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&IONA "ILLINGS &IONA "ILLINGS %DITOR ! GROUP OF .ORWICH RESIDENTS WHO CARRIED OUT A SERIES OF RACIST ATTACKS ON AND AROUND THE 5%! CAMPUS HAVE BEEN JAILED /VER A TWO MONTH PERIOD LAST YEAR THE GROUP OF SEVEN MEN AGED BETWEEN AND ATTACKED A NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS )N /CTOBER TWO YOUNG MEN WERE ATTACKED WITH METAL POLES AT PM AN INCIDENT l LMED BY A PASSING STUDENT !T THE END OF .OVEMBER TWO MORE INTER NATIONAL STUDENTS WERE ASSAULTED NEAR THE 3PORTSPARK BY THE GANG

AND THEN A FORTNIGHT LATER THEY STUCK AGAIN THIS TIME IN TWO SEPARATE IN CIDENTS ON THE SAME NIGHT /NE OF THE LAST TWO ATTACKS IN VOLVED AN !SIAN STUDENT BEING STABBED ON "LUEBELL 2OAD AND IT WAS AFTER THIS SPATE OF ASSAULTS THAT THE GANG WERE CAUGHT #ONCRETE SPOKE TO ONE OF THE VICTIMS AT THE TIME WHO WAS FEARFUL FOR HIS SAFETY IN .ORWICH FOLLOWING THE EVENTS (E STATED h(AVING TRAV ELLED NUMEROUS COUNTRIES OF %UROPE AND THE WORLD ) HAVE NOT WITNESSED AND BEEN SUBJECTED TO THE UGLIEST AND DARKEST SIDES OF HUMAN BEINGS UNTIL VISITING THIS @'REAT #OUNTRY n FROM BEINGS WITH MORE BEASTLY IN STINCTS THAN THE WILDEST OF ANIMALS #REATURES WHICH SPEW HATRED AND VIOLENCE OF WHICH EVEN THE .AZIS OR +++ WOULD LAUD v 4HE GANG RECEIVED SENTENCES WITH VARYING DEGREES OF LENGTH 2YAN -ARJORAM THE YOUNGEST OF

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$%6 STUDENTS LOSE THEIR #OMMON 2OOM

%MIL !LLARD THE GROUP AT JUST RECEIVED MONTHS IN A 9OUNG /FFENDERS )N STITUTION 2OBERT ,ANDON AND #RAIG 0AGE BOTH RECEIVED MONTHS EACH IN A 9OUNG /FFENDERS )NSTI TUTION AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO TWO COUNTS OF RACIALLY AGGRAVATED ASSAULT CAUSING ACTUAL BODILY HARM AS DID YEAR OLD 4OM .EWTON FOR THE CHARGE OF VIOLENT DISORDER #HRISTOPHER 0URDY

WAS SEN TENCED TO A YEAR IN PRISON FOR HIS PART IN THE ATTACKS WHILE *OSHUA 'RINT AND ,UKE 0ETLEY BOTH

WERE GIVEN COMMUNITY ORDERS FOR MONTHS

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7HEN HANDING OUT THEIR SEN TENCES *UDGE !LISTAIR $ARROCH SAID h4HIS WAS UNDOUBTEDLY VIOLENT AND FRIGHTENING BEHAVIOUR 4HIS WAS A GROUP OF PEOPLE DELIBERATELY GOING TO THE UNIVERSITY TO LOOK FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS v 5PON HEARING THE VERDICTS 4OM 3UTTON 5NION OF 5%! 3TUDENTS 7ELFARE /Fl CER SAID h$IVERSITY IS ONE OF OUR STRENGTHS AS A STUDENT BODY AND MAKES THE 5%! COMMU NITY THAT MUCH BETTER TO BE A PART OF 7E ARE HAPPY TO HEAR OF THE SENTENC ING OF THOSE THAT HAVE ATTEMPTED TO HARM THAT 5%! STUDENTS THANK THE

POLICE AND THE 5NIVERSITY FOR TAKING ACTION ON THIS ISSUE v $ET 3GT )AN &OX A MEMBER OF THE .ORWICH (ATE #RIME UNIT WAS KEEN TO STRESS THAT .ORWICH IS GENERALLY A VERY SAFE PLACE TO LIVE h3UCH AT TACKS ARE EXTREMELY RARE AND UNUSU AL IN THE COUNTY (OWEVER THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES INVOLVED WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE VALUABLE COMMUNITY REAS SURANCE THAT THESE INCIDENTS WERE ISOLATED ASSAULTS 7E WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE LOCAL COMMUNITY FOR THEIR HELP AND SUPPORT DURING THE COURSE OF THIS INVESTIGATION

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7ELFARE /Fl CER FOR THE 5NION OF 5%! 3TUDENTS 4OM 3UTTON RE SIGNED FROM HIS POSITION ON THE 3TUDENT 0ARKING !PPEALS 0ANEL ON &RIDAY TH .OVEMBER (E RESIGNED BECAUSE HE FELT THAT HE COULD NO LONGER BE SEEN TO LE GITIMISE THE 5NIVERSITY S PARKING POLICY WITH REGARD TO STUDENTS BE CAUSE THE POLICY hDENIES STUDENTS THE SAME GROUNDS THAT ARE GRANTED TO STAFF MEMBERS IN AN APPLICATION FOR A PARKING PERMIT v )N A LETTER TO !NNIE 'RANT THE $EAN OF 3TUDENTS AND 2OGER "OND

THE $IRECTOR OF THE %STATES AND "UILDING $IVISION HE SAID h3TU DENTS ARE MAKING APPEALS TO PARK ON EITHER THE MAIN CAMPUS CAR PARK OR THE PARKING PROVIDED FOR AT THE %DITH #AVELL "UILDING WHEN STAFF MEMBERS IN THE SAME CIRCUM STANCES HAVE ALREADY BEEN GRANTED PERMITS NEED NOT MAKE SUCH AN APPEAL 3UCH AN INEQUALITY SHOULD NOT EXIST 3TAFF MEMBER OR STUDENT

A PERMIT APPLICANT WITH THE EXACTLY THE SAME NEED SHOULD BE GRANTED FAIR AND EQUAL PARKING PROVISION v /NE OF THE MOTIVATIONS FOR HIS RESIGNATION WAS THE EFFECT HE SAW THIS SYSTEM OF TEACHER PREFERENTIAL PARKING HAVING ON STUDENTS WITH FAMILIES (E NOTED THAT h4HE 5NI VERSITY S POLICY TO FORCE STUDENTS TO PARK MINUTES FROM CAMPUS HAS HAD THE WORST EFFECTS ON THE STUDIES OF STUDENT PARENTS 4HESE STUDENTS THAT HAVE TO DROP THEIR CHILDREN OFF AT SCHOOL AT AM GET TO THE )N STITUTE OF &OOD 2ESEARCH PARK UP

THEN WALK THE JOURNEY MISSING AM LECTURES AND SEMINARS v 3UTTON DESCRIBED HIS RESIGNATION AS BEING hREGRETTABLEv BUT NECESSARY

BECAUSE HE DID NOT WANT TO APPEAR TO BE HYPOCRITICAL BY REMAINING ON A PANEL WHOSE DECISIONS APPEAR TO CONTRAVENE HIS DUTIES AS 7ELFARE /Fl CER

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&IVE MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND JAILED AFTER COMMITTING OVER ARMED ROBBERIES

MAINLY IN WEST AND MID .OR FOLK AND #AMBRIDGESHIRE

BUT ALSO ACROSS ,INCOLN SHIRE /XFORDSHIRE $EVON AND #ORNWALL 4HE MEN WERE SENTENCED AT .ORWICH #ROWN #OURT ON &RIDAY ST .OVEMBER AFTER ADMITTING TO A VARIETY OF OFFENCES 4HE #URTIS 'ANG ARE *AMES 7ALTER #URTIS

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THEIR FA THER *AMES #URTIS

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OF ,IT TLEPORT #AMBRIDGESHIRE AND #HARLES ,EE

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#AMBRIDGESHIRE *AMES #URTIS WAS GIVEN AN INDETERMINATE SENTENCE AND MUST SERVE AT LEAST A l VE AND A HALF YEAR TERM *AMES 7ALTER #URTIS MUST SERVE AT LEAST l VE YEARS AND ,EE MUST SERVE AT LEAST SIX YEARS IN

PRISON 2AINFORD WAS GIVEN A SIX YEAR TERM AND -ARK #UR TIS WAS GIVEN A l VE YEAR TERM IN A YOUNG OFFENDERS INSTITU TION $ETECTIVE #HIEF )NSPECTOR 3TEVE 3TRONG OF .ORFOLK 0O LICE SAID h) WOULD DESCRIBE THESE CRIMINALS AS TOTALLY LAWLESS THEY BELIEVED THEY COULD DO EXACTLY WHAT THEY PLEASED AND BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME VIOLENCE THEY USED

FELT THEY WOULD ALWAYS GET AWAY WITH IT 4HEY SHOWED TOTAL DISREGARD FOR THEIR VIC TIMS BOTH DURING THE CRIMES AND MAKING GOOD THEIR ES CAPE 4HE COMMUNITIES WE POLICE ARE FAR SAFER NOW THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE LOCKED AWAY v 4HE JUDGE WHO CARRIED OUT THE SENTENCING !LASDAIR $ARROCH SAID THAT IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT THE GANG WERE hGOING TO CARRY ON ROBBING

DISCHARGING l REARMS AND TERRIFYING VICTIMS UNTIL THEY WERE STOPPEDv

4HE GANG CARRIED WEAPONS INCLUDING A SAWN OFF SHOT GUN PISTOL AND BASEBALL BAT

AND WERE PREPARED TO USE EX TREME VIOLENCE AGAINST THEIR VICTIMS MANY OF WHOM WERE ELDERLY OR VULNERABLE /VER SIX MONTHS BETWEEN !UGUST AND *ANUARY THEY FORCED THEIR WAY INTO HOMES AND SMALL BUSINESSES IN ISO LATED VILLAGES DESTROYING VICTIMS MOBILE PHONES SO THAT HELP COULD NOT BE CALLED FOR /N ONE OCCASION THEY THREATENED TO BURN A CARAVAN WITH A FAMILY INSIDE IT 4HEY AMASSED A TOTAL OF a

EVEN CARRYING OUT SEVEN RAIDS IN SEVEN NIGHTS SEIZING JEW ELLERY CASH AND VALUABLES #ONCRETE S 3PORTS %DITOR

(ARRY ,OW WAS IN THE COURT ROOM AT THE TIME OF THE SEN TENCING (E SAYS THAT THE MEN DID NOT SHOW ANY SIGNS OF RE MORSE WINKING AND SMILING

UNTIL THEY HEARD WHAT THEIR SENTENCES WERE TO BE *AMES 7ALTER #URTIS m EXED HIS MUS

CLES AS HE STOOD IN THE DOCK 7HEN THE SENTENCES WERE GIVEN THE WIFE OF *AMES #UR TIS SHOUTED h"ULL

T v IN THE COURTROOM BUT WAS NOT REMOVED !FTER THE SENTENC ING THE FAMILIES OF THE OF FENDERS WERE SEEN SHOUTING AND CHEERING AS THEY CAME OUT OF THE COURTROOM IN CELEBRATION OF THE LENGTH OF THE TRIALS (ARRY ,OW SAYS

h) DON T THINK THEY VE GONE DOWN FOR LONG ENOUGH v 4HE JUDGE WAS VERY CON DEMNING SAYING THAT THE GANG DIDN T KNOW WHAT DAM AGE THEY D CAUSED AND THAT THEY WERE CERTAINLY NOT NICE PEOPLE (E WAS ALSO VERY COMPLIMENTARY OF THE POLICE FORCE WHO HELPED TO SEE THESE CRIMINALS LOCKED UP HIGHLY COMMENDING THEM AND SAY ING THEY HAD PERFORMED A GREAT SERVICE h9OU CARRIED OUT YOUR JOB EXTREMELY WELL 7E ARE ALL EXTREMELY GRATEFUL THAT THIS DANGEROUS GANG HAS BEEN CAUGHT v

4VUUPO "DDVTFT 6OJWFSTJUZ PG "UUBDLJOH 4UVEFOU 6OJPO 'RACE 3IMPSON 'RACE 3IMP &EATURES %DITOR 4HE 5NION OF 5%! 3TUDENTS 7ELFARE /Fl CER 4OM 3UTTON HAS ACCUSED SENIOR MEMBERS OF 5NIVERSITY STAFF OF UNJUS TIl ABLY ATTACKING THE 5NION

FOLLOWING COMMENTS MADE DURING A (EALTHY AND 3US TAINABLE 5%! MEETING ON TH .OVEMBER 4HE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING OF WHICH 3UTTON AT TENDED THE l RST MINUTES

CRITICISE THE 5NION S STANCE ON ISSUES OF MAJOR STUDENT INTEREST INCLUDING TRANSPORT

ENVIRONMENT AND ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION 4HE 5NIVERSITY CLAIMS THAT hTHE 35 WILL SUPPORT COM PLAINTS ABOUT STUDENTS HAV ING TO WALK TOO FAR FROM CAR PARKS RATHER THAN PROMOTING THE HEALTH BENEl TS OF BUSING AND WALKINGv 4OM 3UTTON BELIEVES THAT THIS IS AN EXAM PLE OF THE 5NIVERSITY S hCOM PLETE LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE 5NION IS FOR THE REPRESENTATIVE VOICE OF 5%!

STUDENTS v DISREGARDING THE 5NION S RESPONSIBILITY NOT ONLY TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT WHICH THEY DO

FERVENTLY BUT ALSO TO LISTEN TO THE GRIEVANCES OF THE STU DENT POPULATION AND LOOK TO RESOLVE THESE ISSUES 3UTTON SUPPORTS HIS ARGUMENT WITH THE POINT THAT STUDENTS WHO WOULD USE ON CAMPUS PARK ING UNNECESSARILY ARE ALREADY PROHIBITED FROM DOING SO WHILST STAFF ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE SAME RESTRICTIONS (E SAYS RECENT 5NION DEMONSTRA TIONS AND CAMPAIGNS TO IM PROVE &IRST S BUS SERVICES TO THE 5NIVERSITY SUPPORTS BOTH THE INTERESTS OF THE STUDENTS AND THE 5NIVERSITY S SUSTAIN ABLE TRANSPORT INITIATIVES 4OM 3UTTON ALSO CONTESTS THE OPINION THAT THE 5NION ARE NOT hFULLY AWAREv OF THE LIFESTYLE CHANGES AND THE CUL TURAL SHIFT REQUIRED TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE !CCORDING TO 3UTTON THIS DISPLAYS A hCOM PLETE FAILURE TO RECOGNISE THE LEVEL TO WHICH THE 5NION HAS DRIVEN THE 5NIVERSITY S GREEN AGENDAv AN AGENDA THAT WAS INITIALLY PROPOSED BY THE 5N ION AND ADOPTED AFTER HEAVY CONSULTATION WITH THE STU DENT BODY &RIDAY NIGHT S #ARBON &OOTPRINT &ESTIVAL IS AN EX AMPLE OF THE 5NION S EFFORT

TO INVOLVE STUDENTS IN RAISING THE AWARENESS OF GREEN ISSUES AT 5%!

4HE MEMBERS PRESENT AT THE MEETING SUGGESTED THAT THE 5NION IS PUTTING PROl T BEFORE WELFARE BY SAYING THAT hTHE 35 DEPENDS ON ITS ALCOHOL PROl TS AND MAY NOT SUPPORT A HARM REDUCTION CAMPAIGNv 4OM 3UTTON DE NIES THIS REPLYING hCONTRARY TO APPARENT BELIEF THE 5N ION WOULD SUPPORT A HARM REDUCTION CAMPAIGNv (E AC KNOWLEDGES THAT THE 5NION IS DEPENDENT ON ITS COMMERCIAL

OUTLETS TO FUND 5NION SERV ICES AND THAT IN THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CONDITION THEIR LIMITED RESOURCES MUST BE ALLOCATED TO CAMPAIGNS THAT ARE OF PRIORITY INTEREST TO STU DENTS SUCH AS THE CAMPAIGN FOR IMPROVED TRANSPORT 4OM 3UTTON IS SUBMITTING A REPORT TO THE 5NION %XECU TIVE REGARDING THE MEETING MINUTES AND IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE 5NION OF 5%! 3TU DENTS WILL SIGNAL THEIR DISAP PROVAL TO THE 5NIVERSITY IN THE COMING WEEKS

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4HE 5%! IS ENTERING INTO DIS CUSSIONS OVER PROPOSED PLANS TO BUY %ARLHAM (ALL FROM .ORWICH #ITY #OUNCIL AMID PIONEERING PLANS TO RENOVATE THE BUILDING AND TRANSFORM IT INTO AN ENTERPRISE CENTRE %ARLHAM (ALL A GRADE )) LISTED BUILDING IS CURRENTLY RENTED BY THE UNIVERSITY FROM #ITY #OUNCIL FOR THE 3CHOOL OF ,AW )T IS EXPECTED THAT ,AW STUDENTS WILL BE RELOCATED TO THE NEW !CADEMIC %AST BUILD ING NEAR %LIZABETH &RY WHEN IT IS COMPLETED 5%! S #OMMUNICATIONS /FlCER !NNIE /GDEN SAID h%ARLHAM (ALL IS A WELL LOVED AND IMPORTANT BUILDING TO THE CITY AND WE WOULD BE DE LIGHTED TO BECOME ITS CUSTODI ANS 4HE #ITY #OUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SELL IT AND WE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN BUYING AND RE

STORING IT AND MAKING IT PART OF AN EXCITING COMPLEX WHICH WOULD BE OF GREAT VALUE TO THE UNIVERSITY AND TO BUSINESS v 3HE CONTINUED h4HE PRE CISE NATURE AND USE OF THE BUILDINGS WOULD DEPEND ON FUNDING AND ON PLANNING PERMISSIONS 7E HOPE THAT IT WOULD PROVIDE US WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING TOGETHER ALL ELEMENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY CONCERNED WITH ENTERPRISE AND JOB CREATION )T IS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE COMPLEX v !S WELL AS CREATING OFlCES TO ALLOW NEW BUSINESSES A TEMPORARY BASE AND A BUSI NESS HUB FOR NETWORKING

THE PLANS ALSO INCLUDE TRANS FORMING THE GROUND mOOR OF THE (ALL INTO A COMMUNITY AREA IN ORDER FOR THE PUBLIC TO HAVE GREATER ACCESS TO THE BUILDING

*ULIA 2ASIN 2EPORTER 7HILE MOST OF STUDENTS LOOK BACK ON THEIR lRST YEAR LIVING IN HALLS AS LIVING IN A MOSTLY FRIENDLY BUT SOMEHOW UNIN VITING STUDENT ACCOMMODA TION THE MAJORITY DON T RE ALIZE THAT THERE EXISTS A NEW GENERATION OF HALLS !LTHOUGH THE ).4/ BUILDING IS NOT DI RECTLY AIMED AT 5%! STUDENTS

IT SETS A NEW STANDARD WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING 7ITHIN ).4/ EVERY SIN GLE ROOM IS AN EN SUITE ROOM AND THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES STANDARD AND PREMIUM

WHICH ARE SLIGHTLY BIGGER AND FACE THE LANDSCAPED COURTYARD )NDEED EVEN THE WAY YOU AC CESS YOUR ROOM IS SOMEHOW UNUSUAL OWING TO THE FACT THAT YOU JUST HOLD YOUR CARD COR RECT CARD IN FRONT OF THE LOCK WHICH ALSO KEEPS A SECURITY RECORD OF EVERY ENTRY 3PEAK ING TO CURRENT RESIDENT TUTOR -ARTIN .GBOMBWA HE SAYS THE BUILDING QUALITY SPEAKS FOR ITSELF SINCE OCCUPANTS ARE NOT CONFRONTED WITH THEIR

NEIGHBOURS BEING TOO NOISY h) CAN T HEAR ANY NOISE AT ALL )T IS DElNITELY QUIETER THAN .ELSON #OURTv (AVING A GLIMPSE AT THE INTERIOR DECO RATIONS AND FURNISHINGS ONE MUST DElNITELY SAY THAT THEY LOOK MORE SOPHISTICATED THAN ANY OF 5%! S PRESENT LODGINGS (OWEVER THE MOST DISTINCTIVE FEATURE IS CERTAINLY THE ,#$ 46S THAT ARE A MATTER OF COURSE IN EVERY KITCHEN )F THIS IS STILL NO INCENTIVE TO COOK ON YOUR OWN YOU CAN ALWAYS HAVE A MEAL AT THE ).4/ RESTAURANT WHICH MAY EVEN BE INCLUDED IN YOUR COST OF ACCOMMODA TION !PART FROM THAT THERE ARE ALSO VARIOUS SOCIAL AMENITIES LIKE A PING PONG TABLE A POOL TABLE AND EVEN A RESOURCE CEN TRE WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO EN HANCE THE STUDENTS STUDIES $OES THIS SOUND TOO PER FECT 5%! 3TUDENTS MAY FEEL RELIEVED SINCE THE FEES ARE ANY THING BUT ROOM PRICES VARY FROM a TO a PER WEEK )N COMPARISON THE MOST EX PENSIVE TYPE OF 5%! ACCOM COSTS a PER WEEK

.BSZ $IBQNBO $PVSU UP CF 4PME $AVINA +ESBY 2EPORTER 4HIS WEEK A .ORWICH #ITY #OUNCIL REPORT SPARKED RU MOURS THAT 5%! WANT TO SELL OFF -ARY #HAPMAN #OURT )N THE REPORT IT WAS STATED THAT -ARY #HAPMAN #OURT hIS LIKELY TO COME FOR WARD FOR REDEVELOPMENT IN THE NEAR FUTURE AS 5%! STAT ED IT IS SURPLUS TO ITS REQUIRE MENTSv 4HIS MAY TAKE PLACE AS A PART OF THE REGENERATION OF !NGLIA 3QUARE AND IF THE PROPOSALS DO GO AHEAD IT IS EXPECTED THAT THEY WILL BE IMPLEMENTED BY !S THE CHEAPEST ACCOM MODATION AVAILABLE FOR 5%!

STUDENTS IT IS RUMOURED THAT THE OFF CAMPUS SITE IS BEING DISPENSED WITH IN FAVOUR OF SUPPOSEDLY MORE SUPERIOR EN SUITE ACCOMMODATION *ACK #LARK AN EX RESIDENT OF -ARY #HAPMAN HIGHLIGHTED THE PRICE DIFFERENCE SAYING

%MIL !LLARD %MIL !LLARD h)F -ARY #HAPMAN HADN T BEEN AVAILABLE IT IS DOUBT FUL ) WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD TO COME TO 5%!

4HE PROSPECT OF IT CLOSING IS A HUGE WORRY ESPECIALLY FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS WHO ARE THE PREDOMINANT RESI DENTS OF IT ;-##=v /THER EX RESIDENTS VOICED SIMILAR CONCERNS WITH &ELIC ITY !LLMAN EXPRESSING HER DISTASTE FOR THE PROPOSAL h) THINK IT S A DISASTER BECAUSE IT S THE BEST ACCOMMODATION YOU CAN GET AT THE UNIVERSITY 4HERE WAS ONE AT THE AIRPORT

LIKE -ARY #HAPMAN COURT

AND THEY CLOSED IT DOWN BE CAUSE IT HAD THE BEST PARTIES

AND NOW THEY WANT TO DO THE SAME TO -##v )N LINE WITH THIS IT WAS QUESTIONED AT A 5%! ,ABOUR EVENT ON &RIDAY ST HOW FAR THE UNIVERSITY HAD CONSULTED WITH STUDENTS ON THE MATTER -RS #HRISTABEL +IY CUS TOMER ACCOUNT MANAGER FOR THE %STATES AND "UILDINGS DIVISION STATED h4HE 5NIVER SITY AND #ITY #OUNCIL HAVE REACHED AN AGREEMENT FOR THE CONTINUING USE OF -ARY

#HAPMAN #OURT 2EDEVEL OPMENT OF THE NEIGHBOUR ING AREA OF -ARY #HAPMAN #OURT HAS OCCURRED IN RECENT YEARS AND IT IS TO BE EXPECTED THAT AT SOME TIME IN THE FU TURE #ITY #OUNCIL WILL WISH TO SEE THIS EXPANDED TO THE -ARY #HAPMAN #OURT SIDE OF $UKE 3TREETv *ACK +IFlN SUMMARISED HIS VIEW OF THE SITUATION h)T WOULD BE TRAGIC IF FU TURE GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS COULDN T HAVE THE -## EX PERIENCEv

&OLLOWING MONTHS OF CRITI CISM OVER THEIR REFUSAL TO SUPPORT %ARLHAM (IGH 3CHOOL S BID TO BECOME AN !CADEMY 5%! HAVE DECIDED TO BACK THE PROJECT %ARLHAM (IGH 3CHOOL

WHICH IS ONE OF THE WORST PERFORMING SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY WITH A MERE OF STUDENTS GETTING lVE OR MORE ! # GRADE '#3%S IS HOPING TO BE AWARDED !CADEMY STA TUS BY THE GOVERNMENT )T IS HOPED THAT THIS WILL LEAD TO A TURNAROUND IN THE SCHOOL S RESULTS 0ROFESSOR %DWARD !CTON

5%! S 0RO 6ICE #HANCELLOR

SAID h/UR DECISION IS THE OUTCOME OF SEVERAL MONTHS OF VERY POSITIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE #OUNTY #OUNCIL AND OTHER PARTNERS ABOUT THE ROLE THAT THE 5NIVERSITY CAN

PLAY IN THE !CADEMY v 4HIS MOVE BY 5%! FOL LOWS THE NEWS REPORTED BY #ONCRETE LAST ISSUE THAT #ITY #OLLEGE IS DUE TO BECOME A PARTNER IN THE SCHEME h)T IS PARTICULARLY PLEASING THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK CLOSELY WITH #ITY #OL LEGE .ORWICH ON A PROJECT OF SUCH VALUE TO EDUCATION IN THE CITY v SAID 0ROFESSOR !CTON h/UR TWO INSTITUTIONS ALREADY HAVE A VERY STRONG ACADEMIC RELATIONSHIP AND WE SEE THIS WORK AS A NATURAL EXTENSION OF THAT VALUABLE PARTNERSHIP v *ONATHAN #LARK #HAIR OF 5%! ,ABOUR AND STAUNCH SUPPORTER OF THE SCHEME AGREED WITH 0ROFESSOR !CTON

STATING THAT h)T S FANTASTIC THE 5%! IS SUPPORTING THE %ARL HAM !CADEMY 4HESE KIDS WILL NOW BE GETTING THE FA CILITIES AND THE TEACHING THEY DESERVE v %MIL !LLARD

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-AKE 0OVERTY (ISTORY 3OCI ETY WILL BE HOSTING THEIR THIRD ANNUAL -ISS 5%! EVENT THIS MONTH 4HE IDEA IS SIMPLE TEN STRAPPING YOUNG MEN DRESS UP AS SCHOOLGIRLS FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY AND ARE AUC TIONED OFF TO THEIR ADORING FANS IN THE NAME OF CHAR ITY 4HE MAN WHO RAISES THE MOST MONEY IN THE AUCTION IS CROWNED WITH THE PRESTIGIOUS TITLE OF -ISS 5%!

AND THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR EACH MAN WILL BE ABLE TO GO TO THE ,#2 FOR FREE WITH THE @SCHOOL GIRL THEY WIN -AKE SURE YOU GET YOUR SELF DOWN TO THE "LUE "AR ON 4UESDAY ND $ECEMBER AT PM AND GET READY TO BID HIGH -ONEY RAISED FROM THE AUCTION WILL GO TOWARDS )N VISIBLE #HILDREN WHICH HELPS CHILDREN IN AREAS AFFECTED BY WAR

4HIS YEAR S 5%! .AKED #AL ENDAR WILL BE LAUNCHED ON 7EDNESDAY RD $ECEMBER AT PM IN THE "ORDERS STORE IN #HAPELlELD 4HE CALENDAR WHICH WILL BE ON SALE IN "ORDERS THE "LUE "AR AND THE 5NION 0A PER 3HOP FROM 7EDNESDAY

FEATURES MANY OF 5%! S CLUBS AND SOCIETIES !LL THE PROCEEDS FROM THE SALES WILL GO TO THE %AST !NGLIAN !IR !MBULANCE THIS YEAR S CHOSEN CHARITY 4HERE IS ALSO A FURTHER LAUNCH PARTY AT (AVANNA ON ,ONDON 3TREET FROM PM FOR THOSE WANTING TO PARTY WITH THE STARS OF THE CALENDAR !T JUST a IT REALLY IS A BARGAIN !ND WHO KNOWS YOU MIGHT EVEN SPOT A GLIMPSE OF SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO WORK BEHIND THE SCENES AT #ONCRETE

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*ACK #LARK .EWS %DITOR 5NION #OUNCIL BEGAN WITH A SPEECH FROM !ARON 0ORTER n THE .53 S 6ICE 0RESIDENT FOR (IGHER %DUCATION THEN SEGUED INTO A SERIES OF FRANTIC DEBATES !ARON 0ORTER GAVE A PRES ENTATION ON BOTH INCOME INE QUALITIES BETWEEN STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITIES AND OF THE GREAT ER INEQUALITIES IN FUNDING THAT EXIST BETWEEN UNIVERSITIES (E ILLUSTRATED HIS TALK WITH A RANGE OF UNUSUALLY ENGAGING 0OWER0OINT SLIDES WITH ONE SHOWING THAT WITH REGARDS TO DEPENDENCY ON GOVERNMENT FUNDING THE UNIVERSITIES OF /XFORD AND #AMBRIDGE ARE TIMES MORE lNANCIALLY SECURE THAN UNIVERSITIES THAT DEPEND TO A LARGE EXTENT ON GOVERNMENT FUNDING (E GAVE A BRIEF ANALYSIS OF 5%!

AND SAID THAT 5%!

RESEARCH WISE OCCUPIES hTHE SECOND TIER v (IS TALK WAS WELL RECEIVED WITH STUDENTS LAUGHING AT HIS QUIPS AND RESPONDING WELL TO HIS OCCA SIONAL JIBES AT GROUPS WHO SIT

ON 5NION #OUNCIL 4HE #ON SERVATIVES ONE OF THE MORE VISIBLE POLITICAL FACTIONS ON #OUNCIL WERE PICKED OUT BY 0ORTER WHO SAID WHEN TRY ING TO IDENTIFY THE GROUP h) DON T NEED TO WORK IT OUT ) SEE JUMPERS AND TIES v 4HE VOTING BEGAN IN EAR NEST WITH A MOTION TO STOP DISCOUNTING BOTTLED WATER IN THE 5&/ 4HE MOTION WAS CONTROVERSIAL WITH VEHEMENT SPEECHES FOR AND AGAINST BUT ULTIMATELY IT PASSED ALLOWING THE 5NION TO CONTINUE PRID ING ITSELF ON ITS ENVIRONMEN TAL CREDENTIALS THOUGH AT THE EXPENSE OF SUBSIDISED WATER 4HE NEXT SERIES OF MO TIONS PASSED WITH A MINI MUM OF DEBATE THESE WERE MOTIONS ON CAMPAIGNING FOR IMPROVED FEEDBACK ON EXAM PAPERS A NEW ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND A SUSTAINABILITY POLICY ! CONTROVERSIAL MOTION WAS ONE THAT INCREASED THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF MEM BERS FOR SPORTS CLUBS FROM TO 4HE MOTION MET WITH OPPOSITION BECAUSE MEMBERS OF SMALLER CLUBS FELT THAT EI

THER THE MOTION WOULD ANNI HILATE THEM OR WOULD MEAN THAT n DUE TO THEIR INCREASED SIZE n THEY WOULD BE UNABLE TO lND ROOMS LARGE ENOUGH FOR THEM IN THE 3PORTSPARK 4HE MOTION PASSED .EXT WAS A MOTION THAT SOUGHT TO RATIONALISE THE 5NION S ATTITUDE TO MILITARY CLUBS )T WAS PASSED LAY ING THE GROUNDWORK FOR A SMOOTHER RUNNING 3OC-ART IN FUTURE YEARS ! MOTION EXPRESSING OP

/FTUMÏ #PZDPUU 7PUF ,AURA 'REEN 2EPORTER &OR OVER YEARS 5%! HAS BEEN BOYCOTTING .ESTLÏ WHICH HAS BEEN VOTED THE WORLD S NUMBER ONE MOST UNETHICAL COMPANY AND EVERY THREE YEARS SO THAT ALL STUDENTS HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE THEIR SAY THERE IS A REF ERENDUM TO DECIDE WHETHER THE BOYCOTT WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS !ND IT HAS COME TO THAT TIME AGAIN SHOULD THE BAN STAY OR GO !RGUING FOR THE BAN IS $ANNY 4URNER 5%! S %THICAL )SSUES /FlCER (E SAYS THAT THE AIM OF THE BOYCOTT IS TO LOWER THE COMPANY S PROF ITS AND ULTIMATELY TO CREATE A LOT OF NEGATIVE PUBLICITY FOR THEM MEANING THAT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY LOST MORE THAN CANCELS OUT THE PROlTS OF THEIR UNETHICAL PRACTICE 4HE SHOPS IN THE 3TREET WHICH DO NOT STOCK .ESTLÏ PRODUCTS ARE OWNED BY THE 5NION AND SO IT IS DONE ENTIRELY DEMO CRATICALLY IT IS THE 5NION S COMPANY AND IT S NOT AS IF ALL ACCESS TO .ESTLÏ HAS BEEN TAK EN AWAY AS THE 4ESCO %XPRESS A TEN MINUTE WALK FROM CAMPUS HAS .ESTLÏ PRODUCTS

READILY AVAILABLE "OYCOTTS LIKE THIS ONE ARE OFTEN CARICATURED AND NOT TAKEN SERIOUSLY SAYS 4URNER WITH PEOPLE BELIEV ING THAT THE BAN MEANS THAT NO ONE CAN GET HOLD OF ANY .ESTLÏ PRODUCTS 4HIS IS NOT TRUE THOUGH AS 4URNER SAYS

PEOPLE DO NOT TEND TO GO TO THE SHOP WANTING A SPECIlC PRODUCT IF THEY WANT SOME CHOCOLATE THEY WILL NOT GO TO THE SHOP WANTING A 9ORKIE

BUT RATHER WILL BE QUITE HAP PY TO BUY THE FAIRTRADE $I VINE CHOCOLATE BARS THAT ARE STOCKED INSTEAD #RITICS BE LIEVE THAT BOYCOTTS DON T DO ANYTHING BUT THIS IS A MIS INTERPRETATION AS THE BOYCOTT OPERATES AS A GESTURE AND NOT AN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY .ESTLÏ SPENDS MILLIONS OF POUNDS ON ADVERTISING BUT THIS CAN BE COUNTERACTED FOR FREE 4HIS BOYCOTT IS IN PLACE NOT JUST AT 5%! BUT ALSO MANY OTHER UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE 5+ 4URNER SAYS THAT h4HE .ESTLÏ BOYCOTT HAS A WIDE UMBRELLA OF SUPPORT FROM PROGRES SIVE POLITICAL AND PRESSURE GROUPS v 4HIS BOYCOTT SPARKS THE RARE OCCURRENCE OF TWO OF 5%! S EXECUTIVE OFlCERS RALLY

ING AGAINST EACH OTHER &IGHT ING TO GET RID OF THE BOYCOTT IS 7ELFARE /FlCER 4OM 3UT TON WHO SAID THE FOLLOW ING h!FTER YEARS IN THE STOCK CUPBOARDS +IT +ATS !EROS

-ILKYBARS AND 9ORKIES lNALLY HAVE THEIR CHANCE AT MAKING A COMEBACK v h/THER THAN WANTING TO SEE YOUR FAVOURITE CHOCO LATE BAR RETURN TO THE 5NION SHOPS THERE S FURTHER REASON THIS TIME AROUND EVEN FOR THOSE THAT SUPPORT ACTION AGAINST .ESTLÏ AND CONDEMN THEIR PRACTICES TO VOTE AGAINST A BOYCOTT v h4HE TRAFlC LIGHT ETHICAL LABELLING SYSTEM IS IN ALL THE UNION SHOPS "Y STICKING A NUMBER AND A COLOUR CODED CIRCLE NEXT TO THINGS ON THE SHELVES TELLS YOU WHICH PROD UCTS ARE ETHICALLY GOOD AND WHICH ARE ETHICALLY BAD v h4AKING THE PRODUCT OFF THE SHELVES HAS FAILED TO RAISE AWARENESS OF WHY .ESTLÏ S PRACTICES ARE BAD ! RETURN OF .ESTLÏ PRODUCTS TO THE SHOPS WILL COME ACCOMPANIED WITH A RED MARK ON SHELF AND WITH IT A CHANCE TO DEVELOP IN CREASED AWARENESS OF .ESTLÏ S UNETHICAL PRACTICES AND ACTU ALLY CHANGE HABITS v

POSITION TO THE .53 'OV ERNANCE REVIEW WAS PASSED

MUCH TO THE DISTASTE OF THE 3ABBATICAL /FlCERS WHO TOOK THE SPEECHES AGAINST THE MO TION 4HE NEXT MOTION WAS ONE WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE 5N ION TO MODERNISE THE WAY IT CONDUCTED FUTURE ELECTIONS 2ICHARD 2EYNOLDS WHO HAD TAKEN THE SPEECHES IN SUP PORT OF THE MOTION REGARDING THE .53 'OVERNANCE 2EVIEW

TOOK THE SPEECH AGAINST THE

MOTION AND -ARTIN *OPP l NANCE OFlCER TOOK THE LECTERN AND SAID REFERRING 2EYNOLD S SPEECHES AND THEIR EFFECT ON PASSING THE PREVIOUS MOTION

THAT hTHE SNAKE MAY HAVE WHISPERED IN YOUR EAR WITH THAT ONE v 4HE NEXT MOTION n AND

BY FAR THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL n WAS A MOTION TO AMEND THE 5NION S CONSTITUTION TO MAKE IT EASIER TO NO CONlDENCE EXEC OFlCERS 4HE 3ABBATICAL /FlC ERS HAD TO LEAVE THE ROOM AS IF THE MOTION WAS PASSED IT WOULD DIRECTLY AFFECT THEM !S IT WAS A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT IT REQUIRED A TWO THIRDS MAJORITY OF COUN CILLORS WHO WERE PRESENT AT THE MEETING !FTER A ROUND OF PASSIONATE SPEECHES THE MO TION RECEIVED OVER OF THE VOTES BUT NOT THE TWO THIRDS REQUIRED TO HAVE IT PASSED 2ICHARD 2EYNOLDS PRO POSER OF THE MOTION WAS CHEERFUL AS HE SAID THE FACT IT DID NOT PASS hILLUSTRATED THE DIFlCULTYv OF GETTING CONSTI TUTIONAL AMENDMENTS OR THE NO CONlDENCING OF EXEC OF lCERS THROUGH THE COUNCIL

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!N INCIDENT OCCURED ON &RI DAY ST .OVEMBER AT ABOUT PM OUTSIDE THE (IVE !

MIDDLE AGED MAN HAD TRIED TO GAIN ENTRY TO THE -OTÚR HEAD CONCERT THAT WAS JUST ENDING BUT WAS REFUSED AS HE HAD NO TICKET AND WAS ACT ING DRUNK AND DISORDELY (E SHOUTED ABUSE AT 5%! 3ECU RITY WHO PROCEEDED TO ALERT #AMPUS ,IAISON 0#3/ !NDY -ASON 4HE POLICE WERE ALREADY PRESENT ON CAMPUS DURING THE CONCERT DUE TO CONCERNS OVER MOBILE PHONE THEFT AND TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THIS PROB LEM AMONGST STUDENTS 0#3/ -ASON AND HIS COLLEAGUE WERE ARRESTING THE MAN JUST AS #ON CRETE ARRIVED AT THE SCENE )N A LATER STATEMENT 0#3/ -ASON CONlRMED THAT h4HE MAN WAS ARRESTED UNDER A 0UBLIC /RDER /FFENSE (E USED ABUSIVE LAN GUAGE TOWARDS 3ECURITY AND BYSTANDERS BUT PUT UP NO FURTHER TROUBLE AFTER HE GOT ARRESTED v 0#3/ -ASON STATED THAT THE CONCERT HAD BEEN LARGELY PEACEFUL APART FROM THIS IN CIDENT ACCORDING TO HIM

h0EOPLE WERE GENERALLY JUST THERE TO ENJOY THEMSELVESv 4WO SECOND YEAR STUDENTS SHARED THIS VIEW SAYING THEY HAD NOTICED NO TROUBLE ON REALISE )T WAS CRAZY v CAMPUS AS A RESULT OF THE CON !CCORDING TO THE STUDENT CERT ADDING h0AM S (OUSE IS LOTS OF PEOPLE WERE lLMING WHEN IT GETS ROWDY THIS WAS AND TAKING PICTURES OF WHAT REALLY CALM v WAS GOING ON

i$SB[Zw $PLF .BO 4IPDLT #BS "ERNADETTE 3CHULZ 2EPORTER !NOTHER INCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE NIGHT OF THE -OTÚR HEAD GIG WHEN A MAN IN HIS MID S POURED HIS DRINK ALL OVER HIS HEAD AND ONTO THE FUSSBALL TABLE IN THE 5NION PUB !CCORDING TO A SECOND YEAR 03) STUDENT HE THEN PROCEEDED TO LICK ALL THE COKE OFF THE TABLE 4HE STU DENT ALSO COMMENTED h(IS FRIENDS WHO WERE OF HIS AGE CHEERED HIM ON FOR AROUND HALF AN HOUR WHILST SPILLING MORE ON THE TABLE FOR HIM TO SLURP UP (IS TROUSERS WERE FALLING DOWN AND HE DIDN T

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%&7 -PTF $PNNPO 3PPN )AN 3MITH 2EPORTER 4HIS SEMESTER HAS SEEN CON TROVERSY AT THE 3CHOOL OF $E VELOPMENT 3TUDIES WHERE NEW AND RETURNING STUDENTS HAVE FOUND THEMSELVES WITH OUT A COMMON ROOM 4HE SCHOOL HAD PROVIDED A ROOM AS A SOCIAL SPACE FOR UNDERGRADUATE AND -! STU DENTS UNTIL THE END OF THE LAST ACADEMIC YEAR WHEN IT WAS CONVERTED INTO OFlCE ACCOM MODATION FOR THREE NEW AD MINISTRATIVE STAFF MEMBERS 3CHOOL HEAD $R "RUCE ,ANKFORD TOLD #ONCRETE THAT HE GREATLY REGRETTED THE ROOM S LOSS (OWEVER HE HAD TO MAKE THE DECISION SO THAT THE SCHOOL COULD EXPAND ITS ADMINISTRATIVE AND TEACHING CAPABILITIES AND THUS REMAIN ECONOMICALLY SUSTAINABLE (E ALSO SAID THAT THE COMMON ROOM HADN T BEEN MUCH UTILISED WHEN IT DID EX IST h)T WASN T USED AT ALL DUR ING BREAKS AND WAS USED IN FREQUENTLY DURING TERM TIME )N FACT WHEN ) E MAILED STU DENTS ABOUT THE DECISION ) WAS EXPECTING A BARRAGE OF E

MAILS SAYING @$ON T DO THIS "UT ) WAS INCREDIBLY SUR PRISED WHEN THE lRST E MAIL ) RECEIVED WAS ONE GIVING ME SUPPORT !ND MOST E MAILS AGREED THAT THEY DIDN T USE IT MUCH v $R ,ANGFORD POINTED OUT THAT $EVELOPMENT STUDENTS NOW GET OTHER CHANCES TO MEET UP THANKS TO EVENTS SUCH AS COFFEE MORNINGS A KARAOKE NIGHT A PUB QUIZ A "ROADS TRIP AND A BARBECUE h4HREE YEARS AGO BEFORE ) WAS HEAD OF SCHOOL WE DIDN T HAVE A SOCIAL PROGRAMME v )N ADDITION THERE IS A ROOM STUDENTS CAN RESERVE FOR SOCIAL PURPOSES IF IT HAS NO PRE EXISTING BOOKINGS (OWEVER SOME $EVELOP MENT STUDENTS INTERVIEWED BY #ONCRETE WERE UNCONVINCED

BY THESE ARGUMENTS 7HILE ADMITTING THAT THE COMMON ROOM hWASN T USED AS MUCH AS IT COULD HAVE v ONE SECOND YEAR "RITISH STUDENT SAID HE HAD SEEN IT BUSY AT TIMES (E ALSO STRESSED THAT THE ROOM HAD BEEN USEFUL FOR GROUPS OF STUDENTS WORKING ON PRESEN TATIONS FOR THE SCHOOL S SEMI NAR PROGRAMMES

2EFERRING TO THE MANY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS DO ING $EVELOPMENT HE ADDED h7E VE GOT PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD HERE BUT WE CAN T MEET AND LEARN FROM THEM NOW 7E VE BEEN PUSHED OUT INTO THE "LEND CAFÏ WHERE YOU HAVE TO SPEND MONEY AND IT S REALLY NOISY v )NDEED THE INTERNATIONAL

i4PNF QFPQMF XPSSJFE UIFZ XFSF NJTTJOH PVU PO PQQPSUVOJUJFT UP OFUXPSL BNPOH PUIFS TUVEFOUTw STUDENTS #ONCRETE SPOKE TO COMPLAINED ABOUT NOT HAV ING OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET CLASSMATES OUTSIDE LECTURES ! LACK OF MONEY CAUSED BY THEIR HIGH TUITION FEES AND A WORKLOAD WHERE THEY OFTEN HAVE TO READ AND WRITE IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE CAN PREVENT THEM FROM GOING OUT IN THE EVENINGS TO SOCIALISE ! #HI NESE -! STUDENT SAID OF HER

TIME AT 5%! h7E HAVE ONLY TWO TERMS HERE AND HALF OF MY YEAR IS ALMOST lNISHED "UT ) HAVEN T YET HAD A CHANCE TO FORM A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH MY CLASSMATES v 4HOUGH STUDENTS PRAISED $EVELOPMENT 3TUDIES FOR ITS HIGH QUALITY COURSES AND TEACHING SOME WORRIED THEY WERE MISSING OUT ON OPPOR TUNITIES TO NETWORK AMONG OTHER STUDENTS #ONTACTS ARE IMPORTANT FOR ANYONE PURSU ING A CAREER IN $EVELOPMENT n BUT ARE HARDER TO CULTIVATE WITHOUT A FOCAL POINT LIKE A COMMON ROOM /NE *APA NESE STUDENT SAID h/N THE lRST DAY OF THE SEMESTER WE WERE TOLD THIS WAS A GOOD CHANCE TO MEET PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD BUT WHERE IS THE PLACE TO DO IT v 3TUDENT ROOMS ARE BE COMING SCARCE IN 5%! )N A SURVEY #ONCRETE FOUND THAT ONLY EIGHT OF THE UNIVERSITY S SCHOOLS OFFER ALL THEIR STU DENTS INCLUDING UNDERGRADU ATES SOME SORT OF FULL TIME @COMMON @COFFEE @READING OR @STUDY ROOM 4HESE RANGE FROM A ME DIUM SIZED ROOM CATERING FOR

(OMELESS $EV 3TUDENTS (UDDLE IN ,AW 3TUDENTS #OMMON 2OOM

UNDERGRADUATES IN #OM PUTING 3CIENCE TO A GRAND

WOOD PANELLED ROOM FOR ,AW STUDENTS IN %ARLHAM (ALL 7ORLD -USIC !ND -USEOLOGY STUDENTS ARE PERHAPS MOST FORTUNATE PROVIDED WITH A SPACIOUS AREA OF THE 3AINS BURY #ENTRE )N CONTRAST STUDENTS IN MANY SCHOOLS HAVE TO MAKE DO WITH SITTING IN FOYERS OR CORRIDORS OUT ON TERRACES OR IN NEARBY CAFÏS !T BEST THEY HAVE USE OF A ROOM FOR A SET

COUPLE OF HOURS EACH WEEK $AVID 3HEPPARD !CA DEMIC /FlCER FOR THE 5NION OF 5%! 3TUDENTS TOLD #ON CRETE THAT COMMON ROOMS WERE hA GREAT PLACE FOR BOTH UNDERGRADUATE AND POST GRADUATE STUDENTS TO MEET

SHARE IDEAS AND PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSION v (E ADDED

h3CHOOLS THAT HAVE MANAGED TO RETAIN STUDENT COMMON ROOMS WHILE DEMANDS ON SPACE BECOME EVER GREATER

DESERVE GREAT PRAISE v

$POUSPWFSTZ BU /". ,AUREN 3OUTH 2EPORTER $UE TO ITS COMPARATIVE DIS TANCE FROM THE MAIN HUB OF THE CAMPUS .!- IS A SOME WHAT UNKNOWN DEPARTMENT

BUT RECENT CHANGES MADE TO ITS )4 FACILITIES HAVE BROUGHT IT TO THE ATTENTION OF STUDENTS 4HE LAST .!- 3TUDENT #OUN CIL -EETING HELD ON TH .O VEMBER WAS KEY IN ENFORCING THE DECISION TO REMOVE THE LARGER OF THE TWO )4 ROOMS IN THE FACULTY FROM THE USE OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

RESERVING IT SOLELY FOR POST GRADUATE USE )TS LOSS IS SIGNIlCANT BE CAUSE UNDERGRADUATES WHO REQUIRE INTERNET ACCESS NOW HAVE TO TRAVEL MINUTES ON TO THE MAIN CAMPUS TO USE LIBRARY COMPUTERS "EX 7IL SON A FOURTH YEAR -%$ STU DENT BELIEVES THE SITUATION TO BE hABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUSv

AGREEING THAT .!- IS hTOO FAR AWAYv TO SIMPLY POP OVER TO USE THE LIBRARY COMPUT ERS &URTHERMORE SHE POINTS OUT THAT CONSIDERING THE GUIDELINES FOR THE HEALTH PRO GRAMME ARE ONLY ACCESSIBLE ONLINE THE SCHOOL HAS MADE IT MUCH HARDER FOR STUDENTS TO FOLLOW CORRECT PROCEDURE

BY TAKING AWAY THIS ESSENTIAL DOCUMENT 4HE SCHOOL ITSELF ARGUES THAT THE MOVE WAS NECESSARY DUE TO AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF POSTGRADUATE RE SEARCH STUDENTS AND THE NEED TO ACCOMMODATE THEM WITH IN THE %DITH #AVELL "UILDING #ONTRARY TO OPINION THAT THIS SHOWS BIAS IN GIVING THE POSTGRADUATES THE LARGER ROOM THE )" OFFERS JUSTIlCA TION ALONG THE LINES THAT THE SPACE IS NEEDED AND THE LARG ER ROOM CAN BE LOCKED WHICH IS IMPORTANT IF IT IS TO HAVE HOUR ACCESS

4HE 3TUDENT #OUNCIL WISHED TO BE RECORDED AS BE ING UNANIMOUS IN THEIR OP POSITION TO .!- S DECISION TO REMOVE ACCESS TO THIS FACIL ITY TO UNDERGRADUATES (OW EVER THEY ALSO FELT THAT THE DECISION WAS ALREADY A hDONE DEALv AND THAT THERE WAS hLIT TLE POINTv IN lGHTING AGAINST IT )NSTEAD THEY ARE CHOOS ING TO FOCUS ON THE ISSUE OF INDIVIDUALS USING COMPUTERS FOR SOCIAL NETWORKING AND SUGGEST A BAN ON THIS TYPE OF MISUSE 4HIS IS A PARALLEL IS SUE TO THE LOSS OF THE LARGER )4 SUITE AS THE SCHOOL CLAIMED ANOTHER REASON FOR IT BEING REMOVED WAS DUE TO STUDENTS USING IT FOR SOCIAL NETWORKING RATHER THAN WORK )NDEED $AVID 3HEPPARD

!CADEMIC /FlCER FOR THE 5NION OF 5%! 3TUDENTS IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH 5%!

ON POLICY REGARDING SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE USAGE ON

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UNIVERSITY COMPUTERS ESPE CIALLY THE IMPACT OF THIS ON PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS SUCH AS THOSE IN .!- 7ITH REGARDS TO THE DECISION OF .!- TO RELINQUISH THE USE OF THE )4 ROOM FROM THE UNDERGRADU ATES 3HEPPARD HAS SAID THAT

hACCESS TO LEARNING RESOURCES AND COMPUTERS IS VITAL FOR .!- STUDENTS BASED AS THEY ARE A DISTANCE FROM THE MAIN CAMPUS ) HOPE THE 3CHOOL WILL ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO ACCESS EVERYTHING THEY NEED v 4HE CURRENT SITU

ATION IS BEING MONITORED BUT IN ORDER FOR THERE TO BE A CASE FOR 7I&I ON THE MEZZANINES AND POSSIBLY LAPTOPS FOR STU DENT USE FEEDBACK IS NEEDED FROM .!- STUDENTS TO GIVE REINFORCEMENT TO THE ARGU MENT

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6&" $POTFSWBUJWFT UP NFFU *TSBFMJ "NCBTTBEPS 'UY 4ORY UY 4ORY 2EPORTER /N 7EDNESDAY RD $ECEM BER 5%! #ONSERVATIVES WILL BE ATTENDING A RECEPTION TO MEET THE )SRAELI !MBASSA DOR #ONCRETE WAS UNABLE TO DISCOVER THE LOCATION OF THE RECEPTION BEFORE THE PAPER WENT TO PRESS DUE TO THE STRICT SECURITY MEASURES THAT ALWAYS SURROUND THE )SRAELI !MBASSADOR (OW EVER SOURCES INDICATE THAT IT WILL BE HELD AT AN EXCLUSIVE PRIVATE MEMBERS CLUB IN THE CENTRE OF ,ONDON (% 2ON 0ROSOR HAS BEEN !MBASSADOR OF THE 3TATE OF )SRAEL TO THE #OURT OF 3T *AMES SINCE .OVEMBER "EFORE THAT HE WAS THE 3EN IOR $EPUTY $IRECTOR 'ENERAL OF THE -INISTRY AND #HIEF OF 0OLICY 3TAFF TO THE )SRAELI &OR EIGN -INISTER (E HAS ALSO

BEEN THE AMBASSADOR TO 'ER MANY AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR )SRAEL S RESPONSE TO THE FALL OF THE "ERLIN WALL AND THE l VE NEW FEDERAL 'ERMAN

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TALK FRANKLY ABOUT THE SITUA TION IN THE -IDDLE %AST AND TO ENGAGE WITH THE NEXT GEN ERATION OF #ONSERVATIVE POLI TICIANS AND PARTY MEMBERS !LSO ATTENDING THIS EVENT WILL BE THE LEADERS OF THE 5N ION OF *EWISH 3TUDENTS WHO WERE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN AR RANGING THIS EVENT 5*3 IS TRA DITIONALLY SEEN AS AN ALLY OF THE .53 S DOMINANT POLITI CAL ALIGNMENT ,ABOUR 4HIS EVEN DEMONSTRATES AN INCREASING WILLINGNESS BY STUDENT GROUPS TO BECOME INVOLVED AND COOPERATE WITH THE #ONSERVATIVE 0ARTY #ONCRETE UNDERSTANDS THAT TICKETS TO THIS EVENT ARE VERY LIMITED BUT ALSO THAT 5%! #ONSERVATIVES HAVE RE CEIVED AN UNUSUALLY GENER OUS QUANTITY LARGELY DUE TO THE INm UENCE OF THEIR #HAIR MAN 0AUL 7ELLS WHO IS ON THE .ATIONAL 3TUDENT #ON SERVATIVES #OMMITTEE

3&"% #PPL 1SPKFDU /PSXJDI 2ACHEL .EWSON 2EPORTER 2%!$ "OOK 0ROJECT .ORWICH

WHICH EXISTS AS PART OF THE NATIONAL CHARITY 2%!$ )NTER NATIONAL IS WORKING TOWARDS BRIDGING THE GAP IN EDUCATION BETWEEN 5+ STUDENTS AND THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN 4ANZA NIA -ANY 5%! STUDENTS ARE ACTIVELY SUPPORTING THIS EXCIT ING VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITY

BY ATTENDING REGULAR MEET INGS AND HELPING WITH THE MULTITUDE OF TASKS NECESSARY TO MAKE 2%!$ A SUCCESS 4O DATE 2%!$ HAS RAISED ABOUT a OF ITS a TAR GET THROUGH SUCH EVENTS AS CAKE STALLS IN THE (IVE AND A VERY SUCCESSFUL BUCKET COLLEC TION IN #ASTLE -ALL AT THE START OF THE YEAR 4HE NEXT EVENT TO AID THE 2%!$ 0ROJECT IS IN COLLABO RATION WITH THE MULTI AWARD

WINNING -AX 'IAMMELLO (AIRSTYLISTS /N 3UNDAY TH $ECEMBER -AX HAS GENEROUSLY DONATED ALL HIS STAFF FROM PM SO THAT 2%!$ CAN OFFER STYLISH HAIRCUTS AT A FRACTION OF THE COST !LL THE MONEY WILL GO TO 2%!$ 4HIS IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO GET A BARGAIN HAIRCUT WHILST ALSO RAISING MONEY FOR CHARITY 3PACES ARE LIMITED SO GET DOWN TO THE (IVE IN 7EEK BETWEEN PM TO BOOK YOUR AP POINTMENT OR EMAIL 2%!$ AT NORWICH READBOOKPROJECT ORG UK 0RICES ARE a NORMAL LY a FOR GIRLS WASH CUT AND BLOW DRY AND a FOR GUYS DRY CUT 9OU CAN ALSO GET YOUR HAIR PROFESSIONALLY CURLED FOR a %VERY HAIRCUT WILL SEND TEXTBOOKS TO 4ANZANIA SO DO YOUR BIT AND MAKE A DIFFER ENCE TO A CHILD S LIFE

$BTI .BDIJOF GPS )JWF -ELISSA 9ORK !RTS %DITOR h3TUDENTS SAID THAT THEY WANTED A CASH POINT IN THE (IVE ,#2 AND YOUR EXECU TIVE OFl CERS HAVE DELIVERED v 2OWENA "ODDINGTON #OM MUNICATIONS /Fl CER SAID h/NE OF THE THINGS THAT STU DENTS HAVE ASKED ME FOR WHILE ) WAS CAMPAIGNING FOR ELECTION IS A CASH POINT IN THE ,#2 SO THAT STUDENTS DON T HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY TO THE CROWDED POINTS ON THE STREET TO GET MONEY 4HE PROBLEM HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT LOGISTICS AND SECURITY

BUT THANKS TO THE HARD WORK OF OUR STAFF WE VE GOT A SOLU TION AND HAVE NOW MADE THIS A REALITY 7E LISTENED TO WHAT STUDENTS WANTED AND MADE IT HAPPEN v 4HE .ATWEST CASH POINT IS BY 2ECEPTION AND IS FREE TO WITHDRAW MONEY FROM

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GOVERNMENT BORROWING SET FOR “BLOODY HUGE” INCREASE "Y OUR POLITICAL STAFF %YEBROWS !PLENTY

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3 "2)4!). 3 ECONOMIC CRISIS ESCALATES #HANCELLOR !LISTAIR $ARLING HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE GOVERNMENT MUST BORROW EVEN MORE TIME IF IT IS TO RECOVER ITS CREDIBILITY IN TIME FOR THE NEXT ELECTION h%XTRAORDINARY TIMES REQUIRE EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES v SAID THE #HANCELLOR h,ABOUR S CREDIBILITY IS IN FULL RECESSION POSSIBLY TO LAST UNTIL THE END OF TIME AND SO IT S VITAL WE BORROW MORE TIME NOW IN ORDER TO STIMULATE IDEAS AND MAKE ESSENTIAL PLANS FOR THE FUTURE LIKE HOW WE CAN CONVINCE THE PUBLIC WE DIDN T START THIS MESS HOW WE RE THE ONLY ONES WHO CAN lX IT AND HOW WE CAN EVENTUALLY BLAME IT ALL ON THE 4ORIES ANYWAY v -R $ARLING CLAIMS THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL NEED TO RAISE AS MANY AS BILLION EXCUSES TO GET ITSELF OUT OF THE MIRE h! RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT MUST SUPPORT ITSELF DURING DIFlCULT TIMES 4HE "RITISH ELECTORATE REQUIRES A SERIOUS INJECTION OF CAPITAL BULLSHIT IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE CONSUMERS TO START INVESTING

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No bodger for the badger %XPERTS BLAME THE CRISIS ON .EW ,ABOUR S hEXCESSIVELY LOOSEv HONESTY EXPENDITURE SINCE COMING TO POWER IN #ITY ANALYST 4ROY 9URLUCK IS CONlDENT THAT WITH A LITTLE SKILLFUL POSTURING AND TACTICAL PAPER SHREDDING

IT WILL BE BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR THE 4REASURY h'LADLY THE DAYS AREN T OVER WHEN THE GOVERNMENT COULD LAVISH MONEY AND POLITICAL FAVOURS ON THE RICHEST #ITY lNANCIERS WHILE CONVINCING THE PUBLIC IT WAS ALL IN THEIR BEST INTERESTS !FTER ALL ) M STILL RICH )S THAT MY CHEQUE &IVE lGURES RIGHT ,OVELY THANKS v -R $ARLING WAS BULLISH IN THE #OMMONS THIS MORNING SAYING h7E FACE THESE CHALLENGES FROM A POSITION OF STRENGTH COMPARED TO THE PAST 5NDER @.EW ,ABOUR WE HAVE SEEN THE LONGEST EVER PERIOD OF CONTINUOUS GROWTH IN PUBLIC GULLIBILITY SINCE -RS 4HATCHER /F THAT

RECORD WE CAN BE PROUD !PART FROM THE WHOLE )RAQ THING OBVIOUSLY NEVER EVEN CONVINCED OURSELVES ON THAT ONE

TO BE HONEST 0RIME -INISTER 'ORDON "ROWN WAS EQUALLY UPBEAT ABOUT ,ABOUR S PROSPECTS @!S FOR THE FAILING ECONOMY WE EXPECT PUBLIC lNANCES TO RETURN TO BALANCE BY OOH ) DON T KNOW SAY OR

BY WHICH TIME OF COURSE ) LL BE SAFELY OUT OF GOVERNMENT AND MAKING A PACKET ON THE BOARD OF SOME 3WISS lNANCE CONGLOMERATE

$ARLING 3TILL HAPPY FOLDING THE GENERAL S PYJAMAS

►►►BREAKING NEWS 3EVERAL 4ORY -0S HAVE RECEIVED WARNINGS OVER THEIR CON DUCT IN THE #OMMONS WHEN DURING A DEBATE OVER ,ABOUR S CONTROVERSIAL TAX INCREASE FOR HIGH EARNERS A NUMBER OF BACKBENCH hRADICALSv ACCUSED THE ,ABOUR PARTY OF ACT ING LIKE hA BUNCH OF SOCIALISTSv 0RIME -INISTER 'ORDON

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-POEPO TQSJOUT UPXBSET UIF 0MZNQJDT *AMES #RASKE /PINIONS WRITER 4HE GREATEST TENSIONS SURROUNDING THE PROSPECT OF HOSTING THE ,ONDON /LYMPICS ARE ECONOMIC IN NATURE 4HE SITUATION CONVEYS A PERPLEXITY THAT HAS BECOME MORE CONVOLUTED IN APPEARANCE OVER TIME BUT RE MAINED AS ELEMENTARY IN ITS CORE AS THE METAL TANGLES OF A BIRD S NEST &OR MANY IT BOILS DOWN TO WHETHER WE CAN AFFORD THIS /LYMPICS 4HE BUDGET HAS ALREADY MORE THAN DOUBLED FROM THE INITIAL a BILLION PROPOSAL TO OVER a BILLION !ND IT SEEMS PERHAPS A LITTLE INSENSITIVE TO BE SPENDING SO MUCH ON TWO WEEKS WORTH OF FUN WHILE MILLIONS STRUGGLE WITH THE RISING COSTS OF LIVING "UT YOU MAY ARGUE THAT NONE OF US REALLY SAW THIS COM ING 4HE HYPERINmATION ON THE COST OF STEEL A SLUMP IN HOUSE PRICES AND

ALL THAT EXTRA SECURITY WE WILL NEED 4HE TH *ULY BOMBINGS REVERBERATED AROUND THE CITY ONLY A DAY AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL BID ANNOUNCEMENT 4HERE IS ON ONE SIDE AN UNCON TROLLABLE LILT AMONG THE OPTIMISTS AND AMONG THE PROPAGANDISTS WHO SNIFF THE CHANCE TO HAVE THE SPOT LIGHT THROWN ON OUR GREAT NATION ) COMMEND YOU AND FOR THE MOST PART ) REMAIN POSITIVE THAT ,ONDON HAS BOTH THE POTENTIAL AND CHARACTER TO THROW THE WORLD A FANTASTIC PARTY 7E CAN SHOW THE WORLD THAT WE ARE RESISTANT TO THE MALICE OF TERROR 7E MAY EVEN USE IT TO CREATE JOBS TO BUILD OUR WAY OUT OF RECESSION !C CORDING TO 4ESSA *OWELL

JOBS WILL BE CREATED THROUGH THE CONSTRUC TION REGENERATION AND STAGING OF THE ,ONDON GAMES 4HE SCEPTICS HOWEVER WHISPER THEIR FEARS THEY ARE THE ONES GIVING ,ORD #OE HIS SLEEPLESS NIGHTS (E

HAS TURNED INTO A TITANIC CHARACTER

PERHAPS UNFAIRLY WITH THE WORLD PLANTED ON HIS SHOULDERS A BEARER OF THE UNBEARABLE THOUGHT OF FAILURE 7HAT HAS HISTORY TAUGHT US 4HE MASS DEVELOPMENT PLANS WHICH ARE GOING TO OCCUR IN %AST ,ONDON RE SOUND TO THE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL URBAN REGENERATION THAT OCCURRED IN THE "ARCELONA GAMES TRANSPORTA TION WILL BENElT GREATLY )F ,ONDON IS TO BE SUCCESSFUL THERE MUST BE A SUSTAINABLE EMPHA SIS 7E CAN NOT AFFORD TO END UP LIKE !THENS WHERE VENUES ARE NOT VISITED REGULARLY BY THE PUBLIC 7E MUST HAVE A LEGACY PLANNED /UR AIM FOR A @GREEN /LYMPICS RESIDES WELL WITH CURRENT GENERAL CONSENSUS ON CLI MATE CHANGE AND WILL BE A DElNING FEATURE 7E MUST ALSO BE PREPARED FOR THE THREAT OF DISRUPTION THE SPORT ING WORLD IS INDISSOLUBLE TO THE PO

LITICAL ARENA 4HE LAST HUNDRED YEARS HAS SEEN A COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF 0IERRE DE #OUBETIN S IDEAL THAT ME DIA AND POLITICS SHOULD REMAIN SEP ARATED &ROM THE OSTENTATIOUS DIS PLAY OF .AZISM IN THE "ERLIN GAMES TO THE SOMEWHAT PEDANT AFFAIR BETWEEN !MERICA AND 2USSIA DURING THE S COLD WAR PERIOD

HISTORY HAS SHOWN HOW SPORT CAN AND HAS BEEN USED TO ELEVATE POLITI CAL EXPRESSION 4HERE WILL CERTAINLY BE SCOPE FOR ANTI WEST ADVOCATES TO EXPRESS THEIR OWN ORGANISED SENTI MENTS WHILST THE MEDIA SPOTLIGHT IS ON "RITAIN "UT EVEN IF OUR CURRENT WORRIES ARE FOCUSED AROUND OUR CORE AND OUR ECONOMY WE ARE HOSTING THE GAMES

REGARDLESS AND SHOULD ENSURE "RITISH CHARACTER IS ALLOWED TO mOW THROUGH 7E HAVE NO OPTION BUT TO TRUST THE PLANNERS SO mY THE mAG AND HOPE FOR A SUCCESSFUL GAMES

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i$ISJTUNBT TUBSUT TP FBSMZ UIBU CZ UIF UJNF UIF BDUVBM EBZ DPNFT BSPVOE QFPQMF BSF TJDL PG UIF XIPMF UIJOHw #HRISTMAS STARTS SO EARLY THAT

BY THE TIME THE ACTUAL DAY COMES AROUND PEOPLE ARE SICK OF THE WHOLE THING ) VE ALREADY HAD MY -ARIAH #AREY QUOTA FOR THIS YEAR lLLED BY THE LATEST $&3 ADVERT

WHICH ) SWEAR HAS BEEN SHOWING SINCE 3EPTEMBER ) LOVE LOOKING AT #HRISTMAS DECORATIONS BUT THE CHARM OF THE HUGE #HRISTMAS TREE IN #HAPELlELDS IS GOING TO HAVE LONG WORN OFF BY TH $ECEMBER !LSO THE 46 BUILD UP TO #HRISTMAS MEANS THE DAY ITSELF TENDS TO BE A

BIT OF AN ANTICLIMAX AROUND LUNCH TIME ) TEND TO WONDER @IS THIS IT 4HE COMMERCIALISATION OF #HRISTMAS ALSO PUTS A LOT OF PRES SURE ON PEOPLE (AVING WORKED IN A SUPERMARKET FOR THE PAST THREE #HRISTMASES ) VE OBSERVED THAT PEOPLE REGULARLY SPENT OVER a ON FOOD FOR JUST ONE DAY n AND MOST OF THEM LOOK BLOODY MISERABLE #HRISTMAS HAS BECOME ABOUT HAV ING THE BEST FOOD THE BEST TREE AND THE BEST PRESENTS n SCREW CALORIE ALLOWANCES THE CREDIT CRUNCH AND INDEED ALL NOTION OF RATIONALITY 0ESTER POWER AS A RESULT OF GUERILLA ADVERTISING MEANS MANY PARENTS END UP SPENDING VAST AMOUNTS ON DISPOSABLE PRESENTS FOR THEIR CHIL DREN WHEN LONG LASTING MEANING FUL GIFTS WOULD BE A WISER CHOICE &INALLY THE TRUE MESSAGE OF #HRISTMAS HAS BEEN OBSCURED BY ITS COMMERCIALISATION ) M ABOUT AS RELIGIOUS AS 2ICHARD $AWKINS BUT SOMEHOW ) DON T THINK #HRISTMAS IS ABOUT SPOILING YOUR CHILDREN

STRESSING YOURSELF OUT OR TRYING OVERLY HARD 7HATEVER RELIGION YOU ARE IT S A TIME TO BE CHARITABLE CELE BRATE WITH THE ONES YOU LOVE REmECT ON THE YEAR GONE BY RELAX AND HAVE FUN 4HAT NEW SOFA $&3 ARE TRYING TO PUSH ONTO YOU IS JUST GOING TO LAND YOU WITH AN EMPTY WALLET AND AN EMPTY FEELING INSIDE

'BDU #PY ! WINTER FESTIVAL WAS THE MOST POPULAR FESTIVAL OF THE YEAR IN MANY CULTURES 2EASONS INCLUDED THE FACT THAT LESS AGRICULTURAL WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE DURING THE WINTER

AS WELL AS PEOPLE EXPECTING LONGER DAYS AND SHORTER NIGHTS AFTER THE WINTER SOLSTICE IN THE .ORTHERN (EMISPHERE 3ANTA IS GENERALLY BELIEVED TO BE THE RESULT OF A MIX BETWEEN 3T .ICHOLAS OF -YRA AND ELE MENTS FROM 0AGAN .ORDIC AND #HRISTIAN MYTHOLOGY (IS MODERN APPEARANCE IS BE LIEVED TO HAVE ORIGINATED IN TH #ENTURY MEDIA 4HE WORD #HRISTMAS ORIGI NATED AS A COMPOUND MEAN ING h#HRIST S MASSv )T IS DE RIVED FROM THE -IDDLE %NGLISH #HRISTEMASSE AND /LD %NGLISH #RISTES M SSE A PHRASE lRST RECORDED IN !LSO JUST IN CASE YOU WERE UNAWARE #HRISTMAS USUALLY OCCURS ON $ECCEMBER TH %VERY YEAR SURPRISINGLY

$AVINA +ESBY /PINIONS 7RITER 3O YES #HRISTMAS DOES SEEM TO BE BEGINNING EARLIER AND EARLIER !S SOON AS (ALLOWEEN IS OVER OUT COME THE TINSEL THE 3ANTA HATS AND MORE THAN A FAIR FEW FAIRY LIGHTS 7HILST IT IS TRUE TO SAY THAT THE REAL MEANING OF #HRISTMAS MAY HAVE BEEN LOST ) BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD CELEBRATE RATHER THAN CONDEMN

THIS TIME OF NATIONAL TOGETHERNESS #HRISTMAS IN ITS COMMERCIAL FORM

BREAKS THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN THE VARIOUS CULTURES AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE THAT TAKE THEIR PLACE IN THE MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY THAT WE LIVE IN 4HE NOW HIGHLY COMMERCIAL VIBE THAT NOW SURROUNDS #HRISTMAS ALLOWS IT TO BE MORE OF A NATIONAL HOLIDAY RATHER THAN ARGUABLY A TIME OF DISCRIMINATORY RELIGIOUS SEN TIMENT 7ERE WE TO FURTHER ACCENTU ATE THE TRUE MEANING OF #HRISTMAS

WE WOULD ISOLATE NOT ONLY THOSE OF A DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS INCLINATION BUT ALSO MANY AGNOSTICS AND ATHEISTS &URTHERMORE ONE COULD ALSO SAY THAT #HRISTMAS IS THE ONE TIME OF YEAR WHEN THOSE WHO ARE NOT NORMALLY RELIGIOUS MAY FEEL COM FORTABLE PARTAKING IN SUCH ACTIVITIES !TTENDANCE AT #HRISTMAS CHURCH SERVICES IS STATISTICALLY ALWAYS HIGHER THAN AT OTHER TIMES OF YEAR 7ERE

#HRISTMAS NOT SUCH A COMMERCIAL AND WIDELY CELEBRATED HOLIDAY IT WOULD JUST BE ANOTHER RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY CELEBRATED BY ONLY THOSE WHO FOLLOW THE PARTICULAR RELIGION 7E MUST ALSO BEAR IN MIND THE lNANCIAL BENElTS OF A COMMERCIAL #HRISTMAS 3OME HAVE ARGUED THAT #HRISTMAS IS NOT MERELY A CONTRIBU

i* CFMJFWF UIBU XF TIPVME DFMFCSBUF SBUIFS UIBO DPOEFNO UIJT UJNF PG OBUJPOBM UPHFUIFSOFTTw TOR TO THE ECONOMY BUT VITAL TO THE GLOBAL ECONOMY )NDEED ONE SOURCE CITES THAT THE LUXURY GOODS MARKET ALONE IS WORTH a BILLION AT #HRISTMAS !BOVE ALL IN AN EVER SERIOUS WORLD #HRISTMAS IS GOOD FUN 7ITHOUT ALL OF THE COMMERCIAL RUB BISH THAT GOES WITH IT IT WOULDN T BE AS MUCH FUN ! BIT OF 7HAM

A BIT OF 7IZZARD AND THE NECESSARY 3LADE IT JUST WOULDN T BE THE SAME WITHOUT ALL OF THIS ,ET S START PLAN NING FOR ) SAY

h.AKED #HRISTMAS IF *ESUS COULD SPEND THE DAY IN HIS BIRTHDAY SUIT THEN SO CAN WE 4HE ONLY POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE TO THE NATION STRIPPING OFF COME $ECEMBER TH IS EVERYONE DRESSING UP AS CRABS INSTEAD #LOTHES ARE NOT AN OPTION v 3ARAH #HRISTIE -USIC %DITOR

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#PSJT +PIOTPO 3FWJFX -ARK 0ATRICK /PINIONS 7RITER )T SEEMS AEONS AGO THAT "ORIS *OHN SON WAS ELECTED MAYOR IN THE COM PREHENSIVE ANNIHILATION OF +EN ,IVINGSTON AND THE ,ABOUR PARTY S CREDIBILITY THAT WAS LAST -AY S ELEC TIONS (OWEVER ARGUABLY "RITAIN S MOST POWERFUL #ONSERVATIVE POLITI CIAN HAS ONLY BEEN IN OFlCE FOR SIX MONTHS WHAT HAS THE lRST EIGHTH OF -AYOR *OHNSON S TERM OF OFlCE DONE FOR ,ONDON 'IVEN THE ELECTION WAS FOUGHT ON THE 2OUTEMASTER VS "ENDY "USES PLATFORM IT SEEMS SENSIBLE TO TALK ABOUT TRANSPORT *OHNSON S lRST ACT AS MAYOR WAS NOT TO GET RID OF THE OBNOXIOUS "ENDY "USES BUT INSTEAD TO BAN DRINKING ON THE EN TIRE 4&, NETWORK THUS ADDRESSING A GRAVE OVERSIGHT OF THE ,IVINGSTONE ADMINISTRATION -AYOR *OHNSON

IN ANOTHER BOLD MOVE SHELVED THE HATED #ONGESTION #HARGE RISES AND ALSO SCRAPPED UNNECESSARY PROJECTS SUCH AS THE 4HAMES 'ATEWAY "RIDGE

A WHITE ELEPHANT IN THE MAKING

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$IPNTLZ "OBMZTFT UIF &DPOPNJD $MJNBUF ACTIVIST ABOUT THE CURRENT ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN AND THOSE RESPONSIBLE

4IM "LISSETT /PINIONS 7RITER .OAM #HOMSKY S RECENT ARTICLE PUBLISHED ON THE ""#

@6IEWPOINTS 7HERE NOW FOR CAPI TALISM IN VERY FEW WORDS PUTS IN PLACE SOME CONTEXTUAL FACTS ABOUT THE ECONOMIC MELTDOWN AND THE ECONOMY IN GENERAL 7ITH lNAN CIAL INSTITUTIONS AT THE CENTRE OF THE CURRENT CRISIS WE ARE EXPERIENCING

-R #HOMSKY TAKES A VIEW OF THESE INSTITUTIONS NOTING THEIR UNDEMO CRATIC AND DAMAGING PRACTICES AND THE INHERENT mAWS THEY EMBODY 4HE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS WHICH HAS LEAD TO THE STATUS QUO MAKES ONE WONDER IF TRUSTING THESE INHER ENTLY CORRUPT AND TYRANNOUS lNAN CIAL SYSTEMS HAS NOT ALREADY BEEN TRIED AND HAS FAILED 4HE @RIDE IT OUT AND SEE ATTITUDE OF THE S DOT COM BUBBLE FOR EXAMPLE OR -R "ROWN S @PRUDENCE ARE SEEMINGLY CALLED INTO QUESTION BY THE SHEER MAGNITUDE OF THE COLLAPSE 4HE MARKETS INSTITUTIONS OF STATE AND INDUSTRY AND THE PEOPLE ARE ALL SUBJECTS IN THIS DISCOURSE

AND -R #HOMSKY ACCOUNTS FOR THEIR INTER RELATIONS SUPERBLY (E MAKES THE POINT THAT BY WEIGHING PROlT AND RISK lNANCIAL INSTITUTIONS CON TROL THE WEALTH OF OUR NATIONS AND THE RISK IS OURS TO BEAR WHEN IT GOES

i)F NBLFT UIF QPJOU UIBUCZ XFJHIJOH QSPmU BOE SJTL mOBODJBM JOTUJ UVUJPOT DPOUSPM UIF XFBMUI PG PVS OB UJPOT BOE UIF SJTL JT PVST UP CFBS XIFO JU HPFT XSPOHw WRONG /UR INSTINCTUAL RESPONSE ON THE STATE LEVEL AT LEAST SEEMS TO BE AND HAVE BEEN @LET THE MAR KETS SELF RIGHT BUT -R #HOMSKY S

ANALYSIS THAT THESE INSTITUTIONS WORK TO hSOCIALISE COST AND RISK AND PRIVATISE PROlTv SEEMS MOST PERTI NENT 5N ELECTED OFlCIALS ARE BEING GRANTED UNPRECEDENTED AND MAS SIVE AMOUNTS OF PUBLIC MONEY IN ORDER TO PROP UP A SYSTEM WHICH

IN -R #HOMSKY S ANALYSIS IS mAWED TO BEGIN WITH 4HE CURRENT lASCO IS THE SYMPTOM OF A PROBLEM GOING BACK AT LEAST TO THE BEGINNING OF THE LAST CENTURY )N THE 5 3 THE 'LASS 3TEAGALL !CT OF WAS REPEALED BY THE #LINTON !DMINISTRATION AND AC COUNTS FOR THE DEREGULATED SYSTEM WE HAVE HAD SINCE AND WHICH HAS FAILED A KEY PIECE OF HISTORICAL EVI DENCE OFTEN FORGOTTEN IN THE DEBATE AROUND THE ECONOMY 4HE 'LASS 3TEAGALL !CT WAS LIKE MANY OF THE TIMELESS APHORISMS OF !MERICAN DEMOCRACY INTENDED TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE FROM THE BANKING AND INDUSTRY INTERESTS n ITS REPEAL AFTER THE ORGY OF THE 2EAGAN 4HATCHER ERA WAS THE ICING ON THE CAKE FOR MONIED INTERESTS )T SEEMS THAT -R #HOMSKY IN BEING ABLE TO SUM UP THE ECONOMIC CRISIS SUCCINCTLY IS ALONE BUT WHAT

IS PERTINENT IN THIS ARTICLE IS ALSO CHALLENGING IT PROVOKES A HARDER RESPONSE )F OUR SYSTEM IS SO mAWED WHAT CAN BE DONE WHAT IS THE AL TERNATIVE !T LEAST IF ONE IS TO REGARD THE SYSTEM AS BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CRISIS THE SYSTEM WHICH hUN DERPRICES RISKv THE lNANCIAL MAR KETS THAT ARE hSYSTEMATICALLY INEF lCIENTv #HOMSKY QUOTING *OHN %ATWELL AND ,ANCE 4AYLOR THE ONLY CONCLUSION IS THAT WE NEED A BREAK FROM THIS MODEL AND A NEW ONE TO REPLACE IT )N THE (OUSE OF #OM MONS THIS WEEK THE 3HADOW 4REAS URY 3ECRETARY SAID THAT A hRADICALv APPROACH WAS REQUIRED TO SOLVE THE ECONOMIC CRISIS WHILE CRITICIS ING THE GOVERNMENT S PRE BUDGET REPORT 7HATEVER WILL HAPPEN AND THE ECONOMISTS ARE PREDICTING DIRE THINGS THE BANKS AND CORPORATIONS ARE NOT GOING AWAY ANY TIME SOON

AND NOR ARE WE h4HE 5NITED 3TATES HAS ESSEN TIALLY A ONE PARTY SYSTEM AND THE RULING PARTY IS THE BUSINESS PARTY v #HOMSKY $ER 3PIEGEL /NLINE /#4

!NOTHER AREA THAT -AYOR *OHNSON HAS MADE AN IMPACT ON IS ,ONDON S /LYMPIC PREPARATIONS 5NBUT TONED BLAZERS AND WIF WAF ASIDE HIS DIRECTIVE TO RETHINK THE LONG TERM FUTURE OF THE SITE SHOWS THAT HE ISN T IN IT TO MAKE A GOOD SHOW HE TRULY CARES ABOUT THE REGENERATION OF THE EAST END OF ,ONDON !LSO AMONG HIS ACHIEVEMENTS HE HAS MADE TACKLING THE ENDEMIC KNIFE AND GUN CRIME IN THE CAPITAL A PRIORITY

INCREASED THE POLICE PRESENCE ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND PROMISED TO PUNISH UNRULY YOUTHS BY REVOKING THEIR SOMEWHAT DUBIOUS FREE TRAV EL SAYING THAT THEY D HAVE TO EARN IT BACK THROUGH COMMUNITY SERVICE

AN INSPIRED MOVE *UST RECENTLY HE HAS ALSO SHOWN HE IS NOT AFRAID OF SQUARING UP TO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OVER THE LARGELY UNPOPULAR (EA THROW !IRPORT EXPANSION NOTING THAT A THIRD RUNWAY WOULD BREACH %5 POLLUTION LAWS AND THREATENING TO SUE IF 'EOFF (OON GIVES THE GO AHEAD )N SHORT "ORIS AT THE VERY LEAST HAS SCARED THE LEFT WITLESS FOR NONE OF THEIR NIGHTMARISH PROPHECIES FOR ,ONDON HAVE COME TO PASS AND

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) AM WRITING IN RESPONSE TO ALL THE COMPLAINTS AND NEGATIVE REVIEWS THAT HAVE BEEN WRITTEN RECENTLY ABOUT THE .ORWICH &IRST "USES FOR STUDENTS 4HE MAIN COMPLAINTS THAT APPEAR TO BE FRE QUENTLY BROUGHT UP ARE THEIR LATENESS

THE CROWDING AND RUDE BUS DRIVERS (OWEVER WHAT DO PEOPLE EXPECT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS AT 5%!

WHEN A LARGE MAJORITY OF THEM LIVE IN THE 5NTHANK AREA HOW CAN THEY NOT EX PECT THERE TO BE QUEUEING WHEN EVERY ONE IS TRYING TO GET ON TO CAMPUS AT THE SAME TIME ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNINGS FOR AM LECTURES !ND AS FOR THE LATENESS FAIR ENOUGH IT S FRUSTRATING WHEN YOU RE MADE TO BE LATE THROUGH THE FAULT OF THE BUS TIMES BUT HOW CAN WE EXPECT THEM TO BE TO THE MINUTE THAT THEY SAY IT S PUBLIC TRANSPORT THEREFORE TRAFl C WEATHER

NUMBER OF PEOPLE ETC IS ALL GOING TO AF FECT HOW QUICKLY THE BUS CAN GET AROUND ITS ROUTE )F PEOPLE FEEL REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS ISSUE GET A BIKE OR WALK &INALLY ) SEE PEOPLE HAVE COMMENT ED ABOUT UNFRIENDLY BUS DRIVERS 7ELL WHEN HUNDREDS OF US ARE STUMBLING ON TO THE BUS AFTER AN ,#2 DRUNK BEING SICK SHOUTING ABUSE WHO WOULD WANT TO SERVE US WITH A SMILE !ND EVEN IF IT S NOT IN THE NIGHT IT IS PROBABLY PRETTY FRUSTRATING FOR BUS DRIVERS WHEN WE ARE ALL TRYING TO PILE ON AT THE SAME TIME OR THERE IS A MASSIVE QUEUE AND SOMEONE IS TRYING TO PAY THEIR FEE IN COPPERS 3O ) THINK PEOPLE NEED TO BE FAR MORE REASLISTIC ABOUT THEIR IDEALS WITH THE BUSES AND THAT THERE NEVER GOING TO BE PERFECT )F ANYONE CAN T HANDLE THAT THEY VE ALWAYS GOT LEGS FOR WALKING %LLEN 4AYLOR

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) READ THE ARTICLE ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH 3OC7EB IN THE PREVIOUS EDITION OF #ONCRETE ) M A SOCIETY PRESIDENT WHO IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH 3OC7EB ) SUBMITTED MY SOCIETY S CONSTITUTION IN /CTOBER AND IT TOOK SEVERAL WEEKS TO EVEN GET A LOGON FOR 3OC7EB )N ALL THIS TIME MY LOGON HAS NEVER WORKED EVEN WHEN THE SITE CLAIMS TO BE UP AND RUN NING ) VE EMAILED THE 3OCIETIES /Fl CER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND BEEN ASSURED IT WILL WORK (OWEVER WHILE THE SITE DOES NOT WORK ) CAN NOT ENTER MY MEMBERS DE TAILS AND RECEIVE A GRANT FROM THE 5NION )N ADDITION ) CANNOT EVEN USE MY MEM

BERS SUBS TO RUN MY SOCIETY BECAUSE ) HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT ) AM NOT ALLOWED TO ACCESS THE MONEY BEFORE MY MEMBERS DETAILS ARE ON THE DATABASE #AN YOU INVESTIGATE FURTHER AND ASK EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING TO BE DONE IN THE MEANTIME AS THE SYSTEM CLEARLY DOESN T WORK ) HAVE TRIED TO ASK BUT NO ONE WANTS TO ANSWER ME 4HIS LEVEL OF IN COMPETENCE WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTED IN THE WORKPLACE AND ) DO NOT FEEL IT IS UN REASONABLE TO EXPECT PROFESSIONALISM FROM THOSE WHO ARE MEANT TO REPRESENT US 2EGARDS

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)N DEFENCE OF THE 7HITE POPPY A RESPONSE TO hIN &LANDERS S l ELDS THE POPPIES BLOWv ) WANT TO START WITH A FACTUAL CORRECTION THE PEACE PLEDGE UNION AN OFFSHOOT OF THE WOM EN S COOPERATIVE GUILD STARTED MAKING WHITE POPPIES IN AND THIS CAME SEVEN YEARS AFTER VETERANS UNDER THE PEACE PLEDGE UNION

BEGAN MAKING THEIR OWN WHITE POPPIES AND DE CLARING A DEDICATION TO A CULTURE OF PEACE 2ESPECT AND EMPATHY FOR THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO DIED ON THE l ELDS OF THE 3OMME

&LANDERS AND .ORMANDY AND CONTINUE TO DIE ON THE l ELDS OF (ELLMANN AND ON THE STREETS OF "ASRA TO THIS DAY DOES NOT MEAN ) CANNOT WHISH FOR A BETTER TOMORROW 4HE MOTTO OF THE PEACE PLEDGE UNION IS hTO CREATE A CULTURE OF PEACEv IS THAT SO CONTROVER SIAL !RE WE TO ENJOY WAR ) WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION NOW ) UNDER STAND THIS COULD BE THE RESULT OF A WISHY WASHY LIBERAL UPBRINGING THAT WARS ARE GENERALLY BAD (UMAN BEINGS DIE AT THE HANDS OF STRANGERS

RESOURCES ARE WASTED DEVISING NEW AND MORE SADISTIC WAYS TO DESTROY HUMAN BEINGS AND WE WORK UP EVER MORE RIDICULOUS AND BAZAAR WAYS TO HATE OUR hENEMYv !LL THE 7HITE POPPY REPRESENTS IS A DISLIKE AND REJECTION OF THESE AT TRIBUTES OF THE HUMAN CONDITION A DECLARATION THAT THE BARER OF THE POPPY SPECIl CALLY l NDS THE DESTRUCTION OF HUMAN LIFE ABHORRENT 4HIS IS NOT TO SAY THE RED POPPY EMBRACES THESE THINGS THE RED POPPY WAS CREATED TO FEED AND CLOTHE THE WIDOWS OF DEAD SOLDIERS AND PROVIDE SIMILAR AID TO THE DISABLED AND DESTI TUTE SURVIVORS OF THE GRINDING HUMAN CATASTRO PHE THAT WAS WORLD WAR ONE WHAT ESSENTIALLY THE RED POPPY SYMBOLISES IS THAT WE HAVE A DUTY TO PICK UP THE PIECES OF THE RESULTS OF WAR 4HE RED POPPY IS NOT NOR WOULD ANY SENSIBLE PER SON THINK IT TO BE A SYMBOL OF GLORIFYING WAR

HOWEVER IT DOES NOT SPECIl CALLY GO AGAINST IT 4HE RED POPPY IS FOR REMEMBERING THE FALLEN AND THE WHITE IS A DECELERATION THAT WE WISH NO MORE HUMAN LIVES TO BE PREMATURELY SNUBBED OUT ) SEE NO CONTRACTION IN THIS 2E SPECT FOR THE DEAD AND HUMAN EMPATHY ARE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE !ND THAT IS WHY ) SEE ENOUGH ROOM ON MY LAPELS EVERY .OVEMBER FOR BOTH A RED AND A WHITE POPPY - & 4AYLOR

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.PSF ╟░ BO +VTU +JOHMF #FMMT $ANIELLE *ORDAN GETS INTO THE FESTIVE SPIRIT BY PREVIEWING 5%! -USIC 3OCIETY S WONDERFUL #HRISTMAS #ONCERT !S THE COUNTDOWN TO #HRISTMAS HAS OFl CIALLY BEGUN WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE OUR STREETS l LLED WITH FESTIVE TREES AND SPARKLING LIGHTS TO TAKE SEVERAL TRIPS INTO THE CITY TO BUY PRESENTS TO WATCH %LF OR (OME !LONE AT LEAST ONCE

TO HEAR -ARIAH #AREY S !LL ) 7ANT FOR #HRISTMAS AT LEAST A DOZEN TIMES ON THE RADIO AND TO EAT SO MUCH FOOD

AND ARE EVENTS WHICH MANY PEOPLE LOOK FORWARD TO 3OMETHING WHICH YOU MAY NOT REALISE IS THAT HERE IN .ORWICH OUR VERY OWN TALENTED STUDENTS OF 5%! PUT ON AN ANNUAL CONCERT AND THIS YEAR IT IS GOING TO BE BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER !LL MEMBERS OF THE 5%! -USIC 3OCIETY

INCLUDING THE /RCHESTRA 7IND "AND

SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR STUDENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO DO IN THE RUN UP TO #HRISTMAS ) FEEL AS IF EVERYBODY HAS PUT IN SO MUCH EFFORT AND THE MEMBERS DESERVE TO GET PRAISED FOR THIS EFFORT )T IS ALSO A GOOD WAY TO SUPPORT ONE OF THE 5NION S SOCIETIES v )F YOU ARE NOT A FAN OF #HRISTMAS SONGS THEN DO NOT

EXAMPLES OF OUR CHOSEN PIECES ARE *OYFUL *OYFUL 4ITANIC AND 0HANTOM OF THE /PERA v 4HE MUSIC SOCIETY DOES NOT SEEM TO STRUGGLE TO ATTRACT MEMBERS

HOWEVER AT THE SAME TIME DOES NOT SEEM TO COMPETE WITH THE MORE PUBLICISED SOCIETIES LIKE THE SPORTS SOCS (OLLY *ONES BELIEVES THAT EVENTS

HARD WORK AND MUSICAL ABILITY )T IS ALSO A GOOD WAY TO RAISE OUR PROl LE AND ATTRACT NEW MEMBERS 4HROUGH THESE CONCERTS WE ARE ALSO ABLE TO SHARE OUR LOVE FOR MUSIC WITH FELLOW STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY v 3O IF YOU RE FEELING IN THE #HRISTMAS SPIRIT AND WANT TO SUPPORT THE MUSICAL TALENT THAT WE HAVE HERE

BUT REALLY NOT FEEL GUILTY ABOUT IT 3OMETHING ELSE WHICH ADDS TO THE MAGIC OF #HRISTMAS AND HAS BEEN A FEATURE THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN LINKED TO THE #HRISTMAS PERIOD IS MUSIC %VERY YEAR AN ABUNDANCE OF MUSICAL TALENT COLLABORATE TO PUT ON CONCERTS TO CELEBRATE #HRISTMAS WITH MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC

"IG "AND #HOIR AND *AZZ #HOIR ARE JOINING FORCES TO PERFORM A NUMBER OF FESTIVE AND MEMORABLE CLASSICS

AND WELCOME ALL STUDENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO BE THERE /NE MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY

THIRD YEAR -ATHS STUDENT (OLLY *ONES EXPLAINS WHY PEOPLE SHOULD ATTEND THIS YEAR h!TTENDING THE CONCERT IS

LET THIS PUT YOU OFF !LTHOUGH THIS YEAR S CONCERT TIES IN WITH #HRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS IT FEATURES A VARIETY OF MUSIC WHICH THE SOCIETY FEELS WILL PROVIDE MAXIMUM ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE AUDIENCE *ONES CONTINUES

h4HERE IS A WIDE RANGE OF PERFORMERS PLAYING A VARIED SET OF PIECES WHICH WILL SUIT EVERYBODY S TASTES 3OME

SUCH AS THE #HRISTMAS CONCERT CAN HELP INCREASE PEOPLE S KNOWLEDGE OF THE SOCIETY AS WELL AS SHOWING PEOPLE EXACTLY WHAT THEY CAN DO h4HE SOCIETY DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE THE REPUTATION THAT OTHER SOCIETIES HAVE AND ) THINK THAT IT DESERVES MORE RECOGNITION #ONCERTS LIKE THIS ALLOW MEMBERS TO SHOW OFF THEIR

AT 5%!

THE -USIC 3OCIETY WILL BE HOSTING THEIR #HRISTMAS CONCERT ON -ONDAY TH $ECEMBER AT PM AT 3T !NNE S #HURCH ON #OLMAN 2OAD 4ICKETS CAN BE BOUGHT FOR JUST a WITH AN .53 CARD AND CAN BE PURCHASED AT THE BOX OFl CE &OR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CHECK THE -USIC 3OCIETY S &ACEBOOK PAGE

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$ISJTUNBT *O Ç°F $JUZ #HRISTMAS FOR STUDENTS IS USUALLY SYNONYMOUS WITH ASSIGNMENTS COURSEWORK READING AND OTHER TEDIOUS WORK RELATED ACTIVITIES )F YOU FEEL LIKE REBELLING AGAINST THE POWER OF EDUCATION -ELISSA 9ORK OFFERS HER ALTERNATIVE GUIDE TO A STUDENT #HRISTMAS IN .ORWICH

4HE 53 0RESIDENTIAL %LECTION IS OVER 2EADING 7EEK IS BUT A DISTANT MEMORY THE LAST OF THE lREWORKS HAVE lZZLED OUT AND THE CRISPY LEAVES HAVE BEEN REDUCED TO A MUSHY

SQUELCHY MULCH !S .OVEM BER SLIDES INTO $ECEMBER

ONLY ONE SUBJECT IS ON A STU DENT S MIND n lNAL ASSIGN MENTS 9ES THEY CONSUME A STUDENT S EVERY THOUGHT AND MOVEMENT AT THIS TIME OF YEAR "UT IF YOU START TO THINK YOUR LAPTOP IS MOCKING YOU AND YOU ACCIDENTALLY CALL THE LIBRARIAN @-UM THEN MAYBE YOU SHOULD GIVE IT A REST ,UCKILY #ONCRETE KNOWS JUST THE THING TO PROVIDE A SANITY SAVING DISTRACTION !P PARENTLY THERE WAS THIS GUY CALLED *ESUS WHO WAS LIKE RE ALLY NICE AND MAGIC WHO GAVE US A MONTH OFF TO CELEBRATE HIS BIRTHDAY ) FOR ONE DON T WANT TO SEEM UNGRATEFUL SO ) THINK WE SHOULD JUST GO WITH IT &ORTUNATELY 5%! DOES AS WELL BECAUSE THERE ARE A WHOLE HOST OF THINGS HAP PENING ON CAMPUS TO GET YOU IN THE FESTIVE SPIRIT %VERYONE KNOWS THAT A HOLIDAY ISN T MADE OFlCIAL UNTIL IT S BEEN THE THEME OF AN ,#2 CLUB NIGHT SO DIG OUT YOUR #OMIC 2ELIEF RED NOSE

AND THAT MOULDY BROWN TRACKSUIT UGH AND JINGLE ON DOWN TO THE @)T S #HRIST MAS ,#2 ON 4UESDAY TH $ECEMBER IF TICKETS HAVEN T ALREADY BEEN SNAPPED UP &ATHER #HRISTMAS NEEDS TO MAKE A FEW ELVES REDUNDANT OTHERWISE THERE WON T BE ANY LEFT FOR THE FRESHERS )F YOU MISS OUT ON THOSE OR YOU JUST CAN T CONTEMPLATE THE ,#2 BAR QUEUES WITHOUT SPILLING YOUR SNAKEBITE THEN THE 7A TERFRONT IS THE ONLY REAL ALTER NATIVE 1UITE FRANKLY THEY VE GONE #HRISTMAS CRACKERS HOSTING NOT ONE BUT FOUR #HRISTMAS THEMED NIGHTS n THE 2AWKUS AND 0ARADISE #ITY #HRISTMAS 0ARTY &RIDAY TH .2 0RESENTS -ERRY #HRISTMAS 4OUR FEATURING 4HE 'REAT 3HAKES 4HURSDAY TH S .IGHT AND -OTOR #ITY -AGIC #HRISTMAS 0ARTY &RIDAY TH AND -ELTDOWN AND 7RAITH &ESTIVE 3PECIAL WHICH PROMISES LOADS OF FREE GIVEAWAYS AND TREATS 3ATUR DAY TH 9OU MAY NOT HAVE NO TICED BUT #HRISTMAS MAKES

MUSIC THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE RESERVED EXCLUSIVELY FOR INFANTS AND THE MENTALLY ILL SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE %MBAR RASSED REINDEER #RAVINGS FOR lGGY PUDDING 9OU SAW YOUR MOTHER DOING WHAT WITH 3ANTA #LAUS )F YOU

LIKE #ONCRETE FEEL THIS SEA

SONAL ABSURDITY SHOULD BE TAKEN FULL ADVANTAGE OF THEN HEAD DOWN TO THE -AIN (ALL IN #ONGREGATION (ALL AT PM ON 4UESDAY ND WHERE THE #HRISTIAN 5NION ARE HOLD ING THEIR ANNUAL #HRISTMAS #AROL 3ERVICE )F YOUR MU SICAL INCLINATIONS ARE A LIT TLE TOO HIGHBROW FOR &ROSTY THE 3NOWMAN THEN JOIN THE 5%! #HOIR AND 5%! 3YM PHONY /RCHESTRA AT 3T !N DREW S (ALL ON 3UNDAY TH 4ICKETS ARE A LOAN BURSTING a .53 TO ENJOY A NIGHT OF UNDOUBTED MUSICAL EXCEL LENCE )F YOU ARE TOO TIRED TO MAKE THE FOURTH NIGHT AT THE 7ATERFRONT THEN WHY NOT POP INTO 3T *OHN S #ATHOLIC #ATHEDRAL FOR 7INTERSONGS PERFORMED BY 6OICE 0ROJECT A PIECE OPEN ACCESS CHOIR LED BY PROFESSIONAL SINGERS 3AT TH 4ALKING OF STUDENT CON CESSIONS HOW LUDICROUSLY CHEAP IS THE CINEMA !PART FROM THE POPCORN OF COURSE

WHICH IS SO EXPENSIVE THE QUESTION ASKED SHOULD BE

@3WEET SALT OR GOLD DUST "UT FOR AROUND a A TICKET AND WITH SOME 4ESCO 6ALUE 0OPCORN TUCKED AWAY IN YOUR BAG THE .ORWICH CIN EMAS SHOULD BE FREQUENTED BEFORE THE #HRISTMAS BREAK 2OMANTIC COMEDY COMES IN THE SHAPE OF &OUR #HRISTMASES STARRING 2EESE 7ITHERSPOON AND 6INCE 6AUGHN THE EPIC MOVIE IS REPRESENTED BY "AZ ,UHRMANN S ODE TO HIS HOMELAND !USTRALIA STARRING .ICOLE +IDMAN AND THE FAM ILY SHOULD FARE WELL WITH ANI MATIONS -ADAGASCAR AND 4HE 4ALE OF $ESPERAUX "UT IF THAT ALL SOUNDS A LITTLE TOO TINSEL DAUBED FOR YOUR LIKING THEN CHECK OUT VAMPIRE mICK

4WILIGHT THE lLM ADAPTATION OF 3TEPHANIE -EYER S BEST SELLING NOVEL 7E ALL KNOW THAT WHEN WE RE YOUNG #HRISTMAS IS ABOUT PRESENTS NOW WE RE ALL GROWN UP WE KNOW IT S RE ALLY ABOUT FOOD ! SURPRISING PLACE TO GO AND EAT #HRISTMAS DINNER IS THE .ORWICH 7AFmE (OUSE (ONESTLY THEY HAVE A WHOLE REASONABLY PRICED

#HRISTMAS MENU WHICH DOESN T HAVE A WAFmE IN SIGHT UNLESS REQUIRED 4HIS IS ALL A PART OF .ORWICHRISTMAS THE #ITY S &ESTIVE &AYRE WHICH IS RUNNING FROM RD TH $E CEMBER AND IS BASICALLY .OR WICH #OUNCIL PULLING UP ITS WOOLLY STOCKINGS )T PROMISES OVER #HRISTMAS THEMED STALLS IN .ORWICH #ITY #ENTRE

AND THE CUSTOMARY ICE RINK OUTSIDE 4HE &ORUM /NCE YOU RE COLD AND WET FROM THAT POP INSIDE AND LET 4HE #OMEDY 3TORE CHEER YOU UP ON THE TH n TH (EADLIN ING IS (AL #RUTTENDON 0ETE *OHANSSON *O #AULlELD AND *ACK 7HITEHALL .ORWICH CITY IS BOUND TO BE JAM PACKED ANYWAY WITH #HRISTMAS SHOPPERS TO TAKE FULL ADVAN TAGE OF THIS #HAPELlELD IS OPEN UNTIL PM ON 4HURS DAYS AND PM EVERY OTHER DAY THROUGHOUT $ECEMBER .OT TO BE OUTDONE #ASTLE

-ALL STAYS OPEN UNTIL PM ON 4HURSDAYS AND PM EVERY OTHER NIGHT IN $ECEMBER 4HURSDAYS IT IS THEN )F YOUR SHOPPING TASTES ARE A LITTLE MORE ECLECTIC OR YOU NEED CONSTANT REFRESH MENT AS YOU SHOP THEN MAY BE ONE OF THE #HRISTMAS MAR KETS WILL BE MORE UP YOUR CHIMNEY 'RESSENHALL PLAYS HOST TO A S 3ANTA S 'ROT TO AND HOMECOOKING FROM TH TH $RAGON (ALL IS HOME TO A CRAFTY MARKET WITH FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS IN THE COURTYARD ON TH n TH AND .ORWICH #ATHEDRAL S MARKET TH n TH COMES WITH MULLED WINE MINSTRELS AND MEDIEVAL ENTERTAINERS AND HISTORICAL ARTEFACTS FROM THE PAST YEARS !LL FOR A TID DLY a )F THAT DOESN T FULlL YOUR 1UIRK 1UOTA THEN THE .OR WICH !RTS #ENTRE IS RELIABLY ON HAND %NJOY A BAND EX TRAVAGANZA AT THE (OWLBACK (UM #HRISTMAS 'IG PLUS 4HE 3MALL 7ORLD OF .ORWICH AT ,ARGE FEATURING 2ORY -C6IC AR &EVER &EVER "EN 'RIZZLY

"AMBI 'ET /VER )T AND 4HE -IDDLE /NES "UT SERIOUSLY

WHAT S #HRISTMAS WITHOUT PANTOMIME )F YOU DON T SEE A MAN IN DRAG ON STAGE AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR THEN CON

SIDER THAT YEAR A FAILURE 3KIP ALONG TO THE .ORWICH 4HEA TRE 2OYAL FOR 3NOW 7HITE AND THE 3EVEN $WARFS TH n TH *AN STARRING #AITLIN 3TASEY THAT ONE OFF .EIGH BOURS AND 4HE 3LEEPOVER #LUB .OT THAT YOU VE SEEN EITHER AND /BLIVION FROM 'LADIATORS 3TEPHEN &RY IS ALSO MAKING A @VIRTUAL AP PEARANCE IN THE FORM OF THE -AGIC -IRROR 4HE .ORWICH 0UPPET 4HEATRE S PANTO THIS YEAR IS #INDERELLA BUT RATHER EXCITINGLY THEY ARE ALSO RUN NING A #HRISTMAS #HARACTER 0UPPET -AKING 7ORKSHOP ON THE RD $ECEMBER 3O THERE YOU HAVE IT $ON T EVER SAY THAT THERE S NOTHING GOING ON IN .OR WICH ESPECIALLY AT #HRIST MAS TIME "UT WHEN YOUR EMPLOYER ASKS WHETHER YOU HAVE A DEGREE YOU CAN SAY

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Ç°F 0MZNQJDT -FHBDZ PS -JBCJMJUZ 4HIS YEAR WE WITNESSED THE MOST SPECTACULAR AND EXPENSIVE /LYMPIC 'AMES OF ALL TIME IN "EI JING AND IN UNDER FOUR YEARS TIME THE 'AMES WILL BE COMING TO ,ONDON 2ACHEL #ONQUER DIS CUSSES WHETHER RECENT /LYMPIC 'AMES HAVE BEEN A LEGACY OR A LIABILITY TO THEIR HOST CITIES ,ONDON EVERYONE HAS AN OPINION ABOUT IT -ANY OF THE PROPOSALS PUT FORWARD FOR THE 'AMES HAVE BEEN MET WITH RAISED EYEBROWS AND QUESTIONS OVER ITS NECES SITY AND IN PARTICULAR ITS COST 7HETHER THE PUBLIC BELIEVE THAT IT IS AN HONOUR TO HAVE THE /LYMPICS TAKE PLACE IN THE CAPITAL OF %NGLAND OR NOT

THEY STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT )T IS COSTING THE TAX PAYER BILLIONS OF POUNDS FOR THE /LYMPICS TO COME TO ,ONDON AND DE SPITE THE FACT THAT WE ARE CON STANTLY BEING TOLD THAT IT WILL BE AN EVENT TO REMEMBER AN INVESTMENT IN THE LONG TERM AND WILL CREATE A LEGACY FOR FU TURE GENERATIONS HOW MUCH CAN WE REALLY BELIEVE THIS )N THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CLIMATE AND WHEN LOOKING BACK AT SOME OF @THE LEGACIES OF PAST /LYMPIC GAMES IS THIS REALLY TRUE #AN WE EXPECT TO SEE THE COUNTRY REAP THE BENElTS OF THE 'AMES COMING TO US OR WILL WE lND THAT THE MONEY COULD HAVE BEEN PUT TO MUCH BETTER USE )N THE /LYMPIC 'AMES TOOK PLACE IN !THENS

THE CAPITAL OF 'REECE IT WAS THE 'AMES IN WHICH 0AULA 2ADCLIFFE COULDN T lNISH THE MARATHON AND -ATTHEW 0IN SENT BROKE DOWN IN TEARS AF TER WINNING HIS FOURTH 'OLD MEDAL FOR 'REAT "RITAIN IN THE ROWING )T ALSO AS ALWAYS HAD A SPECTACULAR OPENING CER EMONY THAT SET THE BAR EVEN HIGHER FOR THE NEXT /LYMPICS

WHICH TOOK PLACE THIS SUMMER IN "EIJING (OWEVER AS MANY FORGET IT IS NOT ONLY WHAT THE /LYMPICS PROVIDE DURING THE TIME IN WHICH THE 'AMES TAKE PLACE BUT THE TIME THAT FOLLOWS IT "Y LOOKING AT WHAT THE 'AMES HAS PROVIDED THE CAPITAL OF 'REECE SINCE ITS DEPARTURE FOUR YEARS AGO THE /LYMPIC #OMMITTEE CAN SEE WHERE ,ONDON MIGHT BE IN EIGHT YEARS TIME IT ALSO PRO VIDES AN IDEA FOR ,ONDONERS ON HOW MUCH THEY WILL GET OUT OF HAVING THE /LYMPICS COME TO THEM -ANY POSITIVE DEVELOP MENTS WERE MADE TO !THENS AFTER IT HAD BEEN ANNOUNCED

THAT THE CITY WOULD HOLD THE PRESTIGIOUS EVENT .EW TRANSPORT LINKS WERE CREATED AND IMPROVEMENTS MADE TO PROVIDE BETTER ACCESS TO NOT ONLY THE CAPITAL ITSELF BUT THE

LEGACY AS IT WILL PROVIDE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE

PARTICULARLY YOUNG PEOPLE TO GET INTO SPORT (OWEVER WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WAY IN WHICH SOME OF THE VENUES IN !THENS

VENUES ACROSS THE CITY THESE INCLUDED A NEW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PROVIDING EASY AC CESS TO !THENS FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD AS WELL AS A NEW RAILWAY SYSTEM LINKING SUBURBAN TOWNS TO THE CITY .EW FACILITIES WERE ALSO BUILT TO ACCOMMODATE THE 'AMES AND ALL THE WEIRD AND WACKY SPORTS THAT COME WITH IT )T IS THIS PARTICULAR FEATURE THAT IS BEING EMPHASISED AS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT WILL COME OUT OF THE ,ONDON /LYMPICS AND THAT WILL HELP CREATE @THE

ARE NOW BEING USED IT DOES LEAD TO SOME SPECULATION OVER WHETHER THIS WILL IN FACT HAPPEN 4HERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT THE FACT THAT MANY PLACES CRE ATED IN !THENS FOR THE 'AMES ARE BEING USED IN A WAY THAT IS BENElTTING THE COMMU NITY OME VENUES ARE USED AS THE HOME OF VARIOUS SPORTING TEAMS AND OTHERS AS ENTER TAINMENT ARENAS OR HOUSING FOR PEOPLE ON LOW INCOME

PARTICULARLY THE /LYMPIC 6IL LAGE WHICH IS NOW HOME TO

PEOPLE (OWEVER THERE ARE OTHER SITES WHICH HAVE FALLEN INTO DISREPAIR AND ARE THEREFORE STILL COSTING THE PEOPLE OF !THENS MILLIONS OF POUNDS DESPITE NOT EVEN BE ING USED 4HIS BEGS THE QUES TION WILL ,ONDON HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM ONCE HAS BEEN AND GONE !LTHOUGH IT WILL HOPEFULLY BE A SPECTACU LAR MEMORABLE OCCASION

SURELY IT IS NOT WORTHWHILE IF

ON THE ENVIRONMENT !S WE ARE TRYING TO BECOME A MORE ECO FRIENDLY NATION THIS IS SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO CON SIDER /NE POINT THAT WAS MADE ABOUT THE /LYM PICS WAS THE FACT THAT SO MUCH PAPER WAS USED WHEN REPORTS COULD HAVE BEEN PROCESSED ELECTRONICALLY !NOTHER WAS THAT PARTS OF THE COUNTRYSIDE WERE DESTROYED DURING THE PROCESS OF BUILDING SOME OF

THE COUNTRY DOES NOT GET ANY THING BACK FROM THE MONEY AND EFFORT THAT IS PUT INTO MAKING A SUCCESSFUL /LYMPIC 'AMES HAPPEN !NOTHER THING THAT HAS BECOME APPARENT FROM THE !THENS 'AMES IS THE EFFECT THAT THE /LYMPICS CAN HAVE

THE VENUES IN !THENS 4HIS IS NOT HAPPENING IN ,ONDON

ALTHOUGH MANY PEOPLE WERE FORCED OUT OF THEIR HOMES AND BUSINESSES TO MAKE WAY FOR THE /LYMPIC SITE )S THIS FAIR ESPECIALLY IF THEY DO NOT EVEN WANT THE /LYMPICS )N A ""# .EWS INTERNET VOTE

OF PARTICIPANTS SAID THAT THEY DO NOT THINK THE LEGACY OF THE /LYMPICS IS WORTH THE COST ARE THEY JUSTIlED IN THIS RESPONSE OR CAN THEY NOT SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE 4HE 3YDNEY /LYMPIC 'AMES WHICH TOOK PLACE IN

PROVIDES A FABULOUS INSIGHT INTO HOW ,ONDON CAN MAKE GREAT USE OF THE FACILITIES THAT ARE BUILT IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE 'AMES 4HE /LYMPIC 6ILLAGE HAS BEEN MADE INTO A REAL COMMUNITY WITH SHOPS AND SCHOOLS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE 4HE AREA ON WHICH THE MAIN /LYMPIC SITE WAS BUILT WAS WASTELAND BE FORE THE 'AMES AND HAS NOW BEEN MADE MORE USEFUL TO THE CITY AND STADIUMS AND VENUES ARE BEING USED FOR SPORTING AND ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS 4HIS ALL SHOWS THAT IF EVERYTHING THAT IS MADE FOR ,ONDON IS USED EFFEC TIVELY AFTER THE 'AMES HAVE LEFT THE #ITY THEN IT REALLY CAN CREATE A LEGACY FOR FUTURE GEN ERATIONS .OBODY CAN DENY THAT WHEN THE 'AMES COME TO ,ONDON IT WILL PROBABLY BE A SPECTACULAR EVENT THAT WILL BRING THE COUNTRY TOGETHER AND MAKE HISTORY 7ITH THE AMAZING SUCCESS THAT "RITAIN HAD IN THE "EIJING 'AMES THIS SUMMER COMING FOURTH IN THE MEDALS TABLE WITH GOLD MEDALS IT COULD BE EVEN BETTER IN FOUR YEARS TIME 7ITH THIS PROSPECT ALONG WITH THE ABILITY TO WATCH THE 'AMES LIVE AND CHEER ON OUR SPORTING HEROES ON OUR OWN TURF AS WELL AS THE IMPROVE MENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING THROUGH THE PREPARATION FOR THE 'AMES

IT PROMISES TO BE A GREAT /L YMPICS $ESPITE ALL THIS THE /LYMPIC #OMMITTEE NEED TO LOOK AT ALL PAST /LYMPIC 'AMES SO THAT MISTAKES THAT WERE MADE ARE LEARNED FROM AND TO ENSURE THAT THE MONEY THAT TAX PAYERS ARE INVESTING IN THIS EVENT IS MADE THE MOST OF SO THAT IT BENElTS THE COM MUNITY FOR YEARS TO COME )F THIS HAPPENS THEN SURELY IT WILL BE WORTH THE MONEY

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CONCRETE TRAVEL UEA AC UK

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3EASONAL WORK IN %NGLAND CAN PUT PENNIES IN THE BANK FOR TERM TIME BUT IF YOU RE IN SEARCH OF SOMETHING MORE THRILLING WHY NOT TRY SEASONAL HOLIDAY WORK ABROAD

"RITTANY A REGION OF NORTH WESTERN &RANCE MOST FAMOUSLY KNOWN BY THE &RENCH FOR ITS RAIN DRIZZLE MIST

AND FOG -AYBE THEY CALLED IT "RIT TANY FOR A REASON IT SOUNDS FAMIL IARLY LIKE OUR FAIR ISLE AND WASN T EXACTLY WHERE ) HAD IN MIND FOR SEASONAL WORK 4HOSE SEASONAIRES OUT THERE WHO HAVE WORKED ON THE SLOPES ON -ONT "LANC OR THE 0LAGE DE 0AMPELLONE OF 3T 4ROPEZ AND HAVE EXPERIENCED THE LIFESTYLE OF MY TALE WILL KNOW THAT "RITTANY ISN T EVER A lRST CHOICE (OWEVER THE SUMMER THAT WOULD FOLLOW WOULD BE ONE OF THE BEST SATISFYING AND SUNNY EXPERIENCES OF MY LIFE #ANVAS (OLIDAYS SPECIALISE IN %UROPEAN CAMPING HOLIDAYS &OR THOSE WHO HAVE ONLY EVER STAYED IN HOTELS ON PACKAGE HOLIDAYS AN EX PLANATION MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THE SPECIlC @CAMPING #ANVAS PROVIDES /N HUNDREDS OF CAMPSITES ACROSS %UROPE COMPANIES LIKE #ANVAS IN STALL AND MAINTAIN mEETS OF MOBILE HOMES ELABORATE CARAVANS TO ME AND YOU 4HIS SORT OF HOLIDAY AT TRACTS A VERY DIFFERENT SORT OF PEOPLE TO THOSE BOOKING INTO 4HE (OTEL "IG IN -AJORCA OR A TWO WEEK LAD S HOLIDAY VOMITING AROUND THE -EDI TERRANEAN EQUIVALENT OF "ROMLEY TOWN CENTRE 4HE MARKET IS FOCUSED AROUND FAMILIES ALTHOUGH THIS FORM OF HOLIDAYING IS DYING OUT IN NORTH ERN &RANCE THANKS TO GLOBAL WARM ING .EVERTHELESS A TENT IN A FOREST

MILES FROM ANY TOWN WOULD BE MY HOME FOR THREE MONTHS ) WOULD BE LIVING ON THE STUN

NING SOUTH COAST NEAR THE PARTY TOWN OF #ARNAC WEDGED SOME WHERE IN BETWEEN THE TRADITIONAL CENTRES OF THIS REGION OF &RANCE

.ANTES AND 2ENNES 4HE REGION OF "RITTANY OR "RETAGNE AS THE &RENCH SAY WAS CALLED -ORBIHAN 4HE AREA WHICH HAD SO FAMOUSLY CAPTURED -ONET S IMAGINATION OVER A HUN DRED YEARS AGO WAS TO BE MY HOME FROM HOME 4HOSE READERS WHO ARE FROM #ORNWALL WOULD HAVE A LOT MORE IN COMMON WITH THE PEOPLE OF "RETAGNE THAN THEY MIGHT THINK "RITTANY HAS A RICH CULTURE THAT OTHER PARTS OF &RANCE LOST AFTER THE REVOLU TION AND THE DAWN OF THE TH CEN TURY )TS #ELTIC PAST IS STILL VERY MUCH

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ALL DAY AND ALL NIGHT LONG )NDEED THE AREA IS ALIVE WITH HISTORY PARTS OF THE HEADLAND OF

1UIBERON LOOK MUCH THE SAME AS THEY MUST HAVE DONE YEARS AGO WHEN THE .AZIS ERECTED HUGE DE FENSIVE CONCRETE BASTIONS TO GUARD AGAINST INVASION /NLY A MILE OR TWO NORTH HUGE ROCK FORMATIONS MADE THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO STAND AMAZINGLY UNDISTURBED FOLLOWING PERFECT MAGNETIC LINES #ARNAC HOW EVER IS VERY MUCH A HOLIDAY TOWN

WITH ITS MAIN STRIP MORE RESEMBLING A &LORIDA BEACH TOWN THAN A TRADI TIONAL &RENCH VILLE 4HROUGH THE MONTHS OF *ULY AND !UGUST THE LIT TLE BOUTIQUES AND ALLEYS SWARM WITH STUNNING &RENCH MEN AND WOMEN ON HOLIDAY ! PLACE WHERE THE FASH IONABLE LITTLE SHOPS STAY OPEN PAST MIDNIGHT AND THE BARS NEVER CLOSE

IT IS RIFE WITH EGOTISM HEDONISM AND GENERAL &RENCH MERRY MAK ING UNTIL THE SUN RISES SHIMMERING ACROSS THE !TLANTIC 7ORKING SIX DAYS A WEEK SA VOURING EVERY DAY OFF FROM CLEANING AND CATERING TO THOSE MOST PEDANTIC OF %NGLISH TOURISTS AND SPENDING EVERY SUNNY SUMMER EVENING AT THE BEACH FOR THREE MONTHS ALLOWS YOU TO BECOME AT HOME WITH THE PEO PLE AND THE COUNTRY IN A WAY TRAVEL LING DOESN T 9OU NO LONGER FEEL LIKE A TOURIST AND START TO EMULATE THE GENERAL DISTASTE FOR HOLIDAYMAK ERS THAT EVERY SO OFTEN APPEARS IN THE SMIRK OF A LOCAL COLOURFUL SHOP OWNER 4HE NATURE OF THE JOB MEANS THAT THE PEOPLE YOU MEET WILL PROB ABLY BE THE MOST INTERESTING PEO PLE YOU LL EVER MEET IN ONE PLACE 3EASONAIRES ARE A STRANGE BUNCH

SPENDING MONTHS AWAY FROM HOME GETTING PAID NEXT TO NOTHING MAY NOT MAKE MUCH SENSE BUT THE EX PERIENCES ARE USUALLY SOME OF THE BEST ANYONE COULD WISH FOR (AVING NEVER LIVED AWAY FROM HOME BEFORE

LIVING IN A TENT FOR THREE MONTHS IN A DIFFERENT COUNTRY CERTAINLY MADE FRESHER S WEEK PRETTY EASY IN COM PARISON !NYONE WANTING TO LIVE THE 3EASONAIRE S DREAM CAN WORK SUM MER OR SKI SEASONS IT S A GREAT STU DENT JOB IN BETWEEN STUDYING ONE THIS REPORTER HIGHLY RECOMMENDS -ARC &ARRANT

!RHUS $ENMARK VERY FEW HAVE HEARD OF IT BUT IF YOU RE PLANNING A TRIP UP NORTH IT SHOULD BE ON YOUR ITINERARY $ENMARK IS NOT GENERALLY ON THE RADAR FOR STUDENT TRAVEL AS IT IS QUITE EXPENSIVE BUT WITH CHEAP mIGHTS FROM 3TANSTED a RETURN WITH 2YAN!IR IT REALLY IS SOME WHERE EVERYONE SHOULD VISIT AND CHEAPLY $ENMARK IS FAMOUS FOR ITS 6I KING HISTORY AND CONSIDERING !ARHUS CLAIMS TO BE THE OLDEST CITY IN 3CAN DINAVIA YOU WON T LEAVE FEELING DISHEARTENED IF YOU LIKE HISTORY 4HE -OESGARD -USEUM IS JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY AND HOUSES THE 'RAUBALLE -AN THE RATHER GRUESOME BEST PRESERVED BOG BODY IN THE WORLD

ALONG WITH RECONSTRUCTED 6IKING FARMS )F YOU VE HAD ENOUGH OF THE 6IKINGS BUT NOT HISTORY IT MIGHT BE AN IDEA TO VISIT $EN 'AMLE "Y THE OLD TOWN AND CHECK OUT WHAT $EN MARK WAS LIKE BETWEEN THE S AND S !ARHUS ISN T ALL ABOUT HISTORY BUT IT WOULD BE A DISAP POINTING TRIP IF THE 7OMEN S -U SEUM ALONG WITH THE IMPRESSIVE $ANISH -USEUM FOR THE (ISTORY AND 3CIENCE AND -EDICINE WEREN T VISITED 4HE $ANES HAVE MASTERED THE MUSEUM SO EVEN IF YOU THINK YOU DON T LIKE MUSEUMS MOST ARE INTERACTIVE IN SOME WAY AND ARE AC TUALLY INTERESTING AND ENJOYABLE !ARHUS IS ALSO HOME TO THREE ART

MUSEUMS A THRILLING AMUSEMENT PART 4IVOLI &RIHEDEN AND A GOR GEOUS COAST LINE WITH BREATHTAKING WALKS NEXT TO THE CHILLING SEA /N ANY VISIT TO !ARHUS IT IS BEST TO BUY AN !ARHUS#ARD WHICH LASTS FOR UP TO HOURS ALLOWING YOU UN LIMITED TRAVEL ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT

FREE OR DISCOUNTED ENTRY TO MUSE UMS AS WELL AS CHEAP DINNERS AND COCKTAILS !ND WE ALL KNOW STUDENTS

LOVE A BARGAIN ESPECIALLY WHEN FOOD AND DRINK ARE INVOLVED 4HE CITY IS BUSTLING WITH YOUNG ATTRAC TIVE $ANES WINING AND DINING IN AN ATMOSPHERE THAT COMPETES WITH SOME OF %UROPE S LARGER COSMOPOLI TAN CITIES SO DON T LET SIZE DETER YOU SOMETIMES SMALLER REALLY IS BET TER $ENMARK RANKS AS THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH AND ONCE YOU VISIT YOU CERTAINLY SEE WHY !RHUS OFFERS SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY 9OU LL END UP WANTING TO VISIT OVER AND OVER AGAIN &IONA (OWARD

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-ANY STUDENTS WILL BE TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY THIS HOLIDAY TO GO ON A WINTER BREAK BE IT WITH FAMILY OR FRIENDS (OWEVER IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT YOU PREPARE PROPERLY AS AN ESTIMAT ED ONE IN TEN "RITISH SKIERS SUFFERS AN INJURY ON THE SLOPES ACCORDING TO !MERICAN %XPRESS AND WITHOUT THE CORRECT TRAVEL INSURANCE IN PLACE THE DAMAGE COULD BE CRITICAL ON THE WALLET TOO !S PART OF ITS @+NOW "EFORE 9OU 'O CAMPAIGN THE &OREIGN AND #OMMONWEALTH /FlCE &#/ IS URGING SKIERS AND SNOWBOARDERS TO BE BETTER PREPARED AND PARTICULARLY TO KNOW THE DANGERS OF DRINKING ON THE PISTE !LICE $RAPER AT THE &#/ SAID h7INTER SPORTS HOLIDAYS ARE REALLY POPULAR WITH YOUNG PEOPLE BUT MANY DON T REALISE THAT ALCOHOL CAN AFFECT YOU MORE AT HIGH ALTITUDE AND IF YOU INJURE YOURSELF WHILE UNDER

THE INmUENCE IT IS VERY LIKELY YOUR INSURANCE POLICY WILL BE INVALID 4HIS COULD MEAN HIGH COSTS n IF YOU BREAK A LEG ON THE !LPS A TRIP IN AN AIR AMBULANCE AND TREATMENT COULD SET YOU BACK a v !LICE CONTINUED h!S SKIING CAN BE FOUND ALL OVER THE WORLD IT S ALSO IMPORTANT TO RESEARCH THE COUNTRY YOU RE VISITING &OR EXAMPLE MANY "RITS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE GREAT DEALS THAT CAN BE FOUND ON WINTER SPORTS HOLIDAYS TO !NDORRA BUT FEW REALISE THAT THE TINY PRINCIPALITY IS NOT A FULL MEMBER OF THE %5 WHICH MEANS THAT THE %UROPEAN (EALTH )NSURANCE #ARD %()# IS NOT VALID 7HILE COMPREHENSIVE INSURANCE IS ESSENTIAL IN EVERY COUNTRY WITHOUT IN !NDORRA YOU WILL BE ENTITLED TO NO UPFRONT MEDICAL COVER AT ALL IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT v -ANY OF US ARE LURED INTO THAT AMAZING a INSURANCE BUT READ THE SMALL PRINT AS IT IS NOT LIKELY TO COV ER YOU FOR MORE DANGEROUS WINTER SPORTS PURSUITS 3O HAVE FUN WITH OUT THE WORRY PREPARE PROPERLY 9OU CAN lND MORE INFO ABOUT THE COUNTRY YOU RE VISITING AT WWW FCO GO UK TRAVEL AS WELL AS HINTS GAMES AND COMPETITIONS AT WWW GOGAPY EAR COM *AMES "ILLINGS

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%P B MJUUMF EJąFSFOU %SBNB4PD QMBZT XJUI %FWJBOU 4PDJFUZ NBOZ QBSUT 4HE 3OCIETY EVOLVED FROM THE 5%! 'AMES 3OCIETY SOME YEARS AGO WITH THE PURPOSE OF CREATING A SOCIETY WHICH WOULD CATER FOR FANS OF 'OTH

)NDUSTRIAL AND -ETAL MUSIC 0OSSIBLY DUE TO THE SOCIETY S

ROOTS $EVIANT SOC HAS CAR RIED WITH IT THE LABEL OF AN @%LITIST SOCIETY A SOCIETY WITH AN @ALL BLACK DRESS CODE A VIEW WHICH COULDN T BE ANY FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH /VER

THE LAST lVE YEARS THE 5%! $EVIANT 3OCIETY HAS EVOLVED AND BROADENED ITS APPEAL TO CATER TO FANS OF EVERY SUB

GENRE OF ALTERNATIVE MUSIC INCLUDING 2OCK -ETAL 0UNK

(ARDCORE 'OTH )NDUSTRIAL

%"- AND EVEN "LUES .OW MORE THAN EVER THERE IS LESS EMPHASIS ON HOW YOU DRESS OR JUST WHAT KIND OF ALTERNA

TIVE MUSIC YOU LISTEN TO THE ONE THING THAT ALL MEMBERS HAVE IN COMMON IS THAT THEY LIKE TO PARTY AND LISTEN TO MUSICx LOUDLY )N THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THE 3OCIETY HAS CONTINUED TO GROW IN MEMBERS AND THIS INTAKE HAS ALLOWED IT TO CONTINUE TO ORGANISE MORE AND MORE EVENTS 4HE 3OCIETY HOLDS IT OWN BI MONTHLY AL TERNATIVE CLUB NIGHT ENTITLED $%6)!4% AT (ADES "AR ON 0RINCE OF 7ALES 2OAD THE GREAT THING ABOUT $%6)!4% IS THAT EVERY PAID UP MEM BER IS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO $* !LONGSIDE $%6)!4% THE SOCIETY ALSO ORGANISES REGULAR PUB CRAWLS WHICH ARE KEPT INTERESTING EVERY TIME THROUGH DIFFERENT ROUTES AND DIFFERENT THEMES /VER THE LAST TWO YEARS THE 3OCIETY HAS ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH THE 1UEEN

#HARLOTTE TO ORGANISE LIVE MUSIC NIGHTS GIVING THOSE MEMBERS IN BANDS OR WITH MUSICAL PROJECTS A GOOD OP PORTUNITY TO GET ON STAGE AND PERFORM IN .ORWICH 4HIS YEAR THE 3OCIETY FOUNDED

4HE 5%! $RAMA3OC SEEKS TO OFFER ITS MEMBERS AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THEATRE AS POSSIBLE 7E ARE PROUD TO CATER FOR ALL INTER ESTS AND TO CATER FOR EVERY BODY FROM BEGINNERS RIGHT UP TO THE MOST EXPERIENCED &ROM ACTING TO PRODUCING

FROM DIRECTING TO DESIGNING

FROM TEACHING TO WATCHING DRAMA THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO GET INVOLVED IN ONE OF THE MOST INCLUSIVE SOCIETIES AT 5%!

7HILE $RAMA3OC CONTIN UES TO MAKE PLAY MAKING ITS PRIMARY OBJECTIVE LAST YEAR OUR CALENDAR HELD SIX FULL SCALE PRODUCTIONS IN A VARI ETY OF VENUES RECENTLY THE SOCIETY HAS DIVERSIlED INTO OTHER AREAS 4HE $RAMA3OC RADIO SHOW GOES LIVE ON ,IVEWIRE !- EVERY WEEK ON 3UNDAY AT n PM 4HIS IS ANOTHER FANTASTIC OP PORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE NEW WRITING PERFORM A HUGELY WIDE RANGING SELECTION OF PIECES AND @INTERVIEW FA 5%! $EVIANT ,IVE A 0RO MOUS PLAYWRIGHTS n WE VE MOTIONS COMPANY AIMED AT EVEN HAD 3HAKESPEARE ON PUTTING ON MORE LIVE MUSIC IN .ORWICH AND SHOWCASING A VARIETY OF LOCAL AND NON LO CAL BANDS )F YOU SHARE SOME INTER EST IN ALTERNATIVE MUSIC AND LOVE TO SOCIALISE WHY NOT

THE SHOW /UR ANNUAL FESTIVAL @$I VERSIFY IS A BRILLIANT SHOW CASE OF THE SOCIETY AT WORK (ERE $RAMA3OC SEEKS TO PROMOTE NEW WRITING WHILST OFFERING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS TO TRY THEIR HAND AT SOMETHING NEW DIRECTING

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.

ORWICH IS A CITY WITH THE FEEL OF A TOWN NOT BE CAUSE OF SIZE BUT GENU INELY BECAUSE OF FEELING #ITIES ARE ANONYMOUS THEY ARE GREAT HULK ING MASSES OF METAL AND CONCRETE IN WHICH /RWELLIAN ANTS CONJUGATE AND REPOPULATE AD INlNITUM )N .ORWICH YOU ARE NOT AN ANT YOU ARE A PERSON AND ) HAD SPENT THE AFTER NOON IN THE "IRDCAGE WITH TWO SUCH PEOPLE BOTH OF DUBIOUS CHARACTER ONE WAS DRINKING #RÒME DE -ENTHE AND THE OTHER SOME KIND OF BRANDY 7E DISCUSSED THE COMEBACK OF SEV ENTIES STYLE DRINKS $AISY ,OWE AND WHETHER OR NOT DATING IS ACTUALLY ANY FUN 5NDER THE INmUENCE OF THE "IRDCAGE S GREEN NEON SIGN AND HAV ING MADE VERY LITTLE IN THE WAY OF SOLID CONCLUSIONS WE SEPARATED AND BRAVED THE COLD 7EDNESDAY AIR )T WAS EARLY WHEN ) ARRIVED AT )TALIA .OSTRA AND IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT THEY WERE STILL PREPARING FOR THE EVENING AHEAD 4HERE WAS ONLY ONE CHEF ON DUTY THAT EVENING BUT HE TOOK THE TIME TO COME OVER WITH THE WAITRESS AND TALK WITH ME ABOUT THE MENU IT DID NOT FEEL FORCED AND THEY WERE BOTH GENUINELY INTERESTED

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AND PROUD OF THE HOME MADE NA TURE OF THE COOKING ) SETTLED ON THE FRIED CALAMARI STARTER AND A MIXED SEAFOOD AND BACON PASTA FOR MY MAIN #ALAMARI FOR ME CAN REPRESENT A BENCHMARK OF GOOD COOKING IT CAN SO OFTEN BE RUBBERY AND IF THE BATTER IS NOT HOMEMADE IT CAN BE SOGGY AND HOR RIBLE 4HIS WAS NOT SO AT )TALIA .OSTRA WHERE THE BATTER WAS CRUMBLY AND FRESH AND THE CALAMARI HAD A BITE 4HE TARTARE SAUCE THAT ACCOMPANIED WAS GOOEY AND SOFT NOT SHARP AND COLOURLESS LIKE MANY OF ITS READY MADE CONTEMPORARIES "Y THIS POINT SOME OTHER CUSTOMERS HAD COME IN AND ) HAD LOST MY ROLE AS THE SOLE DEVOTEE BUT THESE OTHER CUSTOMERS DID NOT HINDER THE WAITRESS WHO WAS STILL ATTENTIVE AND BROUGHT ME A GLASS OF DRY HOUSE WHITE AND A JUG

OF WATER 4HE MAIN FOLLOWED QUICKLY AND WAS KING PRAWNS MUSSELS BABY PRAWNS AND BACON IN A WHITE WINE SAUCE 7ITH HOME MADE FOOD YOU CAN T GO FAR WRONG WITH GOOD IN GREDIENTS AND AS A DISH THE MAIN COURSE WORKED VERY WELL MY ONLY SLIGHT COMPLAINT WOULD BE THAT IT WAS A LITTLE BUTTERY NOT NECESSARILY A BAD THING BUT IT CAN JUST TAKE AWAY A LITTLE FROM THE DELICATE NATURE OF THE WINE SAUCE 3IPPING AT MY DELI CIOUSLY BLACK AND BITTER ESPRESSO ) LOOKED AROUND AT THE DÏCOR OF )TALIA .OSTRA AND FELT AS IF ) HAD BEEN HERE BEFORE #ONTINENTAL RESTAURANTS EXIST IN THEIR THOUSANDS ALL OVER THE WORLD

WE LIKE THEM BECAUSE THEY REMIND US OF OUR HOLIDAYS SPENT IN THE SUN

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ANY WORK IT S A FAKE #HRISTMAS )N THE MAGICAL WORLD OF 3ANTA AND 2EINDEER ESSAYS DO NOT EXIST 4HEN GET DOWN TO 0OUNDLAND TO DECORATE THE PLACE ON THE CHEAP ESPECIALLY IF YOU RE LIVING IN HALLS AS IT S ONLY SO OFTEN THEY LL ACTUALLY LET YOU PUT THINGS ON THE KITCHEN WALLS !LSO IF YOU CAN ARRANGE A 3ECRET 3ANTA IT S ALWAYS FUN AND YOU LL BE SURPRISED

BY HOW WELL YOUR mATMATES KNOW YOU !S FOR THE FOOD LAST YEAR IN A mAT OF WE ALL PUT a IN EACH AND HAD LOADS 3EE IF ANYONE HAS A SPECIAL ITY THEY D LIKE TO MAKE BUT BEAR IN MIND IF YOU RE COOKING A TURKEY IN THE MICROWAVE OVENS ON CAMPUS

YOU RE GOING TO WANT MOST THINGS COOKED ON THE HOB !N EASY WAY TO GET THE DAY GOING IS TO GRAB A SELECTION BOX OF STARTERS FROM )CELAND FOR ABOUT a WE HAD 4EX -EX NOT PARTICULARLY #HRIST MASSY BUT STILL TASTY CRACK OPEN SOME WINE OR MORE PRECISELY UN SCREW A BOTTLE AND HAVE A CHAT OR PLAY SOME GAMES 7HILST WE DIDN T QUITE GET TO THE FAMILY CRINGE WOR THY STYLE #HARADES GAMES WE SAT AROUND BEING KIDS AGAIN DRAWING CARICATURES OF EACH OTHER OR DRAWING #HRISTMAS CARTOONS IF YOU RE GOING TO AVOID WORK YOU MIGHT AS WELL DO IT PROPERLY /NTO THE ACTUAL FOOD 4HERE S

LOADS OF WAYS TO CHEAT AND MAKE IT EASIER 2EADY MADE ROAST POTATOES FROM THE FROZEN SECTION AS WELL AS PEAS AND OTHER FROZEN VEG 3TUFlNG STRAIGHT OUT OF THE BOX ALTHOUGH IF YOU WANT TO MAKE IT MORE AUTHEN TIC ADD SOME OF THE JUICES FROM THE TURKEY IS AN EASY MAKE AS WELL AS INSTANT GRAVY #RANBERRY AND OTHER SAUCES ARE EASY TO GET !ND lNISH OFF WITH SOME READY BOUGHT MINCE PIES WARMED BRIEmY IN THE OVEN WITH A CHOICE OF CUSTARD CREAM OR ICE CREAM %ASY AND CHEAP ESPECIALLY IF YOU RE SHOPPING IN -ORRISONS )CE LAND OR !SDA 4HERE IS A BIG WORRY ABOUT THE PRICE OF TURKEYS THIS YEAR WHAT WITH ALL THAT CREDIT CRUNCHING SO HAVE A LOOK AROUND DIFFERENT PLACES 7E WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE SOME VOUCHERS FOR -ARKS AND 3PENCER

MEANING WE HAD TWO READY STUFFED TURKEYS MAKING EVERYTHING EASIER "EAR IN MIND IF IT IS TOO EXPENSIVE

YOU CAN GET STUFFED TURKEY JOINTS ON OFFER OR SIMPLY GET CHICKEN #OOKING TOGETHER WITH YOUR FRIENDS IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ES PECIALLY WHEN YOU RE ARGUING OVER THE MUSIC AND DRINKING TOGETHER SO GET ORGANISED AND GIVE IT A TRY )F IT DOESN T WORK OUT HAVE A LAUGH AND ORDER SOME #HINESE !NDI -ICHAEL

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MINUTE WALK FROM THE RAIL STATION IS THE UNDIS COVERED !MERICAN $INER :AKS IN ALL IT S PINK KITSCH GLORY :AKS $INER HAS BEEN SERVING .OR WICH RESIDENTS FOR OVER YEARS AND ON VISITING IT YOU CAN SEE HOW IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME 7ALKING IN YOU FEEL AS IF YOU VE BEEN TRANSPORTED BACK TO S 53! WITH RETRO HITS PLAYING IN THE BACK GROUND COLLEGE FOOTBALL THE !MERICAN KIND SIGNS ADORN ING THE WALL AND RED COMFY BOOTHS TO SIT IN 4HE $INER IS DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS THE DINER AREA WHERE YOU EAT AND THE SLIGHTLY S (AWAIIAN STYLE 3UNSET "AR WHERE YOU CAN KICK BACK WITH A REFRESH ING COCKTAIL LUCKILY THERE ARE NO (ARVEY 7ALBANGERS TO BE SEEN 4HE DÏCOR EVEN MAKES ITS WAY TO THE BATHROOM WITH THE AMUSING WARNING SIGN h/UR !IM IS TO KEEP THE "ATHROOM CLEAN 'ENTLEMEN 9OUR AIM WILL HELP 3TAND CLOSER IT S SHORTER THAN YOU THINK ,ADIES 0LEASE REMAIN SEATED FOR THE ENTIRE PERFORMANCE v 4HE FOOD KEEPS IN THEME AND ON lRST GLANCE YOUR CHOICES MIGHT SEEM QUITE LIMITING BUT WITH OVER TYPES OF BURGERS TO CHOOSE FROM ALONG WITH VARIOUS CHICKEN BEEF AND lSH DISHES YOU D BE MISTAKEN !LL THE BURGERS CAN BE ORDERED AS A VEGETARIAN OPTION SO THERE IS NO NEED TO WORRY ON THAT FRONT IF ONE YOU RE FRIENDS ARE lSHING FOR REASONS NOT TO VISIT )F YOU RE ON A DIET THIS MAY NOT BE BEST PLACE TO GO ALTHOUGH THEY DO OFFER LITE BITES ALONG WITH SALADS !MERICAN STARTERS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE SUCH AS POTATO SKINS AND CRAYlSH TAILS 4HE GARLIC BREAD IS JUST THE RIGHT BAL ANCE OF CRUNCHY AND SOFT AND MELTS IN YOUR MOUTH "URGERS AND THEIR ACCOMPANIMENTS ARE WHAT :AKS DOES BEST 7E SAMPLED THE # " WITH AN %GG BURGER AND THE $ES PERADO 4HE # " IS A BACON AND CHEESE BURGER AND THE $ESPERADO IS A #AJUN SPICED BURGER TOPPED WITH GUACAMOLE SALSA SOUR CREAM AND BELL PEPPER RINGS "OTH WERE INCREDIBLE AND CAME WITH VARI OUS SAUCES TO SMOTHER ON YOUR BUN 4HERE WAS ALSO A CHOICE OF POTATOES WEDGES FRIES CURLY FRIES

OR A JACKET POTATO 7E WENT FOR

WEDGES AND CURLY FRIES 4HE WEDGES WERE LARGE ENOUGH TO HOLD A DOOR OPEN AND SEASONED DELICIOUSLY 4HE CURLY FRIES WERE GOOD ENOUGH TO COMPETE WITH !RBY S AND THERE WERE ENOUGH FOR A SMALL FAMILY :AKS OFFERS ALL SORTS OF BEVERAGES FROM WINE AND COCKTAILS TO THE USUAL #OKE AND 3PRITE BUT YOU D BE FOOL TO GO TO :AKS AND NOT TRY ONE OF THEIR MILKSHAKES MADE WITH LOCAL ICE CREAM 9OU LL lND MORE THAN JUST THE TRADITIONAL STRAW BERRY VANILLA AND CHOCOLATE WITH

MANY OTHER BERRIES AS WELL 4HE RASPBERRY MILKSHAKE COMES HIGHLY RECOMMENDED !LL THE PRODUCE IS FRESH AND LOCALLY SOURCED AND OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY AND THIS CAN BE TASTED IN THE DISHES SERVED "URGERS USUALLY CONJURE UP IM AGES OF GREASY QUESTIONABLE MEAT AFTER A NIGHT OUT OR -C$ONALDS BUT AFTER A VISIT TO :AKS YOU LL NEVER SEE A BURGER IN THE SAME LIGHT AGAIN 4HE FOOD AT :AKS IS DELICIOUS THE SERVICE FRIENDLY AND EFlCIENT IT S EASY TO SEE HOW IT HAS SO MANY REGULARS AND EVEN OFFERS A LOYALTY CARD THE ONLY THING THAT MIGHT HOLD YOU BACK IS IT S SLIGHTLY OFF THE BEATEN PATH IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF 2IVERSIDE BUT IT S WELL WORTH GOING OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE FOR FOOD LIKE THIS )T S TRUE THAT BURGERS AND MILKSHAKES MAY SEEM A LITTLE ODD FOR THE #HRISTMAS SEASON BUT IF YOU RE LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE TO TWEE #HRISTMAS DIN ING :AKS IS THE PLACE HTTP WWW ZAKS UK COM &IONA (OWARD 3IMON * 6ARLEY

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Dear Betty and Ted $EAR "ETTY AND 4ED

) WOULD BE REALLY ENJOYING MY lRST YEAR IF IT WEREN T FOR ONE PROBLEM MY SISTER ,IKE ALL STUDENTS ) WANT TO ENJOY MYSELF BUT IT FEELS LIKE EVERY TIME ) GO OUT ) BUMP INTO HER 4HAT WOULDN T BE SO BAD BUT SHE KEEPS RATTING ME OUT TO OUR PARENTS )T S GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE ) DON T WANT TO GO HOME FOR #HRISTMAS AND FACE THE INQUISITION WAITING FOR ME ) WOULD TRY AND TURN THE TABLES BUT AS SHE S A THIRD YEAR AND WORKING HARD ) NEVER GET THE CHANCE (ELP ,OVE (UNGOVER $EAR (UNGOVER

9OUR lRST YEAR IS THE MOST CARE FREE AND ENJOYABLE OF UNIVERSITY AND YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO ENJOY YOUR SELF (AVING AN OLDER SIBLING AT THE SAME UNIVERSITY CAN BE PROBLEM ATIC BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OP TIONS AVAILABLE TO YOU 9OU CAN TALK TO HER IN A MATURE AND ADULT WAY ABOUT HOW UNCOM FORTABLE SHE S MAKING YOU !LTERNA TIVELY IF SHE S ALWAYS OUT WHEN YOU ARE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A DIGITAL CAMERA ON YOU 4RACK HER WHEN YOU SEE HER UNTIL SHE DOES SOME THING EMBARRASSING AND CATCH IT ON CAMERA "LACKMAIL IS AN EXCELLENT WAY OF PREVENTING STORIES OF AWK WARD MOMENTS FROM REACHING THE JUDGEMENTAL EARS OF PARENTS /THER MORE EXTREME OPTIONS INCLUDE LOW JACKING YOUR SISTER SO YOU CAN ALWAYS AVOID HER OR BECOMING SOME FORM OF HERMIT

DRINKING ALONE IN YOUR ROOM FOR DAYS ON END 4HE OPTIONS ARE REALLY WIDE OPEN FOR YOU 4ED $EAR (UNGOVER

) COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND YOUR DI LEMMA WHO WANTS THEIR PARENTS KNOWING EVERYTHING THEY GET UP TO AT UNI 9OU SAY YOU HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TURN THE TABLES

BUT IF YOU ARE SEEING HER WHEN YOU GO OUT THEN IT SEEMS SHE IS DOING JUST THE SAME AS YOU AND THEREFORE HAS NO REASON TO TELL ANYONE ANY THING 3HE SHOULD BE THE ONE IN FEAR AFTER ALL SHE SHOULD BE WORK ING HARD IN HER lNAL YEAR ) DO FEEL THAT YOU ARE OVERLOOKING ONE IM PORTANT DETAIL HOWEVER YOUR SISTER HAS A BACKLOG OF TWO YEAR S WORTH OF UNIVERSITY LIFE FOR YOU TO DISCOV ER AND THREATEN TO USE AGAINST HER

WHEREAS SHE ONLY HAS A PERIOD OF WEEKS TO DIVULGE -Y ADVICE TO YOU WOULD BE TO GO OUT AND TALK TO YOUR SISTER S MATES DISCOVER HER &RESHER S FAUX PAS AND USE THEM TO SILENCE HER AND MAKE HER PERFORM HER OLDER SISTER DUTY CORRECTLY BY STICKING UP FOR YOU "ETTY )F YOU HAVE A PROBLEM TO SHARE WITH "ETTY AND 4ED PLEASE EMAIL IT TO CONCRETE LIFESTYLE UEA AC UK

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)N OUR CONSUMERIST SOCIETY #HRISTMAS DINNER COULD BE SEEN AS THE ULTIMATE IN EXTRAVAGANCE "UT IS IT REALLY SO BAD *USTINE 7ALLIS INVESTIGATES THE SECRETS OF THE BELOVED TRADITIONAL FEAST 4HE TREE IN 4HE "LEND IS TWINKLING

THE LIGHTS ON 3T 3TEPHENS 3TREET ARE SHINING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN )T MIGHT NOT BE $ECEMBER YET BUT IT S DElNITELY STARTING TO LOOK LIKE #HRISTMAS 4HE PRECIPITATELY EARLY START OF THE FESTIVE PERIOD HAS TURNED INTO A YEARLY ANNOYANCE AS THE lRST IN APPROPRIATE SPRINKLING OF TINSEL AP PEARS EVEN BEFORE THE LAST LEAVES ARE FALLING )N FACT THE SEASON OF GOOD WILL TO ALL MEN NOW REARS ITS CHEERY HEAD AS EARLY AS /CTOBER LEAVING MOST OF US WANTING TO TAKE ALL THE #HRISTMAS MIX TAPES IN THE COUNTRY AND BURN THEM BY *ANUARY (OWEVER

IT S NOT ALL ABOUT THE JOLLY ATTEMPTS OF SUPERMARKETS STRUGGLING IN THE AILING ECONOMY TO GET US TO SPEND

SPEND SPEND 0ERHAPS IT S TIME WE ASKED OURSELVES HOW CAN WE HAVE A HEALTHIER HAPPIER #HRISTMAS 4HE EARLIEST RECORDED CELEBRA TION OF *ESUS BIRTH ACTUALLY HELD ON THE TH $ECEMBER IS FROM AN ILLUSTRATED 2OMAN MANUSCRIPT COM PILED APPROXIMATELY IN THE YEAR !$ 7HILE PRESUMABLY PEOPLE DIDN T STARVE ON SUCH OCCASIONS THE EARLIEST RECORD OF A CELEBRATORY FEAST AND THE PRE CURSOR TO OUR BELOVED #HRISTMAS DINNER WAS ACTUALLY NOT UNTIL !$ A FULL YEARS LATER (OW EARLIER 2OMAN FAMILIES MAN AGED TO GET THROUGH THE LONG AFTER NOON ON EMPTY STOMACHS WITHOUT KILLING EACH OTHER IS UNKNOWN BUT

IT IS IRREFUTABLE THAT FOR MANY OF US TODAY THE OPPORTUNITY TO MUNCH WITHOUT RESTRAINT IS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE HOLIDAY (OWEVER IF YOU LIKE YOUR TURKEY AND CHIPOLATAS A LITTLE TOO MUCH FEAR NOT n THE FOODS WE EAT AT #HRISTMAS HOLD SOME SURPRIS ING HEALTH BENElTS

4URKEY ITSELF FOR EXAMPLE IS AC TUALLY ONE OF THE MOST LOW FAT MEATS YOU CAN lND 0ER G OF MEAT THERE IS JUST G OF FAT AND CALORIES )T IS ALSO RICH IN VITAMIN " ZINC AND IS A GREAT SOURCE OF TRYPTOPHAN A BRAIN BOOSTING NUTRIENT TO HELP YOU THROUGH THAT LAST ROUND OF 4RIVIAL 0URSUIT 4HE CRANBERRY SAUCE YOU LL BE PUTTING ON IT CONTAINS HEALTH BENE lTS TOO n CRANBERRIES CONTAIN PROAN THOCYANIDINS 0!#S OR CONDENSED TANNINS WHICH ACT TO @BLOCK VARIOUS STRAINS OF BACTERIA FROM ATTACHING THEMSELVES TO YOUR BODY 2ESEARCH IS ONGOING BUT IT IS THOUGHT THAT CRAN

BERRIES CAN HELP PREVENT INFECTIONS OF THE URINARY TRACT STOMACH ULCERS

AND GUM DISEASE A PERFECT ANTIDOTE TO ALL THOSE SWEETS YOU LL BE EATING /N THE OTHER HAND THERE IS GOOD NEWS FOR VEGETARIANS TOO n BRUSSEL SPROUTS CONTAIN VITAMIN # ARE HIGH IN SOLUBLE lBRE AND MOST IMPOR TANTLY CONTAIN SINIGRIN !S WELL AS GIVING SPROUTS THEIR DISTINCTIVE SMELL

SINIGRIN IS A CANCER lGHTING AGENT

ACTING TO ELIMINATE PRE CANCEROUS CELLS )N FACT THE EFFECT IS THOUGHT TO BE SO POWERFUL THAT REGULAR BOUTS OF SPROUT SCOFlNG COULD STOP YOU GET TING CANCER OF THE COLON !S FAR AS DESSERT GOES IT IS OBVI OUSLY HARDER TO lND THE HEALTHY SIDE OF QUARTS OF CREAM AND SLABS OF RICH

ALCOHOL FUELLED PUD (OWEVER IF YOU CUT THE CREAM AND SWAP THE PUDDING FOR A SLICE OF #HRISTMAS CAKE AND A GLASS OF MULLED WINE YOU COULD BE DOING YOUR BODY A FAVOUR !LMONDS TUCKED INTO THAT SCRUMPTIOUS SLICE ARE HIGH IN UN SATURATED FATS WHICH KEEP YOUR HEART HEALTHY AND LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE

AND ARE A PARTICULARLY GOOD @SUPER FOOD FOR BONE HEALTH )N FACT AL MONDS ARE COMPARABLE TO SKIMMED MILK AND CHEESE IN THE AMOUNT OF CALCIUM AND OTHER BONE BUILDING MINERALS THEY WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH AT ONE SITTING 2AISINS CAN ALSO CON TRIBUTE HERE AS ONE OF THE FEW FOODS THAT ARE HIGH IN "ORON AN UNDERVAL UED TRACE MINERAL AND HELPING HAND

FOR HEALTHY BONES .O OSTEOPOROSIS FOR US CAKE LOVERS THEN 4HOSE SIPPING SPICY MULLED WINE CAN FEEL SMUG IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT IT ACTUALLY HAS A POSITIVE EFFECT AFTER A HEFTY MEAL .UTMEG IS AN INTEGRAL HERB IN #HINESE MEDICINE WHERE IT IS USED FOR STOMACH PAIN AND INmAMMATION AS WELL AS REDUCING JOINT SWELLING -ACE ALSO AIDS DIGES TION MAKING MULLED WINE THE PER FECT AFTER DINNER DRINK #INNAMON

ALSO FOUND IN MULLED WINE HAS BEEN FOUND TO KILL BACTERIA AS STRONG AS ECOLI AS WELL AS BEING THOUGHT TO HAVE AN EFFECT ON PRE CANCEROUS CELLS SIMILAR TO THAT OF BRUSSEL SPROUTS )N FACT IN ONE STUDY PUBLISHED BY RE SEARCHERS AT THE 5 3 $EPARTMENT OF !GRICULTURE IN -ARYLAND CINNAMON REDUCED THE PROLIFERATION OF LEUKAE MIA AND LYMPHOMA CANCER CELLS )T MAY ALSO HELP PEOPLE WITH DIABE TES AS IT IS AN AID IN LOWERING BLOOD SUGAR AND CHOLESTEROL )N FACT ALMOST ALL OF OUR #HRIST MAS STAPLES HAVE HIDDEN HEALTH BENElTS ONCE YOU START TO LOOK AT IT 0ERHAPS THE REAL KEY TO A HEALTHY #HRISTMAS IS TO FOLLOW THE OLD MAX IM AND EAT WHATEVER YOU LIKE IN MODERATION /N THE OTHER HAND

MAYBE THIS IS ONE DAY OF THE YEAR WHERE IT S MORE IMPORTANT TO BE HAPPY THAN HEALTHY 'O ON HAVE ANOTHER SLICE OF CAKE 9OU KNOW YOU WANT TO

5SJFE BOE 5FTUFE 7FHFUBSJBOJTN 4IRED OF SHOP BOUGHT NUT ROASTS AND CATTY COMMENTS OVER THE DINING TABLE AT #HRISTMAS (ANNAH *AMES TESTS TWO SEASONAL VEGETARIAN RECIPES THAT ARE NUTRITIOUS DELICIOUS AND WON T HAVE YOU SLAVING OVER A HOT STOVE FOR HOURS WITH A FORK AND PUT IT IN A ROASTING AND SCOOP OUT THE SEEDS -AKE 4XFFU 1PUBUP XJUI $SPXE 1MFBTJOH TIN OR ON A GRILL PAN ON SOME TIN SOME SHALLOW CUTS IN THE mESH AND 4UJS 'SZ 7FH #VUUFSOVU 4RVBTI FOIL #OOK IT AT ABOUT ª# UNTIL RUB A LITTLE BUTTER OR OIL INTO IT 0UT 4HIS TAKES A WHILE TO COOK BUT AC TUAL PREPARATION TIME IS MINIMAL SO YOU CAN GET ON WITH SOMETHING ELSE WHILE THE SQUASH ROASTS /NE SQUASH SERVES UP TO THREE PEOPLE BUT IF IT S JUST YOU STICK THE REST IN THE FRIDGE )T S NOT AT ALL BAD COLD 4HIS RECIPE ORIGINALLY CAME FROM (UGH &EARNLY 7HITTINGSTALL BUT IT S BEEN TWEAKED A BIT TO MAKE IT EVEN MORE STRESS FREE /NE BUTTERNUT SQUASH /NE CLOVE OF GARLIC OR ABOUT HALF A TSP GARLIC POWDER !BOUT HALF A BLOCK OF FETA 2OUGHLY TWO TBSP FRESH BASIL DRIED IS lNE n USE A BIT LESS THOUGH 4WO KNOBS OF BUTTER 0EPPER #UT THE SQUASH IN HALF LENGTHWAYS

A KNOB OF BUTTER AND HALF A CLOVE OF GARLIC CHOPPED ROUGHLY INTO THE SCOOPED OUT HOLLOW OF EACH HALF

AND PUT THEM IN A ROASTING TIN OR ON A GRILL PAN ON TOP OF SOME TINFOIL #OOK THE SQUASH AT ABOUT ª# UNTIL IT S SOFT 4HIS USUALLY TAKES ABOUT AN HOUR SO EITHER KICK BACK AND RELAX OR GET ON WITH SOME THING ELSE 4HEN SCOOP MOST OF THE SQUASH AND THE BUTTER AND GARLIC OUT OF ITS SKIN INTO A BOWL LEAVING JUST ENOUGH FOR THE SKINS TO KEEP THEIR SHAPE 2OUGHLY CHOP THE FETA AND BASIL AND ADD THEM TO THE BOWL WITH THE SQUASH !DD A LITTLE PEPPER TO TASTE MASH EVERYTHING TOGETHER WITH A FORK THEN PUT THE RESULTING MIXTURE BACK INTO THE SQUASH SKINS #OOK FOR A FURTHER MINUTES 6ERDICT $ELICIOUS

4HIS DINNER IS REALLY SATISFYING AND IT S PACKED WITH VEGETABLES SO YOU CAN FEEL VIRTUOUS ABOUT EATING IT AS WELL /NE MEDIUM SIZED SWEET PO TATO SERVES ONE PERSON IF THEY RE HUGE YOU MAY WANT TO CUT THEM IN HALF OR IF THEY RE TINY YOU CAN DOU BLE UP REMEMBER THE SMALL ONES TAKE LESS TIME TO COOK 3WEET POTATO 3OUR CREAM OR COTTAGE CHEESE 6EGETABLES FOR STIR FRY ONION COUR GETTE AUBERGINE AND RED PEPPER WORK WELL JUST WHATEVER YOU FANCY /LIVE OIL OR VEGETABLE OIL -IXED HERBS OPTIONAL 3OY SAUCE OPTIONAL !BOUT G FETA CHEESE PER PERSON 7ASH THE SWEET POTATO BUT DON T PEEL IT -AKE A FEW SMALL HOLES IN IT

IT S COOKED THROUGH 9OU CAN TELL IT S DONE WHEN CARAMELISED JUICES START OOZING FROM THE HOLES AND A TABLE KNIFE PASSES EASILY THROUGH IT n USU ALLY ABOUT AN HOUR )N THE MEANTIME CHOP THE VEGE TABLES INTO FAIRLY SMALL PIECES THINK POSTAGE STAMP SIZED AND WHEN THE POTATO S GOT TEN MINUTES LEFT TO COOK START STIR FRYING THEM IN A SMALL AMOUNT OF OIL )F YOU LIKE YOU CAN ADD A SPLASH OF SOY SAUCE AND SOME MIXED HERBS TO THE VEGETA BLES TO GIVE THEM MORE mAVOUR 9OU COULD ALSO CUT UP SOME FETA CHEESE AND ADD THAT TO THE VEGETABLES ONCE THEY RE COOKED 7HEN THE POTATO S COOKED CUT IT IN HALF LENGTHWAYS AND TOP IT WITH A GENEROUS SPOONFUL OF SOUR CREAM OR COTTAGE CHEESE 3ERVE THE STIR FRIED VEGETABLES ON THE SIDE 6ERDICT "OXING $AY FARE

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2EBECCA 7ILES 2EPORTER !S THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC AND FOOD CRISES WORSEN WEALTHY NATIONS HAVE BEGUN BUYING UP LAND IN DEVELOP ING NATIONS OUTSOURCING THEIR PRO DUCTION IN AN EFFORT TO SECURE LONG TERM FOOD SUPPLIES ! SIZEABLE LIST OF COUNTRIES FROM *APAN TO THE 5NITED !RAB %MIRATES

HAVE ENTERED THIS hLAND GRABBINGv COMPETITION BUYING MILLIONS OF HECTARES OF AGRICULTURAL LAND IN COUNTRIES THAT ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING TO FEED THEIR OWN PEOPLE #HINA FOR EXAMPLE HAS LOST A GREAT DEAL OF AG RICULTURAL LAND TO ITS INDUSTRIAL REVO LUTION YET IS NOT SHORT OF CAPITAL TO INVEST OVERSEAS 4HEREFORE AS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT S h'O !BROADv PRO GRAMME IT HAS MADE OVER DEALS WITH COUNTRIES FROM BOTH !FRICA AND !SIA TRADING #HINESE TECHNOLOGIES

FOR ACCESS TO FARMLAND )N THE 0HILIPPINE GOVERNMENT SIGNED DEALS WITH "EIJING THAT GRANTS #HI NESE COMPANIES ACCESS TO MIL LION HECTARES OF LAND FOR CROPS 4HIS HAS COME TO BE SEEN BY MANY AS A SHREWD LONG TERM INVESTMENT AND SOUND STRATEGY FOR INSURING FOOD SUPPLIES FOR #HINA S CITIZENS

iɨF TJOHMF CFTU SFDFTTJPO IFEHF PG UIF OFYU PS ZFBST JT BO JOWFTU NFOU JO GBSNMBOEw 4WO MAIN AGENDAS HAVE BEEN IDENTIlED TO EXPLAIN THIS RACE FOR PURCHASING LAND 4HE lRST OF THESE IS FOOD SECURITY WHICH IS A PARTICULAR CONCERN FOR COUNTRIES THAT ARE CAPI TAL RICH BUT LAND POOR 4HE SECOND AGENDA FOCUSES MORE ON THE lNAN CIAL RETURNS OF INVESTING IN FOOD PRO DUCTION "OTH OF THESE APPROACHES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRIVATE MORE THAN THE PUBLIC SECTOR WHEREBY n DURING THE lNANCIAL CRISIS LAND

IS BEING SEEN AS A POTENTIAL LUCRATIVE ASSET IN YEARS TO COME 2EZA 6ISHKAI FROM )NSIGHT )NVESTMENT HAS ARGUED THAT THE hSINGLE BEST RECESSION HEDGE OF THE NEXT OR YEARS IS AN IN VESTMENT IN FARMLAND v .EVERTHELESS DEVELOPING COUN TRIES IN NEED OF CAPITAL DURING THE RECESSION ARE SELLING LAND WILLINGLY &OR INSTANCE 3UDAN n WHERE THERE ARE MILLION REFUGEES FROM THE $ARFUR CRISIS WHO THE 7ORLD &OOD /RGANISATION ARE ATTEMPTING TO FEED n IS TRYING TO SELL OVER HEC TARES OF LAND TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS FOR FOOD EXPORTATION OVERSEAS 3IMI LARLY -ADAGASCAR IS CURRENTLY NEGO TIATING A DEAL WITH A 3OUTH +OREAN lRM FOR A YEAR LEASE ON A MIL LION HECTARES OF LAND 4HE HEAD OF THE 5. DEPARTMENT FOR &OOD AND !GRICULTURE *ACQUES $IOUF HAS CAU TIONED THAT AN INCREASE IN THESE LAND DEALS COULD LEAD TO A NEW FORM OF hNEO COLONIALISMv WHEREBY STARV ING COUNTRIES ARE PRODUCING FOOD TO EXPORT TO WEALTHIER NATIONS &URTHERMORE WHEN COUNTRIES ARE TAKING CONTROL OF LAND OVERSEAS THERE IS LESS ACCOUNTABILITY TO VALUE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY 4WO

REPORTS RECENTLY PUBLISHED BY THE 53 BASED 2IGHTS AND 2ESOURCES )NITIATIVE ARGUE THAT THE INCREASING DEMAND FOR FUEL FOOD AND WOOD lBRE WILL HAVE A DEVASTATING EFFECT ON THE WORLD S FORESTS 4HE REPORTS STATE THAT hTHE WORLD WILL NEED A MINIMUM OF MILLION MORE HEC

TARES ;OF FOREST= BY IN ORDER TO GROW FOOD BIOENERGY AND WOOD PRODUCTS v 4HIS LACK OF ACCOUNTABIL ITY ALSO APPLIES TO GENERAL FARMLAND

WITH REPORTS OF INTERNATIONAL COM PANIES OVERFARMING AND THEN ABAN DONING LAND DEVASTATING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY IN THE PROCESS

(MPCBM FOWJSPONFOUBM TUFQ XJUI B OFX ,ZPUP 1SPUPDPM +AYLEIGH ,AWRENCE 2EPORTER &OLLOWING THE 5NITED .A TIONS #LIMATE #HANGE #ONFER ENCE THE NEXT MEETING IS SOON TO BE HELD IN 0OLAND THIS $ECEMBER 4HIS MEETING IS A NECESSARY STEP PING STONE IN SECURING A NEW GLOBAL CLIMATE FRAMEWORK AS THE CURRENT +YOTO 0ROTOCOL EXPIRES IN +YOTO IS AN INTERNATIONAL ENVI RONMENT TREATY AIMED AT REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN ORDER TO STABILIZE CLIMATE CHANGE (OW EVER GREATER REDUCTIONS ARE NOW BEING CALLED FOR HENCE THE NEED FOR

A NEWLY APPROVED +YOTO SUCCESSOR /VER COUNTRIES ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND THIS EVENT IN 0OLAND TO PREPARE FOR THE lNAL MEETING NEXT YEAR IN #OPENHAGEN WHEN TREATY WILL BE AGREED (OWEVER ONE MAN WHO WILL NOT BE PRESENT IN 0OLAND IS THE NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE 5NITED 3TATES "ARACK /BAMA $ESPITE HIS ABSENCE HE HAS PLEDGED TO hENGAGE VIGOROUSLYv ON CLIMATE CHANGE AHEAD OF $ECEM BER S SUMMIT AS HE IS KEEN TO RE CONNECT WITH THE 5. PROCESS AFTER 0RESIDENT "USH PULLED OUT OF +YOTO (E HAS PLEDGED TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS IN THE 5 3 BY BY

%NVIRONMENTAL GROUPS ARE WELCOMING THIS RADICAL DIRECTION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ARGUING THAT THE 5 3 HAS TO FACE UP TO ITS IN TERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS CLIMATE CHANGE /BAMA IS CERTAINLY PROMISING TO LIVE UP TO THIS RESPON SIBILITY VOWING TO hHELP LEAD THE WORLD TOWARD A NEW ERA OF GLOBAL CO OPERATIONv /NLY TIME WILL TELL WHETHER HIS PLEDGE OF INVOLVEMENT WILL FOLLOW THROUGH HOWEVER WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER GLOBAL STEP FORWARD THIS MONTH IN SECUR ING AN ACTION PLAN AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE

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,EST WE FORGET THE ENVIRONMENT DURING FESTIVE MERRIMENT A SHORT NOTE AND SEASON S GREETINGS FROM YOUR 4URF EDITOR *AKE -AXWELL 7ATTS TIVE GREETINGS TO YOUR BELOVED YET 4URF %DITOR "EING AN ENVIRONMENTALLY CON -ANY PEOPLE YOUR 3CROOGE SYMPA THISING AUTHOR INCLUDED lND #HRIST MAS MORE TROUBLE THAN IT S WORTH 7E GO OUT SPEND MONEY WE DON T HAVE ON THINGS PEOPLE DON T WANT

FEIGN MERRINESS AND BURN THE BANK STATEMENT AFTERWARDS 4HEN AGAIN

#HRISTMAS IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILY TO GET TOGETHER PREFER ABLY AROUND A lRE WITH INORDINATE AMOUNTS OF TASTY FOOD AND A GLASS OF WINE !S TRADITION DICTATES WE ALSO REACH OUT TO THOSE WE CANNOT HAVE WITH US ON THE DAY ITSELF n DISTANT FAMILY AND FRIENDS 2OYAL -AIL DELIV ERS AROUND MILLION LETTERS AND PACKAGES EVERY DAY IN THE RUN UP TO #HRISTMAS (AVE YOU SENT YOUR FES

SCIOUS INDIVIDUAL AND YOUR 4URF ED ITOR ) FEEL IT NECESSARY TO POINT OUT ONE OR TWO STRIKING FACTS /F ALL THOSE PACKAGES ) MENTIONED ABOVE BIL LION #HRISTMAS CARDS WILL END UP IN BINS AND KILOMETRES SQUARED OF WRAPPING PAPER WILL JOIN IT 4HAT S ENOUGH PAPER TO COVER 'UERNSEY 3O ) GENTLY ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO CONSIDER WHERE YOU PUT ALL OF THIS PAPER AND TO RECYCLE NOT ONLY THAT

BUT ALSO YOUR TREE WHICH SHOULD JOIN THE MILLION WHICH WILL BE RECYCLED DURING *ANUARY AND NOT THE MILLION WHICH WILL NOT !BOVE ALL DO ENJOY YOURSELF AND KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR SOME INTERESTING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES NEXT SEMESTER

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'JWF .JOVUFT 8JUI Ç°F #BSLFST ,AURA 7IGNALL CAUGHT UP WITH THE INFAMOUS "ARKERS OF 5%! SPORT 4ELL ME A BIT ABOUT YOUR SELF *OE (I ) M *OE "ARKER ) M A THIRD YEAR ,IT AND POLITICS STUDENT AND ALSO PRESIDENT OF THE MEN S FOOTBALL CLUB -Y ROLE IS TO ENSURE THAT THE CLUB RUNS AS SMOOTHLY AS POSSIBLE

SORTING OUT TRIALS TRAINING AND MOST IMPORTANTLY CLUB DINNERS ) LIKE TO THINK MY SELF AS MORE OF MAN FOR THE PEOPLE THAN A DICTATOR MORE /BAMA THAN -UGABE "UT SPEAK TO THE FOOTBALL LADS TO lND OUT HOW MUCH OF THIS IS TRUE 4IM ) M 4IM "ARKER A RD YEAR )NTERNATIONAL 3TUDIES STUDENT AND ) AM ALSO 3OCIAL 3EC FOR THE -EN S (OCKEY #LUB !S 3OCIAL 3EC ) ORGANISE WHAT THE CLUB DOES WHEN IT S NOT PLAYING HOCKEY THINGS LIKE PUB CRAWLS AND ALSO OUR !NNUAL $INNERS )S THERE AN INTERESTING FACT WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT YOU

7HEN ) WAS ) THEN HAD TO ENTER THE @REAL WORLD OF ADULT FOOTBALL 4 ) lRST STARTED PLAYING HOCK EY WHEN ) WAS ABOUT -Y COUSIN GOT ME INVOLVED FOR A TEAM CALLED 7INCHMORE (ILL 4IGERS 7E WEREN T A SHABBY OUTlT AS IN OUR SECOND YEAR WE MANAGED TO WIN OUR RE GION S TOURNAMENT AND GO ONTO TO THE 3OUTH OF %NGLAND TOURNAMENT WHERE WE WERE ROYALLY SPANKED

,EFT TO 2IGHT *OE AND 4IM

* ) SHARE MY BIRTHDAY WITH *ESUS ) SUPPOSE SOME MIGHT lND THAT INTERESTING 4 ) WON A YEAR LONG SUPPLY OF +RISPY +REME DOUGHNUTS WHEN ) WAS 3OME HAVE AT TRIBUTED MY 3ANTA LIKE BELLY TO THIS ) D LIKE TO THINK IT WAS DOWN TO THE BAKERY ) WORKED AT THE YEAR AFTER

7HEN DID YOU lRST PLAY FOOTBALL HOCKEY * ) lRST PLAYED FOOTBALL PROP ERLY WHEN ) WAS ABOUT EIGHT ) GOT DRAGGED ALONG TO A 3ATUR DAY FOOTBALL TRAINING SESSION FOR A TEAM CALLED 7AVENEY

CARRIED ON GOING EACH WEEK AND STAYED WITH THE TEAM ALL THROUGH YOUTH FOOTBALL

7HAT S THE BEST THING ABOUT YOUR CLUB SPORT * 7HILST TRYING TO AVOID ANY CLICHĂ?S INCLUDING @THE BEAUTI FUL GAME AT UNIVERSITY IT S ALL ABOUT PLAYING THE SPORT YOU LOVE AND ENJOYING THE SOCIAL SIDE 4HERE S NOTHING BETTER THAN REPRESENTING YOUR UNI VERSITY AND THEN SOCIALISING WITH YOUR TEAM MATES AFTER WARDS 4 !S 3OCIAL 3EC ) VE GOTTA SAY THE SOCIAL SIDE OF THE CLUB ) WOULD SAY THAT WE ARE THE MOST SOCIAL CLUB AT 5%! AS WE RE OUT EVERY 3ATURDAY NIGHT AS A CLUB AND THAT S NOT TO MENTION THE 4UESDAY ,#2S

AND COUNTLESS HOUSE PARTIES

PUB CRAWLS ETC 7E EVEN HAVE OUR OWN CORNER IN THE ,#2 NAMED AFTER US (OW CAN PEOPLE GET IN VOLVED * !NYONE CAN SIGN UP WITH THE FOOTBALL TEAM JUST TURN UP TO -ONDAY NIGHT TRAIN ING ON THE 3PORTSPARK !STROS FROM OR CONTACT ME ON JOSEPH BARKER UEA AC UK 7E HAVE FOUR TEAMS THAT PLAY AT VARIOUS LEVELS AND DIFFER ENT STANDARD OF TEAMS 4HE OPPOSITION RANGE FROM OTHER UNIVERSITIES TO @INTERESTING LOCAL TEAMS SO ANYONE CAN GET INVOLVED 4 *UST COME ALONG AND GET STUCK IN 7E TRAIN ON THE ASTRO PITCHES AT THE 3PORTSPARK EVE RY -ONDAY NIGHT AND EVERY &RIDAY !LTERNATIVELY COME lND US IN (OCKEY #ORNER IN THE ,#2 7E WILL BE THE DRUNK ONES !NY ADVICE FOR STUDENTS STARTING OUT * 4URN UP TO TRAINING REGU LARLY 4RY TO WATCH AND FOLLOW !RSENAL S STYLE OF FOOTBALL

$ON T PAY QUITE SO CLOSE AT TENTION TO THEIR DEFENDING IN THE LAST lVE MINUTES OF GAMES AND IGNORE THEIR EXAMPLE OF @CAPTAIN TEAM MATE RELA TIONS 4 9OU JUST HAVE TO COME ALONG AND WE LL PROVIDE YOU WITH A STICK AND SOME LEG ENDARY COACHING FROM OUR HERO #OACH 0AT )T S AN EASY GAME TO PICK UP *UST ASK LAST YEAR S RD TEAM CAPTAIN

7ILL (OWARTH (E TURNED UP AT UNI WITH NO PRIOR TRAINING AND ENDED UP CAPTAIN LAST YEAR AND IS NOW AN ESTAB LISHED ND TEAM PLAYER !ND WHO S GONNA WIN THE 0REMIER ,EAGUE THIS SEA SON * 0REMIERSHIP 4O BE HONEST ) M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT CONCENTRATING ON .ORWICH S lGHT FOR SURVIVAL AT THE MO MENT !LTHOUGH ) WOULD LIKE TO SEE !RSENAL WIN IT 4 !S A 'OONER ) REALLY REALLY WANT IT TO BE !RSENAL S YEAR BUT ) DOUBT IT S GOING TO HAP PEN ) M TEMPTED TO SAY ,IV ERPOOL 2AFA SEEMS TO HAVE GOT IT RIGHT THIS YEAR

Resident Tutors Do you want to make a positive difference to the experiences of students living in University residences?

We are looking for highly motivated and enthusiastic full-�time students with suitable experience to appoint as Resident Tutors for the academic year 2009-�10. Applications from postgraduate students are particularly encouraged. Students spending next year abroad should also apply now for appointment in September 2010.

Resident Tutors welcome students when they ď€ ďŹ rst move into residences, provide information and support to help them manage the transition to university life and, throughout the year, are available to deal with issues that prevent students from having a positive experience of living in residences. By using their mediation and problem-â€?solving skills, Resident Tutors help maintain a balance between the interests of individuals and the community in residences.

If you have excellent all-â€?round people skills, are non-â€?judgmental, able to empathise with the academic problems com-â€? monly experienced by students, have good written and spoken English, good time management skills, the ability to follow clearly deď€ ďŹ ned procedures, exibility and a willingness to work unsocial hours, we would like to hear from you.

Experience of working with vulnerable people will be an advantage.

This appointment will be subject to a criminal record check from the Criminal Records Bureau.

Further particulars are available from the Dean of Students’ Ofď€ ďŹ ce Reception or from https://www.uea.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.102520!rt_fp_nov08.pdf There are 2 closing dates for applications: Friday 12 December 2008 (applicants will be invited for interview or informed that their application is unsuccessful by 6 February 2009); Friday 30 January 2009 (applicants will be invited for interview or informed that their application is unsuccessful by 27 March 2009).

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/N A SNOWY 3ATURDAY IN .OVEMBER #ONCRETE 3PORT WENT TO CHECK OUT THE 5%! "OAT #LUB AND SEE WHAT REALLY GOES ON INSIDE THOSE CRAFT *O .EWHAM 3PORTS 2EPORTER 4HE BOAT CLUB IS ONE OF 5%! S LESS PUBLICISED SPORTS CLUBS (OWEVER THEY ARE AN AMBI TIOUS LOT WHO VE HAD MANY NOTABLE SUCCESSES AND ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER SEASON OF VICTORIES ,AST YEAR THE NOVICE CREW lNISHED SECOND IN THE "53!

NOW "5#3 CHAMPIONSHIP

WHICH IS A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT GIVEN THE STANDARD OF ROWING THROUGHOUT "RITISH UNIVERSI TIES (OWEVER THE TEAM ALWAYS AIMS HIGH AND AS 0ETER 7AG NER THE JOINT MEN S CAPTAIN STATES THEY hHAD A SUCCESSFUL YEAR LAST YEAR BUT WE ARE HOP ING TO BUILD ON THAT v 4HEY WILL SURELY GET THAT CHANCE IN THE "RITISH 5NIVER SITIES AND #OLLEGES (EAD 2ACE IN .OTTINGHAM WHICH IS A TIME TRIAL OVER A RIVER INSTEAD OF AN ARTIlCIAL LAKE TAKING PLACE ON TH &EBRUARY AND IN THE "5#3 2EGATTA WHICH IS A

MORE TRADITIONAL RACE WITH AS MANY AS SIX OTHER CREWS TAK ING PLACE OVER A DISTANCE OF METRES IN -AY 4HE CLUB CONTAINS FOUR MEN S CREWS AND THREE WOM EN S CREWS AND THESE HAVE A MIXTURE OF EITHER FOUR OR EIGHT PEOPLE PER BOAT %ACH CREW CONTAINS A COXSWAIN SOME ONE WHO DOES NOT ROW BUT SITS IN THE BOAT AND ENCOUR AGES AND INSTRUCTS AS WELL AS

NAVIGATING THEM 4HE ROWERS VARY IN EXPERI ENCE FROM NOVICES THOSE WHO HAVE ONLY JUST STARTED AND SENIORS WHO HAVE MORE EXPE RIENCE 4HE GUYS ARE A MULTI TALENTED BUNCH NOT ONLY ROW ING WITH GREAT SUCCESS BUT ALSO MAINTAINING THE BOATS FROM THE GENERAL WEAR AND TEAR THEY RE OFTEN USED lVE DAYS A WEEK 4HIS SHOWS THE COMMIT

4RVBTI 4FDPOET 4QSJOH 4VSQSJTF 2OB (ICKFORD 3PORTS 2EPORTER .EARING THE HALFWAY POINT IN THE SEASON MANAGERS LOOK ING AT PRUNING THEIR SQUADS

THE *ANUARY TRANSFER WINDOW ABOUT TO OPEN LOTS OF TALK ABOUT REVENGE ON THE RETURN lXTURES AFTER THE #HRISTMAS BREAK .O WE RE NOT DIS CUSSING THE %NGLISH 0REMIER ,EAGUE IT S FAR MORE IMPOR TANT THAN THAT n WE RE TALKING ABOUT 5%! 3QUASH S PERFORM ANCES IN THE COUNTY LEAGUES 3URPRISINGLY THE ABOVE SENTIMENTS ARE FAR CLOSER TO THE TRUTH THAN THE INITIAL FACE TIOUS ATTEMPTS AT IRONY THEY APPEAR TO BE -ANY PLAYERS HAVE PUT THEIR HANDS UP TO BREAK INTO THE TEAMS AND HAVE BEEN REWARDED WITH DE BUTS THIS YEAR AND SOME OF THE MORE EXPERIENCED HEADS HAVE DEMONSTRATED EXCEL LENT mEXIBILITY TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF THE CURRENT lX TURE BACKLOG n MOST NOTABLY ,LOYD $E "EER WHO IS THE ONLY PLAYER TO HAVE CHALKED UP VICTORIES FOR BOTH THE ND AND ST TEAMS THIS YEAR 4HE ND TEAM DESIGNED PRIMARILY TO BE THE DEVELOP

MENT SQUAD BRINGING THROUGH THE NEWER PLAYERS WHO CAN BREAK INTO THE ST TEAM HAS INSTEAD BEEN HONED INTO AN EXCELLENT SIDE BY #APTAIN 0ATRICK &RENZEL LEADING TO NUMEROUS COMPREHENSIVE VICTORIES THIS YEAR AND IF IT WASN T FOR KEY PERSONNEL LOSSES FOR CRUCIAL GAMES THERE WOULD BE LITTLE STOPPING THEM IN THEIR LEAGUE 4HIS IMPRES SIVE FORM CAME INTO FOCUS IN THE MUCH ANTICIPATED ST VER SUS ND TEAM DERBY WHICH TOOK PLACE LAST 3UNDAY AT THE 3PORTSPARK 5NLIKE OTHER COUNTY GAMES TEAM ORDER DID NOT HAVE TO BE RANKED ON ABILITY

INCREASING THE BURDEN ON THE CAPTAIN S SELECTION 3OME OF THE CONTESTS THROWN UP WERE TITANIC n NONE MORE SO THAN THE DRAINING lVE SET CONTEST BETWEEN CLUB SECRETARY 6ARUN $RAVID AND ST TEAM REGULAR *OE #ARLIN A CONTEST THAT $RAVID EMERGED VICTORIOUS FROM IN THE lFTH (IS WIN CONTRIBUTED TO THE ND TEAM UPSETTING THE ODDS AND TAKING THE MATCH IN GAMES 4HIS MORE THAN ANYTHING DEMONSTRATED THE STRENGTH IN DEPTH THE CLUB

IS DEVELOPING THIS YEAR &OR THE LADIES TEAM THEIR TWO LEGGED CLASH BETWEEN THE TOP TWO SIDES IN .ORFOLK n THEMSELVES AND "ECCLES GOT OFF TO A CLOSE AWAY LOSS GOING DOWN WITH IMPRESSIVE WINS FROM NUMBER ONE +ATIE *AGGARD AND DEBUTANTE )ZZY ,OCKHART 4HEY ARE ANXIOUS FOR REVENGE IN THE RETURN lX TURE TAKING PLACE TODAY /N AN INDIVIDUAL LEVEL HOWEVER MANY OF THE ST TEAM SQUAD WILL BE OUT FOR REVENGE FROM THIS -ONDAY

AS THE INAUGURAL 5%! 3QUASH #HAMPIONSHIPS GET UNDER WAY /PEN TO THE WHOLE CLUB

THE TWO KNOCKOUT COMPETI TIONS MEN S AND WOMEN S HAVE BOTH A MAIN DRAW AND A PLATE COMPETITION OF WHICH THE OPENING ROUNDS CONCLUDE ON THE LAST DAY OF THIS TERM 4HE AIM FOR EACH COMPETI TOR IS A PLACE IN lNALS DAY TO WARDS THE END OF NEXT TERM

WHERE THE QUARTER lNALS ON WARDS WILL BE PLAYED OUT IN THE SPACE OF ONE DAY IN AN EXHAUSTING FESTIVAL OF SQUASH !LL HOPE TO GET THEIR HANDS ON THE COVETED TROPHY AS WELL AS BEING CROWNED CHAMPION OF SQUASH AT 5%!

MENT OF THE CREW THE TRAIN ING IS VERY INTENSE AS THE SPORT ITSELF IS ONE WHICH USES EVERY MUSCLE GROUP IN THE BODY 4RAINING CONSISTS NOT JUST OF ROWING PRACTICE BUT ALSO A LOT OF WEIGHT TRAINING AND GENERAL CARDIOVASCULAR EXERCISES )T IS VERY TIME CONSUM ING BUT AS $AVID 'EORGE THE CLUB S 6ICE 0RESIDENT SAYS h7E WOULDN T DO IT IF WE DIDN T EN JOY ITv DEMONSTRATING THE PAS

SION THOSE INVOLVED HAVE FOR THE CLUB 4HE VERY NATURE OF ROWING MEANS THAT TRAINING IS VERY IN TENSIVE AND THE TEAM SPEND A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER EITHER IN THE GYM OR OUT ON THE WATER LEADING TO A GREAT TEAM FEEL *OINT MEN S CAPTAIN 3AM "ENCE SAYS h7E RE TRAINING FOR EVERYONE ELSE v BECAUSE

UNLIKE OTHER TEAM SPORTS THE WHOLE CREW HAS TO BE AT THE

SAME LEVEL TO SUCCEED /NE ROWER DOES NOT MAKE A WINNING CREW AS THE CREW S COX ,AUREN (OWE EXPLAINS

h2OWING IS REALLY GOOD FOR TEAM BUILDING EVERYONE HELPS EVERYONE ALONG v 7ITH THE SENIORS TEACHING THE NOVICES ROWERS OF ALL ABIL ITIES FEEL PART OF THE CLUB !LSO

DESPITE THE GRUELLING TRAINING SCHEDULE THE CLUB STILL HAS TIME FOR SOCIALISING AND HAV ING FUN 4HE CLUB HAVE GOT A RACE HELD IN .ORWICH COMING UP ON $ECEMBER TH IT S CALLED THE #ARROW #UP IS OVER A DIS TANCE OF THREE AND A HALF TO FOUR KILOMETRES AND THE TEAM IS HOPING TO ENTER BETWEEN SIX AND EIGHT CREWS 4HE CLUB IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS IN PARTICU LAR COXES THERE ARE MANY WAYS OF GETTING INVOLVED )F YOU RE INTERESTED THEN EMAIL THE PRESIDENT 3AM "ARNARD !L TERNATIVELY JOIN THE &ACEBOOK GROUP @5%! "OAT #LUB

,OPX :PVS /'#HRISTOPHER 7ILSON 3PORTS 2EPORTER 4HE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER WATCHED THE .&, HATE IT 4OO STOP AND START .O MORE SO THAN CRICKET 2UGBY WITH PADS .OT IN THE SLIGHTEST 4HE BASIC PREMISE IS TO MOVE YARDS AT A TIME RUN NING OR PASSING AND CATCH ING DOWN A YARD lELD

GETTING THE BALL IN THE @END ZONE FOR A TOUCHDOWN 9OU GET FOUR ATTEMPTS TO MOVE EACH SET OF YARDS AND IF YOU DON T SUCCEED YOU EITHER PUNT THE BALL AWAY OR KICK IT THROUGH THE GOAL POSTS FOR A lELD GOAL 4HE BEAUTY OF A SPORT WHERE MOVEMENT IS MEAS URED IN YARDS IS THE POTEN TIAL FOR STATISTICS 4HOSE OF US WHO ENJOY FOOTBALL THE %NGLISH KIND LOVE THE OC CASIONAL BIZARRE STATISTIC

AND !MERICAN FOOTBALL IS FULL OF THEM &OR EXAMPLE .EW %NGLAND 0ATRIOTS QUARTERBACK 4OM "RADY IS UNDEFEATED IN HOME GAMES PLAYED BELOW DEGREES &AHRENHEIT )F WE ALL KNEW STATS LIKE THIS PUB

CONVERSATION WOULD mOUR ISH "UT IF STATS AREN T YOUR THING THE .&, COMES WITH PLENTY OF EXCITEMENT ELSE WHERE ESPECIALLY IN THE 3U PERBOWL THE SPORT S EQUIVA LENT OF THE lNAL DAY OF THE 0REMIERSHIP WHEN ALL IS TO PLAY FOR %IGHT YEARS AGO 4ENNES SEE LOST TO THE .9 'IANTS

BY A MATTER OF MILLIMETRES AS THEY ATTEMPTED TO REACH THE BALL OVER THE LINE FOR THE GAME WINNING TOUCHDOWN WITH SIX SECONDS REMAINING )N THE YEARS FOLLOWING TWO HAVE lNISHED WITH GAME

WINNING KICKS IN THE lNAL SECONDS AND TWO MORE WITH UNEXPECTED UNDERDOG VICTO RIES 4HE .&, HAS NO BIG FOUR )T HAS NO SET OF TEAMS WHO DOMINATE THE SPORT %ACH YEAR IS A NEW SURPRISE LAST YEAR S FAILURES BECOME THIS YEAR S UNDERDOG HEROES AND LAST YEAR S HEROES BECOME THIS YEAR S UNDER ACHIEVERS 3O PICK A TEAM AND GET INVOLVED -ORE THAN

PEOPLE APPLIED FOR TICKETS TO THIS YEAR S 7EMBLEY GAME BETWEEN .EW /RLEANS AND 3AN $IEGO AND

PEOPLE CAN T BE WRONG

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1BOUIFST 1PVODF 5P 1SFTFSWF 3VO ,UKE 2OBERTS 3PORTS 2EPORTER 5%! 0ANTHERS REMAIN UN DEFEATED THIS SEASON FOLLOW ING A CONVINCING VICTORY LAST 7EDNESDAY OVER .OTTING HAM S SECOND TEAM IN THE "5#3 CUP $ESPITE BEING A CLOSE lRST QUARTER 5%! S 4EGA /ROGUN PROVED TO BE THE DIFFERENCE 4HE BEST MOVE OF THE MATCH STARTED WHEN 0AN THERS GAINED POSSESSION UN DER THEIR OWN BASKET AFTER A SUPERB BLOCK BY 'REG 3MART /ROGUN RECEIVED THE BALL IN SPACE AND SHOWED HIS QUAL ITY WITH AN IMPRESSIVE DUNK 4HE BUZZER SOUNDED AND THE HOSTS LED BY lVE POINTS &OLLOWING A MOTIVATING TEAM TALK BY CAPTAIN !RTHUR %E THE 0ANTHERS STARTED THE SECOND QUARTER WELL (OW EVER A FAILURE TO TAKE ADVAN TAGE OF SIMPLE LAY UPS AND FREE THROWS ALLOWED .OT TINGHAM TO lGHT THEIR WAY BACK INTO THE GAME *UST AS 5%! STARTED TO SHOW SOME mAIR AGAIN WITH $WIGHT

$UNSTON SKILFULLY WORKING HIS WAY THROUGH THE DEFENCE TO SCORE TWO POINTS /ROGUN FELL DOWN HARD ON HIS LEFT AN KLE 7ITH REMAINING HE LIMPED OFF THE COURT CLEARLY FRUSTRATED KNOWING THAT HE COULD TAKE NO FURTHER PART IN

THE MATCH 7ITH THE SCORES LEVEL AT HALF TIME

THE 0AN THERS CAPTAIN GATHERED THE PLAYERS TOGETHER AND TOLD THEM THAT @WE RE GOING TO HAVE TO GRIND IT OUT 5%!

HAD TO BE PATIENT IF THEY WERE

GOING TO WIN THIS MATCH 4HE THIRD QUARTER WAS THE TURNING POINT IN THIS HIGHLY ENTERTAINING GAME #OMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE 0ANTHERS PLAYERS BEGAN TO IMPROVE THE PASSING WAS SLICKER AND THEY WERE MORE

CLINICAL IN OFFENCE $ESPITE HIGH PRESSURE FROM .OT TINGHAM THE HOSTS KEPT THE BALL WELL AND BEGAN TO CONTROL THE GAME 4HERE WAS ALSO A SENSE THAT THINGS WERE STARTING TO GO 5%! S WAY WHEN !BIOLA 3HOGBENI WAS KNOCKED DOWN TO THE GROUND BUT STILL MANAGED TO GET A SHOT AWAY WHICH SOME HOW LOOPED INTO THE BASKET 4HE QUARTER lNISHED TO THE 0ANTHERS 4HE lNAL QUARTER WAS ONE OF 5%! DOMINANCE !LTHOUGH THE HOSTS WERE STRETCHING THEIR LEAD THEY SHOWED NO COMPLACENCY AND WERE CONTINUING TO WORK HARD ALL OVER THE COURT 5%! S TWO !MERICAN PLAYERS FROM $ICKINSON 3TATE 5NIVERSITY

3MART AND $UNSTON WERE PLAYING EXTREMELY WELL IN DEFENCE AND OFFENCE RESPEC TIVELY AND !RTHUR %E SHOWED GREAT LEADERSHIP )N THE lNAL lVE MINUTES OF THE MATCH 5%! GAVE SOME OF THEIR FRESHERS A CHANCE TO SHINE 4HEY DID NOT DISAP POINT SHOWING SKILL AND

ENTHUSIASM 3EB &AIRHURST LOOKED PARTICULARLY IMPRES SIVE SCORING AN EXCELLENT THREE POINTER #ONCRETE CAUGHT UP WITH THE 0ANTHERS CAPTAIN AFTER THE MATCH WHO WAS EXTREMELY SATISlED WITH THE RESULT (E PRAISED THE TO GETHERNESS OF THE TEAM BUT ADMITTED THAT THEY NEEDED TO WORK ON CERTAIN AREAS OF THE GAME %E SAID h)F WE CAN IMPROVE OUR REBOUNDING

WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GO UNDEFEATED THIS SEASON v !LTHOUGH HE SPRAINED AN ANKLE IN THE SECOND QUARTER

%E GAVE A SPECIAL MENTION TO 4EGA /ROGUN h(E IS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY WE ARE UNDEFEATED SO FAR THIS SEASON AND WE ARE EXPECTING MORE FROM THIS SECOND YEAR STUDENT v !FTER THIS lNE DISPLAY

5%! 0ANTHERS HAVE A VERY GOOD CHANCE OF BEATING THE ONLY OTHER UNDEFEATED TEAM ,OUGHBOROUGH ))

NEXT 7EDNESDAY #ONCRETE WISHES THE 0ANTHERS THE BEST OF LUCK

4OPXTQPSUT 5BLF #6%4 #Z 4UPSN 7ILL (OWARTH 3PORTS 2EPORTER %DINBURGH WAS THE DESTI NATION FOR THE lRST 5%!

3NOWSPORTS TRIP OF THE YEAR "OASTING A HUGE DRY SKI SLOPE WITH ITS OWN CHAIRLIFT %DIN BURGH HOLDS THE ANNUAL "RIT ISH 5NIVERSITY $RY 3KI 3LOPE #HAMPIONSHIPS "5$3 A WEEKEND OF SKIING DRINKING AND STUDENT NAKEDNESS ALL IN THE AID OF EARNING "5#3 POINTS FOR THE UNIVERSITY !S THE EVENTS GOT UNDERWAY ON THE &RIDAY 5%! WAS READY SKI TEAM SNOWBOARDERS AND A WHOLE LOAD OF SUPPORTERS ON THE SIDELINES WERE SET ON MAKING AN IMPACT ,OCATED ON A VAST HILL SIDE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF %D INBURGH OVER UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR RACE TEAMS CON VERGED FOR THE lRST "5#3 SKI ING COMPETITION OF THE YEAR "Y NINE IN THE MORNING THE SLOPE WAS AWASH WITH STU DENTS SINGING DANCING AND CHEERING FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE RACERS WHILE SKIERS ON THE SLALOM COURSE RISKED LIFE AND LIMB TO ACHIEVE THE QUICKEST TIMES ON THE LONGEST STEEP EST DRY SLOPE IN "RITAIN 5%! S VERY OWN MINI

MAESTRO #HRIS +INGSHOTT POSTED A TOP TIME OUT OF OVER COMPETITORS AN INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT /UR SNOWBOARD TEAM HAD ALSO FARED PARTICULARLY WELL

WITH 0ETER "ROWSE "EN "LAGG AND *AMIE 0AGE NOTCHING IMPRESSIVE TIMES MOST NO TABLY *AMIE S lFTH PLACE IN THE BOARDERS SLALOM ANOTHER 5%! TRIUMPH

,UCKILY OUR OFF THE SLOPE ANTICS WERE ALSO PROVING 5%!

WAS A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH 4HE &RIDAY AFTERNOON SAW ,OUGHBOROUGH 5NIVER SITY S @PROFESSIONAL SKI TEAM VOLUNTEER TO TAKE UP THE @FUNNEL TRILOGY CHALLENGE DE SPITE NOT KNOWING WHAT IT IN VOLVED .EEDLESS TO SAY THEY WON T FORGET IT IN A HURRY !S THE INTER UNIVERSITY

BANTER SPILLED OVER INTO THE NIGHT 5%! COMPETITORS AND SUPPORTERS JOINED FORCES TO DOMINATE THE FESTIVITIES n lRST %XETER THEN "ATH IN CURRED THE WRATH OF THE 5%!

BOAT RACING TEAM BEFORE 0LY MOUTH DECIDED THEY D PRE FER TO GO TO BED A VERY WISE CHOICE !FTER AN INSANELY SMALL AMOUNT OF TIME ASLEEP THE

EARLY RISERS OF THE SKI 'IANT 3LALOM TEAM AND "OARDER 8 TOOK TO THE SLOPES WITH AN OTHER SUCCESSFUL DAY IN MIND

AND IT WASN T LONG BEFORE 5%! WAS CELEBRATING AGAIN *AMIE 0AGE WAS THE STAR AS HE PUT OUT SEVERAL OF THE FAVOUR ITES INCLUDING THE BOARDER WHO POSTED THE FASTEST TIME

TO TAKE FOURTH SPOT IN THE "OARDER 8 AND BRING HOME "5#3 POINTS TO .ORWICH #ELEBRATIONS CONTINUED THAT NIGHT AT THE FAMOUS "5$3 "ALL WHERE *AMES h-ONEYv (AWKES INCREDIBLY MANAGED

TO KEEP UP HIS QUEST TO STAY DRUNK FOR AN ENTIRE WEEKEND

NON STOP n A PRESTIGIOUS ACHIEVEMENT ! MASSIVE THANKS ON BE HALF OF THE 3NOWSPORTS 3OCI ETY TO ALL THE GIRLS AND BOYS WHO COMPETED SO SUCCESS FULLY AND OF COURSE THE 5%!

SUPPORTERS WHO WERE IN lNE VOICE ON THE SIDELINES FOR THE WHOLE WEEKEND 7E NOW TURN OUR ATTEN TION TO THE *ANUARY 3KI (OLI DAY "OOKING DEADLINE IS $E CEMBER TH n GET ON TO WWW UEASS CO UK FOR DETAILS