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*ANE $OUGLAS .EWS %DITOR 4HE 5NION "OOKSHOP IS SET TO CLOSE DOWN THIS -ARCH AFTER STEEP DECREASES IN PROlTS HAVE MADE IT UNSUSTAINABLE /VER THE LAST YEARS THERE HAS BEEN AN DROP IN BOOK SALES !CCORDING TO &INANCE /FlCER %DDIE 3HIELDS hTHIS IS PARTLY DUE TO COM PETITION FROM E"AY AND !MAZON BUT ALSO BECAUSE SUBJECTS ARE DE VELOPING SO QUICKLY THESE DAYS )N MANY SUBJECTS STUDENTS ARE OFTEN REQUIRED TO USE RECENTLY PUBLISHED JOURNAL ARTICLES AVAILABLE ONLINE OR IN THE LIBRARY RATHER THAN JUST
TEXTBOOKS 4HE RISE OF THE )NTERNET IS CERTAINLY A MAJOR FACTOR v 4HE BOOKSHOP MADE A LOSS OF NEARLY a LAST YEAR AND THAT IS SET TO INCREASE THIS YEAR DESPITE OTHER SERVICES SUCH AS $OT -OBILE BEING PLACED IN THE BOOKSHOP TO ATTRACT CUSTOMERS ,AST YEAR S %XEC CHOSE TO KEEP THE BOOKSHOP HOWEVER AFTER THE "OARD OF $IRECTORS ADVISED IT BE CLOSED DOWN THE CURRENT %XEC DECIDED TO RECONSIDER 4HE DECISION WOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO 5NION #OUNCIL AT THE END OF LAST SEMESTER BUT THE MEETING WAS TWO PEOPLE SHORT OF QUORUM SO IT COULD NOT PROCEED 4HE %XEC THEREFORE VOTED ON THE MATTER JUST BEFORE #HRIST MAS
3ARAH -ABLEY ,,4 COMMENT ED h) M SORRY TO SEE IT GO BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE AN INHERENT PART OF STUDENT LIFE v 7AYS OF MAINTAINING THE SERVICE HAVE BEEN EXPLORED AND %DDIE 3HIELDS HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH OTHER UNIONS ABOUT THE PROBLEM AS THE CLOSURE OF UNION BOOKSHOPS IS A PATTERN REPEATED ACROSS THE COUNTRY 4HE 5NION IS CONSIDERING AN ONLINE SYSTEM AS WELL AS BOOK SALES IN THE ,#2 3TUDENTS WOULD BRING IN BOOKS TO BE SOLD BY THE 5NION COLLECTING THEIR MONEY OR RECLAIM ING THEIR UNSOLD BOOKS AT THE END OF THE SALE %DDIE 3HIELDS ADDED h) D BE HAPPY TO HEAR PEOPLE S IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO CONTINUE THE
SERVICE v !S FOR THE FATE OF THE SPACE LEFT BY THE BOOKSHOP THE 5NION %XECU TIVE IS STILL UNDECIDED AND OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS 3EVERAL OPTIONS ARE ALREADY BEING DISCUSSED SUCH AS A HAIRDRESSER WHICH WOULD GUARANTEE RETURNS IF MANAGED PROPERLY OR AN ORIENTAL FOOD SHOP FOR THE GROWING NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS 0ROBABLY THE MOST POPULAR IDEA A TAKE AWAY IS ALSO UNDER CONSIDERATION (OWEVER THIS IDEA IS NOT AS PLAUSIBLE AS IT MAY AT lRST SEEM BECAUSE THE 5NION CANNOT SERVE HOT FOOD UNTIL :EST HAS CLOSED AT DUE TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE 5NIVERSITY -ARCUS *ONES ,)4 HAS A VERY DIFFERENT IDEA h) THINK IT SHOULD
BE TURNED INTO A 0RO %VO LOUNGE THEN ALL THE LADS ON CAMPUS CAN BOND BETWEEN THEIR LECTURES WHICH MEANS THAT lRSTLY YOU GET ALL THE ROWDY MEN OUT OF THE WAY AND SECONDLY IT MEANS THAT THEY CAN GET IT OUT OF THEIR SYSTEMS BEFORE THEY GO HOME SO THAT THE GIRLS THEY LIVE WITH CAN WATCH THE 46 IN THEIR OWN LIVING ROOMS v 4HE 5NION WILL LOOK CAREFULLY AT ALL THE OPTIONS AND WILL CHOOSE THE MOST VIABLE ONE 4O MAKE A SUGGESTION YOU CAN CONTACT %DDIE 3HIELDS AT SU lNANCE UEA AC UK OR IN HIS OFlCE ABOVE THE (IVE !LTERNATIVELY YOU CAN lLL IN THE FORM ON PAGE TWO AND HAND IT INTO THE #ONCRETE OFlCE
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4UESDAY TH $ECEMBER
7HAT SHOULD BECOME OF THE 5NION "OOKSHOP
7ITH THE BOOKSHOP SET TO BE CLOSED AT THE END OF -ARCH THIS YEAR THE 5NION IS IN DISCUSSIONS OVER THE FUTURE OF THE SPACE THE BOOKSHOP CURRENTLY OCCUPIES 'IVE YOUR OPINION ON WHAT THE SPACE SHOULD BE TURNED INTO BY lLLING IN THIS FORM AND RETURNING IT TO THE #ONCRETE OFlCE
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3TUDENTS 2ETURN TO 'OLDEN 4RIANGLE
&OUR TREES WERE SEEN UPROOTED AND LEFT ON THE TOP OF CARS IN 'LEBE 2OAD LAST 3ATURDAY 4HE TREES HAD BEEN PULLED FROM NEARBY FRONT GARDENS IN A PRANK WITH A CERTAIN STUDENT RING TO IT
3PORTS !SSOCIATION &EE a FOR 3ECOND 3EMESTER
-ARCUS *ONES 3PORTS %DITOR 2ATHER LIKE YOUR ALARM CLOCK IN THE MORNING THE INTRODUCTION OF THE a SPORTS INSURANCE FEE CAME AS QUITE A SHOCK TO MOST STUDENTS LAST YEAR 4HIS WAS PRIMARILY BECAUSE THE SPORTING MASSES OF 5%! HAD BEEN CONTENTEDLY PAYING JUST a FOR MANY YEARS AND IT WAS THE SHEER MAGNITUDE OF THE PRICE HIKE THAT CAUGHT MANY BY SURPRISE 4HERE WAS ANNOYANCE BORDERING ON DOWN RIGHT ANGER AMONG MANY SPORTS CLUBS WHO CLAIMED MEMBERSHIP AND PARTICIPATION LEVELS WOULD BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED AND THE 5NION WAS ALMOST PICTURED AS SOME SORT OF ANTI SPORT SECT !LL THIS OF COURSE WAS DISTINCTLY HYPERBOLIC AS NOT ONLY DO MANY OTHER UNIVERSITIES PAY A SIMILAR FEE BUT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING SO FOR SEVERAL YEARS 4HE a 3PORTS !S SOCIATION WAS ALSO IMPERATIVE IF THE 5NION WAS TO RAISE ENOUGH MONEY TO COVER THE COSTS OF ALL THE SPORTS CLUBS AT 5%! )F THERE WAS AN AREA OF ITS INTRODUCTION THAT WAS SOMEWHAT UNFAIR IT LAY IN THE FACT THAT EVEN IF
YOU SIGNED UP TO A CLUB AT 3PORTS MART YOU STILL HAD TO PAY THE FULL PRICE 4HIS HAS NOW BEEN RECTIlED AS THOSE STUDENTS WHO SIGN UP TO A SPORTS CLUB ON 7EDNESDAY WILL ONLY HAVE TO PAY a FOR 3PORTS !SSOCIATION 4HIS IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO INTER NATIONAL STUDENTS WHO ARE STUDY ING HERE FOR ONLY ONE SEMESTER BUT THEY WILL HAVE TO PAY THE FULL PRICE UPFRONT AND WILL THEN BE REIMBURSED a WHEN THEY RETURN THE CARD AT THE END OF TERM 4HIS MEASURE HAS BEEN INTRODUCED TO PREVENT THEM SELLING ON THE CARD TO OTHER STUDENTS &INANCE /FlCER %DDIE 3HIELDS SAID THAT THIS IS SOMETHING HE AND 3PORTS /FlCER +UMY 6ELUPPIL
LAI HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A WHILE AND HE HOPES THAT IT WILL hGET PEOPLE TO DO MORE SPORTv #ERTAINLY IT SHOULD BE AN ADDED INCENTIVE FOR THOSE WITH TIGHT PURSE STRINGS OR THOSE WITH THE DESIRE TO TRY SOMETHING NEW TO POP ALONG TO 3PORTSMART "UT WILL THE REDUCED COST HAVE AN ADVERSE AFFECT ON THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THE 5NION HAS TO DISTRIBUTE TO THE CLUBS )T IS DIFlCULT TO SAY AT THE MOMENT BECAUSE IT MAY BE THAT THE LESSER FEE WILL ENCOURAGE GREATER NUMBERS TO SIGN UP (OWEVER AS %DDIE 3HIELDS POINTED OUT hWE MIGHT MAKE A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN WE COULD HAVE DONE BUT ) THINK IT IS WORTH THAT IF IT MEANS WE CAN BE FAIR TO ALL STUDENTSv
&RESHERS 7ANT ,ESSON &REE &IRST 7EEK 3AM %MANUEL &RESHERS ARE UNHAPPY WITH A LES SON PACKED lRST WEEK A 5NION SURVEY HAS REVEALED 4HE SURVEY WHICH WAS CON DUCTED LAST SEMESTER ASKED NEW STUDENTS FOR THEIR lRST IMPRES SIONS OF 5%! 4HE RESULTS HAVE REVEALED THAT A STAGGERING FEEL THEY WOULD HAVE BENElTED FROM A WEEK AT UNIVERSITY WITHOUT LESSONS ALTHOUGH NOT NECESSARILY TO INDULGE IN HEAVY BINGE DRINKING AS ASSUMED BY MANY 5NIVERSITY OFlCIALS /F THE PEOPLE SURVEYED SAID THEY WOULD APPRECIATE SKILLS WORKSHOPS IN THE lRST WEEK DEALING WITH KEY SKILLS SUCH AS WRITING ESSAYS GOOD LAB PRACTICE OR MANAGING lNANCES 4HE SURVEY HIGHLIGHTED THE KEY IMPORTANCE OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR INITIAL SOCIAL STRUCTURING TO NEW STUDENTS WITH WANTING MORE SOCIAL EVENTS WITHIN THEIR SCHOOL TO GIVE THEM TIME TO GET TO KNOW PEOPLE THEY WOULD BE STUDY ING WITH 4HESE ACTIVITIES NEED NOT NECESSARILY BE EVENING EVENTS AS IT EMERGED THAT OF THE PEOPLE QUESTIONED WOULD ACTUALLY PREFER LOW KEY EVENTS 3UGGESTIONS INCLUDE BARBEQUES BOWLING AND
LOCAL WALKS ! WHOPPING WOULD ALSO HAVE PREFERRED MORE TIME TO JOIN CLUBS AND SOCIETIES TO lND FRIENDS WITH SIMILAR INTERESTS AND ENABLE THEM TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE 5NIVERSITY S VARIED EXTRA CURRICULAR OPPORTUNITIES !SIDE FROM LIMITING THEIR INITIAL OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET SOCIAL PEERS OF STUDENTS ALSO FEEL THAT LESSONS BEGINNING IN INDUCTION WEEK LIMIT THEIR TIME FOR ORGANISATION AND THUS THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS AS THEY ARE FORCED TO ATTEND KEY LECTURES WHEN THEY HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO PREPARE FULLY 4HEY WOULD ALSO LIKE MORE TIME TO ACQUIRE READING TEXTS 4IME TO DEDICATE TO THE EXPLO RATION AND FAMILIARISATION OF THE LOCAL AREA AND UNIVERSITY GROUNDS
WERE REQUESTED BY MOST WHO lLLED IN THE SURVEY WITH STUDENTS FEELING THEY WOULD HAVE BENElTED FROM MORE INFORMATION AND GUID ANCE ON .ORWICH AND HOW TO GET AROUND -ANY STUDENTS ARRIVING WILL NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE PUB LIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM AND HAVING TO ARRIVE AND THEN START LECTURES IMMEDIATELY MEANS THAT STUDENTS ARRIVING IN THE TOWN FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD ARE NOT ABLE TO GET THEIR BEARINGS AND LOCATE LOCAL AMENITIES AND SHOPS BEFORE HAVING TO CONCENTRATE ON LESSONS 4HE 5NION IS CURRENTLY COM PILING A REPORT TO PRESENT TO THE 5NIVERSITY ON THIS ISSUE AND FULL RESULTS OF THE SURVEY WILL BE PUB LISHED SOON
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7EDNESDAY TH *ANUARY
#HRISTMAS #RIME ON #AMPUS *AMES "ILLINGS /NCE AGAIN 5%! HAS BEEN PLAGUED BY ACTS OF VANDALISM THAT OCCURRED OVER THE #HRISTMAS HOLIDAYS 4HREE HOODED YOUTHS BOYS AGED BETWEEN TEN AND WERE SEEN THROWING STONES AT THE FRONT OF 3UFFOLK 4ERRACE AT ABOUT ON *ANUARY RD 0OLICE REPORTED THAT THREE KITCHEN WINDOWS ON THE GROUND mOOR WERE SMASHED 4HE BOYS APPARENTLY RAN OFF WHEN 3ECURITY ARRIVED AT THE SCENE ! lRE ALARM WAS ALSO MALICIOUS LY SET OFF AT THE SAME RESIDENCE 4HE YOUTHS MAY HAVE BEEN FROM ONE OF THE LOCAL ESTATES CLOSE TO 5%! WHICH HAVE BEEN BLAMED FOR MUCH OF THE PETTY CRIME AFFECTING THIS OTHERWISE SAFE AREA OF THE COUNTRY 0OLICE SAID THAT THIS INCIDENT WAS IRREGULAR AND OCCURRED BECAUSE MOST RESIDENTS WERE AWAY FOR THE HOLIDAYS 4HEY VE ASKED FOR ANYONE WHO HAS INFORMATION ABOUT THE IN CIDENT TO CONTACT 0# 4RISTAN #OULL AT %ARLHAM 0OLICE 3TATION ON )N ADDITION TO THIS BETWEEN $ECEMBER TH AND ST THERE WAS A THEFT OF A 6ESPER 3COOTER FROM .ORFOLK 4ERRACE FOUND A FEW
'RAFlTI DONE AT 5%! DURING HOLIDAYS DAYS LATER ON 5NIVERSITY GROUNDS PARTIALLY BURNT OUT POSSIBLY AFTER A JOY RIDE $ECEMBER TH SAW THE THEFT OF A BICYCLE WHICH IS YET TO BE RECOV ERED ! STORE AREA IN 3UFFOLK 4ERRACE WAS ALSO BROKEN INTO BETWEEN $E CEMBER TH AND *ANUARY TH 4HE AREA IS USED TO KEEP WINDSURlNG APPARATUS ALONG WITH OTHER EQUIP MENT THOUGH THE POLICE AT PRESENT BELIEVE NOTHING WAS TAKEN 4HERE ARE OTHER INCIDENTS UNDER INVESTIGA TION BUT FACTS CANNOT BE CONlRMED
UNTIL PEOPLE RETURN TO CAMPUS 4HESE INCIDENTS SHOULD NOT LEAD TO 5%! BEING MISCONSTRUED AS A @HOTBED OF CRIME 4HE CRIMES ARE MINOR IN NATURE WHEN COMPARED TO THE VAST NUMBER OF BREAK INS AND THEFTS AT THE START OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR WHICH hHAVE BEEN REDUCED TO ZERO FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS v ACCORDING TO 5%! 0OLICE #OMMUNITY 3UPPORT /FlCER 2AJ +AMBLI h/NE BURGLAR WHO WAS APPREHENDED HAS RECENTLY BEEN SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN PRISONv
2ESIDENT 4UTORS !PPLICATIONS ARE NOW INVITED FROM HIGHLY MOTIVATED ENTHUSIASTIC AND SUITABLY EXPERIENCED FULL TIME STUDENTS AND MEMBERS OF STAFF FOR APPOINTMENT AS 2ESIDENT 4UTOR FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 3TUDENTS SPENDING NEXT YEAR ABROAD SHOULD ALSO APPLY NOW FOR APPOINTMENT IN 3EPTEMBER 2ESIDENT 4UTORS WELCOME STUDENTS WHEN THEY lRST MOVE 5%! 3 .!+%$ #(!2)49 INTO RESIDENCES PROVIDE INFORMATION #!,%.$%2 AND SUPPORT TO HELP#/-).' THEM MANAGE THE ! TRANSITION TO UNIVERSITY LIFE AND 4/ 7!,, .%!2 9/5 THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ARE AVAILABLE TO DEAL WITH ISSUES OF WELFARE AND GOOD ORDER "Y USING THEIR MEDIATION AND PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS 2ESIDENT 4UTORS HELP MAINTAIN A BALANCE BETWEEN THE INTERESTS OF INDIVIDUALS AND THE COMMUNITY IN RESIDENCES 3UCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WILL HAVE EXCELLENT ALL ROUND PEOPLE SKILLS BE NON JUDGMENTAL ABLE TO EMPATHISE WITH THE ACADEMIC PROBLEMS COMMONLY EXPERIENCED BY STUDENTS HAVE GOOD WRITTEN AND SPOKEN %NGLISH GOOD TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLS THE ABILITY TO FOLLOW CLEARLY DElNED PROCEDURES mEXIBILITY AND A WILLINGNESS TO WORK UNSOCIAL HOURS 4HIS APPOINTMENT WILL BE SUBJECT TO A CRIMINAL RECORD CHECK FROM THE #RIMINAL 2ECORDS "UREAU
4HIS HIGHLIGHTS THE EFFECT THAT THE INCREASED 3ECURITY PRESENCE COM BINED WITH 0#3/ +AMBLI S EFFORTS HAS HAD ON CRIME ON CAMPUS (E WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REMIND STUDENTS RETURNING WITH EXPENSIVE #HRIST MAS PRESENTS SUCH AS I0ODS hTO NOT KEEP THEM ON DISPLAY WHILST OUT WALKING TO PREVENT YOURSELF FROM BECOMING A TARGET v 3TUDENTS SHOULD ALSO REMEMBER TO KEEP WINDOWS SECURE AND DOORS LOCKED TO AID 3ECURITY IN THE PREVENTION OF ANY FURTHER BURGLARIES
)NTERNATIONAL 0ARTY 4HE 5NION )NTERNATIONAL 0ARTY WILL BE HELD ON &EBRUARY TH AND PROMISES TO BE A VIBRANT EXTRAVAGANZA WITH FOOD MUSIC AND CULTURE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD %VENTS IN THE PAST HAVE INCLUD ED A -ALAYSIAN FASHION SHOW A #A POEIRA PERFORMANCE A ROCK GOSPEL CHOIR AND A BARBERSHOP QUARTET AS WELL AS DANCING AND SINGING FROM A NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL SOCIETIES 4HE 5NION NEEDS YOUR HELP TO MAKE IT HAPPEN n WHETHER YOU WOULD LIKE TO PREPARE FOOD PERFORM ON STAGE OR SIMPLY WANT TO HELP ORGANISE THE EVENT 4HE lRST PLANNING MEETING WILL BE HELD ON 7EDNESDAY *ANUARY TH AT IN 5NION (OUSE 2OOM
-INE S A (ALF 4HIS PHRASE WILL BE HEARD WITH GREATER REGULARITY IN THE 5NION BAR AS HALF PINTS OF SHANDY ARE NOW AVAILABLE 4HE VERY LATEST IN DRINK ING TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN INSTALLED TO ENABLE A SMALLER YET NON FROTHY SERVING OF BEER TO BE POURED WHICH CAN THEN BE TOPPED UP WITH A CHEEKY BIT OF LEMONADE 3O IF IT S LUNCH TIME AND YOU DON T WANT TO BLUR YOUR VISION FOR THE AFTERNOON LECTURE YOU CAN NOW SAY WITH CONlDENCE hMINE S A HALFv
3ILENCE IS 'OLDEN
*OHN -UTCH 9OU HAVE TWO HOURS LEFT UNTIL YOUR ESSAY IS DUE IN 9OU VE JUST SPENT TEN MINUTES TRYING TO lND A FREE COMPUTER AND YOU SIT DOWN ONLY TO REALISE PRACTICALLY EVERYONE AROUND YOU IS TALKING 4HE NOISE IN THE LIBRARY IS BECOMING A GROWING CONCERN FOR STUDENTS WHO FEEL THAT IT NO LONGER STANDS AS THE SILENT HAVEN THAT HARD WORKING STUDENTS CAN ESCAPE TO $ISTRESSED STUDENTS FEEL THE )#4 AREAS IN PARTICULAR HAVE BECOME A RALLYING POINT FOR PEOPLE TO STAND AROUND AND TALK 7HEREAS A CERTAIN LEVEL OF NOISE IS UNAVOIDABLE STUDENTS MUST REMEMBER THAT THEY ARE THERE TO WORK h4HE LIBRARY IS A PLACE TO WORK NOT SOCIALISE 4HERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR CONSTANT TALKING IT IS SELF ISH IGNORANT BEHAVIOR v !NDY
(IGSON !-3 (OWEVER NOT ALL CHAT TER IN THE LIBRARY COMPLEX IS SIMPLY SOCIALISING -ANY SEE THE LIBRARY AS AN IDEAL PLACE TO CARRY OUT GROUP WORK +ITTY )NGLIS ,IBRARY AND ,EARNING 2ESOURCES $IRECTOR ACKNOWL EDGES THAT hTHE WAY STUDENTS LEARN HAS CHANGED v IN THAT WE ARE REQUIRED NOW MORE THAN EVER TO CO OPERATE AS PART OF A TEAM 4HE LIBRARY CONTINUES TO CHANGE TO REmECT THIS ON mOORS TWO AND THREE THERE ARE NOW GROUP STUDY ROOMS SEPARATED FROM THE MAIN LIBRARY AREA %VERY EFFORT SHOULD BE MADE TO ENSURE STUDENTS KNOW ABOUT THESE FACILITIES n FOR THEIR OWN BENElT AND THAT OF PEOPLE AROUND THEM ,IBRARY STAFF UNDERTAKE hREGULAR PATROLS AS REGULARLY AS POSSIBLE v AND APPRECIATE THE NEED FOR A QUIET POSI TIVE WORKING ENVIRONMENT 7HILE ENCOURAGING CO OP ERATION WITH STUDENT BODIES
IN ACHIEVING JUST THIS )NGLIS INSISTS MUCH OF THE RESPON SIBILITY LIES WITH THE STUDENTS THEMSELVES h"EING ASKED TO BE QUIET BY A PEER IS LIKELY TO HAVE AS MUCH IF NOT MORE EFFECT THAN BEING ASKED BY A MEMBER OF LIBRARY STAFF v 3TUDENTS SIMPLY CANNOT RELY ON LIBRARY STAFF TO MONITOR THE WHOLE OF THE LIBRARY AND INSTEAD MUST REACT THEM SELVES 3TEVIE !LTMAN 5%! S 7EL FARE /FlCER HAS BEEN ASKED ABOUT THE NOISE IN THE LIBRARY ON MANY OCCASIONS AND ALSO STRESSES THE NEED FOR EACH STUDENT TO hDO THEIR BEST TO ENSURE THEY ARE NOT DISTURB ING THE LIBRARY ENVIRONMENT v 3TUDENTS MUST BE AWARE AND RESPECTFUL OF OTHERS IN THE LIBRARY ESPECIALLY DURING STRESSFUL DEADLINE WEEKS )NSTEAD OF CATCHING UP WITH A FRIEND IN THE LIBRARY WHY NOT GO FOR A COFFEE IN THE (IVE
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7EDNESDAY TH *ANUARY
%MPLOY!BILITY 3URVEY )F YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A PART TIME JOB THE %MPLOY!BILITY *OB 3HOP CAN HELP 4HE *OB 3HOP IS RUN JOINTLY BY THE 5NION OF 5%! 3TUDENTS AND 5%! #AREERS #ENTRE 7HY NOT CALL INTO THE 5NION !DVICE #ENTRE ABOVE THE (IVE !LTERNATIVELY TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEBSITE WWW EMPLOYABILITY UEA AC UK 4HE *OB 3HOP IS RUNNING A SUR VEY FROM *ANUARY TH n &EBRUARY TH WITH ONE PRIZE OF a AND SEVEN a BOOK TOKENS
(AVE 9OUR 3AY &OR THE PAST TWO YEARS 5%! HAS BEEN RANKED AMONGST THE TOP THREE UNIVERSITIES IN THE .ATIONAL 3TUDENT 3URVEY 4O REPEAT THIS FEAT FOR A THIRD YEAR OR IF YOU FEEL SO INCLINED TO REVERSE IT ALL lNAL YEAR GRADUATES SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THEIR INBOX $URING THE WEEK COMMENCING *ANUARY ND )PSOS -/2) WILL BE EMAILING ALL ELIGIBLE STUDENTS WITH A QUESTIONNAIRE ASKING YOU TO JUDGE YOUR COURSE IN VARIOUS AREAS )T SHOULD TAKE ONLY lVE MIN UTES TO COMPLETE AND YOUR ANSWERS COULD HELP 5%! TO THE TOP OF THE LEADER BOARD ONCE MORE
(OW #LEAN )S 9OUR 5NIVERSITY
$O YOU NEED A LECTURE IN CLEANING )S YOUR COMMUNAL KITCHEN CONTAGIOUS 4HE QUEENS OF CLEANING ARE HERE TO HELP
#HARLOTTE +IMBLEY #HANNEL S HIT PRIMETIME SHOW @(OW #LEAN IS 9OUR (OUSE IS ON ITS WAY TO 5%! 4ALKBACK 4HAMES THE PRODUC TION COMPANY BEHIND THE POPULAR PROGRAMME ARE SPECIlCALLY LOOK ING FOR 5%! STUDENTS TO TAKE PART 4HE SHOW S PRODUCERS ARE EMBARK ING ON A ONE TIME SPIN OFF VERSION OF THE SHOW SPECIALLY FOCUSING ON STUDENTS AND STUDENT LIFESTYLE )N AN EXCLUSIVE STATEMENT TO #ONCRETE 6ICKI "ASSIL A RESEARCHER FOR THE SHOW COMMENTED hIDEALLY WE D LIKE TO lND PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN HALLS OF RESIDENCE OR SELF CATERED HALLS OR WHERE THERE ARE MORE THAN FOUR PEOPLE IN A HOUSEHOLD BUT ALL ARE WELCOME 7E RE HOPING TO MAKE THIS QUITE A FUN EPISODE AND ) M SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO TAKE PART WOULD ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE A GREAT DEAL v 3O IF YOU RE FED UP OF THE FESTERING RANKNESS OF YOUR STUDENT ABODE OR LIVING WITH A PARTICULARLY MESSY HOUSEMATE WHY NOT REVEAL THEM TO THE DOMESTIC GODDESSES AND SELF PROFESSED @1UEENS OF #LEAN +IM AND !GGIE
4HE SHOW DOES NOT SIMPLY WANT TO NAME AND SHAME IT ALSO PRIDES ITSELF AS A PROGRAMME WHICH HAS CHANGED PEOPLE S LIVES AND IS AN AVID PROMOTER OF ETHICAL AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY CLEANING PRODUCTS )N A RECENT INTERVIEW FOR THE #HANNEL WEBSITE !GGIE EXPLAINED THE IMPORTANCE OF USING GREEN PRODUCTS IN THE HOME h9ES ) THINK
WE PROMOTE A MORE GREEN WAY OF DOING THINGS ) JUST DON T LIKE USING HARSH TOXIC CHEMICALS n IF YOU CAN AVOID THEN YOU SHOULD AND YOU SHOULD THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU RE DOING TO THE PLANET v (OWEVER +IM WARNED THAT DESPITE THEIR ADVICE AND BEST EFFORTS IT IS ULTIMATELY UP TO INDIVIDUALS THEMSELVES TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR HYGIENE AND CHANGE THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARDS CLEANING
STATING h) THINK WE DO HELP VIEWERS BUT OLD HABITS DIE HARD v )F YOU WANT TO TAKE PART IN THIS ONE OFF SHOW AND BECOME A CAMPUS CELEBRITY YOU CAN CON TACT THE PRODUCTION TEAM VIA OR BY EMAIL AT HOWCLEAN TALKBACKTHAMES TV
"53! "EDLAM FOR 4ENNIS #LUB -ARCUS *ONES 3PORTS %DITOR "EFORE #HRISTMAS THE 5%! TENNIS CLUB FOLLOWED IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE RUGBY CLUB AS THEY TOO FACED EXPULSION FROM "53! COMPETITION 4HE WOMEN S TEAM WERE DUE TO PLAY AN AWAY lXTURE AT ,OUGHBOROUGH IN THE lNAL WEEKS OF TERM BUT WORK DEADLINES TOOK THEIR TOLL ON AVAILABILITY *OE 4HOMPSON CLUB SECRETARY SAID THAT hWE DID EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO GET A TEAM TOGETHER 0HONE CALLS AND EMAILS WERE MADE TO ANY FEMALE PLAYER IN THE CLUB BUT WE COULDN T GET FOUR PLAYERSv #ONSEQUENTLY THE TEAM WERE FORCED TO CANCEL THE MATCH ON THE MORNING OF THE DAY IT WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE 4HE CLUB CLAIMED IT WAS NOT AWARE THAT HAD THEY CANCELLED IT FORTY EIGHT HOURS IN ADVANCE THEN ANY PROBLEMS WOULD HAVE BEEN CIR CUMVENTED !S IT IS 5NION POLICY STATES FAILURE TO FULlL A "53! lXTURE CAN RESULT IN REMOVAL FROM THE COMPETITION 4HE TENNIS CLUB IN A BID TO PREVENT THIS TAKING PLACE WROTE A LETTER OF APOLOGY TO THE %XECUTIVE EXPLAINING THE DETAILS BEHIND THE CANCELLATION AND POINTING OUT THAT THE RUGBY CLUB HAD NOT BEEN EXPELLED FOR A SIMILAR OFFENCE ONLY WEEKS BEFORE 4HE CLUB WERE NOT BANNED BUT THE IN CIDENT HAS LED TO A REVIEW OF 5NION POLICY IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT TWO INCIDENTS TOOK
PLACE SO CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER )T CERTAINLY SEEMS AS THOUGH SOME CLARITY IS NEEDED AS TO WHAT THE EXACT PUNISHMENT IS FOR FAILING TO FULlL A lXTURE AND CLUBS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE TIMEFRAME WITHIN WHICH THEY MUST CANCEL lXTURES (OWEVER IT CAN HARDLY COME AS A SURPRISE TO CLUB COMMITTEES AND THEIR MEMBERS THAT END OF TERM DEADLINES MAY IMPACT UPON AVAILABILITY AND MEASURES COULD BE PUT IN PLACE IN ADVANCE TO PREVENT LAST MINUTE CHAOS #ONCRETE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THE OUTCOME OF THE 5NION POLICY REVIEW AS AND WHEN IT OCCURS
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C 1UESTION 2E OPENED
4HE 5NION HAS BEEN BOYCOTTING #OCA #OLA SINCE A POLICY BALLOT LAST !PRIL CALLED FOR ACTION OVER THE #OMPANY S ALLEDGED HUMAN RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ABUSES 4HE DEBATE HAS NOW RE OPENED AFTER A PETITION OF MORE THAN SIGNATURES CALLED FOR THE ISSUE TO BE RE CONSIDERED 4HE VOTE TO DECIDE WHETHER TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT BOYCOTT WILL TAKE PLACE ON *ANUARY RD AND TH
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HIS VOTE IS ABOUT WHAT KIND OF 5NION THE STUDENTS OF 5%! WANT 0EOPLE IN #OLUMBIA AND )NDIA ARE ASKING US FOR OUR HELP BY US CONTINUING TO BE PART OF AN INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN 4HE BOYCOTT SHOULD END WHEN #OCA #OLA CHANGES ITS WAYS 4HE WHOLE POINT OF THE 5NION IS SO PEOPLE ACT TOGETHER TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE )T S GREAT THAT WE HAVE A PUB AND SHOPS BUT IS THAT ALL WE DO 7E THINK OUR 5NION SHOULD CAMPAIGN FOR STUDENTS AND FOR A BETTER WORLD 7E EXPECT SHAREHOLDERS TO ENSURE THAT THE COMPANIES THEY OWN BEHAVE RESPONSIBLY IN THE EFFECT THEY HAVE ON PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT 4HE 5NION OF 5%! 3TUDENTS IS OWNED BY THE STUDENTS OF 5%! AND WE SHOULD BEHAVE AS WE EXPECT OTHERS TO #OCA #OLA IS ONE OF THE WORLD S MOST POWERFUL AND PROlTABLE COR PORATIONS )T IS ACCUSED OF NOT EN SURING THE MOST BASIC SAFETY OF THE
WORKERS WHO BOTTLE ITS PRODUCTS DESPITE REPEATED PLEAS FOR HELP AS WELL AS CAUSING MASSIVE ENVIRON MENTAL DEVASTATION IN THE COMMU NITIES WHERE IT DOES BUSINESS #OCA #OLA HAS RESPONDED BY LAUNCHING PUBLIC RELATIONS CAMPAIGNS AND DENYING RESPONSIBILITY )N #OLUMBIA ACCORDING TO NUMEROUS CREDIBLE REPORTS #OCA #OLA AND ITS BUSINESS PARTNERS HAVE TURNED A BLIND EYE TO lNANCIALLY SUPPORTED AND ACTIVELY COLLUDED WITH PARAMILITARY GROUPS IN EFFORTS TO DESTROY WORKERS ATTEMPTS TO ORGANISE UNIONS AND BARGAIN COL LECTIVELY )T IS ALLEGED THAT ENVIRONMENTAL DEVASTATION IN )NDIA WATER SHORT AGES POLLUTION OF GROUNDWATER AND SOIL EXPOSURE TO TOXIC WASTE AND PESTICIDES IS HAVING IMPACTS OF MASSIVE PROPORTIONS )N A COUNTRY WHERE OVER OF THE POPULATION MAKE A LIVING FROM AGRICULTURE THE TAKING OF WATER AND POISONING THE WATER AND SOIL IS A CERTAIN RECIPE FOR DISASTER 4HOUSANDS OF FARMERS IN
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IFE IS FULL OF CHOICES AND FROM VERY EARLY ON IN CHILDHOOD WE ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE CHOICES FOR OURSELVES /BVIOUSLY WHILST GROWING UP A GREAT MANY CHOICES WOULD HAVE BEEN MADE ON OUR BEHALF n MOST FREQUENTLY BY PARENTS n BUT STILL BY THE TIME WE GET TO UNIVERSITY WE ARE PRETTY WELL ACQUAINTED WITH MAKING INFORMED CHOICES AND DECISIONS 3O IMAGINE THE ANNOYANCE WHICH REVERBERATED AROUND CAMPUS WHEN IT WAS ESTABLISHED THAT IT WAS NO LONGER BELIEVED THAT 5%! STUDENTS WERE CAPABLE OF MAKING CHOICES FOR THEMSELVES )T S NOT THAT ) WOULD EVER TRY TO CONVINCE ANYONE THAT #OCA #OLA IS THE MOST ETHICALLY SOUND COMPANY THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN BUT ) DO BELIEVE THAT THEIR ETHICAL POLICY IS A GOOD ONE AND AS FAR AS ANY LITIGIOUS ACTION HAS DETERMINED THEY KEEP TO IT (OWEVER THE COMPANY S PRACTICES AREN T ACTUALLY THE DEBATE 4HE ISSUE SHOULD SURELY BE THAT 5%! STUDENTS DESERVE TO BE TREATED WITH RESPECT (AVE FAITH IN THE STUDENTS AROUND YOU (AVE SOME BELIEF THAT STUDENTS CAN DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES WHETHER THEY WANT TO BUY #OCA #OLA AND ALL RELATED PRODUCTS OR NOT )F THE 5NION S CURRENT POLICY REGARDING #OCA #OLA IS REPEALED AND WE START SELL ING IT AGAIN THEN SURELY THOSE WHO WANT TO HAVE NOTHING WHATSOEVER TO DO WITH #OKE CAN CONTINUE TO NOT BUY THE PRODUCT 4HEY MAY EVEN GO AS FAR A MANAGING TO PERSUADE FRIENDS TO THINK ALONG THE SAME LINES AS THEM BUT THE DRINK WILL STILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO DON T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE COMPANY 4HERE ARE SOME THINGS ) DON T BUY BECAUSE ) DON T NECESSARILY AGREE WITH THEIR CONTENT ) DON T BUY 4HE 4IMES NEWSPAPER
)NDIA HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY #OCA #OLA S PRACTICES AND #OCA #OLA IS GUILTY OF DESTROYING THE LIVELIHOODS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN )NDIA SOURCE WWW INDIARESOURCE ORG 1 7HY ANOTHER VOTE ! 4HERE WAS A VOTE AT THE END OF SPRING AND STUDENTS DECIDED TO BOYCOTT #OCA #OLA .ORMALLY VOTES ARE HELD EVERY THREE YEARS BUT WE ARE HAVING ANOTHER VOTE NOW AS SOME PEOPLE DIDN T LIKE THE RESULT LAST TIME 1 )SN T IT MY RIGHT TO DRINK BUY #OCA #OLA ! ,IKE FREEDOM OF SPEECH OR FREEDOM OF RELIGION 7ELL NO IT ISN T )F PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO BUY #OCA #OLA THAT MEANS THAT THOSE WHO OWN THE 5NION YOU HAVE THE OBLIGATION TO SELL IT WHICH IS NONSENSE 4HERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS THE 5NION DOESN T SELL FOR PRACTICAL OR lNANCIAL REASONS WHICH ARE DEEMED ACCEPTABLE !RE ETHI CAL REASONS INVALID 7E HONESTLY THINK THAT THE RIGHT OF PEOPLE TO LIVE DECENT FULlLLED LIVES IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE CONSUMPTION
OF A CARBONATED BEVERAGE 1 7HAT S THE POINT OF A BOY COTT IF WE STILL SELL #OCA #OLA ! 4HE 5NION MANAGEMENT HAS TAKEN THE DECISION TO CONTINUE SELLING #OCA #OLA IN THE BAR AND HAS KEPT #OCA #OLA PRODUCTS IN THE 5NION SHOPS *UST BECAUSE THE 5NION MANAGEMENT IGNORES THE STUDENTS VOTE DOESN T MEAN WE SHOULD GIVE UP ,ET S KEEP THE BOYCOTT AND EN SURE THAT THE 5NION MANAGEMENT IMPLEMENTS YOUR DECISION 4HE .53 4REASURER HAS STATED NOT ONLY CAN OUR 5NION SELL ALTERNATIVES TO #OCA #OLA IF STUDENTS HAVE VOTED FOR THAT THEN WE SHOULD -ORE INFO AT WWW BACKTHEBOY COTT BLOGSPOT COM !LSO VISIT WWW KILLERCOKE ORG AND WWW INDIARE SOURCE ORG 9OUR HELP IS NEEDED 7E NEED AS MANY VOLUNTEERS AS POSSIBLE TO HELP IN THE CAMPAIGN GET IN TOUCH WITH US AT BACKTHEBOYCOTT GMAIL COM AND HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE
MAINTAINING THE BOYCOTT BECAUSE ) HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE -URDOCH MEDIA EMPIRE ) TRY NOT TO BUY PRODUCTS MADE BY THE MULTINATIONAL DRUGS COMPANY 'LAXO3MITH+LINE BECAUSE OF OPINIONS ) HOLD REGARDING THEIR ACTIVITIES IN THE WORLD OF PHARMACEUTICALS ) DON T BUY "OUNTY "ARS BECAUSE ) M NOT THE BIGGEST FAN OF COCONUTS 9OU SEE THERE ARE REASONS AS TO WHY ) DON T BUY CERTAIN PRODUCTS AND THEY ARE ALL BASED ON MY OWN OPINIONS PREFERENCES AND TASTES /F COURSE AT TIMES ) HAVE EXPLAINED WHY ) FEEL THE WAY ) DO TO FRIENDS AND COL LEAGUES BUT TO INSTRUCT THEM IN HOW THEY SHOULD SHAPE THEIR JUDGEMENTS WOULD BE UNFORGIVABLE 7E CAN NEVER BE CERTAIN THAT #OKE TREAT THEIR EMPLOYEES AS THEY SHOULD BE TREATED JUST AS YOU CANNOT BE SURE THAT ) DON T REGULARLY lLL UP MY HOUSEMATES SHAMPOO BOTTLES WITH HAIR REMOVAL CREAM BUT HERE ARE SOME FACTS ALL COURT CASES BROUGHT AGAINST #OKE AND ITS SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES IN #O LOMBIA AND 4URKEY HAVE BEEN DISMISSED ON VARYING GROUNDS )N )NDIA WHERE #OKE HAD BEEN ACCUSED OF TAKING WATER AWAY FROM DE PRIVED AREAS THE -INISTER FOR 7ATER RECENTLY DECLARED THAT WATER DEPLETION WAS DOWN SOLELY TO ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND NOTHING TO DO WITH #OKE )F YOU BELIEVE THAT #OCA #OLA IS AN UNETHICAL COMPANY THEN MAYBE YOU SHOULD STOP BUYING THE DRINKS "Y ALL MEANS CONVINCE THOSE AROUND YOU TO DO THE SAME "UT PRESUMING THAT EVERYONE SHOULD FOLLOW A SINGLE DIKTAT BECAUSE THEY HOLD THE SAME VIEWS AND OPINIONS AS YOU WOULD BE A DAN GEROUS LINE TO FOLLOW $ECIDE IT FOR YOURSELF NOT FOR EVERYONE ELSE
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+ILLER #OKE #ONCRETE !SKS C TO %XPLAIN )TSELF #OUNTLESS CHARGES HAVE BEEN MADE AGAINST THE #OCA #OLA #OMPANY BY VARIOUS ETHICAL ORGANISATIONS AND UNIONS -ANY OF THESE ALLEGATIONS CENTRE AROUND THE #OMPANY S ENVIRONMENTAL EF FECT IN )NDIA AND THEIR BEHAVIOUR TOWARD TRADE UNIONISTS IN #OLUMBIA #ONCRETE S .EWS %DITOR *ANE $OUGLAS SPOKE TO #OCA #OLA REPRESENTATIVE +ARI "JORHUS WHO IS BASED AT THEIR HEADQUAR TERS IN !TLANTA ABOUT THE CONTROVESY SURROUNDING #OKE #OCA #OLA HAS BEEN CRITICISED FOR ALLOWING BOTTLING PLANTS TO BE BUILT IN AREAS IN )NDIA THAT HAVE WATER SCARCITY ISSUES 4HE MANUFACTURING OF #OCA #OLA OBVIOUSLY REQUIRES MILLIONS OF LITRES OF WATER IN SOME AREAS SUCH AS +ERALA WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE RICE BOWL AGRI CULTURAL YIELDS HAVE PLUMMETED BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ENOUGH WATER TO IRRIGATE THE CROPS 7HY DID #OCA COLA NOT RECOGNISE THAT THE AMOUNT OF WATER REQUIRED FOR USE IN ITS BOTTLING PLANTS IN )NDIA WOULD DIRECTLY JEOPARDISE THE LOCAL WATER SUPPLY IN AREAS SUCH AS +ERALA h"EFORE WE SITE A PLANT WE DO AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN IN FACT OPERATE THE PLANT AND IT DOESN T MAKE SENSE FOR US TO BUILD A MULTI MILLION DOLLAR PLANT AND THEN USE UP ALL THE WATER AND NOT BE ABLE TO OPERATE THE PLANT 4HE SITUATION IN +ERALA IS THAT EVEN THOUGH THE PLANT WAS BUILT BASED ON AN UNDERSTAND ING OF AVERAGE RAINFALL IN RECENT YEARS ALTHOUGH IT HAS CERTAINLY IMPROVED IN THE LAST FEW THE AREA WENT THROUGH A PERIOD OF DROUGHT WHERE THEY DID NOT RECEIVE THE NORMAL RAINFALL LEVELS )N FACT THE HIGH COURT OF +ERALA DID A YEAR LONG SCIENTIlC STUDY OF THE AREA TO TRY AND UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH WATER AND CONCLUDED THAT THE #OCA #OLA PLANT WAS NOT THE CAUSE OF THE WATER DEPLETION IN THE AREA THAT THE WATER SCARCITY ISSUES WERE VERY MUCH A PRODUCT OF THE UNUSU ALLY LIGHT MONSOON SEASON THERE v !ND IN 2AJASTHAN WHERE THE WATER LEVEL DROPPED TEN METRES IN JUST lVE YEARS SINCE #OKE STARTED BOTTLING THERE RESULTING IN WATER SHORTAGES IN VILLAGES h7HAT S INTERESTING ABOUT THAT SITUATION IS THAT THE -INISTER OF 7ATER ISSUED A REPORT JUST WITHIN THE LAST FEW WEEKS LOOKING AT THE WATER SCARCITY ISSUES AROUND )NDIA AND WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF THOSE ISSUES AND VERY EXPRESSLY STATED THAT THE #OCA #OLA PLANT WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WATER DEPLETION IN THAT AREA h4HERE ARE SOME SERIOUS ISSUES REGARDING WATER AND WE DO BELIEVE WE CAN HELP /NE OF THE THINGS WE DO OBVIOUSLY IS TRY TO RUN OUR PLANTS VERY EFlCIENTLY THAT S REPORTED ANNUALLY IN OUR ENVIRON MENTAL REPORT h"UT WHAT WE VE ALSO DONE IN 2AJASTHAN IS BUILT RAINWATER HARVESTING STRUCTURES )N )NDIA THE RAIN COMES IN THESE BRIEF PERIODS
BECAUSE THEY ARE UNSAFE FOR THE 53 PUBLIC (OW DO YOU RECONCILE THESE FACTS
! FAMOUS ANTI #OKE IMAGE SHOWING DRY WELLS NEXT TO A #OKE BOTTLING PLANT OF MONSOONS SO UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE YOU GET A LOT OF HEAVY RAINFALL IN A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME OFTENTIMES THAT WATER JUST RUNS OFF BECAUSE THE GROUND CAN T ABSORB IT FAST ENOUGH 2AINWATER HARVESTING IS AN ANCIENT TECHNIQUE THAT THERE ARE MODERN VARIATIONS OF )T CAPTURES RAINWATER AND THEN ENCOURAGES IT INTO THE AQUIFERS SO THAT YOU DON T LOSE ALL OF THAT RAIN IN THE MONSOON SEASON 7E HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE LOCAL COM MUNITY IN 2AJASTHAN TO INSTALL A GREAT RANGE OF RAINWATER HARVESTING STRUCTURES TO DO THIS h!S A PROJECTED ESTIMATE IF YOU CALCULATE THE CAPACITY OF THAT EQUIP MENT AND AVERAGE RAINFALL OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS IN 2AJASTHAN YOU CAN IN FACT CONCLUDE THAT WE COULD RETURN TO THE AQUIFERS UP TO EIGHT TIMES WHAT WE WOULD USE IN THAT PLANT !ND THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT IN THE AREA AROUND THAT PLANT THE WATER LEVELS HAVE ACTUALLY RISEN AND THE LOCAL PANCHAYAT HEAD HAS ACTU ALLY COME OUT PUBLICLY ABOUT THAT v h4HE %NERGY AND 2ESOURCE )NSTITUTE A HIGHLY RESPECTED $EHLI BASED .'/ WHICH HAS DEEP EXPERI ENCE IN SUSTAINABILITY ARE DOING AN INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY ASSESS MENT OF OUR CURRENT WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES INCLUDING AN ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL PESTI CIDE CONTAMINATION IN THE INTAKE WATER )F THEIR REPORT WHICH IS TO BE ISSUED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR lNDS THINGS THAT WE CAN DO BETTER WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE IN TERMS OF THE WAY WE OPERATE WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES AND OUR ENVIRONMEN TAL STANDARDS AND PRACTICES WE WILL DElNITELY TAKE ACTION v $OES #OCA #OLA INTEND TO BUILD ANY MORE PLANTS IN )NDIA CONSIDERING THE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE OCCURRED THERE h) AM NOT AWARE OF ANY PLANS TO BUILD ADDITIONAL PLANTS v
#OCA #OLA HAS ALSO BEEN CRITICISED FOR ITS DISPOSAL OF WASTE PRODUCTS WHICH WERE GETTING INTO LOCAL WATER SUPPLIES 4HE )NDIAN #ENTRAL 0OLLU TION #ONTROL "OARD FOUND EXCESSIVE LEVELS OF CADMIUM AND LEAD IN ALL THE #OCA #OLA SLUGGED SURVEYED ACROSS THE COUNTRY 3OME WELLS WERE LABELLED AS CONTAMINATED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES 4HE ""# ALSO FOUND THIS AND CLAIMED TO HAVE SEEN IT BEING DEPOSITED IN A LOCAL CANAL THAT LEADS TO THE 'ANGES 4HE RESIDUE WAS ALSO BEING DISTRIBUTED BY #OCA #OLA TO LOCAL FARMERS AS FERTILISER
!N ANTI #OKE DEMONSTRATION 7HAT DOES #OCA #OLA INTEND TO DO ABOUT THE POLLUTION OF GROUND WATER SUPPLIES THAT RESULTED FROM ITS DIS POSAL OF WASTE SLUDGE IN PLACES SUCH AS 0LACHIMADA AND -EHDIGANJ h,ET ME GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND ON hBIO SOLIDSv %VERY TIME THAT YOU HAVE A PLANT THAT PRODUCES FOODS OR BEVERAGES THERE ARE SOLIDS THAT ARE LEFT OVER FROM THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS SOMETIMES IT IS REFERRED TO AS SLUDGE )T CAN HAVE ORGANIC AND IN ORGANIC MATERIAL IN IT h!LL OF OUR BIO SOLIDS ARE DIS POSED OF NOW EITHER USING ON SITE STORAGE FACILITIES OR IN GOVERN MENT DESIGNATED LAND lLLS !ND WE ROUTINELY TEST THE BIO SOLIDS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DISPOSING OF
THEM IN THE PROPER WAY SO COM PANY POLICY IS THAT THEY RE EITHER STORED ON SITE AS PER THE GUIDELINES PROVIDED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR AT A GOVERNMENT APPROVED HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL SITE TO ENSURE THAT THERE AREN T ANY HARMFUL ENVIRON MENTAL IMPACTS h3O WE NO LONGER DISTRIBUTE THEM IN THE AREA AS WE HAD DONE AT EARLIER TIMES ALTHOUGH EVEN WHEN THAT WAS DONE THE BIO SOLIDS WERE TESTED TO ENSURE THAT THERE WAS NOTHING IN THEM THAT WOULD CAUSE ENVIRONMENTAL DIFlCULTIES v #OCA #OLA HAS ALSO BEEN ACCUSED OF SELLING PRODUCTS ON THE )NDIAN MARKET THAT ARE UNSAFE FOR CON SUMPTION !N )NDIAN GOVERNMENT SURVEY FOUND PESTICIDES INCLUDING $$4 SOMETIMES TIMES HIGHER THAN %UROPEAN STANDARDS AND NO LONGER STOCKS #OCA #OLA PRODUCTS IN THE PARLIAMENT CAFETERIA !LSO A VERY WELL RESPECTED ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP IN )NDIA THE #ENTRE FOR 3CI ENCE AND %NVIRONMENT CONDUCTED TESTS ON SAMPLES OF #OCA #OLA PRODUCTS IN THE )NDIAN MARKET IN 3EPTEMBER 4HE TESTS FOUND HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF PESTICIDES IN THE DRINKS INCLUDING $$4 MALATHION AND LINDANE 3OME SAMPLES FOUND TRACES OF PESTICIDES THIRTY TIMES HIGHER THAN THOSE ALLOWED BY THE %UROPEAN 5NION STANDARDS 4EST CONDUCTED AT THE SAME TIME ON PRODUCTS FROM THE 53 AND %5 MARKETS WERE FOUND TO BE SAFE #OCA #OLA HAS RESPONDED TO CRITI CISMS OVER THE SAFETY OF ITS DRINKS SOLD IN )NDIA BY CLAIMING THAT THEY MEET INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS (OWEVER NOT ONLY HAS THE )NDIA GOVERNMENT DEEMED )NDIAN #OCA #OLA TO CONTAIN DANGEROUS LEVELS OF PESTICIDES BUT ON AT LEAST TEN OCCA SIONS SINCE *ANUARY THE 53 &OOD AND $RUG !DMINISTRATION HAS REJECTED THE SHIPMENT OF #OCA #OLA PRODUCTS MADE IN )NDIA TO THE 53
h,ET S lRST TALK ABOUT THE 53 &$! THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN MISUNDERSTOOD AND ) WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT S CLEAR 7E DON T EXPORT ANY PRODUCTS FROM )NDIA TO THE 53 3O ANY PRODUCTS THAT WOULD BE EX PORTED TO THE 53 WOULD BE DONE BY SOME THIRD PARTY 3OMETIMES YOU SEE THAT HAPPENING BECAUSE THERE IS SUCH A LARGE )NDIAN POPULATION IN THE 53 AND THEY WANT THEIR BRANDS FROM BACK HOME SUCH AS 4HUMBS 5P 3O SOMETIMES THIRD PARTIES WILL ACTUALLY TAKE THESE PRODUCTS WITHOUT OUR AUTHORISATION AND TRY AND BRING THEM INTO THE 53 7HEN THEY RE REJECTED IT S NOT BECAUSE THE &$! HAS TESTED THE PRODUCT AND FOUND THAT THERE S SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT THE PRODUCTS ARE ACTUALLY LABELLED WITH INFORMATION THAT IS INTENDED FOR THE )NDIAN MARKET AND LABELLING REQUIREMENTS VARY CONSIDERABLY FROM COUNTRY TO COUNTRY 3O YOU CAN T BRING A PROD UCT INTO THE 53 AND SELL IT UNLESS IT MEETS THE LABELLING REQUIREMENTS !LSO SOMETIMES THESE PRODUCTS ARE POORLY TREATED IN TRANSIT AND CAN AR RIVE DIRTY WITH MUD ON THEM OR BE DAMAGED IN SOME WAY AND THAT IS ANOTHER REASON WHY THEY MIGHT BE REJECTED )T IS NOT BECAUSE THE &$! HAS TESTED THE PRODUCT AND FOUND THAT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT h)N REPORTS THAT THE &$! lLES THEY MAY REFER TO SOMETHING AS AN UNSAFE COLOUR 4HIS MEANS A COLOUR IS LISTED ON A PRODUCT THAT ISN T IN COMPLIANCE WITH 53 REGULATIONS )NDIA ALLOWS YOU TO USE THE TERM @PERMITTED COLOURS OR @SYNTHETIC COLOURS ON LABELS AND THE &$! DOESN T AND IF THAT WERE THE CASE AND THEY SAW THAT ON A LABEL COM ING FROM )NDIA THEY WOULD TERM THAT TO BE UNSAFE COLOUR "UT THEY ARE NOT REFERRING TO THE COLOUR THEY ARE REFERRING TO THE LABEL SO IT IS SOMEWHAT CONFUSING 2EJECTION IS BASED ON PRODUCTS NOT MEETING 53 LABELLING STANDARDS NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE HARMFUL !ND ) ACTUALLY HAVE A LETTER FROM &$! REGARDING THIS v !ND THE )NDIAN GOVERNMENT TESTS REVEALING PESTICIDES AT DANGEROUS LEVELS h4HIS CONTROVERSY INITIALLY OCCURRED IN AND THEN AGAIN THIS SUM MER AND AS A RESULT OF A REPORT FROM AN .'/ CALLED #3% #ENTRE FOR 3CIENCE AND THE %NVIRONMENT 4HE GOVERNMENT CONDUCTED A NUMBER OF TESTS ON THE PRODUCT AND ALSO
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ASKED VARIOUS STATE GOVERNMENTS TO CONDUCT TESTS ) THINK IT IS IM PORTANT TO NOTE THAT AT THE CLOSE OF LAST YEAR THE &EDERAL 'OVERN MENT TOLD THE 3UPREME #OURT THAT ALL THE SAMPLES TESTED BY THE STATES AND THE CENTRAL LABORATO RIES NONE OF THEM SHOWED ANY OF THESE PRODUCTS EXCEEDING STAND ARDS !ND THE QUOTE WAS hTHESE SAMPLES INDICATE THAT PESTICIDE LEVELS ARE BELOW THE STATUTORY LIMITv h)N ADDITION TO THE STATE AND NATIONAL GOVERNMENT TESTS WHICH ALL SHOWED THAT THE PRODUCTS MET QUALITY STANDARDS THE "RITISH GOV ERNMENT S OWN #ENTRAL 3CIENCE ,ABORATORY WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST WELL RESPECTED LABORATORIES IN THE WORLD CONlRMED THROUGH THEIR TESTS ON OUR PRODUCTS IN )NDIA THAT THERE WERE NO RESIDUES OF THE PESTICIDES THAT #3% ALLEGED THAT THEY HAD FOUND v "UT THE )NDIAN 'OVERNMENT RESULTS IN FOUND HIGH LEVELS OF PESTICIDES IS THIS SOMETHING THAT #OCA #OLA HAS WORKED ON h) THINK THAT THERE WERE PROBLEMS IN AS WELL WITH THE METH ODOLOGY THAT #3% IS USING AND THE RELIABILITY OF THOSE TESTS /UR PRODUCTS MET QUALITY STANDARDS AT THAT TIME AS WELL ) DON T HAVE READY ACCESS TO TESTS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN DONE AT THAT TIME BECAUSE ) WASN T WORKING ON THIS ISSUE BACK IN "UT ) THINK WHAT IS MORE RELEVANT IS THE SITU ATION NOW AND WHAT THE CURRENT SCIENCE SHOWS !ND IT SHOWS THAT OUR PRODUCTS ABSOLUTELY MEET THE QUALITY STANDARDS h) THINK IT S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT BOTH #OCA #OLA AND 0EPSI ARE WILLING AND ARE IN FACT WORKING WITH THE GOVERNMENT TO ENSURE THAT THE PROPER TESTING METHODOL OGY IS IN PLACE FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND THAT STANDARDS ARE SET SO THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE STANDARDS ARE AND SO THAT EVERY ONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE APPRO PRIATE TESTING METHODOLOGY IS v )N #OLUMBIA #OCA #OLA S BOT TLING PARTNERS HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF CONSPIRING WITH PARAMILITARY GROUPS TO CRUSH UNIONS THROUGH METHODS OF INTIMIDATION AND MURDER 3INCE EIGHT UNION LEADERS FROM #OCA #OLA PLANTS HAVE BEEN MURDERED AND DOZENS MORE KIDNAPPED OR TORTURED 4HE MOST FAMOUS CASE IS THAT OF )SIDRO 'IL A TRADE UNIONIST LEADER FROM THE #AREPA BOTTLING PLANT 'IL WAS ASSASSINATED BY PARAMILITARIES IN BROAD DAYLIGHT WHILE AT WORK 4HE PARAMILITARIES RETURNED THE NEXT DAY AND THREATENED THE OTHER TRADE UNION MEMBERS WITH SIMILAR REPRISALS IF THEY DID NOT RESIGN FROM THE UNION -ASS RESIGNATIONS ENSUED AND MEMBERS mED THE AREA
#OLUMBIA IS A COUNTRY RIFE WITH DIFlCULTIES AND CONmICT IN WHICH RIGHT WING PARAMILITARY GROUPS HAVE ASSASSINATED AROUND TRADE UNIONISTS SINCE 3). !,42!).!, THE LARGEST UNION FOR #OCA #OLA WORKERS IN #OLUMBIA TOOK #OCA #OLA TO COURT IN -IAMI OVER ITS ALLEGED ABUSES IN #OLUM BIA BUT LOST THE CASE #OCA #OLA WAS REMOVED FROM PROCEEDINGS IN BECAUSE THE JUDGE THOUGHT THEY COULD NOT HAVE CONTROL OVER THE MACHINATIONS OF THEIR INDIVIDU AL BOTTLING PLANTS 4HE CASE AGAINST THE FOUR BOTTLERS WAS DROPPED AT THE END OF LAST YEAR BECAUSE THE 53 $ISTRICT *UDGE *OSE -ARTINEZ SAID HE LACKED JURISDICTION 3).!,42!).!, INTENDS TO APPEAL THE DECISION 4HEY CLAIM TO HAVE EVIDENCE LINKING PLANT MANAGERS TO THE ASSASSINATIONS WHICH CUT EMPLOY MENT COSTS DRAMATICALLY BECAUSE THE FULL TIME STAFF WERE REPLACED WITH CHEAPER PART TIME LABOUR 4HEY ALLEGE THAT THE PLANT MAN AGER IN #AREPA !RIOSTA -OSQUERA CONSPIRED WITH THE PARAMILITARIES TO MURDER )SIDRO 'IL AND CLAIM THAT HE FRATERNIZED OPENLY WITH THE PARAMILITARIES AND HAD THREATENED UNION WORKERS PRIOR TO THE MURDER
.'/S AND TRIED TO TALK ABOUT HOW BUSINESS CAN MAKE A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION IN COUNTRIES THAT ARE FACING CONmICT 7E RE TRYING TO WORK WITH OTHERS TO IDENTIFY WAYS THAT BUSINESS CAN BE A POSITIVE CON TRIBUTOR TO RESOLVING ISSUES AND TO PROMOTING PEACE AND STABILITY IN THOSE COUNTRIES 7E RE TRYING VERY HARD TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE STABILITY OF THE COUNTRY v h4HE )NTERNATIONAL "USINESS &ORUM IS DEDICATED TO ENCOURAG ING BUSINESS IN A CONSTRUCTIVE AND RESPONSIBLE ROLE IN SOCIETY )T DIS CUSSES THE ROLES OF THE VARIOUS SEC TORS IN COUNTRIES FACING CONmICT AND HOW THEY CAN WORK BEST TOGETHER TO TRY AND PROMOTE STABILITY "ECAUSE OBVIOUSLY STABILITY AND PEACE IS BETTER FOR EVERYONE IT S BETTER FOR BUSINESS IT S BETTER FOR EVERYONE v
h)N THE DISMISSAL WHICH SOME OF THE ADVOCACY GROUPS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CLAIM WERE ON STRICTLY JU RISDICTIONAL MATTERS IF YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE JUDGES COMMENTS THERE WAS A GREAT DEAL OF ANALYSIS OF THE MERITS OF THE CASE v !S A RESULT OF STANDING UP TO #OCA #OLA 3).!,42!).!, HAVE JEAPORDISED THEIR LIVELIHOODS AND THEIR LIVES 0ANAMCO #OLOMBIA #OCA #OLA S BOTTLING PARTNER IN #OLUMBIA HAS RESPONDED TO 3). !,42!).!, BY BRINGING CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST ALL THE #OLOMBIAN PLAINTIFFS AND IN !UGUST *UAN #ARLOS 'ALVIS NARROWLY ESCAPED AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT BY PARAMILI TARIES A RETALIATION FOR HIS INVOLVE MENT IN THE LAWSUIT )F WHAT 3INALTRAINAL ALLEGES ABOUT #OCA #OLA IS UNTRUE WHY WOULD UNION MEMBERS RISK THEIR LIVES JUST TO GENERATE PUBLICITY h) HONESTLY DON T UNDERSTAND WHY 3).!,42!).!, IS MAKING THESE ALLEGATIONS ) HAVEN T GOT A GOOD EXPLANATION FOR THAT v h#LEARLY #OLUMBIA IS A COUN TRY THAT IS IN CONmICT AND THERE CERTAINLY ARE RISKS TO PEOPLE IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE /NE THING THAT WE VE BEEN WORKING ON JOINING WITH A #OLUMBIAN .'/ AND THE )NTER NATIONAL "USINESS ,EADERS &ORUM IS A SERIES OF FORUMS WHERE WE VE BROUGHT TOGETHER PEOPLE FROM ALL DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AND THE SYSTEM THERE &ROM THE GOVERNMENT LABOUR UNIONS AND
! #OLUMBIAN ANTI #OKE mYER 7HAT IS #OCA #OLA S RESPONSE TO THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE ALLEGED HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AT #OKE S BOTTLING PLANTS IN #OLUMBIA LED BY .EW 9ORK #ITY #OUNCILMAN (IRAM -ONSERRATE WHICH ALLEGES TO HAVE FOUND SEPARATE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AT #OKE BOTTLING PLANTS IN #OLOMBIA AND ALLEGES THAT PARAMILITARIES CARRYING OUT VIOLENCE AGAINST UNIONISTS AT #OKE BOTTLING PLANTS DID SO hWITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF AND LIKELY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF COMPANY MANAGERSv h7E WOULD STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH THE ALLEGATIONS THAT HE TRIES TO PRESENT AS FACTS IN HIS REPORT HE WAS ONLY IN #OLUMBIA FOR DAYS AND DURING THAT TIME HE PRETTY MUCH ONLY SPOKE WITH MEMBERS OF 3).!,42!).!, 3).!,42!).!, WAS INVOLVED IN LAWSUITS AGAINST OUR COMPANY AND OUR BOTTLER AND SO TO SPEAK TO ONLY A GROUP THAT IS ENGAGED IN LEGAL ACTION AGAINST US CERTAINLY DOESN T PROVIDE AN OBJECTIVE BALANCED PERSPECTIVE ON OUR BUSINESS IN #OLUMBIA /NE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS INTERESTING WAS THAT THE REPORT DOES NOT NOTE THAT WE HAVE LABOUR CONTRACTS IN PLACE WITH A DOZEN UNIONS IN #OLUMBIA AND NONE OF THESE OTHER UNIONS
HAVE EVER ACCUSED US OF ANTI UNION VIOLENCE OF ALL THE UNIONS ONLY 3)!.,42!).!, HAS MADE THESE CLAIMS v 3).!,42!).!, REPRESENTS TWO THIRDS OF #OCA #OLA WORKERS IN #OLUMBIA #AMPAIGNERS CLAIM THAT UNION ACTIVISTS ARE CONSTANTLY LIVING WITH THREATS BY PARAMILI TARIES WHOSE LEADERS ARE FREE TO ENTER #OCA #OLA PLANTS AND MEET WITH THE LOCAL MANAGERS 4HEY ALSO CLAIM THAT SOME #OCA #OLA PLANT MANAGERS IN #OLOMBIA CONTINUE TO MAKE MONTHLY PAYMENTS TO THESE SAME PARAMILITARIES AND ARGUE THAT PARAMILITARIES HAVE ESTABLISHED BASES AROUND EVERY #OCA #OLA BOT TLING PLANT IN #OLOMBIA IN ORDER TO hPROTECTv #OKE S INTERESTS h7E HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE UNION LEADERS AND WITH THE GOVERNMENT TO TRY TO ENSURE THAT UNION MEMBERS ARE SAFE WE PROVIDE EMERGENCY CELL PHONES TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM WORK SECURE HOUSING AND A LOT OF OTHER MEASURES TO PROTECT OUR EMPLOYEES !DDITIONAL MEASURES ARE ROUTINELY PROVIDED TO UNION LEADERS AND THERE ARE SPECIALS MEASURES THAT WE UNDERTAKE IF THREATS AGAINST OUR EMPLOYEES ARE EVER BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF MANAGEMENT 3O WE ARE TRYING TO WORK WITH THE UNIONS TO ENSURE THAT THE SECURITY OF OUR EMPLOYEES IS MAINTAINED v &OLLOWING A GREAT DEAL OF PRESSURE FROM ACTIVISTS AND THE ESTABLISH MENT OF THE @+ILLER #OKE MOVE MENT AGAINST #OCA #OLA THE COMPANY SET UP A hCOMMISSIONv TO DEVELOP A METHODOLOGY FOR CON DUCTING AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGA TION OF #OCA #OLA S COMPLICITY WITH PARAMILITARIES IN #OLUMBIA 4HE hCOMMISSIONv CONSISTED OF REPRE SENTATIVES OF MAJOR UNIVERSITIES AND PROMINENT WORKER RIGHTS ADVOCACY ORGANISATIONS INCLUDING 5NITED 3TUDENTS !GAINST 3WEATSHOPS (OW EVER WHEN THE COMMISSION TRIED TO ASSERT ITS INDEPENDENCE BY KICKING %D 0OTTER #OCA #OLA S $IRECTOR OF 'LOBAL ,ABOUR 2ELATIONS OUT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 0OTTER ASKED THAT THE 3).!,42!).!, ATTORNEYS AGREE NOT TO USE ANY OF THE EVIDENCE UNCOV ERED IN THE COURT CASE 7HY DID %D 0OTTER INSIST THAT THE 3).!,42!).!, ATTORNEYS AGREE NOT TO USE ANY EVIDENCE UNCOVERED BY THE #OMMISSION IN THE COURT CASE h) THINK WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THAT AN AUTHORITY THAT HAS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF CREDIBIL ITY IS IN FACT DOING AN ASSESSMENT OF OUR OPERATIONS IN #OLUMBIA THE )NTERNATIONAL ,ABOUR /RGANISATION OF THE 5NITED .ATIONS AND ) THINK THAT IS A GROUP THAT HAS THE UTMOST INTEGRITY AND RESPECT WORLDWIDE FOR THEIR PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
AND WORKPLACE RIGHTS SO ) DO FEEL THAT THE ASSESSMENT IS GOING TO PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH AN ABSOLUTELY UNIMPEACHABLE ASSESSMENT OF OUR OPERATIONS THERE v (OW CAN THE ),/ INVESTIGATION BE CONSIDERED INDEPENDENT WHEN %D 0OTTER HAS BEEN ITS 53 EMPLOYER REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE LAST YEARS !ND WHEN #OCA #OLA HAS EMPLOYED 3TAN 'ACEK WHO FOR YEARS WAS ONE OF THE 53 LABOUR REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE ),/ h2EGARDING 3TAN 'ACEK HE S NOT AN EMPLOYEE OF THE COMPANY HE S A LONG TIME LABOUR HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE HE USED TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF THE !&, #)/ !T THE BEGINNING OF WE DID RETAIN HIM BRIEmY TO HELP US DEVELOP AN EARLY ISSUE IDENTIlCATION SYSTEM THAT WOULD HELP US RESOLVE LABOUR ISSUES BUT HE NO LONGER IS PROVIDING ANY CONSULTING TO US h 7ITH REGARDS TO %D WITH THE NUMBER OF COUNTRIES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE ),/ THERE ARE LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT SERVE IN THESE CAPACITIES AS EMPLOYER REPRESENTATIVES AND THAT DOES NOT EFFECT THE ),/ S ABILITY TO BE IMPARTIAL AND EFFECTIVE %D HAS SERVED AS THE 53 BUSINESS REPRE SENTATIVE TO THE ),/ CONFERENCE FOR ABOUT YEARS AND FROM TIME TO TIME HE HAS SERVED IN VARIOUS LEADERSHIP POSITIONS BUT THAT IS IMMATERIAL BECAUSE THE ),/ ACTS AS AN INDEPENDENT ORGANISATION AND ONE PERSON WHO HAS SERVED AMONG HUNDREDS IN THIS CAPACITY DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO INmUENCE THE OUTCOME ) MEAN IF YOU JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE WAY THE 5. OPER ATES YOU CAN SEE THAT THE FACT THAT ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS SERVED ON COMMITTEES DOES NOT GIVE THEM CONTROL OVER THE ORGANISATION v (OW MUCH IMPACT HAS THE STUDENT BOYCOTT IN !MERICA HAD ON #OCA #OLA h/BVIOUSLY WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT STUDENTS THINKING THINGS ABOUT OUR COMPANY THAT JUST AREN T TRUE AND SO WE TAKE THINGS VERY SERIOUSLY h&ROM A BUSINESS STANDPOINT HOWEVER THERE REALLY HASN T BEEN AN IMPACT IN TERMS OF THE BOYCOTT ON THE #OMPANY IT HASN T RESULT ED IN A LOSS OF PROlTS FOR US &OR ONE THING THE COLLEGE AND UNIVER SITY BUSINESS IS A VERY SMALL PART OF OUR OVERALL BUSINESS AND THEN THERE IS THE NORMAL EBB AND mOW OF CONTRACTS AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NORMAL PATTERN OF BUSINESS THERE HAS BEEN NO IMPACT v 4HIS IS #OKE S RESPONSE IT IS YOUR DECISION WHETHER OR NOT YOU ACCEPT IT
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!NOREXIA /NLINE 7ITH A VAST AMOUNT OF PRO EATING DISORDER WEBSITES ALL OVER THE INTERNET 2OBERT *ACKMAN LOOKS INTO THE SHOCKING LIFESTYLE THAT THESE WEBSITES PROMOTE THE CELEBRITIES WHOS IMAGES PROVIDE @THINSPIRATION AND THE DANGEROUS LENGTHS TO WHICH GIRLS WILL GO TO BE THIN
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HE RICH AND FAMOUS ARE EVERYWHERE ON THE )NTERNET 0ARIS (ILTON "RITNEY 3PEARS AND THEIR ILLUSTRIOUS ILK HAVE BECOME THE ARISTOCRACY OF CYBERSPACE 4HEIR PORTRAITS ADORN MILLIONS OF WEBSITES WORLDWIDE AND THEIR NAMES ARE AMONG THE MOST SEARCHED FOR TERMS ON THE WEB #OUNTLESS FAN SITES AND PHOTO ALBUMS HAVE IMMORTALISED THEM 4HIS MODERN MARVEL AT ALL THINGS CELEBRITY HAS BECOME THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE )NTERNET 7ITH THAT IN MIND WWW MIAF RIENDS ORG AN ONLINE BULIMIA SUP PORT COMMUNITY WITH OVER MEMBERS DOES NOT STAND OUT FROM OTHER WEBSITES ,IKE THOU SANDS OF OTHER PAGES IT IS LITTERED WITH SHRINES TO THE GLITTERING AND GLAMOROUS "UT LOOK CLOSER AND THE DIFFERENCE IS CLEAR HERE THE CULT OF CELEBRITY IS A CONVENIENT CLOAK FOR AN OBSESSION WITH THE EMACIATED %NTHUSIASTS ARE MORE INTERESTED IN WHAT +ATE -OSS IS READ @ISN T EATING THAN WHAT SHE IS SNORTING !T lRST GLANCE MIAFRIENDS MAY NOT SEEM A WORLD AWAY FROM (EAT MAGAZINE n INDEED THE SITE AIMS TO FEED THE SAME HUNGER FOR HIGH DElNITION SHOTS OF THE STARS n BUT HERE DEVOTEES PREFER TO ZOOM IN ON BONY HIPS AND VISIBLE RIBS RATHER THAN HUNT FOR BLEMISHES AND ZITS 7HEN IT COMES TO CELEBRITIES THE MEMBERS OF MIAFRIENDS ORG SEEK MORE THAN WATER COOLER GOS SIP OR CUTTING EDGE FASHIONS n THEY DEMAND @THINSPIRATION &ROM +ATE "OSWORTH TO -ARY +ATE /LSEN EACH OF THEIR ICONS IS HANDPICKED FOR THEIR CONCAVE HIPS AND JUTTING COLLAR BONES 4HIS IS NOT ABOUT THE RICH AND THE FAMOUS IT IS ABOUT THE SIZE ZERO AND THE SUPER SKINNY 4HINSPIRATION PICTURES LIKE THESE ARE A STAPLE OF PRO EATING DIS ORDER WEBSITES 0UNCH THE PHRASE INTO 'OOGLE AND YOU LL SOON BE WHISKED TO A SKELETAL SCRAPBOOK OF BONY BELLES !DMIRERS FEAST ON CLOSE UPS OF 6ICTORIA "ECKHAM S PROTRUDING HIPS AND COMMENT ON THE 0ENNINE LIKE PATTERNS OF +EIRA +NIGHTLEY S BOLD VERTEBRAE 4HE SKINNY CELEBRITIES ARE RANKED BY HOW MUCH THEY WEIGH WITH LESS BEING MORE !ND YOU WILL NOT lND MUCH LESS THAN .ICOLE 2ICHIE FOR THIS SUPER RICH SOCIALITE THE ARROW OF THE SCALES AND THE SEVEN STONE MARKER REMAIN STRANGERS 3HE HAS BECOME THE DARLING OF THE PRO EAT ING DISORDER WEBSITES 7HATEVER IT WAS ON THAT SILVER SPOON IT WAS CERTAINLY LOW IN CALORIES "UT WHEN EXPLAINING THE PHE NOMENON OF PRO EATING DISORDER WEBSITES PERHAPS THESE THINSPIRA TION GALLERIES ARE NOT THE BEST PLACE
+EIRA +NIGHTLEY /NE OF THE CELEBRITIES GIRLS ASPIRE TO LOOK LIKE
4HERE IS NO DOUBT THAT PRO EATING DISORDER WEBSITES ARE DAN GEROUS 4HEY EN DEAVOUR TO MAKE THESE DISEASES SEEM DESIRABLE
! WEBSITE USER SHOWS OFF AS HER WEIGHT PLUMMETS TO BELOW SIX STONE
TO START !FTER ALL FOR THE DISCIPLES OF MIAFRIENDS THIS REPRESENTS THE END OF THE JOURNEY THE PRIZE TO STRIVE FOR 4HESE SINEWY SIRENS PROVIDE A REMINDER OF WHAT IS AT TAINABLE A SOURCE OF STRENGTH WHEN FACED WITH THE TEMPTATION OF FOOD A PERVERTED PRAYER 4HIS IS THE HOPE WHICH MAKES IT ALL WORTHWHILE n PICTURES TO CONJURE IN YOUR MIND WHILE YOU PUSH YOUR lNGERS DEEPER INTO YOUR THROAT 4HE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO JOIN THESE GAUNT GODDESSES IN THE THINSPIRATION HALL OF FAME !ND THE REST OF MIAFRIENDS LIKE THE HUNDREDS OF OTHER PRO ANA AND PRO MIA WEBSITES IS DEDICATED TO THE BEST WAY TO ACHIEVE THIS "UT VISIT ANY OF THESE WEBSITES AND IT IS CLEAR THAT WHEN WEBSITES BOAST OF THE @BEST WAY THEY MEAN NOT THE HEALTHIEST WAY OR EVEN THE SAFEST WAY BUT THE QUICKEST WAY 4O JOIN 2ICHIE AND HER HAREM REQUIRES A DEMENTED VISION APPROACH A lXA TION WITH BEING THIN THERE IS NO TIME TO THINK ABOUT YOUR HEALTH 4HIS IS WHY MIAFRIENDS DEDICATES A WHOLE SUB FORUM TO PURGING OFFER ING TIPS RANGING FROM THE QUICKEST WAY TO INDUCE VOMITING TO THE BEST TYPES OF LAXATIVES TO USE )NDEED OVER AT PRO MIA WEBSITE 3HOPHIS TICATED THERE ARE TWICE AS MANY POSTS UNDER THE @PURGING HEADING AS THERE ARE UNDER @RECIPES )T IS NOT ABOUT WHAT YOU EAT IT SEEMS BUT HOW YOU GET IT OUT OF YOU "ETWEEN THE MEMBERS OF MIA FRIENDS THERE IS A SENSE OF CAMARA DERIE 4HE USERS ARE UNITED IN THEIR STRUGGLE TO BE SIZE ZERO !ND THIS IS MOST EVIDENT ON THE TIPS PAGE A DISCUSSION FORUM WHERE THOSE ADEPT AT ANOREXIA AND WEATHERED
TO WEIGHT LOSS OFFER HANDY HINTS TO NEWCOMERS OFTEN DISMISSED AS @WANNAREXICS 4HERE ARE GUIDE LINES COVERING TOPICS SUCH AS HOW TO HIDE YOUR EATING DISORDER USER -IAS?LUST RECOMMENDS LEAVING DIRTIED PLATES AND SWEET WRAPPERS AROUND YOUR ROOM AND HOW TO SUPPRESS THE URGE TO EAT TRY CHEW ING ICE CUBES n hTHEY RE JUST WATER BUT THEY FEEL LIKE FOODv 5SERS ARE ALSO INVITED TO SHARE LINKS WHICH WILL HELP OTHERS IN THEIR QUEST LIKE THE WEBSITE WWW CALORIEKING COM WHICH FORUM USER !NABELLA PRAISES WITH ALMOST EVANGELICAL GLEE hIT S GOT THE CALORIE CONTENT OF EVERY FOOD YOU CAN THINK OF v "UT THIS TEAM SPIRIT TAKES ON A MORE OMINOUS FORM IN THE FASTING SECTION (ERE USERS ORGANISE FASTING COMPETITIONS AND CHALLENGES 5S ERS BEGIN THE FAST BY SETTING DOWN THE RULES TYPICALLY A FAST LASTS AROUND HOURS AND HOW MUCH THEY HOPE TO LOSE USUALLY AROUND LBS )T IS CUSTOMARY FOR PARTICI PANTS TO STATE THEIR A S AGE SEX AND THEIR HW LW CW TW HIGHEST WEIGHT LOWEST WEIGHT CURRENT WEIGHT TARGET WEIGHT AS THEY ENTER 4HEN THE FAST BEGINS WITH PARTICI PANTS POSTING DAILY UPDATES BOAST ING HOW LITTLE THEY VE EATEN h/NE DIET COKE AND A HALF A CUCUMBER IN TWO DAYS v AND HOW MUCH WEIGHT THEY HAVE LOST SO FAR 4HEN THERE ARE THE JOURNALS WHERE SUFFERERS BLOG THEIR PURSUIT TO BE PETITE 4HESE RANGE FROM THE MELANCHOLY THE MELODRAMATIC AND THOSE SWAMPED WITH SELF PITY TO MORE BLASÏ JOCULAR ACCOUNTS WHICH READ LIKE A BULIMIC ALTERNA TIVE TO "RIDGET *ONES )T IS THE LATTER
THAT ARE MOST DISTURBING /NE USER ADOPTS A SHRUGGING CASUAL TONE AS SHE JOKES ABOUT HOW YEARS OF VOM ITING HAVE ERODED THE ENAMEL ON HER TEETH BEFORE GIVING A SLAPDASH ACCOUNT OF HOW HER FAVOURITE TOP BECAME STAINED WITH VOMIT 4HERE IS NO DOUBT THAT PRO EAT ING DISORDER WEBSITES ARE DANGER OUS 4HEY ENDEAVOUR TO MAKE THESE DISEASES SEEM DESIRABLE (EALTH PROFESSIONALS WORRY THAT SUCH WEBSITES DISCOURAGE SUFFERERS FROM SEEKING HELP AND MAY PUSH THEM TO POTENTIALLY FATAL EXTREMES "UT THERE IS LESS CERTAINTY OVER WHAT DElNES A PRO EATING DISORDER WEBSITE EVEN AMONG THE WEBSITES THEMSELVES -IAFRIENDS AND ITS SISTER SITE !NAFRIENDS PREFER TO CALL THEMSELVES @SUPPORT COMMUNI TIES !LTHOUGH IT IS CLEAR THAT ANY SUPPORT ON HAND IS NOT SUPPORT FOR MEMBERS TO CONQUER THEIR EATING DISORDERS n INSTEAD THEY PROVIDE SUPPORT TO HELP THEM HIDE IT FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILY 7EBSITES LIKE 3HOPHISTICATED ARE MORE CANDID ARGUING THAT BULIMIA AND ANOREXIA ARE PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE LIFESTYLE CHOICES AND SHOULD BE RESPECTED AS SUCH "UT AFTER EXPLORING THE ONLINE UNDER WORLD OF SUCH WEBSITES IT SEEMS THAT FOR THOSE AFmICTED ANOREXIA AND BULIMIA HAVE BECOME MUCH MORE THAN SIMPLE LIFESTYLE CHOICES THEY HAVE REACHED THE STATUS OF RELI GION %ATING DISORDERS HAVE THEIR IDOLS AND DEITIES THEY HAVE THEIR COMMANDMENTS AND IN THESE WEBSITES THEY HAVE THEIR CHURCHES
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#ONCRETE ASKED STUDENTS WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE IN AN IDEAL 5%! WORLD /NCE WE GOT THEM STARTED THEY WOULDN T SHUT UP 3O CAST YOUR MIND INTO A lCTIONAL FUTURE AND ALLOW !NNA 3TEWARD TO TAKE YOUR HAND AND GUIDE YOU THROUGH IT (OT TUB 7ASHING UP LIQUID HAS BEEN BANNED AT 5%! FOR YEARS NOW THE STREAM IN THE SQUARE RUNS CLEAR WATER BUBBLE FREE BOOZE FREE WEE FREE )N HONOUR OF THIS REMARKABLE TURNAROUND THEY HAVE INSTALLED A HOT TUB IN THE SQUARE #OULD THERE BE A BETTER WAY TO UNWIND BETWEEN EXAMS OR WARM UP YOUR WINTER COCKLES .OT ONLY THIS BUT FOR A LITTLE EXTRA YOU CAN HAVE YOUR DRINKS BROUGHT TO YOU 4HAT S RIGHT IN TRUE !MERICAN STYLEE THE BARTENDERS COME TO YOU $ON T JUST EXPECT THIS SERVICE IN THE HOT TUB YOU GET THIS WHETHER YOU RE SOAKING UP THE SUN ON THE STEPS DRINKING TEA IN THE (IVE OR CHILLING IN THE BAR
&RESHER S 7EEK 4HOSE WHO WOULD CLAIM IT IS NOT A HUGE JUMP TO LEAVE SCHOOL LEAVE
HOME YOUR FAMILY FRIENDS PETS AND ADJUST TO LIVING ON YOUR OWN A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE CULTURE CLIMATE AND COUNTRY ARE lLTHY LIARS 7HENEVER DRASTIC EVENTS OF THIS SCALE HAPPEN IN SOMEONE S LIFE IT IS USUALLY ADVISED THAT THEY HAVE TIME TO ADJUST ! DAY OR IN SOME CASES TWO DOES NOT COUNT 'IVE A FRESHER A DAY AND THEY WILL FEEL DISORIENTATED BEWILDERED AND ILL PREPARED "UT GIVE A FRESHER A WEEK WITH ICE BREAKERS STUDY SKILLS SESSIONS lNANCE MANAGEMENT WORKSHOPS AND TIME TO PUT THEIR FEET UP OF AN EVENING TO PERUSE THE 5NION (ANDBOOK AND CHAT WITH FRIENDS AND THEY WILL EXCEL AND PROSPER AS WILL THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDREN S CHILDREN AND THEIR BROTHERgS CHILDREN AND THE NEIGHBOURS CHILDRENx
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)N FORMER YEARS STUDENTS WOULD LEAVE BEHIND THEIR PRIZED POOCHES FRIENDLY FELINE FRIENDS OR EVEN AN ALOOF TURTLE 4HE STUDENTS WERE SAD 3OMETIMES RUMOUR HAS IT THEY EVEN CRIED 4HEY MISSED THE MEOWS THE PURRS THE DOG WALKS AND EVEN AT TIMES THE BORING TURTLE 4HAT IS UNTIL THE BRAINS OF 5%! HIT UPON AN IDEA ) KNOW THEY SAID WE LL GET STABLES AND KENNELS AND EVEN A PETS CORNER WITH EVERY ANIMAL A STUDENT COULD EVER WANT TO SEE AND IF THEY SO WISH PET .OT ONLY THIS BUT THEY CREATED THE SUCCESSFUL 2ENT ! 0ET WHERE ANIMAL LOVING STUDENTS COULD HIRE THE PET OF THEIR CHOICE !S THE BUSINESS GREW THEY TOOK ON #ELEB PETS THAT HAD UNCANNY LIKENESS TO THE MINI DOGS OF ! LISTERS "LACK "EAUTY ,ASSIE AND EVEN THE SLOBBERING DOG FROM 4URNER AND (OOCH
)T S THE BIG DAY 9OU VE WORKED HARD FOR YEARS CHECKED YOUR MORTARBOARD TASSEL IS DANGLING THE RIGHT WAY AND NOW YOU RE SAT SWEATING UNDER YOUR GOWN $OESN T SOUND MUCH OF A UTOPIA YET )T WILL 'RADUATION CEREMONIES AREN T HELD IN AN UGLY OLD GYM ANY LONGER YOU RE NOT FORCED TO SIT LISTENING TO RANDOM PEOPLE PROMOTING THEMSELVES )NSTEAD YOUR OWN LECTURERS TALK ABOUT STUDENTSg ACHIEVEMENTS ON THEIR COURSES THROUGH VOLUNTARY WORK IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE EXTRA WORK THEY HAVE DONE IN ADDITION TO STUDYING !T THE END EACH SCHOOL HAS A GROUP PHOTOGRAPH AND DON T GET CHARGED EXTORTIONATE RATES FOR PHOTOS THEY COULD TAKE THEMSELVES .OT TOO MUCH TO ASK NOT IMPOSSIBLE BUT WHAT CURRENTLY IS PRETTY MUCH NON EXISTENT
5%! !LLOTMENT "ESIDE THE LAKE UP BEYOND THE lELDS WHERE THE 3HETLAND PONIES ROAM 5%! DECIDED TO GIVE STUDENTS THE lELDS TO CREATE AND SUSTAIN THEIR OWN ALLOTMENTS 9EAR ROUND THE STREET WAS lLLED WITH THE SOUND OF %NV STUDENTS SHOUTING hTWO FOR A POUNDv !FTER YEARS OF SUCCESS WITH THE ALLOTMENTS IT WAS DECIDED THAT 5%! WOULD HAVE ITS OWN FARM 3TUDENTS AND STAFF BOTH TOOK TO IT LIKE MAIDS A MILKING AND GEESE A LAYING
-EN S 4OILETS IN THE ,IBRARY !FTER MANY YEARS OF GRUMPY YOUNG MEN GRUMBLES THE LIBRARY SUBSIDED AND CHANGED ONE OF THE MANY LADIES LOOS INTO A GENTS SO THOSE LAZY MEN WITH THEIR LONGER LEGS AND LESS FREQUENT DESIRE TO PEE DIDN T HAVE TO WALK SO FAR TO SPEND ONE (URRAY
!T DINNER PARTIES 5%! ALUMNI SIT QUAFlNG SNORTING AND HOOTING OVER THE DAYS WHEN 5%! WAS CONSIDERED UGLY -WHAHAHA UGLY HOW FUNNY 4HEY TRY HARD TO REMEMBER THE WET CONCRETE FACTORY THAT WAS THEIR CAMPUS AND IN THE END HAVE TO GET PHOTOGRAPHS OF HOW IT WAS BEFORE TO JOG THEIR MEMORY #AN YOU BELIEVE THEY DIDN T HAVE AN %#/ GARDEN ON TOP OF 5NION HOUSE 7HAT WAS IT BEFORE SOMEONE ASKS WELL IT WAS JUST A ROOF 4HIS SETS THEM ALL OFF AGAIN LAUGHING -WHAHAHA A ROOF HOW FUNNY )T IS HARD TO BELIEVE 5%! WAS ONCE RENOWNED FOR BEING GREY 4HIS WAS LONG BEFORE ART STUDENTS AND LOCAL ARTISTS TRANSFORMED INTO ITS CURRENT SPLENDOUR %X STUDENTS mOCKED TO HELP TRANSFORM THE PLACE 7INDOWS WERE REPLACED WITH KALEIDOSCOPE GLASS THE WALLS WERE PAINTED AND STENCILLED WINDOW BOXES WERE LINED ALONG THE WALKWAYS A SWIMMING POOL lTTED ON TOP OF !RTS AND THE WHOLE OF THE 3QUARE BECAME A MINI CENTRE PARKS WHERE THE RAIN NEVER REACHED BECAUSE IT WAS UNDER A GLASS DOME
3QUARE #INEMA 4HE ARE TWO SEASONS OF CINEMA 7INTER INDOOR ,4 3UMMER OUTDOOR THE 3QUARE 7HEN THINGS
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4AKEAWAY 6EGGIE BURGER #HIPS $ONNA +EBAB 9ES PLEASE 'ONE ARE THE DAYS WHEN %NSLEIGH HAD A SHOP IN 5NION (OUSE )NSTEAD IT HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A TAKE AWAY -MMM WE CAN ALMOST SMELL IT 4HE TAKE AWAY DOES A ROARING TRADE PUTTING MONEY BACK INTO THE 3TUDENT 5NION !ND ALL THE INGREDIENTS ARE ORGANIC FAIR TRADE FREE RANGE AND LOCALLY PRODUCED $ELICIOUS
'ALLERY SPACE 4HERE ARE TALENTED PHOTOGRAPHERS AND ARTISTS APLENTY AT 5%! !ND WHERE CAN THEY EXHIBIT THEIR GORGEOUS WORK (MM USUALLY ON CHAIRS IN THE ,#2 'REAT AS IT IS ITgS NOT THE GALLERY SPACE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DREAMING OF FOR YEARS /NE OF THE KEY THINGS 5%! IS MISSING FOR ITS BUDDING ARTISTS PHOTOGRAPHERS AND WRITERS IS THE CAFÏ ARTS CULTURE THAT A PERMANENT GALLERY SPACE WOULD PROVIDE 7E SHOULD BE SHOWING OFF OUR TALENTS NOT PROPPING OUR HARD WORK ON CHAIRS 4HAT S WHY OUR IDEAL 5%! HAS A PERMANENT STUDIO GALLERY SPACE AND CAFÏ ! MINI 3AINSBURY #ENTRE FOR STUDENTS )N IT THERE ARE A SERIES OF EXHIBITIONS EACH YEAR WHERE STUDENTS CAN SELL THEIR WORK WORKSHOPS ARE RUN FOR CHILDREN IN THE SURROUNDING AREA AND STUDENTS HERE AT 5%! 5NLIKE SOME OF MORE WHIMSICAL SUGGESTIONS IT IS A TRAVESTY THAT THIS ONE IS NOT A REALITY (OWEVER #ONCRETE HAS A SNEAKY SECRET UP ITS
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START HOTTING UP THE LOVELY PEOPLE AT 5%! CATERING PROJECT A SELECTION OF MUST SEE MOVIES ON TO THEIR WALLS 4HE lLMS ARE FREE AND STUDENTS mOCK TO THE STEPS ONCE A WEEK TO WATCH THEM EQUIPPED WITH POPCORN AND MUNCHIES FROM THE "LEND
0ARTY IN THE 3QUARE h7E D LOVE TO BUT WE CAN T v WAS WHAT STUDENTS USED TO SAY 5%! WENT SO LONG WITHOUT ONE THAT IT ALMOST BECAME THE STUFF OF LEGEND 0EOPLE DANCING IN THE SQUARE ! $* ! FREE ,#2 )T CAN T BE POSSIBLE 7ELL IT WAS AND IT IS AGAIN NOW %VERYONE LOVES A PARTY %VERYONE LOVES THE 3QUARE 4HESE TWO WERE BOUND TO GET TOGETHER AGAIN SOONER OR LATER A BIT LIKE 2ACHEL AND 2OSS
#ARNIVAL /VER THE YEARS THE 5%! CARNIVAL HAS GROWN )T BEGAN AS A WARM UP TO THE )NTERNATIONAL 0ARTY WITH STUDENTS BEGINNING THE PARADE AT #ONSTABLE 4ERRACE AND DANCING THEIR WAY AROUND 5%! CULMINATING IN A COLOURFUL EXTRAVAGANZA IN THE 3QUARE
3WAN BOATS 0ICTURE THIS 3UMMER COMES EARLY IT S A 3UNDAY 7HAT DO YOU DO 7HY NOT GO BOATING ON THE LAKE 9ES IN OUR UTOPIA THERE ARE BOAT TRIPS UP THE YARE RIVER AND PEDDLE BOATS ON THE LAKE 7HAT BETTER WAY TO WIN THE HEART OF THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE OR WHILE AWAY THE HOURS WITH FRIENDS
9OUR SAY 7HAT WOULD YOU LIKE IN AN IDEAL 5%! WORLD -ATTHEW 3PARKES ) THINK THAT THE 5NIVERSITY IN AN IDEAL WORLD WOULD STOP CLOSING UNPROlTABLE SCHOOLS AND REOPEN PREVIOUSLY CLOSED ONES SUCH AS PHYSICS &OR A COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENT TO NOT BE ABLE TO DABBLE IN PHYSICS IS A SHAME !LSO THESE SCHOOLS SHOULD BE MORE OPEN ) WAS A SCIENCE STUDENT BUT ENJOYED TAKING ARTS CLASSES WHERE POSSIBLE (OWEVER THIS ALMOST SEEMED TO BE FROWNED UPON BY CERTAIN PROFESSORS WHICH ALWAYS STRUCK ME AS RATHER CLOSED MINDED &INALLY THE WAY THAT THE 5NION IS RUN SEEMS TO BE RATHER MORE PROlT ORIENTATED THAN MOTIVATED BY BENEVOLENCE AND CO OPERATION AS IT SHOULD BE )TS MAIN ROLE NOW SEEMS TO BE TO TAKE STUDENT LOAN CHEQUES OVER THE BAR AND TO REINVEST THEM IN EVER MORE EXPENSIVE AND UNCOMFORTABLE REFURBISHMENTS $AN 0EARSON 0REFERABLY THE !RTS BLOCK WOULD BE REMINISCENT OF A -EDIEVAL CASTLE WITH A RAFT OF mAGS AND THERE WOULD BE A DRAWBRIDGE TO ENTER INTO EACH PART AND OF COURSE A DISABLED RAMP 4HE STREET WOULD BE TRANSFORMED INTO A ROW OF THATCHED COTTAGES OFFERING A WIDE
RANGE OF ORGANIC AND HEARTY FOOD INCLUDING MEAD AS YOU DRINK IN THE STUDENT BAR WHICH LOOKS LIKE THE HALL OF 6ALHALA 3UCH WELL USED BUILDINGS SUCH AS THE CAREERS CENTRE AND ONE OR TWO OF THE BANKS COULD BE MADE INTO A FUN HOUSE ESQUE ENVIRONMENT WITH BALL PITS AND SLIDES TO HELP ALLEVIATE THE STRESS OF A 5%! DAY A ONE AND A HALF HOUR LECTURE &URTHERMORE THE 3QUARE WOULD BE UNDERCOVER AND HAVE A SELECTION OF BEAN BAGS AND SOFT FURNITURE WITH PATIO HEATERS AS WELL 9OU MAY QUOTE ME -Y NAME IS &RANCIS (AMLYN 3UZANNA #ULLEN 0RACTICAL !RT AS A SUBJECT ! GALLERY ROOM SPACE SPECIlCALLY FOR CREATIVE PURPOSES WHERE ALL WORK CREATED BY STUDENTS CAN BE DISPLAYED BE IT POETRY OR PAINTINGS 2OWENA "ODDINGTON HOW ABOUT A SKI LIFT CABLE CAR FROM THE TOP mOOR OF THE LIBRARY TO THE TOP mOOR OF !RTS /R MAYBE JUST CREATE A MONORAIL AROUND CAMPUS ) REALLY HATE THE CONCRETE IN THE RAIN
(ENRIK .ORDING ! DECENT GRADUATION AND CERTIlCATE YOU SPEND FOUR YEARS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE A PIECE OF PAPER THAT LOOKS LIKE IT S BEEN DESIGNED BY A YEAR OLD AND PRINTED ON $ESKJET ) WANT A DEGREE ON PAPYRUS PARCHMENT SIGNED IN 6ENETIAN INK AND NOT IN FONT 4IMES .EW 2OMAN &REYA (ANSEN SIMPLE BRING 7AVENEY BACK &RANKIE 7HISTON )DEAL 5%! WORLD WHERE EVERYONE ACTUALLY GETS ALONG THE ,#2 IS DIFFERENT EVERY WEEK FREE TRIPS TO $ISNEYLAND lLM STUDIES TEACHERS ACTUALLY TEACHING SOMETHING INSTEAD OF GOING ON STRIKE OR NOT TURNING UP TO SEMINARS NO PREJUDICE AGAINST THOSE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS A DIFFERENT SEXUALITY OR DIFFERENT RELIGION !ND LESS OF A POPULARITY CONTEST WHEN IT COMES TO THE ELECTIONS 6ICTORIA ,EGGETT ! DECENT GRADUATION BALL 7E PAY a FOR A GLORIlED ,#2 WITH NIBBLES 7E NEED SOMEWHERE WE CAN DRESS UP AND FEEL SPECIAL ON WHAT SHOULD BE A REALLY IMPORTANT DAY FOR US .OTTINGHAM
5NIVERSITY HIRES OUT A BLOODY GREAT STATELY HOME OUTSIDE THE CITY DOES A THREE COURSE MEAL AND STRING QUARTET FOLLOWED BY A DANCE FOR a 7HAT IS THE UNION DOING WITH THE REST OF OUR MONEY !NDREW *ONES 7OULDN T IT BE GREAT IF WE HAD AN ALL SEATER STADIUM A LA THE BIG !MERICAN UNIS AND PEOPLE ACTUALLY CAME TO SEE OUR SPORTS TEAM PLAY !LSO MAKING THE PLACE FREE WOULDN T HURT "EN $ACK ) M SURE THIS LL BE ARGUABLE BUT A BIGGER CAR PARK #OUNTLESS TIMES ) AND FELLOW DRIVING STUDENTS HAVE BEEN CAUGHT OUT BY NOT GETTING IN THE CARPARK ABOUT MINUTES EARLIER TO GET A SPACE )F THEY WANT THE 5NI TO EXPAND SO SHOULD THE CARPARK "EN -ILLAR )NTERESTING (AIRDRESSERS HOUR .ANDOS -ASSAGE 0ARLOUR !IR FRESHENERS IN THE LIBRARY TOILETS ,ATVIAN ROOM CLEANERS !NTI #HEESE IN THE ,#2 4ESSA .ORTH 7OULDNgT IT BE GREAT IF WE HAD A 5%! OR 5NION SIGN LIKE THE BATMAN SYMBOL
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4RY SOMETHING NEW TODAY 4HIS YEAR THE 3AINSBURY #ENTRE FOR 6ISUAL !RTS WELCOMES STUDENTS WITH OPEN ARMS AS IT UN VEILS A WEALTH OF CULTURAL EVENTS TO CATER FOR EVERY TASTE 3UZANNA #ULLEN LOOKS INTO WHAT THE CENTRE HAS TO OFFER DURING AND DISCOVERS THE EXCITING lGURES WORKSHOPS AND TALKS THAT ARE SET TO VISIT THIS YEAR
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AKE NOTE STUDENTS THE 3AINSBURY #ENTRE FOR 6ISUAL !RTS IS SET TO LURE YOU INTO ITS MAS SIVE WHITE I0OD ESQUE BULK 4HE GLORIlED AIRCRAFT HANGER THAT INHABITS THE QUIETER SIDE OF CAMPUS HAS A RIP ROARING SET OF EVENTS FOR YOUR INDULGENCE TO PLEASE ALL TASTES )T CATERS TO EVERY STUDENT S DISCERNING NEEDS WHETHER THAT BE RESPITE FROM ESSAY WRITING IN THE FORM OF ADMIRING THE LATEST EXHIBITION IN THE COMPANY OF ONE OF 5%! S OWN EXPERTS OR FEELING THE NEED TO EXPERIENCE AN EVENING OF SURREAL ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE ART AND LIVE MUSIC !LTERNATIVELY YOU CAN WHILE AWAY A FEW HOURS ON A 3UNDAY LISTENING TO JAZZ TAKE A LIFE DRAWING CLASS OR ATTEND A S THEME NIGHT 7ITH ALL THAT THE 3AINSBURY #ENTRE HAS TO OFFER THIS SPRING THERE IS LITTLE REASON AND NO EXCUSE TO FEEL OUT OF THE CULTURAL LOOP 4HE HOST OF NEW mAMBOYANT EVENTS BEGINS WITH THE ,ATE 3HIFT WHICH WILL ENDEAVOUR TO PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR UP AND COMING IN NOVATIVE PERFORMANCE TALENT FROM AROUND THE CITY AND %AST !NGLIA /RGANISED BY STUDENTS FROM .OR WICH 3CHOOL OF !RT AND $ESIGN AND 5%! THE ,ATE 3HIFT WILL TAKE OVER THE 3AINSBURY #ENTRE ON 7EDNES DAY &EBRUARY TH AND 7EDNESDAY -ARCH BETWEEN AND WITH THE WHOLE OF THE @LIVING AREA AND THE @UPPER GALLERY TAKEN OVER BY MUSICIANS OF ALL GENRES DIRTY ELECTRONICA CLASSICAL JAZZ AND FOLK !UDIO VISUALS PLACED IN ODD AND UNEXPECTED PLACES WILL INCLUDE A GIANT PAINT BY NUMBERS A POETRY SLAM AND MUCH MORE BESIDES 4HE AIM OF THE EVENT IS TO USE THE GALLERY SPACE WITH AN UNCONVEN TIONAL AVANT GARDE PURPOSE WHILE ALLOWING ALL THE DIVERSE PERFORMING TALENT FROM THE CITY TO RESIDE UNDER ONE ROOF 7HAT S MORE AFTER THE 3AINSBURY #ENTRE CLOSES ITS DOORS AT THE ,ATE 3HIFT WILL CONTINUE AT A DIFFERENT VENUE SPECIlCALLY .3!$ BAR WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST ATMOSPHERIC VENUES IN .OR WICH THUS ENSURING THE AMBIENCE AND AVANT GARDE NATURE OF THE EVENT WILL CONTINUE WELL INTO THE NIGHT 4HIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED !NOTHER NIGHT TIME EVENT SCHEDULED FOR THIS SPRING WHICH IS PERFECT FOR THOSE VINTAGE CULTURE ENTHUSIASTS IS THE )N THE -OOD @ S SWING NIGHT WHICH SEES ONE OF .ORWICH S MOST ECCENTRIC $*S PLAY THE 3AINSBURY #ENTRE $* PLAYS MUSIC FROM THE S S AND S AND HAS REPLACED THE CONVENTIONAL
SET OF DECKS WITH TWO WINDUP GRAMOPHONES 4HERE WILL ALSO BE A CHANCE TO DO THE ,AMBETH 7ALK TO MUSIC PROVIDED BY THE 0AVILION $ANCE "AND A QUINTESSENTIALLY BIG BRASSY JAZZ ENSEMBLE AL LOWING YOU TO DANCE RIGHT INTO THE NIGHT AS THE 3AINSBURY #ENTRE EXTENDS ITS OPENING HOURS RIGHT UP TO "UT DANCING AND PERFORMANCE ARE NOT THE ONLY ACTIVITIES TO BE FOUND AT THE 3AINSBURY #ENTRE 4HERE IS ALSO A CHANCE TO IMPROVE PRACTICAL ART SKILLS IN A ONE OFF LIFE DRAWING WORKSHOP WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE ON 3ATURDAY -ARCH TH IN THE LEARNING STUDIO IN THE 3AINSBURY #ENTRE S OWN PRACTICAL ART WORKSHOP WHERE ARTISTS IN RESI DENCE USUALLY WORK 4HE 3ATURDAY WORKSHOP IS OPEN TO ALL ABILITIES AND AGES AND COSTS a FOR CONCES SIONS )T RUNS FROM TO AND IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL THE FRUSTRATED ARTISTS ON CAMPUS TO GET THEIR SKILLS UP TO SCRATCH 4HERE WILL ALSO BE ART HISTORY TALKS AND LECTURES 4HESE EVENTS CORRELATE WITH THE EXHIBITIONS HAP PENING AT THE 3#6! THIS YEAR SEES A PROGRAMME OF SHORTER EXHIBITIONS WHICH BEGINS THIS MONTH WITH THE PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS BY 'ER MAN %XPRESSIONIST -ARTIN "LOCH 4HIS RUNS ALONGSIDE THE DISPLAY OF THE !NDERSON #OLLECTION OF !RT .OUVEAU WHICH INCORPORATES PIECES BY !LPHONSE -UCHA ,OUIS #OMFORT 4IFFANY AND 2ENE ,ALIQUE AMONG OTHERS 4HE DISPLAY OF THE !NDERSON #OLLECTION IS USUALLY IM MENSELY POPULAR AS IT IS ONLY PUT ON DISPLAY EVERY THREE YEARS "OTH THESE EXHIBITIONS WILL BE THE SUBJECTS OF THE EXHIBITION TALKS WHICH ARE HELD EVERY 4HURSDAY FROM COMMENC ING &EBRUARY ST 4HESE OFFER THE CHANCE TO BE GUIDED FREE OF CHARGE AROUND THE EXHIBITIONS BY EXPERTS MANY OF WHOM ARE LECTURERS FROM THE 3CHOOL OF 7ORLD !RT AND -USE OLOGY 4HIS TERM SEES A DIVERSE AR RAY OF HISTORIANS WRITERS AND EVEN AN ENTOMOLOGIST PARTICIPATE IN THE EXHIBITION TALKS SO THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE
4HERE WILL ALSO BE A SINGLE EVENING EXHIBITION TALK BASED ON THE MAIN EXHIBITION ON SHOW 4HE TITLE OF THE TALK IS -ARTIN "LOCH &LEEING (ITLER ³MIGRÏ !RTISTS IN %NGLAND 4HIS TALK WILL BE GIVEN BY -ONICA "OHM $UCHEN WHO HAS LECTURED AT THE 4ATE 'ALLERY AND THE #OURTALD AMONG OTHERS 3HE WILL BE LECTUR ING ON THE LIVES OF ARTISTS IN EXILE WHO mED .AZI PERSECUTION AND TRAVELLED TO %NGLAND WHERE THEY WERE OFTEN INTERNED AS @ENEMY AL IENS AND PLACED IN LABOUR CAMPS ON THE )SLE OF -AN 4HIS INTRIGU ING LECTURE WILL BE HELD IN THE %LIZABETH &RY BUILDING AND COSTS a FOR CONCESSIONS WHICH INCLUDES DRINKS AND CANAPÏS
7ITH ALL THAT THE 3AINSBURY #ENTRE HAS TO OFFER THIS SPRING THERE IS LITTLE REASON AND NO EXCUSE TO FEEL OUT OF THE CULTUR AL LOOP #ALL FOR PERFORMERS THE ,ATE 3HIFT IS STILL TAK ING IN SUBMISSIONS )F YOU RE INTERESTED IN THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM AT THE 3AINSBURY #EN TRE EMAIL ,IZ "ALLARD AT % "ALLARD UEA AC UK
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(EY $UDE )N THE SECOND OF OUR #ONCRETE ENDORSED ADVENTURE HOLIDAYS 7ILL 'REAVES MOSEYS ON DOWN TO AN !MERICAN @DUDE RANCH ENJOYS GALLOPING ALONG THE !RIZONA DESERT PLAINS AND COOK OUTS UNDER THE STARS
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O YOU WANT A HOLI DAY WHICH COM BINES ADVENTURE WITH PAMPERING $O YOU ENJOY A PHYSICAL CHALLENGE BUT APPRECIATE YOUR CREA TURE COMFORTS &ANCY GETTING A TASTE OF THE REAL 53! )F YOU ANSWERED YES TO ANY OF THESE QUESTIONS THEN A DUDE RANCH COULD BE JUST WHAT YOU RE LOOKING FOR $UDE RANCHES COMBINE THE FUNC TION OF A TRADITIONAL CATTLE RANCH AND A HOLIDAY RESORT IN ONE PACKAGE AND HAVE EXISTED IN THE 3TATES FOR DECADES )N RECENT YEARS THE NATURE AND VARIETY OF THESE RANCHES HAS EVOLVED 4ODAY THEY RANGE FROM NO FRILLS WORKING RANCHES WHICH INVITE EXPERIENCED RIDERS TO HELP @MUCK IN WITH ROUND UPS TO FIVE STAR RESORTS WHICH CATER FOR ALL LEVELS OF RIDERS AND NON RIDERS -OST DUDE RANCHES
%UROPEAN STYLE AND ARGUABLY MUCH MORE FUN !DD TO THIS THE FACT THAT THE SCENERY AND WEATHER IS INEVI TABLY A WHOLE LOT MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN THAT ENJOYED BY YOUR LOCAL RID ING STABLE BACK HOME AND YOU VE GOT A ROCK SOLID REASON TO GET OVER THERE AND START LEARNING !PART FROM DECIDING WHAT KIND OF RANCH YOU D PREFER LUXURY LODG ES OR LOG CABINS YOUR ONLY OTHER DECISION SHOULD BE WHERE IN THE 53! YOU D LIKE TO BE RIDING THE RANGE 2ANCHES CAN BE FOUND FROM THE 2OCKIES TO THE !RIZONA DESERT AND ARE INVARIABLY SITUATED SUR ROUNDED BY STUNNING SCENERY )T S JUST A QUESTION OF WHETHER YOU D PREFER TO BE @MOSEYING ALONG A LUSH MOUNTAIN VALLEY OR A RUGGED DESERT PLAIN 4HE 7HITE 3TALLION 2ANCH JUST OUTSIDE 4USCON !RIZONA IS A GOOD
!FTER A HARD DAY IN THE SADDLE YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO SINKING INTO A COMFORTABLE BED HAVING EASED YOUR ACH ING MUSCLES IN THE OUTDOOR HOT TUB UNDER THE STARS OFFER A HAPPY COMPROMISE AFTER A HARD DAY IN THE SADDLE YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO SINKING INTO A COMFORT ABLE BED HAVING EASED YOUR ACHING MUSCLES IN THE OUTDOOR HOT TUB UN DER THE STARS $ON T THINK YOU NEED TO BE AN EXPERIENCED RIDER TO ENJOY THIS KIND OF HOLIDAY -OST RANCHES CATER FOR ALL LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE EVEN ABSO LUTE BEGINNERS ARE WELCOME )N FACT IF YOU VE EVER FANCIED GETTING IN TOUCH WITH YOUR INNER COWBOY GIRL BUT HAVE NEVER EVEN SAT ON A HORSE A DUDE RANCH IS AN EXCELLENT PLACE TO @HAVE A GO 4HE 7ESTERN STYLE OF RIDING IS FAR EASIER TO PICK UP THAN
EXAMPLE OF A MID RANGE DUDE RANCH 3ITUATED ON THE BORDERS OF THE 3AGUARO .ATIONAL 0ARK THE RANCH BUILDINGS ARE CONSTRUCTED IN TYPICAL 3OUTH 7ESTERN STYLE WITH WHITE WASHED ADOBE WALLS AND LAVISH USE OF STONE AND WOOD 4HE -EXICAN INFLUENCE FOUND IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD IS STRONGLY EVIDENT AS YOU LL USUALLY BE DINING UNDER THE STARS IN THE WALLED PATIO AREA SERENADED BY THE SPLASHING FOUNTAIN 4HE ROOMS AND SUITES ARE ALL SPA CIOUS AND WELL EQUIPPED ALTHOUGH YOU WON T FIND 46S IN THE ROOMS !T NIGHT THE ONLY SOUND IS THE SOFT MURMUR OF DISTANT CONVERSATIONS
SO YOU CAN REALLY APPRECIATE THE PEACE AND QUIET OF YOUR DESERT SUR ROUNDINGS 7HEN YOU RE NOT ON A RIDE THE ALTERNATIVES ARE ENDLESS A SAUNA COULD BE FOLLOWED BY A REFRESHING DIP IN THE POOL FOR EXAMPLE OR PERHAPS A GAME OF POOL OR TENNIS !T NIGHT YOU CAN OPT TO TAKE PART IN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES ALL OF WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO ENHANCE YOUR UNDER STANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE LO CAL CULTURE (OW ABOUT A NIGHT TIME HAY RIDE INTO THE DESERT FOLLOWED BY A CAMPFIRE COWBOY SING SONG /R WOULD YOU PREFER THE INFORMAL LECTURE BY A LOCAL .ATIVE !MERI CAN ABOUT INDIGENOUS WILDLIFE AC COMPANIED BY THE AFOREMENTIONED WILDLIFE WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT TARANTULAS COULD BE SO APPEALING /F COURSE THE HIGHLIGHT OF A DUDE RANCH HOLIDAY FOR MOST GUESTS IS THE RIDING AND THE VARIETY OF RIDES ON OFFER IS IMPRESSIVE (OW ABOUT STARTING YOUR DAY WITH AN EARLY MORNING RIDE INTO THE DESERT FOLLOWED BY A HEARTY BREAKFAST COOKED ON AN OPEN FIRE 9OU CAN TAKE YOUR PICK EACH DAY FROM SLOW RIDES THROUGH THE DESERT PLAINS FAST CANTERS AND EVEN MOUNTED MOUN TAIN HIKING "ACK AT THE RANCH THE MORE ADVENTUROUS CAN TRY THEIR
HAND AT THE REAL COWBOY STUFF SUCH AS TEAM PENNING IN THE CORRAL )F THAT DOESN T APPEAL YOU CAN ALWAYS WORK ON YOUR TAN BY THE POOL (AVING TRAVELLED ALL THAT WAY IT M A K E S SENSE TO LEAVE SOME TIME FREE TO EXPLORE THE LOCAL AREA 4USCON ITSELF IS A SURPRISINGLY HIP TOWN WITH FUNKY BARS AND FUN SHOPPING &URTHER AFIELD YOU COULD VISIT THE AWARD WINING $ESERT -U SEUM OR CHECK OUT 4OMBSTONE THE COWBOY TOWN THAT WAS THE SITE OF THE ORIGINAL @SHOOT OUT AT THE /+ CORRAL 7HEREVER YOU GO YOU LL FIND THE LOCALS UNFAILINGLY FRIENDLY AND EASY GOING THIS AREA HAS COWBOY CHARM IN ABUNDANCE )F THIS SOUNDS LIKE YOUR KIND OF HOLIDAY YOU CAN BEGIN YOUR PLAN NING BY GOING ONLINE WHERE YOU LL FIND A FANTASTIC ARRAY OF RANCHES VY ING FOR YOUR ATTENTION 4RY TO EN SURE THAT ANY RANCH YOU CONSIDER IS A MEMBER OF 4HE $UDE 2ANCHERS !SSOCIATION &INALLY REMEMBER THAT ALTHOUGH THE COSTS INVOLVED SEEM QUITE DAUNTING THE PRICES QUOTED ARE USUALLY ALL INCLUSIVE &OR THOSE OF YOU PLANNING A LONGER STAY IN THE 3TATES MANY RANCHES ALSO OFFER INFORMAL WORK EXPERIENCE WHICH MEANS YOU END UP GETTING YOUR RIDES FOR FREE
'ONE ARE THE DAYS OF PASSIVELY PERUSING A TRAVEL BROCHURE SITES SUCH AS WWW WAYN COM SHORT FOR @7HERE !RE 9OU .OW PROVIDE TRAVEL SOCIAL NETWORKS A SORT OF &ACEBOOK FOR THE WORLD OF TRAVEL WHERE MEMBERS CAN REVIEW THEIR HOLIDAYS AND EXCHANGE INFORMATION WITH LIKE MINDED PEOPLE AROUND THE GLOBE
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$EAR $AISY ) HAVE TO MY HORROR REALISED THAT THIS TERM IS MY LAST PROPER TERM AT 5%! AND IT S SCARED ME TO MY CORE ) HAVE NO IDEA WHAT ) M GOING TO DO AND EVERYONE ELSE SEEMS TO HAVE AT LEAST SOME IDEA ) JUST DON T HAVE A CLUE WHAT JOB ) WANT TO DO WHEN ) LEAVE 0LUS ) DON T WANT TO LEAVE 5%! IT S WONDERFUL /H 5%! IS WONDERFUL )T GETS EVEN MORE COMPLICATED BECAUSE MY GIRLFRIEND WHO ) VE BEEN WITH SINCE THE SECOND YEAR AND ) HAVEN T TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE RE GOING TO DO WHEN WE LEAVE 7HEN WE GO HOME WE RE AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE COUNTRY AND ) JUST DON T KNOW WHAT ) M MEANT TO DO ) DON T WANT TO ASK HER BECAUSE SHE MIGHT THINK ) WANT TO MARRY HER OR SOMETHING 7HAT DO ) DO
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$EAR $AZED AND CONFUSED &IRST OF ALL YOU REALLY SHOULD LEAVE THE LIBRARY MORE OFTEN THEY LL GET A DESK PLAQUE IN YOUR HONOUR IF YOU RE NOT CAREFUL !ND SECONDLY CALM DOWN DEAR %VERYONE HAS A LITTLE PANIC ATTACK OF THIS SORT AT SOME POINT IN THEIR LAST SPRING SEMESTER BUT YOU LL ALL BE OKAY (AVE A PROPER CALM THINK n IT MIGHT BE THAT YOU RE JUST NOT READY TO GET A JOB JUST YET ,OTS OF PEOPLE LEAVE UNIVERSITY AND GO TRAVELLING FOR A WHILE )F YOU DIDN T HAVE A GAP YEAR BEFORE UNIVERSITY MAYBE YOU COULD HAVE ONE NOW 4HE BEST THING TO DO IS GO AND HAVE A MEETING WITH SOMEONE AT THE #AREER S CENTRE 4HEY KNOW EVERYTHING !ND YOU REALLY SHOULD TALK TO YOUR GIRLFRIEND ABOUT IT 3HE S NOT GOING TO THINK THAT YOU WANT TO MARRY HER n WELL HOPEFULLY SHE WON T ANYWAY -ORE THAN LIKELY SHE S BEEN WONDERING ABOUT IT TOO )T MIGHT EVEN TURN OUT THAT YOU VE BOTH BEEN THINKING OF STAYING IN .ORWICH OR GOING TO THE SAME PLACE n YOU JUST DON T KNOW UNTIL YOU ASK 'OOD LUCK !ND YES 5%! IS WONDERFUL
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PRING &ESTIVAL OR #HINESE .EW 9EAR ALWAYS FALLS IN &EBRUARY WHEN THE SPRING BEGINS AND IS THE lRST DAY OF THE YEAR IN THE MOON CALENDAR 5NLIKE THE CALENDAR THAT WE USE NOW WHICH IS BASED ON THE CYCLE OF THE SUN THE MOON CALENDAR REmECTS THE PHASES OF THE MOON &OUR THOUSAND YEARS AGO THE lRST 3PRING &ESTIVAL WAS OFlCIALLY ANNOUNCED BY 3HUN THE LEADER OF THE #HINESE ETHNIC GROUP YEARS LATER IN 3UN :HONGSHAN THE 0RESIDENT OF THE 2EPUBLIC OF #HINA CHANGED THE CALENDAR TO THE MORE COMMONLY USED WESTERN STYLE (OWEVER 3PRING &ESTIVAL IS STILL THE MOST IM PORTANT NATIONAL EVENT FOR THE #HINESE PEOPLE 4HE FESTIVAL LASTS DAYS FROM THE lRST DAY OF MOON CALENDAR UNTIL THE TH WHICH IS CALLED @9UAN 8IAO 4HE -YTH OF 3PRING &ESTIVAL ! LONG LONG TIME AGO THERE WAS A BEAST CALLED .IAN WHICH HAD LONG HORNS AND WAS VERY SAVAGE .IAN LIVED UNDER THE SEA ALL YEAR AND ONLY AP PEARED AT THE END OF THE YEAR TO THE NEAREST VILLAGE EATING ANIMALS AND HURTING HUMAN BEINGS 3O ON THE LAST DAY OF EVERY YEAR THE PEOPLE LEFT THEIR HOMES AND HID IN THE MOUN TAINS /NE YEAR AN OLD MAN CAME TO THE VILLAGE (E HAD LONG WHITE HAIR AND A BEARD A CRUTCH IN HIS HAND AND A BIG BAG ON HIS BACK (E ASKED THE VILLAGERS WHY THEY WERE LEAVING AND THEY TOLD HIM THE STORY OF THE BEAST @.IAN AND ASKED HIM TO LEAVE FOR HIS OWN SAFETY 4HE OLD MAN WAS NOT AFRAID AND STAYED ALONE IN THE VILLAGE AFTER ALL THE OTHERS HAD RUN AWAY )N THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT @.IAN CAME OUT FROM
THE SEA AND WALKED INTO THE VILLAGE 3TRANGELY IT FOUND THAT THERE WAS A HOUSE WITH RED PAPER ON THE DOOR AND LIGHTS ON INSIDE .IAN RAN TO BREAK IN BUT AS SOON AS HE HEARD LOUD NOISES THE SOUND OF THE lRECRACKERS .IAN WAS SCARED AND DIDN T ENTER .OW THE OLD MAN WEARING A RED WINTER COAT SLOWLY WALKED OUT AND STOOD IN FRONT OF THE BEAST .IAN APPEARED NERVOUS AND EXTREMELY FRIGHTENED AND RAN BACK INTO THE SEA 4HE SECOND DAY WHEN THE OTHER PEOPLE CAME BACK TO THE VILLAGE THEY FOUND THAT NOTHING WAS MISS ING OR DESTROYED 4HEY WERE VERY HAPPY AND WENT TO THANK THE OLD MAN BUT HE WAS GONE EXCEPT FOR SOME lRECRACK ERS AND THE RED CLOTHES HE HAD WORN THE NIGHT BEFORE !FTER THAT PEOPLE KNEW THAT .IAN WAS AFRAID OF RED AND THE SOUND OF lRECRACKERS SO THEY STARTED WEARING RED CLOTHES USING lREWORKS AND PUTTING RED PAPER ON THE DOOR ON THE lRST DAY OF THE NEW YEAR THE BEGINNING OF 3PRING &ESTIVAL .IAN NEVER CAME AGAIN 0EOPLE THEN STARTED TO VISIT THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TELLING THEM THE WAY TO AVOID THE BEAST 3OON ALL THE OTHERS STARTED TO DO THE SAME THING AT 3PRING &ESTIVAL %VEN NOW OLD PEOPLE STILL TELL THIS STORY TO THEIR CHILDREN AND GRAND CHILDREN AND SAY THAT .IAN WILL COME AGAIN IF THEY DO NOT FOLLOW ALL OF THE TRADITIONS 4HE #USTOMS OF 3PRING &ESTIVAL 4HERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT CUSTOMS FOR CELEBRATING THE 3PRING &ESTIVAL ACROSS ALL THE PROVINCES IN #HINA .ORTH #HINESE AND 3OUTH #HINESE ARE VERY DISTINCT AND ETHNIC MINORITIES ALSO HAVE THEIR OWN RELIGIOUS CUSTOMS DURING THE 3PRING &ESTIVAL (OWEVER THERE
ARE STILL SOME SIMILARITIES PEOPLE DOING A LOT OF .EW 9EAR SHOPPING STARTING FROM $ECEMBER CLEANING THE HOUSE BEFORE .EW 9EAR S %VE HAVING A MEMORIAL CEREMONY FOR AN CESTORS STAYING UP ALL NIGHT ON .EW 9EAR S %VE VISITING FAMI LY AND FRIENDS FROM THE SECOND DAY OF THE NEW YEAR PUTTING A BIG RED CHINESE SYMBOL ON THE DOOR UPSIDE DOWN ALONG WITH A COUPLET HAVING lREWORKS AT MIDNIGHT ON .EW 9EAR S %VE -OST IMPORTANTLY ADULTS GIVE RED BAGS WITH MONEY INSIDE TO THE CHILDREN THEY KNOW AND THE CHILDREN HAVE TO KNEEL DOWN AND SAY @(APPY NEW YEAR TO OLD FAMILY MEMBERS ESPECIALLY PARENTS AND GRAND PARENTS %VERY CHILD LOOKS FORWARD TO THE 3PRING &ESTI VAL WHEN THEY WILL HAVE NEW CLOTHES POCKET MONEY AND BE FREE FROM HOMEWORK 4HE FOOD IS ALSO CULTUR ALLY SIGNIlCANT DURING 3PRING &ESTIVAL ESPECIALLY THE NIGHT BEFORE AND ON THE lRST DAY .EW 9EAR S %VE DINNER IS SUP POSED TO BE VERY ELABORATE AND EVERY FAMILY SHOULD SIT AND EAT TOGETHER -OST FAMILIES WILL PREPARE A WHOLE lSH AS ONE OF THE IMPORTANT MAIN COURSES REPRESENTING THE RICHNESS OF THE YEAR AND GETTING RID OF THE BAD LUCK FROM THE YEAR #HINA IS FAMOUS FOR DELICIOUS FOOD AND AT THE .EW 9EAR S %VE DINNER YOU EAT EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID NOT HAVE THE CHANCE TO EAT DURING THE YEAR SUCH AS ABALONE BIRD S NESTS AND EX PENSIVE ANIMALS AND SEAFOOD %VEN IN THE POOREST FAMILIES THEY WILL SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON THIS LUXURY DINNER AND DUMPLINGS ARE A TRADITION FOR EVERY FAMILY $UMPLINGS ARE MADE OF mOUR VEGETABLES AND MEAT 4HE VEGETABLES AND MEAT ARE THE STUFlNG AND ARE PLACED IN THE SKIN WHICH IS MADE OF mOUR $UMPLINGS CAN BE
BOILED OR FRIED 3PRING &ESTIVAL AT 5%! 3INCE THE 3PRING &ESTIVAL IS IN &EBRUARY MOST OF THE #HINESE STUDENTS AT 5%! CANNOT GO BACK HOME TO BE WITH THEIR FAMILIES (OWEVER THEY HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS TO CELEBRATE THEIR MOST IMPORTANT NATIONAL HOLIDAY #HINESE STUDENTS WILL GATHER TOGETHER ON #HINESE .EW 9EAR S %VE AND HAVE THE SYMBOLIC DINNER TOGETHER AND ALTHOUGH THEY DO NOT HAVE A BIG TABLE DUMPLINGS AND lSH ARE INDISPENSABLE DISHES 4HE ONLY THING TO DO BEFORE DINNER IS TO MAKE THE CALL AND TO SAY DOWN THE LINE @(APPY .EW 9EAR -UM $AD IT IS HARD TO REFRAIN FROM CRYING ONCE THEY PICK UP THE PHONE BUT NO MATTER HOW BUSY WE ARE OR WHAT WE ARE DOING CALLING FAMILY WILL NEVER BE FORGOT TEN !T 5%! FRIENDS BECOME CLOSEST WHEN THE 3PRING &ESTIVAL COMES )T HAS ALWAYS BEEN TRADITIONAL THAT NO ONE WILL BE ALONE ON THE DAY NOT FOR INDIVIDUAL INTEREST BUT FOR THE CULTURAL TRADITION 3PRING &ESTIVAL IN 5%! OR EVEN IN THE 5+ IS SADLY LESS PASSIONATE AND EXCITING AS IN #HINA "UT THERE ARE STILL PASSIONATE #HI NESE STUDENTS TRYING THEIR BEST TO KEEP THE WHOLE ATMOSPHERE ALIVE 5%! #HINESE 3OCIETY OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE HELD BIG STAGE PERFORMANCES AND A PARTY IN THE ,#2 TO GIVE THE OTHERS THE CHANCE TO CELEBRATE THE BIG DAY 0EOPLE VOLUNTEER TO MAKE FOOD AND TO PERFORM AND WHAT THEY WANT IS NO LONGER THE BOX OFlCE SALES BUT THE RAISED STATUS OF #HI NESE .EW 9EAR AMONGST OTHER COUNTRIES AND THUS CHINESE CULTURE ITSELF
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-AKE YOUR DIET A SOURCE OF PLEASURE &EEL BLOATED AFTER THE REPEATED TEMPTATIONS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE LAST FEW WEEKS &EAR NOT 6ICTORIA ,EG GETT LOOKS AT HOW TO GET BACK INTO SHAPE AFTER #HRISTMAS AND .EW 9EAR S INDULGENCES WHILE KEEPING A SENSE OF REALITY AND WITHOUT SACRIlCING ANY OF ONE S LOVE AFFAIR WITH FOOD
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FTER THE SHOCK OF REALISING THAT YOU D MANAGED TO DEVOUR THREE TINS OF CHOCOLATES IN ONLY A WEEK AND A HALF EVERYONE S .EW 9EARgS RESOLUTIONS WERE NO DOUBT FULL OF mIMSY PROMISES TO BECOME lT AND HEALTHY THIS YEAR 5NFORTUNATELY ITgS NOW A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER AND THE OVER INDULGENCE IS YET TO BE TAMED 7HAT S WORSE YOU VE HAD TO RETURN TO UNIVERSITY WHICH MEANS STUDENT HOUSES AND THE INEVITABLE READY MEALS "UT NEVER FEAR #ONCRETE IS HERE TO SHOW YOU THE LITTLE CHANGES THAT CAN IMPROVE YOUR DIET AND HELP MAKE HEALTHY /F COURSE FOR MOST OF US THE lRST AIM IS TO SHED THE POUNDS WE VE SOMEHOW PUT ON DESPITE THE REGULAR EXERCISE OF WALKING OVER TO THE CHOCOLATE TIN 4HE TRICK IS NOT TO BELIEVE THAT STARVING YOURSELF FOR THREE WEEKS IS THE ANSWER 4HE PEOPLE AT "50! EXPLAIN THAT hTHE BODY NEEDS A CONSTANT SUPPLY OF ENERGY TO FUEL THE CONTINUOUS PROCESSES OF LIFE SUCH AS YOUR HEART BEAT BREATHING AND DIGESTIONv 7ITHOUT THE RIGHT FOOD TO PROVIDE THIS ENERGY YOU RE NEVER GOING TO MANAGE THE WALK TO THE GYM LET ALONE THE WORKOUT 3HORT TERM SOLUTIONS ONLY PRODUCE SHORT TERM RESULTS MAKING SMALL BUT PERMANENT CHANGES TO YOUR EATING HABITS IS FAR MORE EFFECTIVE 4HE lRST STEP IS TO REMOVE THE TEMPTATION .OT HAVING A CONVENIENT SUPPLY OF CHOCOLATE AND CRISPS WILL DRAMATICALLY REDUCE YOUR ABILITY TO EAT THEM .EXT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO THINK MISSING A MEAL IS KEY TO GETTING TRIM THINK AGAIN ,IKE YOUR MUM HAS ALWAYS SAID BREAKFAST REALLY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT MEAL OF THE DAY AND RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT PEOPLE WHO EAT BREAKFAST ARE HEALTHIER AND LIGHTER THAN THOSE WHO SKIP IT 3KIPPING BREAKFAST SLOWS YOUR METABOLIC RATE AND MAKES YOUR SUGAR LEVEL DROP ENCOURAGING YOU TO PICK AT SUGARY SNACKS %ATING A DECENT LOW FAT BREAKFAST CAN STOP YOU OVEREATING FOR THE REST OF THE DAY BY HELPING YOU TO FEEL FULL FOR LONGER #HANGING WHAT YOU EAT FOR BREAKFAST CAN ALSO HAVE A BIG IMPACT LIKE CHOOSING FOODS HIGH IN COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES 4HESE FOODS RELEASE THEIR ENERGY SLOWLY HELPING YOU TO FEEL FULL OF ENERGY FOR MUCH LONGER AND AVOIDING THOSE SUGAR CRAVINGS THAT USUALLY KICK IN DURING AN O CLOCK LECTURE "ANANAS ARE A FANTASTIC SOURCE AND MAKE AN IDEAL SNACK BECAUSE THEY ONLY CONTAIN AROUND CALORIES THE SAME APPLIES TO
WHOLEGRAIN FOODS 3O SIMPLY BY EATING A BANANA AND A WHOLEGRAIN CEREAL FOR BREAKFAST EVERY MORNING YOU WILL BE ON YOUR WAY TO A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE 2EPLACING SATURATED FATS WITH UNSATURATED FATS IS ANOTHER ACHIEVABLE GOAL 5NSATURATED FATS HAVE A SMALLER RATIO OF CALORIES PER GRAM AND ARE CONSEQUENTLY LESS LIKELY TO MAKE YOU PILE ON THE POUNDS !LTHOUGH STILL RELATIVELY HIGH IN CALORIES MAKING A SIMPLE CHANGE LIKE USING SPREADS MADE WITH VEGETABLE OILS OR MASHING POTATOES WITH OLIVE OIL INSTEAD OF BUTTER AND MILK IS A GREAT START /F COURSE CHOOSING LOWER FAT VERSIONS OF YOUR FAVOURITE FOODS IS AN OBVIOUS WAY OF CUTTING YOUR FAT INTAKE BUT MAKE SURE WHAT YOU RE CHOOSING REALLY IS AS HEALTHY AS IT SOUNDS @,OW FAT FOODS ARE LEGALLY BOUND TO HAVE G OR LESS OF FAT PER G HOWEVER @LOWER FAT PRODUCTS ONLY NEED TO HAVE LESS THAN THE FOOD THEY RE COMPARED TO WHICH MEANS THEY MAY STILL BE HIGH IN FAT AND THEREFORE CALORIES (EALTHY EATING PLANS FOR THE .EW 9EAR SHOULDN T ONLY BE ABOUT REDUCING YOUR VITAL STATISTICS 9OUR NEW DIET SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE SMALL CHANGES TO HELP YOUR OVERALL HEALTH )NTRODUCING A FEW @SUPER FOODS INTO YOUR MEALS CAN PUT YOU ON THE RIGHT TRACK EFFORTLESSLY 4RY INCLUDING A HANDFUL OF BERRIES IN YOUR DIET PERHAPS AS A REPLACEMENT FOR THE MID MORNING
-ARS "AR "ERRIES ARE A GREAT SOURCE OF VITAMIN # WHICH WILL BOOST YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM AND HELP TO lGHT ANY COLDS THAT TRY TO STRIKE YOU DOWN AS YOU STRIVE TO GET YOUR COURSEWORK IN 4HEY ALSO CONTAIN ANTIOXIDANTS WHICH MEANS THEY PROTECT AGAINST CELL DAMAGE HELPING TO HEAL BONES AND WOUNDS AND REDUCING THE RISK OF DISEASE &ROZEN BERRIES CONTAIN JUST AS MANY NUTRIENTS AS FRESH ONES SO KEEP A BAG IN YOUR FREEZER AND POUR A FEW OUT EACH NIGHT FOR THE NEXT MORNING TO SAVE WASTING MONEY ON FRESH BERRIES THAT GO OFF BEFORE YOU CAN EAT THEM 4HE TRUSTY AND INEXPENSIVE BANANA IS ALSO A SUPER FOOD THEY RE A GOOD SOURCE OF POTASSIUM HELPING TO MAINTAIN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND ARE ALSO THOUGHT TO HELP REDUCE BLOOD PRESSURE AND THE RISK OF HEART DISEASE AND STROKES )F FRUIT ISN T YOUR THING YOU CAN ALWAYS CONCENTRATE ON GETTING MORE TOMATOES INTO YOUR DIET /+ ) REALISE THEY RE ALSO A FRUIT BUT WHO ACTUALLY KEEPS THEM IN THE FRUIT BOWL 4OMATOES LIKE BERRIES ARE RICH IN VITAMIN # AND ANTIOXIDANTS IN PARTICULAR LYCOPENE WHICH HELPS TO lGHT CANCER AND HEART DISEASE 5NLIKE MANY FRUIT AND VEG TOMATOES ARE JUST AS HEALTHY COOKED AS WHEN EATEN RAW AND A TIN OF THEM CAN BE MIXED INTO A MEAL WITHOUT BEING NOTICED BY YOUR TASTE BUDS OR YOUR BANK BALANCE !ND TOMATO
KETCHUP DElNITELY COUNTS 4HE lNAL SUPERFOOD WE CHALLENGE YOU TO TRY THIS YEAR IS WHOLEGRAIN 4HIS IS POSSIBLY THE EASIEST ONE OF ALL SINCE THERE ARE WHOLEGRAIN VERSIONS OF MANY STAPLE FOODS 7HOLEGRAIN IS RICH IN SO MANY NUTRIENTS THAT EVEN IF THIS IS THE ONLY CHANGE YOU MAKE YOU LL BE DOING WELL 7HOLEWHEAT IS A GREAT SOURCE OF lBRE IRON MAGNESIUM ZINC AND THE " VITAMINS OATS MAY HELP TO REDUCE THE RISK OF SOME CANCERS AND CONTAIN PROTEIN IRON CALCIUM AND LOTS OF VITAMINS WHILST THE WHOLEGRAIN OF A CEREAL CAN HELP TO LOWER CHOLESTEROL CONSEQUENTLY REDUCING YOUR RISK OF HEART DISEASE AND STROKES /N YOUR NEXT TRIP TO THE SUPERMARKET MAKE AN EFFORT TO PICK UP SOME WHOLEWHEAT PASTA WHOLEGRAIN BREAD AND WHOLEMEAL mOUR )T S POSSIBLE TO GET THEM FOR ONLY A FEW PENCE MORE THAN THEIR WHITE COUNTERPARTS AND THEY RE FAR BETTER FOR YOU 3O DON T DESPAIR AT THE THOUGHT OF GETTING HEALTHY THIS YEAR "ETTER HEALTH DOESN T HAVE TO MEAN A COMPLETE OVERHAUL OF YOUR DIET -AKING GRAND PLANS TO CUT YOUR CALORIE INTAKE IN HALF OR ONLY EAT GREEN FOOD DON T SUIT A STUDENT LIFESTYLE 4HE SMALLER THE CHANGE THE EASIER IT WILL BE AND THE MORE LIKELY YOU ARE TO SUSTAIN IT .OWx PUT THE BAR OF CHOCOLATE DOWNx
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4HE RATIONALE OF RATIONING
4HE BURNING ISSUE OUR HOW TO GUIDE ON CUTTING CARBON EMISSIONS
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LAMING 4ONY "LAIR AND 'EORGE "USH IS EASY 7HEN OUR 0RIME -INISTER ANNOUNCES THAT NO ONE SHOULD RESTRICT THEIR mYING AND "USH FURTHERS HIS PLANS TO DIG UP !LASKA YOU HAVE VERY OBVIOUS BAD GUYS TO PIN THE TROUBLE ON "UT THIS IS NOT HOW CLIMATE CHANGE WORKS !S YOU WILL HAVE HEARD MANY TIMES BEFORE IT WILL TAKE THE ACTIONS OF EVERYONE TO SPARE THE PLANET THE DEVASTATION THREATENED BY CLIMATE CHANGE 4HIS MEANS
THAT NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT S BILLION POUND MOTORWAY EXPANSIONS WHEN YOU TAKE THAT mIGHT TO 3OUTHERN %UROPE IT IS YOU WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR FURTHER STARVATION IN ANOTHER DROUGHT RIDDEN VILLAGE 9ET CLAIMING WE CAN CUT OUR EMISSIONS OURSELVES IS TOO NAÕVE 7HAT WE NEED IS A POLITICAL FRAMEWORK THAT ALLOWS US TO MAKE THE CUTS IN CARBON EMISSIONS ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS &OR THOUGH WE OURSELVES MUST ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY WE CANNOT DO IT WITHOUT GOVERNMENT
SUPPORT 7HAT WE NEED NOW IS CARBON RATIONING !N CUT IN CARBON EMISSIONS IS NEEDED TO PREVENT US EXCEEDING THE # TEMPERATURE RISE THAT COULD PUSH US PAST THE POINT OF NO RETURN 3IMPLE MATHS WILL PRODUCE A CARBON QUOTA THAT COULD BE SLOWLY LOWERED EACH YEAR DETAILING HOW MUCH CARBON DIOXIDE EACH INDIVIDUAL IS ALLOWED TO PRODUCE 3UCH A SCHEME COULD NOT BE VOLUNTARY AND WOULD REQUIRE A GREAT POLITICAL WILL BUT IT IS EVIDENT THAT THERE IS NO OTHER RELIABLE METHOD ! CONUNDRUM FACING MANY ENVIRONMENTALISTS IS THE FUTILITY OF THOSE LITTLE SELF SACRIlCES FOR THE GREATER GOOD !S ONE CAMPAIGNER POINTED OUT WHEN CONCERNED INDIVIDUALS TAKE THEIR CARS OFF THE ROAD THEY ARE REMOVING CARS THAT WOULD LIKELY HAVE BEEN HIGHLY EFlCIENT LOW EMISSION VEHICLES 4HIS MEANS THAT THE ROADS ARE CLEARER AND LOOK MORE APPEALING TO THE UNCONCERNED INDIVIDUALS WHO THEN TAKE TO THE ROADS MORE OFTEN IN THEIR HIGHLY POLLUTING
356S 7ITHOUT A CARBON QUOTA FOR ALL THE GOOD INTENTIONS OF MANY WILL DO NO GOOD 4HE IDEA THAT TAXES WILL SAVE US IS JUST AS DAFT 7HILE IT IS RIDICULOUS THAT THERE IS NO DUTY ON AVIATION FUEL A HIGHER PRICE ON mIGHTS WON T GUARANTEE THAT THEY ARE REDUCED BY THE NEEDED ,IKEWISE WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE mAWS OF THE LATEST FAD IN @OFFSETTING EMISSIONS BY INVESTING IN SOME GREEN CAUSE )F EVERYONE PAID A FEW QUID TO PLANT A TREE AND AVOIDED ACTUALLY ADAPTING THEIR LIFESTYLES THEN WE D HAVE A LOT MORE TREES BUT WE WOULDN T HAVE AVOIDED CLIMATE CHANGE 4HIS ISN T TO SAY THAT CARBON TRADING WON T BE A MAJOR PART OF CARBON RATIONING WEALTHY JET SETTERS WILL BE ABLE TO BUY ANY EXCESS CARBON RATIONS FROM THOSE WHO ARE EMITTING LESS THAN THEIR ALLOTTED QUOTA "UT THIS WAY THE TOTAL EMISSIONS ARE KEPT AT A CONTROLLED LEVEL 4HERE IS A BELIEF AMONG SOME THAT CARBON RATIONING IS AN AFFRONT ON OUR LIBERTIES 7E
WOULD IT IS TRUE NEED A NATIONAL DATABASE THAT KEPT CAREFUL TRACK OF ALL OF OUR POLLUTING CHOICES "UT WHAT ABOUT THE LIBERTIES OF ALL THE "ANGLADESHIS WHO ARE ABOUT TO lND THEMSELVES UNDERWATER )F WE DON T CURTAIL OUR LIFESTYLES NATIONALLY WE WILL BE SENTENCING OTHERS TO DEATH GLOBALLY /THERS SAY THAT A CARBON RATIONING SYSTEM IS UNFAIR ON THOSE TOO POOR TO BUY MORE QUOTAS AND THUS THEY WILL HAVE TO SACRIlCE MORE 5NFORTUNATELY THE WORLD WE LIVE IN ALREADY HAS THESE INEQUALITIES AND MANY PEOPLE CAN T lNANCIALLY AFFORD TO mY DRIVE OR KEEP THEIR HOUSES WARM #ARBON RATIONING WON T EXASPERATE THIS IT WILL ALLEVIATE IT BY CHANNELLING MONEY FROM THE RICH POLLUTERS TO THOSE WITH SPARE QUOTAS BECAUSE THEY COULDN T AFFORD TO mY ANYWAY )F WE ARE GOING TO CUT CARBON EMISSIONS BY CARBON RATIONING IS THE WAY IT IS GOING TO BE DONE *AMES #ONWAY
!GAINST .ATURE /RGANISERS OF A RECENT EXHIBITION AT THE .ATIONAL (ISTORY -USEUM IN /SLO ARE TOLD THEY WOULD hBURN IN HELLv
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URELY SOMETHING THAT PROVOKES SUCH AN ATTACK MUST TRULY BE h!GAINST .ATUREv THE TITLE OF THE EXHIBI TION 3O THE SUB JECT OF SUCH A CONTROVERSY 'AY ANIMALS )N /CTOBER THE .ATURAL (ISTORY -USEUM 5NIVERSITY OF /SLO OPENED THE lRST EVER MU SEUM EXHIBITION DEDICATED TO GAY ANIMALS /BSERVED IN OVER SPECIES THE STORY OF THE ANIMALS SECRET HOMOSEXUAL TENDENCIES IS TOLD BY MEANS OF MODELS PHOTOS TEXTS AND SPECIMENS 0ERHAPS OBVIOUSLY THIS EXHIBITIONS AIM IS NOT SIMPLY TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF THE SEXUAL PREFERENCES OF WILDLIFE 0ETTER "OCKMAN A ZOOLO GIST WHO HELPED PUT THE SHOW TOGETHER OPENLY ADMITTED THAT hTHERE IS A POLITICAL MOTIVEv )N .ORWAY THERE IS A DESIRE AMONG PUBLICLY FUNDED MUSEUMS TO BE hDELIVERERS OF TRUTHv AND TO hPUT ON DISPLAY CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECTS THINGS THAT ARE NOT SAID AND ARE
SWEPT UNDER THE CARPETv 3O TO THE QUESTION OF BEING @AGAINST NATURE 4HIS EXHIBITION CLEARLY QUESTIONS MODERN SOCIETY S AT TITUDES TOWARDS HOMOSEXUALITY AND EXAMINES THE CLAIMS THAT IT IS UNNATURAL 4HERE ARE MANY MISCONCEP TIONS ABOUT ANIMALS WHEN IT COMES TO SEX 4HE MOST COMMON ONE IS THE IDEA THAT IT IS ONLY HUMANS AND DOLPHINS THAT HAVE SEX FOR PLEASURE ) BELIEVE THAT THIS CAME UP ON 1) RECENTLY AND WHEN CONlRMED BY 3TEPHEN &RY ) PERSONALLY TOOK IT TO BE THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH )T SEEMS HOWEVER 'OD FORBID THAT -R &RY WAS IN FACT WRONG )T SEEMS THAT THE SEXUAL URGE IS STRONG IN ALMOST ALL ANIMALS !ND EVEN MORE SURPRISINGLY IT APPEARS THAT IT ISN T ONLY INEBRIATED FRESHERS THAT REAP THE BENElTS OF ONE NIGHT STANDS !CCORDING TO RESEARCHERS BEHIND THE EXHIBITION HOMO SEXUAL PENGUINS SWANS GEESE DUCKS AND SEAGULLS WILL OBTAIN EGGS FROM SUCH NIGHTS OF PASSION
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)N THE .ORTH THEY MIGHT CALL THIS A PILE ON IN THE 3OUTH A BUNDLE HERE AT #ONCRETE WE SAY IT IS A THREESOME TO GO ON TO RAISE THE CHICKS WITH THEIR SAME SEX PARTNER 4HESE TWO MALES CAN HOLD A MUCH LARGER TERRITORY THAN A HETEROSEXUAL PAIR ALLOWING MORE CHICKS TO GROW UP AN EVOLUTIONARY BENElT 7HAT S MORE ACCORDING TO FURTHER SCI ENTIlC RESEARCH IT IS NOW KNOWN THAT GIRAFFES HAVE ALL MALE ORGIES 3O DO BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS KILLER WHALES GREY WHALES AND 7EST )NDIAN MANATEES *APA NESE MACAQUES A HUMAN LIKE RED FACED MONKEY ON THE OTHER HAND ARE ARDENT LESBIANS THE FEMALES ENTHUSIASTICALLY MOUNT EACH OTHER 4HESE FACTS MAY BE NEW UNEXPECTED AND PERHAPS QUITE STRANGE BUT THEY EVIDENTLY ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CENTRAL REASONING BEHIND THE EXHIBITION
(OMOSEXUAL PENGUINS SWANS GEESE DUCKS AND SEAGULLS WILL OB TAIN EGGS FROM SUCH NIGHTS OF PASSION
3OMETIMES AS IN THE CASE OF ALL THOSE GAY BIRDS DOLPHINS AND PRIMATES ANIMALS HAVE SEX JUST FOR FUN OR TO CEMENT THEIR SOCIAL BONDS !ND *OAN 2OUGHGARDEN A PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY AT 3TANFORD 5NIVERSITY WILL GO AS FAR TO SAY THAT HOMOSEXUALITY IS A DElN ING FEATURE OF ADVANCED ANIMAL COMMUNITIES h4HE MORE COM PLEX AND SOPHISTICATED A SOCIAL SYSTEM IS v SHE WRITES hTHE MORE LIKELY IT IS TO HAVE HOMOSEXUALITY INTERMIXED WITH HETEROSEXUAL ITY v 4HE ARGUMENT THEREFORE THAT HOMOSEXUALITY IS A @CRIME AGAINST NATURE IS CLEARLY mAWED 3EX IS PERHAPS THE MOST NATURAL OF ALL THINGS WHETHER HOMOSEXUAL OR OTHERWISE .ATASHA "ARNES
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HE 5+ HAS RECENTLY BEEN BRANDED THE DUSTBIN OF %UROPE AFTER TOPPING THE LANDlLL TABLE ACCORDING TO THE ,OCAL 'OVERNMENT !S SOCIATION ,'! "RITAIN DISPOSES OF MORE THAN MILLION TONNES OF RUBBISH EACH YEAR MORE THAN ANY OTH ER %5 COUNTRY AN AVERAGE OF NEARLY HALF A TONNE OF WASTE PER HOUSEHOLD PER YEAR !PPROXIMATELY SQUARE MILES AN AREA THE SIZE OF 7ARWICK IS CURRENTLY USED FOR LANDlLL AND THE ,'! PREDICTS THAT AT THIS RATE THE 5+ S LANDlLL SPACE COULD RUN OUT BY 7ITH THIS THREAT IN MIND IT IS NOW EVEN MORE CRUCIAL TO lND WAYS TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF WASTE "RITAIN PRODUCES 'ERMANY WITH A POPULATION LARGER THAN OUR OWN DUMPS LESS THAN HALF OF THE 5+ S IN A YEAR 4HE "RITISH GOVERNMENT HAS ALREADY INSTALLED MEASURES TO REDUCE THE QUANTI TY OF WASTE PRODUCED WITH SOME SUCCESS OF OF RUBBISH WAS RECYCLED IN MEETING THE GOVERNMENT S TARGET )NCEN TIVES TO PEOPLE ARE ALSO BEING OFFERED IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE RECYCLING SUCH AS THE FREE COLLECTION OF #HRISTMAS TREES THIS WINTER )N ADDITION TO THIS LOCAL COUNCILS IN MANY AREAS HAVE INTRODUCED MEANS OF RECYCLING IN HOUSEHOLDS BY PROVID ING MULTIPLE RUBBISH BINS FOR RECYCLING VARIOUS MATERIALS 3UGGESTIONS HAVE BEEN PROPOSED TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF COUN CIL TAX FOR HOUSEHOLDS WHO RECYCLE MORE ANOTHER INCENTIVE TO ENCOURAGE THE RE DUCTION OF HOUSEHOLD WASTE !S FAR AS THE 5%! CAMPUS IS CON CERNED THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO REGULARLY USE THE RECYCLING FACILITIES IS RELATIVELY LOW 4HIS SAID THERE ARE SEPA
RATE BINS PROVIDED IN mATS FOR CERTAIN PA PERS BOTTLES AND PLASTICS MEANING THAT THERE IS ALWAYS SOME WASTE THAT IS BEING RECYCLED 4HE CHAIRMAN OF THE ,'! S %NVIRON MENT "OARD 0AUL "ETTISON FEELS THAT IT IS NOW TIME hMANUFACTURERS WERE MADE TO TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE LIFE CYCLE OF THEIR PRODUCTSv !LTHOUGH SOME MAN UFACTURERS ARE BEGINNING TO TAKE STEPS TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF WASTE THEIR PROD UCTS PRODUCE THERE IS STILL MUCH MORE TO BE IMPROVED ON A REDUCTION IN EXCESSIVE PACKAGING BEING A PRIORITY -AJOR SUPERMARKETS ARE ALSO BEGIN NING TO MAKE A CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO DE CREASE WASTE 3AINSBURY S ARE NOW SUP PLYING CARRIER BAGS WHICH ARE MADE FROM RECYCLED MATERIALS AND 4ESCO WILL GIVE THEIR CUSTOMERS EXTRA @GREEN POINTS FOR USING THEIR @BAGS FOR LIFE 4O BUILD ON THIS IMPROVEMENT ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS THE 7) HAVE URGED SUPERMARKETS TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF EXCESS PACKAGING WHICH IS USED 4HE .ATIONAL #ONSUMER #OUNCIL .## HAS SAID THAT EVEN MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE BY SUPERMARKETS TO BECOME GREENER AND SET TARGETS OF USING RECYCLED PACKAGING 4HEY DID HOW EVER ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SUPERMARKETS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO TAKE STEPS TO RE DUCE THEIR PRODUCTION OF LANDlLL WASTE )MPROVEMENTS NEED TO CONTINUE DE SPITE THE INCREASE IN RECYCLED WASTE LAST YEAR "RITAIN STILL PALES IN COMPARISON TO SOME %UROPEAN COUNTRIES WHICH RECYCLE UP TO OF THEIR RUBBISH )N ORDER TO ACHIEVE THESE STANDARDS "RITAIN S RECY CLING MUST DOUBLE FROM ITS CURRENT RATE TO HIGHLIGHT BOTH THE RATE OF IMPROVE MENT NEEDED AND HOW FAR "RITAIN LAGS BEHIND THE REST OF %UROPE 4HERE ARE SUG
GESTIONS OF CHARGING LOCAL COUNCILS lNES OF UP TO a PER TONNE OF LANDlLL WASTE A CHARGE THAT COULD BE PASSED DOWN TO THE TAXPAYER &INES HAVE ALREADY BEEN HANDED OUT TO CERTAIN COMPANIES WHO DO NOT ABIDE BY RECYCLING LEGISLATION CREATED TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF LANDlLL WASTE PRODUCED WITH "ODUM 5+ BEING lNED a IN .OVEMBER LAST YEAR 0ERHAPS ONE OF THE MAIN INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE RECYCLING AND REDUCING WASTE IS THE DRAMATIC EFFECT IT HAS HAD ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND IN lGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE 2ECYCLING HAS HELPED REDUCE THE 5+ S CARBON EMISSIONS BY TO MIL LION TONNES A YEAR 4HIS IS PARTLY DUE TO THE RESULTS OF A GREENER LIFESTYLE IN "RIT ISH HOUSEHOLDS WITH INCREASED RECYCLING AND TURNING OFF APPLIANCES AND LIGHTS WHEN NOT IN USE 4HE PROBLEM OF THE 5+ S WASTE OUT PUT CAN BE SOLVED ONLY IF THE ENTIRE COUN TRY COMMITS TO THE CAUSE 'OVERNMENT BUSINESS AND THE CONSUMER ALL NEED TO UNITE AND WORK TOGETHER IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THIS )F THIS HAPPENS IT MAY BE POSSIBLE TO REDUCE WASTE WITHOUT GREATLY INCREASING COSTS AND SACRIlCES 7ASTE CAN BE REDUCED AT EVERY LEVEL IN EVERY HOUSEHOLD %FFORTS TO DO SO HAVE SEEN THE AMOUNT OF RECYCLING DOUBLE IN RECENT YEARS AND THIS WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE IN ORDER TO DRAW "RITAIN LEVEL WITH THE REST OF %UROPE 4HE @DUSTBIN OF %UROPE HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO REALISE THE NEED TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF LANDlLL WASTE IT PRODUCES EACH YEAR (OWEVER EXISTING MEASURES MUST COINCIDE WITH FURTHER LEGISLATION IF THE 5+ IS TO IMPROVE ITS CURRENT POOR RE CYCLING RECORD
3TUDENTS LIVING IN (ALLS OF 2ESIDENCE HAVE MADE A GREAT START IN REDUCING THEIR ENERGY USAGE IN THE 3TUDENT 3WITCH /FF COMPETITION DURING THE lRST TERM OF THIS ACADEMIC YEAR %NERGY USAGE IN THE (ALLS HAS DECREASED BY AFTER TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE WARMER TEMPERATURES THIS YEAR 3TUDENTS HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED TO SAVE ENERGY BY ADOPTING SIMPLE MEAS URES SUCH AS SWITCHING LIGHTS OFF NOT LEAVING APPLIANCES ON STANDBY AND ONLY BOILING AS MUCH WATER AS NECESSARY ,EADING THE WAY IN THE COMPETITION IS +ETT FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY .ELSON #OURT AND "ROWNE +ETT S REWARD FOR LEADING THE WAY AFTER THE lRST TERM IS AN INVITA TION FOR THE ENTIRE (ALL TO ATTEND A lLM QUIZ HOSTED BY /DEON IN *ANUARY 5P FOR GRABS AT THE QUIZ ARE A VARIETY OF EXCELLENT PRIZES INCLUDING A NIGHT PLAYING 0LAYSTA TION ON THE CINEMA SCREEN !LSO INVITED TO THE QUIZ WILL BE SOME OF THE 0OWER 2ANGERS STUDENTS WHO HAVE TAKEN ON A PROACTIVE ROLE IN SAV ING ENERGY IN (ALLS 4HERE ARE ALREADY OVER 0OWER 2ANGERS WHO HAVE DONE A BRILLIANT JOB IN ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO SAVE ENERGY 4HE COMPETITION CONTINUES FOR THE REST OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR AND THE (ALL THAT IMPROVES THE MOST THIS TERM WILL BE INVITED TO ANOTHER lLM QUIZ AT /DEON IN -AY SO THERE IS PLENTY STILL TO BE WON 4HE (ALL THAT WINS THE ENTIRE YEARS COMPETITION WILL BE INVITED TO A 'REEN 0ARTY BEING HOSTED BY 0OWERGEN FOL LOWED BY A VIEWING OF THE LATEST SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER AT /DEON WITH FREE "EN *ERRY S ICE CREAM AND FREE ENTRY INTO AN AFTER PARTY VENUE 4HE ENERGY SAVED THIS YEAR HAS HELPED TO KEEP OVER TONNES OF CARBON DIOXIDE OUT OF THE ATMOSPHERE WHICH EQUATES TO OVER HOT AIR BALLOONS FULL OF CARBON DIOXIDE !S WELL AS SAVING THE 5NIVERSITY MONEY AND HELPING TO KEEP BILLS DOWN FOR STUDENTS IN YEARS TO COME THOSE IN HALLS CAN BE PROUD THAT THEY ARE DOING THEIR BIT TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE &OR MORE INFORMATION ON THE SCHEME CHECK OUT WWW STUDENTSWITCHOFF CO UK )F YOU RE LIVING IN (ALLS AND WOULD LIKE TO BECOME A 0OWER 2ANGER E MAIL POW ERRANGERS STUDENTSWITCHOFF CO UK WITH YOUR NAME AND (ALL IN THE TITLE OF THE MESSAGE
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h$RUNKEN CONSENT IS STILL CONSENTv STATED THE JUDGE AS HE DISMISSED THE PROSECUTION OF 2YAIRI $OUGAL FOR RAPE !ND AT lRST GLANCE IT SEEMS A SENSIBLE STATEMENT n WE SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DECISIONS WE MAKE AF TER MILD ALCOHOL INTAKE n BUT CONTRAST IT WITH THE CASE FACTS A SECURITY GUARD AT !BERYST WYTH 5NIVERSITY TOOK ADVAN TAGE OF AN UNCONSCIOUS STU DENT AND IT BECOMES A LITTLE MORE SINISTER -ORE SICKENING HOWEVER WAS THE MEDIA S RESPONSE TO
THE CASE 0ERHAPS THE WORDS OF *USTICE %VANS WERE SUBJECT TO A &LEET 3TREET VERSION OF #HINESE WHISPERS OR MAYBE THEY WERE DROWNED IN A SEA OF SHORTHAND SWIRLS BUT WHEN THEY REACHED THE PRESS ANY MENTION OF @DRUNKEN CON SENT HAD VANISHED n INSTEAD THE PAPERS TREATED DRUNKEN NESS ITSELF AS CONSENT "UT ONE HAS TO SUSPECT THAT THIS WAS A DELIBERATE MANIPULATION AFTER ALL THIS SNEERING MISOGYNY IS COM MONPLACE IN OUR MEDIA 4HINK BACK TO .OVEMBER WHEN AN !0#/ REPORT RE VEALED THAT MOST OF THE VIC TIMS OF SUSPECTED @DRUG RAPES HAD NEVER IN FACT HAD THEIR DRINKS SPIKED WITH SEDATIVES
THEY WERE JUST DRUNK AND VOLUNTARILY DRUNK AT THAT 7ITH THAT REPORT THE RE ACTIONARY PRESS EXHALED A PU TRID SIGH OF RELIEF #OLUMN ISTS TURNED #OLUMBO AS THEY PIECED TOGETHER THE EVIDENCE n THIS WAS THE GIRLS FAULT ALL ALONG @4HE TRUTH ABOUT DATE RAPE SCREAMED THE HEADLINES 4HE IMAGE OF THE DRINK SPIK ING PREDATOR WAS BANISHED TO THE TERRAIN OF URBAN MYTH AND WITH HIM WENT THE VIR GINAL GOLDEN LOCKED MAIDEN SIPPING HER lZZY MINERAL WA TER )N REALITY THIS WAS A CASE OF LOUD MOUTHED COCKTAIL CHUGGING LADETTES )T WAS AC CORDING TO THE PRESS A CASE OF SIX OF ONE AND HALF A DOZEN OF THE OTHER
"UT SUBTRACT THE @DRUG FROM DRUG RAPE AND SURELY @RAPE REMAINS /R HAS OUR DEMENTED OBSESSION WITH THE BEHAVIOUR OF YOUNG WOMEN LET YOUNG MEN ES CAPE THE EQUATION 4HAT WOULD EXPLAIN WHY .UTS MAGAZINE THE LEWD LIFESTYLE GUIDE PITCHED AT ADOLESCENT MEN PUBLISHED RECIPES FOR @!LCODISIACS hCOCKTAILS GUAR ANTEED TO GET LADIES IN THE MOODv 4HE DRUNKEN WOMAN GETS SIMILAR TREATMENT ELSE WHERE IN THE MEDIA 7HILE TONIGHT SHE S SLUMPED ACROSS OUR PAVEMENTS TOMORROW SHE LL BE SPREAD ACROSS OUR NEWSPAPER FOR A DOUBLE PAGE @"INGE "RITAIN FEATURE
)F SHE S ALREADY FAIR GAME FOR THE $AILY -AIL THEN WHY WILL THE TESTOSTERONE SODDEN MALE THINK ANY DIFFERENT 4HE WORDS OF *USTICE %VANS HAVE BECOME A SICKEN ING SLOGAN FOR THIS REPUGNANT CLIMATE OF MISOGYNY )T S A SNIDE WARNING n BREAK FREE FROM THE STRAITJACKET OF FEMI NINITY AND YOU RE ON YOUR OWN /NCE YOU VE GUZZLED TOO MANY VODKA AND COKES WE LL HOLD YOU RESPONSIBLE FOR WHATEVER BEFALLS YOU n BE IT LOST KEYS HANDBAG THEFT OR RAPE )T S TIME FOR A NEW SLO GAN TO CONQUER THIS PLAGUE ALCOHOL DOESN T RAPE WOMEN MEN DO
IN AS A STUDENT 03) PLEASE START GIVING PEOPLE ESSAYS TO DO OVER #HRISTMAS OR MAYBE EVEN AN EXAM IN *ANUARY ,ETS NOT GO NUTS HERE ) DON T WANT TO HAVE MY WHOLE YEAR ON THE LINE IN *ANUARY BUT JUST ONE LITTLE EXAM )S THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK ) REALISE AT THIS POINT PEO PLE WILL BE MILDLY DISGUSTED BY MY SENTIMENTS AND ) CAN UNDERSTAND WHY (OWEVER ) ASSURE YOU ) AM AS LAZY AS THE LAZIEST FRESHER ARTS STUDENT MY mATMATES WILL TESTIFY TO THAT ) WILL HOWEVER TELL YOU A CAUTIONARY TALE OF JUST HOW BORED ) HAVE BECOME ) LIVE
IN A VILLAGE IN ,INCOLNSHIRE WHICH IS SURROUNDED ON ALL SIDES BY MILES OF FARMLAND SO ) DECIDED ) D HELP MY PAR ENTS OUT AND KILL SOME TIME BY WALKING THE DOG IN THE AFTERNOON ) DECIDED ) WOULD SIMPLY WALK UNTIL ) FELT LIKE GOING HOME ) WALKED FOR OVER TWO HOURS UNTIL IT WAS DARK AND THE DOG LITERALLY SAT ON THE ROAD AND REFUSED TO GO ANY FURTHER AWAY FROM OUR HOUSE 4HESE ARE THE ACTIONS OF A MAN WHO IS DANGEROUSLY BORED PLEASE 5%! GIVE ME SOMETHING TO DO
) M BORED PLEASE HELP !NDY *ONES ) M NOT SURE MANY PEOPLE WILL AGREE WITH MY MISSIVE THIS WEEK HOWEVER ) FEEL IT NEEDS SAYING ) WANT MORE WORK 1UIET SIMPLY ) HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY BORED FOR THE LAST FOUR WEEKS AND ) HAVE BECOME TRAPPED IN THE LETH ARGY CIRCLE 4HIS CONDITION WHICH ) HAVE JUST INVENTED BUT ) AM SURE EXISTS IS WHEN YOU HAVE NOTHING THAT YOU MUST DO BUT PLENTY OF THINGS YOU COULD BE DOING
&OR INSTANCE LAST WEEK ) COULD HAVE RUNG UP THE STUDENT LOANS PEOPLE TO ASK THEM WHY THEY REFUSE TO GIVE ME ANY MONEY ) COULD HAVE DONE SOME WORK AT MY DADS SHOP OR ) COULD HAVE PRACTISED WITH MY GUITAR FOR A CHARITY GIG THAT ) M SUP POSED TO BE PLAYING AT THE END OF THE MONTH #HANGE )) IN THE (IVE (OW EVER ) HAVE DONE NONE OF THESE THINGS )NSTEAD ) HAVE TRIED TO lND OUT HOW MANY HOURS A DAY A HUMAN CAN SLEEP SO FAR MY EXPERIMENTS HAVE YIELDED A ROUGH AVERAGE OF )T S BECAUSE NONE OF
THE USEFUL THINGS ) COULD BE DOING HAVE TO BE DONE THAT ) DON T COMMIT TO DOING ANY ONE OF THEM 4HIS MEANS THAT THE DAY SLOWLY MEAN DERS ALONG WITH ITS VARIOUS NAPS AND EPISODES OF 3CRUBS OR WORLD CRICKET TOWARDS ITS INEVITABLE CONCLUSION DOWN THE PUB OR ON A MATE S SOFA WATCHING WESTERNS !LL THIS COULD CHANGE IF MY LIFE COULD ACQUIRE SOME MEANING )F ) HAD AN ESSAY TO WRITE OR AN EXAM TO PREPARE FOR ) WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO DO EVERY DAY 4HAT IS WHY ) NOW ISSUE A PLEA THAT GOES AGAINST EVERYTHING ) BELIEVE
) M OVER WORKED PLEASE HELP ,OUIS (OLDING 0ARSONS $EPUTY %DITOR ) NORMALLY TRY AND KEEP AWAY FROM WRITING ON THIS PAGE AS ) FEEL THAT ALREADY HAVING A COLUMN ) SHOULD NOT TAKE AWAY OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEO PLE TO WRITE HOWEVER ) WAS EXTREMELY SURPRISED TO READ ONE OF MY CONTRIBUTORS ARTI CLES IMMEDIATELY ABOVE 4HE REASON FOR MY SUR PRISE OVER THE #HRISTMAS HOLIDAYS ) HAD TO PREPARE FOR FOUR EXAMS IN WILL WOULD HAVE BEEN THE LAST WEEK OF HOLIDAY FOR SOME BUT LIVING HELL FOR
ME -Y DAYS BEFORE #HRIST MAS WERE NOT SPENT SHOP PING FOR THE BEST PRESENTS POSSIBLE FOR MY FAMILY THEY WERE SPENT AT MY DESK 7HILE FAMILY AND FRIENDS WERE GO ING OUT FOR ACTIVITIES TOGETHER ) WAS TIED TO MY WORK 4HE RE SULT IS THAT ) HAVE COMPLETELY MISSED #HRISTMAS )T IS NOW THE END OF THE HOLIDAY TERM STARTS TWO DAYS FROM WHEN MY lNAL EXAM lNISHED AND INSTEAD OF RAR ING TO GO FOR A NEW TERM ) AM EXHAUSTED ) HAVE ALREADY SET WEEKS AND AS REST I E TRY ING TO GET MY MIND AND BODY BACK INTO SOME SHAPE FOR THE REMAINING WEEKS OF TERM
) CAN ASSURE EVERYONE THAT HAVING TO WORK OVER #HRIST MAS IS NOT FUN IT IS STRESSFUL (OLIDAYS ARE THERE TO RECUPER ATE ASSUMING YOU HAVE USED YOUR TERM PRODUCTIVELY 4HE ABOVE RANT LINKS IN TO A DIS TURBING TREND IN TODAY S SOCI ETY DOING NOTHING ) AM AMAZED AT THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS WHO GIV EN THE TIME WILL lND NOTHING BETTER TO DO THAN LIE IN BED OF JUST SIT IN FRONT OF THE 46 ALL DAY ,IFE IS TOO SHORT ) FOR ONE HAVE ONLY ODD YEARS LEFT ) INTEND TO MAKE GIVE ME WEEKS WITH NOTHING TO DO AND ) LL BE OVERJOYED ! VILLAGE IN ,INCOLNSHIRE MIGHT
NOT BE AS GREAT AS THE BRIGHT LIGHTS OF ,ONDON WHERE ) AM FROM BUT THERE ARE STILL OPPORTUNITIES 7HAT BECAME OF READING A BOOK (ELPING AROUND THE HOUSE 0LAYING BOARD GAMES WITH THE PAR ENTS /R GOING FOR A RUN AND MAYBE A CYCLE LEARN TO SWIM AND YOU CAN DO A TRIATHLON SOMETHING TO WORK TOWARDS AND BE PROUD OF !ND HOW ABOUT INVITING SOME MATES OVER WITH THE WHOLE COUN TRYSIDE AT YOUR MERCY )T IS A SAD REmECTION THAT MOST OF TODAY S YOUNGER GENERATIONS SEEM TO BE DEPENDENT ON THEIR COMPUTER CONSOLES FOR AMUSEMENT AND THAT BOOKS
AND HEAVEN FORBID A SERI OUS NEWSPAPER ARE NOT TO BE TOUCHED &REE TIME IS A LUXURY THAT IS RAPIDLY RUNNING OUT AS ONE APPROACHES GRADUATION IT SHOULD BE USED PRODUCTIVELY ) MEAN WHAT IS SOCIETY COM ING TO IF A YEAR OLD KNOWN FOR HIS LOVE OF A PARTY IS HAV ING TO MOTIVATE SAME AGED PEOPLE WITH EXPRESSIONS THAT HIS PARENTS AND HEADMASTER HAVE USED
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4HERE IS A DISTURBING NEW TREND IN .ORWICH !GGRES SIVE DRIVING IS USUALLY AS SOCIATED WITH BIG CITIES SUCH AS ,ONDON 4HIS AGGRESSIVE DRIVING IS NOT COMING FROM BOY RACERS BUT FROM YOUR AVERAGE COMMUTER 4HE SOURCE OF THEIR FRUSTRATION 4HE SLOW MOVING CYCLISTS UP AHEAD ) AM NOT GOING TO PORTRAY CYCLISTS AS SAINTS ) FOR ONE GET VERY ANNOYED AT CYCLISTS WHO GO THROUGH TRAF lC LIGHTS AND DO NOT HAVE LIGHTS .ONETHELESS AS A KEEN AND REGULAR CYCLIST WHO HAS BEEN CYCLING IN .ORWICH FOR CLOSE ON YEARS AND PREVIOUSLY IN ,ONDON FOR YEARS I VE SEEN A DElNITE TREND OF INCREASINGLY BAD DRIVING TOWARDS CYCLISTS ON PURPOSE 4HIS IS WORRYING BECAUSE CYCLING IN .ORWICH IS IDEAL DUE TO IT S SMALL SIZE AS WELL AS BEING ECONOMI CALLY AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY 3TUDENTS WHO DRIVE FROM 5NTHANK 2OAD TO THE 5NIVERSITY EVERY DAY FRANKLY DESERVE TO BE TAKEN TO THE CLEANERS FOR SHEER STUPIDITY AND WASTEFULNESS ! NEW CAR PARK IS MOST CERTAINLY NOT NEEDED 9OU CAN WALK IT IN MINUTES AND CYCLE IN ) AM NOT AN %.6 STUDENT INDEED ) TEND TO DISMISS INGLY REFER TO %.6 STUDENTS AS @TREE HUGGERS 4O GET THESE STUDENTS OUT OF THEIR CARS AND ONTO THE ROAD WE NEED ROADS TO BE SAFE AND APPEALING 4HE !VENUES IS SUCH A ROAD YET WHAT WOULD BE IDEAL IS A CAMPAIGN BY .ORWICH #OUNCIL TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT CYCLISTS ARE HERE TO STAY AS OPPOSED TO BEING AN OCCASIONAL PAIN FOR IMPA TIENT CAR DRIVERS
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MORE PRESSING CONCERNS THAN TO PANDER TO PEOPLE S OPINIONS ON A CERTAIN BEVERAGE )T IS TELLING THAT UNDERNEATH YOUR ARTICLE ON THE BALLOT THERE WAS A REPORT OF YET ANOTHER ATTACK ON A STUDENT BY LOCAL GANGS WHILST ON THE FRONT PAGE THERE IS A REPORT ON THE CONTINUING DISCUSSIONS OVER &IRST S RECENT PRICE HIKES AND THE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THEM AND THE 5NION 9OU WILL HAVE TO EXCUSE ME IF ) UNDERSTAND THE PRINCIPLE OF A 5NION BUT ) DO BELIEVE THAT THEY EXIST AS A MEANS OF FURTHERING THE RIGHTS OF THEIR MEMBERS AND PROTECTING THEM FROM INJUSTICE )T WOULD SEEM
&ACEBOOK 4HOUGHTS g4HINGS YOU SHOULDN T DO IN THE LIBRARYg IS A &ACEBOOK GROUP !T lRST ) THOUGH THAT THIS IS RATHER AN ODD GROUPx THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS YOU SHOULDN T DO IN THE LIBRARY 'ENOCIDE FOR EXAMPLE GENOCIDE S TERRIBLE YOU SHOULDN T MARCH A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO HAPPEN TO SHARE A COMMON CHARACTERISTIC AND THEN OPPRESS AND MURDER THEM ALL .OT THAT IT WOULD BE ANY BETTER IF THERE WAS NO COMMON CHARACTERISTIC MIND YOU $ON T START A lRE KIDNAP ANYONE OR DRINK YOUR OWN URINE ANY OF YOU 4HEN ) REALISED THAT THE POINT WAS THAT YOU SHOULDN T DO THINGS IN A LIBRARY WHICH YOU MIGHT DO ELSEWHERE "UT THAT ALSO INCLUDES A LOT OF THINGS 9OU SHOULDN T DRIVE A CAR IN THE LIBRARY PLAY A FOOTBALL GAME OR SKIN A RABBIT THERE /NE PERSON SAID THAT THEY GOT AWAY WITH USING THEIR MOBILE PHONE ALL THE TIME 7ELL THEN YOUgRE A GIT AREN T YOU ! COMPLETE AND UTTER GIT ! LOT OF PEOPLE SAID THEY HAD EATEN IN THE LIB POAR MYBM U xSORRY MY HEAD HIT THE KEYBOARD AS ) FELL ASLEEP WRITING ABOUT SOMETHING SO BLOODY BORING 9OU EAT IN THE LIBRARY 7HAT DO YOU WANT ! COOKIE #HOMPING ON A CHOCOLATE BAR DOES NOT MAKE ANYTHING ELSE
GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME AS THE CHOCOLATE IS BEING CHOMPED MORE OR LESS INTERESTING -AYBE CALL IT THE @) VE SHAGGED IN THE ,IBRARYg GROUP BECAUSE THAT S THE ONLY INTERESTING THING THAT PEOPLE HAVE DONE IN THERE AND EVEN THEN ) M NOT SURE )T S NOT AS THOUGH THEY HAVE MET SOMEONE S EYES ACROSS THE ROOM AND ENGAGED IN A PASSIONATE FRENZY OF SLAPPY SKIN )T S NOT SPONTANEOUS IT S PRE PLANNED SO WHAT S THE POINT 7E SHOULD HAVE SEX IN THE LIBRARY 4HAT S CRAZY LETS DO IT .EXT 4HURSDAY AT lVE COMES THE RESPONSE (AVE SEX AT HOME YOU MORONS OR BETTER STILL DON T RISK POLLUTING THE GENE POOL 7HAT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO REALLY IS PEOPLE CHATTING TO THEIR MATES AND USING THEIR MOBILE PHONES )N THAT CASE WHY NOT CALL IT THE @!NTI SOCIAL GIT GROUP )T S THIS KIND OF THING THAT HAS GIVEN WACKY CRAZY AND ZANY A BAD NAME FOREVER ) FEAR &OR SOMETHING TO BE FUNNY IT HAS TO BE WELLxFUNNY AND NO MATTER HOW FUNNY IT IS THE FUNNINESS FACTOR OF ANYTHING DONE IN REAL LIFE IS HALVED WHEN YOU WRITE IT DOWN EXCEPT FOR THIS OBVIOUSLY !NDY (IGSON
THAT SOME MEMBERS OF THE #OUNCIL ARE MORE INTERESTED IN SHOWING OFF THEIR POLITICAL CREDENTIALS AND SCORING POINTS THAN THEY ARE WITH HELPING THEIR FELLOW STUDENTS 0ERHAPS WE CAN TALK ABOUT REPEALING THE #OCA #OLA BAN AFTER WE HAVE MADE THE WALK HOME SAFE FOR STUDENTS OR MAYBE THEY SIMPLY DON T CARE AND JUST WANT THEIR 5NION #OUNCIL MEMBERSHIP TO ADD TO THEIR # 6 9OURS SINCERELY $ALE ,E 0AGE 03) 9
#AMPAIGNS !S A RECENT GRADUATE OF 5%! CAN ) SUGGEST TWO CAMPAIGNS THAT #ONCRETE MIGHT LIKE TO RUN AND MAKE ITS MARK 4HE lRST IS TO LOBBY THE 5NIVERSITY TO CHANGE THE VENUE FOR GRADUATION FROM POSSIBLY THE UGLIEST UNIVERSITY VENUE IN THE COUNTRY THE OLD 3PORTS (ALL (ARDLY IMPRESSIVE FOR THE END OF YOUR ACADEMIC CAREER ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU COMPARE IT WITH SOME OF THE VENUES OTHER UNIVERSITIES OFFER GRASSY QUADS LOVELY OLD SQUARES MARQUEES IN SPECTACULAR LOCATIONS OR HISTORIC BUILDINGS ON CAMPUS OR NOT 7HEN .ORWICH HAS MUCH TO OFFER 3T !NDREW S (ALL THE CATHEDRALS AND THE CAMPUS HAS A FANTASTIC LAKE SURELY 5%! COULD DO BETTER ,AST YEAR ) BOUGHT TRAVEL INSURANCE FROM %NSLEIGH )NS ON CAMPUS $O YOU KNOW THAT %NSLEIGH IS ONE OF THE FEW INSURANCE COMPANIES THAT WHEN YOU PHONE UP TO MAKE A CLAIM CHARGES YOU FOR THE CALL A MAXIMUM RATE CALL LINE AND A WAIT OF MINUTES TYPICALLY RACHETING UP THE COST OF MAKING A CLAIM &RIENDS THINK THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS AND SO DO ) 3INCE %NSLEIGH DOMINATES THE STUDENT MARKET WHY NOT PUT PRESSURE ON THEM TO DO AWAY WITH THIS LUDICROUS CHARGE 2ACHAEL *OLLEY
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!NNA S %DITORIAL 4HERE S MUD ON THE STEPS AND AN ORC ORDERING A PINT OF !DNAMS IN THE BAR 4HIS CAN ONLY MEAN ONE THING IT S A 3UNDAY AT 5%! &EATHERS ARE LITTERED UP 5NIVERSITY $RIVE FROM POST ,#2 DRUNKEN ANTICS OR mASH MOBBING 4HE STUDENTS OF 5%! ARE OFlCIALLY BACK )TgS NICE THAT AFTER A FEW YEARS AT 5%! YOU CAN TELL THE SEASONS WEEKS AND SEMESTERS BY THE LENGTH OF THE CASH POINT QUEUES AND BY THE CONVERSATIONS ON THE BUS 4ODAY WHILE TALKING ABOUT HOW LUCKY WE ARE TO BE AT 5%! ) SAT IN THE 5NION STAFF ROOM WATCHING A &RISBEE REBOUND OFF 6ISTA S WINDOWS PARENTS WALKING IN AND OUT OF :EST AND ODD MISS MATCHES OF mATMATES WONDERING AROUND THE EMPTY 3QUARE &OR THE LAST FEW YEARS ) HAVE THOUGHT THIS SEMESTER WOULD BE MY LAST AT 5%! THEN ) GOT ACCEPTED ONTO THE -ASTERS AND THE YEAR AFTER BECAME #ONCRETE %DITOR "UT THIS TIME IT IS REALLY IT SO ) COULDN T HELP FEELING A LITTLE ENVIOUS OF THE lRST YEARS ARRIVING BACK TODAY FOR THEIR lRST SPRING SEMESTER 4HIS WILL BE MY THIRD ROUND OF APPLICATION FORMS JOB SEARCHES #6 TWEEKS AND QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT ) AM PLANNING TO DO WHICH OFTEN SEND ME INTO A PANIC )TgS NOT THAT ) DON T KNOW WHAT ) WANT TO DO ) WANT TO DO EVERYTHING AND DON T KNOW WHICH THING TO SPECIALISE IN )T REMINDS ME OF 3YLVIA 0LATH SITTING IN HER lG TREE IN 4HE "ELL *AR ) SAW MY LIFE BRANCHING OUT BEFORE ME LIKE THE GREEN lG TREE IN THE STORY &ROM THE TIP OF EVERY BRANCH LIKE A FAT PURPLE lG A WONDERFUL FUTURE BECKONED AND WINKED /NE lG WAS A HUSBAND AND A HAPPY HOME AND CHILDREN AND ANOTHER lG WAS A FAMOUS POET AND ANOTHER lG WAS A BRILLIANT PROFESSORxAND ANOTHER lG WAS %UROPE AND !FRICA AND 3OUTH !MERICA AND ANOTHER lG WASxA PACK OF OTHER LOVERS WITH QUEER NAMES AND OFFBEAT PROFESSIONS AND ANOTHER lG WAS AN /LYMPIC LADY CREW CHAMPION AND BEYOND AND ABOVE THESE lGS WERE MANY MORE lGS ) COULDN T QUITE MAKE OUT ) SAW MYSELF SITTING IN THE CROTCH OF THIS lG TREE STARVING TO DEATH JUST BECAUSE ) COULDN T MAKE UP MY MIND WHICH OF THE lGS ) WOULD CHOOSE ) WANTED EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM BUT CHOOSING ONE MEANT LOSING ALL THE REST AND AS ) SAT THERE UNABLE TO DECIDE THE lGS BEGAN TO WRINKLE AND GO BLACK AND ONE BY ONE THEY PLOPPED TO THE GROUND AT MY FEET 4HANK GOODNESS WE HAVE THE WONDERFUL STAFF AT THE #AREERS #ENTRE ) AM HUNGRY FOR THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND LONG OVERDUE AN APPOINTMENT
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(APPY .EW 9EAR 4HE %NGLISH SPORTING ESTAB LISHMENT IS SURE TO WELCOME THE .EW 9EAR AS A CHANCE TO PUT THE DISASTERS OF BE HIND THEM AND LOOKS JAM PACKED WITH CHANCES FOR %NGLAND TO GET BACK ON TRACK AS A WORLD CONTENDER &OOTBALL FANS CAN LOOK TO THE DOMESTIC COMPETITION FOR COMFORT AFTER ANOTHER FAILED ATTEMPT AT 7ORLD #UP GLORY 4HE BID FOR THE 0RE MIERSHIP TITLE LOOKS LIKE A TWO HORSE RACE WITH NEW BOY -OURINHO FACING @OLD SKOOL &ERGIE 4HE CURRENT PROBLEMS #HELSEA HAVE IN DEFENCE MAY PROVE THE DECIDING FACTOR ,OOKING FURTHER AlELD FOUR %NGLISH TEAMS HAVE MADE THE lNAL OF THE #HAMPION S ,EAGUE BUT "ARCELONA S RECENT RETURN TO FORM HAS RAISED HOPES THEY WILL BE THE lRST TEAM TO RE TAIN THE TITLE SINCE !# -ILAN IN THE EARLY S
*ULIE 0RICE LOOKS FORWARD TO THIS YEAR S SPORTING TREATS
4HE #RICKET 7ORLD #UP WILL COMMENCE IN -ARCH WITH THE 7EST )NDIES HOST ING !USTRALIA ARE RANKED lRST A POSITION THEY HAVE CONSOLIDATED AFTER THEIR RE CENT !SHES WHITE WASH OF %NGLAND "UT WITHOUT THE IN SPIRING PRESENCE OF RECENTLY RETIRED 3HANE 7ARNE CAN ANOTHER TEAM TAKE THE TITLE 2EPRESENTING THE HOME NA TIONS ARE %NGLAND 3COTLAND AND )RELAND %NGLAND HAVE THE BEST CHANCE IF THEY CAN REVERSE THEIR RECENT FORM IS -ICHAEL 6AUGHN THE KEY )N &EBRUARY THE 2"3 .ATIONS KICKS OFF AND THIS YEAR IT SHOULD BE A CRACKER %XPECTED TO BE QUITE AN OPEN COMPETITION 7ALES AND )RE LAND ARE BOTH THE IN FORM TEAMS BUT THE &RENCH ARE ALWAYS CONTENDERS 4HE SUB PLOT TO THE COMPETITION IS HOW %NGLAND WILL FAIR UNDER NEW COACH "RIAN !SHTON
3AVING THE BEST TILL LAST WE HAVE THE 2UGBY 7ORLD #UP KICKING OFF IN !UGUST .EW :EALAND ARE THE lRM FAVOURITE WITH ARGUABLY THE BEST mY HALF IN THE WORLD $AN #ARTER PULLING THE STRINGS "UT THEY HAVE MISSED OUT FROM THIS POSITION BE FORE AND IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO CASH IN ON SOME GOOD ODDS &RANCE ON HOME SOIL ARE IN WITH A CHANCE AND IF )RELAND CAN TAKE THE .ATIONS CROWN THEY MIGHT HAVE THE BELIEF TO GO ALL THE WAY ) WILL LEAVE YOU SALIVAT ING AT THE PROSPECT OF SPORT IN BUT IF YOU STILL NEED SOMETHING TO GET THOSE JUIC ES GOING CONSIDER THIS WILL 7EMBLEY BE lNALLY lNISHED 7ILL 2ONNIE / 3ULLIVAN STOP THROWING TANTRUMS 7ILL "ETH 4WEDDLE S TEETH EVER STOP GROWING IS LOOK ING GOOD FOR SPORT
$OPING IS NOT HERE TO STAY ,OUIS (OLDING 0ARSONS 7HAT S WITH PEOPLE )N THE LAST YEAR SPORT HAS HAD TO FACE UP TO ITS BIGGEST PROBLEM DOPING 3EVERAL HIGH PROlLE ATHLETES HAVE BEEN CAUGHT FOR THE USE OF VARIOUS HIGH PERFORMANCE DRUGS 9ET THE POWERS THAT BE DON T SEEM TO BE OVERJOYED -AYBE IT S MONEY SPONSORS DO NOT WANT TO SEE THEIR BRAND NAMES DAMAGED BY BAD PRESS .EVERTHELESS DRUG CHEATS BEING CAUGHT AS REGULARLY AS THIS LAST YEAR HAS TO BE A GOOD THING IT MEANS THE SYSTEM WORKS 4HIS YEAR HAS SEEN &LOYD ,ANDIS THE DISGRACED WINNER OF THE 4OUR DE &RANCE FAIL A DOPING TEST ON THE DAY OF HIS INCREDIBLE RIDE BACK INTO CONTENTION FOR THE TOUR *USTIN 'ATLIN WHO CAME OUT OF NOWHERE TO WIN THE M SPRINT GOLD AT THE !THENS /LYM PICS GAMES AND HAS SINCE
DOMINATED THE SPORT HAS ALSO FAILED A DRUG TEST "OTH CASES HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING WHICH GIVES HOPE TO CLEAN ATHLETES ,ANDIS AND 'ATLIN WERE AT THE TOP OF THEIR SPORTS THE BEST THERE WAS AND YET THEY STILL GOT CAUGHT )T REALLY DOES GIVE HOPE FOR A CLEANER SPORT -ANY HAVE JUST DISMISSED THIS LATEST SPATE OF CHEATING AS PART OF AN INHERENT PROB LEM OF THE SPORTING BREED 4HE PROBLEM REMAINS THAT IF ATHLETES AT THE TOP LEVEL ARE NOT CAUGHT ATHLETES LOWER DOWN WILL ALSO START TAKING THESE ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES THE SIDE EFFECT S OF WHICH ARE UN KNOWN IT TAKES A GENERATION TO REALLY lND OUT JUST ASK THE FEMALE %AST 'ERMAN SWIMMERS 4HIS HAS ALREADY BEGUN IN FACT A GOVERNMENT REPORT HAS STATED THAT STEROID USE IS INCREASING RAPIDLY WITH GYMS IN THIS COUNTRY HAV ING NO ONE DOING WEIGHTS WITHOUT TAKING SOME KIND OF SUPPLEMENT #REATINE WHICH IS EXTREMELY POPULAR WITH
BODYBUILDERS AND AMATEUR RUGBY PLAYERS IS AN ILLEGAL DRUG IN %UROPE 4HE MESSAGE THAT PERFORMANCE ENHANC ING DRUGS BE THEY STEROIDS #REATINE OR ANY SUCH SUPPLE MENT ARE NOT GOOD FOR YOU LONG TERM DOES NOT SEEM TO BE GETTING THROUGH 4HE FACT IS ATHLETES BEING CAUGHT EVERY MONTH IS NOT DAMAGING SPORT IT IS CLEAN ING IT UP )T IS CONFRONTING A PROBLEM WHICH FOR TOO LONG HAS BEEN SWEPT UNDER THE CARPET 0EOPLE ESPECIALLY JOURNALISTS SHOULD PAUSE AND TAKE NOTE OF THIS THEN AP PLAUD THE 7ORLD !NTI $OP ING !GENCY 7!$! WHICH IS lNALLY GAINING ON THE DRUG CHEATS 7E CANNOT HAVE A SIT UATION WHERE DISGRACED ATH LETES SUCH AS ,INFORD #HRITIE AND $WAIN #HAMBERS ARE ALLOWED TO COMPETE AGAIN OR TRAIN FUTURE ATHLETES THEY SHOULD NOT BE THRUST BACK INTO THE SPOTLIGHT BUT IN STEAD SHUNTED FROM SOCIETY AS THE DISHONEST CHEATS THAT THEY ARE
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2EASSURANCE ABOUT THE INSURANCE 4IM 2EGAN !S THE 0RESIDENT OF $ANC E3PORT THERE IS ONE QUES TION ) AM ASKED ALMOST EVERY DAY WHAT IS SPORTS AS SOCIATION 0ERSONALLY ) RE GARDED IT AS AN UNNECESSARY EVIL AND AN EXPENSIVE ONE AT THAT BUT TO BE HONEST ) NEVER KNEW EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS OR WHY WE HAD TO PAY A a FEE 4HEREFORE WITH THE SECOND 3PORTSMART LOOM ING ) TOOK THE QUESTION TO %DDIE 3HIELDS 3TUDENT 5N ION &INANCE /FlCER )T MUST BE SAID HIS ANSWER CERTAIN LY SHED A NEW LIGHT ON THE SUBJECT 3PORTS !SSOCIATION REFERS TO THE BODY OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE JOINED ANY SPORTS CLUBS (OWEVER SOME THIRD AND FOURTH YEARS WILL REMEMBER A TIME WHEN WE WOULD ONLY HAVE TO PAY A a INSUR
&OR YOUR a YOU RECEIVE THIS LOVELY MEMBERSHIP CARD ANCE CHARGE TO JOIN SO WHERE DID THIS a FEE COME FROM )N BRIEF a WAS NEVER ENOUGH TO COVER THE ANNUAL EXPENDITURE GENERATED BY SPORTS CLUBS 4HE STUDENT UN ION SPENDS A QUARTER OF IT S INCOME ON CLUBS AND SOCIES TIES )T WAS CLEAR THAT IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE EFlCIENCY OF THE 5NION ANOTHER SOURCE OF INCOME WAS REQUIRED )N A 5NION #OUN CIL SUB COMMITTEE EVALUATED THE SITUATION "UT SHORT OF
CUTTING 2ABBIT OR REMOVING THE FULL TIME EDITOR OF #ON CRETE THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE WAS TO RAISE PRICES IN THE 5NION SHOPS AND THE 5NION BAR 4HEREFORE RATHER THAN PENALISING THE ENTIRE STUDENT BODY IT WAS DECIDED TO IM POSE A CHARGE THAT WOULD ONLY AFFECT THOSE JOINING SPORTS CLUBS 4HUS THE SPORTS ASSOCIATION FEE WAS BORN IN AN ATTEMPT TO RAISE ENOUGH MONEY TO TACKLE THE LARGE EX PENDITURE GENERATED BY THE
SPORTS CLUBS EACH YEAR !LTHOUGH THIS SEEMED LOGICAL ) WAS CONCERNED THAT PERHAPS THE FEE SHOULD BE ADJUSTABLE DEPENDING ON THE CLUB AS THEORETICALLY SOME MUST RECEIVE MORE MONEY FROM THE 5NION THAN OTHERS IN ORDER TO AFFORD SPECIALIST EQUIPMENT (OWEVER IN RE ALITY WHEN WE ACCOUNT FOR GRANTS OFFERED TO COVER COACH ING AND TRANSPORT COSTS EACH CLUB IS ACTUALLY RECEIVING SIMILAR AMOUNTS SUGGESTING AN EQUAL FEE IS JUSTIlED 4HIS LEAVES ONE lNAL QUESTION IS THE lGURE LIKELY TO INCREASE NEXT YEAR "Y THE ST *ULY THE SPORTS ASSOCIATION FEE HAD RAISED a ONLY A lFTH OF THE TOTAL EXPENDITURE GEN ERATED BY THE CLUBS .ONE THELESS AN INCREASE IN THE FEE IS BELIEVED TO BE UNLIKELY #LEARLY MORE MONEY NEEDS TO BE RAISED FOR THE 5NION
"UT WITH THE CURRENT SUC CESS OF BOTH THE ,#2 AND THE 7ATERFRONT THE FUTURE SEEMS PROMISING WITHOUT THE NEED TO IMPOSE FURTHER CHARGES #URRENTLY THE FEE HAS BEEN REDUCED TO a FOR THIS SEMESTER AND WHETHER YOU JOIN A SPORTS CLUB REMAINS YOUR CHOICE "UT REMEMBER IF YOU DECIDE TO PAY YOUR MONEY WILL BE SPENT TO SUP PORT OUR 3TUDENT 5NION AS WELL AS MAINTAINING EACH CLUB AND SOCIETY WE HAVE AVAILABLE !S A lNAL THOUGHT WITH THE INCOME RAISED BY 3PORTS !SSOCIATION REPRE SENTING SUCH A SMALL FRACTION OF THE TOTAL EXPENDITURE PER HAPS WE SHOULD EVEN FEEL A LITTLE LUCKY THAT WE ARE ASKED TO PAY SO LITTLE
#AN SPORT PROVE ITS CYNICS WRONG ,AURA 7IGNALL 3PORT SEEMS TO BE EITHER LOVED OR HATED VERY FEW HAVE A MILD INTEREST 3PORT CYNICS CANNOT UNDERSTAND THE EN JOYMENT FOOTBALL SUPPORT ERS STANDING OUTSIDE OFTEN IN THE COLD WIND AND RAIN CHEERING ON A GROUP OF MEN SCRABBLING AROUND AFTER A BLOWN UP BALL 4HEY lND IT FANATICAL CLIQUEY AND WITH OUT VARIATION 4HEY CAN T RE LATE TO THE EXTREMES OF EMO TION THE PLEASURE AND PAIN OF WATCHING YOUR SIDE WIN
OR LOSE 7HAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO GRASP AND WHAT CAN BE TRULY FANTASTIC IS THE EMBRACING OF ACHIEVEMENT AND THE BRING ING TOGETHER OF FRIENDS CLUBS TOWNS AND NATIONS ) ADORE THE PATRIOTISM OF THE 7ORLD #UP WHERE mAGS ARE DISPLAYED IN WINDOWS OF HOUSES SHOPS AND CARS CUTTING ACROSS CLASS AGE SEX AND PLACE )N THE ,ON DON -ARATHON MULTITUDES OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE WATCH AND COMPETE POLICEMEN CHEER &OR THAT ONE DAY A YEAR ,ON DON STOPS AND FOCUSES ON A SINGLE EVENT OF PUSHING
BOUNDARIES AND THE LIMITLESS NATURE OF HUMAN ENDEAVOUR 0OSITIVE ATTITUDES TO SPORT COULD BE NURTURED IF WE DID MORE TO EMBRACE LESS ELITIST PARTICIPATION 3PORT IGNORERS WOULD SAY WE ARE TOO FANATI CAL AND SINGLE MINDED AND YES OFTEN WE ARE 7E SNEER AT SECOND OR THIRD PLACE COM ING lRST IS ALL WE CARE ABOUT !S A NATION WE DO SEEM TO HAVE A CHANGEABLE lCKLE AT TITUDE TOWARDS ATHLETES BE CAUSE WE HAVE SO FEW THAT STAND STRONG INTERNATIONALLY 7E PLACE SUCH HUGE EXPEC TATIONS ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL
SHOULDERS THAT WE ARE BOUND TO BE DISAPPOINTED 4AKE (ENMAN A TALENTED TENNIS PLAYER BUT NOT GLORI OUS OR RECORD BREAKING LIKE 3AMPRAS OR &EDERER (E HAS BEEN RANKED AS HIGH AS TH IN THE WORLD *ULY WHICH IS A FANTASTIC ACHIEVEMENT BUT IN HIS HEYDAY WE PLACED ENORMOUS PRESSURE ON HIM BECAUSE HE WAS OUR ONLY "RIT ISH HOPE 7E WANTED HIM TO WIN GRAND SLAMS AND BE WORLD CLASS BUT HE COULDN T QUITE GET THERE 3O WE PUT HIM AND OURSELVES THOUGH HELL EACH YEAR AT 7IMBLE
DON AND WHEN HE COULDN T ACHIEVE WHAT WE EXPECTED AND YEARNED FOR WE BERATED HIM 7E SHOULD NOT HAVE THE ATTITUDE THAT IF AN ATHLETE IS NOT lRST HE IS NOTHING )T IS SO IMPORTANT TO RETAIN A PAS SION FOR HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT AT WHATEVER LEVEL OF ABILITY ATTAINABLE 4HE ENJOYMENT OF BEING INVOLVED BE IT IN THE ARTS SCIENCE OR SPORT FULlLS FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF HU MAN NATURE THAT SURPASS IN THE BIGGER PICTURE TRIVIALITIES OF LIFE SUCH AS MONEY TECH NOLOGY POWER AND FAME
3NOOKER NEARING ITS $ DAY *AMES "RINDLE )T S ALL ABOUT THE @$ S IN PROFESSIONAL SNOOKER AT THE MOMENT DULL DREARY DIRE DROSS 4HE REASONS FOR THIS $OTT $ING $AVIS AND $O HERTY TO NAME JUST A FEW 4HERE IS LITTLE DOUBT THAT SNOOKER IS SUFFERING FROM A SEVERE LACK OF PERSONALITIES IN THE SPORT RIGHT NOW 4HIS LACK APPEARS EVEN TO BE RE mECTED IN THE WAY THESE PLAY ERS PLAY SLOW AND TEDIOUS TO WATCH
4HE TRAGIC DEATH OF ONE OF THE FEW ENTERTAINERS LEFT IN THE SPORT ONLY SERVED TO HIGHLIGHT THE PROBLEMS THE GAME IS FACING 0AUL (UNTER WAS A MARVELLOUS SNOOKER PLAYER PROVEN BY HIS HAT TRICK OF -ASTERS TITLES "UT HE WAS ALSO AN EXUBERANT PLAY ER SMOOTH BOTH ON AND OFF THE TABLE HIS FAMOUS MID SESSION INTERVAL ANTICS WERE THE STUFF OF SNOOKER LEGEND )T WAS NO SURPRISE THAT HE WAS GREAT MATES WITH TWO OF SNOOKER S OTHER REMAINING CHARACTERS *IMMY 7HITE AND
2ONNIE / 3ULLIVAN 4HESE TWO CAN REGULARLY ATTRACT THE PUNTERS WHICH CAN T BE SAID FOR THE LIKES OF RECENT TOUR NAMENT WINNERS $ING *UN (UI AND 'RAEME $OTT 2ONNIE / 3ULLIVAN IS THE ONLY REMAINING REASON TO WATCH SNOOKER PARTICULARLY NOW *IMMY 7HITE APPEARS TO BE A FADING FORCE 7HEN HE HAS HIS MIND FOCUSED ON THE GAME HE IS AN UNSTOPPABLE GENIUS WITH A SNOOKER CUE (IS SECOND 7ORLD #HAM PIONSHIP WIN WAS WITHOUT QUESTION THE BEST FORTNIGHT
OF SNOOKER EVER WITNESSED 2ONNIE THOUGH HAS IN RE CENT TIMES BECOME INCREAS INGLY DISILLUSIONED WITH THE SPORT 4HIS IS PARTLY DOWN TO PROBLEMS IN HIS PERSONAL LIFE HE HAS ADMITTED TO SUFFERING FROM DEPRESSION AND HIS FA THER IS STILL SERVING TIME BE HIND BARS "UT IT IS CLEAR THAT 2ONNIE HAS ALSO FALLEN OUT OF LOVE WITH THE GAME 4HIS WAS SHOWCASED IN / 3ULLIVAN S 7ORLD #HAMPIONSHIP MATCH AGAINST 0ETER %BDON A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN %BDON S RIDICULOUSLY LETHARGIC PLAY
FRUSTRATED 2ONNIE TO THE POINT WHERE HE BEGAN ASKING THE CROWD FOR THE TIME / 3ULLIVAN FURTHER COURT ED CONTROVERSY AT THE 5+ #HAMPIONSHIP IN $ECEMBER WHEN HE WALKED OUT OF HIS QUARTER lNAL MATCH AGAINST 3TEPHEN (ENDRY AFTER ONLY FRAMES (E PUT THIS DOWN TO BEING IRRITATED BY HIS PER FORMANCE BUT WHATEVER THE REASON THE DEMISE OF SNOOK ER S LAST REMAINING MARKET ABLE CHARACTER IS EXTREMELY WORRYING FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS "RITISH INSTITUTION
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3PORT %DITOR S COLUMN !DIOS *OSE 7ELL IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME *OSE -OURINHO SEEMS TO HAVE NOT ONLY THROWN HIS TOYS OUT OF HIS PRAM BUT HAS ALSO GOT OUT OF THE PRAM HIMSELF AND STARTED WRECKING IT AND BITING THE WHEELS (E DOES LOVE TO MAKE A SCENE !NDRIY 3HEVCHENKO WAS DROPPED FROM THE SQUAD FOR LAST WEEK S LEAGUE GAME AGAINST 7IGAN AND POOR *OSE WAS BEMOANING THE FACT THAT HIS NORMALLY CO OPERATIVE !4- AKA 2OMAN !BRAM OVICH WOULD NOT GIVE HIM A FEW MILLION MORE TO BOLSTER A SQUAD THAT IS CURRENTLY THROW ING THE CHAMPIONSHIP AWAY ) SUSPECT THOUGH THAT SOON ALL WILL BE WELL #HEL SEA WILL START TO WIN AGAIN -ANCHESTER 5NITED WILL SLIP UP AND THE TITLE WILL STAY IN ,ONDON ) THINK ULTIMATELY THAT MUST BE A GOOD THING $ESPITE HIS POSTURING SULK ING AND UNDERHAND TACTICS -OURINHO REMAINS A TALENTED COACH AND A WITTY MAN WHO OFTEN MAKES THE POST MATCH INTERVIEW MORE ENTERTAINING THAN THE GAME ITSELF )F THE INSUFFERABLE #HELSEA HAVE TO WIN THE LEAGUE AGAIN FOR HIM TO STAY ) RECKON ) COULD JUST ABOUT COPE *UST
.ETBALL PLEA ) HAVE BEEN ASKED TO MAKE A REQUEST ON BEHALF OF THE NET BALL lRST TEAM /N *ANUARY ST AT THEY HAVE A PO TENTIALLY TITLE DECIDING GAME AGAINST 7ARWICK 7HEN OUR INTREPID PLAY ERS MADE THE AWAY TRIP THEIR NARROW DEFEAT WAS EVEN MORE DIFlCULT TO ACCEPT BECAUSE OF THE DELIBERATELY OFF PUTTING SHOUTING FROM THE MULTI TUDINOUS RANKS OF 7ARWICK SUPPORTERS 4HEREFORE IF YOU KNOW ANYONE THAT PLAYS OR JUST FANCY MAKING A RACKET PLEASE FEEL FREE TO MAKE THE SHORT TRIP TO THE 3PORTSPARK TO SUPPORT THEM AND LEND THEM YOUR LUNGS
!SHES -OST OF US STUDENTS RESENT GETTING UP IN THE MORNING 7AKING UP TO CHECK ON THE LATEST THRASHING OUR CRICKET TEAM WAS GETTING JUST MADE IT WORSE 4HAT IS ALL ) WANT TO SAY ON THIS SADDENING MATTER
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#ARL (EFFERNAN /N 3UNDAY TH .OVEMBER 5%! S @3HI +ON KARATE TEAM SENT TWO BUDDING lGHTERS TO )PSWICH TO COMPETE IN THE "4 %XACT #HAMPIONSHIPS 4HESE REGIONAL CHAMPION SHIPS ARE THE ONLY OPPOR TUNITY FOR PRACTICE BEFORE "53! COMPETITION BEGINS IN &EBRUARY "OTH !DAM (UTCHISON YELLOW BELT AND 3AEED -A LIK BROWN BELT ENTERED +U MITE lGHTING BUT DESPITE PERFORMING WELL SADLY LOST IN THE EARLY ROUNDS !LL WAS NOT LOST AS 3AEED HAD CLEVERLY ENTERED THE HIGH GRADE +ATA +ATA BEING A SEQUENCE OF MOVEMENTS THINK KARATE KID (ERE HE PERFORMED "ASSAI $AI WHICH ROUGHLY TRANSLATES TO hPEN ETRATING FORTRESSv OR hDESTROY ING THE FORTRESSv 7HATEVER
THE MEANING THE FORTRESS IS DOOMED 3AEED S PERFORMANCE WAS AMAZING AND HE BEAT OFF STIFF COMPETITION WINNING THE +ATA COMPETITION IN HIS GRADE BRINGING HOME SOME SILVERWARE FOR 5%! @3HI +ON WELL HIS HOME AS HE WON IT 7ITH THE LAST OF THE RE GIONAL COMPETITIONS OUT OF THE WAY BEFORE "53! THIS SERVES AS A GOOD OMEN FOR THE UPCOMING TOURNAMENT .OW THE TEAM HAVE TIME TO IMPROVE lGHTING STANDARDS SO THAT IN THE FUTURE 3AEED IS NOT THE ONLY ONE COMING BACK WITH HIS HANDS FULLx ROLL ON "53! )F ANYONE IS STILL INTER ESTED IN DOING KARATE FEEL FREE TO TURN UP TO ONE OF OUR TRAINING SESSIONS ON EI THER 4HURSDAY AT PM OR 3UNDAY AT PM AT THE 3PORT SPARK OR ALTERNATIVELY EMAIL UEAKARATE GOOGLEMAIL COM
-ARCUS *ONES ,AST WEEK #ONCRETE REPORTED ON THE RUGBY CLUB S PRECARI OUS POSITION AS THEY mIRTED WITH EVICTION FROM "53! COMPETITION BY NOT FULlLL ING ONE OF THEIR lRST TEAM lXTURES ! LETTER OF APOLOGY RECTI lED THE PROBLEM AND THIS WEEK IT WAS THE ,ACROSSE CLUB WHO WERE MOVING QUICKLY TO REBUILD SOME BRIDGES AS WHAT 0RESIDENT !NDY #OOK TERMED A hBREAKDOWN OF COMMUNI CATIONv LED TO THEM BECOM ING LESS THAN POPULAR WITH THE #OLNEY ,ANE GROUND STAFF !LL SPORTS CLUBS THAT USE THE #OLNEY ,ANE FACILI TIES MUST ENSURE THAT 2ACHEL 4OMES !SSISTANT 3PORTS $I RECTOR AT THE 3PORTSPARK IS INFORMED WELL IN ADVANCE OF BOTH BOOKINGS AND CANCELLA TIONS SO THAT THE GROUND STAFF
CAN MAKE THE NECESSARY PREP ARATIONS 5NFORTUNATELY THE LACROSSE CLUB FAILED ON BOTH THESE COUNTS AS THE GROUNDS MEN WERE UNAWARE THAT A FRIENDLY MATCH WAS TAKING PLACE ON 3ATURDAY TH .O VEMBER AND THAT A MIXED LACROSSE GAME HAD BEEN CAN CELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY #ONSEQUENTLY THE LA CROSSE CLUB WERE SUSPENDED FROM PRACTICE AND MATCHES FOR ONE WEEK STARTING FROM LAST 7EDNESDAY 4HE CLUB HAVE ACCEPTED THE PUNISH MENT AND 0RESIDENT #OOK CONlRMED THAT hWE HAVE CLEARED THE AIR WITH 2ACHEL 4OMES AND WILL BE APOLOGIS ING TO THE GROUND STAFF AT THE lRST OPPORTUNITY v ,ACROSSE IS ONLY ON A SABBATICAL AND IF YOU ARE IN TERESTED IN JOINING THE CLUB WHEN PLAYING RECOMMENCES THEN TURN TO THE @&OCUS /N LACROSSE ARTICLE ON PAGE
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