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!NDY *ONES -ARCUS *ONES 3EVEN LOCAL MEN HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH THE RACIALLY MOTI VATED ATTACKS ON STUDENTS THAT TOOK PLACE NEAR CAMPUS AT THE END OF THE AUTUMN TERM 4HE SEVEN MEN ARE AGED BE TWEEN SEVENTEEN AND TWENTY ONE AND ARE MOSTLY FROM THE .OR WICH AREA 4HEY WERE ALL RELEASED ON BAIL AND WERE DUE BACK IN COURT YESTERDAY AT AM ; TH !PRIL= #ONCRETE WENT TO PRESS ON -ONDAY MORNING SO HAD NO UPDATE ON THE COURT PROCEED INGS 4HE MEN WERE CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH FOUR ATTACKS BE TWEEN /CTOBER TH AND $ECEM BER TH 4HE TOTAL OF CHARGES RANGE IN SEVERITY AND IN CLUDE RACIALLY AGGRAVATED THREAT
ENING BEHAVIOUR ACTUAL BODILY HARM AND VIOLENT DISORDER 4HE FIRST ATTACK TOOK PLACE OUTSIDE 0ASTON (OUSE AT AROUND PM WITH TWO BLACK MEN THREATENED AND ASSAULTED WITH METAL POLES /N .OVEMBER TH NEAR THE 3PORTSPARK TWO YOUNG !SIAN MALES WERE ATTACKED 4WO INCIDENTS TOOK PLACE ON $ECEM BER TH DURING THE FIRST ONE A YOUNG MAN WAS ASSAULTED IN $E (AGUE 2OAD AND DURING THE SEC OND INCIDENT A YOUNG !SIAN MAN WAS STABBED IN "LUEBELL 2OAD AS HE AND TWO OTHERS WALKED HOME FROM A FRIENDS HOUSE 4HE IN DIVIDUAL WHO RECEIVED A STAB WOUND REQUIRED HOSPITALISATION THOUGH FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO SERIOUS DAMAGE 4HE VICTIMS OF THE ATTACKS WERE ALL FROM ETHNIC MINORITIES AND AT LEAST THREE OF THE ATTACKS
WERE BELIEVED TO BE RACIALLY MOTIVATED !LL SEVEN MEN WERE CHARGED WITH OFFENCES THAT WERE RACIALLY AGGRAVATED 4HE CHARGES COME AFTER .OR FOLK POLICE SET UP A SPECIAL (ATE CRIME TASK FORCE TO INVESTIGATE THE SERIES OF ATTACKS THAT WERE DIRECTED AT FOREIGN STUDENTS AT TENDING 5%! (ATE #RIME )NVES TIGATOR $ETECTIVE #ONSTABLE $AN #OCKS SAID h7E WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE LOCAL COMMUNITY FOR THEIR HELP AND SUPPORT DURING THE COURSE OF THIS INVESTIGATION v !NNIE /GDEN THE 5NIVERSI TYgS (EAD OF #OMMUNICATIONS TOLD #ONCRETE )T WOULD BE IN APPOPRIATE TO COMMENT IN DE TAIL ON THIS CASE BEFORE IT COMES TO COURT 7E ARE PLEASED HOW EVER THAT THE POLICE HAVE COM MITTED CONSIDERABLE RESOURCES
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Editor’s Column Was Paris here? 3O DID YOU SEE HER #OME ON YOU MUST KNOW WHO ) M TALK ING ABOUT 0ARIS (ILTON SHE WAS HEREx WASN T SHE 7ELL SOME PEOPLE DElNITELY SAW HER /THERS ARE PRETTY SURE THEY CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF A BLONDE WOMAN WHILE A FEW JUST GUF FAW AT THE THOUGHT OF HER BEING HERE BECAUSE SHE S LIKE PROPER FAMOUS ISN T SHE !ND WHERE WAS ) WHEN ) COULD HAVE BEEN ON THE VERGE OF A JUICY CELEBRITY SPOTTING SCOOP THAT WOULD HAVE ADDED SOME ! LIST GLITZ TO THESE HUM BLE PAGES ) WENT HOME 4HAT IS RIGHT ) LEFT THE UPSTAIRS OF 5NION (OUSE WHERE 0ARIS WAS LATER RUMOURED TO BE SEEN ) SPED AWAY FROM THE ,#2 WHERE SHE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE FROL ICKED IN THE ICE SHOWER AND ) DEPARTED FROM THE CAMPUS WHERE POSSIBLY THE BIGGEST NON CELEBRITY OF THEM ALL WAS POTENTIALLY PRESENT 7HY THEN WAS THAT NOT THE END OF IT 7HY DID ) SIT EATING MY #HINESE TAKEAWAY WITH A PIT OF THE STOMACH NAGGING FEELING OF WHAT IF h7HAT IF SHE IS THERE -AYBE ) SHOULD BE
THERE YOU KNOW JUST IN CASE v 7HY OH WHY DID ) lND MYSELF CARING 7HY IN A PA PER WHICH PRIDES ITSELF ON FACTUAL ACCURACY HAVE ) GIVEN OVER SOME OF THE FRONT PAGE AND A HALF OF PAGE TO THE RUMOURED STILL UNPROVEN AP PEARANCE OF SOMEONE WHO BARELY DESERVES TO BE FAMOUS )N #ONCRETE WE OFTEN HAVE IN TERVIEWS WITH TALENTED BANDS WITH SOME ACTORS EVEN WITH AN /LYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST AND ) LL WAGER THAT THEY HAVEN T BEEN GOSSIPED ABOUT AS MUCH AS THIS BLONDE !MERICAN n AND THOSE OTHER PEOPLE WERE DEl NITELY HERE WE SPOKE TO THEM HAD PICTURES TAKEN OF THEM ASKED THEM ABOUT THEIR LAT EST PROJECT OR WHAT HAVE YOU 0ARIS IF SHE WAS HERE WAS JUST HERE TO SUPPORT HER BOYFRIEND WHO IS A MEMBER OF A BAND QUITE A FAMOUS BAND ACTUALLY WHO HAVE BARELY GOT A MEN TION AMONGST ALL THIS WHICH IS A PERFECTLY NORMAL AND AC CEPTABLE THING TO DO 7HY IF SHE WAS HERE COULDN T WE JUST LET HER DO IT QUIETLY 7HY DID WE CARE 7HY DID ) CARE
0RIMARILY OF COURSE IT IS PROBABLY BECAUSE SHE WANTS US TO CARE 4HIS IS THE WOMAN WHO LAUNCHED HER REPUTATION ON THE BACK OF A SEX TAPE WHO FOR HER MOST RECENT BIRTHDAY DRESSED IN AN EXTREMELY SCANTY OUTlT AND WRITHED AROUND IN FRONT OF A LARGE AUDIENCE AND ASSORTED PRESS 3HE LOVED IT AND WE LOVED SEEING A YOUNG RICH ATTRACTIVE PERSON PARAD ING THEMSELVES IN SUCH A MAN NER "UT DO YOU KNOW WHAT ) M STILL NOT SURE THAT MAKES IT /+ ) M STILL NOT SURE IT IS /+ THAT ) HAVE LET HER TAKE UP SO MUCH SPACE IN THIS PAPER )N FACT ) THINK ) VE REALISED WHY SO MANY PEOPLE DESPISE 0ARIS (ILTON n SHE S PROBABLY DONE THE SAME THING TO THEM AS SHE HAS DONE TO ME 3HE HAS DONE NOTHING WORTHY OF HER EXTREME FAME ) HAVE NEVER MET HER YET SOMEHOW DESPITE ALL MY BET TER INCLINATIONS SHE MADE ME CARE WHETHER SHE WAS HERE OR NOT 7HY OH WHY DID ) CARE
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INFORMATION HAS BEEN SCARCE WITH A PLETHORA OF DIFFERENT AC COUNTS DOING THE ROUNDS %VENT %DITOR &IONA "ILLINGS WHO WAS UPSTAIRS IN THE #ONCRETE OFlCE IN 5NION (OUSE SAID h) M CONVINCED ) SAW HER SHE WAS SAT IN ROOM CHATTING TO THE BAND )T WAS DElNITELY HER v -EANWHILE THE 5N ION %NTERTAINMENTS DIVISION
CLAIMED THEY DID NOT THINK SHE WAS PRESENT AN OPINION THAT WAS SUPPORTED BY A NUMBER OF BAR STAFF WHO WORKED IN THE ,#2 THAT EVENING 4HE TRUTH MAY NEVER BE KNOWN BUT FOR ONE EVENING AT LEAST 5%! mIRTED WITH THE (OL LYWOOD ! LIST AND EVERYONE ON CAMPUS WAS A TABLOID JOURNAL IST
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DURING -AY AND EARLY *UNE BY SEVERAL TEAMS AND ) HAVE HAD TO DECLINE DUE TO SEVERAL PEO PLE BEING UNAVAILABLE BECAUSE OF 3ATURDAY EXAMS v 4HE OTHER BIG PROBLEM IS FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE TO WORK 7ITH HIGHER FEES MORE AND MORE STUDENTS ARE HAVING TO WORK DURING TERM TIME TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES AND IT IS NOT ALWAYS EASY FOR THEM TO GET THE TIME OFF THEY NEED &OR THESE REASONS THE 5N ION IS CALLING FOR AN END TO 3AT URDAY EXAMS 4HE !CADEMIC /FlCER #AMMIE &ULMER SAID h7ITH MANY STUDENTS DOING A FULL TIME DEGREE AS WELL AS A PART TIME JOB ONE CAN UNDER STAND THAT THE TIME PRESSURES THEY ARE UNDER ARE ENORMOUS ) D LIKE TO SEE THE 5NIVER SITY MOVE TO A SYSTEM THAT AT LEAST ALLOWS STUDENTS TO HAVE
THEIR WEEKENDS BACK OTHER WISE HOW DOES THE 5NIVERSITY EXPECT TO RAISE PARTICIPATION AMONG WORKING STUDENTS AND STUDENTS WITH FAMILY COMMIT MENTS v 2OBBIE CONCEDED THAT h/BVIOUSLYx EXAMS ARE EX TREMELY IMPORTANT IN RELATION TO SPORT BUT IT WOULD OBVIOUS LY BE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR US AS A CLUB IF WE COULD ARRANGE MORE lXTURES DURING THIS PERIOD v /THER SPORTS CLUBS HAVE POINTED OUT THAT THE BIG PROB LEM THEY FACE IS THAT THE 5NI VERSITY IS STILL FAILING TO KEEP 7EDNESDAY AFTERNOONS FREE n SOMETHING THAT STUDENTS HAVE BEEN CAMPAIGNING FOR FOR YEARS 4ATU 6EHVILAINEN 0RESIDENT OF 5%! #RICKET #LUB SAID hTHE MAIN PROBLEM IS NOT HAVING 7EDNESDAYS FREE v
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QUIT IN QUICK SUCCESSION v 7HEN HE RESIGNED *AMES $EXTER COMPLAINED ABOUT THE 5NIVERSITY S hLACK OF SERIOUS SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS WITH DIS ABILITIES v $EEPTHROAT ECHOED THESE SENTIMENTS COMMENTING hTHAT THE 5NIVERSITY HAS NOT BEEN PULLING ITS WEIGHT IN REGARD TO DISABILITY FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND THE UPPER ECH ELONS OF POWER E G THE 6ICE #HANCELLOR ETC SIC HAVE NO INTEREST IN DISABILITY WHATSO EVER v $R !NNIE 'RANT PROVID ED #ONCRETE WITH THE FOLLOW ING STATEMENT h4HE $ISABILITY #O ORDINATOR IS ONLY ONE ROLE WITHIN THE $EAN OF 3TUDENTS /FlCE S $ISABILITY 4EAM 4HERE ARE FOUR OTHER STAFF MEMBERS DEDICATED TO SUP PORTING STUDENTS WITH DIS ABILITIES AND SPECIlC LEARNING DIFlCULTIES TWO $YSLEXIA 4U TORS A -ENTAL (EALTH #OORDI NATOR AND A $ISABILITY 4EAM !DMINISTRATOR "OTH THE $EAN OF 3TUDENTS AND THE $EPUTY $EAN OF 3TUDENTS SPEND A SIG
NIlCANT PROPORTION OF THEIR TIME WORKING WITH THE $IS ABILITY 4EAM TO DEVELOP 5%! S PROVISION AND TO PROMOTE DISABILITY AWARENESS ACROSS 5%! 4HEY WILL ENDEAVOUR TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS WILL NOT BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED IN THE INTERIM UNTIL THE NEW $IS ABILITY #O ORDINATOR STARTS WORK AT 5%! IN EARLY *ULY v 4HIS HAS ALL OCCURRED AS THE OLD PEER SUPPORT GROUP !CCESS &OR !LL !&! HAS RE FORMED !&! S hMAIN FOCUS IS ON PROVIDING SUPPORT AND EN ABLING SOCIAL INTEGRATION FOR STUDENTS v AND hTO IMPROVE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE DIFFER ENT DIFlCULTIES AND DISABILI TIES EXPERIENCED BY STUDENTS AT 5%! v 4HE 5NIVERSITY HAS SUP PORTED THIS MOVE WITH THE $EAN OF 3TUDENTS COMMENT ING THAT h) AND THE REST OF THE STAFF IN THE $EAN OF 3TUDENTS /FlCE LOOK FORWARD TO CON TINUING AND DEVELOPING WHAT IS PROVING TO BE A VERY PRO DUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP v
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TWEEN ITS VARIOUS LEADERS SO IT S NO SURPRISE THAT NO ONE AT 5%! HAS A CLUE ABOUT IT 4HE @.O 0LATFORM POLICY ALSO REARED ITS UGLY HEAD 0RESUMABLY THE .53 LEAD ERSHIP HAVE NOT BEEN READ ING THE PAGES OF #ONCRETE THOUGH AS IT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN DISMISSED AS IRRELE VANT &ANCY THAT 3PEAKING OF LEADERSHIP 7ES 3TREETING WON HIS HARD FOUGHT CORONATION TO BE THE NEXT 0RESIDENT (E HAS PROMISED TO UNITE AND lGHT FOR ALL STUDENTS TAKING STU DENTS UNDER HIS WING TO DE FEND THEM FROM ALL THREATS 3O MORE OF THE SAME THEN EXCEPT THIS 0RESIDENT IS LESS ATTRACTIVE THAN PREVIOUS ONES /THER STUFF MAY HAVE OCCURRED BUT WE WERE TOO BUSY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE FREQUENT ACCESS BREAKS AS WE FOUND #ONFERENCE DE SCENDED FROM FARCE TO FREAK SHOW
0AUL (EATH 2EPORTER $ESCRIBED AS A hBREAKPOINT IN THE HISTORY OF NUMISMAT ICSv THIS 3PRING WILL SEE THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW SERIES OF POUND STERLING COINAGE 4HIS IS THE 2OYAL -INT S lRST REDESIGN IN YEARS AND WILL BE APPLIED TO COINS FROM THE PENNY TO THE POUND 4HOUGH THE 1UEEN WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE HER DIS EMBODIED HEAD FONDLED BY CITIZENS AS IS TRADITION THE MUCH LOVED "RITANNIA EM BLEM WILL DISAPPEAR 2EPLACING IT WILL BE THE WINNER OF AN OPEN DESIGN COMPETITION PRODUCED BY YEAR OLD GRAPHIC DESIGNER -ATTHEW $ENT )T FEATURES THE @THREE LION COAT OF ARMS SPLIT AMONG THE LESSER COP PERS AND SILVERS BUT UNITED WHOLE ON THE POUND 4HE STARTLINGLY MODERN DESIGN HAS BEEN MET IN SOME QUARTERS WITH DISAPPROVAL AND CONSPIRACY THEORIES
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Community  action /VER %ASTER A GROUP OF 5%! STUDENTS GAVE UP THEIR TIME TO JAZZ UP THEIR COMMUNITY /N 7EDNESDAY THE ND OF !PRIL THEY VOLUNTEERED TO JAZZ UP *UBILEE #OMMUNITY #ENTRE IN ,AKENHAM .ORWICH )T TOOK SIX HOURS LITRES OF PAINT ONE FREE LUNCH EACH AND LOTS OF TEA BUT BY THE END OF THE DAY THE COMMUNITY CENTRE WAS LOOKING BRAND NEW 4HE PROJECT WAS RUN JOINT LY BY .ORWICH #ITY #OUNCIL AND #36 S #OMMUNITY 3ERV ICE 6OLUNTEERS !GENT CHANGE PROJECT WHICH INSPIRES YOUNG PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITY *ANETTE #OOKE OF !GENT CHANGE SAID hTHE VOL UNTEERS WERE AMAZING THEY PAINTED THE HALL IN RECORD TIME THEIR ENTHUSIASM MADE THE WHOLE PROJECT A PLEASURE TO DO v
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#ONCERN IS GROWING ABOUT THE SAFETY OF YEAR OLD 5%! STUDENT 9AO 3HAN 3HENG WHO HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE -ARCH WHEN THE POLICE WERE NOTIlED BY THE 5NIVERSITY 4HERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT SHE HAS LEFT .ORWICH IN FA VOUR OF A UNIVERSITY OR COLLEGE IN ,ONDON AND AS A RESULT HAS MOVED TO THE CAPITAL !NYONE WHO HAS ANY IN FORMATION ON HER WHEREA BOUTS IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE %ARLHAM POLICE STATION ON 3HE IS OF #HI NESE ORIGIN WITH DARK HAIR
$URING THE SUMMER TERM THE 2UGBY #LUB HAVE ORGAN ISED FREE PITCH UP AND PLAY TAG RUGBY FOR STUDENTS EVERY 7EDNESDAY FROM PM TIL PM OPPOSITE THE 3PORTSPARK 4EAMS INCLUDE BOTH MALE AND FEMALE PLAYERS AND NO PREVIOUS RUGBY EXPERIENCE IS REQUIRED )F YOU WOULD LIKE TO lND OUT MORE INFO IT CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET VIA &ACEBOOK ,OOK FOR THE GROUP CALLED @5%! -IXED 4AG 2UGBY 0ITCH 5P 0LAY !S WELL AS ORGANISING THIS THE RUBY TEAM ARE PROVIDING THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT
.ORWICH POLICE ARE ASKING FOR INFORMATION ABOUT A MAN WHO INDECENTLY EXPOSED HIM SELF TO A YOUNG GIRL ON !PRIL TH 4HE INCIDENT OCCURED ON THE NUMBER BUS TRAVELLING FROM TOWN TO THE CAMPUS 4HE MAN SAT NEXT TO THE GIRL BEFORE HE INDECENTLY EX POSED HIMSELF AS THE BUS AP PROACHED 5%! (E IS DESCRIBED AS BEING BLACK AND AGED BETWEEN AND !NYONE WITH INFOR MATION SHOULD CONTACT 0# +EVIN 3TIRLING AT %ARLHAM 0OLICE 3TATION IN .ORWICH ON
-ARCUS *ONES %DITOR ! NEW SCHEME HAS BEEN IN TRODUCED BY THE LOCAL COM PANY #OURTESY 4AXIS WHICH IS DESIGNED TO MAKE GETTING HOME AFTER AN EVENING OUT BOTH SIMPLER AND SAFER -ARK 3TREETER WHO RUNS THE LOCAL FIRM HAS INTRO DUCED #OURTESY VOUCHERS WHICH CAN BE BROUGHT IN ADVANCE AND THEN USED IN STEAD OF CASH TO PAY FOR A TAXI 4HE VOUCHERS ARE ON SALE IN VARYING DENOMINA TIONS FROM P TO a AND CAN BE PURCHASED BY CREDIT CARD EITHER OVER THE PHONE OR FROM THE CENTRAL OFFICE AT 7HIFFLER 2OAD .ORWICH 4HE VOUCHERS ARE THEN SENT TO THE RECIPIENT BY RECORDED DELIVERY -R 3TREETER HOPES THE VOUCHERS WILL REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE INCLUD ING STUDENTS WHO PUT THEM
SELVES AT RISK BY WALKING HOME FOLLOWING A NIGHT OUT h7HAT IS EVIDENT NOW MORE THAN EVER IS THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO @SPEND OUT AND THEN HAVE NO MEANS OF GET TING HOME v 3UCH INSTANCES CAN END IN TRAGEDY YEAR OLD 'ARY ,ING WENT MISSING IN EARLY *ANUARY OF THIS YEAR AFTER LEAVING ,IQUID NIGHT CLUB ON 0RINCE OF 7ALES 2OAD AND AROUND A MONTH LATER HIS BODY WAS FOUND IN THE 2IVER 9ARE )N THE HOPE OF PREVENT ING SUCH INCIDENTS OCCUR RING AGAIN -R 3TREETER URGES STUDENTS OR THEIR PARENTS TO INVEST IN THE VOUCHERS WHICH CAN THEN BE TAKEN ON A NIGHT OUT WITHOUT ANY FEAR OF IT BEING USED TO BUY THAT LAST DRINK OR DESPER ATELY NEEDED KEBAB h)F ONE OF MY CHILDREN WERE ABOUT TO START UNIVERSITY AND THERE WAS A SCHEME WHERE ) COULD PURCHASE TAXI VOUCHERS TO
ENSURE THEY GET HOME SAFELY ) WOULD FEEL A LOT HAPPIERv -R 3TREETER TOLD #ONCRETE h4HE IDEA IS TO OFFER THE VOUCHERS TO PEOPLE OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE BUT PRIMARILY ) THINK IT WILL TAKE OFF WITH THE NIGHT LIFE SCENEv 4HIRD YEAR STUDENT $AN 2OBINSON AGREES h) THINK IT S A GREAT IDEA THE AMOUNT OF TIMES ) VE HAD TO WALK HOME THROUGH THOSE UN DESIRABLE AREAS n THIS IDEA COULD JUST SAVE THE HASSLE v 4HE 3/3 "US WHICH IS ALWAYS SITUATED DOWN 0RINCE OF 7ALES 2OAD OVER THE WEEKEND NIGHTS TO OF FER FIRST AID AND SUPPORT TO THOSE OUT CLUBBING HAS BROUGHT A NUMBER OF THE VOUCHERS TO SUPPLEMENT THOSE ALREADY DONATED BY #OURTESY 4AXIS &OR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCHEME VISIT WWW COURTESYCARSNORWICH COM OR CALL
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)F PART TIME WORK WHILST YOU ARE A STUDENT IS WHAT YOU ARE AFTER THEN LOOK NO FURTHER THAN %MPLOY!BILITY n THE 5%! *OB 3HOP 2UN JOINTLY BY THE 5NION OF 5%! 3TUDENTS AND THE #AREERS #ENTRE THE MAIN FOCUS OF %MPLOY!BILITY IS TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A RANGE PAID AND UN PAID WORK TO HELP YOU MEET THE COSTS OF BEING A STUDENT AND ENHANCE YOUR TRANSFERABLE SKILLS )F IT S 5NION BAR WORK YOU RE AFTER WEBSITE DESIGN OR WORK AS AN ACTIVITY INSTRUCTOR JUST GO TO WWW EMPLOYABILITY AC UK *OBS ARE ALSO ADVERTISED IN THE 5NION !DVICE #ENTRE NEXT TO THE ,#2 %MPLOY!BILITY HOSTS AN ANNUAL JOB FAIR IN /CTOBER ENABLING YOU TO MEET A RANGE OF LOCAL AND NATIONAL EMPLOYERS SO YOU CAN PLAN YOUR YEAR AND BE ON TOP OF YOUR lNANCES AND YOUR SKILLS TRAINING !LL PART TIME WORK CAN ENHANCE YOUR #6 AND SHOWS YOUR ABILITY TO JUGGLE PRIORITIES BE RELIABLE AND mEXIBLE WORK AS A TEAM PLAYER AND MUCH MORE
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UEA treats colour blindness *AKE -AXWELL 7ATTS 2EPORTER %VERY UNIVERSITY HAS ITS SHARE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL STUDENTS BUT THIS YEAR 5%! IS LUCKY TO BE HOME TO ,UKE *EFFERSON A YEAR OLD POST GRADUATE WHO HAS MADE IT TO THE LIST OF lNALISTS IN THE (3"# 5NI PRENEURS COMPETITION -R *EFFERSON WITH THE AS SISTANCE OF ,UKE 7ALSH FROM 4HE 5NIVERSITY OF 9ORK HAS DEVELOPED COMPUTER ALGO RITHMS TO ASSIST COLOUR BLIND COMPUTER USERS IN CHANGING THE COLOURS ON THEIR SCREENS TO BEST SUIT THEIR INDIVIDUAL IMPAIRMENT 4HE SOFTWARE WILL BE MOST USEFUL WITH GRAPHICS AND COLOUR CODED GRAPHS AND CHARTS )N THE 5+ CURRENTLY EIGHT PERCENT OF MEN AND PER CENT OF WOMEN ARE COLOUR BLIND TO SOME EXTENT BUT EVERY CASE IS INDIVIDUAL AND
AS -R *EFFERSON POINTS OUT hONCE YOU ARE DIAGNOSED THERE IS NOTHING TO HELPv UN TIL NOW 4HE (3"# 5NIPRENEURS COMPETITION OFFERS A PRIZE OF a TO A UNIVERSITY STUDENT WHO SUCCESSFULLY COMBINES RUNNING A BUSI NESS WITH THEIR STUDIES -R *EFFERSON AND -R 7ALSH WILL BE IN COMPETITION WITH FOUR OTHER lNALISTS AND WILL NEED TO WIN THE SUPPORT OF NOT ONLY A PANEL OF SEVEN JUDGES BUT ALSO A LIVE AUDIENCE 4HE PRIZE WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE VICTORIOUS ENTREPRENEUR AT THE "!&4! 4HEATRE IN ,ON DON ON THE RD OF !PRIL (3"# S COMPETITION IS SUPPORTED BY THE .ATIONAL #OUNCIL FOR 'RADUATE %NTRE PRENEURSHIP WHICH lRMLY BELIEVES THAT ENTREPRENEURS ARE WHAT DRIVE THE 5+ ECON OMY AND SPECIALISES IN SUP PORTING mEDGLING IDEAS AND
ENCOURAGING THEIR DEVELOP MENT INTO BIG BUSINESS ! RECENT STUDY SUGGESTS THAT UP TO STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY MAY BE RUNNING A BUSINESS WHILE STUDYING AND MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL THAT THEY ARE NOT FAR OFF MAKING THEIR lRST MIL
LION (3"# (EAD OF "USI NESS "ANKING (UW -ORGAN SAID h4HERE IS A NEW BREED OF YOUNG BUSINESSMEN AND WOMEN ON THE BLOCK WHO DON T PLAN TO USE A GOOD EDUCATION MAKING MONEY FOR SOMEONE ELSE n WE CALL THEM
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!S #ONCRETE COVERED EARLIER IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR %2!3-53 STUDENTS WERE LEFT WITH LITTLE HOUSING AFTER THE 5NIVERSITY UNDERESTIMATED THE DEMAND FOR ITS ACCOMMODATION 4HESE PROBLEMS WERE RE SOLVED AT THE TIME BY THE )N TERNATIONAL AND !CCOMMODA TION /FlCES OF THE 5NIVERSITY AND THE 5NION )NTERNATIONAL /FlCER #ONCRETE HAS SINCE LEARNT THAT NEXT YEAR SUCH PROBLEMS SHOULD NOT ARISE BECAUSE A NUMBER OF HOUSES IN 5NIVERSITY ACCOMMODA TION HAVE BEEN SET ASIDE FOR THE 5NIPRENEURS AND WE ARE %2!3-53 STUDENTS KEEN TO SUPPORT THEM v %2!3-53 STUDENTS WERE )F YOU HAVE A GOOD BUSI NEVER GUARANTEED ACCOMMO NESS IDEA AND WANT RECOGNI DATION BUT BECAUSE OF THE DIF TION FOR YOUR ACHIEVEMENT OR lCULTY OF lNDING ACCOMMO WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW -R *EFFER DATION WHEN COMING FROM SON S PROGRESS VISIT THE (3"# ANOTHER COUNTRY POSSIBLY FOR 5NIPRENEURS WEBSITE AT WWW ONLY ONE TERM THE 5NIVERSITY UNIPRENEURS HSBC CO UK IS NORMALLY ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME )N ADDITION TO THIS FROM NOW ON THE 5NIVERSITY WILL BE ISSUING COUNCIL TAX CERTIlCATES SO THAT %2!3-53 STUDENTS 2UTH 3TONE THE 3TUDENTS LIKE OTHERS ARE NOT LANDED 5NION 7ELFARE /FlCER COM WITH A LARGE COUNCIL TAX BILL MENTED h7HILST THIS MAY HAVE BEEN DONE IN ERROR IT IS CONCERNING THAT THIS HAS EVEN HAPPENED AND NO ONE APPEARS TO BE TAKING RESPON SIBILITY FOR IT 7ITH THE CAR PARKING SIT UATION AS IT IS AT THE MOMENT "EFORE THE %ASTER BREAK AP THIS WILL ONLY FURTHER INCENSE PROXIMATELY STUDENTS STUDENTS )F ANYONE IS HAV SIGNED A PETITION CALLING FOR ING ANY ISSUES RESOLVING THIS PLASTIC GLASSES TO BE USED IN PARTICULAR SITUATION OR IN THE 5NION BARS 4HIS PETITION DEED ANY ISSUE REGARDING CAR TRIGGERED A REFERENDUM ON PARKING PLEASE CONTACT ME AT THE ISSUE SU WELFARE UEA AC UKv 4HE STATEMENT THAT YOU CAN EITHER VOTE TO AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH IS h4HE 5NION &OR DETAILS OF CAR PARKING OF 5%! 3TUDENTS SHOULD RE CHARGES AND OF THE TEMPO PLACE ALL SOFT PLASTIC NON RE RARY ARRANGEMENTS DUE TO CYCLABLE CUPS CURRENTLY USED THE BUILDING WORK FOR THE IN THE 5NION BARS ,#2 (IVE NEW COMBINED HEAT AND AND 7ATERFRONT WITH MORE POWER REACTOR PLEASE VISIT ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AL THE 5%! CAR PARKING WEB TERNATIVES AS SOON AS FEASIBLY SITE AT WWW UEA AC UK POSSIBLE v 4HE VOTE WILL TAKE CM HOME SERVICES UNITS PLACE IN THE ,#2 ON THE ST ESTATES 4RANSPORT CARPARK AND ND OF !PRIL FROM AM INGARRANGEMENTS n PM
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WITH PARKING PERMITS THAT h5NFORTUNATELY DUE TO A SYS TEM ERROR SOME USERS HAVE BEEN CHARGED TWICE FOR US ING THE CAR PARK ON THE SAME DAY v 4HIS INFORMATION PLUS THE INCOMING SYSTEM WHERE BY STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO
PARK A LOT FURTHER FROM THE CENTRE OF CAMPUS MEANS STUDENTS ARE LESS THAN HAPPY WITH 5%! S CAR PARKING AR RANGEMENTS 4OM 3UTTON A RD YEAR HISTORY STUDENT SAID h)N THE LAST MONTH THAT STUDENTS WERE ALLOWED ACCESS TO THE
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%$0 !SSOCIATE %DITOR 0AUL $URRANT WILL BE GIVING A TALK ON 7EDNESDAY RD !PRIL AT PM IN ROOM UPSTAIRS IN 5NION (OUSE 7ITH OVER YEARS OF EXPERIENCE 0AUL HAS PLENTY OF ADVICE TO OFFER THOSE INTERESTED IN PURSUING A CAREER IN JOURNALISM 4HE SESSION WILL LAST AROUND AN HOUR AND THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS 2EFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED .O TICKET REQUIRED
MAIN CAR PARK WE lND THE 5NIVERSITY TRYING TO CHARGE US DOUBLE FOR OUR lNAL OP PORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH THE BARRIER v h)F THE 5NIVERSITY CANNOT MANAGE BASIC CAR PARK CHARG ES HOW ON EARTH CAN IT OP ERATE A CAR SHARING SCHEME FOR EXAMPLE WHICH IS DES PERATELY NEEDED TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM OF CAR PARKING WHICH WILL EMERGE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS v h)T S ANOTHER LETDOWN BE IT ON THIS OCCASION MINOR FOR CAR PARKING STUDENTS v )4#3 EXPLAINED IN THEIR EMAIL h7E ARE ALREADY AWARE OF WHO IS AFFECTED BY THIS ERROR AND ARE IN THE PROC ESS OF ISSUING REFUNDS WHICH WILL APPEAR IN NEXT MONTH S STATEMENT 4HERE IS NO NEED TO CON TACT THE #AR 0ARK !DMINISTRA TORS TO REPORT THIS PROBLEM h7E APOLOGISE FOR THE IN CONVENIENCE THIS MAY HAVE CAUSED v
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*ACK #LARK !RTS %DITOR /N THE TH OF !PRIL THE 3AINSBURY #ENTRE WAS OF lCIALLY OPENED 3INCE THEN IT HAS GROWN CHANGED AND GAINED NEW PIECES BUT ITS ETHOS HAS RE MAINED THE SAME n TO BE A WORLD CLASS EDUCATIONAL SPACE AND ART GALLERY AND TO INSPIRE THE STUDENTS OF 5%! 4HE .ORMAN &OSTER DESIGNED BUILDING CONTIN UES TO DOMINATE THE WEST ERN EDGE OF 5%! S CAMPUS THOUGH SINCE ITS OPENING IT HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL EXTEN SIONS )N A &OSTER DE SIGNED EXTENSION WAS ADDED THIS WAS THE CRESCENT GALLERY AND OFlCE SPACE THAT NOW SITS IN FRONT OF THE CENTRE )N ANOTHER EXTENSION WAS ADDED n THIS WAS THE UN DERGROUND PASSAGEWAY AND OFlCE SPACE THAT NOW LINKS THE TWO BUILDINGS CREATING A HONEYCOMBED GROUP OF ROOMS OFlCES AND EXHIBI TION SPACES THAT SIT BENEATH THE GRASS 4HE 3AINSBURY #ENTRE IS ONE OF THE PREMIER SPACES
FOR SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS OUT SIDE OF ,ONDON )T EMPLOYS STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS WHILE THE GALLERIES ATTRACT VISITS A YEAR OF WHICH ARE MADE UP OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN SCHOOL GROUPS 4HE GALLERIES CAFÏ RESTAURANT AND 3CHOOL OF 7ORLD !RT ARE USED BY OVER PEOPLE A YEAR AND THE MAIN BUILDING AND #RES CENT 7ING COVER A COMBINED AREA OF AROUND M )MPRESSIVE lGURES BUT WHAT DOES THE 3AINSBURY
#ENTRE MEAN TO THE STUDENTS OF 5%! !LEX 'REENHALGH WHOSE COURSE !RCHAEOLOGY !NTHROPOLOGY AND !RT (IS TORY IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE HOLDINGS OF THE 3AINS BURY #ENTRE SAYS THAT THE 3AINSBURY #ENTRE DElNES HIS ACADEMIC LIFE AND IT WAS THE REASON HE CAME TO 5%! /N THE 3AINSBURY #EN TRE S WEBSITE THERE IS A PAGE THAT GIVES PEOPLE THE CHANCE TO SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF THE CENTRE /NE COUPLE HAVE WRITTEN IN TO SAY THEY HAD
4HE 3CHOOL OF .URSING AND -IDWIFERY HAS SUFFERED THE SADNESS OF LOSING BOTH A MEMBER OF STAFF AND A STUDENT WITHIN THE PAST FORTNIGHT 4HE 5NIVERSITY mAG WAS LOWERED ON &RIDAY TH !PRIL TO COMMEMORATE 3UE (ARRY A LECTURER FROM THE SCHOOL OF .!- 3UE QUALIlED AS A NURSE IN AND MOVED INTO TEACH ING TWELVE YEARS LATER 3HE WAS ADMIRED FOR HER DEDICATION TO THE PROFESSION OF NURSING AND AS A SENIOR ADVISOR WILL BE RE MEMBERED FOR HER PROFESSION AL AND SYMPATHETIC APPROACH TO STUDENT ISSUES THEIR WEDDING AT THE 36#! 4HE mAG WAS LOWERED IN A ON THE TH OF *ULY !N SIMILAR TRIBUTE TO "RIONY -C -! STUDENT IN #REATIVE 7RIT 'RATH ON ST -ARCH "RIONY ING HAS POSTED A POEM THEY HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT THE CEN TRE WHILE ONE OF THE lRST STU DENTS TO USE THE BUILDING HAS RECOUNTED THEIR EXPERIENCES OF THE SWELTERING SEMINAR ROOMS THE WINDY WALKWAY AND hTHE STATIC SHOCKS YOU WOULD GET FROM THE NEW 3TUDENTS WITH DYSLEXIA OR NESS OF THE PLACEv 4HE STATIC OTHER SPECIlC LEARNING DIFl SHOCKS ARE GONE BUT THE CULTIES NOW HAVE THE OPTION SPIRIT OF THE 36#! REMAINS OF USING A COLOURED MARKER ELECTRIFYING IN EXAMS 4HIS ALLOWS MARK
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WAS ONLY IN HER SECOND YEAR OF STUDY (EAD OF 3CHOOL +ATE 'UYON SAID h)T IS CLEAR FROM THE QUALITIES DEMONSTRATED BY "RIONY THAT SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY GOOD NURSE 4HE 3CHOOL IS VERY SAD ABOUT THIS DREADFUL TRAGEDY AND WE EX TEND OUR SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO HER FAMILY v (ER ADVISER )AIN 3HUTTLE WORTH ADDED h"RIONY WAS A BRIGHT BUBBLY AND FUN LOV ING YEAR OLD WHOSE AMBI TION IN LIFE WAS TO QUALIFY AS A NURSE 3HE WAS A WELL LIKED AND VERY POPULAR MEMBER OF HER GROUP WHO ALWAYS PUT OTHERS BEFORE HERSELF !S A NURSE SHE WAS KIND CARING AND COMMITTED 3HE WILL BE A HUGE LOSS TO NURSING AS WELL AS TO HER MANY FRIENDS AND FAM ILY v
ERS TO RECOGNISE WHEN THEY ARE MARKING SOMEONE WITH A LEARNING DIFlCULTY WHILE MAINTAINING STUDENTS ANO NYMITY !NYONE WHO REQUIRES MORE INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT -AREAN $ANIELS IN THE $EAN OF 3TUDENTS /FlCE USING M DANIELS UEA AC UK OR PHONING
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HERE COMES A POINT IN THE LIFE OF EVERY l NAL YEAR STUDENT WHEN THE QUESTION WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN PUSH ING TO THE BACK OF YOUR MIND FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS REARS ITS UGLY HEAD WHERE DO ) GO FROM NOW )F YOU ARE ONE OF THE THOUSANDS OF CLUELESS GRADUATES WHO HAVE BEEN HAVING FAR TOO MUCH FUN TO CONTEMPLATE ANY KIND OF SERIOUS GROWN UP LIFE AFTER UNIVERSITY THIS TERRIFYING UNCERTAINTY IS ENOUGH TO SEND YOU RUNNING TO THE COMFORT ING REFUGE OF THE 5NION "AR )F THE CHOICE OF CAREER ITSELF IS ELUDING YOU IT MAY BE EASIER FOR YOU TO BEGIN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS BY DECIDING ITS LOCATION 9OU HAVE THREE OPTIONS YOU COULD CHOOSE TO STAY IN THE COMFORTING FOLDS OF .ORWICH YOU COULD RE TURN TO YOUR NATIVE PROVINCE AND RECLAIM YOUR CHILDHOOD BEDROOM IF YOU CAN BEAR INCESSANT QUES TIONING AND FEELING LIKE AN ANGST RIDDEN TEENAGER ALL OVER AGAIN THIS MIGHT BE THE MOST lNANCIALLY VI ABLE BUT POTENTIALLY SOUL DESTROY ING CHOICE OR ALTERNATIVELY IF YOU RE FEELING ADVENTUROUS YOU COULD MAKE A FRESH START IN AN EN TIRELY NEW PLACE &EELING INDECISIVE 4HEN GET SOME BACKBONE 9OU WILL SOON BE A FULLY mEDGED GRADUATE AND OP TIONS WILL NO LONGER BE SPOON FED TO YOU BY THOSE OLDER AND WISER THAN YOURSELF )F THE IDEA OF LEAV ING DEAR OLD .ORWICH MAKES YOU SIGH NOSTALGICALLY OR EVEN CRY A LITTLE THEN WHY NOT STAY ) HEREBY PRESENT .ORWICH AS A TOWN BRIM MING WITH PROSPECTS PROMISING A FANTASTIC QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THOSE OF US TAKING OUR lRST TENTATIVE STEPS ON THE CAREER LADDER .ORWICH GETS A BAD RAP IN THE MEDIA AS A CITY CUT OFF FROM THE REST OF "LIGHTY WHERE TIME STOPPED A FEW DECADES AGO lLLED WITH CORN MUNCHING "UMPKINS WHO HAVE NEVER SET FOOT OUTSIDE THE .OR FOLK BORDER *EREMY #LARKSON ONCE JOKED THAT .ORFOLK PEOPLE COULD NOT TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A &ORD #APRI AND A 4RACTOR AND #HRIS -OYLES NOTORIOUSLY CLAIMED THERE WAS hMORE ATMOSPHERE ON THE MOONv ) HAVE BEEN WARNED BY NUMEROUS PROFESSIONALS THAT .OR WICH IS THE GRAVEYARD OF AMBITION AND THAT IT SUCKS YOU IN 4HIS IS SOMEWHAT PERPLEXING GIVEN THAT THIS ADVICE IS COMING FROM THOSE WHO HAVE CARVED OUT SUCCESSFUL CA REERS PRECISELY BY STAYING PUT .ORFOLK IS NOT RENOWNED FOR
"RIMMING WITH OPPORTUNITIES JUST A SELECTION OF THE NUMEROUS COMPANIES WHO CAN OFFER JOBS TO THOSE WANTING TO STAY IN .ORWICH ITS RACIAL CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND IT TENDS TO GET FORGOTTEN STUCK OUT ON THIS LITTLE %ASTERN BULGE OF THE 5+ (OWEVER IT WAS ONCE THE SEC OND BIGGEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY 4ODAY .ORWICH IS INNOVATIVE EM BRACING MODERNITY BUT RETAINING ITS MEDIEVAL CHARM )TS !RTS SCENE IS UNPARALLELED AS IS THE BEAUTI FUL COUNTRYSIDE IT HAS FABULOUS SHOPPING VOTED AMONG THE TOP lVE SHOPPING LOCATIONS IN "RIT AIN AND THERE IS THE KNOWLEDGE
h)F THE CHOICE OF CAREER ITSELF IS ELUDING YOU IT MAY BE EASIER FOR YOU TO BEGIN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS BY DECIDING ITS LOCATION v THAT ON A SUNNY DAY YOU ARE NEVER MORE THAN TWENTY lVE MINUTES FROM A BEACH 7HAT IS MORE IT IS A RELATIVELY SAFE CITY WITH CRIME RATES CONSISTENTLY LOW 7HERE ELSE COULD THE 0UPPET -AN BECOME A TREASURED LIVING LEGEND 7HERE ELSE COULD A CHAV RIDDEN 7ETHER SPOONS SIT COMFORTABLY OPPOSITE THE OLDEST RECORDED MEDIEVAL STREET $AVID !DLARD OWNER OF !D LARDS RESTAURANT ONCE COMMENTED THAT .ORWICH HAS A hVILLAGE ATMOS PHERE IN THE #ITYv AND FOR ME THIS SUMS UP ITS APPEAL 9ES YES YOU SAY YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS HAVING LIVED IN THIS lNE #ITY FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS BUT WHAT ABOUT CAREER PROSPECTS IN .ORWICH 7HICH AVENUES ARE AVAILABLE TO PURSUE AND WHY
CHOOSE .ORWICH OVER NUMEROUS OTHER CITIES .ORWICH MUST BE DOING SOME THING RIGHT AS OF 5%! GRADU ATES DECIDE TO REMAIN HERE ON COMPLETING THEIR COURSE 4O DIS COVER WHY ) DECIDED TO ENLIST THE VALUABLE OPINIONS OF !NNE "EN SON $IRECTOR OF #AREERS #ENTRE AT 5%! AND *OHN 7ILSON 3ALES $IRECTOR OF 2ECRUITMENT WEBSITE *UST *OBS .ORFOLK WWW JUSTJOB SNORFOLK CO UK "OTH AGREED THAT THE BIGGEST ADVANTAGE OF LIVING AND WORKING IN THE .ORFOLK AREA IS THAT IT IS ONE OF THE MOST AFFORD ABLE PLACES TO LIVE IN 3OUTH %AST %NGLAND *OHN STATES h)N .ORWICH YOU CAN HAVE A GOOD JOB WITH EX CELLENT PROSPECTS BUT WITHOUT HAV ING THE lNANCIAL OUTLAY OF ,ONDON LIVING v &URTHERMORE IT HAS ONE OF THE SHORTEST COMMUTER TIMES IN THE 5+ n AN AVERAGE OF MIN UTES AS OPPOSED TO MINUTES n 5+ AVERAGE AND THE #EN SUS SHOWED THAT MORE PEOPLE WALK OR CYCLE TO WORK THAN IN ANY OTHER CITY OF THE 5+ .ORFOLK IS KNOWN FOR ITS EXCEL LENCE IN SEVERAL KEY AREAS CREATIVE lNANCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL )T HAS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING #REATIVE )NDUSTRY SECTORS IN THE 5+ WITH A WEALTH OF DESIGN COMPANIES MAR KETING AND TESTING 02 AND 46 PRODUCTION +EY PLAYERS INCLUDE !RCHANT PRODUCER OF REGIONAL NEWSPAPERS AND MORE IMPORTANT LY THE PRINTER FOR #ONCRETE )46 !NGLIA ""# %AST CREATIVE AGENCY 4HE 7ORKS AND TELEVISION REPRO DUCTION CENTRE %0)# %0)# BASED IN FORMER !NGLIA 46 STUDIOS HAS RECENTLY UNDERGONE A MAJOR REFUR BISHMENT COURTESY OF A a MIL LION GRANT ENABLING IT TO TAKE PART
IN DRAMA AND HIGH PROlLE PRODUC TION -ARK 7ELLS #ENTRE $IRECTOR SAID h%0)# AND THE %ASTERN REGION WILL BECOME MAJOR PLAYERS IN THE 5+ BROADCAST ONLINE AND PRODUC TION INDUSTRIES )T S GREAT NEWS FOR .ORFOLK BOTH ON ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL GROUNDS v #HRISTOPHER (OW #ABINET -EMBER FOR %CO NOMIC $EVELOPMENT PLEDGED HIS AGREEMENT COMMENTING THAT IT WILL hPROVIDE A SOURCE OF INSPIRA TION FOR THE CREATIVE TALENTS OF THE
h)F YOU ARE UNSURE WHERE YOUR TALENTS LIE ) WOULD RECOMMEND TAKING A TRIP TO THE ORANGE CLAD COSINESS OF THE 5%! #AREERS #ENTRE v FUTURE v )F THIS INTERESTS YOU YOU CAN VISIT WWW EPIC TV ORG .ORWICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS A lNANCIAL CENTRE IT IS HOME TO .ORWICH 5NION THE 5+ S LARG EST )NSURANCE #OMPANY WHICH OFFERS A COMPREHENSIVE GRADUATE SCHEME FOR THOSE LOOKING TO LEARN THE ROPES SEE WWW NORWICHUN IONGRADS JOBS AND 6IRGIN -ONEY OPERATES FROM OFlCES IN .ORWICH VISIT HTTP UK VIRGINMONEY COM TO VIEW CURRENT VACANCIES %NVIRONMENTAL GRADUATES WILL BE PLEASED TO KNOW THAT THIS IS A RAPIDLY GROWING SECTOR IN THE RE GION RANGING FROM THE DESIGN OF LOW EMISSION ENGINES THROUGH TO SOME OF THE LARGEST WIND TURBINE PROJECTS IN THE 5+ &URTHERMORE THERE ARE ONGOING PROJECTS IN PRO
TECTION WORK THROUGH THE "ROADS !UTHORITY AND NUMEROUS OPPORTU NITIES IN THE 4OURISM SECTOR )F THIS TICKLES YOUR FANCY YOU CAN VISIT WWW BROADS AUTHORITY GOV UK )F YOU ARE UNSURE WHERE YOUR TALENTS LIE ) WOULD RECOMMEND TAKING A TRIP TO THE ORANGE CLAD COSINESS OF THE 5%! #AREERS #EN TRE AND CHATTING TO ONE OF THEIR FRIENDLY ADVISORS 9OU CAN BOOK INFORMAL MINUTE APPOINTMENTS TO BEGIN YOUR RESEARCH OR LONGER MINUTE SLOTS WITH SCHOOL SPE CIlC ADVISORS 4HEY ALSO OFFER #6 ANALYSIS AND HELP WITH COVERING LETTERS APPLICATIONS AND MOCK IN TERVIEWS (OWEVER DO NOT EXPECT THEM TO DELIVER YOUR OPTIONS ON A PLATE THEY WILL NOT TELL YOU WHAT TO DO BUT THEY WILL HELP YOU TO TALK ABOUT YOUR INTERESTS SKILLS AND VALUES SO YOU CAN BEGIN TO EXPLORE POSSIBLE PATHWAYS 6ISIT THEIR WEB SITE WWW UEA AC UK CAREERS FOR A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF SERVICES AND FORTHCOMING EVENTS *UNE S ITINER ARY INCLUDES 3TAY ,OCAL $O $IF FERENT AND A 6IRTUAL #AREERS &AIR RUNNING FROM ND TH IN ASSO CIATION WITH 'RADS %AST WWW I ORG UK RECRUITMENT !NNE IS KEEN TO STRESS THAT .ORWICH IS MADE UP OF A MYRIAD OF SMALL ENTERPRISES MANY OF WHICH HAVE STRONG LINKS WITH THE #AREERS #ENTRE 3HE SAYS hTHERE ARE MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO BE A BIG lSH IN A SMALL SEA AND RE ALLY MAKE YOUR MARK v 7ITH THE MAJORITY OF THE TOP COMPANIES EMPLOYING LESS THAN PEOPLE THEY OFFER A SUPPORTIVE AND NURTUR ING ATMOSPHERE FOR THOSE IN JUNIOR POSITIONS AND GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROGRESSION )F YOU ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO KNOW THE AREAS THAT YOU WISH TO GO INTO AND ARE DETERMINED TO STAY LOCAL STAY KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE ON WWW JUSTJOBSNORFOLK CO UK 4HIS IS ARGUABLY .ORFOLK S MOST COM PREHENSIVE AND CONVENIENT LOCAL JOB WEBSITE WITH OVER NEW VACANCIES ADDED EACH WEEK )T DIS PLAYS VACANCIES FROM SOME OF .OR FOLK S LARGEST COMPANIES INCLUDING .ORWICH 5NION .ORFOLK #OUNTRY #OUNCIL .ORWICH #ITY &# AND *AR ROLDS TO NAME A FEW )T ALLOWS YOU TO UPLOAD YOUR #6 ONTO A DATABASE AND TO APPLY FOR POSITIONS ONLINE !ND REMEMBER DO NOT PANIC -AKE THE MOST OF THE lNAL FEW MONTHS OF YOUR UNIVERSITY EXPERI ENCE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CAREERS ADVICE ON OFFER BUT DO NOT NEGLECT THE lNAL STAGES OF YOUR DEGREE 'OOD LUCK
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SHUDDER WHEN THE GOVERN MENT COMES LOOKING FOR ITS NEXT POUND OF mESHx OR FOR A MAJOR ORGAN IF YOU ARE FROM OUTSIDE THE %5 .OW FOR THE lRST TIME EVER YOU MIGHT HAVE GARNERED A VAGUE INTEREST IN WHAT HAP
)T S BEEN AN INTERESTING %ASTER FOR NEWS 7E HAD 4ERMINAL CHAOS WAS ANYONE ACTUALLY SURPRISED WE HAD THE 3HAN NON -ATTHEWS CONFUSION AND THE MEDIA FAVOURITE WE HAD THE $IANA )NQUEST ) SAY hTHEv ) DO OF COURSE MEAN JUST ONE MORE IN WHAT SEEMS LIKE AN ENDLESS LINE OF INQUESTS WHICH CHURN OUT ENDLESS NEWS MINUTES AND COLUMN INCHES OF CONJECTURE CONSPIRACY AND INTRIGUE .O ONE IS GOING TO DENY THAT $IANA WAS A HUGE lGURE IN RECENT HISTORY %QUALLY ) THINK WE WOULD BE PRETTY HARD PRESSED TO lND SOME ONE WHO WOULD DISAGREE WITH THE IDEA THAT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH 9ES WE ALL LOVED $IANA 9ES SHE DID A HUGE AMOUNT FOR SO MANY PEOPLE 9ES IT REALLY TOUCHED SOME THING IN US WHEN SHE DIED "UT THAT WAS YEARS AGO %VEN THE 3EPTEMBER TH SCRUTINY HAS SIMMERED DOWN MORE )T SHOULD BE CLEAR TO EVERYONE NOW THAT IT IS TIME TO MOVE ON FROM THIS TO LET THE @0EOPLE S 0RINCESS REST IN PEACE 3OMEHOW ) DOUBT THIS
TAINING A PRINCIPLED STAND FOR FREE EDUCATION BUT MUST BE RE ALISTIC n HE SEEMS TO THINK THAT THE .53 CAN GET WHAT LITTLE IT CLAIMS TO WANT BY WRITING CLEV ER REPORTS RATHER THAN POLITICAL CAMPAIGNING 3ORRY TO BREAK IT TO YOU 7ES BUT THE GOV
h4HERE IS NOTHING CONSTRUCTIVE ABOUT CAMPAIGNING FOR THE STATUS QUOv PENED AT .53 CONFERENCE 7ELL SORRY TO DISAPPOINT BUT WHEN ASKED TO STEP UP FOR THEIR CONSTITUENTS ONCE AGAIN THE .53 ROLLED OVER .53 IS NOW PLEDGED TO lGHT TO @+EEP THE #AP ON FEES RATHER THAN lGHT FOR FREE EDUCATION /F COURSE NO ONE WANTS UN CAPPED FEES BUT YOU DON T WIN POLITICAL BATTLES BY CONCEDING ALL THE GROUND YOU HAVE LOST AS SOON AS YOU LOSE IT )F THE CAP GOES UP ARE WE GOING TO BE PLEDGED TO SUPPORT A CAP
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4WADDLE BANTER CHAT GIB BERISH PERSImAGE 7HATEVER WORD YOU USE ) AM SURE YOU RECOGNISE OR PERHAPS EVEN INDULGE IN YOURSELF FROM TIME TO TIME THE ACTIVITY OF WAFmING ON WITH SUPPOSED SINCERITY ON A TOPIC WHICH YOU PROBABLY DO NOT HAVE MUCH INTEREST IN OR KNOWL EDGE ABOUT 7E HAVE ALL DONE IT THE SMALL TALK WITH NEW mATMATES OR THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU IN A LECTURE OR THE SEMINAR PRES ENTATION THAT YOU MANAGE TO MAKE lVE MINUTES LONG DE SPITE YOUR PREPARATION TIME BEING SHORTER THAN THAT 3OMETIMES OF COURSE IT IS NECESSARY TO BLAG A LITTLE JUST TO GET BY 9ET MORE AND MORE IT SEEMS AS THOUGH SOCIETY RE WARDS THOSE WITH A PARTICULAR PENCHANT FOR PIFmE %SSAYS AND ELECTIONS OFTEN SEEM TO BE MORE SUCCESSFUL WHEN FOUNDED UPON WORDY GRAN DIOSE DRIVEL THAT PROMISES MUCH BUT ULTIMATELY IS MORE DISAPPOINTING THAN AN %NG LISH SUMMER 4HEN THAT VERY BASTION OF MODERN SOCIETY &ACEBOOK PRACTICALLY HANGS A MEDAL AROUND THE NECK OF THOSE THAT CAN TALK THE MOST
BALDERDASH AS THEIR FRIEND TALLY ROCKETS UP BY THE DAY 4HE (OLY 'RAIL OF BALO NEY THOUGH AS MANY OF YOU WILL DISCOVER AS YOU BEGIN TO SEEK EMPLOYMENT IS THE JOB INTERVIEW )N ESSENCE THEY ARE A TEST OF HOW MANY VACU OUS BUT INTELLIGENT SOUND ING WORDS AND PHRASES YOU CAN CRAM INTO ABOUT HALF AN HOUR 9OU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT ANY SELF RESPECT ING EMPLOYER WOULD SEE RIGHT THROUGH THIS BUT FEAR NOT AS YOU CAN GUARANTEE THAT THE CONTENTS OF YOUR VACUITY WILL FEATURE ON YOUR INTERVIEWER S TICK LIST OF WISHES OR TO USE THE CORRECT GIBBERISH CRITE RIA 4HIS WILL NO DOUBT READ SOMETHING LIKE THIS TEAM PLAYER LEADERSHIP QUALITIES SELF MOTIVATED GOAL ORIEN TATED -EANINGLESS GUFF )T REALLY IS EVERYWHERE n 46 RADIO NEWSPAPERS CON VERSATIONS IN THE PUB 5NION #OUNCIL UTTER NONSENSE BE ING SPOUTED BY EVERYONE WITH MORE GUSTO THAN A STARVING HYENA TUCKING INTO A GAZELLE "UT HERE IS THE REASON ) SEEM SO CYNICAL ABOUT IT n BECAUSE TRULY ) ENJOY IT ) LOVE THE RI DICULOUS VERBAL HYPERBOLE ) REVEL IN THE GLORIOUS IRREL EVANCE OF IT ALL ) SALUTE THE BULLSHIT
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EPIPHANY 7EATHER PEOPLE 4HAT S RIGHT 4HOSE SNIVEL LING PLACATING DEMONS AT THE BECK AND CALL OF THE -ET /F lCE WHO STAND AND MUMBLE IN A REASSURING FASHION ABOUT SPOTTY SHOWERS AND STRONG WINDS WHEN OUTSIDE THE PIGS ARE mYING AND THE ROAD HAS MELTED AND ALL MANNERS OF UNPLEASANT THINGS LITERALLY FALL FROM THE SKY 4HEM )T S THEIR FAULT 7E KEEP THEM IN BOS OM MAXIMISING DRESSES AND SHOULDER BROADENING SUITS
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AT THIS BUT IT S TRUE ISN T IT BECAUSE OVER THE HOLIDAYS ) BET YOU AND ALL YOUR USELESS CHROMOSOME DElCIENT FAM ILY HAD A GOOD NATTER ABOUT THE SNOW AND THE WIND 3URE IT MAY HAVE TEMPORARILY DISTRACTED YOU FROM THE DO MESTIC HELL YOU INHABIT BUT COME ON YOU ALL KNOW YOU D RATHER BE BRAINING EACH OTHER WITH FRYING PANS THAN TALKING ABOUT (ANDSOME 'REG AND HIS WARNING OF SNOW 4HE TRUTH IS YOU NEED THESE PEOPLE !ND ) BET HON
ESTLY THAT LATE AT NIGHT COAT ED IN SWEAT YOU HAVE TURGID DREAMS ABOUT .ANCY THE WEATHER GIRL AND HER ENDLESS PROCESSION OF SLIDES AND YOU THINK SHE COULD POINT AT MY PATCHY SNOW ANY TIME !ND THEN YOU HAVE NICE DREAMS ABOUT YOU AND HER AND 'EOFF AND YOUR BLOODY TRIP TO THE METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY AND YOU WAKE UP WITH A FEEL ING OF SUBLIME SATISFACTION AND THEN YOU GO OUTSIDE AND SCREW A RAINDROP OR SOME THING EQUALLY DISGUSTING
The politics of posturing !NDY *UDSON $EPUTY %DITOR 4HE CURRENT SITUATION IN :IMBABWE HAS BEEN KNOWN ABOUT FOR SEVERAL YEARS .EWS OF 2OBERT -UGABE S ACTIONS HAS REGULARLY HIT THE INTER NATIONAL MEDIA BUT PARTICU LARLY IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS AS
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-$# 4HE :IMBABWEANS ARE WORKING HARD TO WIN REAL RIGHTS FOR THE PEOPLE IN THEIR COUNTRY AND SO ARE TOO BUSY TO CREATE A HIP AND SNAZZY MARKETING CAMPAIGN )N COMPARISON THE SELF SERV ING (UGO #HAVEZ CHURNS OUT CONTENT AND ARTIlCIAL CAM PAIGNS SPECIlCALLY TARGETED AT STUDENTS AND ACTIVISTS DIS GRUNTLED WITH THEIR POLITICAL SYSTEM WHO LAP IT UP 4HEY APPARENTLY AREN T CONCERNED ABOUT ISSUES WHERE REAL PEO PLE ARE lGHTING DESPERATELY FOR THEIR LIVELIHOOD 4HE PROBLEM IS THAT FOR FAR TOO MANY PEOPLE POLI TICS IS NOT ABOUT CREATING A BETTER WORLD ABOUT HELP ING THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING AND IMPROVING THE GOOD OF ALL )NSTEAD THEY ARE MORE CONCERNED WITH FASHIONABLE POSTURING AND ONE UPMAN SHIP THAN ACTUALLY MAKING A DIFFERENCE 0OLITICS HAS BEEN REDUCED TO A FASHION STATEMENT n POLITICAL CAUSES HAVE TO BE SUMMED UP IN WRISTBANDS PEOPLE ARE MORE CONCERNED WITH SHOWING THAT THEY ARE POLITICALLY MO TIVATED RATHER THAN ACTUALLY DOING ANYTHING TO CHANGE THE WORLD 3O IT IS WITH :IMBABWE $URING ITS PRESS TIME PEO PLE WILL HUFF AND PUFF ABOUT HOW ANGRY THEY ARE 4HEN WHEN THE CAMERAS TURN AWAY THEY LL RETURN TO DECORATING THEIR ROOM WITH 4IBET mAGS OR COMPLAINING ABOUT THE BRUTAL OPPRESSION OF THE FREE AND DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE OF 6ENEZUELA !DMITTEDLY "RITAIN S PAST RELATIONSHIP WITH :IMBABWE MAKES MANY PEOPLE NERVOUS
n THEY DON T WANT TO APPEAR AS COLONIAL MASTERS DICTATING TO A PEOPLE "UT THAT IS NOT WHAT IS NECESSARY n :IMBA BWE NEEDS INTERNATIONAL SOL IDARITY AS THEIR PEOPLE HAVE A VERY UPHILL STRUGGLE AND THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH SPEAKING OUT IN FAVOUR OF DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS )N PARTIC ULAR STUDENTS AND ACADEM ICS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGNS WITHIN :IMBABWE YET OUR 5NION AT HOME SEEMS MORE CONCERNED WITH MASSAG ING (UGO #HAVEZ ALREADY INmATED EGO IN A COUNTRY WHICH ALREADY ENJOYS A FAIRLY HEALTHY DEMOCRACY -ORGAN 4SVANGIRAI IS NOT A SAINT BY ANY MEANS AND THE -$# S INTERNAL SPLITS DO NOT HELP THEIR CAUSE "UT THERE IS NO PERFECTLY INNOCENT POLITI CAL lGURE TO SUPPORT #LEARLY 4SVANGIRAI AND THE -$# DE SERVE INTERNATIONAL BACKING AND WE SHOULD BE SUPPORT ING ANY MOVE TO KEEP :IM BABWE MORE DEMOCRATIC 3O LET S ACTUALLY GIVE PRAISE TO A PEOPLE WHO HAVE GIVEN PO LITICAL DEVELOPMENT THEIR ALL AND REALLY FOUGHT FOR CHANGE INSTEAD OF ONLY PANDERING TO FASHIONABLE POLITICAL CAUSES )F ANY GROUP DESERVES SOLIDARITY EDUCATION CAM PAIGNS AND PROTESTS ON ITS BEHALF IT IS THE -$# AND THE PEOPLE IN :IMBABWE lGHT ING FOR THEIR RIGHTS "EFORE LONG IT SEEMS AS IF THEY WILL HAVE TO TAKE THEIR lGHT TO THE STREETS AND WHILE THEY LL ENJOY SOME ATTENTION THEY WILL BE BURIED BY MUCH HIP PER LEFT WING CAUSES SUCH AS (UGO #HAVEZ AND 4IBET
!LEX 0ARTRIDGE /PINIONS 7RITER 4HE )NTERNATIONAL /LYMPIC #OMMITTEE MUST BE FEELING VERY SILLY RIGHT NOW AFTER THEIR DECISION TO AWARD TO /LYMPIC 'AMES TO "EI JING BACKlRED SO SPECTACULAR LY IN AN ORGY OF BAD PUBLIC ITY SHOUTING DEMONSTRATORS AND #HINESE MILITARY POLICE hTHUGSv MANHANDLING PROTES TORS ON THE STREETS OF ,ONDON 0ARIS AND 3AN &RANCISCO (OW WERE THEY TO KNOW THAT #HI NA HAD ALL THESE PROBLEMS )T LOOKED NICE IN THE BROCHURE )T S CLEAR THAT IN FUTURE THE )/# WILL HAVE TO AWARD THE GAMES TO THE LEAST OF FENSIVE CANDIDATE CITY RATHER THAN THE MOST SUITABLE .ONE OF THE NEXT THREE HOST CIT IES WOULD HAVE WON UNDER SUCH A SYSTEM 6ANCOUVER IN #ANADA WILL HOST THE 7INTER /LYMPICS BUT WOULD SURELY LOSE OUT ON THE BASIS OF #ANADA S ANNUAL SEAL CULL AND BEING THE HOME NATION OF EQUINE CROONER #ELINE $ION ,ONDON WOULD HAVE LOST OUT DUE TO "RITAIN S UL TIMATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL THE WORLD S ILLS AND 3OCHI IN 2USSIA HOSTS FOR WOULD HAVE LOST OUT DUE TO BEING 6LADIMIR 0UTIN S FAVOURITE HOLIDAY SPOT 4HE HOSTS OF FUTURE GAMES MUST BE HELD UP TO MORE STRINGENT CRITERIA 0ROSPEC TIVE HOST CITIES MUST NOT BE LOCATED IN A DICTATORSHIP OF ANY KIND WHICH MEANS WAV ING GOODBYE TO THE PROSPECT OF 0YONGYANG .OR MAY THEY BE AN OFlCIAL OR UNOF lCIAL ENEMY OF THE 5NITED 3TATES WHICH MEANS NO GAMES IN (AVANA OR #ARACAS ALL MEDALS TO BE DISTRIBUTED EQUALLY !NY COUNTRY WITH A LESS THAN SPARKLING HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD MUST GO TOO AS WELL AS ANYWHERE THAT S TREAT ED ITS INDIGENOUS POPULATION POORLY WHICH ESSENTIALLY GETS RID OF THREE CONTINENTS FOR US &INALLY ANY NATION THAT S EVER STARTED A WAR MUST GO TOO 7HICH LEAVES US WITH JUST ONE COUNTRY )CELAND THE MOST MORALLY UPSTAND ING NATION ON EARTH )T S TIME FOR THE )/# TO START PREPARING FOR 2EYKJAVIK AND x
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NOT SEE AS HARMFUL NOW COULD AFFECT YOU WHEN APPLYING FOR A JOB IN LATER YEARS %MPLOYERS IN THE MEDICAL OR TEACHING INDUSTRY WOULD HAVE TO THINK TWICE ABOUT EMPLOYING SOMEONE THAT HAD A PROlLE BOASTING ABOUT THEIR LOVE FOR ALCOHOL OR WAS COVERED IN PHOTOS OF THEM ACTING FOOLISH 4HINK ABOUT IT )F YOU WERE AN EMPLOYER WOULD YOU CHOOSE THE PERSON WHO HAD AN ONLINE PROlLE PORTRAYING THEMSELVES AS THE COLLEGE CLOWN THROWING UP OUTSIDE THE 5NION OR SOMEONE WHO DECIDED TO KEEP THEIR PRIVATE LIFE PRIVATE !LSO ONCE WORKING WITHIN A COMPANY IT IS EXTREMELY EASY FOR THE EMPLOYEE TO DAMAGE THEIR REPUTATION 0HOTOS OF A DRUNKEN HEN PARTY ARE OF COURSE HUGELY AMUSING TO OTHER MEMBERS OF STAFF HOWEVER ARE LESS LIKELY TO GENERATE CONlDENCE AMONG THE PERSON S PROFESSIONAL CONTACTS )T HAS BEEN REVEALED THAT TWO THIRDS OF EMPLOYERS ARE BANNING THE USE OF &ACEBOOK OVER FEARS THAT THE EMPLOYEES ARE WASTING TIME MESSAGING AND POKING OTHER MEMBERS OF STAFF WHEN THEY SHOULD BE WORKING 3OME COMPANIES HAVE EVEN GONE AS FAR AS TO THREATEN SACKING EMPLOYEES WHO ACCESS THE SITE DURING OFlCE HOURS %MPLOYEES ARE ALSO HAVING TO BE ALERT AND UNTAG THEMSELVES FROM PHOTOS WHICH THEY DO NOT WANT TO BE MADE PUBLIC !FTER A RECENT INCIDENT WITH A HACKER MYSELF ) URGE EVERYBODY TO REGULARLY CHANGE THEIR PASSWORDS AND TO NOT REVEAL TOO MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT THEMSELVES /THERWISE IT CAN CAUSE A LOT OF STRESS AND WORRY !LTHOUGH &ACEBOOK IS A GREAT WAY TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH OLD FRIENDS TO MEET NEW FRIENDS AND TO SHARE PHOTOS WITH EACH OTHER PEOPLE NEED TO REALISE THAT THEY COULD BE PUTTING THEMSELVES IN DANGER "Y ALL MEANS ENJOY BEING ABLE TO TALK TO FRIENDS AND SEND EACH OTHER PHOTOS BUT BE AWARE THAT BY LISTING PERSONAL INFORMATION SUCH AS YOUR DATE OF BIRTH OR THE DETAILS OF WILD NIGHTS OUT YOU COULD LAND YOURSELF IN TROUBLE WITH THE FRAUDSTERS OR THE BOSS
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'REAT 9ARMOUTH BASED EXHIBITION SPECIALIST #ORPORATE )MAGE SISTER COMPANY TO CREATIVE DESIGN AGENCY 4-3 -EDIA IS ONE SUCH COMPANY THAT BENElTED FROM THE 3HELL 34%0 SCHEME LAST SUMMER .AOMI (OBART FROM /ULTON "ROAD WAS STUDYING "USINESS -ANAGEMENT AT THE 5%! AND WAS RECRUITED ONTO THE 3HELL 34%0 PROGRAMME TO DRAW UP A MARKETING PLAN FOR THE COMPANY #ORPORATE )MAGE MANAGING DIRECTOR 3TEVE 4UBBY SAID h!S
AN EXHIBITION SPECIALIST WE KNOW FULL WELL THE IMPORTANCE OF MARKETING "UT AS A YOUNG COMPANY WE OFTEN DELAY THE INTERNAL WORK WE SHOULD BE DOING IN FAVOUR OF SERVING OUR CUSTOMERS .AOMI S PROJECT HELPED US TO SELL OUR SERVICES IN A MUCH MORE STRUCTURED WAY v &OUR MONTHS ON THE WORK PLACEMENT HAS PAID OFF FOR BOTH STUDENT AND COMPANY .AOMI WHO IS NOW EMPLOYED AS 3ALES -ARKETING #OORDINATOR AT #ORPORATE )MAGE SAID SHE WAS STILL DELIGHTED WHEN SHE LOOKED BACK ON THE
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GOOD START THAT THE 3HELL 3TEP SCHEME HAD GIVEN TO HER CAREER h$URING MY PROJECT ) GAINED MORE OF AN UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WORKING LIFE AND SOME OF THE FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS HOW TO WORK TO A BUDGET THE IMPORTANCE OF A MARKETING PLAN AND HOW TO SELL AND PROMOTE A COMPANY S PRODUCTS AND SERVICES MOST COST EFFECTIVELY )T GAVE ME THE CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE REAL LIFE WORK RATHER THAN JUST PUSHING PAPER AROUND AND ANSWERING PHONE CALLS )T MEANT ) COULD PUT TO THE TEST WHAT ) HAD LEARNED FROM UNIVERSITY v 3TEVE 4UBBY MANAGING
DIRECTOR OF #ORPORATE )MAGE n SISTER COMPANY TO 4-3 -EDIA n SAID h4HE BENElTS OF THE 3HELL 34%0 INITIATIVE FOR BOTH .AOMI AND OURSELVES HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY CLEAR (ER IDEAS ENERGY AND MARKETING DRIVE HAVE BROUGHT A NEW DIMENSION AND STRUCTURE TO THE BUSINESS v 4O DISCUSS A PLACEMENT IN .ORFOLK CONTACT #AROLE "ULL ON OR EMAIL C BULL UEA AC UK 6ISIT WWW STEP ORG UK FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE 3HELL 34%0 PROGRAMME
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&ANCY TAKING OUT A MASSIVE MORTGAGE STYLE LOAN TO PAY FOR UNIVERSITY 4HOUGHT NOT !BIGAIL +EEN INVESTIGATES THE CURRENT LACK OF FUNDING FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
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HE FUNDING OF (IGHER %DUCATION WILL BE REVIEWED NEXT YEAR WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF THE CURRENT a ANNUAL TUITION FEE CAP BEING RAISED OR EVEN LIFTED COMPLETELY 3INCE UNIVERSITIES HAVE CHARGED STUDENTS a PER YEAR TO BE REPAID AFTER THEY GRADUATE 4HIS IS COMMONLY INCLUDED IN A LOAN COVERING LIVING COSTS AND AS WE ARE ALL AWARE MEANS THAT STUDENTS ARE OFTEN THOUSANDS OF POUNDS IN DEBT AFTER GRADUATING )T IS A FACT THAT AFTER UNIVERSITY APPLICATIONS DECREASED BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED COST IN ATTENDING AND FEWER APPLICATIONS WERE RECEIVED THAN IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR 4HIS PROBLEM IS ONLY LIKELY TO GET WORSE 5NIVERSITIES CONSTANTLY LOSE MONEY BECAUSE AROUND a BN A YEAR IN UNPAID DEBTS IS WRITTEN OFF BY THE GOVERNMENT AND THEY ALSO INVEST VAST SUMS TOWARDS BURSARIES TO RECRUIT MORE PEOPLE FROM POORER BACKGROUNDS 4HEY ARGUE THAT THEY NEED MORE FUNDING AND ARE CURRENTLY LOBBYING FOR THE a CAP TO BE LIFTED 6ICE #HANCELLORS FROM THE TOP UNIVERSITIES IN THE
COUNTRY SAID TUITION FEES WOULD HAVE TO AT LEAST DOUBLE TO a A YEAR TO COVER TEACHING COSTS 4HERE IS CURRENTLY A HUGE GAP BETWEEN THE AVERAGE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO TEACH AN UNDERGRADUATE IN %NGLAND a WITH THOSE AVAILABLE IN THE 53! a 4HERE ARE ONLY TWO WAYS TO BRIDGE THIS GAP AN INCREASED GOVERNMENT GRANT OR A HIGHER TUITION FEE CHARGE 4HE LATTER APPEARS MOST LIKELY )NCREASED TUITION FEES ARE OBVIOUSLY NOT WELCOME NEWS TO ANYONE THINKING OF APPLYING TO HIGHER EDUCATION BUT ESPECIALLY NOT FOR THOSE FROM POORER FAMILIES +AT &LETCHER THE FORMER .53 PRESIDENT HAS SAID h2ESEARCH HAS SHOWN TIME AND AGAIN THAT IT IS STUDENTS FROM POORER OR LESS TRADITIONAL BACKGROUNDS THAT ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE PUT OFF A UNIVERSITY EDUCATION BY CONCERNS OVER DEBT 4HE GOVERNMENT HAS TO RECOGNISE THE DIRE EFFECT THAT LIFTING THE CAP WOULD HAVE ON ITS SLATED PLEDGE TO WIDEN PARTICIPATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION v "UT IT IS NOT ONLY THE POORER POTENTIAL STUDENTS WHO WOULD FACE THE NEGATIVE IMPLICATIONS
OF INCREASED TUITION FEES *OHN -C$ONNELL ,ABOUR -0 FOR (AYES AND (ARLINGTON ARGUES THAT UNIVERSITY IS MORE THAN JUST A CAREER MOVE AND ALTHOUGH HE AGREES STUDENTS SHOULD PUT MONEY BACK INTO THE EDUCATION WHICH BENElTED THEM THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES FOR EVERYONE IF THE DEBTS ARE TOO HIGH h7HAT THE LAST YEARS HAVE MEANT FOR STUDENTS IS A MASSIVE SHIFT OF THE DEBT BURDEN FROM THE STATE TO THE INDIVIDUAL 3O THE ALARM BELLS ARE RINGING 7E MUST DEMAND AN EVALUATION OF THE SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF THIS MARKET SYSTEM BEFORE WE EMBRACE IT FURTHER v 4HE CONSEQUENCES ARE THAT GRADUATES REMAIN lNANCIALLY DEPENDENT WELL INTO THEIR S 4HE COUNTER ARGUMENT FOR INCREASING TUITION FEES IS THAT THE MONEY HAS TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE AND IT APPEARS UNLIKELY TO COME FROM THE STATE %RIC 4HOMAS VICE CHANCELLOR OF "RISTOL 5NIVERSITY SAYS h4HE REALITY IS THAT IN THE 5+ WE HAVE DECIDED TO HAVE A LOW lSCAL BURDEN SOCIETY .O PARTY GOES INTO AN ELECTION WANTING TO RAISE TAXES IT SIMPLY WOULD NOT WIN VOTES !ND EVEN IF THERE WERE HIGHER
TAXES AND MORE MONEY WOULD IT REALLY GO TO UNIVERSITIES /F COURSE IT WOULDN T 0UBLIC AND POLITICAL OPINION WOULD DICTATE THAT THE EXTRA CASH SHOULD GO TO SECONDARY EDUCATION v (E ALSO ARGUES THAT AS GRADUATES PROlT MORE AS A RESULT OF OBTAINING A DEGREE THEY SHOULD CONTRIBUTE MORE TO THE COST OF THEIR EDUCATION (OWEVER BY INCREASING STUDENT DEBT THE CHANCE OF BECOMING QUICKLY INDEPENDENT IS DRAMATICALLY DECREASED WITH MANY GRADUATES FORCED TO MOVE BACK IN WITH PARENTS 'OVERNMENT STATISTICS SHOW THAT OF MEN AND OF WOMEN IN THEIR S LIVE IN THEIR PARENTS HOMES &OR MOST THIS IS NOT THE IDEAL SCENARIO ESPECIALLY AFTER EXPERIENCING INDEPENDENCE WHILST STUDYING AT UNIVERSITY !FTER LIVING ON YOUR OWN IT CAN PROVE DIFlCULT TO ADJUST TO LIVING WITH PARENTS AGAIN AND h7HILST YOU LIVE UNDER MY ROOF YOU OBEY MY RULES v IS NOT A SAYING YOU WANT TO BE FORCED TO LISTEN TO WHEN YOU ARE ABOUT TO MAKE YOUR MARK ON THE WORLD )NCREASING THE COST OF UNIVERSITY COULD DETER PEOPLE FROM APPLYING %DUCATION SHOULD BE OPEN TO
EVERYONE FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS AND IS IMPORTANT TO ANY GOOD CIVILISED SOCIETY %VERYONE SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF ATTENDING IF THEY WANT TO ARE ABLE AND CAN BENElT FROM THE EXPERIENCE ,OAN SUBSIDIES AND BURSARIES ARE THERE TO HELP THE POOREST APPLICANTS BUT THERE ARE ALSO MANY WHO WILL HAVE TO EITHER STRUGGLE PERHAPS WORKING ALMOST FULL TIME ALONGSIDE STUDYING OR GIVE UP ON THE IDEA OF A DEGREE (IGHER %DUCATION IS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO BE MORE OF A PRIORITY IN STATE FUNDING AND THE CAP ON TUITION FEES SHOULD NOT BE LIFTED %VERYONE SHOULD HAVE THE CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE WHAT IS CALLED BY MOST h4HE BEST YEARS OF YOUR LIFE v .OT ONLY DOES A STUDENT STUDY AN AREA OF INTEREST IN A STIMULATING ENVIRONMENT HE SHE GETS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE INDEPENDENT MEET NEW PEOPLE CONSIDER NEW IDEAS AND HOPEFULLY AT THE END OF IT OBTAIN A MUCH BETTER JOB THAN THEY WOULD HAVE DONE ! MASSIVE INCREASE IN DEBT DOES NOT JUST PUT A HUGE DAMPENER ON THESE BENElTS IT ALSO PREVENTS MANY PEOPLE FROM BEING ABLE TO CONSIDER OBTAINING THEM AT ALL
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Afro-Caribbean Festival success
4HE !# &EST WAS A GREAT EVENT FULL OF LIFE AND VIBRANCY /N A PERSONAL NOTE IT SHOWED THE PEOPLE OF 5%! WHAT THE !FRO #ARIBBEAN SOCIETY ;!#3= IS ALL ABOUT 4HE LIFESTYLE PERSONALITY AND CHARACTER OF THE !#3 SOCIETY WERE SHOWN IN THE INFU SION OF A GREAT STAGE SHOW !S !#3 VICE PRESIDENT ) AM REALLY PROUD OF THE CONTRIBUTION EVERYONE MADE TO MAKE THE !# &EST WHAT IT WAS ) FEEL THE SOCIETY WILL NOW PROGRESS TO A LEVEL BEYOND THE EXPECTATIONS OF A LOT OF PEOPLE AT THE 5NIVERSITY ! GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THE !FRO #ARIBBEAN WAY OF LIFE IS SOMETHING ) BELIEVE EVERYONE WHO WENT TO THE SHOW CASE GOT AND THE PERFORMANC ES FROM THE URBAN DANCE COMPILA
TIONS TO THE !FRO #ARIBBEAN FASHION SHOW CONVEYED THE COLOURFUL CUL TURE THE !#3 SOCIETY PROVIDES FOR THE 5NIVERSITY 4HE NEXT PLAN WE HAVE IS TO SHOWCASE MORE OF OUR TALENTS DUR ING "LACK (ISTORY -ONTH !S A SO CIETY WE FELT VERY UNDER REPRESENTED DURING SUCH AN IMPORTANT PERIOD OF THE YEAR FOR OUR SOCIETY BUT WITH THE IMPACT MADE BY THE !# &EST WE CAN LOBBY FOR BETTER REPRESENTATION DUR ING "LACK (ISTORY -ONTH THROUGH ANOTHER SHOWCASE OR FESTIVAL !S A SOCIETY WE HAVE LEARNED A LOT FROM HOSTING THIS EVENT AND ONLY HOPE THAT WE CAN INSPIRE OTHER SOCIETIES TO HOST SIMILAR OCASSIONS !KIN !KINRINLADE
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Meet the committee 4HROUGHOUT THEIR TIME AT 5%! MANY STUDENTS JOIN UP WITH THE VARIOUS SOCIETIES AND SPORTS CLUBS ON OFFER AND THROUGH THESE GET TO HAVE A BRILLIANT TIME "UT VERY OFTEN NOT MUCH IS KNOWN ABOUT THE PEO PLE BEHIND THE HARD WORK n THE SO CIETY COMMITTEES WHO GIVE UP THEIR TIME AND EFFORT TO PROVIDE SOME THING SPECIAL 4HEY ARE OFTEN SECOND OR THIRD YEARS WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN THE SOCIETY ENJOYED IT AND WANT TO GIVE BACK TO OTHER STUDENTS #OMMITTEE WORK CAN VARY MAS SIVELY WITH SOME PEOPLE EFFECTIVELY TAKING ON PART TIME JOBS n UNPAID ONES AT THAT !S SUCH THEY DE SERVE A HEARTY AMOUNT OF THANKS FOR THEIR EFFORT AND DEDICATION
AND ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS CAN FEEL A SENSE OF PRIDE FOR TAKING THE INITIATIVE AND LEADING THEIR SOCIETY 3O DO YOU WANT TO JOIN THIS SPE CIAL GROUP OF PEOPLE $O YOU HAVE GREAT IDEAS ABOUT WHERE YOUR SOCIETY COULD GO NEXT YEAR HOW IT COULD IN CORPORATE NEW MEMBERS OR EXCITING NEW EVENTS IT COULD HOLD !LL SOCIE TIES ARE CURRENTLY UNDERGOING THEIR COMMITTEE ELECTIONS SO NOW IS THE IDEAL TIME TO GET INVOLVED NEXT TO THIS ARTICLE IS A LIST OF THE MOST COM MON COMMITTEE POSITIONS ALTHOUGH EACH SOCIETY HAS DIFFERENT POSITIONS DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY DO -AKE SURE YOU GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR SOCI ETY PRESIDENT FOR MORE INFORMATION !NDY *UDSON
President 4HE 0RESIDENT HAS TO MAKE SURE IT ALL RUNS SMOOTHLY ENSURING THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE DO THEIR JOB AND THE SOCIETY RUNS SMOOTHLY
Secretary +EEPER OF MINUTES AND THE IMPOR TANT SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP LIST 4HEY ALSO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR INTER SOCI ETY COMMUNICATION
Treasurer /NE IMPORTANT JOB FOR THE 4REAS URER IS COLLECTING MONEY OWED BY MEMBERS 4HEY ARE ALSO RESPONSI BLE FOR THE SOCIETY S ACCOUNTS
Social Secretary 4HE 3OCIAL 3ECRETARY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE IMPORTANT SOCIALS WHICH TAKE ALOT OF ORGANISATION AND NEED TO BE IN EVERYONES INTERESTS
Union Council Rep )T S IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THE 5N ION IS WORKING FOR YOU A 5NION #OUNCIL 2EP CAN TAKE RESPONSIBIL ITY FOR THIS AS WELL AS GETTING A SAY IN VARIOUS OTHER 5NION MATTERS
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Mongol Rally !T AROUND MILES LONG IN A CAR WITH A ONE LITRE ENGINE AND WITH NO SUPPORT CREWS OR SPECIlED ROUTES 4HE -ONGOL 2ALLY IS CERTAINLY NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED 4AMSYN 2OSS DESCRIBES HER TEAM S PREPARATIONS FOR THE RALLY
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F YOU VISIT HTTP MONGOLRAL LY THEADVENTURISTS COM YOU LL lND THIS h4HE WORLD IS JUST A LITTLE BIT TOO SAFE 'ONE ARE THE DAYS WHERE THE EDGE OF THE MAP CALLED YOU FORTH TO DISCOVER WHAT LAY BE YOND SATELLITE MAPS AND '03 HAVE IT LAID OUT BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE ARM CHAIR 7HAT IF YOU WANT THINGS TO GO WRONG 7HAT IF YOU WANT A BIT OF UNKNOWN IN A WORLD FULL OF HEALTH AND SAFETY MEASURES 7HAT IF THE WORDS @ADVENTURE TRAVEL CONJURE IM AGES OF OLD LADIES ON A GUIDED TOUR TO %VEREST BASE CAMP WITH ALL THE DANGER AND REAL ADVENTURE NEATLY RE MOVED 7HAT YOU NEED IS THE -ON GOL 2ALLY v !ND WE DID NOT REALLY NEED ANY MORE CONVINCING THAN THAT SO AFTER CONSIDERING IT FOR UNFORTUNATELY JUST A FRACTION OF THE TIME IT DE SERVED WE DECIDED TO REGISTER FOR A PLACE ON THE RALLY AN OLD FASHIONED ADVENTURE WHICH WILL INVOLVE HUN DREDS OF TEAMS DRIVING ALMOST ALL THE WAY ACROSS !SIA ONE THIRD OF THE WAY AROUND THE WORLD 3TARTING IN (YDE 0ARK ,ONDON AND lNISHING IN 5LAN "ATOR -ONGOLIA THE JOURNEY IS NOR MALLY BETWEEN AND MILES LONG AND WILL TAKE AT LEAST FOUR WEEKS TO COMPLETE 4O MAKE IT ALL A BIT MORE INTERESTING CARS MUST HAVE AN ENGINE CAPACITY OF LESS THAN ONE LITRE MEANING THAT IN LATE *ULY A CA COPHONY OF TRULY RUBBISH CARS WILL BE HEADING OFF TOWARDS THE +AZAKH
DESERT MOST LIKELY PASSING THROUGH BANDIT COUNTRY IN !ZERBAIJAN !F GHANISTAN OR )RAN ALONG THE WAY 7E HARDLY EXPECTED TO BE GIVEN A PLACE SINCE THEY ARE GIVEN OUT IN A SORT OF 'LASTONBURY 7ILLY 7ONKA ESQUE LOTTERY SO WINNING ONE WAS A HUGE STROKE OF GOOD ALTHOUGH PERHAPS ULTIMATELY BAD LUCK .OW IT S -ARCH AND WE HAVE JUST CHOSEN OUR lNAL ISH ROUTE WHICH WILL SEND US VIA MAINLAND %UROPE AND 4URKEY TO !RMENIA !ZERBAIJAN AND 'EORGIA (AVING BEEN FORBID DEN BY MY CO PILOTS TO EVEN SO MUCH AS ENTERTAIN THE THOUGHT OF CROSSING THE )RANIAN BORDER FROM THERE WE WILL BE CROSSING THE #ASPIAN 3EA TO 4URKMENISTAN AND WILL THEN BE ON THE lNAL LEG OF OUR TRIP TO -ONGOLIA VIA +AZAKHSTAN AND 2USSIA AS WELL AS THREE OTHER COUNTRIES ) HAD SCARCELY EVEN HEARD OF BEFORE WE EMBARKED UPON THIS LITTLE VENTURE 5ZBEKISTAN 4AJIKISTAN +YRGYZSTAN )N FACT VERY LITTLE OF WHAT ) KNOW WILL BE USEFUL ON THE TRIP 'EOGRAPH ICALLY SPEAKING ) HAVE JUST MANAGED TO LEARN THE NAMES OF THE COUN TRIES WE WILL BE TRAVELLING THROUGH AND THE ORDER IN WHICH WE LL REACH THEM ) VE BOUGHT A GUIDEBOOK TO #ENTRAL !SIA AND AM HOPING IT WILL ACT AS A SORT OF TRIP "IBLE THOUGH IT IS WORRYINGLY THIN /N THE LIN GUISTIC FRONT ) HAVE LEARNT ABOUT lVE WORDS IN 2USSIAN NONE OF WHICH ARE @FERRY @PETROL @FOOD OR @WATER AND MECHANICALLY ) AM INEPT TO SAY THE
LEAST ,UCKILY THERE S STILL TIME TO LEARN ALL THIS AND ) M WELL ON MY WAY TO BEING ABLE TO SAY h) DRINK TEA WITH MILK FOR BREAKFASTv IN 2USSIAN WHICH IS USEFUL WHICHEVER WAY UP YOU LOOK AT IT -Y FRIENDS !NDY "ROWNING A 5%! %.6 STUDENT AND %LSPETH A FRIEND FROM SCHOOL WILL BE THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TEAM AND WILL PROB ABLY PROVE MUCH MORE USEFUL THAN ME ) AM STILL LABOURING UNDER THE
h)N LATE *ULY A CACOPHONY OF TRULY RUBBISH CARS WILL BE HEADING OFF TOWARDS THE +AZAKH DESERTv
IMPRESSION THAT !NDY WILL BRING AN INNATE MAN KNOWLEDGE OF MECHAN ICS TO THE TEAM THOUGH THIS IS DENIED BY !NDY HIMSELF 7E BOTH BELIEVE %LSPETH WILL BRING SURVIVAL KNOWL EDGE WITH HER SINCE SHE IS CURRENTLY SPENDING WEEKS IN -ADAGASCAR (OWEVER MOST OF WHAT WE HAVE SO FAR FOUND OUT HAS COME VIA WORD OF
MOUTH SINCE SPECIlC INFORMATION ABOUT THE REGION IS LIMITED AT BEST -Y HOUSEMATE PUT IT VERY BLUNTLY THOUGH FAIRLY ACCURATELY WHEN HE SAID h%VERYTHING ) KNOW ABOUT 2US SIA COMES FROM *AMES "ONDv !ND ) DO NOT THINK ) REALLY EVEN NEED TO SAY FROM WHERE ) LEARNED WHAT ) KNOW ABOUT +AZAKHSTAN 4HE AIM OF ALL THIS IS TO RAISE AT LEAST a FOR CHARITY 7E WILL ALSO MAKE SURE THAT OF ALL THE MON EY WE RE GIVEN AT LEAST HALF WILL GO TO THE CHARITIES 7E ORIGINALLY WANTED TO GIVE IT ALL AWAY BUT UNFORTUNATELY HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT ON TOP OF STILL HAVING TO BUY OUR CAR AND ALL THE KIT OUR VISAS WILL COST a EACH A MAJOR EXPENSE AND SO SOME OF THE MONEY HAS TO GO TOWARDS THESE 7E WILL SEND THREE QUARTERS OF THE CHAR ITY MONEY TO THE -ERCY #ORPS -ON GOLIA THE CHARITY THE -ONGOL 2ALLY IS MOST STRONGLY AFlLIATED WITH )TS MAIN AIM IS TO STRENGTHEN RURAL BUSINESSES IN ORDER TO DEVELOP AND DIVERSIFY PRODUCTION AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES IN -ONGOLIA SO WE FELT IT WAS AN APPROPRIATE CHOICE FOR OUR PRINCIPAL CHARITY 7E ARE ALSO SENDING ONE QUARTER OF THE MONEY TO (OPE AND (OMES FOR #HILDREN A CHARITY WORKING TO HELP ORPHANED AND ABANDONED CHILDREN IN %ASTERN %UROPE WHICH WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO BE SUPPORTING 7E ARE LOOKING FOR SPONSORS TO COME UP WITH LUMP SUMS OF MONEY
IN RETURN FOR ADVERTISING ON OUR CAR AND WEBSITES SO IF YOU KNOW ANY BUSINESSES WHICH MIGHT BE INTER ESTED THEN PLEASE PUT THEM IN TOUCH WITH US (OWEVER WE RE ALSO HOPING 5%! STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO DONATE A LOT OF THE MONEY 7E LL BE AROUND IN THE SUMMER TERM SHAKING OUR DO NATION BINS IN THE 3QUARE AND ALSO HAVE A WEBSITE THROUGH WHICH PEO PLE CAN GIVE WWW WILLWEMAKEIT COM THEBULLETPROOFBOMB &OR a YOU CAN VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU THINK WE LL MAKE IT TO -ONGOLIA AND WITH LUCK YOU MIGHT EVEN CHOOSE TO GIVE US A BIT MORE 4HE WHOLE SITE IS RUN THROUGH 0AYPAL SO IT IS NICE AND EASY TO OPERATE AND EVERYTHING YOU GIVE WILL REALLY HELP OUR CHARI TIES AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY ARE WORKING TO SUPPORT &OR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR ADVENTURE PLEASE GO TO THE &ACEBOOK GROUP @-ONGOL 2ALLY BY 4HE "ULLETPROOF "OMB WHERE YOU WILL ALSO lND WEB ADDRESSES FOR OUR OFl CIAL WEBSITE AND FOR MY BLOG WHICH ) HOPE TO KEEP UPDATED DURING THE TRIP AS WELL AS DURING PREPARATIONS 7E REALLY WELCOME YOUR SUPPORT AND INPUT AS WELL AS ANY DONATIONS YOU MIGHT CHOOSE TO SEND OUR WAY SO DO NOT FORGET TO LOOK OUT FOR US AROUND CAMPUS IN THE COMING MONTHS WE MIGHT EVEN ORGANISE A COUPLE OF FUNDRAISERS FOR YOU TO GET INVOLVED WITH SO KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED &OR NOW THOUGH JUST WISH US LUCK
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4HE -ONGOL 2ALLY WAS STARTED IN BY TWO GUYS WHO WANTED TO THINK OF THE MOST RIDICULOUS PLACE THEY COULD DRIVE TO IN THEIR DISHEVELLED &IAT 3INCE THEN THE RALLY WHICH COVERS THE DISTANCE OF MORE THAN A THIRD OF THE WAY AROUND THE EARTH HAS GROWN AND GROWN FROM TEAMS IN TO LAST YEAR WHO RAISED A MASSIVE a FOR CHARITY ALONG THE WAY
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Gastro travel 'RACE 3IMPSON TAKES YOU ON A CULINARY TOUR OF %UROPE TO DISCOVER WHAT YOU WILL BE EATING ON YOUR SUMMER HOLIDAYS &INALLY THE COUNTDOWN TO SUMMER IS APPROACHING AND ALL OPTIMISTS OUT THERE CAN BEGIN PLANNING BAR BECUES AND GARDEN PARTIES "UT FOR THOSE US WHO HAVE LOST ALL FAITH IN THE "RITISH SEASON FORMERLY KNOWN AS hSUMMERv YOU MAY BE INTER ESTED IN lNDING OUT MORE ABOUT THE WONDERFUL %UROPEAN CUISINES YOU MAY ENCOUNTER DURING YOUR TRAVELS TO WARMER CLIMES ) HAVE PICKED OUT MY FAVOURITE DISHES FROM OUR FAVOURITE HOLIDAY DESTINATIONS FOR ALL TYPES OF GASTRO TRAVELLERS THE h%UROPEANv WHOSE APPETITES ARE AS BIG AS THEIR TRAVELLING HORIZONS THE h"RITISHv WHO LIKE TO THINK THEY ARE OPEN MINDED BUT TEND TO STICK TO SAFE OPTIONS AND THE h%NGLISHv THE STUBBORNLY UNADVENTUROUS
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'REEK FOOD IS NOT DElNED BY DONER KEBABS AS MANY ARE LED TO BELIEVE BUT A VERY -EDITERRANEAN MIX OF LO CALLY SOURCED PRODUCE SUCH AS OLIVE OIL lSH AND CITRUS FRUITS VERY MUCH A CUISINE REmECTIVE OF 'REEK CULTURE AND CLIMATE
!S IF ) NEED TO TELL ANY OF YOU THE STAPLES OF )TALIAN CUISINE SO HERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT YOU ARE UNLIKELY TO HAVE EATEN FOR HALF PRICE IN "ELLA )TALIA
&RANCE IS REGARDED ESPECIALLY BY THEMSELVES TO HAVE THE BEST CUISINE IN THE WORLD AND THE ONLY WAY TO REALLY JUDGE THIS IS BY VISITING &RANCE ITSELF n GREAT EXCUSE FOR A HOLIDAY
4APAS IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE POPULAR IN "RITAIN WITH NEW TA PAS CHAINS POPPING UP ALL OVER THE PLACE 9OU CAN T BEAT AUTHENTIC 3PANISH CUISINE THOUGH n OR THE 3PANISH SUNSHINE
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)N THIS DISH IT IS NOT THE ODDLY TEX TURED OCTOPUS YOU SHOULD BE WARY OF IT IS ITS ALCOHOLIC ACCOMPANI MENT /UZO IS THE 'REEK EQUIVALENT OF 3AMBUCA AND SHOULD BE ENJOYED WITH CAUTION AND MODERATION IF YOU ARE NOT A HARDENED FRESHER
! SKEWER OF LEFTOVER CHICKEN MEATS I E CRESTS TESTICLES LIVER ETC AND MUSHROOMS DIPPED IN WHITE BECHA MEL SAUCE LEFT TO DRY THEN BREADED AND FRIED ! TESTICLE KEBAB DOES NOT SOUND PARTICULARLY APPETIZING BUT APPARENTLY IF YOU ARE BRAVE ENOUGH TO GIVE IT A TRY YOU WILL BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED
3NAILS IF YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF A REAL FOODIE YOU CANNOT DODGE THIS ONE 4RADITIONALLY COOKED IN GARLIC AND PARSLEY BUTTER AND SERVED IN THEIR SHELLS THERE MUST BE A REASON WHY THE &RENCH ADORE THIS DISH
.OT AS BAD AS IT SOUNDS 7ITH NO TRACE OF OUR FEATHERED FRIEND GOOSE NECK BARNACLES ARE AN EDIBLE CRUS TACEAN #ONSIDERED A DELICACY IN 3PAIN THESE CRITTERS ARE SAID TO TASTE LIKE CRAB CLAWS WHILST HAVING THE SOFT AND MOIST TEXTURE OF SNAILS
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,AYERS OF MINCED LAMB AUBERGINE AND TOMATO TOPPED WITH WHITE SAUCE AND BAKED MANY OF US HAVE COME ACROSS THIS DISH BEFORE BUT THERE IS NOTHING LIKE TRYING IT FROM ITS OVEN OF ORIGIN
4HINK OF A TANTALIZING AMALGAMA TION OF 0IZZA %XPRESS PIZZA AND THEIR CELEBRATED DOUGH BALLS n BREAD DOUGH lLLED WITH MOZZARELLA TO MATOES HAM ONION AND LEEK AND SERVED IN SLICES 3IMPLY DELICIOUS
#HICKEN BACON MUSHROOMS ON IONS GARLIC THYME A BOTTLE OF WINE AND A DASH OF BRANDY MAKE UP THIS CLASSIC DISH )F COOKED WITH A HIGH QUALITY WINE COQ AU VIN IS USUALLY A SAFE AND TASTY CHOICE
7ITH SO MANY VARIETIES YOU WILL lND SOMETHING THAT YOU LIKE 6ARIE TIES OF TAPAS INCLUDE ANCHOVIES BAT TERED CALAMARI CHORIZO AND MEAT BALLS MAINLY mAVOURED WITH GARLIC OLIVE OIL PAPRIKA CHILLI CUMIN AND SAFFRON ! SOCIAL WAY TO EXPERIENCE THESE DELICIOUS 3PANISH APPETIZERS
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4HIS IS A FAIRLY SIMPLE INOFFENSIVE ALBEIT TASTY DISH MADE UP OF PASTA SEASONED WITH PANCETTA BACON PEAS AND CREAM )F ANYTHING IT MAKES A CHANGE FROM SPAG BOL
4HIS DESSERT IS ABSOLUTELY DIVINE HEAVENLY IN FACT ! RICH VANILLA CUS TARD WITH A ROOF OF HARD CARAMEL MADE WITH BURNT SUGAR THIS IS NOT "IRDSEYEgS INSTANT CUSTARD IT IS ABOUT A THOUSAND TIMES BETTER
#HARACTERISED BY ITS DEEP YELLOW COLOURING PAELLA CONSISTS OF RICE SAFFRON AND OLIVE OIL COOKED IN A LARGE PAN WITH VEGETABLES AND SEA FOOD 3IMPLE BUT BRILLIANT THIS IS A DISH THAT CAUTIOUS EATERS CAN ENJOY
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! DELICIOUS &AIRTRADE $IVINE %ASTER %GG 3ARA "ARNARD REMINISCES OVER ONE OF HER MORE NUTRITIOUS lRST YEAR DISCOVERIES AND KINDLY SHARES WITH US BY ANSWERING THE FOLLOWING QUESTION HER DELICIOUS RECIPE FOR "UTTERNUT 3QUASH 3OUP 3OUP THE UNSUNG HERO OF FOOD 7HO WOULD THINK THAT A HANDFUL OF VEGETABLES AND AN /XO CUBE COULD MAKE A STEAMING BOWL OF LIQUID GOODNESS 9 O U LIKE THE P R E 5 % ! ME MAY BE THE KIND OF PERSON WHO IS A BIT APATHET IC ABOUT SOUP 7HEN ) WAS GROWING UP IT WAS A REGULAR FEATURE AT OUR FAMILY DINNER TABLE AND n DELICIOUS AS IT ALWAYS WAS OF COURSE n IT WAS NOT EXACTLY MY FAVOURITE MEAL "UT NOW SLIGHTLY OLDER AND THRIFTIER AS ) AM AFTER TWO YEARS AT UNIVERSITY ) HAVE BEEN CONVERTED ) NOW FULLY APPRECIATE THE JOY OF SOUP AND ) AM
CONVINCED THAT YOU SHOULD TOO )T WAS NOT UNTIL ) HAD TO COOK FOR MYSELF EVERY NIGHT THAT ) CAME TO SEE THE BEAUTY OF A PAN OF SOUP NOT ONLY IS IT EASY TO MAKE IT IS ALSO CHEAP NUTRITIOUS AND LOW CALORIE )N OUR WORLD OF A DAY PARANOIA A BOWL OF HEARTY VEGETABLE SOUP CAN EAS ILY ACHIEVE YOUR DAY S QUOTA /NE BATCH OF SOUP CAN BE SHARED BE TWEEN YOUR mAT MATES OR SAVED FOR A RAINY DAY IN THE FRIDGE OR FREEZER n JUST BOIL IT UP ON THE HOB WITH A BIT OF WATER TO BRING IT TO LIFE 4HERE IS NOTHING QUITE LIKE MAKING SOMETHING SO HEARTY AND NOURISH
ING FROM SCRATCH AND FOR SOME LIKE )N WHAT YEAR DID $IVINE START TRADING IN THE 5+ ME IT WILL BE THE WELCOME TASTE OF HOME )T NOT ONLY GIVES YOU A CON BUTTERNUT SQUASH PEELED AND CHOPPED A lDENCE BOOST IN THE KITCHEN IT B CHOPPED ONION WILL ALSO IMPRESS C YOUR mATMATES )F TABLESPOON GROUND CUMIN OPTIONAL YOU HAVE NOT FOUND A SOUP YOU LIKE YET DO NOT TABLESPOON GROUND CORIANDER OPTIONAL n DRIED MIXED HERBS BE DETERRED THERE ARE LITERALLY WOULD DO THOUSANDS OF OPTIONS AVAILABLE %MAIL YOUR ANSWER TO CONCRETE EDITOR BY NOON ON &RI ! GOOD STARTING POINT IS 4O'O IN DAY TH -ARCH TO BE IN WITH A CHANCE OF WINNING PINTS WATER THE CITY CENTRE JUST OUTSIDE #ASTLE -ALL FOR DELICIOUS SOUPS IN A CUP CHICKEN OR VEGETABLE STOCK CUBES 4HEY EVEN LET YOU TRY BEFORE YOU BUY IF YOU ARE NOT SURE )F YOU ARE THE ADVENTUROUS TYPE -ETHOD AND FANCY GIVING IT A TRY YOURSELF HERE IS A RECIPE FOR MY PERSONAL FA 0UT EVERYTHING IN A PAN BRING TO THE BOIL COVER AND COOK FOR VOURITE "UTTERNUT 3QUASH 3OUP MINS ,IQUIDISE
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4HERE IS A PROBLEM THAT ) HAVE BEEN KEEPING TO MYSELF FOR A LONG TIME ) THINK ABOUT MY PROBLEM EVERYDAY AND ALTHOUGH ) WAS UNSURE AT lRST WHETHER OR NOT THE PROBLEM WAS HAVING AN ADVERSE AFFECT ON ME ) AM NOW ONE HUNDRED PERCENT CERTAIN ) HAVE AN UNDENIABLE ADDICTION TO SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES ) AM LOGGED INTO THREE OR FOUR DIFFER ENT ONES EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY DAY ) CHECK THEM ON MY PHONE WHEN ) AM OUT AND ) DO NOTHING BUT STALK PEOPLE ON THEM WHEN ) AM IN 4HE CONSEQUENCES OF MY ACTIONS ARE NOW CASTING SHADOWS OVER MY EDUCATION 0LEASE HELP ME ) FEEL LIKE SUCH A WEIRDO 3USIE
"ETTY 3AYS )T WOULD BE EASIER FOR ME TO SUG GEST THAT YOU ARE A WEIRDO BUT ) DON T THINK THAT YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM NOT BY A LONG SHOT $O YOU REALLY FEEL THE NEED TO USE SO MANY SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES THOUGH 3URELY JUST THE ONE WOULD BE SUFlCIENT )T IS NOT A SIN TO WANT TO KEEP TRACK OF YOUR OWN FRIENDS BUT IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO GET A GRIP AND ACT MORE RESPONSIBLY ES PECIALLY SINCE IT MAY BE RUINING YOUR EDUCATION !RE YOU USING IT TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH PEOPLE YOU DON T KNOW ) SUGGEST THAT INSTEAD OF USING THESE WEBSITES TO MAKE FRIENDS OR WATCH OVER THE ONES YOU HAVE GO OUT AND SEE THESE PEOPLE FACE TO FACE AND INTERACT WITH THEM &ACEBOOK FRIENDS ARE NO SUBSTITUTE FOR THE REAL THING
4ED SAYS ) WOULD TRY AND HELP YOU BUT ) M TOO BUSY CREATING A NEW GROUP ON &ACEBOOK )T S CALLED @) M A WEIRDO BECAUSE ) USE SOCIAL NET WORKING SITES TOO MUCH AND IT S RUINING MY EDUCATION ) LL BE THE CREATOR AND YOU CAN BE AN AD MIN AND ) WILL BLOCK "ETTY IM MEDIATELY BECAUSE SHE DOESN T UNDERSTAND US
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Sporting success 4HE MANY PHYSICAL BENElTS OF EXERCISE HAVE BEEN WIDELY PUBLICISED BUT DOES IT REALLY IMPROVE OUR SEX DRIVES OUR CONlDENCE AND EVEN OUR CARREER PROSPECTS *USTINE 7ALLIS INVESTIGATES THE MANY BENElTS FOR THE SPORTING FEMALE 77% of women who play sport feel more confident 59% say that it helps cope with stress
/+ ) REALISE THAT THIS MAY SEEM A BIT LIKE STATING THE OBVIOUS 7E ALL KNOW THAT DOING SPORT IS GOOD FOR OUR HEALTH -OVE AROUND A BIT EX PEND A FEW CALORIES AND AFTER A FEW SHORT WEEKS WE CAN lND OURSELVES lTTER lRMER AND EVEN WALKING INTO CAMPUS ON DAYS WHEN THE BUS ISN@T LATE (OWEVER IF LIKE ME YOU SNEAK PAST THE TRACKSUITED WOMEN JOGGING SERENELY IN THE 3PORTSPARK WINDOW THINKING h4HEY CAN T POS SIBLY BE ENJOYING THAT CAN THEY v IT MAY BE TIME TO THINK AGAIN )G NORING THE MUCH VAUNTED BEN ElTS OF ALL THAT EXTRA ENERGY YOU ARE INCURRING IT WOULD SEEM THAT THE BENElTS OF PLAYING REGULAR SPORT GO FAR BEYOND THE PHYSICAL 2ECENT INDEPENDENT CONSUMER RESEARCH BY .IKE CONDUCTED BY 4.3 SURVEYED OVER WOMEN IN NINE %UROPEAN COUNTRIES 4HE RESULTS 3PORT NOT ONLY IMPROVES YOUR lTNESS BUT ALSO YOUR hSELF ES TEEM PERCEPTION OF SUCCESS PRIDE AND SEX DRIVEv (ANG ON PLAYING SPORT CAN IMPROVE YOUR SEX LIFE .O WONDER THOSE WOMEN IN THE 3PORTSPARK LOOK SO SATISlED WOM EN ACROSS %UROPE AGED FROM TO AGREE THAT THOSE WHO PLAY SPORT
REGULARLY HAVE A MORE POSITIVE SELF IMAGE THAN THOSE WHO DON T AND IT WOULD SEEM THAT ALL THAT ADDED CON lDENCE IS MAKING A CLEAR DIFFERENCE TO WOMEN S LIVES OFF THE PLAYING lELD ! MASSIVE THREE OUT OF FOUR WOMEN SURVEYED SAID THAT THEY FELT LIKE hA STRONGER PERSON EMOTION ALLYv AFTER TAKING UP SPORT "RIDGET %LLIOT 7OMEN S #ATEGORY -ANAGER FOR .IKE 5+ AND )RELAND IS UNSUR PRISED BY THE RESULTS h!T .IKE WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN CONVINCED THAT SPORT MAKES YOU STRONGER IN BOTH BODY AND MIND BUT IT IS GOOD TO SEE THAT THESE GIRLS ALSO FEEL THIS WAYv )N FACT ONCE YOU BEGIN TO LOOK AT THE STATS IT IS HARD NOT TO WONDER WHAT THE WORLD WOULD BE LIKE IF ALL OUR CULTIVATED COUCH POTATO MEN TALITIES WERE SHIFTED INTO ACTION OF THE WOMEN IN THE SURVEY WHO PLAY SPORTS HAVE CONlDENCE IN THEMSELVES AND FEEL SUCCESSFUL WITH A MASSIVE REPORTING THAT THEY ARE PROUD OF WHO THEY ARE )N A WORLD WHERE YOU CAN HARDLY WALK PAST A MIRROR WITHOUT A WOMAN SAY ING SHE FEELS FAT UGLY OR HATES HER BODY IT CAN ONLY BE A GOOD THING TO RUSTLE UP A BIT OF SEROTONIN FUELLED SELF ESTEEM 3HOCKINGLY IN THE 5+ THE SURVEY REVEALED THAT WHEN ASKED FOR THEIR TOP THREE WAYS TO BOOST THEIR SELF ESTEEM "RITISH WOMEN PUT APPLYING MAKEUP AND BUYING NEW CLOTHES ABOVE hSETTING GOALS IN LIFE AND ACHIEVING THEMv #AN THE NEWS THAT WE SEE MASKING OUR FEATURES WITH PRODUCTS AS A BETTER ALTERNATIVE TO THE NATURAL HIGH OF ACHIEVEMENT BE LINKED TO THE FACT THAT THE 5+ HAS THE SECOND LOWEST NUMBER OF WOMEN
WHO PLAY SPORT IN THE WHOLE SURVEY $AVINA 7ILLSON SECOND YEAR %NGLISH ,ITERATURE STUDENT AND RE CENTLY ELECTED FUTURE 0RESIDENT OF 5%! WOMEN S RUGBY AGREES WITH THE SURVEY RESULTS h) DON T THINK
h! MASSIVE THREE OUT OF FOUR WOMEN SURVEYED SAID THAT THEY FELT LIKE @A STRONGER PERSON EMOTIONALLY AFTER TAKING UP A SPORTv WOMEN S SELF ESTEEM IS HIGH IN THIS COUNTRY 4HE AMOUNT OF TIMES ) HAVE HEARD FRIENDS COMPLAINING ABOUT THEIR BODY IMAGE OR WHAT IS WRONG ABOUT THEIR BODY IS UNREAL AND UPSETTING REALLY -AKE UP AND CLOTHES DO CONTRIBUTE TO CONlDENCE AND SELF ESTEEM BUT IN SOME WAYS THEY CAN ONLY TAKE YOU SO FARv 0E TITE AND PRETTY YEAR OLD $AVINA DOES NOT FULlL THE STEREOTYPICAL IM AGE OF A GOOD RUGBY PLAYER BUT HER CONlDENCE IS OBVIOUS $ESPITE HER SMALL FRAME SHE INSISTS THAT ANY ONE CAN PLAY THE SPORT h) D NEVER PLAYED RUGBY BEFORE DIDN T KNOW THE RULES NEVER EVEN HELD A RUGBY BALL ) REALLY WANTED TO TRY SOME THING DIFFERENT 4HE RUGBY GIRLS WERE ENERGETIC FUN AND FRIENDLY ) MADE THE RIGHT DECISION ) WANTED TO KEEP lT AND MAKE FRIENDS ) DID THAT BUT ALSO FELL IN LOVE WITH THE SPORT ) M A RUGBY GIRL TILL ) DIE v .IKE S RESEARCH APPEARS TO HAVE UNCOVERED ANOTHER BENElT OF TAK
ING UP A SPORT THE AFFECT YOUR TEAM CAN HAVE ON YOUR SOCIAL LIFE !LMOST TWO THIRDS OF WOMEN IN THE SURVEY REPORTED THAT PLAYING SPORT HELPED THEM TO MEET NEW PEOPLE WITH SAYING THAT IT HELPED THEM COPE WITH STRESS h! PERSON S WELL BEING DEPENDS ON SO MANY THINGS AND SPORTS CAN MOST DElNITELY HELP IN IMPROVING QUITE A LOT OF THESE FACTORS #ONlDENCE HELPS THEM BE SUCCESSFUL IN OTHER AREAS OF LIFE SUCH AS GETTING BETTER RESULTS IN UNIVER SITY OR AN IMPROVED SEX DRIVE 4HIS DOESN T EVEN TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT TWELVE PERCENT ACTUALLY MET THEIR FORMER PARTNER THROUGH SPORTSv .IKE S "RIDGET %LIOT CON CLUDES $AVINA CONlRMS THAT RUGBY HAS HAD A HUGE IMPACT ON HER UNI VERSITY EXPERIENCE h) FEEL LIKE ) HAVE A RUGBY FAMILY 7HEN WE WENT ON TOUR RECENTLY ) LITERALLY FELT LIKE ) HAD RUGBY SISTERS ) AM 0RESIDENT OF THE WOMEN S RUGBY NEXT YEAR SO ) FEEL LIKE ITS MY DUTY TO KEEP THE CLUB ALIVE AND HELP AID ITS DEVELOPMENT )T IS ONE PART OF MY UNIVERSITY LIFE THAT ) CAN ESCAPE TO IF ) FEEL STRESSED 4HE RUGBY GIRLS ARE BEAUTIFUL AND ) LOVE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM v )T SEEMS THAT PERHAPS MY CYNI CISM HAS BEEN MISPLACED 7HILE THE THOUGHT OF STRUGGLING INTO THOSE TRAINERS FOR AN EARLY MORNING RUN IS NOT INITIALLY APPEALING EVEN FOR THE lRM PHYSIQUE DISPLAYED BY SOME OF MY MORE ATHLETIC FRIENDS THE POSITIVE AFFECTS OF SPORT SEEM TO GO MUCH FURTHER THAN lTTING INTO THAT NEW SUMMER WARDROBE 7ITH THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGHER SELF ESTEEM MORE CONlDENCE AND A RE VAMPED SOCIAL LIFE MAYBE IT S TIME TO THINK TWICE BEFORE TURNING AWAY FROM THE 3PORTSPARK )N FACT IN THE FACE OF SUCH ENTHUSIASM ) THINK ) FEEL A TRIP TO THE GYM COMING ON
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Airport  expansion  shows  no  sign  of  stopping 0AUL (EATH 4URF 2EPORTER /N TH -ARCH 1UEEN %LIZA BETH )) OFlCIALLY OPENED 4ERMINAL AT (EATHROW AIRPORT IN ,ONDON 4HE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW TERMINAL WAS APPROVED OVER SIX YEARS AGO AND ITS CONCEPTION DATES BACK TO NEARLY NINE YEARS EARLIER !T THAT TIME IT WAS REGARDED AS THE WAY FORWARD FOR THE 5+ AVIATION INDUSTRY AND THE RECENT OPENING MAY NOT BE THE END OF FU TURE DEVELOPMENTS WITH A PROPOSAL FOR A THIRD RUNWAY AND ADDITIONAL TERMINAL IN THE OFlNG %XPANSION IN THE INDUSTRY IS COLOSSAL WITH THIS SPRING LIKELY TO SEE A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN mIGHTS UNPARALLELED IN "RITAIN S AVIATION HISTORY 4HE SUMMER SCHEDULES WILL SEE WHAT 4HE )NDEPENDENT HAS IDENTI lED AS ENTIRELY NEW SHORT HAUL INTERNATIONAL ROUTES 4HIS DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT BODE WELL FOR THE ENVIRONMENT CRIT ICS SAY 4HOUGH AVIATION HAS BEEN ADAMANTLY DEFENDED AS A SCAPEGOAT BY MEMBERS OF "!! THE lGURES ARE DAMNING "RITAIN S #/ EMISSIONS FROM AIRCRAFT APPROXIMATELY DOU BLED BETWEEN AND AND GOVERNMENT PROJECTIONS INDICATE THEY WILL DOUBLE AGAIN BY 4HE 4RANSPORT 3ECRETARY 2UTH +ELLY HAS STATED THAT CARBON EMIS SIONS WILL NOT ACTUALLY RISE THANKS TO THE USE OF @CARBON TRADING TO ENSURE THAT THESE INCREASES FROM (EATHROW
ARE OFFSET BY REDUCTIONS ELSEWHERE IN THE ECONOMY (OWEVER A REPORT FROM THE 4YNDALL #ENTRE STATES THAT BY THE 5+ WOULD HAVE TO STOP EMIT TING CARBON DIOXIDE FROM ALL OTHER SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY IN ORDER TO ALLOW SUCH AN EXPANSION WHILE STILL MEETING OUR CLIMATE CHANGE TARGETS 3UCH WARNINGS DO NOT SEEM TO BE WORRYING THE INDUSTRY &UTURE SCHEDULES SHOW A CONTINUED RISE IN BOTH LONG AND SHORT DISTANCE mIGHTS -ORE THAN A DOZEN NEW DOMESTIC LINKS HAVE EMERGED ALREADY SOME BETWEEN CITIES AS FEW AS MILES APART AND A FURTHER ARE SCHEDULED FOR THE 3UMMER 4HE NEW TERMINAL IS A SYMP TOM OF A SEEMINGLY UNSTOPPABLE MARCH OF ECONOMIC MOMENTUM ! TRANSATLANTIC BOOM IS PREDICTED AS A RESULT OF THE @/PEN 3KIES AGREE MENTS WHICH ALLOW ANY %UROPEAN OR !MERICAN AIRLINE TO mY FROM (EA THROW TO THE 53 &IGURES INDICATE A RISE IN TRANSATLANTIC mIGHTS BY !PRIL OF THIS YEAR 4HIS INCREASE IN SUPPLY WILL LIKELY REDUCE FARES THUS ENCOURAGING MORE PEOPLE TO mY 3TUDIES DO SHOW HOWEVER THAT AIR TRAVEL IS NOT EXCEPTIONALLY BAD ON A PASSENGER BY PASSENGER BASIS ! ROUGH APPROXIMATION INDICATES THAT mYING HAS THE SAME CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECT AS EACH PASSENGER IN THE PLANE DRIVING THEIR OWN SMALLISH CAR THE SAME DISTANCE (OWEVER THE RELEASE OF #/ DI
RECTLY INTO HIGH ALTITUDES ALONG WITH A POTENT COCKTAIL OF OTHER EXHAUSTS RESULTS IN A PHENOMENON CALLED hRA DIATIVE FORCINGv WHICH MULTIPLIES THE WARMING EFFECT OF EMISSIONS BY TIMES THAT OF CARBON DIOXIDE ALONE )T IS IN THE MARKET OF DOMESTIC AND SHORT HAUL INTERNATIONAL mIGHTS THOUGH WHERE MORE ECONOMIC MODES OF TRANSPORT HAVE BEEN SU PERSEDED THAT AIR TRAVEL IS MOST UN VIABLE
! DOMESTIC mIGHT OF LESS THAN MILES ONLY ACHIEVES MILES PER GALLON PER PASSENGER AND EXPENDS BETWEEN G AND G OF #/ PER KILOMETRE WHEREAS A BUS ON A SIMILAR ROUTE ATTAINS BE TWEEN AND MILES PER GALLON PER PERSON AND ONLY EMITS GRAMS OF #/ PER KILOMETRE %VEN RAIL TRAVEL IS NEARLY MORE THAN TWICE AS EFlCIENT AND TRAIN CONNECTIONS TO %UROPE OFTEN HAVE INCOMPARABLY LOW #/ EMISSIONS DUE TO ELECTRIC
TRAINS OVER MUCH OF %UROPE SUP PLIED BY NUCLEAR POWER 4HE MATHEMATICAL PREDICTIONS OF ECONOMICS ARE ALWAYS UNDERMINED BY TWO FACTORS PEOPLE AND TIME )T IS THE INEFFABLE COLLABORATION OF THESE VARIABLES WHICH DROVE THE CONCEP TION AND CONSTRUCTION OF 4ERMINAL THE SYMPTOM OF AN ECONOMIC EXPANSION WHICH DESPITE PROTESTS AND THE CONTINUED EVIDENCE FOR ITS EFFECTS OVER TIME SHOWS NO SIGN OF STOPPING
Norwich  churches  do  their  bit Food  preservation  products  are  not  the  answer %LLIE ,AZELL 4URF 2EPORTER h-UM $AD WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO LEAVE THE %ARTH IN GOOD SHAPE FOR ME v 4HESE ARE THE WORDS WHICH GRACE ONE OF A SERIES OF POSTERS ADORNING CHURCH RAILINGS IN .ORWICH SINCE -ONDAY !PRIL TH 4HE OCCURRENCE OF EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS mOOD ING AND HURRICANES IS ON THE IN CREASE 2ISING SEA LEVELS POSE A THREAT TO LOW LYING AREAS BOTH FAR AWAY IN PLACES LIKE "ANGLADESH AND ON OUR VERY OWN DOORSTEP IN .ORFOLK
$ROUGHT FAMINE CONmICT OVER PRE CIOUS RESOURCES AND THE MASS MIGRA TION OF ENVIRONMENTAL REFUGEES ARE ALL THINGS WE COULD BE SEEING MORE OF IN THE NEAR FUTURE )N AN AGE OF EVER INCREASING AWARENESS OF THE PO TENTIALLY CATACLYSMIC CONSEQUENCES OF GLOBAL WARMING THESE POSTERS AP PEAL TO PEOPLE BY TAKING A PRAGMATIC APPROACH AND OFFERING PRACTICAL AND REALISTIC INCENTIVES ,OCAL RELIGIOUS GROUPS ARE BACK ING THE INITIATIVE BY THE .ORFOLK AND .ORWICH #AMPAIGN AGAINST #LIMATE #HANGE
'RACE 3IMPSON 4URF 2EPORTER )T IS WIDELY BELIEVED THAT HUMANS ARE TO BLAME FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND YET ANOTHER RESULT OF MANKIND S DECADENCE HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTED BY ENVIRONMENTALISTS FOOD WASTE (OWEVER WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT PACKAGING HERE n ALREADY A WELL PUBLICISED ISSUE n BUT THE WASTE OF FOOD ITSELF 'OVERNMENT STATISTICS SUGGEST THAT AROUND A THIRD OF ALL FOOD PUR CHASED BY 5+ SHOPPERS IS THROWN AWAY DESPITE BEING PERFECTLY EDIBLE /N TOP OF THIS ARE THE MILLIONS OF TONNES OF FOOD WASTED BY PEOPLE EI THER COOKING TOO MUCH OR NOT EATING FOOD BEFORE ITS BEST BEFORE DATE /N THE GOVERNMENT S WEBSITE ABOUT THE ISSUE WWW LOVEFOODHATEWASTE COM MANY PRACTICAL TIPS CAN BE FOUND ON HOW TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF FOOD YOU SEND TO LANDlLL SITES )T IS NOT JUST THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE WASTAGE OF THE FOOD ITSELF THAT IS THE PROBLEM THOUGH -ILLIONS OF TONNES OF #/ ARE PRO DUCED BY THE PRODUCTION PACKAGING AND TRANSPORTATION OF FOOD n NOT TO MENTION THE BILLIONS OF POUNDS WE SPEND ON OUR WEEKLY SHOP 7ITH SO MANY BUSINESSES JUMPING ON THE ECO BANDWAGON THE MARKET FOR FOOD PRESERVATION PRODUCTS HAS NOT BEEN NEGLECTED
,AUNCHING IN THE 5+ THIS YEAR IS &RESH 0OD A PRODUCT THAT SITS INSIDE YOUR FRIDGE OR FRUIT BOWL PROLONGING THE LIFE OF FRUIT AND VEG ETABLES BY ABSORBING AND REMOVING ETHYLENE THE GAS WHICH CAUSES THE PREMATURE ROTTING OF FRUIT AND VEG ETABLES (OWEVER AT a THIS ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY RECYCLABLE
h7ITH SO MANY BUSINESSES JUMPING ON THE ECO BANDWAGON THE MARKET FOR FOOD PRESERVATION PRODUCTS HAS NOT BEEN NEGLECTED v PRODUCT IS NOT THE REAL ANSWER TO FOOD WASTE )NDIVIDUALS CAN CUT THEIR CON TRIBUTION TO THE MILLION TONNES OF FOOD WASTE A YEAR BY DOING BASIC THINGS SUCH AS COMPOSTING FREEZING FOOD BEFORE IT GOES OUT OF DATE AND MAKING USE OF LEFTOVERS (OWEVER IT IS THE FOOD INDUSTRY THAT IS THE REAL CULPRIT BEHIND THE VAST AMOUNT OF SURPLUS FOOD )T IS ESTIMATED THAT SU
PERMARKETS CRAM LANDlLL SITES WITH a BILLION WORTH OF FOOD EVERY YEAR FOOD THAT IS STILL EDIBLE 4HIS HAPPENS FOR SEVERAL REASONS SU PERMARKETS OVER STOCK THEIR STORES CUSTOMERS REJECT IMPERFECT PROD UCTS AND ONE OF THE %5 S RIDICULOUS STIPULATIONS THAT %UROPEAN GROWN BANANAS MUST BE STRAIGHT RATHER THAN CURVED n A RULE THAT IS UTTERLY BANANAS /NE CHARITY TARGETING SUPERMAR KET WASTE IS &ARESHARE AN ORGANISA TION WHICH WORKS WITH CO OPERATING CHAINS SUCH AS 3AINSBURY S TO RE DISTRIBUTE SUPERmUOUS FOOD AMONG THE POOR AND HOMELESS 4HE $EFRA BACKED 7ASTE AND 2ESOURCES !C TION 0ROGRAMME OR 72!0 IS ALSO PLAYING THEIR PART WORKING WITH COUNCILS TO CONDUCT WEEKLY WASTE FOOD COLLECTIONS !LTHOUGH THESE INITIATIVES ARE SIGNIlCANT IN REDUCING THE IMPACT OF FOOD WASTAGE ON THE ENVIRONMENT MORE AWARENESS IS NEEDED AND MORE PRESSURE ON THE FOOD INDUSTRY TO REALLY ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF FOOD WASTE (OUSEHOLD FOOD WASTE IS LARGELY DUE TO A LACK OF ORGANISATION AND LAZINESS ON OUR PART THINGS THAT CAN BE EASILY CORRECTED 4HE WASTAGE OF FOOD BY SUPERMARKETS IS SIMPLY IMMORAL ANOTHER RESULT OF THE RE LENTLESS AND GREEDY CAPITALISM OF FAR FROM ECO CONSCIOUS COMPANIES
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Korfers  crush  Cardiff  to  take  trophy (ARRY ,OW $EPUTY 3PORTS %DITOR 5%! WON THE STUDENT SECOND TEAM NATIONAL KORFBALL COM PETITION FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THREE YEARS AFTER PRODUC ING THEIR BEST KORFBALL OF THE SEASON IN -ANCHESTER 5%! COULD NOT HAVE ASKED FOR A BETTER START TO THE DAY AS THEY FOUND THEM SELVES TWO GOALS TO THE GOOD WITHIN A MINUTE AS lRST 2E BECCA (UBBARD SUNK A STUN NING LONG SHOT BEFORE CAP TAIN !DAM +NIGHTS DOUBLED THE LEAD TO LEAVE .OTTINGHAM 5NIVERSITY REELING 4HE SCORE LINE SOON READ AS !LEX -ACNAB OPENED HIS ACCOUNT FOR THE DAY AS 5%! SAW OUT THE GAME WITH RELATIVE EASE TO OPEN THEIR POINTS TALLY FOR THE DAY "UOYED BY THE MANNER OF THEIR VICTORY OVER .OTTING HAM 5%! WERE UNDERSTAND
ABLY CONlDENT HEADING INTO THEIR SECOND MATCH AGAINST #ARDIFF S ST TEAM !N EVEN OPENING SAW SOME PLEASANT KORFBALL FROM BOTH SIDES BE FORE #ARDIFF SCORED A QUICK lRE DOUBLE TO PUT 5%! ON THE BACK FOOT ! mURRY OF GOALS WERE TO RAIN IN AS lRST -IKE ,AVINE SCORED A SUPERB LONG SHOT DESPITE CALLS FROM COACH *IM MY 3EYMOUR TO SHOOT FROM CLOSER TO THE POST BEFORE #AR DIFF RESTORED THEIR TWO GOAL ADVANTAGE *IMI (ALL THEN SCORED ANOTHER QUALITY GOAL BUT WITHIN MOMENTS #ARDIFF WERE BACK IN COMMAND AS THEY SCORED THEIR FOURTH TO CLOSE OUT THE MATCH 5%! WENT INTO THE lNAL GROUP GAME KNOWING THAT ONLY A WIN WOULD SUFlCE AS THEY TOOK ON %DINBURGH !DAM +NIGHTS BAMBOO ZLED HIS MARKER BEFORE A CLEV ER TURN FROM lRST YEAR (ARRY
,OW GAVE HIM THE SPACE TO PUT 5%! INTO A LEAD $ESPITE %DINBURGH CLAWING ONE BACK IT WAS 5%! THANKS LARGELY TO SOME STERN DEFENDING FROM DEBUTANT FRESHER 3ARAH "ELL WHO WERE TO PROGRESS TO THE QUARTER lNALS 5%! DOMINATED THE OPENING QUARTER OF THE MATCH AGAINST TOURNAMENT HOSTS -ANCHESTER BUT WERE UNABLE TO lND A WAY THROUGH AND WERE MADE TO PAY AFTER FALL ING BEHIND 3PURRED ON BY 5%! S SUP PORTERS THE TEAM EQUALISED THROUGH !DAM +NIGHTS THIRD OF THE TOURNAMENT )N TRUTH -ANCHESTER WERE STRONGER AF TER THIS AND 5%! DID WELL TO CONTAIN THEIR OPPONENTS AND WITH NO MORE GOALS PENAL TIES WERE REQUIRED TO SEPARATE THE SIDES IN 5%! S FAVOUR .EXT CAME 3T !NDREWS WHO WERE IN THE LEAD AFTER SOME UNSPORTING BEHAVIOUR
FROM THEIR ATTACKING DIVISION BUT YET AGAIN !DAM +NIGHTS CHIPPED IN WITH A GOAL TO LEV EL THINGS UP 7ITHIN MINUTES 5%! FOUND THEMSELVES TRAIL ING ONCE MORE (OWEVER 5%! DUG DEEP AND ONCE AGAIN PULLED THEM SELVES LEVEL AS !LISON "LAND AND *ULIA #LOKE BOTH BAGGED THEIR lRST OF THE DAY TO PUT 5%! IN FRONT FOR THE lRST TIME 4HE SCORING WAS NOT lNISHED THOUGH AS 3T !NDREWS SCORED AGAIN TO LEVEL THE SCORE AT (OWEVER "LAND WAS TO PROVIDE THE lNAL TWIST IN THIS TALE AS WITH UNDER A MINUTE ON THE CLOCK SHE SCORED HER SECOND OF THE MATCH TO GIVE 5%! THE CHANCE TO EMULATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE SEC OND TEAM IN !ND SO TO THE lNAL AND A REMATCH WITH #ARDIFF 5%! CAME RACING OUT OF THE TRAPS AND (ARRY ,OW TOOK FULL AD VANTAGE OF SOME SLACK DEFEND
ING TO SCORE TWO RUNNING IN SHOTS EARLY ON $ESPITE A VAST NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS FROM BOTH SIDES THERE WERE TO BE NO MORE GOALS IN THE OPEN ING HALF !T HALF TIME FEW WERE PREDICTING THE GLUT OF GOALS THAT WERE TO FOLLOW 7ITHIN HALF A MINUTE 5%! HAD CONCEDED !LISON "LAND HOWEVER RESTORED 5%! S TWO GOAL CUSHION BEFORE #ARDIFF MADE IT ALMOST IMME DIATELY *UST MINUTES AFTER !DAM +NIGHTS HAD PUT 5%! TWO UP FOR THE THIRD TIME IN THE MATCH #ARDIFF STORMED BACK WITH TWO GOALS IN AS MANY MINUTES TO WIPE OUT THE DElCIT 9ET AGAIN 5%! CALLED UPON THEIR SEEMINGLY END LESS RESERVES OF ENERGY AND SPIRIT ,IZZY *ENKINS SCORED A CRACKERJACK OF A LONG SHOT !LEX -ACNAB CONVERTED HIS SECOND OF THE TOURNAMENT AND !LISON "LAND GRABBED
HER SECOND BRACE IN AS MANY MATCHES WHILE (ARRY ,OW COMPLETED HIS HAT TRICK WITH ONE FROM DISTANCE ! LATE GOAL FROM #ARDIFF DID NOTHING TO DAMPEN THE SPIRITS AND THE SCENES OF THE JUBILATION AT THE END REmECT ED THE REAL SENSE OF ACHIEVE MENT FELT BY THE TEAM WHO HAD WORKED WELL AS A UNIT ALL WEEKEND #APTAIN !DAM +NIGHTS BEAMED h7E WON BECAUSE EVERY PLAYER PLAYED WITH THE COMMITMENT AND PASSION THAT 5%! ARE KNOWN FOR ) COULDN T HAVE WISHED TO CAP TAIN A BETTER BUNCH OF PEO PLE v #OACH !SHWORTH WAS FULL OF PRAISE FOR HIS TEAM h4HE SECONDS PLAYED EXCELLENT KO RFBALL THROUGHOUT THE TOURNA MENT THE WHOLE TEAM GAVE AND FULLY DESERVE TO BE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
Why  not  win  with  the  Wushu  warriors? 4IEN -ING 9EOH 3PORTS 2EPORTER 7ITH THE /LYMPICS ONLY A FEW MONTHS AWAY THE INTRODUC TION OF A NEW /LYMPIC EVENT WILL NOURISH OUR SPORTING AP PETITE 4HIS SPORT IS WUSHU 7USHU IN #HINESE TRANSLATES LITERALLY AS hMILITARY ARTv BUT IS BETTER KNOWN AS hMARTIAL ARTv 4RADITIONAL WUSHU DElNES THE #HINESE MARTIAL ARTS AND HAS EXISTED FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS IN A VARIETY OF STYLES )N %U ROPE PEOPLE ARE MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE TERM KUNG FU WHICH TRANSLATES AS SKILL HARD WORK &AMOUS EXPONENTS INCLUDE *ET ,I *ACKIE #HAN AND THE LATE "RUCE ,EE "ORN FROM AND BASED LARGELY ON THE TRADITIONAL MAR TIAL ARTS PRACTICED BY THE WORLD RENOWNED 3HAOLIN -ONKS MODERN WUSHU HAS GROWN INTO AN INCREASINGLY POPULAR SPORT WITH EVER GROWING NUMBERS OF INTERNATIONAL PRACTITIONERS -ODERN WUSHU EMPHASISES SPEED POWER GRACE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY MARTIAL SPIRIT !LL THESE FACTORS ARE COMBINED INTO THE EXHIBITION OF FORMS OR CHOREOGRAPHED lGHT SEQUENC ES WITH POINTS AWARDED FOR QUALITY OF TECHNIQUE AND THE OVERALL ROUTINE QUALITY 7USHU COMPETITIONS ARE SPLIT INTO TWO SECTIONS 4AOLU WHICH IS A lXED ROUTINE INVOLVING MARTIAL ARTS TECH NIQUE FUSED WITH ACROBATIC lNESSE
3ANSHOU WHICH IS FULL CONTACT lGHTING WHERE KICKS PUNCHES KNEES THROWS AND TAKEDOWNS ARE PART OF THE ARSENAL OF AT TACKS ! BOUT IS WON BY KNOCK OUT OR A JUDGES DECISION 4O PROMOTE THIS SPORT AMONG "RITISH 5NIVERSITIES THE lRST 5+ )NTER 5NIVERSITY 7USHU #OMPETITION WAS OR GANISED AND TOOK PLACE OVER THE %ASTER BREAK IN )MPERIAL #OLLEGE ,ONDON ! TOTAL OF NINE "RITISH 5NIVERSITIES COM PETED IN THIS TOURNAMENT 5%! COMPETED WITH ONLY THREE REP RESENTATIVES 4IEN -ING 9EOH 3ANJEEV 0ANESAR AND 9UAN ,I 4HE COMPETITION WAS SPLIT INTO CATEGORIES WHICH INCLUDED #HANG 1UAN ACROBATIC OPEN HAND FORM 4AIJI 1UAN 4AI #HI FORM 7EAPON FORMS SPEAR SWORD CHAIN AND CUDGEL AND $UI ,IAN #HO
REOGRAPHED lGHT SEQUENCE 4HE DAY LASTED EIGHT HOURS WITH MORE THAN ROUTINES BEING JUDGED )NTERNATIONAL JUDGES FROM THE "##-! "RIT ISH #OUNCIL OF #HINESE -AR TIAL !RTS WERE APPOINTED AND THEREFORE STANDARDS WERE HIGH %VERY CATEGORY THAT 5%! ENTERED RESULTED IN A MEDAL PUTTING US IN THIRD PLACE FROM ALL THE UNIVERSITIES THAT HAD EN TERED 4HIS IS AN ACHIEVEMENT IN ITSELF AS WUSHU AT 5%! IS TAUGHT BY 5%! STUDENTS THEM SELVES TO THEIR PEERS !LL TRAIN ING IS DONE OUTSIDE OF 5NIVER SITY GROUNDS AND REGULAR TRIPS ARE MADE TO A GYMNASTICS ARE NA FOR ACROBATIC TRAINING (OPEFULLY THIS ARTICLE WILL INSPIRE STUDENTS TO SHOW SOME INTEREST IN THIS EVER GROWING SPORT AND TRAIN TO BECOME THE NEXT 7USHU 7ARRIOR
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UEA  cross  country  runners  crowned  champions *OHNNY ,EE 3PORTS 2EPORTER .INE 5%! ATHLETES TRAV ELLED TO 2!& "ARNHAM TO COMPETE IN THE %AST !NGLIA #ROSS #OUNTRY 2ELAY #HAMPIONSHIPS 4HE AN NUAL CHAMPIONSHIP MARKS THE END OF THE CROSS COUNTRY SEASON AND THE BEGINNING OF THE TRACK AND lELD SEASON ,AST YEAR S RELAY CHAMPI ONSHIPS WAS A HEART BREAK ING AFFAIR WITH THE MEN S ! TEAM lNISHING RD AND THE GIRLS ! AND " TEAM NARROWLY MISSING OUT ON MEDALS lN ISHING IN TH AND TH PLACE 4HOUGH RESPECTABLE POSI TIONS THEY DID NOT REmECT THE TRUE POTENTIAL OF THE TEAMS 7ITH 5%! S MEN S ! TEAM AND WOMEN S ! AND " TEAMS QUALIFYING FOR THIS YEAR S CHAMPIONSHIP ALL ATHLETES WERE AIMING TO MAKE AMENDS FOR LAST YEAR S DISAPPOINTING RESULTS (OW EVER THE BUILD UP TO THE RACE DID NOT RUN AS SMOOTHLY AS
ANTICIPATED HOURS BEFORE THE RACE MEN S ! TEAM RUN NER 2OBBIE 7HITlELD HAD AN ACCIDENT WHICH RESULTED IN A BROKEN TOE 4HUS THE TEAM HAD A LAST MINUTE MISSION TO DRAFT IN A " TEAM RUNNER REPLACEMENT BUT WITH MANY OF THE LONG
DISTANCE SQUAD PLAGUED WITH INJURIES COURSEWORK DEADLINES AND WORK PLACE MENTS IT PROVED TO BE TOO LATE NOTICE 4HUS ON THE DAY THE 5%! MEN S ! TEAM WAS A MAN DOWN (OWEVER THEY STILL COMPROMISED A TEAM OF 5%! ATHLETICS CLUB
RECORD HOLDERS MADE UP OF #ALLUM .ICOL ME TRE RECORD HOLDER *OHNNY ,EE HALF MARATHON RECORD HOLDER AND #HRIS *OHNSON METRE RECORD HOLDER 7ITH ,EE AND *OHNSON HAV ING TO COMPETE IN "53! CHAMPIONSHIPS LATER ON IN
THE WEEK .ICOL STEPPED FORWARD AND VOLUNTEERED TO RUN TWO OF THE FOUR MILE RELAY LAPS .ICOL RAN THE lRST LAP RUNNING STRONGLY IN ST PO SITION AND HE PASSED THE BATON TO ,EE WHO KEPT THE LEAD .EXT TO RUN WAS *OHN SON WHO STRETCHED THE LEAD BEFORE PASSING THE BATON BACK TO .ICOL FOR HIS SECOND AND lNAL LAP .ICOL FENDED OFF lERCE COMPETITION FROM .ORWICH 'REAT 9ARMOUTH AND THE 2!& 4EAM TO BRING 5%! HOME VICTORIOUS IN ST PLACE "EARING IN MIND THAT HE HAS JUST RETURNED FROM A SERIOUS ANKLE INJURY CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN TO .ICOL FOR HIS OUTSTANDING AND NOBLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE TEAM VICTORY 4HE WOMEN S ! TEAM WAS MADE UP OF 3INEAD ,ONG 4ERESA 7ILCOCK AND (AYLEY ,ITCHlELD WHILE THE " TEAM WAS MADE UP OF *ENNY (UNT (ANNAH 3IERRA AND %MILY .EILAN 4HE ! TEAM COM
MANDED THE RACE FROM START TO lNISH WITH ALL THREE GIRLS RUNNING STRONGLY AND BRING ING 5%! HOME COMFORTABLY IN lRST PLACE 4HE " TEAM FACED CRISIS WITH .EILAN HAV ING TO WITHDRAW JUST BEFORE THE RACE WITH A KNEE INJURY THUS *ENNY (UNT ONE OF THE SQUAD S MOST DETERMINED RUNNERS BRAVELY STEPPED FORWARD TO RUN TWO OF THE THREE LAPS 4HE " TEAM RAN STRONGLY HOLDING RD PLACE MEDAL POSITION UP UNTIL THE lNAL LAP WHERE THEY WERE JUST PIPPED INTO TH 7ITH BOTH *OHNNY ,EE SENIOR MEN AND ,ISA 3AM MONS JUNIOR WOMEN WIN NING THE INDIVIDUAL LEAGUE TITLES AND THE UNIVER SITY S MEN S AND WOMEN S RELAY TEAMS BEING CROWNED %AST !NGLIA CHAMPIONS IT WAS A lTTING WAY TO MARK THE END OF AN EXTRAORDINARY CROSS COUNTRY SEASON AND PUT TO REST THE DEMONS OF LAST YEAR
Lacrosse  and  Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Rugby  tour  experiences 3IMON !RCHER 3PORTS 2EPORTER )T WAS AM ON THE ST O F -ARCH AND A CROWD GATHERED OUTSIDE OF THE 3PORTSPARK 5%! ,ACROSSE WERE HEADING TO $UBLIN ON TOUR 4HE MEN S TEAM GOT OFF TO A GOOD START BY WINNING THEIR lRST MATCH AGAINST #ARDIFF FOLLOWED SWIFT LY BY A DRAW AGAINST 5#$ WHERE 5%! SHOWED THAT THEY COULD HOLD THEIR OWN AGAINST A STRONG TEAM WHO WERE STRONG CONTENDERS FOR THE TITLE 4HE FOLLOWING MATCHES DID NOT GO AS WELL WITH 5%! LOSING TO SOME OF THE STRONGEST TEAMS IN THE COMPETITION BUT IT WAS NOT FOR WANT OF TRYING *AMES @0EGGY -C4URK WAS CONTIN UOUSLY DENIED HIS lRST GOAL FOR THE TEAM WITH SEVERAL STRONG SHOTS JUST MISSING THE MARK 5%! lNISHED TH IN THEIR GROUP AND CAPTAIN !NDY "ROWNING WAS PROUD OF THE TEAM S EFFORT NOTING THE PER FORMANCES BY 0ETER -ILLS AND $UNCAN -ATHERS WHO mEW FROM #ANADA TO PLAY (E IS SAD TO SAY GOODBYE TO ALL THOSE THAT ARE GRADUAT ING THIS YEAR BUT THINKS 5%! IS IN GOOD HANDS WITH THE CURRENT BATCH OF FRESHERS EX
CELLING THEMSELVES BOTH IN $UBLIN AND THROUGHOUT THE SEASON 4HE LADIES TEAM UNFOR TUNATELY DID NOT FAIR AS WELL FOR THEY FACED SOME OF THE STRONGEST TEAMS IN THE COUN TRY PLAYING BOTH ,OUGHBOR OUGH ST AND .OTTINGHAM ST WHO WENT ON TO FACE ONE ANOTHER IN THE lNAL #APTAIN &REYA $OLBY RAL LIED THE TEAM TOGETHER TO DELIVER STRONG PERFORMANCES WITH NARROW DEFEATS AT THE HANDS OF 5#$ AND #ARDIFF ! SPECIAL MENTION GOES TO (ANNAH &ARRER &ISHER WHO HAS PICKED UP THE SPORT FAST ER THAN ANYONE &REYA HAS SEEN IN YEARS OF PLAYING PROVIDING A STRONG PRESENCE ON THE lELD !LSO COMMEN DATIONS GO TO GOALIE 4ONI @0ONI -ALONE / .EIL WHO STEPPED INTO THE ROLE ONLY SIX MONTHS AGO BUT NEVERTHELESS DID NOT FAIL TO DELIVER AND SHE PROVIDED SOME IMPRESSIVE SAVES AGAINST INTERNATION AL STANDARD ATTACKS &REYA IS PROUD OF THE WHOLE TEAM 4HE FEMALE PLAYER OF THE TOUR NAMENT WAS SPLIT
THREE WAYS GOING TO (AN NAH &ARRER &ISHER &AY (ARRIS AND &REYA $OLBY 4HE MEN S AWARD WENT TO 4OM @%,-- 7ILSON FOR HIS HIGH CLASS PERFORMANCE AND HIGH GOAL RECORD /FF THE PITCH *ENNIFER 2OBINS AND 2AMIN 7ASEL WERE VOTED TOUR LEGENDS FOR DIFFERENT REASONS THAT SHOULD NOT BE PUBLISHED HERE AS THE SAYING GOES h7HAT HAPPENS ON TOUR STAYS ON TOURv 4HE TEAMS WOULD LIKE TO THANK 0RESIDENT !NDY @3COT TISH #OOK FOR ORGANISING THE TOUR WITH EVERYONE BE ING PROUD TO REPRESENT 5%! BOTH ON AND OFF THE PITCH
3OPHIE -CKIMM 3PORTS 2EPORTER 7HEN 5%! S WOMEN S RUGBY SIGNED UP FOR TOUR THEY ALL AGREED hWHAT HAPPENS ON TOUR STAYS ON TOURv (OWEV ER THEY FORGOT THAT A BUDDING JOURNALIST WAS AMONG THE TOURISTS SO BEFORE ) REMINISCE AND TELL ALL SORRY GIRLS BUT IT IS MY DUTY AS A JOURNALIST 7HERE DO ) BEGIN $O ) TELL YOU ABOUT &ACE S NEW FOUND LOVE WITH A "OURNE MOUTH RUGBY PLAYER NAMED "IFF $O ) WARN YOU OF .AT S DRUNKEN OUTBURSTS OR INFORM YOU OF ,UCY S NEED TO CRY AT LEAST THREE TIMES A WEEK $O ) CONlRM TO YOU THAT
5%! HAS ONE OF THE 0USSYCAT DOLLS DISGUISED AS A STUDENT IN THE FORM OF *ESSIE 7ILLIS $O ) NOTIFY YOU THAT WE HAVE A @TEAM STEAL THIEF IN (AILLE A (OLLYOAKS LOOK ALIKE IN (OL LY A POLICEWOMAN NAMED 7ITNEY $O ) ALERT YOU TO THE FACT THAT WE FOUND THE MUM IN -IA AND THE MOST SUCCESS FUL WING GIRL 5%! HAS EVER SEEN YES ,OUISE $UNGATE YOU EARNED THAT AWARD $O ) ENLIGHTEN YOU THAT 4ASHA @NECKED 3EBASTIAN BUT ONLY BECAUSE -URRY S HAD EUROS $O ) NOTIFY YOU THAT $AVINA IS A REAL GINGER !MY LIKES DRINKING FROM TRAINERS AND DID YOU KNOW THAT %L 0RESIDENTEO IS A ROOTER !ND YES IT IS TRUE ) HAVE A CHAV DIAL NAMED *ULIA ) COULD GO FURTHER TO EXPLAIN THE ANTICS 5%! WOMEN S RUGBY CAUSED IN THE SMALL 3PANISH TOWN OF #ALELLA HOW THEY DOMINATED THE "ARCELONA RUGBY lELDS COMING THIRD IN THE TOURNA MENT NOT BAD FOR A TEAM OF RUGBY PLAYING CHEERLEADERS 4HEY DOMINATED THE DANCE mOOR OF !VENUES .IGHTCLUB BY STRAIGHT ARMING DRINKS SWINGING T SHIRTS TO "AYWATCH AND TATTOOING 5%! ON VARI OUS MALE BODY PARTS BUT THE LAUGHS AND MEMORIES OF #ALELLA SPORTS TOUR CAN ONLY
BE APPRECIATED BY THOSE THAT SHARED THESE EXPERIENCES 9OU MAY BE MISLED TO BE LIEVE THAT TOURING IS ALL ABOUT DRINKING AND SPORT IS A VERY SMALL REQUIREMENT OF THE BOOKING APPLICATION 4O AN EXTENT THIS IS TRUE THE TOURIST ACCEPTS RIDICULOUS MEASURES OF SPIRITS MIXED WITH @BUZZ WHICH TURNS YOU YELLOW AND KEEPS YOU UP EVEN AFTER THE AM CLUB CLOSES 4HE SPORT MAY NOT BE TO THE STANDARD OF "53! PREMIER LEAGUE BUT IT IS AN EXPERIENCE WHICH BRINGS YOU CLOSER TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE OUTSIDE YOUR DIRECT FRIENDSHIP GROUP AND WHO SHARE THE DETERMI NATION THE FEELING OF SUCCESS THE TEARS OF LOSING AND WHO THRIVE ON THE ATTRIBUTES ONLY SPORT CAN GIVE YOU 4HE GYM MAY GIVE YOU THE lTNESS BUT SPORT TEACHES YOU HOW IMPORTANT VALUABLE AND IRREPLACEABLE THE EXPERIENCE IS OF BEING PART OF A TEAM )F ) HAD NOT JOINED 5%! WOMEN S RUGBY ) WOULD BE WITHOUT THE HYSTERICAL MEM ORIES OF TOUR WHICH WOULD LEAVE A VERY EMPTY HEAD "UT MOST IMPORTANTLY ) WOULD BE WITHOUT THE TEAM WHO HAVE BECOME MY GREATEST FRIENDS AND HAVE MADE ME REALISE SUCCESS IS SWEETEST WHEN ACHIEVED TOGETHER
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Volleyball  players  achieve  England  excellence 4OMEK ,ASOCKI 3PORTS 2EPORTER 5%! 6OLLEYBALL HAS IN RE CENT YEARS GROWN AS A CLUB BOTH IN TERMS OF NUMBERS AND ACHIEVEMENTS AND THIS YEAR HAS BEEN NO DIFFERENT 7ITH A LOT OF HARD WORK AND DEDICATION OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS IT HAS MANAGED TO BUILD A MEN S AND WOMEN S TEAM OF HIGH NATIONAL REPU TATION COMPETING AT THE HIGHEST STUDENT LEVEL AND IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE 4HIS YEAR THE CLUB HAS HIT NEW HEIGHTS WITH FOUR PLAY ERS BEING SELECTED TO TRY OUT FOR THE %NGLISH 5NIVERSITIES TEAM 4HE BEST PLAYERS FROM OVER "53! AFlLIATED UNIVERSITIES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY BATTLED IT OUT IN A SERIES OF TOUGH TRIALS IN "IR MINGHAM AND ,OUGHBOR OUGH AND WERE EVENTUALLY WHITTLED DOWN TO A GROUP OF JUST PLAYERS WHICH IN CLUDED 5%! S *ACOB +RUGER AND 4OMEK ,ASOCKI 4HEY WERE INFORMED IN EARLY &EBRUARY THAT THEY HAD
MADE THE ST TEAM SQUAD OF JUST TEN PLAYERS TO GO TO 'LASGOW TO PLAY AGAINST THE 3COTTISH .ATIONAL 3ELECT 3QUAD AND THE 3COTTISH 5NI VERSITIES 4EAM 4HE BIG WEEKEND SOON APPROACHED AND TRAVEL AR RANGEMENTS HAD TO BE MADE 4HIS TURNED OUT TO BE MORE TRICKY THAN EXPECTED BE CAUSE BEFORE GOING TO 'LAS GOW A TRAINING SESSION IN 7ARRINGTON NEAR -ANCHES TER HAD TO BE ATTENDED THE DAY BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT 'ETTING ON THE BUS AT SIX IN
THE MORNING AND TRAVELLING ALL DAY TO GET TO 'LASGOW WITH ONLY A FOUR HOUR BREAK TO TRAIN WITH THE TEAM IT LOOKED LIKE IT WOULD BE A VERY TIRESOME WEEKEND ! LARGE )NDIAN TAKEAWAY FOUR HOURS SLEEP AND A BOWL OF CEREAL LATER AND THEY FOUND THEMSELVES ANALYSING THE OPPOSITION AND TALKING TACTICS WITH THE COACH "E ING SELECTED IN THE START ING SIX WAS NERVE WRACKING TO SAY THE LEAST 4HE TEAM STARTED SLOWLY WITHOUT HAV ING MUCH TIME TO BOND AND
%NGLAND DROPPED THE lRST SET !FTER A MOTIVATIONAL SPEECH FROM THE COACH THE %NGLISH TEAM PICKED UP THEIR GAME AND WENT ON TO WIN THE MATCH WITH BOTH 5%! PLAYERS KEY TO THE SUCCESS 4HE SECOND GAME WAS DISAPPOINTING AS %NGLAND LOST TO A WEAKER 3COTTISH SIDE DESPITE %NGLAND HAVING THE STRONGER INDI VIDUAL PLAYERS 4HE 3COTTISH TEAM WAS COMPRISED OF A NUMBER OF FORMER .ATIONAL *UNIOR PLAYERS AND IT PROVED
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ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THEM HAV ING PLAYED TOGETHER FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS )T WAS AN UNFORTUNATE END TO A GREAT WEEKEND BUT THE TEAM IS CONlDENT THAT THEY CAN PER FORM EVEN BETTER AT OTHER FUTURE INTERNATIONAL TOUR NAMENTS THIS SUMMER IN ,EEDS AND 0ERTH .OW TWO 5%! LADIES PLAYERS )NES 3OARES AND 3AMANTHA / #ONNOR AWAIT NEWS OF THEIR SELECTION TO THE ST SQUAD AND WE HOPE THAT THEY SUCCEED IN DOING SO TOO WHICH WILL CONTINUE
A FANTASTIC YEAR SO FAR FOR 5%! 6OLLEYBALL !TTAINING A PLACE IN THE "53! REPRESENTATIVE SQUAD IS A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR ANY PLAYER BUT FOR 5%! TO MANAGE TWO PLAYERS IN THE ST SQUAD IN ONE YEAR IS A HUGE TRIUMPH AND A TRUE INDICATION OF HOW FAR THE CLUB HAS COME IN RECENT YEARS NONE OF WHICH COULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE BACKING OF BOTH THE 3TUDENT 5NION AND THE 3PORTSPARK AND THE HARD WORK EVERYONE IN THE CLUB HAS PUT IN
Clay  pigeon  shooters  go  west (UGH 0OWELL 3PORTS 2EPORTER /N THE WEEKEND OF THE RD &EBRUARY TWO TEAMS OF FOUR FROM THE 5%! #LAY 0IGEON 3HOOTING #LUB HEADED DOWN TO THE YEARLY NATIONAL "53! COMPETITION HELD THIS YEAR AT 7EST -IDLANDS 3HOOTING 'ROUND 3ET OUT AS A ONE OFF DAY COMPETITION "53! OFFERED TWO COURSES #HAMPIONSHIP ST TEAMS AND 4ROPHY ND TEAMS SPORTING CLAYS WERE SET OVER STANDS WITH THE MAJORITY OF CLAYS SHOT AS PAIRS ON REPORT "OTH TEAMS THEN SHOT A BIRD FLUSH SIX CLAYS SENT OUT IN RAN DOM SEQUENCE SHOT BY THE TEAM AS A FOUR !N EARLY START SAW THE ND TEAM IN ACTION IN THE 4ROPHY 'OOD SHOOTING EARLY ON SAW 7ILL &ULLICK AND *OHN 3TIGWOOD PUT DOWN FOUNDA TIONS FOR A MORNING OF VERY GOOD SCORES BREAKING WELL OVER HALF THEIR TARGETS .ICK (INDLEY ALSO IMPRESSED WITH STRONG PERFORMANCES ON HIS LATER STANDS AND AN EVER IMPROVING 3EBASTIAN #HARLES SHOT HIS TARGETS AS LATE AS USUAL TO PUT IN A
BY GUN TROUBLE ON ONE OF THE STANDS DESPITE SHOW ING GOOD FORM FOR A MAN WHO HAD NOT SHOT UNTIL THIS YEAR $AVID 'ROCOTT SHOWED EVER IMPROVING FORM HIT TING TARGETS HE HAD NOT SEEN BEFORE 4HE TEAM SHOT A ON THE FLUSH BEATING TEAMS OVERALL BUT ONLY NAR ROWLY BEATING THE OF THE ND TEAM 3UCH A SUCCESS OVERALL GOOD PERSONAL SCORES AND COMPETING AS A CLUB FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE NATIONALS IS A HUGE BOOST FOR THE DEVEL OPING TEAMS &URTERMORE THE PROMISE OF A HOME FIX TURE FOLLOWED BY AN AWAY TRIP TO #AMBRIDGE BEFORE THE END OF THE SEASON CAN ONLY HELP TO DEVELOP THE TEAMS FURTHER
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SOLID AVERAGE 4HE TEAM ALSO PERFORMED VERY WELL IN THE FLUSH BEATING EIGHT OTHER UNIVERSITIES )T WAS A VERY STRONG PERFORMANCE OVERALL
PLACING THEM TH OUT OF TEAMS 4HE AFTERNOON SAW THE ST TEAM IN ACTION IN THE #HAMPIONSHIP 3TRAIGHT
SCORES ON THE FIRST TWO STANDS ALLOWED (UGH 0OWELL AND *ACK ,EVY TO PUT DOWN FOUN DATIONS FOR GOOD DAY SCORES .ATALIE -C'AHAN BUT CONCENTRATION LOSS AFTER
LONG WAITS ON THE LATER STANDS AFFECTED THEIR OVERALL SCORES ON SOME TRICKY TAR GETS !RMAN -EMARZADEH S OVERALL SCORE WAS NOT HELPED
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