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PROTEST AGAINST FRESHERS LECTURES CALLS on the University to start term a week earlier to allow a full Freshers' Week are reaching their peak.

Last week, the Union launched a campaign, which is UEA's biggest since antiapartheid demonstrations in the 1980's, to put a stop to lectures during the first week of term, writes Rebecca Lawrence.

Man pleadS guilty to manslaughter for UEA death CONCRETE can exclusively reveal that the killer charged with murder at the LCR early this year has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

The news shocking news occured after Andrew McPhee's trial at Norwich Crown Court yesterday.

He was warned that a jail sentence for the vicious assault on Richard Walls, which took place on Saturday March 9 was inevitable.

Me Phee, 20, of Northfields Norwich, who had previously pleaded not guilty, denied murder, but changed his plee to manslaughter.

Judge David Melior has adjourned the case until October 28 when McPhee's punishment will be decided. In the meantime he has been granted unconditional bail.

The 29 year old victim, Richard Walls, was attending the trance

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night, Pam's House, with a 1000 other clubbers.

But his evening ended in tragedy when he was fatally attacked after receiving several blows to the head, while in the LCR. The death occurred between the dance floor and the bar soon after midnight. Union Security Officers formed a ring around the area of the attack while the dance event continued.

Richard, who worked as a supervisor at Banham Poultry, was given first aid on the scene until paramedics arrived. He was then taken by ambulance to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, but later died of his injuries.

Richard's parents Peter and Judith Walls, and his 24-year-old brother Stephen said they were shattered at the news of their

loved one's death, but had been greatly comforted by the support they had received from the local community and all those who new and loved him.

A witness, who was also at the LCR event, described how people continued to enjoy the evening, while Richard was treated by first aid staff before the area was sectioned off. When police held the crowd behind nobody seemed to know what had happened.

Colleague Alan Hicks, who worked at the Banham Poultry said Richard enjoyed the club atmosphere but did not take drugs.

Jane Radcliffe, who once lived with Richard at his home at Catton Hall Flats, SI Faiths Road, Norwich, recalls a good friend who liked many styles of music from garage and house to the Stone Roses. ·"I moved away but we kept in touch and were very good friends. He was always there for me. He was simply a top guy."

This year, first years have to attend lectures, at the same time as getting used to their new lives at University.

As well as handing out leaflets on campus, the rally has had huge national coverage, appearing on the front page of the Daily Telegraph yesterday, as well as in the Times.

The Union has also spoken to four radio stations, including Radio 5 live, and Radio Wales.

Union Communications Officer Ned Glasier claims this is the biggest issue in terms of the Union's membership.

"So far, we've received over 1000 signatures for our petition.

We are delighted with the response to the campaign. lt is one of the most high profile protests of recent times and I am confident that the University will not ignore what most students see as a reasonable demand."

So far, the Union has only had feedback from the University through the national newspaper coverage.

"There is a set review process, which we will take our campaign to," added Ned. But University spokeswoman, Annie Ogden has defended the continued on page 2

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''THE MEDIA GOT IT WRONG" Communications Officer, Ned Glasier puts the rumours surrounding the protest to rest

Union kick start campaign against freshers' lectures from page 1

move. She claims students are happy with the new set-up. ''The research we have conducted suggests that first years welcomed the opportunity to get started as soon as possible. If you are lonely and homesick, it's

good to be able to crack on with work. People are not having lectures from 9am until 5pm.

Student Matt Arnot is in a unique position to comment on the changes to Freshers week this year.

"I was a fresher last year, and I'm one again this year. There's a big difference between the two freshers weeks."

"Last year, we knew what we were doing . We had a structured week, which started on a Monday. This year, although the University claims we started lectures on Wednesday, we did not as I had lectures and seminars cancelled saying they will take place the next week.

"The clerk of my school did not know what was happening ."

EAS student, Matt, says there has been a massive confusion this year. "it's all up-in-the-air. it's put a lot of pressure on me. Last year was excellent as we had five days to get to know each other.

"In the first week of University there is a lot of emotional strain.

Unfortunately, the media does not always report the important facts of the particular story - and I think that the last week has seen U EA students just a little misrepresented.

Students are away from a stable family environment and are trying to develop new support

networks, and having lectures at the same time makes it more difficult."

POOL CUTS OPE ING HOURS EARLY morning swimmers have been left disgruntled over the Sportspark's decision to change the opening times from 5.30am to 7am due to staff shortages. lt means members of the public, who enjoyed swimming fi rst thing without worries of overcrowding, will have to be content with the

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later ope ning tim es.

But UEA spokeswoman Annie Ogden said she hoped the change in opening times would only be a tempo rary problem.

"We have had to suspend the early morning swimming session because of difficulties recruiting experience life-guards to start work at 5am on a regu lar basis."

From September 27th, public swimming began at 7am, but

' ' When we decided to run a petition calling for a lecturefree freshers week, I don 't th ink any of the people involved expected it to get the kind of media coverage it did.

Annie said it is hoped they will be able to recruit staff in the future.

"We will reinstate the sessions when we can. Meanwhile the health and safety of our swimmers has to be paramount. We have written to those who use the pool reg ularly at 5.30am and have offered them free swimming at any time for the next six months as a gesture of good will."

UEA's Sportspark needs two people to look after the pool at any given time but more staff is required to operate a rota system.

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Penguins Swimming club, Kay Turner, was a former participant in the early morning sessions. "lt will affect a few people who go in there at the crack of dawn but safety is paramount and they must be run with sufficient lifeguards."

Committee member of Norwich Swans swimming club John Roseby said , ''There are still early morning sessions at tt'Je Sports Village in Hellesdon if people want to swim first th ing."

Sessions at the Sports Village start at 6.30am , Monday to Sunday.

week's even more so.

I guarantee that war in Iraq will be high amongst them.

Students have not suddenly become a-political. Two petitions ran successfully side by side in the heart of the Student Union all last week. Nearly two hundred students from UEA went to London this weekend to protest against the war.

Our world is a massively complex place and students at UEA have issues as diverse as world peace and environmental disaster competing for their attention.

Just because people didn't sign one petition doesn't mean they don't care about a whole host of other things.

Those who signed the freshers petition were, like it or not, making a political statement, saying they appreciated the academic and welfare benefits of having time to settle into a brand new and very different life before starting lectures.

They were not signing a 'let's get drunk' petition , they were signing a 'let's have time to settle in and then get down to full first week of lectures' petition . We hope that UEA students do not believe the spin that made what is actually a fairly mundane event into a national news story.

We hope they don't believe the rhetoric that claims students are lazy, selfish, unconcerned by politics. There's already been enough evidence in the first week of term to prove otherwise."

The reason the story was newsworthy reflected less on the issues and more on a predictable, untrue stereotype of students.

The No Lectures for Freshers campaign became newsworthy for two reasons .

Firstly it involved students (seemingly) demanding the right to drink over the right to study. Secondly it (seemingly) proved that students care more about the right to drink than, in this instance, war in Iraq. More signatures on the freshers petition than the antiwar one appears to equal 'students are selfish'.

If you look a little deeper at the whole situation , it is - of course less clear cut than that. Why did more students sign the freshers petition? An obvious start might be because it was available in more places for longer periods.

Or because it is a lot easier to scribble your name .....---- - - - - - -on a relatively uncontroversial petition than an overtly 'important' and political one.

Or just maybe because new students had just made one of the most significant steps in their lives and happened tO' be thinking about it a lot.

Because, in that one unique week of their lives, they were more concerned with settling in at UEA than anything else.

This week's stud ents will have a different set of priorities, next

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University bosses won't allow scandal students 4禄nto courses UEA has issued a statement Insisting there Is a little chance of undergraduates cheated by the A-Level scandal getting onto its courseseven If their marks would normally have got them a place.

In the weeks following the ALevel results in August, it emerged that thousands of students had received the wrong A Level grades. lt is believed that the 'fixing' of grades was a direct response to allegations against the 'dumbing down' of A levels.

The mattef arose when teachers, parents and students were shocked at not achieving their predicted grades.

Sir William Stubbs, head of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA), was sacked this week as a result of his part

Above: Estelle Morris

PUS CRIMES ALERT MANY students have already been victims of campus crimes - despite there being . Increased security at UEA. Thieves stole a Dale Laptop from block Q路 of Waveney Terrace, a bicycle from outside Norfolk Terrace and a student's car from Earl ham park car park, writes Rebecca Lawrence.

And criminals have also been probing Union House, after a mobile phone was stolen from the Hive.

PC Richard Bell is appealing for witnesses for any of the crimes and advises students to take more precautions to avoid thefts.

"Students should secure their phones. lt is easier to trace mobiles if students put *#06# into the phone. This gives them a

security number, which they should write down."

"If it is stolen, the provider can stop the thief using it, and the police can trace it."

Each week, PC Bell expects a bike to be stolen from campus, and maybe a burglary to take place.

"Students should be careful about leaving their rooms unlocked, and especially ground floor windows. They should

Above: Wsveney Terrsce

report any suspicious behaviour to the police."

At the police surgery in the Union this week, PC Bell will be giving out free UV marker pens, and advises students to mark their property with their home postcode and house路 number.

International students should put on their campus registration number.

"In the future, I hope to have days to security mark bikes. For the moment, students should use the UV pen, or put their address down the seat tube."

He added that he hopes his presence, combined with the proactive approach the University has taken, will make crimes go down on campus.

"Although there is only one of me, and 15,00 students, it is hard to see if there is call for another officer. We will have to see if crime is affected by my presence."

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in the scandal.

Mr Tomlinson, who is heading the enquiry into the fiasco, said that the problem was restricted to two exam boards and twelve subjects.

Students who took these subjects will now have their marks remarked to make them higher because the complexity of the system has resulted in "misunderstanding and disagreement."

The news has sparked fears that some students who are re-graded could try to swop universities.

But spokeswoman for UEA, Annie Ogden said it was unlikely that UEA would be able to admit new students now the academic term has started.

"There are practical issues here, such as class sizes and accommodation. UEA is a popular University and we have filled all our places for this year up to the maximum."

"In addition, anyone who had originally hoped to came here may have already found a place elsewhere."

But the Secretary of State for Education, Estelle Morris, said in a statement made last Friday that the majority of universities had already agreed to honor offers made before August and assured the country in a statement made last Friday that all students will, in time, receive their correct results.

"My top priority over recent days has been to make sure that young people know as soon as

possible and with complete certainty what their A level grades are and that the grades accurately reflect the standard of 路 their work."

Students wishing to transfer will be offered places next year rather than this coming one.

This may affect the amount of offers made to students taking A levels next summer who are applying through UCAS. Although steps are being taken to rectify the disastrous situation, this will not change speculation about an already considered conspicuous new A level system. Annle Ogden added that "Co-operation would be necessary across the entire higher education sector if there were to be any changes for this academic year."

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Chance to get drunk an d naked Some students seem to be getting unusual pleasure in taking off their clothes for the Hedonistic Society. Obviously they must be well endowed if they are willi ng to show the mselves off in this naturalistic way.

The new society claims to "expand your mind and horizo ns," probably something to do with th eir campaig n to legalise cannabis. They also seem to be into Jetting wo men exploit their bodies for sex in their hope to legalise prostitution. Members are invited to come for a chat or to have some of Dave's herbal tea- another aid for their cannabis campaign no doubt, although they don't say where to go on their leaflet. All the events, of course, involve consuming copious amounts of alcohol.

Better get along there quick, we think.

Cheer up girls I think we are rig ht in thinking the Cheerleading society reckon they should be given sports team status, apparently th ey think what they do is a sport.

Well, sorry girls, but you are obviously a little confused .

You see, dancing seductively on the LCR stage does not constitute a sporting activity in our eyes - or in fact the Union's.

We suggest you get yo urselves a few dancing lessons ladies.

Last week the LCR played host to yet another sad character trying to make a buck or two out of us silly drunken things.

Here at Concrete we have witnessed many of them , from Whigfield to the foul Timmy Mallet, but Grange Hill's Richard Sheard , aka Mr Bronson certainly took the biscuit.

Not only did he want to get drunk as soon as he entered the building, he droned on all night about how a girl had taken her skirt off for him the day before.

And as if that wasn't enough, he was later spotted by our spies chatting up a group of girls who appeared to be freshers.

Commise rations gi rls.

PSSST! Oh dear, someone doesn't seem to be getting the message that they are not wanted at the University. This city club manager has been making a nuisance of himself again. Last week angry Union House staff had to ask him to leave the building .

Every year he sneaks into The Hive, along with his minions, to hand out leaflets for his club. And every year, he is thrown out.

Come on love, have some dignity - stay away, we don't want you here.

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Ex-UEA student named by Blair in war files REBECCA LAWRENCE News Editor

THE PRIME Minister has accused a former UEA student of being at the centre of a warfare plot.

Dr Rahib Rashida Taha aiAwazi, who studied for her PhD at the University in the eighties takes up more space in Tony Blair's dossier on Iraq than any of Saddam Hussein's sons.

The 46 -year-o ld, who was described as a recluse by her advisor Professor John Turner, is now married to a leading Iraqi government offici al, and is possibly at the heart of a germ warfare plot.

The B/0 student, whose education was funded by the Iraqi

Ministry of Higher Education, is head of a secret biological warfare programme in Iraq and supposedly oversees the manufacture of deadly viruses and bacteria, including Botulinum.

A spokes man for the University said her work at UEA was only on diseases affecting wheat and tobacco.

"She was here when the UK enjoyed good relations with Iraq and we have had no contact with her since she left."

Du ring the 1990s Or Taha also known as Or Germ , was continually questioned by UN weapons inspectors.

At first she claimed all biological agents and weapons had been destroyed in the first few months after the 1991 wa r.

She made no mention of the secret germ warfare factory at aiHakam , 80 miles west of Baghdad, where wo rk was carried out under her supervis ion.

In 1995, the research student admitted that a factory she had set up near Baghdad had made enough anthrax and botulinum to kill millions.

UNSCOM suspected that weapons in her arsenal had been tested on humans According to the British dossier, Or Taha played a centra l role in Iraq's weapons programme.

Four years ago Or Taha was publicly honoured by Saddam Hussein at the Military Industrial Commission in Baghdad .

And last year, Concrete reported that Dr Taha was holding a chief role in the worldwide anthrax scares.

Above: Dr Taha, /eN, Dr Turner

JIVE TA ENT ARRIVES AT U THIS AUTUMN two celebrated authors are set to join the Creative Writing MA prose fiction teaching staff.

Novelist and academic Patricia Dunkert and novelist Michele Roberts have been appoi nted to Chairs in Creative Writi ng.

Professor Andrew Motion will focus on teaching poetry, as well as carrying out his role as Poet t Laureate. f

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The two new professors will each teach for one semester a year, giving them time to pursue their writing .

Jon Cook, who resigned as Dean of EAS this summer, is delighted with the appointments.

"We felt it was important to have practising writers in th is role .

"They are fiction writers of

great imaginative flair, whose work has won them international recognition . They are both committed and dedicated teachers of creative writing , and wo rking with the novelist Paul Magrs they will bring new strength to the prose fiction strand of the Creative Writing MA." Patricia Dunker has written several nove ls, including Hallucinating Foucault, and The Deadly Space Between , published earlier this year.

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for a semester at UEA. The novelist's appointment follows the death of Professor Max Sebald, who frequently taught on the Creative Writing MA course.

The most recent anthology of writing by last year's Creative Writing MA students, Paper, Scissors, Stone is dedicated to Max. The collection comprises of work in poetry, prose and scriptwriting by diverse and unique new voices.

Paper, Scissors, Stone, will be launched in the UEA Drama Studio at 7.30pm on October 8 .

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NEW TRANSPORT PlANS REVEALED Travel rules unveiled to ease congestion THE University has released a new travel plan to deal with the volume of traffic coming on to campus, including an investigation into providing a 'park and ride' service.

Planners approved the construction of additional student residences on condition that an acceptable travel plan is produced before residences are occupied.

The expansion of the University is paramount for the economy of Norwich, and it is thought that a credible travel plan will provide the University with a better case for increasing the amount of permanent car parking that is available on campus, and its future development.

Transport Co-ordinator Dawn Dewar, who is leading the consultation on behalf of the University, said the plan aims to balance the needs of its staff and students within the constraints placed upon it by local planning

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"The travel plan is intended to provide those travelling to campus with a range of travel options where possible, whilst promoting choice and flexibility in the modes of transport used. These options include extensions to bus services and the facilities available to cyclists."

One of the main aims of the plan is to ease the car parking problems at the University, either by reducing the no of one person commuter journeys, or through the park and ride system.

They also hope to promote and encourage walking as a means of transport, or as part of a journey in conjunction with other modes of transport.

An in-house transport service is being investigated to satisfy demand, which cannot be met by existing providers. First Eastern Counties, who operate bus services from Costessey P and R site, have given an undertaking that if such a crossing were to exist, services would be extend-

ed to include UEA. Serious consideration could be given to a range of new and direct services.

The University feels that a cross-valley link would benefit many students. The estimated B minute saving in bus journey times would make Service 25, which runs from the city to the University, a more attractive option for the wide community.

The Travel Plan will manage car parks and vehicle movements to reduce demand whilst ensuring that the needs of essential car users are met.

The revenue raised by the introduction of car park charges last year will continue to be used for the purposes of traffic management.

Dawn Dewar added that initial responses to the plan have been thoughtful and constructive.

"I look forward to receiving the views of all those who are interested in this important subject."

Copies of the report can be obtained from her by calling 01603 593754. Any comments about the plan should be addressed to Dawn before 22nd November.

Man dies

1n UEA pool An epileptic man died two weeks ago after being found on the bottom of the swimming pool at the UEA Sportspark.

This term, Time has opened its doors on a Monday to run a pub-to-club with the new Union Bar. What do UEA student think? Jenny Dale found out.

A Norwich inquest heard how Simon Land, 33, was understood to have suffered a fit when found in the pool after swimming with some friends on September 15th, writes Suzanne Johnson

"I'm a second year, so now that I'm living away the free bus from the Union Bar doesn't really apply to me.

But it's a great idea for all the first years."

Having received resuscitation attempts at the incident site, Land , of Norwich Road, Tacolneston was. taken to the intensive care unit at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.

The swimmer was confirmed brain dead on September 20th after appearing to be making some progress.

He was found to have suffered brain damage and an acute liver injury.

The adjourning coroner of the inquest was William Armstrong.

Council call THE UNION is calling for students to join the Union Council body this year to help decide where to spend is cash.

The council is the main decision making boy for UEA students, who would only have to sit on it for two hours a month.

Normnation forms can be collected from Union House.

Kerry Seymour, OPT 2 "it's a good idea for the freshers but if you like Liquid and Time, you can only go to one. The free buses are a good idea."

Tom Pateman, EAS 2 "it's not a good idea to have two student nights on the same night."

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Protesting times?

The recent campaign for no lectures during Freshers ' Week has brought up the old debate of whether us stud ents still protest. At the time of going to press, over 1000 students had signed a petition prepared by th e Union Office rs .

Wh ile this perhaps proves that we do care and we do want to make a difference, th e fact that less than 100 people from UEA went to London last Saturday for the Anti-War march paints a much bleaker picture.

We no longer reall y want to cause change. Apart from a very small minority, students are happy to sit back and enjoy themselves. After all , it wasn 't us who began the Freshers' Week campaign , it was a small number of the Union Exec who have publicly asked us to sign it. While it cannot be argued it is all for a good cause , it was not initiated by anger and that is what is needed to kick start a protest.

But contrary to many beliefs, we have a choice. The older generation wou ld claim that students don't want to do anything apart from get drunk and the community spirit and urge to fight for what's right has disappeared. While they may be true , we are all individuals and we all have a right to choose what we do with ou r time.

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DASHES LIQUID DR S Ents Manager warns against club's 'ball'

UNION staff have issued a strong warning against Liquid Nightclub's Freshers' Ball - insisting it is deliberately confusing for new students.

Liquid markets the ball as a proper dance, and freshers have previously worn elaborate dresses only to find that the event is much th e same

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as a normal cl ub night.

Union Entertain men t's Manager Nick Raynes has said the Manag er of the Prince of Wales Road nightspot markets th e night in a way which cons students into believing it will be an extra special event .

"In previous years we have resorted to sending solicitors letter as the manager is passing off

A safe bet Last year witnessed the worst crime epidemic on campus, ever. Students we re robbed for their mobile phones, builders were thought to have stolen cash and electrical items from Waveney Terrace and flashers were spotted on numerous occasions. At th e time, Security Guards blamed low staffing levels, wh ile a local policeman called for a full-time officer to be present on campus.

Six months later, PC Richard Bell has been put in charge of the UEA campus for 20 hours per week.

He will also be in the Hive once a week.

Finally University bosses have put money into our safety. While Norwich is a very safe city in comparison to other larger places, it does not mean that we are not at risk, last year showed that. The presence of a policeman on campus should reduce the amount of crime and therefore increase our safety.

Balls to Liquid The battle between Liquid and the Union has lasted many years. Since it opened in 1997 , staff from the Prince of Wales Road nightclub have constantly tried to take business away from UEA by handing out leaflets to students in Union House.

So it comes as a relief to hear that Union Entertainments Manager, Nick Raynes has put his point across to those freshers tempted by Liquid's ball ton ight (Tuesday October 1). lt is not a highbrow event by any means and for Pablo Dimoglou to claim that a karaoke is going to improve the evening is farcical. A few students singing along to the normal cheesy tunes that are normally played anyway are not going to make anybody's night.

But underneath all of th is silliness is a sad fact.

There are businessmen - and women out there who wi ll deceive students to get thei r money. The student market is a poor one and all too often nightclub managers will bribe fresh ers into their premises by sell ing them something that isn 't real.

We are an intelligent bunch of people, we wou ldn't be at university otherwise. So do yourselves - and your bank accounts a favour. Save your money for the LC R - at least you know what you 're getting.

the event as an official one of the Union but in reality, its just a cheap gimmick from a night-clu b to get freshers who have yet to realise wh at the club is about."

Mr Raines is bewildered that the same group runs Chicago Rock Cafe, Time and Liquid . ''Time made a pe rfectly reasonable approach to the Union, and so did Chicago Rock cafe, and yet the guy from Liquid has done exactly the opposi te and sneaked on to campus to give out his leaflets."

But Liquid Manager Pablo Dimoglou has still claims his ball is a proper event.

"We've added lots of things this year, like a karaoke. I can't re lease all the details as yet. it's the fifth year we've done the ball, and I haven't had any complaints yet. Students enjoy dressing up."

But Student Ed Perkins fe ll into Mr Dimoglou's trap last year.

"I went to the Liquid ball and wore my tux as I thought it was goi ng to be a grand ball, but it was so lame. I was very disappointed."

Nick Raines added that if he was Area Manager for the whole co mpany he knows wh ich venue manager he would want to betray the co mpany's image.

"All I can do is warn students that Pablo is deliberately co nning students ag ain , and I wi ll exclude Liqu id staff from our lice nce premises."

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Row over University green houses UEA 's controversial plans to erect further buildings in the scenic Yare Valley look set to go ahead , despite powerful objections.

Th e project wi ll encompass moving five greenhouses and a number of smaller facilities from the School of Biological Sci ence on an existing site located off Bluebell Road , Eaton , writes Edward Heard.

Norfolk City Council planners deferred the plans at their last meeting in ord er to vi sit the site at the northern end of an area known as Strawberry fields.

But despite fierce hostility from th e Norfolk Wildlife Trust, the Ya re Valley Socie ty, Cringleford Parish Council and local residents , numerous Norwich City Council looks set to gi ve the go-ahead after a fi nal discussion this Thursday.

The objectors are voicing concerns about negative impacts the development would have on the river valley an d be lieve it to be contrary to council policies.

However, council officers who visited the site hold the objections to be unfounded and recommended giving grant planning permission.

A spokeswoman for UEA said that some of the glasshouses need replacing and she doesn't see anything wrong with doing SO.

"We al ready have some other gree nhouses on th e Rural Technology Unit site and it seems sensible to place these low -level bui ldings along side th em," she said.

FIRST YEAR FOOD ALERT REBECCA LAWRENCE News Editor

FEARS over fres her's food poisoning are mounting, as fewer students know how to cook for themselves.

Young people could be putting themse lves at risk of food poisoning because of their lack of basi c food hygiene knowledge.

A survey conducted by the Food and Drink federati on, organise rs of national Food Safety Week, over half of 15-24 yea r old s do not always follow manufacturers' instructions when preparing food.

One in four admitted to eating food past its use by date. When students were asked to name somethi ng th at co uld cause food poisoning , less than one in ten cou ld name, 'undercooked food .'

In the UK each year, the re are up to 4.5 mi llion cases of food poisoning in the UK each year.

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rare minced products such as burgers and sausages is a major cause.

Dirty hands an ad ditional source of food poisoning . Some germs stay alive on hands for up to three hou rs, spreading to all the things we touch . More than one in ten said they did not always wash their hands after using th e toilet.

Director Martin Foodlink Paterson said it is not always easy moving away from home and having to cook and prepare food for you rself the fi rst time.

"Remembering a few basic, simple food hygie ne ski lls such as usi ng separate cho ppi ng boards for raw meats and veg etables, or cooked foods , washi ng your hands before preparing food, and knowing wh at temperature to keep the fridge at could mean the difference between fun few first weeks at university and ones where' you're sick and missing out."

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UEA group go to London to protest against Iraq war TOBY LEWIS

Over 40 UEA students took to the streets of London last Saturday in a protest against the impending war on Iraq.

Four coaches, hired by the Stop the War coalition , took students to join the demonstration from Embankment to Hyde Park.

The protestors stopped the traffic along the Mall and Oxford Street on their route.

On arrival at Hyde park they

listened to speeches made by union members, notable journalists and members of various Muslim groups.

One campaigner Nick Hunt said he felt the day was a big success.

"A broad coalition of different types, ages and races turned up."

But the EAS student was sceptical about where the Governments motives lay.

"I don't support the idea of going to war. I do not think it is being done for humanitarian reasons looking at what Britain and America have done to the Iraqi people over the last 10-20 years."

Echoing a common theory voiced by many of the speakers, he claims that "I think the conflict is to do with oil and Bush's own agenda that Blair is supporting for his own political and economic reasons."

On a more frivolous note, he added, "One banner on the march was amusing, and direct, reading , "Stop Licking George's Bush."

Iraqi Student Ali Alsam, who was active in organising people

from UEA to attend the march, described Saddam Hussein as his "nightmare."

He claimed that if you say something it is up to the government to listen.

"If they were to listen, they would be doing themselves a great favour. They would become a government that represents people."

He was extremely sceptical about the recent dossier published by the government attempting to justify a war against Iraq.

"If I were given their dossier to mark by a student, I would fail it. lt is not substantial, it is not well researched and it references things in a way that is really idiotic."

"People trust the government

enough to take their evidence and the government is not living up to that trust."

He conjured an unattractive vision of the new fate that possibly awaits his country. "The Americans want to go in, have a period of aerial bombardment, break the country to its knees and do a full-scale invasion. They then will probably install a regime that will answer all their questions and do everything they want."

He summarised an opinion that was perhaps most widespread across the banners of the march and a major concern of the protestors, "Though Saddam Hussein is an evil dictator, does Bush have the right to go to another country and install his own dictator?"

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STUDENTS W TO BE CLEAN A new image of students as clean, tidy and in to interior decorating is overriding the conventional messy Uni life.

The National Union of Students has researched a survey of the. state of student housing for the Environmental Health Department, writes He/en Sharpe.

The study revealed that the stereotypical view of students as messy, unhygienic and more interested in partying than the state of their room is a thing of the past.

The modern student is unsatisfied with the lack of creature comforts they enjoyed at home and increasingly concerned about the presence of mould and damp in student accommoda-

tion.

Here at UEA more and more parents of students are buying houses in Norwich to ensure their children have "nice" accommodation , whilst in halls of residence, such as Waveney Terrace, there are tablecloths and flowers in some kitchens where you would expect empty bottles of vodka to be.

There are now student houses in Norwich that include en-suite bedrooms and even a private cleaner which is a far throw from the cliche of tiny apartments with leaks, mould and even slugs, all of which would normally have been accepted as part of university life.

EAS student Natalie Mahon said she thinks luxury is a big thing for students.

"They like thQir houses to loo}< nice. I don't want mine to be the

typical student house, with beer cans everywhere. I've bought loads of stuff for my new house!"

Students are now aware that they have the right to complain, as shown by the NUS survey, which even examined the percentage of houses without smoke alarms.

With the opening of the classy new UEA Unior. pub and bar, which features television screens and pool tables, comfortable seats and a wider range of alcohol, expectations are bound to rise. The new, clean and tidy picture of student life is quickly emerging.

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AN ANGRY student has hit out at a Golden Triangle bike shop accusing the owner of selling poor quality parts.

Abdul Hannan claims that the outlet, which is based on Jessops Road, sells second hand components as new, and that they are in bad condition and do not last.

The SYS graduate bought a second hand GT Mountain Bike for 拢70, which then went on to cause him several problems.

"According to the law, the bike should be sold in a satisfactory condition. When I bought it, I had to keep going back. The bike kept veering to the left. The owner said he didn't know why."

When the owner changed the bike tyre he insisted it was new.

"Yet by the time I got back to the University, it was flat and I had to change it myself. The owner did not offer any solutions."

Abdu l, 25, went to complain to the Student Advice Centre.

"They wrote him a letter, but he never replied . I also spoke to the Norfolk trading standards, but they would not act on behalf of one person."

The owner, John , who did not want his surname printed , said he had never received a letter. "it's ridiculous to complain about a tyre going down quickly. I sell second hand products on the good faith that they will work ."

Mr Hannan has written his views on the UEA announce news group.

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Above: the Jessops Road shop

BID FOR NEW CLUB UEA stu dents could be hit with another nightclub venue in Norwich, if planning permission goes ahead this week.

A new bar, restaurant and nightclub with a capacity of 680 people could be the latest venue to open in Norwich's Prince of Wales Road .

Freshstart Leisure is pursuing permission to convert the ground floor of a four-storey Victorian te rrace building - currently a vacant office - for use alongside an existing basement nightclub, formerly Concept.

A report to Norwich City Council's planning committee, which meets on Thursday, says the ground floor bar and restaurant would open during the day and then operate in association with the night-club after 1Opm .

The application follows a dispute over plans to turn the road's former ABC cinema into a new nightclub.

Residents opposed the

scheme, saying early hours disturbance from clubgoers was already making their lives a misery.

During a licensing hearing, a senior police officer described the road as ''the most dangerous" in the county. However, the City Centre Residents' Forum has not opposed the latest plans.

Only the Norwich Society has raised an objection , saying it is worried about "the continual downgrading of the original grand sweep of buildings."

The redevelopment would mean the club could cater for 240 more people than is currently allowed . The proposals do include measures to reduce noise. lt was initially suggested to alter the front of the ground floor, but after negotiations a revised proposal was put forward .

Council officials are recommending conditional support tor the plan .

ond hand parts as new. Three of my friends have had a bad experiences with him as well."

Other UEA students wrote in with similar complaints.

"I bought a new back tyre for a mountain bike and it was completely bald in a few weeks ."

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ENV student Van issa said "I once changed an inner tube, wh ich cost 拢7, only to find that I had to do it all over again , due to leaking two weeks later."

The place is frequented by students, and Abdul th inks they should know that the owner is cheating them.

"I would like him to acknowledge he is deceiving the students .

He's cheap, which is why people go to him but it's a problem when he swindles them ."

The owner said he has been in the business for three years, and this is the first time he has had complaints.

"I would never put second hand parts on a bike and charge students full price. If a tube is put on the bike, and in two weeks its down, it's likely it's got a puncture.

"A lot of people come to my shop, and return . Lets just say there's always two bad eggs out of twelve."

John said he tries his best to do everything he can.

"If a student wants a second hand part I give them one. If they want a new one, I give them a new one. Students should complain to me if they have a problem, not go running to tell tales ."

Abdul would like anyone else who has had problems at the bike shop to contact Concrete so he can go back to the Norfolk Trading Standards Agency.

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CAMPUS POLICEMAN SET TO PATROL UNIVERSITY

UEA has tightened up security by appointing a police officer especially for Campus to give students more confidence .

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Asthma sufferer Lorraine Dallmeier, studying for her masters in ENV, is outraged at the bar's facilities for non-smokers.

"As someone who abhors smoking, but also as someone who suffers from breathing diffi-

culties, I can't believe the Union's blatant disregard for those people who wish to sit in a smoke-free environment."

Other students are also angry about the inefficiency of the socalled non-smoking area.

First year Medicine student, Elizabeth Gillet agrees that the divide between the two areas is useless.

"Smoke will drift, especially when the very next table is a smoking table".

The size of the non-smoking area has also raised some corn-

plaints amongst regulars. Gavin Seeley (HIS 2) stated "there's a lot of room for smokers but not for non-smokers".

But some non-smokers are content with the area.

Marc White, LAW 2, argues that the big divide isolates the area.

"I find it effective. it's fine for a non-smoking area. I don't see where else they could have put it".

But there are calls for the whole blue lounge area to be for non-smokers.

Union Communications Officer Ned Glasier said if there was sufficient demand it would be possible to turn the whole area into a non-smoking environment.

"We sympathise with asthma sufferers. Our facilities are for the use of all students and we try and accommodate their needs as much as possible".

Lorraine is protesting that there is only one small sign hanging up to notify that "should you feel the need to light up it would probably not be a good idea."

Duty bar Manager, Richard Alderstone says that they are currently waiting for official signage from the contractors, which will make the non-smoking area more obvious.

"In the designs we specifically requested a non-smoking area and we are satisfied that this has met the specification".

Staff have Union Bar expressed their frustration towards the smoky environment.

They revealed that although there is a new air filtration system, it is still too hot and smoky behind the bar. One asthmatic source said it is difficult to breathe down there. "lt is less smoky in the actual bar than before, but the conditions are still bad. I've asked not to work down there."

To read Lorraine's letter, turn to our letter's page 19.

The good news comes just months after Concrete called for more protection on campus, asking for a full-time officer to patrol the University.

Police have always been around on campus but now an officer will be here for at least 20 hours a week.

PC Richard Bell, the officer who will be on campus, thinks students need the extra security.

"Students are disproportionately high victims of crime, especially of thefts and pedal cycles, and they often don't report crimes to the police."

The officer claims UEA is a very safe campus but he wishes to see crime numbers even further decreased.

"I am working closely with the LCR security, the Dean of Students office, the welfare

office, and students to reduce crime."

Every Wednesdays, between 12 and 2pm in the Union House, there will be a police surgery, where students can report a crime, unsociable behaviour, or get advice about police careers.

If a student wishes to get hold of PC Bell, his hours are held at security.

He can also be reached on the Norwich switchboard, or the surgery.

"I hope my presence will reduce crimes on campus. lt gives reassurance to students.

The University wanted to be more pro-active towards security."

Last February, Earlham Policeman, PC Matthew Ellis voiced his concerns over student safety and he urged UEA to have a full-time officer.

"The University is the same size as a small village and everyone of those has a dedicated officer.

"A greater police presence is needed, but the mindset of the Uni is that if there are police present, there is a problem."

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UEA STUDeNTS are jumping at the chance to try their luck on Anne Roblnson's quiz show, 'The Weakest Link.'

But they do not seem to be able to get further than the second round.

Last week, Concrete reported that history student Nathan Bennett was voted out before the third round, and now another pupil has had his hopes of winning crushed.

Second year Philip Arkinstall applied for the show in January last year after watching an episode.

"I went onto the website after seeing that they wanted contestants for the show. I downloaded an application form and then sent it off a few weeks later. My immediate thoughts were that I would never in a million years get an audition let atone onto the show!"

A week after the auditions he got a call that said a show was going to be filmed on 25th July. lt was shown on Television last Thursday.

History Student Philip said there wasn't a specific question that knocked him out in the second round. "lt came down to a tie between me and the woman next to me.

One question I kicked myself for getting wrong was a Beatles question. "Who sang the song 'let it be'?" . lhree people voted Philip out, even tho<Jgh he was not the weakest link.

"One voted for me for banking too much, when I banked ÂŁ400!

And the others because I was a student and had a bad shirt! I only got one question wrong!"

Philip was not intimidated by Anne Robinson.

"She came on stage more or less in character, a hard ass bitch, but she said hello to us all and then said "nice to see you're all smiling, but I'm now going to wipe that smile off your face".

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For the past two months, the national news has been dominted by Fire Service's poor pay. Ed Purkiss found that Norwich firemen feel

f you thought that strikes were confined to the London Underground you'd be wrong. Britain's fire fighters have been voting on whether to strike for the first time since the 1970s over poor pay and over stretched funding. The Fire Brigade Union is pushing for a mass walkout at the end of October on the grounds that the average fire fighter gets paid on average £21 ,531 a year, with little regional variation.

Norfolk's FBU Campaign Coordinator, Mr Cain, firmly believes that second jobs and state benefits cannot be the future for Britain's fire fighters . "The public sector have been treated badly

by Labour since they came to power;' he says. "They're trying to say that public sector employees are second class workers."

If a strike goes ah.ead , not only will there be a potential threat to lives, but it will be the most serious industrial crisis since Labour's election in 1997. A recent opinion poll carried out by fire authorities found that the public is not confident about supporting a strike that demands a 40% pay increase. 53%

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vices completely, agrees Rhian Kavanagh , soc 1. the pay-rise when other public sector workers pay packets will remain unchanged . "The key to the problem is the perception that fire fighters are manual workers. "Our job description has been the same from 1977, based on the upper quartile of . . male manual workers' pay for a start this is now politically incorrect." fvir Cain highlights the change:> in the service since the 1970s. "Only 25% of fire fighters can be termed manual workers. We want th is to be updated."

Despite a governmental review of Britain's fire brigades, so far the issues of low resources and understaffing are unresolved with only a 4% pay increase offer from the government. The FBU wants to strike to end such token gestures, and solve the real problems behind the strike action. Mr Gilchrist, the FBU General Secretary, reiterates that fire fighters are clear that they deserve the going rate for the job that they do today, which is £30,000, and we are therefore not going to get caught up· in a so-called independent governmental review of the fire service."

If strike action goes ahead for October, the public's main fear will be safety. Mr Cain concedes there is an increase in the danger to the public. "There is a human risk with the strike action , but by striking and improving the service, more lives will be saved in the future ," he says. "The government keeps pushing the moral argument. All we want is a decent wage to improve recruitment."

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"But if you 're running a public service at a profit you don't have a public service any more. You 're paying shareholders the profits and the cutbacks are made to increase the profit:' With the fire service already stretched to break-

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is warning of the ''terrible damage" a strike would inflict on our pre-recession economy, threatening, ''The Bank of England will start putting up people's mortgages."

A governmental defeat of the FBU would certainly win labour votes that they're losing over the question of Iraq, but the fire fighters remain unperturbed by memories of the failure of the miners' strikes under Thatcher.

Mr Cain is confident that the public will be behind them. 'We have no doubt that public opinion will stay with the fire service:' He adds, "The support of the Derbyshire public never waned in the 1996 strike and there were three strikes in Essex in 1995 and 1996 after cutbacks:· UEA students are divided over the

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strike action, but the majority believe that it is the right course of action. "Too right they should strike:• says Steve Tinkler, MFT 3. "They deserve at least £30,000 for what they do. They have to support families, and just because they're public sector isn't an excuse to be abused by the government."

Mr Cain believes that "the strike is inevitable:' He says, "We're not planning a long affair. We don't want it to be longer than necessary." So it seems that once again the Green Goddess fire engines with their soldiers will temporarily replace "one of the finest fire services in the world," making sure that our 999 calls don't go unanswered. Whether the fire fighters call will be answered is another matter. The strike may not have the support of the politicians, but as Mr Cain poignantly highlights, "lt's not Blair - lt's us coming through your blazing windows and doors. We're committed to winning."

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I've just met my partner over the summer and now I have come back to lt's a long-runn ing joke that students University, but I can't cook. But is it seriously damaging have just met some- our health? Alexandra Townsend found out one and I know he is right ·for me.

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That way they are easily kept apart.

Tom Cornwall, SOC 2 My boyfriend's here with me and we've bee'l together for almost forever, so I am not really out on the pull. · Marina Bulgarelli OPT, 1 Independence and the realisation of one's own personality is what university is about. Therefore, relationships from home are a tie.

Luke Bell, SOC 2 Relax. Let nature take it's course.

Fin Scott, ENV P/G If it doesn't harm you then it won't harm him.

Discretion is the best policy in some situations.

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et's face it, everyone knows pretty much what a healthy, balanced diet consists of.

We've all heard the jovial Joanna from This Morning harp on about the importance of keeping the amounts of saturated fats down, loads of fibre to help the old bowel movements, enough fruit and veg to keep Mark Fowler's stall going for a fair while, carbohydrates for energy and of course protein. But how many of you can be bothered to follow this regime? lt seems a hopeless case when most of us prefer to walk past the win· dow of the gym, sniggering at the beef cakes on the rowing machines than actually go in there. But when we get to university all of this knowledge seems to go right out of the window. No longer do we have food put on the table for us, we have to buy it, prepare it and cook it. So it comes as no surprise that there have been recent fears among nutritionists that us students are a fairly unhealthy bunch. , Although most of us don't even think about it, obe· sity is an increasing problem for the NHS. Senior Community Dietician at the Norfolk Norwich Hospital, Victoria Anderson blames it on, not sur· prisingly, the munching of "snack foods with high sugar and fat content." Unfortunately, this is a corn· mon diet among students.

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But students seem to refute claims that they don't eat properly. Most of the first years who we talked to, have rather impressively got the cooking going okay with dominoes off the menu, well, at least for now.

But it's not only the problem of can we really be bothered to eat healthily, it's whether we can afford it. This can often be the case towards the ends of term as funds become as tight as Kat Slater's skirt. Often healthier foods can be more expensive in the supermarkets, such as brown rice, granary bread and fresh veg. Yet on the other hand they are a darn sight cheaper than take-aways. Fear not kids, there are answers out there.

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Instead, we nestle uneasily between these two states. lt is not easy being a second year. lt goes something like this, you start the autumn, not with unblemished expectations about what delights UEA may hold, but with a cynical taste in your mouth that arises from several known certainties, you will collide with that someone who was your last-gasp snog at the end of year LCR and they will either be mingin' and cast come-hither eyes in your direction over the registra· tion table, or have morphed into a Gisele/Enrique type-apparition and greet your attempts at polite summer catch-up chat with a toss of sun-kissed mane and a blank stare.

Bllt it's not just the LCR, which wiN have an air of difference to it. You see one of the most difficult things about being a _second year is that you are now in the real world. There is no longer that campus securi-

ty which you are so used to. For the first time, you have a house and with that comes the realization that the house you boasted to your friends about is not actually as plush as you thought. You will open the front door of your new abode to find it smaller and dirtier than you remembered. Fer a secon~. you may believe you have the wrong house. Wasn't it so much more like a Manhattan townhouse· cum-potential party palaca when you looked round it in January? Er, no. lt just had a lot of fairy lights and Home Express throws.

But perhaps the scariest thing about being dealt the keys to your own gaffe is that you are ·esponsible for paying out for things such as water and electricity: You wade through a doormat knee-deep with bills bearing your name. Any visions of a Nigella-infused lifestyle of soirees and domesticated heaven will vanish when you realise that your kitchen isn't big enough to swing a ciabatta in, let alone hold fabulous dinner partl'es.

Further perils come when you realise that uni life now actually has a purpose aside from wanton hedonism. Personally, I'm staving off the impending realities of work with a combination of vodka, shopping for Home Express throws and wistful reminisces about Waveney G-1 .

But lets not get too down about being the 'older ones' now. Second year life is not all a tawdry sequel to the original. For a start, you don't have that horrible "where-am-I going-what-am I doing?" fear that accompanied the first few months at UEA. You are wise to many of university life's pitfalls (though you may still be dealing with the consequences of last year's blunders, as described). And best of all, you're not too above summoning up some fresher-style excitement when the occasion calls for it. On viewing the r.eactions of many of my friends to the new bar, I can only oeMiude thal, for ~. the sequel le a definite improvement. ~on year ft¥o.

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Eating greengrocers out of house and home is the way to go, according to Victoria Anderson claims that it means "you don't necessarily have to eat a lot of whole-wheat produce as you're already getting your fibre from fruit and veg."

So buying cheaper white bread and white rice becomes perfectly acceptable. One healthy and cheap trick to use when meat is as scarce as your love life is to "bump up meat dishes and casseroles with pulses and beans" says Ms Anderson. This way you're still getting some form of protein. Buying them in cans means no annoying pre soaking is required, and you don't feel you've taken this health thing a tad too far.

This very much depends on the relationship with your partner. If you have decided to enter university whilst in a relationship, then you must be dedicated to that partner.

Kate Whiting, SOC 1 Ifs a bad idea. lt never sounds it at the time but all the cliches are true! lt makes me laugh.

Lucy Johnston, EAS 2 Before you pounce, check he's still gorgeous wh.en you haven't got the beer goggles on.

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ith that offer you are cutting off two Jones phenomenon. Both in their late twenfrom here towards Kurdistan. The Kurdish of my fingers", were the immortal ties, their parents are convinced they are people are extremely friendly but generally words of Mehmet the carpet seller. I destined to become old maids. Due to their most of those I met speak little or no now foolishly have a beautiful Konya kilim to frivolous and careerist natures, they fear English. So bring a good long book, if you cheer up my. tasteless student floor. lt is they may not be marriageable material. are prone to getting tired of sign language.

Here, Nemrut Dagi is an unmissable place hard to envisage a more mercantile nation Attempts to end the perceived misogyny of than the Turks. The idea that the rise of cornhard line Muslim culture have taken a pecuthat due to its situation gets less tourism munism was ever a potential "threar, the liarly oppressive turn, typical of some Turkish than its beauty deserves. In the mountains a Turks would make you think the Chinese governmental attempts to "liberate" their pre-Roman emperor of the Commagene weren't good capitalists. ¡ called Mithridates built So if you ever fancy a . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , 30-foot statues of himdiploma in haggling you self and his incestuous should visit Turkey. sisters who he had As the one democratproclaimed gods. The ic predominantly statues' heads have Muslim co!Jntry, Turkey fallen off and now lie walks a line between beneath their bodies perusing their fine tormodernity and tradition that is exciting and consos. The views are tradictory. lt seems a breathtaking and I country of two halves in lumbered out of bed to catch sunrise from the terms of wealth and top of the mountain. education, which can very roughly speaking An experience that be drawn between the could be described as east and west. The a personal epiphany west and southwest but understandably some visitors decide to coast have opened up to tourism and have the forgo this pleasure . incumbent benefits and corruptions that come I would also advise from the arrival of thevisiting Sanliurfa, a infidel with a wallet full half Kurdish, half Arab of cash. The east is relcity, that contains stagatively untouched and gering gardens, a huge market and sadly poverty stricken and particularly in Abraham's house for people from themselves; the wearing of Kurdistan the proliferation of military checkthose keen to get in touch with the biblical points is alarming. This is exacerbated the head scarves has been banned on universiheritage of the middle east. Not far from this ty campuses. This obvious affront to the closer to the Iraqi border you go, for undercity is the Harran, the world's first university standable reasons. heritage of some more traditionalist families and a pilgrimage I felt the need to make as a good student. I arrived to find a film shoot, The country has drawn much criticism for has led to the withdrawal of their daughters from their education as well as mass boyits human rights record. Particularly its hanwith a Turkish equivalent of Eminem rapping dling of the Kurdish people and its laws whilst surrounded by a veritable harem of cotts and protests against .this tyrannical against lese-majesty or criticism against the liberty. women and attempting to ride a white horse state. However, Turkey could be joining the If you seek surreal desert landscapes, V~ith the backdrop of an ancient dusty ruin.

EU in close to ten years if some of the more Cappadoccia is the place. In the centre of The film crew very kindly helped shelter me optimistic pundits are correct and, in order to the country it is perhaps the most beautiful from the heat and fed me with water. I converge, the government has to examine place I have ever been to. Colonized by seemed to be the only damn fool westerner some of its more unsavoury aspects. This early Christians it has a proliferation of rock to decide to go there. process can be seen in the cut churches with extremely well preserved For those of you whose pleasures lie in a de-escalation of the conflict against the mosaics. There are staggering walks to go kebab shop on the Prince of Wales road, you will find far better but potentially stomPKK, the Kurdish terrorist group. on, including the lhlara gorge, which is a Istanbul is a cosmopolitan city that rivals seventeen mile trek for the more intrepid. I ach destroying fare all over Turkey. Though London architecturally and has equal opporwould also recommend hiring mopeds to prepare to be disappointed by the infrequent tunities between women and men, at least use of pitta bread, for the Turks more often explore the desert countryside and pretend theoretically. My friends Ebru and Beliz, one place their doners in bread rolls with a beauto be Peter Fonda. a banker, the other a journalist, are currently If you are looking to stray off the beaten tiful helping of fresh salad and tomato, unlike suffering a Turkish equivalent of the Bridge! those manky kebabs we eat. track I would recommend going south-east

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What the hell has happened to this city, of any global significance?

Sadly an earthquake of Richter scale 8.1 on June 24, 2001 , killed over 100 people and injured thousands. Probably the only event that has made this beautiful and ancient Peruvian City get in the international press in the last decade.

Has it been destroyed?

Luckily no. One of the towers of the outstanding Cathedral in the main square dramatically collapsed but a huge salvage operation has helped rebuild it.

Why should I go there? lt is a wonderfully situated Hispanic cobbled city built from volcanic silt in the foothills of the Andes. lt is so romantic, you are guaranteed the best sex of your life if you are with a date. You can do this while looking at the perfectly conical, snow capped volcano El Misti, in the distance.

The whole city centre was made a UNESCO world heritage site in November 2000.

What sites are in the city?

The Santa Catalina Convent is a miniature walled town in the middle of Arequipa. Built in 1579, it is one of the largest convents in the world. lt also houses some fairly gruesome Inca mummies, apart from the nuns. The Recoleta, a neebaroque monastery, home to 20,000 books of the conquistadores, is also worth a visit. The oldest book in its collection dates to 1494, perversely 86 years before the city was built.

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Can I do anything else If I go there?

The Colca Canyon, fairly nearby, is the deepest in the world, twice the depth of the Grand Canyon and is a stunning twoday trek for the more intrepid. The first day culminates in an oasis lying low in the valley, where you can relax in cool translucent pools. Numerous Andean condors can be seen in the surrounding area although their population in South America is dwindling.

What drink should I order when I get back from my hearty trek?

A Pisco Sour. A mixture between the lethal Peruvian spirit Pisco and whisked raw egg is a novel way to celebrate the evening although you are certain to regret having it the next day. Bars are so desperate for you to try it, they hand it out free if you buy a meal.

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Art ist ica11 y smart lt's make over madness and with the help of award winning hair-stylist Luis Roldan, we give two students a new impressive image. ,-

'Hair follows fashion. I try to seek the haircut from the expression of the clothes the person is wear.I ng. ' - Luis Rolda n

The hairstylist Wh en creating a haircut I like to look at the style of the clothes the person is wearing . Hair follows fashion , I try to see the haircut from the expression of the clothes the person is wearing . I saw the clothes that Will would be wearing on the shoot and I decided to take the weight out of his hair and make it instantly more textured, I decided to put six chunks of colour around his head and set it on an asymmetric slant. I then followed through the haircut breaking it up randomly with texturising techniques to make the haircut a little bit more distorted . it is a haircut that Will could move around and style himself, a 'get up and go' haircut that is pretty low maintenance and great for a guy.

When creating an image for Maddie, I chose colours that were going to correspond to her skin tone and her natural hair colour. Again colours that are low maintenance, can wash out easily and those that compliment Maddie's features . I have created a classic aged feel , making her look a bit older. Her haircut was minimal, nothing overstyled but more understated , that doesn't make her look like she's been to the hairdressers too much. I have taken the weight out of her hair and given it a seamless edge at the bottom , so it looks less bulky. The looks created are tailored and more personalized, they suit the clothes as well as creating an individual feel to their look.

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Style and the City nt:-T"""["'w:------.~..---, With those student loans safely in the bank, it's time to hit the city.

But children, don't go too crazy over these next few weeks, remember those pennies need to last you the whole semester. After sounding like your mother, its time to talk discounts and Norwich is the hotbed of student reductions. Simply turn up with your NUS card and stores such as Topshop, Miss Selfridge and Faith will happily oblige to discount 10% off their stock. Independent stores can be rather quiet when it comes to discounts, so check before you buy. Hairdressers have also got in on the act, with a number of salons chopping the prices for us poor students. If you want to still keep an eye on those pennies, but still want a funky, modern haircut we suggest you shop around for the more trendy salons.

What's on elsewhere? a short and sweet trip back to Norwich, it was back down to London we,ekemd to indulge in a spot of designer shopping at London Week-End. This new fair followed hot on the heels of the actual Fashion Week but minus the celebs, front row catwalk tickets, stunning models. All prices were ridiculously low and designers gave the chance to buy catwalk seconds for a quarter of the price. There also the chance to have your nails done, have a makeover and catch mini catwalk show.

it's back, bigger and better, 'Model Behaviour'. The bitching has made for have already seen a number of wannabes, boys and girls, gracing our screens, hoping they will be picked next supermodel. Sonie of the contestants are divine, gorgeous could possibly make it, while others are real mingers. But it gives us great laugh anyway, watching these poor souls being picked apart by lm•~mt\•H~ of the fashion elite.

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The sty Iist What would you like to change about your look? A vital and critical question when making someone over. Our Guinea-pigs, Will and Maddie were delighted to take part in our make-over challenge without feeling too offended that we had asked to change their whole style. Both personalities and looks are very relaxed and care-free and both myself and our hair-stylist, Luis Roldan, felt that the way forward was to create styles that were of high fashion without looking like we, or they had tried to hard.

Will wanted a slightly smarter image, but in keeping with his relaxed style.

"I want to mix my present scruffy style with a smarter edge," he said.

Maddie's feelings were the same: "I do need to start thinking about a smarter image, it's nearly time to start thinking about job interviews so I need a look that will impress."

With this in mind, we took a trip to Norwich favourite Elements, a stylish designer outlet. With a real mix of this season's favourites and fashion jeans and separates, the fashion team created a look perfect for their previous image mixed with a little extra style.

Kat Realff This Page: Above: Will wears, Navy blue pin-striped blazer, £299 by Oliver Spencer. Blue distressed jeans, £1 05 by Seal Kay and white printed longsleeve T, £70 by E-Piay. Right: Maddie wears, Dark green cord coat, £260 by Style Lab. Brown, tartan skirt, £65 and cream, wollen zip top, £55, both by Full Circle. Brown leather laced boots, £150 by Jeff West. All clothes found at Elements. Jewellery, model's own.

Models: Will Benthall and Maddie Carroll.

Photographer: Ellie Shears.

Stylist: Kat Realff.

Hair-stylist: Luis Roldan 07900551882.

Luis Roldan is the winner of the TIGI men's hairdresser of the year award and the hairstylist for the ~Oreal colour trophy glamour award 2002, won by Max Giamello.

fringed bag seems to essential this season as most high street shops and independent stores are a selection of styles and colours. They can be easily accessorised with any outfit and provide a folklcowgirl look to your ensemble, without suggesting you have just stepped onto the set of a rn . Fringes can also be found on belts, jewellery and other fashion separates. Investing in these 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - , accessories is a must for this season . l<:t11~kir'"

Who is looking good?

Ok, so she gets it wrong most of the time, Usually black tie events but on the rare and more recent occasions when she's got it right, she looks stunning. Gwenyth Paltrow seems to be best buddies with many designers, including Donatella Versace, Valentino and Calvin Klein. So why in the past has she got it so wrong? When we are not seeing her in shabby tracksuits, stringy hair and mismatched jumpers, Gwyneth can be seen in tight jeans, spiked heals and slick clinging tops that compliment her small breasted, tiny framed body. The reincarnated pencil skirt and fitted polo, necks will be a favourite with her this season and expect to see her in chunky knits and her favourite, spiked heels.

Definitely a girl to get noticed, hopefully we won't see too many of her fashion flops, such as her netted booby revealing Oscar dress or her Barbie doll pink pouf skirt. Stick to what you do best Gwyn, slick, chic and unique and you'll be on the best-dressed list in no time.

Kat Realff

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Elements is situated on Lower Goat Lane. The unique shop provides a sel~ction of designer clothing and accessories See this issue's shoot for a small taster of what's in store.

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You 've had a pretty rough couple of weeks, but change is just around the corner. And not just a change of underwear and a fresh pair of socks. If your finances have been in disarray then expect a boost there. In fact, things in general are looking pretty rosy at the moment. With the moon now in your sign you will be engulfed with positive energy. But don't get too carried away. All this rushing could drive some of your less fortunate buddies up the wall.

Libra

Lately you've been feeling like your luck has fina lly run out. Thankfully, with your birthday approaching , things finally look like they're on the up. Play your cards right and you'll be the rampant sex monster that you've dreamed of being for months. Careful though, too much how's your father with too many people and things could take a sour twist. If you don't want to be given dirty looks by all and sundry in The Hive try and keep the numbers down . With your dry patch finally coming to a close, don't think that all your problems have disappeared in the current testosterone fuelled climate. If you don't buck your ideas up, those looming deadlines and cred it card bills will hit you for six. Keep on top of th ings though and you could find yourself in a good position to reap the rewards left, right and centre.

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Looking forward to the next few weeks? it's probably best not to get too excited, as things are not going too wel l for you . The financia l crisis that you've been in over the past few weeks is not going to end, it's only going to get worse.

Mercury's arrival in your sign also brings added chaos to the work side of things.

With looming deadlines and the continuous stream of reading that you have, chances of staying calm are pretty slim .

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Taurus

There's no point in pretending that the next two weeks aren't going to be hectic. They are.

But that's not to say that they won't be fulfilling and if you play your cards right then things could start to look pretty good all round . Be aware of developments in your house, and keep an eye open for that special person who might turn a random snog into a torrid romance.

Try to keep on top of things and you'll find yourself having the time of your life.

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Feeling a bit ropey? it's no surprise considering you 've been burning the candle at both ends for some time now. it's time you re -evaluated and cleaned up your act. And this doesn't mean just cutting back on the booze and fags. lt means cutting them out completely.

Think healthy and stop being led down the pub by your nasty Capricorn mates. If you do stay on top of things then the coming weeks are full of promise. Let things slide and it'll be permanent hangover time and a massive overdraft.

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With the moon on its way out of your sign , the positive changes of the past weeks will feel like a distant memory.

Whatever troubles you thought you had finally rid yourse lf of. That old flame that you thought would fade away seems to hang around like the smell of Beckham's socks after a run out in the Champions League .

With this in mind , a low profile is suggested . If you keep your head low then there is a minimal chance that this fortnight could pass without a hitch .

Gemini

With Saturn having left you with a determined attitude, it is vital that you try to hang on to it.

If you don't you could find yourse lf in all sorts of woes over the coming fortnight. If things do go wrong then a trusted friend will be on hand to help you work through your problems, and may even offer more than friendly advice. Be warned though , that if anything of a romantic nature does happen then you could seriously jeopardise a friendship and make a fool of yourself in the process.

Stayi ng relaxed is the key to su rvival over the next couple of weeks.

Let people get on top of you and stress will swallow you up and spit you out faster than you can say 'my life is a stress free zone'. Whatever you do, don't let things get so carried away that you find yourself tearing around campus knocking over everybody in sight and telling everyone your concerns.

They're not interested .

Remember to stay calm , because what is about to happen could change your life forever.

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Now you feel a little more included in all the goings on around you , you find that in actual fact you'd much rather be left out. But no fear, as Saturn has now moved fully into your sign, bringing with it the positive aspects that you have been craving for so long .

Strike out on your own and you will find that you'll be the centre of attention, and for all the right reasons. Be careful If you're too cocky, you 'll lose new friends as quick as you made them.

If you want to roar like the Lion that your sign is supposed to represent then stop being so bloody wimpy. Stop walking around moping like there's no tomorrow and get on with it. The way you are at the moment you just serve to clutter up the place and make it look untidy.

Pull yourself together.

With Venus moving into Leo, things are about to take a turn for the better, but not if you sit around and wait for inspiration to come to you. So, get out there and get on with it.

So has the shit hit the fan yet? If not, you really ought to take cover because it's coming and it's not going to be pretty. Everyone from Pisces to Capricorn is out for a piece of you. And we're not talking about a drunken fumble at the LCR. it's time for you to consider other people's feelings . With fiery Mars moving into your sign prepare yourself for action .Keep your eyes open , because the source of all your forthcoming woes may come from the most unlikely of places

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With the moon now in Virgo, the torrid past couple of months can be forgotten and you can look to new pastures. Don't be tempted to forget what has gone before though. If you do then you risk repeating the same mistakes that got you into the predicament before. Keep in a chilled frame of mind and then everything will flow. Your love life which has been floundering lately also looks like it's about to pick up.

Remember to be carelul though and choose your partner carefully.

Student speak This week, the UEA Student Union has hit the headlines over whether there should be lectures during Freshers' Week.

What do UEA students think?

There are so many awful things happening in this world , why can't students get off their lazy, apatheti c arses and demonstrate against som ething slightly more important than Freshe rs week.

Kat Haynes, ENV P/G No organised fresher's week? So? Make your own one.

Fin Scott, ENV P/G Not being a fresher, I don't ca re!

Tom Cornwell, ENV 2 I only had o ne class and that was fun but I know that some people had mi ll ions and were incredibly stressed .

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Having lectures in freshers week is terrible. lt means adding a whole week of missed seminars to the grand total at the end of the year!

James Maloney, EAS 2

If you can't handle the pace of partying and attending lectures in your first week how do you hope to last the year.

Tom Lowe, DEV 1 lt must be understood that lectures are not necessary to pass the first year.

Daniel Champ, EAS 2 lt is vital for university students to settle in .

James Stevens, SOC 2

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Smoking mad While everyone is in their initial stages of rapture with the shiny new Union Pub, I find myself wondering when the Union's nonsmoking policy lapsed so badly that they decided to abolish the smoke-free back bar completely. Oh sure, we have a section at the back of the pub where there is one small sign hanging to notify us that "should you feel the need to light up it would probably not be a good idea" but if you really can't help your craving then "here's a conveniently placed ash tray". Not only is there no divide between the two sections of the pub, there is almost an encouraging atmosphere to light up wherever you feel like it anyway.

As someone who abhors smoking but also as someone who suffers from breathing difficulties, I can't believe the Union's blatant disregard for those people who wish to sit in a smoke-free environment. There must be hundreds of students and members of staff who suffer from asthma and other respiratory diseases - or who simply like clean air - who are now not taken into account. I shouldn't have to lecture those around me on the dangers of smoking since everyone should know by now that it kills you. Perhaps the Union execs need a little reminder of the death toll stats for smokers around the world . If the Union is serious about catering for all bar users, it must start rethinking its back bar policy.

In the bar the other night, when pointing out the non-smoking sign to a smoker standing right next to it, I got smirked at and told that he was "dyslexic", implying that reading the sign was obviously too difficult. In response to my "well, I'm asthmatic" answer, a look of horror crawled over his face as if he had just met a leper.

An enforcement policy is obviously required since nobody takes us seriously until we start waving our inhalers around.

Bring back the back bar! lt may have had no music and odd bar-opening times but at least it didn't force you to breathe in other people's smoke if you don't want to.

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Pick lP tlE litter Dear Sir, With reference to you r 'sharp Warning against Glass' Concrete page two 21 /09/02 last paragraph. The University Campus is also a public park managed by the University Administration and caterers for all ages of visitor; ch ildren frequently visit the 'Beach' on the North-East side of the 'Broad'. Here the problem concerning broken glass is particularly prevalent despite the efforts of regular visitors who pick up bottles and glasses on a daily basis. I am aware that students are not entirely to blame concerning the phenomenon of discarded glass but there is a notable rise in litter as soon as term begins. I leave you to put your own interpretation on this!

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I am confused. This morning upon picking up a paper copy of concrete I was pleased to read that "in the official Times University Guide, UEA came 18th out of 123 universities across Britain". The item went on to mention that · last year UEA was placed 23rd but has moved up five places.

However, I also see at concrete-online that: "UEA have dropped to a disappointing 40th place in the 2002 Times League Table.

Last year the University was rated 23rd in the country..." Should I be pleased or disappointed in the achievement (or lack of) of my university?

Broken glass is not confined to the campus, in the lane opposite Waveney Terrace. My wife and I make regular forays to clear this 'cut' of deliberately broken bottles. Again I am sad to say that this litter increases notably during term. The idea of the University of East Anglia being concerned with 'The Environment' Lorraine Dallmeier - ENV MScDear Sir, becomes a complete mockery when tins, bottles and other refuse are thrown out of windows (Wolfson Terrace is particubad in this respect) . What all this worse is the cornlack of concern by those who walk past broken glass or r offensive detritus without any intention of reporting the problem. f:in:n::e Cl:rrrete tD la:al an Over some forty years the retiaBl. o..Etcrrer"s, CB.elcp - University Administration have irg n:w rela1:ialilip3 an proved themselves to be good n.rtl.1l::irg edst:i.ru cl.iat:s a estate managers but unless those p:ofessia:Bl m:ne:-. concerned show a sense of co'ne 9 ro:mfi J] qplicErt: will operation and responsibil ity the management have an impossible lH<.e S'i1£S ~. a fr:ie:xii.y t:e1.qhre an IH" - task.

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• Last weekend Bath University's footballers played in the second qualifying round of the FA Cup, and were pleased with a gate of 300. In the USA, their collegiate American Football final was watched by over 90,000. A/ex Thorpe looks at the lack of interest in British Universities sport, and what could be done for people to tune back in ... t could be suggested that there's something lacking in the sports at Bri t ish universities. lt is something that no serious sport can I ive without, yet week-in, week-ou t is absen t from campus sports grounds across th e co untry.

What is this magical ingred ient ? Fa ns.

Student sport just isn't popular amongst students, and as a resul t even the strongest sports universities won't have the money to expand their facilities at a fast enough rate to attract the casua l fan.

Team Bath, t he Satu rday football side of Bath University, are gradually working their way up the non-league pyramid, yet any gate in three figures is considered miraculous. In one of the best supported 'level eight ' leagues in the country, t hey are consistently bottom of the attendance tab le.

An evi dence of j ust how low crowds are was given last Satu rday as they progressed to the t hird quali fying round of t he FA Cup . As the first university side to play in football's oldest competition for over 100 years, you'd expect int erest to be high. Instead a crowd of 358 showed up, with over ha lf from visitors Bemerton Heath Harl equins .

What was more str iking about this gate was the way officia ls of t he club heralded it as some kind of miracle that so many people bothered to show up at all. For the record, Bath won 6-1 and now must travel to either Gloucester or Newport in the next round.

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And therei n lies th e problem. People get loyal to th eir local football (or maybe ru gby) team and then there's no room for supporti ng anyone else despite the fact the two si des wi 11 never meet.

In the United States however, students are extremely loyal to their universities and are willing to turn out in droves to cheer on their colleagues. From small high schools through to NCAA college teams, every club will attract supporters by at least the hundreds through to the 'Division lA' American Football teams whose gates regularl y top six figures .

Last weekend alone two gates went past the 100,000 mark - one at Tennessee (103,925) who were playing Rutgers, and the other at Penn State (108,247) who entertained Iowa. Consider also that the wellsupported Florida State, Miami and Nebraska teams were all playing away from home, and then you get a picture of what a strength of loyalty to a home university can do.

What universities can do to get people more interested in their own team is firstly to

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American university sports are immensely popular, as demonstrated by crowds at the Rose Bowl (above) and the NCAA Basketball Final Four (right)

fo llow Bath's exam ple and give locals a qua lity product to watch. Unless what is on display is at least as good as the next nearest local league side, then people will rather go down the road .

Secondly, university sports facil ities tend to be on a par with the local Sunday league parks. People won 't turn out to stand on a field and be rained on .

Once you know that people would be as happy to come to your venue as any other local side, do practically any kind of promotion to get students from your uni to come along. They're going to be the lifeblood of any crowd, as the football Junior Cup f inal of 2001 showed.

Having got this far the university is going to be a long way down the road of investment, and they may need help from the community. The way to bring this about is to link up with companies and schools in the region that can provide the money and the 'fanbase' to take it further.

Then you ca n rea ll y push th e boat ou t and advertise sporting events in t he local press with the aim of bringing in paying pun ters.

As a student the best thing you can do for your university sports team is get along and watch , and with BUSA beginning again in two weeks there are about 15 opportunities every Wednesday. Check Concrete for further details.

Give the public a quality product.

Make sure the facilities are up to the standard.

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SCORECARD RESULTS Football Norfolk FA Junior Cup, First round : ANieborough Res 4, North Walsham OB O· Burnham Market 1, Zenith Windows 4; Camden Tavern 1, Necton 2; Norwich CEYMS 3, Yarmouth Town Hall 0; Costessey Sports 3, Reepham 1; CNSOBU 7, Runton 0; Dersingham 6, SneNisham Maroons 0: Halvergate Res 3, Drayton 2; Hellesdon 2, Sheringham 4; Hempnall Res 2,

Newton Flotman 1; Hunstanton 2, Great Ryburgh 3· King Wi lliam 3 , Hindringham Res 1; Lakeford 3, Spixworth 2; Lyng 1, Blofield Res 3; Mulbarton Res 0, Hemsby 1; Norton Ath 2, Cromer Res 7; Norwich St Johns 5. West Winch 1; North Walsham Res 2, lngoldisthorpe 3 (aet); Norwich Union Res 2, Buxton 2 (aet) ; Poringland 2, UEA 3· St Andrews Res 0, Easton 1; Stalham Res 0, M~gdalen Arms 5; Southrepps

1, South Walsham 4; Sports Utd 1, Mundford 2; Swaffham Res 1,

Terrington St Clement 0; Thetford Rovers 3, Sprowston Ath Res 3; Watton Res 4, Martham 0; Wells Res 2, Caister 5; Wymondham Town Res 2, Sprowston Wanderers Res 3.

Norfolk Primary Cup, First Round: Pentney 5, UEA Reserves 5 (aet) .

Repl ay: UEA Reserves 2, Pentney 2 (Pentney win 4-3 on penalties).

Rogers and Norton Business Houses League, Division One: UEA 2, Blofield United A 0; Blofield United A 0, UEA 4. Division Two: Yelverton 0, UEA Reserves 5.Division Three: Dray1on Reserves 5, UEA A 0.

Norfolk Womens and Girls Football League: Stalham Knights 4, UEA 2.

Hockey Prfntwise East Hockey League,

Ladles' Division Two North : Ipswich 11 13, UEA 2.

Division Four North-East: UEA Ill v Lowestoft Railway 11.

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Saturday October 12 Prlntwise East Hockey League, Ladles' Division Two North: St Ives 11 v UEA. Men's Division Two North: Norwich Union v UEA. Division Three NorthEast: UEA 11 v Norwich Union 11.

Divis ion Four North-East: Norwich Union Ill v UEA Ill.

Hockey Saturday October 5 Printwise East Hockey League, Ladies' Division Two North : UEA v Ipswich ES. Men's Division Two North: UEA v Ipswich ES 11. Division Th ree North· Ea st: Lowestoft Railway v UEA 11.

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With a long, hard BUSA season ahead, there are a number of great mouthwatering t ies in the months.

A/ex coming Thorpe takes his pick of potential matches of the week.

October 16, Women 's Hockey v Staffs (Stoke): Last year's top two go head-to-head in the season opener at Sportspark with UEA looking to repeat the 51 win of 12 months ago.

October 23, Men's Rugby v Cambridge LX: The restructure's given the rugby club a chance to play the second team of the Blues.

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The final meeting between the sides at Colney Lane could be vital as UEA try to escape this four team division.

February 12, Men's Squash v Leicester: Last year the men's squash team won promotion and a place in the cup. Will this season finale again see success for UEA Squash Club.

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But just as UEA had scored early in the first half, so they did in the second.

Dyer worked hard down the right wing to find some cross but delivered his cross just behind Jarrett. The UEA captain brought it down and his shot took a wicked deflection into the bottom right corner.

If his second goal had an element of luck about it, Jarrett's third had more than a touch of class. Cullis swung in a cross from the left and Jarrett, eight yards out, rose and drove home a thumping right foot volley into the roof of the net.

With the game back in their hands, UEA appeared to settle for 3-2 and spent the last half hour with their backs to the wall as Poringland tried to find a way through.

And they thought they had an equaliser with just 20 minutes remaining when a good shot from Shearer looked to have crossed the line before being cleared by Lee Pendrey, but the referee wasn 't well-placed enough to give it.

UEA weren't really troubled for the remainder of the game as Poringland began to tire, but they almost forced extra time four minutes into injury time.

Mattocks was given far too much room on the edge of the centre circle, and his 40 yard effort had to acrobatically turned round the post by van Dalen.

UEA will be hoping for an easier tie in the second round, with potential opposition from any one of three Combination divisions.

UEA: van Dalen, Fish, Cullis, Swann, Pendrey, Gaskell, Dyer (Holl 75), JarreH, Crozier, Reynolds, Hickson. Subs not used: Boast, Tnnder. Goals: JarreU 3 (4, 49, 57).

Poringland : Goals: Mattocks (11) , Wolkinson (31 ).

Attendance: 48.

Man ol the Match: Paul JarreH.

UEA won their second Business Houses League match of the season, away to Blofield United A, 4-0 with goals from Cullis, Reynolds and two from JonWard.

The reserves went one better in their 5-0 win against Yelverton in Division Two. lt was their first league game after two matches in the Primary Cup. Unfortunately, the A side and ladies side fell to defeats in their opening games - the A's losing 5-0 at Drayton Reserves and ladies 4-2 at Stalham Knights in the Norfolk Womens and Girls Football league.

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A/ex Thorpe looks at the bu rn ing issues

A POINTLESS EXERCISE? Did any of you tune in to the Davis Cup tennis on TV the other week?

No? Then you didn 't miss anything.

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That is , of course , unless you like watching Sue B arke r eulogise about how important it is that Britain 's fift h best player beats the third best player of some second division coun try.

Are we genuinely supposed to believe that avoiding embarrassment in this one tie would have any llfi•II!&Ji;£d~L impact on how the rest of • the world views British tennis?

Of course not, and you know why? Because the rest of the world knows we only have two players worthy of note, one who was obviously born with a sliver spoon in his mouth, and the other isn't even British .

But these two players, Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski if you're wonde ri ng who I meant, are ranked in the top 30 in the world - Henman fourth and Rusedski 27th - and that's all that matters really.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that the Davis Cup isn't important, because for tennis it is a good yardstick as to a country's strength in depth.

But it doesn't tell you which country has the best tennis players.

That's the job of the ATP Tour Champions Race, which tells you that the USA have three top-twenty players in Andre Agassi (2nd), Andy Roddick (9th) and Pete Sampras (12th).

Yet did either Sampras or Agassi play in the tru ly important semi-fin al against France? Did they hell. The job of partnering Roddick, with all their players fully fit, was given to James Slake (ranked 23rd).

I'm not going to say that we can afford to let Ru sedski play with Barry Cowan in all our matches, but the USA don't take the Davis Cup seriou sly, and they show it.

And here's a point fo r you to consider when examining th e BBC's motives for building up how important the Davis Cup. Where was the mention for the ladies equivalent, the Fed Cup, where the British team have just been promoted to Division Three following wins over Finland and Malta?

If the British ladies team eventually get up to the same level as Thailand are in the Davis Cup, will that make it an important competition? Answers on a postcard to 'We've got no TV sports rights', BBC Sport, London .

Tennis is an individual sport, and the sooner we get some proper home-grown stars with personality that people can relate to, the sooner it'll be worth watching on television.

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British Universities brought home the goods from the World University Orienteering Championships in Bulgaria , as the women 's relay team won gold and Oli Johnson took a personal bronze.

The team ol Rachael Elder (Cambridge) , Helen Bridle (Chalmers , Sweden) , Sarah Rollins (London) and Hannah Wootton (Sheffield) were crowned victors ahead of Sweden in second place and the Czech Republic in third.

Second place Sweden looked dangerous on the anchor leg, but Wootton held on to secure gold for Team GB by over a minute.

This is only the second time that Britain has won relay medals at these championships - the previous occasion being in 1990 when the women won silver in Latvia.

A superb run from Johnson, just graduated in Modern Foreign Languages at Sheffield gave him a bronze medal in the long distance race and pipped team mate Ed Nash (Newcastle) to the medal having started ten minutes behind.

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Pete Wells of the University of London Union won a silver medal at the World Student Rowing Championships to make sure the event, held in Nottingham, wasn't a total failure for the British team .

The five British teams all made their finals as expected , but only Wells in the men's single sculls came home with any1hing .

The FISU Regatta was held as part of the 'Festival of Rowing', which was an amalgamated regatta also featuring the Commonwealth Games rowing events.

Wells claimed his medal having led for more than half way, until Andre Vonarburg passed him to take the gold medal. The Swiss sculler is challenging the Olympic 2000 silver medallist and 1996 champion Xeno Mueller for Switzerland's Olympic place f r At ers 20p4 .

Britain's men's coxless pair for

the event were Jamie Bottomley (Cambridge) and David Gilbert (Lo ughbo rou gh) who, havi ng competed in the last World U23 championship, were fancied for a medal.

Unfortu nately, they were overhauled by the Russian pair just 250 metres from the line having been third for most of the race.

The women 's coxless fours formed from a combination of Oxford and Oxford Brookes also claimed a fourth place, some five

seconds behind the bronze medallist Poles.

Ireland edged the women's double sculls team into fifth place of six - ULU's Kathryn Stewart and Elisabeth Crichton not quite matching up to the standard on show.

Canada's Jane Rumball added gold to her silver medal in the single sculls when she won the doubles with her partner Laura Middleton . They established a good lead after the first 500

metres.

The full British Champion men's eight team from Oxford Brookes were the most fancied British team, and also the most disappointing as they too fell away to a fifth place finish .

Canada won the men's eights from the front, opening a huge six second gap over the Netherlands and Germany.

Earlier in the week the Canadians won the Commonwealth silver medal.

Pete Wells strikes for silver in the men 's single sculls

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Third place for Canaries ALEXTHORPE Sports Editor

Norwich City remain in third place of Division One after a pair of wins over high-flying opposition.

Leaders Portsmouth and early-season tips Preston North End both fell by the wayside as City rolled onwards.

In front of a complete sell-out crowd at Carrow Road the Canaries dominated the thenunbeaten Blues and were unlucky not to win by a bigger margin.

In the end it came down to City's most reliable source of 1-0 wins, lwan Roberts, to get the goal with a trademark header from eight yards. lt has now got to the stage where City fans can expect to get a positive result from any away game they play, and the trip to Deepdale was no different.

David Nielsen, in for Roberts (thigh strain), opened the scoring on the half hour- sweeping past Chris Lucketti and Marlon Broomes and cooly slotting past Tepi Moilanen.

Richie Cresswell grabbed an equaliser for North End, but it

was all for nought as Paul McVeigh's eighth goal of the season, a candidate for goal of the year, gave City the points.

Paul Heckingbottom threw long, skipper Neil Emblen flicked on, and McVeigh hit an accrobatic overhead kick past a startled Moilanen.

City next face Leicester in another top of the table clash at Carrow Road in front of a sell-out capacity crowd.

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FOR Promotion to a tougher division and the departure of several players will make for a tough season for the UEA men's rugby club, but hopes are high for a repeat of last season's good performances.

Last year saw UEA rack up an impressive five wins with just two losses, placing them second in their league behind Leicester. This year's fixtures will see them playing Leicester and Northampton as well as Cambridge LX and Oxford Greyhounds Oxford and Cambridge's second teams.

The promotion ended a frustrating period for the team, as club president Dan Oxley explains: "For two years we'd finished well in our league but missed out on promotion on technicalities.

We're finally where we should be.

"Obviously, having moved up into a tougher division we're not looking for a ground-breaking year where we win the title, but we hope to do well and finish ahead of Leicester.

"This year is mainly about consolidation - our team had about seven or eight players leaye at .

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the end of last year - so hopefully we can pick up some good new recruits and some of the lads from the seconds can push on and claim a place in the firsts."

However, it is not only where the league fixtures are concerned that UEA are faced with a new situation. This year UEA rugby teams will have the benefit of a student liaison officer with ties to the RFU. "it's like a direct line to Twickenham," says Oxley. "We're one of only five universities to have been given this honour, and it'll give us better funding and help_ develqp rugby at UEA in '

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both the coaching and playing sides of the club. "it's also useful for raising the profile of rugby in Norwich. Unlike Leicester and Northampton who have the pull of big Premiership clubs in their cities, to attract students interested in playing rugby we need to work harder.

"Exciting developments like this will help us. We've got a lot in the pipeline for this year."

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lt wasn't the prettiest win the UEA 's footballers will ever record , but the manner of the victory was immaterial as the 3-2 scoreline was enough to see them into the second round of the Norfolk Junior Cup. Paul Jarrett bagged a hattrick as UEA battled back from 2-1 down to defeat a plucky Poring/and Wanderers side.

To already have got one of the Ang lian Combination Division Two teams out of the way will go a long way to filling the srde with confidence for the rounds ahead, and the target of Carrow Road already looks within their reach . lt was UEA that made most of the early running , and it was no surprise when they took the lead with only four minutes on the clock.

With the keeper having come out of his box to make a clearance, Adam Reynolds showed quick thinking to throw long to Richard Crozier, who flicked on for Jarrett to head home.

Reynolds had a chance to double the lead almost immediately afterwards after a neat 1-2

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with Nick Dye r, but his shot only fou nd the home goalkee per.

Instead of claiming a 2-0 lead, UE A then conspired to hand th e lead over to Poring /and with two weak goals.

Firstly, a dubious left-wing free kick was headed home by Craig Mattocks - a Jack Cul lis defl ection taking it just beyond the reach of Hank van Dalen.

Then , with the home side piling on the pressure, Dave Wilkinson turned a cross-shot in unmarked at the far post to give Poringland a shock lead .

But by this stage it was far from being against the run of play with UEA chances few and far between , so much so that they only managed a further two chances in the half - Cullis unlucky to see his free kick strike the angle of post and bar, and Reynolds vo lleying just over from a tight angle.

As the second half began , UEA began to get much more into the game although it was Poringland that had the first chances.

Almost immediately from kickoff Ally Shearer volleyed just wide from 20 yards, and Mark Hickson deflected a corner towards his own goal forcing Cullis to clear.

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pores (6) 19 Farmer fee l a tit (5) 21 To lubricate (3)

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