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Cardiff student in lucky escape at Virginia massacre Helen Thompson News Editor A CARDIFF STUDENT narrowly missed walking into the Virginia Tech University massacre because of an email. !"#$% &"'($)*% +#,-% &./01.2#1.* !"#3/++*%."4%5((6%4023)/67%"0%8/#7/6/" 9(1.%+,#%+,2#%)("#4%"63%:"4%"5,20%0, 4(0% ,++% 0,% $(102#(4% ,6% 0.(% -,#6/67% ,+ ;<#/$% =>% :.(6% .(% 7"?(% ./4% (-"/$4% " $"40@-/620(%1.(1'A ;6% /640"60% -(44"7(% +#,-% "% +#/(63 :"#6(3% ./-% 6,0% 0,% 7,% 6("#% 0.(% 1"-@ <24*%"4%4,-(,6(%1,2$3%.("#%4.,04A% 9.(%0(6@,B1$,1'%$(102#(%0."0%0.( Continued on page six

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EDITOR Perri Lewis ASSISTANT TO THE EDITOR Elaine Morgan CREATIVE EDITOR Graeme Porteous NEWS Adam Millward, Helen Thompson, Jo Dingle, Katie Kennedy POLITICS Andy Rennison, Tim Hewish EDITORIAL AND OPINION Huw Pritchard, Chris Croissant SPORT Dave Menon, George Pawley LISTINGS Jenna Harris, Rosaria Sgueglia TELEVISION TV Gareth, TV John, TV Neil, TV Jane, TV Ellen LETTERS Rachel Clare GRAB Kayleigh Excell, Lisa Hocken TAF-OD Huw Pritchard SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT Ceri Morgan MEDIA Aline Ungewiss, Nadia Bonjour HEALTH Liz Stauber JOBS AND MONEY Gill Roberts PROBLEM PAGE Grace De Ville FIVE MINUTE FUN Lara Bell, Jesse Scarf PICTURE EDITORS James Perou, Sarah Day ONLINE EDITOR Paul Springett PROOP READERS Katie Stuart, Bryony Tallach,, Jenna Weeks, Aisling Tempany, Beth Samuel, Phillip Jones, Kieran Harwood, Sarah Murrey CONTRIBUTORS Corrine Rhoades, William Taylor, Lee Macaulay, Samantha Shillabeer, Danielle Rideher, Louise Gray, James Stileman, Abigail Whittaker, Victoria Lane, Chris Croissant, Matt Cutler, Hazel Plush, Penelope Apostolou, Kate Warren, Lisa Evans, Jesse Scharf, Scott D’Arcy, James Woodroof, Ed Salter, Rob Taylor, Adam Gasson, James Sexton, Angharad Jones, Ben Walker, Erica Ballantyne, Becky Oatley, Steven Florey, Jon Berridge, Katherine Webster-Duncan ADDRESS University Union, Park Place Cardiff, CF10 3QN ADVERTISING 02920 781 474 EMAIL gairrhydd@gairrhydd.com WEB www.gairrhydd.com LOCATION 4th Floor Students’ Union

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Rampant ravens VISITING BIRDS have made themselves at home in the University, leaving Cardiff students at risk of receiving an unpleasant surprise as they walk into the Main Building. E&"$-+?"#.W #".8($'&39&$9+#$1" .""#$7-:5$8&"$=+3#$!/36,3#4$9+0+-D$:#$X+-D$X6+9"($&+.$-"9"3?", +$ .34#3739+#8$ +5:/#8$ :7$ 3#8"-".8( +#,$8&"$Z#3?"-.382$&+.$8+D"#$0-"F 9+/83:#.$ 8:$ 0-:?3,"$ .&"68"-$ 7:0+.."-.F12;

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Student cott-on fire A LOCAL COLLEGE student was set alight while attending a fancy dress party dressed up as a cotton wool bud, a Swansea court heard last week. !"#$ %&"'($ )*($ &+,$ ,-"..",$ /0$ 12 '-+003#4$&35."67$3#$'&38"$.&""8.$+#, 9:88:#$ '::6; <+72,,$ =:-4+#$ >"".( +6.:$+$6:9+6$%+-,377$.8/,"#8($+,5388", 8:$ 8&"$ 9:/-8$ 8&+8$ &"$ &+,$ 3#76398", 4-3"?:/.$1:,362$&+-5; %&"'$ 8:6,$ @'+#."+$ %-:'#$ %:/-8 &:'$ &"$ &+,$ 1""#$ A1+,62$ 3#B/-",C$ 3# 8&"$ 0-+#D$ +8$ E-3#382$ %:66"4"( %+-5+-8&"#; >"".($ :7$ %2#9:",($ %+-,377($ &+. 1""#$-"5+#,",$:#$1+36$/#836$&"$3.$."#F 8"#9",$#"G8$5:#8&;

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New Fopp shop to open in the Union Joanna Dingle News Editor

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Alan Johnston: still no word JOHNSTON: Missing in the Gaza strip for almost seven weeks

SMILE MILES: Welsh dental students may have to move for work

Condom clueless Adam Millward News Editor

CONDOMS: Are you up to speed?

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BUTE BUILDING: Attended by Johnston as a journalism student

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Engineer to Ecuador OPEN DOOR: The perfect steal

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MEDIA

APRIL.30.2007 MEDIA@!"#$!"#$$.COM An advert from campaigning organisation Reporters Without Borders

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Comment and analysis from the gair rhydd Politics team 8 Electing who in the what now? On May 3 Wales goes to the polls for the third time since 1999 to elect its 60 Assembly Members. 40 of these represent constit-uencies such as Cardiff Central. The remaining 20 consist of regional members - 4 party representatives for each of the 5 Welsh regions. So, when you go to vote, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be asked first to select your local AM, and second to vote for the party you want to represent this region.

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• Born 1948 in London, where she was also educated • First elected as a councillor in 1983 • Elected AM for Cardiff Central 1999 • Re-elected 2003, more than doubling her majority • Since 2005 she has been the Welsh Lib Dem spokesperson for Health, Finance and Equal Opportunities • Has been learning Welsh for “a number of years” • Why vote for her? “We’re standing on a better manifesto that promises a fair, green future for Wales, that strongly emphasises education and a lot of radical policies on the environment; after all students are the ones who will be here in 50, 60 years time”

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Wyn Jones

“Well we’ve had for a long time now a policy of no top-up fees, and we also are strongly opposed to student debt, with our policy of helping students pay off their student loans. “We’re also proposing more affordable housing, so students who want to stay in Wales can.

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2003, and again for the council in 2004 • Political interests include the economy and the environment • Enjoys singing in his choir and watching rugby “For my part, I’m the only candidate who isn’t a professional politician; I’ve been working in business for 30 years, and have a lot of experience other than just in the political field. “A lot of Assembly members never see how things are on that side of life, which I think is a disadvantage.”

“I’ve been a councilor for the Gabalfa ward of Cardiff, which includes Talybont, for three years, and have tried to take forward the issues that have come up in the student area such as recycling and cycle lanes. “As far as policies go we’re the party that want to see fees eventually abolished, as we believe education’s a right not a privilege. “I’m a student myself doing my PhD, so I’m well in touch with student issues – my finger’s on the pulse – and so students would be voting for one of their own. “We need more people in politics who don’t work like politicians, and my background is academic more than political.” • Born 1982 in Oxfordshire • Came to Cardiff in 2001 to study Social Policy • Elected to the Gabalfa ward of Cardiff Council in 2004, a month before his graduation • He is still a student at Cardiff, having now earned his Masters in Social Science Research

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Methods, and is currently writing his PhD thesis on the social role of public libraries Alongside this he also teaches a number of Sociology and Social Policy modules to Cardiff undergraduates His main political interests include civil liberty, the environment and citizenship, and he has campaigned against the introduction of ID cards Keen football fan, supporting both Oxford United and Newport County Plays 5-a-side football and squash weekly, and has also recently taken up mixed netball

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• Born 1977 in Cardiff • Graduated from Cardiff University with a degree in Law and Politics • Following uni, she was employed as a Research/Casework Assistant for the MPs Julie Morgan and Sue Essex • Currently works as the Legal Services Manager at the Equal Opportunities Commission in Wales, managing the legal department and helpline, as well as helping people who have suffered unlawful discrimination in the justice system • Has been a member of the Labour party since she was 16; her political interests include

Sophie declined to tell gair rhydd why the thousands of students she would be representing should vote for her, but she may, or may not, have said something like this: “Welsh Labour has brought Wales growth and propserity. “Everybody’s five grand richer now than they used to be. “A vote for Labour is a vote for stability and progress.” equality and social justice • She is involved in various council youth schemes and initiatives, in addition to being a governor for two primary schools

• Born 1974 in Cardiff • Graduated from Cardiff University with a Law degree and a Masters in European Policy • Spokesman for Education from 1999 and for Health from 2003 • Stood for the Assembly in 2003 and narrowly lost out to Labour’s Sue Essex. • Stood for Cardiff North in the 2005 General Election • Is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts • Lists his political interests as education, health, Europe and local government Why vote for him? “As a former and relatively recent student at the University of Cardiff, I am very aware of the concerns and pressures faced by students in the Welsh capital. “When I went to Cardiff University, I lived in University Hall - then, as is even more the case now, money is probably the first concern that springs to mind! “I was genuinely proud of my

Jonathan Morgan party's opposition to top-up fees in Wales, and whilst it does not solve all the financial difficulties that students face, you can count on one thing that if my party and I are elected to govern in Wales, students will not pay top-up fees in Cardiff. “David Cameron is the youngest leader of the political parties and we are seeing a revival in Wales and throughout the UK.”

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Ice-cream: Ironically enough, it is ice cream that is hot with TV desk this week. This reminds me, t’other day I tried to purchase a ‘99’ and was politely informed, “That’ll be £1.20 mate”. How Much? Not on my watch sir, I’ll have a Feast instead you heartless git.

Soaps Hiyarr! Soap world is shit hot this week. It truly is, there’s domestic violence, bombs, separations and the usual bonking of people you probably shouldn’t. For one, the rock of maritial bliss that are Deirdre and Ken split in Coronation Street, when Ken decides to return to an old flame, Michelle and Steve get jiggy with it too. In Neighbours Steph realises that she still thinks Toadie is a buff ting and baby Kerry is having a real hard time, first your mum starts doing rudies with your uncle, then you get kidnapped due to the ineptness of your grandfather and now she’s ill or something. TV Kyle says its fine to joke about these sorts of things so it must be ok. In Eastenders, May and Rob have a showdown in the Queen Vic. As long as it results in Peggy shouting ‘GERRAOFMAPUB’ I’m a happy bunny. x

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espite the fact that Macs are all shiny, new and nice looking, they can’t do everything, and evidently this includes not chewing up this weeks TV Listings. Therefore, dear readers reader, this week we can’t provide you with up to date information about what we hate, what pointless thing from our past we have become mildly obsessed by, or even whatever puerile in-jokes are in vogue at the TV Desk. So, this week I thought as there is now no TV on at all, wouldn’t it just be absolutely spiffing if you all just went outside and played skipping or built a den or something. Go terrorise a cat, find a weaker kid and have a fight and then go buy some football stickers.

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Girls, you are allowed to go and pick up a load of shit from somebody’s garden, brew it up in a bowl and call it perfume. No? Just my sister then. Yeah, that’s right, I’m making you look like an arse in front of the whole of Cardiff’s student population and there’s nothing you can do to stop me! What is it that girls used to do when about a hundred boys spent a lunchtime kicking a tennis ball about? (F.y.i TV Ben, we used to do really cool stuff like plaiting each others hair, telling secrets and learning the dance moves to PJ and Duncan’s ‘Let’s Get Ready to Rumble’) I seem to remember some girls playing ‘Ponies’ and with the clever innovation of a

skipping rope, a crude set of reins could be fashionned. Boys being boys however, would spend the whole of lunchbreak trying to steal said skipping rope with the sole intent of whipping each other until we could see bone. Basically, what I have discovered is that young girls are delusional morons and young boys are violent morons. Basically I hate kids, and anyone who likes kids is also a moron. Yeah, I’m looking at you Michael Jackson, grow the chuff up. Kids can’t do anything cool, like drink and drive, go midget tossing or bearbaiting. Right, so that’s all from us. No it actually is. We’ll be back same time next week. And hopefully so will the listings. Love x

Film If TV existed this week, which it clearly doesn’t, then this weeks ‘BIG MOVIE’ would be Get Shorty (Five, Monday 11.00pm-12.55) . Apparently, according to an editors best friend (Wikipedia), John Travolta originally snubbed his role in Get Shorty until he recieved a call from Quentin Tarantino telling him to ‘read the book’. The fact this then convinced John Travolta probably suggests that you should read that instead you cultureless swine. Besides, TV isn’t even on.

Sport Football is on this week, SUPRISE! Football is on every week and it usually consists of men kicking a ball around while angry men howl their lungs out with a copy of Nuts in one hand and a mixed grill and/or ‘piece of ass’ in the other. If all this sounds terribly appealing to you then you should watch Chelsea Vs Liverpool on Tuesday ITV1 at 7.30pm.

Bring Back... SMOKING.

TV Legends are suffering this week with the introduction of the smoking ban in “public places”. We’ve all felt the burn since the 2nd of April, but has anybody stopped to think of our favourite tobacco-wielding soap hags? Dot Cotton, Pat Butcher and Deirdre off of Coronation Street can no longer put the world to rights over a large sherry and an Embassy. Instead they’re going to have to brave the cold night, which taking into account their age, could prove more deadly than lung cancer. Not only that, but the script-writers are going to have to think of new ways to shoe-horn Pat Butcher into getting into tobacco and alcoholfuelled scraps if she’s already outside having a fag. If anything, this smoking ban is just creating more problems, rather than solving our

The Heat: Before you tell me to toss off, the joyous weather is (occassionally) a fricking hoot. But now It’s just uncomfortable, you feel sweaty and lethargic, pressurized to wear as little clothing as possible, and around essay and exam time it’s just plain mean. Overcast clouds anyone?

TV Grapevine Philip Scofield has converted to Judaism, and the gold-digging, hopalong tramp that is Heather “No, I really do love Paul McCartney’s shrivelled dick” Mills got voted off Dancing With The Stars in America. Yeah, we called her a gold-digger. And a hop-along. And a tramp. Yeah come on

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then, . In other news, Mario Lopez of Saved By The Bell fame has died, along with Richard Blackwood in an unfortunate gay dogging incident this week. Rest in Peace. LOL x.

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machines available to service every facet of our miserable lives. It started off with the kettle and will inevitably culminate in a robot coup and the death of all humanity. You’ve been warned. It’s only a matter of time before emotions are manufactured or maintained with mechanical assistance and we’ll have to visit Mood Gyms in order to feel anything at all. Rageless fights will break out in the queue for the anger machine but the heartbreak machine will doubtless be left rusting in the corner. Welcome to the future. I’m guessing that you are female, no? If my presumption is correct, you’ll need to dress in such a way that conceals ANY perspiration. It’s a fact of life that when men sweat during exercise, it’s seen as a badge of honour but sweaty women are simply wrong. Just don’t wear grey, blue, or long-sleeved cloth-

ing. The results will be dire, trust me. And then you’ll have to walk home with your temple veins bursting forth from your head and patches of your own bodily fluid visible from a hundred yards away. It’s SO not a good look. For the past few years I’ve been working on a special TOP SECRET project. But now it’s safe to let the marathon-running cat out of the duffel bag, I can reveal that I’ve patented an exercise frock made entirely of sponge. Want to be the first to try it out? Drop me an internet mail and I’ll see what I can do. Until then, hydrate yourself regularly and listen to motivational cock-rock. Enjoy the extra lung capacity. I envy you. Much love, Grace xxx

Exams are dissolving me Dear Grace, I think that I may be suffering from exam-induced psychosis. I’ve got the distinct feeling that something terrible, awful and downright earth-shattering is going to happen. And I’m also being stalked by a nine-year-old boy who follows me around and manhandles me after I repeatedly refuse to give him cigarettes. I can’t hit him back because he’s only small and it might be construed as child abuse. I wish it was still socially acceptable to punch minors in the face. How do I rid myself of the little blighter and stop the feelings of dread that plague my waking thoughts? Jon, Cathays Dear Jon, I think you’re right - Earth appears to be cracking under

the strain of housing too many idiots. Only the other day I witnessed a toddler kicking a miniature poodle in the head. What has happened to the world? Rolf Harris is probably crying right this very minute. And to top it all off, the massively twattish Big Issue seller who lurks outside Waterstones continues to abuse passers by with an insane zeal. He told two elderly women to 'fuck off' the other day. I know he's got a big homeless chip on his shoulder, but seriously, you should NEVER buy the Big Issue from this vile man. I think you should be worried; it smells like the apocalypse outside. Yesterday I noticed something very strange about my street. The doors of several houses had been daubed with sinister red crosses. Either we're in the middle of another Black Death, or there are a few hee-larious satanic pranksters in the vicinity. I'm just glad my

door has been spared. Everything would be much easier if idiotic and/or dangerous people were visible from a distance. Perhaps they could be coated with a luminous sheen. Maybe these red-spray-paint wielders are operating a system whereby they daub the houses of people they believe to be idiotic in the hope that this will terrify them enough to stop allowing their children to kick poodles, accost students or grow up to be angry, cursing homeless men. It's ALWAYS the fault of the parents. Again, I'm just glad my door has been spared. I hope both the weird satanic idiot door-labelling AND the influx of nobbers ceases to be an issue. Until then, stay indoors and arm yourself with a baseball bat or a similarlyshaped vegetable. I’ll employ my heavies to deal with the kiddiefiend. Chill out. Grace xxx

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Fun Factory @ Solus, SU Cardiff’s own alternative music night. Also features DJing by Oddsoc and bands put on by LMS in the live music room. 10pm - 2am. Free entry with NUS. £3 otherwise. The Jazz Attic @ Cafe Jazz Jam in a jazzy manner with the house jazz trio. All instruments and singers are welcome. £2/£1 if you perform. Arrive early. Vodka Island @ Tiger Tiger Wales’ superclub. 9.30pm - 2am. £4. Free Noise @ The Point Free Noise is a unique collaboration featuring major names from the burgeoning noise and free jazz scenes. Over two sets and through a series of improvised combinations, the paths of these two unorthodox musics will converge to produce something both beautiful and terrifying. 7.30pm. £10. Assembly Now / The Stanley Band / The Cartelles @ Barfly Indie bands times three.7.30pm. £5. Running with Scissors @ Chapter Arts Centre Based on the personal memoirs of Augusten Burroughs, Running with Scissors is a wickedly funny, brave and moving tale of surviving a most unusual childhood. Constantly recording his life in journals as a way of coping, Augusten finds himself avoiding school, learning about love, and making big decisions. at the tender age of fifteen. 6.30pm. £5.10

Forecast @ Buffalo Bar The usual Forecast DJs spin the decks. 8pm - 3am. Free. LMS Open Mic Night @ Buffalo Meanwhile, in another room at the same venue, LMS host their open mic night. 8pm. Free. Planet Rock @ Clwb Ifor Bach The one and only rock request night, originating from a Cardiff music society way back. You ask, and they play the rock, metal and goth classics. You can also request via MySpace.com/planet_rock_club. 9pm - 2pm. £3. The Cinematic Orchestra @ The Point Ents24.com says of The Cinematic Orchestra that their music evokes “lush soundscapes in the vein of John Barry. Minimal backing from drums and double bass add a very funky element”.7.30pm. £12.50. Kenny Driscoll Jam Band @ The Bute Dock Hotel, West Bay St, Cardiff Bay Free music! For information contact 02920651426. 7pm. Free.

Rubber Duck @ Solus, SU Dressed up clubbing for jocks and pretend jocks. 10pm. £3. Popscene @ Clwb Ifor Bach Three floors, three different club nights. 9.30pm. £3. Cheapskates @ Metros. Indie, alternative and cheese, mixed together with £1.09 house doubles. Oh, and don’t forget the smell of sweat. Still, it is Metros and the sweaty ambiance is what makes it so good. £6. 8pm-3pm. Celebrating Women @ Gate Arts Centre Forty artists exhibit for International Women's Day 2007. For information visit www.thegate.org.uk. The Used @ SU Utah’s The Used have made music that, to quote Ents24.com, “created a raw but touching sound that veers wildy from a whisper to a full-on screeching wail”. 7.30pm. £15.

The Bait Shop @ Barfly For alternative music fans, the Barfly has handily provided this club night, named after the establishment frequented on The O.C., to minister to your musical needs. 10.30pm. £3/2 NUS. Laser Safari @ Buffalo Bar A night of live indie music and DJs. 8pm £4. The Unsigned Band Connection: Everfade / Vend / Lowlights @ Callaghan's 9pm - 2am. £1. SwitchedOn Sherman: Scriptslam @ Sherman Theatre Regular session devoted to developing new writing talents. There will be four 15 minute pieces written by four new writers and the audience votes for the piece they would most like to see developed. 8pm. £3. The Zombies @ The Point The classic rock group responsible for hits like She's Not There and Time Of The Season, so go and check them out in a small and intimate venue. 7.30pm. £12.

Luke Pickett / Black Atlantic @ Clwb Ifor Bach Luke Pickett’s day job is acting as vocalist for the emo band Her Words Kill (the name totally belies their emo origins). However, he has started a side project as a solo artist. His six-track EP, For Every Petal Lost; Another Gained, which was recently released, departs from his emo orgins and instead establishes him on a path consisting of songs played out on guitar, piano and strings. He is supported by The Black Atlantic - a rock group from the Netherlands. 7.30pm. £5.

Pick Of The Day Marissa Nadler / Jenifer Gentle / Richard James @ The Point Richard James is one of the members of Gorky's Zygotic Mynci and is currently embarking on a solo project. This will be a mix of traditional Welsh folk, psych-pop and John Fahey-esque guitar picking. New York-based singer Marissa Nadler will, intriguingly, accompany herself on guitar, ukulele and five-string banjo. 7.30pm. £8.50.

Pick Of The Day The New Statement @ New Theatre Alan B’stard is back! See preview page for in depth information. The great philosopher Donald Rumsfield once made this fantastically sharp point: There are known knowns and unknown unknowns- things we know, things we think we know, things we know that we don’t know and things we don’t know that we don’t know. On that intellectual bombshell, it’s time to meet B’stard, one of the worst politicians in the world.7.30pm. £8.50-£28.

Shame About Sam / Boy In Flight @ Barfly 7.30pm. Inland Empire @ Chapter Arts Centre 7pm. £5.10.

The Toy Band / The Gar @ Barfly Toy-tastic. For more information on The Toy Band visit www.myspace.com/thetoyband, and for information on The Gar, visit www.thegar.co.uk.7.30pm. £4/ £5. JimJam @ Clwb Tafod (NosDa), 53-59 Despenser St. Live bands/acoustic open mic night. 8.30pm1am. Free. For more information, contact venue on 02920 37 88 66.

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Access all Areas @ Solus SU New Look Friday...Another Union event, another way to make people drunk. Promises the best alternative music and beats for you to boogie to. 10pm - 2am. £3.50 / £3 adv. The Dudes Abide @ Clwb Ifor Bach Music for those who love music. An indie and retro night that takes in the heady landscape created by the likes of Hendrix, the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and Dusty Springfield. 10.pm – 2.30am. £3.50 / £4. Mad4It! @ Barfly DJ Mike TV comperes an indietastic night of your favourite alternative music, ranging from the Strokes to the Smiths to absolutely everything in between. 10.30pm - 2am. £5. Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog / Yucatan / Mr Huw @ Clwb Ifor Bach Welsh language indie band fun. 9.30pm (Doors 8pm). £4/£5 on door. BBC National Orchestra Of Wales @ St David’s Hall A programme of classical works originally written by Giles Swayne: Pentecost Music, and Ravel: Alborada del Gracioso, Rhapsodie Espagnole and La Valse, performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. 2pm. £7.50. Ghosts / Tiny Dancers @ Barfly Club Sheffield-based alt-folk in a Neil Young vein, supplemented with lots of lovely harmonies from Tiny Dancers. Ghosts play fragile indierock apparently. Worth going to see. 8pm. £6.

Come Play @ Solus, SU Party tunes in the main room and Traffic DJing in the side room. 10pm. £3.50. Fly Swatter @ Barfly Indie party fest that mixes up the best music with the even better. 10.30pm. £5 NUS. Hi-On-Maiden / Hunted / Sanction @ Clwb Ifor Bach Iron Maiden tribute band. 8pm. £4. Resonance:Tanja Raman, D'bini Industries @ Chapter Arts Centre Dance works by Finnish choreographer Tanja Råman in collaboration with sound/video artist John Collingswood (d’bini industries). Features a number of dances and performances including Kaihokaksi, an autobiographical work exploring Tanja Raman’s displacement from one culture to another. 8pm. £6 £10. High Society The Musical @ Wales Millennium Centre An adaptation of !"#$% &"'($')*% +,#-% !"#$

Open Mike (Upstairs) @ Buffalo Bar An intimate and relaxed atmosphere where you can experience live acoustic acts, songwriters and performers, as well as participating yourself. 8pm - 3am. £1. The Hop @ Buffalo Bar The resident DJs present 50’s night: rock ‘n’ roll, jive, rockabilly and psychobilly. 8pm 3am. Free.

Pick Of The Day Dressed To Kill @ The Point The world’s longest-running Kiss tribute band. They have been going for over 16 years now and were selected by Gene Simmons himself to be involved with his programmes Gene Simmons - Rock School and Gene Simmons Family Jewels. Expect the full on works, from blood-spitting and firebreathing to pyrotechnics. Rock on! 7.30pm. £9.

%&'"()*+(./(%+$/(0'$*%011$'%2#/**%+',3"#"0*4$** +/'2$%/45%-0*,2/#%40-6$'*%/*%,(%($##*%(.$%(/#$%"+ (.$%*"2,$(7%8$55,49%"+%(.$%7$/':%;:<=1-:%>;?@ >AB:%% Pick Of The Day Mike Milligan / Sol Bernstein / Greg Davies / Steve Harris @ Jongleurs It’s comedy time this week. Greg Davies is the winner of the Laughing Horse New ‘Comedian of the Year’ award 2002, along with having the accolade of being ITV's ‘Take The Mic’ 2003 award runner-up. Sol Bernstein has intriguingly been described by Ents24.com as, “one part Alf Garnett, two parts Mel Brooks”. The final purveyor of comedy today is Steve Harris, who won the ‘North West Comedian of the Year’ 1998 and was also a finalist in 'So You Think You're Funny' in that same year. So, a clutch of promising comedians at the bargain price of £10. 8pm. £10 (also includes free entry to Club Risa.)

Pick Of The Day Blowout Festival 2007 @ The Point / Coal Exchange / City Canteen Bank holiday Sunday mini festival presenting 45 acts over 12 hours. Four different stages and a multitude of musical genres. There’s also a bit of comedy thrown in as well. Acts include Poncho Comedy Club, Strawberry Gash, Chico (that Chico? I have no idea), The Loves, 3 Minute Warning, Ozric Tentacles and The Spiral Brothers. 2pm - 2am. £12. The Greatest Hits and More Tour: Jason Donovan @ St David's Hall Eighties crooning cheese fest with the former Neighbours star-turned celebrity jungle survivor. 7.30pm. £22.50 The Wombats / Black Cherry / Walker @ Barfly The Wombats are an indie/rock Liverpudlian trio influenced by Arcade Fire and The Beach Boys. Gig Wise has described their music as, ‘…tight as hell and with an ear for quirky melodies that defies belief.’ Support comes from quintet Black Cherry, who are currently being courted by various record companies. 7.30pm. £6. The Donde Stars / Poppies / The Strand @ Clwb Ifor Bach Local indie rock from The Strands. 8pm. £4. Victorian English Gentlemen's Club / Party Weirdo / The Stilletoes @ Chapter Arts Centre More indie rock for today. 7.30pm. £5/£4.

Pick Of The Day The New 1920 / Adiboomtown @ Clwb Ifor Bach A Save the Children Benefit. There are 43 million children who cannot attend school due to armed conflict. This gig is organised to raise funds for Save the Children's ‘Rewrite the Future’ campaign. Joint headliners The New 1920, who recently supported The Lost Prophets, are supported themselves by DJ sets from DJ Gidge (Off the Hook, Milgi) and Optimas Prime (Dial Up Records). 7.30pm. £6. Rise Against @ SU Chicago-based hardcore punk rock band who have been around since 1999. While you get the usual gluttal screaming, they differ perhaps from some of the other bands of that ilk by using their profile to support some good causes. 7.30pm. £12.50.

VENUES Students’ Union, Park Place 02920 387421 www.cardiffstudents.com Med Club, Neuadd Meirionydd, Heath Park 02920 744948 Clwb Ifor Bach (The Welsh Club), 11 Womanby Street 02920 232199 www.clwb.net Barfly, Kingsway Tickets: 08709070999 www.barflyclub.com/cardiff Metros, Bakers Row 02920 399939 www.clubmetropolitan.com Dempseys, Castle Street 02920 252024 Incognito, Park Place 02920 412190 Liquid, St. Mary Street 02920645464 The Philharmonic, 76-77 St. Mary Street 02920 230678 Café Jazz, 21 St. Mary Street 02920 387026 www.cafejazzcardiff.com The Riverbank Hotel, Despenser Street www.riverbankjazz.co.uk St. David’s Hall, The Hayes 02920 878444 www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk Chapter Arts Centre, Market Road, Canton 02920 304400 www.chapter.org Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay 0870 0402000 www.wmc.org.uk The New Theatre, Park Place 02920 878889 www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk The Sherman Theatre, Senghennydd Road 02920 646900 www.shermantheatre.co.uk The Glee Club, Mermaid Quay 0870 2415093 www.glee.co.uk Cardiff International Arena, Mary Ann Street 02920 224488 The Millennium Stadium Can’t miss it. www.millenniumstadium.com The Point, Cardiff Bay 029 2046 0873. www.thepointcardiffbay.com

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Rosy day for rowers James Sexton Rowing Reporter BOTH CARDIFF rowing teams retained their title as they set Cardiff’s Varsity push off to a winning start.

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ROBERTS: Swansea could not contain him

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Rose b Williams . . . . . . . . . . . .0 Shrives b Williams . . . . . . . . . . .0 Tustan b Bekker . . . . . . . . . . . .0 Dredge not out . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Treagus lbw b Bekker . . . . . . .21 Extras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 TOTAL (26 overs) . . . . . . . . .109 Bowling: Walker 7-1-27-2; Stewart 5-0-21-0; Bekker 8-2-29-4; Williams 6-2-31-4

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----------------------------------------------------------------Next Week’s Fixtures - Men’s 1 v Reading (H) - Men’s 2 v Marjons (A) - Ladies’ 1 v Gloucester (A)

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LEFT TO RIGHT: Swansea’s flanker heads for the turf; Cardiff struggle to stop Swansea’s counter; Cardiff’s Head Coach Martyn Fowler; Cardiff captain Matt Hopper lines up a penalty

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