Swansea October 2016

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THE ONLY STUDENT NEWSPAPER WORTH READING DELIVERED TO YOUR CAMPUS

DAN SMITH: It all started at university

SWANSEA EDITION

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October 2016

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Freshers Special

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AURORA Draws us into her world

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BLOSSOMS Are feeling different now

INTERVIEW

Patrols to fight club sex crime

Students trained to help SU partygoers @ JAKE CLOTHIER and EMMA MAZEY

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TWIN ATLANTIC Speak the brutal truth

An army of volunteers has been recruited to patrol club nights and protect students from sex attacks. The specially trained ‘club crews’ have been recruited by students’ unions in Swansea, working with the charity Drinkaware and the police, to help those vulnerable to assaults and harassment at student nights. The scheme has been set up in

response to three women being sexually assaulted within five days of each other during freshers’ last year. In an attempt to stop similar attacks, the student volunteers will talk to partygoers, check high risk areas such as toilets and stairwells and ensure people leave safely after closing. Ciara Ryan, a third-year English student at Swansea University, said: ‘I think the volunteers will lower the rates (of sexual assault) because hopefully it’ll make potential

I feel safer knowing there’s a pair of sober eyes keeping watch

Ciara Ryan Student

attackers cautious. I feel safer knowing there’s a pair of sober eyes keeping an eye out for people.’ Olivia Tucker, a third-year history and geography student at Swansea, said: ‘I think the use of students in the scheme is the right approach as it’d be them who would have been in recent similar situations. ‘Although I have never come across sexual harassment myself on a night out I realise it’s a problem that often Continued on Page 3

IZZY BIZU Is still figuring everything out

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MICHAEL BISPING Relishes the pressure

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