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4(% 5.)6%23)49 -!9 4!+% "//+3(/0 30!#% *ACK #LARKE 4HE 5NION "OOKSHOP IS CLOSING BUT THE SPACE IT OCCUPIES MAY ALSO DISAPPEAR /N &EBRUARY ST %STATES $IRECTOR 2OGER "OND AND 5NION -ANAGER !NDY 0OTT INFORMALLY MET TO DISCUSS ALTERNATIVES TO THE BOOKSHOP )N THIS MEETING IT BECAME KNOWN THAT THE 5NIVER SITY WAS CONSIDERING REPOSSESSING THE SPACE 4HE 5NIVERSITY IS PUTTING FORWARD ONE MAJOR IDEA WHILE THE 5NION IS lELDING THREE #ONCRETE
SPOKE TO &INANCE /FlCER %DDIE 3HIELDS ON THE TH ABOUT THE 5NION S IDEAS 4HE lRST POSSIBIL ITY IS AN EXTENSION TO THE (IVE SINCE IT IS hA WELL USED SPACEv AND WOULD BE A DEPENDABLE SOURCE OF INCOME 4HE SECOND IS A HAIR DRESSER WITH THE BONUS THAT IT WOULD NOT BE FRANCHISED OUT 4HE THIRD IS A RECEPTION FOR THE ADVICE CENTRE AN IDEA SIMILAR TO WHAT THE 5NIVERSITY HAS SUGGESTED AS A REPLACEMENT A COMBINED CAREERS EMPLOYABILITY AND ADVICE CENTRE 4HIS IS ACCORDING TO 2OGER "OND AN IDEA THAT THE $EAN OF 3TUDENTS IS KEEN ON )N EXCHANGE FOR THE SPACE THE 5NIVERSITY HAS HINTED THAT IT WOULD BE WILLING TO PAY THE
5NION AN ANNUAL COMPENSATION 4HE EXTENSION TO THE (IVE AND THE PROPOSED HAIRDRESSER ARE IDEAS MOTIVATED BY GENERATING PROlT A CONSEQUENCE OF THE SMALL BLOCK GRANT THAT THE 5NION RECEIVES RELATIVE TO ITS SIZE 4HIS YEAR THE 5NION RECEIVED A BLOCK GRANT OF ROUGHLY a 7HILE THIS lG URE MAY SEEM LARGE %DDIE 3HIELDS HAS EXPLAINED THAT IT IS NOT EVEN ENOUGH TO PAY FOR THE CENTRAL MANAGEMENT OF 5NION (OUSE 3INCE THE 5NION S OPER ATING BUDGET HAS BEEN INCREASED BY A lGURE SIGNIlCANTLY LOWER THAN THE SECOND LOWEST THE 3AINSBURY S #ENTRES BUDGET WHICH WAS INCREASED BY )N
THE SAME TIME SPAN THE 5NION S BLOCK GRANT HAS INCREASED BY CONSISTENTLY LESS THAN THE AVERAGE RATE OF INmATION !S A RESULT OF THIS THE 5NION HAS HAD TO RAISE PRICES TO REMAIN PROlTABLE %DDIE CLAIMS THAT h5P UNTIL THIS YEAR THE 5NION HAS JUST BEEN RAISING PRICES BUT WE ARE REACHING A POINT WHERE WE CAN NO LONGER DO THAT v 4HE 5NION NEEDS TO GENERATE REVENUE AND CONSEQUENTLY HAS CHOSEN THREE IDEAS THAT IT SEES AS BEING DEPENDABLE 4HIS IS ANOTHER SYMPTOM OF THE ON GOING COM MERCIALISATION OF THE 5NION 4HE 5NION HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO #ONTINUES ON PAGE TWO
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'OLDEN 4RIANGLE SPEAKER SCAM -ARCUS *ONES #ONMEN ARE TARGETING IMPRESSIONABLE STUDENTS IN THE 'OLDEN 4RIANGLE BY OFFERING SEEMINGLY HIGH QUALITY SPEAKERS AT A CHEAP PRICE WHICH LATER TURN OUT TO BE FAULTY REJECTS /NE STUDENT WHO WISHES TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS WAS CYCLING BACK FROM CAM PUS ALONG *ESSOP 2OAD WHEN A COUPLE OF MEN IN A PARKED WHITE VAN WAVED HIM DOWN 4HEY PROCEEDED TO GIVE HIM A LONG WINDED AND VERY ELOQUENT STORY ABOUT HOW THEY HAD SOME SPARE HIGH QUALITY SPEAKERS IN THEIR VAN BECAUSE THEY HAD FOOLISHLY OVER ORDERED AND COULD NOT RETURN TO THEIR OFlCE WITH THEM AS THEIR BOSS WOULD BE DISPLEASED 4HEY CLAIMED THAT A PAIR OF THE SPEAKERS COULD FETCH ANYTHING UP TO a AND BACKED THIS UP WITH EVIDENCE FROM
BROCHURES 4HEY WERE WILLING TO LET THEM GO FOR a CASH 4O THE OUTSIDER THE IMPLAUSIBILITY IS APPARENT BUT CONFRONTED WITH THE STORY TOLD IN A HIGHLY CONVINCING MANNER THE INNER ENTREPRENEUR IN THIS PARTICULAR STUDENT BEGAN TO WONDER 7ITHOUT BEING GIVEN TIME FOR REASON TO INTERVENE HE WAS WHISKED OFF IN THE VAN TO AN !4- WHERE HE WITHDREW THE REQUIRED AMOUNT (E AND HIS BIKE WERE THEN GIVEN A LIFT DIRECT TO HIS FRONT DOOR WHERE HE WAS ISSUED WITH A HANDWRITTEN RECEIPT BEFORE THE MEN SPED OFF IN THEIR WHITE VAN ! TRIP TO @#ASH #ONVERTERS A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER CONlRMED THAT THE SPEAKERS WERE INDEED NOT AS LEGITIMATE AS THE MEN CLAIMED 4HEY HAD NOT BEEN CONSTRUCTED CORRECTLY SO WHILE THEY DID WORK THEY HAD REDUCED PERFORMANCE CAPABILITY 4HE STUDENT IN QUESTION EVENTUALLY MANAGED TO SELL THE PAIR FOR a AND WITH HIS BANK BAL
ANCE AND PRIDE BOTH HAVING TAKEN A SEVERE KNOCK HE INFORMED #ONCRETE THAT HE KNEW HE HAD hBEEN A BIT OF A DICK v 4HIS IS NOT THE END OF THE TALE THOUGH AS #ONCRETE HAS LEARNED OF AT LEAST ONE OTHER STUDENT WHO WAS PROPOSITIONED BY THE CONMEN WHILE WALKING DOWN 4HE !VENUES LAST WEEK (E DID NOT TAKE THEM UP ON THEIR OFFER BUT IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THESE MEN THERE ARE EITHER TWO OR THREE OF THEM ARE OPERATING IN THE 'OLDEN 4RIANGLE AREA AND ARE INTENT UPON SCAMMING MORE PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR MONEY #ONCRETE ASKS THAT YOU PLEASE BE AWARE OF THEIR POTENTIAL PRESENCE AND IF ANYONE ANYWHERE NEAR A WHITE VAN EVEN WHISPERS ANYTHING ABOUT GOOD QUALITY SPEAKERS TO YOU POLITELY DECLINE THEM AND MOVE RAPIDLY ON )F YOU HAVE BEEN APPROACHED BY THESE MEN YOU CAN REPORT THE INCIDENT TO THE POLICE ON
5NIVERSITY MAY TAKE BOOKSHOP SPACE FROM 5NION )F THE 5NIVERSITY THINKS THE 5NION S HAIRDRESSER PROPOSAL UNPROlTABLE IT MAY PUT FORWARD ITS OWN SOLUTION #ONTINUED FROM ONE COMMERCIALISE )F THE BLOCK GRANT DOES NOT INCREASE BY A GREATER PROPORTION THE 5NION MUST CONTINUE MAKING MONEY WHICH MEANS THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGHER PRICES AND THE NEED FOR BUSINESS ES THAT OFFER GUARANTEED REVENUES !T THE TIME OF WRITING IT HAS BEEN THREE WEEKS SINCE THE MEETING BETWEEN 2OGER "OND AND !NDY 0OTT AND VERY LITTLE HAS HAPPENED 7HAT HAS BECOME
CLEAR IS THAT THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE 5NION FROM THE 5NIVERSITY IS AT STAKE )N AN INTERVIEW 2OGER "OND DEMONSTRATED THIS BY SAYING THAT THE 5NION MUST REMEMBER THAT ITS DE FACTO OWNERSHIP OF THE BOOKSHOP SPACE IS hOWNERSHIP WITH A SMALL @O v 7HEN ASKED TO EXPAND ON THIS IT APPEARED THAT THE 5NIVERSITY GRANTS THE 5NION AUTONOMY BUT ONLY WITHIN @RA TIONAL BOUNDS )F THE %XEC ARE NOT CONVINCED THAT THE REPLACEMENT IS ECONOMI CALLY VIABLE THEY MAY ARRANGE A DEAL WITH THE 5NIVERSITY AND THE 5NION MAY NO LONGER CONTROL THE SPACE THAT THE BOOKSHOP OCCU PIED 2OGER "OND WAS KEEN TO POINT OUT THAT h7E DIDN T SAY @WE ARE THE 5NIVERSITY AND WE WANT THIS SPACE v (OWEVER IT IS CLEAR THAT THE 5NIVERSITY IS CONCERNED WITH THE PROlTABILITY OF WHAT THE 5NION PUTS IN PLACE AND THAT IF IT DOES NOT BELIEVE THE IDEA TO BE EFFECTIVE IT MAY PUT FORWARD ITS OWN SOLUTION !T THIS POINT IT IS DIFlCULT TO KNOW WHAT WOULD OCCUR IF IT CAME TO THAT BUT THE AUTONOMY OF THE 5NION COULD BE THREATENED IF THE 5NIVERSITY GAINED THE SPACE &RANCIS (AMLYN WORRIES hIF THE 5NIVERSITY TOOK ONE SHOP UNIT AWAY FROM US THEN
THEY MIGHT THINK @HEY THAT WAS EASY SO WE MIGHT AS WELL TAKE ANOTHER v )T SEEMS THAT THE 5NION HAS NO CHOICE IN THE MATTER )T MUST CHOOSE A VENTURE THAT IT CAN DEM ONSTRATE TO BE A VIABLE AND PROlT ABLE IDEA IN ORDER TO BE ALLOWED TO KEEP THE SPACE /THERWISE THE 5NIVERSITY CAN MAKE A CASE FOR ITS OWN AGENDA AND WILL ARGUE THAT BY SURRENDERING THE LAND THE 5NION WILL BE ABLE TO GENERATE DEPENDABLE INCOME FROM RENTAL OF THE SPACE )T ALL COMES DOWN TO MONEY -OST IMPORTANTLY ONGOING CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS WITH COMPANIES OPERATING ON CAMPUS MEAN THAT THE 5NION CANNOT PITCH ONE PARTICULAR BUSI NESS THAT WOULD BENElT STUDENTS AND lNANCES ALIKE HOT FOOD 2OGER "OND ALSO STATED THAT THE hOPPORTUNITY COSTv OF CONVERT ING THE SPACE TO SERVE HOT FOOD IS hPROHIBITIVE v !LTHOUGH THE 5NION HAS BEEN AWARE OF THE 5NIVERSITY S INTEN TIONS THEY HAVE NOT PUBLICISED THEM TO THE GENERAL STUDENT POPULATION &RANCIS (AM LYN #OMMUNICATIONS /FlCER FOR THE 5NION AND PUBLISHER OF 2ABBIT STATED THAT NOT MAKING IT KNOWN WAS hA GENUINELY DIFlCULT DECISIONv AND THAT THE MAIN REASON WAS THAT HE FELT IT WOULD POSSIBLY hINCREASE HOSTILITIESv BE TWEEN THE 5NION AND THE 5NIVER SITY IF
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THE MATTER WAS PUBLICISED WHILE hSTILL IN NEGOTIATIONS v )F THE 5NIVERSITY GAINED THIS SPACE THE 5NION WOULD HAVE TO ATTAIN REVENUE FROM ELSEWHERE 0RICES COULD RISE AS A CONSE QUENCE AND STUDENT WELFARE COULD SUFFER 7HILE THE 5NIVERSITY WOULD PAY THE 5NION A lGURE &RANCIS (AMLYN REVEALED THAT THE OFFERED SUM IS BASED ON THE PROlTS OF THE BOOKSHOP IN THE LAST YEAR IT WAS PROlTABLE (E POINTED OUT THAT THE lGURE SHOULD NOT BE BASED ON hLOOKING AT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE MADE THE LAST TIME WE MADE PROlT BUT AT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE COULD POTENTIALLY MAKE IF WE RAN ANOTHER BUSINESS OURSELVES v )F THE 5NIVERSITY GAINS THE SPACE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE 5NION ARE SEVERE )F THE 5NION GAINS THE SPACE IT MUST MAKE A PROlT AND RUN AN EFFECTIVE BUSINESS OTHERWISE
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THIS SITUATION AND ALL THE MESS IT ENTAILS COULD HAPPEN AGAIN 4HE DECISION IS AN IMPORTANT ONE AND IT IS THIS REPORTER S HOPE THAT BOTH SIDES WILL DISCUSS THE ISSUE IN FULL AND COME TO A REASONED CONCLUSION THAT lNAN CIALLY AND ETHICALLY BENElTS THE STUDENT BODY AS A WHOLE RATHER THAN THE REVENUE OF THE 5NION OR THE AGENDA OF THE 5NIVERSITY
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0OWER #UTS ! DISRUPTION TO THE 5NIVERSITY S POWER SUPPLY OCCURRED ACROSS CAM PUS LAST WEEK %$& 7EST %ARLHAM HAD A PROBLEM WITH A CABLE FAULT IN THEIR PRIMARY SUBSTATION AT THE "50! (OSPITAL !S A RESULT THE HOSPITAL AND SURROUNDING AREAS WERE DIVERTED TO A SUBSTATION AT &IVE 7AYS AND THE @GLITCHES IN POWER WE HAVE ALL EX PERIENCED WERE A RESULT OF SUPPLIES BEING DIVERTED 4HE 5NIVERSITY IS USUALLY NOTI lED IF ANY PLANNED ACTIVITY IS LIKELY TO DISRUPT SERVICES BUT WERE NOT ON THIS OCCASION
5%! LAUNCHES TEACHING DEGREE 5%! IS LAUNCHING A NEW HANDS ON DEGREE FOR PEOPLE HOPING TO WORK IN EDUCATION 4HE 3CHOOL OF %DUCATION AND ,IFELONG ,EARNING IS INTRODUCING THE DEGREE ITS lRST UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM 4HE SCHOOL IS ALREADY ONE OF THE COUNTRY S LEADING DEPART MENTS FOR POSTGRADUATE COURSES 4HE DEGREE WILL BE PRACTICAL AND mEXIBLE BUILDING A RANGE OF SKILLS LIKE TEAMWORK AND COMMU NICATION AND WILL PROVIDE A FOUN DATION FOR A WIDE RANGE OF CAREERS NOT JUST AS TEACHERS 4HE lRST STUDENTS WILL START THIS 3EPTEMBER
,ECTURERS #HEATING THE 3YSTEM 3OME 5%! LECTURERS HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTING TO MANIPULATE THE RESULTS OF THE .ATIONAL 3TUDENT 3URVEY .33 BY EMAILING lNAL YEAR UNDERGRADUATES ENCOURAGING THEM TO PRAISE 5%! SO THAT THEIR DEGREE S PRESTIGE DOES NOT SUFFER 4HE .33 GIVES lNALISTS THE OP PORTUNITY TO INFORM FUTURE HIGHER EDUCATION APPLICANTS ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE TEACHING COURSES AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS AT THEIR UNIVERSITY 4HE lRST FULL SCALE SURVEY TOOK PLACE IN AND INCLUDED ALL PUBLICLY FUNDED HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN %NGLAND 7ALES AND .ORTHERN )RE LAND 4HE FOLLOWING YEAR 5%! WAS POLLED JOINT lRST FOR OVERALL STUDENT SATISFACTION BY THE .33 5%! S VICE CHANCELLOR 0ROFESSOR $AVID %ASTWOOD COMMENTED AT THE TIME THAT THIS RESULT WAS hA STRONG REmEC TION OF THE QUALITY DEDICATION AND EFFORT THAT IS FOCUSED UPON MEETING THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS AT 5%! v )N THE lRST EVER .33 SURVEY IN ONLY TWO OTHER PUBLICLY FUNDED UNIVERSITIES BEAT 5%! 4HIS BEGS THE QUESTION THAT DESPITE THESE TWO OUTSTANDING PAST PERFORMANCES WHY ARE 5%! LECTURERS ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO VOTE DISHONESTLY 4HE HIGHER EDUCATION MINISTER "ILL 2AMMEL COMMENTED ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SURVEY AS A LEGITI
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MATE RESOURCE AND A TOOL FOR PEO PLE LOOKING TO APPLY TO PERSPECTIVE UNIVERSITIES -R 2AMMEL STATED h#HOOSING A HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION CAN BE A DAUNTING TASK AND IT IS VITAL THAT STUDENTS CAN AC CESS THE BEST POSSIBLE INFORMATION TO INFORM THEIR CHOICES v 4HE .33 TOGETHER WITH THE REST OF THE 4EACHING 1UALITY )NFORMA TION WEBSITE PROVIDES A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR STUDENTS TO DRAW UPON WHEN DECIDING WHICH INSTITUTION IS RIGHT FOR THEM 4HE RESULTS ALSO PUT PUBLIC PRESSURE ON UNIVERSITIES INCLUDED IN THE STUDY TO CHANGE ANY EXIST ING PROBLEMS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE RESULTS )N THE SURVEY THE
MAIN PROBLEM AT NATIONAL LEVEL WAS DISSATISFACTION WITH ASSESS MENT AND FEEDBACK ON STUDENTS COURSES OF THOSE WHO TOOK PART IN THE SURVEY INDICATED THAT THEY WERE NOT SATISlED WITH THESE PARTICULAR ELEMENTS OF THEIR COURSE )T IS IMPORTANT TO BRING CONCERNS LIKE THESE NOT ONLY TO THE ATTENTION OF PERSPECTIVE STUDENTS BUT ALSO OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS THEMSELVES WHO CAN THEN ISOLATE AND ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS )F STUDENTS VOTE DISHONESTLY IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THE ACCLAIM OF THEIR DE GREES NOT ONLY WILL FUTURE STUDENTS SUFFER THE UNIVERSITIES WILL TOO )N THE WORLD OF HIGHER EDUCATION IGNORANCE IS NOT BLISS
&ORMER #ONCRETE .EWS %DITOR $IES 4RAGICALLY !GED &ORMER #ONCRETE NEWS EDITOR AND ,AW STUDENT 4HOM 3MITH TRAGICALLY DIED IN A CAR ACCIDENT ON &EBRUARY WHEN RETURNING HOME FROM WORK IN #HARD 3OMERSET 7HILST AT 5%! 4HOM WAS A DEDICATED MEMBER OF THE #ONCRETE TEAM AND BECAME .EWS %DITOR IN HIS lNAL YEAR (E WAS ALSO HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE &ELL &ENCING AND 3AILING CLUBS (E SERVED ON THE COMMITTEE OF THE 3AILING
CLUB AS SECRETARY AND LATER VICE PRESI DENT 3INCE GRADUATING IN 4HOM WORKED IN SEVERAL JOBS BEFORE lNDING EMPLOYMENT AS A SUB EDITOR AND DEPUTY SPORTS EDITOR FOR THE 3OMERSET #OUNTY 'AZETTE &OR THE LAST SIX MONTHS HE HAD BEEN WORKING AS A TRAINEE MANAGER AT ,IDL IN 4AUNTON AND LATER #HARD (IS FRIENDS DESCRIBE HIM AS A KIND AND GENUINE PERSON WITH A UNIQUE SENSE OF HUMOUR
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,ONG WORKING HOURS CREATE HIGH STRESS LEVELS FOR STAFF .ATALIE ,ASANCE !SSISTANT .EWS %DITOR 7IDESPREAD STRESS AND BAD MANAGEMENT AT UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES ARE LEAVING STAFF AT BREAKING POINT A RECENT SURVEY SUGGESTS 4HE PROBLEM IS REVEALED IN THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY CONDUCTED ON BEHALF OF THE 5NI VERSITY AND #OLLEGES 5NION 5#5 AND THE !SSOCIATION OF 4EACHERS AND ,ECTURERS !4, IN WHICH AROUND STAFF IN FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION ACROSS THE 5+ TOOK PART 4HE RESULTS CAST LIGHT ON THE @MANAGEMENT CULTURE THAT INSTEAD OF SOLVING PROBLEMS IS THREATENING TO CRIPPLE HIGHER AND FURTHER EDUCATION 4HE MAIN SOURCES OF WORK RELATED STRESS WERE LINKED TO DEMANDS FOR HITTING TARGETS AND DEADLINES LONG WORKING HOURS INCREASED WORKLOADS AND FREQUENT CHANGES OF TIMETA BLES OR COURSES OF RESPONDENTS CLAIMED THAT THEIR WORKLOAD HAD GONE UP IN THE LAST THREE YEARS WITH THIS lGURE RISING TO IN %AST !NGLIA 4HE RESULTS COME ONLY DAYS AFTER IT WAS FOUND THAT TEACHERS AND LECTURERS WORK MORE THAN HOURS OF UNPAID OVERTIME A WEEK MORE THAN ANY OTHER PROFESSION $R 2UPERT 2EAD 5%! S 5#5 STAFF STU DENT LIAISON OFlCER TOLD #ONCRETE h) AM
PERSONALLY FAMILIAR WITH A NUMBER OF CASES IN WHICH 5%! STAFF MYSELF INCLUDED HAVE SUFFERED STRESS RELATED ABSENCES FROM WORK OVER THE PAST DECADE OR SO AS A RESULT OF THE GRAVE PRESSURES THAT ACADEMICS NOWADAYS ARE SUBJECT TO v (E ADDED h.OW THAT THE GOVERNMENT DEMANDS THAT WE PRODUCE HIGH QUALITY PUBLICATIONS REGULARLY THAT WE TEACH VERY LARGE NUMBERS OF STUDENTS AND THAT WE lLL IN FORMS TO CREATE AN EXTREMELY LONG @AUDIT TRAIL THE ROLE OF THE ACADEMIC HAS CHANGED COMPLETELY FROM THE OUT OF DATE STEREOTYPE OF SOMEONE WHOSE JOB IS JUST TO POTTER ABOUT DOING WHAT THEY ENJOY DOING 7E ARE NOW UNDER CONTINUAL PRESSURE TO FULlLL A SET OF BURDENS THAT IS FRANKLY IMPOSSIBLE TO MAS TER )T IS ONGOING AND PROFOUNDLY STRESSFUL v 4HE SURVEY ALSO FOUND EVIDENCE OF AN AGEING WORKFORCE AND SUGGESTS THAT THE WORK ING CONDITIONS MAY START DISCOURAGING YOUNG PEOPLE FROM ENTERING THE PROFESSION 4HIS WOULD EVENTUALLY CREATE STAFF SHORTAGES 2OGER +LINE 5#5 HEAD OF EQUALITY AND EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS SAID hACROSS THE WHOLE OF POST EDUCATION STRESS IS NOW AT EPIDEMIC LEVELS 7E HAVE WARNED FOR A LONG TIME THAT SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE BUT THIS SURVEY SUGGESTS THINGS HAVE DETERIORATED STILL FURTHER )T IS BAD FOR STAFF AND DAMAGING TO STUDENTS LEARNING AND RESEARCH v
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.53 FEE MAY BE HALVED #HANGES IN THE SYSTEM MAY CUT 5%! S FEES BUT AS MAJOR UNIVERSITIES THREATEN TO DISAFlLIATE THE MOVE MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TO SAVE THE .53 'EMMA 4OMKYS 0RESSURE MOUNTS AS KEY UNIVERSITIES THREATEN TO DISAFlLIATE THEMSELVES FROM .53 UNLESS THEY MAKE CHANGES TO THEIR FEE SYSTEM 7ITH 3OUTHAMPTON ALREADY DISAFlLIATED .53 HAS BEEN FORCED TO RECONSIDER ITS CURRENT FEE CRITERIA !T PRESENT UNIONS ARE CHARGED IN RELATION TO HOW MUCH MONEY THEY RECEIVE FROM THEIR UNIVERSITIES h3OME UNIVERSITIES DO NOT FEEL THAT THEY ARE GETTING VALUE FOR MONEYv &INANCE /FlCER %DWARD 3HIELDS EXPLAINS h5%! 5NION OFlCERS WENT TO A DAY CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS THE NEED FOR CHANGE IN *ANUARY 4HE SYSTEM THEY HAVE COME UP WITH DOES REmECT WHAT WAS SAID QUITE WELL v 4HE NEW SYSTEM .53 HAS COME UP WITH STILL CONSIDERS HOW MUCH MONEY UNIONS RECEIVE BUT ALSO TAKES INTO ACCOUNT AN AMOUNT PER STUDENT AND AN EFlCIENCY PERCENT AGE WHICH MEASURES .53 PERFORM ANCE AT INDIVIDUAL INSTITUTIONS !L THOUGH IN COMPARISON WITH OTHER
3TUDENTS AT .53 CONFERENCE MAY BE AN IMAGE OF THE PAST UNIVERSITIES 5%! S FEES WERE NOT TOO HIGH DUE TO THE SMALL AMOUNT IT RECEIVES FROM THE 5NIVERSITY THE NEW SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN A a REDUCTION IN 5%! S FEES FROM a TO a 5NIONS WHO WILL NOT BENElT FROM THIS NEW SYSTEM ARE THOSE THAT RECEIVE A LOT OF MONEY FROM THEIR UNIVERSITIES AND THAT HAVE A VAST NUMBER OF STUDENTS 4HIS IS SIMILAR TO THE ORIGINAL SYSTEM AS %DWARD
EXPLAINS h.53 HAS HAD A SYSTEM OF CHARGING THE RICHER UNIONS MORE FOR THE SAME THING 7HILE THE NEW SYSTEM DOES THIS TO A LESSER EXTENT THE PHILOSOPHY IS STILL THERE SO THE BIGGER A UNION IS THE MORE THEY HAVE TO PAY 4HIS NEW SYSTEM IS VERY MUCH A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FROM 5%! S POINT OF VIEW THOUGH v 4HE NEW STAGE SYSTEM MUST BE PASSED THROUGH THE NEXT .53 CON
FERENCE IN -ARCH BEFORE IT BECOMES FUNCTIONAL 5%! CURRENTLY HAS EIGHT CONFERENCE REPRESENTATIVES THE #OMMUNICATIONS /FlCER &RANCIS (AMLYN AUTOMATICALLY ATTENDS AS DOES HIS SUCCESSOR IN THE ELECTIONS IN WEEK 4HE OTHER SIX REPRESENTA TIVES ARE TO BE ELECTED AT THE SAME TIME 7HEN ASKED HOW THE 5NION WOULD SPEND THE a THEY WILL SAVE ON FEES IF THE MEASURE IS PASSED %DWARD STATES h4HE AMOUNT SAVED WON T MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO OUR OVERALL lNANCIAL POSITION BUT POTENTIALLY MIGHT SAVE STUDENTS A BIT OF MONEY AS IT IS a WE WON T HAVE TO MAKE THROUGH PRICE INCREASES THIS SUM MER v .53 STATED A DElCIT OF OVER A MILLION POUNDS LAST YEAR AND ALONG WITH MOUNTING PRESSURES THIS CALLS INTO QUESTION THE FUTURE OF THE ORGANISATION )T CLAIMS THAT CUTS OF a WILL BE MADE THIS YEAR 4HE INTRODUCTION OF .53 %XTRA WAS DESIGNED TO EASE lNANCIAL STRAIN AND HAS MADE A POSITIVE START BUT THE PROJECT REQUIRES CAPI TAL TO LAUNCH AND IS YET TO PROVE ITS lNANCIAL WORTH
5%! S *AZZ STAR LETT COMES HOME 2ISING JAZZ STAR +ATE 7ILLIAMS IS RETURNING TO 5%! TO PERFORM A CON CERT WITH HER QUARTET ON -ARCH ST +ATE STUDIED MUSIC AT 5%! IN THE S AND OFTEN PLAYED IN LOCAL PUBS AND CONCERT HALLS 3HE HAS RELEASED THREE ALBUMS INCLUDING THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED 3YCAMORE 3ONG WHICH RECEIVED THE *OHN $ANKWORTH *AZZ !WARD IN $URING HER VISIT SHE WILL ALSO BE RUNNING A WORKSHOP FOR ASPIRING MUSICIANS ON &EBRUARY TH 4HE +ATE 7ILLIAMS 1UARTET AP PEARS AT THE 5%! 3CHOOL OF -USIC #ONCERT 2OOM ON 4HURSDAY -ARCH AT PM 4ICKETS PRICED a a CONCS ARE AVAILABLE FROM 5%! "OX OFlCE
&IRST &URY &IRST "US DRIVERS ARE CONTINUING TO ANGER STUDENTS DESPITE THE COMPA NY S ATTEMPTS TO IMPROVE RELATIONS /NE THIRD YEAR HISTORY STUDENT DESCRIBED HOW HE WAS NOT ALLOWED ON A BUS BECAUSE HE HAD A TAKEAWAY FOOD BOX 4HE BOX WAS SEALED AND THE STUDENT ASSURED THE DRIVER THAT HE WOULD NOT EAT THE CONTENTS UNTIL HE HAD ALIGHTED THE BUS YET THE DRIVER WAS PERSISTENT IN HIS REFUSAL /THERS COMPLAIN ABOUT BUSES DRIVING PAST STOPS HALF EMPTY
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"RITAIN S BIGGEST BREAKFAST 4HE 5%! CATERING TEAM ARE PLAN NING TO PARTICIPATE IN #ANCER 2ESEARCH 5+ S @"RITAIN S "IGGEST "REAKFAST )T TAKES PLACE ON -ARCH TH BETWEEN AND AM IN :EST ! SELECTION OF CONTINENTAL TRA DITIONAL AND VEGETARIAN BREAKFASTS WILL BE ON OFFER WITH A PERCENTAGE OF THE PROlTS BEING DONATED TO #ANCER 2ESEARCH 5+ 3TUDENTS AND STAFF ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO MAKE A DONATION WHILST THEY ENJOY THEIR BREAKFAST #ANCER 2ESEARCH 5+ HOPES TO RAISE a
#HANGE THE DREAM &OLLOWING THE SUCCESS OF ITS WORK SHOP LAST SEMESTER THE h#HANGE THE $REAMv SYMPOSIUM IS RETURN ING TO 5%! ON 3ATURDAY TH -ARCH 4HE SYMPOSIUM IS BASED ON THE PERSPECTIVE THAT MANY OF THE PROBLEMS FACING SOCIETY TODAY ARE INTERCONNECTED AND NEED TO BE VIEWED AS PART OF A BIGGER PICTURE 4HESE INCLUDE SOCIAL SPIRITUAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES $EA 0APAGEORGIOU %.6 DESCRIBED LAST YEAR S WORKSHOP AS h)NSPIRING RELAXING FOOD FOR THOUGHTv
,OWEST NUMBER OF %XEC CANDIDATES EVER 2ICHARD 2EYNOLDS $EPUTY .EWS %DITOR )N THIS YEAR S 5NION ELECTIONS TWO SABBATICAL POSTS ARE BEING CONTESTED UNOPPOSED AND THREE NON SABBATICAL POSTS ARE NOT BEING CONTESTED AT ALL 4HE PUBLICITY SPORTS AND WOM EN S BRIEFS HAD AS THE NOMINATIONS CLOSED ATTRACTED NO NOMINATIONS AT ALL 'IVEN THE PREVIOUS LOW TURN OUTS FOR 5NION ELECTIONS CONCERNS HAVE BEEN RAISED AT THE APPARENT LACK OF INTEREST 5%! STUDENTS HAVE IN THEIR 5NION 4HE 5NION #OM MUNICATIONS AND 0UBLICITY /FlCERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PUBLICISING THE ELECTIONS AND SO #ONCRETE ASKED THEM FOR THEIR TAKE ON THE ISSUE 4HE 5NION 0UBLICITY OFlCER !NDY *UDSON POINTED OUT THAT ALTHOUGH THERE WERE MANY MORE NOMINATIONS FOR THE CURRENT YEAR THAN NEXT h,AST YEAR WAS EXCEP TIONABLE IN TERMS OF %XEC NOMINA TIONS v 7HEN ASKED IF IT COULD BE AN ISSUE OF NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOWING ABOUT THE WORK OF THE 5NION !NDY EXPLAINED h)T S INDIVIUALS THAT RUN FOR ELECTIONS )F NOT AS MANY PEOPLE STAND THEN IT IS MAINLY BECAUSE THERE ARE FEWER WHO ARE INTERESTED
RATHER THAN THROUGH ANY FAULT OF THE 5NION v 3TUDENTS ARE GENERALLY APA THETIC AND DISINTERESTED IN MANY 5NION ACTIVITIES BUT THAT IS A LONG TERM TREND #ONCRETE POINTED OUT THAT IT IS PART OF THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE #OMMUNICATIONS AND 0UBLICITY OF lCERS TO GET STUDENTS TO BE ENGAGED WITH THE 5NION AND ASKED WHAT SHOULD BE DONE IN THE FUTURE h! LOT OF THE SO CALLED POLITI CALLY ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE 5NION SEEM TO CLAIM THERE IS AN INSTANT SOLUTION THAT WE ARE TOO AFRAID TO CHOOSE BUT THIS IS LUDICROUS )N FACT IT IS THIS KIND OF POLITICAL BICKERING WHICH CONTINUES TO PUT ORDINARY STUDENTS OFF ) HOPE ONE DAY WE CAN lND A WAY TO MAKE STUDENTS MORE ACTIVE BUT IT NEEDS A RADICAL SHIFT IN SOCIETY FOR THERE TO BE MAJOR CHANGE v 4O ENSURE THAT THE FULL %XECU TIVE WILL BE ELECTED BEFORE THE END OF TERM AN EMERGENCY DECISION WAS MADE VIA EMAIL TO REOPEN THE NOMINATIONS FOR 0UBLICITY 3PORT AND 7OMEN S /FlCERS 4HIS CAUSED SOME ARGUMENT AT 5NION #OUNCIL LAST 4HURSDAY NIGHT -ARTIN *OPP THE CURRENT ,IBERATIONS /FlCER OBJECTED TO THE DECISION BEING MADE WITHOUT A FULL MEETING OF THE %XEC !NDY (IGSON ARGUED AT #OUNCIL THAT IT WAS A BREACH OF THE
CONSTITUTION 4HE VAST MAJORITY OF THE %XECU TIVE AND #OUNCIL WERE OF THE OPIN ION THAT IT WAS THE RIGHT DECISION (OWEVER #OUNCIL DECIDED THAT THE CONSTITUTIONAL RULES WERE
UNCLEAR AND SHOULD BE CHECKED BY THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE 4HE NOMINATIONS ARE CURRENTLY OPEN FOR THE REMAINING %XEC POSTS AND THE ELECTIONS FOR THESE REMAIN ING POSTS WILL BE IN WEEK NINE
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6ARUN +HETARPAL /N -ONDAY TH &EBRUARY 5%! -AKE 0OVERTY (ISTORY 3OCIETY LAUNCHED THE FOLLOW UP TO LAST YEAR S COMBINED ARTS FESTIVAL KNOWN AS @#HANGE 4ICKETS SOLD OUT AND NEARLY a WAS RAISED !LL THE PROlTS WENT TO AN EDU CATION PROJECT IN -OZAMBIQUE VIA 3!33!& 3OUTHERN !FRICAN 3TUDENT 3UPPORT AND !ID &UND 4HE LINE UP FOR @#HANGE )) INCLUDED TWO LOCAL BANDS AS WELL AS SOME OF 5%! S lNEST 2OCK 'OS PEL #HOIR *AZZ #HOIR "IG "AND #APOIERA $*S FROM $%-SOC AND ,IVE7IRE 4HERE WERE ALSO A NUMBER OF STALLS DOTTED AROUND THE (IVE INCLUDING THE RETURN OF !RT3OC S
$ART!RT WHICH INVOLVED EXPLODING BALLOONS FULL OF PAINT A FAIR TRADE CAKE SALE FACE PAINTING A SALE OF )NDIAN GYPSY NECKLACES AND CLOTHING AND REPRESENTATION FROM 30%!+ 3!33!& 7!$/ AND #3) )N THE WORDS OF ONE ATTENDEE h4HIS IS THE BEST NIGHT ) VE HAD ALL YEARv )NFORMATION AND DONATIONS TO THE !CTION !ID 3TAR %DUCATION PROJECT CAN BE FOUND AT WWW ACTIONAID ORG UK 3!33!& ARE STILL LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO HELP OUT BETWEEN AND PM ABOVE THE (IVE /R SIMPLY BUY SANDWICHES CHOCO LATES CRISPS AND DRINKS FROM THEM !LL THE PROlTS GO TO EDUCATION AND HEALTH PROJECTS IN 3OUTHERN !FRICA #ONTACT *ACQUELINE BLICK UEA AC UK FOR MORE INFORMATION
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"UDDING 0RIME -INISTER VISITS 5%! *OHN -C$ONNELL THE STRAIGHT TALKING ,ABOUR -0 WHO REFUSES TO ABANDON HIS SOCIALIST IDEALS AND DARES TO CHALLENGE "LAIR RECEIVED A WARM WELCOME AT 5%!
-ICHAEL 'ALLAGHER &RIDAY &EBRUARY TH SAW THE VISIT TO 5%! OF THE NEXT 0RIME -INISTER ,ABOUR -0 *OHN -C$ONNELL !T LEAST THAT IS WHAT HIS SUP PORTERS HAVE BEEN CONlDENTLY ALBEIT CHEEKILY ASSERTING SINCE HE DECLARED HIS INTENTION TO STAND AGAINST THE CAST IRON FAVOURITE #HANCELLOR 'ORDON "ROWN 4HE MEETING HELD IN 5%! S #ONGREGATION (ALL WAS REMARK ABLY WELL ATTENDED WITH ORGANISERS CLAIMING AN AUDIENCE OF NEARLY -C$ONNELL -0 FOR THE WEST ,ONDON CONSTITUENCY OF (AYES AND (ARLINGTON ANNOUNCED HIS CANDI DACY IN *ULY BECOMING THE lRST -0 TO PUBLICLY DECLARE A DESIRE TO REPLACE 4ONY "LAIR AS LEADER )N "LAIR S FAMOUSLY hON MES SAGEv ,ABOUR 0ARTY DISSENTING VIEWS SUCH AS THOSE HELD BY -C$ONNELL ARE JUST AS WELCOME AS A COCKROACH IN A SALAD (ENCE THE ALMOST TOTAL MEDIA BLACKOUT NOT JUST OF -C$ONNELL BUT ALSO HIS COL LEAGUES IN THE 3OCIALIST #AMPAIGN 'ROUP OF -0S -C$ONNELL STARTED OUT IN
POLITICS AT THE OLD 'REATER ,ON DON #OUNCIL MAKING HIS NAME AS DEPUTY LEADER UNDER h2EDv +EN ,IVINGSTONE %LECTED TO THE (OUSE OF #OMMONS IN HE QUICKLY DEMONSTRATED HIS COMMITMENT TO HIS OWN LONG HELD BELIEFS WAS MUCH GREATER THAN HIS COMMITMENT TO TOWING THE PARTY LINE 7HILST MANY OTHERS DISOWNED THEIR FORMER RADICAL BELIEFS AND TURNED STOMACHS WITH THEIR SYCOPHANTIC QUESTIONS IN PARLIAMENT HE HAS CONSISTENTLY ARGUED FOR MORE TRADITIONAL ,ABOUR POLICIES WHICH HAS DONE NOTHING FOR HIS POPULARITY AMONGST PARTY LEADERSHIP )T HAS HOWEVER PROVED POPULAR AMONG BOTH HIS CONSTITUENTS AND ACROSS THE TRADES UNION MOVEMENT (E VOTED AGAINST THE INTRODUCTION OF TUITION FEES AGAINST THE WAR IN )RAQ AND AGAINST PRIVATISATION IN PUBLIC SERVICES $ESPITE KICKING OFF HIS CAM PAIGN MORE THAN SIX MONTHS AGO -C$ONNELL HAS BEEN LARGELY IGNORED BY NATIONAL MEDIA OUTLETS MAKING THE 1 AND ! SESSIONS LIKE THE ONE AT 5%! CRUCIAL TO HIS CAM PAIGN STRATEGY (IS CAMPAIGN INVOLVES ALMOST CONSTANT TRAVELLING AND AT LEAST ONE
CAMPAIGN ON MOST DAYS (E AND HIS SUPPORTERS ARE DETERMINED TO FORCE A CONTEST WHEN "LAIR EVENTU ALLY RESIGNS ARGUING THAT A REAL DEBATE IS THE ONLY WAY TO ENSURE THE hRENEWALv OF THE ,ABOUR 0ARTY 4HE MEETING AT 5%! KICKED OFF WITH A BRIEF SPEECH OUTLINING THE PLATFORM FOR -C$ONNELL S LEADER SHIP BID WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY QUESTIONS FROM THE LARGE AND WELL INFORMED AUDIENCE !FTER THE QUES TIONS AND A BRIEF SUMMING UP FROM -C$ONNELL WHO APPEALED TO THOSE PRESENT TO hHOLD YOUR NOSE AND
JOIN THE ,ABOUR 0ARTYv HE WAS OFF TO ANOTHER CAMPAIGN MEETING THIS TIME WITH LOCAL ,ABOUR MEMBERS -C$ONNELL S CAMPAIGN IS APPARENTLY RESONATING WITH MANY GROUPS INCLUDING TRADE UNIONISTS PENSIONERS AND STUDENTS !LTHOUGH THE MAN HIMSELF APPEARS SOFTLY SPOKEN AND THOUGHTFUL EVEN PRE PARED TO ANSWER A STRAIGHT QUESTION WITH A STRAIGHT ANSWER HE IS NOT AVERSE TO DEPLOYING .EW ,ABOUR S FAVOURITE WEAPON THE SOUNDBITE h9OU RE EITHER FOR PEACE OR FOR WAR YOU RE EITHER FOR GREEN ENERGY OR FOR NUCLEAR FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE OR INCREASING INEQUALITYv )T S SAFE TO ASSUME THAT -C$ONNELL IS FOR THE FORMER IN EACH CASE !S FOR POLICIES THE DETAILS ARE SPARSE BUT THE DIRECTION IS UNAM BIGUOUS A RADICAL RETURN TO THE IDEOLOGY WHICH HAS DElNED AND STEERED THE ,ABOUR PARTY FOR ALL BUT ITS MOST RECENT HISTORY SOCIAL ISM )DEALS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN DISCUSSED IN THE POLITICAL MAIN STREAM FOR AT LEAST YEARS WHEN 4ONY "LAIR BECAME ,ABOUR LEADER AND DECLARED SUCH IDEALS TO BE hOLD ,ABOURv "UT WHILE THE S WORD MIGHT SEEM UNFAMILIAR AND SMACK OF A BYGONE ERA FOR MANY THE POLI
CIES -C$ONNELL OUTLINED MAY SEEM TO BE ROOTED IN COMMON SENSE A MINIMUM WAGE THAT YOU COULD LIVE ON AT LEAST a AN HOUR !N END TO TUITION FEES AT UNIVERSITY AN END TO PRIVATISATION NOT SPENDING AT LEAST a BILLION POUNDS ON NEW NUCLEAR BOMBS AND INCREASING THE STATE PENSION TO a A WEEK /THER COMMITMENTS WERE A LITTLE MORE VAGUE BUT INCLUDED RESTORING TRADE UNION RIGHTS AND MOVING QUICKLY TO A GREEN ENERGY POLICY -C$ONNELL SEEMS SINCERE IN HIS BELIEF THAT HE CAN COME CLOSE ENOUGH TO .UMBER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE 4O EVEN GET ON TO THE BALLOT HE NEEDS TO BE NOMINATED BY AT LEAST FELLOW -0S NO MEAN FEAT WHEN YOU CONSIDER HOW POLITI CALLY DISTANT HE IS FROM MANY OF HIS PARTY hCOLLEAGUESv -C$ONNELL DID POINT OUT THAT HE HAS SOLID SUPPORT IN THE TRADE UNIONS WITH ALMOST OF 45# DELEGATES PREFERRING HIM TO "ROWN AS 0- *UST HOW CLOSE TO THE TOP JOB HE GETS REMAINS TO BE SEEN BUT JUDGING BY THE INTEREST AT THE 5%! MEETING HIS FAILURE IS FAR FROM ASSURED
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7EDNESDAY TH &EBRUARY
4IME TO &IND THE %XEC &AC
/N -ARCH TH AND TH THE 5NION OF 5%! 3TUDENTS HOLDS ELECTIONS FOR IT S %XECUTIVE /FlC ERS WHO LOOK AFTER THE RUNNING OF THE 5NION AS WELL AS ELECTING DELEGATES TO THE .53 .A TIONAL #ONFERENCE AND &ACULTY #ONVENORS 4HE CANDIDATES ARE LISTED HERE SO CHOOSE WISELY 3ABBATICAL /FlCERS !CADEMIC /FlCER #AMMIE &ULMER !S STUDENTS THE CONCERN THAT UNITES US ALL ARE ACADEMIC ISSUES 7HETHER IT IS INCREASED FEES OR SLOW REGISTRATION ACADEMIC APPEALS OR INADEQUATE 7EBMAIL IF ELECTED ) LL DO ALL ) CAN TO REPRESENT 9/5 ACCU RATELY AND FAIRLY AS WELL AS ENSURE 5%! STUDENTS THE HIGHEST QUALITY EDUCATION C FULMER UEA AC UK FOR QUESTIONS
#OMMUNICATIONS /FlCER 2OWENA "ODDINGTON ) LOVE THE 5NION AND AM PASSIONATE ABOUT THE WAY IT ENRICHES THE LIVES OF 5%! STUDENTS !S PAST 0UBLICITY /FlCER AND #HAIR OF 5NION #OUNCIL ) VE GOT THE EXPERI ENCE TO DO THE JOB 6OTE FOR A STRONG PROGRESSIVE OFlCER WHO WILL IMPROVE COMMUNICATIONS AND lGHT FOR YOU WWW 2O #OMMS CO UK
*ESSICA (ALLYBONE 7HAT DO 9/5 WANT YOUR UNION TO BE DO ING ) CAN REALLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT !S COMMUNICATIONS OFlCER ) D PUT 5%! STU DENTS lRST PROMOTE ALL SPORTS CLUBS AND SOCIETIES KEEP OUR STUDENT MEDIA RUNNING AND RELEVANT CAM PAIGN TO KEEP THE CAP ON TUITION FEES AND LISTEN TO 9/52 VOICES
,EWIS 3PURGIN 4HE 3TUDENT 5NION IS THE BEST WAY FOR STUDENTS TO GET THEIR VOICES HEARD ) LL MAKE SURE THAT EVERY STUDENT IS AWARE OF EXACTLY WHAT GOES ON IN THEIR UNION AND WHAT IT CAN DO TO HELP ) WANT A FAIR AND DEMOCRATIC UNION THAT RE ALLY REPRESENTS WHAT STUDENTS WANT
&INANCE /FlCER .ICK +ENT (I ) M .ICK AND ) M A RD YEAR (ISTORY STU DENT ) M THE ONE FOR &INANCE /FlCER DUE TO MY HEAVY COMMIT MENT IN BOTH 5NION AND 5NIVERSITY LIFE 4HIS YEAR ) HAVE BEEN BOTH 3OCIETIES /FlCER AND #HAIR OF THE %XEC AS WELL AS SITTING ON 5NION #OUNCIL AND BEING TREASURER OF ,IVEWIRE
7ILL 0OOK /UR 3TUDENT 5NION IS REMARKABLE HOWEVER ) lRMLY BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE BETTER WAYS TO SPEND AND ACCUMULATE MONEY FOR THE 5NION 4HIS CAN BE DONE THROUGH MORE EFFECTIVE SPENDING AND ENCOURAGE MENT OF CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP FOR CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 4HIS ISN T WHAT ) AM SOLELY ABOUT PLEASE READ MY MANIFESTO
PUS SUSTAINABILITY AND @'O 'REEN #AMPAIGNS WHILST PROMOTING ENERGY EFlCIENCY PROVIDING BETTER RECYCLING FACILITIES AND REDUCING WASTAGE 3O HELP ME TO HELP YOU LIVE A GREENER LIFE
%THICAL )SSUES /FlCER 4HOMAS "URKE 3EAN 2OSE .O TEXT SUBMITTED
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$/ 9/5 7!.4 7ELL FUNDED SOCIE TIES AND SPORTS %THICAL 5NION lNANCES #HEAP ACCOMMODA TION ! 'REEN 5NION 4RANSPARENTLY MANAGED ACCOUNTS 4O HAVE YOUR SAY IN 5NION POLICY AND lNANCES (APPY TIMES &OR MORE DETAILS EMAIL !NDREW TAYLOR UEA AC UK OR VOTE !NDREW 4AYLOR FOR &INANCE ; =
) WILL FOCUS ON MAK ING INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS FEEL AT HOME AND MIXING AS MUCH AS POS SIBLE WITH %NGLISH STUDENTS 4HAT WILL INCLUDE OVERCOMING INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS PROBLEMS SUCH AS STRUGGLING TO SOCIALISE UNABLE TO INTEGRATE AND OTHER EVERYDAY ISSUES THAT CAN BE SERIOUS OBSTACLES TO TAKING A FULL ADVANTAGE OF STUDENT LIFE
7ELFARE /FlCER 2UTH 3TONE 7ELFARE /FlCER ISN T JUST ABOUT BEING UN DERSTANDING IT S ABOUT BEING ACTIVE !S YOUR 7ELFARE /FlCER ) WILL BE DEDICATED TO RAISING AWARENESS AND CAMPAIGNING ON THE ISSUES THAT AFFECT YOU &ROM EXTOR TIONATE BUS PRICES TO MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES ) LL WORK TO PUT THE hYOUv BACK INTO 5NION !NY QUESTIONS RUTH STONE UEA AC UK
4AMSYN 2OSS )F ELECTED )NTERNA TIONAL /FlCER ) WOULD AIM TO IMPROVE THE EXPERIENCE INTERNA TIONAL STUDENTS HAVE AT 5%! STRIVING TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND ADVICE FOR SUCH STUDENTS AND FACILITATE BETTER INTEGRATION INTO CAMPUS LIFE ) WOULD ALSO AIM TO TAKE A MEANING FUL ROLE IN PROVIDING SUPPORT TO HOME STUDENTS ABROAD
,IBERATIONS /FlCER *OE #ONBOY
0ART 4IME /FlCERS %NVIRONMENTAL /FlCER 4OM %DWARDS ) HAVE THREE MAIN POLICIES TO LOOK INTO MICROGENERATION FOR THE 5NION UNDER THE LOW CARBON BUILDINGS PROGRAM 4O HELP THE 5NION STRIVE TO BE AS ENERGY EFlCIENT AS POSSIBLE AND TO SUPPORT THE 3USTAINABILITY )NITIA TIVE &UND SO THAT WE CAN PIONEER SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT HERE ON CAMPUS 4HANK YOU 4OM %DWARDS
3ANNAH -ALIK !S %NVIRONMENT /FlCER ) LL STRIVE TO MAKE 5%! AS ENVI RONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AS POSSIBLE FOR YOU THE STUDENTS ) WILL HOLD %NVIRONMENT WEEKS CAM
-INORITIES ARE CUR RENTLY BADLY UNREPRE SENTED IN 0ARLIAMENT AND THE PROFESSIONS THE SAME CAN BE SAID OF STUDENT POLITICS 4HAT THIS NEEDS TO CHANGE IS NOT CONTROVERSIAL (OW BEST TO ACHIEVE THIS IS AS A -ARXIST ) BELIEVE IN A LIBERATIONS CAMPAIGN WHICH HIGH LIGHTS NOT PEOPLES DIFFERENCES BUT THEIR SIMILARITIES ) WANT TO THROW TERMS LIKE h"-%v AND @,'"4 IN THE PROVERBIAL DUSTBIN
&RANKIE 7HISTON /UR 5NION SEEMS MORE CONCERNED WITH APPEARING ETHICAL THAN LOOKING AFTER THEIR STUDENTS ESPECIALLY THOSE IN SPECIlC GROUPS BASED ON RELIGION RACE DISABILITY AND SEXUALITY ) SEE MYSELF AS A REP RESENTATIVE OF THE STUDENTS RATHER THAN SOMEONE WHO SHOULD DICTATE
THEIR NEEDS )T S TIME FOR /52 VOICES TO BE HEARD
"ECKY 7ILSON %VERY STUDENT HAS THE RIGHT TO BE THEMSELF WITHOUT FEAR OF DIS CRIMINATION ) WOULD HELP TO ACHIEVE THIS BY WORKING TO ELIMINATE BULLYING IN (ALLS OF 2ESIDENCE CAMPAIGNING AND RAISING AWARE NESS ON BEHALF OF THE ,'"4 AND SUPPORTING THE h$ONATION NOT $ISCRIMINATIONv CAMPAIGN WHILE ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO GIVE BLOOD
3OCIETIES /FlCER !NDY *UDSON 4HROUGH MY WORK IN STUDENT MEDIA SOCIE TIES AT 5%! ) HAVE SEEN HOW IMPORTANT SOCIETIES ARE TO OUR TIME HERE ) PROMISE TO ENSURE THEY CONTINUE PLAYING AN IMPORTANT PART IN OUR TIME AS 5%! STUDENTS AND HELP THOSE WHO WISH TO START NEW SOCIETIES BUT AREN T SURE HOW TO
.53 $ELEGATE 3TEVIE !LTMAN 4HE .53 IS HERE TO REPRESENT YOU AND IT S IMPORTANT THAT YOUR VIEWS ARE PUT ACROSS ) WILL ENSURE THAT THE VOICES OF 5%! STUDENTS ARE HEARD AT THE CONFERENCE AND WILL TAKE SPECIAL INTEREST IN ISSUES SURROUNDING TOP UP FEES MENTAL HEALTH AND STUDENT ACCOMMODA TION
2OWENA "ODDINGTON .53 CONFERENCE IS A CONFUSING PLACE AND 5%! NEEDS A STRONG VOICE ) WILL NOT VOTE ON PARTY OR FAC TIONAL POLITICS BUT AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE 5NION OF 5%! STUDENTS &OR A DOWN TO EARTH SENSIBLE AND INFORMED VOICE VOTE 2O FOR .53 DELEGATE
*OE #ONBOY 4HE CURRENT .53 POLICY OF SEPARATE CAMPAIGNING WOEFULLY MISSES THE POINT )T IS PRECISELY THIS CLASSIl CATION OF PEOPLE NOT BY THEIR COMMON HUMANITY BUT BY THEIR RACE GENDER OR SEXUALITY THAT LEADS TO DISCRIMINATION IN THE lRST PLACE ) WILL lGHT TO CHANGE THIS
!NDY *UDSON .53 #ONFERENCE NEEDS REPRESENTATIVES WHO AREN T PART OF THE FACTIONAL POLITICS AND WHO CAN DEAL WITH THE AGGRESSIVE BICKERING THAT GOES ON ) WILL STAND UP FOR WHAT STUDENTS WANT AND MAKE SURE THAT ) KNOW HOW YOU WISH FOR ME TO VOTE ON THE MOTIONS THAT WILL BE DEBATED
$AVID 3HEPPARD (AVING ATTENDED REGIONAL .53 CONFER ENCE AND HAVING BEEN INVOLVED IN #OUNCIL DEBATES ABOUT OUR MOTIONS BEING SENT TO CONFERENCE ) CAN REPRESENT 5%! STUDENTS BOTH ARTICULATELY AND COM PETENTLY #ONFERENCE SHOULDN T BE ABOUT PERSONAL OPINIONS AND AFTER A YEAR AS (5- CONVENOR ) FEEL ) UNDERSTAND WHAT 5%! STUDENTS THINK AND BELIEVE
%DDIE 3HIELDS ) BELIEVE THAT .53 CAN BE GREAT BUT ONLY IF IT FOCUSES ON WHAT UNITES STUDENTS ) WILL VOTE AT .53 CONFERENCE TO ENSURE THAT .53 FO CUSES ON KEY CAMPAIGNS THAT AFFECT THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS ) WILL ALSO SUPPORT 5%! S MOTIONS REGARDING SOCIAL WORK BURSARIES AND RACISM ON CAMPUS
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&ACULTY #ONVENOR $AVID 3HEPPARD ) M 3HEP AND IF RE ELECTED ) WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH REPS IN YOUR SCHOOL TO HELP lND SOLUTIONS TO LO CALISED PROBLEMS SUCH AS REDUCED CONTACT TIME AND THE PROPOSED RESTRUCTURING OF COURSES ) WILL CONTINUE TO BE INVOLVED WITH NATIONAL STUDENT ISSUES SUCH AS THE @+EEP THE #AP CAMPAIGN
3TANDING IN ALL ELECTIONS 2/.
)N ANY ELECTION IF YOU ARE NOT SATISlED WITH THE CANDIDATES WHO HAVE BEEN NOMINATED YOU CAN VOTE TO 2E /PEN .OMINATIONS 2/. TO RE OPEN THE BALLOTS FOR NEW CANDIDATES
7EDNESDAY TH &EBRUARY #/.#2%4%
9ET !NOTHER -INISTER %NTERS $EPUTY ,EADERSHIP 2ACE
5NION 3EEKS ,EGAL !DVICE ,EGAL ADVICE HAS BEEN SOUGHT BY THE 5NION OF 3TUDENTS AFTER THE 5NION 0UB FAILED TO OPEN ON TIME IN WEEK 4HE BAR MANAGER 4AM -C#LUMPTOR HAS BEEN SUSPENDED WHILE THE 5NION UNDERTAKES A FULL INVESTI GATION INTO WHY THE DOORS WERE OPEND THIRTY SECONDS LATE ,AWYERS FOR THE 5NION ARGUED THAT OPENING A PUB LATE WAS UTTERLY INCONSISTENT WITH EVE RYTHING STUDENTS STAND FOR AND SUGGESTED THAT THE MANAGER BE SUSPENDED (OWEVER 4AM RESPONDED BY STATING THAT HIS SUSPENSION WAS hAN UTTERLY DISPROPORTIONATE RE SPONSEv #ONCRETE UNDERSTANDS THAT 4AM WILL BE APPEALING THE DECISION BUT HAS BEEN UNOF lCIALLY BRIEFED BY A SPOKESPER SON WHO SAID THAT HE WILL BE lNED a IN LEGAL COSTS AND IMPRISONED IN 3UFFOLK 4ERRACE FOR SEVEN YEARS BEFORE BEING DEPORTED TO "OGNOR 2EGIS
!NOTHER %THICS "Y %LECTION 4HERE IS TO BE YET ANOTHER %TH ICS /FlCER BY ELECTION AS THE INCUMBENT WAS FORCED TO RESIGN DUE TO DEROGATORY REMARKS MADE IN THE ,#2 LAST NIGHT /BERON "OGTUFT WAS ONLY ELECTED THREE DAYS AGO BUT HAS COURTED CONTRO VERSY EVER SINCE )T ALL CAME TO A HEAD WHEN SPEAKING TO FELLOW STUDENTS ON HIS COURSE HE WAS OVERHEARD DESCRIBING A RECENT ESSAY AS hA BLOODY TORTUREv
#OMPETITION #ORNER 4HIS WEEK WE ARE GIVING AWAY A FANTASTIC PRIZE n LUNCH WITH THE .53 3ECRETARY !LL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ANSWER THIS EASY PEASY QUESTION WHICH WE PROMISE YOU IS SIMPLICITY ITSELF 7HO IS THE .53 3ECRETARY A .ORMAN 4EBBIT B 7AYNE 2OONEY C "RITNEY 3PEARS D 'RAYSON 0ERRY E 7HO GIVES A STUFFED TINKER
#ONCRETE 3OCKS 3URVEY ! BIG THANK YOU TO ALL READERS WHO RETURNED COMPLETED SURVEYS TO US 4HE RESULTS MAKE FOR FASCINATING READING &EMALE 2ESPONSE -ALE 2ESPONSE (AVE YOU EVER WORN SOCKS 9ES .O 9ES .O .O IDEA MATE (OW OFTEN DO YOU WEAR SOCKS $AILY /NLY IN THE WINTER 4WICE A WEEK $AILY %VERY TWO DAYS .EVER n IT AFFECTS MY DISTINCTIVE AROMA (OW LONG DO YOUR SOCKS USUALLY LAST ! COUPLE OF YEARS ! COUPLE OF WEEKS ! COUPLE OF YEARS ! COUPLE OF DECADES ! WHOLE LIFETIME OR UNTIL THEY DISINTEGRATE OFF MY FEET (AVE YOU TRIED ORAL SOCKS 9ES .OT SURE 9ES 0OSSIBLY BUT ) WAS DRUNK AT THE TIME )F NOT WHY NOT 4HE THOUGHT NEVER OCCURRED TO ME $ON T BE DISGUSTING -Y FEET ARE TOO BIG -Y FEET ARE TOO SMALL 7HAT SOCK AIDS DO YOU POSSESS .OTHING ! VIBRATING
SHOE HORN .OTHING ! SET OF CLOTHES PEGS TO KEEP THEM IN PAIRS IN THE WASH 3HOULD YOU WAIT BEFORE WEARING SOCKS .O WAY n GET @EM ON 9ES IT IS A MORE NOBLE WAY 9ES AS IT SIGNIlES COMING OF AGE .O (AVE YOU EVER PAID FOR SOCKS .O ) KNOW A GOOD DEALER 4HAT S WHAT THE STUDENT LOAN IS THERE FOR -UMMY BUYS THEM $OES SOCIETY GLAMORISE SOCKS 9ES 9ES BUT NOT ENOUGH 9ES .OT AS MUCH AS 5%! (AS ANYTHING FUNNY EVER HAP PENED WITH A SOCK (ELL YEAH ) M AFRAID NOT SORRY 9OU SOCK BASTARD
4O THE BEWILDERMENT OF MANY 7ESTMINSTER COMMENTATORS AND TO THE BATTING OF AN EYELID OF THE REST OF THE PUBLIC HARD LINE 3OCIAL !FFAIRS 3ECRETARY 7ALLACE / $ORKE ANNOUNCED HIS ENTRY INTO THE AL READY CROWDED RACE FOR THE DEPUTY LEADERSHIP OF THE 0ARTY 4HIS BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CANDIDATES VY ING FOR THE NUMBER TWO POSITION TO SIX #ONCRETE S 0OLITICAL %DITOR *EFF 4UBESHAFTER PROlLES THE CANDIDATES 2UTH +INKERSLASH -INISTER FOR 4ARGET 3TANDARDS -S +INKERSLASH THREW HER HAT IN THE RING LAST WEEK AFTER MONTHS OF AGONISING WHETHER TO DO SO /NCE SEEN AS A RISING STAR OF THE GOVERNMENT -S +INKERSLASH WAS DEMOTED IN A RESHUFmE IN !T HER CAMPAIGN LAUNCH SHE DECLARED THAT SHE WAS STANDING FOR hTRADI TIONAL VALUES v AND WANTED THE 0ARTY TO hRETURN TO ITS ROOTS WHILST PRESERVING A MODERNISING AGENDAv 3HE IS THE CANDIDATE WITH THE MOST SUPPORT FROM THE BACKBENCHES DESPITE HAVING STUCK RIGIDLY TO THE 0ARTY LINE FOR YEARS /DDS 7ALLACE / $ORKE 3OCIAL !FFAIRS 3ECRETARY 7ITH A REPUTATION AS HARD AS THE CRUST ON A STALE PORK PIE -R / $ORKE HAS STAMPED DOWN ON VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY FOR BEING hA TOTAL WASTE OF SPACEv ! #OMMUNIST ACTIVIST IN THE S HE MELLOWED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT (OWEVER HIS RECENT SPEECH ATTACKED THE 0RIME -INISTER FOR hEVERYTHING THAT HAS GONE WRONG EVER SINCE HE ENTERED .UMBER 7HY ) COULD DO BET TER WITH MY EYES SHUT SITTING ON MY HANDS AND SPEAKING ,ATVIAN ALL DAYv /DDS ,IONEL 'ANDERWINKLE 9OUTH !CHIEVEMENT -INISTER 4HE WELL KNOWN JUNIOR MIN ISTER WHO HAS APPEARED ON (AVE ) 'OT .EWS &OR 9OU 3ONGS OF 0RAISE AND (OLLYOAKS )N THE #ITY WAS THE
&)6% '%4 !. !3"/ h) SAY $ICK GIVE ME A BUNK UP v EXCLAIMED *ULIAN AS HE lRMLY GRIPPED THE GARDEN WALL h/H DO TAKE CARE v WHINED !NNE LOOKING AWAY WITH FEAR h7HERE S 'EORGE v 3HE ENQUIRED 4HE BOYS IGNORED HER UNTIL *ULIAN MANAGED TO GET OVER THE WALL h7HAT WAS THAT !NNE v (E ASKED $ICK SAID h/H SHE S MOANING AGAIN !LL GIRLS DO THAT S WHAT THEY RE GOOD FOR n OUCH v (E BENT DOUBLE AS !NNE HAD KICKED HIM HARD IN THE GROIN -EANWHILE *ULIAN WAS TAKING OFF HIS PULL OVER AND PUTTING ON HIS HOODIE (E WAS REACHING INTO A POCKET FOR HIS CIGARETTES WHEN HE HEARD A FAINT NOISE )T WAS A SLIGHT SCUFmING SOUND AND AFTER LOOKING ALL ABOUT HE THOUGHT IT WAS COM ING FROM BEHIND THE NEARBY SHED *ULIAN SLOWLY CREPT TOWARDS IT AND DUCKED BEHIND THE CORNER #ARE FULLY HE POKED HIS HEAD ROUND AND
SAW 4IMMY h(ELLO OLD THING v h3HUT UP WILL YOU v CAME A FAMIL IAR VOICE *ULIAN WATCHED AS 'EORGE CLAMBERED OUT OF THE SHED WINDOW CLUTCHING SEVERAL CANS OF SPRAY PAINT (E ASKED h7HAT HAVE YOU GOT THERE v h#ANS OF SPRAY PAINT v 'EORGE ANSWERED h7IZARD v HISSED *ULIAN AS HE TOOK ONE (E SHOOK IT AND SPRAYED A SMILEY FACE ON THE SHED !S HE lNISHED THEY WERE JOINED BY $ICK AND !NNE h) SAY v BEGAN $ICK h7E COULD HAVE A SPIFlNG TIME WITH THOSE ,ET S GO INTO TOWN AND GRAFlTI IT v 4HE lVE OF THEM RETURNED TO THE GARDEN WALL AND SCRAMBLED OVER IT EXCEPT 4IMMY WHO WAS TOSSED OVER BY 'EORGE h/H BOTHER v SHE SAID h4IMMY S DEAD v 4HEY ALL CROWDED OVER THE DEAD DOG WHEN A STERN VOICE WAS HEARD
h/I v h1UICK v YELLED $ICK h)T S THE ROZZ ERS 2UN FOR IT v 4HEY SPLIT UP AND RAN IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS BUT !NNE WAS SOON OUT OF BREATH 3HE LEAPT OVER A PARK BENCH BUT TWISTED HER ANKLE AS SHE LANDED h"UGGER v h %LLO @ELLO @ELLO v CAME THE VOICE OF THE 0#3/ BEHIND HER h7HAT S ALL THIS THEN v !NNE FEARED THE WORSE AND WAS ABOUT TO GIVE IN WHEN *ULIAN THUMPED THE 0#3/ IN THE STOM ACH WINDING HIM BEFORE BOXING HIS EARS (E TURNED TO 'EORGE h) HOPE YOU GOT THAT ON YOUR MO BILE v HE SAID h/F COURSE v RESPONDED 'EORGE AS SHE POCKETED HER PHONE h*OLLY GOOD v SAID $ICK h,ET S GO HOME FOR A SLAB OF FRUIT CAKE A FEW BOTTLES OF GINGER BEER AND A SPLIFF OR TWO v
lRST TO DECLARE HIS CANDIDACY (IS CAMPAIGN BEGAN IN STYLE AS HE PARACHUTED FROM A PLANE OVER THE 2IVER 4HAMES BEFORE LANDING ON #OLLEGE 'REEN -R 'ANDERWINKLE WANTS TO BRING HAPPINESS TO "RIT AIN AND TO THIS END WANTS TO MAKE 0ETER +AY THE NEXT !RCHBISHOP OF #ANTERBURY /DDS *ENNY 0OOPS 003 TO THE &ISH ING -INISTER .OT EVEN ) HAVE THE FOGGIEST WHY -RS 0OOPS IS STANDING FOR THE DEPUTY LEADERSHIP !T A GUESS ) THINK SHE WAS SLIGHTLY TIDDLY AND IT JUST SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME 3HE WAS POPULAR WITH THE GRASSROOTS MEMBERSHIP UNTIL SHE SENT ALL OF HER CHILDREN TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL BOUGHT A CASTLE IN 7ALES AND BECAME MAJORITY SHAREHOLDER OF &ORTNUM AND -ASON /DDS !RTHUR 3CROGG -INISTER FOR THE 2EGIONS -R 3CROGG S CAMPAIGN SLOGAN READS h4IME FOR A #HANGE n 4IME FOR A 3CROGGv (E IS WELL REMEM BERED FOR PLAYING THE AIR GUITAR IN THE (OUSE OF #OMMONS DURING A DEBATE ON PENSIONS AND HAS BEEN VOTED HIPPEST -0 FOR SIX YEARS RUN NING -R 3CROGG IS GENERALLY PER CEIVED AS A POPULAR IF LIGHTWEIGHT CANDIDATE /DDS -ALCOLM 3TIGGLESWORTH 4EL ECOMS -INISTER 3EEN AS A RANK OUTSIDER -R 7IGGLESWORTH HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A hCOMPLETE NONENTITYv AND A hSERIAL LOSERv BY HIS OWN MOTHER (IS BEST KNOWN ACHIEVEMENT WAS INTRODUCING LEGISLATION LIMITING THE NUMBER OF TIMES BROADCASTERS CAN SQUEEZE THE CREDITS OF A PRO GRAMME TO ONE SIDE WHILST TELLING US WHAT S NEXT ON AFTER THE BREAK 0ROMISED TO hRENEW THE 0ARTY FOR THE .OUGHTIESv UNTIL HE WAS GENTLY REMINDED THAT IT IS NEARLY /DDS
.EW 3TATUE )N 4HE (IVE ,AST NIGHT A NEW STATUE OF #ATH "LADDERWACK WAS UNVEILED IN THE (IVE -S "LADDERWACK A STUDENT AT 5%! IN THE S HAS BEEN CALLED hTHE GRANDMOTHER OF THE 5NIONv BECAUSE OF HER TREMEN DOUS WORK FOR THE CAUSE OF STU DENTS ACROSS .ORWICH )T IS TO HER HONOUR THAT A SEVEN FT STATUE WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE 5NION IN ORDER TO CELEBRATE HER REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS IN OFlCE OVER THIRTY YEARS AGO -S "LADDERWACK A CONTROVER SIAL lGURE WILL BE BEST REMEM BERED FOR INVENTING THE TERM TO DESCRIBE UNETHICAL BEHAVIOUR AS hUNETHICALv 3HE WAS ALSO A VERY STRONG SUPPORTER OF BOYCOTTS AND INITIATED AN EIGHTEEN MONTH BOY COTT AGAINST 2OCKET ICE LOLLIES FOR BEING UNETHICAL
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3EX LIES AND NO VIDEO TAPE ! NEW 3EXUAL /FFENCES !CT INTRODUCED IN WAS DESIGNED TO HELP THE VICTIMS OF RAPE #HARLOTTE +IMBLEY LOOKS INTO WHY THIS HAS HAD SO LITTLE EFFECT ON THE RATE OF CON VICTIONS AND TALKS TO A 5%! STUDENT ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE OF RAPE
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N THE 'OVERNMENT ANNOUNCED A .EW 3EXUAL /FFENCES !CT ON ADVICE FROM THE (OME /FlCE 4HIS NEW LEGISLATION WAS DESIGNED TO RE DElNE EXISTING LAWS SURROUND ING RAPE AND THE ISSUE OF CONSENT )T WAS SUPPOSED TO OFFER MORE PROTEC TION FOR VICTIMS AS WELL AS CREATING HIGHER CONVICTION RATES (OWEVER STATISTICS RELEASED THE FOLLOWING YEAR REVEALED THAT CONVICTION RATES FOR RAPE NATIONALLY WERE FEWER THAN %VEN MORE FRIGHTENING WERE THE REGIONAL CONVICTION RATES .ORFOLK POLICE FORCE WAS SHOWN TO HAVE ONE OF THE LOWEST IN THE COUNTRY AT JUST AND THE HIGHEST RATE WAS A PITIFUL )N RECENT MONTHS THERE HAS BEEN AN ENRAGED OUTBURST FROM THE MEDIA CONCERNING THESE LOW CONVICTION RATES WITH BROADCAST INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS THE ""# AND #HANNEL SETTING UP TELEVISED lCTIONAL TRIALS TO HELP CONVEY WHY THE LAW IS FAILING RAPE VICTIMS )N THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT ONE 5%! STUDENT TALKS OPENLY TO #ONCRETE ABOUT HER OWN TRAUMATIC ORDEAL AND HOW THE LAW S AMBIGUITIES SAVED HER ATTACKER FROM BEING PROSECUTED AND ALLOWED HIM TO WALK FREE h) WAS PLANNING TO GO TO THE ,OFT WITH SOME FRIENDS ) HADN T SEEN IN A WHILE ) DONNED MY JEANS AND T SHIRT AND HAD lVE OR SIX *$ AND COKES BEFORE ) LEFT THE HOUSE ) GOT TO MY FRIEND S HOUSE AND HAD ABOUT TWO OR THREE MORE VODKAS &ROM HERE ON EVERYTHING IS QUITE SKETCHY ) CAN T REMEMBER GETTING TO THE CLUB ) HAVE mASHES IN MY MIND OF THE CLUB AND FEELING SPACED OUT ) HAVE THE VAGUEST MEMORY OF A GUY (IS FACE ) CAN T PICTURE (E S TALL AND QUITE STOCKY AND HAS BLEACH BLONDE HAIRx4HE NEXT THING ) REMEMBER IS QUICKLY SOBERING UP TO lND ) M IN A ROOM ! HOTEL ROOM ) STARTED TO CRY AND SHAKE KNOWING WHAT HAD HAPPENED ) ACHED ) RANG FOR HELP PANICKED AND TEARFUL BEGGING FOR SOMEONE TO COME AND GET ME ) SPENT THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT WITH POLICE CONFUSED DRUNK AND SCARED OF WHAT WAS HAP PENING AROUND ME 4HEY TOOK ME TO A CLINIC WHERE THEY QUESTIONED ME AND TOOK MY STATEMENT WHICH WAS A BLACKED OUT ACCOUNT OF THAT NIGHT S EVENTS !T THE CLINIC THEY TOOK SOME SWABS OF THE AFFECTED AREAS ALONG WITH BLOOD AND URINE SAMPLES TO CHECK MY ALCOHOL LEVELS AND TO SEE IF ) HAD BEEN DRUGGED 4HE DOCTOR PAINFULLY EXTRACTED A TAMPON FROM ME NOTING SCRATCHES AND BRUISING -ANY HOURS LATER ) WAS TAKEN HOME AND INFORMED THAT THE POLICE WOULD BE IN TOUCH v h4HROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE INVESTIGATION ) WAS TOLD BY POLICE THAT ) HAD DONE THE RIGHT THING IN REPORT ING THIS INCIDENT 4HE INVESTIGATION CENTRED AROUND CONlRMING THAT ) HAD BEEN PENETRATED THAT ) HAD A VERY
h"EING SURE OF YOURSELF AND STATING YOU DIDN T CONSENT TO SEX IS NOT ENOUGH )T HAS TO BE PROV EN v
HIGH LEVEL OF ALCOHOL IN MY SYSTEM AND WHETHER ) HAD CONSENTED TO HAVING SEX WITH THIS BLEACH BLONDE GUY ) D NEVER MET 0OLICE ARRESTED THE MAN IN QUESTION WHO STATED THAT ) HAD CONSENTED TO HAVE SEX WITH HIM BUT DENIED ANAL SEX TAKING PLACE ) FELT SURE IN MYSELF THAT ) WOULDN T HAVE CONSENTED TO ANY SEXUAL ACTIV ITY WITH THIS GUY &OR ONE ) WAS ON MY PERIOD FOR ANOTHER ) M GAY AND ) HAVE NO INCLINATION TO HAVE SEX WITH ANY GUY /NE OF MY FRIENDS LATER TOLD ME SHE REMEMBERED A hSTRANGEv GUY BLOCKING HER ATTEMPTS TO TALK TO ME 0OLICE TOLD ME OF REPORTS FROM BOUNCERS AT THE CLUB WHO REMEM BERED ME HAVING AN ARGUMENT WITH A GUY AND HAVING TO HOLD THIS GUY BACK WHILST ) WALKED OUT OF THE CLUB ) DON T KNOW WHY ) NEVER MADE IT TO A CAB AND ) LL PROBABLY NEVER KNOW WHAT THAT ARGUMENT WAS ABOUT $ESPITE INTERNAL RIPS IN MY ANUS NO SEMEN WAS FOUND AND SO ANAL SEX COULD NOT BE PROVED 5NFOR TUNATELY THE CLAIMS FROM THE BOUNC ERS COULDN T BE VERIlED !LTHOUGH THE LEVELS OF ALCOHOL IN MY BLOOD WERE FOUND TO BE HIGH POLICE COULD NOT VERIFY THE LEVEL OF MY INTOXICA TION DUE TO THE UNKNOWN VARIABLE OF MY TOLERANCE LEVELS v h4HE NEW 3EXUAL /FFENCES !CT INTRODUCED IN INCLUDED NEW LAWS THAT STATE PEOPLE WILL BE CONSIDERED MOST UNLIKELY TO HAVE WILLINGLY AGREED TO SEX IF THEY WERE UNCONSCIOUS DRUGGED OR ABDUCTED 7HEN ALCOHOL IS INVOLVED THE EFFEC TIVENESS OF THIS NEW LEGISLATION HITS A GREY AREA "EING SURE OF YOURSELF AND STATING YOU DIDN T CONSENT TO SEX IS NOT ENOUGH )T HAS TO BE PROVEN "UT HOW CAN YOU PROVE YOU DIDN T CONSENT WHEN AT THE TIME OF THE IN CIDENT YOU RE INCAPACITATED UNSURE OF THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS IN THAT NIGHT /NE POLICE OFlCER TOLD ME THAT SHORT OF HAVING VIDEO FOOTAGE OF THE ALLEGED OFFENDER RAPING THE INTOXICATED VICTIM A CONVICTION IN A COURT OF LAW IS UNLIKELY v 4HE 5%! VICTIM WAS HIGHLY INTOXICATED AT THE TIME OF THE ATTACK AND WAS NOT ABLE TO REMEMBER THE INCIDENT IN QUESTION "ECAUSE OF THIS THE INVESTIGATING OFlCERS DECIDED TO DROP THE CASE DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE POLICE AS A NATIONAL BODY RECOGNISE ALCOHOL AS THE MAJOR CON TRIBUTING FACTOR TO THE RISE OF RAPE STATISTICS -OST PEOPLE ARE NOT AWARE THAT IT IS ACTUALLY ALCOHOL AND NOT THE RAPE DRUG 2OHYPNOL WHICH IS USED IN THE MAJORITY OF DRUG ASSISTED RAPES )N RESPONSE TO THIS THE (OME /FlCE PLANS TO CREATE A @DRINK AND SEX LIMIT WHICH WOULD REMOVE THE AMBIGUITIES SURROUNDING THE ISSUE OF WHEN A PERSON ACCUSED OF RAPE CAN CLAIM THEY BELIEVED SOMEONE INTOXICATED GAVE CONSENT TO SEX
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MALE STUDENTS SURVEYED HAD COM MITTED ACTS THAT MET THE LEGAL DEF INITION OF RAPE OR ATTEMPTED RAPE
)T IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE BEFORE READING THESE STATISTICS THAT POLICE AND GOVERNMENT STATISTICS CONCERNING RAPE AND SEXUAL ATTACKS ARE WIDELY REGARDED AS REPRESENTING THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG 4HIS IS BECAUSE THE MA JORITY OF VICTIMS DO NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT TO THE AUTHORITIES !N ESTIMATED OF VICTIMS OF RAPE ARE FEMALE ARE MALE AND OF OFFENDERS ARE MALE "UREAU OF *USTICE 3TATISTICS 7OMEN ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE SEXUALLY ATTACKED BY MEN THEY KNOW IN SOME WAY MOST OFTEN PARTNERS OR ACQUAINTANCES "RITISH #RIME 3URVEY )N A STUDY OF STUDENTS AT COLLEGES IN THE 53 IN WOMEN HAD BEEN THE VICTIMS OF RAPE OR ATTEMPTED RAPE IN THE SAME STUDY OF RAPE VICTIMS TOLD NO ONE AND ONLY REPORTED IT TO THE POLICE 7AR SHAW OF FEMALE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS INDICATED THAT THEY HAD BEEN FORCED TO HAVE SEX IN A DATING SITUATION *OHNSON AND 3IGLER *NL OF )NTERPER SONAL 6IOLENCE IN MALE STUDENTS SURVEYED HAD COMMITTED ACTS THAT MET THE LEGAL DElNITION OF RAPE OR ATTEMPTED RAPE 7ARSHAW 2OBIN h) .EVER #ALLED )T 2APEv /F THE SUBSTANCES USED IN DRUG FACILITATED RAPE ALCOHOL IS THE MOST COMMON lNDING IN INVESTIGATIONS *OURNAL OF &ORENSIC 3CIENCES
4HE 2APE AND 3EXUAL !BUSE 3UPPORT #ENTRE OFFERS SUPPORT AND INFOR MATION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS WHO HAVE BEEN RAPED OR SEXUALLY ABUSED HOWEVER LONG AGO 9OU CAN CALL THEIR LOCAL RATE HELPLINE -ONDAYS TO &RIDAYS AND WEEKENDS AND BANK HOLIDAYS 9OU CAN lND DETAILS ON REGIONAL SUPPORT FOR MEN AND WOMEN ON THE 2APE #RISIS WEBSITE WHICH ALSO CONTAINS INFORMATION ON WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU GO TO THE POLICE AND ABOUT COURT PROCEDURES 'O TO WWW RAPECRISIS ORG UK 6ICTIM 3UPPORTLINE CAN PROVIDE HELP AND INFORMATION FOR ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY A VIOLENT OR SEXUAL ASSAULT 4HEY CAN BE REACHED ON -ONDAYS TO &RIDAYS WEEKENDS 9OU CAN ALSO E MAIL INFO VICTIMSUPPORT ORG UK OR VISIT THEIR WEBSITE AT WWW VICTIMSUPPORT ORG
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"ETTER 3AFE 4HAN 3ORRY 7ITH INCREASED SECURITY ON CAMPUS DUE TO THE NUMEROUS VIOLENT ATTACKS AND MUGGINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED AROUND 5%! !NNA 3TEWARD LOOKS INTO THE WAYS TO AVOID THESE FRIGHTENING SITUATIONS AND GIVES SOME TOP TIPS FOR SAFETY
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HE 5%! CAMPUS IS GENERALLY A SAFE PLACE 4HE NUMBER OF REPORTED ROBBERIES IS VERY LOW IT IS WELL PATROLLED AND MONITORED BY BOTH 0OLICE AND 5%! 3ECURITY 4HERE ARE ALSO A NUMBER OF ##46 CAMERAS ON CAMPUS (OWEVER STUDENT LIFESTYLES MAKE SOME PEOPLE AN EASY TARGET !LMOST EVERY NIGHT OF THE WEEK STUDENTS ARE WALKING HOME LATE FROM WORKING AT THE BAR STUDYING SPORTING EVENTS SESSIONS AT THE GYM OR SOCIALS 4HERE ALSO GIGS AND ,#2S THROUGHOUT THE WEEK WHICH TEND TO LEAVE SOME STUDENTS WALKING HOME ALONE 7HEN YOU VE HAD TOO MANY DRINKS AND START TO FEEL ILL YOU OFTEN DECIDE TO WALK HOME HOWEVER WALKING HOME ALONE DRUNK LEAVES YOU INCREDIBLY VULNERABLE TO BEING ATTACKED 1UICK QUIZ )F YOU HAVE SAID ANY OF THE PHRASES BELOW CIRCLE THEM AND ADD UP YOUR SCORE AT THE END 1UESTION 9OU@RE WALKING BACK FROM CAMPUS WHEN YOU RE FRIEND RINGS TO CHECK HOW YOUR GETTING HOME DO YOU ANSWER A 4HERE LL BE LOADS OF PEOPLE WALKING HOME IT LL BE lNE B )T S ALRIGHT ) VE JUST SEEN SOME GUYS ) KNOW C ) HAVEN T GOT ENOUGH MONEY FOR A TAXI )F YOU ANSWERED ! THEN YOU ARE MISGUIDED THERE MAYBE LOTS OF PEOPLE WALKING HOME WHEN YOUgRE ON 5NIVERSITY DRIVE BUT UNFORTUNATELY NOT EVERYONE LIVES IN THE SAME PLACE SO YOU WILL INEVITABLY BE WALKING ALONE AT SOME POINT )F YOU PUT A PENMARK AROUND " THEN YOU MAY LIKE TO KNOW THAT MOST RAPES ARE DONE BY PEOPLE YOU KNOW RATHER THAN STRANGERS ,ASTLY IF # WAS YOUR LETTER OF CHOICE THEN HERE S A TIP !"# TAXIS WILL TAKE YOU HOME EVEN IF YOU DON T HAVE A PENNY IN YOU POCKET JUST SHOW THEM YOUR CAMPUS CARD /+ SO QUESTION TWO !NY OF THESE PHRASES SOUND FAMILIAR A ) M A GUY 7HAT ARE YOU WORRYING ABOUT B ) LL MISS CALL YOU WHEN ) GET HOME DON T WORRY C ) WALK ALL THE TIME )F YOU ANSWERED ! YOU MAY BE A MACHO MAN BUT IT IS ACTUALLY MORE LIKELY FOR MEN TO GET ATTACKED THAN WOMEN 4HE OTHER ANSWERS ARENgT MUCH
9OU MAY BE A MACHO MAN BUT IT IS ACTUALLY MORE LIKELY FOR MEN TO GET ATTACKED THAN WOMEN
GOOD EITHER )T SEEMS SUCH A BIG THING TO GET A TAXI BACK TO THE VILLAGE FROM CAMPUS BUT NOT FROM TOWN 4HE REASONS FOR GETTING A TAXI SHOULD NOT ONLY BE HOW FAR YOU HAVE TO WALK OR HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU LL BE SHARING WITH 'ETTING HOME SAFELY SHOULD BE THE MOST IMPORTANT REASON 4HERE ARE ALSO A NUMBER OF PRECAUTIONS YOU CAN TAKE IF YOU HAVE TO WALK HOME IF IT IS LATE AT NIGHT WALK IN THE ROAD RATHER THAN ON PATHS AS LONG AS THERE S NOT TOO MUCH TRAFlC )F YOU HAVE LONG HAIR TUCK IT IN THAT WAY AN ATTACKER CAN T TUG YOU FROM BEHIND (ERE S A LAST TIP FOR THE WOMEN IF YOU ARE WALKING HOME FROM A NIGHT OUT THEN TAKE A SPARE PAIR OF mAT SHOES WITH YOU SO YOU CAN RUN IF NEED BE 2AJ +AMBLI 0OLICE S 5NIVERSITY ,IAISON /FlCER GAVE #ONCRETE SOME TOP TIPS FOR SAFETY -OBILE 0HONES )F YOU RE MAKING A MOBILE PHONE CALL YOU ARE LESS AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS THIS LEAVES YOU VULNERABLE TO THIEVES AND IT IS INCREDIBLY EASY TO SNATCH A PHONE FROM OUT OF SOMEONE S HANDS )F YOU NEED TO MAKE OR RECEIVE A CALL STAND STILL WHILE YOU DO SO IN ORDER THAT YOU CAN PAY MORE ATTENTION TO WHAT S GOING ON AROUND YOU #ONSIDER USING A DISCREET RING TONE OR VIBRATE ALERT WHEN YOU RE OUT AND ABOUT 2EMEMBER IF CHATTING ON THE PHONE OR LISTENING TO YOUR -0 PLAYER YOU WON T HEAR SOMEONE COME UP BEHIND YOU #ALL YOUR NETWORK OR )MMOBILISE 0HONE #RIME ON TO GET YOUR STOLEN OR LOST PHONE BLOCKED ,APTOPS #ARRYING A LAPTOP IN A LAPTOP BAG IS ADVERTISING THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE a WORTH OF COMPUTER EQUIPMENT TO POTENTIAL THIEVES )NSTEAD OF USING A LAPTOP BAG CARRY IT IN A RUCKSACK OR SPORTS BAG TO HIDE THE SHAPE !VOID USING CASH MACHINES AT NIGHT )F YOU HAVE TO USE ONE TRY AND GO WITH FRIENDS AND IF YOU SEE ANYONE SUSPICIOUS DON T WITHDRAW ANY MONEY 7HEN TRAVELLING BY FOOT !VOID WALKING HOME AFTER A NIGHT OUT n TRY AND STAY IN A GROUP AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AVOID DIMLY LIT AREAS AND SHORT CUTS 7HETHER DAY OR NIGHT TRY TO PLAN YOUR ROUTE HOME AND AVOID STOPPING TO LOOK AT A MAP !VOID USING EMPTY SUBWAYS BY YOURSELF PARTICULARLY IF THEY ARE LONG OR YOU CANNOT SEE ALL THE WAY THROUGH IT 7ALK WITH CONlDENCE )F YOU EVER FEEL THAT YOU ARE
BEING FOLLOWED TRY CROSSING OVER THE ROAD )F THEY CROSS WITH YOU TRY TO HEAD TOWARDS A BUSY PUBLIC AREA AND THEN ASK FOR HELP )F NECESSARY KNOCK ON THE DOOR OF THE lRST HOUSE THAT HAS THE LIGHTS ON THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE AT HOME AND AWAKE #ONSIDER CARRYING A PERSONAL ATTACK ALARM CARRY IT IN YOUR HAND WHEN WALKING AT NIGHT SO YOU RE AT THE READY 4HESE ARE VERY SIMPLE TO USE AND ARE PROVEN TO BE EFFECTIVE "UT DON T ASSUME YOU RE INVINCIBLE WITH ONE n ALWAYS BE
)F YOU RE MAKING A MOBILE PHONE CALL YOU ARE LESS AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS WHEN OUT AND ABOUT +EEP BAGS CLOSED ZIPPED AND BUCKLED 7HEN CARRYING BAGS TRY TO HAVE THE OPENING FACING IN TO YOUR BODY n THIS MAKES IT HARDER FOR SOMEONE TO GRAB SOMETHING FROM INSIDE YOUR BAG 3TICK TO MAIN PATHWAYS AND ROADS THESE ARE WELL ILLUMINATED AND HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF NATURAL SURVEILLANCE )T IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT VALUABLE ITEMS LIKE I0ODS -0 PLAYERS AND MOBILE PHONES SHOULD
)NSTEAD OF USING A LAPTOP BAG CARRY IT IN A RUCKSACK OR SPORTS BAG BE CONCEALED OTHERWISE THEY DRAW ATTENTION TO YOU !LWAYS KEEP YOUR MOBILE PHONE IN AN EASILY ACCESSIBLE PLACE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY ENSURE YOUR PHONE IS CHARGED AND HAS CREDIT )F STUDENTS FOLLOW THE ADVICE GIVEN THEY ARE LESS LIKELY TO FALL VICTIM TO A CRIME 4HE 0OLICE NON EMERGENCY NUMBER IS 2AJ IS CONTACTABLE VIA THE 3ECURITY ,ODGE 0#3/
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.OTE TO SELF 2EMEMBER &AIRTRADE &ORTNIGHT 7ITH &AIRTRADE &ORTNIGHT IN FULL FLOW 2OSIE "RADLEY "UNN 3EAN 2OSE AND &IONA "ILLINGS LOOK AT THE HISTORY BEHIND &AIRTRADE HOW BENEFICIAL IT REALLY IS AND WHAT EXCITING ACTIVITIES .ORWICH HAS TO OFFER DURING THE FORTNIGHT
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HANGE TODAY CHOOSE &AIRTRADE AND ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO THE SAME )T S &AIRTRADE &ORTNIGHT AT THE MOMENT THE AIM OF WHICH IS TO PERSUADE CONSUMERS TO THINK ABOUT WHO HAS MADE THEIR PRODUCTS AND TO PROMOTE &AIRTRADE PRODUCTS 4HE LOGO OF THE &AIRTRADE &OUNDATION THE 5+ MEMBER OF &AIRTRADE ,ABELLING /RGANISATIONS )NTERNATIONAL IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY WELL KNOWN ) SUSPECT MOST 5%! STUDENTS WOULD RECOGNISE IT IF ONLY BECAUSE ALL 5NION FOOD OUTLETS STOCK &AIRTRADE FOOD OR SERVE &AIRTRADE COFFEE 4HIS IS REmECTED BY NATIONWIDE SALES OF &AIRTRADE PRODUCTS WHICH INCREASED BY FROM TO &AIRTRADE HAS BECOME THE KEY GROWTH MARKET OF THE LAST DECADE AND THERE S NO DOUBT THAT THE -ARK HAS BECOME A MASSIVELY SUCCESSFUL MARKETING TOOL #ONCERNS HAVE BEEN RAISED THAT CERTAIN COMPANIES ARE JUMPING ON THE &AIRTRADE BANDWAGON WITHOUT ANY REAL COMMITMENT TO THE UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES #OSTA #OFFEE FOR EXAMPLE ARE AT PAINS TO POINT OUT THAT THEY WERE hTHE 5+ S lRST HIGH STREET COFFEE SHOP CHAIN TO OFFER A &AIRTRADE OPTIONv BUT THERE ARE STORES WHERE THE &AIRTRADE OPTION IS NOT EVEN MENTIONED ON THE MENU 3URE CUSTOMERS CAN SPECIlCALLY ASK FOR IT BUT MOST WOULDN T KNOW TO DO SO IN THE lRST PLACE 4HERE ARE SIMILAR CONCERNS ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF CONSTITUENT INGREDIENTS OF A PRODUCT WHICH MUST BE &AIRTRADE FOR THE PRODUCT TO RECEIVE CERTIlCATION THIS WAS AN ISSUE WHEN 3TARBUCKS BEGAN SELLING THEIR OWN BLEND OF &AIRTRADE COFFEE 3O WHAT S &AIRTRADE ALL ABOUT 4HE &AIRTRADE MOVEMENT HAS GROWN FROM A DESIRE TO HALT THE EXPLOITATION OF LABOURERS AT THE SUPPLY END OF THE INTERNATIONAL FOOD AND OTHER INDUSTRIES )NTERNATIONAL TRADE IS A POWERFUL TOOL PROVIDING GREAT WEALTH FOR MANY PEOPLE YET LEAVING MANY MORE DESTITUTE WORKING LONG HOURS IN POOR CONDITIONS 7ORKERS AND PRODUCERS IN GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS ARE OFTEN AMONG THE POOREST PEOPLE ON EARTH /UR DEMAND FOR CHEAP FOOD AND HIGH PROlTS FUEL THIS PROBLEM RESULTING IN AN EVER WIDENING GAP BETWEEN THE WORLD S RICH AND ITS POOR &AIRTRADE S PURPOSE IS TO TRY AND REVERSE THIS TREND &IRST AND FOREMOST THEIR AIM IS TO AVOID EXPLOITATION OF WORKERS AND PRODUCERS BUT IT ALSO GOES BEYOND THIS AND SEEKS TO MAKE A REAL
)T IS IMPORTANT NOT ONLY FOR THE WAY THAT IT HELPS EACH INDIVIDUAL WORKER AND THEIR COMMUNITY BUT FOR THE WIDER IMPACT IT HAS ON THE WORLD
IMPROVEMENT IN PEOPLE S LIVES AND IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES )T DOES THIS BY NOT ONLY GUARANTEEING PRODUCERS THAT THEY WILL BE PAID A PRICE FOR THEIR PRODUCTS THAT COVERS THE COST OF PRODUCTION BUT BY ALSO PAYING THEM A PREMIUM TO BE SPENT ON PROJECTS WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY SUCH AS BETTER HEALTHCARE SANITATION EDUCATION AND HOUSING )N SOME INSTANCES FARMERS GET A SHARE OF THE PROlTS TOO &OR EXAMPLE THE DELICIOUS $IVINE CHOCOLATE SOLD HERE ON CAMPUS IS CO OWNED BY +UAPO +OKOO A COCOA FARMERS COOPERATIVE IN 'HANA !S WELL AS GETTING A FAIR PRICE FOR THEIR COCOA THEY ALSO GET A SHARE IN THE PROlTS &AIRTRADE ALSO SEEKS TO PROTECT WORKERS BY REQUIRING COMPANIES TO GUARANTEE CERTAIN CONDITIONS AND RIGHTS FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES SUCH AS ADEQUATE HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS A LIMIT ON OVERTIME HOURS AND THE RIGHT TO JOIN A TRADE UNION OR WORKERS GROUP /F COURSE &AIRTRADE LABELLED PRODUCTS AREN T THE ONLY GOODS TO HAVE BEEN FAIRLY TRADED /RGANISATIONS SUCH AS /XFAM AND 4RAIDCRAFT HAVE LED THE WAY IN ETHICAL TRADING AND SELL A WIDE RANGE OF FAIRLY TRADED PRODUCTS #ONSUMERS CAN PLACE THEIR TRUST IN THESE ORGANISATIONS KNOWING THAT CHALLENGING POVERTY IS THEIR MAIN PURPOSE (OWEVER THERE IS SOME CONCERN THAT WHEN SOME PROlT DRIVEN COMPANIES PROVIDE THEIR OWN @FAIR TRADE CLAIMS WITHOUT HAVING THE INDEPENDENT CERTIlCATION OF THE &AIRTRADE MARK A FAIR DEAL FOR THEIR PRODUCERS MAY NOT BE THEIR PRIORITY 4HE &AIRTRADE &OUNDATION WARNS THAT IF YOU ARE SHOPPING AND SEE TEA COFFEE BANANAS OR COCOA PRODUCTS WITHOUT THE & MARK THE PRODUCT IS NOT GUARANTEED TO GIVE PRODUCERS A DECENT TRADE ARRANGEMENT 4HE SITUATION IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FOR NON FOOD ITEMS AS THE ONLY ONES THAT & CERTIlES ARE SPORTS BALLS AND mOWERS (ERE THE BATON IS TAKEN BY THE %THICAL 4RADING )NITIATIVE 4HE %4) IS A GROUP OF COMPANIES NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS AND TRADE UNIONS WHO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT COMPANIES ADHERE TO CODES OF CONDUCT AND LABOUR STANDARDS !NOTHER POSITIVE STEP IS TAKEN BY 4HE "ODY 3HOP WITH THEIR #OMMUNITY 4RADE SCHEME 4HE "ODY 3HOP BUYS PRODUCTS FROM A NUMBER OF DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES ALWAYS GIVING A FAIR PRICE WHICH WILL COVER PRODUCTION COSTS AND WAGES AND PROVIDE ENOUGH EXTRA FOR INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE &AIR TRADE MAKES SENSE )T IS IMPORTANT NOT ONLY FOR THE WAY THAT IT
HELPS EACH INDIVIDUAL WORKER AND THEIR COMMUNITY BUT FOR THE WIDER IMPACT IT HAS ON THE WORLD AS A WHOLE ! HEALTHY ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PRODUCERS AND RETAILERS IS IMPORTANT FOR BUILDING SUSTAINABLE TRADING RELATIONSHIPS AND AS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES PROSPER THEIR NEED FOR AID WILL DECREASE AND MARKETS FOR TWO WAY TRADE WILL GROW (OWEVER THERE ARE SEVERAL CRITICISMS OF &AIRTRADE THE lRST OF WHICH IS THAT THE PRICES SUPERMARKETS CHARGE FOR &AIRTRADE PRODUCTS ARE INmATED WITH MOST OF THE EXCESS BEING POCKETED BY THE LARGE CONGLOMERATES 4HIS WAS CERTAINLY AN ISSUE WHEN &AIRTRADE WAS AN EMERGING MARKET AND SUPERMARKETS ADDED A DISPROPORTIONATE MARK UP TO MAKE UP FOR THEIR LOSS LEADERS SEE .OT ON THE ,ABEL FOR AN EXCELLENT CRITIQUE (OWEVER GREATER AWARENESS OF &AIRTRADE COUPLED WITH INCREASING COMPETITION AS SUPERMARKETS VIE FOR THE ETHICAL POUND AND REDUCED COSTS DUE TO ECONOMIES OF SCALE MEAN THIS IS NO LONGER THE ISSUE -ANY SUPERMARKETS SELL &AIRTRADE ALTERNATIVES AT THE SAME PRICE AS NON &AIRTRADE BECAUSE THEY RECOGNISE THE 02 BENElTS OF DOING SO 4HE PRODUCER MEANWHILE RECEIVES A HIGHER PROPORTION OF THE &AIRTRADE POUND )T HAS ALSO BEEN SAID THAT BUYING &AIRTRADE IS THE LAZY WAY OUT OF A VERY REAL PROBLEM 7HILE ACCEPTING THAT OCCASIONALLY BUYING &AIRTRADE ALTERNATIVES OF A COUPLE OF YOUR GROCERIES WILL NOT @CHANGE THE WORLD SEEKING &AIRTRADE ALTERNATIVES IS FOR MANY PEOPLE THE lRST STEP TOWARDS GREATER SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AND n IDEALLY n ACTION &AIRTRADE IS NOT A PANACEA FOR THE PRESENT INEQUALITIES IN THE WORLD TRADE SYSTEM 4HERE ARE SOME SHORT COMINGS IN THE WAY &AIRTRADE OPERATES !T PRESENT THE &AIRTRADE -ARK CAN BE GIVEN TO CLOTHING THAT WAS MADE WITH &AIRTRADE COTTON BUT THAT DOESN T NECESSARILY UPHOLD )NTERNATIONAL ,ABOUR /RGANISATION ),/ STANDARDS (OWEVER IT IS A PRACTICAL AND EFFECTIVE MEANS OF PROMOTING AWARENESS AND PROVIDING A LINK BETWEEN PRODUCERS AND CONSUMERS IN AN INCREASINGLY DISLOCATED SYSTEM 4HE GROWTH OF &AIRTRADE SALES IS VERY POSITIVE BUT &AIRTRADE &OUNDATION %XECUTIVE $IRECTOR CONCEDES THAT hCOMPARED WITH WHAT IS NEEDED IN THE POORER COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD WE VE ONLY REALLY BEGUN TO MAKE A DENT IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST POVERTY AND UNFAIR TRADE v 3O HOW CAN YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE 4HE MOST OBVIOUS
AND SIMPLE WAY TO HELP IS TO BUY FAIRLY TRADED PRODUCTS $ON T JUST BUY THEM THIS FORTNIGHT BUT DO IT REGULARLY AND ENCOURAGE YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO DO THE SAME %VERY PURCHASE OF A &AIRTRADE ITEM SENDS A SIGNAL TO RETAILERS THAT THE DEMAND FOR THESE PRODUCTS IS THERE &OR EXAMPLE 3AINSBURY S SUPERMARKETS HAVE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL ONLY BE STOCKING &AIRTRADE BANANAS FROM NOW ON 4HIS MEANS AN INCREASE IN SALES OF AROUND MILLION BANANAS A WEEK 4HIS PRONOUNCEMENT BY 3AINSBURY S IS PRESUMABLY NOT ALL DOWN TO ALTRUISTIC DECISION MAKING ON THEIR PART CONSUMER DEMAND AND PRESSURE WILL HAVE PLAYED A PART TOO )T IS ALSO A GOOD IDEA TO SPEAK TO RETAILERS !SK THEM
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ABOUT THEIR PRODUCTS AND WHAT THEY DO TO ENSURE THEIR PRODUCERS ARE GETTING A FAIR DEAL AND REQUEST THAT THEY STOCK MORE FAIRLY TRADED ITEMS .ORWICH IS OFlCIALLY A &AIRTRADE CITY AND THERE IS NO END OF OUTLETS IN WHICH TO BUY &AIRTRADE PRODUCTS 4HE 7ORLD 3HOP ON %XCHANGE 3TREET DESERVES A SPECIAL MENTION 2UN BY LOCAL CHARITY .ORFOLK %DUCATION AND !CTION FOR $EVELOPMENT .%!$ THEIR PRODUCT RANGE INCLUDES TAKE A DEEP BREATH CHOCOLATE COFFEE TEA MUSIC BOOKS TEACHING RESOURCES CLOTHING SHOES ACCESSORIES JEWELLERY CRAFTS PAPER CARDS NOTEPADS PHOTO ALBUMS TOYS BASKETS TEXTILES MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS RELIGIOUS ARTEFACTS AND MUCH MORE 4HEY ALSO RUN FAIR TRADE
WORKSHOPS /THER SHOPS OF NOTE INCLUDE /XFAM 3T 'ILES 3TREET AND -AGDALEN 3TREET 4HE 'REENHOUSE SHOP AND CAFÏ "ETHEL 3TREET AND THE #O OP %ARLHAM 'REEN ,ANE )F NONE OF THE ABOVE IS ENOUGH TO PERSUADE YOU TO BUY &AIRTRADE MAYBE THE FACT THAT ALL OF THE &AIRTRADE PRODUCTS ) VE TRIED HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY SCRUMPTIOUS WILL DO THE TRICK &AIRLY TRADED PRODUCTS ARE INCREASINGLY AVAILABLE AND THEY RE IN A SHOP NEAR YOU "UY SOME TODAY ! COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF STOCKISTS AND &AIRTRADE EVENTS TAKING PLACE IN .ORWICH CAN BE FOUND AT WWW FAIRTRADE IN NORFOLK ORG UK
7HAT IS &AIRTRADE &AIRTRADE IS A SYSTEM OF TRADING WHICH ENSURES THAT DEVELOPING WORLD PRODUCERS RECEIVE A FAIR PRICE FOR THEIR GOODS 4HE &AIRTRADE -ARK IS AN INDEPENDENT CONSUMER GUARANTEE ADMINISTERED BY THE &AIRTRADE &OUNDATION WHICH ENSURES THAT PRODUCTS CONTINUE TO MEET THE NECESSARY ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENTAL AND LABOUR STANDARDS 7HEN AND WHERE DID IT ORIGINATE
7EDNESDAY TH &EBRUARY
10am-2pm Special Fairtade Stall Sainsbury’s, Pound Lane
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8pm-10.30pm Music from Will Barlow, Pinky Umbrella and Olinski
3ATURDAY ND -ARCH
Café Marzano, The Forum 8pm-10.30pm DJ Global Sounds and Guests Café Marzano, The Forum
&AIRTRADE SALES ONLY REALLY TOOK OFF WITH &AIRTRADE LABELLING IN THE LATE S 4HE lRST &AIRTRADE LABELLING INITIATIVE 3TICHTING -AX (AVELAAR WAS LAUNCHED IN THE .ETHERLANDS ON .OVEMBER BY .ICO 2OOZEN &RANS VAN DER (OFF AND $UTCH ECUMENICAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 3OLIDARIDAD )T OFFERED DISADVANTAGED COFFEE PRODUCERS VARIOUS SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS AS WELL AS ABOVE MARKET PRICE FOR THEIR CROP 4HE COFFEE WHICH ORIGINATED FROM -EXICO WAS SOLD DIRECTLY TO WORLDSHOPS AND FOR THE lRST TIME TO MAINSTREAM RETAILERS ACROSS THE .ETHERLANDS 4HE INITIATIVE WAS GROUNDBREAKING AS FOR THE lRST TIME &AIRTRADE COFFEE WAS BEING OFFERED TO A LARGER CONSUMER SEGMENT &AIRTRADE LABELLING ALSO ALLOWED CONSUMERS AND DISTRIBUTORS ALIKE TO TRACK THE ORIGIN OF THE GOODS TO CONlRM THAT THE PRODUCTS WERE REALLY BENElTING THE FARMERS AT THE END OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN (OW MANY &AIRTRADE PRODUCTS ARE AVAILABLE
3UNDAY RD -ARCH
7pm-11pm Fairtrade Meal-menu to be confirmed. Greenhouse Trust, Bethel Street
4HERE ARE CURRENTLY OVER &AIRTRADE CERTIlED PRODUCTS AVAILABLE INCLUDING FRUIT CHOCOLATE TEA COFFEE FOOTBALLS CLOTHES SPICES HONEY RICE mOWERS AND WINE
)S 5%! A &AIRTRADE UNIVERSITY .OT YET !S OF *ANUARY THERE ARE &AIRTRADE UNIVERSITIES INCLUDING "IRMINGHAM -ANCHESTER AND 7ARWICK /XFORD "ROOKES BECAME THE lRST UNIVERSITY TO ACHIEVE 3TATUS
IN 5%! COULD BECOME PART OF A BURGEONING GROUP OF UNIVERSITIES TO BE OFlCIALLY RECOGNISED AS SUPPORTING AND PROMOTING &AIRTRADE 'AINING &AIRTRADE 3TATUS WOULD MEAN 5%! WOULD BE ENTERING INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE &OUNDATION TO MAINTAIN AND DEVELOP AWARENESS AND SUPPORT FOR &AIRTRADE )T WOULD PROVIDE AN IMPETUS TO CONTINUE WORKING ON EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGNS AND AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO CATERING OUTLETS 7HAT IS BEING DONE TO MAKE 5%! A &AIRTRADE UNIVERSITY 4HE &AIRTRADE 3TEERING 'ROUP HAS BEEN RUNNING A PETITION ON CAMPUS TO GAUGE STUDENT SUPPORT FOR THE CAMPAIGN RAISE AWARENESS OF THE ISSUE AND ADD WEIGHT TO THEIR ARGUMENT 4HE PETITION STATES THAT h4HE UNDERSIGNED BELIEVE 5%! SHOULD WORK TOWARDS &AIRTRADE 3TATUS v !S OF *ANUARY THERE WERE OVER SIGNATURES ON THE PETITIONS WHICH ARE AVAILABLE AT VARIOUS POINTS AROUND CAMPUS SUCH AS THE 5NION &OOD /UTLET )S .ORWICH A &AIRTRADE CITY AND WHAT DOES THIS MEAN .ORWICH SET OUT TO MEET THE &AIRTRADE &OUNDATIONgS lVE GOALS TO BECOMING A &AIRTRADE #ITY IN !FTER MUCH HARDWORK FROM .ORWICH #ITY #OUNCIL AND MANY LOCAL VOLUNTEERS SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES .ORWICH WAS AWARDED &AIRTRADE #ITY STATUS IN 4HIS BASICALLY MEANS THAT THE CITY AND COMMUNITY MUST BE DEDICATED TO RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT &AIRTRADE AND ENCOURAGING CONSUMERS TO BUY &AIRTRADE PRODUCTS (OWEVER THE &AIRTRADE &OUNDATION STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF NOT ONLY ACHEIVING AND MAINTAINING AN AWARENESS AND PROMOTION OF &AIRTRADE BUT ALSO IN FURTHER DEVELOPING THIS COMMITTMENT 4HIS MEANS AN ON GOING INTENTION TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SHOPS BUSINESSES AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS DEDICATED TO SELLING AND WORKING WITH &AIRTRADE PRODUCTS
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%ATING DISORDERS AS A GENDERED SPACE @!NOREXIC IS A BUZZWORD OF OUR GENERATION )T HAS THOUSANDS OF POSSIBLE CONNOTATIONS @SIZE ZERO AESTHETICISM ANDROGYNY ILLNESS DIET ATTENTION SEEKING CULT WOMEN 6ERY FEW OF THESE ARE ACCURATELY ASSOCIATED WITH ANOREXIA OR BULIMIA AS #LAIRE *ANE #ARTER EXPLAINS
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YTHS SUR ROUNDING EATING DIS ORDERS MAKE UP PART OF THE PREJU DICE AGAINST STEREOTYPES OF MENTAL ILLNESS TYPICAL OF THAT EXHIBITED IN A RECENT ARTICLE IN #ONCRETE 4HE DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR ANOREXIA NERVOSA IS ! REFUSAL TO MAINTAIN BODY WEIGHT AT OR ABOVE A MINIMALLY NORMAL WEIGHT FOR AGE AND HEIGHT FOR EXAMPLE WEIGHT LOSS LEADING TO MAINTENANCE OF BODY WEIGHT LESS THAN OF THAT EXPECTED OR FAILURE TO MAKE EXPECTED WEIGHT GAIN DURING PERIOD OF GROWTH LEADING TO BODY WEIGHT LESS THAN OF THAT EXPECTED )NTENSE FEAR OF GAINING WEIGHT OR BECOMING FAT EVEN WHEN UN DERWEIGHT $ISTURBANCE IN THE WAY IN WHICH ONE S BODY WEIGHT OR SHAPE IS PERCEIVED UNDUE INmUENCE OF BODY WEIGHT OR SHAPE ON SELF EVALUATION $ENIAL OF THE SEVERITY OF THE CURRENT LOW BODY WEIGHT )N POSTMENARCHEAL FEMALES WOMEN WHO HAVE NOT YET GONE THROUGH THE MENOPAUSE AMENOR RHEA THE ABSENCE OF AT LEAST THREE CONSECUTIVE MENSTRUAL CYCLES 7HILE HELPFUL IN UNDERLINING ANOREXIA AS AN ILLNESS THIS IS A DANGEROUS CRITERIA IN THAT IT DOES VERY LITTLE IN THE WAY OF DESCRIBING THE MENTAL STATE OF AN ANOREXIC AS WELL AS THAT OF THE ANOMALOUS ANOREXIC WHO DOES NOT DISPLAY ALL OF THESE SYMPTOMS 4HE BEGINNING OF AN ILLNESS IS WHEN INTERVEN TION AND DIAGNOSIS CAN BE MOST EFFECTIVE 4HE CULTURAL @DIAGNOSIS OF ANOREXIA IS VERY DIFFERENT $URING ,ONDON &ASHION 7EEK THE WORD WAS BANDIED AROUND IN THE MEDIA SUPPOSEDLY TO COINCIDE WITH %AT ING $ISORDER !WARENESS 7EEK (OWEVER IT WAS EVIDENT THAT THERE WAS VERY LITTLE UNDERSTANDING LET ALONE COMPASSION FOR THOSE SUF FERING THIS EXTREMELY DEBILITATING ILLNESS "EAT FORMERLY THE %$! IS A NATIONAL CHARITY THAT AIMS TO h"EAT %ATING $ISORDERSv CATCHY THEY HOPE /N THEIR YOUNG PER SONS WEBPAGE THEY PRESENT THE FOLLOWING lVE @FACTS ABOUT EATING DISORDERS h %ATING DISORDERS CAN BE BEATEN !N EATING DISORDER IS SERIOUS !N EATING DISORDER IS NOT A DIETING CRAZE !N EATING DISORDER IS NOT ATTENTION SEEK ING !N EATING DISORDER IS AN ILLNESS v 3O THERE YOU GO IT S JUST A SHAME THE MAJORITY OF THE MEDIA DOESN T CONCUR 7HILE DOING RADIO
INTERVIEWS FOR THE LAUNCH OF "EAT ) WAS REPEATEDLY ASKED TO COM MENT ON THE hSIZE ZERO DEBATEv 3IZE ZERO SKINNY MODELS FASHION DIET MAGAZINES 6ICTORIA "ECKHAM NONE OF THESE DIRECTLY CAUSE EATING DISORDERS BUT THEY DO JUSTIFY IT 4HIS MANIFESTS SOCIETY S PREOCCU PATION WITH THINNESS AS A PHYSICAL SYMBOL FOR SUCCESS INDEPEND ENCE AND INTELLIGENCE (OW IS A PERSON SUPPOSED TO ATTEMPT TO RECOVER FROM AN EATING DISOR DER TO RECONSIDER THEIR IMAGE OF NORMALITY WHEN THERE ARE IMAGES DISCOURSES AND ARTICLES EVERYWHERE SAYING @NO THIS IS lNE BEING THIN IS BEAUTIFUL IT S FASHIONABLE IT S POPULAR IT S FEMININE x 7HAT &EMININE 3URELY BEING DEVOID OF BREASTS HIPS AND PERIODS IS AN DROGENUS AND WHEN ADDED TO THE STRENGTH ACHIEVEMENT AUTONOMY IDEOLOGY OF ANOREXICS UNNATURAL THINNESS COULD EVEN BE POSITED AS MASCULINE 4HE ONLY @FEMININE IN THE CLASSICAL SENSE ELEMENT OF ANOREXIA IS THE SILENCE THE POWERLESSNESS AND THE VICTIMISA TION )T IS QUITE DISTURBING THAT IN .ICHOLE 2ICHIE S PHOTOGRAPHIC AUTOBIOGRAPHY SHE IS PICTURED CROSS LEGGED WEARING A PINK BALLET LEOTARD AND TUTU A PLAUSIBLE TEN YEAR OLD )N THE FUROR SURROUNDING PAEDOPHILIA IT IS CONCERNING THAT MODERN WOMEN SEEM TO WANT TO REVERT TO A CHILDLIKE APPEARANCE TO ATTRACT MEN !NOREXIA IS COMMON LY SEEN AS A WOMEN S ILLNESS YET MORE AND MORE CASES OF MEN ARE BEING DIAGNOSED "RIAN 0RONGER COINS THIS AS THE hCULT OF BUFF AND LEANv THE EFFECT OF CONSUMER CULTURE IN A PHYSICALISED OVERDRIVE (OWEVER ANOREXIA IS SEEN BY SOME SUFFERERS AS AN AESTHETIC CULT ITS @FOLLOWERS BELIEVE BY DENYING THEIR BODY FOOD THEY ARE ABOVE THE PHYSICAL IMPURENCE OF OTHER PEOPLE 4HEY lND INSPIRATION FOR THIS TRANSCENDENCE IN 0LATO (EGEL #HRISTIANITY $ESCARTES AND 6OGUE 0RO ANA WEBSITES ARE NOT POPU LATED BY @SKINNY SIRENS BUT WITH DELUSIONAL SUFFERERS WHO ARE CAGED BEHIND BARS OF THEIR OWN MAKING 4HEIR CONTROL CONTROLS THEM AS THEY LACK THE ABILITY TO THINK IN A STRAIGHT LINE 4HEY WILL USE ANY EXCUSE OR IDEOLOGY TO FEED THEIR EATING DISORDER AS IT IS OFTEN THE ONLY THING THEY CAN CONTROL 4AKE FOR EXAMPLE A NEW STUDENT 9OU HAVE AN ENSUITE BATHROOM YOU CAN PURGE IN PRIVATE AND NOBODY WILL KNOW 9OU BELONG TO A VARIETY OF SOCIAL GROUPS SO YOU CAN EASILY LIE ABOUT HAVING EATEN AND NOBODY WILL KNOW 4HERE IS LITTLE PASTORAL CARE SO YOU DON T REALLY GET TO
!NOREXIA IS COM MONLY SEEN AS A WOMEN S ILLNESS YET MORE CASES OF MEN ARE BEING DIAGNOSED
KNOW YOUR TUTORS 4ERM CONTIN UES YOU GET THINNER NOBODY REALLY NOTICES 9OU GET DRUNK AND CRAVE FOOD YOU STEAL FROM YOUR mAT MATES 9OU HAVE TO LIE YOU START MISSING LECTURES BECAUSE YOU RE EXHAUSTED YOU DON T GO OUT BECAUSE YOU ARE ASHAMED OF YOUR SHAPE OF YOUR SWOLLEN SALIVA GLANDS OR CHEEKS 2ELATIONSHIPS BREAK DOWN BECAUSE SEX FREAKS YOU OUT 9OU CAN T SLEEP YOU CAN T STAY AWAKE 9OU CAN T EAT YOU CAN T EAT ENOUGH 9OUR HEAD IS FULL OF CONTRADICTIONS AND YOUR BODY CONTRADICTS IT FURTHER 9OU HAVE FEW FRIENDS NO SELF ESTEEM 9OUR GRADES ARE A STATE 9OU ONLY HAVE THE EATING DISORDER THE PRIDE IN REFUSING WHAT OTHER PEOPLE NEED THE OBSESSION WITH SCULPTING YOUR BODY AGAINST ITS PROTESTS AGAINST ANYTHING AND EVERYONE 9OU BEGIN TO ENJOY THE STARES THE DIZZINESS 9OU HUNKER UNDER YOUR BED AND SQUEEZE AND PROD AND COUNT 9OU BUY FOOD TO REPLACE THE STUFF YOU VE STOLEN DURING A BINGE BEFORE YOUR mATMATES WAKE UP 9OU STUFF CHOCOLATE WRAPPERS AND CRISP PACKETS IN THE BIN UNDER OTHER PEOPLES RUBBISH THEN PICK AT THE BITS OF FOOD SO YOU DON T HAVE TO BUY ANY .OBODY NOTICES )F THEY DO THEY THINK @ANOREXIC IDIOT WASTE OF TIME ATTENTION SEEKING PSYCHO 9OU RE FUCKED 9OU READ AN ARTICLE IN THE STUDENT PAPER ABOUT ANOREXIC WEBSITES 9OU GO ONLINE 4HERE ARE WEIGHTS AND TIPS LIST OF COMMANDMENTS THINGS YOU D NEVER EVEN THOUGHT OF %VEN THE GRAPHICS ARE WHITE THIN ESOTERIC WAIF DESIGNS 4HIS IS ALL YOU CAN BE NOW 3UCH A SUFFERER CAN T GET OUT ON THEIR OWN !NOREXIA HAS BECOME THEIR PERSONALITY THEIR MINDSET THEIR ROUTINE )F YOU KNOW OR SUSPECT THAT SOMEONE IN YOUR HALL YOUR SEMINAR YOUR SOCI ETY COULD HAVE AN EATING DISORDER YOU NEED TO lND A WAY OF PROVID ING AN INTERVENTION !PPROACHING THEM DIRECTLY IS LIKELY TO RESULT IN DEFENSIVENESS AND DENIAL SO YOU COULD VISIT THE "EAT WEBSITE TALK TO A TUTOR OR A HALL ADVISOR TALK TO SOMEONE )F YOU THINK YOU HAVE AN EATING DISORDER THINK ABOUT RECOVERY )T S JUST ONE STEP IT S STILL UP TO YOU )T CAN BE BEATEN 9OU CAN HAVE YOUR LIFE BACK YOU CAN MAKE CHOICES YOU CAN HAVE CHIL DREN AND STRONG BONES AND TEETH IN THE FUTURE 9OU WON T HAVE TO LIE TO PROTECT AN EATING DISORDER &OR FURTHER INFORMATION ON EATING DISORDERS HTTP WWW B EAT CO UK (OME HTTP WWW SOMETHING lSHY ORG
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HAILAND IN THE LAST DEC ADE HAS BECOME AN EX TREMELY POPULAR DESTI NATION FOR GAP YEARS AS WORK SHY STUDENTS AND TWENTY SOMETHINGS STRIKE OUT FOR ADVENTURE "ACKPACKERS GALORE FLOCK TO 3OUTH %AST !SIA TO MAKE THE MOST OF UNTARNISHED LANDSCAPES CHEAP PRICES AND SOME OF THE FRIENDLIEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD 4HE THRILL OF SETTING OFF ALONE ARMED ONLY WITH A BACKPACK AND A COPY OF @,ONELY 0LANET IS BOTH IMPRESSIVE AND EXCIT ING AND IS SOMETHING THAT ) DID NOT DO THIS #HRISTMAS 4HIS ARTICLE PRE FERS TO FOCUS ON THE THEME @(OW TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR PARENTS AND MORE IMPORTANTLY THEIR MONEY WHILE YOU STILL CAN !S A THIRD YEAR STUDENT NOW JUST MERE MONTHS FROM GRADUATION ) WAS AWARE ) WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PULL THE @POOR STUDENT LINE FOR MUCH LONGER 4HUS THE PANIC OF LAST CHANCE SYN DROME PROMPTED ME TO SPARK INTO ACTION !WARE THAT BOTH MY MOTHER AND FATHER WERE TO CELEBRATE THEIR THS LAST $ECEMBER ) BEGAN TO
DROP THE HINTS 4HE PARENTS WERE RE LUCTANT AT FIRST BUT WHEN MY SISTER JOINED ME OUR DOUBLE TEAM ASSAULT WAS ENOUGH TO PERSUADE THEM 4HUS IT WAS THAT JUST TWO DAYS AFTER THE END OF THE #HRISTMAS TERM ) WAS SIT TING IN A 'ATWICK DEPARTURE LOUNGE BOUND FOR "ANGKOK ) WAS EXCITED TO LEAVE THE COLD WEATHER BEHIND AND HEAD TO A CONTINENT THAT ) D NEVER REALLY SPENT ANY SERIOUS TIME IN EA GER TO LEARN NEW THINGS AND EXPLORE UNFAMILIAR CULTURES 5NFORTUNATELY ) WAS WITH MY PARENTS AND WAS STILL RECOVERING FROM MY THREE DAY HANG OVER AFTER THE #HRISTMAS ,#2 "UT ) DIGRESS "ANGKOK WAS AMAZING )T WAS THE MOST INTENSELY BUSY CITY ) HAVE EVER BEEN TO AND BY THIS ) MEAN TRAFFIC AND MARKET WORKERS WHO NEVER SLEEP 4HE NIGHT MARKETS SOLD CHEAP PRODUCTS AND WE WERE OFFERED A TUK TUK @MASSAGE OR SUIT AT EVERY STREET CORNER "ANG KOK HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED A RESTAURANT CALLED @#ABBAGES AND #ONDOMS ALL PROCEEDS GO TO !IDS PREVENTION AND DAY TRIPS TO THE "RIDGE ON THE 2IVER +WAI
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OMMENDED AND WAS ALSO THE PLACE WE CELEBRATED 4HAI #HRISTMAS AT OUR HOTEL 4HE 4HAIS DEVOUT "UD DHISTS CEL EBRATE #HRISTMAS MORE FOR THE TOURISTS THE HOTEL WAS DECO
"ANGKOK HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED A RESTAURANT CALLED @#ABBAGES AND #ONDOMS ALL PROCEEDS GO TO !IDS PREVENTION AND DAY TRIPS TO THE BRIDGE ON THE 2IVER +WAI EST CITY BUT IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM "ANGKOK ! LOT FURTHER NORTH IT IS SLIGHTLY COLDER AND MORE RE LAXED THAN THE FRANTIC CAPITAL 2UINS OF THE OLD CITY WALL ENCASE THE CEN TRE ! NUMBER OF EX PATS SEEM TO LIVE IN #HIANG -AI CATERED FOR BY PLACES SUCH AS @"OB S 3TEAK "AR #HIANG -AI IS ALSO A CONVENIENT BASE CAMP FROM WHICH TO SET OFF TREKKING /N #HRISTMAS DAY MY SISTER AND ) HEADED TO #HIANG 2AI THE NORTHERN MOST TIP OF 4HAILAND WHERE WE EXPE RIENCED THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE ) DON T MEAN THE ONE IN .ORWICH WHICH CONSISTS OF THE BORDERS BETWEEN 4HAI LAND "URMA AND ,AOS ! MIGHTY RIVER SEPARATES THE THREE COUNTRIES AND A BOAT TRIP OFFERS THE CHANCE TO SET FOOT INTO ,AOS WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE DID ! FEW HOURS WERE OCCUPIED WITH JUST A FEW OF THE TOURIST TRAPPINGS INCLUDING SNAKE WHISKEY AND ELEPHANT RIDING ,EAV ING ,AOS WE WENT AS NEAR TO "URMA AS INTERNATIONAL POLITICS WOULD ALLOW ABOUT TEN FEET AWAY 3O #HIANG -AI COMES HIGHLY REC
RATED ENTHUSIASTICALLY IF A LITTLE TACK ILY WHILST STAFF SANG US TRADITIONAL CAROLS WITH THE WHOLE NEW TWISTS OF 4HAI ACCENTS .EXT WE BRIEFLY VISITED #HONBURI 4HE HIGHLIGHT WAS A RESTAURANT CALLED @2ELAX 4HE FOOD WAS DELICIOUS 4HE ENTIRE WAITING STAFF WAS MADE UP OF LADYBOYS WHICH IS VERY COMMON IN 4HAILAND 5NLIKE %NGLAND TRANSEXU ALS ARE NOT LOOKED AT TWICE IN 4HAI LAND )NSTEAD THEY ARE SIMPLY A AC CEPTED AS A THIRD GENDER ) PURCHASED A BOOK ABOUT THEIR LIVES ) RECOMMEND @4HE 4HIRD 3EX )T CERTAINLY MADE FOR INTERESTING POOL SIDE READING &INALLY WE SPENT .EW 9EAR ON THE BEACHES OF THE SOUTH 4HE PICTUR ESQUE +RABI IS BEAUTIFUL AND NOT AS FULL OF TOURISTS AS 0HUKET 4HE EXCIT ING FRIVOLITIES INCLUDED TRADITIONAL DANCING FIGHTING AND DRUMMING /H AND SNAKE CHARMING SCARY STUFF ESPECIALLY WHEN THE GUY KISSED A CO BRA ON THE MOUTH 4HE TRIP WAS A RE SOUNDING SUCCESS IF IS TO BE MY LAST EVER FAMILY HOLIDAY WE WENT OUT ON A HIGH
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REMEMBER WATCHING A NATURE DOCUMEN TARY ONCE WHERE A FEMALE BEAR WAS SO HUNGRY SHE RESORTED TO EATING HER OWN YOUNG 4HIS CONCEPT THEN AS IT IS NOW IS SHOCKING 4HE IDEA OF A MOTHER REJECTING HER CHILDREN OF ABANDONING THEM OF BEING ANYTHING BUT MATERNAL IS JUDGED HARSHLY IN SOCIETY 7HEN ) FOUND OUT ) WAS PREGNANT ) EM BRACED AND REJECTED THE IDEA WITH EQUAL VEHEMENCE )N GIRLY CHATS ) HAD ALWAYS ADA MANTLY STATED THAT IF ) EVER BECAME PREGNANT ) WOULD HAVE AN ABORTION ) SAW NO SHAME OR WRONG DOING IN THIS WHATSOEVER ) LIKE MOST PEOPLE EAT MEAT WITHOUT GIVING IT A SECOND THOUGHT ) SQUAT FLIES SQUASH SPIDERS SO WHAT WAS THE DEAL WITH A FEW CELLS WHEN IT IS SUCH A NATURAL THING IN SOCIETY TO KILL AND EAT ) WAS CERTAIN OF SO MANY THINGS 4HAT WAS UNTIL A WHITE STRIP TURNED TO A FAINT BLUE CIRCLE &OR THOSE WHO ARGUE THAT WOMEN TODAY USE ABORTION AS JUST ANOTHER FORM OF CONTRA CEPTION READ THIS AND SHUT UP 4HE SHAME ) HAVE CAR RIED AND STILL CARRY SILENCED ME FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS ) TOLD A SELECT FEW PEOPLE AND AT FIRST ) TRIED TO KEEP IT FROM MY FAMILY 7HEN WE ARE ILL WE WILL HAPPILY MOAN ABOUT IT WHEN THERE IS DEATH PITY AND EMPATHY FOLLOWS CLOSE BY "UT ABORTION IS HIDDEN 7HEN PEOPLE ASKED WHAT WAS WRONG 7HY ) MISSED CLASSES 7HY ) WAS QUIET 7HY ) DIDN T COME OUT ANY MORE 7HAT COULD ) SAY ) DIDN T HAVE A COLD ) WASN T
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ILL AND NO ONE HAD DIED !T FIRST ) PRETENDED 4HEN AS ) GOT MORE DEPRESSED ) MADE UP A STRING OF LIES ) BARELY LEFT THE HOUSE ) BECAME AN INSOMNIAC DEVELOPED PANIC ATTACKS HAD TO DROP ONE MODULE AND BECAME DEPRESSED FOR MONTHS TO THE POINT THAT ) LOST ALL SENSE OF WHO ) WAS )T WASN T UNTIL ) WAS LOOKING THROUGH AN AL BUM OF PICTURES THAT ) REAL ISED ) MISSED ME 7ITH THE CHILD ) NEVER HAD ) LOST PART OF MYSELF ) HAD THOUGHT ) WOULD GET THAT BACK BUT ) HAVEN T ) AM NOT AND NEVER WILL BE THE PERSON ) WAS !FTER ) DISCOVERED ) WAS PREGNANT ) THOUGHT THE HARDEST PART WOULD BE MAK ING THE DECISION AND HAVING THE OPERATION ) WAS WRONG 4HE OPERATION WAS INCRED IBLY PAINFUL AND HUMILIAT ING 4HE DOCTOR INDUCED A MISCARRIAGE AND FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS ) HAD TO TAKE EVERYTHING THAT CAME OUT OF ME AND GIVE IT TO THEM 4HE WEEKS OF GOING TO AP POINTMENTS BEING PRODDED SCANNED AND MADE TO FEEL LIKE ) HAD DONE SOMETHING WRONG 4HAT ) DEALT WITH $ESPITE THIS IT IS AFTER THAT IT WAS THE HARDEST !FTERWARDS WHEN MY HORMONES WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE WHEN MONTHS LATER ) WAS STILL BLEEDING AND HAD NAPPY RASH FROM HAV ING TO WEAR SANITARY TOWELS EVERYDAY THAT S WHEN ) GAVE UP BEING STRONG ) REMEMBER SITTING ON A TOILET CRYING AND WONDERING WHEN THE BLEED ING WOULD STOP ! FEW WEEKS LATER ) GOT DRUNK AND HAD A BREAK DOWN -Y MOTHER CRA DLED ME IN HER ARMS WHILE ) REPEATED OVER AND OVER h)
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MENT TO THE GYM SAYS TO ME THAT 4HE 0UMP #LUB HAS TO BE MORE THAN A FADDY DIET OR A MONTH LONG TREND &OR 7ILL THIS IS OBVIOUSLY HIS PASSION (E APPEARS TO BE THE MOST DEDICATED HAVING PUT ON TWO STONE OF MUSCLE SINCE HE BECAME A 0UMP #LUB MEMBER ALMOST A YEAR AGO (E IS THE MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE OF THE GROUP WHEN IT COMES TO DIET (E IS AWARE THAT BALANCE IS THE KEY EAT ING PROTEIN WITH EVERY MEAL AND MIXING IT WITH COMPLEX CARBOHY DRATES 7HEN QUESTIONED ABOUT HIS AIM HE IS ADAMENT THAT IT IS FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN FOR THE GOOD OF HIS SPORT RUGBY HE ARGUES THAT A BIGGER STRONGER 7ILL MAKES A BIGGER STRONGER mANKER 4HIS IS BACKED UP BY 7ILL S BODY CLONE 2USSELL WHO IS THE SAME BUILD AS 7ILL BUT HAS BEEN INJURED DUE TO RUGBY TACKLES (E CLAIMS h/NE MAN BEING STRONGER THAN ANOTHER DOESN T MAKE HIM BETTER AT RUGBY BUT ONE MAN S INCREASE IN STRENGTH WHICH MAKES HIM BETTER THAN PREVIOUSLY DOES v 2ICH NATIONAL AN INTER lGHTER IS THE LIGHTEST BER MEM AND FOL LOWS
STRICT TRAINING INCLUDING WATCH ING THAT HIS DIET IS HIGH IN PROTEIN AND LOW IN FAT (E SEES THE STRICT WEIGHT REGIME AS THE REASON FOR HIS lGHTING SUCCESS 4HE BLACK SHEEP OF THE GROUP IS 4OM 4HIS TYPICAL STUDENT LIKES TO EAT PIZZA AND DRINK 3NAKY "S IN THE PUB HE IS 4HE 0UMP #LUB S
LEAST ACTIVE MEMBER (IS WEIGHT LIFTING IS DUE TO SLIGHT PEER PRES SURE FROM HIS FELLOW MEMBERS AND FOR HIS OWN SELF ESTEEM ) CAN T HELP BUT THINK THAT THIS IS AN OBSESSION BASED ON VANITY !S WOMEN ARE CONCERNED ABOUT BECOMING THE @CELEBRITY SIZE ZERO IS THE PRESSURE ON FOR MEN TO CONFORM TO SOCIETY S STEREOTYPE OF THE STRONG MALE THE HERO !RE 4HE 0UMP #LUB PRO MOTING AN IDEAL THAT LABELS THE @SMALL MAN AS THE UNATTRACTIVE MALE )S THIS THE OBSESSION WHICH HAS TAKEN OVER 4HE BOYS DO NOT IGNORE THE PRESSURE (OW CAN WE SAY IT IS NOT SLIGHTLY ABOUT VANITY 2US SELL ADMITS hTHIS IS A LIFESTYLE OUR HOBBY OUR SPORT v 2ICH AGREES %ACH ONE IS ADAMANT THEY HAVE ACHIEVED SPORTING BENElTS THROUGH THEIR TRAINING *UST AS A RUNNER TRAINS FOUR TIMES A WEEK RUNNING LONGER DISTANCES 4HE 0UMP #LUB TRAINS FOUR TIMES A WEEK LIFTING HEAVIER WEIGHTS 4HEIR COMMITMENT TO THEIR STRICT DIET DOES ALLOW FOR WHAT THE BOYS CALL @NAUGHTY DAYS WHERE CHOCO LATE CRISPS AND BREAD ENTER THEIR SIX PACKED BELLIES 4HE 0UMP #LUB IS A SOCIAL GROUP THAT IS BECOMING MORE POPULAR AMONG YOUNG MEN 4HE PROTEIN AND GYM TRAINING IS BECOMING A LIFESTYLE AND NOT JUST A QUICK FAD ! SPORT THAT REQUIRES MORE CALORIE INTAKE AND STAMINA THAN A CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER THIS IS NOT TO BE REGARDED AS PURE VANITY (OWEVER 4HE 5%! 0UMP #LUB ARE SPORTSMEN WHO ARE ADVISED ON THEIR TRAINING BY PROFESSIONALS 4HOSE WHO TAKE UP THE HOBBY WITHOUT ADAPT ING THEIR LIFESTYLE RISK INJURY AND KIDNEY FAILURE HEART DISEASE DIABETES STROKES AND A RANGE OF CANCERS CAUSED BY TOO MUCH PROTEIN IN A DIET 3O THE NEXT TIME 4HE 0UMP #LUB HITS THE GYM KNOW THAT IT IS A STRICT LIFESTYLE WHICH TAKES DEDICATION 2IPPING ONE S BODY TO THE EXTREME THIS IS A SPORT SO CIETY HAS CRITICISED AND FORGOTTEN ABOUT FOR FAR TOO LONG
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HALING IS ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS IN MA RINE CONSERVA TION TODAY $E SPITE COMMERCIAL WHALING HAVING BEEN BANNED BY THE )NTERNATIONAL 7HALING #OMMISSION )7# TWENTY YEARS AGO CAMPAIGN GROUPS SUCH AS 'REENPEACE AND 3EA 3HEPHERD STILL PURSUE AND ATTACK WHALING SHIPS WHICH HAVE RECENTLY BEEN BRANDED @ECO TERRORISM BY 4ONY "LAIR 4HESE GROUPS HAVE DEFENDED THEIR ACTIONS CLAIMING THAT THEY ARE ATTEMPT ING TO SAVE AN ALREADY ENDANGERED SPE CIES FROM BEING WIPED OUT COMPLETELY !LTHOUGH 'REENPEACE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE THREATS TO THESE CREATURES OTHER THAN WHALING E G GLOBAL WARMING IT IS ONE THREAT THAT CAN BE STOPPED IMME DIATELY TO PRESERVE THE WHALES 4HESE GROUPS ALSO REJECT THE IDEA OF WHALING IN MODERATION ARGUING THAT DUE TO THE UNKNOWN NUMBER OF WHALES IT IS IMPOS SIBLE TO ASCERTAIN IF WHALING IS PERMA NENTLY DAMAGING THE WHALE POPULATION OR NOT 4HE ISSUE OF CRUELTY INVOLVED IN WHALING IS ALSO CRUCIAL FOR MANY PROTEST ERS ,EAH 'ARCES HEAD OF THE 7ORLD 3OCI ETY FOR THE 0ROTECTION OF !NIMALS 730! STATED IN hSCIENTIlC EVIDENCE PRE SENTED THIS YEAR CONlRMED THAT THERE IS
NO HUMANE WAY TO KILL A WHALE AT SEA AND THEREFORE THAT ALL COMMERCIAL AND SO CALLED SCIENTIlC WHALING SHOULD CEASE ON CRUELTY GROUNDS ALONE v #AMPAIGN GROUPS ALSO CONDEMN COUNTRIES LIKE *APAN FOR THEIR WHALING ACTIVITIES !LTHOUGH *APAN IS CURRENTLY WHALING FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES IN THE !NTARCTIC /CEAN ACCORDING TO 'REEN PEACE THE WHALE MEAT A BY PRODUCT OF RESEARCH IS SOLD TO EXPENSIVE *APANESE RESTAURANTS SOMETHING WHICH THEY AR GUE FALLS UNDER COMMERCIAL WHALING MAKING IT ILLEGAL 3OME INDIVIDUALS ALTHOUGH NOT TAK ING THE MOST EXTREME STANCE HAVE CRITI CIZED LARGER INDUSTRIAL COASTAL COUNTRIES FOR WHALING WHEN THEY DO NOT NEED TO RELY ON THE MAMMAL FOR SUBSISTENCE 3MALL !LASKAN )NUIT COMMUNITIES WHO DEPEND ON WHALE MEAT ARE PERMITTED A SMALL NON COMMERCIAL ALLOWANCE "UT DESPITE THE STRONG OBJECTIONS OF MANY TO WHALING THERE ARE SEVERAL COUN TRIES WHO HAVE HAD A LONG HISTORY AND TRADITION OF WHALING *APAN FOR INSTANCE HAVING HAD A TRADITION OF EATING WHALE MEAT SINCE "# 4HIS THEREFORE MEANS THAT THESE COUNTRIES ARE RELIANT ON WHALING FOR BOTH ECONOMIC AND CUL TURAL REASONS #OUNTRIES SUCH AS )CELAND ALSO HAVE A SYMPATHETIC VIEW TOWARDS THE DANGER OF UNSUSTAINABLE WHALING AND ARE OPENLY AGAINST IT MAINTAINING THAT
)CELAND S WHALING SCHEME IS SOLELY SUS TAINABLE 3TEFAN !SMUNDSSON )CELAND S 7HALING #OMMISSIONER HAS CLAIMED THAT THERE IS hNO ENVIRONMENTAL REASON FOR OPPOSING SUSTAINABLE WHALINGv AN ARGUMENT POPULAR WITH OTHER WHALING COUNTRIES INCLUDING *APAN .ORWAY AND THE )NUIT COMMUNITY IN !MERICA 4HEIR VIEW IS THAT AS LONG AS WHALING IS NOT DONE TO THE EXTREME THERE IS NO HARM #LAIMS BY SOME PROTESTERS THAT RE SEARCH WHALING IS MERELY A PRETENCE FOR COMMERCIAL WHALING HAS BEEN STRONGLY DENIED BY THESE COUNTRIES AS ALL DATA MUST BE SUBMITTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED TO THE )7# S 3CIENTIlC #OMMITTEE !CROSS THE WORLD IT IS RECOGNISED THAT WHALING IS AN INTERNATIONAL PROBLEM HOWEVER THE RECENT REPORTS OF ACTIVISTS ATTACKING WHALING SHIPS BEING LABELLED @ECO TERRORISM MERELY DEMONSTRATES THE GROWING VIEW THAT ALTHOUGH THERE IS A PROBLEM THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO COMBAT IT 4HOSE WHO ARE PHYSICALLY DOING THE WHALING ARE NOT THOSE AT FAULT THEY ARE ONLY THERE BECAUSE THERE IS DEMAND 0ER HAPS A NEW FORM OF OPPOSITION NEEDS TO BE UNDERTAKEN ONE THAT IS LESS VIOLENT AND ONE THAT ADDRESSES THOSE WHO ARE ACTUALLY RESPONSIBLE 2ACHAEL 0RICE
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TIVES FROM THE %NERGY 3AV ING 4RUST #2ED THE 3TUDENT 3WITCH /FF 3CHEME .OR WICH #ITY #OUNCIL AND THE 3TUDENT 5NION &ILMED BY .EXUS THE EVENT ATTRACTED A STRONG LUNCHTIME CROWD AS STUDENTS CAME TO SEE WHICH PLANS WOULD FEEL THE DRAG ONS FURY )NTERNATIONAL STUDENT (ILARY #ORNISH SAW HER PLANS FOR A GREEN HOUSING SURVEY WIN THE JUDGES OVER ALL VOTE AFTER A CONlDENT PRESENTATION 3HE PROPOSED THE INTRODUCTION OF A @GREEN CHECKLIST TO BE COMPLETED BY
ALL LANDLORDS INCLUDED ON THE 5NION HOUSING LIST GIVING STUDENTS AN INFORMED CHOICE BY AWARDING EACH HOUSE A @SUSTAINABILITY RATING AND ENCOURAGING LANDLORDS TO MAKE NECESSARY CHANGES BY USE OF A GRANT SCHEME 4HE DRAGONS WERE ALSO IMPRESSED BY 7ILL 0ETTET 3MITH S PLANS FOR A BIKE SHAR ING POOL AND DESPITE THE INITIAL CONFUSION FROM MALE JUDGES THE DRAGONS WERE EQUALLY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT !MY 7ILSON S SUGGESTIONS FOR GREATER AWARENESS AND FA CILITIES FOR USE OF MOONCUPS
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PLEST SMALL CHANGES CAN HAVE SUCH A HUGE IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT v 4HE PARTICIPATION IN THE EVENT MIRRORS THE STRONG FEEL ING WITHIN THE STUDENT BODY THAT 5%! MUST MAKE IMPOR TANT CHANGES TO KEEP ITS ENVI RONMENTAL REPUTATION )N THE RECENT STUDENT 'REEN 3URVEY A HUGE OF 5%! STUDENTS AGREED THAT THE 5NIVERSITY COULD DO MORE TO REDUCE ITS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT 4HIS IMPETUS HAS LED TO THE CREATION OF THE #AMPUS 3USTAINABILITY )NITIATIVE A SOCIETY SET UP WITH THE AIM
OF SUPPORTING GREEN INITIA TIVES ON CAMPUS 4HE GROUP S MAIN PROPOSAL THIS YEAR IS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AN NUAL a @SUSTAINABILITY FEE TO BE PAID BY EACH STUDENT 4HE MONEY TO BE CONTROLLED BY A COMMITTEE OF ELECTED STUDENTS WOULD BE USED TO FUND CAMPUS PROJECTS SUCH AS THOSE SHOWCASED IN THE @'REEN $RAGONS $EN AND WOULD BE OPEN TO ANY STU DENT WISHING TO SEE THEIR SUSTAINABLE PLANS MADE A REALITY .ICOLA "IRCH
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HE ISSUE OF GENDER DICTATING ROLE IN SOCIETY IS A NOTORI OUS ONE %VEN NOW A FAM ILY IN WHICH THE FATHER TAKES THE ROLE OF HOUSE HUSBAND IS SOMETIMES SEEN AS A MYS TERIOUS STRANGE OR EVEN COMICAL ONE )T MAY TAKE A WHILE WITHIN A SOCIETY THAT HAS HELD STRONG VALUES ON THE CONCEPT OF GEN DER TO BREAK FROM THE SOCIALLY ACCEPTED OR INDEED EXPECTED NORMS OF HOUSEWIFE AND MALE BREADWINNER
@'ENDER ROLES OF TEN DEBATED SOME TIMES DElNED RARELY EVADED )T WOULD BE A GROSS GENERALISATION TO SUGGEST THAT THERE ARE NO VARIATIONS ON THIS TYPE OF FAMILY MAKE UP BUT ON THE WHOLE THE HUSBAND GOES TO WORK WHILE THE WIFE STAYS AT HOME WITH THE CHILDREN )T COULD BE AND UNDOUBTEDLY HAS AL READY BEEN ARGUED THAT THE WAY IN WHICH GENDER ROLES ARE DETERMINED HAS A STRONG CONNECTION WITH OUR MORE PRIMITIVE NEIGHBOURS 3URELY IN THE ANIMAL KING DOM THE FEMALES HAVE THE STRONG MA TERNAL SENSE WHILE THE MALES ARE BETTER SUITED TO lNDING THE FOOD 3O THE WAY IN WHICH HUMAN SOCIETY HAS SET ITSELF UP IS THE WAY NATURE INTENDEDxOR IS IT /NE OF THE MOST DOCUMENTED CASES OF ROLE REVERSAL WITHIN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM HAS TO BE THAT OF THE PENGUIN 4HE FEMALE WILL USUALLY ONLY LAY ONE EGG PER YEAR WHICH IS THEN INCUBATED DURING THE COLD SEASON BY THE MALE 4HE FEMALE WILL GO TO COLLECT FOOD FOR THE UNBORN CHICK AND ON HER RETURN THE PARENTS SWITCH 4HE MALE
PENGUIN IS KNOWN TO STORE UNDIGESTED FOOD IN HIS STOMACH FOR UP TO THREE WEEKS TO ENSURE A CONSTANT SUPPLY FOR HIS YOUNG CLEARLY ILLUSTRATING A STRONG BOND BETWEEN FATHER AND CHILD !NOTHER PERHAPS MORE REMARKABLE CASE OF INTERESTING GENDER ROLES IS THAT OF THE SEAHORSE 4HE PREGNANCY IS NOT UNLIKE A TYPICAL ONE EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT IT IS THE MALE THAT BECOMES PREGNANT 7ITH MANY lSH SPECIES IT IS THE MALE WHO PROVIDES ALL PARENTAL CARE WHICH USUALLY TAKES THE FORM OF GUARDING A NEST OF EGGS 4HE SEAHORSE TAKES THIS ONE STEP FURTHER HOWEVER JUST AS IN MAMMALS PROTECT ING DEVELOPING EMBRYOS INSIDE THE BODY AS OPPOSED TO CASTING THEM OFF INTO THE WORLD TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES DRAMATI CALLY IMPROVES THE CHANCES THAT ANY ONE OFFSPRING WILL SURVIVE 4HESE TWO EXAMPLES ARE HIGHLY PUB LICISED AND WIDELY REGARDED AS INTEREST ING YET ANOMALOUS BEHAVIOUR WITHIN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM 9ET IT SEEMS THAT WHEN RESEARCHED FURTHER THERE IS MUCH SUR ROUNDING THE GENDER ROLES OF ANIMALS THAT IS COMPLETELY UNKNOWN TO MANY AND AT TIMES HIGHLY UNBELIEVABLE
@!NGLER lSH MATE FOR LIFE BUT ONLY BE CAUSE THE MALE ANGLER lSH LIVES AS A PARA SITE ON THE FEMALES BODY 4HE ANGLERlSH FOR EXAMPLE THE ONE WITH THE LIGHT COMING OUT OF ITS HEAD
WILL MATE FOR LIFE SIMPLY BECAUSE THE MALE LIVES AS A PARASITE ON THE BODY OF THE MUCH LARGER FEMALE TAKING HIS FOOD FROM HER BLOODSTREAM )N TIME THEY FUSE TOGETHER FORMING A SORT OF TWO BODY HERMAPHRO DITE !LTHOUGH THIS ARRANGEMENT PRIMARILY BENElTS THE MALE IT ALSO FREES BOTH SEXES FROM CONSTANTLY SEEKING OUT NEW BREEDING PARTNERS WHENEVER IT IS TIME TO MATE
@4HE ARGUMENT THAT GENDER ROLES ARE GENETICALLY PREDE TERMINED IS CLEARLY mAWED 4HESE STRANGE ADAPTATIONS SEEM TO BE ABUNDANT IN lSH THE SEX CHANGING CORAL REEF lSH PROVING TO BE ANOTHER UN EXPECTED EXAMPLE 4HEIR SEX IS NOT GENETI CALLY PREDETERMINED AS IT IS IN MAMMALS AND BIRDS AND WHEN THESE lSH ALTER THEIR SEX FROM ADULT FEMALE TO ADULT MALE THE CHANGE IS VERY DRAMATIC 7ITH THE CORALS ON WHICH THEY LIVE OCCUPIED BY BREEDING PAIRS THERE ARE VERY FEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO lND A MATE 3O IT MAKES SENSE TO DELAY MATURING UNTIL IT lNDS A PARTNER AND THEN TO MATURE INTO THE OPPOSITE SEX FROM THAT OF THE NEWFOUND ADULT 4HE ARGUMENT THAT GENDER ROLES ARE GE NETICALLY PREDETERMINED IS CLEARLY mAWED .EVERTHELESS IT SEEMS THAT THE COMPARI SON OF HUMANS WITH OTHER ANIMAL SPECIES ESPECIALLY WHEN THESE SPECIES HAPPEN TO BE lSH IS A LITTLE IMPLAUSIBLE PERHAPS POINTLESS YET NO LESS FASCINATING
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3EX IN CLIMATE CHANGE DISCUSSIONS 3TACIE $LEY .OW THAT ) HAVE YOUR AT TENTION HYPE AND DEBATE ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE SEEMS TO BE EVERYWHERE THESE DAYS )T S ON OUR TELEVISIONS IN OUR NEWS PAPERS AND ON OUR POLITI CIANS AGENDAS "UT THERE IS ONE ASPECT THAT IS FAIL ING TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED GENDER )N GENERAL RESEARCH
SHOWS THAT THE MORE ECO NOMICALLY WELL OFF A PERSON IS THE HIGHER THEIR HARMFUL EMISSION POTENTIAL AND THEIR ABILITY TO COPE WITH THE EF FECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE !S A RULE MEN TEND TO BE RICHER THAN WOMEN 4HEREFORE WOMEN ARE CONTRIBUTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE AT A LOWER RATE THAN MEN BUT THEY ARE MORE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY IT 9OU RE PROBABLY THINKING @WELL THAT S A LITTLE EASY ISN T IT *UST BLAME MEN 4HERE ARE ALSO THE UN ANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT
HOW CLIMATE CHANGE IS AF FECTING OUR FUTURE GENERA TIONS )N OTHER WORDS WHAT ARE ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES DOING TO BOTH THE MALE AND FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM )F A TEMPERATURE INCREASE OF A FEW DEGREES CAN CAUSE ENTIRE POPULATIONS OF TURTLES TO BE BORN FEMALE WHAT POTENTIAL DOES IT HAVE FOR HUMANS ! WORLD WITHOUT MEN ! TEMPTING THOUGHT PERHAPS )T WOULD BE WARM AND PO TENTIALLY QUITE PEACEFUL !LL JOKES ASIDE OF COURSE EVE RYONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CLI
MATE CHANGE 'ENDER ISSUES ARE IMPORTANT PIECES OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE PUZZLE AND THERE IS NEED FOR FURTHER RE SEARCH AND RAISED AWARENESS OF SUCH ISSUES -ODERN SOCIETY AND ES PECIALLY OUR GENERATION HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP WITH THE IDEA OF EQUALITY 7OMEN NEED TO CLOSE THE GENDER GAP WITH THOSE INVOLVED WITH DIS CUSSIONS ON CLIMATE CHANGE 4HERE IS A FEAR THAT WOMEN ARE NOT AS RESILIENT BOTH PHYSICALLY AND PSYCHOLOGI CALLY AS MEN WHEN IT COMES
TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE )N NO WAY SHOULD SUCH WORRIES BE SEEN AS VICTIMISING WOM EN 4HIS SHOULD BE SEEN AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INNOVATE WITH WOMEN S NEEDS IN MIND 3O TURN OFF YOUR LAPTOP AND THROW ON A JUMPER SAY NO TO PLASTIC 4ESCO SHOPPING BAGS AND PUT YOUR 4OPSHOP SATCHEL TO GOOD USE 7OMEN ARE A PROMISING GROUP IN THE CLIMATE CHANGE MOVEMENT AND WHO WOULD ARGUE WITH ANOTHER REASON TO FEEL EM POWERED
0ROUD TO BE A HOUSE HUSBAND !NDY *ONES #ONFRONTED WITH THE PROSPECT OF BEING A HOUSE HUSBAND MY RE SPONSE WAS SIMILAR TO MY HOUSEMATE S h'REAT ) LOVE DAYTIME 46 v 3ERI OUSLY THOUGH IF MY PART NER HAD A CAREER THAT WAS BETTER PAID MORE INFLU ENTIAL OR IF THEY SIMPLY WANTED TO STAY AT WORK ) WOULD HAVE NO QUALMS ABOUT STAYING AT HOME IN ORDER TO TAKE CARE OF OUR CHILDREN )F THE CIRCUMSTANCES WERE RIGHT ) WOULD DEFI
NITELY CONSIDER GIVING UP MY CAREER FOR A PERIOD OF FOUR OR FIVE YEARS IN ORDER TO CARE FOR MY CHILDREN FULL TIME 7HAT HAS CHANGED TO AL LOW ME TO THINK THIS WAY TWENTY OR THIRTY YEARS AGO ) WOULD HAVE BEEN LAUGHED OUT OF THIS NEWSPAPER BY EVEN THE MOST PROGRESSIVE OF PEOPLE !M ) A BREED OF THE SO CALLED @NEW MAN !S ) AM ABOUT TO GO AND WATCH THE 3ATURDAY NIGHT BOX ING WITH A COLD ONE IN MY HAND ) VERY MUCH DOUBT IT ) PERSONALLY CHERISH BEING A MAN AND EVERYTHING THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH MASCU LINITY BEER SPORT AND ROCK MUSIC IT S ALL GOOD AS FAR AS
) M CONCERNED (OWEVER ) DON T BELIEVE THAT ANY OF THE VALUES BY WHICH ) DE FINE MY PERSONAL MASCULIN ITY PRECLUDE ME FROM BEING A FULL TIME PARENT )T S MY BELIEF THAT IN OUR SOCIETY ALL THE ASPECTS OF OUR PERSONAL IDENTITY HAVE BEEN ABSORBED INTO THE ENDLESS PURSUIT OF A CAREER ) PERSONALLY DE SPISE PEOPLE WHO DEFINE THEMSELVES BY THEIR JOB ) UNDERSTAND THAT FOLLOWING A CAREER CAN BE FULFILLING AND IT S ONLY THROUGH HARD WORK AND DEDICATION THAT YOU ARE EVER LIKELY TO FIND A JOB THAT IS ENJOYABLE AND REWARDING (OWEVER WITH THERE NO LONGER BEING SUCH
A THING AS A JOB FOR LIFE ) DON T THINK ANYONE SHOULD FEAR TAKING A FEW YEARS OUT OF THEIR CHOSEN JOB 0ARENT ING CAN NOW BE SEEN AS JUST ANOTHER TEMPORARY JOB 4HE IDEA OF KEEPING HOME HAS RECEIVED A BIT OF A KICKING IN THE LAST FIFTY YEARS AND RIGHTLY SO 4HE LIVES OF MANY HOUSEWIVES WERE BORING LONELY AND UNAPPRECIATED (OWEVER IT DOESN T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY ) PERSONALLY HAVE THREE POINTS THAT WOULD KEEP ME TICKING OVER &IRSTLY ) WOULD NOT VIEW IT AS A PERMANENT POSITION AS ) MENTIONED EARLIER JUST AS ) WOULD NEVER DEFINE MYSELF BY MY JOB ) WOULDN T DEFINE AS A HOUSE
HUSBAND ) WOULD BE A MAN WHO IS TAKING SOME TIME OFF TO RAISE HIS KIDS 3EC ONDLY PARENTING SHOULD BE A COMMUNAL ACTIVITY -UCH AS ) LOVE CHILDREN ) CAN IM AGINE SPENDING A WHOLE DAY WITHOUT ANY KIND OF ADULT CONVERSATION AS SOMETHING AKIN TO TORTURE 4HIRDLY MY MOTHER ALWAYS TOLD ME THAT SHE WAS A PARENT FIRST AND AS SUCH HER FIRST PRIOR ITY WAS ENGAGING HER KIDS ) BELIEVE THIS VERY STRONGLY HOUSEWORK SHOULD ALWAYS BE A SECONDARY CONSIDERA TION SHARED BETWEEN PART NERS 2AISING KIDS SHOULD BE A FULL TIME JOB AND IT S ONE THAT ) HOPE ) LL HAVE THE CHANCE TO DO
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/N THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE ,IBRARY ) NOTICED A POST ER WHICH DISPLAYED ALL MEMBERS OF THE %URO PEAN #OMMISSION 4HE CHART READS LIKE A LIST OF THE GREAT AND THE GOOD IN %UROPEAN POLITICS ,ASZLO +OVACS #OMMIS SIONER FOR TAXATION AND CUSTOMS UNION FOR IN STANCE WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE (UNGARIAN 3OCIAL IST 0ARTY BEFORE HE TOOK
UP THE ROLE 4HE 5+ IS REPRESENTED BY 0ETER -ANDELSON WHO HAD A DISTINGUISHED CAREER IN "RITISH POLITICS BEFORE HE WAS SENT TO "RUSSELS BY 4ONY "LAIR /NE THING HOWEVER STRUCK ME ABOUT THE #OMMISSION THERE WAS NOT A SINGLE BLACK OR !SIAN COMMISSIONER 4HE %5 HAS A POPULATION OF %STIMATES AS TO HOW MANY OF THESE ARE FROM ETHNIC MINORITY BACK GROUND VARY BUT FIGURES OF BETWEEN AND ARE NOT UNCOMMON 4HE #OM MISSION IS SIMPLY UNREPRE SENTATIVE OF AN INCREASINGLY
DIVERSE %UROPE -OST PEOPLE IN %UROPE WOULD AGREE THAT MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO MAKE THE #OMMISSION LOOK MORE LIKE THE PEOPLE IT REPRE SENTS (OWEVER BEFORE THIS CAN BE DONE WE NEED TO ASK WHY THE #OMMISSION IS SO RACIALLY HOMOGENOUS IN THE FIRST PLACE 4RADITIONALLY PEOPLE FROM ETHNIC MINORITY HAVE BEEN LET DOWN BY EDUCA TION SYSTEMS ACROSS %UROPE 4HEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE FROM WORKING CLASS BACK GROUNDS AND HAVE THEREFORE BEEN UNABLE TO ATTEND THE BEST SCHOOLS WHICH ARE OF
TEN PLACED IN MIDDLE CLASS AREAS 4HEY ARE STILL SUBJECT TO RACISM AND EVEN NOW THIS CANNOT BE DISCOUNTED AS A FACTOR WHICH HOLDS TAL ENTED PEOPLE BACK 4HE #OMMISSIONERS HAVE ALL RECEIVED FIRST CLASS EDUCATIONS &OR EXAMPLE 3TAVROS $IMAS THE #OM MISSIONER FOR THE %NVIRON MENT HAS TWO DEGREES )F WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THE #OMMISSION REPRESENTA TIVE OF MODERN %UROPE A NUMBER OF STEPS NEED TO BE TAKEN &IRSTLY WE NEED MORE INVESTMENT IN POORER AREAS 4HIS WOULD GIVE PEO PLE FROM ETHNIC MINORITIES
A BETTER CHANCE TO COMPETE ON AN EQUAL BASIS WITH WHITE PEOPLE 3ECONDLY WE NEED THE %UROPEAN #OMMISSION TO BECOME MORE ACCOUNTABLE LIKE THE %UROPEAN 0ARLIA MENT 4HE 0ARLIAMENT IS SO MUCH MORE DIVERSE THAN THE #OMMISSION BECAUSE IT IS DIRECTLY ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF %UROPE 4HE MOTTO OF THE %URO PEAN 5NION IS @5NITED IN $IVERSITY ,ET S HOPE THAT FUTURE VARIATIONS OF THE #OMMISSIONS CAN LIVE UP TO THIS NOBLE IDEAL
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3HOULD .EVER (APPEN )N HELPING TO PRODUCE THIS IS SUE OF #ONCRETE ) READ WITH SHOCK BUT NOT SURPRISE ABOUT THE LOW RATES OF CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS FOR RAPES SPECIl CALLY THOSE INVOLVING FEMALE VICTIMS ) SAY SHOCK BECAUSE ) DIDN T REALISE IT WAS QUITE SO LOW AND HOW HARD IT IS TO CONVICT AN ALLEGED RAPIST 5NFORTUNATELY ) WASN T SUR PRISED DUE TO COMMENTS THAT ) WAS REMINDED OF MADE BY FRIENDS IN THE POLICE FORCE 4HE ISSUE OF CONSENT IS THE PROBLEM SOMETHING WHICH IS EXTREMELY HARD TO PROVE ) FOR ONE WOULD LIKE WOMEN TO FEEL THAT WHEN THEY REPORT A RAPE THEY CAN KNOW THAT WITH CLEAR EVIDENCE A SUSPECT CAN BE PROSECUTED #URRENTLY THIS IS EXTREMELY HARD ) QUOTE FROM THE ARTICLE ON PAGE @3EX LIES AND NO VIDEO TAPE hSHORT OF HAVING VIDEO FOOT AGE OF THE ALLEGED OFFENDER RAPING THE INTOXICATED VICTIM A CONVICTION IN A COURT OF LAW IS UNLIKELYv 5NFORTUNATELY DESPITE GOOD INTENTIONS THE 'OVERNMENT IS GOING THE WRONG WAY ABOUT IT 7EAKEN ING LAWS TO MAKE THE INTERPRE TATION EASIER AND THUS ALLOW ING MORE CONVICTIONS EVEN WHEN THE AIM IS GOOD IS RISKY IN THE SENSE THAT THE CHANCE OF A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE IS INCREASED "Y THE SAME TOKEN ) DO NOT BELIEVE THAT JAIL SEN TENCES ARE STRONG ENOUGH 4HE EMOTIONAL TURMOIL CAUSED TO A RAPE VICTIM IS UNIMAGINA BLE AND AS SUCH THIS SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WHEN SENTENCING IS PASSED )T IS OF TEN A NUMBER OF YEARS BEFORE RAPE VICTIMS FEEL ABLE TO TRUST OTHERS AGAIN THE LAST THING THEY NEED DURING THIS VULNER ABLE TIME IS THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEIR ATTACKER HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM PRISON )N MY VIEW RAPISTS SHOULD BE GIVEN A MINIMUM OF YEARS WITH NO CHANCE OF AN EARLY RE LEASE 4HIS SHOULD GIVE VICTIMS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET BACK TO SOME SORT OF NORMALITY &INALLY ONE SHOULD NOT FORGET THAT MEN ARE ALSO EXPOSED TO RAPE OFTEN BY OTHER MEN
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/PINION ,ET S HEAR IT FOR THE GIRLS -ATTHEW 7AIK AND 3AM 7ILSON SHED LIGHT ON WHY SPORTSWOMEN FAIL TO RECEIVE THE EXPOSURE THAT THEIR BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS DESERVE 7HETHER THE RESULT OF SO CIAL CONVENTION OR MERELY FORCE OF HABIT IT IS IN NO WAY UNREASONABLE TO SUG GEST THAT FEMALE ATHLETES AND INDEED WOMEN S SPORT IN GENERAL RECEIVE FAR LESS RECOGNITION AND PUBLICITY THAN THEIR MALE COUNTERPARTS 4HIS HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTED BY RECENT NEWS THAT WILL BE THE lRST YEAR THAT THE WIN NERS OF 7IMBLEDON S MALE AND FEMALE SINGLES EVENTS WILL RECEIVE EQUAL PRIZE MONEY 4HE DElCIT BETWEEN LAST YEAR S WINNERS 2OGER &EDERER AND !MELIE -AURESMO STOOD AT AN ASTONISHING a DE SPITE THE FACT THAT THE LADIES COMPETITION HAS BEEN A PART OF THE 7IMBLEDON 4ENNIS #HAMPIONSHIP SINCE )T IS HARD TO FORGET %NG LAND S !SHES VICTORY IN ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE RECENT
4EST -ATCH PERFORMANCES IN !USTRALIA (OWEVER AMONGST THE NATIONAL CELEBRATIONS OF WINNING THE !SHES FOR THE lRST TIME SINCE THE SUC CESS OF THE WOMEN S !SHES TEAM WAS OVERLOOKED 4HEY TOO SUCCESSFULLY DEFEATED THE !USTRALIANS (OWEVER IN A STARK COMPARISON THE FEMALE CRICKETERS RECEIVED SHORT mEETING REFERENCES WITHIN THE PRESS OFTEN AS AN OCCASIONAL ACCOMPANIMENT TO LENGTHY TALES OF 6AUGHAN S TEAM 3UCH VOIDS BETWEEN THE COVERAGE OF MEN S AND WOMEN S SPORT ARE UN DESERVED WHEN FEMALE COMPETITORS ENJOY IN CREASING SUCCESS IN TRADITION ALLY MALE DOMINATED SPORTS (ORSE RACING IS ONE EXAM PLE OF A SPORT WITHIN WHICH WOMEN HAVE ATTAINED EQUAL STATUS COMPETING ALONGSIDE
MEN AND GENERATING NUMER OUS SUCCESS STORIES OF THEIR OWN )N #ARRIE &ORD WAS TIPPED TO BECOME THE lRST EVER WOMAN JOCKEY TO WIN THE 'RAND .ATIONAL POTENTIALLY COSTING BOOK MAKERS IN EXCESS OF a MILLION )N THE END SHE lN ISHED lFTH AS ONE OF ONLY RIDERS TO COMPLETE THE RACE FROM THE STARTING 4HE ACHIEVEMENTS OF SPORTSWOMEN ARE VASTLY UN REPRESENTED WITHIN THE ME DIA WHICH IS IN TURN DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REDUCED STATUS OF WOMEN S SPORT AS A WHOLE !NY SIGNIlCANT COVERAGE OF FEMALE SPORT ING SUCCESS IN THE NATIONAL PRESS IS PRESENTED WITH AN AIR OF SENSATIONALISM AND NOVELTY AS FEMALE ATHLETES ARE GREATLY OVERSHADOWED BY THEIR MALE COUNTERPARTS
%QUAL PAY A SIGN OF PROGRESS 4HERE HAS LONG BEEN THE ARGUMENT SURROUNDING THE COVERAGE OF WOMEN S SPORT IN THE MEDIA AND HOW IT IS FREQUENTLY OVERSHAD OWED IF NOT DOMINATED BY THAT OF MEN S SPORT 4HE JUSTIlCATION FOR THIS IS OFTEN ON WHAT THE MEDIA PERCEIVES THE PUBLIC WANTS TO READ OR VIEW BE CAUSE IT AFFECTS THE MEDIA
COMPANIES INCOME FROM SALES OR BROADCASTS "UT ARE WOMEN STILL CONSIDERED THE POOR RELATION IN SPORT 4HE COVERAGE OF SPORT FEATURING EITHER GENDER SHOULD NOT RELY ON POTEN TIAL INCOME REMOVING THE BIAS TOWARDS COVERAGE OF MEN S SPORT 4HE MEDIA S AT TENTION SHOULD GIVE A WIDER RANGE OF COVERAGE OF WOM EN S SPORT ON THE GROUNDS THAT THE CURRENT SITUATION IS ESSENTIALLY NOT ONLY UNFAIR BUT BY NOT COVERING WOMEN S SPORTS IT IS PARTLY PREVENTING THE SPONSORSHIP AND INVEST MENT THEY WOULD RECEIVE TO IMPROVE AND DEVELOP 4HE 7OMEN S 3PORTS &OUNDATION IS A 5+ BASED ORGANISATION DEDICATED TO IMPROVING AND PROMOTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN IN SPORT )N A RECENT PRESS RE
LEASE 3UE 4IBBALLS #HIEF %X ECUTIVE OF THE 7OMEN S 3PORTS &OUNDATION COMMENTED h7OMEN ARE UNDER REP RESENTED IN ALL LEVELS OF SPORT 4HERE ARE FAR FEWER WOMEN THAN MEN IN LEADERSHIP AND COACHING POSITIONS AND ME DIA COVERAGE DEDICATED TO WOMEN S SPORT IS ALMOST NON EXISTENT 5NTIL THESE ISSUES ARE ADDRESSED AND THE PERCEP TION THAT DOING SPORT AND EX ERCISE IS A @MALE PURSUIT IS AL TERED THEN WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THE NUMBER OF WOMEN TAKING PART WILL REMAIN AT THESE WORRYING LEVELS v )N REALISTIC TERMS THE OVERALL PERCEPTION OF WOM EN S SPORT NEEDS TO CHANGE IN ORDER FOR IT TO GAIN MORE COVERAGE IN THE MEDIA (OW EVER THIS WILL COME ABOUT FASTER WITH GREATER PARTICI PATION IN WOMEN S SPORT
&OCUS /N +ORFBALL $ANNY 4HOMAS $ENNIS "ERGKAMP @SPE CIAL COFFEE SHOPS CLOGS AND KORFBALL 0ERHAPS THE ONLY THINGS ASIDE FROM A NICE CHUNK OF %DAM THAT WE CAN THANK THE GENTLE FOLK OF THE .ETHERLANDS FOR )N A $UTCH SCHOOL TEACHER DESIGNED A SPORT THAT BOTH HIS MALE AND FEMALE CLASSMATES COULD COMPETE IN ON AN EQUAL FOOTING 4HE OUTCOME WAS A TYPE OF HYBRID BETWEEN NETBALL AND BASKET BALL 4HE AIM IS SIMILAR IN THE FACT THAT COMPETING TEAMS AIM TO SCORE BASKETS GOALS (OWEVER IN KORFBALL THE BASKET IS FT HIGH SO YOU CAN FORGET ABOUT SLAM DUNK ING 4HIS ALSO MAKES HEIGHT A LESS SIGNIlCANT ADVANTAGE /NE FURTHER DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE POST IS SET IN FROM THE BACK OF THE COURT SO PLAYERS CAN GO BEHIND THE BASKET 4EAMS CONSIST OF EIGHT PLAYERS SPLIT INTO DIVISIONS OF FOUR TWO GIRLS TWO BOYS %ACH DIVISION IS CONlNED TO ONE HALF OF THE COURT AND WILL EITHER BE ATTACKING OR DEFEND ING 4HE ENDS ALTERNATE AFTER EVERY TWO GOALS !LTHOUGH MOVING WITH THE BALL IS ILLE GAL AS IN NETBALL SPEED AND MOVEMENT ARE CRUCIAL COM PONENTS OF THE GAME ! PLAYER CANNOT SHOOT IF THEIR DEFEND
+ORFBALL SO GOOD THE $UTCH HATE TO SEE IT LEAVE ER IS WITHIN ARM S REACH OF THE ATTACKER AND BETWEEN THEM AND THE POST 4HIS MEANS ATTACKERS MUST USE SPEED CHANGES IN DIRECTION AND CLEVER PASSING TO CREATE SPACE TO SHOOT 4HERE ARE NO SET PO SITIONS SO ALL ROUND SKILL IS REQUIRED AND ANYONE WITHIN THE ATTACKING HALF CAN SCORE !LTHOUGH FEW HAVE PROB ABLY HEARD OF IT KORFBALL IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING UNIVERSITY SPORTS AND 5%! ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CLUBS AROUND 4WO TIMES "53! #HAMPIONS AND SECOND TEAM .ATIONAL #HAMPIONS THEY HAVE BEEN THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTOR TO 5%! S OVERALL "53! POINTS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS 4HEY ALSO REPRESENTED "RITIAN AT THE %UROPEAN 5NI VERSITY +ORFBALL #HAMPION SHIPS IN "UDAPEST LAST YEAR AS WELL AS COMPETING IN THE "RITISH .ATIONAL 5NDER S
#HAMPIONSHIPS 5%! ALSO HAS THREE TEAMS COMPET ING IN THE .ORFOLK +ORFBALL ,EAGUE /FF THE COURT THE MIXED GENDER ELEMENT OF THE CLUB MAKES THE SOCIALS FAN TASTIC 4RAINING TAKES PLACE AT THE 3PORTSPARK PM EVERY 7EDNESDAY AND WE ARE AL WAYS HAPPY TO SEE NEW FACES 4HE NEXT FEW WEEKS WILL SEE THE 5%! KORFERS ENTER THE MOST IMPORTANT STAGE OF THEIR SEASON )N TWO WEEKS TIME THE SECOND TEAM WILL TRAVEL TO "RISTOL IN AN AT TEMPT TO DEFEND THEIR .A TIONAL TITLE (OWEVER BEFORE THEN ALL EYES WILL BE ON THE lRST TEAM AS THIS WEEKEND THEY LOOK TO WIN AN UNPREC EDENTED THIRD "53! TITLE IN A ROW 7ITH COMPETITION SET TO BE lERCE EXPECT THE +ORF TO GET DOWNRIGHT DIRTY .EV ERTHELESS HOPES ARE HIGH FOR AT LEAST ONE OF THE TEAMS TO RETURN WITH A BAG OF BOOTY
30/24 7OMEN S 2UGBY !N UNPRECEDENTED RESPONSE AT 3PORTSMART BACK IN 3EP TEMBER PUT THE 5%! 7OM EN S 2UGBY #LUB IN GOOD STEAD FOR ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL SEASON #URRENTLY TOP OF THE "53! LEAGUE THE SQUAD LOOK TO THE lNAL TWO lX
-EN S 4ENNIS (AVING BEEN PROMOTED A DIVISION THE 5%! MEN S ST TENNIS TEAM WERE EXPECTING TOUGH GAMES AGINST COMPET ING 5NIVERSITIES THROUGH OUT THE SEASON 4HE TEAM CONSISTING OF !NDREW *ONES -ICHAEL 4UCKER #APT -ATT (OBSON 3EVERIN -ULLER 2IEMENSCHNEIDER AND 0HIL #OATES CAME OUT IN GOOD SPIRITS TO START THE SEASON BY DEMOLISHING 7ARWICK NDS AND "EDFORDSHIRE STS 4WO TOUGH MATCHES FOLLOWED AGAINST 7ARWICK STS AND #AMBRIDGE STS IN WHICH WE LOST &OLLOWING THE 7ARWICK AND #AMBRIDGE lXTURES A CLOSE MATCH AGAINST /XFORD "ROOKES
TURES OF THE SEASON BEFORE $ERBY $AY AND THE ANNUAL OLD GIRLS MATCH )F THE GIRLS CAN DEFEAT .ORTHAMPTON AT HOME THIS WEEK THEY WILL BE SET FOR THE TITLE SHOWDOWN AGAINST (ARPER !DAMS ON RD -ARCH 7ITH FOUR GAMES IN TEN DAYS APPROACHING THE GIRLS ARE STARTING TO FEEL THE EFFECTS OF A HARD SEASON BUT THERE REMAINS A REAL BE
LIEF WE CAN TAKE THE LEAGUE TITLE AND BE IN THE RUNNING FOR PROMOTION ONCE AGAIN !FTER MAKING THE PLAY OFFS LAST YEAR 5%! MISSED OUT ON $ERBY $AY BUT AFTER A SNEAKY PEAK AT THE POSITION OF %SSEX IN "53! THE GIRLS ARE CONl DENT A WIN WILL BE SECURED 0ROBABILITY OF $ERBY $AY SUCCESS
NDS ENSUED IN WHICH 5%! WERE HELD TO A DRAW $ESPITE A RELATIVELY UP AND DOWN SEASON 5%! HAVE lNISHED THE SEASON IN THIRD PLACE OUT OF TEAMS AND IN A CONlDENT MOOD FOR NEXT YEAR 0ROBABILITY OF $ERBY $AY SUCCESS
&OR THE WOMEN S FOOTBALL TEAM THE "53! SEASON ENDED WITH A CONTROVERSIAL AND MADDENING DECISION TO LEAVE 5%! ONE GAME DOWN DUE TO A GAME CANCELLATION 4HIS MEANS THAT THEY ARE SECOND TO BOTTOM OF THE TA BLE AND LIKELY TO BE RELEGAT ED TO A LEAGUE THAT THEY WILL WALK THROUGH WHICH WILL BE NO CHALLENGE FOR THE PLAYERS 4HEIR LAST GAME AWAY AGAINST 7OLVERHAMPTON WAS CAN CELLED AND THEY WOULD HAVE BEATEN THIS FRANKLY TERRIBLE TEAM NO QUESTION !PART FROM THIS DISAP POINTMENT CAPTAIN !BBY
(OCKEY 5%! MEN S HOCKEY "53! TEAM ENDURED A SUCCESSFUL SEASON lNISHING IN THIRD PLACE ON GOAL DIFFERENCE 4HE TOP THREE TEAMS ALL lNISHED ON POINTS HOWEVER 5%! HAD THE INFERIOR GOAL DIFFER ENCE OF (IGHLIGHTS OF THE SEASON INCLUDED A WIN OVER $ERBY AND THE MASSIVE THRASHING OF ,EICESTER -EANWHILE THE LADIES TEAM lNISHED MID TABLE IN THEIR
.ETBALL )T HAS BEEN A SEASON OF HIGHS AND LOWS FOR THE 5%! NETBALL TEAMS WITH PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE HIGHS HAVING FALLEN THE WAY OF THE lRST TEAM 5%! STS lNISHED JOINT TOP IN THEIR LEAGUE WITH 7ARWICK BOTH TEAMS HAV ING ONLY LOST ONE GAME (OWEVER 5%! EMERGED TRIUMPHANT THANKS TO THEIR MASSIVE GOAL DIFFERENCE OF TO 7ARWICK S MERE 4HIS ENSURES THAT 5%! WILL NOT ONLY BE PROMOTED FOR NEXT SEASON WHERE THEY WILL FACE TOUGH OPPOSITION FROM TWO STRONG ,OUGHBOROUGH TEAMS BUT HAS ALSO MEANT THAT 5%! HAVE ENTERED INTO THE 0LATE KNOCKOUT COMPE
TITION !FTER PLAYING "UXTON lRSTS THIS WEEK AND WINNING 5%! WILL NOW FACE ,EEDS -ETROPOLITAN NDS OR $ERBY 5NIVERSITY STS IN THE LAST OF THE COMPETITION )T HAS NOT BEEN SUCH A HAPPY STORY FOR THE 5%! SECOND TEAM 5NFORTUNATE INJURIES AND UNAVAILABILITY OF PLAYERS THROUGHOUT THE SEASON SEVERELY HAMPERED THEIR CHANCES 4HEY lNISHED TH IN THEIR SECTION ENSUR ING THEIR POSITION IN THIS DI VISION FOR THE NEXT SEASON !FTER TWO YEARS OF COM FORTABLE VICTORIES OVER %SSEX THERE IS NO REASON TO EX PECT ANY DIFFERENT THIS TIME ROUND 0ROBABILITY OF $ERBY $AY SUCCESS
"53! 2EVIEW $ERBY $AY 0REVIEW 7ITH "53! ALL BUT OVER #ONCRETE 3PORT CHECKS OUT HOW VARIOUS TEAMS FARED AS WELL AS LOOKING FORWARD TO $ERBY $AY IN A WEEKS TIME
-EN S 2UGBY
7OMEN S &OOTBALL
7EDNESDAY TH &EBRUARY
2OTWEIN IS VERY POSITIVE OF THE STANDARD OF THE TEAM THIS YEAR h,AST YEAR WE HAD A FEW OUTSTANDING PLAYERS BUT THIS YEAR WE HAVE MANY GOOD PLAYERS A STRONG CORE IN BOTH THE lRST AND SECOND TEAM WHO ARE COMMITTED AND PLAY TO A HIGH STANDARD 4HE PROBLEM THIS YEAR IS THAT WE JUST CAN T SCORE GOALSv 4HIS IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THEY REALLY NEED TO WORK ON FOR NEXT SEASON )N THE %SSEX 5%! CLASH LAST YEAR THEY LOST BUT !BBY IS EXPECTING A MUCH MORE POSITIVE RESULT THIS YEAR 0ROBABILITY OF $ERBY $AY SUCCESS
4HE ST 86 MEN S RUGBY SAW MIXED RESULTS DUE TO UNIVERSI TY COMMITMENTS PREVENTING THE STRONGEST TEAM TRAVELLING TO AWAY lXTURES (OWEVER THE LATTER HALF OF THE SEASON SAW A TURN AROUND RESULT ING IN THE TEAM lNISHING RD IN THE LEAGUE BUT UNFORTU NATELY NOT QUALIFYING FOR THE PLATE DUE TO A WALKOVER GIVEN JUST BEFORE #HRISTMAS 7HEN ASKED ABOUT THE TEAM S PER FORMANCE THIS SEASON 6ICE
#APTAIN 3AM 4ATUM COM MENTED h!FTER A SLOW START THE TEAM SPIRIT AND SKILL LEVEL SHONE THROUGH FOR US TO lN ISH WITH WINS FROM THE LAST IN GAMES CHARACTERISED BY BRUTAL FORWARD PLAY AND BRUISING DEFENCEv 4HE ND 86 SUFFERED THROUGHOUT THE SEASON WITH PLAYERS BEING CALLED UP TO THE ST 86 AND MANAGED ONLY ONE WIN THIS SEASON IN A LARGE LEAGUE WITH SOME VERY TOUGH OPPONENTS 4HE lNAL PLACING OF TH IN THE LEAGUE OF DOES NOT JUSTIFY
-EN S &OOTBALL
LEAGUE ENJOYING A WIN OVER "EDFORDSHIRE 5%! WILL BE LOOKING TO BUILD ON THEIR OVERALL DOMI NATION OF %SSEX IN THE HOCK EY GAMES LAST YEAR 5%! WON THE MIXED AND LADIES GAMES BUT %SSEX TRIUMPHED IN THE MEN S GAME 4ENSIONS WILL BE HEIGHTENED THIS YEAR AFTER %SSEX THREW 5%! HOCKEY OUT OF THE BAR EARLY LAST YEAR 0ROBABILITY OF $ERBY $AY SUCCESS
THE COMMITMENT OF ALL THE PLAYERS INVOLVED AND BOTH TEAMS WILL COME BACK NEXT YEAR LOOKING TO PROVE THEM SELVES BETTER IN THEIR "53! LEAGUES 4HE ENTIRE SQUAD WILL BE LOOKING TO GO INTO THE $ERBY $AY MATCH TO REVERSE LAST YEARS RESULT AND WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE SQUAD AS A WHOLE IT IS A VERY GOOD BET 0ROBABILITY OF $ERBY $AY SUCCESS
!THLETICS #ONlDENCE IS RUNNING HIGH IN THE 5%! ATHLETICS TEAM FOLLOWING IMPRESSIVE RESULTS AT THE "53! CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS AND THE (YDE 0ARK ROAD RELAYS 4HE CROSS COUNTRY TEAM HAVE BEEN OUTSTANDING IN THE %ASTERN ,EAGUE WITH BOTH THE MEN AND WOMEN S TEAM
TOPPING THE LEADER BOARD 4HE TEAM HAS NEVER BEEN IN BETTER SHAPE WITH THE LIKES OF 'LEN 7ATTS M #HRIS -ARWOOD *OHNSON M AND -ICHAEL 'RANT M ODDS ON FAVOURITES TO BE VICTORIOUS ON $ERBY $AY 0ROBABILITY OF $ERBY $AY SUCCESS
)T WAS ANOTHER SEASON OF COULD HAVE BEENS THIS YEAR &OR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW THE ND 8) COULD HAVE WON THE LEAGUE BUT IN THE TITLE SHOWDOWN WITH #OV ENTRY A DRAW WAS SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH !SKED FOR HIS FEELINGS ON THE SUJECT CAP TAIN .ICK 'ASKELL DECLARED @THAT S FOOTBALL BABY -EANWHILE THE STS BATTLED HARD IN A TOUGH LEAGUE TO RETAIN THEIR "53! STANDING 7ITH FOUR TEAMS APPEARING AT $ERBY $AY THE CLUB HOPE TO REVERSE THE LOSING RECORD OF LAST YEAR AND ON THE STRENGTH OF THE "53! FORM THIS WOULD SEEM LIKE A DECENT BET 0ROBABILITY OF $ERBY $AY SUCCESS
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3PORT %DITOR S COLUMN $ERBY $AY /NE WEEK TO GO UNTIL THE SPORTING EXTRAVAGANZA THAT IS $ERBY $AY SO #ONCRETE OFFERS A HEARTY GOOD LUCK TO ALL COMPETING TEAMS 7ITH THE PLETHORA OF PEOPLE INVOLVED NEXT WEEK THERE ARE CLEARLY GOING TO BE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT PROMPTED THEM TO TAKE UP A COMPETITIVE SPORT IN THE lRST PLACE (OWEVER ) FEEL IT IS IMPERATIVE TO ENSURE THAT ONE PARTICULAR ELEMENT BE INFUSED INTO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WHETHER YOUgRE PLAYING OR NOT AND THATgS IS A SENSE OF COLLECTIVE PRIDE ,AST YEAR AND IT PAINS ME STILL TO WRITE THESE WORDS %SSEX EMERGED AS OVERALL VICTORS AT $ERBY $AY ) DID NOT PLAY BUT STILL REMEMBER THE BITTER WRENCH THAT THIS NEWS GAVE MY GUT WHEN ) lRST HEARD &RIENDS WINNING IS NOT EVERYTHING BUT ) FOR ONE lND THERE ARE FEW BETTER FEELINGS IN THE WORLD THAN VICTORY THE WARM GLOW WHICH INlLTRATES BOTH BODY AND SOUL A SENSE OF HEIGHTENED PHYSICAL CAPABILITY AND MENTAL EUPHORIA WHICH IS AUGMENTED IN THAT IT CAN BE SHARED WITH A WHOLE HOST OF OTHERS )NDEED IT IS THIS SHARED SENSE OF ACHIEVEMENT THAT IS SO SPECIAL 4EAM CAMARADERIE BECOMES CRUCIAL ALLOWING IN US TO ACCOMPLISH THE OVERALL VICTORY THAT WE SHOULD ALL YEARN FOR 3O NEXT 7EDNESDAY IF YOU ARE NOT HAVING YOUR BEST GAME IF YOU FEEL A BIT UNDER THE WEATHER OR JUST CANNOT BE BOTHERED LOOK INTO YOURSELF AND lND A LOVE FOR THE TEAM A JOY IN THE PROSPECT OF COLLECTIVE TRIUMPH AND THEN FRIENDS VICTORY CAN BE OURS
#ONTRIBUTORS "EING AS THIS PAGE IS MORE CRAMMED THAN THE BUS ON WEEKDAY MORNINGS AT ) COULD NOT lT IN THE NAMES OF THE MARVELLOUS BAND OF WRITERS WHO HELPED ME PULL OFF THE GREATEST PAGE IN #ONCRETE 3PORTgS HISTORY 4HOSE ) OWE THANKS TO ARE IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER *ULIE 0RICE +ATIE 'REEN -IKE 4UCKER ,AURA 7IGNALL 3AM 7ILSON "HAVIK 4HAKRAR AND *EMMA 4HAKE 0HOTOS COURTESY OF 0HIL "ANKS
#/.#2%4% 7EDNESDAY TH &EBRUARY
"IG HEARTS AND A BIG WIN FOR MEN S FOOTBALL CLUB *OE 4HOMPSON )T WAS A DAY FOR BIG HEARTS COOL HEADS AND FOR THOSE INVOLVED TO STAND UP AND BE COUNTED &OR THE 5%! RDS FOOTBALL TEAM IT WAS THE 0RIMARY #UP SEMI l NAL FOR WHICH A BIG DAY OUT AWAITED THE WINNER )T BEGAN WITH OVER TEAMS AND AFTER COMING THROUGH THE QUARTER lNAL IN A TENSE EXTRA TIME VICTORY THE 5%! BOYS EXPECTED A TOUGH TEST 4HE TWO TEAMS NERVOUSLY AWAITED THE WHISTLE ON WHAT WAS A DELIGHTFUL DAY FOR FOOTBALL 3LEEVES WERE ROLLED UP THE LUCOZADES WERE DOWNED THE PLAYERS WERE READY 4HE OPENING ENCOUNTER WAS A NERVOUS AFFAIR WITH BOTH TEAMS NOT WANTING TO MAKE AN EARLY MISTAKE (OW EVER ONCE 5%! HAD FOUND THEIR FEET THEY STARTED TO EXERT PRESSURE ON THE +INGS ,YNN DEFENCE 4HERE WERE EARLY OPENINGS FOR 0ITLABO AND -ORRIS ALTHOUGH BOTH FAILED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE 3ECONDS LATER THEY WERE TO PAY WHEN A LONG BALL OVER THE TOP LED TO A GOAL AGAINST THE RUN OF PLAY FOR +INGS ,YNN 4HIS DE LIGHTED THE LARGE CONTINGENT
OF DIE HARD +INGS ,YNN FANS WHO HAD TRAVELLED DOWN FOR THE OCCASION 5%! RALLIED AND STARTED TO DOMINATE THE PHYSICAL BATTLE 4HEIR PRESSURE WAS RE WARDED WHEN A THROUGH BALL FROM !LEX 3MITH RESULTED IN -ORRIS KNOCKING IT PAST THE GOALKEEPER AND SLOTTING HOME FROM A TIGHT ANGLE 4HE PRESSURE DID NOT LET UP HOWEVER THE BACK FOUR STILL NEEDED TO CONCENTRATE WITH 'AVIN "UTLER MAKING A CRU CIAL LAST DITCH TACKLE TO STOP A BREAK AWAY !T THE OTHER END OF THE PITCH 3MITH WENT CLOSE WITH AN OVER HEAD THAT NARROWLY MISSED !S THE HALF WAS NEAR ING AN END $AN 2OBINSON STORMED DOWN THE RIGHT WING SKIPPING PAST TWO DE FENDERS WITH ELEGANT STEP OVERS (E LOOKED UP AND PULLED THE BALL BACK ACROSS THE BOX FOR -ORRIS JUST IN SIDE THE YARD BOX WHO MANAGED TO STRIKE THE BALL INTO THE FAR TOP CORNER FOR A SECOND 5%! GOAL )T WAS A BRILLIANT lNISH BY -ORRIS TO ALLOW 5%! TO TAKE THE LEAD 4HE HALF TIME WHISTLE BLEW AND 5%! WERE THE DESERVED LEADERS 4HE SECOND HALF STARTED AT A BLISTERING PACE WITH 2OB
INSON AGAIN GETTING THE BET TER OF TWO +INGS ,YNN PLAY ERS HOWEVER STRIKER 0ITLABO COULD ONLY WATCH IN HORROR AS IT BOBBLED AND THE OPPOR TUNITY WAS MISSED -OMENTS LATER MORE GOOD PLAY FROM 2OBINSON DOWN THE RIGHT LED TO -ORRIS CONVERTING HIS THIRD AND HAT TRICK GOAL +INGS ,YNN APPEARED TO BUILD SOME MOMENTUM THROUGH A SERIES OF SET PLAYS 4HE DEFENCE WITHSTOOD THIS
TRICKY PERIOD WELL WITH !LEX 0OPE EXERTING HIS EFFECTIVE @NO NONSENSE TACTICS ADMI RABLY $UNCAN 7HITE AND 0ETER "ELLAMY WERE CALLED UPON TO AID THE TIRING PLAY ERS WHICH LED TO MORE GOOD PLAY FROM 5%! (OWEVER AF TER BEING ON FOR A MATTER OF MINUTES 7HITE TWISTED HIS ANKLE WHILST JUMPING FOR A HEADER (E MANAGED TO PLAY ON HOWEVER AND EXTRAORDI NARILY WON A PENALTY AFTER
BEING BROUGHT DOWN BY TWO PLAYERS IN THE BOX -ORRIS STEPPED UP TO TAKE THE PEN ALTY SMASHING IT INTO THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER !FTER ENDURING THE PAIN FROM A TWISTED ANKLE 7HITE WAS SUBSTITUTED AS !NDY "LACKMORE CAME ON )N THE LAST TEN MINUTES *AMES &REE MAN SCORED AFTER PERSISTENT WORK DOWN THE LEFT HAND SIDE BY "LACKMORE AND !LEX 3MITH 5%! WERE ON THEIR
WAY TO THE lNAL +INGS ,YNN SHOWED THEIR FRUSTRATION AND THEIR #APTAIN WAS YELLOW CARDED AFTER TAKING OUT -OR RIS FROM BEHIND 4HE FULL TIME WHISTLE WAS BLOWN AND 5%! HAD TRIUMPHED -ORRIS TOOK THE -AN OF THE -ATCH AWARD HOWEVER THIS WAS A TEAM PER FORMANCE THAT BODES WELL FOR THEIR BIG DAY OUT IN THE lNAL
3TREET JAZZINGLY GOOD -OUNTAIN BIKING (ANNAH -ERRETT
'EORGINA 0EARD
!FTER WEEKS OF HARD WORK AND PREPARATION 3TREETJAZZ DANCE SOCIETY WENT TO ,OUGHBOR OUGH 5NIVERSITY TO TAKE PART IN THE @,OUGHBOROUGH $ANCE OFF ANNUAL !S THIS WAS OUR lRST COMPETITION WE WERE ALL NERVOUS BUT REALLY EXCITED TO BE REPRESENTING 5%! 7E ARRIVED QUITE LATE ON &RIDAY NIGHT AND MANAGED TO SQUEEZE IN A QUICK REHEARSAL ON STAGE BEFORE MEETING THE GIRLS FROM ,OUGHBOROUGH 5NIVERSITY WHO WE WERE STAY ING WITH OVER THE WEEKEND 7E HAD AN EARLY START ON 3ATURDAY MORNING AND SAT IN THE AUDITORIUM TO WATCH THE COMPETITION 4HE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES CONSISTED OF "AL LET 4AP *AZZ #ONTEMPORARY .OVICE AND (IP HOP 7E STARTED THE SECOND HALF OF THE COMPETITION DANCING TO @0UMP IT BY THE "LACK EYED 0EAS IN THE (IP HOP SECTION 7E ALL PUT SO MUCH ENERGY
4HE 5%! -OUNTAIN "IKE TEAM HAD AN AWESOME DAY OUT AT THE THIRD 7INTER 3ERIES 2ACE IN 4HETFORD ON 3UNDAY TH &EBRUARY $AVE OUR DEAR PRESIDENT *ASON AND ) 'EORGINA FACED THE MUD FOR THE GRUELLING lNAL RACE IN THE SERIES THE HARDEST ONE YET IN MY OPINION 4HE HEAVY RAIN KINDLY STOPPED IN TIME FOR THE START BUT THE DAMAGE WAS DONE AND THE TRAIL WAS REALLY GROUND UP IN SOME PLACES !T TIMES IT FELT LIKE YOU WERE TOWING A TRUCK 4HE MILE LAP WAS GREAT FUN BUT SERIOUSLY HEAVY GOING WITH A FEW KILLER SEC TIONS TO WEED OUT THE SLIGHTLY WEAKER WILLED AMONG THE RIDERS 4HE TRAINING SEEMS TO HAVE PAID OFF THOUGH AND WE ALL CAME THROUGH WITH GREAT RESULTS OVER OUR LAPS EACH *ASON DID A WHOPPING PERFORMANCE COMING IN RD AND $AVE STORMED THROUGH
AND ATTITUDE INTO THE DANCE WE COULD HARDLY BREATHE BY THE END !FTER A BIG CHEER WE SAT DOWN AND WATCHED THE OTHER SIX DANCES IN THE (IP HOP CATEGORY !FTER A VERY NERVOUS WAIT FOR THE JUDGES TO MAKE A DE CISION WE WATCHED THE "ALLET 4AP *AZZ AND #ONTEMPORARY DANCES COLLECT THEIR AWARDS 7HEN IT CAME TO THE (IP HOP THE JUDGES MADE IT CLEAR THAT IT WAS A REALLY TOUGH DE CISION AND THEN ANNOUNCED THAT 5%! HAD COME THIRD
4HERE WAS A BIT OF A DELAYED REACTION FROM EVERYONE AND IT WAS NOT UNTIL 2OSIE OUR CHOREOGRAPHER STOOD UP TO COLLECT THE AWARD THAT IT HAD ACTUALLY SUNK IN !FTER A LOT OF CHEERING AND PHOTOS WITH OUR TROPHY WE ALL GOT READY TO GO OUT FOR THE SOCIAL 7E TRAVELLED BACK TO .ORWICH ON 3UNDAY TIRED BUT STILL BUZZING FROM GAIN ING THIRD POSITION AND BRING ING AN AWARD TO 5%!
IN TH WITH HIS TAILOR MADE h5%! IS 7ONDERFULv T SHIRT 4HERE WERE MEN IN THEIR CATEGORY SO GOOD GOING GUYS ) mEW THE mAG FOR THE 5%! GIRLS AND DESPITE BEING NO WHERE NEAR THE LEADER HAD A
SERIOUS BATTLE TO COME IN FOR RD 7ITH THE POINTS ADDED UP FOR THE THREE RACES THAT lNISH GAVE ME ND OVERALL AND A WEE TROPHY TO PUT UN DER THE CLUBS NAME
"53! RESULTS
FOR WEEK COMMENCING TH &EBRUARY !LL GAMES ARE PLATE KNOCKOUT lXTURES UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED
-EN S BASKETBALL ST -EN S FENCING ST
"RIGHTON ST
9ORK TH
7OMEN S FOOTBALL ST CONCEDED AGAINST ,EEDS ST .ETBALL ST
$ERBY "UXTON ST
7OMEN S RUGBY ST LEAGUE lXTURE
7ORCESTER ST