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CH E LMSFOR D STU D E NTS I AM LOOKING FOR STUDENTS IN CHELMSFORD THAT ARE WILLING TO HELP ME BY TAKING ON THE CHALLENGE OF RUNNING THE CHELMSFORD ARM OF THE SOCIETY AND TO DEVELOP IT FURTHER THERE. I WILL NEED AN EDITOR, WHO CAN WORK ALONGSIDE ME TO ORGANISE AND MANAGE CONTENT, WRITERS TO PROVIDE THE CONTENT AND PEOPLE TO HELP DISTRIBUTE IT AROUND CAMPUS. IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED PLEASE CONTACT ME AT APEXEDITOR@ANGLIASTUDENT.COM.
SARAH CHANNING-WRIGHT
C O NTE NTS Features 06 WE WILL MARCH SU President (Matt East) on fighting the HE budget cuts 12 REMEMBRANCE Serving those who serve – the Poppy appeal 14 IS PHILOSOPHY DEAD? Stephen Hawkins thinks so, but what does he know? 18 FEELING HOMESICK? Kelly Clarke offers up some reassurance
20 HELP STOP BULLYING With the power of a postcard!
Regulars 08 BITS ‘N’ PIECES (pt 1) Bonfires outside the UK – the yanks have theirs with cheerleaders!
25 REVIEWS Covering music, film, art and games 40 LIFESTYLE Can Cambridge do fashion? 42 BITS ‘N’ PIECES (pt 2) Some poetry and the Midsummer Common Fireworks 44 OPINION Guy Fawkes vs Socrates and the celebration of failure
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| Sarah Channing-Wright
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| Jenna Grabey
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| Ellis Clarke
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elcome to an explosive edition of Apex Magazine! This month looks at how Britain likes to celebrate failure, how other countries burn things and the philosophy behind
the gunpowder plot. We will also be remembering those who served and still serve our country in battle. There is a lot of philosophy related articles this month, including one from the Philosophy Society and a philosophical look at art. Feeling homesick? There is an article with guidance on that. LGBT are also calling for entries to their postcard competition for National Anti-Bullying Week.
So lots there to keep you occupied. But remember to keep looking on the website www.apex-magazine.co.uk for more articles not included in this issue. SARAH CHANNING-WRIGHT CHIEF EDITOR
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WITH HIGHER EDUCATION ABOUT TO FACE DEEP AND SAVAGE CUTS, THE QUESTION IS: WHAT CAN WE DO TO FIGHT IT?
STEP ONE, WE PROTEST.
BY SU PRESIDENT, MATT EAST
STOP PRESS
AS A N EW TE R M B EG I N S, IT I S A TI M E FOR M IXE D FE E LI NG S. SOM E PEOPLE EXCITE D FOR TH E TI M E S AH EAD, SOM E N E RVOUS TH I N KI NG OF A N EW LI FE STYLE AN D B E I NG WAY FROM TH E NOR M. TH E N EW E D UCATIONAL YEAR S HOU LD B E A TI M E FOR EXCITE M E NT ABOUT TH E POSS I B I LITI E S AN D OPPORTU U N ITI IT I E S T THAT LI E AH EAD, A AN D YET T LOOM OO I NG OVE R US S I S A S HA H DOW OW THAT TH R E ATE N S OU R FUTU FU TU R E. E.
You can barely have escaped discussion of government funding cuts to our education sector. There’s a real risk that a cuts agenda will send our economy and society backwards. These savage cuts will affect us all, and we now face an urgent need to build a counter-consensus in favour of investment. We can only do this by coming together, united to show the government that we WILL NOT accept less in our education. The cuts will be both savage and deeply painful – with, for example, more students crammed into lecturer theatres, course closures, staff redundancies, buildings such as libraries and computer rooms falling into disrepair, and less money available for student support and
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Students' Unions, and therefore less going towards your student experience. Meanwhile, university vice chancellors nationally are calling for a further hike in tuition fees. Students therefore face a major increase in the cost of studying for a degree at the same time as universities prepare to be hit with the worst cuts to their budgets since the Great Depression of the 1930s. These cuts, plus calls for a hike in student fees, would be unacceptable at any time; but it is at exactly these times when investment in education is particularly crucial. Youth unemployment is expected to pass 1 million next summer; therefore it would be sensible to have as many people as possible in education and training so that we are able to come out of the recession with a highly-skilled and innovative workforce, rather than one that has had all aspiration sapped out of it whilst sitting on the dole-queue. Do you want to be unemployed when you graduate? With cuts looming, this is more likely to be the case than ever before, and means thousands of students will simply not be able to attend University for years
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to come, making the situation worse! We all know people who have been denied the opportunity to progress – it is a personal tragedy, but also a national waste. A mixture of
students, lecturers and the general public are bringing their communities together to build an unprecedented coalition to fight against the cuts that have been imposed upon us. It is time
government spending cuts and a rise in tuition fees would spell disaster; both for the students who end up paying
to make our voices heard! And we need as many of you as possible to be with us on the day!
more for less and for the young people denied the opportunity of a university or college education. Many other countries, most notably the USA and
Together we will demonstrate our strength and give the politicians no alternative but to listen and act. You may think that your voice cannot make
France, are investing in education
a difference but this is not true. One
for exactly this reason. Sadly, this government seem to be ignoring these arguments and investment lags well behind the international average.
voice may not have an impact, but 10,000 shouting strong can, and will make a huge impact and shape the University sector for years to come!
You have the power to stop these
F OR MOR OR E I N FO FOR RM MAT IO ON VISI SIT: T:: W W W. N U S .O . RG.U K
Students' unions and trade union
savage cuts affecting your jobs and education. In solidarity nationally and collectively, we have the power to
branches up and down the country will be organising transport to make the national protest – please go the
show the government that these cuts will cripple local economy and the HE sector as we know it! It is time for us
Students’ Union to book your place. For regular updates on the demonstration and our work fighting
to stand up together and be counted. NUS are planning, together with the
the funding cuts, please visit www.nus.org.uk, or email me at
lecturer’s trade union UCU, to hold a
m.east@angliastudent.com. We will
national demonstration against cuts to the further and higher education
also be giving regular updates via our website www.angliastudent.com and
sectors on Wednesday 10 November
via the SU Byte, so please do sign up to
2010 in central London. Staff and
find out more.
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BITS AND PIECES
TH I N K B R ITS AR E TH E ON LY ON E S TO DE LIG HT I N S ETTI NG TH I NG S ON FI R E? TH I N K AGAI N!
Not every country has a moustachioed conspirator breathing fire into the heart of their culture like our very own Mr Fawkes. Bonfire nights are celebrated all over the world for different reasons; so when you’re ooh-ing and aah-ing at the pretty colours exploding in the sky, spare a thought for these guys too.
Meanwhile, Baylor University in Waco, Texas, go one up on us by having bonfires that last for days! The town fire department and civil engineers control safety, while general party enthusiasm ensues, cheerleaders and all. It instils community spirit, creating a platform where students and members of staff from all grades, programmes and walks of life come together for one purpose: to celebrate their school. Hundreds of ‘Biikefeuer’ (that’s the German word for bonfire) are lit
TRAIL BLAZING: BONFIRES
on the North Sea coast in Germany on 21st February. This is the night
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before the Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter, the fishers’ patron saint. For over
BY KIM MAYA SUTTON
2,000 years, Biikefeuer honour the God Wotan and bid winter farewell. As In Texas, bonfires are ignited at all universities around Thanksgiving to show how the flames of their school spirit will never go out. The first oncampus bonfire was burned in 1907 at Texas A&M to honour the homecoming of the Aggie football team (Texas A&M students are known as Aggies) and their win over rivals - the University of Texas; it has been tradition ever since. Sadly, the Aggie bonfire made world news in 2002, when an accident during the £2 million construction left 12 dead and 27 severely injured. The Aggie bonfire is now burned off-campus and a memorial has been created for the victims of this dreadful accident. This memorial consists of several outstanding design elements, such as twelve portals being directed towards the home towns of the victims. It has been deservedly recognized by organizations and won several awards.
the whalers would leave their homes around this time as well, this day was also used to hold court so that all questions of law were answered for them should something happen during their dangerous journey. ‘Pers Awten’ in Denmark is a very similar tradition. In Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and many mountain areas in Europe, an Easter Fire is celebrated on the Holy Saturday as part of the catholic Easter liturgy. The creation of the fire from flint or caught sun rays, symbolizes the Resurrection of Christ. It is said that the Holy Fire lights itself in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Holy Saturday; thousands of believers greet it every year. Bonfires represent unity and burning spirit across the whole world but whatever your reasons for effectively turning into an arsonist this Bonfire Night, keep it safe! APEX
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‘SERVING THOSE WHO SERVE’ TH E P OPPY APPEAL
BY LAURA CRACKNELL
REMEMBRANCE DAY IS A DAY WHERE
as a voice for the ex-Service community”
WE PAY OUR RESPECTS TO ALL
The inspiration of the poppy appeal was stirred from these three verses of the 1915 poem, ‘In Flanders Fields’ by John McCrae:
SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN, PAST AND PRESENT, WHO HAVE AND CONTINUE TO DEDICATE THEIR LIVES TO SERVE QUEEN AND COUNTRY.
In Flanders' fields the poppies blow The two-minute silence, held at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of
Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place: and in the sky
the eleventh month, allows us to
The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.
reflect upon the brave heroes who deserve to be recognized for their incredible gallantry. Not only should we take this time to consider family, friends and neighbours who have and continue to serve our Country, but as students we should
Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders' fields.
also take the time to be grateful for what they are fighting for. Peace and
Take up our quarrel with the foe; To you from failing hands we throw
freedom. To help set a positive example for future generations and ensure that
The torch; be yours to hold it high, If ye break faith with us who die
this noble tradition is carried on, it’s
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders' Fields.
our responsibility to demonstrate the importance of their role within society. The Poppy Appeal, organised by the Royal British Legion, was set up to “act
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We are the dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
So let’s honour these heroes with pride and remember: wear a poppy!
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I S P H I LO S O P H Y DEAD? STEPHEN HAWKING THINKS SO. IN HIS NEW BOOK, THE GRAND DESIGN, HE CLAIMS THAT “PHILOSOPHY IS DEAD”. BUT HOW CAN THAT BE? HAS SCIENCE REALLY TAKEN PHILOSOPHY'S PLACE IN OUR LIVES?
BY JACK HARTCUP
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THE QUESTION ‘WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY?’ HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO PIN DOWN. OFTEN THE ANSWERS GIVEN IN RESPONSE CAN BE SO VAGUE AND ABSTRACT THAT YOU CAN’T HELP BUT FEEL A LITTLE UNSATISFIED. FOR EXAMPLE THE AUSTRIAN ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHER LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN DEFINED PHILOSOPHY AS “AN ACTIVITY”.
Yeah, that helps. The problem lies in just how vast and sprawling the number of things that we call philosophy can apply to: from aesthetic theory to morality, historical interpretation to mathematics; the list really does go on for quite a while. There is also the plain fact that what we call philosophy changes over time. The problems that are asked by philosophers are always relative to the historical, social and some even argue psychological context that the philosophers find themselves in. For example, the existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre would not have said, “Man is condemned to be free” if the atrocities the Nazi’s committed had not happened. In keeping with the constant flux of philosophy, we have been given a new
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definition from renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, who has said in his new book The Grand Design that “philosophy is dead”. As a student studying philosophy it didn’t take me long before I start poking holes in this definition. Ostensibly the most glaring inconsistency with Hawking’s assertion is that to define philosophy as being dead requires philosophy itself. But what exactly does Hawking mean when he makes this assertion? This may instead be a question of semantics. Hawking may not literally mean that philosophy is dead, but is referring to the limited use of philosophy in the modern world. The famous quote from the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche comes to mind, proclaiming in The Gay Science that “God is dead”. So is there still a need for philosophy? Wilhelm Dilthey, the historian-cum-philosopher certainly thought so. He theorized that there ought to be a distinction made between the natural and the human sciences. Because, he thought, on their own the natural sciences could not enable human beings to understand themselves. He theorized that human beings constantly have a ‘metaphysical impulse’ to make sense
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around them. One ubiquitous response to this urge is religion but, says Dilthey, when this response is guided by critical reflection it is called philosophy. This means that philosophy has a profoundly pragmatic function for humanity. Far and away from the usual conception of a philosopher being someone forever in a state of stroking their own beard and asking such ‘crucial’ questions as whether or not a magazine in front of them actually exists. I certainly make the case that philosophy isn’t dead! Science may well be able to explain everything but it certainly can’t help us to understand any of it. If you are interested in joining the philosophy society, information is available by joining the Facebook group: Anglia Ruskin Philosophy Society.
FOR MOR E I N FOR MATION SEARCH FOR TH E FACE B OOK G ROU P: ANG LIA R US KI N PH I LOSOPHY SOCI ETY
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F E E LI N G HOM E S I C K ? BY K E LLY CL AR K E
IN 2005 I ATTENDED A UNIVERSITY THAT WASN’T RIGHT FOR ME. IT WASN’T IN THE BEST LOCATION, I DIDN’T MAKE MANY FRIENDS, I DIDN’T ENJOY THE COURSE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WAS REALLY HOMESICK. I WOULD LOCK MYSELF IN MY ROOM AND WATCH MOVIES TILL I FELL ASLEEP. EACH WEEKEND I WOULD TRAVEL 3 HOURS HOME AND DREAD MY RETURN ON MONDAY MORNING. WELL, IT DOESN’T NEED TO BE LIKE THAT.
Starting University is daunting and scary, but it should be one of the most thrilling experiences of your life. Maturing from a teenager relying on your parents, to an independent adult with a degree behind you! Feeling homesick is nothing to be ashamed of. In fact, to your parents, it’s a compliment! There are always people to talk to and most students, even if they don’t admit it, feel the same way. So go out. Enjoy yourself. Don’t lock yourself away; get involved with events, outings and freshers’ fancy dress parties!
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During my time at university in 2005 it got so unpleasant that I left, as I didn’t talk to anyone about how I felt. But, here in Cambridge, I’ve found my voice and am loving every minute. Although I commute from home, I know that if I did live-in with some fellow students, I would feel more than welcome and would have nothing to worry about. The people I met at University this time round have been wonderful and more than friendly. I have lways believed that the friends you make at University are the friends you will keep for life. So remember this when you are feeling down or low and just want to go home. These new found friends will help you through the tough times. Whether it is a printer out of ink, a presentation that should have been completed two days ago or that you just need a good giggle. Don’t suffer in silence. Talk, drink, laugh and have fun. These are the years to live and learn. Good luck!
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BY IAN FISHER
WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE, ISOLATED AND DISTRESSED – ITS AN ISSUE THAT EFFECTS CHILDREN, ADULTS, MEN AND WOMEN ALIKE. IAN FISHER LOOKS AT THE ISSUE OF BULLYING AND HIGHLIGHTS A NEW CAMPAIGN TO HELP FIGHT IT.
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BEFORE I STARTED TO WRITE THIS ARTICLE I ASKED MYSELF WHAT, AT THE TIME, SEEMED A SILLY QUESTION: WHAT IS BULLYING? INSTANTLY I THOUGHT OF MYSELF BACK AT PRIMARY SCHOOL IN THE PLAYGROUND. I SAW MYSELF AGED NINE PLAYING HAND-TENNIS, BULLDOG AND (ALTHOUGH I AM RELUCTANT TO ADMIT IT) STAR TREK EXPLORERS WITH FELLOW PEERS. NOW, AT THIS PRIMARY SCHOOL THERE USED TO BE A LARGE PATIO AREA WITH SOME SMALL BENCHES. AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THIS AREA USED TO BE A SMALL ‘L’ SHAPED WALL WITH PLANTS IN IT. WHILST PLAYING WITH MY FRIENDS I ALWAYS REMEMBER SEEING THIS ONE GIRL, NOW NAMED MISS X, ALWAYS ON HER OWN, CRYING, SITTING ON THE SMALL WALL OR ON ONE OF THE BENCHES EVERY LUNCH OR BREAK TIME. IT APPEARED TO ME QUITE RIDICULOUS THAT NEARLY A WHOLE YEAR GROUP WOULD ABANDON MISS X JUST BECAUSE SHE HAD LARGE GLASSES AND LIKED TO READ BOOKS ABOUT ANIMALS.
“ BULLYING IS AWFUL IN ANY FORM… NO MATTER WHAT AGE, SEXUALITY OR WHETHER YOU WERE AT SCHOOL OR WORK...
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To put the term ‘bullying’ into context, most dictionaries explicitly state it involves a person using strength or influence to harm and/or intimidate another who is weaker. Bullying most commonly involves physical abuse but also in the most alarming cases, psychological abuse. Other cases have seen cyber bullying – bullying taking place on the Internet, and bystander bullying – providing no intervention or even assisting a bully. Bullying always causes a person to become a “victim”; twenty years ago this would not have been recognised as a problem! Today we know this is a serious issue which needs to be addressed. As we have all either been the bully, the victim or witness to the devastating effects of bullying. National Anti-Bullying Week has been taking place since 2005 with many different themes. This year National Anti-Bullying Week runs from 15th – 19th November, with the theme of ‘Taking Action Together’. Therefore, Anglia Ruskin LGBT Society is asking people to help take action together with their Anti-Bullying Campaign. The idea is to create a postcard which is submitted anonymously of their bullying experience or how they felt when they were bullied, similar to http://www.postsecret.com/. If you would like to submit something,
it should be the size of a postcard (A6), contain text and images but must not contain an image of yourself or your name. They should be as striking as possible to get a reaction from anyone reading them. If you would like a template or to submit a postcard, please send an e-mail to cambridgelgbt@ angliastudent.com. You can also submit your postcard and view other submissions through the LGBT Society Page - www.facebook.com/ angliaruskinlgbt. We would like to use
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some of the postcards for posters or yers. By submitting a postcard you are agreeing that we may use them in this way. Thank you to anyone who submits a postcard. You could be making a huge difference to other people that are going through what you or your friends or family have been through. Bullying is awful in any form! Therefore we aren’t focusing on homophobic bullying, but bullying of any type, no matter what age, sexuality or whether you were at school or work.
FOR MOR E I N FOR MATION VISTIT: WWW.FACE BOOK.COM / ANG LIAR US KI N LG BT
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THE DEATH AND LIFE OF CHARLIE ST. CLOUD
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S A LVATO R R O S A
the face of a child suspended above
L’UMANA FRAGILITA
that of an old man, an owl lurking in the corner, a Roman god of death, a falcon hovering on swift wings,
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and most strangely, a charging
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hippopotamus. Some of these are obviously meaningful – the face of the child will become that of the old man,
TO COME ACROSS SALVATOR ROSA’S L’ L UMANA FRAGILITA (HUMAN FRAILNESS). I WAS INSTANTLY STRUCK BY THE SKELETON WHOSE VAST WINGSPAN DOMINATES THE CANVAS, LEANING ALMOST PATERNALLY OVER A SMALL CHILD WHO, SEATED ON HIS MOTHER’S LAP, SIGNS DEATH’S SCROLL. THUS, THE CHILD AGREES TO PARTAKE IN THE FATE OF HUMANITY: ‘CONCEPTION IS A SIN, BIRTH IS PAIN, LIFE IS TOIL, DEATH A NECESSITY’ THE SCROLL DECLARES.
The mother and child are bathed in golden light, yet the brightness of their robes and the flowers in the mother’s hair serve only to intensify the skeletal
it. Others, more unintelligible to the viewer, seem to be Rosa showing off his vast knowledge of Baroque symbolism. The falcon could be seen as another symbol of the swiftness of life – but one can only guess what the hippopotamus is doing there. From the sheer quantity of ‘momentos mori’ that Rosa crams into his painting, one would think that he was merely indulging his over-
darkness that surrounds them. As if
developed sense of the macabre. Yet a brief foray into Rosa’s history reveals that the painting is more poignant and sorrowful than grotesque. The
to further undermine these signs of life and hope, a child blows bubbles in the corner; the fact that these balls of
mother was modelled by Lucrezia, Rosa’s mistress (signified by the crown of roses in her hair) and the child
light will soon vanish into nothingness, emphasises the brevity of life and the
represents their son Rosalvo, whom death snatched away as soon as the contract was signed.
immensity of the surrounding dark. However, the background is not as black and obscure as I initially thought. As I stared at it, dark shadows emerged which gradually resolved themselves into a profusion of detail:
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the owl is both an omen of death and a symbol of the wisdom of accepting
Undoubtedly, the overabundance of imagery reflects the overabundance of Rosa’s grief, and the passivity of the mother echoes the powerlessness of us all in the face of death.
GAMES REVIEW
BY G I LE S PA LM E R AN D A DA M CRAB B
represented in its aesthetics. The cars change, the suits change and music changes on the Radio. The musical touches here and there make the long drives between missions bearable. Hearing the original 50s ‘Mr Sandman’ as you tear along the highway to shoot someone is kinda nice. It adds something subtle that makes that experience more pleasurable. The score and voice acting in this game are top notch, indeed you will find yourself playing each mission as swiftly as possible just to reach the next cinematic. Vito himself however,
MAFIA I I
MAFIA II IS AN ITALIAN MOB GAME RELEASED ON THE PS3 AND XBOX 360. IT STARTS AT THE VERY END OF WORLD WAR II WITH THE YOUNG VITO SCARLETTA BEING FORCED INTO THE ARMY. DEVELOPERS 2K GAMES HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB WITH THIS STORYLINE, MAKING IT EQUAL OR BETTER THAN ANY CONTEMPORARY MAFIA STYLE FILM.
The most interesting and involving part of the game is its design. The New York styled city, Empire Bay, is a treat both to look at and to play in. The city evolves over 4 decades, which is
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is very one dimensional, not saying much, going along for the ride; you find yourself not caring a whole lot about the character, the rest of the ensemble are much the same, flitting in and out of the storyline. Mafia II does the three solid pillars of game play very well; Shooting, Fighting and Stealth. However it looses face as a great deal of driving between missions leaving you wishing for more to do, just to get some more gameplay If you are a massive fan of films such as Good Fellas and The Godfather trilogy then this game is great and ticks all the right boxes, however if you were looking for an involving experience in the world of the Mafia's seedy underbelly then you are only half way there.
FILM REVIEW
BY G I LE S PA LM E R AN D A DA M CRAB B
BURIED
TAKING PLACE EXCLUSIVELY INSIDE A DARK, CLAUSTROPHOBIA INDUCING WOODEN COFFIN, BURIED IS SURE TO REMOVE MANY AUDIENCE MEMBERS FROM THEIR COMFORT ZONES. RYAN REYNOLDS STARS T AS PAUL CONROY, A US CIVILIAN CONTRACTOR, WHO AWAKENS TO FIND HIMSELF BURIED ALIVE. ARMED WITH ONLY HIS MOBILE PHONE, A LIGHTER AND A HIP FLASK, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE FILM SEES PAUL TALKING T TO BOTH HIS CAPTORS AND POTENTIAL
Working within a highly challenging premise, Spanish director Rodrigo Cortés has managed to create a well crafted, against-the-clock story. He strongly demonstrates the value of innovation and outside, or perhaps more appropriately here, inside of the
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box thinking that recalls some of the best works of Hitchcock. Brave enough to deliver a film that’s far more risky, exciting and emotive than anything the likes of Michael Bay could throw an explosion at, Ryan Reynolds should be highly commended for the performance of his career. While many will declare that’s no huge feat, his acting here is truly exceptional in making what could so have easily felt like a low
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budget gimmick, into a smart, firmly held together piece of work that holds
PURE TERROR.
deservedly high mainstream appeal.
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T H E D E AT H A N D LI F E O F
BY LEW I S MAR S H ALL
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CHARLIE ST. CLOUD (ZAC EFRON) SEEMS TO BE GETTING EVERYTHING RIGHT IN THE DEATH AND LIFE OF CHARLIE ST. CLOUD. GRADUATING WITH HONORS AND A DON AT SAILING, EVEN BEATING THE RICH KIDS AT THEIR OWN GAME, HE LANDS A COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP BEFORE LIFE GETS IN THE WAY. WHEN A ROAD ACCIDENT KILLS HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, CHARLIE HEADS TO THE WOODS EVERY DAY AT SUNSET FOR AN HOUR TO PLAY CATCH WITH HIM AS PROMISED.
Efron’s performance as a modest, caring, boy-next-door isn’t as commendable as his role of Richard Samuels in Me and Orson Welles, but is certainly not a step back either. Fairing well as a guilt-stricken older brother, Efron makes another advance in such a young career. Solid performances from Charlie’s younger brother (Charlie Tahan) and love interest Tess (Amanda Crewe) also carry this emotionally charged film forward well. The ever-present love scene is one of the film’s most surprising elements. The tone of the misty, otherworldly, dimly lit woodland works brilliantly. Without relying on Zac’s good looks to swoon the primarily female audience, it simply displays two silhouettes. The film’s enchanting tone owes a lot to its visually impressive colour palette - a broad spectrum of Vancouver’s rich ocean blues to striking orange sunsets. What ultimately unfolds is a touching story, rather cheesy at points, but rightfully sure of itself nonetheless.
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MA D E I N DAG E N HA M
BY ED F R O ST
AND AMIABLE COUNCIL ESTA TATES,
Heading the cast is Sally Hawkins as Rita, a married mother of two stuck between her family duties and her drive to represent her oppressed co-workers,
MADE IN DAGENHAM IS THE LATEST A
all the while rising above her male
EXAMPLE OF THE POLISHED FILMS
derogators. Hawkins here continues to demonstrate her increasingly impressive
AUTHENTICALLY DEPICTING A VIBRANT BRITA T IN OF THE 1960S WITH ITS UNDERSTA TATED FASHIONS
BRITISH CINEMA NOW EXPECTS FROM PRODUCER STEPHEN WOOLLEY. DEVELOPING THE DELICATE A SUBTLETY HE SHOWED IN CALENDAR GIRLS, NIGEL COLE HAS DIRECTED A FINE, ENTERTA T INING FILM EXPLORING THE LENGTHS THE DOWNTRODDEN FEMALE FACTORY WORKERS OF THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY WOULD GO TO FOR HIGHER PAY A AND SEXUAL EQUALITY, STA T RRING SOME OF BRITA T IN’S BEST SCREEN ACTORS.
acting talents, proving that her joyously infectious performance in Mike Leigh’s Happy-Go-Lucky was no fluke. Bob Hoskins and Miranda Richardson are also on their usual top form. Though the true story of these oppressed women fighting an uphill battle against the odds is slightly clichéd, offering few narrative surprises as it draws to its slightly predictable conclusion, the film is a feel good, nostalgic romp with a big heart and great soundtrack.
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LI KE EVE RYT H I N G EVE RYT H I N G YO U ’ VE N EVE R H EA R D B E FOR E FROM MANCHESTER (CUE REFERENCES TO HISTORICAL INDIE OBSCURITY), EVERYTHING EVERYTHING HAVE STEADILY RISEN FROM BEING JUST ANOTHER WACKY INDIE BAND ON THE BBC INTRODUCING STAGE, TO HAVING THEIR DEBUT ALBUM ‘MAN ALIVE’ HITTING THE TOP TWENTY ALBUM CHART SALES. THEIR BUSY TOUR HIT OUR VERY OWN ACADEMY ON THE 5TH OCTOBER.
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BY
A FEW HOURS BEFORE THE SHOW
JON
I AM USHERED BEHIND THE STA T GE
H AZ E L
BY A DISTRACTED LOOKING TOUR MANAGER. I’M INTRODUCED TO LEAD VOCALIST JONATH A AN, BASS PLAYER A JEREMY AND GUITA T RIST ALEX(WHO PROMPTLY FALLS BACK TO SLEEP ON THE SOFA AND STA TAYS THAT A WA AY FOR THE REM AINDER OF THE INTERVIEW). JEREMY IS TA T LL AND WELL SPOKEN, JONATH A AN IS WEARING SURGICAL SCRUBS. I ASK THEM ABOUT THEIR OPENNESS TOWARDS POP MUSIC AND IF THEY FEEL IT IS SOMETHING THAT A TR ANSLATES A DIRECTLY INTO THEIR SOUND.
JEREMY // Definitely. Just for not wanting to let go of the basic totems
and emotion caused by shape of a musical phrase I suppose. JONATHAN // We like the hidden sadness in shiny commercial pop music, when you take it apart and look at its bare bones there’s of lot of real melancholy in the actual writing of it, I think maybe we take that on a bit. EE’s music does teeter between shiny pop and outright pretension, resulting in a tongue-in-cheek charm that infuriates as many as it delights. Something quite rare about the band themselves is the attention to detail in both the lyrics and the music behind it. I ask them to explain the elements
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of the music that they think about first when constructing a song and how they approach recording it all. JONATHAN // Chords and harmonies and rhythm is what we start out with. It’s very rarely an extended lyric, it might be one or two phrases. Some of our recording is really slick, some of it is really cheap. On one of our demos we had this horrible synthesized harpsichord. We always assumed we’d swap it out for a real one but the producer said “No, this is part of your sound, keep it in!” A few hours later the queue outside the canteen doubles as the live venue is reassuringly long. Clientele include the late-teens NME crowd and a few cynical bearded musos who must have been impressed by EE’s stellar performance on Jools Holland a few weeks back. When they finally hit the stage, the band delivers a tight, energetic performance. Jonathan's twitchy falsetto voice hits every syllable and the rest of the band’s noodling is perfect. Fully conscious this time, Alex proves to be an incredibly skilled guitar player. The set is full of everything we knew already from the album and some new songs, including an a capella tune with vocals from every band member (believe me, it sounded much better there than it does
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being read from this sheet of paper). It’s all too easy to dismiss Everything Everything as a half-baked attempt of industry hacks to pocket the EMA grants of naive sixth-formers (one writer at Pitchfork dismissed the lyrics that reference internet culture as “the self-absorbed musical equivalent of having 12 browsers open at the same time”). Yes, they are a squeaky clean
pop group when you put them next to the music press’ so-called
E V E RY T H I N G
‘slacker rock’ scene that may or may not be happening at the moment, but delve a little deeper and you’ll
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find a collective of people that love having a comprehensive taste in music, so much so that they want to be the band that does everything, everything. .
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W HAT KAT E D I D N E XT
IN THE MONTHS FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF HER DEBUT ALBUM, ‘MADE OF BRICKS’, THE THEN 19 YEAR OLD KATE NASH WON A BRIT AWARD AND TOURED RELENTLESSLY ACROSS THE UK AND AMERICA. THE INSTANTLYRECOGNISABLE ‘FOUNDATIONS’ SOUND TRACKED THE SUMMER OF 2007, AND FESTIVAL CROWDS LOVINGLY THREW LEMONS ONTO THE STAGE IN HOMAGE TO THE LYRICS, WHILE THE MOST HARDENED MUSIC CRITICS WERE FALLING FOR HER COCKNEY DELIVERY AND FIERCE INDIVIDUALITY. AFTER A YEAR OF RESTING AND EXPERIENCING THE ORDINARY, THE ARDENT FEMINIST IS BACK WITH AN EVEN EDGIER FOLLOW-UP ALBUM, ‘MY BEST FRIEND IS YOU’. I CATCH UP WITH HER VIA TELEPHONE AS SHE FINISHES UP A SMALL EUROPEAN TOUR AND BEFORE SHE EMBARKS ON THE ALBUM’S FIRST OUTING IN THE UK.
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BY
AFTER A BUSY SUMMER PLAYING A
AN G E LI N E
FESTIVA V LS ALL OVER THE WORLD,
LI LE S
INCLUDING GLASTONBURY AND V, NASH REVEALS THAT A SHE’S LOOKING
and not feeling good about doing gig after gig after gig. I think it makes you realise that it’s really cool to be travelling the world, and
FORWARD TO COMING HOME AND
to be grateful for it; you get the
PLAYING A TO SOME UK AUDIENCES,
passion back for playing the live shows.” Her mellow voice with its soft-cockney slant proffers this sentiment with such alacrity that
ADDING “IT’S ALWAYS A MY FAVOURITE A PLACE TO TOUR…I’M EXCITED.”
On discussing the process of moving on from the debut album, she explains the new record evolved out of “wanting to develop, change and grow in some ways, and not to recreate. ‘Made of Bricks Part II’. I wanted to progress lyrically and sonically, and just enjoy song writing again.” During her time out of the public eye, Nash revelled in staying in one place for an extended period of time and doing normal things like those that she writes about. “I definitely think having the time away made me excited to get back on the road, because I was getting jaded
there’s no denying her earnestness and indeed, her regained passion for her vocation. Her songs that so often poeticise the mundane stories of everyday life are sometimes cascading and sometimes tamed and heartbroken, but always accessible. “Lyrically I tend to just write stuff out and then I don’t really edit my work lyrically, it just all kind of comes out at one time.” Speaking of the noticeable sixties tinge to the new album’s sound, Nash explains “I’ve been listening to a lot of sixties girl groups, and riotgrrl punk bands. I suppose those things were a clash on the record, like ‘Kiss That
“
I DIDN’T WANT IT TO BE ONE DIMENSIONAL... AS PEOPLE,
Girl’ and ‘Do-Wah-Doo’ are obviously inspired by the sixties sound, and ‘I
WE FEEL SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS ALL THE TIME, IT’S A
Just Love You More’ and ‘Mansion’
LITTLE BIT SCATTY AND ERRATIC BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT I’M
are kind of punkier, with a rawer edge. I didn’t want it to be one dimensional. I don’t think a record has to be one
LIKE AS A PERSON
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dimension; as people, we feel so many different things all the time, it’s a little bit scatty and erratic because that’s what I’m like as a person.” Throughout the conversation, Nash, both knowingly and not, confirms that she’s just an ordinary girl writing songs about ordinary things. This
formula, unchanged since she first started posting demos on her My Space page, continues to ensure that ordinary people can still relate to her and her music, resulting in consequences quite extraordinary for a girl who started writing songs because of a broken leg. .
LO O K O U T FOR A R EVI EW O F K AT E N AS H @ T H E J U N CT I O N I N N E XT M O N T H S ISSU E.
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LIFESTYLE
Last month, lucky shoppers witnessed the rolling out of the Grande Arcade’s self-acclaimed purple carpet for their bi-annual ‘Passion for Fashion’ runway show. The show captivated passers by, featuring autumn/ winter trends from a selection of local high street and designer shops. Established as the fashion event of the year on the Cambridge calendar, it got this audience member thinking. Does one runway show advertising
Can Cambridge do Fashion?
a shopping centre do enough to put Cambridge on the material map? Unless you’re a fashion student or subscriber of Vogue, forgive me for thinking that you may not have a clue what the word ‘fashion’ really entails. A quest to find out took me to London Fashion Week where I was thrown into a hoard of real fashionistas. It may be a little unfair to compare a small runway show in a shopping arcade to a global event, but in discovering fashion there really is no better place to start than Britain’s fashion capital and the results of this comparison might just surprise you. Somerset House, London, captured its audience
BY ELLIS CLARKE
with both runways and showcases which were hidden behind black walls of mystery. It made you feel distinct, special to be within that world - provided however that you felt as though you looked the part. The place was absolutely teaming with models, buyers, designers, photographers and general fashionistas showing off their eccentric style. Talking to fellow attendees about what fashion really means to them, I found the general consensus to be all about representing an aesthetic identity. Ono Bello (pictured) says “it’s about the way you feel when you wake up. It’s spontaneous and unique to the individual”. Cheeky chappies Charlie and Howard Sewell (also pictured) say “yes, fashion is about size zero girls but if you want to get involved you have to grab it by the balls”. As glamorous as it all was, I couldn’t help thinking that old cliché, is image obsession healthy?
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LIFESTYLE
CHARLIE AND HOWARD SEWELL
Cambridge on the other hand, pulled out all the stops to justify its parallel with the likes of London. It created a boom of excitement from the speakers, employed London-cast models and showcased genuinely trendy and practical clothing. Lidia De Luca, PR and Marketing Manager at Grand Arcade, said “Our fashion shows are spectacular presentations with all the glamour and excitement of a top runway show.” The only thing that let Cambridge down was the attendance. With an audience of mostly over 60s distracted from their wander around town, taking advantage of the complimentary canapés, the glamour somewhat dissipated. Regardless, with trends suited to all ages, shapes and sizes it quickly reminded me that Cambridge does not have to grab fashion by the balls, it just has to offer open arms. I know I’d prefer a hug to unnecessary molestation any day. ONO BELLO
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OPTIMISM BY SUMANA BEGUM
SHADOWS CRAWL FROM TH E PIT; TH EY’R E M U R M U R I NG I N SI LE NT VOICES, BUT I STI LL H EAR TH E I R HOR R I BLE WOR DS. TH E N TH EY TRY PE RSUADI NG M E TO JOI N TH E M. I R E FUSE, BUT I FEAR
THAT I AM SLI PPI NG TOWAR DS TH E I R ABYSS, WH E R E OU R TR ITE TE R RORS AN D TR E M BLES AR E H U NG, AN D I SH U DDE R THAT I CAN NOT STAN D TH IS, DU R I NG TH E M I N UTES OU R VICES AR E SU NG.
I TR EAD ON LAN DS SOLI DI FI E D BY G LOOM. MY H EART’S STAM M E R I NG I N TH E CHOKE D AI R FI LLE D WITH BLACK DR EAMS. EVE RY AVAR ICE AN D DOOM HAS FLE D TH E STON E BOX FROM WH ICH TH EY WE R E SPI LLE D.
TH E N A FLAG RANT FI R EWOR K SHOT ABOVE N IG HT RADIATES HOPE I N ON E I NSTANCE OF LIG HT.
BITS AND PIECES
MIDSUMMER COMMON F I R EWO R KS BY YASMIN BACCHUS
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT AS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT FAMILY SOCIAL FIREWORK PARTIES, THEN WHY NOT GET YOURSELVES DOWN TO MIDSUMMER COMMON, OPPOSITE THE GRAFTON CENTRE, AND WATCH THE COUNCIL’S FANTASTIC PROFESSIONAL FIREWORKS DISPLAY AND BONFIRE.
For those of you who have not yet attended this event in previous years there are not only the fireworks to be enjoyed but also fun fair rides, candy floss and those beloved toffee apples. So take a much needed break from studying and give yourselves a bit of social time. There will be a fire performance by Wildfire Productions and Cambridge University Fire Troupe at 7pm and fireworks start at 7.30pm. Traffic is usually bad around this time, so make sure you get there in plenty of time or you’ll miss the fireworks (they’re usually over in about 10 minutes).
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT TRANSPORT AND WHERE YOU CAN VIEW THE FIREWORKS, VISIT THE CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL WEBSITE: WWW.CAMBRIDGE.GOV.UK
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G U Y FAWK E S V S S O C R AT E S (O N M A R TY R S A N D TH O S E WH O A D M I R E TH E M ) BY
BONFIRE NIGHT THESE DAYS IS MANY
LIONEL
THINGS. IT IS A SOCIAL EVENT; A
ROWE
CHANCE TO SEE SOME SPECTACULAR FIREWORKS, HAVE A FEW BEERS AND WARM YOURSELF BY THE LIGHT OF A HUGE BONFIRE. ONE THING IT ISN’T (FOR MOST PEOPLE AT LEAST), IS A CELEBRATION OF GUY FAWKES’ FAILED ATTEMPT AT REMOVING THE PROTESTANT KING JAMES I FROM THE THRONE. MUCH LIKE MANY OTHER HOLIDAYS AND CELEBRATIONS IN THE WESTERN WORLD, GUY FAWKES’ NIGHT SEEMS TO HAVE LOST MUCH OF ITS ORIGINAL MEANING. THIS ISN’T NECESSARILY A BAD THING, BUT PERHAPS IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME OF YEAR TO TAKE THE TIME TO REFLECT ON WHAT GUY FAWKES MEANS FOR US TODAY.
Guy Fawkes, in many ways, was the archetypal martyr. Despite the knowledge that what he was doing could have gotten him killed, he still pursued his political and religious convictions. In a philosophy column, it seems only appropriate to draw parallels with another famous martyr, and one of the first ‘true philosophers’: Socrates. Socrates maintained that the truth was far more important than an individual life, as untruth is a more certain evil than death; death is simply
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an unknown, and can never be known by the living. Condemned to death by hemlock for going against the accepted wisdom of his time, Socrates presented an argument for his defence that not only maintained his innocence, but also insulted the intellectual integrity of his accusers. In doing so, he maintained his own integrity, by standing up for his beliefs even in the face of death. Socrates argued that, although he was the one on trial, it was they that would be judged more harshly by history. It seems he was right, for the wisdom of Socrates (through the words of his student Plato), is still widely read and respected today. One is inclined to think of Socrates as something of a maverick, a hero; but what about Fawkes? Whether one is a Protestant, Catholic or none of the above, there is something about a martyr which one cannot help but admire; that incredible strength of conviction in their own beliefs. However, Fawkes was also a terrorist, and (especially bearing current events in mind) this may mean he is regarded somewhat less favourably than the peace-loving Socrates. Perhaps there are things which are worth dying for, but things worth killing for are far fewer.
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O N T H E CE LE B R AT I O N OF OT H E R ' S M I S F O R T U N E ( i.e. B O N F I R E N I G H T ) BY CHRIS HALL
The English love failure, I myself consider this to be undisputable. Much proof lies in comedy, for example in the Peep Show, where part of the humour is derived from the viewer’s relief at not being as woefully pathetic as the main characters. There are, most likely, countless reasons why we seem to love celebrating other people’s misfortune, but a most curious case is shown in our tradition of Bonfire Night. At its basic level, Bonfire Night commemorates the failure of Catholic conspirators in their plot to destroy parliament and the king. True, one may say that November 5th celebrates the survival of parliament, but I personally am far too cynical to believe in such an opinion. First of all, why celebrate the survival of something by blowing
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what it means to us (or me) now. Bonfire Night is a joyous occasion, and so finds joy in either the potential destruction of the ruling elite, or the failure of the Gunpowder Plot. But why would we want to celebrate failure? Well, simply because it is funny to do so. By that, I don’t mean that the plot or the execution was funny, simply that the act of celebrating someone’s failure makes it more bearable for us to sometimes fail. This idea of relief, as discussed with Peep Show, is not new (and certainly isn’t mine). It goes back to Aristotle and his idea that tragedy relieves us of our own hardships. We could never be as tragic as Hamlet,
fireworks up and setting fire to things?
or as neurotic and pathetic as Mark in Peep Show, and our failures in life could never match the failure to destroy king and parliament.
It’s almost as if we had wanted Guy Fawkes to succeed.
Therefore I consider the celebration of failure in Bonfire Night an entirely
Historically of course, Bonfire Night was about celebrating the victory of Protestantism over those dastardly Catholics. However, that is what it meant then, I am discussing
positive thing. Although, Bonfire Night could be mourning the fact that a room full of politicians wasn’t destroyed. I think that may be too cynical even for me.
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CONTENTS GUY FAWKES REMEMBRANCE CAMBRIDGE FASHION PHILOSOPHY KATE NASH WE WILL MARCH
WRITERS MATT EAST KIM MAYA SUTTON LAURA CRACKNELL JACK HARTCUP KELLY CLARKE IAN FISHER
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