS0ARK AT PM OPEN TO EVERYBODY
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