Concrete - Issue 209 by Concrete - the official student newspaper of UEA.

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As Â if Â by Â magic The Â LCR Â does Â not Â happen Â by Â magic. Â Features Â discover Â that Â many Â hours Â and Â many Â people Â are Â required Â so Â that Â you Â can Â party Â the Â night Â away: Â p. Â 16

BANNED!

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Four Â UEA Â students Â are Â banned Â from Â the Â city Â centre Â from Â 7pm Â to Â 7am

3TUDENTS TO VOTE IN POLICY BALLOT 2EAD BOTH SIDESg ARGUMENTS IN /PINIONS P AND P 4RAVEL

-ARCUS *ONES %DITOR &OUR 5%! STUDENTS HAVE BEEN BANNED FROM THE CITY CENTRE BE TWEEN THE HOURS OF PM AND AM FOLLOWING AN INCIDENT AT /PTIC NIGHTCLUB /N THE EVENING OF /CTOBER TH THE FOUR MALE STUDENTS WERE AT THE CLUB ON 0RINCE OF 7ALES 3TREET 'LEN !LEXANDER WHO IS IN CHARGE OF 0REMIER 3ECURITY THE COMPANY WHO OPERATE THE DOOR SUPERVISOR S FOR THE POPULAR .ORWICH NIGHTSPOT TOLD #ONCRETE HOW A hMEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WAS ASSAULTED IN THE UP STAIRS BAR SO THE GUYS WERE ASKED TO LEAVEv #ONCRETE HAS LEARNED THAT THE MEMBER OF PUBLIC IN QUESTION HAPPENED TO BE AN EMPLOYEE OF AN OTHER LOCAL NIGHTCLUB -ERCY #ONCRETE WAS INVITED BY 4OM 7EBSTER 'ENERAL -ANAGER OF /P TIC TO COME AND VIEW THE ##46 FOOTAGE OF THE EVENTS 4HE FOUR MALES IN QUESTION WERE REMOVED FROM THE CLUB JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT 4HEY THEN RE MAINED OUTSIDE 4HE STUDENTS

SEEMINGLY WANTED TO GET BACK INTO THE CLUB n THOSE INVOLVED SAY THAT ONE OF THEM WANTED TO COLLECT THEIR JACKET n AND BECAUSE OF THEIR AD VANCES AT AM WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS A BRAWL ENSUED ON THE THRESHOLD OF THE MAIN DOOR BE TWEEN THE STUDENTS AND MEMBERS OF /PTIC DOOR STAFF !LEXANDER SAID h#LOTHING WAS RIPPED THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE FRONT RECEPTION AREA AND ONE DOOR SUPERVISOR WAS REALLY BADLY ASSAULT ED )T WAS VERY NASTYv /NE OF THE STUDENTS ENDED UP BREACHING THE THRESHOLD AND EN TERED THE RECEPTION AREA WHERE HE WAS INVOLVED IN A WRESTLE WITH ONE OF THE DOOR SUPERVISORS 4HREE OTHER /PTIC STAFF ARRIVED TO RESTRAIN HIM AND HE WAS PINNED TO THE m OOR #ONCRETE GOT IN CONTACT WITH ONE OF THE STUDENTS INVOLVED WHO RECEIVED INJURIES DURING THE ENCOUN TER h) THOUGHT THE /PTIC BOUNCERS WERE PRETTY OUT OF ORDERv HE SAID h-Y MAIN GRIEVANCE IS THAT ) GOT A REAL BEATING WHEN ) WENT BACK IN TO TRY AND GET MY JACKET -Y EYES WERE GOUGED 4HE BIG ISSUE HERE IS THE

CONDUCT OF THE BOUNCERS DOOR MEN ARE SUPPOSED TO REMOVE PEOPLE NOT BEAT THEM UP ) LOOKED SO BAD THAT THE POLICE SENT ME TO HOSPITAL TO HAVE ME CHECKED OUT BUT THEY RE ;/PTIC= DENYING THAT ANYTHING HAP PENED TO MEv /N THE ##46 FOOTAGE THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF DOOR STAFF THROWING PUNCHES 7HEN THE MALE WAS INSIDE THE RECEPTION AREA THERE ARE AROUND SECONDS OF TAPE WHEN THE INDI VIDUAL IN QUESTION IS OBSCURED FROM VIEW BY BOUNCERS AND OR OTHER BY STANDERS 4HE TAPE AT THESE POINTS IS INCONCLUSIVE 4HE POLICE WERE SUMMONED AND FOUR STUDENTS ARRESTED AND THE 0UB LIC /RDER /FFENCE WAS ADMINISTERED )T IS UNDERSTOOD THAT THE CITY CENTRE BAN IS IN PLACE FOR THREE MONTHS SO THE STUDENTS SHOULD BE FREE FROM ITS RESTRAINTS AT AROUND THE START OF NEXT TERM /NE OF THE BANNED STU DENTS COMMENTED h) KNOW POLICE ARE COMING DOWN HARD ON 0UBLIC /RDER /FFENCES BUT ) THOUGHT THE PUNISHMENT WAS A BIT HARSHv /PTIC HOLDS A STUDENT NIGHT ON -ONDAY AND IS ALSO POPULAR WITH

MANY SPORTS CLUBS ON 7EDNESDAY NIGHTS AFTER INTER UNIVERSITY "53! l XTURES !LEXANDER WAS KEEN TO EXPRESS THE FACT THAT RELATIONS BETWEEN THE CLUB AND STUDENTS ARE GENERALLY GOOD h4HEY KNOW THEY VE DONE SOMETHING THEY SHOULDN T HAVE DONE 4HEY WERE WEARING 5%! UNI FORM AND IT GIVES 5%! A BAD REPUTA TION ) KNOW SOME OF THE STUDENTS WATCHING WERE HORRIl ED 4OM 7EBSTER COMMENTED THAT hDUE TO AN IMPENDING CIVIL ACTION WE ARE TAKING AGAINST THE FOUR INDI VIDUALS ) M LIMITED TO WHAT ) CAN SAY ON THE INCIDENT DIRECTLY )T S A SHAME THAT FOUR BAD AP PLES TARNISH THE GOOD NAME OF OF THE STUDENTS OF 5%! AND ) SIN CERELY HOPE THE FOUR GUYS CONCERNED WILL LOOK BACK ON THE INCIDENT WITH REGRET ) HOPE THE PUNISHMENT IS SUED TO THEM WILL DETER VIOLENT IN STANCES LIKE THIS HAPPENING AGAIN v /NE STUDENT INVOLVED ADDED h) CAN T EXCUSE THE FACT THAT WE GOT IN VOLVED IN THE SITUATION ) D JUST LIKE TO MOVE ON NOWv

%THIOPIA ABOUT MORE THAN JUST ,IVE !ID P 3PORTING GLORY

9OUR INTRODUCTION TO THE #LAY 0IGEON SHOOTING CLUB 0LUS THE 5%! &OOTBALL #LUB KEEPS ON WINNING AND (OCKEY PLAY A MATCH FOR CHARITY P

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Editor’s Column ) WENT TO :EST LAST 4UESDAY AT WHAT ) WAS TO DISCOVER WAS THE UNFORTUNATE TIME OF ONE O CLOCK .OW :EST HAS ALWAYS IN TRUIGED ME /N A CAMPUS PRIMARILY DEDICATED TO AR CHITECTURE THAT SEEMS TO BE DISDAINFUL OF THE VERY IDEA OF PEOPLE ENTERING IT :EST LAT TERLY ALONG WITH THE (IVE STANDS DISTINCTLY ALONE AS A WELCOMING HAVEN OF ALL GLASS FRONTAGE (OWEVER ) VE AL WAYS FELT THAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IT AND THE REST OF CAMPUS JUST LEAVES IT FEELING PLAIN EXPOSED 3O LAST 4UESDAY WITH TYPICAL FEELINGS OF EXPOSURE ABOUNDING ) ENTERED WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS A THRONG OF PEOPLE ,OTS OF PEO PLE ) DID NOT KNOW AND THIS

WAS NOT THE ,#2 AND ) WAS WORRINGLY SOBER ALTHOUGH ) SUPPOSE SOBRIETY AT ONE IN THE AFTERNOON SHOULD NEVER BE WORRYING 3UFlCE TO SAY THAT THE CONCOCTION OF PEOPLE AND THEIR FOOD PLUS THE UNNECES SARY QUANTITY AND VOLUME OF S HITS THAT WAS SPILLING OUT OF THE SOUND SYSTEM MEANT THAT ) DID NOT PARTICULARLY EN JOY MY VISIT &ORTUNATELY ) WAS ACCOM PANIED ON MY TRIP BY A MUCH MORE REASONABLE PERSON WHO POINTED OUT THAT VAST NUM BERS OF PEOPLE WOULD OBVI OUSLY BE LUNCHING AT AROUND ONE AND THAT ESSENTIALLY ) WAS JUST AN INSUFFERABLE MOANER 4HEIR ACCURATE ASSESS MENT CONCERNED ME $ESPITE WORKING IN THE VERY CENTRE OF

CAMPUS ) HAVE MANAGED TO PARTAKE FAR LESS IN THE GENERAL ACTIVITY OF UNIVERSITY LIFE THIS TERM ) SUPPOSE THIS IS TO BE EXPECTED GIVEN THE FACT THAT ) HAVE A JOB THE FRUITS OF MY AND OTHERS RECENT LABOUR CAN BE WITNESSED IN THIS SPLENDID EDITION OF #ONCRETE (OW EVER ) STILL FEEL THAT ) WANT BACK IN TO A MORE STUDENT BASED EXPERIENCE 3O EXPECT TO SEE ME AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS AROUND CAMPUS IN THE COM ING DAYS ACTING RATHER LIKE A SPONGE THAT HAS REMEMBERED ITS SOAKING FUNCTION )N FACT ) MIGHT EVEN GO TO :EST FOR LUNCH AGAIN

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2ICHARD 2EYNOLDS .EWS %DITOR &OLLOWING OUR DEBATE PIECE TWO WEEKS AGO ON THE ISSUE OF ANON YMOUS MARKING A GREAT DEAL OF DISCUSSION HAS BEEN GOING ON BOTH WITHIN THE STAFF AND STUDENT BODY OF THE 5NIVERSITY 3ENIOR MEMBERS OF THE (5- FACULTY INCLUDING -R )AN &ARR $IRECTOR OF 5NDERGRADU ATE 4EACHING AND ,EARNING IN (ISTORY ARE KNOWN TO BE SERI OUSLY CONCERNED WITH THE IM PLEMENTATION OF ANONYMOUS MARKING PLANNED FOR NEXT ACA DEMIC YEAR )N A STATEMENT TO #ONCRETE THE (EAD OF 3CHOOL OF 0HILOSOPHY $R #ATHERINE /SBORNE EXPLAINED THAT THEY WILL BE MOVING TO FULLY EXAM INED ASSESSMENT FOR ALL THEIR UNITS hTO PRESERVE THE QUALITY OF THE STUDENT EXPERIENCEx WE HAVE THEREFORE DECIDED THAT THE SECOND YEAR SHOULD BE DE VOTED TO THE TRADITIONAL KIND OF PREPARATION FOR EXAMSx WITH THE STUDENT ENGAGED IN EFFECTIVE READING PRESENTING SEMINAR WORK AND WRITING FOR PRACTICEx THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE EF FORT PUT IN DURING THE YEAR TO DRAW THE THREADS TOGETHER IN REVISION FOR END OF YEAR EX AMS WHICH TEST THE STUDENT S END OF YEAR UNDERSTANDING AND THEIR ABILITY TO ARGUE AND DEFEND THEIR POSITION FROM A POSITION OF KNOWLEDGE v 3HE ARGUES THAT IN ORDER hFOR STUDENTS TO BE INDIVIDU ALLY AND EMPATHETICALLY NUR TURED IN THEIR DEVELOPMENTv

THERE WILL ONLY BE hFREQUENT FORMATIVE ASSIGNMENTS AND FEEDBACK IN SEMINARS INVOLV ING DISCUSSION WITH THE STU DENT ABOUT THEIR IDEAS WHETH ER WRITTEN OR ORALLY PRESENTED v 3HE FURTHER ARGUED THAT THE NEW SYSTEM WILL MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR hSTUDENTS TO SENSE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN NO TICED THAT THEIR EFFORTS HAVE BEEN VALUED THAT THE TUTOR IS IMPRESSED AND ;THAT= THIS IS OFTEN ACHIEVED BY THE TUTOR GIVING PRAISE DIRECTLY EVEN IN THE CORRIDOR OR THE PUB ! STUDENT WHO KNOWS THAT THEY PRODUCED A BRILLIANT ESSAY BUT KNOWS THAT THE LECTURER DOESN T KNOW WILL BE DEMOR ALISED v !ND hREAL CHEATING IS HARDER TO SPOT WHEN THE SUBMISSION IS ANONYMOUS v #ONCRETE SPOKE TO THE (EAD OF 4AUGHT 0ROGRAMMES 0ROF 'EOFF -OORE WHO EX PLAINED THAT hANY MAJOR CHANGE TO A PROGRAMME OF THE KIND THAT PHILOSOPHY ARE PROPOSING WHICH WOULD AFFECT STUDENTS CURRENTLY ENROLLED AT THE 5NIVERSITY NEEDS THEIR PRI OR WRITTEN CONSENT 3O ) WOULD ONLY AGREE TO THIS HAPPENING IF ALL THE STUDENTS WANTED IT TO HAPPEN )T WOULD ONLY TAKE A COUPLE OF STUDENTS TO SAY THEY DID NOT WANT IT TO HAPPEN AND FOR THOSE STUDENTS IT WOULDN T .EW AND AN OLD STYLE COURSES WOULD HAVE TO BE RUN TOGETHER v &URTHER HE EXPLAINED THAT MANY OF THE 3CHOOL OF 0HI LOSOPHY S CONCERNS ARE UNWAR RANTED SAYING h4HE SCHEME THAT WILL BE LOOKED AT NOW IS

THAT UP UNTIL YOU SUBMIT THE WORK YOU CAN GO TO YOUR TU TOR AND GET ADVICE WHEN IT IS SUBMITTED IT WILL ONLY HAVE YOUR STUDENT NUMBER ON IT PERHAPS AS A BARCODE AND NO NAME /NCE IT IS MARKED YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GET THE NORMAL FOLLOW UP INFORMATION FROM YOUR TUTOR )F THE COURSEWORK IS EASILY IDENTIlABLE TO THE MARK ER ANYWAY E G BECAUSE YOU HAVE CONSULTED THEM BEFORE SUBMITTING OR YOU ARE PART OF A SMALL GROUP THEN IT WOULD STILL BE ALLOWED 4HE PRINCIPAL IS THAT MAKING WORK ANONYMOUS SHOULD NOT BE AT THE COST OF THE TEACHING PROCESS 3O A STU DENT CAN ESSENTIALLY CEDE THEIR RIGHT TO ANONYMITY IF THEY BE LIEVE IT WILL AID THEIR STUDIES v 4HE 5NION S WHICH IS IN FA VOUR OF ANONYMOUS MARKING !CADEMIC /FlCER #AMMIE &ULMER ADDED h7E DON T HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN ENSURING EQUALITY THROUGH ANONYMOUS MARKING AND MAINTAINING THE VALUED RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN STUDENTS AND LECTURERS )F ANONYMOUS MARKING IS IMPLE MENTED THROUGH A COOPERATIVE AND WELL THOUGHT OUT PROCESS THE QUALITY OF STUDENTS LEARN ING EXPERIENCE SHOULD NOT BE DIMINISHED BUT RATHER IN CREASED THROUGH A GREATER EN COURAGEMENT FROM LECTURERS FOR STUDENTS TO CONSULT WITH THEM BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER MARKING 4HE REAL ISSUE IS NOT WITH ANONYMOUS MARKING IT IS INSTEAD WITH A MISUNDERSTAND ING AS TO HOW ANON MARK ING WILL BE IMPLEMENTED v

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4UESDAY TH .OVEMBER " , /

No Â Platform Â referendum !LICE 'IBBS $EPUTY .EWS %DITOR 4HIS WEEK STUDENTS WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON THE FUTURE OF THE .ATIONAL 5NION OF 3TUDENTS .53 .O 0LATFORM POLICY AT 5%! 5NION #OMMUNICATIONS /FlCER 2OWENA "ODDINGTON DESCRIBED .O 0LATFORM AS hTHE NAME GIVEN TO A POLITI CAL DECISION TO BAN THE LEAD ERSHIP OF .53 FROM SPEAKING AT THE SAME EVENTS AS THOSE THAT ARE DEEMED TO BE RACIST OR FASCIST GROUPS AND PRE VENTING THESE GROUPS FROM ATTENDING .53 EVENTS OR TRY ING TO RUN IN .53 ELECTIONS v !T PRESENT (IZB UT 4AHRIR THE "RITISH .ATIONAL 0ARTY )DEN TITY 4RADITION AND 3OVEREIGN TY ARE SUBJECT TO .O 0LATFORM REGULATIONS 4HE ORIGINS OF THE UPCOM ING POLICY BALLOT LIE IN THE lRST 5NION #OUNCIL MEETING OF TERM WHEN A MOTION WAS NARROWLY PASSED MEANING THAT THE 5NION RESOLVED TO hSUPPORT THE COMPLETE ABO LITION OF .O 0LATFORMv 4HIS MEANT THAT 5%! BECAME THE lRST UNIVERSITY IN THE COUNTRY TO BE OFlCIALLY OPPOSED TO THE .53 .O 0LATFORM

!T THE SECOND #OUNCIL OF TERM A PROPOSAL WAS FOR WARDED THAT SUGGESTED THE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE SHOULD BE PUT TO A CAMPUS WIDE POLICY BALLOT WHICH WILL NOW TAKE PLACE ON 4HURSDAY ND AND &RIDAY RD .OVEMBER BETWEEN AM PM IN THE ,#2 IN 5NION (OUSE 4HE @&OR CAMPAIGN IN THE UP COMING VOTE PROPOSES THAT THE 5NION REINSTATES THE .O 0LATFORM POLICY 4HE @!GAINST CAMPAIGN PROPOSES THAT THE CURRENT 5NION POLI CY REMAIN THE SAME &REEDOM OF SPEECH HAS

ALWAYS BEEN A CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE AT 5%! )N -ARCH #ONCRETE WAS PULLED OFF THE NEWS STANDS BY SABBATICAL OF lCERS WHO OBJECTED TO AN AR TICLE WHICH THEY SAID hCOULD ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS RACIST PROPAGANDA v 4HE ARTICLE IN QUESTION FEATURED AN INTER VIEW WITH A LOCAL ".0 MEM BER ILLUSTRATED BY A FRONT PAGE FROM THE ".0 PAPER A &REEDOM AND AN !NTI .AZI ,EAGUE POSTER #ONCRETE S THEN %DITOR DEFENDED THE ARTICLE AS hANTI RACIST AND AN IMPORTANT ISSUE TO COVER v #ONmICT OF OPINION HAS

ALSO BEEN EVIDENT ELSEWHERE !T THEIR !NNUAL 'ENERAL -EETING OVER STUDENTS OF 3USSEX 5NIVERSITY WERE IN VOLVED IN A VOTE THAT SOUGHT TO MAKE IT THEIR UNIVERSITY S POLICY TO OPPOSE THE .53 .O 0LATFORM POLICY 4HE MO TION FAILED TO PASS BY LESS THAN 5%! S STUDENT BODY NOW HAS THE CHANCE TO ENDORSE OR REJECT THE POLICY IN A REFEREN DUM #AMPAIGNING ON .O 0LATFORM BEGAN IN EARNEST ON &RIDAY WHEN CO ORDINA TORS BOTH FOR AND AGAINST THE POLICY DEBATED IN THE 5NION (OUSE $ANNY 4URNER ARGUING FOR .O 0LATFORM SAID h7E ARE NOT TRYING TO BAN THE ".0 WE STAND FOR THE .53 VALUES OF REPRESENTATION EQUALITY AND OPPORTUNITY -Y CAMPAIGN IS NOT RUN BECAUSE OF MY OPIN ION OF RACISTS AND FASCISTS ) AM FOR .O 0LATFORM BECAUSE THE AIMS OF THESE PEOPLE COMPLETELY CONTRADICT WHAT THE .53 IS THERE FOR v (E CONTINUED h) WOULDN T CONSIDER RACISTS AND FASCISTS AS HAVING A PLACE ON THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM THEY ONLY STAND FOR HATE )F YOU CONTRADICT THE INTERESTS

/N 4UESDAY TH .OVEM BER THE 3PORTSPARK WILL HOST A @0HYSICAL %DUCATION AND 3PORT 5SER 'ROUP &ORUM TO DISCUSS VARIOUS ISSUES WHICH AFFECT THE MANY 5N ION SPORTS CLUBS 4HE 0RESIDENTS AND ONE OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBER FROM EACH OF THE 5NION SPORT CLUBS HAVE BEEN IN VITED TO ATTEND BY THE 3PORT SPARK $IRECTOR AND !SSIST ANT $IRECTORS )T IS BELIEVED THAT MEMBERS OF THE 5NION %XECUTIVE HAVE ALSO BEEN IN VITED 4HE AGENDA WILL INCLUDE DISCUSSIONS ON THE USE OF 5NIVERSITY FACILITIES BY THE SPORTS CLUBS WHAT SUPPORT IS PROVIDED FOR STUDENT CLUBS AND THE ALLOCATION AND BOOKING OF FACILITIES #ONCRETE HAVE ALSO BEEN INVITED AND DETAILS OF THE MEETING WILL BE REPORTED IN THE lNAL ISSUE OF TERM ON

6OTING WILL TAKE PLACE ON $ECEMBER TH 4HURSDAY ND AND &RIDAY RD .OVEMBER IN THE ,#2 0LEASE ENSURE YOU BRING YOUR CAMPUS CARD OR SOME FORM OF )$ OF STUDENTS WITH A MANIFESTO THEN THE MANIFESTO MUST BE REJECTED 2ACISM AND FASCISM ARE INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE .53 v )N OPPOSITION TO .O 0LATFORM 2ICHARD 2EYNOLDS ARGUED h9OU DO NOT WIN AGAINST FASCIST GROUPS BY BANNING THEM ) BELIEVE WE CAN TAKE THESE PEOPLE ON IN FREE DEBATE ) BELIEVE WE WILL WIN THAT DEBATE AND TO BAN THE ".0 IS TO SAY THAT WE ARE TOO SCARED TO TRY 4REATING EVERYONE EQUALLY WHEREVER THEY ARE FROM AND WHATEVER THEY BELIEVE IS THE TRUE WAY TO lGHT FASCISM v (E SAID h!BSOLUTE FREE DOM OF SPEECH IS THE FOUNDA TIONS OF DEMOCRACY "ANNING GROUPS MAKES US FASCIST AND NOT THEM )F MANIFESTOS NEED TO BE DEFEATED IT SHOULD BE AT THE BALLOT BOX AT THE .53 v

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Christmas Â presents Â for Â Nepal 4HE h#HILDSMILEv PROJECT IN THE (IVE IS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO DONATE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS TO THE CHILDREN OF +ATMANDU *ACK #LARK !RTS %DITOR 3INCE -ONDAY THE TH SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN THE (IVE !SIDE FROM THE USUAL TABLES OF STUDENTS PETITIONING FOR YOUR TIME TRYING TO SELL YOU CAKE OR HAWKING TRINKETS DOWN YOUR THROAT THERE HAS BEEN ANOTHER TABLE PILED HIGH WITH BOXES COVERED IN FESTIVE WRAPPING PAPER 4HIS IS THE TABLE FOR #HILDSMILE A PROJECT RUNNING BOTH AT 5%! AND AT ,EICESTER WHICH SEEKS TO BRIGHTEN THE LIVES OF CHILDREN IN +ATHMANDU .EPAL 4HE IDEA BEHIND THE PROJECT IS SIMPLE 9OU GO TO THE #HILDSMILE TABLE AND PICK UP A PLAIN BOX OR BUY A PRE WRAPPED ONE FROM THEM FOR lFTY PENCE 4HEN YOU lLL THE BOX

WITH PRESENTS RANGING FROM STATIONARY TO CUDDLY TOYS JIGSAW PUZZLES HATS SCARVES AND GLOVES 4HEN YOU DROP THE BOX OFF AT 5NION 2ECEP TION NO LATER THAN &RIDAY THE RD OF .OVEMBER 9OU CAN ALSO GIVE #HILDSMILE THREE POUNDS TO HELP PAY FOR THE COST OF TRANSPORTING THE GIFTS TO .EPAL )F ALL THIS SOUNDS TOO COMPLICATED THEN DO NOT WORRY AS EACH BOX CON TAINS A LEAmET TELLING YOU WHAT TO DO AND WHAT NOT TO PUT IN THE BOX 4HE PROHIB ITED ITEMS ARE FAIRLY OBVIOUS n GLASS CONTAINERS PERISH ABLE FOODSTUFFS MEDICINES TOYS RELIANT ON BATTERIES AND ANYTHING WAR RELATED AMONG OTHERS ,IZZIE "OWES WHO IS HELPING TO CO ORDINATE WITH THE TWO MAIN GROUPS IN VOLVED IN THE #HILDSMILE PROJECT 30%!+ n A #HRISTIAN

CAMPAIGN NETWORK AND THE 5%! 6OLUNTEERS BELIEVES THAT THE PROJECT IS GOOD BE CAUSE IT IS hA PHYSICAL WAY OF AFFECTING THE LIFE OF SOMEONE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY v !LSO SHE RUEFULLY COMMENTS THAT THE BOXES FOR THE YEAR OLDS ARE TRICKY AND hTHOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ) TAKE ON BECAUSE IT S A CHALLENGE v 3HE SAYS THAT FOR THE OLDER KIDS IT S GOOD TO PUT THINGS

IN LIKE ADULT PUZZLES THE SORT WHICH INFURIATE YOU FOR DAYS AND WARM CLOTHING n SOMETHING WHICH EVERYONE CAN APPRECIATE 30%!+ PRIDES ITSELF ON CREATIVE CAMPAIGNING AND THIS IS BUT ONE OF THEIR SCHEMES )N THEY MAN UFACTURED ONE OF THE LARGEST DRESSES IN THE WORLD BY HAV ING PEOPLE DONATE PIECES OF CLOTH WITH MESSAGES ON

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THEM ABOUT TRADE INJUSTICE IN THE GARMENT INDUSTRY 4HE DRESS WAS SEWN TOGETHER IN SOUTH .ORFOLK AND NOW TOURS THE COUNTRY IT WILL BE IN 3HEFlELD IN -AY )N A WAY IT IS EMBLEMATIC OF THE KIND OF PROJECTS THAT 30%!+ ARE INVOLVED IN AS IT IS DIFFERENT TANGIBLE AND A SIGNIlCANTLY LESS FACELESS WAY OF COMBATING INJUSTICE WHEN COMPARED WITH THE STANDARD METHOD OF ANONY MOUS DONATIONS !T THE TIME OF GOING TO PRESS BOXES HAD BEEN COMPLETED 4HIS MEANS THAT IF THE RESPONSE IN THE WEEK OF THE TH TO THE RD IS STRONG ENOUGH THEN LAST YEARS NUMBER OF BOXES WILL BE SURPASSED THOUGH IT WILL BE HARD TO GO BEYOND THE RECORD AMOUNT IN OF

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6OTING FOR THIS POST TOOK PLACE ON THE TH AND TH OF .OVEMBER 4HE TWO CANDI DATES WERE 3OCRATES )OANNOU AND 4IM (ANDLEY 4HE TURN OUT WAS AS EX PECTED LOW WITH ONLY PEOPLE CASTING THEIR VOTE 3OCRATES )OANNOU WAS VOT ED IN AS THE CONVENOR FOR THE 3OCIAL 3CIENCES &ACULTY WHICH REPRESENTS EVERYONE IN THE SCHOOLS OF $%6 %#/ %$5 ,!7 ."3 AND 37+

Raj Â leaves Â campus 2AJ +AMBLI WHO WAS AP POINTED AS THE 0OLICE #OM MUNITY 3UPPORT /FlCER AT THE START OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR HAS LEFT THE POST 4HE REASONS FOR HIS DE PARTURE ARE UNCLEAR (E HAS BEEN REPLACED BY ANOTHER OFlCER WHO WILL CONTINUE 2AJ S WORK OF ACT ING AS A LINK BETWEEN STU DENTS AND THE POLICE IN HELPING TO ENSURE STUDENT SAFETY ON CAMPUS

" , / 4UESDAY TH .OVEMBER 7Police Â crackdown Â on Â cyclists Â and Â drivers ,OCAL POLICE WILL START ISSUING lNES AND PERHAPS EVEN COURT SUMMONSES FOR CYCLISTS FOUND BREAKING THE LAW 0ARTICULAR ISSUES THAT THE CONSTABULARY WILL BE FOCUSS ING UPON INCLUDE CYCLING ON PAVEMENTS CYCLING AT NIGHT WITHOUT LIGHTS AND FAILING TO OBEY TRAFlC LAWS 4HE LATTER IS A PARTICULAR ISSUE AT THE CROSS ROAD OF 4HE !VENUES AND #OL MAN 2OAD WHERE MANY CY CLISTS JUMP THE TRAFlC LIGHTS %MIL !LLARD

4HE POLICE HAVE ALSO EX PRESSED CONCERNS THAT MANY STUDENTS ARE DRIVING THEIR CARS WITHOUT THE CORRECT IN SURANCE 4HOSE FOUND TO BE GUILTY ARE LIKELY TO HAVE THEIR LICENSE REVOKED 4HE PROBLEM IS PARTICU LARLY PREVALENT AMONG INTER NATIONAL STUDENTS WHO MAY NOT HAVE COMPLETED THE NEC ESSARY PAPERWORK UPON EN TERING "RITAIN

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Union Â sustainability Â and Â wellbeing Â week .ICOLA 7ILLIAMS 2EPORTER 3USTAINABILITY AND 7ELLBE ING WEEK IS COMING TO 5%! IN 7EEK /RGANISED BY THE 5NION THE WEEK WILL FOLLOW ON FROM THE 4RANSITION #AM PUS MOTION RECENTLY PASSED BY THE 5NION #OUNCIL AND WILL INCLUDE A NUMBER OF EVENTS INCLUDING 3TOP 6IO LENCE !GAINST 7OMEN $AY THE 'REEN $AY AND 3(!' $AY -ONDAY THE TH WILL BE 3TOP 6IOLENCE !GAINST 7OM EN $AY IN WHICH YOU ARE IN VITED TO THE SQUARE AT PM TO GIVE A THOUGHT TO ALL THE VIC TIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BY WEARING A WHITE T SHIRT 4HERE WILL ALSO BE OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT THE MANY FORMS VIOLENCE TOWARDS WOMEN CAN TAKE FROM RAPE TO SEXUAL HAR ASSMENT AT WORK 7OMEN S /FlCER !MY 7ILSON SAID

hWE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE OF !#43! !CTION FOR 3OUTHERN !FRICA COMING IN ON THAT DAY TO TALK ABOUT THE SANITARY PROTEC TION SITUATION FOR WOMEN IN :IMBABWE SO KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED FOR MORE INFORMA TION v

7EDNESDAY THE TH WILL BE 3WITCH /FF $AY TO SEE HOW MUCH ENERGY CAN BE SAVED 4HIS WILL EXTEND TO ALL UNI VERSITY BUILDINGS INCORPORAT ING STAFF AS WELL AS STUDENTS

)N ADDITION THE 5NIVERSITY IS BUILDING A BIOMASS COM BINED HEAT AND POWER ENERGY PLANT TO TRY TO LOWER ITS EMIS SIONS "Y PASSING THE 4RANSITION #AMPUS MOTION THE 5NION IS PLEDGING TO HELP TACKLE THE TWIN PROBLEMS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND PEAK OIL BY RE DUCING THE 5NION S CARBON FOOTPRINT AND ALSO BY CAM PAIGNING FOR THE 5NIVERSITY TO BUILD UP ITS RESILIENCE TO WARDS ADAPTING TO THE END OF CHEAP OIL &RIDAY THE TH IS 3(!' $AY 3EXUAL (EALTH AND 'UIDANCE $AY WHERE THERE WILL BE A STALL IN THE (IVE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT SEXUAL HEALTH AND SAFE SEX ALONGSIDE INFORMATION ABOUT 7ORLD !IDS $AY WHICH IS ON THE ST OF $ECEMBER SO LOOK OUT FOR PEOPLE SELLING RED RIB BONS TO RAISE MONEY FOR !IDS CHARITIES DURING THE WEEK

/THER EVENTS TAKING PLACE DURING THE WEEK INCLUDE THE 0ERMACULTURE SOCIETY INVIT ING STUDENTS TO PLANT A TREE IN THEIR FOREST GARDEN A FUN COMPETITION ON THE &RIDAY BETWEEN SPORTS CLUBS SOCIE TIES TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO STAY HEALTHY AND lT A DEBATE ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MULTI STOREY CAR PARK MEM BERS OF 'REEN 7ING SPEAKING TO STUDENTS ABOUT THE 4RANSI TION #AMPUS PROJECT AND LO CAL TRADERS WILL ALSO BE HELP ING TO PROMOTE BUYING LOCAL PRODUCE ON 'REEN $AY 4WO BY BRINGING THEIR TRADE TO THE ,#2 &OR FURTHER INFORMA TION LOOK FOR THE &ACEBOOK GROUP 3USTAINABILITY AND 7ELLBEING WEEK OR CONTACT THE %NVIRONMENT 7EL FARE OR 7OMEN S OFlCER ON SU ENVIRONMENT UEA AC UK SU WELFARE UEA AC UK AND SU WOMENS UEA AC UK

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Music Â student Â saved Â from Â suspension -ARCUS *ONES %DITOR 4HREE MEMBERS OF #ONCRETE STEPPED IN TO PREVENT THEIR FRIEND BEING SUSPENDED FROM HIS COURSE AFTER THE &INANCE $IVISION IN THE 2EGISTRY GAVE HIM ONE DAY TO PAY OFF A DEBT TOTALLING MORE THAN THREE THOUSAND POUNDS %MIL !LLARD A SECOND YEAR MUSIC STUDENT RECEIVED AN EMAIL ON 4UESDAY /CTOBER TH INFORMING HIM THAT HE OWED a AND UNLESS PAYMENT WAS RECEIVED BY THE FOLLOWING DAY THEN hTHE 5NIVERSITY WILL HAVE NO OTHER OPTION THAN TO SUSPEND YOU FROM YOUR STUDIES v 4HE STORY OF THE DEBT ORIG INATES AT THE START OF %MIL S lRST YEAR WHEN LIKE MANY STUDENTS HE SET UP A $IRECT $EBIT TO PAY FOR HIS ACCOM MODATION %MIL TOLD #ON CRETE THAT HE SUSPECTED SOME THING WAS AMISS IN &EBRUARY h) NOTICED THAT NOTH ING WAS GOING OUT ;OF THE AC COUNT= SO ) WENT DOWN TO THE 2EGISTRY AND THEY SAID THEY HAD SET IT ;THE $IRECT $EBIT= UP SO ) THOUGHT NOTHING ELSE OF IT v 4HIS IS THE lRST OF SEVERAL CONTRADICTIONS IN THE TALE AS 3HIRLEY #LAPTON AN !CCOUNT $EBTOR IN THE &INANCE $IVI SION CLAIMS THAT THEY WOULD NEVER HAVE TOLD %MIL THAT THE $IRECT $EBIT HAD BEEN SET

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UP )N FACT ACCORDING TO THEIR RECORDS h-R !LLARD NEVER ACTUALLY SET UP THE $IRECT $EBIT v -S #LAPTON ALSO PROVIDED SEVERAL COMPUTER SCREEN SHOTS INDICATING THE DATES UPON WHICH VARIOUS CORRESPOND ENCES HAD BEEN SENT TO %MIL INFORMING HIM OF THE DEBT HE OWED TO THE 5NIVERSITY !C CORDING TO THESE A MESSAGE HAD BEEN SENT TO HIS SCHOOL PIGEON HOLE IN &EBRUARY AN EMAIL SENT IN -AY AND LETTERS SENT TO HIS HOME ADDRESS IN BOTH *UNE AND *ULY #ONCRETE WERE ALSO TOLD THAT HE SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED EMAILS IN BOTH -ARCH AND !PRIL

%MIL DENIED THE RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION FROM THE 5NIVERSITY 7ITH HIS HELP #ONCRETE RETRIEVED HIS EMAILS FROM THE START OF THE YEAR WE FOUND ONE DATED !PRIL ND WHICH WAS FOR A a LATE PAY MENT FEE FOR AN INVOICE AND ANOTHER DATED /CTOBER TH REQUESTING a FOR A 2EAS SESSMENT &EE h7HEN ) CAME TO REGISTER FOR MY SECOND YEAR v %MIL INFORMED US h%VISION TOLD ME ) STILL HAD AN OUTSTANDING DEBT ) WENT TO SEE THEM IN THE 2EGISTRY AND THEY DIDN T REALLY GIVE ME ANY OPTIONS THEY JUST SAID ) COULDN T REGIS TER UNTIL ) D PAID IT ;THE THREE

THOUSAND POUND DEBT= AND ) COULDN T GET MY STUDENT LOAN UNTIL ) D REGISTERED v %MIL WHO COMES FROM A SINGLE PARENT HOME THEN BEGAN EXPLORING VARIOUS AV ENUES IN A BID TO REMEDY THE SITUATION 4ALKS WITH BANKS THE (EAD OF THE &INANCE $I VISION THE $EAN OF 3TUDENTS /FlCE AND THE 3TUDENTS 5N ION ALL PROVED FRUITLESS !N NIE 'RANT $EAN OF 3TUDENTS EXPLAINED TO #ONCRETE THAT hYOU CANNOT USE THE 5NI VERSITY HARDSHIP FUND TO PAY 5NIVERSITY FEESv WHILE SHE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT EVERY STUDENT MUST TAKE RESPONSI BILITY FOR THEIR OWN lNANCES

999 Â LCR Â gets Â real Â for Â one Â student -ARCUS *ONES %DITOR ! STUDENT WHO FELL DOWN A SET OF STEPS OUTSIDE 5NION (OUSE AFTER THE ,#2 HAD TO RECEIVE IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION FROM A FRESHER WHO IS TRAINED AS A lRST AIDER 4OWARDS THE END OF THE CLUBNIGHT ON .OVEMBER TH WHERE 5%! STUDENTS DRESS UP AS DOCTORS NURSES AND PARAMEDICS 'EORGE 'ARDNER %.6 WAS THRUST INTO A REAL LIFE MEDICAL SITUATION WHEN A NEARBY STUDENT OF MEDICINE REFUSED TO RESPOND TO RE QUESTS FOR HIS HELP ! MALE STUDENT HAD FALL EN DOWN AROUND TEN STONE STEPS ON THE STAIRWELL THAT IS ADJACENT TO THE MAIN ,#2 EN TRANCE OPPOSITE THE $RAMA 3TUDIO (IS FRIENDS CALLED OUT FOR HELP ASKING IF ANY

ONE WAS A MEDICAL STUDENT h/NE PERSON NEXT TO ME WAS A MEDICINE STUDENT v 'EORGE TOLD #ONCRETE hBUT REFUSED TO GET INVOLVED AS HE FELT THAT IF HE INTERVENED AND SOME THING BAD HAPPENED THEN HE WOULD HAVE BEEN HELD RE SPONSIBLE AND THEREFORE NOT PASS HIS DEGREE v h) AS A QUALIlED lRST AIDER WAS STANDING NEAR HIM ;THE MEDICAL STUDENT= AND THEREFORE ASKED WHAT TO DO HIM BEING MEDICALLY SUPE RIOR TO ME (OWEVER AGAIN HE COULD NOT OFFER ADVICE FOR THE SAME REASON 3O ) MOVED DOWN TO THE GUY AFFECTED AS SESSED THE SITUATION AND DIS COVERED THAT HIS AIRWAY WAS BLOCKED ) THEREFORE OPENED IT AND KEPT IT OPEN FOR ABOUT ONE MINUTE BEFORE A MEMBER OR 5%! ,).+3 TOOK OVER v .O MEMBERS OF DOOR

STAFF AT THE ,#2 ARE TRAINED IN lRST AID AND THAT IS WHY VOL UNTEERS FROM THE 5%! ,).+3 SOCIETY ARE PRESENT AT ,#2 EVENTS 0HIL +INGHORN #OUN TY 3TAFF /FlCER FOR ,).+3 CONlRMED THAT hAS THE INCI DENT OCCURRED OUTSIDE 5N ION (OUSE IT WILL HAVE TAKEN MORE TIME FOR STAFF INSIDE THE VENUE TO BE ALERTED TO THE FACT THAT THERE WAS SOMEBODY IN NEED OF CARE v (E ADDED THOUGH THAT hTHE VAST MAJORITY OF THE STAFF WORKING AT 3TUDENT 5NION EVENTS HAVE A RADIO AND CAN VERY QUICKLY ASK FOR ASSIST ANCE BY A 3T *OHN &IRST !IDER )T WOULD BE VERY UNLIKELY THAT A BYSTANDER COULD GET TO A &IRST !ID KIT BEFORE A 3T *OHN &IRST !IDER COULD GET TO THE IN CIDENT AND SO WE DO NOT FEEL THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO LEAVE &IRST !ID SUPPLIES AT MORE LO

/N THIS POINT %MIL AC CEPTS THAT HE IS NOT TOTALLY DEVOID OF RESPONSIBILITY h7HEN YOU RE IN THE lRST YEAR YOU DON T REALLY GET A LOT OF HELP WITH lNANCE AND ) WASN T REALLY lNANCE AWARE 9OU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THOUGH THAT HAVING SO MANY lNANCE DEPARTMENTS SOME ONE WOULD HAVE DONE A TALK ON lNANCE TO THOSE THAT WANTED IT v 5NION 7ELFARE /FlCER 2UTH 3TONE EXPRESSED SIMI LAR CONCERNS h)T IS WORRYING THAT A SYSTEM IN WHICH STU DENTS ARE PUTTING THEIR lNAN CIAL WELLBEING IS FAILING AND STUDENTS ARE NOT BEING GIVEN

ADEQUATE INFORMATIONv )NTERCALATION TAKING A YEAR OUT WAS ANOTHER POS SIBLE OPTION BUT BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF %MIL S MUSIC COURSE HE FELT THAT IT WOULD LEAD TO A hDRASTIC DISAPPEAR ANCE OF KNOWLEDGE IN TERMS OF PERFORMING v !FTER INITIALLY LEARNING OF HIS lNANCIAL PROBLEMS UPON HIS RETURN IN 3EPTEM BER OF THIS YEAR %MIL HEARD NO MORE UNTIL THE EMAIL OF /CTOBER TH (E DID OBTAIN A WEEK LONG EXTENSION TO PAY THE FULL DEBT BUT HE CONCED ED THAT THE SITUATION AT THAT POINT HAD LOOKED hGRIM v h"UT ) M THE PHOTOGRA PHER FOR #ONCRETE AND WHEN THREE OF THE GUYS GOT WIND OF IT THEY OFFERED TO HELP AND SO THAT S A MASSIVE THANK YOU TO THEM FROM ME v &IONA "ILLINGS 2ICHARD 2EYNOLDS AND -ARCUS *ONES DIVIDED THE FEE AMONG THEM AND WHEN ASKED WHY SHE ACT ED &IONA REPLIED h) CAN T BE LIVE NO ONE AT THE 5NIVERSITY COULD HELP HIM !S A FRIEND ) FELT COMPELLED TO HELP v

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CATIONS AROUND THE VENUEv !FTER RETURNING HOME FROM THE ,#2 'EORGE CON TACTED #ONCRETE WITH HIS CON CERNS ABOUT WHY THE MEDICAL STUDENT HAD BEEN SO RETICENT TO HELP h3UPPOSING THE GUY HAD BROKEN HIS NECK AND HE D JUST BEEN STANDING AT THE TOP OF THE STEPS v !MANDA (OWE -" "3 #OURSE $IRECTOR FOR THE 3CHOOL OF -EDICINE TOLD #ONCRETE h/UR GENERAL GUIDANCE TO -" "3 STUDENTS IS THAT THEY MUST NOT EXCEED THEIR COMPETENCIES OR USE THEIR IDENTITY AS A -%$ STU DENT TO DO SOMETHING THEY DON T FEEL COMPETENT TO DO ARE NOT QUALIlED TO DO ARE NOT lT TO DO 7E ALL WANT TO HELP BUT EACH PERSON HAS TO JUDGE FOR THEMSELVES HOW MUCH HELP THEY CAN ACTUALLY )F YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING TRAINED IN lRST AID PLEASE BE v CONTACT UEA LINKS SJA ORG UK

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Library Â discipline Â confusion !NDY *UDSON $EPUTY %DITOR 4HE 5%! LIBRARY IS CRACKING DOWN ON STUDENTS BREAKING THE INTERNAL RULES THOUGH SOME ARE ARGUING THAT THEY ARE BEING TOO HARSH AFTER ONE STUDENT WITNESSED AN OTHER BEING REPRIMANDED FOR TAKING A PHONE CALL ON THE LIBRARY STAIRS "ETH 3KINNER ,,4 TH YEAR WAS WORKING IN THE LIBRARY ON 4UESDAY TH .O VEMBER WHEN h/NE GIRL A COUPLE OF ROWS AWAY FROM ME WAS CHATTING ON HER PHONE FOR AGES AND SHE WAS TALKING REALLY LOUDLY v %VEN TUALLY A LIBRARY EMPLOYEE REPRIMANDED THIS GIRL IN LINE WITH USUAL LIBRARY DIS CIPLINE 4HE GIRL WAS WARNED AND HAD HER CAMPUS CARD DETAILS TAKEN 4HE LIBRARY CONlRMED THAT STANDARD PRACTICE IS FOR ANY STUDENT CAUGHT CAUSING A DISTURBANCE IN THE LIBRARY SUCH AS EATING DRINKING

OR TALKING ON A PHONE WILL BE WARNED AND AFTER THE THIRD WARNING ISSUED A a lNE 4HE WARNINGS ARE NOW ACTUALLY GIVEN IN THE FORM OF A PAPER SLIP RATHER THAN BEING VERBAL SO THAT POTEN TIALLY DISTURBING ARGUMENTS DO NOT ENSUE ON THE LIBRARY mOOR AND ALSO SO THAT STU DENTS CAUGHT ARE CLEAR ABOUT WHY THEY ARE BEING DISCI PLINED AND WHAT THE PO TENTIAL CONSEQUENCES ARE IF THEY CONTINUE TO DO SO "ETH ADDED THAT h) THINK IT IS FAIR ENOUGH TO DO IT TO PEOPLE WHO SIT IN THE WORK AREAS CHATTING AWAY FOR AGES v (OWEVER AFTER THIS "ETH CLAIMED THAT h4HEN THE GUY OPPOSITE ME MUST HAVE GOT A PHONE CALL BUT UNLIKE THE OTHER NOISY GIRL HE WENT INTO THE STAIR BIT WHERE NO ONE WAS WORKING SO HE WOULDN T BE DISTURBING ANYONE 4HE LIBRARY WOMAN WHO SPOKE TO THE OTHER GIRL CHASED AFTER HIM (E CAME BACK A COUPLE

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OF MINUTES LATER AND SHOWED HIS FRIENDS THAT HIS CAMPUS CARD HAD NOW GOT A MASSIVE SPLIT THROUGH IT THROUGH THE SWIPY SIC BIT v 3TAFF MEMBERS AT THE LI BRARY COMMENTED THAT THE STAIRS WERE GENERALLY REGARD ED AS A GREY AREA WHEN IT COMES TO PHONE CALLS /Fl

CIALLY TAKING CALLS OR EATING DRINKING ARE BARRED ON THE STAIRWELLS (OWEVER LIBRARY STAFF DO NOT USUALLY CRACK DOWN ON PHONE USERS IN THE STAIRWELL AS IT WOULD BE COUNTER PRODUCTIVE TOWARDS CREATING A PEACEFUL WORKING ENVIRONMENT "UT IF PEOPLE ARE BEING PARTICULARLY LOUD

WHILST ON THE STAIRWELL THEY WOULD BE PUNISHED IN THE USUAL FASHION AND IT WOULD BE EXPLAINED TO THEM WHY THIS WAS HAPPENING "ETH FELT THAT IF hTHE PERSON GOES OUT INTO THE PARTS OF THE LI BRARY WHERE NO ONE IS WORK ING THEN ) lND IT WAY TOO HARSH v

4HE ACT OF CUTTING THE OF FENDERS CARD IS NOT NORMALLY USED AS A PUNISHMENT AS INSTEAD THE LIBRARY USUALLY ISSUE A a lNE AS STATED ! LIBRARY STAFF MEMBER ADD ED THAT THE CARD MAY HAVE BEEN CUT BECAUSE IT WAS IN VALIDATED MEANING THAT THE STUDENT HAD ANOTHER UP TO DATE CARD AS WELL BUT THIS WOULD NORMALLY HAPPEN AT THE RECEPTION DESK WHEN THE STUDENT PRESENTED THE CARD AS INVALID 4HEREFORE NO EXPLANATION COULD BE GIVEN AS TO WHY THIS PARTICU LAR STUDENTS CARD WAS CUT AS IT IS NOT PART OF THE NORMAL DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE 4HERE ARE CONCERNS THAT IT COULD ALSO HAVE BEEN THE ACTION OF A PARTICULARLY ZEAL OUS EMPLOYEE 3INCE THE PAYMENT FOR A REPLACEMENT CAMPUS CARD IS a IT WOULD MEAN THE STUDENT WAS EFFEC TIVELY BEING lNED TWICE AS MUCH DESPITE NOT CAUSING A DISTURBANCE IN A STUDY AREA OF THE LIBRARY

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Staff Â and Â student Â remembered !LICE 'IBBS $EPUTY .EWS %DITOR 4HE 5NIVERSITY WAS m YING ITS m AG AT HALF MAST TWICE LAST WEEK IN MEMORY OF TWO MEMBERS OF THE 5%! COMMUNITY WHO HAVE SADLY PASSED AWAY 4OM #HISELL A YEAR OLD WHO WAS IN HIS SECOND YEAR OF STUDYING A &ILM AND 46 3TUDIES #ERTIl CATE COURSE DIED IN A ROAD TRAF l C ACCIDENT .IGEL (ERWIN 4OM S TUTOR PAID HIM TRIBUTE SAYING h4OM WAS AN AVID l LM FAN ON THE #ONTINU ING %DUCATION #ERTIl CATE IN &ILM AND 46 3TUDIES COURS ES !LWAYS WILLING TO l ND OUT NEW APPROACHES AND ASPECTS OF THE MEDIUM HE OFTEN COMMENTED ON SOME OF THE SUBJECT S ABSURDITIES WITH A DRY WIT 4HE WORST THING YOU COULD DO WAS REVEAL A FOOTBALL RESULT BE FORE HE HAD THE CHANCE TO SEE A RECORDING OF THE GAME

WHEN HE GOT HOME (E WILL BE SORELY MISSED v 3ANDY ,EAVER A SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT IN (5- S 5NDERGRADUATE 0RO GRAMMES /Fl CE ALSO REGRET ABLY PASSED AWAY 4ONY &LACK SENIOR FAC ULTY MANAGER IN (5- PAID HER TRIBUTE h3ANDY JOINED 5%! IN WORKING IN WHAT WAS THEN THE 3CHOOL OF %NG LISH AND !MERICAN 3TUDIES TRANSFERRING TO THE &ACULTY OF !RTS AND (UMANITIES DURING RESTRUCTURING )N THIS LATTER PERIOD SHE CONTINUED TO PROVIDE THE SAME STEADY AND EFFECTIVE SUPPORT TO ACADEMIC COLLEAGUES IN PARTICULAR IN THE 3CHOOL OF ,ITERATURE AND #REATIVE 7RITING THAT HAD CHARACTER ISED HER WORK THROUGHOUT v (E SAID h3HE WAS A WELL RESPECTED AND THOR OUGHLY RELIABLE MEMBER OF THE TEAM AND WILL BE SORELY MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW HER v

Library Â wins Â award Â !NDREW *ONES /PINIONS %DITOR

4HE 5NIVERSITY LIBRARY HAS BEEN AWARDED A MAJOR AND PRESTIGIOUS AWARD 4HE 2&)$ 2ADIO &REQUENCY )DENTIl CATION IN ,IBRARIES !WARD THE l RST OF ITS KIND WAS AWARDED IN RECOGNITION OF 5%! LIBRARY S RECENT IM PLEMENTATION OF A STATE OF THE ART SELF ISSUE AND SELF RETURN SORTER SERVICE 7ITH MORE THAN ITEMS BEING LOANED AND COLLECTED EVERY YEAR THE 5NIVERSITY OF %AST !NGLIA IS NOW THE LARG EST ACADEMIC LIBRARY IN THE 5NITED +INGDOM TO UTILISE 2ADIO &REQUENCY )DENTIl CA TION TECHNOLOGY 4HE AWARD WAS RECEIVED BY .ICHOLAS ,EWIS WHO IS THE HEAD OF LIBRARY COLLEC TIONS )T WAS PRESENTED AT A CEREMONY IN ,ONDON ON .OVEMBER TH +ITTY )N GLIS THE ACTING LIBRARIAN AT 5%! SPOKE OF HER DELIGHT THAT 5%! S LIBRARY HAD BEEN RECOGNISED WITH THIS AWARD h4HE PROJECT TEAM ABLY LED BY .ICK AND STAFF IN OUR 5SER 3ERVICES $EPARTMENT HAVE WORKED TOGETHER TO IN TRODUCE INNOVATIVE CUSTOM !NDREW *ONES ER FOCUSSED ISSUE AND RETURNS /PINIONS %DITOR SERVICES THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE 4HE 3ECURITY ,ODGE RECEIVED OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGY AND A REPORT THAT A MAN HAD EX OFFER SIGNIl CANT BENEl T TO POSED HIMSELF IN THE WOODED END USERS v AREA BETWEEN THE MAIN CAM !LL THE BOOKS WERE 2&)$ PUS AND %ARLHAM (ALL 4HE ENABLED OVER THE SUMMER POLICE WERE INFORMED BUT 4HE LIBRARY PIONEERED A NEW UNFORTUNATELY THEY WERE UN PROCESS INVOLVING HAND ABLE TO APPREHEND THE OF HELD SCANNERS ALLOWING THE FENDER BOOKS TO BE TAGGED ON THEIR 5%! 3ECURITY ADVISES PEO SHELVES 4HIS MEANT THAT PLE THAT THEY SHOULD NOT WALK NO BOOKS WERE MOVED AND THROUGH THE PARK UNACCOM THERE WAS MINIMAL INTERRUP PANIED AFTER DARK 4HEY ALSO TION OF ACADEMIC WORK 4HE SAY THAT IF ANYONE NOTICES RETURNS SORTER HAS GENERATED ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS THEY SIGNIl CANT INTEREST ACROSS SHOULD CONTACT THE 3ECURITY PUBLIC AND ACADEMIC SECTORS AND 5%! HAS HOSTED SEVERAL ,ODGE IMMEDIATELY 4HERE IS AN EMERGENCY VISITS FROM OTHER HIGHER EDU WHITE PHONE ON THE GROUND CATION AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES m OOR IN %ARLHAM (ALL NEAR 4HE SELF SERVICE SYSTEM IS THE UNDERGRADUATE NOTICE AVAILABLE DURING ALL THE ,I BOARD WHICH EVERYONE CAN BRARY S OPENING TIMES AND USE )T CONNECTS AUTOMATICALLY IS AVAILABLE OPPOSITE THE TO THE 3ECURITY ,ODGE MAIN DESK

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Virgin Media accused of ripping off students $AVID 'ROCOTT 2EPORTER 6IRGIN -EDIA "RITAIN S MAIN CABLE OPERATOR IS LETTING DOWN STUDENTS BY PROVID ING A POOR LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE AND CHARGING PRE MIUM RATES FOR ITS TECHNICAL SUPPORT LINE 3INCE *ULY ST 6IRGIN HAVE CHARGED PENCE PER MINUTE TO CALL THEIR BROAD BAND TECHNICAL SUPPORT LINE !LREADY DEBT LADEN STU DENTS ARE DRAWN TO THE COM PANY BY CHEAP DEALS BUT SOON lND THEMSELVES FORCED TO MAKE EXPENSIVE CALLS TO CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPART MENTS 4HE STEEP RATE RISE HAS BEEN BLAMED ON THE SERVICE RECEIVING TOO MANY @OFF TOP IC CALLS FROM CUSTOMERS #USTOMER CARE -ANAG ING $IRECTOR 3TEVE 3TEWART SAID h/VER HALF THE CALLS WE RECEIVE ARE GENERAL ENQUIRIES ABOUT USING THE INTERNET OR ANOTHER COMPANY S SOFTWARE RATHER THAN THE BROADBAND

CONNECTION WE SUPPLY SO WE CAN T SUSTAIN OUR AWARD WIN NING SERVICE WITH THE EXIST ING LOCAL RATE CHARGESv -R 3TEWART ALSO SUGGESTS THAT CUSTOMERS UTILISE THEIR FREE EMAIL SUPPORT SERVICE 6IRGIN -EDIA OFFER SOME OF THE CHEAPEST CABLE PACK AGES AVAILABLE #USTOMERS CAN RECEIVE BROADBAND INTER NET TELEPHONE AND DIGITAL TELEVISION FROM JUST a A MONTH 3TUDENTS DESPERATE TO SAVE MONEY ARE KEEN TO OPT FOR THE MOST ECONOMICAL SERVICE WITH LITTLE CONCERN FOR THE LEVEL OF CUSTOMER CARE *AMES "ENNETT A ND YEAR "IOLOGY STUDENT SAID h) JUST WANTED A CHEAP INTER NET PROVIDER THAT WOULD GIVE ME DIGITAL TELEVISION AS WELL 4HE DECISION TO GO WITH 6IR GIN -EDIA HAS REALLY BACK lRED 3O FAR ) VE HAD TO FORK OUT a ON CALLS TO TECHNICAL SUPPORTv ! HIGH PROlLE MARKETING CAMPAIGN ON CAMPUS HAS FURTHER ENCOURAGED STUDENTS TO SIGN UP TO THE COMPANY

3TALLS PROMOTING 6IRGIN -E DIA HAVE BEEN VISIBLE IN THE SQUARE WITH SALES TEAMS KEEN TO SECURE NEW CUSTOMERS !NDY 0OTT THE 'ENERAL -ANAGER OF THE 3TUDENT 5N

QUENTLY PEOPLE JUST TURN UP WITHOUT ANYONE S APPROVAL UNTIL THEY ARE MOVED ONv 6IRGIN -EDIA S RECENT CLASHES WITH "3KY" OVER THE RENEWAL OF A @BASIC CHANNEL

ION DENIES ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE COMPANY S ACTIVITIES h.O ONE IN THE 5NION HAS GIVEN THEM PERMISSION TO PROMOTE IN THE SQUARE FRE

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BUSINESS ARCHITECTURE AT 6IR GIN -OBILE HAS DEFENDED THE COMPANY ARGUING THAT CUSTOMERS HAVE A GREATER EXPECTATION OF THE 6IRGIN BRAND AND THAT DESPITE AN IMPROVEMENT IN CUSTOMER SERVICE COMPLAINTS ARE LIKELY TO INCREASE 3PEAKING AT A SUMMIT IN ,ONDON -R *ONES ADD ED h5NDER .4, CUSTOM ERS MIGHT HAVE IGNORED BAD SERVICE BUT THE 6IRGIN BRAND HAS SET A HIGHER BARv 4HE REPORTED PROBLEMS MAY NOT BE AS WIDESPREAD AS SPECULATION SUGGESTS 2UTH 3TONE THE 7ELFARE /FlCER AT 5%! IS YET TO RECEIVE ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE QUAL ITY OF 6IRGIN S SERVICE 3TUDENTS WHO ARE SUF FERING FROM PROBLEMS WITH 6IRGIN -EDIA ARE ENCOUR AGED TO CONTACT 2UTH AT SU WELFARE UEA AC UK OR RE PORT THEIR ISSUES TO /FCOM THE REGULATOR FOR 5+ COMMU NICATIONS SERVICES AT WWW OFCOM ORG UK COMPLAIN

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)N THIS WEEK S #ONCRETE DEBATE WE LOOK AT THE POLICY BALLOT ISSUE ND RD .OV ,#2 OF @.O 0LATFORM WHICH IS A POLITICAL DECISION TO BAN RACIST AND FACIST GOUPS FROM .53 CONFERENCE AND ELECTIONS h4HE 5NION OF 5%! STUDENTS SHOULD SUPPORT THE .53 @.O 0LATFORM POLICYv $ANNY 4URNER AND 2ICHARD 2EYNOLDS ARGUE BOTH SIDES $ANNY 4URNER #AMPAIGN ,EADER 7HEN ) SAW THE LAST ISSUE OF #ONCRETE THAT LABELLED PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT .O 0LATFORM AS hDELUDED AND HYPOCRITICALv IT GOT ME THINKING AS TO HOW THERE COULD BE SUCH ANIMOS ITY TOWARDS PEOPLE WHO ALSO WANTED TO lGHT FASCISM BOTH SIDES ON THIS ISSUE HAVE THE SAME GOALS BUT DIFFERENT METHODOLOGY )N ONE WAY IT MAY BE BE CAUSE BOTH SIDES ARE HYPOCRIT ICAL 4HAT IS TO SAY IT IS HYPO CRITICAL TO BAN FASCISTS FROM FREEDOM OF SPEECH BECAUSE THEY OPPOSE DEMOCRACY BUT IS ALSO HYPOCRITICAL TO ALLOW THE PROMOTION OF BELIEFS THAT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST PEOPLE S EQUAL RIGHTS IN A DEMOCRACY )N THAT SENSE THERE SEEMS TO BE NO MORAL HIGH GROUND ON THIS ISSUE (OWEVER THERE ARE mAWS WITH THE 5NION S OPPOSITION TO THIS POLICY )N THE MOTION IT IS ARGUED THAT FASCIST AND RACIST BELIEFS ARE hMORALLY AC CEPTABLEv THOUGH NOT hMOR ALLY DESIRABLEv ) THINK FEW PEOPLE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT THE DENIAL OF A SYSTEM

ATIC PROCESS TO KILL MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN 77)) IS hMOR ALLY ACCEPTABLEv ".0 LEADER .ICK 'RIFlN REFERRING TO THE (OLOCAUST BEING THE RESULT OF hALLIED PROPAGANDAv NOR IS FUNDAMENTALIST RELIGIOUS ORGANISATIONS PROPOSING THE DESTRUCTION OF 7ESTERN SOCI ETY OR THE RACIALLY MOTIVATED VIOLENCE THAT BOOMS WHEN THE ".0 ARE ACTIVE IN A COM MUNITY 4HE FACT IS THAT THE .53 CANNOT CONDONE THESE BELIEFS BECAUSE ONE OF THE AIMS OF ITS STUDENT CHARTER IS hTHE RIGHT TO STUDY FREE FROM DISCRIMINATION PREJUDICE OR FEARv )T IS NOT AN OPEN DEMO CRATIC INSTITUTION IT IS A UNION WITH PARTICULAR AIMS AND OB JECTIVES $ISCRIMINATION AND PREJUDICE ARE BY DElNITION THE PREMISE OF RACISTS SO IN THAT SENSE ONLY THEY ARE UN ACCEPTABLE /N THE GROUNDS OF FEAR THE PHYSICALITY OF THESE GROUPS ESPECIALLY THE ".0 DESERVE NO PLATFORM 4HE ".0 BY ITS RECORD STANDS FOR AN IDEOLOGY OF HATE AND VIOLENCE 4HEIR FEW COUNCILLORS ARE MIRED IN CRIMINALITY BE IT FOR ASSAULT GANG RAPE OR THE DEATH THREATS THAT HAVE BEEN SENT TO ANTI

FASCIST CAMPAIGNERS "Y GIV ING THESE THUGS A PLATFORM WE GIVE THEM LEGITIMACY 4HE ".0 REQUIRES THE OXYGEN OF PUBLICITY AND THE PHRASE hNO NEWS IS BAD NEWSv PERFECTLY SUMS UP THE WAY THAT THIS ORGANISATION IS RELIANT ON AS MUCH PRESS AS POSSIBLE 4HE BELIEF THAT FASCISM CAN BE DEFEATED THROUGH DEBATE HAS ABSOLUTELY NO HISTORICAL VALIDITY AT ALL FASCISM GROWS BY INCITING FEAR AND HATRED IN THE MOST VULNERABLE OF SOCI ETY 4HE ".0 DO NOT CARE IF SOME STUDENT INTELLECTUAL DISPUTES THE VALIDITY OF THEIR CLAIMS ALL THEY WANT FROM THIS EXCHANGE IS THE LEGITI MACY OF BEING INTRODUCED INTO OUR POLITICAL SPECTRUM AS AN ACCEPTABLE PERSPECTIVE WITH THEIR SOLE AIM BEING THE TARGETING OF WHITE WORKING CLASS COMMUNITIES WITHIN WHICH THE ACTUAL RESULTS OF THE DEBATE THESE FASCISTS HAVE AS TOTALLY IRRELEVANT 7E WANT TO WIN THE ARGUMENT AGAINST FASCISM BUT THIS IS NOT DONE LITERALLY )T IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE COLLECTIVE REJEC TION OF THEIR PLACE IN OUR DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM

2ICHARD 2EYNOLDS #AMPAIGN ,EADER /PPOSING @.O 0LATFORM IS NOT JUST ABOUT WHAT WE WANT TO HAPPEN AT THE .53 CONFER ENCE -OST PEOPLE DO NOT CARE BUT EVEN THOSE WHO DO SHOULD REALISE THIS IS NOT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS THERE 7HAT WE ARE DEBATING ON IS NOT JUST A POLICY ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE ALLOW FASCIST GROUPS TO OUR NATIONAL CONFERENCE IT IS ABOUT WHETH ER OR NOT WE GET OUR NATIONAL LEADERS TO ACTUALLY TAKE ON THESE FASCIST GROUPS 9OU CAN SEE THE DElNITION OF @.O 0LAT FORM THAT ALL SIDES AGREED ON IN THE MANIFESTO BOOK h@.O PLATFORM POLICY IS THE NAME OF A POLITICAL DECISION TO BAN THE LEADERSHIP OF THE .53 FROM SPEAKING AT THE SAME EVENTS AS THOSE THAT ARE DEEMED TO BE RACIST OR FASCIST GROUPS AND PREVENTING THOSE GROUPS FROM ATTENDING .53 EVENTS OR TRYING TO RUN IN .53 ELECTIONS v !S THINGS STAND IN /XFORD THE LEADER OF THE ".0 AND $AV ID )RVING A (OLOCAUST DENYING @HISTORIAN ARE GOING TO BE DE BATING FREE SPEECH IN THE /X FORD 5NION DESPITE THE NAME IT IS NOT A STUDENT UNION BUT A

DEBATING CLUB ENTIRELY SEPARATE FROM /535 4HE CHOICE OF SPEAKERS WOULD BE INSANE IF IT WERE NOT FOR OUR COMPLETELY ILL CONSIDERED ATTEMPTS TO h5NITE !GAINST &ASCISMv )T IS OUR BAN THE STUDENT MOVEMENT S BAN ON THESE GROUPS THAT MAKES THEM RELEVANT TO THIS DEBATE 4HAT GIVES THEM THE INSANE DISGUSTING CHANCE TO SEIZE THE MANTLE OF FREE SPEECH )T IS OUR BAN OUR STUPIDITY THAT IS GIV ING THESE GROUPS THE MINISCULE AUTHORITY THEY HAVE /UR OWN HYPOCRISY IS A BE TRAYAL OF EVERYTHING WE CLAIM TO STAND FOR 7HILE OUR LEADERS RUN AROUND THE COUNTRY SAY ING h) BELIEVE IN FREE SPEECH BUT v THEY ARE RUNNING AROUND SAYING h) BELIEVE IN EQUALITY DEMOCRACY BUT v 7E SHOULD BE INSIDE THESE ROOMS INTEL LECTUALLY DESTROYING THEM NOT WHIMPERING AROUND OUTSIDE BITCHING AND MOANING -ORE THAN ALL OF THAT THOUGH THERE IS ANOTHER PROB LEM WITH THE OTHER SIDE S ARGU MENTS THEY SEEM TO BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE NEED PROTECTING NOT JUST FROM THE CRIMINAL AC TIVITIES OF FASCIST GROUPS CLEAR LY A MATTER FOR THE POLICE BUT ALSO WHERE THEY ARE WORKING

WITHIN THE LAW THE PUBLIC STUDENTS AND OTHERS NEED PROTECTING FROM THEIR POLITICAL ARGUMENTS !S THE OTHER SIDE ARGUED AT THE HUSTINGS hVULNERABLE WHITE WORKING CLASS PEOPLEv NEED PROTECTING FROM THE ARGU MENTS OF THESE GROUPS .O THEY DON T 4HE VERY FOUNDATION OF DEMOCRACY IS THAT WE CAN ALL ENGAGE IN ARGUMENTS THERE IS NOTHING THAT MAKES WORK ING CLASS PEOPLE hVULNERABLEv THEY ARE POOR NOT STUPID )T IS THIS PATRONISING PER SPECTIVE OF PEOPLE WHICH RE ALLY UNDERPINS THE OTHER SIDE S ARGUMENTS 7E BELIEVE IN DE MOCRACY THE FOUNDATION OF ANY DEMOCRACY IS THAT EVERY ONE WHETHER THEY ARE POOR OR A MEMBER OF A MINORITY GROUP IS CAPABLE OF ENGAGING IN DE BATE 7E MAY NOT LIKE WHAT WE HEAR BUT WE CAN COPE WITH HEARING IT 7HAT THE OTHER SIDE ARGUE FOR AMOUNTS TO CENSOR SHIP 4HIS IS BASED ON A MIS TRUST OF THE ELECTORATE PEOPLE AT LARGE OR STUDENTS 3O ONE LAST TIME PLEASE UNDO OUR SELF IM POSED SHACKLES 7E ARE ADULTS WE WANT TO lGHT FASCISM AND RACISM WE CAN TAKE THEM ON PLEASE MAKE SURE WE DO

A new dawn for democracy? 7ITH THIS WEEK S POLICY BALLOT ON @.O 0LATFORM AND THE SERIOUS DISCUSSION OF ANONYMOUS MARKING !NDY *ONES EXAMINES WHETHER THIS A NEW DAWN FOR DEMOCRATIC DISCUSSION AT 5%! !NDY *ONES /PINIONS %DITOR !S MENTIONED ELSEWHERE ON THESE PAGES THIS WEEK WILL SEE A POLICY BALLOT ON THE .53 @.O 0LATFORM POLICY 4HE POLICY WHICH WAS DE BATED PASSIONATELY AT THE SEC OND 5NION #OUNCIL OF TERM WILL NOW BE FOUGHT ACROSS CAMPUS WITH BOTH THE CAM PAIGN TEAMS LOBBYING HARD TO WIN YOUR VOTE .ATURALLY IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE FOR ME TO SAY WHICH SIDE ) WILL BE SUPPORTING (OWEVER ONE THING ) AM PASSIONATELY IN FAVOUR OF IS THIS DEBATE S RELEVANCE &OR THE lRST TIME IN WHAT SEEMS AN AGE WE ARE DISCUSSING ISSUES THAT HAVE RELEVANCE TO STUDENTS "OTH THIS DEBATE AND 4HURSDAY S POLICY BALLOT REPRESENT MASSIVE PROGRESS IN THE STATE OF THE 5NION OF 5%! STUDENTS DEMOCRACY 4HE @.O 0LATFORM POLICY WHETHER WE NOTICE IT OR NOT

IS AN IMPORTANT STATEMENT ON WHAT WE BELIEVE AS A COLLECTIVE GROUP !LSO CAUS ING DEBATE AROUND 5NION #OUNCIL HAS BEEN THE ISSUE

i&OR THE lRST TIME IN A WHAT SEEMS AN AGE WE ARE DISCUSSING ISSUES THAT HAVE RELEVANCE TO STUDENTSv OF ANONYMOUS MARKING 4HE ISSUE WHICH HAS BEEN OFlCIAL 5NION POLICY SINCE HAS RECENTLY BEEN CRITICIZED BY MEMBERS OF STAFF AND STU

DENTS ALIKE AS @UNWORKABLE $EBATES WHICH SPECIlCALLY SET OUT WHERE WE STAND ON IMPORTANT DOMESTIC PRINCI PLES OR WHAT WE THINK ABOUT ISSUES THAT DIRECTLY AFFECT OUR EDUCATION EVERY DAY IS WHAT TRUE DEMOCRACY SHOULD BE ABOUT ,AST YEAR OUR TWO POLICY BALLOTS WERE ABOUT BOYCOTT ING #OKE IN ORDER TO SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH #OLOMBIAN BOTTLING PLANT EMPLOYEES AND WHETHER WE SHOULD CRE ATE 4HE 3USTAINABILITY )NI TIATIVE &UND 43)& WHICH WOULD TAX EVERY 5%! STUDENT a AND SPEND THE MONEY ON SUSTAINABLE INITIATIVES ) lND MYSELF ASKING WHAT DID EI THER POLICY ACHIEVE !LTHOUGH ) DON T DOUBT THAT THESE POLICIES CAME FROM A GENUINE BELIEF THAT THEY WOULD DO A SMALL PART TO HELP SAVE THE WORLD THEY IN FACT MANAGED NO SUCH THING 43)& FOR EXAMPLE HAS NOT HALTED CLIMATE CHANGE

ALTHOUGH OBVIOUSLY ITS SUP PORTERS WILL POINT OUT THAT WHILE WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO STOP CLIMATE CHANGE ON OUR OWN EVERY LITTLE HELPS (OWEVER ) DO NOT THINK SMALL PROJECTS LIKE THIS HELP PREVENT CLIMATE CHANGE ) IN FACT THINK THEY SPEED IT UP 7HEN THE FUND IS SET UP ALL IT WILL DO IS CONVINCE PEO PLE THEY ARE DOING THEIR BIT TO STOP CLIMATE CHANGE !FTER THEY HAVE CONTRIBUTED THEIR POUND THEY WILL STILL LIVE THE SAME LIFE THEY ALWAYS LIVED IN A 7ESTERN CONSUMIST SOCIETY WHICH IS THE REASON WHY WE HAVE DESTROYED OUR ENVIRON MENT TO THE EXTENT WE HAVE 4HE TRUE IMPACT OF MOTIONS AT 5NION #OUNCIL AND POLICY BALLOTS THAT TRY TO MAKE 5%! A MORE ETHICAL PLACE IS THAT WE ABSOLVE OUR GUILT ABOUT CHOOSING OUR CURRENT LIFE STYLES )T S NOT JUST THE LITTLE THINGS LIKE PEOPLE CONDEMN ING DEVELOPING WORLD POVER

TY AND THEN SHOPPING AT 0RI MARK )T IS THE FACT THAT OUR ENTIRE CONSUMER SOCIETY IS BASED UPON THE EXPLOITATION

h/UR ENTIRE CONSUMER SOCIETY IS BASED UPON THE EXPLOITATION OF OTHERS AND THESE TOKEN EFFORTS DO NOTHING TO CHANGE THATv OF OTHERS AND THESE TOKEN EF FORTS DO NOTHING TO CHANGE THAT )T IS ALSO NOT ENOUGH TO SIMPLY CONDEMN OUR OWN

LIFESTYLES AND DO NOTHING 7E NEED TO lND A LONG TERM POLITICAL SOLUTION TO CURRENT GLOBAL PROBLEMS LIKE CLIMATE CHANGE AND THIRD WORLD POV ERTY (OWEVER MAKING TOKEN EFFORTS AT A UNIVERSITY LEVEL DOES NOTHING 7HAT WE NEED IS NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CHANGE 4HE ONLY WAY WE CAN ACHEIVE THIS IS BY HAVING A ROBUST AND FUNCTIONING DE MOCRACY 7E CAN ACHIEVE THIS BY US ING OUR SYSTEMS OF DEMOCRA CY TO DISCUSS AND IMPLEMENT CHANGES THAT WILL DIRECTLY AF FECT US "Y USING OUR DEMO CRATIC STRUCTURES IN THIS WAY WE CAN RE ENGAGE PEOPLE AND CONVINCE THEM THAT POLITICS CAN ACHIEVE TANGIBLE GOALS 7HEN PEOPLE GO OUT INTO THE BIG BAD WORLD THEY WILL BE EXPERIENCED CAMPAIGNERS WHO WILL WANT TO USE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE AT LEVELS WHERE WE TRULY CAN CHANGE THE WORLD

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Talk the Talk %MMELINE 3AUNDERS /PINIONS %DITOR %VERY YEAR SINCE ) VE BEEN AT 5%! THE OLD ARGUMENT ABOUT WHERE lNAL YEAR STU DENTS SHOULD GRADUATE HAS BEEN WHEELED OUT TO VARYING DEGREES OF INTEREST ) NEVER REALLY TOOK TOO MUCH NOTICE WONDERING WHY IT MATTERED SO MUCH !FTER ALL WASN T IT ENOUGH THAT YOU RECEIVED YOUR CERTIlCATE GOT THE OB LIGATORY PHOTO WITH BEAM ING PARENTS AND MANAGED TO ACHIEVE YOUR SOLE REASON FOR COMING TO UNIVERSITY TO THROW YOUR MORTAR BOARD IN THE AIR AND CATCH IT ALONGSIDE OF YOUR PEERS 4HIS WAS ALL BEFORE ) BE CAME A lNAL YEAR STUDENT AND WAS SUDDENLY FACED WITH THE FRIGHTENING PROS PECT OF HAVING TO GRADUATE IN #ONGREGATION (ALL THE VERY SAME PLACE IN WHICH ANNUAL NIGHTMARES OCCUR FOR SIX WEEKS IN -AY AND *UNE 4HE VERY SAME PLACE WHICH HAS MANAGED TO SUCK THE LIVING JOY OUT OF ONE S SOUL WHENEVER A LECTURE HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR INSIDE THOSE GREY CONCRETE WALLS 7HY DOES THE 5NIVERSITY ADVOCATE THAT ITS STUDENTS GRADUATE IN A GLORIlED SPORTS HALL -ANY ALTERNATIVE LOCA TIONS HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED INCLUDING A MARQUEE BY THE LAKE THE 3AINSBURY #ENTRE AND THE #ATHEDRAL 3OME HAVE ATTEMPTED TO ARGUE AGAINST THE LATTER HOLDING THE GRADUATION CEREMONY ON GROUNDS THAT IT HAS RELI GIOUS CONNOTATIONS EVEN THAT IT IS hDISCRIMINATINGv AGAINST THOSE WHO ARE NOT OF A #HRISTIAN PERSUASION (OWEVER THIS IS HARDLY A VALID ARGUMENT AGAINST HOLD ING A PUBLIC CEREMONY IN A RELIGIOUS BUILDING IT IS AF TER ALL ONLY A BUILDING AND THE CEREMONY ITSELF WILL BE FREE OF RELIGIOUS CONTENT 4HE #ATHEDRAL ITSELF IS A STUNNING PIECE OF ARCHITECTURE A MAN IFESTATION OF .ORWICH S COL OURFUL CULTURE AND HISTORY AND ABOVE ALL AN IDEAL PLACE TO GRADUATE IN !ND AS MUCH AS THE ,#2 HAS BECOME A SORT OF SHIN ING BEACON FOR SEVERE 4UES DAY NIGHT LIVER PUNISHMENT ) M SURE MANY PEOPLE WOULD MUCH RATHER NOT DRINK OUT OF PLASTIC CUPS ON THE NIGHT OF THEIR GRADUATION BALL AND HAVE TO PAY a FOR THE PRIVI LEGE #OME ON 5NION SORT IT OUT

The Blunderer !LEX 0ARTRIDGE /PINIONS 7RITER

Climate Change or Climate Chaos? 5%! ACADEMIC AND 'REEN 0ARTY #ITY #OUNCILLOR 2UPERT 2EAD DISCUSSES HOW WE SHOULD APPROACH THE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE OF OUR CHANGING ENVIRONMENT 2UPERT 2EAD 'REEN 0ARTY #OUNCILLOR 4HE EMINENT CLIMATE SCIENTIST 0ROFESSOR -IKE (ULME WHO TEACHES IN %.6 HAS WARNED US OF USING TERMS SUCH AS @CA TASTROPHE IN DESCRIBING THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF GLOBAL WARMING .OW ) AGREE THAT IT IS AB SOLUTELY NOT ENOUGH TO SCARE PEOPLE 7E NEED TO EMPHA SISE THAT THE CHANGES NEEDED TO STOP MAN MADE CLIMATE CHANGE ARE IN THEMSELVES LIFE IMPROVING !ND ) AGREE THAT WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE DON T THINK THAT THE MOUNTAIN IS TOO BIG TO CLIMB PEOPLE NEED TO BE GIVEN TOOLS TO SEE THAT PREVENTING CATA STROPHIC CLIMATE CHANGE IS POSSIBLE "UT IT IS UNWISE OF US TO TONE DOWN OUR LANGUAGE ) DO NOT AGREE THAT WE SHOULD LEAVE ASIDE TALK OF @CATASTRO PHE )N FACT BY STICKING TO TALKING OF @CLIMATE CHANGE RATHER THAN OF @CLIMATE CHAOS AND @POTENTIAL CLIMATE CATAS TROPHE WE END UP PLAYING THE SAME GAME AS THE MORE SUBTLE AND INTELLIGENT OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE DENIERS BY ADOPTING THEIR LANGUAGE 4HAT

OUGHT TO BE ENOUGH TO MAKE ANYONE STOP THINK AND QUES TION WHAT THEY ARE DOING )N HIS BOOK 5NSPEAK THE 'UARDIAN S 3TEVEN 0OOLE SHOWS HOW THE VERY TERM @CLIMATE CHANGE BECAME THE TERM OF CHOICE FOR THE 3AUDIS FOR 53 OIL COMPANIES AND FOR THE 2EPUBLICANS DISPLACING EVEN THE FAIRLY ANODYNE @GLO BAL WARMING !S THE LEADING 2EPUBLICAN POLLSTER &RANK ,UNTZ PUT IT IN A LEAKED DOCU MENT h @#LIMATE CHANGE IS LESS FRIGHTENING THAN @GLOBAL WARMING !S ONE FOCUS GROUP PARTICIPANT NOTED CLIMATE CHANGE hSOUNDS LIKE YOU RE GOING FROM 0ITTSBURGH TO &ORT ,AUDERDALE vv &RANK ,UNTZ WANTS US TO STAY COOLHEADED OVER @CLIMATE CHANGE A GOAL HE SHARES WITH -IKE (ULME ) BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE OUGHT TO BE SCARED AND ANGRY AND ITCHING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT (OW MIGHT THE TOTAL DE STRUCTION OF HUMAN CIVILISA TION OUTSIDE A FEW OUTPOSTS IN !NTARCTICA NOT CONSTITUTE A @CATASTROPHE 3EVERAL BILLION DEATHS SINCE WHEN IS THAT NOT CATASTROPHIC 4HIS IS THE SCE

NARIO THAT THE GOVERNMENT S CHIEF SCIENTIST !NTHONY +ING DESCRIBED AS A FACTUALLY LIKELY OUTCOME IF NO EFFECTIVE AC TION IS TAKEN TO PREVENT GLOBAL OVERHEATING GO TO WWW MNG ORG UK GH THREAT THREAT HTM FOR HIS WARNING 4HIS IS NOT @CRYING WOLF )T IS SIMPLY TELLING THE TRUTH

h) DO NOT AGREE THAT WE SHOULD LEAVE ASIDE TALK OF @CATASTROPHE v 2UNAWAY CLIMATE CHANGE COULD MAYBE WITHIN THE LIFETIME OF THOSE NOW COM ING TO 5%! TO STUDY COLLAPSE CIVILISATION ON LIFEBOAT %ARTH ENTIRELY JUST AS FOR EXAMPLE CIVILISATION AND POPULATION LEVELS ON %ASTER )SLAND COL LAPSED OVER A MUCH SHORTER PERIOD 3O MY LINGUISTIC PROPOSAL IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD @#LI MATE CHANGE IS AN /RWELLIAN CONSTRUCT AND SHOULD BE DROPPED 4O USE IT IS TO BE

COMPLICIT WITH THE AGENDAS OF %XXON AND "USH )T IS ) BE LIEVE STILL TO BE IN DENIAL 7E SHOULD SPEAK HONESTLY OF @CLI MATE CHAOS @CLIMATE CRISIS GLOBAL OVER HEATING AND THE RISK OF @CLIMATE CATASTROPHE 4O DO SO IS TO DO NO MORE THAN CALL ATTENTION DIRECTLY TO THE UTTERLY DRASTIC CONSE QUENCES OF UNTRAMMELLED CONSUMERISM )T IS LITERALLY TRUTH IN ADVERTISING (ULME WANTS TO MAIN TAIN SCIENTIlC DECORUM "UT IT IS NOT THE JOB OF CLIMATE SCIENTISTS TO TELL US HOW TO DESCRIBE WHAT THE HUMAN CONSEQUENCES WOULD BE OF US IGNORING THEIR PREDICTIONS 4HAT IS RATHER THE TASK OF ART ISTS ACTIVISTS POLITICIANS AND PHILOSOPHERS )T IS THEY WHO WILL GIVE US THE WAKE UP CALL THAT WE STILL EVIDENTLY NEED IF ANYONE WILL 4ALKING ABOUT AVERTING @CLIMATE CATASTROPHE IS NOT ALARMISM )T IS SIMPLY CALLING THINGS BY THEIR TRUE NAMES 4HIS ARTICLE IS AN ABRIDGED VER SION OF AN ARTICLE THAT APPEARED ON THE 'URADIAN S #OMMENT )S &REE WEBSITE WWW COMMENTIS FRE GUARDIAN CO UK

7ITH THE RECENT OPENING OF THE NEW HIGH SPEED RAIL LINK BETWEEN ,ONDON AND 0ARIS THE SPOTLIGHT HAS FALLEN ON OUR 'ALLIC COUSINS ONCE AGAIN $ESPITE OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OF THE ENTENTE WE IN "RITAIN ARE STILL CONDITIONED TO SEE THE &RENCH AS A NATION OF ARROGANT TRADE UNIONISTS WHO LL STRIKE AT THE DROP OF A HAT /NCE THEY VE lNISHED EATING THEIR FROG LEGS AND SNAIL PÊTÏ SERVED WITH A SIDE DISH OF FOIE GRAS AND ORTOLAN THAT IS "ECAUSE OF THIS WE OF TEN OVERLOOK THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT &RANCE THE STUNNING COUNTRYSIDE 3ÏBASTIEN #HA BAL THE 4OUR DE &RANCE :IN EDINE :IDANE 0ARIS GLORIOUS ARCHITECTURE ! NEW ADDITION TO THE LIST IS CURRENT 0RESIDENT .ICO LAS 3ARKOZY (E S NOT A RUN OF THE MILL NATIONAL LEADER (E S CERTAINLY THE ONLY ONE TO MAKE 6ANITY &AIR S BEST DRESSED LIST (E ENDEARED HIMSELF TO THE WORLD BY ARRIV ING LATE FOR A PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE ' SUMMIT EXPLAINING THAT HIS hDIALOGUEv OR POS SIBLY DRINKING CONTEST WITH 0RESIDENT 0UTIN HAD OVERRUN WHILE SWAYING FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND SLURRING HIS WORDS %VEN WHEN HE S NOT DRUNK HE S UNAFRAID TO SAY WHAT HE THINKS 7HEN HE WAS )NTERIOR -INISTER HE CALLED YOUTHS RIOTING IN 0ARIS hSCUMv AND PROMISED TO hCLEAN UP THE STREETSv 5PON ATTAINING THE 0RESIDENCY HE MADE A SPEECH IN 3ENEGAL BLAMING !FRICA FOR !FRICA S PROBLEMS TO THE SHOCK OF THE CONTINENT S PO LITICAL LEADERS -ORE RECENTLY HE mEW INTO #HAD ON HIS 0RESIDENTIAL JET DEMANDED THE RELEASE OF &RENCH CHARITY WORKERS WHO WERE ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING CHILDREN TO SEND TO &RENCH FOSTER FAMILIES WHO BELIEVED THEY WERE RESCUING A CHILD AND THEN mEW THEM HOME (E S NOT JUST A PRESIDENT HE S 0RINCE 0HILLIP EVERY CLI CHÏD 46 COP AND 3UPERMAN ALL ROLLED INTO ONE AND THEN DUMPED INTO THE ³LYSÏE 0AL ACE "EATS THE HELL OUT OF 'OR DON "ROWN ANYWAY

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Fortress UEA 3TUDENTS ACROSS THE 5%! CAMPUS FACE ROUTINE AIRPORT STYLE BAG CHECKS AND BODY SEARCHES AS PART OF AN OTHER COUNTER TERRORISM CRACKDOWN ANNOUNCED BY 'ORDON "ROWN YES TERDAY )N A WIDE RANGING STATEMENT ON NATIONAL SECURITY MADE TO THE (OUSE OF #OMMONS LAST NIGHT THE 0RIME -INISTER CONJURED UP VISIONS OF @&ORTRESS 5%! "UT CIVIL LIBERTIES CAMPAIGNERS ARGUED THAT THE MEAS URES WOULD PUT OFF STUDENTS FROM TERRORIST CELLS FROM ATTENDING UNI VERSITY 4HE PROPOSALS TITLED SIMPLY 5%! 3ECURE TODAY SAFER TOMOR ROW CALL ON THE 5NIVERSITY STAFF TO PUT INTO PLACE A SERIES OF STRINGENT SECURITY SYSTEMS WHICH WILL IT IS HOPED MAKE 5%! IMPREGNABLE TO EVERYONE PARTICULARLY PEOPLE HAND ING OUT mYERS FOR CLUBS ON 0RINCE OF 7ALES 2OAD (IGHLY CONlDENTIAL OFlCIAL TOP SECRET PAPERS LEAKED TO 4HE %NQUIRER INDICATE THE EXTENT OF PLANS 4HERE WILL BE AN INCREASED ARMED POLICE PRESENCE AT HIGH PRO lLE TARGETS SUCH AS THE %LIZABETH &RY "UILDING AND THE #HAPLAINCY 0OLICE HELICOPTERS WILL ALSO PATROL THE 5NI VERSITY 6ILLAGE FROM THE AIR PROVID ING TWENTY FOUR HOUR SURVEILLANCE FOR STUDENTS AS THEY RETURN HOME AFTER A GOOD NIGHT OUT 4HE HEART OF THE 5%! CAMPUS IS TO BE PROTECTED FROM CAR BOMBS PROTESTERS AND CHAVS BY ERECTING

MASSIVE CONCRETE BARRIERS WHICH WILL SURROUND VARIOUS BUILDINGS (OW EVER SCEPTICS BELIEVE THAT IT WILL BE QUITE HARD TO NOTICE ANY PARTICULAR DIFFERENCE 4HE 3AINSBURY #ENTRE IS GOING TO BE DISGUISED AS A SUPERMARKET COM PLETE WITH PETROL FORECOURT TROLLEYS AND TEENAGE LADS ZOOMING ABOUT THE CAR PARK IN DODGY CARS 3TUDENTS HOPING TO STUDY IN THE ,IBRARY MUST PROVIDE OFlCIALS WITH UP TO SEVENTY PIECES OF INFORMA TION INCLUDING DATE OF BIRTH ANY EMBARRASSING MIDDLE NAMES AND THEIR INNER LEG MEASUREMENT 5PON WALKING INTO THE ,IBRARY ENTRANCE STUDENTS MUST IMMEDIATELY SURREN DER THIS INFORMATION WHICH WILL BE SHARED BETWEEN SECURITY AGENCIES GOVERNMENT SNOOPS BUSYBODIES AND MOST PROBABLY THE TABLOID GOSSIP COLUMNS "AGS AND lLES WILL BE SCREENED BEFORE ENTERING THE ,ECTURE 4HEA TRES TO PROTECT EXCEEDINGLY TEDI OUS LECTURERS FROM HAVING MISSILES THROWN AT THEM BY IRATE STUDENTS 4HIS IS DESPITE WORRIES THAT THIS PRO CEDURE COULD LEAD TO SEVERE DELAYS LONG QUEUES SNAKING BACK TOWARDS THE 3QUARE AND LECTURES BEING POST PONED INDElNITELY .EW SECURITY GUIDANCE IS TO BE SENT TO STAFF MANNING THE 5NION 0APER 3HOP INCLUDING HOW TO AD MINISTER A RESTRAINT POSITION TO PO TENTIAL TROUBLEMAKERS QUEUING UP TO BUY 4HE 'UARDIAN

(OWEVER #ONSERVATIVE SPOKES MAN 3IR #EDRIC -ORTLOCK ATTACKED THESE PROPOSALS AS BEING hILLIBERAL ILLEGAL AND REALLY MAKING THE 4ORY 0ARTY JEALOUS AS QUITE FRANKLY WE WISH WE D THOUGHT OF THEM lRST v ,IB$EM SPOKESMAN "ARRY $ULL ARD SAID h) M INCREDIBLY ANGRY PARTLY BECAUSE THESE MEASURES ARE SO DRACONIAN BUT MAINLY BECAUSE MY SANDALS ARE TOO SMALL AND ARE HURTING MY TOES v ! SPOKESMAN FOR 5%! WHEN CONFRONTED BY 4HE %NQUIRER AC KNOWLEDGED THAT THE NEW SECURITY OPERATIONS WOULD BE CONTROVERSIAL BUT EMPHASISED THAT IT WOULD BE FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF STUDENT KIND AS hWE DON T WANT THESE SORTS OF PEO PLE HERE ANYWAY v

#HILDREN IN .EED THE BITS THEY MISSED OUT 5NFORTUNATELY DUE TO REASONS OF TIMING TASTE AND PUBLIC DECENCY SOME ITEMS FOR LAST WEEK S CHARITY TELETHON HAD TO BE SCRAPPED ,UCKILY 4HE %NQUIRER WAS PROVID ED WITH PREVIEW TAPES SO PRINTED BELOW ARE THE BITS THEY DIDN T WANT YOU TO SEE 4HE ""# .EWSREADERS .OW AN ANNUAL "RITISH EVENT MAR VEL AT (UW %DWARDS 'EORGE !LA GIAH .ICK 2OBINSON &IONA "RUCE AND %MILY -AITLESS AS THEY PERFORM A MEDLEY OF NUMBERS FROM 4HE 2OCKY (ORROR 3HOW -URDER 3HE 7ROTE STARRING !NNE 2OBINSON 4HE INDISPUTABLE @1UEEN OF -EAN GETS TO GRIPS WITH A VERY STICKY CASE

4HE CAST OF .EIGHBOURS SINGING THE "IRDIE 3ONG 7ITH A BARITONE SOLO FROM +ARL +ENNEDY 4HE #ELEBRITY 'ENERATION 'AME 7ITH *IM $AVIDSON %MMA &ORBES -ARCUS "RIGSTOCK *OAN #OLLINS -ICHAEL 0ORTILLO AND HALF A DOZEN QUIVERING BLOKES 4HE "EVERLEY 3ISTERS 4HE POPULAR SINGING ENSEMBLE FROM THE S REUNITE TO PERFORM THEIR LATEST SINGLE 'RAND &INALE 4ERRY 7OGAN PERFORMING THE $ANCE OF THE 3EVEN 6EILS

EU should expand “beyond Earth” 4HE &OREIGN 3ECRETARY $AVID -ILI BAND HAS SUGGESTED THAT THE %URO PEAN 5NION SHOULD WORK TOWARDS EXPANDING ITS MEMBERSHIP TO IN CLUDE -ARS 6ENUS AND THE REST OF THE KNOWN 5NIVERSE )N HIS lRST MAJOR SPEECH ON THE 5+ S RELATIONSHIP WITH %UROPE HE SAID THE %5 WOULD NOT BECOME A hSUPERPOWERv BUT SHOULD BE A hROLE MODELv FOR THE 5NIVERSE 3PEAKING TO AN ENRAPTURED AU DIENCE OF %URO ENTHUSIASTS SOME WHERE IN "RUSSELS -R -ILIBAND QUESTIONED WHY THE %5 SHOULD BE LIMITED TO JUST ONE CONTINENT h3URELY IT IS TIME THAT WE AS GOOD %UROPEANS SPREAD THE NOBLE CAUSES OF EVER CLOSER INTEGRATION AND HAR

MONISATION TO THE REST OF THE GAL AXY v HE PONDERED (E CONTINUED SAYING THAT THE %5 MUST hKEEP OUR PROMISES TO !L PHA #ENTAURI v ADDING h)F WE FAIL IT WILL SIGNAL A DEEP AND DANGEROUS DIVIDE BETWEEN THE EAST AND WEST SPIRAL ARMS OF THE 'ALAXY v

Salmond does it again )N YET ANOTHER GESTURE OF BLOODY MINDEDNESS TOWARDS THE %NGLISH THE 3COTTISH .ATIONAL 0ARTY ,EADER AND &IRST -INISTER !LEX 3ALMOND MADE AN EYE CATCHING ANNOUNCE MENT YESTERDAY !S PART OF HIS lRST "UDGET THE 3COTTISH 0ARLIAMENT WILL BE GIVING EVERY 3COT A CRISP lFTY POUND NOTE SUBSIDISED OF COURSE BY %NGLISH TAXPAYERS 4HIS ANNOUNCEMENT HAS INEVI TABLY CAUSED MUCH DISMAY SOUTH OF THE BORDER )T IS ALSO LIKELY TO STIR UP ANTI UNION SENTIMENT IN 7EST MINSTER WHERE MINISTERS CONTINUE TO BLEAT THE 'OVERNMENT LINE TO

ANYONE UNFORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE WITHIN EARSHOT THAT THE "ARNETT &OR MULA IS FAIR AND EQUITABLE THAT BOTH %NGLAND AND 3COTLAND GET A GOOD DEAL AND TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER AND DIVIDED WE ARE CONTINUED ON PAGE

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B i o l o g i s t s get a new society 4HERE S A NEW 3OCIETY FOR BIOLOGI CAL SCIENTISTS "IO 3OC "IO 3OC WILL BE PROVIDING MEMBERS WITH MATERIALS AND SUPPORT 4HE SOCIETY WILL HAVE 4EAM BUILDING TRIPS SUCH AS INTER YEAR TUITION PROGRAM INTERNATIONAL STUDENT LIAISON lELD TRIPS BOTH SOCIAL EDUCATIONAL INCLUDING ICESKATING AND GUEST SPEAKERS "IO HOODIES AND MAYBE SOME "IO SO CIALS "IO "ALLS AND A COMMEMO RATIVE END OF YEAR PHOTO )F ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN JOINING UP THEN EMAIL UEABIOSOC GOOGLEMAIL COM FOR MORE INFORMATION 'RACE ,OGAN AND 3ARAH 'IBBARD

UEA Atheists & Agnostics !T UNIVERSITY WE GET THE CHANCE TO EXPERINCE A MASSIVE ARRAY OF DIF FERENT VIEWS AND OPINIONS ON THE WORLD INCLUDING THOSE OF A RELI GIOUS NATURE !S PART OF THIS A NEW SOCIETY FOR !THEISTS AND !GNOSTICS AT 5%! IS BEING FORMED !LTHOUGH THE SOCIETY IS NOT YET OFlCIAL IT ALREADY HAS A &ACEBOOK GROUP SET UP TO ATTRACT NEW MEM BERS )T IS PLANNING SCREENINGS OF lLMS AND DOCUMENTARIES RELATED TO THEIR SUBJECT SUCH AS THOSE DONE RECENTLY BY 2ICHARD $AWKINS 4HE SOCIETY IS CURRENTLY BEING

ORGANISED BY *ACK $ENNY AND 4HO MAS %DWARDS WHO ARE AIMING TO CREATE A SOCIETY THAT PROVIDES A FO RUM FOR DISCUSSION OF ATHEISM AG NOSTICISM AND THEISM ON CAMPUS AND CREATES A SOCIAL ATMOSPHERE FOR ATHEISTS AND AGNOSTICS TO MEET ON CAMPUS 4HE SOCIETY WILL BE PRESENT AT 3OC-ART BUT IF YOU WANT TO SIGN UP BEFORE THEN YOU CAN JOIN THE &ACEBOOK GROUP OR CONTACT *ACK $ENNY ON J DENNY UEA AC UK FOR MORE INFORMATION !NDY *UDSON

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#ONSIDERING THE REPUTATION OF 5%! S !RTS DEPARTMENTS IT S UNSURPRISING TO SEE WE HAVE A VIBRANT DRAMA SOCIETY -ELANIE 3MITH INVITES US INTO THE YOUNG GROUP OF WRITERS COMEDIANS AND THESPIANS WHO MAKE UP $RAMA3OC $RAMA3OC IS THE SOCIETY ON CAMPUS DEDICATED TO THEATRE IN ALL ITS FORMS 7E HAVE ALMOST TWO HUNDRED MEM BERS INTERESTED IN ALL ASPECTS OF DRA MA MOVING BEYOND PERFORMANCE AND ENCOURAGING MEMBERS TO GET INVOLVED IN EVERY PART OF $RAMA3OC PRODUCTIONS INCLUDING COSTUME MAKING SET TECHNICAL DESIGN AND PUBLICITY 7E ALSO RUN WORKSHOPS WITH PROFESSIONALS FROM THE IN DUSTRY GO ON TRIPS TO SEE PLAYS AND HAVE REGULAR EVENTS TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE CAN GET INVOLVED 7E ARE AN OPEN AND INCLUSIVE SOCIETY OPEN TO ALL SUGGESTIONS ABOUT THEATRE 0ROPOSALS FOR SHOWS COME DIRECTLY FROM OUR MEMBERS AND WE PUT AS MANY OF THESE ON AS MONEY AND TIME WILL ALLOW -OST IMPORTANTLY THE COMMITTEE RECOG NISE THAT THERE IS ALMOST NO LIMIT TO THE AMOUNT OF THEATRE RELATED ACTIVITIES OUT THERE AND WANT TO WORK TO ENSURE THAT WE PROVIDE FOR WHATEVER OUR MEMBERS ARE INTER ESTED IN DOING WHETHER THIS BE A WELL KNOWN MUSICAL A SHORT PIECE OF NEW WRITING OR SIMPLY MEETING UP AND PLAYING THEATRE GAMES !LREADY THIS YEAR WE HAVE HAD ,OVE OF THE .IGHTINGALE IN THE $RAMA 3TUDIO WHICH GAVE THE OP

PORTUNITY FOR A lRST TIME DIRECTOR AND OVER TWENTY lRST YEARS TO GET INVOLVED FROM WEEK ONE 4HE PLAY PERFORMED IN WEEK lVE PROVED TO BE A FANTASTIC SUCCESS AND WELL OVER TWO HUNDRED PEOPLE SQUEEZED INTO THE 3TUDIO TO SEE IT DURING ITS TWO NIGHT RUN #OMING UP THIS YEAR WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF PER FORMANCES FROM LARGE PRODUCTIONS TO INTIMATE SERIOUS PLAYS MUSICALS AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN TAK ING PLACE IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT VENUES BOTH ON AND OFF CAMPUS .OTHING IS SET IN STONE FOR OUR 3PRING SEASON YET SO IF THERE S A PLAY OUT THERE THAT YOU WISH TO PUT ON JOIN $RAMA3OC FOR JUST a AND GET PROPOSING SEE WWW UEADRAMASOC CO UK FOR MORE DETAILS $RAMA3OC S ANNUAL FESTIVAL $IVERSIFY IS ALMOST UPON US (ELD DURING 7EEK NINE FROM 7EDNES DAY ST TO &RIDAY RD .OVEMBER AND TAKING PLACE IN THE 5%! $RAMA 3TUDIO $IVERSIFY WILL SHOWCASE A VARIETY OF POETRY MUSIC COMEDY SKETCHES MONOLOGUES AND SEVERAL BRAND NEW PLAYS )T IS THE BUSIEST WEEK OF THE $RAMA3OC YEAR AND ONE OF THE BEST IN WHICH TO START YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH OUR SOCIETY

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Behind Â the Â scenes Â at Â the Â LCR International Â Students Â at Â UEA 3ITTING AND CHATTING ON THE STEPS DRUNKENLY DANCING TO THE -ACARENA WATCHING SOME OF THE BEST BANDS AROUND THE ,#2 IS A BELOVED PART OF STUDENT EXPERIENCE AT 5%! "UT WHO MAKES IT HAPPEN 3COTT "ROWN INVESTIGATES

HAT DOES THE ,#2 MEAN TO YOU 4O SOME IT S A CLUB THAT PROVIDES THE CHANCE TO DRESS UP IN HASTILY IMPROVISED COSTUMES AND GYRATE TO BEST OF THE S 4O OTHERS IT S A GIG VENUE THAT HAS PLAYED HOST TO SOME OF THE GREATEST BANDS OF THE PAST THIRTY YEARS AND CONTINUES TO BE FEATURE IN MOST MAINSTREAM 5+ TOURS ,ASTLY IT CAN BE VIEWED AS JUST A BIG NOISY BUILDING THAT SPENDS MANY OF ITS NIGHTS VIBRATING (OWEVER WE VIEW THE ,ARGE #OMMON 2OOM BIT LESS PUNCHY THEN ,#2 ONLY ONE THING REMAINS CERTAIN !S LONG AS WE KEEP GOING TO THE CLUB NIGHTS COMEDIANS AND LIVE GIGS THE ,#2 WILL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR US "UT WHAT OF ITS HISTORY (OW MANY PEOPLE TURN THE LOGISTICAL

AND WAS DESIGNED AT THE 5NION S REQUEST AS A DANCE HALL 3INCE THEN IT HAS BEEN REFURBISHED TWICE AND THE STAGE SHIFTED FROM THE LEFT WALL TO ITS CURRENT POSITION 4HE SUNKEN DANCE mOOR ONCE USED FOR "ALLROOM NOW OCCASIONALLY FOR MOSHING HAS PROVED POPULAR WITH MANY BANDS AS IT PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET UP CLOSE TO THE CROWD 4HE RATHER UNGLAMOROUS BACKSTAGE AREA CONSISTS OF TWO DRESSING ROOMS WHICH HOUSE THE SUPPORT BANDS LEADING ONTO CATERING FACILITIES IN THE "ILL 7ILSON ROOM ! SET OF STAIRS LEAD UP TO A SIDE DOOR INTO ROOM 4HIS ROOM SERVES AS THE HEADLINER S DRESSING ROOM -R 2AYNS HAS BEEN IN CHARGE OF THE RUNNING OF THE ,#2 SINCE AND HAS PLAYED A LARGE PART IN ESTABLISHING 5%! S MONUMENTAL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS /N AVERAGE THE

FROM BAND TO BAND THOUGH 4HE 0OGUES HAVE ASKED FOR a WORTH OF BOOZE AND OTHER DEMANDS ARE SENT TO THE PROMOTER IN ADVANCE )F THESE REQUESTS ARE NOT FULlLLED THE CHANCES OF THE BAND RETURNING TO THE VENUE FOR FUTURE GIGS IS JEOPARDISED 4HE BARS WITHIN THE ,#2 AND 5NION GENERATE APPROXIMATELY a MILLION EACH YEAR (OWEVER WITHOUT THE PRESERVATION OF A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH TALENT ALLOWING FOR A LARGE NUMBER OF GIGS ALCOHOL SALES WILL DROP AND AFFECT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY GOING BACK INTO THE 35 /UR 5NION RECEIVES VERY LITTLE FUNDING PER CAPITA FROM 5%! GIVING IT THE DUBIOUS PLEASURE OF KEEPING ITSELF AmOAT WITH THE AIM OF ACHIEVING COMPLETE SELF SUFlCIENCY )N ORDER TO EXPERIENCE WATCHING A BAND ARRIVE SET UP PLAY PACK

AND SAW THE QUEUE SNAKING ROUND THE CORNER ) STARTED TO THINK THAT ) WOULD BE IN FOR A ROUGH NIGHT !FTER A QUICK DRINK IN THE "LUE "AR A FEW PRESUMPTUOUS YOUTHS WERE EJECTED BY THE EVER VIGILANT 5%! DOORMEN ) HEADED UPSTAIRS 4HE GIG WENT SMOOTHLY AND EVEN THOUGH ) M NOT A (ADOUKEN FAN ) ENJOYED IT ) WAS STILL UNNERVED BY THE FEW HUNDRED URCHINS BUT MAINLY BECAUSE THEY MADE ME FEEL OLD IN COMPARISON !FTER THE GIG ) WATCHED THE CREW BEGIN TO DISMANTLE THE SET )T WAS THEN THAT ) HEARD A PHRASE WHICH ALLOWS ANYONE TO MEASURE HOW GOOD A GIG IT WAS !FTER THE DANCE mOOR HAD CLEARED AND THE DOORMEN lNISHED HERDING EVERYONE OUTSIDE ONE GIRL REMAINED RUNNING AROUND THE PIT 3HE HAD A CONCERNED EXPRESSION AND SAID TO HERSELF IN A LOUD BUT

VERY SINCERE VOICE hWHERE S MY SHOE v ) OFFERED TO HELP HER lND IT BUT SHE GAVE UP FAIRLY QUICKLY !FTER SHE LEFT ) THANKED .ICK FOR GIVING MEALL THE INFORMATION ) NEEDED AND QUIETLY CONTEMPLATED WHAT THE ,#2 MEANT TO ME 4HE (ADOUKEN GIG SEEMED A GOOD METAPHOR ! BAND WHICH IS THE EPITOME OF HYBRIDITY SOLD TICKETS AND SKILFULLY ENTERTAINED AN AUDIENCE THAT RANGED FROM THE YOUNG TO OLD AND THE )NDIE TO EMO 4HERE ARE NEVER ANY DRESS CODES AT THE ,#2 AND YOU CAN ALWAYS WEAR TRAINERS )T S OPEN TO ALL AND PRACTICALLY EVERY TASTE IS ACCOMMODATED FOR 3O GO AND SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT SOMETHING YOU WOULD NEVER NORMALLY GO TO 3OME WILL ASK hWHY v JUST REPLY hWHY THE HELL NOT v

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NIGHTMARE OF A LARGE GIG INTO THE REALITY WE SEE ON STAGE 7HO HAS TO PICK UP THE SHIN DEEP PILES OF EMPTY PLASTIC CUPS AND BOTTLES )N ORDER TO lND ANSWERS ) HAD TO MEET THE PEOPLE WHO BRING US THE ,#2 4HROUGH THE WATCHING OF GIGS NUMEROUS INTERVIEWS BACKSTAGE TOURS WRITTEN RESEARCH AND LOTS OF LOITERING AROUND THE (IVE ) CAN GIVE AN INSIGHT INTO THE WORLD BEYOND THE 0IT &IRSTLY THE HISTORY OF THE ,#2 DOESN T REALLY EXIST 4HERE ARE NO BOOKS OR ARTICLES ON THE SUBJECT AND THE ONLY WAY TO lND OUT IS THROUGH WORD OF MOUTH .ICK 2AYNS %NTERTAINMENTS -ANAGER FOR 5%! 3TUDENTS 5NION SHONE SOME LIGHT ONTO ITS LESSER KNOWN PAST 4HE BUILDING IS ROUGHLY FORTY YEARS OLD

3TUDENTS 5NION PROVIDES SHOWS EACH YEAR WHILST UNDER CONSTANT COMPETITION FROM OTHER VENUES ! PROMOTER HAS TO JUGGLE A MYRIAD OF DIFFERENT CHALLENGES &ROM THE ARRIVAL OF TWO FULL TRUCKS AND A TOUR BUS AT AM TO THE CLEANERS UNENVIABLE DUTIES AT AM THE NEXT MORNING THE ,#2 NEARLY BECOMES A HOUR OPERATION !N AVERAGE SIZED GIG WOULD DEMAND THE SERVICES OF THREE FULL TIME ADMINISTRATORS AN ELECTRICIAN DOOR STAFF AND A STEWARD IN 5NION (OUSE STAGE CREW A DOZEN BAR STAFF A RUNNER AND A CATERING ASSISTANT 4HE BAND ITSELF WILL OFTEN ARRIVE WITH AN ENTOURAGE OF TO PEOPLE WHICH WILL HAVE TO BE FED UP TO THREE TIMES ! LIST OF FOOD DRINK QUANTITY CAN VARY

UP AND LEAVE ) DECIDED TO SELECT A CASE STUDY /N THE TH .OVEMBER (ADOUKEN PLAYED THE ,#2 AND ) GOT MY OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW MUCH WORK GOES INTO ONE SINGLE PERFORMANCE 3UPPORT WAS PROVIDED BY 3HUT 9OUR %YES !ND 9OU LL "UST )NTO &LAMES ,ONG NAME BUT QUITE GOOD THOUGH THE KEYBOARD PLAYER ATTEMPTED THE IMPOSSIBLE BY TRYING TO MAKE PLAYING THE KEYBOARD LOOK COOL AND 4HE 'HOST &REQUENCY 4HE LIGHTING RIG WAS MADE UP OF ,#2 S OWN EQUIPMENT WHICH ALLOWED THE BAND TO TRAVEL WITH LESS GEAR (OWEVER THIS MADE THE SETUP RELATIVELY SIMPLE AND NOT THE IDEAL EXAMPLE OF AN AVERAGE GIG (ADOUKEN S FAN BASE IS MAINLY COMPRISED OF YEAR OLDS AND AS ) MADE MY WAY INTO THE SQUARE

!S IF BY MAGIC THE ,#2 GETS SET UP FOR ACTION HOURS BEFORE THE STUDENTS ARRIVE FOR THEIR NIGHT OUT

LCR Â Facts

4HE ,#2 BUILDING IS YEARS OLD

4HE SUNKEN DANCEmOOR WAS ONCE USED FOR "ALLROOM DANCING

.ICK 2AYNS HAS BEEN IN RUNNING THE ,#2 SINCE

4HE BARS WITHIN THE 5NION (OUSE GENERATE a MILLION EACH YEAR

0REPARATION FOR A GIG IS NEARLY A HOUR OPERATION

4HERE ARE SHOWS ON AVERAGE IN THE ,#2 EACH YEAR

! NEW COUNTRY A NEW CURRENCY NEW CLASS MATES AND A NEW CULTUTRE )T IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE TRICKY BEING AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT :AINEB :EB +HAN LOOKS AT WHETHER INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ARE VICTIMS OF SEGREGATION WHILE STUDYING AT 5%!

ARY #HAPMAN #OURT IS AN ENIGMA 7HEN DESCRIBING ITS LOCATION THERE IS NORMALLY A LOT OF CONFUSION FOLLOWED BY hNEAR ER 4ESCOv hNEAR THE CLUBSv AND EVENTUALLY PEOPLE GIVE UP ON IT )T IS SECLUDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY OPPOSITE THE RIVER AND 4HE 0LAYHOUSE 4HE GROTESQUE EXTERIOR LOOKS SLIGHTLY LIKE A POSTMODERN ARCHITECTURAL MASTERPIECE GONE WRONG (OWEVER ONCE YOU GO INSIDE AND GET USED TO THE COMINGS AND GOINGS IT IS ACTUALLY VERY PLEASANT AND ) HAVE COME TO LOVE THE FACT THAT ) LIVE THERE INSTEAD OF ON CAMPUS 7HAT IS UNUSUAL HOWEVER IS THAT MOST OF THE RESIDENTS OF -ARY #HAPMAN #OURT ARE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS 7HEN ) lRST MOVED IN ) NOTICED THAT ALL OF MY HOUSEMATES LOOKED AS THOUGH THEY HAD ALREADY BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE 4HEY LATER TOLD ME THEY HAD BEEN THERE FOR A WEEK AS THEY WERE ALL INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS )T SEEMED STRANGE TO ME THAT THEY WERE ALL GROUPED TOGETHER RATHER THAN LIVING WITH "RITISH STUDENTS AND EXPERIENCING NEW CULTURES ) DECIDED TO DO SOME RESEARCH AND lND OUT WHAT LIFE IS LIKE AS AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT AT 5%! &OR THE MOST PART THEY SEEM TO HAVE THE SAME WOES AS HOME STUDENTS HOWEVER THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES ) ASKED THEM WHAT THEY THOUGHT ABOUT COMING IN A WEEK EARLIER AND THERE WERE MIXED OPINIONS 7HEN *ANELLE 0ETERS lRST CAME TO

5%! SHE FOUND THE RECEPTION NOT AS WELCOMING AS SHE HAD HOPED h) WAS DROPPED IN FRONT OF THE !CCOMMODATION /FlCE AFTER A HOUR TRIP 4HEY JUST PUT ME IN A TAXI AND SENT ME ;TO -ARY #HAPMAN #OURT= ) DIDN T HAVE ANY POUNDS SO ) HAD TO GO TO AN !4-v !NOTHER STUDENT ,ARA 7AGNER BELIEVED THE IDEA OF HAVING INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS COME IN EARLY WAS hA GOOD IDEA IN THEORY BUT POORLY EXECUTEDv $UE TO THE

h)T S LIKE ) M PLAYING A GAME ) DON T KNOW THE RULES TO ) DON T KNOW WHAT S SOCIALLY ACCEPTEDv FACT THAT THE NETWORK CONNECTIONS WERE NOT FULLY ENABLED AND EVEN IF THEY WERE THE HELPDESK WAS ON CAMPUS INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN -ARY #HAPMAN #OURT WERE UNABLE TO CONTACT THEIR FAMILIES -OVING IN WAS NOT BAD FOR ALL INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS HOWEVER "EN "URPEE BELIEVED IT WAS A GOOD IDEA FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS TO COME IN EARLIER AS IT WAS USEFUL FOR SETTLING IN AND ALSO YOU WERE ABLE TO hESTABLISH YOURSELF INSTEAD OF HAVING TO JUMP IN MIDWAYv 3OME FEELINGS HAVE BEEN MUTUAL BETWEEN THE INTERNATIONAL AND HOME STUDENTS ) HAVE SPOKEN WITH FOR EXAMPLE THOSE IN RELATION TO

-ARY #HAPMAN #OURT BECOMES HOME TO MANY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS FRIENDLINESS IN CLASSES *ANELLE 0ETERS CLAIMED THAT h.O ONE S MADE THE lRST POINT )F ) HAVE THE INITIATIVE TO SPEAK WITH SOMEONE THEN THEY RE lNEv ,ARA 7AGNER ALSO CLAIMED THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT AS FRIENDLY AS THEY COULD BE !NOTHER STUDENT $ARIUS 0ARAITUS SAID THAT hSOME OF THEM KEEP THEIR DISTANCE SOME ARE VERY FRIENDLYv 4HESE VIEWS ARE ALSO SHARED BY HOME STUDENTS IN THE SENSE THAT THEY ALSO BELIEVE SOME PEOPLE ARE VERY FRIENDLY AND OTHERS MAY NOT BE PARTICULARLY FORTHCOMING AND OPEN 4HE MAJORITY OF THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ) SPOKE TO DID NOT FEEL SEGREGATED AT ALL 7HEN SPEAKING ABOUT THEIR RESIDENCES SOME STUDENTS HAVE BEEN LESS THAN FORTUNATE AND FELT THAT BEING AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT CONTRIBUTED TO THIS /NE STUDENT SAID THAT SOME OF THEIR HOUSEMATES MADE IT QUITE OBVIOUS THEY DID NOT WANT TO SPEND MUCH TIME WITH THEM AS THEY ARE NOT STAYING FOR THE WHOLE YEAR THUS MAKING FRIENDS WITH THEM WOULD SIMPLY BE WASTING TIME /N THE WHOLE HOWEVER THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN POSITIVE AND MANY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN -ARY #HAPMAN #OURT ENJOY THE COMPANY OF THEIR mATMATES "EN "URPEE FELT THAT GROUPING MANY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS TOGETHER IS A h@GOOD IDEA AS IT FORCES YOU TO BE WITH PEOPLE YOU DON T RELATE TO )T MAKES YOU CHANGE YOUR REGULAR SOCIAL INTERACTIONSv 4HIS IS A VIEW ) BELIEVE WHICH IS HELD BY MOST OF THE RESIDENTS OF -ARY #HAPMAN #OURT !LTHOUGH MOST OF THE PEOPLE ARE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS EVERYONE HAS FOUND THEIR WAY OF ENGAGING

WITH EACH OTHER EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY NOT BE PEOPLE THEY NORMALLY WOULD RELATE TO 4HERE HAVE BEEN SOME INSTANCES WHERE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS HAVE HAD TO ADAPT WHETHER IT IS EATING HABITS OR LEARNING HOW TO SPEAK %NGLISH MORE mUENTLY ,ARA 7AGNER SAID THAT h) M LIVING IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PLACE IT S LIKE ) M PLAYING A GAME ) DON T KNOW THE RULES TO ) DON T KNOW WHAT S SOCIALLY ACCEPTEDv .ATURALLY DUE TO THE FACT THEY ARE LIVING SO FAR AWAY FROM HOME MANY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS HAVE FOUND THEMSELVES CHANGING

h7HEN SPEAKING ABOUT THEIR RESIDENCES SOME STUDENTS HAVE BEEN LESS THAN FORTUNATEv /NE STUDENT .INA 0LANSON FOUND THAT SHE IS NOW hMORE INDEPENDENT WHEN ) GO BACK ) LL SEEK OUT MORE TIME BY MYSELF ) M ALSO A LOT MORE INDEPENDENT IN MY STUDIESv "EN "URPEE SAID THAT HE HAS NOT CHANGED AS A PERSON HOWEVER HIS TENDENCIES HAVE h3OCIAL ASPECTS ARE MORE EMPHASISED HEREv (E NOTICES THAT 5%! PUTS A STRONG EMPHASIS ON INTERACTIVE DISCUSSIONS IN CLASSES AND HE HAS HAD TO ADAPT TO GET USED TO IT -OST INTERNATIONAL

STUDENTS BELIEVE THE CHANGE HAS BEEN GOOD FOR THEM *ANELLE 0ETERS SAYS AS A RESULT SHE FEELS hA LOT MORE CONlDENTx ) FEEL MORE COMPETENT CONlDENT AND INDEPENDENTv !FTER SPEAKING WITH INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ) FEEL THAT MANY OF THEM DO NOT FEEL SEGREGATED AT ALL AND EVEN IF THEY DO IT MAY BE AS *ANELLE 0ETERS SAID h3PATIALLY -ARY #HAPMAN #OURT IS SEGREGATED NOT SOCIALLYv 4HE LONGER JOURNEY TO CAMPUS IS REALLY THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN -ARY #HAPMAN #OURT AND OTHER RESIDENCES )T WOULD APPEAR THAT MANY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS HAD A FEW HARD WEEKS AT THE BEGINNING AS THEY WERE SO FAR FROM HOME HOWEVER AFTER MIXING WITH OTHER STUDENTS IN CLASSES AND IN THEIR RESIDENCES THEY SEEM TO BE ON A PAR WITH HOME STUDENTS !LL THE WORRIES THAT INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS HAVE ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THOSE OF "RITISH STUDENTS AS THERE ARE FEWER PROBLEMS ABOUT CULTURE DIFFERENCES AND LANGUAGE BARRIERS BUT MORE TO DO WITH COURSEWORK DEADLINES AND HOW ON EARTH YOU WILL GET ALL YOUR WORK DONE JUST IN TIME TO WATCH .EIGHBOURS 4HE OBSTACLES WHICH WERE SO PROMINENT FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS BOTH ON CAMPUS AND IN -ARY #HAPMAN #OURT ARE SLOWLY BEING ERODED AWAY AND PAVING THE WAY FOR AN EVEN FOOTING BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL AND "RITISH STUDENTS -ARY #HAPMAN #OURT DESPITE ITS GRUFF EXTERIOR HAS BECOME A WARM HAVEN FOR HOME AND INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ALIKE AND THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ONGOING PROCESS WHEREBY INTERNATIONAL AND HOME STUDENTS LIVE IN HARMONY

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A Â Higher Â Plane 0LANE JOURNEYS CAN OFTEN BE A STRESSFUL TIME FOR THE PASSENGERS ONBOARD -ATT 3HOESMITH RECOUNTS THE DOWNFALLS OF TRAVELLING IN ECONOMY CLASS

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N AFTER YEARS OF TRYING THE 7RIGHT "ROTHERS SUCCESSFULLY PUT TOGETHER THE lRST EVER MOTOR DRIVEN mYING MACHINE TO BE CAPABLE OF TRANSPORTING PEOPLE /VER YEARS LATER FACELESS CORPORATIONS EMPLOY VAST TEAMS OF WHITE COATED BESPECTACLED SILVER HAIRED SCIENTISTS WHO RECEIVE LITTLE IF ANY PERSONAL RECOGNITION FOR THEIR WORK 3O WHO ARE THE STARS OF THE SHOW IN MODERN DAY AVIATION 7HY YOU ARE DEAR 2EADER 0LEASE TURN OFF YOUR ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND ALLOW AN EXPLANATION OF THE mIGHT PATH THAT THIS ARTICLE INTENDS TO TAKE -ODERN DAY AIR TRAVEL IS THE RIVAL OF THE 7ORLD #UP &INAL FOR THE NOBLE SPORT OF @0EOPLE 7ATCHING %NTHUSIASTS ARE INVITED TO MARVEL AT THE FACIAL EXPRESSIONS OF MEN BEING FRISKED BEFORE BOARDING 4O GAWP IN AWE AT THE AWE STRUCK GAWPERS STRAINING THEIR NECKS TO SEE HOW CLOSE THE SNAIL PACED FOOD CART IS 4O GAZE AT THE SPECTACLE OF A FULLY GROWN MAN WRESTLING TO SPREAD BRIE ON HIS LUKEWARM BAGUETTE WHILE TRYING NOT TO ELBOW THE OLD LADY NEXT TO HIM IN THE FACE .O MATTER THE AIRLINE THERE IS NO BETTER SHOW ON EARTH THAN THE ENDLESS CIRCUS IN THE SKIES

h4HE SIGHT OF A MINIATURE SUITCASE WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE SUPPORTING CAST OF 4RANSFORMERS BEING FOLDED BEFORE SEEMINGLY INGESTING ITSELF AND BEING HEAVED INTO THE OVERHEAD LOCKER IS A TOUGH ONE TO BEAT v &OR THE lRST ACT LET S FOCUS ON THOSE WHO REALLY OUGHT TO KNOW BETTER THE BUSINESS CLASS PASSENGERS 4HEY PROBABLY mY ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS 4HEY TAKE THEIR FAMILIES ON HOLIDAY TWO OR THREE TIMES A YEAR 4HEY KNOW THE SCORE AND THEY HAVE INVESTED TIME AND MONEY INTO LETTING EVERYONE KNOW THAT THEY ARE THE KINGS OF THE AVIATIONARY JUNGLE 3PECIAL SOCKS

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AS THE REMAINING THREATENED PASSENGERS ARE WHITTLED DOWN )T S NOTHING PERSONAL OF COURSE SOME OF THE WORLD S GREATEST MINDS HAVE BEEN SWEATY OBESE OR BOTH "UT IN A CRAMPED ECONOMY SEAT MOST PEOPLE FEEL THE NEED TO LOOK AFTER NUMBER ONE .O ONE WANTS TO BE CRUSHED .O ONE WANTS TO BE MADE TO FEEL NAUSEOUS BY THEIR NEIGHBOURING PASSENGER S ODOUR OR TO BE SUBJECTED TO THE RELIGIOUS RAVINGS OF A BLOKE WITH ONE EYEBROW AND ALL THE PRICE TAGS STILL

LEFT ON HIS SUSPICIOUSLY STAINED CLOTHES )N FACT SURELY THAT IS THE PRECISE REASON THAT PASSENGERS ARE GIVEN HEADPHONES AND EYE MASKS WHEN BOARDING THE PLANE )T S A RELATIVELY PAINLESS WAY OF SAYING h) M NOT LISTENING TO YOU AND ) M NOT LOOKING EITHER 0LEASE LEAVE ME ALONE DUDE v )NDEED LAST WEEK A LEADING

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h3HOULD PASSENGERS TAKE THE SIZE AND SHAPE OF THE PERSON SEATED BEHIND THEM INTO CONSIDERATION h IF EVERYONE SPOKE UP WHEN THEY WERE INCONVENIENCED IN THIS WAY THERE WOULD BE MUCH LESS IN THE WAY OF ENTERTAINING THOUGHT TO BE PRIVATE EXPRESSIONS OF DISGUST FOR THE REST OF US TO ENJOY !S WE REACH OUR DESTINATION AND BEGIN OUR DESCENT INTOx THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE LET S THROW OUT THE PROVERBIAL BLUE ICE AIRPLANE LAVATORY WASTE THAT LEAKS OUT MID AIR AND FREEZES OF A FEW MORE GREAT EXAMPLES OF BIZARRE ON BOARD BEHAVIOUR 4HE AWKWARDNESS OF THOSE WHO LURK AROUND THE TOILETS @STRETCHING THEIR LEGS 4HE CLENCHED TEETH AND lSTS OF THOSE SAT IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A SCREAMING BABY OR PERHAPS EVEN WORSE OF THOSE UNFORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE SEATED NEXT TO A DEEP SNORER WHO HAS TURNED TO FACE THE PERSON NEXT TO THEM AND IS BELLOWING INTO THEIR FACE 4HE BRILLIANTLY HAMMY LOOKS OF CONCENTRATION THAT THOSE SAT NEXT TO THE EMERGENCY DOORS PUT ON WHILE BEING GIVEN THE hHOW TO OPEN THE DOORS IF WE RE ALL ABOUT TO DIEv SPEECH FROM A MEMBER OF THE CABIN CREW !LL OF THESE CHARACTERS AND MANY MORE MAKE THE SPECTACLE WHAT IT IS /NE lNAL QUESTION IF EACH OF THESE PEOPLE WAS ONBOARD A HYPOTHETICAL AEROPLANE WITH YOU AND YOU HAD POSSESSION OF THE ONLY TWO PARACHUTES WHO WOULD YOU TAKE WITH YOU

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The Â Dining Â Rooms Â at Â Cinema Â City: more Â than Â salty Â popcorn 4HE NAME #INEMA #ITY MAY NOT CONJURE UP IMAGES OF lNE DINING YOUR lRST THOUGHTS WILL PROBABLY BE MORE ALONG THE LINES OF POPCORN NACHOS AND HOT DOGS (OWEVER .ORWICH S NEWLY OPENED #INEMA #ITY HAS REINVENTED THE CINEMA EX PERIENCE BY PAIRING HIGH QUALITY IN DEPENDENT lLMS WITH CUISINE OF THE SAME CALIBRE ,OCATED ON 3T !NDREWS 3TREET 4HE $INING 2OOMS IS ATTACHED TO THE CINEMA IN THE STUNNING YEAR OLD 3UCKLING (OUSE 4HE BREATHTAK ING EFFECT OF FRESH TASTEFUL DECOR IN A BEAUTIFULLY RENOVATED HIGH BEAMED ROOM SERVES AS A PERFECTLY INTIMATE SETTING FOR A QUIET PRE OR POST lLM MEAL 4HE $INING 2OOMS HEAD CHEF 3TEVEN 3MITH BELIEVES IN "RITAIN S CURRENT QUEST FOR HEALTHIER AND MORE ETHICAL EATING 4HOUGH HE GREW UP IN .ORWICH 3MITH SPENT MANY YEARS RUNNING RESTAURANTS ALL OVER THE WORLD !USTRALIA .EW :EA LAND AND THE ULTRA PLUSH #ARIBBEAN ISLAND OF 4URKS AND #AICOS BEFORE RECENTLY RETURNING HOME TO OPEN 4HE $INING 2OOMS UNDER THE GUID ANCE OF #HRIS "ARBER FORMER CHEF TO 4HE 0RINCE OF 7ALES !N ADVOCATE OF SUPPORTING .ORFOLK PRODUCE 3MITH OBTAINS THE MAJORITY OF HIS INGREDI ENTS FROM A DIVERSE SPECTRUM OF LO CAL SUPPLIERS (IS MENU REmECTS HIS LOVE OF .ORFOLK COOKING WITH MANY DISHES INCORPORATING TRADITIONAL COUNTY CLASSICS 4HE HIGHLIGHT OF THE STARTERS WAS THE CARAMELIZED RED ONION SAGE AND GOATS CHEESE TART PRICED AT a FOR THE REGULAR SIZE AMPLE FOR A STARTER OR a FOR A LARGER VERSION 4HE HOMEMADE TASTE AND APPEARANCE OF THIS DELICIOUS TART WILL APPEAL TO FANS OF TRADITIONAL HOME COOKING WHILST

STILL INCORPORATING MORE MODERN IN mUENCES 3IMILARLY THE POTTED GAME RILLETTES PICKLES AND PLUM CHUTNEY IS A TYPICAL COUNTRY FAVOURITE YET THE SUPERIORITY OF THE INGREDIENTS USED TO MAKE THIS PATE MAKE THIS STARTER WELL WORTH THE a PRICE TAG

/THER STARTERS SAMPLED WERE THE POTATO GNOCCHI WITH BINHAM BLUE AND PESTO AND THE NORTH .ORFOLK SHELLlSH POTATO AND BARLEY BROTH BOTH PRICED AT a FOR THE REGULAR STARTER AND a FOR A LARGE 4HE GNOCCHI WAS EXCEPTIONALLY COOKED THOUGH THE SAUCE WAS TOO OVER POW ERING TO APPRECIATE THIS 4HE SHELL lSH BROTH LACKED mAVOUR CONSIDER ING THE QUALITY OF SEAFOOD IN OUR LOCALITIES !S FOR THE ENTREES THE ROAST .OR FOLK DUCK WITH BLACK PUDDING BUB BLE AND SQUEAK AT a WAS ACCURATE LY VALUED !GAIN WE SEE A MODERN TWIST ON A THOROUGHLY HOMELY MEAL WITH BUBBLE AND SQUEAK BEING MORE CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH 3UNDAY LEFTO VERS THAN lNE DINING 4HE SERVING OF

DUCK WAS VERY GENEROUS AND COOKED TO TENDER PERFECTION 4HOUGH lLLING AND PROVIDING A WELCOME WARMTH ON A CHILLY .OVEMBER NIGHT THE DISH LACKED DISTINCT mAVOUR 4HE OPPOSITE CAN BE SAID OF THE CIDER BRAISED PORK BELLY WITH BRAM

LEY APPLE AND THYME LENTILS a 4HE WONDERFULLY PRESENTED SQUARE OF PORK WAS FULL OF JUICY CIDER AND THE CRISPY GLAZE WAS A MASTERPIECE TO BE SAVORED 4HE LENTILS WERE AN ORIGINAL AND INTERESTING ACCOMPA NIMENT AND EXTREMELY HEALTH CON SCIOUS &OR VEGETARIANS OR PASTA LOV ERS THE CANNELLONI WITH WOODLAND MUSHROOM SPINACH RICOTTA AND MANCHEGO AT a WAS PRESENTED AS A LARGE AND SATISFYING PORTION !L THOUGH THE CANNELLONI MIXED NICELY ON THE PALATE THIS DISH WAS THE ONE FOREIGN OPTION ON A TRADITIONALLY THEMED "RITISH MENU )N A COUNTRY INFAMOUS FOR ITS DIS MAL CUSTOMER SERVICE 4HE $INING 2OOMS TRULY BREAKS WITH TRADITION

AS THE STAFF WERE FRIENDLY POLITE AND PROFESSIONAL ASSISTING YOUR EVERY WHIM OR REQUIREMENT $ESSERTS ARE GENERALLY THE MOST DISAPPOINTING ASPECT OF DINING OUT WITH THE MAJORITY OF ESTABLISHMENTS SERVING FROZEN DESSERTS FROM WHOLE SALERS (OWEVER THIS WAS NOT THE CASE AT 4HE $INING 2OOMS )T IS HERE THAT THE INmUENCE OF "RITISH CLASSICS IS MOST PREVALENT INCLUDING ALL TIME FAVOURITES LIKE TREACLE TART AND SPOTTED DICK ALL PRICED AT a 4HE MOST INTERESTING OF THESE WAS THE RICE PUDDING WITH WINTER COM POTE ORDERED PURELY OUT OF THE CURI OSITY OF HOW SUCH AN OLD FASHIONED AND UNSOPHISTICATED DESSERT CAN BE TRANSLATED TO lNE DINING (OWEVER CURIOSITY WAS SOON RE PLACED WITH AMAZEMENT AS 3MITH PREPARED A LARGE SERVING OF RICE PUD DING WITH BRILLIANT TEXTURE AND TASTE OFFSET WITH THE WARMING WINTER COM POTE WELL WORTH A TRY 4HE CHOCOLATE POT WITH BISCOTTI WAS BEAUTIFULLY PRESENTED IN AN ESPRESSO CUP BUT THE MOUSSE WAS SO RICH THAT EVEN A CHOCOLATE ENTHUSIAST WOULD BE OVERWHELMED !S A TESTAMENT TO THE CHEF S CULINARY SKILLS THE CRÃ&#x2019;ME BRU LEE WAS ABSOLUTELY SUBLIME 3WEET CREAMY AND LUDICROUSLY TASTY 4HE ADDICTIVE DESSERTS ALONE MAKE 4HE $INING 2OOMS WORTH A VISIT 7ITH PRICES THAT EXCEED THE TYPI CAL BUDGET FOR A MEAL OUT ONE MAY WONDER WHY THIS PUBLICATION IS COV ERING 4HE $INING 2OOMS (OWEVER WHEN PUT IN CONTEXT THE PRICES AT 4HE $INING 2OOMS ARE COMPARABLE TO THOSE AT MOST COUNTRY PUBS THESE DAYS THOUGH THE QUALITY OF FOOD SERVICE AND SETTING IS FAR SUPERIOR 4HE 0LAT DU *OUR MENU ALSO OF FERS A CHEAPER ALTERNATIVE WITH PRIC ES AT a FOR ONE COURSE a FOR TWO

COURSES AND a FOR THREE COURSES ALL EXCELLENT VALUE FOR MONEY )F YOU PLAN ON VISITING #INEMA #ITY REGU LARLY AS EITHER A lLMGOER OR DINER IT MAY BE WORTH BECOMING A MEMBER GAINING YOU FREE AND DISCOUNTED CINEMA TICKETS AS WELL AS OFF IN THE BAR AND RESTAURANT FOR a A YEAR )T IS ALSO WORTH CONSIDERING THAT BY SUPPORTING 4HE $INING 2OOMS YOU ARE SUPPORTING THE LOCAL ECON OMY BOTH THROUGH PURCHASING LO CALLY PRODUCED FOOD AND SHUNNING THE CORPORATE GIANTS THAT ARE 6UE AND /DEON 3O FOR THAT ALL IMPOR TANT lRST DATE SPECIAL OCCASION OR SIMPLY A CRAVING FOR LUXURY PAY 4HE $INING 2OOMS A VISIT AND YOU WILL RECEIVE A DIVINE REMINDER OF TRADI TIONAL HOME COOKING THAT STUDENTS MISS OH SO MUCH 'RACE 3IMPSON 3TEPHEN -ORSE

When Â itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Â cold Â outside, Â students Â can Â head Â to Â Norwich Â Market Â for Â cheap Â hot Â food Â 4HIS WEEK IN A BID TO RE VAMP THE CONVENIENCE MEAL IMAGE ) WENT UNDERCOVER TO THE UNDERCOVER -AR KET ,OW ON MONEY TIME AND COOK ING EXPERIENCE ) COULD SPEND LOTS OF MONEY ON FRESH FOOD AND COCK IT UP ANYWAY JUST SO WE CAN ORDER SOME THING DISGUSTING FROM THE NEAREST LEAmET SHOVED THROUGH OUR DOOR ) HALF EXPECTED THE SAME FROM THE STALLS IN THE MARKET ! THIN LAY ER OF GRIME ON THE TEA BACON THAT S SO SHRIVELED IT LOOKS RUDE AND STALE BREAD THAT HAS SPECKS OF @SEASONING I E MOULD THE COMPLAINTS COULD HAVE BEEN ENDLESS "UT ) WAS DEAD WRONG 4HERE ARE @GREASY SPOONS LIKE #HARLIE S OR 2EGGIE S OR 2UBY S 4EA 3TALL WHICH IS THE TYPE OF @SPOON THAT OFFERS A PROPER CUP OF TEA IN A

CHINA MUG 7HERE ELSE CAN YOU lND THAT FOR P 3URELY NOT AT 3TAR h) LL JUST BE TAKING YOUR MONEY THEN PISS OFFv "UCKS "URGIL S #OFFEE FOR EXAMPLE IS REALLY NICE KNOWS ITS STUFF AND IS STUDENT FRIENDLY AT a FOR A @.OR WICHIANO )N FACT a IS EXPENSIVE IN COMPARISON TO MOST OF THE BEV ERAGE PRICES ON THE STALLS 2ANGING FROM P TO P A DECENT TAKEAWAY CUPPA IS WITHIN EVERY BUDGET 4HE DRINKS ARE NOT THE ONLY RI DICULOUSLY REASONABLE ITEMS FOR SALE ) WAS SO SURPRISED TO SEE THE RANGE AND QUALITY OF THE FOOD ON OF FER 4HERE WERE NO THIN SLIMY UN FULlLLING BURGERS HERE -Y FAVOUR ITE CAME FROM (ENRY S (OG 2OAST A THICK WHITE BUN CRAMMED WITH ROAST PORK STUFlNG AND DRIPPING

FOR a MADE USING LOCAL BREAD AND PORK 2ON S &ISH AND #HIPS AT THE -ARKET FOR SOMETHING LIKE YEARS SHOWS THAT THEY VE LEARNED A THING OR TWO SINCE 4HE 6ICTORIAN %RA 4HE MENU SIMPLE AND SMALL ONLY THREE ITEMS TO CHOOSE FROM IS ALL YOU NEED !T a FOR A HUGE PORTION YOU WILL NEVER GO TO )CELAND EVER AGAIN /THER STALLS HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE FOOD WAS lRST BEING EATEN 4HE BEST IS THE -USHY 0EA 3TALL WHERE REG ULARS COME FOR A BOWL FULL OF PEAS AND MINT SAUCE AND STICK AROUND TO EAT THEM AT THE DINER STYLE STALL &OR a YOU GET ENOUGH TO PROP ERLY lLL YOU &RESHLY MADE EVERYDAY FROM LOCAL PEA PRODUCERS ) M NOT EVEN JOKING THESE ARE THE MOST

HEALTHY SNACKS AROUND 4HE MARKET ALSO CATERS FOR VEGGIES AND VEGANS AT THE -USHROOM (UT a FOR A MUSHROOM BURGER AND GOOD VALUE hMEAL DEALS v 3O IT MAY BE SLIGHTLY CREEPY AT lRST BUT IF YOU DON T MIND ACTUALLY

TALKING TO PEOPLE TURN AWAY FROM THE 'OLDEN !RCHES AND TOWARDS THE STRIPY CANOPY FOR lNE FAST FOOD YOU REALLY DO NOT WANT TO MISS "ETSY 0ORRITT

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7ITH ETHICAL AND ENVIRON MENTAL ISSUES BECOMING MORE PREVALENT IN THE MINDS OF ORDINARY SHOPPERS SUPER MARKETS NOW THROW A LOT OF MONEY INTO MARKETING THEIR @LOCALLY SOURCED PRODUCTS AND ORGANIC RANGES "UT WHY SHOP AT 4ESCO S WHEN YOU LIVE IN .ORWICH HOME OF THE %NGLAND S LARGEST -ONDAY TO 3ATURDAY MARKET 4HE FRUIT AND VEG STALLS BURST WITH COLOUR STACKED HIGH WITH CRATES FULL OF TASTY PRODUCE .OTICE THE LACK OF SHRINK WRAPPED CELLOPHANE AS STALL OWNERS WELCOME YOU TO SEE SMELL AND TOUCH THESE PRODUCTS IN THEIR FULLEST FORMS 4HE OWNERS PICK AND WRAP YOUR CHOSEN GOODIES FOR YOU WITH A FRIENDLY SMILE THAT IS NOTICEABLY ABSENT AT !3$! S SELF SERVICE CHECKOUT %OSTRE /RGANICS IS THE MOST IMPRESSIVE STALL WITH AN AMAZING ARRAY OF VEG ETABLES THAT APPEAR LIKE THEY HAVE COME STRAIGHT OUT OF THE GROUND 4HIS PRODUCE IS COV ERED IN MUD BUT ALL THE MORE APPETIZING BECAUSE OF IT !T %OSTRE STUDENTS RECEIVE A DISCOUNT WHICH IS MORE THAN ANY SUPERMARKET WILL GIVE YOU )F YOU ARE AFTER SOMETHING A BIT MORE MEATY THERE ARE VARIOUS BUTCHERS STALLS THAT

WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH EVE RYTHING YOU COULD POSSIBLY WANT RANGING FROM HUMBLE MINCED BEEF TO A WHOLE PIG S HEAD FOR a AT THE SIGHT OF WHICH ) OVERHEARD A SMALL GIRL SAY TO THE OWNER h(OW WOULD YOU LIKE IT IF SOMEONE CUT YOUR HEAD OFF AND STUCK IT ON THE MARKET v )NDEED 0ICKERINGS STALL BOASTS A MENU OF MORE THAN DIF FERENT SAUSAGES 4HEY ALSO SELL READY MEALS INDIVIDUAL PARCELS OF MEAT WITH VARIOUS

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SEASONINGS AND l LLINGS WHICH ARE READY TO ROAST 4HE MARKET HAS SOME THING FOR EVERYONE INCLUDING 4HE #HEESEMAN AND .ORWICH &UDGE &OR SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT 0RODUCED IN .OR FOLK IS A CO OPERATIVE OF LOCAL PRODUCERS THAT SELLS EGGS ALES HONEY BREAD AND HAS DAIRY SOON TO COME 4HEN THERE S THE /RIENTAL %XPRESS STOCKED TO THE ROOF WITH HUNDREDS OF EXCITING LOOKING !SIAN FOOD PRODUCTS -UCH LESS STRESSFUL THAN PUSHING A TROLLEY THROUGH HOARDS OF ANGRY SHOPPERS SHOPPING AT THE MARKET HAS A GREAT ATMOSPHERE WITH PEO PLE WHO REALLY KNOW ABOUT THE FOOD THEY ARE SELLING YOU -UCH OF THE PRODUCE IS LOCAL ORGANIC OR FAIR TRADE YET STILL REASONABLY PRICED SO YOU CAN DO YOUR BIT AND YOUR TASTE BUDS WILL THANK YOU FOR IT 3TEPHANIE 2ENN

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.ORWICH IS ALREADY ONE OF THE 5+ S TOP l VE SHOPPING DESTINATIONS BUT THIS YEAR #HRISTMAS VISITORS TO .ORWICH WILL l ND THAT THERE S EVEN MORE ON OFFER THAN THE USUAL HUGE SELECTION OF NATIONAL CHAINS SPE CIALIST BOUTIQUES AND BRANDS 6ISITORS TO .ORWICH THIS #HRISTMAS SEASON WILL BE GREETED WITH A HOST OF ACTIVITIES IN THE CITY CENTRE RANGING FROM CAROL CONCERTS LIVE MUSIC AND CHIL DREN S ENTERTAINMENT TO LOCALLY PRODUCED FOODS AND CRAFTS AND A SELECTION OF MORE UNU SUAL FOODS AND GOODS FROM CONTINENTAL %U ROPE "ETWEEN TH .O VEMBER AND TH $E CEMBER .ORWICH WILL BE HOSTING ITS INAU GURAL #HRISTMAS FES TIVAL CALLED h./2

7)#(2)34-!3 4HE #ITY S &ESTIVE &AYREv -ORE THAN STALLS SELLING LOCAL HANDMADE CRAFTS AND CONTINEN TAL GOODS AND FOODS WILL BE SURROUNDING THE OUTDOOR ICE RINK IN CENTRAL .ORWICH #RAFT MARKETS WILL BE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE 4HE &ORUM AND ON 3T 0ETER 3TREET IN FRONT OF #ITY (ALL %NTERTAINMENT WILL BE ON #HAPELl ELD 0LAIN AT *OHN ,EWIS AT *ARROLD AND ALONG THE BOUTIQUE SHOPS OF THE .ORWICH ,ANES %NTERTAINMENT WILL BE TAKING PLACE IN SEVERAL PLACES WITH LIVE MUSIC INCLUDING CAROL SINGERS AND LOCAL MUSICIANS AS WELL AS CHILDREN S EN TERTAINERS INCLUDING FACE PAINTING BALLOON MODELLING AND CIRCUS PERFORMERS ./27)#(2)34 -!3 IS BEING BROUGHT

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#AFE IS LOCATED ON 5PPER 3T 'ILES 3TREET AT THE TOP OF %ARLHAM 2OAD WHERE THE .UMBER BUSES STOP 5PPER 3T 'ILES IS JUST A MINUTE WALK INTO THE CENTRE OF THE CITY 4HE COBBLED STREET IS FULL OF BUSTLING LITTLE SHOPS BOASTING CHARM CHARACTER )N THE MIDDLE OF 5PPER 3T 'ILES YOU WILL lND 4HE "EECHES (OTEL S "ISTRO #AFE %NJOY ONE OF OUR )TALIAN COFFEES WHILST TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OUR 7I &I )NDULGE IN ONE OF OUR MOUTH WATERING CAKES 3OCIALISE WITH YOUR FRIENDS WHILST ENJOYING ONE OF OUR EXCELLENT BOTTLES OF WINE (AVE A LAZY 3UNDAY ENJOY THE ALL DAY 3UNDAY "REAKFAST WHATEVER THE TIME #AFE OPENS DAYS A WEEK AM PM

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MILK TO BE OFFERED TO ()6 DIAGNOSED MOTHERS SO THAT THE VIRUS IS NOT TRANSFERRED THROUGH BREAST FEEDING AND FOR ANTIRETROVIRAL DRUGS TO BE OF FERED AUTOMATICALLY TO OFFSET THE DE VELOPMENT OF !)$3 IF ()6 IS PASSED 4HERE MAY BE A FOCUS ON !F RICA HERE BUT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE DISEASE IN THE 5+ AND A STAGGERING OF THESE HAVE BEEN UNAWARE OF THE INFECTION 4RANSMISSION THROUGH SEXUAL ACTIV ITY THE USE OF NEEDLES AND THROUGH BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS ALTHOUGH THIS HAS MAINLY BEEN OUTSIDE OF %UROPE ALL CALLS FOR THE EDUCATION AND AWARE NESS OF SUCH A PANDEMIC BECAUSE IT IS NOT JUST A PROBLEM FACED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD 7ORLD !IDS $AY TAKES PLACE ON $ECEMBER ST AND ATTEMPTS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE DISEASE 9OU CAN DO NATE MONEY VIA THEIR WEBSITE WWW AVERT ORG WHICH GOES TOWARDS PRO VIDING DRUGS BUT ALSO MOST IMPOR TANTLY ATTEMPTING TO PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED EDUCATION WITHIN COMMUNI TIES ALL OVER THE WORLD 9OU CAN EVEN HELP RAISE AWARENESS BY BECOMING THEIR FRIEND ON -Y3PACE

Do Different: New spa treatments investigated 7E RE PROBABLY ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE TERM @SPA AS WE IMAGINE BUBBLING POOLS MARBLE PILLARS AND MASSAG ES 7E KNOW THAT IF WE WERE TO GO TO A DAY SPA WE COULD BE TREATED TO A SAUNA A *ACUZZI A FACIAL SOME MASSAGES A BIT OF AROMATHERAPY AND MAYBE EVEN A MUD BATH OR SEA WEED WRAP "UT THE DElNITION OF A SPA IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING /NCE ALL SPA TREATMENTS WERE WATER BASED AND REQUIRED LARGE AMOUNTS OF FRESH MINERAL WATER BUT NOW ALL A SPA MAY NEED IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF HOT MELTED CHOCOLATE /NLY IN !MERI CA COULD YOU INDULGE IN A 7HIPPED #OCOA "ATH OR RELAX IN A #HOCO LATE &ONDUE 7RAP )N &RANCE ,E 3OURCES DE #AU DALIE IS A WINE THEMED SPA OF FERING 2ED VINE "ATHS AND -ERLOT 7RAPS 0IEST ANY IS 3LOVAKIA S BIG

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ARE LEISURE BASED RATHER THAN MEDI CAL BASED BUT THEY STILL REMAIN AS POPULAR AS EVER ALL OVER THE WORLD (OW ABOUT SOME APITHERAPY "ETTER KNOWN AS BEE STING THERAPY APITHERAPY IS BELIEVED TO HELP AR THRITIS AND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE !S WELL AS THE BEE STINGS BEE PRODUCTS LIKE HONEY AND POLLEN ARE USED TOO !ND NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED IS HIRUDOTHERAPY 4HIS IS WHERE LEECH ES ARE APPLIED ONTO THE SKIN IN THE BELIEF THAT AGENTS IN THEIR SALIVA CAN RELIEVE INmAMMATIONS AND REMOVE TOXINS FROM THE BLOOD "UT DO ANY OF THESE THERAPIES RE ALLY WORK 4RY GOING TO 4AO OR 'OR GEOUS TWO HEALTH AND WELLBEING CENTRES IN .ORWICH 4HEY PROBABLY WON T GIVE YOU A BEE STING BUT A HOT STONE MASSAGE IS NO DOUBT MUCH MORE RELAXING &RANCES 4AYLOR

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TIONSHIP TO THE LOCAL DRUG OF CHOICE #HAT A LEAF AND HAVE A TENDENCY TO WONDER AROUND LOOKING BLEARY EYED AND SLIGHTLY PARANOID 4HE UPSHOT OF WHICH IS THAT YOU NEED TO WATCH OUT FOR THEM ON THE ROAD AND LOOK AFTER YOUR POSSESSIONS BE CAUSE A STONED GOAT WILL STEAL ANY THING -Y TRAVELLING BUDDIES CONSISTED OF AN ALCOHOLIC #ANADIAN WHOM WE FOUND IN THE BUSHES AFTER A NIGHT ON %THIOPIAN GIN A RATHER MISERABLE 3OUTH !FRICAN TEACHER WHO HATED EVERYTHING PARTICULARLY ME AND THE MOST ENTHUSIASTIC YEAR OLD 'ER MAN COUPLE WHO COULD PUT UP THEIR TENT IN HALF THE TIME ) COULD #OM PLETING MY GROUP WAS AN !MERICAN WHO COULD NOT GET INTO 3UDAN EI THER AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF BEING A SPY ON THE GROUNDS THAT HE WAS WELL !MERICAN &AIRLY COMPELLING EVIDENCE ) THINK YOU WILL AGREE /H AND ) ALMOST FORGOT A SMALL TORTOISE CALLED +ATIE WHO WE RESCUED FROM THE BABOONS AND WHO LIVED ON THE BUS &OR A FEW SHORT DAYS WE ALSO HAD A GOAT WHO WE DID NOT NAME CHIEmY BECAUSE SHE WAS BOUGHT TO KILL AND COOK FOR FOOD ! HARROW ING EXPERIENCE BUT ALL THE SAME AN IMPORTANT LEARNING CURVE 4HE MOST STRIKING THING ABOUT %THIOPIA IS THE HISTORY &OR ME NO OTHER COUNTRY IN !FRICA HAS SUCH A RICH CULTURAL RELIGIOUS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY NATIONAL HERITAGE 4HIS NOT ONLY REMAINS INTACT BUT IS LARGELY UNDISCOVERED &ROM THE YEAR OLD PALACES AND CASTLES OF 'ONDAR TO THE YEAR OLD ROCK

HEWN CHURCHES OF ,IABELLA WHERE ONE IS LULLED INTO TRULY BELIEVING EXCEPT FOR THE OCCASIONAL 0EPSI SIGN THAT YOU HAVE TRAVELLED BACK YEARS 2OBED PRIESTS CHANT IN DARK RECESSES AS YOU WALK DOWN COBBLED STREETS #RUMBLING STONE HOUSES MANY CARVED OUT OF THE BEDROCK HAVE OLD LADIES DRESSED IN BLACK WEAVING AND CONSUMING THE LOCAL NARCOTIC 4HIS IS BEFORE YOU HAVE EVEN REACHED THE CHURCHES THEMSELVES ,ITERALLY CARVED OUT OF THE ROCK THEY ARE RIGHTLY COMPARED TO 0ETRA IN *ORDAN 4HOUGH ALL UTTER LY STUNNING SOME ARE PLAIN WHILST

hLOOK AFTER YOUR POSSESSIONS BECAUSE A STONED GOAT WILL STEAL ANYTHINGv OTHERS REMAIN COVERED IN TH CEN TURY FRESCOS )N %THIOPIA ) THINK THE MOST SUR REAL EXPERIENCE TO BE HAD IS HAND FEEDING HYENAS IN (ARAR 4HE FOURTH MOST HOLY CITY IN )SLAM (ARAR IS A WALLED CITY SITUATED ON THE BORDER WITH 3OMALIA (YENA FEEDING WAS BORN OUT OF THE INTERESTING TRADI

TION OF FEEDING THE CITY S DISEASED CITIZENS TO THE LOCAL CARNIVORES AT THE CITY GATES BUT IT HAS LIKE MOST TRADITIONS HAD TO MOVE WITH THE TIMES (OWEVER THOUGH GOAT IS NOW GENERALLY USED AS A TOURIST ) STILL WOULD NOT BAND AROUND ANY ILLNESSES YOU MIGHT HAVE (AVING BEEN SPOILT WITH HOSPI TALITY IN MOST OF MY OTHER TRAVELS IN !FRICA ) HAD BEEN WARNED THAT THE %THIOPIANS WERE NOTORIOUSLY INTRUSIVE AND RUDE 4HIS WAS BY NO MEANS THE CASE %THIOPIA HAS MANY AID WORKERS DIPLOMATS AND OTHER BUSINESSMEN BUT VERY FEW TOUR ISTS !S SUCH YOU SHOULD EXPECT TO BE CONSIDERED FAIRLY FASCINATING ) FOUND THEM TO BE POLITE AND QUI ETLY CURIOUS 7E WOULD STOP FOR LUNCH TWO HOURS DRIVE FROM THE NEAREST VILLAGE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE SOME TIMES IN THE DESERT SOME TIMES HALF WAY UP A MOUNTAIN YET PEOPLE WOULD JUST APPEAR OUT OF NOWHERE ) WOULD BE SITTING ON TOP OF THE TRUCK AND COULD SEE FOR MILES WITH NO ONE IN SIGHT 7ITHIN TWO MINUTES OF STOPPING WE HAD A CROWD OF WATCHING US CHOP UP OUR TOMATOES FOR LUNCH BOTH INEXPLICABLE AND BIZARRE 3O HAVING ATTRACTED YOUR CROWD YOU WOULD BE WATCHED IN AWED SILENCE WITH THE OCCASIONAL WHISPERED CONVERSATION "Y FAR THE FUNNIEST UPSHOT OF THIS SPECTATOR APPROACH TO TOURISM HAS TO BE THE TOILET STOPS !NNOUNC ING TOILET STOPS ON ANY LONG JOURNEY IS ALWAYS UNPOPULAR %SPECIALLY AS ) lND THE MOST URGENT LOO STOPS

ARE REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY AFTER YOU HAVE lNALLY MANAGED TO OVERTAKE A CONVOY OF CARAVANS )N %THIOPIA WHEN YOU PEE YOU GET CROWDS 4HE GUYS HAPPILY STOOD NEXT TO THE ROAD THAT ONLY DREW A SMALL CROWD BUT THE MAIN ATTRACTION WAS THE LADIES 4HEY WOULD SPRINT OFF THE BUS TO lND SOME SUITABLE BUSHES TO HIDE BEHIND (OWEVER ONLY MOMENTS LATER THERE WOULD BE A CROWD QUICK LY CLOSING IN ON THEM ONE LADY WAS SO SHOCKED TO lND SHE HAD A CROWD OF THAT SHE FELL INTO THE BUSH MID PEE 9OU WERE SOON ABLE TO SEE WHERE THE WOMEN HAD HIDDEN BY THE SMALL CROWDS DOTTED AROUND THE LANDSCAPE %VENTUALLY THE LA DIES DEVISED A STRATEGY OF STANDING AROUND EACH OTHER WHILE ONE WENT IN THE MIDDLE 4HIS HOWEVER JUST LEFT THE ONLOOKERS TO PEER THROUGH ANY GAPS OR CLIMB UP TREES TO GET A BETTER LOOK .OW YOU MIGHT WONDER WHY THIS SHOULD BE REMOTELY ENDEAR ING TO A PROSPECTIVE TOURIST "UT IT IS 3OME MIGHT SAY THAT YOUR OPIN ION CHANGES RATHER RAPIDLY IF YOU CANNOT GO TO THE LOO STANDING UP (OWEVER %THIOPIA IS QUIRKY )T IS DIFFERENT .OT !FRICAN YET NOT MID DLE EASTERN &ULL OF PEOPLE WHO JUST DO NOT HAVE MUCH IN LIFE AND WHOSE CUSTOMS ARE SO FAR REMOVED FROM OUR OWN )T HAS EXOTIC MAR KETS MAJESTIC LAKES GREEN MISTY MOUNTAINS BARREN DESERTS )T HAS INTRIGUE ADVENTURE AND MOST OF ALL YOU FEEL YOU HAVE IT ALL TO YOUR SELF -Y ONLY RESERVATION IS THAT THE FOOD IS TRULY SHOCKING

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.ATASHA "ARNES 4URF %DITOR 3ADLY AS REGULAR 4URF READERS MAY HAVE REALISED AND AS MOST OF YOU PROBABLY HAVE NOT THIS SECTION HAS HAD TO BE REDUCED SOMEWHAT !S EDITOR AND SUPPORTER OF THE CAUSE OF COURSE ) AM SADDENED "UT LET IT NOT DAMPEN OUR SPIRITS TOO MUCH FELLOW GREEN WILLED FRIENDS AS THIS WAY WE GET ALL THE NECESSARY NEWS IN ONLY HALF THE SPACEx A HOLLOW VICTORY PERHAPS (OWEVER ) WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OP PORTUNITY NOT ONLY AS AN ELEGY FOR MY LOST PAGE BUT TO UPDATE THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY BE FEELING SIMILARLY LOST AMONGST ALL THE GREEN HAPPENINGS OF LATE ! LOT HAS BEEN GOING ON RECENTLY WITH CLIMATE CHANGE BILLS 1UEEN S SPEECHES AND WHAT NOT AND FOR ME THESE ISSUES ARE UP THERE AS SOME OF

THE MOST IMPORTANT 3O DESPITE THE LOSS OF SPACE TO SHOUT ABOUT WHAT S WRONG WITH THE WORLD AND ITS LEADERS A RELATIVELY LARGE AMOUNT OF NOISE CAN STILL BE MADE ON ONE PAGE 3ITTING HERE WITH LITTLE TO NO HEAT ING ON THAT MASSIVE HOODY HAS BEEN RESURRECTED FOR WINTER AND IN COM PARATIVE DARKNESS SEEING AS ) DO NOT ACTUALLY HAVE A CEILING LIGHT ANYWAY ) ADMIT IT n ) M FEELING QUITE SMUG ABOUT MY CARBON FOOTPRINT FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS 9ET EVERY TIME ) REVEL IN MY GREENNESS WHICH ADMITTEDLY COULD BE SO MUCH BRIGHTER ) AM STRUCK BY THAT ALMOST UNAVOIDABLE SCEPTICISM THAT NOW SEEMS ESSENTIAL WHEN VIEWING SUCH EFFORTS AND THE INEVITABLE QUESTION ECHOES h7HAT S THE POINT v !ND UNTIL FAIRLY RECENTLY ) WOULD HAVE JUMPED DOWN THE THROAT OF ANYONE WHO DARED TO MENTION

Marks Â and Â Sparks Â have Â got Â it Â in Â the Â bag +AYLEIGH ,AWRENCE 4URF 2EPORTER )N WHAT COULD BE NAMED A CONTRO VERSIAL MOVE -ARKS AND 3PENCER S HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT COME &EBRU ARY THERE WILL BE A P CHARGE ON ALL PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS USED BY THEIR CUSTOMERS &INALLY )T IS SO GOOD TO SEE AN OTHER ONE OF THE MAJOR RETAILERS IN %NGLAND STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE AND TAKING RESPONSIBILITY IN TRYING TO HELP THIS COUNTRY S STRUGGLE TO RE DUCE PLASTIC WASTE 0LASTIC CARRIER BAGS ARE PREDOM INANTLY MADE FROM POLYETHYLENE A PARTICULARLY NASTY MATERIAL FOR THE ENVIRONMENT WHICH IS NON DE GRADABLE AND TAKES APPROXIMATELY YEARS TO BREAK DOWN $ESPITE REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF THIS TYPE OF PLASTIC USED IN CARRIER BAGS BY COMPARED TO TWENTY YEARS AGO BILLION PLASTIC BAGS ARE STILL USED EACH YEAR AND FOR EVERY BIL LION PRODUCED TONNES OF PLASTIC IS USED AND A STAGGERING TONNES OF #/ PRODUCED )T S ONLY WITHIN THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT RETAILERS HAVE TRIED TO MAKE A MORE CONSCIENTIOUS EFFORT IN TRYING TO REDUCE THIS PROBLEM 4HIS SAW MANY LARGE RETAILERS AT THE

BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR VOWING TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF CARRIER BAGS GIVEN OUT BY BY THE END OF (OWEVER IS THIS PLEDGE REALLY ENOUGH -ARKS AND 3PENCER S ARE DEl NITELY SETTING THE STANDARD THAT RE TAILERS SHOULD BE ACHIEVING IF THEY WANT TO MAKE ANY IMPACT ON THIS PROBLEM 4HE SCHEME HAS ALREADY BEEN SHOWN TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE 2EPUBLIC OF )RELAND WHICH INTRO DUCED A PLASTIC BAG TAX SIMILAR TO THE - 3 IDEA AND IT HAS LED TO A FALL IN THE USE OF PLASTIC BAGS 9ES - 3 IS AWARE THAT POTENTIALLY THIS SCHEME COULD DRIVE CUSTOMERS AWAY FROM ITS STORES (OWEVER CON SIDERING ITS TARGET DEMOGRAPHIC A SMALL P CHARGE SHOULD NOT REALLY POSE MUCH OF A PROBLEM FOR ITS CUS TOMERS 4HIS TYPE OF SCHEME CAN BE SEEN ALREADY IN ACTION BY SOME OTHER RE TAILERS WITHIN THE 5+ FOR INSTANCE )+%! CHARGE P PER BAG AND MORE LOCALLY ON THE 5%! CAMPUS THE 3TUDENT 5NION INTRODUCED A P CHARGE IN ON THEIR PLASTIC BAGS IN ALL OF THE 5NION SHOPS )F US POOR STUDENTS CAN AFFORD P FOR A CARRIER BAG THERE S REALLY NO REA SON WHY LARGER RETAILERS SHOULDN T BE EMBARKING ON SIMILAR SCHEMES

THESE THREE FOUR WORDS TO ME IN SISTING THAT h4HAT S PRECISELY THE ATTI TUDE THAT WILL GET US NOWHEREv 5NTIL NOW AFTER READING THAT 4HE (OUSES OF 0ARLIAMENT USE ENOUGH ELECTRICITY TO POWER HOUSEHOLDS GENERATING SO MUCH CARBON DIOXIDE THAT IT WOULD TAKE A FOREST OF MORE THAN TREES TO SOAK IT ALL UP 3O IT SEEMS THEY HAVE BEEN SET TING A BAD EXAMPLE AND IN FACT THE FULL RESPONSIBILITY DOES NOT FALL TO US INDIVIDUALLY AT ALL )N REALISING THAT OBVIOUSLY hSOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONEv 'ORDON "ROWN HAS USED THOSE POWERS OF HIS TO h@MAKE A DIF FERENCEv ! NEW BILL HAS BEEN DRAWN UP COMMITTING THE 5+ TO REDUCING CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS BY BEFORE "ACKED UP CLOSELY BY THE 1UEEN HER hGOVERNMENT IS COM MITTED TO PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE BOTH AT HOME AND ABROAD v 5NSURPRISING LY IT S NOT GOOD ENOUGH !CCORDING TO #AROLINE ,UCAS THE 'REEN S PRINCIPLE SPEAKER hWHILSTx PROPOSALS TO CREATE A LEGAL FRAMEWORK TO REDUCE THE 5+ S CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS ;ARE WEL COMED= LOW LEVEL TARGETS THAT WE ARE NOT LIKELY TO MEET DO NOT CONSTITUTE RADICAL ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE v #AN HE NOT DO ANYTHING RIGHT 4HEN AGAIN THE RECENT HIKE IN PET ROL PRICES WHICH HAS OUTRAGED MOTOR ISTS ACROSS THE NATION IS IN MY OPIN ION REALLY A GOOD THING IN THE lGHT TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS n ONE THING THAT 'ORDON "ROWN HAS MAN

AGED TO ACHIEVE EVEN IF IT WASN T HIS MAIN INTENTION 4HOUGH CLEARLY TOO EXPENSIVE MEANS LESS USE AND AS ) AM SLOWLY DRAWING A CONCLUSION WHICH ) PERHAPS WOULDN T HAVE WHEN ) HAD A CAR TO DRIVE PEOPLE REALLY DON T NEED TO DRIVE AS MUCH AS THEY DO "EING UN ABLE TO ESCAPE FROM THIS VIEWPOINT IN

h IN FACT THE FULL RESPONSIBILITY DOES NOT FALL TO US INDIVIDUALLY AT ALLv

GREENER FUTURE 0ERHAPS MORE COULD BE DONE QUICKER BUT THIS SURELY SHOWS SOME SORT OF PROGRESS )T DOES SEEM SOMEWHAT ALARMING HOWEVER TO CON SIDER THAT EVEN THE 2OYALS HAVE ONLY JUST OPENED THEIR EYES TO THE PROB LEM ,AST WEEK SPEAKING TO BUSINESS LEADERS IN #ARDIFF 0RINCE #HARLES DE CLARED THAT hDOING NOTHING IS SIMPLY NOT AN OPTION IT CAN T BE ANY MORE BECAUSE OF THE URGENCY OF THE SITUA TION v (E ADDED h) DON T THINK THERE IS A MORE URGENT ISSUE FOR ANY OF US TO BE ADDRESSING AT WORK AT HOME AND INDEED IN EVERY FACET OF OUR LIVES THAN CLIMATE CHANGE v &UNNY THAT #HARLIE WE VE BEEN TRYING TO TELL YOU THIS FOR A WHILE NOW

THE SHAPE OF MY NON DRIVING LICENCE HOLDING BOYFRIEND WHEN SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED A CAR IS REALLY JUST AN UN NECESSARY COMMODITY &OR EVERY ARGU MENT FOR A SITUATION IN WHICH A CAR IS SUPPOSEDLY NEEDED IF YOU JUST APPLY THE ANSWER @USE THE BUS TAKE A TAXI CYCLE WALK INSTEAD THE ARGUMENT IS QUASHED OUTRIGHT MOST OF THE TIME !ND IF THE RETORT FROM THE DRIVER HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH EXPENSE NOW CONSIDER THAT @EXTORTIONATE PRICE OF PETROL #ONSEQUENTLY WITH THIS NEW #LI MATE #HANGE "ILL AND THE RESULT FROM THE RISE IN PETROL PRICES IT MAY SEEM THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAVE WOKEN UP AND ARE READY TO lGHT FOR A CLEANER

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.EIL *ENNINGS 4URF 2EPORTER 3TUDENTS LIVING IN HALLS AT 5%! ARE BEING ENCOURAGED TO HAVE FUN IN THE DARK THIS ACADEMIC YEAR BY TAKING PART IN THE 3TUDENT 3WITCH /FF WHERE HALLS OF RESIDENCE COMPETE AGAINST EACH OTHER TO COME TOP OF THE CLASS IN ENERGY EFlCIENCY 4HE SCHEME AIMS TO CUT ENERGY USAGE IN HALLS BY AND PREVENT OVER TONNES OF CARBON DIOXIDE FROM BEING RELEASED INTO THE ATMOS PHERE 4HE BEST PERFORMING HALL FROM 5%! WILL ULTIMATELY BE INVITED TO A SCREENING OF THE LATEST SUMMER

BLOCKBUSTER AT /DEON IN *UNE )T WILL BE AN EXCELLENT WAY FOR THE RESIDENTS TO CELEBRATE THE END OF THEIR lRST YEAR AT 5NIVERSITY TOGETHER AND THEIR SUC CESS IN REDUCING CARBON EMISSIONS +EY TO THE SUCCESS OF THE 3TUDENT 3WITCH /FF ARE INDIVIDUALS CALLED %CO 0OWER 2ANGERS n STUDENTS LIVING WITHIN HALLS WHO PLEDGE TO USE THEIR ENERGY CAREFULLY AND ENCOURAGE OTH ERS TO DO SO WHEN THEY GET THE CHANCE 4HERE ARE ALREADY OVER %CO 0OWER 2ANGERS SPREAD ACROSS THE 5%! HALLS 3UFFOLK 4ERRACE ARE CURRENTLY LEADING THE WAY IN TERMS OF THE PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTS SIGNED UP AS %CO 0OWER 2ANGERS WITH COMPARED TO THE OVERALL AVERAGE OF

0RIZES SUCH AS ENERGY SAVING PROD UCTS FROM % /. AND "EN *ERRY S ICE CREAM ARE BEING GIVEN OUT AT REGULAR INTERVALS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR IN ORDER TO KEEP THE %CO 0OWER 2ANG ERS MOTIVATED 4O MAXIMISE THEIR CHANCES OF WINNING THESE PRIZES %CO 0OWER 2ANGERS ARE BEING ENCOURAGED TO JOIN THE h5%! %CO 0OWER 2ANGERSv &ACEBOOK GROUP 0RIZES ARE BEING GIVEN SPECIlCALLY TO THOSE WHO POST COMMENTS ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES OF SAVING ENERGY IN HALLS AND TO THOSE WHO POST AMUSING PICTURES ON THE THEME OF ENERGY SAVING 4HE INITIATIVE IS NOT LOOKING TO CHANGE THE WAY WE LIVE OUR LIVES BUT SIMPLY TO ENCOURAGE SMALL AC TIONS THAT WE CAN ALL TAKE TO REDUCE OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT /F COURSE ALL THOSE SMALL ACTIONS CAN PRODUCE A MASSIVE CHANGE IF ENOUGH PEOPLE ADOPT THEM !S WELL AS REDUCING CAR BON EMISSIONS THE INITIATIVE SHOULD HELP TO KEEP THE COST OF ACCOMMO DATION DOWN FOR STUDENTS IN FUTURE YEARS n THIS IS A PARTICULAR PROBLEM GIVEN THE INCREASING COST OF ENERGY )T IS ALSO HOPED THAT THE ENERGY SAVING TIPS PICKED UP OVER THE COURSE OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR WILL HELP STUDENTS TO KEEP THEIR ENERGY BILLS DOWN WHEN THEY MOVE INTO THEIR OWN PRIVATELY RENTED ACCOMMODATION

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4HERE ARE A NUMBER OF ISSUES RAISED BY 2OWENA "ODDING TON IN HER REPLY TO MY 3PORTS )NSURANCE LETTER WHICH DO NOT SIT RIGHT WITH ME AND ) WOULD LIKE TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REPLY 4O START WITH ) WILL SAY THAT ) DID FORWARD A COPY OF MY PREVIOUS LETTER TO *AMES 4URNER THE 3PORTS /FlCER TO WHICH ) RECEIVED A FAIRLY COM PREHENSIVE REPLY ) NOW UN DERSTAND THAT @3PORTS )NSUR ANCE IS NOT INSURANCE ALONE BUT RATHER A 3PORTS !SSOCIA TION -EMBERSHIP FEE DESPITE ITS NOT BEING ADVERTISED AS SUCH n ) FOUND THE FOLLOW ING ON THE 5%! INTRANET h4HE 5NION OF 5%! 3TUDENTS CHARGES ALL STUDENTS WISHING TO JOIN A SPORTS CLUB AN AN NUAL @SPORTS INSURANCE FEE OF a v

)N THIS CASE HOWEVER 2O WENA IS TRYING TO SIDESTEP THE ISSUE BY SAYING THERE HAS BEEN NO hPRICE HIKEv n IN FACT WE ARE JUST PLAYING WITH WORDS NOW FOR IF THE INSURANCE ITSELF HAS STAYED AT THE SAME COST THEN THE hPRICE HIKEv HAS TAKEN PLACE WITH THE 3PORTS !SSOCIA TION -EMBERSHIP FEE ! PRICE HIKE FROM a TO SOME a IF WE ARE TO TAKE OFF a FOR INSURANCE ) WOULD ASK WHERE THIS MONEY CAME FROM JUST A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN THIS FEE DID NOT EXIST )N ANY CASE ) FEEL THE HEART OF THE ISSUE IS IN THE FACT THAT THIS FEE IS MANDATORY SHOULD ONE WISH TO ATTEND EVEN A COUPLE OF TRAINING SESSIONS n YOU ARE IN EFFECT FUNDING THOSE WHO MAKE THE TEAM WHICH APPEARS GROSSLY UNFAIR TO ME 4HAT IS ) THINK THE MAIN ISSUE ) HAVE n ONE WHICH 2OWENA FAILS TO ADDRESS

) WOULD ALSO TAKE ISSUE WITH A COUPLE OF OTHER POINTS 2OWENA MAKES ONE BEING THAT IT hCAN COST HUNDREDS OF POUNDSv TO PLAY SPORT hIN THE REAL WORLDv ) WONDER WHAT SPORTS 2OWENA PLAYS ) PLAY FOR A LOCAL FOOTBALL TEAM BACK HOME AND IT IS CHEAPER FOR ME TO PAY MY SUBS THERE THAN IT WOULD BE TO JOIN THE FOOTBALL CLUB HERE 7E ALSO ALLOW PEOPLE TO TRAIN WITH US BEFORE DECIDING TO JOIN THE TEAM AND PLAY IN MATCHES WITHOUT PAYING THEIR SUBS 4HE OTHER ISSUE IS THAT hMOST UNIONSx MAKE MEM BERS BUY ALL THEIR KIT SOME THING THAT DOESN T HAPPEN IN THIS 5NIONv &ORGIVE ME FOR BEING UNAWARE OF THE INS AND OUTS OF EVERY SPORTS CLUB AT 5%! BUT AS FAR AS ) AM AWARE PLAYERS MUST INDEED BUY THEIR KIT HERE 4O RETURN TO 2OWENA S hREAL WORLDv COM

PARISON MY FOOTBALL CLUB AT HOME HAS A TEAM KIT WHICH WE DO NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR INDIVIDUALLY n WERE ) TO WANT A TEAM SHIRT FOR SPORT HERE HOWEVER IT WOULD COST ME AROUND a ) UNDERSTAND THIS MAY NOT BE TRUE OF EVERY CLUB n ) CAN WRITE ONLY ABOUT THOSE ) AM AWARE OF ) UNDERSTAND THAT MY WRITING LETTERS TO #ONCRETE DOES LITTLE IN THE WAY OF MOV ING TOWARDS COMING UP WITH EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVE STRATE GIES AND ) OBVIOUSLY DO NOT KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THE IN NER WORKINGS OF THE 5NION TO COME UP WITH SOUND l NANCIAL PLANS BUT ) FEEL IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE MEMBERS OF 5NION #OUNCIL AWARE AS TO HOW MEMBERS OF THE STUDENT BODY FEEL *OE 3MITH ,)4 0'

-AY ) BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION PAGE OF THE LAST ISSUE THE ARTICLE HEADLINED h2ACIST AT TACK ON CAMPUSv ) VE TWO MAIN POINTS OF CONTENTION lRSTLY THE INCLU SION OF hRACISTv IN THE HEAD LINE WITHOUT ANY ELABORATION WHATSOEVER IN THE ARTICLE THEREAFTER SECONDLY THE BAD LY JUDGED STAGED PHOTOGRAPH ACCOMPANYING IT n PERPETRA TORS OF THE REPORTED ATTACK WERE SAID TO BE WHITE AND WEARING HOODED TOPS WHICH IS FAIR ENOUGH BUT WHAT OF THE BOTTLE 7HERE DOES IT SAY

THESE ATTACKS WERE ALCOHOL FUELLED ) PICK UP ON THIS ARTI CLE IN PARTICULAR SINCE IT HAD RELATIVELY LARGE COVERAGE BUT IT HIGHLIGHTS MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE PAPER IN GENERAL )TS REPORTAGE IS OFTEN SUSPECT AND AT TIMES PLAIN IRRESPONSI BLE ) VE ALREADY ENGAGED WRIT ERS OF THE NEWSPAPER ON YOUR &ACEBOOK GROUP TO WHICH ) D LIKE TO DIRECT READERS IN ORDER TO SEE THE FULLER DEBATE IN CONTEXT UEA FACEBOOK COM TOPIC PHP UID TOPIC -ICHAEL 0ATTISON &46

4HE lRST ISSUE YOU RAISE IS AS STATED ON &ACEBOOK A SIMPLE MATTER OF EDITORIAL JUDGEMENT 4HE PEOPLE WHO INFORMED US ABOUT THIS INCIDENT WERE DIRECT WITNESSES WHO DID NOT WISH TO BE IN ANY WAY IDENTIlED !LSO AS STATED ON &ACEBOOK WE UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT A BROADER TREND TOWARDS ASSUMING ANY CROSS ETHNICITY ATTACK IS hRACISTv (OWEVER THIS ONE WAS !S IS NORMAL PRACTISE IN THE NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY WITH UNATTRIBUTABLE SOURCES YOU HAVE TO GO ON THE TRUST YOU HAVE IN THE PUBLICATION 7HICH YOU OBVIOUSLY LACK 7E WOULD CONCEDE THAT AN

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INFORMATION CAME FROM A BRIElNG ISSUED BY THE #OM MUNICATIONS $EPARTMENT OF THE 5NIVERSITY )N IT 3UZY 'OOK WAS DESCRIBED AS FROM THE h)NTERNATIONAL /FlCE AND !CCOMMODATION /F lCEv (OWEVER SHE IS IN FACT SOLELY FROM THE )NTERNATION AL /FlCE 4HE ACCOMMODA

TION THAT IS NORMALLY AVAIL ABLE TO %2!3-53 STUDENTS ALTHOUGH NEVER GUARANTEED WAS REPORTED UNAVAILABLE TO THE COMMITTEE IN CHARGE OF DECIDING HOW MANY TO ADMIT 4HIS WAS DONE WELL WITHIN THE NORMAL TIME FRAME #ONCRETE FURTHER UN

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DERSTANDS THAT THE STUDENTS WERE ALL FOUND HOUSING PROMPTLY WITH HELP FROM THE 5NION AND THAT THESE ISSUES ARE NOT PREDICTED TO ARISE IN FUTURE YEARS #ON CRETE UNDERSTANDS LOW COST HOUSING IS BEING CONSIDERED AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF THE 5NIVERSITY

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New Â UEA Â sport:Clay Â pigeon Â shooting (UGH 0OWELL 3PORTS 2EPORTER &OR MANY STUDENTS SHOUTING hPULLv IS MOST COMMONLY LEFT FOR WHEN THEIR FRIENDS LEAVE THE ,#2 WITH SOMEONE ON THEIR ARM -ORE RECENTLY MEMBERS OF THE 5%! CLAY PIGEON SHOOTING CLUB HAVE BEEN SAYING IT JUST BEFORE lR ING THEIR SHOTGUNS 3ET UP AS A NEW CLUB THIS YEAR 5%! #03# OFFERS STU DENTS THE CHANCE TO LEARN TO SHOOT AND TO TAKE PART IN "53! AND INTER UNIVERSITY COMPETITIONS &OR THOSE UNFAMILIAR WITH THE SPORT CLAY PIGEON SHOOTING IS A SPORT DERIVED FROM THE COUNTRY ACTIVITY OF SHOOTING GAME BIRDS SUCH AS PHEASANT OR GROUSE "RIGHTLY COLOURED CLAY DISCS ARE lRED FROM @TRAPS AND THEN SHOT AT WITH A VARIETY OF CALIBRE SHOTGUNS n MOST COMMONLY THE BORE 4HE mIGHT OF THE CLAYS IS DESIGNED TO MIMIC THAT OF GAME BIRDS IN THE WILD SO OFFERING A HARM FREE WAY OF

SPORTING SHOOTING 5%! #03# SHOOTS AT THE -ID .ORFOLK SHOOTING GROUND WHERE A LESSON WITH INSTRUCTORS OR OPEN PRACTICE FOR SHOTGUN OWNING CLUB

MEMBERS IS AVAILABLE )T ALLOWS MEMBERS OF THE CLUB TO OPERATE AND SHOOT AT ANY LEVEL WHILE OFFERING A SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRON MENT FOR STUDENTS TO PICK UP

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,AURA 7IGNALL 3PORTS %DITOR )N ONE OF THE MOST DRAMATIC 7IMBLEDON 4ENNIS lNALS OF RECENT YEARS .ADAL FELL AGAIN TO &EDERER THE SUBLIME 3WISS CHAMPION OF GRASS COURT TENNIS )N THE -ASTERS #UP IN 3HANGHAI &EDERER IS AGAIN ON BRILLIANT FORM BEATING 2ODDICK A COMPREHENSIVE PAVING THE WAY FOR SEMI lNAL CLASH AGAINST .ADAL 4HE DEFENDING CHAMPION HAS NOT LOST TO 2ODDICK SINCE AND HAS NOW WON OF THEIR MATCHES .ICKNAMED @! 2OD 4HE !MERICAN HAS UNFORTUNATELY NOT MANAGED TO LIVE UP THE HYPE CREATED WHEN HE lRST CAME ON THE SCENE 4HE -ASTERS #UP WORKS ON A GROUP SYSTEM WITH THE TOP TWO FROM EACH GROUP GOING THROUGH TO THE SEMI S 2ED 'ROUP 3TANDINGS &EDERER 2ODDICK 'OLD 'ROUP 3TANDINGS &ERRER .ADAL

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3AM 7ILSON 3PORTS 2EPORTER 5%! -EN S RUGBY ST 86 CLINCHED THEIR TH SUCCESSIVE WIN AND TAKE THEIR TALLY TO WINS IN GAMES TAKING THEM TO THE TOP OF THEIR "53! LEAGUE ,AST WEEK SAW A SLOW START AGAINST $ERBY AWAY BUT THE STRENGTH THE TEAM SHOWED IN THE SECOND HALF GAVE A STRONG n WIN TO 5%! 7EDNESDAY S GAME AGAINST ,EICESTER WAS POTENTIALLY THE DECIDER OF THE GROUP AND CAN LEAD TO PROMOTION FOR THE TEAM THIS YEAR )T WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A TIGHT GAME WITH TWO STRONG TEAMS ,EICESTER HAVING BEEN RELEGATED FROM THE HIGHER LEAGUE THIS YEAR AND 5%! ON GREAT FORM )N A GAME DOMINATED BY SET PIECES AND FORWARD PLAY ULTIMATELY IT CAME DOWN TO PENALTIES WITH mY HALF $OMINIC -C7ILLIAM CLAIMING ALL THE POINTS WHEN IT lNISHED A CLOSE n TO 5%! 4HE RESULT PLACES THE ST 86 IN GOOD STEAD FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON ES PECIALLY WITH EXPERIENCED PLAYERS COMING BACK FROM INJURY

THE SPORT HAVING NEVER TRIED IT BEFORE 7ITH BOTH MEN S MIXED AND WOMEN S TEAMS THE CLUB IS OPEN TO ALL STU DENTS AT 5%! /N ST /CTOBER THE lRST

EVER 5%! #03# TEAM FOUR TO A TEAM WAS PUT TOGETHER AND LOADED UP FOR A SHOOT IN 7YCOMBE AGAINST 2EADING (ULL AND "RISTOL UNIVERSI TIES 4HE TEAM HAD STRONG INDIVIDUAL SCORES *ACK ,EVY SHOOTING TARGETS AND "EN (ERRING SCORING A STRONG ON THE THIRD TIME HE HAD EVER HELD A SHOTGUN 4HE CLAY TEAM mUSH WAS A LIT TLE LESS SUCCESSFUL WITH ONLY CLAYS HIT BY THE TEAM MEMBERS 5NFORTUNATELY NO TROPHIES WERE WON BUT THE TEAM lNISHED IN A RESPECT ABLE &EBRUARY IS THE IMPOR TANT MONTH IN THE UNI VERSITY SHOOTING CALENDAR WITH "53! BEING HELD IN "IRMINGHAM 5%! #03# ARE PLANNING ON TAKING TWO MENS AND ONE LADIES TEAM TO SHOOT AT THE EVENT )F YOU FANCY GIVING CLAY PIGEON SHOOTING A GO PLEASE EMAIL B HERRING UEA AC UK TO ASK ABOUT HOW TO JOIN AND GET INVOLVED 'IVE IT A GO YOU NEVER KNOW YOU MIGHT EVEN PULL

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!LSO THE 5%! ND 86 JOURNEYED TO 3TOKE FOR THEIR lXTURE AGAINST 3TAFFORDSHIRE 5NIVERSITY ,AST YEARS lXTURE WAS A LANDSLIDE VICTORY TO 3TAFFS BUT THE STRENGTH IN DEPTH THROUGHOUT THE CLUB MEANT A MUCH STRONGER TEAM TRAVELLED THIS SEASON !N OTHER TIGHT MATCH ENSUED WITH BOTH TEAMS GIVING LITTLE AWAY lRST BLOOD WAS DRAWN BY 5%! WHEN mY HALF !NDY 3EATON KNOCKED OVER THE lRST OF HIS PENALTIES "UT 3TAFFS STRUCK BACK TWICE SO AT HALF TIME THE GAME WAS n AGAINST 5%! 4HE INTENSITY IN

THE GAME TOOK ITS TOLL ON BOTH TEAMS AS EACH TRIED TO EDGE A STRONG LEAD 5%! SCORED ONLY THE ONE TRY MIDWAY THROUGH THE SECOND HALF BUT A FURTHER TWO TRIES FOR 3TAFFS PUT THE GAME TO BED AS 5%! FAILED TO CLOSE THE MARGIN LEAVING THE lNAL SCORE AT n 4HE ST .OVEMBER SEES THE ST 86 TRAVELLING TO AN OTHER STRONG lXURE AT .OT TINGHAM 5NIVERSITY TH 86 WHILST THE ND 86 HOST $E -ONTFORT 5NIVERSITY ND 86 AT #OLNEY SO COME DOWN AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR 5%! 2&#

/N 3UNDAY .OVEMBER TH 5%! S RD TEAM HAD A DAY OF THEIR OWN TO REMEMBER AS IT SAW THEM EARN THEIR lRST POINT OF THE SEASON AGAINST A NIPPY .ORWICH UNDER TEAM ! FRANTIC START SAW 5%! FALL BEHIND INSIDE OF MINUTES (OWEVER 2ICHARD 0OPE SOON REDUCED THE DEl CIT MEANING 5%! WENT IN AT HALF TIME TRAILING BY ONLY A GOAL )NTO THE SECOND HALF AND 5%! S ENTHUSIASTIC THIRD TEAM COACH *ESS 0RYOR CON TINUED TO URGE THE ATTACKING DIVISION IN THE HOPE OF GAIN ING AN EQUALISER WHICH DULY CAME 3OME EXCELLENT PASS ING BETWEEN !DAM %VERETT ,ORNA *AMES AND -R 0OPE CULMINATED WITH A GOAL FROM %MILY +EELE HER lRST IN 5%! COLOURS .ORWICH WEREN T lNISHED THERE HOWEVER AND ANOTHER GOAL FOR THE UNDER SIDE MEANT THAT 5%! FOUND THEM SELVES BEHIND ONCE AGAIN )NTERESTINGLY ALL GOALS HAD BEEN SCORED IN THE SAME DIVISION UP TO THIS POINT 5%! S OTHER DIVISION CONTIN

UED TO WORK WELL USING THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE COURT TO MAXIMUM EFFECT !FTER NEAT WORK FROM %LLIE .ASH -ATT 5NSWORTH AND (ARRY ,OW HONORARY THIRD TEAM PLAYER !MANDA (ALLIDAY PRODUCED AN EXCELLENT lNISH TO DRAW 5%! LEVEL ONCE AGAIN !NOTHER CHANGE OF ENDS SAW 5%! CONTINUE TO PRES SURISE THEIR YOUNGER OPPO NENTS BUT TO NO AVAIL 4HE GAME WHICH WAS OVERSEEN BY 3WARAJ 4HANCANAMOOTOO WAS PLAYED IN GOOD SPIRIT AND THE lNAL SCORE LINE OF WAS A FAIR REmECTION OF EVENTS

,ET S HOPE THE CONlDENCE GAINED FROM THIS CAN LEAD TO MORE OF THE SAME AND MAYBE NEXT WEEK A VICTORY %LSEWHERE 5%! S ST AND ND TEAMS WERE IN ACTION AGAINST .ORWICH +NIGHTS S AND .ORWICH )CE S RESPEC TIVELY ! TOUGH MATCH FOR THE lRST TEAM RESULTED IN A DEFEAT DESPITE GOALS FROM !LEX %DWARDS +ATIE ,ADD AND 3WARAJ 4HANCANAMOOTOO .ORWICH )CE OVERPOWERED THE SECOND TEAM AL THOUGH *ULIA #LOKE BAGGED HERSELF TWO GOALS OFFERING 5%! SOME CONSOLATION

CONCRETE SPORT

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UEA AC UK

Mike Â Covell Â charity Â hockey Â match Â -ICHAEL 3PICE 3PORT 2EPORTER 4HE RD AND TH .OVEMBER SAW THE ARRIVAL OF 5%! (OCK EY OLD BOYS TO TAKE PART IN THE -IKE #OVELL -EMORIAL 7EEKEND 4HE AIM OF THE WEEKEND WAS TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE -ENINGITIS 4RUST AND TO RAISE AWARENESS OF MENIN GITIS AMONGST STUDENTS 4HIS WAS IN MEMORY OF 5%! (OCKEY &RESHER -IKE #OVELL WHO DIED OF THE ILL NESS YEARS AGO JUST A FEW SHORT MONTHS AFTER HE CAME TO THE 5%! 4HE WEEKEND SAW MANY OF -IKE S EX TEAM MATES AND SOME NEWER 5%! OLD BOYS DESCEND ON 5%! FOR THE WEEKEND 3ATURDAY WAS THE DAY FOR RAISING MONEY 4HIS HAP PENED IN THE EVENING IN THE 5NION BAR AND UPSTAIRS IN THE ,#2 4HIS YEAR WAS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL EVER WITH THE lNAL TOTAL TOPPING a RAISED FOR THE -ENINGITIS 4RUST 4HIS BEAT THE PREVI

OUS RECORD BY AROUND a 3PECIAL MENTION MUST GO TO !LI 3MYTH WHO ALLOWED HIS DISTINCTLY GIRLIE PONYTAIL TO BE COMPLETELY SHAVED OFF AF TER a MORE THAN HIS a TARGET WAS COLLECTED IN THE BAR 3UNDAY WAS THE DAY FOR PLAYING HOCKEY AND SOME l NAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS

GENERATED AS A RESULT OF THE MATCHES 4HE lRST EAGERLY ANTICIPATED GAME OF THE DAY SAW THE .EW /LD "OYS WHO ARE TO TAKE OVER THE CHAR ITY MATCHES FROM THE #OVELL 8) TAKING ON THE YOUNGER AND DElNITELY MORE HAND SOME 5%! ST 8) 4HIS WAS A VERY HIGH SCORING GAME WITH VERY LITTLE IN THE WAY OF SOLID

DEFENSIVE WORK 4HE ./"3 EVENTUALLY MANAGED TO HOLD ONTO A WIN DESPITE BE ING UNDER HEAVY PRESSURE TO WARDS THE END OF THE MATCH 4HE MAIN EVENT HOW EVER WAS THE MATCH BETWEEN THE #OVELL 8) AND THE CURRENT 5%!(# ST 8) FOR THE -IKE #OVELL CHEESE TROPHY A TRO PHY BROUGHT ABOUT IN MEM

ORY OF -IKE S BASHFULNESS WHEN BUYING LARGE QUANTITIES OF ALCOHOL HE FELT BY BUYING A BLOCK OF CHEESE IT MIGHT MAKE IT NOT LOOK SO BAD 4HIS YEAR WAS THE TH SUCH MATCH AND PAST EFFORTS HAVE SEEN THE 5%! SIDE WIN ONLY ONCE ON PENALTY mICKS AFTER THE MATCH ENDED IN A DRAW 4HIS YEAR HOWEVER PROVED A

DIFFERENT STORY WITH *AMES (UGHES AND $EAN -ONK SLOTTING HOME EARLY ON IN THE MATCH 4HE 5%! ST 8) MAN AGED TO HOLD ON TO WIN DESPITE SOME HEAVY PRESSURE AT THE END FROM THE #OVELL SIDE WHO PULLED BACK FROM DOWN 4HE OLD BOYS ARE NOW THREATENING A RETURN TO SALVAGE THEIR PRIDE

English Â animosity? Â More Â like Â a Â conspiracy *OE 1UINCE 3PORT 2EPORTER #ECIL 2HODES ONCE ASTUTELY CONFESSED h2EMEMBER THAT YOU ARE AN %NGLISHMAN AND HAVE CONSEQUENTLY WON lRST PRIZE IN THE LOTTERY OF LIFEv 7HILST ONE COULD SAY THIS IS RICH COMING FROM A DIAMOND MAGNATE OF IMMENSE WEALTH AN ARDENT SUPPORTER OF COLO NIALISM AND LIVING IN A PERI OD WHERE %NGLAND EFFECTIVELY DID RULE THE WORLD S ENTIRETY ) ONCE BELIEVED SUCH A POLI TIC CLAIM 9ET RECENT EVENTS IN A BRAND THAT NOW UNFOR TUNATELY REPRESENTS COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE THAT OF FOOTBALL HAS CAUSED ME TO QUESTION MY INITIAL ENGAGEMENT WITH #ECIL S VIEW (AVING PROMISED MYSELF NOT TO DWELL ON THE ALL TOO FA MILIAR DEMISE OF OUR PATHETI CALLY UNDERACHIEVING CURRENT CROP OF %NGLAND PLAYERS IN GROUP QUALIlERS %NGLAND S FORTHCOMING BID FOR THE 7ORLD #UP OFFERED SOME SOL ACE FOR %NGLISH FOOTBALL LOVERS 7E HAVE FOOTBALL S GREATEST LEAGUE IN THE &! "ARCLAYS 0RE MIERSHIP WHICH CONSISTENTLY CAPTIVATES WORLD AUDIENCES ARGUABLY THE BEST SOCCER STA DIUMS IN STADIA ARCHITECTURE

DUE TO RECENT CONSTRUCTION AND A NATIONAL ETHIC THAT NO LONGER EMBRACES HOOLIGAN ISM AND RACISM RIFE IN OTHER COUNTRIES 3O FORGIVE ME FOR BEING SLIGHTLY PERTURBED BY WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED

AS A CONSPIRACY BY THE PATRI ARCHAL 7ORLD AND %UROPEAN GOVERNING BODIES OF FOOT BALL .EWLY ELECTED 5%&! 0RESIDENT -ICHEL 0LATINI HAS REFUSED TO BACK %NGLAND S BID RESPONDING TO "RITISH JOURNALISTS HE QUIPPED h9OU %NGLAND WILL HAVE TO CON VINCE ME "UT WHY %NGLAND WHY NOT 2USSIA OR THE .ETH

ERLANDS 7E WILL LOOK v -R 0LATINI SEEMS TO HAVE OVER LOOKED THE FACT THAT WHILST NOT REGARDING %NGLAND S FAR SUPERIOR FACILITIES FAN BASE AND lNANCIALLY ACCUMULATIVE BENElTS THE .ETHERLAND S HAS ALREADY HOSTED A MAJOR TOURNAMENT IN THE LAST DEC ADE -EANWHILE 2USSIA DOES NOT YET VIABLY ATTAIN THE STA DIA AS WELL AS BEING A FAR LESS ATTRACTIVE HOST FOR THE 7ORLD S GREATEST TOURNAMENT THAN THE COUNTRY WHICH INDEED GAVE FOOTBALL TO THE WORLD !FTER )TALY S SELF SUSPEN SION OF LEAGUE GAMES TWO YEARS AGO FOLLOWING FOOTBALL ORCHESTRATED VIOLENCE IN OR GANISED FAN BASES LAST WEEK THE DEATH OF AN INNOCENT ,AZIO FAN AT THE HANDS OF A POLICEMAN SPARKED MASS RI OTING IN 2OME CULMINATING IN OVER FORTY POLICE OFlCERS BEING INJURED !S EXPECTED NOT A WORD HAS BEEN UTTERED BY THESE %UROPEAN LAW MAK ERS SO INTENT ON PRESERVING THE PERCEPTION THAT %NGLAND IS THE CANCER OF FOOTBALL 3TILL AT LEAST -R 0LATINI DOES NOT HAVE TO WORRY HIMSELF ABOUT FAMILIAR %NGLISH VIOLENCE NEXT SUMMER ) FOR ONE AM ALREADY PREPARING THE SUN TAN LOTION

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WWW CONCRETE ONLINE CO UK

UEA Â football Â continues Â to Â ï&#x20AC;&#x201A;ï¬&#x201A;ourish #HRIS -ORRIS 3PORTS 2EPORTER !S THE -EN S &OOTBALL ND TEAM AWOKE ON 7EDNESDAY MORNING THEY KNEW THEY FACED A CRUCIAL TEST IN THEIR QUEST FOR "53! GLORY 4HEY SAT TOP OF LEAGUE WITH THREE WINS AND A DRAW FROM THEIR lRST FOUR GAMES AND KNEW NOTHING LESS THAN A VICTORY WOULD BE NEEDED TO CEMENT TOP SPOT AND FEND OFF THE PRESSURE BEING APPLIED BY "EDFORD !S THE GAME GOT UNDER WAY ,EICESTER GOT ON TOP AND THE 5%! TEAM HAD TO BATTLE HARD 4HIS START WAS EVEN MORE SURPRISING DUE TO THE LIMITED TIME ,EICESTER HAD TO PREPARE COURTESY OF THE WONDERS OF THE ! TRAF lC ! MIX OF GOOD FORTUNE AND A TIDY lNISH SAW ,EICES TER TAKE AN EARLY LEAD 5%! WERE SHELL SHOCKED AND NEEDED TO RESPOND WELL )F IT WASN T FOR A lNGER TIP SAVE FROM *AMES $UNHAM IT COULD HAVE BEEN FAR WORSE

!LTHOUGH IT TOOK TIME THE MEN IN YELLOW EVENTUALLY STEPPED UP TO THE CHALLENGE AND BEGAN TO STAMP THEIR AUTHORITY ON PROCEEDINGS ! WONDERFUL PASSING MOVE CULMINATED IN A DEFT ARCHING PASS FROM !DAM (IBBERT TO #HRIS !STBURY WHO CALMLY PULLED THE BALL BACK ON THE VOLLEY TO THE ONCOMING #HRIS -ORRIS WHO MANAGED TO SLIDE IN AND SCORE THE EQUALISER )T WAS GAME ON !S THE SECOND HALF BEGAN THE LUCOZADE AND BANANAS SEEMED TO HAVE DONE THE TRICK AS THE 5%! TEAM BEGAN TO RESEMBLE $URACELL BUN NIES CHASING THE OPPOSITION DOWN AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY 4HERE WAS ONLY ONE TEAM IN THE CONTEST FOR THE EARLY SEC OND HALF AND THEY WERE THE MEN @DOING DIFFERENT FROM THE lRST HALF 5%! CONTIN UED TO APPLY THE PRESSURE AND GOT THEIR JUST REWARDS WHEN ANOTHER mOWING PASS ING MOVE RESULTED IN A PER FECTLY TIMED THROUGH BALL FROM !STBURY WHICH -OR

RIS CALMLY SLOTTED IN OFF THE FAR POST TO GRAB HIS SECOND 4HE CELEBRATION LEFT A LOT TO BE DESIRED BUT THE LEAD WAS THEIRS AND SO WAS TOP SPOT IN THE LEAGUE #OULD THEY HOLD ON !S THE GAME REACHED IT S

CRUCIAL STAGE THE 5%! TROOPS DID NOT LET THEIR UNIVERSITY DOWN 4HEY WERE NOT CON TENT TO SIT ON A ONE GOAL LEAD AND CONTINUED TO PUSH 4HE CAPACITY CROWD OF FOUR GIRLS AND THE GROUNDSMAN AND HIS DOG ENCOURAGED THE TEAM

UEA Â Pirates Â get Â their Â own Â back Â on Â Essex *AMES !NDERSON 3PORTS 2EPORTER 5%! WERE UNBEATEN AGAINST %SSEX FOR ELEVEN YEARS UNTIL THE SEASON BROUGHT A COMPREHENSIVE VICTORY FOR %SSEX 3UCCESSIVE WINS IN THE INTERVENING SEASON HAD LEFT THE 0IRATES FEELING THEY HAD SOMETHING TO PROVE AND THIS WAS THE YEAR TO SHOW IT %SSEX WENT UNDEFEATED IN THE REGULAR SEASON LAST YEAR AND WENT INTO THE GAME UN BEATEN AT HOME SINCE SO AS THE KICK OFF BOOMED DOWNlELD THE 0IRATES SIDE LINE BRACED ITSELF FOR WHAT COULD BE A CRUCIAL GAME FOR THIS YEAR S TEAM 4HE %SSEX OFFENCE WAS UN STOPPABLE LAST YEAR AND MUCH OFF PITCH AND TRAINING GROUND WORK HAD GONE INTO MAKING SURE THAT THIS YEAR THEY WERE STOPPED COLD !LTHOUGH %S SEX S lRST POSSESSION WAS MET WITH MASSIVE CHEERS FROM THE HOME SIDELINE THEY WERE HUSHED IN THE NEXT MINUTE AS THE 0IRATES $EFENCE FORCED A TURNOVER ON THE SECOND PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE GIVING THE POTENT 5%! OFFENCE THE BALL DEEP INSIDE %SSEX S HALF 3TUNNED SILENCE FOLLOWED AS A BEAUTIFULLY WEIGHTED YARD

PASS FOUND WIDE RECEIVER 'UY $AVIES FOR THE SCORE 4HE NEXT %SSEX DRIVE ENDED ABRUPTLY WITH ANOTHER TURNOVER BUT THE FOLLOWING 0IRATE POSSESSION RESULTED IN A DISPUTED CALL ON THE GOAL LINE GIVING %SSEX A CONTROVER

2OSS PUNCHED THE BALL INTO THE END ZONE )N THE SECOND QUARTER 5%! S EARLY SCORING CONTINUED WHEN A YARD BOMB FROM #ANADIAN QUAR TERBACK -IKE #ATTRAN FOUND 'UY $AVIES SPRINTING DOWN THE SIDELINE PERFECTLY IN STRIDE

YARD CROSS lELD SCAMPER 4HE 0IRATES SEEMED TO BE UNSTOP PABLE AND ONCE AGAIN SHUT THE %SSEX "LADES DOWN AND FOLLOWED IT UP WITH ANOTHER #ATTRAN TO $AVIES TOUCH DOWN PASS TO BRING THE SCORE TO %SSEX lNALLY BEGAN

ON 4HEIR ADVENTURE WAS RE WARDED WHEN !LEX 4AYLOR lNISHED OFF A MOVE SO SLICK IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN OUT OF PLACE AT THE %MIRATES 3TA DIUM 7ITH VICTORY IN THEIR SIGHTS THE #APTAIN RANG THE CHANGES IN ORDER TO PRESERVE

THE VITAL THREE POINTS 7ITH ,EWIS 7OOD LEADING FROM THE BACK 5%! HAD MAN AGED TO WEATHER THE EARLY STORM AND WERE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ,EICES TER BOYS FACED A LONG JOUR NEY HOME !LEX 4AYLOR TOOK MAN OF THE MATCH FOR HIS ASSURED PERFORMANCE IN THE CENTRE OF THE MIDlELD 7ITH POINTS OUT OF A POSSIBLE THE SECONDS CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR THE TITLE AND THE POSSIBILITY OF WINNING THE "53! PLATE 4HIS SUCCESS IS ALSO BE ING MIRRORED BY THE lRST TEAM WHO DESPITE A DISAP POINTING DRAW AWAY AT !STON REMAIN ONLY THREE POINTS OFF THE TOP OF THE TABLE WITH A CRUNCH MATCH AWAY AT ,OUGHBOROUGH NEXT WEEK 4HE MATCH HAS EXTRA SPICE DUE TO THE DEFEAT AT HOME ON THE OPENING GAME OF THE SEASON 4HE BOYS WILL BE CHOMPING AT THE BIT FOR SOME REVENGE ,ET S HOPE THE SUCCESS CONTINUES

BUSA Â Results !LL RESULTS ARE PART OF THE "53! -IDLANDS #ONFERENCE AND ARE FOR THE WEEK COMMENCING TH .OV

-EN S BADMINTON ST

7OLVERHAMPTON ST

-EN S BASKETBALL ST

#AMBRIDGE ST

7OMEN S BASKETBALL ST 3TAFFORDSHIRE ST -EN S FOOTBALL ST

!STON ST

-EN S FOOTBALL ND $E -ONTFORD ND 7OMEN S FOOTBALL ST

7ARWICK ST

7OMEN S HOCKEY ST

,OUGHBOROUGH TH

-EN S HOCKEY ST

#ENTRAL %NGLAND ST

.ETBALL ND

.OTTINGHAM 4RENT RD

-EN S RUGBY ST

,EICESTER ST

-EN S RUGBY ND

3TAFFORDSHIRE ND

7OMEN S RUGBY ST 7ORCESTER ST -EN S TENNIS ST .OTTINGHAM RD SIAL FUMBLE RECOVERY (OWEV ER THE DECISION FAILED TO TURN THE GAME AS ONCE AGAIN THE 0IRATES DEFENCE CAPITALISED WHERE THE "LADES RUNNING BACKS FAILED AND RECOVERED THE RD CONSECUTIVE FUMBLE 4HIS TIME WITHOUT ERROR THE 0IRATES RUNNING BACK !LEX

TO LEAVE THE lRST HALF WITH A SCORE OF 0IRATES )N THE SECOND HALF THE DEFENCE CAME UP WITH AN OTHER STOP AND THE OFFENCE WAS GIVEN GOOD lELD POSI TION BY A 'UY $AVIES PUNT RETURN !LEX 2OSS CAPPED THE ENSUING DRIVE WITH A THIRTY

TO MOVE THE BALL IN THE TH QUARTER AND SCORED A CONSO LATION LATE ON BUT IT WAS TOO LITTLE TOO LATE 4HIS 3UNDAY THE 0IRATES WILL BE LOOKING TO CONTINUE THEIR PERFECT SEASON AT HOME TO THE +ENT &ALCONS AT #OLNEY &IELD AT PM

7OMEN S TENNIS ST

7ARWICK ST