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.O 0LATFORM RESULTS AND THE DEBATE GOES NATIONAL P #RACKING 2ICHARD 2EYNOLDS .EWS %DITOR 4HERE WILL BE AN EXTRAORDINARY MEET ING OF 5NION #OUNCIL ON 4HURSDAY THIS WEEK TH .OV ! MOTION WILL BE DISCUSSED THAT IF PASSED WILL DRAMATICALLY INCREASE THE POWERS OF THE 5NION SABBATICAL OFl CERS TO PUNISH CLUBS AND SOCIETIES FOR hANY COMPLAINTS ON INAPPROPRIATE BE HAVIOURx ;THAT ARE= ARE DEEMED TO BE VALID v 5NDER THE OLD RULES OF THE hSUBSv ACCOUNT MEMBERSHIP FEES COULD BE REMOVED AS A l NE FOR hIN APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOURv 5NDER THE NEW RULES BEING PROPOSED BY !N DREW 4AYLOR THE 5NION &INANCE /F l CER CLUBS MAY BE REMOVED FROM "53! COMPETITION /2 l NED OF THEIR hSUBSv ACCOUNT

4HE MOTION ARGUES THAT THE CUR RENT RULES ARE NOT STRONG ENOUGH AND CLUBS CONTINUE TO BEHAVE hIN APPROPRIATELYv (OWEVER #ONCRETE UNDERSTANDS THAT THE 3PORTS /Fl CER *AMES 4URN ER WILL BE PROPOSING AN AMEND MENT GOING EVEN FURTHER n AN OUT RIGHT BAN ON INITIATIONS /N TOP OF THIS HE SUGGESTS A SIGNIl CANTLY HARSHER PENALTY OF THE hSUBSv ACCOUNT !.$ REMOVAL FROM "53! )NITIATIONS WILL BE DEl NED VERY BROADLY WITH HEAVY DRINKING ONLY HAVING TO BE hENCOURAGEDv NOT hPRESSUREDv AS IS STATED IN THE CUR RENT RULES AND THE ORIGINAL MOTION )N FULL THE DEl NITION OF INITIATION IN THE AMENDMENT IS h! SOCIAL EVENT ON OR OFF CAMPUS WHICH IN VOLVES MEMBERS OF THE CLUB OR SO CIETY BEING ENCOURAGED TO CONSUME

ALCOHOL OR PERFORM ACTS OF INAP PROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR WHICH IS CON SIDERED DANGEROUS AND OR BRING THE 5NION INTO DISREPUTE v (OWEVER THIS MOTION AND THE AMENDMENT MUST PASS AT 5NION #OUNCIL ON 4HURSDAY BEFORE THE RULE CHANGE HAPPENS AND MANY OF THE SPORTS CLUBS DO NOT APPEAR HAP PY WITH THE MOTION $UNCAN 7HITE -EN S &OOT BALL 0RESIDENT EXPLAINED h!S MOST PEOPLE WILL KNOW INITIATIONS OF SOME SORT OR OTHER ARE PART OF THE ORIGINAL SCENERY AT 5%! 4HE 5NION SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO COTTON WOOL AN EXPERIENCE THAT OFTEN TYPIl ES THE STUDENT YEARS (OWEVER THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT IS TO MAKE SURE IN NO WAY THAT INITIATIONS PUT OFF POTENTIAL MEMBERS FROM JOIN ING OR THAT ANYONE IS PRESSURED TO

TAKE PART AGAINST THEIR WILL )F THIS IS DONE THEN ) THINK THE DECISION SHOULD BELONG TO THE CLUBS v 3AM 7ILSON -EN S 2UGBY 4REAS URER FURTHER COMMENTED h!S SOME ONE WHO HAS TAKEN PART IN A RUGBY INITIATION TWO YEARS AGO ) CAN SAY THAT ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS INAPPROPRI ATE AND SICK IT WAS IN FACT ONE OF MY BEST RUGBY NIGHTS OUT AND KEY TO TEAM BUILDING WITHIN OUR SQUAD )MPORTANTLY THOUGH WE NEVER FORCE ANYONE TO TAKE PART BUT IT S A BRILLIANT PART OF RUGBY LIFE v -ANY PEOPLE ARE SUGGESTING THAT THE NEW RULES WILL BE IMPOS SIBLE FOR THE 5NION TO ENFORCE ,OUISE $UNGATE 7OMEN S 2UG BY 3OCIAL 3ECRETARY SAID h)T WOULD BE POINTLESS TO PUT A BAN ON

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!LICE 'IBBS $EPUTY .EWS %DITOR 3TUDENTS WHO ARE CAMPAIGN ING FOR A NEW GRADUATION BUILDING MAY NOT HAVE TO WAIT MUCH LONGER AS PLANS TO EX PAND 5%! ONTO ADJACENT PLAY ING lELDS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT ONE STEP CLOSER TO COMPLETION ,AST WEEK THE GOVERN MENT GAVE APPROVAL FOR .OR FOLK #OUNTY #OUNCIL TO SELL OFF LAND FROM THE FORMER "LACKDALE -IDDLE 3CHOOL SITE BEHIND THE 3PORTSPARK ON "LUEBELL 2OAD 4HE LAND WAS MADE AVAILABLE FOR DISPOSAL IN WHEN .ORTHlELDS AND "LACKDALE SCHOOLS MERGED INTO THE NEW "LUEBELL 0RIMARY SCHOOL WHICH IS NOW ON THE ORIGINAL .ORTHlELDS SITE 4HIS RE ORGANISATION PROJECT WAS PART OF A DEVELOPMENT ENTER PRISE BY THE #OUNCIL WHICH IS SPENDING a MILLION BUILDING lVE NEW PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN THE .ORWICH AREA 5%! MADE A PROVISIONAL OFFER TO BUY THE LAND IN $E CEMBER BROKERING A DEAL WHICH WOULD SEE THE a MILLION RECEIVED FROM THE 5NIVERSITY INVESTED BACK INTO THE #OUNCIL S MULTI MILLION SCHOOLS DEVELOP MENT SCHEME 9ET THE SALE OF THE SCHOOL SITE WAS SUB JECT TO GOVERNMENT APPROVAL AND PLANNING PERMISSION .OW THE 3ECRETARY OF 3TATE FOR CHILDREN SCHOOLS AND FAM ILIES HAS GIVEN THE GOVERNMEN TAL GREEN LIGHT AFTER AN INDE PENDENT PANEL INVESTIGATED ALL THE OPTIONS FOR USE OF THE SITE ! SPOKESPERSON FROM THE DEPARTMENT SAID h4HE DIS POSAL OF THE PLAYING lELDS

HAS BEEN APPROVED ON THE CONDITION THAT THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE ARE USED TO HELP FUND OUTDOOR SPORTS FACILI TIES FOR THE BENElT OF OTHER LOCAL SCHOOLS 4HESE INCLUDE TWO MULTI USE GAMES COURTS ENHANCED GRASSED PITCHES AND THE PURCHASE OF A NEW TEAM GAME PLAYING lELD v )F THE SALE GOES AHEAD IT WOULD BRING FURTHER DEVELOP MENTS TO 5%! S CONSTANTLY EVOLVING CAMPUS WHICH HAS SEEN NUMEROUS INNOVATIVE CON STRUCTIONS OVER THE LAST DECADE ! SPOKESMAN FOR 5%! SAID h7E LOOK FORWARD TO RESUMING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COUNTY COUNCIL ABOUT THE ACQUISITION OF THIS SITE WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR THE 5NIVER SITY AS IT IS ADJACENT TO OUR CAMPUS 4HERE ARE A NUMBER OF DEVELOPMENTS FOR WHICH THE SITE COULD PROVE USEFUL WHICH WILL INCLUDE AREAS FOR COMMUNITY USE DEPENDENT UPON PLANNING PERMISSION v ! PROPOSED SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY THAT MAY BE BUILT ON THE SITE WOULD ENLARGE THE 5NIVERSITY S NATIONAL APPEA WHILE THE SUGGESTION OF A NEW BUILDING FOR GRADUATION CERE MONIES WOULD BE WELCOME TO ANY STUDENT RESIGNED TO GRAD UATING IN #ONGREGATION (ALL (OWEVER SALE OF THE LAND HAS SPARKED CONTROVERSY AS THE SITE NOT ONLY INCLUDES THE BROWNlELD AREA OF FORMER SCHOOL BUILDINGS BUT ALSO ITS PLAYING lELDS AND A SECTION OF THE ADJOINING "LACKDALE 0LANTATION WHICH COULD BE USED FOR THE BENElT OF THE ADJACENT %ARLHAM (IGH AND "LUEBELL 0RIMARY SCHOOLS #AMPAIGNERS AGAINST

THE SALE HAVE WARNED THAT DESPITE GOVERNMENT PERMIS SION AND THE CONVICTION OF EDUCATION CHIEFS THE lGHT TO KEEP THE PLAYING lELDS FOR PUBLIC USE IS NOT OVER )N A JOINT STATEMENT .OR WICH #ITY #OUNCILLORS "ERT "REMNER AND 2OY "LOWER ALONG WITH THEIR 5NIVERSITY 7ARD ,ABOUR CAMPAIGN TEAM COLLEAGUE "RENDA !RTHUR SAID h.ORFOLK #OUNTY #OUNCIL MAY NOW lNALLY HAVE PER MISSION TO SELL THE "LACKDALE 0LAYING &IELD BUT IT DOES NOT HAVE TO SELL IT )T COULD SELL THE BROWNlELD PART OF THE SITE BUT SAVE THE GRASS PLAY ING lELD FOR THE CHILDREN v 4HEY CONTINUED h7E ASK ALL THOSE WHO OPPOSE THE SALE TO GET THEIR POLITICAL PARTIES TO FORCE A VOTE AT .ORFOLK #OUN TY #OUNCIL TO STOP THE SALE v 4HE CAMPAIGNERS CLAIM THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO PRESSURE 5%! TO LEAVE THE LAND BY THE PLAYGROUND AVAIL ABLE FOR "LUEBELL 0RIMARY AND %ARLHAM (IGH AND 5%! FOR SPORT AND LEISURE WITH SUGGES TIONS TO CALL THE MUTUAL LAND #HANCELLOR S &IELD #HANCEL LOR S 'IFT OR #HANCELLOR S 0ARK IN RECOGNITION OF THE GESTURE (OWEVER 2OSALIE -ON BIOT .ORFOLK #OUNTY #OUN CIL S CABINET MEMBER FOR #HILDREN S 3ERVICES SAID h4HE DECISION HAS GONE ON FOR NEAR LY TWO YEARS AND WAS WELL IN VESTIGATED 7E HAVE GOT TO AC CEPT THAT AND MOVE ON NOW v 0ROPOSALS FOR PLANNING PERMISSION ARE EXPECTED TO BE PUT FORWARD IN THE NEW YEAR

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75% Â against Â No Â Platform !NDY *UDSON $EPUTY %DITOR ! RECENT VOTE OF THE 3TUDENT 5NION AT 5%! RESULTED IN THE 5NION NOW OFlCIALLY OP POSING THE .ATIONAL 5NION OF 3TUDENTS .O 0LATFORM POLICY AS OF THE STU DENTS WHO TURNED OUT VOTED AGAINST IT 4HE .O 0LATFORM POLICY MEANS THE .53 CURRENTLY BE LIEVES IN FORBIDDING GROUPS DEEMED RACIST OR FASCIST FROM STANDING IN ITS INTERNAL ELEC TIONS AND DOES NOT ENTER ONTO A PLATFORM WITH THEM IN OUTSIDE DEBATES 4HE 5NION OF 3TUDENTS AT 5%! ITSELF ACTUALLY DOES NOT HAVE A .O 0LATFORM POLICY )NSTEAD THE ISSUE IS WHETHER IT SUPPORTS THE .53 POLICY 2ICHARD 2EYNOLDS CO ORDINATOR OF THE @AGAINST CAMPAIGN AND ALSO LEADER OF THE STUDENT WING OF THE !CADEMICS FOR !CADEMIC &REEDOM CAMPAIGN !&!& COMMENTED h4HIS IS A PROUD MOMENT FOR THE STUDENTS OF 5%! AS WELL AS FOR PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN FREE SPEECH AND DEMOCRACY EVERYWHERE &REEDOM OF SPEECH SHOULD NEVER BE COMPROMISED BE CAUSE OF OUR FEAR OF WHAT

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PEOPLE MIGHT SAY v 4HERE HAVE BEEN VOTES ON THE ISSUE IN OTHER STU DENT UNIONS !T 3USSEX STU DENTS TRIED TO OVERTURN .O 0LATFORM AT THEIR !'- BUT WERE DEFEATED BY TWO VOTES n A FULL REFERENDUM IS BE ING CALLED THERE 4HE UNION COUNCIL OF THE 5NIVERSITY OF .ORTHUMBRIA HAVE DECIDED TO SUPPORT .O 0LATFORM $ANNY 4URNER CO ORDINATOR OF THE CAMPAIGN TO SUPPORT

.O 0LATFORM STATED h4HE .O 0LATFORM CAMPAIGN WAS A FAILURE HERE BUT AS .ORTH UMBRIA SHOWS THERE IS HOPE IN MANY OTHER AREAS OF THE COUNTRY v (E ADDED h) RESPECT THE 5%! S DECISION AND ) HOPE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO LED THE ANTI .O 0LATFORM CAMPAIGN WILL BE THE SAME THAT WILL LEAD THE DEBATE IF THE ".0 DO COME TO CAMPUS ) THINK THE AIMS OF ANYONE STILL IN

TERESTED IN THE PROMOTION OF .O 0LATFORM SHOULD LOOK TO MAKE SURE IT REMAINS IN THE .53 CONSTITUTION AND ALSO TO SUPPORT OTHER .O 0LATFORM CAMPAIGNS NATION ALLY v 4HE ISSUE OF .O 0LATFORM FASCISM AND STUDENT DEBATES HAS BECOME A NATIONAL IS SUE .OT ONLY DID NEWS OF THE 5%! REFERENDUM APPEAR IN THE 'UARDIAN AND 4IMES (IGHER BUT IT HAS HAPPENED

AT A TIME WHEN THE /XFORD 5NION DEBATING CLUB CAUSED MASS CONTROVERSY BY INVITING ".0 LEADER .ICK 'RIFlN AND (OLOCAUST DENIER hHISTORI ANv $AVID )RVING WHICH LED TO AN INTENSE PROTEST THAT MADE NATIONAL HEADLINES 4HIS WAS ALL FOLLOWED ON LAST -ONDAY NIGHT TH .OV BY "ILL 2AMMELL -IN ISTER OF 3TATE ,IFELONG ,EARN ING &URTHER AND (IGHER %D UCATION IN A MAJOR POLICY SPEECH DESCRIBING .O 0LAT FORM POLICIES AS hCOUNTER PRODUCTIVEv AND hWRONG IN PRINCIPLEv .53 IS CURRENTLY UNDER GOING A MAJOR DEMOCRATIC REVIEW WHICH MEANS RE WRITING ITS ENTIRE CONSTITU TION WITH THE lNAL DOCU MENT TO BE DECIDED UPON AT AN EXTRAORDINARY CONFERENCE IN ,EICESTER ON 4UESDAY TH $ECEMBER AT WHICH 5%! WILL HAVE EIGHT REPRESENTA TIVES 0ART OF THE .53 NEW CONSTITUTION WILL MAKE OFl CIAL THE .O 0LATFORM POLICY AND 5%! DELEGATES ARE NOW OBLIGED TO VOTE AGAINST THIS /VERALL TURNOUT OF THE VOTE WAS ONLY OF ROUGH LY STUDENTS !LTHOUGH THIS LEVEL OF TURNOUT IS HARD

LY UNUSUAL A MINIMUM OF STUDENTS ONE THIRTIETH OF THE STUDENT POPULATION HAVE TO VOTE IN REFERENDUMS FOR THEM TO BE LEGAL "UT 2ICHARD 2EYNOLDS COMMENTED THAT h5NION ELECTIONS ARE ALWAYS POORLY ATTENDED 'IVEN THIS REFER ENDUM WAS HELD ON ITS OWN WITHOUT ANY OTHER ELECTIONS GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME ) THINK THE TURNOUT WAS REL ATIVELY GOOD !LSO UNLIKE NORMAL %XEC ELECTIONS THIS WAS A REAL CAMPAIGN ON A REAL POLITICAL ISSUE SO THERE WEREN T CAMPS OF THE FRIENDS OF CANDIDATES TO VOTE v 5NION #OMMUNICATIONS /FlCER 2OWENA "ODDING TON ALSO STATED h) M GLAD TO SEE THAT 5%! STUDENTS TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THEIR VIEWS KNOWN ON AN IM PORTANT ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN IN THE MEDIA A LOT THIS WEEK "OTH SIDES DID REALLY WELL IN CAMPAIGNING AND TURN OUT WAS ACCEPTABLE )T S REALLY GOOD THAT WE ENGAGE ON IS SUES AND DEBATE THEM AS A COLLECTIVE COMMUNITY HAV ING THAT DEBATE MAKES OUR DECISIONS EVEN STRONGER v

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#ONTINUED FROM PAGE INITIATIONS 4HE 5NION SHOULD CLARIFY WHAT THEY DON T WANT TO SEE -OST TEAMS ARE JUST TRYING TO HAVE FUN v %VEN MEMBERS OF CLUBS THAT DO NOT HOLD INITIATIONS THEMSELVES DO NOT LIKE THE MOTION ARGUING THAT IT IS THE WRONG WAY TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THE WORST EXCESSES OF INITIATIONS *OE 4HOMPSON 4ENNIS 0RESIDENT TOLD #ON CRETE h) DON T AGREE WITH THE MOTION 4HE 5NION SHOULD BE TRYING TO WORK WITH CLUBS

AND ALL THEIR MEMBERS TO CRE ATE A CULTURE OF CLUB RESPON SIBILITYv (OWEVER AS 3TEPHEN !L EXANDER *ONES -EN S 2UGBY 0RESIDENT POINTED OUT h(OW IMPORTANT ARE INITIATIONS )T S A BIT OF FUN BUT IS IT WORTH THE HASSLE OF GETTING REPRIMANDED FOR 7HAT S IMPORTANT IS PERFORMING ON THE PITCH v !LL CLUBS AND SOCIETIES AS WELL AS ACADEMIC SCHOOLS HAVE A RIGHT TO HAVE THEIR SAY ON 4HURSDAY NIGHT

!T THE BEGINNING OF THIS ACADEMIC YEAR THERE WAS A CHANGE IN THE DISCIPLINARY SYSTEM TO DO WITH LATE SUB MISSION OF COURSEWORK 5P UNTIL LAST YEAR POINTS WERE DEDUCTED DEPENDING ON THE LENGTH OF TIME IT TAKES YOU TO HAND IN YOUR WORK AFTER THE DEADLINE WEEKENDS WERE NOT INCLUDED BECAUSE YOU CANNOT ACCESS THE SCHOOL OFlCES THEN (OWEVER THE ,EARNING AND 4EACHING 1UAL ITY #OMMITTEE DECIDED TO CHANGE THE RULES AT THE START OF THIS YEAR SO THAT WEEKENDS WOULD COUNT TOWARDS THE NUMBER OF DAYS YOUR WORK IS LATE (OWEVER MANY STUDENTS WERE CONCERNED THAT IT IS NOT FAIR TO INCLUDE DAYS IN WHICH YOU ARE PHYSICALLY UNABLE TO HAND YOUR ESSAY IN DUE TO THE FACT THAT TEACHING BUILD INGS ARE SHUT AT WEEKENDS

4HIS MEANT STUDENTS WHO ARE LATE HANDING COURSEWORK IN MIGHT POTENTIALLY LOSE AS MANY AS MARKS (OWEVER REALISING THIS WAS AN UNFAIR MOVE THE COMMITTEE HAVE NOW DECIDED TO REVERT BACK TO THE OLD RULE SO WEEKENDS WILL ONCE AGAIN NOT COUNT &URTHER TO THIS ANYONE WHO HAS ALREADY BEEN HIT BY THE NEW SYSTEM WILL BE REIM BURSED THEIR MARKS 7HEN ASKED ABOUT THIS CHANGE #AMMIE &ULMER THE 5NION !CADEMIC /FlCER SAID hSTUDENT VIEWS WERE DElNITELY TAKEN INTO CONSID

ERATIONv WHEN THIS PARTICULAR MATTER WAS DISCUSSED #AM MIE WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUP PORTS THE NEW DECISION AND DEMONSTRATED THE VIEW OF MOST STUDENTS BY STATING h)T IS UNREASONABLE TO PENALISE STUDENTS FOR SOMETHING THEY CAN T PHYSICALLY DO v (OWEVER THIS CHANGE ALSO RAISES THE ISSUE OF STUDENTS WHO DO ENDEAVOUR TO KEEP TO THE DEADLINES 4HE 3OCIAL 3CIENCES #ONVENOR 3OCRATES )OANNOU BELIEVES THE NEW POLICY hHARDLY SEEMS FAIR ON THE STUDENTS WHO HAND THEIR WORK IN ON TIME v 3OCRATES

ACKNOWLEDGES THAT hFROM A GENERAL VIEW STUDENTS WILL BE HAPPY WITH THE TURNAROUND IN POLICY v BUT HE FEELS THAT IN ORDER FOR THE POLICY TO BE JUSTIlED hA FEW MORE STEPS NEED TO BE TAKEN TO ENSURE STUDENTS DON T TAKE ADVAN TAGE v (OLDING A SIMILAR OPINION %MMA &OSTER A THIRD YEAR -ATHEMATICS STU DENT BELIEVES hA DEADLINE IS A DEADLINE FOR A REASON v BUT ALSO REALISES TO THE AVER AGE STUDENT WHO WILL ALWAYS MAKE SURE THEIR WORK IS HANDED IN THIS CHANGE hWILL NOT MAKE MUCH DIFFERENCE TO THEM h )N A BID TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE DECISION WAS MADE IN THE lRST PLACE AND WHY IT WAS REVERSED #ONCRETE ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT THE ,EARNING AND 4EACHING 1UAL ITY /FlCE BUT THEY WERE UN ABLE TO COMMENT ON THE SITU ATION BECAUSE THE $IRECTOR OF 4AUGHT 0ROGRAMMES WAS UNAVAILABLE

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/VER THE PAST WEEK STUDENTS AT 5%! WERE WITNESS TO AND SUBJECTS OF THE 5NION 3US TAINABILITY AND 7ELLBEING 7EEK 4HIS SMALL FESTIVAL OF EVENTS AIMED TO RAISE AWARE NESS OF STUDENT WELLBEING AND OTHER CAUSES 2UTH 3TONE 7ELFARE /FlC ER WORKED WITH 7OMEN S /F lCER !MY 7ILSON TO SUPPORT THE .ATIONAL 3TOP 6IOLENCE !GAINST 7OMEN DAY 2UTH SAID h) FELT ;THIS= WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL IN RAISING AWARE NESS OF THE ISSUES AND ALSO RAISING MONEY FOR A WOMEN S REFUGE IN .ORWICHv 2UTH CONTINUED TO BE THE EYE OF THE WELLBEING WHIRL WIND AS SHE ATTENDED WITH 3PORTS /FlCER *AMES 4URNER A 3EXUAL (EALTH $AY RUN BY THE .53 h4HE AIM OF THIS EVENT WAS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF ()6 !)$3 AND WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN TERMS OF CAM PAIGNING v 2UTH SAID !S FOR THE FUTURE OF STU

DENT WELLBEING ON CAMPUS 2UTH SAID THAT SHE WAS PLAN NING ON HOLDING A FEW MORE 3(!' 3EXUAL (EALTH !WARE NESS AND 'UIDANCE $AYS ON CAMPUS NEXT TERM h!LSO v SHE SAID hTHERE WILL SOON BE SELF TEST #HLAMYDIA KITS IN THE !DVICE #ENTRE WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT STUDENTS SAID THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AND MAKE USE OF v $ESPITE HER POTENTIALLY MISGUIDED ADVOCACY OF THE INSTITUTION OF THEMED ACRO NYMS 2UTH HAS SUCCESSFULLY FACILITATED A WELL ROUNDED AP PROACH TO STUDENT WELLBEING %VENTS LIKE THOSE OF THE PAST WEEK ALONG WITH ONGOING SUPPORT NETWORKS LIKE .IGHT LINE CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE AND AID STUDENTS AND CONTRIB UTE TO THE 5NIVERSITY S REPUTA TION FOR STUDENT SATISFACTION -ORE INFORMATION ON THE 3TOP 6IOLENCE !GAINST 7OM EN #AMPAIGN CAN BE FOUND ON THE !MNESTY )NTERNATION AL WEBSITE WWW AMNESTY ORG UK

4HIS 4HURSDAY TH $ECEM BER ,IVEWIRE WILL BE HOLD ING THEIR ANNUAL ,IVEWIRE 5NSIGNED EVENING IN THE "LUE "AR 4HE COMPETITION FEATURES lVE BANDS BATTLING IT OUT BY PERFORMING FOR lFTEEN MINUTES IN FRONT OF A PANEL OF EXPERT JUDGES 4HE PANEL WILL INCLUDE ,IVEWIRE ALUM NUS AND 2ADIO $* 'REG *AMES #ONCRETE S VERY OWN MUSIC EDITOR 'REG 3ULLIVAN AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM A RECORDING STUDIO !FTER THEIR PERFORMANCES THE WINNER WILL BE CHOSEN ON THE NIGHT 4HE WINNER THEY PICK WILL RECEIVE A HEADLINE SLOT AT THE .OR WICH !RT #ENTRE AND RECORD ING TIME AT A LOCAL STUDIO 4HE EVENT WHICH WILL BE FREE TO ATTEND IS PART OF THE STATION S COMMITMENT TO LIVE EVENTS ACROSS CAMPUS 7IRED $* AND EVENT ORGANISER 4OM &ARTHING SAID h)T S GOING TO BE A FANTASTIC EVENT ALL THE PREVIOUS ,IVEWIRE 5NSIGNED

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4HE "EECHES (OTEL IS AT HAND LOCATED ON THE CITY CENTRE END OF %ARLHAM 2OAD 4HE "EECHES (OTEL IS MADE UP OF THREE 'EORGIAN BUILDINGS ALL WITH THEIR OWN CHARM AND CHARACTER 4HE (OTEL IS SET IN AN IDEAL LOCATION WITH THE PLANTATION GARDENS WITHIN ITS GROUND AND ONLY A MINUTE WALK INTO THE CITY CENTRE 7ITH BEAUTIFUL SURROUNDINGS AND THE BUSTLING CITY ON YOUR DOORSTEP YOUR PARENTS WILL HARDLY HAVE TIME TO SEE THE STATE OF YOUR OWN ROOM 7E ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING A SPECIAL OFFER ON &RIDAY AND 3UNDAY NIGHTS 2OOMS FOR ONLY a 9OU WILL lND ALL THESE OFFERS ON WWW BOOKINGS COM OR WWW LATEROOMS COM

HAVE BEEN BRILLIANT AND THIS YEAR S BANDS LOOK LIKE THE BEST GROUP YET IT TOOK US AGES JUST TO NARROW IT DOWN TO THE lVE BANDS WHO WILL BE COMPET ING ON THE NIGHT v 4HE BANDS WILL START AT PM AND lNISH AT PM AFTERWARDS THERE WILL BE ENTERTAINMENT FROM ,IVEWIRE $*S 4HE BANDS THAT WILL BE COMPETING ARE -ONDATTA &UNK 4RUTH IN THE )LLUSION 2UPERT 7HITEWATER -IDDLE /NES 4HIS IS THE EVENT S SECOND YEAR AND LAST YEAR SAW THE "LUE "AR PACKED WITH REVEL LERS %X ,IVEWIRE $* .ICK +ENT ADDED h4HIS IS BASICAL LY A BATTLE OF THE BANDS WITH A DIFFERENCE 4HE DIFFERENCE IS THAT NONE OF THE BANDS ARE RUBBISH )T PROMISES TO BE A GREAT NIGHT WITH A REAL CROSS SECTION OF THE .ORWICH LIVE SCENE ON SHOW RIGHT ON YOUR DOORSTEP v

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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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!MBITIOUS NEW DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR THE 3PORTSPARK WERE DIVULGED TO STUDENTS AT A SPE CIAL MEETING FOR 5NION SPORTS CLUB MEMBERS AND :IGGURAT SPORTS REPRESENTATIVES +EITH .ICHOLLS $IRECTOR OF 0HYSICAL %DUCATION AND 3PORT AT THE a MILLION SPORTS COMPLEX INVITED THE PRESIDENT AND ONE OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBER OF EACH SPORTS CLUB PLUS STUDENT REPS WHO ORGANISE THEIR SCHOOLS PARTICIPANTS IN THE :IGGURAT CHALLENGE TO ATTEND A @5SER 'ROUP &ORUM ON 4UESDAY TH .OVEMBER 4HE 5NION &INANCE AND 3PORTS /FlCERS BOTH DECLINED THEIR INVITA TIONS $URING THE COURSE OF HIS TALK AS WELL AS DESCRIBING THE PLANNED BUILDING ADDI TIONS -R .ICHOLLS ALSO CLARI lED THE SITUATION REGARDING THE TIME ALLOCATION STUDENTS RECEIVE AT THE FACILITY !S RE PORTED IN #ONCRETE ON RD /CTOBER THERE HAD BEEN QUESTION MARKS OVER WHETH ER STUDENTS WERE RECEIVING THE CORRECT NUMBER OF HOURS n DOUBTS THAT LED TO &INANCE /FlCER !NDREW 4AYLOR TO SUBMIT FOUR &REEDOM OF )N FORMATION REQUESTS -R .ICHOLLS EXPLAINED THAT UNDER THE #OMMUNITY 5SER !GREEMENT THAT WAS DRAWN UP IN 5NIVER SITY ACCESS TO THE FACILITY IN PEAK TIME HOURS WAS SET AT CERTAIN LEVELS 7HETHER PEAK TIME HOURS ARE DEEMED TO BE PM PM ON WEEKDAYS

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AND AM TO PM ON WEEKENDS AS IN THE ORIGI NAL AGREEMENT OR PM TO PM AS IT IS OFTEN CALCU LATED NOW OVERALL STUDENTS ARE RECEIVING THEIR ALLOTTED NUMBER OF HOURS (E ADDED THAT h) HOPE YOU FEEL THAT WE ARE NOT DEPRIVING YOU OF ANYTHINGv )T SEEMS THAT STUDENTS MAY SOON BE ENTITLED TO AC CESS BRAND NEW FACILITIES AS PLANS WERE OUTLINED FOR A NEW INDOOR SPORT ARENA AN INDOOR TENNIS CENTRE AND AN ADDITIONAL M SWIMMING POOL 0LANNING PERMISSION HAS BEEN OBTAINED FOR THE 4ENNIS #ENTRE AND IS BEING SOUGHT FOR THE INDOOR ARENA 4HE TENNIS CENTRE WHICH WILL FEATURE FOUR INDOOR COURTS AT A COST OF a MIL LION WOULD BE SITUATED NEAR THE CURRENT COURTS POSSIBLY ON LAND LEASED FROM %ARL HAM 3CHOOL 7ORK WILL NOT

START ON THIS PROJECT UNTIL SUFlCIENT FUNDS HAVE BEEN RAISED )N CONTRAST WORK WILL BEGIN IN THE COMING &EBRU ARY ON THE NEW SPORTS HALL WHICH WILL BE THE SIZE OF TWO BASKETBALL COURTS THE CURRENT !RENA HAS THREE 4HE PROJECT WILL COST a MILLION AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY *ANUARY !S WITH EXIST ING FACILITIES A CHARGE WILL BE MADE TO COVER THE COST OF THE LOAN TAKEN OUT TO BUILD THE HALL 7HERE CLUB TRAINING SESSIONS ARE TRANSFERRED FROM THE !RENA TO THE NEW HALL THEY WILL GET FREE USE )F ADDI TIONAL CLUB TIME IS REQUIRED THEN A CHARGE WILL BE MADE 4HERE ARE SUGGESTIONS THAT THE HALL MAY ALSO BE USED AS AN ADDITIONAL ROOM FOR 5NI VERSITY EXAMINATIONS )N FURTHER NEWS 2ACHEL 4OMES !SSISTANT $IRECTOR OF 0HYSICAL %DUCATION AND

3PORT GAVE DETAILS ON THE 0E TER %ARL &OUNDATION WHICH HAS SET UP VARIOUS GRANTS TO AWARD STUDENT EXCELLENCE IN VARIOUS WALKS OF UNIVER SITY LIFE 4HE a 3PORTS !CHIEVEMENT !WARD WHICH -RS 4OMES SPOKE OF WILL BE AWARDED ANNUALLY TO RECOG NISE SPORTING EXPERTISE COM MITMENT AND ACHIEVEMENT IN SPORT DURING STUDIES AT 5%! !LL REGISTERED STUDENTS OF 5%! ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE NOMINATED FOR THE PRIZE BY FELLOW STU DENTS AND STAFF .OMINATION FORMS MUST SUBMITTED TO THE $IRECTOR OF THE 3PORTSPARK BY THE END OF &EBRUARY 0ETER %ARL AN EX STUDENT OF 5%! WILL ALSO PROVIDE A FURTHER a FOR VARIOUS OTHER AWARDS PRINCIPALLY IN THE SCHOOL OF -EDICINE 4HESE AWARDS WILL BE DECIDED UPON BY A JUDGING PANEL AS OPPOSED TO STUDENT VOTES

SportBlue Â night Â kicks Â off Â -ARCUS *ONES %DITOR 3PORT"LUE IS THE NEW 5NION SPORT NIGHT PREMIERING TO MORROW 7EDNESDAY TH IN THE "LUE "AR 4HE NIGHT IS DESIGNED FOR THE NUMEROUS 5NION SPORT CLUBS MANY OF WHOM EITHER TRAIN OR HAVE "53! "RITISH 5NIVERSITY 3PORTS !SSOCIA TION MATCHES ON A 7EDNES DAY SO IT IS THE IDEAL WAY TO CELEBRATE A HARD EARNED WIN OR DROWN YOUR SORROWS AFTER A CRUSHING DEFEAT n THOUGH WITH 5%! SPORTS CLUBS BE

ING THE SUCCESSFUL BUNCH THEY ARE HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE MORE OF THE LATTER 4ICKETS COST a THOUGH SPECIAL OFFERS HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE FOR SPORTS CLUBS )F A COMMITTEE MEM BER GOES TO THE 5NION BOX OFlCE THEY CAN PURCHASE lVE TICKETS AND GET ONE FREE OR BUY TEN AND GET THREE FREE !FTER THE EVENT COSTS HAVE BEEN COVERED ALL THE MONEY MADE WILL GO BACK INTO 5N ION SPORT 7EDNESDAY NIGHTS FEA TURE BIG UNION EVENTS AT MANY UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE

COUNTRY AND 3PORTS /FlCER *AMES 4URNER IS LOOKING FORWARD TO 5%! FOLLOWING SUIT h3PORT"LUE IS GOING TO GIVE SPORT TEAMS A CHANCE TO SOCIALISE IN A RELAXED ATMOS PHERE AFTER MATCHES AND TRAINING ON 7EDNESDAYS ) AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OUR CLUBS THERE TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE NIGHT THEY ASKED FORv 5%! S .AKED #ALENDAR WILL BE LAUNCHED AT PM JUST BEFORE THE NIGHT S FES TIVITIES BEGIN SO THAT PEOPLE WITHOUT TICKETS CAN THRILL IN THE NUDITY 4HE TICKETED

EVENT THEN STARTS AT PM WITH THE "LUE "AR HIRED OUT UNTIL AM 4HE HIGHLIGHT PROMISES TO BE 3PORT )DOL n THE SPORTS TEAM KARAOKE COMPETITION %ACH 7EDNESDAY CLUBS CAN NOMINATE AN IDOL OR IDOLS TO SING AND BE JUDGED BY THE PANEL %ACH SINGER WILL BE AWARDED POINTS FOR THEIR TEAM BASED ON THEIR @PER FORMANCE AND THE WINNING CLUB WILL RECEIVE A PRIZE AT THE START OF THE NEXT ACA DEMIC YEAR

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-ARCUS *ONES %DITOR 5%! S .AKED #ALENDAR FOR WILL BE LAUNCHED THIS 7EDNESDAY $ECEMBER TH AS PART OF THE INAUGURAL 3PORT"LUE EVENT %ACH MONTH FEATURES A PICTURE OF A 5NION SPORTS CLUB OR SOCIETY IN VARIOUS STATES OF UNDRESS THOUGH FULL EXPOSURE IS PREVENTED SADLY OR FORTU NATELY DEPENDING UPON YOUR POINT OF VIEW THROUGH THE CAREFUL PLACEMENT OF ITEMS RELATED TO THAT GROUPS ACTIV ITY SO EXPECT TO SEE PLENTY OF PRUDENTLY PLACED &RISBEES AND CAREFULLY ARRANGED RUGBY BALLS 4HE CALENDAR COSTS a AND ALL PROlTS WILL BE DONAT ED TO #ANCER 2ESEARCH 5+ WITH SPECIAL FOCUS ON BREAST AND TESTICULAR CANCER n HENCE THE NAKEDNESS 0AUL &ERRIS WHO ORGAN ISED THE WHOLE PROJECT AND FEATURES AS PART OF THE -ED3OC PHOTO TOLD #ONCRETE THAT h)T WAS GOOD FUN AND IS THE SORT OF THING YOU SHOULD BE DO ING WHILE AT UNIVERSITY %ACH SHOOT HAD ITS OWN UNIQUE FEEL AND ) D LIKE TO SAY A HUGE THANKS TO ALL THOSE WHO WANTED TO BE IN THE CALENDAR BUT WE ONLY HAVE MONTHS AND SADLY WE DID HAVE TO TURN PEOPLE DOWNv 4HOSE FORTU NATE ENOUGH TO BE CHOSEN TO mASH THE mESH ARE .IGHTLINE 9OGA AND !RT OF ,IVING -ED 3OC #LAY 0IGEON SHOOTING

2UGBY MEN S AND WOMEN S 5LTIMATE &RISBEE 4RIATHLON 3WIMMING AND %QUESTRIAN CLUBS 2OCK 'OSPEL 3OCIETY $ANCESPORT AND THE 5NION %XECUTIVE #OSTS FOR THE CALENDAR WERE KEPT TO A MINIMUM BY A BRING YOUR OWN PROPS POLICY AND THE FACT THAT PHO TOGRAPHER -IKE "AXTER GAVE HIS TIME FOR FREE n h) THINK ) OWE HIM A LOT OF PINTSv COM MENTED &ERRIS 4HE CALENDAR LAUNCH WILL KICK OFF THE 3PORT"LUE NIGHT AT PM TOMORROW EVENING AND THE SAUCY SNAPS WILL BE SHOWN ON THE SCREENS THROUGHOUT THE BAR AND THE CALENDAR WILL BE AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE FOR THE lRST TIME !S WELL AS CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS A GOOD CAUSE &ERRIS THINKS PEOPLE SHOULD BUY THE CALENDAR BECAUSE h4HE BLACKMAIL VALUE IS HUGE n ) M EXPECTING TO SEE IT PRODUCED ON MY WEDDING DAY 9OU RE BOUND TO KNOW SOMEONE IN IT AND IF WE SELL OUT WE LL HAVE RAISED NEARLY a FOR #AN CER 2ESEARCHv )T SEEMS LIKELY THAT IN STEAD OF STUDYING THEIR LECTURE NOTES NEXT WEEK STUDENTS WILL BE ADMIRING THE SHAPELY FORMS OF THEIR PEERS AND TRY ING TO REMEMBER EXACTLY WHY THE DERRIERE ON -R !PRIL SEEMS QUITE SO FAMILIAR . " 7E HOPE YOU ENJOY THE SNEAK PEEK AT THE FRONT COVER ABOVE

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Not Â LARPing Â anymore !NDY *UDSON $EPUTY %DITOR 4HREE MORE STUDENTS WERE VICTIMS OF A MUGGING LAST WEEK AFTER RETURNING HOME FROM A ,IVE !CTION 2OLE 0LAYING ,!20 SESSION WITH 'AMES3OC 4HE ATTACK OCCURRED AT PM OPPOSITE THE #OM MUNITY #ENTRE ON 7ILBER FORCE 2OAD ON 3UNDAY .OVEMBER TH 0RESIDENT OF !NARCHIST 3OCIETY *ACK 3HANNON WHO CONTACTED #ONCRETE ABOUT THE ATTACK ALONG WITH ,EYVAEN 4AYLOR AND ANOTHER PERSON WHO ASKED NOT TO BE NAMED WERE RETURNING HOME STILL IN THEIR ,!20 GEAR ,!20 ING IS A HOBBY WHEREBY INDIVIDUALS ROLE PLAY GAMES BY PHYSICALLY ACTING OUT THE ACTIONS OF THEIR CHARACTERS USUALLY BASED ON A FANTASY OR SCI l SETTING 4HIS MEANS GAME PLAYERS DRESS UP IN GEAR TO RESEM BLE THEIR CHARACTERS SUCH

AS WEARING THICK ROBES AND CHAINMAIL WHICH THE THREE STUDENTS INVOLVED WERE WEARING ON THE NIGHT OF THE ATTACK 4HEY WERE ATTACKED BY FOUR PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN 4HE ATTACKERS SUR ROUNDED THE TRIO AND PUSHED THEM INTO A HEDGE SAYING h7HAT ARE YOU STARING AT v BEFORE PUNCHING THEM IN THE FACE AND BEATING THEM AROUND THE HEAD 4HE THREE WERE LEFT BADLY BEATEN WITH *ACK SUFFERING FROM A PUNCH TO THE EYE *ACK 3HANNON DESCRIBED THE ATTACKERS SAYING THAT h4HE GUYS WHO BEAT US UP WERE PRETTY CHAVY SIC /NE WAS TALL AND SLIM WITH FAIRLY BROAD SHOULDERS AND SHORT BROWN HAIR v !FTER THE ATTACK OTHER LO CALS PASSING IN A CAR STOPPED TO HELP THE VICTIMS AND CALLED AN AMBULANCE !FTER THIS THE THREE ALSO CONTACT ED THE POLICE REGARDING THE ATTACK *ACK ADDED THAT h) AM

REALLY PISSED OFF THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED 'ETTING OWNED BY A LOAD OF CHAVS HAS AN GERED ME SOMETHING lERCE 7E WERE WALKING IN A GROUP SO IT SEEMS A BIT UNFAIR THAT IT SHOULD HAPPEN 3TAY SAFE IF YOU RE PROWLING ABOUT AT NIGHT AFTER A LECTURE OR SOCI ETY THINGY v 4HIS INCIDENT COMES AFTER OTHER SIMILAR ALBEIT ISOLATED EVENTS WHERE STU DENTS ARE VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE FROM .ORWICH LOCALS 4HE 7ELFARE /FlCER OF THE 5NION OF 5%! 3TUDENTS 2UTH 3TONE COMMENTED THAT h!NY STUDENTS WHO WITNESS OR SUFFER FROM THESE KINDS OF ATTACKS SHOULD DEl NITELY GET IN TOUCH WITH US SO THAT WE CAN LEARN HOW TO BETTER ENSURE THE SAFETY OF STUDENTS v )F YOU ARE VICTIM OF A MUGGING PLEASE CON TACT THE 5NIVERSITY 0OLICE #OMMUNITY 3UPPORT /F lCER OR .ORWICH 0OLICE ON /F COURSE IN AN EMERGENCY RING

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Fire Â in Â freshers Â accomodation *ACK CLARK !RTS %DITOR ,AST WEEK #ONCRETE RECEIVED A CONl DENTIAL 2ESIDENT 4UTOR DOCUMENT FROM AN UNIDEN TIl ED SOURCE )T DESCRIBED A l RE /N THE TH OF .OVEMBER A 2ESIDENT 4UTOR 24 DISCOV ERED A l RE WITHIN THE KITCHEN OF .ELSON #OURT &LAT 5PON INVESTIGATION IT APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY CLOTHS WHICH HAD BEEN HUNG ON THE GRILL AND HAD FALLEN ONTO THE HOT HOBS OF THE COOKER 4HE m AT HAD l LLED WITH POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SMOKE 4HE RESIDENTS OF THE m AT WERE ASSEMBLED OUTSIDE WHILE THE BLAZE WAS LEFT TO EXTIN GUISH ITSELF 4HE 24 GAVE THEM A LECTURE ON l RE SAFETY /NCE THE SMOKE HAD DISSIPATED AND THE l RE ALARM WAS RESET THE STUDENTS WERE ALLOWED BACK INSIDE 4HE 24 SUMMONED AN ELECTRICIAN AND WHEN THEY AR RIVED THEY DISCONNECTED THE GRILL FROM THE MAINS AND RE

MOVED IT FROM THE WALL CON CLUDING THAT NOTHING ELSE WAS DAMAGED 4HE STORY ITSELF IS A DRY ONE !SIDE FROM THE HUMAN CAUSE OF THE l RE WHICH WAS NOT IDENTIl ED IN THE FORM THERE WAS LITTLE MYSTERY TO THE EVENT 7HAT IS STRANGE HOW EVER IS THAT #ONCRETE RECEIVED THIS CONl DENTIAL 2ESIDENT 4U TOR FORM WITH THE DETAILS OF THE 24 WHO REPORTED THE INCI DENT ON IT 3TRANGER STILL IS THAT WHEN WE CONTACTED THE 24 IN QUES TION WE WERE TOLD THAT AS THE 24 WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE $EAN OF 3TUDENTS THEY COULD NOT TALK ABOUT THE INCIDENT INSTEAD THEY SUGGESTED THAT IN THE FUTURE #ONCRETE S l RST PORT OF CALL SHOULD BE THE $EAN OF 3TUDENTS /Fl CE $/3 !S IT WAS THE WEEKEND #ONCRETE WERE UNABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH ANYONE AT THE $/3 )T SEEMS THAT HOW #ON CRETE CAME TO BE INFORMED OF THIS l RE WILL REMAIN A MYS TERY

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4HERE IS A NEW FACE ON CAM PUS OR IS THERE #ONCRETE HAS BEEN TRYING TO TRACK DOWN OUR NEW "IG )SSUE SELLER FOR AN IN TERVIEW 7HILE OUR #HIEF 0HOTOG RAPHER %MIL !LLARD MANAGED TO CATCH 3TUART FOR A MINUTE TO GRAB A PHOTO WE HAVE OTHER WISE BEEN UNABLE TO l ND HIM THIS HAS LEAD TO PEOPLE IN THE #ONCRETE /Fl CE SUGGESTING THAT %MIL HAS FABRICATED THE LEFT HAND PHOTO 3O IF YOU SPOT 3TUART ON CAMPUS PLEASE BUY A "IG )SSUE OFF HIM IF ONLY TO PROVE HE EX ISTS

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! SECOND YEAR STUDENT CLAIMS THEY WERE ABANDONED BY A "ESTWAYS TAXI IN .ORWICH ON &RIDAY ST .OV NIGHT ,ISA 0HILLIPS EXPLAINED WHAT HAPPENED TO #ONCRETE h,ATE LAST NIGHT ) CALLED A TAXI TO PICK ME UP FROM THE "RICK MAKERS AND TAKE ME HOMEx THE DRIVER SEEMED IN A BIT OF A BAD MOOD FROM THE START v 3HE THEN REALISED SHE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH CASH TO PAY AND SO h;3HE= EXPECTED HIM TO SAY HE D TAKE ;HER= TO A CASH POINT AND UP THE FARE ACCORDINGLY AS HAD HAP PENED TO ;HER= IN THE PAST v ,ISA TOLD #ONCRETE THAT h)NSTEAD HE GOT ANGRY BE GAN DRIVING AGGRESSIVELY AND STARTED TAKING ME MILES OUT OF MY WAY ) HAD NO IDEA WHERE ) WAS BEING TAKEN AND FOR A WHILE WAS ABSOLUTELY PETRIl ED v 3HE WAS hDUMPEDv NEAR THE TAXI SERVICES BASE AND AC CORDING TO HER h) WENT INTO THE OFl CE CRYING AND ASKING TO BE TAKEN HOME THE GUY BEHIND THE DESK REFUSED AND TREATED ME WITH AN AGGRESSIVE AND INTIMIDATING ATTITUDE (E REPEATED THAT HE @DIDN T WANT TO KNOW AND TOLD ME TO GET OUT ) HAD NO IDEA WHERE ) WAS ) WAS DRUNK CRYING COMPLETELY LOST AND ALONE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT v #ONCRETE CONTACTED "EST WAYS 4AXI TO ASK FOR A COM MENT HOWEVER SINCE IT WAS THE WEEKEND "ESTWAYS WERE UNABLE TO PROVIDE A COM MENT #ONCRETE WILL PUBLISH THEIR REPLY IN THE NEXT EDI TION ON OUR LETTERS PAGE 2UTH 3TONE THE 5NION 7ELFARE /Fl CER COMMENTED h3TUDENTS ARE GREAT CUSTOMERS FOR THE LOCAL TAXI SERVICES )T IS REALLY CONCERNING WHEN AC CUSATIONS SUCH AS THIS COME UP ) WOULD RECOMMEND ANY STUDENTS WHO HAVE PROBLEMS SUCH AS THIS GET IN TOUCH WITH ME ON SU WELFARE UEA AC UKv

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Funding Â for Â second Â degrees Â to Â be Â cut PCSOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Â !NDY *UDSON $EPUTY %DITOR (IGHER %DUCATION -INISTER "ILL 2AMMELL CAME UNDER ATTACK AFTER HE DEFENDED THE INTENTION OF THE GOVERNMENT TO REDISTRIBUTE a MILLION OF FUNDING GIVEN TO STUDENTS ATTEMPTING SECOND DEGREES )N THE lRST SESSION OF THE NEW #OMMONS )NNOVA TION 5NIVERSITIES AND 3KILLS SELECT COMMITTEE COMMIT TEE MEMBER $R )AN 'IBSON THE -0 FOR .ORWICH .ORTH QUESTIONED THE PROPOSAL OF PHASING OUT THE FUNDING AND REDISTRIBUTING IT TO THOSE WHO DO NOT YET HAVE QUALIl CATIONS 4HIS PROPOSAL WAS RE VEALED IN A LETTER FROM THE 3ECRETARY OF 3TATE FOR )NNOVA TION 5NIVERSITIES AND 3KILLS *OHN $ENHAM TO THE (IGHER %DUCATION &UNDING #OUNCIL FOR %NGLAND (EFCE SENT BACK IN 3EPTEMBER )T EFFECTIVELY WOULD RE MOVE A LARGE CHUNK OF THE FUNDING GIVEN TO STUDENTS

ATTEMPTING -ASTERS OR 0H$S WHICH ARE OFTEN MUCH COST LIER THAN STANDARD "ACHELOR S DEGREES 3TUDENTS WISHING TO ACHIEVE THESE DEGREES WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE MORE OF THEIR OWN FUNDING INSTEAD ! RECENT ARTICLE IN THE 'UARDIAN S %DUCATION SUPPLE MENT HIGHLIGHTED THE PRO POSAL AND THE COMPLICATIONS IT COULD CAUSE FOR UNIVERSITIES AND GRADUATES "ILL 2AMMELL DEFENDED THE DECISION BY STATING THAT h7E RE NOT CUTTING FUNDING TO HIGHER EDUCATION )N REAL TERMS WE HAVE INCREASED IT OVER THE LAST YEARS 7E WANT TO REDISTRIBUTE AND REDIRECT a M FROM PEO PLE WHO HAVE ALREADY GOT A QUALIlCATION TO PEOPLE WHO AREN T EVEN AT lRST BASE v (E MADE REFERENCE TO THE GOVERNMENT S PLANS TO USE EDUCATION TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF "RITISH WORKERS BY COMMENTING THAT h)F WE ARE TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH OF THE WORKING POPULATION EDUCATED TO DEGREE LEVEL THIS

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IS THE RIGHT PRIORITY v !MIDST CLAIMS THAT THE DECISION COULD HARM THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF SOME UNIVERSITIES ESPE CIALLY THE /PEN 5NIVERSITY "ILL 2AMMELL STATED THAT h)F THIS WAS A DRAMATIC LARGE SCALE CHANGE THEN ) COULD UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN "UT IT S A SMALL BUT IMPORTANT

CHANGE v &UNDING WOULD NOT BE HARMED FOR CERTAIN DEGREES DONE BY THOSE ALREADY WITH ONE 4HIS INCLUDES STRATEGI CALLY IMPORTANT DISCIPLINES AND FOUNDATION DEGREES 4HE INTENTION IS FOR THE FUNDING TO BE GRADUALLY CHANGED OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD SO THAT UNIVERSITIES

HAVE TIME TO ADJUST TO THE TRANSITION 2AMMELL ADDED THAT h3OME OF THE CLAIMS ARE SIM PLY NOT TRUE (EFCE IS DEMON STRATING THIS POLICY IS CORRECT AND THEN WE WILL HELP INSTITU TIONS MOVE FROM WHERE THEY ARE TODAY TO MEETING THAT NEED OF PEOPLE WITH LOWER QUALIlCATIONS v

5%! S NEW 0OLICE #OMMUNITY 3UPPORT /FlCER !NDY &USSEY CONTACTED #ONCRETE TO REITER ATE THE MESSAGE THAT THE POLICE ARE CRACKING DOWN ON THOSE FOUND TO BE CYCLING ON PAVE MENTS AND AT NIGHT WITHOUT LIGHTS &IXED 0ENALTY .OTICES OF a WILL BE ISSUED ON THE SPOT TO THOSE FOUND GUILTY (E ALSO CAUTIONED AGAINST GIVING OUT BANK DETAILS OVER THE TELEPHONE AS IF YOU PRO VIDE THE INFORMATION FREELY THE BANKS ARE UNLIKELY TO AS SIST WITH ANY REIMBURSEMENTS 4HIS HAPPENED TO ONE STU DENT RECENTLY WHO BROUGHT A NEW PHONE THEN RECEIVED CALLS FROM SUPPOSED INSUR ANCE COMPANIES WHO SHE FURNISHED WITH KEY ACCOUNT DETAILS )F YOU ARE VICTIM OF IDEN ITIY THEFT PLEASE CONTACT THE 5NIVERSITY 0OLICE #OMMUNITY 3UPPORT /FlCER OR .ORWICH 0OLICE ON

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Music Â of Â Woody Â Guthrie Â comes Â to Â UEA 7OODY 'UTHRIE IS PERHAPS NOT A NAME THAT SPRINGS READILY TO MIND WHEN CON TEMPLATING INmUENTIAL MU SICIANS (OWEVER HIS MUSIC WHICH CHAMPIONS THE POOR AND DISPOSSESSED n PARTICU LARLY DURING THE !MERICAN DEPRESSION OF THE S n INSPIRED "OB $YLAN AMONG OTHERS 4HE !MERICAN FOLK SING ER 4OM 0AXTON HAS SAID h.O ONE CAN UNDERSTAND THE !MERICAN PEOPLE WITH OUT LISTENING TO 7OODY 'UTHRIE v 4HAT IN ITSELF IS SURELY AN INTRIGUING ENOUGH STATEMENT TO ENTICE PEOPLE TO ATTEND THE 'UTHRIE TRIB UTE THAT IS TAKING PLACE IN MID $ECEMBER

.ORWICH HAS GEARED UP FOR THE FESTIVE SEASON WITH THE ICE RINK OUTSIDE THE FO RUM ABOVE AND DECORATIONS ADORN ING #HAPELlELD SHOPPING CENTRE LEFT AND RIGHT BOTH OF WHICH ARE SURE TO BECOME INCREASINGLY BUSY IN THE COM ING WEEKS 0HOTOS COURTESY OF %MIL !LLARD

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!FTER A DRAMATIC FORTNIGHT FOR FREE SPEECH ACROSS CAMPUS AND THE COUNTRY AT LARGE !ARON "LOWERS DELIVERS HIS ASSESMENT OF WHAT OUR POLICY BALLOTS MEANS TO THE FUTURE OF STUDENT POLITICS !ARON "LOWERS /PINIONS 7RITER 4HE 5%! STUDENTS RECENTLY VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY TO OP POSE THE .53 .O 0LATFORM POLICY 7ITH OF THE VOTE THE CURRENT 5NION POLICY NOW OFlCIALLY HAS SIGNIlCANT SUP PORT FROM THE STUDENT BODY /BJECTIONS WERE RAISED PEO PLE SAID THERE WASN T REALLY ENOUGH SUPPORT TO OPPOSE .O 0LATFORM 7ELL ) GUESS WE KNOW NOW THAT THERE CLEARLY IS 4HIS VOTE SIGNALLED NOT ONLY THE END OF .O 0LATFORM AT 5%! BUT HAS ESTABLISHED A SORT OF LEGACY NATIONWIDE 4HE OPPOSITION TO THIS POLI CY IN OTHER UNIONS CAN NOW LOOK TO 5%! AND SEE THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO OPPOSE THE .53 NO MATTER HOW MUCH THEY TRY TO DISCREDIT AND IMPOSE THEIR WILL ON DISSENTING UN IONS NO MATTER HOW MUCH THEY DON T LIKE IT )T IS THE STUDENTS WHO DECIDE POLICY NOT THE DE TACHED .53 LEADERSHIP 7E

NOW KNOW THAT 5%! BELIEVES IN FREE SPEECH 7E BELIEVE IN TACKLING FASCISTS AND RACISTS HEAD ON NOT HIDING FROM THEM AND EMULATING THEIR

h7E NOW KNOW THAT 5%! BELIEVES IN FREE SPEECH 7E BELIEVE IN TACKLING FASCISTS AND RACISTS HEAD ON NOT HIDING FROM THEM AND EMULATING THEIR POLICIES BY BANNING THEMv POLICIES BY BANNING THEM 7E BELIEVE THAT FREE AND OPEN DEBATE IS SACRED AND TO BE DEFENDED AND THAT S JUST ONE OF MANY AREAS WHERE

WE DIFFER FROM FASCISTS 4HE 5%! STUDENTS BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO DETERMINE OUR OWN COURSE WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY WHAT WE WANT TO DO WHAT WE WANT TO ASSOCI ATE WITH WHO WE WANT AND CRUCIALLY TO OPPOSE WHO WE WANT AND WE EXTEND THESE FREEDOMS TO EVERYONE ELSE TOO 4HE RAMIlCATIONS DON T JUST STOP THERE #OUPLED WITH THE /XFORD 5NION $E BATING 3OCIETY INVITING .ICK 'RIFlN AND $AVID )RVING TO SPEAK AMONG OTHERS AT A FREE SPEECH DEBATE WITH 3US SEX HAVING HAD A MOTION OF OPPOSITION DEFEATED BY ONLY TWO VOTES OUT OF AT THEIR !'- AND WITH OTHER UNIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY LOOK ING FOR WAYS TO OPPOSE THIS POLICY OUR VOTE CAN HAVE A DOMINO EFFECT 4HE WEEK FOLLOWING OUR POLICY BALLOT "ILL 2AMMELL -0 THE -INISTER FOR (IGHER %DUCATION MADE A SPEECH SAYING THAT THE GOVERNMENT NOW OPPOSES .O 0LATFORM

Initiations are a rite of passage -ATT &EATHER !NDREW *ONES !T LAST WEEK S 5NION #OUN CIL WHICH WAS ABANDONED DUE TO POOR ATTENDANCE A MOTION WAS PROPOSED THAT WOULD HAVE ENDED ONE OF UNIVERSITY S OLDEST AND MOST BELOVED INSTITUTIONS THE INI TIATION &IRSTLY THE MOTION IM PLIES THAT INITIATIONS ARE SOME OUT OF CONTROL SHAM BLES WHICH SNAKE AROUND CAMPUS LEAVING A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY UN PLANNED DRUNKEN REVELS (OWEVER IN OUR EXPERIENCE INITIATIONS ARE IN FACT WELL THOUGHT OUT AND CAREFULLY CONTROLLED RITES OF PASSAGE !T RUGBY INITIATIONS FOR IN STANCE ALL OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE TAKE FULL RESPON SIBILITY FOR THE SAFETY OF THOSE BEING INITIATED 4HEY GO SO FAR AS TO ENSURE THAT NONE OF THE COCKTAILS SERVED TO INITIATES CONTAIN NUTS IN CASE OF ALLERGIES )NITIATIONS ARE ALSO A GREAT TRADITION OF UNIVER SITY %VERYONE WHO COMES

TO A UNIVERSITY SPORTS TEAM EXPECTS SOME KIND OF CER EMONY WHERE THEY ARE SYM BOLICALLY WELCOMED INTO THE TEAM 4EAM SPORTS ARE A FUN NY THING WITH PLAYERS HAVING

h4EAMS ARE HELD TOGETHER BY COMMON TRIALS AND EXPERIENCES AND IF WE BAN INITIATIONS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SYMBOLS OF TEAM UNITY IS BEING DESTROYEDv TO RELY ON THEIR TEAMMATES AT TIMES FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY 4EAMS ARE HELD TOGETHER BY COMMON TRIALS AND EXPERI ENCES AND IF WE BAN INITIA TIONS ONE OF THE MOST IM

PORTANT SYMBOLS OF TEAM UNITY WILL BE REMOVED /NE OF THE REASONS GIVEN FOR THE PROPOSED BAN IS THAT NEIGHBOURS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT INITIATIONS 7HILST WE AGREE IT IS IMPORTANT FOR STU DENTS TO ACT RESPONSIBLY IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITY IF WE BAN STUDENTS TRADITIONS BECAUSE OF COMPLAINTS WE START DOWN A SLIPPERY SLOPE THAT LEADS TO OUR LICENSE BE ING TAKEN AWAY BECAUSE LO CALS DON T LIKE THE FACT THAT PEOPLE QUIETLY WALK HOME AT CHUCKING OUT TIME 7HAT WE NEED FROM 5N ION #OUNCIL IS NOT A MOTION TRYING TO BAN INITIATIONS BY THE BACK DOOR 7E NEED A REAL DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE %XECUTIVE AND SPORTS CLUBS 4HE PEOPLE WHO RUN INITIA TIONS AND OUR SPORTS CLUBS ARE DEDICATED AND RESPON SIBLE )F YOU TREAT THEM LIKE ADULTS INITIATIONS COULD TAKE ON BOARD THE CONCERNS OF THE PEOPLE ON #OUNCIL 4HIS IS THE WAY OUR ELECTED REPRE SENTATIVES SHOULD BE TREATING US RATHER THAN AS CHILDREN WHO NEED TO BE TOLD OFF

TOO 7E HAVE WON 3TUDENTS HAVE HAD THEIR VOICES HEARD AND THESE VOICES HAVE BEEN LISTENED TO )N RESPONSE TO THE ACTIONS

h0EOPLE WILL SAY THINGS WE DON T LIKE 0EOPLE WILL TAKE EXTREMIST VIEWS THAT OFFEND SOME 4HAT S THE PRICE OF DEMOCRACY AND ALONGSIDE THE 5%! STUDENTS ) PAY IT GLADLYv OF THE /XFORD 5NION $EBAT ING 3OCIETY .53 0RESIDENT 'EMMA 4UMELTY IS QUOTED AS HAVING WRITTEN h) SEE NO CONTRADICTION IN REFUSING TO

TOLERATE INTOLERANCE v 7ELL 'EMMA ) M AFRAID WE DO 7E DO HERE AT 5%! THEY DO IN /XFORD THEY DO ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY !ND NOW THE GOVERNMENT DO TOO 0EOPLE WILL SAY THINGS WE DON T LIKE 0EOPLE WILL TAKE EXTREMIST VIEWS THAT OFFEND SOME 4HAT S THE PRICE OF DE MOCRACY AND ALONGSIDE THE 5%! STUDENTS ) PAY IT GLADLY ) BELIEVE THAT THE RESULT OF THIS REFERENDUM IS A DElNING MOMENT IN 5%! AND NATION WIDE POLICIES REGARDING .O 0LATFORM 4HE TIDE IS TURNING 4HE TIME FOR BEING FORCED INTO FOLLOWING POLICIES WE DON T AGREE WITH IS OVER 4HE TIME FOR DOUBLE STANDARDS IS OVER 7ITH THE GOVERNMENT NOW TURNING AGAINST THE .53 LEADERSHIP AND ACTUALLY LIS TENING TO STUDENT VOICES WHO KNOWS WHAT WE CAN DO NOW 4HIS 5NION IS A FREE SPEECH UNION 7E OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORT IT WE WILL DEFEND IT WE HAVE WON HERE AND MAY OTHERS FOLLOW OUR LEAD

!S MY HOUSE RECOVERS FROM BEING LIBERALLY SPRITZED IN CO PIOUS GALLONS OF CHEAP CIDER AND MY HOUSEMATES DEVELOP SPINAL COMPLICATIONS FROM DRAGGING BOTTLES TO THE END OF OUR DRIVE WE REmECT ON HOW THE ONLY WAY TO REALLY BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER THIS #HRIST MAS IS TO DRESS UP AS A 3CRAB BLE BOARD AND DANCE TO BAD @ S MUSIC !LTHOUGH WRITING THIS AL MOST A DAY AFTER THE EVENT AND NOT ACTUALLY KNOWING WHETHER THE BIRTHDAY BOY WHOSE PARTY IT WAS IS STILL ALIVE IT WAS OB VIOUS THAT HAVING AN @ALPHA BET PARTY WAS ONE OF THE BEST DECISIONS WE HAD MADE AS A HOUSE COLLECTIVE IN 3O IF YOU TOO FEEL YOUR WILL TO LIVE BEING SUCKED AWAY BY REPETITIVE ADVERTS ADVOCAT ING THAT THE BEST #HRISTMAS MEAL YOU WILL EXPERIENCE THIS YEAR WILL HAVE BEEN BOUGHT AT )CELAND AND WILL INEVITABLY CONTAIN @CRISPY DUCK PARCELS THANK YOU +ERRY +ATONA WHY NOT TRANSFORM YOURSELF INTO A GRANNY A GAY &RENCH MAN OR EVEN A PASSING RECTOR )T S POSSIBLY THE ONLY WAY ) LL BE GETTING THROUGH THE FESTIVE SEASON THIS YEAR

Go out, get involved ,UCIE 'LASHEEN /PINIONS 7RITER (OW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU SAT IN YOUR BEDROOM WISH ING YOU WERE SOMEWHERE ELSE !NOTHER TIME ANOTHER PLACE 7HERE ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS FOLLOW A LEADER AND CHANT THEIR SLOGANS AND THE WORLD WOULD BE A BET TER PLACE 4HEN WE BECOME ANGRY THEN DEPRESSED THEN APATHETIC AND lNALLY WE SIT ALONE (AVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT REACHING OUT TO SOME ONE ELSE ) M NOT GOING TO BE A HYPOCRITE AND START TELLING YOU THAT YOU SHOULD GO OUT AND VOLUNTEER GET INVOLVED IN YOUR COMMUNITY ) KNOW THAT ) FOR ONE AM SICK OF BE ING TOLD WHAT ) SHOULD DO 9ES ) SHOULD SAVE THE PLANET ERADICATE POVERTY TAKE THE GLASS OUT EVERY DAY 3OME HOW THAT DOESN T MAKE ME ALL THAT EAGER TO GO OUT AND DO IT THOUGH 3O WHAT DOES /N 3ATURDAY TH .O VEMBER ) AND TWO OF MY FRIENDS WENT ALONG TO THE %AST !NGLIAN 3OCIAL &ORUM

MEETING 4HE &ORUM IS AN ORGANISATION THAT BRINGS TOGETHER PEOPLE TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITY TO SHARE SKILLS AND CONTACTS

h4HE STRONGEST FEELING ) GOT FROM THIS MEETING WAS A HUGE SENSE OF POSITIVITY AND ENTHUSIASM %VERYONE WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE DOINGv 4HE STRONGEST FEELING ) GOT FROM THIS MEETING WAS A HUGE SENSE OF POSITIVITY AND ENTHUSIASM %VERYONE WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND

HAD OBVIOUSLY GOT A HUGE AMOUNT OUT OF VOLUNTEER ING AND GETTING INVOLVED IN THEIR COMMUNITY /FTEN OUR SOCIETY ISOLATES US AND MAKES US FEEL LONELY 3OCIAL AND GLOBAL PROBLEMS SIMPLY OVERWHELM US IN THEIR ENORMITY SO WE FEEL HELPLESS UNDERNEATH THEIR WEIGHT AND mOUNDER IN THEIR SUBTLETIES (OW CAN ANYTHING WE DO POSSIBLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE 3O WE LOOK BACK NOSTALGI CALLY AT SOME IMAGINED TIME WHEN PROBLEMS WERE BLACK AND WHITE (OWEVER BY GETTING IN VOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE -AYBE A VERY SMALL DIFFER ENCE BUT IF WE USE THAT NOT TO DEMEAN OTHER PEOPLE WITH OUR MORAL SUPERIORITY BUT TO INSPIRE OTHERS THEN MAYBE OUR SMALL DIFFERENCE WILL HAVE QUITE A LARGE EFFECT AFTER ALL !LL WE HAVE TO DO IS REACH OUT TO SOMEONE ELSE IN ANY WAY AND STOP BEING SO SCARED OF SHARING *UST REACH OUT AND REACH OUT NOW

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The shrinking world of Union cinema .ATASHA +UNDAIKER &ILM %DITOR )N MY lRST YEAR THE 5NION lLMS WERE A GODSEND /THER THAN BEING A MINUTE WALK FROM MY HALLS WHAT ) LOVED ABOUT THEM WAS THEIR VARIETY #OMING FROM ,ONDON ) AS SUMED ACCESS TO WORLD CIN

h5NIVERSITY IS ABOUT EXPANDING YOUR HORIZONS EXPERIENCING AND LEARNING NEW THINGS AND WORLD CINEMA IS THE PERFECT WAY TO DO THISv EMA WOULD BE A GIVEN (OW EVER ) FOUND THAT IT WAS NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE OBSCURE ART HOUSE lLMS IN .ORWICH ESPECIALLY WITH #INEMA #ITY OUT OF COMMISSION AT THE

TIME 4HE lLMS THAT STOOD OUT FOR ME AND MY FRIEND !KMAL AN INTERNATIONAL -! STU DENT WERE NOT (ARRY 0OTTER OR #ORPSE "RIDE n BUT RATHER THE QUIRKY SUBTITLED GEMS WHICH WITHOUT THE 5NION lLMS WE NEVER WOULD HAVE SEEN &ILMS LIKE %MIR +USTURICA S "LACK #AT 7HITE #AT OFFERED A DIF FERENT WORLD FROM THE ONE WE WERE USED TO FULL OF CULTURE THAT WE WERE OTHERWISE BLIND TO 4HE PROBLEM THIS YEAR IS THAT THE 5NION lLM SCHEDULE HAS BEEN CUT IN HALF SHOWING lLMS INSTEAD OF DROP PING OUT THE &RIDAY lLM 4HE MENTALITY BEHIND IT MUST BE THAT STUDENTS TEND TO GO OUT PARTYING ON &RIDAY NIGHTS OR SIMPLY THAT NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE ATTEND AND HENCE THEY LOSE MONEY "UT IN FACT THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS IN THE lRST YEAR DON T GO OUT ON &RIDAYS n IT S FAR TOO EX PENSIVE TO GO OUT CLUBBING IN TOWN AND ON A WHOLE YOUR BUDGET FOR THE WEEK HAS MOST LIKELY WHITTLED AWAY TO NOTH ING &OR STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT A FAN OF THE CLUB SCENE THE 5NION lLMS OFFER A CHEAP AND EASY WAY OF ESCAPING

The Blunderer -ATT 0ACKER /PINIONS 7RITER

FROM WORK AND RELAXING /NLY TWO OUT OF EIGHT lLMS IN THE AUTUMN SCHED ULE COULD BE CLASSED AS WORLD CINEMA +OREAN lLM 4HE (OST AND "ENGALI lLM 4HE .AME SAKE THE REST BEING "RIT lLMS AND THE USUAL (OLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTERS "Y CUTTING OUT WORLD CINEMA THE 5NION IS MISS ING OUT ON A CRUCIAL SECTION OF THEIR STUDENT POPULATION NAMELY INTERNATIONAL AND %5 STUDENTS )N THE LAST TWO YEARS OF MY DEGREE ) VE BOUGHT A lLM PASS AND WHAT YOU NO TICE THE MOST WHEN YOU GO TO WATCH THE SUBTITLED lLMS AT

THE 5NION IS THAT THE MAJOR ITY OF VIEWERS ARE INTERNATION AL STUDENTS (OWEVER THIS SEMESTER THIS HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE %VERYONE COULD HAVE SEEN 4RANSFORMERS OR $IE (ARD AT THE CINEMA THIS SUMMER AND YES IT IS PERFECTLY lNE TO SHOW THESE lLMS FOR THOSE WHO MAY HAVE MISSED THEM ON THE SILVER SCREEN "UT TO CUT OUT THE INTERNATIONAL lLMS IS A HUGE DISSERVICE TO STUDENTS 0EOPLE MAY ARGUE THAT lLMS ARE JUST FOR ENTERTAIN MENT /N THE SURFACE THEY ARE BUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEEN lLMS LIKE 4HE 0IANIST OR &AHR

ENHEIT KNOW THAT MOVIES MEAN MUCH MORE THAN THAT 4HEY CAN BE CATHARTIC HELP ING YOU COPE WITH A DIFlCULT EMOTIONAL SITUATION THEY CAN CHANGE YOUR WHOLE VIEW OF THE WORLD INSPIRE YOU AND ENGENDER NEW IDEAS 5NIVERSITY IS ABOUT EX PANDING YOUR HORIZONS EX PERIENCING AND LEARNING NEW THINGS AND WORLD CINEMA IS THE PERFECT WAY TO DO THIS BREEDING CULTURE AND UNDER STANDING THROUGH TWO HOURS OF REEL TIME 7ITHOUT IT WE ARE MISSING OUT ON AN OPPOR TUNITY WHICH IN THE LONG RUN WILL BENElT ALL STUDENTS

Running from problems not the country 0AUL 7ELLS /PINIONS 7RITER !S MONTHS GO THIS .OVEM BER IS UNLIKELY TO GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS THE DAWN OF A NEW POLITICAL GOLDEN AGE FOR THE ,ABOUR 0ARTY )F HISTORIANS NOTE IT AT ALL IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT THIS .OVEMBER WILL BE REMEMBERED AS A MONTH CHARACTERISED BY DAMMING FAILURE AFTER DAMMING FAIL URE 6INCE #ABLE THE ACTING ,IB $EM LEADER SUMMED UP THE RECENT POLITICAL DEVELOP MENTS AS THE 0RIME -INISTER TRANSFORMING HIMSELF FROM 3TALIN TO -R "EAN 7HEN A ,IB $EM INSULT DRAWS BLOOD YOU KNOW THE GOVERNMENT IS IN TROUBLE 4HERE IS A GRIM MONOTO NY TO IT ALL 4HE GOVERNMENT SEEMS TO BE UNWINDING LIKE CLOCKWORK /NE CRISIS IS WEATHERED ONLY TO BE RE PLACED BY ANOTHER 7HEN THEY ARE NOT SUBSIDISING A BANK THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN LEFT TO ROT TO THE TUNE OF a

BILLION THEY ARE FORGETTING THAT PEOPLE IN COUNCIL HOUS ES ACTUALLY DON T HAVE A SPARE HUNDRED THOUSAND QUID TO GIVE TO THE @CAUSE .OW MOST PEOPLE WOULD EXPECT ME TO BE GLORYING IN ,ABOUR S DESPAIR 4HEY

h7HEN A ,IB $EM INSULT DRAWS BLOOD YOU KNOW THE GOVERNMENT IS IN TROUBLE v WOULD ASSUME THAT LIKE SOME POLITICAL SADIST ) ENJOY WATCHING "ROWN $ARLING (ARMAN AND SO ON WRITHE AS THE MEDIA AND OPPOSI TION SLOWLY TURN THE SCREW )NSTEAD ) AM DEPRESSED AT THIS SHOW OF INCOMPETENCE

$EPRESSED AS THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPOSEDLY RUNNING THE COUNTRY "ROWN IS CONSTANTLY CRITICISED FOR LACKING IN VISION BUT CUR RENTLY HE CAN T EVEN HOLD HIS WHITE CANE (E NEEDS TO GET A GRIP AND AT LEAST ATTEMPT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS HIS GOVERNMENT HAVE CAUSED CRUCIALLY HE NEEDS TO ENSURE THAT ,ABOUR REMEMBERS THAT IT IS THE PEOPLE IT SERVES NOT ITSELF !LMOST ALL OF THE PROB LEMS CURRENTLY ENGULlNG THE GOVERNMENT STEM FROM A DREADFULLY CAUSAL APPROACH TO THEIR OWN RULES 4HIS AR ROGANT MALAISE STEMS FROM THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF THE GOV ERNMENT 4HEY SEEM TO AS SUME THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT BOUND TO THE SAME STANDARDS AS EVERYONE ELSE 4HE GOVERNMENT WITH ITS PATERNALISTIC APPROACH TO POLICY AND PEOPLE HAS CON TINUALLY TRIED TO ENCROACH ON CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CENTRALISE

EVER GREATER POWERS AND IN FORMATION WITHIN AN OVERLY BUREAUCRATIC STATE 4HE ,A BOUR PARTY CLEARLY CONSIDERS ITSELF ABOVE THE PARTY FUND ING RULES RULES WHICH NEED LESS TO SAY THEY INTRODUCED &IRST THE CASH FOR HONOURS

h,ABOUR NEEDS TO GET A GRIP AND ACTUALLY START TO RUN THE COUNTRY AGAIN v SCANDAL AND NOW A SECOND FUNDING SCANDAL HITS WITH THE PARTY OPEN TO CHARGES OF MONEY LAUNDERING AND TAX AVOIDANCE NOT TO MENTION BREAKING ELECTORAL LAW 4HIS LAXITY HAS SPREAD TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES 7ITH

OUT EFlCIENT SUPERVISION IN EVITABLY CORNERS ARE CUT AND RULES BENT 4HAT A JUNIOR OF lCIAL WAS ABLE TO ACCESS THE DATA RECORDS OF MILLION PEOPLE IS A SCANDAL IN ITSELF BUT THAT HE WAS ABLE TO DIS REGARD GOVERNMENT REGULA TIONS AND SEND THE INFORMA TION NOT EVEN BY RECORDED MAIL IS HORRIlC 4HIS OFlCIAL EITHER DID NOT KNOW THE SE CURITY PROTOCOLS OR DID NOT THINK THEY MATTERED EITHER OF WHICH IS PRETTY DAMMING ,ABOUR NEED TO GET A GRIP AND ACTUALLY START TO RUN THE COUNTRY AGAIN 6ISION AT THE MOMENT IS TOO MUCH TO HOPE FOR ! WEEK IS A LONG TIME IN POLITICS TWO TO THREE YEARS IS EVEN LONGER 6ISION CAN WAIT AS MUCH AS ) WANT ,ABOUR TO LOSE IN ) DON T WANT THE COUNTRY GOING TO THE DOGS IN THE MEANTIME )T IS A SIMPLE MESSAGE GET A GRIP ON THE GOVERNMENTAL MACHINE AND REPAIR THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY ARROGANCE

) AS A 7ELSHMAN WATCHED WITH A HEAVY HEART #ROATIA DEFEAT %NGLAND 4HE %NGLAND TEAM STOOD THERE INCONSOLA BLE LOOKING FOR GUIDANCE )N STEAD THEY FOUND THEIR LEADER AFRAID OF GETTING HIS HAIR LET ALONE HIS HANDS WET 'OR DON "ROWN HAS PRESIDED OVER THE COUNTRY IN THE LAST lVE MONTHS IN A SIMILAR MAN NER OMNIPOTENT AT 7ESTMIN STER BUT IMPOTENT IN ACTION (OWEVER WITH FRESH STARTS IN MIND ) HAVE COMPILED SOME .EW 9EAR S RESOLUTIONS FOR OUR BELOVED LEADER (ANG YOUR HEAD IN SHAME AT THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR CUTTING THE BUDGET OF THE -O$ THAT HAS RESULTED IN "RITISH TROOPS BEING SENT TO WAR WITH INADEQUATE CLOTH ING AND EQUIPMENT *USTIFY TO US HOW YOU CANNOT INCREASE THE SPENDING TO COVER SUCH BASIC THINGS AS AMMUNITION AND CONTINUE TO CHARGE OUR TROOPS FOR THEIR FOOD YET YOU CAN MAGICALLY lND AND THROW a BILLION AT .ORTHERN 2OCK 'ET SOME BALLS $ILLY DALLYING OVER WHETHER TO CALL AN ELECTION AND THEN WIMP ING OUT AT THE LAST MINUTE BE CAUSE OF THE POLLS SMACKS OF COWARDICE %XPLAIN HOW WITH THE LOSS OF THE MILLION IN DIVIDUAL S BANK DETAILS THE MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERN MENT IS THAT THE PUBLIC MUST PAY TO CHECK WHETHER THEY HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF FRAUD AND LOST MONEY BECAUSE OF YOUR GOVERNMENTAL BLUNDERS IN FORMING NEW DEPARTMENTS !S 0RIME -INISTER WHY DO YOU DISAPPEAR WHEN THE FAN IS NOT JUST HIT BUT BLITZED WITH FAECES 0LENTY THERE TO BE GET TING ON WITH WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT ILLEGAL FUND RAISING 4HE SAD THING ABOUT ALL OF THE RECENT SHAMBLES IS THAT THERE REMAINS NO CRED IBLE OPPOSITION TO CHOOSE SO WHO CAN A DISILLUSIONED ,A BOUR SUPPORTER VOTE FOR -ERRY #HRISTMAS

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4(% ,/34 $)3#3 ,EGEND HAS IT THAT HE LOST THE SIGHT OF ONE EYE WHILST PLAYING RUGBY IN 3COT LAND WITH A CROCODILE (E S VOWED TO LOCK THAT CROCODILE UP FOR lFTY EIGHT DAYS IF HE EVER CAUGHT SIGHT OF HIM AGAIN

!,)34!)2 $!2,).' $!6)$ #!-%2/. 'OOD GRIEF ) VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS 4INKER "ELL SPRINKLE US WITH YOUR FAIRY DUST '%/2'% h4).+%2 "%,,v /3"/52.% 7HERE IS HE NOW ,OST $ISCS '%/2'% h4).+%2 "%,,v /3"/52.% 6ERY WELL !NYTHING FOR A QUIET LIFE 4(% ,/34 $)3#3 7E LAST SPOTTED HIM LOOKING FOR THE $!6)$ #!-%2/. TREASURE ROUND THE ,AGOON /FF WE GO TO .EVERLAND 7HEEEEE $!6)$ #!-%2/. -)#(!%, 0!2+).3/. 2IGHT WELL THAT S THE PLOT OF THIS SKETCH !ND SO OUR INTREPID TRIO OF HEROES AS lNALLY SORTED OUT !ND WITH ONE PAGE CENDED INTO MID AIR LEAVING AN ASTON TO GO WE D BETTER CUT TO THE CHASE AND ISHED #OMMISSIONER OF THE -ETROPOLI DEFEAT THIS EVIL PIRATE TAN 0OLICE BEHIND 4HEY WERE GETTING HIGHER AND HIGHER ACCELERATING SO -)#(!%, 0!2+).3/. RAPIDLY THAT ,ONDON "RITAIN AND %U -EANWHILE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROPE LOOKED LIKE A SMALL BLIP GRADUALLY ,AGOON #APTAIN "ROON AND HIS MOT SHRINKING IN THE DISTANCE BEHIND THEM LEY CREW OF PIRATES WERE SCOURING THE !ND SOON ENOUGH THEY ARRIVED AT #AM AREA FOR ANY BURIED TREASURE ERON S MAISONETTE IN THE FASHIONABLE PART OF .EVERLAND

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-)#(!%, 0!2+).3/. "ACK TO OUR HEROES 4INKER "ELL HAD BEEN GONE FOR SOME TIME ALMOST HALF A PAGE SO NATURALLY $AVID #AMERON WAS WORRIED $!6)$ #!-%2/. ) M WORRIED !,)34!)2 $!2,).' 7HAT S THE MATTER MY DEAR $!6)$ #!-%2/. #APTAIN "ROON MUST HAVE FOUND THE TREASURE BY NOW 7E MUST GET IT OFF HIM #OME ON 4(% ,/34 $)3#3 4HERE HE IS OVER THERE $!6)$ #!-%2/. 7HAT S HE UP TO ) WONDER 4(% ,/34 $)3#3 7E D BETTER lND OUT ,ET S HIDE $!6)$ #!-%2/. /KAY (OW ABOUT BEHIND THIS .ORTH ERN 2OCK !,)34!)2 $!2,).' /H VERY FUNNY

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4(% ,/34 $)3#3 )T D BE EVEN MORE UNLUCKY IF YOU '%/2'% !,!')!( BANKED WITH .ORTHERN 2OCK THEN THE 4HANK YOU .ICK )N THE HOLD OF THE *OL GOVERNMENT LOST YOUR ACCOUNT DE LY 2OGER 4INKER "ELL IS ATTEMPTING TO RE TAILS LEASE 4IGER ,ILY !LLEN AND ESCAPE /UR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT 'AVIN (EWITT !,)34!)2 $!2,).' BRINGS US THIS REPORT /I ,EAVE IT AHT '!6). (%7)44 4(% ,/34 $)3#3 'EORGE THINGS ARE LOOKING DESPERATE .AH GEET IN THE HOLD OF THE *OLLY 2OGER 0RISONERS HAVE BEEN LEFT HERE TO ROT BY #APTAIN $!6)$ #!-%2/. "ROON AND HIS BRUTAL CREW OF BLOOD 3SSSSH 4HEY CAN HEAR US THIRSTY PIRATES 7ITH ME IS 4INKER "ELL #!04!). "2//. '%/2'% h4).+%2 "%,,v /3"/52.% (MMM ) KNOW WE LL ASK THE MER (ELLO 'AVIN MAIDS WHERE THE TREASURE IS /I 9OU OVER THERE 7HERE S THE TREASURE '!6). (%7)44 4INKER "ELL WHAT ARE YOU HOPING TO ACHIEVE BY BEING LOCKED UP DOWN HERE '%/2'% h4).+%2 "%,,v /3"/52.% 7HAT WE RE TRYING TO DO IS ESCAPE SO IF YOU WOULDN T MIND MOVING OUT THE WAY ) CAN USE MY WAND TO UNLOCK THE DOOR '!6). (%7)44 ) M SORRY ) SPOKE

(!22)%4 (!2-!)$ ) VE NEVER RECEIVED ANY TREASURE WHAT SOEVER AND EVEN IF ) DID ) WOULDN T '%/2'% h4).+%2 "%,,v /3"/52.% ACCEPT IT SO YOUR CLAIMS ARE UTTERLY $AMN )T DOESN T WORK SPURIOUS AND HAVE NO BASIS IN FACT WHATSOEVER $/#4/2 (5(.% 4RY THIS )T S A SONIC SCREWDRIVER .EVER #!04!). "2//. FAILS .O BUT WHERE S IT HIDDEN '%/2'% h4).+%2 "%,,v /3"/52.% (!22)%4 (!2-!)$ 4HANKS 9IPPEE 7E RE OUT #OME ON ) COMPLIED FULLY WITH THE LETTER IF NOT 4IGER ,ILY !LLEN THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW AND HAVE ABIDED BY THE GUIDELINES SET OUT BY THE %LEC 4)'%2 ,),9 !,,%. TORAL #OMMISSION WITH REGARDS TO DO /KAY 4INKER "ELL NATIONS OF TREASURE TOWARDS ELECTION CAMPAIGNS #!04!). "2//. 4HIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE (AND IT OVER (!22)%4 (!2-!)$ 7HAT YOU FAIL TO REALISE IS THAT IT HAS BEEN THIS GOVERNMENT THAT HAS CLEANED UP THE LAW ON FUNDING ELEC TION CAMPAIGNS AND THAT THINGS ARE A LOT BETTER THAN THEY WERE TEN YEARS AGO UNDER THE 4ORIES WHEN PEOPLE HAD TO BANG STONES TOGETHER EAT HAY AND -)#(!%, 0!2+).3/. WEAR CLOTHES FROM CHARITY SHOPS "UT WHAT OF #APTAIN "ROON AND $AVID #AMERON #!04!). "2//. ) VE HAD ENOUGH -R 3TRAW PUT HER #!04!). "2//. OUT OF HER MISERY 3O WE MEET AT LAST -2 342!7 !YE AYE #APTAIN

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4(% ,/34 $)3#3 .EVER MIND WE CAN FRAME IT FOR YOU )T WOULD LOOK NICE ON YOUR MANTELPIECE 4)'%2 ,),9 !,,%. 7HY THANK YOU !,)34!)2 $!2,).' 7ELL ) D BETTER BE OFF 4HINGS TO DO $ATA TO LOSE 'OVERNMENT DOESN T HAP PEN BY MAGIC YOU KNOW '%/2'% h4).+%2 "%,,v /3"/52.% 0ITY ) D BE QUITE GOOD AT IT $!6)$ #!-%2/. )T WAS LOVELY TO HAVE YOU $ARLING $O COME AGAIN 7E D BETTER GET YOU BACK TO .O OR ELSE %D "ALLS WILL END UP RUNNING THE COUNTRY AND NOBODY WANTS THAT

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The Â SOS Â bus Â to Â the Â rescue 3TUDENT NIGHTS OUT HABITUALLY INVOLVE GETTING DRUNK AND FEELING THE CONSEQUENCES IN THE MORNING 3COTT "ROWN SPENDS A NIGHT ON THE 3/3 BUS A HELPING HAND TO ENSURE YOU MAKE IT HOME SAFELY

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T S AM ON THE 0RINCE OF 7ALES 2OAD AND ) STOP FOR A MOMENT TO WATCH A BRIGHTLY COLOURED BUS SPEED TOWARDS 2OCCO S RESTAURANT ) HAVE JUST SPENT SIX HOURS WITH SOME OF .ORWICH S MOST REMARKABLE PEOPLE 6OLUNTEERS WITH THE SIMPLE AIM OF HELPING THOSE IN NEED ! PROJECT THAT PROVIDES THE FACILITIES AND EXPERTISE FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION A FRIENDLY EAR A SAFE PLACE IN WHICH TO SLEEP OR SOBER UP AND INFORMATION SUCH AS BUS TIMETABLES AND PHONE NUMBERS FOR TAXIS 4HIS IS THE 3/3 "US AND IN MY OPINION IS ONE OF .ORWICH S MOST NOBLE AND DESERVING CAUSES

h! NINETEEN YEAR OLD GIRL HAD FAINTED AND FALLEN DOWN THE MAIN STAIRCASEv 4HE PROJECT BEGAN IN FOLLOWING THE DEATHS OF .ICK 'REEN AND *AMES 4OMS WHO WHILE ON SEPARATE NIGHTS OUT BOTH DROWNED IN THE 2IVER 7ENSUM ! FURTHER FATALITY OCCURRED SHORTLY AFTER PROMPTING .ORWICH S NIGHTCLUB OWNERS INTO ACTION ! RADIO LINK WAS ESTABLISHED CONNECTING THE POLICE NIGHTCLUB SECURITY ##46 AND THE 3/3 "US

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4HE 3/3 "US IS A FOOT LONG EX "ERLIN CITY BENDI BUS LOCATED ON THE 0RINCE OF 7ALES 2OAD OUTSIDE THE .ATWEST "ANK ON &RIDAY AND 3ATURDAY NIGHTS %VER SINCE !PRIL BOUNCERS CAN CALL UPON THE 3/3 TEAM TO DEAL WITH MEDICAL INCIDENTS PEOPLE SEPARATED FROM THEIR FRIENDS AND ANYONE FEELING THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL 4HIS ELIMINATES THE NEED TO CALL OUT AN AMBULANCE OR POLICE LEAVING THE EMERGENCY SERVICES FREE TO HANDLE REAL EMERGENCIES 4HE BUS IS CURRENTLY PARKED AT THE BOTTOM END OF THE 0RINCE OF 7ALES 2OAD OUTSIDE THE .ATWEST BANK ON A &RIDAY AND 3ATURDAY NIGHT FROM PM TO AM AND SERVES AS A SAFE HAVEN FOR ANYONE TO USE ) JOINED THE VOLUNTEERS ON A 3ATURDAY NIGHT AND GOT TO SEE lRST HAND THE PROJECT IN ACTION !S ) MADE MY WAY TO THE BUS ) STARTED TO WONDER WHAT ) HAD LET MYSELF IN FOR "UT WAS RELIEVED BY THE MANY SMILING FACES THAT GREETED ME ) BEGAN TO CHAT TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS ) COULD BEFORE

THE EVENINGS hCLIENTSv ARRIVED 3TEVE 'INN AND .ULA #OOPER WERE THE EVENINGS 3HIFT ,EADER AND 9OUTH 7ORKER 4HEY HAVE BOTH BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT SINCE THE BEGINNING AND TOOK ME THROUGH THE PROCEDURES AND BACKGROUND OF THE BUS "EING A MONTH AWAY FROM #HRISTMAS AND ON THE CUSP OF WHAT THE BOUNCER S REFER TO AS h4HE 3ILLY 3EASON v ) EXPECTED THE EVENING TO BE VERY EVENTFUL "UT AS THE lRST FEW HOURS ROLLED BY VERY LITTLE HAPPENED ! FEW MINOR INCIDENTS A GENTLEMEN WITH AN INJURED KNEE AND A WAITRESS THAT HAD CUT HER HAND ON BROKEN GLASS 4HE TEAM POINTED OUT THAT THE NUMBER OF CLIENTS DID NOT mUCTUATE DURING THE #HRISTMAS PERIOD /DDLY ENOUGH DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS CAN BRING THE MOST AMOUNT OF INCIDENTS AND CALL OUTS %SPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT PEOPLE WILL OFTEN DRINK DURING THE DAY AS WELL AS EVENING !T QUARTER TO TWO THEY HAD THEIR lRST CALL OUT AND ) DONNED A mUORESCENT JACKET AND JOINED THEM 4HE CALL WAS TO -ERCY THE BIGGEST NIGHTCLUB ON THE ROAD WITH A CAPACITY OF UP TO PEOPLE ! NINETEEN YEAR OLD GIRL HAD FAINTED AND FALLEN DOWN THE MAIN STAIRCASE 7ITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SPINAL INJURIES AND HER LAPSING INTO PANIC ATTACKS AN AMBULANCE WAS CALLED BY THE DOOR STAFF 4HE PARAMEDIC CHECKED HER OVER AND DECIDED THAT SHE WAS WELL ENOUGH TO BE TAKEN HOME IN A CAB AND DID NOT NEED A HOSPITAL VISIT 7HILE SHE WAS BEING EXAMINED ANOTHER BOUNCER CAME THROUGH WITH A TEENAGE BOY WITH A SUSPECTED BROKEN NOSE !FTER HE WAS CLEANED UP HE SURPRISINGLY RETURNED TO THE DANCE mOOR 4HE

PROFESSIONALISM AND SKILL OF -ERCY S DOOR STAFF WAS DISPLAYED FREQUENTLY AS THE SAME BOUNCER IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO AID THE PARAMEDIC AND 3T *OHN !MBULANCE WORKER !FTER SHE WAS GIVEN THE ALL CLEAR AND HAD A TAXI CALLED WE HEADED BACK TO THE BUS )N THE TIME ) HAD

h4HE PROJECT BEGAN IN FOLLOWING THE DEATHS OF .ICK 'REEN AND *AMES 4OMS v BEEN AWAY THE RUSH HAD WELL AND TRULY BEGAN ! GIRL WITH SOME BROKEN GLASS IN HER FOOT A GENTLEMEN WHO FELT SICK AND ANOTHER GIRL THAT ACTUALLY WAS SICK ALL MAKE UP THE NORM FOR THE SHIFT WORKERS ON THE BUS 4HEIR JOB WAS MADE EVEN HARDER BY THE COLD WEATHER AND THE FACT THAT THE CLIENT S FRIENDS ALL WANT TO GET ON THE BUS AS WELL 4HE BUS ITSELF IS A FOOT LONG EX "ERLIN CITY BENDI BUS AND THOUGH IT IS COMFORTABLY FURNISHED AND INTELLIGENTLY DESIGNED IT REMAINS A REASONABLY NARROW SPACE 4HE PATIENCE OF THE TEAM SHOULD BE DESCRIBED AS NOTHING LESS THEN SAINTLY AS THE OCCASIONAL OUTBURST OF INEBRIATED ABUSE WAS HANDLED

POLITELY /NE SUCH GENTLEMEN WHO WAS LATER DEALT WITH BY THE POLICE WAS DRUNKENLY DEMANDING THAT THE BUS TAKE HIM TO HIS FRIEND S HOUSE DESPITE NOT KNOWING WHERE IT IS AND BEING IN NO lT STATE TO GIVE A COHERENT GUESS AS TO ITS LOCATION 4HE TEAM MADE EVERY EFFORT TO CONTACT HIS FRIEND BUT COULD NOT GET THROUGH 4HE GENTLEMEN THEN CHANGED HIS REQUEST NOW DEMANDING THAT THE BUS DRIVE HIM SIXTY MILES TO HIS HOME IN #AMBRIDGE !FTER EXPLAINING THAT THE BUS WAS A CHARITY ORGANISATION AND COULD NOT REASONABLY JUSTIFY A THREE HOUR ROUND TRIP HE BECAME EVEN MORE VERBALLY ABUSIVE ! PASSING POLICEMAN STEPPED IN AND DEALT WITH HIM FROM THAT POINT ON !T ABOUT AM THE SHIFT SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMING TO ITS END "UT WITH THREE CLIENTS REMAINING ON THE BUS AND THE CALL TO THE INCIDENT OUTSIDE 2OCCO S THE TEAM CARRIED ON ) DECIDED THAT FROM THIS POINT ON ) WOULD BE IN THE WAY ) THANKED 3TEVE AND HANDED OVER MY LUMINOUS WAISTCOAT "EFORE ) SPENT THE NIGHT ON THE BUS ) ASKED A BROAD SELECTION OF FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES IF THEY WERE AWARE OF THE 3/3 "US 0ROJECT MOST HAD NO IDEA OF WHERE OR WHAT THE BUS IS "UT FURTHER THAN SIMPLY CREATING AWARENESS THE BUS NEEDS THE HELP OF 5%! STUDENTS EVERY &RIDAY AND 3ATURDAY NIGHT THE 3/3 "US IS THERE FOR YOU IF EVER YOU NEED IT TRY TO BE THERE FOR IT AS WELL &UND RAISING DONATIONS AND VOLUNTEERING ARE VITAL IN KEEPING THE BUS ON THE ROAD 3TUDENTS OVER THE AGE OF CAN VOLUNTEER AND WORK lRST HAND WITH THE PUBLIC AND GAIN EXPERIENCE THAT WOULD BE INVALUABLE FOR ANY TRAINEE DOCTOR OR SOCIAL WORKER OR ANYONE WANTING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE &OR MORE INFO PLEASE GO TO WWW SOSBUS CO UK OR CONTACT THE 3/3 "US OFlCE ON OR EMAIL SOSBUS OPEN ORG UK

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“And in our world of plenty, we can spread a smile of joy” Do they know it’s Christmas? (ARRY ,OW LOOKS BACK AT THE CHARITABLE WORKS OF "OB 'ELDOF WHO HAS BEEN TRYING TO SPREAD MORE THAN SMILES FOR OVER YEARS IN HIS EFFORTS TO RAISE MONEY AND AWARENESS ABOUT THE PLIGHT OF !FRICA S POOREST PEOPLE

FOUNDER MEMBER OF THE "OOMTOWN 2ATS AND BORN IN COUNTY $UBLIN IN HE HAS CHILDREN OF HIS OWN &Il 4RIXIBELLE 0EACHES (ONEYBLOSSOM AND 0IXIE &ROU &ROU AND IS NOTORIOUSLY OUTSPOKEN (E IS INFAMOUS FOR HIS CHARITY WORK WHERE HE HAS ORGANISED EVENTS SUCH AS ,IVE !ID ,IVE AND A CHARITY SINGLE h$O THEY KNOW IT S #HRISTMASv ) AM OF COURSE TALKING ABOUT "OB 'ELDOF AND ) SHALL OUTLINE SOME OF THE WORK HE HAS DONE TO RELIEVE SUFFERING IN !FRICA 'ELDOF BEGAN TO TAKE AN INTEREST IN !FRICAN POVERTY AFTER SEEING A ""# NEWS REPORT BY -ICHAEL "UERK ON THE FAMINE IN %THIOPIA AND VOWED TO USE WHAT HE SAW AS THE MOTIVATION TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT !FTER PUTTING TOGETHER A GROUP CALLED "AND !ID CONSISTING OF LEADING "RITISH AND )RISH ROCK AND POP MUSICIANS THE SINGLE WAS RELEASED IN $ECEMBER 'ELDOF HOPED TO RAISE a WHICH UNSURPRISINGLY WAS DWARFED WITH THE SONG RAISING MANY MILLIONS OF POUNDS AND BECOMING THE BIGGEST SELLING SINGLE IN 5+ CHART HISTORY UNTIL !FTER A LESS SUCCESSFUL RE RELEASE IN A NEW VERSION WAS CREATED IN BECOMING THE BIGGEST SINGLE OF THE YEAR AS WELL AS #HRISTMAS NUMBER 4HIS VERSION INCLUDED ARTISTS SUCH AS *OSS 3TONE $IZZEE 2ASCAL AND "USTED /N THE BACK OF THE CHARITY SINGLE 'ELDOF SET ABOUT ARRANGING ,IVE !ID IN WHICH HE

ALSO PERFORMED HIMSELF /THER PERFORMERS INCLUDED 3TATUS 1UO WHO OPENED WITH 2OCKING !LL /VER 4HE 7ORLD 1UEEN 5 AND 0HIL #OLLINS 4HE MAIN SITES FOR THE EVENT WERE 7EMBLEY 3 T A D I U M WHERE P E O P L E A T T E N D E D A N D

* & + 3TADIUM IN 0HILADELPHIA WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY ABOUT PEOPLE /THER ACTS PERFORMED AT VENUES SUCH AS 3YDNEY AND -OSCOW )T WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST SCALE SATELLITE LINK UPS AND 46 BROADCASTS OF ALL TIME AN ESTIMATED BILLION VIEWERS IN COUNTRIES WATCHED THE LIVE BROADCAST 4HE DAY AFTER THE EVENT NEWS REPORTS STATED THAT BETWEEN a AND a MILLION HAD BEEN RAISED .OW IT IS ESTIMATED THAT AROUND a MILLION HAS BEEN

RAISED FOR FAMINE RELIEF AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE CONCERTS 3UCH WAS THE PASSION 'ELDOF HAD FOR THIS CAUSE HE SAID IN AN INTERVIEW h0EOPLE ARE DYING ./7 'IVE US THE MONEY ./7 'IVE ME THE MONEY ./7 v .OT CONTENT WITH THE SUCCESS OF ,IVE !ID 'ELDOF WENT ON TO ORGANISE ,IVE YEARS LATER 4HE MAIN GOAL THIS TIME WAS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT ISSUES THAT HE CLAIMS BURDEN !FRICA SUCH AS GOVERNMENT DEBT TRADE BARRIERS AND !)$3 ISSUES (E TIMED THESE CONCERTS TO COINCIDE WITH THE ' SUMMIT WHICH MEETS TO DISCUSS GLOBAL ISSUES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS /N THE ND *ULY IN ,ONDON S (YDE 0ARK %LTON *OHN 5 #OLDPLAY -ADONNA AND 0AUL -C#ARTNEY ALL TURNED OUT FOR THE CAUSE h7E DON T WANT YOUR MONEY WE WANT YOUR VOICE v 'ELDOF TOLD THE GATHERED MASSES 'ELDOF HAS RECEIVED MANY AWARDS FOR HIS WORK INCLUDING AN HONORARY KNIGHTHOOD !LTHOUGH HE CANNOT USE THE h3IRv TITLE BECAUSE SOUTHERN )RELAND IS NOT IN THE COMMONWEALTH THE AFFECTIONATE NICKNAME h3IR "OBv HAS STUCK (OWEVER IT HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN PLAIN SAILING FOR 'ELDOF &OLLOWING THE -AKE 0OVERTY (ISTORY CAMPAIGN ,IVE WAS

ACCUSED OF HIJACKING THIS BY PLANNING ITS CONCERTS ON THE SAME DAY AS THE GIANT -AKE 0OVERTY (ISTORY MARCH IN %DINBURGH 4HE MARCH WAS SAID TO BE THE BIGGEST SOCIAL JUSTICE MARCH IN 3COTTISH HISTORY 4HERE WAS CRITICISM TOO AT THE LACK OF !FRICAN OR BLACK ARTISTS SCHEDULED TO PLAY AT SOME OF THE CONCERTS (OWEVER 'ELDOF RESPONDED THAT ONLY THE BIGGEST SELLING ARTISTS WOULD ATTRACT THE HUGE AUDIENCE REQUIRED TO CAPTURE THE ATTENTION OF THE WORLD IN THE RUN UP TO THE ' MEETING (E ARGUED THAT THERE WAS INSUFlCIENT PUBLIC INTEREST IN !FRICAN MUSIC AMONG THE CONCERTS TARGET MARKETS IN %UROPE AND THE 5NITED 3TATES )NCLUDING !FRICAN ARTISTS AT THE EXPENSE OF RECOGNISED ARTISTS WOULD HAVE BEEN TOKENIST HE SAID AND WOULD HAVE UNDERMINED THE EFFECT OF THE CONCERT 3OME CYNICS EVEN CLAIMED THAT ,IVE HAD BEEN MORE ABOUT REHABILITATING THE CAREERS OF AGING ROCK STARS INCLUDING 'ELDOF HIMSELF THAN IT WAS ABOUT THE POOR PEOPLE OF !FRICA (OWEVER THESE CRITICISMS SURELY CANNOT OVERSHADOW THE WORK OF A MAN WHO HAS NOT ONLY RAISED AN UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR !FRICAN RELIEF BUT ALSO AN AWARENESS OF ISSUES FACED BY PEOPLE LESS FORTUNATE THAN OURSELVES )T COULD BE ARGUED THAT HIS ACHIEVEMENTS MAY ONLY BE APPRECIATED IN THE YEARS TO COME YEARS AFTER ,IVE !ID AND A YEAR ON FROM ,IVE THOUGH LITTLE SEEMS TO BE CHANGING 4HERE ARE

STILL A FOOD SHORTAGES IN A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES IN !FRICA INCLUDING %THIOPIA 4HE $AILY 4ELEGRAPH REPORTED EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT THE ' IS FAILING TO MEET ITS TARGET OF GIVING AN EXTRA a BILLION OF AID TO !FRICA BY h4HEY WOULD NEED TO BE INCREASING AID BY TWO OR THREE TIMES AS MUCH TO MEET THE PROMISE 7E DON T THINK THE ' HAVE GOT THE MESSAGE RIGHT NOW v SAID *AMIE $RUMMOND THE DIRECTOR OF $!4! AN !FRICA ADVOCACY GROUP (OWEVER THE PRESIDENT OF THE -AKE 0OVERTY (ISTORY 3OCIETY -ARK 'ILLIES IS RATHER MORE OPTIMISTIC WITH REGARDS TO MAKING POVERTY HISTORY STATING h)F ENOUGH PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN IT WILL BECOME HISTORY v ,AST MONTH THE SOCIETY TOOK PART IN THE GLOBAL 3TAND 5P 3PEAK /UT CAMPAIGN AGAINST POVERTY AND FOR THE 5. MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS )N THE NEAR FUTURE THEY WILL ALSO BE HOSTING TWO CHARITY FUNDRAISING EVENTS TO SUPPORT WESTERN AND SOUTHERN !FRICAN DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEAR FUTURE )S THIS LACK OF PROGRESS INEVITABLE AND IS MAKING POVERTY HISTORY AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK #OULD IT BE DUE TO OUR SELlSHNESS GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS IN !FRICA ADVERSE WEATHER OR GLOBAL INEQUALITY IN TRADE 7HETHER OR NOT POVERTY CAN BE ENDED SURELY WE SHARE A COMMON RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP HOWEVER DISTANT OR FUTILE SUCH A POSSIBILITY 'IVING AND CONCERN SHOULD PERHAPS BE A WAY OF LIFE AND NOT CONlNED TO LARGE 4 6 CHARITY EVENTS

Man on a mission: One news report that spawned two music extravaganzas, a global hit and over twenty-years of campaigning 24/10/1984 3/12/1984 13/7/1985 29/11/2004 2/7/2005 h$AWN AND AS THE SUN BREAKS THROUGH THE PIERCING CHILL OF NIGHT ON THE PLAIN OUTSIDE +OREM IT LIGHTS UP A BIBLICAL FAMINE NOW IN THE 4WENTIETH #ENTURY v 4HESE WORDS OPENED -ICHAEL "UERK S lRST REPORT ON THE %THIOPIAN FAMINE FOR THE O CLOCK NEWS ON /CTOBER TH 'ELDOF WAS SO APPALLED THAT HE FELT COMPELLED TO ACT

$O THEY KNOW IT S #HRISTMAS BY "AND !ID WAS RELEASED 2ECORDING TOOK PLACE OVER ONE DAY AND FEATURED THE VOCALS OF MANY OF THE BIGGEST MUSIC STARS OF THE DAY )T STAYED AT NUMBER FOR lVE WEEKS 4HE SINGLE WAS RE RELEASED IN WITH ONLY "ANARAMA REMAINING FROM THE ORIGINAL LINE UP 4HE SONG AGAIN CLAIMED THE NUMBER ONE SPOT

,IVE !ID IS THOUGHT TO HAVE RAISED a MILLION AND WAS UNPRECEDENTED IN ITS SCALE 4HE ""# GAVE OVER HOURS OF SCHEDULING TO lLM THE CONCERTS IN ,ONDON AND 0HILADELPHIA 0HIL #OLLINS IN THE YEARS BEFORE GLOBAL WARMING WAS AN ISSUE mEW ACROSS THE !TLANTIC ON #ONCORDE IN ORDER TO PERFORM AT BOTH VENUES

"AND !ID WAS RELEASED AND FOLLOWED THE PREVIOUS RE INCARNATIONS IN CLAIMING THE TOP SPOT IN THE CHARTS $IZZEE 2ASCAL BECAME THE lRST ARTIST TO ADD LYRICS TO THE SONG AS HE RAPPED h'IVE A LITTLE HELP TO THE HELPLESS v "ONO 0AUL -C#ARTNEY AND 'EORGE -ICHAEL WERE THE THREE SURVIVORS FROM THE VERSION

,IVE TOOK PLACE 4WENTY YEARS HAD PASSED AND THE FOCUS NOW FELL UPON POLITICAL SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS IN MANY !FRICAN COUNTRIES AND NOT JUST FUND RAISING 4HE CONCERTS HELD IN SEVERAL VENUES ACROSS THE GLOBE WERE FREE AND WERE SCHEDULED JUST DAYS BEFORE WORLD LEADERS GATHERED IN 'LENEAGLES FOR THE ' ECONOMIC SUMMIT ON *ULY

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Christmas Â Consumerism #HRISTMAS IS A CELEBRATION OF THE BIRTH OF *ESUS AN AGE OLD #HRISTIAN RELIGIOUS CELEBRATION .OWADAYS IT HAS BEEN CONVERTED INTO A CONSUMER HOLIDAY WHEREBY PEOPLE SPEND IN EXCESS AND EAT THEMSELVES SICK )T IS THE AGE OF OVER INDULGENCE (AVE WE LOST THE TRUE SPIRIT OF #HRISTMAS /R IS THE RETURN OF THE #OCA #OLA ADVERT MORE IMPORTANT !NNA 0RITCHARD INVESTIGATES

OU VE READ THE HEADLINE 9OU VE PROBABLY READ THE BYLINE AND AT LEAST GLANCED AT THE PICTURES ON THIS PAGE )F YOU CAN UNDERSTAND %NGLISH AND HAVE A MODICUM OF INTELLIGENCE YOU VE ALREADY GRASPED THE THEME OF THIS ARTICLE AND IT QUITE PROBABLY MATCHES YOUR MOOD AS YOU SIT IN THE (IVE "LEND ,4 WITH YOUR THOUGHTS DIARY AND BANK ACCOUNT ALL BENT ON #HRISTMAS 4HE QUESTION IS WHAT IS IT ABOUT THIS HOLIDAY THAT MAKES IT SPECIAL FOR YOU 7E LIVE IN A CULTURE OF #HRISTMAS 4HE ONSLAUGHT BEGINS IN 3EPTEMBER AS THE lRST TRINKETS HIT THE SHOPS )N /CTOBER THE TIDE OF #HRISTMAS RELATED GOODS CONTINUES TO SILT UP AND THE BEGINNING OF DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME PLUNGES US INTO THE OBLIGATORY DARK COSY ATMOSPHERE $ECEMBER SIGNALS THE START OF THE @OFlCIAL COUNTDOWN n HOW MANY OF US SPENT OUR CHILDHOODS PRISING OPEN TRICKY CARDBOARD DOORS AND CRAMMING OUR MOUTHS WITH CHOCOLATE BEFORE GOING TO SCHOOL !LL IN PREPARATION FOR THE DAY OF GORGEMENT OF ABANDONED GLUTTONY AND GREED 7E LOLL UNDER ROTUND STOMACHS FOR DAYS THEN AS MOTHS TO THE PROVERBIAL LIGHT BULB ARE DRAWN BACK TO THE BRIGHT TEMPLES OF COMMERCIALISM TO RETURN UNSATISFACTORY GIFTS AND TO BUY FOR CHEAP WHAT WE NEVER WANTED BEFORE 4HUS IT IS THAT IN ALL BUT COMMON PRACTICE AN ANNUAL ONE DAY RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL HAS BECOME A COMMERCIAL ORGY STRETCHING FROM 3EPTEMBER TO *ANUARY CONSUMING lVE MONTHS OF OUR CALENDAR AND ALMOST HALF OF OUT LIVES (OW DID THIS HAPPEN 3UCH A FEAT IF IT WERE NOT ALREADY IN EXISTENCE WOULD BE THE DESPERATE WET DREAM OF CAPITALIST ENTREPRENEURS AND ADVERTISING CONSULTANTS EVERYWHERE &OR #OMMERCIAL

MASS IN ALL ITS INSIDIOUSNESS IS A RESOUNDING SUCCESS MOST NOTABLY IN HOW THE HOLIDAY HAS REMAINED NO GROWN THROUGHOUT THE DISINTEGRATION OF THE #HRISTIAN FAITH IN THE 7ESTERN WORLD ALSO IN THE WAY ITS SIGNIlCANCE HAS MADE A SMOOTH TRANSITION FROM THE RELIGIOUS TO A CELEBRATION OF FAMILY OF THE MODERN CONCEPT OF

TO TRAVEL GREAT DISTANCES TO BE TOGETHER AND TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO GET ALONG ONCE THEY ARE THERE !LSO THE MOTTO @IT IS BETTER TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE HAS BEEN TRANSMUTED FROM A #HRISTIAN TO A MODERN HUMANIST MORALITY AND MEANS THAT GIFT GIVING IS STILL MEANINGFUL DESPITE THE PLASTIC TACK THAT WELLS UP IN SHOPS /NE MORE EXAMPLE

DARK AND FREEZING IT LIFTS THE SPIRITS FOR THERE TO BE SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE MIDST OF THE DARKNESS #HRISTMAS THANKS TO ITS CLOSE ASSOCIATION WITH WINTER IS THIS SOMETHING ALTHOUGH THE ASSOCIATION WHEN EXAMINED IS SOMETHING OF A JOKE 7HITE #HRISTMAS ANYONE 3NOW RELATED DECORATIONS FROM OBESE SNOWMEN

LOVE AND OF MONEY "UT WAIT A MINUTE THERE S A PROBLEM !ND THE PROBLEM IS THERE ARE MANY THINGS ABOUT #OMMERCIAL MASS TO BE VALUED 4HE SENSE OF AN IMPORTANT FAMILY OCCASION THAT INSPIRES PEOPLE

IS THE PSYCHOLOGICALLY POSITIVE EFFECT OF #HRISTMAS )N THIS RESPECT IT SERVES A SIMILAR PURPOSE TO THE PAGAN WINTER SOLSTICE THAT THE 2OMANS ALLEGEDLY SUBSTITUTED IT WITH 7HEN THE NIGHTS DRAW IN AND EVERYTHING TURNS DEAD AND

TO FROSTED PLASTIC TREES ARE mOODING THE STORES AS YOU READ THIS n THEY EVEN SELL THEM IN !USTRALIA WHERE #HRISTMAS FALLS IN THE SUMMER n BUT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A WHITE #HRISTMAS IN %NGLAND FOR AT LEAST YEARS

&OR THESE REASONS AND COUNTLESS OTHERS #OMMERCIAL MASS IS SOMETHING TO BE CHERISHED FOR ITS OWN SAKE %VERYONE NEEDS SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE AND IT SEEMS FAIR THAT THE ATHEIST MAJORITY OF THIS COUNTRY SHOULD HAVE A FESTIVAL )T IS HOWEVER DEEPLY IRONIC THAT THE FESTIVAL IN QUESTION IS A #HRISTIAN ONE AND BY ADOPTING IT THE FESTIVAL S ORIGINAL SIGNIlCANCE HAS BEEN KEPT lRMLY IN THE PUBLIC CONSCIOUSNESS )T CANNOT BE A COINCIDENCE THAT OF ALL THE #HRISTIAN FESTIVALS IT IS AT #HRISTMAS THAT THOSE WITH ONLY SLIGHT RELIGIOUS INCLINATIONS THINK BACK TO WHAT THEY LEARNED AT CHILDHOOD OR THAT ATTENDANCE IN #HRISTIAN CHURCHES OVER THE #HRISTMAS SEASON IS SIGNIlCANTLY HIGHER THAN AT ANY OTHER TIME OF YEAR 4HE CASE OF %ASTER PROVES THE POINT %ASTER BEING A CELEBRATION OF #HRIST S SACRIlCE IS A MUCH MORE IMPORTANT CELEBRATION TO #HRISTIANS THAN THE CELEBRATION OF HIS BIRTH )T TOO IS HIGHLY COMMERCIALISED BUT THIS COMMERCIALISATION IS LIMITED TO EGGS BUNNIES AND DAFFODILS WITH NO NATIVITY SET EQUIVALENT TO VARY THE KITSCH .O DOUBT THE ONLY AVAILABLE EQUIVALENT A GORY CRUCIlX WOULD PUT THE CHILDREN OFF THEIR CHOCOLATE "UT THIS IS A DIGRESSION )N FACT YOU MAY BE WONDERING RIGHT NOW JUST WHAT IS THE POINT OF THIS ARTICLE TO DAMN #OMMERCIAL MASS OR TO CELEBRATE IT 4HE ANSWER IS NEITHER )N A CULTURE FOUNDED ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT EVERYONE SHOULD BE FREE TO BELIEVE WHATEVER THEY WISH FREE FROM DOGMA AND DOCTRINE IT IS IMPORTANT TO USE THIS FREEDOM AND KEEP THINKING FOR YOURSELF 4HEREFORE THERE IS NO CONCLUSION AND NO JUDGMENT EITHER WAY YOU MUST DECIDE FOR YOURSELF 4HIS JOURNALIST MERELY TAKES THE OPPORTUNITY TO WISH YOU A VERY (APPY #HRISTMAS HOWEVER YOU CHOOSE TO SPEND IT

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! GATHERING PLACE FOR ANIME FANS SINCE 5%! S OWN !NIME 3O CIETY IS STILL A SAFE HAVEN FOR THOSE WHO NEED A BREAK FROM REALITY /UR MEMBERS DRAWN TOGETHER BY A MU TUAL LOVE OF *APANESE ANIMATION MANGA VIDEO GAMES AND ALMOST ANY RELATED LEGAL ACTIVITY MEET TWICE A WEEK TO WATCH ANIME PRO JECTED ONTO 5NION (OUSE S TASTEFUL MAGNOLIA WALLS 4HESE SCREENINGS CONSIST OF BOTH ANIME SERIES WHICH WE WATCH AN EPISODE AT A TIME UNTIL COMPLE TION AND lLMS ALL IN THE ORIGINAL *APANESE WITH SUBTITLES 4HE SHOWS ARE A MEDLEY OF GENRES TO APPEAL TO ALL TASTES AND THE AGE VARIES FROM BRAND NEW RELEASES TO WELL LOVED CLASSICS 4HE ANIME ITSELF HOWEVER IS ONLY ONE APPEAL 5%! !NIME 3OC IS ALSO A GREAT PLACE FOR SOCIALIS ING WITH LIKE MINDED PEOPLE 7ITH MEMBERS MEETING IN THE 5NION BAR AN HOUR BEFORE EACH SCREENING AND SPRAWLING IN THE SQUARE AFTER WARDS THERE HAS NEVER BEEN MORE OF AN EXCUSE TO LEAVE THE BRIGHTNESS OF YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN AND GO OUTSIDE !ND ) HAVEN T EVEN MEN TIONED THE SOCIALS YET !NIME 3OC HAS MANY SOCIALS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT CATER TO EACH OF OUR DIFFERENT INTEREST GROUPS 4HIS YEAR HAS ALREADY SEEN ANOTHER IN OUR SERIES OF HOUR

ANIME MARATHONS TAKE PLACE IN VOLVING A DARKENED ROOM IN CON GREGATION HALL PILLOWS HIGH SUGAR CONTENT FOODS AND RED BULL )T WAS AN EXPERIENCE AS NEW MEMBERS CAN TELL YOU 4HE 7ALKING !NIME -ANGA 'AMES 4OUR OF .ORWICH SNEAKED IN BEFORE THE COLD WEATHER HIT AND WAS COMPREHENSIVE IN ITS ITINERARY 4HE SOCIALS OFlCER IS CUR RENTLY ORGANISING A GAMING MARA THON FOR THE START OF NEXT SEMESTER AND THE NEXT 7ATERSTONES -ANGA .IGHT IS COMING UP AT THEIR STORE IN #ASTLE -EADOW &OR THOSE WHO WANT MORE INFORMAL GATHERINGS IN BARS AND PEOPLE S HOUSES ARE COM MONPLACE 3O WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR 7HETHER YOU ARE A SERIOUS FAN OR A CURIOUS ANIME VIRGIN ALL ARE WELCOME AT OUR THOROUGHLY RE LAXED SCREENINGS )F YOU RE FEELING CONFUSED THEN COME AND SPEAK TO THE COMMITTEE WHO BETWEEN THEM KNOW EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT ANIME AND OWN ALMOST ANY ANIME EVER RELEASED #OME AND CHAT IN OUR ONLINE FORUMS AT WWW ANIMESOC EAMPED COM OR FOR SCREENING INFORMA TION CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE AT WWW UEAANIME CO NR OR EMAIL THE PRESIDENT +IM $YER ON NATAKU? CHAN HOTMAIL COM !NNA 0RITCHARD

Real Ale and students: the perfect combination .ORWICH IS A TOWN FAMOUS FOR ITS FOOD AND DRINK AND OF THE DRINK ESPECIALLY ITS ALE 3O IT IS UNSURPRISING TO lND A VIBRANT 2EAL !LE 3OCIETY AT 5%! (ANNAH *AMES TELLS US MORE ABOUT THESE MEN AND WOMEN OF lNE TASTE

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7AY BACK IN THE MISTS OF TIME WHEN KNIGHTS WERE GOING ABOUT THEIR DAILY BUSINESS OF RESCUING FAIR MAIDENS AND MEN IN A CERTAIN SHADE OF GREEN WERE RUNNING AMOK HARASSING THE SHERIFF S GUARDS A TASTE SENSATION WAS BORN 4HE MONKS IN THE MONASTERIES WERE PERFECTING THE ART OF BREWING A NEW DRINK CALLED "EER USING WATER HOPS MALT AND YEAST 4HE REASON THAT IT CAUGHT ON SO WELL WAS THAT QUITE APART FROM THE COMBINATION OF BOILED WATER AND ALCOHOL THAT MADE IT A SAFER DRINK THAN FRESH WATER IT GOT YOU DRUNK (OWEVER FAST FORWARD MANY HUNDREDS OF YEARS TO AROUND THE S AND WE HAVE REACHED THE SITUATION WHERE RATHER THAN A WIDE VARIETY OF INTERESTING AND DELI CIOUS BEERS THE DRINKER S CHOICE IS RESTRICTED TO LAGER THAT DOESN T RE ALLY TASTE OF MUCH AT ALL (APPILY THERE HAS NOW BEEN A BIG REVIVAL OF WHAT IS NOW COMMONLY KNOWN

AS 2EAL !LE WHICH PROVIDES A TASTE TO SUIT EVERY PALATE NO MATTER HOW DISCERNING -OST PEOPLE WHEN THINKING OF REAL ALE THINK OF OLD MEN WITH PAUNCHES AND BEARDS DRINKING SOMETHING BITTER AND WARM "UT WE THE MEMBERS OF THE 2EAL !LE 3OCIETY ARE HERE TO HELP YOU CORRECT THESE COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS )F YOU WILL EXCUSE THE SHODDY HISTORY LESSON WHICH IS MOSTLY NONSENSE APART FROM THE BIT ABOUT THE MONKS LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO THE 2EAL !LE 3OCIETY 4HE SOCIETY WAS THOUGHT UP OVER A FEW PINTS OF REAL ALE OF COURSE IN THE COR NER OF THE &AT #AT PUB 7E AIM TO INTRODUCE MORE PEOPLE TO THIS GLORIOUS BEVERAGE GOING ON LOTS OF PUB CRAWLS AND BREWERY VISITS AND EVEN TRYING TO BREW SOME OF IT OURSELVES 4HE MEMBERSHIP CUR RENTLY STANDS AT MEMBERS AND WE VE ALREADY BEEN ON A TOUR OF THE 7OODEFORD S BREWERY AS WELL

AS ARRANGING DRINKING SESSIONS AT VARIOUS PUBS IN .ORWICH 7E EVEN WENT AND HELPED AT THE "EER &ES TIVAL IN .ORWICH AND DRANK A LOT OF FREE BEER ALTHOUGH OF COURSE STICKING TO THE 5NION S POLICY OF RESPONSIBLE DRINKINGx ISH 4HE HOME BREWING WILL BE STARTING WHEN WE GET BACK NEXT YEAR GIVING PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW AND PROMPTLY FOR GET IT AGAIN ONCE THEY VE DRUNK THE PRODUCT 3O IF THIS ARTICLE HAS PIQUED YOUR INTEREST AND YOU FANCY TRYING SOMETHING WITH A BIT MORE TASTE THAN A CERTAIN BEVERAGE WHICH HAS BEEN ABOUT AS CLOSE TO !USTRALIA AS A POLAR BEAR YOU KNOW WHAT ) M REFERRING TO THEN GET IN TOUCH WITH THE 5%! 2EAL !LE 3OCIETY ON &ACEBOOK OR EMAIL US HANNAH JAMES UEA AC UK AND WE LL SEE YOU ON THE NEXT PUB CRAWL

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Christmas Down Under !USTRALIA HAS A WEALTH OF EXCITING CELEBRATIONS TAKING PLACE OVER THE FESTIVE PERIOD *EFF 3ARGEANT EXPLAINS THERE S FAR MORE TO DO THAN HITTING THE BEACH WITH A CAN OF &OSTERS AND THROWING SOME SHRIMP ON THE BARBIE

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T WAS A CHILLY THIRTEEN DE GREES OUTSIDE AS THE RAIN CONTINUED TO TUMBLE DOWN (EAVY RAIN HAD BEEN FALL ING SINCE THE EARLY HOURS AND HAD SETTLED IN FOR THE EVENING "Y THE END OF THE NIGHT A GOOD MILLIMETRES HAD SOAKED THE PARCHED LANDSCAPE PROVIDING A BRIEF REPRIEVE FROM THE SEEM INGLY ENDLESS DROUGHT )T WAS NOT THE TYPICAL #HRISTMAS $AY THE FOUR MILLION INHABITANTS OF -ELBOURNE THE CAPITAL OF THE !USTRALIAN STATE OF 6ICTORIA HAD EXPECTED 4HE SOUTH ERN CITY lNALLY HAD THE RAIN IT HAD BEEN LONGING FOR 4HE CHILLY WEATHER BROUGHT WITH IT RAIN HAIL AND SNOW 3NOW FELL ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS IN 6ICTORIA AND 4ASMANIA AS THE COUN TRY S SOUTH EAST SHIVERED THROUGH A MISERABLE DAY ! WHITE #HRISTMAS IN THE SOUTH OF !USTRALIA SAW MANY REGIONS RECORD THEIR COLDEST #HRIST MAS $AY EVER 4HE COOL WEATHER BROUGHT WITH IT THE OPPORTUNITY TO INDULGE IN A TRA DITIONAL #HRISTMAS $AY ROAST &RESH VEGETABLES DELICIOUS MEAT AND TASTY GRAVY PROVIDED A SUCCULENT FEAST IN A RELATIVE S DINING ROOM 4URKEY BEEF CAULImOWER AND CHEESE #HRISTMAS HAMx ALL THE FOODS OF A TRADITIONAL "RITISH #HRISTMAS MEAL WERE ON THE TABLE AT THIS !USTRALIAN #HRISTMAS 4HERE WAS NO hSHRIMP ON THE BAR BIEv NOR GAMES OF BEACH CRICKET GO ING ON 4HE COUNTRY IS SO BIG THAT THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A TYPICAL !USTRAL IAN #HRISTMAS IT DIFFERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND DEPENDS HEAVILY ON THE

WEATHER /N #HRISTMAS $AY IN CYCLONE 4RACY THE STRONGEST CYCLONE EVER TO HIT !USTRALIA DESTROYED THE CITY OF $ARWIN LEAVING DEAD AND AT LEAST HOMELESS !T OTHER TIMES BUSHlRES HAVE RAVAGED COM MUNITIES MOST RECENTLY IN WHEN lRES BURNED FOR THREE WEEKS FROM #HRISTMAS $AY ONWARDS DE STROYING NATIONAL PARKS AROUND 3YD NEY $ESPITE THE EXTREMITIES OF THE WEATHER #HRISTMAS REMAINS THE DOMINANT FAMILY HOLIDAY #OM BINED WITH THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS THE #HRISTMAS .EW 9EAR PERIOD IS A FESTIVE AND RELAXED TIME -ANY PEOPLE HEAD TO THE COAST OR TO OTHER HOLIDAY SPOTS 4HE HOLIDAY PERIOD DOES NOT REALLY END UNTIL LATE *ANU ARY AFTER !USTRALIA $AY ON THE TH WHICH PROVIDES !USTRALIANS WITH AN OTHER OPPORTUNITY TO PARTY #HRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS BEGIN IN LATE SPRING WITH THE lRST REAL EVENT BEING THE #HRISTMAS 0AGEANT IN !DELAIDE WHICH IS THE LARGEST OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD ATTRACTING CROWDS OF UP TO &LOATS BANDS STREET PERFORMERS AND #HRISTMAS ICONS SUCH AS 3ANTA #LAUS PARADE DOWN THE CITY S MAIN STREETS 4HE 0AGEANT WHICH HAS BEEN RUNNING SINCE TAKES PLACE IN EARLY .O VEMBER AND IS A FAVOURITE WITH THE CITY S FAMILIES !NOTHER UNIQUE AND ONE OF THE MOST LOVED !USTRALIAN #HRIST MAS TRADITIONS TAKES PLACE IN -EL BOURNE S "OURKE 3TREET -ALL 4HE -YER DEPARTMENT STORE S STREET FRONT DISPLAY WINDOWS ARE TRANSFORMED

EVERY #HRISTMAS INTO AN ELABORATE DISPLAY USUALLY FEATURING A POPULAR CHILDREN S STORY OR SCENES FROM THE #HRISTMAS STORY 4HE @-YER 7IN DOWS HAVE BEEN TRANSFORMED EVERY /CTOBER SINCE AND IN RECENT YEARS HAVE FEATURED SCENES FROM #HARLIE AND THE #HOCOLATE &ACTORY WHILE THE FEATURE FOR THIS SEASON IS THE POPULAR 5NO S 'ARDEN 4HE -YER WEBSITE DESCRIBES THE MOST RECENT DISPLAY AS hA MOVING AND TIMELY TALE ABOUT HOW WE ALL UNKNOWINGLY AFFECT THE ENVIRON MENT AROUND US x 5NO S 'ARDEN IS

h4HE COUNTRY IS SO BIG THAT THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A TYPICAL !USTRALIAN #HRISTMASv

A SUPERB STORY WHICH USES NUMBERS PUZZLES AND FANTASTICAL ILLUSTRATIONS TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF lND ING A BALANCE BETWEEN HUMANKIND S DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENVIRON MENT v 4HE ANNUAL #AROLS BY #ANDLE LIGHT CONCERT IS PERHAPS THE FOREMOST #HRISTMAS EVENT IN -ELBOURNE AND TAKES IN THE CITY S "OTANICAL 'ARDENS AT THE 3IDNEY -YER -USIC "OWL

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AN OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE STAGE SET WITHIN THE GARDENS 4HE #AROLS AT TRACT A CROWD OF AROUND EACH #HRISTMAS %VE AND ARE BROADCAST LIVE ACROSS THE NATION #AROLS ARE SUNG BY LOCAL PERFORMERS THE -EL BOURNE 3YMPHONY /RCHESTRA AND INTERNATIONAL STARS INCLUDING +YLIE -INOGUE !UDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS ENCOURAGED WITH MANY KIDS OFTEN JOINING IN AT THE FRONT OF THE AUDI ENCE #AROLS BY #ANDLELIGHT WAS lRST HELD IN AND ALL PROCEEDS ARE DONATED TO 6ISION !USTRALIA A CHAR ITY WHICH PROVIDES SERVICES AND SUP PORT TO PEOPLE WITH LOW VISION AND BLINDNESS 4HE ORIGINAL #AROLS BY #ANDLELIGHT HAS SINCE GONE ON TO INSPIRE SIMILAR EVENTS NATIONWIDE MOST NOTABLY 3YDNEY S #AROLS IN THE $OMAIN WHICH HAS BEEN RUN NING FOR YEARS AND IS ALSO BROAD CAST ACROSS THE COUNTRY 4HE 3YDNEY EVENT IS NOT HELD ON #HRISTMAS %VE BUT ABOUT ONE OR TWO WEEKENDS BEFORE #HRISTMAS ATTRACTING A SIMI LARLY LARGE AUDIENCE "OXING $AY IS ANOTHER CELEBRAT ED MILESTONE IN THE #HRISTMAS .EW 9EAR HOLIDAY PERIOD &OR SOME IT MEANS HITTING THE "OXING $AY 3ALES WHILE FOR OTHERS IT MEANS SPORT 4HE TRADITIONAL "OXING $AY 4EST WHICH IS ALWAYS PLAYED AT THE -EL BOURNE #RICKET 'ROUND AND THE 3YDNEY TO (OBART 9ACHT 2ACE BOTH KICK OFF ON "OXING $AY 4HE 4EST IS ONE OF CRICKET S TRADITIONS AND IS THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL TEST MATCH OF THE SUMMER SERIES ,AST "OXING $AY 4EST !USTRALIA WON AGAINST %NGLAND

BY AN INNINGS AND RUNS CONTINU ING %NGLAND S DISASTROUS SERIES OF !SHES DEFEATS 4HE 3YDNEY TO (OBART IS A KM YACHT RACE NOW IN ITS RD YEAR 4HE RACE KICKS OFF IN 3YDNEY S BEAUTIFUL HARBOUR AND SAILS DOWN THE EAST COAST OF !USTRALIA AND CROSS ES "ASS 3TRAIT BEFORE RACING DOWN THE SHORELINE OF 4ASMANIA TO ITS CAPITAL 4HOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LINE 3YDNEY (ARBOUR EACH "OXING $AY SOME LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE IN BOATS TO WATCH THE RACE BEGIN ! SIMILAR RECEPTION IS GIVEN WHEN THE RACE CONCLUDES IN (OBART .EW 9EAR S %VE IS ALSO A BIG !US TRALIAN CELEBRATION WITH 3YDNEY AS THE MAIN FOCUS 5P TO A MILLION PEOPLE GATHER ALONG THE HARBOUR S SHORES TO SEE A SPECTACULAR lREWORKS DISPLAY FEATURING THE (ARBOUR "RIDGE AND OTHER CITY BUILDINGS 0AR TIES NATURALLY TAKE PLACE NATIONWIDE WITH HOLIDAY SPOTS ON THE COAST AND THE MAJOR CITIES BEING FOCUS POINTS 3EVERAL LARGE ROCK CONCERTS ARE ALSO HELD 4HE &ALLS &ESTIVAL AT ,ORNE AND 0YRAMID 2OCK &ESTIVAL AT 0HIL LIP )SLAND ON THE 6ICTORIAN COAST "OTH FESTIVALS DRAW LARGE CROWDS AND HEADLINE ACTS HAVE INCLUDED 3IL VERCHAIR 7OLFMOTHER AND 'ROOVE !RMADA !USTRALIANS CELEBRATE A RELATIVELY NORMAL #HRISTMAS 4RADITIONS RE MAIN SIMILAR TO THE MORE TYPICALLY %UROPEAN ONES BUT NATURALLY HAVE THAT EXTRA !USSIE SOMETHING THAT HAS EVOLVED WITH THE NATION S CULTURE

4RAVEL 4REEFROG S TANTALIZING TRAVEL TRIVIA 4HE lRST OFlCIAL #HRISTMAS IN !USTRALIA WAS CELEBRATED ON THE TH $ECEMBER AND A SERVICE WAS GIVEN AT 3YDNEY #OVE BY 2EVEREND *OHNSON 4HE MAJORITY OF THE lRST WHITE INHABITANTS WERE CONVICTS SO THERE WAS NO CHANGE TO THEIR REGULAR MENU WHICH CONSISTED OF BREAD RATIONS ONLY -ICHAEL $ENNISON A CONVICT WHO STOLE A POUND OF mOUR FROM -ARTHA 0UGH WAS SENTENCED TO LASHES BY THE WHIP BUT SINCE IT WAS #HRISTMAS THE SEASON OF GOODWILL ONLY WERE GIVEN

* "/"Ê" Ê/ Ê ",/ / 4HIS WEEK S PHOTO WAS SENT IN BY 2ACHEL -ORRIS AND SHOWS THE SUN SETTING OVER A TINY COASTAL lSHING VILLAGE IN .ORTH %AST 6ENEZUELA 3ITUATED ON THE NORTHERN COAST OF 3OUTH !MERICA 6ENEZUELA BOASTS A WIDE VARIETY OF BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPES FROM THE SNOW CAPPED 0ICO "OLIVAR MOUNTAIN IN THE NORTH EAST TO THE !MAZON "ASIN IN THE SOUTH HOME TO !NGEL &ALLS THE WORLDS HIGHEST WATERFALL !VERAGE ANNUAL TEMPERATURES FOR THE COUNTRY RANGE FROM ª# ACROSS THE PLAINS TO ª# IN THE HIGHLANDS )F YOU RE INTERESTED IN HAVING YOUR TRAVEL PHOTOS PRINTED IN #ONCRETE THERE S STILL PLENTY OF TIME 0LEASE SEND THEM TO CONCRETE TRAVEL GMAIL COM

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10 years ago... h) M !PPALLEDv 5%! 0RO 6ICE #HANCELLOR $AVID "RIDGES WAS FORCED TO APOLOGISE FOR A hRACISTv NOTICE PUT UP IN THE $INER 4HE NO TICE WAS ADDRESSED TO %GYP TIAN STUDENTS ISSUING THEM WITH STRICT RULES AND PUNISH MENTS WHEN USING THE $INER -ANY STUDENTS COMPLAINED ABOUT THE WORDING OF THE NO TICE DECIDING TO BOYCOTT THE $INER

In the News 4IGHT lSTED 5%! 4HE 5NIVERSITY WANTED TO START CHARGING a PER GUEST AT GRADUATION TO MAKE AN EXTRA a PER YEAR 3TUDENTS OBJECTED TO THIS MOVE

&ASTEST MAN ON EARTH 7HAT A "LOW COMES BACK TO .ORWICH ! 5NION SURVEY REVEALED THAT 4HRUST ## DRIVER !NDY 'REEN WAS MET BY CHEERING CROWDS WHEN HE ARRIVED AT .ORWICH !IRPORT AFTER BREAKING THE LAND SPEED RECORD IN .EVADA

OF STUDENTS HAD LITTLE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT THE 5N ION DOES AS WAS EVIDENT BY THE PEOPLE THAT VOTED IN THEIR LAST REFERENDUM

Other things making the pages of Concrete: "UDDING 5%! POET 9VETTE 2EADER A ")/ SECOND YEAR WAS SURPRISED TO lND ONE OF HER POEMS INCLUDED IN THE (ILTON (OUSE ANTHOLOGY

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4HE 5%! LADIES FOOTBALL TEAM COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED "UCKINGHAMSHIRE #OLLEGE IN "53! ! #HRISTMAS @ PULL OUT DE TAILED THE ESSENTIAL PARTY WEAR FOR THE SEASON LOOKED AT THE BEST #HRISTMAS DINNERS IN .ORWICH AND FOUND OUT HOW TO ESCAPE THE FESTIVE RUSH

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3UPERGRASS POPPED IN TO 0AY 5P CHAT TO 4HE %VENT AS DID 4HE %DUCATION 3ECRETARY AND )NTERPRETERS AND 4OM 3TOP .ORWICH 3OUTH -0 #HARLES PARD #LARKE SPOKE OUT ABOUT HIS ANGER AT THE 5NION S DECISION TO OPPOSE TOP UP FEES SAYING hYOUNG PEOPLE CAN PAY FOR THEMSELVESv

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"LOW /UT ! REQUEST TO EXTEND THE NON SMOKING AREA OF THE 5NION "AR AND 0UB WAS REJECTED BY 5NION #OUNCIL OVER CONCERNS THAT IT WOULD LEAD TO A LARGE STRAIN ON BAR INCOME

! #ITY OF &EAR ! 5%! STUDENT WAS LEFT NEED ING A FOUR DAY STAY IN HOSPI TAL AFTER BEING THE VICTIM OF A RACIST ATTACK IN THE #ITY

$AUGHTER OF /Z 5%! SECURITY GUARD *IM &UR NESS WAS REUNITED WITH HIS LONG LOST DAUGHTER AFTER YEARS (E WAS CONTACTED BY AN !USTRALIAN 46 COMPANY WHO WERE LOOKING FOR HIM ON BEHALF OF HIS DAUGHTER .ICKY AND HE WAS mOWN OUT TO /Z TO MEET HER FOR THE lRST TIME

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5%! 0ANTHERS BEAT ,INCOLN IN AN IMPRESSIVE DISPLAY OF #HRISTMAS BASKETBALL 4HE %VENT INTERVIEWED 2OB #HRISSY 2ADIO "ROADLAND S BREAKFAST TEAM AS WELL AS /UR ,ADY 0EACE AND 3EAMUS (EANEY ! @FAMOUS LOOK A LIKE WAS SPOTTED ON CAMPUS !PPARENTLY *ACK 2YDER AKA %ASTENDERS *AMIE -ITCHELL HAD A DOUBLE ON CAMPUS IN WHO DIDN T LIKE TO BE COMPARED TO THE SCREEN IDOL #ONCRETE INVESTIGATED WHY SO MANY PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF lFTEEN APPARENTLY HATE #HRISTMAS

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Your Â guide Â to Â Christmas Â dining: Â baller Â on Â a Â budget #HRISTMAS IS A TIME FOR EATING DRINKING AND MAKING MERRY BUT IT S ALSO A TIME FOR BONDING WITH THOSE YOU LOVE LIKE YOUR mATMATES )F YOU ONLY HAVE MEAGRE FUNDS REMAINING IN THE BANK AS THE TERM COMES TO AN END THIS IS THE TIME WHEN YOU SHOULD BE CHECKING UNDER YOUR BED IN YOUR POCKETS AND IN EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY TO lND THAT EXTRA CHANGE THAT WILL ENABLE YOU TO AFFORD ONE PARTING MEAL WITH YOUR FRIENDS &OR THE END OF YEAR mAT MEAL DIN ING IN STYLE IS NECESSARY BUT WHERE IN .ORWICH IS IT POSSIBLE TO BALANCE A BUDGET WITH A FEAST lT FOR #HRIST MAS !FTER SCOURING THE FACE OF .OR WICH IT HAS BECOME APPARENT THAT THERE ARE THREE PRICES IN THIS TOWN CHEAP EXPENSIVE AND RIDICULOUSLY EXPENSIVE WITH VERY LITTLE MIDDLE GROUND 4HE #HRISTMAS LUNCH MENU AT 2!2% 5NTHANK ROAD IS A FOUR COURSE MEAL OFFERING CHOICES SUCH AS A STARTER OF SPICY MEATBALLS THROUGH TO THE SERVING OF HOME MADE MINCE PIES 4HIS MENU AL

THOUGH INDULGENT AT A PRICE OF a PER PERSON IS A LOT OF FOOD BUT FOR a A STUDENT COULD EAT FOR A WEEK 4HIS BEGS THE QUESTION IS IT BETTER TO EAT AT YOUR LOCAL PUB AND DRINK AWAY THE REST OF THE BUDGET OR SHOULD YOU SPLASH OUT ON A #HRIST MAS BONANZA OF TURKEY WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS 4HE BEST POSSIBLE COMPROMISE

SEEMS TO COME IN THE FORM OF LO CAL BAR BRASSERIE RESTAURANT 4HE ,IBRARY A 'UILDHALL (ILL WHICH OFFERS A SET ,UNCH MENU OF TWO COURSES FOR a 4HE BISTRO STYLE FOOD IS COOKED ON A SPECIALLY IM PORTED WOODEN GRILL COMPLEMENT ED BY 4HE ,IBRARY S CONTEMPORARY FEEL AND FRIENDLY STAFF !NOTHER OPTION FOR THE HUNGRY

FOOD

STUDENT PARTY IS TO VISIT THE "ELGIAN -ONK 0OTTERGATE WHICH BOASTS A FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE AND A REASON ABLY PRICED MENU AT AROUND a PER PERSON 4HE "ELGIAN -ONK IS WELL WORTH A VISIT AS THE FOOD IS MORE @MODERN AND %UROPEAN THAN PUB GRUB AND THE VENUE IS PERFECT FOR A #HRISTMAS MEAL DUE TO ITS WARM AND LIVELY ATMOSPHERE )F THE PUBS ABOVE ARE STILL A LITTLE TOO PRICEY THERE S ALWAYS 7ETHER SPOONS /RFORD (ILL WITH ITS HEARTY OFFER OF TWO MAIN MEALS FOR a DURING THE DAY &OR A BALLER ON A BUDGET IT S DIFlCULT TO RESIST ITS CONSUMER GIANT CHARMS 3O THE CHOICE IS OUT THERE AND THERE S TWO WEEKS LEFT TO BOOK YOUR mAT #HRIST MAS MEAL AND IF ALL ELSE FAILS IT COULD ALWAYS BE A CASE OF A #HRIST MAS ,ATTE AT 3TARBUCKS /THER PLACES WELL WORTH A VISIT ARE 0ULSE ON 'UILDHALL HILL FOR AN ALTERNATIVE VEGETARIAN TWIST ON #HRISTMAS AND "AR 4APAS OPPOSITE *ARROLDS FOR A HIP 3PANISH TAKE ON FESTIVE DINING %VE 2ICHENS

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Morsels Â of Â wisdom )T S BEEN A GASTRONOMICALLY INTENSIVE COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR ME HAVING TRAV ELLED lRST TO 3COTLAND AND THEN TO "ER LIN ) FELL IN LOVE WITH AUTHENTIC !NGUS "EEF AND ) WISH CURRYWORST WERE READ ILY AVAILABLE IN %NGLAND )N .ORWICH ) M CONSTANTLY WORRIED ABOUT LIMITED DINING OPTIONS AND THESE FEARS WERE MOST PREVALENT IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO 4HANKSGIVING ) HESITANTLY SIGNED UP TO ATTEND THE 5%! 4HANKSGIVING &EAST A a !LL 9OU #AN %AT "UF FET %XTRAVAGANZA KNOWING THAT NOT EVEN THE lNEST CULINARY EFFORTS WOULD MATCH MY FAMILY S HOME COOKING !S AN AWKWARD "RITISH 4HANKSGIVING FEAST WOULD ONLY BE MORE AWKWARD IF ) WERE SOBER ) DOWNED NEARLY A FULL ML BOTTLE OF TEMPARNILLO BE FORE SETTING FOOT INTO THE ELITE FACULTY DINING FACILITY 3URROUNDED BY DEAR FRIENDS AND CURIOUS FOREIGNERS WHO WERE INTERESTED IN !MERICAN CULTURE IT WAS AS CLOSE TO HOME AS ONE COULD BE WITHOUT REALLY BEING THERE AND ) REALIZED THAT MY FEARS WERE ALL COM PLETELY IRRATIONAL

Beyond Â Christmas: Â other Â holiday Â foods Â in Â focus For Â African-ÂAmericans, Â Kwanzaa Â is Â just Â round Â the Â corner

Put Â on Â your Â yamulke, Â here Â comes Â Chanukkah!

+WANZAA IS A WEEK LONG FESTIVAL OBSERVED PREDOMINANTLY BY !FRI CAN !MERICANS TO REMEMBER AND HONOUR THEIR !FRICAN HERITAGE 4HE NAME +WANZAA IS DERIVED FROM THE 3WAHILI PHRASE hMATUNDA YA KWAN ZAv WHICH MEANS hlRST FRUITS v &ROM TH $ECEMBER TO ST *ANU ARY THE FESTIVE ACTIVITIES FOR +WAN ZAA INCLUDE CANDLE LIGHTING THE POURING OF LIBATIONS WHICH SYM BOLIZES OFFERING A DRINK TO 'OD AND GIVING GIFTS TO FRIENDS AND FAM ILY 4HIS HOLIDAY CULMINATES WITH A MASSIVE FEAST FEATURING A WEALTH OF TRADITIONAL !FRICAN FOOD RANG ING FROM COUSCOUS TO LAMB KEBABS AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN

#HRISTMAS IS COMING AND ) AM AL READY SALIVATING OVER THE THOUGHT OF ROAST PARSNIPS AND STUFlNG "UT #HRISTMAS IS NOT THE ONLY CELEBRA TION DURING THIS TIME OF YEAR AND IT IS SURELY NOT THE ONLY HOLIDAY WITH TRADITIONAL FOOD 4YPICALLY OC CURRING AT SOME POINT BETWEEN LATE .OVEMBER AND LATE $ECEMBER ON THE TH DAY OF +ISLEV ACCORDING TO THE *EWISH CALENDAR THE FESTIVAL OF #HANUKKAH OCCURS 4HIS HOLIDAY CELEBRATES THE MIRACULOUS BURNING OVER EIGHT DAYS OF A SMALL AMOUNT OF OLIVE OIL AT THE DESECRATED 4EMPLE OF *ERUSALEM $URING THE EIGHT NIGHTS OF #HANUKKAH *EWS CELEBRATE BY LIGHT ING THE CANDLES ON A #HANUKKIAH COMMONLY KNOWN AS A MENORAH AS A REPRESENTATION OF THE ANCIENT MIRACLE &OOD OR MONEY CAN BE GAMBLED DURING GAMES PLAYED BY SPINNING A DREIDEL AN ANCIENT TOP THAT CAN LAND IN FOUR DIFFERENT WAYS REPRESENTING VARIOUS AMOUNTS OF FOOD -ANUFACTURERS NOTING THIS CUSTOM CREATED CHOCOLATE COINS KNOWN AS GELT FOR THIS PURPOSE &OOD MAY NOT PLAY A VITAL PART OF THE ACTUAL RELIGIOUS CEREMONY BUT MUCH LIKE TRADITIONAL #HRISTMAS DINNER CERTAIN FOODS ARE EATEN DUR ING THE CELEBRATION !S #HANUKKAH HAS MANY CONNECTIONS WITH OLIVE OIL THERE IS A PREFERENCE TO EAT FOOD THAT IS FRIED %ASTERN %UROPEAN *EWS HAVE TRADITIONALLY EATEN POTATO PAN CAKES KNOWN AS LATKES WHICH CAN

+WANZAA WAS INVENTED IN !MER ICA IN BY 2ON +ARENGA AN !MERICAN ACADEMIC AND LEADER OF THE "LACK .ATIONALIST -OVEMENT AS A CELEBRATION OF ALL !FRICAN CUL TURES 4ODAY THERE ARE COUN TRIES IN !FRICA INCLUDING -ADAGAS CAR AND MANY ISLAND GROUPS WITH A WIDE RANGE OF CULINARY TRADI TIONS &OR INSTANCE MANY #ENTRAL !FRICANS EAT BAMBARA A PORRIDGE MADE FROM RICE PEANUT BUTTER AND SUGAR 7HILE THIS MAY SEEM TAME OTHER POPULAR FOODS IN THIS AREA OF !FRICA INCLUDE MONKEY CROCODILE AND WARTHOG 4HE CUISINES OF OTHER AREAS OF !FRICA HAVE BEEN INmUENCED BY

Tanzanian Â Baked Â Bananas. Â Â Serves Â 8. )NGREDIENTS

LARGE RIPE BANANAS UNPEELED TABLESPOONS OF MELTED BUTTER TABLESPOONS OF BROWN SUGAR TEASPOON OF LEMON JUICE )CE CREAM TO SERVE

0REHEAT AN OVEN TO # OR LIGHT THE BARBECUE 3LICE OFF THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE BANANAS AND PLACE THEM UNPEELED ON A BAKING TRAY "AKE FOR ABOUT MINUTES UNTIL THE BANANA SKINS HAVE TURNED BLACK AND ARE BURSTING $ISCARD THE SKINS AND SLICE EACH BANANA LENGTHWISE -IX THE BUTTER SUGAR AND LEMON JUICE INTO A PASTE AND DRIZZLE OVER THE HOT BANANAS 3ERVE WITH THE ICE CREAM

COLONISATION OVER MANY HUNDREDS OF YEARS !RABS SETTLED IN THE .ORTH AND %AST OF !FRICA MORE THAN YEARS AGO BRINGING SPICES LIKE SAF FRON CINNAMON AND CLOVES TO ADD HEAT AND mAVOUR TO FOOD WHEREAS 0ORTUGUESE SETTLERS BROUGHT WITH THEM A WHOLE PLETHORA OF FOODS SUCH AS CHILLIES PINEAPPLES AND TO MATOES THAT ARE NOW EATEN ALONG SIDE TRADITIONAL FOOD LIKE PLANTAINS AND OKRA 3OUTHERN !FRICAN FOOD IS DIVERSE WITH A STRONG -ALAY INmU ENCE IN CURRIES AND SPICY CHUTNEYS AS WELL AS STEWS AND KEBABS &RANCES 4AYLOR

BE EATEN WITH CHEESE COURGETTES APPLE SAUCE AND OTHER VEGETABLES 4HE POTATO IS GRATED WITH THE INGRE DIENT DESIRED SUCH AS APPLE MIXED WITH SEASONING AND BEATEN EGG AND THEN FRIED IN OIL 4HE RESULT IS A DELI CIOUS SNACK THAT CAN BE SAVOURY OR SWEET !NOTHER #HANUKKAH FOOD IS SUF GANIYOT WHICH IS THE EQUIVALENT OF THE MODERN DAY DOUGHNUT 4HIS TREAT WAS ORIGINALLY PREPARED BY FRY ING TWO PIECES OF DOUGH TOGETHER WITH A JAM lLLING BUT TODAY IT IS PRE PARED BY COOKING THE DOUGH AND IN SERTING THE JAM AFTERWARDS JUST LIKE THEY DO AT +RISPY +REME )N )SRAEL SUFGANIYOT SOLD IN BAKERIES CREATE THE EXCITEMENT OF THE APPROACHING #HANUKKAH HOLIDAY AS NEWSPAPERS RATE WHICH ARE THE BEST )N THE *EWISH WORLD ALL FOOD MUST BE KOSHER WHICH MEANS THE FOOD MUST BE lT FOR CONSUMPTION AC CORDING TO THE VARIOUS RULES FOUND IN THE 4ORAH &OR EXAMPLE RELIGIOUS *EWS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO EAT CER TAIN ANIMALS LIKE PIG OR SHELLlSH OR MIX DAIRY AND MEAT PRODUCTS &OOD IS NOT JUST AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE #HRISTMAS CELEBRATION BUT OF OTHER RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS SO WHEN WE ARE LONGING FOR ROAST POTATOES AND #HRISTMAS PUDDING *EWS WILL BE EATING TASTY NOSH OF LATKES SUFGANI YOT AND OTHER DELICIOUS FOODS 4HIS YEAR #HANUKKAH TAKES PLACE FROM $ECEMBER TH TH 3OPHIE -YATT

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) WOULDN T DESCRIBE MYSELF AS THIN OR ATTRACTIVE ) WOULD DE SCRIBE MYSELF AS FAT AND UGLY ) VE ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THIS AND IT HAS NEVER CHANGED MY OUTLOOK ON LIFE BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN MY PROBLEM WITH MY WEIGHT HAS DEPRESSED ME )T IS STOPPING ME FROM ENJOYING ANYTHING AND IT PLAYS ON MY MIND CONSTANTLY ) KNOW THERE ARE NO EASY SOLU TIONS BUT ) DON T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START 3ARAH 4ED SAYS 3ARAH ARE YOU DEPRESSED BE CAUSE YOU DON T LIKE THE WAY PEOPLE SEE YOU /R IS IT BECAUSE BASIC THINGS LIKE SPORT AND WALKING UPSTAIRS BECOMES DIF lCULT ) M NOT TRYING TO BE NASTY ON PURPOSE OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF OBESITY SO YOU NEED TO THINK WHETHER THIS IS A SELF CONlDENCE ISSUE OR A HEALTH ISSUE )N MY OPINION A HEALTHY BODY WILL GO ALONG WAY TO MAK ING YOU FEEL BETTER AND THAT AP PLIES IF YOU ARE OVERWEIGHT OR NOT 3O GET YOURSELF INTO A GYM WHERE THERE ARE PROFESSIONALS THAT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT AND START THINKING POSI TIVE %ASIER SAID THEN DONE ) M SURE BUT YOU LL BE lNE ,ET ME KNOW HOW YOU GET ON "ETTY SAYS 3ARAH EVERY GIRL WORRIES ABOUT HER APPEARANCE AND ) M SURE YOU ARE NOT hUGLYv AS YOU DE SCRIBE 9OU NEED TO GET MORE POSITIVE ON YOUR OUTLOOK )F YOU FEEL REALLY DOWN ABOUT YOURSELF MAYBE GO TO SEE A DOCTOR 4HEY COULD GIVE YOU ADVICE ON HOW TO LOSE WEIGHT AND HOW TO GAIN MORE CONlDENCE 4HERE COULD BE A REASON FOR YOUR WEIGHT GAIN MAYBE DIABETES )F YOU EAT HEALTHILY AND EXERCISE REGULARLY YOU SHOULD START TO FEEL BETTER ABOUT YOURSELF 4HE MOST IM PORTANT THING IS TO BE HEALTHY AND BEING hFATv IS ONLY GOING TO HINDER YOUR OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE )T SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU HAVE A LOW OPINION OF YOURSELF AND YOU NEED TO GET YOUR HEAD AROUND THAT OR YOU WILL FEEL EVEN WORSE AND THIS COULD LEAD TO DEPRESSION 3O LONG AS YOU RE A BEAUTIFUL PERSON ON THE INSIDE PEOPLE WILL SEE BEAUTY ON THE OUTSIDE (ELPFUL NUMBERS AND E MAIL ADDRESSES #OUNSELLING SERVICE !DVICE #ENTRE 7ELFARE /FlCER SU WELFARE UEA AC UK .IGHTLINE NIGHTLINE UEA AC UK

Surviving Sobriety 3PENDING A WHOLE MONTH WITHOUT ALCOHOL IS A FEAT FOR ANYONE WHO ENJOYS ALL THE DRUNKEN SHENANIGANS OF THE ,#2 AND NIGHTS OUT 3ELF CONFESSED PARTY GIRL &LORENCE "USWELL RECORDS HER EXPERIENCES OF SURVIVING WHAT SHE BELIEVED TO BE THE UNACHIEVEABLE TH /CTOBER 7AKING UP TO YET ANOTHER GLORIOUS HANGOVER DAY A THOUGHT STRIKES ME )N BETWEEN SITTING ON THE SOFA WITH MY HOUSEMATE WATCHING A $ISNEY lLM AND SCRUBBING THE SEEMINGLY INDELIBLE TATTOO @) LOVE *OE OFF MY ARM AFTER A PARTICULARLY DRUNKEN NIGHT IN ,IQUID ) THINK OF ALL THE THINGS ) SHOULD BE DOING -Y WORK LOOMS UPSTAIRS AND SOMEHOW MY JUSTIlCATION THAT WATCHING 0OCA HONTAS IS RESEARCH ON !MERICAN SET TLERS VIEWS ON .ATIVE !MERICANS DOESN T QUITE STAND UP 3O WITH THIS IN MIND ) DECIDE TO SWERVE OFF ALCOHOL FOR A TRIAL PERI OD .O MORE SPENDING MY STUDENT LOAN ON 6ODKAT AND CHEAP WINE THAT TASTES OF POTATOES .O MORE &A CEBOOK FRIEND REQUESTS FROM PEOPLE ) HAVE MET IN THE ,#2 TOILETS .O MORE LOOKING AT MY PHONE S CALL RECORDS IN THE MORNING AND COUNT ING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ) NEED TO AVOID ON CAMPUS THAT DAY #OM ING FROM THE GIRL THAT MANAGED TO EARN HERSELF THE NICKNAME @0ARTY &LO DURING FRESHER YEAR THIS MIGHT PROVE TO BE A LITTLE TRICKY

TH /CTOBER WEEKEND BIRTHDAY PARTIES ,#2 AND 6+S LATER EQUALS IN CREDIBLY IRRITABLE &LORENCE 4HE lRST THING ) NOTICE IS JUST HOW ANNOYING DRUNK PEOPLE ARE ESPECIALLY AND ) HATE TO BEAT DOWN ON MY OWN SEX HERE BUT WOMEN IN THE TOILETS 7HEN YOU REALLY DO JUST WANT TO PEE IT REALLY IS VERY IRRITATING WHEN THERE IS A HUGE QUEUE OF LOITERING PARROTS COMPARING HAIRSTYLES -Y ATTEMPTS AT AN AWKWARD SHUFmE STEP SHIMMY AMALGAMATION ON THE DANCE mOOR JUST MAKE ME REAL ISE MY DAZZLING REPERTOIRE OF DANCE MOVES ONLY OCCUR WHEN ) M DRUNK 4O HELP ME FEEL BETTER MY HOUSE MATE WAFTS HIS PINT UNDER MY NOSE AND INSTRUCTS ME THAT ) M MORE FUN WHEN ) M DRUNK ) SUDDENLY REALISE THE DEPTH OF MY MISSION

TH /CTOBER ) HAVE JUST PARTED WITH a OF MY DIMINISHING STUDENT LOAN SO ) CAN TRAVEL DOWN TO ,ONDON AND MINGLE WITH THE GLAMOROUS WORLD OF EDITORIAL WEBSITES WHICH ) WORKED ON OVER THE SUMMER /R AS THE INVITATION WORRYINGLY EXPRESSES hRAISE A GLASS TO ALL OUR HARD EFFORTS &REE CHAMPAGNE IS PROMISED AND GIVEN THAT THE COMPANY IS QUITE SUCCESSFUL NOW THIS WON T BE THE FREE CHAMPAGNE GIVEN TO LURE YOU TO MOST EVENTS THAT IS THE EQUIVA

LENT OF PUTTING WASHING UP LIQUID IN YOUR MOUTH ) WONDER IF RAISING A CHEEKY GLASS OF ORANGE JUICE WILL HAVE THE SAME EFFECT !T LEAST ) M NOT HUNGOVER ) SUPPOSE WHICH IS A BIT SHOCKING FOR ME ON 7EDNES DAY !FTER LAST NIGHT AT 0O.A.AS ) M HOPING MORE BENElTS TO THIS NO DRINKING THING START OCCURRING THOUGH (IGHLIGHTS INCLUDED TELL ING THE BARMAN ) WAS PREGNANT AFTER BEING ASKED FOR THE THIRD TIME WHY ) WAS STICKING TO #OCA #OLA AND PLAYING DRINKING GAMES WHERE IF )

LOST ) HAD THE THRILLING PROSPECT OF NOMINATING SOMEONE ELSE TO DRINK ) AM STARTING TO FEEL SLIGHTLY LIKE A SOBRIETY DEITY THOUGH ONE FRIEND HAS TOLD ME HOW HE GAVE UP ALCO HOL FOR TEN WEEKS WHEN HE BROKE HIS HAND !NOTHER GUY WITH BICEPS THE WIDTH OF MY NECK INFORMS ME THAT FOR THREE MONTHS OVER EACH SUMMER HE GIVES UP ALCOHOL TO PERFECT HIS BEACH BODY 0ERHAPS ) SHOULD GO FULL OUT AND START WEAR ING HEMP GIVE UP MEAT AND SET UP A @SOBRIETY CONFESSIONAL BOX IN THE SQUARE WHERE PEOPLE PAY ME TO LISTEN TO THEIR EMBARRASSING STORIES OF ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE SO THEN ) CAN GET SOME MONEY TOGETHER FOR MY MASSIVE BOOZE UP AT THE END OF THE MONTH

TH /CTOBER !FTER LOGGING ONTO MY &ACEBOOK ACCOUNT THIS AFTERNOON ) AM FACED WITH SOMETHING ) CERTAINLY DO NOT MISS ABOUT DRUNKEN NIGHTS OUT THE PHOTO TAGS 3OMEHOW HOWEVER IN EBRIATED EVERYONE IS THERE IS ALWAYS AT LEAST ONE SADISTIC PAPARAZZO OF A FRIEND TO CAPTURE EVERY GRIMACE EVERY BLOODSHOT EYE AND EVERY MAKE UP MALFUNCTION 4HIS TIME ONE OF MY FRIENDS HAS KINDLY TAGGED PHOTOS OF ME PASSED OUT IN A TRAIN CARRIAGE AFTER A DRUNKEN NIGHT OUT IN ,ONDON THIS SUMMER )N ONE OF THEM ) ACTUALLY LOOK COMATOSE ) HOPE THAT THE HORROR STORIES ABOUT CURIOUS EMPLOYERS CHECKING &ACE BOOK PROlLES ARE URBAN MYTHS AND

VOW TO CHANGE MY PRIVACY SETTINGS

TH /CTOBER ) AM IN BED ABOUT TO TRY TO CATCH UP ON SOME READING ) MISSED OUT ON THROUGH BEING ILL LAST WEEK (OWEVER MY MIND DRIFTS AND THIS TIME IT IS TO MY NO ALCOHOL VOW AND WHAT ) FEEL ARE THE POSITIVE POINTS ) SUPPOSE AT SOME POINT ) SHOULD LOOK AT THEM 4HINKING BACK TO THE STUPID DRUNKEN THINGS ) HAVE DONE IN THE PAST ) THINK OF THE IMPULSES THAT HAVE DRIVEN THEM 7HATEVER THE EMOTION ALCOHOL SIMPLY LOW ERED MY INHIBITIONS )T GIVES YOU A WAY TO SHRUG OFF WHATEVER YOU DID IN THE MORNING AND AS ) M REAL ISING THAT S AN ADDICTIVE GET OUT CLAUSE ) THINK THAT S WHAT ) CAN T DECIDE WHETHER ) MISS ) HAVE TO ACT CONTROLLED AS ) HAVE NO EXTRANEOUS ELEMENT TO BLAME 4HIS HAS MADE MY NIGHTS OUT BETTER ) THINK SO FAR BECAUSE ) HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACT ON THE BEST BITS OF THE NIGHT AND ACTU ALLY REMEMBER THEM IN THE MORN ING 4HERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS SOBRIETY LARK YETx

TH /CTOBER !FTER MY SOBRIETY EPIPHANY ) FEEL REFRESHED ENOUGH TO GO OUT /F COURSE ) CHOOSE TO GO OUT AND mAUNT MY NEW WISE SOBER SELF AT THE COCK TAIL SOCIETY POSSIBLY THE NUMBER ONE SOCIETY WHERE SOBRIETY IS LIKELY TO BE MOCKED ) CANNOT HELP BUT GLOWER WHEN IT BECOMES APPARENT MY SOFT DRINKS ARE ACTUALLY COSTING MORE IN #HICAGO S THAN THE COCKTAILS MY FRIENDS ARE KNOCKING BACK TWO AT A TIME 4HIS IS NOT THE lRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED IN A BAR AND IT IS A CONSTANT SOURCE OF FRUSTRATION WHEN ) M OUT THAT ) AM ACTUALLY PAYING MORE FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF NOT RUIN ING MY LIVER ) NEARLY GET SET UPON IN THE TOILETS WHEN ) REVEAL MY DIRTY LITTLE SECRET ) AM A CLOSET SOBRIETY PUSHER 7HAT S WORSE ) HAVE ALSO BEGUN TO ASK MY FRIENDS WHETHER ) AM A BORING PERSON WHEN SOBER POSSIBLY THE MOST LOADED QUESTION EVER AFTER hDOES MY BUM LOOK BIG IN THIS v ) DO PERSEVERE THOUGH AND END UP HAVING QUITE A GOOD NIGHT THE MUSIC AND ATMOSPHERE IS REALLY GOOD AND ) M BACK TO DANCING LIKE ) DON T CARE THAT ) M REALLY BAD AT IT

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) M DRUNK AN IRONY NOT LOST ON ME NOW ) M SOBER ) GO HOME AND USE MY MOUTHWASH FOR AT LEAST TWO MINUTES TO GET RID OF THE NICOTINE TASTE (OWEVER ) AM PLEASED TO SEE THE ,#2 IS NOT FOLLOWING THE PHI LOSOPHIES OF OTHER BARS MY #OKE COSTS A REASONABLE P

RD .OVEMBER !S ) HAVE SPENT THE LAST WEEK SWAPPING ,#2 LARKS FOR LONG CAF FEINE SUPPORTED STINTS IN THE LIBRARY DOING MY ESSAYS ) HAVEN T HAD MUCH OF A CHANCE TO EVEN THINK ABOUT ALCOHOL (OWEVER AS MY TIME BEING SOBER DRAWS TO AN END ) DECIDE TO DO SOMETHING ) TRULY HATE DOING ) GO TO THE GYM AND WEIGH MYSELF IN THE CHANGING ROOMS TO SEE IF ANYTHING HAS CHANGED 4HE LAST TIME ) SAW SCALES THIS BIG ) WAS AT A TACKY WATER WORLD CENTRE IN 'REAT 9ARMOUTH WITH MY mATMATES WHERE YOU COULD lND OUT HOW MUCH YOU WEIGHED IN COMPARISON TO SEA ANI MALS ) REFUSED TO USE IT THEN WHO WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER THEY WEIGH THE EQUIVALENT OF A BLUE WHALE 4HIS TIME ) AM PLEASANTLY SURPRISED ) HAVE LOST LBS 0LUS ) AM REALLY EN JOYING CHECKING MY WALLET AND SEE ING WHAT ) EXPECT TO BE THERE NOT THAT GIVING UP ALCOHOL HAS GIVEN ME A SPECIAL ABILITY TO LOOK AFTER MY lNANCES BUT AT LEAST ) KNOW TO EX PECT MY DISAPPOINTMENT THIS TIME ROUND

TH .OVEMBER 3O MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT MARKED THE END POINT OF MY ABSTINENCE MONTH ) DON T WANT TO DISAP POINTx BUT ) BROKE IT IN SPECTACU LARLY !BOUT TWELVE FREE SHOTS AND TEN MINUTES LATER ) WAS GONE ) TRIED TO PERSUADE MY FRIEND TO BUY ME CHAMPAGNE FROM BEHIND THE BAR ON HIS CREDIT CARD 9OU VE GOT TO GIVE ME ONE MASSIVE SLIP UP AT LEAST

TH .OVEMBER .OW ) CAN DRINK AGAIN ) DIS COVER THAT AS WELL AS BEING ABLE TO HOLD MY ALCOHOL ABOUT THE SAME AS ) COULD WHEN ) WAS FOURTEEN ) ACTU ALLY HAVE LEARNT SOMETHING THROUGH MY ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE "EING SOBER CAN HAVE ITS PERKS TOO ) AM A BIT SLIMMER A BIT RICHER AND ) CAN HAVE PRODUCTIVE DAYS INSTEAD OF HANGOVER DAYS !LL OBVIOUS STUFF BUT IT S EASY WITH THE MEDIA PREACHING ABOUT BINGE DRINKING TO NOT THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU RE HAVING FUN "UT CUTTING DOWN ON DRINKING DOES MAKE YOU FEEL CLEANER AND HEALTHIER ) WOULD RECOMMEND IT BUT ) WOULDN T RE PEAT IT ! GIRL HAS HER LIMITS

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ACCOUNTING FOR THE FELLING OF AROUND TREES SO OPT FOR RECYCLED WRAPPING PAPER IF POSSIBLE .ORWICH #ITY #OUNCIL IS CURRENTLY UNABLE TO RECYCLE WRAPPING PAPER DUE TO ITS GLOSSY COATING BUT IF YOU ARE THE TYPE OF PERSON WHO DELIGHTS IN FRANTICALLY TEARING THE PAPER OFF YOUR PRESENTS THEN WHY NOT SEARCH FOR ALTERNATIVES TO WRAPPING PAPER USING MAGAZINE PAGES AND OLD POSTERS CAN BE AN ATTRACTIVE AND ECONOMICAL WAY OF MINIMISING YOUR IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT !ND REMEMBER INSTEAD OF USING 3ELLOTAPE TIE YOUR PARCELS UP WITH RIBBON SO THAT THE PAPER CAN EASILY BE RE USED 2ECYCLED CARDS ARE AVAILABLE AT REASONABLE PRICES IN MANY CHARITY SHOPS IN A VARIETY OF DESIGNS !LTERNATIVELY YOU COULD AVOID THE HOURS SPENT WRITING #HRISTMAS CARDS ALTOGETHER BY SENDING E CARDS ,AST YEAR S #HRISTMAS CARDS WHICH

HAVE BEEN SEQUESTERED IN THE CORNER OF A DUSTY DRAWER CAN ALSO BE CUT UP TO MAKE GIFT TAGS 'OING GREEN MEANS GOING TRADITIONAL INSTEAD OF THE USUAL UBIQUITOUS TACKY PLASTIC DECORATIONS ADORN THE ROOM WITH SPRIGS OF HOLLY MISTLETOE AND PINE CONES 4AKE A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE AND GET TO WORK WITH SCISSORS AND PAPER )N NO TIME AT ALL YOU CAN PRODUCE COLOURFUL PAPER CHAINS AND THE KIND OF SNOWmAKES YOU MADE AS CHILD 4O ADD THAT EXTRA BIT OF FESTIVE CHEER ABANDON THE HARSH MAIN LIGHTING FOR SOME RATHER MORE ATMOSPHERIC CANDLES OVER #HRISTMAS DINNER )F YOU DO BUY A REAL #HRISTMAS TREE CHOOSE ONE WITH ROOTS SO IT CAN BE PLANTED IN YOUR GARDEN AFTERWARDS 4REES WHICH HAVE BEEN GROWN FROM SEED IN A POT ARE PREFERABLE TO THOSE TRANSFERRED TO A POT FOR SALE AS THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO SURVIVE UNTIL NEXT #HRISTMAS )F YOU HAVE TO DISPOSE

Green Â Day Â take Â 2 3ANNAH -ALIK 4URF 2EPORTER 4UESDAY TH .OVEMBER WAS THE SECOND 'REEN $AY OF THIS SEMESTER AND THE SECOND DAY OF THE 5NION S 3USTAINABILITY AND 7ELLBEING WEEK (AVING GAINED LOTS OF EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS FROM THE lRST 'REEN $AY 'REEN $AY RESULTED IN LOTS MORE FUN FOR ALL OF THOSE BEHIND THE ORGANISATION 4HE AIM FOR THIS 'REEN $AY WAS TO PROMOTE LOCAL PRODUCE AND TO PROMOTE AWARENESS ABOUT THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE ABOUT LEADING A SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE IN .ORFOLK /NCE AGAIN THE FREE "EN AND *ERRY S ICE CREAM WAS USED AS A GREAT INCENTIVE TO DRAW THE STUDENTS INTO 4HE (IVE AND THE ,#2 NEVERTHELESS EVEN AFTER WE HAD RAN OUT OF THE ICE CREAM AN IMPRESSIVE CROWD OF STUDENTS REMAINED IN THE ,#2 4HE 0ERMACULTURE 3OCIETY 0RESIDENT *ESSIE 7ATSON "ROWN COULD BE HEARD ALL OVER CAMPUS

WITH THE MEGAPHONE TO PROMOTE THE EVENT AND DRAW STUDENTS IN WITH hFREE ICE CREAM FREE BEERv ANNOUNCEMENTS )T WAS GREAT TO GET FEEDBACK FROM STALL HOLDERS WHO HAD A SUCCESSFUL AND ENJOYABLE TIME SO LOOK OUT FOR THE STALLS COMING AGAIN AT THE NEXT EVENT !LONGSIDE THE STALLS IN THE ,#2 !RT 3OC BUILT AN ENVIRONMENT TREE FROM SCRAPS OF WASTE LYING AROUND THE UNION SO STUDENTS PASSING BY COULD @LEAF A MESSAGE 0ERMACULTURE 3OCIETY LED SOME BUDDING GARDENERS DOWN TO THE FOREST GARDEN TO PLANT TREES AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE EVENT 2OCK 'OSPEL #HOIR GAVE A FANTASTICALLY GREEN PERFORMANCE TO A BIG AUDIENCE IN 4HE (IVE 'REEN $AY WAS HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL AND HOPEFULLY ENCOURAGED 5%! STUDENTS TO NOT ONLY BECOME SUSTAINABLE CITIZENS FOR ONE DAY BUT FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES +EEP IT GREEN FOLKS

OF YOUR TREE CHECK WHETHER YOUR COUNCIL CAN RECYCLE IT MANY COUNCILS TURN OLD #HRISTMAS TREES INTO WOOD CHIPPINGS WHICH THEY LAY DOWN IN LOCAL PARKS 7EBSITES SUCH AS ECOTOPIA CO UK PROVIDE ECO FRIENDLY GIFT IDEAS &RIENDS OF THE %ARTH RECOMMEND BUYING @EXPERIENCES AS GIFTS SUCH AS THEATRE TICKETS OR SPA WEEKENDS 3ECRET 3ANTAS ARE A GOOD WAY OF REDUCING UNNECESSARY CONSUMPTION AND ARE ALSO EASIER ON YOUR WALLET #HARITY SHOPS WILL GRATEFULLY RECEIVE ANY UNWANTED GIFTS AFTER #HRISTMAS #HRISTMAS MARKETS ARE A GREAT SOURCE OF LOW IMPACT GIFTS SUCH AS ORGANIC HAMPERS AND LOCAL BEERS AND WINES .ORWICH HOSTS ITS VERY OWN 'REEN #HRISTMAS &AIR ON $ECEMBER TH AM PM AT 3T 'REGORY S #HURCH 0OTTERGATE WITH LOCAL FOOD PRODUCERS SECOND HAND STALLS ENTERTAINMENT AND TIPS FOR GREEN LIVING

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Glamorous Â success Â for Â UEA Â Dancesport .ICOLA ,YNES 3PORTS 2EPORTER 4HERE HAS BEEN GLITZ GLAMOUR AND GLITTER GALORE OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS AS 5%! $ANCESPORT COMPETED IN THEIR lRST COM PETITIONS OF THE YEAR 7ARWICK )NTERVARSITY "ALL WAS HELD IN 3TOKE ON 4RENT ON TH .O VEMBER AND .OTTINGHAM 6ARSITY "ALL ON TH .OVEM BER 3UCCESS WAS REACHED IN THE TEAM ROUNDS AT .OTTING HAM WITH OUR # TEAM BEING PLACED TH IN THEIR ROUND AND " TEAM 7ALTZ AND *IVE ALSO PLACED TH IN THEIR DI VISION 4HE TEAM MATCHES INVOLVE EACH COUPLE CONCEN TRATING ON ONE DANCE EACH AND BEING MARKED AS A TEAM INSTEAD OF INDIVIDUALLY 4HIS IS A FANTASTIC ACHIEVEMENT FOR # TEAM AS THE STANDARD OF COMPETITION IS VERY HIGH FROM OTHER UNIVERSITIES WHO HAVE BIGGER $ANCESPORT CLUBS THAN 5%! DOES (OWEVER IT WAS AT 7AR WICK WHERE INDIVIDUAL COU PLES REALLY SHONE 3EMI lNALS WERE REACHED BY SEVERAL COU PLES AT BOTH "EGINNER AND .OVICE LEVELS NOTABLY !DRIAN "YRNE AND 3ERENA "ROUGHTON

WHO REACHED THE SEMI lNALS IN BEGINNER ROUNDS FOR ALL OF THEIR DANCES AND IT WAS ONLY BAD LUCK THAT PREVENTED THEM FROM GETTING TO THE lNALS )N THE TEAM MATCHES OUR " AND # TEAMS WERE PLACED TH AND TH RESPECTIVELY OVERALL ! SPECIAL MENTION MUST BE MADE FOR #HRIS (OAYUN AND +ATE 7HITTINGTON AND 5LISES 2OSAS AND 2IMA !S TRAUSKAITE #HRIS AND +ATE CAME SECOND OUT OF COU

PLES FOR BOTH THEIR "EGINNERS 7ALTZ AND "EGINNERS 1UICK STEP lGHTING OFF STIFF COM PETITION FROM SEVERAL OTHER UNIVERSITIES 4HIS SUCCESS CULMINATED IN THEM BEING AWARDED THE TROPHY FOR "EST "EGINNER "ALLROOM COUPLE 5LISES AND 2IMA WERE PLACED FOURTH OUT OF COUPLES FOR THEIR .OVICE *IVE &OR MANY OF OUR COUPLES THESE WERE THEIR lRST COMPETI TIONS MOST BEGINNER COUPLES HAVING ONLY STARTED LEARNING TO DANCE IN 3EPTEMBER AND ONLY HAVING lVE WEEKS TO LEARN AND PREPARE FOUR DIF FERENT DANCES (OURS OF HARD PRACTISE HAS GONE INTO MAK ING THESE COMPETITIONS A SUC CESS FOR EVERYONE AND THANKS GOES TO TEACHER ,YNN -ILLER 0RESIDENT ,AURA 6AUX AND 4EAM #APTAIN -ARTIN "ERRY FOR ORGANISING THEM AND MAKING THEM RUN SMOOTHLY AND ENSURING A FUN DAY OUT FOR EVERYONE 5%! $ANC ESPORT NOW LOOKS FORWARD TO REPEATING THIS SUCCESS AT THE NEXT COMPETITIONS IN )F ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO GET IN VOLVED IN THE COMPETITIONS CONTACT ,AURA 6AUX AT LAURA VAUX UEA AC UK

4HE NATIONAL PAPERS SPORTS PAGES HAVE BEEN lLLED WITH HUMOUR AND ABSURDITIES THIS YEAR THE BEST IN THE LAST FEW DAYS HAS TO BE ON CHIEF COMPLAINER !SHLEY #OLE #OLE HAS BEEN WHINGEING ABOUT BEING OFFERED A PAULTRY WEEKLY WAGE OF K 4HIS GRATITUOUSLY GREEDY INDIVIDUAL HAS MOANED ABOUT HIS PAY OVER THE YEARS IN HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY @-Y $EFENCE HE THOUGHT IT WAS A hPISS TAKEv AND A hSLAP IN THE FACEv 4HESE ARE FOOLISH WORDS AHEAD OF HIS RETURN TO !RSENAL WITH #HELSEA NEXT MONTH )N 5%! S WORLD OF SPORT WE TOO HAVE HAD OUR SHARE OF ABSURDITY -ANY WILL FEEL THREAT OF BANNING THE INITIATIONS IS RIDICULOUS WHEN IT HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT PART OF JOINING A SPORTS TEAM BONDING WITH YOUR TEAM MATES BY MANY UNUSUAL AND @CREATIVE TASKS "UT MANY FEEL IT HAS BEEN TAKEN A STEP TOO FAR WHERE

INDIVIDUAL HUMILIATION HAS BEEN TOO MUCH OF A FOCUS 0OSSIBLY SOME CONTROL NEEDS TO BE IMPLEMENTED WHERE THE TASKS ARE NOT TOO DISGUSTING OR DEGRADING !LSO TO UNDERLINE THE VOLUNTARY NATURE OF INITIATIONS SO PEOPLE WHO DO NOT WANT TO PARTICIPATE WILL NOT FEEL VICTIMISED 4HIS IS THE LAST ISSUE OF THE YEAR AND THERE HAS BEEN A WEALTH OF TEAMS WRITTEN ABOUT IN THESE SPORTS PAGES .EW CLUBS FORMED THIS YEAR HAVE RANGED FROM CLAY PIGEON SHOOTING TO TRIATHLON !ND FOR ESTABLISHED CLUBS THERE HAS BEEN OVERWHELMING SUCCESS 4HE -EN S 4ENNIS SQAUD HAVE WON EVERY GAME BUT ONE -EN S 2UGBY HAVE WON SIX OUT OF EIGHT GAMES AND -EN S "ADMINTON FOUR OUT OF SIX 4HE WOMEN S TEAMS HAVE UNFORTUNATELY HAD TO KEEP POSITIVE WITH HOCKEY LOSING ALL BUT ONE OF THEIR GAMES AND LACROSSE WINNING NONE (OPEFULLY A FRESH START WILL MEAN SUCCESS NEXT TERM

Pre-ÂBUSA Â training Â for Â new Â trampolining Â squad ,ORNA *AMES 3PORTS 2EPORTER !FTER AN EARLY SIX O CLOCK START A NEWLY FORMED TRAM POLINE TEAM BEGAN THEIR LENGTHY JOURNEY TO ,OUGH BOROUGH 5NIVERSITY SET TO COMPETE IN A PRE "53! COMPETITION 4HE TWO CARS AND SEVEN CONTESTANTS SPED OFF ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO BE GREETED BY A HALL OF ENTHUSIASTIC IF NOT A LITTLE SLEEPY EYED TRAMPOLINISTS FROM UNIVER SITIES COUNTRYWIDE !FTER A WELCOMING RECEPTION THERE WAS TIME TO SETTLE DOWN EAT A BITE OF SQUASHED BREAK FAST AND MEET SOME OF THE OTHER COMPETITORS &IRST UP WERE THE -ALE "EGINNERS WHO BOLDLY PER FORMED A CHALLENGING SE QUENCE OF PRIME TRAMPOLIN ING MOVES IN FRONT OF THE DAUNTING PANEL OF JUDGES .O 5%! COMPETITORS WERE ENTERED INTO THIS CAT EGORY BUT SOON UP WERE THE !DVANCED ,ADIES WHERE THREE MEMBERS 3OPHIE 0UL LEN 3ARAH &RASER AND THE 0RESIDENT .IKKI 5GLOW WERE SET TO COMPETE

!FTER SOME NERVOUS WARM UPS AND SLEEPY STRETCHES ALL THREE PUT ON OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES BRINGING HOME IMPRESSIVE lFTEENTH THIRTY lRST AND TWENTY lFTH PLACE RESPEC TIVELY OUT OF AN OVERWHELM ING lFTY ONE COMPETITORS ! BRILLIANT RESULT FOR THE lRST COMPETITION OF THE YEAR )NSPIRED BY THE SUCCESS OF THE OTHER TEAM MEMBERS THE REMAINING FOUR COM PETITORS !IDAN -AKEPEACE #HARLOTTE 3MITH ,AUREN 4AYLOR AND ,ORNA *AMES TOOK TO THE SPRINGS TO STUN THE JUDGES WITH THEIR OWN ROUTINES $ARE DEVIL !IDAN IN HIS lRST EVER COMPETI TION TOOK PART IN THE -ALE !DVANCED CATEGORY AND PERFORMED A STRONG ROUTINE AGAINST EXPERIENCED OPPO NENTS ! LITTLE DISAPPOINTED PERHAPS AFTER THE END OF HIS lNAL ROUTINE HE WALKED AWAY WITH EIGHTH PLACE OUT OF ELEVEN "UT MORE SIGNIl CANTLY IT S ALMOST CERTAIN HE WON IN THE SUBCATEGORY OF MAN TARD ATTIRE /N THE NEXT TRAMPOLINE ALONG ,AUREN 4AYLOR ,ORNA *AMES #HARLOTTE 3MITH AND WHAT SEEMED LIKE THE REST OF

THE FEMALE POPULATION OF THE ROOM PROCEEDED IN THE WATCH AND WAIT PROCESS FOR THEIR TURN ON THE BED 4HE STANDARD WAS CONSISTENTLY HIGH THERE WERE VERY FEW FRESHERS AND MANY MORE EXPERIENCED TRAMPOLINERS !GAIN HOWEVER IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCES FROM ALL THREE GIRLS MEANT THEY SAT COM FORTABLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RESULTS TABLE DISPLAYING A HUGE POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE COMPETITIONS .IKKI THE COACH AND 0RESIDENT BEAMED hWITH ONLY A FEW WEEKS OF TRAIN ING TO PREPARE EVERYONE DID REALLY WELL AND MANAGED TO KEEP THEIR NERVES UNDER CONTROL v ! GREAT DAY WAS HAD BY ALL DESPITE THE EARLY START 3O ALL THAT WAS LEFT TO DO WAS DE SWEAT PEAL OFF LEO TARDS AND WATCH THE AWE SOME DISPLAYS OF TALENT FROM THE ELITE COMPETITORS AS THEY SKIMMED THE CEILING IN A SEQUENCE OF IMPOSSIBLY COMPLICATED MOVES !FTER SUCH IMPRESSIVE SHOWS OF TRAMPOLINING INSPIRATION CAME TO START SOME SERIOUS TRAINING FOR "53! THIS COM ING &EBRUARY

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UEA Â student Â enters Â British Â Volleyball Â trials Â Â 4OMEK ,ASOCKI 3PORTS 2EPORTER 7ITH THE ,ONDON /LYMPICS ONLY A FEW YEARS AWAY MANY SPORTING GOVERNING BODIES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE %NG LISH )NSTITUTE OF 3PORT %)3 ARE TRYING TO GET THE WHEELS IN MOTION TO lND THE VERY BEST UNDISCOVERED TALENT ACROSS "RITAIN 4HE "RIT ISH 6OLLEYBALL &EDERATION IS NO DIFFERENT AND IN THE LAST MONTHS THEY HAVE BEEN FOCUSSING ON ESTABLISHING A PROGRAMME VIA KEY STAFF ING APPOINTMENTS SUMMER TRAINING CAMPS AND A CENTRE BASED PROGRAMME IN 3HEF lELD 3O THERE ) WAS OVER A YEAR AGO THINKING WHY NOT 3O ) WENT AHEAD AND lLLED OUT AN ONLINE APPLICATION FORM ON THE 6OLLEYBALL %NGLAND WEB SITE OPTIMISTICALLY PUTTING MYSELF FORWARD FOR 'REAT "RITAIN TEAM TRY OUTS !FTER MONTHS OF WAITING AND EVENTUALLY GIVING UP ON

THE IDEA OF A TRIAL ) RECEIVED A LETTER TELLING ME ) HAD BEEN SHORTLISTED &ROM OVER PEOPLE ONLY A TOTAL OF ATHLETES HAD BEEN INVITED TO

ATTEND A TRYOUT DAY WHERE SOME OF THE BEST COACHES IN THE COUNTRY AND A NUMBER OF SPORTS SCIENTISTS WOULD BE EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL

UEA Â female Â frisbee players Â win Â spirit Â award (ANNAH 7ELD 3PORTS 2EPORTER 3O IT S .ORWICH STATION IT S HALF lVE IT S ALREADY DARK IT S FREEZING COLD AND A MIXED GROUP OF GIRLS SOME BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS SOME RATHER MORE BLEARY EYED ARE EAGERLY WAITING TO TAKE THE 5%! SPIRIT TO IN VADE THE .ORTH 4HE NEXT DAY AFTER A FOUR HOUR TRAIN JOURNEY AND PROBABLY ONLY THE SAME IN HOURS SLEEP WE ARRIVE READY TO MAKE OUR MARK AT 4HE 7OMEN S 5LTIMATE )N DOOR 2EGIONAL S WITH TEAMS BATTLING IT OUT TO EARN THE RIGHT TO REPRESENT THEIR UNIVERSITY AT THIS YEAR S 5LTI MATE &RISBEE .ATIONALS 4HE COMPETITION WAS TOUGH BUT 5%! S OWN "IRD S !YE WAS UP TO THE CHALLENGE 4HE lRST DAY WAS A BRILLIANT SUCCESS AND A MASSIVE LEARN ING CURVE FOR THE PREDOMI NANTLY FRESHER TEAM 3TUN NING PERFORMANCES FROM NEWCOMERS #ATHERINE 0OL LARD AND %LI -UNNS HIGH LIGHTED THE DAY S PLAY !FTER SOME WELL DE SERVED PUB GRUB THE TEAM WAS READY TO TACKLE THE NEXT LOT OF OPPOSITION THE 3HEF

5%! &EMALE "IRDS %YE 4EAM IN 3HEFlELD lELD LOCALS !FTER SOME VERY HILARIOUS BEVERAGING GAMES AND A WELL DESERVED PARTY WE HEADED TO OUR BEDS READY FOR DAY TWO 4HE SECOND DAY OF THE TOURNAMENT SAW AN EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE PERFORM ANCE FROM THE !YE !YE GIRLS WITH SOME EXPERT DISC SKILLS FROM "ECKY 3MITH AND CAP TAIN !LICE $INSDALE 9OUNG ANCHORING SOME hSWEETv

POINTS AND SECURING "IRD S !YE S SUCCESS 4HE TEAM BROUGHT HOME THE TROPHY FOR 3POON AND THE VERY CRED ITABLE 3PIRIT !WARD VOTED BY THE OTHER TEAMS FOR THE TEAM WITH THE BEST SPORTSMAN SHIP AND ATTITUDE ! VERY TIRING BUT THOROUGHLY ENJOY ABLE WEEKEND WAS HAD BY ALL 7ATCH OUT FOR NEXT YEAR 9EAH !YE !YE

FOR ANYONE IN THE GROUP TO DEVELOP AS A WORLD CLASS VOL LEYBALL PLAYER 3UNDAY TH .OVEMBER SAW WHAT WAS FOR SOME THE

SECOND SCREENING SESSION FOR THE '" TEAM DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME ) BEGAN THE LONG JOURNEY TO 3HEFlELD S FANTASTIC 0ONDS &ORGE )NTER NATIONAL 3PORTS #ENTRE !FTER GETTING UP AT AM ON 3UNDAY MORNING ) AR RIVED EARLY ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A GOOD IMPRESSION JUST TO lND THAT ALL THE OTHER MALE CANDIDATES WERE AL READY WAITING IN A QUEUE TO RECEIVE A NUMBERED VEST AND HAVE A QUICK CHAT TO THE PHYSIOTHERAPIST 7E HAD A GENERAL BRIElNG FROM THE PROGRAMME DIREC TOR AND A NUMBER OF COACHES THEN WE WERE QUICKLY MOVED DOWN INTO THE SPORTS HALLS FOR THREE HOURS OF PAINFULLY ENDURING TESTS AND TRAINING 4HIS INCLUDED EVERYTHING FROM VOLLEYBALL SKILLS TO THE HEIGHT OF MY JUMP AND HOW FAST ) COULD RUN OVER VARIOUS DISTANCES 4HE THREATS EARLY ON OF BLEEP TESTS AT THE VERY END OF THE DAY DID NOT INTIMIDATE

ME HALF AS MUCH AS EVERY OTHER PLAYER THERE 3TANDING REASONABLY TALL AT CM AT 5%! 6OLLEYBALL ) lND MY SELF TO BE ONE OF THE TALLER PLAYERS IN THE TEAM BUT THIS WAS SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT /UT OF FORTY MALE ATHLETES ON THE DAY ) WAS ONE OF THE SMALLEST THERE SOME PLAYERS AS TALL AS CM THAT S FEET INCHES "UT THAT WAS NOT THE ONLY BASIS OF THEIR DECISIONS ) HOPE 4HE DAY HAD lNISHED AND WITH GREAT FEEDBACK DURING DRILLS AND ASSESSMENTS FROM SOME OF THE COACHES ) THINK THAT EVEN IF NOT SELECTED FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF TRYOUTS ) GAINED A LOT FROM THE EXPE RIENCE TO BRING BACK TO THE 5%! 6OLLEYBALL #LUB "OTH THE MEN S AND WOMEN S ST TEAMS HAVE A FANTASTIC CHANCE OF ACHIEVING AMAZING THINGS AFTER QUALIFYING COMFORTABLY FOR THE NATIONALS LOOKING TO TAKE ONE OF THE TOP SPOTS IN THE COUNTRY

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Ziggurat Â -Â Â the Â realm Â of Â champions 3ARAH )NGRAM 3PORTS 2EPORTER 4HE 5%! MOTTO IS @$O $IF FERENT 7ELL THE :IGGURAT )N TER 3CHOOL 3PORTS #HALLENGE PROMISES TO BE JUST THAT n DIF FERENT &OR EXAMPLE ) CANNOT THINK OF MANY CHANCES YOU GET TO PLAY -IXED "ADMINTON WITH YOUR (EAD OF 3CHOOL WHILST STUDYING AT 5NIVERSITY )T S JUST NOT REALLY SOMETHING YOU DO EVERYDAY :IGGURAT IS A PERFECT OP PORTUNITY TO GET INVOLVED IN UNIVERSITY SPORT AND YOUR INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL NO MATTER WHAT YOUR SKILL LEVEL IS )N SOME CASES PEOPLE HAVE NEVER PLAYED THAT PARTICULAR SPORT BEFORE :IGGURAT AND THEY MAY EVEN DECIDE TO CARRY ON WITH IT AFTERWARDS 7EEKLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CHAL LENGES RANGING FROM ARCHERY TO TENPIN BOWLING TUG OF WAR TO KORFBALL AND RIGHT THE WAY THROUGH TO MIXED NETBALL

WHICH ALWAYS PROMISES TO BE HIGHLY ENTERTAINING 3TUDENTS AND STAFF ALIKE FROM THE 5%! 3CHOOLS OF 3TUDY COMPETE IN THIS WIDE RANGE OF SPORTS AND EARN POINTS FOR THEIR SCHOOL 4HIS YEAR THERE ARE TEN INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL TEAMS AND SIX MERGED SCHOOL TEAMS &OR THE MATCHES THEMSELVES YOU PLAY IN PRE DRAWN POOLS SO

BY THE END OF THE YEAR YOU WILL HAVE CERTAINLY PLAYED AGAINST ALL OF THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS :IGGURAT IS A FANTAS TIC WAY TO GET TO KNOW LOTS OF NEW PEOPLE AND MAKE NEW FRIENDS FROM BOTH YOUR SCHOOL AND OTHER SCHOOLS )T ALSO GETS PRETTY COMPETITIVE WITH PLENTY OF INTER SCHOOL BANTER AND FRIENDLY RIVALRY

WHICH REALLY MAKES EVERY POINT COUNT 7HEN YOU WIN A :IGGURAT EVENT YOUR TEAM WILL RECEIVE POINTS )F YOU COME SEC OND YOU GET POINTS 3O AS YOU CAN SEE EVERY POINT RE ALLY IS CRUCIAL %VEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL YOU WANT TO TAKE PART IN THE SPORTS THEMSELVES YOU CAN STILL GAIN VALUABLE POINTS

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4HERE ARE EVEN 3PORTS 2EPS SOCIALS 3O NOT ONLY IS THE :IGGURAT )NTER 3CHOOL 3PORTS LOTS OF FUN BUT IT IS EXTREMELY SOCIAL 3O IF YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVED YOU SHOULD REPLY TO THE WEEKLY EMAILS SENT OUT BY YOUR 3PORTS 2EPS AND IF YOU WANT TO lND OUT MORE YOU CAN GET YOUR 3PORTS 2EPS EMAIL FROM YOUR SCHOOL SECRETARY 4HE NEXT EVENTS ARE MEN S AND LADIES SWIM MING WHICH TAKES PLACE ON 7EDNESDAY TH $ECEMBER FROM PM ONWARDS 4HE :IGGURAT )NTER 3CHOOL 3PORTS #HALLENGE WHICH WAS SET UP AND CO ORDINATED BY 2ACHEL 4OMES IS NOW IN ITS SIXTH YEAR AND IS CONTINUING TO mOURISH 3O WITH MORE PEOPLE TAKING PART IT CAN CON TINUE TO GROW AND BECOME AN EVEN MORE IMPORTANT PART OF LIFE AT 5%! )T IS ALL ABOUT TAKING PART AND DOING SOME THING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT 3O GET INVOLVED AND @$O $IFFER ENT TODAY

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

$AVINA 7ILLSON 3PORTS 2EPORTER %ACH YEAR 5%! 7OMEN S 2UG BY HOLDS A FRESHER S FRIENDLY AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW COMERS TO THE GAME TO TEST OUT THEIR SKILLS AND GET THAT VALUED EXPERIENCE ON THE PITCH 4HIS YEAR WAS NO DIF FERENT 7ITH OVER NEWBIES SUBMITTING THEMSELVES TO THE GAME ON THE ST .OVEMBER THE FRESHER FRIENDLY WAS AN EXCITING MATCH THAT PROVED THERE IS A LOT OF TALENT AND DE TERMINATION IN THE FUTURE OF 5%! 7OMEN S 2UGBY &OR MANY OF THE GIRLS THIS WAS THEIR lRST MATCH AND NERVES WERE RUNNING HIGH IN THE WARM UP 4HE LARGE AMOUNT OF PLAYERS ENABLED TWO FULL TEAMS TO GET ON THE PITCH AND PUT THEIR EIGHT WEEKS OF TRAINING TO THE TEST %ACH TEAM WAS A MIX OF EX PERIENCED PLAYERS AND NEW COMERS ALLOWING SUPPORT AND COACHING DURING THE MATCH TO THOSE NEW TO THE GAME 4HE FRESHER FRIENDLY IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OLD PLAYERS TO TRY NEW POSITIONS -ARIA .OLAN 7OMEN S 2UGBY S TAL ENTED HOOKER FOUND HERSELF IN UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY PLAY ING OUTSIDE CENTRE FOR HALF

FOR YOUR SCHOOL AS A SPECTA TOR !T THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR EACH TEAM IS GIVEN TWO JOKER CARDS WHICH WHEN USED DOUBLES THE POINTS YOU GOT FROM THAT EVENT !T THE MOMENT THE TOP TEAMS ARE "IOLOGY ,AW AND 3PORTSPARK AND 5%! STAFF WHO HAVE ALL USED THEIR JOK ERS (OWEVER ALL THOSE WHO ARE POSITIONED WITHIN THE TOP TEN BEHIND THOSE SCHOOLS ARE JUST POINTS BEHIND 3O WHEN THEY PLAY THEIR JOK ERS THE COMPETITION WILL BE EVEN CLOSER )F YOU FEEL YOU WANT TO DO EVEN MORE FOR YOUR SCHOOL YOU CAN BECOME A 3PORTS 2EP !S A 3PORTS 2EP IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ORGAN ISE TEAMS FOR EACH EVENT AND TO ATTEND MONTHLY MEETINGS TO HELP IMPROVE AND EXPAND THE :IGGURAT )NTER 3CHOOL 3PORTS #HALLENGE 4HE 3PORTS 2EPS OBVIOUSLY SEE EACH OTHER ON A WEEKLY AND VERY OFTEN BECOME GOOD FRIENDS

-EN S BADMINTON ST

.OTTINGHAM 4RENT RD

-EN S BASKETBALL ST

7ARWICK ST

-EN S FENCING ST #AMBRIDGE ND -EN S FOOTBALL ST

THE GAME "OTH SIDES WERE EVENLY MATCHED WITH 5%! -EDICS HAVING INEXPERIENCED PLAYERS IN THEIR RANKS AS WELL 7ITH THE GAME UNDER WAY BOTH TEAMS IMMEDIATELY DISPLAYED DETERMINATION TO WIN &EAR LESS NEW PLAYERS GOT INVOLVED IN THE GAME WITH PLENTY OF TACKLES 4HE lRST HALF CON SISTED OF NUMEROUS MAULS IN WHICH 5%! WON SEVERAL BY GAINING GROUND AND HOLDING UP THE BALL 4HE MATCH WAS PREDOMINANTLY A FORWARDS GAME AND THE HIGH LEVEL OF CONTACT ALLOWED FRESHERS TO

FEEL lRST HAND THE INTENSE PHYSICALITY OF RUGBY 7ELL INTO THE lRST HALF THE -ED ICS MANAGED DIRECTLY OUT OF A SCRUM TO PASS OUT TO THE WING WHO RAN IT FROM MID lELD TO SCORE THE lRST TRY OF THE GAME 4HE SECOND HALF BOUGHT A FRESH SIDE OF PLAYERS AND THE NEW SIDE DRIVEN BY THEIR TEAM MATES PERFORMANCE WERE READY TO DO 5%! JUSTICE 5%! TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE -EDICS FATIGUE AND FULLBACK $AVINA 7ILLSON AFTER RECEIV ING THE KICK OFF SCORED THE lRST TRY FROM A RUN FROM THE

YARD LINE THIRTY SECONDS INTO SECOND HALF 4HE MO MENTUM KEPT GOING AS FRESH ERS CONTINUED TO DISPLAY AG GRESSION AND TECHNIQUES THAT HAD BEEN PRACTISED IN THE PRECEDING WEEKS OF TRAINING &ORWARD !LICE 4WYMAN TOOK A QUICK PENALTY FROM THE YARD LINE 4AKING ADVANTAGE OF THE -EDICS CONFUSION SHE SURPRISED THEM BREAKING THROUGH THE RANKS AND SCOR ING THE WINNING TRY 4HE lNAL SCORE WAS FOR 5%! AND THE POST MATCH CELEBRATIONS REmECTED THIS SUCCESS

.OTTINGHAM ND

-EN S FOOTBALL ND

3TAFFORDSHIRE TH

7OMEN S FOOTBALL ST

,EICESTER ST

7OMEN S HOCKEY ST

,OUGHBOROUGH TH

-EN S HOCKEY ST

7ARWICK ND

.ETBALL ST

,OUGHBOROUGH RD

-EN S RUGBY ST

7ARWICK RD

-EN S RUGBY ND

,INCOLN ND

7OMEN S RUGBY ST /XFORD ND -EN S TENNIS ST "EDFORD ST 7OMEN S TENNIS ST

,INCOLN ST