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"OH Â UE+\"? !LICE 'IBBS $EPUTY .EWS %DITOR ,AST WEEK 5%! LAUNCHED A NEW COR PORATE IDENTITY AND LOGO WHICH ARE TO BE INCORPORATED INTO 5NIVERSITY LIFE OVER THE NEXT MONTHS 4HE FAMILIAR SQUARE BLUE LOGO USED TO REPRESENT 5%! FOR THE PAST YEARS WILL BE REPLACED BY A MARQUE OF INTEGRATED INITIALS ABOVE THE FULL TITLE OF THE 5NIVERSITY A DE SIGN DESCRIBED BY MARKETERS OF THE BRAND IDENTITY GUIDELINES AS REm ECT ING THE IMPORTANCE WE ATTACH TO INTERDISCIPLINARY AND ENGAGEMENT )T CAPTURES AN ICONIC REPRESENTATION OF THE CREATIVE @SPARK OR @GLINT WHICH EPITOMISES MUCH OF OUR WORK WHILST ALSO COMMUNICATING AS A MARK OF EX CELLENCE !LAN 0REECE $IRECTOR OF -ARKET ING AND #OMMUNICATIONS SPOKE TO #ONCRETE ABOUT THE CHANGE IN 5%! S VISUAL IDENTITY $ESCRIBING THE BLUE STAMP LOGO AS DATED BADLY IMPLE MENTED AND UNl NISHED HE SAID &UNDAMENTALLY IT DID NOT SAY WHAT

WE DO 4HE NEW LOGO IS VISUALLY COM PELLING AND APPROPRIATE FOR A CON TEMPORARY AUDIENCE WHICH IS DESIGN LITERATE (E CONTINUED 4HIS CHANGE WAS NOT ABOUT THROWING THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATH WATER 4HE NEW MARQUE RESPECTS THE FACT THAT MANY PEOPLE KNOW US AS 5%! BUT ALSO DEMON STRATES OUR PURPOSE AND STRENGTHS IN WAYS THE OLD LOGO DID NOT 4HE UPDATE HAS COME AT A TIME WHEN 5%! S KEY COMPETITORS ARE STRENGTHENING THEIR BRANDS WITH MOST OF THE TOP UNIVERSITIES IN THE 5+ CHANGING THEIR LOGOS IN THE LAST YEARS 4HE NEW IMAGE HAS COST a AND HAS BEEN TESTED IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES FOR CORPORATE FEEDBACK ACROSS A RANGE OF CULTURES AND AGES WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION GRANTED TO HIGH SCHOOL SIXTH FORMERS AS PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS #OMPARATIVELY 5%! S CURRENT STUDENT BODY HAS HAD LITTLE INVOLVE MENT OR INm UENCE IN THE PROCESS -R 0REECE ADMITTED THAT THE 5NIVERSITY DISCUSSED THE LOGO WITH AS FEW AS

STUDENTS AND REBUFFED THE IDEA OF SENDING OUT A ROUND EMAIL TO GIVE MORE PEOPLE THE CHANCE TO INTERACT COMMENTING $EVELOPING AN IDEN TITY IS NOT EQUAL TO A QUESTIONNAIRE 7E COULD NOT INVOLVE MANY STUDENTS AS IT WAS JUST NOT FEASIBLE TO HAVE AN IN DEPTH TALK WITH EVERYONE 4HERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WILL FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT THIS BUT THE REALITY IS THAT PEO PLE MOVE ON 7E HOPE THAT PEOPLE WILL NOT FEEL DISENFRANCHISED THAT WAS NOT OUR INTENTION *AMES "ILLINGS A SECOND YEAR (IS TORY STUDENT TOLD #ONCRETE )NITIALLY ) THOUGHT THE NEW LOGO DEMEANED THE INTEGRITY OF THE UNIVERSITY AS A RESPECTED INSTITUTION BUT AFTER A FEW DAYS ) REALISED IT REALLY DOESN T MAT TER (OWEVER SOME STUDENTS DO THINK IT MATTERS ! &ACEBOOK GROUP WITH AROUND MEMBERS AND A PETITION HAVE BEEN STARTED TO GET THE OLD LOGO BACK /NE MEMBER OF THE GROUP SAID 4HE S IS EXACTLY WHERE WE BELONG 9OU CAN T CHANGE THE S gVISION OF

THE FUTURE ARCHITECTURE SO WE BEST BE HONEST ABOUT IT -IGHT AS WELL SAY THAT THE (OUSES OF 0ARLIAMENT NEED TO STOP ALL THAT GOTHIC NONSENSE 4HE USE OF THE NEW LOGO WILL BE TIGHTLY CONTROLLED )T IS TO BE REPRO DUCED WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE 5NIVERSITY S 0UBLICATIONS OFl CE AND WITH THE USE OF APPROVED @MASTER ARTWORK 4HESE GUIDELINES HAVE LEFT SOME DOUBT AS TO WHETHER CLUBS AND SOCIETIES WILL BE USING THE NEW LOGO ON THEIR CLOTHES WHEN THEY REPRESENT 5%! -R 0REECE SAID 4HERE HAS BEEN DEBATE ON THE DIFFERENT DEVICES OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS 4HE CREST IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR HERITAGE AND IS ONLY TO BE USED FOR #ONGREGATION /FTEN THE SHIELD THAT IS PART OF THE CREST HAS BEEN USED IN VARIOUS FORMS BUT IT IS DISTURBING THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO CONTROL 4HERE HAVE BEEN OCCASIONS IN THE PAST WHEN THE LOGOS HAVE BEEN INAPPROPRIATELY USED

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Editor’s Column )N THE #ONCRETE OFl CE THERE IS ONE COMPUTER WHICH HOUSES THE ARCHIVE 3OUNDS LIKE A MENACING VAULT DOESN T IT CONTAINING SECRETS WHICH ARE PASSED DOWN FROM EDITOR TO EDITOR AND TO WHICH YOU MUST SIGN A PACT OF SILENCE BEFORE YOU ARE PRIVY TO THEIR CONTENTS 3ADLY THAT IS NOT THE TRUTH THOUGH OF COURSE ) WOULD TELL YOU THAT ON AC COUNT OF THE PACT OF SILENCE AND EVERYTHING 7HAT THE ARCHIVE DEl NITELY DOES CONTAIN ARE THE ELECTRONIC BACK ISSUES OF #ONCRETE GOING BACK TO AROUND 3O IT IS QUITE USEFUL TO USE THIS COM PUTER NOW AND AGAIN WHETHER IT IS TO CHECK IF WE HAVE WRIT TEN ABOUT SOMETHING BEFORE OR PERHAPS RE USE AN ADVERT FROM LAST YEAR !NNOYINGLY THIS COMPUTER IS POSITIONED ALONG A SECTION OF WALL THAT ALSO FEATURES THE SOLITARY RA DIATOR IN THE #ONCRETE OFl CE ) HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THIS RADIATOR IT IS ON ALL THE TIME OFTEN AT QUITE A HIGH TEM PERATURE THAT IS DETERMINED

BY THE OVERALL THERMOSTAT FOR THE BUILDING 4HIS LEADS TO THE QUITE BIZARRE EFFECT WHEREBY YOUR LEGS WHICH ARE PUSHED VERY NEAR IT ARE LEFT SWEATING QUIETLY TO THEMSELVES WHILE YOUR UPPER BODY REMAINS AT A MORE NORMAL TEMPERATURE .OW AT THIS POINT WE ARE GOING TO BREEZE PAST THE FACT THAT ) COULD PROBABLY MOVE THIS COMPUTER TO ANOTHER PART OF THE ROOM AND INSTEAD WE ARE GOING TO FOCUS UPON !NDREW 4AYLOR (E IS THE &I NANCE /Fl CER OF THE 5NION AND HE HAS HAD A GOOD IDEA )T INVOLVES SOMETHING ABOUT A THERMOSTAT FOR THIS INDIVIDUAL RADIATOR SO ) CAN HAVE CONTROL OVER THE TEMPERATURE !S WELL AS SAVING ME FROM THE SWEATY LEG SYNDROME ) HAVE ALLUDED TO IT ALSO PROMISES TO SAVE ENERGY AND MONEY n AND WHO DOESN T LIKE THAT AT THE 5N ION -Y OVERRIDING POINT IS NOT THAT ) DISLIKE HAVING SWEATY LEGS n IN FACT THAT IS THE THIRD TIME ) HAVE MENTIONED MY CLAMMY LIMBS AND ) SUSPECT

THAT IS THREE TIME TOO MANY n NOR IS IT THE FACT THAT SAVING MONEY AND ENERGY IS GOOD 2ATHER IT IS TO DO WITH GOOD IDEAS AND MORE SPECIl CALLY THOSE THAT GO UNNOTICED "Y PURE LUCK !NDREW 4AYLOR S HAS NOW RECEIVED A BIT OF PUBLIC ITY BUT ) KNOW THERE MUST BE LOADS MORE GOOD IDEAS OUT THERE THAT GO UNRECOGNISED IT MIGHT BE AS SMALL AS STARTING TO USE A DIARY TO ORGANISE YOUR LIFE OR PERHAPS YOU HAVE HAD A MOMENT OF GENIUS WHEN DECIDING UPON YOUR -OTHER S $AY PRESENT "OTH OF THESE ARE DEl NITELY GOOD IDEAS BUT MAY NOT GET ANY RECOGNITION 3O HERE NOW IN THIS HUMBLE COLUMN ) OFFER MY CONGRATU LATIONS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS GOOD IDEAS THAT DO NOT RECEIVE AS MUCH CREDIT AS THEY DESERVE 7ELL DONE !ND IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD A GOOD IDEA RECENTLY HERE S ONE FOR FREE 2EAD #ONCRETE .OW THAT IS A GOOD IDEA

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4OM (UNT 2EPORTER 3EVERAL STUDENTS HAVE BEEN VOICING THEIR CONCERNS LAST WEEK OVER THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE "IOMASS 0LANT ON PART OF THE -AIN #AR 0ARK AND THE EFFECT THIS WILL HAVE ON THEIR JOURNEYS INTO 5NIVERSITY 7ORK ON THE "IOMASS PLANT WHICH IS HOPED TO CUT 5%! S CARBON EMISSIONS BY BEGINS IN -ARCH AND WILL PREVENT STUDENTS FROM USING THE -AIN #AR 0ARK UN TIL PM EACH DAY THROUGHOUT ITS CONSTRUCTION !LTERNATIVES SUCH AS THE PARKING FACILITIES AT THE 3PORTSPARK CANNOT AC COMMODATE STUDENTS OR STAFF OF THE 5NIVERSITY WHO WILL BE CHARGED a PER HOUR FOR PARKING THERE AS ITS PRIORITY IS FOR PUBLIC USE !LSO THE AMOUNT OF TIME ANYONE CAN PARK FREE OF CHARGE AT %ARL HAM 0ARK HAS RECENTLY BEEN REDUCED FROM THREE HOURS TO TWO CAUSING DIFl CULTIES FOR DRIVERS #OMMUTING STU DENTS HAVE INSTEAD BEEN AD VISED TO PARK AT THE .ORWICH 2ESEARCH 0ARK NEXT TO THE )N STITUTE OF &OOD 2ESEARCH FOR FREE WHERE THERE IS SUFl CIENT SPACE ALTHOUGH THE SITE IS AL MOST A MILE AWAY FROM THE CAMPUS 5%! STATES THAT THE WALK TO THE CAR PARK TAKES MIN UTES YET THIS COULD TAKE UP

TO MINUTES FOR OLDER STU DENTS ESPECIALLY THOSE NEED ING TO CARRY BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY /NE STUDENT WHO DID NOT WISH TO BE IDENTI l ED VOICED THEIR CONCERN AT HAVING TO WALK THROUGH WOODLAND TO GET TO AND FROM THE SITE h) HAVE DONE THIS WALK PREVIOUSLY AND HAVE FELT VERY VULNERABLE ) WOULD NOT PUT MYSELF IN THAT POSITION IN ANY OTHER SITUA TION n ) FEEL REALLY ANGRY THAT 5%! EXPECTS THEIR CUSTOMERS TO DO THIS v 4HEY WENT ON TO SAY h) ONLY NEED TO PARK FOR SIX HOURS A WEEK IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK IN RETURN FOR THE PARKING CHARGES ) PAY AND THE UMPTEEN HUNDREDS OF POUNDS ) PAY THE 5%! EVERY YEAR v 4HOSE WITH CHILDREN ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO WALK ALONG THE SAME ROUTE AND EVEN FUR THER TO REACH THE 5%! .URS ERY WHICH IS POSITIONED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE CAM PUS 4O COMBAT THESE PROB LEMS AND PROVIDE AN EASIER JOURNEY A SHUTTLE SERVICE HAS BEEN SUGGESTED TO TRANSPORT STUDENTS SAFELY BETWEEN THE &OOD 2ESEARCH SITE AND THE 5NIVERSITY 4HIS COULD BE PUT IN PLACE PROVIDING THERE IS ENOUGH DEMAND (OWEVER UNDER THE 5NIVERSITY S CUR RENT PLANS THIS IS NOT SET TO GO AHEAD LEAVING COMMUT ERS WITH FEW OPTIONS

!NOTHER ISSUE BEING RAISED IS THAT WHILE STUDENTS MUST CHANGE THEIR PLANS STAFF SHOULD NOT HAVE TO AL TER THEIR OWN JOURNEYS WITH THE STAFF CAR PARK UNAFFECTED /NE STUDENT 0ETER 3MITH EX PRESSED HIS FRUSTRATION WITH THE 5NIVERSITY S APPROACH TO THE SITUATION h3PECIl CALLY STUDENTS WILL BE AFFECTED WHICH IS THE WRONG WAY AROUND 4HE IMPACT ON STU DENTS IS LOOKED AT LAST RATHER THAN l RST v (E CONTINUED h! LOT OF MATURE STUDENTS HAVE OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES AND NEED m EXIBILITY TO STUDY v 5%! S 4RANSPORT #O OR DINATOR $AWN $EWAR DE FENDED THE PARKING CHANGES h7E HAVE SOUGHT TO l ND THE BEST SOLUTION POSSIBLE TO A DIFl CULT PROBLEM AND HAVE TRIED NOT TO REDUCE PARKING SPACE NUMBERS OR TO RE LO CATE PARKING TO AREAS FURTHER AWAY THAN THE TEMPORARY CAR PARK v /THERS ARE HAPPY WITH THE ARRANGEMENTS AND SEE THE "IOMASS 0LANT AS A STEP FORWARD WHICH COULD SIGNIl CANTLY REDUCE THE CAR BON FOOTPRINT OF 5%! IN THE FUTURE 7ITH THIS IN MIND SHE CONTINUED h7E HOPE THAT STUDENTS WILL USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AGAIN AT HOW THEY TRAVEL AND CONSIDER ALTERNATIVES SUCH AS CAR SHAR ING USE OF THE BUS CYCLING OR WALKING WHERE POSSIBLE v

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Colman Â crack Â calamity *ACK #LARK !RTS %DITOR /N 3UNDAY THE TH OF &EB RUARY A LARGE PIECE OF #OLMAN (OUSE FELL DOWN !T THE SAME TIME LARGE CRACKS APPEARED IN KITCHENS OF &LAT AND WITH OTHERS RUMOURED BUT NOT CORROBORATED BY #ON CRETE 4HESE CRACKS WERE AN OUTCOME OF ACCORDING TO INFORMATION GLEANED FROM THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPART MENT THE hNATURAL SETTLE MENTv OF hNEW BUILDINGS v 4HE PART OF #OLMAN (OUSE WHICH FELL DOWN WAS NOT A MAJOR PART OF THE BUILD ING )T WAS A PIECE OF RENDER WHICH IS A FORM OF PLASTER APPLIED TO THE OUTSIDE OF MODERN BUILDINGS TO PROTECT THEM FROM WEAR IT WAS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A PAVING SLAB )T FRAGMENTED EITHER DURING DE TACHMENT OR UPON IMPACT 4HE DEBRIS WAS SPREAD ACROSS THE GROUND RIGHT OUTSIDE THE DOORWAY THAT LEADS TO THE STAIRWELL BY &LAT )F THE RENDER HAD FALLEN ON A PERSON IT IS INCREDIBLY UNLIKELY THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED DUE TO THE LIGHTNESS OF THE SUB STANCE BUT IT IS CERTAIN THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN INJURED AND POSSIBLY HOSPITALISED #ONCRETE GOT IN TOUCH WITH AN ARCHITECT WHO RUNS A lRM IN CENTRAL ,ONDON )N CONVERSATION WITH HIM #ONCRETE LEARNT THAT IF RENDER IS APPLIED TO A PREDOMINANTLY

CONCRETE BUILDING n SUCH AS #OLMAN HOUSE n THE BUILDER RUNS THE RISK OF COMPROMISING THE INTEGRITY OF THE BUILDING 4HIS IS BECAUSE CONCRETE AND RENDER IS SMOOTH AND THERE FORE THEY DO NOT HOLD TOGETH ER UNDER STRESS 'IVEN THE WET CLIMATE OF .ORFOLK THE CHANCE OF WATER GETTING BETWEEN THE RENDER AND THE CONCRETE IN CREASES THE LIKELIHOOD OF THE WATER FREEZING EXPANDING AND THEN IN THE THAW CONTRACTING 4HIS IS THE REASON GIVEN BY THE %STATES DEPARTMENT OF 5%! FOR WHY THE RENDER DEBONDED FROM THE BUILDING 4HE ARCHITECT POINTED OUT THAT IF RENDER IS APPLIED WITH

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4HEY ARE THE 5NIVERSITY S PROP ERTY AND WE SHOULD BE CAREFUL HOW WE USE THEM 4HE 5NION REMAINS IN TALKS WITH THE 5NIVERSITY OVER WHAT IMAGE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO USE 4HE 5NION #OMMUNICA TIONS /FlCER TOLD #ONCRETE h4HERE MAY BE SOME CONCES SIONS THAT WE CAN GET OUT OF THEM THE JURY IS OUT WHILE THE 6ICE #HANCELLOR CONSIDERS IT BUT IT MIGHT BE THAT SPORTS TEAMS WILL BE ALLOWED TO USE AN AUTHORISED VERSION OF THE NEW BADGE ) THINK THEY WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO USE THE NEW LOGO AS LONG AS IT STAYS IN ITS ORIGINAL FORM v 4HE 5NION 3OCIETIES /F

lCER COMMENTED v)T S A SHAME THAT THE 5NIVERSITY DIDN T IN VOLVE MORE STUDENTS IN THIS PROJECT ) ALSO HOPE THAT SOCIE TIES AND SPORTS CLUBS WHO HAVE THE OLD LOGO ON THEIR MERCHAN DISE AREN T EXPECTED TO CHANGE IT UNTIL THEY ARE READY v 4HE 3PORTS /FlCER SAID h) THINK THE LACK OF STUDENT CON SULTATION ON THE LOGO IS OUTRA GEOUS ) HOPE THAT THE 5NIVER SITY WILL WORK WITH THE 5NION TO ALLOW TEAMS TO REPRODUCE THE NEW LOGO ON THEIR KIT AFTER ALL THEY HAVE EARNED THE RIGHT TO REPRESENT THEIR 5NIVERSITY v )F YOU THINK YOU COULD DO BETTER AND DO NOT RE QUIRE a TO DO SO THEN EMAIL YOUR SUGGESTIONS FOR A NEW 5%! LOGO TO #ONCRETE .EWS UEA AC UK

OUT A WATERPROOlNG AGENT OR WITHOUT AN INTERMEDIARY LAYER OF %-, A STEEL MESH WHICH MUCH LIKE 6ELCRO HELPS BIND THE RENDER TO THE CONCRETE THE BUILDER RUNS THE RISK OF DEBONDING AND COMPROMISING THE INTEGRITY OF THE UNDER LAYER OF CONCRETE 4HIS APPEARS TO BE WHAT HAS OCCURRED AT #OLMAN HOUSE SUGGESTING THAT #ARTERS THE BUILDING lRM RESPONSIBLE FOR #OLMAN DID NOT APPLY %-, OR A WATERPROOlNG AGENT 4HE SITE MANAGER FOR 5%! -ARIO 2ACKHAM COULD NOT BE REACHED FOR COMMENT AT THE TIME OF GOING TO PRESS 4HE ARCHITECT ALSO SAID THAT UNLESS

THERE WERE LARGE CHANGES IN THE SUB SURFACE WATER TABLE THE SETTLING OF THE BUILDING SHOULD NOT RESULT IN CRACKS IN THE INTERIORS OF THE BUILDING 4HESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE BUT A RECENT COMPONENT OF THE TROUBLED HISTORY OF #OL MAN (OUSE BUILT IN "EN 2 ,ILLE ONE OF THE lRST PEOPLE TO BE GIVEN THE OPPOR TUNITY TO LIVE IN THE EXPENSIVE STUDENT ACCOMMODATION RE CALLS THAT hIT WAS DESIGNED SO BADLY IT TOOK MOST OF THE ST YEAR TO SORT OUT THE WATER PRESSURE AND HEATING v 3INCE THEN LIKE MANY RESIDENCES #OLMAN (OUSE HAS ENDURED FREQUENT POWER OUTAGES 2E

Council Â report 'IVEN THE POTENTIAL SENSI TIVITY AT THE MOMENT DUE TO THE ELECTIONS #ONCRETE HAS DECIDED TO ONLY REPORT THE FACTS OF WHAT HAPPENED AT #OUNCIL /UR NORMAL SA TIRICAL APPROACH WILL RETURN NEXT ISSUE

4HIS 4HURSDAY SAW 5NION #OUNCIL S THIRD SESSION OF TERM #OUNCIL TOOK PLACE IN ,ECTURE 4HEATRE WITH ONE OF THE STRONGEST TURNOUTS THIS YEAR #OUNCIL lLLED ITS REMAIN ING PLACES ON VARIOUS 5NI VERSITY COMMITTEES AS WELL AS ELECTING A NEW MEMBER OF THE 3ENATE !PPEALS #OMMITTEE !FTER REPORTS FROM THE %XECU

TIVE #OUNCIL SAW MOTIONS ON EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES MENTAL HEALTH FREE PRESCRIP TIONS 0AKISTAN #AMPUS #ARD FRAUD INVOLVEMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN THE 5NION DOMESTIC VIOLENCE STUDENT ASSESSMENT STUDENT MEDIA AND SOME CONSTITU TIONAL AMENDMENTS AIMED AT MAKING #OUNCIL EASIER TO RUN -OST OF THE MOTIONS SAW LITTLE TO NO DEBATE AND PASSED WITHOUT CONTROVERSY 4HE 0AKISTANI 4RADE 5NION MOTION WHICH WAS ONE OF THE MOTIONS THAT PASSED WITH LITTLE DISSENT MAN DATES OUR REPRESENTATIVES AT .53 TO VOTE IN FAVOUR OF A SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN WITH 0AKISTANI TRADE UNIONS

CENTLY ON 4UESDAY THE TH OF &EBRUARY THREE lRE EN GINES WERE CALLED TO #OLMAN HOUSE DUE TO A POWER OUTAGE WHICH HAD TRIGGERED A SERIES OF AUTOMATIC ALARMS 4HIS POWER OUTAGE ALSO TOOK OUT A NUMBER OF OTHER RESIDENCES AND THE MEDICAL CENTRE )N A CONVERSATION WITH #ATHERINE LE "ASQUET OF &LAT #ONCRETE LEARNED THAT THE KITCHENS HAVE HAD CRACKS FOR YEARS WHICH WHEN REPORTED ARE lLLED IN TO REOPEN ON OCCASIONS OF SETTLEMENT LIKE 3UNDAY NIGHT 4HE STUDENT SAID THAT hIF YOU SAT NEAR THE CRACK YOUR HAIR WOULD BLOW v

4HE MOTIONS ON INVOLVE MENT AND PARTICIPATION IN THE 5NION AND STUDENT MEDIA DID SEE DEBATES 4HE FORMER WAS NARROWLY PASSED BY A MAJORITY OF ONLY THREE WHICH REmECTED ON HOW CLOSE THE DEBATE HAD BEEN 4HE MOTION MANDATES THE CREATION OF A STEERING GROUP TO DISCUSS WHY COUNCIL IS POORLY ATTENDED AND HOW THIS CAN BE REMEDIED 4HE MOTION ON STUDENT MEDIA WHICH ALSO PASSED HAD TO BE AMENDED TO RE mECT THE DEBATE 4HE MOTION RESOLVES THAT ALL 5NION COM MERCIAL PREMISES WILL HAVE TO PLAY ,IVEWIRE FROM AM PM ON WEEKDAYS 4HE NEXT MEETING OF 5N ION #OUNCIL WILL BE HELD AT PM ON 4HURSDAY TH -ARCH IN ,ECTURE 4HEATRE

Mediabowl Â 2008 -ARCUS *ONES %DITOR (ERE AT #ONCRETE WE PRIDE OURSELVES UPON BALANCED NEWS JOURNALISM ) REALISE SOME PEOPLE MAY DISAGREE ABOUT WHETHER WE ACHIEVE THIS OR NOT BUT STILL THAT IS WHAT WE AIM FOR (OWEVER THERE ARE OC CASIONS WHEN BALANCE CAN BE DISCARDED AND REPLACED WITH A GOOD HEARTY BOAST 4HIS IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE LATTER OC CASIONS AS #ONCRETE RETAINED THE -EDIABOWL WITH A COM PREHENSIVE AND PROFESSIONAL DECIMATION OF ,IVEWIRE AND .EXUS OVER THE WEEKEND OF &EBRUARY TH 4HE -EDIABOWL FEATURED A QUIZ ON THE &RIDAY NIGHT A SIDE FOOTBALL ON 3ATURDAY AND A ROUND OF PUB GOLF THAT EVENING 4WO POINTS WERE AWARDED FOR THE WINNING SOCI ETY OF EACH EVENT WITH SECOND PLACE GETTING ONE AND THIRD PLACE ZERO THE lNAL SCORES OF #ONCRETE "ADGERS ,IVEWIRE #OUGARS AND .EXUS 8 ERS SHOW THE UTTER DOMINATION OF THE WRITTEN MEDIA 2EALLY THE RESULT WAS RARELY IN DOUBT FROM THE OUTSET AS #ONCRETE BEGAN IN lNE FORM WITH A STIRRING VICTORY IN THE QUIZ WHERE THEY DEMONSTRAT ED SUPERLATIVE KNOWLEDGE OF MUSIC SPORT NEWS AND MORE 4HIS LEFT ,IVEWIRE RESORTING TO PETTY JIBES AND VERBAL BARBS )NDEED OVER THE WHOLE EVENT IT SEEMED THAT ,IVEWIRE HAD JUST GOT THEMSELVES A LIT TLE TOO WORKED UP WHICH LEFT THEM UNABLE TO PERFORM IN THE PRESSURE COOKER OF -EDIABOWL 4HEY NEARLY CAME UNSTUCK AGAINST .EXUS IN THE lRST FOOT BALL GAME EVENTUALLY BULLYING THEIR WAY TO A WIN BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO UNSETTLE THE #ONCRETE TEAM WITH PERSONAL INSULTS FROM THE SIDELINES .EXUS HARSHLY FORCED TO PLAY BACK TO BACK MATCHES WERE CLEARLY SUFFERING FROM FATIGUE AS THEY SUFFERED A DEFEAT TO #ONCRETE AND THEN THE NEWSPAPER TEAM S CON SUMMATE PERFORMANCE CON TINUED WITH A WIN AGAINST ,IVEWIRE THAT LEFT THEM IN A VIRTUALLY UNASSAILABLE POSITION OVERALL )N FACT IN THE SPIRIT OF THE WEEKEND THE PUB GOLF WAS TERMED A SCORE DRAW WITH EACH TEAM PICKING UP ONE POINT !NDY *ONES CHIEF ORGANIS ER AND ,IVEWIRE #OUGAR PLAYER WAS ASKED TO COMMENT THOUGH SADLY HIS WORDS WERE INDISCERN IBLE BETWEEN HIS SOBS

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Trisha Goddard visits UEA -ELISSA 9ORK 2EPORTER 46 PERSONALITY 4RISHA 'OD DARD VISITED THE "IO -EDI CAL RESEARCH LABS AT 5%! LAST WEEK TO SUPPORT (ALLMARK S #ARDS FOR A #URE© #AMPAIGN 4HE CAMPAIGN AIMS TO RAISE AWARENESS AND lNANCIAL AID FOR VITAL RESEARCH INTO THE CURE FOR BREAST CANCER WHICH CURRENTLY AFFECTS ONE IN NINE WOMEN (ALLMARK HAVE DONATED A TOTAL SUM OF a MILLION TO THE "REAST #ANCER #AMPAIGN AND !CTION "REAST #ANCER a OF WHICH IS SPECIl CALLY FOR THE RESEARCH BEING DONE AT THE 5NIVERSITY OF %AST !NGLIA ,ONG TERM "REAST #AN CER #AMPAIGN SUPPORTER AND .ORWICH LOCAL 4RISHA 'OD DARD DECIDED TO MAKE A VISIT TO SEE THE RESEARCH lRST HAND AND RAISE AWARENESS h4HERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS OF CANCER RESEARCH AND ) THINK THERE ARE COMPETING AREAS AND OFTEN RESEARCH ISN T ONE OF THE

SEXIER TERMS )T S ALWAYS A lGHT FOR CHARITIES TO GET ATTENTION v 'ODDARD EXPLAINED 3HE DE CIDED TO TAKE A PERSONAL INTER EST IN THE CAMPAIGN hBECAUSE IT S LOCAL BECAUSE IT S 5%! AND BECAUSE ) SPEND SO MUCH TIME ON 5%! GROUNDS !ND ) ALSO LIKE THE CONNECTION WITH BIG BUSINESS lNANCING RESEARCH AND THAT S SOMETHING TO BE ENCOURAGED APPLAUDED AND CONGRATULATED v 0ROFESSOR $YLAN %DWARDS IS HEADING THE PROJECT EXPLOR ING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO GENES OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF BREAST CANCER 0ROFESSOR %D WARDS NOTED THAT THE MONEY RECEIVED WAS hABSOLUTELY VI TALv TO THE RESEARCH (E CON TINUED h)T PAYS THE SALARY OF A VERY TALENTED YOUNG RE SEARCHER WHO WE VE BEEN ABLE TO PROCURE HERE FROM THE 53 )T ALSO GIVES US THE SUPPLIES TO BE ABLE TO CARRY THE WORK FOR WARD )T COSTS ABOUT a A YEAR TO KEEP A RESEARCHER IN THE LAB v

5%! S CAREERS CENTRE IN AS SOCIATION WITH THE .ORWICH 3CHOOL OF !RT AND $ESIGN IS ARRANGING AN EVENT FOR #A REERS IN 7RITING AND #OMMU NICATION ON 4HURSDAY -ARCH TH BETWEEN PM AND PM IN .ELSON #OURT #OMMON 2OOM " !S 5%! HAS A LARGE NUMBER OF COURSES RELATED TO WRITING IT IS EXPECTED THAT A LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WILL BE INTERESTED (OWEVER DUE TO THE NATURE OF JOBS RELATED TO COMMUNICATION THERE WILL NOT BE A LARGE NUMBER OF EM PLOYERS PRESENT 2ATHER THE AIM OF THE EVENT IS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE BACKGROUND AND INFORMATION NECESSARY TO GO OUT AND CONTACT POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS

)N ADDITION TO THE DONA TION (ALLMARK CARDS WILL DIS PLAY THE INTERNATIONALLY RECOG NISED PINK RIBBON LOGO ON ALL -OTHER S $AY CARDS WITH ALL PROCEEDS GOING TO THE "REAST

#ANCER #AMPAIGN 4HEY WILL ALSO BE PUTTING THE WORLD S MOST EXPENSIVE -OTHER S $AY CARD FEATURING A DIAMOND AND WORTH a UP FOR AUCTION 4AMSYN *OHNSTON

#OMMUNICATIONS -ANAGER AT (ALLMARK #ARDS SAID h-OTH ER S $AY IS REALLY POIGNANT IT S A GREAT TIME TO RAISE AWARE NESS AS WELL AS A TIME TO RAISE A GOOD AMOUNT OF MONEY v

“Anti-social” students upset locals -ARCUS *ONES %DITOR ! LOCAL RESIDENT WHO ALSO WORKS ON THE CAMPUS HAS TOLD #ONCRETE OF THE NIGHTLY DISTURBANCES SHE SUFFERS 3HE CLAIMS THESE ARE A RESULT OF STU DENTS MAKING THEIR WAY HOME FROM CAMPUS 4HE RESIDENT IN QUESTION HAS LIVED ON 4HE !VENUES FOR YEARS AND HAS WORKED ON CAMPUS FOR OF THEM SHE BELIEVES THAT IN RECENT YEARS THE NOISE LEVELS AND GENERAL ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR FROM THE STUDENT POPULATION HAS WORSENED h4HERE IS NOISE AT NIGHT AT ALL HOURS AND THE

NEXT MORNING THERE WILL BE TAKE AWAY WRAPPERS BROKEN GLASS AND TRAILS OF VOMIT 4HE MESS ON CAMPUS GETS CLEARED UP BUT NOT DOWN OUR ROAD v 4HE 5NION #OMMUNI CATIONS /FlCER RESPONDED h7HILE THERE MAY BE A TINY MI NORITY OF STUDENTS WHO CAN BE INCONSIDERATE WALKING ALONG THE !VENUES THE OVERWHELM ING MAJORITY OF STUDENTS ARE RESPECTFUL OF THE 5NIVERSI TY S NEIGHBOURS !S A 5NION WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF REPORTS OF ANTI SO CIAL BEHAVIOUR WHICH ARE UN FAIRLY ATTRIBUTED TO STUDENTS n AN EASY TARGET FOR BLAME v 4UESDAY NIGHTS ARE SEEN AS

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A PARTICULAR PROBLEM FOLLOW ING THE WEEKLY ,#2 AND "ERT "REMNER THE LOCAL COUNCILLOR FOR THE 5NIVERSITY 7ARD WHICH INCLUDES 4HE !VENUES WON DERS AT THE LOGIC OF MID WEEK EVENTS h7HY GO ON UNTIL TWO O CLOCK IN THE MORNING ON A WEEKDAY 5NIVERSITY IS ABOUT HAVING FUN BUT LOCAL RESIDENTS DON T HAVE TO PUT UP WITH DRUNKENNESS v -R "REMNER DID POINT OUT THAT BOTH HE AND THE POLICE ARE RELIANT UPON INCIDENTS BE ING REPORTED IN ORDER TO TAKE ACTION h4HIS SORT OF BEHAVIOUR HAS BEEN A PROBLEM AND PROB ABLY STILL IS BUT THERE HAVE BEEN NO RECENT REPORTS v

4HE LOCAL RESIDENT #ON CRETE SPOKE TO BELIEVES THERE NEEDS TO BE A MORE PRO ACTIVE APPROACH TAKEN WITH A POLICE PRESENCE BEING PUT IN PLACE AT THE END OF EVENTS ON CAMPUS TO DETER ANTI SOCIAL BEHAV IOUR 3ERGEANT 'ERRY (ANDLEY CONlRMED THAT THIS DOES IN DEED TAKE PLACE ON OCCASIONS THOUGH IT IS DEPENDENT UPON hRECENT INTELLIGENCE AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PASTv TO DETERMINE WHICH NIGHTS ARE WORTHY OF SUCH A PRESENCE (OWEVER THE 5NION #OM MUNICATIONS /FlCER SAID SHE BELIEVED h-ORE CONCERNING ARE THE ATTACKS ON STUDENTS AS THEY WALK UP AND DOWN THE

!VENUES 3TABBINGS BEATINGS RACIAL ABUSE n STUDENTS HAVE OFTEN BEEN THE TARGET "LAM ING ALL STUDENTS ABOUT NOISE IS AN OVERSIMPLIlCATION n THE PROBLEMS ARE FAR MORE COM PLEX v 4HE INCREASED LEVELS OF NOISE ARE APPARENTLY FORCING PEOPLE TO MOVE FROM THE AREA h)T S NOT A COMMUNITY ANY MORE THE COMMUNITY IS BEING OVERTAKEN BY THE UNIVERSITY AND PEOPLE DON T WANT TO HAVE TO lGHT ANY MORE SO MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE MOVING ) LIKE TO THINK THAT STUDENTS COULD GET SOMETHING IN THEIR HEADS TO GIVE SOME CONSIDERA TION TO LOCAL PEOPLE v

Union housing event 4HE 5NION (OUSING %VENT WILL TAKE PLACE THIS WEEK ON 4UESDAY TH )T STARTS AT PM IN ,ECTURE 4HEATRES AND )T IS AN EXCELLENT OPPOR TUNITY NOT ONLY TO PICK UP THE (OME 2UN (OUSING ,IST (OME 2UN IS THE 5NION RUN HOUSING BUREAU BUT ALSO TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT HUNTING FOR HOUSES FROM PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT 4HEN ON 4HURSDAY TH AT PM IN 4HE (IVE YOU CAN GO ALONG TO THE (OUSING 3O CIAL (ERE YOU CAN lND HOUSE MATES WHETHER YOU REQUIRE ONE MORE PERSON TO MAKE UP A lVE OR YOU ARE JUST STARTING FROM SCRATCH YOU WILL MEET LOTS OF FELLOW HOUSEHUNTERS HERE

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Afternoon ﬁght in the square *ACK #LARK !RTS %DITOR /N 4UESDAY THE TH OF &EB RUARY AT PM A lGHT OC CURRED IN 4HE 3QUARE )T WAS A lNE DAY AND MANY STUDENTS WERE ENJOY ING THE LAST PARTS OF THE SUN ! YEAR OLD MAN WAS VER BALLY ABUSED MANHANDLED TO THE GROUND AND THEN KICKED IN THE FACE (E WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE IT BECAME CLEAR THAT HE HAD RECEIVED A FRACTURED SKULL /NE MALE STUDENT HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS THOUGH HE HAS BEEN RELEASED ON BAIL PEND ING FURTHER ENQUIRIES )N QUESTIONING STUDENTS AND STAFF #ONCRETE HAS RE CEIVED CONmICTING MESSAGES *O 3PIRO MANAGER OF 3TUDENT

3UPPORT 3ERVICES WAS IN HER OFlCE WHEN IT HAPPENED 3HE hHEARD A KERFUFmE AND LOOKED OUTv TO lND ONE MALE IN A RIPPED T SHIRT FACING OFF TO ANOTHER ONE WITH A hPASTY GUYv IN THE MIDDLE (OW EVER IN TALKS WITH A STUDENT WITNESS #ONCRETE LEARNT THAT THE lGHT OCCURRED OUTSIDE THE ENTRANCE TO THE RED BAR )T INVOLVED AROUND SIX MEN TALKING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND THEN AN ALTERCATION OC CURRED LEADING TO TWO OF THE MEN lGHTING AND BRINGING EACH OTHER TO THE GROUND TO BE QUICKLY PULLED APART BY THEIR FRIENDS ! SEPARATE WITNESS SAYS THAT AT THE END OF THE lGHT ONE OF THE AGGRESSORS TOLD THE VICTIM THAT THEY WOULD hBE BACK IN TWENTY MINUTESv WITH THEIR hFRIENDS v

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UEA to introduce “Blues” system -ARCUS *ONES %DITOR 3TUDENTS AT 5%! ARE CREAT ING A "LUES !WARD SYSTEM FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAVE ACHIEVED EXCEPTIONAL SPORT ING PROWESS AND WHO HAVE PROVIDED OUTSTANDING CON TRIBUTIONS TO PROMOTE SPORT ING COMMITMENT AT 5%! 4HE DECISION WAS MADE AT THE lRST MEETING OF THE 3PORTS #OUNCIL WHICH WAS HELD ON 4HURSDAY ST &EB RUARY AND TO WHICH ALL PRESI DENTS OF SPORTS CLUBS WERE IN VITED !ROUND PRESIDENTS

ACTUALLY ATTENDED ALONG WITH THE 5NION S 3PORTS /FlCER *AMES 4URNER AND THE &INANCE /FlCER !NDREW 4AYLOR !S WELL AS THE "LUES !WARD SYSTEM OTHER ISSUES DISCUSSED INCLUDED THE AC CESS 5NION SPORTS CLUBS GET AT THE 3PORTSPARK AND A REVI SION OF THE @INITIATIONS MO TION THAT CAUSED SUCH CON TROVERSY LAST TERM 4HE )NAPPROPRIATE "EHAV IOUR -OTION AS IT IS KNOWN IS DESIGNED TO COVER ANY CLUB EVENTS WHICH ARE DElNED BY FULlLLING AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING BEING ADVERTISED

Al’s Union pub !LICE 'IBBS $EPUTY .EWS %DITOR 4HE 5NION PUB WILL BE FEA TURED AS !L -URRAY S PUB OF THE WEEK ON THIS &RIDAY NIGHT S (APPY (OUR ON )46 %IGHT MEMBERS OF 5NION BAR STAFF WILL BE TRAVELLING TO ,ONDON TO SIT IN THE FRONT ROW OF THE AUDIENCE AND FACE THE 'UV NOR S QUICK lRE BANTER 4HEY WILL ALSO GET 6)0 ACCESS TO THE 0UB ,ANDLORD S 'REEN 2OOM AND HAVE THE OPPORTU NITY TO MEET THE CELEBRITIES ON THE SHOW !S ONLY TEN PUBS IN THE COUNTRY GET FEATURED IN THE COMEDY SERIES WHICH AT TRACTS MILLION VIEWERS THE HONOUR OF BEING PUB OF THE

WEEK WAS UNANTICIPATED BY THE 5NION 0AUL 7HEELER THE "AR 3UPERVISOR WHO IS LEADING THE 5%! PARTY TOLD #ONCRETE h4HE SHOW IS BEING lLMED ON 4UESDAY AND THE PRODUCTION COMPANY IS PAYING FOR OUR TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS TO ,ON DON BUT AFTER THAT WE ARE JUST NOT SURE WHAT TO EXPECT 7E WILL PROBABLY BE ON 46 FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES WHEN !L WILL BE TALKING JUST TO US 7E STILL HAVE NOT DECIDED WHICH STAFF WILL lLL THE EIGHT PLACES ALLOWED v 4HE 0UB ,ANDLORD FEATUR ING 5%! S PUB WILL BE AIRED AT PM ON )46 ON &RIDAY TH &EBRUARY

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TO ALL MEMBERS USING CLUB FUNDS MAKING USE OF CLUB EQUIPMENT 4HE CHANGES DISCUSSED INCLUDE A lRST OPTION WHICH ALLOWS THE CLUB COMMITTEE TO INFORM THE 5NION OF THE NAMES OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY HAVE CAUSED ANY PROBLEMS AT SOCIAL EVENTS &AILING THIS THE CLUB WILL BE SUBJECT TO A lNE PROB ABLY OF THEIR SUBS AC COUNT OR IF THE INCIDENT IS DEEMED SERIOUS ENOUGH THE CLUB COULD BE REMOVED FROM "53! PROBABLY FOR THE DU RATION OF ONE SEASON

)N LIGHT OF THESE SUGGES TIONS THE MOTION WILL BE RE DRAFTED AND PRESENTED AGAIN AT THE NEXT MEETING DUE TO BE HELD IN WEEK )N REGARDS TO THE "LUES !WARDS IT WAS DECIDED THAT AN ANNUAL DINNER CEREMONY WILL BE HELD TO CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS WITH THE lRST OF THESE PLANNED FOR -AY ST THIS YEAR ALTHOUGH THIS STILL NEED TO BE lNALISED .OMINATIONS WILL BE RE CEIVED BY A "LUES SELECTION COMMITTEE WHO WILL THEN DECIDE THE WINNERS !S WELL AS AWARDING &ULL

"LUES AND (ALF "LUES TO EX CEPTIONAL ATHLETES THERE WILL ALSO BE AN AWARD FOR 3PORTS 0ERSONALITY OF THE 9EAR FOR SOMEONE WHO hENCAPSU LATES THE SPIRIT OF UNIVERSITY SPORT v 4HERE WILL ALSO BE OTHER AWARDS FOR BOTH CLUB AND INDIVIDUAL SUCCESS IN CLUDING ONE FOR @/UTSTAND ING 3PORTSMAN AND 3PORTS 7OMAN &RESHER OF THE 9EAR 4HE DECISION NOW AWAITS RATIlCATION FROM 5%! S $I RECTOR OF 3PORT +EITH .ICHOL LS WITH WHOM THE 3PORTS #OUNCIL WILL CO ORDINATE THE AWARDS

2EYNAULD ,EKEUX THE 5%! STUDENT CONVICTED OF POS SESSING NEARLY INDECENT PICTURES OF UNDERAGE GIRLS IS CONTINUING TO WORK PART TIME BEHIND THE DESK OF 5N ION (OUSE RECEPTION !S #ONCRETE REPORTED ON ITS FRONT PAGE LAST ISSUE ,E KEUX WHO WAS STUDYING FOR AN -3C IN %NVIRONMENTAL 3CIENCES OFTEN WORKS ON RE CEPTION COVERING WHEN REGU LAR STAFF OR SECURITY PERSONNEL ARE UNAVAILABLE #ONCRETE UNDERSTANDS THAT HIS CONVIC TION IS NOT SEEN TO HAVE CON TRAVENED ANY ASPECT OF HIS CONTRACT AND THAT IS WHY HE HAS NOT BEEN REMOVED FROM HIS EMPLOYMENT 4HE LATEST EXAMPLE OF HIM WORKING WAS A SHORT SHIFT HE WORKED ON &RIDAY ND &EB RUARY BETWEEN AROUND PM AND PM 4HIS NIGHT ALSO SAW THE ,#2 HOSTING A GIG BY 3UM WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS )T IS UNDERSTOOD THAT THE 5NION HAS RECEIVED ADVICE THAT ,EKEUX CANNOT BE FAIRLY SACKED AND ARE UNWILLING TO KNOWINGLY UNFAIRLY DISMISS ANY MEMBER OF STAFF #ONCRETE HAS ALSO LEARNED THAT NO 5NION EMPLOYEES RECEIVE A #RIMINAL 2ECORDS "UREAU #2" CHECK UPON UNDERTAKING WORK WITH THE ORGANISATION 7HEN QUES TIONED ABOUT THIS FACT AS WELL AS OTHER ISSUES SURROUNDING THE ,EKEUX CASE THE 5NION #OMMUNICATIONS /FlCER STATED h4HE 5NION OF 5%! 3TUDENTS DOES NOT COMMENT TO THE MEDIA ABOUT ISSUES RE LATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT OF ANY MEMBERS OF STAFF v &AY (ARRIS ,)4 TOLD #ONCRETE h) WAS SHOCKED TO SEE THE OFFENDER STILL WORKING AT 5NION (OUSE RECEPTION AS TEENAGE GIRLS OFTEN FREQUENT THE AREA FOR GIGS AT THE ,#2 )T S AN OUTRAGE HE IS STILL IN HIS POSITION AND ) THINK MANY PEOPLE WILL FEEL MUCH SAFER IF HE WAS REMOVED v )T IS UNDERSTOOD BY #ON CRETE THAT THE POLICE HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE OF HIS CON TINUED EMPLOYMENT AND ARE LOOKING INTO THE ISSUE

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2EBECCA 2UTT EXPLORES THE IMPLICATIONS THAT OCCUR WHEN VIEWS AND OPINIONS CANNOT BE FREELY EXPRESSED AND ASKS WHAT THE WORLD CAN DO ABOUT IT

JOURNALISM STUDENT AGED HAS RECENTLY BEEN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN !FGHANI STAN FOR READING AND DOWNLOADING ARTICLES ON WOMEN S RIGHTS 3AYED 0ERVEZ +AMBAKSH WAS LOOKING AT AND DISTRIBUTING ARTICLES WHICH STATED THAT -USLIM FUNDAMENTALISTS WHO CLAIMED THE +ORAN JUSTIlED THE OPPRESSION OF WOMEN HAD MISREPRESENTED THE VIEWS OF THE PROPHET -OHAM MED 4HE STUDENT WAS ARRESTED AND TRIED IN A SECRET COURT BY RELIGIOUS JUDGES WITH NO LAWYER 4HE )NDE PENDENT LAUNCHED AN INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN AT THE END OF *ANUARY TO TRY AND SECURE JUSTICE FOR -R +AM BAKSH AND TO SAVE HIS LIFE 4HE 5. HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS WORLDWIDE JOURNALIST ORGANISATIONS AND LEAD ING 7ESTERN DIPLOMATS HAVE URGED THE !FGHANISTAN GOVERNMENT TO IN TERVENE AND FREE HIM !FGHANISTAN MAY HAVE BEEN @LIBERATED AND NOW BE UNDER DEM OCRATIC RULE BUT THIS CASE SHOWS THE UNSTABLE NATURE OF THE DEMOC RACY THAT NOW EXISTS ,AST YEAR SIX JOURNALISTS WERE MURDERED IN THE COUNTRY INCLUDING :AKIA :AKI A BROADCASTER WHO OPENLY CRITICISED

THE WARLORDS THAT STILL RULE RURAL !F GHANISTAN ON HER RADIO PROGRAMME 0EACE 2ADIO 4HE COUNTRY IS SPLIT BETWEEN THE RULE OF THE NEW GOV ERNMENT MOCKED AS AN !MERICAN PUPPET BY SOME AND THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS WHO STILL HAVE POWER OVER THE RURAL AREAS OF THE COUNTRY 4HE )NDEPENDENT HAVE STARTED AN ONLINE PETITION TO PREVENT +AM BAKSH S EXECUTION HTTP WWW IN DEPENDENT CO UK PETITION WHICH CURRENTLY HAS SIGNATURES ON IT AND THERE IS ALSO A LARGE &ACEBOOK SITE 4HESE SHOW THE OUTRAGE THIS CASE HAS CAUSED AROUND THE WORLD AND THE LEVELS OF SUPPORT FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR THE STUDENT -R +AMBAKSH S CASE HIGHLIGHTS NOT ONLY THE BACKWARD NESS OF THE DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM IN !FGHANISTAN BUT ALSO RAISES QUES TIONS ABOUT HOW AND TO WHAT LEVEL COUNTRIES IN THE 7ESTERN 7ORLD SHOULD BE ABLE TO INTERVENE !S THE &OREIGN 3ECRETARY STATES h&REEDOM OF EXPRESSION IS ONE OF THE CORNER STONES OF A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY v )N OUR SOCIETY FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IS TAKEN FOR GRANTED ANYONE CAN SPEAK THEIR VIEWS AND OPINIONS )N %NGLAND THIS CASE IS UNIM AGINABLE 2ECENTLY AT 5%! PER

CENT OF STUDENTS VOTED TO ABOLISH THE .53 S @.O 0LATFORM POLICY 4HE .53 HOLDS A @.O 0LATFORM STANCE TOWARDS RACISTS AND EXTREM ISTS WHICH FORBIDS THEM FROM HAV ING A VOICE AND BEING ABLE TO SPEAK FREELY (OWEVER 5%! AND A NUMBER OF OTHER UNIVERSITIES RECENTLY RE JECTED THIS RULE BECAUSE AS ONE 5%! STUDENT STATES h&REEDOM OF SPEECH SHOULD NEVER BE COMPROMISED BE CAUSE OF OUR FEAR OF WHAT PEOPLE MIGHT SAY v "Y ALLOWING GROUPS LIKE THE ".0 A PLATFORM TO SPEAK IT IS BELIEVED THEY CAN BE BEATEN 4HIS CASE DEMONSTRATES THE LEVEL OF FREE DOM OF SPEECH IN OUR COUNTRY THAT ALLOWS ANYONE TO EXPRESS THEIR PER SONAL VIEWS 4HE DEMOCRACY OF OUR COUNTRY IS OBVIOUSLY VERY DIFFERENT TO THAT IN !FGHANISTAN AND THIS HAS LED TO AN INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN OF PEOPLE TO TRY AND INTERVENE IN THIS CASE )T HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT -R +AMBAKSH HAS BECOME A VICTIM OF THE UNSTABLE SITUATION IN !F GHANISTAN :IA "UMIA HEAD OF THE #OMMITTEE TO 0ROTECT !FGHAN *OUR NALISTS BELIEVES THE )SLAMIC COURT WHERE -R +AMBAKSH WAS TRIED WAS HIJACKED BY THE ENEMIES OF -R +AI ZAI THE 0RESIDENT IN AN ATTEMPT TO

FORCE HIM TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS WHO PASSED THE DEATH SENTENCE AND THE INTERNA TIONAL COMMUNITY WHO OPPOSE IT 4HE 0RESIDENT HAS THE lNAL SAY ON ANY RULINGS IN THE COURT BUT IF HE OPPOSES THE SENTENCE HE IS AT RISK FROM CRITICS WHO SAY HE IS BOWING TO 7ESTERN DEMANDS 4HE REASON THIS CASE HAS HAD SO MUCH PUBLIC OUTCRY IS lRSTLY BECAUSE WHAT -R +AMBAKSH IS AC CUSED OF IS NOT SEEN AS A CRIME OR IN FACT HARMFUL IN ANY WAY IN OUR OWN CULTURE 4HERE HAVE ALSO BEEN MANY RALLIES IN !FGHANISTAN IN SUP PORT OF THE RULING AND -R +AM BAKSH HAS BEEN ATTACKED SEVERAL TIMES IN COURT BY FUNDAMENTAL ISTS !MINUDDIN -UZAFARI THE lRST SECRETARY OF THE 0ARLIAMENT SAID h0EOPLE SHOULD REALISE THAT WE ARE REPRESENTATIVES OF AN )SLAMIC COUN TRY THEREFORE WE CAN NEVER TOLERATE INSULTS TO REVERENCES OF THE )SLAMIC RELIGION v 4HIS CASE COMES AT A TIME WHEN RELATIONS BETWEEN !FGHANISTAN AND THE 5+ AND 53! ARE VERY FRAGILE #ONDOLEEZZA 2ICE HAS PUT HER VOICE TO THE CAMPAIGN STATING THAT h) DO THINK THAT THE !FGHANS UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SOME INTERNATIONAL

NORMS THAT NEED TO BE RESPECTED /F COURSE ONE HAS NATIONAL LAWS AND THEY RE NATIONAL LAWS THAT ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH TRADITIONS AND RELIGIOUS PRACTICE v 4HE ISSUE AS TO WHETHER THE INTERNATIONAL COMMU NITY HAS THE RIGHT TO CRITICISE AND INTERVENE IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM OF AN OTHER COUNTRY COMES INTO QUESTION %VERY NATION STATE HAS THE RIGHT TO ITS OWN SOVEREIGNTY AND INDEPEND ENCE 4HE 5. WAS SET UP AFTER 7ORLD 7AR 4WO TO PROTECT COUNTRIES AND BRING THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TOGETHER IN THE AIM OF PREVENTING ANOTHER WORLD WAR 3OME UNIVER SALITY DOES EXIST BETWEEN THESE COUNTRIES WITHIN THEIR LEGAL SYSTEMS AND THEREFORE TO PREVENT TYRANNY AND OPPRESSION IT SHOULD BE VIABLE FOR OTHER COUNTRIES TO INTERVENE )N THIS CASE THE INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE PUT UPON !FGHANISTAN HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND -R +AM BAKSH IS NO LONGER FACING THE DEATH SENTENCE AND HAS BEEN GIVEN THE CHANCE TO APPEAL IN AN OPEN COURT AND HAVE HIS OWN LEGAL REPRESENTA TION (OWEVER EVEN IF HE IS FREED IT WOULD BE HARD FOR THE STUDENT TO ES CAPE RETRIBUTION IN A COUNTRY WHERE FUNDAMENTALISTS AND WARLORDS ARE INCREASINGLY IN THE ASCENDANCY

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Â Sweatshop Â shame 7ITH CATWALK DESIGNERS BEING IMITATED BY CHEAP STORES LIKE 0RIMARK IT IS NOW SO EASY TO WEAR THE LATEST FASHIONS AT A FRACTION OF THE PRICE !LICE 3AGGERS ASKS WHO REALLY PAYS FOR YOUR CHEAP CLOTHES

FEW DAYS AGO ) WAS IN 0RIMARK IDLY mIPPING THROUGH THE RACKS OF 3TELLA -C#ARTNEY INSPIRED mORAL PLAYSUITS AND SILKY VINTAGE STYLE TEA DRESSES WHEN ) FELT THAT FAMILIAR NIGGLING THOUGHT PUSHING ITS WAY TO THE FOREFRONT OF MY MIND (OW EXACTLY DO THESE HIGH STREET GIANTS PRODUCE SUCH A VAST ARRAY OF ITEMS WITH INCREDIBLE SPEED AND AT SUCH A LOW COST ) BEGAN TO WONDER PICKING UP AN a #HIFFON "LOUSE HOW MUCH THEY ACTUALLY PAY FOR THE MATERIAL AND THE MANUAL LABOUR WHILE STILL MANAGING TO OBTAIN A COMFORTABLE PROlT 4HIS QUESTION MUST HAVE OCCURRED TO ALL OF US AT SOME POINT HOWEVER mEETINGLY AS WE lLL OUR BASKETS WITH STUDENT FRIENDLY FASHION lXES -Y PREVIOUS IMPULSE BUYS INCLUDE mUORO @"ORN IN THE S T SHIRTS INAPPROPRIATELY SHORT RA RA SKIRTS LEGWARMERS AND A STEADILY GROWING MOUNTAIN OF PRETTY YET BADLY lTTING UNDERWEAR 4HEY ALL SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME BUT FASHION IS lCKLE AND THEY EXPIRED QUICKER THAN ONE OF 0ARIS (ILTON S BOYFRIENDS ) CONFESS THAT ) OFTEN CHECK 0RIMARK FOR CHEAPER IMITATIONS BEFORE BEGRUDGINGLY PURCHASING THE LUSTED AFTER ORIGINAL ITEM FROM 4OPSHOP 0RIMARK IS OUR SAVIOUR FOR PROVIDING US WITH WARDROBE REVIVAL ITEMS WHEN OUR BANK ACCOUNTS ARE LOOKING A LITTLE PEAKY OR FOR HELPING US ASSEMBLE CHEAP FANCY DRESS OUTlTS !T 0RIMARK WE CAN COME AWAY WITH A SATISFYINGLY BULGING BAG OF GOODIES FOR UNDER a AND ) M SURE MANY OF US DO ON A REGULAR BASIS !DAMANT THAT SOME FUNNY BUSINESS MUST BE INVOLVED ) DECIDED TO LOOK INTO THE GROSSLY UNDER REPORTED ISSUE OF SWEATSHOPS LOOKING PARTICULARLY AT 0RIMARK WHICH IS OFTEN ACCUSED AS ONE OF THE WORST OFFENDERS 2ESEARCHING THE ISSUE PROVED EXTREMELY DIFlCULT THEY MUST HAVE INCREDIBLY HARD WORKING PRESS OFlCERS AND 02 S PREVENTING THESE CONCERNS FROM CAPTURING MEDIA ATTENTION AND ) SUSPECT SOME DEXTEROUS 'OOGLE REPUTATION MODIFYING HAS OCCURRED TO STOP CURIOUS CUSTOMERS LIKE MYSELF FROM ACCESSING THE HARROWING TRUTH (OWEVER AFTER TRAWLING

THROUGH PREVIOUS 'UARDIAN ARTICLES ) CAME ACROSS A RESEARCH PROJECT CONDUCTED IN *ULY ! JOURNALIST HAD TRAVELLED TO THE HEART OF THE SLUMS IN $HAKA "ANGLADESH TO GO UNDERCOVER AND OBSERVE THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS OF A CLOTHING FACTORY 4HEY FOUND

TO RAISE AWARENESS OF POVERTY AND DISEASE IN THE THIRD WORLD 4HEREFORE IT COMES AS A SHOCK TO LEARN THAT IN SOME OF ITS FACTORIES CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS EIGHT ARE WORKING HOUR DAYS SEWING BEADS ONTO ETHNIC STYLE SMOCKS #HILDREN WHO SHOULD BE RUNNING

!CTION !ID IN A DESPERATE BID TO MAKE YOURSELF FEEL LESS GUILTY HERE ARE SOME MORE REALISTIC SOLUTIONS 2%#9#,% /NE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY BARGAIN CLOTHING CHAINS HAVE EXCELLED IN RECENT YEARS IS THAT PEOPLE ARE INCREASINGLY VIEWING CLOTHES AS

EMPLOYEES WORKING IN CHICKEN COOP STYLE IRON ROOMS OFTEN FOR OVER HOURS A DAY )T WAS COMMON FOR THEM TO WORK HOUR WEEKS IN DANGEROUS AND UNHYGIENIC CONDITIONS WHICH COMMONLY LED TO DISEASE AND HEALTH PROBLEMS &URTHERMORE WORKERS FACED MENTAL AND PHYSICAL ABUSE IF THEY DID NOT MEET TARGETS AND WERE COMPELLED TO COMPLETE THEM DURING UNPAID OVERTIME PERIODS &OR THESE AMAZING FEATS OF ENDURANCE THEY WERE RECEIVING AS LITTLE AS P PER HOUR 4HE AVERAGE WAGE FOR A FACTORY WORKER IN "ANGLADESH IS THE EQUIVALENT OF a PER MONTH &OR MANY THIS IS NOT ENOUGH TO SUPPLY THEIR FAMILIES WITH THE ESSENTIALS FOR LIFE )T IS ESTIMATED THAT MILLION ADULTS ARE EMPLOYED IN THIS INDUSTRY WITH THE NUMBER CONSTANTLY GROWING TO MEET DEMAND !NOTHER INVESTIGATIVE REPORT WAS UNDERTAKEN BY THE /BSERVER IN LOOKING SPECIlCALLY AT INTERNATIONAL CLOTHING GIANT '!0 '!0 MARKETS ITSELF AS A FRIENDLY ETHICALLY AND MORALLY AWARE BRAND )T IS PART OF "ONO S FAMOUS @2ED CAMPAIGN HELPING

AND PLAYING AND LAUGHING ARE SOLD BY DESPERATE PARENTS TO FACTORY MANAGERS WHO ENTER SMALL )NDIAN VILLAGES PROMISING TO TEACH THE CHILDREN A @VALUABLE TRADE 4HEY ARE THEN FORCED INTO DARK UNDERGROUND STATIONS AND ORDERED TO WORK IN ISOLATION 4HEY RECEIVE NO PAYMENT VIEWING THEIR BLANKET AND GRUEL AS A REWARD 4HESE STORIES CONJURE IMAGES OF EIGHTEENTH CENTURY WORKHOUSES THEY DO NOT BELONG IN OUR MODERN AGE 3HOCKING STATISTICS SHOW THAT MILLION CHILDREN AGED GENERATE OF )NDIA S '.0 )NNOCENT AND HELPLESS THEY ARE ROBBED OF THEIR CHILDHOOD IN ORDER TO MEET THE INCREASING DEMANDS OF 7ESTERN SOCIETY ) APOLOGISE IF THIS OUTPOURING HAS BEGUN TO RESEMBLE ONE OF THOSE HEART WRENCHING CHARITY ADVERTS WHICH MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE A HARDENED CRIMINAL JUST FOR LIVING IN THE 5+ ) M SURE THAT STORIES LIKE THIS ARE NOT NEW TO YOU OR THEY SHOULD NOT BE IF "ONO OR "OB 'ELDOF HAVE BEEN AT ALL SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR ENDEAVOURS "UT BEFORE YOU CAST ASIDE YOUR LOVE OF FASHION DONATING EVERYTHING YOU OWN TO

DISPOSABLE PRODUCTS 9OU THINK @AH IT S ONLY A lVER IT DOESN T MATTER IF ) ONLY WEAR IT ONCE AND AFTER THAT IT SWIFTLY GETS REPLACED BY A NEWER CUTTING EDGE ITEM )F YOU ARE GUILTY OF THIS HEINOUS CRIME 34/0 3TAGE A WARDROBE OVERHAUL MAKING THREE PILES ONE OF THINGS WHICH YOU HAVE NOT

WORN FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS OR ARE NEVER PLANNING TO WEAR AGAIN !NOTHER OF CLOTHES YOU FEEL MAY BE APPROPRIATE FOR FRIENDS AND A THIRD OF YOUR FAVOURED AND CHERISHED ITEMS #HUCK THE FORMER INTO BINBAGS AND TAKE TO /XFAM OR POP THEM IN THE CHARITY COLLECTION BAGS THAT ARE POSTED THROUGH THE DOOR !S FOR THE SECOND PILE GATHER TOGETHER A GAGGLE OF FRIENDS PREFERABLY THOSE NEAREST IN SIZE TO YOURSELF AND HOST A CLOTHES SWAPPING PARTY !DVISE EACH GUEST TO BRING A COUPLE OF ITEMS AND THEN SCRAMBLE YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY ONE PERSONS JUNK IS ANOTHER S TREASURE AND YOU COULD GO HOME WITH SOMETHING YOU GENUINELY LOVE !S FOR THE REMAINDER TRY A FEW DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS AND COME UP WITH SOME NEW OUTlTS 4RY TO BUY WHAT YOU GENUINELY NEED AND STRIVE TO GET THE BEST YOU CAN AFFORD &AILING THIS SCOUR CHARITY SHOPS CAR BOOT SALES E"AY FOR FANTASTIC RETRO AND VINTAGE BARGAINS THEN SMUGLY JUSTIFY YOUR PURCHASES BY SAYING h) M RECYCLING DON T YOU KNOW v */). !. /2'!.)3!4)/. @.O 3WEAT IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST ANTI SWEATSHOP ORGANISATION IN "RITAIN 6ISIT THEIR WEBSITE AT WWW NOSWEAT ORG UK AND SIGN UP TO THIS WORTHY CAUSE 4HEY HOLD REGULAR MARCHES AND SUPPORT MEETINGS IN #ENTRAL ,ONDON AND ARE NOT AFRAID TO CONFRONT THE COMPANY BIG WIGS ON THESE BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES

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AT DANCE AND BE MERRY 4HE 5NION S ANNUAL )NTERNATIONAL 0ARTY IS UPON US 4HIS 7EDNES DAY TH FROM PM THE ,#2 WILL BE TRANSFORMED INTO A MYRIAD OF FANTASTICAL mAVOURS DELIGHTFUL DANCES AND SENSATIONAL SONG AS WE CELEBRATE 5%! S )NTERNA TIONAL STUDENTS AND SOCIETIES

&ROM %NGLISH TRADITIONAL -OR RIS DANCING TO )NDIAN "OLLYWOOD DANCING THIS YEAR S PARTY WILL PLAY HOST TO PERFORMANCES FROM THE 5NION S DIVERSE CULTURAL MIX OF SOCI ETIES 4HIS YEAR WE HAVE PERFORMANC ES FROM SOCIETIES SUCH AS *APANESE SOCIETY DOING A TRADITIONAL DANCE THE #HINESE SOCIETY PERFORMING SOME KUNG FU AND -EXICAN SOCIETY

ALSO DOING A TRADITIONAL DANCE 7E WILL ALSO HAVE PERFORMANCES FROM #APOEIRA SHOWING OFF "RAZILIAN MARTIAL ART DANCE AND 2OCK 'OSPEL CHOIR SINGING A SONG IN 2USSIAN 4HE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL STU DENTS REPRESENTING THEIR SOCIETY AND CULTURE IS VAST WITH TWO DIFFERENT "OLLYWOOD DANCING PERFORMANCES BELLYDANCING A 4RIBAL &USION DANCE

AND EVEN A BEATBOXER 4HE SUCCESS WE HAVE HAD IN THE NUMBERS OF IN DIVIDUALS AND SOCIETIES PERFORMING IS TESTAMENT TO THE FACT THAT )NTER NATIONAL SOCIETIES ARE THRIVING AT 5%! 4HIS YEAR HAS SEEN THE BIRTH OF THE )NDIAN SOCIETY WHO WILL BE PER FORMING AND OTHER )NTERNATIONAL SOCIETIES ARE GOING FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH 4HE )NTERNATIONAL SOCIETY ITSELF HAS OVER MEMBERS )T IS NOT ONLY SONG AND DANCE PERFORMANCES THAT WILL BE REPRE SENTED AT THE PARTY GUESTS WILL BE ABLE TO GET A LITERAL TASTE OF THE DIF FERENT COUNTRIES REPRESENTED WITH AN ENTICING ARRAY OF FOOD STALLS 4HE FOOD WHICH WILL BE ON OFFER FROM PM IS ONE OF THE MANY HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PARTY )T GIVES THE STUDENTS AND SOCIETIES THE CHANCE TO SERVE DISHES INDIVIDUAL TO THEIR CULTURE 7E WILL BE HOSTING OVER FOOD STALLS WITH DISHES SUCH AS CHICKEN CURRY PADTHAI AND SUSHI AVAILABLE FOR GUESTS TO TRY A TASTER 7E WILL ALSO BE HAVING A LOCAL FOOD STALL FROM THE 0ERMACULTURE SOCIETY AS WELL AS A &AIR 4RADE CAKE STALL AND IF ALL GOES TO PLAN A 7ELSH CAKE STALL

4HE )NTERNATIONAL PARTY IS A FAN TASTIC OPPORTUNITY FOR GUESTS TO EX PERIENCE THE DIVERSE MULTICULTURAL ISM WE HAVE AT 5%! AS WELL AS THE CHANCE FOR SOCIETIES AND INDIVIDUALS TO SHOW OFF THEIR CULTURE &OR ONE NIGHT ONLY THE ,#2 IS TRANSFORMED mAGS ARE HUNG FROM THE RAFTERS AND THE VENUE BECOMES A MASS OF COL OURS mAVOURS AND RHYTHMS A WEL COME CHANCE FOR STUDENTS TO BE TRANSPORTED TO NOT JUST SEVEN BUT ALL THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD #OME ALONG TO THIS EXCITING EVENT TASTE SOME FOOD HAVE A DANCE AND ENJOY THE ARRAY OF CUL TURES AND COUNTRIES REPRESENTED .O MAGIC CARPET RIDE IS REQUIRED JUST GET YOUR TICKETS FROM THE BOX OFlCE FOR THE BARGAIN PRICE OF a &OOD WILL BE ON OFFER FROM PM THIS IS A TASTER RATHER THAN A FULL MEAL SO DO EAT BEFOREHAND WITH PERFORM ANCES FROM UNTIL PM AND THERE WILL BE A WORLD MUSIC DISCO TO lNISH ,AST YEAR TICKETS SOLD OUT SO MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT MISS OUT ON THIS FANTASTIC NIGHT 2UTH 3TONE

Students: Â time Â to Â volunteer 7EEK IS .ATIONAL 3TUDENT 6OLUN TEERING 7EEK AND SO THROUGHOUT THE WEEK 5%! S 6OLUNTEERS 3OCIETY WILL BE HOLDING EVENTS ON AND AROUND CAMPUS INCLUDING A QUIZ ON &RI DAY TH &EBRUARY FROM PM IN #ONGREGATION (ALL 4HIS EVENT IS TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE "IG # A LOCAL CHARITY THAT RAISES MONEY FOR CANCER RESEARCH 4HIS RESEARCH IS CARRIED OUT AT 5%! AND LOCAL HOSPITALS 3O PLEASE COME AND JOIN US AT TO SUPPORT THIS WONDERFUL CAUSE $URING THE WEEK WE WILL ALSO BE COLLECTING CLOTHES IN THE (IVE FOR A PROJECT CALLED 2OXFAM AN EVENT TAK

ING PLACE IN .ORWICH )T IS BEING RUN BY /XFAM AND ALL THE CLOTHES COLLECTED WILL BE CUSTOMISED BY VOL UNTEERS WITH A FASHION SHOW TAKING PLACE IN -AY AT -ERCY 4HIS LOOKS TO BE A GREAT EVENT AND WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS LATE IN THE SEMESTER TO WORK BEHIND THE SCENES AND AS MODELS )F THIS SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE IN VOLVED WITH WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU !LSO IF YOU HAVE ANY OLD CLOTHES YOU DO NOT WANT PLEASE BRING THEM ALONG FOR CHARITY !S WELL AS THIS WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE A NUMBER OF ONE OFF VOLUNTEER ING EVENTS WORKING WITH CHILDREN THE ELDERLY AND PAINTING DECORAT ING .ORWICH !RTS #ENTRE &OR MORE DETAILS PLEASE CONTACT 5%! S 6OLUN TEERS 3OCIETY 7E WOULD ALSO LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO A WONDERFUL VOL UNTEERING OPPORTUNITY IN .ORWICH 3WIMMING 3ESSION 6OLUNTEER &ACILI TATORS ARE BEING SOUGHT FOR THE .OR WICH AND $ISTRICT $ISABLED 0ERSONS 3WIMMING #LUB )T TAKES PLACE EVE RY 3UNDAY FROM PM 6OLUN TEERS CAN HELP WITH ANY 3UNDAY SES

SIONS THAT ARE CONVENIENT FOR THEM 6OLUNTEERS DECIDE HOW THEY ARE IN VOLVED AND CAN HELP WITH SOME OR ALL AREAS &OR MORE INFORMATION VISIT VOLUNTEERS UEA AC UK AND SEARCH FOR THE VOLUNTEER ROLE 4HERE ARE MANY MORE WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES ON THE WEBSITE 4HE PURPOSE OF THE WEEK IS ALSO TO RAISE AWARENESS OF VOLUNTEERING 6OLUNTEERING DOES NOT NEED TO TAKE UP A LOT OF YOUR TIME JUST A FEW

HOURS A WEEK CAN BE VERY REWARD ING AS WELL AS HELPING YOU GAIN EX PERIENCE IN DIFFERENT lELDS AND OF COURSE IT CAN ENHANCE YOUR #6 IN CREASING YOUR EMPLOYABILITY 4HE BENElTS OF VOLUNTEERING ARE NUMEROUS AND VARIED 9OU CAN GO s 4O MAKE FRIENDS s 4O GAIN SKILLS OR TRAINING s 4O GAIN WORK EXPERIENCE s 4O BUILD SELF ESTEEM AND SELF CONlDENCE

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N THE WORLD OF lLM FESTIVALS #ANNES REIGNS SUPREME FOR GLITZ AND GLAMOUR n OR SO PEOPLE THINK 3UNDANCE IS A BUNCH OF !MERICANS GETTING DRUNK BETWEEN SKI RUNS AND THE 4ORONTO &ILM &ESTIVAL IS OVERRUN BY CORPORATE (OLLYWOOD 4HIS LEAVES THE "ERLINALE AS THE WORLD S BEST lLM FESTIVAL (ERE S WHY 4HE FESTIVAL MUCH LIKE THE CITY OF "ERLIN IS HOME TO THE WORLD S GREATEST YEAR ROUND PARTY SCENE BUT STILL lLLED WITH THE KIND OF GRIT THAT ONE ASSOCIATES WITH "ROOKLYN "ER LIN S GOT THE GRAFlTI BUT NOT THE GUN CRIME 4HE lLM FESTIVAL IS UNDER RATED ON THE GLOBAL SCENE 4HERE ARE NO SUNSETS ON THE BEACH OR EXTREME SPORTS JUST lLMS &OR YEARS &EB RUARY HAS MARKED THE TIME WHEN NEARLY ALL OF "ERLIN S MILLION CIT IZENS BECOME IN SOME WAY INVOLVED IN THIS MASSIVE EVENT WHICH IS ALSO THE CITY S GREATEST ANNUAL INCOME GENERATOR 7ITH lLMS IN THE COMPETI TION AND HUNDREDS MORE HOLDING hMARKET SCREENINGSv PEOPLE LOOK ING TO SELL AND DISTRIBUTE lLMS THE WORLD S MOST CREATIVE AND SAVVY lLM TALENT AND PRODUCERS COME TOGETHER FOR TEN DAYS OF THE MOST BRILLIANT NETWORKING ) HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED IN MY LIFE /N &EBRUARY TH WHEN -ARTIN 3CORCESE S NEW DOCUMEN TARY ABOUT 4HE 2OLLING 3TONES 3HINE ! ,IGHT PREMIERED ON SCREEN WITH

BOTH DIRECTORIAL AND ON SCREEN TAL ENT PRESENT FOR THE FESTIVITIES THE GAMES HAD BEGUN (ERE S WHERE MY CONFESSION COMES IN ) SAW MOVIES AT THIS YEAR S "ERLINALE BUT THAT DOESN T MEAN ) DIDN T HAVE THE TIME OF MY LIFE -Y lRST NIGHT AT THE lLM FESTIVAL AT A GLANCE $AY !RRIVE IN "ERLIN AT 4EGEL !IRPORT VIA A "RITISH !IRWAYS mIGHT a xSHOWERxMEET FRIENDS FOR DINNERxATTEND PARTY FOR THE &RANK FURT "OOK &AIRxIT S TOO CROWDED BUT THE OPEN BAR IS A PLUSxMY FRIENDS WANT TO GO SOMEWHERE WHERE WE CAN BREATHE (EAD TO THE 4RASSIBERIA PARTY TO CELEBRATE A 3PANISH FUNDED 2USSIAN SET lLM STARRING 3IR "EN +INGSLEY AND 7OODY (ARRELSONx ) HAVE AN INVITATION TO THE EVENT BUT NEED TO BLAG MY WAY TO GET TWO FEMALE FRIENDS INTO THE EVENT CLAIMING THEY ARE MY WIFE AND EX WIFE )T WORKS /NCE AGAIN WE WELCOME OPEN BARS AND A PORTABLE hICE LOUNGE v )F YOU VE EVER BEEN TO THE !"3/,54 )CE "AR IN ,ONDON -ILAN OR 3TOCK HOLM YOU LL KNOW WHAT ) M TALKING ABOUT BUT THE FACT THAT THEY BUILT SUCH A BAR WHERE EVERYTHING FROM WALLS TO mOORS TO GLASSES IS COVERED IN ICE FOR THIS lLM PARTY WOWED ME 4HE PARTY GETS CROWDED AND ) BEGIN TO mIRT WITH SOME 3PANISH COUGAR NAMED /LGA WHO COMPILED

THE lLM S SOUNDTRACK AND WANTS TO TAKE ME HOME WITH HER ) TELL HER THAT ) M MARRIED BUT LOST MY RING IN THE ICE LOUNGE 3IR "EN +INGSLEY AND A BUNCH OF 3PANISH STARS SHOW UP AT THE PARTY ) MAKE IT MY GOAL TO RUB "ENJAMIN S SWEET CUE BALL HEAD WITH MY ICY SMOOTH lNGERS n LIKE FROZEN lSH STICKS ON A CANTALOUPE

h(OW WILL ) EVER LIVE THROUGH A FESTIVAL FILLED WITH SUCH DEBAUCHERY v 4HE OPEN BAR IS GETTING TO ME REALLY GETTING TO ME 7E DECIDE TO MAKE FOR THE DOOR AROUND !- KNOWING THAT THIS 3PRING "REAK TYPE MADNESS WILL ONLY GET MORE EXCITING TOMORROW n AND ) WAS UP AT AM TODAY SO ) M NOT DOING TOO WELL ! HANDFUL OF CHAUFFEURED LIMOU SINES WAIT OUTSIDE THE CLUB ) TELL THE 'ERMAN MAN COORDINATING THEM THAT ) PRODUCED THIS MOVIE AND THAT ) MUST BE DRIVEN HOME ) CALL HIM

hBABE v &OR THE PAST HOUR OR SO ) VE REFERRED TO EVERY MALE WHOM ) VE SPOKEN WITH AS hBABE v 7HY SUCH A SUAVE MONSTER IN ME ONLY COMES OUT AFTER ELEVEN DRINKS ) LL NEVER KNOW 4HE GIRLS AND ) DEMAND CLAS SIC ROCK ON THE WAY HOME AND WE ARE IMPRESSED WHEN THE DRIVER SINGS ALONG TO (ERE #OMES 4HE 3UN AND !MERICAN 0IE WHEN ) THREATEN NOT TO TIP HIM IF HE DOESN T COMPLY 7E MAKE IT BACK TO OUR RENTED APARTMENT IN THE TRENDY 7EST 6IL LAGE ESQUE 2OSENTHALER 0LATZ AREA ON THE .ORTHERN EDGE OF -ITTE THE #ENTRAL 0ART OF TOWN 7ITHIN MINUTES ) THROW UP INTO THE TOILET ASKING THE GIRLS h7HAT DID ) EAT OR DRINK THAT WAS RED TONIGHT v 3TUPID QUESTION INDEED n AS ALL ) CONSUMED FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT WAS GLASS UPON GLASS OF RED WINE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE THREE SCREWDRIVERS ) DRANK AT THE ICE BARx (OW WILL ) EVER LIVE THROUGH A FESTIVAL lLLED WITH SUCH DEBAUCH ERY $AY 7AKE UP IN PAIN OF COURSE "UT THAT S SO CLICHÏ ) MAN AGE TO MAKE IT OVER TO THE 0OTS DAMER 0LATZ AREA THE 4IMES 3QUARE OF "ERLIN AND HEAD TO A BRUNCH SPONSORED BY THE 5+ &ILM #OUNCIL #HAMPAGNE AND SPARKLING WATER ARE THE HANGOVER CURE ) MEET ABOUT PEOPLE IN JUST AS MANY MINUTES 4HIS EVENT IS LIKE SPEED DATING FOR INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS "USINESS

CARDS ARE EXCHANGED AT A RATE OF ONE PER MINUTE ) NOW COUNT THE HEAD OF THE 3OUTH !FRICAN &ILM )NDUSTRY AND BIG TIME PRODUCERS FROM #ANA DA 3COTLAND AND )RELAND AMONG MY PEEPS 4HE HIGHLIGHT OF THE BRUNCH BESIDES THE FOOD IS MEETING SOME 02 WOMAN FROM ,ONDON WHO TELLS ME SHE S GOT DETAILS ON TONIGHT S PARTY FOR 6ICE MAGAZINE n AND THAT SHE LL BE NOTIlED WHEN ITS SECRET LO CATION BECOMES NOT SO SECRETx&AST FORWARD TO LATER IN THE EVENINGx AFTER A CHANCE ENCOUNTER WITH A "ROOKLYN BASED lLMMAKER IN THE LOBBY OF THE (YATT ) lND MYSELF AT A PARTY FOR &ILM &ESTIVAL $IRECTORS !LL IS GOOD IN THE WORLDxUNTIL (ARVEY 7EINSTEIN SHOWS UP POPS HIS HEAD IN AND LEAVES ) SEE THERE S ANOTHER PRIVATE SOIREE ACROSS THE HALL SO DOING WHAT ) DO BEST BEING A MIS CHIEVOUS SCHEMER AS MY MOTHER HAS REMINDED ME SINCE AGE lVE ) FOL LOW (ARV ACROSS THE HALL AND ACT LIKE ) M HIS PERSONAL ASSISTANT (OWEVER ONE OF THOSE YEAR OLD BOUNCERS WHO STILL HAS BODY FAT AND BODY MUSCLE STOPS ME ) TELL HIM h,OOK DUDE ) M WITH (ARVEY AND HE S NOT GONNA LIKE IT ONE BIT IF YOU LEAVE ME OUT HERE v (E CHASES -R 7EINSTEIN DOWN APPARENTLY AND TELLS ME THAT HE HAS NO IDEA WHO ) AM 7HY CAN T ) EVER QUIT WHILE ) M AHEAD

4RAVEL 4REEFROG S TANTALIZING TRAVEL TRIVIA 4HE "ERLINALE ALSO CALLED THE "ERLIN )NTERNATIONAL &ILM &ESTIVAL WAS FOUNDED IN AND HAS BEEN CELEBRATED EVERY &EBRUARY SINCE 4HE FESTIVAL IS HUGELY POPULAR THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND USUALLY SELLS AROUND TICKETS EACH YEAR MAKING IT THE LARGEST PUBLICLY ATTENDED lLM FESTIVAL WORLD WIDE 5P TO lLMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD ARE SCREENED AND ABOUT COMPETE FOR THE COVETED 'OLDEN AND 3ILVER "EAR AWARDS

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And the candidates are... 9ES IT S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN 'ET YOUR THINKING CAPS ON GUYS AND GALS BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE POWER TO SHAPE THE FUTURE OF THE 5NION OF 5%! 3TUDENTS NOT TO MENTION WHAT THESE lNE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN SPEND THEIR NEXT YEAR DOING

.53 !NNUAL #ONFERENCE $ELEGATION !NDY *UDSON

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4HIS YEAR S .53 CONFERENCE WILL DE CIDE THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY IN OUR UNIONS )T IS IMPORTANT THAT 5%! SENDS DELEGATES WHO ARE PREPARED TO lGHT AGAINST THE PLANNED 'OV ERNENCE 2EVIEW AS A DEDICATED AC TIVIST AND SOCIALIST ) AM A CANDIDATE WHO WILL DO THIS

(AVING BEEN ELECTED TO #ONFERENCE BEFORE ) HAVE THE EXPERIENCE NECES SARY TO PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF 5%! STUDENTS AND MAKE SURE YOU ARE HEARD ) M A STAUNCH DEFENDER OF OUR POLICY AGAINST @NO PLATFORM BUT WILL ALSO MAKE AN EFFORT TO BE INFORMED ON YOUR VIEWS ON OTHER ISSUES BEFORE #ONFERENCE

.O TEXT FROM CANDIDATE 6OTING TO ELECT NEXT YEAR S 5NION %X ECUTIVE #OMMITTEE WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE ,#2 ON -ONDAY RD AND 4UES DAY TH -ARCH FROM AM TO PM #AMPAIGNING BEGINS 4UESDAY TH &EBRUARY 1UESTION 4IME WILL BE ON 4HURSDAY TH AT PM IN THE "LUE "AR AND ON &RIDAY TH IN THE ,#2 AT NOON

-Y %XPERIENCE !TTENDED LAST TWO ANNUAL .ATIONAL #ONFERENCES &ORMER .53 .ATIONAL #OUNCILLOR %LECTED TWICE TO THE %XEC 5NION 4RUSTEE FOR MONTHS )T S TIME TO END BARRIERS TO EDUCATION )T S TIME FOR LIVING GRANTS FOR ALL 6OTE *OPP ; = FOR .53

.53 CONFERENCE IS WHERE KEY NATION AL POLICY REGARDING STUDENTS IS DE CIDED 5%! NEEDS STRONG CANDIDATES WHO ARE CAPABLE OF DEBATING AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL TO ENSURE THAT DECISIONS MADE ARE RIGHT FOR 5%! ) VE BEEN A MEMBER OF DEBATING FOR YEARS AND 5NION #OUNCIL YEARS ) M 9/52 MAN

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4HE .53 IS NOT CURRENTLY WORKING EFFECTIVELY AND IS TORN BY FACTIONAL STRIFE ) INTEND TO VOTE ON STUDENT NOT FACTIONAL INTEREST )F ELECTED ) WILL OP POSE THE .53 S .O 0LATFORM POLICY AS WELL AS THEIR UN DEMOCRATIC CON STITUTIONAL REVIEW ) WILL ALSO SUPPORT ANY POLICIES WHICH TARGET STUDENT S QUALITY OF LIFE

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) M ON 5NION #OUNCIL .EWS %DI TOR OF #ONCRETE !LSO ) LED THE REFER ENDUM CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE .O 0LATFORM POLICY -Y PROMISES #OORDINATE THE lGHT AGAINST THE .53 .O 0LATFORM POLICY &IGHT FOR GRANTS FOR ALL 3TOP THE .53 ENDORSING THE LOANS SYSTEM %LECT NON CAREERIST NATIONAL OFlCERS

(I ) M !ARON "LOWERS AND ) AM RUN NING FOR (5- &ACULTY #ONVENOR ) WOULD DO WELL IN THIS BECAUSE ) HAVE A LOT OF REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE FROM BEING ON 5NION #OUNCIL AND CHAIRING THE (ISTORY 33,# AND BE CAUSE ) AM VERY DEDICATED TO STUDENT OPINIONS AND ACADEMIC REPRESENTA TION

) VE BEEN ON THE %XEC AND 5NION #OUNCIL FOR OVER A YEAR ) UNDERSTAND THE .53 AND HAVE BEEN TO 2EGIONAL #ONFERENCE BEFORE ) VE NEVER BEEN TO "LACKPOOL ) M QUITE NICE

) AM 'LORIA AND ) WOULD LOVE TO GO TO THE ANNUAL .53 #ONFERENCE 7HY "ECAUSE WE GET THE CHANCE FOR REPRESENTATION 7E HAVE THE POWER TO BRING CHANGE AND WE NEED TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT .O TO HIGHER 4UITION &EES YES TO A STRONG 5NION

-Y NAME IS -ARTIN AND IF ELECTED TO .53 CONFERENCE ) WILL ARGUE FOR ANY MOTION THAT BUILDS UPON THE 3TU DENT MOVEMENT INTERNATIONALLY ) HAVE HAD SUCCESS AT 5NION #OUNCIL BY LAUNCHING A 3OLIDARITY CAMPAIGN FOR STUDENTS IN 0AKISTAN AND WISH TO BUILD ON THIS SUCCESS AT .53 CONFER ENCE

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3HEP SAYS h9ES v TO A STRONG YEARLONG CAMPAIGN TO +EEP THE #AP TO A 5%! THAT PUTS STUDENTS lRST THROUGH AMBITIOUS COMMITMENTS IN THE FORTHCOMING 3TUDENT #HARTER TO EDUCATION FREE FROM DISCRIMINA TION BIAS AND FEAR TO h'ET )NVOLVEDv IN YOUR 5NION 4OGETHER WE RE STRONGER

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!S !CADEMIC /FlCER ) LL BE !#4)6% MY POLICIES ARE ACHIEVABLE AND STUDENT FOCUSED AND WILL MAKE YOUR ACADEMIC UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE BETTER !002/!#(!",% ) LL BE FRIENDLY VISIBLE AND ACCOUNTABLE !",% ) HAVE BOTH THE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE OF HOW THE 5NION WORKS AND HOW IT NEEDS TO IMPROVE 1UESTIONS %MAIL HAZEL WHITE UEA AC UK

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) M !NTHONY A lNAL YEAR #OMPUTER 3CIENCE STUDENT STANDING TO BE YOUR !CADEMIC /FlCER ) HAVE HAD EX PERIENCE ON COMMITTEES AT SCHOOL FACULTY AND UNIVERSITY LEVELS AND WAS A MEMBER OF A .ATIONAL 3TUDENT &ORUM *URY &OR FURTHER INFORMA TION YOU CAN EMAIL ME AT ANTHONY NEWMAN UEA AC UK

4HESE PLEDGES ARE MY PROMISES TO YOU )F ELECTED ) WILL 3ET UP A SCHEME OF ACADEMIC PAR ENTS 3ET UP AN ONLINE 5NION BOOKSHOP ORGANISED BY UNIT ,OBBY GOVERNMENT TO ABOLISH TUI TION FEES %NFRANCHISE ALL 5%! CAMPUSES 3TUDENT #HAIRS IN 3TAFF 3TUDENT ,IASON #OMMITTEES

) AM IN ,)4 STUDYING %NGLISH #RE ATIVE 7RITING ,'"4 4REASURER FOR TWO YEARS AND 5NION #OUNCILLOR FOR ONE ) WANT TO BE YOUR !CADEMIC /FlCER TO MAKE REAL CHANGES n FAIRER MARKING BETTER USE OF )4 AND LIBRARY RESOURCES A FULL FRESHERS WEEK AND MUCH MORE 7E CAN DO BETTER

h#ARLEY MAKING CAMPUS LIFE BRIGHTERv #AMPAIGNING FOR BETTER LIGHTING ) WILL IMPROVE AWARENESS OF ISSUES INCLUDING SELF HARM DISTRIBUTING MONTHLY WELFARE NEWSLETTERS )NTRO DUCING A BUDDY SYSTEM WILL MAKE THE lRST COUPLE OF WEEKS AT UNI A LIT TLE LESS DAUNTING %ASY ACCESSIBILITY ADDRESSING ISSUES OF CAR PARKING THE BUSES AND DISABLED ACCESS

(I THROUGHOUT MY TIME AT UNIVERSITY ) HAVE BEEN COMMITTED TO IMPROVING STUDENT WELFARE REPRESENTING OTHERS AND ACHIEVING RESULTS ) AM KEEN TO CONTINUE THIS AS 7ELFARE /FlCER AMONGST OTHER THINGS ) WILL CAM PAIGN ON THE BUSES HOUSING A FULL FRESHERS WEEK AND THE FAILING STUDENT LOAN SYSTEM WWW TIM WELFARE COM

6OTE FOR A CAMPAIGNING AND REFORM ING 7ELFARE /FlCER WHO WILL WORK IN KEY AREAS THAT MATTER TO STUDENTS SUCH AS HOUSING ) LL GET 9/5 A BETTER DEAL ,ET S WORK TOGETHER TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF PEOPLE 6OTE FOR POLICY VOTE FOR CHANGE 4OM LL lX IT HTTP WWW MYSPACE COM SKELTON WELFARE

7ORKING TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND SECU RITY AROUND CAMPUS RAISING AWARE NESS AND CREATING SUPPORT FOR THOSE WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES lGHTING ANOTHER RAISE IN THE COST OF TUITION lNDING SOLUTIONS TO AN UNACCEPTABLE BUS SERVICE AND CLOSURE OF THE MAIN CAR PARK TO STUDENTS 3OUND GOOD 6OTE 4OM 3544/. FOR 7ELFARE

(AVING HAD EXPERIENCE OF RUNNING SOCIETIES IF ELECTED 3OCIETIES /FlCER ) HAVE THE ABILITY AND KNOWLEDGE TO REPRESENT SOCIETIES ON THE EXECUTIVE EFFECTIVELY ) WILL CAMPAIGN FOR MORE ROOMS FOR SOCIETIES AND ALSO INSTITUTE A 3OC -ART 3OC "OOK WHICH WILL AL LOW FOR SOCIETIES TO MORE EFFECTIVELY ADVERTISE THEMSELVES TO FRESHERS

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!S 3OCIETIES /FlCER AND $EPUTY %DITOR OF #ONCRETE ) HAVE THE EX PERIENCE SKILLS AND PASSION TO NOT ONLY TACKLE THE CAP ON TUITION FEES BUT END THE STATUS QUO AND lGHT !,, FEES ) ALSO PLAN TO IMPROVE COMMU NICATION WITH OFF CAMPUS STUDENTS AND IMPROVE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH LOCAL RESIDENTS HTTP WWW FREEWEBS COM ANDY COMMS

(I !S YOUR CURRENT #OMMS /FlCER ) KNOW HOW MUCH IMPACT THE 5NION CAN MAKE 2E ELECT ME AND LET S lN ISH WHAT WE VE STARTED -Y PRIORITIES FOR THE YEAR WOULD BE A NEW WEB SITE A lGHT AGAINST INCREASING FEES SAFER COMMUNITIES AND AN ,#2 RElT -AKE SURE YOU VOTE NEXT WEEK

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7HAT DO YOU WANT FROM YOUR %NVI RONMENT /FlCER !S WELL AS DEVEL OPING THE MANDATE FOR %NVIRONMENTAL !WARENESS -ANAGEMENT .ETWORK ING AND 2ECYCLING ON CAMPUS DURING CAMPAIGING WEEK ) WILL BE STOPPING EVERY STUDENT ) CAN AND ASKING THEM THAT QUESTION 4HROUGH ME 9/5 CAN DETERMINE FUTURE %NVIRONMENTAL 0OL ICY FOR 9/52 5NIVERSITY

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) WANT TO GIVE THE 5NION #OUNCILLORS SOME FACILITIES TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO ATTEND THE MEETINGS AND TO PARTICI PATE IN THE DEBATES WITH THEIR OPIN IONS AND IDEAS ) WILL IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE 5NION RESOURCES BY PROVIDING MORE INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTS TO INVOLVE MORE STUDENTS IN THE CAMPUS LIFE

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The end of an era (ANNAH / 'RADY /PINIONS 7RITER 3O IT S ADIOS TO #ASTRO )N HIS YEARS OF LEADERSHIP THE FORMER DICTATOR OF #UBA HAS SEEN NINE !MERICAN PRESI DENTS COME AND GO AND THE DEMISE OF THE 3OVIET 5NION &OR BETTER OR WORSE HE HAS BECOME A HISTORICAL lGURE HIS BEARD AND CIGAR BECOMING ALMOST AS ICONIC AS HIS FELLOW REVOLUTIONARY #HE 'UEVARA "UT LAST WEEK THE YEAR OLD LEADER STATED THAT HE WOULD NEITHER hASPIRE TO NOR ACCEPTv THE PRESIDENCY ANY LONGER !T THE TIME OF WRITING IT IS NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR WHO WILL TAKE THE REINS 0OWER WILL EI THER TRANSFER TO HIS YOUNGER BROTHER 2AÞL #ASTRO OR POS SIBLY TO ONE OF THE YOUNGER GENERATION OF THE PARTY 2AÞL THE INTERIM PRESIDENT WILL PERHAPS CONTINUE THE #ASTRO DYNASTY REMINDING ME OF LAST ISSUE S ARTICLE ON NEPO TISM WHICH IS APPARENTLY A

UNIVERSAL PHENOMENON (E IS THOUGHT TO BE MORE PRAG MATIC THAN &IDEL (OWEVER ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE NECES SARY TO RELAX SOME OF THE ECO NOMIC LIMITATIONS HE IS SAID TO BE MINDFUL OF THE 5332 S

h(OWEVER ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO RELAX SOME OF THE ECONOMIC LIMITATIONS HE IS SAID TO BE MINDFUL OF THE 5332 S FATEv FATE AND THEREFORE UNLIKELY TO REMOVE THE MOST DRACO NIAN RESTRICTIONS ON TRAVEL LING ABROAD OR POLITICAL OP POSITION )NSTEAD HE LOOKS TOWARDS #HINA AS A MODEL OF A COMMUNIST STATE WITH AN

OPEN ECONOMY 3O WHAT KIND OF COUNTRY WILL &IDEL LEAVE FOR HIS SUCCES SOR #UBA IS A POVERTY STRICK EN @4HIRD 7ORLD STATE DUE IN PART TO THE FARCICAL 53 EMBAR GO )T HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE THE #UBAN -ISSILE #RISIS IN AND UNDER 'EORGE "USH *R THE TRAVEL AND lNAN CIAL RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN FURTHER TIGHTENED AGAINST THE ISLAND "UT WITH THE ELEC TION IN .OVEMBER COULD 53 POLICY TOWARDS #UBA BE SET TO CHANGE 4HIS SEEMS DOUBT FUL 4HE RECEIVED WISDOM IS THAT THE FUTURE PRESIDENT IS UNLIKELY TO WANT TO RISK UP SETTING THE #UBAN EXILE VOTE 4HUS IT SEEMS PROBABLE THAT #UBA WILL LOOK TOWARDS THE PAN ,ATIN !MERICAN MOVE MENT SPEARHEADED BY 6ENE ZUELA S PRESIDENT #HAVEZ FOR ITS FUTURE ALLIES 7HEN ASSESSING #UBA S CURRENT STATE MANY UNSYM PATHETIC ANALYSTS POINT TO WARDS ITS ABUSES OF HUMAN

RIGHTS !MNESTY )NTERNATIONAL ARGUES THAT THE DENIAL OF BA SIC CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS IS WRITTEN INTO #UBAN LAW AND DISSENT IS SILENCED (OWEVER THE 7EST HAS A QUESTIONABLE MORAL AUTHORITY TO SCRUTINIZE

h4HE 7EST HAS A QUESTIONABLE MORAL AUTHORITY TO SCRUTINIZE #UBA GIVEN THE REVELATIONS ABOUT @WATER BOARDING TORTUREv #UBA GIVEN THE REVELATIONS ABOUT @WATER BOARDING TOR TURE TWO WEEKS AGO AND THE EXISTENCE OF 'UANTANAMO "AY &URTHERMORE THE COUNTRY IS SAID TO HAVE SOME OF THE

Talk The Talk %MMELINE 3AUNDERS /PINIONS %DITOR BEST PUBLIC SERVICES IN THE WORLD )NTERNATIONAL ORGANI SATIONS FROM THE 5. TO THE 7ORLD "ANK RECOGNISE THAT #UBA IS ALONE IN THE @4HIRD 7ORLD IN OBTAINING DEVEL OPMENT COMPARABLE TO THAT OF THE MOST ADVANCED COUN TRIES 4HIS HAS RESULTED IN A HIGHLY LITERATE AND EDUCATED POPULATION AND A LOWER IN FANT MORTALITY RATE THAN THE 53 -ICHAEL -OORE S 3ICKO PROVIDED A GLIMPSE INTO THE FAR SUPERIOR HEALTH SYSTEM IN #UBA COMPARED TO ITS SUP POSEDLY HIGHLY DEVELOPED NEIGHBOUR (OWEVER IT SEEMS INEVI TABLE THAT REGARDLESS OF HIS SUCCESSOR &IDEL S SHADOW WILL LOOM LARGE OVER #UBA S FUTURE #ARLOS ,AGE A LEAD ING MEMBER OF THE PARTY STATED h)N #UBA THERE WILL BE NO SUCCESSION 4HERE WILL BE CONTINUITY v 7E ASSUME THIS CONTINUATION WILL INCLUDE BOTH THE GOOD AND BAD ELE MENTS OF COMMUNIST RULE

Concrete Debate: Hillary or Obama? !FTER "ARACK /BAMA HAS EMERGED THIS WEEK ACCORDING TO MANY PUNDITS AS THE NEW FRONT RUNNER FOR THE $EMOCRAT NOMINATION #ONCRETE TAKES A LOOK AT BOTH LEADING $EMOCRAT CANDIDATES -EGAN 6AN 6LACK AND 2HIANNON (ANNANT TELL US WHY THEIR CANDIDATE SHOULD GO INTO A FACE OFF WITH *OHN -C#AIN TO BE THE MOST POWERFUL PERSON IN THE WORLD -EGAN 6AN 6LACK /PINIONS 7RITER &INALLY !MERICANS HAVE BEGUN THE ULTIMATE FACE OFF SEXISM VERSUS RACISM WHO WILL WALK AWAY CHAMPION -Y MONEY IS ON "ARACK /BAMA MAINLY BECAUSE HIS NAME DOESN T START WITH (ILLARY NOR END WITH #LINTON )F ) AM GOING TO CONTINUE CLAIMING THAT ) AM A CITIZEN OF A DEMOCRATIC COUN TRY IT WOULD HELP IF THERE WERE MORE THAN TWO SURNAMES REIGNING IN THE 7HITE (OUSE FOR THE PAST TWENTY YEARS !T lRST GLANCE #LINTON AND /BAMA SEEM TO MEET EYE TO EYE ON MOST ISSUES 1UITE FRANKLY ) HAVE TO ADMIRE HIS NERVE TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE OF $ETROIT AUTOMAK ERS ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL IS SUES AND THE NATION S RESPON SIBILITY TO LEAD THE WAY IN FUEL EFlCIENT VEHICLES IT TOOK SOME REAL COJONES /BAMA S !MERICAN /P

PORTUNITY 4AX #REDIT PROMISES TO ENSURE OF lNANCIAL AID FOR MOST !MERICAN STU DENTS /BAMA S VERY lRST BILL IN THE 3ENATE AIMED TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM 0ELL 'RANT FOR STUDENTS (IS &AIR 0AY !CT PROMISES TO ENSURE EQUAL PAY FOR WOMEN IN THE 53 -ORE IMPORTANTLY ) AM IMPRESSED WITH HIS OUTSPO KEN DESIRE TO INCREASE EX CONVICTS STANDARD OF LIVING )N THE 53 MOST EX CONVICTS DON T HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE 4HE MEASURES HE PROMISES TO MAKE WITH JOB TRAINING MEN TAL HEALTH COUNSELLING AND THE PRISON TO WORK INCENTIVE PROGRAMMES ARE SAID WITHOUT A HIDDEN AGENDA 4HE MINUTE THE 53 SAYS h) DO v AND WHISKS #LINTON OVER THE THRESHOLD OF THE 7HITE (OUSE THERE GOES THE COOL GIRLFRIEND IT WILL BE HELLO TO THE NEW -RS 0RESIDENT AND THE END OF GUYS NIGHT AS WE KNOW IT

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,AST WEEK SAW /BAMA OVERTAKE #LINTON IN A 'ALLUP POLL #LINTON STILL LEADS IN MOST OTHER POLLS BUT THE GAP HAS CLOSED BETWEEN THE TWO CANDIDATES AS THE RACE HAS CONTINUED

! CANDIDATE NEEDS DELEGATES TO WIN THE NOMINATION OUT OF

(ILLARY #LINTON CURRENTLY HAS

"ARACK /BAMA CURRENTLY HAS

2HIANNON (ANNANT /PINIONS 7RITER @!MERICA ELECTS ITS lRST WOM EN PRESIDENT ! SENTENCE THAT MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT WOULD NEVER ADORN A NEWSPAPER !LTHOUGH THE TIME HAS NOT QUITE COME IT COULD VERY WELL BE CLOSE AT HAND AND ) THINK THAT IS A TRULY EXCITING DEVEL OPMENT (ILLARY #LINTON IS NOT JUST LOOKING TO BE A HISTORICAL STEP TOWARDS FEMALE EQUAL ITY IF ELECTED PRESIDENT SHE WOULD NO DOUBT BE AMONGST ONE OF THE BEST PRESIDENTS TO DATE 4HE REASON FOR THIS 3HE KNOWS THE SYSTEM 4HE /BAMA CAMPAIGN HAS MADE A LOT OF POLITICAL CAPITAL OUT OF THE FACT THAT (ILLARY IS SOMEHOW TAINTED WITH THE TAG OF 7ASHINGTON INSIDER )T IS WORTH POINT ING OUT THAT *&+ WAS ELECTED AS AN OUTSIDER AND STRUGGLED TO GET ANY OF HIS PROMISED

CHANGES INTO CONCRETE ACTION !FTER HIS DEATH IT WAS ,YNDON *OHNSON A MAN WHO KNEW A THING OR TWO ABOUT PLAYING THE SYSTEM THAT GOT THE #IVIL 2IGHTS "ILL THROUGH #ONGRESS 7HETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST SUCCESS FUL AT GETTING CHANGE OUT OF A POLITICAL SYSTEM ARE THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN AT THE HEART OF IT (ILLARY HAS BEEN THERE SHE LEARNT FROM BITTER PER SONAL EXPERIENCE HOW PRO GRAMMES WITH LAUDABLE AS PIRATIONS LIKE HER HEALTHCARE PROGRAMME CAN BE DESTROYED BY INSIDER POLITICIANS WHO KNOW HOW TO WORK THE SYS TEM ) BELIEVE THE CAMPAIGN SHOULD BE ABOUT CHANGE BUT CHANGE CAN ONLY COME FROM THE INSIDE )F !MERICANS WANT A BETTER DEAL THEY NEED TO VOTE FOR A CANDIDATE WHO KNOWS HOW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN 4HEY NEED TO VOTE FOR (ILLARY

%DMUND IN 4HE ,ION THE 7ITCH AND THE 7ARDROBE UPON lND ING OUT THAT THE 3NOW 1UEEN TRICKED HIM INTO BETRAYING HIS SIBLINGS 0ERSEPHONE ON DIS COVERING SHE CAN NEVER FULLY ESCAPE (ADES AS SHE ATE SIX POMEGRANATE SEEDS 4HE /LD -AN WHO REALISED HIS lSHY AD VERSARY ULTIMATELY TRIUMPHED OVER HIS HUMAN GREED #RUSHING DISAPPOINT MENTS ALL OF THESE 9ET NONE COMPARE TO THE MOMENT WHEN ) CONCEDED THAT UPON GRADUAT ING ) PROBABLY WILL NOT WALTZ INTO MY DREAM JOB WHERE ) DETERMINE MY WORKING HOURS AND GET PAID IN BLANK CHEQUES THAT MY EMPLOYERS BEG ME TO lLL IN 4HAT MOMENT CAME AT ROUGHLY AM ON &RIDAY MORNING WHEN ) WAS LYING IN BED SWEATING IN SHEER TERROR AT THE AMOUNT OF WORK ) AM YET TO COMPLETE BEFORE ) CAN LEGITI MATELY ATTEND THE AFOREMEN TIONED 'RADUATION (AVING HAD ALMOST SIX MONTHS TO WRITE MY DISSERTA TION OF WORDS FOR EXAM PLE ) HAVE NOW REACHED THE GRAND TOTAL OF SEVEN WORDS 4HAT WOULD BE MY TITLE WHICH ) TYPED AT AROUND AM THAT SAME &RIDAY MORNING 3PRING ING OUT OF BED AND LANDING RATHER PAINFULLY ON AN UP TURNED PHONE CHARGER CURS ING MY PROCRASTINATION ALL THE WHILE WAS IN HINDSIGHT NOT THE BEST WAY TO BEGIN MY OPUS MAGNUM OR @RAPE BABY AS ) HAVE COME TO THINK OF IT /F COURSE NOTHING HAS BEEN ADDED SINCE THEN 2ATHER MY TIME HAS BEEN SPENT WOR RYING BITCHING AND GAGGING IN HORROR EVERY TIME SOMEONE MENTIONS THE WORD @DISSERTA TION OR ANYTHING THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT $ESSERT IS OUT OF THE QUESTION &AMILY MEMBERS ARE NOW HUNG UP ON AND SEVERAL HAVE BEEN DISOWNED SIMPLY FOR SUGGESTING THAT ) hJUST GET ON WITH ITv -Y HOUSEMATES DESPAIR MY LAPTOP LOOKS AT ME BE SEECHINGLY WHENEVER ) STALK PAST IT ) THINK ) HAVE DEVEL OPED TINNITUS n ) HEAR ELEC TRICAL WHISPERS TELLING ME TO WRITE SOMETHING !ND ) WILL "UT FOR NOW AT LEAST MY TITLE LOOKS PRETTY

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The sound of prejudice Archbishop of idiocy $ALE ,E 0AGE /PINIONS 7RITER 4HE "RITISH ARE TO PUT IT BLUNTLY SCARED SILLY OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE THEY SHARE THIS ISLAND WITH 7HETHER IT IS A FEAR OF ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR MORE SERIOUS CRIMES SUCH AS THEFT OR SIMPLY OF A MORAL DEGENERATION OF THE "RITISH YOUNG THERE IS A PALPABLE SENSE OF FEAR EMANATING FROM OLD TO YOUNG 4HIS FEAR THIS DISTRUST REACHED A PEAK WITH THE IN TRODUCTION OF THE @-OSQUITO AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE WHICH IS DESIGNED TO ANNOY YOUNG PEOPLE BY EMITTING NOISE ONLY THEY CAN HEAR AND THEREFORE FORCING THEM TO MOVE AWAY FROM SHOPS OR OTHER AREAS 4HIS IN MY EYES REPRESENTS A COWARDLY AND FRANKLY REPRE HENSIBLE WAY OF DEALING WITH THE PERCEIVED PROBLEM 4HIS IS BASICALLY COLLECTIVE PUNISH MENT A PARALLEL WOULD BE TO BAN ALL DRIVERS BECAUSE SOME HAVE DRIVEN WHILE DRUNK 4HEIR INTRODUCTION IS HARDLY SURPRISING 7HEN YOU HAVE MAJOR DAILY NEWSPAPERS WITH A CIRCULATION OF MILLIONS PUBLISHING HEADLINES SUCH AS h3OULLESS .IHILISTIC 4HE WAY THE YOUNG DRINK TODAY TERRI lES ME AND WE RE TO BLAMEv

WITH THE PREDICTABLE DESCRIP TION OF A YOUTH CULTURE BASED PURELY AROUND DRINKING CHEAP CIDER AND THEN BEATING SOME ONE UP THERE IS OBVIOUSLY GO ING TO BE A REACTION (ARDLY A DAY GOES PAST WITHOUT A @YOB ON THE NEWS WITHOUT ANTI SO CIAL BEHAVIOUR BEING DECRIED BY ALL AND SUNDRY $O NOT

h4HEIR INTRODUCTION IS HARDLY SURPRISING 7HEN YOU HAVE MAJOR DAILY NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHING HEADLINES SUCH AS @3OULLESS .IHILISTIC 4HE WAY THE YOUNG DRINK TODAY TERRIlES ME v MISUNDERSTAND ME THESE ARE PROBLEMS 6ERY SERIOUS PROB LEMS INDEED 4HE FULL FORCE OF THE LAW SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO BEAR ON THOSE WHO COM MIT THESE CRIMES PERHAPS EVEN TIGHTENING SENTENCES FOR THOSE CONVICTED BUT VILIFYING EVERYONE UNDER THE AGE OF ONLY INCREASES THE PROBLEM

)T IS RECEIVED WISDOM THAT WE HAVE A @RUNAWAY PROBLEM WITH YOUTH OFFENDING THAT THERE IS A GANG ON EVERY STREET CORNER WAITING TO SCORE SOME DRUGS OR TO STEAL FROM THE SHOP (OWEVER WHERE HAS THIS COME FROM !CCORDING TO BOTH THE "RITISH #RIME 3URVEY AND 0OLICE 2ECORDED #RIMES CRIME HAS FALLEN BY OVER SINCE #RIMINAL DAM AGE THE STATISTIC PERHAPS MOST RELEVANT TO THIS PIECE HAS NOT CHANGED IN YEARS 4HIS THROWS THE CAT AMONGST THE PIGEONS !CCORDING TO THE SAME DOCU MENT TWO THIRDS OF PEOPLE BELIEVE CRIME HAS RISEN OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS 3O THE REAL ISSUE IS NOT THAT CRIME IS RISING OR THAT THE YOUTH IS RUNNING AMOK BUT THAT THE PRESS HAS WHIPPED UP A MAELSTROM OF UNFOUND ED FEAR 3O LET S SUPPORT THE #HILDREN S #OMMISSIONER AND BAN THOSE -OSQUITOES )NSTEAD HOW ABOUT lNDING SOLUTIONS TO THE CRIME THAT DOES EXIST BY ENGAGING WITH PEOPLE BY SUBSIDISING YOUTH CLUBS AND SPORT TEAMS FOR YOUNGSTERS INSTEAD OF PAYING FOR BLANKET PUNISHMENT !ND PERHAPS SOCIETY NEEDS TO RE EVALUATE ITS STANCE ON ITS OWN YOUNG

"RADLEY 2EDDICK /PINIONS 7RITER )F THE RECENT ROW OVER 3HARI AH LAW REALLY HAS RAISED ANYTHING WORTHY OF DEBATE IT IS UNLIKELY TO BE MADE AN OBJECT OF THE PRESS MEDIA S ATTENTION AT LEAST NOT IN TERMS BElTTING OF ANY RATIONAL DISCOURSE 2OWAN 7ILLIAMS S INSUFFERABLE NON SENSE ABOUT THE hMAINTAINING OF SOCIAL COHESIONv THROUGH THE ACCEPTANCE OF )SLAMIC LAW IN THE MEDIATION OF CERTAIN CIVIC AND MARITAL DISPUTES WAS SWIFTLY SHIELDED FROM GENUINE SCRUTINY AS OUR JOURNALISTS EM BARKED UPON ANOTHER CHILDISH EXERCISE IN SELF APPRAISAL 4HEN AGAIN TO HARANGUE THE NEWS MEDIA OVER MISREP RESENTATION IS EQUIVALENT TO ADMONISHING THE %ARTH FOR BE ING ROUND (OWEVER WE NEED TO ASK WHETHER OUR SOCIETY REALLY RESTS ITS MORAL CONSCIENCE UPON @*UDEO #HRISTIAN VALUES $O WE REALLY BELIEVE IN THE HATEFUL BIGOTRY OF CHARMING HOMO

PHOBES LIKE #ORMACK -URPHY / #ONNOR $R 7ILLIAMS HAS BUILT HIM SELF A SORRY RECORD OF SHAMEFUL ACQUIESENCE TO THESE UGLIEST QUARTERS OF THE #HURCH AS WE

h)F ONLY A LITTLE OF $R 7ILLIAMS S MUCH HAILED @LIBER AL HUMANISM HAD INFORMED A VIEW ON THE REALITIES OF RELIGIOUS CIVIC AR BITRATION THROUGH WHICH THE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIO LENCE AND GENITAL MUTILATION v HAVE COME TO EXPECT EVEN AN ARCHBISHOP OF SUCH UNEQUIVO CAL MAGNANIMITY CAN GO ONLY SO FAR IN THE PURSUIT OF EQUAL ITY AND @INCLUSION BEFORE THE VILE COMPULSION TO THEOCRATIC

TRADITIONALISM TIGHTENS THIS VICAR S COLLAR )F ONLY A LITTLE OF $R 7IL LIAMS S MUCH HAILED @LIBERAL HUMANISM HAD INFORMED A VIEW ON THE REALITIES OF RELI GIOUS CIVIC ARBITRATION THROUGH WHICH THE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND GENITAL MUTILA TION WOULD BE DENIED CONTACT WITH THE PROPER LEGAL INSTITU TIONS OF THE 3TATE n INSTITUTIONS FOUNDED NO LESS UPON PRINCI PLES OF INDISCRIMINATE JUSTICE FOR OVER TWO CENTURIES 4O AN IRRELEVANT DIATRIBIST LIKE $R 7ILLIAMS IT IS FAR BETTER APPAR ENTLY TO SATISFY SOME GOULISH PRINCIPLE OF @PLURAL JURISDIC TION LEGISLATED AUTONOMOUS MEDIEVALISM AND ITS POISON OUS ETHIC OF MISOGYNISTIC @HON OUR 4HE REALITY WAS LOST ON &LEET 3TREET 7HAT $R 7ILLIAMS WAS REALLY ENDORSING IS FAR MORE DANGEROUS THAN PUBLIC LASH INGS )F THIS HOW WE MAINTAIN @SOCIAL COHESION THEN IT AND THIS RIDICULOUS ARCHBISHOP RE ALLY CAN GO TO HELL

Primarytastic -ATT 0ACKER /PINIONS 7RITER 7HAT WERE YOU DOING AT THE LAST POLITICAL PARTY LEADERSHIP CAMPAIGN #HANCES ARE YOU WERE NOT PHONING POTENTIAL SUPPORTERS WHILE TRAVELLING ACROSS THE 5+ PRESSING THE mESH FOR A CANDIDATE 9OU WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN INTER VIEWED BY A TELEVISION NEWS CREW SPEAKING SO ENTHUSI ASTICALLY ABOUT YOUR CHOSEN CANDIDATE READY TO BURST INTO THE NATIONAL ANTHEM "UT THEN THIS ISN T !MERICA 7ITH THE 53 PRIMARIES APPROACHING THEIR ENDGAME STAGE THE EMOTIONS ON DISPLAY ARE RUNNING WILD 7ATCHING NUMEROUS CLIPS FROM THE SEEMINGLY END LESS CAMPAIGNS ) AM AL WAYS AMAZED AT THE LEVEL OF ENTHUSIASM AND HOPE ON SHOW )T IS SOMETHING OF A HUGE CONTRAST TO THE 5+ )N

THE SAME WAY THAT THE "RITISH ARE RESERVED OR PERCEIVED TO BE THE 53 EMBRACES IT ALL IN A BIGGER LOUDER DISPLAY OF AF FECTION !T A ,ABOUR OR #ON

h)N THE 53 THE CANDIDATES EVERY WORD IS LISTENED TO ATTENTIVELY THEN THERE S THE DEMONIC CHEERING AND CLAPPING SO VIGOROUS ITS FRICTION COULD START ANOTHER #ALIFORNIAN BUSH lRE v SERVATIVE RALLY THERE MIGHT BE A HEARTY CLAP AND AGREEING NOD TO THE LEADER IN THE 53 THE CANDIDATES EVERY WORD IS LISTENED TO ATTENTIVELY THEN

THERE S THE DEMONIC CHEERING AND CLAPPING SO VIGOROUS ITS FRICTION COULD START ANOTHER #ALIFORNIAN BUSH lRE 4HE ACTIVISTS LOOK NOTH ING SHORT OF ECSTATIC AS THEY STAND THERE SPELLBOUND WITH AN INSATIABLE APPETITE OF SUPPORT FOR THEIR MAN OR WOMAN )T IS AS IF THEY ARE ON THE VERGE OF A SEXUAL CLIMAX !N !MERICAN FRIEND TOLD ME THAT THE PRIMARIES ARE hLIKE MASTURBATION )N THE END YOU RE JUST SCREWING YOURSELF REALLY v AS THEY ARE hA MEANS FOR SLICK POLITI CIANS TO HONE THEIR MESSAGE OF HOPE ON THE UNSUSPECT ING PUBLICv 0ARTS OF THE 53 PUBLIC MIGHT BE THROWING THEMSELVES AT THE lRST PER SON WHO OFFERS THEM UP AS AN EASY CHOICE HOWEVER IT IS REFRESHING TO SEE SUCH A LEVEL OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT HAS BEEN CLEARLY LACKING ON THIS SIDE OF THE POND

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SO ) THOUGHT IT WOULD NOT BE TOO HARD TO lND SOMETHING (APPILY ) FOUND JACKET POTATOES AND A VARIETY OF lLLINGS TO lLL MY NOW CAVERN OUS STOMACH "UT ONE CANNOT LIVE ON SPUD ALONE SO ) CHECKED OUT THE OPTIONS 4HE SALAD BAR EVEN SALAD WAS LOOKING APPETISING AT THIS POINT SEEMED A STROKE OF GENIUS AND THE FACT THAT YOU CAN PICK AND CHOOSE FROM THE HOT FOODS MEANT THAT ) COULD AVOID ANYTHING POTEN TIALLY DANGEROUS WITHOUT MAKING A FUSS 4HE STAFF WERE PATIENT AND WHEN ) MADE A QUERY ABOUT IN GREDIENTS THEY HELPFULLY WENT TO CHECK FOR ME ) HAD lNALLY FOUND SOMEWHERE SATISFACTORY TO MUNCH THOUGH THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE HAD PERSUADED ME THAT PERHAPS PACKED LUNCHES WERE THE EASIER WAY TO GO 4O MY RELIEF A RETURN VISIT TO MY SPECIALIST INFORMED ME THAT MY INI TIAL ATTEMPTS HAD MADE SOME DIFFER ENCE TO MY SKIN BUT ) WAS INSTRUCT ED TO CUT OUT MILK AS WELL 3INCE MOST OF THE 7ESTERN WORLD S DIET IS BASED ON WHEAT AND MILK IT HAS BEEN DIFlCULT TO SAY THE LEAST 4HE INCLUSION OF A SELECTION OF .AIRN S OAT CAKES CRACKERS AND BISCUITS AND PLENTY OF FRUIT IN THE 5&/ HAS BEEN HELPFUL DURING THOSE HUNGRY TIMES )T S A SHAME THAT ALLERGY WARN INGS ARE NOT DISPLAYED ON THE FOOD PRODUCED ON CAMPUS AND THAT THERE IS A REAL LACK OF VARIETY AVAIL ABLE "UT MY SKIN IS SLOWLY CLEARING UP SO MAYBE THERE IS SOMETHING TO THIS CORNmAKES IN ORANGE JUICE LARK

Sex damaging degree potential 3HOULD THE OF SEXUALLY ACTIVE STUDENTS AT 5%! BE MORE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORM ANCES ! NEW POLL BY #AMBRIDGE 5NIVERSITY S STUDENT NEWSPA PER 6ARSITY SAYS THEY SHOULD BE !CCORDING TO THE STUDY OF OVER STUDENTS FROM #AMBRIDGE 5NIVERSITY A LINK HAS BEEN DISCOV ERED BETWEEN SEXUAL ACTIVITY AND DEGREE POTENTIAL 3TUDENTS WITH LESS SEXUAL PARTNERS APPEAR TO BE ACHIEVING BETTER GRADES THAN THEIR MORE PROMISCUOUS ASSOCIATES

4HE STUDY IS BACKED UP BY lGURES FROM LAST YEAR S 4OMP KINS TABLE OF ACADEMIC PERFORM ANCE AMONG #AMBRIDGE COLLEGES ! QUARTER OF STUDENTS ATTENDING #HRIST S COLLEGE SECOND IN THE TABLE CONFESSED TO BEING VIRGINS WHEREAS IN CONTRAST STUDENTS AT TENDING THE COLLEGE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TABLE 0ETERHOUSE #OLLEGE WERE SHOWN TO HAVE HAD A GREAT ER AVERAGE OF SEXUAL PARTNERS 4HIS lNAL lGURE IS IN LINE WITH STA TISTICS DISCOVERED IN THE @3EX 3UR

VEY PUBLISHED IN THE LAST ISSUE OF #ONCRETE 7OMEN WERE SHOWN TO HAVE HAD AN AVERAGE OF SEXUAL PARTNERS IN THEIR LIFETIME WITH THE MEN NOT FAR BEHIND WITH /N AVERAGE HOWEVER WE VE ONLY HAD SEXUAL PARTNERS WHILST AT 5%! -EDICINE AND POLITICS STUDENTS WERE DECLARED IN #AMBRIDGE S STUDY AS HAVING THE MOST SUCCESS IN THE BEDROOM WITH AN AVERAGE OF BETWEEN SEVEN AND EIGHT SEXUAL PARTNERS 6ETS THEOLOGY AND MATHS STUDENTS ON THE OTHER HAND WERE

SAID TO BE LESS SEXUALLY ACTIVE OF MATHS STUDENTS FOR EX AMPLE ADMITTED TO BEING VIRGINS )F LOOKED AT CLOSELY THE CON CLUSION OF THE SURVEY MAY WELL LINK SEXUAL ACTIVITY TO ACADEMIC RE SULTS BUT WHAT IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO IS HOW SOCIABLE YOU ARE 3OCIALITES TEND TO HAVE LESS TIME FOR STUDY AND THE MORE SOCIABLE YOU ARE THE MORE LIKELY YOU ARE TO HAVE SEX AND SPEND YOUR TIME WITH PARTNERS #HLOE 0EW ,ATTER

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!S MANY AS MILLION SHARKS ARE KILLED EACH YEAR DURING THE MINUTE RUN TIME OVER SHARKS HAVE BEEN KILLED !S MANY AS MILLION SHARKS ARE KILLED EACH YEAR 4HE TRADE IN SHARK lNS AND THE CORRUPTION THAT SURROUNDS IT n ALSO EXPLORED IN THE MORE NAR RATIVE BASED SECOND ACT OF THE lLM n HAVE RESULTED IN A DECLINE IN SHARK POPULATION AND COULD LIKELY LEAD TO THEIR EXTINCTION

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Jumping Â to Â success Â 2OSS 'LEDHILL 3PORTS 2EPORTER 4HE WEEKEND OF THE TH TH OF &EBRUARY SAW 5%! S MEN AND WOMEN S VOLLEYBALL lRST TEAMS TRAVEL TO ,EEDS TO COMPETE IN THE STUDENT CUP lNALS 4HE MEN S TEAM lN ISHED TH AND THE WOMEN TH WHICH ARE OUTSTANDING RESULTS FOR BOTH TEAMS %VEN MORE IMPRESSIVELY OVERALL WE ACHIEVED RD BEST IN THE COUNTRY WHEN COMBINED MEN S AND WOMEN S TEAMS FROM EACH UNIVERSITY ARE TAK EN INTO ACCOUNT AND ) THINK THAT DESERVES A MASSIVE ROUND OF APPLAUSE 7E LEFT 5%! ON &RIDAY AFTERNOON AND ARRIVED AT OUR 4RAVELODGE IN ,EEDS LATE THAT EVENING WAKING UP IN THE MORNING TO SOLID FROST AND SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES 4HE MEN JUMPED ABOARD ONE MINIBUS AND THE WOMEN THE OTHER AND OFF WE DROVE TO THE HEART OF ,EEDS 7ITH THE MEN S GROUP PLAYING AT ,EEDS

5NIVERSITY AND THE WOMEN S AT ,EEDS -ET IT MEANT THAT WE HAD TO SPLIT UP FOR THE DAY WITH OUR LOYAL SUPPORT ERS lLLING THE EMPTY SEATS IN OUR MINIBUSES AND HEADING TO EACH CAMPUS "OTH TEAMS PLAYED VOL LEYBALL OF THE HIGHEST LEVEL AGAINST SOME INCREDIBLE TEAMS WITH THE MEN BEAT ING ,IVERPOOL 5NIVERSITY

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TEAMS HAD lNISHED SECOND IN THEIR GROUPS AND HAD MADE IT INTO THE TOP EIGHT 4HAT EVENING WE WENT INTO ,EEDS FOR DINNER AND IT WAS LOVELY TO HAVE EVERYONE TOGETHER ENJOYING SOME TIRED LAUGHS AFTER OUR HARD DAY OF COMPETING 5NFORTUNATELY DUE TO US DOING SO WELL ON THE 3ATURDAY WE HAD TO BE UP AT AM THE NEXT MORNING TO COMPETE IN THE NEXT ROUND 3UNDAY BROUGHT ABOUT NEW CHALLENGES AND WITH BOTH TEAMS NOW PLAYING AT THE LARGER ,EEDS 5NIVERSITY EVERYONE WAS REUNITED !S BOTH TEAMS PLAYED THEY WERE BLASTED BY THE SOUND OF SIZ

STADIUM HORNS AND THE CHANT hLET S GO 5%! LET S GOv 4HE WOMAN PLAYED lRST AND UN FORTUNATELY LOST THAT GAME TO 5#$ WHO WON THE WOMEN S COMPETITION LAST YEAR AND EVENTUALLY WENT ON TO RECLAIM THEIR TITLE AGAIN THIS YEAR (OWEVER THEY THEN WENT ON TO WIN THEIR NEXT TWO GAMES AGAINST "RISTOL AND +ENT TO l NALLY lNISH IN TH PLACE OVER ALL 4HE MEN PLAYED AFTER THE WOMEN AND JUST MISSED OUT ON THE WIN AGAINST AN UNGRA CIOUS AND UN CLASSY ,OUGH BOROUGH SIDE 4HE NEXT GAME SAW AN AMAZING PERFORMANCE BY US AGAINST 3HEFlELD WHO WE BEAT COMPREHENSIVELY )N

THE GAME TO DECIDE TH AND TH PLACE WE WERE UP AGAINST A STRONG 5,5 SIDE AND UNFOR TUNATELY WE LOST BUT PUT UP AN AMAZING l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(ARDER "ETTER &ASTER 3TRONG ER 4HIS WAS THE ANTHEM FOR THIS MATCH AS 5%! WOMEN S RUGBY SENT .ORTHAMPTON PACKING WITH A TREMENDOUS DEFEAT AT HOME LAST 7EDNESDAY .O ONE ANTICI PATED A WIN BY SO MUCH IN CLUDING .ORTHAMPTON WHO HAVE NOW SUFFERED THEIR WORST DEFEAT TO DATE 7ITH TRIES SCORED SEVEN OF WHICH WERE CONVERTED THE TEAM AIM TO KEEP CELEBRATING WITH ANOTH ER WIN IN THEIR LAST MATCH OF THE SEASON 4HE "53! MATCH WAS THE BIGGEST WIN FOR THE TEAM THIS YEAR /VERALL .ORTHAMPTON WERE UNABLE TO STOP A FASTER AND STRONGER SIDE $ESPITE HAVING A HEAVIER PACK THE TEAM WERE UNlT AND TIRED AFTER MINUTES OF PLAY LEAVING A CONlDENT AND EX PERIENCED 5%! TO CAPITALISE UPON THIS -ANY OF THE TEAM SCORED TRIES INCLUDING *ESSIE 7ILLIS !LICE 4WYMAN ,UCY "OWERS (OLLY 3UTHREN 2OSIE 9EMM (ELENA "UNCE #LAIRE 3IMPSON 4ONI "LADON *O "RAMLEY $AVINA 7ILLSON "ECCA *ENKINSON AND #AIT LIN #ASSIE .UMBER !LICE 4WYMAN SECURED THREE TRIES FOR THE TEAM 3IMILARLY WINGER ,UCY

5%! #RICKET SO OFTEN SLIPS UNDER THE RADAR WHEN IT COMES TO ASSESSING 5%! SPORTS TEAMS MAINLY DUE TO THE INCONVENIENCE OF EXAMS DURING THE MAIN SEASON BUT WITH THE ADVENT OF )NDOOR #RICKET CRICKET AT 5%! IS A YEAR ROUND SPORT AND INDEED A SUCCESSFUL ONE 4HE CLUB CURRENTLY ENTERS TWO SIDES FOR THE SUMMER SEASON WITH THE ST 8) UNBEATEN AND GAINING PROMOTION LAST YEAR &OR THE REST OF THE YEAR THE CONCENTRA TION IS ON THE INDOOR VARIANT OF THE GAME (AVING BREEZED THROUGH THE OPENING ROUND AT (EAD INGLEY IN .OVEMBER 5%! #RICKET CLUB ONCE AGAIN FOUND THEMSELVES TRAVELLING TO %DG BASTON ON A COLD 3UNDAY MORNING FOR THE SEMI lNALS OF THE "53! )NDOOR #RICKET #HAMPIONSHIPS 4HERE WERE HIGH HOPES FOR THE TEAM WHICH LAST YEAR REACHED THE )NDOOR &INAL AT ,ORDS COM ING A CREDIBLE TH OVERALL AND WERE LOOKING TO EMULATE LAST YEAR S SUCCESS 4HE TEAM NOW UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF -ATT 3TONE AND WITH A COUPLE OF NEW ADDITIONS WERE LOOKING LIKE A WELL BALANCED TEAM 5%! WERE DRAWN AGAINST "RUNEL AND %AST !NGLIAN RI

"OWERS WAS AIMING FOR A HAT TRICK BUT WAS DISALLOWED HER THIRD TRY AFTER A CONFUSION WITH THE BALL BEING KICKED AF TER IT WAS PLACED 3CRUM HALF *O "RAMLEY ON HER FOURTH TRY WALKED THE LAST TEN YARDS OF THE PITCH AFTER ANOTHER BREAKAWAY TRY MUCH TO THE CHEERS OF THE SUPPORTERS ON THE SIDELINES 7INGER ,OUISE $UNGATE THOROUGHLY EARNED HER -AN OF THE -ATCH WITH NUMEROUS SET UPS THAT LEAD TO TRIES AND CRUCIAL TACKLING AT THE RIGHT MOMENT )T WAS HER BEST PERFORMANCE TO DATE IN HER THREE YEARS PLAYING 5%! NOW GO INTO THEIR LAST "53! MATCH AGAINST !NGLIA 2USKIN WITH ALL GUNS BLAZING AS THEY lGHT FOR THIRD POSITION WITH /XFORD NDS 4HE SEASON BEGAN WITH TWO DIFlCULT MATCHES AGAINST THE STRONGEST TEAMS IN THE

LEAGUE "EDFORD AND 7ORCES TER 4WO CONSECUTIVE LOSSES GAVE THE TEAM A KNOCK TO THEIR CONlDENCE AS THEY AP PROACHED A TIGHT AWAY MATCH BETWEEN /XFORD NDS IN .O VEMBER 4HE TEAM LOST IN WHICH A LATE TRY IN THE LAST MINUTES OF THE MATCH SE CURED AN /XFORD WIN 7ITH WINS AGAINST .ORTH AMPTON AND /XFORD "ROOKES LATER IN THE SEASON THE TEAM PIN ALL THEIR HOPES ON THEIR LAST MATCH THIS 7EDNESDAY AT #AMBRIDGE TO ADVANCE IN THEIR LEAGUE )F ANYTHING THE SEASON FOR WOM EN S RUGBY HAS BEEN A SEASON OF IMPROVEMENT 4HE TEAM ARE PREDICTED TO GIVE THEIR BEST PERFORMANCE THIS WEEK AND HOPEFULLY SECURE THAT MUCH NEEDED WIN

VAL !NGLIA 2USKIN A TEAM WHO ARE 5##% 5NIVERSITY #ENTRE OF #RICKETING %XCEL LENCE AFlLIATED &OR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT KNOW THESE CENTRES SUPPORT PLAYERS WHO HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF REACH ING HIGH CRICKETING STANDARDS AND THESE TEAMS PLAY AGAINST #OUNTY SIDES !S SUCH THIS WAS GOING TO BE A TALL ORDER !NGLIA 2USKIN PROCEEDED TO BEAT "RUNEL CONVINCINGLY IN THE OPENING lXTURE 5%! THEN TOOK TO THE PITCH AGAINST "RUNEL ELECTING TO BOWL lRST AND WHILE GET TING OFF TO A SLOW START WITH THE BALL GIFTING "RUNEL NEAR LY EXTRAS BOWLED "RUNEL OUT FOR )N REPLY 5%! ROCKETED ALONG AT A RATE OF RUNS AN OVER UNTIL AN %NG LAND STYLE COLLAPSE LEFT FRESH ER 3IMON 2EES AT THE CREASE NEEDING RUNS TO WIN WHICH HE DID WITH REMARK ABLE EASE SCORING WITH 5%! CRUISING TO WITH AN OVER TO SPARE 4HIS SET UP A WINNER TAKES ALL MATCH WITH !NGLIA 2USKIN THE WINNER PROCEED ING TO ,ORDS AND THE lNAL 5%! ELECTED TO BOWL AND RESOLVED TO CUT OUT THE EXTRAS AND RESTRICT !NGLIA 2USKIN S STRONG BATTING LINE UP 4HE OPENING PAIR SCORED RUNS BETWEEN THEM PROVING ADEPT AT INDOOR BATTING BUT STRONG

BOWLING IN THE lNAL OVERS AND SOME lNE lELDING RESTRICTED !NGLIA 2USKIN TO )N RESPONSE 5%! GOT OFF TO A SLUGGISH START LOSING AN EARLY WICKET COMBINED WITH EXCELLENT lELDING BY !NGLIAN 2USKIN 3IMON 2EES AND *ACK 2ICHARDSON WERE THE PICK OF THE BATSMEN WITH 2EES HIT TING AN UNBEATEN TAK ING HIS TOTAL TO IN TWO MATCHES 5NFORTUNATELY THE TOTAL WAS TOO BIG WITH 5%! FALLING RUNS SHORT )N RESPONSE #APTAIN -ATT 3TONE SAID hTHEY WERE SHARPER THAN WE WERE WE JUST DIDN T HAVE THE SAME OPPOR TUNITIES WE DID LAST YEAR TO PRACTICE v 4HIS IS A SENTIMENT ECHOED BY THE ENTIRE CLUB AND IN FACT THE RESULTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES LAST YEAR THE CLUB HAD ALMOST FREE ACCESS TO TRAIN FOR )NDOOR #RICKET AND THEY REACHED THE &INAL #LUB 0RESIDENT 4ATU 6EHVILAINEN HAS HAD NUMEROUS MEETINGS WITH 3PORTS 0ARK $IRECTOR +EITH .ICHOLLS TO ENCOURAGE HIM TO ALLOW INDOOR CRICKET WHICH HE IS CURRENTLY RESTRICT ING BUT REQUESTS HAVE BEEN IGNORED .ONETHELESS 5%! REMAIN AMONG THE TOP )NDOOR SIDES IN THE #OUNTRY AND THIS GIVES THE CLUB A GOOD BASE TO START FROM IN PREPARA TION FOR THE OUTDOOR SEASON

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Stamina Â pays Â off Footballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Â lost Â soul *OHNNY ,EE 3PORTS 2EPORTER )T HAS BEEN A BUSY FORTNIGHT FOR 5%! !THLETICS COMPET ING IN BOTH THE "53! #ROSS #OUNTRY &INALS AND 5NIVER SITY 2OAD 2ELAY #HAMPION SHIPS 5%! !THLETES TOOK THE GRUELLING TRIP TO 3WANSEA TO COMPETE IN THE "53! &INALS AGAINST SOME OF THE BEST LONG DISTANCE ATHLETES IN THE 5+ 7ITH OVER "RITISH 5NIVER SITIES COMPETING 5%! FARED WELL WITH THE 5%! MEN AND WOMEN S TEAMS BOTH lNISH ING IN ST PLACE &IRST TO lNISH FOR THE MEN S ! TEAM WAS 'LENN 7ATTS COMING IN AN AMAZING TH PLACE JUST SEVEN PLACES AWAY FROM QUALIFYING FOR THE "RITISH SQUAD 'LENN WAS FOLLOWED BY #HRIS *OHNSON TH 2OBBIE 7HITlELD RD AND *OHNNY ,EE TH 4HE WOMEN S RACE CON SISTED OF A LARGE lELD OF REGISTERED RUNNERS &IRST TO lNISH FOR THE 5%! WOMEN

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WAS lRST YEAR (OLLIE 2OW LAND WHO BEAT MANY HER SENIOR BY lNISHING IN AN ASTOUNDING OVERALL TH PLACE 3ARAH +IMPTON WAS NEXT HOME lNISHING RD PLACE FOLLOWED BY 3INEAD ,ONG TH 4ERRESA 7IL COCKS TH %MILY .EILAN TH (AYLEY ,ITCHlELD RD AND +ATHRINE 2U SACK TH 4HE ANNUAL (YDE 0ARK 5NIVERSITY 2OAD 2ELAY #HAMPIONSHIPS IS THE BIG GEST ROAD RELAY IN %UROPE WITH OVER DIFFERENT UNI VERSITIES COMPETING THIS YEAR FROM LOCATIONS AS FAR AWAY AS )CELAND 4HE MEN S RACE CON

SISTED OF A TEAM OF SIX WITH EACH MAN RUNNING A KM LEG 7HEREAS THE WOMEN S RACE CONSISTED OF A TEAM OF FOUR WITH EACH WOMAN RUN NING A KM LEG 4HE 5%! MEN S ! TEAM ON THE DAY WAS MADE UP OF 'LENN 7ATTS WHO RAN TWO LEGS *ACK 0ARSLOW 3TUART "RILL !NDREW !DAMSON AND *OHNNY ,EE 4HE 5%! WOMEN S ! TEAM CONSISTED OF %MILY .EILAN 3INEAD ,ONG RAN TWO LEGS AND *ENNIE (UNT 4HE TEAMS PROVED TO BE EFFECTIVE WITH 5%! MEN lNISHING IN ST PLACE OUT OF AND THE 5%! WOMEN lNISHING TH OUT OF

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-Y FATHER WAS RIGHT OF COURSE AS WERE OTHER OLD BOYS OF THE 1UINCE FAMIL IAL ORDER IN LAMENTING THE LOST SOUL OF %NGLISH FOOT BALL THE LACK OF %NGLISH MEN THE THESPIAN REACTION TO TACKLES BASICALLY THE LACK OF BALLS 7HILE ) DEFLECT THIS CONJECTURE AS BITTER QUIPS BORN OUT OF A DWINDLING DE MISE INTO THE ABYSS OF OLD AGE THERE IS ONE OVERRIDING TRUTH IN ALL THEIR ENDEARING FOOTBALL ESTIMATIONS THAT IT JUST hAIN T WHAT IT USED TO BE v ) ALLUDE OF COURSE TO THE FORMER GLORY OF "RITISH FOOTBALL IN THE FACE OF TECH NICALLY SUPERIOR FOREIGN FOOTBALLING NATIONS .O NOT THE BATTERING OF FACES AGAINST FLATTENED KNUCKLES UNDER THE GUISE OF 3TONE )SLAND BUT THE ATMOSPHERE OF A SHODDY STADIUM AT PM EVERY 3ATURDAY AFTERNOON "ELIEVE IT OR NOT WE WERE

REVERED GLOBALLY FOR THE RAV ENOUS ROAR POURING OUT OF OUR TERRACED MOCK UPS YET NOW UNDER THE INSTITUTION ALISATION OF ALL SEATER STA DIA THE MOST YOU CAN HOPE FOR IS TO HEAR THE SQUASH AS A 7IGAN FAN DROPS HIS STEAK AND KIDNEY PIE (EARTENING MEMORIES OF BEING NOT MORE THAN SEVEN AND TOTTERING MERRILY THROUGH THE COLD ALONGSIDE MY FATHER TO MY FIRST FOOT BALL GAME AT THE MYTHI CAL "ASEBALL 'ROUND LIVE LONG ) HAD HEARD STORIES OF $ERBY #OUNTY S MAGICAL TITLE WINNING DECADE OF THE S A TERRACED STADIUM THAT HAD UNDER ITS INFECTIOUS CHARM OF ROTTING WALLS SMASHED WINDOWS AND AN AWFUL 'LASTONBURY ESQUE PITCH WITNESSED VICTORIES OVER %UROPEAN GIANTS AND THE LIFTING OF A PLETHORA OF TITLES 4HE FEAT SAY A PAL TRY #RYSTAL 0ALACE FANBASE CAN ONLY DREAM OF 7E DULY LOST TO THE @MIGHTY 7OLVERHAMPTON 7ANDER ERS A PATTERN ) WOULD HAVE

TO BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO .EVERTHELESS THE ORCHESTRAL GRANDEUR OF PEOPLE LAMBASTING 7OLVES IN UNI SON OVERWHELMED ME 0RIME OFFENDERS OF THIS CULTURE HAVE LONG BEEN !RSENAL IN @(IGHBURY THE ,IBRARY AND 2OY +EANE S FAMOUS ASSERTION OF -AN CHESTER 5NITED S @PRAWN SANDWICH EATERS "UT DE PRESSINGLY THE TONGUE TIED CULTURE IS SEEPING INTO STA DIUMS ALL OVER THE COUN TRY !S SMILING DAY TRIPPERS WILLINGLY COUGH UP THE ES CALATING PRICES STIPULATED BY OVER ZEALOUS FOREIGN #HAIRMEN PACE GATHERS UPON THE DECLINE OF THE DEDICATED WORKING CLASS SINGING THEMSELVES HOARSE FOR THEIR BELOVED CLUBS )T S A SHAME THAT AS THE OLD BOYS INDULGE IN THEIR RECOLLECTIONS OF WHAT USED TO BE THE BANTERING SONG OF RIVAL FANS STREAMING FROM THE TERRACES WILL BECOME NOTHING BUT A FOND PAST TIME

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POPULAR WITH THE JUDGES WINNING JOINT SECOND IN ITS CATEGORY SHARED WITH THE 5NIVERSITY OF %XETER 4HE (IP (OP ROUTINE WAS PERFORMED TO A MEDLEY OF THREE SONGS AND USED DIS TINCTIVE COSTUMES OF BLACK COMBATS AND WHITE SPRAY

SIC BY ,ENNY +RAVITZ GIVING IT A ROCKIER EDGE AND USING STRIKING COSTUMES OF PURPLE AND RIPPED BLACK TOPS !L THOUGH 5%! AGAIN DID NOT MAKE THE TOP THREE THE TEAM WERE PROUD OF THEIR PERFORM ANCES )T WAS A GREAT WEEKEND

LAST YEAR WITH 5NIVERSI TIES COMPETING COMPARED TO LAST YEAR S EIGHT WITH A NEW LARGER VENUE TO ACCOM MODATE THIS EXPANSION &OUR JUDGES EITHER PERFORMERS OR TEACHERS OF DANCE WERE THERE TO OVERSEE THE EFFORTS OF THE COMPETITORS 3TREET *AZZ WERE ENTERED IN THREE OF THE lVE CATEGORIES *AZZ (IP (OP AND "ALLET 4HE "ALLET CHOREOGRAPHED BY 2OSIE +ELLY AND PUT TO 'WEN 3TEFANI S 7HAT 9OU 7AITING &OR WAS AN ORIGINAL TWIST OF A TRADITIONAL DANCE FORM AND CONSEQUENTLY WAS

PAINTED HOODIES 0UT TOGETH ER BY +AT ,OWLES IT GAINED A POSITIVE REACTION FROM THE AUDIENCE WITH THE TEAM S STRONGEST PERFORMANCE OF THE ROUTINE YET 5NFORTUNATELY IT FAILED TO PLACE IN ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPETI TIVE CATEGORIES THAT WAS EVEN TUALLY WON BY A TEAM OF SIX DANCERS FROM THE 5NIVERSITY OF $URHAM *AZZ WAS ANOTHER PAR TICULARLY POPULAR CLASS AND 5%! PUT IN ANOTHER STRONG PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DANCE AGAIN CHOREOGRAPHED BY 2O SIE +ELLY THIS TIME WITH MU

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UEA Â Futsal Â smash Â Loughborough 2OSS "AXTER 3PORTS 2EPORTER 3ITTING PRETTY AT THE TOP OF THE "53! QUALIFYING LEAGUE TABLE 4HAT IS CURRENTLY THE STORY FOR 5%! &UTSAL AFTER A WEEKEND OF OUTSTANDING VICTORIES IN THE lRST OFlCIAL &UTSAL "53! TOURNAMENT 3UNDAY THE TH OF &EBRUARY WAS THE DATE IN WHICH THE SO CALLED @GROUP OF DEATH WOULD MEET FOR THE lRST HEAT OF THE &UTSAL "53! QUALIlERS 5%! &UT SAL WERE DRAWN IN THE SAME GROUP AS LAST YEAR S RUN NERS UP 7ORCESTER AND THIRD PLACED ,OUGHBOROUGH WITH !NGLIA 2USKIN AND "IRMING HAM MAKING UP THE REST OF THE GROUP 4HE LONG TRIP TO 7ORCESTER REQUIRED A AM START 0RESIDENT ,UKE 4HURSTON MANAGED TO KEEP THE SQUAD OUT OF THE ,#2 THE NIGHT BEFORE A FEAT ANY ONE WOULD BE PROUD OF 5%! S lRST GAME PITTED THEM AGAINST THE SPORTING GIANTS THAT ARE ,OUGHBOR OUGH (AVING LOST TO ,OUGH

BOROUGH THE PREVIOUS YEAR 5%! WERE MORE THAN UP FOR REVENGE !LTHOUGH CONl DENCE WAS HIGH IN THE 5%! CAMP AFTER A DOMINANT TOUR NAMENT VICTORY IN THE PREVI

OUS &RIDAY S @#LASH OF THE 3PORTS 3OCIETIES FEW COULD HAVE PREDICTED THE MAN NER IN WHICH 5%! DEFEATED THEIR ,OUGHBOROUGH RIVALS 5%! RAN OUT WINNERS

A SCORE LINE THAT FEW SPORTS HAVE ACHIEVED OVER ,OUGH BOROUGH IN RECENT YEARS ! CLEAN SHEET IS A RARITY IN THE GAME OF &UTSAL AND SO PRAISE MUST GO TO 5%! GOALKEEPER

!ARON #ULLEN FOR HIS PER FORMANCE 5%! S NEXT OPPONENTS WERE LAST YEAR S RUNNERS UP 7ORCESTER .ERVES WERE CALMED FOR 5%! BY A GOAL

FROM DEBUTANT 3COTT (OLI DAY ! SUPERB SOLO GOAL BY *AMES 2IDD AND COMMAND ING PERFORMANCE FROM GOAL KEEPER 2OSS "AXTER ENABLED 5%! TO RUN OUT WIN NERS $EFENDERS #HRIS %LLIS ,UKE 2OBERTS AND .ICK 4AY LOR ALSO PLAYED WELL TO KEEP 7ORCESTER AT BAY "OTTOM TEAM !NGLIA 2USKIN SUCCUMBED TO A DEFEAT AT THE HANDS OF 5%! WITH GOALS COMING FROM ONE OF THE NEWEST SQUAD MEM BERS *ACK 2ICHARDSON ALONG WITH #HRIS %VANS AND 6ICE 0RESIDENT !DAM 3EEKINGS ! SPECIAL MENTION MUST ALSO GO TO THE TOURNAMENT S TOP SCORER #HRIS %VANS WHO lN ISHED THE DAY ON NINE GOALS FROM THREE GAMES 7ITH 5%! HAVING TO PLAY THE SAME TEAMS AGAIN IN THREE WEEKS TIME WITH THE ADDITION OF "IRMINGHAM THREE WINS OUT OF THREE HAS GIVEN 5%! AN EXTREMELY GOOD CHANCE OF QUALIFYING FOR THE &UTSAL "53! lNALS IN !PRIL

Woeful Â Wednesday Â crushes Â two Â UEA Â teams -ARCUS *ONES %DITOR 7EDNESDAY TH &EBRUARY SAW TWO 5%! SPORT TEAMS CRASH OUT OF THEIR "53! KNOCK OUT COMPETITIONS WITHIN THE SPACE OF THREE HOURS 4HE MEN S FOOTBALL ND 8) SUFFERED A DEFEAT TO ,INCOLN NDS WHILE LATER ON THAT DAY THE WOMEN S BAS KETBALL TEAM CAME UP A MERE THREE POINTS SHORT AGAINST "EDFORDSHIRE #ONCRETE HAS ALREADY COVERED BOTH THESE TEAM S LEAGUE TRIUMPHS DURING THE COURSE OF THE NORMAL SEASON AND THEY HAD BOTH PROGRESSED THROUGH THE lRST ROUND OF THE KNOCK OUT COMPETITION ON 7EDNESDAY TH &EBRUARY 3ADLY BOTH FELL JUST SHORT IN THEIR SECOND ROUND ENCOUNTERS LEAVING A SLIGHTLY BITTER TASTE AT THE END OF OTHERWISE EXTREMELY SWEET SEASONS $OWN AT #OLNEY ,ANE THE FOOTBALL CLUB CAME OUT IN IMPRESSIVE SUPPORT OF THEIR TEAM WITH AROUND PEOPLE FREEZING THEMSELVES SOLID ON THE TOUCHLINE !LTHOUGH THESE NUMBERS

HARDLY RIVAL ATTENDANCES AT /LD 4RAFFORD MOST OF 5%! S FOOTBALL TEAMS ARE USED TO PERFORMING IN FRONT OF THE GROUNDSMAN AND HIS DOG 4HEREFORE COMMENDATIONS GO TO THOSE WHO TURNED UP ALTHOUGH SUSPICIONS REMAIN THAT MOST CAME ALONG PURELY TO AVOID ESSAY WRITING 7HATEVER THE REASONS THOSE THAT WERE THERE WIT NESSED A BOLD START BY THE HOME TEAM WITH PLENTY OF THRUST AND ENDEAVOUR TO THEIR PLAY BUT LITTLE END PRODUCT 4HIS WAS EPITO

MISED BY $UNCAN 7HITE S PACY MAZY RUN THAT DID NOT REALLY TAKE HIM ANYWHERE FRUITFUL 7ITH OPEN PLAY PROVID ING MORE OBSTACLES THAN OPENINGS IT FELL TO A SET PIECE TO FURNISH 5%! WITH THEIR lRST OPPORTUNITY !DAM (IBBERT SWUNG IN A CORNER FROM THE RIGHT HAND SIDE WHICH #HRIS !STBURY DIRECTED GOALWARDS ONLY TO BE DENIED BY A STRONG PALM FROM THE ,INCOLN KEEPER 7ARMED BY THEIR TEAM S PURPOSEFUL START AS WELL AS

BY SOME ALCOHOLIC BEVER AGES DOING THE ROUNDS THE ASSEMBLED SPECTATORS FOUND THE ENERGY TO RILE SOME OF THE ,INCOLN PLAYERS WHO WERE RATHER PETTILY BLAMING THEIR INEFFECTUAL OPENING ON THE FACT THAT THE 5%! SUPPORT ERS WERE NOT TWO YARDS BACK FROM THE TOUCHLINE #LEARLY THIS WAS THE MORE OBVIOUS OPTION AND NOT ,INCOLN S IN ABILITY TO CONJURE MORE THAN THREE CONSECUTIVE PASSES 7HEN THE TEAM IN BLUE DID START TO PLAY THEY PROVED THAT 5%! WOULD BY NO

MEANS HAVE AN EASY GAME 0OSSESSION BECAME MORE EVENLY DISTRIBUTED AND THEN BEFORE ANYONE KNEW QUITE WHAT HAD HAPPENED ,IN COLN TOOK THE LEAD 3TUNG INTO A RESPONSE 5%! REVERTED TO PLAYING THE HIGH TEMPO AGGRESSIVE FOOT BALL THAT HAD SERVED THEM SO WELL IN THE lRST QUARTER OF THE GAME /NCE AGAIN THOUGH NO CLEAR CHANCES WERE CRE ATED UNTIL A CORNER BROUGHT REWARD ,EWIS 7OOD WHO HAD STROLLED FORWARD FROM CENTRE BACK WAS THE PER

SONAL BENElCIARY OF ANOTHER EXCELLENT DELIVERY AND 5%! WENT IN AT HALF TIME ON LEVEL TERMS )F 5%! HAD CONTINUED WITH THE SAME VIGOUR THAT HAD CHARACTERISED MOST OF THEIR lRST HALF PLAY THEY WOULD HAVE WON THIS GAME (OWEVER THE SECOND PERIOD WAS A STICKIER AND LESS mUID AFFAIR 5%! COULD NOT ENGI NEER ANY SPACE AND THE ONLY MOVE OF ANY REAL QUALITY SAW ,INCOLN TRANSFER THE BALL QUICKLY FROM RIGHT TO LEFT WITH THEIR STRIKER APPLYING A CLINICAL lNISH /NLY WITH TIME RUNNING OUT DID 5%! THREATEN *AMES *OHNSTON FORCED ANOTHER STRONG SAVE FROM THE VISITING KEEPER AND IN THE DYING MO MENTS ,UKE 4HURSTON COULD NOT STRETCH QUITE ENOUGH TO DIRECT HIS HEADER ON TARGET 4HE DISAPPOINTMENT FOR 5%! LAY NOT IN DEFEAT BUT IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY DID NOT MATCH THE FORM THAT HAD SEEN THEM UNBEATEN UNTIL THIS lXTURE ! MERE FEW HOURS LATER THE WOM EN S BASKETBALL TEAM WOULD EXPERIENCE SIMILAR EMOTIONS AS THIS WOEFUL 7EDNESDAY TOOK ITS SECOND VICTIM