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5%! &IGHT .IGHT MAKES AN IMPACT P OF ALUMNI STUDENT 4OM 4APPER WHO WAS AIDED BY EX COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENT 0AUL 7HEEL ER COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENT 4OMEK ,ASOCKI AND ECONOMICS STUDENT 4IMIR +EMP 4OM SAID h4HERE WAS A 0IMP -Y "ARROW LAST YEAR BUT IT WAS A MERE DOZEN BARROWS ) NEVER EXPECTED THE INTEREST THAT THIS
YEAR S BROUGHT (OPEFULLY IT LL CONTINUE IN YEARS TO FOLLOW v ! NOTABLE EVENT OF THE EVENING TOOK PLACE ON %ARLHAM 2OAD WHEN THREE 0OLICE RIOT VANS AND TWO PATROL CARS TURNED UP AS A RESIDENT HAD REPORTED THAT hTWO PIRATES WERE FIGHTING IN THE STREETv (OWEVER PARTICI PANTS OF THE EVENT SAID IT WAS
MORE LIKELY DUE TO THE WHEELBAR ROW THAT HAD ACCIDENTALLY CAUGHT FIRE EARLIER IN THE EVENING /VERALL THE EVENT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS AND THE ORGANISERS ASKED #ONCRETE TO SAY A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE LOCAL PUBS AND RESIDENTS FOR BEING SO ACCOMMODATING AND GENEROUS ON THE EVENING 6IVE LA BARROW
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CEDE THE POINT THAT THIS lLM MIGHT NOT TICKLE EVERYONE S FANCY BUT FOR ME IT REPRESENTS A SEMINAL MOMENT IN GROW ING UP 4HE lRST TIME ) SAW IT AT THE NAÕVE AGE OF SEVEN ) CRIED BECAUSE THEY DIDN T WIN (OWEVER BY MY NEXT VIEW ING THE TEARS CAME BECAUSE ) COULD UNDERSTAND THE GLORI OUS HONOUR DEMONSTRATED BY THOSE ATHLETES ALRIGHT AC TORS WHO GOT UP DETERMINED TO lNISH THE RACE /H YES ) TRULY BEGAN TO APPRECIATE THE TEACHINGS OF #OOL 2UNNINGS EXEMPLIlED BY MY CHOSEN QUOTE ABOVE n DIDACTICALLY BRILLIANT ) M SURE YOU LL AGREE "Y NOW YOU MUST BE WON DERING WHERE THE USUAL TENU OUS ANALOGY IS GOING TO COME FROM THAT HELPS PROVE MY OVERALL POINT WELL FOR MY LAST TIME AS #ONCRETE %DITOR HERE IT COMES ) DIDN T REALLY MEAN TO TALK ABOUT #OOL 2UNNINGS n RATHER ) MEANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IT REPRESENTS &OR ME IT IS SOMETHING IMPORTANT FROM MY CHILDHOOD AND IT IS SOMETHING TO WHICH ) WILL RETURN EVERY NOW AND AGAIN
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(OW GOOD IS #OOL 2UNNINGS )T IS IN MY OPINION ALMOST PERFECT CINEMA )F YOU DON T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS A GROUP OF *AMAICANS FORM THE lRST EVER "OBSLEIGH TEAM FROM THEIR COUNTRY 4HEY GO AND COMPETE AT THE 7INTER /LYM PICS AND HAVING PUT THEM SELVES IN CONTENTION FOR A MEDAL CRASH ON THEIR LAST RUN 4HEN IN A MOMENT OF PURE $ISNEY MAGIC THEY CLIMB OUT OF THEIR SLED LIFT IT UP UPON THEIR SHOULDERS AND WALK THE lNAL METRES TO THE lNISH LINE !T THIS ACT ALL THE DOUBTERS ALL THEIR OPPONENTS WHO HAVE RIDICULED THEIR EFFORTS BE GIN TO APPLAUD THEM HOME -AKES ME CRY EVERY TIME .OW ) D BE HAPPY TO CON
FOR THE SAKE OF COMFORT FOR THE SAKE OF ENJOYMENT "UT DESPITE MY AFFECTION TOWARDS IT ) DON T WATCH IT ALL THE TIME AND ) DON T LET IT STOP ME FROM WATCHING OTHER lLMS .OW IT STRIKES ME THAT ALL THIS IS RATHER LIKE THE PROC ESS OF LEAVING UNIVERSITY ,IKE EVERYONE S FAVOURITE lLM EVE RYONE S TIME AT 5%! IS UNIQUE n EVERYONE WILL HAVE HAD A DIFFERENT AND WONDERFULLY UNIQUE TIME HERE AT 5%! -OST PEOPLE WILL PROBABLY BE TEMPTED TO KEEP LOOKING BACK YEARNING FOR THOSE GREAT TIMES BUT JUST LIKE IT BEING IMPORTANT TO WATCH SOME NEW lLMS NOW AND AGAIN IT S IMPORTANT TO MOVE ON FROM UNIVERSITY 3O FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO WILL SOON BE DEPARTING 5%! ) HAVE ONE lNAL OUTRA GEOUSLY CHEESY THING TO SAY h&EEL THE RHYTHM &EEL THE RHYME 'ET ON UP )T S GRADUATION TIME v
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-ARCUS *ONES %DITOR )F YOU ARE READING THIS PAPER YOU ARE FORTUNATE BECAUSE #ONCRETE HAS LEARNED THAT THIS lNE BASTION OF JOURNAL ISM IS HIDDEN FROM SIGHT DURING THE COURSE OF 5NIVER SITY /PEN AND 6ISIT $AYS FOR FEAR OF THE IMPRESSION IT MAY HAVE UPON PROSPECTIVE STU DENTS AND THEIR PARENTS 4WO /PEN $AYS TAKE PLACE OVER THE ACADEMIC YEAR AND THESE ARE DESIGNED FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE YET TO SUBMIT THEIR 5#!3 APPLICA TION 4HEN THERE ARE REGULAR 6ISIT $AYS ON 7EDNESDAY AFTERNOONS BETWEEN .OVEM BER AND -ARCH FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY APPLIED AND ARE TRYING TO DECIDE EXACTLY WHICH UNIVERSITY THEY WANT TO ATTEND !T ALL THESE EVENTS MANY 5%! STUDENTS ARE PAID TO HELP OUT RUNNING GUIDED TOURS ORGANISING COACH TRIPS AND AS ONE HELPER HAS NOW TOLD #ONCRETE GOING ROUND CAMPUS AND REMOVING COP IES FROM VIEW h4HE INSTRUC
TIONS WE ARE GIVEN ARE @+EEP #ONCRETE OUT OF SIGHT UNA VAILABLE TO ALL PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS AND PARENTS h#OPIES ARE MOVED FROM OUTSIDE THE ,ECTURE 4HEATRES WHERE VISITOR TALKS TAKE PLACE n THEY RE MOVED AWAY FROM THE LOBBY INTO ROOMS WITH LIMITED ACCESS BEFORE BEING MOVED BACK AGAIN AT THE END OF THE DAY v #ONCRETE HAS BEEN AWARE FOR SOME TIME THAT THE !D MISSIONS AND /UTREACH /F lCE WHO CO ORDINATE ALL THE 6ISIT $AYS DISLIKES THE NEGATIVE FRONT PAGES THAT OFTEN ADORN THE PAPER BUT THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT HAS SHOCKED THOSE INVOLVED WITH THE PRODUCTION OF THE PAPER !NDY *UDSON $EPUTY %DITOR AND 3OCIETY 0RESIDENT SAID h) DON T KNOW WHAT THEY EX PECT WE RE A NEWSPAPER SO WE RE GOING TO HAVE SOME LESS THAN POSITIVE NEWS AND ) THINK THE MAJORITY OF VISI TORS WOULD RECOGNISE THAT NO CAMPUS IS GOING TO BE A PERFECT HAVEN SAFE FROM THE REALITIES OF EVERYDAY LIFE 4O
HIDE THE PAPER INSULTS THE INTELLIGENCE OF ALL THOSE VISI TORS AND ALSO ALL THOSE WHO SPEND HOURS MAKING THE PA PER v $UE TO PRINT DEADLINES #ONCRETE WAS ONLY ABLE TO GET A BRIEF RESPONSE FROM 4OM ,EVINSON OF THE !DMISSIONS AND /UTREACH /FlCE h7E WANT TO GIVE THE BEST IMPRES SION WHEN WE GREET PROSPEC TIVE STUDENTS AND THEIR PAR ENTS FOR THE lRST TIME 4HAT INCLUDES ENSURING THAT THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH WE WELCOME THEM LOOKS TIDY AND THAT mIERS NEWSPAPERS AND OTHER MATERIALS ARE NOT LEFT LYING AROUND v 4HE IDEA THAT THE POLICY OF HIDING THE PAPER HAS ANY THING TO DO WITH MAKING THE CAMPUS APPEAR TIDIER IS DIS MISSED BY #ONCRETE S SOURCE h4HEY ;!DMISSIONS AND /UT REACH= THINK #ONCRETE HEAD LINES WILL DIRECTLY INmUENCE THE DECISIONS OF POTENTIAL STUDENTS 4HEY RE HAPPY FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW WE HAVE A PAPER BUT THEY DISCOURAGE ANYONE FROM VIEWING IT v
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Trouble  by  the  lake -ARCUS *ONES %DITOR /N THE AFTERNOON OF 4UESDAY ND !PRIL AN INDIVIDUAL WAS APPREHENDED ON CAMPUS AF TER TRYING TO EVADE CAPTURE BY HIDING IN THE LAKE 4HE MAN WHO HAD STO LEN A WATER TANK ON .EW -ARKET 2OAD TRIED TO ES CAPE BY HEADING TOWARDS THE BROADS WHICH BACK ONTO THE LAKE AT THE 3OUTH %AST END OF CAMPUS (IS EVASIVE EFFORTS DREW A SIGNIlCANT RESPONSE AS WITNESSED BY 3AM "ENCE h) WAS PLAYING FOOTBALL BE TWEEN .ORFOLK AND 3UFFOLK 4ERRACE WHEN HELICOPTERS BEGAN CIRCLING THE LAKE AND ) HEARD SIRENS IN THE DISTANCE 4HEN A POLICEMAN FOLLOWED BY THE @HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL 5%! SECURITY RAN TOWARDS THE 3AINSBURY #ENTRE END OF THE LAKE )T SOON BECAME CLEAR THAT SOMETHING WAS AMISS AS MORE AND MORE lRE ENGINES AND POLICE CARS ARRIVED IN THE CAR PARK NEAR 3UFFOLK 4ERRACE v
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)T SEEMS THAT THE mEEING MAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO USE THE COVER OF TREES AND THE UNEVEN TERRAIN TO MAKE PUR SUING HIM MORE PROBLEM ATIC (E EXPERIENCED RELATIVE SUCCESS AS HE WAS NOT TAKEN INTO POLICE CUSTODY UNTIL PM n NEARLY THREE HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL REPORT OF HIS THEFT HAD BEEN PASSED ONTO THE POLICE 3AM "ENCE DESCRIBED TO
#ONCRETE THE SCENE DOWN BY THE LAKE WHEN THE ARREST WAS lNALLY MADE h) WALKED DOWN THERE AND COUNTED lVE lRE ENGINES FOUR POLICE CARS ONE POLICE DOG UNIT AND TWO lRST RESPONDER AMBULANCES %VENTUALLY ) SAW SEVERAL PO LICE ESCORTING A SHIRTLESS MAN TO THE POLICE CARS HE WAS SEARCHED AND TAKEN AWAY v #ONCRETE CONTACTED THE POLICE AND lRE SERVICES TO
DETERMINE WHY SUCH A LARGE RESPONSE HAD BEEN NECESSARY IN ORDER TO APPREHEND ONLY ONE PERSON 4HE EXPLANATION GIVEN WAS THAT THE POLICE MUST CALL FOR THE ASSISTANCE OF THE lRE SERVICE WHENEVER ACCESSING WATER COMES INTO THE EQUATION 4HE lRE SERV ICE ALSO PROVIDED AN INmAT ABLE BOAT TO ASSIST WITH THE SEARCH &IONA "ILLINGS WHO WAS
ON HER WAY TO THE #!3! CER EMONY WAS ON HAND WITH HER CAMERA TO CHRONICLE THE EVENTS )N LIGHT OF THE PO LICE S EXPLANATION SHE COM MENTED h) STILL THINK THE AMOUNT OF POLICE AND lRE PEOPLE PRESENT WAS A LITTLE EXCESSIVE n PERHAPS IT WAS A QUIET 4UESDAY IN .ORWICH AND EVERYONE WANTED A PIECE OF THE ACTION v
Lightning  Strikes /NE UNLUCKY 5%! STUDENT RECEIVED A SHOCKING SURPRISE WHEN THE UMBRELLA SHE WAS HOLDING WAS STRUCK BY LIGHT NING IN !PRIL AS SHE WAS WALK ING DOWN "LUEBELL 2OAD ,)4 ND YEAR STUDENT #HARLIE 4HOMPSON JOINED AN EXCLUSIVE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHEN LIGHTNING HIT THE SPOKES OF HER UMBRELLA n THE LIKELI HOOD OF BEING HIT BY LIGHT NING IS ONE IN THREE MILLION IN COMPARISON YOUR ODDS OF WINNING THE LOTTERY ARE ONE IN FOURTEEN MILLION 3PEAKING ABOUT THE INCI DENT #HARLIE SAID THAT h) SAW WHITE SPARKS ROUND THE HAN DLE AND FELT AN ELECTRIC SHOCK GO RIGHT UP MY ARM WHICH HURT A LOT AND IT FELT LIKE IT WAS BUZZING ALL ROUND MY HEAD MY HAND WAS mICKED OFF BY THE SHOCK AND ) DROPPED THE UMBRELLA v ,IGHTNING STRIKES KILL ON AVERAGE lVE PEOPLE A YEAR IN "RITAIN AND #HARLIE SEEMS TO HAVE AN AFlNITY WITH BAD WEATHER n SHE WAS BORN DUR ING THE LARGE HURRICANE THAT STRUCK "RITAIN IN #HARLIE WAS UNHARMED BY THE INCIDENT ALTHOUGH THE UMBRELLA MAY BE PERMANENT LY SCARRED BY THE EVENT
Mother  to  sue  UEA Masonic  !LICE 'IBBS $EPUTY .EWS %DITOR ! .ORWICH WOMAN IS PLAN NING TO SUE 5%! FOR DIS CRIMINATION AFTER HER APPLI CATION TO STUDY WAS REJECTED BY THE 5NIVERSITY !RABELLA "ECKETT A YEAR OLD MOTHER OF TWO WANTED TO ENROL ON A SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY COURSE THAT IS DUE TO START THIS 3EPTEMBER (OWEVER HER APPLICATION WAS DENIED ON THE GROUNDS THAT SHE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE IN THE LAST THREE YEARS -S "ECKETT CLAIMS THAT THE 5NIVERSITY IS GUILTY OF INDIRECT SEX AND AGE DIS CRIMINATION AS MANY MATURE STUDENTS HAVE NOT STUDIED FOR A LONG TIME BEFORE GO ING BACK TO EDUCATION AND YOUNG MOTHERS IN PARTICULAR WOULD STRUGGLE TO FIND TIME TO FULFIL THE CRITERIA 3HE FIRST BECAME INTER ESTED IN SPEECH AND LAN
GUAGE THERAPY AS A CAREER SIX YEARS AGO WHEN SHE HAD RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE IN A ,ONDON HOSPITAL 9ET BEING PREGNANT AT THE TIME SHE DECIDED TO WAIT UNTIL HER CHILDREN WERE AT SCHOOL BEFORE APPLYING TO TAKE A
LIFE AND MY ULTIMATE DREAM WAS TO BECOME A 3PEECH 4HERAPIST MYSELF v 5NSUCCESSFUL AT THE IN TERVIEW STAGE OF THE SPEECH AND THERAPY COURSE RUN BY THE 3CHOOL OF !L LIED (EALTH 0ROFESSIONS -S
TERVIEWED DUE TO LACK OF EXPERIENCE -S "ECKETT AP PEALED TO THE 5NIVERSITY S !DMISSIONS !PPEALS "OARD (OWEVER A SIX WEEK INVES TIGATION PROVIDED THE SAME ANSWER FOR HER REJECTION -S "ECKETT SAID h)
h) HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WITNESS lRST HAND THE DIFFERENCE THAT SPEECH THERAPY INTERVENTIONS CAN MAKE TO PEOPLE S QUALITY OF LIFE AND MY ULTIMATE DREAM WAS TO BECOME A 3PEECH 4HERAPIST MYSELF v QUALIFICATION IN THE SUBJECT )N THE MEANTIME -S "ECKETT WHO ALREADY HAS A DEGREE IN !PPLIED ,INGUIS TICS VOLUNTEERED AS A SPEECH THERAPY ASSISTANT AT #OLMAN (OSPITAL ON 5NTHANK ROAD 3HE SAID h) HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WITNESS FIRST HAND THE DIFFERENCE THAT SPEECH THERAPY INTERVENTIONS CAN MAKE TO PEOPLE S QUALITY OF
"ECKETT TRIED ONCE MORE IN BUT WAS SHOCKED WHEN SHE WAS REJECTED AGAIN THIS TIME WITHOUT AN INTERVIEW 4HE REASON GIVEN WAS THAT SHE HAD NOT STUDIED WITHIN THE THREE YEARS PRIOR TO SUB MITTING HER APPLICATION !FTER APPEALING TO THE COURSE DIRECTOR $R *AN -C!LLISTER WHO CONFIRMED THAT SHE WOULD NOT BE IN
COULD NOT BELIEVE MY EYES WHEN ) READ THE LETTER FROM THE BOARD 4HEY WERE TOLD FROM THE START THAT THE ONLY STUDY ) HAD UNDERTAKEN WAS A SHORT COURSE AT THE 5%! IN "RITISH 3IGN ,ANGUAGE LAST YEAR SO ) CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY IT TOOK THEM MORE THAN SIX WEEKS TO CONCLUDE THEIR INVESTIGATION 4HE WHOLE APPEAL PROCESS WAS A JOKE v
3HE CONTINUED h) AM DETERMINED TO FIGHT THIS TO THE BITTER END ) THINK THAT IT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT TO STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT LARGE ORGANISATIONS LIKE THE 5%! ARE NOT ALLOWED TO GET AWAY WITH DISCRIMINATION ON ANY GROUNDS v ! SPOKESWOMAN FOR 5%! SAID h7E DO NOT COMMENT ON THE DETAILS OF INDIVIDUAL CASES BUT OUR ADMISSIONS POLICY IS DESIGNED TO ENSURE EQUITY OF ACCESS !NY COM PLAINT IS TAKEN VERY SERIOUS LY BY THE 5NIVERSITY AND WE HAVE A FORMAL AND WELL ES TABLISHED PROCEDURE WHICH AIMS TO DEAL FAIRLY AND THOR OUGHLY WITH ANY COMPLAINT MADE ABOUT THE ADMISSIONS PROCESS v #URRENTLY -S "ECKETT IS AWAITING A RESPONSE TO A REQUEST TO MEET THE 6ICE #HANCELLOR OF THE 5NIVER SITY 0ROFESSOR "ILL -ACMIL LAN ON WHOM SHE WILL SERVE THE DISCRIMINATION PAPERS
UEA 4HE .ORWICH -ASONIC #IR CLE HAVE ORGANISED AN EVENT ENTITLED h4HE 3ECRET 9EARSv ABOUT THE TREATMENT OF -A SONS UNDER (ITLER AND -US SOLINI !DVERTISED AS @NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH THE MEETING IS AT PM ON -AY TH IN THE 2OYAL !SSEMBLEY 2OOMS OF 'REAT 9ARMOUTH !NYONE IS WELCOME TO AT TEND WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE A -ASON 4HOSE WHO WANT TO lND OUT MORE SHOULD EMAIL KEITHHOLMES HENBY FSLIFE CO UK
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UEA student wins HSBC Unipreneur 2008 *AKE -AXWELL 7ATTS 2EPORTER ,UKE *EFFERSON A 5%! STU DENT HAS BEEN CROWNED THE (3"# 5NIPRENEUR OF THE 9EAR 4HE BUSINESS HE SET UP WITH COLLEAGUE ,UKE 7ALSH MANAGED TO IMPRESS THE JUDGES AND AN AUDIENCE OF OVER TWO HUNDRED PEOPLE AT ,ONDON S "!&4! THEATRE AND CLAIMED VICTORY OVER THE OTHER FOUR lNALISTS THUS COLLECTING A a PRIZE 4HE PAIR STARTED THE BUSI NESS CALLED 3CRATCHFACE IN AS PART OF THE 0H$ IN #OMPUTER 3CIENCE THAT -R *EFFERSON IS WORKING ON HERE AT THE 5%! 4HEIR SUCCESS IS DUE TO THEIR INVENTION OF A SOFTWARE ALGORITHM WHICH ALLOWS COLOUR BLIND USERS TO ADJUST THE COLOUR SETTINGS OF THEIR COMPUTERS TO SUIT THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS 4HE COMPETITION IS DE SIGNED TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS AND REWARD BUSINESS SUCCESS WHEN IT IS
COMBINED WITH FURTHER EDU CATION AND IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE POPULAR $RAGON S $EN TELEVISION SERIES
h THE MORE WE CAN DO TO HELP AND INSPIRE THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN THE BETTER IT WILL BE FOR OUR FUTURE v (OPEFULS MUST BE AT A UNIVERSITY OR HAVE GRADU ATED SINCE -AY AND HAVE A BUSINESS IDEA IN DE
VELOPMENT BE IN THE PROC ESS OF SETTING UP A BUSINESS OR ALREADY TRADING 4HE COMPETITION IS HELD IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE .A TIONAL #OUNCIL FOR 'RADUATE %NTREPRENEURSHIP .#'% AND IS AN EXAMPLE OF A LARGE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT FOR PEO PLE WHO HAVE IDEAS WITH PO TENTIAL (3"# (EAD OF "USINESS "ANKING (UW -ORGAN SAID h7E ARE DELIGHTED TO SPON SOR THESE UNIQUE AWARDS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE .#'% WHICH WILL RECOGNISE THEIR GROWING CONTRIBUTION BOTH TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE ECONOMY v (3"# ALONE HELPED START BRAND NEW 5+ BUSINESSES LAST YEAR !S )AN 2OBERTSON #HIEF %X ECUTIVE OF THE .#'% POINTS OUT h%NTREPRENEURSHIP IS THE ENGINE THAT DRIVES THE "RITISH ECONOMY AND THE MORE WE CAN DO TO HELP AND INSPIRE THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN THE BETTER IT WILL BE FOR OUR FUTURE AND THE WEALTH OF OUR COUNTRY v
MED Awards 2ACHAEL 0RICE ,ISTINGS %DITOR 4HE 0ETER %ARL &OUNDATION HAS PLEDGED THREE AWARDS AND PRIZES TOTALLING a A YEAR TO 5%! -%$ STUDENTS TO BE AWARDED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS ! GRADUATE OF 5%! 0ETER %ARL IS CURRENTLY ONE OF THE 5NIVERSITY S MOST GENEROUS SUPPORTERS %STABLISHED IN &EBRUARY THE &OUNDA TION AIMS TO ENCOURAGE STU DENTS TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL THROUGH AWARDS AND PRIZES FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE HIGH EST LEVEL OF COMMITMENT TO THEIR STUDIES AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 0ETER %ARL ES TABLISHED THE &OUNDATION AS A MEANS OF ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO EXCEED ALL EX PECTATIONS AND ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL h4HE PRIZES AND AWARDS OFFERED BY THE &OUNDATION ARE ABOUT AIM ING HIGH AND EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE WHY BE GOOD WHEN YOU CAN BE GREAT v
-OST RECENTLY THE a 3PORTS !CHIEVEMENT AWARD 0RIZE AVAILABLE TO ALL STU DENTS WAS PRESENTED TO *OE $ATT ON -ARCH TH A lFTH YEAR STUDENT IN THE 3CHOOL OF -EDICINE (EALTH 0OLICY AND 0RACTICE IN RECOGNI TION OF HIS COMMITMENT TO SPORT
h WHY BE GOOD WHEN YOU CAN BE GREAT v .OT ONLY HAS HE BEEN IN STRUMENTAL IN ESTABLISHING NEW CLUBS AND SPORTS TEAMS BUT HE HAS ALSO HELPED TO RAISE OVER a FOR VARI OUS CHARITIES IN THE 5+ !LSO IN -ARCH THIS YEAR A SPECIAL AWARD WAS PRESENTED TO lFTH YEAR STUDENT 2OSS #OOMBER FOR HIS EXCEPTION
AL COMMITMENT TO HIS MEDI CAL STUDIES AND DEDICATION TO SUPPORTING THE EDUCATION OF HIS FELLOW STUDENTS 2OSS HAS NUMEROUS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDING VOLUNTEER WORK IN %THIOPIA AND ASSISTING WITH A CANCER SURGERY IN .EPAL 2OSS WAS DESCRIBED AS hEMBODYING THE VERY SPIRIT OF THE 0ETER %ARL &OUNDA TION v 7HEN ACCEPTING THE a PRIZE 2OSS EXPRESSED HIS GRATITUDE TO 0ETER %ARL AND SAID HE BELIEVES THAT THE &OUNDATION WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE hNOT ONLY TO THE INDIVIDUALS WHO RECEIVE PRIZES AND AWARDS BUT ALSO TO THE HOSPITALS AND COM MUNITIES WHO BENEFIT FROM THE EXTRA WORK UNDERTAKEN BY STUDENTS MOTIVATED TO @GO THE EXTRA MILE v -ORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ABOUT THE 0ETER %ARL &OUNDATION AND ITS WIN NERS AT WWW THEPETEREARL FOUNDATION ORG
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Students  kicked  out  of  the  IT  area -ARCUS *ONES %DITOR 3TUDENTS DESPERATELY TRYING TO lNISH THEIR WORK BEFORE ESSAY DEADLINES WERE THROWN INTO DISARRAY LAST WEEK WHEN THE HOUR )4 AREA WAS SHUT DOWN DURING THE EARLY HOURS OF 7EDNESDAY MORNING !PRIL TH 4HE DOORS THAT ALLOW ACCESS TO THE AREA BECAME JAMMED AND AFTER INITIALLY ALLOWING STUDENTS TO REMAIN THERE WORKING 5%! 3ECURITY RETURNED TO ASK EVERYONE TO LEAVE IN A MANNER THAT HAS DRAWN CRITICISM 4ODD .IMIGON A STUDENT AND 2ESIDENT 4UTOR EXPLAINED TO #ONCRETE HOW EVENTS HAD UNFOLDED h!FTER lNISHING WORK AT THE ,#2 ) WENT TO THE ,IBRARY )4 LAB AT AM TO lNISH MY DISSERTATION )T WAS DUE THE NEXT DAY AND ) WAS VERY EAGER TO GET IT lN ISHED 3ECURITY HAD TO ARRIVE TO LET EVERYONE QUEUEING UP INSIDE AS THE DOOR SEEMED SOMEWHAT JAMMED BUT THE 3ECURITY OFlCER WAS ABLE TO GET IT OPEN v 4HINKING THIS WAS GOING TO BE THE ONLY OBSTACLE TO HIM COMPLETING HIS WORK 4ODD BEGAN TO KNUCKLE DOWN TO HIS DISSERTATION 7ITHIN THE HOUR THOUGH MEMBERS OF 3ECURITY RETURNED TO REQUEST THAT EVERYONE LEAVE THE )4
We  may  be  alone  in  the  universe *ACK #LARK !RTS %DITOR ! 5%! SCIENTIST HAS DEVEL OPED A MATHEMATICAL MODEL THAT IS DESIGNED TO FRUSTRATE THE DESIRES OF ALIEN CHASERS THE WORLD OVER 0ROFESSOR !NDREW 7ATSON FROM THE SCHOOL OF %NVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES HAS CREATED A MODEL THAT STRESSES THE SHEER UNLIKELIHOOD OF HU MAN EXISTENCE 4HE MODEL WORKS ON THE BASIS THAT LIFE AND THE ENVI RONMENT FOR SUSTAINING IT EVOLVES VIA A SERIES OF CRITICAL STEPS 7ATSON HAS SUGGESTED THAT THE NUMBER OF EVOLU TIONARY STEPS NEEDED FOR IN TELLIGENT LIFE IS FOUR 4HESE ARE PROBABLY THE EMERGENCE OF
LAB CITING THE BROKEN DOOR AS THE REASON WHY EVERYONE HAD TO DEPART 0EOPLE WORKING IN THE LIBRARY WERE TOLD THE AREA WOULD BE INACCESSIBLE FOR hSEVERAL HOURSv h-ANY PEOPLE WERE EX TREMELY UPSET BY THISv SAID 4ODD h3EVERAL PEOPLE IN CLUDING MYSELF TOLD THE 3E CURITY STAFF THAT THIS WAS UN ACCEPTABLE AND WE HAD VERY IMPORTANT ASSIGNMENTS AND DEADLINES TO MEET 4HE 3ECU RITY STAFF SAID THAT THE DOOR WAS BROKEN IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT COULD EITHER BE LEFT OPEN OR BE SHUT AND UNABLE TO OPEN AT ALL 4HEY SAID IT COULD NOT BE LEFT OPEN DUE TO SECURITY CONCERNS NOR COULD IT BE LEFT CLOSED DUE TO HEALTH AND SAFETY lRE ETC v 4HIS NEWS CAUSED CON STERNATION AMONG MANY IN THE LAB WHO WERE ALREADY STRESSED BECAUSE OF THEIR IM PENDING DEADLINES AND 4ODD CLAIMS THAT THE BEHAVIOUR OF 3ECURITY DID NOT HELP h"E ING A 2ESIDENT 4UTOR ) HAVE WORKED MANY TIMES BEFORE WITH MEMBERS OF 3ECURITY )N THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE ) WOULD SAY THAT THEY WERE BE ING UNCHARACTERISTICALLY UN REASONABLE 7HAT SHOCKED ME THE MOST WAS THAT ONE 3ECURITY OFlCER WENT OVER TO A GROUP OF !SIAN STUDENTS AND BEGAN TO PHYSICALLY LOG THEM SINGLE CELLED BACTERIA COM PLEX CELLS SPECIALIZED CELLS ALLOWING COMPLEX LIFE FORMS AND INTELLIGENT LIFE WITH AN ESTABLISHED LANGUAGE %ACH OF THESE THINGS DEPENDS ON A COLOSSAL NUMBER OF FACTORS TO BE ALIGNED BEFORE IT CAN COME TRUE &OR INSTANCE THE EXAMPLES MENTIONED ABOVE ARE ONLY MADE POSSIBLE BY THE FACT THAT THE %ARTH LIVES IN THE FERTILE SEGMENT OF OUR SO LAR SYSTEM THE REGION WHERE THE EARTH NEITHER BOILS NOR FREEZES 4HE MODEL COMES IN A LONG LINE OF THEORIES ASSUMP TIONS AND STRAIGHT UP GUESSES IN THE lELD OF )4,/0774 )S 4HERE ,IFE /N /THER 0LAN ETS /R !RE 7E 7ASTING /UR 4IME 7HAT SETS THIS THEORY APART IS THAT IT IS BASED ON A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE THE COMPLEXITY OF IT AND THE THINGS WHICH ARE REQUIRED TO SUSTAIN IT 5LTIMATELY IT PUTS THE CHANCES OF INTELLIGENT LIFE OCCURRING OVER A FOUR BILLION YEAR TIME SPAN AT 7E CONSIDER OURSELVES LUCKY
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OFF THEIR COMPUTERS 4HEY SEEMED TO BE lRST PICKING ON THE !SIAN STUDENTS WHO WERE COMPLETELY CONFUSED BY WHAT WAS GOING ON v $UE TO PRINTING DEAD LINES 3ECURITY WERE UNABLE TO RESPOND TO #ONCRETE S ENQUIRIES IN TIME #ONCRETE ALSO CONTACTED THE ,IBRARY FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE IN CIDENT BUT THEY APPEARED TO KNOW NOTHING OF THE EVENTS
4ODD AS WELL AS BEING FORCED TO MISS HIS SHIFT ON 7EDNESDAY MORNING IN ORDER TO lNISH HIS DISSERTATION WAS LEFT ANGRY AND FRUSTRATED WITH 3ECURITY h) FOUND 3ECURITY S ACTIONS ABSOLUTELY INADMISSI BLE )T IS WEEK OF THE lNAL SEMESTER AND EVERY STUDENT HAS IMPORTANT ASSIGNMENTS TO SUBMIT AND DEADLINES TO MEET 3ECURITY WAS COMPLETE LY UNSYMPATHETIC TO OUR PRI
ORITIES AS STUDENTS 3ECURITY SHOULD HAVE RESPECTED THE )4 AREA AND PERHAPS POSTED AN OFlCER TO WATCH IT ) HAVE SEEN THEM POST MEMBERS OF THEIR STAFF ON OCCASIONS WHEN HELI COPTERS LAND IN FRONT OF .OR FOLK 4ERRACE )N THIS INSTANCE AND RELATING TO MY EXPERIENCE AS A 2ESIDENT 4UTOR ) SAW THIS INCIDENT AS COMPLETELY UNAC CEPTABLE
New  name  for  NU !NDY *UDSON $EPUTY %DITOR .ORWICH 5NION WILL SOON BE NO MORE AFTER ITS OWNER !VI VA DECIDED TO DITCH THE BRAND IN FAVOUR OF STRONGER hGLOBAL IMPACT v !VIVA A COMPANY WHO OPERATES OF ITS BUSINESS OUTSIDE THE 5+ WILL BRING .ORWICH 5NION INTO ITS OWN SINGLE CORPORATE IDENTITY OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS 7ITH .ORWICH 5NION BE ING ONE OF THE LARGEST EMPLOY ERS OF 5%! ALUMNI THERE ARE CONCERNS THAT BY DISASSOCIAT ING THE COMPANY FROM .OR WICH THE COMPANY MAY IN THE FUTURE BE MORE LIKELY TO MOVE JOBS FROM THE AREA !T PRESENT HOWEVER !VIVA HAVE MADE NO ANNOUNCEMENT SUG GESTING THIS WILL BE THE CASE .ORWICH 5NION WAS ES TABLISHED MORE THAN
YEARS AGO STARTING LIFE AS AN ORGANISATION PROVIDING lRE INSURANCE WITH ITS POLICY HOLDERS RECEIVING A SHARE OF PROlTS 3INCE THEN IT HAS GROWN INTO A LARGER INSURANCE GROUP WITH OVER EM PLOYEES 4O SOFTEN THE BLOW !VIVA HAS SIGNED TO BECOME THE NEW SPONSORS OF .ORWICH
Chocolate  is  good  for  you  4HE CLAIM THAT WOMEN NEED CHOCOLATE TO SURVIVE MAY SOON BE GIVEN SCIENTIlC CRE DENCE AS 5%! LAUNCHES AN EXPERIMENT TO STUDY WHETHER POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN SUFFERING DIABETES CAN LOWER THEIR RISK OF HEART DISEASE BY CONSUMING CHOCOLATE 6OLUNTEERS WILL @HAVE TO EAT A BAR OF CHOCOLATE EVERY DAY FOR A YEAR WITH THE AIM BEING TO STUDY WHETHER COM POUNDS CALLED mAVONOIDS WHICH ARE FOUND IN COCOA AND SOY BEANS MAY BE BEN ElCIAL TO HUMAN HEARTS 4HE RESULTS FROM THE EX PERIMENT ARE STILL A LONG WAY AWAY AND IN THE MEANTIME $R )AIN &RAME DIRECTOR OF RE SEARCH AT THE CHARITY $IABETES 5+ SAID h7E CERTAINLY DON T ADVISE PEOPLE TO START EATING A LOT OF CHOCOLATE AS IT IS VERY HIGH IN SUGAR AND FAT 7E WOULD ALWAYS RECOMMEND THAT PEOPLE WITH DIABETES EAT A DIET LOW IN FAT SALT AND SUGAR WITH PLENTY OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES v !LTHOUGH NORMAL CHOCO LATE DOES HAVE SOME mAVO NOIDS THE 5NIVERSITY HAS TO USE SPECIALLY FORMULATED BARS WHICH CONTAIN EXTRA mAVO NOIDS SO THAT THEY CAN MEAS URE THE RESULTS 4HE RESEARCH IS AIMED TO SPECIlCALLY AID OLDER WOMEN WHO ARE LIKELY TO SUFFER FROM HEART DISEASE SO 5%! S FEMALE STUDENTS SHOULD NOT USE THIS AS AN EXCUSE TO START GORGING ON 'ALAXY BARS
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4HE ,IBRARY WILL NOW BE OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT ON 3UNDAYS 4HIS EXTENSION TO THE NORMAL HOURS IS FOR THE EXAMINATION PERIOD 4HIS FOLLOWS THE RE CENT MOVE REPORTED IN #ON CRETE EARLIER IN THE SEMESTER BY THE ,IBRARY TO INCREASE ITS OPENING HOURS FOR MOST OF THE WEEK UNTIL MIDNIGHT .IGHTSHIFT AT THE ,IBRARY AS IT IS KNOWN IS PART OF A PI LOT PROJECT TO SEE HOW MUCH #ITY &OOTBALL #LUB FOR THE STUDENTS WILL USE EXTENDED NEXT THREE YEARS AFTER A DEAL OPENING HOURS 4HE !CADEMIC INVOLVING A SEVEN lGURE SUM /FlCER WELCOMED THE FURTHER )T IS BELIEVED THAT THIS DEAL EXTENSION OF OPENING HOURS SHOWS THAT !VIVA IS STILL COM h)T S IMPORTANT THAT STUDENTS MITTED TO THE .ORWICH AREA HAVE THE GREATEST POSSIBLE OP AND WILL MAINTAIN LINKS WITH PORTUNITY TO ACCESS MATERIALS THE CITY !VIVA REMAINS ONE OF FOR THEIR COURSE )T S GOOD TO THE CITY S LARGEST EMPLOYERS SEE THE LIBRARY PROVIDING THIS RESPONSIBLE FOR A SUBSTANTIAL ESPECIALLY IN THE LEAD UP TO PART OF THE LOCAL ECONOMY THE EXAM PERIOD v
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4HE LOCAL ELECTIONS WERE HELD ON -AY TO ELECT .ORWICH #ITY COUNCILLORS 4HIS YEAR A NUMBER OF STUDENTS WERE lELDED AS CANDIDATES BY THE 'REEN AND #ONSERVATIVE PAR TIES 4HE #ONSERVATIVE 3OCIETY 0RESIDENT AND 5NION 3OCIE TIES /FlCER 0AUL 7ELLS RAN IN 5NIVERSITY WARD AS DID !MADALINE 3TONE FOR THE 'REENS n NEITHER WERE SUC CESSFUL 2UTH -AKOFF RAN FOR THE 'REENS IN 7ENSUM WARD AND WON n BECOMING THE NEXT OF MANY 5%! ALUMNI TO ENTER LOCAL POLITICS 4HE #ONSERVATIVES lELD ED A FURTHER THREE STUDENT CANDIDATES IN WARDS AROUND THE CITY .IALL "AXTER FOUGHT A CLOSE RUN CAMPAIGN IN %ATON WARD -IKE 'ILLESPIE FOUGHT 7ENSUM AND -AT THEW $AVISON FOUGHT 4HORP (AMLET n ALL HOWEVER WERE UNSUCCESSFUL /VERALL THE ,ABOUR PAR TY LOST TWO SEATS AND GAINED TWO REMAINING UNCHANGED IN TOTAL THE 'REENS HAVE
/N -ONDAY TH -AY THE CONTROVERSIAL (UMAN &ERTILI SATION AND %MBRYOLOGY "ILL WILL RECEIVE ITS SECOND READING IN THE (OUSE OF #OMMONS $URING THIS PARTICULAR READING -0S WILL BE DEBATING SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE LEGISLATION SUCH AS SAVIOUR SIBLINGS ADMIXED EMBRYOS AND SUPPORTIVE PARENTING 4HE BILL HAS ATTRACTED AT TENTION AFTER THE #ATHOLIC #HURCH CONDEMNED IT AND #ATHOLIC LEADERS IN "RITAIN WERE ENCOURAGED TO ATTACK IT 4HIS OCCURRED AFTER THE 6ATICAN PRODUCED A NEW LIST OF SEVEN DEADLY SINS WHICH INCLUDED THE DESTRUCTION OF EMBRYOS 4HE BILL IS INCREDIBLY LARGE AND DETAILED MEANING THAT SPECIlC PARTS OF IT ARE ATTACKED AND NUMEROUS AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED )N PAR TICULAR #ATHOLICS DISLIKE IDE AS SUCH AS SAVIOUR SIBLINGS WHICH ALLOW PARENTS TO SELECT EMBRYOS WHO WILL BE A GENETIC MATCH FOR A SICK BROTHER OR SIS TER AND THUS ABLE TO OFFER PO TENTIALLY LIFE SAVING STEM CELL
GAINED THREE SEATS BECOM ING THE LARGEST OPPOSITION GROUP ON #ITY #OUNCIL 4HE #ONSERVATIVES GAINED TWO SEATS AND NOW HAVE lVE IN TOTAL 4HE ,IBERAL $EMO CRATS WERE THE BIG LOSERS OF THE DAY DROPPING lVE SEATS IN TOTAL WITH ONLY SIX SEATS NOW LEFT #ONCRETE SPOKE TO THE LEADERS OF THE #ONSERVATIVE AND ,ABOUR PARTIES ON CAM
PUS TO GARNER THEIR OPINIONS ON THESE ELECTIONS 0AUL 7ELLS SPEAKING AS THE #ON SERVATIVE 0RESIDENT SAID h)N .ORWICH WE HAVE MADE STRONG GAINS REMOVING THE ,ABOUR DEPUTY LEADER AND THEIR SPOKESMAN ON HOUS ING FROM THEIR SEATS WHILE ALSO BEATING ,ABOUR IN THE POPULAR VOTE IN THIS ROUND OF .ORWICH ELECTIONS AS WELL AS NATIONALLY v
*ON #LARK THE ,ABOUR 0RESIDENT SAID h$ESPITE THE NATIONAL TREND WE DID A FANTASTIC JOB IN .ORWICH AND ARE STILL LEADING THE #OUNCIL .ORWICH ,ABOUR 0ARTY RAN A CONlDENT AND SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN WHICH CONNECTED WITH RESIDENTS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES 7E ARE EX TREMELY POSITIVE THAT WE CAN GO FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH IN THE FUTURE v
DONATIONS 4HE USE OF EMBRYOS FOR THESE PURPOSES IS HEAVILY OP POSED BY #ATHOLICS DUE TO THEIR STRONG RELIGIOUS BELIEFS 4HEREFORE THEY HAVE STRONGLY PRESSED FOR -0S TO BE GIVEN A FREE VOTE ON THE BILL RATHER THAN HAVING TO FOLLOW THE VIEW OF THEIR POLITICAL PARTY 'IVEN THAT A NUMBER OF ,A BOUR -0S ARE #ATHOLIC THIS COULD CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF THE VOTE ! LARGE NUMBER OF ACA DEMICS HAVE CAMPAIGNED IN SUPPORT OF THE "ILL AS A REAC TION TO THE #ATHOLIC CHURCH S ACTIONS (OWEVER MANY OF THESE HAVE ALSO ASKED FOR A FREE VOTE BELIEVING THAT -0S DESERVE THE CHANCE TO SPEAK THEIR MIND 4HE (UMAN &ERTILISATION AND %MBRYOLOGY "ILL WAS CREATED TO BRING THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR FER TILITY TREATMENT AND EMBRYO RESEARCH IN LINE WITH SOME OF THE ADVANCES IN SCIENCE AND CHANGES IN ATTITUDES WE HAVE SEEN IN RECENT YEARS )T IS HOPED THAT IT WILL BE VITAL IN HELPING IN THE TREATMENT OF GENETIC DISEASES SUCH AS !LZHEIMER S AND 0ARKINSON S
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SAY FAR BETTER THAN #ONCRETE EVER COULD JUST WHAT SHE MEANT TO SO MANY PEOPLE
4HE 5NIVERSITY mAG WAS LOW ERED ON 4HURSDAY ST -AY IN REMEMBRANCE OF ,AURA 0EAR SON WHO PASSED AWAY SUD DENLY AT THE END OF !PRIL ,AURA WAS A THIRD YEAR STUDENT MUCH LOVED AROUND CAMPUS AND 0ROFESSOR *OHN 3TREET HEAD OF THE 3CHOOL OF 0OLITICAL 3OCIAL AND )NTER NATIONAL 3TUDIES IN WHICH ,AURA STUDIED PAID TRIBUTE TO THE YEAR OLD h,AURA 0EARSON WAS A TERRIlC STU DENT &OR THOSE WHO TAUGHT HER SHE WILL BE REMEM BERED FOR THE INFECTIOUS ENTHUSIASM SHE BROUGHT TO SEMINARS FOR HER THOUGHT FUL CONTRIBUTIONS AND FOR HER GENEROUS RESPONSE TO OTHERS 3HE WAS A TERRIlC STUDENT AND WAS LIKED BY ALL WHO ENCOUNTERED HER v &LOWERS AND CARDS HAVE BEEN LAID OUTSIDE THE #HAP LAINCY IN THE 3QUARE AND THESE MESSAGES FROM THOSE CLOSE TO ,AURA WILL NO DOUBT
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/N THE TH OF !PRIL ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED LECTURERS IN .!- SUDDENLY PASSED AWAY -RS 3UE (AR RY 3UE BEGAN HER NURSING CAREER IN WORKING IN A VARIETY OF SURGICAL WARDS BEFORE TAKING UP A 3ISTER S POST IN THE RENAL UNIT AT !DDENBROOKE S (OSPITAL #AMBRIDGE $URING THIS TIME 3UE BORE WITNESS TO MANY TECHNOLOGICAL AD VANCES IN TRANSPLANT CARE INCLUDING THE INTRODUCTION OF IMMUNOSUPPRESSANT THERAPY )N 3UE MOVED INTO NURSING EDUCATION TEACHING AT THE "ROADLAND 3CHOOL OF .URSING WHICH IN THEN BECAME THE 5%! S 3CHOOL OF .URSING AND -IDWIFERY .!- $URING HER CAREER 3UE MADE GREAT CONTRIBUTIONS TO NURSING EDUCATION SCHOLAR &LOWERS AND TRIBUTES HAVE BEEN PLACED OUTSIDE THE SHIP AND PRACTICE -ANY OF #HAPLAINCY ON CAMPUS 3UE S COLLEAGUES WILL MISS
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HER SUPPORTIVE SYMPATHETIC NATURE AND HER PHENOM ENAL KNOWLEDGE OF A VARI ETY OF SPECIALISMS INCLUDING DIABETES RENAL NURSING AND ANATOMY PHYSIOLOGY -ANY OF 3UE S STUDENTS WILL MISS HER AMAZING ABIL ITY TO BE BOTH PROFESSIONAL YET INCREDIBLY CARING AND SYMPATHETIC %VEN THROUGH HER RECENT ILLNESS 3UE MAIN TAINED HER DIGNITY AND HIGH STANDARDS 3HE HAD SUCH A PRESENCE IN THE LECTURE THEA TRE THAT IT WOULD BE SO QUIET YOU COULD HEAR A PIN DROP BUT THIS WASN T THROUGH FEAR IT WAS THROUGH RESPECT 3UE S ABILITY TO MAKE EVEN THE MOST DIFFICULT ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY UNDERSTANDABLE WILL BE MISSED BY US ALL 3HE SHOWED SUCH PASSION AND ENTHUSIASM FOR HER WIDE VARIETY OF TOPICS THAT SHE COULD ENGAGE US DURING THE MOST DIFFICULT LECTURE TIME AFTER LUNCH ON A &RIDAY n BELIEVE ME THAT IS NO MEAN FEAT 3UE HAD AN AMAZING
DEDICATION TO BOTH HER COL LEAGUES AND HER STUDENTS /NE OF 3UE S ROLES WITH IN .!- WAS AS A SENIOR AD VISOR n A ROLE SHE TOOK VERY SERIOUSLY 3UE APPROACHED ANY STUDENT ISSUE IN A PRO FESSIONAL YET CARING MANNER )F ANY OF 3UE S STUDENTS EX PERIENCED PROBLEMS EITHER PROFESSIONAL OR PERSONAL HER UNFAILING SUPPORT LET US KNOW HOW MUCH SHE CARED FOR ALL US 7E WILL MISS 3UE S DEDI CATION PROFESSIONALISM AND CONTRIBUTION TO NURSING WE WILL MISS HER CARING SYMPA THETIC NATURE AND HER AMAZ ING TEACHING ABILITY WE WERE THE PRIVILEGED ONES TO BE TAUGHT BY HER &UTURE STUDENTS WILL NO DOUBT BE AT A DISADVANTAGE HAVING NOT BEEN TAUGHT BY 3UE 3O THANK YOU 3UE FROM ALL STUDENT NURSES PAST AND PRESENT n YOU TAUGHT US WELL AND WE WILL ENSURE YOUR MEMORY LIVES ON BY BEING THE BEST NURSES WE CAN BE
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NEVER ASKED TO DISCLOSE YOUR DISABILITY OR DIFlCULTY IF YOU ARE UNCOMFORTABLE DOING SO HOWEVER IF YOU D LIKE TO THEN WE AIM TO lND YOU A CONTACT WHO HAS IS EXPERIENCING SIM ILAR DIFlCULTIES TO YOURSELF !&! WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE $EAN OF 3TUDENTS /FlCE $/3 ACTING AS A STUDENT CONSULTATIVE BODY FOR $/3 AND PROVIDING FURTHER SUP PORT AND ADVICE FROM A STU DENT PERSPECTIVE 7HILE $/3 CAN PROVIDE ACCESS TO LEARNING ENHANCEMENT STAFF DYSLEXIA STAFF A MENTAL HEALTH COORDI NATOR AND A DISABILITY COORDI NATOR TO NAME BUT A FEW !&! AS A SUPPORT GROUP AIM TO OF FER ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FROM A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE !&! ARE CURRENTLY PUTTING THE lNISHING TOUCHES TO THEIR WEBSITE WHICH WILL BE RUN IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE $EAN OF 3TUDENTS WEB PAGES 4HE
WEBSITE WILL INCLUDE RELEVANT AND UP TO DATE INFORMATION ON SOME OF THE DISABILITIES AND DIFlCULTIES EXPERIENCED BY STUDENTS AT THE 5NIVERSITY AND IT WILL SUGGEST POSSIBLE WAYS IN WHICH THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE CAN BE IMPROVED FOR SUCH STUDENTS )T IS HOPED THAT THIS WILL BECOME A VALU ABLE REFERENCE SOURCE FOR LEC TURERS AND ADVISERS AND WILL HELP IMPROVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES OF THESE PEOPLE TOWARDS STUDENTS WITH DISA BILITY OR A LEARNING DIFlCULTY 4HERE WILL ALSO BE INFOR MATION ON WHAT TO DO IF YOU NEED HELP OUTSIDE OF $/3 OPENING TIMES INCLUDING LINKS TO USEFUL WEBSITES AND DOWNLOADABLE HELP SHEETS FOR ALL MANNER OF PROBLEMS FROM @7HAT TO DO IF YOU THINK YOU MAY BE DYSLEXIC TO @4RIED AND TESTED DISABLED AC CESS ROUTES
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A taxing time for the Government (ANNAH / 'RADY /PINIONS 7RITER !FTER A DECADE OF "LAIR MANY HOPED THAT 'ORDON "ROWN WOULD PROVIDE THE LEFT OF CENTRE LEADERSHIP THAT WAS EAGERLY ANTICIPATED AFTER THE ,ABOUR LANDSLIDE 3O LAST WEEK IT WAS A HUGE DISAP POINTMENT TO HEAR 4ORY -0S CRITICISING ,ABOUR FOR MIS TREATING THE POOREST MEM BERS OF SOCIETY 4HIS IS THE RESULT OF WHAT HAS BECOME KNOWN AS THE P TAX DEBACLE )MPLE MENTED IN !PRIL WHEN "ROWN WAS #HANCELLOR THE P BAND MEANT THAT THE lRST a OF EVERYONE S SALARY WAS TAXED AT JUST P 4HIS SUBSTANTIALLY BENElTED LOW PAID WORKERS BUT ALSO HELPED THOSE WHO WERE LESS IN NEED AS THE RATE WAS IN DISCRIMINATE 4HUS THE GOV ERNMENT WANTED TO RELY ON
THE MORE TARGETED TAX CREDITS (OWEVER WHILE THESE CREDITS HELP KEY GROUPS IN SOCIETY SUCH AS LOW EARNING FAMI LIES THERE ARE SEVERAL GROUPS WHICH HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY
h4HE ABOLITION OF THE RATE WILL LEAVE SOME OF THE POOREST PEOPLE IN "RITAIN WORSE OFF 4HE @LOSERS INCLUDE VULNERABLE GROUPS SUCH AS PENSIONERSv OVERLOOKED 4HIS SPARKED A BACKBENCH REBELLION 4HE GOVERNMENT HAD TO RETHINK ITS POSITION AS A REBEL AMENDMENT AGAINST
THE ABOLITION OF THE P RATE WAS BACKED BY OVER ,A BOUR -0S ENOUGH TO DEFEAT THE GOVERNMENT $AVID #AMERON DESCRIBED THE GOVERNMENT CONCESSIONS AS A hHUMILIATING CLIMB DOWNv 9ET WHEN "ROWN lRST TOOK UP THE POST OF 0RIME -INISTER HE WAS CRITICISED FOR HIS AUTHORITARIAN STYLE /B VIOUSLY THE SO CALLED 5 TURN IS HIGHLY SUSPECT GIVEN LAST WEEK S ELECTION .EVERTHE LESS PERHAPS WE SHOULD NOT BE QUITE SO CRITICAL OF A LEADER WHO IS WILLING TO LISTEN TO MEMBERS OF HIS PARTY AND THE PUBLIC AND REFORM A DEEPLY UNPOPULAR POLICY (OWEVER DESPITE THE LOWERING OF THE BASIC RATE OF TAX FROM P TO P THE ABO LITION OF THE RATE WILL LEAVE SOME OF THE POOREST PEOPLE IN "RITAIN WORSE OFF 4HE LOS ERS INCLUDE VULNERABLE GROUPS SUCH AS PENSIONERS 'IVEN
THE CLIMATE OF HIGHER FOOD PRICES AND ENERGY BILLS AND THE DOWNTURN IN THE ECONO MY SUCH GROUPS COULD lND THEMSELVES IN A DIFlCULT POSI TION MAKING IT ALL THE MORE DISTURBING THAT A ,ABOUR GOV ERNMENT SHOULD INTRODUCE MEASURES WHICH DISADVAN TAGE THE POOR 7OULD IT NOT HAVE BEEN MORE IN LINE WITH LEFT WING THINKING WHICH ,ABOUR PURPORTS TO REPRE SENT TO INCREASE THE TAX RATE FOR HIGHER EARNERS OR NON DOMICILES *UST P EXTRA ON THE HIGHEST RATE OF TAX WOULD RAISE SUFlCIENT FUNDS TO COVER THE P BAND AND REPRESENT A SIGNIlCANT REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH WHICH MANY BELIEVE SHOULD BE A CENTRAL AIM OF THE GOVERNMENT )F HOWEVER YOU HAVE NO INTEREST IN DEFENDING THE RIGHTS OF THE POOREST AND MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY THERE IS ALSO A
PURELY SELlSH REASON TO OP POSE THE ABOLITION OF THE P RATE FOR THE AVERAGE STUDENT 7HILE MANY OF THE GROUPS AF FECTED SUCH AS FAMILIES AND PENSIONERS OVER ARE COM
h"ROWN OPENLY ADMITTED LAST WEEK THAT YOUNG WORKERS ON LOW INCOMES COMPRISED ONE OF THE GROUPS THAT HAD BEEN OVERLOOKEDv PENSATED THROUGH TAX CREDITS THE CHILDLESS UNDER S ARE ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT GROUPS LACKING ANY COMPENSATORY MEASURES !FTER GRADUATION WHICH FOR SOME OF US IS TERRI FYINGLY SOON IF YOUR STARTING
SALARY IS LESS THAN a PER ANNUM YOU WILL LOSE OUT ON THE TAX CUT -AKING YOU WORSE OFF IN REAL TERMS "ROWN OPENLY ADMITTED LAST WEEK THAT YOUNG WORKERS ON LOW INCOMES COMPRISED ONE OF THE GROUPS THAT HAD BEEN OVERLOOKED 4HE HOPE IS THAT WHILE THE P TAX RATE WILL NOT BE REINSTATED GROUPS THAT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR TAX CREDITS WILL BE COMPENSATED BEFORE THE NEXT BUDGET "ACKBENCH -0S ARE PUSHING FOR THESE COMPENSATIONS TO BE BACK DATED WHICH THE GOVERN MENT HAS INDICATED IT WILL DO 0ERHAPS THIS OVERSIGHT IS FORGIVABLE "UT WHAT IS MORE WORRYING IS ,ABOUR S ATTEMPT TO POSE AS A TAX CUTTING PARTY WHEN THEY SHOULD BE MAKING THE ARGUMENT FOR A HIGHER TAX HIGH SPEND APPROACH TO GOVERNING
Talk The Talk )N THE LAST 4ALK THE 4ALK OUR /PINIONS %DITORS %MMELINE 3AUNDERS AND !NDY *ONES REmECT ON THEIR lNAL YEAR AT 5%! %MMELINE 3AUNDERS /PINIONS %DITOR !LLOW ME A FEW MOMENTS TO REINFORCE ALL THE STEREOTYPES YOU VE HEARD ABOUT A WOM AN S RELATIONSHIP WITH HER SHOES -Y SHOES HAVE BEEN SEMINAL TO MY STATE OF MIND AT UNIVERSITY ADMITTEDLY NOT ALWAYS THE MOST SOBER OF STATES 7ITHOUT MY SHOE COLLECTION MY TIME AT 5%! WOULD HAVE BEEN DULLER LESS SPARKLY AND A HELL OF A LOT BET TER FOR MY FEET -Y SHOES HAVE LITERALLY CARRIED ME THROUGH THE LAST THREE YEARS LIKE THE TIME WHEN AFTER A PARTICULARLY DRUNKEN NIGHT AT 0O .A .A MY HOUSEMATES CELLO TAPED MY PAIR OF GLITTERY SILVER HEELS TO OUR LIVING ROOM WALL SO THEY D BE hEEASHHIER TO lNDv IN THE MORNING 4HEN THERE WERE THE COUNTLESS NUMBER OF TIMES IN VARIOUS CLUBS WHERE MY SHOES HAVE GONE MISSING FOR HOURS FOLLOWING A @BALLET PERFORMANCE TO THE AMUSE MENT OF ELDERLY .ORWICH RESI DENTS 4HE TIMES MY FOOTWEAR
HAVE TOTTERED ME DOWN TO THE LAKE ONLY TO DISCOVER IT HAS BEEN RAINING AND THE GRASS HAS TURNED INTO BOGGY MARSH
h-Y SHOES HAVE LITERALLY CARRIED ME THROUGH THE LAST THREE YEARS LIKE WHEN MY HOUSEMATES CELLO TAPED MY PAIR OF GLITTERY SILVER HEELS TO OUR LIVING ROOM WALL SO THEY D BE hEEASHHIER TO lNDv LAND ON WHICH FRIENDS ARE AT TEMPTING TO START A BARBEQUE USING A CAN OF DEODORANT AND A NEWLY DISCOVERED LIGHTER 2OUSSEAU ONCE ARGUED THAT FOR A SOCIETY TO BE MORAL IT WOULD HAVE TO SHED ALL OF THE TRINKETS AND UNNECESSARY LUXURIES THAT ENSLAVE MEN AND CORRUPT HUMAN MORALITY ,UCKILY HE HAD NO SUCH AD VICE FOR WOMEN SO THOSE OF
US WITH A SMALL SOFT SPOT FOR *EAN *ACQUES CAN WALTZ AWAY TO OUR HEART S CONTENT IN THE NEWEST PAIR OF 4OPSHOP S SKYSCRAPERS WHILST REMAINING TRUE TO OUR @MORAL HUMAN NATURE !T LEAST THAT S WHAT ) THINK 2OUSSEAU WAS TRYING TO SAY ) MAY BE PARAPHRASING SLIGHTLY 3O GOODBYE THEN STICKY ,#2 mOOR RUINATION OF PAT ENT LEATHER CREAM SIX INCH ERS FAREWELL 0RINCE OF 7ALES 2OAD WITH YOUR NEEDLESSLY STEEP INCLINE GOODBYE COB BLED STREETS OF .ORWICH WHICH ALWAYS CRIPPLES THE MOST HARDENED OF HEEL WEAR ERS )F THE ONLY THINGS ) TAKE AWAY FROM UNIVERSITY ARE NUMEROUS lLES FULL OF DOG EARED LECTURE NOTES A VAGUE INKLING OF HOW THE ECONOMY WORKS AND A LARGE COLLECTION OF BEER SPATTERED FOOTWEAR ) THINK ) LL BE QUITE HAPPY "ECAUSE THESE SHOES ARE MADE FOR WALKING AND THAT S JUST WHAT THEY LL DO /NE OF THESE DAYS ARE GOING TO WALK ALL OVER 7HO KNOWS
!NDY *ONES /PINIONS %DITOR 7HEN ) BEGAN MY CAREER AT THIS PAPER ) WROTE A COLUMN ASKING WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO STUDENT RADICALISM ) NOW FEEL ON THE BRINK OF LEAVING THE PAPER THAT ) AM IN A POSI TION TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION %SSENTIALLY WHAT IS THERE TO BE RADICAL ABOUT !S ) STROLLED ACROSS THE 3QUARE SOAKING UP THE SUN AND WATCHING PEOPLE DOWN THEIR PLASTIC GLASSES OF COLD CIDER ) REALISED SOMETHING WHICH ) FEEL WAS QUITE PRO FOUND !S MUCH AS EVERYONE ROMANTICISES THE GREAT STU DENT MOVEMENTS OF THE PAST THEY HAPPENED FOR A REASON THINGS WERE RUBBISH 4HERE WAS A REASON WHY SO MANY STUDENTS COULD BE BOTHERED TO GET OUT AND PROTEST BECAUSE THERE WAS VERY LITTLE RIGHT WITH THE WAY THINGS WERE )N THE S RACISM SEX ISM AND HOMOPHOBIA WERE JUST ACCEPTED AS CULTURAL NORMS THEY HAD PERMEATED EVERY FACET OF SOCIETY 4HERE WERE PLENTY OF GROUPS IN SOCI
ETY THAT WERE EXTREMELY MAR GINALISED WITH VERY LITTLE STAKE IN SOCIETY !DD TO THIS THE FACT THAT A UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
h5NTIL PEOPLE ACTUALLY SEE POLAR BEARS IN SOMBREROS SIPPING PINA COLADAS THE MASS MOVEMENT NECESSARY FOR ADVOCATING CHANGE WILL NOT HAPPENh WAS FREE MEANING THAT THERE WERE PLENTY OF GROUPS WITH A PLETHORA OF GRIEVANCES AND VERY LITTLE TO LOSE !S ALWAYS THIS SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES LED TO A STATE OF RADICALISM WITH THE SLIGHTEST ISSUE ABLE TO MANIFEST ITSELF INTO A PROTEST WITH A STORM OF RIGHTEOUS IN DIGNATION &AST FORWARD FORTY YEARS AND WHAT ARE THE BIG IS SUES THAT STUDENTS CAMPAIGN OVER %NDING CLIMATE CHANGE ERADICATING 4HIRD 7ORLD POV
ERTY AND SUPPORTING (UGO #HAVEZ 4WO OUT OF THE THREE ARE WORTHY CAUSES BUT THEY ARE NEVER GOING TO RADICAL ISE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO FORM A CRITICAL MASS 4HESE ISSUES ARE SIMPLY NOT IMMEDIATE ENOUGH TO MAKE PEOPLE FORGO THEIR COMFORTABLE AFTERNOON IN THE SUN 3AY WHAT YOU LIKE ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE DESTROYING THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT HUMANS ARE REACTIVE BEINGS AND UNTIL PEOPLE ACTU ALLY SEE POLAR BEARS IN SOM BREROS SIPPING PINA COLADAS THE MASS MOVEMENT NECES SARY FOR ADVOCATING CHANGE WILL NOT HAPPEN 4HIS IS ALL VERY WELL AND OBVIOUS ) THINK MOST PEOPLE REALISE THAT A MORE AFmUENT SOCIETY LEADS TO A REDUCTION IN RADICALISM BUT WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE STUDENT MOVEMENT )T MEANS IT CAN CONTINUE TO BE COMPLETELY INEFFECTUAL BECAUSE NO ONE IS LISTENING .O ONE CARES WHAT THE HANDFUL OF MIDDLE CLASS WHITE KIDS WHO MAKE UP THE .53 THINK AND ALL THEY NEED TO DO IS STICK AROUND UNTIL THEY ARE NEEDED AGAIN
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St George’s day -ARCUS +EELEY /PINIONS 7RITER *UST RECENTLY IT WAS 3T 'EORGE S $AY RD !PRIL ) HADN T ACTUALLY REALISED THIS UNTIL IT HAD PASSED )T SURPRISED ME THAT IT HAD GONE ALMOST WITH OUT INCIDENT A FEW BUSES WERE A NUMBER OF MINUTES LATE AND IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO RAIN BUT IT DIDN T 7HICH SEEMED TO SPUR ON THE %NGLISH FOLK AROUND ME MORE THAN THE CELEBRATION OF THEIR COUNTRY S PATRON SAINT -AYBE IT IS BECAUSE THE STORY OF 3T 'EORGE IS LET S FACE IT A LITTLE MORE THAN LIBERAL WITH THE TRUTH 4HE STORY OF 3T 0ATRICK MY COUNTRY S PATRON
SAINT IS ALSO LESS THAN BELIEV ABLE TOO DRIVING OUT ALL THE SNAKES IN )RELAND 7E CELEBRATE THIS PIECE OF FAKE HISTORY BY GETTING ABSOLUTELY WRECKED ) D LIKE TO THINK THAT IF WE LIVED IN A FAIRER UNIVERSE SOME GUY WHO SLAYS A DRAGON SINGLE HANDEDLY ON HORSEBACK WITH A ENORMOUS SPEAR IS MORE LIKELY TO BE BOUGHT A ROUND OF DRINKS THAN SOME OTHER GUY WITH A BIG HAT AND A STICK WHO HERDED LOADS OF REP TILES ) MEAN THEORETICALLY THEY RE BOTH VERY TALENTED GENTLEMEN INDEED BUT ALSO THEORETICALLY IF THEY WERE ON SAY A TALENT SHOW YOU KNOW WHO YOU D VOTE FOR ,ET S SAY
THEY WERE ALL LINED UP THERE WOULD BE 'EORGE 0ATRICK *OAN OF !RC PATRON SAINT OF &RANCE 3T !NDREW PATRON
h4HE STORY OF 3T 'EORGE IS LET S FACE IT A LITTLE MORE THAN LIBERAL WITH THE TRUTHh SAINT OF 3COTLAND AND JUST TO BE NICE 3T $AVID PATRON SAINT OF 7ALES &IRST OF ALL ) D SAY THAT !NDREW WOULD BE OUT SIM PLY BECAUSE HE DIDN T SEEM
TO DO ANYTHING APART FROM BEING CRUCIlED WHICH ISN T REALLY ALL THAT FASHIONABLE THESE DAYS 4HEN THERE S *OAN WHO SPENT MOST OF HER TIME THUN DERING AROUND ON HORSEBACK AND COMMANDING &RANCE S ENTIRE ARMY IT MUST HAVE BEEN A DIFlCULT TASK FOR A WOMAN TO TELL ABOUT A DOZEN MEN WHAT TO DO /THER INTER ESTS INCLUDED STABBING PEOPLE AND SEEING VISIONS OF *ESUS 3HE S DElNITELY UP FOR BOTH THE TEENAGE BOY VOTE AND THE FOAMING AT THE MOUTH FEMI NIST VOTE (OWEVER IF ) KNOW MY TALENT SHOWS LIKE ) WISH ) DIDN T THEN SHE D BE BOOTED
OUT OF THE CONTEST THANKS TO OVERWHELMING XENOPHOBIC VOTES AGAINST HER DUE TO WHAT ) LIKE TO CALL @%UROVISION 3YN DROME 4HEN IT S DOWN TO 'EORGE AND 0ATRICK 3O IT S NOT MUCH OF A CONTEST REALLY )F YOU THINK ABOUT IT YOU COULD PROBABLY LIVE WITH SNAKES IF YOU REALLY HAD TO THE SENSELESS PEOPLE OF !USTRALIA MANAGE "UT A DRAGON ,ET S JUST SAY THAT THE BUS YOU WERE PISSED OFF AT FOR BEING A COUPLE OF MIN UTES LATE ON 3T 'EORGE S $AY WOULD IF IT WEREN T FOR HIM HAVE PROBABLY ARRIVED ON lRE )N WHICH CASE YOU D BE QUITE THANKFUL THAT IT CHUCKS IT DOWN EVERY OTHER DAY
The end of an era !LICE 3AGGERS /PINIONS 7RITER !S A THIRD YEAR YOU HAVE PROB ABLY ALREADY ATTENDED YOUR LAST EVER SEMINAR HANDED IN YOUR lNAL PIECE OF COURSE WORK AND ARE NOW EMBARK ING ON THAT LAST ODIOUS LEG OF THE JOURNEY CULMINATING IN A mURRY OF EXAMS AND EVENTUALLY AND HOPEFULLY GRADUATION 0OSSIBLY YOU ARE STEEL ING YOURSELF FOR THE MOMENT WHEN YOU HAVE TO DISCARD YOUR FAVOURITE 5%! HOODY AND BATTERED CONVERSE IN FA VOUR OF A STYLISH WARDROBE OF TAILORED WORK WEAR SEPARATES /R PERHAPS YOU WILL TAKE THE BUM ROUTE mEEING TO THE COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE
OF YOUR CHILDHOOD HOME AWAITING THAT LIGHT BULB MO MENT WHEN ALL OF YOUR HOPES DREAMS AND CAREERS ASPIRA TIONS WILL BE CONSOLIDATED INTO A NEATLY PACKAGED PERFECT JOB WHICH WILL ARRIVE THROUGH THE POST BOX IN A GLOWING ENVELOPE OR IN THE FORM OF A GOLDEN TICKET WHICH WILL mUT TER TO THE GROUND FROM INSIDE YOUR CHOCOLATE BAR 7ILLIE 7ONKA STYLE )NCREASINGLY STUDENTS ARE BEING FORCED TO REALISE THAT NORMAL LIFE RESUMES AFTER UNI THOSE THREE FANTASTIC YEARS SPENT GOING OUT EVERY SINGLE NIGHT DRINKING YOURSELF INTO A SUITABLY COMATOSE STATE AND EMERGING AT TWELVE O CLOCK THE FOLLOWING DAY POSSIBLY
IN TIME TO DRAG YOUR HUNG OVER DISHEVELLED BODY TO THE LAST HALF HOUR OF YOUR LECTURE THESE ARE BUT A BRIEF INTERLUDE A MERE CHAPTER IN YOUR BOOK OF LIFE ALBEIT A MOST ENJOY ABLE EXCESSIVE AND IDLE ONE 5NFORTUNATELY AS A FRESH LY EMERGED GRADUATE YOU WILL BE EDUCATED INTO SOME HARSH AND HORRIBLE HOME TRUTHS COUNCIL TAX IS UNAVOIDABLE UNWASHED HAIR AND LACK OF HYGIENE IS UNACCEPTABLE AND 4OPSHOP WILL NO LONGER GIVE YOU OFF "UT STALL YOUR TEARS ) WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST SOME THING WHICH MAY BE SHOCKING AT lRST ) DON T THINK UNIVER SITY IS THE PINNACLE OF YOUR LIFE )T IS AN IMPORTANT STAGE OF
GROWTH PROVIDING YOU WITH VALUABLE LIFE KNOWLEDGE AND HOPEFULLY A RELATIVELY USEFUL DEGREE 9OU GAIN A BUNCH OF GREAT FRIENDS ACQUAINTANCES AN ACTIVE SOCIAL LIFE AND AN EXTENSIVE WARDROBE OF FANCY DRESS PARAPHERNALIA TO BOOT (OWEVER ) TRULY BELIEVE IT IS A STEPPING STONE ON THE PATH TO BIGGER AND GREATER THINGS 4HOSE THREE YEARS HAVE ENABLED YOU TO ACCESS THE WORLD OF PROFESSIONAL WORK GIVEN YOU REASON TO EXPECT TO EARN AN AVERAGE OF a EXTRA OVER YOUR LIFETIME THAN IF YOU D LEFT AFTER YOUR ! LEVELS (AVING A REGULAR INCOME WILL OPEN UP A WHOLE NEW WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES FORMALLY BARRED TO US PENNILESS STUDENTS 9OU
CAN PLAN EXOTIC HOLIDAYS START SAVING FOR YOUR DREAM HOUSE GO SHOPPING REPLACE AGGRA VATING BUS JOURNEYS WITH YOUR VERY OWN CAR AND RELISH THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE WINE THAT IS OVER a "EST OF ALL YOU CAN RECLAIM YOUR FREE TIME QUOTA WITHOUT BEING RIDDLED WITH GUILT FOR NOT CONTINUING WITH AN ESSAY OR READING 4HERE IS A SAYING THAT GOES h5NIVERSITY IS THE BEST TIME OF YOUR LIFE BUT THE BETTER TIMES COME AFTER v 4HEREFORE ) URGE YOU TO ESCAPE THE STUFFY CONlNES OF THIS 3IXTIES CONCRETE JUNGLE TAKE A BREATH OF FRESH AIR AND GRASP HOLD OF LIFE WITH BOTH HANDS
,AST NIGHT ) HAD PAID TWICE FOR ENTRY TO A CLUB ) DIDN T PARTIC ULARLY WANT TO GO TO IN THE lRST PLACE ) WAS THROWN OUT lRST BY A BOUNCER WHO WOULDN T LET ME RE ENTER VIA THE lRE EXIT ) HAD ESCAPED THROUGH 4HE SAME BOUNCER TRIED TO RELIEVE ME OF MY DRINK BUT ) MANAGED TO HOLD HIM AT BAY WHILST SHOUTING h) PAID FOR THIS GODDAMN IT ) M AN UN DERGRADUATE OF %NGLISH v 'OD KNOWS WHAT HE WAS THINKING BUT NEEDLESS TO SAY ) KEPT THE DRINK AND THE GLASS WHICH ) PROMPTLY SMASHED 4HIS WAS A CLASSIC AFlRMA TION OF EVERYTHING ) HATE ABOUT CLUBS IN PARTICULAR BOUNCERS /NCE AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE THERE WAS AN ARGUMENT ABOUT WHETHER ) WAS TO PAY !'!). FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF EXPENSIVE DRINKS AND ) WAS TOLD TO STOP ACTING SO EDUCATED WHEN ) ASKED ANOTHER DOORMAN TO NOT TAKE ME UP ON THE TECHNI CALITIES OF MY SENTENCE STRUC TURE ) CAN T REMEMBER WHAT ) SAID BUT NO DOUBT IT WAS NONSENSE RAVINGS ) GOT BACK IN OF COURSE BY PAYING THE ENTRANCE FEE AGAIN IT S SURPRISING HOW INTEGRITY DISAPPEARS WHEN DEPRIVED OF INTOXICANTS FOR ANY AMOUNT OF TIME (OWEVER ) THEN HAD TO SPEND THE NEXT HOUR AVOIDING THE lRST BOUNCER WHO WOULD NO DOUBT RECOGNISE ME 4HIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED AND NOW ) WAS OUTSIDE ONCE MORE WITH NO ENERGY LEFT FOR THESE PEOPLE 7HAT WAS THE MEANING OF THIS ) WAS DRUNK SMASHED BOMBED BUT AT THE SAME TIME ) WAS ASHAMED .OT ASHAMED BECAUSE IN MY HEAD ) HAD SPENT THE NIGHT SCREWING THESE BOUNCERS OVER BUT ASHAMED BECAUSE OF COURSE ) WOULD DO IT AGAIN 4HE ONLY WAY ) CONSOLE MYSELF IS BY CONVINCING MY SELF ) VE LEARNED SOMETHING FROM THIS "UT WHO KNOWS -AYBE ) HAVE MAYBE ) SHOULD BE THANKING ALL THESE PEOPLE 4HAT S IT CONVINCE YOURSELF THAT YOU RE NOT A PRODUCT OF THIS COUNTRY CONVINCE YOUR SELF THAT YOU RE NOT CONTRIBUT ING TO THE FOUL STENCH OF THIS NATION OF ABUSERS
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Moving  to  the  big  smoke 5%! GRADUATE AND EX 5NION &INANCE /FlCER "EN 7ILLIAMS MOVED TO ,ONDON AFTER HE lNISHED HIS DEGREE (E FOUND THE MOVE STRESSFUL AND TOOK NEARLY A YEAR TO lND HIS FEET .OW HE TELLS -ARCUS *ONES ABOUT 'RADUATE -OVE AN ENTERPRISE INTENT ON MAKING YOUR TRANSITION TO ,ONDON LIFE THAT LITTLE BIT EASIER
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OVING HOUSE AND TRYING TO lND A JOB ARE TWO OF THE MOST STRESS FUL THINGS YOU CAN DO IN LIFE WHICH BEGS THE QUESTION WHY GRADUATES ON THE BACK OF THREE YEARS OF THE GOOD LIFE OFTEN CHOOSE TO DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME 4HOSE WITH A ,ONDON CENTRIC VIEW ON LIFE WOULD PROBABLY CLAIM THAT IT IS SIGNIlCANTLY MORE PROB LEMATIC TO DO BOTH THESE THINGS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF OUR NA TION S CAPITAL AND ALTHOUGH #ON CRETE WILL NOT BE COMMENTING ON THAT PARTICULAR THEORY THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT A HELPING HAND WOULD PROBABLY BE GRATEFULLY RECEIVED BY THOSE JOB HUNTING AND HOUSE SEEK ING GRADUATES 4HIS IS WHAT 'RADUATE -OVE SEEKS TO ACHIEVE )T IS THE BRAIN CHILD OF EX 5%! STUDENT "EN 7IL LIAMS WHO EXPLAINED THE PHILOSO PHY BEHIND THE COMPANY h4HE IDEA BEHIND 'RADUATE -OVE IS TO ALLEVIATE THE OFTEN QUOTED STRESS THAT lNISHING UNI lNDING A JOB
*OURNEY SOUTH MANY 5%! STUDENTS DECIDE TO SEEK FAME AND FORTUNE IN ,ONDON AFTER THEIR GRADUATION
AND MOVING HOUSE IN SUCH A SHORT SPACE OF TIME CAN LEAD TO WHICH IS TOTALLY UNNECESSARY IF EITHER YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING OR SOMEONE WITH EXPERIENCE IS THERE TO HELP v 4HE RELOCATION AGENCY STARTED LIFE AFTER "EN S OWN MOVE TO ,ON DON (E FELT IT TOOK NEARLY A YEAR FOR HIM TO FEEL COMFORTABLE AND TO GET SOME IDEA OF THE SURROUND ING AREAS AND WHERE EVERYTHING LAY IN RELATION TO HIS HUMBLE ABODE &OLLOWING A BIT OF RESEARCH HE ALSO DISCOVERED THAT HE WAS PAYING AROUND a PER MONTH MORE FOR SAID HUMBLE ABODE THAN HE NEED ED TO AND SO FROM ALL OF THIS CAME HIS %UREKA MOMENT h) THOUGHT TO MYSELF THERE MUST BE A BETTER WAY FROM WHAT ) COULD lND THERE DOESN T SEEM TO BE THAT MUCH SUPPORT FOR GRADU ATES LOOKING TO MOVE TO ,ONDON WHO HAVE HAD NO PREVIOUS CON NECTIONS THERE v 'RADUATE -OVE ASKS GRADUATES TO lLL OUT A FACT lNDING QUESTION NAIRE WHICH ALLOWS EACH PERSON TO RATE THE IMPORTANCE OF VARIOUS FAC
TORS IN THEIR LIFE COST OF RENT TRAVEL TIME TO WORK AVAILABILITY OF SPORTS FACILITIES IN THE SURROUNDING AREA NIGHTLIFE SHOPPING CENTRES ETC h7E LL LOOK TO DO THE HARD WORK OF lNDING THE MOST SUITABLE HOUSES TO RENT ON THE MARKETv SAYS "EN hTHEN TRY AND NEGOTIATE THE BEST DEALS FOR THE GRADUATES WE REPRE SENT AND FOR a PER PERSON YOU WILL BE PROVIDED WITH BETWEEN lVE AND TEN HOUSING OPTIONS 7E OFFER THE SERVICE FOR GROUPS OF GRADUATES WHO KNOW WHO THEY WANT TO LIVE WITH AND ALSO TO INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO SHARE BUT DON T KNOW ANY ONE v %FFECTIVELY 'RADUATE -OVE DOES FOR GRADUATES WHAT A DATING AGENCY DOES FOR SINGLETONS n TRIES TO lND THE PERFECT MATCH 3O IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT MOVING TO ,ONDON IF ONLY TO WITNESS lRST HAND THE MAYHEM OF "ORIS *OHN SON ATTEMPTING TO RUN THE PLACE THEN A 5%! ALUMNI MAY JUST BE ABLE TO HELP EASE THE PAIN *  See  page  16  for  Graduate  Move  advert
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Best  Internet-Âbased  timewaster %VERYONE S FAVOURITE SOCIAL NETWORK SITE HAS RECEIVED A LOT OF ABUSE FOR THE MILLIONS OF APPLICATIONS &ACEBOOK SEEMS TO NOW OFFER AND YET ONE OF THESE HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR IT SEEMS ALMOST DOUBLING THE AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT ON THE )NTERNET 4IME WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN SPENT WRITING ESSAYS READING BOOKS OR WORKING OUT DElNITE PROOF FOR THE EXISTENCE OF 'OD 4HE 3CRABULOUS APPLICATION WHICH LETS STUDENTS PLAY 3CRABBLE ACROSS COMPUTERS HAS COME OUT OF NOWHERE AND A DISTURBING NUMBER NOW PLAY IT EVEN THOSE WHO DON T LIKE 3CRABBLE 0ERHAPS 3CRABULOUS S POPULARITY IN THESE PARTS IS DUE TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF WORDSMITHS AT 5%!
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Best  election  gimmick 4HE 3TUDENT 5NION ELECTIONS MEAN MANY THINGS TO MANY PEOPLE n FOR A FEW SELECT PEOPLE IT MEANS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A JOB AND UNEMPLOY MENT &OR A MUCH LARGER GROUP IT MEANS FREE SWEETS AND ENTERTAINMENT )T TRULY IS A PLEASURE TO SEE MANY CANDIDATES mEX THEIR CREATIVE MUSCLES TO TRY AND WIN OUR VOTE SO .IALL "AXTER IN HIS UNSUCCESSFUL BID TO BECOME &I NANCE /FlCER DESERVES THIS AWARD FOR HIS INSPIRED PUBLIC BAGPIPE DISPLAY 4RADITIONALLY AN IRRITATING INSTRUMENT IT WAS QUITE A SHOCK TO SEE SOMEONE WILLING TO HUMILIATE THEMSELVES IN SUCH A WAY JUST TO WIN SOME VOTES
Best  moment  of  mass  hysteria /N THE TH OF &EBRUARY AT ONE O CLOCK IN THE MORNING 5%! STUDENTS WERE RUDELY AWAK ENED FROM THEIR MUCH NEEDED BEAUTY SLEEP AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE BROUGHT MUCH OF THE NATION TO ITS KNEES $ESPITE THE FACT THAT THE TOTAL DAMAGE OF THE EARTHQUAKE CONSISTED OF SEVERAL SMASHED PLANT POTS ONE UNSTABLE CHIMNEY AND AN UNLUCKILY POSITIONED PIGEON IN ONLY ONE HOUR INTERNET GROUPS WERE FORMED TO COMMEMORATE THE EVENT 4HE NEXT MORNING STUDENTS HUDDLED OVER COFFEE DEBATING THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT AND WHETHER THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE END TIMES 4RULY NO ONE CAN APPRECIATE A DISASTER BETTER THAN THE "RITISH PUBLIC
Worst  incident  involving  a  First  Bus ,ET S FACE IT THERE ARE FEW STUDENTS WHO LIKE THE BUS SERVICE HERE IN .ORWICH WHICH IS FAMOUS FOR BEING UNRELIABLE "UT THE WORST THING THAT HAPPENED ON A BUS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH A COMPANY n INSTEAD ONE NIGHT A BUS WAS UNFORTUNATE ENOUGH TO RECEIVE A STONE THROUGH ITS WINDOW WHILE TURNING ONTO 3OUTH 0ARK !VENUE OBVIOUSLY SCARING THE PEOPLE INSIDE &ORTUNATELY INJURIES WERE MINIMAL AND THE YOUNG SCALLYWAGS RESPONSIBLE WERE PROMPTLY GIVEN A SERIOUS TICKING OFF BY THE FUZZ 7HY THEY DECIDED TO ATTACK A BUS IN THIS WAY IS A MYSTERY n PERHAPS THEY LIKE US WERE A WEE BIT UNHAPPY WITH THE SERVICE AND WERE BEING A BIT MORE FORCEFUL THAN US APATHETIC STUDENTS
Best  UEA  Facebook  group +EEPING WITH THE &ACEBOOK THEME THE BEST 5%! GROUP NOW SADLY IS NO LONGER WITH US AFTER NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS 9ES IT S THE @'ET A 2OOM OR 4HIS (APPENS GROUP WHERE COUPLES WHO ENGAGED IN HORRIBLY PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF AFFECTION WERE DESERVEDLY HUMILIATED WITH PICTURES OF THEIR EXCESSES PUT UP FOR ALL TO SEE 4HE ,#2 PROVED A HAPPY HUNTING GROUND FOR VOYEURISTIC PHOTOGRAPHERS AND QUICKLY A GIGANTIC COLLECTION OF COUPLES IN PASSIONATE EMBRACES APPEARED 5NFORTUNATELY SOME OF THESE COUPLES PROVED TO BE KILLJOYS AND &ACEBOOK HAD TO CLOSE THE GROUP AFTER RECEIVING NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS (OPEFULLY THOUGH THE LESSON WAS LEARNED AND IN FUTURE YOUNG &RESHERS WILL LEARN TO KEEP IT TO THE BEDROOM
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It’s  time  to  Graduate! )T S THE END OF UNIVERSITY LIFE FOR MANY PEOPLE THIS 3UMMER TIME TO DON THE CAP AND GOWN AND CELEBRATE THE END OF THEIR UNIVERSITY LIFE (OWEVER MANY PEOPLE ARE UNHAPPY WITH THE VENUE 2EBECCA 2UTT LOOKS AT WHY 5%! STUDENTS GRADUATE IN THE #ONGREGATION (ALL AS OPPOSED TO SOMEWHERE IN THE #ITY #ENTRE
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HEN CHOOSING UNIVERSITIES THERE IS USUALLY NOT MUCH THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN YOU GRADUATE AND DURING YOUR lRST FEW YEARS 'RADUATION $AY MAY NOT BE ON YOUR MIND ALL THAT MUCH (OWEVER AS TIME SLIPS AWAY AND YOU REACH THE lNAL YEAR MANY STUDENTS BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY WILL DO WHEN THEY lNISH THEIR DEGREES 'RADUATION $AY IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DAYS OF MOST PEOPLE S LIVES AS IT CELEBRATES THREE OR FOUR YEARS SPENT PARTYING HARD AND WORKING EVEN HARDER 4HIS IS A SPECIAL DAY THAT SIGNIlES THE END OF STUDENT LIFE AND IS HELD EVERY YEAR TO CONGRATULATE STUDENTS ON ALL THE HARD WORK AND EFFORT PUT IN !LL THE EXTRA DAYS AT THE LIBRARY AND TYPING ESSAYS INTO THE NIGHT HAVE lNALLY ENDED AND WE ARE REWARDED WITH OUR DEGREE CERTIlCATES AND A DAY TO CELEBRATE HOW WELL WE HAVE DONE !T 5%! THIS CEREMONY IS ALWAYS HELD ON CAMPUS IN THE #ONGREGATION (ALL HOWEVER RECENTLY DISCONTENT HAS BEEN SPREADING AMONG STUDENTS WHO WANT THE DAY TO BE RECOGNISED BY HOLDING THE EVENT SOMEWHERE OTHER THAN ON CAMPUS ) SPOKE TO .IGEL 3HED WHO IS IN CHARGE OF ORGANISING THE CEREMONY AND ALSO *AMES -YLOTT 0UBLICITY /FlCER FOR THE 3TUDENT S 5NION AND ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING THE @'RADUATE IN THE #ATHEDRAL NOT THE #ONGREGATION (ALL &ACEBOOK SITE 4HE CEREMONY HAS ALWAYS BEEN HELD ON CAMPUS AND THE 'RADUATION "ALL A FEW DAYS LATER TAKES PLACE IN THE ,#2 *AMES IS CURRENTLY WORKING TO BRING THIS ISSUE TO THE FOREFRONT OF THE 3TUDENT 5NION ! SURVEY IS BEING COMPOSED VIA 3URVEY-ONKEY AND A MOTION TO SUPPORT THIS
CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE 5NION AND PRIORITY WISE IT IS NOW IN THE TOP THREE ISSUES BEING DEBATED (OWEVER .IGEL PRODUCES MANY REASONS TO SHOW THAT HOLDING GRADUATION ON CAMPUS IS THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE AND EASIEST SOLUTION /THER UNIVERSITIES OF
GUESTS FOR A ONE HOUR CEREMONY THAT IT IS THE BEST PLACE 4HEREFORE CEREMONIES TAKE PLACE OVER FOUR DAYS ON CAMPUS AND THE ,ECTURE 4HEATRES ARE ALSO USED FOR EXTRA GUESTS )F THE CEREMONY WERE HELD AT THE !NGLICAN #ATHEDRAL LIKE *AMES AND MANY
EVEN THE 3AINSBURY S #ENTRE TO BE CONSIDERED 'RADUATION $AY IS HELD FOR GRADUATING STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND ALLOWS STUDENTS TO GRADUATE IN THE PLACE THEY HAVE STUDIED AND LIVED 3TUDENTS SPEND A GREAT DEAL OF TIME ON CAMPUS AND
SIMILAR SIZE LIKE +ENT FOR EXAMPLE HOLD THEIR GRADUATION CEREMONY IN #ATHEDRALS SO *AMES ARGUES WHY NOT 5%! 5%! IS NOW A MEDIUM SIZED UNIVERSITY AND THAT MEANS EACH SUMMER NEW GRADUATES ARE ABLE TO HAVE THEIR AWARDS CONFERRED AT THE CEREMONY !ROUND OF STUDENTS USUALLY ATTEND THEIR CEREMONY AND 5%! BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE THE #ONGREGATION (ALL CAN ACCOMMODATE UP TO GRADUATING STUDENTS AND
OTHER STUDENTS ARE CAMPAIGNING FOR THIS WOULD LIMIT NUMBERS TO ABOUT GRADUATING STUDENTS AND GUESTS A CONSIDERABLY LOWER AMOUNT (OWEVER A LOT OF SCHOOLS LIKE !MERICAN 3TUDIES FOR EXAMPLE ARE GRADUATING WITH OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE 5NIVERSITY AND IF SCHOOLS WERE TO GRADUATE ON THEIR OWN MAYBE THIS WOULD BE ACHIEVABLE 4HERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL POSSIBLE LOCATIONS IN THE CITY INCLUDING THE 4OWN (ALL 3T !NDREWS HALL THE &ORUM OR
ALTHOUGH GRADUATING SOMEWHERE ELSE WOULD BE A SPECIAL EVENT THE 5NIVERSITY BELIEVES IT WOULD BE QUITE A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE *AMES ARGUES HOWEVER THAT BECAUSE WE DO SPEND SO MUCH TIME AT 5%! IT WOULD BE NICE TO HOLD THE CEREMONY IN THE CITY 3TUDENTS ALSO BECOME VERY FAMILIAR WITH .ORWICH AS A CITY AND *AMES BELIEVES HOLDING THE CEREMONY IN THE CITY WOULD NOT MAKE THE EXPERIENCE OF GRADUATING ANY LESS SPECIAL
!NOTHER MAJOR ISSUE IS THE EXTRAS ON TOP OF THE CEREMONY THAT NEED ORGANISING 0ARKING IN THE CITY IS A NIGHTMARE AND HOLDING THE CEREMONY ON CAMPUS HELPS THIS !LSO THERE ARE MANY OTHER THINGS THROUGHOUT THE DAY INCLUDING OFlCIAL PHOTOGRAPHS TICKET COLLECTION GOWN HIRE AND REFRESHMENTS FOR GUESTS THAT ALL NEED TO BE ARRANGED (OLDING THE CEREMONY ON CAMPUS IS A MUCH EASIER WAY TO INCORPORATE ALL THESE THINGS WHICH WOULD BE PROBLEMATIC IN A SMALL SPACE SUCH AS THE #ATHEDRAL OR 3T !NDREWS (ALL *AMES BELIEVES THAT THESE PROBLEMS CAN EASILY BE SORTED OUT AND ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE SLIGHTLY HARDER TO ORGANISE IT WOULD BE WORTH IT FOR STUDENTS AND GUESTS ENJOYMENT ON THE DAY #OACHES COULD BE ORGANISED TO TAKE PEOPLE TO THE CEREMONY IF IT WAS IN .ORWICH AND ALL OTHER ACTIVITIES COULD STILL BE DONE AT 5%! AND THEN WE WOULD JUST TRAVEL TO THE VENUE FOR THE CEREMONY !LSO HE BELIEVES STUDENTS ARE WILLING TO PAY MORE FOR THESE CHANGES AND THAT IF CATERING FOR THE EVENT WAS CANCELLED THE COSTS WOULD STILL BE KEPT QUITE LOW 4HIS ISSUE HAS BEEN RAISED IN PREVIOUS YEARS BUT NO ACTION BY THE 5NIVERSITY HAS YET BEEN TAKEN BECAUSE OF THE REASONS LISTED ABOVE 4HE ISSUE IS AMONG THREE OTHERS BEING DEBATED BY THE 5NION RIGHT NOW SO IF ENOUGH STUDENTS AGREE WITH *AMES THEN IT IS LIKELY THE GRADUATION VENUE WILL CHANGE 4HE &ACEBOOK SITE CURRENTLY HAS MEMBERS AND REMAINS POPULAR WHICH SUGGESTS THAT MANY STUDENTS SHARE *AMES DISCONTENT WITH THE CURRENT ARRANGEMENTS BUT TO DATE NOTHING HAS BEEN CHANGED WHICH MAY SUGGEST MANY STUDENTS ARE HAPPY WITH THE CURRENT ARRANGEMENTS
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Concrete's family meal (ARRY ,OW AND 'RACE 3IMPSON REVIEW THE #ONCRETE EDITORIALgS LAST FEAST OF THE SEASON ! WEEK AGO #ONCRETE CELEBRATED THE END OF ANOTHER ILLUSTRIOUS YEAR BY INVADING 0REZZO .ORWICHgS BEST )TALIAN ENCLAVE (ARRY ,OW GIVES US THE LOWDOWN ON THE FOOD WHILST 'RACE 3IMPSON COMMENTS ON THE EATERS
7HEN (ARRY MET )TALY 5PON ARRIVAL AT 0REZZO WE WERE SEATED IN THE SPACIOUS UPSTAIRS DINING ROOM WITH PARTICULARLY LOVELY VIEWS OF THE TRAIN STATION OPPOSITE !FTER ORDERING DRINKS OR DERS WERE SOON TAKEN AND THE lRST DISHES STARTED TO EMERGE FROM THE KITCHEN BELOW -OST ENJOYED AN ARRAY OF TASTY STARTERS FROM #APRESE FRIED MOZZARELLA TO 'AMBERONI BUTTERmY KING PRAWNS WITH GARLIC SERVED ON A CIABATTA /NTO THE MAIN COURSE AND A CHOICE OF PASTA PIZZA AND SALADS AS WELL AS HOUSE SPECIALS WERE OF FERED UP INCLUDING )NVOLTINI DI GRANCHIO OR CRAB CAKES FOR THE UNINFORMED 0IZZA TOPPINGS IN CLUDED STANDARD OPTIONS SUCH AS MUSHROOM HAM AND PINEAPPLE ALONGSIDE FRESH ROSEMARY BABY MEATBALLS AND LEEK ALLOWING AM PLE ROOM FOR MANOEUVRE #LASSIC DISHES SUCH AS 3PAGHET TI "OLOGNESE AND 0ENNE !RRABIATA WERE COMPLIMENTED WITH MORE EXOTIC DISHES SUCH AS #RESPOLINA 0ORCINI ROLLED CREPES lLLED WITH MUSHROOMS AND RICOTTA COOKED WITH PARMESAN AND MUSHROOMS IN A CREAM SAUCE $ESSERTS WERE WELL RECEIVED
Ismail Cafe -AGDALEN 3T 4OMBLAND 4URKISH CUISINE IS SYNONYMOUS WITH A QUESTIONABLE LOOKING KE BAB BUT THE FOOD ) GREW UP WITH WAS VERY DIFFERENT !S ) PREPARED TO MOVE TO 5%! ) GORGED ON ALL MY FAVOURITE FOODS LAMENTED THE LOSS OF THEIR EASY ACCESSIBILITY AND WHINED ABOUT HOW DÚNER IN %NG LAND WAS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SPECIES TO THE MEAL ) HAD LOVED !LL THIS SOON CHANGED WHILE WALK ING DOWN -AGDALEN 3T ) STUM BLED UPON A SMALL GEM KNOWN AS )SMAIL #AFÏ 7ITH NOT ONE SIN GLE BAD REVIEW ONLINE AND A RAV ING REVIEW FROM ""# .ORWICH ) DRAGGED MY mAT MATE OUT FOR
SERVED ON SQUARE GLASS DISHES THE OPTIONS ON OFFER FAVOURED THOSE WHO ARE PARTIAL TO A SLICE OR TWO OF CHEESECAKE &LAVOURS INCLUDED TOF FEE BANANA AND HONEYCOMB /VERALL AN ENJOYABLE AND AF FORDABLE EXPERIENCE 0REZZO IS A PLACE ) WOULD HAVE NO HESITATION IN RETURNING TO 3O NEXT TIME YOU STEP OUT OF .ORWICH TRAIN STATION AND YOUR STOMACH GROANS WHY NOT SATISFY YOUR CURIOSITY AND POP IN FOR AN AUTHENTIC TASTE OF )TALY
'RACING THE TABLE .OW (ARRY HAS GIVEN US A WONDER FUL INSIGHT INTO THE LOVELY FOOD OF 0REZZO SO ) WILL TELL YOU ABOUT THE NOT SO LOVELY PEOPLE ) HAD THE UTTER JOY OF BEING SEATED NEXT TO OUR FABULOUS PHO TOGRAPHER %MIL !LLARD .OT ONE FOR ETIQUETTE TABLE MANNERS OR EVEN BASIC CIVILITY %MIL BUCKED THE TREND BY ORDERING A DELICIOUS AUTHENTIC )TALIAN BURGER AND CHIPS 3TILL NOT SATISlED HE DEMANDED KETCHUP FOR HIS 'RANDE -AC AND
LUNCH )SMAIL #AFÏ IS SMALL AND TRA DITIONALLY 4URKISH WITH TULIP TILES ADORNING THE WALLS THE NAZAR EVIL EYE PROMINENT AND THE FAMILY EATING CHATTING AND WORKING IN THE CORNER 4HE CAFÏ DOESN T TRY TOO HARD AS THE ATMOSPHERE AND FOOD SINGS ITS PRAISES ) WALKED IN AND FELT LIKE ) HAD JUST mOWN BACK HOME 4HE MENU OFFERS ENTIRELY TRADITIONAL FARE (OWEVER ) WARN YOU IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A KEBAB IT IS PROBABLY BEST TO MAKE YOUR WAY BACK UP TO 0RINCE OF 7ALES 4HERE ARE ONLY FEW KEBABS ON THE MENU ONLY AVAILABLE ON CERTAIN DAYS AND NOT YOUR TRADITIONAL KEBABS BUT ENTIRELY DELICIOUS !DMITTEDLY THE MENU CATERS FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO STAY SAFE AND
WONDERED WHETHER JELLY AND ICE CREAM WAS ON THE DESSERT MENU (OWEVER THE MOMENT PROVOKING THE MOST HILARITY WAS THE BLONDE )TALIAN WAITRESS TELLING %MIL TO @3SSHHH WHEN HE WAS DISTURBING HER SERVICE "RILLIANT !NOTHER JOKE OF THE #ONCRETE OFlCE !NDY *UDSON AMUSED US GREATLY BY WRONGLY ADDING UP HIS OWN BILL TO THE PRICE OF a !T THE OTHER END OF THE TABLE /PINIONS %DITOR !NDY *ONES EX PRESSED HIS OPINION ON (ARRY S RECIPE IDEA RATHER TOO LOUDLY 4HE OTHER POOR POOR DINERS IN 0REZ ZO WERE GLAD TO HEAR THAT (ARRY S -USH SOUNDS LIKE IT TASTES LIKE SYPHILLIS )F ANYTHING CAN PUT YOU OFF 0REZZO S TASTY FOOD THAT CAN 4HOSE ARE THE ONLY SHENANI GANS THAT WERE DEEMED PRINTABLE IN OUR RESPECTABLE PUBLICATION SO THE DEBAUCHED PRIVATE LIVES OF OUR EDITORS REMAIN A SECRET THAT ONLY THE BRILLIANT STAFF AT 0REZZO SHARE #IAO FOR NOW
HAVE A BURGER BUT YOU WOULD BE A FOOL TO EVEN CONSIDER IT ) HAD THE MERCIMEK ORBA LENTIL SOUP WHICH HAD TO BE ONE OF THE BEST ) HAD EVER HAD AND CONSIDERING ) HAD IT AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK BACK HOME THAT IS A LOT ) FOLLOWED THIS WITH +IYMALI LAMB MINCE 0IDE A DELECTABLE DISH THAT COULD BE CRUDELY DE SCRIBED AS 4URKISH PIZZA WHICH COULD COMPETE WITH ANY IN !NKA RA 4HE MENU ALSO OFFERED NUMER OUS OTHER TYPES OF PIDES RANGING FROM )SPANAKLI 9UMURTALI 0IDE 3PINACH AND %GG TO THE VERY TRADITIONAL 3UCUKLU 0EYNIRLI 0IDE 3UCUK AND #HEESE 3UCUK IS AN INTERESTING 4URK ISH SAUSAGE MADE FROM BEEF AND VARIOUS SPICES AND IS NOT TO EVE
The Spice Lounge 7ENSUM 3TREET OPPOSITE THE 'LASSHOUSE 7HEN YOU ARE WANDERING HOME FROM A PINT OR TWO AT THE 'LASS HOUSE IN 4OMBLAND IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE THAT YOU WILL FANCY A CURRY !LSO IN A DRUNKEN DAZE YOU MAY BE ATTRACTED TO NEON BLUE LIGHTS 0UT THE TWO TOGETHER AND YOU HAVE 4HE 3PICE ,OUNGE 6ISITING THIS PLUSH CURRY HOUSE IS CERTAINLY A FOREIGN EXPERIENCE 7HEN YOU WALK IN YOU ARE CON FRONTED BY A HUGE PLASMA SCREEN SHOW ING "OLLYWOOD lLMS AND MU SIC VIDEOS AND A SURPRISINGLY UN GLAMOROUS lSH TANK !LMOST INSTANTLY AROUND A DOZEN WAITERS SWARMED AROUND US TAKING OUR COATS AND ACTING AS HUMAN STEPPING STONES TO OUR TABLE $ESPITE BEING THE lRST PEO PLE TO ARRIVE AT THE RESTAURANT WE WERE SHOVED BY THE WALL WITH THE WAITERS CONSTANTLY MOVING MY CHAIR AND ASKING ME TO PUT MY BAG ON A CHAIR RATHER THAN THE mOOR VERY ODD 4HE MENU DID LOOK VERY IM PRESSIVE WITH A GOOD RANGE OF CURRIES AND MEATS ALL AT VERY AF FORDABLE PRICES (OWEVER WHEN ) ASKED THE WAITER HOW SPICY A PAR TICULAR CURRY WAS HE WAS UNABLE TO TELL ME ANY MORE THAN WHAT WAS ALREADY STATED ON THE MENU WHICH ) FOUND VERY DISAPPOINTING AS ) WAS KEEN ON TRYING SOMETHING NEW AND WOULD HAVE APPRECIATED
RYBODY S TASTE BUT IF YOU WANT TO TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT ) SAY GO FOR IT 0IDE WAS NOT THE ONLY THING ON THE MENU THERE WERE ALSO LOTS OF TRADITIONAL BÚREKLER TO TRY "ÚREK IS A lLLED PASTRY ) SAMPLED THE )SPANAKLI "ÚREK AND ALTHOUGH LOOKING SCRUMPTIOUS THE PASTRY WAS A LITTLE HEAVY 4HEY ALSO OFFER 'ÚZLEME ANOTHER VERY THIN PAS TRY lLLED WITH CHEESE AND SPINACH OR PARSLEY WHICH ) HAD THE JOY OF SEEING BEING FRESHLY MADE AS ) LEFT 7E ALSO GOT TO ENJOY ONE OF 4URKEY S MOST REVERED DESSERTS THE RATHER SICKLY 3ARMA 4ATLASI A TYPE OF BAKLAVA )T WAS A LITTLE DRY BUT OTHERWISE LOVELY 4HEY ALSO OFFER OTHER TRADITIONAL DESSERTS !LL OF THIS WAS WASHED DOWN WITH THE TRADITIONAL YOGHURT
SOME USEFUL ADVICE 4HE FOOD CANNOT BE FAULTED 0ORTIONS WERE MORE THAN ADE QUATE AND BEAUTIFULLY PRESENTED ) CAN RECOMMEND THE "OMBAY !LOO AS A SIDE DISH TO COMPLE MENT YOUR CURRY AND THERE IS A GREAT SELECTION OF NAAN BREADS TO MOP UP YOUR SAUCE 3O MY ONLY REAL COMPLAINT HAS TO BE THE SERVICE %VERY COU PLE OF MINUTES WE WERE PESTERED BY THE MASSES OF WAITERS DULLY ASKING IF OUR MEAL WAS OKAY AS IF IT HAD DRAMATICALLY CHANGED IN THE LAST THIRTY SECONDS %VERY TIME YOU SO MUCH AS BREATHED THE WAIT ERS LURCHED READY TO SWIPE THE PLATE AWAY SOMETHING ) FOUND VERY ANNOYING AS IT MADE US FEEL VERY RUSHED 4HE EFlCIENCY OF THE STAFF WOULD HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATE IF THE PLACE WAS PACKED WITH LOUT ISH DRUNKS STUFlNG THEIR FACE WITH CURRY MAKING A HUGE MESS THEN LEAVING (OWEVER THE AT MOSPHERE OF 4HE 3PICE ,OUNGE IS GEARED TOWARDS COUPLES FAMI LIES AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS 4HESE ARE ALL INSTANCES WHERE YOU WANT A RELAXED MEAL AND AN ELEMENT OF PRIVACY SOMETHING 4HE 3PICE ,OUNGE CANNOT OFFER 4HE 3PICE ,OUNGE SERVES IM PRESSIVE FOOD IN A VERY UNAPPE TIZING ATMOSPHERE SO MY ADVICE WOULD BE TO GET A TAKEAWAY AND EAT IT COMFORTABLY IN YOUR OWN ABODE 'RACE 3IMPSON
DRINK !YRAN FOLLOWED BY 4URKISH TEA 3IMPLY BRILLIANT 4HE MENU ALTHOUGH SMALL OFFERS A NICE ARRAY OF CHOICES IF YOU WANT TO GET A REAL FEEL FOR THE TASTE OF 4URKEY 4HE SERVICE IS FRIENDLY AND EFlCIENT AND WILLING TO TALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE MORE EXOTIC DISHES 4HE FACT THAT THE CAFE IS SO BUSTLING WITH PEOPLE COMING AND GOING IS A TESTAMENT TO THE GREAT SERVICE AND EVEN BET TER FOOD !LL IN ALL THIS SMALL CAFE IN THE HEART OF .ORWICH COULD COMPETE WITH SOME OF THE BEST IN )STANBUL !lYET /LSUN &IONA (OWARD
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) HAVE A VERY STRANGE PROBLEM THAT ) NEED YOUR HELP WITH ) HAVE RECENTLY DISCOVERED THAT MY mATMATE IS A CROSS DRESSER ) DON T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT HE KEEPS STEALING MY CLOTHES (E HAS STARTED TAKING MY THINGS WITHOUT ASKING ) CAME HOME THE OTHER DAY AND HE WAS WEARING THE OUT lT ) HAD WANTED TO WEAR OUT THAT EVENING -Y PRIVACY IS BEING INVADED AND ) DON T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT ) KEEP AVOIDING TALKING TO HIM ABOUT THIS ISSUE BECAUSE ) DON T WANT TO MAKE THINGS AWKWARD BETWEEN US (E HAS ALSO DEVELOPED A HABIT OF NOT GIVING CLOTHES BACK AND THEN INSISTING HE BOUGHT THEM ) M AT THE END OF MY TETHER "ETTY 3AYS 4HIS DOES SOUND LIKE A VERY AWK WARD PROBLEM .OBODY LIKES THE THOUGHT OF PEOPLE GOING THROUGH THEIR THINGS ESPECIALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION $OES YOUR DOOR NOT HAVE A LOCK ) THINK THE ONLY THING YOU CAN REALLY DO IS TALK TO HIM ) KNOW YOU SAY YOU ARE WORRIED THINGS WILL GET AWKWARD BUT THE MORE YOU KEEP YOUR FEELINGS BOTTLED UP THE WORSE THE SITUATION WILL GET 4HE AWKWARDNESS WON T LAST VERY LONG ESPECIALLY IF HE IS A GOOD FRIEND OF YOURS 7HY DON T YOU OFFER TO TAKE HIM SHOPPING TO BUY SOME FEMALE CLOTHES OF HIS OWN 4ED SAYS 2IGHT YOU VE GOT TO TELL THIS LAD TO SORT HIS LIFE OUT %VERY GUY KNOWS THAT YOU .%6%2 GO INTO A GIRL S ROOM WITHOUT HER SAY SO (OWEVER IF YOU NEED HELP WITH TAKING HIM SHOPPING ) M MORE THAN WILLING TO HELP ) LOVE CROSS DRESSING ESPECIALLY AS AN OLD WOMAN AND SO KNOW WHERE TO GET THE BEST BARGAINS
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%XAMS GETTING YOU DOWN $EPRESSION SETTING IN #HLOE 0EW ,ATTER IS HERE TO HELP YOU IN YOUR TIME OF NEED )T IS NOT THE NICEST TOPIC TO END THE YEAR ON BUT IT IS ONE THAT IS SIGNIl CANTLY RELEVANT 4HE SUMMER TERM AT UNIVERSITY IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A DIFlCULT ONE lNAL COURSEWORK DEADLINES PILING UP AND A MOUN TAIN OF REVISION NOTES TO BE WORKED THROUGH 4HE GOOD THING IS THAT YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO THE END WHEN DAYS OF DRINKING 0IMMS AND HAV ING BARBEQUES CAN ONCE AGAIN BE RESUMED #OMMON TRENDS FOR DEPRESSION DURING THIS HECTIC PERIOD CAN BE FOUND IN THOSE FEELING PERSISTENTLY SAD ANXIOUS OR EMPTY &EELING THAT YOU CANNOT BE BOTHERED AND GIV ING UP IS ANOTHER SYMPTOM IN ITS EXTREME LIFE ITSELF CAN SEEM MEAN INGLESS AND UTTERLY POINTLESS /THER SITUATIONS THAT SHOULD BE LOOKED OUT FOR ARE IRREGULAR SLEEP PATTERNS WEIGHT GAIN OR LOSS INCREASED TEAR FULNESS RESTLESSNESS POOR CONCEN TRATION FEELINGS OF WORTHLESSNESS AND PARTICULARLY THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE AND DEATH $EPRESSION BECOMES A GREATER PROBLEM IF ALL THESE TRENDS ARE COMBINED WITH ONE ANOTHER )T IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNISE ESPECIALLY IF YOU OR SOMEONE ELSE IS SUFFERING THAT DEPRESSION WILL ALWAYS HAVE DIFFERENT EFFECTS ON DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND THAT IS WHY IT IS ALWAYS BEST TO SEEK PROFESSIONAL HELP $EPRESSION IN LAYMAN S TERMS IS CAUSED BY DEPRESSED THINKING HABITS 4HESE INCLUDE BEING A CON STANT PERFECTIONIST BEING OVERLY SELF CRITICAL BEING SUPERSTITIOUS OR UNJUSTIlABLY PARANOID 4HESE ARE ALL QUITE COMMON CHARACTER TRAITS BUT THERE IS NO NEED TO WORRY DE PRESSION ONLY STRIKES IF THESE HABITS BECOME EXCESSIVE 5NFORTUNATELY ALL OF THESE HABITS CAN BE A RESULT OF INCREASED STRESS LEVELS SO ARE IM
PORTANT SIGNS TO LOOK OUT FOR DURING THE EXAM PERIOD 3TRESS THE MOST PROBLEMATIC TYPE OF DEPRESSION FOR STUDENTS CAN ALSO CAUSE ANXIETY AND INCREASED ANGER LEVELS 7HAT IS FRIGHTENINGLY SAD ABOUT THIS TIME OF YEAR IS THAT STATISTICS SHOW THAT SUICIDE RATES AMONGST STUDENTS RISE CONSIDERABLY "EFORE YOU GET THAT FAR THE CHARITY 3TUDENTS !GAINST $EPRESSION HAS COMPILED A LIST OF HELPFUL TECHNIQUES TO GET YOU THROUGH THE DARK DAYS
7IDEN YOUR PERSPECTIVE 2EMIND YOURSELF THAT MANY SUCCESS FUL PEOPLE DID NOT GET A FOR THEIR DEGREE OR DID NOT EVEN GO TO UNIVER SITY 4HE HAPPINESS OF YOUR ENTIRE LIFE DOES NOT HAVE TO DEPEND ON THE RESULT OF THESE EXAMS
-AKE REALISTIC GOALS "EING AN ALL OR NOTHING PERFECTION IST ABOUT REVISION PLANS OR EXPECTED RESULTS CAN SPIRAL QUICKLY LEAVING YOU LESS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE ANYTHING AND VULNERABLE TO DEPRESSION
ULAR HEALTHY MEALS AVOID DEHYDRA TION BY DRINKING A LOT OF WATER AND REMEMBER THAT ALCOHOL HAS A CHEMI CALLY DEPRESSIVE EFFECT
4HINK POSITIVE 4RY TO FOCUS ON WHAT YOU DO KNOW AND BUILD ON THAT RATHER THAN PAN ICKING ABOUT WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW .O ONE KNOWS EVERYTHING
+EEP ACTIVE 4AKE REGULAR @FUN BREAKS TO RELAX THE MIND AND PREFERABLY GET DAILY FRESH AIR AND EXERCISE ,OOK AFTER YOURSELF "UILD UP YOUR ENERGY BY EATING REG
5SE YOUR SUPPORT NETWORKS $O NOT LET REVISION ISOLATE YOU ! MORE SOCIAL APPROACH TO REVISION CAN EVEN BE VERY BENElCIAL $ON T PULL ALL NIGHTERS 'ET ENOUGH REST SO THAT YOU WAKE UP REFRESHED FOR AN EXAM 9OUR BRAIN
NEEDS SLEEP IN ORDER TO PERFORM 4HE CHARITY HAS ALSO LAUNCHED A WEBSITE WWW STUDENTSAGAINSTDE PRESSION ORG WHICH IS A USEFUL AID FOR STRUGGLING STUDENTS 4HE WEBSITE IS WELL ACCLAIMED AND IN IT WON THE "RITISH !SSOCIATION FOR #OUNSEL LING AND THE 0SYCHOTHERAPY !WARD FOR )NNOVATION )T OFFERS HELP ADVICE AND COMFORTING STORIES FROM BOTH FELLOW STUDENTS AND COUNCILLORS )F YOU FEEL THAT SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS SUFFERING FROM A BAD BOUT OF DEPRESSION HERE ARE SOME HINTS ON WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO BE COM FORTING WITHOUT MAKING THE SITUA TION WORSE THAN IT ALREADY IS /NE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THIS ADVICE IS TO BE REALISTIC ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN OFFER )N HELPING SOMEONE OUT YOU SHOULD NEVER OFFER TOO MUCH THE PROBLEMS THAT CAN ARISE IF YOU CANNOT COME UP WITH THE GOODS COULD RESULT IN AN UNBEARABLE AND DIFlCULT SITUATION /NE SHOULD BE BOTH SENSITIVE AND PERSISTENT IN ENCOURAGING THINGS LIKE GETTING PRO FESSIONAL HELP AND BUILDING A STRONG SUPPORT NETWORK -AKING REGULAR ARRANGEMENTS TO MEET LETTING THEM KNOW HOW MUCH YOU CARE AND STILL INCLUDING THEM IN SOCIAL ARRANGE MENTS IS AN EXCELLENT WAY OF HELPING SOMEONE TO RECOVER 2EMEMBER SUFFERING FROM DE PRESSION CAN BE TOUGH AND A TIME WHEN SOMEONE WILL REALLY NEED TO HAVE THEIR FRIENDS AROUND THEM 9OUR TIME AT UNIVERSITY SHOULD BE THE BEST TIME OF YOUR LIFE AND THAT SHOULD NOT BE FORGOTTEN )F YOU THINK YOU COULD BE SUFFERING OR EVEN IF YOU JUST WANT TO GET AWAY FROM ALL THE REVISION THINK OF THIS FACT AND KEEP GOING IT IS ONLY A FEW WEEKS UNTIL YOU CAN RESURFACE AND SEE THE SUN AGAIN
Do Different: still keeping the New Year’s resolution? !T THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR &RANCES 4AYLOR TOLD US OF HER RESOLUTION TO WRITE MORE &IVE MONTHS ON AND THE TIME HAS COME TO lND OUT HOW WELL SHE HAS MANAGED TO KEEP IT UP
5SEFUL NUMBERS #OUNSELLING SERVICE !DVICE #ENTRE 7ELFARE /FlCER SU WELFARE UEA AC UK .IGHTLINE NIGHTLINE UEA AC UK
,IKE MANY PEOPLE BACK IN *ANU ARY ) RESOLVED TO CHANGE SOMETHING ABOUT MY LIFE ) DECIDED TO WRITE MORE AND AIMED TO GET SOMETHING PUBLISHED BY THE END OF THE YEAR )T ISN T GOING ANYWHERE .OT IN A BAD WAY LIKE ) VE HAD MY WORK REJECTED FROM EVERYWHERE ) VE ONLY SUBMITTED ONE PIECE AND ) VE NOT BEEN OFlCIALLY REJECTED YET ) VE JUST BECOME BUSY AND LAZY IN THAT OR DER 4HE INTERNET IS SO VAST THAT ) DON T REALLY KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN 4HE ONLINE MAGAZINE THAT ) WANTED TO SUBMIT TO HAS CLOSED DOWN AND
MOST OF THE OTHERS ARE FOR VERY NICHE MARKETS 3PECULATIVE lCTION ANYONE 3OME MAGAZINES ONLY WANT %ROTICA WHILE OTHERS DO NOT WANT ANY OB SCENITIES WHATSOEVER %VERYTHING ONLINE SEEMS TO BE SO SPECIlC THAT PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO HAVEN T GOT A SPECIlC STYLE YET AND WHOSE WORK IS ALL OVER THE PLACE HAVE TO SEARCH HARDER FOR AN AUDIENCE 0ERHAPS ) SHOULD JUST TURN ALL OF MY CHARACTERS INTO VAMPIRES AND WEREWOLVES ADD SOME DISMEMBERING AND THEN ) D lT IN A LITTLE BETTER ) LOOKED ON A WOMEN S WRIT ING SITE NOT REALLY HOPING TO lND
ANYTHING SPECIAL AND IT WAS MORE STEREOTYPICAL THAN ) COULD HAVE IM AGINED 4O lT IN HERE ) D HAVE TO KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT FASHION AND CHILDBIRTH -ANY WRITING COMPETI TIONS WHICH TAKE ALL KINDS OF lC TION ASK FOR A FEE TO BE PAID BEFORE THEY ACCEPT YOUR WORK WHICH ) M DElNITELY NOT GOING TO GO FOR -OST OF THESE COMPETITIONS ARE HELD IN !MERICA ANYWAY ) M NOT THAT BOTHERED THAT ) HAVEN T ACHIEVED MY .EW 9EAR S 2ESOLUTION YET EVERYONE ELSE ) KNOW GAVE UP IN &EBRUARY "UT THE PASSING OF TIME IS MAKING ME WARY
#AN ) STILL BE THE EDGY YOUNG NOVEL WRITER ) ASPIRE TO BE IF ) M ) HOPE TO HAVE A FEW YEARS LEFT AT 5%! THE INTERNATIONAL BASTION OF CREATIVE WRITING BUT AFTER THAT WILL ) HAVE MISSED MY CHANCE ) DON T KNOW IF ) LL BE ABLE TO WRITE MY MAS TERPIECE IF ) M WORKING IN 4OPSHOP lVE DAYS A WEEK 4O CONCLUDE ) WISH ) D CHOSEN TO hDRINK LESSv hBE MORE ORGAN ISEDv OR hREAD MORE BOOKSv 4AK ING ON THIS RESOLUTION ) HAVE GAINED NOTHING BUT THE CREEPING THOUGHT THAT BEING A WRITER IS NOT A VALID CA REER OPTION
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ROM TRIATHLON TO DRAMA RUGBY TO CHEERLEADING A WHOLE HOST OF TALENT WAS CELEBRATED ON THE NIGHT OF 4UESDAY ND FOR THE #!3!S 4HE ,#2 BRIMMING WITH UNUSUALLY GLAMOR OUS STUDENTS HELD AN IMPRESSIVE TURNOUT OF SPORTS CLUBS AND SOCIE TIES GATHERED TO CELEBRATE THE REC OGNITION OF EACH OTHERS OUTSTAND ING ACHIEVEMENTS AT THE END OF YET ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR )T IS SAFE TO SAY THAT THE PERFORMANCES AND AWARDS PRESENTED THROUGHOUT THE EVENING TRULY REmECTED THE WIDE VARIETY OF TALENT THAT 5%! HAS TO OFFER 4O KICK OFF THE NIGHT THE 2OCK 'OSPEL #HOIR ENTERTAINED THE AU DIENCE WITH A NUMBER OF ! #APEL LA TREATS BEFORE THE AWARDS GOT UNDERWAY /THER HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE EVENING INCLUDED A CHILLING PREVIEW OF 3WEENEY 4ODD FROM THE $RAMA 3OCIETY A DRUM SPECTACULAR FROM *AMNESTY VIBRANT BELLY DANC ING AND LET US NOT FORGET A PAR TICULARLY MEMORABLE PERFORMANCE FROM 3TREET *AZZ WHO UNDOUBTED LY WOWED THE AUDIENCE WITH THEIR IMPRESSIVE CHOREOGRAPHY 4HE CEREMONY HOSTED BY 5%! S ,IVEWIRE DREW THE CROWD S ATTEN TION TO THE MANY ACCOMPLISH MENTS SEEN THIS YEAR 4HE AWARD FOR 3ERVICE TO THE 5NION WAS WON BY THE DEVOTED AND PASSIONATE REP RESENTATIVE 3TUART !LDER (AVING BEEN INVOLVED WITH 5NION #OUN CIL FOR AN IMPRESSIVE SEVEN YEARS 3TUART HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN NOT ONLY ACTIVELY TAKING PART IN BUT
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Service to Societies -ELANIE 3MITH $RAMA 3TEVE 7ILLIAMS ,'"4 .IGHT LINE AND !CCESS FOR !LL 2OSIE +ELLY 3TREET *AZZ
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Sports Team of the Year -EN S &OOTBALL ND 8)
Outstanding Achievement Award ALSO CO FOUNDING THE TENPIN BOWL ING CLUB /THER ACHIEVEMENTS IN CLUDE THE SELECTION OF TEAMS FOR THE POPULAR TELEVISION SHOW 5NI VERSITY #HALLENGE AND OVERALL HE HAS IMPRESSED HIS FELLOW STUDENTS WITH CONSISTENT EFFORTS TO NOT ONLY GET INVOLVED BUT TO DO SO WITH THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ENTHUSIASM 4HE !FRO #ARIBBEAN 3OCIETY HAVE COME LEAPS AND BOUNDS TO RECEIVE THE AWARD OF 0ROGRESS IN 3OCIETIES $EMONSTRATING THE UT MOST IN FERVOUR THE SOCIETY HAS DEVELOPED INCREDIBLY OVER THE LAST YEAR AND THROUGH ORGANISING AND HOSTING EVENTS SUCH AS THEIR AMAZ
Make Poverty History’s Society Sports Day /N 7EDNESDAY THE TH -AY 5%! S -AKE 0OVERTY (ISTORY 3OCIETY IS PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH THE PERFECT BREAK FROM EXAMS AND ESSAY WRIT ING 7E ARE HOLDING AN )NTER 3OCIETY 3PORTS $AY FEATURING ALL OF THE OLD SCHOOL FAVOURITES )T WILL TAKE PLACE BOTH IN THE 3QUARE AND BY THE LAKE ON CAMPUS 3OCIETIES NEED TO PROVIDE A TEAM OF EIGHT PEOPLE READY TO BATTLE IT OUT IN THE EGG AND SPOON RACE WHEEL BARROW RACE TUG OF WAR AND MANY MORE CLASSIC ACTIVITIES FROM OUR OLD SCHOOL SPORTS DAYS 4HERE IS A JOINING FEE FOR EACH SOCIETY AND ALL PROCEEDS WILL BE DONATED TO 5.)#%& 4HIS ORGANISA TION WHOSE ACRONYM STANDS FOR THE 5NITED .ATIONS #HILDREN S &UND USES DONATED MONEY TO PROVIDE LONG TERM HUMANITARIAN AND DEVEL OPMENTAL ASSISTANCE TO CHILDREN AND MOTHERS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 4HIS INCLUDES RUNNING PROGRAMS TO
UEA AC UK
PROVIDE EDUCATION TO IMPOVERISHED CHILDREN AS WELL AS PROVIDING IM MUNISATION AND OTHER AID 4HIS EVENT COMES AFTER SEVERAL OTHER SUCCESSFUL EVENTS RUN BY THE -AKE 0OVERTY (ISTORY 3OCIETY 4HESE INCLUDE THE ANNUAL #HANGE EVENT IN *ANURY &OLLOWING THE PULSATING COMPE TITIONS THERE WILL BE A BARBEQUE !LL THE EQUIPMENT WILL BE PROVIDED SO JUST BRING ALONG YOUR OWN FOOD RE LAX AND HAVE LOTS OF FUN 4HE RACES WILL KICK OFF AT PM SO MAKE SURE YOU ARE THERE TO SUPPORT THE SOCIETIES AND RAISE SOME MONEY FOR SUCH A GREAT CAUSE 2EGISTER YOUR SOCIETY BY EMAILING SU MAKEPOVER TYHISTORY UEA AC UK 4HERE IS ALSO A &ACEBOOK GROUP )NTER 3OCIETY 3PORTS $AY SET UP BY MEMBERS OF THE -AKE 0OVERTY (ISTORY 3OCIETY WHICH CONTAINS MORE INFORMATION FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED &RAN "RADLEY
INGLY SUCCESSFUL !FRO #ARIBBEAN FESTIVAL THEY lNALLY HAVE THE REC OGNITION THEY DESERVE ,AST BUT NOT LEAST PRESENT ING THE AWARDS THAT GOT EVERYBODY TALKING THE TWO VERY DESERVING #LUB OF THE 9EAR AND 3OCIETY OF THE 9EAR WERE AWARDED RESPECTIVELY TO #HEERLEADING AND 5%! ,).+3 &IRST OFF #HEERLEADING WERE RECOG NISED IN THEIR OUTSTANDING EFFORTS HAVING SUCCEEDED IN ENHANCING THE AWARENESS OF CHEERLEADING AS A SPORT !MONG OTHER ACHIEVE MENTS THE 5%! !NGELS WERE IN VITED TO TAKE SESSIONS WITH LOCAL PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN ADDITION TO
THEIR VERY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO CHEER AT #ARROW 2OAD FOR .ORWICH #ITY &OOTBALL #LUB .EXT UP WERE ,).+3 REWARDED FOR BEING A SELF LESS SOCIETY DEDICATED TO THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF STUDENTS 'IVING UP THEIR OWN TIME VOLUNTARILY THE SOCIETY WON WITH mYING COLOURS IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR SELmESS EFFORTS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENT POPULATION 4HAT S IT FOR ANOTHER YEAR n TO ALL THOSE WHO WON A WARM CON GRATULATIONS AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT YEAR 2ACHAEL 0RICE 4IFF 7OOLSEY
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Outstanding Sporting Achievement 6OLLEYBALL
Society of the Year ,).+3
Club of the Year #HEERLEADING
Well done
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In the summer time, when the weather is fine 7ITH SUMMER JUST AROUND THE CORNER STUDENTS EVERYWHERE ARE LOOKING TO MAKE THE MOST OF THEIR PRECIOUS FEW MONTHS OFF 6ICTORIA "RIERLEY LOOKS AT SOME EXCITING WAYS TO SPEND THE SUMMER
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T IS THAT TIME OF THE YEAR AGAIN YOU CAN SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL 4HE lNAL WEEK OF THE SEMESTER IS UPON YOU THE EXAM PERIOD WILL mY BY AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT THERE ARE MONTHS OF GLORI OUS SUMMER STRETCHED OUT BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES "UT WHAT SHOULD YOU DO WITH THEM 4HE BIGGEST DEBATE AT THIS TIME OF YEAR OF COURSE IS WORK VERSUS PLAY )F YOU WANT TO SURVIVE NEXT YEAR WITH OUT @BORROWING YOUR HOUSEMATES FOOD OR SLEEPING IN THE LIBRARY TO SAVE PAYING RENT THEN CHANCES ARE YOU RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A SUM MER JOB "UT EVEN THE HARDEST WORK ING AMONGST YOU DESERVES A BREAK AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF ADVENTURES TO BE HAD THAT ONLY LAST A WEEK OR TWO 4HAT LEAVES MORE THAN TWO MONTHS FOR lLING SHELF STACKING OR BURGER mIPPING TO PAY FOR IT ALL )F ) HAD THE FUNDS THIS YEAR THEN ) WOULD BE ROUNDING UP A GROUP OF FRIENDS AND SIGNING UP FOR THE 3TUDENT "RAKE !WAY AN EVENT THAT STARTED LIFE AS THE STUDENT 'UMBALL 2ALLY IN 4HIS YEAR AROUND TEAMS OF PEOPLE PLUS ANY RUST BUCKET WITH FOUR WHEELS OF
THEIR CHOICE WILL BE TAKING PART 4HE EVENT STARTS IN THE 5+ AND THEN STOPS TO PARTY IN A DIFFERENT COUN TRY EVERY NIGHT FOR lVE NIGHTS UNTIL IT REACHES ITS lNAL DESTINATION AN !DRIATIC ISLAND PARADISE JUST OFF THE -EDULIN PENINSULA IN .ORTHERN #ROATIA 4HIS MIGHT ALL SOUND EASY BUT WHEN TWO OF THE STOPOVERS ARE ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE !LPS AND THE JOURNEY INVOLVES NAVIGATING OVER KM OF FOREIGN TARMAC COMBINED WITH lVE SOLID NIGHTS OF DRINKING NOTHING WILL GO TO PLAN !ND THAT S EXACTLY WHAT MAKES THE TRIP SEEM SO EXCITING &OR AN EX TRA FEEL GOOD FACTOR WHILST THEY RE BUSY HAVING A GOOD TIME THE TEAMS ARE ALSO RAISING MONEY FOR CHARITY 3O FAR THE 3TUDENT "RAKE !WAY HAS RISEN OVER a 2EGISTRATION FOR THE EVENT COSTS a PER PERSON WHICH SEEMS REALLY REASONABLE BUT SADLY MY BUDGET JUST CANNOT STRETCH THAT FAR &OR MORE INFORMATION VISIT WWW STUDENTBRAKEAWAY COM )F THE IDEA OF SITTING IN A ROASTING HOT CAR WITH A HANGOVER FOR lVE DAYS IS ALREADY STARTING TO MAKE YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE BUT YOU STILL FANCY A %URO BREAK MAYBE YOU SHOULD FOR GET CAR RALLYING AND HEAD TO %XIT IN
STEAD 6OTED THE BEST MUSIC FESTIVAL ON THE CONTINENT %XIT IS A FOUR DAY EVENT HELD IN 3ERBIA THAT ALWAYS HAS A VERY COOL LINE UP 4HE FESTIVAL WAS STARTED BY A GROUP OF 3ERBIAN STU DENTS IN AND HAS BEEN CAUSING
h EVEN THE HARDEST WORKING AMONGST YOU DESERVES A BREAK AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF ADVENTURES TO BE HADv A STIR EVER SINCE #ONlRMED ACTS FOR SO FAR ARE "ILLY )DOL "EASTIE "OYS &RANZ &ERDINAND &ATBOY 3LIM -ORRISSEY 'ROOVE !RMADA -ASSIVE
!TTACK 3NOOP $OGG 4HE 0RODIGY 3CISSOR 3ISTERS 5NDERWORLD AND 4HE 7HITE 3TRIPES 4O NAME BUT A FEW 4ICKETS FOR THE FULL FOUR DAYS ARE JUST a PLUS A MERE a FOR A lVE NIGHT CAMPING PASS 3O IF SITTING IN A MUDDY lELD IS YOUR IDEA OF A GOOD TIME THEN WHY NOT COMBINE IT WITH A HOLIDAY AND GET THE CHEAPEST FESTIVAL TICKETS AROUND !FTER ALL THE 0IPETTES SAY THEY VE hNEVER PLAYED A BETTER PARTYv !ND YOU CAN T ASK FOR MORE THAN THAT #HECK WWW EXIT FEST ORG FOR TICKETS AND INFORMATION )F YOUR BUDGET IS AS TIGHT AS MINE AND EVEN 3ERBIA IS TUGGING TOO HARD ON THE PURSE STRINGS THEN DON T WOR RY IF YOU SURF OUT THE BARGAINS THEN THERE ARE PLENTY OF GREAT HOLIDAYS TO BE HAD RIGHT HERE IN THE 5+ ) VE ALWAYS BEEN A SUN SEA AND SAND KIND OF GIRL AT HEART AND BE LIEVE IT OR NOT ALL OF THAT IS JUST A TRAIN RIDE AWAY .O ) M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE GLORIOUS 'REAT 9ARMOUTH .EWQUAY IS THE 5+ S SURlNG CAPITAL OFFERING GREAT WAVES MILES OF SANDY BEACHES AND AN INCREDIBLY LIVELY NIGHT LIFE 9OU CAN TAKE A CAMPING TRIP DOWN TO .EWQUAY FOR AS LITTLE AS a PER TENT PER NIGHT THAT S A WEEK S ACCOMMODATION FOR JUST OVER
a EACH IF FOUR PEOPLE STAY TOGETH ER )F YOU DON T FANCY GETTING CLOSE TO NATURE AND YOU NEED A LITTLE MORE EXCITEMENT THAN CANVAS AND STARS THEN JUST DOWN THE ROAD YOU CAN EXPERIENCE ALL THE FUN OF A #LUB STYLE HOLIDAY 4HE %SCAPE HOTEL IN THE CENTRE OF .EWQUAY FEATURES A RETRO STYLE BAR AN IN HOUSE SURF SCHOOL AND PROMISES LONG NIGHTS OF DRUNKEN FUN !LL FOR LESS THAN THE PRICE OF A NEW IPOD )N FACT IN THIS STUDENT FRIENDLY TOWN THERE ARE LOADS OF FANTASTIC DEALS TO BE FOUND THE (OTEL 3UNNYSIDE OFFERS OFF ALL MID WEEK BREAKS FOR STUDENTS WHICH LEAVES YOU WITH A HANDFUL OF EXTRA CASH TO INVEST IN THOSE SURF LES SONS 3O THERE YOU HAVE IT EVEN WITH THE UNHEALTHIEST LOOKING BANK BAL ANCE YOU GET TO RELAX IN THE SUN )F YOUR HOLIDAY BUDGET DOESN T EVEN STRETCH TO .EWQUAY OR WORSE STILL TO 9ARMOUTH THEN LOCK YOURSELF IN YOUR ROOM FOR A FORTNIGHT WITH A BUMPER PACK OF QUAVERS AND A STACK OF $6$S INVEST IN TWO BOTTLES OF SELF TAN AND LIE THROUGH YOUR TEETH )F ANYONE ASKS YOU JUST GOT BACK FROM -OROCCO
4RAVEL 4REEFROG S TANTALIZING TRAVEL TRIVIA
4HE MOST VISITED TOURIST ATTRACTION IN THE WORLD IS 4IMES 3QUARE IN .EW 9ORK 7ITH MILLION VISITORS LAST YEAR 4IMES 3QUARE BEAT .IAGARA &ALLS MILLION $ISNEYLAND 0ARIS MILLION AND THE 4AJ -AHAL MILLION &RANCE TOPPED THE LIST FOR MOST VISITED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WITH THE 5+ COMING IN AT
* "/"Ê" Ê/ Ê ",/ / 4HIS FORTNIGHT S PHOTO WAS SENT IN BY &REDDIE !LLEN )T IS A TRIBUTE TO OUR DEAR FRIEND 4RAVEL 4REE &ROG WHO HAS TAUGHT US SO MUCH TANTALISING TRAVEL TRIVIA OVER THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS .OW YOU CAN SEE HIM IN ALL HIS REAL LIFE GLORY 3O FROM HIM AND ALL OF TEAM TRAVEL HAVE A TERIFFIC TRAVELLING TIME THIS SUMMER
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Where’s our thank you?
%VERYONE AT #ONCRETE WOULD LIKE TO SAY A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE UNSUNG HEROES OF EACH ISSUE *EAN 7ILLS AND -ATT (ALL *EAN WORKS WONDERS EVERY ISSUE IN LIAISING WITH VARIOUS COMPANIES TO ENSURE THAT AGAINST ALL THE ODDS THE ADVERTS COME IN $EAR %DITOR
EVIDENCE ON THE POOR STATE IN A COUNTRY YOU DON T KNOW OF HOUSING AFFAIRS AND THEIR AND PART OF OUR RESPONSIBIL ON TIME 4HEN -ATT REVS UP HIS ENGINE AND mEXES HIS BICEPS TO DISTRIBUTE #ONCRETE ) DON T WANT TO COMPLAIN AS OPINIONS SO WE COULD PRESENT ITY TO OUR %RASMUS GUESTS FAR AND WIDE ACROSS CAMPUS AND IN THE CITY 3O TO *EAN AND -ATT THANK YOU FOR SUCH BUT ) WOULD LIKE TO DRAW THIS INFORMATION AS A JUSTIlED HERE IS TO HELP ENSURE THEIR MAKING IT ALL POSSIBLE YOUR ATTENTION TO WHAT ) FEEL WAS A RATHER MISLEADING FOL LOW UP STORY OF THE %RASMUS HOUSING ISSUES IN THE LAST IS SUE OF #ONCRETE WHICH HAS LEFT MYSELF AND MY FELLOW COMMITTEE MEMBERS FEELING RATHER FRUSTRATED ) UNDERSTAND THAT THROUGH NO FAULT OF THE #ONCRETE TEAM A REFERENCE WAS MADE ABOUT THE HOUSING ISSUES HAVING BEEN MORE OR LESS RESOLVED @4HANK YOUS WERE DISHED OUT TO EVERYONE OTHER THAN THE %RASMUS 3OCIETY #OMMITTEE ITSELF ) WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THIS HOUSING ISSUE WAS SOMETHING THAT MYSELF AND THE %RASMUS COMMITTEE SPENT MANY PAINSTAKING HOURS OVER 4HIS INCLUDED COMPILING A QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE %RASM SUS 3OCIETY STUDENTS IN OR DER TO GAIN ENOUGH FEEDBACK
CASE TO THE RELEVANT PEOPLE 7E HELD SEVERAL IMPORTANT MEETINGS WITH A LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY REPRESENTATIVE AND HAD VARIOUS DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR %RASMUS COORDINATORS AT 5%! TO PERSUADE THEM THAT THE SITUATION NEEDED TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY )T WAS A REAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE %RASMUS 3OCIETY WHEN WE WERE TOLD THAT lNALLY AF TER ALL OUR HARD WORK WE CAN NOW LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING AROUND NEW INCOMING %RASMUS STUDENTS DUE TO AR RIVE IN 3EPTEMBER INSTEAD OF THE DIRE NUMBER THAT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN 4HIS IS BECAUSE OF THE GRAND EFFORT WE PUT INTO lGHTING FOR OUR %RASMUSEES HOUSING RIGHTS !S FORMER EXCHANGE STU DENTS OURSELVES WE KNOW HOW DAUNTING THE PROSPECT IS OF HAVING TO FEND FOR YOURSELF
Editor’s response &IRSTLY ON BEHALF OF #ONCRETE ) WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGISE FOR THE OVERSIGHT IN NOT MEN TIONING THE %RASMUS 3OCIETY #OMMITTEE IN THE ARTICLE 3ECONDLY ON BEHALF OF
ANY %RASMUS STUDENTS WHO WILL BE ARRIVING NEXT YEAR ) WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK IN SECUR ING MORE ACCOMMODATION FOR THEM !S YOU POINT OUT
TIME IS A RELATIVELY STRESS FREE AND SMOOTH AFFAIR 7ITH THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING TO lND HOUSING THEMSELVES HAVING NEVER VISITED .ORWICH BEFORE IT S NOT SURPRISING THAT MANY WERE DETERRED FROM COMING THAT IS BEFORE WE MANAGED TO SECURE SOME ACCOMMODATION IN .ORWICH AVAILABLE EXCLU SIVELY TO %RASMUS STUDENTS ) AM SORRY TO HAVE JUST BLOWN OUR OWN TRUMPET BUT ON BEHALF OF THE %RASMUS 3OCIETY #OMMITTEE ) WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT IF OUR ACHIEVEMENT COULD BE RECOG NISED AND THE RIGHT PEOPLE GIVEN THE CREDIT THAT THEY DE SERVE AND THOSE WHO DON T DE SERVE THE CREDIT NOT +ATIE 3MITH %3. CO ORDI NATOR OF %RASMUS 3OC #OM MITTEE
COMING TO A NEW COUNTRY IS A STRESSFUL ENOUGH EXPE RIENCE WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT WHERE YOU WILL BE SLEEPING THAT NIGHT 3O PLEASE ACCEPT THIS AS A BE LATED RECOGNITION OF YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS
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Appetite  for  biofuels  key  factor  in  recent  food  shortage !S CONSUMERS IN THE 7EST NOTICE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE RECENT FOOD SHORTAGE *AKE -AXWELL 7ATTS REPORTS ON HOW IT MAY BE A PROBLEM GREATER THAN CLIMATE CHANGE
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F YOU ARE THE TYPE WHO HAS ALWAYS ENJOYED CHEAP STRAW BERRIES FROM SOUTHERN %UROPE AND COCONUTS FROM !SIA OR EVEN HALF A CHICKEN FOR LESS THAN A lVER SADLY YOU ARE IN FOR A DISAP POINTMENT ! PANEL OF LEADING FOOD INDUSTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS HAVE WARNED THAT THE RECENT FOOD SHORTAGES PRESENT A PROBLEM hGREAT
ER THAN CLIMATE CHANGEv *OSETTE 3HEERAN OF THE 7ORLD &OOD 0ROGRAMME HAS CALLED IT hA SILENT TSUNAMIv AND WARNS OF THE PROBLEMS IT COULD CAUSE IN THE FU TURE &OOD SHORTAGES HAVE CAUSED THE (AITIAN PRIME MINISTER TO RE SIGN DEATHS IN #AMEROON AND TUR MOIL IN "ANGLADESH %GYPT S ARMY IS NOW UNDER ORDERS TO BEGIN BAKING
BREAD )N THE 5+ WE ARE ALL FEELING THE INCREASE IN FOOD PRICES WHICH HAVE BEEN NOTICEABLY HIGHER EVERY FEW MONTHS 3INCE *ANUARY RICE PRICES HAVE SHOT UP 4HE REASON FOR THIS POTENTIAL DIS ASTER IS THREEFOLD 7HAT HAS TIPPED THE BALANCE IS THE APPETITE IN THE 7EST FOR BIOFUELS TO MEET GREEN TAR GETS 7HOLE CEREAL CROPS HAVE BEEN
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CONVERTED INTO FUEL MAKING THEM THEREFORE UNAVAILABLE AS A FOOD RE SOURCE #OUPLED WITH A CONSISTENT INCREASE IN POPULATION MOSTLY IN #HINA AND )NDIA A HUGE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE HAS BEEN PUT ON THE REMAINING FOOD PRODUCERS TO MEET THEIR TARGETS n THE PREDICTION IS AN OTHER THREE BILLION PEOPLE BY &INALLY THE FOOD SCARE IS MOST LY THE RESULT OF MISMANAGEMENT AND DISTORTED FOOD MARKETS OVER THE PAST YEARS (OWEVER FOOD POLICY EXPERT 4IM ,ANG POINTS OUT h)T S A MYTH THAT THERE S NOT ENOUGH FOOD 4HERE S PLENTY OF FOOD TO GO AROUND THERE S MORE THAN ENOUGH TO FEED THE WORLD S POPULATION )T S SIMPLY MALDISTRIBUTION SIC v 4HE WORLD IS ALSO BEGINNING TO COPE 4HE &OOD AND !GRICULTURE /RGANISATION FORECASTS A WHEAT HAR VEST INCREASE OF IN THE %5 AND !MERICA HAS INCREASED PLANTINGS BY ALREADY 5NFORTUNATELY THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING 4HERE IS A RISK THAT THE EXTRA DEMAND WILL JUST BE PLACED ON A SMALL NUMBER OF !MERICAN AND %UROPEAN FARMERS AND A RE DISTOR TION OF WORLD FOOD MARKETS IS LIKELY 'ORDON "ROWN HAS CALLED FOR INTER NATIONAL ACTION AND IN THIS RESPECT
HE IS RIGHT &OR SO LONG THE 7EST HAS BECOME USED TO CHEAP IMPORTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD LAID OUT BEFORE US ON A SUPERMARKET SHELF "UT NOW WE WILL HAVE TO READJUST TO A WORLD IN WHICH THIS IS NOT SO EASILY POSSIBLE 4HE WORLD MUST ALSO PREPARE FOR WHAT IS TO COME 7ITH OIL AT NOW OVER 53 PER BARREL THE COST OF DISTRIBUTION IS INCREASING /IL HAS HAD CLOSE TIES WITH FOOD FOR MANY YEARS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE PRO DUCTION PACKAGING AND DISTRIBU TION ALL OVER THE WORLD !DAPTATION IS NEEDED AS OIL BECOMES A SCARCE AND MORE EXPENSIVE RESOURCE
h4HIS IS A CRUCIAL TIME )T WILL TELL THE STORY OF WHO WILL SURVIVE v 7HEN THE SUBJECT IS FOOD ES SENTIAL FOR JUST STAYING ALIVE 6ICHAI 3RIPRASERT A BIG EXPORTER IS FULLY JUSTIlED IN SAYING h4HIS IS A CRUCIAL TIME )T WILL TELL THE STORY OF WHO WILL SURVIVE AND WHO WILL NOT SURVIVEv
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UEA  Karate  conquer  competitors !NTONY 'REENWOOD 3PORTS 2EPORTER 4HE "RITISH 5NIVERSITY 3PORTS !SSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIPS WERE HELD IN 3HEFlELD ON THE TH AND TH -ARCH 4HREE MEMBERS OF THE 5%! +ARATE CLUB MADE THE JOURNEY 0RESI DENT 3AEED -ALIK 6ICE 0RESI DENT !DAM (UTCHISON AND FOURTH YEAR !NTONY 'REEN WOOD !LL THREE ARE GRADUATING THIS YEAR AND WERE ANXIOUS TO MAKE THEIR LAST "53! APPEAR ANCE A GOOD ONE THEY DID NOT DISAPPOINT 3AEED LED THE WAY ON THE 3ATURDAY 0ERFORMING A +ATA LEARNT IN THE HOTEL THE NIGHT BEFORE HE MADE IT TO THE lNAL AND NARROWLY LOST TO HIS MORE EXPERIENCED OPPONENT !FTER A NIGHT OF CELEBRA TION IT WAS TIME FOR THE +U MITE +UMITE IS A FORM OF SPARRING WHERE COMPETITORS SCORE POINTS FOR GOOD TECH NIQUES ! PUNCH TO THE HEAD OR BODY SCORES ONE POINT A KICK TO THE BODY TWO POINTS AND A KICK TO THE HEAD THREE
4HE HIGHEST SCORE AT THE END OF THREE MINUTES WINS !NTONY WAS lRST UP COM PETING IN THE LIGHT HEAVY WEIGHT CATEGORY (IS OPPO
NENTS IN THE lRST FEW ROUNDS HAD NO RESPONSE TO HIS WELL TIMED COUNTERPUNCHES AND ACCURATE KICKS AS HE MADE HIS WAY TO THE SEMI lNAL )N
Rugby  round-Âup "EN *ONES 3PORTS 2EPORTER !LTHOUGH NO SILVERWARE WAS WON THE PAST SEASON HAS BEEN A PLEASING ONE FOR THE 5%! MEN S RUGBY TEAM 4HE ST 8) SHOWED A MIXED BAG OF RE SULTS WITH SOME FANTASTIC WINS ACCOMPANIED BY SOME TRULY HEARTBREAKING DEFEATS 3OME HIGH POINTS WERE THE DOGGED VICTORIES OVER EVENTUAL LEAGUE WINNERS ,EICESTER 5NI VERSITY "ONUS S ALSO INCLUDE THRASHING LEAGUE MINNOWS BOTH AWAY AND AT HOME IN CLUDING A MASSIVE WIN OVER $ERBY STS AND OPEN ING THE SEASON WITH A VICTORY OVER 7ARWICK RDS ! DISAPPOINTING JOINT RD IN THE LEAGUE COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DIFFERENT HAD THE BOUNCE OF THE BALL GONE THE OTHER WAY AND ONE POINT UPSETS TO .OT TINGHAM 4RENT NDS AND .OT TINGHAM THS BEEN AVOIDED 4HE lRSTS NEXT YEAR LOOK SET FOR SUCCESS UNDER CAPTAIN 2USSELL 4UMATH WITH THE CURRENT CROP OF lRST YEARS SHOWING AWE SOME POTENTIAL NOTABLY SCRUM HALF mY HALF $OM -C7ILLIAM AND 7INGER 3IMON (UGHES PUTTING IN CONSISTENTLY EXCEL LENT PERFORMANCES THROUGHOUT THE PAST YEAR
4HE ND 8) THE 3PARTANS ALSO EXPERIENCED A MIXED YEAR 0OSITIVES INCLUDE THE VIC TORY OVER 7OLVERHAMPTON STS AWAY AND THE a KEBAB MEAT AND CHIPS IN #ENTRAL %NGLAND 4HE TEAM SPIRIT OF THE ND TEAM WAS FANTASTIC lNISHING AGAINST !NGLIA 2USKIN WITH AND A HALF PLAYERS /LIVER "ELL SPENT MINS HOPPING AROUND THE PITCH WITH A KNEE INJURY "UT THE BOYS NEVER SAID DIE AND NEVER GAVE UP NO MATTER WHAT THE SCORE WAS #REDIT HAS TO BE GIVEN TO /LIVER "ARKER AND "EN *ONES FOR THE DIFlCULT TASK OF GETTING A TEAM TOGETHER SOME TIMES AS LATE AS THE EVENING BEFORE A GAME 3TANDOUT PER FORMANCES INCLUDE mANKERS *OE 2ICHES AND 'ARY .ICHOL SON BOTH FORCED TO lNISH THE SEASON EARLY THROUGH INJURY 4HE 3PARTANS LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER EVENTFUL SEASON UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE AND OVERAC TIVE MOUTH OF $ANIEL 7OOD WARD 4HE 3ATURDAY TEAM UNDER WENT A MASSIVE MAKE OVER ENGINEERED MOSTLY BY 4ROJANS CAPTAIN 4OM (OUGH )N PREVI OUS YEARS THE 3ATURDAY GAMES WERE CALLED OFF DUE TO LACK OF ORGANISATION BUT THANKS TO 4OM MOST lXTURES WERE FUL lLLED AND WON CONVINCINGLY
-OST GAMES WERE NOT OF A GOOD STANDARD RESULTING IN HIGH SCORING MATCHES MOST TOPPING POINTS /NLY ONE LOSS LED TO A DOUBLE PROMO TION FOR NEXT SEASON %ASTER BROUGHT THE !NNUAL TOUR TO !MSTERDAM ALTHOUGH ONE OF THE BEST WEEKS IN HIS TORY MOST EXPLOITS HERE ARE NOT lT FOR PRINT SO THE LESS SAID ABOUT IT THE BETTER 3O WE CAME TO THE END OF THE SEASON WITH A PACKED lNAL WEEKEND lRST WAS THE END OF YEAR DINNER AT !SSEMBLY (OUSE 4HIS INCLUDED A SPEECH FROM EX %NGLAND INTERNATIONAL AND "RITISH ,ION !NDY 2IPLEY 4HIS WAS FOLLOWED BY 5%! HOSTING THE "53! S TOURNAMENT ONE OF THE LARGEST SPORTING EVENTS HELD AT 5%! EXCEPT IT WAS HOSTED AT .ORWICH 2&# 4HE TOURNAMENT INVOLVED A COLLEC TION OF THE BEST UNIVERSITY RUG BY TEAMS lGHTING IT OUT FOR THE TITLE OF NATIONAL S CHAMPION )N THE END THE IMPRESSIVE 57)# MEN S TEAM BEAT %XETER IN THE lNAL AND .ORTHUMBRIA WOMEN BEAT ,OUGHBOROUGH WOMEN 3O ENDS ANOTHER YEAR OF RUGBY IT HAS BEEN EVENTFUL TO SAY THE LEAST BUT WOULD WE HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY
A HARD FOUGHT BOUT AND FOL LOWING A NUMBER OF WARNINGS ABOUT hEXCESSIVE CONTACTv HE NARROWLY LOST OUT TO THE EVEN TUAL WINNER -EANWHILE !DAM WAS MAKING HIS PRESENCE FELT IN THE MIDDLEWEIGHT CATEGORY 4HE COMPETITION SEEMED TO HAVE NO ANSWER FOR HIS GREATER REACH AND FAST COMBINATIONS !FTER A NUMBER OF COMFORTABLE VICTO RIES HE FOUND HIMSELF FACING A MORE WORTHY OPPONENT IN THE SEMI lNAL BECOMING THE SEC OND 5%! COMPETITOR TO LOSE TO AN EVENTUAL WINNER "OTH lGHTS FOR THIRD WENT TO THE WIRE NO ONE WANTED TO GO HOME IN FOURTH PLACE "OTH 5%! lGHTERS CAME OUT ON TOP !NTONY LANDING A KICK IN THE lNAL SECONDS AND !DAM WIN NING A PUNCHING EXCHANGE TO SCORE IN SUDDEN DEATH !FTER RETURNING THIS TERM !DAM THEN WENT ON TO WIN THE REGIONAL TITLE LAST 3UNDAY AND 3AEED GOT OVER HIS DIS QUALIlCATION FOR USE OF *UDO STYLE TAKEDOWNS AT "53! TO TAKE GOLD IN HIS CATEGORY
Editorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  column  ,AURA 7IGNALL (ARRY ,OW 4HIS SUMMER PROMISES TO BE AN ACTION PACKED ADVEN TURE FOR SPORTING ENTHUSIASTS AROUND THE WORLD %URO KICKS OFF ON *UNE TH IN !USTRIA AND 3WITZERLAND 4HE SPORT SEC TION S HOT TIP IS 3PAIN 7ITH THE WORLD CLASS )KER #ASILLAS IN GOAL A BACKLINE LED BY #ARLOS 0UYOL AND THE GOALS OF &ERNANDO 4ORRES THIS COMBINATION COULD SEE THE YEAR THAT 3PAIN FINALLY FULFIL THE POTENTIAL THAT THEY SO OFTEN PROMISE 4HE PURRING OF A LAWN MOWER THE SMELL OF FRESH LY CUT GRASS THE BASELINES PAINTED WHITE AND HUNDREDS OF NEW BALL CASES READY TO BE CRACKED OPEN IT CAN ONLY BE 7IMBLEDON 'ET READY FOR GLORIOUSLY OVERPRICED STRAWBERRIES AND 0IMM S AND HOPEFULLY SOME SUN SHINE WHEN THE WORLD S BEST GRASS COURT TENNIS TOURNA
MENT BEGINS IN *UNE 4HE SPORT SECTION IS BACKING THE SUAVE 3ERBIAN $JOKOVIC AND THE BRILLIANT (ENIN 4WO TEST SERIES ON HOME SOIL WILL BE PLAYED OUT WITH .EW :EALAND AND 3OUTH !FRICA THE VISITORS "ACK TO BACK VICTORIES AGAINST .EW :EALAND SHOULD BE A FORMAL ITY WITH 3OUTH !FRICA POS ING MUCH MORE OF A THREAT 5NLESS -ICHAEL 6AUGHAN STARTS TO SCORE RUNS THIS COULD ARGUABLY BE HIS FINAL SUMMER AS %NGLAND CAPTAIN 7E BELIEVE THE RETURN OF &LINTOFF AND THE RISE OF "ROAD WILL PROVIDE THE POSITIVES FOR A SIDE STILL STRUGGLING TO SET TLE &INALLY THE "EIJING /LYMPICS !S ALWAYS THIS PROMISES TO BRING TOGETHER THE WORLD S ELITE DESPITE THE POLITICAL CONTROVERSY TAINT ING THE BUILD UP %XPECT GOLD MEDALS APLENTY FROM 2USSIA 53! AND OF COURSE HOSTS #HINA 3EE YOU IN 3EPTEMBER SPORTS FANS
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Sports  review  of  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;07/08 &ROM FENCING TO FOOTBALL CRICKET TO CAPOEIRA ONCE AGAIN A MULTITUDE OF SPORT TOOK PLACE RIGHT HERE IN .ORWICH AND HERE AT #ON CRETE WE GIVE YOU A POTTED LOOK BACK ON THE SEASON S HIGHS AND LOWS FOR A FEW OF 5%! S SPORTS CLUBS
$AVINA 7ILLSON 7ITH A SHAKY START TO THE SEASON 7OMEN S 2UGBY SOON EXCELLED IN MATCHES AGAINST .ORTHAMPTON AND !NGLIA 2USKIN WITH WINS OF AND 7INNING $ERBY $AY WAS THE ICING ON THE CAKE WITH A WIN /N TOUR IN #ALELLA THE GIRLS MADE IT TO THE SEMI lNALS AND WERE KNOCKED OUT BY THE PREMIER SIDE .EWCASTLE
DESPITE BEATING THEM IN PRE VIOUS ROUNDS 7ITH A STRONG COMMITTEE LINED UP FOR NEXT YEAR THE GIRLS LOOK FORWARD TO TAKING THE CLUB FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH
MAKING IT TO THE "53! 0LATE COMPETITION THE ND TEAM ALSO lGHTING THEIR WAY TO FOURTH IN A TOUGH LEAGUE AND THE WEEKEND 4ROJANS TEAM WINNING THE .ORFOLK -ERIT LEAGUE AND HOPE FULLY COMPETING IN THE -ERIT LEAGUE NEXT YEAR A STAG GERING TWO LEAGUE PROMO TION (AVING WON THE #LUB 0ROGRESS !WARD AT THE #! 3!S THE CLUB IS LOOKING TO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS IN THE SEASON
!NDREW *ONES HAS BEEN A HUGELY SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR THE 5%! TENNIS CLUB "OTH THE MEN S AND LADIES "53! TEAMS lNISHED SECOND IN THEIR DIVISIONS AND ENSURED QUALIlCATION FOR THE NA TIONAL KNOCKOUT SHIELD 4HE LADIES MADE IT TO THE LAST WHERE THEY WERE DEFEATED BY 5NIVERSITY #OLLEGE ,ONDON 4HE MEN ;BELOW= STARTED THEIR SHIELD CAMPAIGN WITH A WIN OVER $E -ONT FORD ,EICESTER BEFORE LOS ING A TIGHT QUARTER lNAL TO ,EEDS -ETROPOLITAN ! WIN FOR THE MEN AT $ERBY $AY AND A DRAW FOR THE LADIES ULTIMATELY CAPPED WHAT HAS BEEN A lNE SEASON FOR 5%! TENNIS
*OHNNY ,EE WILL ALWAYS GO DOWN AS A YEAR OF BROKEN RECORDS WITH NEW 5%! !THLETICS #LUB RECORDS BEING SET BY #HRIS *OHNSON M 'LENN 7ATTS M 3INE
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,OIS .ETHERSELL 4HE SEASON ALLOWED 5%! 7OMEN S &OOTBALL #LUB TO mOURISH 4HE "53! TEAM lNISHED THIRD IN THE
" -IDLANDS ,EAGUE AND WERE UNLUCKY TO MISS OUT ON A PROMOTION SPOT 3UNDAY ,EAGUE SAW THE TEAM lNISH ING MID TABLE 7ITH A WIN AT A TOURNAMENT HOSTED BY %S SEX 5NIVERSITY THE GIRLS CAN BE PROUD OF THEIR ACHIEVE MENTS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR ,ET S HOPE BRINGS THE SQUAD THE SUC CESS THAT THEY DESERVE
&ROM THREE LEGGED RACES THROUGH .ORWICH TO GRACING THE ,#2 IN DRAG PANTS AND SWIMMING COSTUMES THE 5%! SWIMMING CLUB HAS HAD ITS MOST SUCCESSFUL YEAR TO DATE COMPETING AT "53! SHORT COURSE IN 3HEFlELD IMPROVING ON LAST YEAR S PER FORMANCES WITH SWIMMERS ACHIEVING NEW PERSONAL BE STS 7ITH THE NEW COMMITTEE SELECTED NEXT YEAR LOOKS SET TO BE EVEN BETTER WITH MORE
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(ARRY ,OW 5%! S +ORFBALL #LUB HAS AR GUABLY HAD ITS BUSIEST YEAR IN ITS HISTORY HOSTING lRST TEAM NATIONALS FOR THE lRST TIME EVER AS WELL AS THEIR AN NUAL &EBRUARY TOURNAMENT AND RECRUITING MORE NEW MEMBERS THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS 4HE SEASON HIGHLIGHT WAS VICTORY AT SECOND TEAM NATIONALS IN -ANCHESTER IN -ARCH 4HE CLUB HAS ALSO SENT TEAMS TO TOURNAMENTS IN ,ANCASTER .OTTINGHAM AND +ENT AS WELL AS PARTAK ING IN AN ANNUAL %UROPEAN COMPETITION IN (OLLAND LAST MONTH 5%!+# WILL SAY GOODBYE TO A NUMBER OF EXPERIENCED lRST TEAMERS AT THE END OF THE SEASON AS IT LOOKS TO WIN BACK THE "53! TROPHY WON IN AND
3AM 7ILSON #OMING OFF THE BACK OF A PRETTY STRONG lNISH TO THE SEASON LAST YEAR AND WITH NEW KIT AND SPONSORS PLANNED FOR THE COMING YEAR THERE WAS EXCITEMENT BUZZING ROUND 5%! RUGBY 4HIS YEAR HAS PROVED PRO DUCTIVE FOR THE CLUB WITH DEVELOPMENTS ON ALL LEV ELS THE ST TEAM lNISHING FOURTH IN THEIR LEAGUE AND
Triathalon  triumphant  in  debut  year 3IAN ,OVELESS 3PORTS 2EPORTER 4HE INAUGURAL 5%! TRIATH LON SEASON GOT OFF TO AN IMPRESSIVE START WITH AN EX CELLENT $ERBY $AY WIN OVER THE MORE EXPERIENCED %SSEX 4RIATHLON TEAM 'REAT TIMES WERE CLAIMED BY THE 5%! TEAM FROM .ICOLA -C)VOR !LICE $INSDALE 9OUNG $EN NIS #HUNG !NDREA -ANZONI AND /LIVER 6ELLA 3UCCESS CONTINUED WITH !LEX "AMFORD AND ,EE #ALDERON BOTH PUTTING IN STRONG PERFORMANCES AT THE 3TEYNING $UATHLON KM RUN KM BIKE KM RUN TO
QUALIFY THEM FOR THE %URO PEAN $UATHLON !GE 'ROUP #HAMPIONSHIPS IN 'REECE IN -AY /N 3UNDAY TH !PRIL DESPITE THE SNOW ,EE TOOK lRST PLACE AT THE $ISS $UATH LON !LEX WON HIS AGE GROUP lNISHING TWELFTH OVERALL WHILE .ICOLA CAME IN A FAN TASTIC THIRD POSITION IN THE LADIES RACE 7ITH NO TIME TO REST THEIR LEGS RETURNING FROM THE %ASTER BREAK ,EE IMPRESSED AGAIN AT THE -IL TON +EYNES .ATIONAL $U ATHLON #HAMPIONSHIPS AND CAME THIRD IN THE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE #AMBRIDGE $U ATHLON FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER EXCELLENT POSITION FOR !LEX
IN HIS lRST EVER $UATHLON SEASON -EANWHILE BIKE SPE CIALIST .ATHAN 3IMMONS HAS PRODUCED EXCELLENT CYCLING RESULTS AT THE BEGINNING OF HIS SEASON AND REPRESENTED 5%! AT THE "53! TIME TRIAL /N THE 4RIATHLON FRONT THE lRST 4RI OF THE SEASON SAW 3IAN ,OVELESS AND .ICO LA TAKE THE lRST AND SECOND WOMEN S POSITIONS RESPEC TIVELY IN THE 7ATTISHAM 2!& 3PRINT TRIATHLON BOTH A GOOD FOUR MINUTES AHEAD OF THIRD PLACE 7ITH THE TEAM LOOKING STRONG THEY HOPE FOR MORE SUCCESS AT THE "53! TRIATH LON IN 7ILTSHIRE IN -AY
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UEA  Fight  Night  a  resounding  success *ACK #LARK !RTS %DITOR /N A CLEAR EVENING SPECTA TORS AND BOXERS WENT TO THE ,#2 FOR 5%! S lRST EVER &IGHT .IGHT )T WAS 7EDNESDAY THE TH OF !PRIL AND WHAT BET TER WAY TO START THE DREADED EXAM TERM THAN WITH A BOUT OF CONTROLLED VIOLENCE 3TEVE 0ARSONS (EAD OF 5%! S "OXING 3OCIETY HELPED ORGANISE THE EVENT 4RAINERS AND lGHTERS FROM LOCAL BOX ING CLUB +INGlSHER "OXING LENT THEIR SUPPORT BOTH IN THE RING AND OUT OF IT 5%! "OXING 3OCIETY WAS FORMED FOUR YEARS AGO WITH NO DIRECT FUNDING FROM THE 5NIVERSITY 4HEY SURVIVED ON A MIX OF SUBS AND GOOD FA VOUR .OW FOUR YEARS LATER THE SOCIETY IS ABLE TO lELD A REGULAR MEMBERSHIP OF PEOPLE AND HAVE THE DRAW TO SELL OUT THIS EVENT lLLING THE ,#2 WITH BAYING SPECTA TORS 4HE ,#2 WAS DOMINATED BY THE FOOT BOXING RING IN THE CENTRE AND UNDER HARSH
WHITE LIGHTS THE lGHTERS STOOD APART FROM THE CROWD SINGLED OUT AND MADE STARS FOR THE MOMENTS THEY FOUGHT IN THE RING 4HE NIGHT lELDED MANY lGHTS TOO MANY TO LIST HERE (IGHLIGHTS INCLUDED A lGHT
BETWEEN TWO WOMEN n THE SECOND TIME SUCH A lGHT HAD HAPPENED IN .ORFOLK WHERE THE CROWD WAS SHOWN THAT BOXING IS NOT JUST A MAN S SPORT !NOTHER lGHT WAS BE TWEEN TWO KICKBOXERS WHO
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