ISSUE 241
TUESDAY 9th MARCH 2010
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UEA’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER
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STUDENTS SHOUT: “UEA, WE WON’T PAY” A group of students blockade main entrance of the Registry building demanding a position on HE cuts. Norwich City Council unanimously vote to support the Union of UEA Students’ Higher Education policy. comment on the cuts he added,
Jonathan Brady
think students realise that the economic crisis, but we’re not the ones who should be
support to the protest: “I Government’s proposed cuts
Rachel
Archer
led
the Tom Ward responded to the incident at the behest
voice students’ concerns to When asked about how UEA
students rallied to support the
said, “No doubt we will be that it is likely this will be the short term it’s sustainable, but term cuts in this area can be
UEA STUDENTS BLOCKADE REGISTRY OVER HIGHER EDUCATION CUTS As protestors tried to enter,
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CONCRETE CAMPUS A FASHIONABLE INSPIRATION Andrea Stromskag The renowned denim brand Levi’s recently used UEA
A UEA press release said:
notably in the clip, were voted
companies who want to use our campus as a backdrop to
iconic university architecture
Lasdun, Lord Norman Foster
said: “UEA was selected as “We
take
each
case
sites around campus, and residences,
and
remain
students and that the subject
WHY NO UNION JACK?
Concrete investigates the reasons behind the decidedly English reluctance to show national pride OPINIONS PAGE 8
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Buildings a rarity, wild animals a plenty TRAVEL PAGE 15