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! 5%! STUDENT WAS ARRESTED FOR BE ING DRUNK AND DISORDERLY AND FOR COMMITTING CRIMINAL DAMAGE WHILE TWO OTHERS HAD THEIR PASSPORTS STO LEN ON THE 5%! 3NOWSPORTS TRIP TO &RANCE DURING THE SECOND WEEK OF *ANUARY 4HE TRIP SET OUT ON 3ATURDAY TH *ANUARY AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH A MEM BER OF THE PARTY BEING THROWN OFF ONE OF THE THREE COACHES TRANSPORT ING THE STUDENTS FROM 5%! TO THE FERRY PORT (E HAD VOMITED FROM DRINKING TOO MUCH !NOTHER COACH WHICH WAS ABOUT A MILE FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD HAD TO STOP AND TWO OF THE 3NOWSPORTS COMMITTEE HAD TO WALK BACK AND HALF CARRY THE STRANDED MALE BACK TO THEIR VEHICLE /NCE IN &RANCE THE 5%! STUDENTS WERE STAYING AT , /URS "LANC (OTEL IN THE SKI RESORT OF !LPE D (UEZ IN 3OUTH %AST &RANCE 4HERE WAS ALSO A GROUP OF AROUND STU DENTS FROM THE 5NIVERSITY OF 3URREY AS WELL AS SEVERAL FAMILY GROUPS AND COUPLES 4HE INCIDENT THAT LED TO THE AR REST TOOK PLACE JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT ON -ONDAY TH THE SECOND NIGHT OF 5%! S STAY !FTER A QUIET NIGHT UPON THEIR ARRIVAL THE 3UNDAY WAS THE l RST OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STU DENTS TO ENJOY THEMSELVES 4HE IN DIVIDUAL IN QUESTION GOT VERY DRUNK IN THE HOTEL AND SPOKE TO #ONCRETE ABOUT HIS RECOLLECTION OF THE FOLLOW ING EVENTS h) WAS DRUNK AND ) THINK ) FELL THROUGH THE DOOR ONTO THIS BLOKE AND THE NEXT THING ) KNEW ) WOKE UP IN A CELL v "Y MOST ACCOUNTS THE STUDENT DAMAGED THE DOOR OF A &RENCH COU PLE S ROOM AND THEN PUNCHED THE MALE INHABITING THE ROOM WHO HAD COME TO SEE WHAT THE DISTURBANCE WAS !FTER SPENDING THE REST OF THE NIGHT IN POLICE CUSTODY HE WAS l NED

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%VENTS OFF THE SLOPES TOOK CENTRE STAGE AS POLICE DOGS ;INSET= WERE STATIONED IN THE HOTEL EACH EVENING %UROS APPROXIMATELY a BY THE HOTEL FOR THE DAMAGE CAUSED BUT NO OTHER CHARGES WERE ISSUED BY THE POLICE 4HE STUDENT RETURNED TO THE HOTEL ON -ONDAY EVENING BUT THE 3NOWSPORTS COMMITTEE DECIDED THAT HIS CONTINUED PRESENCE WAS UNACCEPTABLE *USTINE -C)NTYRE CLUB 0RESIDENT TOLD #ONCRETE h) HAVE NEVER BEEN SO ANGRY ) FELT IN A DIFl CULT POSITION BECAUSE TO ALLOW HIM TO STAY WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE -ARCUS *ONES ENDORSING WHAT HE HAD DONE v 3TUART -AIR THE CLUB S 5NION #OUNCIL 2EPRESENTATIVE ECHOED THESE SENTIMENTS h4HE COMMITTEE ACTED IN THE RIGHT WAY 7HAT HE DID WAS SO FAR PAST THE LINE THE LINE WAS A DOT TO HIM v 4HE STUDENT IN QUESTION HAD TO MAKE HIS OWN WAY BACK TO 'RE NOBLE A JOURNEY COMPLICATED BY A LOCAL BUS STRIKE WHICH FORCED HIM

TO PAY %UROS FOR A TAXI &ROM THERE HE m EW BACK TO %NGLAND (E HAS APOLOGISED FOR HIS ACTIONS TO THE 3NOWSPORTS COMMITTEE AND HAS ALSO WRITTEN LETTERS OF APOLOGY IN &RENCH TO THE HOTEL AND THE GENTLE MAN INVOLVED 4HE DRAMA DID NOT CEASE FOR THOSE REMAINING IN THE RESORT &IVE FAMILIES PLUS THE MAN WHO HAD BEEN ASSAULTED DEMANDED TO LEAVE THE HOTEL WHO HAD TO PAY %U ROS OUT IN COMPENSATION !S A RESULT OF THE PREVIOUS NIGHT S EVENTS WHICH ALONG WITH THE ARREST HAD ALSO INVOLVED SEV ERAL NOISE COMPLAINTS AND STUDENTS FROM THE 5NIVERSITY OF 3URREY RUN NING AROUND THE HOTEL NAKED SIX 'ENDARMES &RENCH MILITARY POLICE AND TWO MUNICIPAL OFl CERS PLUS FOUR POLICE DOGS WERE STATIONED IN THE HOTEL EACH EVENING FOR THE RE MAINDER OF 5%! AND 3URREY S STAY

!S #ATHY -USSERT 5%! S RESORT GUIDE FROM THE TOUR OPERATOR 3KI !L PINE EXPLAINED h.OISE COMPLAINTS ARE TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY IN &RANCE ;IT IS AN ARRESTABLE OFFENCE TO MAKE EXCESSIVE NOISE AFTER PM= AND TO PREVENT FURTHER ARRESTS IT WAS ES SENTIAL THAT EVERYONE FROM 5%! BEHAVED THEMSELVES WHEN RETURN ING FROM NIGHTS OUT ) WAS REALLY IMPRESSED BY HOW POSITIVELY THE GROUP RESPONDED WHEN ) EXPLAINED WHAT WE NEEDED THEM TO DO -ANY OTHER UNIVERSITIES HAVE BEEN FAR LESS ACCOMMODATING WHEN FACED WITH SIMILAR SITUATIONS v $ESPITE THE POLICE PRESENCE IN THE HOTEL ON THE -ONDAY NIGHT TWO ROOMS WERE BROKEN INTO ONE OF WHICH WAS INHABITED BY 5%! STU DENTS ,AUREN #OOPER AND #HLOE 0EW ,ATTER BOTH HAD THEIR PASSPORTS

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2ICHARD 2EYNOLDS .EWS %DITOR 4HE 4ELEGRAPH RECENTLY PUB LISHED LEAGUE TABLES OF THE NUMBER OF FORMAL REPRIMANDS GIVEN OUT TO STUDENTS AND THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS EXPELLED FOR DISCIPLINARY REASONS 5%! WAS SECOND HIGHEST IN BOTH CATEGORIES 4HE TOP TEN UNIVERSITIES FOR FORMAL REPRIMANDS WERE MOST TO LEAST 7ARWICK WARN INGS %AST !NGLIA %XETER +INGSTON %DIN BURGH (ERIOT 7ATT 3T !NDREWS 1UEEN S "EL FAST 0ORTSMOUTH %SSEX &OLLOWING THIS THE TOP UNIVERSITIES FOR EXPULSIONS WERE ,ONDON 3OUTH "ANK EXPULSIONS ,ONDON -ETRO POLITAN %AST !NGLIA ,IVERPOOL *OHN -OORES 'REENWICH 'LAMORGAN #ITY 5NIVERSITY !NGLIA 2USKIN 5NIVERSITY #ONCRETE CONTACTED $R !NNIE 'RANT THE $EAN OF 3TUDENTS ABOUT THESE l GURES AND TO ASK FOR AN EXPLANATION 2ELATING TO THE FORMAL REPRI

MANDS $R 'RANT EXPLAINED THAT THE FACT THAT STUDENTS CAN PARK ON CAMPUS PROBABLY LED TO AN INm ATED l GURE n THIS IS APPARENTLY RARE AT OTHER SIMI LAR INSTITUTIONS !CCORDING TO $R 'RANT APPROXIMATELY ONE l FTH OF THE TOTAL REPRIMANDS CAN BE ACCOUNTED FOR BY THIS !NOTHER l FTH CAN BE ACCOUNT ED FOR BY l RE SAFETY ISSUES $R 'RANT EXPLAINED THEY HAVE TO TAKE A HARSH LINE ON THESE h)F SOMEONE VANDALISES A l RE EX TINGUISHER OR HAS CANDLES IN THEIR ROOM AND COME BACK INEBRIATED n YOU JUST CAN T LET THAT HAPPEN n IT S NOT JUST THEIR PROBLEM v (OWEVER AROUND HALF THE OFFENCES ^ WERE FOR hDIS ORDERLY BEHAVIOUR AND; OR= DAMAGE TO THEFT OF 5NIVERSITY PROPERTY v $R 'RANT DID NOT SEEM TO THINK THAT 5%! WAS A BADLY BEHAVED UNIVERSITY GENERALLY SPEAKING SO #ON CRETE ASKED HER TO EXPLAIN THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND THE SYSTEM HERE IN CASE THESE l GURES REP RESENT A SYSTEMIC TENDENCY TO OVER REPRIMAND h) SUPPOSE THE MAIN POINT

IS NOT ABOUT PUNISHMENT WE DON T LIKE PUNISHING ) MEAN STUDENTS ARE ADULTS BUT ) DO FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT COM MUNITY AND MUTUAL RESPECT 7E WANT A CAMPUS COMMU NITY 4HE ONLY VICTIMS OF BAD BEHAVIOUR IN RESIDENCES ARE STUDENTSx -OSTLY WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS ACTUALLY RESOLVE THE PROBLEM BEFORE IT BECOMES A DISCIPLINARY ISSUE v 4HE SYSTEM IS APPARENTLY DESIGNED TO BE hNOT PUNITIVE BUT PROTECTIVE n OF INDIVIDUALS AND THE COMMUNITY v .EARLY ALL REPRIMANDS ARE GIVEN OUT FOR INFRACTIONS ON CAMPUS OR UNRESPONSIVENESS TO INITIAL ENQUIRIES AFTER AN IN FRACTION IS REPORTED $R 'RANT COULD NOT RECALL THE LAST TIME A STUDENT HAD BEEN REPRIMAND ED FOR THEIR BEHAVIOUR IN THE COMMUNITY #ONCRETE WOULD BE INTER ESTED TO SPEAK IN CONl DENCE WITH ANYONE WHO HAS EXPERI ENCE OF THE DISCIPLINARY SYSTEM AT 5%! 0LEASE EMAIL CONCRETE NEWS UEA AC UK ALL SUCH IN FORMATION SHALL BE TREATED IN THE STRICTEST CONl DENCE

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SEAU S POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY -Y 2OUSSEAU THAT IS ABOUT TO BE REPRINTED !ND BY 2UPERT 2EAD !PPLYING 7ITTGENSTEIN AND A MORE POPULAR PHILOSO PHY TYPE OF BOOK CALLED 0HI LOSOPHY FOR ,IFE 4IMOTHY / (AGAN WILL BE TAKING A SABBATICAL IN AUTUMN DEVOTED TO l NISHING A WORK ON CONCEPTIONS OF THE SELF IN SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHT EENTH CENTURY WRITERS

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Students Â and Â locals Â say Â sort Â out Â violent Â crime Â and Â make Â it Â SNAPpy Â 2ICHARD 2EYNOLDS .EWS %DITOR 4HE SECOND 3AFER .EIGHBOUR HOODS !CTION 0ANEL 3.!0 OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR WAS HELD ON 4HURSDAY *ANUARY TH 4HE 5NIVERSITY AND SUR ROUNDING AREA ARE COVERED BY THE 5NIVERSITY AND %ATON 3.!0 4HE 3.!0 IS A CHANCE FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS INCLUDING STUDENTS POLITICAL REPRE SENTATIVES LOCAL COUNCILLORS AND THE POLICE TO COME TO GETHER TO SET PRIORITIES FOR PO LICING AND COMMUNITY SAFETY 3TUDENTS WERE REPRESENTED ON THE PANEL BY 2OWENA "OD DINGTON 5NION #OMMUNI CATIONS /FlCER STANDING IN FOR 2UTH 3TONE THE 7ELFARE /FlCER #AMMIE &ULMER !CADEMIC /FlCER WAS ALSO IN ATTENDANCE 7ITH THE RECENT SPATE OF ATTACKS ON STUDENTS SOME OF WHICH THE POLICE HAVE DE SCRIBED AS RACIALLY MOTIVATED THE 5NION WAS CONCERNED TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE WERE PRIORITISED 2OWENA EXPLAINED h3TU DENTS NEED TO KNOW THAT LO CAL POLICE ARE PRIORITISING THESE RECENT PROBLEMS 7E ARE HAPPY THAT THE LOCAL COM MUNITY ARE ACKNOWLEDGING AND RESPONDING TO STUDENTS CONCERNS v ! PRESENTATION GIVEN TO THE MEETING SHOWED BOTH THE 5NIVERSITY AND %ATON AS HAV ING OVERALL A LOW REPORTED RATE OF CRIME AND ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR (OWEVER THESE

lGURES MAY BE DEmATED TO SOME EXTEND BY STUDENTS LESSER TENDENCY TO REPORT CRIME !S PICTURED THE AREA IS SPLIT UP INTO BY METRE CRIME REPORTING AREAS n 5%! BEING THE ONLY RED OR HIGHEST LEVEL AREA FOR ALL RE PORTED CRIME )N ADDITION TO THIS THERE ARE LESSER AREAS ON THE "LUEBELL 2OAD AND !VE NUES AREA )N AND AROUND 5%! THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF CRIME WERE HIGHLIGHTED PARTICULAR LY THEFT BURGLARY CRIMINAL DAMAGE RACIAL INCIDENTS AND ASSAULT 4HE HOTSPOT lGURES ARE BASED ON THE FOURTH QUAR TER OF LAST YEAR )N ADDITION TO THIS THERE 2OWENA "ODDINGTON IS A SPIKE IN THE REPORTS OF hVIOLENCE AGAINST A PERSONv ALL VIOLENT CRIME EXCEPTING BURGLARY SEXUAL AND RACIAL ASSAULT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF THE YEAR n THE TIME WHEN FRESHERS ARRIVE AT THE 5NIVER SITY h4ARGETING ANYONE IS UN ACCEPTABLE ESPECIALLY TARGET ING PEOPLE NEW TO THE AREA LIKE FRESHERSv COMMENTED 2OWENA )T WAS EMPHASISED BY MANY ON THE PANEL THAT THESE SPIKES WERE SEEN AS PRIMARILY ATTACKS ON STUDENTS RATHER THAN CRIMES COMMITTED BY STUDENTS /THER CRIME AND ANTI SO CIAL BEHAVIOUR HOTSPOTS WERE AROUND THE SOUTH OF %ATON 0ARK AND THE #ITY OF .ORWICH 3CHOOL !S #ONCRETE REPORTED LAST SEMESTER ANTISOCIAL BE HAVIOUR HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR BUSES TRAVELLING UP 3OUTH

UEA Â leave Â Â police Â piste Â off #ONTINUED FROM P WHILE THEY WERE IN THE HO STOLEN AND #HLOE CON lRMED THE OTHER ITEMS RE MOVED h) HAD MY PASSPORT I0OD AND JEWELLERY STOLEN 7ALLETS AND a CASH WERE ALSO TAKEN AND THEY TOOK MY TOILETRIES BAG SO ) DIDN T EVEN HAVE A TOOTHBRUSH v !S WELL AS FAILING TO PRE VENT OR CATCH ANYONE FOR COMMITTING THE THEFT THE POLICE ALSO PROVIDED A SOME WHAT MENACING PRESENCE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK h4HEY WERE QUITE INTIMIDAT ING AND TO HAVE A ROBBERY

TELx WELL FRANKLY THE &RENCH POLICE SYSTEM IS AN ABSOLUTE JOKEv SAID 3TUART -AIR $ESPITE THE LITANY OF PROBLEMS EVERYONE #ON CRETE SPOKE TO WAS ADAMANT THAT NONE OF IT ULTIMATELY DE TRACTED FROM A FANTASTIC HOLI DAY h4HE REST OF THE WEEK WENT VERY SMOOTHLY AND ) WAS PLEASED THAT NO ONE HAD LET THE ACTIONS OF A MINOR ITY RUIN THEIR HOLIDAYv SAID #ATHY -USSERT *USTINE -C)N TYRE ADDED THAT SHE WOULD STILL BE HAPPY TO HELP ARRANGE ANOTHER TRIP

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0ARK !VENUE 4HIS HAS INCLUD ED ATTACKS WITH BRICKS BEING THROWN THROUGH THE WINDOWS OF THE BUS AS IT TURNS ONTO AND DRIVES ALONG THE ROAD !S A RESULT OF THE 3.!0 MEETING THREE PRIORITIES HAVE BEEN SET FOR THE COM ING MONTHS THE lRST TWO

Council Â Sketch ,AST 4HURSDAY S 5NION #OUN CIL RULED THAT DESPITE THEIR OBVIOUS NASTINESS NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARE BEYOND OUR JURISDICTION !N EMERGENCY SESSION OF THE 5. 3ECURITY #OUNCIL WAS CANCELLED WHEN IT HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED THAT 55%!3 HAD NO INTENTION OF DEVELOPING AN INDEPENDENT NUCLEAR DETERRENT $ESPITE THIS DECISION NOT TO ACT ACTION RAPIDLY BECAME THE THEME #OUNCIL LAST WEEK SPECIlCALLY ACTION TO RENEW DEMOCRACY 7E WERE TOLD THAT OUR DEMOCRACY NEEDED

ARE OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO STUDENTS &IRST TACKLING ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND VIOLENT CRIME IN THE 5%! AND "LUE BELL 2OAD AREA SECOND TACK LING ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND THE ASSOCIATED CRIMINAL ITY IN THE AREA OF 4HE !VENUES AND #OLMAN 2OAD AND LAST

RENEWING AND IN ORDER TO DO THIS WE NEED THE APPROPRIATE ACTION 7E WERE EVEN GIVEN A MOTION AMBITIOUSLY PROMIS ING INVOLVEMENT AND PARTICI PATION 7HO EXACTLY WOULD BE INVOLVED AND PARTICIPATING WAS NEVER ESTABLISHED AS IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE MOTION DIDN T PROPOSE ENOUGH ACTION )T PROPOSED SOME ACTION BUT #OUNCIL WAS LEFT GUESSING AS TO WHETHER THIS ACTION WOULD BE A DEMOCRATIC RENEWAL OR IT WOULD SIMPLY BE RENEWING DEMOCRACY !S NO ONE COULD ESTABLISH JUST HOW DYNAMIC THE RENEWAL OF DEMOCRATIC AC TION WOULD BE IT WAS DECIDED AFTER AN HOUR S DEBATE THAT IT WAS PROBABLY BEST TO DEFER THE DECISION TO THE NEXT MEET

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4HE "LUE AND 2ED BARS RUN BY THE 5NION OF 5%! 3TU DENTS ARE TO RECEIVE A GREEN UPGRADE WITH THE LIGHT BULBS BEING REPLACED BY ENERGY SAVING BULBS 4HIS COMES AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF PREPARATION BY 5NION &INANCE /FlCER !N DREW 4AYLOR WORKING IN CO ORDINATION WITH THE 5NION S MANAGEMENT TEAM 4HE DECISION WAS lNAL ISED IN A RECENT MEETING OF THE 5NION S -ANAGEMENT #OMMITTEE WHERE THE 5N ION S MANAGERS AND FOUR FULL TIME ELECTED OFlCERS MEET REGULARLY ! REPORT ON THE REPLACE MENT CONSISTING MAINLY OF A COST BENElT ANALYSIS INDICAT ED THAT THE DECISION WOULD SAVE THE 5NION ROUGHLY a OVER YEARS 4HE REPORT ALSO QUANTI lED THE CURRENT ENERGY US AGE OF THE BARS AFTER A LARGE AMOUNT OF DATA WAS COL LECTED #OMMENTING ON THE BULB REPLACEMENT !NDREW 4AYLOR SAID h) WAS VERY HAP PY ABOUT THE DECISION BY THE -ANAGEMENT #OMMIT TEE TO ACCEPT MY PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE LIGHTING IN DEALING WITH GRAFlTI AND AS THE "LUE AND 2ED BARS ) FEEL SOCIATED CRIMINALITY ACROSS THIS HAS BEEN APPRECIATED BY THE AREA MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL AS BE )F YOU ARE A VICTIM OF ING ONE OF THE MAIN AREAS ON OR WITNESS ANY CRIME PLEASE WHICH ) FEEL ) WAS ELECTED ) CONTACT .ORWICH 0OLICE ON HOPE THAT THE lGURES ) HAVE OR IN THE PREPARED HAVE A LASTING EF EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY YOU FECT IN THE 5NION SHOWING CAN ALWAYS CALL THAT ENVIRONMENTALISM CAN PAY AND IN FACT SITS ALONGSIDE ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY v ING !FTER ALL IT S BEST NOT TO 4HE MOVE ALONG WITH RUSH ACTION ESPECIALLY ACTION PROVIDING A lNANCIAL BONUS THAT IS DEMOCRATIC MAINTAINS THE 5NIONS REPU /NE MAN WHO IS NOT TATION FOR HAVING A GREEN AFRAID OF ACTION HOWEVER IS BACKBONE IN ITS PROJECTS AND THE INDEFATIGABLE #HAIRMAN DEVELOPMENTS *OPP 7HEN TEMPERS WERE 4HE REPORT INDICATED THAT FRAYING AS TO JUST HOW AC THE ECO FRIENDLY BAR COULD BE TION PACKED THE DEMOCRACY USEFUL FOR PROMOTION OF THE RENEWING PROCESS WOULD BE 5NION S GREEN VALUES AND IT OUR #HAIRMAN DECIDED THAT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE SCHEME EVERYONE NEEDED A BIT OF A WILL REDUCE THE 5NION S #/ REMINDER THAT WE ARE AFTER EMISSIONS BY ALL A DEMOCRACY "EING A DE !FTER DISCUSSIONS IT WAS MOCRACY MEANS AS WELL AS ACT DECIDED TO REPLACE THE BULBS ING AND RENEWING WE HAVE TO IN ONE GO RATHER THAN GRADU LISTEN TO EVERYONE ELSE 7HEN ALLY INTRODUCING THEM AS COUNCIL LOOKED LIKE IT WAS GET THIS WOULD SAVE THE 5NION TING A WEE BIT ROWDY THE HON MONEY IN THE LONG RUN OURABLE #HAIRMAN USED THE 4HE REPORT UPON WHICH THREAT OF HIS BIG PEN TO CALM THE DECISION WAS MADE IS EVERYONE DOWN AVAILABLE TO ALL STUDENTS

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*ACK #LARK !RTS %DITOR $URING THE EARLY HOURS OF 4HURSDAY THE TH OF *ANU ARY SMOKE lLLED ONE OF THE STAIRWELLS OF -ARY #HAPMAN #OURT AND A lRE ALARM BEGAN TO SOUND )T WAS NOT THE lRST TIME AN ALARM HAD SOUNDED THAT NIGHT 7HEN A RESIDENT OPENED THE DOOR OF THEIR mAT TO INVESTIGATE THEY SHUT IT IM MEDIATELY AS THE SMOKE WAS SO THICK THEY WORRIED FOR THEIR HEALTH 4WO INDIVIDUALS INVESTI GATED THE SCENE ONE OF WHOM WAS AN 2ESIDENT 4UTOR 24 WHILE THE OTHER WAS lRST YEAR 0OLITICS AND 0HILOSOPHY STU DENT *ACK +IFlN 5PON INSPEC TION THE lRE APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY TWO PHONE BOOKS AND A PILE OF RUBBISH 4HE PERSON WHO IN ALL PROBABILITY CAUSED THE lRE WAS THERE AS WELL +IFlN DESCRIBES HER AS A hBLOND WOMAN OF RAGGED AP PEARANCEv WHO APPEARED TO BE IN HER MID TO LATE THIRTIES 7HILE HE AND THE 24 PUT THE

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4HE CHARRED REMAINS OF THE PHONE BOOK THAT WAS SET AmAME lRE OUT SHE DISAPPEARED .O ONE IN -ARY #HAPMAN #OURT IS FAMILIAR WITH HER DESCRIP TION AND WHEN ASKED WHY HE DID NOT STOP AND QUESTION THE WOMAN +IFlN EXPLAINS THAT HE hTOOK HER TO BE SOMEONE THAT SOMEONE ELSE KNEW v (E IS HAVING A MEETING WITH THE POLICE WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK TO GIVE A DESCRIPTION THOUGH THE LIKELIHOOD OF THE WOMAN BEING FOUND IS SLIM AS HIS DESCRIPTION IS NOT MUCH TO GO ON

+IFlN SPECULATES THAT THE lRE MAY HAVE BEEN A @DIVER SION ALLOWING THE WOMAN TO BREAK INTO A mAT DURING THE CHAOS AND STEAL SOMETHING OF HER LIKING THOUGH NOTH ING APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN STO LEN 3IGNIlCANTLY EARLIER AT PM A DIFFERENT lRE ALARM SOUNDED 4HE CAUSE OF THE lRE HAS NOT YET BEEN IDENTIlED THOUGH AT SOME POINT DURING THAT EVENING A BIKE WAS STOLEN FROM THE RAILINGS IN THE CENTRE OF THE COURT

/N &RIDAY TH &EBRUARY BE TWEEN PM OF 5%! S SPORTS CLUBS WILL DO BATTLE IN A SIX A SIDE FOOTBALL TOURNA MENT BILLED AS @4HE #LASH ALL IN THE NAME OF CHARITY 4HE TEAMS WILL BE SPLIT INTO THREE GROUPS OF FOUR WITH A SEEDING SYSTEM BEING PUT INTO PLACE BY THE ORGAN ISERS )T IS BELIEVED THAT THE HOTLY TIPPED "ADMINTON AND 4ENNIS CLUBS WILL BE SEEDED ALONGSIDE JOINT FAVOURITES &OOTBALL AND &UTSAL 3OME OF THE OTHER SPORTS TEAMS REP RESENTED IN THIS TOURNAMENT WILL BE #RICKET &RISBEE ,A CROSSE AND 3QUASH WITH THE OTHER FOUR TEAMS TO BE DE CIDED 7ITH UP TO NINE PLAYERS PER SQUAD THERE SHOULD BE AN ARRAY OF TALENT ON SHOW ON THE 3PORTSPARK !STRO4URF PITCHES WITH OVER PLAYERS EXPECTED TO DON THEIR BOOTS FOR CHARITY 4HE TOURNAMENT ITSELF WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A SOCIAL IN THE

EVENING THAT WILL GET UNDER WAY IN 4HE (IVE AT AROUND PM 4HE WINNERS WILL BE PRESENTED WITH BEER AND THE COVETED TROPHY WITH RUNNERS UP SUPPLIED WITH A BEVERAGE OF SOME SORT /RGANISER -IKE 3TEARN IS HOPEFUL THAT THE EVENT WILL PROVE TO BE A SUCCESS h)T S GOOD TO lNALLY GET ALL THE SPORTS SOCIETIES TOGETHER AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SOCIALISE !ND ALL FOR A GOOD CAUSE v )F ALL GOES TO PLAN THIS MAY NOT BE THE LAST TOURNA MENT OF THIS SORT WE WILL SEE THIS SEMESTER -AINTAINING THE THEME OF INTERCLUB COMPETITION #ONCRETE CAN REVEAL DETAILS OF -EDIABOWL WHICH SEES EACH MEDIA OUTLET COME FACE TO FACE WITH ONE ANOTHER IN A QUIZ A FOOTBALL MATCH AND l NALLY COMPETITIVE PUB GOLF 4HE ORIGINS OF -EDIABOWL IS SHROUDED IN MYSTERY AL THOUGH MANY BELIEVE THAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO BE A FRIENDLY FOOTBALL MATCH BE TWEEN ,IVEWIRE AND #ONCRETE

)N AFTER SOME DEAL OF CONTROVERSY THE TIE WAS SET TLED BY A REPLAY IN WHICH THE WRITERS OVERPOWERED THEIR AU DIBLE COUNTERPARTS 4HIS YEAR S EVENT GETS UN DERWAY WITH THE PUB QUIZ AT PM ON &RIDAY &EBRUARY TH IN THE "LUE "AR 4HE NEXT DAY KICKS OFF AT THE 3PORTSPARK !S TRO4URF AT PM BEFORE CULMI NATING IN A PUB GOLF CRAWL AT PM AT THE #ITY 'ATE 0UB ON $EREHAM 2OAD -EDIABOWL COORDINATOR !NDY *ONES HAS BILLED THE WEEKEND AS hTHE SINGLE BIG GEST EVENT IN 5%! S CALENDAR BAR NONEv -ARCUS *ONES #ONCRETE %DITOR COMMENTED h) WON T BE LETTING EITHER ,IVEWIRE OR .EXUS GET THEIR lLTHY MITTS ON MY TROPHY 4HE -EDI ABOWL BELONGS TO #ONCRETE "RING IT ON v 4OM &ARTHING THE ,IVEWIRE TEAM CAPTAIN AND -AX "LABER .EXUS 3TATION -ANAGER WERE TOO SCARED TO COMMENT

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Making a splash for Marie Curie

/LYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST $UNCAN 'OODHEW WAS AT THE 3PORTSPARK LAST -ONDAY TO HELP PROMOTE THE 3WIMATHON CAMPAIGN ACROSS %AST !NGLIA WHICH WILL HELP RAISE MONEY FOR -ARIE #URIE #ANCER #ARE -ARCUS *ONES %DITOR 3WIMATHON IS THE WORLD S LARGEST SWIMMING FUNDRAIS ING EVENT AND OVER THE PAST YEARS IT HAS RAISED OVER a MILLION FOR WORTHY CAUS ES 4HIS YEAR THE EVENT TAKES PLACE FROM TH TH !PRIL WHEN SWIMMERS NATIONWIDE WILL BE INVITED TO COME AND SWIM AS MUCH OR AS LITTLE AS THEY WANT IN ORDER TO MEET THE TARGET OF a MILLION 4HE 3PORTSPARK WILL BE PLAYING ITS PART AS ONE OF @'ALA POOLS NATIONWIDE WHICH OVER THE COURSE OF THE 3WIMATHON EVENT WILL HAVE POOLSIDE MUSIC MEDAL CER EMONIES AND REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED $UNCAN 'OODHEW WHO LOST BOTH HIS MOTHER AND MOTHER IN LAW TO CANCER WAS KEEN TO FOCUS ON THE VITAL SERVICE THAT -ARIE #URIE PRO

VIDES h-ARIE #URIE #ANCER #ARE HELPS THOSE WHO WANT TO SPEND THEIR LAST MONTHS OF LIFE AT HOME BE AT HOME 4O BE ABLE TO HELP THOSE NURSES HELP THOSE PEOPLE IS FANTAS TIC v 'OODHEW WHO WON HIS GOLD AT THE /LYMPICS IN THE M BREASTROKE SEEMED TO HAVE BOUNDLESS ENERGY AS WELL AS lELDING NUMER OUS PRESS INTERVIEWS HE SPENT TIME IN THE WATER WITH GROUPS RANGING IN AGE FROM TEN AND UNDER TO OVER 7HEN #ONCRETE lNALLY GRABBED A MOMENT WE ASKED HOW HE WOULD ENCOURAGE THE OFTEN LAZY STUDENT POPULATION TO GET INVOLVED h,IFE IS ABOUT GETTING TOGETHER AND DOING THINGS IT S NOT ABOUT SPECTAT ING IT S NOT ABOUT SITTING ON THE COUCH 4HE MORE YOU RE OUT THERE THE MORE YOU GET OUT OF LIFE v 4HE 3WIMATHON IS ONE

OF THOSE GREAT THINGS YOU CAN DO IT AS A CHALLENGE FOR YOURSELF OR YOU CAN GET SOME MATES TOGETHER AND YOU LL GET ONE OF THOSE hWE VE DONE ITv MOMENTS )T FEELS GREAT AND IN ADDITION TO THAT YOU RE GO ING TO GET lT AND THAT S ALWAYS GOOD PLUS OUR CHARITY THIS YEAR IS -ARIE #URIE #ANCER #ARE n A BRILLIANT CHARITY v 3WIMMERS HAVE THREE CHOICES FOR THEIR FUNDRAIS ING EFFORTS A DISTANCE SWIM OF EITHER K K OR K 3IMPLY 3WIM WHERE YOU CAN COVER ANY DISTANCE AT ANY POOL AT ANY TIME OR A TEAM CHALLENGE WHERE YOU COVER K BETWEEN A GROUP OF UP TO lVE OF YOU .EARLY PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO COMPETE IN 3WIMATHON THIS YEAR BUT DESPITE THIS LEVEL OF INVOLVE MENT OBESITY LEVELS CONTINUE TO SPIRAL ACROSS THE COUNTRY !SKED ABOUT THE GROWING

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WEIGHT CRISIS IN "RITAIN IT IS CLEAR TO SEE THAT 'OODHEW FULLY BELIEVES IN SPORT S CA PACITY TO IMPROVE NOT ONLY PHYSICAL BUT ALSO MENTAL HEALTH h7E OPERATE BETTER AS HUMAN BEINGS IF WE EX ERCISE ) FEEL GREAT BEING IN VOLVED WITH PEOPLE FOR THE RIGHT REASONS THAT IS TO GET PEOPLE MORE QUALITY OF LIFE AND MORE PERFORMANCE IN THEIR LIVES 9OU CAN T DRAG PEOPLE KICKING AND SCREAM ING THEY VE GOT TO BE THERE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO n SO IT S AN EDUCATION PROCESS v 'OODHEW CLEARLY BE LIEVES THAT SPORT HAS A WIDER BRIEF THAN JUST COMPETITION (E WON THE /LYMPIC CROWN AT THE -OSCOW /LYMPICS WHICH WERE OVERSHADOWED BY POLITICAL EVENTS !ROUND COUNTRIES MOST NOTABLY THE 5NITED 3TATES BOYCOTTED THOSE GAMES IN PROTEST TO THE

5332 S INVASION OF !FGHANI STAN THE YEAR BEFORE ! "RIT ISH TEAM WAS SENT DESPITE THE OBJECTIONS OF THE 4HATCH ER GOVERNMENT 4HE TEAM ALONG WITH OTHER NATIONS SYMBOLICALLY MARCHED UN DER THE /LYMPIC mAG AT THE OPENING CEREMONY INSTEAD OF THEIR NATIONAL COLOURS h-Y BELIEF IS THAT THE /LYMPICS IS MILLIONS OF PEO PLE COMING TOGETHER WITH IDEASv 'OODHEW TOLD #ON CRETE hAND ) ALWAYS MAIN TAINED THAT THE /LYMPICS IN -OSCOW SPED UP 'LASNOST ;THE POLICY OF OPENING UP GOVERNMENT AND ALLOWING FREE MEDIA IN THE 3OVIET 5N ION n CREDITED IN PART WITH THE 3OVIET 5NION S FALL= AND MADE IT MORE POSSIBLE FOR IT TO HAPPEN QUICKER v 4HERE ARE CLEAR SIMILARI TIES THIS YEAR AS THE BIGGEST SPORTING EVENT IS HOSTED BY

"EIJING WITH #HINESE ATH LETES EXPECTED TO DOMINATE AND A PRISTINE IMAGE OF A HAPPY COUNTRY PORTRAYED TO THE WORLD EVEN THOUGH THE REALITY MAY BE SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT h) M SURE THE REGIME IN #HINA MAY TRY AND STOP THE INmUX AND @VIRAL INFECTION OF IDEAS TO THE #HINESE PEOPLE BUT ) DON T THINK THEY LL STOP IT !ND THAT S THE POWER AND THE BEAUTY OF SPORT IT S AN IDEA IT S JUST SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS )T S ACTUALLY PART OF BEING HUMAN v "RITISH /LYMPIC CHAMPI ONS BY NO MEANS ABOUND ON THESE SHORES AND THOSE THAT CLAIMED GLORY IN THE SWIM MING POOL ARE A RARITY IN DEED 3O WE SHOULD CHERISH THEM AND WHEN THEY SPEAK AS MUCH SENSE AS $UNCAN 'OODHEW WE SHOULD CHER ISH THEM THAT LITTLE BIT MORE

Earlham High School “inadequate” !LICE 'IBBS $EPUTY .EWS %DITOR ! SECONDARY SCHOOL ON "LUE BELL 2OAD HAS BEEN NAMED AS ONE OF THE WORST IN %NG LAND $UE TO PROBLEMS IN CLUDING POOR MANAGEMENT ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND HIGH TRUANCY RATES %ARLHAM (IGH HAS BEEN RANKED AS THE FOURTH WORST OF SECONDARIES IN THE COUNTRY WITH JUST OF STUDENTS ACHIEVING THE MINIMUM RE QUIREMENT OF lVE ! # GRADE '#3%S ,AST *UNE ONE IN SEVEN YEAR OLDS LEFT WITH

OUT ANY QUALIlCATIONS WHILE ONE IN FOUR FAILED TO GET TO THE BASIC LEVEL FOR %NGLISH AND -ATHS 4HE RECENT SLUMP IN ACA DEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IS AG GRAVATED BY THE SCHOOL S PO SITION AS TH WORST IN THE COUNTRY FOR TRUANCY WITH AT LEAST CHILDREN SKIPPING LESSONS EACH DAY )N AN INSPECTOR FOR /FSTED 0ETER *ONES REPORTED h%ARLHAM (IGH 3CHOOL IS FAILING TO PROVIDE AN ACCEPTABLE STANDARD OF EDUCATION 4HE SCHOOL HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY WEAKENED BY INADEQUATE LEADERSHIP

AND MANAGEMENT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS !S A RESULT PUPILS PERSONAL DEVELOP MENT AND THEIR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS BY 9EAR ARE INADEQUATE 4HE QUALITY OF EDUCATION AND THE CARE GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT PRO VIDED ARE ALSO INADEQUATE 3IXTH FORM PROVISION IS SAT ISFACTORY OVERALL BUT WITH INADEQUATE LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT 4HE SCHOOL OFFERS INADEQUATE VALUE FOR MONEY v 4HE REPORT ALSO SAID h4HE DECLINE IN THE LITERACY AND NUMERACY SKILLS OF THE PUPILS IS SO SERIOUS THAT FOR

SOME OF THEM IT ENDANGERS THEIR CHANCES OF FUTURE ECO NOMIC WELL BEING v )N !PRIL THE SCHOOL

THAN A YEAR $AVID "RUNTON WILL BE REPLACING THE ADVI SORY HEAD 'EOFF "EST $ESPITE THE POOR RESULTS

h 4HIS IS VERY DISAPPOINTING BUT WE THINK THE lGURES REmECT THE SCHOOL AS IT WAS AND NOT AS IT IS NOW v HOPES TO REBOUND FROM ITS POOR STATISTICS WITH THE AP POINTMENT OF A NEW HEAD TEACHER THE FOURTH IN LESS

-R "EST IS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE SAYING h4HIS IS VERY DISAPPOINTING BUT WE THINK THE lGURES REmECT THE

SCHOOL AS IT WAS AND NOT AS IT IS NOW ) AM CONlDENT THAT THE NEXT lGURES WILL BE MUCH BETTER )T IS STILL SERI OUS AND DIFlCULT BUT WHILE WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO WE ARE ON THAT JOURNEY v (E CONTINUED h!T TENDANCE IS NOW AT HIGHER THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR THOUGH THAT IS STILL NOT GOOD ENOUGH 7E ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN AT THIS SCHOOL ABOUT THE ATTENDANCE PROBLEM BUT THERE ARE WIDER SOCIAL ISSUES 7E ARE TRYING TO PERSUADE THESE YOUNGSTERS AND THEIR PARENTS THAT THEY SHOULD BE AT SCHOOL v

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Union/Bus Â Showdown 3AM 7ILSON 2EPORTER /N 4UESDAY ND OF *ANUARY THE DEBATE WITHIN THE STUDENT BODY AS TO THE QUALITY OF THE &IRST BUS SERVICES RUNNING BE TWEEN THE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE AND THE CITY CENTRE CAME TO A HEAD ! MEETING WAS HELD BY THE 5NION OF 5%! 3TUDENTS WITH A REPRESENTATIVE FROM &IRST AND SEVERAL LOCAL #OUNCILLORS &OR SOME TIME THE STANDARD OF THE BUS SERVICES RELATIVE TO THE COST OF A JOURNEY OR A YEAR LONG BUS PASS AS WELL AS THE RELIABILITY OF THE SERVICE HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR STUDENTS AND THEREFORE AN ISSUE FOR THE 3TUDENTS 5NION 7HEN #ONCRETE SPOKE TO THE 5NION 7ELFARE /FlCER 2UTH 3TONE ABOUT THE ISSUE SHE WAS ADAMANT ABOUT THE 5NION S POSITION h4HE 5N ION #OUNCIL PASSED POLICY LAST YEAR TO CAMPAIGN FOR A BETTER QUALITY OF SERVICE FROM &IRST 4HE MEETING ON 4UESDAY WAS A GREAT STEPPING STONE IN IMPROVING OUR COM MUNICATION WITH &IRST AND REALLY USING OUR VOICE AS A 5NION TO GET ANSWERS TO OUR QUESTIONSv 4HE 5NION IS OBVIOUSLY SET ON IMPROVING THE STAND

%MIL !LLARD ARD OF THE BUS SERVICES FOR THE STUDENT BODY AND MANY CONSIDER THE MAIN ISSUE TO BE THE COST OF THE BUS SERVICES 4HIS IS DUE TO THE a COST OF A "US 0ASS WHICH IS NOT REPLACED FREE IF LOST OR STOLEN AND FURTHERMORE THE FACT THAT A SINGLE FROM THE CAMPUS TO 5NTHANK 2OAD WHERE A LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS LIVE

COSTS a )N COMPARISON TO MOST OTHER MAJOR CITIES WITH UNIVERSITIES THE COST OF BUS TRAVEL IS HIGH FOR STUDENTS US ING IT REGULARLY 4HE 5NION SET UP AN ONLINE SURVEY FOLLOWING THE MEETING ON 4UESDAY TO GAUGE THE OPINION OF THE MAJOR ITY OF 5%! STUDENTS THE RE SULTS OF WHICH #ONCRETE WAS

ABLE TO OBTAIN )T HIGHLIGHTS THAT MOST STUDENTS CONSIDER THE OVERALL &IRST SERVICE TO BE POOR AS OVER OF THE PARTICIPANTS DISAGREED OR STRONGLY DISAGREED WITH THE STATEMENT THAT THE BUS SERV ICES RUN ON TIME ,ECTURERS SEEING STUDENTS ARRIVING LATE FOR CLASSES DUE TO LATE BUSES IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR

THOSE LIVING OFF CAMPUS AND ESPECIALLY VEXING FOR THOSE WHO HAVE PAID OUT a FOR A BUS PASS 2UTH 3TONE MADE IT CLEAR THAT SHOULD ANYONE WANT TO GET IN TOUCH TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINION OR COMMENT ON THE ACTIONS BEING TAKEN BY THE 5NION THEY SHOULD CONTACT HER ON SU WELFARE UEA AC UK

Funding Â crisis *ACK #LARK !RTS %DITOR /N 3ATURDAY THE TH OF *ANUARY A HUGE PROTEST WAS STAGED IN RESPONSE TO THE CUTS IN !RTS #OUNCIL FUNDING WHICH NOW THREATENS ARTS ORGANISATIONS ACROSS THE 5+ 4HE PROTEST BEGINNING AT #HAPELlELD "ANDSTAND CUL MINATED IN A MARCH THROUGH THE CENTRE OF .ORWICH 4HERE WAS A POLICE ESCORT FOR THE OR SO PROTESTORS ALONG WITH THE IMPOSING CHAPER ONE OF A TWELVE FOOT HIGH PUPPET OF !DMIRAL .ELSON n .ORWICH S PAST PROTECTOR AND NOW REBELLIOUS GALVANIZER #ONTRARY TO BELIEF THE FUNDING CUTS ARE NOT A CONSE QUENCE OF THE /LYMPICS n THOUGH MANY PEOPLE AT THE MARCH INCLUDING SPEAK ERS BELIEVED THIS SOME EVEN SHOUTING THAT h)F WE NEED TO HAVE SPORTS FOR ALL WE NEED TO HAVE ARTS FOR ALL v 4HE TRUTH IS THAT THE !RTS #OUNCIL LIKE MANY OTHER FUNDING INSTITU

TIONS IS LOOKING AT THE !RTS ORGANISATIONS IT FUNDS )T IS STUDYING THEM FOR PROlT ABILITY AND JUDGING THEM BY CRITERIA WHICH MANY HEADS OF ORGANISATIONS HOLD TO BE WRONG /VER THE #HRISTMAS PERIOD ARTS ORGANISATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY INCLUD ING OUR VERY OWN !RTS #OUN CIL %AST n ! # % SENT LETTERS OUT 3OME ORGANISATIONS RECEIVED GOOD NEWS OTHERS RECEIVED BAD NEWS BAD NEWS WHICH FREQUENTLY TOLD THEM THAT THEIR FUND ING WAS TO BE COMPLETELY CUT AND THAT THEY HAD SIX WEEKS TO lND ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCES /NE ORGANISATION RECEIV ING A CUT IN FUNDING IS .OR WICH S OWN 0UPPET 4HEATRE 4HE 0UPPET 4HEATRE IS ONE OF THE ONLY TWO 0UPPET 4HEATRE S IN THE COUNTRY 0ETER 7ILSON THE HEAD OF .ORWICH S 4HEA TRE 2OYAL DESCRIBED THE CUTS AS A hWOEFUL DISPLAY OF ARTS ADMINISTRATIONv AND WENT ON TO COMPARE ! # % TO A hME

DIEVAL PAPACYv IN THE WAY IN WHICH IT DOLES OUT FUNDING 0OLITICIANS TURNED OUT AND )AN 'IBSON -0 FOR .ORTH .ORWICH MADE A PAS SIONATE SPEECH IN WHICH HE CLAIMED THAT hTHE ARTS FOR ME ARE A DELIGHT IN MY LIFEv AND THAT hFOR MY THREE DAUGHTERS IT ;THE 0UPPET 4HEATRE= WAS PART OF THEIR WORLD v 4HE !RTS #OUNCIL DECIDED

TO CUT FUNDING BEFORE THE PUBLICATION OF THE a -C-ASTER REPORT WHICH WAS COMMISSIONED BY #ULTURE 3ECRETARY 5NSURPRISINGLY THE RE PORT lRMLY CONTRADICTED THE !RTS #OUNCIL S APPROACH ON MANY ISSUES GOING AS FAR AS TO CALL FOR A REDUCTION IN hTAR GETOLOGYv AND hBOX TICKINGv 4HOUGH ORGANISATIONS

HAVE A DIM FUTURE IT MUST BE REMEMBERED THAT THE OTHERS WHO RECEIVED RISES IN FUNDING HAVE A DISTINCTLY BRIGHTER ONE .ORWICH IS NOT WEALTHY AND IS MORE RURAL THAN MOST OTHER AREAS 0ETER 7ILSON SAYS hIT SIMPLY DOESN T WORK IN .ORFOLK TO FUND ARTS AS YOU WOULD IN AN URBAN CON GLOMERATION v

Anonymity Â guaranteed )T WAS DECIDED THIS WEEK THAT FROM 3EPTEMBER ALL WRITTEN COURSEWORK AT 5%! WILL BE SUBJECT TO ANONYMOUS MARKING 4HE 3ENATE 5%! S HIGH EST ACADEMIC BODY MET TO DECIDE THE TIMETABLE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW SCHEME WHICH WAS AGREED IN THEORY THREE YEARS AGO 4HE IDEA BEHIND THE ANONYMOUS MARKING IS THE ERADICATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ANY STUDENT BASED ON RACE DIS ABILITY GENDER OR SEXUALITY 4HIS DECISION FOLLOWS A LONG TERM CAMPAIGN BY THE 5NION OF 5%! 3TUDENTS DATING BACK TO &ROM 3EPTEMBER COURSE WORK WILL BE SUBMITTED WITH THE STUDENT S REGISTRATION NUMBER POSSIBLY INCLUDED IN A BAR CODE 4HE NEW SYSTEM WILL BE REVIEWED IN WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF INTRODUC ING ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS AT THAT TIME

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O YOU lND YOURSELF lLLING ALL THE GAPS IN YOUR TIMETABLE IDLY BROWSING THE INTER NET OR PLAYING THE GAMES PRE INSTALLED ON YOUR COM PUTER $O YOU FEEL THAT YOU WOULD RATHER BE USING YOUR TIME PRODUC TIVELY AND BENElCIALLY 4HEN WHY NOT BECOME A VOLUNTEER 4HE 5%! VOLUNTEERING WEBSITE WWW VOLUNTEERS UEA AC UK IS A VALUABLE lRST PORT OF CALL FOR PROSPECTIVE VOLUNTEERS 4HE SITE CO ORDINATED BY THE #AREERS #ENTRE LISTS LOCAL OPPORTUNITIES HELP FULLY CATEGORIZED ACCORDING TO TYPE OF WORK AND COURSES THEY WOULD COMPLEMENT AND ALSO SPEC IlES THE DAYS AND TIMES VOLUNTEERS CAN GET INVOLVED 3IGN UP USING YOUR 5%! USERNAME AND PASSWORD AND YOU CAN READ FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES AND SIGN UP FOR AN EMAIL FEATURING @6OLUN TEERING /PPORTUNITIES OF THE 7EEK 4HERE ARE SOME REAL GEMS TO BE FOUND ON THE WEBSITE *ANINE 4AY LOR THE 5NION 2EPRESENTATIVE FOR THE 6OLUNTEERING 3OCIETY SAYS THAT THE MOST UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY SHE HAD COME ACROSS WAS h0ROBABLY VOLUNTEERING WITH THE -EDIEVAL 4RUST HELPING TO SET UP A -EDI EVAL ,IFE #ENTRE AND THEN HELPING

h!NYONE CAN VOLUNTEER n DON T THINK YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF TIME AS THERE ARE LOTS OF ONE DAY EVENTS THAT PEOPLE CAN GO ALONG TO v TO KEEP IT RUNNING SMOOTHLYv SOMETHING THAT MUST HAVE BEEN AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE FOR AN ASPIRING CURATOR OR SOMEONE FASCINATED BY THE -EDIEVAL PERIOD )F YOU RE WORRIED THAT YOU DON T HAVE TIME OR CAN T COMMIT TO ANY THING IN THE LONG TERM THAT DOESN T MEAN THAT YOU CAN T VOLUNTEER *A

NINE STRESSES h!NYONE CAN VOLUN TEER n DON T THINK YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF TIME AS THERE ARE LOTS OF ONE DAY EVENTS THAT PEOPLE CAN GO ALONG TO SUCH AS CONSERVATION EVENTSv )N FACT *ANINE THINKS THAT CONSERVA TION PROJECTS ALONGSIDE WORKING IN SCHOOLS APPEAR TO BE THE MOST POPULAR AREA OF VOLUNTEERING 4AMSIN ,ILLIE A SECOND YEAR MEDICINE STUDENT LIKES TO KEEP BUSY !S WELL AS REGULARLY HELPING LEAD A SCOUT GROUP BASED AT THE .ORFOLK AND .ORWICH 5NIVERSITY

(OSPITAL SHE GETS INVOLVED IN OTH ER PROJECTS OVER VARYING PERIODS OF TIME "OTH SHE AND OTHER PEOPLE BENElT FROM THE TWO HOURS A WEEK SHE GIVES TO THE SCOUTS 3HE SAYS h4HE LEADERS HERE WORK WITH THE IN PATIENTS IN THE PAEDIATRIC WARD GIV ING THEM A SHORT BREAK FROM BEING IN HOSPITAL AND GIVING THEIR PARENTS THE CHANCE TO HAVE A BREAK TOO ) AM CONSTANTLY LEARNING NEW THINGS ABOUT MYSELF AND WORKING WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE )T IS ALSO REALLY REWARDING WORK v 3HE WAS AT TRACTED TO THIS PARTICULAR AREA OF VOLUNTEERING BECAUSE OF HER PREVIOUS INVOLVEMENT WITH THE SCOUTS AS WELL AS THE EXPERIENCE IT PROVIDES IN

RELATION TO HER COURSE TWO FURTHER STRONG REASONS TO GET INVOLVED IN VOLUNTEERING 0REVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF HELPING OTHERS ALSO LEADS PEOPLE TO HELP THE ,).+3 SERVICE WHO SUPPLY &IRST !ID AT THE ,#2 !LTHOUGH THE SERVICE DOES TRAIN WOULD BE VOLUNTEERS IN &IRST !ID AS WELL AS COMMUNICATION SKILLS !DAM *OHNSON THE 4RAINING #O ORDINA TOR TELLS ME VOLUNTEERS h5SUALLY LIKE &IRST !ID AND HAVE A &IRST !ID

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YOU A QUALIlCATION THAT CAN BE USED ANYWHERE AND IMPROVES YOUR COM MUNICATION v )F YOU WANT TO GET IN VOLVED EMAIL SJAUEALINKS YAHOO CO UK &OR THOSE WHO WOULD PREFER TO GIVE EMOTIONAL RATHER THAN PHYSICAL HELP THE BAD NEWS IS THAT .IGHTLINE ARE NOT RECRUITING OVERNIGHT VOLUN TEERS AGAIN UNTIL 3EPTEMBER KEEP AN EYE ON WWW UEA AC UK NIGHTLINE FOR EXACT DETAILS AND DATES (OWEV ER THE PUBLICITY TEAM RECRUIT MEM BERS ALL YEAR ROUND MEANING YOU

CAN GET INVOLVED EVEN IF YOU MISSED THE LAST TRAINING SES SION OR DON T FEEL INCLINED TOWARDS THE NIGHT SHIFT ! CURRENT .IGHTLINER URGED PEO PLE TO GET INVOLVED TELLING ME h6OL UNTEERING FOR .IGHTLINE IS A GREAT WAY TO GIVE SOMETHING BACK TO THE 5%! COMMUNITY )T S ALSO FUN AND ENJOYABLE AND A GREAT WAY TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH LIKE MINDED PEOPLE v %MAIL NL PUBLICITY GOOGLEMAIL COM TO GET INVOLVED !NOTHER WAY YOU MIGHT WANT TO USE YOUR TIME MORE EFFECTIVELY IS BY GETTING INVOLVED IN 2!' 2ECEIVING AND 'IVING 3OCIETY 4HIS SOCIETY RAISES MONEY FOR CHARITIES IN FUN WAYS AND NEEDS PEOPLE TO SUGGEST

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h) AM CONSTANTLY LEARNING NEW THINGS ABOUT MYSELF AND WORKING WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE )T IS ALSO REALLY REWARDING WORK v ,AURA 0EARSON JOINT PRESIDENT OF 2!' SAYS h7E NEED ALL THE PEOPLE WE CAN GET *UST COME ALONG AND SEE WHAT IT S LIKE EVERYONE GETS ON REALLY WELL AND YOU LL GET TO KNOW ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY 7E REALLY NEED PEOPLE WITH IDEAS AND IF THEY JUST LET US KNOW WE CAN DO ALL THE ORGANIZING #OME AND HAVE A GOOD TIME FOR A GOOD CAUSE v %NJOYABLE WAYS 2!' HAVE RAISED MONEY IN THE PAST INCLUDE #HARITY 3HOP .IGHT WHERE MEMBERS HAD A NIGHT OUT WEARING SECOND HAND CLOTHES IN AID OF 3UE 2YDER #ARE ! FURTHER REASON TO GET INVOLVED IN 2!' IS THAT THEIR ENTIRE COMMITTEE IS GRADUATING AT THE END OF THIS YEAR SO IF YOU RE INTERESTED IN ORGANIZING FUNDRAISERS AND TAKING CHARGE THIS COULD BE THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU #HECK OUT WWW UEASTUDENT COM SOCIETIES FOR OTHER SOCIETIES DEVOTED TO HELPING OTHERS 3O IF YOU HAVE A BIT OF TIME TO SPARE THERE REALLY IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO GIVE IT TO A WORTHY CAUSE 9OU MUST AGREE THAT VOLUNTEERING IS A LOT MORE REWARDING AND USEFUL THAN TRYING TO PROVE THAT EVERY GAME OF &REECELL IS WINNABLE OR LOOKING UP EVERYONE YOU KNEW IN PRIMARY SCHOOL ON &ACEBOOK JUST TO SEE HOW THEY TURNED OUT 7ITH SO MANY OP PORTUNITIES ON OFFER YOU RE BOUND TO lND SOMETHING THAT SUITS YOU

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7HAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH YOUR DEGREE 0OSSIBLY THE WORST QUESTION ANY STUDENT CAN BE ASKED WHETHER YOU ARE A l RST YEAR AND @THE FUTURE SEEMS LIKE A BLURRED AND DRUNKEN SPECK ON THE HORIZON OR WHETHER YOU ARE GOING INTO YOUR l NALS AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU RE ABOUT TO WALK OFF A CLIFF INTO AN ABYSS OF EMPTY DAYS WHERE YOU DO LITTLE BUT TO QUOTE 2USSELL "RAND hWATCH 2ICHARD AND *UDY AND SPOON IN 7EETABIX SO YOU DON T DIEv )NDEED 5NIVERSITY IS THE PERFECT WAY TO ESCAPE THE REALITY OF LIFE FOR A WHILE AND PROLONG THE DREADED RESPONSIBILITIES THAT COME WITH IT 4HIS FEAR OF THE WORLD AFTER THE ON THE WHOLE CAREFREE DAYS OF UNIVERSITY IS NOT UNFOUNDED /F COURSE THERE ARE THOSE LUCKY PEOPLE WHO HAVE KNOWN SINCE THE AGE OF TWO WHAT JOB THEY WERE AIMING FOR AND MANY WHO ARE ALREADY ON VOCATIONAL COURSES BUT FOR SOME OF US THERE IS A CONSTANT NAGGING QUESTION OF HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT )N FACT A GROWING PERCENTAGE OF GRADUATES ARE STILL DRIFTING CONFUSED AND FRUSTRATED

Careers crisis? &INDING A JOB ONCE YOU GRADUATE CAN OFTEN BE STRESSFUL AND SOMETIMES UNSUCCESSFUL (OLLY 4URNER LOOKS AT THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE AND WONDERS WHO IS OUT THERE TO HELP YOU EVEN YEARS DOWN THE LINE ) WORKED IN A CLOTHES SHOP WITH A DRAMA GRADUATE AGED WHO HAD PRETTY MUCH GIVEN UP HOPE OF EVER FORGING AN ACTING CAREER FOR HERSELF HAVING BEEN TO ,ONDON FOR SIX YEARS AND RETURNED TO .ORWICH UTTERLY DISILLUSIONED 3HE SAID THAT IT IS ALL TOO EASY TO JUST HOPE THAT BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT DEGREE YOUR DREAM JOB WILL SIMPLY FALL INTO YOUR LAP BUT THAT YOU JUST HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT IN REALITY IT S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN THAT WAY 4HIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT THERE IS ANYTHING WRONG WITH DRIFTING FOR A WHILE 4AKING TIME TO TRAVEL AND TO l ND OUT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING WORSE THAN GETTING STUCK IN A JOB YOU HATE JUST TO MEET THE RENT "UT THERE MUST BE A POINT WHERE YOU WANT TO l ND A CAREER THAT SUITS YOU AND ONE THAT YOU RE GOING TO ACTUALLY ENJOY WORKING NINE TO l VE l VE DAYS A WEEK FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE 4HE QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU DISCOVER THIS ILLUSIVE THING THE @PERFECT JOB 4HIS IS SOMETHING THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE VERY LITTLE FOCUS ON IN SCHOOLS AND AT UNIVERSITIES !PPARENTLY MOST SECONDARY SCHOOLS HAVE A CAREERS ADVISOR AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS YET WHEN ) WAS AT SCHOOL AND AT SIXTH FORM COLLEGE ) HAD NO IDEA THIS EVEN EXISTED )T CERTAINLY WAS NOT ADVERTISED THERE WERE NO TALKS GIVEN ABOUT EMPLOYMENT AND CERTAINLY NO COMPULSORY ONE TO ONE MEETINGS 4HE MOST USEFUL

EXPERIENCE ) GAINED WAS MY WORK PLACEMENT AT A LOCAL NEWSPAPER IN YEAR TEN BUT EVEN THIS WAS NEVER FOLLOWED UP WITH ANYTHING AND SO IT FELT LIKE A MOMENTARY BLIP /F COURSE ) VE HAD LOTS OF OTHER JOBS TO EARN A BIT OF EXTRA MONEY BUT NOTHING THAT ) FOUND IN ANY WAY INSPIRING #OMING TO UNIVERSITY THERE IS ADMITTEDLY MORE ON OFFER (OWEVER WHETHER OR NOT THE FACILITIES ARE GENUINELY USEFUL IS ANOTHER MATTER 4HE RECRUITMENT FAIRS ARE ON THE WHOLE UNHELPFUL ) VE BEEN AROUND A FEW AND MOST COMPANIES YOU TALK TO TELL YOU THAT hALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED IS ON OUR WEBSITEv WHICH MAKES YOU WONDER WHY THEY ARE STANDING THERE IN THE l RST PLACE -Y MEETING WITH A CAREERS ADVISOR WAS DISAPPOINTING /NE WOULD THINK THAT AFTER PSYCHING YOURSELF UP TO WALK DOWN THE SOMEWHAT SYMBOLIC LONG PATHWAY TO THE CAMPUS CAREERS OFl CE YOU WOULD GET SOME KIND OF REWARD BUT THE INTERVIEW LEFT ME FEELING MORE CONFUSED THAN ) ALREADY HAD BEEN ) SIMPLY WANTED SOME ADVICE AND TO BE GIVEN SOME DIRECTION TOWARDS WHAT KIND OF JOB SUITED MY SKILLS AND INTERESTS (OWEVER ) WAS TOLD THAT THIS REQUEST WAS hVERY GENERALv AND THAT IF ) WANTED FURTHER HELP ) WOULD HAVE TO THINK IN A BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT ) WANTED TO DO ) WAS TOLD THAT ) COULD HAVE MY #6 LOOKED OVER AND THAT ) COULD BE GIVEN HELP IN PREPARING FOR AN

INTERVIEW ALL OF WHICH WOULD BE USEFUL IF ) ACTUALLY HAD A CLUE ABOUT WHAT JOB ) WANTED TO APPLY FOR IN THE l RST PLACE $ESPITE SUCH DISHEARTENING EXPERIENCES IT DOES SOMETIMES PAY OFF TO CONSIDER WHAT S ON OFFER /N RECEIVING THE MANY EMAILS ENTITLED @CAREERS EVENT THAT APPEAR ON 5%! 7EBMAIL EACH DAY MOST PEOPLE TEND TO SKIM OVER OR IGNORE THEM AND THE TALKS DO SEEM TO BE GIVEN PRIMARILY BY PEOPLE SIMPLY ADVERTISING COURSES THEY RUN "UT IF YOU INVESTIGATE A FEW YOU MAY l ND SOMETHING THAT INTERESTS YOU ) RECEIVED ONE EMAIL ABOUT A JOURNALISM QUALIl CATION YOU CAN APPLY FOR IN ,ONDON AND THOUGHT ) D GO ALONG TO THE PRESENTATION )T WAS A PRACTICAL SESSION WITH A SHORT EXERCISE AND A QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION AT THE END ) ENJOYED THE TALK AND ALTHOUGH IT MAY NOT BE THE EXACT COURSE THAT ) WANT TO DO THE VERY THOUGHT THAT ) HAD TAKEN SOME KIND OF ACTION MADE ME MORE OPTIMISTIC AND PUSHED ME INTO MOTIVATING MYSELF !LTHOUGH THE PERFECT ADVICE MAY NOT BE AT HAND TO TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT TO DO IT WOULD SEEM THAT THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING YOU CAN l ND TO SPARK SOME IDEAS OR NUDGE YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION (OPEFULLY AFTER TAKING THIS STEP THINGS WILL START TO SEEM A LITTLE CLEARER OR AT LEAST SLIGHTLY LESS TERRIFYING

Ideas to enhance your graduate employability

! DEGREE IS RARELY ENOUGH USE WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED FROM YOUR WHOLE STUDENT EXPERIENCE

(ALF OF ALL GRADUATE LEVEL VACANCIES ARE OPEN TO CANDIDATES FROM ANY SUBJECT

4HINK LATERALLY MOST OCCUPATIONS CAN BE FOUND IN A WIDE VARIETY OF SECTORS

2Em ECT ON YOUR SKILLS TREAT REJECTIONS AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEEDBACK

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"E OPEN TO OPPORTUNITIES BUT YOU CAN ALSO PLAN A CAREER STARTING WITH SMALL STEPS

!DAPT YOUR #6 AND APPLICATION TO EACH JOB AND RESEARCH EACH ORGANISATION YOU APPLY TO

-ANY JOBS AREN T ADVERTISED SO PRO ACTIVE ENQUIRIES AND TALKING TO PEOPLE CAN REAP REWARDS

$RAW ON YOUR ACADEMIC WORK BY EMPHASISING YOUR ANALYTICAL RESEARCH AND CRITICAL THINKING )T S NOT A MATCHING SERVICE )T S NOT A RECRUITMENT AGENCY )T S NOT A TRAVEL SKILLS AGENT 3O WHAT IS A #AREERS #ENTRE ! PLACE WHERE YOU WILL BE SUPPORTED IN YOUR CAREER CHOICES PREPARING YOU FOR THE TRANSITION FROM 5%!

$ON T LIMIT YOURSELF BE #AREER CHOICE IS A COMPLEX PROCESS SOMETIMES DIFl CULT AND EVEN SCARY PREPARED TO COMPROMISE AND !S YOU GAIN IN EXPERIENCE THROUGH YOUR COURSE THROUGH PART TIME WORK AND CONSIDER ALTERNATIVES SOCIAL ACTIVITIES THE #AREERS #ENTRE CAN PROVIDE SUPPORT AND HELP YOU TO REm ECT UPON YOUR INTERESTS SKILLS AND VALUES #ONTACT THE #AREERS #ENTRE 4HROUGH CAREERS GUIDANCE WE WILL HELP YOU TO DEVELOP YOUR SELF AWARE 4ELEPHONE NESS AND EXPLORE THE OPTIONS THAT YOU DECIDE ARE THE BEST FOR YOU 7E CAN %MAIL CAREERS CENTRE UEA AC UK ALSO HELP YOU TO EXPLORE THE REALITY OF DIFFERENT CAREERS "54 NOBODY WILL TELL YOU WHAT IS THE BEST JOB FOR YOU )N THE #AREERS #ENTRE AND ON OUR WEBSITE WWW UEA AC UK CAREERS YOU WILL BE ABLE TO RESEARCH OCCUPATIONS EMPLOYERS SECTORS WORK OR STUDY OUTSIDE THE 5+ POSTGRADUATE COURSES WORK EXPERIENCE ETC 9OU CAN ALSO SEE THE WEBSITE FOR JOBS WHILE YOU ARE STUDYING AND VACANCIES FOR WHEN YOU GRADUATE MINUTES @1UICK 1UERY SESSIONS CAN BE USED TO START THE PROCESS EVEN IF YOU ARE AT THE EARLY STAGES )T MAY HELP TO LOOK AT WWW PROSPECTS AC UK AND COMPLETE 0ROSPECTS 0LANNER BRINGING THE SUGGESTED JOB TITLES ALONG TO THE @11 SESSION 4HE MAIN AIM OF A MINUTE BOOKED APPOINTMENT WITH THE #AREERS !DVISER LINKED WITH YOUR 3CHOOL IS TO HELP MOVE YOU CLOSER TO A POINT AT WHICH YOU CAN BEGIN TO TAKE DECISIONS AND ACTIONS TOWARDS A SUITABLE CAREER PATH 4HE GUIDANCE INTERVIEW ALLOWS YOU TIME TO REm ECT UPON AND EXPLORE THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO YOU IN THE CONTEXT OF DEVELOPING SELF AWARENESS AND KNOWLEDGE

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Getting Started: E 'O TO THE (OUSING %VENT SEE BOX TO THE RIGHT E #HECK THE (OME 2UN WEBSITE AT WWW UEASTUDENT COM ADVICE HOUSING E $ON T RUSH INTO CHOOSING HOUSEMATES REMEMBER YOU COULD HAVE TO LIVE WITH THEM FOR A WHOLE YEAR

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E !SK LOTS OF QUESTIONS ARE THERE BUS ROUTES NEARBY 7HAT ARE THE NEIGHBOURS LIKE (AVE THERE BEEN ANY PROBLEMS WITH CRIME )S IT A POPULAR AREA FOR STUDENTS

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Dereham Road

4HE STUDENT HOUSING IN "OWTHORPE DElNITELY REPRESENTS SOME OF THE BEST VALUE FOR MONEY 4HERE ARE A LOT OF NEWLY BUILT PROPERTIES WITH NO MOULD THAT HAVE VERY REASONABLE PRICES ATTACHED TO THEM /F COURSE THE REASON FOR THE PRICE LIES IN THE LOCATION 9OU ARE NOT REALLY NEAR ANYWHERE )T WILL TAKE YOU A GOOD THIRTY MINUTES TO WALK TO CAMPUS AND THE BUS SERVICE IS NOT SPECTACULAR !LL THAT IS BEFORE YOU HAVE EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT GETTING INTO TOWN !LSO THE FACT THAT IT IS NOT A FULLY mEDGED STUDENT AREA COULD LEAVE YOU ISOLATED FROM FRIENDS IN THE 'OLDEN 4RIANGLE (OWEVER IF YOU DON T MIND THE WALK OR HAVE A BIKE OR CAR YOU CAN lND SOME LOVELY HOUSES HERE

.OT BEING IN THE 'OLDEN 4RIANGLE BRINGS A NICE LOCAL mAVOUR TO THE $EREHAM ROAD AREA 4HERE IS A MUL TITUDE OF CORNER SHOPS A TAKEAWAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK AND YOU ARE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF THE TOWN 3PLENDID PUBS LIKE 4HE &AT #AT AND "ELLE 6UE ARE NEARBY AND THE PROPERTIES ARE OFTEN A LITTLE CHEAPER THAN IN THE 5NTHANK AREA /NE DOWNSIDE IS THE DISTANCE FROM CAMPUS WHICH MEANS YOU WILL BE GETTING UP IN THE DARK TO MAKE O CLOCKS IN THE WINTER MONTHS 4HERE IS ALSO A DISTINCT LACK OF CASH MACHINES AND YOU CAN FEEL A LITTLE SEPARATED FROM THE GENERAL STUDENT BUZZ

E 3PEAK TO THE CURRENT TENANTS WITHOUT THE LANDLORD PRESENT THEY MAY TELL YOU THINGS ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH THE PROPERTY THAT THE LANDLORD WILL NOT

E "EFORE YOU SIGN ANYTHING TAKE YOUR CONTRACT TO BE CHECKED AT THE 5NION S !DVICE #ENTRE E 9OUR LANDLORD MUST PROVIDE YOU WITH A WRITTEN RECORD OF THE AMOUNT OF RENT TO BE PAID WHEN IT IS DUE THE RENTAL PERIOD AND NOTICE TO BE GIVEN IF YOU WANT TO VACATE THE PROPERTY

After you’ve moved in: E )F THERE ARE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE PROPERTY YOUR LANDLORD HAS A STATUTORY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FOLLOWING REPAIRS 0ROPERTY STRUCTURE AND EXTERIOR "ATHS SINKS ETC (EATING AND HOT WATER APPLIANCES 'AS AND ELECTRICAL ITEMS WHEN THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE FAULT OF THE TENANT 5NION !DVICE #ENTRE

.ORWICH S HOUSING MARKET IS PRETTY SATURATED AT THE MOMENT n THAT IS TO SAY THAT THERE ARE PLENTY OF PROPERTIES TO GO AROUND )T IS EASY TO FEEL AS IF YOU ARE ENTANGLED IN SOME UNOFlCIAL RACE WHEREBY IF YOU HAVE NOT GOT A HOUSE BY THE END OF &EBRUARY THE WORLD WILL IMPLODE 4HIS WILL NOT HAPPEN 4HERE S LOTS OF CHOICE OUT THERE AND LOTS OF AVENUES TO EXPLORE AS WELL AS ROADS CLOSES AND STREETS 2EMEMBER YOU ARE THE CUSTOMER n YOU RE THE ONE IN CHARGE ! GOOD AND VERY CLOSE PLACE TO START MIGHT BE (OME 2UN THE (OUSING "UREAU OPERATED BY THE 5NION OF 5%! 3TUDENTS ! LIST OF PROPERTIES IS PRODUCED WHICH CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET WWW UEASTUDENT COM ADVICE HOUSING WHERE LANDLORDS ADVERTISE THEIR PROPERTIES FOR YOUR DELECTATION "ENElTS OF (OME 2UN INCLUDE THE FACT THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PAY AN AGENCY FEE n MOST OTHER LETTING AGENTS WILL CHARGE YOU A FEE FOR THEIR PART IN lNDING YOU THE HOUSE !LSO EVERY SINGLE LANDLORD WITH (OME 2UN HAS TO ABIDE BY A SET OF MINIMUM STANDARDS COVERING ISSUES SUCH AS PAYMENT OF RENT DEALING WITH REPAIRS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY SAFETY ISSUES

The, “size really does matter”, box Number of people 2 3 4 5

%VEN IF YOU DO NOT GO WITH A (OME 2UN PROPERTY YOU SHOULD STILL ENSURE YOU CLARIFY THE FOLLWOING

#/2') n 3ADLY UPON ENTERING STUDENT ACCOMMODATION YOU ARE NOT GIVEN ONE OF HER MAJESTY S FAVOURITE CANINES )NSTEAD YOU SHOULD DEMAND A #/2') CERTIlCATE WHICH VALIDATES A HOUSE S GAS APPLIANCES

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3ECURITY n )S THE BACK DOOR A LITTLE mIMSY $O YOU WORRY ABOUT THE STRENGTH OF THAT SINGLE GLAZED GLASS 3TUDENT HOUSES ARE OFTEN VICTIMS OF BREAK INS SO MAKE SURE YOU lND A PROPERTY WHERE YOUR BELONGINGS AND YOU FEEL SECURE

E $ECIDE HOW YOU ARE GOING TO PAY THE BILLS SOME STUDENTS CHOOSE TO SET UP A JOINT BANK ACCOUNT OTHERS NOMINATE ONE PERSON TO BE IN CHARGE OF EACH BILL

E )F THE LANDLORD HASN T DONE ONE TAKE AN INVENTORY OF ALL FURNITURE ALREADY IN THE PROPERTY WHEN YOU MOVE IN 4AKE PHOTOS OF ALL THE ROOMS IN THEIR ORIGINAL STATE THESE MAY PROVE INVALUABLE IF YOU HAVE A DISPUTE OVER THE DAMAGE DEPOSIT AT THE END OF THE TENANCY

Window Shop

%LECTRICAL n 9OU ARE ENTITLED TO ASK FOR THE 0ERIODIC )NSTALLATION 2EPORTS WHICH SHOULD PROVE THAT ANY ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS WERE CARRIED OUT BY AN APPROVED AGENT

E -AKE SURE YOU HAVE A VALID 46 LICENCE

E 4AKE THE METER READINGS STRAIGHT AWAY

*OIN #ONCRETE ON A VIRTUAL TOUR OF .ORWICH AND LET US ANOINT YOU WITH THE SOOTHING BALM OF OUR WORDS AS WE HELP YOU TAKE THE lRST STEPS TOWARDS lNDING A PLACE TO LIVE Things about to think Things to know

&IRE n 7ORKING lRE ALARMS lRE EXTINGUISHERS AND lRE RESISTANT FURNITURE ARE ALL A MUST

Moving in:

E #HECK THAT THE SMOKE ALARMS ARE WORKING AND YOU HAVE A COPY OF A #/2') CERTIlCATE SEE 4HINGS TO KNOW

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Safety ﬁrst

Signing the contract:

E 5PDATE YOUR INSURANCE OR MAKE SURE YOUR PARENTS INSURANCE STILL COVERS YOU

CONCRETE FEATURES

Earlham Road

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Unthank Road

O MINUTES WALK FROM CAMPUS BY BIKE AND THE REGULARITY OF THE AND BUSES MAKE GETTING TO CAM PUS PRETTY EASY 9OU ARE ALSO LIKELY TO BE VERY NEAR TO TOWN AS MOST OF THE STUDENT ACCOMMODATION IS TOWARDS THE CITY IN THE OLDER HOUSES WITH THE LARGER PROPERTIES NEARER TO UNIVERSITY MOSTLY INHABITED BY FAMILIES 3OMERlELD DOMINATES THE LITTLE SHOPPING CENTRE AROUND HALF WAY DOWN %ARLHAM 2OAD WITH )NDIAN AND +EBAB TAKE AWAYS ALSO PRESENT AND A 4HRESHERS FOR YOUR ALCOHOL NEEDS 9OUR THIRST WILL ALSO BE SATIATED BY THE PROXIMITY OF EXCELLENT PUBS LIKE 4HE -ITRE 4HE "LACK (ORSE AND 4HE 'ARDEN (OUSE !NOTHER BONUS IS THAT THE STREETS RUNNING OFF %ARLHAM ESPECIALLY TO WARDS $ERHAM 2OAD ARE LESS LIKELY TO REQUIRE PARKING PERMITS

"EING SLAP BANG IN THE MIDDLE OF EVE RYTHING MAKES IT SO EASY TO GO FROM CAMPUS TO TOWN AND FROM %ARLHAM TO 5NTHANK SO YOU WILL NEVER MISS OUT ON ANYTHING BECAUSE YOU CANNOT BE BOTHERED TO MAKE THE TRIP "ETWEEN "LUEBELL 2OAD AND #OL MAN 2OAD IT IS PRIMARILY LOCALS IN THE HOUSES !T THE #OLMAN 2OAD JUNC TION THERE IS A BANK A PHARMACY A lSH AND CHIP SHOP A CORNER SHOP AND 4HE 2OMANY PUB -OVING DOWN FROM HERE TOWARDS TOWN IT STARTS TO GET MORE @STUDENTY ESPECIALLY WHEN 4HE !VENUES MORPHS INTO !VENUE 2OAD A LITTLE BEFORE IT HITS 5NTHANK 4HE !VENUES IS ALSO QUIETER IN TERMS OF TRAFlC THOUGH AN OBVIOUS PROBLEM IS THAT ATTACKS ON STUDENTS ARE MOST COMMON IN THIS AREA

4HE BIG CHEESE THE NUMERO UNO THE DADDY 5NTHANK 2OAD IS SYN ONYMOUS WITH STUDENTS 4HE PUBS THE TAKEAWAYS THE BUS AND THE FACT THAT ALL YOUR FRIENDS ARE LIKELY TO BE IN AND AROUND THE AREA MAKE THIS THE MOST POPULAR PLACE TO HEAD WHEN HOUSEHUNTING )S IT A LITTLE TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE THOUGH 7ELL YOU ARE LIKELY TO PAY A LITTLE OVER THE ODDS TO LIVE ROUND HERE THE BUSES IN THE MORNING WILL BE ABSOLUTELY CRAMMED AND SOME TIMES IT DOES JUST FEEL A LITTLE TOO @STUDENTY )F YOU HAVE A CAR PARKING IS ALSO A PROBLEM DOWN THE SMALL BUSY STREETS (OWEVER ULTIMATELY COULD YOU FORGIVE YOURSELF IF YOU DIDN T GIVE IT A GO AT LEAST FOR ONE YEAR !FTER ALL YOU RE ONLY A STUDENT ONEC

Deposit protection 4HIS CAME INTO EFFECT FROM !PRIL TH LAST YEAR )T MEANS ALL DEPOSITS TAKEN ON AN !SSURED 3HORTHOLD 4ENANCY STUDENT LET TENANCY HAVE TO BE PROTECTED 4HERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT WAYS LANDLORDS CAN LOOK AFTER YOUR DEPOSIT ONE IS AN INSURANCE BASED SCHEME WHERE LANDLORDS KEEP THE DEPOSITS AND PAY FOR A PREMIUM !T THE END OF THE TENANCY IF THERE IS ANY KIND OF DISPUTE THE INSURANCE COMPANY GET INVOLVED 4HE SECOND TYPE IS A CUSTODIAL SCHEME WHERE THE DEPOSIT WILL GO TO ANOTHER PARTY THAT IS FREE FOR LANDLORDS BUT IT MEANS THEY DON T GET THE INTEREST 7HICHEVER SCHEME THEY ARE WITH AFTER DAYS OF STARTING THE TENANCY YOU NEED TO BE ADVISED ON HOW YOUR DEPOSIT IS PROTECTED BY LAW 9OU WILL THEN BE GIVEN A SET OF PAPERWORK THAT ALL PARTIES WILL HAVE TO SIGN THAT WILL STATE HOW THE MONEY WILL BE RELEASED AT THE END OF THE TENANCY )F THERE IS A DISPUTE IT GOES TO AN !LTERNATIVE $ISPUTE 2ESOLUTION SERVICE

Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) -OST STUDENT HOUSES ARE (-/S WHICH MEANS THE BUILDING IS OCCUPIED BY MORE THAN ONE HOUSEHOLD WHO SHARE FACILITIES LIKE KITCHENS AND BATHROOMS (-/S THAT ARE THREE STOREYS OR MORE !.$ HAVE lVE OR MORE SHARERS REQUIRE A SPECIAL LICENCE FROM THE ,OCAL !UTHORITY WHICH WILL STIPULATE THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ALLOWED TO RESIDE IN THE PROPERTY AS WELL AS OTHER SAFETY MEASURE $ON T BE AFRAID TO ASK FOR A COPY OF THE LICENCE JUST TO CHECK YOUR LANDLORD IS NOT TRYING TO SQUEEZE AN EXTRA PERSON INTO THE HOUSE

Pros

Cons

#LEANER CALMER EASIER TO GET BILLS PAID &AMILIARITY BREEDS DISCONTEMPT /R JUST AND LESS WAIT FOR THE FACILITIES BOREDOM AND PROBABLY A BIT OF LONELINESS IF YOUR HOUSEMATE IS OFTEN OUT ! MANAGEABLE HOMELY SIZE FOR YOU AND A !LWAYS SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING OF AN COUPLE OF CLOSE FRIENDS IMBALANCE AND TENDS TO CREATE A TWO PLUS ONE OF THE SIDE SCENARIO 4HE &AB &OUR )F IT WORKED FOR THE "EATLES #OULD RESULT IN A TWO AGAINST TWO FACE OFF IT SHOULD WORK FOR YOU IN ARGUMENTS 3TARTING TO GET A BIT MESSIER AS WELL ! HOUSE THAT WILL ALWAYS FEEL LIVED IN EASY 4HE WAIT FOR THE SHOWER STARTS GETTING A TO SPREAD THE WORK AROUND AND A NICE BIT LONGER AND TELEVISION WASHING UP BILL THREE VS TWO MAJORITY IN ARGUMENTS PAYING DISPUTES ARE MORE COMMON /NE BIG HAPPY FAMILY ESPECIALLY IF IT IS A 1UITE A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY LEAVE YOU WITH MIXED GENDER GROUP LESS @YOU TIME

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Sex 3INGLE SEX HOUSES CAN LEAD TO CHRONIC BUILD UP OF TESTOSTERONE AND OESTROGEN RESPECTIVELY WHICH WILL OFTEN NEED TO BE RELEASED IN A DOOR SLAMMING VOICE RAISING EPIC n OR PERHAPS THE OLD COLD SHOULDER AND EVIL EYES FROM THE CORNER ROUTINE IF THAT IS MORE TO YOUR LIKING ! MIXED HOUSE MAY EDUCATE YOU MORE IN THE WAYS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX WHICH MAY IN TURN MAKE YOU A MORE ROUNDED PLEASANT INDIVIDUAL /N THE OTHER HAND IS IT WORTH SACRIlCING THE OCCASIONAL 3UPER 3UNDAY 3EX IN THE #ITY ;DELETE AS APPROPRIATE= MARATHON FOR THE SAKE OF SOME INTER GENDERNESS IN YOUR HOUSE

More sex ,IVING IN A HOUSE WITH COUPLESx ) M SURE THEY RE BOTH LOVELY PEOPLE AND WHEN YOU MOVE IN THEY ARE THE LOVELIEST COUPLE BUT EXAMPLES OF THIS SITUATION WORKING OUT OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR ARE RARER THAN A SOBER PERSON FREQUENTING THE ,#2

Parental guidance !N INCREASING TREND IS FOR PARENTS TO BUY A HOUSE IN THE AREA THAT THEIR OFFSPRING AND PALS CAN THEN INHABIT )T CAN BE NICE HAVING THIS MORE DIRECT LINK WITH YOUR LANDLORD BUT IT CAN ALSO CREATE ODD LINES OF RESPONSIBILITY WITHIN THE HOUSE AND CONFUSE RELATIONS AS IT MIGHT SEEM AS THOUGH THE LANDLORD HAS A CONSTANT WATCH OVER YOU

Peace and quiet /NE OF THE PURE UNADULTERATED GLORIES OF MOVING FROM HALLS INTO A HOUSE IS THE PRESENCE OF A LIVING ROOM #OMFY SOFAS SOFT LIGHTING AND A COMMUNAL 46 WHERE YOU CAN BOND WITH YOUR HOUSEMATES WITH AN EVENING IN FRONT OF THE TELE 0LUS YOU VE GOT A O CLOCK IN THE MORNING SO YOU WANT AN EARLY NIGHT !LL OF THIS CAN BE DISRUPTED IF YOU CHOOSE TO LIVE WITH THE hLIFE OF THE PARTYv ANIMAL WHO MADE YOUR lRST YEAR SO FUN 3OMETIMES YOU LL WANT YOUR HOUSE TO BE A QUIET HAVEN AWAY FROM THE DEBAUCHERIES OF STUDENT LIFE SO CHOOSE WISELY WHO YOU WANT TO HAVE INHABIT YOUR HAVEN

Forget it )F IT ALL SEEMS JUST NOT YOUR CUP OF TEA THEN YOU CAN ALWAYS CONSIDER OTHER OPTIONS 2EMAINING ON CAMPUS AS A 2ESIDENT 4UTOR WOULD MEAN PAYING CHEAPER RENT AND GAINING SOME INTERESTING EXPERIENCE AS A lGURE OF RESPONSIBILITY &OR THOSE THAT HAIL FROM RELATIVELY CLOSE TO 5%! YOU CAN ALWAYS MOVE BACK HOME !GAIN THIS WORKS WELL AS A MONEY SAVING EXERCISE THOUGH YOU DO RISK DISTANCING YOURSELF TOO MUCH FROM FRIENDS

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Campus extremism (ANNAH / 'RADY /PINIONS 7RITER ,AST 4UESDAY SAW THE PUB LISHING OF THE LATEST GUIDE LINES REGARDING THE INVOLVE MENT OF UNIVERSITIES IN hTHE lGHT AGAINST TERRORIST ACTIVITIESv /N 4UESDAY 4HE 4IMES REPORTED h4HE GUID ANCE ADVISES UNIVERSITIES TO MAKE PROPER CHECKS ON STUDENT GROUPS OR OUTSIDE BODIES THAT BOOK UNIVER SITY PREMISES FOR SPEAKING EVENTSxv WITH SPECIlC REF ERENCE TO h!SIAN LOOKINGv STUDENTS 5NIVERSITIES INITIALLY RE JECTED THE PREVIOUS GUIDE LINES AS A THREAT TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH YET ACCEPTED THE MORE RECENT VERSION 3O WHAT EFFECT WILL THIS HAVE ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM .O ONE COULD ARGUE WITH $IANA 7ARWICK THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF 5NIVERSITIES 5+ WHO AS SERTED THAT h6IOLENCE OR

THE INCITEMENT TO VIOLENCE HAS NO PLACE ON A UNIVERSITY CAMPUS v (OWEVER INCITING VIOLENCE IS A CRIMINAL OF FENCE AND SURELY THEREFORE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE POLICE NOT OF LECTURERS 5NI VERSITY IS A PLACE WHERE IDE OLOGIES AND IDEAS ARE ABLE TO BE EXPLORED AND CHAL LENGED WHERE RECEIVED NO TIONS AND THE STATUS QUO CAN BE CONTESTED WITHIN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT 7OULD IT NOT UNDERMINE THE FUNCTION OF TUTORS TO INSPIRE THESE SORTS OF DEBATES IF THEY WERE ALSO ENGAGED IN SOME SORT OF SPYING ROLE FOR THE GOVERN MENT -OREOVER THE BANNING OF CERTAIN FUNDAMENTAL -USLIM SPEAKERS MIGHT AP PEAR IRONIC GIVEN THE RECENT APPEARANCE OF .ICK 'RIFlN THE LEADER OF THE FAR RIGHT ".0 AT THE /XFORD 5NIVER SITY DEBATING SOCIETY !RE WE TO CONCLUDE THAT THE GOVERN

MENT lNDS NO REASON TO IN TERFERE IN THE DISCUSSION OF THE BLATANTLY RACIST THOUGHT OF THE ".0 WHILE FUNDA MENTAL )SLAMIC IDEAS CANNOT BE SUBJECTED TO ROBUST DE BATE IN THE SAME WAY 4HE GUIDELINES DO CON TAIN SOME SENSIBLE SUGGES TIONS SUCH AS A MULTI FAITH CHAPLAINCIES TO PROMOTE IN TEGRATION WHICH WE INDEED HAVE AT 5%! )N FACT JUST LAST WEEK ) WAS WITNESS TO A CON VERSATION AS TO WHETHER THE #HAPLAINCY COULD BE USED TO HEAT UP SOME SNACKS FOR A (EBREW LESSON (OWEVER ) HOPE THAT OUR UNIVERSITY STAFF WILL DE VOTE THEIR TIME TO TEACHING US THE SKILLS TO DISCUSS AND CRITIQUE ALL IDEOLOGIES RATH ER THAN SCRUTINISING A TINY MINORITY OF -USLIMS WHO MANIPULATE THEIR PEACEFUL FAITH IN ORDER TO REINFORCE THEIR OWN ABHORRENT PREJU DICES

CARDS 0EOPLE MUST REPLACE THE CARDS AT COST WHENEVER THEIR DETAILS CHANGE AND THIS HITS STUDENTS PARTICULARLY HARD n OFTEN WE CHANGE AD DRESS EVERY YEAR 7ITH THE LIST OF INFORMATION SO LONG IT SEEMS DIFlCULT TO EXPECT

h4HE IMPLICATION THAT STUDENTS MUST GET ONE IS CLOSE TO FORCING US TO HAVE A CHIP IMPLANT THAT MONITORS OUR EVERY MOVEMENT v ANYONE TO KEEP THEIR CARD UP TO DATE CONSTANTLY AND THE lNE FOR PUNISHMENT CAN REACH a )N ADDITION TO THIS THE GOVERNMENT S RE CENT RECORD WITH LOSING LARGE AMOUNTS OF DATA AND MANY TROUBLED )4 PROJECTS MUST SURELY LEAD TO THE ARGUMENT

THAT IT S NOT EVEN A TECHNI CALLY FEASIBLE PROJECT "UT ARGUMENTS OF lNAN CIAL INCOMPETENCE WHILE IM PORTANT PALE TO THE MOST IM PORTANT ASPECT WHICH IS THE SIMPLE FACT THAT THE )$ CARDS SCHEME IS AN ASSAULT ON CIVIL LIBERTIES 4HE IMPLICATION THAT STUDENTS MUST GET ONE IS CLOSE TO FORCING US TO HAVE A CHIP IMPLANT THAT MONITORS OUR EVERY MOVEMENT 4HE )$ CARD SCHEME CARRIES THE IM PLICATION THAT ALL PEOPLE ARE GUILTY AND POTENTIAL TROUBLE MAKERS AND THE GOVERNMENT MUST BE READY TO SWOOP DOWN ON ANYONE WHO STARTS ANYTHING IT DOESN T LIKE 6ERY ODD AS ) THOUGHT OUR LEGAL SYSTEM OPERATED ON THE BELIEF THAT PEOPLE WERE INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY 3TUDENTS SHOULDN T HAVE TO BE PICKED OUT LIKE THIS AND THE GOVERN MENT SHOULDN T BE BRINGING IN MANDATORY )$ CARDS IN SUCH AN INSIDIOUS MANNER

It Still Matters -ARK 'ILLIES -0( 0RESIDENT 4HE LARGEST SCALE ANTI POVERTY MOVEMENT CAME TOGETHER UNDER THE BANNER OF @-!+% 0/6%249 ()34/29 IN .OW IN WITH THE CAMPAIGN DISBANDED AND BE COMING A DISTANT MEMORY THE lGHT AGAINST POVERTY LIVES ON AND MUST CONTINUE TO DO SO 0OOR COUNTRIES ARE STILL REPAYING UNAFFORDABLE LOANS WHICH THE 5+ AND THE REST OF THE RICH WORLD GAVE IR RESPONSIBLY 3OME OF THESE WERE TO OPPRESSIVE REGIMES OFTEN FOR ARMS SALES /TH ERS WERE FOR USELESS PROJECTS FROM WHICH ONLY 7ESTERN COMPANIES BENElTED 4HERE FORE PEOPLE MUST CONTINUE TO PRESSURE POLITICIANS AND DECISION MAKERS TO ADDRESS WORLD POVERTY AND TO MAKE THE 4RADE *USTICE MOVEMENT PROMINENT IN THEIR )NTERNA

TIONAL 4RADE 0OLICY 4HE -AKE 0OVERTY (ISTORY 3OCIETY AT 5%! AND AT OTHER UNIVERSITIES ALIKE HAVE TAKEN ON THE ROLE OF RAISING AWARE NESS AMONG STUDENTS OF THESE ISSUES AND TO RAISE FUNDS TO FACILITATE CHARITIES GEARED TOWARDS ERADICATING WORLD POVERTY 7E WANT TO SUPPORT CAUSES THAT HAVE A TANGIBLE IMPACT ALLOWING POOR DEVEL OPING COUNTRIES TO CATCH UP WITH THE 7EST IN BUSINESS INDUSTRY AND AGRICULTURE 4HE PROCEEDS FROM OUR LAST FUNDRAISER WERE DONATED TO THE 7ESTERN !FRICAN $EVEL OPMENT /BJECTIVE 7!$/ WHO PROVIDE BUSINESS ADVICE AND lNANCIAL SUPPORT TO BUD DING PROJECTS WHICH IS A CLEAR EXAMPLE OF OUR AIMS /UR EMAIL IS MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY UEA AC UK -0( WILL BE HOSTING #HANGE IN THE (IVE ON AT PM

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Stop moaning... 3VEN &ORKBEARD /PINIONS 7RITER h3OME THINGS IN LIFE ARE BAD THEY CAN REALLY MAKE YOU MAD OTHER THINGS JUST MAKE YOU SWEAR AND CURSE v !S A PHILOSOPHER ONCE SAID 4HE BUS IS LATE ) VE TOO MUCH COURSEWORK ) M SO POOR THE CORPORATIONS ARE BE ING ALL CORPORATIONY AND THE FACT THAT THEY ARE CORPORATIONS MAKES ME SAD AND WANT TO BOYCOTT THE CORPORATIONS SO THAT THEY WILL CEASE AND DE SIST BEING SO CORPORATIONY !LL WHINGES WE RE USED TO HEARING EACH OTHER SPOUT ON A FAIRLY REGULAR BASIS )T HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT WE STU DENTS AS A BODY SEEM TO HAVE

THIS HUGE CAPACITY FOR WHING ING 4HE QUESTION ) WISH TO POSE IS AS TO WHETHER WE REALLY HAVE THAT MUCH TO COMPLAIN ABOUT

h)T HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT WE STUDENTS AS A BODY SEEM TO HAVE THIS HUGE CAPACITY FOR WHINGING v /+ SO THE ODD BUS IS LATE BUT TO THOSE OF US NOT ACCUS TOMED TO BIG CITY LIVING THE

BUS SERVICE WE RECEIVE HERE IS EXTRAORDINARY COMPARED TO WHAT SOME OF US PUT UP WITH AT HOME )F IN DOUBT GET UP MINUTES EARLIER #OURSE WORK IS THE REASON WE RE HERE 3O YOU MIGHT NOT GET TO GO TO -ERCY TONIGHT AND MAYBE YOU LL HAVE TO CUT BACK ON YOUR HOURS OF SLEEP DEAL WITH IT -ONEY CAN GET A BIT TIGHT ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE VERY GENEROUS PARENTS TO HELP US THROUGH THE PROCESS "UT TO THOSE OF US WHO HAVE TO SACRIlCE A NIGHT AT THE PUB BECAUSE OF THE NEW TRAINERS WE VE JUST BOUGHT LET S FACE IT WORSE THINGS HAPPEN AT SEA .OW AS FOR THE CORPORA TIONS JUST REMEMBER THEM

THE NEXT TIME YOU TURN ON YOUR I0OD ORDER YOUR PIZZA DELIVERY AND TURN ON ANY OF THE MANY ELECTRICAL ITEMS SITU ATED AROUND YOUR HOUSE AND

h7E ALL KNOW LIFE ISN T PERFECT JUST TRY CHEERING UP AND GIVING US A GRIN v THINK HOW MUCH WORSE LIFE WOULD BE WITHOUT THEM 7E ARE A VERY LUCKY AND PRIVILEGED GROUP 7E ARE RE CEIVING A TOP NOTCH EDUCATION

THAT ALTHOUGH ISN T FREE IS DE LIVERED AT A FRACTION OF THE COST WE COULD BE ASKED TO PAY 7E LIVE IN A CHARMING CITY WITH A FASCINATING HISTORY 7E RE CERTAINLY NOT STRAPPED FOR AMUSEMENT WITH HUNDREDS UPON THOUSANDS OF THINGS TO KEEP US AMUSED BOTH AT THE 5NIVERSITY AND IN THE CITY CEN TRE 7E RE LIVING THROUGH ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING PERIODS OF OUR LIVES YET SOME PEOPLE SEEM DETERMINED TO FACE IT WITH A FACE LIKE A SMACKED ARSE 7E ALL KNOW LIFE ISN T PERFECT JUST TRY CHEERING UP AND GIVING US A GRIN 4REAT THIS OPPORTUNITY WITH THE ATTITUDE IT NEEDS TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT (EAVEN FORBID YOU MIGHT EVEN ENJOY YOURSELF

You used to be cool, man... $ANNY 4URNER /PINIONS 7RITER 3OMETHING TERRIBLE IS HAPPEN ING ON CAMPUS )T S HAPPEN ING TO STUDENTS THOUSANDS OF CHANGES INDICATING A COMPLETE REDElNITION 3TUDENTS TALK ABOUT THEIR DEGREE IN RELATION TO THEIR FUTURE JOB PROSPECTS SEEING THEIR STUDENT LOAN DEBT AS ONE THAT WILL NO DOUBT HOPEFULLY BE ADDED TO BY A MORTGAGE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE 0EOPLE UN DER THE AGE OF ARE JOINING THE 4AXPAYERS !LLIANCE 4HE ADORATION OF -ARGARET 4HATCH ER OUTWEIGHS THE #HE 'UEVARA SWEATBAND WEARING STUDENTS OF OLD 9ES THIS NEW DECADE IS THAT OF THE RIGHT WING STUDENT 4HE

INTRODUCTION OF TUITION FEES THE DISENFRANCHISEMENT OF THE /LD ,EFT AND THE INTRAVENOUS HEGEMONY OF COUNTLESS MOV IES PROMOTING THE !MERICAN DREAM HAVE LEFT US REELING IN STATE OF CAREER ASPIRATION mICKING THROUGH POST GRADU ATE PROSPECTUSES TO lND A PURPOSE TO OUR MISERABLE LIVES THAT IF LEFT UNADJUSTED WILL BE SPENT FEEBLY GRASPING ONTO THE RUNGS OF THE HOUSING LADDER "EING A STUDENT IS NOT ABOUT A CAREER UNLESS YOU RE ONE OF THOSE INHUMAN TYPES THAT CAN DO SCIENCE OR MATHS &OR MOST OF US OUR DEGREE IS SPENT IN AN APTLY NAMED "! LEARNING THINGS SO IRRELEVANT AND RANDOM THAT 2OSS .OBLE WOULDN T BE ABLE TO INTRUDE UPON THEM IN HIS WHOLE TWO

HOUR STAND UP !ND IT IS FOR THAT REASON THAT AFTER A DEGREE WE SHOULD GO THE WHOLE HOG AND PROCEED WITH AIMS THAT HAVE NO LOGIC WHATSOEVER

h0EOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF ARE JOINING THE 4AXPAYERS !LLIANCE v "EING A STUDENT IF NOT A YOUNG PERSON IS ALL ABOUT FOLLOWING WHICHEVER WHIM STRIKES YOUR FANCY TO WHATEVER ENDS 3O MY SERMON S MESSAGE IS THIS GO OFF AND DO WHATEVER

YOU WANT AND ENSURE THAT IT IS COMPLETELY POINTLESS AND IN NO WAY HELPS YOUR CAREER 3CREW UP THAT LEAmET ABOUT WORK EXPERIENCE PLACEMENTS IN NAMELESS INDUSTRIAL COM PANIES THAT HAVE ABOUT AS MUCH ETHICAL VALUE AS A -C 3LAVE BURGER AND FOLLOW YOUR LIFELONG AMBITION TO TRAVEL TO ,ATVIA AND BECOME A ROCK STAR !FTER UNIVERSITY TRAVEL )RE LAND IN A HIPPY BUS SMOKING ENOUGH DRUGS TO MAKE THE NO TION OF FEELING YOUR OWN FACE A PRIVILEGE !ND SO AFTER FOLLOWING MY ADVICE WORD FOR WORD LIKE ) KNOW YOU ALL WILL YOU MAY ASK ME h$ANNY ) HAVE SPENT TWO YEARS TRAVELLING ACROSS %U ROPE AND ALL ) HAVE TO SHOW FOR IT ARE THREE ILLICIT CHILDREN

IN 0OLAND AND A SENSE OF DIS ENFRANCHISEMENT TOWARD )TAL IAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT 7HY DID ) DO IT v -Y REPLY IF ) DEEMED lT ENOUGH TO GIVE YOU ONE WOULD BE THAT YOUR #6 IS NOW SO INTERESTING THAT YOU CAN GET ANY JOB !N EMPLOYER WOULD THROW EIGHT SNOTTY NOSED BOOK READING SYCOPHANTS OUT OF THE WAY FOR A CHANCE TO EMPLOY SOMEONE WHO HAS SPENT THE LAST FEW YEARS ACCU MULATING NUMEROUS AMUSING AND UNPREDICTABLE ANECDOTES "ECAUSE WORK IS BECOMING IN CREASINGLY BORING AS "RITAIN S ROLE IN THE WORLD BECOMES MORE AND MORE NONDESCRIPT AND ALL THE EMPLOYER WANTS NOW IS SOME FREE ENTERTAIN MENT

4HE WORLD S lNANCIAL MAR KETS TUMBLED LAST WEEK 4HE &43% )NDEX IN ,ONDON FELL BY THE MOST POINTS SINCE THE TERRORIST ATTACKS THE .IKKEI $!8 #!# AND OTHER MARKETS WITH SIMILARLY COOL NAMES ALSO PLUMMET ED 3EVENTY SEVEN BILLION POUNDS WERE WIPED OFF THE VALUE OF SHARES IN A SINGLE DAY &EARS OF A RECESSION IN THE 53 HAD SENT SHOCKWAVES ACROSS THE lNANCIAL WORLD !LL THIS LEADS ME TO ASK WILL A RECESSION REALLY BE SO BAD .OW BEFORE YOU ALL SAY hYES YOU POORLY IN FORMED ECONOMICALLY ILLIT ERATE IDIOT v HEAR ME OUT ) M NOT MAKING LIGHT OF TRADERS JUMPING OUT OF WINDOWS OR PEOPLE LOSING THEIR JOBS ) M JUST SUGGESTING THAT IF YOU LOOK AWAY FROM THE MANY VERY SERIOUS NEGATIVES THERE MAY BE POSITIVES &OR STARTERS THAT GUY WHO SITS BEHIND YOU ON THE BUS IN THE MORNING MOBILE PHONE IN HAND EXCITEDLY TELLING HIS MATE ABOUT LAST NIGHT AT ,IQUID WON T BE DOING SO (E WON T BE ABLE TO AFFORD NIGHTS OUT /R A PHONE 9OU WON T BE ABLE TO EITHER BUT IT S A SMALL PRICE TO PAY FOR A QUIET START TO THE DAY 9OU LL BE SPENDING YOUR NIGHTS IN WATCHING THE 46 BUT THAT S NOT ALL BAD EITHER 4HERE WILL BE FEWER ADVERTS AND THEY LL ALL BE FOR THINGS THAT ARE REALLY USEFUL IN THE MIDST OF A RECESSION LIKE RE PAIR KITS FOR SOCKS !ND THE PROGRAMS WILL BE BETTER TOO BECAUSE CHANNELS WON T BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO MAKE NEW ONES 7ITHIN MONTHS ""# WILL RESEMBLE 5+ 'OLD AND YOU LL HAVE SEEN $EL "OY FALLING THROUGH THE BAR AND "ASIL &AWLTY S FUNNY WALK MORE TIMES THAN YOU COULD WANT !ND IF THINGS GET RE ALLY BAD WE LL BE LIVING IN TENT CITIES IN PARKS ACROSS THE COUNTRY )T LL BE LIKE ONE BIG CAMPING HOLIDAY "UT FOREVER

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Valentine’s Day Food Special 'RACE 3IMPSON EXPLORES .ORWICH TO DISCOVER WHERE EIGHT LUCKY #ONCRETE READERS COULD BE SPENDING THEIR 6ALENTINE S $AY ,E 2OUEN &ARMERS !VENUE .ORWICH .2 *8 *UST A STONE S THROW AWAY FROM .OR WICH #ASTLE ,E 2OUEN IS A RESTAURANT IN TRANSITION 5NDER NEW OWNERSHIP THE SISTER PUB OF THE 3URREY 4AVERN IS BEING TREATED TO A FULL INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL REFURBISHMENT BEFORE ITS RELAUNCH AS .UMBER IN -ARCH !LTHOUGH THE lNISHED PRODUCT LOOKS SET TO BE SPECTACULAR MAINTAINING THE ORIGINAL FEATURES AND WOODEN BEAMS OF THE TH CENTURY BUILDING WHILE ADDING A TOUCH OF MODERN ELEGANCE ,E 2OUEN IS STILL WORTH A 6ALENTINE S VISIT 4HE UPSTAIRS RESTAURANT WHERE OUR LUCKY PAIR WILL BE DINING BOASTS BREATH TAKING VIEWS OF BOTH THE CASTLE AND THE

CATHEDRAL ADDING TO THE ALREADY BRIL LIANT ATMOSPHERE CREATED BY THE NEW DECOR 4HE MENU DELIVERS THE VERY BEST IN CONTEMPORARY "RITISH CUISINE USING LOCALLY SOURCED PRODUCTS )F YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A MORE CASUAL EVENING OUT THE BAR MENU FEATURES QUALITY AFFORD ABLE HOME STYLE COOKING

,E 2OUEN OFFERS AN EXCELLENT BAL ANCE BETWEEN GREAT FOOD AND GREAT DRINK /FFERING AN EXTENSIVE SELECTION

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! SALAD OF TOMATO GOATS CHEESE WITH CURED 3ERRANO HAM 0RIMERA 3ELECCIØN DE 4APAS

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+ING PRAWNS SAUTÏED IN OLIVE OIL WITH GARLIC AND 3PANISH 'UINDILLA PEPPERS

$EEP FRIED POTATOES TOPPED WITH A SPICY SAUCE

#HORIZO SAUTÏED IN RED WINE 3EGUNDA 3ELECCIØN DE 4APAS

#HICKEN BREAST COOKED IN WHITE WINE GARLIC

3PINACH AND #HICKPEAS SAUTÏED IN OLIVE OIL

#ASSEROLE OF LAMB WITH WINE POTATOES MUSTARD PEPPERCORNS

3EAFOOD SERVED IN A WHITE WINE BRANDY AND TOMATO SAUCE 0OSTRE

7ARM PEAR CINNAMON TART SERVED WITH POURING CREAM /2

! RICH CLOTTED CREAM RICE PUDDING WITH A SWEET ORANGE BRANDY COM POTE /2

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COSMOPOLITAN ATMOSPHERE AND THE UPSTAIRS AREA RESERVED FOR A MORE FOR MAL STYLE OF EVENING DINING ! PERFECT LOCATION FOR A BLIND DATE AS THE GLASS FRONTAGE AND ALFRESCO TERRACE ALLOW FOR AVID PEOPLE WATCHING TO lLL THE AWK WARD SILENCES AND PROVIDE A TOPIC FOR CONVERSATION 4HE MENU BOASTS AN INTEREST ING MIX OF MOUTH WATERING SALADS AND "RITISH CLASSICS WITH A TWIST 9OU WOULDN T EXPECT TO SEE -ACARONI #HEESE ON RESPECTABLE RESTAURANT MENU BUT -ACKINTOSH S MANAGES TO PULL IT OFF THROUGH INNOVATION ADDING SPICED PAPRIKA AND CHUNKY TOMATO FONDUE TO THE HOMELY FAVOURITE )F A QUICK LUNCH DATE IS MORE YOUR THING THE SELECTION OF SANDWICHES IS RATHER EXCELLENT WITH THE -ACKINTOSH S #ROQUE -ONSIEUR MADE WITH 3UFFOLK CURED HAM GRUYERE CHEESE WITH TOSSED LEAVES AND #OLMAN S MUSTARD SOUNDING PARTICULARLY DELICIOUS -ACKINTOSH S #ANTEEN DO NOT HAVE A MENU SPECIlC TO 6ALENTINE S $AY BUT WILL HAVE SOME EXTRA SPE CIAL SPECIALS ON THE DAY 4AKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE FAVOURITES FROM THE EVENING MENUx

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%RPINGHAM (OUSE LOOKS BEAUTI FUL ON APPROACH 9OUR DATE WILL BE UTTERLY ASTOUNDED AS YOU CARRY HER ACROSS THE COBBLES TO THIS CHIC EL EGANT ESTABLISHMENT 4HE INTERIOR IS JUST AS AESTHETICALLY PLEASING WITH A COOL MODERN COLOUR SCHEME IN TERSPERSED WITH FASHIONABLE PRINTS AND SOPHISTICATED BROWN SOFAS %RP INGHAM (OUSE HAS THE FA ADE OF EX PENSE AND LUXURY WITH AN AFFORDABLE AND APPEALING MENU 4AKE THE OBJECT OF YOUR DESIRE FOR A SNACK ON THE TERRACE IN THE PLEAS

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What are you doing on Valentine’s Day??? Now you know about the delights of the four fantastic Norwich restaurants involved, this is how to sample the great grub mentioned. We are looking for SINGLE PEOPLE who are free on any evening between the ST AND THE TH &EBRUARY to go out on a &2%% ",).$ $!4% $)..%2 and review the participating restaurants. The review will require you to fill out a questionnaire on the restaurant and the date itself. If you are interested in taking part, email FOOD CONCRETE ONLINE CO UK with these details: 9OUR NAME 9OUR YEAR COURSE 9OUR GENDER SEXUAL PREFERENCE 7HAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IN A MAN WOMAN 7HY WE SHOULD CHOOSE YOU 7HAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR ON A lRST DATE 4HIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY NOT TO BE MISSED NOT ONLY COULD YOU MEET THE PARTNER OF YOUR DREAMS YOU ALSO GET TO EX PERIENCE SOME OF .ORWICH S lNEST CUISINE FOR FREE

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WELL AS EATING LOTS OF MINCE PIES /N #HRISTMAS %VE AND #HRISTMAS $AY WE ALSO OPENED OUR HOUSE SEV ERAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE HOUSE MATES TO INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A COSY FAMILY #HRISTMAS WITH FOOD GAMES TELEVI SION AND HOMEMADE MULLED WINE 4HIS TERM WE VE HOSTED TWO EVENTS TO WELCOME NEW INTERNA TIONAL STUDENTS A lLM NIGHT WITH FREE DRINKS AND POPCORN WHERE WE SHOWED 4HE (ISTORY "OYS AS AN IN TRODUCTION TO %NGLISH CULTURE AND A SOCIAL EVENT IN THE (IVE WHERE SEV ERAL OLD )33 MEMBERS WHO WERE AL READY BACK CAME ALONG TO WELCOME THE NEW STUDENTS AND GET TO KNOW THEM /N 7EDNESDAY WE UNVEILED OUR PROGRAMME OF EVENTS AT 3OC -ART AND IN THE EVENING WE HAD AN OTHER HUGE PARTY AT )NDULGE WHERE OVER PEOPLE TURNED UP %NTRY WAS FREE FOR EVERYONE AND WE PLAYED THE @NAME GAME WITH FREE SHOTS AS PRIZES DID LOTS OF DANCING AND HAD LOTS OF FUN 4HIS TERM WE HOPE TO MAKE OUR FREE MOVIE NIGHTS A BI WEEKLY EVENT

SHOWING INDEPENDENT lLMS OF ALL GENRES AND IN ALL LANGUAGES WITH THE TRADITIONAL FREE POPCORN AND DRINKS 7E HAVE TRIPS PLANNED TO 4HORPENESS TO MESS ABOUT IN BOATS HAVE FUN ON THE BEACH AND EAT TRA DITIONAL lSH AND CHIPS AS WELL AS A BOAT TRIP ON THE "ROADS AND A LONG HAUL TRIP TO EITHER THE ,AKE $ISTRICT "RIGHTON OR "RUSSELS 4HERE WILL BE MORE PARTIES SALSA LESSONS A MAS SIVE %ASTER EGG HUNT WITH PRIZES PILLOW lGHTS PAINTBALLING AND LOTS

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4HE DEATH OF ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR AND POSSIBLY ONE OF THE GREATEST ACTORS TO HAVE COME OUT OF (OLLYWOOD IN RECENT YEARS HAS SHOCKED PEOPLE WORLDWIDE 3OPHIE -C+IMM INVESTIGATES THE PROBLEMS THAT LIE BEHIND CELEBRITY CULTURE )S IT REALLY THE BEST LIFE TO LEAD /N THE NIGHT OF 4UESDAY THE ND OF *ANUARY WHILE SOME OF US PARTIED AT THE ,#2 PRETENDING WE HAD BECOME @WHAT WE WANT TO BE WHEN WE ARE OLDER OR AS WE SAT WATCH ING ENDLESS $6$S WITH OUR HOUSE MATES BEFORE WE CLIMBED INTO OUR BEDS DREADING OUR NINE O CLOCK THE (OLLYWOOD ACTOR (EATH ,EDGER WAS FOUND DEAD IN HIS -ANHATTAN APARTMENT LEANING NAKED AGAINST HIS BED SURROUNDED BY SIX DIFFERENT PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ,EDGER S DEATH HAS SHOCKED OUR GENERATION !S WE FOUGHT OVER TOYS WITH OUR NURSERY PLAYMATES ,EDGER WAS DEBUTING ON OUR SCREENS AS 3COTT )RWIN IN THE !USTRALIAN SOAP (OME !ND !WAY 7E HAD OUR l RST KISS WATCHING ,EDGER WOO HIS CO STAR *ULIA 3TILES IN 4EN 4HINGS ) (ATE !BOUT 9OU HE MADE -EDIEVAL (IS TORY LESSONS A LOT MORE APPEALING IN ! +NIGHT S 4ALE AND CHANGED THE l LM INDUSTRY S ATTITUDE TOWARDS HO MOSEXUALITY IN HIS "!&4! AWARD WINING PERFORMANCE AS %NNIS $E -ARL IN "ROKEBACK -OUNTAIN (IS PERFORMANCE IN THE l LM 4HE (ANDS S .ED +ELLY AND S #ANDY ALL WON HIM PRESTIGIOUS l LM AWARD NOMINATIONS ,EDGER S SUC CESS WAS ESPECIALLY GREAT FOR AN ACTOR AGED ONLY HIS FUTURE AS A (OLLYWOOD ACTOR APPEARED TO BE ONE WHICH WAS GOING TO BE STEEPED IN LEGACY &OR SOMEONE WITH SO MUCH PROMISE AND SUCH A BRIGHT FUTURE

HIS DEATH HAS SADDENED THE (OL LYWOOD WORLD OF l LM &ROM THE TABLOID PAPER TO THE GOSSIP MAGA ZINE STORIES OF CELEBRITIES FALLING OFF FROM THEIR SHINY STAR STATUS AND INTO THE BLEAK WORLD OF SEX DRUGS AND ROCK ROLL SEEMS TO HAVE BECOME THE ROAD TO THE DOWNFALL OF TODAY S MODERN STAR 4HE ROLLERCOASTER LIFE OF "RITNEY 3PEARS IS FOR EXAM PLE CONSTANTLY DISCUSSED ON FRONT PAGES 4HE STAR HIT THE CHARTS AGED SIXTEEN SINGING THE THEME TUNES TO OUR SCHOOL DISCO BUT NOW AGED AFTER OVEREXPOSURE TO THE PARTY

h(APPINESS IS NOT THE PRESSURE OF A (OLLYWOOD LIFESTYLE BUT INSTEAD FACTORS WHICH ARE NOT PHOTOGRAPHED IN 6OGUE v LIFESTYLE SHE FACES LIFE WITHOUT HER HEALTH AND HER CHILDREN -EANWHILE TROUBLED STAR !MY 7INEHOUSE NEVER LEAVES THE "RITISH PAPERS FOR ACCUSA TIONS OF DRUGS AND LATE NIGHT @CRACK BINGES 4HE BEHAVIOUR OF THESE TWO STARS NEVER LEAVES THE HEADLINES AND

IT WAS "RITNEY OR 7INEHOUSE WHO SEEMED DESTINED TO BE THE l RST (OL LYWOOD CASUALTY OF NOBODY WAS PREDICTING THE DEPARTURE OF THE GROUNDED SUCCESSFUL (EATH ,EDGER 4O THE GOSSIP COLUMN READER !USTRALIAN BORN ,EDGER APPEARED TO BE THRIVING ON HIS (OLLYWOOD SUCCESS !DMIRED BY FELLOW ACTORS WITH A GLOWING RUN OF PRESTIGIOUS ACTING ROLES AND CONSTANT GUEST LIST PRIORITY HIS LIFE APPEARED TO BE ONE THAT WAS ENVIED BY ALL "UT BENEATH THE ACTING SUCCESS AND CELEBRITY STA TUS (EATH WAS DARKENED BY PROB LEMS THAT THE PAPARAZZI LENS WAS BLIND TO 3INCE HIS BREAK UP WITH ACTRESS -ICHELLE 7ILLIAMS HE SUF FERED FROM INSOMNIA AND STRUGGLED WITH ONLY TWO HOURS SLEEP A NIGHT (E WAS ALSO QUOTED IN A RECENT INTERVIEW ABOUT HIS LOVE FOR HIS DAUGHTER SAYING h) FEEL GOOD ABOUT DYING BECAUSE NOW ) LIVE IN HERv $OES ALL THIS POINT TO A SUICIDE 4HE AUTOPSY WAS INCONCLUSIVE AND NOW IT APPEARS THAT HIS DEATH WAS NOT A SUICIDE AND POSSIBLY NOT DUE TO DRUGS (OWEVER CONTROVERSIAL HIS SUDDEN DEATH HAS BEEN HIS DEEPLY DISTRESSED FAMILY SAY HE WAS A CHARMING HUMBLE MAN WHO LIVED FOR HIS DAUGHTER AND THEY CANNOT UNDERSTAND THE SUDDEN END TO HIS LIFE 4HE LIFE OF STARS TODAY SEEM

INGLY APPEARS MORE TROUBLED THAN THE OFTEN DOCUMENTED LIFESTYLE OF DESIGNER CLOTHES ENDLESS AMOUNTS OF MONEY GLAMOROUS ALL NIGHT PAR TIES SOFT TOP CARS AND FASHIONABLE PEOPLE ALL ATTRIBUTES WHICH US @NOR MAL PEOPLE ENVY THE @STARS FOR 7HAT MAKES A HUMAN BEING HAPPY IS NOT THE PRESSURED LIFESTYLE OF A (OLLYWOOD STAR BUT INSTEAD THE FACTORS WHICH ARE NOT PHOTO GRAPHED IN 6OGUE 4HE REAL JOYS OF LIFE THE COMFORTS OF FAMILY THE PARTY WITH REAL FRIENDS AND THE PRI VACY FROM THE CONSTANT SURVEILLANCE OF PAPARAZZI 4HE SUDDEN DEATH OF (EATH ,EDGER AN ACTOR ) FELT WOULD BE THE ONE WHO WOULD SHAPE THE l LMS OF THE COMING DECADES HAS CONl RMED THAT THE CELEBRITY LIFESTYLE IS ONE BUILT ON FALSE PRETENCES 4HE CRITI CAL LIFE INGREDIENT OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY IS LEFT OUT OF THE CELEBRITY CONCOCTION %VEN THOUGH ,EDGER S DEATH MAY NOT HAVE BEEN A SUI CIDE AND IS IN FACT MORE LIKELY TO BE THE RESULT OF NATURAL CAUSES OR A WRONG COMBINATION OF LEGAL DRUGS THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE HE DEALT WITH DURING HIS SHORT LIFE CLEARLY SHOWS THAT ONE CAN EASILY BECOME DISIL LUSIONED WITH THEIR OWN LIFE AS WE SEE IN SO MANY OTHERS WHO GRACE OUR SCREENS AND OUR STAGES "IG "ROTHER ANYONE

Do Different in the New Year : getting published -Y .EW 9EARS RESOLUTION GET PUB LISHED ,IKE MANY %NGLISH ,ITERATURE STUDENTS AT 5%! ) HAVE VAGUE AS PIRATIONS OF hBEING A WRITERv !ND CURRENTLY ASPIRATIONS ARE AS FAR AS IT GOES -Y LAPTOP IS CLUTTERED WITH SHORT STORIES WITH NO PLACE TO GO /NE STORY ONE YEARx HOW HARD CAN IT BE ) TAKE CREATIVE WRITING CLASSES WITH MY DEGREE AND HAVE TAKEN PART IN COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS WITH %DINBURGH !RT #OLLEGE ) HOPE THAT THIS SLITHER OF EXPERIENCE WILL PROVE USEFUL TO ME AS ) TENTATIVELY APPROACH THE )NTERNET ARMED ONLY WITH AN ARSENAL OF SHORT STORIES THAT MOSTLY NO ONE HAS EVER READ

) VE RECENTLY DISCOVERED ONLINE MAGAZINES DEDICATED TO CREATIVE WRITING WHERE AMATEURS AND PRO FESSIONALS SUBMIT WORK AND IF SUC CESSFUL HAVE THEIR PROSE OR POETRY PUBLISHED IN THE MAGAZINE 3OME OF THE MORE WELL KNOWN SITES EVEN PAY THE AUTHORS FOR THEIR WORK

4O MY DISAPPOINTMENT HOWEVER A 'OOGLE SEARCH DOESN T THROW UP

MANY SITES !ND MORE DISAPPOINT MENT FOLLOWS WHEN A LOT OF THE l C TION ONLINE IS OF THE HORROR GENRE .ECROTIC 4ISSUE ANYONE )T S PROBABLY A GREAT PUB LICATION JUST NOT REALLY IN MY l ELD OF INTEREST "UT IT S NOT ALL DOOM AND GLOOM ) UNEARTH -YTHOLOG AN ONLINE MAGAZINE FOR @LITERATURE OF MYTHIC PROPORTIONS )T FEATURES AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL WRITERS PAYS FOR THE WORK AND IS WAY OUT OF MY LEAGUE (AVING BEEN ESTABLISHED l VE YEARS AGO IT HAS A SOLID REPUTATION AND AN

#ONCRETE WILL BE KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH &RANCES OVER THE COMING WEEKS TO l ND OUT HOW SHE GETS ON

AVID FOLLOWING )T S FREE TO SUBSCRIBE AND HAS ARCHIVES FULL OF PREVIOUS IS SUES /NE THING ) VE NOTICED IS THAT A LOT OF AMATEUR WRITERS HAVE BLOGS AND ) THINK THAT IF ) D LIKE TO MAKE MY NAME KNOWN ) SHOULD PROBABLY START ONE TOO !FTER ONLY AN AFTER NOON OF RESEARCH ) M GLAD THAT ) VE GIVEN MYSELF THE LOWEST POSSIBLE TARGET TO HIT 4HIS IS GOING TO BE MUCH HARDER THAN ) l RST THOUGHT

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,AOS IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COUNTRIES IN SOUTHEAST !SIA AND AS 3ARAH (ARWOOD EXPLAINS PROVIDES A FASCINATING EXPERIENCE FOR THOSE WISHING TO TRAVEL WELL OFF THE BEATEN TRACK

HOOSING 4HAILAND FOR MY lRST PROPER BACK PACKING EXPEDITION WAS A RELATIVELY SAFE OPTION )T S A WELL TRODDEN BACKPACKER S HAVEN AND ,ONELY 0LANET HAS SOMETHING TO SAY ON JUST ABOUT EVERY INCH OF IT )T S THE PERFECT PLACE TO START TRAVELLING AND ) HAD AN AMAZING TIME EXPLOR ING BUT AFTER ABOUT THREE WEEKS OF THIS MY SLIGHTLY MORE ADVENTUROUS TRAVELLING COMPANION DECIDED THAT HE WANTED MORE OF A CHALLENGE SO HE SUGGESTED THAT WE VISIT ,AOS 4HIS IS PROBABLY WHERE ) AD MIT THAT ) HADN T REALLY HEARD OF IT BEFORE ) CERTAINLY COULDN T HAVE POINTED TO IT ON A MAP )T IS AMAZ ING THAT SO LITTLE CAN BE KNOWN ABOUT A PLACE THAT BORDERS SOME OF THE MOST WELL KNOWN COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD #HINA -YANMAR 4HAI LAND #AMBODIA AND 6IETNAM &ROM #HIANG +HONG IN THE .ORTH OF 4HAILAND YOU CROSS THE BORDER BETWEEN 4HAILAND AND ,AOS THE -EKONG 2IVER ! SMALL MOTOR BOAT TAKES YOU TO BORDER CONTROL ON THE OPPOSING RIVERBANK )N A CONFUSING SCUFmE OF QUEUES THAT DON T APPEAR TO LEAD ANYWHERE YOU ARE REQUIRED TO PAY AN ENTRY FEE OF AROUND AND TO SHOW YOUR PASS PORT 7HEN WE ENTERED 4HAILAND OUR PASSPORTS WERE SCANNED AND PHOTOS WERE TAKEN ON A WEBCAM 7HEN YOU ENTER ,AOS THEY WRITE YOUR NAME AND NATIONALITY DOWN IN A NOTEBOOK )N PENCIL 0USHING SAFETY DOUBTS ASIDE WE BOUGHT TICKETS TO ,UANG 0RABANG THE HEART OF ,AOS 'ETTING TO ,UANG

0RABANG OR ,0 IS DElNITELY THE HARDEST PART OF TACKLING ,AOS 5N LESS YOU RE hmASHPACKINGv AND CAN AFFORD TO SPEND a ON mIGHTS OR WILLING TO IGNORE RECORDS OF FATALI TIES AND TAKE AN ILLEGAL SPEEDBOAT THERE S ONLY ONE OPTION THE SLOW BOAT 4HE SLOW BOAT TAKES TWO DAYS AND AS THE $UTCH GIRL SAT NEXT TO ME SUMMED UP IS LIKE hAN OVER LOADED COW TRUCKv !FTER STAGGERING DOWN THE PRECARIOUS GANGPLANK WITH YOUR KG BACKPACK YOU THEN HAVE TO WRESTLE YOUR FELLOW PASSEN GERS FOR SEATING AND LUGGAGE SPACE 3EATS TURN OUT TO BE HARD WOODEN PEWS AND ARE EXTREMELY UNCOMFORT ABLE )F YOU RE VERY UNLUCKY YOU WILL BE FORCED TO SIT ON A NURSERY SCHOOL SIZED PLASTIC CHAIR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AISLE $ESPITE INITIALLY DREADING THE JOURNEY ) ACTUALLY FOUND IT SURPRIS INGLY REFRESHING 4HE SCENERY FROM THE BOAT IS SPECTACULAR LUSH GREEN FORESTS AND PLAINS ONLY INTERRUPTED BY THE TINY VILLAGES OF WOODEN HUTS ON STILTS AND A FEW HERDS OF BUFFALO ! MASSIVE OF ,AOS IS CLASSED AS UNMANAGED VEGETATION MAKING IT THE GREENEST PLACE YOU WILL EVER SEE !FTER EIGHT HOURS WE REACHED 0AK "ENG A RAMSHACKLE VILLAGE THAT PROUDLY BOASTS AN ELECTRICITY GEN ERATOR ONE THAT RUNS FOR APPROXI MATELY TWO HOURS A NIGHT 4HERE S JUST ENOUGH TIME TO lND A ROOM AT A GUEST HOUSE AND TURN DOWN THE OFFER OF DISCOUNTED OPIUM BEFORE YOU RE PLUNGED INTO DARKNESS !FTER A COLD SHOWER THE NEXT MORNING IT WAS TIME TO GET BACK ON

THE BOAT FOR A FURTHER EIGHT HOURS -ORE PREPARED THIS TIME AND ARMED WITH CUSHIONS PURCHASED FROM AN ENTREPRENEURIAL LOCAL WE SETTLED ON THE mOOR AT THE FRONT OF THE BOAT WHERE WE COULD AT LEAST LIE DOWN AND HAVE THE ELBOW SPACE TO READ A BOOK 3WOTTING UP ON ,AOS HISTORY RE VEALS AN INCREDIBLE STORY 'OVERNED BY THE &RENCH FOR OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS IT WAS THEN OCCUPIED BY THE *APANESE DURING 7ORLD 7AR )) ,AOS STRUGGLED TO GAIN INDEPENDENCE IN WHILE THE 6IETNAM 7AR SAW !MERICA S BOMB ATTACKS DEVASTATE

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TUDENTS LIVING IN (ALLS OF 2ESIDENCE HAVE SHOWN THAT TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE STARTS AT HOME IN THE 3TUDENT 3WITCH /FF ENERGY SAVING COMPETITION 4HEIR SMALL INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS HAVE HAD A MASSIVE EFFECT IN REDUCING ENERGY USAGE IN HALLS BY COMPARED TO THE AVERAGE OF THE PREVIOUS YEARS 3TUDENTS HAVE BEEN ENCOUR AGED TO SAVE ENERGY BY ADOPTING SIMPLE MEASURES SUCH AS SWITCHING LIGHTS OFF NOT LEAVING APPLIANCES ON STANDBY AND ONLY BOILING AS MUCH WATER AS NECESSARY 4HE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF THEIR SMALL ACTIONS HAS HELPED TO STOP TONNES OF CARBON DIOXIDE FROM BEING RELEASED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE AND IS EQUIVALENT TO THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY REQUIRED TO POWER A 7 ENERGY SAVING LIGHT BULB FOR OVER YEARS 4HE MON EY SAVED BY THE INITIATIVE WILL HELP TO KEEP THE COST OF RENT DOWN FOR STUDENTS IN FUTURE YEARS +EY TO THE SUCCESS OF THE INITIA TIVE ARE THE %CO 0OWER 2ANGERS IN DIVIDUALS WHO PLEDGE TO USE THEIR

ENERGY CAREFULLY AND ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO SO WHEN THEY GET THE CHANCE 4HERE ARE CURRENTLY OVER %CO 0OWER 2ANGERS SPREAD ACROSS THE HALLS OVER OF THE HALL POP ULATION ,EADING THE WAY IN THE COM PETITION IS 0ASTON FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY .ELSON #OURT AND THE 6ILLAGE THE FULL LEAGUE TABLE IS BELOW 4O REWARD THEIR EARLY SUCCESS IN THE INITIATIVE 0ASTON WILL BE INVITED TO A lLM QUIZ ON CAMPUS LATER IN THE TERM WHERE THE WINNING TEAM WILL GET A NIGHT PLAYING 0LAYSTATION ON THE BIG SCREEN AT /DEON 2IVERSIDE 4HE INITIATIVE CONTINUES RIGHT TO THE END OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR AND THERE ARE LOADS MORE PRIZES TO BE WON 4HE WINNING HALL WILL UL TIMATELY BE INVITED TO /DEON AT THE END OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR FOR A FREE SCREENING OF THE LATEST SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER /NE LUCKY %CO 0OWER 2ANGER FROM #OLMAN (OUSE RECENTLY WON A "EN *ERRY S ICE CREAM PARTY FOR OF HER FRIENDS 4HIS TERM THE 3TU DENT 3WITCH /FF WILL BE GIVING OUT ANOTHER OF THESE AMAZING PARTIES AS WELL AS SOLAR POWERED I0OD CHARGERS PROVIDED BY THE MAIN SPONSOR OF THE INITIATIVE % /.

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PUT %COTEC IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING THE POTENTIAL OF OTHER FOOD WASTE /N A LESS APPETISING NOTE HUMAN EXCREMENT ALSO HAS GREAT POTENTIAL IN THE STRUGGLE TO REDUCE OUR IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT 4HIS VASTLY UN DERAPPRECIATED RESOURCE IS FAR RICHER IN NUTRIENTS THAN THAT PRODUCED BY OTHER ANIMALS DUE TO OUR VARIED DI ETS (AD THE COLLECTIVE EXCRETA OF THE ENTIRE PLANET BEEN UTILISED TO FER TILISE CROPS IN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WORTH AN ESTIMATED BILLION PRICES 3HORTAGES IN AMMONIUM NITRATE HAVE LED SOME FARMERS IN :IMBABWE TO DO JUST THIS

h(UMAN EXCREMENT HAS GREAT POTENTIAL IN THE STRUGGLE TO REDUCE IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT v ! USEFUL SIDE PRODUCT OF HUMAN EXCREMENT IS BIOGAS WHICH IS GENER ATED THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ANAEROBIC DIGESTION IN SEALED CONDITIONS !ND THIS IS NOT THE ONLY USEFUL LITTLE NUGGET COOKERS HEATING SYSTEMS AND CARS CAN ALL BE RUN ON BIOGAS #HINA HAS TAKEN THIS ON BOARD BIOGAS SYSTEMS WHICH TURN EXCREMENT INTO FERTILISER AND BI OGAS WILL BE INSTALLED IN MILLION HOMES BY 5GANDAN FARMERS ARE

LEARNING HOW TO TURN HUMAN EXCRE MENT ALONGSIDE OTHER ORGANIC WASTE INTO USEFUL BIOGAS 3WEDEN IS AHEAD OF THE GAME CURRENTLY PRODUCING A MORE @POTENT VERSION WHICH THEY EVEN USE TO POWER TRAINS 4HE 3WEDES SOURCE THEIR BIOGAS FROM AMONGST OTHER THINGS ROTTING ANIMAL CORPSES 7ASTE NOT WANT NOT AS THEY SAY )F SHINY WOODEN mOORBOARDS EPITOMISE YOUR IDEA OF STYLE BUT YOU ALSO WANT TO BE KIND TO THE ENVIRON MENT THE FOLLOWING SOLUTION MAY INTEREST YOU )T APPEARS THAT WHEY A WASTE PRODUCT OF CHEESE MAKING IS AN EXCELLENT BINDING AGENT AND CAN BE USED AS AN ALTERNATIVE mOOR COVER ING TO THOSE WHICH CONTAIN EXTREMELY TOXIC SOLVENTS !ND AS THERE IS LESS @OFF GASSING WITH WHEY THERE IS NO LONGER ANY NEED TO MOVE OUT OF YOUR OWN HOUSE JUST TO VARNISH THE mOOR !S IRONIC AS IT SOUNDS A $UTCH COMPANY HAS FOUND A WAY OF USING THE ENERGY GENERATED BY HEAVY TRAFlC TO THE ADVANTAGE OF THE ENVIRONMENT )T HAS INVENTED A ROAD WITH A SYSTEM OF PIPES UNDERNEATH A LAYER OF ASPHALT WHICH IS AN EFFECTIVE HEAT CONDUCTOR 4HE HEAT GENERATED BY THE TRAFlC AS WELL AS HEAT FROM THE SUN IS ABSORBED BY WATER IN THE PIPES WHICH CAN THEN BE STORED THERMALLY FOR FUTURE USE 4HIS WATER CAN BE PIPED TO BUILDINGS AND USED TO HEAT THE AIR 4HE SYSTEM IS ONLY CURRENTLY IN USE IN 3CHARWOUDE IN THE .ETHERLANDS WHERE IT HEATS FOUR OFlCE BLOCKS ,ET S HOPE THERE ARE MANY MORE CRAZY IDEAS TO COME

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OF #APTAIN !NDY -ORGAN #URRENTLY THEY SIT lFTH IN THE TABLE EIGHT POINTS BEHIND THE LEADERS BUT WILL NEED TO PUT A STRING OF WINS TOGETHER IF THEY RE TO CHALLENGE FOR ONE OF THE TWO PROMOTION SPOTS COME THE END OF THE SEASON 4HE MEN S ND 8) HAVE HAD AN EXTREMELY POSITIVE SEASON SO FAR 4HEY ARE CUR RENTLY THIRD IN THEIR LEAGUE .% JUST TWO POINTS BEHIND THE SECOND PLACED TEAM 'OR LESTON ST 8) 4HE TEAM HAS BEEN MERCURIAL ALL SEASON 4OWARDS THE END OF THE AU TUMN SEMESTER THEY BEAT A TOP OF THE TABLE )PSWICH SIDE WHO HAD NOT LOST IN TWO YEARS AND THEN WENT TO PLAY A TEAM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TABLE A WEEK LATER AND COULD ONLY DRAW 4HE TEAM HAS COPED WELL WITH CONSTANT CHANGES FROM THE RD AND ST 8)S AND SIT IN A GOOD POSITION WITH HOME GAMES TO COME AGAINST THE NEAREST COMPETI TORS 4HE DEFENCE APART FROM ONE GAME HAS BEEN THE BEST IN THE LEAGUE AND THE MID lELD HAVE BEEN LINKING UP SUPERBLY 4HE BEST EXAMPLE

5%! (OCKEY S PERFORMANCE HAS PROVED A MIXED BAG SO FAR THIS SEASON 4HE CLUB S ST TEAM COMPETE IN "53! AS WELL AS ALL THREE TEAMS PLAY ING IN THE LOCAL LEAGUES ON 3ATURDAYS 4HE "53! SEASON WAS AN IMPROVEMENT ON LAST YEAR AND THE TEAM lNISHED SEC OND IN THEIR GROUP NARROWLY MISSING OUT ON PROMOTION TO A GOOD 7ARWICK SIDE THAT TOPPED THE GROUP 4HIS IS A GOOD ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE CLUB AS OFTEN IT S A MASSIVE TASK JUST TO GET PLAYERS TO GETHER TO TRAVEL TO AN AWAY GAME DUE TO ACADEMIC COM MITMENTS 4HE MEN S ST 8) HAVE HAD A POSITIVE START TO THEIR SEA SON AFTER THEY WERE RELEGATED FROM THE . DIVISION TO THE .% DIVISION AFTER LAST SEA SON 4HE TEAM ALSO LOST SEVEN lRST TEAM REGULARS LAST YEAR TO GRADUATION AND SO HAVE DONE WELL TO CONSOLIDATE THEIR POSITION IN THE LEAGUE SO FAR UNDER THE LEADERSHIP

Sporting Â Briefs (ARRY ,OW 3PORTS 2EPORTER )N "ADMINTON THE 5%! MEN S DOUBLES SECOND TEAM HAVE HAD A MIXED DAYS ! DEFEAT TO ,ING WOOD ON &RIDAY TH *ANU ARY PRECEDED A VICTORY OVER 4ASBURGH THE FOLLOW ING -ONDAY -IKE 3TEARN AND 3AHIM +AHRIM GOT THE TEAM OFF TO A STRONG START BY CLAIMING TWO GAMES BEFORE !NDREW -OUNTFORD AND 4OM #ARRINGTON WON THREE MORE AT WHICH POINT $AVID #ROSS AND HIS PARTNER SE CURED THE VICTORY WITH THE FINAL GAME 5%! S +ORFBALL TEAMS HAVE HAD A MIXED START TO

WITH A WIN A DRAW AND A DEFEAT IN THEIR FIRST ROUND OF MATCHES THIS SEMESTER IN THE .ORFOLK LEAGUES 4HE FIRST TEAM WERE CONVINC INGLY CRUSHED BY .ORWICH )CE DESPITE GOALS FROM 3WARAJ 4HANCANAMOOTOO 0AUL !SHWORTH AND $EBS 4URNER 3TRAIGHT AFTER THIS THE SECONDS RECORDED A VICTORY AGAINST .ORWICH #ITY THIRDS WITH A SUPERB

DOUBLE FROM -IKE ,AVINE BRINGING 5%! ALL SQUARE BE FORE !DAM +NIGHTS POPPED UP WITH THE CRUCIAL WINNER JUST BEFORE HALF TIME 4HE THIRD TEAM PLAYED IN ARGU ABLY THE MOST ENTERTAINING GAME OF THE WEEKEND WITH 2OB "LOOMER AND )AN $UR RANT SCORING FIVE GOALS BE

TWEEN THEM BEFORE (ARRY ,OW MADE IT TO 5%! 5NFORTUNATELY FOR THE THIRD TEAM TWO LATE GOALS FROM THE .ORWICH #ITY UNDER S MEANT THEY WILL HAVE TO WAIT THAT BIT LONGER FOR THEIR SECOND VICTORY OF THE SEASON

%LSEWHERE IN SQUASH 5%! S SECOND TEAM LOST LAST 4HURSDAY EVENING AGAINST .ORWICH /ASIS WITH 2ICHARD (UGHES THE ONLY MAN TO CLAIM A WIN &INALLY IN THE WORLD OF 2UGBY 5%! 4ROJANS MADE GOOD USE OF THEIR BACKS TO RECORD A VICTORY OVER THE .ORWICH THIRD TEAM ON THE FIRST 3ATURDAY OF THE SE MESTER

OF THIS WAS LAST WEEK WHEN THEY DEMOLISHED (OLT AWAY FROM HOME 7ITH !LEX "ARTON SCORING SIX !LEC :ETTER SCORING FOUR AND YOUNG 0HIL "EER ADDING ONE 'REAT CREDIT HAS TO GO TO 0ETE -ORRIS WHO HAS LED THE TEAM IN AN EXEM PLARY MANNER ALL SEASON 4HE MEN S RD 8) HAVE HAD A TOUGH SEASON THE LAST TWO YEARS THE TEAM S CAPTAINS HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB JUST KEEPING THE TEAM IN .% 4HIS YEAR THINGS HAVE BEEN EVEN HARDER LOSING THEIR CAP TAIN 7ILL (OWARTH TO INJURY BEFORE THE lRST GAME OF THE SEASON FOR THE WHOLE SEA SON WAS A TERRIBLE BLOW 4HEY HAVE MANAGED SOME GOOD PERFORMANCES BUT HAVE BEEN UNLUCKY IN WINNING ONLY ONE GAME AS SEVERAL MATCHES HAVE BEEN A LOT CLOSER BUT THE TEAM HAS BEEN UNABLE TO QUITE GET THE RESULTS (OPEFULLY THE SECOND HALF OF THE SEASON WILL SEE ALL OF THE TEAMS IMPROVE ON THEIR POSITIONS AS THE CLUB MOVES FORWARD

England Â need Â culture Â shock Â from Â Capello *AMES #AREY 3PORTS 2EPORTER /N ST .OVEMBER %NGLAND LOST A VITAL %UROPE AN #HAMPIONSHIP QUALIlER AGAINST #ROATIA 7E ALL KNEW THAT THIS SPELLED THE END FOR A CERTAIN 3TEVE -C#LAREN AND SO A SECOND FOREIGN MANAGER WAS DRAFTED IN AS %NGLAND CHIEF TO FOLLOW THE DEBACLE THAT WAS -C#LAREN S REIGN OF TERROR 7ELL TERRIBLE FOOTBALL AT LEAST "UT -R #APELLO SEEMS TO BE MADE OF STERNER STUFF THAN THE LAST INCUMBENTS OF THE NATIONAL MANAGERIAL HOT SEAT )N ORDER TO SUCCEED IT AP PEARS THAT #APELLO NEEDS TO GET RID OF MANY OF THE PROB LEMS THAT CHARACTERISED -C #LAREN S ERA #RITICISED FOR THINGS AS VARIED AS POOR RE SULTS AT HOME AGAINST -AC EDONIA AND #ROATIA AND AWAY IN 2USSIA AND #ROATIA A LACK OF TACTICAL AWARENESS AND A RE LIANCE ON BEING TOO @FRIENDLY WITH HALF OF THE SQUAD SAW -C#LAREN SUFFER FROM A ME DIA VENDETTA TO OUST HIM FROM HIS POST 7E ARE ALL AWARE THAT #APELLO IS HIS OWN MAN AND

WILL NOT BOW TO PRESSURE FROM ANYONE WHICH HAS SEEN HIM HAVE PUBLIC FUEDS WITH PLAY ERS OF THE CALIBRE OF "ECK HAM $EL 0IERO AND 4OTTI IN THE PAST BUT HAS ALSO LED TO A PLETHORA OF TITLES CUPS AND AWARDS #APELLO ALSO SEEMS TO BE THE TYPE OF MAN WHO WON T MAKE THE SAME MIS TAKES AS -C#LAREN SUCH AS RESORTING TO A SYSTEM THAT THE PLAYERS WEREN T FAMILIAR WITH AWAY AT #ROATIA IN A CRUCIAL MATCH OR GIVING 3COTT #AR SON HIS COMPETITIVE DEBUT AGAINST THE SAME OPPOSITION AT 7EMBLEY IN A KEY QUALIlER #APPELLO NEEDS TO STAMP HIS OWN AUTHORITY AND PERSONAL ITY ON THE SQUAD 0LAYERS SUCH AS !SHLEY 9OUNG $AVID "ENT LEY AND 'ARETH "ARRY NEED TO BECOME ESSENTIAL MEMBERS OF THE CORE SQUAD AND 2OB ERT 'REEN WHO WAS POORLY TREATED BY -C#LAREN NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND CHALLENGE FOR THE NUMBER ONE SHIRT WITH THE CURRENTLY ERROR PRONE AND OUT OF FAVOUR 0AUL 2OBINSON #APELLO NEEDS TO ALSO ENSURE THAT THE -C#LAREN FAVOURITES LIKE ,AMPARD 'ERRARD AND &ERDINAND WORK FOR THEIR PLAC ES IN THE TEAM LIKE EVERYBODY

ELSE AND NOT REST ON THEIR LAU RELS BECAUSE THEY PLAY FOR A @BIG FOUR TEAM )T SEEMS THAT EVERY TIME %NGLAND ARE DUE TO PLAY A QUALIYING MATCH *OHN 4ERRY OR 2IO &ERDINAND DE CLARE TO THE PAPERS SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF h7E ARE A MASSIVE FOOTBALLING NATION WE WON T LET THE FANS DOWN WE KNOW HOW MUCH THE SUC CESS OF THIS TEAM MEANS TO THEM v 4HEN INVARIABLY THEY LOSE 0ERHAPS IT WAS TIME THE PLAYERS STARTED PUTTING IN PER FORMANCES ON THE PITCH WHICH JUSTIFY THEIR HYPE AND HUGE SALARIES INSTEAD OF JUST BEING ALL TALK AND UNDERPERFORMING FOR THE NATIONAL TEAM &OR YEARS %NGLAND HAVE BEEN UNDERACHIEVING AND IF WE ARE TO FULlL THE POTENTIAL OF THIS SO CALLED @'OLDEN 'EN ERATION OF PLAYERS THEN WE MUST lND A MAN WHO IS NOT AFRAID TO MAKE THE BIG DECI SIONS DROP UNDERPERFORMING PLAYERS AND SELECT PLAYERS ON MERIT NOT THEIR REPUTATION #APELLO SEEMS TO BE THE MAN TO ACHIEVE THIS AND IF WE CAN NOT ADVANCE FURTHER THAN A QUARTER lNAL IN A MAJOR COM PETITION UNDER #APELLO WE NEVER WILL

CONCRETE SPORT

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4UESDAY TH *ANUARY " , /

UEA AC UK

Fun Â on Â and Â off Â the Â slopes Â for Â UEA Â skiers #HLOE 0EW ,ATTER 3PORTS 2EPORTER 5%! S WINTER SKI TRIP WAS JAM PACKED THIS YEAR *UST AFTER THE .EW 9EAR OVER STUDENTS VENTURED TO THE SNOW COV ERED SLOPES IN !LPE D (UEZ TO EMBARK ON A WEEK S SKIING OR SNOWBOARDING 7ITH SNOW ALREADY FALLING AS WE STUMBLED OFF THE THREE COACHES THAT HAD TAKEN US ON THE LONG TRIP FROM .ORWICH TO THE 3OUTH OF &RANCE WE KNEW THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE A FANTASTIC TRIP "OASTING THE LONGEST BLACK RUN IN %UROPE KM AND ONE OF THE TOP lVE HARDEST RUNS THERE WERE PLENTY OF CHALLENGES EVEN FOR THE MORE EXPERIENCED !MID THE VAST MAJORITY OF SKIERS AND SNOWBOARDERS HOWEVER THERE WERE A FEW OF US WHO HAD NEVER EVEN PUT ON A PAIR OF SKIS BEFORE ! BEGIN NER CAN OFTEN BE DAUNTED BY THE PROSPECT OF SLIPPING AND SLIDING DOWN THE LONG SLOPES ESPECIALLY IN FRONT OF FRIENDS AND OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN

BEFORE %VEN THE MILD 'REEN SLOPES CAN SEEM LIKE A CHAL LENGE (EAVY SNOW FALL AND A LACK OF VISIBILITY FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS MEANT THAT THE EXCITE MENT AT LEARNING HOW TO SKI WAS MARRED BY THE PROSPECT OF SKIING DOWN THE SLOPES IN THESE CONDITIONS "Y THE THIRD DAY OF LESSONS HOWEVER AND WITH THE WEATHER BRIGHTENING ) lNALLY FELT CONlDENT ENOUGH

TO GO DOWN THE SLOPES WITH OUT HELP AND DIRECTION FROM OUR INSTRUCTOR ) WOULD DElNITELY RECOM MEND THE LESSONS WITHOUT THEM ) THINK ) WOULD HAVE BEEN TOO NERVOUS TO GO OFF ON MY OWN FOR THE lRST TIME ! FELLOW BEGINNER ,AUREN #OOPER SAYS THAT SHE REGRETS THE FACT THAT SHE CHOSE NOT TO TAKE PART IN THE LESSONS h) WAS

FORCED ONTO SLOPES THAT WERE FAR TOO HARD FOR ME BY OTHERS WHO WERE MORE EXPERIENCED AND AFTER LOOSING MY NERVE ) LACKED ALL CONlDENCE SKIING FOR THE REST OF THE TRIP v 4HE ADVICE HERE IS DEl NITELY ONLY TO DO WHAT YOU FEEL ABLE TO AND NOT TO PUSH YOURSELF TOO HARD /N THE OTHER HAND HOWEVER MANY FELT THAT BOMBING DOWN AND

VENTURING OUT ON TO HARDER SLOPES EACH DAY WAS MORE BENElCIAL &ALLING OVER AND NOT BEING ABLE TO STOP AS YOU PLUMMET DOWN COULD ACTU ALLY GIVE SOMEONE GREATER COURAGE /THERS CERTAINLY FELT THAT AFTER FALLING OVER PLENTY OF TIMES AND GETTING THINGS WRONG THEY FELT MORE CONl DENT AS THEY KNEW WHAT WAS COMING AND HOW TO CORRECT MISTAKES -OST OF US CANNOT WAIT TO SPEND MORE WEEKS ON THE SLOPES AND REACH THE STANDARD OF THOSE WHO HAD BEEN MANY TIMES BEFORE %VEN THOUGH WE SPENT MUCH OF THE DAY IN OUR LES SONS WE DID NOT MISS OUT ON ALL THE FUN AND GAMES %ACH LESSON ITSELF BROUGHT COUNT LESS ENTERTAINMENT PARTICU LARLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK AS WE ATTEMPTED TO SKI 4HE APRÃ&#x2019;S SKI GAVE US A CHANCE TO CATCH UP WITH EVE RYONE ELSE "OTH SUPER HEROES AND CHAV S WERE SEEN IN THE BARS THAT WEEK 3OME INTER ESTING CHARACTERS COULD ALSO BE SPOTTED ON THE SLOPES DUR

ING 4HURSDAY S ANNUAL @6ALLEY 2ALLY WHERE TEAMS COMPETED FOR A COVETED PRIZE 5NFORTUNATELY OUR LAST DAY WAS SLIGHTLY DISAPPOINT ING DUE TO HIGH WINDS THAT BROUGHT THE RESORT TO A STAND STILL )T WAS A SHAME FOR THOSE OF US WHO WANTED TO EXPLORE THE lNAL PART OF THIS LARGE RE SORT BEFORE WE LEFT AND FOR THE 3NOWSPORTS RACE TEAM WHO HAD HOPED TO TRAIN THERE ) AM TOLD THAT !LPE D (UEZ IS NOT THE GREATEST SKI RESORT IN THE WORLD BUT IT STILL CONTAINS SOME OF THE EXPECTED CHARM AND THE VIEW FROM THE SUM MIT OF 0IC "LANC M UP IS ASTOUNDING ,ONG DAYS EX PLORING THE SLOPES LEISURELY LUNCHES AND THEN NIGHTS SPENT WITH FRIENDS BOTH OLD AND NEW MEANT THAT THIS YEAR S SKI TRIP WILL BE REMEM BERED FOR THE FUN LAUGHTER AND A REALLY FANTASTIC WEEK OF SKIING AND SNOWBOARDING 4HERE IS ONLY ONE THING LEFT TO SAY BRING ON NEXT YEAR

Grant Â sprints Â to Â success The Â second Â coming? *OHNNY ,EE 3PORTS 2EPORTER

'RACE 3IMPSON 3PORTS 2EPORTER

! NEW 5%! !THLETICS RECORD WAS SET LAST MONTH WITH CLUB TRACK CAPTAIN AND -ED STUDENT -ICHAEL 'RANT DE STROYING THE UNIVERSITY METRES SPRINT RECORD !T THE 5NIVERSITY OF "RUNEL )NDOOR 3PRINT 3ERIES HOSTED AND WATCHED BY /LYMPIC 'OLD -EDALLIST LEGEND ,INFORD #HRISTIE 'RANT BROKE THE CURRENT 5%! RECORD OF SECONDS RUNNING AN OUT STANDING TIME OF SEC ONDS SECURING FIRST PLACE IN THE RACE AND A NEW 5%! RECORD (E IS CERTAINLY CATCH ING THE EYE OF MANY ON THE 5+ SPRINT SCENE AT A VERY PROMISING TIME CONSIDER ING THE )NDOOR "53! !TH LETIC #HAMPIONSHIPS AT THE 3HEFFIELD )NSTITUTE OF 3PORT ARE ONLY A MATTER OF WEEKS AWAY !THLETICS AT "53! LEVEL IS OF THE HIGHEST CALI BRE WITH PAST CHAMPIONS INCLUDING CURRENT WORLD NUMBER SIX AND %UROPEAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPION -O &ARAH 5NIVERSITY OF 3T -ARY S AND %UROPEAN METRE SILVER MEDALLIST #RAIG 0ICKERING 5NIVERSITY OF "ATH

7ILL THE RETURN OF THE 4OON MESSIAH +ING +EV BE ENOUGH TO RESURRECT THE mOUNDERING 4YNESIDE CLUB )T IS OVER A DECADE SINCE .EWCASTLE 5NITED HAVE SEEN THE EXCITEMENT MOMEN TUM AND THRILLING FOOTBALL THAT THEY EXPERIENCED UNDER +EVIN +EEGAN S lVE YEAR REIGN AS MANAGER !FTER A STRING OF DISPASSIONATE AND HIGHLY UNDERACHIEVING SUCCESSORS NEW OWNER -IKE !SHLEY HAS PULLED OFF A STUNNING FEAT BRINGING BACK THE RINGLEADER OF THE HEROIC CIRCUS THAT WAS NINETIES .EWCASTLE "UT CAN +EEGAN EMULATE THE GREATNESS OF HIS lRST SPELL IN CHARGE )N THE SHORT TERM THE AN SWER IS UNEQUIVOCALLY YES +EEGAN IS A HUGE PERSONALITY REGARDED AND RESPECTED AS AN INSPIRATIONAL AND MOTIVA TIONAL MAN MANAGER 7HAT HE MAY LACK IN TACTICAL SKILL HE MORE THAN MAKES UP FOR WITH HIS PASSION AND DEDICA TION TO BOTH THE TEAM AND THE GAME .EWCASTLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY LANGUISHING AT TH PLACE IN THE HOPELESS VOID BETWEEN THE BATTLE FOR %UROPE AND THE BATTLE FROM RELEGATION DESPERATELY NEED

'RANT GRINS AS HE CROSSES THE lNISH LINE

4WO 5%! RUNNERS WHO SHONE EXCEPTIONALLY AT "53! )NDOORS LAST YEAR WERE 'RANT METRES AND METRES AND 3USSEX #OUNTY #HAMPION #HRIS *OHNSON METRES BOTH REACH ING THE FINAL HEATS OF THEIR DISCIPLINE 4HIS SEASON BOTH

LADS HAVE BEEN WORKING AND TRAINING HARD REACHING AS TRONOMICAL TIMES ON THE TRACK THUS IT IS AN EXCITING TIME FOR 5%! !THLETICS AND INTERESTING TO KEEP TRACK OF THE PROGRESS OF THESE TWO BOYS IN THEIR FIELDS

THE INJECTION OF ENERGY THAT +EEGAN CAN GIVE THEM .O ONE INCLUDING THE FEROCIOUS LY AMBITIOUS 4OON !RMY IS EXPECTING A POINT LEAD OVER -ANCHESTER 5NITED ANY TIME SOON BUT THE REVITALIS ING EFFECT OF +EEGAN S REAP POINTMENT ON .EWCASTLE S ETERNALLY DISAPPOINTED FANS IS UNDENIABLE +EEGAN S lRST GAME BACK SAW THE -AGPIES WIN IN AN &! #UP REPLAY AGAINST 3TOKE COMPLEMENTED BY A RAPIDLY SOLD OUT STADIUM PACKED TO THE RAFTERS WITH DELIGHTED FANS &OOTBALL HAS UNDERGONE A MASSIVE TRANSFORMATION IN +EEGAN S YEAR ABSENCE FROM 3T *AMES 0ARK PAR TICULARLY DURING HIS THREE YEAR BREAK FROM TOP mIGHT FOOTBALL .EWCASTLE IS NO LONGER ONE OF THE RICHEST MOST ATTRACTIVE TEAMS IN THE 0REMIERSHIP AND THE FOREIGN OWNERSHIP OF CLUBS HAS LED TO A MASSIVE INPUT OF CASH INTO THE LEAGUE (OWEVER -IKE !SHLEY IS NOT BEREFT OF A FEW QUID HIMSELF AND PROMISES +EEGAN A SUBSTAN TIAL TRANSFER WAR CHEST WITH THE LIKES OF $ECO 3HAUN 7RIGHT 0HILIPS AND *ERMAIN $EFOE RUMOURED TO BE ON THE MANAGER S *ANUARY SHOP

PING LIST 7ITH THE BACKING OF THE OWNER AND THE BOARD SOMETHING PREDECESSOR 3AM !LLARDYCE LACKED +EEGAN HAS THE CASH TO RE ESTABLISH AND RE MOULD THE SQUAD 4HERE IS LITTLE DOUBT THAT +EEGAN WILL HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT AT .EWCASTLE WITH THEIR RECENT RECORD THERE IS PLENTY OF ROOM FOR IMPROVE MENT AND IT COULD BE SAID THAT HE CAN T LOSE )N THE NEXT lVE MONTHS +EEGAN CAN CRE ATE A TEAM lT FOR A lGHT NEXT SEASON !S HIS WIZARDRY DUR ING HIS EARLY STAGES AT &ULHAM AND -ANCHESTER #ITY HAVE SHOWN +ING +EV CAN ACCOM PLISH A SPEEDY TURNAROUND !LTHOUGH +EVIN IS RE NOWNED FOR HIS SWIFT REJU VENATION OF CLUBS HE IS ALSO FAMOUS FOR HIS SWIFT EXITS (IS SHOCK RESIGNATIONS FROM .EWCASTLE IN AND %NG LAND IN HAVE SUGGESTED THAT +EEGAN IS NOT A MAN PREPARED FOR THE LONG HAUL 4HE -AGPIES NEED LONG TERM ENTHUSIASM AND COMMIT MENT TO BECOME A TOP SIX CLUB AGAIN 4HE 'EORDIES JOURNEY BACK UP THE 0REMIERSHIP WILL CERTAINLY BE AN EXCITING ONE BUT WHETHER +EEGAN WILL STICK AROUND TO REAP THE RE WARDS REMAINS TO BE SEEN

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WWW CONCRETE ONLINE CO UK

UEA Â FC Â take Â their Â unbeaten Â record Â to Â the Â national Â plate #HRIS -ORRIS 3PORTS 2EPORTER 0LAYED NINE WON SEVEN DRAWN TWO 4HAT IS THE RECORD WHICH HAS SEEN THE 5%! &# SECOND TEAM CLINCH THEIR "53! DIVISION AND ENSURE PROMOTION TO THE HIGHER ECHELONS OF 5NIVER SITY FOOTBALL #HRISTOPHER -ORRIS ASKS JUST HOW THIS SUCCESS HAS BEEN ACHIEVED 3EPTEMBER A NEW LOOK TEAM TAKE TO THE FIELD FOR THE FIRST TIME NOT KNOW ING WHAT THE SEASON WOULD BRING 7ITH SO MANY NEW FACES IN THE SQUAD IT WAS A JOURNEY THAT HAD NO PAR TICULAR DESTINATION IN MIND &OUR MONTHS ON AND THOSE NEW FACES HAVE TRANSFORMED INTO A TEAM IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD 4HERE ARE NO FLASHY INDIVIDUALS OR EGOS JUST A COLLECTIVE SPIRIT THAT TRANSCENDS THROUGHOUT THE TEAM 4HE TEAM CAN BE LIK

*AMES "URWOOD

ENED TO THE BRIGADE IN $AD S !RMY 4HEY HAVE STYLE SUB STANCE AND A WIT ABOUT THEM THAT MAKES PLAYING ALL THE MORE ENJOYABLE ! BLEND OF EXPERIENCE AND YOUTH HAS ALLOWED THE TEAM TO PLAY AN ATTRACTIVE BRAND OF FOOTBALL

THAT HAS SEEN THEM SCORE GOALS IN GAMES 7ITH THE FLAIR OF 4IM 7ILSON PROVID ING THE INSPIRATION AND THE TENACIOUS "EN "IBBY PRO VIDING THE BRAWN THE TEAM HAVE GONE FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH ! HARD FOUGHT

AWAY DRAW AT "EDFORD SE CURED PROMOTION AND KEPT THE UNBEATEN RECORD INTACT )N A GAME SLIPPING AWAY FROM THEIR GRASP A MOMENT OF WIZARDRY FROM 4IM 7IL SON ALLOWED 5%! TO SEIZE A LATE EQUALISER IN THE FORM OF

Rugby Â roundup 3AM 7ILSON 3PORTS 2EPORTER 4HE START OF THE NEW YEAR MARKED THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE "53! SEASONS ALTHOUGH THE 5%! 2&# ST 86 HAD TWO WEEKS OFF TO PREPARE FOR THEIR lRST GAME OF THE YEAR THIS WEEK SAW THE ND 8) TAKE TO THE lELD AGAINST $ERBY 5NI VERSITY ND 86 4HIS WAS A lXTURE THAT HAD BEEN RE AR RANGED FROM BEFORE #HRIST MAS AND WITH THE TOP FOUR LEAGUE POSITIONS DIFFERENTI ATED BY ONLY A FEW POINTS 5%! WERE KEEN FOR A HEAVY VICTORY TO SET THEM UP FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SEA SON $ERBY CAME IN WITHOUT HAVING SCORED A SINGLE POINT THIS SEASON AND THERE WAS NOT THE NOTION THAT THEY WERE GOING TO START AT #OL NEY &ROM THE BEGINNING 5%! STARTED SLOWLY ALLOWING $ER BY TO TAKE UP STRONG lELD POSTION IN THEIR HALF $ERBY CONTINUED A STRONG DRIVE KEEPING THE BALL IN HAND AND TAKING THE BALL RIGHT UP TO THE 5%! TRYLINE BUT THE STRENGTH OF THE DEFENCE

SHOWED THROUGH AND 5%! TURNED OVER POSSESSION AL LOWING mY HALF !NDY 3EATON UEARUGBY COM

TO KICK IT OUT !FTER THE SLOW START 5%! STEPPED UP THE PACE ON AN ALREADY LAGGING

,UKE 4HURSTON S RIGHT FOOT VOLLEY 4HE TWO AFOREMEN TIONED PLAYERS HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FROM &UTSAL AND THANKS MUST GO TO THEM FOR AIDING IN THE FOOTBALL CLUB S SUCCESS 4HERE HAVE CERTAINLY BEEN A FEW SELECTION DILEM

MAS AND COMPETITION FOR PLACES COULD NOT BE HIGHER GOING INTO THE KNOCKOUT COMPETITION (AVING COME THROUGH THE "53! SEASON UNBEATEN WITH ONE GAME TO GO THE TEAM FEEL CONFIDENT THEY CAN DEFEAT ANYBODY ON THEIR DAY 7ITH A LAST PLACE IN THE NATIONAL PLATE SECURED THE PLAYERS KNOW ANY RUN INTO THE LATTER STAGES OF THE COMPETITION WILL BE A BO NUS AFTER ALREADY SECURING PROMOTION 4HE FOOTBALL CLUB EAGERLY AWAIT THE DRAW AND LOOK FORWARD TO FOLLOW ING IN (AVANT AND 7ATER LOOVILLE S FOOTSTEPS IN THEIR QUEST TO SECURE THEIR DAY IN THE LIMELIGHT AT THE NATIONAL FINALS DAY IN 3HEFFIELD !L THOUGH THAT IS A TALL FEAT FOR A TEAM WITH LITTLE NATIONAL EXPERIENCE THE FAT LADY HAS DEFINITELY NOT BEGUN TO SING JUST YET

BUSA Â Results $ERBY TEAM A FAST STRING OF SCORES PUT THE HOMESIDE UP AT HALF TIME A SCORE LINE HIGHLIGHTED BY AN AU DACIOUS CONVERSION FROM WINGER *AMES 2UMBLES FROM ALMOST WHERE THE TOUCH LINE MEETS THE HALF WAY 4HE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND HALF CONTINUED AS THE lRST ENDED WITH 5%! TAKING THE $ERBY DEFENCE TO PIECES WITH THE PACE OF THEIR BACKS $ERBY CONTINUED TO PLAY TIGHT RUGBY AROUND THE FRINGES WHEN IN POSSESSION BUT IT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO lND A WEAKNESS IN THE 5%! DEFENCE ! STRING OF SUBSTI TUTIONS REVITALIZED THE 5%! TEAM TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF THE SECOND HALF AS THEY CON TINUED TO PILE ON THE POINTS ! TRY THAT REQUIRED NUMBER 7ILL 0ULLEN TO RUN MOST OF THE PITCH OUT ON THE WING SEALED A HIGH SCORING AFTER NOON FOR 5%! IN A MATCH THAT KEPT THEIR CHANCES OF A TOP THREE lNISH ALIVE .EXT WEEK WILL SEE THE 5%! 2&# ST 86 IN ACTION AWAY AT /XFORD "ROOKES AND THE SECOND TEAM HAVING THE WEEK OFF BEFORE FACING #EN TRAL %NGLAND ST 86 THE FOL LOWING WEEK

for Â week Â commencing Â 14th Â January Â 2008 -EN S ST "ASKETBALL 7 HAMPTON ST 7OMEN S ST "ASKETBALL #OVENTRY ST

-EN S ND &OOTBALL "EDFORD -EN S TH 7OMEN S ST &OOTBALL 7ARWICK ST 7OMEN S ST (OCKEY 7ARWICK ST 7OMEN S ST ,ACROSSE #AMBRIDGE ND 7OMEN S ST .ETBALL 3TAFFORDSHIRE ST -EN S ST 2UGBY ,INCOLN -EN S ST -EN S ND 2UGBY $ERBY -EN S ND