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VICE-CHANCELLOR DEFENDS CRU Information Commissioner’s Office state UEA broke the law with requests for climate data. Vice-Chancellor Edward Acton questions the verdict’s legitimacy: “nothing has yet been established”. David Churchill sŝĐĞͲ ŚĂŶĐĞůůŽƌ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ ĚǁĂƌĚ ĐƚŽŶ ŚĂƐ ůĂƵŶĐŚĞĚ Ă ƐƚĂƵŶĐŚ ĚĞĨĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ h ͛Ɛ ďĞůĞĂŐƵĞƌĞĚ ůŝŵĂƟĐ ZĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ hŶŝƚ ; ZhͿ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐĞ ŽĨ ĨƌĞƐŚ ĂůůĞŐĂƟŽŶƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ /ŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶĞƌ͛Ɛ KĸĐĞ ;/ KͿ͘ A statement released by / K ĂĐĐƵƐĞĚ Zh ŽĨ ŇŽƵƟŶŐ ůĂǁƐ ƵŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĞ &ƌĞĞĚŽŵ ŽĨ /ŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ Đƚ͕ ŝŶƐŝƐƟŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƉĞƌƐŽŶŶĞů ŚĂĚ ĂĐƚĞĚ ŝůůĞŐĂůůǇ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ůĞŐŝƟŵĂƚĞ ƌĞƋƵĞƐƚƐ ĨŽƌ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ǁĞƌĞ ƐǇƐƚĞŵĂƟĐĂůůǇ ͞ŶŽƚ ĚĞĂůƚ ǁŝƚŚ as they should have been ƵŶĚĞƌ ůĞŐŝƐůĂƟŽŶ͘͟ dŚĞ / K͕ ƚŚĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚĂů ďŽĚǇ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŽǀĞƌƐĞĞƐ ĐŽŵƉůŝĂŶĐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ Đƚ͕ ĂĚĚĞĚ͗ ͞ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĐůĞĂƌ ƚŽ ƵƐ Ă ďƌĞĂĐŚ ŚĂƐ ŽĐĐƵƌƌĞĚ͘͟ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƐƉĞĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ͕ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ ĐƚŽŶ

ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶĞĚ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌĚŝĐƚ ƐĂǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ / K ŚĂƐ ͞ƉŽŝŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ĨŽƌŵĂůůǇ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞƐ ĂŶǇ ďƌĞĂĐŚ͘͟ dŚĞ ŽīĞŶĐĞ ŝƐ ŶŽƌŵĂůůǇ ƉƵŶŝƐŚĂďůĞ ďǇ ĂŶ ͞ƵŶůŝŵŝƚĞĚ ĮŶĞ͕͟ ďƵƚ / K ĐůĂŝŵ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ƵŶĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƉƌŽƐĞĐƵƚĞ due to a loophole in the law ǁŚŝĐŚ ƉƌŽŚŝďŝƚƐ ƉƌŽƐĞĐƵƟŽŶƐ Ɛŝǆ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ǀŝŽůĂƟŽŶ ŝƐ ĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĚ͘ Ɛ ƚŚĞ ĂůůĞŐĞĚ ďƌĞĂĐŚ ŽĐĐƵƌƌĞĚ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϴ Zh ƉĞƌƐŽŶŶĞů ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƉůĂĐĞƐ ďĞǇŽŶĚ ũƵƌŝƐĚŝĐƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ƌĞǀĞůĂƟŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ůĂƚĞƐƚ ŝŶ Ă ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ŽĨ ŵŽƵŶƟŶŐ ĂůůĞŐĂƟŽŶƐ ďĞƐŝĞŐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ Zh ĂŌĞƌ ŚŽĂƌĚƐ ŽĨ ĞͲŵĂŝůƐ ŝŶǀŽůǀŝŶŐ h WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ WŚŝů :ŽŶĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƌĞƚƌŝĞǀĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƵŶŝƚ͛Ɛ ƐĞƌǀĞƌƐ ŝŶ EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ ϮϬϬϵ͘ In a determined putdown ŽĨ ƚŚĞ / K͛Ɛ ŚĂŶĚůŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂīĂŝƌ͕ ŚĞ ĂĚĚĞĚ͗ ͞/ K ŚĂǀĞ ĨĂŝůĞĚ ƚŽ ĐŽŶĮƌŵ ƚŽ ƵƐ ǁŚĂƚ

the newspapers have been ƌĞƉŽƌƟŶŐ͕ ĨĂŝůĞĚ ƚŽ ĐŽŶĮƌŵ ĂŶǇ ŵŝƐĚĞŵĞĂŶŽƵƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ĨĂŝůĞĚ ƚŽ ďĂĐŬ ƵƉ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂůůĞŐĂƟŽŶƐ͘͟ ,Ğ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ / K ǁĞƌĞ ͞ŶŽǁ ĞŵďĂƌƌĂƐƐĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƚĞŵĞŶƚ͟ ĂŶĚ ŚĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶĞĚ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵĞƚŚŽĚ ŽĨ ƉƵďůŝĐ ĞǆƉŽƐƵƌĞ ǁĂƐ ͞ũƵĚŝĐŝŽƵƐ͘͟ / K͚Ɛ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞŵĞŶƚ ŚĂƐ ƌĞŶĞǁĞĚ ǁŝĚĞƐƉƌĞĂĚ ĐĂůůƐ ĨŽƌ WŚŝů :ŽŶĞƐ ƚŽ ƌĞƐŝŐŶ ĨƌŽŵ ŚŝƐ ƉŽƐƚ͘ The Guardian͛Ɛ 'ĞŽƌŐĞ DŽŶďŝŽƚ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚĞĚ ĞĂƌůŝĞƌ ƚŚŝƐ ǁĞĞŬ ƚŚĂƚ Dƌ͘ :ŽŶĞƐ͛Ɛ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ͞ŝƐ ŶŽǁ ĞǀĞŶ ůĞƐƐ ƚĞŶĂďůĞ͘ dŚĞ ůŽŶŐĞƌ ŚĞ ůĞĂǀĞƐ ŝƚ ΀ŚŝƐ ƌĞƐŝŐŶĂƟŽŶ΁͕ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌƐĞ ŝƚ ǁŝůů ŐĞƚ͘͟ Dƌ͘ DŽŶďŝŽƚ ĂůƐŽ ďƌĂŶĚĞĚ h ͛Ɛ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŝƐŝƐ Ă ͞ĐĂƚĂƐƚƌŽƉŚĞ͘͟ Ƶƚ h sŝĐĞͲ ŚĂŶĐĞůůŽƌ͕ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ ĚǁĂƌĚ ĐƚŽŶ͕ ŵŽƵŶƚĞĚ Ă ƐƉŝƌŝƚĞĚ ĚĞĨĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ WŚŝů :ŽŶĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ h ͛Ɛ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŝƐŝƐ͘ ^ƉĞĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ͕

WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ ĐƚŽŶ ƐƚĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ͞Dƌ͘ DŽŶďŝŽƚ͛Ɛ ƐƚƌŝĐƚƵƌĞƐ ĂƌĞ ŐƌĂǀĞůǇ ŵŝƐƉůĂĐĞĚ͘͟ ,Ğ ĂůƐŽ ĞǆƉƌĞƐƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞĞĚ ĨŽƌ ŝƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƉƵďůŝĐůǇ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚŽŽĚ ƚŚĂƚ h ŝƐ ͞ĂďƐŽůƵƚĞůǇ ĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĚ ƚŽ ĐŽĚĞƐ ŽĨ ĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ͟ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ͞ŝĨ ĂŶǇďŽĚǇ ŽīĞŶĚƐ ĂŶǇ ĐŽĚĞƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞ ƉƌŽĐĞĚƵƌĞ ĨŽƌ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ĂĐƟŽŶ͖ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ Ă ŵŽŶĂƌĐŚǇ that has the power to just ƌĞŵŽǀĞ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ͘͟ ƐŬĞĚ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ / K͛Ɛ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞŵĞŶƚ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚ ĂŶǇ ŝŵŵĞĚŝĂƚĞ ĂĐƟŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞ sŝĐĞͲ ŚĂŶĐĞůůŽƌ ƌĞƐƉŽŶĚĞĚ͗ ͞EŽ ĂĐƟŽŶ ŶĞĞĚƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚĂŬĞŶ͕ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ŚĂƐ ǇĞƚ ďĞĞŶ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞĚ͘ / K ŚĂƐ ĨĂŝůĞĚ ƚŽ ƌĞŝƚĞƌĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶĮƌŵ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ ƉŽŝŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ĨŽƌŵĂůůǇ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞƐ ĂŶǇ ďƌĞĂĐŚ͘͟

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THREE STUDENTS IN UNPROVOKED EATON PARK ATTACK :ĞƐƐŝĐĂ <ĞĂƟŶŐ Three male students were ǀŝŽůĞŶƚůǇ ĂƩĂĐŬĞĚ ŝŶ ĂƚŽŶ WĂƌŬ ŽŶ dƵĞƐĚĂǇ ϮϲƚŚ :ĂŶƵĂƌǇ͘ /Ŷ ĂŶ ƵŶƉƌŽǀŽŬĞĚ ĂůƚĞƌĐĂƟŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƐƵīĞƌĞĚ ƌĞƉĞĂƚĞĚ ƉƵŶĐŚĞƐ͕ ůĞĂǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ǁŝƚŚ ďůĂĐŬ ĞǇĞƐ͕ ĐƵƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƉĂŝŶĨƵů ƐǁŽůůĞŶ ĨĂĐĞƐ͘ At around 8pm the ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁĞƌĞ ǁĂůŬŝŶŐ ŚŽŵĞ ĨƌŽŵ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚƌĞĞ

ĨĞŵĂůĞ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ͘ ŐƌŽƵƉ ŽĨ Ɛŝǆ ƚĞĞŶĂŐĞƌƐ ǁĞƌĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ bandstand when one stepped ŝŶ ĨƌŽŶƚ ŽĨ Ă ĨĞŵĂůĞ ĂŶĚ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ǀĞƌďĂůůǇ ĂďƵƐŝǀĞ͘ dŚĞ ŵĞŶ ĂƩĞŵƉƚĞĚ ƚŽ ůĞĂĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŐƌŽƵƉ ĂǁĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ĂŶǇ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ĂƌŐƵŵĞŶƚ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŶŐ ůĞĂĚĞƌ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ƉŚǇƐŝĐĂůůǇ ĂŐŐƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ůĂƵŶĐŚĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ŚŝƐ ĂƩĂĐŬ͘ ƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĂƩĂĐŬ ƚǁŽ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŽŵĞŶ ĐĂůůĞĚ ϵϵϵ ĂŶĚ

'ƌĞŐ DĂŶŶ ^ĐĞŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŝŵĞ͗ ĂƚŽŶ WĂƌŬ WĂǀŝůůŝŽŶ

ƉŽůŝĐĞ ĂƌƌŝǀĞĚ ƋƵŝĐŬůǇ͘ dŚĞ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝĐĞ͕ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ŶŽƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĨŽƌĐĞĚ ƚŽ ĐĂůů ĨŽƌ no possessions or valuables ďĂĐŬͲƵƉ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŽīĞŶĚĞƌ ǁĞƌĞ ƐƚŽůĞŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŽīĞŶĚĞƌ ƚƌŝĞĚ ƚŽ ŇĞĞ ďƵƚ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ƐǁŝŌůǇ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĞĚ ŝŶƚŽǆŝĐĂƚĞĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĂƌƌĞƐƚĞĚ͘ dŚĞ ƟŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂƩĂĐŬ͘ ŵĂůĞ ǁĂƐ ĞĂƐŝůǇ ŝĚĞŶƟĮĂďůĞ͕ ĂƚŽŶ WĂƌŬ ŝƐ ůŽĐĂƚĞĚ as he was topless and had behind The Farmhouse pub Ă ĐŽŶƐƉŝĐƵŽƵƐ DĂŶĐŚĞƐƚĞƌ ŽŶ ŽůŵĂŶ ZŽĂĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ Ă hŶŝƚĞĚ & ƚĂƩŽŽ ŽǀĞƌ ŚŝƐ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ĐƵƚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ĨŽƌ ŚĞĂƌƚ͘ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŚĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ hŶƚŚĂŶŬ tŚŝůĞ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ assault remains undetermined CONTINUED PAGE 6

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dŚĞ WƌŝŶĐĞ ŽĨ tĂůĞƐ ǀŝƐŝƚĞĚ h ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ƌŽůĞ ĂƐ ƉĂƚƌŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ^ĐŚŽŽů ŽĨ ŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů ^ĐŝĞŶĐĞ ŽŶ dƵĞƐĚĂǇ ϮϲƚŚ :ĂŶƵĂƌǇ͘ dŚĞ WƌŝŶĐĞ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ƉĂƚƌŽŶ ŝŶ ϭϵϵϯ ĂŶĚ ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ǀŝƐŝƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ƚǁŝĐĞ ďĞĨŽƌĞ͖ ĮƌƐƚůǇ ŝŶ ϭϵϴϴ ĂŶĚ ƐĞĐŽŶĚůǇ ŝŶ ĂŶ ŽĸĐŝĂů ǀŝƐŝƚ ŽŶ ϱƚŚ :ĂŶƵĂƌǇ ϭϵϵϰ ĂŌĞƌ ďĞĐŽŵŝŶŐ ƉĂƚƌŽŶ ŽĨ Es͘ ,Ğ ŝƐ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĨŽƌ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ƚŽ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů ŝƐƐƵĞƐ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ŽǁŶ ŽƌŐĂŶŝĐ ďƌĂŶĚ͗ ƵĐŚǇ KƌŝŐŝŶĂůƐ͘ tŚŝůĞ Ăƚ h ŚĞ ƐƉŽŬĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌŬ ƚŚĂƚ ƐƚĂī ĂŶĚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƵŶĚĞƌƚĂŬĞ ŝŶ ƌĞƐŽůǀŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ůŽĐĂůůǇ ĂŶĚ ŐůŽďĂůůǇ Ăƚ ŚŝƐ ŽĸĐŝĂů ƌĞĐĞƉƟŽŶ͘ dŚŝƐ ƌĞĐĞƉƟŽŶ ĂůůŽǁĞĚ ůĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚĞƌƐ ƚŽ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǁŽƌŬ ĂŶĚ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐ Ă ĨĞǁ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ŽĨ ĐŽŵŵŽŶ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ůĂƚĞƐƚ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŚŽŽů͘ ,Ğ ƐƉŽŬĞ ƚŽ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ ŽĨ ƐĐŝĞŶƟƐƚƐ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŽŽŬ ƚŚĞ ŚĂŶĚ ŽĨ ĞĂĐŚ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞƌǇ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ ŝŶ ƚƵƌŶ͘ dŚĞ WƌŝŶĐĞ͛Ɛ ǀŝƐŝƚ ĐŽŵĞƐ Ăƚ Ă ƟŵĞ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ^ĐŚŽŽů ŽĨ

ŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů ^ĐŝĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ůŝŵĂƟĐ ZĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ hŶŝƚ ; ZhͿ ŝƐ ƵŶĚĞƌ ƐƵƐƚĂŝŶĞĚ ƉƌĞƐƐƵƌĞ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ ŽĨ ŶƵŵĞƌŽƵƐ ĞŵĂŝůƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƉƌŽŵƉƚĞĚ ĂůůĞŐĂƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŝƐŚĂŶĚůŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƐĐŝĞŶƟĮĐ ĚĂƚĂ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ Zh ĐĞŶƚƌĞ͘ ,Ğ ƵƌŐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŝĞŶƟƐƚƐ Ăƚ h ƚŽ ŶŽƚ ŐĞƚ ĚŽǁŶͲŚĞĂƌƚĞŶĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ͚ůŝƩůĞ ďůŝƉƐ͕͛ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽůĞŶ ĞŵĂŝůƐ ĨƌŽŵ Zh͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ƉƵƐŚ ŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǀŝƚĂů ǁŽƌŬ͘ ,ŝƐ ǀŝƐŝƚ ŽĐĐƵƌƌĞĚ ũƵƐƚ ĚĂǇƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ /ŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶĞƌ͛Ɛ KĸĐĞ ƌƵůĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ &ƌĞĞĚŽŵ ŽĨ /ŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ƌĞƋƵĞƐƚƐ ĨŽƌ Zh ĚĂƚĂ ǁĞƌĞ ŵŝƐŚĂŶĚůĞĚ͘ ,Ğ ĂůƐŽ ŚĂĚ ƉƌŝǀĂƚĞ ŵĞĞƟŶŐƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƐĐŝĞŶƟƐƚƐ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ WŚŝů :ŽŶĞƐ Ͳ ,ĞĂĚ ŽĨ Zh Ͳ ǁŚŽ ŚĂƐ ƐƚĞƉƉĞĚ ĚŽǁŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ůĞŶŐƚŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƋƵŝƌǇ͘ ŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ƚŚĞ WƌŝŶĐĞ ƐĂŝĚ͗ ͞/ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƉĂƚƌŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ^ĐŚŽŽů ŽĨ ŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů ^ĐŝĞŶĐĞƐ ĨŽƌ ǀĞƌǇ ŶĞĂƌůǇ ϮϬ ǇĞĂƌƐ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ Ă ũŽǇ ĨŽƌ ŵĞ ƚŽ ƌĞƚƵƌŶ͘ ͞/ ŚŽƉĞ ƚŚĂƚ / ĐĂŶ ƚƵƌŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŚŽŽů ĨƌŽŵ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ĂƐŬ ĨŽƌ ŚĞůƉ ĂŶĚ ĂĚǀŝĐĞ͘͟ ,ŝƐ ǀŝƐŝƚ ĂůƐŽ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚĞĚ ĐƌŽƐƐͲĚĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚĂů ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ůŝŵĂƚĞ ZĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ hŶŝƚ͛Ɛ ǁŽƌŬ͘

Gordon Malloy Charles Clarke, Norwich-South DW͕ ŚĂƐ ĐƌŝƟĐŝƐĞĚ ŝŶŇĞǆŝďůĞ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ĨƵŶĚŝŶŐ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ŶŽƚ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ƉƌŽƉĞƌůǇ͕ ǁŚĞŶ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ĐĂůůĞĚ ƚŽ ŐŝǀĞ ĞǀŝĚĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ ĨƌŽŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ ƌĞǀŝĞǁ ůĞĚ ďǇ >ŽƌĚ ƌŽǁŶĞ͘ ZĞĨƵƐŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƐƚĂƚĞ Ă ĐůĞĂƌ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ŽŶ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞƐ ŝŶ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ͕ ŚĞ ĐŽŶĚĞŵŶĞĚ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ĨŽƌ ŶŽƚ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ĨĞĞƐ ǀĂƌŝĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ĐŚĂƌŐŝŶŐ ĨƵůů ƉƌŝĐĞ͘ sĂƌŝĂďůĞ ĨĞĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ ŝŶƚĞŶĚĞĚ ͞ƚŽ ƉĞƌƐƵĂĚĞ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ǁŽƌůĚ ƚŽ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƐĞ ŽƉĞŶůǇ ƚŚĂƚ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞƐ ĞǆŝƐƚ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐƚŽƌ ŝƐ ĚŝǀĞƌƐĞ͕ ŶŽƚ Ă ŵŽŶŽůŝƚŚ͕͟ Dƌ͘ ůĂƌŬĞ ƐĂŝĚ͘ ,Ğ ĂůƐŽ ƐĂŝĚ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ Ă ĐĂƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ͞ŶŽƚ ďĞ Ă ĚŝƐŝŶĐĞŶƟǀĞ ƚŽ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂŶƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƉŽŽƌĞƌ ďĂĐŬŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͘͟ Dƌ͘ ůĂƌŬĞ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĚŝĚ ĂƐƐĞƌƚ ƚŚĞ ĨĞĞƐ ŚĂĚ ďŽŽƐƚĞĚ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ĨĂĐŝůŝƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƐ͘ ,Ğ ŵĂĚĞ ŶƵŵĞƌŽƵƐ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĞǆƚĞŶƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ůŽĂŶƐ ƚŽ ƉĂƌƚͲƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƉŽƐƚŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ŝŶĐĞŶƟǀĞƐ ƚŽ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞƐ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ĞĂƌůǇ

ƌĞƉĂǇŵĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůŽĂŶƐ͘ EĂƚĂƐŚĂ ĂƌŶĞƐ͕ ŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶ KĸĐĞƌ ĨŽƌ hh ^͛ ƐĂŝĚ͗ ͞Dƌ ůĂƌŬĞ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ ƚŚĂƚ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽƚ ďĞĞŶ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ŶĞĞĚ ĨŽƌ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶĂů ŝŶĐŽŵĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛ ƉŽĐŬĞƚƐ͘ ͞,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ǁŽƌƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ŐŽĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŽ ĂĚǀŽĐĂƚĞ Ă ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ŽĨ ŝŶĐĞŶƟǀŝƐŝŶŐ ĞĂƌůǇ ůŽĂŶ ƌĞƉĂǇŵĞŶƚ͘ dŚŝƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞŶĞĮƚ ŽŶůǇ ƚŚĞ ǁĞĂůƚŚǇ ĂŶĚ ǁŽƵůĚ ůĞĂǀĞ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ĂīŽƌĚ ƚŽ ƉĂǇ ŝŶ ŚƵŐĞ ĂŵŽƵŶƚƐ ŽĨ ĚĞďƚ ĨŽƌ ůŽŶŐĞƌ Ͳ ĨĂƌ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŝƌ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ŽĨ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ĨƵŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ƐŽ ĚĞƐƉĞƌĂƚĞůǇ ŶĞĞĚ͘͟ dŚĞ ƌĞǀŝĞǁ ĂůƐŽ ĐĂůůĞĚ ƚŚĞ sŝĐĞͲ ŚĂŶĐĞůůŽƌƐ͛ ŐƌŽƵƉ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ h< ƚŽ ŐŝǀĞ ĞǀŝĚĞŶĐĞ͘ dŚĞ ŐƌŽƵƉ ƌĞƉŽƌƚĞĚ ŚŽǁ ƚŽƉͲƵƉ ĨĞĞƐ ŚĂĚ ďĞĞŶ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞ ĨĂĐŝůŝƟĞƐ͕ ŝŶǀĞƐƚ ŝŶ ƐƚĂĸŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘ tĞƐ ^ƚƌĞĞƟŶŐ͕ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ EĂƟŽŶĂů hŶŝŽŶ ŽĨ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ ĂůƐŽ ƐƉĞĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌŽǁŶĞ ƌĞǀŝĞǁ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ͞ǁŚŝůĞƐ ĨĞĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ŶĞĂƌůǇ ƚƌĞďůĞĚ͕ ŽǀĞƌĂůů ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ƐĂƟƐĨĂĐƟŽŶ ŚĂƐ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞĚ ďǇ ũƵƐƚ ϭй͘͟ dŚĞ ƌĞƉŽƌƚ ŝƐ ĚƵĞ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ 'ĞŶĞƌĂů ůĞĐƟŽŶ͘

GOVERNMENT PLANS TO IMPACT STUDENT HOUSING Dan Youmans dŚĞ 'ŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ŚĂƐ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ ŶĞǁ ƉůĂŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ůŽŽŬ ƐĞƚ ƚŽ ĂīĞĐƚ ŚŽǁ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁŚĞƌĞ͕ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ůŝǀĞ͘ EĞǁ ůĂǁƐ ǁŝůů ŐŝǀĞ ůŽĐĂů ĐŽƵŶĐŝůƐ ƚŚĞ ƉŽǁĞƌ ƚŽ ŐƌĂŶƚ͕ Žƌ ĚĞŶǇ͕ ƉĞƌŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ ĨŽƌ ,ŽƵƐĞƐ ŝŶ DƵůƟƉůĞ KĐĐƵƉĂƟŽŶ ;,DKƐͿ͘ ,DKƐ ĂƌĞ ŚŽƵƐĞƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚƌĞĞ Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ƵŶƌĞůĂƚĞĚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ůŝǀĞ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ĂƐ ŵƵůƟƉůĞ ͚ŚŽƵƐĞŚŽůĚƐ͕͛ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŚĂƌĞĚ ĂƌĞĂƐ͘ DŽƐƚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ŚŽƵƐĞƐ Ͳ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ďƵůŬ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ 'ŽůĚĞŶ dƌŝĂŶŐůĞ Ͳ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ĐŽƵŶƚ ĂƐ ,DKƐ͕ ƐŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ƚĞŶĂŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ůŝǀŝŶŐ ĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŚŽƵƐĞŚŽůĚ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ďĞĚƐŝƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŵĞ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƟĞƐ ĚŽ ĐŽƵŶƚ͘ ƚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ͕ ůĂŶĚůŽƌĚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ĂƉƉůǇ ĨŽƌ Ă ůŝĐĞŶƐĞ ƚŽ ĐŽŶǀĞƌƚ Ă ŚŽƵƐĞ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ,DK͕ ĂŶĚ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐ ŶŽƌŵĂůůǇ ĂƉƉůǇ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ĂƌĞ ƵƐƵĂůůǇ ƚŽ ĚŽ ǁŝƚŚ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ĂŶĚ

ƐĂĨĞƚǇ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƐƉĞĐŝĨǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ĮƌĞ ĂůĂƌŵƐ Žƌ ĞǆŝƚƐ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚ͘ Ƶƚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ƉůĂŶƐ ĂůƐŽ ŵĞĂŶ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽƵŶĐŝůƐ ǁŝůů ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƉŽǁĞƌ ƚŽ ƌĞĨƵƐĞ Ă ůĂŶĚůŽƌĚ ƉĞƌŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ ƚŽ ĐŽŶǀĞƌƚ͕ ŝĨ ƚŚĞǇ ĨĞĞů ƚŚĂƚ Ă ,DK ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ŐŽŽĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂů ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ͘

ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƚŽƌƐ ƌĂŝƐĞĚ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ ,DKƐ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŽĐĐƵƉŝĞĚ ďǇ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘ WƌŽďůĞŵƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ĂŶƟͲƐŽĐŝĂů ďĞŚĂǀŝŽƵƌ͕ ůŝƩĞƌŝŶŐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƉĂƌŬŝŶŐ ǁĞƌĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŽŌĞŶ ŵĞŶƟŽŶĞĚ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ŶŽƚ ŵĞŶƟŽŶĞĚ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ǁŚǇ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ůŝŶŬĞĚ ƚŽ

<ǇůĞ ^ƉĞŶĐĞƌ EƵŵďĞƌƐ ŽĨ ,DKƐ ŵĂǇ ďĞ ĐƵƌďĞĚ ƵŶĚĞƌ ŶĞǁ ƌĞŐƵůĂƟŽŶƐ

dŚŝƐ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ĐŽŵĞƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ Ă ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ĐŽŶƐƵůƚĂƟŽŶ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ͕ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƌĞƉŽƌƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ

ƚŚĞ ĞǆŝƐƚĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ,DKƐ͕ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƟĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ͘ /ƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƚĞƌŵ ,DK ŝƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ƵƐĞĚ ĂƐ

ƐŚŽƌƚŚĂŶĚ ĨŽƌ ͚ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛͘ EŽƚ ŽŶůǇ ĚŽĞƐ ƚŚŝƐ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ Ă ǀĂƐƚ ĂŵŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶĂů ǁŽƌŬ ĨŽƌ ĐĂƐŚͲƐƚƌĂƉƉĞĚ ĐŽƵŶĐŝůƐ ƵƉ ĂŶĚ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ĂůƐŽ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ƐƟŐŵĂƟƐĞƐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĂƌĞĂƐ ƚŚĞǇ ůŝǀĞ ŝŶ͘ ŽŵƉůĂŝŶƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ůĞǀĞůĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƉƌĞĂĚ ŽĨ ,DKƐ ŝƐ ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ͚ŐŚĞƩŽƐ͛ ŝŶ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ƚŽǁŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŝƟĞƐ͖ ĐŽŵƉůĂŝŶƚƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ůŽŽŬ ƉĂƐƚ ƚŚĞ ŚƵŐĞ ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƟŽŶ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůŽĐĂů ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ͕ ĂƐ ĞŵƉůŽǇĞĞƐ͕ ĐŽŶƐƵŵĞƌƐ͕ ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĐŝƟǌĞŶƐ͘ ,DKƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ĂīŽƌĚĂďůĞ ŚŽƵƐŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ůŽǁͲŝŶĐŽŵĞ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ ůŝŵŝƚƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐƌĞĂƟŽŶ ǁŽƵůĚ ƵŶĚŽƵďƚĞĚůǇ ďĞ ĨĞůƚ ŵŽƐƚ ŚĂƌƐŚůǇ ďǇ ƐƵĐŚ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ͘ dŽ ǁŚĂƚ ĚĞŐƌĞĞ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƉŽǁĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ĞǆƉůŽŝƚĞĚ ǁŝůů ƐŽŽŶ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ĞǀŝĚĞŶƚ Ͳ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƐĞƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ŝŶ ƉůĂĐĞ ďǇ Ɖƌŝů ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͘

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TUESDAY 9th FEBRUARY 2010

“Would you pay more for a degree that leads to a higher projected salary?” asks Gordon Malloy

^ĞĂŵƵƐ͕ D ϰ

>ŽƵŝƐĞ͕ > ^ Ϯ

&ĂƚŽŶ͕ W^/ ϯ

:ĞŶŶǇ͕ > ^ Ϯ

͞zĞƐ͕ / ǁŽƵůĚ ƉĂǇ ŵŽƌĞ ĨŽƌ Ă ĚĞŐƌĞĞ ŝĨ ŝƚ ŚĂĚ Ă ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚĞĚ ƐĂůĂƌǇ ĂŌ Ğƌ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƟ ŽŶ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůŽŶŐ ƌƵŶ / ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƉĂŝĚ Ă ůŽƚ ŵŽƌĞ ŵŽŶĞǇ͕ ĂŶĚ Ğī ĞĐƟ ǀĞůǇ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ůŝŬĞ ŝŶǀĞƐƟ ŶŐ ŝŶ ŵǇ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ / Ăŵ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ŚĂƉƉǇ ƚŽ ĚŽ͘ ͞ Ɛ ůŽŶŐ ĂƐ Ă ǀĂƌŝĂďůĞ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ƐŽ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ƉƵƚƐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ Žī ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ ĐŽƵƌƐĞƐ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ĚĞƚĞƌƐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĨƌŽŵ ĂƉƉůǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ ĐŽƵƌƐĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ƉĂǇŝŶŐ Ă ďŝƚ ŵŽƌĞ ĨŽƌ Ă ĚĞŐƌĞĞ ŝƐ Į ŶĞ͘ Ƶƚ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ƉĂǇŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ůŝŬĞ ϭϬ͕ϬϬϬ ŐƌĂŶĚ Ă ǇĞĂƌ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ Ă ďŝƚ ŚĂƌƐŚ͘͟

͞/ ƚŚŝŶŬ / ǁŽƵůĚ ĂŶĚ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚĂƚ ĨŽƌ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ǁŚǇ ƚŚĞǇ ĚŽ Ă ĚĞŐƌĞĞ͘ ͞/͛ŵ Ă ůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞƐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ / ůŽǀĞ ůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞƐ ďƵƚ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ /͛ŵ ĚŽŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ĚĞŐƌĞĞ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ / ŬŶŽǁ ŝƚ ǁŝůů ŐŝǀĞ ŵĞ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ƐĂůĂƌǇ Ͳ ŐŽŝŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ ƚƌĂŶƐůĂƟ ŽŶ͕ Žƌ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ h ĨŽƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ͘ ͞ ǀĞŶ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĚŽ ŵŽĂŶ ĂďŽƵƚ ŚŽǁ ĞǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞ ĚĞŐƌĞĞƐ ĂƌĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚŽǁ ŵƵĐŚ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ƉĂǇŝŶŐ͕ / ǁŽƵůĚ ĚĞĮ ŶŝƚĞůǇ ĚŽ Ă ĚĞŐƌĞĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ĐŽƐƚ ŵŽƌĞ ŝĨ ŝƚ ŵĞĂŶƚ ŐĞƫ ŶŐ Ă ďĞƩ Ğƌ ũŽď Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĂǇ͘͟

͞zĞƐ͕ / ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŝƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ ƐĞŶƐĞ ƚŽ͘ /Ĩ /͛ŵ ƉĂǇŝŶŐ ϯ͕ϬϬϬ Ă ǇĞĂƌ ĨŽƌ Ă WŚŝůŽƐŽƉŚǇ ĚĞŐƌĞĞ ƚŚĞŶ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ĨĂŝƌ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ͕ ďƵƚ ŝĨ /͛ŵ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ƉůĂƐƟ Đ ƐƵƌŐĞƌǇ ĨĂĐĞͲƚƌĂŶƐƉůĂŶƚ͕ ŽƚŽǆͲŐƵǇ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ͲůŝƐƚ ƐƚĂƌƐ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ / ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƉĂǇ ŵŽƌĞ ĨŽƌ ŵǇ ĚĞŐƌĞĞ͕ ŝĨ /͛ŵ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ŵŝůůŝŽŶĂŝƌĞ ŚĂŶŐŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ǁŝƚŚ dŽŵ ƌƵŝƐĞ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ Ă ĐĂƉ ŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ ƌĞŐĂƌĚůĞƐƐ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ ƐŽ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƉŽŽƌĞƌ ďĂĐŬŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ ĂƌĞŶ͛ƚ ĚŝƐĐŽƵƌĂŐĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĞǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞƐ͘͟

͞/ ƚŚŝŶŬ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ƉĂǇ ŵŽƌĞ ŝĨ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ Ă ŐƵĂƌĂŶƚĞĞ ĨŽƌ Ă ďĞƩ Ğƌ ƐĂůĂƌǇ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ǀĞƌǇ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ŐƵĂƌĂŶƚĞĞ ƚŚĂƚ͘ ͞^Ž ƵŶƟ ů ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƉƌŽǀĞŶ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ǀĞƌǇ ƌĞůƵĐƚĂŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƐĐĞƉƟ ĐĂů͘ Ƶƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůŽŶŐ ƌƵŶ ŝĨ ŝƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞŶĞĮ ƚ ǇŽƵ ŵŽƌĞ / ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ƚŚŝŶŬ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚŽůĚ ďĂĐŬ ŝŶ ƉĂǇŝŶŐ ŵŽƌĞ͘ ͞/Ĩ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŐŽ ĨŽƌ ĂŶ ŽƉƟ ŽŶ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă ŐƵĂƌĂŶƚĞĞĚ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ƐĂůĂƌǇ ŝƚ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƉĂŝĚ ĨŽƌ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂů ĨĂŵŝůǇ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ͘͟

COUNCIL PASS CONSTITUTION Davina Kesby Ō Ğƌ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ ŽĨ ĐŽŶƐƵůƚĂƟ ŽŶ ŵĞĞƟ ŶŐƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ĐŽŶƐƟ ƚƵƟ ŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ hŶŝŽŶ ŽĨ h ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁĂƐ ƉĂƐƐĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ŵĞĞƟ ŶŐ ŽĨ hŶŝŽŶ ŽƵŶĐŝů ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ϮϴƚŚ :ĂŶƵĂƌǇ͘ DĂƌƟ Ŷ :ŽƉƉ͕ &ŝŶĂŶĐĞ Žĸ ĐĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛ hŶŝŽŶ ƉƌŽƉŽƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƐƟ ƚƵƟ ŽŶ͕ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƟ ŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŶĞĐĞƐƐŝƚǇ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ĐŽŶƐƟ ƚƵƟ ŽŶ ŝŶ ƉůĂĐĞ ǁŚĞŶ ƌĞŐŝƐƚĞƌŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂŶ Žĸ ĐŝĂů ĐŚĂƌŝƚǇ͘ Amendments to the ĐŽŶƐƟ ƚƵƟ ŽŶ ǁĞƌĞ ĨŽƌŵĞĚ ŝŶ ĐŽŶũƵŶĐƟ ŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ͚ ƵŝůĚŝŶŐ Ă ĞƩ Ğƌ hŶŝŽŶ͛ ŝŶŝƟ ĂƟ ǀĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐĂǁ ŶƵŵĞƌŽƵƐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂĐƟ ǀĞůǇ ƉĂƌƟ ĐŝƉĂƟ ŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ ĨŽƌ Ă ŶĞǁ ĐŽŶƐƟ ƚƵƟ ŽŶ͘ ŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟ ŽŶƐ Kĸ ĐĞƌ EĂƚĂƐŚĂ ĂƌŶĞƐ͕ ǁĞŶƚ ŽŶ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŚĞ ŚĂĚ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ďĞĞŶ ĞůĞĐƚĞĚ ĂƐ ĞƉƵƚǇ ZĞƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ Kĸ ĐĞƌ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƵƉĐŽŵŝŶŐ hŶŝŽŶ ĞůĞĐƟ ŽŶƐ͘ Ɛ hŶŝŽŶ ĞůĞĐƟ ŽŶ ŶŽŵŝŶĂƟ ŽŶƐ ŽƉĞŶĞĚ ŽŶ DŽŶĚĂǇ ϭƐƚ &ĞďƌƵĂƌǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ ƚŽ ƐŽŵĞ ĞůĞĐƚĞĚ ƵŶŝŽŶ ƉŽƐŝƟ ŽŶƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟ ŽŶƐ Žĸ ĐĞƌ ƐĂŝĚ

ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƐƟ ƚƵƟ ŽŶ ŶĞĞĚĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƉĂƐƐĞĚ ĂƐ ƐŽŽŶ ĂƐ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ͘ Ō Ğƌ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƵůƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĨĞƌĞŶĚƵŵ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶŝŶŐ ĂŶ ĐƟ ǀŝƟ ĞƐ ĂŶĚ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ ĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ƐĂďďĂƟ ĐĂů Žĸ ĐĞƌ͕ Ăůů ƌĞĨĞƌĞŶĐĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ Žĸ ĐĞƌ ŚĂĚ ďĞĞŶ ĚĞůĞƚĞĚ͘ sĂƌŝŽƵƐ ĐŽƵŶĐŝůůŽƌƐ ĞǆƉƌĞƐƐĞĚ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶƐ͕ ƉĂƌƟ ĐƵůĂƌůǇ ŝŶ ƌĞĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ ƌŽůĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵƉŽƐŝƟ ŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚƌƵƐƚĞĞ ďŽĂƌĚ͘ ŵŽŶŐ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĐŽƵŶĐŝůůŽƌƐ ǁĞƌĞ :ĂĐŬ <ŝĸ Ŷ͕ ^ŽĐŝĞƟ ĞƐ Kĸ ĐĞƌ ĂŶĚ ĞƌŶĂĚĞƩ Ğ ^ĐŚƵůǌ͕ tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ ŽŶǀĞŶŽƌ͕ ǁŚŽ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ ŶŽ ŚƵƌƌǇ ǁŚĞŶ ŝƚ ĐĂŵĞ ƚŽ ŐĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĐŚĂƌŝƚĂďůĞ ƐƚĂƚƵƐ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƚ ĚĂƚĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ϭƐƚ :ƵŶĞ͘ Ō Ğƌ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ƐƉĞĞĐŚĞƐ ďŽƚŚ ĨŽƌ ĂŶĚ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƐƟ ƚƵƟ ŽŶ͕ ŝƚ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ĞǀŝĚĞŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ Ă ƉƌŽďůĞŵ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ ƋƵŽƌƵŵ͘ >ĞĞũŝĂŚ ŽƌǁĂƌĚ͕ ŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ Kĸ ĐĞƌ͕ ĐĂůůĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƟ ŽŶ ƚŽ ŐŽ ƚŽ Ă ǀŽƚĞ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ĂǀŽŝĚ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƐƚŽƉ ƚŚĞ ŵĞĞƟ ŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ŶŽ ĂĐƟ ŽŶ ďĞŝŶŐ ƚĂŬĞŶ͘ ǀŽƚĞ ǁĂƐ ƚĂŬĞŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƐƟ ƚƵƟ ŽŶ ǁĂƐ ƉĂƐƐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ϲϮ ǀŽƚĞƐ ĨŽƌ͕ ϳ ǀŽƚĞƐ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ϱ ĂďƐƚĞŶƟ ŽŶƐ͘

SECOND CONSECUTIVE REFERENDUM FAILS TO REACH QUORUM Tim Marsh The Union referendum on ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƉŽƐĞĚ ĐƟ ǀŝƟ ĞƐ ĂŶĚ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ ĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ Kĸ ĐĞƌ ŚĞůĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ Ϯϱ ĂŶĚ ϮϲƚŚ :ĂŶƵĂƌǇ ĨĂŝůĞĚ ƚŽ ƌĞĂĐŚ ƋƵŽƌƵŵ͘ This is the second ĐŽŶƐĞĐƵƟ ǀĞ ƉŽůŝĐǇ ďĂůůŽƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ĨĂŝůĞĚ ƚŽ ƌĞĂĐŚ ƋƵŽƌƵŵ͕ ƚŚĞ Į ƌƐƚ ďĞŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ͚zŽƵ ŽƵŶƚ ZĞĨĞƌĞŶĚƵŵ͛ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŽŽŬ ƉůĂĐĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ϮϰƚŚ EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ŶĞǁ ƉŽƐŝƟ ŽŶ ŚĂĚ ďĞĞŶ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŬĞǇ ƉƌŽƉŽƐĂůƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ĐŽŶƐƟ ƚƵƟ ŽŶ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ

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SPECULATION MOUNTS OVER ‘CLIMATEGATE’ SCANDAL David Biggins >ĂƐƚ &ƌŝĚĂǇ dŚĞ 'ƵĂƌĚŝĂŶ ƉƵďůŝƐŚĞĚ ĂŶ ĂƌƟĐůĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐŝŶŐůĞĚ ŽƵƚ h ͛Ɛ WĂƵů ĞŶŶŝƐ ĂƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶĞĚ ďǇ ĚĞƚĞĐƟǀĞƐ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ůŝŵĂƟĐ ZĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ hŶŝƚ͛Ɛ ; ZhͿ ĐŽŶƚƌŽǀĞƌƐŝĂů ĞŵĂŝů ůĞĂŬ͘ /Ŷ Ă statement issued by UEA it has ďĞĞŶ ĐŽŶĮƌŵĞĚ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ĞŶŶŝƐ ;ǁŚŽ ŝƐ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ƚŚĞ ,ĞĂĚ ŽĨ h ͛Ɛ ^ƚĂďůĞ /ƐŽƚŽƉĞ ĂŶĚ EŽďůĞ 'ĂƐ 'ĞŽĐŚĞŵŝƐƚƌǇ >ĂďŽƌĂƚŽƌŝĞƐͿ ǁĂƐ ŶŽƚ ĂůŽŶĞ ŝŶ ďĞŝŶŐ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶĞĚ͗ ͞ ĞƚĞĐƟǀĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƚĂŬĞŶ ĨŽƌŵĂů ƐƚĂƚĞŵĞŶƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ĐŽůůĞĂŐƵĞƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ͕ ƚŽ ŽƵƌ ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞ͕ ƌ ĞŶŶŝƐ ŚĂƐ ŶŽƚ ďĞĞŶ ƐŝŶŐůĞĚ ŽƵƚ ĨŽƌ

ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ͘͟ KŶ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůŝŶĞ ďůŽŐ ŝƐŚŽƉ ,ŝůů͕ ĞŶŶŝƐ ŚĂƐ ĐĂůŵůǇ ĚĞŶŝĞĚ ĂŶǇ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞŵĞŶƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĞŵĂŝů ůĞĂŬ͗ ͞/ ĚŝĚ ŶŽƚ ůĞĂŬ ĂŶǇ ĮůĞƐ͕ ĚĂƚĂ͕ ĞŵĂŝůƐ Žƌ ĂŶǇ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů͘ / ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽ ŝĚĞĂ ŚŽǁ ƚŚĞ ĮůĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ Žƌ ǁŚŽ ǁĂƐ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ŝƚ͘͟ ĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĞŶŶŝƐ͛Ɛ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶŝŶŐ͕ he was interviewed twice by ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝĐĞ ŝŶ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ͕ ŝŶ what he has described as an ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂů ƐĞƫŶŐ͗ ͞/ ƐŚŽǁĞĚ ƚŚĞŵ ƌŽƵŶĚ ŵǇ ůĂďƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞǇ ĐĂŵĞ ƚŽ ĐŽīĞĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĞ ĂŶĚ ŵǇ ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ ŐƌŽƵƉ͘͟ The Guardian͛Ɛ ĂƌƟĐůĞ ĨŽůůŽǁƐ ŵŽƵŶƟŶŐ ƐƉĞĐƵůĂƟŽŶ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ͚ĐůŝŵĂƚĞŐĂƚĞ͛ ƐĐĂŶĚĂů͕

ĂƐ ůĂƐƚ ǁĞĞŬ ŝŶ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁ with The Independent͕ dŽŶǇ ůĂŝƌ͛Ɛ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ ĐŚŝĞĨ ƐĐŝĞŶƟĮĐ ĂĚǀŝƐŽƌ͕ ^ŝƌ ĂǀŝĚ <ŝŶŐ͕ ĐůĂŝŵĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ĨŽƌĞŝŐŶ ĞƐƉŝŽŶĂŐĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂŬ͘ dŚĞ ůĂƚĞƐƚ ƚŚĞŽƌǇ͕ ĂůƐŽ ƉƵďůŝƐŚĞĚ in The Guardian͕ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĮůĞƐ ŵĂǇ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƵŶŝŶƚĞŶƟŽŶĂůůǇ ƐŚĂƌĞĚ ŽŶůŝŶĞ as the data had been archived in ƚŚĞ Zh͛Ɛ ďĂĐŬƵƉ ƐĞƌǀĞƌ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŵĂǇ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĂĐĐĞƐƐŝďůĞ ďǇ ĂŶ ĞǆƚĞƌŶĂů ǁĞďƐĞƌǀĞƌ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĚĂƚĂ ƉƵďůŝĐůǇ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ͘ Dennis’s recent comments on ƚŚĞ ŝƐŚŽƉ ,ŝůů ďůŽŐ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĂƉƉĞĂƌ ƚŽ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ ƚŚŝƐ ƚŚĞŽƌǇ͗ ͞dŚĞ ƉŽůŝĐĞ ůĞŌ ŵĞ very much with the impression ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ

theory that this was an outside ŚĂĐŬ ĂŶĚ ǁĂƐ ĚŽŶĞ ĚĞůŝďĞƌĂƚĞůǇ ƚŽ ĚŝƐƌƵƉƚ ŽƉĞŶŚĂŐĞŶ͘͟ /ƚ ŝƐ ďĞůŝĞǀĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ĞŶŶŝƐ͛Ɛ ͞ĂƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ͟ ǁŝƚŚ ͞ƐŬĞƉƟĐ ďůŽŐŐĞƌƐ ŝŶ EŽƌƚŚ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ͟ ůĞĚ ƚŽ ŚŝƐ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶŝŶŐ ďǇ ƉŽůŝĐĞ͘ The Guardian͛Ɛ ĂƌƟĐůĞ ĂůƐŽ ĐůĂŝŵƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĞŶŶŝƐ͛ ŽǁŶ ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ ͞ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ the more catastrophic current ƉƌĞĚŝĐƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƌƵŶĂǁĂǇ ŐůŽďĂů ǁĂƌŵŝŶŐ͘͟ Concrete contacted Dennis ǁŚŽ ƌĞƐƉŽŶĚĞĚ ďǇ ƐĂǇŝŶŐ͗ ͞/ ŚĂǀĞ ƐŽŵĞ ƐŵĂůů ŐƌĂŶƚƐ ƚŽ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉ Ă ƐĐŝĞŶĐĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ĞŶŐĂŐĞƐ ƐĐŚŽŽůƐ ŝŶ Ă ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ŝŶ ŵǇ ůĂď͕ ĂŶĚ ŚĂǀĞ Ă h ƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ĨĞůůŽǁƐŚŝƉ ƚŽ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉ ͚ŽƉĞŶ ŶŽƚĞďŽŽŬ

ƐĐŝĞŶĐĞ͛ ĂƐ Ă ƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ƚŽŽů͘ ŝ͘Ğ ŵǇ ĂƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŽͲ ĐĂůůĞĚ ƐĐĞƉƟĐ ƐŝƚĞƐ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ĞŶŐĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƚƌƵĞ ƐƉŝƌŝƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƐĐŝĞŶĐĞ͘͟ ĞƚĞĐƟǀĞ ^ƵƉĞƌŝŶƚĞŶĚĞŶƚ :ƵůŝĂŶ 'ƌĞŐŽƌǇ͕ ǁŚŽ ŝƐ ůĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶǀĞƐƟŐĂƟŽŶ͕ ŚĂƐ ƐŽ ĨĂƌ ƌĞĨƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ĞůĂďŽƌĂƚĞ ŽŶ ĂŶǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĞĚŝĂ ƐƉĞĐƵůĂƟŽŶ͗ ͞dŚŝƐ ŝƐ Ă ĐŽŵƉůĞǆ ŝŶǀĞƐƟŐĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĂƐ Ă ĐŽŶƐĞƋƵĞŶĐĞ ǁŝůů ƚĂŬĞ ƐŽŵĞ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ĐŽŶĐůƵĚĞ͘ Ɛ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶǇ ŝŶǀĞƐƟŐĂƟŽŶ ǁĞ ǁŝůů interview anyone who may ŚĂǀĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ŽĨ ƌĞůĞǀĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƋƵŝƌǇ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŝŶĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞ ƚŽ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚ ŽŶ ĂŶǇ ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐ ůŝŶĞƐ ŽĨ ĞŶƋƵŝƌǇ͘͟

^ŝƌ ĂǀŝĚ <ŝŶŐ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ĨŽƌĞŝŐŶ ĞƐƉŝŽŶĂŐĞ ǁĂƐ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂŬ͘

FOI ALLEGATIONS

SCIENTIFIC FRAUD?

SPECULATION OVER ALLEGED HACK

ĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ƐŽƵƌĐĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ h ƐǇƐƚĞŵĂƟĐĂůůǇ ƌĞũĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂũŽƌŝƚǇ ŽĨ ĨƌĞĞĚŽŵ ŽĨ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ƌĞƋƵĞƐƚƐ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶŝŶŐ ĚĂƚĂ ŚĞůĚ ďǇ Zh͗

ZĞŶĞǁĞĚ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĚƌĂǁŶ ƚŽ ĂĐĐƵƐĂƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƐĐŝĞŶƟĮĐ ĨƌĂƵĚ ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ WŚŝů :ŽŶĞƐ ŽǀĞƌ Ă ƉĂƉĞƌ ŚĞ ƉƵďůŝƐŚĞĚ ďĂĐŬ ŝŶ ϭϵϵϬ͗

dŚĞƌĞ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŶŽ ƐŚŽƌƚĂŐĞ ŽĨ ƐƉĞĐƵůĂƟŽŶ ŽǀĞƌ ŚŽǁ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĨĂŵŽƵƐ ĞŵĂŝůƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƌĞƚƌŝĞǀĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ Zh͛Ɛ ƐĞƌǀĞƌƐ͗

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ϭϬϱ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ƌĞƋƵĞƐƚƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƐƵďŵŝƩĞĚ ƵƉ ƚŽ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ ϮϬϬϵ͘ ϳϳ ƌĞĨƵƐĞĚ ďǇ h ͘ ϲ ĂĐĐĞƉƚĞĚ ŽŶůǇ ŝŶ ƉĂƌƚ͘ ϭϭ ƌĞŵĂŝŶŝŶŐ ŽƵƚƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ͘ KŶůǇ ϭϬ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ŝŶ ĨƵůů͘ ϭ ǁŝƚŚĚƌĂǁŶ͘

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ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐůǇ ƌĞƉŽƌƚĞĚ ŽŶ Zh͛Ɛ ůŽƐƐ ŽĨ͕ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĨƵƐĂů ƚŽ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ͕ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶƟĂůŝƚǇ ĂŐƌĞĞŵĞŶƚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ǁĞĂƚŚĞƌ ƐƚĂƟŽŶƐ ƉƌĞǀĞŶƟŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ĨƌŽŵ ƌĞůĞĂƐŝŶŐ ƚĞŵƉĞƌĂƚƵƌĞ ĚĂƚĂ͘ :ŽŶĞƐ͛ ƉĂƉĞƌ ŵĂĚĞ ĐŽŶĐůƵƐŝŽŶƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚĞŵƉĞƌĂƚƵƌĞ ƌŝƐĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĚĂƚĂ ĐŽůůĞĐƚĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ϴϰ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶƐ ŝŶ ŚŝŶĂ͘ <ĞĞŶĂŶ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶƐ ĐŚŽƐĞŶ ǁĞƌĞ ŶĞĂƌ ůĂƌŐĞ ƵƌďĂŶ ĐŝƟĞƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁŽƵůĚ ŵĂŬĞ ƚĞŵƉĞƌĂƚƵƌĞ ƌŝƐĞƐ ƐĞĞŵ ŵŽƌĞ ĚƌĂŵĂƟĐ͕ ƐŝŶĐĞ ĐŝƟĞƐ ƌĂĚŝĂƚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ŚĞĂƚ͘ dŚĞ ůĞĂŬĞĚ ĞŵĂŝůƐ ƌĞǀĞĂů ƚŚĂƚ :ŽŶĞƐ ŝŶŝƟĂůůǇ ƌĞũĞĐƚĞĚ ƌĞƋƵĞƐƚƐ ƚŽ ĚŝƐĐůŽƐĞ ƚŚĞ ϴϰ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶƐ͘ ŵĂŝůƐ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚ ƚŚĂƚ :ŽŶĞƐ ŵĂǇ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĂǁĂƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĚĂƚĂ ǁĂƐ ŝŶŶĂĐƵƌĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ĨĂŝůĞĚ ƚŽ ƌĞĐƟĨǇ͘

^ŝƌ ĂǀŝĚ <ŝŶŐ ƐƵƐƉĞĐƚƐ Ă ƐŽƉŚŝƐƟĐĂƚĞĚ ŝŶƚĞůůŝŐĞŶĐĞ ĂŐĞŶĐǇ ĚĞůŝďĞƌĂƚůĞǇ ŚĂĐŬĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ƐĞƌǀĞƌƐ Ăƚ Zh͘ &ƌĞĚ WĞĂƌĐĞ Ğƚ Ăů ŽĨ The 'ƵĂƌĚŝĂŶ ŚĂǀĞ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŵĂŝůƐ ǁĞƌĞ ͞ƐŝƫŶŐ ŝŶ ĐǇďĞƌƐƉĂĐĞ͟ ƌĞĂĚǇ ƚŽ ďĞ ĚŽǁŶůŽĂĚĞĚ ďǇ ĂŶǇ ŵĞŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ ƚƌĂǁůŝŶŐ Zh͛Ɛ ŌƉ ǁĞďƐĞƌǀĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ h ƐĐŝĞŶƟƐƚ WĂƵů ĞŶŶŝƐ ŚĂƐ increased suspicians that the Christopher Buthart ůĞĂŬ ǁĂƐ ĂŶ ͚ŝŶƐŝĚĞ ũŽď͛͘

dŚĞ sŝĐĞͲ ŚĂŶĐĞůůŽƌ ŚĂƐ ƌĞŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ ĂůůĞŐĂƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ŝŵƉƌŽƉƌŝĞƚǇ ĂŶĚ ĞŵƉŚĂƐŝƐĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ Ăůů ƐƵĐŚ ĐůĂŝŵƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĨĂŝůĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ďĂĐŬĞĚ ƵƉ͘

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He emphasised that UEA has approached the ICO numerous ƟŵĞƐ ͞ƐĞĞŬŝŶŐ ĐůĂƌŝĮĐĂƟŽŶ͟ ďƵƚ ƚŚĂƚ ͞ŶŽ ĚŝƌĞĐƚ ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ͘͟ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ ĐƚŽŶ ŝŶŝƟĂƚĞĚ an independent review with a ƌĞŵŝƚ ƚŽ ŝŶǀĞƐƟŐĂƚĞ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů &ƌĞĞĚŽŵ ŽĨ /ŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ breaches in December ϮϬϬϵ͘ ,Ğ ƐƚƌĞƐƐĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝĨ ƚŚĞ review uncovered any acts ŽĨ ŝŵƉƌŽƉƌŝĞƚǇ ƚŚĞŶ ͞ĂĐƟŽŶ ƚĂŬĞŶ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞ͕ ƉƌŽƉŽƌƟŽŶĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ũƵƐƚ͘͟ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ ĐƚŽŶ͛Ɛ ĐĂůů ĨŽƌ ĐůĂƌŝĮĐĂƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ / K ĐŽŵĞƐ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌǇ ŽĨ ĂŶ ĞŵĂŝů sent by Professor Jones which ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ /ŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ

ŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶĞƌ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ ŵĂŶǇ Nick Church ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ƌĞƋƵĞƐƚƐ ĚŝĚ ŶŽƚ ǁĂƌƌĂŶƚ ĐŽŵƉůŝĂŶĐĞ͘ /Ŷ &ƌĞƐŚ ĂůůĞŐĂƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƐĐŝĞŶƟĮĐ ϮϬϬϴ :ŽŶĞƐ ǁƌŽƚĞ ƚŽ ĨĞůůŽǁ ĨƌĂƵĚ ďǇ WŚŝů :ŽŶĞƐ͕ ,ĞĂĚ ŽĨ ĐůŝŵĂƚŽůŽŐŝƐƚ͕ 'ĂǀŝŶ ^ĐŚŵŝĚƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ůŝŵĂƟĐ ZĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ hŶŝƚ͕ ƐĂǇŝŶŐ͗ ͞ ůů ŽƵƌ &K/ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƌĞƐƵƌĨĂĐĞĚ ĂůŽŶŐƐŝĚĞ have been in discussions ƚŚĞ ĚĞƉƵƚǇ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĂƌĞ ŶŽǁ ƵƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ĐŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶĞƌ͛Ɛ ĐƌŝƟĐŝƐŵ ŽĨ ĞǆĐĞƉƟŽŶƐ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ƌĞƐƉŽŶĚ h ŝŶ ƌĞĨƵƐŝŶŐ ǀĂůŝĚ &ƌĞĞĚŽŵ ʹ ĂĚǀŝĐĞ ƚŚĞǇ ŐŽƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŽĨ /ŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ƌĞƋƵĞƐƚƐ͘ /ŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶĞƌ͘͟ dŚĞ ůĞĂŬĞĚ ĞŵĂŝůƐ ƐĞĞŵ In a recent interview with The ƚŽ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚ WƌŽĨ͘ :ŽŶĞƐ ĂŶĚ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ dŝŵĞƐ͕ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ :ŽŶĞƐ ĂŶ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ĐŽůůĞĂŐƵĞ͕ tĞŝͲ ĂĚŵŝƩĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŚŝƐ ĂƫƚƵĚĞ ŚǇƵŶŐ tĂŶŐ͕ ĐŽŶƐĐŝŽƵƐůǇ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ &K/ ƌĞƋƵĞƐƚƐ ǁĂƐŶ͛ƚ ŚŝĚ ŇĂǁĞĚ ƚĞŵƉĞƌĂƚƵƌĞ ĚĂƚĂ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ͗ ͞/ ƌĞŐƌĞƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŽďƚĂŝŶĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ŐƌŽƵƉ ŽĨ / ĚŝĚ ŶŽƚ ĚĞĂů ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŵ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŶĞƐĞ ǁĞĂƚŚĞƌ ƐƚĂƟŽŶƐ ƌŝŐŚƚ ǁĂǇ͙/Ŷ Ă ǁĂǇ͕ / ŵŝƐũƵĚŐĞĚ ĨŽƌ Ă ƌĞƉŽƌƚ ƉƵďůŝƐŚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ͕͟ ďƵƚ ŚĞ ĚŝĚ ŶŽƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŝĞŶƟĮĐ ũŽƵƌŶĂů Nature ĐŽŶĐĞĚĞ ƚŽ / K͛Ɛ ĐůĂŝŵƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ŝŶ ϭϵϵϬ͘ dŚĞ ƉĂƉĞƌ ǁĂƐ ĂĐƚĞĚ ŝůůĞŐĂůůǇ ŝŶ ĂŶǇ ǁĂǇ͘ ƐƵďƐĞƋƵĞŶƚůǇ ƌĞĨĞƌĞŶĐĞĚ

ĨƌĞƋƵĞŶƚůǇ ŝŶ /W ƌĞƉŽƌƚƐ ŶĞŐĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĞīĞĐƚ ƵƌďĂŶ ĂƌĞĂƐ ŚĂĚ ŽŶ ƚĞŵƉĞƌĂƚƵƌĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚƐ͘ ƌƵĐŝĂů ŝŶ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ĂůůĞŐĂƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ĨƌĂƵĚ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŶĞƐĞ ǁĞĂƚŚĞƌ ƐƚĂƟŽŶƐ͘ ŌĞƌ ĚĂƚĂ

>ĂƵƌĂ ^ŵŝƚŚ ůŝŵĂƟĐ ZĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ hŶŝƚ

ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ϴϰ ǁĞĂƚŚĞƌ ƐƚĂƟŽŶƐ ǁĂƐ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϳ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ numerous Freedom of

/ŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ƌĞƋƵĞƐƚƐ Ͳ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĞƌĞ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂůůǇ ĚĞĐůŝŶĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ Ͳ ĂůůĞŐĂƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ĨƌĂƵĚ ĞŵĞƌŐĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ĂŵĂƚĞƵƌ ĐůŝŵĂƚĞ ĂŶĂůǇƐƚ ŽƵŐ <ĞĞŶĂŶ͘ ,Ğ ĐůĂŝŵĞĚ ϰϵ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŶĞƐĞ ǁĞĂƚŚĞƌ ƐƚĂƟŽŶƐ ŚĂĚ ŶŽ ŚŝƐƚŽƌŝĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ͘ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ϭϴ ƐƚĂƟŽŶƐ ŚĂĚ ĂůƐŽ been moved in the period ŽĨ ƐƚƵĚǇ͕ ĐŽŵƉƌŽŵŝƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĂĐĐƵƌĂĐǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϵϬ ƌĞƉŽƌƚ͘ &ƵƌƚŚĞƌŵŽƌĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ĞŵĂŝůƐ ůĞĂŬĞĚ ĂƉƉĞĂƌ ƚŽ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚ ĂŶ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ĂŵŽŶŐƐƚ Zh ƐĐŝĞŶƟƐƚƐ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ ŚĞĂĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƵŶŝƚ ƌ͘ dŽŵ tŝŐůĞǇ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŝƟĐŝƐŵƐ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚĞĚ ďǇ Dƌ͘ <ĞĞŶĂŶ

ŵĂǇ ďĞ ǀĂůŝĚ͘ tŝŐůĞǇ ǁĂƌŶĞĚ :ŽŶĞƐ ŝŶ ƵŐƵƐƚ ϮϬϬϳ ƚŚĂƚ ͞<ĞĞŶĂŶ ŚĂƐ Ă ǀĂůŝĚ ƉŽŝŶƚ͘ dŚĞ statements in the papers that ŚĞ ƋƵŽƚĞƐ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ ďĞ ŝŶĐŽƌƌĞĐƚ ƐƚĂƚĞŵĞŶƚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ;tĞŝͲ ŚǇƵŶŐ tĂŶŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌǇ ůĞĂƐƚͿ ŵƵƐƚ ŚĂǀĞ ŬŶŽǁŶ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ ŝŶĐŽƌƌĞĐƚ͘͟ tŚŝůĞ ƌ͘ tĞŝͲ ŚǇƵŶŐ tĂŶŐ ĐůĂŝŵƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ĞǆŽŶĞƌĂƟŶŐ ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚƐ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƟŽŶƐ ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƵŶĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞ ƚŚĞŵ͘ dŚĞ ĞŵĂŝůƐ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚ WƌŽĨ͘ :ŽŶĞƐ ǁĂƐ ĂǁĂƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŝŶĂĐĐƵƌĂĐŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĨĂŝůĞĚ ƚŽ ƌĞĐƟĨǇ ƚŚŝƐ ŝŶ Ă ƌĞƉŽƌƚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ŚĞĂǀŝůǇ ĐŝƚĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ /W ͘ WƌŽĨ͘ :ŽŶĞƐ ƐĂŝĚ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ƵŶĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĂůůĞŐĂƟŽŶƐ͘

6 NEWS OBSERVER ETHICAL AWARDS The Observer ƚŚŝĐĂů ǁĂƌĚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ůĂƵŶĐŚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ϮϬϭϬ͘ EŽǁ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĮŌŚ ǇĞĂƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂǁĂƌĚƐ ƉĂǇ ƚƌŝďƵƚĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ĞƚŚŝĐĂů ŝŶŝƟĂƟǀĞƐ͕ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ͘ >ƵĐǇ ^ŝĞŐůĞ͕ ƚŚŝĐĂů >ŝǀŝŶŐ ŽƌƌĞƐƉŽŶĚĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ The Observer ĂŶĚ ĐŚĂŝƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ũƵĚŐŝŶŐ ƉĂŶĞů ƐĂŝĚ͕ ͞/ƚ ŚĂƐ ŶĞǀĞƌ ďĞĞŶ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ƚŽ ƐƚĂŶĚ ƵƉ ĂŶĚ ƚĂŬĞ ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ĂĐƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ŶĞǁ ĚĞĐĂĚĞ ŝƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůƐ͕ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ ĮŐŚƟŶŐ ĨŽƌ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů ĂŶĚ ƐŽĐŝĂů ũƵƐƟĐĞ͘͟ dŚĞ ĂǁĂƌĚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĨŽƵƌ ŵĂŝŶ ĐĂƚĞŐŽƌŝĞƐ͗ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ͕ ƉŽůŝƟĐŝĂŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ͕ ŽŶůŝŶĞ ƌĞƚĂŝůĞƌ ĂŶĚ ůŽĐĂů ƌĞƚĂŝůĞƌ͘ dŽ ĞŶƚĞƌ͕ ŶŽŵŝŶĂƚĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ǀŽƚĞ ǀŝƐŝƚ͗ ǁǁǁ͘ŽďƐĞƌǀĞƌ͘ ĐŽ͘ƵŬͬĞƚŚŝĐĂů ĂǁĂƌĚƐ͘ dŚĞ ĚĞĂĚůŝŶĞ ĨŽƌ ĞŶƚƌŝĞƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ϭϮ DĂƌĐŚ ϮϬϭϬ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǁŝŶŶĞƌƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ Ăƚ Ă ĐĞƌĞŵŽŶǇ ŝŶ >ŽŶĚŽŶ ůĂƚĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ͘ dŚĞ ǁŝŶŶĞƌ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ ůĂƚĞƌ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͘ CONT. FROM FRONT PAGE

PARK ATTACK ƌŽĂĚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚǇ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ĨƌŽŵ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ͘ dŚĞ ĂƩĂĐŬ ƚŽŽŬ ƉůĂĐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌŬ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚƐƚĂŶĚ ĂŶĚ ƉĂǀŝůŝŽŶ ĂƌĞĂ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ǁĂůŬǁĂǇƐ ĐŽŶǀĞƌŐĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ŵĂŬĞƐ ŝƚ Ă ƉŽƉƵůŽƵƐ ĂƌĞĂ͖ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ŽŶĞ ds ĐĂŵĞƌĂ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ǁŽƌŬ͘ dŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ ǁŚŽ ǁŝƐŚ ƚŽ ƌĞŵĂŝŶ ĂŶŽŶǇŵŽƵƐ͕ ŚĂǀĞ ƉƌĂŝƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝĐĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚĂŶĚůŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĐŝĚĞŶƚ͕ ƚĞůůŝŶŐ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ͞dŚĞ ƉŽůŝĐĞ ĂƌƌŝǀĞĚ ǀĞƌǇ ƋƵŝĐŬůǇ ĂŶĚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ǀĞƌǇ ƌĞĂƐƐƵƌŝŶŐ ƐŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŶŝŐŚƚ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐ ƵƐ sŝĐƟŵ ^ƵƉƉŽƌƚ ŽƵŶƐĞůůŝŶŐ͘ dŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ĂůƐŽ ƚŽůĚ ƵƐ ƚŚĞǇ͛ƌĞ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ƵƉ Ă ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ĐĂƐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂůĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ͘͟ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ƐĞǀĞƌŝƚǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂƩĂĐŬ͕ EŽƌĨŽůŬ ŽŶƐƚĂďƵůĂƌǇ ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽƚ ĂĚĚĞĚ ƉĂƚƌŽůƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ĂƚŽŶ WĂƌŬ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůŝƐƚ ŽĨ ůŽĐĂů ƉƌŝŽƌŝƟĞƐ͘ dŚĞǇ ŽŶůǇ ŐŽ ƐŽ ĨĂƌ ĂƐ ƚŽ ƉĂƚƌŽů ƚŚĞ ƌŽĂĚƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌŬ͘ tŚĞŶ ĂƐŬĞĚ ǁŚǇ ƚŚŝƐ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐĞ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ĚĞĐůŝŶĞĚ ƚŽ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚ͘

TUESDAY 9th FEBRUARY 2010

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STUDENT LOANS COMPANY’S GRANT BLUNDER Chris King ƌŽƵŶĚ ϯϬ͕ϬϬϬ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĨŽƌĐĞĚ ƚŽ ƐƚĂƌƚ ƚŚĞ ĂƵƚƵŵŶ ƚĞƌŵ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ŐƌĂŶƚƐ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ ĞŶƟƚůĞĚ ƚŽ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞ͕ ĂĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ƌĞǀĞĂůĞĚ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ĮŐƵƌĞƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ŵĂŬĞƐ Ă ƚŽƚĂů ŽĨ ϱϬ͕ϬϬϬ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ŐƌĂŶƚƐ ĐŽŵƉĂƌĞĚ ƚŽ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ͘ KĨ ƚŚŝƐ ŶƵŵďĞƌ͕ ϭϳ͕ϬϬϬ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĂƩƌŝďƵƚĞĚ ƚŽ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ ƚŽ ŐƌĂŶƚ ĞůŝŐŝďŝůŝƚǇ͕ ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ϯϯ͕ϬϬϬ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĞŶƟƚůĞĚ ƚŽ ŐƌĂŶƚƐ͕ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ϳй ŽĨ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ďĞŐƵŶ ƚŚĞ ĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐ ǇĞĂƌ͕ ŵĂǇ ŚĂǀĞ ƐƵīĞƌĞĚ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ŵŝƐƚĂŬĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĞƌƌŽƌƐ ŵĂĚĞ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ >ŽĂŶƐ ŽŵƉĂŶǇ ;^> Ϳ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ͘ dǁŽ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƐŝŶĐĞ ƌĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŝƐƐƵĞ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ŝŶĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶƚ ŝŶƋƵŝƌǇ ĐĂůůĞĚ ďǇ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ DŝŶŝƐƚĞƌ ĂǀŝĚ >ĂŵŵǇ ĐŽŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ Ă ͞ĐŽŶƐƉŝĐƵŽƵƐ ĨĂŝůƵƌĞ͟ ŚĂĚ

ŽĐĐƵƌĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ^> ƚŽ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ŐƌĂŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ůŽĂŶƐ ŽŶ ƟŵĞ͘ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ ^ŝƌ ĞŝĂŶ ,ŽƉŬŝŶ͕ ǁŚŽ ůĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƋƵŝƌǇ͕ ďůĂŵĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĚĞůĂǇƐ ŽŶ ͞ŵĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ ŝŶĚĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŽǀĞƌͲŽƉƟŵŝƐŵ͟ ĂŶĚ ĐĂůůĞĚ ĨŽƌ Ă ŵĂŶĂŐĞƌŝĂů ƐŚĂŬĞͲƵƉ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ^> ͘ /Ŷ Ă ƐƚĂƚĞŵĞŶƚ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ůĂƐƚ ŵŽŶƚŚ ZĂůƉŚ ^ĞǇŵŽƵƌ :ĂĐŬƐŽŶ͕ ĐŚŝĞĨ ĞǆĞĐƵƟǀĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ >ŽĂŶƐ ŽŵƉĂŶǇ͕ ƐĂŝĚ ͞ǁĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ĂƉŽůŽŐŝƐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ ƚŽ Ăůů ƚŚŽƐĞ ĂīĞĐƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĂƐƐƵƌĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ĚŽŝŶŐ Ăůů ǁĞ ĐĂŶ ƚŽ ƌĞƐŽůǀĞ ŽƵƚƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ͘͟ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚŝƐ ĚĞĨĞŶĐĞ͕ ĐƌŝƟĐŝƐŵ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ^> ŚĂƐ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ ƵŶĂďĂƚĞĚ͕ ǁŝƚŚ Eh^ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ tĞƐ ^ƚƌĞĞƟŶŐ ĚĞƐĐƌŝďŝŶŐ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ ĂƐ ͞ĂůĂƌŵĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐƐŝďŝůŝƚǇ ƚŚĂƚ ƚĞŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚƐ ŽĨ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ŐŽŶĞ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ŵĂŝŶƚĞŶĂŶĐĞ ŐƌĂŶƚƐ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͟ ĂŶĚ ĐĂůůŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ͞Ă ĨƌĞƐŚ ƵƉĚĂƚĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ

NUS URGE MPs TO VOTE FOR STUDENTS Nick Church dŚĞ EĂƟŽŶĂů hŶŝŽŶ ŽĨ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŚĂƐ ůĂƵŶĐŚĞĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ sŽƚĞ ĨŽƌ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ͕ ŝŶ ĂŶ ĞīŽƌƚ ƚŽ ŵŽďŝůŝƐĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ǀŽƚĞƌƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ͘ ǁĞďƐŝƚĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ ǁŝůů ŽīĞƌ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĂďŽƵƚ Ăůů ĐĂŶĚŝĚĂƚĞƐ ƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ŝŶ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶƐ ŝŶ ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐ ƌĞŐŝŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŽǁ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŽŶĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƐŝŐŶĞĚ ƵƉ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ Eh^ ͚&ƵŶĚŝŶŐ ŽƵƌ &ƵƚƵƌĞ WůĞĚŐĞ͛ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐĞĞƐ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ĐĂŶĚŝĚĂƚĞƐ ƉůĞĚŐĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌĞƐŝƐƚĂŶĐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ĂŶǇ ĨĞĞ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞƐ͘ Eh^ ŚĂǀĞ ŝĚĞŶƟĮĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƚĂƌŐĞƚĞĚ ƚǁĞŶƚǇ ͚ŚŽƚƐƉŽƚƐ͕͛ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͕ ĂŵďƌŝĚŐĞ͕ ^ŚĞĸĞůĚ͕ >ŽŶĚŽŶ ĂŶĚ DĂŶĐŚĞƐƚĞƌ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐĂŶĚŝĚĂƚĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĐŝƟĞƐ ǁŝůů ĨĂĐĞ ƉƌĞƐƐƵƌĞ ƚŽ ĚĞĐůĂƌĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ŽŶ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ EŽƌǁŝĐŚͲ^ŽƵƚŚ DW͕ ŚĂƌůĞƐ ůĂƌŬĞ͘ DŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ϮϬϬ DWƐ ĂŶĚ ƉĂƌůŝĂŵĞŶƚĂƌǇ ĐĂŶĚŝĚĂƚĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƐŝŐŶĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƉůĞĚŐĞ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ ,ĞĂůƚŚ ^ĞĐƌĞƚĂƌǇ &ƌĂŶŬ ŽďƐŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ >ŝďĞƌĂů

ĞŵŽĐƌĂƚ ůĞĂĚĞƌ͕ ŚĂƌůĞƐ <ĞŶŶĞĚǇ͘ dŚĞ 'ŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ͛Ɛ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ ƌĞǀŝĞǁ Ͳ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞĚ ďǇ ŵŝŶŝƐƚĞƌƐ ǁŚĞŶ άϯ͕ϬϬϬ Ă ǇĞĂƌ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ ƚŚƌĞĞ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĂŐŽ Ͳ ůĞĚ ďǇ >ŽƌĚ ƌŽǁŶĞ ŚĂƐ ďĞŐƵŶ ĐŽůůĞĐƟŶŐ ĞǀŝĚĞŶĐĞ ďƵƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƌĞƉŽƌƚ ďĂĐŬ ƵŶƟů ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ 'ĞŶĞƌĂů ůĞĐƟŽŶ͘ ŽƚŚ >ĂďŽƵƌ ĂŶĚ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞ ƉĂƌƟĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƌĞĨƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ƐƚĂƚĞ Ă ĐůĞĂƌ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƌĞŐĂƌĚƐ ƚŽ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞƐ ŝŶ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ ĐĂůůƐ ĨŽƌ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂů DWƐ ƚŽ ƐƚĂƚĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ͘ tĞƐ ^ƚƌĞĞƟŶŐ͕ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Eh^͕ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ǀŽƚĞ ĐĂŶ ŵĂŬĞ Ă ĚĞĐŝƐŝǀĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ ĐŽŶƐƟƚƵŶĐŝĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝŐŚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶƐ͘ ͞dŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚŝƐ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ ǁĞ ŚŽƉĞ ƚŽ ƌĞŵŝŶĚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉŽǁĞƌ ƚŚĞǇ ŚŽůĚ ĂŶĚ ƌĞŵŝŶĚ ĐĂŶĚŝĚĂƚĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĂŶŐĞƌ ŽĨ ŶŽƚ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ŽƵƌ ǀŽƚĞƐ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐůǇ͘ KƵƌ ŵĞƐƐĂŐĞ ƚŽ ĐĂŶĚŝĚĂƚĞƐ ŝƐ ƐŝŵƉůĞ͕ ǀŽƚĞ ĨŽƌ ƵƐ Žƌ ƉĂǇ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŝĐĞ͕͟ ƐĂŝĚ Dƌ ^ƚƌĞĞƟŶŐ͘

ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁĂŝƟŶŐ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĮŶĂŶĐĞ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐĞĚ͕ Žƌ ǁŽƌƐĞ ƐƟůů͕ ĚƌŽƉƉŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ĂƐ Ă ƌĞƐƵůƚ ŽĨ ĚŝƌĞ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂů ƐƚƌĂŝƚƐ͘͟ “UNACCEPTABLE” ŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ KĸĐĞƌ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ hŶŝŽŶ ŽĨ h ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ EĂƚĂƐŚĂ ĂƌŶĞƐ͕ ĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ >ŽĂŶƐ ŽŵƉĂŶǇ ĂƐ ͞ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇ ƵŶĂĐĐĞƉƚĂďůĞ͕͟ ƉŽŝŶƟŶŐ ŽƵƚ

ZĂůƉŚ ^ĞǇŵŽƵƌ :ĂĐŬƐŽŶ

ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ͞ƉƌŽďůĞŵ ǁŝƚŚ ŐƌĂŶƚƐ ŶŽƚ ďĞŝŶŐ ƉĂŝĚ Ăƚ Ăůů ĂīĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŚŽƐĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ůŽǁĞƌͲ ŝŶĐŽŵĞ ďĂĐŬŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ ǁŚŽ ŶĞĞĚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂů ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ͘͟ dŚĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ͛Ɛ ĚĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ ƚŽ ƌĞĚƵĐĞ ƚŚĞ ƚŚƌĞƐŚŽůĚ ĨŽƌ ƌĞĐĞŝǀŝŶŐ Ă ƉĂƌƟĂů ŐƌĂŶƚ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ĐŽŵďŝŶĞĚ ĨĂŵŝůǇ ŝŶĐŽŵĞ ŽĨ άϲϬ͕ϬϬϱ ƚŽ άϱϬ͕ϬϮϬ ŝŶ ůĂƚĞ ϮϬϬϴ͕ ĂƐ Ă ƌĞĂĐƟŽŶ ƚŽ ŐƌĞĂƚĞƌ ŶƵŵďĞƌƐ ƋƵĂůŝĨǇŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ƚŚĂŶ ĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƚĞĚ͕ ŚĂƐ ĚŝƌĞĐƚůǇ ƌĞƐƵůƚĞĚ ŝŶ ϭϳ͕ϬϬϬ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ĚĞŶŝĞĚ ŐƌĂŶƚƐ͘ DƐ͘ ĂƌŶĞƐ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚĞĚ͕ ͞Ăƚ Ă ƟŵĞ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ 'ŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ŝƐ ƌĞŝƚĞƌĂƟŶŐ ŝƚƐ ǁŝĚĞŶŝŶŐ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶƐ ĂŐĞŶĚĂ ŝƚ ŝƐ ǁŽƌƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŽŵĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŵĂǇ ĞǀĞŶ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŐƌĂŶƚƐ ƐůĂƐŚĞĚ͕͟ ĂĚĚŝŶŐ ͞ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ŝƐ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇ ďƌŽŬĞŶ͘͟ ^ƚĂƟƐƟĐƐ ƌĞǀĞĂů Ă ĚĞĐƌĞĂƐĞ ŽĨ άϯϳ͘ϳ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ŝŶ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ ŽŶ

ŐƌĂŶƚƐ ĐŽŵƉĂƌĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ǇĞĂƌ͕ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞĚ ďǇ ϮϮ͕ϰϬϬ͘ dŚĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƌĞĐĞŝǀŝŶŐ Ă ĨƵůů ŐƌĂŶƚ ŽĨ άϮ͕ϵϬϲ ŚĂƐ ĚĞĐƌĞĂƐĞĚ ďǇ ϲй ƐŝŶĐĞ ϮϬϬϴ͕ Ă ĚƌŽƉ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ͞ĐŽŶƐŝƐƚĞŶƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂƉƉůǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ĨƌŽŵ ƉŽŽƌĞƌ ďĂĐŬŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕͟ ĂĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ^ĂůůǇ ,ƵŶƚ͕ 'ĞŶĞƌĂů ^ĞĐƌĞƚĂƌǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ ŽůůĞŐĞ hŶŝŽŶ͘ /Ŷ ƚĞƌŵƐ ŽĨ ĞīŽƌƚƐ ƚŽ ĂůůĞǀŝĂƚĞ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂů ƉƌĞƐƐƵƌĞƐ ŽŶ h ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ ĞƉƵƚǇ ĞĂŶ ŽĨ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ >ŝŶĚĂ ^ŚĞƉŚĞƌĚ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĞ ͞ĮŶĂŶĐĞ ΀ŽĸĐĞ΁ ŚĂƐ ĞǆƚĞŶĚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƉĂǇŵĞŶƚ ĚĞĂĚůŝŶĞƐ ĨŽƌ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĂĐĐŽŵŵŽĚĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĞĂŶ ŽĨ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛ KĸĐĞ ŚĂƐ ŵĂĚĞ ůŽĂŶƐ ƚŽ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁŚŽ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƉĂƌĞŶƚĂů ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ͕ ĞĂƌŶŝŶŐƐ Žƌ ƐĂǀŝŶŐƐ ƚŽ ĞŶĂďůĞ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽ ƐƵƌǀŝǀĞ͘͟

8 NEWS NORWICH STUDENT MANIFESTO 'ƌĞĞŶ WĂƌƚǇ 'ĞŶĞƌĂů ůĞĐƟŽŶ candidate for Norwich South, ĚƌŝĂŶ ZĂŵƐĂǇ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ candidate to sign up to the Norwich Student Manifesto. The Manifesto was formed ďǇ hh ^͕ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ŽůůĞŐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌƚƐ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛ hŶŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŝƚǇ ŽůůĞŐĞ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛ hŶŝŽŶ ŝŶ ĂĚǀĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͛Ɛ 'ĞŶĞƌĂů ůĞĐƟŽŶ͘ /ƚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ůŽĐĂů candidates who will be asked to ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚ ŽŶ ĞĂĐŚ ƐĞĐƟŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ asked to explain how they will follow the manifesto if elected. These comments will then be distributed among Norwich students. /ƚ ĞŵƉŚĂƐŝƐĞƐ ĮǀĞ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ͗ ĨĂŝƌůǇ ĨƵŶĚĞĚ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ͖ a low-carbon, sustainable ĨƵƚƵƌĞ͖ ƐƵƐƚĂŝŶĂďůĞ ƚƌĂŶƐƉŽƌƚ ƐŽůƵƟŽŶƐ͖ ƋƵĂůŝƚǇ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ŚŽƵƐŝŶŐ͖ ĂŶĚ ŐŽŽĚ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ĨŽƌ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ students. Dƌ͘ ZĂŵƐĂǇ ƐĂŝĚ͗ ͞/͛ŵ proud and delighted to be the ĮƌƐƚ ƚŽ ƐŝŐŶ ƵƉ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ Student Manifesto. All of its points are key to Green Party ƉŽůŝĐŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĂƌĞ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ƚŚĂƚ / will pursue if elected as MP for Norwich South. “Most important is to ensure that we have a fairly ĨƵŶĚĞĚ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ system. The Green Party wants ƚŽ ƐĐƌĂƉ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ ĂŶĚ ďƌŝŶŐ back a grants system. We would pay for this by increasing income tax for the highest earners.”

SAMURAI STUDENT ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ Ăƚ h ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ banned from all licensed ƉƌĞŵŝƐĞƐ ŝŶ hŶŝŽŶ ŚŽƵƐĞ Ͳ ƚŚĞ WƵď͕ Ăƌ͕ > Z͕ ,ŝǀĞ ĂŶĚ 'ƌĂĚƐ Ăƌ Ͳ ƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ ĐŽŶĮƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ hŶŝŽŶ DĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ ŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ ĂŌĞƌ ĮƌƐƚ ĐĂƌƌǇŝŶŐ a samurai sword within the Bar, and secondly threatening to assault a member of the hŶŝŽŶ͛Ɛ ƐƚĂī͘ The two separate incidents occurred on Saturday 30th January and 31st January. The ƐƵƐƉĞŶƐŝŽŶ ǁĂƐ ŵĂĚĞ ĂŌĞƌ ƚǁŽ ƌĞƉŽƌƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƋƵĞƐƚ ĨƌŽŵ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƐƚĂī ƚŽ ďĂŶ ƚŚĞ student involved.

TUESDAY 9th FEBRUARY 2010

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INCREASED ACCESS FOR POORER STUDENTS Danny Keillor Teenagers from poorer backgrounds are 50% more likely to go to university than they were in the mid 1990s according to a recent study by ƚŚĞ ,ŝŐŚĞƌ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ &ƵŶĚŝŶŐ Council for England. The study, ‘Trends in ǇŽƵŶŐ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ͕͛ ůŽŽŬĞĚ Ăƚ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ĂƐƉĞĐƚƐ ŽĨ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ͛ ƐŽĐŝĂů make-up, and highlighted the increased accessibility ŽĨ ,ŝŐŚĞƌ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ Ăůů͘ /Ŷ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƉŽƌƚ ĐůĂŝŵƐ that progress has been greater since the mid-2000s than in the previous 10 years: ͚dŚĞ ƉƌŽƉŽƌƟŽŶ ŽĨ ǇŽƵŶŐ people living in the most disadvantaged areas who ĞŶƚĞƌ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ŚĂƐ increased by around 30 per ĐĞŶƚ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ĮǀĞ ǇĞĂƌƐ͕ and by 50 per cent over the ƉĂƐƚ ϭϱ ǇĞĂƌƐ͕͛ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƉŽƌƚ ƐĂǇƐ͘ /ŶĐƌĞĂƐĞƐ ŝŶ ǇŽƵŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĞŶƚĞƌŝŶŐ ,ŝŐŚĞƌ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ has not been limited to those from poorer backgrounds. Teenagers from the richest

homes have also seen their chances improve by 15% in 15 years. Although the percentage increase in students from poorer backgrounds is larger than that of the students from the richest homes, the ŽǀĞƌĂůů ĮŐƵƌĞƐ ƐƟůů ƐŚŽǁ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚůǇ ĨĞǁĞƌ students from poorer homes. More than half of teenagers from the richest households now go to university whereas just fewer than 20% of the most disadvantaged students ĂƩĞŶĚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ͘ :ŽŚŶ ^ĞůďǇ͕ ƚŚĞ , & ͛Ɛ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ĨŽƌ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ WĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ͕ ĂĚŵŝƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ progress, the work is not ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ͘ ͚dŚĞ ƌĞƐƵůƚƐ ƐŚŽǁ Ă ƐƵďƐƚĂŶƟĂů ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ ƌĂƚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƐĞ from the most disadvantaged backgrounds. Nevertheless, ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞƐ between the most advantaged and the least advantaged, and between women and men, remain very large. There is an ĂǁĨƵů ůŽƚ ůĞŌ ƚŽ ĚŽ͛͘

Professor Steve Smith, WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ŽĨ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ h<͕ ĂŶ ƵŵďƌĞůůĂ ŐƌŽƵƉ ĨŽƌ Vice-Chancellors, completely agrees with John Selby: ‘The report highlights the recent ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐ ǁĞ͛ǀĞ ŵĂĚĞ ŝŶ ƚĞƌŵƐ ŽĨ ǁŝĚĞŶŝŶŐ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶͲ which is good news. Although ƚŚĞ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ ŚĂƐ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƐƟůů ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĚŽŶĞ͛͘ The agreement between university leaders extends to worries that the proposed cuts of £449 million in Higher ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ĨƵŶĚŝŶŐ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ earlier this month will halt any further progress or even reverse the gains made in increased access. dŚĞ , & ĨƵŶĚƐ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ŽŶ ďĞŚĂůĨ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ government, it has been claimed that the evidence of its report show that students from all backgrounds have not been deterred to enter ,ŝŐŚĞƌ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ďǇ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ fees. This could lend weight to the argument in favour of an increase in the fees which will be discussed in the review of

ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ ƉůĂŶŶĞĚ ĨŽƌ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ 'ĞŶĞƌĂů ůĞĐƟŽŶ͘ Speaking to Concrete, ĐĂĚĞŵŝĐ KĸĐĞƌ ĂǀŝĚ ^ŚĞƉƉĂƌĚ ƐĂŝĚ͗ ͞/ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ĨĞĞů that this report suggests ƚŚĂƚ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ a success. What it does say is that sustained investment in an area of the public sector delivers results. This Government has put ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ƌĞƐŽƵƌĐĞƐ ŝŶƚŽ primary and secondary ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ŚĂƐ ƌĂŝƐĞĚ ĂƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ Ă ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ young people. “However, the damaging ĞīĞĐƚƐ ŽĨ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĨĞůƚ by graduates not applicants. Many struggling graduates now feel that they have been sold a lie - that a degree will guarantee a successful career and a well-paid job on ŐƌĂĚƵĂƟŽŶ͘ ƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶƐ ŚĂǀĞ certainly been raised and the Government should receive praise for that but much more thought needs to be given to ƚŚĞ ĚĂŵĂŐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞ debt does to graduates”.

SPENDING TO INCREASE DEPSITE CUTS David Churchill dŚĞ ,ŝŐŚĞƌ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ &ƵŶĚŝŶŐ ŽƵŶĐŝů ĨŽƌ ŶŐůĂŶĚ ;, & Ϳ has announced a series of ƐĂǀĂŐĞ ĐƵƚƐ ƚŽ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ͛ budgets for the 2010-11 academic year. dŚĞ ĐŽŶĮƌŵĞĚ ĐƵƚƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŽƚĂů άϰϰϵŵ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ Ă ŚĞŌǇ £215m slashing of teaching ďƵĚŐĞƚƐ͘ dŚĞ ƌĞĚƵĐƟŽŶƐ ĐŽŵĞ amid soaring demand for ƉůĂĐĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ h ƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ Ă ϯϬй ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ŝŶ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ͘ There are fears within the ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ƐĞĐƚŽƌ ƚŚĂƚ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů teaching standards may ƐƵīĞƌ ǁŚŝůĞ ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚƐ ŵŽƌĞ students will miss out on places. h sŝĐĞͲ ŚĂŶĐĞůůŽƌ͕ Professor Edward Acton, ĞǆƉƌĞƐƐĞĚ ŚŝƐ ͚ĚĞĞƉ ƌĞŐƌĞƚ͛ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ ĐƵƚƐ͗ ͞/ƚ ŝƐ Ă ǀĞƌǇ ƵŶĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞ ƟŵĞ ĨŽƌ Britain to reduce investment ŝŶ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ͘͟ ,Ğ ĂĚŵŝƩĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƚƐ ǁĞƌĞ ŽĨ ŐƌĂǀĞ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ͞h

&ƵŶĚŝŶŐ ĂůůŽĐĂƟŽŶƐ ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ ďǇ , & ŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚ͗ ͻ ͻ ͻ ͻ

£4,727 million recurrent funding for teaching - a decrease of £215 million (1.6%). άϱϲϮ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ĨŽƌ ĐĂƉŝƚĂů ĨƵŶĚŝŶŐ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƟŶŐ Ă ƌĞĚƵĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ϭϰ͘ϵй͘ £1,603 million for research - a £32 million increase (2%). άϮϵϰ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ŝŶ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ĨƵŶĚŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŝŶŝƟĂƟǀĞƐ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƟŶŐ Ă ϳй decrease.

ǁŝůů ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ǁĂǇƐ ŽĨ ĚŽŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞ ĞƐƐĞŶƟĂů ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ŵŽƌĞ cheaply.” Ƶƚ ŚĞ ǁĞŶƚ ŽŶ ďǇ ŝŶƐŝƐƟŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ͚ĨƌŽŶƚůŝŶĞ͛͟ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ĂīĞĐƚĞĚ͗ ͞ ƚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ our policy is to increase investment and numbers in academic departments… and not explicitly cut from

any academic school or department. The way in which the university intends to deal with the cuts is by ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐŝŶŐ ĞĸĐŝĞŶĐǇ ĂŶĚ reviewing spending of nonacademic support roles.” tŚĞŶ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶĞĚ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ the review of non-academic spending could carry a risk of

losing jobs, he said: “There is a high risk of losing jobs ĂŶĚ ŽǀĞƌ ƟŵĞ / ǁŽƵůĚ ĞǆƉĞĐƚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞ ƌĂƟŽ ŽĨ ĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐ ƚŽ ŶŽŶͲĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐ ũŽďƐ Ɵůƚ͕͟ with support roles becoming fewer. Although conveying ĚĞĞƉ ƌĞŐƌĞƚ Ăƚ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ũŽď losses, he maintained that ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞĚŽŵŝŶĂŶƚ ŽďũĞĐƟǀĞ should be improving academic and teaching standards by ring-fencing and increasing academic spending. /Ŷ Ă ƚĞƐƟŵŽŶǇ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ͚ƐƉůĞŶĚŝĚ͛ ƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƐ Ăƚ h ͕ ƚŚĞ sŝĐĞͲ Chancellor also spoke of his ͚ƉƌŝĚĞ͛ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ h ĐŽŶƐŝƐƚĞŶƚůǇ ĮŶŝƐŚĞƐ ͞ƵƉ ƚŚĞƌĞ with the likes of Cambridge ĂŶĚ KǆĨŽƌĚ͟ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ EĂƟŽŶĂů ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ ^ĂƟƐĨĂĐƟŽŶ ^ƵƌǀĞǇ for teaching standards. He ĂĚĚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ŚŽƉĞĚ ƋƵĂůŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ ƐĂƟƐĨĂĐƟŽŶ ůĞǀĞůƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĂƚ if cuts became more severe ƚŚĞŶ ͚ĨƌŽŶƚůŝŶĞ͛ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ as teaching may begin to be ĂīĞĐƚĞĚ͘

STUDY FOR HERBAL REMEDY WĂƟĞŶƚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĞŐŝŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ůƵŶŐ ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ ďĞŝŶŐ ŝŶǀŝƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ƉĂƌƚ ŝŶ h research into a new herbal remedy. tŚŝůĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƉĂƟĞŶƚƐ are currently prescribed ŝŶŚĂůĞƌƐ͕ <>ϭ ʹ ƚŚĞ ŚĞƌďĂů ƌĞŵĞĚǇ ʹ ĐŽŵĞƐ ŝŶ ƚĂďůĞƚ ĨŽƌŵ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ŵĂŶƵĨĂĐƚƵƌĞĚ ƵƐŝŶŐ Ă ĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƉůĂŶƚͲ based products, which have been used individually for thousands of years. Volunteers must be aged 18 to 80. Each will be given a a respiratory MOT including an ECG (heart wave test) and an assessment by a respiratory specialist using ĐƵƫŶŐ ĞĚŐĞ ĞƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚ ŶŽƚ available on the NHS. They ǁŝůů ďĞ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ ĂƩĞŶĚ ƚŚĞ ůŝŶŝĐĂů dƌŝĂůƐ hŶŝƚ Ăƚ h ŝŶ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ĨŽƵƌ ƟŵĞƐ ŽǀĞƌ Ă 10-week period. Volunteers ǁŝůů ďĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ŵĞĚŝĐĂƟŽŶ throughout. Travel expenses will be paid up to £100. Anyone interested in taking part should contact Dr Andrew Wilson on 01603 289876 or a.m.wilson@uea.ac.uk.

NEW DEAN OF HUMANITIES h ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ ĂǀŝĚ ŽƌďĞƩ͕ ŝƐ ƌĞƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ ƚŽ h ƚŽ become the new dean for the &ĂĐƵůƚǇ ŽĨ ƌƚƐ ĂŶĚ ,ƵŵĂŶŝƟĞƐ in August. WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ ŽƌďĞƩ ƐƚƵĚŝĞĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϳϬƐ for his BA and MA in English and American Studies. He is currently professor of Art History at York where he has been working since 1994. WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ ŽƌďĞƩ ŝƐ editor for the journal Art History and helped set up the interdisciplinary Centre for Modern Studies while at the hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ŽĨ zŽƌŬ͘ Vice-Chancellor of the hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ŽĨ ĂƐƚ ŶŐůŝĂ WƌŽĨ ĚǁĂƌĚ ĐƚŽŶ ƐĂŝĚ͗ ͞/ am delighted that David has agreed to join us. He will be leading a faculty going from strength to strength.”

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LGBT History Month

February is LGBT History Month and there are many events going on in and around UEA. Dan Youmans looks at the progress that has been made in LGBT campaigns so far and where we should be heading in the future. dŚŝƐ ŵŽŶƚŚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĮŌŚ ĂŶŶƵĂů >' d ;ůĞƐďŝĂŶ͕ ŐĂǇ͕ ďŝƐĞǆƵĂů ĂŶĚ ƚƌĂŶƐͿ ,ŝƐƚŽƌǇ DŽŶƚŚ͘ Ƶƚ ŝƚ ƐŚŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ͘ /Ĩ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ͕ ǁĞ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ƐƚĞƉ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ůĞǀĞů ŽĨ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŐŽĞƐ ŽŶ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ĨŽƵƌ ǁĞĞŬ ǁŝŶĚŽǁ͘ >' d ,ŝƐƚŽƌǇ DŽŶƚŚ ŝƐ Ă ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮŐŚƚ ĨŽƌ >' d ĞƋƵĂůŝƚǇ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ƐƚŽĐŬ͗ ƚŽ ƌĞǀŝĞǁ ŚŽǁ ĨĂƌ ŽƵƌ ĞīŽƌƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĐŽŵĞ͕ ƚŽ ƉƌĂŝƐĞ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ŵĂĚĞ ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƟŽŶƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ůŽŽŬ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ƚŚĞ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ƟŵĞƐ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞƐĞ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ >' d ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ ŝƐ ŐƌĂƚĞĨƵů ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ůĞŐĂů ůĞĂƉƐ ĂŶĚ ďŽƵŶĚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ŵĂĚĞ͘ KǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ĚĞĐĂĚĞ Žƌ ƐŽ ǁĞ͛ǀĞ ƐĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƉĞĂů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĞĂŶͲƐƉŝƌŝƚĞĚ ^ĞĐƟŽŶ Ϯϴ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŽƵƚůĂǁĞĚ ƚŚĞ ͚ƉƌŽŵŽƟŽŶ͛ ŽĨ ŚŽŵŽƐĞǆƵĂůŝƚǇ ďǇ ůŽĐĂů ĂƵƚŚŽƌŝƟĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ŝǀŝů WĂƌƚŶĞƌƐŚŝƉ Đƚ ĂīŽƌĚĞĚ >' d ĐŽƵƉůĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƌŝŐŚƚƐ

ĂƐ ƐƚƌĂŝŐŚƚ ŽŶĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ĚƌĂŌ ƋƵĂůŝƟĞƐ ŝůů ǁŚŝĐŚ ĚƌĂǁƐ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ŚĂƌĚ ĨŽƵŐŚƚ ĨŽƌ ƌŝŐŚƚƐ ŝŶ ŽŶĞ ĂĐƚ͘ EŽƚ ŽŶůǇ ƚŚŝƐ͕ ďƵƚ ǁĞ͛ǀĞ ƐĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ůĂŶĚƐĐĂƉĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ͗ ŵĂŝŶƐƚƌĞĂŵ

“The gains that have been made need to be secured” ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ƉĂƌƟĞƐ ĐĂŶ ŶŽ ůŽŶŐĞƌ ŐĞƚ ĂǁĂǇ ǁŝƚŚ >' dͲƉŚŽďŝĐ ƉŽůŝĐŝĞƐ Žƌ ƐƚĂŶĐĞƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ĞǀŝĚĞŶƚ ǁŚĞŶ ǁĞ ƚĂŬĞ Ă ůŽŽŬ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĨƵƌŽƌĞ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽŶƚƌŽǀĞƌƐŝĂů ƵƌŽƉĞĂŶ WĂƌůŝĂŵĞŶƚ ĂůůŝĞƐ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ĂůƐŽ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚŝŶŬ ĂďŽƵƚ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŽ ŐŽ ŶĞǆƚ͘ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ŐĂŝŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ŵĂĚĞ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ƐƟůů ĞǆŝƐƚƐ ƐŽĐŝĂů ƐƟŐŵĂ ǁŝƚŚ ƌĞŐĂƌĚƐ ƚŽ ďĞŝŶŐ

>' d͕ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŶǇ ǇŽƵŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƐƟůů ƐƵīĞƌ ĞǆƚƌĞŵĞůǇ ŚƵƌƞƵů ďƵůůǇŝŶŐ ƐŝŵƉůǇ ĨŽƌ ďĞŝŶŐ >͕ '͕ ͕ Žƌ d͘ >ĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌƐ͛ ƌĞǀĞůĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ tĞůƐŚ ƌƵŐďǇ ƉůĂǇĞƌ 'ĂƌĞƚŚ dŚŽŵĂƐ ŝƐ ŐĂǇ ǁĂƐ ĂŶ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ĞǀĞŶƚ͘ dŚĞ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ŶŽƟĐĞĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ ŵŽŵĞŶƚŽƵƐ ƚŚŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚŝƐ ĞǀĞŶƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ dŚŽŵĂƐ ŝƐ ĞƐƐĞŶƟĂůůǇ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ŵĂŝŶƐƚƌĞĂŵ͕ ĂĐƟǀĞ͕ ƐƉŽƌƚƐŵĂŶ ƚŽ ĐŽŵĞ ŽƵƚ͘ dŚŝƐ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ ƚŚĞ >' d ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ ŶĞĞĚƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ŵŽǀŝŶŐ ŝŶ͘ dŚĞ ŐĂŝŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ŵĂĚĞ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƐĞĐƵƌĞĚ͕ ƐŽ ƚŚĂƚ ŶŽ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ Žƌ ƉĂƌƚǇ ĐĂŶ ĞǀĞƌ ĂŐĂŝŶ ĚĞƉƌŝǀĞ >' d ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ͕ ďƵƚ ďŝŐŐĞƌ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ĂůƐŽ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ĐŽŶƚĞŵƉůĂƚĞĚ͘ Ɛ ƚŚĞ ƐƉŽƚůŝŐŚƚ ƐŚŝŌƐ ƚŽ h< ƐƉŽƌƚ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϮ͕ ǁĞ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞĐŽŵĞ Ă ƐŚŝŶŝŶŐ ůŝŐŚƚ ĨŽƌ Ă ƚŽůĞƌĂŶƚ͕ ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ĚŝǀĞƌƐĞ ƐƉŽƌƚƐ ĐƵůƚƵƌĞ͘ tĞ ŶĞĞĚ

ƚŽ ƚĂĐŬůĞ ŚŽŵŽƉŚŽďŝĐ ďƵůůǇŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƐĐŚŽŽůƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĞĚƵĐĂƚĞ ŽƵƌ ǇŽƵŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĂůƌŝŐŚƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ͘ tĞ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ŵŽǀĞ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ ŝŶ ƉƌŽŵŽƟŶŐ ĞƋƵĂůŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ ĚŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƐƚĞƉ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞ h< ŶĞĞĚƐ ƚŽ ƐŚŽǁ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ŚŽǁ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĚŽŶĞ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ƌŝŐŚƚ ĨŽƌ ŚƌŝƐ ƌǇĂŶƚ͕ Ă &ŽƌĞŝŐŶ KĸĐĞ DŝŶŝƐƚĞƌ͕ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƵƐŝŶŐ ŝƚƐ ĚŝƉůŽŵĂƟĐ ƉƌĞƐĞŶĐĞ ĂďƌŽĂĚ ƚŽ ƉƌĞƐƐ ĨŽƌ ŵŽƌĞ ůŝďĞƌĂů ŐĂǇͲƌŝŐŚƚƐ ůĂǁƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ƉƌĂŝƐĞ

ƚŚŽƐĞ ŶĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞƌĞ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ƐƚĞƉƐ͘ &ƵƌƚŚĞƌ͕ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƌŝŐŚƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ;ĂŶĚ ŵĂŶǇ ŽƚŚĞƌƐͿ ƚŽ ĐŽŵĞ ŽƵƚ ŝŶ ĚŝƐŐƵƐƚĞĚ ĐŽŶĚĞŵŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ hŐĂŶĚĂ͛Ɛ ĚƌĂŌ ĂŶƟͲŐĂǇ ůĂǁƐ͘ ^Ž ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞ͕ ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌ ǁŚĞƌĞ ǁĞ͛ǀĞ ĐŽŵĞ ĨƌŽŵ͕ ůŽŽŬ ĨŽƌ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŽ ŐŽ ŶĞǆƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂĐƚ ĂƐ Ă ƌŽůĞ ŵŽĚĞů ĨŽƌ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ͘ tŚĞƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŝĐŽŶŝĐ Įůŵ ƐŚŽǁŝŶŐƐ͕ ƉƵďůŝĐ ůĞĐƚƵƌĞƐ͕ ǁŽƌŬƐŚŽƉƐ͕ ƐŽĐŝĂů ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͕ ĚĞďĂƚĞƐ͕ Žƌ ŶĞǁƐƉĂƉĞƌ ĂƌƟĐůĞƐ͕ ŐĞƫŶŐ ƚŚĞ >' d ŵĞƐƐĂŐĞ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ůĂŶĚŵĂƌŬ ŵŽŶƚŚ ŝƐ ĐƌƵĐŝĂů͘ >Ğƚ͛Ɛ ŐĞƚ ŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚ͘

Debate: Are television election debates a good idea? For Gareth Coventry ƌŝƚĂŝŶ ŚĂƐ ĮŶĂůůǇ ĞŵďƌĂĐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĐŽƵŶƚƌŝĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƵƐƚƌĂůŝĂ͕ ĂŶĂĚĂ ĂŶĚ /ƌĞůĂŶĚ͕ ƚŽ ŶĂŵĞ ďƵƚ Ă ĨĞǁ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌůǇ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ Ă ƚĞůĞǀŝƐĞĚ ĚĞďĂƚĞ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ƉĂƌƟĞƐ ĂƐ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƐŝŵƉůǇ Ă ĐĂƐĞ ŽĨ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ ĐŽƉǇŝŶŐ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ͕ ĂƐ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĂƌŐƵĞĚ ďǇ ƐŽŵĞ͕ ďƵƚ Ă ƌĞĂůŝƐĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ ĐĂŶ ƉůĂǇ Ă ǀŝƚĂů ƌŽůĞ ŝŶ ƌĞĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͕ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƵŶĚƐ ŝŶŇŝĐƚĞĚ ĂƐ Ă ƌĞƐƵůƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ DWƐ ĞǆƉĞŶƐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƵďƐĞƋƵĞŶƚ ĚĞŵĂŶĚ ĨŽƌ ƚƌĂŶƐƉĂƌĞŶĐǇ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ĂƌŐƵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ŵĂƌŬƐ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ƐƚĂŐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ Ă ƉƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƟĂů ƐƚǇůĞ ŽĨ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĞŵƉŚĂƐŝƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐ͛ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůŝƟĞƐ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ŽŶ ŵĂŶŝĨĞƐƚŽƐ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƚǁŽ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ǁƌŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚŝƐ ůŝŶĞ ŽĨ ĂƌŐƵŵĞŶƚ͖ ĮƌƐƚůǇ ŝƚ ŝŵƉůŝĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ Ă ŵǇƚŚŝĐĂů ĂŐĞ ǁŚĞƌĞ ǀŽƚĞƌƐ ĐĂƌĞĨƵůůǇ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ŵĂŶŝĨĞƐƚŽƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ĚĞĐŝĚŝŶŐ ǁŚŽ ƚŽ ǀŽƚĞ ĨŽƌ͕ ǁŚĞŶ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ĞǀŝĚĞŶĐĞ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚƐ ƚŚŝƐ ǁĂƐ ŶŽƚ

ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐĞ͘ dŚĞ ĚĞďĂƚĞƐ ŵŝŐŚƚ ŐŽ ƐŽŵĞ ǁĂǇ ŝŶ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĞůĞĐƚŽƌĂƚĞ͛Ɛ ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞ ŽŶ ǁŚĞƌĞ ĞĂĐŚ ƉĂƌƚǇ ƐƚĂŶĚƐ ŽŶ Ă ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ ŝƐƐƵĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐĂŶ ƌĞƐƵůƚ ŝŶ ǀŽƚĞƌƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ďĞƩĞƌ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĞĚ͘ ^ĞĐŽŶĚůǇ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂƌŐƵŵĞŶƚƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůŝƚǇ ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚ ŶĞǁ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ŵĂŶǇ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƚƐ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ũƵƐƚ ƌĞĐǇĐůĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĂƌŐƵŵĞŶƚƐ ŵĂĚĞ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƌĂĚŝŽ ĂŶĚ ĐŝŶĞŵĂ ŶĞǁƐƌĞĞůƐ͘ ^ŽŵĞ ŵŝŐŚƚ ƐĂǇ ǁĞ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ƚĞůĞǀŝƐĞĚ ĚĞďĂƚĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌŵ ŽĨ WƌŝŵĞ DŝŶŝƐƚĞƌ͛Ɛ YƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ ;WDYƐͿ͕ ďƵƚ Ăůů ƚŽŽ ŽŌĞŶ WDYƐ ƐŝŵƉůǇ ĚĞƐĐĞŶĚ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ƐƚĂŐĞ ŵĂŶĂŐĞĚ ĂīĂŝƌ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƉŽŝŶƚ ƐĐŽƌŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŶĂƌƌŽǁ ƉĂƌƟƐĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ƌĞŝŐŶ ƐƵƉƌĞŵĞ͘ dŚĞ ĚĞďĂƚĞƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ƌĞĚƵĐĞ ƚŚĞ ĂŵŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ƉĂƌƟƐĂŶ ƌŚĞƚŽƌŝĐ͖ ĂŌĞƌ Ăůů͕ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂŶƚƐ ǁŝůů ŶŽƚ ǁŝƐŚ ƚŽ ůŽŽŬ ĨŽŽůŝƐŚ͘ KĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĂŶ ĞůĞŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƐƚĂŐĞ ŵĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐĞĚ ĚĞďĂƚĞƐ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞǇ ǁŝůů ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂůůǇ ĐŽŶƚĂŝŶ Ă ůĂƌŐĞƌ ĞůĞŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƵŶƉƌĞĚŝĐƚĂďŝůŝƚǇ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŵŝŐŚƚ ŚĞůƉ ƚŽ ĞŶĞƌŐŝƐĞ ƚŚĞ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ůĞƚ ŝƚ ĨĂůů ŝŶƚŽ Ă ƉƌĞĚŝĐƚĂďůĞ͕ ďŽƌŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŽīͲƉƵƫŶŐ ĂīĂŝƌ͘

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tĞ ůŝǀĞ ŝŶ Ă ƉĞƌŝŽĚ ŽĨ ůŽǁ ǀŽƚĞƌ ƚƵƌŶŽƵƚ͕ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟŶŐ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ĂƉĂƚŚǇ ĂŶĚ ĨĂƚĂůŝƐŵ͘ /ƚ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ĐŽŵĞ ĂƐ ŶŽ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƉƌŽƉŽƐĂůƐ ǁŝůů ƉĞƌŝŽĚŝĐĂůůǇ ďĞ ŵĂĚĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƐĞĞŬ ƚŽ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚĞƌ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ƉƵďůŝĐ ŝŶ ĚĞůŝďĞƌĂƟǀĞ ĚĞŵŽĐƌĂĐǇ͘ ůƌĞĂĚǇ ƚŚĞ ŵĞĚŝĂ ĂƌĞ ƐƉĞĐƵůĂƟŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĞďĂƚĞƐ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶĞĚ ĨŽƌ ďǇ ^ŬǇ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ Ă ĐŽƵƉůĞ ŽĨ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂŶƐ͘ dŚĞ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶ ĐŽŵĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ h^ ĂŶĚ &ƌĂŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ǁƌŽŶŐ ƚŽ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌŵĂƚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƐŝŵƉůǇ ƚƌĂŶƐƉůĂŶƚĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ͘ WĞƌŚĂƉƐ ŵŽƐƚ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ hŶŝƚĞĚ ^ƚĂƚĞƐ ĂŶĚ &ƌĂŶĐĞ ŚŽůĚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐĞĚ ĚĞďĂƚĞƐ ŝŶ Ă ƉƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƟĂů ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ ĂƐ ŽƉƉŽƐĞĚ ƚŽ Ă ƉĂƌůŝĂŵĞŶƚĂƌǇ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ͘ ƉƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƟĂů ƐƚǇůĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ŽŶ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŽĨ ĚƵďŝŽƵƐ ƌĞůĞǀĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƟƐŚ ĞůĞĐƚŽƌĂů ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ͘ tŚĂƚ ĚŽ ƚǁŽ Žƌ ƚŚƌĞĞ DWƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƐĂĨĞ ƐĞĂƚƐ ƌĞĐŝƟŶŐ ƚĂůŬŝŶŐ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ĚŽ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ ƐĞůĞĐƟŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞƐ͍ dŚĞ ƌŝƟƐŚ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ŝƐ ƌĞĂĚŝůǇ ĐƌŝƟĐŝƐĞĚ ĨŽƌ ŵŽǀŝŶŐ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ

election debates. David Dimbleby, Alistair Stewart and Adam Boulton are due to “moderate” the debates for their respective channels. The SNP have threatened to prevent the debates being screened in Scotland if the SNP leader is not included.

͞/Ĩ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƌĞĂůůǇ͕ ƌĞĂůůǇ ďĂĚ͘͘͘ĂǁŬǁĂƌĚ K dKWh^͊͟ Ͳ ĞŶ ZŚǇƐͲ>ĞǁŝƐ DW Ϯ

ƉƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƟĂů ƐƚǇůĞ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂŶ ĨŽƌ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ ĚĞďĂƚĞƐ ƐĞƌǀĞƐ ƚŽ ĞŶƚƌĞŶĐŚ ƚŚŝƐ ĐƌŝƟĐŝƐŵ͘ ZĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ďŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƟĂů ƉƌĞƚĞŶƐŝŽŶƐ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ƐĞůĨͲƐĂƟƐĮĞĚ ͚ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ĐůĂƐƐ͕͛ ǁĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƚƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƌĞƚƵƌŶ ĨŽĐƵƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ DWƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽŶƐƟƚƵĞŶƚƐ͘ dŚĞ ĂďƐƚƌĂĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ Ă ƚĞůĞǀŝƐĞĚ ĚĞďĂƚĞ ŽīĞƌƐ ůŝƩůĞ ďĞŶĞĮƚ ŚĞƌĞ͕ ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚ ƌĞƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ ĂŐĂŝŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌĞŚĞĂƌƐĞĚ ƚĂůŬŝŶŐ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ŽĨ DWƐ ŝŶ ƐĂĨĞ ƐĞĂƚƐ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ƐĂĨĞ ĨŽƌŵĂƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐ ǁŝůů ŝŶĞǀŝƚĂďůǇ ĂŐƌĞĞ ƚŽ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ůŝƩůĞ ŶŽǀĞůƚǇ ƚŽ ďĞ ŚĂĚ͘ dŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ƐĞĂƚƐ Ăƚ ƐƚĂŬĞ ďĞůŽŶŐ ƚŽ DWƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĂƌŐŝŶĂů ƐĞĂƚƐ͘ dŚĞǇ ĐŽƵůĚ ŚŽůĚ ǀĞƌǇ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ǀŝĞǁƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐ ďƵƚ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƉŽůŝƟĐƐ ƚƌƵŵƉƐ ůŽĐĂů ƉŽůŝƟĐƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƉŽƐĂůƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĚĞďĂƚĞƐ͘ tŚǇ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ǁĞ ďĞ ĞŶŐĂŐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƉŽůŝƟĐƐ ǁŚĞŶ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƐƚĂůĞ ĂŶĚ ƟĞĚ ƵƉ ŝŶ Ă ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĂďƐƚƌĂĐƚ ĂƐ ŽƉƉŽƐĞĚ ƚŽ Ă ůŽĐĂů ŝŵŵĞĚŝĂƚĞ͍ EŽ ĂŵŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ŝƌƌĞůĞǀĂŶƚ ŐŝŵŵŝĐŬƌǇ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƚŚŝƐ ǁŝůů ĐŽŶǀŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ĞůĞĐƚŽƌĂƚĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ DWƐ ǁŽƌŬ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŵ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƉĂƌƚǇ ŵĂĐŚŝŶĞƐ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁĂŬĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌůŝĂŵĞŶƚĂƌǇ ĞǆƉĞŶƐĞƐ ƐĐĂŶĚĂů͘

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TUESDAY 9th FEBRUARY 2010

COMMENT & OPINION 11

Welcome to 1984? American Dream Jack Brinded 'ĞŽƌŐĞ KƌǁĞůů ŽŶĐĞ ǁƌŽƚĞ ŽĨ Ă ƚŽƚĂůŝƚĂƌŝĂŶ ƐƚĂƚĞ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŶĞǁƐ ŽĨ Ă ĚŝƐƚĂŶƚ͕ ǇĞƚ ĐŽŶƐƚĂŶƚ͕ ǁĂƌ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ŝŶǀŝƐŝďůĞ ĞŶĞŵǇ ǁĂƐ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ŵĂŶŝƉƵůĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƐƐĞƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ĨĞĂƌ͕ ŚĂƚƌĞĚ ĂŶĚ ũŝŶŐŽŝƐŵ͘ EŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚŚƌĞĞ ƐƚĂƚĞƐ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ŶĞĞĚĞĚ ƚŽ ǁŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ƉĞƌƉĞƚƵĂů ǁĂƌ͕ ƐŝŶĐĞ ŝƚ ŐĂǀĞ ƚŚĞŵ ĂŶ ŝŶĮŶŝƚĞ ƐŽƵƌĐĞ ŽĨ ĐŽŶƚƌŽů ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ŵĂũŽƌŝƚǇ ŽĨ ǁŚŽŵ ůŝǀĞĚ ŝŶ ĮůƚŚ ĂŶĚ ƉŽǀĞƌƚǇ͘ KŶ ĂŶ ĂƉƉĂƌĞŶƚůǇ ƵŶƌĞůĂƚĞĚ ƚŽƉŝĐ͕ ƚŚĞ ,ŽŵĞ KĸĐĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ ŝƚƐ ƚĞƌƌŽƌ ƚŚƌĞĂƚ ůĞǀĞů ĨƌŽŵ ͞ƐƵďƐƚĂŶƟĂů͟ ƚŽ ͞ƐĞǀĞƌĞ͟ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ :ĂŶƵĂƌǇ͘ ,ŽŵĞ ^ĞĐƌĞƚĂƌǇ ůĂŶ :ŽŚŶƐŽŶ ʹ Ă ƚƌĂĚĞͲƵŶŝŽŶŝƐƚ ƚƵƌŶĞĚ EĞǁ >ĂďŽƵƌŝƚĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ Ă ŵĂŶ ǁŚŽ ŚĂƐ ũƵƐƚ ƌŝƐĞŶ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ƚŚŝƌƚǇͲǇĞĂƌ ĐŽŵĂ ʹ ƐĂŝĚ͕ ͞dŚŝƐ ŵĞĂŶƐ Ă ƚĞƌƌŽƌŝƐƚ ĂƩĂĐŬ ŝƐ ŚŝŐŚůǇ ůŝŬĞůǇ͘͟ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ͞ŝƚ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ŵĞĂŶ ĂŶ ĂƩĂĐŬ ŝƐ ŝŵŵŝŶĞŶƚ͘͟ ,Ğ ƚŚĞŶ ƵƌŐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ ƚŽ ƌĞŵĂŝŶ ͞ǀŝŐŝůĂŶƚ͟ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ŶŽƚ ƐƚĂƟŶŐ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ǁĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐĂůůǇ͕ Žƌ ĞǀĞŶ ĂůůƵĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ǁŚĂƚ ŚĂĚ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ĐĂƵƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƵĚĚĞŶ ƌŝƐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚƌĞĂƚ ůĞǀĞů͘ /Ŷ ĞƐƐĞŶĐĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ƌĞĂĚƐ ĂƐ ĨŽůůŽǁƐ͗ ͞/ƚ ŝƐ ĨĂŝƌůǇ ůŝŬĞůǇ ƚĞƌƌŽƌŝƐƚƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŽƉĞƌĂƟŶŐ

Ailsa Bristow ƐŽŵĞǁŚĞƌĞ͕ Ăƚ ƐŽŵĞ ƉŽŝŶƚ ŝŶ ƟŵĞ͕ ƐŽ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƟƐŚ ƉƵďůŝĐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŬĞĞƉ ĂŶ ĞǇĞ ŽƵƚ ĨŽƌ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ ƐŚŝŌǇ ĞǀĞŶ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞǇ ŵŝŐŚƚ ŶŽƚ ƚĞĐŚŶŝĐĂůůǇ ĞǆŝƐƚ͘͟ WĞƌƐŽŶĂůůǇ͕ ŵǇ ŝŶďƵŝůƚ ƐĐĞƉƟĐŝƐŵ ůĞǀĞů ŚĂƐ ũƵƐƚ ƌŝƐĞŶ ĨƌŽŵ ͞ƐƵƐƉŝĐŝŽƵƐ͟ ƚŽ ͞ĚŝƐƚƌƵƐƞƵů͘͟ ƚ Ă ƟŵĞ ǁŚĞŶ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ǁĂƌƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ DŝĚĚůĞ ĂƐƚ͕ Žƌ ŝŶĚĞĞĚ ƚŚĞ ͚ǁĂƌ͛ ŽŶ ƚĞƌƌŽƌ͕ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ǁĂŶŝŶŐ͕ ĐŽƵůĚ ŝƚ ďĞ Ă ŵĞƌĞ ĐŽŝŶĐŝĚĞŶĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŽƵƌ ůŽƌĚƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽƚĞĐƚŽƌƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ ƚŽ ĐĂůů ĨŽƌ ŐƌĞĂƚĞƌ ƉƵďůŝĐ ǀŝŐŝůĂŶĐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ĂŶ ͚ŽƚŚĞƌ͛ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ ŵŝĚƐƚ͍ WĞƌŚĂƉƐ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ũƵƐƚ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƐ ŶĞĞĚĞĚ Ăƚ Ă ƟŵĞ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƚƌŝŽƟƐŵ ƚŚĂƚ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂůůǇ ĐŽŶƚƌŽůƐ ƚŚĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƐŽ ǁĞůů͕ ŵŝŐŚƚ ďĞ ĨĂŝůŝŶŐ͘ dŚĂƚ ĐŽŶĐĞƉƚ ŽĨ ͚ǀŝŐŝůĂŶĐĞ͛ ǁĂƐ ĞĐŚŽĞĚ ďǇ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ƐŽƵƌĐĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚĂƚŽƌ ŽŶ ĞǀĞƌǇ ŶĞǁƐ ŽƵƚůĞƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ͘ Ƶƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ǀŝŐŝůĂŶƚ ŽĨ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ ŝƐ ƚŽ ůŝǀĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨĞĂƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƵŶŬŶŽǁŶ͕ ĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶƚ ƵƉŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƚĞ ĨŽƌ ƉƌŽƚĞĐƟŽŶ͘ / ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝĨ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂƌĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ǀŝŐŝůĂŶƚ ƚŚĞǇ ŬĞĞƉ ǁĂƚĐŚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ ƐƚĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ͕ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ďĞ ďůŝŶĚĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ĨĞĂƌ ŽĨ ĂŶ ŝŶǀŝƐŝďůĞ ĨŽĞ ǁŚŽ ŵŝŐŚƚ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ďĞ ƚŚĞ ďŽŐĞǇŵĂŶ͘ /Ĩ ŶŽƚ͕ ǁĞůĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ ϭϵϴϰ͘

KďĂŵĂ͛Ɛ ĮƌƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ ŝŶ ŽĸĐĞ ǁĂƐ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ŵĂƌŬĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƟƐŚ ŵĞĚŝĂ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ǀĞƌŝƚĂďůĞ ĂƌƌĂǇ ŽĨ ŶĞǁƐ ƌĞƉŽƌƚƐ͕ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ŽƉŝŶŝŽŶ ƉŝĞĐĞƐ͘ tŚŝůƐƚ ƚŚŝƐ ĨĂƐĐŝŶĂƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ƉŽůŝƟĐƐ ŝƐ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ŶĞǁ͕ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƉŽƌƚƐ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĨƵŶĚĂŵĞŶƚĂů ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞƐ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŐůŝƚǌǇ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ĂŶĚ ĚƌĂď ƌŝƟƐŚ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ƐĐĞŶĞƐ͘ tŚŝůƐƚ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ŵŽŶƚŚƐ ŽĨ Ă ƌƵŶͲ ƵƉ ƚŽ ĂŶ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĞĚŝĂ ƐĞĞŵƐ ŚĂƌĚůǇ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƐƵŵŵŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ŝŶ ƌŽǁŶ͕ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ ĂŶĚ ůĞŐŐ͘ ŽŶǀĞƌƐĞůǇ͕ ƚŚĞ h^ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ Ă ǇĞĂƌ ĂŶĚ Ă ŚĂůĨ ĂŐŽ ƐĞĞŵĞĚ ƚŽ ĞŶƚŚƵƐĞ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƟƐŚ ƉƵďůŝĐ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶƐ͘

“Democracy, in its ideal form, requires the active participation of the populace” / ǁĂƐ ƐƚƵĚǇŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ h^ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϬϴ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ Ă ƉĂůƉĂďůĞ ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ĞǆĐŝƚĞŵĞŶƚ͘ ZĞŐĂƌĚůĞƐƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ĐŝƌĐƵŵƐƚĂŶĐĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶƚƌĂƌǇ ƚŽ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ƐƚĞƌĞŽƚǇƉĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶƐ / ŵĞƚ ƚŽŽŬ Ă ƌĞĂů ĂŶĚ ƐƵƐƚĂŝŶĞĚ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ͘ KŶ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ͕ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐŝŽŶ ƉĂŶĞůƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĨƌĞƋƵĞŶƚůǇ ĐŚĂŝƌĞĚ ďǇ ĨĂĐƵůƚǇ Ͳ ĂŶĚ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ / ŬŶĞǁ ĂƩĞŶĚĞĚ͘ dŚĞ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐĞĚ ĚĞďĂƚĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ Ă ŵĂũŽƌ ƐŽĐŝĂů ĞǀĞŶƚ͘ dŚĞ ŵƵĐŚ ƚŽƵƚĞĚ ͚ŐƌĂƐƐ ƌŽŽƚƐ͛ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ

KďĂŵĂ͛Ɛ ĂƉƉĞĂů ǁĂƐ ǀĞƌǇ ŵƵĐŚ ŝŶ ĞǀŝĚĞŶĐĞ͘ EŽƌ ǁĂƐ ƚŚŝƐ ĂŶ ŝƐŽůĂƚĞĚ ƉŚĞŶŽŵĞŶŽŶ͗ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ƐĞŶĂƚĞ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ŝŶ DĂƐƐĂĐŚƵƐĞƩƐ ŐĂƌŶĞƌĞĚ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ͘ ^Ž ǁŚĂƚ ĚŽ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ Ăƚ h ͍ /Ĩ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ĐŽŵƉĂƌĂďůĞ ƚĂůŬƐ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ƚŚĞǇ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ ŐĂŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ŵĂƐƐ ĂƉƉĞĂů͕ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ĂƉĂƚŚǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ŝŶĨĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ Ăƚ ůĂƌŐĞ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ŽŶ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ƚŽŽ͘ dŚĞ ĂƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ h^ ĂŶĚ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ͕ ǁŚĞŶ ŝƚ ĐŽŵĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌƵŶ ƵƉ ƚŽ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶƐ͕ ĂƌĞ ƚǁŽ ĞŶƟƌĞůǇ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĂŶŝŵĂůƐ͘ ŶĚ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĞĂƐǇ ƚŽ ďĞŵŽĂŶ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽ ĐŽŵƉĂƌĂƟǀĞůǇ ŝŶƐƉŝƌŝŶŐ ĐĂŶĚŝĚĂƚĞƐ͕ ŽŶůǇ Ă ŵƵůƟƚƵĚĞ ŽĨ ǁŚŝƚĞ ŵŝĚĚůĞͲ ĂŐĞĚ ŵŝĚĚůĞͲĐůĂƐƐ ŵĞŶ͕ ƐƵƌĞůǇ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ǁĞ ŵƵƐƚ ĂƐŬ ŽƵƌƐĞůǀĞƐ ŝƐ Ͳ ĚŽ ǁĞ ŐĞƚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝƟĐŝĂŶƐ ǁĞ ĚĞƐĞƌǀĞ͍ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƐƵƌĞůǇ Ă ƉŽŝŶƚ Ăƚ ǁŚŝĐŚ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŝĨ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ƐƵƌƌĞŶĚĞƌĞĚ ŽƵƌ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ƉŽůŝƟĐŝĂŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĨĂŝů ƚŽ ĞŶŐĂŐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ǁĞ ůŽƐĞ ŽƵƌ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƚŽ ĞǆƉĞĐƚ ŵŽƌĞ͘ ĞŵŽĐƌĂĐǇ͕ ŝŶ ŝƚƐ ŝĚĞĂů ĨŽƌŵ͕ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĂĐƟǀĞ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƉƵůĂĐĞ ƚŽ ŬĞĞƉ ƚŚĞ ƐŽĐŝĂů ĐŽŶƚƌĂĐƚ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ͘ ^Ž ǁŚŝůƐƚ ǁĞ ŵĂǇ ďĞ ůŽŶŐŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ WD ĨƌŽŵ ĂŶ ĞƚŚŶŝĐ ŵŝŶŽƌŝƚǇ Žƌ ĞǀĞŶ Ă ůĞĂĚĞƌ ǁŚŽ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĞƐ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ďŽƌĞĚŽŵ ǀĞƌŐŝŶŐ ŽŶ ĚŝƐŐƵƐƚ͕ ǁĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ƐƚĂƌƚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ ŽĨ ƚƌĂŶƐĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ƐĐĞŶĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŶŽǁ͗ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ďǇ ƉŝĐŬŝŶŐ ƵƉ Ă ƉĂƉĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŵƵůůŝŶŐ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ͕ ƌĞŐŝƐƚĞƌŝŶŐ ƚŽ ǀŽƚĞ͕ Žƌ ĞǀĞŶ ĚĞĐŝĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƌƵŶ ĨŽƌ ŽĸĐĞ ŽƵƌƐĞůǀĞƐ͘

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12 FEATURES

TUESDAY 9th FEBRUARY 2010

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THE 2010 CONCRETE SEX SURVEY RESULTS The sensation that is the Concrete Sex Survey has returned! We’ve had yet another overwhelming response and the results are in for you to peruse just in time for Valentines’ Day!

Vital Statistics

Experience

,Žǁ ŽůĚ ĂƌĞ ǇŽƵ͍ ϭϴͲϭϵ ϮϬͲϮϭ ϮϮͲϮϯ ϮϰͲϮϱ KƚŚĞƌ

,ĂǀĞ ǇŽƵ ĞǀĞƌ ŚĂĚ ƐĞǆ͍ zĞƐ EŽ

ƌĞ ǇŽƵ͘͘͘ DĂůĞ &ĞŵĂůĞ

Ϯϱ͘Ϯй ϱϯй ϭϲ͘ϵй ϭ͘ϵй Ϯ͘ϳй

ϰϱ͘Ϯй ϱϰ͘ϴй

tŚĂƚ ŝƐ ǇŽƵ ƐĞǆƵĂů ŽƌŝĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ͍ ,ĞƚĞƌŽƐĞǆƵĂů ϴϱ͘ϵй ,ŽŵŽƐĞǆƵĂů ϲ͘ϵй ŝƐĞǆƵĂů ϳ͘ϯй tŚĂƚ ŝƐ ǇŽƵƌ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ ƐƚĂƚƵƐ͍ ^ŝŶŐůĞ ϰϳ͘ϳй DĂƌƌŝĞĚͬ ŝǀŝů WĂƌƚŶĞƌƐŚŝƉ Ϯ͘ϯй ŽǇĨƌŝĞŶĚͬ'ŝƌůĨƌŝĞŶĚ ϰϴ͘ϵй ŝǀŽƌĐĞĚ Ϭ͘ϴй tŝĚŽǁĞĚ Ϭ͘ϰй

ƚ ǁŚĂƚ ĂŐĞ ĚŝĚ ǇŽƵ ůŽƐĞ ǇŽƵƌ ǀŝƌŐŝŶŝƚǇ͍ ϭϯͲϭϰ ϰ͘ϴй ϭϱͲϭϲ ϯϬ͘ϯй ϭϳͲϭϴ ϰϭ͘ϱй ϭϵͲϮϬ ϭϳ͘ϯй ϮϭͲϮϮ ϰ͘ϰй KƚŚĞƌ ϭ͘ϳй Ž ǇŽƵ ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚŝƐ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ĂŐĞ͍ zĞƐ ϳϮй EŽ ϭϲ͘ϰй ,Žǁ ŵĂŶǇ ƐĞǆƵĂů ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌƐ ŚĂǀĞ ǇŽƵ ŚĂĚ ĂůƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ͍ ϬͲϭ Ϯϰ͘Ϯй ϮͲϯ ϮϮ͘ϭй ϰͲϱ ϭϲ͘ϵй ϲͲϳ ϭϯ͘ϴй ϴͲϵ ϭϬй ϭϬ ϰ͘ϯй KƚŚĞƌ ϴ͘ϳй ǀĞƌ ŚĂĚ ƐĞǆ ŝŶ Ă ƉƵďůŝĐ ƉůĂĐĞ͍ zĞƐ ϱϰ͘ϯй EŽ ϰϱ͘ϳй

tŚĂƚ ŵĞƚŚŽĚƐ ŽĨ ďŝƌƚŚ ĐŽŶƚƌŽů ĚŽ ǇŽƵ ĨĂǀŽƵƌ͍ ŽŶĚŽŵƐ ϲϬ͘ϯй &ĞŵŝĚŽŵƐ ϭ͘ϳй ŽŵďŝŶĞĚ Wŝůů ϰϰ͘ϴй WƌŽŐĞƐƚŽŐĞŶͲ ŽŶůǇ Wŝůů ϭϱ͘ϭй ŽŶƚƌĂĐĞƉƟǀĞ /ŶũĞĐƟŽŶ Ϯ͘ϭй ŽŶƚƌĂĐĞƉƟǀĞ WĂƚĐŚ ϭ͘ϯй ŝĂƉŚƌĂŐŵ ͬ ĂƉ Ϭ͘ϰй dŚĞ Žŝů Ϭ͘ϴй /ŵƉůĂŶƚ ϲ͘ϯй KƚŚĞƌ ϱ͘ϵй ,ĂǀĞ ǇŽƵ ĞǀĞƌ ŶŽƚ ƵƐĞĚ ďŝƌƚŚ ĐŽŶƚƌŽů͍ zĞƐ ϰϱ͘ϰй EŽ ϱϰ͘ϲй

,Žǁ ůŽŶŐ ĚŽĞƐ ƐĞǆ ŶŽƌŵĂůůǇ ůĂƐƚ͍ >ĞƐƐ ƚŚĂŶ ϱŵŝŶƐ ϳ͘ϰй ϭϬͲϭϱŵŝŶƐ Ϯϱ͘ϴй

ϮϬͲϯϬŵŝŶƐ ϯϬͲϰϱŵŝŶƐ ϰϱͲϲϬŵŝŶƐ DŽƌĞ

ϯϱ͘ϳй ϮϬ͘ϵй ϳ͘ϰй Ϯ͘ϵй

,Žǁ ŽŌĞŶ ĚŽ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ƐĞǆ͍ DŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ŽŶĐĞ Ă ĚĂǇ ϯ͘ϱй ĂŝůǇ ϯ͘ϵй ĨĞǁ ƟŵĞƐ Ă ǁĞĞŬ ϯϰ͘ϯй tĞĞŬůǇ ϭϱ͘ϰй DŽŶƚŚůǇ ϭϳ͘ϯй ĨĞǁ ƟŵĞƐ Ă ǇĞĂƌ ϭϳ͘ϳй

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Sexual Practices Sexual Attitudes ,ĂǀĞ ǇŽƵ ĞǀĞƌ ĚŽŶĞ Ă ƌŽůĞ ƉůĂǇ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƐĞǆ͍ zĞƐ Ϯϯ͘ϵй EŽ ϳϲ͘ϭй

,ĂǀĞ ǇŽƵ ĞǀĞƌ ŚĂĚ ĂŶ ^d/͍ zĞƐ ϳ͘ϳй EŽ ϵϮ͘ϯй

,ĂǀĞ ǇŽƵ ĞǀĞƌ ŚĂĚ ƐĞǆ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŵĞŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƐĞǆ͍ zĞƐ ϭϰ͘ϱй EŽ ϴϱ͘ϱй

,ĂǀĞ ǇŽƵ ĞǀĞƌ ďĞĞŶ ƚĞƐƚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ŽŶĞ͍ zĞƐ ϱϰй EŽ ϰϲй

,ĂǀĞ ǇŽƵ ĞǀĞƌ ŚĂĚ ĂŶĂů ƐĞǆ͍ zĞƐ ϯϰ͘Ϯй EŽ ϲϱ͘ϴй

/Ɛ ƚŚĞƌĞ ƐƵĸĐŝĞŶƚ ŝŵĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ŽŶ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƐĞǆƵĂů ŚĞĂůƚŚ͍ zĞƐ ϳϰ͘ϲй EŽ Ϯϱ͘ϰй

/Ĩ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ͕ ĚŝĚ ǇŽƵ ĞŶũŽǇ ŝƚ͍ zĞƐ ϰϳ͘ϵй EŽ ϱϮ͘ϭй

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,ĂǀĞ ǇŽƵ ĞǀĞƌ ƉĂŝĚ ĨŽƌ ƐĞǆ͍ zĞƐ ϯ͘ϰй EŽ ϵϲ͘ϲй ,ĂǀĞ ǇŽƵ ĞǀĞƌ ďĞĞŶ ƉĂŝĚ ĨŽƌ ƐĞǆ͍ zĞƐ ϯ͘ϴй EŽ ϵϲ͘Ϯй

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>ĞƚŚĂů ŝǌǌůĞ Pow. Don’t Stop Me Now ʹ ĞƉŝĐ͘ ,ĂůĨ ǁĂǇ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ͕ Chariots of Fire ĐĂŵĞ ŽŶ͕ ƉƌĞƩǇ ŝŶĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞ͕ ďƵƚ ĨƵŶŶǇ͘ Freak Me ďǇ ŶŽƚŚĞƌ >ĞǀĞů͕ ǁĞ ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ƐƚŽƉ ĨƌŽŵ ůĂƵŐŚŝŶŐ ƐŽ ŵƵĐŚ͘ Friday Night with Jonthan Ross Ͳ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƐŽƌƚ ŽĨ ĐƌĞĞƉǇ͘ DŽƐƚ ĞŵďĂƌƌĂƐƐŝŶŐ ƐŽŶŐ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ďĞ Air Hostess ďǇ ƵƐƚĞĚ͘ / ŐŽƚ ,ŽƐ ŝŶ ŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƌĞĂ ŽĚĞƐ ʹ ŝŶĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞ͘ ZŽůůŝŶŐ ^ƚŽŶĞƐ ŵĂŬĞƐ ǇŽƵ ĨĞĞů ůŝŬĞ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ƐĞǆ ŝŶ Ă ŵŽǀŝĞ͘ dŚĞ ^ŵŝƚŚƐ Ͳ Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others. dŝŶƟŶ͘ dĂŬĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ǁŝůů͘ / ƉƵƚ ƚŚĞ Countdown ŵƵƐŝĐ ŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƚƌŝĞĚ ƚŽ ĮŶŝƐŚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŝƚ ĞŶĚĞĚ͘ /͛ǀĞ ĂůƐŽ ŚĂĚ ƐĞǆ ƚŽ tĂŐŶĞƌ͛Ɛ Ͳ The Ride of the Valkeryies. Lost ŵǇ ǀŝƌŐŝŶŝƚǇ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ Star Wars Imperial March͘ D ^^/s >z WWZKWZ/ d ͘ Goldeneye͘ :ĂŵĞƐ ŽŶĚ ƚƵƌŶƐ ŚĞƌ ŽŶ͘

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ǆƚĞŶƐŝǀĞ ƵƐĞ ŽĨ Ă ƉĂĚĚůĞ͘ hƐŝŶŐ Ă ĚŝůĚŽ ŽŶ ŵǇ ďŽǇĨƌŝĞŶĚ͘ hƌŝŶĂƟŶŐ ŽŶ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ͘ KŶ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƌ ŝŶ ĨƌŽŶƚ ŽĨ ŵǇ ŚŽƵƐĞ ƵƐŝŶŐ Ă ǀŝďƌĂƟŶŐ ƐƚƌĂƉ ŽŶ͘ tŚĞŶ / ƐůĞƉƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚŝƐ Őŝƌů ƐŚĞ ƐĂŝĚ ƐŚĞ ǁĂƐ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚŽŝůĞƚ͕ ƚƵƌŶƐ ŽƵƚ ƐŚĞ ǁĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƐůĞĞƉ ŝŶ ŚĞƌ ŵĂƚĞ͛Ɛ ďĞĚ ǁŚŝůĞ ŚĞƌ ŵĂƚĞ ĐĂŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƐůĞƉƚ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĞ͘ ůŽǁ ũŽď ǁŚŝůĞ ĚƌƵŵŵŝŶŐ͘ ^Ğǆ ǁŝƚŚ ŵǇ ƚŽǁŶ͛Ɛ ďƵůůǇ͛Ɛ ŐŝƌůĨƌŝĞŶĚ͊ ,Ğůů ǇĞĂŚ͊͊ dŚĞ ƟŵĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶĚŽŵ ƐƉůŝƚ͘ 'ĞƫŶŐ ŚĞĂĚ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ĚƌŝǀŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ DϮϱ͊ ,ĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ŚĂĚ ŽŶĞ͘

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Sexual Habits tŚĂƚ ŝƐ ǇŽƵƌ ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ ƐĞǆƵĂů ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ͍ DŝƐƐŝŽŶĂƌǇ Ϯϳ͘ϳй ŽŐŐǇ ^ƚǇůĞ ϮϮ͘ϲй tŽŵĂŶ ŽŶ dŽƉ ϯϱ͘ϯй ϲϵ Ϯ͘ϭй ^ƉŽŽŶŝŶŐ ϲй ^ƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ hƉ ϯ͘ϴй KƚŚĞƌ Ϯ͘ϲй

Have you ever Best Experiences had sex to music or a film?

Sexual Health ϵϭ͘Ϯй ϴ͘ϴй

What role play have you done during sex? ĂƌƚŵĂŶ ĨƌŽŵ ^ŽƵƚŚ WĂƌŬ͘ sĂŵƉŝƌĞ ĂŶĚ ǀŝĐƟŵ͘ dŚĂƚ Twilight ƐĂŐĂ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŐŽƚ ŵĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ͘ &ƌĞĚĚŝĞ DĞƌĐƵƌǇ ĂŶĚ ƌŝĂŶ DĂǇ͘ / ǁĂƐ &ƌĞĚĚŝĞ͘ / ƉƌĞƚĞŶĚĞĚ / ǁĂƐ ŝŶ Ă ŚĞƌďĂů ĞƐƐĞŶĐĞ ĂĚǀĞƌƚ͘ EŽ ƌĞĂů ŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞ͕ ŝƚ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐŝǆƚĞĞŶƚŚ ĐĞŶƚƵƌǇ͘ ^ŚĞ ǁĂƐ Ă ŚĂƌůŽƚ ƐƵƐƉĞĐƚĞĚ ŽĨ ďĞŝŶŐ Ă ǁŝƚĐŚ͕ / ǁĂƐ Ă ƉƵƌŝƚĂŶŝĐĂů ǁŝƚĐŚͲŚƵŶƚĞƌ ŽǀĞƌĐŽŵĞ ďǇ ŚĞƌ ůƵƐƚǇ ǁĂǇƐ͘ / ƉƌĞƚĞŶĚĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƐŚĞ ƉƌĞƚĞŶĚĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞĚ͘ WƌĞƚĞŶĚĞĚ ŚĞ ŝƐ Ă ƚƌŝďĂů ǁĂƌƌŝŽƌ͊ WƌŝŶĐĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂďůĞ ďŽǇ͘ ŽŵŝŶĂŶĐĞͬƐƵďŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ ŝƐ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ƚŽ ƐŽŵĞ ĞǆƚĞŶƚ ƌŽůĞƉůĂǇ͘ Ƶƚ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ŶĞǀĞƌ ďĞĞŶ ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ͕ ǁĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ďŽƚŚ ĐƌĂĐŬ ƵƉ ƚŽŽ ŵƵĐŚ͘ &ƌĞŶĐŚ ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ͘ ^ŚĞ ǁĂŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƉƌĞƚĞŶĚ ǁĞ ǁĞƌĞ sŝĐƚŽƌŝĂŶ ŵĂŝĚƐ ǁŚŽ ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ƐŚĂƌĞ Ă ďĞĚ͘͘͘ ĂŶĚ / ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ƚƌǇ ƚŽ ƐĞĚƵĐĞ ŚĞƌ͘͘͘ / ĐŽƵůĚŶƚ ƐƚŽƉ ůĂƵŐŚŝŶŐ͊ ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƚŵĞŶƚ͘

FEATURES 13

TUESDAY 9th FEBRUARY 2010

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EĞǀĞƌ

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,Žǁ ůŽŶŐ ĚŽ ǇŽƵ ǁĂŝƚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ƐĞǆ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŶĞǁ ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌ͍ >ĞƐƐ ƚŚĂŶ Ă ǁĞĞŬ Ϯϰ͘ϯй ǁĞĞŬ ϭϱ͘ϵй ĨŽƌƚŶŝŐŚƚ ϭϵ͘ϲй ŵŽŶƚŚ Ϯϭй Ϯ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ ϲ͘ϭй >ŽŶŐĞƌ ϭϬ͘ϯй

tŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƟŵĞƐ ǇŽƵ͛ǀĞ ŚĂĚ ƐĞǆ ŝŶ Ϯϰ ŚƌƐ͍ ϭ ϭ͘ϴй Ϯ ϭϬ͘Ϯй ϯ ϭϵ͘ϱй ϰ Ϯϯ͘ϱй ϱ ϭϳ͘ϳй ϲ ϭϭ͘ϱй ϳ ϲ͘ϲй ϴ ϰ͘ϰй ϵ Ϭ͘ϵй ϭϬ ϭ͘ϴй KƚŚĞƌ Ϯ͘Ϯй ,ĂǀĞ ǇŽƵ ĞǀĞƌ ŚĂĚ Ă ŵƵůƟƉůĞ ŽƌŐĂƐŵ͍ zĞƐ ϰϬ͘ϴй EŽ ϱϵ͘Ϯй

Why did you choose to wait as long as you did before having sex with a new partner? tŽƵůĚ ǇŽƵ ĞǀĞƌ ƐůĞĞƉ ǁŝƚŚ ǇŽƵƌ ďĞƐƚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚ͛Ɛ ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌ͍ zĞƐ ϭϭ͘ϱй EŽ ϴϴ͘ϱй tŽƵůĚ ǇŽƵ ĞǀĞƌ ŚĂǀĞ ƐĞǆ ƚŽ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ǇŽƵƌ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ͍ zĞƐ ϯϴ͘ϱй EŽ ϲϭ͘ϱй

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Ž ǇŽƵ ƚŚŝŶŬ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ĂŶĚ ŵĞĚŝĂ ŐůĂŵŽƵƌŝƐĞ ƐĞǆ͍ zĞƐ ϵϰй EŽ ϲй ,ĂǀĞ ǇŽƵ ĞǀĞƌ ŚĂĚ ƐĞǆ ƚŽ ŵƵƐŝĐ Žƌ Ă Įůŵ͍ zĞƐ ϳϳ͘Ϯй EŽ ϮϮ͘ϴй

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ĞĐĂƵƐĞ / ůŽǀĞ ƐĞǆ͘ / ĮŶĚ ŵŽƐƚ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ ďĞŐŝŶ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ďĂƌĞůǇ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƐƚĂŶĚ ƵƉ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ > Z͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŝďůĞ ƚĞůůƐ ƵƐ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ Ă ƌƵůĞ Žƌ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ͕ ũƵƐƚ ŚŽǁ ŝƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬ ŽƵƚ͘ dŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĞǇ ůŝŬĞ ǇŽƵ ĨŽƌ ǁŚŽ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ͘ ĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƟŵĞ ůŝŵŝƚƐ ĂƌĞ ƉŽŝŶƚůĞƐƐ͕ ũƵƐƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƐĞǆ ǁŚĞŶ ǇŽƵ ĨĞĞů ůŝŬĞ ŝƚ͊ ^Ğǆ ŝƐ ĂŶ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ Ă ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ͘ /Ĩ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŶ ŝƐ ƌƵďďŝƐŚ ƚŚĞŶ ŝƚ ǁŽŶ͛ƚ ǁŽƌŬ͘ ^Ž / ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ůŽŽŬ ƚŽŽ ƐůĂŐŐǇ͘ dŽŽ ĚĂŵŶ ŚŽƌŶǇ ĨŽƌ ŵǇ ŽǁŶ ŐŽŽĚ͘ ĞĐĂƵƐĞ / Ăŵ Ă ŵĂŶ͘ ĞĐĂƵƐĞ / ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ƌĞůĂƚĞ ƐĞǆ ĂŶĚ ůŽǀĞ͘

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ƌŽƉƉŝŶŐ ǇŽƵƌ ŬŶŝĐŬĞƌƐ ĨŽƌ Ă ŐŽŽĚͲ ĨŽƌͲŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ǁŽƌƚŚ ůŽƐŝŶŐ ǇŽƵƌ ƐĞůĨͲƌĞƐƉĞĐƚ ĨŽƌ͘ dŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĞǇ͛ƌĞ ŶŽƚ Ă ŬŶŽď͘ / ůŽǀĞ ƚŚĞ ŶŽͲƉĂŶƚƐ ĚĂŶĐĞ͘ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ƐĞǆ ĐĂŶ ĐůŽƵĚ ũƵĚŐĞŵĞŶƚ ƐŽ ďĞƩĞƌ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ĂŶ ŽƉŝŶŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůŝƚǇ͘ dŽ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ ĂŶ ĞŵŽƟŽŶĂů ĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶĐǇ͘ /ƚ ĨĞůƚ ƌŝŐŚƚ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ ďŽƚŚ ƌĞĂůŝƐĞĚ ǁĞ ůŽǀĞĚ ĞĂĐŚ ŽƚŚĞƌ͘ 'Ğƚ ƚŽ ŬŶŽǁ ĞĂĐŚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĞ ůŝŬĞ͕ ĨĞĞů ĐŽŵĨŽƌƚĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ ŶŽƚ ĞŵďĂƌƌĂƐƐĞĚ͘ tĂŝƟŶŐ ƉƵƚƐ ƚŽŽ ŵƵĐŚ ŽĨ ĂŶ ĞŵƉŚĂƐŝƐ ŽŶ ŝƚ Ͳ ŝƚ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĨŽƌ ĞŶũŽǇŵĞŶƚ

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DĂŬŝŶŐ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ŶŽŝƐĞ Ăƚ ĞŶƚĞƌ WĂƌĐƐ͘ ŽŵŝŶŐ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŚĂƌĚ Ăƚ ϲĂŵ ĂŌĞƌ ĂŶ ĂůůͲŶŝŐŚƚ ĚĞďĂƚĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ǀĂůŝĚŝƚǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ /ƌĂƋ ǁĂƌ ;ŝŶǀĂƐŝŽŶƐ ŽĨ ĚƵďŝŽƵƐ ůĞŐĂůŝƚǇ ŐĞƚ ŵĞ ŽīͿ͘ tŚŝůƐƚ ĚŽŝŶŐ ŵǇ ŐŝƌůĨƌŝĞŶĚ ĨƌŽŵ ďĞŚŝŶĚ͕ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐůŝŵĂƟĐ ƐĞĐŽŶĚƐ͕ / ƉƵůůĞĚ ŽƵƚ ĂŶĚ ĐĂŵĞ Ăůů ŽǀĞƌ ŚĞƌ ƚĞĚĚǇ ďĞĂƌƐ͘ dŝůů ƚŚŝƐ ĚĂǇ ƐŚĞ ŚĂƐ ŶĞǀĞƌ ĨŽƌŐŝǀĞŶ ŵĞ͘ WƌŽďĂďůǇ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ / ŚĂĚ ƐĞǆ ǁŝƚŚ ŵǇ ďŽǇĨƌŝĞŶĚ ǁŚĞŶ / ƌĞĂůŝƐĞĚ / ůŽǀĞĚ Śŝŵ͘ WƌŽďĂďůǇ ŵǇ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ͕ Žƌ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƌĂƚŚŽŶ ŽĨ ƐĞǆ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĞŶƐƵĞĚ ƐŽŽŶ ĂŌĞƌǁĂƌĚƐ͘ tĂƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă Őŝƌů / ƌĞĂůůǇ ůŝŬĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŚĂĚ ũƵƐƚ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ƐĞĞŝŶŐ͘ tŚĂƚ ŵŽƌĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ǇŽƵ ǁĂŶƚ͍ tŚĞŶ ŵĞ ĂŶĚ ŵǇ ďŽǇĨƌŝĞŶĚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĚƌŝŶŬŝŶŐ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ĨĂƌ ĚŝƌƟĞƌ͘ ,ŽůŝĚĂǇ ƌŽŵĂŶĐĞ ǁŚĞŶ ƚƌĂǀĞůůŝŶŐ ŝŶ ŽƐƚĂ ZŝĐĂ͘ ŽŝŶŐ ŝƚ ŝŶ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƌŽŽŵ ǁŚĞŶ ŚŝƐ ŚŽƵƐĞŵĂƚĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ ŽƵƚ͘ ZĞĂůůǇ ĚƌƵŶŬĞŶ ƚŚƌŽǁĚƌŽǁŶ ƐĞǆ ŝŶ Ă ŬŝƚĐŚĞŶ ĐƵƉďŽĂƌĚ ŝŶ ĂůŝĨŽƌŶŝĂ͘ h >ĂŬĞ Ͳ ĂǀŽŝĚŝŶŐ ƌĂŶĚŽŵĞƌƐ ǁĂƐ ĞǆĐŝƟŶŐ͘ tŚĞŶ ŵĞ ĂŶĚ ŵǇ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ŐŝƌůĨƌŝĞŶĚ ĐĂŵĞ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ͘ :ƵƐƚ ĂŵĂǌŝŶŐ͘

dŚĂŶŬƐ ƚŽ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ ǁŚŽ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞĚ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ^Ğǆ ^ƵƌǀĞǇ͊ dŚĞ ǁŝŶŶĞƌ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ƉƌŝǌĞ ĚƌĂǁ ǁŝůů ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞ Ă ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ ĂŶĚ ǀĞƌǇ ƐĞǆǇ ŐŽŽĚǇ ďĂŐ ǁŽƌƚŚ άϳϱ ĨƌŽŵ ^ŝŶƐŝŶƐ >ŽǀĞ ^ƚŽƌĞ͊ tŝƚŚ ŽǀĞƌ ϭϬ ǇĞĂƌƐ ŽĨ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ ĞǆĐĞůůĞŶƚ ĐƵƐƚŽŵĞƌ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ͕ ^ŝŶƐŝŶƐ ƉƌŝĚĞ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ŽŶ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶƟĂůŝƚǇ͕ ŶŽŶͲũƵĚŐĞŵĞŶƚĂů ĂƐƐŝƐƚĂŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚĂďŝůŝƚǇ ŝŶ Ăůů ŵĂƩĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞƐ͘ ŶǇ ŽŶůŝŶĞ ŽƌĚĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ĚŝƐĐƌĞĞƚůǇ ƉĂĐŬĂŐĞĚ͘ tŚĞƚŚĞƌ ǇŽƵ ũƵƐƚ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ƐƉŝĐĞ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ƵƉ Ă ůŝƩůĞ͕ ŐŝǀĞ Ă ƐĞǆǇ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞ ƚŚŝƐ sĂůĞŶƟŶĞƐ ĂǇ Žƌ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŐĞƚ ĞǆƉĞƌŝŵĞŶƚĂů͕ ^ŝŶƐŝŶƐ ĐĂƚĞƌƐ ƚŽ ĞǀĞƌǇ ŶĞĞĚ͘ ^ŝŶƐŝŶƐ ĂůƐŽ ŽīĞƌƐ Ă ϭϬй ĚŝƐĐŽƵŶƚ ƚŽ ĂŶǇ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ƐŚŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ĐĂƌĚ ŽŶ Ă ŚƵŐĞ ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ͕ Ăůů ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ƚŽ ďƌŽǁƐĞ ŝŶ ƐƚŽƌĞ Ăƚ Ϯ ŚĂƌŝŶŐ ƌŽƐƐ͕ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͕ Žƌ ŽŶůŝŶĞ Ăƚ ǁǁǁ͘ƐŝŶƐŝŶĚŝƌĞĐƚ͘ĐŽŵ͘

ŝĚŶ͛ƚ ƌĞĂůŝƐĞ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ Ă ŵĂŶ͘ DĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŐƵǇ / ǁĂƐ ƐůĞĞƉŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ďŽƚŚ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĞ ǁƌŽŶŐ ŶĂŵĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁĞƌĞ ƚŽŽ ĚƌƵŶŬ ƚŽ ĐĂƌĞ͘ sŽŵŝƟŶŐ ŽŶ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ͛Ɛ ƉĞŶŝƐ͘ ŽƵŶƟŶŐ ƟůĞƐ ŽŶ Ă ĐĞŝůŝŶŐ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ďŽƌĞĚŽŵ͘ tŝƚŚ Ă Őŝƌů Ăƚ ^ŝǆƚŚ &Žƌŵ͖ / ŐŽƚ ƐŽ ďŽƌĞĚ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ Ă ďĂĚ ďůŽǁ ũŽď͕ / ƉůĂŶŶĞĚ Ă ƐĂŶĚǁŝĐŚ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶƚƵĂůůǇ ƚŽůĚ ŚĞƌ ƚŽ ƐƚŽƉ ƐŽ / ĐŽƵůĚ ŵĂŬĞ ŝƚ͘ dŚŝƐ ĚƵĚĞ ǁĞŶƚ ŵĞŶƚĂů ǁŚĞŶ / ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ƚŽ ŶŝďďůĞ ŚŝƐ ƚŽĞƐ͘ ,Ğ ŚĂĚ ƐƚĂǇĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŶŝŐŚƚ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ͕ / ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ / ǁĂƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞƌĞ͘ dƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŵĂƐƚƵƌďĂƚĞ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ůŝŬĞ ƉŽŬŝŶŐ ƌĂǁ ďĂĐŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ǇŽƵƌ ĞǇĞƐ ĐůŽƐĞĚ͘ ĞŝŶŐ ĐĂƵŐŚƚ ǁĂŶŬŝŶŐ ďǇ ŵǇ ĂƵŶƚ͘ ,ĂǀŝŶŐ ŵǇ ĞǆͲŐŝƌůĨƌŝĞŶĚ ƉƵƚ ŽŶ Ă ƐƚƌĂƉ ŽŶ͕ ƟĞ ŵĞ ƵƉ ĂŶĚ ůŝƚĞƌĂůůǇ ƌĂŵ ŝƚ ŝŶƚŽ ŵĞ͘ ,ĂǀŝŶŐ ƐĞǆ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŐƵǇ͕ ŚĂůĨ ǁĂǇ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŚĞ ƐĂǇƐ ͚ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ ĂƐƐƵŵĞƐ /͛ŵ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŐŽŽĚ Ăƚ ƐĞǆ͘͘͘͘ďƵƚ /͛ŵ ŶŽƚ͛͘ / ƚƌŝĞĚ ƚŽ ƉƌĞƚĞŶĚ / ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ŚĞĂƌ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůǇ ǁĂƐ ŝƚ ƐĂĚ͕ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ĂůƐŽ ǀĞƌǇ ƚƌƵĞ͘ ĞŝŶŐ ƉĞůǀŝĐĂůůǇ ŐƌŽƵŶĚ ŝŶƚŽ ĂŐŽŶǇ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ůĞŌ ƚŽ ĮŶŝƐŚ ŵǇƐĞůĨ Žī͘ ,ĂĚ ĂŶ ĂƌŐƵŵĞŶƚ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ĞǆͲŐŝƌůĨƌŝĞŶĚ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƐĞǆ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƐŚĞ ǁĂƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ƌŝĚŝĐƵůŽƵƐůǇ ĐƌĂƉ ŝŶ ďĞĚ͘ ƌŽŬĞ ƵƉ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ŶŝŐŚƚ͘ Ŷ Ğǆ͕ ĂŌĞƌ ŐĞƫŶŐ ŵĞ ƚŽ ŽƌŐĂƐŵ͕ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ĂƐŬ ŝĨ / ǁĂƐ ͚ďĞƩĞƌ͛͘ /ƚ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ŵĂĚĞ ŵĞ ĐƌŝŶŐĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ŚŽƌƌŝďůĞ ŐƌĞĂƐǇ ŐƵǇ ǁŚŽ ŵĂĚĞ ŵĞ ǀŽŵŝƚ͘ / ǁĂƐ ĚƌƵŶŬ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ Śŝŵ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ŵĞ ǀŽŵŝƚ͘ EŽƚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ / ǁĂƐ ĚƌƵŶŬ͘ ZĂŶĚŽŵ > Z ŐƵǇ ĨŽƌĐŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ĮŶŐĞƌƐ ĚŽǁŶ ŵǇ ŬŶŝĐŬĞƌƐ͘ ŶĂů ƐĞǆ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ Ğǆ ǁŚŽ ŚĂĚŶ͛ƚ ĐůĞĂŶĞĚ ƉƌŽƉĞƌůǇ͘

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Concrete’s Sexiest Lecturer Results The polls have closed, the votes have been counted and verified, and now we can finally reveal the University of East Anglia’s Sexiest Lecturers as voted for by you, the students.

There is a neverending debate ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĐƌŝƟĐƐ ŽĨ ĂƌƚƐ ĂŶĚ ŚƵŵĂŶŝƟĞƐͲďĂƐĞĚ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ǀĂůƵĞ ŽĨ ƐƚƵĚǇŝŶŐ ĂĞƐƚŚĞƟĐƐ ŽǀĞƌ ŝƌƌĞĨƵƚĂďůĞ ĨĂĐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂƟƐƟĐƐ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƐŝŶĐĞ ůĂƐƚ month’s announcement of the ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ͛Ɛ ^ĞǆŝĞƐƚ >ĞĐƚƵƌĞƌ ƐŚŽƌƚůŝƐƚ͕ such highbrow debate has taken second place amongst our academic ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ĐŚĞĞŬǇ ƐŵŝůĞƐ͕ ůƵƐƚƌŽƵƐ ůŽĐŬƐ ĂŶĚ ĂŵŽƌŽƵƐ ĂĐĐĞŶƚƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ůĞŌ ƵƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŝƌƌĞĨƵƚĂďůĞ ĨĂĐƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ŽƵƌ ŚŝŐŚůǇ ƐĐŝĞŶƟĮĐ ƐƵƌǀĞǇ͗ ǁŚĞŶ ŝƚ ĐŽŵĞƐ ƚŽ ŽƵƌ ƌƚƐ ĂŶĚ ,ƵŵĂŶŝƟĞƐ ĞĚƵĐĂƚŽƌƐ͕ ǁŚŽ Ɛŝƚ ĂƐƚƌŝĚĞ ŽƵƌ ůŝƐƚ ƚƌŝƵŵƉŚĂŶƚůǇ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚǇ ŽĨ ďĞĂƵƚǇ ŝƐ ŵĞƌĞůǇ ƚŚĞ ĂĐƚ ŽĨ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ ƌĞŇĞĐƟŽŶƐ͘ tŚŝůĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽƌƚůŝƐƚ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚ ŶŽŵŝŶĂƟŽŶƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ^ĐŚŽŽů ŽĨ ĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ͕ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ƐŚŽǁŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ͚ĮƐŚǇ ĚŝƐŚǇ͛ dŝŵ Ăǁ ĂŶĚ ͚ŐŽĚĚĞƐƐ͛ sĂƐƵĚŚĂ ŚŚŽƚƌĂǇ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ^ĐŚŽŽůƐ ŽĨ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ^ƚƵĚŝĞƐ͕ WŽůŝƟĐĂů͕ ^ŽĐŝĂů ĂŶĚ /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ^ƚƵĚŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ,ŝƐƚŽƌǇ ǁŚŽ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŶŐ͕ Žƌ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ ĞŶǀŝŽƵƐ ŐůĂŶĐĞƐ͕ Ăƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽůůĞĂŐƵĞƐ ƚŚŝƐ ǁĞĞŬ͘ dŚĞ ĨĞŵĂůĞ ĐĂƚĞŐŽƌǇ ŚĂƐ ĚŝǀŝĚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ǀŽƚĞƌƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚƵƐ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ǁŽŶ ďǇ ƚǁŽ ůĞĐƚƵƌĞƌƐ͗ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ^ƚƵĚŝĞƐ ŶŐĞů ^ĂƌĂŚ ŚƵƌĐŚǁĞůů ĂŶĚ WŽůŝƟĐƐ WƌŝŶĐĞƐƐ ,ĞĂƚŚĞƌ ^ĂǀŝŐŶǇ͘ KŶ ŚĞƌ ũŽŝŶƚ ǁŝŶ͕ ,ĞĂƚŚĞƌ͕ ǁŚŽƐĞ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ŚĂŝƌ

Sexiest Male Lecturer dŚŽŵĂƐ KƩĞ dŝŵ Ăǁ :ŽŚŶ ^ƚƌĞĞƚ EŝĐŬ ŶƐƚĞĂĚ ĂǀŝĚ DŝůŶĞ

ϯϯ͘ϯй Ϯϯ͘ϭй ϮϬ͘ϱй ϭϮ͘ϴй ϭϬ͘ϯй

Sexiest Female Lecturer

^ĞǆŝĞƐƚ DĂůĞ͕ ,ŝƐƚŽƌǇ͛Ɛ dŚŽŵĂƐ KƩĞ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ ďǇ ũŽŝŶƚ ^ĞǆŝĞƐƚ &ĞŵĂůĞƐ͕ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ^ƚƵĚŝĞƐ͛ ^ĂƌĂŚ ŚƵƌĐŚǁĞůů ĂŶĚ WŽůŝƟĐĂů ^ĐŝĞŶĐĞƐ͛ ,ĞĂƚŚĞƌ ^ĂǀŝŐŶǇ͘

colour change has been a topic of ŵƵĐŚ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐŝŽŶ ĂŵŽŶŐƐƚ ŚĞƌ ĨĂŶƐ͕ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚĞĚ͕ ͚/͛ŵ ǀĞƌǇ ŇĂƩĞƌĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŚĂǀĞ ůĂƵŐŚĞĚ ĂƐ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ŚĂƉƉĞŶĞĚ ƚŽ ŵĞ Ăƚ h ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐŶ͛ƚ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚ ŵĞ ĮůůŝŶŐ ŝŶ Ă ĨŽƌŵ Ͳ ƐŽ ƚŚĂŶŬ ǇŽƵ͊͛ ^ƵůƚƌǇ ^ĂƌĂŚ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞƌ ǁŝŶ ǁĂƐ ͚ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵů ŶĞǁƐ͛͗ ͞/ƚ͛Ɛ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ŬŶŽǁ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ ŝŶ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ ĞǆĐĞƉƚ /͛ŵ ŐƌĂƟĮĞĚ ƚŽ ŬŶŽǁ ƚŚĂƚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵŝŶĚƐ ĮƌŵůǇ ĮǆĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐƚƵĚŝĞƐ͘ Ɛ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐƌĞƚƐ ŽĨ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ͕ /͛Ě ƐĂǇ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƚŚŝŶŐ / ƐĂǇ ĂďŽƵƚ ĞƐƐĂǇͲǁƌŝƟŶŐ͗ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ ĐŽƵŶƚƐ͘͟ DĞĂŶǁŚŝůĞ͕ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ WŽůŝƟĐƐ ďŽǇƐ͕

,ŝƐƚŽƌǇ ůĞĐƚƵƌĞƌ dŚŽŵĂƐ KƩĞ ;ŵŽƌĞ ĐŽŵŵŽŶůǇ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĂƐ h ͛Ɛ ŽǁŶ ,ƵŐŚ 'ƌĂŶƚͿ ŚĂƐ ƚŽƉƉĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂůĞ ǀŽƚĞ͕ proving that his fan base extends ĨĂƌ ďĞǇŽŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĚŝǌǌǇŝŶŐ ŚĞŝŐŚƚƐ ŽĨ 27 members that his coverage in ůĂƐƚ ŵŽŶƚŚ͛Ɛ ŝƐƐƵĞ ŚĂƐ ƵŶĚŽƵďƚĞĚůǇ helped accumulate for his Facebook ĨĂŶ ŐƌŽƵƉ͘ ǀĞƌ ƐĞůĨͲĚĞƉƌĞĐĂƟŶŐ͕ ƌ KƩĞ ƐĂŝĚ͕ ͚&Žƌ ŵĞ͕ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂƩƌĂĐƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĂ ŚĂƐ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ďĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ůŝƩůĞ ƉƵǌǌůĞƐ ŽŶĞ ŐĞƚƐ ƚŽ ƐŽůǀĞ͘ Ƶƚ ƚŚŝƐ ǀŽƚĞ ŝƐ Ă ƉƵǌǌůĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ǁĞůů ďĞǇŽŶĚ ŵĞ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ĞĂƌůŝĞƌ ŶŽŵŝŶĂƟŽŶ ŚĂƐ been the source of much amusement ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ^ĐŚŽŽů ŽĨ ,ŝƐƚŽƌǇ͕ ĂŶĚ / ƐƵƐƉĞĐƚ that this issue of Concrete will cause

The one that got away... DĂƌŬ ƵƌƌŝĞ ƐŚĂƩĞƌĞĚ ĂŶǇ ƐƚĞƌĞŽƚǇƉŝĐĂů ƉƌĞĐŽŶĐĞƉƟŽŶƐ / ŚĂĚ ŽĨ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌƐ ǁŚĞŶ / ĮƌƐƚ ǀŝƐŝƚĞĚ h ĂƐ Ă ƐŝǆƚŚ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ͘ tŚĞŶ DĂƌŬ ƵƌƌŝĞ͕ then head of the school of Literature ĂŶĚ ƌĞĂƟǀĞ tƌŝƟŶŐ ;ŚĞ ŝƐ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ŽŶ ƐĂďďĂƟĐĂůͿ ŐĂǀĞ ŚŝƐ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐƚŽƌǇ ƚĂůŬ ƚŽ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů h ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŵǇ ŵŝŶĚ ǁĂƐ ŵĂĚĞ ƵƉ ʹ h ŵƵƐƚ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ƐĞǆŝĞƐƚ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ŝĨ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ŵĂŶ ĐŽƵůĚ ŚŽůĚ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ŚŝŐŚ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ͘ dŚŽƵŐŚ ŵǇ ŝŶŝƟĂů ũƵĚŐĞŵĞŶƚƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĂĞƐƚŚĞƟĐ ĐĂůŝďƌĞ ŽĨ h ůĞĐƚƵƌĞƌƐ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ůĂƌŐĞůǇ ĚŝƐĐĂƌĚĞĚ͕

Mark Currie remains an object of ĂĚƵůĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ŵǇƐĞůĨ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŶǇ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŐƵƐŚŝŶŐ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƚǁŽ ŬĞǇ ĨĂĐĞƚƐ ƚŽ Mark Currie’s sexiness – interior ĂŶĚ ĞǆƚĞƌŝŽƌ͘ ŶǇŽŶĞ ǁŚŽ ŚĂƐ ƐĂƚ through one of his lectures cannot ĨĂŝů ƚŽ ďĞ ŝŶ ĂǁĞ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ĂƌƟĐƵůĂƚĞŶĞƐƐ͕ ŚŝƐ ƐŽŌͲƐƉŽŬĞŶ ƉŽůŝƚĞŶĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ĐŚĂƌŵŝŶŐ ĂďŝůŝƚǇ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĚŝŽƵƐ ,ĞĂƌƚ ŽĨ ĂƌŬŶĞƐƐ ƐŽƵŶĚ ǀĂŐƵĞůǇ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ͘ ĐĐĞŶƚƵĂƟŶŐ ŚŝƐ ƐĞǆǇ ďƌĂŝŶ ŝƐ ŚŝƐ ŝŵŵĂĐƵůĂƚĞ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞ͘ ,Ğ ŝƐ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ĞīŽƌƚůĞƐƐůǇ ƐŵĂƌƚ͖ ǁĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ Śŝŵ ƉĂĐĞ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŐĞ ŽĨ >dϭ

ĞǀĞŶ ŐƌĞĂƚĞƌ ŚŝůĂƌŝƚǇ ŚĞƌĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƵƌƚŚ ŇŽŽƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌƚƐ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ͘ ŶĚ as we academics don’t seem to have ŵƵĐŚ ƚŽ ůĂƵŐŚ ĂďŽƵƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ͕ / Ăŵ ƐƵƌĞ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ Ăůů ǀĞƌǇ ŐƌĂƚĞĨƵů ƚŽ h ͛Ɛ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĨŽƌ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ ƵƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŽŵĞ ůŝŐŚƚ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ͘ dŚĂŶŬ ǇŽƵ ǀĞƌǇ ŵƵĐŚ͘ / ƐŚĂůů ƚƌǇ ŶŽƚ ůĞƚ ƚŚŝƐ ŐŽ ƚŽ ŵǇ ŚĞĂĚ͛͘ ,ŝƐ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚƐ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ĐĂƉƚƵƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĞǆĐŝƚĞŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐŝŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĂƌƟĐůĞ ŚĂƐ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĞĚ ĂŵŽŶŐ ƚŚĞ ůĞĐƚƵƌĞƌƐ͘ dŚĞ ĂƌƟĐůĞ ĨĞĂƚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ƐŚŽƌƚůŝƐƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƉƌŽƵĚůǇ ĚŝƐƉůĂǇĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ŵĂŬĞƐŚŝŌ ĨƌĂŵĞ ŽŶ ŇŽŽƌ ƚŚƌĞĞ ŽĨ ƌƚƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶŶŽƚĂƟŽŶƐ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐŝŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŽ ǀŽƚĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ Žƌ ĞĂĐŚ ŽƚŚĞƌ͕ and lecturers have been caught asking about the lack of their own presence ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ůŝƐƚ͘ KŶĞ ŶŽŵŝŶĂƚĞĚ ůĞĐƚƵƌĞƌ even told a Concrete writer that he ǁŝůů ďĞ ƐĞŶĚŝŶŐ ŝƚ ƚŽ ŚŝƐ ŐŝƌůĨƌŝĞŶĚ͘ DĞĂŶǁŚŝůĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂƌƟĐůĞ ĂƩƌĂĐƚĞĚ ĐŽŶƚƌŽǀĞƌƐǇ ǁŚĞŶ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ ƵƉ ŝŶ front of a Labour Soc organised panel

^ĂƌĂŚ ŚƵƌĐŚǁĞůů ,ĞĂƚŚĞƌ ^ĂǀŝŐŶǇ ŶŐĞůĂ ƌĞŝƚĞŶďĂĐŚ ĞĐŝůĞ :ĂĐŬƐŽŶ sĂƐƵĚŚĂ ŚŚŽƚƌĂǇ

ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ ,ŽŵĞ ^ĞĐƌĞƚĂƌǇ ĂŶĚ Norwich South MP Charles Clarke and Eh^ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ tĞƐ ^ƚƌĞĞƟŶŐ͕ ďƵƚ ǁĂƐ

“the secrets of success...I’d say the same thing I say about essay-writing: presentation counts” ůĂƌŐĞůǇ ĚŝƐŵŝƐƐĞĚ ĂƐ Ă ďŝƚ ŽĨ ĨƵŶ͘ dŚĂƚ ŝƚ ŵĂǇ ďĞ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŽŶŐŽŝŶŐ ĐĂƚĂůŽŐƵŝŶŐ ŽĨ h ͛Ɛ ĮŶĞƐƚ ĨĂĐĞƐ ŝƐ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚ Ă ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŚĞƌĞ Ăƚ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŝƚ ǁŝůů ŶŽ ĚŽƵďƚ ďĞ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐ Ă much coveted item of interest for ĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐƐ͛ sƐ ĨŽƌ ǇĞĂƌƐ ƚŽ ĐŽŵĞ͘

PARTICIPANTS WANTED FOR CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH in his sharp suit trousers and crisp ƐŚŝƌƚƐ ŝƐ ƐŝŵƉůǇ ŵĞƐŵĞƌŝƐŝŶŐ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ŵĞŶƟŽŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶƐ / ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ůƵĐŬǇ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ Śŝŵ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ŽŶ ůƵĞďĞůů ZŽĂĚ͙ /ƚ ŝƐ ƋƵŝƚĞ ĨƌĂŶŬůǇ Ă ƚƌĂǀĞƐƚǇ ƚŚĂƚ Mark Currie has not been voted ƐĞǆŝĞƐƚ ůĞĐƚƵƌĞƌ͘ DĂƌŬ ƵƌƌŝĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ƌĞĂƐŽŶ ĨŽƌ ĞǀĞƌ ĂƩĞŶĚŝŶŐ Ă ůĞĐƚƵƌĞ ŽŶ :ŽƐĞƉŚ ŽŶƌĂĚ͘ &ĂĐƚ͘

Ϯϱ͘ϵй Ϯϱ͘ϵй ϮϮ͘Ϯй ϭϴ͘ϱй ϳ͘ϰй

Ž ǇŽƵ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƚĞ ƚŽ ƉƐǇĐŚŽůŽŐŝĐĂů ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚͲ ŝŶŐ ŽĨ ĚŝƐƚƌĞƐƐŝŶŐ ůŝĨĞ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͕ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ ŝĚĞŶƟƚǇ͍

/& zKh d < W Zd͕ zKh t/>> Ed Z /EdK Z t dK WIN A 16GB IPOD NANO! WůĞĂƐĞ ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚ ,ĞĂƚŚĞƌ tĞďď ďǇ ĞŵĂŝů͗ ŚĞĂƚŚĞƌ͘ǁĞďďΛƵĞĂ͘ĂĐ͘ƵŬ Žƌ ƚĞůĞƉŚŽŶĞ͗ Ϭϳϵϰϵ ϴϲϰϯϲϯ͘

Kirsten Peter

EDITORIAL 15

TUESDAY 9th FEBRUARY 2010

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concrete.opinion@uea.ac.uk Davina Kesby

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All joking aside, I know a lot of you look forward to the results of the Sex survey so kick back and enjoy!

Love Hannah CORRECTIONS

LIFESTYLE EDITOR

dŚĞ ĂƌƟĐůĞ ĞŶƟƚůĞĚ ͞ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞƐ ^ĞĞŬ ůŝƚĞ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐ͟ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞĚ ŝŶ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ŝƐƐƵĞ EŽ͘ Ϯϯϴ͕ is to be credited to David Biggins as it was credited to Nick Church in error. Further, the photo of ͞h ͛Ɛ ^ĐŚŽŽů ŽĨ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ >ŝĨĞůŽŶŐ >ĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ͟ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂĐĐŽŵƉĂŶŝĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĂƌƟĐůĞ ŝƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ĐƌĞĚŝƚĞĚ to Laura Smith.

Writers

/ƚ ŚĂƐ ĂůƐŽ ďĞĞŶ ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ ƚŽ ŽƵƌ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƐƚĂī ƌĂƟŽ Ăƚ h ŝƐ͕ ŝŶ ĨĂĐƚ͕ ϭϳ͘ϭ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ϭϴ͘ϴ ĂĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ůĂƚĞƐƚ dŝŵĞƐ >ĞĂŐƵĞ dĂďůĞ͘ dŚĞ ůĂƩĞƌ ĮŐƵƌĞ ǁĂƐ ƚĂŬĞŶ ĨƌŽŵ ĂŶ ŽƵƚĚĂƚĞĚ ƐŽƵƌĐĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĂƌƟĐůĞ ͞ ůĂƐƐ ^ŝǌĞƐ ƚŽ ZŝƐĞ ĂƐ &ƵŶĚŝŶŐ &ĂůůƐ͟ ŝŶ ŝƐƐƵĞ EŽ͘ Ϯϯϴ͘

concrete.lifestyle@uea.ac.uk Samantha Lewis

Kristina Stephens, Olivia Webb

John Ferguson, Will Stone, Tony Neil

OPINIONS EDITOR

While this issue, featuring the results of not only the Concrete Sex ^ƵƌǀĞǇ ďƵƚ ŽĨ h ͛Ɛ ^ĞǆŝĞƐƚ >ĞĐƚƵƌĞƌ͕ ŵĂǇ ƉŽƌƚƌĂǇ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĂŵ of editors and contributors to Concrete as sexually-deprived ĚĞǀŝĂŶƚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ǀŽǇĞƵƌŝƐƟĐ ƉĞƌǀĞƌƐŝŽŶƐ / ĐĂŶ ĂƐƐƵƌĞ ǇŽƵ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐĞ͘ EĂƚƵƌĂůůǇ͕ ďĞŝŶŐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƵƉĞƌŇƵŽƵƐ ĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐ ŝŶƐƟƚƵƟŽŶ͕ ƌŝŐŽƌŽƵƐ ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƐ ŽĨ ŵĞƚŚŽĚŽůŽŐǇ ǁĞƌĞ ĂƉƉůŝĞĚ ŝŶ ĚĂƚĂ ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ĂůŽŶŐƐŝĚĞ Ă ƐƚƌĞŶƵŽƵƐ analysis by our Features Editor. There appears to ďĞ Ă ƚŚĞŵĞ ŽĨ ƐƵƌƌĞĂůŝƐŵ ŝŶ ƐĞǆƵĂů ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐ Ăƚ h Ͳ &ƌĞĚĚŝĞ DĞƌĐƵƌǇ ƌŽůĞ ƉůĂǇ͕ dŝŶƟŶ͕ Star Wars and unfortunate signature moves involving teddy bears - that ŽƵƌ ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚĞƌƐ ĐŽƵůĚ ŽŶůǇ ĂƩƌŝďƵƚĞ to escapism and disillusionment with the stagnant economic woes of most students.

We express sincere apologies for the stated errors.

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The cost of Britain’s waste John Ferguson

tĞĞŬ ĮǀĞ Ăƚ h ƐĞĞƐ ƚŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ƚĂŬĞ ƉĂƌƚ ŝŶ WĞŽƉůĞ ĂŶĚ WůĂŶĞƚ͛Ɛ ͚'Ž 'ƌĞĞŶ͛ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ͘ dŚĞ ǁĞĞŬ ůŽŶŐ ŶĂƟŽŶǁŝĚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞƐ ďŽƚŚ ƐƚĂī ĂŶĚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƚŽ ƌĞĚƵĐĞ their detrimental impacts on the ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ ŝŶ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ǁĂǇƐ͕ ĨƌŽŵ ŐŽŝŶŐ ŵĞĂƚ ĨƌĞĞ ŽŶ DŽŶĚĂǇ ƚŽ ĐǇĐůŝŶŐ ŽŶ tĞĚŶĞƐĚĂǇ͘ /Ŷ ůŝŐŚƚ ŽĨ h ͛Ɛ ŐƌĞĞŶ ĞīŽƌƚƐ͕ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ůŽŽŬƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƚĞ ŽĨ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ͛Ɛ ǁĂƐƚĞ ƚŽĚĂǇ͕ ŚŽǁ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĚĞĂůƚ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶĚ ŝƚƐ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƐŽŵĞ ĂƌĞ ǁŽƌƐĞ ƚŚĂŶ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ͕ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ Ăůů ŐƵŝůƚǇ ŽĨ ƉƌŽĚƵĐŝŶŐ ǁĂƐƚĞ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŶǇ ŽĨ ƵƐ ĂƌĞ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚĂďůĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŝŵƉƌŽƉĞƌ ĚŝƐƉŽƐĂů ŽĨ ŝƚ͘ tĂƐƚĞ͕ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ƐĞŶƐĞ͕ ŝƐ ǀŝƌƚƵĂůůǇ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ point where it is no longer needed ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ƐƵďƐĞƋƵĞŶƚůǇ ĚŝƐĐĂƌĚĞĚ͘ Ɛ Ă ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ͕ ǁĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞ ŽǀĞƌ ϰϬϬ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ƚŽŶŶĞƐ ŽĨ ƐƵĐŚ ǁĂƐƚĞ ĞĂĐŚ

ǇĞĂƌ͘ ƉƉƌŽǆŝŵĂƚĞůǇ ϯϬ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ƚŽŶŶĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ Ăƚ ŚŽŵĞ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĞƋƵĂƚĞƐ ƚŽ ĂďŽƵƚ ŚĂůĨ Ă ƚŽŶŶĞ ƉĞƌ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ƉĞƌ ǇĞĂƌ͕ Ă ƐƚĂŐŐĞƌŝŶŐ ƐƚĂƟƐƟĐ ĞǀĞŶ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ĨĂĐƚŽƌŝŶŐ ŝŶ ǁĂƐƚĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ ƉĞƌ ĐĂƉŝƚĂ ĂǁĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ŚŽŵĞ͘ /ŶĚĞĞĚ͕ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ͛Ɛ ĂŶŶƵĂů ƉĞƌ ŚĞĂĚ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ǁĂƐƚĞ ŝƐ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚůǇ ĂďŽǀĞ ƚŚĞ h ĂǀĞƌĂŐĞ ĂŶĚ ŵƵĐŚ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ŵĂŶǇ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ŶĞŝŐŚďŽƵƌŝŶŐ ĐŽƵŶƚƌŝĞƐ͘ dŽĚĂǇ͕ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ͛Ɛ ǁĂƐƚĞ ŝƐ ƉƌŝŵĂƌŝůǇ ĚĞĂůƚ ǁŝƚŚ ŝŶ ĨŽƵƌ ǁĂǇƐ͗ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂůůǇ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ŐŽŶĞ ƚŽ ůĂŶĚĮůů ƐŝƚĞƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐŝŶŐůǇ ďĞŝŶŐ ƵƐĞĚ ĞĸĐŝĞŶƚůǇ ŝŶ ƌĞĐǇĐůŝŶŐ͕ ĐŽŵƉŽƐƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĂƐ Ă ƐŽƵƌĐĞ ŽĨ ĞŶĞƌŐǇ ǀŝĂ ŝŶĐŝŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ͘ KƵƌ ŝŶĐĞƐƐĂŶƚ ƌĞůŝĂŶĐĞ ƵƉŽŶ ůĂŶĚĮůů ƐŝƚĞƐ ŚĂƐ ůĞĚ ƚŽ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ ďĞŝŶŐ ůĂďĞůůĞĚ ƚŚĞ ͞ĚƵƐƚďŝŶ ŽĨ ƵƌŽƉĞ͕͟ ĂƐ ǁĞ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ĚƵŵƉ ŵŽƌĞ ǁĂƐƚĞ ŝŶ ůĂŶĚĮůůƐ ƚŚĂŶ ĂŶǇ ŽƚŚĞƌ h ŶĂƟŽŶ͘

ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐŝĞƐ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ůĂŶĚĮůůƐ ĂƌĞ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ͕ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƐŝƚĞƐ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ŶĞŐĂƟǀĞ ŝŵƉĂĐƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ͘ dŚĞǇ ƉŽůůƵƚĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶƚĂŵŝŶĂƚĞ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ǁĂƚĞƌ ƌĞƐŽƵƌĐĞƐ͕ ĞŶŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ŐůŽďĂů ŐƌĞĞŶŚŽƵƐĞ ĞīĞĐƚ ďǇ ŽƵƚƉƵƫŶŐ ŵĞƚŚĂŶĞ ĂƐ Ă ƌĞƐƵůƚ ŽĨ ĚĞĐĂǇŝŶŐ ŽƌŐĂŶŝĐ ǁĂƐƚĞ͕ ŚĂƌďŽƵƌ ĚŝƐĞĂƐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŝŶũƵƌĞ ǁŝůĚůŝĨĞ͘ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ͛Ɛ ĐŽŶƐƵŵĞƌ ĐƵůƚƵƌĞ ƐŚŽǁƐ ŶŽ ƐŝŐŶƐ ŽĨ ŚĂůƟŶŐ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ĂƐ ŝƚ ůĞĂǀĞƐ ƵŶĞĂƐǇ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐ ƟŵĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƌĂƉŝĚ ĐŽŶƐƵŵƉƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŐŽŽĚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƵŶŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌŝůǇ ŚĞĂǀǇ ƉĂĐŬĂŐŝŶŐ ĐŽŵĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĂĐĐƵŵƵůĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŵŽƌĞ ůĂŶĚĮůů ǁĂƐƚĞ͘ dŚĞ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƐŽůƵƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ͛Ɛ ǁĂƐƚĞ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ƵůƟŵĂƚĞůǇ ŚĞůƉ ƚŽ ƉƌŽƚĞĐƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ǁŝĚĞůǇ ƌĞŐĂƌĚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞ waste management regimes, ƉƌŝŵĂƌŝůǇ ŝŶĐŝŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĐǇĐůŝŶŐ͕

Feel-good sandwiches dŚĞ ^ ^^ & ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ůŽŶŐĞƐƚͲƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ĐŚĂƌŝƚǇ Ăƚ h ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŽƉĞƌĂƟŶŐ ĨŽƌ ŽǀĞƌ ϯϬ ǇĞĂƌƐ͘ ^ ^^ & ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĚŽŶĂƚĞƐ ŵŽŶĞǇ ƚŽ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ĂŶĚ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ĐŚĂƌŝƟĞƐ ŝŶ ^ŽƵƚŚĞƌŶ ĨƌŝĐĂ͘ KŶĞ ĐŚĂƌŝƚǇ ƚŚĂƚ ^ ^^ & ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ 'ƌƵƉŽ ĞƐƉŽƌƟǀŽ ĚĞ DĂŶŝĐĂ ;' DͿ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ŝŶ DĂŶŝĐĂ͕ DŽǌĂŵďŝƋƵĞ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ Ă ƐƉŽƌƚ ĂŶĚ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƌƵŶƐ Ͳ ĂŵŽŶŐ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ Ͳ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ĂŶĚ /d ůĞƐƐŽŶƐ as well as sports coaching and ůŝĨĞ ƐŬŝůůƐ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ͘ ZĞĐĞŶƚůǇ͕ ^ ^^ & ŐĞŶĞƌŽƵƐůǇ ĚŽŶĂƚĞĚ άϭ͕ϬϬϬ ƚŽ ' D͘ dŚĞ ǁŽƌŬ ƚŚĞǇ ĚŽ ŝƐ ŵĂŐŶŝĮĐĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ŽĨ ^ ^^ & ƚŚŝƐ ĐĂŶ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ͘ ^ ^^ & ŚĂƐ ĂůƐŽ ĚŽŶĂƚĞĚ άϯ͕ϬϬϬ ƚŽ ĂŶŽŶ ŽůůŝŶƐ͕ Ă ^ŽƵƚŚ ĨƌŝĐĂŶ ĐŚĂƌŝƚǇ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌƐ ŵĞĚŝĐĂů

ƐƵƉƉůŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ͘ ^ ^^ & ŝƐ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇ ƌƵŶ ďǇ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁŚŽ ŐŝǀĞ ƵƉ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůƵŶĐŚƟŵĞƐ ƚŽ ƐĞůů ƐĂŶĚǁŝĐŚĞƐ ƵƉƐƚĂŝƌƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ,ŝǀĞ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ǁĂŶƚ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĂďŽƵƚ ^ ^^ & Žƌ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ǁŽƵůĚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌ ƚŚĞŶ ǀŝƐŝƚ ƵƐ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ϭϮ ĂŶĚ ϮƉŵ͕ ƵƉƐƚĂŝƌƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ,ŝǀĞ Žƌ ĞŵĂŝů ƐĂƐƐĂĩĂƌΛǇĂŚŽŽ͘ĐŽ͘ƵŬ͘ &Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĂďŽƵƚ ' D ǀŝƐŝƚ ǁǁǁ͘ĨĐŵĂŶŝĐĂ͘ĐŽŵ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌ ĂŶŽŶ ŽůůŝŶƐ ǀŝƐŝƚ ǁǁǁ͘ ĐĂŶŽŶĐŽůůŝŶƐ͘ŽƌŐ͘ƵŬ͘ :ƵƐƚ ďƵǇŝŶŐ Ă ƐĂŶĚǁŝĐŚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ^ ^^ & ďĂƌ ĞǀĞƌǇ now and again makes a ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ͕ ƐŽ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŽŶ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ĂŶĚ ŚƵŶŐƌǇ ƉůĞĂƐĞ ǀŝƐŝƚ ƚŚĞ ^ ^^ & ƐĂŶĚǁŝĐŚ ďĂƌ ĨŽƌ ͚ĨŽŽĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ ǇŽƵ ĨĞĞů ŐŽŽĚ͛͘

Will Stone

Diary of UEA’s ‘Go Green’ Week Monday 8th: ĂŵƉƵƐ ǁŝĚĞ ͞DĞĂƚͲĨƌĞĞ DŽŶĚĂǇ͟ ǁŝƚŚ h ĐĂƚĞƌŝŶŐ ŽƵƚůĞƚƐ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐ special deals on vegetarian ĨŽŽĚ͘ Tuesday 9th: > Z ͞ ĂƌďŽŶͲ ĚĂƟŶŐ͟ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ Ͳ ŐĞƚ matched to someone who has a similar carbon footprint to

ǇŽƵ͕ ƉƌĞͲ> Z͘ Wednesday 10th: Mass bike ƌŝĚĞ ƚŽ DĂƌƌŝŽƚ tĂǇ ĨŽƌ ƐƚĂī ĂŶĚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘ DĞĞƚ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ƚŚĞ > Z ĨŽƌ Ă ϭͲϮ ŚŽƵƌ ďŝŬĞ ƌŝĚĞ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƉƵď ;ŚĞůŵĞƚƐ ĐŽŵƉƵůƐŽƌǇͿ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ǁŝůů ĂůƐŽ ďĞ ǁĂƐƚĞͲƌĞĚƵĐƟŽŶ ƐƚĂůůƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ,ŝǀĞ͘

Thursday 11th: tĂƐƚĞͲ ƌĞĚƵĐƟŽŶ ƐƚĂůůƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŚŝǀĞ͘ Friday 12th: ͚ ĂŶŶĞĚ͛ Įůŵ ƐĐƌĞĞŶŝŶŐ͘ ƌŝŶŐ ĂůŽŶŐ Ă ĨĞǁ ĚƌŝŶŬƐ ĐĂŶƐ ĨŽƌ ƌĞĐǇĐůŝŶŐ ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚ ŽĨ ĂŶ ĞŶƚƌǇ ĨĞĞ͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ ƐŚŽǁŶ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĞŝƚŚĞƌ I Love Trash or /Ŷ dƌĂŶƐŝƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĐŚŽŝĐĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŶŝŐŚƚ͘

ŵƵƐƚ ďĞ ŝŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚĞĚ ŽŶ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚĞƌ ƐĐĂůĞ ďŽƚŚ ůŽĐĂůůǇ ĂŶĚ ŶĂƟŽŶĂůůǇ ŝĨ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ ŝƐ ƚŽ ĐŽŵďĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƵƐĞ ŽĨ ůĂŶĚĮůůƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚĂƌŵĨƵů ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů ŝŵƉĂĐƚƐ͘ ƚ Ă ŵŽƌĞ ďĂƐŝĐ ůĞǀĞů͕ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ ĐĂŶ ŚĞůƉ ƌĞĚƵĐĞ ƚŚĞ ŝŵƉĂĐƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǁĂƐƚĞ

ŚĂƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ ďǇ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƚŚƌĞĞ ZƐ͖ ƌĞĐǇĐůĞ͕ ƌĞĚƵĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƵƐĞ͘ ZĞĐǇĐůĞ ƉƌŽƉĞƌůǇ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƌĞĐǇĐůĞĚ͕ ƐĞůĞĐƚ ŽŶůǇ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŝƚĞŵƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƌĞĚƵĐĞĚ ƉĂĐŬĂŐŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƵƐĞ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƌĞƵƐĞĚ ĂƐ ŽŌĞŶ ĂŶĚ ĂƐ ŵƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ͘

REDD Alert According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), ĚĞĨŽƌĞƐƚĂƟŽŶ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚƐ ĨŽƌ ĂŶ ĞƐƟŵĂƚĞĚ ϭϳй of anthropogenic global ŐƌĞĞŶŚŽƵƐĞ ŐĂƐ ĞŵŝƐƐŝŽŶƐ͘ However, stopping ĚĞĨŽƌĞƐƚĂƟŽŶ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĞĂƉĞƐƚ ŵŝƟŐĂƟŽŶ ƐƚƌĂƚĞŐŝĞƐ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ reckoned that if forests were ƚŽ ďĞ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇ ŝŶƚĞŐƌĂƚĞĚ in to a carbon trading scheme, ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ƚŽ ƌĞĚƵĐĞ ŐůŽďĂů ĞŵŝƐƐŝŽŶƐ ďǇ ϱϬй ĨƌŽŵ ϭϵϵϬ͘ ZĞĚƵĐĞĚ ŵŝƐƐŝŽŶƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĞĨŽƌĞƐƚĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĞŐƌĂĚĂƟŽŶ ;Z Ϳ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ hE͛Ɛ ĂŶƐǁĞƌ͕ ƚŽ ĐƵƌď ĚĞĨŽƌĞƐƚĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƐĞƋƵĞƐƚĞƌ ĐĂƌďŽŶ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞŽƌǇ͕ Z ĂŝŵƐ ƚŽ ƉĂǇ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƟŶŐ ĐŽƵŶƚƌŝĞƐ ƚŽ ƉƌĞǀĞŶƚ ĚĞĨŽƌĞƐƚĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĚĞŐƌĂĚĂƟŽŶ͘ WƌĂĐƟƟŽŶĞƌƐ and foresters alike hope this will trickle down to local ĂŶĚ ŝŶĚŝŐĞŶŽƵƐ ƉĞŽƉůĞƐ ƚŽ ůŽŽŬ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůŽĐĂů ĨŽƌĞƐƚƐ͘ ZĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ ŝŶĚŝĐĂƚĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂĨĞƐƚ ǁĂǇ ƚŽ ƉƌĞǀĞŶƚ ĚĞĨŽƌĞƐƚĂƟŽŶ ŝƐ ƚŽ ĚĞǀŽůǀĞ ownership to the local inhabitants and give them ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ůĂŶĚ͘ dŚŝƐ ŚĂƐ ƉƌŽǀĞĚ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ŝŶ ǀƵůŶĞƌĂďůĞ ďƵīĞƌ ǌŽŶĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌŝƉŚĞƌǇ ŽĨ ůĂƌŐĞ ĨŽƌĞƐƚĞĚ ĂƌĞĂƐ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ĂƌĞĂƐ

ĂƌĞ ƚǇƉŝĐĂůůǇ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƚĂƌŐĞƚ ĨŽƌ ĚĞĨŽƌĞƐƚĂƟŽŶ͕ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ in the form of illegal logging Žƌ ĂŐƌŝĐƵůƚƵƌĂů ĞǆƉĂŶƐŝŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ŝĚĞĂ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĚŽƵďůĞ ŝŶĐĞŶƟǀĞ ŽĨ ůĂŶĚ ƚĞŶƵƌĞ ĂŶĚ ƉĂǇŵĞŶƚƐ Ăƚ ĞŝƚŚĞƌ Ă ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ Žƌ ŚŽƵƐĞŚŽůĚ ůĞǀĞů ƐŚŽƵůĚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĂƩƌĂĐƟǀĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ ĐŽƐƚƐ ƚŽ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽƵŶĚ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ĐƌƵĐŝĂůůǇ ŬĞĞƉŝŶŐ ĐĂƌďŽŶ ůŽĐŬĞĚ ƵƉ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝŶ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ Z ŝƐ ĨƌĂƵŐŚƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ͘ dŚĞ ƐĂĨĞŐƵĂƌĚ ĐůĂƵƐĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ hE ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ƉĂƉĞƌ ŽŶ Z in Copenhagen proposed ͞ƚŚĞ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ of relevant stakeholders, ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ŝŶĚŝŐĞŶŽƵƐ ƉĞŽƉůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ůŽĐĂů ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ͘͟ ůĂƚĞ ŶŝŐŚƚ ŚĂƚĐŚĞƚ ũŽď ďǇ ƚŚĞ h^ ŚĂĚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂĨĞŐƵĂƌĚƐ ƌĞůĞŐĂƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŶŽŶ ůĞŐĂůůǇͲďŝŶĚŝŶŐ ƉƌĞĂŵďůĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞůǇ ŐŝǀĞƐ ŶĂƟŽŶ states and private enterprise ĂŶ ŝŶĞƋƵŝƚĂďůĞ carte blanche͘ WĂƉƵĂ EĞǁ 'ƵŝŶĞĂ ;WE'Ϳ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚƐ ƚŚŝƐ ĚƵƉůŝĐŝƚǇ͘ Ɛ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽĂůŝƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ZĂŝŶĨŽƌĞƐƚ EĂƟŽŶƐ͕ WE' ǁĂƐ one of the progenitors of Z ͕ ĐŝƟŶŐ ůŽŌǇ ĂƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ “facilitate new and improved ƌĞǀĞŶƵĞ ƐƚƌĞĂŵƐ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ƵŶĚĞƌƉŝŶ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇͲĚƌŝǀĞŶ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂůůǇ ƐƵƐƚĂŝŶĂďůĞ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐ ŐƌŽǁƚŚ͘͟ WE'͛Ɛ KĸĐĞ ŽĨ ůŝŵĂƚĞ ŚĂŶŐĞ ĂŶĚ

ĂƌďŽŶ dƌĂĚŝŶŐ ;K dͿ ŝŶ ĞĂƌůǇ ϮϬϬϵ ŝůůĞŐĂůůǇ ŝƐƐƵĞĚ credits to carbon traders, ĂŶĚ ĂůƐŽ ƚƌŝĞĚ ƚŽ ŇŽŐ h^ΨϱϬϬ million worth of forest carbon ŽīƐĞƚƐ ĨŽƌ ůĂŶĚ ƚŚĞǇ ĚŝĚ ŶŽƚ ŽǁŶ͘ dŚŝƐ ƉƌŽǀŽŬĞĚ ĂŶ ŽŶƐůĂƵŐŚƚ ŽĨ ĐĂƌďŽŶ ĐŽǁďŽǇƐ who in certain instances went ĂƐ ĨĂƌ ĂƐ ŚŽůĚŝŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƵƉ Ăƚ ŐƵŶƉŽŝŶƚ ƚŽ ƐŝŐŶ ĂǁĂǇ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐĂƌďŽŶ ƌŝŐŚƚƐ͘ KƚŚĞƌ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐ ƚŚƌĞĂƚƐ ƚŽ ĂŶǇ Z ƉƌŽƉŽƐĂů ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ůĞĂŬĂŐĞ͘ WĂǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŚĂůƚ ĚĞĨŽƌĞƐƚĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ŽŶĞ ƉůĂĐĞ does not mean that it will not ŚĂƉƉĞŶ ĞůƐĞǁŚĞƌĞ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ŝĨ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĞĂŶƐ Ă ƐŚŝŌ ƚŽ ĂŶ ĞǀĞŶ ƉŽŽƌĞƌ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ǁŝƚŚ ůĞƐƐ ĞƋƵŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ ƚƌĂŶƐƉĂƌĞŶĐǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ Ă Z ƐŝŐŶĞĞ͘ ůƐŽ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ƌĞŵĂŝŶƐ͗ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ĞŵŝƩĞƌƐ ďĞ ĂůůŽǁĞĚ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƵŶĨĞƩĞƌĞĚ ƚŚĂŶŬƐ ƚŽ ƚĞŶƵŽƵƐ ƚƌŽƉŝĐĂů ŽīƐĞƚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƉůĂĐĞ͍ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ƚŚĞ ŝƐƐƵĞ ŽĨ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞ ŵŽŶŝƚŽƌŝŶŐ͕ ƌĞƉŽƌƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ǀĞƌŝĮĐĂƟŽŶ ;DZsͿ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƌĞůŝĂďůĞ ďĂƐĞůŝŶĞƐ ĨŽƌ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ ƉĂǇŵĞŶƚƐ͘ &Žƌ Z ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬ ŝƚ ŵƵƐƚ ŽīĞƌ ƌĞĂů ƌĞĚƵĐƟŽŶƐ͕ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƐŚĂĚǇ ŝŶĞƋƵŝƚĂďůĞ ŽīƐĞƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŝŵƉůǇ ůĞƚ ĞŵŝƩĞƌƐ Žī ƚŚĞ ŚŽŽŬ͘ Tony Neil

TRAVEL 17

TUESDAY 9th FEBRUARY 2010

concrete.travel@uea.ac.uk

Family Ties: My India Magical Moscow Bethan Collins

With family ties in India, Avani Shah gives an insight into her experiences of a country which she considers both foreign and also a second home. ^ĂǇ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌĚ /ŶĚŝĂ ƚŽ ƚĞŶ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ people and chances are they’ll ƌĞƐƉŽŶĚ ŝŶ ƚĞŶ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ǁĂǇƐ ʹ ŝƚ͛Ɛ no wonder that I’ve lost my place amongst this landscape that is about as diverse as you can get. Born in Britain, my passport will tell you that technically I’m not even Indian. My Facebook page, on the other hand, ǁŝůů ƚĞůů ǇŽƵ ƚŚĂƚ / ƐƉĞĂŬ 'ƵũĂƌĂƟ͕ / don’t eat meat and I’m intrigued by the concepts of Hinduism. Click on the photos link and you’ll see memories of extravagant and colourful family weddings, embarrassing Bollywood dances and, perhaps most importantly, my four holidays to India. I say holiday, but am I actually going to a foreign country, or am I going home? The travel guides are completely right when they say the Taj Mahal ĂŶĚ ZĞĚ &Žƌƚ ĂƌĞ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů͕ ƚŚĞ ĐŽǁƐ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĚŽ ŚŽůĚ ƵƉ ƚƌĂĸĐ ĂŶĚ 'ŽĂ ŝƐ the place for parasailing and partying, but having experienced all of these, ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ůĞƐƐ ĂƉƉĞĂůŝŶŐ ƐƋƵĂƩĞƌ toilets and mosquito bites, the things I remember the most are moments that could easily have happened at home. Catching up with my cousins ŽǀĞƌ ŝĐĞĚ ĐŽīĞĞƐ Ăƚ Ă ŚŽƌƌŝďůǇ commercial Starbucks equivalent, for example, should probably have been overruled by a chai stand on ƚŚĞ ƌŽĂĚƐŝĚĞ ʹ ďƵƚ ůĞƚ͛Ɛ ĨĂĐĞ ŝƚ͕ ĞǀĞŶ India’s becoming too modern for that. dŚĞŶ ĂŐĂŝŶ͕ /͛ŵ ĂůƐŽ ǀŝƐŝƟŶŐ Ă world where a simple shopping trip involves being taken into a private ƌŽŽŵ ĂŶĚ ŽīĞƌĞĚ ƌĞĨƌĞƐŚŵĞŶƚƐ whilst assistants bring out clothes which will later be altered to my size. My English accent means I’m treated like a celebrity even in my

own home, where dinner is prepared ĂŶĚ ĚŝƐŚĞĚ ƵƉ ďǇ ŚŝƌĞĚ ƐƚĂī͘ dŚŝƐ feels odd considering that a quick Google will tell you that 42% of the ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ͛Ɛ ƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶ ůŝǀĞ ďĞŶĞĂƚŚ ƚŚĞ /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů WŽǀĞƌƚǇ >ŝŶĞ͘ tŚĂƚ͛Ɛ perhaps worse is how quickly you become accustomed to being served, as the ‘at least I’m giving one more ƉĞƌƐŽŶ Ă ũŽď͛ ŵŝŶĚƐĞƚ ƐĞƩůĞƐ ŝŶ͘ /Ŷ the hustle and bustle of city life, it’s easy to get caught up and forget your beliefs and indeed that your life isn’t

“...it’s easy to get caught up and forget your beliefs and indeed that your life isn’t normally this glamorous.” normally this glamorous. Even a holiday to Kerala, also known as India’s Spiritual South, came with trimmings that I wouldn’t ŚĂǀĞ ĚƌĞĂŵĞĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ǁŚĞŶ / ůĞŌ England. Seven star hotels with private beaches suddenly become ĂīŽƌĚĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ǇŽƵ ƐĞĞ some of the country’s most spiritual sites (for example Kanya Kumari, where one can see the union of ƚŚƌĞĞ ŽĐĞĂŶƐ͕ ĞĂĐŚ ƐĞĂ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ

ĐŽůŽƵƌͿ͕ ƵůƟŵĂƚĞůǇ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ĐŽĐŽŽŶĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ŵĞƌĞ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ͘ zŽƵ ĂƌĞ surrounded by spa treatments and massage therapies that are ƐƵƉƉŽƐĞĚůǇ ŚĞĂůŝŶŐ͘ tŚĞƚŚĞƌ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă boat ride on the backwaters or dinner ĞĂƚĞŶ ƐƚƌĂŝŐŚƚ Žī ďĂŶĂŶĂ ůĞĂǀĞƐ ŽŶ the beach, there’s something for everyone and the funniest part is that this beach resort is deemed far less commercial than some of the others. zŽƵ ŬŶŽǁ͕ ŝĨ ŵǇ ŵŽƚŚĞƌ ĞŶĚƐ ƵƉ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ĂƌƟĐůĞ ƐŚĞ͛Ɛ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŐŽ crazy and start calling me ungrateful. ͚tŚĂƚ ĂďŽƵƚ >ŽŶĂǀĂůĂ͍͛ ƐŚĞ͛ůů ĂƐŬ͕ and she’s right. Nothing was more ĂŵƵƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĂŶ ƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ ƵƉ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ƟŶǇ ƚŽǁŶ ŝŶ ǀĞƐƚ ƚŽƉƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŽƌƚƐ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ the locals shivering away in woolly ŚĂƚƐ ĂŶĚ ũƵŵƉĞƌƐ͘ ,ŝŬŝŶŐ͕ ĐĂŵƉĮƌĞƐ and chikki, this luscious hillside district has it all from mountains, to caves, to waterfalls. It was a ŵĂŐŝĐĂů ƉůĂĐĞ ƚŽ ƐƉĞŶĚ ƚŚĞ EĞǁ zĞĂƌ͕ secluded and safe from the noise of the city, with our nearest neighbours just visible on the top of the next hill along. Fireworks are certainly more spectacular when the world around is pitch black and there’s nothing else to be seen or heard. ͚tŚĂƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ĚĂŶĐŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ streets for your Bhai’s wedding?’ my ŵŽƚŚĞƌ ǁŝůů ĂƐŬ ŶĞǆƚ͕ ͚zŽƵ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ƚĞůů me that wasn’t an experience!’ And that’s just it. I’ve been to countless Indian weddings but none of them could rival this one in colour, adventure or the fact that it was one of the people I love most in the world ƚŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ŐĞƫŶŐ ŵĂƌƌŝĞĚ͘ / ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ŐŽ ƚŽ /ŶĚŝĂ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ĞǆŽƟĐ world to explore; I go because my family are there. Everything else is just a perk.

DŽƐĐŽǁ͗ ĂŶ ĞŶŝŐŵĂƟĐ ĂŶĚ ďƵƐƚůŝŶŐ city of culture and great historical ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ͘ WĞƌŚĂƉƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐƚͲƐĞĞ places in Moscow is Red Square, right in the heart of the city. In the centre of the square is the granite tomb ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ďŽĚǇ ŽĨ >ĞŶŝŶ ŝƐ ĚŝƐƉůĂǇĞĚ in a glass case. For the less morbid visitors, Red Square also includes St Basil’s Church, which is absolutely stunning to look at with extravagant and brightly coloured domes, and has a ĨĂƐĐŝŶĂƟŶŐ ŚŝƐƚŽƌǇ͘ ůŽŶŐƐŝĚĞ ZĞĚ Square is the Kremlin, which has played a dominant role in Russia’s history, serving as a medieval citadel and a modern centre of power. It is also home to the famous Faberge eggs. However, Moscow has plenty to ŽīĞƌ ĂƐ Ă ĐŝƚǇ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŶŽƚ ŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌŝůǇ interested in its history: alongside Red ^ƋƵĂƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ ƐŚŽƉƉŝŶŐ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ͕ which is one of many in close vicinity to the city centre. There is even an underground shopping centre which includes shops selling well known brands as well as delicious ice creams.

tŚĞŶ ŝƚ ĐŽŵĞƐ ƚŽ ďƵǇŝŶŐ ƐŽƵǀĞŶŝƌƐ͕ ŽůĚ tĂƌ ŵĞŵŽƌĂďŝůŝĂ͕ ĂŶƟƋƵĞƐ ĂŶĚ Ăƌƚ͕ /ǌŵĂŝůŽǀŽ WĂƌŬ ŝƐ ŚŝŐŚůǇ recommended. For those interested ŝŶ ƚƌǇŝŶŐ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ZƵƐƐŝĂŶ ĨŽŽĚ͕ there is a chain of restaurants ĐĂůůĞĚ DŽŽͲDŽŽ ZĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚƐ͕ ŵĂĚĞ obvious in the landscape by the cow statues outside them, but for the less adventurous there is also plenty of western cuisine available. 'ĞƫŶŐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ DŽƐĐŽǁ ŝƐ ĞĂƐǇ enough as there is a metro, which is a ŵƵƐƚͲƐĞĞ ŝŶ ŝƚƐĞůĨ ĂƐ ŝƚ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ ŽƌŶĂƚĞ ƐƚĂƟŽŶƐ ĚŝƐƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ƐŽĐŝĂůŝƐƚ ƌĞĂůŝƐƚ Ăƌƚ͘ Moscow is perfect if you’re interested in experiencing a city with a very diverse culture, and if you ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ƐƉĞŶĚ ƟŵĞ ŝŶ Ă ĐŝƚǇ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ will never forget.

Need a VISA? Becky Harrington /ƚ͛Ɛ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ ƚŚĂƚ those students who are planning on a year abroad have the somewhat ĚĂƵŶƟŶŐ ƚĂƐŬ ŽĨ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ƚŽ ĂƉƉůǇ ĨŽƌ their much needed visa. The journey ƚŽ ŽďƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ŐŽůĚĞŶ ƟĐŬĞƚ ĐĂŶ be a somewhat stressful period, especially with classes, coursework ĂŶĚ ĞǆĂŵ ƉƌĞƉ ƐƟůů ŐŽŝŶŐ ŽŶ͘ However, the key to keeping the stress levels down is to prepare, ƉůĂŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ůĞĂǀĞ ƉůĞŶƚǇ ŽĨ ƟŵĞ͘ >ŽŽŬŝŶŐ ďĂĐŬ Ăƚ ŵǇ ŽǁŶ ǀŝƐĂ experience, I felt somewhat overwhelmed and panicked at how ƋƵŝĐŬůǇ ƟŵĞ ǁĂƐ ĚŝƐĂƉƉĞĂƌŝŶŐ͖ ŝƚ ĨĞůƚ like everybody was miles ahead of me. However, the important thing to remember is that most people during the visa process will be having similar feelings. zŽƵƌ ĨĂĐƵůƚǇ ŝƐ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ƐŽƵƌĐĞ ŽĨ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ĂŶǇ ǁŽƌƌŝĞƐ Ͳ / ƐƉĞŶƚ ŵĂŶǇ Ă ƟŵĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ ĂďƌŽĂĚ ŽĸĐĞ͊ /ƚ ŵĂǇ ƐĞĞŵ ĚĂƵŶƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ complicated to start with, but when ƚŚĞ ŝŶŝƟĂů ĂĚŵŝŶŝƐƚƌĂƟǀĞ ƚĂƐŬƐ ĂƌĞ dealt with, such as the preliminary paperwork (which is not as terrible as it looks!) then it is just a case of ǁĂŝƟŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ Ăůů ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ǀŝƐĂ

ŵĞĞƟŶŐ ŝŶ >ŽŶĚŽŶ͘ I remember the day of my interview; it was quite taxing, ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ / ŚĂĚ ĨŽƌŐŽƩĞŶ some of my documents! As I learnt the hard way, the key to this whole process is to be organized by making checklists and providing ample ƟŵĞ͘ ŌĞƌ ŶĞƌǀŽƵƐůǇ ǁĂŝƟŶŐ ĨŽƌ around four hours in the impressive American Embassy, followed by a ǀĞƌǇ ƐŚŽƌƚ ϯϬͲƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŵĞĞƟŶŐ͕ / ǁĂƐ informed that I had been awarded the visa. All those months of stress ƐƵĚĚĞŶůǇ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ǁŽƌƚŚ ŝƚ Ͳ / ǁĂƐ going to America and I could hardly wait. The visa process can be lengthy and somewhat stressful but it was ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ǁŽƌƚŚ ŝƚ ĂŌĞƌ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ƐƵĐŚ an incredible year abroad.

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TUESDAY 9th FEBRUARY 2010

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A new start with love Chinese New Year celebration

Valentine’s Day Julia Sherman

Cris Hau ŚŝŶĞƐĞ EĞǁ zĞĂƌ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞĚ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ĨŽƌ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŽĨ ŚŝŶĞƐĞ ĚĞƐĐĞŶƚ͘ dŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ƌĞũŽŝĐĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ŽĨ Ă ŶĞǁ ǇĞĂƌ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ƐƚĂƌƚ ƵŶƟů ĂŌĞƌ Ă ǁĞĞŬ Žƌ Ă ŵŽŶƚŚ ŽĨ ŚĂƉƉŝŶĞƐƐ͕ ĂĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĂŶĐŝĞŶƚ ŚŝŶĞƐĞ ďŽŽŬƐ͘ WƌŽŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ ĂƐ ͞ǆŝŶ ŶŝĂŶ͟ ŝŶ DĂŶĚĂƌŝŶ͕ ͞ǆŝŶ͟ ƐƚĂŶĚƐ ĨŽƌ ͞ŶĞǁ͟ ǁŚŝůĞ ͞ŶŝĂŶ͟ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚƐ Ă ŵǇƚŚŝĐĂů ŵŽŶƐƚĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ŽŶĐĞ ŚĂƵŶƚĞĚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌĞĞƚƐ͘ /Ŷ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ǀĂŶƋƵŝƐŚ ƚŚĞ Ğǀŝů ĐƌĞĂƚƵƌĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŶĞƐĞ ƵƐĞĚ ůŽƵĚ

ƐŽƵŶĚƐ ĂŶĚ ďƌŝŐŚƚ ůŝŐŚƚƐ ƚŽ ĐŚĂƐĞ ŝƚ ĂǁĂǇ͕ ƚŚƵƐ ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƵƐŝŶŐ ĮƌĞĐƌĂĐŬĞƌƐ ƚŽ ǁĞůĐŽŵĞ ƚŚĞ EĞǁ zĞĂƌ͘ ͞EŝĂŶ͟ ŚĂƐ ƐŝŶĐĞ ďĞĞŶ ƵƐĞĚ ĂƐ Ă ǁŽƌĚ ƚŽ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƚ ŽĨ Ă ďƌĂŶĚ ŶĞǁ ǇĞĂƌ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĨĞĂƚ ŽĨ Ğǀŝů͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ Ă ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ŶĞǁ ĐůŽƚŚĞƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ ĂŶĚ ƐƉƌŝŶŐ ĐůĞĂŶ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƵƐĞ ƚŽ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞ Ă ĨƌĞƐŚ ƐƚĂƌƚ͘ ŶŽƚŚĞƌ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƌĞĚ ƉĂĐŬĞƚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŽŬĞŶƐ ŽĨ ďůĞƐƐŝŶŐƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌŵ ŽĨ ŵŽŶĞǇ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĞůĚĞƌƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǇŽƵŶŐ͘ dŚĞ

ǇŽƵŶŐ ǁŝůů ŽīĞƌ ͚ǁĞůů͛ ǁŝƐŚĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚǁŽ ŵĂŶĚĂƌŝŶ ŽƌĂŶŐĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĞůĚĞƌ ŝŶ ĞǆĐŚĂŶŐĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĚ ƉĂĐŬĞƚƐ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ďĞůŝĞĨƐ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ŚŝŶĞƐĞ EĞǁ zĞĂƌ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵŵŽŶ ĂƐƉĞĐƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ Ă ƟŵĞ ǁŚĞŶ ĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐ ;ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ĞǆƚĞŶĚĞĚ ĨĂŵŝůǇ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐͿ ĐŽŵĞ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ƚŽ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ EĞǁ zĞĂƌ͘ 'ŝǀĞŶ ƚŚŝƐ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ ŽĨ ǇĞĂƌ ďĞĐŽŵĞƐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐĨƵů ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŶĞƐĞ ĐĂůĞŶĚĂƌ͘ ƚ h ͕ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŶĞƐĞ ^ŽĐŝĞƚǇ ǁŝůů ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĞ Ă ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ǁĞůĐŽŵĞ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ dŝŐĞƌ ŽŶ &ƌŝĚĂǇ͕ &ĞďƌƵĂƌǇ ϭϮƚŚ͕ ĨƌŽŵ ϴƉŵ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ > Z͘ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŐŝǀĞŶ ĂŶĚ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ŚŝŶĞƐĞ ĐĂŶĚŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŶĂĐŬƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƐĞƌǀĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ^^ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ĂŶĚ ĞǆĐŝƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ǁĞůĐŽŵĞƐ Ăůů ŶĂƟŽŶĂůŝƟĞƐ ƚŽ ũŽŝŶ ŝŶ ƚŽ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ĨŽƌ ŚŝŶĞƐĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͘ Ticket are now on sale in the box ŽĸĐĞ͘

Spring Festival in Norwich Yang Cao ŌĞƌ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ĐŽŵĞƐ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ ǇĞĂƌůǇ ŚŝŶĞƐĞ ĨĞƐƟǀŝƚǇ ʹ ŚŝŶĞƐĞ EĞǁ zĞĂƌ͊ ϮϬϭϬ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ dŝŐĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŝŶĐŝĚĞŶƚĂůůǇ ĐŽŝŶĐŝĚĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ sĂůĞŶƟŶĞ͛Ɛ ĂǇ͘ dƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂůůǇ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ĨĞƐƟǀŝƚǇ ŵĞĂŶƐ Ă ůŽƚ ƚŽ ŚŝŶĞƐĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͕ ĂƐ ĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐ ĂƌĞ ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ͘ ĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ĚƵŵƉůŝŶŐƐ ĂŶĚ ǁĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƉƌŝŶŐ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ŐĂůĂ ŽŶ ds ĂƌĞ ĐŽŵŵŽŶ ŝŶ ŚŝŶĂ͘ Ƶƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ůŝǀŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ

ƐƚƵĚǇŝŶŐ ŽǀĞƌƐĞĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ ŝƐ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ͘ ^ŝ͕ Ă ĐŽŽŬ Ăƚ ͚>ƵĐŬǇ ^ƚĂƌ͕͛ ƌĞƉŽƌƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ŶŽ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ĨĞĞůŝŶŐƐ ƚŽǁĂƌĚ ƚŚŝƐ ĞǀĞŶƚ͘ ŌĞƌ ŵŽǀŝŶŐ ƚŽ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ŽǀĞƌ ƚǁŽ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĂŐŽ͕ ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ŐŽƩĞŶ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ŚŝƐ ŶĞǁ ůŝĨĞ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚƐ ƚŚĞ ƐĂǇŝŶŐ͗ ͞ǁŚĞŶ ŝŶ ZŽŵĞ͕ ĚŽ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ZŽŵĂŶƐ͘͟ ,Ğ ŝƐ ŶŽǁ ůŝŬĞůǇ ƚŽ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŶĞƐĞ EĞǁ zĞĂƌ͘

ŚĞŶ͕ Ă ƉŽƐƚŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ Ăƚ h ͕ ƚĂůŬƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ŚŝƐ ƚƌƵĞ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐƐ ƚŽǁĂƌĚ ŚŝŶĞƐĞ EĞǁ zĞĂƌ͗ ͞/ ǁŝůů ŚĂǀĞ ĚŝŶŶĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ ŵǇ ŚŝŶĞƐĞ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ͕ ďƵƚ / ĨĞĞů ŝƚ ŝƐ͕ ƚŽ ƐŽŵĞ ĞǆƚĞŶƚ͕ ĂŶ ŽƉƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƌĞŵŽǀĞ ƚŚĞ ůŽŶĞůŝŶĞƐƐ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ͙͟ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ĂŶĐŝĞŶƚ ƉŽĞŵ ĐŽŶĮƌŵƐ ƚŚŝƐ͗ ͞ǇŽƵ ǁŝůů ĨĞĞů ƚǁŝĐĞ ĂƐ ŚŽŵĞƐŝĐŬ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ĐŽŵĞƐ͘͟ ƚ ŚĂƉĞůĮĞůĚ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĚĞƐŬ͕ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ǁĂƐ ƚŽůĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽ ďŝŐ ƐĐĂůĞ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŽŶůǇ ůĂƌŐĞƌ ĐŝƟĞƐ ůŝŬĞ >ŽŶĚŽŶ Žƌ DĂŶĐŚĞƐƚĞƌ ŚĂǀĞ ŵŽƌĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶƐ͘

sĂůĞŶƟŶĞ͛Ɛ ĂǇ͕ ĂůƐŽ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĂƐ ^ŝŶŐůĞƐ͛ ǁĂƌĞŶĞƐƐ ĂǇ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĐǇŶŝĐĂů ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ͕ ŝƐ Ăůů ĂďŽƵƚ ůŽǀĞ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ƉƌĞƩǇ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐ Ͳ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĚ͕ ƉŝŶŬ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁŚŝƚĞ ŐƌĞĞƟŶŐ ĐĂƌĚƐ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĂůůǇ ŇŽŽĚ ƚŚĞ ĂŝƐůĞƐ ŽĨ ĂŶǇ ƐƚŽƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƐĞůůƐ ƐƚĂƟŽŶĂƌǇ͕ ǁŚŝůĞ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽĐĞƌǇ ƐƚŽƌĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĮůůĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ĞŶĚůĞƐƐ ƐƵƉƉůǇ ŽĨ ĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐǁĞĞƚƐ͕ ĐƵƚ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐŚĂƉĞ ŽĨ ŚĞĂƌƚƐ ĐŽǀĞƌĞĚ ŝŶ ƉŝŶŬ ĨƌŽƐƟŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŵĞƐƐĂŐĞ ͞/ ůŽǀĞ ǇŽƵ͘͟ Ƶƚ ǁŚǇ ĚŽĞƐ ƚŚŝƐ ŐůŽďĂů ŚŽůŝĚĂǇ

ĂůǁĂǇƐ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ ũƵƐƚ ďĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ƌŽŵĂŶƟĐ ůŽǀĞ͍ tŚĂƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ůŽǀĞ ǇŽƵ ĨĞĞů ĨŽƌ ǇŽƵƌ ĨĂŵŝůǇ͕ ǇŽƵƌ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǇŽƵ ƉĂƐƐ ďǇ ŽŶ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŝŵƉůǇ ǁĂǀĞ ƚŽ͍ sĂůĞŶƟŶĞ͛Ɛ ĂǇ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĂďŽƵƚ Ăůů ĨŽƌŵƐ ŽĨ ůŽǀĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶĂůůǇ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ Ă ŚŽůŝĚĂǇ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞĚ ĞǀĞƌǇ ĚĂǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ͘ ŶĚ ŶŽƚ ǁŝƚŚ ŐŝĂŶƚ ƚĞĚĚǇ ďĞĂƌƐ Žƌ ƌĞĚ ƌŽƐĞƐ͕ ďƵƚ ďǇ ƐŝŵƉůǇ ůĞƫŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŬŶŽǁ ŚŽǁ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ƚŽ ǇŽƵ͕ ŝŶ ǁŽƌĚƐ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ĂĐƟŽŶƐ͘

Feel the Love Hui Zhou ͞>ŽǀĞ ŝƐ Ă ƚĞŵƉŽƌĂƌǇ ŵĂĚŶĞƐƐ͘ /ƚ ĞƌƵƉƚƐ ůŝŬĞ ĂŶ ĞĂƌƚŚƋƵĂŬĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ƐƵďƐŝĚĞƐ͘͟ / ůŽǀĞ ƚŚŝƐ ƋƵŽƚĞ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƵƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌĚ ͞ŵĂĚŶĞƐƐ͟ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌ ŝƚƐ ƚƌƵƚŚĨƵů ŝŶƐŝŐŚƚ͘ ,Žǁ ĐĂŶ ŽŶĞ ĨŽƌŐĞƚ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌǇ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ ǁŚĞŶ ŚĞ Žƌ ƐŚĞ ĨĞůů ŝŶ ůŽǀĞ͍ Kƌ ƚŚĞ ĐƌĂǌŝŶĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ƉĂŝŶ ƚŚĂƚ ĐĂŵĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚ͍ ,Žǁ ĐĂŶ ŽŶĞ ŚĂǀĞ ŐŽƚ ƐŽ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ĂĐĐĞƉƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŝĚĞĂ ƚŚĂƚ ůŽǀĞ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ĞǆŝƐƚ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ĂŌĞƌ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ƚŽƌŵĞŶƚ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ͍ >ŽǀĞ ŝƐ ƐŽ ƉƌĞĐŝŽƵƐ ĂŶĚ ĨƌĞĞ͕ ŝƚ ŵĂǇ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ŚĞůĚ ďǇ ŚƵŵĂŶ ďĞŝŶŐƐ͘ ŐůŝŵƉƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂůůǇ ƵŶĂƩĂŝŶĂďůĞ ĞŵŽƟŽŶ ĐĂŶ ƌĞǀĞĂů Ă ďƌŝĞĨ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ďĞĂƵƚǇ ĂŶĚ ĞƚĞƌŶŝƚǇ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĐĂƌĞĨƵůůǇ ƐŚĂƉĞĚ ďǇ ŽƵƌ ůŝǀĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŽƵůƐ͘ >ŽǀĞ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƚƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚĞĂĐŚ ƵƐ ŚŽǁ ƚŽ ůŝǀĞ ŝŶ ƐƵīĞƌĂŶĐĞ͘ tŚĂƚ ŝƚ ĚŽĞƐ ŝƐ ŽƉĞŶ Ă ǁŝŶĚŽǁ ƚŽ Ă ŵŽƌĞ ƉƌŝǀŝůĞŐĞĚ ǁŽƌůĚ͕ ĐĂƵƟŽƵƐůǇ ŬĞĞƉŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĚŽŽƌ ŽĨ ƌĞĂůŝƚǇ ĐůŽƐĞĚ͘ sĂůĞŶƟŶĞ͛Ɛ ĂǇ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ƌĞŵŝŶĚŝŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůŽǀĞĚ ŽŶĞƐ͘ /ƚ ŵĂǇ ďĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŶŽǁĂĚĂǇƐ͕ &ĞďƌƵĂƌǇ ϭϰƚŚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ƐĞĐƵůĂƌŝǌĞĚ ĂƐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚĞŶĚ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ŵŽƌĞ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ĂƉĂƚŚĞƟĐ͘ ǀĞŶ ƐŽ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ŵĞŵŽƌǇ ŽĨ ůŽǀĞ͕ ŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ͞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ^ƚĂƌ͟ ďǇ :ŽŚŶ <ĞĂƚƐ͕ ĚĞĚŝĐĂƚĞĚ ƚŽ Ăůů ŽĨ ǇŽƵ͕ ƌĞŐĂƌĚůĞƐƐ ŽĨ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ Žƌ ŶŽƚ ǇŽƵ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ŝŶ ůŽǀĞ͘

͞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƐƚĂƌ͕ ǁŽƵůĚ / ǁĞƌĞ ƐƚĞĂĚĨĂƐƚ ĂƐ ƚŚŽƵ ĂƌƚͲͲ ͘͘͘ EŽƚ ŝŶ ůŽŶĞ ƐƉůĞŶĚŽƌ ŚƵŶŐ ĂůŽŌ ƚŚĞ ŶŝŐŚƚ ŶĚ ǁĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ĞƚĞƌŶĂů ůŝĚƐ ĂƉĂƌƚ͕ ͘͘͘ >ŝŬĞ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ͛Ɛ ƉĂƟĞŶƚ͕ ƐůĞĞƉůĞƐƐ ƌĞŵŝƚĞ͕ dŚĞ ŵŽǀŝŶŐ ǁĂƚĞƌƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉƌŝĞƐƚ ůŝŬĞ ƚĂƐŬ ͘͘͘ KĨ ƉƵƌĞ ĂďůƵƟŽŶ ƌŽƵŶĚ ĞĂƌƚŚ͛Ɛ ŚƵŵĂŶ ƐŚŽƌĞƐ͕ Kƌ ŐĂǌŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ƐŽŌ ĨĂůůĞŶ ŵĂƐŬ ͘͘͘ KĨ ƐŶŽǁ ƵƉŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƵŶƚĂŝŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŽƌƐ Ͳ EŽ Ͳ ǇĞƚ ƐƟůů ƐƚĞĂĚĨĂƐƚ͕ ƐƟůů ƵŶĐŚĂŶŐĞĂďůĞ͕ ͘͘͘WŝůůŽǁĞĚ ƵƉŽŶ ŵǇ ĨĂŝƌ ůŽǀĞ͛Ɛ ƌŝƉĞŶŝŶŐ ďƌĞĂƐƚ͕ dŽ ĨĞĞů ĨŽƌ ĞǀĞƌ ŝƚƐ ƐŽŌ ĨĂůů ĂŶĚ ƐǁĞůů͕ ͘͘͘ ǁĂŬĞ ĨŽƌĞǀĞƌ ŝŶ Ă ƐǁĞĞƚ ƵŶƌĞƐƚ͕ ^Ɵůů͕ ƐƟůů ƚŽ ŚĞĂƌ ŚĞƌ ƚĞŶĚĞƌͲƚĂŬĞŶ ďƌĞĂƚŚ͕ ͘͘͘ ŶĚ ƐŽ ůŝǀĞ ĞǀĞƌ Ͳ Žƌ ĞůƐĞ ƐǁŽŽŶ ƚŽ ĚĞĂƚŚ͘͟

FOOD 19

TUESDAY 9th FEBRUARY 2010

concrete.food09@gmail.com

A Little Slice of Australian Vegetarian Heaven Kelsie Bufton / Ăŵ ĂůŵŽƐƚ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ƌĞůƵĐƚĂŶƚ ƚŽ ǁƌŝƚĞ ƚŚŝƐ ƌĞǀŝĞǁ͘ dŚĞ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ / ƐƚĞƉƉĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ŵŶŝƚǇ WŽŝŶƚ͕ / ŬŶĞǁ ƚŚĂƚ / ŚĂĚ ĨŽƵŶĚ ŵǇƐĞůĨ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ŽĨ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͛Ɛ ůŝƩůĞ ŐĞŵƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚŝƐ ĐŝƚǇ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĨŽƌ ŵĞ͘ / ƚŚƵƐ Ɛŝƚ ƚŽƌŶ͘ WĂƌƚ ŽĨ ŵĞ ĨĞĞůƐ ĐŽŵƉĞůůĞĚ ďǇ Ă ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ĚƵƚǇ ƚŽ ŵǇ ĨĞůůŽǁ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ ǁŚŽ͕ ůŝŬĞ ŵǇƐĞůĨ͕ ƚƌǇ ƚŽ ƐƉĞŶĚ ĂƐ ůŝƩůĞ ƟŵĞ ĂƐ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ĚŽŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ŝŶ Ă ƉůĂĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ůŽŽŬƐ ůŝŬĞ Ă ϭϵϲϬƐ ĐŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ƉƌŝƐŽŶ ;ƉůĞĂƐĞ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ŐĞƚ ŵĞ ǁƌŽŶŐ͕ h ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ŚĂƐ ŝƚƐ ĐŚĂƌŵƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ůŝďƌĂƌǇ ŝƐ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŶŽƚ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵͿ͘ tŚĞƌĞĂƐ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ŵĞ ĨĞĞůƐ ůŝŬĞ ĐƌƵŵƉůŝŶŐ ƵƉ ƚŚŝƐ ƉĂŐĞ ĂŶĚ ŬĞĞƉŝŶŐ ŵŶŝƚǇ WŽŝŶƚ ĂƐ ŵǇ ůŝƩůĞ ƐĞĐƌĞƚ͖ ŵǇ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů ƌĞƚƌĞĂƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͘ hŶĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞůǇ / ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽǁ ĞĂƚĞŶ ƐĂŶĚǁŝĐŚĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĚƌƵŶŬ ĐŽīĞĞ Ăƚ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ͛Ɛ ĞǆƉĞŶƐĞ͕ ƐŽ / Ăŵ ŽďůŝŐĞĚ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ͘ /ŶĚĞĞĚ͕ Ă ƌĞƚƌĞĂƚ ŝƐ ĞǆĂĐƚůǇ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ůŝƩůĞ ĐŽīĞĞ ƐŚŽƉ ŽŶ KŶůĞǇ ^ƚƌĞĞƚ ŝƐ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĞĚ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ƉƌĞĂĐŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ͚ŐƌĞĞŶ͛ ƉƌŝŶĐŝƉůĞƐ͕

ŵŶŝƚǇ WŽŝŶƚ ŝƐ ĨŽƵŶĚĞĚ ŽŶ Ă ĐŽŵŵŝƚŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ĞŶƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ĂĚĚƐ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƵŶĞƚŚŝĐĂů ďƵďďůĞ ŽĨ ƉŽůůƵƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ĞŶĐĂƐĞƐ ǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ĐŽƌƉŽƌĂƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ͘ WůĞĚŐŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŽŶůǇ ƵƐĞ ĨĂŝƌ ƚƌĂĚĞ ŝŶŐƌĞĚŝĞŶƚƐ͕ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐ Ă ϭϬϬй ŐƵĂƌĂŶƚĞĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ďƵǇ ĂďƐŽůƵƚĞůǇ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ dĞƐĐŽ͕ ^ĂŝŶƐďƵƌǇ͛Ɛ͕ ƐĚĂ͕ >ŝĚů Žƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽƵŶƚĞƌƉĂƌƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽŵŝƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ŽŶůǇ ĞǀĞƌ ƵƐĞĚ ƌĞĐůĂŝŵĞĚ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ǁŽŽĚ ƚŽ ďƵŝůĚ ĞǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐŚŽƉ͕ ŵŶŝƚǇ WŽŝŶƚ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵůůǇ ĂǀŽŝĚƐ Ăůů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƵŶŝŶƐƉŝƌŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĚƌĂď ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌŝƐƟĐƐ ƚǇƉŝĐĂů ŽĨ Ă ĐŽīĞĞ ŚŽƵƐĞ ĐŚĂŝŶ͘ tŝƚŚ ŝƚƐ ĚĞůŝĐŝŽƵƐ ŚŽŵĞŵĂĚĞ ĐĂŬĞƐ͕ ŐŽŽĚ͕ ƌŝĐŚ ĐŽīĞĞ͕ ĨƌĞƐŚůǇ ƐƋƵĞĞǌĞĚ ũƵŝĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŵŽŽƚŚŝĞƐ͕ ǀĂƌŝĞƚǇ ŽĨ ůŽŽƐĞ ƚĞĂƐ͕ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŚĂŶĚ ďŽŽŬƐ ƵƉ ĨŽƌ ŐƌĂďƐ ĂŶĚ͕ ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ ŵŽƐƚ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚůǇ ŽĨ Ăůů͕ ŝƚƐ ŐĞŶƵŝŶĞ ĂƉƉƌĞĐŝĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ǇŽƵƌ ĐƵƐƚŽŵ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ĞŶĚĞĂƌŝŶŐ ůŝƩůĞ ĐŽīĞĞ ƐŚŽƉ ŝƐ ŚŽŶĞƐƚ͕ ƋƵĂŝŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ͕ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ƌĞŵĂŝŶŝŶŐ

Meat Free Black Bean Mondays: A New Burgers with Club Night? Cornmeal

sĞŐĞƚĂƌŝĂŶŝƐŵ ǁĂƐ ŽŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƐĞƌǀĞ ŽĨ ŚŝƉƉŝĞƐ͕ ƵĚĚŚŝƐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŽĨ ĂŶ ŽǀĞƌůǇ ƐĞŶƐŝƟǀĞ ĚŝƐƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ͘ EŽǁĂĚĂǇƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ Ă ŶĞǁ ƌĞĂƐŽŶ ƚŽ ŐŽ ǀĞŐŐŝĞ͗ ƚŚĞ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ͘ ĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ Ă ϮϬϬϲ hE ƌĞƉŽƌƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ŵĞĂƚ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌǇ ŝƐ ͞ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ƚǁŽ Žƌ ƚŚƌĞĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƚŽƌƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ͕ Ăƚ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƐĐĂůĞ ĨƌŽŵ ůŽĐĂů ƚŽ ŐůŽďĂů͘͟ &ĂŵŽƵƐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ WĂƵů DĐ ĂƌƚŶĞǇ ĂŶĚ ĂƌǇů ,ĂŶŶĂŚ ƚĞůů ƵƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĞǀĞƌǇ ĐŽǁ ŝƐ Ă Ğǀŝů͕ ĨĂƌƟŶŐ͕ ŵŽŶƐƚĞƌ͘ Ɛ Ă ŵĞĂƚ ĞĂƚĞƌ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ĐŽŵƉůŝĐŝƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚǁŝĚĞ ďŽǀŝŶĞ ĐŽŶƐƉŝƌĂĐǇ ƚŽ ĐŽŽŬ ŚƵŵĂŶƐ ǀŝĂ ŐůŽďĂů ǁĂƌŵŝŶŐ ŝŶ Ă ƚǁŝƐƚĞĚ ƐĐŚĞŵĞ ŽĨ ŝƌŽŶǇ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƚŽƌ ƐŬŝůůƐ ĨĂƌ ďĞǇŽŶĚ ƚŚŽƐĞ ƵƐƵĂůůǇ ĂƩƌŝďƵƚĞĚ ƚŽ ĐŽǁƐ͘ dŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ŝƐ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ͕ ƌĞǀĞůĂƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƚƌĂŶŐĞ ĂŶĚ ƚĞƌƌŝĨǇŝŶŐ ĐŽŶƐƉŝƌĂĐǇ ĂƌĞŶ͛ƚ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ƵƐ ĂƐ Ă ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ͘ DĞĂƚ ƚĂƐƚĞƐ ŐƌĞĂƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ŚƵŐĞ ƐŽĐŝĂů ƐƟŐŵĂ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ǀĞŐĞƚĂƌŝĂŶ ĨŽŽĚ͘ DŽƐƚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƐƟůů ĂƐƐƵŵĞ ŝƚ ƚĂƐƚĞƐ ďůĂŶĚ ĂŶĚ ůĂĐŬƐ ŶƵƚƌŝƟŽŶĂů ǀĂůƵĞ͘ ^ƵƌĞ͕ ǀĞŐĞƚĂƌŝĂŶƐ ĚŽ ĞĂƚ ĐĂƌƌŽƚ ƐƟĐŬƐ ĂŶĚ ůĞƩƵĐĞ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ďǇ ƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ Ăůů ƚŚĞǇ ĞĂƚ͕ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ĐŽŶĨƵƐŝŶŐ ǀĞŐĞƚĂƌŝĂŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƌĂďďŝƚƐ͘ sĞŐĞƚĂƌŝĂŶŝƐŵ ŝƐ ůŽŶŐ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞĚ͕ ŝŶ ƐŽŵĞ ĐƵůƚƵƌĞƐ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ŶŽƌŵ͘ ^Ž ŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƚŚƌĞĞ ƌĞĐŝƉĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚĂƐƚĞ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĂŶĚ ĂƌĞ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĨŽƌ ǇŽƵ͕ ĨƵůů ŽĨ ŶƵƚƌŝĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ŇĂǀŽƵƌƐ͘ dƌǇ ƚŚĞŵ ŽƵƚ͖ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůǇ ǁŝůů ǇŽƵ ƉůĞĂƐĞ WĂƵů DĐ ĂƌƚŶĞǇ͕ ǇŽƵ ǁŝůů ŚĞůƉ ĮŐŚƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƟŐŵĂ͘ zŽƵ ŶĞǀĞƌ ŬŶŽǁ͕ ǇŽƵ ŵŝŐŚƚ ĞǀĞŶ ĮŶĚ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ǇŽƵ ůŝŬĞ͊

dŚĞƐĞ ďƵƌŐĞƌƐ ŚĂǀĞ ŐŽƚ ůŽĂĚƐ ŽĨ ŇĂǀŽƵƌ ĂŶĚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƉƵƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ďĂƌďĞƋƵĞ ũƵƐƚ ĂƐ ĞĂƐŝůǇ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ Őƌŝůů͘ zŽƵ ĐŽƵůĚ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ƚƌǇ ĂĚĚŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞ ĐŚŝůůŝ ƚŽ ŚĞĂƚ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ƵƉ Ă ŶŽƚĐŚ͘

Ingredients Ϯ ƟŶƐ ŽĨ ďůĂĐŬ ďĞĂŶƐ͕ ƌŝŶƐĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĚƌĂŝŶĞĚ ϭͬϮ ĐƵƉ ǁŚŽůĞ ǁŚĞĂƚ Žƌ ĂůůͲƉƵƌƉŽƐĞ ŇŽƵƌ ϭͬϰ ĐƵƉ ǇĞůůŽǁ ĐŽƌŶŵĞĂů ϭͬϮ ĐƵƉ ƐĂůƐĂ Ϯ ƚƐƉ ŐƌŽƵŶĚ ĐƵŵŝŶ ϭ ƚƐƉ ŐĂƌůŝĐ ƐĂůƚ ,ĂŵďƵƌŐĞƌ ďƵŶƐ

Method

ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ďƵƚ ƉƌĞƚĞŶƟŽƵƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ Ă ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĐůĞĂƌůǇ ĞŵďŽĚŝĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŝŶĐŝƉůĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ŽǁŶ ŝƚ͘ /Ŷ ƚĞƌŵƐ ŽĨ ĨŽŽĚ͕ ŵŶŝƚǇ WŽŝŶƚ ŽīĞƌƐ Ă ǀĂƌŝĞƚǇ ŽĨ ŚŽŵĞŵĂĚĞ ƐĂŶĚǁŝĐŚĞƐ͕ ŚŽƚ ĂŶĚ ĐŽůĚ͕ ĂŶĚ Ă ƐŽƵƉ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĂǇ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ŵĞŶƵ ŝƐ ƐƚƌŝĐƚůǇ ǀĞŐĞƚĂƌŝĂŶ͕ ŵĞĂƚͲůŽǀĞƌƐ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ĨĞĂƌ͊ dŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝĐ ŝŶŐƌĞĚŝĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƵŶƵƐƵĂů͕ ƌŝĐŚ ĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƐĂŶĚǁŝĐŚ ĮůůŝŶŐƐ ůĞĂǀĞ ǇŽƵ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ƋƵŝƚĞ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌŝŽƵƐ ůĂĐŬ ŽĨ ĂŶŝŵĂů ŝŶ ǇŽƵƌ ůƵŶĐŚ͘ zŽƵ ĐĂŶ ĮŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ůŝƩůĞ ŚĂǀĞŶ ĂǁĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ŚŽŵĞ ũƵƐƚ Žī hŶƚŚĂŶŬ ƌŽĂĚ͕ ďĞŚŝŶĚ >ůŽǇĚƐ d^ ĂŶĚ dŚĞ ŽͲŽƉ͘ WĞƌĨĞĐƚ ĨŽƌ Ăůů ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ůŝǀĞ ŝŶ dŚĞ 'ŽůĚĞŶ dƌŝĂŶŐůĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁĂŶƚ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ŵŽƌĞ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞǇ ĨĂůů ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ďĞĚ ƚŚĂŶ Ă ƉĞĂĐĞĨƵů ƉůĂĐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŐŽŽĚ ĨŽŽĚ ĂŶĚ ĐŽīĞĞ ƚŽ ŶƵƌƐĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚĂŶŐŽǀĞƌ͘ :ƵƐƚ ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌ͊ ŵŶŝƚǇ WŽŝŶƚ ŝƐ ŽŶůǇ ŽƉĞŶ tĞĚŶĞƐĚĂǇ ƚŽ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ͕ ƐŽ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁŽŶ͛ƚ ďĞ ĂŶǇ ĐĂīĞŝŶĞ ĮǆĞƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ DŽŶĚĂǇ ϵĂŵ ůĞĐƚƵƌĞƐ͘

ĞĨŽƌĞ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ Ă ůŝĨĞůŽŶŐ ĐŽŵŵŝƚŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ŵŶŝƚǇ WŽŝŶƚ͕ ĐŚĞĐŬ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǁĞďƐŝƚĞ͕ ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬǁǁǁ͘ ĂŵŝƚǇƉŽŝŶƚ͘ĐŽ͘ƵŬͬ͘ ,ĞƌĞ ǇŽƵ ǁŝůů ĮŶĚ ŽƉĞŶŝŶŐ ƟŵĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĂŶ ŽƵƚůŝŶĞ ŽĨ ŚŽǁ ĂŶĚ ǁŚǇ ƚŚĞǇ ĂĚǀŽĐĂƚĞ ĨĂŝƌͲƚƌĂĚĞ ƉƌŝŶĐŝƉůĞƐ͘ KŽǌŝŶŐ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ͕ ŚŽŶĞƐƚǇ ĂŶĚ ĚĞůŝĐŝŽƵƐ ĨŽŽĚ͕ ŵŶŝƚǇ WŽŝŶƚ ŝƐ Ă ƐŵĂůů ďƵƚ ǁĞůů ůŽǀĞĚ ĐŽīĞĞ ƐŚŽƉ ƚŚĂƚ / ŚŝŐŚůǇ ƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚ͘ dĂŬĞ Ă ďŽŽŬ͕ ďƵǇ ƐŽŵĞ ĐŽīĞĞ͕ Ɛŝƚ ǇŽƵƌ ďƵŵ ĚŽǁŶ ŽŶ Ă ƉŝůůŽǁ ĂŶĚ ĨĞĞů ƉůĞĂƐĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ͛ǀĞ ƐƉĞŶƚ ǇŽƵƌ ƉƌĞĐŝŽƵƐ ůŽĂŶ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĞǆŝƐƚƐ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŝƚƐ ŽǁŶĞƌƐ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ŝŶ ŝƚ͕ ŶŽƚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞŵ ƌŝĐŚ͘ ^Ž ŐŽ͊ ŶũŽǇ͊ Ƶƚ ƉůĞĂƐĞ͘͘͘ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ƚĞůů ĂŶǇďŽĚǇ ĂďŽƵƚ ŝƚ͘

Roasted Butternut Squash

Thumbprint Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients

dŚƵŵďƉƌŝŶƚ ĐŽŽŬŝĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƐŽ ĐƵƚĞ͘ tŝƚŚ Ă ĨƵĚŐǇ ƚĞǆƚƵƌĞ ĂŶĚ ĚĞĞƉ ĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞ ŇĂǀŽƵƌ͕ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚ ǇŽƵƌ ĂǀĞƌĂŐĞ ƚŚƵŵďƉƌŝŶƚ ĐŽŽŬŝĞ͘ zŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƵƐĞ ĂŶǇ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ũĂŵ ǇŽƵ ůŝŬĞ͘ KĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ƚŚĞǇ͛ƌĞ ŐŽŽĚ ǁŝƚŚ ǇŽƵƌ ƚǇƉŝĐĂů ƐƚƌĂǁďĞƌƌǇ Žƌ ƌĂƐƉďĞƌƌǇ ũĂŵ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƐŽ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŵĂŶǇ ƉŽƐƐŝďŝůŝƟĞƐ ůŝŬĞ ƉĞĂĐŚ Žƌ ďůƵĞďĞƌƌǇ͊

Ϯ ƐŵĂůů ďƵƩĞƌŶƵƚ ƐƋƵĂƐŚ 'ĂƌůŝĐ ĐůŽǀĞ͕ ĐƌƵƐŚĞĚ ϱ ƚďƐƉ ŽĨ Žŝů͕ ŽůŝǀĞ Žŝů ŝƐ ďĞƐƚ ŽƵƌŐĞƩĞ͕ ĐƵƚ ŝŶƚŽ ϮĐŵ ĐŚƵŶŬƐ ZĞĚ ƉĞƉƉĞƌ͕ ĐƵƚ ŝŶƚŽ ϮĐŵ ĐŚƵŶŬƐ Ϯ ƐŵĂůů ƌĞĚ ŽŶŝŽŶƐ͕ ĐƵƚ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚŝŶ ǁĞĚŐĞƐ ϮϬϬŐ ĐŚĞƌƌǇ ƚŽŵĂƚŽĞƐ ϭϬϬŐ ŐŽĂƚ͛Ɛ ĐŚĞĞƐĞ ͕ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞƐ ĂƌĞ ŵŽǌǌĂƌĞůůĂ Žƌ ĐŚĞĚĚĂƌ

Method ϭͿ ,ĞĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŽǀĞŶ ƚŽ ϮϬϬș ͬĨĂŶ ϭϴϬș ͬ'ĂƐ ϲ͘ Ƶƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƋƵĂƐŚ ŝŶ ŚĂůĨ ĂŶĚ ƐĐŽŽƉ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĞĚƐ ƚŚĞŶ ĐƵƚ ĐƌŝƐƐͲĐƌŽƐƐ ƉĂƩĞƌŶƐ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƚͲƐŝĚĞ ŽĨ ĞĂĐŚ ŽŶĞ͘ Dŝǆ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŐĂƌůŝĐ ĂŶĚ Ϯ ƚďƐƉ ŽĨ Žŝů͕ ĂŶĚ ďƌƵƐŚ ƚŚŝƐ ŵŝǆƚƵƌĞ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŇĞƐŚ͘ ĂŬĞ ĨŽƌ ĂďŽƵƚ ϯϬͲϰϬ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ƵŶƟů ƚŚĞ ŇĞƐŚ ŝƐ ƚĞŶĚĞƌ͘

ϭͿ WůĂĐĞ ďĞĂŶƐ ŝŶ ĨŽŽĚ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐŽƌ͖ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ ƵŶƟů ϮͿ dŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ĮůůŝŶŐ͕ ƉƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵƌŐĞƩĞ͕ ƉĞƉƉĞƌ ĨĂŝƌůǇ ƐŵŽŽƚŚ͘ ĚĚ ŇŽƵƌ͕ ĐŽƌŶŵĞĂů͕ ƐĂůƐĂ͕ ĐƵŵŝŶ ĂŶĚ ŽŶŝŽŶ ŝŶ Ă ƌŽĂƐƟŶŐ ƟŶ ĂŶĚ ĚƌŝǌǌůĞ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶĚ ŐĂƌůŝĐ ƐĂůƚ͘ WƌŽĐĞƐƐ ƵŶƟů ǁĞůů ĐŽŵďŝŶĞĚ͘ ϭ ƚďƐƉ Žŝů͘ ^ĞĂƐŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƌŽĂƐƚ ĨŽƌ ĂďŽƵƚ ϮϬͲϮϱ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ƵŶƟů ƚĞŶĚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ƚŽ ďƌŽǁŶ Ăƚ ϮͿ ^ƉŽŽŶ ŵŝǆƚƵƌĞ ŝŶƚŽ ϲ ďĂůůƐ ŽŶ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ƉůĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ĞĚŐĞƐ͘ ĚĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĞƌƌǇ ƚŽŵĂƚŽĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŽŬ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĨƌŝŐĞƌĂƚĞ ĨŽƌ ϭͲϰ ŚŽƵƌƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ĐŽŽŬŝŶŐ͘ ĨŽƌ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ϭϬ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ͘ ϯͿ ,ĞĂƚ ďĂƌďĞĐƵĞ Őƌŝůů Žƌ ƌŝĚŐĞĚ Őƌŝůů ƉĂŶ ŽǀĞƌ ŵĞĚŝƵŵ ŚĞĂƚ͘ ŽĂƚ Őƌŝůů Žƌ ƉĂŶ ůŝŐŚƚůǇ ǁŝƚŚ Žŝů͘ &Žƌŵ ĞĂĐŚ ďĂůů ŝŶƚŽ Ă ϰͲŝŶĐŚ ƉĂƩǇ ĂďŽƵƚ ŚĂůĨ ĂŶ ŝŶĐŚ ƚŚŝĐŬ͘ WůĂĐĞ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƫĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ Őƌŝůů Žƌ ŝŶ ƉĂŶ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŽŬ ƵŶƟů ďƌŽǁŶĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŚĞĂƚĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ͕ ϰ ƚŽ ϱ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ƉĞƌ ƐŝĚĞ͘

ϯͿ KŶĐĞ ĞǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ŝƐ ĐŽŽŬĞĚ͕ ƐĐŽŽƉ ŽƵƚ ŵŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŇĞƐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďƵƩĞƌŶƵƚ ƐƋƵĂƐŚ͕ ůĞĂǀŝŶŐ ũƵƐƚ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĞĚŐĞ ƚŽ ŬĞĞƉ ƚŚĞ ƐŚĂƉĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƋƵĂƐŚ͘ DĂƐŚ ƚŚĞ ŇĞƐŚ ǁŝƚŚ Ϯ ƚďƐƉ ŽĨ Žŝů͘ KŶĐĞ ŵĂƐŚĞĚ ƐƟƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŽĂƐƚĞĚ ǀĞŐĞƚĂďůĞƐ ǀĞƌǇ ŐĞŶƚůǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐƉŽŽŶ ďĂĐŬ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐƋƵĂƐŚ ƐŬŝŶƐ͘ WƵƚ ǇŽƵƌ ĐŚĞĞƐĞ ŽŶ ƚŽƉ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂĐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŽǀĞŶ ϰͿ ^ĞƌǀĞ ǇŽƵƌ ďůĂĐŬ ďĞĂŶ ĐŽƌŶŵĞĂů ƉĂƫĞƐ ŽŶ ĨŽƌ Ă ĮŶĂů ϭϱͲϮϬ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ͕ ƵŶƟů ƚŚĞ ĐŚĞĞƐĞ ŝƐ ŚĂŵďƵƌŐĞƌ ďƵŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ ǇŽƵƌ ĨĂǀŽƌŝƚĞ ƚŽƉƉŝŶŐƐ͘ ŵĞůƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ũƵƐƚ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ƚŽ ĐƌŝƐƉ͘

Ingredients ϭͬϯ ĐƵƉ ĐĂŶŽůĂ Žŝů Ϯͬϯ ĐƵƉ ƐƵŐĂƌ ϭͬϰ ĐƵƉ ƐŽǇ ŵŝůŬ ϯͬϰ ƚĞĂƐƉŽŽŶ ǀĂŶŝůůĂ ĞǆƚƌĂĐƚ ϭͬϰ ƚĞĂƐƉŽŽŶ ĂůŵŽŶĚ ĞǆƚƌĂĐƚ ϭ ϭͬϰ ĐƵƉƐ ŇŽƵƌ ϭͬϮ ĐƵƉ ĐŽĐŽĂ ƉŽǁĚĞƌ

ϭ ƚĞĂƐƉŽŽŶ ďĂŬŝŶŐ ƉŽǁĚĞƌ ϭͬϴ ƚĞĂƐƉŽŽŶ ƐĂůƚ ϯͲϰ ƚĂďůĞƐƉŽŽŶƐ ũĂŵ͕ ĂŶǇ ŇĂǀŽƵƌ͘

Method ϭͿ WƌĞŚĞĂƚ ŽǀĞŶ ƚŽ ϭϴϬș ͬ'ĂƐ ϰ͘ /Ŷ Ă ŵĞĚŝƵŵͲ ƐŝǌĞĚ ďŽǁů͕ ŵŝǆ ƚŚĞ Žŝů͕ ƐƵŐĂƌ͕ ƐŽǇ ŵŝůŬ͕ ĂŶĚ ĞǆƚƌĂĐƚƐ͘ ^ŝŌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŇŽƵƌ͕ ĐŽĐŽĂ͕ ďĂŬŝŶŐ ƉŽǁĚĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐĂůƚ ĂŶĚ ƐƟƌ ƵŶƟů ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇ ŵŝǆĞĚ͘ ĚĚ Ă ďŝƚ ŵŽƌĞ ŇŽƵƌ ŝĨ ƚŚĞ ĚŽƵŐŚ ůŽŽŬƐ ǁĞƚ͘ ϮͿ ^ŚĂƉĞ ŝŶƚŽ ƚĂďůĞƐƉŽŽŶͲƐŝǌĞĚ ďĂůůƐ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂĐĞ ŽŶ Ă ůŝŐŚƚůǇ ŽŝůĞĚ Žƌ ƉĂƌĐŚŵĞŶƚͲůŝŶĞĚ ďĂŬŝŶŐ ƐŚĞĞƚ ;ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ŇĂƩĞŶͿ ĂŶĚ ďĂŬĞ ĨŽƌ ϵ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ͘ ϯͿ ZĞŵŽǀĞ ĨƌŽŵ ŽǀĞŶ ĂŶĚ ƵƐŝŶŐ ǇŽƵƌ ƚŚƵŵď͕ ƉƌĞƐƐ ŝŶƚŽ ĞĂĐŚ ĐŽŽŬŝĞ͕ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ Ă ƚŚƵŵďƉƌŝŶƚ͘ WƵƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ϭͬϮ ƚĞĂƐƉŽŽŶ ŽĨ ũĂŵ ŽŶ ĞĂĐŚ ĐŽŽŬŝĞ͘ ZĞƚƵƌŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽǀĞŶ ĂŶĚ ďĂŬĞ ĨŽƌ ϯ ŵŽƌĞ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ͘ ϰͿ dƌĂŶƐĨĞƌ ƚŽ Ă ǁŝƌĞ ƌĂĐŬ ƚŽ ĐŽŽů ĂŶĚ ĞŶũŽǇ͊

Concrete Vegetarian Barn Owl

Leejiah Dorward

Concrete Vegetarian Barn Owl

Bex Wiles

20 IN FOCUS

TUESDAY 9th FEBRUARY 2010

Norwich Rotaract: have fun, make new friends, raise money Gesa Burchards Thinking about joining a society or club? Why not try Rotaract, a network of clubs founded by Rotary for students and young professionals aged 18 to 30. We are part of a global ĞīŽƌƚ ƚŽ ďƌŝŶŐ ƉĞĂĐĞ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͘ ^ƚĂƌƟŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ ůĞǀĞů͕ ǁĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĞ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ͕ ŚĞůƉ ŽƵƚ Ăƚ ůŽĐĂů ZŽƚĂƌǇ ĐůƵďƐ Žƌ ĐŚĂƌŝƟĞƐ͕ ďƵƚ ĂůƐŽ ƐŽĐŝĂůŝǌĞ ĂŶĚ ŚĂǀĞ ĨƵŶ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ͘ ƉĂƌƚ ĨƌŽŵ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ͕ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉ your leadership skills and take responsibility on a local, ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĂŶĚ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ůĞǀĞů͘ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ZŽƚĂƌĂĐƚ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ĂŶ ŽĸĐŝĂů ĐůƵď ůĂƐƚ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ and held a grand charter night where we raised £300 for local charity Nelson’s Journey. tĞ ŚĂǀĞ ĂůƐŽ ďĞĞŶ ďƵƐǇ fundraising for other worthy causes including a Children In Need pirates fancy dress pub crawl, which raised £570 in one ŶŝŐŚƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂŶ ĂƵĐƟŽŶ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ

raising £900 towards a water ƉƵŵƉ ŝŶ Ă ǀŝůůĂŐĞ ŝŶ 'ĂŵďŝĂ͘ dŚĞ ĐůƵď ŝƐ ǀĞƌǇ ĂĐƟǀĞ socially and has taken part in a ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ͘ tĞ ŚĂǀĞ ŚĞůĚ ĐůƵď ŵĞĂůƐ Ăƚ ůŽĐĂů ƌĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚƐ͕ ďĞĞŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐŝŶĞŵĂ͕ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞĚ ĨĞƐƟǀĂůƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ŝǁĂůŝ͕ ǀŝƐŝƚĞĚ ƌŽŵĞƌ ĂŶĚ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ĐĂƌŶŝǀĂůƐ͕ ƚĂŬĞŶ ƉĂƌƚ ŝŶ ƐƉŽƌƟŶŐ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ůĂƐĞƌ ŐĂŵĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŚŽƐƚĞĚ Ă ZŽƚĂƌĂĐƚ ŝƐƚƌŝĐƚ ƌŽƵŶĚĞƌƐ ĞǀĞŶƚ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĞŶĚĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ǁĞůůͲĚĞƐĞƌǀĞĚ ƟĞ͘ tĞ ŚĂǀĞ ĂůƐŽ ƚƌŝĞĚ ƐŽŵĞ ŵŽƌĞ ƵŶƵƐƵĂů ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ůĂǁŶ bowls (not just for the older ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶͿ͊ DŽƐƚ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚůǇ͕ ŽƵƌ

ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ĚĞĐŝĚĞ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ǁŽƵůĚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ both for charity and for fun. So ǁŚǇ ŶŽƚ ĐŽŵĞ ĂůŽŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŚĂǀĞ your say? tĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ŵĞĞƚ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ tĞĚŶĞƐĚĂǇ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞĞŚŝǀĞ ƉƵď͕ >ĞŽƉŽůĚ Road, Eaton, Norwich. You ĐĂŶ ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚ ƵƐ ďǇ ĞŵĂŝůŝŶŐ Club President Roshan at enquiries@norwichrotaract. org.uk or by joining our Facebook group “Norwich ZŽƚĂƌĂĐƚ͟ ;ƚŚĞ h< ŽŶĞ͊Ϳ ,ĂǀĞ Ă ůŽŽŬ Ͳ ϭϰϱ͕ϬϬϬ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ŝŶ ϳ͕ϯϬϬ ĐůƵďƐ ĨƌŽŵ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ϭϱϬ ĐŽƵŶƚƌŝĞƐ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ďĞ ǁƌŽŶŐ͊

Support Medic to Medic and help train doctors in Africa Tamsin Lillie dŚĞ h< ŚĂƐ ϮϯϬ ĚŽĐƚŽƌƐ ƉĞƌ 100,000 people, Malawi has ũƵƐƚ ƚǁŽ͘ dŚĞ t,K ĞƐƟŵĂƚĞƐ that there is a global shortage ŽĨ ϰ͘ϯ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ŚĞĂůƚŚĐĂƌĞ workers and Africa alone ŶĞĞĚƐ ϭ͘ϱ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ŵŽƌĞ ũƵƐƚ to address basic healthcare ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ͘ KŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ reasons for this shortage is that not enough people are being trained as doctors. Ethiopia ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƐ ϮϬϬ ĚŽĐƚŽƌƐ ƉĞƌ ǇĞĂƌ ĨŽƌ Ă ƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ϳϱ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ͖ the UK produces 6,000 for a ƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ϲϬ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ͘ dŚŝƐ is where Medic to Medic can help. The charity was set up ŝŶ ϮϬϬϳ ĂŶĚ ƌĂŝƐĞƐ ŵŽŶĞǇ for trainee students who are ŝŶ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂů ŶĞĞĚ͘ dŚƌŽƵŐŚ sponsorship, students are able to concentrate on their studies and don’t need to ƌĞůǇ ŽŶ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ĞŵƉůŽǇŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƉĂǇ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ĨĞĞƐ͘ ^ƵƉƉŽƌƟŶŐ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ

ŚĞůƉƐ ƚŽ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ƚŚĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌ of doctors in countries with ĐƌŝƟĐĂů ƐŚŽƌƚĂŐĞƐ ďǇ ǁŝĚĞŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ƚŽ ƐƚƵĚǇ DĞĚŝĐŝŶĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ŐŽĞƐ ƐŽŵĞ ǁĂǇ ƚŽ ŝŵƉƌŽǀŝŶŐ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů health. The UEA branch of Medic to Medic started this year and ƚŽ ĚĂƚĞ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ƌĂŝƐĞĚ ŽǀĞƌ άϭ͕ϬϬϬ͘ tŝƚŚ ƚŚŝƐ ŵŽŶĞǇ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ƐƉŽŶƐŽƌĞĚ ƚǁŽ ŵĞĚŝĐĂů students in Malawi, Winnie and Innocent. dŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ĞǀĞŶƚ ŽĨ ůĂƐƚ ƚĞƌŵ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ Half Marathon, where we ƌĂŝƐĞĚ ŽǀĞƌ άϲϬϬ͘ zŽƵ ŵĂǇ ĂůƐŽ ŚĂǀĞ ƐĞĞŶ ƵƐ ŝŶ > ZƐ͕ Ăƚ ĐĂŬĞ ƐĂůĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ,ŝǀĞ Žƌ ǇŽƵ ŵĂǇ ŚĂǀĞ ŚĞĂƌĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ŽƵƌ ŵŽďŝůĞ phone recycling project. You ĐĂŶ ĚŽŶĂƚĞ ĂŶǇ ŽůĚ ŵŽďŝůĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ,ŝǀĞ ƌĞĐĞƉƟŽŶ Žƌ ŵĞĚŝĐĂů ƐĐŚŽŽů /d ƌŽŽŵ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞǇ ǁŝůů ďĞ traded for funds. dŚŝƐ ƚĞƌŵ͕ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ŝŶ ŵŽƌĞ > ZƐ

ĂŶĚ ƐƚƌĞĞƚ ĐŽůůĞĐƟŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚǇ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ƐŽĐŝĂů ĞǀĞŶƚƐ to raise awareness about the charity…including speed ĚĂƟŶŐ͊͊ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ͛Ě ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽƵƉ ʹ ĂŶĚ it’s not just for Medics, anyone ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ŝŶ ŝŵƉƌŽǀŝŶŐ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ŚĞĂůƚŚ ŝƐ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ǁĞůĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ Ͳ please join the Facebook group “UEA Medic-to-Medic”, where we’ll keep you updated about ƵƉĐŽŵŝŶŐ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͘

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Book a re-style for READ <ĂƚĞ ĂƌŶĞƩ ǀĞƌ ĨĂŶĐŝĞĚ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ǇŽƵƌ ŚĂŝƌ cut at a designer salon but ŚĂǀĞ ŶĞǀĞƌ ŚĂĚ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐŚ ƚŽ ƐƉůĂƐŚ ŽŶ Ă ĮƌƐƚ ƌĂƚĞ ͚ĚŽ͍ &Žƌ ŽŶĞ ĚĂǇ ŽŶůǇ Z Book Project and Max 'ŝĂŵŵĞůůŽ ĂƌĞ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐ h ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ Ă ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ their hair cut at a reduced rate at a top class salon, with proceeds going to charity. Z /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů͕ ǁŝŶŶĞƌ ŽĨ ͚ ĞƐƚ EĞǁ h< ŚĂƌŝƚǇ͛ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϬϳ ŚĂƌŝƚǇ dŝŵĞƐ ǁĂƌĚƐ͕ŝƐ Ă ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚͲ ůĞĚ ŝŶŝƟĂƟǀĞ ǁŚĞƌĞďǇ ĚŝƐƵƐĞĚ ƚĞǆƚďŽŽŬƐ ĨƌŽŵ h< ƐĐŚŽŽůƐ ĂŶĚ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĐŽůůĞĐƚĞĚ and redistributed to schools

in Tanzania. Each book costs ĂŶ ĂǀĞƌĂŐĞ ŽĨ ũƵƐƚ ϱϬ ƉĞŶĐĞ ƚŽ ĐŽůůĞĐƚ͕ ƐŽƌƚ͕ ƐŚŝƉ ĂŶĚ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌ ĞŶĚͲƚŽͲĞŶĚ͘ Ǉ ĚŽŶĂƟŶŐ ũƵƐƚ 50p and a pen anyone can send a book to a student in Tanzania. DĂǆ 'ŝĂŵŵĞůůŽ ŝƐ Ă EŽƌǁŝĐŚͲďĂƐĞĚ ƐĂůŽŶ ďŽĂƐƟŶŐ ͚ƐƚĂƚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Ăƌƚ͛ ĨĂĐŝůŝƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ Ă ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ͚ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ƚŽ ŶŽŶĞ͛͘ DĂǆ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ƚĞĂŵ ŚĂǀĞ ǁŽŶ ŵĂŶǇ ĂǁĂƌĚƐ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ĨĞǁ ǇĞĂƌƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂůŝƐƚ ƉƌŝǌĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ tĞůůĂ ͚dƌĞŶĚ sŝƐŝŽŶ͛ ϮϬϬϲ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ >͛KƌĞĂů ŽůŽƵƌ dƌŽƉŚǇ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϱ͕ ϮϬϬϰ ĂŶĚ ϮϬϬϯ͘ ,ĂŝƌĐƵƚƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ĨƌŽŵ ϭϬͲϰƉŵ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ϮϭƐƚ

February. 'ŝƌůƐ͛ ǁĂƐŚ͕ ĐƵƚ ĂŶĚ ďůŽǁ ĚƌŝĞƐ ĂƌĞ άϮϱ͘ ŽǇƐ͛ ĐƵƚ͕ǁĂƐŚ and blow dries are £10. ƉƉŽŝŶƚŵĞŶƚƐ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ďŽŽŬĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ŽƵƌ ƐƚĂůů Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ,ŝǀĞ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ϭϮͲϮƉŵ͕ Tuesday-Friday. Z /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ŚĂǀĞ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵůůǇ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌĞĚ ŽǀĞƌ ϱϲϰ͕ϬϬϬ ƚĞǆƚďŽŽŬƐ ƚŽ dĂŶǌĂŶŝĂ ʹ ƉůĞĂƐĞ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ƵƐ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ ĞǀĞŶ ŵŽƌĞ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ͊ &Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ƉůĞĂƐĞ ĞŵĂŝů ƵƐ Ăƚ ͗ ŶŽƌǁŝĐŚΛ readbookproject.org.uk.

Debate the issues with the Alternative Politics Forum DĂƩŚĞǁ ƵƩ The new year and new ƐĞŵĞƐƚĞƌ ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚ Ă ŶĞǁůǇ ĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ h ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ͕ ĐĂůůŝŶŐ ŝƚƐĞůĨ ƚŚĞ ůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞ WŽůŝƟĐƐ &ŽƌƵŵ͘ ^ƉƌŝŶŐŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ the seeds of an idea planted ůĂƐƚ ƚĞƌŵ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂĚƐ ŽĨ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƌĞƐŝĚŝŶŐ ŝŶ ^ƵīŽůŬ Terrace and thereabouts ǁŚŽ ŶŽƟĐĞĚ ŚŽǁ ŵƵĐŚ ƟŵĞ ǁĂƐ ƐƉĞŶƚ ƐŝƫŶŐ ƵƉ ůĂƚĞ ŝŶƚŽ the night talking through all ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů͕ ƚŚĞ W& ŝƐ ƚŚĞ brainchild of one Eliot Short, its current president, and is ĂƩƌĂĐƟŶŐ Ă ŐƌŽǁŝŶŐ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĞƚ following. dŚĞŝƌ ĂŝŵƐ ĂƌĞ ƐŝŵƉůĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁĞƌĞ ůĂŝĚ ŽƵƚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŵĂůů but tenacious and growing ŐƌŽƵƉ ŽĨ ƐŽŵĞ ϮϬ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁŚŽ ĂƌƌŝǀĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĂƵŐƵƌĂů ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂů ŵĞĞƟŶŐ͘ WƌŝŵĂƌŝůǇ͕ they are a discussion-based ŐƌŽƵƉ ĂŝŵŝŶŐ Ăƚ ďƌŝŶŐŝŶŐ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŽĨ Ăůů ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ďĞůŝĞĨƐ ƚŽ ĚĞďĂƚĞ issues both old and current. They also plan to hold regular ŵĞĞƟŶŐƐ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƌĞůĞǀĂŶƚ

ĮůŵƐ ĂƌĞ ǀŝĞǁĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ŚŽůĚ subsequent discussions on ƚŚĞ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ƌĂŝƐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞŵ͘ hŶůŝŬĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŽĨ h ͛Ɛ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ƐŽĐŝĞƟĞƐ ƚŚĞǇ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ĂĚǀŽĐĂƚĞ ĂŶǇ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ďĞůŝĞĨ͖ as Mr Short said, “We are ĂŶ ĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐ ĨŽƌƵŵ ĂŝŵŝŶŐ to broaden horizons and encourage debate. We don’t ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ƉƵƐŚ ŽƵƌ ǀŝĞǁƐ ŽŶ anyone”. The APF, then, is perhaps ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ĂŵŽŶŐ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ƐŽĐŝĞƟĞƐ ĨŽƌ ďĞŝŶŐ͕ ǁĞůů͕ ĂƉŽůŝƟĐĂů͕ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞǇ ŽĨ course agree that any natural ĐŽŶƐĞŶƐƵƐ ŽĨ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ŽƉŝŶŝŽŶ ĂŵŽŶŐ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ĐŽƵůĚ ůĞĂĚ ƚŽ Ă ƐŝĚĞ ĞīĞĐƚ ŽĨ ĂĐƟǀŝƐƚ ĂĐƟǀŝƚǇ͘ /Ŷ Ă ƟŵĞ ŽĨ ƌĞĐĞƐƐŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŶŽƚĂďůǇ ĂŌĞƌ ůĂƐƚ ƐĞŵĞƐƚĞƌ͛Ɛ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ǀŽƟŶŐ ĨĂŝůĞĚ ƚŽ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚ ŶƵŵďĞƌƐ͕ Dƌ ^ŚŽƌƚ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚĞĚ ĂƉƚůǇ ƚŚĂƚ ͞ŵĂŶǇ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĨĞĞů ƐŽ ĂƉĂƚŚĞƟĐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ͘͟ dŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĂƟŽŶ ĂŝŵƐ ƚŽ ĂĚĚƌĞƐƐ ƚŚŝƐ ĂƉĂƚŚǇ ďǇ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐŝŽŶ ŽŶ ŝĚĞĂƐ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞ

ƚŽ ƚŚĂƚ ǀĞƌǇ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ͘ The group has faced ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ ŝŶ ďĞŝŶŐ ŽĸĐŝĂůůǇ recognised by the Union, and ŚĂƐ ŶŽƚ ǇĞƚ ďĞĞŶ ĂīŽƌĚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƚƵƐ ŽĨ ĂŶ ŽĸĐŝĂů ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ŽŶ the grounds that the APF as Ă ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ŽǀĞƌůĂƉƐ ƚŽŽ ŵƵĐŚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞͲĞǆŝƐƟŶŐ WŽůŝƟĐƐ ^ŽĐŝĞƚǇ͘ KŶĞ W& ŵĞŵďĞƌ ƌĞŵĂƌŬĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂĚ ŶŽ ƋƵĂůŵƐ ǁŝƚŚ WŽů^ŽĐ ďƵƚ ĨĞůƚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌǇ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ŵĞĚŝƵŵ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝĚĞĂƐ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ŵĂŝŶƐƚƌĞĂŵ ŽŶĞƐ could be explored: a wider scope was desirable. That isn’t to say the APF and PolSoc ĂƌĞ Ăƚ ůŽŐŐĞƌŚĞĂĚƐ Ͳ ĨĂƌ ĨƌŽŵ ŝƚ͘ /Ĩ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ ĐŽŵƉůŝŵĞŶƚ ĞĂĐŚ ŽƚŚĞƌ͗ WŽů^ŽĐ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ĂĚǀŝƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ W& ĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ ƌĞŐĂƌĚŝŶŐ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ĂƐ Ă serious group. Anyone interested in the W& ĐĂŶ ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚ ƚŚĞŵ ǀŝĂ their Facebook page, or by ĐŽŶƚĂĐƟŶŐ ůŝŽƚ ^ŚŽƌƚ͕ ^Ăŵ ^ƚĂƌŬĞ Žƌ ǀĂ DĂƌŝĂ 'ĂŝĚĂ͘

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Confessions of a UEA student An anonymous reader tells us why Valentines isn’t all about romance and roses. / ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ŬŶŽǁ Ă ƐŝŶŐůĞ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ǁŚŽ ĞŶũŽǇƐ sĂůĞŶƟ ŶĞ͛Ɛ ĂǇ͖ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƐĞ ĚƌĞĂĚĞĚ ĚĂǇƐ ůŝŬĞ EĞǁ zĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ǀĞ ǁŚĞŶ ďŽƚŚ ĐŽƵƉůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŝŶŐůĞƚŽŶƐ ĨĞĞů ŝƚ ŝƐ ŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌǇ ƚŽ ŵĂƌŬ ƚŚĞ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶ͘ >ĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ / ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ ƚŽ ĞŵďƌĂĐĞ ŝƚ ĂŶĚ ƚĂŬĞ ŽƵƚ Ă Őŝƌů / ŚĂĚ ďĞĞŶ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ǁĞĞŬĞŶĚ Ăƚ Ă Ň Ăƚ ƉĂƌƚǇ͘ tĞ ŵĞƚ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ĞůůĂ /ƚĂůŝĂ͕ ƐŚĞ ǁĂƐ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ŐŽƌŐĞŽƵƐ ĂŶĚ ŐƌĞĞƚĞĚ ŵĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŬŝƐƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĞĞŬ͕ ƐŽ / ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ ŵǇ ůƵĐŬ ǁĂƐ ŝŶ͘ KŶĐĞ ƐĞĂƚĞĚ / ǁĂƐ ƌĞĂĚǇ ĂŶĚ ǁĂŝƟ ŶŐ ƚŽ ĚĞďĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ŵĞŶƵ͕ ďƵƚ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ƐŚĞ ƐŝŵƉůǇ ĚĞĐůĂƌĞĚ͕ ͞/͛ůů ŚĂǀĞ ǁŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ͘͟ tŚŽ ƵƐĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂŶǇŵŽƌĞ͍ hŶĚĞƌ ƉƌĞƐƐƵƌĞ / ǁĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ ůĂƐĂŐŶĞ ĂŶĚ ŵĞĚŝƵŵ ƉƌŝĐĞĚ ƌĞĚ ǁŝŶĞ ;ƌĞĚ ƐĞĞŵĞĚ ƌŽŵĂŶƟ ĐͿ͘ dŚŝŶŐƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ǁŽƌƐĞ͘ tŚŝůƐƚ ǁĞ ǁĂŝƚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ĚŝŶŶĞƌ ƐŚĞ ƐŽŵĞŚŽǁ ŵĂŶĂŐĞĚ ƚŽ ƐƚĞĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶǀĞƌƐĂƟ ŽŶ ƚŽ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐŝŶŐ ŚĞƌ ŵĞŶƐƚƌƵĂů ĐǇĐůĞ͘ WĞƌƐŽŶĂůůǇ / ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌ ƚŚŝƐ ĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞ sĂůĞŶƟ ŶĞ͛Ɛ ĂǇ ĐŚŝƚͲĐŚĂƚ͘ ǀŝĚĞŶƚůǇ ĂǁŬǁĂƌĚ͕ / ƐĞĂƌĐŚĞĚ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ĨŽƌ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĚŝƐƚƌĂĐƚ ŵĞ ĂŶĚ ĐĂƵŐŚƚ ƚŚĞ ĞǇĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁĂŝƚƌĞƐƐ ƐĞƌǀŝŶŐ ƵƐ͘ / ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ ĐůĞĂƌůǇ ƚŚŝƐ ĚĂƚĞ ǁĂƐŶ͛ƚ ŐŽŝŶŐ ĂŶǇǁŚĞƌĞ ƐŽ / ƐŚŽƵůĚ ƐĞŝǌĞ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ͘ DǇ ĚĂƚĞ ƐŵŝůĞĚ ŝŶĂŶĞůǇ ĂƐ / ĐŚĞĐŬĞĚ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽŵĂŶ ďƌŝŶŐŝŶŐ ŵĞ ůĂƐĂŐŶĞ͘ EŽƚŚŝŶŐ / ĐŽƵůĚ ĚŽ ƐĞĞŵĞĚ ƚŽ ďŽƚŚĞƌ ŚĞƌ͕ ƐŽ / ůĞŶƚ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŽǀĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƚŽŽŬ Ă ŐŽƵŐĞ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ŽĨ ŚĞƌ ƉĂƐƚĂ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ƉŽƵƌĞĚ ŵǇƐĞůĨ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŝŶĞ͘ ŐĂŝŶ ƐŚĞ ƌĞŵĂŝŶĞĚ ƵŶĨĂǌĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƉŽůŝƚĞůǇ ĂƐŬĞĚ ǁŚĂƚ / ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĞĂů͘ tŝƚŚ ŽŶĞ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚŝŶŐ ƵƉ ŵǇ ƐůĞĞǀĞ ƚŽ ƉƌŽǀŽŬĞ Ă ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůŝƚǇ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ŚĞƌ͕ / ůĞƚ ŵǇ ďƌĞǁŝŶŐ ĨĂƌƚ ƌŝƉƉůĞ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ͘ dŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƵŶďĞůŝĞǀĂďůĞ ŚĂƉƉĞŶĞĚ͖ ƐŚĞ ƐŵŝƌŬĞĚ ƐǁĞĞƚůǇ ĂŶĚ ƐĂŝĚ͕ ͞ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ƐŽ ĐƵƚĞ͘͟ tĞ ǁĞƌĞ ƐŽ ĚŽŶĞ ŚĞƌĞ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ĚĞƐƐĞƌƚ / ĂƐŬĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ďŝůů ĂŶĚ ǁĞ ĐĂƵŐŚƚ ƚŚĞ ďƵƐ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ͘ Ɛ ǁĞ ǁĞŶƚ ŽƵƌ ƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞ ǁĂǇƐ͕ ŵǇ ƉŚŽŶĞ ďĞĞƉĞĚ ĂŶĚ / ŚĂĚ Ă ƚĞǆƚ ĨƌŽŵ ŚĞƌ ƐĂǇŝŶŐ͕ ͞ƚŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ĨƵŶ͕ ǁĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ĚŽ ŝƚ ĂŐĂŝŶ͘͟ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ / ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ sĂůĞŶƟ ŶĞ͛Ɛ ĂǇ ŝƐ Ă ďůŽŽĚǇ ƐŚĂŵ ĂŶĚ / ǁŝůů ďĞ ƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ &ĞďƌƵĂƌǇ ϭϰƚŚ Ăƚ ŚŽŵĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĐƵƌƌǇ͘

TUESDAY 9th FEBRUARY 2010

LIFESTYLE 21

Defending the student lifestyle Kristina Stephens dismisses claims that all students are Pot Noodle loving, seminar skiving layabouts. The so-called ‘student lifestyle’ ŚĂƐ ƚƌĂĚŝƟ ŽŶĂůůǇ ŝŶŚĞƌŝƚĞĚ Ă ďŝƚ ŽĨ Ă ďĂĚ ŶĂŵĞ͘ &ƌƵƐƚƌĂƟ ŶŐůǇ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĂƐƐƵŵƉƟ ŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĂĐĐĞƐƐ ƚŽ ĂďƵŶĚĂŶƚ ĨƵŶĚƐ ĂůůŽǁŝŶŐ ƵƐ ƚŽ ƐĞĞŬ ŽƵƚ Ă ĐĂƌĞůĞƐƐ͕ ƐĞůĨͲ ŝŶĚƵůŐĞŶƚ ůŝĨĞƐƚǇůĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞǆƉĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ Žƌ ƚŚĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ͘ Ƶƚ ĂƌĞ ǁĞ ƌĞĂůůǇ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĚŝī ĞƌĞŶƚ ĚƌƵŶŬĞŶ ůŽƵƚƐ ƚŚĞ ŵĞĚŝĂ ŚĂǀĞ ŽŌ ĞŶ ŵĂĚĞ ŽƵƚ͍ ƌĞ ŶŽŶͲƐƚŽƉ ďĂƌ ĐƌĂǁůƐ ĂŶĚ ďĞĚ ŚŽƉƉŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĂǀĞƌĂŐĞ h ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ Ă ƌĞĂůŝƚǇ Žƌ Ă ƉŽŽƌůǇ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĞĚ ŵŝƐĐŽŶĐĞƉƟ ŽŶ͍ dŚĞ ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ĚŝƐĂƉƉƌŽǀĂů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚĂƌĚ ƉĂƌƚǇŝŶŐ ǁĂƐ ĞǆĞŵƉůŝĮ ĞĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ ǁŝƚŚ ŽƵƚƌĂŐĞ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ŽǀĞƌ ͚ ĂƌŶĂŐĞ͛ ďĂƌ ĐƌĂǁůƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƵůƚĂŶƚ ĂůĐŽŚŽůͲ ĨƵĞůůĞĚ ĚĞďĂƵĐŚĞƌǇ͘ Ƶƚ ĚŽ ǁĞ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŚĂǀĞ ƐƵĐŚ ƉŽŽƌ ƐĞůĨͲĐŽŶƚƌŽů ĂŶĚ ůŽŽƐĞ ŵŽƌĂůƐ͍ ƋƵŝĐŬ ůŽŽŬ Ăƚ ƉŽƐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƉŚŽƚŽƐ ĂĚĚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚǁŽ ŶĞǁ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ ͚h ͗ ŐĞƚ Ă ƌŽŽŵ Žƌ ƚŚŝƐ ŚĂƉƉĞŶƐ͛ ĂŶĚ ͚KǀĞƌŚĞĂƌĚ͗ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ŽĨ ĂƐƚ ŶŐůŝĂ͕͛ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚĂǀĞ ĂƩ ƌĂĐƚĞĚ ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚƐ ŽĨ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ͕ ŵŝŐŚƚ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞ ŽŶĞ ƚŽ ĂŐƌĞĞ͘ KŶ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƉĂŐĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƐŝůůǇ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŵĞƟ ŵĞƐ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĐƵŽƵƐ ĂŶƟ ĐƐ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ĂƌĞ ƉƵďůŝƐŚĞĚ ŽŶůŝŶĞ ĨŽƌ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ͛Ɛ ĂŵƵƐĞŵĞŶƚ͘ dŚĞ ŵĞĚŝĂ ŚĂǀĞ ĂůƐŽ ďĞĞŶ ƋƵŝĐŬ ƚŽ ƉŝĐŬ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ Skins craze ĂŶĚ ŵĂǇďĞ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞƐ ůŝŬĞ

ƚŚŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂǀĞ ďƌĂŶĚĞĚ ƵƐ ĂŶ ŽǀĞƌͲ ƐĞǆƵĂůŝƐĞĚ͕ ĚƌƵŐ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ďƵŶĐŚ ŽĨ ƚĞĞŶƐ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ĚƌƵŶŬĞŶ ŶŝŐŚƚƐ ŽƵƚ ŵŽƐƚ ǁĞĞŬƐ ĚŽ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ŶŽƌŵ ĨŽƌ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ ŝŶ ŵŽĚĞƌĂƟ ŽŶ ƚŚŝƐ ŶĞĞĚŶ͛ƚ ďĞ ǀŝůŝĮ ĞĚ͘

ĞǀĞŶƚ ͞ƉĂƐƐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ŝŶĐŝĚĞŶƚ͟ ĂŶĚ ǁĂƐ ĞǀĞŶ ͞ŐŽŽĚ ŶĂƚƵƌĞĚ͟ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ĨƵƐƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĞǆƚĞŶƐŝǀĞ ƉŽůŝĐĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶĐĞ͘ WůƵƐ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ƚĞŶĚƐ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚĞƌ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƉŽůŝĐĞ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ǀŝƐŝďůĞ ŝŶĐŝĚĞŶƚƐ ŽŶ Ă &ƌŝĚĂǇ Žƌ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ŶŝŐŚƚ ǁŚĞŶ ůŽĐĂů ƉĞŽƉůĞ

/ƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ĂƐ ŝĨ ŝŶĚƵůŐŝŶŐ ŝŶ Ă ĨĞǁ ĚƌŝŶŬƐ ŝƐ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŽŶůǇ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĞŶũŽǇ͘ >ĂƌŐĞůǇ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ďĞŚĂǀŝŽƵƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚǇ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ĂƉƉĞĂƌ ƚŽ ďĞ ƉƌŽďůĞŵĂƟ Đ͖ ƚŚĞ Norwich Evening News ƐƚĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ĂƌŶĂŐĞ

ĂƌĞ ŵŽƌĞ ůŝŬĞůǇ ƚŽ ĨƌĞƋƵĞŶƚ ƚŚĞ ƉƵďƐ ĂŶĚ ĐůƵďƐ ŽŶ WƌŝŶĐĞ ŽĨ tĂůĞƐ ZŽĂĚ͘ /ƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƵŶĨĂŝƌ ƚŽ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ĂƉĂƚŚĞƟ Đ͖ ŽŌ ĞŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ǀŽĐĂů ƐĞĐƟ ŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ͘

h ƐŽĐŝĞƟ ĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƉŽůŝƟ ĐĂůůǇ ĂŶĚ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂůůǇ ĂǁĂƌĞ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ĚŝǀĞƌƐĞ ŽƉƟ ŽŶƐ ƌĂŶŐŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ZĂŝƐĞ ĂŶĚ 'ŝǀĞ ĨƵŶĚƌĂŝƐŝŶŐ ŐƌŽƵƉ ƚŽ h WĞƌŵĂĐƵůƚƵƌĞ͕ ǁŚŽ ŐƌŽǁ ĨƌƵŝƚ ĂŶĚ ǀĞŐĞƚĂďůĞƐ ŽŶ ĂŶ ĂůůŽƚŵĞŶƚ ŽŶ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ͕ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ͞ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƐƵƐƚĂŝŶĂďůĞ ůŝĨĞƐƚǇůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĂŐƌŝĐƵůƚƵƌĞ͘͟ ĚĚŝƟ ŽŶĂůůǇ͕ h ǁĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ Ă ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟ ĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚŽƐƚĞĚ ƐŝƚͲŝŶƐ ƚŽ ƉƌŽƚĞƐƚ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƟ ŶƵŝŶŐ ƐŝƚƵĂƟ ŽŶ ŝŶ WĂůĞƐƟ ŶĞ͘ dŚĞ h 'Ž 'ƌĞĞŶ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ĂůƐŽ ŚĂƐ ŽǀĞƌ Ă ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ůŽďďŝĞĚ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵůůǇ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ƚŽ ĞŵƉůŽǇ Ă ŶĞǁ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů ŵĞŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƐƚĂī ͕ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉ Ă ĐĂƌďŽŶ ƌĞĚƵĐƟ ŽŶ ƐƚƌĂƚĞŐǇ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ĂŶ ĂƵĚŝƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ͘ Ɛ ƚŚĞ ďƌŝŐŚƚ ǇŽƵŶŐ ƐƉĂƌŬƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ͕ ƐƵƌĞůǇ ƐƵĐŚ ĂĐƟ ǀŝƐŵ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĞ ĐŽŶĮ ĚĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŽĚĂǇ͘ ƐƐƵŵŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ůŝĨĞƐƚǇůĞ ŝƐ ĚĞĮ ŶĞĚ ďǇ ĐŽŶƐƚĂŶƚ ƉĂƌƚǇŝŶŐ ŝƐ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ Ă ďŝƚ ƵŶƌĞĂůŝƐƟ Đ͕ ĂŶĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĂǀĞƌĂŐĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ďƵĚŐĞƚ ƌĞůĂƟ ǀĞůǇ ŝŵƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ͘ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ůŝĨĞ ŝƐ ũƵƐƚ ĂƐ ŵƵĐŚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƐŽůŝƚĂƌǇ ƐůĂǀŝŶŐ ĂǁĂǇ ŽŶ ĂƐƐŝŐŶŵĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĚŽŝŶŐ ŽƵƌ ďĞƐƚ ƚŽ ůĞĂǀĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƌĞƐƉĞĐƚĂďůĞ ĚĞŐƌĞĞ͘ tŚŝůƐƚ ŝƚ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ďĞ ĚĞŶŝĞĚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĚŽ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶĂůůǇ ĐĂƵƐĞ ĐĂƌŶĂŐĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŚĂŽƐ͕ ŐŝǀĞ ƵƐ Ă ďƌĞĂŬ͖ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĂƌĞ ŵĞĂŶƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ƚŚƌĞĞ ǇĞĂƌƐ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ůŝǀĞƐ͘

Is it time to ditch the diary? It worked for Anne Frank, but are the days of private diary writing being taken over by the blogosphere? Olivia Webb puts forward the case to hold onto the pen and paper. Ɛ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ǁŚŽƐĞ ƐŝƐƚĞƌ ǀĞƌǇ ŝŶĐŽŶǀĞŶŝĞŶƚůǇ ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ ƚŽ ŵŽǀĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƐŝĚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͕ / ĐĂŶ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞ ďĞŶĞĮ ƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ďůŽŐŐŝŶŐ ƚŚŝŶŐ͘ Ǉ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ŵǇ ƐŝƐƚĞƌ͛Ɛ ďůŽŐ / ĐĂŶ ƚƌĂĐŬ ǁŚĂƚ ƐŚĞ͛Ɛ ĚŽŝŶŐ ;ǁŚŝĐŚ ŵĂŝŶůǇ ĐŽŶƐŝƐƚƐ ŽĨ ůǇŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƵŶ͕ ĞĂƟ ŶŐ ŵĂŶŐŽĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ƚŽ ƐŽŵĞ ĂĚŽƌĂďůĞ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶͿ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ƐĂǀĞƐ ŚĞƌ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůůǇ ǁƌŝƚĞ ƚŽ Ăůů ŚĞƌ ĨĂŵŝůǇ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ͘ / ĐĂŶ ƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚ ǁŚǇ͕ ŝŶ ƐŽŵĞ ĐĂƐĞƐ͕ ďůŽŐŐŝŶŐ ŚĂƐ ƌĞŶĚĞƌĞĚ ĚŝĂƌǇ ǁƌŝƟ ŶŐ ŽďƐŽůĞƚĞ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŚĂƌĚůǇ Ă ƉůĂĐĞ ƚŽ ĚŝǀƵůŐĞ ǇŽƵƌ ĚĞĞƉĞƐƚ ĚĂƌŬĞƐƚ ƐĞĐƌĞƚƐ͘ DŽƐƚ ĨƌĞĞ ďůŽŐŐŝŶŐ ƐŝƚĞƐ

ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ >ŝǀĞ:ŽƵƌŶĂů ĂŶĚ ůŽŐƐƉŽƚ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ ǁŚĞƌĞ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƌĞĂĚ Ă ďůŽŐ Ăƚ ƌĂŶĚŽŵ͘ tŚŝůƐƚ ƚŚŝƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ƉƵďůŝĐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŶĞǁ ƉƌŽĐƌĂƐƟ ŶĂƟ ŽŶ ŽƵƚůĞƚ͕ / ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůůǇ ǁŽƵůĚ ĨĞĞů ƐƚƌĂŶŐĞ ŬŶŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ / ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ŬŶŽǁ ǁĂƐ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ ŵĞ͘ ĞƐŝĚĞƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ͕ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŵŽƌĞ ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ŚĞůů ĨƌĞĞǌŝŶŐ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ŵǇ ĐŽŵƉƵƚĞƌ ŝůůŝƚĞƌĂƚĞ ŵŽƚŚĞƌ ƐƚƵŵďůŝŶŐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ /͛Ě ǁƌŝƩ ĞŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĞƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ ŽĨ ŚĞƌ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ Ă ďůŽŐ ĚĞƚĂŝůŝŶŐ ǁŚĂƚ / ĚŝĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ > Z ůĂƐƚ dƵĞƐĚĂǇ ŝƐ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ƚĞƌƌŝĨǇ ŵĞ ŝŶƚŽ ŶĞǀĞƌ ǁĂŶƟ ŶŐ ƚŽ ďůŽŐ ĂďŽƵƚ ŵǇ ůŝĨĞ͘ / ƐƵƉƉŽƐĞ /͛ŵ ĂůƐŽ ŶĂƚƵƌĂůůǇ ďŝĂƐĞĚ͕ /͛ǀĞ ŬĞƉƚ Ă ĚŝĂƌǇ ƐŝŶĐĞ / ǁĂƐ

ŶŝŶĞ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌ ŵĞ ďůŽŐŐŝŶŐ ĐŽƵůĚ ŶĞǀĞƌ ƌĞƉůĂĐĞ ĚŝĂƌǇ ǁƌŝƟ ŶŐ͘ <ĞĞƉŝŶŐ Ă ĚŝĂƌǇ ŝƐ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĞƌĞ ǁŚĞƌĞ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ďŝƚĐŚ ĂŶĚ ŵŽĂŶ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ŐƵŝůƚǇ ĂŶĚ ĞǆƉƌĞƐƐ ;Ăƚ ůĞŶŐƚŚͿ ŚŽǁ ĂŶŐƌǇ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŚŽƵƐĞŵĂƚĞ͕ ĨƌŝĞŶĚ Žƌ ůĞĐƚƵƌĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ŽŶůǇ Ɖŝƞ Ăůů ǁŝƚŚ ŬĞĞƉŝŶŐ Ă ĚŝĂƌǇ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ĞŶĚ ƵƉ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ďŽǆ ŽĨ ƵƐĞĚ ĚŝĂƌŝĞƐ ƵŶĚĞƌ ǇŽƵƌ ďĞĚ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǇŽƵ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶĂůůǇ ĨĞĞů ƚĞŵƉƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƌĞĂĚ ĨŽƌ ŶŽƐƚĂůŐŝĂ͛Ɛ ƐĂŬĞ͕ ŽŶůǇ ƚŽ ĐƌŝŶŐĞ Ăƚ ƐĞŶƚĞŶĐĞƐ ůŝŬĞ ͞/ ǁŝůů ŶĞǀĞƌ ĨŽƌŐŝǀĞ ŚĞƌ ĨŽƌ ĚŽŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ƚŽ ŵĞ͊ / ůŽǀĞ Śŝŵ ĂŶĚ ƐŚĞ ŬŶĞǁ ƚŚŝƐ͊͟ ;ŝŶ ŵǇ ĚĞĨĞŶĐĞ / ǁƌŽƚĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŚĞŶ / ǁĂƐ ϭϰ Ͳ Ă ǀĞƌǇ ĂŶŐƐƚǇ ĂŐĞͿ͘

ůŽŐŐŝŶŐ ŝƐ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ǁĂǇ ŽĨ ŬĞĞƉŝŶŐ ƵƉ ƚŽ ĚĂƚĞ ǁŝƚŚ ǁŚĂƚ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ĚŽŝŶŐ ďƵƚ ǁŚĞŶ ŝƚ ĐŽŵĞƐ ƚŽ ǁĂŶƟ ŶŐ ƚŽ ůĞƚ ŽƵƚ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů ĨĞĞůŝŶŐƐ͕ Ă ĚŝĂƌǇ ŝƐ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ďĞƐƚ͘

22 SPORT

TUESDAY 9TH FEBRUARY 2010

Canary Corner Ian Hobbs

EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ŝƚǇ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ŽŶ ĮƌĞ ŝŶ recent weeks, achieving 44 points out of a possible 48, which is an ĂƐƚŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ĨĞĂƚ ĨŽƌ Ă ĐůƵď ŝŶ ĂŶǇ ƟĞƌ ŽĨ English football. Since smashing Colchester United on their own ground last month Norwich have gone from strength to strength, thanks to a number of gutsy performances, all within the space of seven days. &ŝƌƐƚůǇ͕ ƚŚĞ ͚ŶĞǀĞƌ ƐĂǇ ĚŝĞ͛ ĂƫƚƵĚĞ was present in the home game against ƌĞŶƞŽƌĚ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ĐĂƉƚĂŝŶ 'ƌĂŶƚ ,Žůƚ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ďĞĞŶ ƐĞŶƚ Žī ĨŽƌ Ă ƌĂƐŚ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŚĂůĨ͕ Norwich went on to be victorious - a ŐŽĂů ĨƌŽŵ ŚƌŝƐ DĂƌƟŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϳϳƚŚ minute sealing all three points. &ŝŐŚƟŶŐ ƐƉŝƌŝƚ ǁĂƐ ŽŶĐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ evident when City fought back from a goal behind to defeat Walsall 2-1. This ŐĂŵĞ ƐĂǁ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƐƚĂƌƚ ŝŶ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ ĨŽƌ Cody McDonald, who rewarded his manager with the winning goal. ŚƌŝƐ DĂƌƟŶ ĂůƐŽ ŐŽƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŽƌĞ sheet to take his tally for the season ƚŽ ϭϲ ŝŶ Ăůů ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶƐ͘ DĂƌƟŶ ŚĂƐ been a key player for City this season and fans were delighted when before ƚŚĞ ŚŽŵĞ ŐĂŵĞ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƌĞŶƞŽƌĚ ŝƚ was announced he’d signed a new three and a half year deal with club. DĂƌƟŶ͛Ɛ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ǁĂƐ ŐƌĞĂƚůǇ aided by a season-long loan spell at Luton Town along with fellow city youngster Michael Spillane. Former boss Glenn Roeder famously described the pair as

‘tweedle dum and tweedle do’ during his disastrous reign in charge. ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ DĂƌƟŶ ŶŽǁ ůŽŽŬƐ ůŝŬĞ ĂŶ ĂĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚĞĚ ĮŶŝƐŚĞƌ ƐŝŶĐĞ ŚŝƐ ƌĞƚƵƌŶ and Spillane had shown promise ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƐƵīĞƌŝŶŐ ĂŶ ŝŶũƵƌǇ ďůŽǁ ĞĂƌůŝĞƌ this season.

ŚƌŝƐ DĂƌƟŶ ŝƐ ĞŶũŽǇŝŶŐ ĞǆĐĞůůĞŶƚ ĨŽƌŵ

Norwich had the chance to achieve a record eleventh straight home win going into the game against Hartlepool. Hartlepool took a surprise lead when Neil Austen thumped the ball in from outside the box. However, the Canaries responded within 60 seconds thanks to a Cody McDonald header. Five minutes later debutant ůĞŌͲďĂĐŬ DŝĐŚĂĞů ZŽƐĞ͕ ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ ŝŶ on loan from Stockport as cover for ƚŚĞ ŝŶũƵƌĞĚ ĚĂŵ ƌƵƌǇ͕ ƐĐŽƌĞĚ ƚŚĞ decisive goal to seal a 2-1 victory and the record 11th home win. Norwich’s run of good form came to an end on Saturday, however, despite another goal from Chris DĂƌƟŶ͘ dŚĞ ĂŶĂƌŝĞƐ ƐůŝƉƉĞĚ ƚŽ Ă ϮͲϭ defeat away to Millwall.

BUCS Results - Wedneday 3rd February Fencing

Hockey

UEA Men’s 1st - 128 ^ƚĂīŽƌĚƐŚŝƌĞ DĞŶ͛Ɛ ϭƐƚ Ͳ ϭϬϮ

UEA Men’s 1st - 1 EŽƫŶŐŚĂŵ DĞŶ͛Ɛ ϰƚŚ Ͳ Ϯ

Football

Netball

h DĞŶ͛Ɛ ϭƐƚ Ͳ Ϭ Cambridge Men’s 1st - 4

h tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ϭƐƚ Ͳ ϮϬ Warwick Women’s 2nd - 34

UEA Men’s 2nd - 3 EŽƫŶŐŚĂŵ DĞŶ͛Ɛ ϯƌĚ Ͳ Ϯ

UEA Women’s 2nd - 33 ^ƚĂīŽƌĚƐŚŝƌĞ tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ϮŶĚ Ͳ ϯϱ

UEA Women’s 1st - 12 ĂŵďƌŝĚŐĞ tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ϭƐƚ Ͳ Ϭ

Rugby UEA Men’s 2nd - 6 ^ƚĂīŽƌĚƐŚŝƌĞ DĞŶ͛Ɛ ϮŶĚ Ͳ ϳϯ

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UEA’s newest sports club: Handball Concrete Sport speaks to Helle Aanonsen as she explains the background behind her drive to set up a club at UEA for Scandanavia’s most popular sport, handball. ZŽď ^ĐŚĂƩĞŶ There may already be clubs for nearly every sport you can imagine – from ŬŽƌĩĂůů ƚŽ ƵůƟŵĂƚĞ ĨƌŝƐďĞĞ ʹ ďƵƚ UEA’s already extensive sports society is about to get another member, as a Norwegian student is planning to establish a handball club. Helle Aanonsen, a second-year PSI student from Bergen, Norway, is ĂƩĞŵƉƟŶŐ ƚŽ ƐĞƚ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ĐůƵď ĂƐ Ă ǁĂǇ to broaden the appeal of handball in the UK, where the sport has never ĞŶũŽǇĞĚ ŵƵĐŚ ƉƵďůŝĐŝƚǇ͘ ͞/ ƚŚŝŶŬ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƐĂĨĞ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂŶĚďĂůů ŝƐ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚůǇ bigger in Scandinavia than here in the UK where teams are few and far between,” Helle points out. ͞,ĂŶĚďĂůů ĂƐ Ă ƐƉŽƌƚ ŝƐ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŽŶůǇ to football in Norway, Denmark and ^ǁĞĚĞŶ ͘͘͘ dŚĞ ĐůŽƐĞƐƚ ĐůƵď ǇŽƵ͛ůů ĮŶĚ to Norwich is in Great Yarmouth”. Ɛ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ŐĞƫŶŐ ŵŽƌĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ interested in the sport, Helle hopes to use the club to brush up some old ƐŬŝůůƐ ŽĨ ŚĞƌ ŽǁŶ͘ ͞/ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ŚĂŶĚďĂůů ĨŽƌ about ten years before I moved to the UK to go to university, so I have quite a

lot of experience,” she explained. ^ƚĂƌƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐůƵď ǁŝůů ŐŝǀĞ ,ĞůůĞ Ă chance to get back to playing while also giving her a chance to introduce ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ͘ ͞/ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ƚŚĂƚ the experience of playing myself will ďĞ ƐƵĸĐŝĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚĞĂĐŚ Ăůů ŽƵƌ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ who are new to handball,” she added. In fact, Helle isn’t alone in trying to raise awareness of handball in ƚŚĞƐĞ ƉĂƌƚƐ͘ dŚĞ ƌŝƟƐŚ ,ĂŶĚďĂůů dĞĂŵ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƌĞĐƌƵŝƟŶŐ ŚĞĂǀŝůǇ ĨŽƌ the last two years, taking hopefuls to training camps in Aarhus, Denmark ĨŽƌ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƉůĂǇ͘ KŶĞ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ĚƌĂǁďĂĐŬ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ůŽǁͲƉƌŽĮůĞ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƉŽƌƚ ŚĞƌĞ͕ with the current members of the GB ,ĂŶĚďĂůů ĞŶũŽǇƐ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌŝƚǇ ŝŶ ƵƌŽƉĞ men’s and women’s squads mostly plying their trade in Denmark, Sweden London Olympics. or Norway. A new team at UEA won’t be Though the team have recently ƐĞƫŶŐ ŝƚƐĞůĨ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ůŽŌǇ ƚĂƌŐĞƚ ʹ ďƵƚ ƐƵīĞƌĞĚ Ă ĐŽƵƉůĞ ŽĨ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ,ĞůůĞ ƌĞƉŽƌƚƐ Ă ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ĞĂƌůǇ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐĞ ĚĞĨĞĂƚƐ͕ ƌŝƟƐŚ ŚĂŶĚďĂůů ǁĂƐ ďƵŽǇĞĚ to the announcement of a new club. in January with the announcement of ͞ ƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ϲϵ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ an IOC grant to the team to help it get Facebook group I’ve created, whilst to the 2012 European Championships 50 people have signed up with names – where a good performance is and email addresses,” she said. ĞƐƐĞŶƟĂů ŝĨ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ŚŽŵĞ ͞ ŶǇŽŶĞ ǁŚŽ͛Ɛ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞĚ ĐĂŶ ũŽŝŶ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƉŽƌƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ the club, we welcome all members!”

FOOTBALL MOVE TO WITHIN ONE EDITOR’S COLUMN GAME OF CARROW ROAD DATE The next month will see the UEA Mark Roach Bradenham Wanderers - 1 UEA Men’s Football - 3 h ͛Ɛ DĞŶ͛Ɛ &ŽŽƚďĂůů ĂƌĞ ŶŽǁ ũƵƐƚ one game away from a dream trip ƚŽ ĂƌƌŽǁ ZŽĂĚ ĂŌĞƌ ĚĞĨĞĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ previously unbeaten Bradenham Wanderers side. dŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŚĂůĨ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ǁĂƐ Ă stalemate, with the best chance of the half falling to Bradenham when goalkeeper Tom Adams was called ŝŶƚŽ ĂĐƟŽŶ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ Ă ƐĂǀĞ ůŽǁ ƚŽ ŚŝƐ right. UEA started the second half well and were rewarded on 58 minutes. A ƌƵŶ ĨƌŽŵ /ǁĂŶ >ĞǁŝƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ůĞŌ ĨŽƌĐĞĚ a corner from which Nick Heap’s near post cross was dropped into the net by the Bradenham goalkeeper under pressure from the challenge of DĂƩŚĞǁ tĞĚůĂŬĞ͘ ŌĞƌ ĐŽŶƐƵůƟŶŐ ŚŝƐ ůŝŶĞƐŵĂŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĨĞƌĞĞ ƌŝŐŚƞƵůůǇ waved away the protests and the goal stood to put UEA 1-0 ahead. dŚĞ ůĞĂĚ ǁĂƐ ĚŽƵďůĞĚ ŽŶ ϳϰ

minutes when a clever run down the ůĞŌ ĨƌŽŵ ĚĂŵ ^ĞĞŬŝŶŐƐ ƌĞƐƵůƚĞĚ ŝŶ Śŝŵ ĐƵƫŶŐ ŝŶƐŝĚĞ ĂŶĚ ŶĞƐƚůŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďĂůů ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ďŽƩŽŵ ĐŽƌŶĞƌ ĨƌŽŵ what seemed an impossible angle. The next 15 minutes were played mostly in the home team’s half as ƚŚĞǇ ĚĞĨĞŶĚĞĚ ƐƚƵďďŽƌŶůǇ͕ ůŝŵŝƟŶŐ the visitors to long range shots and half chances. Ăůů ĂŌĞƌ ďĂůů ǁĂƐ ƉƵŵƉĞĚ into the UEA box, with headers, blocks and tackles being constantly ǁŽŶ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ƚĞĂŵ ƵŶƟů Ă goalmouth scramble was turned in by ƌĂĚĞŶŚĂŵ͛Ɛ ĐĞŶƚƌĂů ŵŝĚĮĞůĚĞƌ ĨƌŽŵ close range on 83 minutes. ŌĞƌ Ă ƚĞŶƐĞ ĂŶĚ ŶĞƌǀŽƵƐ ĮǀĞ minutes of defending UEA were ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĮŶŝƐŚ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ Žī ĂƐ ƚŚĞ outstanding Heap used his pace to get away from the Bradenham defence. His shot across goal rebounded out to ŵŵĞƩ ZŽǁĞ ǁŚŽ ĐŽŽůůǇ ƉůĂĐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ball over the advancing goalkeeper and into the empty net, sending the UEA players into raptures and ƐĞĐƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉůĂĐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĞŵŝ ĮŶĂů of the Norfolk Junior Cup.

ƐƉŽƌƟŶŐ ǇĞĂƌ ƌĞĂĐŚ ŝƚƐ ĐůŝŵĂǆ͘ /Ŷ Ă ŵŽŶƚŚ͛Ɛ ƟŵĞ h ͛Ɛ ƐƉŽƌƚƐŵĞŶ and women will be travelling to Colchester to defend their Derby Day crown against the University of Essex. ,ĂǀŝŶŐ ůŽƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƟƚůĞ Ăƚ ƐƐĞǆ ƚǁŽ ǇĞĂƌƐ ago, UEA will be keen to prevail in ƐƐĞǆ͛Ɛ ďĂĐŬ ǇĂƌĚ ƚŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ͘ That same week UEA’s elite sportsmen and women will head ƚŽ ^ŚĞĸĞůĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĂŶŶƵĂů h ^ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ͘ dŚĞ ŵƵůƟͲĞǀĞŶƚ championships will see up to 6000 elite student athletes descend upon ƚŚĞ ƐƚĞĞů ĐŝƚǇ ĨŽƌ ĮǀĞ ĚĂǇƐ ŽĨ ŝŶƚĞŶƐĞ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ŵŽŶƚŚ ǁŝůů ďĞ crucial for those UEA clubs hoping ƚŽ ƋƵĂůŝĨǇ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ ƉƌĞƐƟŐŝŽƵƐ ĞǀĞŶƚ͕ which is to be broadcast on Sky Sports. Away from the university sports scene it has been a busy fortnight. An England captain has been lost and a ƌŝƟƐŚ ƚĞŶŶŝƐ ƉůĂǇĞƌ ŚĂƐ ĂŐĂŝŶ ĨĂůůĞŶ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ŚƵƌĚůĞ͘ ŚĞĐŬ ŽƵƚ ƉĂŐĞ Ϯϯ ĨŽƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŽŶ ůĂƐƚ ǁĞĞŬ͛Ɛ ĂĐƟŽŶ͘ To keep up to date with all the news from UEA’s sports clubs at Derby Day and the BUCS Championships be sure to check out Concrete Sport every fortnight.

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MURRAY STILL APPRENTICE TO THE MASTER FEDERER Ben Frith asks whether Murray is destined to be the next nearly man of British tennis, or if he can become the first male British grand slam winner since Fred Perry in 1936. /ƚ͛Ɛ ďĞĞŶ ĮǀĞ ǇĞĂƌƐ ƐŝŶĐĞ ƚĞŶŶŝƐ ĨĂŶƐ ĮƌƐƚ ǁĂƚĐŚĞĚ ŶĚǇ DƵƌƌĂǇ ƐƚƵŵďůĞ ŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐ ƐƚĂŐĞ͕ ĚĞĨĞĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƚŚĞŶ 14th seed Radek Stepanek in straight sets at Wimbledon. Five years older and wiser, Murray ŵŝƐƐĞĚ ŽƵƚ ŽŶ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ĮƌƐƚ 'ƌĂŶĚ ^ůĂŵ ƟƚůĞ ůĂƐƚ ŵŽŶƚŚ͕ gracefully losing to

Of their eleven encounters Murray has prevailed in six. Federer ŚĂƐ ĐŽŵĞ ŽƵƚ ŽŶ ƚŽƉ ĮǀĞ ƟŵĞƐ͘

undoubtedly the best tennis player the world has ever seen, Roger Federer. Andy Murray will be 23 by the ƟŵĞ ŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ŐĞƚƐ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ ƚŽ play in a major tournament, an age at which many tennis players expect to reach their peak. However, with Roger Federer showing no signs of announcing a ŵƵĐŚ ĚĞƐĞƌǀĞĚ ĞĂƌůǇ ƌĞƟƌĞŵĞŶƚ͕ ĂƌĞ Andy Murray’s chances of winning a 'ƌĂŶĚ ^ůĂŵ ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ ĚĞƐƟŶĞĚ ƚŽ ĨŽůůŽǁ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƩĞƌŶ ƐĞƚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƵůƟŵĂƚĞ ŶĞĂƌůǇ ŵĂŶ dŝŵ ,ĞŶŵĂŶ͍ dǁŽ 'ƌĂŶĚ ^ůĂŵ ĮŶĂůƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ space of 18 months would suggest otherwise and head-to-head ƐƚĂƟƐƟĐƐ ƌĞǀĞĂů ƚŚĂƚ DƵƌƌĂǇ ŝƐ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ĐĂƉĂďůĞ ŽĨ ďĞĂƟŶŐ &ĞĚĞƌĞƌ͘ However, he is yet to conquer the Swiss master in a best of ĮǀĞ ƐĞƚƐ ĞŶĐŽƵŶƚĞƌ͘ /Ĩ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ĐƌŝƟĐŝƐŵ of Andy Murray’s game ƚŚĂƚ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚƐ ŝƚƐĞůĨ ƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƟŵĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ ŝƚ ŝƐ

that he is not aggressive enough in big matches. UEA Tennis President :ŽŶĂƚŚĂŶ ^ƚƌĂƩŽŶ ƚŽůĚ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ͞ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ƵŶƟů ǇŽƵƌ ŽƉƉŽŶĞŶƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ Ă ŵŝƐƚĂŬĞ ŝƐ ĮŶĞ ƵŶƟů ǇŽƵ ĐŽŵĞ ƵƉ against the best in the world. Federer doesn’t give many free points, and if you play too passively he will hit ǁŝŶŶĞƌ ĂŌĞƌ ǁŝŶŶĞƌ͘͟ This view is shared by former Grand Slam champion Boris Becker, who believes that when faced with the prospect of playing the world number one, Murray “reverted to his usual defensive game, and allowed ĞƐƉĂŝƌ͗ DƵƌƌĂǇ ǁĂƐ ǀŝƐŝďůǇ ƵƉƐĞƚ ĂŌĞƌ ŚŝƐ ůŽƐƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ^ǁŝƐƐ ŵĂƐƚĞƌ͘ Roger to play such great tennis.” sŝĐƚŽƌǇ ŝŶ DĞůďŽƵƌŶĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ 18-year-old and ranked a meagre with Murray due to begin his French been the pinnacle of Murray’s career 314th in the world. Open warm up next week in Marseilles. so far; and his disappointment was Murray’s endeavours in Australia ŌĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĂƐƐ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ĂŶĚ evident as he fought back tears to have seen him climb back up to 3rd Wimbledon once more. On home soil, congratulate his Swiss opponent. It in the ATP rankings and he will be ĞǆƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ĞǀĞƌ͘ was disappointment that stemmed ŵŽƌĞ ŵŽƟǀĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĂŶ ĞǀĞƌ ĨŽƌ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ Win or lose you can always from a feeling that he had let down his ƚŚŝƐ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ĂŌĞƌ ƚĂƐƟŶŐ ĮŶĂů ĚĂǇ ŐƵĂƌĂŶƚĞĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƟŽŶ ǁŝůů ďĞ loyal supporters who have followed ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƚŵĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ Ă ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ƟŵĞ ŝŶ gripped by ‘Murray-mania’ year on him every step of the way ever since his career. ǇĞĂƌ ƵŶƟů ƚŚĞ ^ĐŽƚ ƉĂƐƐĞƐ ƚŚĞ ďĂƚŽŶ ƚŽ he walked onto Centre Court as an Next up is the clay court season, ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ǇŽƵŶŐ ƌŝƟƐŚ ŚŽƉĞĨƵů͘

CAPTAINCY PROVES A BRIDGE TOO FAR FOR TERRY Chris King Following talks with manager Fabio Capello last Friday, John Terry has been stripped of the England captaincy. dŚĞ ŵŽǀĞ ĐŽŵĞƐ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ǁĞĞŬ ŽĨ intense tabloid probing into an alleged ĂīĂŝƌ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ dĞƌƌǇ ĂŶĚ sĂŶĞƐƐĂ Perroncel, the ex-girlfriend of former Chelsea team-mate Wayne Bridge. ^ŝŶĐĞ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ĐŚĂƌŐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů team in January 2008, Capello has ŚĂĚ Ă ƌĞƉƵƚĂƟŽŶ ĂƐ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ŽĨ Ă disciplinarian, demanding that his players set a good on-pitch example, ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ĂƉƉĞĂƌƐ dĞƌƌǇ͛Ɛ ĂĐƟŽŶƐ ǁĞƌĞ deemed inappropriate for a player in the role of team captain. Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has been chosen to replace Terry, with Steven Gerrard taking Ferdinand’s previous role as vicecaptain. /Ŷ Ă ƐƚĂƚĞŵĞŶƚ ĂƉĞůůŽ ƐĂŝĚ ͞ ŌĞƌ much thought I have made the decision that it will be best for me to take the captaincy away from John Terry”, a decision he described as “what is best for all of the England squad”. Capello said Terry had displayed “extremely ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ďĞŚĂǀŝŽƵƌ͟ ĂƐ ĐĂƉƚĂŝŶ͕ ǁŚŝůƐƚ taking the opportunity to thank the

& ĨŽƌ ĂůůŽǁŝŶŐ Śŝŵ ďŽƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ authority to take this decision. dĞƌƌǇ ƌĞĂĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁƐ ƐƚĂƟŶŐ ͞/ fully respect Fabio Capello’s decision”, ĂĚĚŝŶŐ ͞/ ǁŝůů ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ŐŝǀĞ everything for England”. In terms of his future at club level, Chelsea manager ĂƌůŽ ŶĐĞůŽƫ ŚĂƐ ƌĞƐŽůƵƚĞůǇ ďĂĐŬĞĚ dĞƌƌǇ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ĂƐ ĐĂƉƚĂŝŶ͕ ƐĂǇŝŶŐ “all the club, the players, management ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂī ĂƌĞ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƟŶŐ Śŝŵ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ĨĂŵŝůǇ Ăƚ ƚŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ͘͟ ŚŽƐƚ ŽĨ ĮŐƵƌĞƐ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ have reacted to the news, including Mark Lawrenson who called it “the only decision Capello could have ĂƌƌŝǀĞĚ Ăƚ͕͟ ĂŶĚ W& ŚŝĞĨ ǆĞĐƵƟǀĞ Gordon Taylor, who emphasised the ĚŝĸĐƵůƚǇ ĂƉĞůůŽ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ĨĂĐĞĚ when making this decision, whilst calling for the players to move on and focus on the World Cup. WƵďůŝĐ ƌĞĂĐƟŽŶ ĂƉƉĞĂƌƐ ƚŽ ďĞ mostly in favour of Terry’s removal as captain, with a poll of over 25,000 ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ǁĞďƐŝƚĞ ŝŶĚŝĐĂƟŶŐ 76% support for Capello’s decision; however any dip in team form over the next few games would surely bring about a change of opinion amongst the fans. The extent to which the recent ƌĞǀĞůĂƟŽŶƐ ŚĂǀĞ ŝŵƉĂĐƚĞĚ ƵƉŽŶ ƚŚĞ

England squad remains to be seen, but the decision taken by Capello is ůŝŬĞůǇ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ĂŶ ĞīĞĐƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĂŵ͛Ɛ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĂƟŽŶƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ͛Ɛ tŽƌůĚ Cup. Whilst Rio Ferdinand has amassed a wealth of experience as captain of Manchester United, he has no such ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ Ăƚ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ůĞǀĞů͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ǁŝůů ĂůŵŽƐƚ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ƚĂŬĞ ƟŵĞ ĨŽƌ the rest of the squad to adjust to a ŶĞǁ ĮŐƵƌĞŚĞĂĚ͘ Wayne Bridge’s future in the ŶŐůĂŶĚ ƐĞƚͲƵƉ ƌĞŵĂŝŶƐ ĚŽƵďƞƵů͕ ǁŝƚŚ Capello unlikely to risk jeopardising squad unity by including two players unable to work together due to ŝƌƌĞĐŽŶĐŝůĂďůĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞƐ͘ Phil McNulty, Chief Football Writer for the BBC, summed the issue up perfectly, saying “Capello clearly reached the conclusion that his side could not be led into the World Cup by a captain who threatened to fracture the unity of squad and purpose ĞƐƐĞŶƟĂů ƚŽ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ŝŶ ^ŽƵƚŚ ĨƌŝĐĂ͘͟ Of more pressing concern to England fans, however, will be whether or not this incident has destabilised the squad and undermined its ĐŽůůĞĐƟǀĞ ƐƉŝƌŝƚ͕ Ă ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ƌĞŵĂŝŶ ŽƉĞŶ ƵŶƟů ŐǇƉƚ ǀŝƐŝƚ tĞŵďůĞǇ on March 3rd.

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Chris King gives his verdict on the ongoing John Terry furore that has seen him replaced as captain.

TUESDAY 9th FEBRUARY 2010

TENNIS

Ben Frith discusses the prospects for Andy Murray following his Australian Open final defeat.

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Concrete introduces UEA’s proposed new sports club: Handball.

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OFFICER LACROSSE STORM TO NORTHAMPTON VICTORY UNION REFERENDUM FAILS TO REACH QUORUM Georgina Wade

ĂƐƉĞƌ WĂůŵĂŶŽ dŚƌĂƐŚŝŶŐ͗ /Ŷ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ĐůŽƐĞ ĞŶĐŽƵŶƚĞƌ͕ h ƐƚƌƵĐŬ ϭϵ ŐŽĂůƐ ƉĂƐƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ EŽƌƚŚĂŵƉƚŽŶ ƌŝǀĂůƐ͘

h tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ >ĂĐƌŽƐƐĞ ƚŽŽŬ ŽŶ EŽƌƚŚĂŵƉƚŽŶ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ŝŶ Ă ŚŽŵĞ h ^ ŐĂŵĞ ŽŶ tĞĚŶĞƐĚĂǇ͘ EŽƌƚŚĂŵƉƚŽŶ ĂƌĞ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌŽƵŐŚŶĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ƵŶĚĞƌŵŝŶŝŶŐ ƚĂĐƟĐƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ŐĂŵĞƐ ŚĂĚ ƌĞƐƵůƚĞĚ ŝŶ ŚŝŐŚ ƚĞŶƐŝŽŶƐ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ͘ ŌĞƌ Ă ŶĂƌƌŽǁ ůŽƐƐ ůĂƐƚ ƟŵĞ͕ h ŬŶĞǁ ŝƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ Ă ƚŽƵŐŚ ĮǆƚƵƌĞ͘

,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ǁŝƚŚ h ͛Ɛ ĂůůͲƐƚĂƌ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ͕ WĂƚƐǇ DĐEĞŝů͕ ůĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ ŝŶ ĂƩĂĐŬ͕ ƚŚĞ ŚŽŵĞ ƐŝĚĞ ǁĞƌĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƚŽ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŽƌĞ ƐŚĞĞƚ͘ ĨĞǁ ŵŽƌĞ ŐŽĂůƐ ĨƌŽŵ ŚĞƌ ĂŶĚ <ŝƌƐƚǇ DĐ>ĞĂŶ ĞŶƐƵƌĞĚ ƚŚĞǇ ƚŽŽŬ Ă ĐŽŵĨŽƌƚĂďůĞ ůĞĂĚ͘ Ǉ ƋƵĂƌƚĞƌͲƟŵĞ h ǁĞƌĞ ϰͲϭ ƵƉ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĚĞĨĞŶĚŝŶŐ ǁŽƌŬ ĨƌŽŵ ŚĂƌŝƚǇ tŝŶĮĞůĚ͕ ůĂŝŶĞ ZŽŐĞƌƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ZĂĐŚĞů ,ĂƌĚǇ͕ ǁŚŽ ĨŽƌŵĞĚ Ă ƐŽůŝĚ ďĂĐŬ ƚŚƌĞĞ͘ &ĂƐƚ ƉĂĐĞĚ ĂƩĂĐŬŝŶŐ ƐŬŝůůƐ ǁĞƌĞ Ă ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŚŽŵĞ ƐŝĚĞ͛Ɛ ŐĂŵĞ͕ ĞŶƐƵƌŝŶŐ h ŚĞůĚ Ă ĐŽŵĨŽƌƚĂďůĞ ϭϬͲϮ ůĞĂĚ Ăƚ ŚĂůĨͲƟŵĞ͘ tŝƚŚ ŵŽƌĞ ŐŽĂůƐ ĨƌŽŵ <ŝƌƐƚǇ

DĐůĞĂŶ ĂŶĚ WĂƚƐǇ DĐEĞŝů͕ ǁŚŽ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƚĐŚ͛Ɛ ƚŽƉ ŐŽĂůͲƐĐŽƌĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƚŽƚĂů ŽĨ ŶŝŶĞ ŐŽĂůƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĂŶǇ ĂƐƐŝƐƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ >ĞŶĂ ^ŚƵůǌĞ͕ h ǁĞƌĞ ƵŶƐƚŽƉƉĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ďĂůů ĐŽŶƟŶƵŽƵƐůǇ Śŝƚ ƚŚĞ ďĂĐŬ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŶĞƚ͘ dŚŝƐ ǁĂƐ ŵƵĐŚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĨƌƵƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ EŽƌƚŚĂŵƉƚŽŶ͕ ǁŚŽ ĨĂŝůĞĚ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉƌĞƐĞŶĐĞ ŬŶŽǁŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƉŝƚĐŚ͘ h ĞǀĞŶƚƵĂůůǇ ƉƌĞǀĂŝůĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĐŽŶǀŝŶĐŝŶŐ ϭϵͲϯ ǁŝŶ͘ hŶĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞůǇ͕ ŽŶĞ h ŐŽĂů ǁĂƐ ĚŝƐĂůůŽǁĞĚ͕ ƐŽ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ ƵŶĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƌĞĂĐŚ ƚŚĞ ƌŽƵŶĚĞĚ ĮŐƵƌĞ ŽĨ ϮϬ͘ EŽŶĞƚŚĞůĞƐƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĂŵ ǁŽƌŬĞĚ

ǁĞůů ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŶĞǁĐŽŵĞƌƐ ƐŚŽǁĞĚ ŝŵŵĞŶƐĞ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů͕ ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐ h >ĂĐƌŽƐƐĞ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ŐŽ ĨƌŽŵ ƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚ ƚŽ ƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚ͘ 'ŽĂůŬĞĞƉĞƌ ůŝĐĞ &ůŽǁĞƌ ǁĂƐ ĂǁĂƌĚĞĚ ͚ƉůĂǇĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƚĐŚ͛ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŽŵĞ ĂŵĂǌŝŶŐ ƐĂǀĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŐŽŽĚ ĐůĞĂƌƐ͘ h >ĂĐƌŽƐƐĞ ŚĂƐ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ƚĞĂŵ ŶŽǁ ƉůĂĐĞĚ ƚŚŝƌĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ h ^ ůĞĂŐƵĞ͘ dŚĞ ŐĂŵĞƐ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ ƵŶĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ůŽƐĞ ǁĞƌĞ Ăůů ĞǆƚƌĞŵĞůǇ ƟŐŚƚ ĂīĂŝƌƐ͘ dŚĞ ƚĞĂŵ ŶĞǆƚ ƚƌĂǀĞůƐ ƚŽ ŝƌŵŝŶŐŚĂŵ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ŽŶ &ĞďƌƵĂƌǇ ϭϳƚŚ͘

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h ƚŚůĞƟĐƐ ƚƌĂǀĞůůĞĚ ƚŽ >ŽŶĚŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĂŶŶƵĂů >ŽŶĚŽŶ 'ĂŵĞƐ Ăƚ >ĞĞ sĂůůĞǇ ůĂƐƚ ǁĞĞŬĞŶĚ͘ dŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ŐĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ĂƚŚůĞƚĞƐ ĂŶ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ ƚŽ ǁĂƌŵ ƵƉ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƵƉĐŽŵŝŶŐ h ^ /ŶĚŽŽƌ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ ŝŶ ^ŚĞĸĞůĚ͘ dŚĞ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁĞĞŬĞŶĚ ĐĂŵĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚŝƌĚ ǇĞĂƌ ŵĞĚŝĐ EŝŬŬŝ ^ŵŝƚŚ͕ ǁŚŽ ďƌŽŬĞ ƚŚĞ ϲϬŵ ĐůƵď ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƟŵĞ ŽĨ ϴ͘ϰϳ ƐĞĐŽŶĚƐ͘

dŚĞ h DĞŶ͛Ɛ ϭƐƚ y/ ƐƵīĞƌĞĚ Ă ϰͲϬ ĚĞĨĞĂƚ ƚŽ ƌŝǀĂůƐ ĂŵďƌŝĚŐĞ ŽŶ tĞĚŶĞƐͲ ĚĂǇ͘ dŚĞ ĚĞĨĞĂƚ ůĞĂǀĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĂŵ ƚŚŝƌĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ DŝĚůĂŶĚƐ Ϯ ƚĂďůĞ͕ ĨŽƵƌ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ĂĚƌŝŌ ŽĨ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐ ĞĚĨŽƌĚƐŚŝƌĞ͘ ůƐĞǁŚĞƌĞ͕ ƚŚĞ h DĞŶ͛Ɛ ϮŶĚ y/ ƐŶĂƚĐŚĞĚ Ă ϯͲϮ ǀŝĐƚŽƌǇ ĂǁĂǇ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƚŚĞ EŽƫŶŐŚĂŵ ϯƌĚ y/͘ KůŝǀĞƌ <ŝƐďǇ͕ ĞŶ ŶŐƵƐ ĂŶĚ ĚĂŵ DŽŽƌĞ ǁĞƌĞ ŽŶ ƚĂƌŐĞƚ ŝŶ Ă ƌĞƐƵůƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚĂŬĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĂŵ ƚŽ ĨŽƵƌƚŚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƚĂďůĞ͘

/Ŷ Ă ĐůŽƐĞůǇ ĨŽƵŐŚƚ ĐŽŶƚĞƐƚ͕ h ϮŶĚƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƵŶůƵĐŬǇ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ƐŶĂƚĐŚ ǀŝĐƚŽƌǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ŵŽŵĞŶƚƐ͕ ůŽƐŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ƚŽ ^ƚĂīŽƌĚƐŚŝƌĞ ϯϯͲϯϱ͘ <ŝƌƐƚǇ zŽƵŶŐ͕ ǁŚŽ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ ƉůĂǇĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƚĐŚ͕ ƚƌŝĞĚ ƚŽ ƉƵƐŚ h ƚŽ ǀŝĐƚŽƌǇ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞǇ ĨĞůů ũƵƐƚ ƐŚŽƌƚ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ h ͛Ɛ ĮƌƐƚ ĚĞĨĞĂƚ ƐŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ŽƉĞŶŝŶŐ ŐĂŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ h ^ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͘ ůƐĞǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ϭƐƚ ƚĞĂŵ ůŽƐƚ ϮϬͲϯϰ ƚŽ tĂƌǁŝĐŬ ϮŶĚƐ͘

h tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ϭƐƚ y/ ƚŚƌĂƐŚĞĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂŵďƌŝĚŐĞ ĐŽƵŶƚĞƌƉĂƌƚƐ ϭϮͲϬ ŝŶ Ă DŝĚůĂŶĚƐ Ϯ ŐĂŵĞ ŽŶ tĞĚŶĞƐĚĂǇ͘ h ͛Ɛ ƐƵƉĞƌŝŽƌ ƐŬŝůů ĂŶĚ ĮƚŶĞƐƐ ǁĂƐ ĂďƵŶĚĂŶƚůǇ ĂƉƉĂƌĞŶƚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĂŵ ŵŽǀĞĚ ƚŽ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƚĂďůĞ ŽŶ Ϯϭ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă нϲϴ ŐŽĂů ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ͘ >ĂƵƌĞŶ ,ŽƐŬŝŶŐ ƐĐŽƌĞĚ ĨŽƵƌ͕ ŝƐŚĂ ^ŚƵĂŝďƵ ĂŶĚ ŚƌŝƐƚǇ ,ĂǇŶĞƐ ƚŚƌĞĞ ĞĂĐŚ͕ ǁŝƚŚ sĂŝŶĂ ůǀĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂǇĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƚĐŚ͕ ĞŬŝ &ŝƐŬ͕ ŶĞƫŶŐ ŽŶĞ ĞĂĐŚ͘

ĞĐĐǇ ŽǁŶĂƐ h tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ϭƐƚ Ͳ ϭϵ EŽƌƚŚĂŵƉƚŽŶ tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ϭƐƚ Ͳ ϯ

hŶŝŽŶ ƌĞĨĞƌĞŶĚƵŵ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƉŽƐĞĚ ĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ ĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ KĸĐĞƌ ĨĂŝůĞĚ ƚŽ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ǀŽƚĞƐ ƚŽ ƌĞĂĐŚ ƋƵŽƌƵŵ ůĂƐƚ ǁĞĞŬ͘ dŚĞ ƉŽƐƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ĐŽŵďŝŶĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƚͲƟŵĞ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ^ƉŽƌƚƐ ĂŶĚ ^ŽĐŝĞƟĞƐ KĸĐĞƌƐ ŝŶƚŽ ŽŶĞ ĨƵůůͲƟŵĞ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ĂůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ĨƵůůͲƟŵĞ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ͘ ǆƚĞŶƐŝǀĞ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐŝŽŶƐ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ƉůĂĐĞ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ ĂƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂƌƌĂŶŐĞŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ Ɛ͛hŶŝŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ĐŽŶĐůƵĚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƚͲƟŵĞ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƐŝŵƉůǇ ŶŽƚ ĂĚĞƋƵĂƚĞ ƚŽ ĚĞĂů ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ǀŽůƵŵĞ ŽĨ ǁŽƌŬ͘ dŚĞ ŝĚĞĂ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĨĞƌĞŶĚƵŵ ǁĂƐ ƚŽ ĂůůŽǁ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĂǇ ĂŌĞƌ hŶŝŽŶ ŽƵŶĐŝů ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ĂŐƌĞĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĂŶ ŽƉƟŽŶ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ Ă ůŽǁ ƚƵƌŶͲŽƵƚ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƚǁŽ ĚĂǇƐ ŽĨ ǀŽƟŶŐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŵŝŶŝŵƵŵ ƋƵŽƚĂ ŶŽƚ ďĞŝŶŐ ƌĞĂĐŚĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƵůƚ ĐŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ďŝŶĚŝŶŐ ĞŝƚŚĞƌ ǁĂǇ͘ ϱϬϬ ǀŽƚĞƐ Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ǁĞƌĞ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƵůƚ ůĞŐŝƟŵĂƚĞ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ǀŽƚĞƐ ĐĂƐƚ ĐĂŵĞ ƚŽ ϰϵϯ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ƌĂƟĮĐĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƉƌŽǀĞĚ ƵŶƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů͕ ŝƚ ĚŝĚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ǀŝƚĂů ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĂďŽƵƚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛ ŽƉŝŶŝŽŶƐ͘ dŚĞ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ǁĂƐ ƉƌŽƉŽƐĞĚ ƚŽ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ƚŚĞ ŶƵŵĞƌŽƵƐ h ƐƉŽƌƚƐ ĐůƵďƐ ĂƐ Ă ǁŚŽůĞ ǁŚĞŶ ĚĞĂůŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ďŽĚŝĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ^ƉŽƌƚƐƉĂƌŬ͘ KƚŚĞƌ ŝĚĞĂƐ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƌŽůĞ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ Ă ͚ƐƉŽƌƚƐ ďůƵĞ͛ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ƐŝŵŝůŝĂƌ ƚŽ ƚŚĂƚ ŽĨ KǆĨŽƌĚ ĂŶĚ ĂŵďƌŝĚŐĞ͘ ŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ KĸĐĞƌ EĂƚĂƐŚĂ ĂƌŶĞƐ ďĞůŝĞǀĞƐ͕ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ůŽǁ ƚƵƌŶͲ ŽƵƚ͕ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ǀĞƌǇ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟǀĞ͕ ƐƚĂƟŶŐ͗ ͞/ƚ ŝƐ Ă ŚŝŐŚůǇ ĐŽŵƉůĞǆ ŝƐƐƵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŐŽĞƐ ŚĂŶĚͲŝŶͲŚĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƐŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ŽŶƐƟƚƵƟŽŶ͘ ͞dŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ĂƐŬĞĚ ŝĨ ǁĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚŽůĚ ƚŚŝƐ ƌĞĨĞƌĞŶĚƵŵ ƚŽ ĂƐĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŚĂƉƉǇ ƚŽ ƉĂǇ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ͕ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƵŶƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů͕ ŐĂǀĞ ƵƐ ĂŶ ŝĚĞĂ ĂƐ ƚŽ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĚŽ ǁĂŶƚ͘͟