Concrete issue 079 12 11 1997

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ENV ROStgrad slams UEA bosses over P-OOr SUP-ervision

By GRAHAM DIGGINES, Assistant News Editor Complaints by a UEA student have attracted national media attention , following his long-running battle with University chiefs over bungled PhD supervision.

ENV postgrad Don Staniford has not only embarrassed UEA with coverage in the

Ttmes Higher. but has also won£ I ,000 legal backing from NUS and the Union to pursue his case.

As part of his fight. Don has recently published a report slamming what he claims to be University-wide malpractices and has complained to the Advertising Standards Authority alleging UEA"s slogan "Committed to excellence in teaching and research" is misleading.

Don. who began his doctorate in October 1993. is furiou:. and claims he lost almost two years research due to poor supervision and a lack of information.

'The Guide to Good Supervisor Practice, which outlines the responsibilities of the student and supervisor. was not published until January 1995 and wasn't handed out [in ENV] until April or May 1996." he said.

"Before it was published you didn 't know what your responsibilities were: · Don 's fight for "some truth and a little

justice·· took off after he was unable to sort out his grievances infom1ally with E·Nv and decided to pursue UEA's Academic Complaints Procedure last October.

Hi~ complaints include that: he did not have a three person supervisory team, as promised by UEA he received little or no support from his principal supervisor he once went 15 months without a supervision meeting - due to take place at least once a term the two month Academic Complaints Procedure took six months in his case the offer made by UEA to resolve the dispute was inadequate " 1 said I wanted two and a half years money and two and a half years lost earnings," revealed Don.

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") did not put a figure on it but that is a lot of money."

Last November. Dean of ENV. Professor Vine. upheld Don 's complaint. thanked him for highlighting problems with graduate supervision at UEA and offered him a remedy package worth £4.000.

But the UEA Prof now says that Don should have taken greater responsibility for his studies. ·· If Don did not see his supervisory team it may well have been his fault." he said.

"It was not clear among:.t a welter of stuff what his complaint was.

"If I had realised that he was going to be so legalistic about it I should have asked him to state his complaint more clearly.'"

University bosses later put together a final. more improved package. but which still fell short of Don's demands.

Don is now considering the last resort of calling in the University Visitor - the highest level of complaint available to students - to resolve his case, following the results of a £1.000 NUS and Student Union backed barrister's report. continued on page 2

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Law Soc in row over illegal elections

by MATTHEW RAY, News Editor

THE LAW Society has been suspended by Union bosses after its members were accused of running an Illegal election.

The Law Society's Green and Orange teams - who were vying against each other in Law Soc committee e lections - were shocked to discover that their society's account had been frozen by the Union.

But he admitted, "We would not And they were banned from going ahead with the annual election have picked up on that had not just hours before it was due to take somebody brought it deliberately to our attention." place.

Union bosses decided to pull the This revelation forced Union bosses to look at the Law Soc's plug on the elections after revelations that some members of rules, drawn up with Union approval when the society wa the Green team did not belong to the formed.

Law Society.

Said Gary, "When we had a look The furious student only found at the rules they were not adequate out about the Union's actions the constitution was not up to a through a rumour and no official society of that size, and because the notification was given to the Law Society Committee runs a very election teams. prestigious event, the Law ball."

President of the Green Team, But President of the Orange Estelle Parkhouse, slammed the Team, Trevor Ivory, is angered by Union for not acting earlier and the Union's attitude. failing to inform her team.

"It was basically very annoying "I think that if you are going to because it happened at the last have to lodge a constitution then it minute and we had prepared for the just seems common sense to me that somebody should actually read it election," she said. rather than file it away for ll years "The Union or the current and then go "oh problem , oh well committee could have got in touch close it down." with us and I find it very hard to He added that cash and time had understand that none of them knew been wasted and that the Law ball is what was going on."

However, Union Welfare Officer, under threat.

"We were not very happy Gary Massey says that bosses only because both the teams had pent realised that there was a problem quite a lot of money on the when a complaint was made by a campaigns and we were all ready Law student. with posters on Tuesday morning," "One of the teams had approached us with their said Trevor.

"The Law Ball is still possible but constitution because they had felt it is going to take a lot of work for that one of the other teams was not whichever team gets in." playing by the rules," he said.

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"My fight for justice" continued from front page Registry bosses have kept Don's tight-lipped about campaign throughout , but spokesper on, Annie Ogden said, "UEA's intention is to ensure that all students can uccessfully complete their studies, and in this case, the student has been offered a package of measures to achieve this."

She dismissed claims that UEA ' s complaints procedures was defective, saying, "The University complaints procedure operates effectively and cases are u ually enled internally."

However, Union Academic Officer, Becka Currant is supporting Don' s fight.

"Knowing what I do about Don' s case I think that he has been reasonable," she said.

PERCHED atop the windswept isle of Rockall, this 12 by six foot pod (right) was home to three Greenpeace activists for 48 days and was run on solar power.

Greenpeace are hoping that bringing the pod to UEA this Friday as part of their Round Britain Tour, will boost signatures for their anti-oil exploration petition.

The national tour is to highlight Rockall the independent state of Greenpeace' s continued fight Waveland and held nationwide against the use of fossil fuels and to demonstrations, including an occupation of the Shell petrol campaign for the use of renewable energy resources such as solar station on Unthank Road. power.

"We opened up an embassy here Said Greenpeace spokesperson in Norwich so that people could Michael Unwins, "Climate change become citizens of Waveland and affects everyone and people at UEA could get a passport! , said Mr Unwin, who urged students to visit should have a say in the way it is tackled. The petition is an important the pod this Friday. way to make your concerns known, The petition has already attracted and the more signatories we get, the 250,000 signatories, including pop stronger the message that climate stars Damon Albam and Jarvi s protection should come before oil Cocker. It will be handed to Tony profits."

Blair in December before he attends During the campaign last the climate Summit in Kyoto, Summer, Greenpeace declared Japan.

NHS blood banks are running red after 638 blood donors from UEA and Norwich City College guve up their time last mol)th.

Donor Recruitment Officer, Natalie Jones, said, "TI1e response of the students has been fantastic .

We were very impres~ed with their

enthusia~>m during the recruitment campaign".

She continued. "Thl! donors could have saved over 1900 lives."

The next blood donors se sion is on every Friday of November at the Chantry Hall , Cbantry Road , Non••ich.

Give up your grub Oxfam are asking students to "give it up" for them as part of their annual Fast for Basic Rights.

109 UEA Already students have pledged to take part in the event, which is supported by celebrities such as Vie and Bob, Zoe Ball and Mark Little.

Zoe Ball enthuses, "You too could give up your coffee and give us the cash, or give up your lunch and give us the lolly!

"If you can't give up food for the whole day then give up sweets, alcohol, · or cigarettes and give Oxfam the money to make a real difference around the World."

The Oxfam Fast takes place on November 14 and if you would like to take part, claim a sponsor form and more information from Tori on 01223 301317.

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Lighting at Earl ham

by MATTHEW RAY, News Editor

A GROUP of men are being hunted by police, following attacks on two young people on the same evening.

The news comes after three men were asked to leave the Union bar October 29 for "unruly, rowdy and disorderly behaviour". ambushed by three men as he cycled "They were escorted off the campus abusing and hurling insults home along the busy Avenues.

"I saw them at the side of the and threats at u as they went," said UEA Security Supremo, Morris road, and then one of them walked Morson. across the road and I didn ' t think Soon after, the son of a UEA any thing of it really," he said.

"I slowed down and just let him member of staff- who does not wi h to be named - was attacked by three get in front of me, then he just men as he walked towards the main turned around and grabbed me." campus bus stop.

Circo was put in a headlock and The men attempted a robbery as surrounded by the men who they demanded a wallet from their demanded cash, but after victim. discovering that he did not have As the incident turned ugly, the any, they fled.

Detective Seargent, Simon Bailey victim was forced to defend himself.

"One of them got a grip on him of Norwich CID is sure that the two and he tried to push him off," said incidents are connected and that the his mother. men are local.

"My son then kneed him in the "We are 100 percent certain that private area and ran." the offenders were drinking in the She added that her son was Union bar," he said. shaken and shocked by the attack.

"There is no doubt in my mind "He has gone to the University that we are talking about one and the bar ever since he was 18 years old, same group of blokes." then suddenly to have an attack like He described the group' s movements as recorded on UEA's that, I think he was quite taken aback by the whole thing." security cameras.

Shortly after the incident, UEA "They come off campus and student Circo Boonstra was would appear to come back on and

at 8.30pm on Wednesday, attack [name withheld) and then go off and attack Circo."

In the wake of the attacks, safety concerns have been raised, but Morris Morson defended UEA' s security regime.

"In the last 10 years at the UEA crime has been reduced by 47 percent and in the last two years there have been the lowest figures ever recorded," he said.

However, he admitted that improvements could be made. "1, as the person responsible for security, would like more men," he said. "I would like more equipment and I would like more vehicles but at the moment I think that we are doing fairly well."

The police investigation continues, and Norwich CID are very keen to hear from anyone who saw the men in the bar that night.

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ROGUE ECSTASY FOUND IN BRITISH NIGHTCLUBS Drug users are being warned to stay away from a poisonous tablet that is being sold as ecstasy and has been turning up in British clubs in the last few days.

Ecstasy users are being urged not to take the pill, which contains atropine, an extremely potent hallucinogenic.

The rouge tablets were detected in Holland where they originate and have arrived on British shores travelling as far as Peterborough but have not yet hit Norfolk.

The tablets are especially hazardous as the do age varies

Plans to extend campus lighting are currently being considered by the Union and University following calls from students.

The area of the park which connects University Village to Uni vers ity Drive is used regularly by village residents as a shortcut onto campus.

But Village residents have expressed concern that the currently unlit park is dangerous.

Said EUR student, Sarah Moore, "We go across the path every day because it's quicker.

"I normally try to walk with a group because I don ' t feel safe on my own."

Union Internal Officer, Katie Fixter, is determined that the situation will be remedied in the near future to ensure that student safety is not compromised.

"Necessary steps need to be taken to make sure that students can travel bj:tween the Village and University safely," she said.

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enormously and it takes a very little amount to overdose.

The effects of the drug, which is far more potent than LSD, can severely disturb the user and an overdose could be fatal.

Norwich Police are aware of the danger, PC Richard Price, Drug Education Officer for Norfolk Constabulary said, "We are concerned about the use of this substance as we are about all street drugs.

"This exemplifies the point that the user simply has no idea what a pill actually contains."

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Animals spared The Government is honouring its election pledge to ban the testing of cosmetics on animals.

Home Office officials have approached the five companies who carry out animal tests and have persuaded them to voluntarily return their licences to test finished cosmetics.

However the ingredients that go into cosmetics will continued to be tested on animals.

Ecstasy Come Down The first in-depth studies show that ecstasy is permanently changing the brain make-up of its users.

Using brain scanning equipment scientists have been able to see that users of ecstasy produce less of the "happiness chemical" serotonin than non-users.

However doctors are still unsure if these changes cause permanent damage or if the brain will simply compensate for them.

A Tall Order French judges, investigating the death of Diana Princess of Wales have ordered police to interview 40,000 owners of Fiat cars in an attempt to find out if another car was involved in the fatal crash.

However police and lawyers have complained that the investigation, which is operating with a blank cheque, is spiralling out of control.

The investigation will probably not be over until late next year.

HIV In WW2?

A Dutch professor claims that IDV was brought to Europe by Germans fleeing Africa and the British advance at the start of WW2.

He believes that the German plantation owners caught SIV - the ape-carried forerunner of HIV - from eating infected ape meat.

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are set to challenge Union links with the National Abortion Campaign (NAC).

A g roup of stude nts ha ve forced a referendum on Union affi liation to the NAC by raisi ng a petition of nearly 450 campus signatures.

The referendum on whether students wish to conti nue support will now be held on ovember 27 between lOam and 5.30pm in the Hive.

The affiliation was made unanimously by Students' Forum on May 8 thi s year following a show of support at an inquorate UGM two days earlier.

On both occasions debates were held with no ex ternal pro-life discussions were one-sided . speakers attending.

"The Union did as much as it Campaigning could to ensure a fair and balanced debate," she said .

Now, students Sarah Macken and Kevin Oliver are campaigning "We approached the to end the affi liation, saying that it Chaplaincy and various pro-life fails to reflect the wide range of agencies, but no one was willing to send a speaker." student opinion.

"This is not an anti -abortion She added that the affiliation is campaign," said Kevin, adding, fo r "educational purposes".

"We believe our Union should not However, Sarah Macken alienate members by having such disagrees with Becka's arguments. an ex treme view on thi s sensitive " lt is not educational," she said, "they are forcing one-sided views issue. on students. " If ind ividuals want to join NAC, then that is fine. " "NAC were misleading when they spoke at Students' Forum and However, Union Academic Officer, Becka Currant, defended did not explain their policy properly." the £65 per year affi li ation, and rejected ¡ claims that original In a sta tement from NAC, the

group stresses its viewpoint that, " there should be no legal or medical res trictions on the availability of abortion.

Opposed " NAC does not bel ieve that it is necessary fo r governments to impose time limits."

And it continues, "We believe that abortion should be available on request, in the belief that only then will women have the legal right to make this decision for themselve ."

Backstreets At present, two doctors must agree that an abortion is legal unde r the term s of the 1967

Said spokesman Brookstone, " o one abortion, but we do not wa nt abortions on the backstreets again.

"When an abortion takes place illegally, a woman ' s body can be destroyed for the rest of her li fe. " However, Becka Currant urges students to realise what they are voting on, ''The referendum is not about whether abortion is right or wrong, but about our affiliation ." evertheless , Sarah Macken remains confident of getting student support. " When they see the policies of NAC, they will be willing to support us," she said, " it is just a matter of getting people to vote."

IRA Split 20 hard line members of the IRA, including three leaders, have left the terrorist organisation prompting fears for the future of Northern Ireland's peace process.

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ComP-uter and cash taken in weekend raid

by NICOLE RUSSELL

UEA SECURITY chiefs came under fire last week for failing to prevent thefts of money and computer equipment from the Arts buildings.

But UEA Supremo, Morris Morson has hit back at the c riticism, saying schools should take responsibility for their o wn o ffice .

A brand new Hewlett Packard Studies, Or Rhy ss Jenkins, printer and around ÂŁ50 in cash was "Obviously we do what we can in stolen over the weekend of October terms of ensuring that offices are 18 in separate incidents fro m the locked. But schools are not schools of DEV, ENV, SOC. and responsible for their own security, the Centre of Applied Research. the University is responsible. " The thefts are the latest in a series However, UEA sec urity chief, from the Arts buildings, with eight Morris Morson said, "The fi rst separate incidents having being responsibility of security must lie recorded since August I. with the people within the schools Staff from the schools are angry and departments, who have the that little is being is done to combat property in the offices. the thefts, despite repeated requests "We will provide advice, we will for increased security. provide back-up, we will provide an Said one member of staff fro m overlapping patrol, and of cour e we the Centre of Applied Re earch, will provide night securi ty at the "We have had a series of thefts in University." the last year, which have involved He added that he had issued money going from offices that have warnings on how to prevent further been locked, or drawers which have incidents. "I have told the schools been locked. that if any of them have faulty locks, "We have reported yet another they should apply to have them theft, but nothing has been done changed immediately," he said. about it. It begins to make you feel "The maintenance ection will that nothing is ever going to be done change any faulty locks. " about these things."

But while Mr Morson has no However, it is unclear who is plans to increase securi ty in schools, accountable for the security, with staff remain unhappy, wi th a member from DEV commenting, both UEA security and schoo l chiefs claiming it is the othe r's " Unless you have got everything responsibility. locked up or tied down then you are Said Dean of Development vulnerable."

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.Sports club dodges road crash and Union dodges blame for runaway trailer wheel

by SARAH MOORE

SPORTY STUDENTS narrowly missed tragedy recently after the wheel of their van trailer came off and skidded across a major road.

Said President of the Club, Rhiannon Chainey, "The wheel had completely come off and bounced across the dual carriageway.

UEA's Kayaking and Canoe Club were travelling in a Union minibus to Pembrokeshire on the afternoon of October 31.

The party of 12 were an hour The driver, Matt Little, was forced to stop the vehicle in the low outside Norwich on the Al4 when sparks began to fly from the trailer. lane as there was no hard shoulder.

" We all got out of the bus and a lorry only just mis ed us, having to swerve into the fast lane."

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Police arrived at the scene within 20 minutes and acted quickly to cone off the bus and trailer before Club members could pull it onto the grass verge and phone a local garage to collect it.

Incredibly, the mechanic who arrived was involved in canoeing, and lent the group his own trailer to continue their journey.

Disaster However, disaster struck agai n four more miles down the road.

"The tyre on the new .trailer burst and· we had to phone the same garage!" said Rhiannon.

"The tyre repair company came out straight away and we finally reached Pembrokeshire at 2am instead of the planned 9pm."

The Club's paddling on Saturday was a success but the trailer ran into further difficulties when it was reversed into a wall!

"Fortunately though, the damage was minimal," said Rhiannon .

Doomed But on Sunday night, the doomed weekend continued. " We were pulling the trailer out onto the road to fix it to the minibus

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Unfortunate And he added, " It was unfortunate, but the trailer has now had a service and is fully roadworthy. " The Union now plans to service the trailer at least once a year, but manufacturers Hayling Trailers say checks shou ld be carried out tcrmly.

And they added, "Like a car, a trailer needs to be maintained and regularly checked over. Bolts can come loose and this is a sma ll but important maintenance job."

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Fault She added that Union chiefs relied on tudents to keep them upto-date. "The trailer has been serviced when a driver or someone has brought up a problem with it or fault," she said.

And Union Sports Co-ordinator, Les Allworthy has revealed that the

trailer was due for servicing following previous troubles. " It had not actually missed a service," he said, "we just thought that it would be a good idea to have an interim one as the jockey wheel went last week."

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wheel spinning off, saying, " It was a breakdown. " Perhaps the driver hould have looked over the trailer beforehand.

"Minibus hire and tests arc stringent, but people who use equipment need to take responsibility for that equipment."

And she denied that student. were at risk, saying, "No they were not - it was a breakdown and no incident happened beyond that."

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Photo Corn~

A photo of Brett Anderson has scooped a student photographer a day on the photo desk of the Independent.

EAS third year student, Richard Rowley won first prize in the photo competiti on with his picture of the Suede frontman at a Union gig.

The runners-up prizes of £25 Jessops gift vouchers went to Rachel Kent (WAM) and Phillip Judge (ENV) with their architectural shots.

A selection of the entries will be on show in the Registry reception from November 13 to 21.

Hoover them up ......

Hoover for your health is the latest message from the British Allergy Foundation.

The charity is organising a Vacuum-A-Thon to help raise money for research into potentially fatal allergies.

They are encourag ing people to beat the bugs by being sponsored to hoover their family , friends and relations' houses and raise funding at the same time.

For more information contact Muriel Stevens at the British Allergy Foundation on 0181 3038525.

Students P-rotest @gainst tuition fees

By MIKE WENDLING VOCAL UEA students joined a crowd of 4,000 recently in a demo to protest against the Government's planned introduction of tuition fees.

The prote t, held in Cambridge on Saturday, November 1, was part of a nationwide set of regional demonstration organised by NUS and involved students in 14 different citie .

120 UEA students join ed UEA"s turnout represented just regional demonstrators to assemble one percent of the student at Parker's Piece, in the centre of population and local paper, the Cambridge.

Evening News ran an article stating They marched around the town "Students fail to rally".

Nevertheless, Union LGB for se veral hours, stopping traffic and catching the attention of the Officer, Eddie Rees, who helped to organise the march was pleased Saturday afternoon crowds.

Said Union Academic Officer, with the turnout.

Becka Currant, ''I was really "At the beginning of the surpri sed considering that we were campaign we did not have many creat ing a disturbance on a people,.. he said .

Saturday afternoon.

Rush "We got a lot of support from "But we had a sudden ru h of everyone in town."' people sally up to come on the Presence coach, so we have had quite a bit of support from UEA." Local government and NUS officials were on hand when Becka Currant urged students to marchers returned to their meeting take action, saying, "This is just one point, including Liberal Democrat step in a long campaign.

MP, Vince Cable from the "The next step in that campaign i a national week of action starting Cambridge area.

However, students expres ed on December I .

"At UEA, the week will involve doubt about the impact of the demo with one aying, "'Nothing's going everal meetings and lobbying to change." activities."

Union Finance Officer, Iona Wakely tries to get students to j oin the cause

LOTTO BLOCKO FOR UEA

By NICK TRIGGLE PLANS TO house a new Norfolk Records Office on campus were dealt a blo w last week.

The Heritage Fund rejected a joint £12 million bid from Norfolk Co unty Council and the ni vcrs ity. big increase in application for H opes were running high that th e bid would s u cceed ; cash , as well as cu ts in their own provi ding a much needed funding wer e the main reasons building which wou ld h ave for rejecting the scheme. given the East Anglian Film Representatives from Norfolk Archive a new home.

Cou nty Council's Policy and But the Fund claimed that a Resources Committee said, "We

By NADIA ELGHAMRY UEA' s ex-Dean of Biology, Or lan Gibson, has pledged his support for a bill banning fox hunting.

Labour MP for Norwich orth, Or Gibson , is backing Michael Foster"s Wild Mammals Bill when it comes up for its second reading in Parliament later this month. '"My aim is to ensure that science If the bill is passed in the future, then fox hunting will become a of recent studies can be discussed criminal offence carrying a penalty and that we can use good science to cut through the emotion ... of £5000 or six months imprisonment.

And he added, ··Most hunters would agree that hunting with Attack hounds has little effect on hare. deer Dr G1bson spoke out following a or fox numbers." recent scientific report into deer The government has not allocated hun ti ng co mmissioned by the parliamentary time to the bill.

National Trust and after he and meaning that it can be sabotaged by fellow MP Charles Clarke received pro-hunt MP's 'filibustering ' 217 letters in support of the bill. making long speeches to use up the ""The scientific e\idence certainly limited time available for debate. points us in the direction of resulting in the bill's failure. supporting reducing the chasing of Said a representative from the animals for sport, and supporting British Field Sport 's Association.

Michael Forster"s Bill to end 'This bill is absolute rubbish it hunti ng wi th hou nds." said Dr really is.

Gibson. '"The govern ment have said that

arc obviously ver y disappointed by this d ecision. Nevertheless, the constructive partnersh ip that has d eveloped between the Cou nty Council a nd the UEA will continu e."

They a dded , " Both the Cou nty Cou n cil a nd the University have pressing needs to improve the public access an d storage of th ei r archive material"

they arc not going to gi,·e extra time to it and once they have realised that they arc only scratching the surface of the argument , they will unden.tand that people of the countryside know best. ..

However, a recent survey reveals that 81 % of people think fox hunting is cruel and barbalic.

Plus 58 % of rural residents responded saying they would like to see it banned.

Support This opinion is backed by the Leag ue Agai nst Cruel Sports. '"lt is often claimed that this is a town versus country issue. but to be honest we have always known that that is not true. ··A lot of our strongest supporters are people that live in the countryside.·· If the ban is \'oted through on ovember 28, the bill wi ll go to cOirun ittee for further debate.

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Students are the second most likely group in the country to catch meningitis · and the killer bug is sweeping the country yet again Two UEA students were admitted to Norfolk and Norwich Hospital last week with suspected cases of

meningococcal meningitis.

They have since been discharged after it was discovered that they did not actually have the killer bug.

However, student anxiety continues to be an important issue

droplets in the back of the nose and throat and can't linger on surfaces once expelled from the body, the close living conditions of campu residences can nonetheless pose a greater risk, according to campus GP, Or Coathup.

"First year undergraduates who smoke and are living in halls of residence are the highest risk," be said.

see a couple of meningitis cases in a working life, the university practice will see a lot more and needs to be especially knowledgeable and as up-to-date as possible.

At UEA both nurses and doctors take part in reviews of past cases, looking for possible improvements on their responses to past situations.

di tributed and the Communicable Disease Centre becomes directly involved, deciding what action will be taken in conjunction with the medical centre. " If there was more than one case where a relationship was drawn between them, one would then step up the action even further in conjunction with the local authorities," he added.

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Statistics, the number of cases of the disease have been gradually ri sing over the past few years.

"There are more cases of meningitis now than there have been since World War Jl ," explained a spokesperson for the Meningitis Research Foundation, "though these figures are nothing resembling the epidemics during both World Wars where thousands of people were affected."

So meningitis is on the rise, cases reported with 2693 nationally last year. The fatality rate is just under I 0 percent.

But what is the explanation for this rise? A yet, there are no concrete answers, but after toddlers, students seem to be particularly vulnerable to the disease.

Although there is no clear explanation, there are a number of important factors highlighting this vulnerability.

Firstly, there has been a greater rise in the number of cases in the 15-24 age range this year.

"It may be a new strain of the disease which is responsible for clusters in this age group since bacteria often enter the population among teenagers ," suggested a spokeswoman for the Meningistis Research Foundation.

She explained why cases among students occur almost twice as frequently as tho e among nonstudents in the same age range. ''This can be related to the fact that they're away from home for the first time and unable to fight off unfamiliar germs, that they're often stressed, no longer under the watchful eye of mum, and snogging remains one of the main ways to transmit the disease," she said.

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All six cases in Southampton were from the same residence building, Wessex Lane halls.

Due to the clu ter of cases there, 4,000 students were vaccinated against the disease last week on the recommendation of the health authority, with a further 14,000 students now being offered the jab on the university ' s own initiative.

Immunisation programmes were al o carried out at Salford University, following two cases for the first time this year, and at Cardiff where two tudents died last year and a further two cases are suspected this year. However, injections are not necessarily a satisfactory precaution. . "The immunisation is only against two of the three types of meningitis and to immunise you would be, at be t, going after fifty percent of the cases," said Or Coathup.

'There' s a new vaccine on the way which should be out within the next 18 months to two years, which is much more effective," he added.

"But there are fears that if a 01ass immunisation programme was introduced now, the sorts of immunity that would be produced by the current vaccine would interfere with the development of better immunity with the new vaccine."

Large scale distribution of antibiotics is only effective in the short term, and po es the risk of causing allergic reactions in one of every LOOO cases.

Examining masses of students would not help either as the bacteria is carried by lO per cent of the population, the majority of whom are not susceptible to the disease.

Whereas the average GP may

UEA Director of Communications, Alan Preece, explained the measures that would be taken if symptoms arose, and was keen to stress that outside authorities would be on hand to offer advice. " If someone is taken to hospital with likely symptoms, the case would be deemed 'possible' and, where necessary , direct advice would be given to close contacts," he said.

"A probable case is a different kettle of fish . We then make sure that further information is

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ye:: l:s; have a more clearly expressed set of plans," said Alan Preece.

Or Coathup added, 'The policy of the University is that as soon as there is a po sible case it will be publicised, and when there is a probable or a confirmed one it will be splattered aJJ over the place.

"It is essential that everybody knows what is happening and the worst thing is for people not to know and for rumours to go round."

Information about meningiti s was on hand in all residences at the start of the semester to begin this

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year' s campaign, although Or Coathup expressed uncertainty at how best to approach publicity. " You've got to try to find lots of different ways of attracting people's attention in a way that doesn't alarm them but makes them aware."

"I don't think there is a right way of doing it. I mean if you take Leicester University, they really go bananas and they do that because they have bad a lot of cases at Leicester."

With the flu season approaching, staff at the Health Centre fear an influx of suspected cases, but every relevant body is keen to promote awareness of the disease as early discovery i a priority in treatment.

Symptoms of the disease evere headache include: (unrelieved by ordinary painkillers), stiff neck, dislike of bright lights, extreme drowsiness, feeling faint, and a rash that does not fade when pressed firmly with a drinking glass.

'The main danger is people who think they've got flu or a hangover and go to bed without telling anybody," warned Or Coathup.

"That' one of the really important message - look after

your mate, if you get ill, tell somebody and get them to come and check on you every four hours or so, even if they' ve got to wake you up."

'Those are the people that are going to be found dead in the morning if nobody checks on them," he warned.

"People have to be aware of the signs and symptoms of flu , they have to take care of it themselves because there isn't any treatment, and they need to be aware of the symptoms of meningitis so that if they come on top of the flu-like symptoms, they can then get on the phone really quickly."

Whilst warning against exaggerating the risks, he predicted the probability of a couple of cases occurring at UEA. "If everybody does know what is happening, they will also know what is being done about it and then hopefully everybody will not panic when we get a case, which we will because the instance of meningococcal disease is 2 in amongst university I 0 ,000 tudents, so on our campus we will get two a year.

But he added, "We have averaged just under that in recent years and we have had no deaths."

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We did some undercover investigation into local pizza companies to find out which are the best Pizzas around did enjoy Dominos did well, answering the phone in just hat better way to spend a rainy three rings, and I had hardly finished telephoning Wednesday evening than the taste, it stuffing your face with Pizza and the other companies before they were banging on getting mildly intoxicated in front didn't the door, after just 16 minutes and nine seconds.

Their plain cheese and tomato only cost £7.50 for of a movie? Seven intrepid testers made their way to our warm living room a 14-inch pizza, and although Carolina didn't like complete with alcohol and empty stomachs. The the base, overall it was met with approval. The aim of this 'pizza race' is to rate the local general consensus was that Dominos served a "decent piece of pizza," and James C declared pizzerias on the quality, price, taste and lime it compensate for her sorrow. In took for their offerings to arrive, so Concrete went that it had "just the right amount of spice." 11 was, summing up it was agreed that under cover and ordered a selection of plain, apparently what he really, really wanted. meat and vegetarian pizzas and set the stopHowever, disaster struck as we encountered the this is for those of those who 'sliding topping syndrome' for the first time - not watch going. We staggered the orders slightly so believe in quality not quantity and only was the pizza not cut properly making it eat their pizza with a knife and fork. that we weren't inundated by pizzas all at once, -~r------------------------------------~ By the time Pizza Plus arrived, I was wishing that we had a door opening button on the remote control. They had taken the longest time of 35 minutes and five seconds, and the wait wasn't rewarded by a taste bud bonanza. lt cost £5.95 for a 10-inch vegetarian pizza, but our resident vegetarian, James Tapsfield was unimpressed, "the base was chewy and horrible, not much like a decent pizza base and the topping was OK; but the whole thing was a bit small." Others found it "uninteresting" and "a bit boring.• Next to arrive was Trads - who took just 16 minutes, 37 seconds, putting them in second place to Dominos by only 28 seconds.

The pizza itself cost just £4.95 for a 9 inch base, but there is a minimum order of £6, so we got _ _ _ _ _ _ __. bread some garlic as

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difficult to split, but the cheese and tomato did seem to have difficulty adhering to the base.

We were just finishing the last slice of Dominos, when Double D came knocking on the front door.

While size isn't everything, Double D's off·ering was greeted with disappointment; at £6.45 for their 9 inch Mighty Meaty pizza, Amy summed up the reaction commenting "The pizza's great but ifs expensive and there's not enough of it" Carolina was heartbroken when the pizza made a suicide jump onto her new top; and although she

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well to make up the cost. This company won the pizza crown in both the '94 and the '95 race but unfortunately, they appear to have been knocked from their throne. Carolina, present for the previous pizza races declared, "it's OK - there were lots of vegetables, and nice garlic bread but there were too many toppings, and some were slightly undercooked." Some people are never satisfied. Again this pizza was condemned for it's failure on the topping holding stakes, leading to despairing cries that "the cheese is slipping off the base."

However, Trads did come second on the time front, meaning that anybody craving food fast, (before the LCR) would be well rewarded .

We didn't actually include desserts in the race, but Paul's first impression of Pizza One

Pancake Two was that it looked like a cheesecake.

However, this could be because his senses were a little dampened by the Bulgarian wine he was putting away in the corner. His state of insobriety should have been a reason for stopping him from attacking this uncut pizza with a far too sharp knife - alas this was only realised as he nearty cut through the box and into the poor person on whose lap the pizza rested.

11 was a deep pan meat pizza, costing £4.95 for a 9-inch pizza. Again, this company has a minimum order of £6.50, so even by ordering garlic bread at £1.20, we still had a bit of trouble making up the cost. We chose pepperoni from an extremely long list of meat pizza options, but this company has to be commanded on the variety it offers. This pizza was damned for its size, Catherine explained; "the garlic bread isn't crunchy enough, and the pizza is minuscule."

However, taste-wise it did quite well, and considering that we were now pretty full, the "very nice" which came from all quarters can only be taken as some token of praise.

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And the sliding topping syndrome? As Paul comments; "nice pizza, maybe a bit oily, but the topping stayed on really well."

Perfect Pizza came in second to last with 34 minutes and 50 seconds, but the delivery boy was friendly and helpful, and everybody was impressed by the pixie table that stopped the lid from falling into the pizza. Costing just £6.89 for a 12 inch pizza, with a minimum order of £6.89, it was excellent value for money. The pizza itself had a "nice chewy base, which wasn't too oily, and the cheese stayed on." People also found it piping hot and tasty even

though it had loads of cheese, which impressively stayed on the base. The only objection came from James Curtis who said that the pizza was tasteless, but he was shouted down, as everybody else agreed this pizza was "perfect," making the taste winner for this year Perfect Pizza. And just in case it doesn't get wolfed down straight away, there are even helpful re-heating instructions on the box. lt was definitely a pizza worth waiting for.

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A day in the life of a Kissograrn

Suzy, 25, who ow.n s and strips for Black Magic Kissograms goes through the vital statistics of her day y day starts at about six every morning, because I've got my own horse, and so I have to get up and go and tend to the horse. Then I come back home and get ready to go to work. For three days a week I work all day in a saddlery. I also do a couple of early morning shifts at the shop up the road. For the rest of the time I'm teaching riding

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and whatnot.

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had a good name we thought we'd better keep it.

We paid £200 a month for 18 months before we owned it.

I work as a kissogram, sometimes during the day, but mainly on Friday and Saturday nights, starting at about eight o'clock. We go to peoples' houses, and pubs or restaurants or whatever, and do a schoolgirl, French-maid, nurse, and whiplash act- you know, the normal ones. The lads do a Mr

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My husband comes out With me most of the time • any excuse for a drink!

kissogram jobs that come in, except for the full-strip, where I get someone else in.I usually finish at about half ten at night, about 161h hour~ after I got up.

I started doing kissograms two years ago when my husband was away in the Falklands, because I needed the money. I went into Black Magic who said I could start work with them. I know that if I'd have stopped to think about it for a minute I wouldn't have had the guts to do it. While I was working for them the owner went to London and wanted to sell the company. He gave my husband and I first refusal, so we bought the company, which we now run from home. We got a bit ripped off when we bought it, but because Black Magic

Rich, policeman, fireman , builder- basically anything that people ask for. If we haven't got it, we'll go up to the fancy dress shop and try and get it. My husband comes out with me most of the time - any excuse for a drink! · The reception we get is usually OK, though we have had a few bad ones. There's a place in Yarmouth which we won't go to anymore because it was a bit rough - everyone's out of their heads.

Last time, things started going a bit wrong and we had to get out pretty quick.

I did this one once, which was just outside Norwich; it was an older bloke's stag-night, and he sort of stripped off, chucked me over his shoulder

and ran outside completely naked, into the rain!

There was a play castle-thing for children, and he ran out there and tried to push me down the slide!

There was one I did at UEA - someone had hired the old hall where they have the gigs. lt was a guy's 40th birthday and a joint party - I think he used to be a bouncer there. lt was a 'whiplash' job, what usually happens with them is that whatever I take off they take ................ off. Anyway, this man's wife went ballistic. She got up and started hitting him and told him to put his shirt back on. She just had this fit - she was really smacking himl All the other people were joining in and having a laugh and I just went red and tried to carry on with the other bloke.

As to stripping being degrading, there was this one Saturday it did feel as if it was. lt was in a house on Unthank Road, and I walked in and there were maids and everything. lt was a posh business dinner party and there were lots of TV people there from Anglia Television. I started doing it and it just felt really demeaning. I don't know if it was because they all had loads of money and I felt they were above me, or whatever. They were really nice about it, and I did sit down and have drinks with them afterwards, but I still felt a little bit degraded. Mind you it was one of the best wind-ups I've done - I'd come as a policewoman and everyone believed me. I went in and said there had been complaints about the cars parked in the road and if they didn't move them now I'd have them clamped and towed away. In the end I couldn't hold it anymore and I pulled that card out, but until then, everyone except the few people who knew believed me.

Most of them are alright though, especially stag-nights or younger birthdays, where the bloke will usually end up getting stripped off completely and running around naked. If I had the money I'd just run the business and get other people to do the jobs. I'd probably still do the odd one or two though, because they are quite good fun, I'd just be a bit more picky. I haven't got a sponsor for my showjumping at the moment, so I need the money to keep the horses and to pay entry fees.

Ifs expensive and this is what keeps it going. I am mainly doing it for the money.

The girls get £25 for non-topless, £30 for topless, and we have some girls that do a full strip as well; they get £60. For all of the

kissograms, the business takes £20 per booking. In the summer a girl can make as

much as £200 in two days. ./Jt's good fun, and a good way of meeting people, because we have a lot of people that come back

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Concrete, Wednesday, November 12, 1997

DON'T BLAME IT ON THE STUDENTS!

MYSTIC ROD

REVEALS

Personall y. I wa> prcll y da mned shocked at the turn-out fo r the re fere nd um about an ex tra Union Sabb.

I was hop ing fo r an revolu tion to immedia te overthrow the Exec. in protest at what a shoddy job they arc doi ng ... bu t I suspec t no o ne reall y noticed.

Do mos t o f the peo pl e read ing thi s e ve n kn ow th at there was a re fe re ndum ?

If on ly 9 1 peop le voted. the lac k of awareness from the woefull y inadeq uate publi c it y was obviously a large part o f the proble m.

I was in Union House a few Thu rsdays ago, hav ing gone in with the vague notion I should be vo ting fo r my student Forum reps.

I le ft an hou r later hav ing forgolle n to do so as I had got distracted and was not reminded about it anywhere.

T he next Thursda y I was again in Uni on House and only

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after I had left did I remember that it was the day for the referend um.

Bac k in side was n ' t surprised I had mi ssed the tiny notice outside the Bill Wil so n Room that would hard ly have expla ined the s itua tion to a n un initi ated passer-by.

I had hoped after we spe nt most of las t yea r with no Pub lic ity Officer, th at thi s year th ings would be differe nt.

I don' t want to make this personal, as I' ve heard the bloke had no offi ce and there was the usual prob le m o f loads o f pos te rs going up and van ishing wi thin hours .

But wh y is it that we are a lways aware when S WSS are ha vi ng a talk abo ut the ir May '68 ri ots, but so many peopl e we re o bli viou s tu thi s refe rendum ?

Espec ially when most would agree it's a lad more important.

T hey may not be tied by the same ru le:; and regulations. bu t

unpaid S WSS members manage h ig h pro fi le pub lic ity on a weekl y basb .

S ure ly the Unio n. wi th far mo re mo ney a nd resou rces. could have done be u e r~ lf eve n the dour-drop around the Ha ll s of Re:- ide ncc on ly e ncouraged so fe w peopl e to vote , the n c learl y the probl em runs deeper than ihc publici ty (crap as rt was).

T o take a n interest, people need to know enoug h abou t the subjec t to fee l in vo lved.

T he Union has the resources. it should make the ti me, and all it needs now is the creativity and imaginat ion.

Stude nt apathy?

Unio n apathy more like.

In fac t. we seem to be kept in the dark to such a n extent these days, it' s almost time to start deve loping conspi racy theori es.

Rache/Boyd

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T hi s week whilst e mpt ying the conte nts of our society pi geo n hole, I was as toni shed to find a lel!er from Iona Wakd ey (Union Finance O fficer). invi ting us to join in the organised de mons tra tion aga inst the Labour gove rn me nt's poli cies o n hi ghe r educati on fu nding .

Thi s, as you will reme mber, is the very same Io na who was e lected Finance Officer o n the prete xt o f being the Labo ur candidate.

W e we re to ld befo re the e lectio n by Iona. and by her fri ends in Labour Students, that

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a Labo ur go vernm ent wo uld so lv e man y o f th e proble ms facing hi gher education.

Labour student s are evidently w ith th e so im pressed government's polic ies th at they are organising demonstrations aga insllhe m 1 Ha ve n' t they got the guts to de fend the govern men t?

Despite what Paul T ipple said in his recent leuer to Concrete. there is nothing wrong with the idea that peop le who have had the benefi t o f a uni versit y ed ucati on with the superior job prospects. and hi gher earnin g

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pote ntia l rh m g o with it, to be expected to contri bur e towards the maint enance of rhe uni vers ity syste m.

What is un fa ir is the way that the govern ment is proposin g to do this .

Why is it that the le\'Cl of tuition fees owed is go ing to depend on the parental income o f undergradu ates. rather than the income o f graduates?

With thi s sys tem, Student A from a low -in co me fa mi ly would no t have to pay any tuiti on fees , bu t on graduation cou ld beco me a mult imi ll ionaire. Meanwh ile , Student B from a middle-income fami ly who would have to pay thousands o f pounds towards his fees . could be on the dole after graduation.

For the system to be fair, fees imposed a ft e r mu st be graduatio n, and th ey must de pe nd o n the graduat e's income.

The proposals in their pre:;ent fonn are unfai r, and they are a real kick in the teeth to hardwork ing middle -income fa milies. many of whom voted Labour for the fi rst and last time at the last electi on.

Letters & Comment 15

Concrete, Wednesday, November 12, 1997

WE'RE DOING OUR BEST Whilst Don Staniford fights his campaign against UEA bosses, the question remains, "How could this happen?"

Some may criticise Don for failing to act when he did not have supervisory meetings and realised that his team was one member short, but how can UEA, with all its claims of guiding students and offering the best academic care, have overlooked Don, and therefore allowed two years of his research to be wasted?

The fact that they have made him several offers in order that he may continue his PhD, points to the fact that not just individuals, but the system in current use at UEA must take responsibility. And it may not be just Don who is affected. What about the other students who have suffered, but are too afraid to come forward? Surrounding this entire case is a barrage of information and claims, most unprintable, but which points to a system that is failing its students.

Once again there are questions unanswered. But ultimately,for the sake of other students, what will change?

Concrete would like to offer hope to the Kayaking and Canoe Club - that they may never have to go through such a weekend again. lt seems ridiculous that drivers are expected to check over vehicles so stringently for any possible loose hinges that may make the door fall off or a hinge that would allow a wheel to bounce across the road!

I am writing in reply to Florence Curet's letter (Crash: The UEA cut, 29/1 0/97).

Crash was shown as the opener of a season of films that a currently banned in some form or another (Crash is still banned

by Westminster City Council and Natural Born Killers, Kids and The Exorcist have all been refused video certification .

We wanted to use our unique position as a film club (as opposed to public cinema) to present films that cannot be seen on TV or Video. lt is then up to the audience to decide whether they think the film is any good or not.

Incidentally, most of the reviews for Crash were quite poor, but there's nothing like a bit of controversy to put bums on seats!

The technical problems with the films projection twofold.

Firstly the film had been incorrectly labelled by the distributors as requiring a 'scope' lens. lt was only after the credits which lasted several minutes and the opening scene that it became apparent that the film was in a 'flat' not scope format.

Unfortunately , once the scope lens is attached to the projector it cannot be removed during projection .

The choices were to stop the film completely, delay 15-20 minutes and start again or simply remove the scope lens from the second projector and show the rest of the film in the correct 'flat' format.

Perhaps some might say we made the wrong decision . fai r enough .

As for the missing reel; well I agree that the film simply didn't . make sense but neither I nor the ushers and projectionist had seen the film before.

The projectionist assured me all the reels had been shown.

I then spoke to several members of the audience who seem to suggest that several scenes were missing from throughout the film , not one 20 minute block(ie a reel).

Accordingly, I contacted the distributors, they were unable to trace the exact print but in view of our double complaint they have agreed to send us a new print free of charge.

The Audio Visual Dept have also agreed to project the film for free.

This screening will take place on Wednesday. December 10 at 7pm in Lecture Theatre 1 and will be free to all students who want to see the full version.

I apologise to Florence and anyone else who saw Crash problems do arise and mistakes are made.

But students should remember that we are not a cinema and nor do we have cinema facilities .

We are, however, always attempting to find ways of improving presentation within strict budgetary constraints.

We welcome input from other students and would suggest in future that Florence or any other students wishing to discuss any matter from programming to presentation should talk to the stewards on duty at the films or come up to the Ents office in Union House.

Toby Conningham

Film Club

CALLING ALL GCSE'S AND VOIDS STUDENTS

BONGO (Bri tish and Overseas Non Governmental Organisations) has re~ent l y been set up by a group of Development Studies students to support students with commu nity-based/environmental protection projects both here and abroad.

Some of the current projects include Ugandan orphanages. a mi~ro ­ ~rcdit sd1emc in Bangladesh and an educational project in Kyrgyzstan .

A> a group we hclp wi th all aspc ~ t ~ of fund -rai,ing. Visa applications. information exchanges and general support to those wi th projcct s. We hope to obtain charily status which will "''i't in our fund-raising efforts .

We welcome people wishing to join the group. or requiring morc information. to our meeting on Friday 14th Nov. in room 1.0-t (Arts building). ). 7pm.

For more information pka>c contact: J.Hanger@uea.ac .uk or via my pigeonholc.

Jcff Hanger (DEV 3)

If Zero is the Definitive void, then One must be the ultimate odd number. And if it is there must be something odd about wholeness.

Since most of us aren't- whole that is - there' s probably nothing to worry about. In any case, is Zero the void? Or is it simply the gateway to minus numbers, our freezers, black holes, death, destruction, the mirror universe and our alter egos? We may never know. The GCSE course l'm doing at a local college doesn't even answer such questions.

I'm al so doing German. Maths isn't my subject. Auempting to do it in German doesn't help. I live. and learn, from the analysis of history, to the logic of maths and language.

Before the middle ages subjects were not kept to separate. There was a time when at some level

knowledge was knowledge. Who decided it should be different?

Teachers possibly, simply trying to make their lives easier.

These things tend to go in cycles.

Perhaps one day we may return to a more Leonardo da Vinci approach.

It's impossible to say what effect this might have on the N ational Curriculum. Teachers tend to moan anyway. What does a mature male graduate do with a building trade past and European History? Which brings me back to the maths things.

Teachers? Well , if you can't beat them. And yes, we've got a government that 's just as hung up on numeracy as the last one. Void? Yes, they know all about that!

Tony Crush HIS grad, 1996

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Concrete. Wednesday, November 12, 1997

By MARK EDWARDS

UEA STUDENT, Mark Bailey broke new ground this summer by making a triumphant start to his motor racing career.

Risking life and Limb, driving a car at 150 mph around the best race tracks in Britain be successfully finished five of his first six races. off, but there is nolhing worse for a Mark said, "There's nolhing like driver, especially if you are on a the buzz of overtaking cars, and then watching them in your rear view tight budget. mirror trying to get back at you."

"It's definitely a risk sport, but "It's definitely a thrill sport, and there are plenty of safety all you can concentrate on is how to precautions taken, for example push the car further, and then push every car is fitted with a roll yourself further." cage."

"At the minute I'm only in it for the sheer enjoyment, it's a lot of fun, a nice, hectic lei ure activity."

Mark's career in motor racing only started last Easter, but he has made tremendous progress already, in only his ftrst season.

"I've made a lot of progress already, but it's very difficult, it's certainly not as easy as it looks on the television."

'The season started in April and just finished at the end of October, there was a lot of effort involved to get to the end of the season, but also a lot of enjoyment as well."

Despite the great start to his driving career, Mark was still very hesitant over his future, and as to whether or not he wanted to be the next Damon Hill.

Mark said, "It would be nice tp progress onto somelhing different, but to be honest it takes a lot of financial backing behind you to go further in the sport."

"At the minute it' s just as important for me to finish my races because I have to get ten signatures, for ten finishes in the first two years so I can get my national licence, and then I can drive in Europe.

Time He admitted, "It's hard to get noticed in this sport, there are around 100,000 people involved, but you have to build up a reputation and stay at the top until you get spotted by the key members of the top teams."

Even though Mark has a very relaxed approach to his racing it is still a very dangerous sport, yet this seems to be where both participator and viewer get their thrills from.

"Most people go to see a crash, and they will cheer when they see

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"Speed wise you 're doing -~~;;;:iiii 130 to 150 mph, taking nice corners at 70 to 80 mph, with cars all around you.

Mark, himself, has been involved in some hair raising experiences in his short time in the sport, in particular his last race at Donnington, where he was hit by a spinning Renault.

This caused the glass to shatter into his cockpit, leaving scratches on his helmet, the car was knocked Mark Bailey takes a corner at high sideways onto the gras and the door of the car had been indented by a serious need of money to help him foot. support his car.

He explained, 'The car had been At the minute he is desperately pushed onto the grass, so I had to searching for a sponsor for his car, restart the engine, rejoin the race and now he has finished his first and get into the pits as fast as season he is more confident that he possible, or otherwise I would have will find one. been black flagged because bits "Now it's come to the end of the were hanging off the car." season, I can get the car sorted, and go around applying for sponsors and say, 'Look I've got a car do you Mark first got interested in the want your name on it?' ." sport through his father who has Mark races a Honda CRX in the been ~ long term racer of sports cars, Supercoupe Cup, and while three and has suffered some pretty nasty types of car do race in each meeting scrapes of his own. they are all entered in a different "My dad's been racing for six class. years, there's definitely something 'There's about 30 people in the in the genes, but my mum's been cup at any one time, and a normal trying to make him give up. day is a half seven start in the "My mum and my girlfriend get morning to get ready for qualifying, very nervous at the races, but they which is between nine and twelve, are also very understanding and they and then the race." don't try to get in my way.

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Bristol City boss John Ward wore earmuffs in the tense derby battle last week.

The man who had managed Rovers previously believed it helped to stop crowd trouble as the Rovers supporters ended u p laugh ing at him.

On the box Former England captain, Will Carling will make his bow in TV by presenting ITV's coverage of England matches this winter.

However he insists that this does not speU the end of his playing career as he intends to carry on with the Harlequins.

Lights out Frank Lampard put the lights out at Selhurst Park with a stunning 65th minute goal from outside the area.

But as he went to celebrate in front of the Homesdale road end the floodlights failed and could note fixed so the match was abandoned with the scores level at 2-2.

Money, Money, Money...

Michael Buffer has become a m ulti-milUonaire thanks to boxing's most famous catchphrase.

Ring a nnouncer, Buffer, 53 first started saying ''Lets get ready to rumble" 15 years ago and by copyrighting it in America he had been raking the money ever since.

Fishy business Pike angler fished in a trout fishery for the first time last week in a bid to see if it contains a record bu ter.

The waters in Northumberland are suspected of housing a fiSh over the current record weight of 461bs.

By KATE HAMILTON

UEA OFFICIALS have come under fire from major sports clubs following accusations of under-achievement in BUSA competitions.

Calls for the soccer, rugby and hockey teams " to get serious" have res ulted in a backl ash fro m clubs who claim that they are not rece iving sufficient backi ng from the Uni versity.

Football I st team captain , Matt Jelley, is angry at UEA 's alleged double standards.

"They cannot expec t us to achi eve the se high level s an d criticise us if they are not prepared

to give us full backing," he said .

Faced with marked training problems, both the football and hockey clubs have call ed for changes to the astro pi tch allocation.

Change The hockey club returned thi s year to find their training schedule had been brought fo rward and although the club has gai ned an extra hour many players are now unable to attend until 6pm due to lectures.

Ladies cl ub capta in , Ali son Roberts, is appalled by the dec ision , "We are unable to train properly because of late arrivals, and it is

hamperi ng our BUSA performance."

Team coach. Phi! Yorke-S mith , added. "You cannot expect good pl ayers and coac hes to represent UEA if the set-up is not profess ional. " The football club too is keen to hit back at critics by highlighting the poor training all ocations.

With only two hours a week on astro and over 160 members, the club i struggling to meet training stand ard s as the recen t trail of BUSA defeats indicates .

"We've approached the University to try and gain another training slot on Friday evening," said Matt Jelley.

"We were told that we would have to pay to hire it and we simply can' t afford to do this ."

Unio n Sports Officer, Simon Fu lbrook. sympathised with the team s, " You can not expect the major sports team s to improve under the current situ ation."

But UEA Director of Sport . Keith Nicholl s, defended the University's stance, saying, "I don' t think that lack of success can be put down to lack of access to trai ning fac ilities. " I think they have enough time.

We are losing to teams rhat do not have access to midweek fl oodlit training at all. "

Importance He went on to add that it may, in fac t, be a ques tion of priorities.

"If clu bs can 'r accommodate the numbers they must decide whether they are going to play repre entative competitive teams or decide not to bother and offer an opportunity for everyone to play ."

Matt Jelley, however, does not believe that this is the answer.

"It's not fair j ust to tell people that they can ' t play if they ' re not in a team," he said . " If we had the training allocations we need, this wou ldn ' t have to be the case."

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NEUTR;\LS WILL not believe it, but Norwich City are actually ~.,laying quite well at the moment.

The game against Swindon Town was a classic case of dominating the match but losing by a sing le goal - a magnificent 30 yard c hip in the last five minutes. injured and other key players such The following Saturday saw the as Carey. Segura, Polstton and visit of another of division one's Jackson also he ld up in the whipping boys. Bury. treatment room, there must be The Canaries went a goal up hope that things will soon pick up within two minutes thanks to the as the size of a fit squad increases. in-form Craig Bellamy, and City doubled their advantage soon after Cement with a neat Neil Adams finish.

Furthermore, youngsters such But disaster was not far away. as Adria n Coote and Craig as first goalkeecper, Andy Be ll emy are being given the Marshall gifted the visitors a goal, opportunity to make their places and then another two points were permanent, and th is wi ll lead to thrown away as Bury claimed an greater compe tit ion for places . injury time equaliser.

However, City cannot allow the Follow on present habit of throwing away sill y points to continue.

The pattern continued two days The fans want to see a later with the trip to the Hawthorns promotion challenge, as there is when for the third match running only so much consolation that one City let a goal in at the close and can get from seeing Ipswich even lost 1-0.

With four first team strikers lower down in the table.

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Aclub for all Men's winning streak guashed BI KATE HAMILTON

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_UEA 2 Kent A SURPRISE defeat by Kent shattered UEA men's tennis squad's previously unbeaten BUSA run.

UEA were forced to accept a 3-2 defeat as the deciding match was abandoned due to poor light, on Wednesday, November 5.

"It was a complete lack of The biggest shock came when concentration." previously unbeaten captain, Yuval The defeat however has failed to Zarai, crashed out to Kent number move UEA from the top of the table. one, Erick Joex, in straight sets.

Victories over Herts. Essex and His normally masterful game never got into full swing, and this set Middlesex earlier this season have left UEA with maximum points in the precedent for the rest of the the South East Merit League I. team.

And they have already qualified Next for the BUSA championship knockout stages after Christmas.

UEA number four, Youshe Ho, Yuval Zarai admitted, "We were also became victim to Kent's disappointed by the loss to Kent but winning streak losing to Neil Roy we've done very well this season. after claiming only four games.

Convincing straight set victories Carefree from both Magnus Christensen and "The pressure has definitely Amold Kousinev saw UEA enter the eased off after we qualified last doubles round level at 2-2. week.

But defeat in the opening d.oubles "We can afford to rest on our match meant that the enforced close laurels." of play left UEA having to accept a With only one match against defeat.

CCCC remaining this season the Captain Yuval Zarai was real test for the men will come after disappointed by his performance.

Christmas with the tough knock-out "It's the first loss this season and I games. played terribly," he said.

BUSA Boost JUEA 6 CCCC Of

ANOTHER SUPERB performance from UEA women's tennis team further established them as real championship contenders.

The team had already qualified for the BUSA knock-outs when they beat CCCC 6-0 on Wednesday, November 5.

All four players won their matches with convincing straight set victories, with captain Marle Hamren-Laraaon and Nell Mead not even dropping a game to their opponents.

CCCC now join Herta, Brunei and City as victims of UEA's storming championship run with the team falling to

drop a set all season and winning all of the matches 6-0.

Team captain Marle HamrenLarason la confident for the future.

"We've done really well this year and are top of the league," sheaeld. ''The team Is very strong this year and we hope to go far In the championship".

BUSA Fixtures and Results

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Wednesday, November S

Soccer; Men's I 4 CCCC 5, Men's 2 I CCCC 6. Men's 3 2 Nene 2, Men's 4 3 Essex 8, Ladies 2 Carobs 2. Badminton; Men's I 2 Hens 7, Ladies CCCC conceded. llaskotball; Men's I 104 Cranf'd 52. Golf; UEA 2 Essex 4. Hod<ey; Men's I 2 CCCC 6, Men's 2 5 Hens 4, Men's 3 2 Kent 4, Ladies I 0 Carobs 7, Ladies 2 1 Cambs 0. Lacrosse; Carobs conceded. Notball; Ladies I 29 CCCC 29, Ladies 2 52 CCCC 31. Rqby; Men's I 10 Bucks 19, Men's 2 30 Bucks 5, Men's 3 24 Essex 10, Ladies v CCCC conceded.

SqiUISh; Men's I v CCCC conceded. Men's 2 5 Essex 0, Ladies v Hens conceded. Winter 'JOnnls; Men's 4 Middlx 0, Ladies v City conceded.

Soccer; Men's I 3 Greenw 3, Men's 2 4 Greenw 5, Men's 3 6 Greenw I, Men's4 2 Greenw 8, LadiesO Greenw 2. Badminton; Men's I UEA coru:eded. llasketball; Men's and Ladies postpOned. Golf; UEA 2 Nene 4. Hod<ey; Men's I 2 Ltlton 5, Men's 2 3 Greenw 0, Men's 3 Essex conceded. Ladies I 0 Greenw 3, Ladies 2 I Greenw 3. Lacrosse; UEA 2 London28. NetbaU; Ladis 2 12 Ltlton 22. Ruaby; Men's I 17 Essex 0, Men's 2 41 Essex 7, Men's 3 41 Nene 49. Ladies 12 Ltlton 25. Squash; Men's I 4 Ltlton I. WlaterTennls; Men 2 Kent 3, Ladies

Wednesday, November 12 Soccer; Men's I V Nene(a), 2 V Kent(a), 3 V Kent(a), 4 V Brunel(h), Ladies V Bucks(h). Hockloy; Men's I v Hens(h), 2 v Kent(a), 3 v Brunel(h), 4 v Brunel(h), Ladies I v Kent(a). Rqby; Men's I v Cranf'd(a), 2 v Cranf'd(a), 3 v Brunel(h), Ladies v Hens(h). Baskdball; Men v N.London(a), Ladies v Nene(h). Badminton; Men v Kent( a), Ladies v Hens(h). Netball; Ladies I v Kent (a), 2 v Hens(b). Squash; Men's I v Hens(h), 2 v Brunel(h), Ladies v Kent(a). Golf; UEA V Brunel(h). WiDer 'JOnnls; Men v CCCC(a), Ladis V Greennw(a), Lacrosse; UEA v Nene(a).

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Wednesday, November 19 Soccer; Men's I v Brunel(h), 2 v Cranf'd(h), 3 v Brunel(h). Hockey; Men's I v Greenw(a), 2 v Brunel(h), 3 v Kent(h), Ladies 2 v Brunel(h).

Ruaby; Men's I v Middlx(a), 2 v Middlx(a), Ladies v Greenw(a). llaskdbaU; Men v Nene(a). Badminton; Men v Brunel(h), Ladies v Greenw(a). NetbaU; Ladies I v Nene(h), 2 v Greenw(a), Squasb; Men's I v Greenw(a), Ladies vBrunel(h). WIDer Tenn!J; Ladies v Essex(a), Lacrosse; UEA v Ponsm(h).

UEA'S KORFBALL 1st team recovered from a class apart with their clinical disastrous start In the national tournament to finish finishing.

In the play offs they faced mid-table.

The opening pool game pitted UEA I st against UEA 2nd, and with the scores level for most of the match the 2nd team had a late surge, with baskets from Alex Large to take the match by three goals.

But this was to prove the November I. highlight of the day for the 2nds as They beat London's 2nd team they failed to win another match, 4-1 with a couple of baskets from and fmished the tournament in last Byron Fraser, in an exciting and position. fast flowing match, putting them in third place in pool A. The 1st team fared better. After suffering the humiliation of losing The team retained that position 5-2 to their 2nd team, the 1st team after they lost 10-1 to Norwich recovered to fight their way back Union, and 6-2 to London's 1st into the competition, on Saturday, team, who both proved to be a

strong local side, Stingers, and lost out 8-4 to finish the day in sixth place overall.

But UEA took consolation from scoring arguably the basket of the day when Martin Jones launched an ambitious shot from the half way line that went straight in.

Club President, Byron Fraser, said, "I am very pleased with our performances during the tournament, and I think everyone enjoyed them~lves ."

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Aggressive dispJ~y kickstarts camp~gn

By MARK EDWARDS

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A STRONG display by the front row of men 's 1st XV inspired UEA to a magnificent 17-0 victory over a shocked Essex outfit.

The resu lt gave the men 's team a great boo t in their BUSA campaign, with a much needed victory on Wednesday, November 5.

UEA' s forwards produced a affair for the home side, who had not meticulous display. running the beaten an Essex team for six years, opposition's pack ragged from the but the nerves were soon lifted, first minute. thanks to a third UEA try.

Despite their dominance the game Ric Silva. who also plays for Norwich rugby club lst team, still stayed fairly even, but UEA struck through with some powerful managed to break away from a hard wing play from lbi Gowan to tackle, and then forced his way produce the first try . home to complete the scoring.

Overall it was a great achievement by the whole side, and this was reflected in the celebrations Gowan powered down the line, at the finaJ whistle, with the whole drifting through the Essex defence side elated though obviously and producing a fine touchdown, relieved. which sorely affected the opposition's morale.

Superb UEA continued to push forward After the match, President of but were denied a much higher score rugby, Dave Smith, said, "It was a by some excellent play from the phenomenal performance by all 15 Essex defence which remained men. strong throughout the game.

"They showed a passion which However, Mark Lawrence added has been missing from a UEA side a second try with a spectacular solo performance, running from just for a long time."

Team captain, Gareth Leake, outside his own 22' through to the added, "It was the first time this opposition's try line to score. season that we have had the right Lawrence scored through a mental attitude, throughout the game superb piece of opportunism after we played as a unit, and we aJl taking the baJI out of a maul and leaving Essex's centre for dust. played for each other."

"I could not be more pleased."

The game was still a very tense

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UEA'S CRICKET club have made an audacious swoop by attempting to get sponsorship from business tycoon, Richard Branson.

They hope to get in the region of £1000 to £1500 as ~r Branson's company, Virgin start opening their range of banks.

First team captain, ~rinal ~adina, said," We are only in the initial stages of clinching the deal but we are very hopeful. ''The money would go a long way to helping the club, it would fund kit, equipment and traveL" At the moment the club are paying Norfolk cricket coach and ex Derbyshire player, Steve Goldsmith, to train them.

1\llrinaJ added, ''\Ve would be bl to afford mor es ions with him, and thus sponsor hip ~ouJd pro e to be a si n nt tep."

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By CAROLINE JEATER

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IN ONL V their second ever BUSA match the UEA ladies lacrosse team suffered a crushing 28-2 defeat against the University of London.

The pressure was on from the start as UEA were unable to field a full strength team. on Wednesday, November 5.

But London were equally affected had a lead of 15 goals to nil. and the when their goalkeeper was forced to game appeared sewn up. pull out on the morning of the game But the home team came out for through injury. the second half with renewed spirit.

The strength of the London side and managed to pull a goal back though soon told as they took control early in the first half with Julia of the game.

Pearson scoring a fine goal in reply And once they gained an early to the London onslaught. lead the away team never looked like London replied in typical fashion being overthrown by the less as they upp~d the pace of the game experienced UEA side. and continued to make some fine UEA spent most of the first half runs through the field, combined defending their goal-line, hoping to with some neat passing. catch London on the break.

UEA, though, continued to played However. by the break, London valiantly, creating more attacking

opportunities and increasingly challenged London.

The team came together once again towards the end of the game and Julia Pearson was on target again to pull another goal back for UEA and capitalise on a lapse in the London defence. lt proved though to be the last attack for the home side as London's dominance wore down the UEA defence, with their 28th goal ending the game.

Captain Tamsin Steeles remained optimi~tic for the rest of the season.

"The players did their best today and played well.

"The team spirit is good and we are looking to capitalise on our performances in later matches, especiaJly after our good team work in previous games."