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Sir Paul McCartney reveal ha death inspired his new poetry. • Cltve James talks to The Event about his new book, Katherine Hepburn and why he loves to tango. • Sport f ture special: Boxer Joe Calzaghe and England football coach Hope Powell come under the look for the new year.

Sabbatical officers to consider leaving National Union of Students UNION officers have put forward a motion which could see UEA dissafiliate from the National Union of Students. The plan, which was discussed at the Union Executive meeting on December 3, claimed that the NUS is not worth the annual £35,000 fee it charges. Academic Officer, James Harrison and Communications Officer, Emma Reynolds, who set up the proposal also believe the organisation is dictated by politics and is past any reform. "lt was discussed at an exec meeting

as we have become unsure about what sort of benefits our students are getting from NUS. We are going to look at how unions who are not members fund themselves," said Emma. But if the move went ahead, UEA students would be barred from taking part in any national events organised by the NUS - and they would not be represented on a national scale either. This would leave students at the University without a voice as they would be unable to attend rallies against tuition fees, go to the annual National Conference - as well as losing the chance to vote on numerous student issues.

KATIE HIND

News Editor

lt is not just the issue of representation which would change for members of the UEA Union. Currently they are eligible for a number of deals which keep food and drink costs down for students. National company NUSSL broker bargains with corporations such as Coca Cola and Fosters which reduce the prices the Union pay - but without belonging to NUS, the Union would not be entitled to these discounts. But Emma has defended her decision

to sever the link - as she claims the Union are not getting enough from NUS . "We are getting more dissatisfied with NUS, we don't feel their officers are serving us. We asked for an officer to come to the first Union Council meeting but they didn't turn up." "The regional officer was also supposed to come to one of our exec meetings, but was two hours late and missed it, but he didn't even contact us to let us know. Then he didn't even contact us until the end of term to come to see UEA. These events have led us to question them," said Emma. But she also revealed that leaving the

NUS should not be a money matter - it should depend on representation reasons. "We have also discovered that what we save through NUSSL is the equivalent or more than what we pay NUS to be part of them, so to leave NUS would cost us money, so if we are to leave NUS, it can't be a financial decision, it has to be for representation reasons," she added. But a spokesperson for NUS believes that the link between unions and the national body are essential. " If the University dissafiliated they would not be able to take advantage of continued on page 2

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CONCRETE University announce CONTENTS NEWS 1

Union Sabbs consider an end to affilitation with National Union of Students.

• New Vice-Chancellor announced . What we could miss out on if we left NUS .

• Sophie Ellis-Bextor tops LCR line-up along with Pet Shop Boys and Atom ic Kitten. • UEA beat Oxford in ratings.

• EAS novelist killed in car accident. • Copy Shop set to move.

• So Solid Crew cancel gig. Yet more disruption on the buses.

• Local MP backs new medical school. Suspected arson on campus.

• Half-term report : We ask your Union sabbaticals what they have achieved in the last four months.

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PROFILE: Paul McCartney talks exclusively to Concrete.

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• How does detoxification actually work and the best ways to get healthy. • My First Time -the Undertaker. • Your problems answered .

• 60 second city - Prague • New York City since September 11.

• Where to go if you want to get the looks that will be in th is season.

COFFEE BREAK: Your horoscopes revealed

Arts and humanities chief to take the £120 ,000 VC post KATIE HIND News Editor

UNIVERSITY chiefs have named the man set to take over from cu rrent vice chancellor, Vincent Watts , when he leaves t his year. Professor David Eastwood, who rs currently Chref Execut rve of the Arts and H umanities Research Board, will take over t he £120,000-ayear post at the beginnrng of the 2002 academic year. Prof Eastwood. 43 . who has also worked at Oxford and Swan sea unrversrtres . is lookrng forward to startrng hrs new JOb. "UEA has a strong repu tatron that rs based upon academ rc excellence, courageous rnnova Ir on and so und management srnce rt was frrs t established . The recent Resea rch Assessme nt Exercrse confr r med t he Unrversrty's undoubted strengt hs and provrdes excel lent opportunrtres for con t rnued growth." ··1 look forward to JOrnrng the team t hat has secu red rt s cu rrent posrtron and workrng wrth them to burld an even more successf ul fut ure." sa rd Prof Eastwood Charrman of UE A's And Coun cil Davrd McCall, who rntervrewed the can d rdates, rs also del rghted wrth the new appornt ment. "We are delrghted to have appornted a new vr ce-ch ancellor wrth a strong track record of sue cess in both hrs academr c and

management ca reer. Davrd Eastwood ha s played a leading part rn estab lrshr ng the AHRB as a natr onal grant d rstnbutmg body and m promotrng rts rmportant role to gam rnc reased fundrng. ·· "Hrs skill s and expenence wr I help ensu re that UEA attrac s the recognr t ron and frnancral support needed to bu rid on rts strengths as an nternatronally renowned. reseilrch-led unr versrty." sard Mr

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LETTERS: • Letters to the editor. • Obituary - Max Sebald (1944-2001)

• Concrete talks to England Coach, Hope Powell , about Fulham, professional ism and the rise of the women's game.

continued from page 1 anyth rng we provr de. so for a wr der nat ronal sca le of what stu dents are doing, the st udents wo uld not have a vorce . lt wou ld be a bad th rng to do. the reason we exrst rs for our members and rt rs defr nrte ly wort h th e money." And U EA is no t t he frr st Un rve rsrty to quest ron the NUS. "We ge t a few universiti es wantr ng to d isa frlr ate now and aga rn . Recen tl y we had t hree who we nt up for it , but at a referen -

dum, ove r 90 per cent of the students voted to stay 111. " it 's up to t he st uden ts, t he members . St. Andrews recen tl y had a re ferend um as to whether t hey should JOin as they have never been members. but they decr ded not to. I suppose rt's what you' re used to , rf yo u we re part of rt and then you're not. you would real ise wh at yo u are not gett rng," he sa rd.

• UEA rea ch the semi-finals of the Norfolk Junior Cup. • Fancy five -a-s ide? Join U EA's new league Concrete's Christmas round-u p of the Canaries.

• BUSA success for the tenpin bowlers. • Your prize qu ick crossword .

years leadrng the unrvcrsrty through one of the most successfu l perrods rn rts hrstory. Tlus sue ess rs very mur h due to the ef forts of all of vou .. "The f rnc1ncra cl mate l1as not been favourable for u~rversrtres and I am very aware of tlw enor mous efforts that each of you have made to ensure our S11ccess rn these drffrcult I me~ ... sard ll1e Vrce-Chancel lor.

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NUS- What could we miss out on if we left? • You wouldn 't have a say in any of the national policies th e NUS put forward . These include welfare, finan cial and academ ic issues. Th is can be a fundamental chance to put your views forward to keep your studen t rights. • There would be no representation from UEA at the NUS annual National Conference. Currently, nine delegates attend . • Un ion sabbatical officers would not be able to take advantage of the training given to th em by the NU S at the beginning of th eir t ime in office. • lt would be difficult to f ight for your rights on a national sca le. UEA students would not get the chance to attend the annual rallies against tuition fees , for example.

• Studs Up: Concrete's sideways glance at the world of football reveals a brilliant money-making opportunity. • Britain's boxing champion, Joe Calzaghe, speaks about his latest fight.

McCall. Curr ent VC. Vrncent Watt s announced hrs resrgnatron rn July after four W<lrS rn off ce. clurrng whrch trme he won permrss ron to start a 11ew med ral se llool a11d the £16m Sportsp<Jrk. In a statemer I re leased to Unrversrtv staff at t11c trrne he clarmed l1e had enJoved hrs trme at UEA. "I have had <1 ve rv h<lppy four

Above: David Eastwood

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• You would not be en titl ed to an NUS card, therefore no discounts in Topshop , Top Man, HMV and numerous other retail and food outlets. it's likely our Union would secure deals with local branches of these stores, but not those in other cities and towns across the country. • Your alcohol bi ll wou ld also undoubtedly rise as the UEA Un ion would not be en ti tl ed to th e national discounts on food and drink it cu rrently takes advantage of. NUSSL bulk buys from companies on behalf of those universities affiliated to the NUS. Wi t hout them t he Union would have to pay more and therefore, charge you more. Have your say - email su .concrete@uea .ac .uk

Above: Emma Reynolds and above right: James Harrison

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Top pop acts to hit LCR Sophie Ellis-Bextor to join the Kittens for UEA performances KATIE HIND News Editor

THE LCR stage will be busy with three chart-topping acts appearing live at UEA this term. Eighties favourites, the Pet Shop Boys, Britain 's most famous girl band Atomic Kitten and newcomer Sophie EllisBextor will .all be stopping off at the University on their national tours. The Pet Shop Boys (pictured bottom left), who are best known for their number one hit. West End Girls, will be first to perform on February 10 as part of a minitour around five British universities. "They're playing at five colleges which they selected as places they wanted to play which are UEA, Bristol, De Montford in Leicester, Teeside and Keele. The idea is that they go back to their roots where they came from as they were students at University," said their promoter, Steve Homer. "They will be starting a major tour in May which will target major cities in the U K. it's the first time they will be performing

with a live band too, so it's going to be a very good show. it will feature their greatest hits and some stuff from their new album." Just a month later, Atomic Kitten, (pictured bottom right) will entertain crowds with their number one songs, Whole Again and Eternal Flame, as part of their first live tour. And it was just recently announced that Sophie EllisBextor, (pictured right) is set to appear on April 25. She shot to fame when she pipped Victoria Beckham to the number one spot with Groove jet, along with Spiller. Union Entertainments Manager Nick Rayns is looking forward to the gigs - but claims it is no surprise that the pop stars decided to come to Norwich. "We have a reputation for being a good venue with a good crowd so bands often want to come here. The Pet Shop Boys previously played in stadiums so it is good they chose to play here and it's great that Atomic Kitten and Sophie Ellis-Bextor, who are artists on their first live tours are coming here too," said Mr Rayns. The Atomic Kitten gig is sold out. Tickets for the other gigs are now available from the Box Office. I

History de~ partment beats Oxford in ratings figures LIZ HUTCHINSON Assistant News Editor

UEA TEACHING staff are celebrating after coming top in a recent investigation into the research of academics at the nations universities. The research, conducted by the Research Assessment Exercise, marked University subjects on a scale of 1-5, with 1 the least impressive. The History department was awarded 5*, which means internationally outstanding, beating Oxford university which was only awarded 5. The School of History has a long standing reputation for excellence; it is home to the renowned Wellcome Unit for the study of medicine. it

hosts the Virtual Norfolk project and enjoys close ties with historians in China, France, Russia and Spain. Dean of History, professor Edward Acton, himself a internationally renowned author, was pleased with the findings. "lt is a collective achievement. The School has been judged to have pub! ished work of international excellence across the genres in which we specialise - political, social, economic, cultural, medical and regional history, and from the medieval to the late modem period." "The intensive research involved has been made possible by the help and enom1ous hard work of support staff, and by colleagues' willingness to carry some heavy administrative and teaching loads with such good grace and to such good effect." "I don't recommend being Dean. but if you have to be what a piece of

luck to do so in this School at this time." Film studies and Environmental Science also received the coveted 5*, improving from the last report in 1996. Many other schools were recognised for their academic brilliance with Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences, English Literature, Law, Philosophy, pure Maths, Social Work and World Art Studies and Museology all awarded 5. For the School of Philosophy, the accolade comes as a double whan1my, since only last week it got 24 out of 24 in a teaching assessment. The research also showed that 57% of UEA staff work in departments of international excellence. which i way above the national average. Professor Phil Joncs, of Environmental Sciences, the global

leader in climatic research, was recently named as one if the three most innuential environmental scientists in the country. Professor June Meanwhile, Thobum, director of the UEA centre for the research into the child and family, has been named as one of the ten most innuential social workers in Britain. However, Academic officer James Harrison believes that the university should not become complacent about their success. 'The University should be congratulated for its results in the RAE but the achievement must be put in a national context. " UEA will have to continue to maintain its good position. A danger of pursuing a research intensive path is that teaching may suffer. That is something that the Union will be watching closely," he said.

Drop out victory LIZ HUTCHINSON Assistant News Editor

UEA HAS one of the lowest drop-out rates in the country, recent research has revealed. The University was ranked 26th out of 100 universities in the table - with a drop-out rate of just 9%, squashing the benchmark of

13%, writes Liz Hurchinson. Top of the drops was the University of North London, where a huge 40 '!f of students are expected to leave. Only I % percent of Oxbridge students quit, with Nottingham, St Andrews , Durham and Warwick also showing low percentages of drop-outs. The investigation, which was conducted by the Higher Education Funding Councils. found that universities that take the highest percentages of working class students have the highest drop-out rates . UEA currently takes 88'K of its students from state schools. which exceed; their target of 82'K . But just

20% of undergraduates _studying at UEA are from the lowest sociaJ classes. University Deputy Academic Registrar, Alan Jones, wa pleased with the findings. "I believe the indjcators reveal that the great majority of UEA tudents have selected a university that is right for them and. when here, they are committed to successfully completing their course." "They also demonstrate the quality of UEA's teaching and the excellence of the range of support services available at UEA to help students who may face academic or other difficulties," said Mr Jones. Union Welfare Officer Polly Evans believes that the low figure rcnects the range of services and '>upports available to students. "At UEA we do not see motivated. confident people who are real!} keen to be here dropping out because we ha\c bnlliant service; to cover these needs." " Students experiencing problems should talk to ~o meone . 111.:y won't mal..e you stay if your mind is made up, but they may be able to offer some solutions." said Polly.

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Popular lecturer dies in tragic car accident

UEA graduate wins prestigious business award

UEA mourns cult novelist Professor Max Sebald

A FORMER UEA student has been praised for her initiative after her greet ings card company won a massive cash prize.

LIZ HUTCHINSON Assistant News Editor

STAFF and students at UEA are mourning the loss of renowned European Literature professor, Max Sebald, who was killed in a car crash during the Christmas holidays. His only daughter Anna , who was a passenger in the car, suffered serious injuries but is now said to be stable and at home with her mother, Ute Sebald . Prof Sebald , wh o was kn own by his third name Max, began teac hing at UEA in 19 70 a nd was a key figure in t he develo pme nt of literary studi es throughout hi s career. He wrote four novel s , inc ludehighly acc la im ed ing the Austerlitz, and Vertigo. He was a lso recentl y s igned up by a top New York literary agent. Ma ny bel ieved th at the professor would soon recei ve the prestigious No bel Prize for Li teratu re. He was a po pul ar lect ure r in EAS and his good reputatio n has been confirmed by t he flood of e mai ls sent to Concrete by his stu de nts rus hing to pay tr ibu te to

Above: Professor Max Sebald

New club gets one step closer CLU BBING student s can look fo rward to another night-spot in the ci ty. Essex business man Steve Peri bought the old ABC ci nema premises on Prince of Wales Road in August 2000 - but has had to fi ght against local residents for permission to open the club ever si nce. But Mr Peri got one step closer to re-opening the doors of the building in December. when he was granted an entertainments license - leaving him to win only permission to sell alcohol when his case goes to Norwich magistrates in March. The new club will have to battle alongs ide pop ular student ha unt s, Liqui d and Ti me and is ex pected to hold between 1500 and 2000 people. Last year Concrete reported how local residents in the Prince of Wales Road area had protested against any more pubs and clubs to be opened along the road. But Mr Peri believed that his £1.2 million investment would be a viable one - and the area of the city is the best place for the club. "It's the location that attracted me. The Prince of Wales Road is where the nightlife is." said Mr Peri at the time. The old fashioned picture house. which opened in 1923, closed down . two years after the Riverside's UC I cinema took a lot of its business away.

their professor. " His class was li ke story time at primary school, he was wry a nd gently kee n to sha re with you his genius," said third yea r EAS st udent, Yann ick Hill. And EAS Dean, Jon Coo k, said the news of Professor Sebald 's death had devastated staff in hi s department and desc ribed th e Professor as a de lightful col league. "He had established a world wide li tera ry re pu tat ion but th at fame di dn' t affect him at a ll. He was very comm itted to his teac hing and hi s students be nefi ted enormo us ly from the ir co ntact wit h him," said Mr Cook. And thi s fe el ing was ec hoed by second year EAS studen t David Poulton, "Ma x was th e most remarkable a nd outstanding teac her, s uc h was his friendly manner, his maste ry over three la ngu ages and hi s clari ty an d q ua lity of teac hing. He was a ma n who dem and ed respect whilst never aski ng fo r it from hi s stu de nts. " His lite ra ry caree r in t his cou ntry was begi nning to take off with a grant awarded to him, but we shall neve r hear or read his product. This bright lig ht has been cruelly put out." See Obituary on pl9

Jenn Conn, who graduated with a biology degree in 1997, won £3000 in the UEA's Business Innovation Centre business plan competition. writes

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Her venture, Knocked-Up- in-Me Shed, produces cards aimed main ly at young people and students in particular, with des igns which refer to di ssertations, coursework and beer. In additi on to completin g her PHD in Bio-Jnform atics at the John lnnes Institute. Jenn plans to take her cards further a field.

Copy Shop facilities will move to library after fa 11 ing profits Above: Jenn Conn

KATIE HIND News Editor

THE Copy Shop is set to move this summer after reports that its profits have declined in recent years. The service will shut its doors at the end of the spring semester and re-locate into the photocopying area of the library. Head of IT User Serv ices, Steve Mosley believes that the move will make sure the Copy Shop is able to fund itself. "The decision was made because income from the Copy Shop has been declining in recent years and it is self-funding as is the whole of the Print Group. We believe that the move will enable services to be run more cost-effectively and will bring all of the student copying services into one location. We intend to make it a one stop shop." Mr Mos ley, who has overall responsibility for the print group. which includes the Copy Shop. also believes that a turn around in technology is to blame for the fall in business.

"The main reason for the decline in Copy Shop business is due to changes in technology. there has been an increase in students owning printers and availability of laser printers in IT areas means that students can print off small numbers of copies. More information is now also available on-line too." he said. Mr Mosley has not ruled out price increases - but he claims they could be reduced though some services, such as the mug and t shirt prin ting. could be cut. "There is no plan to either increase or decrease prices. but prices will be reviewed in order to ensure consistency. I don't guarantee on everything that the prices will say the same, but we will we review them." "The t shirts and mugs are a small part of the business. we've made no firm decision on them. but we will incorporate it if possible, or find an al ternative outlet. The plan is to preserve services wherever possible," said Mr Mosley. And he insists that there will be no redundancies. The shop employs one full time worker and there are plans to transfer hfr to the library. F~ ,,.t. '"" •- .;. - .. . . . ........ - - -· - - - - 0

"I'm curren tl y app lying for permission from the NUS to approach other universities. I just really want to do something specifically for students because there is nothing specially for them really." And she has urged other budding entrepreneurs at UEA to get involved with the scheme. " If you have an idea for a business, enter this competition. The business centre gives you advice and shows you where your business will fa ll over." The student uni on post offi ce currently stoc ks Jenn 's cards, as does Brambles and Jarrolds in the city ce ntre. For more information on Knocked-Up-i n-Me-Shed, con tact Jenn at jenn.conn @bbsrc.ac.uk.

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us c 1e s 0 es o c anges Students forced to wait as criticised route will not Improve KATIE HIND

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STUDENTS are in for months of misery on the buses after it was revealed that the number 25 service will not improve this term. Th e ro ute, whi c h run s f rom the Riversi de, through th e ci ty ce ntre t o the Univers ity vi a Road, h as been U n t ha n k strongly cri t icised by st ude nts after its recent det our to the new Norfolk a nd Norwich hospi t al

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running late. Instead of the ten mmute watt for a bus, st udents have been expenenc ing de lays of up to half an hour - ma king them late for lectu res and semi nars. But First Great Eastern Commerctal Manager, lan Rankime dashed any hopes that the situation would get better this term when he told Concrete that the route, which serves hundreds of students everyday, wtll not get better in the forthcoming mon t hs. "it's not easy to react straight away to things like thts, we need the vehicles to do tt, it means cha ngi ng drivers du ti es wh ic h can't be done overntght. There is not a definite date for improvement but hopefully it will be soon," satd Mr Ranktme. And since October 28, when the route changed to accommo-

Campus safety warning during building AS the University's building development programme continues, the increase in construction traffic around campus highlights the importance of safety. Desp ite. the di ve rsion ;ign>. there has bee n a cons iderab le num be r o f pedestrians wa lking on the road at the hottom end of Chancellor'' Drive. "I would urge all student' and member' of 'taiT to the folio" pedestrian di,ersion sign' and a'oid \1 a l ~ing along the roau:· 'a~' Jo,e ph Saundcr'. E'>tate De\ clopmem Director.

Youths vandalise two University bu i Id ings LOCAL thugs cau'>ed tiHlusand' of pounds of damage o,·cr the \\echcnd. In two separate incident'>. the ) oung>ters broke a "ind<m in the E'tates department and damaged the air conditioning ystem in the Chemistry build ings.

date the newly opened hospttal. Ftrst Great Eastern have not put on any more buses to cope with the longer JOurney. "We haven 't put extra buses tn since tt was extended to go to t he hospital, but we are lookmg at ways to sort this out but it will mean putttng addttional buses on to make sure we can stick to the t ime tab le." But alt hough he accepts that t he services are poor - he insists prob lems wtth the roads and traffic are to blame. '' I think the problem ts that there was supposed to be road improvements at Ear l ham Fiveways when the hospttal opened and none of that has happened." "A lso t he buses go ou t and end up in a queue of traffic and beca use of the trafftc build up and t he route tt has to follow, it has to go right round the U mversity, th ts takes longer at peak ttmes than was anttctpated. " Despite t he prob lems of t he unreliable services, whtch shou ld stop every ten minutes dunng the day, Monday to Saturday, Mr Rankime refused t o cons tde r beg inn ing anothe r bus rou te for th e hosp ita I. " Th e bus will always go to the hospital, we are involved tn disc ussios with them and Norfolk County Counctl on vanous matters to seek a so lutton to the prob lem," he added.

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Drama society in for their best year ever B U DDI NG thespia ns at UEA w ill be plea<,ed to hear that the Drama Society are planning one of the ir biggest C\'Cr Spring <,ea<,on'>. \\ith pia)'> big and mall now hcginning to take hapc. The terms kicko, ofT with Hamlet in the UEA Studio in wee!.. four. fol lowed b) the likes of Talh Radio. More Light. Quaint Honour and Cigarelt e and Chocolate. 'fhere "i ll be more play' announced ao, the te rm progres,es. Following the succes> of la't ) caro, mu,ical ·caharet·. the Drama soc iety arc pulling on the Link Shop of Horror' on \ l arch -+ and .'i. possibl) n too if there i' enough demand. There arc also plan, for a freak '>110w di,co after one of the performances. Drama '>OciCt) Pre>idcnt. Ncd Glasier. i> looking forward to what "i ll he the higgc>t >how put on b) the >oc iety thi;. year. "We are hoping to have a theme to the performance'>. to make it a' imeractiYe as possible and get the audience real!) imol\ed. a, \le arc looking forward to altracting the biggest audiences )Cl. .. Audition'> for Linlc hop of Horror>. Talk Radio and I\ l ore Light wi ll be taking place around wed two. For more derail s. sec the D ra ma no ti ccboa rd. emai l su.clrama@ uca.ac. uk . go to SocM an:?. or go to the Spring Genera l meeti ng in room I.:?.X. Union Hou<;c on Friday 18th January at 5pm.

Union get ready for Sabb elections POTENT IAL Union officer' have the chance to run for office nex t month . Nomin ation; ope n on January :?.I for all four po!>ls. Vacancies exist for an Academic. Comm unication . Finance and We l fare Officers. Elect ion day has been scheduled for February 1-+ .

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Union uncertain over So Solid Crew's rescheduled performance STUDENTS were left disappointed after controversial band , So Solid Crew, postponed their gig in the LCR. M anager> of the 20-\lrong group made the deci,ion after other venue., around the count r') cancelled their concerto, due to <,ccurit) fear,. But despite Nom ich police and the Uni\cr>ity securit) gi' ing the go-ahead for the gig. "hich \IOU Id have been the firo,t stop for the group on their U K tour. to go aheau. it 11a' decided that the sho" wou ld be changeu to another night. In a statement iS'>ucd hy So Solid Crew's promote rs. the Dialling Department. they daim the hand wanted their tour to go ahead. "Follm1 ing day> of '>pcculation. the So So lid Crew K tour ha' been controver>ially cancelled against the groups· ' ' ishes. There I\ as understandable concern after the recent shoo tin g inc ide nt at L ondon' s

Astoria club ... " However. So Solid Cre11 were co nfident that they had impleme nted the necessary sec urity meas ures to ens ure that there wou ld he no hea lth or safety concerns for their fa ns. Despite thi'>. 110rried promoters and nerYOUS authorities ha\C pulled the plug on the band· elc,en uate tour... 13ut Union Entertainments Manager. Nick Ra) n'> has dashed any hopes that the band \1 ill reschedule the date. "The) did talh about coming hach. but I don't ~ r um if the) YVill. As it is wound up by the med ia. it hcco me:-, u nat ional i n t ~ re"'t.

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MP backs new Medical Police warning School tO be a success against UEA's Or lan Gibson insists the centre will be beneficial despite problems

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Dr Gibson , who is responsible for the Norwich North constituency, has spoken out after the govern ment were forced to award another £200,000 to the new Norfolk and Norwich hospital on Colney Lane.

NORWICH MP lan Gibson insists that the new medical school will be a triumph despite problems at the new

"I don't think the problems at the hospital will have any repercussions on the new medical school, I think they will be working together and the budgets for training the students will be separate to the treatment of students," said Dr Gibson, who previously worked in the school of BIO. The /'v1P also praised the Dean of the new school, Dr Sam Leinsterclaiming he is the best man for the job. " The medical students will not suffer. I am quite confident the medical school wil l be an amazing

success because of the people running it. I have every confidence in the Dean of the school, he is sharp, feisty and determined, so I think we've got a good man there who will make it happen." And he believes that the 110 medical students beginning their degrees in September are in for a modern approach to education. "The concept of a new medical school related to a new hospital and to a research park where it is hoped the research that goes on will be world c lass and this will be reflected in the treatment of the patients is a new one." "The way that the medical students will be trained is novel and new and I think that this is a flagshtp for the government and it just mustn't fail." But Dr Gibson believes that for the initiative to work, the staff involved must be exceptionally committed. "There's always at the back of my mind that the people who run these complexes are not on the ball. You need someone to burn themselves out like David Beckham in the first five years

because it's a very stressful and competitive environment so you can't stand still for one minute," he said. "Hopefully we'll have people who push, who are innovative and are prepared to take risks. It is not the British and is not, in my experience, what happens in Norfolk, so it's asking a lot of people." However, the future may look brighter for the new hosptial after the cash boost it was promised last week. But that might not be the last of the governement's money to be donated to the Norfolk hospital. "There will be more money, the door is open for the Chief Executive of the hospital to talk to government through the department of health and hopefully more will go their way." ·And Dr Gibson knows better than anyone that this would please the county's population. "On Saturday I was invaded by people at two supermarkets, where I had surgeries." "People in Norwich and Norfolk are very angry and it seems to me that it is time to have a public meeting on this subject of the hospital~ in Norwich," he said.

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POLICE and security are appealing to students to be on guard after an outbreak of flashing incidents on campus. Last week a white male in his early twenties was seen masturbating on the grass area next to the main car park. But the incident is the latest in a long-running set of reports of male flashers. Last tenn there were five separate occasions where students went to security staff or the police after seeing semi-naked men. In most instances, the perpetrator has been seen in the area around the car park, by the bus stops, opposite the registry - sparking assumptions that the incidents could all be linked. "Most of the indecent exposures that we get seem to occur in the wooded areas by the lake, where people are walking in wooded areas, mainly because the perpetrator can quickly lose himself in the surrounding area. But these are all a bit different," said University Security Coordinator, Ron Elliott. And Mr Elliott promises that his staff will react to any reported sightings.

"The security staff are on the lookout all of the time for them, but they tend not to show them se! ves when they are about.'' Dean of Students, Kiff Matheson also ensures students that the University takes the issue very seri· ously. "This is something the University regards seriously and they will send porters out to respond as quickly as they are able. And he urges anyone who secs a flasher to take the correct precautions. · "Best thing to do is to ignore them and walk off quickly. I think alarms from the union are a good thing to have so that you can let the alarm off if you see anything. In terms of people being nervous walking around campus, get one of those and have them in your pocket," said Mr Matheson. " If anyone sees someone, go immediate ly to the porters lodge and report it, it's no good going the next day," he added. All reports, except for DEV farm, involve a man in his early twenties, of slight build. wearing dark, sporty clothes and sometimes a baseball cap. Anyone wi th any in formation should contact the Porter's Lodge or call Norfolk Police on 01603 768769.

RUST A LSTAR Above: Or /an Gibson and the New Norfolk and Norwich hospital in Colney

Local youths ·caught starting residence fire LIZ HUTCHINSON Assistant News Editor

A CAMPUS residence had a rather warm Christmas Vacation when a small fire broke out in it. The blaze, which started in the Nelson Court B Common Room, was put out before fire fighters arrived and little damage has been done to the building and its property. The room was empty at the time, but the few residents who were in the building at the time were evacuated quickly according to normal safety procedures. The damage was said to be minimal- with just a chair suffering from the fire. But University security chief,

Barry Jeckell revealed that the fire was started by a gang of youths who got into the building through an unlocked door. Mr Jeckell, who is Security and Traffic Manager. said that the youths that hang around on campus are becoming a problem. "We have community wardens in the local community to keep an eye 1 on them but this p ushes them away from the estates and to places like this. All we can do is to keep pushing them on," said Mr Jeckell. The fire comes after recent anger at the abuse of fire alarms in nearby Waveney Terrace. Local fire fighters warned that they might not respond to an emergency call to the residences after false alarms have increased dramatically. Welfare Officer Polly Evans hopes that students will behave a lit-

tie more responsibly thi s term. "Following a st udent affairs group meeting it wa~ very clear that not only were the number of false fire alarms on the increase but more worryingly that a lot of this increase was malicious." "Any real fire at UEA could potentially be very big. In response to a UEA ftre alarm the fire service must send two of their three trucks here." "In response the Fire Service have told the University that unless the number of false fire alarms significantly decreases they will no longer attend campus until a member of security has arrives at the scene." "This will lead to a delay in their response time to any real fire and potentially avoidable loss of life," said Polly.

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LAST March , UEA students had the chance to decide who would run their Union for this academic year. After weeks of campaigning, four lucky candidates won their posts as sabbatical officers. As the timetable for the next election is announced we ask

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what they have done for you and how much of their manifestos have actually been implemented. Katie Hind took a look at what they promised, what they have done and what they still have to achieve before they leave UEA this year.

The burning questions ... Are you pleased with your work so far?

Have you fulfilled your manifesto pledges?

What have you not fulfilled?

What are your plans for the coming semester?

Concrete's evaluation of the job ...

Academi c James Harri so n

Commu nication s Emma Reyno lds

Finance Jon Cox

Welfare Polly Evans

I th1nk I have made a lot of progress on represent ing the student expenence of 12-12-6 fthe semester timetable], although we will have to wa1t until later in the year to see some results.

Yes, but I realise I've got other th1ngs I want to cover. I've done some th1ngs outside my JOb descnption as well as what is expected, but there are areas I can improve on.

I th1nk I have fulfilled all the requirements of the post competently, and I appear to have achieved a price ba lan ce in ou r outlets which most people are happy with.

Amongst achievements of wh1ch I am most proud last semester are the l1nks I have forged with both students and staff. Also, the launch of the new comment cards have let students have the1r say.

I feel that , through the School Reps newsletter and train 111g, I have started to foster a good relationsh 1p between school representatives and the Union, and will cont111ue to do so.

I think I have covered quite a lot of my manifesto, including the Sportsnight, 1mprov1ng the relationship w1th Concrete and helping to promote L1vewire and Nexus.

I th1nk 1t's 1mportant to po1nt out too that we also have an Executive Man1festo and that takes precedence over personal manifestos. However, I feel my manifesto was very real1sl1c.

The sexual health awareness week in November highlighted issues I wanted to cover: a good mix of useful 111format1on, freeb1es and a lot of fun. We also raised 拢400 for AIDS charit1es.

I adm1t we don't have regular consultations in the Hive, as we have chosen 1nstead to target ou r consu ltatiOns in the Hive on speci fi c issues, such as the 12-12-6 ISSUe.

I need to work more c losely with TSW, and not all the exec wear their duty sh1rts as I sa1d they would, of which I am particularly gui lty. And I haven't made Rabbit a Concrete supplement.

I have not been involved much in SU en ts. However, on starting the post I discovered th at this was not pa rt of my remit. I also forgot about promoting fairtrade tea and coffee in the H1 ve, but I will.

Surgeries 1n the Hive. In the early stages of last term we did in fact run sta ll s every lunchtime. We found that these weren't very successful, maybe because of the public arena.

To continue to represent students and help1ng school reps to fulfill their role. Also, anyone is more than welcome to come an d disturb me from my piles of papers in my office and d1scuss any concerns they have about their course.

it 's important to remember that what I do is not JUSt about my plans, but is about the plans of the exec as a whole . Howeve r, I hope to get more people online, through Uniservity and TSW. I will be Involved with Breakers too.

The ethical investment initiative should go through , and hopefully, I am going to be able to encourage clubs and soc ieti es 111 this second semester, particularly by getting new committees early and identifying financial needs for next year.

In conjunction with the careers serVICe I shall be runn1ng a "Know your rights at work campaign" . And also promoting th e university complaints procedures. I shall also be involved in the first steps of an environmental rev1ew of the Union.

The onl y person to run for th e posilion of academic officer, James was left without a ma nda te for his manifesto. Greater interaction between the Union and studen ts would guarantee better represen tation.

Shop opening hours are sti ll the same and no c hanges have been made to the Waterfront as promised. But as one of the more visib le Sabbs, Emma has th rown her support behind Concrete's Class of 2002 Campa1gn.

The ethical investment policy was achieved largely by the last Uni on. Despite promises that the Breakers 2 site wil l be transform ed i n to a new bar the progress has been slow. Otherwise compe tent and accommodating.

The co mment cards, designed to give you a voice have been largely ignored either be ca use of apathy or a high level of sa tisfied st udents . Th e themed weeks have been raised the profile of the welfare officer.

Music Society get naked for New Year THE UEA Music Society got their crotchets out for the new year with a nude calendar. Th e clothes came off in aid or local charit y Musical Keys. an organi sation helping ch ildren "ith disab ilitic' get int o mu;,ic. write; \Vi// Ha/1路ev And socie ty eo-President. Clare

Carpe nter. is deli ghted that th e calendar ha' hit all the ri ght notes 路' lt "s bee n a fa nt as ti c succe,s. We've already so ld out once. we had a great ti me doing it and we 'll do it again next year."' Calendars arc (4 each and ca n be cont acted at su.music@uca.ac. uk Models: Adam Moore.

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With Concrete turning the grand old age of ten, editor Adam Chapman examines the effect it has had on the face of UEA and how the paper has evolved since its inception in 1992. t's true we haven't even reached puberty yet bu t , after 133 issues, Concrete has f inally reached dou bl e figures. Th e paper was started in 1992 by a sma ll team of on ly three people who spotted a gap in the market for a student newspaper and produced a 20 page paper for t he peopl e of UEA . They used th eir own cash an d, armed with the be lief that t hey were on to a good th ing, produced the first issue on Jan uary 22 from an office in EAS. In 1994, Concrete was st ill a pri vate com pany fun ded solely through adve rti sing reve nue. The success of t he paper prom pted the Un ion to buy it on the strict condition that we remained editorially independent. lt is this feat ure of t he newspaper that has prevented us from becom ing merely a Un ion news letter. Concrete, throughout its history, has made sure that it holds both the University and the Union to account for the sake of our readership. This policy has given the newspaper a rocky ride in the past, with issue 110 pulled in 2000 for an article about the SNP. The incident. which surrounded an expose on the "acceptable " face of everyday racism provoked an outcry from staff and students alike. Freedom of speech was ca ll ed in to question but t he issue was never reinstated.

Ten yea rs after its inception a lot has changed on the newspaper. Thanks to the hard work of numerous editorial teams the paper has gone from strength to strength, wi nn ing t he Guardian/NUS Award for Newspaper of the Year in 1995, the lndependent!NUS Award in 2000 as well as over twenty awards praising the writing in all sect ions of the newspaper. Th e editoria l team has grown from three people to fourtee n wit h over 250 people joining as contibutors in September. Any student can write for Concrete, and hund reds have in the last ten years. This has allowed us the ability to adopt as ma ny d ifferent types of peop le as th is

None of this could have been done without the support of you. Without your feedback we would have no reason to do this.

university has to offer and, as a result. your newspaper has become one of the most respected in the cou ntry, especially wi t hin th e national medi a (it wou ldn 't be a birthday wi th out a complete lack of modesty). Over the years, the paper has expanded to 48 pages, the office has moved to Union House and an ente rtainment supplement, The Event, was introduced in 1993 and incorporated in to t he main newspaper in 1995. We have interviewed a wide-range of people , from Tony Blair and Tony Benn to Howard Marks and Chesney Hawkes, from Paul McCartney to Mel C. We have reported on every kind of si tuat ion that cou ld possibly have been covered, from arson attacks to students overtaking the old Breakers site in protest. We were at the forefront of pushing for the University to adopt an ethica l invest ment policy and have cons istently pushed for change where change is due , especially on issues of student welfare. And we have don e all th is with one thing in mind - will it be of interest to students? Without wishing to gush, none of this cou ld have been done without the support of you. With ou t your feedbac k we would have no reason to be doing this. Thi s is your student newspaper after all and , without you, we wouldn't exist. So thank you to you, and to all the people who put their lives on hold to produce the end result.

Got a news story? Then contact our news desk on 01603 250558

The fact that two sabbatical officers have decided to stand up and question our Union 's aff iliat ion with the National Un ion of Students should be welcomed . For too long our links with NUS have been unquestioned and the benef its we gain from the organisation hazy to say the least. And for most students NUS is but a name, most having I ittle or no idea what the ir national representative actually does for them . The dec ision to bring our links with NUS in to a publ ic forum is, without a doubt, a good thing. Year in year out Un ion Cou ncil passes the mot ion to cont inue links without question, this year included . it is, therefore , rather refresh ing that the Commun icat ions Officer and the Academ ic Off icer have decided to air their grievances - concerns based on ideolog ical rather than financ ial grounds. That is not to say that NUS don 't benef it students . They provide reductions on food, drink and basic discounts at some top reta ilers as well as help in the provision of welfare advice . What is never really addressed is whether the body truly represents the needs and concerns of students . On a national level the policies they advocate on a whole range of issues are meant to represent what you and your contemporaries th in k and feel. That so many students feel detached from the ir National Union, of which they are all members, would seem to suggest a degree of alienation from its policies. This latest development could, and shou ld , provide the grounds for an intelligent debate regarding whether we truly want to be part of an institution that provides material benefits yet, arguably, fails to find a midd le-ground in representing a myriad of different people from all different walks of life. it is unl ikely that th e Union of UEA Students wil l actually leave NUS - in the short-term at least. That would involve a referendum amongst other things. Of cou rse, financial benefits are of great importance, but this should not stop the Union from taking the initiative in we igh ing up student opinion on the matter, and in doing so laying the foundat ions for an informed choice .

Naked clef The news that the UEA Music Soci ety have wh ipped their instruments out and starting snap pi ng should be welcom ed. Their 2002 nude ca lendar has been a roaring success. And not only does this give fellow students an opportunity to ogle f inely polished equ ipment , but it benef its a local musica l childrens ' charity too.

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After forty years in the music bUjlne\SS, it may come as something of a surprise to see Sir Paul McCartney gracing UE-\'s ca~,rnpus. Stranger still, it was poetry rather than pop music that brought him here. /n an e)l:clusive interview, Katie Hind found out about weddings, writing and rude Vyords.

--aul McCartney's life is the epitome of rags to riches. After growing up in a tough district of Liverpool, Sir Paul has gone on to be one of the most successful and famous men in the world. With his Beatles bandmates, he produced twelve . albums, then later 26 on his own, and has been the idol of millions of teenage girls all over the world. He has even received a knighthood from the Queen. Dressed casually in cords and a jacket, having just arrived from his home in Sussex and on route to the University to entertain Lecture Theatre One with readings from his poetry book, he looked like any ordinary mid-fifty-year-old. But his gentle voice and modesty sets him apart from the rest. He's a man everybody knows and the coverage of

his private life in the tabloid press over the last fe w years has led most of us to feel a large amount of sympathy for him. Press reports showed Paul gneving for his wife Linda, who died of breast cancer tn April 1998. Practically anyone with a televtsion was gripped during those last days, and when she was laid to rest, tributes came pouring tn from dtgnitaries all over the world . Since then life has improved for the erstwh ile pop idol. He met his now-fiancee Heather Mtlls last year, while campaigning against the internattonal use of landmines. The media frenzy that accompanied the engagement just goes to show how much newspaper editors still hold faith in McCartney's stock as a "public figure" . He insists that his relationship with the former model, who was lragtcally hit by a police motorbike ten years ago, has rem stated his faith in life.

"I am much happier now, I am at a much better stage in my life, it was very difficult after Linda died. Now I've found a new lady and it's very gratifying . We're getting married next year." The question on everyone's minds is what will the wedding be like? With a fashion designer in the family, the outfits are bound to be beautiful, but what other plans do they have? McCartney is cagey about the subject and scurries adeptly around the question telling me, in no uncertain terms, that it was something the couple wanted to keep quiet... for a while at any rate . "We have plans, but we're not really revealing them yet, not even to our close family because as we say, if we told them, we would have to shoot them . So we figured that if we give people secrets to keep, they would have to lie, so it's not fair on them."

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that no one is dying. So it's not surprising it didn't • get in, I don't blame them, I might one day try and fill it in one day. I just did it because if there is a school magazine it is kind of good to get in it." Although hardly surprising that his poem was rejected, and despite the initial disappointment, it can only have been a good thing for both him and everyone else in the world , for it influenced the former Beat le to try his hand at something different. He turned his attention to music, which he soon discovered came naturally to him. "I do wonder if the poem had got in, it might have made me think I should do poetry. But after that I moved on to write songs, which was fun . In my music lessons the teacher used to sit us down and put a record on . Then he would go out, which was fatal with a gang of 14-year old Liverpool guys. We wou Id place one of our classmates on the door and we would change the record. Then the teacher would come back and ask what we thought of the music and we would just say very good sir. We didn't learn anything, we just used to play cards, but I think it was the liberation of that which I enjoyed ." His school career was not like many of his Liverpudlian contemporaries, however. McCartney was educated at the Liverpool Institute for Boys with some of the most intelligent men in the country. "I was very lucky with my education, it was really good . I didn't leave when I was 16, I stayed in the sixth form. The school produced a lot of educated people like Peter Sissons and many people went to Cambridge every year. lt was quite posh real-

ife has not always dealt McCartney such a flush hand. Born in Liverpool in 1942, his young life was far from idyllic. His mother passed away when he was just 14 years old, leaving him to be brought up by his father, Jim. But instead of turning to the petty crime that seemed to attract many of his peers, Paul sought solace in writing poetry, something others were not always quite so impressed with. " I started writing poems at school, but the only thing I ever did at school was to write a poem for the school magazine, but it didn't get in. Obviously it wasn't very good, it was a moody teenage thing, the worm chain dragged slowly, it was an image of life coming out of one sort of hole and a chain moving into another hole . "I remember the end of it satd men tell the women the children are crying, the problem with living is

Despite Paul not learning the necessities that wou Id get him to into Oxbridge, his Engl ish lessons cer-

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tainly shaped him to become a success. lt seems his teacher should be exceptior)ally proud of himself. "The literature at school was good, so it meant .that when we {the Beatles) got together and started writing, our lyrics were very simple rock and roll things - Love Me Do was very, very basic stuff. But then we moved on to things like Eleanor Rigby, which an American poet told me years later was a really good poem." Any pop star will tell you that being famous and doing something you love for a living is a wonderful experience and Sir Paul is no exception. Having spent the last four decades entertaining people and . second world war, the first people who could do what we wanted. Our parents had to go into mmliving his dream, McCartney could talk to anyone tary service and suddenly this was something路we for hours about the best bits of his career, but I ike anyone he has his favourites. didn't have to do, we were off the leash and "There are millions of little anecdotes, but allowed to be artistic. Without the national service recording was the best bit. lt was just great to be stopping, there wouldn't have been the Beatles. at this position in time, at that age, having all your "With that freedom combined with our talent, we were pretty interesting individuals and the combilife been working class and not having many oppornation of this was very interesting, it made things tunities." happen a little bit and made things easief. We had "When I was broke and in the Beatles, we actually met the Queen and we were in the line at a time to arrive." He feels for those trying to climb the ladder in show we were playing at and she came around the music industry today. "The business itself isafter and we were like 'Wow, this is fantastic!' We were quite excited, trying to be cool. She was staymore of an industry. it's probably a bit harder for ing at Windsor at the time and she asked us where people to break into it and now a lot of it has been we were playing the next night and I said to her done and things are being repeated. lt is difficult Slough, and she said 'Oh, that's just near us', so I to do something new now." asked her to come along. They were pretty exciting days." ince the demise of the Beatles, Paul has reverted back to his childhood hobby, With so many boy bands coming into existence poetry. The loss he has suffered in his over the past ten years, none have been anywhere life has allowed him to flesh out his near CQmparable with the Beatles, but Paul admits once dubious poetic proficiency. He was this is due to the time that he, Ringo, John and George started their astonishing career. left devastated by the death of a long-standing "We were around at a particularly good period in friend and he was able to cope with the loss by time because we were the first generation after the celebrating his life through a medium he has learnt

"Rude words are alright, they do all that these days. If you're sitting in a literature atmosphere, you're not worried about a bit of $Wearing."

to love. The death of his wife had a similar effect. "When a friend of mine called !van died writing a poem for him seemed the right thing to do as he was a classic scholar. I thought I should do it. Linda inspired my poetry too. Sometimes I would tell her some of my poems and she liked them, she liked what I was doing and she was intrigued. When she died, because of her laughing at my writing poetry, some more poems came to me and writing these really helped me get through my grief." After a tough two years, Sir Paul decided to publish his work in the form of a book, Blackbird Singing. lt is a combination of Beatles lyrics, poems from the past and more recent works. And it i_s easy to spot his more up-to-date writing a路s the language is a little more liberal. "Rude words are alright, they do all that these days. If you're sitting around in a literature atmosphere, you're not really worried about a bh of swearing here and there, so with the book I am crossing that line. "My poem Meditation is sort of getting into that, but the whole thing about it is am I now going to be scared to say these words that whistled down our street when I was a kid? You said them very

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freely as a kid in certa in company, so why should I now be scared? What has happened? " it's not really my thing, but it's quite nice to do something that's not your thing. Everyone says to people I' m not necessarily what you think I am, you can very easily get pigeon-holed." This year he has taken his talents that one step further by sharing his writing with live audiences. To most, the transition from singing to talking on stage sounds like an easy thing to do, but even for an experienced performer, McCartney claims it was not. "I've done some readings this year before the books came out, the first one was up in Liverpool, I thought it might be a good place to start, I did it with three other writers and we had no idea what to talk about. "We did it at the University in Liverpool. I dived head long into it, but basically they told me to talk and read some of the poems. So I do my own version of that because it is quite nice to explain some of the poems, it's quite nice to hear the events behind the poems, then you get the image, other than trying to work the other way round ." The future looks like a busy one for Sir Paul after nearly forty years in the limelight. His wedding aside, there is a lot more he would like to achieve in his poetry career. "They wou ld like me to do a talking book, but I have been so busy. I'd like to give it a lot of thought. I think it would be good, because a lot of people do listen to books in the car. lt would enable me to get the inflections right. Maybe it's a future plan. "I will also publish another book, but it will only be when I have enough poems and they are good enough. it's all a question of whether you've got enough. I spent my whole life writing Blackbird Singing - it might not be for a long time yet."

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" I wouldn't tell him, it's over and done with and there's no point looking back on it. You need to get over it and move on, there's no need to be bringing up the past and making him think about it when there's nothing that he could have done. He does have a right to know, and I would've told him originally when I found out but I wouldn't tell him after she's done it." Eve Guichard 8101

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"She doesn't have to tell him - it's up to her. If I was the guy, I'm not sure if I'd like to know. lt's tricky. I wouldn't like to know now, but maybe in five years time·." Claude Jovino MUS2

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well in their bodies: The remedy for this is simple but usually the hardest part of the detox regime. lt involves cutting out all sugary foods and drinks. This is what is known as the bastard bit. Fighting the addiction or, more aptly, the habit is one of the hardest parts of detox, especially when unrefined

" I wouldn 't tell my parents, definitely, but she needs to talk to someone about it, like a friend. I wouldn't have told him after I'd done it, and if I'd ever have told him, it would've been before the abortion. There's no point wrecking his life." lucy Garrett 8101

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"He has a right to know, but you're probably better off not telling him. If you tell him, he's got concerns, but if you don't he'll never know about it. Me personally, I would like to know, but it's not going to do you any good to find out, it's just going to bring you sadness. You can't blame her for not telling him, she's the one who dealt with it." Max Ives PG

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etox. Perceived by some as the modern day equivalent of wearing a hair shirt and flagellating yourself in public with stripped willow. Yet, if you're feeling sluggish after taking your Chri!!tmas partying a little bit too seriously you might find that it's just what you need to get 2002 off to the right start. In these quick-fix times, modern day detox regimes are slightly less painful. 21st Century detoxification tends to use modified fasts, in which the person is given a low toxin diet, plus plenty of the key nutrients needed to speed up the body's ability to detoxify. So far, so completely unappealing. One of the best ways of determining whether you need to consider detoxification is to look at your skin. In true Snow White talking mirror style, bad skin could be one of many signs that you have poor detox potential. Other signs include fatigue, multiple allergies, headaches, chronic digestive problems and muscle aches. Slightly more serious signs include autism, schizophrenia, drug reactions and Gulf War Syndrome - all of which seem unlikely to be cured by a seaweed wrap and a shot of wheatgrass. So, if your main intention in the month of New Year resolutions and high hopes is to improve the condition of your skin and your basic well-being then there are many ways in which you can get started. They just require a bit of determination and persev~rance as well as the ~cceptance that- you

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" I think if she was telling him, it would be for her own benefit and not for him. What he doesn't know won't hurt him, but if she wants to tell him ... if she feels she can let it lie that's fine but if she wants to talk to him about it, she should." Rowan Wynne-Jones LLT2

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Impossible. And ..• Well from Charles Bridge head over to the old town and Prague Castle, which houses a museum and art gallery. The third courtyard is dominated by St Vitus Cathedral with its fourteenth century chapel, it also houses the tomb of St Wenceslas, best known in the Christmas carol 'Good King Wenceslas'. Other historic sites include Wellenstein palace and the atomic clock in Old Town Square.

I want more. Okay, as any self-confessed hardened drinker would ·know, the Czech Republic, and Prague in particular, are famous for two things. First and foremost is absinthe. This deadly translucent green I iquid is the official drink of the Czech Republic. lt is made from distilled wormwood and is usually around ?0% alcohol by volume. it's also rumoured to cause hallucinations, blindness and brain damage in extreme circumstances. No wonder Van Gogh cut his ear off after drinking the stuff. Secondly, Prague is a beer drinker's paradise with 500ml of top quality bohemian beer at little over 20 pence. The region is home of the most famous beer in the world 'Budvar', the only true original Budweiser, so you can forget about that American crap.

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And for entertainment? Prague comes to life at night with most of the action centred around Charles Bridge and.Wenceslas Square. One piece of advice I will give you is try to avoid the Romany prostitutes who prey on unsuspecting tourists. As well as prostitution being illegal in the Czech Republic many are highly skilled in the art of pick pocketing.

Okay avoid the prostitutes. What else? The city has been dubbed the clubbing capital of Eastern Europe, and with many top DJ's playing in its five story high clubs the title is richly deserved. Bars are cheep and cheerful usually opening till around 2am with clubs staying open way past 4. If I wanted to go clubbing I could stay in the UK. Well I bet you can't go visit a torture museum in the UK. That's right, Prague is home of the only torture museum on earth (as far as I know anyway}, located opposite the atomic clock. A little less bizarre but maybe more perverse is the multitude of strip clubs in Prague. Entry is cheap and 100 Kr will buy you a few minutes in a private booth, tissue paper included. I wasn't taught Czech at school. .• Try the Prague Post an English language newspaper with up to the minute listings on the hottest club nights in town. Anything el se? Yes. As well as the stunning architecture and picturesque alleys, one of the best things about Prague is the cost, or rather the lack of it. Despite being described as a tacky tourist trap Prague is still cheap and incredibly safe. Where else can you buy a hot dog for 7p? Accommodation is also cheap at around £5-15 per night in a budget hotel. How do I get there? Czech Airlines fly from London Stanstead; a return ticket is between £50-90 plus tax. www.csa.cz

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ake a small island, build upwards, add eight million people, pump them full of caffeine then tell them they have to get somewhere five minutes before it is physically possible to · arrive." That is how travel writers Martin Dunford and Jack Holland describe Manhattan, and to most people, Manhattan is New York. But following Tuesday, September 11, 2001, the city could surely never be the same again. Or could it? After all, the city's staggering skyline and hypnotic pace were present before the Twin Towers opened for business in 1973, and the city offers more than just the financial capital of the world. lt would be wrong to describe New York as a terminal case. Nevertheless, an air of incomprehension has replaced the all-powerful confidence Manhattan boasted before the attacks. Once so sure of itself, it has now split into factions; at one level, it would appear some Americans refuse to believe the towers are gone. Staff advertising the New York Skyride, a simulated ride over Manhattan, bellow out that the ride wi ll show you "The Empire State Building, Central Park, Yankee Stadium...The World Trade Centre." No justi-

fication for such an inappropriate aerial tour is offered; it seems that since 9/11, as it is referred to in the US, the Twin Towers are big business. This is certainly the case at Ground Zero, New York's latest tourist attraction. As Manhattan resident Jeremy Simon explains: "Ground Zero has become part of the mustsee attractions in New York City: go up the Empire State Building, take in a Broadway Show, see Ground Zero." This is especially evident around the financial district of New York. The area where the World Trade Centre once stood hosts a queue of people stretching several streets waiting to step onto a raised platform and view the rubble. Meanwhile, the same streets that form the queue to see the destruction also play host to the countless vendors, selling anything from tee shirts to baseball caps sporting 'NYFD' or 'Ground Zero'. lt is bitterly ironic that an attack against the American capitalist ideal should sprout such profit-making activities. The other side of America following 9/11 is the school of thought that the attacks have merely proved that America is the greatest country in the World. American flags dominate the city; every shop shows a sticker pronouncing 'United We Stand' or something similar. Certainly, the reaction across

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America is impressive, as the hastily-constructed walls blocking roads into Ground Zero demonstrate. But while some of the messages left are tragic eulogies from friends and relatives to young lives lost on September 11, others feel somewhat less genuine. There are messages from schools, colleges and organisations across America offering support to the people of New York, but while such sentiments were undoubtedly sent with the best intentions, the feeling that everyone in America wants a piece of the action when it comes to September 11 still rankles slightly. erhaps this is missing the point, but it can be extended to business too. The tiny tourist shops that litter Midtown Manhattan all sell rack after rack of postcards of the World Trade Centre, but rather than selling out remaining stock, these have been updated. 'Attack on America' screams one postcard, while another actually has the temerity to show 'before' and 'after' pictures of the Twin Towers. Without doubt, not all Americans are blind to the world consequences of American action and the fact that, rather than cementIng America's place as the world's strongest, 9/11 has highlighted a fallibility none thought possible. But New York - along with the rest of America - hasn't come to terms with this yet. In place of the humble acceptance that might have followed such a devastating attack, New York, under the guidance of then-Mayor Rudy Guiliani, has dragged itself to its feet and is continuing to function as normally as possible. On one level, this is impressive, even inspiring, but on another, the reaction to 9/11 feels all wrong. Too many companies have adopted September 11 and the American flag into their advertis· ing, and too many tourist vendors have targeted the tragedy to make money. The sad thing is that America is, in many people's opinion, one of the greatest countries in the world, but if they stopped telling us, it might be easier to believe. New York may be back on its feet, but it isn't steady yet.

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Distressed jeans We've been telling you for months, this style of jean is a must-have . With fashion followers and famous faces snapping up the latest designer buys, the style is becoming more and more popular. You may think that this style may be a little last season, but we can assure you that all high street ~tares are following the catwalk designers and customizing denim to create the shabby and care-free image. Just try not to end up looking like Helen from Big Brother. Welsh hairdresser is not a good look for 2002 .

Copper Rustic Jean, £32, Topshop.

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Ankle buckle boot, £24.99, New Look.

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Buckle boots Stillettos made their comeback a couple of years ago but not unlike the distressed jean this trend doesn't seem to be a fad. Every season designers around the globe are desperate to .create a slight twist to stilletto strappies, ankle and knee-high boots. This season it seems to be the buckle boot that has made the transition from catwalk to high street. These boots look great with both a skirt and trousers guaranteeing you continue the new year in style with a touch of "biker chick" chic to your new outfit.

Jean jacket Ever since the eighties, the jean jacket has been every girl's essential item. Great for summer evenings and as an undercoat for the wintery days, you will always find this item on the catwalk and in the high street. This year we have seen designers creating a slight twist to this vital item by incorporating different materials and suit styles with the popular denim. So why be boring? Try something slightly different and check out different styles and different ways of wearing the denim jacket.

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In the past we have related pearls with grown-ups and shops such as Laura Ash ley. Never before have pearls been considered as a sexy, and imaginative accessory item. Currently the accesory de jour with the Sex and the City crowd, pearls suit both smart and casual outfits. Both the catwalk and inhouse designers have been keen to incorporate pearls in different styles, small or large, as chokers or large beaded necklaces. Can be found in Topshop, Jarrolds and Ginger.

This style of material is commonly related to the male specimen . But more recently the fabric is making its way into female fashion in the form of shirts, skirts and customized suits. Designers such as D&G and Gucci are keen to portray a more forcible image among women by using aides such as pinstripe in their designs. Examples in the high street can be found at the ever faithful, Topshop, Elements, DKA and Oasis. Keep your eye open for this style this season as it's going to be big.

I 'm afraid it's true ladies, there has been a great demand for flesh this season. More and more designers are receiving praise by creating the tiniest of items with the least amount of material. We saw the miniskirt make a comeback last summer and now hotpants and lace are back with a vengeance too. Thanks to celebrities such as Kylie and J-Lo high streets are desperate to copy this image. Less is definitely more.

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, . Gemini You were born under a wandering star, yes you were. But it's not your travels that worry us it's the fact that you've left the rest of us behind. Stop zooming off whenever trouble looks likely. Your chart detects that runnin g away from your problems is not the way to go. If you seek help, you can find it in an unlikely friend, just don't be afraid to ask. And try to stay away from the LCR this fortnight, the sk ies predict disastrous snags.

Capricorn

Well you had a merry bloomm' crimbo d1dn't you? Why the long face? it's your b1rth month you know! it's no good scowling at all those unwanted presents. Eat the last few brown Quality Street, drink the dregs of Nana 's sherry and breath a huge sigh of relief that it's all over. You won't have to be this miserable until precisely 340 days time. There's a new moon 1n your s1g n, or something. I thought we'd found all the moons but obviously I was wrong . Apparently you're supposed to lock up your troubles 1n your old kit bag, buy a new swanky suitcase with wheels and trundle off towards happiness. Then smile, smile, smile. However, I suggest, and the stars are with me on this one, that you keep the original bag and fill it with new troubles. Confused? Not half as confused as Mars and Uranus I can tell youJ

Cancer

Don't stand for it Cancerians, you know it's wrong. You've been letting people walk all over you of late, and its time to put an end to it . Fuckwittage is wrong and must not be tolerated, even by understanding crabs l1ke yourselves. Venus rules your sign this month and advises you against any unlikely or doomed pairings with attached suitors. Leave well alone, it'll on ly end in tears and that would be dreadful. Wouldn 't it?

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1l\. Aquarius !tJ ~\ fi; You Aquarians have a tendency to overdo th1ngs and then complain that you're being put upon before returning to your original misery. it's still a good fe w weeks until your birthday so take some serious time off to recuperate, or you could find yourself blowing the cand les out alone this year. The night sky spells a cash Jackpot so make sure you purchase lots of lottery tickets and scratch ca rd s this fortnight. Yo u never know ... it co uld be you.

. . Leo Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry. I pi ty you I really do. Your life has been pathetic of late. Many have viewed yol) as a complete waste of space, and they cou ld n't be more right . I'd like to tell you all this is about to change, but I'm afraid 1t isn't, not until the full moon in s1x months time . But never mind, eh? Just hang on in there for a bit longer, or find some fellow Leos for solida ri ty. On the other hand , you will form a stong bon d with small ca ts.

Pisces

You're the least drippy of a 11 the water signs and this month even more so than normal. Cancerians are renowned homebodies and all-round pussies, and don't get me start ed on Scorpios! Just what exactly are you raging against? If you look around you're sure to find out; men, chips, blue ca rs and answer phones Will get you r goat this fortnight , JUSt secure the anger deep ins1de or it's a night in the ce lls for you sonny. So behave you rse lf.

Aries

Now has never been a better t1me to put your feet up and get down to some serious relaxation. Going to the library day in day out is harmful to your health, you know, not to mention the impression it gives others. Best to stay in your room, stick the rad io on and cur l up with a good book or film. Your cha rt predicts b1g payoffs in the work area of your cha rt if you do as I say. The planets are accen t uating the importance of mental health so sleep is what you need.

~"J1 Taurus You m1ght be tempted to badger your folks for money this fortnight, as the stars predict an aura of cheek! ness surrounding your character. You're perfectly willing to try it on, and couldn't care less about the repercussions. You'd be better off earning those things you seek, so get a job you lazy sod. Many are not happy with you r behaviour of late. If you we re still at school, you 'd be si tt1n g in detention right now. Are you chewing? And stop talking.

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~Virgo it's t ime to really work on your New Year's resolutions. Yes, I know you made a long list, but have you actually given up smoking? Drinking? Shagging? I thought not you miserable cretin. And don't th ink I haven 't seen you sneaking around running up your credit cards as well. You can't fool me, you know. I have a gift. Darn it, you would have gotten away wi th it all, if it weren 't for my pesky crysta l ball. I predict financial ruin!

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You shou ld watch out for your health thi s month, there are a lot of nasty bugs and viruses about and they're after you. I 'm not th e one that creates them dear; I 'm just their messenger. Syphilis has got it in for you really badly at the moment, as has th e Black Death .. Mercury has gone retrograde so it might be a good idea to watch out. it's as if yo u're cu rsed isn't 1!? I wonder who co uld have ca used th at?

You pesky, cheeky scorpions. Are you taking the piss? Seriously, I'd like to know. Your astrological chart has shown me your involvemen t in some major mischief, and I'd just like to know why. What's come over you this month? The re lationship area of your cha rt is also looking a bit bleak, I'm afraid. Maybe it's time to move on to pastures new. Whoever agreed with the sanct ity of monogamy anyway? Cheat .. . I dare you.

Sagittarius

I've always had a soft spot for Sagittarians, and funnily enough, so has my chart. Would you believe such luck? You've had a bit of a rough ride in the past, but it's a new year now, and new things look set to happen to you soon. With Venus 1n your sign you will find a new spring in your step. I know you've had your eye on someone for quite a while, and 1f you have the pat1ence they will soon be yours. Ju st look fabulous darling, you always do.

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Issue 133 Editor Adam Chapman

Poor sportsmanship I wish to bring to the attention of Sportspark users how Animal Farm-esque the current entry pol1cy is. No, not the 50p entry fee which is an old battle. Rather, the recently mst1gated pol1cy that anyone who goes outside to do the1r exercise is required to take the1r card w1th them . In some cases th1s IS JUSt not practical , such as go1ng for a run 1n your running shorts with no pockets around our beautiful campus for example. If you lose the card there is a £10 invo1ce for a replacement, without which you have no 11 brary access, car park access or sportspark access. I can see no justifiable reason why your locker key (which proves you got 1n in the first place) cannot be used to get you back m, prov1ding the min imum of extra work for reception staff and ensuring your card IS safe. The potential for abuse , although there, is in my opinion minimal. Ever smce the inception of the sportspark , this is what I have been doing, but lately I have been penod1cally involved 1n increasingly bitter altercations with reception to be let back in . I could always call the police to repossess my property if that is what they

really desire. Do the sportspark actively want a £10 invoice for every time I lose my registration card? Would they pay it? Undoubtedly not. One of the plus points of being at UEA is the availability of large open spaces immediately around in which you can exercise, why tax it w1th such draconian measures? In conclusion, all sports are equal , but some are more equal than others. Peter Thorne CRU

A plea for tolerance Hearty greetings from 60 people: teachers, headteachers and advisors who come from Egypt · for a three month mission in the University of East Anglia, Norwich, as group no. 25 (normally three groups come to the U EA every year) to be aware of the Bntish system of education and to exchange experie nces. Spending our 12 weeks in the campus according to the witness of our tutors of the UEA - we 've enjoyed our visit and tried 'to presen t a good model and a pos1t1ve picture about bur ident1ty as Egyptians, getting involved as much as we could.

Deputy Editor Wi ll Halsey

Knowing about the international effect of September 11 and specifically on tourism 1n our country, and out of our sense of responSibility, loyalty and tolerance we write these lines hoping to prompt you to take a positive decision to come and visit Egypt this winter. You can enjoy the lovely sunny warm weather, sightseeing at places of interest that reflect the great civilisation of the past, eating delicious or1ental food and meeting friendly people and a peace-loving nation . You can also enJOY wonderful water sports along the shores of the Red Sea . We wnte these lines to motivate and urge you to share in bridging the gap, establ ishing the structure of tolerance and merc1ful loving and understanding from a global perspective. Seleem Fonad Wassef on behalf of the Egyptian group 25.

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German writer and professor whose life was tragically cut short. By Adam Chapman. hen WG Sebald died, aged 57, in a car crash in Norwich , the outpouring of grief was immediate and the shock tangible. In a year that has seen UEA lose many of its leading luminaries - Lorna Sage and Malcolm Bradbury amongst other, th is latest loss has provoked tri butes from admirers, st udents and staff al1ke. " Max" Sebald - preferring to be ca lled by one of his middle names Maximilian, as he was sick of being addressed as Miss Wini fred Sebald in the doctor's waiting room, was born at Wertac h im Allgau in Bavaria on May 18, 1944. He was t he on ly son of Rosa and Georg Sebald , a "conventional , Catholic, anti-Communist, working-c lass" glassmaker who, dunng the post-war economic troubles joined the German Army in 1929. He emerged from the war as a Captain and a prisoner of war. His return home in 1947 left his son with a detachment, admitting that he " found it odd that this person turned up and claimed to be my fat her" . The young Se bald instead formed a strong bond with his grandfather who died when Max was 12. Sebald was deeply influenced by the seeming will ingness not to remember the horrors of the Second World War. The realisation that the people on trial were no different from the people he grew up with filled him w1th the desire "to know what had happened in detail , and to understand why it should have been so ". He went on to study German literature in Switzerland and was later appointed as a foreign language assistant at Manchester Un iversity in 1966. He moved to the newly founded

"The most remarkable and outstanding teacher I have had the privilege to work with. This bright light has been cruelly put out. "

University of East Anglia in 1970 in the school of European Studies, living in a small house in Wymo ndham where he wrote a num ber of critical books on German writing. The late 1980s were a very good ti me for Sebald 's career. He was appointed to a chair of German literatu re at UEA in 1987 an d was foun ding director of the British Centre for Literary Translation. He remai ned di rector unti l 1993. His literary ca reer took off soon after. In 1988 he published Nach Der Natur: Ein Elementargedich t, fol lowed by t he critically acclaimed Schwindel Gefhule (Vertigo) in 1990 and Die Ausgewanderten ( Th e Emigrants) in 1992. Al l his novels studied European identity in t he aftermat h of the Holoc au st. With Aus terlitz (2001) he followed the realisation of an architect ural historian t hat he had been sent to Wales as child on a Kindertransport from Prague . The novel had met with heady praise and Sebald had been widely predicted to win the Nobel Prize for Literature . The publishing of The Rings of Saturn in 1995, an account of a wal king trip across East Anglia, led to suggestions that he might have an affinity with the English cou ntry way of li fe. He responded by saying, " I couldn't feel in the least English ," adding t hat he wo uld probably fee l more comfortable in "some hotel in Switzerland. " His students remem ber him fondly, many com menting on his good humour and sardonic style of teachi ng. Henry Mora n (EAS 2) remembers him as "a genuinely nice person , something which I thmk is becoming more and more rare . He had a great sense of humour and obv1ous enthusiasm for what he did ." Another, David Poulton (EAS 2) pays-tribute to Sebald as· "the most remarkabte and outstanding teacher I have had the privilege to work with, such was his friendly manner, his mastery over 3 languages an d his clarity and quality of teaching. He was a man who demanded respect whilst never asking for it from his students. This bright light has been cruelly put out. We shall m1ss him ."

• Winifried Georg Maximilian Sebald, wnter, born May 18, 1944; died December 14 , 2001. He is survived by his wife Ute whom he married in 1967 , and his daughter Anna, who is now recovering at home after the car accident.

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se ves t would be very hard to argue against the statement that football has come a long way since 1895. 'Why such a random year?' I hear you cry. lt is because 107 years ago the first organised women's football match was held at Crouch End, hosted by the ' Brit ish Lad1es Football Club '. At the time the Football Association branded the game a farce, and refused to recognise it. How times change. In the past few years, women's football in England has gained it's first fu lly profess1onal club, the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) which was set up as a franchise league 1n the States to attempt to match the NHL, NBA and MLB, and the 1999 Women's World Cup Final was watched by 90,000 pay1ng spectators. Next month, England's ladies have the opportunity to qualify for the World Cup for the f1rst time since 1995 when they play Portugal at Fratton Park in the fourth game of their 2003 qualifying campaign. A win there and a point or better in Holland would mean England would entertain European Champions Germany already Virtually assured of a playoff place. Not that England coach Hope Powell IS counting any chickens. "I thought Holland wou Id beat Portugal quite co nvin cing ly, as I thought we would, but Portugal never cease to amaze me," she says. "I think it now leaves the group a bit open again. As a resu lt of draw1ng w1th Holland and drawing with Portugal it made 1t really diff1cult for us, and it's g1ven us a bit of a lifeline. "Recogn1s1ng now that we must beat Portugal and Holland puts a different emphasis on it. I'm more encouraged by that result than I was lead1ng 1nto that game. lt depends how the next two games go, we now know what we have to do and it might just give the girls that extra b1te." The end of the American season is also a bonus for Powell, who missed Kelly

Smith and Dannielle Murphy for the Portugal game through injuries p1cked up in the States, but there were serious doubts about the severity of Murphy's injury. The Florida coach declared the combative University of Florida m1dfielder played in the games either side of the international, but unfit for England. Despite this Powel l refuses to blame the poor performance against Portugal on the American season. "We didn't have a full strength squad against Portugal through injuries, not because they weren't released by the cl ubs," she 1nsists. "The fact they're now being released for qualification matches is a good thing , but we can't use that as an excuse against Portugal. We may have had five players ou t, but we didn't perform." The age of the England squad is such that the real1st would suggest that the 2007 World Cup is a more promising proposition for a young side packed w1th burgeoning talent, and Powell does nothing to play those hopes down. "Everybody's sort of saying, '2007 we'll win ttie World Cup', and I th ink long term I think that's a more realistic line to follow, simply because our players would then have been exposed to a lot more international football. Hopefully we're going to play more tournaments to give them that sort of experience which we greatly lack ." Since 1993, when the FA finally ate humble pie and took cont rol of the game, women's football has seen unprecedented growth, and the number of registered women's and girls' teams in the co untry now exceeds 1800. Two years ago, with the astounding growth 1n mind the FA set about starting a fully professional league 1n England and spent eight months researching how to do it. " The game's hopefully going to go pro in a few years, " says Powell. " But my focus is purely the International squad

Left: Kelly Smith holds off a challenge fro m Germany's Renate Lingor during the Women 's UEFA European Championship. Right: England's Coach Hope Powe/1

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and we have other people on the ground dealing with that area·. lt the game does go pro I think it w1ll be a great benefit to i nternat1onal football ." The strategy they came up w1th was to build a firm grassroots base to start with so the league has future talent to rely on, rather than the American collegiate system, and Powell recognises the impact a good base w1ll have on her team: "If you' re looking at it from the top end with a pro league then certainly America is the role model, but in England we work a lot on grass roots so it's sustainable over a long t1me. "I'm not sure what they do in the States concerning grass roots, but we devote a huge amount of time to grass roots football in this country, a huge amoun t of finance in order that 1t becomes sustainable over a long time. "We work bottom up, and I think 1t's coming to fruition now with a lot of

Smith, Dannielle Murphy and Rachel Brown to cross the Atlantic, but not necessarily with the best results. "I think for us it is more important that we keep our better players here, s1mply because we can't track them an d see how they're doing," says Powell. "All players go through bad spurts. Kelly [Sm1thl IS an exceptional player and 1! hasn't affected her going to the States the way it's affected some of our younger players. We assume that they'll be 1n good shape, and they come back and they're really not. We don't encourage them to go over to America." With the f1tness problems expenenced by Murphy and Brown in mind, the FA has set up the Women's National Player Development Centre at Loughborough University. Offering the same scholarship as the American system, the hope is that prom1sing players will want to stay in the UK.

"The game's hopefully going to go pro in a few years. If the game does I think it will be a great benefit to internationa I footba 11." younger players and our current England squad is very young. They're coming through, they're in the system longer, and they end up more experienced - so I think we've done it the nght way round. "With America, it's brilliant that they've got a pro league, and if countries are going to take that up then it's a possible model to follow. But I think you can take positives from the USA, from England and from the other govern1ng bod1es in the world really." The American system Involves universities scouting high school and girls' club sides for the best talent, and offering them scholarships to study and play at the same t1me. The system tempted Kelly

" We 're talking about work1ng with the academies to have the elite players, but we're really at the early stages with Loughborough University," Powell explains . " They're going very well, and it could be an option in the future but we really don't know. We're just looking at what we've started at Loughborough, that's three months in now, and we'll JUSt have to look at how it pans out in the future and go from there. " In the end the FA are aiming to get the Infrastructure for a professional leagu e in place by 2003/04 so that the pyramid system can take the strain. But it is hard to see how such a system would incorporate a WUSA style league,

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where al l the players' contracts are owned centrally by the league. Th erefore, the FA will have to trust the cl ubs to get on with it themselves and hope they use thei r expertise from th e men's gam e. Powell recognises both the pros and the cons of such a system: "I think it's workable out there. I'm not saying it would be ideal here, I don't know, but it's obvious ly part or researc t1 th at 's bemg done," she says. ·• lt's better to ha ve a good sta ndard of play in every game rathe r than just one or two games because they've got all the best players. Certainly if you' re trying to attract sponsorship and TV deals you need good entertaining footbal l, so I understand why they've done it that way and I don't think it's a bad idea."

ith professional ism now an inevitabili ty, Fulham stole a march on al l the top clubs by getti ng t here fo ur yea rs early. Duri ng the 1999/2000 season Mohammed AI Fayed an nounced his dec ision to make the change, saying: "After seei ng some of the Wo men's Wor ld Cup co mpetit ion in America, I realised the tremendous potential of women's football. lt is my hope that Fulham Football Club can play a part in building opportunities for women to play professiona l footba ll in t his country and in t1me enhance it s profile." And his club has not cut any corne rs to be the pioneers. All the players signed on at Craven Cottage en joy the same perks as the ~r male counterparts. Th e contracts they receive are almost identical in form to those received by the men, and the wome n receive the same PFA benefi t s to the men's First Team squad.

Th ese inc lude t he provisi on of health insurance, previ ous ly not on offer to women, and a ful l time staffin g stru ct ure . This is acc om panied wit h a commi tment from t he players to enhance Fulh am's deve lopment role wi t hin t he community, wi th an am bit ion to widen the opport uni ty for gi rls to participate in foot bal l from the grass roots upwards. A dow nside to the story was that at the tim e Fulham were plying the ir trade in th e Greater London Premier League , three levels below th e FA Women 's Prem ier League National Division. Their turn ing professiona l was mark ed by gaining promotion to the

"lt's a really exciting time at the moment. lt really needs to continue " South East Comb inat ion, wh ich also fea t ures Norwich City Racers- t he best local side. None of th e opponen ts could even worry Fulham as th ey won all 20 matches, scoring 196 and co nceding only three goals in the process. They were also 1-0 losers to Arsenal in the FA Cup final. lt is a simi lar story in the Prem ier Southern Division this season as they average 11 goa ls a ga me on their way to the top flight. This includes wins of 13-0 and 12-0 against Ipswich Town . Despite the lack of competition for two years, Hope Powell has no complaints about the players' comm itment. "it hasn't affected them to date ," she says. " They get the opportunity to play

against some boys si des qu ite regularly. They 're obviously a lot fitter t han most of the pl aye rs in th e team , so it really hasn' t affected them. it really doesn't look like it's going to. " They're very professional in thei r set up, in their manner and it's quite encouraging. it just goes to show what can be ac hieved through profess ionalism as opposed to those players who aren't professional. There is a bit of a difference. " Desp1te being the only fully professional side , interest from the other men's league clubs is enormous. Nine of the ten Premier League sides are t he ladies teams of professional men's clubs, so the scope for professional expa nsion is t here. And the fa ns are beginning to catch on. Recently, Southa mpton hosted the Premier League 's first ever 4,000 gate for their match against Arsenal at St Mary's, and with nearly 14,000 spec tat ors tu rn ing up for last year's FA Cup Fin al the signs are encouraging. Unlike some of the previous holders of the t it le "Britai n's Fastest Growing Sport" 1t looks like women's football will keep going from strength to strength , and long may it continue. " it's a really exciting time at the moment. it rea ll y nee ds to co ntin ue," Powell enthuses. " I've seen it from when I played to how it is now and th e game has ce rtai nly moved forward. I don't just think it's moved forward 1n this country, it 's moved forwa rd in the world , which is really encouraging. " I th1nk the message is getting out there with women's foot ball. it's avai lable to watch, it's quite attractive, and I think push Ing the game means tha t more people Will go and watch games, wh1ch in turn ca n only ra1se the profile of the game. "

Kelly Smith: England's wonderwomen Whatever the results, it's a safe bet that England striker Kelly Smith will be amongst the goals. Embodying the move towards professionalism, Smith is the first true women's football superstar to come out of England. Plying her trade for the Philadelphia Charge in the WUSA league, Smith was voted the first ever 'WU SA player of the week'. A member of the England national si de for seven years, Smith was the second overall draft pick in the inaugural draft. Smith also helped England seal a place in a major tournament for the firs t time in five yea rs as they qualified for last year's European Championships in Germany. In England 's two match playoff with the Ukrai ne, she scored one goal and set another up in the 2-1 victory in Kiev, and then was player of the match in the side's 2-0 win in England which sealed the berth. Hope Powell lavishes praise on the player who has succeeded spectacularly in her move abroad. "Kelly is an exceptional player," she said. "And it

hasn't affected her going to America the way it's affected some of our you nger players." Smi th made her mark at Seton Hall college in New Jersey, where sh e holds six collegiate records. She earned the 'Big East' player of the year award in three successive seasons - a feat only achieved by five others in any sport. As a resul t of her scoring 76 goals in 51 matches, Seton Hall bestowed upon her its highest honour in February 2000, when it retired her uniform number six. She became only the third female athlete and the frrst non-basketball player to receive the distinction at the University.

Kelly Smith: Born: October 29, 1978, Watford Club: Philadelphia Charge (USA) Previous Clubs: Arsenal, Seton Hall (USA), New Jersey Stallions (USA) Eng land Caps: 28 (6 goals)

UEA 5: UEA 4. Drayton I. Division 1 Table p w D L F A Pts East on 14 9 2 3 31 20 29 Earl ham 10 9 0 I 52 14 27 Saxon Eng 13 8 1 4 43 25 25 UEA 9 8 0 1 35 7 24 Drayton !I 4 2 5 29 30 14 SpiXworth I! 4 2 5 32 35 14 Taverham 11 3 3 5 21 27 12 Wensum Alb 12 3 3 6 17 44 12 St Andrews IS I I 13 16 53 4 Rangers 8 0 2 6 10 32 2 Division 2: UEA Res 2, Jubilee I. Division 2 Table p w D L F A Pts Denmark R 9 8 1 0 33 7 25 Cottage Rgr 11 6 I 4 35 27 19 Red Roofs 11 6 I 4 32 28 19 ' UEA Res 8 6 1 1 28 8 14 Yelverton 2 4 31 28 14 10 Jub1 lee 12 2 6 27 29 14 Jarrolds 11 4 2 5 32 36 14 FC Denmark 8 4 0 4 26 26 12 Nch Un1on A11 3 I 7 22 26 10 Blof1eld A 12 3 I 8 25 43 10 Tuddenham 11 2 2 7 10 43 8 · · 5 points deducted Division 3: UEA A 2, Avent1s Eagles 4: UEA A 3, Norw1ch Un~on A I: Norw1ch Un1on A 0. UEA A 2. Division 3 Table p w D L F A Pts Earlham Br 12 7 3 2 43 26 24 L1ttle Melton 12 7 2 3 26 18 23 Avent1s 10 7 I 2 40 22 22 UEA A 12 6 2 4 29 19 20 Shotesham 12 6 0 6 38 37 18 Nch Un~on A!I 5 0 6 30 27 15 Marlboro OB I! ~ 2 5 18 20 14 Salhouse R 9 4 I 4 22 25 13 Sth Walsham 11 4 I 6 30 45 13 Loddon A ! I 3 0 8 18 33 9 Easton Res 13 I 4 8 17 39 7 HOCKEY BUSA Leagues, Mens I 2, Northampton 1: Mensll 2. Loughborough Ill 3; Nott1 ngham Ill 3, Mens Il l 0; Staff (Stoke) 1. Womens I l; De Montfort (Leicester) 0. Womens 11 20. Midlands Mens Division 2A p w D L F A Pts UEA 4 3 1 0 21 3 10 Le1cester 4 3 I 0 14 4 10 4 3 0 I 23 5 9 Derby Northampton 4 2 0 2 12 7 6 DMU (Le•cl 5 2 0 3 4 19 6 BC FT CS 4 0 0 4 3 19 0 'LHU (L•nc) 5 I 0 4 4 24 0 • - 3 po1nts deducted Midlands Womens Division lA p w D L F A Pts UEA 7 6 1 0 20 5 19 Staff (Stoke) 7 4 I 2 23 15 13 Worcester 7 4 I 2 17 !I 13 Warw1ck 7 3 0 4 21 13 9 Notts Trent 7 2 0 5 6 25 6 "Letcester 7 0 1 6 I 19 5 • - 6 po~nts deducted Printwi se Men's East League, Division

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Quotes Of The Fortnight "We made schoolboy errors." Graham Rix expla10s away Portsmouth 's cu p defeat to Leyton Orient. Still, better than schoolgirl errors, eh Graham? "Well, you can only fire at an open goal when you discover that it is a hand grenade you are kicking rather than the baii."David Blun kett shows off his sporting knowledge. "Acting is like a small drug, but football is big, big, big! Football is the LSD of drugs.• Eric Cantona reveals a misspent youth.

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My Favourite Match ... Cardiff City 2-1 Leeds United 6/1102 Mike Mi/ner

The atmosphere was tense, passionate and antiEnglish. The beer had flowed so much that three pubs ran out, and Leeds, well, they are a bunch of "little racist t hugs" aren't t hey? Scott Young is my hero H1s tackle on Viduka was ridiculous, 1t was that good. When he scored the winner, I don't think I have gone that mad 10 all my l1fe. No one could actually bel1eve that we were going to wm, we all just loved 1t. Everyone knows what happened then, Cardiff fans the p1tch, and it got labelled a riot. Funny how everone else m the ground just thought 1t was a celebratory pitch invas1on . About fifty members of the Soul Crew went to say hello to the away fans. Christ knows how you will reactiOn to real trouble. Anyway, Leeds couldn't get back across Offia's Dyke fast enough. MaJestic." Do you you have a favourite match? Email 200 words to su.concrete@uea.ac.uk Studs Up IS comp1/ed by M1ke M!lner and Will Halsey

elsh power. • • Joe Calzaghe is Britain's WBO super-middleweight champion. Mike Milner spoke to him as he prepares for the tenth defence of his title ... uper-middlewe1ght boxing, in many ways, was the highlight of British boxing during the nineties. With the 'charisma' of Chris Eubank, the power of Nigel Benn, and the Irish contender Steve Collins, it was one of the most popular times for the sport. Even with the tragic accident of Michael Watson and the subsequent 'bashing brams' adverts from the British Medical Association 1n an attempt to get the sport banned, supermiddleweight boxing appeared not to suffer. Yet, of course, it did. Appearing more thuggish and brutal than the technique based sport it really is, coupled with the rise of martial arts, numbers declined. Even with the surge in popularity thanks to Lennox Lewis and Audley Harrison, boxing's future is unpredictable. John lrvine, a well known boxing journalist, has recently commented that boxing's decline is in part due to people lack of knowledge; it has to be more than wanting to watch try and knock lumps out of each other. One man who is trying to change this is Joe Calzaghe. The Welsh terminator has become renowned for a hard-hitting fighting style, always looking for the knockout shot. it is therefore not surprising that his professional record reads W32-DO-LO, 27 of his victories achieved inside the distance, 17 of these mside the first five rounds. He dramatically won the title in 1997 when, as a virtual unknown, he beat Chris Eubank, a veteran of 22 title fights, when youth destroyed experience. He has now had nine almost effortless defences of his title, his next against the former IBF titleholder Charles Brewer. Although the fight had to be rescheduled last week, until 20th April, due to Calzaghe suffering from flu, it was impossible to stop him talking up the f1ght. " it's gomg to be a very explosive fight, Brewer is a very good opponent, he's a big puncher so I promise you 1t'll be a great fight. "I thought he was unlucky to lose h1s title on a dub1ous decision 10 Germany against Sven Ottke and when he was stopped recently by Antwun Echols, he had floored Echols three t1mes only for the ref to step m prematurely when he was rocked himself.

"He comes forward looking for the knockout and I do the same. So as soon as that first bell goes, we'll just head towards each other m the middle of the ring and unload our weapons." Calzaghe dismantled his last opponent, Will Mclntyre, inside four rounds, fighting on the Mike Tyson-Brian Neilson card out in Copenhagen. ever short of confidence, 29-year-old Calzaghe predicts that Brewer will also not last much beyond the fourth

round . "Basically when I connect on his chin he's going to get knocked out, simple as that. I've got a great chin. And he's been knocked out in the past. I am bound to catch him eventually and then he'll go. "I'm a proud champion and there's no way he's going to come over and take my title. "I love giving the Yanks a whipping- they talk a big fight and I JUSt love them coming over so I can send them packing." One criticism levelled at Calzaghe is that he has not yet gone head-to-head against world class opposition, but he can only beat whoever is put in the nng with him. lt clearly frustrates Calzaghe that he was not born in an earlier generation and given the opportunity to fight the likes of Nigel Benn and Steve Collins. "it's all very well being the best in the world, but you need big names for big fights." A fight with Eric Lucas, the WBC champion, is a possibility, and this could be his Amencan debut, but then unification bouts are infamously hard to arrange. "I would love to fight Lucas, but the other two champions, Sven Ottke (IBF) and Byron Mitchell (WBA), are avoiding me. I'm the best, the number one in this division, and I've proved 1t again and again." If none of these are possible, where does he go from here?

"Now I want Roy Jones and Bernard Hopkins." Jones is rated the best pound to pound boxer in the business and a bout against the undisputed light heavyweight champion has been the subject of ongoing speculation. "To be honest though I'm getting quite fed up with it. it's difficult because of the different networks involved. He's with HBO and I'm with Showlime- that's a massive obstacle in itself. "Secondly, you've got to ask yourself whether Roy Jones would want to fight me. "At the moment he picks his own opponents, fights the easiest guys he can and gets a lot of money for beat10g them. "I'm dangerous and I can take the mega money out of his pocket. Why would he want to f ight me? I wouldn't. "Missmg the big pay days is frustrat10g, but I also missed the boat with the likes of Eubank, Collins and Benn. I'll just be patient and continue to defend my title." Calzaghe deserves a chance on the biggest stage and it is something he is gearing up for. He's in the gym and preparing for the "real hard work" that will come ahead of his bout against Brewer. After that, 1t is America. " I '11 be going over to the States at some point this year because that has basically been the big plan for a few years now. "My last few fights have been screened in America. The Americans have now seen what I can do and the fights went down we ll . "Going to America is purely fmancial, we see it as a b1gger egg to crack and it Will happen eventually, I think in the summer. You've got to stnke while the iron's hot and America's a great opportunity for me to exploit a bigger market - it's the big league." Joinmg the big league is part of the b1g plan, and with it will come the big payday. All Calzaghe wants IS the b1g fight to prove to everyone that he is the best in the world.

"I'm dangerous and I can take the mega money out of Roy Jones' pocket. Why would he want to fight me? I wouldn't."

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ALEX THORPE Sport Editor

Three goals in five minutes saw UEA FC storm to their third successi ve Norfolk Junior Cup sem i fi nal, as they dispatched Angl ian Com binati on Div ision Two leaders Hi ndringham at Colney Lane on Saturday. In a thrillin g , end -to -e nd encou nter, th e h ighest pla ced t ea m in t he .co m pe t it ion c rash ed to a quic k f ire UEA t reb le, and put t he b lue s t o within sp it tin g d ista nce of returning to Carrow Road. With a squad cons1st ing o! 1 1 ol the 14 who participa ted in the fina l last Apr il, hopes in t he UEA camp must be sky high fo r a return to the showp iece. But they have Wil l Al ien to thank for getti ng th em past t he quarter final stage. The UEA 'keeper made five st unn in g saves, and the vis1tors hi t th e woodwork once in an attempt t o get back 1n to t he game. UEA started t he brighter of t he two sides wi th left winger Terry Swann shooting over twice in the f~rst 20 m1nu tes after good work fro m Graeme Byrne. On the half hour ma rk H1ndrmgham striker Mark Betts broke free and h1s shot t hroug h Gavin Reed's legs forced th e best from Al ien divi ng low to h1s right. Alien was forced into act ion eight minutes later, makin g a superb double save from a Ka rl Pask free k1ck, an d Gary Bel ton's fol low up. The secon d ha lf began more ca utiously, an d when t he breakthrough cam e it was a si mpl e goa l. Stu art Jenkinso n set Byrne free and th e right winger shot un dern eath t he 'keeper to give UEA th e lead in 58 minutes. Fou r mi nutes later th e lead was doub led, Jac k Cull is converting th e pe nalty after Paul Jarrett was brought down . Less than a m in ute later, Ri c hard Croz ier made it three, defl ec ti ng a Byrne shot hom e. UEA eased off in th e last 25 m inutes and sustained heavy pressure, bu t the performan ce was good enoug h to see th em th rough. They are joined in the semifi nals by Halt , Swaf f ham Rese rves and last year's winners, Thorpe Rovers. • UEA reached the quarter f1nals by beating Division Three leaders Gayton Un1ted 5-3 1n a replay at Colney Lane after t he fi rst tie was abandoned due to an 1njury to a v1sit1ng player.

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the striker they had been looking for to partner lwan Roberts. lt was j ust the t onic City needed after going into the Coventry game on the back of a 4-0 thrashing from Birmingham. Once aga i n the Canaries away form stuttered, or maybe it was a case of too much Christmas cake, and despi t e dom inating much of the game, City were beaten by Nott ingham Forest's wonderkids 2-0 on Boxing Day. Agam C1ty bounced back superbly, thanks to a crush i ng 5-0 defeat of Sheffield Wednesday, ensun ng that C1ty kept in touch with the leaders and 1t showed how potent a strike force Roberts and Nielsen can become. The only down side of the defeat was the news that Robe rts will be out for five weeks th rough injury. Neverthe less, t he resu lt sea led Nielsen's t ra nsfer for £200,000. But yet agatn City's away form let them down, an d if th ey are to ac hi eve au t omati c promotion they cannot so lely re ly on VIctories at Ca rrow Road. In a game t hey should have won, th ey cou ld on ly manage to draw 1-1 at Wa lsal l. The highl ight of t he winte r pe nod however was the magni ficent display agatnst 'cosmopo li ta n' Chelsea in th e F.A. Cup. Ultimate ly t hey should have won, and it

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was only the form of Carlo Cudictni that kept the scores at 0-0. Mark R1vers was probab ly gu1lty of wast1ng the best oppor !unities. failing to score on a number of occas 1ons. Wh il st a pleas1ng res ult, C1ty w1ll probably be kicktng themselves. A tie aga1nst West Ham United awa1ts the w1n ners and C1ty can take much heart that Chelsea never seem to perform at home when play1ng, supposedly, the 'lesse r' s1des. Back 1n the league, Norw1ch 's hopes for promot1on suffered a dent when last Sunday's vis1t to Manchester City ended in a 3-l defeat. Despite the ll th minute send1ng off o! Danny Tiatto, Norwich could not ma ke t he numerica l adva ntage count. Eyal Berkovic scored twice and Paulo Wanchope netted a penalty. Dav1d Nielsen scored Norwich's goal, taking his tally to six in six games. Perhaps City's minds we re elsewhere ahead of the cup replay. Norw1ch have managed to keep 1n touch wit h th e lead ers recen tl y, however t hey must start to perform away from home 1n their hopes are more than just a play-off spot. David Nie lsen has given the team an added spark of late and 1f he ca n con t inue in such a rich vein of form then maybe a return to th e Premi ersh ip is not out of t he quest ion.

League razzmatazz to hit UEA ALEX THORPE

January will see the start of a new UEA football league, with organisers trying to encourage the razzmatazz that goes with the modern game. UEA: FA is the S-a-side league in ques ti on, and league boss Robin Parsons explai ns why \he league w ill be di ffe rent: " We've asked loads of pla)ers what th ~y' d like and we've combi ned it in to one huge compet ition. We 're very excited about it." The co mpetiti on will include two leagues and two cups pl ayed out every se mester with promoti on and relegat ion. and a transfer sys tem will be in pl ace when the league beg in s. But all of thi s would see m very stand ard without the potential for furt her media interest beyo nd Concrete coverage. namely a television magazine call ed Matchday. "When I've scored a great goal in the past I' ve always wanted to see it aga in:· say;, Parso ns. ··so we pl ayed wi th the idea of havi ng televised games for a while before we came up with the idea for M atchday. We

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li ke to thi nk of thi s as simil ar to the BBC\ Mwch of the Dor or ITV's The Premier.~hifl. ·'Each week all the games \\ i 11 be li Imed. th en back in our studio we arc go ing to record a prog ramme featuri ng two fu ll Premier Division ga mes, and hi ghli ght s of the other two ever) week. We will also ha1·e intervie11' wit h managers and players and ana l) ' is from our panel.'' T he programm e will most likely be '> hm1 n weekl y so mewhere on campus for anyone to see. but the league also have plan s to 'bring the cu p fi nal atmosphere to EA.' " We thought about making cup ~e mi - lin a l s and fin als into special occasions." Parsons ex plains. ··so we came up with the idea of play ing the UEFA theme tune as the tea ms enter the pitch and hav in g programmes for any spec tators who may like to turn up. Naturally we will also have real trophies to prese nt to the winners. and medal s for everyone in the finals... lt mi gh t sound craLy, but the competition has al read y allracted aucn ti on all around ca mpu s and even has it's own wcbs ite. For more informati on. or to get involved , visit www.gcoc it ies.com/uea_f a.

ing draw agai nst Staffs. (S toke) they now have a six point lead at the top with three games remaining.

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Tenpin bowling team score best ever performance at BUSA National Championships NEIL FERRIS

UEA's Ten-Pin bowlers started the new season with the BUSA National Championships, and surged to their best ever title placing with the men ending only second behind Portsmouth, and the women coming home sixth.

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The BUSA Nationals see over 150 bowlers from 35 Universities converge on Nott i ngham, w ith every competitor bowling nine games over the day. With its strongest squad yet, including three exGreat Britain bowlers, U EA's high hopes were justified . The men's tournament is divided into four three-game sections doubles, trios, fives, and 'Lone Gunman ' singles. All members of the 6-man squad bowl in both the doubles and trios, with the squad split for the fives and singles. The UEA 'A' squad had a scintillating start to the doubles, with 200+ games from Gareth

Salaam , Dave North , Karl Ryan and Brian Jepson , with North narrowly missing a 600 series. In fact, f ive 500+ series in the first set put the squad right in contention going into the Trios . Elsewhere though , arch -rivals Portsmouth were putting together some equally impressive bowl ing to lead after the first set. The Trios saw Paul Hewitt join the 200+ club for UEA, on his way to a 535 series, with two more 200+ games for Ryan and North, seeing UEA move into second place overall . Unfortunately Portsmouth kept up their relentless pace, increasing their lead at the m id-point. The ' B' squad meanwhile had been putting in steady performances from the off, the squad inside the top ten going into the break. Elsewhere, UEA's Women's squad were busy proving that this is the best squad the university has ever had - Tor Sutton set the team on their way with a 533 series, and a 17 4 from Cheryl Wright, saw the squad consolidate the start they had been given in the doubles.

The 'spin the bottle' selection process for the men 's singles saw Dave Hart being given the job of handling the singles for the 'B' squad . Three steady games gave the rest of the squad a good springboard for the fives as they attempted to stay in the top ten. Unfortunately, a 165 from Dave Reed did not prove to be enough for a top ten finish, as the ' B' squad put in the best result for a UEA second team, finishing thirteenth. UEA's women rose to the chal lenge of their singles, with good performances from Sutton, Claire Rosser-Davies and Wright, making it another best ever placing for UEA, f inishing sixth overall, with Sutton the fourth placed lady of the day. With Portsmouth already out of reach with a 700-pi n lead, attention for the 'A' squad turned to Sheffie ld , Newcastle and Nottingham for the 'Lone Gunman ' singles . Always the trickiest event as the rest of the squad prepare for the f ives, Neil Ferris put up his best series of the day with two 160+ games. lt

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proved to be enough , as the squad only lost 3 pins to Sheffield, and actually made up ground on 4th placed Newcastle . This left the rest of the squad with a 150-pin lead going into the longest event of the day, the fives. A 226 from Salaam , 203 from North helped UEA post four 500+ series in the fives to corn-

fortably hold off those behind, finishing 280 pins ahead of Nottingham . However, the celebrations for UEA did not end with the prize as BUSA officials giving, announced their selections for the GB squad for the coming year. A 190.22 average from Salaam secured his selection, and for the

first time, UEA has a female GB Bowler in Tor Sutton . Although Portsmouth continue to dominate the men's event, UEA have proved that they are still capable of holding their own against the best, and with more tourname"nts throughout the year, more success looks likely before the season is over.

Muddy start for triumphant UEA athletes LENA KERSTEN

AFTER THE winter break UEA Athletics Club are well positioned to carry on their good run of results in the East Anglian Cross Country Championship. Both the defending champion

women's team and the men's side, who finished fourth last year, are in the hunt for titles this season. This year's athletics team has grown enormously with an even greater number of keen and competitive runners than last year. The start of the new season greeted the team of athletes with very muddy conditions, and gave the run-

ners a very tough start. And the opening team race was dominated by the women 's team, with Michelle Margot, Clare Edmunds and Lena Kersten coming home third fourth and fifth places respectively, while the rest of the team all made the top 25. The men's result improved on last year's with the consistent Chris

Miller storming into 12th followed by Pete Thome, still recovering from injury and the Snowdon Run, in 26th. After a cancelled second race, UEA celebrated double success at Caldecott Hall. Bob McGill, making his debut in competitive running after a two year break, led the men's race home, while Sue Cripsey con-

vincingly won the women 's race. Margot followed Cripsey home after a flying start for a strong second place finish Aore Belzanne claimed seventh place in the women's, while Miller came home tenth for the men to improve the sides' respective league positions. Barnham Hall was less of a happy

hunting ground for UEA - Margot, Kersten and Belzanne finished in the top ten for the women, but Miller was the best placed man in 13th. The club is now looking forward to the BUSA Championships in Belfast in February with strong women's and men's squads capable of improving on last year's 13th and 30th respective positions.

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