Thursday 26 April 2018
Issue 120
Is zero tolerance the way?
Celebrity Deaths
Alien Day
Features
Opinion
Screen
An insight into the University’s current drug policy
p. 8
Should we be mourning people we’ve never even met? p. 15
A celebration of the beloved sci-fi horror franchise p. 34
Protest over Uni’s handling of racism Luke Baldwin
BME Committee are launching a protest outside Firth Court this Friday over the University’s supposedly poor handling of recent cases of racism involving their students. The protest comes over a month after the Varsity Ice Hockey match, where black Hallam student Tyrell Pearce allegedly had a rotten banana thrown at him by a University of Sheffield student. Hajira Liaquat, Chair of the Sheffield BME committee and organiser of the protest, said: “I have organised this protest to lobby the university to take incidents of racism on campus seriously. I have been appalled by... (cont. on page 3)
Sexist tweets from Uni sport team condemned Michael Chilton
Sheffield University Men’s Football Club (SUMFC) have been widely condemned after a series of sexist and misogynistic remarks on Twitter. The first team lost against Sheffield Hallam in the final Varsity event at Hillsborough last night, just weeks after the tweets were first published. The club have since apologised for the misogynistic tweets, which were made on the SUMFC Twitter account leading up to and during their tour in Croatia. On Saturday 24 March, the club tweeted:
“THE BOYS ARE BACK ON TOUR… I can’t wait for a week of respecting women. Live odds incoming…” (cont. on page 7)
Uni of Women’s 1s beat Hallam 2-0 on final day
Dan West
Revenge of the Sixth: another Varisty win for University of Sheffield Ben Warner
T
he University of Sheffield have been crowned Varsity champions for the sixth year, levelling up the overall titles to tenapiece. The 40-point mark was reached when the University of Sheffield’s Mixed Korfball 2s team won 12-10 against Sheffield Hallam.
Hallam looked like they could be about to mount a late comeback when they secured a few points on Finals Day, but a quick rally from the University of Sheffield made sure they won their sixth title in as many years. The final score was 45-34 to the Black and Golds. Sheffield SU Sports Officer Flo Brookes said: “I am so... (cont. on page 5)
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20-page varsity pull-out