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THE FIVEWAYS: IT’S A RIOT Community tip-off to police prompts a forty officer drugs raid at The Fiveways pub. Two arrests made at the pub on conspiracy to supply Class A drugs after a three month investigation. Greg Mann
Joey Millar
NEWS
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STUDENTS SWINDLED BY GUMTREE THIEVES. ISOLATED ACCOMODATION: SWINE FLU FLATS ON CAMPUS. UEA STUDENT 3RD IN SHELL STEP AWARDS.
INTERNATIONAL 8
Norfolk Police conducted a major drugs raid at The Fiveways pub on Friday 9th October at around 6.30pm.
CHANGE: INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS’ TAKE ON THE REALITIES OF BRITISH CULTURE AT UEA.
many of whom were equipped with dogs.
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dog while a specialist forensic team searched the pub for a number of
SHOULD OBAMA HAVE RECEIVED THE NOBEL PRIZE? CLUBS & SOCIETIES: THE CORNERSTONE OF UNIVERSITY LIFE.
swabbing equipment.
TRAVEL
searching for any licensing breaches. pub was becoming busy with patrons week.
contacted the police pledging his full complaints from members of the
anything like that was going on around DRUGS PROBLEM
as The Fiveways was completely
have been sold inside the pub.”
this close to us”.
should send out a message to the public that we take any reports of
name as Sinead but preferred to country. with a drug problem (0.85%) is at least
that a Bronze Commander Mick Brown Germany (0.3%) and Holland (0.3%).
the reason for the raid.
including pool balls or glasses.
UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION The raid followed a three month
without any violence. A 30-year old woman and a 46-
that cocaine had been dealt within the pub.
In
towards the then-closed pub. The Fiveways reopened Saturday
revealed that in 2004 there were over
they have since been released on bail
student who visited the pub during
lack of noise reducers. The owner
UEA HEADLIGHTS HIT THE COMEDY TRAIL. RAG: RAISING MONEY IN MOVEMBER FELL CLUB SCALES THE HEIGHTS
FOOD
The closure was due to the ongoing during the raid a number of licence breaches were discovered in the pub.
JAPAN LEAVES A LASTING IMPRESSION. RURAL DELIGHTS IN SOUTHWOLD.
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roads were blocked by motorcycle convoy quick access to the pub. Safer neighbourhood teams spent
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and over 270 arrested for possession of Class A drugs. 29 people died in drug-related incidents in Norfolk that year.
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CONCRETE FOOD COOKS A CRACKING KIPPER CURRY CHOCOLATE POTS: STUDENTS DESERVE THEIR JUST DESERTS. TUCK INTO THE BEST ROAST DINNER ON CAMPUS.
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CONTENTS NEWS
Drugs raid at Fiveways pub
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Students still without loans
2
Students victim of Gumtree scam
3
Fire alarm woes
4
Swine flu quarantine
INTERNATIONAL England: fiction and reality
OPINIONS
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9
SLC require Serious Learning Curve
11
Cheryl Cole- A modern fairytale
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Jobs fair?
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TRAVEL
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Rough Guides travel competition
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How can your moustache help? Bring some laughter to your life
FOOD
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How to cook perfect rice
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Cocktail of the fortnight
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LIFESTYLE TURF
The Age of Stupid
SPORT
Can England win the world cup? ‘Concrete’ and ‘Event’ Logos courtesy of Mr George Bennett
The delay has meant that many students are having to
review led by the shambolic not say that this has had “a
revealed that the problem has
borrowing more money than they expected to. UEA provides hardship
loans. Katy Staines, a third year
they recognise the importance
overall, “UEA students seem very well prepared.”
The delay mainly concerns
According to Katy, the University has been very understanding
problems, the SLC are to hold an internal inquiry into the year. They told Concrete that this was expected “in the light
problems many students now that they may have been able
SHELL STEP RUNNER-UP Nick Church A student at UEA’s Norwich Business School came in third
the “UK’s Most Enterprising Student” that took place in London on Wednesday 14th October. Andrew Chamberlain, studying Business Management, progressed to
so spectacularly wrong. “Ministers must now step in to ensure that the management
by late payments.” The NUS claim that some
aims to give students like Andrew real work experience which will support them in this
students on personal problems with the SLC.
TESCO SET FOR PRINCE OF WALES Alex May Supermarket giant Tesco are to open a new Express store on
completely, causing it to close This
is
a
move
that
experience on the programme
serve alcohol between 6am
the new store. Speaking to
Norwich
people don’t want a Tesco
Sunday, the new Tesco store other stores around them
his work at Emily Lingerie, a maternity and nursing lingerie company. Albans helped
company, Andrew develop a sister
structure.
recommended the programme; “Andrew really has been a great asset to us this summer so this is no surprise to us…this is the
The Shell STEP programme gives students and graduates the opportunity to apply Shell STEP, said that “moving
today’s climate.
Shell STEP
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Andrew with David Lammy and James Smith
employment and it lowers prices.” However, there are
Emily Barnes, managing
been involved with the Shell STEP programme, and we’d certainly recommend it. We
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its a great achievement and
small traders and independent shops in the local area.
units at Britannia House,
markets in order to create
Concrete reviews Cinemacity
Where have all the jobs gone?
Loans Company (SLC) a month
Bowthorpe, suggests is the
Escape to Suffolk
FOCSOC
When asked whether the
unable to give their children the
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EDITORIAL
Speaking in the House
Poppy Jones
grants, although some students
Conservative conference analysis
FEATURES
STUDENTS’ LONG WAIT FOR LOANS
context. 600 students are paired with small- to mediumsized companies every year. The programme has been running since 1986. This year’s winner was student at Leeds University. To register interest in next year’s Shell STEP programme email: shellstep@uea.ac.uk
Although this may appear,
and students alike, local businesses are concerned that
in the city’s hypermarkets and huge supermarkets. Antoine Steen, a third year
extremely damaging to their trade. Jinx Hundul, who runs the we need them most, as well was “devastated” by the news.
independent businesses”. in which local residents are going to be able to make a stand against the supermarket
local market.” Work on the new controversial Tesco Express on
on the plan last year, noted heavy public resistance with Tesco challenging Norwich City
the store, against the City Council’s decision.
NEWS 3
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What do you think of the Student Loans Company?
COUNTERFEIT PROPERTIES CON STUDENTS David Churchill
CAMPUS BAN FOR DAILY MAIL? Nick Church
“BALANCE OF PROBABILITIES” Mark Shead
4 NEWS WARNING ALL CYCLISTS
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OXJAM TAKES OVER NORWICH
MOVEMBER
Chris King
CUNNINGHAM ROAD
VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT
ACS TALENT SHOW
STUDENTS’ EARLY WAKE-UP CALL Poppy Jones
JAPAN LANGUAGE EXCHANGE
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DEGREES RELY UNION ELECTIONS ON PRIVATE Esther Ayensu SCHOOLS
- ETHNIC MINORITIES AND SSF CONVENOR Thomas Jackson
So vote Tom on 27th
Mercedes Brown No picture submitted
Elections for the Ethnic Minorities Campaign Convenor and SSF Convenor will be held on 27th October in the Hive throughout the day. General elections for the executive fall before the Easter holidays in March. Individual schools elect school representatives to sit on Staff-Student Liason Committees throughout the year, as well as a seat on Union Council which assembles every three weeks.
SWINE FLU INFECTS UEA Gordon Malloy
SCOTTISH TUITION FEES “MISTAKE”
TUITION FEES A UNION PRIORITY STUDENT VANDALISM Scotsman,
Nick Church
James Carter
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Casual Teaching
North and South
Julia Sherman
Qi Wang
North and South
England: a land of crystal snowflakes? Nishavitha Murthi
“My tutor appears
“Norwich retains
to be more of a
the most complete
student who simply
medieval
knows the course material forwards and backwards than a tenured professor”
Which pair of shoes will you wake up in? “I’m not as great as Einstein, but I chose the second option, and I am enjoying life. It’s all about perfect imperfection, it’s all about being the real you and welcoming both sorrow and happiness.”
Hui Zhou
architectural style”
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Conservative Party conference analysis After our Labour Party conference analysis, Robert Kellner carries on the political anaylsis with his run down of the Conservative Party conference and what this could mean for the imminent general election. Many have argued that last week’s
“Ultimately, safe was all that Cameron’s speech needed to be”
Debate: Should Barack Obama have received the Nobel Peace Prize?
For David Biggins
Fact box According to the Nobel Prize website,
Many have argued that the award has
Obama received the prize for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples”. Previous recipients include Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King and Kofi Annan.
Against James Craske
concrete.opinion@uea.ac.uk TUESDAY 20th OCTOBER 2009
SERIOUS LEARNING CURVE
COMMENT AND OPINION 11
Club and Soc it to ‘em!
James Dixon
“Clubs and societies provide a cornerstone for any student’s time at university”
“It is the opportunity for achievement and accomplishment that can provide the fondest and most satisfying of university memories”
“Applications for loans have increased by 17%”
IF YOU HAVE A COMMENT OR OPINION THAT YOU WANT TO GET OFF YOUR CHEST ON ANY ISSUE, THEN THIS IS THE PLACE FOR YOU. PLEASE CONTACT CONCRETE.OPINIONS@UEA.AC.UK AND WE’LL GET YOUR VOICE HEARD!
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Eyeing up the English political landscape
Cheryl Cole - A modern fairytale? We all know how the media builds celebrity personalities up just to knock them down, but it also
So now that the political party conferences for 2009 are over, what have
works in reverse. Emma Parrott discusses those who’ve been built up by the media and analyses
we learned? Jake Miller fills us in and asks whether conferences are
just what makes them so appealing to the nation. She was recently described in The Observer Sweetheart’. Tabloids refer to her daily
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politically significant at all. The party conference seems to have that Gordon Brown will almost certainly
been reasoned in a couple of ways. on the celebrity popularity rollercoaster
Summer; an annual trek by members of party and press to some seaside town or northern city, to listen to speeches,
The Tory conference was somewhat members of the party were able to meet
of the perhaps not so much for the mediocre performances of the
its merits but does not totally explain another fall out.
the state and future of the party. (a low moment by anyone’s standards), year’s party conferences were more
closed doors and, in many cases, the leadership to conform to their views.
undoubtedly, a modern fairytale; the
the celebrity surely the irony can’t have been wasted on her that she was at her most popular
who enters a television talent contest
marries a footballer and heads up the
she was lambasted in the press for
many ways to communicate with each party faithful and to set out their vision to the electorate. But if a week is a
etc. The unsuccessful back bench plot to unseat Gordon Brown back in June
before our very eyes. The parallels to
The Liberal Democrat Party. They have a conference, too, remember. a Hotmail account, whereas before it would have entailed all the members
knows what is likely to happen in the are obvious. The truth is, we hate a fairytale. not, however, always been this way
She was then publically ridiculed for her
and his wife (who did a somewhat speakers at last year’s conferences, for example, have predicted how
would provide perfect cover for. and convince the electorate he is in fact
celebrity who won in 2006. She was another whirlwind woman or is it yet another example of a reported £500,000 with Ok!
supposed ad lib must be rehearsed and overcome
their
various
hurdles.
The speeches were all well received
Labour and the Tories, Brown had to
that is precisely the problem; aside from members of the press, to be in
his own party and with the public,
a party conference you have to be an
speaker and party member must stay episode of with her on once. The Cheeky Girls were on the media and the public was so happy to Then, in 2008, a story ran in a the deal’ with the electorate without
moments from party conferences are
The same applies to celebrity culture.
most people have a weakness when it
maybe we think that because they are voluntarily in the public eye we deserve
you are also part of the disease. Gordon Brown was asked last week about his personal use of painkillers; as far as this
speech that was well received by the
speeches, not cause a fuss and clap and
have no idea who he is. He also said that he wanted to be Prime Minister,
also be noted that speeches by the leader and other senior members of the party are only a very small part of
and Cheryl swan around from photo shoot to interview and then back to their countryside mansion and footballer/
talentless and only with Jordan for the X the perfect father but now the 90s pop
deposed as party leader. Dems. Labour’s party conference was of course overshadowed by The Sun’s
by various businesses and trade unions
Gordon Brown’s conference speech. The Labour conference was, however, free from the rampant leadership
importance in the way that the party is actually run. The demise in importance of party
landscape and will probably remain so. However, whether it is a vital part of
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Job Fair: How do you fare? With the demand for part-time jobs growing ever higher during the recession, are students resorting to ‘survival of the fittest’ techniques to survive financially? Liz Jackson investigates a worrying trend in student behaviour.
yourself over everything else is: do you trust
delay in the awarding of student loans by the
“as many as 18.8% of 16-24 year-olds are unemployed”
or catering jobs are all that is available to the
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result of the recession but of a decreased
Catering
Baby Buddha
Retail
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EDITORIAL EDITOR concrete.editor@uea.ac.uk Hannah Livingston
DEPUTY EDITOR concrete.editorial@uea.ac.uk Alice Violett
CHIEF COPY EDITOR concrete.editorial@uea.ac.uk Denise Bartlett Proofreaders Rachel Handforth, Lucy Basing, Sarah Cox, Frances Taylor
NEWS EDITOR concrete.news@uea.ac.uk Nicolas Church Reporters Joey Millar, Poppy Jones, Alex May, David Churchill, Mark Shead, Chris King, Hannah Livingston, Gordon Malloy, James Carter, Rachel Handforth
INTERNATIONAL EDITORS concrete.international@uea.ac.uk Qingning Wang & Filipa Mendes Writers Julia Sherman, Nishavitha Murthi, Hui Zhon, Qi Wang
OPINIONS EDITOR concrete.opinion@uea.ac.uk Davina Kesby Writers Robert Kellner, David Biggins, James Craske, James Dixon, Henry Croft
FEATURES EDITOR concrete.features@uea.ac.uk Melissa York Writers Emma Parrott, Jake Miller, Liz Jackson
TRAVEL EDITOR concrete.travel@uea.ac.uk Rachel Conquer
LETTERS Writers Michelle Cadby, David Biggins, Danni Ward
FOCSOC EDITOR concrete.editorial@uea.ac.uk Alice Violett Writers Vicky Cann, Dan Taylor, Laura Ewen
Campus card chaos? I was surprised and disappointed to read your prejudicial and unbalanced report headlined ‘Campus Card Chaos’ in the Tuesday 6th October issue of Concrete, which fell seriously short of the
seriously inconvenienced, but it was professionally unacceptable for Concrete to report this
FOOD EDITOR concrete.food09@gmail.com Edward Leftwich Writers Helena Dean, Lydia McEvoy, David Biggins, Duncan Vicat-Brown, Hannah Livingston
LIFESTYLE EDITOR concrete.lifestyle@uea.ac.uk Samantha Lewis Writers Adam Fenwick, Jo Davey, Vicki Wheatland
you, as editor, content that the complainant was given anonymity, and that the library was denied the right to reply? newspaper, you would surely expect to be given a contemporaneous opportunity to respond. The does, must be fairness.
TURF EDITOR concrete.turf@uea.ac.uk Rebecca Wiles Writers Stephen Bishop, Fran Rogers
Response
SPORT EDITOR
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is a Union media society which, like Livewire or Livewire TV, gives its members the opportunity to contribute and get involved with an established media outlet. Any student can join Concrete
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Escape to Suffolk Michelle Cadby
a weekend away from Norwich, then
Just a bus ride away (via Beccles) or a 50 minute drive by car, Southwold is within easy reach of some seaside fun and frolics. Away from the hustle and bustle of city and university life, idyllic Southwold At the end of the high street is Gun Hill where six cannons are sited is the sandy beach lined with picture where an ice cream can be enjoyed whilst taking in the sea air. If the sun is shining you could have a day on the beach, before clambering up the steps for some famous fresh pub supper at The Red Lion or The Nelson. But wrap up warm with a scarf and coat and Southwold is just as enjoyable in the winter months. With some lovely clothes and rooms (those with a sweet tooth will be spoilt for choice with the amount even an old lighthouse and new pier
tea with scones, jam and cream, you fancy another adventure, take a stroll or the seasonal foot ferry to the quaint village of Walberswick, where a garden lunch or a pint in The Bell Inn comes highly recommended. You could describe
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The delights of Japan David Biggins recounts a trip to Tokyo, the capital city of Japan, and explains how it has left a lasting impression and was different to any other holiday that he has ever been on. When I’m normally asked to talk about my holidays it is normally a fairly bog standard conversation. ‘It was wonderful, the food was delicious, the weather was amazing and I visited all of the museums…’ When asked to talk about Tokyo, however, I often get a bit flummoxed. I know it’s clichéd but I honestly don’t know where to begin. I normally gaze back and giddily reply: ‘You can buy underwear from street vending machines.’ You’ll have no doubt seen the jokes in The Simpsons about the Japanese, who are so techno-mad that even their toilets are equipped with the latest gizmos. Perhaps you brushed off the depiction as a crude stereotype of the culture, but it’s scarily accurate! Once sat upon, my hotel room’s toilet seat would begin heating to provide maximum comfort. Sadly I was too much of a coward to press all of the buttons, but I was able to figure out that there was a wash and dry option as well as a built in radio. If technology is your thing you
provided are generally twice the size of phone books so you can sing literally anything you desire – and don’t worry, shy sobriety won’t be a problem as you can generally purchase an all you can drink option for just nine pounds a person! Sing Sings should take note… Urban life aside, my favourite thing about Tokyo is the trees. Yes, that’s right, the trees. The trees that I saw in the Meiji Jingu forest seemed to be impossibly tall, impossibly lush and impossibly green. If you’re looking to get in touch with your spiritual side, the forest is also home to a Shinto shrine (also free to visit) an excellent place to appreciate traditional Japanese architecture and culture. The atmosphere is very peaceful and welcoming, and you are allowed virtually full access to its outdoor sanctuary, main yard, art galleries and museums. It’s a very involving experience as you are invited to cleanse and wash your hands with fresh water as well as write prayers to be left on display. A slight warning, despite Japan’s
beautiful outdoors I wouldn’t advise travelling during the summer months as it can be a hot and sticky country that often reaches a very humid 38 degrees. Packed in tighter than a sardine on the Shinkansen (bullet train) in such conditions must be ghastly, but the real reason I’m not advising it is more to do with the creepy crawlies. You’re more likely to see them in the hot weather and some of the Japanese variety are frankly terrifying (seriously, you probably don’t know how loud you can scream until you’ve seen a spider that is bigger than your hand roaming free). I had a stupendous time in Tokyo, despite my awful Japanese. (My proud attempt at ordering a beer: ‘Anata wa Biru desu o kudasai’, roughly translated into ‘you are a beer please’). If you visit, you will experience a visual and aural onslaught of technology and culture that will leave you bewitched and smitten. I left feeling like a child who had just been to the circus, happily clapping his hands together crying “Again! Again!”
ROUGH GUIDES COMPETITION Have you ever sat in the library staring at the concrete buildings and the cold, grey drizzle, and wished
kept gardens, a 15th century Church, gallery by the Village Green and two brilliant pubs. So it may be full of farmers, but
simply must visit this city. In the Ginza district of Tokyo you will find the Sony Building, a huge, free to enter showroom that showcases Japanese technology at its most inventive and exciting. Aside from the latest HD TV’s, mobile phones and sound systems (which are all at least four years ahead of British technology) you will be delighted by robotic dogs that follow you around and bark at you, speakers that will transform like Autobots and start dancing to the music that they themselves are playing, musical staircases that, as you climb, will play a different note on each step, and cameras that will patiently wait for you to smile before they take a picture. The nightlife is also quite an experience, and nightlife in Tokyo means Karaoke. Personally, I greatly prefer the Japanese style of Karaoke, where instead of standing up and making a glorious fool out of yourself in front of total strangers, you sit down and make a glorious fool out of yourself in front of your own friends. The catalogues of songs that are
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Climb Every Mountain Bringing laughter to your life Want to try something new but feeling apprehensive? Dan Taylor Vicky Cann happily discovers that Fell Club embraces novices.
all these great comedic minds Have you found yourself making people around you laugh adrenaline surging through your body when you make people which you never get round to
told by others that you should be
entertainment, comedy has perhaps
at, but its appeal and ability to unify and/or divide is undeniable. Just like music, it is an organic beast which constantly changes with every swirling with mist and bathed in early morning sunlight. Without meaning Do not be discouraged by this. Just smile charitably and nod “mountains”
understand or not, they will nod comprehendingly, Google the word
will be forged and good comedy many others you may have heard of, all started their comedic careers at a university comedy group called Cambridge FootLights and it is
“We hope that writing and performing partnerships will be forged and good comedy created”
the society will be able to showcase its best material and even take our shows to the world famous
lecturers to help
and teach
speakers in these skills.
as well which will likely take the form of going and watching some
hopes to follow. in 2003 I immediately thought that
enormous promise for the future of the society. We meet every week on
comedy society; unfortunately no such itself by being more original and progressive than before. coming along to check us out please
everyone was able to choose a route
familiar with the following great comedic writers and performers of the last half a century: the Monty Python team, Mitchell &
incredible, with rugged slopes and smile knowingly. In a nutshell then,
Jan Ravens (Dead Ringers) and
what do we want to achieve with this (http://www.facebook.com/group. for students to come and try out comedy and meet with other people to perform and write with; this involves “improv” comedy exercises (Whose Line Is It Anyway? style) and
(ueaheadlights@yahoo.
Moustaches can make money
fashioned name for a mountaineering society. It is perhaps one of the less not be the case, as I discovered
make it all worthwhile. Moreover,
from the moment we piled onto the minibus. I barely knew anyone and was feeling rather out of my comfort zone as a rather inexperienced walker whose ambles usually involve zero
sociable clubs I have joined, with fortnightly pub socials and well publicised trips every other weekend. If you are interested in joining, just email su.fell@uea.ac.uk and prepare to enjoy what can only be
UEA RAG Society gives everyone a great excuse not to shave for a month. Laura Ewen
with good reason. In which other pub crawl, interspersed with various session involving everything from broken. We arrived late at night in the
enjoy some of the best banter on guaranteed to meet great new people, be fed amazing food and
through the dark to a cosy hut nestled to do but declare your bunk and go to
a record amount of new members value of watching folk smile knowingly when you drop the word
reassured me that this trip was going to be amazing, the following morning dispelled any lurking doubts. Imagine: you open the curtains and survey the
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you are under no circumstances allowed to shave your ‘tache, with
the person who raises the most money through sponsorship, with lesser prizes for the best styled
sponsorship of said ‘tache growing
emailing uearag@gmail.com or join
awareness of the dangers of cancer
worry girls; there is something in the pipeline to get you all involved soon
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Cinema City and The Dining Rooms decided to have Parma ham with parmesan, basil and sundried tomatoes whilst my friend went for the soup of the day which was smoked garlic, rocket and potato.
Helena Dean
onions and mushrooms. Our two main courses
As you walk into the Dining Rooms at Cinema
“This restaurant is
set with its picturesque medieval and Georgian buildings and courtyard covered in fairy lights. This sense of the place being something
affordable for students
restaurant where the decor is chic, warm and
if you just consider that
the tea lights on the tables. When we entered
per person, it’s probably
be the youngest diners there, but this was not a problem at all and there was no sense of us were extremely friendly and polite regardless of our age and the atmosphere in general was
the same price as a night out at the LCR, except remember the evening Both our starters were light and perfect to
courses. Before the starters came, we were brought one of the highlights of the evening. This consisted of bread in a pot that looked like a
on the menu seemed to be inspired by winter
next morning”
Kipper Korma Kippers are cheaper than chicken, and they’re a much more
absorbent meat so they really soak up all of the flavours. I lucked upon this after running out chicken and I haven’t looked back since! they will be ridiculously tender, but you can if you prefer.
- Red/Green Chilli - Lump of Ginger - Chopped coriander - Vegetable Oil - Korma Paste
4. They won’t take long to cook at all, so you can add your green pepper and chillies instantly afterwards.
pop in the coconut milk and desiccated coconut, followed by your korma sauce.
throw them in the mix. Give them a good hard
peel your garlic and ginger and then dice your coriander. Deseed the chillies if you don’t like your curries to be too hot.
fruit, so all the juice pours over your now cooking masterpiece.
that’s cooked you are good to go! 2. Grate the garlic and ginger into a very hot pan of oil, quickly followed by the onions and keep stantly so that nothing burns! 3. Then add the kippers. You don’t have to cut up
Slippery Nipple This is one of the best shooters you can make,
with creamy mashed potato on top. got to the part of the evening that we were most looking forward to, the desert. We chose Baked Alaska and chocolate and cointreau tart with an orange and mint salsa. Although mine was visually stunning, it was slightly disappointed that there was not much of the peach element to
fruit was a success, in fact so successful that we were both scraping to get every last bit of the
but don’t discount it just because your not an aniseed fan. The baileys in this cocktail takes some describe as a chocolate taste. The trick is to prepare it properly. Pour the shot of Sambuca into a double shot glass slowly on top of the Sambuca. If you pour the baileys carefully enough then there will be two seperate layers, which looks very cool and gives the shot even more of a kick.
We both enjoyed our evening and liked how well the whole menu went together. The thought that we took away with us was that just consider that per person, it’s probably the same price as a night out at the LCR, except you
Cream
morning!
remove from its dish. For starters, this reviewer
- 4 Teaspoons of Desiccated Coconut - Salt/Pepper - Lemon - Lime - Green Pepper - Garlic - Tub of Natural Yogurt
Lydia McEvoy
seafood pie was especially delicious as all the
you will definitely still
background. We were given the choice of two menus and decided to go for the pre / post theatre menu which we thought was great value with the main
- 2 Small Kippers
reviewer chose mixed seafood pie and my companion had braised chicken leg chasseur with mash, which was accompanied by a
Cocktail of the Fortnight
8. Once ready, sprinkle with some chopped coriander and add a good dollop of yogurt on for good measure.
Recipe By David Biggins
Concrete Food How To: Cook perfect rice, every time. Now we aren’t trying to patronise anyone never learnt to cook rice properly. Common practise is to stick it in a pan with some boiling water, cross your fingers and hope. Whilst this may sometimes suffice, your desperate, badly cooked rice can make the tastiest of meal inedible. So however much of a kitchen novice you are, there are a couple of simple tips that will help you get great results every time. Firstly, rinse your rice before you put it in the pan. This washes away all the starch that can make the rice all gloopy. Secondly, don’t put too much water in the pan. The rice only just needs covering with water. If there is too much water, then the rice will overcook and loose its texture. Finally, once youve boiled the rice and drained it, rinse it again with boiling water. Then, keeping it in the sieve, rest in the top of the pan and cover with a teatowel. Leave it for five minutes, and the rice should be light and fluffy and delicious. The perfect accompaniment to any curry.
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Tuck INTO some of the best food on campus Duncan Vicat-Brown
Editor’s Secret Recipe Hannah Livingston
Ingredients
Dark Chocolate version
Method
20 LIFESTYLE Confessions of a UEA student
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Totally addicted to... Facebook Facebook has been giving students a bad name for some time; it has been suggested academic performance has slipped whilst time is dedicated to the refresh button. Jo Davey asks are we really the worst culprits?
Disillusioned with the of a camera at 2am in Mercy for me
humdrum of Norwich nightlife, Adam
Fenwick cries what else is on offer? Coming from a relatively small
stare at the gorgeous being in your seminar without ever having to
Facebook surveys show their fastest my flatmates right to the heart of
to someone likes you/thinks you’re Facebook is the number one site for Facebook’s biggest fan, but that’s bars that were a welcome change to
Where have all the jobs gone? Vicki Wheatland investigates ways for struggling students to seek employment in these tough times.
Havana, a small bar with lots With the blur of freshers’ week leaving
Get yourself out there, it’s all about Converse in favour of some smarter
blues, it’s back to reality for UEA for some cash or locking yourself in the Norwich lanes for small vintage Fear not! Concrete has a few
Although
slightly
more Unfortunately, in the current climate with the government banging
larger, more commercial stores in the centre of town that generate lots of
if they are looking for any further
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A call for change in “Soggy Norwich” The threat of rising sea levels has been publicised widely. Stephen Bishop reports on the “Soggy Norwich” campaign, which is raising awareness of how Norwich will be affected.
as wading knee deep in the River sea level rise translates into the loss send a photographic message to world
argue that climate campaigners are good people at Copenhagen will pave
is certain is that the earth is not an economist and it does not understand
The Age of Stupid Turf diary Released in March this year, The Age of Stupid portrays the world in 2055 reviewing the
Wednesday 21st October 5pm - 11pm in The Hive
failures of our generation. Fran Rogers and Bex Wiles report on this provocative film.
to take part in a climate workshop on No prior knowledge is required and it point made is that we need to unite temperature two degrees and pushed The Age of Stupid challenges the viewer to immediate
Sunday 25th October 2pm - 2am Venues around Norwich
with what was the predominant
hope that this has an impact on our
The Age of Stupid
22 SPORT
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Canary Corner
Five minutes with: Paul Sandall Rob Sargent catches up with the UEA Men’s Tennis captain
club’s Colney base.
Canary fans are one step closer to Wembley following a narrow 1-0 victory against Gillingham in the Johnstone Paint trophy, courtesy of a second half goal from fans’ favourite Cody McDonald.
sandal scene in Life of Brian.
How did you get into playing tennis? When I was young I started watching Wimbledon. My parents always played and I started playing with friends, then with coaching gradually
How did UEA tennis do in BUCS We came third in a league of nine of the cup in a tense game with Warwick, the league winners. The
act
from
shot-stopper
Michael
People want someone to emulate when they’re young and there female tennis players around to do so. Hopefully in a couple of years people will look up to the likes of Laura Robson. If you had to sell UEA tennis, how would you do it? Great group of people, lots of
and ended in tears. This year we’ve had some good fresher’s come in and there’s no reason why we can’t
Easton
coaching
had gone out and needed security to knock on my door in the morning as I’d overslept. I had the whole of
keeper to call upon. The reason behind Theoklitos’ no show has not been revealed, but the common consensus is that he felt disheartened to have been
draw against Cambridge.
We also have a tour to Spain in Easter which is really good fun, we
there the courts were really icy and
since conceding seven goals on his club debut.
Not so well, they were relegated last season, so now playing in a division below. Unfortunately we struggle to get female tennis players and would do anything to get more. So if you are a girl that wants to play tennis
Fraser Forster would have created a
Canaries travelling to Swindon Town on November 10th. Four days later Norwich were on the road again for a league match at Carlisle United. Once again the coach was lighter than planned.
good for everyone to bond and get to know each other. There’s so much more on the social side than just playing tennis. We include everyone and there’s no pressure to drink
my wrist, causing a mini fracture and we all had to go home. I get a lot of banter for that.
everyone to enjoy themselves.
I don’t think so. I think he needs to wait for Roger Federer to hang up his racket before he can win anything as Federer is the best player to have ever existed.
please come along. on the trot, 1-0. Norwich will have taken on
good form and take a win at Elland
of a return trip to a city centre sports shop to replace the shin pads that
establish Norwich amongst the front
BUCS Results - Wednesday 14th October Golf
Basketball
Do you think that the lack of
of UEA tennis? One Tuesday night before a game I
Featured sport: Wakeboarding and Waterskiing
The Wakeboarding and Waterskiing but already it has become one of the key water-sport clubs, thanks to its fun and relaxed atmosphere both on and
Wakeboarding and waterskiing are the equivalents to snowboarding and skiing on water, instead of snow. You’re pulled around the water by either a speedboat or a ‘cable’ – a kind
Oxford Brookes 1st - 59
Netball
The club goes to a centre in Bedford called Boxend, one of the top
Football Oxford Brookes Men’s 1st - 2
Rugby Lincoln Men’s 2ns - 1
and
season was all that separated the two
academy players were confronted
Badminton
College
Derby Men’s 1st - 10
two purpose-built spring-fed lakes. The water is very clean, and a perfect environment for learning. It is also good for more experienced wakeboarders, as there are various obstacles to try out once the basics have been mastered. The club uses cable, as it’s ideal for
next to you at the start, and we have up to 8 people on the water at once on the water). experienced riders who will soon be able to compete on behalf of the university, most of our members are fairly new to the sport – having either never ridden before, or only a few
rush of being pulled round a lake at 25mph, and it’s something that anyone, with any level of experience, can enjoy. should email the club at: waterskiandwakeboard@ueastudent.
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UEA Panthers edged out by Oxford Brookes was. The Panthers and their visitors
The UEA Panthers narrowly missed in BUCS Basketball Division 1A last
the Sportspark. were used to, but the home side
The Panthers rallied to within
home over the summer, UEA enter The scores were twice even, at
The Panthers will take plenty season. the Panthers were unable to make
Can England finally banish their World Cup demons? Harry Low Lampard appear able to work well
“There is still time for players such as
champions Spain are no weaker than
Joe Cole, Shaun Wright-Phillips and, dare I say, Michael Owen to force their So what reasons do we have to
as we have done in the past decade. well as European, champions. Brazil are another main rivals and
Germany
have
consistently
way in� than any other team in the South brilliant Brazilians, who rarely miss ranked number one in the world to
remains that you can only play the
World Cup wins and boss Marcelo
colours.
call upon. This writer thinks that we stand
concrete.sport@uea.ac.uk
ENGLAND
Concrete assesses whether Rooney, Gerrard, Lampard et al can finally end 44 years of hurt.
TUESDAY 20th OCTOBER 2009
BASKETBALL
Robert Schatten reports back on UEA Panthers’ narrow loss to the Oxford Brookes team.
WAKEBOARDING
Mike Rogers introduces UEA’s newest and most exciting sport: Wakeboarding.
TENNIS
Concrete catches up with the captain of UEA’s Men’s Tennis club, Paul Sandall.
UEA Rugby breeze past hapless Derby
Athletics open season in style Josh Entwistle
UEA 1st XV - 49 Derby 1st XV - 10
Ziggurat Volleyball: Combined Economics & NBS schools overcome Law Georgina Wade