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5NION SEEKS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE DANGERS OF DRINK SPIKING P ,IFESTYLE

-AKING 5%! MORE BREAST AWARE P (OWDY PARTNER 2ICHARD 2EYNOLDS .EWS %DITOR 3TUDENTS WHO HELPED FRESHERS MOVE IN ON ARRIVALS WEEKEND HAVE YET TO BE PAID BY THE 5NIVERSITY 4HE 5N ION WHO HELP RECRUIT STUDENTS TO THESE JOBS AND ORGANISE THEIR PAY SLIPS HAS DESCRIBED THE SITUATION AS A hFARCEv ! NUMBER OF STUDENT gHELPERSg ARE AROUND ALL WEEKEND BETWEEN WEEKS ZERO AND ONE 4HEY CARRY BAGS DI RECT CARS GIVE DIRECTIONS AND ANSWER ANY NUMBER OF QUESTIONS FROM NEW FRESHERS AND THEIR FAMILIES 3ECOND AND THIRD YEAR STUDENTS ARE PERFECT FOR THE JOB BECAUSE THEY ARE EASY CASUAL LABOUR FOR THE 5NI VERSITY HAVE AN EXPERT KNOWLEDGE OF THE CAMPUS AND ARE HAPPY TO WORK FOR LITTLE MONEY 4HE STUDENTS WHO ARE PAID AT THE RATE OF a AN HOUR WERE

TOLD THEY WOULD BE PAID AT THE END OF /CTOBER AS THIS WAS THE l RST PAY DATE THAT ALL THEIR PAPERWORK WOULD BE READY FOR (AZEL 7HITE A THIRD YEAR HISTORY STUDENT SAID h)T S RIDICULOUS 7E ALL WORKED HARD TO CREATE A POSITIVE IM PRESSION OF 5%! AND TO MAKE THE FRESHERS FEEL WELCOME AND THE 5NI VERSITY CAN T EVEN PAY US PROPERLY v 7HEN #ONCRETE ASKED HER WHAT ADVICE SHE WOULD GIVE TO PEOPLE LOOKING INTO BEING A HELPER NEXT YEAR SHE SAID h) WOULD ADVISE PEO PLE AGAINST WORKING DURING FRESHERS WEEK AGAINv 4HE 5NIVERSITYgS $EAN OF 3TU DENTS /Fl CE COMMENTED h7E ARE CONCERNED THAT THERE HAS BEEN A DELAY IN PAYING THE STUDENT HELPERS THIS YEAR AS WE PLACE GREAT VALUE ON THE WONDERFUL HELP WE RECEIVE FROM THEM DURING THE !RRIVALS PERIOD AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUCCESS OF

SUCH AN IMPORTANT EVENT IN 5%! S CALENDAR v h)T IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THE LARGE VOLUME OF PAYMENT REQUESTS AND ASSOCIATED PAPERWORK RECEIVED BY THE &INANCE $EPARTMENT IN /C TOBER LED TO REGRETTABLE DELAYS IN THE PROCESSING OF PAYMENTS 7E HAVE BEEN ASSURED THAT THE HELPERS WILL BE PAID AT THE END OF THIS MONTHv (OWEVER 2OWENA "ODDINGTON THE #OMMUNICATIONS /Fl CER OF THE 5NION SAID h)N ALL HONESTY IT HAP PENS EVERY YEAR THEY SHOULD KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT 3TUDENTS WORK THEIR GUTS OUT FOR THE 5NIVERSITY SO ) CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THEY FEEL FRUSTRATEDv (AZEL EXPLAINED h4HE WORST THING IS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE RE CEIVED ABSOLUTELY NO COMMUNICA TION FROM THE 5NIVERSITY AND ) HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THEY ARE EXPECTING TO PAY US ) HAVE A PART TIME JOB SO ) M NOT AS BADLY AFFECTED AS SOME STU

DENTS BUT ) KNOW OF MANY PEOPLE WHO ONLY WORK IN THE SUMMER SO NOT GETTING PAID MEANS THAT THEY ARE l NDING IT DIFl CULT TO PAY BILLS AND RENTv 4HE $EAN OF 3TUDENTS /Fl CE SUGGESTED THAT STUDENTS WHO WERE HAVING CASH m OW PROBLEMS COULD APPLY FOR INTEREST FREE LOANS FROM THEM 2OWENA RESPONDED h)T SEEMS A BIT RIDICULOUS THAT STUDENTS HAVE TO APPLY FOR LOANS WHICH THEY ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO GET PURELY BECAUSE OF 5NIVERSITY BUREAUCRACY v 7HEN ASKED IF THE 5NION WOULD BE CONTINUING WITH THEIR INVOLVE MENT 2OWENA SAID WHILE ) CANNOT GIVE A FORMAL POSITION FOR THE 5N ION IF THIS PROBLEM IS NOT SORTED OUT ) PERSONALLY WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE WILL HAVE TO CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT WE PARTICIPATE IN SUCH A FARCE NEXT YEAR v

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!LICE 'IBBS $EPUTY .EWS %DITOR 0OLICE WERE CALLED TO 5%! LAST WEEK FOLLOWING TWO AS SAULTS AT THE 5NIVERSITY 4HE lRST INCIDENT OCCURRED ON &RIDAY /CTOBER AT APPROXIMATELY PM OUTSIDE 0ASTON (OUSE ON THE %ARLHAM 2OAD SIDE OF CAMPUS 4HE MALE VICTIMS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN NAMED WERE AND YEARS OLD 4HE YEAR OLD WAS HIT FROM BEHIND WITH A METAL POLE WHICH THE OFFENDERS HAD TAKEN FROM NEARBY FENCING (E SUFFERED A HEAD INJURY AND WAS TAKEN TO .ORFOLK AND .ORWICH 5NIVERSITY (OSPITAL FOR TREATMENT 4HE YEAR OLD WAS ALSO ASSAULTED BUT NEITHER OF THE BOYS ARE SAID TO HAVE SERIOUS INJURIES AND ARE RECOVERING FROM THE ATTACK ! POLICE SPOKESPERSON TOLD #ONCRETE THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR FOUR OFFENDERS ALL DESCRIBED AS WHITE AND AGED BETWEEN AND 4HEIR DESCRIPTIONS ARE AS FOL LOWS FT TALL AND OF MEDIUM BUILD WITH SHORT BLOND HAIR WEARING A WHITE HOODED TOP AND TRAINERS WITH A TATTOO VISIBLE ON HIS CHEST FT INS TALL WITH GINGER HAIR WEARING A BLUE !DIDAS TRACKSUIT TOP AND DARK COLOURED JOGGING BOTTOMS FT INS TALL AND OF FAT BUILD WEARING A BROWN HOODED TOP BLUE JEANS AND WHITE TRAINERS FT TALL AND WEARING A BROWN HOODED JUMPER WITH A -C+ENZIE LOGO AND LIGHT COLOURED TROUSERS

4HE 0OLICE AND THE 5%! 3ECURITY TEAM WORKED TOGETH ER TO SEARCH THE LOCAL AREA IN AN EFFORT TO TRACE THE OFFENDERS 3GT 'ERRY (ANLEY FROM THE 5NIVERSITY AND %ATON 3AFER .EIGHBOURHOOD 4EAM SAID h4HIS WAS A NASTY ASSAULT AND STUDENTS MAY HAVE SEEN A NUMBER OF POLICE OFlCERS ON CAMPUS MAKING ENQUIRIES ON THE NIGHT IT HAPPENED v (E CONTINUED h)NCI DENTS LIKE THIS ONE ARE EX TREMELY UNUSUAL ON THE CAMPUS AND ) WOULD MOVE TO REASSURE STUDENTS THAT THE 5%! REMAINS A SAFE AREA v 4HE SECOND INCIDENT WHICH THE EMERGENCY SERV ICES ATTENDED OCCURRED ON 3ATURDAY /CTOBER 4WO STUDENTS OUTSIDE THE (IVE DOORS STARTED A lGHT AND IN THE CONFUSION ONE OF THEM PUNCHED A FEMALE STUDENT WHO REQUESTED AN AMBU LANCE (OWEVER SHE SUF FERED NO SERIOUS INJURY AND WAS TAKEN HOME BY A FRIEND 5%! HAS ITS OWN POLICE #OMMUNITY 3UPPORT /FlCER WHO WORKS WITHIN THE 3AFER .EIGHBOURHOODS 4EAM 3TU DENTS CAN CONTACT THE TEAM ON !NYONE WHO SAW THE ASSAULTS OR WHO HAS ANY INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT 0# +EVIN 3TIRLING AT %ARLHAM 0OLICE 3TATION ON !LTERNATIVELY INFORMATION CAN BE PASSED ANONYMOUSLY TO #RIMESTOP PERS VIA 3GT (ANLEY COMMENTED FURTHER h7E PROACTIVELY PA TROL THE CAMPUS AND ROBUSTLY

INVESTIGATE ANY CRIMES THAT HAPPEN THERE BUT WE WOULD REMIND STUDENTS THAT THEY CAN ASSIST US BY TAKING SOME SIMPLE PRECAUTIONS TO PRE VENT THEMSELVES FROM BE COMING VICTIMS OF CRIME v (E SAID h4HE ROUTINE ADVICE WE WOULD GIVE WOULD INCLUDE AVOIDING WALKING ALONE AT NIGHT IN AREAS WITH EITHER POOR OR NO LIGHT ING KEEPING WINDOWS AND DOORS LOCKED WHEN YOU ARE AWAY FROM ACCOMMODATION AND MARKING YOUR VALUABLE PROPERTY INCLUDING COM PUTERS AND PEDAL CYCLES v )N THE LAST YEAR THERE HAVE BEEN EIGHT REPORTED AS SAULTS AT 5%! LESS THAN ONE A MONTH A STATISTIC WHICH SUGGESTS HOW SAFE THE 5NI VERSITY IS !RTHUR (AMILTON FROM THE %STATES $IVISION RE ITERATED 5%! S SAFETY RECORD (E COMMENTED h) WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REASSURE STUDENTS THAT THIS TYPE OF INCIDENT IS EXTREMELY RARE BUT YOU SHOULD EXERCISE SENSIBLE PRECAUTIONS 4HANK FULLY THE STUDENT CONCERNED WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED AND IS NOW UNDER THE CARE OF THE $EAN OF 3TUDENTS !NY STUDENTS WITH CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR PERSONAL SAFETY SHOULD CONTACT 5%! 3ECURITY STAFF AT THE ,ODGE ON v ! REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE $EAN OF 3TUDENTS OF lCE URGED STUDENTS WHO HAD CONCERNS TO VISIT THE SERVICE 3HE TOLD #ONCRETE THAT h7E CAN OFFER ADVICE AND GUID ANCE TO ANYONE AFFECTED v

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First Â strand Â student 2ACHEL -ORRIS 2EPORTER /N TH /CTOBER A 5%! STUDENT WAS LEFT STRANDED IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORN ING FOLLOWING A DISPUTE OVER HER BUS TICKET 4HE SITUATION OCCURRED WHEN THE STUDENT WAS TRAVELLING ON THE POPU LAR BUS ROUTE FROM THE CITY CENTRE TO THE 5NIVERSITY 4HE YEAR OLD FEMALE SUFFERS A MOBILITY DISABILITY AND WAS IN POSSESSION OF A CONCESSIONARY BUS PASS A PASS THAT EXPIRES AFTER 7HEN BOARDING THE BUS AT AND PAYING THE OTHER WISE FREE FARE TO THE 5NIVER SITY THE STUDENT DID NOT RETAIN HER TICKET AS THIS IS THE USUAL PRACTISE WITH A CONCESSION ARY BUS PASS OF THIS KIND !T A BUS STOP ON THE WAY BACK TO THE 5NIVERSITY FOUR TICKET IN SPECTORS BOARDED THE BUS AND REQUESTED TO SEE ALL PROOF OF FARE PAYMENTS 4HE STUDENT EXPLAINED THAT SHE HAD UNFOR TUNATELY NOT RETAINED HER TICK ET SHOWED HER CONCESSIONARY BUS PASS TO THE INSPECTOR AND EXPLAINED SHE WAS RETURNING TO HER RESIDENCE AT THE 5NI VERSITY 7HEN HER CASE WAS DISPUTED THE STUDENT CON TINUED TO POINT OUT THE SHEER IMPOSSIBILITY OF HER BOARD ING THE BUS IN TOWN WITHOUT PURCHASING A TICKET AND EVEN

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OFFERED TO lND THE TICKET IN THE BIN AS SHE WAS UNABLE TO PURCHASE ANOTHER (OWEVER THE INSPECTOR DEMANDED THAT THE STUDENT GET OFF THE BUS ,EFT ON AN UNFAMILIAR ROAD IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORN ING AND IN AN AREA THAT HAS RECENTLY SEEN A NUMBER OF ATTACKS THE STUDENT WAS LEFT TO WALK THE REMAINDER OF THE JOURNEY ALONE AND IN A GREAT DEAL OF DISTRESS #ONCRETE UNDERSTANDS THAT THE STUDENT HAS SENT A

LETTER TO &IRST "USES LODGING A COMPLAINT #ONCRETE HAS SEEN A COPY OF THE LETTER AND ASKED &IRST "USES TO PROVIDE AN EX PLANATION 4HEY RESPONDED h7E HAVE TODAY RECEIVED THE LETTERx THIS IS BEING INVESTI GATED AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN THE COMPANY 7E APOLOGISE TO HER FOR THE DISTRESS RISK AND INCONVENIENCE SHE MUST HAVE SUFFERED v /N WHETHER OR NOT THE INSPECTORS WERE CORRECTLY FOL LOWING PROCEDURE THEY SAID

h/UR INSPECTORS DO HAVE TO ENSURE THAT PASSENGERS ARE PAYING THEIR FARES AND WE HAVE CLEAR PROCEDURES FOR DEALING WITH SITUATIONS WHERE A PAS SENGER MAY HAVE GOOD REA SON FOR NOT HAVING A TICKET OR BE IN ANY DIFlCULTIES 4HESE PROCEDURES DO NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED AND WE ARE INTERVIEWING THOSE MEM BERS OF OUR STAFF INVOLVED v h3HOULD IT PROVE WE HAVE FAILED IN OUR DUTY OF CARE THEN WE WILL TAKE NECESSARY

/N 4UESDAY .OVEMBER TH THERE WILL BE A lRE SAFETY AWARENESS DAY FEATURING CHIP PAN DEMONSTRATIONS AND A lRE EXPERIENCE UNIT $AVINA 7ILLSON A SECOND YEAR STUDENT AND 5%! &IRE 3AFETY !MBASSADOR HAS OR GANISED THE EVENT ALONG WITH THE .ORFOLK &IRE 3ERVICE )T IS PART OF THE @&IRE +ILLS CAM PAIGN WHICH IS DESIGNED TO RAISE AWARENESS AMONG STU DENTS ABOUT lRE SAFETY ESPE DISCIPLINARY ACTION AND THE CIALLY IN RENTED ACCOMMODA STUDENT AFFECTED WILL RECEIVE A TION FULL LETTER OF APOLOGY 7E WILL /VER THE PAST lVE YEARS ALSO BE REMINDING ALL STAFF OF CIGARETTES SMOKING MATERI THE PROCEDURES THAT SHOULD ALS AND CANDLES HAVE BEEN BE FOLLOWED WHERE A PASSEN THE CAUSE OF STUDENT GER DOES NOT HAVE A TICKET BUT INJURIES WITH MANY STUDENTS HAS A GOOD REASON FOR THIS v PUTTING THEMSELVES AT UN h7HATEVER THE CIRCUM NECESSARY RISK BY NOT HAVING STANCES IT IS TOTALLY UNACCEPT A FUNCTIONING SMOKE ALARM ABLE THAT A YOUNG LADY OR ANY 3TUDENTS MAKE THEM YOUNG OR VULNERABLE PERSON SELVES EVEN MORE VULNERABLE SHOULD BE PUT OFF A BUS LATE AT WHEN THEY COME HOME FROM NIGHT AT SOME DISTANCE FROM A NIGHT OUT DRINKING AND PRE THEIR DESTINATION v PARE A MIDNIGHT FEAST ON THE STOVE OF STUDENT DEATHS IN lRES OCCUR THROUGH THE MISUSE OF COOKING APPLIANCES AND CARELESS HANDLING OF HOT SUBSTANCES 4HE lRE SAFETY DAY WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT PREVENTING lRES 4HE lRE EX PERIENCE UNIT IS DESIGNED TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT HOW TO REACT IF A lRE DOES OCCUR 4HE lRST PEOPLE THAT AT TEND WILL RECEIVE A FREE GOODIE BAG WITH MUGS KEY RINGS AND POSTERS ! lRE ENGINE WILL ALSO BE ON CAMPUS THAT DAY WITH lRE lGHTERS TALKING TO STUDENTS ABOUT lRE SAFETY 7ILLSON TOLD #ONCRETE hKNOWING A FEW IMPORTANT lRE TIPS MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE .AME 4IM (ANDLEY "EING STUDENTS COMING HOME 3CHOOL ,!7 FROM A NIGHT OUT WE CAN PUT 9EAR OURSELVES AT RISK AND WE NEED +EY 0OLICIES TO BE AWARE OF THAT 0EOPLE #ONTINUATION OF WORK SHOULD COME TO THE EVENT TO FROM LAST YEAR SEE THE FULL EFFECTS OF lRE lRST 3UPPORTING SCHOOL REPS HAND AS WELL AS TAKING PART IN 2EPRESENT 9/52 NEEDS AN EXCITING DAY WITH MANY IN #ATCHPHRASE h %XPERI TERACTIVE EXPERIENCES STUDENTS ANCED -OTIVATED 3UP CAN TRY v

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4HE 33& 3OCIAL 3CIENCES &ACULTY #ONVENOR ELECTION WILL BE HELD IN THE ,#2 ON THE .OVEMBER 4HIS IS THE lRST TIME SINCE THE CREA TION OF THE POSTS THAT A &AC ULTY #ONVENOR ELECTION HAS BEEN CONTESTED 4IM (ANDLEY WAS THE CONVENOR LAST YEAR AND IS RE RUNNING 3OCRATES )OANNOU IS THE NEW CANDIDATE 4HE HUSTINGS A DEBATE BETWEEN THE CANDIDATES WAS HELD ON ND .OVEMBER /NLY 3OCRATES ATTENDED ! SPEECH WRITTEN BY 4IM WAS READ OUT BY THE $EPUTY 2E TURNING /FlCER #AMMIE &ULMER THE !CADEMIC /F lCER 4HE OPPORTUNITY TO RUN FOR THIS POST WAS AVAILABLE THREE TIMES LAST YEAR BUT NO

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.AME 3OCRATES )OANNOU 3CHOOL ,!7 9EAR ONE STOOD IN THEIR FACULTY BOTH TO ACA +EY 0OLICIES %VERYONE IN THE SCHOOLS DEMIC STAFF AND ON FACULTY "ETTER COMMUNICATIONS OF $%6 %#/ %$5 ,!7 LEVEL COMMITTEES )N ADDI )MPROVING ACCESS TO ."3 AND 37+ CAN VOTE IN TION TO THIS THEY WORK WITH THE LAW SCHOOL BUILDING THE ELECTION THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL REPRE #ROSS FACULTY SOCIALS 4HERE ARE FOUR &ACULTY SENTATIVES TO TACKLE FACULTY #ATCHPHRASE h7E DESERVE THE BESTv #ONVENORS THEIR JOB IS TO LEVEL ISSUES REPRESENT ALL THE STUDENTS

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Drinks Â spiked Â at Â the Â LCR VERY POPULAR AND THE mIERS WERE GETTING READ AS WE PUT THEM DOWN AND THE COASTERS WENT DOWN WELL AS WELL v ! REPRESENTATIVE FROM 5%! S -EDICAL #ENTRE :OE "ARR SAID h4HERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE SYMP TOMS AND EFFECTS OF DRINK SPIKING ON THE 2OOlE &OUN DATION S WEBSITE WWW ROOlE COM (OWEVER STUDENTS WITH MORE PRESSING CONCERNS SHOULD MAKE AN APPOINT MENT v %XPERTS FROM THE 2OOlE &OUNDATION CLAIM THAT ALL TYPES OF PEOPLE HAVE BECOME VICTIMS OF $&3! 7HILE THE MAJORITY OF VICTIMS ARE YOUNG WOMEN AGED BETWEEN lFTEEN AND THIRTY IN DRINK SPIK

!LICE 'IBBS $EPUTY .EWS %DITOR #ONCERN HAS BEEN RAISED OVER THE DANGER OF DRINK SPIKING AT 5%! )N RESPONSE TO REQUESTS THE 3TUDENT 5NION HAS INSTI GATED A CAMPAIGN OF DRINK AWARENESS TO ALERT STUDENTS TO THE POSSIBILITY OF DRUGS BEING DROPPED INTO THEIR DRINK ON A NIGHT OUT !CCORDING TO 'RAHAM 2HODES OF THE 2OOlE &OUNDA TION "RITAIN S ONLY SPECIALISED AGENCY DEALING WITH THE ISSUES OF $RUG &ACILITATED 3EXUAL !BUSE $&3! THROUGH SPIK ING THERE MAY BE AS MANY AS CASES OF DRUG ASSISTED ROBBERY EACH YEAR IN THE 5+ COMPARED TO INCIDENTS OF DRUG ASSISTED RAPE )N ADDITION TO ILLICIT DRUGS SUCH AS %CSTASY ,3$ AND +ETAMINE PRESCRIP TION DRUGS ARE ALSO FREQUENTLY USED BY OFFENDERS WHO CON TAMINATE DRINKS WHEN THEIR VICTIM IS DISTRACTED -USCLE RE LAXANTS AND HYPNOTICS SUCH AS 3ERAPAX 6ALIUM AND 2OHYP NOL ARE GAINING A REPUTATION AS THE MOST COMMON DRUGS USED IN DRINK SPIKING CASES 4HE EF FECTS INCLUDE VOMITING LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS POOR COORDI NATION AND BALANCE SLURRED SPEECH MUSCLE SPASMS AND RESPIRATORY DIFlCULTIES

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4HE 3TUDENT 5NION S %X ECUTIVE /FlCERS STARTED THE DRINKS AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ON THE NIGHT OF THE (ALLOW EEN ,#2 4HE 7ELFARE /FlCER 2UTH 3TONE TOLD #ONCRETE ABOUT THE EVENT 3HE SAID h7E GAVE OUT mIERS COASTERS AND STICKERS IN THE PUB AND IN THE (IVE TO DRAW ATTENTION TO ALCOHOL AWARENESS v )NFORMATION IN CLUDED DETAILS ON THE AMOUNT OF UNITS IN POPULAR DRINKS

.(3 GUIDELINES ON UNIT IN TAKE AND SAFETY TIPS IN RELATION TO DRINK SPIKING 3PIKEY STOP PERS WHICH PROTECT AGAINST SPIKING BY CAPPING THE BOTTLE TOP WERE ALSO HANDED OUT #ALLING THE CAMPAIGN A JOINT EFFORT BY THE %XECUTIVE TEAM 2UTH 3TONE COMMENTED ON THE SUCCESS OF THE EVENT SAYING h/VERALL THE RESPONSE WAS A GOOD ONE AND ) HOPE THAT IT GOT PEOPLE THINKING ABOUT IT ALL 4HE STICKERS WERE

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ING VICTIMS ARE MEN )T IS ALSO OCCURRING MORE AND MORE IN THE GAY AND LESBIAN COMMU NITY 7HEN ASKED TO COMMENT ON THE USE OF 3PIKEY OR 3AFEmO CAPS FOR BOTTLES ONE STUDENT SAID h4HEY USE THEM AUTO MATICALLY IN SOME OF THE CLUBS IN .ORWICH PERHAPS THEY COULD BECOME A lXTURE AT THE 5NION BARS v 4HE BOTTLE STOPPERS HAVE BEEN TESTED AND RECOM MENDED BY THE 0OLICE AND ARE CURRENTLY ENDORSED BY #RIME3TOPPERS 2UTH 3TONE SAID h7E ARE HOPING TO CON TINUE THE DRINKS AWARENESS CAMPAIGN NEARER #HRISTMAS AND WE ARE LOOKING INTO THE IDEA OF 3PIKEYS AT THE BARS v

,AST 4HURSDAY SAW THE SECOND 5NION #OUNCIL OF THE ACA DEMIC YEAR (ELD IN A REASONABLY FULL ,4 5NION #OUNCIL IS A MECHANISM BY WHICH THE STUDENTS OF 5%! CAN DECIDE ISSUES OF POLICY IN THE 5N ION 4HERE WERE EIGHT SEPARATE MOTIONS BROUGHT BEFORE THE #OUNCIL THE MOST IN RECENT MEMORY 4HESE INCLUDED MO TIONS ON ETHICAL INVESTMENT TRADE UNION RECOGNITION .53 GOVERNANCE SOCIAL SPACES @.O 0LATFORM POLICY 4RANSITION #AMPUS THE 3TUDENT 3WITCH /FF )NITIATIVE AND CHANGING STUDENT LOANS !S THIS WAS THE SECOND 5NION #OUNCIL OF THE YEAR MORE COUNCILLORS WERE PRESENT THAN EARLIER IN THE YEAR WITH TWO CALLS OF QUORUM EASILY DEFEATED DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE #OUNCIL LASTED OVER THREE HOURS 4HE #OUNCIL BEGAN WITH PROCEDURAL CHANGES TAKING CENTRE STAGE )N ORDER TO AL LOW COUNCILLORS TO HEAR EVERY

SPEECH THAT IS MADE IT IS NOW COMPULSORY FOR ALL SPEECHES TO BE MADE VIA THE MICROPHONE IN THE ROSTRUM AT THE FRONT OF ,4 )N ORDER TO SPEED UP THIS PROCESS COUNCILLORS WANTING TO MAKE A SPEECH ON A MOTION MUST OCCUPY THE BENCHES DUR ING THE DEBATE 4HERE IS ALSO A NEW SYSTEM FOR THE PROPOSAL OF AMENDMENTS WITH ALL PRO POSED AMENDMENTS HAVING TO BE SUBMITTED ON PAPER TO THE CHAIR !S WELL AS THIS #OM MUNICATIONS /FlCER 2OWENA "ODDINGTON PROPOSED ENDING THE CURRENT POLICY OF PAPER LESS MEETINGS AS THIS POLICY WAS RESULTING IN COUNCILLORS BEING HAMPERED IN REPRE SENTING THEIR CONSTITUENTS 4HE PROPOSAL WAS OPPOSED BY %NVIRONMENT /FlCER 3AN NAH -ALIK WHO CLAIMED THAT THE RETURN TO PAPER MINUTES WOULD RESULT IN ENVIRONMEN TAL DAMAGE 4HE PROPOSAL WAS PASSED OVERWHELMINGLY !FTER THE CONTROVER SIAL PASSING OF A MOTION CONDEMNING THE .53 @.O 0LATFORM POLICY IN THE LAST COUNCIL $ANNY 4URNER AND

*ONATHAN #LARK PROPOSED THAT THE ISSUE SHOULD BE PUT TO A CAMPUS WIDE POLICY BAL LOT 4HEIR MOTION TO DO SO PASSED WITH EASE AND #OUN CIL DECIDED THAT THE STATEMENT TO BE PUT TO CAMPUS IN WEEK NINE SHOULD BE @THE 5NION OF 5%! 3TUDENTS AGREES WITH THE .ATIONAL 5NION OF 3TU

DENT SWITCH OFF CAMPAIGN WHICH HAS MADE SUBSTANTIAL lNANCIAL SAVINGS BY REDUCING ENERGY USAGE #OUNCIL ALSO PASSED A POLICY APPROVING THE 4RANSITION #AMPUS PROJECT 4HE PROJECT ACKNOWLEDGES OUR CURRENT DEPENDENCE ON PEAK OIL AND RESOLVES TO lND ALTER NATIVES TO THIS SITUATION

DENTS @.O 0LATFORM POLICY @ 4HE CAMPAIGNS WILL BE LED BY $ANNY 4URNER &OR AND 2ICH ARD 2EYNOLDS !GAINST #OUNCIL ALSO PASSED A NUMBER OF ENVIRONMENT MEASURES WITH THE %NVIRON MENT /FlCER ASKING #OUNCIL TO MANDATE HER AND FUTURE OFlCERS TO CONTINUE THE STU

*OE #ONBOY CONTROVER SIALLY PROPOSED A MOTION CONDEMNING THE RECENT .53 REPORT INTO INTERNAL GOVERN ANCE (OWEVER AS SOON AS THE MOTION WAS PROPOSED THE #OMMUNICATIONS /FlCER 2O WENA "ODDINGTON TABLED AN AMENDMENT WHICH RE WROTE THE ENTIRE MOTION

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#OUNCIL BEGAN THIS WEEK WITH A NEW STREAMLINED SCHEME FOR THE RAPID IMPLE MENTATION OF DEMOCRACY 4HE PROCESS INVOLVED COUNCILLORS BEING INVITED TO THE FRONT OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBER CROWDING THE FRONT BENCHES READY TO SWOOP TO WARDS THE LECTERN WHEN THEIR TURN TO SPEAK CAME !MEND MENTS CAN ALSO NOW BE DEALT WITH SWIFTLY AS THE #HAIR MAN INTRODUCED A SCHEME OF WRITING AMENDMENTS ON A SPECIAL SUPER SPEEDY AMENDMENT SLIP 4HE PACE OF PROGRESS RAPIDLY BECAME THE ISSUE OF THE #OUNCIL WITH EVERY COUNCILLOR START ING THEIR SPEECH WITH h) PROMISE ) LL BE BRIEF #OUN CILv 7E TRULY ARE IN A DARK AGE OF DEMOCRACY WHEN OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES ARE UNABLE TO KEEP TO SUCH A SIMPLE CAMPAIGN PROMISE 4HE OBSESSION WITH TIME CONTINUED WHEN #HAIRMAN *OPP WAS CHALLENGED 4HE CHALLENGER INSISTED THAT COUNCIL LITERALLY GO BACK lVE MINUTES AND REPEAT A DEBATE THEY HAD ALREADY COMPLETED OBVIOUSLY CONCERNED THAT IT HADN T BEEN QUICK ENOUGH THE lRST TIME AROUND 7HEN THE CHALLENGE SUCCEEDED COUNCIL WAS FORCED BACK TO GO BACK IN TIME AND AL 2ATHER THAN DEBATING WHAT THOUGH THE ALL POWERFUL WERE EFFECTIVELY TWO DIFFERENT #HAIRMAN DOES NOT HAVE A MOTIONS $EPUTY #HAIRMAN TIME MACHINE WITH #OUNCIL $AVISON PROPOSED THAT THE IN HIS HANDS HE CERTAINLY MATTER SHOULD BE ADJOURNED HAS THE ABILITY TO MAKE TIME TO ALLOW COUNCILLORS A CHANCE STAND STILL TO READ THE LENGTHY GOVERN 4HE CHALLENGE TAPPED ANCE REPORT WRITTEN BY THE INTO A NEW SPIRIT OF REBEL .53 #OUNCIL AGREED AND THE LIOUSNESS IN #OUNCIL PRO MATTER HAS BEEN POSTPONED CEDURAL POINTS mEW ALL OVER #OUNCIL ALSO PASSED A THE PLACE ENTIRE MOTIONS POLICY CALLING ON THE 3TUDENT WERE AMENDED AND QUO ,OANS #OMPANY TO RECOG RUM CHALLENGES BECAME A NISE THAT THE THREE 5NIVERSITY MANTRA TO CERTAIN COUNCIL TERMS ARE OF WIDELY DIFFERENT LORS #OUNCILLORS SEEMED LENGTH AND STUDENT LOANS TO HAVE FAILED TO APPRECIATE SHOULD BE SPLIT WITH THIS IN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MIND 4HE 3OCIETIES /FlCER BRIEF SPEECH ON AN ISSUE AND !NDY *UDSON PROPOSED THAT TWELVE CHALLENGES ON WHAT THE 5NION SHOULD LOBBY THE THEY HAD SAID 5NIVERSITY TO PROVIDE MORE $EMOCRACY WAS CLEARLY SOCIAL SPACES IN 5NIVERSITY THE WINNER AS EIGHT MOTIONS BUILDINGS WHEN THEY BUILD WERE VOTED ON AS WERE MORE NEW ACCOMMODATION BLOCKS THAN TWENTY AMENDMENTS )T WAS ALSO PROPOSED THAT AND lVE STEERING GROUPS THE 5NION RUN AN AWARENESS (OWEVER AS WE FOUND OUT CAMPAIGN ON 5NION MEM DEMOCRACY TAKES TIME &OR BERSHIP FOR PART TIME WORK TUNATELY OWING TO THE RE ERS 4HE MOTION S PROPOSER FORMS AND THE ASSEMBLED *ONATHAN #LARK DENIED THAT COUNCILLORS COMMITMENT TO THE MOTION WAS AN ATTEMPT BREVITY IT WAS THE QUICKEST TO INCREASE REVENUE FOR THE THREE HOURS OF MY LIFE ,ABOUR 0ARTY

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ERASMUS Â students Â left Â homeless 'ILES $ERRINGTON 2EPORTER 4HE 5NIVERSITY IS FACING STRONG CRITICISM FROM NEWLY ARRIVED %2!3-53 STUDENTS OVER ITS HANDLING OF ACCOMMODATION ARRANGEMENTS FOR THIS YEAR 4HE STUDENTS WHO HAVE COME FROM AN ARRAY OF %URO PEAN COUNTRIES TO STUDY AT THE 5NIVERSITY CLAIM THEY WERE ORIGINALLY UNDER THE IMPRES SION THAT ACCOMMODATION ON CAMPUS WAS GUARANTEED TO THEM AND THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO lND ROOMS WITHIN HALLS JUST AS THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO IN RECENT YEARS (OWEVER THE ACCOMMO DATION OFlCE APPEARS TO HAVE UNDERESTIMATED THE DEMAND FOR HOUSING AMONG THE NEW lRST YEAR INTAKE AND HAD IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED FORGOT TEN THAT THE DEMOLITION OF 7AVENEY 4ERRACE SUMMER HAD IN FACT DECREASED THE NUMBER OF STUDENT ROOMS AVAILABLE 4HE 5NIVERSITY ORGAN ISED A HOUSING EVENT AT 5%! WHICH OF THE %2!3-53 ATTENDED !LTHOUGH IT HAS

BEEN SUGGESTED THAT MANY COULD SIMPLY NOT MAKE THE EVENT AT SHORT NOTICE AND WERE STILL WITHOUT ACCOMMODATION UNTIL MUCH LATER 4HOSE THAT DID ATTEND WERE GIVEN TEMPORARY ACCOMMO DATION IN .ELSON #OURT 'UEST (OUSE AND THE 5NIVERSITY OF FERED AS MUCH ASSISTANCE AS IT COULD TO THOSE SEARCHING FOR HOUSING (OWEVER AS ANY SECOND OR THIRD YEAR STUDENT WILL KNOW lNDING HOUSING AROUND .ORWICH IS STRESSFUL ENOUGH EVEN WHEN YOU KNOW

THE CITY SPEAK THE LANGUAGE AND HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE TO LIVE WITH -ANY %2!3-53 STUDENTS WERE LEFT LOOKING FOR HOUSING IN !UGUST LONG AFTER MANY OF THE LETTING AGENCIES HAVE RUN OUT OF HOUSES 7HEN #ONCRETE ASKED ABOUT THE CLAIMS 3UZY 'OOK OF THE !CCOMMODATION /F lCE GAVE A STATEMENT CLAIMING THAT ON CAMPUS ACCOMMODA TION HAD NEVER BEEN GUARAN TEED TO ANY VISITING STUDENTS -S 'OOK WENT ON TO SAY THAT h)T IS REGRETTABLE THAT

THIS SITUATION AROSE AND WE ARE REVIEWING ACCOMMODA TION AVAILABILITY AND GUARAN TEES TO DETERMINE HOW THE SITUATION MIGHT BE AVOIDED IN THE FUTURE v !LTHOUGH THE MIX UP OVER ACCOMMODATION AFFECTED ONLY %2!3-53 STUDENTS THOSE INVOLVED SET THE BLAME SQUARELY AT THE FEET OF THE !C COMMODATION /FlCE WITH THE %2!3-53 SOCIETY 0RESI DENT %MMA 'OULD ADAMANT THAT THE )NTERNATIONAL OFlCE WAS NOT AT FAULT

(OWEVER COMMENTING ON THE PROBLEM ITSELF %MMA DElNED THE SITUATION AS hAP PALLINGv AND AGREED THAT IT WAS THE WORST POSSIBLE WEL COME VISITING STUDENTS COULD HAVE EXPECTED 4HE %2!3-53 SOCIETY SPENT THE lRST FEW WEEKS OF TERM HELPING STUDENTS lND SPARE ROOMS IN HOUSES AROUND .ORWICH AND IT WOULD SEEM THAT ALL %2!3-53 STUDENTS HAVE NOW FOUND ACCOMMO DATION (OWEVER MANY OF THE %2!3-53 STUDENTS #ONCRETE SPOKE TO SAID THAT THEY WERE VERY DISAPPOINTED NOT TO BE LIVING ON CAMPUS AND WERE lNDING SETTLING INTO LIFE AT 5%! ALL THE MORE DIFlCULT FOR IT 4HE PROBLEM HIGHLIGHTS THE DIFlCULTIES SURROUNDING CAMPUS ACCOMMODATION WHICH SINCE THE DEMOLI TION OF 7AVENEY 4ERRACE HAS BEEN LEFT WITH LIMITED @AFFORD ABLE ACCOMMODATION AND IS STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND FOR HOUSING CRE ATED BY THE EVER INCREASING NUMBER OF lRST YEAR STUDENTS

UCAS Â will Â inform Â universities Â SSF Â students Â expert Â time Â managers on Â freshers Â backgrounds Â !NDY *UDSON $EPUTY %DITOR 4HE ACADEMIC RECORDS OF PROSPECTIVE UNIVERSITY CAN DIDATES WILL NOW BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ADMISSIONS TU TORS IN A MOVE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF ABLE STUDENTS COMING FROM FAILING SCHOOLS 4HE 5NIVERSITY AND #OL LEGES !DMISSIONS 3ERVICE 5#!3 IS DISCUSSING PROPOS ALS TO ALLOW TUTORS TO ASSESS PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES WITH IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SCHOOL THEY ATTENDED IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS FROM DIS ADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS 5#!3 #HIEF %XECUTIVE !NTHONY -C#LARAN COM MENTED THAT h4HIS IS ABOUT TRYING TO IDENTIFY SOME ONE WHO PERHAPS HAS NOT ACHIEVED MUCH YET BUT HAS SHOWN SIGNIlCANT POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE ACHIEVEMENT v 4HE PROPOSALS WILL MEAN THAT ADMISSIONS TUTORS ARE GIVEN ACCESS TO THE OVERALL EXAM RESULTS OF THE SCHOOL CANDIDATES ARE FROM AS WELL

AS THE PROPORTION OF PUPILS FROM THE SCHOOL ELIGIBLE FOR FREE SCHOOL MEALS AND THE SIZE OF SIXTH FORM CLASSES !LL OF THIS INFORMATION WILL BE USED TO JUDGE THE APPLICANTS SUITABILITY FOR A DEGREE PLACE GIVEN THEIR SITUATIONAL PER FORMANCE 4HESE PROPOSALS ARE AMONGST THE LATEST OF A SERIES OF CONTROVERSIAL MOVES BY 5#!3 TO ATTEMPT TO INCREASE THE PROPORTION OF STUDENTS COMING FROM IMPOVERISHED BACKGROUNDS %ARLIER THIS YEAR A QUES TION WAS ADDED TO UNIVERSITY APPLICATION FORMS THAT ASKED PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS WHETH ER THEIR PARENTS HAD UNIVER SITY DEGREES OR OTHER FORMS OF QUALIlCATIONS 5#!3 ALSO CONSIDERED IN CLUDING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CANDIDATES RELIGION AND SEX UALITY ALTHOUGH THESE WERE LATER DROPPED 4HESE PROPOSALS HAVE LEAD TO COMPLAINTS THAT UN FAIR PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT COULD BE GIVEN TO DISADVAN

TAGED PUPILS OVER THOSE FROM HIGH RANKING PRIVATE AND GRAMMAR SCHOOLS REGARDLESS OF THE HARD WORK MANY OF THE PUPILS FROM THESE SCHOOLS PUT IN -ANY INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS FEAR THAT CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION IS BEING TOO HEAVILY USED SO THAT IT HAS BECOME AN EXERCISE IN SOCIAL ENGINEERING THAT DISCRIMI NATES IN PARTICULAR AGAINST POORER STUDENTS WHO HAVE MANAGED TO GAIN BURSARIES INTO PRIVATE EDUCATION -ANY UNIVERSITIES ALREADY USE A SYSTEM TO THAT PROPOSED BY 5#!3 INCLUDING /XFORD AND #AMBRIDGE 4HE /XFORD 5NIVERSITY $IRECTOR OF !DMISSIONS COM MENTED THAT h)F YOU lND THAT A SCHOOL HAS A STUDENT WHO GETS THREE !S IN A SCHOOL WHERE HARDLY ANYONE EVER GETS THREE !S THEN THAT MAY GIVE US AN INDICATION OF THEIR POTENTIAL COMPARED WITH STU DENTS FROM A SCHOOL WHERE LOTS AND LOTS OF PEOPLE GET THREE !S v

!NDY *UDSON $EPUTY %DITOR 2ECENT STATISTICS FROM THE 5%! &ACULTY OF 3OCIAL 3CI ENCES 33& REVEAL THAT 5%! SOCIAL SCIENTISTS SPEND AMONGST THE LEAST AMOUNT OF TIME STUDYING COMPARED TO OTHER UNIVERSITIES IN THE 5+ 4HE INFORMATION SHOWED THAT 5%! STUDENTS IN THE FAC ULTY OF 33& WHICH INCORPO RATES $%6 %#/ %$5 ,!7 ."3 AND 37+ SPENT AN AV ERAGE OF HOURS A WEEK STUDYING WHICH PLACES THEM TH LOWEST OUT OF THE UNI VERSITIES COVERED 4OP OF THE LIST WERE #AM BRIDGE AND /XFORD SOCIAL SCIENTISTS WHO WORK AN AVER AGE OF AND HOURS A WEEK RESPECTIVELY ALTHOUGH THEY WERE FAR OUT IN FRONT THE NEXT HIGHEST WAS 5NI VERSITY #OLLEGE ,ONDON WITH HOURS A WEEK $ISCUSSING THE MATTER 2OB ,AMB #HAIR OF THE %#/ 3TAFF 3TUDENT ,IAISON #OM MITTEE COMMENTED THAT

hPOTENTIAL EMPLOYERS MAY AS A RESULT VIEW 5%! STUDENTS AS LAZY SLUBBERDEGULLIONS THOUGH IN FACT WE ARE TWICE AS CLEVER AS THOSE /XBRIDGE TYPES AND CONSEQUENTLY NEED TO WORK HALF AS MUCH v (OWEVER THE DATA ALSO SHOWED THAT ACADEMIC PER FORMANCE STILL COMPARED FAVOURABLY AS OF THE 33& STUDENTS COMPLETED THEIR DEGREE WITH EITHER A OR ST 4HIS PLACED 5%! SO CIAL SCIENTISTS TH OUT OF THE UNIVERSITIES COVERED 2OB ,AMB NOTED THIS AND ADDED hWHILE WE SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT THESE STA TISTICS IT IS WORTH BEARING IN MIND THAT UNIS HAVE VARYING STYLES OF ASSESSMENT WHICH MAY ACCOUNT FOR MUCH OF THE DIFFERENCE 5%! GRADUATES ARE STILL AMONG THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY v 3OME 33& STUDENTS DO NOT SEEM TO MIND THEIR HOURS AS THE SCHOOL OF %#/ PART OF 33& PLACED ST THIS YEAR IN THE .ATIONAL 3TUDENT 3URVEY OF STUDENT SATISFACTION

Teaching Â awards -ARCUS *ONES %DITOR .OMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE 5%! !WARDS FOR %XCEL LENCE IN 4EACHING DESIGNED TO RECOGNISE AND VALUE EX CELLENCE AND INNOVATION IN LEARNING AND TEACHING 4HE ANNUAL AWARDS ARE AVAILABLE IN lVE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES FOUR ARE GIVEN TO ACADEMIC OR ACADEMIC RELATED MEMBERS OF STAFF IN EACH OF THE FOUR 5%! FACUL TIES (UMANITIES (EALTH 3CIENCE 3OCIAL 3CIENCES 4HE lFTH IS PRESENTED TO EI THER A POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH STUDENT WHO IS UNDERTAKING TEACHING CONTRACT RESEARCH STAFF BASED IN ANY OF THE FACULTIES OR STAFF TEACHING STUDENTS IN THE $EAN OF 3TUDENTS /FlCE #ENTRE FOR 3TAFF AND %DUCATIONAL $E VELOPMENT #3%$ OR )NFOR MATION 3ERVICES $IRECTORATE )3$ .OMINATIONS CAN BE MADE BY STAFF AND STUDENTS AND THE JUDGING PANEL WILL BE LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE OF THE NOMINEES PROVIDING OUTSTANDING TEACHING WHICH IS STIMULATING AND CHALLENG ING TO STUDENTS !NY STAFF MEMBER IN THE RELEVANT SEC TIONS CAN BE NOMINATED REGARDLESS OF LENGTH OF EM PLOYMENT AND AWARDS WILL BE MADE FOR PARTICULAR AND RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS RATHER THAN FOR DISTINGUISHED LONG TERM SERVICE 4HE AWARDS PANEL WILL INCLUDE THE 6ICE #HANCELLOR THE $IRECTOR OF 4AUGHT 0ROGRAMMES OR THE $IRECTOR OF 0OSTGRADUATE 2E SEARCH 0ROGRAMMES THE 5N ION S !CADEMIC /FlCER AND THE #HAIR OF THE 'RADUATE 3TUDIES !SSOCIATION )F YOU HAVE A TEACHER WHO HAS IMPRESSED YOU WITH THEIR KNOWLEDGE EN THUSIASM INNOVATION AND PERSONAL SUPPORT AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE THEM FOR AN !WARD FOR %X CELLENCE IN 4EACHING COL LECT A NOMINATION FORM AND AWARD GUIDELINES FROM THE RECEPTION DESKS IN 5NION (OUSE THE 2EGISTRY OR THE ,IBRARY 6OTING CLOSES AT NOON ON &RIDAY &EBRUARY AND EACH AWARD WINNER WILL RE CEIVE THEIR CERTIlCATE PLUS A a PRIZE AT THE 5NIVER SITY S *ULY #ONGREGATION CER EMONIES

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'RADUATES LIVING IN .ORFOLK ARE BEING ENCOURAGED TO @3TAY LOCAL AND DO DIFFERENT IN A NEW PROJECT LAUNCHED ON /C TOBER TH BY 5%! 'RADS.ORFOLK IS AIMED AT RECENT GRADUATES LIVING IN THE COUNTY WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED OR CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE UNDER EMPLOYED !DVICE GUIDANCE AND SKILLS WORKSHOPS WILL RUN AT DIFFERENT TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR HELPING GRADUATES FOCUS ON THE SKILLS THEY HAVE THE SKILLS THEY MAY NEED AND HOW TO MAKE PROGRESS IN l NDING THE RIGHT JOB "Y HIGHLIGHTING THE WEALTH OF TALENT IN .ORFOLK THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING UN DER USED 'RADS.ORFOLK ALSO SEEKS TO PROMOTE THE BENEl TS OF EMPLOYING GRADUATES TO LO CAL BUSINESSES !NNE "ENSON DIRECTOR OF 5%! S #AREERS #ENTRE SAID h4HIS PROJECT IS ABOUT GETTING THOSE GRADUATES INTO THE RIGHT LEVEL JOB AND MAKING THE MOST OF THEIR DECISION TO STAY IN .ORFOLKv

4HE 3AINSBURY #ENTRE FOR 6ISUAL !RTS IS RECEIVING a FROM THE (ERITAGE ,OTTERY &UND FOR A SPECIAL NEW PROJECT #ULTURE OF THE #OUNTRYSIDE 4HE PROJECT WILL INVOLVE E RESOURCES AND A VAN ROVING AROUND .ORFOLK AND 3UFFOLK l LLED WITH ITEMS OF CULTURAL HERITAGE FROM THE 3AINS BURY S COLLECTION 4HE (EAD OF %DUCATION AND 2ESEARCH AT THE CENTRE 6ERONICA 3EKULES PITCHED FOR THE GRANT AND AC CORDING TO HER THE PURPOSE OF IT IS TO BATTLE THE YOUNG PERSON S PERCEPTION OF THE COUNTRYSIDE hTHERE IS NOTH ING TO DO AND NOTHING HERE FOR THEMv 4HE PROJECT MATTERS BE CAUSE IT IS DIFFERENT !CCORD ING TO 3EKULES IT WILL hTACKLE ISSUES OF CULTURE AND THE EN VIRONMENT HOLISTICALLY AND WILL BE QUITE POLITICAL v )T WILL ALLEVIATE THE hFEARS AND BAR RIERS TO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE

COUNTRYSIDEv FROM COASTAL EROSION TO BLOOD SPORTS BY PROVIDING AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH PEOPLE CAN INTERACT WITH WORLD ART ENCOURAGING THEM TO CONTEMPLATE CON TEMPORARY ENVIRONMENTAL AND HERITAGE ISSUES 3EKULES HOPES THAT THIS WILL CAUSE A CHANGE IN THE CHILDREN BATTLING THE SAD FACT THAT IN MODERN LIFE hTHEY GET THEIR SENSE OF IDENTITY MORE FROM 46 CULTURE THAN REAL LOCAL CUL TUREv

2OBYN ,LEWELLYN THE (ERITAGE ,OTTERY &UND -AN AGER FOR THE %AST OF %NGLAND HAS ENTHUSED ABOUT THE PROJECT SAYING IT S hA FANTAS TIC OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED TO THINK ABOUT HOW OUR LOCAL HERITAGE RELATES TO CULTURES AND CUSTOMS FROM AROUND THE WORLDv 4HE PROJECT S SUCCESS RE LIES ON THE VAN AND THE PEO PLE INSIDE IT AS THEY WILL BE THE ONES TOURING THE COMMU NITIES AND PUTTING THE MON

EY TO TANGIBLE USE 4HE VAN WILL CONTAIN ITEMS FROM THE 3AINSBURY #ENTRE S HANDLING COLLECTION 4HIS INCLUDES MANY OBJECTS FROM 0APUA .EW 'UINEA AMONG OTHERS 3EKULES HAS EXPLAINED THAT THE REASON WHY THE SCHEME IS USING ANCIENT OBJECTS FROM OTHER RURAL CULTURES IS THAT hTHE STORIES THAT CAN BE AS SOCIATED WITH THEM ARE ABOUT THE COMMUNITIES WHO MADE THEM THEIR ANCESTRY THEIR BELIEFS THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO

THE FORCES OF NATURE AND THEIR SKILLSv !S FAR AS PEOPLE IN THE VAN GO MANY WILL BE INVOLVED WITH THE 3AINSBURY #ENTRE BUT 3EKULES IS KEEN TO POINT OUT THAT THE PEOPLE AT THE PROJECT hWOULD BE DELIGHTED IF STUDENTS NOT ONLY FROM GENERAL ARTS BACKGROUNDS BUT ALSO ECOLOGISTS DEVELOPMENT SCIENTISTS AND OTHERS WOULD BE INVOLVEDv 4HEY WANT EVERYONE TO FEEL FREE TO GET INVOLVED 3EKULES SAYS THAT THEY WOULD BE KEEN FOR HELP WITH hRE SEARCH AND RESOURCE PROVI SION AND TEACHING AND PROJECT DELIVERYv 5LTIMATELY THE PROJECT IS FOR THE CHILDREN AND WHEN ASKED TO FORM TWO SENTENCES TO PERSUADE A CHILD TO GO 3EKULES CAME UP WITH h,OOK AT WHAT WE BRING FROM AROUND THE WORLD AND BE SURPRISED AT WHAT NEW THINGS YOU CAN LEARN TO DO 4HIS PROJECT WILL HELP US TO SEE OUR OWN WORLD IN NEW WAYSv

Park Â Desert Â island Â company sparks Â to Â life OF WOMEN WOULD LIKE TO BE STRANDED AS PART OF A COM MUNITY WHILE NEARLY HALF OF MEN CRAVE BEING TOTALLY ISO LATED WITH JUST THE WOMAN OF THEIR DREAMS FOR COMPANY WITH (ALLE "ERRY !NGELINA *OLIE AND +EIRA +INGHTLY TOP &IONA "ILLINGS PING THE LIST OF CANDIDATES %VENT %DITOR OF MEN SAID THAT 3ATURDAY RD .OVEMBER SAW PEN KNIVES ARE THE MOST IM THE ANNUAL 3PARKS IN THE PORTANT BIT OF EQUIPMENT TO 0ARK EVENT HELD IN %ARLHAM BE STUCK ON A DESERT ISLAND 0ARK !TTENDED BY APPROXI WITH FOLLOWED BY AN I0OD MATELY PEOPLE FROM A COMPASS AND A HANDHELD ALL OVER THE COUNTY THE l VE GAMES CONSOLE SUCH AS A .IN HOUR EXTRAVAGANZA INCLUDED A TENDO $3 (OWEVER WOMEN 2ADIO "ROADLAND ROAD SHOW CITED TWEEZERS STRAIGHTENERS A NUMBER OF LARGE FUNFAIR AND MASCARA AMONGST THEIR RIDES AND A TODDLER S l REWORK TOP l VE MUST HAVE ITEMS DISPLAY $ESPITE THE HUN -EANWHILE THE 3COTS AP DRED PEOPLE LONG QUEUES FOR PEAR TO BE THINKING MOST PRAC FOOD AND DRINK PRODUCTS THE TICALLY AS THEIR TOP CASTAWAY EVENING WAS A GREAT SUCCESS COMPANION WAS SURVIVAL EX THE CLIMAX OF THE EVENT BEING PERT "RUCE 0ARRY -IDLANDERS A MINUTE l REWORK DISPLAY WERE THE LEAST SOCIABLE REGION SET TO THE MUSIC OF BANDS n WOULD RATHER BE SHIP SUCH AS 4AKE 4HAT AND 3CISSOR WRECKED BY THEMSELVES OR 3ISTERS WITH JUST ONE OTHER PERSON

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Kettle Chips boycotted amidst Union busting allegations 3ARA "ARNARD 2EPORTER /NLINE CAMPAIGNS HAVE BEEN LAUNCHED TO BOYCOTT +ET TLE #HIPS AFTER +ETTLE &OODS CALLED IN 53 UNION BUSTERS TO STOP WORKERS IN ITS .ORWICH FACTORY JOINING A TRADE UNION AT THE BEGINNING OF /CTOBER 4HE MUCH LOVED LOCAL BRAND +ETTLE #HIPS HAS BEEN HIT BY CONTROVERSY FOLLOWING THE REVELATION THAT #ALIFOR NIA BASED "URKE 'ROUP HAD BEEN APPROACHED BY ,ION #APITAL THE "RITISH PRIVATE EQUITY lRM WHICH OWNS +ET TLE &OODS IN ORDER TO DIS SUADE WORKERS FROM JOINING 5NITE THE LARGEST TRADE UNION IN THE COUNTRY 4HE MOVE SPARKED OUTRAGE FOLLOWING A SERIES OF NEWS AR TICLES IN THE 'UARDIAN AND AN ONLINE CAMPAIGN WAS QUICKLY LAUNCHED IN FAVOUR OF A BOY COTT 4WO GROUPS n @"OYCOTT +ETTLE #RISPS FOR ATTACKS ON WORKERS AND @"OYCOTT +ETTLE #RISPS THE !NTI 4RADE 5NION 3NACK WERE FORMED ON &ACE

BOOK ATTRACTING ALMOST MEMBERS 4HE GROUPS PLEDGE TO BOY COTT +ETTLE &OODS PRODUCTS n WHICH INCLUDE LUXURY BRAND -ARKS AND 3PENCER CRISPS n AND TO EMAIL +ETTLE &OODS AND SUPERMARKETS WHICH STOCK THEIR PRODUCTS EXPRESS ING THEIR DISAPPROVAL 4HE MISSION STATEMENT OF @"OY COTT +ETTLE #RISPS THE !NTI 4RADE 5NION 3NACK OUTLINES THEIR AIM NOT TO DROP SALES SO FAR THAT WORKERS LOSE THEIR JOBS BUT TO PUT THEIR MESSAGE ACROSS hTO THE PRIVATE EQUITY COMPANY THAT OWNS +ETTLE &OODS IN A LANGUAGE THAT THEY WILL UNDERSTANDv $ESPITE THE FACT THAT WORKERS AT +ETTLE &OODS VOT ED AGAINST UNION RECOGNITION WITH A TO MAJORITY IN A SECRET BALLOT ON /CTOBER THE ONLINE CAMPAIGN RE MAINS IN PLACE 3OME MEM BERS STATE A BOYCOTT WILL SERVE AS A WARNING TO OTHER COM PANIES OF THE POTENTIAL CON SEQUENCES OF SUCH MEASURES /NE MEMBER IS CONSCIOUS OF

THE LONG TERM EFFECTS OF +ETTLE &OODS ACTIONS STATING THAT hIF THEIR MANAGEMENT ARE SUCCESSFUL IN PREVENTING THE FORMATION OF A UNION THERE THEN LIFE IN "RITAIN FOR FACTORY WORKERS OF ALL KINDS WILL ONLY GET WORSEv 0OLITICS STUDENT *OHN !N GLISS A MEMBER OF @"OYCOTT +ETTLE #RISPS THE !NTI 4RADE 5NION 3NACK WHO HAS PRE VIOUSLY BOYCOTTED .ESTLÏ '!0 CLOTHING AND -ARS SUMMARISES THE REASONS WHY BOYCOTTING IS IMPORTANT hAS CONSUMERS WE HOLD THE ULTI MATE POWER OVER WHETHER A COMPANY FAILS OR SUCCEEDS THERE S NO NEED TO GIVE UP CRISPS JUST lND A BETTER AL TERNATIVE SOURCE THAN +ETTLE #HIPSv (E CITES THE hQUICK POLICY 5 TURNv OF -ARS FOODS EARLIER IN THE YEAR AS EVIDENCE OF THE EFFECT BOYCOTTING CAN ACHIEVE /THERS BELIEVE HOWEVER A BOYCOTT IN THIS INSTANCE IS NOT NECESSARY *ASON ,EAD BEATER %NVIRONMENTAL %ARTH 3CIENCES STUDENT POINTS OUT

THAT hTHIS IS AN INTERNAL AFFAIR WHICH HAS BEEN ADDRESSED BY A COMPANY SHOULD THE CON SUMER HAVE ANY SAY IN IT AT THIS POINT ) DON T SEE WHAT A BOYCOTT WILL ACHIEVEv 4HE EFFECT OF THIS CAM PAIGN HAS BEEN RECOGNISED

IN THE MEDIA AND MANY WILL CLAIM IT IS BEHIND +ETTLE &OODS DECISION TO CALL IN 02 EXPERTS (ILL AND +NOWLTON IN ORDER TO PROTECT ITS @DAM AGED REPUTATION ! COMPANY SPOKESWOMAN HAS CALLED THE hNEGATIVEv CAMPAIGN hDISAP

POINTINGv CLAIMING A hMIS UNDERSTANDING ABOUT +ETTLE &OODS AND THE ADVICE IT RE CEIVEDv 3HE FURTHER STRESSED THAT THAT COMPANY HAD hNEV ER ATTEMPTED TO STOP PEOPLE JOINING A UNIONv

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Controversy at state visit 4HERE WERE MASSIVE PROTESTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS IN 0ARLIAMENT 3QUARE AND OUTSIDE "UCKINGHAM 0ALACE LAST NIGHT AGAINST THE lRST STATE VISIT TO THE 5NITED +INGDOM BY %MPEROR 0ALPATINE HEAD OF THE EVIL 'ALACTIC %MPIRE $ESPITE HUGE CROWDS WAVING PLACARDS AND YELLING FROM THE -ALL THE 1UEEN AIDED BY 0RINCE 0HILIP THE 0RINCE OF 7ALES THE $UCHESS OF #ORNWALL AND ,INDA "ARKER ENTER TAINED THE %MPEROR AT A LAVISH STATE BANQUET HELD IN THE SUMPTUOUS BALLROOM IN "UCKINGHAM 0ALACE 'UESTS DINED ON BUFFALO AND "RUSSELS SPROUT SOUP lLLET OF TRUSSED AARDVARK WITH HONEY GLAZED MUSHROOMS AND DELICATELY HAND CRAFTED PRUNE AND PEANUT BUTTER TRUFmES 2OBINSONS (IGH *UICE WAS ALSO ON TAP %VEN THE 0RIME -INISTER 'OR DON "ROWN WHO PRUDENTLY SPENT a OF TAXPAYERS MONEY ON A JEWEL ENCRUSTED BESPOKE SUIT SEEMED TO BE ENJOYING HIMSELF 4HE PREVIOUS PART OF THE DAY HAD NOT GONE SO SMOOTHLY 4HERE WAS SOME CONFUSION IN THE MORN

ING AS TO WHETHER THE OFlCIAL ESCORT SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE UP OF #OLD STREAM 'UARDS OR )MPERIAL 3TORM TROOPERS 4HE mYPAST HAD TO BE HUR RIEDLY SCRAPPED AS THE SQUADRON OF 4)% &IGHTERS WERE GROUNDED DUE TO POOR WEATHER !ND THERE WAS A SE CURITY ALERT AT THE )MPERIAL %MBASSY AS A BUNCH OF %WOKS HAD SOMEHOW MANAGED TO SCALE THE ROOF .EVERTHELESS THE REST OF THE VISIT CONTINUED AS PLANNED MUCH TO THE DISMAY OF THE THRONG OF PROTESTERS MILLING AROUND #ENTRAL ,ONDON YESTERDAY LUNCHTIME 4HEY DE MANDED THAT THE STATE VISIT SHOULD BE CANCELLED DUE TO THE ATROCIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD OF THE 'ALACTIC %MPIRE #AMPAIGNERS ARGUED THAT THE 'ALACTIC %MPIRE HAD A NOTORIOUS REPUTATION FOR SUPPRESSING ALL RE SISTANCE AND POINTED TO THE FACT THAT MANY *EDI +NIGHTS WERE IN EXILE ON %ARTH EVADING THE %MPEROR S EVIL AGENTS 3POKESMAN FOR THE CIVIL LIBERTIES PRESSURE GROUP THE #IVIL ,IBERTIES 0RESSURE 'ROUP -ELISSA 0OSH "IS CUIT TOLD 4HE %NQUIRER THAT THE BAN

QUET WAS SENDING OUT ALL THE WRONG MESSAGES TO NAUGHTY REGIMES ALL ACROSS THE UNIVERSE h)T S VERY DANGEROUS 7E RE AN NOUNCING TO THE REST OF THE COSMOS THAT "RITAIN WELCOMES WITH OPEN ARMS TOTALITARIAN REGIMES THAT PER SECUTE AND ATTACK THEIR CITIZENS 4HIS NEEDS TO STOP NOW v ! SPOKESMAN FOR THE &OREIGN /FlCE DISMISSED THE NOTION THAT %MPEROR 0ALPATINE S VISIT WAS UN DERMINING "RITAIN S ETHICAL FOREIGN POLICY AND DENIED RUMOURS THAT AN INVITATION HAD BEEN SENT TO THE $ALEK %MPEROR TO VISIT IN SPRING

LibDem leadership race - week 572 4HE CONTEST FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF THE ,IBERAL $EMOCRATS BECAME EXCITING YESTERDAY AS ONE OF THE CONTENDERS SAID SOMETHING SLIGHTLY NASTY ABOUT THE OTHER ONE )N A HEATED CONFRONTATION DUR

Calls for a referendum grow $EMANDS FOR A REFERENDUM ON WHETHER THE 5+ SHOULD BE GOVERNED INCREASED LAST NIGHT AFTER #ONSERVA TIVE 0ARTY LEADER $AVID #AMERON LAUNCHED YET ANOTHER SCATHING ATTACK ON THE GOVERNMENT h7HAT WE RE SAYING IS THAT THE PEOPLE OF "RITAIN HAVE BEEN DENIED THE OPPORTUNITY TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY ACTUALLY WANT TO BE GOVERNED AT ALL ) THINK IT S CRUCIAL THAT IN A DEMOC RACY LIKE OURS WE AFFORD TO THE PUBLIC A CHANCE FOR THEM TO HAVE THEIR SAY v "UT -R #AMERON WAS REBUKED BY THE 0RIME -INISTER 'ORDON "ROWN WHO SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING FUN DAMENTALLY DIFFERENT BETWEEN THE OLD STYLE OF GOVERNMENT UNDER 4ONY 7OT SHISNAME AND HIS NEW STYLE OF LEAD ERSHIP (E ALSO ADDED THAT HE HAD SECURED ALL HIS RED LINES ON KEY ISSUES SUCH AS BOTCHING UP ELECTIONS AND STEALING OPPOSITION TAX POLICIES

ING AN ALMOST EVENTFUL QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION ONE CONTENDER WAS ACCUSED OF NOT BEING @,IBERAL AND $EMOCRATIC ENOUGH 4HIS MADE THE OTHER ONE CRY AND RUN OFF TO lND HIS MUMMY

Competition Corner 4HIS WEEK WE RE GIVING AWAY TO ONE LUCKY READER THE NATION OF 3COTLAND !FTER MANY YEARS OF POLITICAL WRANGLING BETWEEN THE GOVERN MENT IN 7ESTMINSTER THE 3COT TISH %XECUTIVE IN %DINBURGH AND UNBEKNOWNST TO MANY 'REAT 9ARMOUTH $ISTRICT #OUNCIL IT HAS BEEN DECIDED THAT THERE IS NO EASY SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS OF DEVO LUTION AND INDEPENDENCE SO 3COT LAND SHOULD SIMPLY BE GIVEN AWAY IN A NEWSPAPER COMPETITION 3O DEAR READER IN ORDER TO BE IN WITH A CHANCE OF WINNING THIS FABULOUS PRIZE ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ANSWER THIS EASY PEASY QUESTION 7HAT DOES A 3COTSMAN KEEP IN HIS SPORRAN

The Enquirer Pocket Guides No. 157 Bonﬁre Night in Ten Easy Steps 7ELCOME TO THIS 0OCKET 'UIDE FOR "ONlRE .IGHT "EFORE HOLDING YOUR OWN "ONlRE .IGHT CELEBRA TIONS PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING 3TEPS THROUGH VERY CAREFULLY -AKING YOUR BONlRE ! GOOD TIP IS TO BEGIN COLLECT ING WOOD TWO YEARS IN ADVANCE OF WHEN YOU INTEND TO HOLD YOUR BONlRE 4HIS IS MAINLY BECAUSE THE PRICE OF WOOD HAS RISEN ASTRONOM ICALLY IN RECENT YEARS MEANING THAT YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD ANY THING MORE THAN A USED MATCHSTICK IF YOU LEAVE IT TOO LATE 7HEN YOU HAVE COLLECTED ENOUGH WOOD BE GIN TO ASSEMBLE YOUR BONlRE WITH REFERENCE TO THE DIAGRAM ON PAGE )DEALLY IT SHOULD BE NO MORE THAN SEVEN FEET TALL UNLESS YOU AT TACH A STEPLADDER FOR THE 'UY SEE 3TEP TO USE TO GET ON TOP 0LEASE REMEMBER TO ENSURE THAT YOU AS SEMBLE IT OUTSIDE AS HAVING A BON lRE IN YOUR LIVING ROOM WILL SERI OUSLY HAMPER YOUR ENJOYMENT OF !LL 3TAR &AMILY &ORTUNES WHEN YOU TRY TO SIT IN FRONT OF THE TELEVISION SET -AKING A 'UY 9OUR 'UY IS UNIQUE TO YOUR BONlRE AND THERE ARE NO STRICT RULES ON WHAT HE SHOULD LOOK LIKE (OWEVER LEGIS LATION RUSHED THROUGH 0ARLIAMENT LAST WEEK PROHIBITS ANY 'UY FROM LOOKING LIKE !LISTAIR $ARLING .EV ERTHELESS YOU CAN EASILY SIDESTEP THIS LAW BY DRESSING IT UP LIKE A BADGER #HOOSING lREWORKS 0LEASE TRY TO PURCHASE lREWORKS FROM A REPUTABLE DEALER !LWAYS LOOK FOR THE &IREWORK !UTHENTICA TION #ERTIlCATE DISPLAYED BEHIND THE COUNTER "UT BE WARNED )N RECENT MONTHS THERE HAS BEEN A SPATE OF CONlDENCE TRICKSTERS SELL ING lREWORKS THEY CLAIM TO BE FROM PREHISTORIC TIMES 4HESE ARE ACTUALLY STICKS OF $INOMITE (IDE YOUR PETS !LONG WITH ANY PETS YOU SHOULD KEEP ALL CHIL DREN GRANDPARENTS AND IN LAWS IN SIDE THE HOUSE FOR THEIR PROTECTION !ND YOURS 7HAT YOU SHOULD WEAR 9OU SHOULD BE WRAPPED UP WARMLY

AND PROTECTED FROM THE COLD )DE ALLY YOU SHOULD BE WEARING WOOLLY HATS GLOVES SCARVES JUMPERS DUF mE COATS AND LONG JOHNS &AILING THAT RUB YOURSELF IN DEEP HEAT 7HAT YOU SHOULD EAT (OT DOGS AND SOUP ARE NORMALLY CON SUMED AT BONlRE NIGHTS (OWEVER FEEL FREE TO CATER FOR YOUR GUESTS MORE ELABORATELY )T IS NOT UN KNOWN FOR SPECTATORS TO ADMIRE lREWORK DISPLAYS WHILST MUNCHING ON FOIS GRAS ,IGHTING YOUR BONlRE 4HIS IS USUALLY PERCEIVED TO BE AN EASY TASK BUT PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THAT IT CAN BE PERILOUS FOR THE UN INITIATED 9OU SHOULD NEVER IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCES DOWSE THE BONlRE WITH PETROL AS THIS MAY RESULT IN AN ENORMOUS BLAZE AND YOUR EYE BROWS BEING SINGED OFF ,IGHT A PIECE OF PAPER AND USE IT TO IGNITE THE TINDER IN YOUR BONlRE 7ATCH IN AMAZEMENT AND WONDER AS THE BONlRE LIGHTS UP AND THE mAMES GROW BIGGER AND BIGGER UNTIL YOUR HOUSE BURNS DOWN 7ELL ) DID WARN YOU NOT TO USE PETROL 3PARKLERS 5NDER THE 3PAR KLERS 3AFETY !MENDMENT !CT IT IS ILLEGAL FOR ANY PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF FORTY THREE TO KNOWINGLY USE A SPARKLER 4HE PO LICE WILL BE ENFORCING THIS LAW DUR ING THE BONlRE SEASON SO PLEASE BEAR THIS IN MIND )GNITING lREWORKS !LWAYS REFER TO THE MANUFACTURER S INSTRUC TIONS 7HAT INSTRUCTIONS 4HOSE INSTRUCTIONS THAT CAME IN THE BOX SILLY 9ES THOSE INSTRUCTIONS THAT WERE ON THE PIECE OF PAPER YOU USED IN 3TEP TO LIGHT THE BONlRE /H DEAR ME 3AFETY !FTER SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING 3TEP IT IS USUALLY A GOOD IDEA TO RUN AWAY FROM THE IG NITED lREWORKS AS QUICKLY AS POS SIBLE BEFORE THEY GO OFF 9OU ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO ESCAPE TO THE SAFETY OF A NEARBY CONCRETE BUNKER AND TAKE SHELTER THERE 4HERE MAY BE THE DISTINCT POSSIBILITY THAT YOU WILL PROBABLY MISS THE lREWORK DISPLAY ITSELF BUT NEVER MIND !T LEAST YOU ARE SAFE

A (IS SKEAN DHU B (IS 0 C (IS SENSE OF HUMOUR )F YOU THINK THAT YOU KNOW THE ANSWER SEND A POSTCARD OR STAMPED ADDRESSED ENVELOPE TO 4HE %NQUIRER C O 5%! WITH THE HEADING @&IR ALD LANG SYN MA DEER lR ALD LANG SYN 7IL TAK A CUP O KYNDNES YET lR ALD LANG SYN

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The two shades of Brown !NDY *UDSON $EPUTY %DITOR *OURNALISTS THESE DAYS SPEND A LOT OF THEIR TIME ACCUSING POLITICIANS AND OTHER LEAD ERS OF SOCIETY OF BEING HYPO CRITES /FTEN IT S DONE MORE FOR FUN OR PROlT THEN FOR ANY CONSTRUCTIVE PURPOSE BUT LAST WEEK 'ORDON "ROWN OFFERED UP AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY THAT WAS SIMPLY TOO HARD TO RESIST 9OU PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THE RECENT ARRIVAL OF THE LEADERS OF THE KINGDOM OF 3AUDI !RABIA AND THEIR TAX PAID RECEPTION HOSTED BY OUR DEAR LEADER VERSION 4HIS CAME ABOUT JUST DAYS AFTER "ROWN MADE A LONG SPEECH ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF CIVIL LIBERTIES IN "RITAIN WHILST +ING !BDULLAH OF 3AU DI !RABIA CRITICISED "RITAIN FOR NOT DOING ENOUGH TO CON TRIBUTE TO THE WAR ON TERROR WHICH MANY READ AS A VEILED CRITICISM OF THE "RITISH SYSTEM OF HUMAN RIGHTS WHICH WAS PREVENTING "RITAIN CONTRIBUT

ING EFFECTIVELY 4O BE FAIR TO !BDULLAH HE WAS ALSO CLAIM ING THAT "RITAIN WAS NOT USING 3AUDI GATHERED INTELLIGENCE TO STOP BOMBERS

h4HE COUNTRY S LAW IS AIMED AT KEEPING IN LINE WITH EXTREMIST 3HARIA LAW WHICH RESULTS IN mOGGING AND AMPUTATIONS FREQUENTLY USED TO PUNISH CRIMINALSv "UT IT S DIFlCULT TO TAKE 3AUDI !RABIAN DIPLOMACY SE RIOUSLY CONSIDERING ITS REPU TATION 4HE COUNTRY S LAW IS AIMED AT KEEPING IN LINE WITH EXTREMIST 3HARIA LAW WHICH RESULTS IN mOGGINGS AND AM

PUTATIONS FREQUENTLY USED TO PUNISH CRIMINALS 0OLITICAL FREEDOMS ARE HEAVILY RESTRICT ED AND WOMEN ARE NOT EVEN ALLOWED TO VOTE 9ET WE ARE EXPECTED TO BELIEVE THAT 3AUDI !RABIA IS A SHINING BEACON IN THE MODERN GLOBAL ECONOMY DUE TO ITS OIL BUSINESS WHEN IT IS QUITE CLEARLY STILL STUCK IN THE MIDDLE AGES !LL THE BIG HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS HAVE PRODUCED COUNT LESS REPORTS ON 3AUDI !RABIA WHICH OUTLINE THE PROBLEMS FAR BETTER THAN ) EVER COULD AND A LARGE NUMBER OF POLI TICIANS HEAVILY CRITICISE THE COUNTRY S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD 3ADLY "ROWN IS NOT AMONGST THEM 7HAT MAKES MATTERS WORSE IS THAT HE HAS INVITED THE 3AUDI LEADERSHIP TO ,ONDON ONLY A WEEK AF TER PRAISING "RITISH HUMAN RIGHTS )N HIS SPEECH "ROWN DISCUSSED HOW "RITAIN HAS A PROUD HISTORY IN DEVELOPING HUMAN RIGHTS NAME CHECK ING AND QUOTING FROM AN IMPRESSIVE LIST OF THE GREATEST POLITICAL THINKERS (E SAID HE

WANTED TO KEEP THIS HISTORY GOING AND EVEN MADE SOME SURPRISINGLY INSIGHTFUL POINTS INCLUDING POINTING OUT THAT h4OO OFTEN THE POLITICAL DE

h7E ARE EXPECTED TO BELIEVE THAT 3AUDI !RABIA IS A SHINING BEACON IN THE MODERN GLOBAL ECONOMY DUE TO IT S OIL BUSINESS WHEN IT IS QUITE CLEARLY STILL STUCK IN THE MIDDLE AGESv BATE HAS BECOME POLARISED BETWEEN A NEW RIGHT THAT HAS EMPHASISED LAISSEZ FAIRE MORE THAN LIBERTY AND AN OLD LEFT THAT HAS MISTAKENLY MARGIN ALISED LIBERTY BY SEEING IT AS

Talk The Talk THE ENEMY OF EQUALITY v "UT HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY WHEN "ROWN COURTS THE LEADERS OF A COUNTRY LIKE 3AUDI !RABIA GOING OUT OF HIS WAY TO IN VITE THEM TO $OWNING 3TREET LEGITIMISING THEIR VIEWS AND ACTIONS ON BEHALF OF OUR COUNTRY )T S ALL WELL AND GOOD KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH OTHER RICH NATIONS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN GOOD RELATIONS BUT THIS DOESN T MEAN HAVING TO ACCEPT THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS AND EXTREME VIEWS ON HUMAN RIGHTS THAT CLEARLY CONTRADICT OUR OWN &ULL CREDIT MUST GO TO THE MANY -0S WHO PROTESTED THIS ACTION )T S JUST A SHAME "ROWN DOESN T SHARE THEIR DILIGENCE 7E ARE OFTEN TOLD THAT "ROWN DOESN T DEAL IN SPIN AND THAT HE IS AN HON EST TRUSTWORTHY AND RELIABLE LEADER 9ET INCREASINGLY THIS APPEARS IN ITSELF TO BE PROPA GANDA )F "ROWN HOPES TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY IN ANY ELEC TION HE MUST STOP BEING SO HYPOCRITICAL AND STAND UP FOR WHAT HE REALLY BELIEVES IN

Concrete Debate: Anonymous Marking )N THIS WEEK S #ONCRETE DEBATE WE EXAMINE THE PROPOSAL TO MAKE ALL 5%! COURSEWORK ANONYMOUSLY MARKED #ARLEY 3TEWARD CLAIMS WE SHOULD MARK PEOPLE S WORDS AND NOT THEIR NAME WHEREAS %MMELINE 3AUNDERS COUNTERS THAT IT WOULD DESTROY THE LINK BETWEEN LECTURERS AND STUDENTS #ARLEY 3TEWARD /PINIONS 7RITER ,AST WEEK IT WAS DEBATED AS TO WHETHER THE 5NION SHOULD ALLOW THE /4# AT 3OC-ART THIS WEEK THE DEBATE IS ANON YMOUS MARKING 3TUDENTS CAN T HELP BUT ARGUE ) M IN MY RD YEAR AND ANONYMOUS MARKING HAS BEEN A GREAT DEBATE EVER SINCE ) ARRIVED AT 5%! 7E ALREADY HAVE IT FOR EXAMS AND SOME SCHOOLS EVEN HAVE IT FOR COURSEWORK "UT SHOULD ANONYMOUS MARKING BE UNI FORM POLICY FOR ALL PIECES OF COURSEWORK IN ALL SCHOOLS (OWEVER MUCH IT IS AR GUED THAT WORK WON T BE JUDGED BASED ON A NAME IT IS IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO .O MATTER HOW RELIGIOUS YOU MAY DEEM YOURSELF ATTENDING CHURCH EVERY 3UNDAY NO ONE IS WITHOUT JUDGEMENT *UDGE MENTS ARE MADE ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS WITHOUT EVEN REAL ISING THAT WE ARE DOING IT )N A SIMILAR FASHION IT IS VERY EASY TO MAKE JUDGEMENTS BASED ON A NAME ON A PAGE h3ARAH 3MITH SAID THAT SUPER

POINT IN THE SEMINAR SHE MUST HAVE WRITTEN A GREAT ES SAY v !LTHOUGH THIS COULD BE TRUE IT IS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE THOSE WHO SPEAK UP IN CLASS ARE NOT ALWAYS THOSE WHO RE VISE OR DO WELL IN EXAMS !LSO NO ONE IS TO KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN ON THE DAY OF AN EXAM )T IS WRONG TO AS SUME FROM A NAME THE OUT COME OF THE WORK 7ITHOUT A NAME WORK IS JUDGED ON ITS MERIT RATHER THAN THE EX PECTED MERIT OF A PARTICULAR STUDENT !NONYMOUS MARK ING IS PROFESSIONAL IN ITS AP PROACH ALLOWING FOR NO PRE CONCEPTION OR BIAS %XAMS SHOULD REMAIN WHAT THEY ARE EXAMS 3TU DENTS SHOULD NOT ATTAIN GOOD MARKS AS A RESULT OF FAVOURIT ISM OR BAD MARKS DUE TO A CLASH OF PERSONALITIES WITH THEIR TUTOR %XAMS SHOULD BE MARKED BASED ON THE QUAL ITY OF WORK AND THE EASIEST WAY THIS CAN BE ACHIEVED IS THROUGH ANONYMOUS MARK ING .O MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY A NAME WILL ALWAYS CREATE PRECONCEPTIONS

Concrete Debate %MMELINE 3AUNDERS /PINIONS %DITOR Fact Box: • The Union has been calling for anonymous marking for the last eight years. • 71% of UEA students are in favour of anonymous marking. • Cambridge, York and Bath already have systems of anonymous marking • The University Sen- ate (its highest decision making body) passed a resolution calling for equality through anonymous marking. • The University’s ofﬁ- cial position on anonymous marking is that it will be introduced for all coursework in September 2008.

$ESPITE THE OBVIOUS PROS OF BRINGING IN ANONYMOUS MARK ING THE HESITANCE OF THE 5NI VERSITY TO IMPLEMENT IT SHOWS THERE IS INSUFlCIENT EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THOSE IN FAVOUR !LTHOUGH IT IS CLEAR THAT ANONYMOUS MARKING ELIMI NATES BIAS A MAJOR DOWNFALL IS THAT IT REMOVES THE FACILITY FOR TUTORS TO LEAVE PERSONALISED FEEDBACK ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE NEED TO ENSURE WE ARE PRO GRESSING WELL THROUGHOUT OUR DEGREE 7ITHOUT THIS TAILORED FEEDBACK AND THE RAPPORT GENERATED BY THE INFORMAL STU DENT LECTURER RELATIONSHIP UNI VERSITY WORK WOULD BECOME LIT TLE MORE THAN AN EXTENSION OF SCHOOL FOR YEAR OLDS -ANY LECTURERS OPPOSE THE IDEA OF OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT FEELING PERHAPS THAT IT WOULD NOT BE BENElCIAL FOR STUDENTS TOO DIFlDENT TO APPROACH THE MARKER FOR ADVICE 9ES EXAMS ARE MARKED ANONYMOUSLY BUT THIS DOES NOT MEAN WE SHOULD EXTEND THE SAME CONDITIONS TO COURSE

WORK "Y THEIR VERY NATURE EX AMS ASSESS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SKILL TO COURSEWORK $IFFERENT MODES OF ASSESSMENT OFFER A GREATER SCOPE OF INSIGHT INTO A STUDENT S CAPABILITIES )F WE RENDER ALL FORMS OF ASSESSMENT TO THE BUREAUCRATIC BOTTOM LINE IT WILL BECOME CONTRARY TO WHAT WE GO TO UNIVERSITY FOR /BJECTIVE MARKING ALSO WOULD LEND ITSELF TO THE MIS TAKEN VIEW THAT THE STUDENT POPULATION IS HOMOGENOUS RATHER THAN CULTIVATING AN OPEN EQUAL SYSTEM !NONYMOUS MARKING IS ESSENTIALLY UNNECESSARY AS WE ALREADY HAVE SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO SAFEGUARD AGAINST PERCEIVED BIAS )F WE RECEIVE A POOR GRADE WE CAN TALK TO OUR TUTORS AND lND OUT WHERE WE HAVE GONE WRONG )F WE ARE STILL NOT SATIS lED BY THE ANSWER THERE IS AL WAYS THE PATH TO APPEAL 7E CAN SET OUR OWN PA RAMETERS FOR WORKING )MPLE MENTING A RIGID BUREAUCRATIC ASSESSMENT SYSTEM WOULD mY IN THE FACE OF WHAT THE UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE IS FUNDAMENTALLY ABOUT AND WOULD REDUCE EACH STUDENT TO A DIGIT NUMBER

!NDREW *ONES /PINIONS %DITOR 4HIS WEEK WILL SEE 2EMEM BRANCE 3UNDAY PASS WITH ITS USUAL EMPHASIS ON THE &IRST AND 3ECOND 7ORLD 7ARS 4HESE WARS ALWAYS GET THE LI ON S SHARE OF COVERAGE 7ITH THEIR CLEAR MORAL PURPOSES OF DEFEATING MILITARISM AND FASCISM THEY MAKE CONVEN IENT RALLYING POINTS FOR THE NATION TO GATHER ROUND THE GLORIOUS DEAD WHO BRAVELY DIED FOR FREEDOM .OT SO QUICKLY REMEM BERED ARE OUR IMPERIAL WARS WHEN WE SOUGHT NOTHING MORE THAN THE DOMINATION OF FOREIGN POWERS OR MORE RECENTLY OUR INTERVENTION IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES INTERNAL AFFAIRS &OR INSTANCE WHY DO WE NEVER HEAR OF THE GLORI OUS DEAD OF THE 3UEZ CRISIS 3IERRA ,EONE OR +OREA )T IS BECAUSE WE DO NOT CONSIDER THEM GLORIOUS )T ISN T GLORI OUS TO LOSE A WAR NOR IS IT GLORIOUS TO lGHT FOR ANY AG GRESSIVE POWER OR OPPRESS PEOPLES RIGHT TO SELF DETER MINATION (OWEVER THIS CONFUSES WHAT 2EMEMBRANCE $AY SHOULD BE ABOUT 7E SHOULD NOT BE COMMEMORATING THOSE PEOPLE WHO DIED DE FENDING FREEDOM OR lGHTING AGAINST THOSE WHO DENY OTH ERS FREEDOM 7E SHOULD BE SIMPLY REMEMBERING THOSE THAT DIED !SK ANY VETERAN OF .OR MANDY 0ORT 3AID OR #HOSIN 2ESEVOIR AND THEY WILL TELL YOU THEY DIDN T RISK THEIR LIVES FOR %NGLAND (ARRY AND 3T 'EORGE 4HEY WENT FOR WARD BECAUSE GOING FORWARD WAS BETTER THAN STANDING STILL AND DESPAIRING 4HEY RISKED THEIR LIVES BECAUSE THEIR FRIENDS WERE RISKING THEIR LIVES TOO 7HEN YOU RE IN A FOXHOLE YOU DON T THINK ABOUT FREEDOM YOU JUST DON T WANT TO LET THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU DOWN 4HIS IS WHAT 2EMEM BRANCE $AY SHOULD BE REC OGNISING WHAT OUR ARMY IS AND HAS BEEN )T IS NOT SOME BAND OF ELITE SOLDIERS RID DING THE WORLD OF THE BAD MEN POLITICIANS TELL US LURK IN THE SHADOWS )T IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE DOING A DIFlCULT JOB FAR AWAY FROM HOME TRYING TO DO THEIR BEST ) DON T HOLD WITH THIS @WELCOME THEM BACK WITH PARADES NONSENSE )T S TACKY AND EMBARRASSING 7HAT WE SHOULD BE DOING ONCE A YEAR IS THINKING ABOUT THOSE WHO DIDN T COME HOME NO MAT TER WHERE THEY WENT

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/N A SCALE OF ONE TO TEN HOW MUCH DO &IRST "USES ANNOY THE AVERAGE STUDENT /UR SURVEY SAYSx !ND THAT lGURE WOULD PROBABLY BE HIGHER IF HALF THE SECOND AND THIRD YEARS WEREN T STILL WAIT ING ON 5NTHANK 2OAD FOR A NUMBER &OR AS LONG AS #ONCRETE HAS BEEN GOING &IRST "USES HAVE BEEN ALONG WITH AM SEMINARS AND ESSAY DEAD LINES THE BANE OF A 5%! STUDENT S LIFE 3URE THEY RE THE REASON THAT THE 'OLDEN 4RIANGLE IS SUCH A CONVENIENT PLACE TO LIVE BUT THEY RE ALSO THE REASON YOU HAVE TO LEAVE YOUR HOUSE AT AM TO GET TO YOUR PM LECTURE 4HIS WEEK S NEWS INVOLV ING &IRST HAS PUT THEM EVEN FURTHER UP THE @COMPANIES WE WOULD LOVE TO HURT SCALE &IRSTLY THEY VE HIKED UP THEIR FARES YET AGAIN SO NOW IT COSTS a TO GO INTO THE #ITY 4HEIR REASON h2ISING FUEL COSTSv &AIR ENOUGH WE ALL KNOW THE PRICE OF FUEL IS GOING UP BUT A INCREASE IN A FARE IS AN EXTREME WAY TO RECOVER COSTS !LONG WITH THE NEWS THAT THEY ABANDONED A DISABLED FEMALE STUDENT AT NIGHT ON 3OUTH 0ARK !VENUE A WEEK AGO THIS BUS COMPANY CERTAINLY HAVE A LOT TO ANSWER FOR (ARDLY A DAY GOES BY WHEN YOU DON T HEAR A STORY ABOUT HOW THE BUS DIDN T TURN UP ON TIME WAS FULL OR JUST DIDN T ARRIVE AT ALL 4HEY RE EVEN MAKING WAVES IN THE WIDER COMMU NITY WITHDRAWING PARTS OF THE ROUTE AND ABANDONING SOME BUSES ALL TOGETHER !ND THE WORST PART IS WHAT EXACTLY CAN WE DO 7E CAN T ALL BOYCOTT THE BUSES WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO DE PEND ON THEM TO GET AROUND DUE TO ILLNESS OR DISABILITY !ND AS MUCH AS THE REST OF US SAY WE COULD WALK OR CYCLE IN ON A COLD RAINY WINTER S DAY YOU DON T WANT TO SPEND MINUTES WALKING TO A LECTURE &IRST "USES PRESENT A DEEPLY CONCERNING PROBLEM FOR ALL OF US WHO DEPEND ON THEIR CURRENTLY UNRELIABLE @SERVICE 7E NEED TO AFFECT CHANGE AND THERE ARE VARIOUS WAYS THAT HAVE BEEN SUGGEST ED SADLY EACH AS UNWORKABLE AS THE NEXT (OWEVER WHAT EVER WE DO THE KEY QUESTION REMAINS HOW CAN WE TAKE AC TION AGAINST A COMPANY THAT UNFORTUNATELY OUR UNIVERSITY EDUCATION DEPENDS ON

!CCORDING TO LEGEND HERE EMBODIED BY 7IKIPEDIA -AL COLM "RADBURY WAS INSPIRED TO WRITE HIS NOVEL 4HE (ISTORY -AN AFTER HAVING HIS SHERRY STOLEN 7HEN THE YOUNG 2EGI NA %LIZABETH )) VISITED THE 5%! CAMPUS IN THE S THE STU DENTS THEN FULLY ENGAGED IN PARTICIPATING IN THE SEXUAL REV OLUTION OCCUPIED THE &ACULTY OF !RTS IN PROTEST AT THE MON ARCH S IRRELEVANCE 4HE LATE -R "RADBURY WHO HAD CLEARLY NOT LEARNED THAT YOU SHOULD NEVER LEAVE ALCOHOL UNGUARDED ON CAMPUS HAD HIS SHERRY LIB ERATED FROM HIS OFlCE IN THE PROCESS 4HE MIX OF SEX POLI TICS AND SPONTANEITY PROVIDED THE INSPIRATION FOR THE NOVEL THAT BECAME LEGEND 7HILE ALL THIS IS UNDOUBT EDLY INTERESTING IT IS HARDLY NEWS 7HAT ) SEEK TO IMPRESS ON YOU DEAR READER IS THE SHEER QUALITY OF STUDENT ANTICS DURING THIS PERIOD 4HE STORY ) AM HERE TO RELATE TO YOU IS SAD LY LACKING ON THIS FRONT 7HILE ENJOYING A CIGARETTE IN THE 3QUARE MY EYES WERE DRAWN TO TWO WORKMEN REPLACING THE WINDOW OF THE %NDSLEIGH OFlCE -Y lRST THOUGHT WAS WHETHER THEIR INSURANCE WOULD COVER THE REPAIR !FTER MY MIRTH HAD SUBSIDED HOW EVER MY MIND DRIFTED TO WHAT HAD LED TO THE WINDOW BEING SMASHED (AD THE 3OCIALIST 3OCIETY lNALLY MOVED TO DRIVE THE CAPITALISTS OFF CAMPUS /R WAS THE 5NION INTIMIDATING %NDSLEIGH TO MAKE ROOM FOR A RADICAL CO OPERATIVE INSURANCE COLLECTIVE ) SPRINTED TO INVES TIGATE 7HAT TRANSPIRED WITHIN THE OFlCE WAS AN INTERVIEW SO NONDESCRIPT AS TO BE UNWORTHY OF THE TWO LINES IT WOULD TAKE TO RELAY IT ) LEFT THE OFlCE WITH A DISAPPOINTMENT THAT RANGED FAR BEYOND THE PROFESSIONAL 4HE WINDOW HAD BEEN BROKEN DURING A lGHT IN THE 3QUARE TWO COMBATANTS HAVING COME TO BLOWS AFTER A NIGHT AT THE PUB 4HERE IS A PLACE FOR PERSONAL PASSION AND THE DRUNKEN VARIETY IS ALWAYS THE MOST ENTERTAINING (OWEVER IT WOULD BE FAIR TO SAY THAT THE INCIDENT LACKED SOMETHING OF THE CLASS OF /UR GENERATION IS NOT WHOLLY APATHETIC THIS WEEK ALSO SAW THE 3QUARE STAND UP AGAINST POVERTY 9ET THERE WAS A HALF HEARTED RESIGNATION ABOUT THE PROTEST THAT MADE ME NOS TALGIC TO SIT DOWN FOR PEACE

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Gunpowder, treason and plot 2ICHARD 2EYNOLDS DISCUSSES REVOLUTIONARIES AND ARGUES THE CASE FOR USING VIO LENCE TO ACHIEVE POLITICAL GOALS 2ICHARD 2EYNOLDS .EWS %DITOR "URNING EFlGIES EXPLOSIONS AND VERY DODGY FOOD .O 3AT URDAY WAS NOT JUST ANY POST ,#2 SHINDIG IT WAS FOR ALL EX TENTS AND PURPOSES .ORWICH S VERSION OF "ONlRE .IGHT )T S ALSO HELD TO BE THE NIGHT WHEN WE ANNUALLY CONDEMN 'UIDO &AWKES FOR TRYING TO BLOW UP THE +ING IN 0ARLIAMENT SOME FOUR HUNDRED YEARS AGO 7HILE WE SAT AROUND EAT ING SOMETHING THAT IF YOU KEPT ONE EYE CLOSED RESEM BLED A TUBULAR MEAT PRODUCT ) DOUBT VERY MUCH THAT ANY OF US WERE FEELING TOO MANY MONARCHISTIC OR ANTI #ATHOLIC LEANINGS 4HAT WAS PROBABLY A GOOD THING (OWEVER LOOKING AT THE DARKER SIDE OF "ONlRE .IGHT WE PROBABLY CAN LEARN SOME THING ) WOULD PREFER THAT WE WERE CELEBRATING THE &RENCH "ASTILLE $AY A FAR MORE SUIT ABLE MOMENT FOR ALL THINGS CELEBRATORY )T COMMEMORATES THE DAY IN WHEN &RENCH REVOLUTIONARIES STORMED THE "ASTILLE FREED THE PRISONERS AND TOOK CONTROL OF THE MUNI TIONS INSIDE -ORE THAN THAT IT WAS HELD UP IN HISTORY AS

THE MOMENT WHEN THE &RENCH TRULY THREW OFF THEIR TYRANNI CAL MONARCH 7HAT ) M GETTING AT HERE IS THAT A LITTLE BIT OF BLOODY REVO LUTION IS A GOOD THING !FTER ALL THE .OBEL 0RIZE FOR 0EACE LAUREATE .ELSON -ANDELA ADVOCATED VIOLENCE AGAINST APARTHEID IN 3OUTH !FRICA 7HILE ) M NO MONARCHIST THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR A REPUBLIC IN THE 5+ )NDEED IT DOES NOT SEEM A TRULY RELEVANT QUES TION GIVEN THE INSIGNIlCANCE OF OUR MONARCHY TO MODERN POLITICS 7HAT ) BELIEVE IN IS THE MORAL GOOD OF POLITICAL VIO LENCE /F COURSE IN A DEMOC RACY RATHER THAN VIOLENCE WE HAVE THE BALLOT BOX FREE PRESS AND FREE SPEECH TO ALLOW US TO EXPRESS OUR POLITICAL WILL (OWEVER IF ANY OR ALL OF THESE WERE LOST THEN RULE BY TYRANNY COULD ONLY BE MET WITH REVO LUTION PERHAPS VIOLENT 'ANDHI THE GLOBALLY RE VERED ADVOCATE FOR PEACEFUL REVOLUTION WAS LUCKY THAT HE WAS NOT DEALING WITH A TYRANT IN HIS COUNTRY BUT RATHER A DEMOCRACY RUNNING HIS COUN TRY AS A TYRANNY )T MAY SEEM A SMALL POINT BUT IT WAS WHAT

MADE HIS METHOD WORK IN THAT SITUATION "ECAUSE OF THE CAPABILITY FOR DISSENT AND MIXED VIEWS IN "RITAIN AT THE TIME AS WELL AS THE ECONOMIC STRESS OF TWO WORLD WARS THE PEOPLE OF "RITAIN COULD INmU ENCE OUR GOVERNMENT TO MOVE

h7HAT ) BELIEVE IN IS THE MORAL GOOD OF POLITICAL VIOLENCEv TO A SETTLEMENT IN )NDIA 4HE PEOPLE HERE HAD SEEN CLOSE AT HAND WHAT TYRANNICAL LEAD ERS COULD DO BY LOOKING OVER THE #HANNEL 4HIS MEANT THE WILL TO BE A TYRANNICAL EMPIRE CRUMBLED 7HILE 'ANDHI MAY HAVE BEEN A NOBLE AND A CLEV ER MAN HIS PEACEFUL METHODS WOULD HAVE BEEN AS EFFECTIVE AS THOSE OF THE RECENT PROTESTS IN "URMA IF HE HAD BEEN DEAL ING WITH A TRUE TYRANT -ANY OTHER RECENT REVOLU TIONS FOR EXAMPLE THE /RANGE 2EVOLUTION IN THE 5KRAINE

WERE NOT VIOLENT BUT WORKED BECAUSE OF THE IMPLICIT THREAT OF VIOLENCE )NDEED EVEN THE LEADERS OF THE 5332 HAD TO SURRENDER THEIR POSITION WHEN THE PEOPLE STOOD UP AND DE MANDED THEIR RIGHTS )T IS RE MEMBERED AS A FAIRLY BLOOD LESS REVOLUTION COMPARED TO THE OPPRESSION PRIOR TO THE EVENT (OWEVER THERE HAD BEEN YEARS OF BLOODY REVO LUTION FROM (UNGARY IN THE S TO 0OLAND IN THE S )T WAS THIS COMBINED WITH THE RELATIVELY PEACEFUL PROTESTS OF THAT FREED THE PEOPLE OF THE 5332 (OWEVER THE REASON THESE PEACEFUL PROTESTS WORKED WAS BECAUSE THE CENTRAL GOVERN MENT HAD ALREADY LOST THE WILL TO lGHT ITS OWN POPULA TION !FTER MANY ATTEMPTED REVOLUTIONS IT KNEW IT COULD NOT SURVIVE AN ESCALATION OF THE SITUATION BUT STILL HOPED TO SALVAGE SOME PARTS OF THE POST 3OVIET WORLD ,ET ME END THIS WITH A PLEA 2EMEMBER 'UY &AWKES NOT JUST FOR FAILING TO KILL A KING BUT AS ONE OF A LONG LINE OF PEOPLE USING THE ONLY MEANS THEY HAD TO END OP PRESSION IN THEIR COUNTRIES

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3TUDENTS ARE OFTEN PORTRAYED AS BEING DISRUPTIVE AND NOISY -ARTIN *OPP DEFENDS THE STUDENT CORNER AND LOOKS AT HOW STUDENTS ARE A POSITIVE ADDITION TO THE COMMUNITY

EADING THE %VENING .EWS ON A REGULAR BASIS GIVES YOU A CERTAIN OUTLOOK ON LIFE &OR A START IT GIVES YOU THE STRANGE IMPRESSION THAT .ORWICH #ITY DESERVE TO BE IN THE 0REMIERSHIP AND SOON WILL BE AS SOON AS THEY GET SOME GOOD PLAYERS A DECENT MANAGER AND START PLAYING FOOTBALL THAT IS !NOTHER CONSTANT

h5NIVERSITY 7ARD #OUNCILLOR "ERT "REMNER ALSO ASKS WHETHER THE @STUDENTIlCATION OF AREAS OF THE CITY LEADS TO A LACK OF COMMUNITY COHESIONv YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THE PAGES OF .ORWICH S LOCAL NEWSPAPER IS ABOUT US ABOUT STUDENTS AT THE 5NIVERSITY OF %AST !NGLIA !CROSS .ORWICH PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO ASK hWHAT GOOD ARE STUDENTS TO THIS lNE CITY v /NE OF THE MAJOR CRITICISMS LEVELLED AT STUDENTS IS CONCERNING LATE NIGHT NOISE ALONG 4HE !VENUES AND "LUEBELL 2OAD AFTER THE ,#2 CLOSES ON 4UESDAY AND 3ATURDAY NIGHTS -ANY RESIDENTS HAVE DESCRIBED BEING WOKEN UP BY DRUNKARDS SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS AFTER AM OR BY PEOPLE SINGING SONGS WHILE WALKING ALONG RESIDENTIAL STREETS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT 3UCH BEHAVIOUR HAS HAD THE EFFECT OF MAKING SOME RESIDENTS CONSIDER MOVING AWAY FROM AN AREA IN WHICH THEY HAVE LIVED FOR MANY YEARS /VER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS THE 5NION OF 5%! 3TUDENTS WHO OPERATE THE ,#2 HAVE DECIDED TO PROVIDE FREE BUSES FROM THE ,#2 ALONG THE BUS ROUTES AT TIMES OF PARTICULAR TENSION BETWEEN STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS OF 4HE !VENUES IN ORDER TO REDUCE NOISE 4HIS HAS NOT BEEN A REGULAR PROVISION ALTHOUGH SOME RESIDENTS MAY WISH IT WERE !NOTHER CRITICISM LEVELLED AT STUDENTS IN .ORWICH SURROUNDS THE IMPACT OF STUDENTS LIVING OFF CAMPUS !S WELL AS PROBLEMS OF NOISE TO NEIGHBOURS WITH LATE NIGHT PARTIES 5NIVERSITY 7ARD #OUNCILLOR "ERT "REMNER ALSO ASKS

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4HE GOOD STUDENTS SHOW THEIR VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH ORGANISATIONS LIKE THE 6OLUNTEERS 3OCIETY WHETHER THE @STUDENTIlCATION OF AREAS OF THE CITY LEADS TO A LACK OF COMMUNITY COHESION 3TUDENTS ARE OFTEN OUT OF THE CITY FOR MONTHS OF THE YEAR WHICH SOME SAY LEAVES PARTS OF .ORWICH A GHOST TOWN FOR THOSE PERIODS !S SHORT TERM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IT HAS BEEN QUESTIONED WHETHER STUDENTS ENGAGE IN THE COMMUNITY IN THE SAME WAY AS LONG TERM RESIDENTS DO 4HE SENSATIONALISM OF THE ISSUE OF STUDENT NOISE IN THE CITY CLEARLY OVER SIMPLIlES THE EFFECT OF STUDENTIlCATION IN OUR CITY 4HE EFFECT OF STUDENTS JOINING A COMMUNITY HAS FAR WIDER EFFECTS THAN THAT OF ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR n SOME OF WHICH ARE UNDENIABLY POSITIVE #OUNTERING THE VIEW THAT STUDENTS ARE LESS INCLINED TO BE AN ACTIVE PART OF THE COMMUNITY IS THE STATISTIC THAT STUDENTS ARE FOUR TIMES MORE LIKELY TO GET INVOLVED IN VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY PROJECTS THAN THE AVERAGE MEMBER OF SOCIETY ACCORDING TO RESEARCH FROM THE .ATIONAL 5NION OF 3TUDENTS 4HIS NATIONAL STATISTIC SEEMS TO BE SUPPORTED HERE AT 5%! WITH MANY STUDENTS GETTING INVOLVED IN A VARIETY OF LOCAL PROJECTS 4AKE FOR EXAMPLE THE 5NION S 0ERMACULTURE 3OCIETY WHO ARE CURRENTLY PLANNING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A COMMUNITY ORCHARD 4HIS WILL PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL PEOPLE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT

SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION WITH STUDENTS IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE ENSURING THE PROJECT IS A SUCCESS !NOTHER OBVIOUS EXAMPLE IS THE WORK OF THE 5NION S 6OLUNTEERS

h3TUDENTS AT +ING S #OMMUNITY #HURCH IN THE CENTRE OF THE CITY ARE INVOLVED IN LOCAL CARE PROJECTS GIVING THEIR TIME ON 3UNDAY AFTERNOONS TO PREPARE HOT FOOD AND TO CLEAN CLOTHES FOR PEOPLE IN NEED v 3OCIETY SUPPORTED THROUGH THE 5NIVERSITY S #AREERS #ENTRE 4HEY FACILITATE A PLETHORA OF DIFFERENT VOLUNTEERING ACTIVITIES INCLUDING A PROJECT LOOKING AFTER THE GARDENS OF OLD PEOPLE IN .ORWICH WHO ARE NOT MOBILE ENOUGH TO UNDERTAKE THE MORE LABORIOUS ASPECTS OF GARDENING 4O LOOK AT ANOTHER GROUP STUDENTS AT +ING S #OMMUNITY #HURCH IN THE CENTRE OF THE CITY ARE INVOLVED IN LOCAL CARE PROJECTS GIVING THEIR TIME ON 3UNDAY AFTERNOONS TO PREPARE HOT FOOD AND TO CLEAN CLOTHES FOR PEOPLE IN NEED

!S WELL AS THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF STUDENTS ON THE CITY n SOME POSITIVE SOME NEGATIVE n STUDENTS HAVE AN UNDOUBTED ECONOMIC IMPACT ON .ORWICH "Y LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF COMPANIES ADVERTISING IN THIS NEWSPAPER IN PUBLICATIONS SUCH AS THE @3TUDENT 'UIDE AND mY POSTING AROUND CAMPUS YOU CAN GET AN IDEA OF THE NUMBER OF SHOPS AND CLUBS IN .ORWICH WHICH RELY UPON STUDENTS TO SURVIVE 4HERE ARE MANY ENTERPRISES IN THIS CITY THAT SIMPLY WOULD NOT EXIST IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE STUDENT POUND #OMPANIES REQUIRING GRADUATES ALSO BENElT FROM THE FACT THAT MANY STUDENTS STAY IN THE AREA AFTER COMPLETING THEIR DEGREE AT 5%! 7ITHOUT THE UNIVERSITY HERE THESE COMPANIES MAY lND IT HARD TO ATTRACT THE GRADUATES THEY NEED TO lLL SOME POSTS 4HE MOST OBVIOUS ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT STUDENTS HAVE IN .ORWICH HOWEVER IS A LITTLE CLOSER TO HOME 4HE 5NIVERSITY ITSELF EMPLOYS APPROXIMATELY MEMBERS OF STAFF ACCORDING TO ITS WEBSITE 7ITHOUT THE UNIVERSITY SOME OF THESE PEOPLE WOULD BE UNEMPLOYED WITH OTHERS BEING FORCED TO GET A JOB IN ANOTHER PART OF THE COUNTRY 3TUDENTS THEMSELVES PAY A GREAT DEAL TOWARDS THE COST OF THIS EMPLOYMENT WITH HOME STUDENTS PAYING TOP UP FEES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS PAYING EVEN GREATER FEES 4HE ECONOMIC EFFECT OF

STUDENTIlCATION IN .ORWICH SHOULD GENERALLY BE DESCRIBED IN TERMS OF REGENERATION AND JOB CREATION )F WE LOOK AT POSSIBLE ACTION THAT COULD BE TAKEN TO ADDRESS LOCAL CONCERNS ABOUT STUDENTIlCATION THE ANSWERS ARE NOT OBVIOUS 7HILE IT IS POSSIBLE FOR US TO SEE THAT STUDENTS OFFER HUGE BENElTS TO THE CITY IT SEEMS UNLIKELY THAT LOCAL PERCEPTIONS THAT STUDENTS ARE NOISY HEDONISTS WILL FADE IN THE NEAR FUTURE #ERTAINLY ACTION MUST BE TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY THROUGH VOLUNTARY PROJECTS 4HIS COULD BE THREATENED BY THE GOVERNMENT S INFATUATION WITH EVER RISING TUITION FEES -ANY STUDENTS NOW NEED TO HAVE JOBS ON TOP OF THEIR FULL TIME DEGREES IN ORDER TO MAKE ENDS MEET 4HIS LEAVES FEWER HOURS IN THE WEEK FOR BECOMING INVOLVED IN THEIR COMMUNITY 4HE MOST IMPORTANT CHANGE NEEDED IS THAT STUDENTS NEED TO BEGIN TO TAKE PRIDE IN THEIR INmUENCE ON THE CITY /NCE STUDENTS ARE SHOWING THAT PRIDE AND ARE MOBILISED TO VOTE AGAINST THOSE WHO REFUSE TO SEE THE POSITIVE EFFECT OF STUDENTIlCATION LOCAL RESIDENTS WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO STOP THE POPULAR RHETORIC OF CRITICISM THAT IS ALL TOO OFTEN HEARD IN .ORWICH

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Guy Fawkes Night: Treason and Terrorism 4HE WHOLE OF HUMAN HISTORY IS RIDDLED WITH ATTACKS ON AUTHORITY AND ATTEMPTS TO OVERTHROW POWER !S THE lREWORKS GO OFF ON .OVEMBER TH !UNDI (OWERTON EXPLAINS WHY THE GUNPOWDER PLOT OF IS STILL IMPORTANT TODAY h-S #LINTON ARGUED IT HAD BEEN A MISTAKE TO PAINT ALL TERRORISTS WITH @A BROAD BRUSH WHICH HAS NOT BEEN PARTICULARLY HELPFUL IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT IS WE WERE UP AGAINSTx ) BELIEVE THAT TERRORISM IS A TOOL THAT HAS BEEN UTILISED THROUGHOUT HISTORY TO ACHIEVE CERTAIN OBJECTIVES 3OME HAVE BEEN IDEOLOGICAL OTHERS TERRITORIAL 4HERE ARE PERSONALITY DRIVEN TERRORISTIC OBJECTIVES 4HEY MAY NOT SHARE ALL THAT MUCH IN TERMS OF WHAT IS THE PHILOSOPHICAL OR IDEOLOGICAL UNDERPINNING v

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UY &AWKES WAS AN EXPLOSIVES EXPERT AND A #ATHOLIC &OR YEARS THE &IFTH OF .OVEMBER AS DESIGNATED BY AN !CT OF 0ARLIAMENT WAS A DAY OF THANKSGIVING FOR hTHE JOYFUL DAY OF DELIVERANCE v 4HIS WAS THE DAY THE INFAMOUS 'UNPOWDER 0LOT TO BLOW UP THE "RITISH 0ARLIAMENT IN PART MASTER MINDED BY &AWKES WAS FOILED 4HOUGH NO LONGER AN OFlCIAL !CT CERTAIN TRADITIONS HAVE SURVIVED THE INITIAL CELEBRATION THAT +ING *AMES ) REFERRED TO AS A DIVINE hMIRACLEv INTERCEDING TO SAVE HIS 0ROTESTANT LED LIFE 6ARIOUS AND ELABORATE BONlRES AND EFlGY BURNINGS STEMMING FROM THE INITIAL REVELATION OF THE PLOT HAVE STREAMLINED OVER THE PAST YEARS INTO A COMMON EVENING OF CELEBRATION )N ADDITION TO ITS HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE AS ONE 5%! SECURITY GUARD TOLD ME THE NIGHT IS hALSO JUST A GOOD REASON TO HAVE A FEW PINTS v !MONG .ORWICH RESIDENTS BOTH "RITISH AND NOT WHAT IS THE SIGNIlCANCE OF THE CELEBRATION 3OME JUST KNOW IT S A TRADITIONAL BONlRE AND ARE NOT SURE IF THEY RE CELEBRATING THE UNCOVERING OF THE PLOT OR THE MAN WHO ORCHESTRATED IT 7HILE MANY OTHERS UNDERSTAND ITS IMPLICATIONS ANOTHER CONTINGENT ASSOCIATE IT WITH THE BURNING OF THOSE IDENTIlED AS #ATHOLIC AND DO NOT PARTICIPATE AT ALL !SK AN !MERICAN STUDYING ABROAD LIKE MYSELF AND A MUDDLED UNDERSTANDING IS UNVEILED %NGLISH LITERATURE CLASSES MAY INTRODUCE THE TRADITION BRIEmY BY WAY OF 4 3 %LIOT S 4HE (OLLOW -EN AND ITS POTENT REFERENCES TO THE EFlGIAL BURNING h4HOSE WHO HAVE CROSSED 7ITH DIRECT EYES TO DEATH S OTHER +INGDOM 2EMEMBER US IF AT ALL NOT AS LOST 6IOLENT SOULS BUT ONLY !S THE HOLLOW MEN 4HE STUFFED MEN v 4HEN THERE S *OHN

4HE 3PARKS )N 4HE 0ARK "IG "ANG lREWORK DISPLAY TOOK PLACE ON 3ATURDAY RD .OVEMBER THIS YEAR IN %ARLHAM 0ARK ,ENNON S APPEAL TO h2EMEMBER v -OST PROMINENTLY AND RECENTLY HAS BEEN (OLLYWOOD S 6 FOR 6ENDETTA WHICH FRAMED THE PRESENT POLITICAL CLIMATE IN A VICE GRIP OF THE HISTORIC 'UNPOWDER 0LOT AND AN IMAGINED FUTURE OF AUTOCRATIC RULE IN "RITAIN AN IDEA EASILY TRANSPORTED TO THE 5NITED 3TATES 'UY &AWKES .IGHT WAS ACTUALLY CELEBRATED IN THE 5NITED 3TATES DURING THE PRE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD BUT TURNED VIOLENT IN THE YEARS LEADING TO THE REVOLUTION PARTICULARLY IN "OSTON WHERE THE FESTIVITIES TOOK ON A lERCE ANTI AUTHORITY VISAGE 3OON AFTER ANOTHER TREASONOUS CHARACTER ONE REPRESENTING THE PLIGHT FOR FREEDOM OF RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION MUCH LIKE THE OPPRESSED #ATHOLICS UNDER TH AND TH CENTURY 0ROTESTANT RULE HAD DONE BEFORE 'EORGE 7ASHINGTON LED THE 5NITED 3TATES IN A REVOLUTION TO GAIN INDEPENDENCE FROM %NGLAND )N THE 5 3 TODAY A HOLIDAY SIMILAR IN EXPRESSION lREWORKS BONlRES hA GOOD REASON TO HAVE A FEW PINTSv THE TH OF *ULY IS A DAY TO CELEBRATE A REVOLUTIONARY FRAME OF MIND THAT UNIQUELY ENCOMPASSES THE SPIRIT OF A BODY GOVERNED BY SOMETHING MUCH TOO ARCHAIC FOR ITS MODERN BENElT 'EORGE 7ASHINGTON WAS NEVER TRIED FOR TREASON (ERE IN .ORFOLK HOWEVER ANOTHER MAN BORN THE VERY YEAR THE .EW 7ORLD WAS hDISCOVERED v WAS TRIED FOR TREASON TORTURED AND EVENTUALLY EXECUTED BY HANGING OVER THE BRIDGE AT THE .ORWICH #ASTLE 4HE WEALTHY LANDOWNER 2OBERT +ETT TOOK CHARGE OF A GROUP OF PEASANTS WHO WERE BEING UNFAIRLY CHARGED FEES

AND SUBJECTED TO LAND DIVISIONS TO COMPENSATE FOR THE ARISTOCRACY S ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS 4HE GROUP REBELLED AND TEMPORARILY TOOK OVER .ORWICH STATIONING THEMSELVES IN THE PRESENT DAY .ORWICH MARKETPLACE 4ODAY AN OFlCIAL APOLOGY COMMEMORATING +ETT S RIGHTFUL UPRISING HANGS ON A PLAQUE IN .ORWICH 4ODAY AND INTO THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE REBELLION AGAINST AUTHORITY AND POWER REMAIN COMMON NATURAL MOTIONS IN THE HUMAN S INSTINCTIVE AND CONTINUAL MIGRATION TOWARDS FREEDOM 4HE EXAMPLES ARE ENDLESS THE 4UTSI ATTEMPT TO OVERTHROW THE (UTU LED 2WANDAN GOVERNMENT IN THE S COUNTLESS MILITARY COUPS FROM 0AKISTAN S -USHARRAF TO THE

2EVOLUTION IN #HINA &REEDOM IS NOT ALWAYS THE END RESULT BUT THE INSTINCT REMAINS UNALTERED 4HE WORD TREASON MAY BE LESS COMMONLY RELEVANT WITH THE GLOBAL DIMENSIONS OF THE SUBJECT BUT THE WORD S CLOSE RELATIVE TERRORISM DOMINATES BOTH THE 53 AND 5+ S EVERY DAY LANGUAGE WITHIN THEIR GOVERNMENTS PLIGHTS TO MAINTAIN ESTABLISHED POWER 2OBERT +ETT WAS A MAN WHO WAS ACTIVELY ATTEMPTING TO FOSTER AN OPPRESSED PEOPLES SELF

SUSTAINABILITY AND AUTONOMY /N /CTOBER TH OF THIS YEAR AT "LACKFRIAR S (ALL IN .ORWICH A "RITISH BORN !FGHAN NAMED -OAZZAM "EGG APPEARED TO SPEAK ABOUT THE THREE YEARS HE SPENT AS A PRISONER IN 'UANTANAMO "AY HELD AND MISTREATED UNDER WRONGFUL ACCUSATIONS THAT HE WAS A TERRORIST (E HAD MOVED TO !FGHANISTAN WITH INTENTIONS OF WORKING AS A TEACHER IN AN ATTEMPT TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE !FGHAN PEOPLES SELF SUSTAINABILITY 5NLIKE 2OBERT +ETT -OAZZAM "EGG NEVER IMPLEMENTED VIOLENCE HIMSELF ALTHOUGH HE DID HARBOUR SIMILAR INCLINATIONS TO +ETT S LEADING A PEOPLE IN THE DIRECTION OF FREEDOM VIA AUTONOMY (E WAS NAMED A TERRORIST BUT HE WAS NOT THREATENING VIOLENCE TO INTIMIDATE OR COERCE A GOVERNMENT BUT INSTEAD WAS SUPPORTING AN EFFORT TO OVERTHROW A POVERTY OF RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE COUNTRY OF HIS ETHNIC ORIGIN 3O THIS .OVEMBER TH UPON THE COLLECTIVELY AGREED OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF hA GOOD REASON TO HAVE A FEW PINTS v WHILE CELEBRATING THE IMPORTANT SPOILING OF A PLOT TO MURDER CONSIDER ALSO HAVING A PINT FOR THE SPIRIT OF THE IMPULSE TO SECURE FREEDOM (AVE A PINT FOR THE TREASONOUS 'EORGE 7ASHINGTON (AVE ANOTHER FOR THE DEVELOPERS WHO WERE WRONGLY TAGGED AS TERRORISTS 2OBERT +ETT AND -OAZZAM "EGG -AYBE EVEN HAVE ONE FOR 'UY &AWKES

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HIS YEAR #HILDREN IN .EED WILL FALL ON &RIDAY TH .OVEMBER ,AST YEAR IT ROSE OVER a MILLION AND HOPES TO BEAT THAT lGURE THIS YEAR 4HE CHARITY GIVES GRANTS TO ORGANISATIONS IN THE 5+ WORKING WITH CHILDREN WHO HAVE MENTAL PHYSICAL OR SENSORY DISABILITIES BEHAVIOURAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS ARE LIVING IN POVERTY OR SITUATIONS OF DEPRIVATION OR ARE SUFFERING THROUGH DISTRESS ABUSE OR NEGLECT %VERY SINGLE PENNY WHICH #HILDREN IN .EED RAISES GOES TO CHARITY !LTHOUGH THERE ARE OPERATIONAL COSTS THESE ARE COVERED BY THE CHARITY S INVESTMENT INCOME 4ERRY 7OGAN DOES NOT RECEIVE A FEE FROM THE #HILDREN IN .EED CHARITY FUND IN THE PAST HE HAS BEEN PAID FROM THE ""# S POOL OF RESOURCES FOR ALL THE WORK HE DOES OVER THE YEAR FOR THE CORPORATION 0UDSEY THE CHARITY LOGO SINCE HAS GONE THOROUGH A MAKE OVER THIS YEAR 4HE PURPOSE OF THIS EXERCISE IS hTO CREATE A MORE DYNAMIC AND EXPRESSIVE CHARACTER WHO WILL WORK BETTER ONLINE IN ANIMATIONS OR STORYBOOKS h 4HE TELETHON HOSTED BY 3IR 4ERRY 7OGAN AND &EARNE #OTTON FEATURES AS USUAL A PERFORMANCE BY THE ""# NEWSREADERS AS WELL AS PERFORMANCES FROM +YLIE AND THE 3PICE 'IRLS /THER HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE A SPECIAL EPISODE OF $OCTOR 7HO AND A .EVER -IND THE "UZZCOCKS SPECIAL AS 2ADIO TAKE ON 2ADIO 3O HOW CAN YOU HELP 4HE THEME OF #HILDREN IN .EED THIS YEAR IS @3OMETHING $IFFERENT DESIGNED TO REmECT THE IMAGINATION AND ENERGY TAKING PLACE DURING THE FUNDRAISING IN THE RUN UP TO THE !PPEAL .IGHT )F YOU ARE STUCK FOR IDEAS YOU CAN lND THE FUNDRAISING PACK ONLINE AT WWW BBC CO UK PUDSEY FUNDRAISING FUNDRAISINGPACK 9OU CAN EVEN DOWNLOAD THE FUNDRAISING PACK IN 7ELSH IF YOU WANT /R IF YOU WANT TO YOU CAN BUY 4HE 3PICE 'IRLS LATEST SINGLE (EADLINES &RIENDSHIP .EVER %NDS AVAILABLE ON .OVEMBER

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FREELANCE ASSESSORS LOOKING AT THE ORGANISATION STRUCTURE AND THEIR PROPOSAL FOR THE PROJECT IN QUESTION 4HEN LOCAL VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE MEMBERS DRAWING ON THEIR KNOWLEDGE ADVISE #HILDREN IN .EED S 4RUSTEES WHICH PROJECTS SHOULD RECEIVE FUNDING )N .ORFOLK #HILDREN IN

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WAS a WITH THE AMOUNTS RANGING FROM a TO a 4HE FUNDING OF A PROJECT IS NORMALLY AWARDED FOR UP TO THREE YEARS AND ITS GRANT IS BROKEN INTO YEARLY SEGMENTS WHICH ARE GIVEN TO THE PROJECT DEPENDING ON HOW THE WORK IS PROGRESSING 4O RECEIVE A GRANT A PROJECT MUST FULlL THE #HILDREN IN .EED MISSION STATEMENT AND GRANTS ARE ONLY AWARDED TO PROPERLY CONSTITUTED NOT FOR PROlT ORGANISATIONS WORKING WITH CHILDREN AGED AND UNDER ! PROJECT APPLICATION IS THEN ASSESSED BY

.EED HAVE HELPED NUMEROUS ORGANISATIONS .ELSON S *OURNEY IS A CHARITY FOR CHILDREN UP TO YEARS OF AGE WHO HAVE LOST A SIGNIlCANT PERSON IN THEIR LIFE .ELSON S *OURNEY PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR OF THE CHILDREN IN .ORFOLK WHO ON AVERAGE EXPERIENCE A CLOSE BEREAVEMENT EACH YEAR )T IS MAINLY DEPENDENT UPON VOLUNTEERS FROM 3OCIAL 3ERVICES %DUCATION AND (EALTH 3ERVICE BACKGROUNDS 4HE CHARITY HELPS BY OFFERING BEREAVEMENT COUNSELLING WHILE GIVING PRACTICAL ADVICE ON MATTERS SUCH AS FUNERAL

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4HE -AKE 0OVERTY (ISTORY #AMPAIGN IS WELL KNOWN AND ALREADY HAS A SUCCESSFUL SOCIETY HERE AT 5%! &RANCESCA "RADLEY TELLS US ABOUT HOW THE CAMPAIGNING HAS BEEN GOING AND HOW WE CAN PLAY A PART ,AST YEAR MILLION PEOPLE STOOD UP AROUND THE WORLD TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR AN END TO WORLD POVERTY 4HIS YEAR MIL LION PEOPLE IN OVER COUNTRIES DEMONSTRATED THEIR SUPPORT BY STANDING UP TOGETHER TO BREAK A 'UINNESS 7ORLD 2ECORD 3TAND 5P 3PEAK /UT IS A WORLD WIDE CAMPAIGN ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO BE ACTIVE IN STANDING UP AGAINST POVERTY AND INEQUALITY AND ALSO EMPHASISES THE IMPORTANCE OF THE -ILLENNIUM $EVELOPMENT 'OALS 4HESE GOALS WERE INSTALLED IN BY WORLD LEADERS WITH THE AIM OF HALVING WORLD POVERTY BY (OWEVER OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS IT IS EVIDENT THAT SOME OF THESE GOALS ARE EXTREMELY UNLIKELY TO BE MET 3TAND 5P 3PEAK /UT HELPS TO REINFORCE THE IMPORTANCE OF THEM /CTOBER TH WAS 7ORLD 0OVERTY $AY AND PEOPLE WERE URGED TO LIT ERALLY STAND UP TO HIGHLIGHT THE VI SION OF ENDING WORLD POVERTY AND IN DOING SO BREAK A WORLD RECORD ,AST YEAR AS PART OF 7ORLD 0OVER TY $AY -AKE 0OVERTY (ISTORY 3OCI ETY CAMPAIGNED ABOUT THE HOUSING CRISIS IN $ARFUR WHERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE FORCED TO LIVE IN TRULY HORRIlC CONDITIONS (OUSING AREAS ARE SO DENSELY POPULATED THAT DIS EASE SPREADS AT AN ALARMING RATE 0OOR HYGIENE IS A CONTRIBUTING FAC TOR WITH A LACK OF CLEAN WATER AND UNSATISFACTORY WASTE DISPOSAL IS SUES A CRITICAL PROBLEM 4O DEMONSTRATE A SMALL PART OF

THIS TERRIBLE PREDICAMENT WE BUILT A @SHANTY TOWN ON CAMPUS AND COL LECTED A PETITION WHICH WAS SENT OFF TO THE GOVERNMENT /N TH /CTOBER THIS YEAR AS PART OF 3TAND 5P 3PEAK /UT WE LITTERED THE SQUARE WITH BLACKBOARDS HIGHLIGHT ING THE -ILLENNIUM $EVELOPMENT 'OALS AND HAD VARIOUS BANNERS DIS PLAYED !T ONE O CLOCK WE REQUESTED THAT EVERYONE SITTING IN THE SQUARE WOULD STAND UP TO ILLUSTRATE THEIR OPPOSITION TO GLOBAL POVERTY 7E WERE THRILLED TO CONTRIBUTE NEARLY PEOPLE TO THE WORLDWIDE lGURE OF MILLION -AKE 0OVERTY (ISTORY AS A SOCI ETY AIMS TO HIGHLIGHT THE INEQUALI TIES WITHIN OUR WORLD BY RUNNING A

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4HE HONEYMOON IS OVER FOR THIS FOODIE ) VE BEEN IN %NGLAND FOR TWO FULL MONTHS NOW AND ) VE lNALLY COME TO TERMS WITH THE REALITY THAT "RITISH CUISINE WILL NEVER LIVE UP TO MY EXPECTATIONS 'ROWING UP IN .EW 9ORK AND AT TENDING UNIVERSITY IN 0HILADELPHIA ) VE NEVER KNOWN ANYTHING OTHER THAN lNE )TALIAN FOOD NOTE ) AM A SNOB AND ) REFUSE TO EAT PIZZA OUT SIDE OF .ORTHEAST 53! 7HEN ) MET WITH FRIENDS TO ORDER PIZZA FOR DINNER LAST &RIDAY ) WAS SHOCKED THAT OUR OPTIONS CONSISTED

3TEPHANIE 2ENN AND +ATIE "OWER SET OUT TO lND .ORWICH S BEST (APPY (OURS AND DETERMINED THAT IT S POSSIBLE TO DRINK ON THE CHEAP ALL WEEK LONG

OF $OMINO S OR 0APA *OHN S TWO ABOMINABLE EXCUSES FOR PIZZERIAS "RITONS ) CALL UPON YOU TO DE MAND HIGHER QUALITY FOOD "EG YOUR -0S THREATEN THEM IF YOU MUST OR EVEN RUN AGAINST THEM 9OU DESERVE BETTER ) M NOT SAYING THAT !MERICA IS PERFECT 7HAT "RITAIN LACKS IN DINING SELECTIONS AND CREATIVITY !MERICA LACKS IN BEER DIVERSITY &OR MOST OF MY PRE @DRINKING AS AN ILLEGAL YEARS ) WAS FORCED TO CHOOSE BE TWEEN #OORS ,IGHT "UD ,IGHT AND -ILLER ,IGHT EACH ONE ONLY A HALF

STEP ABOVE URINE IN TERMS OF THEIR TASTE AND QUALITY !T TIMES WHEN LOOKING TO SAVE SOME MONEY ) RE SORTED TO CONSUMING BEER MADE BY SUCH ATROCIOUS BRANDS AS +EY STONE ,IGHT .ATURAL @.ATTY ,IGHT AND -ILWAUKEE S "EST COLLOQUIALLY KNOWN AS "EAST WHICH MOST LIKELY ARE WATERED DOWN URINE 7E VE ALL GOT WORK TO DO AND ) BELIEVE EXPLORING FOOD AND DRINK FROM OTHER CULTURES IS THE ONLY WAY TO IMPROVE OUR OWN SO GET OUT THERE AND EXPERIMENT WITH A FOREIGN FOOD OR BEVERAGE 9OU WON T BE LET DOWN

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Â no Â such Â thing Â as Â a Â table Â for Â one 'RACE 3IMPSON AND "ETSY 0ORRITT COMBAT STIGMAS ASSOCIATED WITH &RESHERS DINING DELINQUENCY BY FORMING @0OSH .OSH AT 0ASTON

HERE IS NOTHING SO PHISTICATED ABOUT BE ING A FRESHER FIRST YEAR EATING HABITS BEING NO EXCEPTION !FTER WEEKS OF LIVING IN A NUTRITIONAL WASTELAND WE DECIDED TO SORT OUR LIVES OUT AND PUT OUR KITCHENS IN ORDER WITHOUT 'ORDON 2AMSEY S ASSISTANCE 7E DID WHAT ANY LOGICAL AMBITIOUS AND FAMISHED FRESHERS SHOULD DO BUT ARE TYPICALLY TOO LAZY TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH WE FORMED A DINNER PARTY GROUP @0OSH .OSH AT 0ASTON /UR MISSION REQUIRES US TO TAKE TURNS PREPARING BANQUETS OF CULI NARY EXCELLENCE AND SOCIAL DECA DENCE SO THAT WE MAY ULTIMATELY FORGET ABOUT THOSE HARSH INITIAL DAYS OF MICROWAVED SHEPARD S PIE AND OVERCOOKED !3$! PASTA ,AST WEEK IT WAS THE JOB OF OUR MASCULINE COMPANIONS TO PREPARE THE EVENING S OFFERINGS 4HIS EVENT WAS ANTICIPATED WITH BOTH FEAR AND FASCINATION 4HE STANDARDS HAD BEEN SET PARTICULARLY HIGH AS THE PREVIOUS WEEK WE HAD CONJURED UP A 4HAI GREEN CURRY 4HIS !SIAN MASTERPIECE WAS SO FABULOUS THAT WE REFUSED TO BE MODEST 7HEN WE APPREHENSIVELY VENTURED OVER TO THE DARKEST DEPTHS OF THE 6ILLAGE TO EX PERIENCE THE BOYS RESPONSE WE WERE QUITE CONlDENT OF MAINTAINING OUR GLORY BUOYED BY THE RUMOURS THAT THE BOYS WERE PLANNING TO SERVE US NOT SO HAUTE CUISINE CONSISTING OF BANGERS AND MASH !S WE SLID INTO THE GRIMY MAR GARINE TUB KITCHEN DEAFENED BY THE BANGING OF PANS AND ENGULFED BY VARIOUS COOKING AROMAS WE CAUGHT

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0RINCE OF 7ALES 0RINCE OF 7ALES 2OAD PM PM 4HE 7HALEBONE -AGDALEN 2OAD PM PM "LUEBERRY 0UBLIC (OUSE #OWGATE PM PM -ICAWBERS 4AVERN 0OTTERGATE PM PM -AD -OOSE 7ARWICK 3T PM PM SIGHT OF THE lRST HARBINGER OF VIC TORY AN EMPTY 3MASH PACKET (OW EVER WIPING THE SWEAT OFF THEIR FORE HEADS THE BOYS GREETED US JOVIALLY AND PROMPTLY SEATED US AT THE TABLE THEY HAD CONVENIENTLY hACQUIREDv FROM THE mAT NEXT DOOR 7E WAITED NERVOUSLY FOR THEM TO COMPLETE THEIR MASTERPIECE /UR EXPECTATIONS WERE GRIM AND WE WERE ALREADY CONTEMPLATING SKIP PING THIS MEAL TO WHIP UP A QUICK CHICKEN BACK HOME "UT THEN CAME THE SHOCKER )N AN INSTANT A PATHETIC 6ILLAGE mAT WAS TRANSFORMED INTO THE MOST SWANKY CORNER OF 4HE )VY 'IVEN THE CHOICE BETWEEN GARLIC MASH AND HERB MASH MADE WITH REAL POTATOES WE PRODDED THEM NUMEROUS TIMES AND HAD THEM CHEMICALLY TESTED FOR AUTHENTICITY WE NEARLY FELL OFF OUR CHAIRS WITH

GLEE 4HE VARIETY OF SAUSAGES WAS EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE RANGING FROM BEEF AND MUSTARD PORK AND LEEK TO THE AUTUMN CLASSIC VENISON *UST WHEN WE THOUGHT THAT WE COULD NOT BE MORE SURPRISED WE SAW SOMETHING THAT WE HADN T SEEN SINCE THE DAYS BEFORE WE LEFT THE FAMILY NEST CABBAGE 7E KID YOU NOT THE BOYS HAD REALLY SERVED US THAT GREEN lEND OF 'RAN S 3UNDAY LUNCHES 4HE CABBAGE WAS ACCOM PANIED BY A DELICIOUS SWEET POTATO MASH A TOUCH OF ORIGINALITY TO AN ALREADY WINNING FORMULA 9ET IT WAS THE GANGS ONION GRAVY THAT REALLY STOLE THE SHOW WARMING OUR EMACI ATED BONES WITH HOMELY GOODNESS AND FORCING US TO TEMPORARILY PASS OUR CROWNS AS 1UEENS OF THE +ITCH EN TO THE BOYS WHO NOW WERE NOW lT TO BE +INGS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT /UR SMUGNESS HAD BEEN SHORT LIVED 7E WERE COMPLETELY IN AWE OF THE BOYS RElNED ADAPTION OF A "RIT ISH FAVOURITE AND WE LEFT THE 6ILLAGE FULL AND SATISlED IF NOT A LITTLE AS TOUNDED 4HE ONLY THING TO DAMPEN OUR MOOD WAS THE PROSPECT OF NEXT WEEK S RETURN TO 0ASTON AND HOW TO REGAIN OUR CULINARY CROWN !LL SUG GESTIONS WELCOME

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) M IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE OF MY HOUSEMATES BUT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS THINGS HAVE STARTED TO GO WRONG ) GOT DRUNK AND SLEPT WITH ANOTHER HOUSE MATE AND ALTHOUGH IT WAS ONLY GOING TO BE A ONE TIME THING IT HAS HAPPENED SINCE AND PROB ABLY WILL AGAIN 7HAT ON EARTH DO ) DO 4ROUBLED STUDENT 4ROUBLED STUDENT

9OU ARE CLEARLY VERY INCONSIDER ATE TOWARDS THE FEELINGS OF YOUR HOUSEMATES .OT ONLY WILL THIS DESTROY YOUR GIRLFRIEND WHEN SHE lNDS OUT WHICH SHE ALMOST CERTAINLY WILL BUT YOU ARE MESS ING WITH THE FEELINGS OF YOUR OTHER HOUSEMATE 4HE BEST THING YOU CAN DO AT THE MOMENT IS TO STOP THIS mING 'ETTING DRUNK IS NO EXCUSE FOR CHEATING ON YOUR GIRLFRIEND ) THINK YOU SHOULD SIT YOUR GIRLFRIEND DOWN AND EX PLAIN WHAT HAS HAPPENED 4HE LAST THING YOU WANT IS FOR HER TO lND OUT FROM SOMEONE ELSE !D MITTEDLY YOU WILL BE A VERY LUCKY GUY IF SHE DECIDES TO STAY WITH YOU BUT FOR ONCE DO THE RIGHT THING (OWEVER THE FACT THAT YOU SAY YOU WILL PROBABLY SLEEP WITH YOUR HOUSEMATE AGAIN SUGGESTS YOU CAN T HAVE ANY RESPECT FOR YOUR GIRLFRIEND $O YOU STILL WANT TO BE WITH HER BECAUSE YOUR AT TITUDE SUGGESTS THAT YOU DON T $O YOU HAVE ANY FEELINGS FOR THE OTHER mATMATE 9OU NEED TO SORT YOUR HEAD OUT AND DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT BEFORE YOU LOSE BOTH GIRLS "ETTY (OWEVER COOL IT MAY SEEM TO BE SEEING TWO GIRLS ON THE SLY ) DOUBT VERY MUCH THAT THIS WILL HAVE A HAPPY ENDING "ELIEVE IT OR NOT ) HAVE BEEN IN THIS SITU ATION BEFORE AND IN MY PERSONAL OPINION YOU LL BE LUCKY TO SUR VIVE THIS WITH JUST A SLAP AROUND THE CHOPS 4HIS ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT KIND OF PERSON YOU ARE )F YOU ARE SINCERE AND DECENT YOU MAY JUST COME OUT OF IT /+ BUT THE CHANCES ARE SLIM ) THINK TAK ING WHAT YOU WANT IS lNE AND THAT IS CLEARLY WHAT YOU VE DONE AS LONG AS YOU RE WILLING TO FACE THE CONSEQUENCES 4ED (ELPFUL NUMBERS AND E MAIL ADDRESSES #OUNSELLING SERVICE !DVICE #ENTRE 7ELFARE /FlCER SU WELFARE UEA AC UK .IGHTLINE NIGHTLINE UEA AC UK

"REASTS THEY ARE EVERYWHERE 7ITH OUT THEM WE WOULD HAVE STARVED AS BABIES *ORDAN WOULD HAVE A NINE TO lVE OFlCE JOB .UTS :OO AND &(- WOULD BE TOP SELLING STAMP COLLECTORS MAGAZINES BRAS WOULD BE HATS FOR TWO AND BOYS WOULD NOT BE GOING CRAZY FOR THE ROUND LUMPS ON OUR FRONTS BUT INSTEAD FOR OUR SMILES AND PERSONALITIES "REASTS ARE PART OF OUR LIFE WE CANNOT DENY IT SO WHY DO FEWER THAN ONE IN TWENTY OF US KNOW HOW TO CHECK FOR THE CANCER AND WHY ARE SO MANY OF US DOING NOTH ING TO PROTECT OURSELVES FROM THIS LIFE THREATENING DISEASE "REAST CANCER IS NOT A CONVER SATION THAT MY FRIENDS FAMILY OR THE STRANGER SITTING NEXT TO ME ON THE BUS AND ) HAVE "UT WHEN EACH YEAR THE DISEASE AFFECTS OVER OF US MEN INCLUDED MAKING IT

THE TH MOST COMMON CANCER IT IS DElNITELY A TOPIC WE ALL NEED TO BE AWARE OF "REAST CANCER WAS THE lRST CAN CER EVER IDENTIlED )T DEVELOPS OW ING TO A BUILD UP OF CELLS THAT CON TINUE TO GROW AND THEN BECOME CANCEROUS WHEN THE $.! INFORMA TION BECOMES ALTERED "Y THE TIME THE CANCER CELLS SHOW UP AS EITHER A LUMP OR INmAMMATION IN THE BREAST ARM OR SKIN THE CELLS HAVE MULTI PLIED IN THEIR MILLIONS 4O DESTROY THESE CELLS RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT CAN BE USED TO PENETRATE THE SKIN POISONING THE BODY AND KILLING THE CANCEROUS CELLS 4HE POISON MAKES THE PATIENT EXTREMELY SICK CAUSING DRAMATIC WEIGHT LOSS AND OFTEN HAIR LOSS TO THE HEAD EYEBROWS AND EYE LASHES )F THE RADIOTHERAPY DOES NOT WORK THE INFECTED BREAST CAN BE RE MOVED )F THE CANCER HAS SPREAD TO %MIL !LLARD

OTHER AREAS OF THE BODY HOWEVER ESPECIALLY THE LUNGS AS IT DOES FOR AN AVERAGE OF WOMEN AND MEN IN "RITAIN EVERY YEAR DEATH IS THE FRIGHTENING CONSEQUENCE OF BREAST CANCER &ROM THIS UPSETTING STATISTIC IT IS NOT SURPRISING THAT MOST OF US WOULD RATHER TALK ABOUT THE NEW JEANS WE HAVE JUST BOUGHT OR WHAT

h%ACH YEAR THE DISEASE AFFECTS OVER OF US MEN INCLUDED IT IS DElNITELY A TOPIC THAT WE ALL NEED TO BE AWARE OFv WE ARE WEARING ON A NIGHT OUT RATH ER THAN THE POSSIBILITY AND SYMP TOMS OF BREAST CANCER (OWEVER IT CAN NO LONGER BE IGNORED /CTOBER WAS .ATIONAL "REAST #ANCER AWARE NESS MONTH AND HOSPITALS DOCTORS AND NURSES NATIONWIDE WANT TO IN CREASE OUR AWARENESS OF THIS DEADLY DISEASE 4HE NUMBER OF BREAST CANCER PATIENTS HAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY SINCE THE S ESPECIALLY AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 4HE IN CREASE HAS BEEN BLAMED ON THE UN HEALTHY LIFESTYLE THE 7ESTERN WORLD NOW KEEPS !LCOHOL CONSUMPTION HAS ALSO BEEN BLAMED FOR THE IN

CREASE IN DIAGNOSES -EDICAL EX PERTS ARGUE THAT A WOMAN DRINKING FOUR OR MORE UNITS OF ALCOHOL A DAY ARE AT A HIGHER RISK OF DEVELOPING BREAST CANCER /THER FACTORS SUCH AS SMOKING AND EATING CONVENIENCE FOODS LIKE -C$ONALDS +&# AND 0IZZA (UT ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO AN IN CREASED RISK /F COURSE THERE IS THE OBVI OUS ADVICE ABOUT KEEPING lT AND HEALTHY PROTECTING US FROM BREAST CANCER %ATING CITRUS FRUIT AND GREEN VEGETABLES INSTEAD OF A BOWL OF CHIPS DRINKING ORANGE JUICE WITH OUT THE VODKA AND RUNNING WITH THE I0OD INSTEAD OF WATCHING THE (OLLYOAKS OMNIBUS ON A 3UNDAY ALL SIGNIlCANTLY DECREASE THE RISK OF CONTRACTING THE CANCER )F THERE IS A HISTORY OF THE CANCER IN THE FAM ILY THE BLUE PRINT CELLS ARE MORE NUMEROUS SO IT IS VITAL THAT ONE CHECKS MORE OFTEN FOR THE SYMP TOMS OF THE CANCER "REAST CANCER IS A KILLER -OTH ERS SISTERS COUSINS FRIENDS UNCLES DADS BROTHERS ARE LOST EVERYDAY TO THIS DISEASE 4HE .(3 SPENDS BIL LIONS OF POUNDS A YEAR TO DEVELOP TREATMENTS SO DO WE NOT OWE IT TO OURSELVES TO CHECK REGULARLY AND CHANGE THE BAD HABITS WITH WHICH WE STUDENTS ARE ASSOCIATED .EXT TIME YOU ORDER YOUR TENTH PINT OR EAT THAT THIRD CHEESEBURGER IN FRONT OF THE TELEVISION THINK ABOUT THE CELLS THAT ARE RUNNING THROUGH YOUR BODY AND THINK OF THAT LUMP THAT COULD DEVELOP LIKE A MARBLE UNDER YOUR BREAST )NSTEAD SWAP THE JUNK FOOD FOR AN APPLE AND YOUR RUNNING SHOES BEFORE YOU BECOME ANOTHER BREAST CANCER STA TISTIC

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Â time Â to Â be Â â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;breast Â awareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; (ERE IN THE ,IFESTYLE TEAM WE HAVE TAKEN IT UPON OURSELVES TO ATTEMPT TO MAKE 5%! @BREAST AWARE %MMA (AMILTON HELPS US OUT $ON T THINK THIS IS JUST FOR THE GIRLS EVEN THOUGH IT S RARE MEN CAN DEVELOP BREAST CANCER TOO WITH AROUND CASES BEING DIAGNOSED EACH YEAR /UR MINUTE GUIDE WILL HELP YOU IDENTIFY THE WAYS IN WHICH YOU CAN HELP REDUCE YOUR RISK OF BREAST CANCER AND HOW TO CHECK YOURSELF CORRECTLY "EING BREAST AWARE IS NOT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD ONLY HAP PEN NOW IN THE AWARENESS MONTH )T SHOULD BE PART OF YOUR GENERAL BODY AWARENESS BECOMING FAMIL IAR WITH YOUR OWN BODY AND AP PEARANCE 4HE BEST WAY TO CHECK YOUR BREASTS IS lRST TO LOOK FOR ANY LUMPS USING A MIRROR WITH YOUR ARMS HELD HIGH ABOVE YOUR HEAD 4O CHECK FOR ABNORMALITIES USE THE

PADS OF YOUR lNGERS AND WORK IN CIRCLES AROUND YOUR BREAST REMEM BERING TO CHECK THE AREA UP TO YOUR COLLARBONE AND OUT TO YOUR ARMPIT !NY CHANGES IN SIZE POSITION RED NESS LUMPS AND DISCOMFORT SHOULD BE REPORTED TO YOUR DOCTOR 2ESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT WITH A FEW SIMPLE CHANGES TO LIFESTYLE ALMOST HALF OF ALL CANCERS CAN BE PREVENTED (ERE ARE A FEW WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN HELP OURSELVES REDUCE OUR RISK OF CANCER STOP SMOKING 3TAY IN SHAPE EAT DRINK WELL PRO TECT YOURSELF IN THE SUN AND lNALLY LOOK AFTER NUMBER ONE !FTER ALL IF WE RE NOT PREPARED TO HELP OUR SELVES THEN WHY SHOULD ANYBODY ELSE 3UPPORT THE RESEARCH CHARITY BY BUYING A PINK RIBBON OR BADGE

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! RECENTLY PUBLISHED REPORT BY THE GOVERNMENT S CHIEF SCIENTIST 3IR $AVID +ING RECOMMENDS EXTENSIVE CULLING OF BADGERS IN AREAS WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN SIGNIlCANT OUT BREAKS OF BOVINE 4" )N CONSULTATION WITH lVE EXPERTS OVER ONE AND A HALF DAYS 3IR $AVID +ING CONCLUDED THAT THE MOST EFFEC TIVE WAY TO MINIMISE THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE WOULD BE TO IMPLEMENT WIDESPREAD CULLS 4HIS RECOMMEN DATION GOES AGAINST AN EARLIER RE PORT BY THE )NDEPENDENT 3CIENTIlC 'ROUP COMMISSIONED BY THE GOV ERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM OF BOVINE 4" 4HIS STUDY HEADED UP BY 0ROFESSOR *OHN "OURNE AND CON DUCTED OVER A PERIOD OF NINE YEARS ESTABLISHED THAT ALTHOUGH BADGERS WERE PARTIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SPREAD OF B4" CULLING WOULD HAVE TO BE ON SUCH A LARGE SCALE THAT IT WOULD PROVE UNECONOMICAL 0RO FESSOR "OURNE LABELLED THE LATEST RECOMMENDATIONS hHASTILY WRITTEN v hSUPERlCIALv AND hSELECTIVEv 3IR $AVID RESPONDED BY SAYING THAT HE HAD NO QUIBBLE WITH THE SCIENTIlC ACCURACY OF THE )3' S lND INGS WHICH ESTIMATED THAT UP TO OF INFECTIONS COULD BE TRACED BACK TO BADGERS IN SOME AREAS BUT THAT THEIR INTERPRETATION WAS SOME WHAT MISGUIDED -0S HAVE QUESTIONED THE CONTRA DICTIONS IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS 4HE PRINCIPLE POINT OF DIFFERENCE IN FACT BETWEEN THE TWO REPORTS LIES IN WHAT THEY BELIEVE TO BE THE EFFECTS

Norwich: Â A Â greener Â city 2ESIDENTS IN .ORWICH HAVE LESS IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE ACCORD ING TO A NEW GREEN LEAGUE TABLE OF MAINLAND 5+ CITIES BY 77& "UT IF EVERYONE IN THE WORLD CON SUMED THE SAME AMOUNT AS PEO PLE IN .ORWICH THEN WE WOULD NEED NEARLY THREE PLANETS TO SUP PORT US 4HE AVERAGE RESIDENT S FOOT PRINT IN .ORWICH IS PLANETS JOINT RD IN THE RANKING WITH 0ETERBOROUGH 0RESTON AND )N VERNESS #OLIN "UTFIELD HEAD OF CAM PAIGNS AT 77& 5+ SAID h4HE BATTLE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT WILL BE WON OR LOST IN OUR CITIES (OWEVER EVEN THE MOST GREEN CITY RESIDENT CAN ON AVERAGE ONLY REDUCE THEIR FOOTPRINT BY ONE THIRD MOVING FROM A 5+ AVER AGE OF A THREE PLANET LIFESTYLE TO A TWO PLANET LIFESTYLE 4HIS CLEAR LY INDICATES THAT THE ONE PLANET CHALLENGE IS NOT JUST ABOUT CON SUMERS GOVERNMENTS AND BUSI NESSES MUST ALSO PLAY THEIR PART TO AVOID THE MOST DEVASTATING IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT v

OF A CULL ON THE REMAINING BADGERS IN AN AREA 4HE )3' FOUND THAT CULL ING LED TO A MIGRATION OF BADGERS TO SURROUNDING AREAS THEREBY SHIFTING THE PROBLEM OF INFECTION TO THESE AREAS

#OLIN "OOTY SENIOR SCIENTIlC OFlCER OF THE 230#! ECHOED THIS CONCERN SAYING THAT MIGRATION WOULD BE MOTIVATED BY DISRUPTION TO BADGERS SOCIAL GROUPS TERRITORIAL STRUCTURE AND BEHAVIOUR CAUSED BY CULLING

h COWS ARE ALSO ENTITLED TO LIVESv 3IR +ING HIMSELF ADMITTED THAT IF CULLING WERE TO TAKE PLACE IT WOULD HAVE TO BE IN AREAS CONTAINED BY PHYSICAL BARRIERS SUCH AS MOTOR WAYS OR THE SEA 4HE $EPARTMENT FOR %NVIRON MENT &OOD AND 2URAL !FFAIRS EX

PRESSED THEIR COMMITMENT TO hEVI DENCE BASED POLICY DECISIONS v BUT IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THERE IS NO IM MEDIATE RESOLUTION IN SIGHT 4HIS LATEST REPORT HAS BEEN WEL COMED BY THE FARMING COMMUNITY AS WELL AS A GROUP OF VETS WHO SIGNED AN OPEN LETTER EXPRESSING THEIR hDESPAIRv AT THE GOVERNMENT S hINADEQUATE APPROACH v !CCORDING TO .&5 STATISTICS AP PROXIMATELY CATTLE CONTRACT B4" EACH YEAR LEADING TO AN AN NUAL CULL OF AROUND CATTLE AND POTENTIALLY THE LOSS OF FARMERS LIVELIHOODS #OMPENSATION COSTS TO FARMERS AMOUNT TO ALMOST a MILLION "ADGER 4RUST PUBLIC AFFAIRS ADVI SOR 4REVOR ,AWSON CONTENDS THAT THE TESTING PROCESS FOR BOVINE 4" NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED AS ONE IN THREE IN FECTED CATTLE ARE NOT DIAGNOSED %LAINE +ING CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE .ATIONAL &EDERATION OF "ADGER 'ROUPS DISAGREES WITH THE VETS CLAIMS h-OST BADGERS EVEN IN 4" HOTSPOTS ARE NOT INFECTED WITH BO VINE 4" 4HE RECENT OUTBREAK OF 4" IN #UMBRIA HAS BEEN TRACED BY GENETIC ANALYSIS TO CATTLE IMPORTED FROM TRADITIONAL 4" HOTSPOTS IN THE SOUTH WEST v 7ITH OF THE PUBLIC APPAR ENTLY AGAINST THE CULL FARMERS ARE HOPING THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE SWAYED BY THE LATEST RECOMMEN DATIONS h4HE PROBLEM WE ARE UP AGAINST v ACCORDING TO FARMER 0ETER 'ANBLETT hIS EVERYONE HAS THE IM AGE OF LOVELY mUFFY BADGERS GALLOP ING ABOUT BUT COWS ARE ALSO ENTITLED TO LIVES v

4HE DEVELOPMENT OF WIND FARM PROJECTS COULD PROVE CRUCIAL IN PRO VIDING SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND CUT TING CARBON EMISSIONS IN THE 5+ ,OCALLY THE THREE MAIN COMPA NIES INVESTING AND DEVELOPING WIND TECHNOLOGY IN .ORFOLK ARE % /. 5+ 3,0 AND %#/42)#)49 #URRENTLY THERE IS AN OFFSHORE WIND FARM AT 'REAT 9ARMOUTH CON TAINING TURBINES WHICH CAN COL LECTIVELY GENERATE POWER FOR HOMES 4HERE ARE ALSO PLANS FOR AN OFFSHORE WIND FARM AT 3HERRINGHAM IN .ORTH .ORFOLK 4HIS WOULD GEN ERATE lVE TIMES MORE ELECTRICITY THAN AT 'REAT 9ARMOUTH /NSHORE WIND FARMS ARE GENER ALLY LESS PRODUCTIVE BUT CHEAPER TO DEVELOP THAN OFFSHORE 4HERE ARE ALREADY TWO WIND TURBINES AT 3WAFF HAM .ORFOLK AND THERE ARE PLANS TO BUILD A FURTHER SIX 4HIS WOULD INCREASE THE ELECTRICITY CAPACITY BY HOMES ,OCAL BUSINESSES ARE ALSO MOVING

TOWARD WIND BASED ENERGY 'ROUP ,OTUS 0LC IS PLANNING ON BUILDING THREE WIND TURBINES ON THEIR SITE IN WEST .ORFOLK TO SUPPLY OF THEIR ELECTRICITY NEEDS ALONG WITH ENERGY FOR HOMES .ATIONALLY "4 PLANS TO SPEND a MILLION BUILDING WIND FARMS AROUND THE 5+ TO PROVIDE OF ITS ELECTRICITY NEEDS BY 4HE NEED TO DEVELOP WIND TECH NOLOGY IS ALSO BEING RECOGNISED INTERNATIONALLY 4HE !MERICAN COM PANY 'ENERAL %LECTRIC IS DEVELOPING A NEW GENERATION OF WIND TURBINE WITH BLADES LONGER THAN CUR RENT DESIGNS 4HEORETICALLY THESE NEW WIND FARMS WILL BE ABLE TO GEN ERATE THREE TIMES MORE POWER %VEN WITH THESE ADVANCES IN SUS TAINABILITY THERE ARE THOSE AGAINST THE INCREASE IN WIND TURBINES BEING ERECTED 4HE AESTHETICS OF ONSHORE WIND TURBINES ARE NOT PLEASING ALONG WITH THE NOISE THAT CAN BE CRE ATED BY THEM !CQUIRING PLANNING PERMISSION IS BECOMING INCREASING LY DIFlCULT DUE TO LOCAL OPPOSITION !LTHOUGH OFFSHORE WIND FARMS ARE AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND DO NOT @DESTROY THE COUNTRYSIDE THERE ARE HAZARDS TO BIRDS AND SHIPPING )T SEEMS THAT PEOPLE WANT THE BENElTS OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGY BUT DO NOT WANT THE INCONVENIENCE OF WIND TURBINES NEAR THEM 7IND POWER COMBINED WITH TRADITIONAL ELECTRICITY SOURCES APPEARS TO BE A VIABLE TRANSITION ENERGY PROVIDER 4HE PUBLIC WILL HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT FOR NOW WIND TURBINES WILL BE MORE COMMON OVER THE COMING YEARS

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h4HE ONLY EFFECTIVE SOLUTION ;TO CLI MATE CHANGE= IS TO CURB CONSUMP TION v SAYS $R 0AUL 7ARDE A 5%! HISTORIAN WHOSE RECENT PAPER ON ENERGY EFlCIENCY AND CONSUMPTION GIVES A VALUABLE HISTORICAL CONTEXT TO CONTEMPORARY ARGUMENTS %FlCIENCY SAVINGS ARE OFTEN HAILED AS THE EASIEST AND THUS MOST POLITICALLY AND SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE WAY OF REDUCING EMISSIONS OF GREEN HOUSE GASES LIKE CARBON DIOXIDE 0ROPONENTS ARGUE THAT SMALL TECHNO LOGICAL AND ATTITUDINAL CHANGES CAN GIVE SUFlCIENT ENERGY SAVINGS TO AL LOW THE CONTINUATION OF OUR ENERGY INTENSIVE LIFESTYLES AND WE CAN THUS CONTINUE BUSINESS AS USUAL "UT CRIT ICS SAY THIS IS AVOIDING THE UNDERLY ING ISSUES OF RESOURCE DEPLETION AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION WHICH WILL CONTINUE ALBEIT AT A REDUCED RATE 0ARADOXICALLY 7ARDE BELIEVES THAT RISING EFlCIENCY WILL ONLY IN CREASE THE APPEAL AND ACCEPTABILITY OF ENERGY INTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT 7E LIVE IN AN INCREASINGLY ENER GY RELIANT SOCIETY 4HERE S A POWERED

7E ARE IN FACT OVER THREE TIMES MORE ENERGY EFlCIENT NOW THAN IN 3HAKESPEARE S TIME VERSION OF VIRTUALLY EVERY HOUSEHOLD TOOL FROM BATTERY POWERED WHISKS FOR COFFEE FROTHING TO ELECTRIC TOOTH BRUSHES AND RAZORS 4HE AMOUNT OF ENERGY USED BY EACH DEVICE MAY BE DECREASING BUT THE SAVINGS ARE BE ING MORE THAN COUNTERACTED BY THE EVER GROWING LIST OF POWER HUNGRY GADGETS !S 7ARDE PUTS IT h!LTHOUGH WE ARE OVER THREE TIMES MORE ENERGY EF

lCIENT THAN WE WERE IN THE S WE EACH CONSUME ABOUT A THIRD MORE ENERGY v (IS PAPER ALSO RAISES SCEPTICISM ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS SOLAR OR WIND TO REPLACE CARBON BASED FOSSIL FUELS WITH THE NECESSARY SPEED AND UNIVERSALITY TO IMPACT GLOBAL EMIS SIONS IN THE SHORT TERM 4HE SCI ENCE BEHIND THEM IS SOUND BUT THE POLITICAL AND SOCIETAL WILL IS CLEARLY LACKING 4HE CONSENSUS IS THAT WE WILL REACH A TIPPING POINT OF AT MOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE CONTENT IN THE NEXT THIRTY YEARS )F THIS IS TO BE AVOIDED WE NEED TO START MAK ING REAL AND DRASTIC CHANGES TO THE WAY WE LIVE OUR LIVES AND WE NEED STRONG POLITICAL LEADERSHIP TO IN SPIRE CHANGE !ND THEREIN LIES THE CRUX OF THE PROBLEM 7E ARE UNWILLING TO MAKE INDIVIDUAL SACRIlCES THAT WILL CAUSE A MARKED SHIFT IN OUR STANDARD OR QUALITY OF LIVING BECAUSE WE ARE SCEPTICAL EITHER OF THE TRUE BENElT OF OUR ACTIONS OR OF WHETHER ANY ONE ELSE WILL BOTHER !ND SINCE IT S A GLOBAL PROBLEM WE CAN EASILY SHIFT RESPONSIBILITY TO @THEM WHETHER

IT S THE #HINESE A NEW POWER STA TION EVERY WEEK OR THE MEAT EAT ERS MORE GREENHOUSE GASES FROM LIVESTOCK THAN TRANSPORT SO WHO S TO SAY ) SHOULDN T mY TO %UROPE FOR P (ISTORICALLY MOST SAVINGS IN EN ERGY USAGE HAVE COME FROM INDUSTRY 4HESE DAYS MORE THAN HALF OF ENERGY USED IN THE 5+ IS BY HOUSEHOLDS SO THIS IS WHERE THE GREATEST DIFFERENCE CAN BE MADE $R 7ARDE POINTS OUT THAT ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN %UROPE IS TEN TIMES GREATER THAN DURING THE WOOD FUELLED hORGANIC ECONOMYv OF PRE INDUSTRIAL TIMES )F EVERY HECTARE OF PRODUCTIVE %UROPEAN LAND WERE TURNED OVER TO BIOFUELS ITSELF VIRTU ALLY IMPOSSIBLE PRODUCTIVITY WOULD NEED TO BE TIMES WHAT IT WAS IN TO SUPPLY OUR CURRENT ENERGY NEEDS "IOFUELS MAY HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY BUT THEY CANNOT SINGLE HAND EDLY SAVE THE DAY -Y CONCLUSION IS THUS BOTH SIM PLE AND SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE WE NEED TO CONSUME LESS %FlCIENCY ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND INDUS TRIAL CHANGES CAN HAVE AN EFFECT BUT IT S ULTIMATELY DOWN TO US TO JUST USE LESS 3IMPLE 3IMPLE

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Major unexpected growth in atmospheric CO2 levels !S STUDIES REVEAL THAT ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE GROWTH HAS INCREASED MORE QUICKLY THAN ANTICIPATED SINCE !UNDI (OWERTON EXPLAINS THE ROLE OF OCEAN SINK EFl CIENCY

/CEANS HAVE PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN SWALLOWING MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF CARBON DIOXIDE RELEASED BY INDUSTRY AND OTHER HUMAN EMISSIONS /CEANS HAVE IN FACT BEEN THE LARGEST CARBON SINKS ON %ARTH )T HAS BEEN ESTIMATED THAT PRESENTLY ONE THIRD OF ALL EMIS SIONS CREATED BY HUMANS ENTER INTO THE OCEAN SOME PORTION OF WHICH SINK AND BECOME ISOLATED FROM THE ATMOSPHERE FOR HUNDREDS AND POTEN TIALLY THOUSANDS OF YEARS 4WO RECENT STUDIES DRIVEN BY 5%! ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH TEAMS ONE PUBLISHED IN THE 53 JOURNAL 0ROCEED INGS OF THE .ATIONAL !CADEMY OF 3CIENCES AND THE SECOND A PAPER PUBLISHED IN

THE *OURNAL OF 'EOPHYSICAL 2ESEARCH IN DICATE A SEVERE DECLINE DETECTED IN THE OCEANS ABILITY TO ABSORB EXCESS CAR BON DIOXIDE FROM THE ATMOSPHERE /NE STUDY REVEALED THAT ATMOS PHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE GROWTH HAS INCREASED MORE QUICKLY THAN AN TICIPATED SINCE OF WHICH MAY BE ATTRIBUTED TO THIS DECLINE IN THE EFl CIENCY OF THE NATURAL SINKS BOTH IN THE OCEAN AND ON LAND 4HE OTHER HAS RESULTED FROM THE MUCH PUBLICISED INEFl CIENCY IN THE HUMAN USE OF FOSSIL FUELS 4HE STUDY AUTHORED BY $R #ORINNE ,E 1UÏRÏ OF 5%! AND THE "RITISH !NTARCTIC 3URVEY AND HEAD AU

THORED BY 0EP #ANADELL EXECUTIVE DI RECTOR OF THE 'LOBAL #ARBON 0ROJECT WAS BASED ON DATA FROM RESEARCH IN THE 3OUTHERN /CEAN #OUPLED WITH A SECOND PAPER BY 5%! $R 5TE 3CHUS TER AND 0ROFESSOR !NDREW 7ATSON ON SIMILAR YET MORE SUDDEN AND GREATER DECLINES OF EFl CIENCY IN THE .ORTH !TLANTIC THE RESULTS ARE CONSIDERED A PROBABLE PORTION OF THE EXPLANATION FOR THE STALL IN RECENT CARBON IMPROVE MENTS 4HE )NTERGOVERNMENTAL 0ANEL ON #LIMATE #HANGE REPORTED THIS YEAR THAT THERE ARE ONLY EIGHT YEARS LEFT TO PREVENT WHAT COULD BE A WORST POSSI BLE GLOBAL WARMING SCENARIO WHILST EMISSIONS FROM FOSSIL FUEL BURNING HAVE RISEN BY AN AVERAGE OF THIS DECADE UP FROM ONLY IN THE S 2ESEARCHERS POSIT A NUMBER OF REASONS FOR THE DECLINING WORKLOAD OF THE OCEAN AS AN HISTORIC CARBON OFFSET TO HUMAN PRODUCED CARBON EMISSIONS 3CHUSTER AND 7ATSON AL LOW THAT THE CHANGE MAY BE IN PART DUE TO NATURAL OSCILLATIONS IN THE OCEAN AS IN ANY LIVING BODY ALTHOUGH ALSO NOTE THAT SUCH A QUICK RATE OF CHANGE IS UNEXPECTED IN A BODY OF SUCH LARGE MASS (OW MUCH OF THIS CAN BE LINKED TO HUMAN BEHAVIOR

AND INm UENCE 0ROFESSOR 7ATSON SAID h#ORINNE ,E 1UÏRÏ @S ARTICLE ON THE CHANGE IN THE 3OUTHERN /CEAN POINTED CLEARLY TO A CONNECTION WITH HUMAN CAUSED CLIMATE CHANGE )N THE .ORTH !TLANTIC xWE OBSERVE THAT THE SINK HAS DECLINED BUT WE ARE NOT SURE

h/RGANIZING FOR MASS CHANGE WITH LESS THAN A DECADE TO SPARE IS TEDIOUS CONSIDERING THE VARYING OPINIONS ON GLOBAL WARMINGv WHY )F ) WERE TO HAZARD AN OPINION x IT IS PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECENT RUN OF WARM YEARS AND SINCE IT IS GENERALLY AGREED THAT THIS IS IN PART DUE TO HUMAN INm UENCE THE DECLINE IN THE SINK IS ALSO PARTLY DUE TO HU MAN CLIMATE CHANGEx THERE PROBA BLY IS ALSO A NATURAL OSCILLATIONx AND WE ARE SEEING THE TWO ACTING TOGETHER WHICH IS WHY THE CHANGE WE OBSERVE IS SO LARGE v

/RGANIZING FOR MASS CHANGE ON A GLOBAL OR EVEN COMMUNITY LEVEL WITH LESS THAN A DECADE TO SPARE IS TEDIOUS CONSIDERING THE VARYING OPINIONS ON GLOBAL WARMING ,E 1UÏRÏ SAYS h)T IS THE GOVERNMENT S RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT ALTERNATIVE ENERGY IS AVAIL ABLE NOW AND ON A LARGE SCALE AND TO ENSURE THAT THE SWITCH FROM FOSSIL EN ERGY TO #/ FREE ENERGY HAPPENS FAST AND SMOOTHLY )T WILL ALSO BE A CHAL LENGE FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC WHY GLOBAL WARM ING NEEDS TO BE FOUGHT 4HE ENERGY SWITCH NEEDS TO HAPPEN AT THE GLOBAL SCALE THUS STRONG POLITICAL ACTION AT THE SCALE OF THE PLANET IS NEEDED v /F THE POTENTIAL CROSSROADS 7ATSON SAYS h7HAT HAPPENS IF WE TAKE NO ACTION 7E WILL SEE A WARM ING AS GREAT AS THAT WHICH HAS OC CURRED SINCE THE MIDDLE OF THE LAST ICE AGE WHEN THERE WAS A KILOMETRE THICK ICE SHEET WHERE "IRMINGHAM IS TODAY FOR INSTANCE BUT HAPPENING MUCH MORE QUICKLY ) DON T THINK THAT ALL LIFE ON THE PLANET IS IN DANGER THE WORLD HAS BEEN THAT WARM BEFORE ALBEIT A VERY LONG TIME AGO "UT THE NATURAL WORLD AS WE KNOW IT IS GOING TO PASS AWAY AND BILLIONS OF PEOPLE WILL BE DISPLACED v

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RE YOU FEELING STRESSED 0ERHAPS THOSE ESSAY DEADLINES THAT SEEMED SO FAR AWAY HAVE SUD DENLY CAUGHT UP ON YOU -AYBE LIKE ME YOUR COMPU TER SCREENSAVER IS YOU ON A BEACH ON YOUR GAP YEAR %VEN IF YOU DID NOT TAKE A GAP YEAR TO DELVE INTO ANOTHER COUNTRY AS THE WINTER DAYS DRAW IN THERE IS A CERTAIN WISTFUL NOSTALGIA FOR SUMMER DAYS AND FAR mUNG HOLIDAYS WHERE MONEY WAS NOT SLOWLY EATEN UP BY RENT AND BILLS BUT COULD BE ENJOYED ON ICE CREAMS PEDALOS AND CHEAP BEER 7HAT YOU NEED IS A BREAK ! CHANCE TO ENJOY THOSE LAST REM NANTS OF DISPOSABLE LOAN 3OME WHERE NOT TOO FAR AWAY AND NOT TOO HEAVY ON THE BANK ACCOUNT 9ES SUCH A PLACE EXISTS #ENTER 0ARCS %LVEDEN &OREST IN 3UFFOLK OFFERS AN INDISPUTABLY UNIQUE OP PORTUNITY TO RELAX RECHARGE YOUR BATTERIES AND INDULGE YOURSELF IN THE COUNTRY ATMOSPHERE 9OU CAN STAY AT A #ENTER 0ARCS RESORT FOR A WEEKEND BREAK OF THREE DAYS OR A MID WEEK BREAK OF FOUR DAYS MAK ING IT THE PERFECT AMOUNT OF TIME TO RELAX YOUR OVERTAXED STUDENT BRAIN !MONGST FOUR HUNDRED ACRES OF TERRAIN AND WOODLAND LIES AN INSPIRED %NGLISH HAVEN WHERE YOU WILL REDISCOVER THE NATURAL BEAUTY AND RURAL CHARM THAT KEEPS lFTY MILLION OF US ON THIS WET AND DE PRESSING ISLE WE LIKE TO CALL HOME &OR YOUR STAY YOU WILL HAVE THE CHOICE OF STAYING IN A VILLA OR A HOTEL -Y RECOMMENDATION WOULD

BE TO GO FOR THE VILLA EVERY TIME ! COMFORT LODGE IS AT THE CHEAP EST END OF THE PRICE RANGE AND FOR YOUR MONEY WHICH IF YOU CHOOSE TO STAY IN AN EIGHT PERSON VILLA ON A FOUR DAY MIDWEEK STAY WOULD BE A BARGAIN AT a EACH PER NIGHT 9OU COULD BE LOOKING AT YOUR OWN SPACE WHICH PERFECTLY COM PRISES MODERNITY WITH A COMFORT ING ECOLOGICAL ELEGANCE (ERE YOU CAN HAVE YOUR OWN KITCHEN WHICH UNLIKE MOST STUDENT KITCHENS CAN lT MORE THAN TWO PEOPLE IN AN OPEN PLAN LIVING AREA WITH 46 AND SOFAS BATHROOM WITH A GENEROUS SIZED BATH AND POWER SHOWER AND VIEWS OVER THE LAKES OR WOODLAND )MAGINE GRABBING SOME OF YOUR FAVOURITE TIPPLE AND PLAYING YOUR MUSIC THROUGH YOUR SLIDING &RENCH WINDOWS AS YOU PARTY DOWN BY THE LAKE 4HE VILLAS ARE CLEVERLY DE SIGNED AS WELL SO THE MOST NOISE COMPLAINT YOU ARE GOING TO GET IS FROM THE DUCKS 4O lT IN WITH THEIR ENVIRON MENTAL ETHOS CARS ARE NOT ALLOWED WITHIN THE RESORT COMPLEX UNLESS YOU ARE UNPACKING OR PACKING UP AT THE START OR END OF YOUR HOLI DAY 7ITH THAT IN MIND THE EASI EST AND BY FAR THE MOST POPULAR WAY TO GET AROUND IS BY BICYCLE !LTHOUGH THESE ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE CYCLE CENTRE FOR a EACH FOR A MIDWEEK STAY IF YOU ARE GO ING TO STAY IN THE FRUGAL STUDENT SENSIBILITY AND SAVE YOUR MONEY FOR ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF ENTERTAIN MENT ) WOULD RECOMMEND BRING ING YOUR OWN #YCLING AROUND THE

COMPLEX OR TAKING THE CYCLE PATHS DEEPER INTO THE WOODS YOU WILL RE DISCOVER THE THRILL YOU USED TO GET WHEN YOU USED TO RACE YOUR BIKES AS A CHILD 4HE HUBBUB OF ACTIVITY IN %LVEDEN &OREST IS CENTRED AROUND THE 6ILLAGE 3QUARE AND 0IAZZA %N CLOSED IN THIS GLASS SPHERE IS THE 3UBTROPICAL 3WIMMING 0ARADISE

h4HIS LARGE TROPICAL COMPLEX COMBINES SWAYING PALM TREES WITH HEATED WATERS AND VARIOUS POCKETS OF EXHILIRATIONv 4HIS LARGE TROPICAL COMPLEX COM BINES SWAYING PALM TREES WITH HEATED WATERS AND VARIOUS POCK ETS OF EXHILARATION AND RELAXATION INCLUDING THE mUMES AND SLIDES WAVE MACHINE AND APTLY NAMED 7ILD 7ATER 2APIDS 9OU CAN EVEN GO FOR THE LIGHTLY BRONZED WINTER TAN IN THE SUN CAPSULES WHERE FOR

a PER SESSION YOU CAN LEAVE PEOPLE WONDERING WHERE IT REALLY WAS YOU WENT ON YOUR RELAXING AU TUMNAL BREAK 4HE ,AGOON "AR IS ALSO SITUATED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE POOL FOR A REFRESHING FAUX BEACH SIDE COCKTAIL 2IGHT NEXT TO THE 3UBTROPICAL 3WIMMING 0ARADISE IS THE SPORTS PARK WHERE EVERY INDOOR ACTIVITY YOU COULD WANT FROM A MINI BREAK IS HERE )F YOU LIKE RACQUET SPORTS THE AGREEABLY SLIGHTLY PRETENTIOUS LY NAMED *ARDIN DES 3PORTS OFFERS TENNIS SQUASH BADMINTON AND TABLE TENNIS )F YOU HAVE A COM PETITIVE STREAK YOU CAN ENTER INTO THE TOURNAMENTS AS WELL BUT AS ) HAVE FOUND OUT BEFORE STANDARDS ARE USUALLY HUMILIATINGLY HIGH ,AST TIME ) HAD MY BADMINTON EGO RATHER CRUSHED BY A MOTHER DAUGHTER TEAM WHO ADMITTED THEY PLAY IN PROFESSIONAL TOURNAMENTS "E WARNED )F YOU FANCY TRYING SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT THERE IS ALSO AN IN DOOR CLIMBING WALL OR THE ADRENA LINE RUSH OF ACTIVITIES SUCH AS @LEAP OF FAITH OR @THE BIG SWING WHERE FOR a YOU CAN EXPERIENCE WHAT IT IS LIKE TO ABSEIL INDOORS OR JUMP ONTO TRAPEZE BARS ALL IN FRONT OF AN APPRECIATIVE AUDIENCE OF COURSE )F YOU WANT TO GET OUT AND EXPERIENCE THE FRESH 3UFFOLK AIR YOU CAN ALSO ENJOY MANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES 4HESE INCLUDE CLAY PIGEON SHOOT ING ARCHERY AND GOLF 4HERE IS ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FURTHER EX PLORATION OF THE COUNTRYSIDE WITH SOME HORSE RIDING )F THIS SOUNDS

LIKE SOMETHING YOU HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO LEARN HOW TO DO EXPERT TUITION IS ALSO AT HAND FOR THE WARY lRST TIME RIDER FOR A REASONABLE a !S WELL AS ALL THIS THE *ARDIN DES 3PORTS AND NEARBY #OUNTRY #LUB ALSO OFFER EVERY AEROBICS AND DANCE CLASS YOU COULD WISH FOR A BIG ROLLER SKATING RINK AND TEN PIN BOWLING )F YOU ARE NOT FEELING SO ACTIVE THOUGH THERE IS THE OPPOR TUNITY TO INDULGE YOUR ARTISTIC SIDE WITH A SPOT OF mOWER CORSAGE NO REALLY FRAMED SILK PAINTING OR WATERCOLOURS &OR THE EVENING TIME #ENTER 0ARCS CATERS MORE FOR THE SOPHIS TICATED RESTAURATEUR THAN THE WILD PARTY CLUBBER !LTHOUGH THERE ARE BARS AVAILABLE THEY ALL CLOSE AT MIDNIGHT $ON T EVEN THINK ABOUT GOING TO THE 'ALAXY "AR AND $ISCO #ENTER 0ARCS ATTEMPT AT DANCE EN TERTAINMENT IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE WITH YOUR DIGNITY INTACT (OWEVER IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO RELAX AND ENJOY SOME GOOD FOOD THERE ARE MANY RESTAURANTS TO TITILLATE THE TASTE BUDS INCLUDING THE ,AKESIDE 'RILL AND #AESAR S 0IZZERIA /NLY TRY ,E #APRICE IF YOU HAVE A HIGHER BUDGET IN MIND /VERALL #ENTER 0ARCS OFFERS GREAT VALUE FOR MONEY IN A RELAXING COUNTRYSIDE ATMOSPHERE 3O GRAB A GROUP OF SIMILARLY FRAZZLED FRIENDS A TONGUE IN CHEEK ATTITUDE AND A GOOD DOLLOP OF %NGLISH HUMOUR AND SENSIBILITIES AND GO AND ENJOY %LVEDEN &OREST IT IS RIGHT THERE ON YOUR DOORSTEP

4RAVEL 4REEFROG S TANTALIZING TRAVEL TRIVIA %LVEDEN &OREST #ENTER 0ARCS OCCUPIES ACRES OF THE "RECKLANDS AND ITS PRESENCE PUMPS AN ESTIMATED a MILLION INTO THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND THEY DON T DO THINGS BY HALVES IN ORDER TO RECREATE THE 3OUTH !MERICAN THEMED @SUBTROPICAL PARADISE TROPICAL PLANTS ARE CHOSEN FROM CAREFULLY SELECTED SPECIES

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5%! S NEWEST +ORFBALLERS ONCE AGAIN SET OUT TO PARTAKE IN A &RESHERS +ORFBALL TOUR NAMENT THIS TIME IN .OT TINGHAM &OLLOWING THEIR ARRIVAL EVERYONE FREQUENTED THE LOCAL FOR A FEW DRINKS IN PREPARATION FOR THE NEXT DAY 4HERE WAS AN ADDED TWIST THIS TIME AS TEAMS WERE RE QUIRED TO PLAY IN FANCY DRESS WHICH FOR 5%! MEANT BLOKES DRESSED AS SCHOOLGIRLS AND FEMALES IN LADS UNIFORM 4HE CROSS DRESSING THEME WAS WIDESPREAD AND HOOK ERS GRANNIES AND GRANDDADS AS WELL AS SHEEP TURNED OUT IN FULL REGALIA 4HE OPENING MATCH OF THE DAY SAW 5%! PAIRED WITH .OTTINGHAM 4RENT !LTHOUGH THE .ORWICH SIDE DOMINAT ED .OTTINGHAM 4RENT MAN AGED A LATE EQUALISER WITH THEIR lRST SHOT OF THE MATCH CANCELLING OUT *IMI (ALL S EARLIER GOAL 4WO TOUGH GAMES FOL LOWED THIS AS 5%! DREW AND

LOST TO +ENT AND /XFORD RE SPECTIVELY (OWEVER THEY COULD TAKE HEART FROM THE SOLID DEFENSIVE WORK OF 3A RAH "ELL AND 3TEPHANIE 0OW ELL WHO HELPED STOP +ENT FROM SCORING 4HE MATCH AT SAW 5%! TAKE ON -ANCHESTER WHO HAD BEATEN 5%! WITH AN EXPERIENCED TEAM AT ,AN CASTER 4HERE WAS TO BE NO RE PEAT THOUGH AS lRST CAPTAIN )AN $URRANT SUNK A SPEC TACULAR SHOT FROM DISTANCE

BEFORE GOALS FROM *IMI (ALL AND (ARRY ,OW PENALTY DE CIDED THE ISSUE 4HE CONlDENCE GAINED FROM THIS VICTORY SPILLED OVER INTO THE NEXT MATCH AGAINST +EELE 5NIVERSITY !GAIN 5%! DOMINATED BUT THIS TIME A MORE MODEST SCORE OF ENSUED 4HIS RESULT LEFT 5%! RD IN THEIR GROUP MEAN ING AN OVERALL TOURNAMENT POSITION OF BETWEEN TH AND TH 5NFORTUNATELY THEIR NEXT

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IMPROVED PER FORMANCES AGAINST )SRAEL 2US SIA AND %STONIA AT 7EMBLEY HOPES WERE HIGH FOR %NGLAND AS THEY STEPPED OUT ON THE PLASTIC PITCH AT 2USSIA S ,UZH NIKI 3TADIUM !VOIDING DE FEAT WOULD LEAVE %NGLAND IN A STRONG POSITION TO QUALIFY FOR THE %UROPEAN #HAMPI ONSHIPS TO BE HELD IN !USTRIA AND 3WITZERLAND &OR LONG PERIODS OF THE GAME %NGLAND LOOKED COMFORTABLE AND AF TER TAKING THE LEAD THROUGH 7AYNE 2OONEY S SUPERB TH MINUTE VOLLEY LOOKED LIKELY TO SECURE AN IMPRESSIVE VIC TORY 2OONEY WAS TO BE IN VOLVED AGAIN THIS TIME AT THE WRONG END OF THE PITCH (IS TUG ON :YRIANOV S SHIRT WAS JUDGED TO HAVE BEEN INSIDE THE BOX BY THE 3PANISH REF EREE WHEN IT WAS CLEARLY OUT SIDE 2OMAN 0AVLYUCHENKO DULY DESPATCHED THE PENALTY TO MAKE IT (IS EQUALISER WAS TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF THE GAME AND WITH THE MO MENTUM NOW BEHIND THE HOME TEAM IT WAS NO SURPRISE

WHEN HE FOLLOWED UP 2OBIN SON S WEAK PARRY TO MAKE IT 4HE RESULT LEFT %NGLAND S HOPES OF QUALIFYING FOR %URO HANGING BY A THREAD AND THE SUBSEQUENT POST MORTEM LAID THE BLAME lRMLY WITH #OACH 3TEVE -C#LAREN "UT HOW MUCH BLAME SHOULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO -C #LAREN (AD 3TEVEN 'ERRARD SLOTTED HOME FROM A GREAT POSITION TO MAKE IT JUST AFTER HALF TIME THEN THINGS COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DIFFER ENT )T GOES TO SHOW HOW lNE THE LINE BETWEEN SUCCESS AND FAILURE IS AND UNFORTUNATELY FOR -C#LAREN HIS LUCK WAS OUT WHEN HE NEEDED IT THE MOST )N TRUTH %NGLAND S CUR RENT PREDICAMENT IS NOT THE

RESULT OF THEIR DEFEAT IN -OS COW -C#LAREN S MEN COULD ONLY MANAGE A GOALLESS DRAW AT HOME TO -ACEDONIA AND SUFFERED A NIGHTMARE DEFEAT TO #ROATIA WHICH LEFT THEM PLAYING CATCH UP IN A GROUP MANY PEOPLE EXPECTED THEM TO WIN 4OO OFTEN %NGLISH PERFORMANCES HAVE BEEN LACK LUSTRE ESPECIALLY IN THE SEC OND HALVES AND -C#LAREN S TACTICAL INEPTITUDE HAS CON TRIBUTED TO THESE PROBLEMS )F %NGLAND FAILS TO QUALIFY THEN -C#LAREN S DUBIOUS TENURE WILL SURELY BE BROUGHT TO AN END AND THE SEARCH FOR HIS SUCCESSOR WILL BEGIN 4HE TASK OF TURNING %NGLAND INTO A FORMIDABLE INTERNATIONAL SIDE WILL NOT BE EASY AND EVEN THE APPOINTMENT OF A -OUR INHO OR (IDDINK MIGHT FAIL TO TURN THE CURRENT %NGLAND SQUAD INTO WORLD BEATERS $ESPITE THEIR ARRAY OF TAL ENTED INDIVIDUALS THE %NG LAND NATIONAL SIDE APPEARS TO LACK THE COHESIVENESS AND SPIRIT NECESSARY TO BE SUCCESS FUL IN INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL 5NTIL %NGLAND CAN RESOLVE THESE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS THEY ARE DESTINED TO REMAIN AMONGST THE UNDERACHIEVERS

GAME AGAINST "IRMINGHAM DIDN T GO TO PLAN AS 5%! FOUND THEMSELVES TWO GOALS DOWN WITHIN A MINUTE )T SHOULD BE NOTED HOWEVER THAT LESS THAN HALF OF "IR MINGHAM S SIDE CONTAINED FRESHERS MAKING IT AN EMPTY VICTORY ON MANY WAYS FOR THE OPPOSITION 4HE lNAL MATCH OF THE DAY FOR 5%! WAS AGAINST 2EADING )N A GAME WHERE THE .ORWICH SIDE PRODUCED SOME OF THEIR BEST PLAY OF THE TOURNAMENT THEY lNISHED THE MATCH LEVEL AT AF TER !LEX %DWARDS GOAL 4HIS MEANT A PENALTY SHOOT OUT WHICH UNFORTUNATELY CULMI NATED IN A DEFEAT FOR 5%! AS THEY MISSED ALL OF THEIR PEN ALTIES 4HIS MEANT THAT 5%! lNISHED A CREDITABLE TH OUT OF 3ARA 3OUTHAM CONTINUES TO SHOW SOLIDITY DEFENSIVELY )NGE #ARRINGTON SETTLED IN WITH EASE AND SOME EXCEL LENT PERFORMANCES FROM %LLIE .ASH LED TO HER BEING NAMED hMOST IMPROVED PLAYERv !LEX %DWARDS AN EXPE

RIENCED lRST TEAM KORFBALLER EXPRESSED HIS PLEASURE WITH THE TEAM h)T WAS A REALLY ENJOYABLE WEEKEND %VERY ONE WAS REALLY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE TOURNAMENT AND A GREAT TEAM SPIRIT BROUGHT OUT SOME REALLY IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCES v *IMI (ALL THE THIRD YEAR KORFBALLER WHO ORGANISED THE TRIP ADDED h5S @OLDIES WERE ELATED WITH OUR FRESHERS THIS YEAR 4HEY ALL SHOWED GREAT TALENT AND SPIRIT FOR THE GAMES OUTPLAYING SOME OF THE OTHER UNIVERSITY S EXPERI ENCED PLAYERS AND IMPROVING LOADS AS THE DAY WENT ON v ! SPECIAL MENTION GOES TO 3WARAJ 4HANCANAMOOTOO WHO WAS CHOSEN TO REFEREE THE TOURNAMENT lNAL IN WHICH !STON EMERGED AS VICTORS 4HE 5%! COACH DE SCRIBED IT AS AN @HONOUR TO OFlCIATE REFEREEING EXPERTLY IN FRONT OF THE OR SO KO RFBALLERS &EW WOULD DISAGREE THAT THIS IS A TEAM WITH PLENTY OF POTENTIAL

)T IS A GREAT START TO THE TERM FOR WOMEN S UNIVERSITY SPORT WITH WOMEN S BASKETBALL TOP OF THE LEAGUE AFTER WINNING ALL THREE OF THEIR MATCHES OF THE TERM .ETBALL lRST TEAM ARE SECOND IN THE LEAGUE AND WOMEN S FOOTBALL ARE THIRD IN THEIR LEAGUE 4HIS WEEKEND SAW THE )PSWICH V .ORWICH DERBY )PSWICH ARE ON A HIGH IN FOURTH PLACE IN THE LEAGUE WHEREAS .ORWICH ARE PROBABLY WISHING THE TABLE WAS UPSIDE DOWN )N THE WORLD OF MOTORSPORT &ERNANDO !LONSO HAS LEFT -C,AREN AND IT IS SPECULATED THAT HE COULD MOVE TO 2ENAULT FOR A YEAR BEFORE A SWITCH TO &ERRARI 2ENAULT CHIEF &LAVIO "RIATORE HAS OFFERED !LONSO A DEAL TO RETURN TO THE TEAM WHICH HELPED HIM WIN THE AND WORLD TITLES (OWEVER "RIATORE SAYS 2ENAULT ARE NOT PREPARED TO BE A STOP GAP

Netballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Â triple Â success +ATIE 'REEN 3PORTS 2EPORTER 5%! S lRST NETBALL TEAM HAVE STARTED THE SEASON WITH A BANG AFTER WINNING THEIR lRST TWO "53! GAMES AND THE %ASTERN 6ARSITY 4OURNAMENT &IRST OF ALL 5%! FACED A DETERMINED #AMBRIDGE SEC OND TEAM WHO DESPITE ALL THEIR HARD WORK WERE COM PLETELY UNABLE TO OVERCOME %AST !NGLIA S TIGHT DEFENCE AND CONlDENT ATTACK THE l NAL SCORE A CONVINCING THRASHING BY VISITING 5%! .EXT SAW 5%! FACE WHAT WOULD INEVITABLY BE ONE OF THEIR TOUGHEST MATCHES AGAINST LAST YEAR S GROUP WIN NERS ,OUGHBOROUGH THIRDS !LL ,OUGHBOROUGH NETBALL TEAMS ARE STRONG AND THE THIRDS BEAT THEIR OWN SECOND TEAM TO WIN THE SECTION LAST SEASON BUT FAILED TO MOVE UP BECAUSE "53! RULES STIPULATE THAT A THIRD TEAM CANNOT BE RANKED ABOVE A SECOND TEAM FROM THE SAME UNIVERSITY 4HIS ONLY MADE ,OUGHBOR OUGH MORE DETERMINED TO WIN AND AFTER AN INTENSELY PHYSICAL lRST HALF THE SCORES WERE TIED AT ALL 4HE THIRD QUARTER SAW FAST AGGRESSIVE

AND mUID PLAY FROM 5%! FORC ING ,OUGHBOROUGH S ATTACK TO MAKE FATAL MISTAKES .OW AHEAD BY SEVEN GOALS THE l NAL QUARTER SAW AN EXHAUSTED HOME SIDE NARROWLY MANAG ING TO SUBDUE AN INCREASINGLY DESPERATE ,OUGHBOROUGH TO THE END AND THE lNAL SCORE OF REPRESENTS A CLOSE BUT WELL DESERVED VICTORY FOR 5%! ,AST WEEKEND 5%! TRAV ELLED TO THE %ASTERN 6AR SITY TOURNAMENT HELD AT #HELMSFORD BRIMMING WITH CONlDENCE AFTER THEIR TWO SUCCESSIVE WINS !FTER SEV ERAL RELATIVELY UNCHALLENGING GAMES AGAINST 7RITTLE #OL LEGE !NGLIA 2USKIN #HELMS

FORD AND A SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR GAME AGAINST OUR OWN SECOND TEAM 5%! PROGRESSED TO THE lNAL TO FACE !NGLIA 2USKIN #AMBRIDGE #AMBRIDGE PUT UP A GOOD lGHT BUT COULD NOT OVERCOME A 5%! SIDE DE TERMINED TO WIN WHICH THEY DID CONVINCINGLY WITH A SCORE OF !FTER WINNING THEIR SEC TION LAST YEAR AND MOVING UP INTO THE MORE CHALLENG ING GROUP B 5%! lRSTS HAVE GONE FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH AND WITH SEVERAL TAL ENTED NEW PLAYERS AND SUCH A FANTASTIC START TO THE SEASON LOOK TOWARDS MOVING EVEN FURTHER UP AND RETAINING LAST YEARS @TEAM OF THE YEAR TITLE

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&OR MOST STUDENTS THEIR UNI VERSITY SPORTING CAREER ENDS WHEN THEY GRADUATE 4HIS IS NOT THE CASE FOR THE 5%! 0IRATES !MERICAN &OOTBALL 4EAM WHO THIS 3ATURDAY PLAYED THEIR REGULAR @/LD "OYS PRE SEASON MATCH BE FORE THEY KICK OFF THEIR REGU LAR SEASON GAME NEXT WEEK END 4HE APTLY NAMED @/LD "OYS ARE A TEAM MADE UP OF EX PLAYERS FROM THROUGHOUT THE 0IRATES HISTORY INCLUD ING SOME WHO PLAYED IN THE 0IRATES lRST YEAR AS A TEAM TWENTY YEARS AGO 7ITH A SQUAD NUMBER RIVALLING THAT OF THE 0IRATES THEMSELVES THE @/LD "OYS WHOSE TEAM NAME IS THE 0ARROTS SHOWED THEY MEANT BUSINESS IN WHAT FOR A LOT OF PLAYERS WAS A ONCE A YEAR OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY THE SPORT THEY LOVE &OR THE 5%! 0IRATES PLAY ERS PAST AND PRESENT THE TEAM MEANS A LOT MORE THEN

JUST TURNING UP TO TRAINING AND GAMES 4HE SUCCESSFUL SPORTING PROGRAMME RUN BY THE 0IRATES ENSURES THAT EVERY PLAYER HAS A CLOSE AFlLIATION AND DEDICATION TO THE TEAM WHICH IS CLEARLY SHOWN BY EVENTS LIKE THIS 7ITH EX PLAY ERS TRAVELLING FROM !MERICA FOR THIS ONCE A YEAR GAME AND SOCIAL EVENT IT IS CLEAR HOW MUCH THE TEAM MEANS TO THOSE WHO PLAYED *ESSE ,AMBERTH WHO

PLAYED FOR THE 0IRATES DURING HIS TIME AT THE 5NIVERSITY OF %AST !NGLIA IN THE SEASON MAKES THE TRIP EVERY YEAR FROM 0HILADELPHIA TO PLAY IN THE /LD "OYS GAME 4HIS YEAR HE WAS INDUCTED TO THE 5%! 0IRATES (ALL OF &AME FOR HIS ON THE lELD CONTRI BUTIONS DURING HIS PLAYING DAYS (IS REASONS FOR MAK ING THE TRIP EVERY YEAR ARE SIMPLE (E SAYS hTHE 0IRATES HAVE A GREAT SET UP AND GREAT

Volleyball ready to host National Student Cup qualiﬁers -AX !SKWITH 3PORT 2EPORTER !FTER WINNING THE 5NION S 3PORT #LUB OF THE 9EAR AWARD AT THE #!3!S #LUBS AND 3OCIETIES !WARDS AT THE END OF LAST YEAR 5%! S VOL LEYBALL CLUB WENT INTO THE SUMMER ON A HIGH AND WERE RARING FOR THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR TO COME AROUND QUICKLY 4HE SUMMER PASSED AND THE CLUB REGROUPED AFTER LOS ING A NUMBER OF ITS ESTAB LISHED MEMBERS AND NOW AFTER HAVING HAD SIX WEEKS TO GET BACK IN THE SWING OF THINGS THE CLUB HAS FOUND ITSELF IN AN ENVIOUS POSI TION THAT OF LOOKING TO IM PROVE ON A VERY SUCCESSFUL YEAR LAST YEAR !S WE ENTER THE SECOND HALF OF THE AUTUMN TERM BOTH MEN AND WOMEN S TEAMS LOOK STRONGER THAN IN RECENT YEARS AND THE CLUB S BEGINNERS ALREADY LOOK LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN PLAYING FOR MONTHS RATHER THAN JUST lVE WEEKS )T IS AN EXCITING TIME FOR VOLLEYBALL AT 5%! AS IN THE NEXT MONTH THE 3PORTSPARK WILL PLAY HOST TO THE .A TIONAL 3TUDENT #UP QUALI

lERS AN %ASTERN 6OLLEYBALL &EDERATION COMPETITION AND VARIOUS LOCAL LEAGUE MATCH ES !LL OF THESE CATER FOR ALL LEVELS OF 5%! S VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS AND LEAD UP TO THE 3TUDENT #UP lNALS WHICH ARE HELD IN ,EEDS EVERY YEAR ,AST YEAR BOTH OUR MEN AND WOMEN S TEAMS CAME SIXTH IN THE COUNTRY AND WE ARE LOOKING TO IMPROVE ON THAT THIS YEAR WITH A STRONG PER FORMANCE IN THE QUALIlERS ON .OVEMBER TH 4HERE IS ONE DOWNSIDE TO ALL THIS SUCCESS HOWEVER THOUGH IT IS ONLY A VERY MI NOR ISSUE 4HERE IS ALWAYS A LOT OF PRESSURE TO BETTER OUR SELVES AND FOR 5%! VOLLEY BALL IT WILL BE DIFlCULT DUE TO THE LEVEL OF SUCCESS WE HAVE ENJOYED RECENTLY )N MY VIEW THIS PRESSURE HAS TAKEN SOMETHING AWAY FROM THE ENJOYMENT OF THE GAME ) DO NOT MEAN THE ACTUAL PLAYING OF THE SPORT BUT AS SOME ONE WHO HAS BEEN COACH ING THE BEGINNERS SESSIONS THIS YEAR IT IS DIFlCULT NOT TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THE NEW PLAYERS AS MUCH COURT TIME AS THEY D LIKE AND PERHAPS NEED TO IMPROVE FURTHER 7HEN A CLUB IS STRIVING FOR RESULTS THOSE WHO CAN

BRING SUCCESS ARE GIVEN A HIGHER PREFERENCE OVER THOSE WHO PLAY FOR FUN 7E COULD PERHAPS TAKE A MORE ROUND ED PREFERENCE ON TRAINING TIMES AND EXTRA SESSIONS IF THE CLUB WASN T AS SUCCESSFUL AS WE ARE BUT ) SUPPOSE IN SOME RESPECTS THE INDIVIDU AL SUCCESS OF EACH OF 5%! S SPORTS TEAMS DEPENDS ON THE SUCCESSES AND FAILURES OF EVERY OTHER TEAM /UR CLUB IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE SPORT THOUGH WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF MEMBERS WHO ENJOY NOTH ING MORE THAN A GOOD OLD FASHIONED SOCIAL /UR lRST SOCIAL OF THE YEAR WAS PUB GOLF AND WENT DOWN INCRED IBLY WELL SO MUCH SO THAT WE HAD PEOPLE ASKING WHEN THE NEXT ONE WAS GOING TO BE BEFORE THE NIGHT WAS OVER 4HE FUTURE IS LOOKING BRIGHT FOR 5%! S VOLLEYBALL TEAMS AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE UP AND COM ING 3TUDENT #UP QUALIlERS IN THE 3PORTSPARK ON 3UNDAY .OVEMBER TH !LL SUPPORT IS WELCOMED ON THE DAY AND LOOK OUT FOR OUR NEXT SOCIAL EVENT COMING UP IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS

PROGRAMME HERE %VERYONE WHO PLAYS ENJOYS THEIR TIME IN "LACK AND 'OLD AND EVEN AFTER GRADUATING THEY CHECK THE WEBSITE TO SEE HOW THEIR OLD TEAM IS GETTING ONv 4HIS LOVE FOR THE TEAM IS SYNONY MOUS WITH ALL PLAYERS 4HE GAME ITSELF WAS A PASSIONATE AFFAIR WITH BOTH SIDES EVENLY MATCHED IN THE lRST HALF 4HE 0ARROTS GAINED AN EARLY LEAD WHEN A FUM BLED PUNT FROM THE 0IRATES

GAVE THE OFFENCE THEIR lRST PLAY FROM THE ONE YARD LINE ! RUN UP THE MIDDLE GAVE THE 0ARROTS AN EARLY LEAD 4HE 0I RATES DIDN T LET THEIR HEADS DROP AND A SOLID DEFENSIVE AND OFFENSIVE PERFORMANCE MEANT THE GAME WENT TO HALF TIME REMAINING AT ! STIR RING HALF TIME SPEECH FROM (EAD #OACH -ARTYN $OUST HIMSELF A FORMER PLAYER FOR THE 0IRATES MEANT THE TEAM WAS READY FOR ACTION IN THE

SECOND HALF ! GREAT PER FORMANCE FROM THE 0IRATES OFFENCE SAW THEM DRIVE UP THE lELD BUT TO NO AVAIL 4HE DEFENCE WERE UNDONE LATE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER BY BIG RUN AND PASS PLAYS WITH THE lNAL SCORE BEING TO THE /LD "OYS &ACING ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED TEAMS THEY WILL SEE ALL YEAR THE 0IRATES CAN BE PROUD OF WHAT WAS THEIR lRST FULL GAME OF THE SEASON 7ITH SEVERAL KEY POSITIONS BEING lLLED BY PLAYERS WITH LITTLE OR NO EXPERIENCE OF THE SPORT THE GAME SERVED AS AN EXCELLENT LEARNING EXPERI ENCE FOR ALL 7ITH THEIR lRST LEAGUE lXTURE COMING UP ON 3UNDAY TH .OVEMBER AGAINST !NGLIA 2USKIN 5NI VERSITY AT THE #OLNEY ,ANE PITCHES THE 5%! 0IRATES ARE NOW FULLY PREPARED FOR THE GRUELLING SEASON AHEAD NO DOUBT CLOSELY FOLLOWED AND SUPPORTED BY THEIR FORMER PLAYERS

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Focus Â On: Â UEA Â Boxing Â Club 2OSS &REEMAN 3PORTS 2EPORTER $O YOU EVER FEEL STRESSED AND WOUND UP $O COURSE WORK DEADLINES AND EXAM PRESSURE DRIVE YOU MAD )F YOU RE STRUGGLING TO CHILL OUT AND RELAX THEN 5%! "OXING #LUB MIGHT BE JUST WHAT YOU RE LOOKING FOR (AVING BEEN AROUND FOR JUST THREE YEARS 5%! "OXING IS ALREADY ESTABLISHING IT SELF AS A POPULAR CHOICE FOR MANY STUDENTS BOTH MALE AND FEMALE 4HERE ARE CUR RENTLY AROUND MEMBERS WHO TRAIN ON 3UNDAY EVE NINGS IN THE (IVE #OACH *ASON 4REBLICO ONE OF A TEAM OF SEVERAL PROFESSIONALLY QUALIlED COACHES WHO TAKE TRAINING SESSIONS PRAISED THE CLUB AND THE POSITIVE EFFECTS IT CAN HAVE ON STUDENTS (E POINTED OUT THAT AS WELL AS BEING ONE OF THE BEST POS SIBLE WAYS OF GETTING lT THE

TRAINING IS A GREAT WAY OF RE LEASING PENT UP AGGRESSION AND STRESS AND ALSO A GREAT CONlDENCE BOOSTER WHETH

WITH #AMBRIDGE 5NIVER SITY SCHEDULED FOR *ANUARY 4HIS IS SOMETHING 4REBLICO IS PARTICULARLY OPTIMISTIC

NO INTEREST IN GETTING IN THE RING HE WAS KEEN TO STRESS THAT BOXING STILL HAS A LOT TO OFFER WITH TRAINING BEING

AN HOUR FOCUSING ON TECH NIQUE AND ANOTHER HOUR ON DRILLS AND lTNESS 4HERE IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR

ER YOU WISH TO BOX COMPETI TIVELY OR NOT .EVERTHELESS THE CLUB IS DETERMINED TO BE COM PETITIVE AND ARE CURRENTLY TRYING TO ARRANGE A MATCH

ABOUT SAYING THAT OUT OF THE CLUB S CURRENT MEMBER SHIP THE MAJORITY COULD BE READY TO lGHT COMPETITIVELY WHEN THE TIME COMES (OW EVER EVEN FOR THOSE WITH

SECOND TO NONE IN TERMS OF lTNESS AND EXERCISE 4RAINING IS AN INTENSE TWO HOUR SESSION ON A 3UN DAY EVENING FROM FOUR O CLOCK IN THE (IVE WITH

ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO TRAIN AT THE LOCAL +INGlSHER "OXING #LUB IF ONE SESSION A WEEK DOESN T WEAR YOU OUT ENOUGH &OR THOSE WHO ARE MAYBE

SCEPTICAL ABOUT THE IMAGE OF THE SPORT OR THOSE WHO DISMISS BOXING AS MINDLESS VIOLENCE 5%! "OXING #LUB IS A REFRESHING EYE OPENER 4REBLICO POINTED OUT THAT IN RECENT YEARS MEMBERSHIP OF AMATEUR BOXING CLUBS HAS BEEN STEADILY INCREAS ING AND THAT IN PARTICULAR THE NUMBER OF GIRLS ENTERING THE SPORT SHOWS HOW BOX ING IS APPEALING TO A WIDER AUDIENCE THAN EVER BEFORE (E WAS ALSO KEEN TO STRESS THAT FAR MORE INJURIES ARE SUSTAINED IN BOTH RUGBY AND FOOTBALL THAN IN BOXING SO ANYONE SCARED OF BEING HURT SHOULD NOT BE PUT OFF &OR ANYONE INTERESTED IN lNDING OUT MORE OR GET TING INVOLVED WITH BOXING JUST HEAD DOWN TO THE (IVE AT FOUR O CLOCK ON A 3UNDAY EVENING AND JOIN IN %ACH SESSION COSTS THREE POUNDS AND ALL EQUIPMENT IS PRO VIDED

The Â Premier Â League Â live Â in Â America: BUSA Â Results itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Â closer Â than Â you Â think *AMES #AREY 3PORTS 2EPORTER )N THE PAST MONTH ,ONDON HAS PLAYED HOST TO THE GREAT AND THE GOOD OF !MERICAN SPORTS IN A DEMONSTRATION OF SPORTING GLOBALISATION 7E HAVE SEEN THE REIGNING 3TANLEY #UP )CE (OCKEY CHAMPIONS THE !NAHEIM $UCKS AND ."! %AST #ON TENDERS THE "OSTON #ELTICS BOTH PLAY AT THE / !RENA IN ,ONDON /N THE TH /CTO BER THE lRST REGULAR SEASON .&, GAME EVER TO BE PLAYED OUTSIDE .ORTH !MERICA SAW A WOEFUL -IAMI $OLPHINS LOSE NARROWLY TO AN IN FORM .EW 9ORK 'IANTS TEAM ON A PITCH WHICH RESEMBLED A MUD BATH AT 7EMBLEY 7ITH !MERICAN SPORT DE SCENDING ON ,ONDON AN IN EVITABLE QUESTION HAS BEEN RAISED 7ILL "RITAIN EVER FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF THE 9ANKS AND EXPORT 0REMIER SHIP GAMES ABROAD ,IVER POOL -ANCHESTER 5NITED AND !STON 6ILLA CURRENTLY HAVE !MERICAN OWNERS WHILE !RSENAL HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO SPECULATION LINK ING 3TAN +ROENKE A MAN WHO OWNS FOUR MAJOR SPORT ING FRANCHISES IN !MERICA

!LL RESULTS ARE PART OF THE "53! -IDLANDS #ONFERENCE AND A POSSIBLE TAKEOVER PRICING OUT LIFE LONG FANS OF PEOPLE 0LAYERS WOULD AND ARE FOR WEEK COMMENCING TH /CTOBER BID 7ITH THE GROWING TREND OF FOREIGN INVESTORS IN THE 0REMIERSHIP THE PROSPECT OF THE lRST 0REMIER ,EAGUE GAME OUTSIDE %NGLAND IS

GETTING CLOSER ESPECIALLY AS MONEY TALKS AND THE 0RE MIER LEAGUE THESE DAYS TENDS TO LISTEN TO IT 7EST (AM #HAIRMAN %G GERT -AGNUSSON IS CERTAINLY A FAN OF THE IDEA STATING h) CAN SEE IT HAPPENING SOONER RATHER THAN LATER IT WILL BE GOOD FOR THE GAME v (OWEVER IN CONTRAST TO -R -AGNUSSON S IDEAS THIS FROM A TRADITIONALISTS POINT OF VIEW WOULD NOT BE GOOD FOR THE GAME )N A SPORT WHICH IS PULLING AWAY FROM ITS WORKING CLASS ROOTS AND

HOSTING A GAME IN ANOTHER COUNTRY IS NOT GOING TO BE A POPULAR CHOICE AMONG MANY SUPPORTERS #YNICS HAVE TAR GETED UNNECESSARY TRAVEL

LING AND A LACK OF !MERICAN UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE GAME AS REASONS AGAINST A 0REMIERSHIP MATCH BEING PLAYED IN #LEVELAND OR +AN SAS (AVING TO TRAVEL MILES TO WATCH ,IVERPOOL PLAY A @HOME GAME IN "OS TON IS NOT GOING TO APPEAL TO YOUR AVERAGE 3COUSER &ROM A 02 POINT OF VIEW IT COULD BE GREAT IN PROMOTING THE GAME SPREADING AWARE NESS OF @SOCCER AND GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION STATESIDE BUT FROM A REALISTIC POINT OF VIEW IT WOULD UPSET A LOT

SURELY NOT WANT TO BE PLAY ING SOMEWHERE LIKE #HICAGO A FEW DAYS BEFORE A #HAM PIONS ,EAGUE TIE )N A SPORT WHERE THE TERM @lXTURE CON GESTION IS A CONSTANT TALK ING POINT PLAYING A MATCH UNNECESSARILY FAR FROM HOME IN ORDER TO PLEASE THE UPPER ECHELONS OF FOOTBALL S HIERARCHY IS NOT GOING TO GO DOWN WELL WITH MOST PLAY ERS OR FANS !LTHOUGH lNANCIALLY A VENTURE SUCH AS THIS WOULD BE REWARDING FOR THE 0RE MIER ,EAGUE THEY RISK UP SETTING THE VERY PEOPLE THEY NEED TO AIM TO KEEP ONSIDE NAMELY THE SUPPORTERS ! 0REMIERSHIP GAME OUTSIDE %NGLAND WOULD SEE A MOVE TOWARDS THE FRANCHISING OF THE GAME IN COMMON WITH SPORTS IN !MERICA AND CAUSE DISILLUSIONMENT AMONG TRADITIONAL FOOTBALL FANS 7E GO TO FOOTBALL TO SING SHOUT SWEAR AND CHEER )T IS THEATRE AND EMOTION ON A 3ATURDAY AFTERNOON 4HAT S WHY WE THE FANS LOVE IT 4HE @BIG BOSS MEN SHOULD THINK TWICE BEFORE TURNING OUR GAME INTO A TRAVELLING CIRCUS AND ALIENATING THE REAL CORE OF THE 0REMIERSHIP

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