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TheBeaver
11.12.2012
Newspaper of the LSE Students’ Union FREE
Blind drunk by 10:00am Liam Brown and Hayley Fenton
Members of the London School of Economics Athletics Union celebrated Carol on Friday, as they marched throughout Central London in costumes consuming copious amounts of alcohol. The annual event, a Christmas celebration and one of the most anticipated social events of the AU year, has been known in previous years for its bouts of heavy drinking, and this year was QR GLŕŽ‰ HUHQW 5HYHOOHUV VHW RŕŽ‰ DV HDU ly as 7:30am in search of alcohol to consume before meeting at the LSE at around 10:00am. In spite of the early drinking, it seems this year was rather a tame Carol with no property damaged reported. Despite this, LSE students were chastised by the Daily Mail for their Continued on page 8, col 1.
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saries to students at the university. Figures suggest that the LSE is outperforming its main rivals, the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge by far and large. $FFRUGLQJ WR 2))$ ன J ures, in 2010-2011 20.8 per cent of students admitted to the LSE were in receipt of full state support. Oxford managed to muster 14.7 per cent, whereas only 12.8 per cent of students from Cambridge were in receipt of full state support. 7KHVH ன JXUHV KRZHYHU only apply to students who joined LSE prior to the increase of tuition fees to £8,500.
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vious ÂŁ2,500. Discounts on tuition fees as part of the National Scholarship Programme 163 DUH DOVR EHLQJ RŕŽ‰ HUHG E\ WKH 6FKRRO LQ RUGHU WR RŕŽ‰ set the increase in fees. Figures for 2012-2013 entry are not available for the new intake, so it remains to be seen whether the generous bursary scheme will continue to attract applications from students from less privileged backgrounds. The Beaver would also like to note that these bursaries are only applicable to students who made themVHOYHV HOLJLEOH IRU WKLV ன QDQ cial assistance: it should not be taken to be representative of the student body as a whole.
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