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Thursday 7th February 2019 | No. 814
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Grey JCR President resigns due to ‘personal reasons’ Jack Taylor News Editor Grey College JCR President, Henry Folds, has resigned from his role due to ‘personal reasons’. An email was sent to all Grey students by Tom Allen, Master of Grey College on Tuesday evening. In the email he said: “On behalf of the JCR board of trustees, Mr Parik Chandra, the chair of the board, has let me know that: On February 1st, JCR President Henry Folds tendered his resignation for personal reasons to the Chairman of the board of trustees. “It has been accepted and we would like to wish Henry all the best in his future endeavours. Izaak Beck, as Vice President, will continue to serve as Acting President.” Folds, who had been in the paid sabbatical roll since the beginning of the academic year, made a comment to Palatinate after his resignation was announced. He said: “Following a long period of reflection, I have taken the decision to resign from the role of JCR president due to personal reasons. “I’d like to thank Grey JCR for electing me to the position and making my time in office so rewarding and enjoyable. “I’m sad to be stepping down, but I wish all members of the JCR the very best in their studies and beyond, I know they’ll all go very far.” Campaigning for the Grey JCR President for the academic year 2019 -2020 began on Tuesday 5th February. Voting will take place during Sunday’s JCR meeting. In this edition, we look at Hatfield College’s vote against a proposed motion to make the role of JCR President (titled Senior Man) sabbatical. Continued on page 4
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Compère trio provoke controversy at charity fashion show • Many took offence over “vulgar” remarks made by show’s presenters • DUCFS has since apologised and stated “this was categorically not the intention”
Jack Taylor News Editor Durham University Charity Fashion Show raised £150,000 for the Environmental Justice Foundation, with their efforts culminating in three fashion shows last week. However, the three nights of fundraising were host to some controversy as the compères for the event have been accused of making ‘vulgar’ comments and jokes, that some in attendance
have interpreted as sexist, racist and body shaming. 2800 people attended the black tie event over the three nights at Rainton Meadows Arena, watching from tables that cost a minimum of £55 towards the charity. The show, the UK’s most profitable student run charity event, beat last years total of £106,000 raised for mental health charity Mind, in part due to an extra night being added. After initial complaints of the content of the show, one student told Palatinate: “I’m all about provocative jokes and risque
comedy but it really missed the mark. It really brought down the rest of the show and was vulgar, which the show itself wasn’t.” In a public post made on Tuesday, DUCFS said: “We are aware that some members of the audience were not happy with some of the content they heard of the comperes speeches. The show has been such an engaging and inclusive experience for all the models and exec, and we hope that this was the case for everyone there too. “The £150,000 we have raised
would not have been possible without the support of all the audience and so we would like to sincerely apologise to anyone who took offence. We would like to emphasise that this was categorically not the intention of any of the comperes, nor the DUCFS team that worked alongside them, and we are very sorry if this detracted from anyone’s enjoyment of the evening.” In particular two of the comedy sketches proved controversial... Continued on page 3