Concrete issue 110 01 03 2000

The Union ·of UEA Students

Sabbatical Elections 9th March 2000

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~rnunieaf'on' · Are you up for it?

Nominations Close: 2pm 23rd.February Full job descriptions are avialable via ~he Student Web - www.stu.uea.ac.uk

For more information contact: su.acad@uea.ac.uk

Thursday 17th February 2000 llam - 5.30pm LCR . e Referendum on Nestle e Non-Sabbatical Communications Officer Election .e NUS Conference _delegates Election All students are entitled to vote on production of a valid UEA Registration Card/Campus Card

Debate: "Do you think that the Boycott of Nestle products in Union Outlets should be lifted" Come and listen to the arguments • 12.30pm Tuesday 15th February LCR

Anonymous Coursework marking.

RELIGION. •

The Union is currently running a campaign calling for the implementation \- of Anonymous Courswork Marking across all schools at UEA. The principle of anonymous marking is accepted for examinations and it seems logical that this should now be extended to include assessment of essays

To be successful we need·your hell!

• Are you School Board, Teaching Committee or Staff-Student Liaison Committee Representative in your school?

• Is your coursework already anonymously marked?

• Do you support the campaign?

If the answer to any of. these questions is yes or· you'd like more information, please contact:

Usa Eldret Academic Officer E-mail: su.acad@uea.ac.uk

Prank alarms cost University £1 5,000

by JAMES GOFFIN, News Editor

A STUDENT Is being prosecuted for wasting the Fire Brigade's time after University bosses decided to take the gloves off with those who maliciously set off alarms.

UEA bosses are battling to slash the number of false alarms in campus residences - especially as the Fire Brigade are now charging £334 for every prank call out.

With 46 deliberate false alarms since September, this means that the University have been hit with a whopping l:15,000 bill so far this year.

Julian Montford (MGT 3) - who lives off campus - appeared at Norwich Magistrates Court last month charged under the 1947 Fire Services Act. lt is alleged that he deliberately broke a call point in Suffolk Terrace at around 1.45am on January 28, triggering off an automatic response from Norwich's Bethel Street fire station, despite knowing there

by the court on unconditional bail until March 23, when a date should be set for the full trial.

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Other news: • Nightmare cabbie sacked 3 • Sabb nominations s-g doesn't continue. We have three tirnes the national average for intentional false alarms," said Director of Safety, Robin Thomas.

"What is a bit of fun and a joke vidual concerned ' 9 fire brigade a great irritation and

Security Co-ordinator, Ron Elliot, agreed, warning that the pranks could cost lives.

"The deliberate setting off of fire alarms is malicious and reckless behaviour. Over the last six months we've had an unacceptable number of them, and that puts all our students' lives in danger because it undermines the alarm system."

Norfolk Fire Brigade's John Burrows urged students to look after their own interests, or face the consequences. "lt would be far better to get people to appreciate that fire safety measures are for their benefit, rather than to use a big stick and enforce the law. We'd rather not resort to that."

'm not moving,'' says Motion • LAUREATE and top prof Andrew Motion has scotched rumours that he Is 1lng to ditch UEA for the gleaming spires of Oxford or Cambridge. ead, Prof Motion says that he is dedicated to Norwich, and would not want any other job. rhere is no other job I would to have," enthuses tbe lemic, wbo oversees UEA's stigious Creative Writing -ogrammes.

"I like tbe University very tucb and I have fantastic

students - tbe best students, probably, in tbe world."

In an interview with Concrete published today, the poet and biographer also makes known bis views on the controversial

out at critics wbo have accused bim of cashing in on bis title.

Dome Talking about bis visit to tbe New Year's Eve opening of tbe Greenwich site, Motion explains

how he and his children were less than impressed by tbe apparent centrepiece of the nation's year 2000 revelries.

"I bad to queue for three and half hours with my 11 year old children, who thought it was worse than I did," he joked.

"It was technologically fantastically sophisticated, but it hasn't found tbe proper balance it needs to serve."

Prof Motion also attacks tbe

decision to sell his Millennium poem to tbe Daily Mail, claiming that be should be entitled to cash-in on tbe position.

"Am I not allowed to make money? Of course I am! No previous Poet Laureate bas released bis poems to every paper at tbe same time."

"I'm not just a lackey of the system," be protested.

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SUMMER BALL

Ents bosses have released the first details about this year's Summer Ball, to be held on Sunday, June 11.

Paul Weller Inset: The Waterfront

OP-P-Ortunity_ knocks FANCY YOURSELF as a star? Rag are looking for UEA's f inest to star in a special showcase fundraiser, all aimed at raising cash for charity.

Whether you wan t to do card tricks or back flips, sing song> or recite poems, the Ta lent 2000 team want to hear from you. They'll be picking the I S top acts from all the entries submitted to go and perform in front of a ce lebri ty pan el at the fin al in M ay. it 's the next big event for Rag. stud ents on Va lentin e's Day. and who have just fini;hcd counti ng the helping over SUO >tudcnt' either proceeds from their Valentine'; celebrate their love or cadge a shag event>. Love-a-gram!> and the the following night in the Hive.

Lovcbitc ball.

• To get an application form for t2k. visit th e Hive Reception desk.

Together with Nightline. the charity ;ociety rai>cd over (<.JOO for or contact organiser Petc Large for The Samaritans by playing Cupid to more details on p.large(f,uea.ac.uk.

The Union 's flagship event is returnin g to Potters Leisure for th e third year, where revellers will be able to take advantage of five bars, ten pin bowling, an d a host of other facilities.

Details of th e package are yet to be finalised , but the Union are promising acts of the sam e calibre as last year, along with the usual fairground rides and sideshows.

Tickets - which are exp ected to sell out quickly - go on sale this Friday at 1Oam from the Union Box Office, pri ced at £29, or £39 including dinner.

Both tickets include travel to and from the venue by coach, and the chance to win VIP transport to Potters by or limousine.

Monev. laundering.

UEA IS to adopt an clean investment policy, according to a leaked copy of a top level University report.

The Ethical Investment Working Party is expected to recommend that UEA changes its policy to cut out investments in dodgy companies, follow ing an outcry from students and staff over t he issue.

It says that the University The move is seen as a should move in stages victory for campaigners, who towards an ethical policy, besieged the Registry last year after Concrete revealed although it is not believed to give a specific definition of that the University had held what makes a company shares in arms giant GEC. unethical, leaving the door Funds open for investments in Although the shares have companies that have a since been sold, the mixture of interests.

University still has cash in tracker funds that almost certainly benefit from the profits of dirty dealing.

Pressure Both of UEA's pension funds also have similar money-spinning schemes, and are also under pressure to change policy.

The report will now go to University Council, which has the final say on whether to act on its

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By JAMES GOFFIN, News Editor

A NIGHT out became a nightmare for three UEA students after their taxi driver turned on them.

have now sacked the driver and offered a full apology.

Sacked "That particular driver has already had a couple of warnings, so I'll get rid of him now. They won 't have to put up with him again," promi ed Beeline boss, Mr Cook.

"I can ' t apologise enough. We get lots of business out of UEA and we certainly don ' t want to lose it because of someone like him upsetting customers."

"Sometimes people coming home are a bit rowdy because they 've been out on the drink, but that 's what they're are entitled to do.

A taxi driver's job is to put up with that to a certain extent."

CamP-US theft TWO UEA students have appeared In court charged with burglary from campus residences, prompting a warning from security chiefs that students should be on their guard.

Peter Martin (MGT 2) and Harry Eaton (EAS 2) were charged with burglary and burglary with intent to steal following an Incident in Norfolk Terrace on Sunday, February 13, when a black leather purse containing money, credit cards and other Items was allegedly stolen from a room In Block D of the residences.

The pair appeared before Norwich Magistrates Court, Bishopgate, on Wednesday, February 16.

Neither Martin, 19, nor Eaton, 20, entered a plea for either charge.

Both were released on unconditional bail to reappear at the court on Wednesday, March 29, when a date will be set for a Crown Court hearing.

Following the Incident, both UEA's Security Coordlnator, Ron Elliot, and Union Welfare Officer, Claire Kober, urged students to

take better care of their property. "lt highlights the fact that although students may only be along the corridor, it is folly to leave doors open. We can't over-emphasise the need to lock your door If you're not In your room,'' warned Mr Elliot. "lt's a bind if you're just going to the kitchen, but it's better to be safe than sorry."

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And Claire Kober also urged residents to play their part in keeping campus secure.

"Students aren't aware

enough of security, which is why we see doors propped open time and time again.

We get lulled Into a false sense of security, because we live in a relatively small community.n

Community "A lot of students have computers, televisions and videos, so campus is an ideal place for thieves to target, and because campus Is a public place that anyone can come into, there will always be opportunists around," Claire cautioned.

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Crabby cabbie leaves students shaken after money row Sarah Emms (MGT 1), Cl a ire Barclay (LLT I) and Alexandra Christoforidi (WAM 3) had been partying at Time nightclub last Tuesday, but things turned sour when their Beeline cab arrived to take them back to campus. kept saying we were taking the piss "A~ we got in the cab the driver out of him. They told him to take the made a joke about Alexandra 's skirt fare, but he kept insi ling he didn 't being too short, saying she shouldn 't sit in the middle scat," have to." explained Sarah.

Anxious "And then he kept moaning about students, and complaining about By now the girls were anxious to money." get out of the cab, but the driver But things got worse when they even refused to let one of them go to arrived at Orwell Close, and tried to their room to get some more money. pay. " He was basically holding us against our will," claimed Claire.

Money "What if I'd been on my own?"

"We didn 't have a lot of money at " I was just amazed at how we the end of the night," explained were being treated ."

Sarah.

The night then took an even "All the 拢3.50 fare was there, just stranger twist , as the angry cabbie in change. The majority was 20ps drove the girls to Earlham Road and lOps, and there were a few police station. coppers."

The police eventually suggested "The driver just said 'What am I getting the cash changed up at the supposed to do, count it? ' and nearby Fiveways Garage, which the refused to take it. He kept saying driver did before dropping the girls that he had seen on television last off on campus. night that he didn't have to accept But the students can take some that much money in coins." solace from the fact that following "He radioed in to control, and investigations by Concrete, Beeline

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Dead letter

A woman from Plymouth has landed herself in court after taking her complaints to her MP a little too far.

Unhappy constituent Mee San Lee-Read was jailed for two weeks after admitting to sending a rotting mouse to her MP, Davld Jamieson. She also squeaked for other similar charges.

Smashing time While the world 's attention will be drawn to Syndey for the Olympic Games, the people of Clark, South Dakota will be indulging in a unique brand of sporting finesse.

The fa rm ing town will be celebrating Its love of spuds with its annual mashed potato wrestling competition , where local lads grapple each other in the creamy mixture.

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Long length Norfolk Police are hunting a regular at a Hunstanton school swimming pool - because he keeps breaking in and swimming naked.

Th e exhibitionist athlete has now displayed his prowess four times. The local force are appealing for help to catch him, and describe him as " having distinctive features ". " He is extremely well endowed," explained Detective Inspector Paul Chapman.

End note You heard about the blind-date wedding competition - now a Manchester radio station has taken the next logical step.

DJs at Key 103 auctioned off a divorce to the listeners who winged the most about their other halfs, finally agreeing to foot the bill for Kath and Darre n Wllson after she complained he hogged the TV remote, and he whlnged about the sound of his wife 's breathing .

Election fiasco continues as sole candidate Moore withdraws

By JAMES GOFFIN, News Editor

THE SOLE candidate for the non-sabbatical Communications Officer election has pulled out- just a fortnight after the vote was postponed to give him a fair hearing.

The ballots for this year 's Comms job and the NUS Conference delegation were due to take place last fortnight , but were scrapped after election chiefs ruled that an article in Concrete could bias the vote against Colin Moore. protested .

But now Colin has "The elections would all withdrawn from the Comms have been on th~ same day, "I certainly did not go for battle , The brutal side of modern art has been reined in by Danish claiming that and I think that would have Comms for the entertainments police, after gallery visitors were Invited to decide whether to students would get been a bit too confusing for pass."

Despite the continuing activate one of ten blenders converted into goldfish tanks. confused because he is people," claimed Col in.

Curators were forced to take down the exhibit after cruelalso running for next year's farce, Union bosses say they Blame Finance Officer and the have no choice but to hearted art lovers send two fish to a watery end. continue with the non-sabb NUS team.

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Farce " I don 't feel I have mucked "lt is very difficult, because students around .

The constitution and the election there's not a lot of time left," rules are difficult to explained Academic Officer, understand and that's what's Lisa Eldret. " Someone taking up the caused the problems," Colin

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Elections " We have to keep going ad nauseam ," she yawned.

NUS Conference The elections have now been pencilled in for March 9, on the same day as the vote for next year's sabbs.

Nominations will now reopen for the non-sabbatical Communications job, with the election scheduled for March 30.

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UEA comes bottom of fridge league

By CLARE HAMILTON-EDDY, Assistant News Editor

UEA STUDENTS are being left in the cold when it comes to fridges, according to a Concrete investigation.

Students in orfo lk, Suffolk and Waveney Terrace are expected to live with worse facilities than catered halls of residences at some other universitie .

But after years of complaints, UEA could soon double up fridge provision in the old residences as part of a rent package currently being hammered out with the Union.

Currently, up to 14 residents of the campus's most popular halls share a si ngle fridge-freezer despite warnings from Environmental Health Officers that the poor conditions increase the risk of food poison_ing.

Poisoning it's a statistic that puts UEA at the bottom of the league table nationwide.

Eight students are expected to

Union merger ONE OF Norwich's top employers and student job favourite Norwich Union looks set to slash thousands of jobs In the city following a massive merger.

The insurance giant Is joining up with CGU to make the UK's biggest insurance company, but a shake-up of the new group could hit Norwich hard, writes Sarah Taft.

UEA's Professor Stephen Oavies predicts that a 2,ooojob cut at the company could result In a loss of 拢50 million to the city's economy, as key parts of the business are through the relocated country.

Economy And Davies is concerned that house prices and trade within the city will be affected as a result of job

losses and the possible transfers of employees to other locations.

But Norwich Union are stressing that the city will remain a central site for the groups' activities and that it is too soon to discuss potential job losses withili the area.

"The merger hasn't been approved yet, so it is too early to go down to that leve! of detail", said the company's Media Relations Manager, Liz

Maw. "We are recommending the merger because individually we are not a big enough company to survive in the long term.

"The merger will create one of the largest insurance companies In the UK and the head office of the largest general insurer in the UK, which will be based in Norwich."

Recruitment Dozens of UEA students are currently employed by the group, which is also a major source of graduate recruitment.

Clalre Kober, Union Welfare Officer is concerned that students will lose out because of the deal.

"Norwich Union do employ a lot of people and although we don't know for definite what their plans are yet, I'm concerned at the effect on the community, and the impact on the University and the students."

share a fridge at Bath and Sheffield.

But most universi ti es rate at around six students to a fridgefreezer, with Hull, ewcastle, Nottingham and Su sex all fa lling into that bracket. " It 's a requirement that we have that no more than six people sharing a kitchen fac ilit y," explain ed a ewcastle University spokesperson.

Top place goes to York, where

even in catered halls there is one fridge between 12 re idents - a better ratio than much of UEA's elf-catering accommodation.

Improvements Campus accommodation bosses were cagey in their respon e to our survey, but they did hint at improvements to come - whjch Concrete understands wi ll include a second fridge in all the older residences.

"The an nu al rent negotiations currently underway with the Union of UEA Students have included discussions on facilities, including

fridges and freezers in the older residence ," aid Accommodation Manager, Laurencc Daly.

"We hope that, once negotiations are complete, we will be able to announce a po itive outcome in this respect."

The Union is also hopeful of a breakthrough.

Breakthrough " It 's something that everyone recognises as an issue, and I' ll be workjng with the University to get a solution that everyo ne can be happy with," promised Welfare Officer, 路 Claire Kober.

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Snap happy comp SNAPPY STUDENTS are being given the chance to win £3,000 and a oneoff photo assignment in an Observer sponsored competition .

The David Hodge Photographic Award is offering photojournalists the chance to put themselves In the frame for cash prizes.

Th e best student entry stands to get £1 ,500 and a top-of-the-range Olympus 153800 camera.

Judges, who include Marlella Frostrup, artist Glllian Wearing and Dazed and Confused's Ranklin , will be looking for pictures that demonstrate creativity and are compelling and thought-provoking examples of photojournalism, documentary photography and portraiture.

For more details send an SAE to The Observer Hodge Photographic Award , PO Box 30518, London SW16 2GS, or check out the awards website on http://newsunlimited.co.uk/ observer/hodgeward

Traffic calming on cards for Triangle

By CLARE HAMILTON-EDDY, Assistant News Editor

STUDENTS TRAVELLING on to campus from the Golden Triangle area could soon have to deal with complicated new routes , after Norwich City Council revealed controversial new traffic measures.

Th e popul a r stude nt area is at th e to p of th e Co un c il 's pri o rit y li st beca use of its hig h acc id e nt rate. claimin g 3 1 smas hes in th e past three

yea rs.

Now the Counc il has put forward two traffic calming 'chcmc.,, propo, ing dramat ic changes to the streets be tween Untha nk Road and Earlh am Road.

Speed humps Th e plans "ou ld sec th e area covered with a :20 miles per hour limit. and road' liucrcd with <,pecd hump<,. speed table'> and one way

'>!re tches.

And the nw't c.Jra'> tic version includes mca.,ures that wou ld clm,e off some of the main <,tudcnt streets to all traffic apart from cycle' and cmcrge ncv ve hicles. "ith hu' gates govern in g key routes like The Avenues and Pa rk l.a nc.

Student s now face an anxiom, \\ait while Counci l nurnhcrcrunchcrs c.Jecic.Je which mca<,ures to

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ado pt. with the fin al go-a head expecte d this su mm er.

"T he co nsu lt atio n period has now closed so we arc ana l) ,i ng all the quest ion naires that IHl\C been retu rn ed." ex pla in ed Phill ip Slater o f Norwic h Co unt y Co un ci l's Techni ca l Serv ices.

Safety "The main emphasise is on improving safety and speeding is a big factor in that. so one uf the in terests i' to slow tra ffic dm' n:· he added.

But the Counc il admi t tha t they may well drive into certa in problems. ··Scheme two in particular h<h the drawback of li miting access for the resident'> \\ ithin the area, and the fact that there will he additiona l traffic on the ma in road - hut there is no perfect sche me.'' <,a id :vtr Slater. !"he project has been welcomed by local bus companies. whose only concern\ arc that bus-friendly mca<,urcs "ill be taken on board.

"Our prefere nce is for scheme two on the bas i' that it "ou Id prov ide clearer route for buses along T he Ave nu es:· sa id Mike Payne, Co mm erc ial Director o f First Eastern Counties. l3 ut 'tudents have pu ll ed the <,cheme over. c lai ming that

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"I think that it would be unrealistic to reduce the '>pecd lim it to 20mph:· said Ja mcs Cook (Ill S.\). " It cou ld cau\c a lot more road rage: a"

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Peace keeping PEACE LOVING students are being urged to come out In support of CND action at RAF Lakenheath this weekend.

Transport is being laid on to the nearby air force base from Norwich, with buses leaving at 11.30am on Saturday, March 4, and returning around 4pm the same day.

For more details contact Lara Clements, on 632736 or email her at l.clements@uea.ac.uk.

Charges dropped

By CLARE HAMILTON-EDDY, Assistant News Editor

DEDICATED UEA protesters joined forces with like-minded campaigners from all over the world last week in an attempt to shut down a nuclear naval base.

Activists from all over East Anglia, including 15 students from UEA, endured a 12 hour journey to Faslane near Glasgow to take part in one of the biggest protests in 15 years, organised by the Trident Ploughshares group.

A 400 strong army of prole tors Despite spending up to 20 hours blockaded the entrance to the naval :in police cells after only mir.utes of base, preventing workers from starting protest, student campaigners felt that they had made an important their morning shift at the controversial impact. facility.

"We were really pleased with the Charged way the protest went as it was But the demo was soon halted when completely non-violent and everyone seemed to respond really police descended on the site, making 189 arrests - including eight UEA positively to it," enthused Sarah students, all of whom were charged Kyte (DEV 2), one of the seven with public order offences. protestors from Norwich who escaped arrest.

But officials at the Faslane base were more sceptical, claiming that the protestors were fighting yesterday's battles.

"It didn't really have an impact on workers," insisted Navy press spoke man, Steve Willmot.

"As far as we are concerned there was minimal disruption to the naval base, as we are an organisation who

Lectur.e r assaulted A FORMER student has been committed to a mental hospital following an attack on a lecturer.

Philosophy lecturer Or Tim O'Hagan was assaulted by the individual, who has not been named, while he worked In his third floor office Ill the School of Economic and Social Stu~iles last month.

The attacker was tackled by Or Rupert Read and Alan Malakowski, but escaped and made for tHe Post Office on The Street.

Staff in the shop tried to calm the man, who was reported to be deeply distressed.

Barricaded From there he moved to the phone boxes near Porters' Lodge and barricaded himself into a booth, where he Stayed under the watchful eye of security until the police arrived.

Officers arrested the man, who was later sent to the city's Hellesdon Mental Hospital for observatioft .

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has had to face this sort of process in the past. The work carries on apace."

"We fully support democracy and people 's right to demonstrate, but we also support people who are legitimately working, and who are carrying out,. government policy," he added.

"These policies will not be affected by protesting outside Faslane," he insisted.

Fighting But Flo Harrison (ENV 4), another student who joined the protest, proved the fighting spirit of UEA students. " Even if I felt that on that particular occasion nothing had been achieved, I still think that it is important to keep doing this kind of thing, as one day we will achieve a result."

"You can't just give up and say that there is no point in trying," she added.

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Wayne Barnes â&#x20AC;˘ LAW 3 ith the post of Communications Officer being vacant fo'r the past year, the Union needs an energetic candidate who will bring enthusiasm, fresh ideas and vibrancy back to the Union. I am that candidate.

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anjay is already winning for students.

He has the ability to help our Union STEP to success!

1-:!e will STEP up for students in hardship. He will STEP up for a better library and improved security. Sanjay will STEP up for students like you!

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have experienced the frustration of dealing with a Union that fails to communicate with the people it is meant to serve.

We must take the Union to the students and not expect them to come t0" us ..

The Union must listen and not dictate. We must reach out to all students wherever and whoever they may be.

he Union has a wide potential for developing Its facilities atld I will ensure the full range of UEA students' benefit from this.

Through my degree, being President of Rag, and working eKperience, I have the strong financial and mana'gerial skills needed fn a Finance Officer. If elected, I will work to develop a .

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..permagent. more , international area where students can relax, and . establish a Clubs and Societies Offlte to support Jheir day to d'}y running.

At this exciting time for sport at UEA, there is a real need for a professional image and I aim to m'eet this wit~ blapket sponsorship fo( sports clubs.

expanding, why isn't the Union's? We have the space for development so let Sanjay use it!

The range of food available in our Union is limited and the price of pints are high.

Sanjay will give you a fair deal!

For too long our problems have been ignored: Sanjay will deliver solutions!

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believe that studenta want a committed, credible and competent Welfare Officer.

I have shown my commitment as I have served at every level In our Union - as a School Board rep, Forum rep and as nonsabb NUS Officer. I know how things work and how to get things done.

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versed In the ways of the Union, and well known and respected by the University.

I am a competent candidate. I will campaign for decent and relevant health provision. Security in and around campus Is my clear priority. I believe In plenty of affordable, well maintained accommodation.

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Emma Price • MTH 3 ur Union needs an Academic Officer with the skills and enthusiasm to reform outdated policies and procedures • I will work to make appeals and complalhts procedures more easily accessible and widen the availability of Information about the workings of our Union.

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Reforming Rag has given me essential experience of the Union and studying a mixed science and arts degree has given me an understanding of the structures In which most UEA students study. If elected, I will ensure that the University caters for all students to give them each the quality of education that they are now paying for.

he role of the Academic Officer requires experience and a set of policies that will best serve the academic requirements of UEA students. As a postgraduate, former nonsabbatical and Union rep on University Council, I believe that I have the experience and a respected voice within the University, both of which would ensure that you get the

very best from your education. As Academic Officer, I would expand the number of library books via local financial grants, provide a subsidised photocopying facilitiy in Union House, make academic appeals faster and more widely publicised and Increase Union accountability and participation via email.

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am standing for Welfare because I genuinely believe I can Improve student life.

As a member of three major University committees, I have proven I can deliver for students. H elected, I will reach out to those who are presently marglnallsed, building bridges with NAM, International students, mature students and

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postgraduates. I am commltWd to widening access to higher education and will campaign nationally to freeze top-up fees and end youth exemption from the full minimum wage.

Students must have the security of knowing their Union will support them. I will fight for the real needs of real students.

Sam Maher • DEV 4 believe that the role of welfare officer Is vital for ensuring atudenta get the advice and support they need to enable them to take part and Integrate fully Into University IHe. As welfare officer I will have an Important role to play In ensuring students are given greater say In non academic aspects of

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student IHe. Throughout my time at UEA I have been Involved In various societies, which has enabled be to gain an Insight Into how the union operates.

1t elso haa given me practical experience In running campaigns and highlighting relevant Issues.

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Leaders

Leaders Editor James Tapsfield Deputy Editors Mark Edwards Caroline Jeater News Editor James Goffin Assistant News Editor Clare Hamilton-Eddy Assistant Features Editor Will Halsey Sports Editor Nick Henegan Creative Writing Editor Kris Siefken Web Editor Pete Chapman Ad manager Jane Kirby Distribution Manager James Graham Editorial Contributors Sarah Taft, Charlotte Ronalds, Carolyn 'globetrotting' Boyd, Debbi Marco, Nicko Bowett, Beau Kinnard, Rosie Hayward, Becky Pohlman, Simon Cave, Simon Jones, Luke Hayward , Hilary Whitehead, Paul Kelly, Stephen Collins, Donna Smith, Jo Pawlik

Kept on ice The Accommodation Office has not had a good track record on fridges this year, first promising students the chance to pay for an extra unit and then withdrawing the scheme when it looked like being popular.

Now it seems that as part of this year's rent negotiations with the Union, they are finally addressing the health risk caused by the lacklustre facilities in the campus' older residences.

As our survey shows, UEA lags well behind other universities in this crucial area of student welfare.

Hopefully this time the University's promise won 't melt away so easily.

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Crabby Cabbie _ You may not always realise it, but when you catch a taxi back after a night on the tiles, you really are putting yourself at the mercy of the driver - and as three students found out, that can be a precarious position.

While everyone accepts a bit of banter is part and parcel of drunken cab rides home, the action and attitude of that Beeline driver went well beyond what is acceptable.

But the firm deserves praise for its quick response to the problem , and its admission that students are vital to its business.

What a joke ...

Just when you thought it was safe to return to the ballot box, the Communications Officer election has risen from its grave once again.

Surely it's time the Union got real , and buried this sordid affair for good? The only damage done to the Union this year by the lack of a Communications Officer has been in their hopeless struggle to elect one.

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punctuation , their meaning comes through . Such humble signs as commas and full stops seem to them optional or ornamental - completely unlike full stops in computer code and mathematical tables, where, of course, to get it wrong is to crash . Such a view is manifestly wrong.

Punctuation determines meaning , and if punctuation is wrong you end up saying things you don't mean. Lawyers know this. Newspaper editors know this. PR agents know this. Such people hire EAS graduates and when they find they can 't write presentable English two th ings happen : the student gets the sack and no EAS students gets a job with that employer in future .

Therefore, who is best serving the interests of students? The student who demands high marks for his incompetent English? Or the lecturer who tries to teach students how to get it right? I know that students who care ahout literature and who want successful careers are on my side. The rest are fortunately in a minority.

Yours sincerely, Or Robert Clark, FRSA, 'FEA

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n the issue of February 16 Concrete earns its laurels as a tabloid newspaper and successfully proves the case I was making in my letter to the Times Higher. Just to get an arresting headline you dispense with any objective appreciation of what I was saying and caricature me as an aggressive hater of students. Since most students will not have read my original letter in full I can hardly consider your article to be fair.

I do, however, want to thank you for eliciting that wonderful remark from Jim Whalley (EAS 1): "To have my essay scores penalised because of bad grammar is absurd". This is a common argument that always leaves me stunned. What if a maths student said, "it's unfair that I get bad marks because my sums come out wrong"? Why then should students of English assume they do not have to master the basic skills of English usage?

Jim Whalley and his like seem to assume that regardless of their grammar, spelling and

hough normally a passive reader of Concrete, I feel I must write in response to the lunatic remarks made by Or Robert Clark. His sense of historical context is embarrassing: he claims all students want is, "their own computer, CD player or the latest movies, not a set of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky." Does he not think Tolstoy and Dostoevsky would want the same cultural access were they alive today?

Also, what's wrong with having the complete works ofT and D on a CD ram? Words is words; who cares about the modality? Does Clark not see the parallel between the com puter age and Caxton inventing the printing press? Had Clark been alive in 1476 would he have been an advocate of the Oralist tradition?

Importantly, language changes over time. Mr Clark may have fossilised , but thankfully most languages do 路not. Some might call novel utterances "barbarous", others might choose to

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call them '"creative". Admitted ly the passage quoted from a student's essay was a mouthful , but is that the worst example he could come up with? Stylistically the passage is clumsy, but semantically, the propostional content of the message is intact.

Oh , one last thing Clarko: it's "street-WISE", not "street-smart" . D'oh!

Yours sincerely Matthew Flanagan

Smoke without fire? e were concerned at the alarmist and inaccurate nature of the article and editorial leader in your last issue, regarding the window safety bars in Norfolk and Suffolk Terraces. Your readers have been misled on two counts: 1. Your suggestion that UEA could ignore the HSE directive is wrong . UEA were legally required to prevent further potentially fatal accidents, and the safety bars were a last resort forced on us by the failure of other measures.

2. Your suggestion that UEA compromised fire safety when installing the bars is also wrong . The roofs are not a safe means of escape in ttie event of fire. This important fact was confirmed by the local Fire Service Safety Officer before proceeding. At the meeting with th e students they said that they had withdrawn safety risks as an argument as it was not defensible.

The students involved in the meeting following the petition and Union Welfare Officer Claire Kober all understood and agreed with both points above.

We are pleased to have been able to put the record straight, and can reassure residents of Norfolk and Suffolk Terraces that the remaining action points agreed at the meeting with the students will be followed up.

Yours sincerely Laurence Daly, Accommodation Manager Robin Thomas, Director of Safety Services

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Lunar landings n his article (Feb 16) Dave Dickson presented 'evidence' that Project Apollo was a hoax, and that no-one has walked on the moon . While I cannot prove that anyone has, Dickson's evidence is flimsy in the extreme. The top of Aldrin 's head is visible because he's leaning forward to balance his 55.kg backpack. His front is visible because diffuse light is not restricted to atmospheres: the moon's surface is a good reflector, as a full moon demonstrates.

Suspension of dust, however, does require an atmosphere, which is why the LM 's foot is not coated . The 'C's carved into the rocks look good , but then so did the Face On Mars. The human eye is good at finding familiar shapes.

Contrary to his assertion, the image is available from NASA websites. Meteorites of lunar origin do exist: a total of about 2kg . The Soviet robotic sample-return probes managed to bring back 0.3kg of dust. Apollo returned 380kg of wellchosen moonrocks. If it was done by a secret robotic programme, it must have been pretty big.

While there may have been "489 solar flares in July 1969" detectable in visible light, there were . only 33 visible at X-ray wavelengths and none energetic enough to register as a Solar Proton Event. The risk of a flare causing doses above one sievert during any of the Apollo flights to the moon was about three per cent. Hardly "dancing between the raindrops". Could it have been faked? Well , maybe, but it would need quite a large "few people at NASA" and a huge, hidden lunar robotic programme. Keeping that quiet for 30 years certainly strains credulity.

Finally, "one small step for man." If you were recording one of history's greatest soundbites, wouldn't you make him do a second take?

For a more detailed trashing , see http://www. cru. uea.ac.uk/ - mikes/moon/ Yours Mike Salmon, CRU

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• Many·people regard country music as slightly ridiculous, but Shania Twain is just the tip of the iceberg. Luke Hayward discovered just how stupid it can get. .. ur relationship with Country and Western music is a strange one. Britain has little in common with the Southern states of Texas and Tennessee, yet every once in a whil e the music scene is inundated with country tunes from unheard of artists who are big names back over in the States. Shania Twain is perhaps the most successful example of recent years, although it now seems that we'll be seeing a bit less of her: Shania is taking a year's break, probably to spend more time in her $1 million, · Eighteenth Century mansion by Lake Geneva.

But then, perhaps we should be glad that more country tunes don't make it to our shores. After all , the likes of Garth Brooks and Lyle Lovett produce one damn record after another, each exactly the same as the last, but only a few becomes hits in Britain. The rest are consigned to what is best described as the Country Comedy Scrapheap. Yes, however difficult it may be to believe, Country music can actually be hilariously funny .

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"Thankfully we didn't have to listen to the slightly randier Boy, I Feel Like a Man, and the illegal sounding, Grandpa, I Feel Like a Little Girl." the lyrics can be overlooked because the song as a whole has such a feel good factor . In fact, the only good feeling comes from knowing that we didn't have to liste.n to the slightly randier Boy, I Feel Like a Man and the illegal sounding Grandpa, I Feel Like a Little Girl.

And what about the artists we never hear of? The ones who run the Southern circuit, entertaining the tobacco chewing , boot scootin ' line dancers in bar after gritty bar?

Joe Diffie anyone? Perhaps Ray Stevens? No? Here's one you 'll know ... Bobby Bare . Name doesn't ring a bell? Oh well, can't say it comes as too much of a surprise, especially since Bobby Bare is most notable for his strangely titled song , Drop Kick Me Jesus.

If you 're in any doubt as to the absurdity of the actual lyrics then let me present to you th e first verse in full.

"Dropkick me, Jesus, through the goal-posts of life, End over end, neither left nor to right, Straight through the heart of them righteous up-rights, Dropkick me, Jesus, through the goal-posts of life."

So maybe we can review our model of the Country Singer and add "sport" and "religion" to the list of interests. Either that or Jesus has joined the Dallas Cowboys.

Another Bobby Bare favourite is Numbers . The subject matter is very close to most men's hearts , so picture this if you will :

"/was sittin ' here Friday suppin ' on a glass of wine, When in walked a chick who almost struck me blind.

Had wet blue eyes and her legs were long and fine, On a scale of one to 10, I'd give her nine."

This may strike a few chords with the males among us, but consider the next passage:

"Now on my scale there ain 't no TENs, you know, NINE is about as far as any chick can go.

So I flashed her a smile, but she didn 't even look at me, So for brains and good judgement, give her a THREE. " However, daft lyrics don't just end with the country unknowns. Indeed, the Man in Black himself, Johnny Cash, is responsible for the ridiculous One Piece at a Time, which tells the story of a production line assistant at a car plant who decides to build his own Cadillac by smuggling parts out in his lunchbox.

"With my big lunch box and with help from my friends, /left that day with a lunch box full of gears.

But GM wouldn 't miss just one little piece, Especially if I strung it out over several years."

The upshot of the story is, when they guy gets all the pieces home and starts to build the car, none of it fits because they're all from different models. And after he finally manages to put it all together, he ends up with a '59-'71 edition Caddy. Genius.

Then , of course, there are the country songs that have passed in to legend - to such an extent that it is difficult to disentangle which are actually real and which you just wish were real. These break down into roughly three categories: the childish insult, the pathetic plea, and the downright weird.

Of the first group, probably the best are the earthy Get Your Tongue Outta My Mouth 'Cause I'm Kissing You Goodbye , and the somewhat more enigmatic, I Would Have Wrote You A Letter, But I Couldn 't Spell Yuck . If The Phone Don 't Ring, Baby, You 'll Know it's Me and Here 's A Quarter, Call Someone Who Cares are not far behind , though.

The pathetic category also contains some beauties. The country singer who asked , If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too ? displayed a childlike inability to accept what was happening , as did the poor fool who begged : When You Leave, Walk Out Backwards, So I'll Think You 're Walking In. Similarly there's something almost painfully plaintive about My Wife Ran Off With My Best Friend, And I Sure Do Miss Him. But these are nothing compared to the sheer weirdness of I Wanna Whip Your Cow, and Pardon Me, I've Got Someone To Kill. You 've also got to worry about someone who feels the need to warn people that You Can 't Roller Skate In A Buffalo

"There's something almost painfully plaintive about the song, My Wife Ran Off With My Best Friend and I Sure Do Miss Him." Herd, mainly because the implication is that they've tried it and it hasn 't worked out too well for them. In fact , it seems that country singers have something of a problem with animals : Mama Get The Hammer (There 's A Fly On Papa's Head) is clearly the start of a very worrying incident that probably left those involved requiring therapy.

So next time Shania comes on the radio , try not to think about the music. Think of her and her ilk as comedians rather than musicians, and it won't be so hard to bear.

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Hackers have just cracked one of the supposedly 'safest' sites on the internet. ·Kris Siefken spoke to some top 'wizards' and found that many claim to be the good guys ... ow would you feel if a stranger came into your house, looked through your belongings and then left - but only after building a small, out of the way door so they could come back whenever they wanted? Violated? Angry? All of the above? Well 'raids' like this happen every day, and any one of us could be the potential victim. The only difference is that these daily 'raids' happen in cyberspace and the 'house' involved could be your computer.

Computer hackers with monikers like Frozenghost, and Mindphast read our e-mails, access our interne! accounts, and disrupt corporate web pages on a daily basis. They have their own language, talk about 'deep magic', 'kluges' and 'raster burn'; publish their own hacking manuals and access sections of the interne! that most regular web users don't even know exist. But what sort of people are hackers?

Popularly, we think of hackers as 'teenage misfits' (a view propagated by movies like Hackers) but this perception is one which interne! expert Dr Charles Palmer suggests is increasingly misleadin~r "Although [teenage misfits) are probably still the majority, there are girls and even younger kids. [In fact] surveys continue to show that the threat from inside an organisation is greater than from outside. So if your system is compromised, it could be a Generation-Xer sitting in a dark apartment somewhere, or the middleaged woman in the cubicle next to you." Dr Palmer, who heads the Global Security Analysis Lab and ISM's elite hacking unit, also sees no difference between hacking into a someone's computer and burgling their house: "Computer hacking is a felony, a violation .. . it's that simple."

But is it really that simple?

Many hackers see themselves as idealists or adventurers fighting a secretive corporate/state apparatus. Ph33r the Komin' [fear the coming). an Asian based 'wizard' (slang for a hacker with 'OK', or detailed knowledge) , 'met' me in a secure interne! chat-room to discuss this notion: "Hackers," he said, "broadkast what they find sekretz [secrets] and kover-ups -to any phreak [freak) who wants to listen. ltz bekause we don't play the sekretz game that 'they' want to shut uz down - we're only a threat to those zipperheads

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"When Clinton was asked for his thoughts on cyber-space, the impostor replied: 'Personally I'd like to see more porn on the net."' [people with closed minds) who want to keep thingz sekret." Emmanuel Goldstein , editor of 2600: The Hackers Quarterly, also sees hackers as idealistic truth seekers. "One of the common misconceptions," he says, "is that a hacker is doing something illegal. it's a sad commentary on the state of our society when someone who is seeking knowledge and truth is assumed to be up to something nefarious. Nothing could be further from the truth."

Hackers like Ph33r the Komin ' see their rple as constructive: part of the process of 'securing' the interne! by pointing out its weak points. As Goldstein says, "it's interesting that hackers are the ones who are always pushing for strong encryption - if we were truly interested in getting

into everyone's personal affairs, it's unlikely we'd

try and show them how to stay secure." He is also keen to pass on a message to the embarrassed head of interne! security at the recently hacked CNN.com web-site: "Remember, the security hole was already there .. . while you might resent the fact that some 14 year old [a guess - the true assailant is unknown) proved your security sucks, think of what could have happened had you not learned of it - and a criminal had.'

But, listening to Goldstein talk, you can't help thinking of the criminal hackers who are out there.

In 1994 a Russian hacker transferred millions of dollars from Citibank to unnumbered accounts, and last year another Russian hacker stole the details of several thousand cred it cards from CDNow's 'secure' web-site: even now, a year later, he is still 'stinging' electronic shopping malls with them.

Consequently, it comes as no surprise that online commentators, like NY Rock Newz's Johnathon Alien, have taken to observing that, "the notion of security on the interne! is becoming about as easy to sell as real estate in Chechnya." But what has been particularly vexing for interne! security experts is the fact that last week's high profile Denial of Service (DoS) attacks on CNN , Yahoo! and Ebay - when hackers overloaded the systems - happened in the same week that President Clinton emerged from the Internet Security Summit to announce that "all is safe in the a-commerce world." Yet, even before last week's attacks there was a large element of irony to this comment. The day before the summit the White House had been forced to admit that a unknown hacker had sabotaged Clinton's monthly online 'chat' with the nation.

When President Clinton was asked for his thoughts about cyber-space, the hacker/presidential impostor replied for him with the statement: "Personally, I'd like to see more porn on the interne!. Wolf, how about you?" I wonder if anyone spotted the substitution.

But to make matters even worse for interne! security proponents, this month also saw the hacking of RSA Security lnc's web-site by 'Coolio' - one of the FBI 's 20 most wanted hackers. RSA had claimed to have developed an effective countermeasure against DoS attacks and was marketing itself as "The most trusted name in a-security". But on the February 12 Coolio broke into RSA's website, taunting RSA's 'e-security measures' by re-posting their web page with the new slogan, "The most trusted name in asecurity has been owned!".

Experienced hackers I contacted for their opinion considered Coolie's attack "a finesse piece of work" - a hack that exposed the naivety and commercialism of RSA's claim

to be impervious to attack and which hopefully, as Ph33r the Komin' said, "woke up netheadz [webusers) to the lie".

Jeff Fay - an American hacker who at 24 is already considered a hacking 'guru' by his contemporaries - said of the RSA hack that "it was pretty elegant" and Fay should know. As well as being

"If they shatter our naive illusions about internet security then perhaps these hackers do have a constructive role to play." acknowledged as one of the best hackers of his generation, Fay, like many hacking 'gurus' and 'wizards', also works as a 'white hat' for a security company, lnfrastructural Defence. So-called 'white hat' hackers-work for companies testing the security of their products and web-sites: "perforating the Internet's veneer of security" as Fay described it. For hack gurus like Fay, the relatively simple DoS attacks on CNN and Yahoo! were just "a bunch of 'script kiddies' [manualread ing novices) flexing their muscles ... 14-yearold cyber-geeks who can 't spell Windows NT!" Author and intern et expert Bruce Sterling agreed that, "in terms of technical expertise, the DoS attacks were as dumb as a bag of hammers." He also believes that, "As the interne! grows more and more 'script kiddie' attacks are likely."

Yet if they shatter our naTve illusions about Internet

security web then maybe these 'script kiddies', like their big brother hackers, do have a constructive role to play. If we go shopping in the high street or market we automatically assume that things may not necessarily be what they seem, but all too often we treat the interne! experience like one giant movie, suspending disbelief the moment we log on . Perhaps attacks like last week's should teach us that when on-line it is sensible to assume that we are being watched and that, as in 'real' life, control is just an illusion. In a perfect example of the double-edged nature of the hacker/intern et relationship, it turns out that the software used in the Yahoo! DoS attack was originally written by the hacker Mixter - but Mixter is a 'white hat' hacker, one of the supposed 'good guys'. Now maybe I'm overly cynical , but doesn't it strike anyone else as strangely convenient that in the light of the recent DoS hacks the sales of a-security products have jumped up 50 per cent in a week?

And who tests and develops these products?

'White hat' hackers such as DoS software designer Mixter.

But then, if we are going to argue that e-commerce should be treated with the same healthy cynicism as real life, should we really be surprised if e-commerce proponents prove to be just as commercially 'smart' as their real life counterparts?

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UEA, it seems, is a positive hotbed for up and coming graffiti artists. Stephen Col/ins heads for the toilets and finds that the writing ·is most definitely on the wall. uesday , February 22, 2000. 12.30pm.

Phalluses. I am being attacked from every conceivable angle by phalluses..Huge, great, inexpertly rendered felt-tip monstrosities are glaring down upon me accusingly, as if demanding to know why I am sitting here, in one of the Bowl's toilet cubicles (cottaging happy hour 4-5pm daily, open seven days a week) when I don't even need the loo.

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Tuesday, about 6 million years BC Meet Dave. Dave is a prehistoric man, who has just done something truly momentous in the history of mankind. He has just daubed a big brown splodge on the wall of his cave. This, he reckons, looks a bit like a woolly mammoth. 11 doesn't. In fact, it's crap: its legs look all funny and it hasn't got any tusks. But nevertheless, Dave has made the momentous leap of rendering in two dimensions what he intends to kill in three. From hereon in right up to the year 2000 and beyond, man will always feel an urge to communicate his most primal feelings through the medium of graffiti, and those who come to. gaze upon these enigmatic markings years later will be able to gain first-hand a sense of just what it was that made these civilisations tick. Well done Dave.

Right, now skip forward about 6 million years again, and you will find that all that evolution has finally resulted in the crowning glory of natural selection that is the UEA student. This lot have been around for about 40 years now, and so far they've managed to leave a fair few markings to record just how intellectually alive, politically aware, and well hung they are. And I, fool that I am, have decided it's all worth recording. Seemed like a good idea at the time.

So where to begin? Where could one find stimulating intellectual discourse, witty aphorisms and memorable puns? Why, surely that eternal monument to industry and Academe, The Library.

So we begin our survey on the science floor, where everyone is peavering away quietly. One misguided student has scrawled: "Why does reading science make me horny?" Because you're WEIRD, obviously. Then.there's "I hate work", etc - Not much, really, confirming my suspicions that these science bods spend far too much time

"Surely History students will have something interesting to say? 'Every morning I practise sex on a bog roll.' Thanks. . working and that. A few scribblings about wanting to escape the library, and someone's even marked off the hours in what looks like blood.

What do they do to you down here, you poor wretches? I'm getting out. To Law! Not Don't go there! lt's b'oring! No walls!

This Is getting worrying. Onward, into History!

Surely they'll have something interesting to say...

"Every morning I practise sex on a bog roll."

Thanks. "Here I sit, f**"*d and bored, playing with my tampon cord." Groo. Plenty of Anti Nazi League stuff, which is always nice to see. Political leanings tend to be towards Labour. History/social sciencey types seem much more vocal in matters of the heart than other floors, and in fact seem to pull more. None of this "I'm so lonely" tripe you get

up on English; just lots of hearts and niceness.

"EAS is EAS-Y", apparently. Good lord, I've just discovered that Stave is renowned for having relations with dogs and chickens - that's me! Oh well, at least I'm not Rob Page, and if you are, well, just stay away from floor 2 .

"Willies could save the world"? Not if they all keep hanging round the Bowl toilets, they won't. "What do you call a deer with no eyes? No idea.• Right that's it, I'm off to English.

Now by my reckoning there's a kind of medieval

hierarchy thing going on with this library, ensuring that the poets and philosophers are put on the top floor so that they're closer to God and can transcend the temporal nastiness below, communing in religious ecstasy with the Divine and producing beautiful verse. The reality is, well ... shocking. This is the Sexiest Place in the World.

Honestly. You wouldn't think it to look at all those assiduous types ensconced in their arty pursuits and hunched over their weighty tomes, but beneath each of those bookish exteriors is a volatile, bubbling melting pot of SEX just waiting to explode all over the shop. Just look at the walls. it's filth. "I CAN'T STOP TOUCHING MYSELF!" "F**k thinking, think f***ingl" "Honk my cubes!" "I neeeed a shag!" "Gerontophiles do it in hospital!"

Most disturbingly, however, is one penned in very shaky writing under that wooden shelf thing in the toilets: "I afll having an orgasm. June '97." Just to let you know. Uterally hundreds of offers of sex seem to abound - I guess now we know what those little cubicles are for.

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Dating back to the great Kylie vs Jason debate of the eighties, this floor's archives have been visited by the likes of Andrew Motion, who left his tag (or, at least, someone wrote his name), and the lovely Robert Kilroy Silk. There are bizarre insights into people's love lives ("So now I've found a reason/ for the phone calls and the smells"), regrettable period pieces ("Vote Labour June 11 - a decent grant at last!l"), coming out speeches, jokes ("How many HIS students does it take to screw in a light bulb? One to change the bulb and 19 to have an activities weekend"), lost and found virginity notice boards, and one rather telling message Insisting that, "Knowlege [sic] is power!!"

The North/South debate rages with colourful invective rsoutherners = huftie pufties!'), antiWaveney propaganda seems popular ("you all smell of poo and wee and sick" etc), and rather

"Most disturbing, however, is one penned in shaky handwriting in the toilets: 'I am having an orgasm.

June '97.' Just to let you know." convoluted intellectualism is also common, le: "Ufe is a partial-progressive, continuous, multiform and conditionally intransitive self-realisation of the potentialities of ion electron states." Of course.

On a more sombre note, genuinely sad love messages get posted up ("WHY won't she speak to me??"), with much space bearing testament to decades of heartache and lonely types missing their perfect match by a couple of walls. An ·apparent suicide note dated June 1988 makes an appearance ("Sign off here. Thanx for your company. See you on the other side"), and despite the supposed intelligence of your average student, homophobia remains one of UE.A's favourite third floor graffiti pastimes.

More grown-up pursuits involve heated philosophical debates concerning the nature of free will and existentialism, words of wisdom ("A woman's nakedness is wiser than philosophers' doctrines• - erm, right then, E.rnst) •. inventive acronym games ("University of Educated Alcoholics" etc) and a thriving, if pretentious, poetry trend featuring some of these gems: "Youth/ Like ephemeral dawn mist/ Is burned away/ By the heat of/Time", and, "I search for your lips, I hunger for/ Your mouth/ There is so much left/ Unspoken."

One Mr Flipper seems intent on informing everyone about the size of his appendage, while people's mums, both general and specific, seem to have come in for rather a slating (no, I'm not going to sink quite so low as to print any of them).

Having begun to empathise with the unmotivated soul who claimed that, "Being in this library is like being a pubic hair on a toilet seat; sooner or later you're going to get pissed off," I head for wider destinations. One IT Centre toilet cubicle door bears the rather frightening legend "I saw you take that dump - now put it back", while above one urinal the stroke of genius, "Why are you looking up here? The joke is in your hands," has been smeared by some waggish rogue.

So what, if anything, could we possibly have learned from this sordid exercise? What have we uncovered of the tawdry, seedy underbelly of UEA life past and present? Well, it would seem that English, Languages and Philosophy students, along with all those other floor three dwellers, have the shortest attention spans, the most rampant libidos, and the most creative juices, while History and social science types tend to have a more political outlook and emotionally secure love lives. Law bods do... Law, while 'the scientists are far too busy doing proper degrees to moan at generations of bored library dwellers about their crap lonely lives.

Right, that's enough for me. I've read enough insults and propositions for one lifetime, and quite frankly I feel rather cheap. I'm going to have a bath.

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You might- not expect to find -extreme nationalism in sleepy Norwich, but in fact the ·area has. one of the most established BNP groups in the country.

Beau Kinnard and Will Halsey took tea with one of its leaders. t is not the kind of place you would expect a Nationalist to reside. In fact, it goes against all the. popular stereotypes: instead of skin head thugs battling.with the police and beating minorities, there is a granddaughter who makes coffee for visitors.

Rather than a vicious rotweiler in a kennel by the front door, there is a small and fairly placid terrier who strolls around the house.

But appearances can be deceptive. Norwich boasts one of the longest-standing BNP groups in the country, and this small bungalow is home to an activist who has been beaten and received death threats tor his beliefs in the past. William, or Billy as he prefers to be known, is 75 and more than a little frail, but his shoes are weir shined and his smart blazer bears the emblem of the Marines regiment he served with during the Second World War. He is also certainly not: too frail to talk; one of the hardest things during our hour long interview is to stop him talking. However, at times you get a definite feeling that Billy is holding back, perhaps having had bad experiences with the media in the past. In fact, at the end of the interview he· winks and says there were "so many more interesting things we could have discussed if they weren't taboo."

A much younger BNP member called Steve is also present at our meeting, largely, it seems, to provide protection for Billy should we try to attack him physically. At any rate, he rarely speaks, except to recommend a book by GK Chesterton which he • believes we would find instructive on Nationalism.

After the coffee arrives and both tape recorders have been switched on - Billy and Steve insist on recording the proceedings as wel l - we start off topically, discussing the BNP's attitude towards events in Austria.

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"This is an unconscious type of racism; one built so deep into their view of the world that it goes totally unquestioned." concentration camps as "punishment centres". The massive suspicion of Haider that exists all around Europe ha~ even spread to UEA, with the Anti Nazi League sticking posters up all over campus claiming that, "Haider is Hitler".

We show him the poster, but, perhaps surprisingly, Billy seems to have little enthusiasm for Nationalist success in Austria. "All I know," he says, "is what I've read in the national newspapers, with snide remarks about whether he supports Hitler. Well, that's all rubbish . The line is that Jorg Haider was elected by the electorate - the public - by democratic process. And that came directly up against the powers that be, who no matter what the situation, or where, cannot allow sovereignty to reign."

Billy's ambivalent attitude towards events in Austria soon becomes less puzzling. The BNP, it seems, is a very broad church that is held together more by what they all oppose than wh at they all support. There is certainly no coherent 'Nationalist' political philosophy, and they have little interest in propagating Nationalist ideas in other countries. According to Billy, "people have different views" within the BNP about whether the European Union is a good idea. Thus he could only say that they "may" want to pull out of Europe. Similarly, official BNP policy is to hold numerous referendums, as they do in Switzerland, but Billy disagrees with this totally and claims that only a small proportion of

members support the policy.

He could, however, say with absolute certainty what the BNP oppose: immigration. "We don't need immigration, full stop. Anyone with half a brain can see that. lt has not been successful in any part of the world."

Interestingly, Billy comes across as far more pro-English than overtly xenophobic. He does not condemn racial minorities for who they are; instead he is concerned about the threat they pose to 'our' country. In fact, at one point he criticises people from his village who use the term "nigger". "Our enemies are not the blacks," he says earnestly. "And they're not the gypsies. They're not even the IRA. Our enemies are in Westminster. They want to set up a multi-racial state, without any opposition and without a shot fired ."

When pushed to explain what he sees as wrong with a multi-racial state, Billy moves into analogies. "People should have the right to say who comes in, like your own house. lt's okay to have your neighbour over for tea, but you wouldn't want them to stay the night and sleep in your bed while you sleep on the sofa." He juxtaposes this analogy with another, this time about gardens. "A nation is like flowers in a garden. With just a few daisies it would be boring, but with a few rhododendrons and so on you'd have a nice garden." We skip over the fact that this seems to be an argument in support of a multi-racial society, largely because by this time Billy is in full flow and there is no chance·to interrupt him. The sheer number of ethnic groups in Britain, he asserts, mean that we inevitably, "lose the cohesion of our society, with everyone pulling in different directions." He sees many parallels between what is happening in this country and what has happened in the former Yugoslavia. "We have a number of potential Kosovos in this country, you know.

In Oldham the Asians are gradually clearing the whites out. All around this area there are 'white flights' - white people who have been forced to move by other races."

What, then, does Billy think about cases where foreigners attempt to come to Britain to escape persecution - for example the recent Afghan hijackers? If their lives are in danger in their homeland, should they be allowed to stay? "If they are able bodied people, they would have to stay [in thei r own country], as we would, and fight to remove the evil." Billy's time in the Marines suggests he is being very serious here, but perhaps a little unrealisti.c. lt's strange to hear this old man outlining such extreme views in such a reasonable tone of voice. The closest you can get to it is probably sitting in your grandparents' house, listening to your grandfather or grandmother talking about how the "Darkies" are always better at boxing; or casually using terms like "Paki" and "Wog".

This is an unconscious type of racism; one built so deep into their view of the world that it goes totally unquestioned. Billy's divisions have been deeply drawn.

There are the English - his people - who he still sees as having a homogenous racial.identity and common heritage, and then there are the other 'tribes'. To him, English lives are simply worth more than those of 'foreigners'.

The racism is almost all in the abstract. When Billy talks about the Kosovo girl who was brought over to Britain for treatment last year with a bullet lodged in her head, it is obvious that he is not lacking in compassion. Some Nationalists, he says, would argue that this girl should not have been let into the country. "But of course she should have been; he counters.

His reaction is the same when asked about the Stephen Lawrence case: "Nobody wanted the Lawrence boy to die," he says with what seems like real feeling. "That's for sure. But while that thing went on 10 white people were killed in racial attacks - and no~one took any notice." This is the essence of Billy's racism . He seems to have little problem with other races per se, but they

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are, in the final analysis, other races - and his people come first. e move on to talk about the Norwich BNP. For some reason, Billy seems extremely unwilling to reveal its actual size, although he does tell us that the members, "come from all walks of life". He laughs when asked what kind of size hall the BNP meet in - clearly believing that we are trying to discover where they meet. lt's difficult to know why he is so recalcitrant over this issue: it might simply be that he does not know.

However, in the end he does claim that, "if all the people who had phoned up and expressed an interest-had stayed, this would be the biggest party in the area; and tries to give an impression of the size by describing their role in last year's European elections. Apparently the Norwich group was, at very s[1ort notice, put in charge of designing, printing and bundling a million BNP leaflets for the Eastern England region campaign. They had "no problem'' completing this fairly large task on time suggesting a membership of at least a couple of hundred. When this figure is put to Billy he merely smiles enigmatically: "You could say at least th~."

• Halfway through the interview, Billy's granddaughter interrupts to say she is going home. He kisses her tenderly on the forehead , and tells her to send his love to her mother. If you have ever wondered how seemingly ordinary, reasonable people with caring families could

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support· extreme racist views, then Billy could well provide the answer. Although he says he is on the left of the Party now, he happily admits to having been involved in violent National Front demonstrations during the

"Although he says he is on the left of the Party now, he happily admits to having been involved in National Front demonstrations during the 1980s."

1980s, facing off against the "Reds" and the police. Billy himself may not have been involved in any of the violent racist incidents that went on at these rallies, but he was certainly a part of the movement which perpetrated them. And even now his views convey a very serious degree of racism: to condemn the displacement of whites by Asians in Oldham is the same as suggesting that something needs to be done about the Asians. And, in fact, Billy refuses to reject ethnic cleansing as a solution to what he sees as the "overcrowding of Britain".

The possibility of ethnic minorities - in many cases second, third, fourth generation Britons - being deported in the interests of the English race rears its ugly head. lt is a remarkably small jump from an attitude that is essentially pro-English to a policy which, practically, would be rabidly racist and xenophobic.

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Dream degree? merican Studies. Yes, that is the title of my degree, and yes, I have spent four years studying it. And yes, I have also spent four years being asked to justify it, and frankly I'm pissed off.

Everywhere I go, when people ask me what I'm studying, I get the same reaction: "Am erican Studies - what's the point of that? Well I suppose the history part only takes you a month. Ha hal" And I laugh loudly too, but through my teeth, and I find myself turning into an apologetic fool for wasting tax payers money which could be better spent on hospitals or politicians' parking spaces. "So what sort of job are you going to get with that degree?" is generally the next question.

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But I never say that; instead I find myself beginning to preempt their comments. "So what degree are you studying?" they ask. "Oh, some shit one," I reply . "American studies. I'll never get a job, but at least the history part only takes about a month I" Ha! Nothing to say now, have you?

I even had to defend my degree at passport control in America, of all places. "What job are you going to get with that then?" the woman asked when I told her I was learning about her culture and heritage. Passport control, I wanted to say, but I managed

to remember that she was my key to getting into the country.

"Oh, just some rubbish," I said for the frfth million time, and laughed self-depreca1ingly at myself, before she could.

What I really want to say is that my degree is just as valid as any other, despite the fact that it doesn't have a direct career path. At least I'm not taking North pole studies or a degree in Origami. And in case you're Interested, learning about American history does take more than a month, and yes there is such a thing as American culture. In fact, I'm just as employable as any other graduate student. By the way, do you want fries with that?

I think he would be good as London mayor. Labour have not handled themselves well.

Lara Clements EAS2 He'll turn London into a giant Kibbutz and the free market will crumble overnight.

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Perhaps the safest way is to set up your own web site, perform live in front of a web-cam, and wait and see who gets in touch.

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Politics is far too London-centric. Other mayoral elections should be given as much consideration. This discussion is indicative of an unequal society.

Martina Capaldi EAS2

I want him to stand, but only if Dobson steps aside. lt would do more harm than ,good if Livingstone were to stand as an independent candidate.

Andrew Johnstone SOC3 If Dobson is elected mayor, it will be the final confirmation of Blair's evil tyranny.

Daniel Ellls LLT2

Career fear: Porn star What does a porn star do?

The late Eighties and early Nineties saw the industry move away from sleaze and become a good deal more professional. However, the job description remains essentially the same as it was 100 years ago - your audience is just potentially a good deal bigger.

Student speak Ken Livingstone' s campaign to becom e London Mayor has been curtailed by the election of Frank Dobson as the official Labour party candidate, but should he continue to represent the wishes of t he London public as he sees fit , by standing as an independent candidate, or would this prove too damaging to the Labour party, dividing MPs into o ld Labour left or Blair ites?

Why do people always say non-vocatlonar degrees are no use?

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Blair's blocking of Livingstone is totally undemocratic.

Joe Gooden EAS1

Anything els e I should know?

There will always be sharks around ready to devour the weak and unwary. Being a porn star is rarely a career for life; only the 'lucky' few truly make it, and many of them eventually seem to end up in Italian politics. For most performers it is a quick and possibly dangerous route to a few fast bucks.

The longer this ridiculous affair drags out the more embarrassment for the Labour party.

Wllllam Lakeman. SOC1 lt would appear that whereas there are a few who are bored with the whole election, others view the issue as vastly significant in determining the direction of the Labour party and modern politics In general.. ..

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The UEA photo casebook Food raids are always a problem ...

orn o Could your flatmate have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?¡ Donna Smith investigates ... f your flat-mate washed his hands 17 times after he touched a door handle, or checked he'd locked the front door eight times before leaving the house, you'd worry, wouldn't you?

After all, this isn't how most people act when closing a door or leaving the house. Maybe he could just be eccentric - or maybe something a little more serious. These actions can actually be signs of OCD, or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is an anxiety disorder, the main characteristics being the inability to resist or stop fears and obsessive thoughts, combined with ritualistic, repetitive and compulsive behaviour. If these 'rituals' aren't completed, then anxiety sets in.

Of course, the ritualistic behaviours highlighted here aren't the only compulsions related to OCD. They can range from continually making and checking mental lists to circling the house three or four times before going to bed to ensure that every appliance is switched off. There really isn't a definitive list - OCD can affect people in many different ways. But why do people feel the need to perform these rituals or act in ways that seem strange to non-sufferers? Many of the fears and worries people have seem quite logical at first: there is nothing wrong or unusual about hating

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untidiness, or being afraid of death. But there is something that causes such people to go further than this, to turn these fears into obsessions and then exhaust themselves with compulsive behaviour.

Identifying the cause of OCD, however, is not easy. One theory is that the compulsion is a reaction to the obsession. Therefore if someone has an obsessive fear about contamination or disease, their behaviour will reflect this with

"If someone develops fears about a tragedy occuring, the reaction could be a ritual that they perform before leaving the house." compulsive cleaning or compulsive personal hygiene. Or if someone develops persistent fears about a death or tragedy occurring, the reaction might be a ritual that has to be performed before they leave the house - meant somehow to keep tragedy at bay. The compulsion could almost be described as a comfort blanket to the obsession.

Take this comfort blanket away, and anxiety will s~til} .

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SeSSIOn Many Obsessive Compulsive sufferers will recognise that their behaviour is unreasonable, but this doesn't mean that they will automatically stop it. Many find they can't. If unchecked, the disorder can seriously disrupt a person's life, and in severe cases lead to depression or even mental illness.

There are ways of treating OCD, however.

Most techniques aim at the root of the anxiety, attempting to get rid of the fears, and therefore stopping the repetitive , compulsive behaviour and the feelings of anxiety which occur if the compulsions aren't followed through. This may sound simple, but in reality it is not. The condition can flare up again and again even after treatment, and often an Obsessive Compulsive sufferer will struggle with their condition all through their life.

Even though it is not highly publicised, and its prevalence is largely unknown, OCD can be a very serious problem for the sufferer.

So if your flatmate does have a compulsive desire to clean your place from top to bottom every day, try to resist the (albeit strong) urge to ignore it. They could need your help.

The No Panic helpline offers advice, counselling and referrals: 01952 590 545 (10am to 10pm, all week)

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6) Jeffrey Archer got into trou ble over having shares in wh ic·h Norwich based company?

7) How much did Bernie Eccl estone donate to th e Labour Party?

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Wow Pisces - is there any1hing that you can't do? You really seem to be the sign who has it all at the moment, but that's the way it should be. You work hard and it shows. Sit back , take it easy and leave any decision making until next week.

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Think of Canada and you think of Moose, Mounties and Maple trees. Carolyn Boyd found out if her stereotypes were justified ... f walking up the library stairs has been the only exercise you've had for four years, and the only time you've noticed fresh air has been upon leaving the pub, then a trip to Eastern Canada will leave you wishing you'd visited the gym more. The sight of millions of maple leaves turning from green to yellow to fire engine red can make even the least outdoorsy person want to don a pair of hiking boots and climb every mountain in the province of Quebec.

While the French-speaking region of Canada may not be the first choice destination when visiting this enormous country, if you're hitting the land of moose, mounties and maple syrup in late September the area is a must.

We picked the Loonie Trail, a backpacker's tour bus operated throughout Quebec and Ontario by the Moose Travel Company. Our first stop was Baie St Paul, a village on the banks of the East Lawrence River. With its tiny clapperboard houses painted different colours, along with the stunning surrounding scenery, it is little surprise that there are so many artists in the town who, on a Sunday morning, take their easels and pallets on to the

"Many of them offer incredible views of the river, and there are lakes that reflect the blazing colours of the trees like mirrors." street and paint.

In order to see more than the village itself and to reach the beaches along the river, we hired mountain bikes, which were also a good way of getting to and from our accommodation. While hostels throughout the area are good, it is 'Le Balcon Vert' up the hill from the village that sticks in the mind. Instead of the usual dormitories, residents were assigned a bunkbed in a chalet, which, despite being a very reminiscent of Brownie camp, proved warm and surprisingly comfortable. However, it is not the walk across the site to the shower block that makes this place unique; it is the sensational view from 'the green

balcony' at the front of the restaurant and communal area. Sitting next to the camp fire as the sun sets over the bay, after the regular communal meal prepared by the owners, makes you feel as though the ,est of the world need not exist.

Our next stop was Tadoussac, a smaller village resting further up the river close to the Saguenay fjord. lt is the region's headquarters for whalewatching boat-trips. The hostel, 'La Maison Majorique' will book trips for you on the Zodiac boats. Although there are several companies offering this kind of excursion, the Zodiacs are small and fast, making it easier for them to locate the whales and follow them as they move. Although you might expect dinghy-loads of tourists to scare the m inky, fin-backed and hump-backed whales, they seem fairly unperturbed, and are happy to come close to the boat so you can get a good look as they duck and dive, flicking their enormous tails.

The hostel also organises beaver trails, on foot or by kayak, as well as bear watching trips. Although it would have been exciting to see a black bear, we decided to boycott this trip after we were told the guides were feeding the bear to ensure it came back each day. Instead we opted for the less exploitative beaver trail.

We hiked to an area upstream where beavers were constructing a dam.

Peering out from behind the trees, we spotted a couple chomping on some wood before they disappeared to take a swim. There are several other hikes ar?,U\1~

for two war-time conferences. Elsewhere in the old walled town there are plenty of monuments to centuries of battles between the English and French. From the citadel, perched at the top of the hill, you get a stunning view of the city and the St

the area, all well signposted to ensure you don't wander off into the wilderness. Many of them offer incredible views of the river, and lakes that reflect the blazing colours of the trees like mirrors. We took a hike out to a point on the Saguenay fjord overlooking an area where it is possible to see the rare Beluga whale. The water is warmer in this area and so they come at certain times of year to mate and give birth. Despite being disappointed at having missed their annual visits, the view of the fjord in the late afternoon sun was pretty remarkable.

"Peering out from behind the trees, we spotted two beavers chomping on some wood before they disappeared for a swim."

hile history may not be the first thing that springs to mind when considering a trip to the North American continent, Quebec City, where we made our last stop, was positively dripping with it. lt came as no surprise, then, that UNESCO has declared it a world heritage site. On the other hand, it is slightly disappointing to discover that the city's main landmark - the green turreted Chateau Frontenac - is actually a hotel built in 1893. Despite its relative newness, though, it is famous for its guests, including Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, who met here

Lawrence River. And after the hundreds of steps to the top, it makes a great picnic spot, if you manage to forget, of course, that the nearby Battlefields Park was once a bloody battleground .

A trip to a francophone city would not be complete, of course, without sampling the local cuisine. Sadly, one of the traditional dishes bears little resemblance to the haute cuisine of France.

We passed over Poutine (French fries covered in gravy and cheese curd) in favour of ihe more familiar Crepes at one of the cheapest and most atmospheric restaurants in the old town. But even

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louds. Clouds in the sky, drifting ever so slowly onwards. Always recognisable, yet never the same.

Always change, always. And faces , floating above me, obscuring my clouds. The precious, illusory clouds. Dirt on my face ... in my face. Something wrong ... my leg ... gone . Gone in a flash , all gone . Nightfall , the clouds melting into th e night sky, stars forming in the brilliant afterglow of the sun's departure .

You 're dead.

Where am I? Waiting.

What's happening?

Dead and waiting .

Waiting?

Yes. Not long now.

Dead?

Yes. Now. White steel , stretching up into mist. Brilliance all around me , surrounding me, enveloping me , binding me. But nowhere to go, nothing to see or hear or understand. Just steel gates , above and below me . Nobody to open the gates for me .

Up the best way to go by far . Up , further ... further. No distance , just endlessly climbing , higher, higher. Until I am at the top, and there is no further to go.

The pinnacle , where all things meet and begin again . Light all around me, pinpricks . The sky and my Earth , full of stars. I know each one .

I climb over the gates , and fall , fall , endlessly downwards, and then stop. Standing amongst others. Shouts, movement, arguments, running , violence, despair, fighting . This should not be here.

"Where am I?" The old , grey man looked at me with tired , curious eyes . "You are at the end of your journey. You have ... arrived now."

Where had I been travelling to? What had happened to me? Travelling, yes .. . not to here, not this place. Somewhere else - home.

Travelling home- driving home. Yes, driving .

And the ice on the road , and then ... and then "You are home now. " "Where .. .where is here?"

The old man looked around him, sadly gazing out through sou l-hungry eyes at the destruction and impossibilities taking place around him . Th e blood , staining the stars, flooding them , overwhelming them. Red .. . Red .. . Red. Drowning in .. red. He looked back at me.

"Welcome to Heaven , my son ."

No. Not possible. lt shouldn't be like this. Not this terror, this hatred . Why was I here? I had never even believed anyway. Why me? Why here? Why now?

"If this is .. .where is he? Where is ... He? God? Where is God in all th is?"

The old man smiled kindly at me. "My son , he is .. . no longer with us. He is now .. . elsewhere.

The time is yours now. I pray you do better with it than others have done."

Cannot leave it like this. Cannot, must not and wi ll not.

Control ... all we need is control. Destroy the anarchy, restore the peace, th e way it all should be . Only one place to go. His Throne, where all must bow down.

I go to it. Before me. Huge. Power. Control.

Force them to listen , then make them understand . Stop it all. I reach out and grasp the arm of the Throne, I feel its power racing through every vein , every artery , feel it in every cell, every pore , all over my body and within my body, every opening .

I turn and lower to sit. The Throne glows , burning , burning , covered in fire - flames , over me! Flowing through me! Burning! Burning!

Every vein , every artery, every cell , every pore, over me, in me, bursting with flame , bu rsting , bursting!

FALLIN G. Fal ling , falling down . Down and down and down , spiralling , fall ing , turn ing , fall ing , spinning, strains, forces , pain - tugging , stretching, ripping, tearing - falling!

The flam e. The fire . Horror ... nothing but horror.

A Poem

Moon Face

Illustrious , An illustration in its own right , Words, colours really , Each letter a colour, And each word a combination of co lours, Iridescent, essence of a poem , Like a rainbow, which is revealed in the sky, Hiding, untouchable , Friends gather and hear a poetic song, Around a hexagon of sides , Sides - a person for each, So many sides- a circle , A spinning consciousness, One world in its own right , With orbits, For each emotion .

A strand of bright light, Creates a steadfast strand of hair, Which moulds to the front of her face , And proclaims, via her lips - "I am fair".

Fred's Drug Addiction Qualifications , qualifications, Cut him up like the shape divisions , Drawn between each grade, So his ruddv face, Is that of blood.

In frustration he, Sniffs up cocaine Bounding about abominably, Defiance and spitefulness, Bury his goodness.

In an ecstasy, He dances wild ly, Arms like propellers .

Shredding his clothes, Which to him represent civilisation.

Creases, greases, His whole life in pieces, Ranting panting Sprawling , craw ling.

Rasping call of a crow, Which subsides, As his ruffled , nihilist feathers fall , A crow caught in branches.

Begging in despair - for more chances Platform to thump, Thump, Thump, thump .

As she rests , Her eyes close so that a mineral layer flows To form a satellite of her own, The essential element of night shows.

She has an expression , On an expressionless face, A whole philosophy of her own in a landscape form , So an expression enlivens this enduring pace .

White Walls Another white wall - my paper, All now casting , An evaluative eye on me, Judging me, From this distance.

Eyes pooling together the environment, Shaped by the insolent, Who remind me, "They are worldly as well as 1," Writing on , being on these white walls.

Each wall a different perspective, Each wall demanding a stillness, To co-ordinate the eye.

Quality glistens in the form of crystals , For many there are hidden aptitudes - diamonds, To be extracted from the ore, For some no sincerity glistens though , Just a deep ocean of deceit which pretends to flow.

Space and secrecy is, Abundant on insincere white walls, Some seep their eyes into the edges , Cornered , Bias, no wisdom .

Meanwhile, This oceanic fountain fashioned Poem ebbs back , As the content crystallises in your eyes, Whilst the poem crystallises on the page.

Poems by Nicko Bowett

Ha, Ha, Has , Which creep over ha, ha hills, Along with th e rest of the drivel, Whi ch he spills.

Some of his clothes blow off, Th ey hook on to signs To gestu re and beg , For attention.

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Martin & Acock Norfolk Women's League Division 1 p w d a Pts f Old Buckenham 1 UEA1 Norwich City 2 Beccles Evergreens 1 Sprowston 1 Watton 2 Dereham 3 Pelicans 2 Broadland 2

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6 6 5

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5 2 4 4

6 7

6 6 7

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Crowe Insurance Men's East Hockey League Division 4 North East p w d a Pts f Norwich Union 2 Lowestoft Town Thetford Town H'leston Magpies 4 Norwich City 3 UEA2 Waven&y Dereham 3 Broadland 3 Norwich City 4 Pelicans 3 Dereham 4

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Martin & Acock Norfolk Women's League Division 3 p w d f a Pts Denver Yarmouth 2 Old Buckenham 2 Dereham Fillies UEA2 Norwich Union 3 Magpies Colts B Magpies 4 Norwich City 4 North Walsham 2

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Crowe Insurance Men's East Hockey League Division 3 North East p w d a Pts f Gorleston Pelicans 2 Norwich City 2 8 St Edmunds 2 UEA Broadland Holt Harlequins H'leston Magpies 3 Lowestoft Railway Broadland 2 B St Edmunds 3 Dereham 2

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I Kate Hoey_goes ~yond the headlines and talks to Concrete about the state of British SP.Ort ports Min ister Kale Hoey is one of the most quoted politicians in Britain , and during her six months in the job controversy has never been far away.

But she is keen to emphasise that there is more to being Sports Minister than court ing publicity.

"I want to be Minister for all sports , not just footba ll," she explains.

"Th e perception that the government is obsessed with football has led to criticism in the past . it 's obviously important , but there are othe r things going on as well ."

So how does Ms Hoey see her ro le?

"In order to be a really good Minister for Sport I think that I have to convince other pa rt s of government that spor t matters and that it is important enough to get resources .

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"Sports people are always so busy that they don 't have time to lobby and yet local councils and M Ps need to be to ld what 's wrong and what they need ."

But fu lfilling such ambitions is far from easy, especially when media scrutiny is intense.

"The Sports Minister is a job in which you are a lways being asked for your instant reaction to even ts and I' m trying to get away from being just a soundbite , knee jerk politician , because that's not what it's about.

"Ther e's no point being a Minister unless you can deliver and actually make a difference , and headlines don 't produce results so I'm very ca reful now about doing interviews because th ere are journalists who pick up on one se ntenc e and take it out of context.

"You 'll remember that I said someth ing about spitting in relation to role models and behaviour. lt was in a 20 minute speech about school sports and one sentence got

"I'm not saying that the arts should get less, but I think that we need to look carefully at how money comes into sport" example , the arts has .

"I'm not saying th at the arts should get less , but I think that we need to look really ca refully at how money comes into sport."

For the Mini ster, spor t is a serious business and we 're not just talking about the nation 's dreams of glory here . " I've got to convince government that sport is more tha n just people having fun , although that 's great.

"Sport can delive r on other things connected with the Government 's policy, such as th e Prime Minister 's antidrug initiative and our work combating social on exclusion."

Adde d Ms Hoey, "Your influence is only as great as the work you put in, part of which is working with other departments but I would also like to see the lobby for sport

picked up so Th e Sun ended up sayi ng , "Minister calls for spitt ing to be banned ," which , of course , I hadn 't done ."

So , what are the Minister's views on the current controve rs ies surrou nding the use of drugs and player vio lence in Briti s h sport? No soundbi tes , I promise .

"I find it terribly sad that we might have ath letes who are cheating , and we need to take it seriously.

"Government will do what it can to help the gover ning bodies and in ternational bodies get the systems in place to stop this happening , and if peopl e are found guilty they must be punished .

"Th e way forward , I think , is through WADA (World AntiDoping Asso ciation) which has been se t up indep ende nt of the Olympi c movement , while the International Olympic Committee will try to

get some agreement among countries , not just about testing , but also penalties ."

Similarly, on the problem of vio lent behaviour Hoey favours a hard line approach . " it's not up to me to lay down th e pena lties but it is up to me to make sure that the governing bodies are fulfilling their obligations to the future of sport, otherwise we will end up with a kind of anarchy.

"Clearly, now they have the responsibility, particularly where footba ll concerned with it being so high profile , to be much tougher about saying what isn 't accep tabl e behavio ur and to bring in the penalties to prevent it from happening ."

If the pressure of controversy erupting week after week wasn't enough , there was the fact that Hoey

took over from one of Brita in 's most controversial and outspoken politicians , Tony Banks .

Did this put Kale Hoey under additiona l stra in?

"Tony has a pa rt icular style and I have mine , and I wasn 't going to change the way I did things . I 'm very honest and direct , just as Tony was very direct ," she insisted.

Perhaps not then .

Still on the subject of Banks , he is spea rheading the bid to host the 2006 World

strong bids from

cou ntries li ke South Africa , is there rea ll y a chance of Baddiel and Skinner returning to the recording studio?

"We 've got a very good technical bid . If bids were decided on pure merit then we would be winning, but , of course , this is a poli ti ca l , with a small P and a big P,

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Meanwhile , work is underway to secure the Ath letics World Champ io nships for 2005 , a decision that wi ll be made at the end of March .

Such bids certainly suggest that Britain is not short of sporting ambition , but can the performance of our sports stars equa l the

"There is a tendency to think that we have the right to win things because we invented a lot of the major sports" decision. lt wi ll be decided by 24 members of FIFA in July and each country will be judging in all sorts of ways , so although we should win, no one can say that it will defini tel y happen."

Central to this bid is th e new National Stadium that will rep lace Wembl ey, but in making thi s a t em ple for footba ll have they sacrificed any chances of hosting an Olympi c Games?

Said Ms Hoey: "I think the proposal as it first stood wou ld have meant that the Olympics would have been sac rifi ced, because the Briti s h Olympic Associatio n itself were no t happy.

"The way it stands now, we have got a stadium th at is going to be very good for footb all and rugby league and we will make sure that there is an equivalent fac ility for athletics .

"We are working very closely with the BOA and they will be bringing up ideas for th e nearest time we ca n bid , which will probably be for 2012 or maybe

ambition?

"Because we didn 't do part icu lar ly well in the rugby and cricket world cups , and because our footba ll t eam isn 't doing so well , there is a tendency to feel that we are not doing well in sport s generally - but we do have a lot of world c ham pio ns in different sports .

"However, you wouldn 't think so from the coverage they get , and of course there are many good wom en ath letes who don 't get a lot of pub licity as the media tends to be interested in sports th at men are involved in ."

And finally, what of Britain 's apparent superiority complex when it comes to sport? " I th ink ther e has been a tend ency t o think that we have the rig ht to win thing s because we invented a lot of the major sports ," admi ts Ms Hoey.

"But we don 't have the right to w in th in gs ; you win thing s through hard work and creating the right structures .

"Where we do fall down is the way we develop talent. For many of our youngsters , when they are around 13 or 14, there is not the link between school and club to gi ve them help at a time when they need that talent to be developed . see things "I wa nt to change."

Words : Nick Henegan

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Written all over him Body art fanatic and Manchester United follower Shaun Southwick has shelled out £500 to have all the team's honours on his back.

The list of United's 64 honours dates back to 1892 and took over 15 hours to create, In sittlngs spread over five years.

Said Shaun: "lt was painful, but it was worth it. lt's my tribute."

I've ed enough The editor of cricket bible Wisden is leaving his job - because he can no longer stand England's poor performances.

Since taking charge in 1993, Matthew Engel has seen England lose 11 Test series, draw two, and win only four. " lt was an honour to edit Wlsden, but it's wearing having to explain our failures," explained.Engel.

Keeping up with the Joneses

Rioch still believes a glay·off glace is P-OSsible for SP-irited Canaries

By WILL HALSEY and SIMON CAVE

NORWICH CITY recorded their best win of the season against a lacklust re Grimsby side at Carrow Road on Saturday February 19.

With both sides looking to drag them elves out of mid-table obscurity, the game initially looked as though it wou ld be a clo e one.

Grimsby started brightly, testing influence that led to the Canaries ' midfield , but still displaying a City with a series of fierce of shots first three goal haul of the season, as worrying tendency to give it away in good positions. in the opening 10 minutes. his deep cross wa headed in by But in the eleventh minute, City Llewellyn to complete the victory in Despite orwich 's advances it the seventy-fourth minute. were gifted the opening goal as was Huddersfield who broke the Town defender John McDermott After the game Rioch refused to deadlock in the ixty-fifth minute. headed a Paul Daglish cross into his count City out of the play-offs, Martin Smith had his shot well own net. saying "The season is always alive . saved by Canaries keeper, Andy Norwich then took charge with With three point for a win , team Marshall , only for the ball to drop to Daglish and Chris Llewellyn both can move up or down very quickly."

Huddersfield's Jamie Vincent, who delivering dangerous balls.

If Bruce Rioch was to be believed tucked the rebound home. then City would have to prove Spirit themselve in games like last But despite incessant pressure, Saturday's tie, against an out of orwich rallied well after going City were still only one up at half form Huddersfield ide. behind, and showed a team spirit time.

Norwich were seeking to record which has been sadly lacking at Grimsby started the second half their first back to back victories Carrow Road over the last few brightly, worrying the home side 's since December, but also had the months. defence. opportunity to penalise promotion And the fight paid off after 75 But the game changed in City 's riva l, Huddersfield by taking the minutes, when Adrian Forbes favour on the hour when Bruce three point . cruised through the Huddersfield Rioch brought teenage star Dare!

Norwich had the better of the defence to set up Dalglish, who Rus ell into the match. opening period of play, with Paul whipped in a cross for the prolific Within five minutes RusseU had Dalglish hooting just wide after lwan Roberts to bundle into the made an impact with a superb turn Chris Llewellyn capitalised on the back of the net. and shot from the edge of the six space he was getting down the left.

Both sides had chances to win the yard box.

But as the half wore on game late on with Chris Lucketti The cla sy finish not only Huddersfield asserted themselves, being lucky to escape with only a effectively ecured the game. for with midfield dynamo Dean Gorre yellow card after pulling down City, but also confirmed Russell's beginning to create chances.

Forbes who was clean through on reputation as a star of the future .

The second half was a much goal , but in the end a draw was a fair However, it wa man-of-themore enjoyable affair then the first, renection of a disappointing Daglish's continuing match with City competing for the ball in encounter.

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lt's a commentator's nightmare If there are more than two players with the same name.

So imagine the problems faced by the poor chap who was watching a certain Welsh League match last week, when Bala Rugby Club of Gwynedd decided to field no less than 12 players named Jones.

And to make matters worse, their opponents, Fairwater, boasted four Morgans.

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IRorting failure RrOmRtS discussion on the organisation of SROrt at UEA

By ALEX KENNING UEA'S BUSA m isery was completed a fortnight ago after the last teams left in the knockout competition crashed out.

The lack of consistent success over the last few years has prompted fur ious debate among UEA's sporting community about the current st ate of affairs Understandably, Ke ith Nicholls, UEA's Director of Sport and Physical Educatio n, is far from happy.

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Senate " lt was still a problem in the early rounds when some teams could not put all thei r people out, and although Senate had agreed Wednesday afternoons should be free that wasn 't the cas e during t he early rou nds."

Union Sports Officer, lbi Gowan, however, was keen emphasise UEA's to achievements.

Said lbi, "lt 's important to remember that a lot of teams ended up in t he Cup and t here you start to come up against the Loughboroughs and the sports colleges who train about four or five times a week."

Disadvantage

Thi> handed 13USA debut~ to Tom l?lacklock and K~it h Lucking.

In th e top match of the ti~ Joe Conway w'" fo rc ~d to pit hi' 'k ill \ aga in st a top c l a~s opponent who had reached the quarter finals of th ~ Engli'h Amateur Champion>hip in I'}')'}. and was preparing to tly out to Barcelona for the Spani'h Amateur tournam e nt after th e The Surr~y man start~d hrightly. opening with ~ birdies in the first 4 hnk>. and de,pite being a\ level par after five hole<. Cnnway \\'as qill two dow n.

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" We are continually disappointed that we are not making greater progress," he lamented.

And he pointed to the fact that some students were still stuck in Wednesday afternoon lectures as a possible factor.

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However his opponent initiated a spirited fight -back. and soo n wiped out the advantage before finishing ~ trongl y to w in the ma tch 4 anLI 2.

But he does acknowledge that UEA teams are at a disadvantage as local competition fails to provide them with enough opposition. " In some leagues there is not enough competition , UEA are thrashing people

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In the final two game~. tkbutantes Tom Black lnck and K~ith Lucking played ~ome fantastic golf. hut a glut of Surrey hirdi ~s prcv~n!ed UEA from gelling a point on the hoard.

Said club president John Con" a): "' ll aving hecn dra\\ n "ith <trguahl) the h~sl \earn in Eng l<tnd. the r~'uli \\'itS ~"enl iall v \\ h"l we cspcctcd. hut h"d \\ c hc~n <thk 10 ficlt.l our ~trong~"l team. \\ c may ha\ c been able In do something ... .. llo,, evcr. on th~ posili\~ side. the fou!H.Ia!ions arc in pl<tce Im ncs\ '~"r - with J)"vid <tlld S im nn making the '!ep up \0 BUSt\ golf. .. h~ added .

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and there is no way that this can prepare teams for BUSA opposition," he conceded .

Indeed, Football Club President Graeme Byrne feels that playing in their present league is making his players worse.

Fumed Graeme: " You come to university expecting to play at a high level but then you come up against these bad teams e\ler~ week."

Solution " Players are picking up bad habits f rom these teams and that is certain ly affecting our BUSA performances," he expla ined.

But fo r Keith Nicholls, the solution is complex. " Everybody recognises that there is a problem and there are a number of thing s going on to try to improve things " he said.

"The University has agreed to invest in sports scholarships from 2001 to try and attract people to UEA with the right qualifications who are outstanding in individual sports, wh ile making links with local clubs and leagues to improve week in and week out competit ion."

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Boat club beat conditions to excel on River Yare l;t•b'@§ Norwich Head I

By MARK EDWARDS

UEA'S BOAT Club enjoyed yet more success last week when the Men's Coxed Four stole the show at the Norwich Head.

The Coxed Four put in an impressive performance, showing their strength and endurance to fight off tough competition. ln the end it was almost a massacre, as the four, consisting of Pivonka, Etty, Page and Beard, and coxed superbly by Becky Saillett, finished over a minute ahead of the nearest competition.

Despite having the advantage of knowing the River Yare, the race was still taxing, as the blustery and choppy conditions made the 6,600m time trial an arduous task for all the teams

Honours In the single sculls Richard Kelsey showed the sort of form that allowed him to claim the honours at last year's BUSA regatta, while James Orme was also victorious as they overcame the conditi ons to take gold medals.

And as the novice crews also succeeded in improving upon last term's, it proved to be a

fantastic effort from the club all round.

Both the men 's and women's crew had been entered into higher categories than previously, and so were facing more experienced crews, but this failed to perturb them, and the teams pushed themselves to the limit to perform well.

Setback Despite a further setback when one of the crew fell ill at the last minute and had to be replaced, the women worked hard and managed to achieve a top three position.

Then the men 's team were only narrowly pushed into by local second place opposition, despite a valiant struggle.

The club's Men 's Captain, Rob Page, was generally pleased with the results: " It was

a very strong performance from the entire club, and it showed the massive development that the boat club has undergone this year.

"The Men 's senior four were outstanding on the day, especially if you con ider that they only came together for the first time that week."

However, UEA know that the Norwich Head is just a warm up for the forthcoming Head of the River Race in London, which will test the crews over the gruelling four and a half mile Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race course.

Legend The opposition wiU also be a lot tougher, as UEA battle it out with over 500 crews, including competitors like British Olympic legend Steve Red grave.

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UEA taste sweet victory against Cambridge after BUSA disaRROintment I;JIM:楼1 Women 's Firsts 24-0 Cambridgel

By LUKE TURNER

THE WOMEN 'S Rugby Club were able to put BUSA disappointment behind them on Saturday, February 20, with a convincing victory over arch-rivals Cambridge.

The friend ly, which was played in front of a large crowd at Norwich Rugby Club, saw them dominate throughout. the match, Julia McCaffrey made a who dummied her opposite number UEA were in control from brilliant break, releasing Angela and surged through the gap with the the first kick of the game, with Sells for her second try of the game.

Blues unable to match her strength flanker Olga Shakova The second ha lf was made more and speed. securing the ball for the difficult for UEA by a tired Rourke then converted her try to pack to ruck over Cambridge pack, whose inabi li ty to give UEA a 12-0 lead before l and feed the hold up the scrum resulted in a static back Cambridge even had their hands on impressive game. the ball. line.

Despite the slow pace, UEA The early ball Onslaught continued to dom inate and remained caught Cambridge camped in the Cambridge half The visitors managed to move up unawares and th roughout the second-half. a gear after the shock of the early quick hands UEA onslaught, but were unable to e nabled UEA to Dominate find a way th rough the UEA explo it the UEA's fourth and final try came defence, who com mitted two immediate overlap on the hour from the outstanding players to each tackle, result ing in a that they created on McCaffrey, who broke through three the left, as winger series of mau ls. tack les and powered over the line.

UEA suffered a blow mid way Angela Sells dived Following the match, captain, through the first ha lf when hooker -路 under the posts for Catherine Loake said, "There were Nicola Tutton suffered a back injury. the first try after just in div idual some exce ll ent But unaffected by the change in performances out there today, but scrum formation, the UEA pack still Exploit the team pulled together and gelled ma naged to cons istent ly keep as a unit, which was what kept Cambridge at bay.

UEA followed up th is dream Cambridge from ever looking like The third try came late in the first start with a cheeky individual scoring." half as outside centre and woman of try from fly-half Kale Rourke,

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Norwich City finally find form - page 29 ... Scorecard - page 27