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EVER WONDERED what that strange smell wafting down the corridors of university residences Is? Ever walked Into a student house and felt the urge to run back outside and take breaths of fresh air? By - - - - . Dr Paul Coathup of UEA's Health Centre has a possible answer: students smell and it's official. That's what he told delgates to a recent Labour education conference in Skegness, informing them that students nowadays have a "characteristic smell." Nasty niffs include "damp, unwashed clothes, body odour,

Alison Wisely and Joanne Potter fried food and cabbage", he said. "You can smell it 25 yards away, and increasingly, a number of students have that smell, because they are living in hovels and they can't wash their clothes and they can't afford the heating

costs to run a bath." Dr Coathup also remarked on the growing divide in the economic profiles of students "At the same time, The smell of some of the posher perfumes is also in evidence", be said. 'The contrast is growing as the well-off get better-off." Union officers quoted Dr Coathup's comments in the publicity for last week's UGM, urging students to "fight the stench of poverty by voting for action on rents and grants."

THAT WINNING FEELING •.. Bucket of Tongues co-editor James Tansey (pictured above, left) and Concrete editor Niall Hampton collected the gongs for Student Magazine of the Year and Student Newspaper of the Year at The Guardian/ NUS Student Media Awards 1995. They received their prizes from Peter Preston, editor-In-chief of The Guardian and The Observer at a ceremony in London ten days ago. PHOTO: ASSIGNMENTS/ KEITH WHITMORE Full report: page 5.

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VC thanks Arrivals Day helpers THEVICE-GHANCELLOR, Dame Elizabeth Esteve-Coll, has thanked those who helped with Arrivals Day. "I would like to congratulate all those concerned with what was clearly a well-prepared and efficiently-executed plan of action", she wrote in a lettertoJanet Peck, Union Welfare Co-ordinator. "This exercise is an essential part of our presentation of the University to students, their parents and our neighbours in the area." And she added, "Carrying it throu gh with a mimimum of problem and complaint would not have been possible without your fu ll cooperation."

FEARS that the Rent Strike is losing momentum following last Thursday's inquorate Union General Meeting have been strongly denied. By - ---. Uni o n Finance Officer Jo hn Holmes said that it was a "wholly lnappropriate" poi nt in the Union's discussions wi th the Uni versity at which to hold a UG M. The Uni on met twice with the Uni versity last week for what they called " information meeti ngs" , which involved Registry bosses explai ning the significant inc reases in th is year's rent levels. "I think you can onl y start to negoti ate when you have the informati on to start with", John said. "We need to have some idea of the context so that we can justify our demands. " It took Jenny Grant [UEA 's Director of Residences J 13 days to get the info rmation we required , which we think is too long give n that we are trying to negotiate with them", he added. John also hit back at allegations that the Un iversity is dismissing the 750 students who have joined the Rent Strike. "The University does notice not having £400,000 in their bank account, because they have bank loans and bills to pay. I think people are criticising the University before we' ve even made a demand." At the informat ion gathering meetings, the University has clarified in detail why rents have increased by such a large percentage over the past year. The University funded around

•Poster for Peace• back by popular demand DUE TO the tremendous reaction from student unions for their 1995 wall planner, the National Peace Council have just launched another creative calendar-posterfor 1996, writes Gemma Stansfield. The NPC, in conjunction with around 250 local, regional and national groups, campaigns for all aspects of work including peace and justice, the environment, disannament, wor1ddevelopmentand human rights. The A2 size colourful poster design by Ann ie Meharg features the work of all their member organisations from Equality to the Environment, along with a calendar along the bottom. On the reverse side, the poster gives information about the work of the National Peace Council for anyone who wants to know more aboutthe organisation. •Copies of the poster are available from the National Peace Council, BB Islington High Street, LondonN1 .

DONORS THANKED THE NATIONAL Blood Transfusion Service would like to thank all UEA staff and students who gave blood in Union House on October 16and 17. 483 donors attended , with 193 of these giving blood for the first time. The next session to be held at UEA is due to take place next March.

Joanna Emsley two thirds of the building of the Village by using the Business Expansion Scheme to borrow the appropriate amount of money. These repayme nts, combined with the cost of building Constable Terrace and Nelson Court, now take up over 50 per cent of the annual expenditure. "That explains why rents have gone from 30 week to 38 week licences and have increased above inOation on a consistent bas is", said John . ''They have a deficit of £200, 000 carried forward because la t years' occupancy levels were low, and they have a policy to get that de fi cit dow n to zero." " But they do have options", he added. " UEA has assessed the situation on 96 per cent occupancy, but they are now gettin g 99.8 per cent occupancy, and thi s increase could be redistributed." The Union Executive wi ll be goi ng to the next meeti ngs with some kind of demand agreed between them. ''The Universi ty has at least £4 mill ion in reserve that they could spend tomorrow", said John. "If they will accept that rents are unjustifi ably high, they can use their reserves to keep rents at a j ustifiable level."

HEATED DEBATE DESPITE NO VOTING AT LCR UGM r-Report by~ LJess Kiang~ DESPITE the fact that last Thursday ' s UGM was inquorate, passions ran hi gh among the 250 students who did attend. Failing to achieve quoracy led to all voting being indicati ve, but various points relating to the Rent Strike arose during a lengthy session of questions to the Executive. Welfare Officer, Esther Jillett, detailed two information meetings held with university officials and Finance Officer John Holmes reit-

crated the importance of these taking place. Discussion moved to the first motion concerning the NUS National Demonstration on November 23, which included resolutions to support the demonstration full y, subsidise coach trips to the rally and to instigate a student poverty week - all of which were passed wi th a resounding majority. The second motion, proposed by SWSS (the Socialist Worker Students Society), proved more divi sive, its main demand being an immediate occupation of the Registry. Members of SWSS argued that

occupation was the best weapon in the student arsenal and that Uni versity authorities have not yet taken the Rent Strike seriously. John Holmes, speaki ng in a personal capacity, stated that an occupation at this stage would be "completely inappropriate" and that taking this course could jeopardise fu ture negotiations with Registry chiefs. The motion was passed by a slim majority, with most of the floor abstaining. • Another UGM has been called for tomorrow (November 2), at 7pm in the LCR.

of the year- the 1995 Rocky Horror Picture Show and party. Adateforthosewho would rather dress up in women 's underwear . than broaden their minds by conventional means, the Rocky Horror show takes place in the LC R on November1 0, priced £3 (or£2 for RAG members) . There's a showing of the cult film 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' followed by a disco and bar until late. All proceeds go to charity, and in the words of the organisers, "Undress to impress!"

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A GROUP of ex-students have created a new game based on those moments in life when you just want to find a comer to cower in, writes John Spacey. it's called 'Goot' and according to manufacturers Spa Partnership, "it's set to take th e country by storm this Christmas." To play it, players watch a video dip of some implausible and deeply embarrasing situation such as a man shoving a frozen chicken through a letterbox. Then, they have to 'Get Out of That!' ... by explaining a way out of the situation in two minutes, but ensuring that their rantings and ravings have an end line like "...and that's how Elvis ended up working at the local chip shop." Said Spa Partnership's Sarah McAvoy, "The inventors feel that this game will go down very well. We believe it'll attain cult status."

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THE UNION Welfare Advice Unit have issued a new guide to personal safety in direct response to the recentmuggingoutsideTheWaterfront, writes Joanne Robertson. The leaflet - entitled 'Safe in the City' -gives advice about looking after oneself on campus and in Norwich, and provides a map of the city's red-light district, which includes King Street, the location of The Waterfront. Three weeks ago, a female fresher was viciously attacked by a man and a woman outside the King Street venue, which is operated and managed by the Union. "Norwich is actually a safe city", said Union Welfare Co-ordinator, Janet Peck, ''but people shouldn't become laid back. "We felt it necessary to let students know where the red-light district is." She added, "We want students to know how they can protect themselves and that is what the leaflet is all about." •Copies of 'Safe in the City' are available from Union Women's Officer, Alison Ravenhall, or from the Union Advice Unit.

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UEA'S HEALTH Centre was Inundated with calls from anxious women last week, following claims that seven of the most popular brands of the contraceptive pill are now twice as likely to cause potentially fatal sideeffects. By---.

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Users are advised not to stop taking the pill, but to go to the Health Centre before finishing their current packet to be given a new prescription. Health Centre GPs confirmed that although there is a slightly inaeasedriskofbloodclotswben compared to some of the older pills. this risk is in fact very small, affecting 10 to 20 per 100,000

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• women a year. They have assured patients that there is absolutely no reason to panic, adding that there have been severaJ pill scares in the past which have later proved to be unfounded, and the advice for the current scare is still not conclusive. Doctors are simply following the advice of the CSM in trying to offer alternative brands of the pill until the situation can be clarified. SaidamemberofHealthCentre medical staff, "While there is a slightly increased risk with these brands of pill, the risk of unwanted pregnancies is far greater,

so women should not be alarmed by yet another pill scare, but should come to the Health Centre for further advice." But there are further complications for women in the Norwich

area. Doctors have underestimated the demand for the safer pills and some local pharmacies have run out of the brands recommended by the Health Centre. "Women just don' t know what

to do", said one patient, ''There is so much confusion as to which brands we should now be using, and when we do get a new prescription, we're being told by the chemists that there are none left."

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Recruit, a form of employment centre set up in conjunction with the Dean of Students and the Careers Centre, aims to benefit both employers and students by providing a free onsite service. Norwich employers will be able to advertise positions particularly suited to students on the Recruit noticeboard, where students can scan the possibilities that best suit them, including Union and Waterfront vacancies. The scheme is currently in its fledgling stages, having been set up at the beginning of the summer, and is awaiting its official launch. A date has yet to be fixed although the Advice Unit has indicated that it will be before Christmas.

---By----. Hannah Malcolm and Helen Lovett UEA's Careers Centre will take on an advisory capacity and is happy for Recruit to be a student-run concern. Said director !an McGilvray, "Recruit is a unique opportunity for students to gain valuable experience in many different areas, as an important aspect is the possibility of voluntary work. "We are keen to promote unpaid work as it will impress employers who will look at skills gained from these jobs." Benefits for employers include the flexibility of students' timeta-

bles, allowing them to work parttime. Esther Jillett, Union Welfare Officer, said, "Recruit is particularly attractive as it hardly costs anything to run and the administrative work is minimal. " It's amazing it wasn't done several years ago, really." A number of other universities nationwide have a similar scheme, also recognising the need for a central place where students get job offers as they appear. One pressing issue for Recruit, however, wouldappeartobegening the scheme launched in time for the annual rush to fill Christmas vacancies. e For further information on Recruit, contact the Union Advice Unit in the Steve Biko Room, Union House. Telephone: (01603) 592505.

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magine yourself in a long dark tunnel. .. when without warning, five heavily armed men surround you and order you to face the wall and do as they say. The tunnel is the Metro, the five men are police officers and the stunned person facing the wall is me last Saturday. A packed platform watched with relief- "Well, at least it's not me, but now that it's him this should be interesting" - as my arms and legs were spread,like in the movies, and my new friends fired rapid questions at me on such interesting subjects as my name, destination and general purpose in life. Upon discovering that I was English, it rapidly became assumed that I would be cleverer than to conceal whatever it was that I was suspected of carrying actually on my body. lwouldhavethecunningmind of James Bond, 007, and thus I had to take off my boots while they checked them thoroughly for false heels and miniature ground-to-air missile launch

systems. Such police presence and attention to detail has been prompted by the repeated bombs found in Paris since the summer, and it was clear that the officer in charge of this little squadron wanted to hit the front pages as the hero of France, having successfully taken unawares the culprits of these attacks. Only it was becoming obvious that I was not one of them - cue increased suspicion that I really had to be up to something. Thus I was followed to the next stop, where they eventually decided that perhaps I wasn't worth the trouble after all, and I proceeded on my way- shaken but not stirred, as they say. lt seems thatthe ubiquitous officers on the streets and platforms of Paris at the moment have all been suffering from a similar lack of success in their stop and search efforts. An eighth bomb exploded on the REA network two days after my little run-in. The climate of fear is truly beginning to grip the city as the casu-

alties mount up and there still seem to be no clues as to who is behind the attacks. In the bar where I work, the landlady bemoans the fact that Parisians seem to be venturing out less in the evening, causing custom to drop considerably. She lays the blame firmly at the door of the uncertainty that citizens are experiencing at the

rmment. As for the police, they continue in their task, clearly open to all possibilities as regards the perpertrators of these attacks. I presume that that is why I came under suspicion, but then as one of the officers warned me, a little smile playing around his lips, "So remember, be careful of pickpockets - barn, one second and your things are gone." A revealing insight into the operations of the French police - as well as tracking down suspected terrorists, they also detain people to ensure that they haven'tbeenpickpocketed. Now where was that missile system?

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UEA'S STUDENT print media Is the best In the country -·and that's official. By - - - At The Guardian/ NUS Student Media Awards ten days ago, ConcretewasnamedasStudentNewspaper of the Year, with Bucket of Tongues making it a double top for UEA by scooping the Student Magazine of the Year gong. The judges praised Concrete for its brash tabloid style, coupled with flair, fun and a punchy line in editorials. "It campaigns with verve," said Peter Preston, editor-in-chief of The Guardian and The Observer, "It writes headlines that draw you in with a chuckle ... it seems perpetually to get up the nose of authority." He presented the award to Concrete editor, Niall Hampton, at a ceremony in London, commenting that it was a "super paper'' which the judges had greatly admired. Concrete beat six other shortlisted papers from over 60 entrants, includingl.eeds Student, Oxford Student and Cardiff's Gair Rhydd.

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ThreeofConcrete'seditionsfrom 1994-5 were submitted to the judging panel, which included The Guardian's John Carve!, Deborah OrrandAndrewCulf,Esquireeditor Rosie Boycott, and NUS President JimMurphy. "The judges cited service to the student community as one of their main criteria, something I feel that Concrete has always prioritised", Niallsaid. "Winning student paper of the year is very special for Concrete." Runners-up,Leeds Student, were also pleased with their acheivement "It's indicative of the fact that student newspapers aren't about union politics, but what students want to read instead", said editor Matt Roper. The victory for Bucket of Tongueswasmadedoubly special by

the fact that this is the first time that the magazine has entered this, or any other, competition. The judges commended Bucket for being "innovative and very professional." Said co-editor JamesTansey, ''Our intention was to provide media for up and coming student writers to write about what they feel is important and we were oveljoyed and

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incredibly proud to see our efforts rewarded." One of the first people to congratulateConcrete on their win was ProfessorCbris Bigsby ofEAS, who gave the paper its fmt office in the Arts Building way back in January 1992. "Concrete was always the best," he said, "It's just taken them a long time to realise it"

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HAVElS MINUTES OF FAME WITH LIVEWIRE CALLING all frustrated entertainers: now is your big chance to grab your fifteen minutes offame,writes Sharon Waiters. Livewire 945, as part of their contribution to the BBC's Children In Need, are staging a talent contest on November 24 in the LCR, and anyone with a party piece is invited to come along and strut their stuff. For the shrinking violets amongst you, in addition to the talent show there is a night of fun planned with bar games, gladiator events, raffles and the chance to meet Pudsey Bear. Entrance is £1 and all proceeds from the night are going to Children In Need. In addition, Livewire, in association with RAG, arc keen to hear from anyone who is interested in orgainsing or taking part in a sponsored event for charity. The closing date for talent show entrants is Tuesday November 7. e For further information, contact Jo Green of Livewirc on 250020 or through their pigeon hole upstairs in Union House.

~000 A student at Dundee University was recently disciplined for putting a recipe on the Internet. lt was a recipe for making a bomb.. .

MALE UEA students have been urged to lend a hand and earn some money at the same time ... as semen donors.

THE NATIONAL Anti-Vivisection Society has just launched its new Christmas catalogue, writes Katherine Beacom. Much of the merchandise available will appeal especially to animal lovers, including Christmas cards and gift wrap, plus some interesting ideas for presents, as modelled by Ken

Uvingstone MP (pictured, above). These range from sterling silver jewellery to illustrated stationery and that essential kitchen storage item, the metal chicken. NAVS T-shirts and baseball caps can also be bought. Another animal rights organisation, Respect for Animals, have also released theirnew Autumn/

Winter catalogue, something which forms an important part of their fund-raising. Stationery,jewellery and vegan chocolatesareavallable,aswell asT- ' Shirts featuring the Loveable Pig or the Crazy Sheep. eGall NAVSon01818469777, or Respect for Animals on 0115 952 5440 for catalogues. »;~~~~

Because of a national shortage, Norwich's BUPA Hospital are looking for healthy men aged between 18-55 years to come forward and will pay £12 per donation. Leaflets advertising for donors from UEA appeared in school pigeonholes last month, followed shortly afterwards by a report in the Daily Sport under the headline "Cashing in at the sperm bank: students are selling their sperm for pocket money." The article then quoted Union Welfare Officer, EstherGillett [sic], stating: "Undergraduates are desperate and many will do almost anything to earn money." Esther said last week she was surprised BUPA were targeting UEA for donors. BUPA hospital embryologist Pat Gallon pointed out that one in six couples experience fertility prob-

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Loung!!Jg around in theLCR ... THE HEALTH and Safety Executive and the Department of Health have released new guidelines on the proper use of tanning equipment, writes Ben Klopsch. Addressed to operators and users alike, the paper focuses on the health hazards arising from exposure to UV light. For those who want a tanned skin despite the risks, simple advice is given, such as not to use cosmetics before tanning since they can increase sensitivity to UV radiation. Further information can be obtained from the HSE,

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PLANS TO open an LCR lounge will be put Into operation from the beginning of Semester Two, following the Imminent acquisition of up to 140 tables and chairs.

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The news, together with other enhancements to the Union's bars, highlights the pressure facing the Union to accommodate an expanding student body. The rear of the LCR (pictured, above) is to be used as an extra seating area during weekdays to complement The Hive, which is frequently filled to capacity. Said Union Finance Officer John Holmes, 'TheLCRhasalwaysbeen an under-used space, particularly the "

"We are doing all we can to use the space we've got in a better way." After the opening of the new lounge, the Union will be investigating the issue of smoking in Union House, examining options to make the LCR lounge a smoking area and banning smoking in The Hive. Although John pointed out that the Hive was not as well ventilated as the LCR, any decision to change the status of the areas would probhave to be made at a UGM.

SASSAF is calling for support at lunchtimes ... it wants more students to buy its rolls, writes Joanna Emsley. Last year, SASSAF, a registeredcbarity, raised overÂŁ 15,000 - a fifth of which is now funding educational projects in South

Africa. The lunchbar was then so popular with students that its rolls frequently sold out during theiropeoinghours. But now, its organisers feel that business bas been slower than usual as the Union House outlet only opened three weeks into term.

AMNESTYTO HOLD CAMPUS VIGIL UEA'S AMNESTY International group are to stage a vigil in The Square on the evening of November 3. The action is designed to raise awareness of human rights issues currently being supported by Amnesty on an international

level, as well as to raise money needed to fund the UEA group's activities. Although the event due to take place from 8pm and Barn - is sponsored, those wishing to offer their support in the form of a donation are welcome.

SASSAF organiser Maria Furugori is hoping that this year will continue to see just as many students supporting the charity through buying their lunch from the stall. "We are aiming to make this a really good year as well," she said.

Police nearly arrested a Birmingham Uni student who was brandishing a weapon on campus - it turned out to be a water pistol....

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Concrete and Bucket of Tongues are the best student newspaper and magazine in the country - it's official. That was the conc lusion of the judges in thi s year's The Guardian/ NUS Student Media Awards, who prai sed both media for their flair and originality . Winning their respecti ve gongs came as quite a shock to theConcrete and Bucket of Tongues delegates, most of whom were pleasantly surprised to having been shortlisted and certainly didn' t expect UEA to clear up in the way they did. Three UEA student media are now Guardian/ NUS winners, and the message is clear: UEA i s a centre of excellence in the field. Yet it's not all plain sailing: the financing made available toConcrete and Bucket of Tongues is minimal when compared to many other student publications in the UK. Some other campus newspapers attract formidable sums of money from their student unions to finance themselves, but Concrete generates the bulk of its operating costs through advertising revenue, both local and national. Such an interaction with the city is very effective in forming links between the local and student communities, something praised recently by UEA' s Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor, but it's also a stark reality . Bucket ofTonguestoo, has to seek to raise funds through advertising to survive, a situation it has managed to sustai n for four issues - not bad for a magazine with no office and no equipment. Broadcast student media at UEA also suffer from similar problems: both Livewire 945 and Nexus have had to make the best out of scant resources. Something needs to be done: in short. UEA's student media needs to be put on more solid foundations. lt's certainly proved its worth locally and nationally.

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Cabbage and fried food Students smell and it's official. at least according to Or Paul Coathup from UEA's Health Centre. His address at a recent Labour education conference included references to students living in hovels, surviving on fried food and cabbage and having inadequate funds to run baths. Granted, student poverty is rife, traditional means of funding are being undermined and levels of debt at graduation are ri sing steadily each year. But it' s dangerous to homogenise the issue; each and every student has a different economic profile and background, which may go some way to expl aining the seemingly inexhaustable demand for en-suite campus accommodation amidst mounting rent level s, plus the seemingly unquenchable demand for booze in the Union's bars. Or Coathup's comments were made based on his own experiences and observations and should be taken in that sense: not all students stink- as the person sitting next to you as you read this will most probably testify.

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block. I was asked to help her find a suitable way in, and since I knew perfectl y well that the main entrances to the Arts block all have steps leading up to them, and having checked the back for another entrance, I discovered that the only way in involved a long trek from the Registry to the end of the Arts block, at walkway level (above the Link Suite entrance) arriving in EUR; then, down the corridor to the lift to catch it up three floors,

down another corridor through EAS to the lift AGAIN, to arrive on the fourth floor of Arts about twenty minutes later. The irony of it all was that she had a lecture a few days later in L T2 - I defy anybody in a whee lchai r, save for levitating, to get to a lecture there. Even if they did manage to find a way in, then they would have to sit right at the back of the lecture theatre. Considering that UEA has as many steps as a Roman Amphi-

theatre, wheelchair users cannot be expected to be very mobile on this concrete nightmare, until someone makes changes. If UEA has spent so much time, money and effort doi ng God knows what to the fountain in The Square, then you'd think they would put some resources aside for ramps, easier access doors and whatever else is needed to make the campus more accessible to everyone. Lee ]ones CHE3

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he Student Union is missing the point with its emphasis on the fact that Nelson Court and Constable Terrace rents eat up more than 100 per cent of a full grant. This may well be statistically true but how many students in these residences actually receive a full grant? Very few is the answer. And even fewer could ever claim to be in a state remotely resembling poverty. Their rich parents let their darlings play poor for three years and we hear them moan and wail about how things are so bad and how their student accounts are so dreadfully overdrawn. What they fail to mention is the stash of cash in their 'normal' accounts and the imminent gradua-

tion present of clearing those student debts. That's not to deny the existence of student poverty and student debt as huge problems which need to be tackled not only on a local level, as seen through the Union's commendable Rent Strike, but also nationally. The University's contemptible and inconsiderate rent hike is an affront to common sense. For not only do high rents for university rooms endanger students' education as a result of the financial difficulty these students then find themselves in, they also act as a disincentive to promising working class 'A' Level pupils, putting them off going to university in the first place. The result is an elitest system of further education for a privileged few.

If deserving 'potential' students could get more financial assistance than they would on the dole then maybe we'd see a better mix of students more equipped to lead a society in the future that they ALL represent. But the Government realises that the balance among the educated elite would then turn in favour of those who genuinely care about poverty and social exclusion. The Government and its supporters have no remedies for the eradication of poverty not only because it's not in their interests to find any, but also because they don't understand poverty. It is difficult not to exploit 'facts' when a powerful argument can be made around them- see the Evening News' use of the record bar takings

in Union bars (taken from Concrete) to belittle the efforts of the

rent strike. By the same token the Student Union has failed to appreciate that the vast majority of Constable and Nelson rooms were booked long before the Summer break even began and could have been sold two times over. Any such rooms in clearing were always the first to go as students on theaccomodation waiting list turned their noses up to Waveney Terrace, the reasons typically being because 'they're s**t!' I suppose it's all a bit misleading, but, what the hell, it's misleading for a gOOd cause. LONG LIVE THE RENT STRIKE! Allan }ones EUR3

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all me old fashioned but in some things, form simply must follow function. I don' t want a telephone book that looks like ElvisPresley, I don't want a toaster that pretends to be an art deco subway train and I certainly donotwantuniversitylecturerooms designed by rat maze psychologists. Yes, I' m talking about the Elizabeth Fry building and if you •ve been there, then you'll know and you're probably too mentally scarred to talk about it. On arrival at its technoplastickystai n less-steel-shopping-mallGatwick-village foyer, (incidentally through doors that open inwards, just as you've got used to all those outward opening fuedoors), there is a first clue that all might not be quite on the level. Hastily erected signs point out the direction of various rooms. The Liz Fry building follows the same system as the rest of UEA in its room numbering, but somehow rooms remain mysteriously hidden, their contents glimpsed from outside windows but seemingly having no access from the main corridors. I am convinced there are rooms in there with no discernible entry points, enclosed voids, the architects hidden message about himself.

By now you may be wilting from the heat, remember this is the Elizabeth FRY building and it is hot hot hot! The brief for lecture room design is 'technology for its own sake'. yes, I know it's entertaining watching lecturers wondering how to retrieve the projector screen from the ceiling, but for heavens sake, what's wrong with a pull cord? If we must have all this electronic gee-wizardry ,let's have something useful, like air-conditioning. Most of my classes consist of sixty-plus students squeezed into rooms designed for half the number. There have been casualties. The searing harshness of the lighting has induced more migraines than any lecture on multi-factor analysis. Students gently cooking in their own and each others sweat have incubated strange and novel forms of respiratory disease. Some students, driven to despair. sick of the building ('sick building syndrome') write long diatribes to anyone that will listen. That is not all, there are th~:se funny little wooden swivelly things attached to the chairs. Somebody told me that they were to rest your books and notepad on,

well it seemed funny at the time. It makes you realise just how well off you were before. We are all offended by UEA' s 60s concrete brutalism but at least now, scandent plants are beginning to cover its harsh lines and where bits have dropped off, a pleasing crumbly appearance softens the edges. It has no glossy packaging like the Elizabeth Fry but inside lecture rooms and theatres are welcomingly woody and user-friendly. If the Elizabeth Fry building was

actually designed then it must have been by an architect whose formative training was building sandcastles on the beach. Interiors? Forget it, the whole edifice would collapse ofcourse. Are we really supposed to be impressed by this sort of superficiality? The 'cabinet with the coloured lights in the foyer is the answer to that question. I believe Elizabeth Fry had something to do with prisons, say no more. Stel'e WillUuns 810 3

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EA is still holding seminars in broom cupboards. I' m in one myself. It's a different one to last year's. But it seems exactly the same. Weird. The dimensions are the same, the same austere feel with white emulsioned walls. The same cramped

conditions. They have a slightly off-centred obelisk. This is really the focal point. ' An astute student can use it, if sitting somewhere strategic, to avoid a lecturer' s eye altogether. I think it must also be seriously structural. But by far its greatest use must

have been to lean the brooms against It's sad, but I suppose the maintenance dept never got it together to put up any hooks. Goodness only knows where the cleaners keep their stuff these days. I call it discrimination. Like the contents of my tool box, it's one of

the mysteries of the universe. If maintenance were not too fazed by the idea, I'd be quite willing to bring in a hammer-drill and install some hooks. Then we could have brooms and students - it could make for some interesting times. Tony Crush HIS3

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Sam Richards 'flicks to kick' with The Boo Radleys' guitarist Martin Carr

artin Carr hasn't slept properly for two weeks . Touring, and the inevitable partying that accompanies it, has taken its toll on his appearance. Martin has bags under his· eyes which you could fit a week's shopping into. However, instead of taking the sensible option and grabbing a few minutes kip before this evening's concert, he settles down to play Subbuteo with me. Neither of us are, particularly'sqre of the rules and the crumpled pitch removes any element of skill from the game. Undeterred, we arrange our teams . Martin , unsurprlslngly ' chooses the red of Liverpool. I have no option but to take on the mantle of their fiercest rivals, Everton . We both go for a solid, attacking 4-2-4 formation and Martin kicks off. "I like staying up ," ponders Martin . "If I go to sleep , it's during the day. The thing with playing on stage is that you can do it eve n when you're knackered . You get this endorphin rush five minutes before you play and it lasts until half-an-hour afterwards . Then you're shattered

again, of course." I win possession . Martin wins it back then loses it again. We're not very good. Martin, can I put it to you that 'Wake Up!' wasn't as good as 'Giant Steps'? "Er, no you can 't! it's comparing two totally different things~ And 'Wake Up' sold twenty times more copies ... I mean , what's better, a table or a chair? Buy both the albums - if you need to sit down, use a chair, if you need to play Subbuteo, use a table." Indeed. So what about the next album? "it's better. Probably more like Giant Steps, in fact". Martin begins to take control of the game. He plays some short passing movements in midfield. I attempt a flying tackle and send a player into the fruit salad. What do you think about your old stuff, such as ' Kale id oscope '? "Dun no. I haven't heard it for years. They were good songs, y'know, but very much of their time . I think we were 60% someone else when we wrote them ." Martin then claims not to own a copy of 'lchabod And 1', the Boos' first LP.

Another of my forays into Martin's half of the field breaks down due to my sheer ineptitude . Martin then plays a Dalglish-style pass out of defence straight to the feet of one of

his strikers. His excitement at this feat, however, leads him to play the resulting shot so wide that it goes off the side of the pitph. Wht;n I was up in the Livewire studio ,last week, I looked at the playli~( and Blur and E9Jooelly.;_, ~ere filed under 'pop' whereas the Boo R~dleys were filed under 'indie'. "Tnat's stupid. We're ~tl pop ban<;ls. W , at is 'indie' ahY'ft_ft.Y?" Are you more pop than Echobelly? "Echotlelly are just shite. All those f***ing bjn,ds are shite. Sleeper are shite. Shed Seven are shite , Powder are shite. I like Menswear. though, they're nice lads. Blur are OK. But Echobelly are really

shite. They should be filed under 'shite'. We should be filed under 'was underground but have now sold out'." The game of Subbuteo is becoming frustrating. We cannot string more than two passes together and some nasty fouls are taking place . Martin shouts "next goal the winner!" A good way to ascertain how popular bands are is by asking taxi drivers. I did that today: one said "B oo who? " and the other said "oh yeah , they did that wake you (Bottom left) Our Sam takes a decisive move; up song." "Taxi drivers (centre) "So does /an Rush do it like this?"; (above) in Liverpool know who The Boos take a break from footle we are," says Martin. "Most in London decisive ball that splits my defence. don't, but as soon as they find out This isn't hard as all"my defenders you're famous, they start telling you are ifil thfl=~entre circle. He loses about the time they had Wayne possession, but in my desperate Sleep in the back of their cab . " I was attempt to clear, I foul hjs striker within in a taxi the other day with Sice and the_ shooting area. Martin dashes we were talking about drink and the round to take the free kick and blasts gu y started reaching down and the ball throogh my eagre wal) and giving us loads of bee r. He asked into the top left 'corner of the'goal. us if we were hungry too, and he had "Yeeeeeeeeesss! " (unnecessary all these bullies and everything! I prolonged celebration) " Good think he was an angel or something." game, thollgh, cheers!" I swallow my Just as the game looks to have 0- pride and wish him luck with the gig. 0 written all over it, Martin plays a One-nil to the Boo Radleys.

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•As the world's most famous mouse celebrates his 67th birthday later this month, Caroline Jenkinson and Micheledu Randtchoosetheirtop ten films from Uncle Watt's enchanted kingdom Snow While and ~~c:;:~~c;~ iinek:d~~:~:elt lbe Snen Dwarves especially when she gets locked up in that box by (1937) Captain Hook. And what was CAROUNE: Disney's first feature film, and arguably the greatest One major problem though, Snow White's squeaky voice. I'm sorry, but it doesn't matter how good or funny the dwarves are, or how wicked the Queen. Snowy twitters on like a small bird going through a cheese grater. Sad, but true. MICHELE: If you knew the true story behind Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, you'd be absolutely horrified. lt's amazing that Disney can turn the most gruesome of horror stories into sweetness and light. But, I have to say, I did enjoy this one, and Bashful was my favourite dwarf, simply because he had the cutest expression of all.

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Sleeping Beautv (1959) CAROLINE: This is my favourite Disney film and the characters are some of the best created. Princess Aurora is a complete babe, Prince Philip is a pre-Brad hunk, and Maleficent is a perfect villain. The scene where the three fairies, Flora, Fauna and Merriweather, make the cake and the ending where the dress changes colours as they dance off into the

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Andersen fairy tale (without the gory bit where her feet bleed). Foxy red-head, Ariel, is the mermaid who longs to be human, and with some help from cutesy fish-friend, Flounder, and bolshy

CAROUNE: I loved the book, . MICHELE: Following in the and I loved the movie too. footsteps of the funky Anything with dogs in it gets Aristocats, Jungle Book has to be the coolest of all my vote, especially if they're Jamaican crab, Sebastian, Disney movies, notably for as sassy as Pongo and the unforgettable lyrics of its manages to pull it off and Perdita. get her man, good ol' Prince Cruella de Vil is also toe-tapping songs including Eric. amazing, but I'm sorry love, The funniest bit is where the classic 'Oobedoo 1 you have a rather strangely Ariel combs her hair with a wanna be like you-oo' · shaped face. And Rolf Harris Baloo steals the show, just fork when having dinner with will whack you for trying to for having the largest arse in Eric and his dad. Disneydom. make puppies into fur coats. CAROUNE: I have to admit CAROUNE: l can remember MICHELE: Cruella de Vil is reading the Ladybird book brilliant, and her driving is as that I've never seen this one, version of this when I was quite simply because I've manic as her hairstyle. always thought it looked eight, and thinking that the The film has its memorable toilet. I do like the song 'The ending,_ where the Little moments, like when the 'f , b t that's Mermatd pops her clogs, B N puppies roll in soot to eaf r ec~tsst tes ' u .JaS far too upsetting for a as- ar as i goes. .._f . disguise themselves and try . , proper atry tale. 11 to escape from Cruella's evil Oh we 11 • you can 't wm em a Three cheers then for 1 suppose... clutches. Disney, who, in true Uncle Mlckey marks: Mlckey marks: Wait "Who gives a s**t for Hans Christian Andersen's version" style, tack a cheerful, breezy, happy ending onto the story. And Ursula is tab; she was modelled on drag queen extraodinaire, Divine. MlCHELE:Supercalifragilistic- CAROLINE: Not one of expialidociousl Mlckey marks: Disney's better known films, Dicky van Dyke (despite the but one that sticks out in my dodgy name and even mind simply 'cos I saw this dodgier attempt at a when I was about four, and Cockney accent) plays cried at the opening credits. lovable chim-chimenee The plot runs thus: Bemard sweep, Bert,who lusts after and Bianca, the mice from the prim and proper Ms the Mouse Rescue Aid Poppins. MICHELE: Like every good Society, are sent to rescue a My favourite part is where little orphan girl called Penny Disney movie, everyone jumps into one of there is the from the clutches of some Bert's chalk drawings and is evil old hag who's using her definitive HAPPY magically transported into ENDING, in this to get diamonds out of a an animated world of merrybadboycase, swamp. go-rounds and singing farm beast-turns-soft-andMICHELE: Yes, this one falls-in-love-withanimals. turned on my waterworks CAROUNE: You're right beautiful-girl-andtoo, especially the bit where Shelley, the chalk drawings turns-into-handsomePenny sings 'Someone's scene is fab, especially the young-stud. You know Waiting For You' about how penguin waiters. the story, but lonely she is and how much But my fave is the 'Over the Disney have the she wants to go home knack of chimneys, step in time' (Reminiscent of Dorothy in knowing how to song, when they all come 'The Wizard of Oz'). Not my down the chimney and the make it magical, favourite slushy Disney with the addition of a old housekeeper gets the movie, but certainly a good fright of her life. I wonder crack for 18 years ago. what those two kids are Mlckey marks: doing now. And something which has been bugging me for years: suave why the hell did they use an Maurice Chevalierobviously stuffed robin in the song 'A Spoonful of Sugar'? esque candlestick called Mlckey marks: Lumiere and a MICHELE: Disney remake of pompous the classic Hans Christian English cloc

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Peter Pan (1953) CAROLINE: Like 'The Rescuers', this was one that I saw at the cinema whilst still a mere child. I really wanted to dress like Wendy, and have my hair in ringlets. Peter was a bit of a babe too, long legs, huge eyes, looked about twelve (Stop that right now - Ed). MICHELE: My favourite character was sex siren Tinkerbell, just for her sheer playful attitude towards Peter. lt's a shame Peter

clouds always bring a lump to my throat. MICHELE: I think it's very strange for a young girl to first of all share a house with three old hags, and secondly to spend her days in the forest, dancing with animals who enjoy dressing up in men's clothes. Not to mention Prince Philip's relationship with his horse. But Carolina says the name Philip actually means 'lover of horses' anyway.

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CAROUNE: Angela Lansbury, it has to be said, makes a far, far better job of being a cockney than Dick Van Dyke in 'Mary Poppins'. 1just love that bit where they dance round the computergenerated ballroom - you could almost believe you were there. The songs are extremely hummable - I couldn't get 'Be Our Guest' out of my head for weeks.

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' e For your delight and delectation, Concrete•s Hype brings you your complete guide to the Internet World Wide:.web . , Chances are, 1f you ve ever used the Internet before, t~en you've used the World W1de Web. This little beau~ has been the m~in factor leadmg to .the explos1on of the Internet mto everyday life. Linking to another document, picture, sound or vi~e~ clip is ac~iev~d by simply chckmg on a ~1ghhghted word or symbol, Without you, th~ ~s.er, having to know ~here 1t 1s 1n the world, or on wh1ch camputer. To explore the WWW in all it~ g l~ry, put a ~ormatted floppy d1sk m the dnve of any networked PC, and then doubleclic k o n the U EA INFO (Worl dWideWeb) Icon. Then just follow the links from the

UEA information pages until you get somewhere that interests you. Or, if you get given the address of a WWW page (lt will have the words http:// at the beginning of it), then you can go straight to it by selecting 'Open URL' or 'Open Location' from the File menu of Netscape, and typing in the address. Then just cruise those gossamer strands ...

Electronic mail Well, here you are at uni and you have free access to the

internet. If none of those other net-related things tickle your fancy, email is sure to. What this basically boils down to is free communication with friends at other unis around the world. Handy, that. To get an email account at UEA simply go to the Reception in' the CPC and ask for one. Fill in a form and a few days later, voila! An email account of your very own. To actually use email, shove a formatted floppy disk into the drive, and then double-click to load up ECS Mail. lt will ask for your full name, so tell it (this name will appear on the a-mail as the sender). Then when the program asks you f~r your name and password ente r your usern ame

NOT your name (i.e . u9512345 or whatever) followed by the password you were given by CPC. Once the new window appears, click on the bar to show the current messages. Double click on messages to view them. To send a message to someone, click "Compose" and fill in the To: address. That's it really. Easy. Further info from CPC leaflet 16 or from those wonUnde rg raduates derful Helpdesk staff.

FTP is the main method for receiving and transmittin g co mp ut er files ac ro ss the internet. "Why bother?" you may ask. Well, the contents of the files available are as varied as you could wish: software for every computer ever invented, instructions for making bombs or the perfect joint, you name it!. Classic novels are also available as text via Project Gutenberg (Hype passim.) Quite useful, really. You access this wealth of information by logging in to somebody else's computer (us ually as an "anonymous" user) and then

instructing their system to s.en.d you the files yo~ ~ant. Thrs 1s ~ot trespas~. Th1s IS not ~teal mg. In the w1ld world that IS the internet, people can and do make huge reposit?ries of s?ftwar.e and other mformatiOn available for you to copy. Have a look, it's worth the effort. A (relatively) friendly w~y to use ftp to get hold of stuff IS to use the WS-FTP prog ram. Shell out .f~r CPC ~ocument 15, or v ~s1t Hype s WWW pages, to f1nd out exactly how....

-usenet Newsgroups Usenet is an electronic cross between a pinboard and a relay race . You can read other people's messages that are on the board (stored on disk at UEA) , and then when you reply to them (i.e. stick your own message on the board), this gets passed on to all other computers that UEA is linked up to. There are thousands of sections to this global pinboard, each called a "newsgroup". The subjects under discussion range fro m the bellicose "alt.destroy. the . earth" and "alt.nuke.the.USA" (the prefix alt. stands for "alternative") to the more se rious "sci.psychology.consciousness" and "soc.rights.human" (prefixes science and society respectively). There's also a whole plethora of newsgroups relating to UEA only including the highly academic "uea.char. To read the contents of any/ all of the above, select "Go to Newsgroups" from the Directory menu in Netscape, and

Telnet This is a way of connecting to distant computers. In fact, chances are that you already use it to connect to the central Alpha or VAX computers. Admittedly, these aren't that remote, seeing as the machines

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themselves live in the bowels of the CPC building, but the point is that you could be in Paris or Kualalumpa, and telnet would still do the job. Note, however, that telnet is only like a taxi that takes you to the door. In order to get in to the computer system concerned, you still have to

have permission (i. e. a login name and a password).

Gopher A cunning play on words (as in the phrase "Go pher it! Hut, hut, hut! Yowsa!"), this is a rather archaic way of getting hold of files. If you ever encounter a gopher address, just type it verbatim into the location box in Netscape, and let it connect you ... o, that's the basics. But it doesn't stop there. Visit Hype's WWW pages to discover: a collection of good places to start exploring on the Web, details of using the Mosaic and Lynx browsers, handy hints to speed up connections, a comprehensive guide to the more esoteric aspects of email and mailing lists, fi le transfer using WS-FTP, Netscape, and good ol' UNIX. A list of interesting newsgroups , plus further detail s on the netiquette thereof, a joke that includes the word "jargon". Hype's Website can be reached as follows : Click on Netscape or Mosaic on one of the university computers, then go: UEA -7 Welcome-? UEA Information-? Students-? Campus T V, Radio and

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â&#x20AC;˘ American playwright Arthur Miller recently came to Norwich to celebrate his eightieth birthda Armed with only a tray of canapes, Simon Mann infiltrated the celebrations ... Pics: Alan Howa

rthur Miller politely declined the offer of a ham and cheese canape, his hands remaining fmnly out of sight. No chance, then, to see if there was any trace of oily dirt remaining under his fingernails from earlier in the day, when he had been fixing his host's car. Vehicle repairs seem an odd thing to do on your eightieth birthday, but apparently Miller has always enjoyed working with his hands. Perhaps such practical employment also offered a welcome diversion from attending an event stuffed wall-to-wall with luvvies, all praising you for being one of the world's greatest living playwrights, not to mention a truly wonderful human being. Miller must have ambivalent feelings about actors; after all, they have the power to make or ruin all he does. So just how complimentary was Miller prepared to be on this special occasion?

Judge for yourself: "I have a special feeling about actors. I think they're mentally defective, most of them , and thank God, else

The Cultural Attache from the US Embassy stood up at the dinner to announce that he had a message for Arthur "from an

'Hello Mlrlam. Who are your friends, then?' why'd they be in that idiot business?". Not that praise was confined to the luvvies.

ardent admirer in Washington DC". The Attache began to read: "Hillary joins me ...".

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anyone had a decent right to be. The audience loved it So how do you move on from that? Miller has always fought, personally and as a playwright, for freedom of speech. Think of a writer hounded and

praise of the great man as you could have expected. Miller was, Rushdie told us, a man whose autobiography reads like one of the Great American Novels, a man for all seasons but especially for this season, a man who was, most

For many he is best known not as a brilliant writer and author, but for once having been married to Hollywood icon, Marilyn Monroe

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political plays to holding high political office: Vaclav Have!, President of the Czech Republic. How do you move on from that? Arranging anti-climax avoidance was the job of EAS's Professor Chris Bigsby, who set up the Arthur Miiler Centre at UEA, and who persuaded Miller to come to Norwich, of all places, for his eightieth birthday. Bigsby has spent a lot of time with Miller over the years, and it shows. Before the reception and dinner at the Sainsbury Centre, the two of them had a conversation at the Theatre Royal, in front of a full house. It was a seasoned double act, 'The Chris and Arthur Show' . Yet there was always the feeling that Miller truly was making it up as he went along, that he had never said any of this before, that at eighty he was more articulate, laid back and just plain funny than

threatened for writing a novel; who comes to mind? At the reception, Salman Rushdie had accepted the canape that Miller had refused, although his eating it did not seem interfere with their conversation; they clearly admire each other. They share more than principles, though, as both have hooded eyelids which make them look, depending on your

of all, a genius. What are you supposed to say to such praise? "I don't know how to withstand all this criticism" was the dry first line of Miiier's reply, a speech filled with humour and irony and talk of roots and emotions and, most of all, the theatre and the inevitable writer's quest for Truth. For Miller, the truth always outs, and must be found in how

imagination, either half asleep, or deeply wise and knowing, or dangerous and ready to pounce. Anyway, Rushdie's after dinner speech was as unstinting in its

his characters express it: "there are many ways to write a character, but only one way to do it so you can say: that's him, that's the line, that's it".

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enior members of the Univer sity gathered at the Graduate Students Club earlier this month at the official reopening of the venue by the Chancellor, Sir Geoffrey Alien. The event was attended by the new Vice-Chancellor, Dame Elizabeth Esteve-Coll as well as representatives of the Graduate School, the Dean o~ Students' Office and members of the GSA. The Club has undergone a £14,000 refurbishment during the summer shut-down and is now arguably the most attractive bar on campus. The design work was undertaken by Apple Interiors of Norwich and technical assistance running to more than £3,000 was donated by GSA suppliers Scottish Courage. The bulk of the finance came from a £10,000 grant provided by the University which marks a second tranche of investment in the Club following a renovation undertaken at the start of the decade.

lt's hoped that the newly refurbished bar will see the GSC well into the next millennium. The Chancellor, himself a former Graduate Student at UEA, was keen to stress the importance of this sort of provision for the Graduate Community. He said that taking care of the pastoral side of student life was one of the things UEA does best. The opening ceremony was followed by lunch at which the new Director of Graduate Studies, Vie Rayward-Smith, (using a prop that came conveniently to hand) described Graduates as the meat in the sandwich of University life. He commented, "Ifs often difficult to bridge the gap between being a student and being an academic and the GSA fulfils this role admirably.• The Senior Treasurer of the GSA, DDOS Linda Shepherd, said she was very pleased with how the renovations had turned out, "The new bar is a credit to those who are involved with GSA's contribution to the University.•

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f there is a suggestion that a new struc ture for student representation is to ap pear at UEA then it is proper that GSA officers are part of the consultation proc . ess. The terms that they have set out are no doubt suggested in the best interests of graduates. We have good reason to be confident in the 1994/5 Committee's commitment to graduate students. However, we do have cause to be sceptical about what motivates the Union in this process . The Union is run by undergraduates for undergraduates (after its commercial interests have been reconciled) . In the past its Officers have shown little more than contempt for graduates. Where graduates have been involved in the Union, for example as Sabbatical Officers, they have been unable to work effectively in the organisation. The Union today is the same as it ever was ... why should we feel that its attitude has changed? The obvious answer is as follows .. .it now sees the prospect of gaining control of the Grad Bar! This is a strategy the Union has been following since the GSC was established and one that has been rightly resisted. There are no circumstances under which it would be acceptable to Graduates to have their Club

The Graduate Students' Association at UEA has its right to act as the representative body of postgraduate students guaranteed by the Statues of the University. The 1994 Education Act also establishes the GSA as an independent Student Union since we are established to represent the generality of postgraduates at UEA. This means that postgrads are doubly lucky, they are represented by the GSA as postgraduates and by the Union as students at UEA. In general this system works but from time to time their are certain "boundary disputes" which can detract from effective representation and service provision. In some cases this can lead to a breakdown for example in the election of Graduate Reps to School Boards.

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stitution which includes the GSA as one of the constituencies (in much the same way as Sports or the LGB campaign) within the Union's decision making structures. And it is guaranteed that the GSA (or its Committee) should play a significant part in determining just how the GSA fits into that structure. What has always been clear is that the objective is to give graduate students the strongest voice possible and all parties concerned have agreed that is best ach ieved using pooled resources and personnel under 'one' banner ie the 'Union of UEA Students'. What is still to be resolved on the representational front is what (internal) mechanisms best achieve that end goal. On the second point, re. the Graduate Student Club, it would seem apparent that officers of the GSA are concerned about the loss of autonomy in terms of product placement, (Union) policy enforcement etc. There has to be discussion on this but certainly the Union view would be that a Union policy is applicable to all members of the Union , if democratically decided. All graduate students are members of the Union and all have a vote at any meeting that decides policy. lt is therefore evident that if graduate students want Kit-Kats ( a Nestle product currently boycotted by the Union) it is in their interest to vote for their return . lt is assumed that Union representatives will be invited to the GSA Annual General Meeting to put these points, because what is certain is that the University are watching the results keenly and will be keen to ensure that the spirit of what was agreed last year is adhered to.

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run by the Union Bar Manager. There are no guarantees that Union Officers can give to prevent this happening. Take as a case in point the problems that arose with SASSAF last year. This organisation is widely and rightly respected by students, yet a commercial decision to compete with them in Union outlets almost lead to their demise. The GSA helped to carry SASSAF through to the UGM that overturned the decision - and the moral? ... commercial decisions come first, students come second. · We all know about the Union's commercial interests, what about their commitment to representing the views of graduates? The truth is that the Union Officers cannot deliver on their promise to provide the GSA with a "protected status" within a unified strucuring 1994/5 the Union and the ture. Any structure that allows the UGM to reGSA had extensive talks with strict the Officers of the GSA from doing their the University about the best duty is not acceptable. working relationship between lt cannot be the case that the views of unnot only the two bodies but be dergraduates dominate the interests of Gradutween both and the University. ates and it cannot be the case that policies in lt was an agreed aim between all three parta private Club (the GSC) are determined by ners that the University could deal best with people who are not members of the Club (ie 'one' Union . To that end the University agreed to fund the UGM) . Once that principle is acknowledged we know that the Union's proposals the Graduate Student Club refurbishment on the unde;standing that the officers of both the are a sham. Independence is our strength and we Union and GSA would work towards securshould build on it. The University want a strong ing that 'one' Union. lt has been clear throughout that the GSA Graduate voice:- they have it and it's saying has concerns about the loss of autonomy, in NO TO THE UNION. representation, but most significantly (it would seem) within the Club. Tony Burton is a Phd. student in SOC. He To answer each in turn: was the GSA President 199314. The Union has still to produce a new con-

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he GSA's unique Graduate Scholarship fund entered its second successful year with three more awards benefiting a total of seven post-gradsl This year EAS, SOC and CARE were at the receiving end. SOC split their grant four ways and CARE are hoping to divide the money between two people starting their courses in January. Two of the Scholars here reflect on how they have benefitted ... GRAEME HARPER (EAS): As a self funded international student in EAS the GSA Scholarship awarded in 1994-5 literally ensured the completion of the first draft of my PhD dissertation (in critical and creative writing). The financial boost is obvious but the Scholarship also provided a much needed, "confidence fix" at the time of writing up. Since completing the first draft and now at the stage of revision and editing, I have been able to accept a lecturing position in the Media Arts Faculty at the Southampton Institute. I look forward to submitting my dissertation in March 1996. Without the GSA Scholarship my work would not have been completed. lt is hoped that now the thesis, "Dis-

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placement in the Comic Mode" will . add something to the debate concerning the use of comedy in postmodem fiction. ALIKI VOVOGU (EAS): I am very grateful to the GSA for awarding me this scholarship. I came to UEA in 1992 with a threeyear grant from the Greek government; at the time I felt that the money would last forever. Before I knew it however the three years were over. Having done an MA course first, the grant covered only the first two years as a PhD student, so the one year Scholarship from the GSA seemed tailor-made for my needs. As time goes by and my thesis approaches completion, anxiety seems to grow and, as any student at my stage will know, financial worries are the last thing we need. Apart from the obvious material benefit, this Scholarship was a welcome boost to my seH-confidence, it felt like a reward for all the hours I've spent agonizing over the display on my PC screen! Last but not least, it's good to know that for every pint I have at the Grad Bar, some money will go to a worthy cause. So» sr+ makes drinkers with a conscience of us all - what more could we ask for?

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ccommodation and regu lations concerning the hours post-graduates are allowed to work were two of the topics discussed at the recent meeting of the Board of Graduate Studies. In the past problems have arisen where post-graduates have had to share blocks in University residences with undergraduates, resulting in complaints from both sides during semesters and "ghost corridors" during vacations when undergraduates are away. The Director of Residences, Jenny Grant, said that she saw no reason why post-graduates should not be housed in specifically designated blocks (in all types of accommodation). The idea is that this would not only enable them to get to know other post-graduates but would also remove the need

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for them to move rooms during the summer vacation. The problem of short tenn licences has also been taken up by the Board with the recommendation that all one-year courses should end by mid-September. The University regulation concerning Graduate employment was also reviewed. This currently says, • a candidate may undertake paid duties in the University if the time given thereto during a semester, including time for preparation, does not exceed six hours a week." In its current fonn the regulation can stop a post-graduate from gaining valuable teaching experience yet does not prevent him/her from working elsewhere on campus. lt also doesn't cover off-campus work which is often invaluable. The Board recognised that there is an increasingly high number of

seH-tunded students and it was suggested that the regulation be scrapped. In its place will be a set of recommendations, probably in the Guide to Good Supervisory Practice, which would allow students to agree with their supervisor how much teaching is appropriate in each case. Post-graduates will still have recourse to the Graduate School if they feel they are being exploited. The new Director of Graduate Studies, Vie Rayward-Smith, announced that he is hoping to prepare a "hit lisr of priorities for the School in the coming months. The input of the Graduate Reps on the Board will be particularly welcome. If you have any suggestions for the type of thing the Board should look at please contact the Reps via the

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began using it to facilitate the communication between the mainframe computers of universities, research labs and government institutions. Eventually, after a considerable delay, even the world of commerce realised the potential of the Net and began using it in the quest of promoting limit· less consumption. By this time , the Internet had grown to be a chaotic labyrinth of interconnected pages offering information from the most profound to the utterly profane. At this point, a bunch of Swiss physicists from the CERN-Iaboratories decided to create order and introduced the World Wide Web as a streamlined, user-friendly graphic platform which people could use to access the maze. The cornerstone of the WWW is the html (hypertext mark-up language), in which

The winner of our " Golden Competition," held to celebrate the 50th edition of Concrete, was MARK HARPER. Mark aka " SHEDS" is pictured here recieving the prize from the Bar Manager, Gripper Chapman and the Ents Officer, Chris Coo le (making a brief return visit to the GSA). His prize was a GSA golden t-shirt, some free pints of the Golden Bitter brewed by Scotts of Lowestoft and a GSA "Gold-Card" the prized possessions of ou r Honorary Members. The bar is currently running a selection of promotions on Fosters Ice, Holsten Pils and all of our bitters in the Courage "Glass of 95" scheme. The more you drink the more you win!!

NOTICE OF ELECTIONS ASSOCIATION ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY 2ND NOVEMBER 1995 (Noon-2pm and 7pm-9pm) in t he Graduate Students Club, Union House. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE ASSOCIATION Nominations are invited for the following positions: PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENT m EASURER SECRETARY BAR MANAGER ENTS OFFICER PUBLICITY OFFICER

BOARD OF GRADUATE STUDIES. Nominations are invited for FOUR positions as follows: ARTS SCIENCES HUMANITIES VOCATIONAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES Appointments to University Committees will take place at the AGM. In all cases, nominations proposed and seconded by FULL MEMBERS of the Association must be placed with the ASSOCIATION SECRETARY, c/o GSA, Union House by 11 pm on 31st OCTOBER 1995.

he Graduate Stu dents' Bar is a ha ven of peace for the discerning drinker who wishes to enjoy a quite pint away from the raucous excess of the other Campus Bars . However, there are times wh~n a group of drinkers do their best to alter the ambience with harmonious communal singing, riotous drink· ing games , and boisterous behaviou r wh ich often involves the public display of their tackle. They are, of course , the Rugby Club. The GSA and Rugby Club enjoy a symbiotic relationship whereby the injection of enormous sums of money into the Association's accounts and the obvious entertainment

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value are reciprocate by generous sponsorship and the use of the club for post-match drinkies and the viewing of tel· evised internationals . The resulting formation of the GSARFC • a group who place precedence on the social side of Rugby Life · has contributed to the conception of such world -famous events as The Three Legged Pub Crawl , Blind Date, last year's tour to Jersey and the proposed tour to Prague for this year. Amidst such copious beerswilling, some rug by is played; high points being the annual Old Boys' Game and the end of season Sevens ' Tournament. The standard is surprisingly good, providing ample entertainment to the small but dedicated group of supporters (More voices on

the touchline would be appreciated, especially Saturdays). At the centre of this group of amiable alcoholics are to be found several personalities endeared who have themselve to generations of GSA members. Amongst their number is Cuddly Gripper, bar manager, Club President, and general all-round nice guy ; Two Sheds , the peroxide bimbo and Moose -tamer; Boob Fetish Blair; and The Mouth of the Valleys · J.G. (your favourite karaoke compere and superstar). The Club is always on the look-out for like-minded reprobates and would welcome hunky dipsomaniacs to such forthco ming events as The Ball , Burus' Night and the Screening of the Five Na tions' .

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'I'm Susanna York- and you're Arthur who?' There was a lot said, of course, about Miller's plays during the course of the celebrations .

Due to appear before the infamous House Un-American ActivitieS' Committee, Miller was

At eighty he was a lot more articulate , laid back and just plain funn·ier than anybody else had a decent right to be Perhaps his two most famous works are 'Death of a Salesman', which won him the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for drama, and 'The Crucible', which won a Tony in

privately told he would be excused attendance, if the Senator due to question him was given a photo-opportunity with Marilyn Monroe.

Norwich for his eightieth birthday, he was helpfully defmed as 'one of Marilyn Monroe's husbands', an announcement made over archive footage of her walking down some aircraft steps. One up for popular culture. Monroe aside, though, it was Miller's day, and there was no mistaking that. For all the amusing anecdotes, it was clear that drama remains a serious business for him, a business of real importance in the world. Of 'The Crucible', and his work in general, he had this to say: '"The Crucible' is done in countries where there is about to be a dictatorship, and it's done in countries where the dictatorship has just been overthrown ... my work aims to create a defence in the spirit against that fascism of the heart I think we all know about". A capacity not just to reflect society, but to change it, is of clear importance to Miller. At the Theatre Royal, he told one his favourite stories about a theatregoer's personal reaction to seeing 'The Death of a Salesman•. The nero of the play, Willy Lowman, commits suicide as the result of a crisis partly precipitated by being fired from his job, as a salesman, at the age of sixty-two. The play was seen by the owner of one of the largest retail chains in the eastern US, who was heard to vow, as he left the theatre, that he would immediately prohibit the sacking, solely on the grounds of age, of any salesman in his employ.

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NO lEXCUilEI Peler Har/gets all th·e goss on what's hot and what's dross Inthe worldof pop Yo! So you think that just by selling out a few concerts by a few soft indie bands, you can call yourselves true fans then, eh? Well, 16 year old Lindsey Monelle from Bristol can do a bit better than that. She's been to see Take That perfonn at least eighteen times. In fact, she's such a devoted fan that she spent most of last weekend in Manchester, cleaning graffiti from the wall outside Mark Owen's flat. If that isn't devotion for you, then I'd like to know what is!

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harder version of the track, but following the remixes, it sounds very different." Radio airplay is something that UK hip-hop constantly fails to achieve. 2Phaan notes that only Max and Dave on Kiss FM really do anything. Getting slightly annoyed at the state of the UK scene , he says "it's up its own arse - it's not the bands, but the promote rs and organisers who are in it purely for the money, not for the love of the music." As for comparisons, well 2Phaan is adamant they're not the UK Cypress Hill, despite obvious vocal similariti es : "Mancunian s are known for their nasal tones and anyway, we were experimenting with voices way before Cypress blew up back when we were still New Konscious Kaliphz." Kaliphz are true home-grown talent. "We're all about hip-hop .. . we represent the whole ideal, the B-boys , the dancers, graffiti artists and the DJs." Whilst some hardcore fans may not like all of Kaliphz's tracks, they can't deny that the band are genuinely representative of the culture. Kaliphz didn't sell out, they kept on, and deserve respect for doing so. lt's never easy being a UK crew, but with respect stateside, perhaps people should listen more closely.

Meanwhile, rumours reach this column that ex-Thatter, Robbie Williams, is close to

signing a record deal, having thought out the dilemma during his recent break in Turkey. "Everyone keeps asking me what the new music will be like and assuming it'll be like Oasis," the Robster confided. But we can reveal that the Stoke lad will certainly follow his own musical path.

Alley KaiZ! . PJ and Duncan, faves of this column, may well be riding high in the charts with their best release since 'Let's Get Ready to Rhumble', with 'U Krazy Katz' but then that'll be cos our ·Ant's such a canny lad! When The Event asked him what he'd spend his last £1 ever on, he replied "I'd

probably give the money away to someone who needed it more ... I used to do that all the time when I first moved down to London, but then you realise that some of the people aren't really homeless, and you can work out who is and who isn't. • Hey, maybe it's brains like that that made him the star he is today. Well, that's yer lot, except to say that Bros weren't the only twins besides those Pisceans, Gemini, to have a chart hit... who can forget the inimitable Gayle and Gillian Blakeney? Take two twins into the shqwer? Not me!? (Your course of sedatives starts next week - Medical Ed)

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easons why Menswear are shit: They are a manufactured, bandwagon jumping, band of opportunists. They unashamedly suck cock to get where they want to be. They rip off other people's tunes without even the merest hint of shame. They aspire to be the indie Take That, i.e.: from over content; haircuts over lyrics; sharp suits over hard work. They know, as well as the rest of us, that this time next year no-one will give a shit about them. Listen. P** you and your indie credibility. This is pop music. This is not some academic, chin-stroking bastion of musical snobbery. Anyone at all who believes in a scrap of the pop music dream must like Menswear. They are a reminder that anyone can get up there and do it Anyone can be sucked from obscurity and spat gloriously out into the anns of the adoring public, transfonned from common or garden peon to Super-Piastic-Sex-

Club Athletico: In theory, a haven for hipsters, hedonists and handbags. In reality, a musical generic hybrid which aimed to please everyone but ultimately left many disappointed. The mixture of funk, jazz, hip-hop, jungle and techno was simply too varied to draw any particular crowd. This resulted in it attracting far less people than for an LCR disco. Supposed

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there's a surprise- Sarcasm Ed) tracks passed without much enthusiasm. Unexpected highlight was the live PA from Law One. Despite looking remarkably like an ageing rock band, their

retiring of people on to the dance floor. In The Hive there was the usual drum and bass from 'Offyerface; (please change the name!). They delivered a stonning set which was a real crowd pleaser and at times surpassed the efforts of the guest DJs. Query: why

the stage at these things? Excitement increased with BPM as Alex Reece's refined slice of jungle finally got the night in full swing . However, just as the party seemed to begin, it ended. Overall a tip-top night, hindered somewhat by lack of people and atmosphere.

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Let's face it, Britpop is now getting desperate in its search for new bands and judging by Northern Uproar, it has begun scraping the barrel. Marion benefit from choosing Nort"'m Uproar as a support act, because after watching five ugly twats whine on for half an hour, anything would be an improvement. Of course, Marion really don't need the aid of crap support bands to make them stand out - their excellent songs, unrivalled enthusiasm, and Jaime's sex appeal do this for them. However, during the gig the screams from the younger female members of the audience seem to frustrate Jaime as much as they do e rest of us! Marion are the sort of band you can 't take your eyes off. The guitarist's frantic strumming keeps us all fascinated, while stirring songs such as 'Time' uplift us, so that by the end of the gig even the thirteen-year-olds next to me are dumbstruck. Marion live prove that they deserve to make it, but in the eyes of this audience they already have.

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influence on some songs but it is all done with such humour and panache that it really doesn't matter. Headlining are Cast who run through some pleasant enough (John) Power pop tunes . Nothing extraordinary, but the kids go wild. Cast then attempt to show us their deep , meaningful side, but fail miserably. Instead of producing a 'Wonderwall ', a ll they do is prompt cri nges and for the first time you notice how

annoying Power's voice is. Still, it's soon back to that pleasant power pop axis, the kids go wild (again) and as Cast themselves say, everything's 'Alright' .

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This compilation album from Planet Dog records provides a good round up of contemporary dub. If you know dub, this album will probably be exactly what you expect; if you don't, it contains the sort of stuff John Peel plays a few times every show. The artists are a mixture of familiar (Full Moon Scientist, Eat Static, Alpha And Omega) and unfamiliar, but most provide quality, if somewhat undistinguished dub. That's the music covered then. Now for some general, er, gripes: 1) The lack of originality in song titles- 'Inner Dub', 'Burning Dub', 'Underwater Dub' etc. - see a pattern developing? 2) Why are albums like this so consciously aimed at the skin up and chill out crowd? Sure,

it's good for that lt is also good for reading to, whatever. 3) I am in awe at how really very bad indeed the album cover is. lt shows that while music and drugs might mix, visual art and drugs do not. Davld Jenkins

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And it started so well ... Mirrors Over Kiev are a British band who so desperately want to be American it's untrue, as shown by their intention to "look further afield" for influences than most modern British bands. While flying in the face of Britpop fashion may be an admirable idea, the fact remains that this album is less appealing than even the most generic Camden indie toss which the Mirrors are fighting against. The one thing we, The Kids, do not want is another Dire Straits - I don't recall asking for the first one. Yes, okay, the first couple of songs are alright, but the album swiftly degenerates into a finely wrought snorathon that Mark Knopfler would be proud of. There are tired vocals, lengthy solos and laughable lyrics. 'American Now' is sheer mediocrity, and is destined to be bought only by middle class company directors to play on their car stereos. Now where did I put that Menswear album? Stuart Dredge

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Intrigued by The Independent's reaction to Drumhead: "This bwoy knows his shir (?), I felt urged to play the new 12' from this dub/jungle collective. Not too impressed by the (un)inspired title of the group or the single, I tried to listen without prejudice (accidental reference to the George Michael LP honest!!). lt didn't work. This sounds like Bob Marley meets Goldie - but nowhere as good as either. As far as dub goes this is alright, but way too repetitive. While listening to this I seriously contemplated starting a much dreaded essay which can't be a good sign.

0 Scorn provide a refreshing album with 'Gyral', a collection of (decent) ambient grooves, and laidback beats. Slow and smooth, moody and sensual, this is the sort of music you might want to slip on during an intimate evening with a friend, or with a few friends, depending on the nature of your sexual habits. The LP opens with 'Six Hours One Week', a sort of musical underwater helicopter ride, if such a thing is possible, and continues in a similar mode. For my money, though, the best tracks are 'Stairway' and 'Forever Turning', which as well as being the eeriest cuts on the album, also illustrate Scorn's (consisting solely of Mick Harris) ability to find just the right sounds and place them perfectly in the stereo spectrum, producing a rich landscape of noise which is never hurried or awkward. With a nice lovely picture on the C.D. cover. who could possibly ask for more?

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lt's probably a little unfair of me to review this, bearing in mind that I haven't actually heard all of the album. But there's a reason for that. A very good reason indeed. You see, I only listened to the first few tracks before I knew that I just couldn't listen anymore. lt was so painful to hear that my ears had started to bleed. Music is very much a matter of personal taste, and I dare say that somebody out there might like the heavy guitar 'pop' of Small. I hate it. Unfortunately though, I think the Music Ed likes it (why else would he specifically request that I return the CD?)(/ enjoyed previous efforts by the band, but you're right, this is pap - Music Ed). In an attempt to make this a more balanced review then, I tried to think of some redeeming features that the album has. I sat up all night, but still couldn't think of anything. Words fail me as to how bad this really is. Martin Plant

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These three new house tracks from New York DJ Lopez vary alarmingly in quality. Starting with the title track, which is meant to put across a powerful political message but just ends up being an enjoyable average house track, with a frenetic beat carrying the repetitive four word lyric along with it. The second track is the moody offering 'The Dirty Underground', which, weighing in at almost ten minutes, promises much and never amounts to anything more than a poor excuse for a 8-side. The last track 'Everybody Can Do lt' fails to be anything other than seven minutes of complete cack. If you're into house, you'll probably find 'Why Can't lt Stop?' a good listen, but for the rest of the population, no other word except "mediocre" springs to mind.

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Buffalo Tom's new single 'Tangerine' is a pleasant, inoffensive tune. Innovation certainly isn't its strong point but it's the kind of song you could dance around to quite happily. lt has certain amiable charm not entirely characteristic of Buffalo Tom and a summery quality to help combat November. B-side 'Breathe' is another appealing, if generic, song. Finally there is an acoustic version of the Rolling Stones 'The Spider And The Fly', recorded originally for a radio session, which is worth tapping your foot along to. All in all, 'Tangerine' isn't an amazing single, but it definitely has its merits. Ellsabeth Seal

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ith questions raised by the whole OJ Simpson episode still hanging in the air, any film that addresses the ability of the rich and powerful to buy immunity from the judicial prqcess, is bound to be a hot ticket. Twinkly-eyed David Caruso, of 'NYPD Blue' fame, stars as David Corelli, a high-flying assistant district attorney in San Francisco, called in to investigate the murder of an influential local millionaire. As in many a thriller, trailing the bloody footsteps leads Corelli through the corridors of power and right to the doors of the prom inent figures sheltering therein. The realisation slowly dawns that heading the suspect list is Trina Gavin (Linda F~ ntino), an old college friend of his, and that her lawyer husband, Matt Gavin (Chazz Paliminteri)

proposes to conduct her defence. As the title suggests, the film has the jaded, shabby atmosphere of a world where codes of morality and universal justice are distinctly frayed around the edges, and corruption lurks beneath the surface. If previous work is anything to go by, the impressive pedigree of director William Friedkin ('The Exorcist', 'The French Connection') and screen writer Joe Eszterhas (with hits as diverse as 'Basic Instinct' and 'Fiashdance') should stand 'Jade' in very good stead. Friedkin's trademark of casting 'real people' in the supporting roles, adds an extra gritty resonance to the movie, particularly when combined with his typically uncluttered directorial style. For those who like films which pull out all the stops, actionwise, there's a high quota of

extravagant set pieces: a sumptuous ball scene, a dash through a suitably bizarre Chinese New Year Carnival, and the obligatory shattering car chase. The last of these should be familiar territory for the of photography, responsible for filming 'Speed'. fact to entice even the most of cinema-goers.

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ased loosely on Jane Austen's 'Emma', 'Clueless' is the tale of Cher, played by Alicia Silverstone, the girl who has everything. Popular, good looking, colour co-ordinated, wealthy, and with her heart in the right place, she sets about doing good deeds for the less fortunate. But along the way, she has to examine her own life more closely. You've probably seen the best bits already due to the excessive marketing campaign, and unless you're American you may miss half of the jokes, but this is still a notch above most teen comedies, and Alicia Silverstone looks set to be the next big thing. lain Hollands

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A WALK IN THE CLOUDS (PG) USA (1995) Romance

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o here we have it, the latest Keanu Reeves film, which is assured to be an instant box office hit. The critics will slate yet another "terrible performance", by a man who is publicly more famous for the debates regarding his sexuality. Yet despite ny own willingness to agree, I have to admit that 'A Walk in the Clouds' is a wonderful film, filled with age old romantic cliches that somehow work. Of course the big difference with this Hollywood movie is the director, Alfonso Arau, who is known world-wide due to the success of 'Like Water for Chocolate', which has been the highest grossing foreign film to date. Reeves plays Paul Sutton, a young Gl returning home from the war. The opening scene is a rain-soaked Paul, as he returns to a lonely San Francisco. What makes this scene even more poignant is the way the other men are able to return to opened loving arms, of which Paul can play no part. lt is this established sense of loss that helps to enlighten the

scenes which Paul shares with Victoria. The film takes off when he has a chance encounter with a beautiful woman called Victoria (Aitana Sanchez-Gijon) whose father owns a vineyard. He agrees to pose as her husband, so she can face her domineering father. The heart of the film belongs to the passions between Paul and Victoria which are ignited amidst the magical sensuality of the harvest ritual. They unexpectedly find themselves embarking on a romantic adventure as they overcome the odds to be together. Admittedly this all sounds rather too slushy, and big Hollywood budget to be different from any other love story, yet it is. There is an enticing bond between the two leads that makes you want them to be together, and by taking a swift look at the rest of the audience, you are not alone in that wish. What makes this film so beautiful, is the way director Arau unites the land and the people in a wonderful colour and warmth, which is essence of these pie's existence. The satisfactory feeling that comes from having seen this film is evidence of it's superb direction, and dare I say it, the star, who may well have finally proved on hitting 30, that he can act. Nlcola Hutchlnson

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Troglodists, an underground vegetarian terrorist movement (Carlos the Jacket Potato, perhaps? OK, perhaps not!). Interweaved with this narrative are the other equally odd tenants of the block; the Kube brothers (manufactureres of bizarre bleating toys), the suicidal Madame lnterligatoe, and Monsieur Potin (who breeds frogs and snails in the basement) . The film is visually astonishing, packed with tricks and offbeat humour, often resembling a live cartoon. Jeunet and Care's background in advertising and pop videos is occasionally visible in the episodic nature of the narrative as it moves from one set-piece to another. But the sequences themselves are astonishing, almost musical in their taut and rhythmic deployment of comic tension. lt also features one of the best title sequences ever (although be warned not to sit right at the front because the camera whizzes about alarmingly and I ended up with a splitting headache). Take some Nurofen and a vegetarian with you, and have some fun.

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His plans to retrieve them on the other side become thwarted by Jean-Paul (Jean Reno), a cop whose life Luc just happened to once save. More coincidental still , Kale's bags, diamonds et al, get stolen. And so whilst Jean-Paul is hot on Luc's trail, the latter doggedly pursues Kate who has not only got to find hubby to be but her bags as well . Kale and Luc go for the formulaic comic play-off. Ryan as straight American girl, at first disgusted by Kline's stereotypical, stud-like 'hygienically deficient Frenchman', who dares to eat red meat, and horror of horrors, unpasteurized dairy products, before -slowly falling for his Gallic charm. France is suitably picturesque, with plenty of cobbled squares, sun-kissed fields and 'nice' Montmartre shots. Both Ryan and Kline are better than this material, which makes this light romantic comedy less of a stonking snog and more of a slippery pass .

humanly-shielded mobile (and therefore untrackable) satellite control centre. With the price for the destruction of the Pentagon (Oh, didn't you know? The Pentagon's got its own underground nuclear reactor!) paid, only Ryback also former cook - stands between an avenging and nutty (but now rolling in it) Dane. Seagal once again flies in the face of convention and basically, doesn't say much. He relies on the experience and reflexes of a man who's seen and slapped it all. But with lines like, 'I'm not train-ed for this' , and Oust having done the biz' on some social malign), 'Nobody beats me in the kitchen!' wouldn't you just let his hands do the talking, too?! Yet in any case, words would be too much for our

hero, who not only has to rewrest control of the now pri med particle-laser satellite from its captors, but also has to prove his love for his niece and teach Bobby (Morris Chestnut), a porter, how to use a gun. Those expecting a typical Seagal 'crunch , rip and fracture-aminute' piccy will not be disappointed. What the film loses in predictability, it more than makes up for in fun and squelching noises and although the movie doesn't end as such, but simply stops, the underlying message of decency and the need to uphold the importance of 'goodies' in a film, is easily accessible. If its sheer pulp-fiction with a dose of morality thrown in for good measure you're after, then see this film.

Jonathan Cattell

Are we all ready for Peppermint Park then?

SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION (15) USA (1995) Satlrk:al Comedy Dlr: Fred Schepfsl

Cinema City- Nov 8 and 9

yped as rapper-cum-comedian Will Smith's first major dramatic role, 'Six Degrees of Separation' comes to our screens with impeccable credentials. Having gathered a host of prestigious awards as a stage play, a fistful of equally prestigious actors do the honours in this witty contemporary satire about the differences - and, in order to make a point, the similarities - between society's "haves" and "have nots". The film traces the story of a savvy young "have not" (Smith) who infiltrates himself into the home and lives of the Kittredges. Stockard Channlng and Donald Sutherland are the well-off Fifth Avenue couple, with Smith then somewhat predictably leading them to a deeper

knowledge of themselves by the realisation that they also are mere social climbers - just on a more sophisticated level. Flan Kittredge (Sutherland) is a successful art dealer, although, bearing in mind Smith cajoled his way in by purporting to be a college friend of their children and son of the actor Sidney Poitier, one presumes that his business acumen · is more acute than his human nouse. We are left asking if there no limits to what Will's charm and charisma will do for him?! Mind you, seeing as he has consequently been projected Into the decidedly heavyweight 'Bad Boys', maybe there are. For a healthy dose of worthiness combined with the intriguing mix of some acting giants (lan McKellen • imagine) and the Fresh Prince of Bel Air, this is the classiest movie around, well worth catching if only to find out the meaning of the title which I haven't revealed merely to annoy those who don't go and see it...

Helen Lovett

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hen I told people Battleships. Actually they expect Reeves to produce some reference to "that what the subject of manage to thrash him quite this article was convincingly ("Oh go on, best vampire dude•). Here he going to be, the reactions I of nine•) before kick-starting played English gent received were varied. his career as a rock star and Jonathan Harker, and visited racing driver. a public school to get that "He's a knob", "Did cutting his hair improve his acting These films were very perfect English twang. Sadly, ability? ... I think nor, popular, but they don't form this seems to have been a "Hmmm, very interesting I'm the whole of Keanu Reeves' wasted visit. Then there was sure•. Not my Bernardo personal Bertolucci in opinions, of 'Little Buddha', course, which was not quite the epic it although I'm was supposed sure I could fill the rest of this to be: Keanu article with didn't quite similar make it as an venomous Asian prince. comments... However, Anyway, Keanu Kenneth Reeves - the Branagh actor and his topped the lot, films. But, casting him as where do I start, the evil bastard (literally) Don that's what you want to know? Juan, in an The first film I adaptation of saw with Keanu ~!2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!!!~--- Shakespeare's 'Much Ado Reeves in was 'Parenthood', and when I career. No, honestly, they About Nothing' (1993). This don't... One of the best saw him wearing very tight first saw it, he didn't really strike me as either fantastic sellers at the poster sale is leather trousers, looking very broody, not saying very much or hopelessly crap. For that of Keanu and River those who haven't seen it, Phoenix in 'My Own Private ("I am a man of few words") the basic plot is a comedy Idaho'. Released after 'Bill & and having baby oil rubbed about various families, Ted's 2', it was in Gus Van on him. Oo-er missusl starring Steve Martin and Sant's tale of two young Shakespeare may not have Dianne West. Keanu's hustlers that rumours been impressed, but it did started about whether he have many a viewer character in this movie is a total idiot and it wasn't until I could actually act or not. swooning in the aisles. Certainly, Phoenix's BuJ hey, all that's history saw the film for a second innit? Since the summer of time several years later that I performance is the better of '94 the Keanu Reeves story thought "Hey dude, that's the two, but Keanu did have Keanu Reeves". a good go at it, managing has been all about how "Dude". Now there's a word not to look a total dud. fantastic the film 'Speed' is. everyone associates with Fame and fortune followed Finally parted with his long our old mate Keanu (he's with various top directors hair and having donned a now 301). Those whose snapping him up in a bullet proof jacket, he's opinion of him is that he's somewhat surprising forced to play along to the only slightly less stupid than manner. First was Francis tune of super-psycho a sheep appear to base Ford Coppola in 'Bram Dennis Hopper. His good such assumptions on his Stoker's Dracula' (1992). looks were added to by a This gave Reeves some beefed up physique, performance in two of the funniest films of the last ten credibility as a "serious" emphasised by that tight years - 'Bill and Ted's actor, featuring alongside white T-shirt. There is no Excellent Adventure', Anthony doubting that 'Speed' is followed a few years later by great fun, but is Keanu the 'Bill and Ted's Bogus best thing in it? Journey'. I neither know, nor Cinema audiences have the inclination to find flocked to see it, out, whether he played Bill or Hollywood seems to have credited this to whether he played Ted, but if you haven't seen these films Mr Reeves. Certainly then you've missed a treat. asking price has Basically the story is about increased by a few two music obsessed nerds million dollars. But doing very silly things such can he continue to as reviving Napoleon's consolidate his obsession with Waterloo to position with films pass their history exams, such as 'A Walk and challenging the The Grim Reaper to games of Twister and

to the question 'can he act?', the answer almost seems irrelevant. He is an icon to millions, with a world wide fan club. He is understandably, keen not just to be seen as his 'Bill & Ted' character in real life. Audiences go to see him, even if the critics say he's as wooden as Parker from 'Thunderbirds'. Either you love him or you hate him. And I doubt that anything I write will make you think any differently.

Polly Binyon checks out BREAKFAST AT TIFFANV'S (PG) USA (1961) Romantic Comedy Dir: Blake Edwards Video- Out to buy I know my job is to be as objective as possible, but unfortunately it's beyond me when it comes to this film, as it is one of the best films of all time. lt stars one of the most beautiful actresses, Audrey Hepburn, in a stunning array of outfits designed especially for her by

couturier, Givenchy. She plays Holly Golightly a New York playgirl determined to

n legend Audrey Hepburn's finest hour...

Fred who is soon to come out of the army. Refusing to settle down and make New York her permanent home, her flat is decorated with suitcases and empty shelves. Her companion , a ginger cat with no name, has to be mentioned for its incredibly talented performance. Especially compared alongside George Peppard who then went on to find fame in 'The A-Team' . He plays a rather bland struggling writer who moves into the flat above her. Trying to write his first 'serious' book, he falls in love with Holly and is prepared to give her the love and stability, we the audience all know she needs. If only she could see it! Apart from the love theme, the story is oddly complicated and makes the film two hours long. Suffice to say it involves the eighth richest man in America, Sing-Sing Prison, a narcotics dealer named Sally Tomato and a Brazilian prince. There's also a

slightly suspect Mickey Rooney playing a frustrated Japanese photographer who lives in the building and is constantly being woken by Holly forgetting her keys. lt's four main scenes that make the film : the first shot of Audrey Hepburn eating breakfast outside, you've guessed it, Tiffany's, with her gloves on; a party given by Holly at which she sets a guest's hat ablaze with her extraordinary long cigarette holder; Audrey Hepburn's touching rendition of Moon River; and when she and Paul (George Peppard) decide to nd a

things they've never done before. lt is not surprising the film was nominated for three Oscars, one of which was for Hepburn herself as Best Actress. I can not recommend it enough and it has now been digitally remastered for your purchasing pleasure. What more could you ask for? A lover with whom you could drink champagne before breakfast, walk through New York in the early morning, spend ten dollars at Tiffany's and steal from a Five and Dime rh a

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These days, I usually spend Saturday teatimes in a state of heavy depression following Bath City's latest disaster regarding their inability to play the Beautiful Game. However, it wasn't always so - once I was young and innocent and liked nothing better to settle down in front of the telly and watch Bo and Luke Duke (and what bloody stupid names they were) drive around in a red car dubiously embossed with the

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Confederate flag. The Dukes lived in Hazzard county hence the ridiculously contrived name for the series. Plots appeared to merely consist of the two boys being chased around country roads by the unfeasibly incompetent Deputy Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane and his dog. The boys would, of course, always cheekily get away with whatever it was they did, thus engaging the wrath of the tastefully-

945 (we'll see what we can do for the next issue of Concrete) - but we do have a schedule!! Unfortunately, it is subject to certain teething troubles at the moment. Until we have a finalised version, stay turned on all day (to coin a phrase). Whatever you have planned for Saturdays

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attired Boss Hogg, who would shout maniacally and stamp on his hat. Uncle Jesse would usually drive somewhere in his van and Daisy would provide the token female appearance (although her clothing would suggest that she was hardly a feminist) but what we all waited for was the bit at the end where Bo and Luke, after climbing into their car through the windows, would make a huge, impossible (and let's face it, largely unnecessary) jump over a lake or something. And the automobile would survive without a scratch, enough to make Boss Hogg drop his cigar. Sam Rlchards between noon and 3pm for the next year. cancel it. The only place to be is by your radio. tuned in to Livewire, as Richard Wollacott counts us down the Virgin Hot Top 40! Not only will you be the first to hear what is the nation 's number one in the single's chart, but also the album, video and computer game Top 1Os. What more could you ask from us? If you can think of anything then let us know . Either way stay tuned in to your number one on campus!

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ome on, you know, this is the one with all the blood, gore and witches , and all that "Is this a dagger I see before me?" stuff. Remember? Good old Mr Shakespeare, always one for a few savage murders, and some male bonding on the battlefield. Perhaps not one of William's best tragedies, it does though, have to go down as one of the most dramatic plays ever written . Transcribed for performance some time in 1606, deliberately stroking the ego of King James I, it encompasses the murder of a King, ghostly apparitions, deceit and political intrigue, and ends in madness, despair and lots more death. With the basic moral that you shouldn't go round killing people when they come to tea, especially if they happen to be King of Scotland, your wife's a bit schizoid and megalomaniacal, and you haven't really got the guts to

ext weekend sees the opening of a Drama Soc proof Shakespeare's 'Antony and Cleo-

do it in the first place, it really is good stuff. Mark Rylance plays the title role and directs this new and 'experimental' production. An old hand at Shakespearian heroes, he is said to "bring his extraordinary talents to bear on the dark brilliance of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'" (The Independent).

Jane Horrocks (from 'Absolutely Fabulous') plays his Lady Macbeth, and in previous performances has caused a fair few eyebrows to be raised, by urinating on stage. In response she declares, "... it is extreme but there are extremities in the world ... if theatre's not experimental, it's dead."

And come on, let's face it, the Thane of Cawdor probably never did have en suite bathrooms. Theatre Royal conservatism has insisted though that the scene be removed from matinee performances. At least seven hideous slaughters I guess are OK but obviously the calls of nature are not. Oh well. The 'Foul Play' is from Wednesday November 1 to November 4. Climatic stuff, with lots of soul searching monologues and poetry chucked in for good measure, so we don't get bored of the death and tomato sauce. Kate Groombrldge

describing it as, , powerful, sexual two ageing lovers ined to have one even if it destroys

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the most experienced actors and actresses at Anna Marie Currie star i the title roles , with nm Grey as the duplicitiou Enobarbus. Charlie Marenghi him plays Caesar, and you be forgiven for thinkin to direct the play is en g trouble without acting n it as well, but Charlie is 110 fool when it comes to these things. Neither is he a stran rto the UEA theatre seen • having directed and ed in some of the most · memorable perform the University has se over the last two year 'Antony and Cleopatr • which he himself has termed a "challenging uncompromising bea a play," could not be i better hands. Absolutely not to be missed.

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This week, 'Bookshelf' takes a look at two new American books, one from a new emerging author and one from a legend. BONGWATER Michael Hormburg Quartet £8

MY EDUCATION: A BOOK OF DREAMS William S Burroughs Picador - £14.99

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rom Michael Hormburg comes we tu to an old nover with the · master of promising title 'Bongwater'. experimental writing, lt's a look at the grunge WiiUam Burroughs. In his culture of West Coast new book he lets us Into his Amertca (Po{tlanQ), in both a rather weird universe. loving and sa~tlc way. aurroughs writes !ifs Hormburg's somewhat dreams and reality ironic View of American (according to him there is no society Is supplemE!nteg limit t>qtween the fflO) wl'th typical grunge ,. ·. without any reference to characters Who spend their chronology; a bit of a mess, time partyl~g, pushing drugs you would think. and ~rch1ng for the ~~lng of life.: Ifs very Well, ~Jt:J m~y pal'\ is # gOOd; bOth tunny and tragic, .exactly: What IS so frrteresting and gel§ my (eCQabout Burroughs; to him mrnendatlon, such dull absOlutes as time

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He generally questions the structures of everyday life, arguing that the human mind doesn't work with concepts of chronology or reality.

Dreams affect Burroughs' life just as much as things happening to him when he is awake do. lt is an interesting point and definitely made me think ~ut it, ® ~e a look inside the mind of this wetrd old jtmkie (Burroughs' heroin addiction ts aguely ,. touched uPQn in the book). Ifs well worth it. Christian Schou

Muriel's Wedding Thurs Nov 9 - ?pm. Feel good tale about a frumpy 22 year-old who lives for her Abba collection, and runs away to Sydney in search of a white wedding.

The Red Ensign & Something Atways Happens IUl Sun Nov 5 -5pm Two rarely screened short movies by diredors Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

MGM CANNON S(:l_$1e or all ofthe films below will be showing over tfie next fortnight. For exad listings and times, please ring the cinema. Species 08) Or, 'Don't get involved with any woman who's the product of a bizarre experiment with human and alien DNA.' Clueless 02) Amiable American satire about brattish Beverly Hills teenagers. Apollo 131PGl The overrated Tom Hanks fails to impress and sl;l~uld get lost in space. The Bridges of Madison County 112) Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep give a bellyful of pathos in wrinldies romance. Under Siege 2 08) Twice as bad as the first. Another generous plateful of violence courtesy of Steven Seagal. Jade08l Pr~isin g psychological thriller combining hot new talents David Caruso, Undo Fiorentino and Chazz Palminteri.

To Wong Foo IPG) Wesley Snipes and Patrick Swayze in cross-dressing shock - well I never.

ODE ON Some or all ofthe films below will be showing over the next fortnight. For exad listings and times, please ring the cinema. Pocahontas IUl Another Disney "classic" to make your eyes water. " IC

Mortal Kombat IPGl One of a series of video-game - big screen conversions. No surprises. Nine Months IPGl Hugh Grant commits another blunder of a sexual nature and doesn't stretch himself in this painful comedy. BraveheartOSl Mel Gibson throws himself into this enjoyable historical action movie with gusto.

CINEMA CITY The City of Lost Children OS) Wed Nov 1- Sot Nov 4- 5.45pm &8.15pm !matinee on Thurs at 2.30pml Follow-up to Delicatessen, living up to its predecessor's special effects and black humour. Delicatessen OS) Fri Nov 3- llpm Bizarre futuristic comedy. A butcher decides to expand his meat selection using unconventional methods. The Water Babies IUl Sat Nov 4 - 2.30pm Adaptation of Charles Kingsley's classic children's novel about the underworld adventures of a young chimney sweep.

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Bullets over Broadway Fri Nov 10- ?pm. Woody Alien directs multi-Oscar nominated film about a tortured playwright who goes to great lengths to succeed.

Country Ufe 02) Mon Nov 6- Tue Nov 7 - 5.45pm & Wed Nov 8- Thu Nov 9- 8.15pm !matinee on Tue Nov 7- 2.30pm). Starring So m Neill, Greta Scacchi and Kerry FoX; Australian drama transferring Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya' from pre-revolutionary Russia to the late '40s outback.

La ReineMargot Tues Nov 14 - ?pm. Full-blooded, sumptuous historical drama starring lsabella Adjani as King Charles IX's rebellious sister, who is forced into an arranged marriage.

Yngwei Malmsteen Mon Nov6 Cock- rock guitar wizard with a funny name shows us how ifs done.£8.50. Powder+ Elcka+ Pusherman+ Strangelove WedNov8 Melody MakerI Stella sponsor up-and-coming bands.£5 . Buster James Band+ Egypt+ Lena Black Band+ Boogaloos+ Albert Blues & Boogie Band Thurs Nov 9 Charity blues gig.£5 .

THEATRE ROYAL The Vienna Boys Choir Sun Nov 5 - 2.30 pm Yes. £3-£12.50

Six Degrees of Separation 05) Mon Nov 6 - Tue Nov 7- 8.15pm & Wed Nov 8Thurs Nov 9- 5.45pm !matinee on Thurs Nov 9 at 2.30pml Donald Sutherland takes the lead in a wiity, sophisticated adaptation of the broadway musical. La separation IPGl Fri Nov 10- Sot Nov 11 - 5.45pm & Sun Nov 12- Spm & Mon Nov 13 -Wed Nov 15 - 8.15pm !matinee Tues Nov 14 - 2.30pml. Arty French movie about the breakdown of a long relationship. Stylish and subtle. Live Wires & Raw Drawings OS) Fri Nov 10 - 8.15pm. Compilation celebrating British animation. Includes Oscar winning "Bob's Birthday".

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Foster & Alien Sun Nov 5 - 7.30pm The dynamic duo overwhelm & encapsulate audiences with Irish classics.£3-£9.50

Macbeth Wed Nov 1-Sat Nov 4 Mark Rytance directs and takes the lead in Scottish historical tragedy. £3-£15

Magic Mon Nov 6 - 7.30pm. Queen tribute band play hits spanning two decades. £3-£10

Don Giovanni Tues Nov 14 & Thurs 16 Glyndbourne touring Opera presents Mozarrs tale of passion, deception and vengeance. £5-£37.50

The Drifters Tues Nov 7- 7.30pm. Wrth original lead singer, Johnny Moore. £3-£10.50

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Suite Sixteen 08) Fri Nov 10- llpm. Wealthy, ageing invalid indulges his voyeuristic inclinations with a violent young hustler in a hotel surte on the Cote d'Azur.

Theatre in the bar Weds Novl Not sure what it is, but ifs free!

Asterix in Britain IUl Sot Nov 11 - 2.30pm. Animated children's adventure story. The Unknown Soldier 08) Sat Nov 11 - 8.15pm. Lengthy film addressing the desperation of Scandanavian life during World War 2.

A Night at the Cotton Club Wed Nov 8 - 7.30pm. Steamy style with the Harry Strutter's Hot Rhythm Orchestra, and The Jiving Undy Hoppers.

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Stilgoe & Skellern Fri Nov 10 - 8pm. An evening of jubilant hilarrty with that master of mirth, Richard Stilgoe and his chum Peter Skellem. £2-10.50

The Crucible Fri Nov 27-Sat Nov 4 Arthur Miller's award-winning classic about witchhunts in 17th century America. £3-£7.

Elkie Brooks , Sot Nov 11- 7.30pm. From folk to rock to jazz, no one does big ballads better. £3-£13.50 SeanWilson Sun Nov 12 - 7.30pm. Wrth Ireland's First Lady of Country, Susan McCann, and Charlie Daze. £3-£9.

The Ufe and Death of Colonel Blimp IUI. Sun Nov 12 - 7.30pm Celebrated collaboration between Powell and Pressburger based on immortal cartoon character created by David Low.

NORWICH ARTS CENTRE

The White Reindeer 08) Man Nov 13 - 5.45 A witch lures men to their doom in Lapland. Woof!

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Frank Skinner Weds Nov 8-Fri Nov 10 - 8pm. TV presenter, chat show host, David Baddiel's housemate- mono-talented humourist Frank returns. £8.

Acme Blues Company + The Rhythm &Blues Allstors Sat Nov 11 . A combination of gritty Chicago and the smoother Delta sound . £4.50-£5.50.

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Waddle + Joeys + NFL WedNovl Local grunge/ punk bands perform music from the Thars what I call Noisebox' album.£3 .50.

Mondays- First Degree Admission SOp before midnight with student ID. 9pm-2am.

Dumb and Dumber Thurs Nov 2 - ?pm. Hilarious toilet humour from messrs. Carrey and Daniels, in an intellectually demanding buddy movie. Death and the Maiden Fri Nov 3 -?pm. Sigourney Weaver and Ben Kingsley take the lead in this heavy-going drama in which a woman suspects that she has met the man who roped her 15 years previously. Priscilla Queen of the Desert Tues Nov 7 - ?pm. An ageing transsexual accompanies the sensitive flower, Mimi in this ·cocks in frocks" journey across Australia.

Iona Thurs Nov2 Irish christian folk band return after success at last summer's green belt festival. £6 .50

Wednesdays- Cool and Casual Admission £1.50 before llpm, £2 after. 9pm-2am Fridays - Fast Trax Admission £3 before 10.30pm, £4 after. 9pm-2am.

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Concrete, Wednesday, November 1, 1995 Saturdays - Furious Fun Admission £4 before 10.30pm, £5 after. 9pm-2am ..

PEPPERMINT PARK Mondays- Student Party Night Admission £1 all night. 9pm-2am. Wednesdays- Midweek Party Admission SOp all night. 9pm-2am. Fridays- Frantic Friday Admission £1 before llpm. 9pm-2am Saturdays - The Big One Admission £2 all night. 9pm-2am.

WATERFRONT Sat Nov 4 - Meltdown lndie and Alternative dance. Upstairs- Love juice. Admission £3/£3.50. 9pm-1.30am. Tues Nov 7 - Rrst Out Admission £2-£3 . 9pm-1am. Fri Nov 10- Rumble in the Jungle Grooverider + more. Admission £5-£6. 9pm-2am. Sat Nov 11 - Meltdown lndie and alternative dance. Upstairs- SUspect Saundsystem. Admission £3-£3.50. 9pm-1.30am.

UEA LCR Thursdays- The LCR!!! Weekly student disco/pulling place. Take your dog and go. Admission £2.50- Term passes available. 9pm1.30am.

Sat Nov 4 - Section Plink Plonk Club. Admission £6.50-£7.50

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Where's the 'In' place to do it then? Bowthorpe centre seems to be quite en vogue at the moment but, failingthat, the newly renamed Solar Skate is acceptable.

And where's that?

Do you want to get fit, but don't know where to start? If so, then the Fitness File might giveyouafew hints. This week: Roller Skating

his wagon, the left rear coming off on a qualifying lap. Yetitcouldhavebeenevenworse, as neither car would have lined up for the green lights if the 107% of the pole-lap time rule had been in force this season. In the race itself, Jean-Denis Deletraz'ssurprisingfinishwasovershadowed by an incident on the

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the weekend started badly when AndreaMonterministruggledback to the pits with only three wheels on

but briefly, it's open evenings from 7-11 pm (prices vary from £2.50 to £3.50), weekends from 2-5pm (£2.50}, Sat 1Oam-12.30pm (£2.00) and Sun 10.30am-1pm {£2.00).

What if I don't have any skates?

On the Burton Road industrial estate, off Vulcan Road (between Fifers Lane and Mile Cross Lane).

Fear not! Skate hire is a student-friendly 50p per session.

Quand et comblen?

Funny you should ask that. There just happens to be a Learn To Skate session on Thursday afternoons from 2-4pm, cost £2.00.

But what if I can't skate? The full list would take forever,

But Isn't the craze these days for roller bladlng?

Anything else I should know?

Probably, yes. But then Tom Crul e was seen doIng it wasn't he, so need I say more?

Not really. Just that phoning (403220) to check the place is open before you go might be a good idea. Oh, and I was only joking about Tom Cruise and roller blading. Honest.

OK, so it's the real thing then? Yep, woolyscarf-typethtngs .• .-ound ankles, and all that.

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loftyfourteenth,therefuellingnozzlejarnmed,so no fuel wentintohis PR02 car. This happened unbeknown to most of the pit crew, who

sent the Italian on his way, but unfortunately mechanic Paul Summerfieldwasstillexaminingthe rigandwasrunover,breakinghisleg in two places. Not surprisingly, Montermini was soon forced to retire with a dry tank. The next race, at TI, Aida, in Japan, wasmoretypicaloftheteam's

on payments for his drive, while Montermini still occupied the seat rumoured to have been going to a Japanese F3ooo driver, Katsumi Yamamoto, who had not been granted a superlicence in time. Team principal, Keith Wiggins, usedthetimebetweenthetwoGrand PrixtowriteacolumnforAutosport in defence of smaller teams.

undistinguished season. The cars performance qualified last, this yet again outside the 107% benchmark, and both retired before lap 15. The only talking-points were that a rusty Bertrand Gachot had replacedDelatraz, who had defaulted

lastDespitedismalracessuchasthese two, he did not ask for sympathy, simply an appreciation of the pressuresPacificareunder.Heplans to continue to improve the team, but added: ''to win, fust you must survive". Fingers crossed, Keith!

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IF YOU thought the Grand Prix was just about racing cars and overpaid drivers, you might be In for a pleasant Scott surprise, writes Tompsett. This year, for the ninth year running, there will be a sporting 'Grand Prix' taking place here at UEA, in which teams of fifteen seven male, seven female, and a captain who can be of either sex compete in twelve different sports throughout the academic year. When this event was started in 1986, it was the first of its kind in the country. However, due to it's unquestionable success, with nearly a thousand students taking part each year, it has now been copied by several other universities. This year's hopefuls will be aiming to match the performance of last years winners 'Run Sara Home', in sports ranging from table tennis to athletics, including rounders, swimming and the infamous obsta-

clecourse, whichseesthemenstruggling to come to grips with the art of skipping! The aim of the Grand Prix is to get as many people involved in sport as possible, regardless of ability. Although obviously some teams take it very seriously, the emphasis is on enjoyment and on trying something new. The secret of the Grand Prix' s success, and what makes it such a close-fought contest, is the combination of so many different sports. Therefore, almost everybody encounters an event which they have never tried before. The first event is the fun run, which takes place on November 17,

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so to enter this applications must be in by the previous day. However, it is possible to enter afterwards, up until November 28, although entry is limited to fifty teams. Most of the events take place on Wednesday afternoons, bur are arranged not to clash with BUSA fixtures. As well as a trophy for the winning team, there is also an award for the best-placed team made up entirely of first years, and both presentations are made at the Service to Sport awards in June. For those of you who want to try your luck in this sporting marathon, entry forms are available from the Sports Centre.

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Jane Hornergot asense of deiO-vu down at Carrow Road on Sunday

IT'S nice to see t hings haven't changed down at Carrow Road. The fans are still demonstrating outside the ground, Darren Eadie is still suffering from an inability to score, and the team still possesses an infuriating 'Jekyll and Hyde' character. This split personality usually works to City's advantage, as seen in their recent comeback in the second half against Barnsley, but when Tranmere Rovers were the visitors at the weekend, it went the other way.

After a brilliant display in the firsthalf, whenNorwichshouldhave scored more than their single goal, theyfellapartinthesecond,following a Tranmere equaliser just seconds after the restart. It has to be said that the Norwich goalwasaworkofart,andapossible contender for goal of the season. In the tenth minute, a move which started with a weaving run down the left by Eadie ended with Andy Johnson chesting the ball down inside the six yard box and instinclively flicking it into the Tranmere net. However, it wasn' t just the quality of Johnson's shot that made it such a memorable goal. The proceeding moves in the middle of the field,involvingEadie,RobertFleck andJohnsonhimselfwereworthyof

any coaching video on how to play the passing game. After the goal, Norwich were clearly the dominant side and, as manager Martin O'Neill ruefully admitted in the post-match press conference, they" were unlucky not to go into the break two or three up." We played some tremendous football at times, but we didn't capitalise on our chances. We should have won the match, and I'm disappointed that we didn't". Perhaps the clearest chance of the half came from Eadie, who should have made it 2-0 when he dribbled the length of the pitch only to shoot just over the crossbar. "He should have done better", said a frustrated O'Neill. "He only needed an extra touch to make it a goal, but he gets very anxious. He

should try to relax, and then the goals will come." The second half performance fromtheCanariesdi.fferedbyschizo. phrenic proportions. While a lot of the crowd were still taking their seats after the break, Tranmereequalised through teenager lan Moore, and for mo t of the 45 minutes, Norwich found it virtually impossible to gain possession. It looked as if Rovers would return to the Wirral with their fust ever three points taken at Carrow Road, but somehow City managed to prevent them from taking the lead and, in the dyingsecondsofthe game, could even have scored the winner themselves. Unfortunately, though, Eadie's header provoked a brilliant save from Danny Coyne,

On the floor City... and Johnson's shot flew infuriatingly high. The fans, incited by their team's second-half display, began chanting 'Chase Out' and calling for money to be spent on new players. Even O ' Neill admitted "we need strengthening, there's no doubt about it. It would be foolish to pretend otherwise".

PHOTO COURTSEY OF NCFC

But for the present, with no new signings on the cards, it looks as if Norwich City bear too many similarities to the team which was relegated last year and, despite several pleasing performances in recent weeks, O'Neill has quite a way to go before he can be satisfied that his team is the finished article.

Concrete, Wednesday, November 1, 1995

Sport

CRANFIELD A WASTE OF TIME

RUGBY fi rst team players were left disgusted after the long trip to Cranfield ended up being made for no reason.

For their match against the aeronautical university had been confumed only 24 hours earlier, despite the rules stating that games must be

confirmed a minimum of 48 hours in advance. Andyetworsewastofollow, with the team arriving at Cranfield only to discover that their opponents were without a referee. President Andrew Chapman described the situation as "ridiculous",

adding that the players had "wasted a day they could have used for other things." The match will now have to be replayed in Norwich on a Sunday, with UEA picking up the bill for the referee, and facing the possibility of playing two games in two days be-

cause of local league commitments the day before. The club's second team did get a game though, with scores by Rick Silva, Toby Grayson and AJex Fraser giving the team an easy 23-3 victory. Dominic Savage and Richard

Sheldon,the badminton team's own SAS, won their three games convincingly, setting the example for the other pairings of Pack/Mather and Wing/Martin to foUow. Both of the other pairs won two of their three games, giving the team a comfortable 7-2 win.

Meanwhile, UEA's three football teams enjoyed a goaJ-fest, winning 16-3, 12-0 and 10-0 respectively. More teams are in action today (Wednesday) as Hertfordshire visit Norwich, and then next week it's UEA's turn to be on the road, with matches at North London.

Flicking the opposition aside I Elean~~ I Women's Hockey

THE OPENING games of the season have yielded Impressive results for the women's hockey first team, following their promotion to Division Four of the local league at the end of last year.

After a goalless draw against Herlings, they went on to earn an emphatic 8-0 win over Gorleston, with Marianne Friedrikze scoring two goals, and even the goalkeeper scoring from a penalty flick. Next to challenge the confident and optimistic UEA side were Evergreens, but UEA took complete control of the game and began to pile on the goals, eventually dispatching the opposition 5-0. In the friendly against Norwich City Thirds, the team took some

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time to settle. Norwich began to make some threatening runs, but a reorganised formation in the second half helped UEA to show their many talents. The central players started to provide an excellent service for the forward line and, running in from the right, Friedrikze put in a superb cross for Caroline Taylor to score on the pivot into the left hand corner. Friedrikze then made a stunning solo run to slot in another and seal what turned out to be a comfortable victory. Last Wednesday saw the first BUSA match of the year, when UEA totally outclassed opponents Cranfield. They had a slow start, but

once they had adapted to the unfamiliar grass surface, their game came together and they began to dominate. The first goal came from a well executed flick from captain Liz Jones, butonlyoneotherwas scored in the first half, from a powerful strike from Friedrikze. After the break, UEA showed their true form with a run of six goals, Friedrikze getting another three, and Jones scoring a hat-trick. Also promoted at the end of last season, the seconds haven't been finding it quite as easy to adjust to the higher standard of hockey. A loss in their ftrst match was followed by two draws and, despite some promising individual performances, it looks as if the seconds have some work to do before they can expect to mirror the successes of last year.

Action from the first's game against Norwich City 3rds

PHOTO: JEREMY Hill:;

WE'VE GOTONE!

AFT ER man y tri als and tribulations, UEA has finally found Itself a Sports Officer... Step forward Colln Wood.

Men's Hockey AFTER a disappointing start t o the season, the Men 's Hockey First XI more than made up for it with pleasing resu lts In th eir last two games, writes Dan E/1/s. On October 14, the team faced Essex University at Colchester. Despite the atrocious condition of the astroturf, the two sides were well matched in the opening half, both creating several chances. Unfortunately,itwasUEA'sluckwhichran out frrst, and they entered the second half 1-0 down after a deflected short corner found the net. Essex then proceeded to add to their tally, one in open play following a rebound from the keeper's pads, and the other snapped in at close range from a long corner. To compound UEA's apparent fate, captain Mark Shurmer was sent off for ten minutes after being carded for alleged behavioural anomalies. With only nine minutes to go,

UEA were 3-0 down, but their commendable spirit paid off when they pulled one back with a penalty flick, converted with ease by Daniel White, who then added a second with a powerful short corner stroke. In the dying moments, another short corner was stopped, but not cleared, by the Essex keeper, leavingTerry Venables (no relation!) to pounce on the free ball and nonchalantly reverse flick it into the top corner to level the score. Following this astonishing comeback, the next weekend saw UEA face Broad land Second XI at home. Thefirsthalfwassuperblydominated by UEA, and after only five minutes some top class interplay down the left c ulminated in a superlative solo effort by Adrian Tuft, who gho ted through the defence to slot home the ftrst goal of the day past a stunned keeper. Shurmerpickedout Venables with great precision for the second, a well placed reverse flick and the third came from a penalty flick awarded

after excellent teamworlc. This was dulyconvertedbyVenablestomake it 3-0 to the home side at half time. Thesecondhalfsawadetermined and revitalised Broad land side fight back, as the UEA team tired and conceded two goals. The ftrsts rallied, however, and managed to keep the score at 3-2 until the longed-for final whistle signified a hard-earned win. Unlike the Firsts' closely fought games, the Seconds found themselves in a different class when they facedLowestoftRailway.Goalsfrom lan Truman, Frank Lane, and Manof-the-match Rupert Snelling (4) helped UEA to an easy 6-1 victory, which bodes well for the upcoming BUSA futures. Concrete Sport is looking for an. O.ssistant Editor. If you' think you 've got the commitment and emthusiasm needed for the job , contact Jane Horner in the Concrete office.

A mature DEV3 student, Colin is also a multi-talented sportsman, concentrating on the coaching side rather than the competitive; he holds governing body teaching qualifications in sailing, wind surfing, power boating, orienteering, rifle shooting, rock climbing and fencing! It is not surprising then, that Colin plans to make coaching qualifications a priority. "Representing UEA is very important, but it is easy to overlook the fact that, for a lot of people who come to university, it is the first opportunity they'll have to try a certain sport. Therefore, each club needs people qualified to teach their sport, so they can give raw beginners a chance to learn safely". He intends this year to increase the amount of funding available for students who want to gain official coaching qualifications, and also to arrange courses for would-be trainers here at UEA. However,the area in which Colin hopes to make the most changes is

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administration. "I think that a lot of sports administration here takes place behind closed doors, and outside of the sports community", he confessed. He aims to form a committee which, although obviously not able to contain members of every club, would nonetheless represent every area of student sport. This would take the place of last year's sports committee, which consisted of just the Internal and External Sports Officers, the Sports Officer himself, the Welfare Officer, and a club president, voted in by the other presidents. The idea behind this change would be that clubs could state their plans, and be dealt with by people who understand sport and the individual needs of each club. The proposed committee would then attend events such as the finance marathon and ensure "a fairer distribution of money, instead of a situation where the clubs that shout the loudest get the most" Along with this, Colin intends to ensurethatclubsareoperatingwithin the safety guidelines set out for them by each sport's governing

body, and also to continue with the long-running ' Keep Wednesday afternoons free' campaign. Unfortunately. he does not expect success in the latter; "The University has made it's position very clear. They consider Wednesday afternoon to be a normal teaching time. I will definitely keep the pressure on them, but realistically I can'tseeanypositive results coming out of it". However, that aside, he is confi- ~ dent that he can change student sport at UEA for the better, and get across the message that "sport should be about sports for all, not j ust for those in the teams".

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Concrete, Wednesday, November 1, 1995

THE BUSA Hlllcllmb Championships proved to be no uphill struggle for the Cycling Club's Jo Tuck, as she mirrored the success of last year's winner, UEA's Helen Blatt. Jo blasted up Lancashire's infamous Nick o' Pendle to win by a huge margin, and in doing so, she clipped an incredible four minutes off Helen' s time from the previous year. The Nick o' Pendle climb is one of the most brutal courses in Britain, with a lung-searing ascent of 700 feet over 1400 yards from a standing uphill start, and a slippery cattle grid two thirds of the way up awaits unsuspecting cyclists. ''Youjustcan'tdescribethepain", admitted Jo later. "I nearly got off after the cattle grid, but then I heard the rest of the team cheering me on and I managed to find a bit more in my legs. It's horrible at the time, but afterwards you feel great. 'The cycling club got a huge B USA medal haul last year, and this is a great way to start off our 95-96 campaign". Club president Andy Tyler was delighted not just with Jo's performance but with that of the whole team of 11 riders - the most the club has ever taken to an event. "All the riders got to the top, which is an incredible achievement", he said. "Words and pictures really cannot do justice to this hill. "It's evil - in fact, when we drove there on the morning of the race, I deliberately chose a route that approached it from the top, just so it wouldn't scare the hell out of everybody." Andy was the fastest UEA fi nisher, up in 4 minutes 42 seconds, and was closely followed by the rapidly improving Dave Bailey in 4:54. Just missing out on breaki ng the five minute barrier were John Swindells and Adam Wild, in 5:03 and 5:06 respectively. The ride of club strongman Dave

Jo Tuck, UEA 's first BUSA gold medallist of the year

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was even more remarkable since he chose to ride a bike with only one gear, to save weight! "I got to the top thinking there was much further to go," he smiled after one of the strongest finishes of the day. Theequallyimpressiveridefrom John, in his first competitive event, makes him a serious prospect for the coming season. The award for the most stylish finish went to Dave Cooper, who somehow found enough strength to 'wheelie' over the finish line despite riding the same fixed-gear bike as Dave Bailey! BMX trick cyclist Duncan Keen also made light work of the climb, having only recently taken up road cycling, and runner Ben Collins, triathlete Marc von Hobe and first timers Ian Berrick and Mike Gough put in equally gutsy rides. UEACC speed merchant Andy Tyler was confident of a top ten finis h but laterconfe ed to "taking a good hiding", despite knocking a minute off his time from the previous year. " Hill climbing is uch a unique discipline both technically and psychologically", he stated afterwards. "We are primarily a club oftime triallists, and time triallists historically do not go up hills very fast, especially when they live in Norfolk! "You spend two weeks preparing for the climb and start off in top nick. Four and a half minutes later, your body is destroyed and you can't walk or even speak! "But we' ll be meeting most of these riders again on the flat at the I0, 25 and 50 mile time trails. Then it will be a very different story, believe me."

PHOTO: ANDY TYLER

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