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7*$& $)"/$&--03 3&5*3&4 !NNA 0RITCHARD $EPUTY %DITOR 4HE 5NIVERSITY OF %AST !NGLIA HAS AN NOUNCED THAT 6ICE #HANCELLOR 0RO FESSOR "ILL -ACMILLAN WILL TAKE EARLY RETIREMENT AT THE END OF THIS ACADEMIC YEAR AFTER A LEAVE OF ABSENCE DUE TO ILL HEALTH BEGINNING IN .OVEMBER 0ROFESSOR -ACMILLAN HAS BEEN 6ICE #HANCELLOR OF 5%! SINCE ST 3EPTEMBER PREVIOUS TO WHICH HE WAS 0RO 6ICE #HANCELLOR AT /X FORD 5NIVERSITY ! MISNOMER THE TITLE @6ICE #HANCELLOR ACTUALLY MEANS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF A UNIVERSITY AND AL THOUGH IN THE POST FOR LESS THAN THREE YEARS -ACMILLAN HAS ACHIEVED A GREAT DEAL )T IS HE WHO SPEAR HEADED THE CORPORATE PLAN INTENDED TO BOOST THE INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION OF 5%! FOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING AND WHICH HAS SEEN SO MANY CHANGES AT 5%! OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS (E SAID h) AM REALLY SORRY TO BE LEAVING 5%! EARLY (OWEVER ) BELIEVE THAT THE VISION FOR THE 5NIVERSITY CON TAINED IN THE CORPORATE PLAN TO WHICH #OUNCIL AND THE 5NIVERSITY COMMU NITY HAVE SUBSCRIBED WILL ENABLE 5%! TO m OURISH IN AN INCREASINGLY COMPET ITIVE SECTOR AND IN DIFl CULT ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES ) WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO PROMOTING THE 5NIVERSITY THROUGH THE *UBILEE CAMPAIGN AND WORKING WITH OUR MANY PARTNERS TO BUILD THE 5NIVERSITY S CAPACITY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE 'RAND #HALLENGES OF THE ST CENTURY 4HERE ARE EXCITING DEVELOP MENTS IN ALL FOUR &ACULTIES WHICH )
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WILL NOT NOW SEE THROUGH TO FRUITION BUT ) HAVE EVERY CONl DENCE IN THE $EANS TO DELIVER THEM ) WISH 5%! EVERY SUCCESS FOR THE FUTURE v 0ROFESSOR -ACMILLAN S ACADEMIC SPECIALISATION HAS EVOLVED DURING THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER BEGINNING AS A CIVIL ENGINEER HE THEN SHIFTED FOCUS TO ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY AND THEN ON AGAIN TO ECONOMICS AND PUBLIC POL ICY MORE GENERALLY (E HAS SERVED AS A POLITICAL ADVISER IN -EXICO AND IN POST APARTHEID 3OUTH !FRICA HE HAS ALSO ASSISTED THE "RITISH (OME /Fl CE IN EVALUATING A MODEL OF THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM AND BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ADVANCED LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME FOR SENIOR #HINESE OFl CIALS SPONSORED BY THE 5.$0 3UBSEQUENTLY A LECTURER AT /XFORD 5NIVERSITY HE ROSE THROUGH THE RANKS TO BE 0RO 6ICE #HANCELLOR 0LANNING AND 2ESOURCES IN IN WHICH ROLE HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE UNI VERSITY S BUDGET MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY AND AMONGST OTHER THINGS OVERSAW THE "ODLEIAN ,IBRARY AND !SHMOLEAN -USEUM )N HE REPLACED $AVID %ASTWOOD AS 6ICE #HANCELLOR OF 5%!
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SINCE HIS ABSENCE IN .OVEMBER LAST YEAR 0ROFESSOR %DWARD !CTON HAS SERVED AS ACTING 6ICE #HANCELLOR AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO UNTIL THE END OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR SAID 5%! IN ITS STATEMENT 5%! #OUNCIL #HAIR 3TUART (OLM ES SAID OF -ACMILLAN h"ILL -ACMIL LAN HAS GIVEN EXCELLENT SERVICE TO THE 5NIVERSITY AND LEAVES US WITH A SOUND STRATEGY AND A STRONG MANAGEMENT TEAM (E HAS GIVEN UNSTINTINGLY OF HIS TIME TO THE ROLE OF 6ICE #HANCEL LOR (E HAS SET HIMSELF A DEMANDING SCHEDULE AND HAS NEVER BEEN RELUCTANT TO ROLL UP HIS SLEEVES AND PROGRESS MA JOR PROJECTS THROUGH HIS DIRECT EFFORTS 4HIS SAME TENACITY HAS CHARACTERISED HIS DEALINGS WITH THE NATIONAL AGEN CIES WHICH FUND REGULATE OR REPRESENT THE SECTOR (E HAS SECURED SOME VERY IMPORTANT OUTCOMES FOR THE 5NIVER SITY 7E WISH HIM EVERY GOOD FORTUNE FOR THE FUTURE v 2OWENA "ODDINGTON #OMMUNI CATIONS /Fl CER OF THE 5NION OF 5%! 3TUDENTS COMMENTED h) M SURE THAT THE STUDENTS OF 5%! WILL JOIN ME IN THANKING 0ROFESSOR -ACMILLAN FOR ALL OF HIS WORK AND PASSION FOR THE 5NI VERSITY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS (E S OVERSEEN SOME CHALLENGING AND RAPIDLY CHANGING TIMES IN 5%! S HIS TORY BUT HAS ALWAYS LISTENED TO THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS AND DELIVERED A 5NIVERSITY WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF (IS SUPPORT AND CONTRIBUTION HAS CHANGED OUR EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR THE BETTER )T IS WITH GREAT REGRET THAT WE WISH HIM WELL FOR THE FUTURE v
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$AVINA +ESBY 2EPORTER 7ORK ON THE REGENERATION OF THE SQUARE HAS CONTINUED OVER THE #HRISTMAS PERIOD WITH PROGRESS BEING MADE IN SOME AREAS 4HE STEPS LEADING DOWN TO :EST BY THE #HAPLAINCY WERE OPEN FOR USE AS OF -ONDAY TH *ANUARY !NDREW "URBIDGE FROM THE %STATES AND "UILDINGS $IVI SION HAS SAID THAT hTHE PROJECT IS SLIGHTLY BEHIND SCHEDULEv (OWEVER HE ADDED THAT hCOM PLETION FOR THE l RST WEEK IN -ARCH IS STILL ACHIEVABLEv 5NION GENERAL MANAGER !NDY 0OTT ALSO SEEMED OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE COMPLETION DEAD
LINE ALTHOUGH SOME CONCERN WAS EXPRESSED ABOUT PROBLEMS hPARTICULARLY WITH THE RETAIN ING WALLv 7ORK WILL CONTINUE ON THE PROJECT IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS HOPEFULLY WITH ACCESS BEING GRADUALLY INCREASED AS PROGRESS IS MADE !REAS WHICH HAVE BEEN PRIORITISED HAVE BEEN THE BUILDING OF THE RETAINING WALL WATER FEATURES AND VARIOUS AR EAS OF PAVING SURROUNDING THE FACILITIES AROUND THE SQUARE 4HE ROUNDABOUT AT THE BOT TOM OF #HANCELLORS $RIVE WAS ALSO SHUT TO BUSES AND LARGE VEHICLES OVER THE HOLIDAYS MEANING BUSES HAD TO BE DI VERTED VIA THE MAIN ENTRANCE %MIL !LLARD
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(SBEVBUF 8JOT 7PMVOUFFSJOH "XBSE +ARL $AVIES 7IRED %DITOR 4IM (ANDLEY WHO GRADUATED LAST YEAR FROM THE ,AW 3CHOOL SCOOPED THE AWARD AT THE (IGHER %DUCATION 6OLUNTEER ING !WARDS FOR @3TUDENT 6OLUNTEER OF THE 9EAR (ELD AT /LD 4RAFFORD THE FOOTBALL GROUND OF -ANCHESTER 5NITED &OOTBALL #LUB 4IM ALSO WON THE @%XCEPTIONAL 6OLUNTEER #ATEGORY 4IM WON HIS AWARDS FOR HIS DEDICATION TO TWO 5%! SERVICES 4IM WAS A MEMBER OF THE STUDENT LISTENING SERVICE .IGHTLINE AND HELPED DEVELOP ITS INTERNET SERVICES ALLOWING STUDENTS TO INSTANT MESSAGE .IGHTLINE RATHER THAN HAVING TO USE THE TELEPHONE OR SPEAK IN PERSON TO A VOLUNTEER 4HE SCHEME PROVED SUCCESSFUL AS .IGHTLINE S TOTAL ENQUIRIES WENT UP BY WITH OF ALL ENQUIRIES USING THE IN TERNET 4IM ALSO LAUNCHED 3TREET LAW A 5%! INITIATIVE AIMED AT YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WITH THE AIM OF INCREASING THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS OF VARIOUS LEGAL ISSUES THEY MAY FACE (E GAVE HUGE AMOUNTS OF TIME TO THIS SCHEME WITH AROUND
PUPILS FROM SCHOOLS IN THE AREA BENElTING FROM THE FUN AND INFORMATIVE ACTIVITIES #ONCRETE SPOKE TO 4IM WHO WAS EXTREMELY SURPRISED
BY HIS AWARD h) DIDN T EXPECT TO GET NOMINATED OR SHORTLIST ED LET ALONE THE @EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT AWARDv HE SAID h) FEEL EXTREMELY HONOURED IT
ALSO ENABLED ME TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND REmECT ON THE SUCCESS OF THE PROJECTS ) HAVE BEEN IN VOLVED INv 4IM HAS RECEIVED PRAISE
FROM BOTH THE 5NIVERSITY AND THE 5NION OF 5%! 3TUDENTS (E RECEIVED CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE 6ICE #HANCELLOR "ILL -ACMILLAN STATING THAT hHIS ;4IM S= WORK HAS BEEN HIGHLY SIGNIlCANT FOR BOTH THE 5%! STUDENT POPULATION AND FOR THE POPULATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOLCHILDREN IN .ORWICHv 4HE 5NION %XECUTIVE WAS ALSO KEEN TO RECOGNISE 4IM S ACHIEVEMENT 7ELFARE /FlCER 4OM 3UTTON SAID THAT 4IM S AWARD HIGHLIGHTED hSOME OF THE REALLY GREAT THINGS ACCOM PLISHED ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS BY THE LEADERS OF OUR CLUBS AND SOCIETIESv 4OM ALSO ADDED THAT hIT IS PEOPLE LIKE 4IM WHO PLAY SUCH AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN MAKING THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE AT 5%! SO GREATv 4IM ALSO OFFERED ADVICE TO BUDDING VOLUNTEERS h$El NITELY GO FOR IT 6OLUNTEERING IS AN AMAZING THING TO DO YOU REALLY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE v (E SUGGESTED 5%! 6OLUNTEERS AS A PERFECT STARTING POINT EX PLAINING THAT THEY HAVE hLOTS OF INFORMATION ON DIFFERENT VOLUNTEERING ACTIVITIES AND CAN HELP YOU lND THE PERFECT VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUv
6&" %FCBUJOH 4PD $POUSPWFSTZ *ACK #LARK .EWS %DITOR ! $EBATING 3OCIETY POSTER CAUSED CONTROVERSY AT THE END OF LAST TERM WHEN THE 5%! 0RINT 3ERVICES REFUSED TO PRINT IT DUE TO ITS CONTENTS /N 7EDNESDAY TH $E CEMBER .ATHAN (UMPHRIES HEAD OF $EBATING 3OC SENT THE POSTER TO 5%! PRINT SERVICES 4HE POSTER WAS TO PUBLICISE A DEBATE ABOUT )SLAMIC EXTREM ISM THAT WAS BEING HELD AS PART OF THE EXTRACURRICULAR AC TIVITIES FOR THE 4ERRORISM UNIT RUN BY ,EE -ARSDEN $EBATING 3OC WERE PRINTING AND DESIGN ING IT BECAUSE THEY HOPED TO USE THE POSTER FOR THEIR OWN DEBATES SOME DAY /N THE MORNING OF 4HURS DAY TH $ECEMBER (UM PHRIES WOKE TO lND THAT HIS POSTER WAS NOT BEING PRINT
ED THAT ONE OF THE LECTUR ERS NAMED IN THE POSTER WAS WORRIED BY THE CONTENT OF THE POSTER WHICH THEY INTERPRETED AS BEING hPROMOTIONAL MATE RIAL ABOUT MILITANT )SLAMv AND THAT -ARTIN *OPP &INANCE /FlCER OF THE 5NION OF 5%! 3TUDENTS WANTED TO MEET WITH .ATHAN AND OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF $EBATING 3OC AS SOON AS POSSIBLE )N THE MEETING AND THROUGH EMAILS (UMPHRIES CONVINCED STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE 5NION OF 5%! 3TUDENTS THAT THE POSTER WAS hNOT PRO MOTING MILITANT )SLAMv )N AN EMAIL TO A SABBATICAL OFlCER OF THE 5NION OF 5%! 3TUDENTS (UMPHRIES WROTE THAT h4HIS IS ALL A HORRIBLE MISTAKE WHICH ) AM NOW TRYING TO AMEND v $URING THE COURSE OF THE MEET ING THE ISSUE WAS RESOLVED WITH THE POSTER BEING CHANGED
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AND SOME NAMES OF 5%! STAFF MEMBERS DELETED FROM IT ! SOURCE WITHIN $EBATING 3OC SAYS THAT THE POSTER WAS ALLOWED TO GO THROUGH WITH MINOR CHANGES BECAUSE THE
5%! 0RESS /FlCE HEARD ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND WERE WORRIED ABOUT THE FALLOUT THAT DENYING THE POSTER A PRINT RUN WOULD BRING WHILE OTH ERS HAVE SAID THAT THE DEBATE
ABOUT THE POSTER WENT AS HIGH AS THE 0RO 6ICE #HANCELLOR BEFORE THE ISSUE WAS RESOLVED 4HE DETAILS ARE UNCLEAR BUT ULTIMATELY THE POSTER WAS PRINTED
)F YOU HAVEN T ALREADY JOINED ONE OF 5%! S MANY SOCIETIES THEN GET YOURSELF DOWN TO THE ,#2 ON 7EDNESDAY BETWEEN PM FOR 3OCMART "OTH SPORTS CLUBS AND SOCI ETIES WILL BE HOPING TO RECRUIT THE ANTICIPATED STUDENTS COMING THROUGH THE DOORS 7HETHER YOU MISSED THE BOAT THE lRST TIME ROUND OR ARE JUST IN IT FOR THE FREEBIES THIS IS A SECOND CHANCE TO GET INVOLVED 3OCIETIES /FlCER 0AUL 7ELLS BELIEVES hAS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE UNIVER SITY EXPERIENCE THEY ARE WELL WORTH JOINING EVEN HALF WAY THROUGH THE YEARv
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-PPL 8IP T Ç°F /FX %PDUPS -ARK -C+ENZIE 2AY 2EPORTER 4HE 4!2$)3 SEEMS A FAR CRY FROM HALLOWED HALLS OF 5%! BUT IN THEY WILL SHARE A COMMON FEATURE -ATT 3MITH 4HE FORMER 5%! STUDENT IS ABOUT TO BE CATAPULTED INTO STARDOM AFTER LANDING ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC ROLES IN "RITISH TELEVISION THAT OF THE $OCTOR IN ""# S $OCTOR 7HO !FTER MONTHS OF SPECULA TION SURROUNDING THE CASTING OF THE NEXT $OCTOR IT WAS AN NOUNCED IN *ANUARY THIS YEAR ON A SPECIAL EDITION OF $OCTOR 7HO #ONlDENTIAL THAT 3MITH WOULD REPLACE $AVID 4ENNANT IN THE POPULAR SCI l DRAMA WHEN IT RETURNS FOR A FULL lFTH SEASON IN 3INCE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF 4ENNANT S DEPARTURE AT THE .ATIONAL 4ELEVISION !WARDS THE MEDIA HAS BEEN ABUZZ WITH RUMOURS OVER THE CASTING OF HIS REPLACEMENT 4HE BOOKIES FAVOURITE WAS 0ATER SON *OSEPH AN ACTOR MOST RE NOWNED WITH STUDENTS FOR HIS APPEARANCES IN 0EEP 3HOW AND 4HAT -ITCHELL AND 7EBB ,OOK /THER CONTENDERS FOR THE ROLE INCLUDED *AMES .ESBITT $AVID -ORRISSEY #HIWETEL %JIOFOR AND EVEN *ENNIFER 3AUNDERS (OWEVER AFTER A NUMBER OF SECRET AUDITIONS IT WAS .ORTH AMPTON BORN -ATT 3MITH THAT LANDED THE MOST FAMOUS ROLE IN "RITISH SCI l
3MITH ORIGINALLY WANTED TO BECOME A PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLER HAVING PLAYED FOR .ORTHAMPTON 4OWN & # .OTTINGHAM &OREST & # AND ,EICESTER #ITY & # UNTIL A BACK INJURY FORCED HIM OUT OF THE SPORT )T WAS HIS DRAMA TEACHER AT .ORTHAMPTON 3CHOOL FOR "OYS *ERRY (ARDINGHAM WHO ENCOURAGED HIM TO JOIN THE .ATIONAL 9OUTH 4HEATRE AFTER CASTING HIM IN A SCHOOL PRO DUCTION OF 4WELVE !NGRY -EN )T WAS WITH THE .ATIONAL 9OUTH 4HEATRE THAT HE LANDED HIS lRST PROFESSIONAL ACTING ROLES IN -URDER IN THE #ATHEDRAL PLAYING 4HOMAS "ECKETT AND AS "ASOON IN 4HE -ASTER AND -ARGARITA )T WAS THE LATTER ROLE THAT FOUND HIM AN AGENT AND IN HE APPEARED IN &RESH +ILLS AT THE 2OYAL #OURT 4HEA TRE 5PSTAIRS IN ,ONDON $UR ING THIS PERIOD 3MITH WAS A STUDENT AT 5%! BUT HIS HECTIC ACTING SCHEDULE MEANT HE WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND LECTURES AT THE UNIVERSITY AND WAS SUBSE QUENTLY PERMITTED TO lNISH HIS DEGREE OFFSITE 3MITH WAS FAST GAINING REC OGNITION BY THEATRE AlCIONA DOS AND HIS LECTURERS AT 5%! WHERE HE WAS STUDYING FOR A DEGREE IN $RAMA AND #REA TIVE 7RITING *ON (YDE 5%! $RAMA 3TUDIO ADMINISTRATOR SAID h(E WAS A VERY DEDICATED STUDENT VERY INVENTIVE DETER MINED AND YOU COULD SEE HE WAS HUGELY TALENTED (E IS A
BRIGHT YOUNG MAN AND A BRIL LIANT COMIC ACTOR PARTICULARLY (E HAD A LOT OF FRIENDS AND WORKED HARD h"EFORE HE GOT THIS OPPOR TUNITY HE WAS ALREADY DOING
VERY WELL $URING HIS SECOND YEAR HE TOOK A LEAD ROLE IN /NCE IN A ,IFETIME AND IN HIS THIRD YEAR HE TOOK A SMALLER ROLE IN 3HAKESPEARE S ,OVE S ,A BOUR S ,OST BECAUSE HE WAS AL
READY PERFORMING IN ,ONDON v 3MITH S TALENT AND STATUS AS A THEATRE ACTOR GREW AND HE FOUND HIMSELF IN PRODUCTIONS OF !LAN "ENNETT S 4HE (ISTORY "OYS IN AND 0OLLY 3TEN HAM S 4HAT &ACE WHICH HE WAS NOMINATED FOR AN /LIVIER IN (IS HIGH PROlLE THEATRE EXPOSURE AND ACTING ABILITY LED TO A STRING OF SERIOUS TELEVISION ROLES FOR THE ""# (E STARRED OPPOSITE FORMER $OCTOR 7HO COMPANION "ILLIE 0IPER IN 0HILLIP 0ULLMAN S 4HE 2UBY IN THE 3MOKE AND THE SEQUEL 4HE 3HADOW OF THE .ORTH AS WELL AS AN EPISODE OF 3ECRET $IARY OF A #ALL 'IRL (E ALSO APPEARED IN 0ARTY !NIMALS IN WHICH HE PLAYED $ANNY &OSTER A PARLIA MENTARY RESEARCHER TO (OME /FlCE *UNIOR -INISTER *O 0OR TER 3MITH S TELEVISION AND THEATRE CREDITS HAVE PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN HIS $OCTOR 7HO CASTING !T YEARS OLD HE IS THE YOUNGEST EVER ACTOR TO PLAY THE YEAR OLD 4IME ,ORD BEATING 0ETER $AVISON WHO PREVIOUSLY HELD THE TITLE OF @YOUNGEST $OCTOR 3MITH S AGE AND STATUS AS A RELATIVE UN KNOWN IN THE MEDIA HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE OF CONTROVERSY WITH FANS AND CRITICS 3OME FEEL THAT THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RELATE TO AN ACTOR WHO IN SOME CASES WILL BE MORE THAN HALF THE AGE OF SOME VIEWERS TAKING ON SUCH A DEMANDING AND ICONIC ROLE /THERS ARE LOOKING FOR
WARD TO A NEW MORE ECCENTRIC $OCTOR FROM AN ACTOR LOOKING TO INJECT EVEN MORE ENERGY INTO AN ALREADY LIVELY AND DI VERSE ROLE 4HIS WAS A KEY FACTOR TO HIS CASTING ACCORDING TO NEW SHOWRUNNER 3TEVEN -OFFAT WHO SAID h4HE $OCTOR IS A VERY SPECIAL PART AND IT TAKES A VERY SPECIAL ACTOR TO PLAY HIM 9OU NEED TO BE OLD AND YOUNG AT THE SAME TIME A BOFlN AND AN ACTION HERO A CHEEKY SCHOOL BOY AND THE WISE OLD MAN OF THE UNIVERSE &ILMING FOR THE NEW SERIES BEGINS IN THE SUMMER BUT VIEWERS WILL HAVE TO WAIT UN TIL SPRING BEFORE 3MITH APPEARS ON THE SCENE -EAN WHILE THE SEARCH FOR THE $OC TOR S NEW COMPANION IS UNDER WAY WITH REPORTS SUGGESTING THAT ,ILY !LLEN 2ACHEL 3TEVENS AND !GYNESS $EAN HAVE SHOWN AN INTEREST 6IEWERS STILL HAVE FOUR $OC TOR 7HO SPECIALS STARRING 4EN NANT IN THE TITLE ROLE TO LOOK FORWARD TO OVER THE COMING YEAR THE lRST OF WHICH IS SCHED ULED TO APPEAR THIS SPRING 7HETHER OR NOT 3MITH WILL LIVE UP TO 4ENNANT S POPULAR AND MOST REVERED PORTRAYAL OF THE $OCTOR REMAINS TO BE SEEN 4HOSE ARE SOME LARGE SHOES TO lLL BUT LET S HOPE 3MITH IS UP TO THE TASK AS HE EMBARKS ON A JOURNEY THAT WILL TAKE HIM AND HIS AUDIENCE OUT OF THIS WORLD
3PVOE BCPVU 8BZ 5P 4PMWF Ç°F 'JWFXBZT +VODUJPO 3TEPHEN #URTIS 2EPORTER .ORFOLK #OUNTY #OUNCIL HAS ANNOUNCED A FEASIBILITY STUDY LOOKING AT WAYS OF REDUCING CONGESTION AT THE &IVEWAYS ROUNDABOUT &IVEWAYS IS A MAJOR ROUND ABOUT NEAR THE UNIVERSITY WITH CONNECTIONS TO BUSY ROADS SUCH AS %ARLHAM 2OAD "LUE BELL 2OAD AND 'IPSY ,ANE ALONG WITH THE 4ESCO %XPRESS PETROL STATION 4HE STUDY WILL LOOK AT WAYS OF REDUCING BOT TLENECKS ALONG WITH WAYS OF EASING THE TRAFlC CAUSED BY THE 4ESCO PETROL STATION ON THE ROUNDABOUT
4HE lNDINGS OF THE STUDY AND ITS RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE RELEASED BY THE END OF &EBRUARY 7ITH THE DEVELOP MENT OF THE PROPOSED %ARL HAM !CADEMY THE CONTINUED GROWTH OF 5%! AND THE BUILD ING OF OVER A THOUSAND NEW HOMES IN THE "OWTHORPE AREA THERE WILL BE INCREASED PRES SURE ON THE &IVEWAYS INTERSEC TION IN THE FUTURE !NY TRAFlC IMPROVEMENTS AT &IVEWAYS WILL ALSO IMPACT ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT WITH THE BUS USING THE ROUNDABOUT ,ABOUR #ITY AND #OUNTY #OUNCILLOR FOR 5NIVERSITY 7ARD 2OY "LOWER WELCOMED
THE FEASIBILITY STUDY REMARK ING h!NYTHING THAT IS GOING TO IMPROVE TRAFlC mOW ROAD SAFETY AND CUT DOWN ON TRAFlC CONGESTION HAS TO BE A GOOD THING AND ) ENDORSE THE PLAN NING AND TRANSPORTATION FEASI BILITY STUDYv !NTONY ,ITTLE #ONSERVA TIVE #OUNCILLOR FOR "OWTHORPE 7ARD AND FORMER 5%! STUDENT COMMENTED h4HE &IVEWAYS JUNCTION HAS BEEN A DANGER FOR MOTORISTS AND PEDESTRIANS FOR FAR TOO LONG 4HE SAFETY OF 5%! STUDENTS IS PARAMOUNT AND WE WILL BE MAKING A NUMBER OF SUGGESTIONS TO THE REVIEWv
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)F YOU ARE SEEKING A CHALLENGE UPON YOUR RETURN TO THE 5%! WHY NOT COME AND VISIT THE "AR NARDO S 1UIZ .IGHT ON 3UNDAY TH *ANUARY &OR ONE NIGHT ONLY THE USUAL "LUE "AR QUIZ NIGHT WILL BE HIJACKED BY "AR NARDO S WHO HOPE TO RAISE AS MUCH MONEY AS POSSIBLE 4HE "LUE "AR AT 5NION (OUSE HAVE KINDLY AGREED THAT ALL PROl TS OF THE NIGHT WILL GO
,OUISE 7OODS 2EPORTER 0UPILS FROM LOCAL SECOND ARY SCHOOLS VISITED CAMPUS LAST WEEK TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EIGHTH ANNUAL -OVE /N 5P EVENT AT 5%! 4HE EVENT WHICH RAN FROM TH TO TH *ANUARY WAS SUP PORTED BY !IMHIGHER .ORFOLK AND #ONNEXIONS .ORFOLK )T COMPRISED OF A SERIES OF WORK SHOPS DESIGNED TO SHOW 9EAR PUPILS FROM BACKGROUNDS THAT ARE UNDER REPRESENTED IN HIGHER EDUCATION WHAT LIFE AT UNIVERSITY IS LIKE 4HE WORK SHOPS RANGED FROM BUILDING A HOVERCRAFT TO LEARNING HOW TO PROGRAMME GAMES FOR AN 8BOX /VER STUDENTS TOOK PART OVER THE TWO DAYS OF EVENTS WHICH ALSO INCLUDED PUPILS BEING ABLE TO CREATE THEIR OWN $.! NECKLACE BY EXTRACTING $.! FROM A CHEEK
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TIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE TO GO ONTO (IGHER %DUCATION AND TO SHOW THEM WHAT BEING A HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENT IS REALLY LIKE v
'PPE *OTUJUVUF 4FSWFT 6Q /FX )FBE $AVID "OXER $UNDEE 5NIVERSI TY S 6ICE 0RINCIPAL FOR 2ESEARCH AND %NTERPRISE AND 0ROFESSOR OF -ICROBIAL "IOCHEMISTRY HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEXT $I RECTOR OF THE )NSTITUTE OF &OOD 2ESEARCH AND 0ROFESSOR OF -I CROBIAL -ETABOLISM AT THE 5NI VERSITY OF %AST !NGLIA 0ROFESSOR "OXER HAS EXTEN SIVE EXPERIENCE IN UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT AND IN RESEARCH HAVING HELD A NUMBER OF PO SITIONS AT $UNDEE 5NIVERSITY INCLUDING $EAN OF 3CIENCE AND %NGINEERING AND #HAIRMAN OF THE "IOCHEMISTRY $EPARTMENT (IS OWN RESEARCH FOCUSES ON THE METABOLISM OF TRACE ELE MENTS SUCH AS NICKEL AND MO LYBDENUM IN BACTERIA (E HAS ALSO CONDUCTED EXTERNAL SCIENCE ASSESSMENTS ON INTERNATIONAL LABORATORIES INCLUDING THE *OHN
)NNES #ENTRE AND IS CLOSELY AS SOCIATED WITH THE 3COTTISH #ROPS 2ESEARCH )NSTITUTE 4HE DIRECTORSHIP OF )&2 IS A JOINT APPOINTMENT BETWEEN THE 5NIVERSITY OF %AST !NGLIA AND THE "IOTECHNOLOGY AND "IOLOGI CAL 3CIENCES 2ESEARCH #OUNCIL 0ROFESSOR "OXER SAID h) AM DELIGHTED TO BE OFFERED THIS PO SITION )&2 HAS A STRONG HISTORY OF ACHIEVEMENT AND IS AN INTER NATIONALLY LEADING INSTITUTE IN EXPLORING THE LINKS BETWEEN DIET AND HEALTH A VITALLY IMPORTANT AREA WITH STRONG PUBLIC INTEREST -UCH CAN BE ACHIEVED BY BUILD ING ON THE STRONG SCIENCE BASE AT THE .ORWICH 2ESEARCH 0ARK AND WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE 5NIVERSITY THE *OHN )NNES #ENTRE AND THE .ORFOLK AND .ORWICH 5NIVERSITY (OSPI TAL 4RUST v
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Postgrad Open Day 4HE 5%! ON *ANUARY WILL HOLD ITS 0OSTGRADUATE /PEN $AY GIVING GRADUATES THE CHANCE TO l ND OUT MORE ABOUT POSTGRADUATE COURSES AND FUND ING OPTIONS AS WELL AS TO MEET ACADEMIC STAFF AND POSTGRADU ATE RESEARCH AND TEACHING STU DENTS 4HEY WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO TAKE A TOUR OF THE CAMPUS AND SEE THE 5NIVERSITY S FACILITIES 4HERE ARE OVER COURSES AVAILABLE COVERING A WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECTS INCLUDING ART HISTORY BUSINESS COMPUTING SCIENCE CREATIVE WRITING ENVIRONMEN TAL SCIENCES l LM MANAGEMENT MARKETING NURSING SOCIAL WORK AND TEACHING 2ECRUITMENT MANAGER 3UZY 'OOK SAID h4HE 0OSTGRADUATE /PEN $AY REALLY GIVES PEO PLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE WIDE RANGE OF PROGRAMMES THE UNIVERSITY HAS ON OFFER AND THE m EXIBLE STUDY OPTIONS OUR MODULAR APPROACH ALLOWSv 4HE OPEN DAY TAKES PLACE FROM AM TO PM 6ISITORS WILL NEED TO PARK AT THE 2OYAL .ORFOLK 3HOWGROUND FROM WHERE A SHUTTLE COACH WILL PRO VIDE TRANSPORT TO THE 5NIVERSITY CAMPUS FROM AM 0RO SPECTIVE POSTGRADUATES DO NOT NEED TO BOOK A PLACE BUT ARE ASKED TO REGISTER AT THE /PEN $AY RECEPTION IN THE %LIZABETH &RY BUILDING 4O ORDER A PROGRAMME AND FOR FURTHER INFORMATION GO TO HTTP WWW UEA AC UK VIRTUALO PENDAY OPENDAY 0'?/PEN
&TTBZ $PNQFUJUJPO 4HE STUDENT ESSAY COMPE TITION IS HERE WITH THE CHANCE TO WIN a AND DEVELOP YOUR EMPLOYABILITY %NTRANTS NEED TO WRITE A WORD RESPONSE TO ONE OF THREE JOB ADVERTS WHICH IS THEN SUBMITTED ALONG WITH YOUR #6 TO THE $EAN OF 3TUDENTS OFl CE FRONT RECEPTION DESK 4HE THREE JOB ADVERTS ARE AVAILABLE FROM A LINK ON THE 5%! S 3TUDENT 3ERVICES WEB PAGE WWW UEA AC UK SERVICES STUDENTS WHICH ALSO CONTAINS MORE INFORMATION ON THE COM PETITION %NTRANTS ARE TOLD TO THINK ABOUT THEIR ACADEMIC SKILLS AND PERSONAL DEVELOP MENT WHEN WRITING THE APPLICA TION AS WELL AS PAID OR UNPAID WORK OR OTHER ACTIVITIES THEY HAVE UNDERTAKEN
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1SPDMBJNFST /PU "MMPXFE PO $BNQVT *ACK #LARK .EWS %DITOR ,AST SEMESTER 0ROCLAIMERS A MODERN #HRISTIAN CHURCH HELD SEVERAL SERVICES IN THE #ONGRE GATION (ALL 4HIS SEMESTER THEY AREN T ALLOWED TO 0ROCLAIMERS IS A MODERN CHURCH IN THE SENSE THAT IF YOU GO ALONG TO ANY OF THEIR SERVICES THE WEBSITE SAYS YOU CAN EXPECT hTODAY S MUSIC AND HIGH IMPACT MEDIA PRESENTA TIONSv hGREAT COFFEE VARIETIES OF TEAv AND YOU WILL l ND THAT hYOU MATTER TO 'ODxAND TO US v "Y ALL ACCOUNTS THE SERVICES IT HELD IN THE #ONGREGATION (ALL WERE VERY MUCH LIKE THIS /WEN -ORGAN A MAN HEAV ILY INVOLVED WITH 0ROCLAIMERS AND THE SERVICES THEY PUT ON AT THE #ONGREGATION (ALL STUDIED AT 5%! (E SAYS IT hMADE SENSEv TO HOLD A SERVICE ON CAMPUS BE CAUSE 0ROCLAIMERS IS hA THRIVING CHURCH IN THE CITY v (E SAID THAT HE ESTIMATED THE PERCENTAGE OF
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STUDENTS AT SERVICES TO BE hAT LEAST v !FTER HOLDING FORTNIGHTLY EVENTS THROUGHOUT LAST SEMES TER HE RANG UP 5%! S CONFERENCE OFl CE TO ORGANISE BOOKING THE SPACE FOR ANOTHER SEMESTER AND WAS TOLD THAT hWE SHOULDN T HAVE LET YOU BOOK IN THE l RST PLACEv APPARENTLY BECAUSE 5%! BEING A SECULAR (% INSTITUTION SHOULD NOT BE HOLDING RELIGIOUS EVENTS ON CAMPUS 3OME 5%! STUDENTS HAVE TAKEN THINGS FURTHER #HRIS -AY A 5%! STUDENT WENT TO THE 3TUDENT 5NION TO SPEAK TO THEM ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND FOUND THEM TO BE hINCREDIBLY HELPFUL 4HEY FOUND THAT THE CHAPLAINCY HAD ASKED $R !NNIE 'RANT THE $EAN OF 3TUDENTS DECIDED TO SUSPEND THE BOOKING AS IT WENT AGAINST THEIR POLICY OF hNO CHURCH EVENTS ON CAMPUSv -AY HOWEVER DISAGREES WITH THE VIEW THAT hTHIS IS THE CASE BECAUSE 5%! IS A SECULAR (% INSTITUTION v (E BELIEVES THAT hTHIS ISN T ACCU RATE DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF THE
MULTI FAITH CHAPLAINCY ON CAM PUSv AND THE PRESENCE OF AN hIS LAMIC PRAYER CENTRE v (E SAYS THAT hWHAT IS SADDEN ING IS THAT LAST TERM THE SERVICE WAS INCREDIBLY POPULAR WITH AV ERAGE ATTENDANCE OF v HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT hAFTER THE SERVICE THE CONGREGATION WERE EN COURAGED TO SOCIALISE AT THE UNION BAR BRINGING IN REVENUE FOR THE STUDENTS UNION v &OR NOW 0ROCLAIMERS WILL BE HOLDING THEIR 5%! SERVICES AT %ARL HAM (IGH 3CHOOL AND ACCORDING TO -ORGAN hSERVICES SHOULD START LATER IN THE MONTH v #HRIS -AY IS STILL KEEN TO RE SOLVE THE ISSUE AROUND CAMPUS BASED SERVICES AND ARGUES THAT hTHE STUDENTS AT 5%! ARE A FAN TASTIC BUNCH AND INCREDIBLY INTEL LIGENT THEY CAN MAKE UP THEIR MIND WHETHER THEY WANT TO AT TEND A CHURCH SERVICE OR NOT 4HEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO ATTEND REA SONABLE AND LEGAL EVENTS ON CAM PUS BE THEY RELIGIOUS OR NOT v
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&REEZING TEMPERATURES HIT .ORWICH WITH SNOW APPEARING IN EARLY *ANUARY AND THE 5%! LAKE COM PLETELY ICING OVER ,OWS REACHED #ELSIUS IN .OR WICH ON SOME COLD EVENINGS 4HE TWO BROTHERS CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF &RANK -C'ARAHAN THE MAN WHO WAS KILLED OUT SIDE 4ESCO -ETRO IN 3EPTEMBER LAST YEAR PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO HIS MURDER 4OM AND "EN #OWLES WERE REMANDED IN CUSTODY UNTIL THEIR TRIAL IN *UNE %ARLHAM WILL SOON HAVE A NEW POLICE STATION AF TER IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE CURRENT ONE WILL BE REPLACED WITH A STATE OF THE ART a MILLION BUILD ING 4HE NEW STATION SHOULD BE FULLY OPERATIONAL BY THE MIDDLE OF .ORWICH #ITY S DISMAL FORM CONTINUED WITH NO WIN SINCE #HRISTMAS LEAVING THEM LANGUISHING IN ST IN THE #HAMPIONSHIP WITH ONLY POINTS FROM GAMES THIS SEASON !ND l NALLYx 3TAFF AND CUSTOMERS AT THE .EXT STORE IN .ORWICH GOT A SURPRISE WHEN A NAKED MAN RAN THROUGH THE STORE AT AM ON THE l RST DAY OF THE SALES 4HE MAN WHO WAS WEARING NOTHING BUT A RED SASH MADE A DASH THROUGH THE GROUND m OOR OF THE STORE BEFORE RUNNING OUT INTO THE EARLY MORNING COLD
(SBEVBUF 4DIFNFT "OOPVODFE )N THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CLIMATE MINISTERS ARE WORRIED THAT MANY OF THE STUDENTS GRADU ATING THIS SUMMER WILL BE UNABLE TO SECURE GRADU ATE JOBS AND JOIN THE RANKS OF THE UNEMPLOYED AS A RESULT 4OP COMPANIES SUCH AS "ARCLAYS AND -I CROSOFT HAVE SAID THEY WILL OFFER THREE MONTH PAID INTERNSHIPS SPECIl CALLY FOR STUDENTS 4HESE INTERNSHIPS WILL GIVE SUCCESSFUL CANDI DATES THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP AND IMPROVE THEIR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE 4HERE IS ALSO A STRONG EMPHA SIS UPON PROVIDING A PATHWAY TO FULL TIME WORK 4HE PROPOSALS ARE PART OF A PACKAGE OF MEASURES DUE TO BE ANNOUNCED AFTER 0ARLIAMENT S #HRISTMAS BREAK 4HIS SCHEME AIMS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH AN EXCELLENT WAY OF ENTERING INTO TO THE WORLD OF WORK AND TO OFFER THEM THE CHANCE TO USE THE SKILLS GAINED IN THEIR DEGREES IN PRACTICE
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IS GOING TO BE A YEAR OF PRUDENCE IN PLACE OF THE NOUGHTIES DECADENCE THAT EVEN POOR STUDENTS HAVE BECOME AC CUSTOMED TO 7ITH ALL THIS FRUGAL LIV
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ING THIS SUMMER WILL STRUGGLE TO lND A JOB lND IT IMPOSSIBLE TO BUY PROPERTY AS THE MORTGAGE MARKET DRIES UP AND FACE THE PROSPECT OF HAVING TO MOVE BACK IN WITH PARENTS WHO ARE UNLIKELY TO RELINQUISH CONTROL OF THE 46 REMOTE TO A DISGRUNTLED EX STUDENT 3O NOW TO THE GREAT THINGS TO COME IN 'EORGE "USH LEAVES OFlCE THIS MONTH 'ORDON "ROWN HAS STATED THAT A ELECTION IS THE LAST THING ON HIS MIND SO THE 4ORIES CAN T WORM THEIR WAY INTO GOVERNMENT JUST YET 3OxTHAT APPEARS TO BE IT .OT GREAT POSITIVES ) MUST ADMIT HOWEVER RECESSIONS ARE REMEMBERED AS EXCIT ING TIMES FULL OF CREATIVITY AND TURBU LENCE AND STUDENTS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE BROKE IT IS ALL PART OF THE EXPERIENCE 7HO KNOWS WHAT COULD HAPPEN WHEN WE ALL HAVE TO MAKE OUR OWN FUN
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THING SURELY THE DATE HAS GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH IT 4HE OTHER THING ABOUT THIS SILLY TRADITION IS GIVING UP AFTER #HRISTMAS GIVING UP AFTER THE TIME WHEN THE SAID THING IS MOST LIKELY TO HAVE OC CURRED MOST OFTEN ) KNOW ) LL GIVE UP DRINKING NOW AFTER #HRISTMAS NOW THAT MY LIVER HAS HAD THE BOMBARD MENT OF AN ENTIRE YEAR ALL OVER AGAIN IN THE LAST FEW DAYS 0ERHAPS GIV ING UP BEFORE #HRISTMAS MIGHT HAVE AVOIDED THAT 'EORGE "EST SYNDROME IN &EBRUARY 'OOD LORD WHO ACTU ALLY STICKS TO THEIR .EW 9EAR S RESOLU TIONS ) HAVE THE PLEASURE OF KNOWING BUT ONE AND NOT REALLY A .EW 9EAR S RESOLUTION AT ALL BUT MORE OF A HOR RIlC COINCIDENCE ,ET S FACE IT THE PERIOD AFTER #HRISTMAS IS lLLED WITH THE MISERY OF DEBT DESPERATION AND RUBBISH WEATHER AND THEREFORE THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR PEOPLE TO RESORT TO CHOCOLATE SMOKING DRINKING OR MILD DRUG ABUSE AS COMFORT 2ATHER THAN FORCING A DEADLINE ON WHICH TO GIVE UP OUR LESS FAVOURABLE HABITS WHY NOT ENCOURAGE OTHERS AND OURSELVES TO PREPARE OURSELVES TO GIVE UP WHEN THEY AND WE ARE READY 4HIS WAY INDIVIDUALS CAN TAKE THE PREPA RATIONS OF CUTTING BACK GRADUALLY AND HAVING PLANNED HELP AND SUPPORT FOR THE DECISION 7HY WAIT UNTIL THE START OF THE YEAR 4AKE YOUR TIME PLAN IT WELL AND GIVE UP FOR GOOD
'BDU #PY 4HE TOP lVE RESOLUTIONS PEO PLE MAKE ACCORDING TO RE SEARCH ARE TO LOSE WEIGHT GET OUT OF DEBT SAVE MONEY GET A BETTER JOB AND GET lT !CCORDING THAT FOUNTAIN OF KNOWLEDGE 7IKIPEDIA ! .EW 9EAR S RESOLUTION IS A COMMITMENT THAT AN INDIVID UAL MAKES TO A PROJECT OR THE REFORMING OF A HABIT OFTEN A LIFESTYLE CHANGE THAT IS GENER ALLY INTERPRETED AS ADVANTA GEOUS 4HE NAME COMES FROM THE FACT THAT THESE COMMIT MENTS NORMALLY GO INTO EFFECT ON .EW 9EAR S $AY AND REMAIN UNTIL FULlLLED OR ABANDONED ! YEAR LONG STUDY OF PEOPLE FOUND MEN SHOULD SET SPECIlC GOALS AND WOMEN SHOULD TELL THE WORLD ABOUT THEIR RESOLUTION IF THEY ARE TO SUCCEED
%LSIE +ING /PINIONS %DITOR ,ISTS MAKE ME FEEL MORE IN CONTROL AND ARE THE PEN AND PAPER EQUIVA LENT OF TAKING A DEEP BREATH 0ERHAPS THIS LOVE OF LISTS IS THE REASON BEHIND MY ENJOYMENT OF MAKING .EW 9EARS RESOLUTIONS ) LOVE THE FACT THAT A GLORIOUS TWELVE MONTHS STRETCHES OUT BEFORE ME WHERE ) CAN RESOLVE TO MAKE LESS MISTAKES READ MORE BOOKS GET lTTER AND SPEND LESS MORNINGS WITH ONLY A HAZY RECOLLECTION OF THE NIGHT BE FORE 7HO CARES WHETHER OR NOT ) EVEN KEEP THESE RESOLUTIONS 4HE POINT IS THAT THEY GIVE ME HOPE AND INSPIRA TION HOWEVER MISGUIDED TO GO FOR WARD AND ACHIEVE THE THINGS THAT ) WANT IN -AKING RESOLUTIONS IS A GREAT WAY TO ORGANISE YOUR THOUGHTS AFTER DIGEST ING THAT LAST MINCE PIE AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO GIVE CONSIDERATION TO WHAT YOU WANT FROM THE YEAR AHEAD ) USUALLY START OFF WITH GRAND SWEEPING IDEAS SUCH AS @) WILL GIVE UP COFFEE FOR ME THAT IS A GRAND SWEEPING IDEA @) WILL RUN THE ,ONDON -ARATHON @) WILL READ EVERY NOVEL #HARLES $ICKENS HAS EVER WRITTEN IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND THEN GRADUALLY SCALE THEM DOWN TO MORE POTENTIALLY ACHIEVABLE PLANS SUCH AS @) WILL DISCONTINUE MY CUR RENT PRACTICE OF LEAVING EVERYTHING TO
THE LAST MINUTE AND THUS IMPROVE MY OVERALL SANITY AND @) WILL REMEMBER MY GRAN S BIRTHDAY THIS YEAR 4HE POINT IS THAT YOU DON T EVEN NECESSARILY HAVE TO ACHIEVE ALL THAT YOU SET OUT TO IN *ANUARY "UT THE POS SIBILITY THAT YOU COULD IS ENOUGH TO KEEP US GOING THROUGH THE DULL MISTY HELL THAT IS *ANUARY AND &EBRUARY 2E SOLVING WHAT YOU WANT FROM THE YEAR AHEAD COULD BE WHAT GIVES YOU THE MOTIVATION TO DO WHAT YOU NEVER
iɨFZ HJWF NF IPQF UP BDIJFWF UIF UIJOHT * XBOU GSPN w THOUGHT POSSIBLE OR HAVE PUT OFF FOR SO LONG !ND WHEN YOU DO MANAGE TO FULlL A RESOLUTION THERE IS AN INlNITE FEELING OF SATISFACTION !S TO MY YEAR AHEADx) D REALLY QUITE LIKE TO GET A DEGREE AND TO GRADU ATE SO OBVIOUSLY THAT S SOMETHING ) LL BE SERIOUSLY LOOKING IN TO ) D LIKE TO GO TO "ERLIN ) M GOING TO GO SWIM MING ONCE A WEEK !ND ) MIGHT EVEN TRY LIMITING MY COFFEE INTAKE PROBA BLY UNACHIEVABLE 3O DON T BRUSH OFF THE IDEA OF A .EW 9EARS RESOLUTION OR TWO YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED AND EVEN EXCITED BY WHAT YOU COME UP WITH
h/LD PEOPLE ARE TAKING OVER &ACEBOOK -Y DAD HAS &ACEBOOK AND ) DIDN T HAVE THE HEART TO REJECT HIM 7HEN WILL THEY LEARN THAT IT S NOT FOR THEIR GENERATION v *ESSICA (AMILTON ,)4
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1PMJUJDBM "QBUIZ 3FBMMZ 4P #BE )N AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE MOST PEOPLE EXPRESS THEIR POLITICS OPENLY ,AURENCE 3TEELE EXPLAINS WHY HE CHOOSES TO BE APATHETIC IN A SEA OF POLITICALLY ACTIVE STUDENTS ,AURENCE 3TEELE /PINIONS 7RITER 2OLAND "ARTHES FAMOUS LITERARY CRITIC ONCE SAID THAT LITERATURE WAS hTHE QUESTION MINUS THE ANSWERv !S ) WATCH THE NEWS WITH POLITICIANS REGULARLY LYING CHEATING AND DODGING RESPONSIBILITY ALL ) CAN SUGGEST IS THAT POLITICS IS SIMPLY hTHE ANSWER MINUS THE QUESTION v /FTEN ) M ASKED WHO ) SUPPORT POLITICALLY AND ) STRUGGLE TO COME UP WITH AN ANSWER ) DON T SUPPORT ANYBODY ) M POLITICALLY APATHETIC AND PROUD /F COURSE ) CAN T TELL FEL LOW STUDENTS THAT ) D GET LYNCHED PERSONIlED AS THE EMBODIMENT AS WHAT S WRONG WITH MODERN "RITAIN !MONGST STUDENTS POLITICAL APATHY SEEMS ALMOST AS POLITICALLY UNACCEPT ABLE AS FASCISM h.OTHING CHANGES UNLESS YOU GET INVOLVED v ) HEAR YOU CRY 7ELL @lRST PAST THE POST TAKES CARE OF YOUR VOTE NOT ACTUALLY COUNTING UNLESS YOU
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i"T * XBUDI UIF OFXT BMM * DBO TVHHFTU JT UIBU QPMJUJDT JT TJNQMZ AUIF BOTXFS NJOVT UIF RVFTUJPO w CHOICE BETWEEN TWO INCREASINGLY CEN TRIST PARTIES 7HEN ONE /LD %TONIAN POLITICIAN HAS THE AUDACITY TO CLAIM %TON 2ImES AS HIS ONE OF HIS FAVOURITE SONGS YOU KNOW THAT POLITICIANS HAVE COMPLETELY LOST TOUCH WITH REALITY %VEN MORE AUDACIOUS IS THE AT TEMPT TO BLAME THE POLITICALLY APA THETIC THEMSELVES FOR THEIR ABSTENTION
FROM ACTIVE POLITICS 4HOSE FEELING DISENFRANCHISED HAVE NOT BEEN INmU ENCED BY THE REGULAR SCANDALS CON TRADICTORY BEHAVIOUR DOUBLE STAND ARDS AND GENERAL BLATANT CAREERISM AMONGST "RITAIN S POLITICIANS THEY RE JUST BONE IDLE OF COURSE /NE WON DERS IF THE POLITICIANS AT 7ESTMINSTER TRULY BELIEVE THAT THEIR CAREERS ARE FOUNDED ON COMPLETELY ALTRUISTIC MO TIVES -OST ANNOYING AND BY FAR THE BIGGEST REASON ) DO NOT GET INVOLVED IN POLITICS OF ANY SORT IS THE POLITI CIANS COMPLETE INABILITY TO ADMIT THEY ARE FACTUALLY WRONG CONTRADICT ING THEMSELVES OR BEING HYPOCRITICAL 7ATCHING 1UESTION 4IME IS A HUGELY FRUSTRATING EXPERIENCE AS THE PANEL LISTS DO EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER NOT TO ACTUALLY ANSWER THE QUESTION THEY VE BEEN ASKED 0EOPLE MAY CRITI CIZE MY POLITICS AS CONTRADICTORY ) FULLY ACCEPT THAT ACCUSATION $ENYING THAT YOU ARE INHERENTLY HYPOCRITICAL AS ALL HUMAN BEINGS ARE IS ALMOST
COMICALLY DEPRESSING 4HE MOST DAMNING METAPHOR ) CAN SUGGEST ABOUT POLITICIANS IS TO QUOTE A PHRASE h0OLITICIANS ARE THE SAME THE WORLD OVER THEY PROMISE TO BUILD A BRIDGE WHERE THERE IS NO RIVERv 2ATHER APT BECAUSE IT WAS SAID BY .IKITA +HRUSHCHEV LEADER OF THE 3OVIET 5NION DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE
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i.BLF JOEVTUSZ XPSL GPS FWFSZPOFw 4HE 0RESIDENT OF 5%! ,ABOUR ARGUES WHY A POLICY OF PUBLIC OWNERSHIP IN KEY INDUSTRIES WOULD PROVIDE BETTER SERVICES AND WORK BETTER FOR OUR SOCIETY *ONATHAN #LARK 5%! ,ABOUR 7ITH THE NATIONALISATION OF .ORTHERN 2OCK ALONG WITH THE PART OWNERSHIP OF ("/3 WE "RITISH CITIZENS AND TAX PAYERS NOW OWN HIGH STREET BANKS 3ADLY WE CAN T WALK OFF THE STREET INTO THE BRANCH OF .ORTHERN 2OCK IN TOWN AND BOSS EVERYONE AROUND BUT ON OUR BEHALF OUR ELECTED GOVERNMENT IS NOW CALLING THE SHOTS FOR US 7HEN -ARGARET 4HATCHER WON THE ELEC TION NATIONALISATION ALONG WITH A RAFT OF OTHER TRADITIONAL ,ABOUR POLICIES SUDDENLY BECAME UNPOPULAR (OW EVER WITH THE CURRENT NATIONALISATION OF BANKS A POSITIVE ARGUMENT FOR GREATER GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION CAN BE MADE ! POLICY OF PUBLIC OWNERSHIP IN CERTAIN KEY INDUSTRIES WOULD IMPROVE ACCOUNTABILITY AND IF MANAGED EFFEC TIVELY PROVIDE BETTER SERVICES FOR ALL OF US !NY NEW NATIONALISED INDUSTRIES MUST HAVE A DEMOCRATIC CORE WHERE ORDINARY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC STAFF GOVERNMENT AND MANAGEMENT ALL HAVE AN EQUAL SAY IN THE RUNNING
OF A PARTICULAR PUBLICLY OWNED COM PANY &OR EXAMPLE IF &IRST "USES WAS A NATIONALISED COMPANY THEN IT WOULD NO LONGER BE ABLE TO SIMPLY IGNORE STUDENT S COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SERV ICE !LSO AS WE WOULD BE PAYING FOR
i)PXFWFS XJUI UIF DVSSFOU OBUJPOBMJTB UJPO PG CBOLT B QPTJUJWF BSHVNFOU GPS HSFBUFS HPWFSONFOU JOUFSWFOUJPO DBO CF NBEFw THE SERVICE THROUGH TAX AND FARES WE WOULD HAVE A GREATER SAY IN THE RUN NING OF THE COMPANY (EY WE COULD EVEN MAKE SURE THAT #LIVE ON THE ROUTE GETS A BUS NAMED IN HIS HON OUR
7E HAVE lRST HAND EXPERIENCE WITH A WATERED DOWN FORM OF PUB LIC OWNERSHIP EVERY DAY ON CAMPUS 4HE 5&/ 0APERSHOP 0OST /FlCE AND 4RAVEL 3HOP ARE ALL OWNED AND MANAGED BY OUR 5NION %VERY SINGLE STUDENT IS ABLE TO INmUENCE THE MAN AGEMENT OF THE 5NION THROUGH 5NION #OUNCIL AND BY VOTING FOR CANDIDATES IN ELECTIONS 7E CAN ALL HAVE OUR SAY ABOUT THE 5NION S COMMERCIAL SERVIC ES FROM WHAT IT STOCKS TO HOW IT S RUN /UR 5NION S SHOPS PROVIDE A SHIN ING EXAMPLE OF THE BENElTS OF PUBLIC OWNERSHIP AND CONSEQUENTLY ANY AT TEMPTS TO PRIVATISE THEM IN THE FUTURE SHOULD BE FOUGHT 7HEN THE UTILITY COMPANIES WERE PRIVATISED UNDER THE 4HATCHER AND -A JOR GOVERNMENTS THE SHARES WERE SOLD OFF BELOW THE MARKET VALUE ALLOWING LARGE COMPANIES WITH ENOUGH CAPITAL TO BUY HUGE SWATHES OF INDUSTRY AND MAKE A HUGE PROlT AT THE TAXPAYER S EXPENSE &URTHERMORE THE HEADS OF THE PUBLIC INDUSTRIES THAT STAYED IN THEIR POSITIONS ONCE PRIVATISATION OC CURRED EXPERIENCED HUGE PAY INCREAS ES FOR NO EXTRA WORK 4HE CULTURE OF
UNWARRANTED EXTRAVAGANT CORPORATE BONUSES WAS BORN 4HE CURRENT ECO
i*G 'JSTU #VTFT XBT B OBUJPOBMJTFE DPNQBOZ UIFO JU XPVME OP MPOHFS CF BCMF UP TJNQMZ JHOPSF TUVEFOU T DPNQMBJOUT BCPVU UIF TFSWJDFw NOMIC MESS IS BASED ON THE CULTURE OF GREED CULTIVATED DURING THE S WITH THE EXPLOITATION OF PRIVATISATION BEING A KEY CONTRIBUTORY FACTOR .ATIONALISATION IS NOT A CONCEPT FORMED IN THE S AND MADE OB SOLETE IN THE S $EMOCRATIC PUB LIC OWNERSHIP MEANS THAT INSTEAD OF EXPLOITING US WE CAN MAKE INDUSTRY WORK FOR EVERYONE
&DPOPNZ "OBMZTFE 3TEPHEN #URTIS 5%! ,ABOUR )N A PREVIOUS ISSUE OF #ONCRETE THE #ONSERVATIVE 0RESIDENT UNLEASHED A TORRENT OF ILL INFORMED WAFmE ONTO UNSUSPECTING READERS REGARDING THE CURRENT lNANCIAL SITUATION (E CLAIMS THAT THE MAIN REASON WHY WE ARE IN VOLVED IN THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CRISIS IS BECAUSE WE FAIL TO LIVE IN A TRULY FREE MARKET ECONOMY 4HIS IS NONSENSE )F AS THE #ONSERVATIVE 0RESIDENT CLAIMS THE STATE hFUNDAMENTALLY REPRESSES THE ECONOMIC FREEDOM OF THE INDI VIDUALv THEN WHY ARE THE CITY BANKERS WHO GOT US INTO THIS MESS STILL RAKING IN EYE WATERINGLY EXTRAVAGANT ENOR MOUS BONUSES WHILST HARD WORKING PEOPLE TOIL FOR THE MINIMUM WAGE WHICH INCIDENTALLY THE 4ORIES OP POSED 4HE REASON WHY THIS ECONOM IC DOWNTURN BEGAN IN THE lRST PLACE WAS BECAUSE OF THE FOLLY AND GREED OF BANKERS NOT BECAUSE OF GOVERNMENT SPENDING POLICIES
iɨF SFBTPO XIZ UIJT FDPOPNJD EPXOUVSO CFHBO JO UIF mSTU QMBDF XBT CFDBVTF PG UIF HSFFE PG CBOLFSTw 4HE #ONSERVATIVES ALSO OPPOSE THE lNANCIAL STIMULUS PACKAGE PUT TOGETHER BY THE 'OVERNMENT -ORALLY OUTRAGED AT THIS BLATANT ATTEMPT OF IMPOSING SOCIALISM UPON OUR FAIR NA TION AS IF THE 4ORIES mOUNDER IN A PUDDLE OF RHETORIC AND ECONOMIC POL ICY SUGGESTIONS WHICH AID THEIR %TO NIAN CHUMS WORKING IN THE lNANCIAL SECTOR NOT THE AVERAGE PERSON ON THE STREET #OINCIDENTALLY THE #ONSERVA TIVES ARE ALSO ONE OF THE FEW POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE WORLD WHICH ARE FAILING TO SUPPORT PUMPING CAPITAL INTO THE lNANCIAL SYSTEM #LUELESS PATRIARCHS DON T MAKE FOR GOOD LEADERS IN A TIME OF CRISIS )T IS RIGHT FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO SPEND MONEY TO EASE US OUT OF THIS DOWNTURN IN THE ECONOMY ! RETURN TO NEO 4HATCHERITE ECONOMIC POLICIES WHERE HARD WORKING DECENT PEOPLE LOSE THEIR JOBS IN THE PURSUIT OF GREED AND A BELIEF IN THE FALLACIOUS @TRICKLE DOWN EFFECT WILL NOT SOLVE THIS CRI SIS 'OVERNMENT INTERVENTION AND GREATER REGULATION WILL PREVENT THESE PROBLEMS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN NOT GIVING BANKERS AND SPECULATORS FREE REIGN TO MESS UP AGAIN
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%CSTATIC lND 3URELY ONE OF THE BIGGEST SCI ENCE BASED STORIES OF THE YEAR WAS THE NEWS THAT )TALIAN RE SEARCHERS SHAMELESSLY EN FORCING CULTURAL STEREOTYPES MANAGED TO LOCATE THE MYSTE RIOUS ' SPOT AND CONlRM ITS EXISTENCE ONCE AND FOR ALL US ING ULTRASOUND 4HE BAD NEWS IS THAT IT APPEARS THAT NOT ALL WOMEN HAVE ONE AND IT IS BIGGER IN SOME THAN OTHERS 4HE GOOD NEWS IS THAT BY THE END OF THE YEAR THE RESEARCH ERS HAD ALSO FOUND THAT IT WAS POSSIBLE TO TEACH WOMEN HOW TO lND AND STIMULATE THEIR ' SPOT PROPERLY A HAPPY ENDING FOR ALL INVOLVED
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 first 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- solving skills, Resident Tutors help maintain a balance between the interests of individuals and the community in residences. If you have excellent all-round people skills, are non-judgmental, able to empathise with the academic problems commonly experienced by students, have good written and spoken English, good time management skills, the ability to follow clearly defined procedures, flexibility 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’ Office Reception or from https://www.uea.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.102520!rt_fp_nov08.pdf Closing date for applications 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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3PZBM PS 3FQVCMJD 'RACE 3IMPSON EXPLORES THE VALUE AND RELEVANCE OF THE MONARCHY IN THE ST CENTURY
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N TIMES OF ECONOMIC TURMOIL WE ALL REVIEW OUR lNANCES TO SEE WHERE IT IS POSSIBLE TO ELIMINATE ANY UNNECESSARY EXPENDITURE )F YOU WERE TO CONSIDER THE DECISIONS FACING !LISTAIR $ARLING WHERE WOULD YOU CUT COSTS $EFENCE 4HE ""# 4HE ,ON DON /LYMPICS !LL THREE SPRING TO MIND BUT MANY WOULD ALSO ADD THE ROYAL FAMILY TO THE LIST OF EXPEND ABLES 4HE "RITISH MONARCHY IS AN INSTI TUTION THAT HAS SPANNED OVER A THOU SAND YEARS ENDURING ENUMERABLE CRISES THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES TO RE MAIN CENTRAL TO THE "RITISH TRADITION AND CONSTITUTION TO THIS DAY (OW EVER IN A SOCIETY THAT PERCEIVES MANY TRADITIONS AS ARCHAIC AND THE ROYAL FAMILY AS AN UNNECESSARY ANACHRO NISM IN THE ST CENTURY THE lNANCIAL COST OF THE 1UEEN AND HER RELATIVES TO THE TAXPAYER IS INSTRUMENTAL TO THE RE PUBLICAN ARGUMENT FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE MONARCHY IN THE 5+ 4HE #IVIL ,IST DATING BACK TO THE 2ESTORATION WHEN THE STATE AND THE SOVEREIGN S EXPENSES WERE SEPARATED HAS BEEN IN PLACE IN ITS CURRENT FORM SINCE 'EORGE ))) CAME TO THE THRONE IN )T IS THE SUM OF MONEY AP PROPRIATED TO THE 1UEEN FOR THE FUL lLMENT OF HER DUTIES AS (EAD OF 3TATE #ONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF ONLY THE 1UEEN AND THE $UKE OF %DINBURGH RECEIVE FUNDING FROM THE #IVIL ,IST AT THE lXED lGURE OF a MILLION PER ANNUM 3EVENTY PER CENT OF THIS lGURE PAYS THE SALARIES OF THE 1UEEN S STAFF WHILST THE REMAIN DER OF THE AMOUNT GOES TOWARDS ROYAL FUNCTIONS EVENTS RECEPTIONS VISITS AND ENTERTAINING THE PEOPLE THE 1UEEN HOSTS EACH YEAR 4HE $UCHY OF ,ANCASTER A COLLEC TION OF LAND AND PROPERTY AMOUNT ING TO AROUND ACRES ACROSS %NGLAND AND 7ALES BELONGS TO THE SOVEREIGN AS THEIR INHERITANCE AS THE $UKE OF ,ANCASTER PASSED ON TO EACH MONARCH SINCE IS INDEPENDENT FROM THE #ROWN %STATES MAKING IT ONE OF THE 1UEEN S PRIVATE INCOMES 4HE $UCHY S ANNUAL REVENUE IS IN THE REGION OF a MILLION WITH MUCH OF THIS USED TO PAY FOR THE HOUSEHOLDS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY MEMBERS NOT FUNDED BY THE #IVIL ,IST 4HIS MAY APPEAR TO BE A VAST AMOUNT OF MONEY TO FUND THE ACTIVI TIES OF JUST ONE FAMILY BUT IT IS SMALL IN COMPARISON TO THE FUNDS THAT THE
1UEEN CONTRIBUTES TO THE 4REASURY %VERY YEAR THE #ROWN %STATE PAYS THE 4REASURY APPROXIMATELY a MIL LION IN RETURN FOR THE a MILLION ALLOWANCE OF THE #IVIL ,IST 4HE ROYAL FAMILY S OFlCIAL WEBSITE PUTS THE IN DIVIDUAL PUBLIC COST OF THE MONARCHY AT P PER PERSON PER YEAR BUT WHAT DO THE ROYAL FAMILY DO TO EARN SUCH A PAYMENT REGARDLESS OF ITS INSIGNIl CANCE 4HE 1UEEN IS A PATRON OF OVER CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS WITH THE $UKE OF %DINBURGH HAVING OVER PATRONAGES 2OYAL FAMILY MEM BERS HAVE ALSO ESTABLISHED THEIR OWN ORGANISATIONS MOST NOTABLY 0RINCE 0HILIP S $UKE OF %DINBURGH !WARD AND 0RINCE #HARLES 0RINCE S 4RUST ENRICHING AND TRANSFORMING THE LIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE 5+ #ONTINUING THE WORK OF BOTH HIS PARENTS n 0RINCESS $IANA WAS RE VERED FOR HER DEDICATED CHARITY WORK n 0RINCE (ARRY HAS LAUNCHED A CHIL DREN S CHARITY IN THE !FRICAN COUNTRY OF ,ESOTHO #OMMITMENT TO VARIOUS CHARITIES IS THE PREDOMINANT ROLE OF MANY OF THE SENIOR ROYALS 0RINCESS !NNE IS TRADITIONALLY KNOWN AS THE MOST HARDWORKING OF THE 1UEEN S CHILDREN BUT HER OFlCIAL ENGAGE MENTS WERE OVERSHADOWED BY 0RINCE #HARLES ROYAL VISITS IN !SIDE FROM CHARITY WORK ROY ALS ARE ALSO TRADITIONALLY ASSOCIATED WITH ROLES IN THE ARMED FORCES 0RINCE (ARRY FAMOUSLY FOUGHT ON THE FRONT LINE IN !FGHANISTAN FOR ALMOST THREE MONTHS IN AS A MEMBER OF THE (OUSEHOLD #AVALRY 0RINCE 7ILLIAM IS ALSO PURSUING A CAREER IN THE MILI TARY ALTHOUGH AS WITH (ARRY MEDIA ATTENTION IS OFTEN FOCUSED ON HIS PERSONAL LIFE RATHER THAN HIS PUBLIC ROLES 4HE SCANDALS AND CONTROVERSIES SURROUNDING THE ROYAL FAMILY PAR TICULARLY REGARDING THEIR MARRIAGES AND RELATIONSHIPS PROVIDE SUPPORT TO BOTH MONARCHIST AND REPUBLICAN ARGUMENTS OVER THE RELEVANCE OF THE MONARCHY IN TODAY S SOCIETY /NE IN THREE MARRIAGES END IN DI VORCE YET THE 1UEEN S CHILDREN HAVE OUTDONE THAT STATISTIC WITH THREE OF HER FOUR CHILDREN S MARRIAGES ENDING IN DIVORCE "OTH 0RINCESS !NNE AND 0RINCE #HARLES HAVE SINCE REMARRIED 4HE 1UEEN IS NOT ONLY (EAD OF 3TATE BUT ALSO 3UPREME 'OVERNOR OF THE #HURCH OF %NGLAND MAKING THE ISSUE OF DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE A CONTRO
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VERSIAL ONE 7HEN #HARLES MARRIED DIVORCEE #AMILLA 0ARKER "OWLES WITH WHOM HE ADMITTED TO CONDUCTING AN AFFAIR WHILST MARRIED TO $IANA HE WAS THE lRST ROYAL TO MARRY IN A CIVIL CEREMONY 4HE 1UEEN DID NOT ATTEND THE MARRIAGE AS IT CONmICTED WITH HER POSITION AS HEAD OF THE CHURCH A POSITION WHICH #HARLES HIMSELF WILL ASSUME UPON HIS ACCESSION TO THE THRONE 4HE MARRIAGE IGNITED CONTRO VERSY ON MANY LEVELS WITH THE RELI GIOUS OPPOSITION TO THE MARRIAGE AND THE MORAL IMPLICATION OF THE 3TATE AP PARENTLY CONDONING ADULTERY EQUAL LING THE PUBLIC AVERSION TO #AMILLA BECOMING THE NEXT 1UEEN (OWEVER WITH DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE COM MON IN THE 5+ WHERE #HRISTIANITY IS NOT WIDELY PRACTICED THE ROYAL FAMILY CAN BE VIEWED AS A REmECTION OF THE SOCIETY WE LIVE IN 4HE UNREST CAUSED BY #HARLES SECOND MARRIAGE WAS MILD COMPARED TO THE TURMOIL CAUSED WHEN ANOTHER HEIR TO THE THRONE WISHED TO MARRY AN UNPOPULAR DIVORCEE /N THE TH $ECEMBER #HARLES GREAT UNCLE +ING %DWARD 6))) ABDICATED FROM THE THRONE IN ORDER TO MARRY HIS LONG TERM MISTRESS !MERICAN -RS 7ALLIS 3IMPSON INCITING A CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS NEVER ENCOUNTERED BEFORE -UCH LIKE TODAY S PRINCES %D WARD WAS A CELEBRITY FAMOUS FOR HIS HIGH FASHION AND SCANDALOUS RO MANCES 7HEN MINISTERS AND ADVI SORS CAME TO REALISE THAT %DWARD WAS DETERMINED TO MARRY -RS 3IMPSON JUST TEN MONTHS INTO HIS REIGN POS SIBLE SOLUTIONS WERE PRESENTED TO THE DElANT KING 0RIME -INISTER 3TANLEY "ALDWIN OFFERED %DWARD THE OPTIONS OF RESPECTIVELY ABANDONING PLANS TO MARRY HIS LOVER MARRYING HER WITH OUT THE CONSENT OF THE 'OVERNMENT WHO WOULD CONSEQUENTLY RESIGN OR ABDICATING IN FAVOUR OF HIS BROTHER !WARE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND PO LITICAL CRISIS THAT WOULD ENSUE SHOULD HE MARRY 7ALLIS WITHOUT 0ARLIAMENT S SUPPORT %DWARD ABDICATED FOR THE WOMAN HE LOVED (E MARRIED -RS 3IMPSON AND THE COUPLE LIVED IN EX ILE FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES LEAVING THE CURRENT 1UEEN S FATHER TO RULE THE COUNTRY WHICH COULD NOT ACCEPT %D WARD S UNCONVENTIONAL LIFE CHOICES #OMPARING THE CODIlED AND UN WRITTEN RESTRICTIONS PLACED ON %DWARD AND #HARLES REGARDING THEIR CHOICE OF PARTNER HIGHLIGHTS THE ANCIENT
AND COMPLEX TIES BETWEEN STATE AND MONARCHY THAT DO NOT CHANGE WITH THE TIMES 2OMAN #ATHOLICS ARE STILL EXCLUDED FROM THE LINE OF SUCCESSION AND ROYALS CANNOT MARRY OR BECOME A 2OMAN #ATHOLIC AND THE LINE OF SUC CESSION ALSO GIVES PREFERENCE TO MALE HEIRS BOTH STIPULATIONS ARE SUBJECTS OF FREQUENT PARLIAMENTARY DISCUS SION )N A COUNTRY PREOCCUPIED WITH POLITICAL CORRECTNESS AND EQUALITY THESE RELIGIOUS AND GENDER PARTIALI TIES INHERENT IN OUR MONARCHY SEEM HORRENDOUSLY OUTDATED AND OUT OF SYNC WITH OUR MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY 4HE MONARCHIES OF ,IECHTENSTEIN AND ,UXEMBOURG EXCLUDE FEMALES FROM SUCCESSION ALTOGETHER WHILST THE MONARCHIES OF $ENMARK AND 3PAIN ARE CURRENTLY IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING EQUAL PRIMOGENI TURE ALREADY IN PRACTICE IN "ELGIUM THE .ETHERLANDS 3WEDEN AND .OR WAY )T IS THOUGHT THAT SHOULD 0RINCE 7ILLIAM S lRST BORN CHILD BE A GIRL FOLLOWED BY A SON THE ISSUE OF SUC CESSION IS MORE LIKELY TO BECOME A SERIOUS MATTER FOR THE 'OVERNMENT !LTHOUGH SUPERlCIALLY THE ROYAL FAMILY APPEAR TO BE BECOMING MORE LIKE THEIR SUBJECTS FALLING OUT OF NIGHTCLUBS DRUNK EXPERIMENTING WITH DRUGS GOING TO UNIVERSITY DATING hCOMMONERSv AND GETTING DIVORCED THE TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS OF THE (OUSE OF 7INDSOR HAVE CHANGED LIT TLE FROM THOSE OF THEIR ANCESTORS /UR GENERATION IS LIKELY TO WITNESS THREE DIFFERENT SOVEREIGNS ON THE THRONE OUR CURRENT 1UEEN 0RINCE #HARLES AND 0RINCE 7ILLIAM ALL REPRESENTING VERY DIFFERENT IMAGES OF MONARCHY !CCORDING TO VARIOUS SURVEYS CARRIED OUT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS THE MAJOR ITY OF 5+ CITIZENS ENVISAGE THE MON ARCHY STILL EXISTING IN lFTY YEARS TIME WHILST THE NUMBER OF THOSE ADVOCAT ING A REPUBLIC IN "RITAIN HAS REMAINED AROUND THE MARK FOR SEVERAL DEC ADES $ESPITE THEIR EXTRAVAGANT UPPER CLASS LIFESTYLES HEREDITARY PRIVILEGES AND CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES THE ROYAL FAMILY ARE INTEGRAL TO "RITISH HISTORY GIVING US A CONTINUOUS CULTURAL HERIT AGE THAT DElNES "RITAIN AS THE 5NITED +INGDOM &OR THEIR FAUX PAS ALONE SUCH AS 0RINCE (ARRY S INFAMOUS .AZI COSTUME AND THE UNFORGETTABLY OF FENSIVE COMMENTS MADE BY THE $UKE OF %DINBURGH SURELY THE ROYAL FAMILY ARE WORTH THEIR P IN COMEDY VALUE ALONE
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4HIS MONTH SEES .ICOLAS 3ARKOZY HAND OVER PRESIDENCY OF THE %UROPEAN 5NION TO THE #ZECH 2EPUBLIC WITH @%UROPE WITHOUT BARRIERS AS THE MOTTO OF THEIR SIX MONTH TENURE "UT WHAT BARRIERS STILL EXIST IN %UROPE ASKS .ICK #HURCH
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S THE #ZECH 2EPUBLIC AS SUMES CONTROL OF THE SIX MONTH ROTATING PRESIDENCY OF THE %UROPEAN 5NION WITH THE MOTTO @%UROPE WITHOUT BARRIERS IT IS APT TO RAISE SOME QUESTIONS ON EX ISTING @BARRIERS IN A YEAR THAT WILL BE PARTICULARLY BUSY FOR THE 5NION 4HE #ZECH PRESIDENCY HAS HAD LITTLE GOOD FORTUNE IN ASSUMING CON TROL FROM THE &RENCH 4HERE IS THE lNANCIAL CRISIS TO ADDRESS THE RE CENT 2USSIAN 5KRAINIAN GAS DISPUTE TO CONSIDER AND LASTLY THE CURRENT CONmICT IN 'AZA TO ATTEND TO )T IS THE @4HREE %S ECONOMY ENERGY AND
EXTERNAL RELATIONS THAT REVEAL THE MOST PRESSING BARRIERS IN %UROPE 2EMOVING THE REMAINING BAR RIERS TO THE MOVEMENT OF LABOUR IS ONE THAT 0RAGUE WISHES TO ACHIEVE BELIEVING THIS WILL SUPPORT MEMBER STATES THROUGH THE lNANCIAL CRISIS 4HIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A TRICKY SUB JECT FOR THE 5NION -OST RECENTLY SHOWN WHEN A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES INCLUDING "RITAIN OPTED TO CLOSE LA BOUR MARKETS TO THE "ULGARIANS AND 2OMANIANS 4HE RECENT SPAT BETWEEN 2USSIA AND 5KRAINE OVER 2USSIAN GAS SUPPLY AND THE EFFECT ON THE 5NION REVEALS
A GREAT DEAL 4HIS REMINDS THE 5N ION OF CALLS TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO THE MOVEMENT OF GOODS ! SINGLE COMMON MARKET FOR GAS HAS YET TO BE AGREED ON !S A RESULT MANY OF THE CITIZENS IN %ASTERN %U ROPE WILL BE FEELING THE COLD IN THEIR UNHEATED HOMES THIS WINTER 4HE WEAK INFRASTRUCTURE OF MANY OF THESE STATES AND LACK OF A COMMON MARKET FOR GAS MAKES ENERGY SECURITY HIGHLY INSECURE 'ERMANY )TALY AND &RANCE ON THE OTHER HAND BEING SECURE PROP UP THE @BARRIER RESISTING A SINGLE MARKET FOR GAS ! RECENT REPORT FROM THE %U
ROPEAN #OUNCIL OF &OREIGN 2ELATIONS WRITES THAT THEY hMUST WAKE UPv TO THE DIVISIONS CAUSED BY NEGLECTING THIS BARRIER #ONCERNING THE lNAL h%v EX TERNAL RELATIONS MUCH OF THE 5N ION S POTENTIAL STRENGTH IS LOST IN THE ITS INABILITY TO FORM COHERENT AND COMMON FOREIGN POLICIES TOWARDS THREATS 4WO PEACE MISSIONS HAVE BIZARRELY FORMED TO ADDRESS THE CUR RENT 'AZA CONmICT !N OFlCIAL #ZECH MISSION HAS NATURALLY BEEN SENT AN OTHER LED BY 3ARKOZY CLEARLY LONGING FOR HIS FORMER ROLE IN THE &RENCH %5 0RESIDENCY
4HE FACT THAT A WEALTH OF LEAD ING "RITISH -USLIMS WARNED 'ORDON "ROWN OF THE ANGER GENERATED FROM THE 'AZA CONmICT SHOWS THAT THE IS SUE IS IN 7ESTERN %UROPE S DIRECT IN TEREST -ANY INSIST THE ,ISBON 4REATY WILL PROVIDE THE INSTITUTIONAL RE FORM NEEDED TO REMOVE THESE BARRI ERS )RONICALLY THE #ZECH 0RESIDENT IS NOTORIOUSLY AGAINST THE REFORM .EVERTHELESS THE PRO %UROPE #ZECH GOVERNMENT SEEMS ON TRACK TO RATIFY THE TREATY -UCH WILL DEPEND HOW EVER ON THE )RISH REFERENDUM OF THE TREATY SCHEDULED FOR
4IPVME UIF 6, CF JO UIF &VSPQFBO 6OJPO (ELEN 4HOMAS AND -ARK -C+ENZIE 2AY ARGUE THE PROS AND CONS OF THE 5+ S %5 MEMBERSHIP
&OR THE %5 BY -ARK -C+ENZIE 2AY 3INCE THE INCEPTION OF THE %UROPEAN 5NION IN THE -AASTRICHT 4REATY WHICH SOLIDIlED THE IMPORTANCE OF A SINGLE %UROPEAN GOVERNING BODY INTER EST WITHIN AND OUT OF THE CONTINENT HAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY 4HE DEBATES OVER THE ADVANTAGES OF BEING PART OF THE %5 HAVE RAGED ON FOR YEARS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO FOR MANY MORE 0OLITICS AND THE ENVIRONMENT FEATURE HEAV ILY ON THE AGENDA 4HE UNION ITSELF CONSISTS OF COPIOUS COMMITTEES AND IS REPRESENTED IN IMPORTANT FORUMS AND DISCUSSIONS WHERE IT IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF BOTH DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS )N A TIME WHERE GLOBAL WARMING IS OF HIGH PUBLIC INTEREST ACCESSION COUNTRIES HAVE SPENT HUGE SUMS OF MON EY IN IMPROVING THE AIR AND WATER QUALITY IN ORDER TO MEET %5 STANDARDS (OWEVER IT IS ECONOMICS WHICH lGURE MASSIVELY INTO THESE DISCUSSIONS AND FOR GOOD REASON -EMBER STATES BENElT FROM FREE MOVEMENT OF LA BOUR EXPORT POTENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES ! SINGLE MAMMOTH MARKET WITHOUT BARRIERS ALLOWS FOR INCREASED TRADE MAXIMUM COMPETITIVE NESS AND ABOVE ALL A DIVERSE %UROPEAN LABOUR MARKET 4HIS MULTIPLICITY HIGHLIGHTS THE VERY STRANGE NATURE OF THE %5 7HILST IT STRIVES TO UNIFY AND INTEGRATE A CONTINENT THUS FAR CONSISTING OF OVER MILLION CITIZENS IT LOOKS TO EACH OF THESE INDIVIDUALS TO BRING SOMETHING TO THE TABLE THERE FORE RENDERING IT ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE AND VARIED BODIES IN EXISTENCE )T IS THIS REPUTED DICHOTOMY THAT ALLOWS US TO APPRECIATE THE MOST IMPORTANT ADVANTAGE OF BELONGING TO THE %5 )T PROVIDES ITS CITIZENS WITH AN ENRICHING AND INFORMED CULTURE APPARENTLY UNIFORM BUT INTRINSICALLY DISPARATE 4HE VARIETY OF LANGUAGES RELIGIONS AND TRADITIONS ENHANCES THE %5 AS A UNIlED BODY .O LONGER SHOULD %UROPE FEEL INTIMIDATED BY OVERSEAS BULLIES SEEK ING TO REAP THE BENElTS FROM THEIR %UROPEAN @COUSINS 4ODAY IT IS THE %5 THAT HAS THE ADVANTAGE
!GAINST THE %5 BY (ELEN 4HOMAS ! SURFACE ANALYSIS OF THE %5 S PURPOSE RESULTS IN lNDING POSITIVE ATTRIBUTES TO ALL MEMBER STATES WITHOUT THE 5NION HAVING TO SELL ITSELF TO ANY POTENTIAL MEMBERS 7HEN THE %5 WAS FORMED AT THE END OF THE 3ECOND 7ORLD 7AR WITH AN AIM TO UNITE THE %UROPEAN POPULATION AND EASE ACCESS OF TRADE TRAVEL AND lNANCE IT DID NOT DRAW COMPARISONS WITH OTHER TREATIES BETWEEN COUNTRIES FROM RECENT CENTURIES (OWEVER THE %5 BEING A GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION AND DEMOCRACY BEING A QUESTIONABLE SOURCE OF POLITICS IN THE MODERN WORLD BE ING PART OF THIS COMMUNAL ORGANISATION DOES NOT NECESSARILY BRING JOY TO EVERYONE WHO WILLINGLY OR NOT JOINED THIS MASS POPULATION OF MILLION %UROPEANS 4O THINK OF THE %5 AS A COMMUNITY A NEW SUPER COUNTRY IS WHAT INTIMIDATES OUR LITTLE ISLAND !ND WITHOUT SOUNDING TOO $AILY -AIL THE 5+ DOES NOT WANT TO LOSE ITS INDIVIDUALITY BY BECOMING PART OF ANOTHER COLLEC TION OF COUNTRIES THE IDEA OF BECOMING A COLLECTIVE IS THREATENING TO THE INDEPENDENCE THAT IT HAS BEEN lGHTING FOR THROUGHOUT HISTORY 7ITH SIXTEEN %5 MEMBERS HAVING ADOPTED THE EURO IN THE PAST SEVEN YEARS AND "RITAIN HANGING ON TO STERLING DECISIONS APPARENTLY MADE ON A BASIS OF NATIONALISM WE SEEM TO BE REJECTING THE IDEA OF AN %5 COMMUNAL SOCIETY 4HE MONARCHY TOO WITH LITTLE PURPOSE IN A MODERN PARLIAMENTARY SOCIETY IS A MAJOR PART OF "RITAIN S HISTORICAL INDIVIDUALISM AND SOMETHING UNIQUE TO THE 5+ AS A SOLITARY POWER 7ITH THE LEVEL OF IMMIGRATION AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY SO HIGH IN ST CENTURY "RITAIN WE ARE UNDER FURTHER THREAT OF LOSING ALL CULTURAL SIGNIlCANCE AS %UROPE BECOMES A MASS COMMUNITY !LTHOUGH CULTURAL CO OP ERATION IN THE %5 IS A PRINCIPLE ASPIRATION A PERCENTAGE OF THE 5+ POPULATION LARGELY DESCENDED FROM THE NATIONALISM PERIOD IN THE S AND @ S REJECT THE NOTION OF THE h%UROPEAN #OMMUNITYv AND A SHARED hSU PERNATIONALISMv OF DIVERSE CULTURES AND NATIONALITIES !LTHOUGH NOT EVERY 5+ CITIZEN IS A h%UROSCEPTICv ONE WHO OPPOSES A %UROPEAN COMMUNITY THE TYPICAL %UROSCEPTICISM ARGUMENT FOR LEAVING THE %5 CIRCLES ROUND THE THREAT AGAINST NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY 3UPPORTERS ALSO CLAIM THAT MEMBERSHIP IS COSTLY AND CITIZENS DO NOT REAP THE BENElTS ANOTHER QUESTION OF THE EFlCIENCY OF A DEMOCRATIC STATE !S INDIVIDUALS RATHER THAN A GOVERNMENTAL WHOLE WE CAN ARGUE THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF THE %UROPEAN 5N ION "UT EVEN AS UNITED CITIZENS WE ARE STILL INDIVIDUAL ENTITIES HOLDING PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS AND NOT EVERY ONE PRIDES THEMSELVES IN BEING A %UROSCEPTIC OR A $AILY -AIL READER 0ERHAPS AS THE 5+ RECESSION DEVELOPS WE WILL CONSIDER SAVING THE PENNIES ON MEMBERSHIP
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"EWFOUVSFT JO (IBOB $MJNCJOH #SJUBJO 2EBECCA (ATHWAY SURVIVES SHARK INFESTED SEAS TROPICAL RAINFOREST CLIMATES AND PRE CARIOUS BRIDGES TO REALISE THE BENEl TS THAT TRAVELLING IN 'HANA HAS TO OFFER 7HILE LIVING IN 'HANA @/BRUNI WHITE PERSON IS SOMETHING YOU HEAR ON A REGULAR BASIS BY THE SCREAMING CHILDREN OF A TOWN THAT HAS VERY FEW SIGHTINGS OF SOMEONE WITH PALE SKIN AND SLIGHTLY CRAZY HAIR HAVING NOT BEEN IN CONTACT WITH STRAIGHTENERS FOR THE PAST FOUR MONTHS "EING REGU LARLY PETTED BY STRANGERS OR SCREAMED AT BY CHILDREN WHO HAVE NEVER YET EX PERIENCED THE SIGHTING OF AN @/BRUNI AND DON T QUITE KNOW WHETHER TO LAUGH OR CRY IS ALWAYS IN MOST CASES A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE !LTHOUGH CON STANTLY BEING THE CENTRE OF ATTENTION DOES TAKE SOME GETTING USED TO 'HANA AS A COUNTRY IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE BUT POVERTY IS EXTREME IN SOME PLACES .ONE THE LESS THE MAJORITY OF 'HANAIAN PEOPLE LIVE HAPPY AND FULl LLED LIVES WITHOUT THE NEED OF MATERIAL GOODS
/UR HOST MOTHER -RS #UDJOE OR #UDGIE AS WE LIKED TO CALL HER AS IN #UDGIE #UDGIE #OO WAS A WEL COMING AND ECCENTRIC WOMAN WITH A HOUSE LARGER THAN LIFE AND A PERSONAL ITY TO MATCH 3HE WOULD INSIST UPON STUFl NG US FULL WITH HER HOUSEMAIDS WONDERFUL COOKING UNTIL WE TOLD HER WE WERE FULL IN 4WI THE NATIVE LANGUAGE AT WHICH POINT SHE WOULD EXCUSE US BY ANNOUNCING h9OU MAY GOv WITH AN EVER AMUSING m ICK OF HER HAND )T IS IMPOSSIBLE TO TRAVEL AROUND
'HANA WITHOUT GOING ON A PERSONAL ADVENTURE AND IN MY CASE COMING CLOSE TO SEVERAL NEAR DEATH EXPERIENC ES ) LL START WITH THE BEAUTIFUL SHARK INFESTED WATERS THAT ) CHOSE TO SWIM IN WHILST VISITING #APE #OAST A SMALL TOWN ON THE SHORELINE OF 'HANA ,ITTLE DID WE KNOW THE ISLAND THAT A TRAVEL BUDDY AND ) DECIDED TO SWIM OUT TO WAS A TWO HOUR SWIM IT LOOKED SO CLOSE x /R THAT IT WAS UNSAFE TO SWIM IN DUE TO SHARKSx /R THAT IT WAS UNSAFE TO GO ONTO THE ISLAND WE WERE SWIMMING OUT TO BE CAUSE IT WAS SURROUNDED BY SEA UR CHINS 9OU WILL BE GLAD TO KNOW THIS WRITER ARRIVED SAFELY BACK TO SHORE AFTER SPLUTTERING ONTO THE ISLAND AND THEN JUMPING UP AND DOWN TO m AG DOWN A PASSING JET SKI FEELING LIKE A PARTICIPANT IN @3HIPWRECKED )T WAS ONLY THEN THAT ) FOUND OUT THE SEA UR CHIN ) HAD STEPPED ON WASN T POISON OUS AFTER A KIND DOCTOR TOLD ME HE KNEW THIS BECAUSE ) WAS STILL ALIVE 4OURING +AKUM .ATIONAL 0ARK WAS YET ANOTHER AWKWARD EXPERIENCE THAT ) SEEMED TO STRUT INTO AT FULL PACE WITH MY EYES SHUT +AKUM IS A TROPICAL FOREST THAT IS HOME TO A LARGE AMOUNT OF EXOTIC LIFE SURROUNDED BY FASCINATING AND COLOURFUL PLANTA TIONS /N ARRIVAL ONE HAS THE OPPOR TUNITY TO CHOOSE WHICH ACCOMMO DATION TO STAY IN A LOVELY WOODEN CHALET OR A NIGHT OUT IN THE RAINFOR EST /PTING FOR THE MORE ADVENTUROUS RAINFOREST ROUTE ) WAS DRIVEN INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE FOREST IN WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS A @GHETTO X /N THE JOURNEY THERE THE DRIVER POINTED OUT A NUMBER OF WILD ANIMALS AND TOLD US TO KEEP ALL LIMBS IN THE VEHICLE AS THERE WERE DANGEROUS ANIMALS AROUND (E THEN LEFT US IN THE MID
DLE OF THE FOREST WITH NOTHING BUT THE REASSURANCE THAT NO ONE HAD COME TO ANY HARM SLEEPING IN THE JUNGLE YET EVEN IF ALL WE HAD WAS A SLEEPING BAG MOSQUITO NET AND SHACK WITH NO WALLS !ND THE BEST PART YET 4HERE WAS NO WAY BACK UNTIL THE MORNING WHEN WE WERE TO BE COLLECTED BY THE SAME INSANE MAN WHO DROPPED US THERE IN THE l RST PLACE 5NTIL THEN ) HAD NEVER SLEPT WITH ONE EYE OPEN BEFORE 4HERE IS A l RST TIME FOR EVE RYTHING
4HE NEXT DAY ) THOUGHT THE WORST WAS BEHIND ME WHO ELSE DO YOU KNOW THAT HAS SLEPT IN A RAINFOREST AND SURVIVED !ND THEN ) SAW THE SEVEN DEATHLY BRIDGES THE ONLY COM PARISON TO THESE BRIDGES IS THE ONE ON @) M ! #ELEBRITY 'ET -E /UT /F (ERE !LTHOUGH THE REALITY OF THE BRIDGE WE HAD TO PASS IN 'HANA WAS NOT NEARLY AS SAFE THE GUIDE SAID THIS ADDED TO @THE EFFECT 5P UNTIL THAT POINT ) HAD ALWAYS THOUGHT ) WAS RATHER GOOD WITH HEIGHTS BUT AS THE TOUR GUIDES HAD TO HALF CARRY HALF DRAG ME TO THE OTHER SIDE NOW ) AM NOT SO SURE /NE POOR TOUR GUIDE WAS ABOUT HALF MY WEIGHT AND AT THE END OF IT HAD A FACE REDDER THAN A RIPE TOMATO )T IS FUNNY TO LOOK BACK AND LAUGH AT EXPERIENCES THAT MADE ME FEEL SICK AT THE TIME TRAVELLING REALLY DOES MAKE YOU REALISE THAT LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO TAKE TOO SERIOUSLY
4HE CAMPER VAN WAS LIT UP IN AUTUMN ORANGE AS WE TRUNDLED UP THE ! TO WARDS 3TANNAGE WATCHING THE HEAVY SUN SINK INTO THE HORIZON %VERYTHING SEEMS SO MUCH MORE PICTURE ESQUE WHEN TRAVELLING IN A CAMPER VAN 4HE SEVENTIES STYLE SWIRLS OF THE CUR TAINS ALMOST MATCHED THE DIMMING CLOUDS AS ) m ICKED THROUGH THE GUIDE BOOK AGAIN THUMBING THE COLOURFUL PAGES WITH COLOURFUL HEADINGS #ROW #HIN 'OLIATH S 'ROOVE -ISSISSIPPI "UTTRESSx 4HE NAMES WERE BY NOW FAMILIAR TO ME BUT ) WAS STRUCK AGAIN BY THEIR SILLINESS 3TRUCK AGAIN BY THE SILLINESS OF OUR TRIP )N THE MORNING THE BLUEBELLS AL MOST HURT OUR SLEEP DUSTED EYES AS WE WALKED THROUGH THE MOSSED OLD WOODS OUR ROPES AND CRASH PADS ROCKING GENTLY ON OUR BACKS IN TIME TO THE SWING OF OUR FOOTSTEPS -OUNT ING THE STILE WE WERE TREATED TO OUR l RST GLIMPSE OF 3TANNAGE THE GREAT GRITSTONE EDGE THAT STANDS PROUD ABOVE THE (OPE 6ALLEY .EARLY THREE MILES OF PRISTINE ROCK JUST BEGGING TO BE CLIMBED 7E WALKED ON PICK
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T THE END OF LAST TERM THE -USIC 3OCIETY PUT ON ITS MOST SUCCESS FUL CONCERT YET MAKING OVER a TO GO TOWARDS THE SOCI ETY AND A LOCAL MUSICAL CHAR ITY OF WHICH THE SOCIETY IS A PATRON 4HIS CHARITY -USI CAL +EYS WORKS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN TO ENCOURAGE THEIR DEVELOPMENT USING MU SIC WHICH WE BELIEVE TO BE A VERY WORTHWHILE CAUSE 4HE -USIC 3OCIETY WAS ES TABLISHED TO GIVE ALL 5%! STU DENTS THE CHANCE TO PLAY OR SING IN A RANGE OF ENSEMBLES AND TO ENCOURAGE THEIR MUSI CAL SKILLS AND TO HAVE FUN AT THE SAME TIME 4HE GROUPS WHICH INCLUDE CHOIRS BANDS AND AN ORCHESTRA RUN WEEKLY AND OFFER THE PERFORMANCE OF A WIDE RANGE OF MUSIC FROM TRADITIONAL CHURCH MUSIC ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO MODERN JAZZ /F COURSE THERE IS ALWAYS THE POSSIBILITY OF NEW ENSEM BLES STARTING AS LONG AS THERE IS IN THE INTEREST THERE &OR EX AMPLE TOWARDS THE END OF LAST TERM A SMALL STRING ENSEMBLE WAS SET UP IN ADDITION TO /R
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) M A SECOND YEAR STUDENT LIVING WITH MY BEST FRIEND )T SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA WHEN WE MOVED IN BUT NOW LIVING WITH HIM IS BECOMING A NIGHTMARE (E S A GREAT GUY AND OVER THIS TERM ) VE FOUND MYSELF DEVELOPING FEELINGS FOR HIM %VERY TIME ) SEE HIM ) GET BUTTERmIES BUT ) JUST DON T HOW TO TELL HIM HOW ) FEEL 3HOULD ) ADMIT MY CRUSH OR WILL IT RUIN OUR FRIENDSHIP 4HE IN DECISION IS KILLING ME ,OVE 5NCONVINCED $EAR 5NCONVINCED
4HIS SITUATION REPEATS ITSELF EVERY YEAR WITH A NUMBER OF PEOPLE 9OU HAVE THREE OPTIONS 'ET IT OVER WITH 4ELL HIM HOW YOU FEEL (E S EITHER GOING TO BE EC STATIC OR RUN A MILE )N EITHER CASE YOU RE PROBABLY GOING TO GET LAID AT LEAST ONCE (OLD ON UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR THEN RELATE YOUR FEELINGS TO HIM 4HIS WAY IF HE DOESN T FEEL THE SAME WAY YOU CAN GO YOUR SEPARATE WAYS WITHOUT LIVING IN FEAR /R YOU CAN BOTTLE IT UP AND NEVER TELL HIM OR ANYBODY ELSE ANYTHING 3TAMP ON THOSE BUTTERmIES UNTIL THEY RE NOTHING MORE THAN GOO ON THE SOLE OF YOUR SHOE 9OU LL BE CONSTANTLY DEPRESSED AND LIVE WITH THE CRUSH ING WONDER OF WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN -Y ADVICE IS GO FOR IT (IT THE SITUATION LIKE A BULLDOZER AND WHAT EVER WILL BE WILL BE 1UE SERA SERA 4ED $EAR 5NCONVINCED
) THINK YOUR NAME SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT HOW YOU REALLY FEEL ABOUT THIS ISSUE !RE THESE FEELINGS GOING TO LAST A RELATIONSHIP 2EMEMBER THAT BEGINNING A RELATIONSHIP IS DIF lCULT AT THE BEST OF TIMES THE PRES SURE OF MAINTAINING ONE IN SUCH CLOSE PROXIMITY CAN BREAK DOWN EVEN THE STRONGEST RELATIONSHIP 4HIS IS BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION HE FEELS THE SAME AS YOU IF HE DOESN T THESE FEELINGS OF AWKWARDNESS WILL BE SHARED 9OU HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER THE POTENTIAL FOR DIFlCULTY WITHIN YOUR HOUSE IS BETTER OR WORSE THAN HOW YOU FEEL AT THE MOMENT )F YOUR FEEL INGS BECOME SUCH A DISTRACTION THAT LIVING WITH YOUR FRIEND IS UNBEAR ABLE THEN YOU MUST TELL THEM THE TRUTH OF HOW YOU FEEL 4HESE FEEL INGS ALTHOUGH DIFlCULT AT THE MO MENT WILL PROBABLY PASS IN TIME "ETTY
ÊÊÊÊÊ4UESDAY TH *ANUARY " , / ÊÊÊÊÊ Ê -/9 'PSHFU UIF GSVJU TVQQMFNFOU ZPVS XBZ UP B IFBMUIJFS MJGFTUZMF &EELING IN NEED OF SOME 4,# *USTINE 7ALLIS INVESTIGATES SOME OF THE BEST HEALTH SUPPLEMENTS FOR STUDENTS BUSY LIVES 7E ALL KNOW WHAT WE SHOULD BE EAT ING TO STAY HEALTHY (OWEVER AS MUCH AS WE MIGHT WANT TO DO THE BEST FOR OUR BODIES THIS JUST ISN T ALWAYS COM PATIBLE WITH A STUDENT LIFESTYLE 7ITH OUR LIVERS REGULARLY PUMMELLED BY AL COHOL AND OUR BRAINS KEPT AWAKE BY EXCESS CAFFEINE STUDENTS ON A TIGHT BUDGET CAN OFTEN ONLY AFFORD THE FOOD THAT COMES IN TINS 7ITH THIS IN MIND HERE ARE SOME OF THE BEST SUPPLEMENTS TO HELP YOUR BODY REPAIR THE DAMAGE n IT MIGHT NOT HELP YOU ON YOUR WAY TO lVE A DAY BUT IT S A START !NTIOXIDANTS 4HE AM KEBAB OR TEN O CLOCK TAKEA WAY MIGHT BE QUICK AND EASY BUT IT S ALSO FULL OF FREE RADICALS WHICH DAM AGE CELLS !NTIOXIDANTS CAN BLOCK THE EFFECTS OF FREE RADICALS LEAVING YOU AT LOWER RISK FROM HEART DISEASE STROKE AND EVEN CANCER %XAMPLES OF ANTIOXI DANTS ARE BETA CAROTINE AND VITAMINS # % AND ! n ALL FOUND IN A VARIETY OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES &OR A QUICK AND EASY ANTIOXIDANT BOOST IF YOU VE BEEN SKIPPING THE GREEN STUFF TRY #HERRY !CTIVE CAPSULES #HERRIES ARE HIGH IN ANTIOXIDANTS AND CAN HELP JOINT AND MUSCLE HEALTH n THE PERFECT REMEDY FOR A NIGHT SPENT DANCING IN THE ,#2 /MEGA AND !FTER THE PARTY ATMOSPHERE OF #HRIST MAS AND A MONTH SPENT RELAXING IT CAN BE HARD TO GET BACK INTO THE SWING OF STUDYING &OR MOST STUDENTS *ANU ARY IS THE START OF A NEW SET OF MOD ULES AND THE PERFECT TIME TO PUT MORE
EFFORT IN ACADEMICALLY /MEGA FATTY ACIDS COMPRISE APPROXIMATELY OF THE HUMAN BRAIN AND ARE FOUND IN OILY lSH SUCH AS SALMON AND HERRING AS WELL IN mAX SEED &ISH OILS STIMULATE BLOOD CIRCULATION AND REGULAR SERVINGS OF lSH HAVE TRADITIONALLY BEEN THOUGHT TO REDUCE YOUR RISK OF HEART DISEASE (OWEVER STUDIES AT 5%! IN IN CONTRAST TO THE RESULTS FOUND BY SEVER AL EARLIER !MERICAN TRIALS SHOWED THAT /MEGA GAVE NO SIGNIlCANT PROTEC TION AGAINST CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE 3O WHY SHOULD WE TRY IT )N FACT THE MOST SIGNIlCANT EFFECT OF /MEGA FOR STUDENTS IS ITS EFFECT ON MEMORY AND CONCENTRATION 3TUD IES HAVE SHOWN THAT lSH OILS CAN HELP TO PROTECT YOU FROM DISEASES SUCH AS 0ARKINSON S AND !LZHEIMER S THAT AF FECT BRAIN FUNCTION 2EGULAR INTAKE OF /MEGA AND CAN AID MEMORY AND HAS EVEN BEEN CLAIMED TO HELP PERFORMANCE IN EXAMS n A DElNITE MUST FOR ANY UNDERGRADUATE 4O GET THE BENElTS OF /MEGA WITHOUT BUYING EXPENSIVE SEAFOOD TRY TAKING /MEGA WHICH CON TAINS mAXSEED OIL lSH OILS AND STAR mOWER OIL %CHINACEA )T MIGHT BE THE START OF A NEW YEAR BUT WE DElNITELY HAVE NOT SEEN THE BACK OF WINTER YET 4HIS *ANUARY LOOKS SET TO BE COLDER THAN EVER WITH LOW TEMPERATURES OF DEGREES CELSIUS EX PECTED FOR SEVERAL NIGHTS THIS WEEK IN FACT IT S SNOWING RIGHT NOW !S STUDENTS WIND DOWN AFTER SEVER
3TUDIES IN THE 53 AND THE 5+ HAVE SHOWN THAT TAKING %CHINACEA COULD CUT YOUR CHANCES OF CATCHING A COLD BY MORE THAN HALF AS WELL AS HELPING YOU RECOVER FROM ILLNESS MORE QUICKLY 4HERE ARE ALWAYS A FEW SMUG STUDENTS WHO MANAGE TO AVOID THE WORST OF THE VIRUS MAKING THE ROUNDS n WITH THIS INEXPENSIVE SUPPLEMENT YOU COULD BE ONE OF THEM )F YOU WANT TO AVOID STARTING THE NEW TERM LOOKING LIKE 2UDOLPH AND FEELING WORSE TRY %CHINACEA WITH 'OLD 3EAL 2OOT CAPSULES TO HELP YOU KEEP lGHTING lT
SHINING SMILE BUT CALCIUM DElCIENCY IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO DEVELOPING OSTE OPOROSIS 4HIS DEVASTATING DISEASE LEAVES SUFFERERS WITH BRITTLE FRAGILE BONES AND IS EXTREMELY PAINFUL YET STUDIES IN THE 5+ HAVE SHOWN THAT AS MUCH AS OF THE STUDENT POPULATION ARE CALCIUM DElCIENT 7ORRYINGLY NEW STUDIES HAVE ALSO SHOWN THAT CALCI UM DElCIENCY INCREASES YOUR RISK OF BREAST CANCER .ATURAL SOURCES OF CALCIUM ARE FOUND IN DAIRY PRODUCTS SUCH AS MILK AND CHEESE AS WELL AS IN ORANGE JUICE BUT A QUARTER OF STUDENTS STILL ONLY MANAGE TO ABSORB THE SAME AMOUNT OF CALCIUM AS THE AVERAGE TODDLER n NOT GOOD NEWS FOR WHEN WE RE OLD AND GREY /THER MINERALS CAN ACTUALLY HELP THE BODY TO ABSORB CALCIUM BETTER SUCH AS THE MAGNESIUM FOUND IN GREEN LEAFY VEGETABLES AND TEA :INC ANOTHER MINERAL ESSENTIAL TO CELL RE PAIR THAT MOST OF US AREN T GETTING ENOUGH OF IS FOUND IN NUTS SEEDS AND OYSTERS 5NSURPRISING THEN THAT MOST STUDENTS ARE SUFFERING ZINC DE lCIENCY 4O HELP YOU ON YOUR WAY TO HEALTHIER BONES AND AID YOUR BODY S NATURAL DEFENCES AFTER A NIGHT ON THE TILES TRY SOME #ALCIUM -AGNESIUM :INC TABLETS
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(EALTH SUPPLEMENTS CAN NEVER MAKE UP FOR A BALANCED DIET BUT FOR STUDENTS WITH LITTLE TIME AND LESS MONEY THEY MIGHT BE THE BEST OP TION
AL WEEKS OF SOCIALISING THE BAD WEATH ER AND OUR LOWERED IMMUNE SYSTEMS NORMALLY LEAD TO AN OUTBREAK OF THE DREADED @FRESHER S mU (OWEVER CER TAIN HERBAL SUPPLEMENTS COULD HELP YOU TO AVOID THE WORST OF ITS EFFECTS %CHINACEA IS THE COLLECTIVE NAME FOR THE #ONEmOWER FAMILY FOUND ACROSS .ORTH !MERICA 4HIS HERB WAS ORIGI NALLY USED BY .ATIVE !MERICANS FOR ITS HEALING PROPERTIES AND CONTINUES TO BE USED AS A SUPPLEMENT TODAY
5SJFE BOE UFTUFE )FMQJOH ZPV UP NBLF TVDDFTTGVM /FX :FBS T 3FTPMVUJPOT *ANUARY IS TRADITIONALLY THE TIME TO REVIEW WHAT S HAPPENING IN OUR LIVES BUT WHAT HAPPENS TO ALL THOSE NEW RESOLUTIONS A MONTH DOWN THE LINE )T S EASY TO MAKE YOURSELF PROMISES AS YOU SIP MULLED WINE ON THE SOFA AT HOME BUT OUT IN THE REAL WORLD THEY CAN BE HARDER TO KEEP 4O HELP YOU ON THE PATH TO ACTUALLY RESOLV ING PROBLEMS THIS YEAR HERE ARE THREE EASY WAYS TO KEEP THE MORE POPULAR PROMISES 2ESOLVE TO STOP DRINKING 4HIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION IS NORMALLY THE RESULT OF A .EW 9EAR S $AY HANGOVER BUT MEDICALLY THE AVERAGE STUDENT SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR ALCO HOL CONSUMPTION 7ITH ALL THE HYPE ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE BINGE DRINK ING ON A REGULAR BASIS STUDIES SHOW THAT IT S NOT HOW MUCH WE DRINK BUT WHEN WE DRINK THAT S THE PROBLEM )F YOU ARE STONE COLD SOBER UNTIL
4UESDAY NIGHT THEN DOWNING EIGHT PINTS IN THE ,#2 YOU ARE DOING YOUR LIVER NO FAVOURS )NSTEAD OF RESOLVING TO CUT OUT ALCOHOL COMPLETELY A DRAS TIC MEASURE THAT FOR MOST OF US LASTS NO LONGER THAN A WEEK WHY NOT TRY TO CHANGE THE WAY YOU DRINK 7HEN SOCIALISING ALTERNATE EACH ALCOHOLIC DRINK WITH A NON ALCOHOLIC ONE 9OU EASILY CUT YOUR ALCOHOL CON SUMPTION BY HALF AND ALL THAT LIQUID WILL LEAVE YOU LESS DEHYDRATED LESS HUNGOVER AND LESS LIKELY TO GO OVER THE LIMIT IN THE lRST PLACE 2ESOLVE TO GO THE GYM EVERY DAY 4HIS IS A POPULAR RESOLUTION AFTER THE INDULGENCES OF #HRISTMAS AS FEW STU DENTS FAIL TO PUT ON A FEW POUNDS OVER THE HOLIDAY SEASON (OWEVER MAKING A RESOLUTION THAT INVOLVES A COMPLETE CHANGE OF LIFESTYLE IS USUALLY DESTINED TO FAIL ,ET S FACE IT WHO AMONG US IS HONESTLY GOING TO GO FROM h) THINK
) WENT IN THE 3PORTSPARK ONCE FOR A GYM INDUCTION IN THE lRST YEARx /R MAYBE ) WAS JUST SHOWING SOMEONE ROUND v TO SPENDING EVERY EVENING ON THE TREADMILL )NSTEAD OF MAKING UNREALISTIC DE MANDS OF YOURSELF lND A NEW HOBBY THAT YOU WILL ACTUALLY ENJOY 3ALSA DANCING CLASSES FOR BEGINNERS ARE HELD EVERY AT THE (OG AND !RMOUR FOR ONLY a WITH AN .53 CARD WHILE THE 3PORTSPARK OFFERS BEGINNERS COURSES IN !RCHERY "ADMINTON 0ILATES AND #LIMBING 0LUS A NEW SKILL ALWAYS LOOKS GOOD ON YOUR #6 2ESOLVE TO COOK ALL MY MEALS FROM SCRATCH $ELICIOUS FREE HOME COOKING DURING THE HOLIDAYS CAN BE A BIT OF A WAKE UP CALL FOR THE 0OT .OODLE FANATICS AMONG US &RESHLY COOKED FOOD HAS MORE mAVOUR AND IS MUCH HEALTHIER THAN THE JUNK WE NORMALLY RELY ON BUT WITHOUT -UM
THERE MANY STUDENTS lND THAT WHIP PING UP A ROAST DINNER IS NOT AS EASY AS IT LOOKS 5NFORTUNATELY NO ONE IS GOING TO GO FROM CAN T COOK WON T COOK TO 'ORDON 2AMSAY OVER NIGHT SO THIS TENDS TO BE JUST ANOTHER RESO LUTION THAT GETS LEFT BY THE WAYSIDE )NSTEAD OF CHALLENGING YOURSELF TO PRODUCE NOUVELLE CUISINE ON A NIGHT LY BASIS GRAB A MORE EXPERIENCED FRIEND TO HELP YOU WITH THE BASICS 4HERE IS NORMALLY AT LEAST ONE STUDENT IN A HOUSE WHO CAN MANAGE A BASIC "OLOGNESE SO GO HALVES ON THE INGRE DIENTS AND COOK IT TOGETHER )N A FEW WEEKS YOU LL lND YOU VE LEARNT SEVERAL SIMPLE RECIPES PLUS YOU LL BE SAVING MONEY BY ONLY PAYING FOR HALF OF THE INGREDIENTS "ON !PPÏTIT (ELEN *ONES
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'REEN ISSUES HAVE BECOME MORE PROMINANT OVER THE LAST YEAR BUT WAS NOT A PIVOTAL YEAR FOR THE ENVIRONMENT 7ITH NATURAL DISASTERS THREATENING THE GLOBE WILL EQUIPPED WITH A NEW !MERICAN PRESIDENT BE THE YEAR WE ARE WAITING FOR
-EGAN %VANS 2EPORTER !S WE MOVE INTO *ANUARY GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO REmECT UPON THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE YEAR AHEAD 4HE ENVIRONMENT PROVED TO BE A PARTICULARLY HEADLINE GRABBING ISSUE IN IN BOTH TERMS OF PROGRESS AND RETREAT $EBATES OVER THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ACTED AS A DOMINANT FORCE FOR GOVERNMENT IM
PROVEMENTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IN WHICH WAS CONSIDERED AN APPROPRIATE REACTION TO NEWS RELEASED BY THE )NTERGOVERNMENTAL 0ANEL ON #LIMATE #HANGE )0## THAT CARBON EMISSIONS NEED TO BEGIN DECREAS ING BY AT THE LATEST hTO PREVENT THE WORLD S TEMPERATURE FROM RISING MORE THAN DEGREES #ELSIUS OVER PRE INDUSTRIALIZED TEMPERATURES v ! RECENT REPORT FROM THE INSUR
ANCE BROKER -UNICH 2E REPORTED THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST DEV ASTATING YEARS FOR NATURAL DISASTERS IN
i(MPCBM QPMJDZ UPXBSET UIF FOWJSPONFOU OFFET UP CF DIBOHFE TJHOJmDBOUMZw TERMS OF BOTH HUMAN AND ECONOMIC COST 4HE REPORT CLAIMS THAT CLIMATE CHANGE BOOSTS THE DESTRUCTIVE POWER OF HURRICANES AND mOODING CALLING ON THE IMPOSITION OF TIGHTER REGULA TIONS ON CARBON EMISSIONS TO PREVENT UNCONTROLLABLE WEATHER SITUATIONS IN THE FUTURE )N ITS ANNUAL ASSESSMENT THE COMPANY STATED THAT MORE THAN PEOPLE DIED IN NATURAL DIS ASTERS OVERALL GLOBAL COSTS TOTALLED a BN MAKING THE THIRD MOST EXPENSIVE YEAR IN TERMS OF RE INSUR ANCE ON RECORD %XPERTS HAVE STATED THAT hCLIMATE CHANGE HAS ALREADY STARTED AND IS VERY PROBABLY CONTRIB UTING TO INCREASINGLY FREQUENT WEATH ER EXTREMES AND ENSUING NATURAL CA TASTROPHES v 4HE IMPACT OF NATURAL DISASTERS LAST YEAR AND THE )0## REPORT SHOW THAT GLOBAL POLICY TOWARDS THE ENVI RONMENT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED SIG
NIlCANTLY 4HE RECENT 5. SUMMIT ON CLIMATE CHANGE HELD IN 0OZNAN 0O LAND AIMED TO CLARIFY ISSUES SUCH AS EMISSION REDUCTIONS 4HE CONFERENCE MARKED A HALFWAY POINT OF A TWO YEAR PROCESS WHICH WILL CONCLUDE NEXT YEAR WITH THE AIM OF REACHING A NEW AGREE MENT TO REPLACE THE EXISTING +YOTO PROTOCOL WHICH EXPIRES IN 4HE 0OZNAN CONFERENCE IS AN EXAMPLE OF POLICY CHANGE THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO IN THE HOPE OF TACKLING CLI MATE CHANGE MORE SERIOUSLY 4HE NEW PRESIDENT ELECT OF THE 5NITED 3TATES "ARACK /BAMA RECENTLY APPOINTED ONE OF THE WORLD S LEADING EXPERTS ON CLIMATE CHANGE AS THE CHIEF SCIENTIST IN HIS ADMINISTRATION 4HE APPOINT MENT OF *OHN (OLDREN AS THE NEW DIRECTOR OF THE 7HITE (OUSE /FlCE OF 3CIENCE AND 4ECHNOLOGY SUGGESTS THAT THE NEW ADMINISTRATION WILL AIM TO DRAW A LINE UNDER THE DISAPPOINT ING LAST EIGHT YEARS OF !MERICAN ENVI RONMENTAL POLICY IN ORDER TO BECOME MORE PRODUCTIVE IN TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE $ESPITE THIS THERE ARE STILL OBSTA CLES TO OVERCOME BEFORE REDUCTIONS TARGETS ARE SUCCESSFULLY REACHED )N "RITAIN CAR MAKERS RECENTLY WON A HARD FOUGHT VICTORY WHICH ALLOWS THEM A FOUR YEAR DELAY ON THE INTRO
DUCTION OF %UROPEAN RULES DESIGNED TO CUT CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS IN NEWLY BUILT CARS 4HIS ALLOWS CAR MANUFACTURERS TO DELAY INVESTING IN EXPENSIVE CARBON REDUCING TECHNOL OGY UNTIL WHICH SEEN AS A MAJOR SETBACK FOR THE MUCH NEEDED EFFORT TO CUT EMISSIONS
4HIS YEAR WILL BE AN IMPORTANT ONE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT ! MORE PROGRESSIVE ATTITUDE TO CUTTING CAR BON EMISSIONS WILL REmECT POSITIVELY ON THE ENVIRONMENT (OWEVER IF NATIONS CONTINUE TO CONSIDER THEIR NEEDS BEFORE THOSE OF THE WORLD S ENVIRONMENT THE EFFORT TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE COULD BE IRREPARABLY HINDERED WAS DESCRIBED AT THE 0OZNAN CONFERENCE AS hA YEAR OF IDE ASv IN TACKLING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES HOPEFULLY WILL BE THE YEAR THAT THESE IDEAS BECOME ACTION
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%NVIRONMENTALLY CONCERNED STUDENTS ARE LIKELY TO LAUNCH A CAMPAIGN IN TO ENCOURAGE THE 5NIVERSITY OF %AST !NGLIA TO IMPROVE ITS GREEN CRE DENTIALS 4HIS COMES AFTER A SURVEY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCES OF "RITAIN S UNIVERSITIES GAVE 5%! A RAT ING THAT COULD ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS @MIDDLING 4HE SURVEY OF UNIVERSITIES RANKED 5%! AT NUMBER ALMOST EXACTLY HALFWAY DOWN THE LIST AND GROUPED IT WITH OTHER UNIVERSITIES UNDER THE HEADING @-UST 4RY (ARDER 4HE SURVEY NAMED 'REEN ,EAGUE EVALUATED UNIVERSITIES IN A NUMBER OF AREAS n IMPLEMENTING EN VIRONMENTAL POLICIES AND AUDITS EM PLOYING ENVIRONMENTAL PERSONNEL HAVING ETHICAL INVESTMENTS AND &AIR TRADE STATUS USING RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES RECYCLING WASTE AND REDUCING CARBON EMISSIONS AND WATER USAGE 5%! GOT MAXIMUM MARKS FOR RECYCLING INVOLVING STAFF IN ENVIRON MENTAL AFFAIRS AND HAVING AN EN
VIRONMENTAL POLICY THAT WAS OPEN TO PUBLIC SCRUTINY (OWEVER IT LOST MARKS FOR NOT HAVING A COMPREHEN SIVE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY FOR NOT CONDUCTING A BASELINE ENVIRONMEN TAL AUDIT AND FOR NOT BEING PART OF AN EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM )TS SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER ALSO DEALS WITH HEALTH AND SAFETY SO THE UNIVERSITY WAS PENALISED FOR HAV ING ONLY ONE @PART TIME ENVIRONMEN TAL STAFF MEMBER 5%! WAS GIVEN ONLY A QUARTER OF THE POSSIBLE MARKS FOR WATER CONSUMPTION
)N TWO AREAS WHERE 5%! WAS FOUND LACKING ITS PERFORMANCE WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY IMPROVE IN FUTURE )TS "IOMASS #OMBINED (EAT AND 0OWER PLANT #(0 PROJECT SHOULD SOON LEAD TO BIG REDUCTIONS IN ITS CAR BON EMISSIONS !ND AS THE UNIVERSITY HAS RECEIVED A &AIRTRADE 5NIVERSITY !CCREDITATION SINCE THE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED IT SHOULD GET FULL MARKS FOR THAT NEXT TIME 2OBBIE "LAKE A POSTGRADUATE STUDENT WHO HAS WORKED FOR 0EOPLE 0LANET WHO CONDUCTED THE SURVEY
AND WHO IS ONE OF THE COORDINATORS OF THE UPCOMING CAMPAIGN SAID THAT 5%! HAD TAKEN A COMMENDABLE @BIG PROJECT APPROACH n SUCH AS THE #(0 PLANT n TO ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS (OWEVER HE ADDED THAT THE UNIVER SITY NEEDED TO BE MORE SYSTEMATIC IN ITS HANDLING OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES PAYING ATTENTION TO hNITTY GRITTY DE TAIL v !MONG THE CHANGES "LAKE WOULD LIKE THE CAMPAIGN TO PUSH FOR ARE THE ADOPTION OF A COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY A FULL TIME
SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER AND MORE ENVIRONMENTAL PERSONNEL GENERALLY AND PROGRAMMES TO IMPROVE THE
i6&" DPVME TFFL OPU KVTU UP EP XFMM CVU UP MFBE UIF DPVOUSZw ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS OF CAMPUS BUILDINGS AND TO SAVE WATER 7ITH SUCH IMPROVEMENTS THE h5%! COULD SEEK NOT JUST TO DO WELL BUT TO LEAD THE COUNTRY v #URRENTLY LEADING IS THE 5NIVER SITY OF 'LOUCESTERSHIRE WHICH WAS AWARDED POINTS OUT OF A POSSIBLE TOTAL OF !T THE OTHER END OF THE SCALE "RITAIN S LEAST ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY CAMPUS WAS DEEMED TO BE THE ,ONDON 3CHOOL OF (YGIENE AND 4ROPICAL -EDICINE WHICH RECEIVED A MERE SEVEN POINTS (OWEVER TEN OTHER UNIVERSITIES WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE LEAGUE BECAUSE THEY HAD hNOT MADE ENOUGH INFORMATION AVAIL ABLE v
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'JWF .JOVUFT 8JUI +BTPO ,FSS (ARRY ,OW CATCHES UP WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND CURRENT TREAS URER OF THE SQUASH CLUB AND TALKS CHILDHOOD TRAUMAS AND INSPIRATIONS AS WELL AS BETTING TIPS FOR THIS YEAR
GAMES MORE OFTEN "UT ULTIMATELY SQUASH IS JUST AN AMAZING SPORT )T S INTENSE AND SUBTLE LIKE CHESS BUT ALSO FAST ENERGETIC AND POWERFUL LIKE A JAGUAR ,IKE A CHESS PLAYING JAGUAR THAT S HOW ) D DESCRIBE IT
4ELL ME A BIT ABOUT YOURSELF 4HIS IS MY LAST YEAR OF A SCIENCE 0H$ AT 5%! n VERY STRESSFUL 3O AT THE MO MENT IF ) M NOT IN THE LAB ) M THINK ING ABOUT BEING IN THE LAB ) LIKE TO DRINK COFFEE AS WELL
(OW CAN PEOPLE GET INVOLVED %ASY *UST TURN UP SPEAK TO SOMEONE FROM THE COMMITTEE AND GET STUCK IN ON 7EDNESDAY OR 3ATURDAY AFTER NOONS BETWEEN PM 7E HAVE FREE BEGINNERS COACHING ON 7EDNESDAYS TAKEN BY OUR ILLUSTRIOUS LEADER 2OB (ICKFORD 3ATURDAYS TEND TO BE MORE OF A SOCIAL OCCASION
)S THERE AN INTERESTING FACT WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT YOU ) ONLY RECENTLY LEARNT TO SWIM )T WAS ALL VERY TRAUMATIC ) FELL IN A SWIM MING POOL WHEN ) WAS FOUR ALMOST DROWNED AND THEN WAS TERRIlED OF OPEN EXPANSES OF WATER )T WAS A YEARNING TO SWIM WITH THE MACKEREL ON "RIGHTON SEAFRONT THAT GOT ME TO lNALLY LEARN 7HEN DID YOU lRST PLAY SQUASH ) lRST PLAYED SQUASH WHEN ) WAS AND ) THOUGHT ) D NEVER EVER BOTHER PLAYING AGAIN ) HAD BEEN GIVEN A TERRIBLE MISSHAPEN STEEL RACQUET AND WAS PLAYING ON A DAMP COURT IN A FORMER NAVAL BARRACKS 4HE COURTS HERE ARE SO MUCH BETTER $O YOU PLAY ANY OTHER SPORTS 9EAH ) CURRENTLY PLAY A BIT OF BAD
)S 5%! 3QUASH A BIG CLUB 9ES 4HERE ARE ABOUT MEMBERS THIS YEAR 7E RE WORKING ON GETTING SOME EXTRA COURTS TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYONE
MINTON OH AND ) M A BIG FAN OF PITCH AND PUTT ) VE RECENTLY GOT INTO RUNNING AND AM REALLY ENJOYING IT ) M EYEING UP POTENTIAL HALF MARA THONS IN THE NEAR FUTURE (AVE YOU IN THE PAST ) USED TO PLAY BASKETBALL AND FOOT BALL FOR QUITE A WHILE BUT ) FOUND
) WAS VERY INTOLERANT OF OTHER PEO PLE WHINGING SO ) HAD TO GIVE THEM UP FOR MY OWN SANITY /N A WHIM ) ONCE TOOK UP ARCHERY AND ENDED UP SHOOTING IN THE 5 3OUTH %AST #HAMPIONSHIPS n ) DIDN T WIN OR EVEN COME CLOSE TO WINNING 7HAT S THE BEST THING ABOUT YOUR
CLUB SPORT 4HE BEST THING (MMM WELL THERE ARE TOO MANY GOOD THINGS ABOUT THE CLUB 4HERE S A REALLY NICE BUZZ TO THE CLUB PEOPLE WANT TO WIN BUT THEY WANT TO HAVE FUN AND A CHAT AS WELL 4HE LADDER SYSTEM MAKES lNDING A PLAYING PARTNER THAT S A SIMILAR LEVEL TO YOU EASY SO YOU CAN HAVE BETTER
!NY ADVICE FOR STUDENTS STARTING OUT 7ATCH THE BALL CLOSELY AND DON T RUN 4HE SQUASH COURT IS ACTUALLY QUITE SMALL SO YOU TEND TO HAVE MORE TIME TO HIT THE BALL THAN YOU THINK !ND WHO S GOINNG TO WIN THE 0RE MIER ,EAGUE THIS SEASON ) PUT a ON (ULL TO WIN ) HOPE IT ISN T WASTED MONEY
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4HIS SEASON WOMEN S FOOTBALL AT 5%! HAS GONE FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH 7ITH A GOOD INTAKE OF HIGHLY SKILLED FRESHERS TO REPLACE THOSE PLAYERS WHO GRADUATED LAST YEAR WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS GREAT POTENTIAL WITHIN THE CLUB THIS SEASON )T IS FAIR TO SAY THAT SO FAR WE HAVEN T BEEN DISAPPOINTED 'OING INTO THE .EW 9EAR BOTH THE "5#3 AND THE 3UNDAY LEAGUE TEAMS SIT AT
THE TOP OF THEIR RESPECTIVE TABLES A POSSIBLE lRST FOR 5%! 7&# 4HE "5#3 TEAM WHO ARE IN THE -IDLANDS " LEAGUE ARE UNDEFEATED AND SIT TWO POINTS CLEAR AT THE TOP OF THE TABLE 7ITH TWO DRAWS AWAY IN GAMES THAT 5%! DOMINATED THE TEAM COULD BE SLIGHTLY DISAPPOINTED NOT TO BE FURTHER CLEAR AT THIS STAGE 4HE MOMENT THAT HAS SHAPED THE SEASON SO FAR IS A WIN AT HOME AGAINST SECOND IN THE LEAGUE "ED FORD 4O SAY THAT THAT "EDFORD WERE A VIOLENT TEAM IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT BUT WE BATTLED HARD TO KEEP THE WIN NING STREAK AT HOME AmOAT "OTH ,EICESTER AND ,EICESTER $E -ONFORT HAVE CONCEDED THEIR GAMES AT 5%! MEANING OUR GOAL DIFFERENCE ISN T AS HEALTHY AS IT SHOULD BE 4HE CRUNCH GAME IN THE LEAGUE COMES ON &EBRUARY TH WHEN THE TEAM TRAVEL AWAY TO "EDFORD ! WIN IN THIS GAME WILL SURELY CLINCH THE LEAGUE FOR THE GIRLS 4HE lRST ROUND OF THE "5#3 #UP
SAW AN EMPHATIC WIN FOR THE TEAM AGAINST LOWER LEAGUE OPPOSI TION IN THE FORM OF .EWMAN #OL LEGE 4HIS MEANS WE WILL BE PLAYING $ERBY ALSO FROM A LOWER DIVISION AT HOME IN THE NEXT ROUND OF THE CUP ON *ANUARY TH "5#3 CAPTAIN ,OIS .ETHERSALL IS DELIGHTED WITH THE EF FORT THAT THE GIRLS HAVE PUT IN SO FAR THIS SEASON hTHE TEAM HAS REALLY GELLED INTO A FORMIDABLE UNIT WITH A GREAT MIX OF SKILL AND SHEER DETERMI NATION v 4HE 3UNDAY TEAM CAPTAINED BY 'EORGIE "OWDEN lND THEMSELVES ONE POINT CLEAR OF .ORWICH #ITY ,ADIES 2ESERVES IN THE .ORFOLK AND 'IRLS $IVISION /NE 7ITH THREE WINS A DRAW AND TWO LOSSES THE TEAM HAVE PERFORMED CONSISTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE lRST SEMESTER 4HEIR BEST RESULT SO FAR THIS SEA SON CAME ON .OVEMBER TH WITH A WIN OVER 3TALHAM 0RESIDENT OF THE CLUB 3OPHIA #HARALAMBOUS SAYS h4HE SEASON SO FAR HAS BEEN
FANTASTIC ) M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE .EW 9EAR AND STRIVING TOWARDS PROMOTION )F THE CLUB CONTINUES THE WAY IT HAS DONE PROMOTION IS INEVI TABLE WE RE WINNING v 7ITH THE STANDARD OF WOMEN
FOOTBALLERS CONTINUALLY IMPROVING 5%! CAN EXPECT BIG THINGS FORM THE TEAMS IN 7E HOPE THAT BY THE END OF THE SEASON THE GIRLS ARE STILL TOPPING THE TABLE IN BOTH LEAGUES GOOD LUCK LADIES
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3FUVSO UP 'PSN GPS 3VHCZ $MVC !NGUS (OLBURN 3PORTS 2EPORTER !S 5%! S lRST 86 TOOK TO THE lELD THE TEAM HAD A DIFFERENT FEEL ABOUT IT A GREATER UNIlED AND DETERMINED TEAM 7ITHIN SECONDS OF KICK OFF IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE A TOUGH GAME 4HE lRST HALF WAS VERY EVEN WITH BOTH TEAMS HAVING GOOD PASSAGES OF PLAY (OWEVER AFTER A FEW HANDLING MISTAKES AND SOME SILLY PENALTIES 7ARWICK BROKE THE DEADLOCK BY CON VERTING A PENALTY GIVEN IN FRONT OF 5%! S POSTS 5%! RETURNED THE FAVOUR MINUTES LATER WITH A GREAT SPELL OF ATTACK PLAY WITH $OMINIC -C7ILLIAM SLOTTING A KICK TO MAKE IT AT HALF TIME !ND THAT IS HOW IT REMAINED FOR THE SECOND HALF 5%! DOMINATED THE SCRUMS WITH GREAT WORK FROM THE FRONT THREE 4HE BACK ROW CAME INTO THEIR OWN IN DEFENCE MAKING SURE THAT THEY COVERED EVERY INCH OF THE PITCH .OT ONE TACKLE WAS MISSED AS THE END OF THE MINUTES DREW CLOSER (UGE HITS WERE PUT IN BY -ATT (AVERS /LLIE (ARLAND AND A CRUNCH
ING TWO MAN HIT 7ARWICK S CENTRE BY 2USS 4UMATH AND 2YAN (AREWOOD 4HE LINE OUTS WERE DOMINATED BY !N GUS (OLBURN AND (ARELAND S JUMP ING $AVE 'REEN AND $OM -C7IL LIAM SEWED THE BACKS AND FORWARDS
TOGETHER TO CREATE A MORE UNIlED 5%! AND !LEC #AMPBELL S BOOT KEPT THE TEAM OUT OF TROUBLE MORE THAN ONCE %XTRA TIME ENSUED AND AN EVEN MORE lRED UP 5%! PILED ON THE PRES
SURE AND WERE REWARDED WITH ANOTH ER PENALTY FROM -C7ILLIAM MAKING IT (OWEVER 7ARWICK HAD NOT GIVEN UP AND AFTER MORE SILLY ERRORS BROKE THROUGH TO SCORE A TRY MAKING IT TO 7ARWICK WITH SEVEN MINUTES
TO GO )T WAS AT THIS MOMENT THAT 5%! GELLED AS A TEAM AND PLAYED FOR EACH OTHER 7ITH TWO MINUTES LEFT A RUCK WAS SET UP JUST INSIDE 7ARWICK S 4HE BALL WAS PASSED DOWN THE LINE INTO THE HANDS OF 3COTT 'OLDING WHO CUT INSIDE TO SCORE THE WINNING TRY SEALING A VICTORY %LSEWHERE THE SECOND TEAM ALSO HAD SUCCESS BY THUMPING #OVENTRY SECONDS 5%! DOMINATED THE GAME WITH THE FORWARDS MAKING SURE THAT THE OPPOSITION GOT VERY LITTLE BALL AND THE BACK LINE PUTTING IN BIG TACKLES WHEN DEFENDING *AMES 3COT NEY SCORED TWO TRIES ONE OF THEM RUNNING IT FROM HALF WAY FROM THE BASE OF A SCRUM "EN *ONES ALSO SCORED IN THE COR NER AFTER RUNNING IT FROM METRES OUT WHILE !NDY (EATHCOTE WAS RE WARDED FOR HIS GOOD PERFORMANCE WITH A TRY "EN *ONES MADE SURE THAT THE FORWARDS WORKED AS A UNIT AND CREATED A SOLID DEFENCE IN THE TIGHT WHILE #HRIS !BBOT KEPT THINGS SECURE AT THE BACK !LL ROUND IT WAS A SOLID PERFORMANCE FROM THE SECOND TEAM WHO WILL LOOK TO FURTHER THEIR SUCCESS IN THE .EW 9EAR
1JFUFSTFO %FQBSUVSF QVUT &OHMBOE PO B 4UJDLZ 8JDLFU *O .EWHAM 3PORTS 2EPORTER +EVIN 0IETERSEN THE 3OUTH !FRICAN BORN %NGLAND INTERNATIONAL HAS RE SIGNED FROM HIS POST AS CAPTAIN OF THE %NGLAND CRICKET TEAM AFTER HOLD ING THE POSITION FOR JUST lVE MONTHS AMID RUMOURS OF RIFTS WITHIN THE TEAM AND ONGOING ARGUMENTS WITH EX COACH 0ETER -OORES 0IETERSEN WILL STILL REMAIN A VALU ABLE MEMBER OF THE %NGLAND SQUAD BUT WILL BE REPLACED AS CAPTAIN BY THE EXPERIENCED !NDREW 3TRAUSS FOR THEIR UPCOMING TOUR OF THE 7EST )NDIES BE GINNING ON ST *ANUARY 4HE YEAR OLD WHO SCORED A CENTURY IN HIS lRST MATCH AS CAPTAIN BEFORE GUIDING %NGLAND TO A SERIES VICTORY AGAINST 3OUTH !FRICA RECENTLY CRITICISED COACH -OORES PUBLICLY RE GARDING THEIR MANY DISPUTES LEADING TO SUSPICION THAT -OORES WOULD LOSE HIS POSITION )T IS BELIEVED THAT -OORES AND 0IETERSEN CAME TO BLOWS OVER SEV ERAL ISSUES BUT IT WAS THE OMISSION OF -ICHAEL 6AUGHAN FROM THE 7EST )NDIES SQUAD WHICH WAS THE TURN ING POINT 0IETERSEN WANTED HIM IN
-OORES DID NOT 0IETERSEN ALSO DISA GREED WITH -OORES BOOT CAMP AP PROACH TO TRAINING AND SOME SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE SQUAD HAD SUSPI CIONS OF 0IETERSEN S LOYALTY AS HIS CEN TRAL CONTRACT REMAINS UNSIGNED AND IT IS BELIEVED HE COULD MAKE A DEAL WITH THE )0, )NDIAN 0REMIER ,EAGUE IF HE DOES NOT GET WHAT HE WANTS 4HE TENSIONS CULMINATED IN THE DISMISSAL OF -OORES BY THE %NGLAND AND 7ALES #RICKET "OARD %#" AND THE UNEXPECTED RESIGNATION OF 0IE TERSEN ON TH *ANUARY 4HE %#" CITED THE REASON AS AN hIRRETRIEVABLE BREAK DOWN v BETWEEN THE TWO !LL THIS
JUST UNDER TWO WEEKS BEFORE %NGLAND IS SET TO EMBARK ON ITS TOUR OF THE 7EST )NDIES 4HIS LEAVES %NGLAND AC CORDING TO ""# CORRESPONDENT 4OM &ORDYCE hRUDDERLESS DRIFTING SLOWLY TOWARDS THE ROCKS AT EXACTLY THE TIME WHEN A lRM HAND AT THE TILLER WAS RE QUIRED v !LL THIS COMES AT A TIME WHEN %NGLAND COULD ARGUABLY HAVE REAL SUCCESS BOTH IN THE 7EST )NDIES BUT ALSO IN THE ELUSIVE !SHES SERIES AGAINST !USTRALIA WHICH WILL BE HELD AT ,ORDS &ORDYCE ADDS h4HE !USTRAL IAN TEAM LOOKS TO BE AT ITS WEAKEST IN A QUARTER OF A CENTURY WITH A HOME !SHES SERIES JUST AROUND THE CORNERx %NGLISH CRICKET HAS TAKEN CAREFUL AIM AND SHOT ITSELF IN BOTH FEET v 7ITH A UNIlED LOYAL SQUAD %NG LAND COULD EXPLOIT THIS WEAKNESS AND WIN THE !SHES BUT GIVEN THE CURRENT SITUATION THINGS ARE NOT LOOKING TOO GOOD !LTHOUGH !NDREW 3TRAUSS IS NO STRANGER TO CAPTAINCY HAVING LED %NGLAND IN !UGUST DURING 0A KISTAN S TROUBLES THOSE ISSUES WHICH HE FACED THEN ARE NOTHING COMPARED TO THE PREDICAMENT HIS SQUAD IS IN NOW !NDREW 3TRAUSS WILL HAVE HIS
WORK CUT OUT ATTEMPTING TO CAPTAIN A DIVIDED SQUAD POTENTIALLY CONTAINING THREE PREVIOUS CAPTAINS IN 6AUGHAN #OLLINGWOOD AND 0IETERSEN AND WITHOUT A SUITABLE REPLACEMENT FOR 0ETER -OORES 4HIS IS NOT AS FORMER %NGLAND CAPTAIN 'RAHAM 'OOCH SAYS hTHE SORT OF HARMONY YOU WANT BEFORE A SERIES IN THE 7EST )NDIES AND
THE !SHES )T S AN UNHOLY MESS v 0IETERSEN IS A VALUABLE MEMBER OF THE SQUAD WITHOUT WHOM THE TEAM WOULD SURELY SUFFER (OWEVER IT IS 3TRAUSS WHO HAS THE MAMMOTH TASK OF UNITING THE TEAM WHICH IS PIVOTAL TO OUR CHANCES OF SUCCESS IN THE UPCOMING SERIES AGAINST 7EST )N DIES AND THE !SHES