Concrete - Issue 220

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Inside The Event -­ Interviews with Travis & Dylan Moran -­ Where are Timmy Mallet & Martine McCutcheon now?

-­ Prize giveaways galore!

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RIVED WITHIN l VE MINUTES OF THE START OF THE l RE #ONGREGATION (ALL WAS EVACUATED AT AM 4HE STUDENTS WENT OUTSIDE AND ASSEMBLED ON THE GRASS OPPOSITE .ELSON #OURT 4HERE WAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF SMOKE AND WHEN -YLES 3MITH A l RST YEAR %.6 STUDENT GOT INTO A POSITION WHERE HE COULD SEE THE GENERATOR ALL HE SAW WAS A hSMOULDERING MESS v )N CONVERSATION WITH BUILDERS #ONCRETE LEARNT THAT THE LIKELY CAUSE OF THE BLAZE WAS A BUILD UP OF DEAD LEAVES BENEATH THE MAIN GENERATOR HOUSING 4HESE LEAVES SET l RE AND n IT IS BELIEVED n HEATED UP THE OUTER CASING OF THE GENERATOR ENOUGH TO LEAD TO A l RE IN THE FUEL DUCT WHICH THEN SPREAD TO THE MAIN CORE OF THE GENERATOR AND IGNITED THE DIESEL STORED THERE "Y THE TIME #ONCRETE ARRIVED AT THE SITE THE l RE BRIGADE HAD

DEALT WITH THE SITUATION &IRE EX TINGUISHERS WERE SCATTERED AROUND THE RUINED GENERATOR AND BUILDERS CLUSTERED AROUND WONDERING WHAT THIS WOULD MEAN FOR THEM AND THE WORK THEY WERE DUE TO DO THAT DAY ! MEMBER OF +IER 'ROUP #ON STRUCTION RAN OVER TO ONE OF THE BUILDERS AND ASKED WITH A WORRIED TONE IF hTHE TREESv WERE OKAY &ORTU NATELY THE TREES NEAR THE SITE OF THE l RE WERE UNDAMAGED BY THE l RE 3EVERAL STAFF MEMBERS WHO WERE WORKING WITHIN 5NION (OUSE AT THE TIME COMMENTED ON THE SMOKE AND THE PRESENCE OF THE TWO l RE EN GINES (ARRY ,OW WHO WAS WORKING IN THE #ONCRETE OFl CE AT THE TIME OF THE l RE SAID THAT THE SMOKE HAD SPREAD SO QUICKLY THAT EVEN IN THE OFl CE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 5NION (OUSE FROM WHERE THE EVENT OC CURRED HE hCOULD SMELL IT v

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0ART TIME STUDENTS AT 5%! HAVE TO PAY TO ENTER THE 3PORTSPARK WHILE FULL TIME STUDENTS GET IN FOR FREE

#ONCRETE HAS LEARNED THIS WEEK 0ART TIME STUDENTS STILL HAVE TO PAY THE SAME TUITION FEES AS FULL TIME STUDENTS AND DO SO WITHOUT ANY HELP FROM 3TUDENT &INANCE

AND SO THEY FEEL THAT IT ISN T RIGHT THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE TO PAY MORE TO USE THE SPORTS FACILITIES !S THEIR COURSES LAST FOR THREE TO FOUR YEARS LONGER THAN FULL TIME STUDENTS THEY COULD END UP PAYING EXTORTIONATE AMOUNTS FOR THE USE OF THE 3PORT SPARK ALONE ESPECIALLY IF THEY JOIN A SPORTS CLUB FOR WHICH THEY WILL HAVE TO PAY a 3PORTS !SSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP AS WELL AS THE a CLUB FEE PER YEAR !ND WHETHER THEY CHOOSE TO JOIN A CLUB OR NOT

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4RVBSF 3FWBNQ 4QBSLT $POUSPWFSTZ &ERDINAND ,EY 2EPORTER h7HY v AND hWHY NOW v SEEMED TO BE THE QUESTIONS ON THE MIND OF STUDENTS WATCHING AS THE RECONSTRUC TION OF 4HE 3QUARE STARTED ON -ONDAY TH /CTOBER h4HE 3QUARE IS THE HEART OF THE 5NIVERSITY WHERE IS ITS SOCIAL LIFE GOING TO HAPPEN v A LADY NOTED AS FENCES WERE PUT UP !CCORDING TO THE %STATES AND 0LANNING $IVISION THE AREA IS hDUE TO BE UPDATED TO CURRENT STANDARDSv 4HE PROJECT WILL INVOLVE hRESURFAC ING THE HARD LANDSCAPE UP DATING THE S DESIGN AND PROVIDING A BASIS FOR FUTURE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT v 7HEN ASKED WHY THE WORK COULD NOT HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT DURING THE SUMMER HOLI DAY THE PROJECT OFl CE REPLIED THAT FACTORS SUCH AS hEXAM PERIODS AND CONFERENCES HELD THROUGHOUT THE SUMMERv IN m UENCED THE DECISION (OW EVER 2OWENA "ODDINGTON #OMMUNICATIONS /Fl CER FOR THE 5NION OF 5%! 3TUDENTS #/.4).5%$ &2/- 0!'% -R +EITH .ICHOLLS THE DIRECTOR OF THE 3PORTSPARK

TOLD #ONCRETE THAT THIS DECI SION TO CHARGE PART TIME STU DENTS MORE THAN FULL TIME STUDENTS DID NOT LIE IN THE HANDS OF THE 3PORTSPARK 4HE FACILITY WAS FUNDED LARGELY BY A a MILLION GRANT FROM THE ,OTTERY ALONG WITH a MILLION FROM THE 5NIVER SITY AND A FURTHER a

WHICH WAS RAISED BY A PUBLIC APPEAL -R .ICHOLLS SAYS THAT h4O ACCEPT THE a MILLION THE 5NIVERSITY HAD TO AGREE THAT STUDENTS AT THE 5NI VERSITY WOULD NOT HAVE ANY PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT TO THE GENERAL COMMUNITY )N RE TURN FOR THE a MILLION THE 5NIVERSITY WAS ENTITLED TO AN ALLOCATION OF TIME WHICH IT COULD USE FOR RECREATIONAL OR ACADEMIC USE 4HIS USE IS PROGRAMMED WITHIN THE AGREED AMOUNTS AND TIME BANDS FOR USE BY 5NION SPORTS CLUBS 4HE 5NIVERSITY DOES NOT CHARGE THE 5NION SPORTS CLUBS FOR THIS TIME v "EFORE THE 3PORTSPARK WAS BUILT NEGOTIATIONS OC CURED BETWEEN THE 5NIVER SITY AND THE ,OTTERY WERE UNDERGONE TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE %DUCA TIONAL 5SER CARD WHICH IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO ACCORDING TO THE RULES SPECIl ED BY THE ,OTTERY hTHOSE PERSONS UN

GAVE A DIFFERENT ANSWER SHE SAID THAT hTHEY RULED OUT DO ING IT OVER THE SUMMER DUE TO TIME AND COSTS v #ONSTRUCTION WORK ON 4HE 3QUARE ITSELF YELLOW AREA AND THE WALKWAYS AROUND IT PINK AREA ARE EXPECTED TO l NISH ON TH *ANUARY AND ND &EBRUARY RESPECTIVELY

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THE %STATES AND 0LANNING $I VISION SAID 3OME WITHIN THE 3TUDENT 5NION VOICED CONCERNS ABOUT

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REVENUES DECLINING AS THEY PRESENT A CRUCIAL SOURCE OF IN COME h4HE LACK OF PEOPLE IN THE SQUARE WILL DEl NITELY HAVE SOME IMPACT WE JUST DON T KNOW HOW MUCHv !NDY 0OTT 'ENERAL -ANAGER OF THE 5NION SAID (E EXPECTS THE IMPACT TO BE hMORE ON THE SHOPS THAN ON THE BARS v 2ICHARD 4AYLOR $UTY -ANAGER OF THE 5NION "ARS

THE 5&/ AND THE ,#2 NOTED h)T WOULD HAVE AFFECTED US IF IT WAS SUMMER OR IN THE SPRING TIME BUT NOT NOWv A VIEW SHARED BY 3TEPHEN 7RIGHT

(EAD OF #ATERING AT :EST h) M SURE THEY THOUGHT OF THE BUSINESSES AROUND IT v 4HE PROJECT OFl CE CLAIMED THAT THE PLANNING WAS hHEAV ILY INm UENCED BY THE BUSI NESS OF THE 5NIVERSITY AND THAT CONDUCTED AROUND THE 3QUARE #ONSULTATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS OF THE BUSINESS UNITS HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN CLUDING THE 3TUDENT 5NIONv !NDY 0OTT CONl RMED THE NO TION !CCORDING TO HIM THE QUESTION IS h7ILL PEOPLE RE LOCATE v

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4OM (UNT DERTAKING A FULL TIME COURSE OF TAUGHT STUDY OF NOT LESS THAN NINE MONTHS DURATION AT A RECOGNISED SCHOOL OR COLLEGE OF FURTHER OR HIGHER EDUCATION OR UNIVERSITY v 4HIS MEANS THAT ALL FULL TIME STUDENTS AT 5%!

ALONG WITH ALL OTHER STUDENTS IN FULL TIME EDUCATION WHO LIVE IN .ORFOLK CAN ENTER THE 3PORTSPARK FOR FREE AND PAY THE LOWER RATE TO USE THE FA CILITIES 5NFORTUNATELY PART TIME STUDENTS DO NOT MEET THE CRITERIA SPECIl ED BY THE ,OTTERY S RULES 4HE %DUCA TIONAL 5SER CARD IS PAID FOR

BY THE 5NIVERSITY AND SO IT WOULD NOT BE FEASIBLE FOR THEM TO PAY FOR PART TIME STUDENTS TO USE THE FACILI TIES AS WELL !S -R .ICHOLLS

SAYS h)F THE 5NIVERSITY DE CIDED TO FUND EDUCATIONAL RATES FOR PART TIME STUDENTS THE 3PORTSPARK WOULD HAVE TO OFFER ACCESS TO THE EDUCA TIONAL CARD TO ALL PART TIME STUDENTS REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY STUDIED OR WHAT COURSE THEY DID #LEARLY THIS WOULD IMPOSE A l NANCIAL BURDEN THE 3PORTSPARK COULD NOT SUSTAIN v -R .ICHOLLS ALSO ADDS

h.ONE OF THE a CHARGE THE 5NION OF 5NIVERSITY OF %AST !NGLIA 3TUDENTS MAKES TO IN DIVIDUAL STUDENTS TO JOIN THE 3PORTS !SSOCIATION NOR ANY OF THE CHARGES INDIVIDUAL CLUBS MAKE TO STUDENTS TO JOIN THEIR CLUB COMES TO THE 3PORTSPARK !LL THAT MONEY IS RETAINED BY THE 5NION v

,AST &RIDAY 5%! ,ABOUR WERE PETITIONING IN THE (IVE AGAINST ROGUE LANDLORDS IN .ORWICH 4HE PETITION AIMS TO PREVENT LANDLORDS FROM CHARGING OVERLY HIGH RENTS FOR LOW STANDARD HOUSING AND WILL BE SENT TO 'ORDON "ROWN IN *ANUARY ,OCAL COUNCILLOR "ERT "REMNER WAS ALSO ASSIST ING THE CAMPAIGN ANSWERING STUDENTS QUESTIONS IN THE (IVE *ONATHAN #LARK WHO WAS MANNING THE DESK WHERE THE PETITION WAS FOR PART OF THE DAY SAID h&OR TOO LONG ROGUE LANDLORDS HAVE BEEN MIS TREATING STUDENTS BY CHARGING OVER THE TOP RENTS FOR POOR QUALITY ACCOMODATION "Y WORKING WITH #HARLES #LARKE

-0 AND THE #ITY #OUNCIL WE HOPE THAT WE CAN CHANGE THE SITUATION FOR THE BETTER v #OUNCILLOR FOR 5NIVER SITY WARD "ERT "REMNER SAID h,ANDLORDS HAVE ALSO BEEN NEGLECTING TO TELL TENANTS ABOUT RUBBISH COLLECTIONS AND FAIL TO PROVIDE GARDEN EQUIPMENT CAUSING COMMU NITIES TO LOOK UNTIDY v

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*ACK #LARK .EWS %DITOR 5NION #OUNCIL STARTED OFF THE YEAR WITH A SERIES OF UN EXPECTED AND TUMULTUOUS EVENTS !ROUND COUNCILLORS AT TENDED THE lRST MEETING HELD ON 4HURSDAY TH /CTOBER IN ,ECTURE 4HEATRE 4HE lRST MAJOR EVENT OF #OUNCIL WAS THE ELECTION OF THE #HAIR OF #OUNCIL FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR &IVE PEOPLE STOOD FOR THE POSITION OF #HAIR AND EACH GAVE A SHORT SPEECH TO EXPLAIN TO THE #OUNCIL WHY THEY FELT THEY WOULD BE A GOOD #HAIR 4HE PEOPLE THAT STOOD WERE n IN ORDER OF THEIR SPEECHES n !NNA 0RITCHARD

3TUART !LDER !MY 7ILSON

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WITH 0RITCHARD AND 7ILSON STRESSING THEIR ORGANISATIONAL EXPERIENCE 5%! STUDENT OF SEVEN YEARS !LDER EXPLAINING HOW HE HAD BEEN ON 5NION #OUNCIL SINCE HE WAS AN UN DERGRAD AND +IFlN ADOPTED A FRIENDLY AND INTERPERSONAL TONE OPENING WITH A JOKE

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THAT MADE LIGHT OF HIS RELATIVE LACK OF COUNCIL EXPERIENCE h) DON T HAVE MUCH EXPERI ENCE BUT NEITHER DOES "ARACK /BAMA AND HE S CLASS v -AT THEW $AVIDSON FELT THAT AS HE HAD BEEN DEPUTY CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR HIS EXPERIENCE PREPARED HIM FOR THE MORE DEMAND

i A* EPO U IBWF NVDI FYQFSJ FODF CVU OFJUIFS EPFT 0CBNB BOE IF T DMBTT w ING ROLE OF #HAIR THEN DRIFTED INTO A RALLYING SPEECH ABOUT HOW hWE NEED TO BE FOR THE STUDENTS IN THE SQUARE THE STUDENTS DRINKING THEIR PRINTS IN THE BLUE BAR AND THE STU DENTS DANCING AROUND IN THE ,#2 IN THEIR COSTUMES WHICH LOOK FANTASTIC v !FTER THE SPEECHES THE CANDIDATES WERE ASKED TO LEAVE THE ROOM AND THE VOT ING COMMENCED 4HE ATMOS

PHERE WAS CHARGED AND !MY 7ILSON WHO CONFESSED IN HER SPEECH THAT SHE HAD ONLY DE CIDED TO RUN TWO HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING COMMENCED WAS THE UNEXPECTED WINNER )N THE WORDS OF ONE STUDENT SHE WAS hNOT THE BOOKIES FAVOURITE v )T HAD BEEN EXPECTED THAT -ATTHEW $AVIDSON WOULD TAKE #HAIR AND 3TUART !LDER DEPUTY CHAIR BUT WHAT ACTU ALLY TRANSPIRED WAS THAT !MY 7ILSON TOOK #HAIR AND *ACK +IFlN TOOK $EPUTY #HAIR 4HE MEETING PROGRESSED

WITH HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDING PEOPLE STANDING FOR OBSCURE COMMITTEES SUCH AS THE h(UMAN 4ISSUEv COMMITTEE 6OTING HYSTERIA TOOK HOLD AND FOR A TIME THE #OUN CIL FUNCTIONED DYNAMICALLY

WITH #OUNCILLORS QUIZZING THE CANDIDATES ON WHY THEY FELT THEY WOULD BE APPROPRI ATE FOR THE JOB EVEN GOING SO FAR AS TO QUIZ SOLE CANDIDATES FOR POSITIONS TO ASSURE THEM SELVES THAT THEY WERE LETTING THE RIGHT PEOPLE HAVE THE IM PORTANT ROLES "Y PM #OUNCIL WAS mAG GING AND IT WAS IN THIS STULTI

6OJPO &MFDUJPOT %IGHT STUDENTS ARE BIDDING TO BECOME YOUR CANDIDATES FOR THE .53 %XTRAORDINARY #ON FERENCE ALONG WITH AN ELEC TION FOR 3OCIAL 3CIENCES &ACUL TY #ONVENOR AND A VOTE ABOUT WHETHER TO CONTINUE THE CUR RENT .ESTLÏ BOYCOTT SEE THE PAGE OPPOSITE 4HERE WERE NO NOMINATIONS FOR 3PORTS /FlCER 1UESTION 4IME FOR 33& #ONVENOR IS ON ND /CTO BER AT PM IN THE (IVE &OR THE .53 $ELEGATION 1UES TION 4IME IS TH /CTOBER AT PM IN THE (IVE 4HERE WILL ALSO BE A DEBATE BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES OF THE .ESTLÏ BOY COTT VOTE ON TH /CTOBER AT PM IN THE (IVE 6OTING ON THE TH AND TH /CTOBER WILL BE IN THE ,#2 BETWEEN AM AND PM *UST POP ALONG WITH YOUR CAMPUS CARD TO CAST YOUR VOTE

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-ARTIN *OPP NO TEXT SUBMITTED 0AUL 7ELLS NO TEXT SUBMITTED "EA ,EAL NO TEXT SUBMITTED 3EÉN 2OSE h) UNDERSTAND HOW .53 WORKS AND HOW TO GET THINGS DONE ) WILL lGHT FOR A STRONG CAMPAIGNING .53 THAT lGHTS AND WINS 4HAT S ABOUT IT REALLY v

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#SJOH #BDL /FTUMÏ $BNQBJHO !FTER YEARS IN THE STOCK CUP BOARDS +IT +ATS !EROS

-ILKYBARS AND 9ORKIES lNALLY HAVE A CHANCE FOR COMEBACK 7E NOW HAVE ETHICAL LABELLING IN ALL OUR SHOPS THE TRAFlC LIGHT PICTURES IN FRONT OF PRODUCTS TELLING YOU WHICH PRODUCTS ARE ETHICALLY GOOD AND WHICH ARE ETHICALLY BAD 7E DON T THINK IT S A PRESUMPTION TO SAY THERE A PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT DON T KNOW WHY WE BOYCOTT .ESTLÏ OR JUST HAVEN T NOTICED THEY MIGHT KNOW IT S SOMETHING TO

DO WITH !FRICA OR BABY MILK BUT THAT S IT 4O SEE .ESTLÏ GET A BIG FAT ZERO ON ITS LABEL WILL CAUSE MUCH MORE AWARENESS AND ENCOURAGE CONSUMERS TO MAKE AN EDUCATED CHOICE )F YOU WANT TO BRING BACK +IT +ATS FOR THE REASON THAT THEY ARE YOUR FAVOURITE CHOC OLATE BISCUIT VOTE @.O NEXT WEEK 4HOSE OF YOU THAT SUP PORT ACTION AGAINST .ESTLÏ WE ASK YOU TO LOOK AT EDUCATING PEOPLE AND CHANGING HABITS RATHER THAN TAKING A PRODUCT OFF THE SHELVES

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lED ATMOSPHERE THAT 2ICHARD 2EYNOLDS AND !NDREW 4AY LOR BROUGHT A MOTION TO THE #OUNCIL THAT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER TO GIVE A VOTE OF NO CONlDENCE FOR EXEC OFlCERS #URRENTLY IT IS MORE DIFlCULT FOR #OUNCIL TO CHOOSE TO NO CONlDENCE AN EXEC THAN TO CHANGE THE ENTIRE CONSTITU TION %SSENTIALLY IT IS EASIER FOR #OUNCIL TO DECIDE TO DE LETE THE JOB OF AN EXEC OFlCER

BY REWRITING THE CONSTITU TION THAN TO HOLD A VOTE OF NO CONlDENCE FOR THEM AS AN INDIVIDUAL 4HE MOTION WAS AN IM PORTANT ONE BUT BECAME BOGGED DOWN IN 5NION #OUNCIL BUREAUCRACY DUE TO A TECHNICAL ISSUE WITH THE WORDING OF THE MOTION !N ATTEMPT TO AMEND THE MO TION TO ENSURE THE ISSUE WAS RESOLVED CAUSED MUCH COM MOTION IN THE CHAMBER 4HE CHAIR RECEIVED PUBLIC ADVICE FROM STAFF AN UNORTHODOX ALTHOUGH NOT UNHEARD OF EVENT GIVEN THAT 5NION RULES FORBID STAFF hTO INmUENCE THE POLICY MAKING PROCESS OF THE 5NION v 4HIS INTERVENTION

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*T 4UBSUJOH 6OJ " $IBMMFOHF SPARKED A lRESTORM OF CON TROVERSY AS SPEECHES WERE MADE ON WHETHER TO ACCEPT THE ADVICE 4HE PROPOSER OF THE MO TION 2ICHARD EXPLAINED h) WAS SURPRISED BY THE PROCEED INGS IN #OUNCIL AND FELT THAT THE MANNER IN WHICH THE CON STITUTION WAS INTERPRETED WAS WRONG 4HE INTERPRETATION IN MY VIEW IMPEDED @FREE AND FAIR DEBATE THE lRST RULE ON HOW COUNCIL IS SUPPOSED TO BE WORK ) AM VERY DISAP POINTED WITH THE MANNER #OUNCIL OPERATED AND WILL BE WORKING WITH THE EXECUTIVE TO TRY TO ENSURE THAT SUCH PROB LEMS DO NOT HAPPEN AGAIN v 2ICHARD WITHDREW THE MOTION WHEN IT BECAME CLEAR THAT IN HIS WORDS h4HE ENTIRE DEBATE HAD BECOME POINT LESSLY COMPLEX v AND CALLED FOR #OUNCIL TO RETIRE TO THE PUB WHICH IT PROMPTLY DID UNDERSTANDS #ONCRETE THAT THE NEW #HAIR AND $EP UTY #HAIR OF #OUNCIL WILL WORK WITH THE %XECUTIVE TO ENSURE THAT THESE COMPLEXI TIES AND CONTROVERSIES DO NOT COME UP AGAIN

2ESEARCHERS AT 5%! ARE LOOK ING FOR lRST YEAR NATIVE %NGLISH STUDENTS WHO MIGHT BE WOR RIED ABOUT BEING AT UNIVER SITY )NTERESTED IN lNDING OUT MORE 0LEASE CONTACT US VIA EMAIL AT * )LLINGWORTH UEA AC UK OR PHONE *O )LLINGWORTH AT )F THIS ISN T FOR YOU WE ARE CURRENTLY RECRUITING PAR TICIPANTS FOR OTHER INTERESTING STUDIES IN PSYCHOLOGY 9OU CAN GO TO WWW UEA AC UK MED SWP RESEARCH TO lND OUT MORE AND OR SIGN UP ON OUR LIST

3PVOEBCPVU !FTER THE RECENT VANDALISM OF THE NEW ROUNDABOUT A NUMBER OF THOSE RESPONSIBLE HAVE BEEN IDENTIlED AND DEALT WITH BY THE POLICE SEVERAL OF WHOM WERE STUDENTS 4HE %STATES AND "UILDINGS DIVI SION COMMENTED h)T S A GREAT SHAME THAT A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE RUIN THE HARD WORK AND EFFORT PUT IN TO MAKING THE 5%! A PLEASANT AREA v !S YET NO DATES HAVE BEEN PRE DICTED FOR THE ROUNDABOUT S REFURBISHMENT

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3TUDENTS WERE SHOCKED TO lND BIKES TRAPPED AS SECU RITY FENCES WERE PUT UP IN THE AREA BY #ONGREGATION (ALL EARLY ON -ONDAY MORNING .O WARNING WAS GIVEN FOR THIS ACTION SO MANY STUDENTS ARRIVED AT THE 5NIVERSITY AFTER THE WEEKEND TO lND THE AREA CORDONED OFF WHILE THEIR BIKES WERE STILL INSIDE 5N HAPPY STUDENT ,OUISE 7OODS SAID h)T S QUITE ABSURD THAT WE WERE GIVEN NO WARNING THAT THIS WAS GOING TO HAP PEN ) LEFT MY BIKE AT UNI OVER THE WEEKEND THINKING ) COULD JUST TAKE IT HOME ON -ONDAY AND THEN RETURNED TO BE CONFRONTED WITH A GI ANT METAL FENCE SEPARATING ME FROM MY BIKE 4HE LACK OF COMMUNICATION FROM THE 5NIVERSITY IS RIDICULOUSv !N E MAIL FROM THE TRANS PORT CO ORDINATOR $AWN $E WAR WAS SENT OUT TO STUDENTS ASKING THEM TO REMOVE THEIR BIKES ON 4HURSDAY BUT IT STATED THAT BIKES NEEDED TO BE REMOVED BY WITH

'REG -ANN MANY STUDENTS NOT GETTING INTO UNIVERSITY UNTIL AFTER THIS TIME 4HIS LEFT THEM WITH THE FURTHER ANNOYANCE OF lNDING WHERE THEIR BIKES HAD BEEN RELOCATED TO 4HE FACT THAT THIS E MAIL WAS SENT AT AM

LEAVING STUDENTS LESS THAN TWO HOURS TO RECEIVE AND ACT ACCORDINGLY ONLY SERVES TO EXACERBATE WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN A HUGE INCONVENIENCE 4HE %STATES AND "UILDINGS

DIVISION COMMENTED THAT NO TICES WERE PUT IN PLACE hSOME TIME PRIOR TO THE SITE AREA BEING FENCED OFF INFORMING PEOPLE THAT THE STANDS WERE TO BE RELOCATED TO 5NION 0LACE v 4HEY ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE BIKES THAT HAVE BEEN RELOCATED TO THE TEMPO RARY SITE IN 5NION PLACE hHAVE REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE STANDS THAT THEY WERE ORIGI NALLY LOCKED ONTO v

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7E CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF THE AND SERVICES FROM TH TH /CTOBER 3TATIONED AT VARIOUS POINTS ALONG THE ROUTES OUR #ONCRETE VOLUN TEERS NOTED DOWN WHAT TIME BUSES ARRIVED AT THEIR STOPS 7E THEN COMPARED THOSE TIMES TO THOSE ON THE &IRST TIMETABLES TO SEE WHETHER THE SERVICES WERE RUNNING ON TIME (ERE ARE THE RESULTS

&RANCES 4AYLOR h) RECKON THERE ARE MORE S THAN S BUT AS LESS PEOPLE GET THEM THE S IT CAN BE FRUSTRAT ING )N THE MORNING IF YOU GO TO A STOP CLOSE TO 5%!

THE BUS IS NORMALLY TOO FULL AND JUST DRIVES PAST v "ETH &AULDING h) HAVE TO WAIT FORTY MINUTES FOR A BUS SOMETIMES /NCE ) WAS ON ONE AND THE SUSPENSION BAR WAS REALLY BAD AND ) WAS BO INGING UP INTO THE CEILING v

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#ITY 5NIVERSITY /N TIME 7ITHIN lVE MINUTES EITHER WAY /VER lVE MINUTES EITHER WAY 5NIVERSITY #ITY /N TIME 7ITHIN lVE MINUTES EITHER WAY /VER lVE MINUTES EITHER WAY

&IRST CONDUCT THEIR OWN RELI ABILITY AND PUNCTUALITY SUR VEYS EVERY MONTH 4HESE ARE THEIR lGURE FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS FROM THEIR WEBSITE

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&IONA "ILLINGS %DITOR !FTER WEEKS OF RECEIVING COM PLAINTS ABOUT THE STATE OF THE BUS SERVICE IN .ORWICH #ON CRETE DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT IS GOING ON WITH &IRST BUSES AND THE ROUTES 4HE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS WHO LIVE IN THE 'OLDEN 4RI ANGLE TAKE THE BUS INTO CAM PUS AT SOME POINT OR ANOTH ER EITHER EVERY DAY TO GO TO LECTURES OR JUST ON THE ODD OCCASION SUCH AS RETURNING FROM THE ,#2 4HEREFORE PEO PLE UNDERSTANDABLY BEGAN TO COMPLAIN WHEN THESE SERVIC ES STARTED TO BECOME LESS FRE QUENT AND MORE UNRELIABLE h4HERE S NO POINT IN GET TING THE BUS IF ) M GOING TO WATCH THREE FULL ONES GO PAST BEFORE ) CAN GET ON v SAID ONE THIRD YEAR ,)4 STUDENT h) WAS HALF AN HOUR LATE FOR MY SEM INAR THE OTHER DAY DESPITE LEAVING MY HOUSE AT AM TO GET TO UNI FOR PM v )T WAS COMMENTS LIKE THIS THAT PROMPTED #ONCRETE TO ARRANGE A SURVEY OF THE PUNC TUALITY OF THE AND SERV ICES 6ARIOUS ONE HOUR PERI ODS WERE SURVEYED ALONG THE TWO ROUTES WITH VOLUNTEERS NOTING DOWN WHEN BUSES AR RIVED AT THEIR STOPS 4HE FULL RESULTS CAN BE SEEN ON THE LEFT BUT THE STAND OUT STA TISTICS ARE THE SMALL AMOUNT OF BUSES THAT CAN ACTUALLY BE CLASSED AS hON TIMEv RANGING FROM TO 7E ORGANISED AN INTER VIEW WITH &IRST "USES -AR KETING AND #OMMUNICATIONS

/FlCER 'USSY !LAMEIN WHO WAS HAPPY TO DISCUSS THE RE SULTS OF OUR SURVEY AND AD DRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS VOICED BY STUDENTS ABOUT THE BUSES &IRSTLY WE ASKED -R !LA MEIN ABOUT OUR SURVEY RESULTS COMPARED TO THOSE ON THE &IRST WEBSITE (E EXPLAINED THAT THEIR STATISTICS ABOUT RELIABILITY MEANT WHETHER A SERVICE ACTUALLY RAN OR OPER ATED AND THAT THEY COVERED THE WHOLE OF .ORFOLK AND 3UFFOLK 7HEN ASKED TO COM MENT ON THE LACK OF PUNCTUAL SERVICES HIGHLIGHTED BY OUR SURVEY HE SAID h&IVE MINUTES LATE IS AN ACCEPTABLE TOLERANCE FOR OUR BUSES 4HIS TAKES INTO ACCOUNT TRAFlC ESPECIALLY AT RUSH HOURS v )N DISCUSSION OF THE NEW ROUTE -R !LAMEIN COM MENTED h7E ARE PROUD OF THE CHANGES WE HAVE MADE COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN IN SIN GLE lGURES v AND THAT MOST OF THESE HAVE BEEN FROM PEOPLE WHO USED TO TAKE THE BUS STRAIGHT THROUGH FROM (ORS FORD OR (ELLESDON TO THE

i'JWF NJOVUFT MBUF JT BO BDDFQUBCMF UPMFSBODF GPS PVS CVTFTw UNIVERSITY 4HE FULL IMPACT OF THE WILL NOT BE SEEN UNTIL THE lGURES FOR /CTOBER COME OUT AT THE END OF THE MONTH

BUT &IRST HAVE REPORTED AN INCREASE OF PASSENGERS IN THE lRST WEEK OF THE NEW SERVICE ST TH 3EPTEM BER FROM THE SAME WEEK LAST YEAR

i'PS ZFBST 6&" TUVEFOUT IBWF QVU VQ XJUI B MBUF VOSFMJBCMF BOE PWFSDSPXEFE TFSWJDFw -ANY STUDENTS HAVE BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT

DESPITE &IRST S PROMISE THAT THERE WOULD BE NO MORE SINGLE DECKER BUSES ON THE ROUTES TO THE UNIVERSITY MANY HAVE BEEN SEEN ESPECIALLY ON 5NTHANK 2OAD 7HEN THIS WAS PUT TO -R !LAMEIN HE REPLIED THAT THESE ARE ACTUALLY hADDITIONAL BUSES ON TOP OF THE CURRENT TIMETABLE PUT IN TO OPERATE ADDITIONAL JOUR NEYS v 4HE 5NION OF 5%! 3TU DENTS IS TAKING UP THE CAUSE OF STUDENTS AFFECTED BY PROB LEMS WITH THE BUS SERVICES 4OM 3UTTON 7ELFARE /FlCER

IS ORGANISING A CAMPAIGN THAT LETS STUDENTS VOICE THEIR GRIEVENCES ABOUT THE BUSES 4OM SAID h&OR YEARS

5%! STUDENTS HAVE PUT UP WITH A LATE UNRELIABLE AND OVERCROWDED SERVICE .OW ENOUGH IS ENOUGH .EXT WEEK THE 5NION LAUNCHES A CAM PAIGN FOR BETTER TRANSPORT

THE lRST STEP OF WHICH WILL BE COLLECTING COMPLAINTS CATA

LOGUES OF PROBLEMS ABOUT THE SERVICE TO MAKE A STRONG SUP PORTED CASE FOR THE FACT THAT WE LACK A QUALITY SERVICE v 7HEN ASKED TO RESPOND TO -R !LAMEIN S COMMENTS ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF PASSEN GERS INCREASING ON THE ROUTES

4OM REPLIED v5SERS OF THE SERVICE MAY WELL BE INCREAS ING HOWEVER THIS IS LIKELY OUT OF COMPULSION DUE TO THE CHANGES LIKE THE CLOSURE OF THE MAIN CAR PARK TO STU DENTS IN !PRIL AND THE LACK OF PLACES TO LOCK YOUR CYCLE THAN A CHOICE MADE BECAUSE OF QUALITY OF SERVICE v 4OM ALSO FOUND THE REA SON FOR DELAYS IN THE SERVICE INCOMPREHENSIBLE h&IVE MINUTES EITHER WAY ON A FRE QUENT SERVICE CAN ITSELF CREATE MINUTES BETWEEN BUSES )F THE SERVICE CAN T RUN TO TIME

WHY SPECIFY IT IN THE TIMETA BLE v 4HE 5NION WILL BE PUTTING UP POSTERS AND mYERS AT ALL BUS STOPS ALONG THE AND ROUTES TO HIGHLIGHT THEIR CAMPAIGN WHICH BEGINS THIS WEEK ! CARDBOARD BUS WILL ALSO BE STATIONED IN THE (IVE ALL WEEK FOR STUDENTS TO WRITE ABOUT THEIR COMMENTS ON THE SERVICE )F YOU WANT TO SEND YOUR COMMENTS ON THE BUS ES TO THE 5NION YOU CAN TEXT EMAIL SU WELFARE UEA AC UK

OR HEAD TO THE WEBSITE AT WWW UEASTUDENT COM TRANSPORT !S 4OM SAYS h*UST BE CAUSE YOU PAY A CHEAPER PRICE

DOESN T MEAN YOU SHOULD HAVE A SECOND CLASS SERVICE v

+IRSTEN 0ETER h) WAS WAIT ING FOR A BUS FOR MIN UTES AND THEN LITERALLY TWO CAME ALONG AT ONCE )T WAS STUPID v ,AURA !SHWELL h/N THE SUBJECT OF THE BUSES ) THINK IT S A BRILLIANT SERV ICE 7HERE ) COME FROM IN DARE ) SAY IT )PSWICH THE BUS SERVICE IS TERRIBLE THREE BUSES AN HOUR .O CHOICE OF A a YEARLY PASS EITHER )T S A BARGAIN AND A BUS EVERY lVE TO TEN MINUTES IS FABULOUS IN COMPARISON TO WHAT ) AM USED TO !T HOME IT S a FOR A MIN RIDE INTO TOWN v +ATIE "ROOKS h4HE BUSES CAN BE MINUTES LATE IN THE EVENINGS WHICH MAKES IT HARD TO GET TO CLUBS AND SOCIETIES h #HARLOTTE 4HEOBALD h)T S STUPID WE HAVE TO PAY a FOR A BUS PASS WHEN THE SERV ICE ISN T RUNNING PROPERLY 4HE BUS CHANGES HAVEN T RE ALLY SORTED ANYTHING OUT h ,UCIE 'LASHEEN h/NCE ) HAD TO WAIT MINUTES FOR A BUS WHICH MEANT ) WAS MINUTES LATE FOR MY LECTURE "Y THE REACTIONS OF OTHER PEOPLE AT THE BUS STOP IT WAS OBVIOUS THIS HAPPENS A LOT ) VE ALSO OFTEN BEEN ON A BUS AND ITS GONE PAST BUSY STOPS BECAUSE IT S BEEN TOO FULL v *ACK +IFlN h-AYBE IT S BE CAUSE ) M A ,ONDONER BUT THE BUS DRIVERS IN .ORWICH ARE REMARKABLY FRIENDLY v &ELICITY !LLMAN h) VE GIVEN UP EVER CONSIDERING TAKING THE BUS v

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$ZDMJOH 8BSOJOH GPS 4UVEFOUT $ICKIE 4URPIN 2EPORTER !FTER RESIDENTS COMPLAINTS THE POLICE HAVE BEEN CON DUCTING A hLOCK DOWNv ON CY CLISTS RIDING ON THE !VENUES WITHOUT LIGHTS OR ON THE FOOT PATHS 0OLICE ARE PATROLLING IN UNMARKED CARS AND THREAT ENING a ON THE SPOT lNES 4HIS hLOCK DOWNv WAS AGREED AT THE LOCAL 3.!0 3AFER .EIGHBORHOODS !CTION 0AN EL AS PART OF .ORWICH S COM MUNITY LEAD POLICING STRAT EGY /NE LADY AT THE MEETING SAID THAT SHE FELT SHE COULD NO LONGER WALK ON THE STREET

WITHOUT BEING KNOCKED OVER 3TUDENTS MAKE UP A LARGE PROPORTION OF THE TRAFlC ON THE !VENUES #ONCRETE HAS HEARD OF FOUR STUDENTS BEING STOPPED WHILE RIDING WITHOUT LIGHTS /NE OF THE STUDENTS STOPPED SAID h#ONSIDERING HOW MUCH VIOLENCE THERE IS IN .ORWICH IT SEEMS RIDICU LOUS TO BE STOPPING PEOPLE FOR NOT HAVING BIKE LIGHTS v 4HE 5NION #OMMS /FlC ER 2OWENA "ODDINGTON WHO WAS AT 3.!0 SAID h&ROM A SAFETY POINT OF VIEW IT S RE ALLY IMPORTANT THAT CYCLISTS USE LIGHTS AND OBEY THE RULES

OF THE ROAD 5%! STUDENTS SHOULD BE AS CONSIDERATE AS POSSIBLE TO OUR NEIGHBOURS ON THE !VENUES AS THEY ARE ALREADY ANNOYED ABOUT THE NOISE THEY SAY STUDENTS WALK ING HOME FROM THE ,#2 MAKE !T THE SAME TIME IT S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IT S NOT JUST STUDENTS WHO CYCLE ON THE !VENUES MANY MEM BERS OF 5NIVERSITY STAFF AND OTHER .ORWICH RESIDENTS USE THE CYCLE PATH AND ROAD ON THE !VENUES TO GET TO WHERE THEY RE GOING AND TO SOLELY BLAME STUDENTS MISSES A BIG GER ISSUE v

.ONE OF THE STUDENTS #ON CRETE SPOKE TO WERE AWARE THAT NOT HAVING LIGHTS WAS AGAINST THE LAW /NE OF THE STUDENTS SAID h) HAD NO IDEA IT WAS AGAINST THE LAW ) APPRECIATE THE NEED FOR SAFETY BUT ) WISH THEY ENSURED THIS THROUGH IN FORMATION CAMPAIGNS RATHER THAN THROUGH WASTING VALU ABLE 0#3/ TIME v )T IS RECOMMENDED ALL CY CLISTS ENSURE THEY HAVE LIGHTS

AND REMEMBER THAT RIDING WITHOUT THEM THEN IT IS DARK OR TWILIGHT IS AGAINST THE LAW

AS IS BEING DRUNK IN CHARGE OF A BICYCLE

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4VOEBZ /JHIU 'JHIU *ACK #LARK .EWS %DITOR !ROUND AM ON 3UNDAY TH /CTOBER THREE STUDENTS WERE ATTACKED WHILE WAITING FOR A BUS AT THE #OLMAN 5NTHANK CROSS ROADS ! CAR PULLED UP AND FOUR MEN GOT OUT AND BEGAN TO HARASS THE WAITING STUDENTS 4HE STUDENTS CONSISTED OF ONE MAN AND TWO WOMEN AND THE MAN PUT HIMSELF BE TWEEN THE ATTACKERS AND THE WOMEN (E DID NOT WISH TO BE NAMED FOR THE ARTICLE BUT

#ONCRETE CAN REVEAL THAT HE IS AROUND v AND ATHLETIC 3INCE HE CAME TO THE 5%! HE HAS BEEN A KEEN PAR TICIPANT IN 4AI KWON DO AND THEREFORE WAS ABLE TO FEND THE ATTACKERS OFF 4HE FOUR MEN LEFT THE GROUP SWEARING AND HARASSING THEM AS THEY RE TREATED TO THEIR CAR AND DROVE AWAY 4HE MALE STUDENT CAME AWAY WITH A BRUISED FACE AND BLOODY NOSE (IS ACTIONS HAVE BEEN LAUDED AS COURAGEROUS -ELISSA 9ORK ,)4 SAID h(E SHOULD BE ACCLAIMED AS A LO CAL HERO v

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)ZABELLA $EPCZYK 2EPORTER !FTER THE TERRIBLE MURDER TWO WEEKS AGO THE STREETS OF .OR WICH ARE ONCE AGAIN PROVING NOT TO BE SO SAFE /N 4UESDAY TH /CTOBER

SHORTLY AFTER PM A YEAR OLD 5%! FEMALE STUDENT WAS ASSAULTED 3HE WAS TAKING THE BUS BACK HOME FROM THE UNIVERSITY (AVING GOTTEN OFF THE BUS AT THE -ITRE 0UB BUS STOP ON %ARLHAM 2OAD SHE REALIZED SHE WAS BEING FOL LOWED BY A MAN 3HE PICKED UP SPEED BUT THE MAN CON TINUED CHASING HER ONTO 7EL LINGTON 2OAD (E CAUGHT UP WITH HER AND PULLED HER TOWARDS HIM 3HE MANAGED TO SET HERSELF FREE BUT THE MAN WAS PERSIST ENT IN HIS PURSUIT AND KEPT ASKING HER FOR PERSONAL INFOR MATION ,UCKILY SHE MANAGED TO GET SAFELY HOME AND DECID ED TO REPORT THIS INCIDENT TO THE POLICE $ETAILS ABOUT THE WOMAN

3AM ,EWIS 2EPORTER

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ARE CLASSIlED AND THE POLICE ARE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE THE NAME OF THE ATTACKER HOWEVER HE IS DESCRIBED AS BLACK IN HIS LATE TWENTIES TO EARLY THIRTIES

AROUND FT TALL OF MEDIUM BUILT AND WITH VERY SHORT

POSSIBLY SHAVEN DARK HAIR (E WORE DARK TROUSERS AND A WAIST LENGTH BLACK LEATHER JACKET AND

CARRIED A BRIEF CASE (E SPOKE WITH A STRONG !FRICAN ACCENT 7ITNESSES ARE URGED TO CONTACT ,YNN /RRISS AT %ARLHAM 0OLICE ON

/N 3UNDAY TH /CTOBER $RAGON &ORCE HEADLINED THE ,#2 &OR MOST THE ONLY IN JURIES THEY WERE TO RECEIVE WOULD BE IN THE MOSH PIT

HOWEVER A POLICE REPORT SHOWS THAT ONE YEAR OLD WAS SUBJECT TO ASSAULT AND THEFT OF HIS a MOBILE PHONE $URING THE GIG AT AROUND PM THE TEENAGER WAS APPROACHED BY THE ATTACKER

WHO IS DESCRIBED AS BEING A TALL SLENDER MAN WITH BLONDE SHOULDER LENGTH HAIR

.ORWICH POLICE URGE ANY WIT NESSES TO COME FORWARD WITH FURTHER INFORMATION TO SHED LIGHT ON THIS ALLEGATION 7HEN #ONCRETE SPOKE TO .ICK 2AYNES THE 5NION S %NTERTAINMENT S -ANAGER

HE WAS BEMUSED BY THE EPI SODE AND CLAIMS HE lNDS IT hPECULIAR THE INCIDENT WASN T LOGGEDv (E WENT ON TO ADD THAT HE WOULD NOT DISCOUNT POSSIBILITIES OF AN INSURANCE SCAM AND hWITH DOOR MEN ) AM SURPRISED IT WENT UNNOTICEDv (E CONCLUDED THAT 5%! HOLDS MANY EVENTS EACH WEEK AND RARELY EXPERI ENCES SUCH ACTIVITY

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! GROUP OF 5%! STUDENTS WIT NESSED A BRUTAL ASSAULT WHILE HAVING A PICNIC IN #HAPELF IELDS 'ARDENS LAST 3ATURDAY AFTERNOON 4HE UNPROVOKED ASSAULT OCCURRED ON A MAN IN BROAD DAYLIGHT IN AN AREA WHICH WAS AT THE TIME POPULATED WITH FAMILIES ENJOYING THEIR DAY OUT 4HE ASSAILANT WHO IS UN DERSTOOD TO HAVE BEEN CLEARLY DRUNK STARTED TO ATTACK THE VICTIM WHO INITIALLY WAS ABLE TO GET AWAY BUT WAS THEN CAUGHT BY THE ASSAILANT WHO BEGAN TO SEVERELY BEAT HIM

WHICH INCLUDED THE ASSAIL ANT STAMPING ON THE VICTIM S HEAD !LTHOUGH THE ASSAILANT HAD AT LEAST TWO FRIENDS WITH HIM IT WAS APPARENT THAT HE WAS ACTING ALONE AT LEAST AS RE GARDS THE PHYSICAL VIOLENCE 4HE POLICE WERE CALLED BY ONE OF THE STUDENTS WHO WIT NESSED THE lGHT WHO ADVISED THEM THAT ON NO ACCOUNT SHOULD THEY TRY TO INTERVENE AND TO LEAVE THE MATTER TO THEM 4HE POLICE ARRIVED TEN MINUTES LATER

BY WHICH TIME

#RIME AND ITS CAUSES ARE RARELY TACKLED IN .ORWICH 4HE h&INE #ITYv HAS ONE OF THE LOWEST URBAN CRIME RATES IN THE COUNTRY 9ET AS A CASUAL GLANCE THROUGH THIS EDITION WILL REVEAL THERE IS A PER CEIVED WAVE ON THE NORMALLY TRANQUIL HORIZON 0ERCEPTIONS CAN BE MISLEADING AND THE MEDIA OFTEN LEADS MIS PER CEPTION WAVES ARE RELATIVE (OWEVER RELATIVE THOUGH IT MAY BE THERE ARE FACTS TO CON SIDER )N THE LAST FEW WEEKS #ONCRETE HAS RECEIVED STORIES ABOUT ATTACKS IN #HAPELlELD 'ARDENS 5NTHANK 2D AND THE !VENUES 4HE FREQUENCY OF THESE INCIDENTS IS UNUSUAL 4HE POLICE PRESENCE AROUND CAMPUS HAS CERTAINLY IN CREASED AS HAS THAT OF 0#3/ &INALLY AT THE START OF TERM

.ORWICH HAD ITS MOST HIGH PROlLE KILLING FOR MANY YEARS 4HE WAVE HAS SOME SUBSTANCE EVEN FROM A DISTANCE )N THE WAKE OF THE CREDIT CRUNCH POLICE WARNED OF AN EXPECTED RISE IN CRIME 7HILE RECENT NEWS SEEMS TO SUP

4HE MYSTERY ASSAILANT

THE ATTACK HAD LONG lNISHED AND BOTH PARTIES HAD LEFT THE PARK (OWEVER THEY WERE UN ABLE TO TAKE FORMAL ACTION WITHOUT A COMPLAINT MADE AGAINST THE ASSAILANT BY THE VICTIM HIMSELF 4HE ASSAILANT HAD PREVI OUSLY APPROACHED THE GROUP OF STUDENTS IN A CONFRONTA TIONAL MANNER USING ABUSIVE LANGUAGE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STEAL THEIR FOOTBALL 7ITNESSES

SAY THAT IT WAS CLEAR HE WANTED TO START A lGHT WITH THEM BUT SINCE THEY EFFECTIVELY IGNORED HIM AND DID NOT FURTHER AN TAGONISE HIM OR RISE TO HIS CHALLENGES HE SUBSEQUENTLY WENT ONTO EASIER PICKINGS /NE OF THE STUDENTS

WHEN COMMENTING ON THE ASSAULT SAID h7HEN THAT GUY PUNCHED HIM YOU COULD HEAR IT FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PARK WHERE WE WERE v

PORT THIS SUCH A SIMPLE VIEW OF CAUSE AND EFFECT IGNORES MUCH OF WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT SOCIETY 3UGGESTION IS A POW ERFUL THING )F YOU EXPECT PAIN YOU WILL FEEL IT IF YOU LOOK FOR CRIME YOU WILL lND IT 4HIS IS CERTAINLY NOT TO SAY THAT VICTIMS FABRICATE THEIR STORIES OR THAT THE POLICE IN SPIRE CRIME 4HE POLICE WOULD BE CULPABLE FOR NOT HIGHLIGHT ING THE HIGHER POTENTIAL FOR CRIME WHEN PEOPLE FEEL THEY HAVE LESS TO LOSE SIMILARLY VICTIMS OF CRIME HELP OTHERS

BY TELLING THEIR STORY AND DO NOT COME FORWARD LIGHTLY )T IS AS A SOCIETY THAT WE ARE VUL NERABLE TO NEUROSIS 4HIS WEEK THE 5+ SAW A FURTHER ECONOMIC DOWNTURN AND (ALIFAX "ANK OF 3COT LAND ("/3 WAS NATIONAL ISED "ANK NATIONALISATION HAS LONG BEEN CONSIDERED THE INSURMOUNTABLE lNAL HURDLE BLOCKING DEMOCRATIC SOCIAL ISM 4HAT IT SHOULD COME FROM A GOVERNMENT THAT COUNTS $IGBY *ONES AND 0E TER -ANDELSON AS SUPPORTERS SHOWS A TECTONIC MOVEMENT IN THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE

4HAT IT HAPPENED AT ALL RE mECTS THE CAPITAL FEAR THAT HAS BEEN GENERATED BY ("/3 JOINING A LONG LIST OF NOW IN SOLVENT lNANCIAL GIANTS &OR .ORWICH THE NEWS HAS AN ADDED SIGNIlCANCE 0RICE 7ATERHOUSE #OOPERS ONE OF THE BIGGEST EMPLOYERS IN THE CITY IS THE COMPANY AD MINISTRATING ,EHMANN "ROS 4HE SUCCESS OR FAILURE OF THIS VENTURE WILL HAVE A MASSIVE IMPACT IN A CITY THAT HAS LONG STRUGGLED WITH EMPLOYMENT 9ET IT IS NOT THE lNANCIAL CRISIS OR ITS LOCAL IMPACT THAT HAVE BEEN THE SUBJECT OF DE BATE 4HE PUBLIC LIKE THE PO LICE HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON A SLIGHT INCREASE IN CRIME EVEN TO THE POINT OF STOPPING UNLIT BICYCLES ON THE !VENUES 4HE STREETS OF .ORWICH ARE STILL RELATIVELY SAFE BUT HOWEVER DESIRABLE IT WOULD BE ATTEN TION AND BIKE LIGHTS WILL NOT MAKE THEM PERFECT 7E ARE CERTAINLY IN INTERESTING TIMES 3TUDENTS AND SOCIETY AS A WHOLE MUST ADDRESS THE FUN DAMENTAL ISSUES OF WHAT IS TO BE DONE AND NOT BE BLINDED

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vs. !FTER MORE THAN A DECADE OF THE SO CALLED h#OD 7ARSv OVER CONTRO VERSIAL l SHING TERRITORIES AND IM MEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE #ATACLYS MIC #OLLAPSE /F 4HE +RONA SOON TO BE A FEATURE LENGTH l LM )CELAND HAS l NALLY DECLARED WAR ON THE 5 + WITH ATTACKS ALREADY COMMENCED AND ONGOING 4HE TENSION BEGAN TO BUILD FOL LOWING THE COLLAPSE OF THE +RONA TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN 0RIME -IN ISTER 'ORDON "ROWN DECLARED ALL "RITISH ASSETS INVESTED IN )CELAND FROZEN )CELANDIC ECONOMISTS TRANS LATED THE COMMENT AS AN INSULT

THOUGH REPORTS SHOW -R "ROWN WAS LITERALLY REFERRING TO A SIX PACK OF !B

BOT !LE¥ HE ACTUALLY LEFT IN )CELAND DURING HIS HOLIDAY LAST $ECEMBER 2EGARDLESS THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS BEGAN TO FALTER BETWEEN THE )CELAN DIC AND "RITISH AMBASSADOR DUE TO THE ABSENCE OF A TRANSLATOR FOR EITHER COUNTRY h7E DIDN T EVEN KNOW )CE LAND HAD ITS OWN LANGUAGE v STATED -R "ROWN &OLLOWING A LONG AND DRAWN OUT PRESS CONFERENCE PRIMARILY DUE TO THE LACK OF )CELANDIC TRANS LATORS /LAFOR 'RIMSSON PRESIDENT OF )CELAND ANNOUNCED THE DECLARA TION DUE THE DIRE NEED OF GREATER AMOUNTS OF l SHING TERRITORIES $UR ING THE PRESS CONFERENCE 'RIMSSON ANNOUNCED h. RBUXUR BUXUR AF EL

DUR HALDA ÉFRAM TIL VEKJA HRIFNINGU THE HEIMAMA¡UR v TO THE SURPRISE OF ALL SPECTATORS $ESPITE THE GROWING ANIMOSITIES IN THE ROOM HE CONTIN UED TO ADD h(VERNIG SEM VI¡URK ENNA TIL VI¡URKENNA OG l SKUR ENGU A¡ SÓ¡UR OG SVONA TILKYNNA ÏG SJÉL FUR ØF R TIL ÉVEXTIR GR NMETI BARN v 4HE SHARP WORDS ISSUED BY -R 'RIMSSON SHOCKED AND APPALLED MEMBERS OF 0ARLIAMENT TO THE POINT WHERE WAR BECAME MORE AN INEVITA BILITY THAN A POSSIBILITY 4HE l RST ATTACK TOOK PLACE ON THE /RKNEY )SLANDS WITH OVER HALF OF THE )CELANDIC !IRFORCE TWO BIPLANES AND A SEAGULL ARRIVING AT ON 4UESDAY ,UCKILY THE )CELANDIC MILI TARY USES STANDARD &- FREQUENCY FOR THEIR COMMUNICATIONS AND "RITISH INTELLIGENCE OPERATIVES WERE ABLE TO TUNE INTO THE COMMAND RELAYS 4HE ATTACKS WHERE PLANNED TO COM MENCE AT THAT MORNING BUT

THE )CELANDIC PILOTS DID NOT RECEIVE THE COMMAND BECAUSE THEY WERE TUNED TO THE ""# SHIPPING RE PORTS /NCE 4HE !RCHERS HAD l N ISHED THE l RST AND ONLY WAVE OF THE ATTACK BEGAN 4HE TWO MEN LANDED THEIR PLANES ON THE COAST WITH THE INABILITY TO BOMB DUE TO THE PETROL SHORTAGE ONGOING IN )CELAND !F TER WALKING FOR MILES TRYING TO l ND THE CHEAPEST PETROL STATIONS THEY REFUELED THEIR PLANES AND RETURNED HOME AFTER HAVING BEEN CONQUERED

BY THE NOTORIOUS !06 3KULLSPLIT TER¥ BREWED BY /RKNEY S OWN /RK NEY "REWERIES¥ ,ATER THAT EVENING 'ORDON "ROWN COMMENTED ON 3COTTISH BEER

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1BSUJDJQBUJPO EPFT JU IBWF UP NFBO JOJUJBUJPO +IRSTY +ELLY /PINIONS WRITER 3O WE ALL KNOW A FEW WEEKS INTO TERM IS INITIATION TIME AND ) M PRETTY CER TAIN ) LL BE STOOD OUT IN THE SQUARE AT SOME POINT TO WITNESS THE ALCOHOLIC MELTING POT OF NAKEDNESS AND VOMIT

AND NO DOUBT ) LL EVEN lND IT SORT OF ENTERTAINING FOR THE lRST FEW MIN UTES "UT IF IT S ANYTHING LIKE PREVIOUS YEARS ) SUDDENLY CAN T HELP THINKING

IS THIS REALLY FUN 9OU RE EXPECTING A GOOD OGLE LOTS OF MUSCLED MEN GET TING NAKED BUT THEN SOMEHOW END UP FEELING WELL A BIT SORRY FOR THEM !ND ) M REMINDED OF THOSE ANIMAL CHARITY ADVERTS WHERE THE DOG GAZ ES UP AT YOU AND IF THEY COULD TALK OR PERHAPS IT WAS A $ISNEY MOVIE THEY D BE BEGGING @PLEASE LIKE ME

PLEASE LIKE ME /R TO NOT RELATE IT TO HAIRY FOUR FOOTED ANIMALS ) FEEL LIKE ) M WATCHING THE NEW KID AT SCHOOL DRINKING MORE ALCOHOL THAN IS PHYSI

CALLY POSSIBLE IN A DESPERATE ATTEMPT FOR THE @OLDER KIDS TO LET THEM lT IN 9ET IT S NOT THE ALCOHOL CON SUMPTION THAT BOTHERS ME EVERYONE KNOWS WE CAN ALL DRINK OURSELVES INTO DELIRIUM QUITE OUT OF CHOICE BUT IT S THE WAY IT FEELS RATHER LIKE BUL LYING /NLY BULLYING THAT HAS BEEN SANCTIONED BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE VICTIM HAS AGREED TO IT !ND THAT S WHAT IS SO MIND BOGGLING ABOUT THE WHOLE THING THAT IT HAPPENS YEAR AF TER YEAR BECAUSE 'OD FORBID ANYONE BREAK TRADITION )T S AN ENDLESS CYCLE OF @WELL ) HAD TO GO THROUGH IT SO ) GET TO DO IT TO THEM %XCUSE THE DRA MATIC COMPARISON BUT @MY DAD HIT ME SO ) HIT MY KID RINGING IN YOUR EARS ANYONE ,ET ME CLEAR UP SOMETHING THOUGH ) M NOT TALKING ABOUT EVERY SPORTS TEAM "ELIEVE ME ) VE SEEN SOME REALLY FUNNY INITIATION NIGHTS WHERE IT S JUST DRINKING AND THE ODD JOKEY PRANK )T S THE DISTURBING TEAMS

) M TALKING OF HERE !ND YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE 4ALKING TO A FEW OF THEM THE GENERAL CONSENSUS EXCUSE FROM THE SURPRISINGLY FEW PEOPLE WHO DISAGREED WITH ME THE MANY

INTO GETTING NAKED !ND BELIEVE ME THIS IS AS MUCH FOR THE BENElT OF PEO PLE WATCHING AS FOR MYSELF &INALLY ) VE GOT A SNEAKY FEELING THAT IF YOU RE A REALLY GOOD INSERT SPORTS TEAM NAME HERE PLAYER THEN ANY TEAM REALLY BOTHERED ABOUT WIN NING MATCHES WILL PROBABLY WANT YOU REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU AGREE TO RUNNING AROUND LIKE A HEADLESS JOCK @BONDING WITH SOMEONE ELSE S VOMIT ) HAVE HOWEVER RESIGNED MYSELF TO THE FACT THAT INITIATIONS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN REGARDLESS SIMPLY BECAUSE NO ONE IN THEIR lRST TERM AT UNIVERSITY WANTS TO BE KNOWN AS THE ONE WHO DIDN T FOLLOW THE CROWD 3O MAYBE IT S THE WEIRD MOTHERING INSTINCT IN ME THAT ) DO MY BEST TO SUPPRESS

BUT ) VE DECIDED TO GO ALONG WITH THE INITIATIONS ) LL BE THE ONE READY FOR HANDING OUT BLANKETS WATER MOP PING OFF THE SICK AND GIVING OUT A MUCH NEEDED HUG

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THAT IT HAPPENS YEAR AFTER YEARv WHO AGREED OBVIOUSLY HAD TO RETAIN THEIR ANONYMITY FOR REPUTATION S SAKE WAS THAT IT @BONDS A TEAM AND FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR THERE S NO EM BARRASSMENT "UT ) VE @BONDED WITH NUMEROUS PEOPLE OVER A GOOD BIT OF VODKA WITHOUT SOMEONE FORCING ME

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!RE WE READY TO CONSIGN BOOKS AS WE KNOW THEM TO THE SHELVES OF HISTORY AND EMBRACE THE NEW LITERARY TECHNOLOGY OR SHOULD WE STILL BE HOLDING ONTO OUR FAITHFUL WORN PAPERBACKS 0HILIP ,EFTWICH /PINIONS WRITER h4HE AGE OF BOOKS IS OVER THE TIME HAS COMEx FOR THE DOMINION OF E BOOKS v )S WHAT ) LIKE TO THINK 4OLKIEN MIGHT HAVE SAID WHEN CON FRONTED WITH THIS NIFTY BIT OF KIT &OR THOSE OF YOU IN THE DARK E

@% BOOKS HAVE THE ABILITY TO INTRODUCE MORE PEOPLE THAN EVER TO LITERATURE AND EXPAND THE HORI ZONS OF EXISTING READERSv BOOKS ARE THE NEXT GENERATION WAY OF READING YOUR FAVOURITE BOOKS

DIGITALLY DOWNLOADING A BOOK AND THEN DISPLAYING ONE PAGE AT A TIME ON THE HANDY HANDHELD SCREEN OF YOUR E READER AND ) M HERE TO TELL YOU WHY IT WILL REPLACE ALL YOUR MUSTY OLD BOOKS &OR STARTERS IT CAN STORE HUN DREDS OF BOOKS IN ONE PLACE WHICH MEANS YOU CAN HAVE AN EXTENSIVE LIBRARY WITHOUT BUILDING AN AN NEXE OR FELLING A RAINFOREST )T ALSO

MEANS YOU WON T LOSE THAT ONE PAR TICULAR BOOK YOU RE LOOKING FOR BE CAUSE YOU PUT IT BACK IN THE WRONG PLACE ALTHOUGH ) WILL ADMIT THAT IF YOU LEAVE YOUR E READER ON THE BUS YOU RE IN TROUBLE )T HAS AN INCREDIBLY LONG BAT TERY LIFE APPARENTLY ENOUGH TO RE READ 7AR 0EACE lVE TIMES OVER

IN WHICH TIME THE ORIGINAL PRINTED COPY WILL HAVE LONG SINCE CRUMBLED TO DUST !ND IN BETWEEN mAGELLAT ING YOURSELF WITH 4OLSTOY AND YOU CAN BOOKMARK YOUR PAGE YOU CAN TAKE WORD DOCUMENTS PDFS AND EVEN -0 S WITH YOU 0RODUCERS HAVE MADE MUCH OF THE BOOKISHNESS OF E READERS SOME EVEN HAVE PAGES YOU CAN @TURN BUT IN TRUTH IT S A BIT LIKE COMPARING THE HORSE AND CARRIAGE TO THE CAR

OR PERHAPS MORE ACCURATELY THE #$ COLLECTION TO THE )POD )T S THE NEXT STEP UP ON THE FOOD CHAIN AND WITH ITS NEW TAKE ON READING AND THE EASE WITH WHICH YOU CAN EXPAND YOUR COLLECTION E BOOKS HAVE THE ABILITY TO INTRODUCE MORE PEOPLE THAN EVER TO LITERATURE AND EXPAND THE HORIZONS OF EXISTING READERS 9ES THERE WILL BE THOSE WHO CLING ON TO THE OLD WAYS 'RANNY WILL PROBABLY BEGRUDGE HANDING OVER HER WELL THUMBED COPY OF -ILLS "OON BUT JUST TELL HER SHE CAN ENLARGE THE TEXT SIZE ON HER % READER AND SAVE HER WEARING THE BIFOCALS SHE HATES SO MUCH

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!N E READER IS THE DIGITAL EQUIVALENT OF A NORMAL PRINT ED VOLUME IN A HAND HELD FOR MAT AND HAS BEEN DEEMED THE FUTURE OF BOOKS (UNDREDS OF BOOKS CAN BE STORED ON ONE DEVICE AND DUE TO THE BACKLIGHT CAN BE READ EVEN IN DARKNESS

3AM (ILL /PINIONS 4HE SCENE IS SET ! COLD DARK

WINTER S NIGHT HOLDING A HOT CUP OF TEA IN AN EMPTY HOUSE LOUNG ING IN A COMFY CHAIR LEAlNG YOUR WAY THROUGH A COPY OFxA 3ONY E READER ) THINK NOT 4HE E BOOK TECHNOLOGY IS A CLUNKY UNNECESSARY

@4HE E BOOK IS A CLUNKY UNNEC ESSARY PIECE OF HARDWARE THAT IS ABOUT AS COM FORTING OR EMO TIVE AS HUGGING A CHECKOUT TILL

% BOOKS CAN BE PURCHASED FROM THE DEVICE ITSELF MEAN ING THAT NO VISIT TO A BOOK STORE OR WEBSITE IS REQUIRED (OWEVER THEY ARE MORE SUS CEPTIBLE TO DAMAGE AND BEING A MORE VALUABLE COMMOD ITY THAN A CONVENTIONAL BOOK

MORE AT RISK OF THEFT % BOOKS HAVE NOW ACHIEVED GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION AND ARE IN CREASING IN SALES PARTICULARLY IN *APAN #HAIN STORES SUCH AS 7( 3MITHS HAVE BEGUN THEIR OWN EBOOK ONLINE SHOPS 6ISIT E"OOKS COM FOR MORE IN FORMATION ABOUT WHAT IS AVAIL ABLE FOR DOWNLOAD

PIECE OF HARDWARE THAT IS ABOUT AS COMFORTING OR EMOTIVE AS HUGGING A CHECKOUT TILL BECAUSE THAT IS ALL IT IS MONEY MAKING TECHNOLOGY 2EAL BOOKS HAVE CHARM AND MANY OF MINE ARE SCRIBBLED IN DOG EARED

COFFEE STAINED WORN AND MUCH LOVED BUT THAT MAKES IT MY BOOK )T S PERSONAL PRIVATE AND AS IS OFTEN THE CASE SOMETHING THAT S HAD A SE VERE EMOTIONAL EFFECT ON ME ,OCK ING AWAY MY PAST EMOTIONAL EXPERI

ENCES IN A PLASTIC BOX AND NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE THEM ON MY WINDOWSILL WOULD GREATLY DISTRESS ME 4HERA PISTS WOULD HAVE A lELD DAY %VEN IF WE IGNORE THE NAMBY PAMBY SIDE OF THINGS ALL AN E READER DOES IS HAND YOU ANOTHER VALUABLE ITEM AT RISK OF BEING STOLEN .O ONE LIKES BEING MUGGED BUT AT LEAST YOU USED TO BE LEFT WITH YOUR OLD COPY OF -RS $ALLOWAY !N E READER LOOKS EXPENSIVE IS EXPENSIVE AND SOMEONE ELSE WHO POSSIBLY CAN T READ WILL WANT IT !NYWAY SEEING THE CONDITION OF MY BOOKS ) WONDER HOW LONG AN E READER IN MY POSSESSION WOULD LAST 4HEY VE BEEN DRIED OUT SELLOTAPED AND STAPLED "OOKS ARE COMPLETELY UNAFFECTED BY BEING LEFT IN A BAG WITH KEYS AND A BOOK WON T RUN OUT OF BATTERY ON THE TRAIN 3CRIBBLING ON AN E READER IS DElNITELY NOT AD VISED MEANING TOUGH TIMES FOR ,IT ERATURE STUDENTS !LSO THE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTS ARE THAT THE COST OF MAKING AN E READER IS OBSCENE AND THAT MOST PUBLISHERS IN %UROPE ARE USING EI THER RECYCLED PAPER OR SUSTAINABLE SOURCES FOR PRINTING 3IMPLY PUT A GOOD BOOK DE SERVES MORE THAN A PLASTIC BOX AND A COLD ON AND OFF BUTTON )T DESERVES TO HAVE LOVINGLY CREATED COVER ART TO BE TAKEN EVERYWHERE TO BE RESPECT ED TO BE KEPT AS A PHYSICAL MEMENTO OF THE EMOTIONS IT EVOKES !ND TURNING PAGES REALLY IS SATISFYING

h) OWN (ALIFAX 7ELL ) AM A TAXPAYER MUCH TO MY ANNOYANCE AND WITH THE TAXES THAT -R !LISTAIR $ARLING HAS SOME HOW SWINDLED OUT OF ME THE GOOD OLD 'OVERNMENT HAVE BOUGHT A FEW BANKS ON THE MONOPOLY BOARD 3O IF ) TECHNI CALLY OWN A SHARE OF THE BANK WHICH IS @LOOKING AFTER MY MONEY WHY DO THEY KEEP BLOODY CHARGING ME v 'RACE 3IMPSON &EATURES %DITOR

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4HE ISSUE OF STUDENT DEBT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN AFFORD TO LET BE PUSHED TO THE BACK OF POLITICANS MINDS !ARON "LOWERS /PINIONS 7RITER

4JU CBDL SFMBY BOE IBWF B ESJOL (ARD WORKING LEADERS OF THE FUTURE OR HEAVY DRINKING LAGER LOUTS 'ENERAL OPINION APPEARS TO BE DIVIDED ON THE @ISSUE OF STUDENTS AND THEIR TENDENCY TO ENJOY A DRINK OR FOUR (ERE ONE OPINIONS WRITER DISCUSSES WHY HE CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHAT ALL THE FUSS IS ABOUT AND EXPLAINS WHY EVERYONE SHOULD KEEP SOME PERSPECTIVE -ARK 0ATRICK /PINIONS 7RITER 3TUDENTS $O WE DRINK TOO MUCH )T S FAIR TO SAY THAT IN THE POPU LAR PRESS STUDENTS ARE PORTRAYED NOT AS HARD WORKING LEADERS OF THE FUTURE BUT AS HEAVY DRINKING LAGER LOUTS THAT DO LITTLE OTHER THAN DIS RUPT THE EBB AND mOW OF THE AVER AGE PERSON S LIFE )T HAS EVEN COME BACK IN THIS WRITER S OPINION TO UNFAIRLY HAUNT TODAY S KEY lGURES WITH THE TALES OF $AVID #AMERON AND "ORIS *OHN SONS @ANTICS WHILST MEMBERS OF /XFORD 5NIVERSITY S INFAMOUS "UL LINGDON #LUB FOLLOW THEM IN THE TABLOID PRESS PRETTY MUCH WHER EVER THEY GO )S THIS REPUTATION RE ALLY DESERVED HOWEVER DO WE THE MOVERS AND SHAKERS OF TOMORROW

DRINK TOO MUCH 7ORSE ARE WE DRINKING TO SUCH LEVELS THAT WE ARE ENDANGERING OUR VERY LIVES OR PER HAPS MORE IMPORTANTLY OUR BANK BALANCES !RE WE IN FACT VOMITING OUR DEGREES ALL OVER THE STREET .O IN THIS WRITER S OPINION THE ISSUE IS ANOTHER INSTANCE OF EXCESSIVE NANNYING AND A DOSE OF HEALTHY PERSPECTIVE IS WHAT S IN OR

DER 4HIS ISN T TO SAY FOR ONE SECOND THAT ALCOHOLISM ISN T A SERIOUS IS SUE )N THE TWO YEARS BETWEEN AND ALCOHOLISM KILLED OVER PEOPLE THAT S AROUND PEOPLE PER OF THE POPULATION !ND STUDENTS ARE BY NO MEANS IMMUNE TO THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL ISM ESPECIALLY WHEN ONE CONSIDERS THAT FOR A GOOD NUMBER THE lRST YEAR OF UNIVERSITY IS THE lRST TIME WHEN THEY GO OUT OR INDEED STAY IN AND DRINK REGULARLY !S A RESULT

h4HE IDEA THAT ALL STUDENTS DRINK TOO MUCH IS A LOAD OF OVER ZEALOUS SCARE MONGERINGv

h3TUDENTS ARE BY NO MEANS IMMUNE TO THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOLISMv THEY DON T KNOW THEIR OWN LIMITS AND WITHOUT DUE CARE COULD BE COME DEPENDANT ON ALCOHOL THAT IS BECOME ALCOHOLICS &URTHERMORE WHEN YOU FAC TOR INTO THE EQUATION THE FACT THAT STUDENTS IN THE AVERAGE WEEK SPEND a MILLION COLLECTIVELY ON BOOZE IT S SMALL WONDER THAT MANY STU DENTS COME UP AGAINST THE SPECTRE OF THE OVERDRAFT FOR THE lRST TIME 9ET THE IDEA THAT ALL STUDENTS DRINK TOO MUCH IS A LOAD OF OVER ZEALOUS SCAREMONGERING 'OING

OUT HAVING A FEW DRINKS AND ENJOY ING OURSELVES IS A PERFECTLY HEALTHY PART OF STUDENT LIFE AND WITHOUT IT WE WOULD IMPLODE FROM THE CON STANT STRESSES OF HIGH LEVEL EDU CATIONAL QUALIlCATIONS )N SHORT

DRINKING ON A NIGHT OUT IS A HEALTHY RELEASE OF STRESS 4HIS IS WHY MANY 3TUDENTS 5NIONS PRIDE THEMSELVES ON THEIR DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS OUR VERY OWN ,#2 IS ONE EXAMPLE THAT SPRINGS TO MIND &OR SOME OUR OWN INCLUDED IT IS THE PRINCIPLE SOURCE OF REVENUE IN THE FACE OF A LACK OF UNIVERSITY FUNDING )N THIS WRITER S OPINION THE BEST WAY TO LOOK AT THE ISSUE IS TO LOOK AT IT IN A WIDER CONTEXT 9ES STUDENTS ON THE WHOLE LIKE A DRINK OR THREE YES IN SOME CASES THIS MIGHT BE TO EXCESS AND YES IT IS A DRAIN ON lNANCES (OWEVER THESE ARE ALL PROB LEMS THAT AFFECT THE GENERAL POPU LATION AND ALTHOUGH IT MAY SEEM LIKE A @BIG ISSUE FOR STUDENTS IT ONLY SEEMS THAT WAY BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUE NATURE OF STUDENT LIFE 0EO PLE NEED TO GET SOME PERSPECTIVE

STOP WORRYING SO MUCH AND GET ON WITH THEIR LIVES

3TUDENT DEBT n IT S AN ISSUE THAT AF FECTS ALMOST ALL OF US 2ECENTLY THE 5NION HAS BEEN RUNNING A @WALL OF DEBT CAMPAIGN ESSENTIALLY A STUNT TO BRING AWARENESS TO THIS ISSUE AND TO OPEN SOME EYES WHICH WERE PRE VIOUSLY CLOSED TO THE lNANCIAL PLIGHT OF STUDENTS .OW THIS CAMPAIGN WHILE GRAB BING A LOT OF PUBLICITY FROM THE ""# AND THE .53 HAS ALSO THROWN UP SOME OVERWHELMING lGURES ) SAW A COUPLE OF ENTRIES ON THE WALL WHERE PEOPLE HAD ESTIMATED THAT THEIR DEBT ON LEAVING 5NIVERSITY TO BE IN THE REGION OF a 4HE AVERAGE MUST HAVE BEEN BETWEEN a

AND a 4HIS IS RIDICULOUS ) THOUGHT THE IDEA WAS THAT WITH THE CAP COMING INTO FORCE PEOPLE OR THEIR PARENTS WOULD EITHER BE ABLE TO AFFORD UNIVERSITY OR STATE GRANTS WOULD LIMIT THE DAMAGE )F PEOPLE ARE INCURRING THIS SORT OF DEBT ) DON T THINK THE THEORY IS WORKING 7E HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE NOT JUST NUMBERS THEY ARE BURDENS THAT EACH OF US WILL BEAR ALREADY WHEN WE EN

h%DUCATION IS NOT JUST A COM MODITY TO BE TRADED ON THE MARKETv TER THE WORLD OF EMPLOYMENT )N THE RUN UP TO THE REVIEW OF THE CAP ON TOP UP FEES IN WE HAVE TO BE SURE THAT WE DON T LET THE ISSUE OF DEBT FALL TO THE BACK OF PEO PLE S MINDS 7E HAVE TO BE SURE THAT THE 5NION THE .53 AND STUDENTS IN GENERAL KEEP THIS ISSUE PRESENT IN POLITICIANS MINDS WHEN THEY DECIDE ON THE BURDEN TO SUBJECT FUTURE STU DENTS TO AS IT IS TOO EASILY FORGOTTEN AND TOO EASILY WRITTEN OFF SIMPLY AS MEANINGLESS NUMBERS 3TUDENT DEBT lGURES ARE NOT JUST NUMBERS EDUCATION IS NOT JUST A COMMODITY TO BE TRADED ON THE MARKET AND STUDENTS SHOULD NOT BE SUBJECTED TO THIS SORT OF HANDICAP IF THEY WANT TO BETTER THEMSELVES

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/PSXJDI WT *QTXJDI 'JOBM 4DPSF ) AM OBLIGED TO REPLY TO THE IDIOCY AND FOOL ISHNESS OF -R -OWER IN HIS LETTER REGARDING MY .ORWICH #ITY ARTICLE LAST WEEK )F ) HAD LAUNCHED A CLEAR ATTACK ON )PSWICH 4OWN &OOTBALL #LUB ) COULD COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND HIS POSITION (OWEVER IT APPEARS -R -OWER S READING SKILLS HAVE DESERTED HIM AS MY ARTICLE DID NOT ONCE MENTION )PSWICH 4OWN LET ALONE ATTACK THEM ) WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT AS A NEUTRAL FOOT BALL FAN ) RESPECT )PSWICH 4OWN &OOTBALL #LUB AS ) WOULD ANY OTHER LEAGUE CLUB .EVERTHE LESS IT APPEARS TO HAVE ESCAPED -R -OWER THAT AS A 5NIVERSITY BASED IN .ORWICH IT IS A COMPLETELY LOGICAL STEP TO PROMOTE THE LO CAL FOOTBALL TEAM IN #ONCRETE 7HY FOR ONE SECOND WOULD ANY FOOTBALL FAN UNAFFECTED

BY THE %AST !NGLIAN FOOTBALL RIVALRY CHOOSE A TEAM OF A SIMILAR STANDARD .ORWICH ARE ST IN THE #HAMPIONSHIP AND )PSWICH TH AT THE TIME OF WRITING WHICH RESIDES MILES AWAY

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BY THE FACT HE IS AN )PSWICH FAN LIVING IN THE -IDLANDS 4HE OLD ADAGE OF @GLORY HUNTING COULD BE APPLIED TO THIS CASE BUT THEN IT BRINGS UP THE ISSUE OF WHAT GLORY )PSWICH 4OWN HAVE BROUGHT UPON THEMSELVES OF LATE ) STILL URGE FRESHER S TO GIVE .ORWICH #ITY A CHANCE EVEN IF FOR ONE MATCH )T IS LIKE MOST CITIES WITH FOOTBALL CLUBS ONE OF THE INSTITU TIONS THAT DElNE A CITY )F YOU REALLY FANCY A TRIP TO THE CULTURAL DELIGHTS OF 0ORTMAN 2OAD

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4PNF 4FDSFUT "SF #FTU ,FQU 0AUL #OOK GIVES SOME STERLING ADVICE ON HOW STUDENTS CAN PROTECT THEIR PRIVACY 7HEN THE lRST LOAN INSTALLMENT AR RIVED IN 3EPTEMBER THE AVERAGE 5%!

STUDENT n SIGNING UP TO NEW SERVICES AND SOCIETIES EVERY DAY LIVING IN HALLS OR A SHARED HOUSE AND WITH AN ALL REVEALING &ACEBOOK PROlLE PAGE n BECOMES A GIFT TO IDENTITY FRAUD STERS )N A BID TO STOP UNIVERSITY STUDENTS FALLING VICTIM TO IDENTITY THIEVES THE )NFORMATION #OMMIS SIONER S /FlCE )#/ IS URGING THEM TO PROTECT THEIR PERSONAL INFORMA TION THIS ACADEMIC YEAR 4HE )#/ HAS PRODUCED SPECIlC ADVICE FOR STUDENTS ON HOW TO TAKE CONTROL OF THEIR PERSONAL INFORMA TION URGING THEM TO THINK BEFORE GIVING IT AWAY READ SMALL PRINT AND ASK ORGANISATIONS WHAT PERSONAL IN FORMATION WILL BE USED FOR "Y SAFE GUARDING THEIR PERSONAL DETAILS STU DENTS CAN LOWER THEIR RISK OF FALLING VICTIM TO IDENTITY FRAUD 4HE )#/ HAS ALSO COMMISSIONED A STUDENT AMBASSADOR TO RAISE AWARENESS OF INFORMATION RIGHTS AT 5%! n LOOK OUT FOR HIM AROUND CAMPUS AS HE WILL BE DISTRIBUTING HELPFUL FACT lLLED MATERIAL AROUND CAMPUS FROM TIME TO TIME 4HIS INFORMATION WILL

UNLESS YOU KNOW THEY ARE GENUINE

!LWAYS READ THE SMALL PRINT CARE FULLY 9OU MUST GIVE PERMISSION FOR YOUR DETAILS TO BE PASSED ON TO OTHER ORGANISATIONS OR USED FOR MARKET ING PURPOSES AND EQUALLY YOU CAN REFUSE ALSO BE AVAILABLE IN THE !CCOMMO DATION /FlCE

!LWAYS BE WARY OF THOSE ASKING FOR YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION !RE THEY GENUINE (OW WILL THEY USE IT 7ILL IT BE PASSED ON TO OTHERS )F THEY ARE NOT FAMILIAR TO YOU OR YOU ARE UNSURE OF WHO THEY ARE ASK TO RING THEM BACK ON THE ADVERTISED NUMBER

3TORE ANY DOCUMENTS CARRYING PERSONAL INFORMATION SUCH AS YOUR DRIVING LICENCE PASSPORT AND BANK STATEMENTS IN A SAFE AND SECURE PLACE

)F YOU RECEIVE LETTERS EMAILS TEXTS MESSAGES OR TELEPHONE CALLS ASKING FOR YOUR INFORMATION AVOID REPLYING

RIGHT TO ASK A PARTICULAR COMPANY TO STOP CONTACTING YOU AND THEY HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO MARK YOUR TELE PHONE NUMBER AS ONE THEY CANNOT CALL

5SE DIFFERENT PASSWORDS AND 0).S FOR DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS AND TAKE EXTRA CARE WHEN USING PUBLIC COMPUTERS TO ACCESS PERSONAL INFORMATION

7HEN YOU MOVE HOUSE MAKE SURE YOU UPDATE YOUR BANK MOBILE PHONE PROVIDER AND ENERGY PROVID ERS WITH YOUR NEW ADDRESS n YOU DON T WANT THE NEW TENANTS TO HAVE ACCESS TO LETTERS CONTAINING YOUR PER SONAL INFORMATION

3HRED OR DESTROY YOUR PERSONAL DOCUMENTS SUCH AS BANK STATE MENTS UTILITY BILLS DEBIT OR CREDIT CARD TRANSACTION RECEIPTS ETC SO THAT NOTHING SHOWING YOUR NAME

ADDRESS OR OTHER DETAILS CAN BE STO LEN

4HINK ABOUT THE TYPE OF INFORMA TION YOU ARE UPLOADING TO YOUR SOCIAL NETWORKING PROlLE PAGES n DETAILS SUCH AS YOUR ADDRESS AND DATE OF BIRTH CAN BE USED BY FRAUDSTERS 9OU CAN CONTROL WHO SEES YOUR PROlLE BY ADJUSTING THE PRIVACY SETTINGS

#HECK YOUR BANK AND CREDIT CARD STATEMENTS REGULARLY FOR ANY UNFA MILIAR TRANSACTIONS ON YOUR ACCOUNT 9OU CAN ALSO OBTAIN COPIES OF YOUR CREDIT lLE TO CHECK FOR ANY SUSPI CIOUS ACTIVITY

)N ADDITION TO THESE HANDY TIPS A FREE GUIDE THE )#/ S 0ERSONAL )N FORMATION 4OOLKIT n IS AVAILABLE TO HELP STUDENTS PROTECT AND MANAGE THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION 4HE TOOLKIT INCLUDES ADVICE AND TIPS ON HOW TO ACCESS THE INFORMATION THAT ORGANISATIONS HOLD ABOUT YOU HOW

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TO CORRECT INACCURATE INFORMATION AND HOW TO REDUCE UNWANTED MAR KETING CALLS AND TEXTS 4HE PERSONAL INFORMATION TOOLKIT IS AVAILABLE BY CALLING AT WWW ICO GOV UK AND AS AFOREMENTIONED WILL ALSO BE HANDED OUT AROUND CAMPUS AND AT A SPECIAL STAND IN THE (IVE

KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR IT OVER THE NEXT FORTNIGHT

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$SFEJU $SVODIFE 4HE RECESSIONx PARENTS SPEAK OF IT IN HUSHED WHIS PERS ECONOMICS STUDENTS DROP IT INTO BAR TALK WITH A DOOM AND GLOOM GLEEFUL TONE THE NAMES @"LACK -ON DAY AND @'REAT $EPRESSION HAVE BEEN THROWN AROUND LIKE SINISTER CONFETTI )T S ALL RATHER DARK AND MENACING 3O WHAT THE HELL IS IT EXACTLY AND WHY SHOULD WE CARE ! RECESSION IS WHEN THE ECONOMY OF ONE COUNTRY OR MANY REDUCES IN SIZE FOR TWO

CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS ! DE PRESSION IS THE FAR END OF THIS SCALE WHEN THE SIZE OF THE ECONOMY REDUCES BY MORE THAN )N THE 5+ THIS CHAIN OF EVENTS BEGAN IN THE HOUS ING MARKET AROUND SIX TO NINE MONTHS AGO 0ROPERTY COMPANIES BEGAN TO STOP BUILDING HOUSES AS THE DE MAND FOR HOUSING SLOWED

AND PROlT SEEMED UNLIKELY 4HIS MEANT THERE WERE FEWER JOBS FOR BUILDERS PLUMBERS

ELECTRICIANS ETC WHICH IN TURN REDUCED DEMAND FOR BOTH HOUSES LESS PEOPLE COULD AFFORD THEM AND CONSUMER GOODS 4HIS LED TO A FALL IN HOUSE PRICES WHICH LEFT MANY HOMEOWNERS WITH MORTGAGES LARGER THAN THE VALUE OF THEIR HOUSE 4HE AVERAGE HOME OWNER IS NOW STUCK BETWEEN THEIR DEBTS AND THE RISING PRICES OF CONSUMER GOODS !T THE SAME TIME THE EVER PRESENT WORLDWIDE DEMAND FOR RAW MATERIALS STEEL COP PER OIL ETC REACHED A PEAK IN THE SUMMER AS A RESULT OF STRONG ECONOMIC GROWTH IN #HINA )NDIA AND THE 0ACIlC 2IM COUNTRIES !LSO THE PRICE OF CEREAL CROPS HAS REACHED NEW HIGHS AS THE RESULT OF FRESH DEMAND FROM THE BIO FUELS INDUSTRY 4HESE TWO FAC TORS LED TO AN INCREASE IN THE PRICE OF CONSUMER GOODS

)N PRINCIPLE THE "ANK OF %NGLAND IS CHARGED WITH LIMITING INmATION TO PER ANNUM TRADITIONALLY RAISING INTEREST RATES TO STOP INmA TION AND REDUCING THEM TO ENCOURAGE ECONOMIC GROWTH (OWEVER IT IS NOT THE "ANK OF %NGLAND S @JOB TO ENCOUR AGE GROWTH SO UNTIL LAST WEEK WHEN RATES WERE CUT WORLD WIDE BY THEY KEPT IN TEREST RATES AT DESPITE BE ING AWARE THAT THEIR DECISION WAS LIKELY TO ADD TO ECONOMIC

PRESSURE !LTHOUGH MANY FAC TORS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS ECONOMIC CRISIS IT IS WORTH MENTIONING THAT A PORTION OF BLAME MAY BE ATTRIBUTED TO BUREAUCRACY /THER FACTORS PLAY A PART IN THE GLOBAL NATURE OF THIS CURRENT RECESSION WHICH HAS HIT THE 53 WORSE THAN ANY ECONOMIC CHANGE SINCE THE S $RAMATIC REDUCTIONS IN PROPERTY PRICES IN !MERICA LED TO CAPITAL LOSSES AT BANKS ALL OVER THE WORLD 2UMOURS

LOANING MORE MONEY THAN THEY CURRENTLY HOLD A COM MON PRACTICE (OWEVER

WHEN THEIR CAPITAL BEGINS TO FALL THEY lND THEMSELVES IN A TENUOUS SITUATION .OW THAT THE DANGER HAS BEEN REALISED THE 53 %%# AND 5+ GOVERNMENTS HAVE MADE CONCERTED EFFORTS TO STABILIZE THEIR ECONOMIES (OWEVER THE JURY IS STILL OUT 4HERE WILL BE A RECESSION IT HAS ALREADY BEGUN BUT IT WILL THIS INTENSIFY INTO A DEPRES

SION 7HAT SEEMS OBVIOUS IS THAT THE 5+ HAS BEEN LIVING IN A BUBBLE OF WEALTH AND APPARENT STABILITY FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS OR SO A @GOLDEN AGE IF YOU WILL )N THIS @GOLDEN AGE THE 5+ HAS ACCUMULATED A THIRD OF ALL UNSECURED DEBT IN 7ESTERN %UROPE 4HERE S NO SUCH THING AS A UTOPIA

AND THOSE OF US WHO HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED RECESSION BEFORE WILL BE UNPLEASANTLY SURPRISED

DESERT ISLAND 7ITH FEWER JOBS GOING AND EMPLOYERS GETTING PICKIER ABOUT WHO THEY TAKE

THERE ARE NOW A QUARTER OF THE NUMBER OF JOB VACANCIES THAT WERE AVAILABLE LAST YEAR "UT IT S NOT JUST THE GRADU ATES SET TO TAKE THE RAP &OOD PRICES ARE INCREASING BUT LOANS REMAIN THE SAME 3TU DENTS WILL HAVE TO TREAD CARE FULLY WITH CREDIT CARDS AND BANK LOANS AS EITHER MAY FACE A MASSIVE INCREASE IN INTEREST OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS #ASUAL SHOPPING MAY HAVE TO BE HIGH ON THE LIST OF HAB ITS TO KICK AND MORE STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO SERIOUSLY CONSID ER GETTING A HOLIDAY JOB )T S NOT ALL BAD NEWS THOUGH !N INmUX OF RENTAL PROPERTIES HAS mOODED THE MARKET SINCE MANY PROPERTY OWNERS lND IT A PREFERABLE SOLUTION THAN SELLING THEIR NOW NEARLY WORTHLESS PROP ERTIES 4HIS MEANS LOWER RENTS AND MORE CHOICE FOR ANYONE IN SEARCH OF SOMEWHERE TO STAY !LSO THOUGH RECESSION MAY MAKE IT A NECESSITY TO TIGHTEN YOUR BELT A NOTCH

IT S ALSO A GREAT INSPIRATION 4HE LAST RECESSION PRODUCED PUNK SO WHO KNOWS WHAT CREATIVITY MIGHT SPRING FROM THIS ONE !ND BESIDES WHICH

SOON IT LL BE EVEN MORE COOL TO WEAR CHARITY SHOP CLOTHES 3O PARENTS WITH EXPERI ENCE OF THE LAST RECESSION MAY BE A LITTLE JITTERY AND #HRIST MAS MAY BE A LITTLE LESS EX

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3TUDENT RENTS ARE INCREASING AND AN UNDERGRAD UATE CAN NOW EXPECT TO PAY a A WEEK UP AL MOST a FROM a IN AND THIS VARIES FUR THER ACCORDING TO WHERE YOU ARE STUDYING ,ONDON REMAINING THE MOST EXPENSIVE WITH THE CHEAPEST BEING-IDDLESBOROUGH AND 7OLVERHAMPTON BE

(OMELESSNESS 7E HAVE NEW HOUSE HOLDS FORMING EVERY YEAR AND NO ONE IS BUILD ING HOUSES FOR THEM 4HEY HAVEN T BEEN BUILDING ENOUGH FOR YEARS AND THAT S SOME BACKLOG ) M AFRAID STUDENTS WILL BE AT HOME WITH MUM AND DAD

MAKING HOUSEHOLD OVERCROWDING MUCH WORSE

2ISING FOOD PRICES THE PRICE OF LOOSE APPLES HAS RISEN BY AN AVERAGE OF PER CENT IN THE PAST YEAR +INGSMILL SLICED WHITE BREAD HAS LEAPT BY PER CENT PORK CHOPS ARE UP BY PER CENT AND DRIED SPAGHETTI HAS DOUBLED IN PRICE

!LCOHOL !LISTAIR $ARLING RAISED THE DUTY ON STILL WINE OF LESS THAN ALCOHOL TO a 4HROW IN 6!4 AND YOU QUICKLY SEE WHY YOU CAN T BUY A BOT TLE OF WINE FOR UNDER a IN THE 5+ 4HIS TAX HITS CHEAPEST BOTTLES THE HARDEST AND IS UNLIKELY TO BE REFORMED AS TAXES ON ALCOHOLIC DRINKS WILL CONTRIB UTE a BN TO THE 4REASURY IN

3TUDENTS WHO ARE EXPECTING LUCRATIVE HIGH PAID JOBS CAN THINK AGAIN AS RECRUITMENT HAS AL READY SHRUNK WITH MANY COMPANIES SAYING THEY WILL NOT RECRUIT FOR NEXT YEAR S INTAKE OF EMPLOY EES

AND SPECULATION mOODED THE STOCK MARKET AFTER ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS PLAYERS ON 7ALL 3TREET ,EHMAN "ROTH ERS lLED FOR BANKRUPTCY IN 3EPTEMBER 4HIS LED TO A MASS PANIC SELLING OF STOCKS THAT FURTHER REDUCED THE CAPI TAL BASE OF WORLDWIDE BANKS CAUSING THE CREDIT CRUNCH 4HE CREDIT CRUNCH IS ES SENTIALLY A RESULT OF BANKS

4HE AVERAGE STUDENT MAY NOT HOLD A MORTGAGE NOR NEED A FULL TIME JOB BUT THE RECESSION WILL HIT AT UNIVERSI TIES AS HARD AS ANYWHERE ELSE

AND IT S PREDICTED TO DO SO BY #HRISTMAS !NYONE IN THEIR LAST YEAR WILL BE lRST TO EX PERIENCE THIS .EW GRADUATES WITH BIG DEBTS AND LIMITED EMPLOYMENT RECORDS WILL lND THEMSELVES ON SOMETHING OF A

TRAVAGANT THAN YEARS GONE BY

BUT ESSENTIALLY STUDENTS HAVE A LOT LESS TO WORRY ABOUT THAN THE AVERAGE THIRTY SOMETHING )F YOU LOOK AFTER YOUR CASH AND PERHAPS TAKE A HOLIDAY JOB TO KEEP THE WOLF FROM THE DOOR THEN YOU CAN GO ABOUT YOUR COURSE WITH ONLY A VAGUE IDEA THAT THE WORLD OUTSIDE 5%! IS IN TURMOIL

5NEMPLOYMENT lGURES HAVE RISEN AND THE NUMBER OF "RITONS OUT OF WORK AND CLAIMING JOBLESS BENElTS ROSE BY LAST MONTH TO

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4HE .ATIONAL "LOOD 3ERVICE VISITS 5%! TODAY TO COLLECT MUCH SOUGHT AFTER BLOOD DONATIONS FROM THE STUDENT POPULATION (OWEVER NOT ALL OF US WILL BE DONATING (OMOSEXUAL MEN ARE SERVED WITH A LIFETIME BAN FROM GIV ING BLOOD DUE TO NOW QUES TIONABLE SCIENTIlC EVIDENCE THAT THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO DONATE BLOOD THAT IS CONTAM INATED WITH THE ()6 VIRUS 4HE BAN HAS BEEN A RE CENT CAUSE FOR DEBATE WITH MANY FROM BOTH THE GAY AND STRAIGHT COMMUNITY BELIEV ING THAT THE PROHIBITION IS UNNECESSARY DISCRIMINATORY AND POTENTIALLY KILLING PEO PLE 'AY PEOPLE AGREE THAT A YEARLONG BAN WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR MEN WHO HAVE HAD UNPROTECTED SEX

BUT ARE STILL CONCERNED THAT THIS IS STILL A FAR BIGGER RESTRIC TION THAN THAT PUT ON STRAIGHT MEN AND WOMEN 4HERE ARE NO RULES REGARDING UNPROTECT ED SEX BETWEEN HETEROSEXU ALS HIGHLIGHTING THE WORRY THAT UNLESS THEY ARE USING PROSTITUTES FOR WHICH THEY WOULD BE BANNED FOR A YEAR

HETEROSEXUALS MAY PARTAKE IN AS MUCH SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH AS MANY OTHER PEOPLE AS THEY LIKE WITHOUT TAKING PRECAU TIONS AGAINST 34)S AND STILL DONATE BLOOD FREELY 7E CANNOT FAIL TO BE AWARE OF THE DESPERATE NEED FOR BLOOD NOT ONLY IN THE 5+ BUT ACROSS THE WORLD 4HE .ATIONAL "LOOD 3ERVICE CAR RY OUT RELENTLESS AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS TO PERSUADE PEO PLE TO DONATE BUT A SIGNIl CANT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPU LATION WILL NEVER HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BLOOD WHETHER THEY LIKE IT OR NOT

EVEN IF A MAN HAS HAD SAFE SEX WITH ANOTHER MAN ONCE MANY YEARS AGO 2USSIA HAVE RECENTLY LIFTED THEIR BAN ON GAY DONATIONS

OTHER COUNTRIES SUCH AS !R GENTINA AND *APAN IMPOSE A

YEAR LONG BAN SINCE THEIR LAST POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO 34)S

WHILST COUNTRIES SUCH AS )TALY AND 3PAIN USE INTERVIEWING AND SCREENING PROCESSES TO EXCLUDE DONORS ON THE BASIS OF THE RISK THAT THEY POSE !LTHOUGH ()6 CONTIN UES TO BE MORE PREVALENT IN THE GAY COMMUNITY BLOOD SCREENING PROCESSES HAVE DEVELOPED GREATLY SINCE THE S ! PREJUDICE CASE IN !USTRALIA RELATING TO THE ISSUE OF -3- MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN BLOOD DONATION HAS SUGGESTED THAT BLOOD SERVICES ARE RESISTING A RELAXA TION OF THE RULES FOR lNANCIAL REASONS THEY DO NOT WANT TO INCUR THE COST OF MORE THOR OUGH SCREENING TECHNOLOGY 4HE SAME CASE CLAIMS THAT ONE ()6 POSITIVE BLOOD DO NATION EVERY YEARS IS A RESULT OF GAY MEN WHO PRAC TICE SAFE SEX GIVING BLOOD 0ROTESTERS AGAINST THE BAN HAVE ALSO DRAWN ATTENTION TO THE DANGERS OF BLOOD TRANSFU SIONS INVOLVING OLD BLOOD !CCORDING TO AN ARTICLE IN 4HE )NDEPENDENT IN PEOPLE WILL ARE INFUSED WITH BLOOD THAT IS MORE THAN DAYS OLD 4HIS BOLSTERS SUPPORT FOR ALLOWING GAY MEN TO DONATE BLOOD WHICH IS MORE THAN LIKELY TO BE PERFECTLY HEALTHY 5%! 0RIDE WILL BE CAM PAIGNING AGAINST THE -3- BLOOD DONATION TODAY IN THE (IVE WHERE THEY WILL BE ASK ING YOU ALL TO h$ONATE FOR A 'AY -ATEv 5%! 0RIDE WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO OFFER TO DONATE BLOOD ON BEHALF OF A HOMO SEXUAL WHO IS BANNED FROM DOING SO 4HIS WILL INCLUDE A VISUAL DISPLAY TO DEMON STRATE HOW MANY BLOOD DO NATIONS THE SERVICE IS MISSING OUT ON BECAUSE OF THE BAN 3O PLEASE GIVE BLOOD NOT JUST BECAUSE YOU SHOULD BUT BECAUSE YOU CAN NOT EVERY ONE HAS THE HONOUR OF DOING SOMETHING AMAZING 'RACE 3IMPSON

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2VFFS Ç°FPSZ 2VFFSZ "ERNADETTE 3HULZ GIVES US AN OVERVIEW OF QUEER THEORY WHILST MEMBERS OF 5%! 0RIDE PROVIDE THEIR OPINIONS ON THE CONTRO VERSIAL SUBJECT 1UEER s ADJECTIVE STRANGE ODD INFORMAL DE ROGATORY OF A MAN HOMOSEXUAL "RIT INFORMAL DATED SLIGHTLY ILL 4HAT S WHAT THE /XFORD %NGLISH $ICTIONARY HAS TO SAY ON THE MATTER "UT THE WORD hQUEERv ISN T QUITE AS STRAIGHTFORWARD AS THAT n IT MEANS A LOT OF DIFFER ENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT PEO PLE 0ROBABLY TAKEN FROM THE 'ERMAN WORD hQUERv hACROSSv OR hAGAINSTv IT TRADITIONALLY MEANT STRANGE OR UNUSUAL BEFORE IT CAME TO BE USED AS A DEROGATORY TERM FOR GAY OR EFFEMINATE MEN IN THE TH CENTURY ,IKE MANY TERMS ORIGINALLY USED TO INSULT MINORITIES IT WAS RECLAIMED BY THE GROUP IT WAS USED AGAINST ,ATELY

IT HAS BECOME QUITE POPU LAR AS A GENERIC LABEL FOR NON HETEROSEXUALITY THINK

OF THE 46 3ERIES h1UEER AS &OLKv n MUCH LIKE THE UM BRELLA TERM ,'"4 SHORT FOR ,ESBIAN 'AY "I AND 4RANS SEXUAL h1UEERv IS SEEN BY SOME AS BEING MORE INCLU SIVE OF GREY ZONES WITHIN AND BETWEEN THOSE CATEGO RIES THOUGH HENCE ITS AP PEAL TO MANY PEOPLE (OWEVER THE hQUEERv LABEL IS OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH CONSCIOUS PROTEST AND STANDING UP FOR ONE S RIGHT TO BE DIFFERENT

BY TAKING SOMETHING THAT S MEANT TO INSULT AND TURNING IT INTO SOMETHING POSITIVE !FTER ALL THE WORD hQUEERv WAS lRST TAKEN OUT OF ITS NEGA TIVE CONTEXT BY GAY ACTIVIST GROUPS hON THE STREETSv WHO EMBRACED IT FOR ITS IMPLICA TION OF DEVIANCE AND DIFFER ENCE FROM THE NORM AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SUBVERSION IT OFFERS 1UEER 4HEORY THEN DEVELOPED IN THE @ S AS A lELD OF ACADEMIC STUDY )T IS CONCERNED WITH PRETTY

MUCH ANY SOCIAL CATEGORY BASED ON SEX OR GENDER OUTSIDE THE MAINSTREAM

CHALLENGING THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE CAN BE REDUCED TO

AND GROUPED AROUND ANY ONE ASPECT OF THEIR IDENTITY 7HAT BOTH THE POPULAR AND THE ACADEMIC DElNITIONS OF hQUEERv TEND TO HAVE IN COMMON IS AN ELEMENT OF mUIDITY AND INSTABILITY THE IDEA OF OVERCOMING SIMPLIS TIC AND RIGID CATEGORIES SUCH AS @GAY STRAIGHT AND @MALE FEMALE .OT EVERYONE WHOSE SEXUAL IDENTITY DOESN T CON FORM TO THE HETEROSEXUAL STANDARD FEELS COMFORTABLE IDENTIFYING AS QUEER THOUGH 3OME PEOPLE ARE VERY AWARE OF THE WORD S FORMER NEGA TIVE CONNOTATIONS AND THE FACT THAT IT S STILL SOME TIMES USED AS HOMOPHOBIC ABUSE FOR OTHERS IT S TOO VAGUE AND SOME JUST DON T REALLY CONNECT TO THE WORD OR FEEL IT S A GOOD WAY TO

h1UEER THEORY MEANS A LOT TO ME )T S ALL ABOUT BUCKING THE STEREOTYPE AND NOT BEING PIGEON HOLED SO IT S REALLY RELEVANT TO ANYONE @GAY @STRAIGHT OR WHATEVER !ND IT S A KIND OF UPDATE TO FEMINISM h1UEER THEORY SPEAKS VOLUMES TO ME ABOUT HOW SOCIETY RIGIDLY ENFORCES ITS IDEAS OF GENDER AND SEXUALITY AND HOW SOCIETY CAN BE INCREDIBLY THREATENED BY @QUEERS WHO DON T lT ITS GENDER RULES )T MAKES BEING GAY ABOUT MORE THAN DANCING TO CRAP +YLIE -INOGUE SONGS h h)N MY OPINION BEING QUEER IS ALL ABOUT mUIDITY ! PERSON NEED NOT HAVE TO DElNE THEMSELVES AS MALE FEMALE GAY OR STRAIGHT 4HEY ARE JUST AN INDIVIDUAL WITH THEIR OWN IDENTITY v h1UEER THEORY IS AN ACADEMIC WAY OF EXAMINING HOW ONES GEN DER SEXUALITY SEXUAL ORIENTATION ARE INFORMED UPON AND OFTEN @POLICED BY CULTURE )T S A FANCY WAY OF SAYING @STUDYING HOW GENDER GENDER IDENTITY SEXUALITY AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION ARE LINKED AND DISCUSSED IN CULTURE IF THAT MAKES SENSE ) HOPE IT DOES 1UEER THEORY IS RATHER BIG v

LABEL THEMSELVES /N THE OTHER HAND MANY IDEN TIFY WITH THE WAY THE CON CEPT OF hQUEERv EMBRACES OUR CULTURE S TENDENCY TO BREAK DOWN THE BOUNDA RIES BETWEEN DIFFERENT SOCIAL GROUPS OUTSIDE THE HETERO SEXUAL NORM 4HE WORD @QUEER HAS SO MANY DIFFERENT SOME TIMES CONTRARY MEANINGS

IT REALLY IS DOWN TO WHAT IT SIGNIlES TO THE INDIVIDUAL PERSON )N ITS WORST USAGE

IT IS A TERM OF DERISION AND HATRED IN ITS BEST IT IS A POWERFUL STATEMENT AGAINST NARROW MINDED IGNORANCE 7HATEVER THE WORDS WE USE TO DElNE OURSELVES AND THE EXPECTATIONS THAT COME WITH THEM PEOPLE S INDIVIDUALITY AND DIVERSITY IS SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE AND TAKE PRIDE IN n GAY STRAIGHT QUEER YOU NAME IT

h4HE MAIN POINT ABOUT QUEER THEORY AND ABOUT BEING QUEER IS THAT IT IS A STABLE IDENTITY FOR SOMEBODY WHOSE SEXUAL IDENTITY ISN T STABLE )T S ALL ABOUT THE mUIDITY OF HU MAN SEXUALITY AND EXPERIENCES ) DON T BELIEVE THAT ANYBODY REMAINS THE SAME FOREVER AND SO TO ADOPT A LABEL WHICH SUGGESTS THAT YOU DO SEEMS STRANGE "EING QUEER IS ABOUT REJECTING THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE A lXED ESSENCE THAT WE ARE A @MAN OR THAT WE ARE @GAY OR @BI OR WHATEVER )T S ABOUT SAY ING WE ARE IN CONSTANT CONVERSATION WITH THE WORLD AROUND US AND THAT WE CHANGE AND EVOLVE AND ARE AFFECTED BY THINGS AND THAT THIS IS A POSITIVE THING )T S ABOUT GENDER AND SEX UALITY BEING A SPECTRUM RATHER THAN BINARY )T S ALSO VERY RELEVANT FOR GENDER ISSUES &OR ME PERSONALLY ) DON T FEEL LIKE A MAN OR A WOMAN SO TO CLAIM TO BE EITHER OR TO SAY ) M TRANS WOULD BE OMITTING IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF MY SELF ) FEEL OUTSIDE OF GENDER BUT ALSO LIKE TO BE ABLE TO ADOPT CERTAIN TRAITS FROM GENDER ROLES TO lT WHO ) AM "UT ) M NOT LIMITED AND THAT S THE BEAUTY OF BEING QUEER v

h) HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS SO CALLED h1UEER 4HEORYv IS 0ERSONALLY ) STRONGLY DISLIKE THE USE OF THE WORD hQUEERv IN RELATION TO SEXUALITY ) lND IT OFFENSIVE 4HE WORD @QUEER COMES FROM 3COTLAND PERHAPS FROM ITS 'ERMAN ANCESTRY MEANING hOBLIQUE

OFF CENTRE PERVERSE ODDv 7HY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO DESCRIBE THEMSELVES SO h%VERY PERSON HAS A DIFFERENT SEXUALITY AND NO ONE PERSON IS STRAIGHT OR GAY 4O GIVE EACH SEXUALITY A NAME

WOULD REQUIRE AN INlNITE NUMBER OF ADJECTIVES 4HINK OF SHADE LIGHT AND DARK 7HILST WE TRY TO NAME EACH SHADE ;WHITE

LIGHT GREY GREY DARK GREY BLACK= IT S CLEARLY NOT POSSIBLE TO NAME AN INlNITE NUMBER OF POSSIBLE SHADES OR SEXUALITIES h3O WHAT IS 5%!0RIDE TRYING TO REPRESENT .ON STRAIGHT PEOPLE /N OUR GRADIENT SCALE OF SEXUALITY FROM STRAIGHT TO GAY WHERE DO WE DRAW THE LINE $O WE NEED A LINE $OES ONES SEXUALITY MATTER 3HOULD WE BE SUPPORTING ANYBODY WITH SEXUALITY ISSUES WHEREVER THEY LAY ON THE @GAY STRAIGHT SCALE h4HIS REMINDS ME SOMEWHAT OF THE @'AY 2IGHTS ARGUMENT 3URELY HAVING @GAY RIGHTS OR @RIGHTS FOR GAY PEOPLE IS A FORM OF SEGREGATION )TS OBJECTIVES ARE HYPOCRITICAL 3HOULD WE NOT BE TALKING ABOUT @EQUAL RIGHTS INSTEAD OF @GAY RIGHTS 3HOULD WE NOT BE SUPPORTING THOSE WITH @SEXUALITY ISSUES RATHER THAN @NON STRAIGHT GAY LESBIAN BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER QUEER SEXUAL ITY ISSUES h

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CRAZED SHOPPERS AND HOT DOG VENDORS TO GIVE #ONCRETE AN INSIGHT INTO THE BEST .EW 9ORK HAS TO OFFER 4HERE IS NOTHING QUITE AS DISTURBING AS SPENDING THE NINE HOUR DURATION OF YOUR m IGHT WONDERING WHY THE 2ABBI SITTING NEXT TO YOU HAS NOT STOPPED PRAYING THE ENTIRE TIME ,UCKILY IT WOULD SEEM HIS HIGHER CONNECTIONS WERE SMILING DOWN UPON US THAT DAY AS WE LANDED SAFE LY ON THE RUNWAY OF *&+ AIRPORT .EW 9ORK #ITY IS THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED CITY IN THE 5NITED 3TATES WITH AN ESTIMATED

PEOPLE OCCUPYING JUST UNDER SQUARE MILES OF LAND 4HE PEOPLE OF .EW 9ORK ARE SCATTERED ACROSS l VE BOROUGHS 4HE "RONX 3TATEN )S LAND "ROOKLYN 1UEENS AND -AN HATTAN -ANHATTAN WAS THIS WRITER S DESTINATION THE HUB OF .EW 9ORK THAT HOLDS ALMOST EVERYTHING WITH WHICH THIS CITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH EXPENSIVE DESIGNER SHOPS SKYSCRAP ERS GOTHIC CATHEDRALS AND GRAFl TI RIDDEN APARTMENT BLOCKS WITH THEIR BLACK ZIGZAG OF l RE ESCAPES ALL NES TLED SIDE BY SIDE IN l ERCE COMPETI TION TO TOUCH THE SKY 7ALKING AROUND THIS CITY IS AN AWE INSPIRING EXPERIENCE 9ES THOSE YELLOW TAXIS REALLY ARE EVERYWHERE AND THE ROADS ARE PROBABLY WIDER THAN ANY YOU WILL EVER SEE IN YOUR LIFE THE AUSPICIOUS @7ALK $ON T 7ALK SIGNS BEING THE ONLY THING BE TWEEN YOU AND CERTAIN DEATH 4HERE IS GRUNGY 4RIBECA HOME OF 2OBERT $E.IRO AND THE 4RIBECA l LM FESTI VAL WITH ITS GRAFl TI COVERED BUILD INGS AND ARTISTS STUDIOS

LEADING ONTO "ROADWAY WITH ITS CHAOS OF LIGHTS AND ADVERTISEMENTS

MEETING UP WITH THE ACHIEVEMENT OF COMMERCIALISM THAT IS 4IMES 3QUARE WHERE THE - -S SHOP ALONE IS THE SIZE OF #HAPELl ELDS 4HE -USEUM OF -ODERN !RT AND THE 'UGGENHEIM ARE ESSENTIAL FOR ALL ART LOVERS ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WITH AN INTEREST IN THE .EW 9ORK 3CHOOL OF !BSTRACT %XPRESSIONISM 4HE -ETROPOLITAN IS CRAMMED WITH PAINTINGS OF ALL GENRES AND ERAS THIS ADDED TO THE VARIOUS HISTORICAL ARTE FACTS MEANS IT WOULD TAKE MONTHS TO WALK ALL THE WAY ROUND THE MU SEUM #ENTRAL 0ARK IS THE PERFECT SPOT TO RELAX AND GET AWAY FROM THE CRA ZINESS OF -ANHATTAN )T IS A BEAU TIFUL SPACE RUNNING FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM OF .EW 9ORK AND THERE IS PLENTY TO SEE AND DO HERE ALONE 4HERE IS THE INFAMOUS 3TRAW BERRY &IELDS FOR THE "EATLES FANATICS AND THE ELEGANT "ETHESDA &OUNTAIN TO ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION OF .EW 9ORK LANDMARKS BOATING ON THE LAKE OR A CYCLE ROUND THE PARK ARE ALSO IDEAL WAYS TO ENJOY THE ATMOS PHERE !T WEEKENDS THE PARK SEEMS TO BECOME JUST AS MANIC AS THE CITY STREETS WITH CYCLISTS ROLLERBLADERS AND MARATHON RUNNERS BECOM ING JUST AS HARD TO NAVIGATE AS THE TRAFl C 4HIS WRITER WAS ALSO LUCKY ENOUGH TO SEE HER l RST ROLLERBLAD ING JAZZ TROUPE HERE A TRULY ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE )NDEED IT IS THIS KIND OF ECCENTRICITY THAT MAKES .EW 9ORK SO UNIQUE %VERY THING YOU COULD EVER WANT TO l ND IS IN THIS CITY AND EVERY KIND OF PERSON CAN l ND THEIR NICHE ! TRIP TO %LLIS )SLAND AND THE 3TATUE OF ,IB ERTY WAS A PERFECT ILLUSTRATION OF THIS 4HE FERRIES RUN ALL DAY FROM "ATTERY 0ARK AND WHILST QUEUING WAS LONG THERE WAS PLENTY TO LOOK AT FROM STREET ARTISTS DO

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ING BREAK DANCING TO THE DOZENS OF SOUVENIR STANDS SELLING @) HEART .9 T SHIRTS AND AS MANY PRETZEL AND HOT DOG VENDORS AS THE HEART COULD DESIRE EVEN THE MOST STEADFASTLY MACROBIOWHOLEMEAL EATER COULD NOT POSSIBLY GO TO .EW 9ORK WITH OUT TRYING ONE %LLIS )SLAND ITSELF WAS A HUMBLING EXPERIENCE THE MUSEUM l LLED WITH ARTEFACTS ABAN DONED AND DONATED BY THOUSANDS OF IMMIGRANTS THAT LEFT THEIR HOMES IN %ASTERN %UROPE )TALY )RELAND

AND SO ON TO COME AND BEGIN THEIR LIVES IN !MERICA IN THE LATE TH AND EARLY TH CENTURIES 4HERE ARE FRANK TESTIMONIES AND MOVING STO RIES OF MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO PASSED THROUGH %LLIS )SLAND

MANY OF WHOM SPENT MONTHS ON THE ISLAND RECOVERING FROM ILLNESS BEFORE BEING LET OUT INTO AN UN KNOWN COUNTRY WHERE THEY RISKED UNEMPLOYMENT AND ALIENATION !NYONE INTERESTED IN FAMILY HIS TORY WILL ALSO l ND PLENTY OF COM PUTERS AVAILABLE WHICH CAN HELP YOU l ND ANY ANCESTORS THAT MIGHT HAVE PASSED THROUGH HERE )N THE EVENINGS A WALK ACROSS "ROOKLYN "RIDGE IS A FANTASTIC OP PORTUNITY TO ADMIRE THE STEADILY RECEDING .EW 9ORK SKYLINE LIT UP AT NIGHT AS WELL AS THE STRUCTURE OF THE BRIDGE ITSELF !LTERNATIVELY THE %MPIRE 3TATE "UILDING AND 2OCK EFELLER CENTRE BOTH OFFER NIGHT TIME VIEWINGS AND BEAUTIFUL PANORAMAS

WITH THE LIGHTS AND NOISE OF .EW 9ORK SPREAD BEFORE YOU 4HE COL OURFUL DISTRICTS OF ,ITTLE )TALY AND #HINATOWN ARE ALSO WORTH A WAN DER ROUND AND FOR A TRULY !MERICAN EXPERIENCE YOU CAN GO AND ENJOY A BURGER OR STEAK IN A .EW 9ORK DINER WHERE THE FOOD IS USUALLY CHEAP AND CHEERFUL EVEN IF THE WAITERS AREN T )N SHORT THERE IS NOTHING NOT TO BE EXPECTED OF .EW 9ORK AND EVERY ONE FROM THE HARDIEST OF SHOPPERS TO ART BUFFS WILL l ND PLENTY TO SEE AND DO HERE 4HIS CITY REALLY DOES NEVER SLEEP AND SPENDING JUST A FEW DAYS HERE IS A DYNAMIC AND EXHILA RATING EXPERIENCE 4HIS WRITER MAY HAVE COME HOME WITH A T SHIRT BUT SHE DEl NITELY LEFT HER HEART IN .9

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/VER THE SUMMER THIS REPORTER SET OFF WITH TWO FRIENDS *OE AND *AMES ON A GRAND TOUR OF %NGLAND COVER ING MILES ACROSS EVERY COUNTY TO RAISE MONEY FOR CHARITY WITH JUST A PAIR OF CLOTHES A TENT AND A BIKE ! TRUSTY ROAD ATLAS SHOWED US THE WAYx 3TARTING OFF IN THE POPULAR TOUR IST TOWN OF "UDE #ORNWALL CURRENT LY UNDERGOING A REGENERATION WITH THE SURl NG INDUSTRY WE PITCHED UP TENTS ON THE CLIFFS AND WATCHED THE TIDE ROLL IN ENJOYING THE SUN BEFORE OUR JOURNEY BEGAN 4HE NEXT MORN ING AFTER THE CUSTOMARY #ORNISH PASTIE FOR BREAKFAST IT WAS A $EVON CREAM TEA FOR LUNCH AS WE PEDALLED THROUGH THE PATCHWORK l ELDS AND PICTURESQUE VILLAGES HEADING EAST &INDING AN UNGUARDED l ELD IN THE TINY VILLAGE OF 0LYMTREE REFUGE IN THE PUB WAS THE ONLY OPTION WHERE A LOCAL BAND PROVIDED A FRIENDLY WELCOME 5NDER COVER OF DARKNESS

WE SNEAKED BACK TO THE l ELD AND MADE CAMP THE LIGHTS OF %XETER SHINING IN THE DISTANCE !T DAWN WE MADE HASTE BE FORE AN IRATE FARMER APPEARED AND WOUND OUR WAY ALONG TWISTY SLEEPY COUNTRY LANES PAST BARNS AND FARMS TO $ORSET BEFORE TURNING SHARPLY NORTH TO REACH 3OMERSET IN THE RAIN /UR ROUTE TOOK US TO 'LASTONBURY

A QUIRKY ANCIENT TOWN FAMOUS FOR ITS FESTIVALS AND LEGENDS *UST DOWN THE ROAD AT THE FOOT OF THE -EN DIP HILLS IS %NGLAND S SMALLEST CITY

7ELLS A BEAUTIFUL MEDIEVAL SETTLE MENT CROWNED BY AN IMPRESSIVE CATHEDRAL 4HE l RST OF TEN PUNCTURES FOR *AMES OCCURRED ON THE ROAD TO

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THE GOING WAS SLOW DUE TO THE LACK OF SIGNS BUT WE BEAT THE ONCOMING RAIN TO REACH SHELTER AT "URFORD IN /XFORDSHIRE AND A HEARTY MEAL IN ONE OF THE MANY l NE PUBS LINING THE (IGH 3TREET 4HE FOOD AND HOS PITALITY WERE VERY WELCOME AT THE END OF A MILE DAY AND PRIOR TO OF AN EVEN LONGER ONE TO FOLLOW TO BE CONTINUED

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!BOUT A YEAR AGO MANY OF US MADE A DECISION WHETHER TO MOVE STRAIGHT ON FROM COLLEGE OR SIXTH FORM TO 5NI VERSITY OR WHETHER TO TAKE A YEAR OUT IN BETWEEN 7E RE ALL HERE NOW BUT IS ONE ROUTE ALWAYS BETTER THAN THE OTHER 5NDOUBTEDLY THERE ARE PROS AND CONS TO TAKING A YEAR OUT &IRSTLY THE PROS )T GIVES YOU A BREAK FROM EDUCA TION !FTER MORE THAN TEN YEARS IN SCHOOL OR COLLEGE A YEAR VOLUNTEERING

WORKING OR TRAVELLING MAY SEEM LIKE A WELCOME RESPITE 9OU CAN LEARN VALUABLE SKILLS IN A RANGE OF AREAS WHICH WILL DOUBTLESSLY BENEl T YOU LATER ON IN LIFE )T CAN HELP YOU DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO STUDY AT 5NIVERSITY OR WHAT CAREER YOU MIGHT WANT TO GO INTO AF TER )T GIVES YOU MUCH MORE TIME TO IN VESTIGATE UNIS AND COURSES TO l ND OUT IF YOU RE DOING THE RIGHT THING )T S FUN 9OU RE FREE TO TRY NEW THINGS NEW PLACES NEW JOBSx

"UT EVERY SILVER LINING HAS A CLOUD LET S NOT FORGET THE CONS 9OU MIGHT FORGET WHAT YOU VE LEARNT 4HIS ISN T ALWAYS IMPORTANT

BUT YOU MIGHT LOSE AN ADVANTAGE YOU HAD )T CAN BE EXPENSIVE SO YOU MAY HAVE TO WORK OR BEG )T S A YET ANOTHER YEAR UNTIL YOU RE l NALLY DONE ONCE AND FOR ALL WITH EDUCTION 9OU MAY BE A YEAR BEHIND MOST OF YOUR FRIENDS SO THEY LL BE OUT IN THE BIG WIDE WORLD BEFORE YOU 9OU MAY NOT WANT TO GO BACK /NCE YOU VE GOT THE 7ANDERLUST BUG

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SINCE THERE WAS NO 5NIVERSITY EDUCATION AVAILABLE TO THEM

UNDER THE APARTHEID REGIME 3INCE THOSE DAYS CAME TO AN END 3!33!& HAS REFOCUSED ITSELF TOWARDS THE MASSIVE PROBLEMS REGARDING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AND EDUCATION

ACROSS THE WHOLE OF 3OUTHERN !FRICA 4HE 3!33!& HATCH IS LO CATED UPSTAIRS IN THE (IVE ON THE BALCONY CONCOURSE TO THE RIGHT OF THE 'RAD "AR /PEN

BETWEEN PM AND PM EVERY WEEKDAY OUR DEDI CATED VOLUNTEERS SELL FRESHLY MADE SANDWICHES CRISPS AND VARIOUS FAIRTRADE GOODIES AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES

EVERY PENNY OF PROlT BEING DONATED TO A CHARITY CHOSEN

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END THE PLIGHT OF THOSE IN ABSOLUTE POVERTY 4O ACHIEVE THIS AIM WE NEED AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO GET IN VOLVED WITH US EVEN IF YOU FEEL YOU HAVE NOTHING TO GIVE AND THAT YOUR CONTRIBU

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RUNNING ON 4HURSDAY TH /CTOBER WEEK 7E WANT AS MANY SOCIETIES AS POSSIBLE TO GET INVOLVED IT WILL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SOCIAL ISE WITH YOUR NEW MEMBERS 4HE EVENT SHOULD BE A NOS TALGIA FEST FOR MANY OF US

WITH EGG AND SPOON WHEEL BARROW AND LEGGED RACES

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*ESS (AMILTON VISITS THE CAPITAL TO TAKE IN THE ,ONDON &OOD &ESTIVAL

2 MARKED WITH JUBILATION COLOUR AND THE )FTAR MEAL THE lRST MEAL AFTER SUNSET !FTER EXAMINING MANY MENUS OF THE COLOURFULLY ADORNED RESTAURANTS WAIT ERS TRYING TO OFFER US THEIR BEST PRICES AND FOOD FOR THE FEAST THAT AWAITED US

WE CHOSE A LIRA OFFERING IN A BACK STREET 4HE lRST COURSE WAS A PLATE OF SAL AD OF TITANIC PROPORTIONS SERVED WITH SWEET STICKY DATES FOLLOWED SWIFTLY BY A DELICIOUSLY lLLING LENTIL SOUP PRACTI CALLY A MEAL IN ITSELF WE WERE ALREADY LOOSENING OUR BELTS /NE HAD TO RE MEMBER FOR MOST ENJOYING THIS MEAL

IT WAS THEIR lRST SUSTENANCE OF THE DAY SO FAR WHILE ) HAD SAMPLED THE DELIGHTS OF CREAMY 4URKISH RICE PUDDING A FEW HOURS BEFORE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT DISH TO WHAT ONE WOULD GET SERVED OVER HERE /UR NEXT COURSE WAS KOFTA DELICIOUS LAMB MEATBALLS WHICH WE HAD SAMPLED

BEFORE AND GREATLY ENJOYED AND lNALLY A PORTION OF "AKLAVA THE STICKY SWEET PASTRY COMMONLY ATTRIBUTED TO 'REECE

BUT ACTUALLY ORIGINALLY FROM 4URKEY 7E THEN STROLLED OVER TO SOME GAR DENS NEAR THE "LUE -OSQUE WHERE THERE WAS A PARTY ATMOSPHERE AS HUNDREDS OF STALLS SOLD VARIOUS FOOD AND DRINK AS FAMILIES SAT TOGETHER EATING AND PEO PLE MILLED AROUND TAKING IN THE SIGHTS (ERE DESPITE OUR BANQUET WE TRIED -A CUN A TREAT ONLY AVAILABLE IN 2AMADAN

A SORT OF SOFT LOLLY OF MELTED SUGAR WITH MULTIPLE mAVOURS !LTHOUGH THE FOOD IS SPECIAL THE MOST PROMINENT ELEMENT OF THE MEAL WAS THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY AS THOU SANDS OF OTHERS SHARED THE MOMENT OF EATING OF FOOD AND DRINK FEEDING A COMMUNITY IT WAS A RARE BUT REMARK ABLE EXPERIENCE +IRSTEN 0ETER

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UNNING FROM THE TH ND OF *UNE THIS SUMMER THE 4ASTE OF ,ONDON &ESTIVAL WAS A DAZZLING COLLECTION OF GASTRO NOMICAL GEMS SET IN THE LOVELY BACKDROP OF 2EGENTS 0ARK 3TALLS FROM TOP NOTCH RESTAU RANTS FROM ALL OVER THE CITY

SERVING DISHES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD JOSTLED FOR VISITORS ATTENTION n THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION WAS TO CLOSE YOUR EYES AND FOLLOW YOUR NOSE /UR TICKETS ONLY INCLUDED A CERTAIN NUMBER OF @CROWNS TO SPEND ON FOOD SO BEING SELECTIVE WAS CRUCIAL )T WAS A CHALLENGE OF A MAGNITUDE THAT ) HADN T QUITE APPRECIATED MADE MORE DIFl CULT WITH THE COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF FREE ALCOHOL TAKEN IN TRUE STUDENT STYLE AT EVERY OP PORTUNITY 3ADLY THE FESTIVAL ORGANISERS WERE LESS HAPPY TO GIVE AWAY FREE FOOD AND BY CLOSING TIME ) WAS RUNNING AROUND MADLY PAPER PLATE IN HAND TO COLLECT WHAT ) COULD 4HE PORTIONS WERE SMALL BUT DELICIOUS ) SNARLED AT AN AT TRACTIVE !MERICAN WHO ASKED

3UMMER MAY BE OVER AND COCKTAILS AREN T RE ALLY IN SEASON BUT TO BE HONEST "RITAIN HAS HAD A RAINY SEASON FOR THE LAST YEARS AND COCKTAILS ARE SO AMAZING THEY SHOULD BE DRUNK ALL YEAR ROUND ANYWAY WITHIN MODERATION 3O GRAB YOURSELF A BLENDER AND A FEW FRIENDS $ON T DRINK ANY ALCOHOL BEFORE YOU GO STICKING YOUR lNGERS IN THE BLENDER

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ML WHITE RUM TBSP COCONUT CREAM PINEAPPLE n CHOPPED TO GO IN THE BLENDER 0INEAPPLE COCONUT JUICE YOU CAN BUY THIS CHEAPLY IN A CARTON READY MADE ! HANDFUL OF ICE FOR EACH GLASS CRUSHED #RUSH THE ICE AND PUT IT INTO THE GLASSES 7HIZZ EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE BLENDER AND HEY PRESTO !DD AS MUCH OF THE READY MADE JUICE AS YOU FEEL IS NECESSARY TO GET THE CON SISTENCY AND THE CONCENTRATION YOU WANT 0OUR INTO GLASSES AND DREAM OF THAT LONG SUM MER S EVENING

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)F BEER AND ALE ARE YOUR THING BE SURE TO HEAD DOWN TO DOWN TO THE ST .OR WICH "EER &ESTIVAL AT THE 3T !NDREWS "LACKFRIARS (ALL NEXT WEEK 2UNNING FROM TH /CTOBER TO ST .OVEMBER THIS YEAR PROMISES TO BE MERRY WITH OVER VARIETIES OF 2EAL !LE AND LOTS OF CIDERS 0ERRIES AND DRAUGHT BEERS FOR YOU TO TRY %NTRY PRICES VARY STARTING AT a FOR LUNCH TIME ENTRY &OR MORE INFORMATION CHECK OUT WWW NORWICHCAMRA ORG UK FESTIVAL FEST

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Dear Betty and Ted ) VE BEEN DATING A GIRL FOR A WEEK NOW AND SHE S ALREADY SAID THOSE THREE FATAL WORDS -Y QUESTION IS HOW SOON IS TOO SOON TO SAY @) LOVE YOU &ROM ,OVESTRUCK $EAR ,OVESTRUCK

/UCH 4HIS CAN BE REALLY A TRICKY SITUATION BUT ALL IS NOT LOST -Y ADVICE IS THATYOU CAN VIEW THIS IN ONE OF TWO WAYS BOTH OF WHICH WILL LEAD TO A FAVOUR ABLE OUTCOME FOR YOU )T SEEMS SAFE TO ASSUME THAT THIS GIRL IS VERY KEEN ON YOU OR OBVIOUSLY SHE WOULDN T HAVE SAID THOSE THREE SPECIAL WORDS )F THE FEEL ING ISN T MUTUAL WHY NOT GET WHAT YOU CAN FROM THE SITUA TION BEFORE YOU GIVE HER THE OLD HEAVE HO 3EE IF YOU CAN GET HER TO TAKE YOU TO THE CINEMA THE NEW *AMES "OND MOVIE IS OUT SOON OR MAYBE BUY YOU A FEW NICE MEALS 4HE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS /N THE OTHER HAND IF HER UNEXPECTED REVELATION HAS GOT YOU THINKING THAT YOU COULD FALL FOR HER TOO GET TO KNOW HER BETTER 4AKE HER OUT ON A FEW NICE DATES AND SEE WHERE IT GOES FROM THERE !FTER ALL IF IT DOESN T WORK OUT YOU CAN ALWAYS REVERT TO 0LAN ! ) DON T THINK THAT THERE IS SUCH A THING AS @TOO SOON OR FALLING TOO FAST &OR HER

THE RIGHT MOMENT OBVIOUSLY OC CURRED AFTER ONE WEEK VERY mAT TERING 9OU CLEARLY NEED A BIT MORE TIME 4ED $EAR ,OVESTRUCK

4HERE IS NEVER A RIGHT OR WRONG TIME TO UTTER THOSE THREE LITTLE WORDS (AVING SAID THAT IT DOES SEEM THAT ONE WEEK INTO A RELA TIONSHIP IS A LITTLE PREMATURE TO BE MAKING SUCH STRONG DECLARA TIONS OF ONE S FEELINGS #LEARLY YOU HAVE MADE QUITE AN IMPACT ON THIS GIRL S LIFE SO YOU MUST BE VERY CAREFUL IN HOW YOU ACT NOW AS YOU DON T WANT TO HURT HER )T IS PERFECTLY UNDERSTANDABLE THAT YOU MAY BE A LITTLE SCARED AND DAUNTED BY SUCH EARLY USE OF THE @, WORD SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH SITTING DOWN WITH YOUR PARTNER AND EXPRESSING YOUR CONCERNS THAT THINGS ARE MOVING TOO QUICKLY FOR YOUR LIKING *UST MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE VERY GENTLE AND KIND AND THAT YOU DON T COME ACROSS AS BEING COMPLETELY DIS INTERESTED 5NLESS YOU ARE IN WHICH CASE IT S PROBABLY BET TER TO END IT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER 7HATEVER YOU DECIDE BE SURE TO TREAT HER NICELY AS SHE IS CLEARLY VERY ATTACHED TO YOU 'OOD LUCK "ETTY )F YOU HAVE A PROBLEM TO SHARE WITH "ETTY AND 4ED PLEASE EMAIL IT TO CONCRETE LIFESTYLE UEA AC UK

+VTU 3FMBY &EELING RUN DOWN STRESSED AND LIKE YOU HAVE NOWHERE TO TURN "ETHAN ,OUISE -ARTIN WRITES A SPECIAL REPORT ON HOW TO GET HELP WHEN YOU REALLY NEED IT &RESHER S WEEK IS NOW BUT A DISTANT BLUR AND THE UNSETTLING REALITY THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO WORK AT UNI VERSITY IS BEGINNING TO SET IN )T S AT THIS POINT IN THE TERM THAT YOU MAY BE FEELING THE ACADEMIC STRAIN FOR THE lRST TIME 3O WHETHER YOU RE A FRESHER SUFFERING FROM HOMESICKNESS

A SECOND YEAR STUDENT SUFFERING FROM THE INCREASED WORKLOAD OR A RD YEAR HAVING A CRISIS OVER THEIR DISSERTATION

NEVER FEAR #ONCRETE IS HERE WITH ITS VERY OWN 5%! DE STRESS GUIDE 4HERE ARE SEVERAL SERVICES THAT OF FER HELP DEALING WITH MATTERS OF ACA DEMIC PERSONAL AND lNANCIAL STRESS

NO MATTER HOW BIG OR SMALL YOU MAY THINK THEY ARE &IRSTLY THERE IS THE COUNSELLING SERVICE A GREAT WAY OF EX PRESSING YOUR FEELINGS TO EXPERIENCED THERAPISTS WHO CAN DEAL WITH A WHOLE RANGE OF ISSUES 4HIS COULD INCLUDE PROBLEMS WITH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH ACADEMIC AND WORK CONCERNS ABUSE RELATIONSHIP ISSUES EATING PROBLEMS HOMESICKNESS ANXIETY DEPRESSION SPIRITUAL CONCERNS ISSUES OF SELF ESTEEM AND PERSONAL IDENTITY ALCOHOL AND DRUG PROBLEMS SEXUALITY CONCERNS OR BEREAVEMENT "ASICALLY

THE SERVICE AIMS TO hENABLE STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE THEIR ACADEMIC AND PER SONAL GOALS BY PROVIDING CONlDENTIAL COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT FOR ANY DIF lCULTIES ENCOUNTERED AT 5%!v 4HE COUNSELLING SERVICE OFFERS ONE TO ONE SESSIONS GROUP WORK AND WORKSHOPS TO HELP YOU OVER

COME WHATEVER STRESSES YOU MAY HAVE WHILST AT 5%! WITH BOTH LONG TERM AND SHORT TERM SESSION PLANS )T IS OPEN -ONDAY 3ATURDAY AND AP POINTMENTS CAN BE MADE VIA EMAIL IF YOU DON T FEEL COMFORTABLE SPEAKING TO SOMEONE BY PHONE !DDITIONALLY THE COUNSELLING SERVICE HAS A VERY USEFUL WEBSITE AC CESSIBLE VIA THE 5%! 0ORTAL WHERE THERE ARE WORKSHEETS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD ON A NUMBER OF TOPICS

INCLUDING A RELAXATION EXERCISE SPE CIlCALLY AIMED AT REDUCING YOUR STRESS LEVELS 4HE WEBSITE ALSO HAS LINKS TO EXTERNAL SITES LOCAL RESOURCES SUCH AS 4HE 3AMARITANS AND FAMILY PLANNING CLINICS AS WELL AS USEFUL BOOKS AND EVEN A DOWNLOADABLE -0 lLE ON RE LAXATION 3O IF YOU DON T WANT TO POP INTO THE COUNSELLING CENTRE IN PERSON

THEN THERE IS ALWAYS THE WORLD WIDE WEB TO TURN TO FOR HELP /N THE OTHER HAND IF YOU DON T FEEL LIKE YOUR STRESS WARRANTS A TRIP TO THE COUNSELLING SERVICE OR YOU HAVE AN URGENT ISSUE OUTSIDE OF OF lCE HOURS THEN YOU CAN ALWAYS TURN TO .IGHTLINE .IGHTLINE IS A VOLUNTARY SERVICE RUN BY STUDENTS FOR STUDENTS

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3TUDENT VOLUNTEERS ARE THERE BETWEEN PM AND AM EVERY NIGHT DURING TERM TIME TO LISTEN TO YOU NO MATTER WHAT THE PROBLEM MAY BE 4HEY ALSO OFFERS A ROOM FOR THE NIGHT TO STAY IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU CANNOT OR DO NOT WANT TO GO HOME /N TOP OF THIS IF YOU HEAD DOWN TO THE .IGHTLINE OF lCE YOU WILL ALSO BE OFFERED TEA AND BISCUITS AS WELL AS FREE CONDOMS AND PANIC ALARMS (OWEVER YOU DON T HAVE TO GET TO CAMPUS TO BE HEARD n YOU CAN CALL .IGHTLINE ON

OR ACCESS .IGHTLINE ONLINE FOR FRIENDLY ADVICE AND AN OPEN EAR TWENTY FOUR HOURS A DAY !LTERNATIVELY THE !RT OF ,IVING SOCIETY IS A BRILLIANT WAY OF RELAX ING AND REDUCING YOUR STRESS LEVELS 4HE SOCIETY IS PART OF A WORLDWIDE !RT OF ,IVING &OUNDATION A CHAR ITY RECOGNISED BY THE 7ORLD (EALTH /RGANISATION THAT AIMS TO CREATE hA STRESS FREE MIND AND A VIOLENCE FREE WORLDv -EDITATION YOGA AND BREATH ING TECHNIQUES ARE TAUGHT TO HELP YOU DEAL WITH THE STRESSES OF MODERN LIV ING /NE OF THESE METHODS IS +RIYA

A DYNAMIC BREATHING TECHNIQUE DE RIVED OF 0RANAYAMA PRACTICE WHICH IS HELPS DEAL WITTH STRESS EFFECTIVELY AND DETOXIFY THE BODY !S WELL AS WEEKLY MEETINGS AND SOCIALS !RT OF ,IVING OFFERS COURSES TO PERFECT YOUR YOGA AND MEDITATION TECHNIQUES REALLY HELPING YOU TO QUASH THE DESTRUCTIVE AND TROUBLESOME EMOTIONS THAT LEAD TO STRESS #HECK OUT THE WEBSITE FOR MORE DETAILS 5%! HAS MANY WAYS OF HELPING YOU TO COPE WITH STRESS SO IF YOU RE FEELING THE STRAIN DON T SUFFER IN SI LENCE -OST STUDENTS GO THROUGH DIF lCULT PERIODS IN THEIR ACADEMIC CA REERS AND YOU ARE NOT ALONE 7ITH SO MANY PEOPLE TO TURN TO AT 5NIVERSITY WHO CAN HELP YOU WITH ANY PROB LEMS INCLUDING YOUR !CADEMIC !D VISOR AND 3CHOOL 2EPRESENTATIVES ON 5NION #OUNCIL THERE IS ALWAYS SOME WHERE TO TURN &OR MOST PEOPLE 5NI VERSITY IS SOMETHING THAT ONLY COMES ALONG ONCE IN OUR LIVES n LET S MAKE THE MOST OF IT 9OUR STRESS WILL SOON BE mOATING AWAY LEAVING YOU FEELING REFRESHED AND RARING TO GO

4HE !RT OF ,IVING SOCIETY MEET AT SEVEN THIRTY ON A 4HURSDAY EVENING IN #ONSTABLE 4ERRACE #OMMON 2OOM !

9OU CAN lND THE #OUNSELLING #ENTRE NEXT TO THE $EAN OF 3TU DENT S OFlCE WHICH IS NEAR TO THE ,#2

5SJFE BOE 5FTUFE 7HEN YOU RE FEELING STRESSED OUT SOMETIMES CHOCOLATE AND AN EPISODE OF (OLLYOAKS JUST ISN T ENOUGH *USTINE 7ALLIS VISITS THE #HARISMA CLINIC TO INVESTIGATE THE BENElTS OF )NDIAN (EAD -ASSAGE AND WHETHER BEAUTY TREATMENTS REALLY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO YOUR DAY )NITIALLY THIS REPORTER COULDN T HELP FEELING A DEGREE OF SCEPTICISM REGARDING THE AFFECT A SIMPLE MAS SAGE COULD HAVE ON YOUR STRESS LEV ELS (OWEVER AFTER EXPERIENCING THE WAVE OF RELAXATION THAT COMES WITH AN )NDIAN (EAD -ASSAGE ) AM FULLY PREPARED TO ADMIT ) WAS MISTAKEN 6ICKI (ARRIS

A THERAPIST AT #HARISMA CONlRMS THE BENElTS OF THIS OFTEN UNCONSIDERED TREATMENT h)NDIAN (EAD -ASSAGE CAN HELP WITH MIGRAINES NECK ACHE AND EAR ACHE AS WELL AS HELPING YOU TO DE STRESS ) CHOSE TO STUDY THIS BECAUSE

ALONG WITH REmEXOLOGY IT IS A REAL LIFE ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE A LOT OF DOCTORS ACTUALLY PRESCRIBE THESE TREATMENTS FOR PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM STRESS OR DEPRESSION )T S GREAT TO GET TO SEE PEOPLE RELAX AND FEEL GOOD 4HEY CAN COME HERE AND FOR GET ABOUT EVERYTHING IT REALLY LIFTS PEOPLE UP v

)NDIAN (EAD MASSAGE OR #HAMPISSAGE FROM THE (INDI WORD @CHAMPI TO MASSAGE ORIGI NATED IN )NDIA OVER A THOUSAND YEARS AGO 4HE TREATMENT IS BASED ON THE SEVEN CHAKRAS ON THE BODY 4HE REA SON THAT A HEAD MASSAGE IS PARTICU LARLY EFFECTIVE IS THAT IT CONCENTRATES ON THE THREE HIGHER CHAKRAS MIND

BODY AND SPIRIT $IFFERENT EFFECTS CAN BE ACHIEVED BY CONCENTRAT ING ON DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE HEAD

SHOULDER AND NECK AND ALSO BY USING DIFFERENT BLENDS OF MASSAGE OIL !T #HARISMA A BLEND OF LAVEN DER LEMON SAGE AND PEPPERMINT IS USED TO STIMULATE TONE AND lRM THE SKIN WHILE WALNUT LEAVES AND SEA WEED EXTRACT ARE USED TO SOOTHE AND MOISTURISE 7HILE ) BEGAN THE MASSAGE FEEL ING SLIGHTLY TENSE THE WHOLE EXPERI ENCE WAS CALMING COMFORTING AND VERY PEACEFUL )N FACT 6ICKY TRAINED

FOR ONE YEAR TO FULLY MASTER THE ART OF MASSAGE h7HILE MY BEAUTY THERAPY COURSE WAS TWO YEARS LONG

) SPECIALISED IN )NDIAN (EAD MAS SAGE AFTER ONE YEAR TAKING A RANGE OF CASE STUDIES AND EXPERIENCING THE DIFFERENCE IN A CLIENT BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT ) ALSO STUDIED REmEXOLOGY ANOTHER GREAT TREAT MENT FOR STRESS )N REmEXOLOGY THE BODY IS MAPPED ON TO THE FEET AND THROUGH MASSAGE YOU CAN STIMULATE THE BODY AND GET IT WORKING IN SYNC WITH ITSELF v !S A SELF CONFESSED SALON VIRGIN

) WAS SURPRISED BY BOTH THE RANGE OF TREATMENTS AVAILABLE AND THE FRIENDLINESS OF THE STAFF %XTREMELY STUDENT FRIENDLY #HARISMA OFFERS A DISCOUNT ON ALL TREATMENTS WITH A VALID STUDENT CARD h)T S A NICE ATMOSPHERE HERE AS WE RE SUCH A YOUNG TEAMv EXPLAINS 6ICKY h7E ALWAYS MAKE AN EFFORT TO MAKE PEO

PLE FEEL WELCOMEv )F YOU FEEL LIKE TREATING YOURSELF BUT NEED TO WATCH YOUR BUDGET THE MONTHLY OFFERS ARE A GREAT WAY TO RELAX FOR LESS WITH REmEXOLOGY AT A DISCOUNT FROM THE BEGINNING OF .OVEMBER ) HAVE TO ADMIT ) WILL CERTAINLY BE RETURNING FOR ANOTHER )NDIAN (EAD -ASSAGE 7HETHER IT WAS THE MASSAGE IT SELF OR JUST THE CHANCE TO LIE IN A QUIET ROOM FOR MINUTES AND CLEAR MY HEAD ) WALKED INTO THE SALON FEELING STRESSED AND WALKED OUT OF IT FEELING GREAT $ElNITELY AN EXPERIENCE TO BE RECOMMENDED

WHATEVER YOUR STATE OF MIND

&IND #HARISMA AT #ATTLEMAR KET 3TREET OR CALL FOR MORE DETAILS )NDIAN (EAD -ASSAGE COSTS a NOT INCLUD ING STUDENT DISCOUNT

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7HERE DOES YOUR MILK COME FROM +ATE 0ORTER PRESENTS A SOURCE RETHINK PROMPTED BY %NV LECTURER 0AUL $OL ,IKE MANY OTHERS ) HAVE BEEN A DE VOUT VEGETARIAN FOR MANY YEARS AND HAVE NEVER ONCE QUESTIONED MY HERBIVOROUS DIET )MAGES OF HENS IN CROWDED CAGES PRESSED AGAINST IRON BARS MOVED ME TO ALWAYS PAY THAT EXTRA P FOR A FREE RANGE BOX OF EGGS WHILE STORIES OF PIGLETS PULLED FROM THEIR MOTHER AGED JUST A FEW WEEKS WAS MORE THAN ) COULD BEAR !LL THIS TIME HOWEVER ) HAVE NEVER STOPPED FOR A MOMENT TO CONSIDER THE SOURCE OF THE MILK IN

MY TEA OR WORSE IN MY CHOCOLATE 7HAT ABOUT THE CHEESE THAT ) SO REG ULARLY ADD TO MY SANDWICHES AND THAT ) RELY ON FOR CALCIUM AND A BAL ANCED DIET 4HESE THOUGHTS CHANGED IN A RE CENT LECTURE TAKEN BY 0AUL $OLMAN

A CONSERVATION BIOLOGIST IN %.6 $URING THIS LECTURE ) ALONG WITH ) AM SURE ALL OF THE OTHER VEGETARIANS IN THE CLASS RAISED THEIR HAND TO DE CLARE PROUDLY THEIR DECISION NOT TO EAT MEAT WAS SHOCKED BY THE DIFFER ENT PERSPECTIVE HELD BY OUR LECTUR ER &OR THOSE OF US WITH OUR HANDS IN THE AIR WE WERE EXPECTING TO BE PRAISED FOR OUR EFlCIENT USE OF RE SOURCES FOR IT IS WIDELY KNOWN THAT IT IS MUCH MORE ENERGY INTENSIVE TO EAT MEAT YET WHAT WE WERE ACTUALLY FACED WITH WAS QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SOURCE OF OUR HAPPILY CONSUMED MILK PRODUCTS .OW IT IS LIKELY THAT ALL VEGETARIANS LIKE MYSELF WOULD BE IN THE HAPPY POSITION OF BEING ABLE TO STATE THEIR CHOICE FOR FREE RANGE EGGS THE MONITORING OF WHICH IS ITSELF QUESTIONABLE ALTHOUGH A SEPA RATE ISSUE BUT WHAT ABOUT MILK

$AIRY COWS LIVE ON AVERAGE YEARS WHERE UNDER NATURAL CONDI TIONS THEY AVERAGE YEARS OF AGE 4HE STRAIN OF PRODUCING THE VASTLY GREATER AMOUNTS OF MILK RE QUIRED CAN CAUSE PAINFUL SWELLINGS AND LESIONS ON THE UDDER !DD TO THIS THE QUESTION OF @IF YOU ARE DRINK ING THE MILK WHAT IS THE CALF DRINK ING AND lND THE PAINFUL TRUTH THAT MOST CALVES ARE TAKEN FROM THEIR MOTHER HOURS AFTER BIRTH AND OFTEN SENT TO SLAUGHTER lVE DAYS AF TER BIRTH .OW DON T GET ME WRONG ) AM NOT PREACHING VEGANISM BUT RATHER WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS AWARENESS &OR 0AUL $OLMAN THERE WERE NO ABSO LUTES )T WAS NOT A CASE OF EATING ONE THING MAKES YOU A BAD PERSON WHERE ABSTAINING FROM OTHERS MAKES YOU A GOOD PERSON BUT RATHER IT IS ABOUT QUESTIONING COMFORT ZONES TO CON SIDER WHAT IT IS WE MAY BE UNCON SCIOUSLY ENDORSING &URTHERMORE WHAT ) HAVE TAKEN FROM THESE UNSETTLING TRUTHS IS THE NEED TO PURCHASE FOOD FROM LO CAL AND SUSTAINABLE SOURCES &OOD

STANDARDS AND ANIMAL WELFARE AGEN CIES ARE DOING THEIR BEST WITH MARKS LIKE @FREEDOM FOOD BUT MY POLICY WILL NOW BE TO DO MY BEST TO EAT ANIMAL PRODUCTS FROM PLACES WHERE ) CAN SEE THE SOURCE MYSELF TO DECIDE IF IT MEETS MY OWN ETHICAL STAND ARDS 4HE 'REEN 'ROCERS AT THE %ARL HAM 2OAD SHOPPING CENTRE IS A SHOP

DEDICATED TO WHOLESOME LOCAL AND ORGANIC FOODS BUT BEYOND THIS THEY ARE OPEN TO BEING QUESTIONED ABOUT THE SOURCE OF THEIR PRODUCTS 7HILST CUSTOMERS HAVE TO PAY SLIGHTLY MORE THAN AT !SDA OR 3AINSBURY S COULD OFFER FOR NOW THAT SEEMS REASON ABLE FOR THAT EXTRA PIECE OF MIND AS TO THE SOURCE OF THE FOOD WE ARE CONSUMING

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(SFFO $BSQFU GPS 6&" 4UVEFOUT 4HE h#ARBON #UTTERSv THREE %NVIRONMENTAL 3CIENCE STUDENTS COMPLETE @YEAR IN INDUSTRY AND GENERATE BUSINESS INTEREST IN REDUCING ENERGY WASTAGE 0ERDITA &EARON REPORTS ON THEIR SUCCESSES AND FUTURE 4HREE YEAR IN INDUSTRY STUDENTS FROM 5%! WERE GIVEN A CELEBRITY S WELCOME LAST WEEK WALKING DOWN THE TURF CARPET AS THE l LM TRACKING THEIR EFFORTS TO REDUCE THE CARBON IMPRINTS OF THREE LOCAL BUSINESSES WAS PREMIERED IN THE $RAMA 3TU DIO 4HE l LM SPONSORED BY THE 5%!

BASED INVESTMENT BODY #ARBON #ONNECTIONS WHO ALSO ESTABLISHED #2ED AND ,IFTSHARE COM LOGGED THE PARTICIPATION OF %NVIRONMENTAL 3CIENCE STUDENTS !IMEE %THERIDGE

*ASON 'ALLOWAY AND !LISON -ORRIS OVER THE PAST YEAR 4HE THREE STU DENTS WORKED AT "AYER #ROP 3CIENCE

'#3 AND THE .ORFOLK AND .ORWICH 5NIVERSITY (OSPITAL RESPECTIVELY FOR A YEAR AND WERE GIVEN A BUDGET BY #ARBON #ONNECTIONS IN ORDER TO MAKE LONG LASTING CHANGES TO THEIR ENERGY USAGE 4HE EXPERIMENT *A SON COMMENTED HAD THE EFFECT OF @COMBINING BUSINESS SAVVY WITH THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF GRADUATE ENTHUSIASM TO CREATE LASTING POSI TIVE CHANGE 4HE STUDENTS USED A NUMBER OF IDEAS TO MAKE CHANGES RANGING FROM USING REMOTE CONTROL PLUGS AND EN

SURING ENERGY LEAKS DIDN T GO UNNO TICED ON BUSY FACTORY m OORS TO PLAC ING POSTERS AND ACTING AS A POINT OF CONTACT TO COMPILE THE IDEAS AND PLEDGES OF EMPLOYEES 4HE 5NIVER SITY (OSPITAL ALONE REDUCED THEIR ENERGY USAGE BY IN THE YEAR !LISON WAS WORKING THERE SHOWING HOW BIG A DIFFERENCE CAN BE MADE

BY ONE PERSON AND THE SENSIBLE AP PLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE TO THE PROB LEM OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION 7ITH SUCH ENCOURAGING RESULTS FROM THE l RST YEAR -ATT $OLAN THE -ARKETING -ANAGER OF #ARBON #ON NECTIONS WAS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT ITS FUTURE STATING THAT THIS @UNIQUE PROJECT WOULD CONTINUE TO PLACE MORE 5%! %NVIRONMENTAL 3CIENCE STUDENTS IN LOCAL BUSINESSES 4HE l LM DETAILING THE PARTNERSHIP BE TWEEN #ARBON #ONNECTIONS AND 5%! AND SHOWING THE EXEMPLARY AC TIONS OF !IMEE *ASON AND !LISON IS ALSO BEING DISTRIBUTED TO INTERESTED BUSINESSES TO SPREAD AWARENESS EN COURAGE FURTHER POSITIVE ACTION AND EXTEND 5%! S REPUTATION FOR BEING AT THE FOREFRONT OF CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH AND AWARENESS

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5%! 'REEN 0ARTY IS PUSHING FOR A BICYCLE RENTAL SCHEME AT THE 5NIVER SITY 4HE SOCIETY AFl LIATED WITH THE NATIONAL 'REEN 0ARTY WOULD LIKE TO SEE APPROXIMATELY BIKES MADE AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS FOR USE ON OR OFF CAMPUS 4OM 7EDGE 5%! 'REENS 0RESI DENT SAID THAT THE SCHEME WOULD OFFER hA MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY MEANS OF TRAVEL AS WELL AS HELPING STUDENTS GET l T v -R 7EDGE ALSO ADDED THAT THE SCHEME WOULD hOFFER AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE BUSv ! SIMILAR SYSTEM IS ALREADY IN PLACE AT ,EEDS 5NIVERSITY KNOWN AS 6ELOCAMPUS ,EEDS THE IDEA ORIGI NATING IN &RANCE 4HE ,EEDS SCHEME BEGAN IN 3EPTEMBER THIS YEAR STU DENTS BEING ABLE TO HIRE A BIKE FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR AT A COST OF a

WITH A a DEPOSIT )T IS UNSURE AS OF YET WHETHER THE PROPOSED SCHEME WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THE ONE AT ,EEDS OR IF THE BIKES WOULD ONLY BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR A SHORTER PERIOD SUCH AS A DAY OR A WEEK &URTHERMORE 5%! 'REENS HOPE THAT ONLY A DEPOSIT WOULD BE REQUIRED AND NOT A HIRE FEE #UR RENTLY THE CLOSEST SERVICE PROVIDED AT THE 5%! TO THE PROPOSED SHCEME IS @$R "IKE A BUSINESS THAT SELLS AND REPAIRS BIKES ON CAMPUS BUT DOES NOT RENT THEM OUT )F POPULAR THE SCHEME COULD AR GUABLY HAVE A POSITIVE EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT CUTTING DOWN CARBON EMISSIONS FROM BUS AND CAR TRAVEL (OWEVER IT COULD ALSO HAVE AN IM PACT ON &IRST "USES REDUCING THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO USE THE SERVICE BETWEEN THE 5NIVERSITY AND THE #ITY CENTRE

4UBSCVDLT QVU UP TIBNF 3ARAH -ORGAN 2EPORTER &OLLOWING A REPORT BY 4HE 3UN THE COFFEE GIANT 3TARBUCKS HAS BEEN UN DER MOUNTING MEDIA PRESSURE FOR ITS EXTREMELY WASTEFUL WATER HABITS )N A TIME WHERE ENERGY SAVING IS CRU CIAL THE CHAIN WAS UNCOVERED AS ONE OF THE WORST CULPRITS DESPITE ITS SELF PROCLAIMED GREEN CREDENTIALS &OLLOWING THE REPORT FROM AN UNDERCOVER 3UN REPORTER IT WAS DIS COVERED COMPANY POLICY REQUIRES A TAP TO BE LEFT ON IN EVERY BRANCH

KNOWN AS A @DIPPER WELL TO CLEAN UTENSILS 3TARBUCKS HAS BEEN BLASTED

BY ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS AS IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT ON AVERAGE SOME MILLION LITRES OF WATER IS WAST ED EVERY DAY ENOUGH TO MEET THE NEEDS OF DROUGHT RIDDEN COUNTRY .AMBIA 7ITH BRANCHES IN "RIT AIN AND EACH OPEN HOURS A DAY

THE POPULAR COFFEE CHAIN IS WASTING COLOSSAL QUANTITIES OF SUCH A VALU ABLE RESOURCE 0ETER 2OBINSON OF THE ENVIRON MENTAL CHARITY @7ASTE 7ATCH SAID h,EAVING TAPS RUNNING ALL DAY IS A SHOCKING WASTE OF PRECIOUS WATER !ND TO CLAIM YOU ARE DOING IT FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY REASONS IS BONK ERS v 4HIS CLAIM CAME AFTER 3TARBUCKS TRIED TO DEFEND ITS POLICY STATING THE m OW OF WATER FROM THE TAP IS NEEDED TO PREVENT BACTERIA FORMING AND THAT THEY ONLY OPERATE SUCH A POLICY TO MEET HEALTH STANDARDS $ESPITE 3TARBUCKS TAKING ON A PERCEIVED @'REEN ROLE THIS IS NOT THE l RST TIME IT HAS COME UNDER l RE FOR IMMORAL REASONS 4HE 'UARDIAN REPORTED IN HOW THE 53 l RM HAD USED ITS POWER TO BLOCK AN AT

TEMPT BY LOCAL FARMERS IN %THIOPIA TO ATTEMPT TO RAISE THE PRICE OF THEIR COFFEE BEANS !LL THIS CONTRADICTS THE PRESS RELEASE FROM THE COMPANY IN WHERE THEY ANNOUNCED A NEW ENERGY SAVING PLAN 3ANDRA 4AYLOR

3TARBUCKS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF #ORPORATE 3OCIAL 2ESPONSIBILITY

CLAIMED h3TARBUCKS IS MINDFUL OF THE LONG TERM IMPLICATIONS THAT CLIMATE CHANGE HAS ON THE ENVIRON MENT v 4HIS STATEMENT NOW SEEMS SOMEWHAT IRONIC AMONGST ALL THE MEDIA AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACCUSA TIONS THE COMPANY HAS RECENTLY FACED !FTER DEl ANTLY DEFENDING ITS POLICY THE CHAIN WAS FORCED TO IS SUE A PRESS RELEASE ON THE TH /CTO BER CAPITULATING TO PRESSURE TO STOP THE WASTE )T EVEN WENT AS FAR

AS TO THANK 4HE 3UN FOR hEMPHASIS ING THE NEED TO RESOLVE THE MATTERv AND SAID h3TORES WILL BE INSTRUCTED TO SWITCH OFF THE DIPPER WELL TAP AND WILL WASH SPOONS AFTER USE )N THIS WAY WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE BAL ANCE 5+ AND )RELAND FOOD HYGIENE REQUIREMENTS WITH WATER CONSERVA TION v

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'JWF .JOVUFT 8JUI -PJT /FUIFSTFMM ,AURA 7IGNALL CAUGHT UP WITH ,OIS .ETHERSELL 5%! S MULTI TALENTED CRICKETER AND FOOTBALLER

4ELL ME A BIT ABOUT YOUR SELF (I ) M ,OIS ) M A YEAR OLD THIRD YEAR HISTORY STUDENT ) HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INTO SPORTS AND WAS ALWAYS THE @SPORTY GIRL AT SCHOOL 4HIS YEAR ) AM CAPTAIN OF THE 7OMEN S &OOT BALL "5#3 TEAM )S THERE AN INTERESTING FACT WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT YOU 7ELL ) HAVE A FALSE TOOTH ) AM ONE OF THOSE SPECIAL PEO PLE WHO IS LEFT FOOTED BUT RIGHT HANDED 7HEN DID YOU lRST PLAY FOOTBALL ) lRST PLAYED FOOTBALL IN PRI MARY SCHOOL AND PLAYED CLUB FOOTBALL UNTIL THE AGE OF ABOUT ) PLAYED AT SECOND ARY SCHOOL AND THEN PICKED IT BACK UP AGAIN PROPERLY WHEN ) CAME TO 5%!

$O YOU PLAY ANY OTHER SPORTS ) SUPPOSE YOU COULD SAY THAT CRICKET IS MY MAIN SPORT "E TWEEN THE AGES OF AND ) PLAYED FOR +ENT AT VARIOUS AGE GROUP LEVELS AND ) AM NOW PLAYING FOR .ORFOLK ,ADIES @lRST TEAM

TIVELY DROP ME AN E MAIL AT L NETHERSELL UEA AC UK )S 5%! 7OMEN S &OOTBALL A BIG CLUB 7E HAD ABOUT GIRLS SHOW INTEREST IN THE CLUB THIS YEAR AT 3PORTSMART 4HERE ARE BE TWEEN AND GIRLS AT EVERY TRAINING SESSION SO ) SUPPOSE WE ARE A RELATIVELY BIG CLUB FOR WHAT IS SEEN AS A MALE DOMI NATED SPORT 7E PLAY IN THE -IDLANDS " "5#3 LEAGUE AGAINST TEAMS SUCH AS ,EICES TER #AMBRIDGE AND /XFORD 7E ALSO PLAY IN THE .ORFOLK AND 'IRLS 3UNDAY ,EAGUE $I VISION

(AVE YOU IN THE PAST ) VE ALWAYS BEEN INTO A VARI ETY OF SPORTS WHETHER THAT BE PLAYING OR WATCHING 5NTIL THE AGE OF ) DID BALLROOM AND LATIN DANCING ) ALSO USED TO DO A LOT OF SWIMMING !T SECONDARY SCHOOL AS WELL AS FOOTBALL ) PLAYED NETBALL

BASKETBALL ROUNDERS HOCKEY

TENNIS BADMINTON AND ATH LETICS BASICALLY MOST SPORTS THAT MY SCHOOL OFFERED 7HAT S THE BEST THING ABOUT YOUR CLUB SPORT &OR ME THE BEST THING ABOUT 5%! 7&# IS THE OTHER GIRLS 7E ARE A FRIENDLY AND WEL COMING BUNCH THAT CREATE A FANTASTIC ATMOSPHERE 7E ARE A CLOSE GROUP WHO LOVE HANG

ING OUT BOTH ON AND OFF THE PITCH WHETHER THAT BE CHILL ING IN THE PUB WITH A COU PLE OF DRINKS AND WATCHING THE FOOTIE OR HITTING THE ,#2 HARD

(OW CAN PEOPLE GET INVOLVED 'IRLS CAN CHECK OUT OUR &A CEBOOK GROUP n 5%! 7&# AND CONTACT ANY OF THE COMMITTEE MEM BERS THROUGH THAT !LTERNA

!NY ADVICE FOR STUDENTS STARTING OUT 7ELL IF THERE ARE GIRLS OUT THERE WHO HAVEN T PLAYED FOOTBALL BEFORE OR USED TO PLAY A WHILE AGO AND WANT TO GET BACK INTO IT WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR 7HEN ) STARTED IN MY lRST YEAR ) HADN T PLAYED A GOOD LEVEL OF FOOTBALL FOR A FEW YEARS BUT ) FELL IN LOVE WITH THE GAME AGAIN AT 5%! /UR

TRAINING SESSIONS CATER FOR ALL ABILITIES AND WE ALWAYS HAVE AMAZING SOCIALS !BOUT STU DENT LIFE IN GENERAL ENJOY IT AND LIVE IT TO THE FULL "EFORE YOU KNOW IT IT S GONE %VEN IF YOU DON T LIKE FOOTBALL GET TING INVOLVED IN ANY SPORTS TEAM IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS YOU CAN DO )T GIVES YOU A NEW GROUP OF FRIENDS WITH A COMMON INTEREST &OR ME BE ING A PART OF 5%! 7OMEN S &OOTBALL HAS MADE MY TIME AT UNI AND HAVE GIVEN ME FRIENDS FOR LIFE !ND WHO S GOING TO WIN THE 0REMIER ,EAGUE THIS SEA SON 7ELL AS AN !RSENAL FAN ) WOULD LIKE TO THINK WE HAVE A FAIRLY GOOD CHANCE IF WE GET SOME CONSISTENCY TOGETHER (OWEVER ALTHOUGH IT PAINS ME TO SAY IT ) THINK IT S HARD TO SEE PAST #HELSEA 0ERSON ALLY IF !RSENAL CAN T WIN IT THEN ANYONE BUT #HELSEA OR OF COURSE 3PURS NOT THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM THIS YEAR

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Ç°F 6MUJNBUF $IBMMFOHF /LLY 7HITE 3PORTS 2EPORTER )F YOU RE INTERESTED IN TRY ING NEW THINGS NOW YOU RE AT 5%! HERE IS YOUR CHANCE !T 5%! WE HAVE ONE OF THE COUNTRY S TOP 5LTIMATE &RIS BEE TEAMS !YE !YE 5LTIMATE &RISBEE IS AN UP AND COMING SPORT MASSIVE AT THE 53!

AND POTENTIALLY AT THE /LYM PICS IN 4HE GAME IS SIMPLE YOU CAN T RUN WHEN YOU VE GOT THE DISC AND TO SCORE A POINT YOU MUST CATCH IT IN THE END ZONE mAMBOYANCY IS ENCOURAGED )T LL KEEP YOU lT BY WHICH ) MEAN YOU LL KEEP THAT BEER BELLY FROM GROWING ANY LARGER YOU LL MEET LOVELY PEOPLE LEARN A NEW SKILL AND HAVE SOME AMAZING NIGHTS OUT ON OUR SOCIALS ,AST YEAR SOME OF OUR FA VOURITE SOCIALS WERE THE (AL LOWEEN FANCY DRESS PUB CRAWL

THE TOGA SOCIAL IN TOWN AND THE CHARITY SHOP PUB HOP

WHICH INVOLVED LOTS OF RIDIC ULOUS SECOND HAND CLOTHES AND LOTS OF PUBS YOU LL lND OUT VERY QUICKLY THAT WE DO LIKE A CHEEKY PUB CRAWL AT !YE !YE (OWEVER WE DO PLAY SOME &RISBEE TOO ,AST YEAR WE WENT ALL OVER THE 5+ TO

&EJUPS T $PMVNO 3ACHIN 4ENDAULKAR HAS BE COME THE HIGHEST SCORING 4EST CRICKETER IN HISTORY AFTER BYPASSING "RIAN ,ARA SOME ACHIEVEMENT FOR A PLAYER WHO BURST ONTO THE SCENE AGED JUST AND HAS GONE ON TO SCORE

RUNS IN TESTS 7ITH AN AVERAGE OF MORE THAN 4ENDAULKAR IS WIDELY REGARDED AS ONE OF THE GREAT

7AUGH AND COMPATRIOT 3U NIL 'AVASKAR WHILE OTHERS INCLUDING 2ICKY 0ONTING AND TEAMMATE 2AHUL $RAVID ARE STILL PLAYING )T IS lTTING THAT THE TEAM AGAINST WHICH THE @LITTLE MAES TRO BROKE THE RECORD WAS !USTRALIA THE NATION AGAINST WHICH HE HAS HAD ARGUABLY

THE MOST SUCCESS

EST BATSMEN TO HAVE PLAYED 4EST CRICKET AND FEW WOULD BEGRUDGE A PLAYER WHO AL READY HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF 4EST CEN TURIES SUCH A TITLE /N HIS WAY TO THIS ACCO LADE 4ENDAULKAR HAS PASSED MANY GREATS OF THE PAST IN CLUDING !LAN "ORDER 3TEVE

1UESTIONS OVER HIS FORM AND ABILITY HAVE LINGERED IN RECENT YEARS BUT WHAT BETTER WAY TO SILENCE THE DOUBTERS THAN BY ADDING THIS RECORD TO HIS REPETOIRE HE IS ALSO THE HIGHEST /$) RUN SCORER AND HAS SCORED MORE CENTURIES THAN ANY OTHER PLAYER IN THIS FORMAT OF THE GAME

PLAY IN TOURNAMENTS INCLUD ING THE "EGINNERS TOURNA MENT IN -ANCHESTER 4HIS YEAR WE WILL BE TAKING NEW MEMBERS TO ,OUGHBOROUGH 5NIVERSITY FOR THE "EGINNER S TOURNAMENT 7E ALSO WENT TO .OTTING HAM FOR THE )NDOOR 2EGION

ALS WHERE WE lNISHED THIRD AND THEN IT WAS ON TO )NDOOR .ATIONALS WHERE WE lNISHED SEVENTH IN THE COUNTRY 7HEN THE SUN COMES OUT NEXT TERM THE TOURNA MENTS MOVE OUTSIDE AND WE GO TO OUTDOOR 2EGIONALS AND .ATIONALS AS WELL %VERYONE

STARTS AT A SIMILAR SKILL LEVEL SO DON T WORRY IF YOU HAVE NEVER EVEN THROWN A &RISBEE BEFORE STILL COME ALONG AND WE LL SHOW YOU HOW )F YOU ARE INTERESTED

EMAIL JOE WILLIAMS UEA AC UK OR JUST COME TO PRAC TICE ON &RIDAY AT PM IN THE

3PORTSPARK 9OU CAN ALSO CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE WWW AYEAYE CO UK FOR MORE INFO ABOUT THE CLUB HOW TO ACTUALLY PLAY THE GAME AND TO MEET SOME OF THE CURRENT MEM BERS

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5%! &ENCING #LUB MEMBERS HONE THEIR TECHNIQUE AT THE 3PORTSPARK LAST 7EDNESDAY

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)PDLFZ )BNNFS )BQMFTT #SPPLFT *O .EWHAM 3PORTS 2EPORTER 5%! -EN S HOCKEY ST 8) HAS MADE AN ENCOURAGING START TO THEIR "5#3 CAMPAIGN !F TER lNISHING SECOND IN THE -IDLANDS #ONFERENCE ! LAST YEAR THEIR HOPES WERE HIGH FOR THE START OF THE SEASON 4HE CONDITIONS FOR THE lRST MATCH OF THE SEASON

AGAINST /XFORD "ROOKES RD 8) COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER

WITH THE GREAT "RITISH WEATH ER PROVING CHARACTERISTICALLY MISERABLE (OWEVER THE MEN POWERED THROUGH AND DID NOT DISAPPOINT CONVINCINGLY BEATING THE OPPOSITION !FTER A SHAKY START IN WHICH 5%! CONCEDED THE lRST GOAL WITHIN TEN MIN UTES OF PLAY THE MEN CAME BACK TO DOMINATE 4HEY OUT STRIPPED /XFORD BOTH DE FENSIVELY AND ON THE ATTACK

SOON REAPING THEIR REWARDS WHEN THEY GOT BACK ON LEVEL TERMS WITH A CRACKING SHOT FROM !NDY &LETCHER AFTER A PERIOD OF CONTINUOUS PRES SURE FROM THE HOME SIDE

5%! WENT FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH DISPLAYING CONl DENT IMAGINATIVE HOCKEY )T IS NOT SURPRISING THEREFORE THAT TWO COMPETENT GOALS FROM *OE "ROADBENT AND A CONCISE SHOT FROM 0ETER -ORRIS FOL LOWED BRINGING THE SCORE UP TO A SOLID BY HALF TIME

5%! CONTINUED TO GIVE THE OPPOSITION A MASTER CLASS OF ONE TOUCH HOCKEY DURING THE SECOND HALF DOMINAT ING THROUGHOUT THE MIDlELD AND ENFORCING A STURDY LINE OF DEFENCE 4HE ATTACKERS WERE CONTINUALLY PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE /XFORD KEEPER FORCING

HIM TO MAKE SOME IMPRES SIVE SAVES 4HIS PRESSURE ENSURED MORE GOALS FOR 5%! THROUGH 3ATURDAY ST #APTAIN $EAN -ONK AND !NDY &LETCHER WITHIN THE lRST TEN MINUTES OF THE SECOND HALF ENSURING 5%! WERE lRMLY IN CONTROL

! LAPSE IN CONCENTRATION

HOWEVER ENABLED /XFORD "ROOKES TO SECURE THE CONSO LATION OF ANOTHER GOAL BRING ING THE SCORE TO (OWEV ER THE GUYS KEPT THEIR HEADS UP AND RESPONDED WITHIN MINUTES WHEN 0ETE (ARDING CONVERTED A WELL WORKED PEN

ALTY CORNER 5%! CONTINUED TO PRO DUCE QUALITY TEAM HOCKEY ENSURING mUENT PASSES THROUGHOUT THE MIDlELD AND THE NEXT GOAL WAS AL WAYS INEVITABLE AFTER INTENSE PRESSURE THE "ROOKES GOAL KEEPER lNALLY RELENTING TO *AMES &ANGER S SHOT 4O ADD INSULT TO SERIOUS /XFORD IN JURY $EAN -ONK MADE IT NINE IN THE LAST MINUTES OF THE MATCH /VERALL 5%! OUTCLASSED THE /XFORD "ROOKES THIRD TEAM AS THEY D HOPED TO DO 2EFEREE 3AM 3TRICKLAND SAID OF 5%! h4HEY WERE TACTICALLY SPOT ON A SOLID PERFORM ANCE v 4HIS IS A THOROUGHLY EN COURAGING START FOR THE 5%!

MEN S lRST 8) A VIEW ECHOED BY #APTAIN 4IM *ONES WHO SAID h7E WENT OUT HARD AND GOT THE RESULTS WE DESERVED v 4HIS PERFORMANCE WILL SURELY BREED CONlDENCE FOR THEIR NEXT lXTURE AGAINST ,EICESTER S ST TEAM THIS WEEK

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3PORTS 2EPORTER %NGLAND SCORED lVE AND TOOK A COMFORTABLE THREE POINTS TO BECOME THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SIDE IN THIS YEAR S 7ORLD #UP 1UALIlERS WITH THREE WINS IN THREE GAMES 7AYNE 2OONEY SCORED TWO WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN A HAT TRICK HAD HIS lRST GOAL NOT BEEN GIVEN TO +AZAKHSTAN S CENTRE BACK +UCHMA AND CLAIMED MAN OF THE MATCH 4HE OTHER GOALS WENT TO 2IO &ERDINAND AND *ERMAINE $E FOE THE LATTER S A PARTICULARLY SENSATIONAL GOAL $ESPITE THE FACT THAT THIS IS THE BEST RESULT %NGLAND HAVE HAD SINCE BEATING !NDORRA IN 3EPTEMBER OVER TWO YEARS AGO ON MY lRST TRIP TO 7EMBLEY ) WAS SURROUND ED BY BOOING FANS 4HE HALF TIME WHISTLE BLEW AND THE BOOING BEGAN IN RESPONSE TO A GOALLESS AND FAIRLY UNIMPRESSIVE MINUTES OF FOOTBALL FROM %NGLAND WHO ARE POSI TIONS AHEAD OF +AZAKHSTAN IN THE &)&! 7ORLD 2ANKINGS ) DIDN T BOO PERHAPS BECAUSE ) WAS ENJOYING THE EXPERIENCE TOO MUCH TO DO SO BUT ) VE BEGUN TO UNDERSTAND WHY OVER HALF OF THE FANS

DECIDED TO JEER 7EMBLEY ) CAN TELL FROM EXPERIENCE IS NOT CHEAP TO VISIT 3URELY THOSE WHO PAY TO BE ENTERTAINED SHOULD BE ENTERTAINED 7OULDN T YOU ASK FOR YOUR MONEY BACK IF THE lLM YOU WENT TO SEE AT

THE CINEMA WAS FUZZY FOR THE lRST HALF )N A POST MATCH INTERVIEW 3TEVEN 'ERRARD SAID h!NY FAN WATCHING ANY SPORT HAS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINION IF THEY HAVE PAID THE MONEY TO SEE ITv !N INTERESTING CON

mICT EMERGES AS THE CAPTAIN

2IO &ERDINAND RESPONDED TO A QUESTION IN A SIMILAR INTER VIEW REGARDING THE BOOING OF !SHLEY #OLE h) HOPE SOME FANS WILL GO HOME NOW AND FEEL ASHAMED ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE DONEv !SHLEY #OLE

HAD A GOOD GAME BUT WAS BOOED FOR THE lNAL MIN UTES FOR HIS DREADFUL PASS TO &ERDINAND THAT LEAD TO THE AWAY TEAM S GOAL 3O WHAT IS THE RIGHT ANSWER $O FANS HAVE THE RIGHT TO BOO PLAY ERS BEFORE THE GAME HAS lN

ISHED -Y OPINION IS THAT BOO ING IS NOT CONSTRUCTIVE CRITI CISM AND THAT ANY FORM OF JUDGEMENT SHOULD BE LEFT TO THE MANAGER UNTIL THE lNAL WHISTLE IS BLOWN &ORTUNATELY

THE %NGLISH TEAM ROSE ABOVE THE CROWD TO SCORE lVE GOALS IN THE SECOND HALF AND PLAY SOME VERY GOOD FOOTBALL IN THE MEANTIME 4HE ONLY ROAR LOUDER THAN THAT GIVEN TO 7AYNE 2OONEY WHEN HE WAS SUBSTITUTED WAS GIVEN TO $AVID "ECKHAM

NOW OUR MOST CAPPED PLAYER IN THE SQUAD WHEN HE CAME ON IN THE TH MINUTE (IS TREMENDOUS PASS ING AND EXCITING MOVEMENT DOWN THE RIGHT WING INSPIRED TWO GOALS IN MINUTES #APELLO S USAGE OF "ECKHAM AS A SUPER SUB IS PROVING TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE INDEED IN PRODUCING GOALS BUT MORE SUBTLY IT REmECTS HIS ABILITY TO RISE ABOVE A DOUBTING NA TION 4HIS IS AN ATTRIBUTE -C #LAREN NEVER HAD AND ) BE LIEVE IT IS #APELLO S THICK SKIN THAT WILL ENSURE THAT %NGLAND QUALIFY FOR THIS COMPETITION %NGLAND FOLLOWED THIS VIC TORY BY BEATING "ELARUS IN -INSK LAST 7EDNESDAY