INSIDE: STAPLE FACE/ARMSTRONG/DELPHIC/DEAD BEATS/THE WICK AT BOTH ENDS/ON THE ROAD
FREE
The independent student newspaper of the University of Sheffield. Est. 1946.
Issue 51 Friday October 19 2012 @ForgePress /ForgePress
Features ask:
How safe is your student house? p.16-17
Games talk to:
Screen meet:
Kwalee games, and discusses apps, Fuse, p.4
Frankenweenie creators and Tim Burton, Fuse, p.8-9
Campus cats in eviction threat
4Taz and Charlie have been adopted by Kroto in attempt to save ‘pets’ Alisha Rouse The University’s Estates and Facilities management team are threatening two cats with eviction from their campus home. In emails seen by Forge Press, Estates said they will remove the cats, nicknamed Taz and Charlie by students and staff, by Monday. The fluffy friends live on the North Campus, at the Kroto Institute, where they have been
cared for by staff, porters and students for years, becoming like pets to the community. In a move to save the cats yesterday, the Kroto Institute vowed to adopt the cats, getting them microchipped and formally adopted, to deter Estates from removing them. An individual within Estates is said to be taking a very ‘anti-cat’ line and was compared at a forum yesterday to Cruella De Vil. Pat
Smith, from Cats Protection Sheffield said: “Most agencies in Sheffield are full,” and when asked whether the cats would be killed, she replied: “I wouldn’t hold out much hope.” Students and staff in the Kroto community have rallied round the cause, receiving over 200 signatures on a petition to save the cats overnight, as well as bombarding senior staff with emails.
Taz, a orange tabby cat, and Charlie, a black cat, are very popular on the North Campus, with everyone from senior lecturers to students and cleaners backing the campaign. Samuel Valdes, a PhD student at the Kroto Institute said: “The cats have been there for ages on North Campus by the Mappin building.
EVI
CTE
D
Continued on p.3
Half of students leave door open for burglary Jonathan Robinson Students are putting themselves at unnecessary risk of being burgled by not locking doors, after a random police patrol found officers could enter half of student properties without being noticed by the occupants. On one shift of testing front doors, South Yorkshire police could easily enter 20 student-owned properties. Inspector Darren Starkey, who leads the Sheffield Central safer neighbourhood teams, told Forge Press many cases of students being burgled
were preventable. He said there was evidence that students were not sufficiently locking their properties. “Officers have been conducting regular patrols in student areas trying doors to see if they are locked. “In one shift, 40 doors were tested and over half were unlocked. This allowed police officers to walk into the property undetected. “The testing of doors will continue while officers work together with students to reduce burglaries.” Continued on p.5