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Concrete  Housing  Guide  2008
Maps,  tips  and  tables  to  assist  in  your  search  for  the  house  of  your  dreams p.  12-Â13
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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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