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.ORWICH POLICE HAVE STATED THERE WERE THREE INCIDENTS IN THE ,#2 OF hSPIKED BEVERAGESv IN THE WEEK COMMENCING TH *ANUARY /NE OF THE VICTIMS UNDERWENT A MEDICAL EXAMINATION WHICH CON lRMED THE SUSPICION 5NFORTUNATELY IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO ISOLATE THE SPE CIlC SUBSTANCE THAT WAS USED SINCE SO CALLED @DATE RAPE DRUGS DISSOLVE IN THE BODY VERY QUICKLY #ONFRONTED WITH THESE FACTS 4OM 3UTTON 7ELFARE /FlCER DE CLARED THAT hTHE ,#2 AND THE 5NION "ARS ARE STILL AMONG THE SAFEST PLACES TO DRINK IN THE WHOLE CITY SO DON T LET IT WORRY YOU JUST REMEMBER TO BE A BIT CAUTIOUS AND VIGILANT WHEN YOU RE OUTv (E IS NOT WRONG !CCORD ING TO THE 2OOlE &OUNDATION WHICH DEALS WITH DRINK SPIKING DRUG RAP ING AND SEXUAL ABUSE IN THERE WERE REPORTED CASES OF SPIKED DRINKS IN THE 3OUTH %AST IN 'REATER ,ONDON IN THE -IDLANDS AND ONLY IN %AST !NGLIA )N RESPONSE TO THE INCIDENCES OF DRINK SPIKING !NDY 0OTT 'EN ERAL -ANAGER OF THE 5NION OF 5%! 3TUDENTS TOLD #ONCRETE THAT hWE IMMEDIATELY PUT UP A NUMBER OF POSTERS WARNING CUSTOMERS TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR DRINKS AND REPORT ANY
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SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITIES TO OUR SECURITY STAFF 4HE SAME MESSAGE WAS ALSO DISPLAYED ON THE SCREENS IN THE 0UB "LUE "AR (IVE AND ,#2v 4ALKING TO SOME STUDENTS MANY COMPLAINED THAT THE POSTERS ARE NOT EASY TO READ OWING TO THE FACT THAT THERE IS TOO MUCH INFORMA TION WITH A TOO SMALL FONT 3TUDENTS HAVE SUGGESTED THAT ALONG WITH THIS THE 5NION OF 5%! 3TUDENTS SHOULD CONCENTRATE ON PROPAGATING THE USE OF @3PIKEYS STOPPERS THAT PREVENT DRINKS FROM BEING SPIKED 4HEY SHOULD ALSO MAKE SURE THAT AWARE NESS REMAINS HIGH AMONGST THE STU
DENTS WHICH WOULD ALSO SERVE TO DISCOURAGE POSSIBLE ATTACKERS (OWEVER COMMON CLUB RULES SUCH AS BANNING DRINKS ON THE DANCE mOOR OR OFF THE PREMISES LEAD MANY PEOPLE TO LEAVE THEIR DRINKS UNAT TENDED AND ASSUME THAT THERE WILL BE SOMEONE TO LOOK AFTER IT "UT IN MOST CASES THIS MUCH NEEDED SOME ONE NEVER APPEARS !CCORDING TO 4HE 'UARDIAN ONE IN FOUR YOUNG WOMEN HAS HAD THEIR DRINKS SPIKED 4HE MOST COMMON SUBSTANCES ARE EITHER PRESCRIPTION DRUGS SUCH AS MUSCLE RELAXANTS OR MOST OFTEN A SLEEP INDUCING DRUG CALLED 2OHYP
NOL /THER POSSIBLE STIMULANTS COM MONLY USED ARE ILLICIT DRUGS SUCH AS %CSTASY AND ,3$ !FTER HAVING BEEN SPIKED WITH THESE DRINKS DON T LOOK OR TASTE ANY DIFFERENT BUT RECIPIENTS FEEL EX TREMELY DRUNK AND OUT OF CONTROL EVEN WHEN DRINKING COMPARATIVELY LITTLE /NCE SOMEONE S DRINK HAS BEEN SPIKED THE EFFECT KICKS IN AF TER ABOUT TO MINUTES 6ICTIMS LOSE CONTROL OVER THEIR ACTIONS BUT THEIR BODIES STILL FUNCTION RELATIVELY WELL 4HIS IS ALSO WHY IT IS HARD TO PROVE FOR INSTANCE AN ENSUING RAPE SINCE WITNESSES STATE THAT THE VICTIM FOLLOWED HIS OR HER ASSAILANT VOLUN TARILY 5%! ASIDE THE DANGERS OF THIS TREND ARE STILL PRESENT WITHIN THE CITY AS ANOTHER RECENT CASE DEMON STRATES !FTER HAVING ONLY ONE GLASS OF WHITE WINE IN A POPULAR NIGHTCLUB IN .ORWICH S CENTRE A 5%! STUDENT REPORTED THAT SHE FELT EXTRAORDINARILY DRUNK AND lNDS IT HARD TO REMEM BER ANYTHING SHE DID THAT NIGHT 3YMPTOMS OF HAVING CONSUMED A SPIKED DRINK ARE EXTREME DIZZI NESS DIFlCULTIES WITH TALKING SICK LYNESS AND IN EXTREME CASES VOM ITING )F YOU EXPERIENCE THESE AND BELIEVE YOUR DRINK MAY HAVE BEEN SPIKED YOU SHOULD SEEK IMMEDIATE HELP FROM THE MANAGER OF THE CLUB OR A FRIEND YOU ABSOLUTELY TRUST
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(3"%6"5*0/ ,AURA 'REEN 2EPORTER 'RADUATION IS A MEMORABLE DAY FOR ANY STUDENT YET 5%! S VENUE IS WHERE MANY STUDENTS HAVE SAT THEIR lNAL EX AMS 4HE #ONGREGATION (ALL USED TO BE A GYM AND IS NOW THE PLACE WHERE EX AMS ARE TAKEN EVEN SOME LECTURES TAKE PLACE THERE )T WAS BUILT AS A TEMPORARY BUILDING AND SO WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE SPECTACULAR YET IT IS STILL THE SETTING OF 5%! STUDENTS lNAL MEMORIES OF THEIR UNIVERSITY LIFE 4HERE ARE VARIOUS OTHER VENUES IN .ORWICH IN WHICH MANY OF THE STU DENTS WOULD RATHER GRADUATE 4HE CA THEDRAL IS ONE OPTION ALTHOUGH SOME WOULD PREFER A MORE SECULAR ENVIRON MENT !NOTHER CHOICE WOULD BE 3T !N DREW S (ALL WHERE THE STUDENTS FROM .ORWICH 5NIVERSITY #OLLEGE OF THE !RTS GRADUATE 3UZANNE #LARK A GRADUATE OF THE COLLEGE TOLD #ONCRETE ABOUT HOW MUCH SIGNIlCANCE THE LOCATION OF THE GRADUATION CEREMONY HOLDS 3HE SAID THAT IT WAS A LOT NICER TO BE ABLE TO CEL EBRATE SUCH A SPECIAL DAY IN A BUILDING THAT HELD NO MEMORIES OF EXAMS OR LEC TURES AND GAVE THE DAY A MUCH MORE GRAND FEELING .ICOLA 'REEN GRADUATED FROM 5%! LAST SUMMER AND THE CEREMONY WAS HELD IN #ONGREGATION (ALL 3HE SAYS h'RADUATING IN MY EXAM HALL REALLY MEANT THAT THE DAY WASN T MADE TO FEEL AS SPECIAL AS IT COULD HAVE )T BROUGHT #ONTINUED ON P
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"DDFTT %FOJFE PO 'JSTU #VTFT 2OSIE "ARCROFT 2EPORTER AND 4HESE TWO NUM BERS REFER TO THE MAIN BUSES THAT TRANSPORT STUDENTS BACK AND FORTH FROM HOME TO CAM PUS TO TOWN (OWEVER ON THE COLD WET MORNING OF TH &EB RUARY A MIDDLE AGED DISABLED MAN WAS NOT ABLE TO BOARD THE BUS 4HE MAN WAITING AT THE BUS STOP NEAR THE "READWINNER BAKERY ON 5NTHANK 2OAD WAS UNABLE TO GET ON THE BUS AS IT DID NOT CATER FOR WHEELCHAIRS 4HE DRIVER COULD DO NOTHING ABOUT THIS AND COULD ONLY PULL AWAY FROM THE CURB LEAVING THE DISABLED MAN SITTING IN THE SLUSH 4HIS IS NOT A lRST -ANY OTHER DISABLED BUS USERS HAVE ALSO BEEN AFFECTED /NE 5%! STUDENT GOT HER WHEELCHAIR CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BUS AND
THE CURB AND ANOTHER HAD TO WAIT OVER AN HOUR AND A HALF FOR A BUS CAPABLE OF TAKING ON WHEELCHAIRS $AN 4AYLOR THE DISABILI TIES CAMPAIGN GOVERNOR STATES h$ISABLED PEOPLE ARE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SO SHOULD BE EN TITLED TO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTv &URTHERMORE HE WOULD LIKE TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT THIS IS HAPPENING ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY FROM +INGS ,YNN TO 'REAT 9ARMOUTH &IRST "USES STRESS THAT THIS SITUATION CANNOT COUNT AS DIS CRIMINATION TOWARDS DISABLED PEOPLE AS IT IS NOT UNTIL LATER THIS YEAR THAT PUBLIC TRANSPORT MUST SUPPLY FOR ALL DISABILI TIES 4OM 3UTTON THE 5NION S 7ELFARE /FlCER WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT h&IRST SHOULD BE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING A FULL SERVICE TO ALL 5%! STUDENTS 4HE 5NION IS HERE TO ENSURE
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#ONTINUED FROM P BACK MEMORIES OF ACHING HANDS AND TEDIOUS EXAMS ) WOULD HAVE MUCH PREFERRED TO GRADUATE IN ONE OF THE MORE ATTRACTIVE BUILDINGS THAT THE CITY HAS TO OFFER v 4HIS VIEW IS SHARED BY MANY OF THE UNIVERSITY S CUR RENT UNDERGRADUATES 3EC OND YEAR *AMES 4IDD SAID h#ONGREGATION (ALL IS AWFUL PUTTING A FEW mOWERS IN IT WON T CHANGE THAT v -ANY PEOPLE WILL HAVE SEEN THE POSTCARDS AROUND THE CAMPUS WHICH ARE PART OF THE CAMPAIGN TO RELOCATE THE GRADUATION CEREMONY 4HEY ASK STUDENTS TO SIGN THEIR NAMES IN SUPPORT OF THE CAM PAIGN n SO FAR OVER HAVE BEEN SIGNED AND WILL BE MAK ING THEIR WAY TO ACTING 6ICE #HANCELLOR 0ROFESSOR %DWARD !CTON S IN TRAY OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS 7ELFARE /FlCER 4OM 3UT TON EXPLAINS THAT THIS IS ONLY PHASE ONE OF THE 5NION S 'RADUATION #AMPAIGN h4HIS STAGE IS ABOUT CONVINCING THE 5NIVERSITY S SENIOR MANAGE MENT TEAM THAT IN ORDER @TO PROVIDE A STUDENT EXPERIENCE THAT IS SECOND TO NONE IN THE 5+ WHICH THEY VE COMMITTED THEMSELVES TO IN THEIR lVE YEAR PLAN THEY RE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE GRADUATION v
3O FAR THE 5NION OF 5%! STUDENTS HAVE RECEIVED OVER SIGNED POSTCARDS
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i8IBU *T )JHIFS &EVDBUJPO 'PS w %LIZABETH "ROWNE 2EPORTER /N TH &EBRUARY IN LIGHT OF THE UPCOMING GOVERNMENT REVIEW OF (IGHER %DUCATION THE 5NION OF 5%! STUDENTS WILL HOLD A THOUGHT PROVOKING PANEL DEBATE TO DISCUSS h7HAT )S (IGHER %DUCATION &OR v ! MIXTURE OF LEADERS WILL ATTEND WITH THE 0RESIDENT OF THE .53 THE !CTING 6ICE #HANCELLOR OF 5%! THE #HAIR OF #ONSERVA TIVE &UTURE AND THE 5NION OF 5%! 3TUDENTS !CADEMIC /F lCER ALL SITTING ON THE PANEL AND THE DEBATE WILL BE CHAIRED BY !MY 7ILSON #HAIR OF 5N ION #OUNCIL !FTER A BRIEF TALK FROM EACH THE PANEL WILL THEN TAKE QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDI ENCE AS WELL AS CHALLENGING EACH OTHER ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL STANCES 4HE ISSUE OF (IGHER %DU CATION FUNDING HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT CAMPAIGN FOR THE 5NION THIS YEAR OF WHICH THIS DEBATE IS ALSO A PART OF %NTITLED @"ROKE AND "ROKEN STUDENTS HAVE HAD THE OPPOR TUNITY TO EXPRESS THEIR DISSATIS FACTION WITH THE CURRENT SYSTEM OF FUNDING THROUGH THE @7ALL
OF $EBT AND STUDENT PROTESTS IN #AMBRIDGE 4HE %XECUTIVE HAVE ALSO RECENTLY BEEN LOB BYING LOCAL -0S ON THE ISSUE AND EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF FEES AND DEBT ON STUDENTS WHO WORK 5PCOMING CAMPAIGNS INCLUDE DEMONSTRATIONS IN ,ONDON AND A LOBBY OF 0ARLIA MENT IN -ARCH 4HE 5NION S !CADEMIC /FlCER $AVID 3HEPPARD COM MENTED hIT IS CLEAR THAT RADI CAL CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE TO THE WAY UNIVERSITIES ARE FUNDED (OWEVER THIS DEBATE WILL ASK AN EVEN MORE FUNDA MENTAL QUESTION @7HAT IS THE PURPOSE OF (IGHER %DUCATION /NCE WE ARE CLEAR ABOUT THAT THEN IT SHOULD BE EASIER TO DE VELOP A FUNDING MODEL THAT MATCHES 4HE 5NION OF 5%! 3TUDENTS IS COMMITTED TO A (% SECTOR THAT VALUES LEARNING FOR LEARNING S SAKE AND THAT IS FREE FOR ALL 4HIS DEBATE WILL BE AN IMPORTANT CHANCE TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF OUR EDUCATIONv h7HAT )S (IGHER %DUCATION &OR v WILL BE HELD AT PM IN ,ECTURE 4HEATRE &URTHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON &ACEBOOK OR ALTERNATIVELY AT WWW UEASTUDENT COM FEES
4UPQ #VTTJOH .F "SPVOE 4BZ 4UVEFOUT PO 'RACE 3IMPSON &EATURES %DITOR 3TUDENTS FACED A LENGTHY DE LAY ON THEIR WAY TO CAMPUS LAST -ONDAY WHEN A BUS WAS HELD UP BY AN ONCOM ING DRIVER 4HE BUS HAD JUST TURNED ON TO ,OVELACE 2OAD OUTSIDE "LUEBELL 0RIMARY 3CHOOL WHEN THE DRIVER OF A MAROON CAR REFUSED TO ALLOW THE BUS TO PASS DESPITE THE BUS DRIVER HAVING THE RIGHT OF WAY 7HEN IT BECAME CLEAR THAT THE DRIVER WAS NOT GOING TO GIVE WAY THE POLICE WERE CALLED 4HE MALE DRIVER LEFT HIS CAR AND APPROACHED THE BUS DRIVER TO WHOM HE WAS VER BALLY ABUSIVE AND DISPLAYED AGGRESSIVE AND THREATENING BEHAVIOUR (E CLAIMED THAT THE BUS HAD WRONGLY PULLED OUT OF THE JUNCTION AFTER SEE ING THE MAROON CAR APPROACH ING SO THEREFORE WOULD NOT GIVE WAY TO THE BUS 3TUDENTS AND 5%! STAFF ABOARD THE BUS BEGAN TO EX PRESS THEIR FRUSTRATION DE CIDING TO BRAVE THE HEAVY SNOW AND WALK THE REST OF THE DISTANCE 4HE BUS DRIVER
EXPLAINED TO THOSE THAT RE MAINED THAT IT WAS ILLEGAL FOR HIM TO REVERSE WITHOUT POLICE ASSISTANCE AND PLEADED FOR THEIR PATIENCE WHILST HE WAIT ED FOR THE OFlCERS TO ARRIVE /NLOOKERS AND OTHER DRIV ERS BLOCKED BY THE MAN BE LIEVED TO BE IN HIS EARLY S APPROACHED THE CAR TO TRY AND REASON WITH HIM THOUGH THEY WERE ALSO SUBJECTED TO A TOR RENT OF ABUSE ! CARE WORKER WHO LIVED NEARBY WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND AN EMERGENCY CALL BECAUSE OF THE STANDOFF AND LUNCHTIME TRAFlC BEGAN TO BUILD UP INCLUDING A FURTHER TWO BUSES TRYING TO MAKE THEIR WAY TO UNIVERSITY IN THE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS !FTER SEVERAL CALLS DURING THE HALF HOUR THAT THE VEHICLES HAD REMAINED STATIONARY A POLICE OFlCER IN AN UNMARKED CAR ARRIVED TO RESOLVE THE SITUATION WITH NO EXPLANA TION FOR HIS DELAY IN ARRIVING AT THE SCENE 4HE BUS DRIVER WHO HAD REMAINED CALM AND APOLOGETIC THROUGHOUT THE OR DEAL WAS OFFERED THE CHANCE TO PRESS CHARGES AGAINST THE CAR DRIVER BUT DECLINED TO DO SO AS THIS WOULD HAVE MEANT
THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO DELAY SERVICE FURTHER WHILST HE WENT TO THE STATION TO GIVE A STATE MENT !FTER SPEAKING TO THE PO LICE OFlCER THE CAR DRIVER RE VERSED TO CLEAR THE WAY FOR THE THREE BUSES TO CONTINUE ON THEIR WAY TO THE UNIVERSITY 4HE DRIVER OF THE lRST BUS EX PRESSED HIS SINCERE APOLOGIES FOR THE HALF HOUR DELAY AND THANKED THE REMAINING PAS SENGERS FOR THEIR PATIENCE 4HE DRIVER WHO COULD NOT GIVE HIS NAME EXPLAINED THAT HE AND HIS COLLEAGUES AT &IRST BUSES WERE MORE FREQUENTLY BECOMING VICTIMS OF AGGRES SION FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND THOUGH THIS PAR TICULAR SITUATION HAD NOT OC CURRED BEFORE PROBLEMS WITH PARKED CARS IN THE .ORTHlELDS AREA WAS COMMON 4HE STUDENTS CAUGHT UP BY THE CONFRONTATION NOT ONLY EXPRESSED THEIR ANGER OVER THEIR DELAY BUT ALSO THEIR SHOCK AT THE IRRATIONAL AND UNREASONABLE BEHAVIOUR OF THE CAR DRIVER WHO WAS LUCKY TO ESCAPE ARREST THANKS TO THE &IRST DRIVER S CONSIDERATION FOR HIS PASSENGERS
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3TUDENTS LOSE OUT ON THE PRE MIUM BENElTS THAT 3PORTSPARK SUBSCRIPTIONS OFFER TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND NON STUDENTS "Y EXCLUDING STUDENTS FROM OPENING A ROLLING ACCOUNT FOR THE BRONZE SILVER AND GOLD PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTIONS MOST STUDENTS END UP PAYING A LUMP SUM FOR A MONTH CONTRACT WHEN THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS WILL USE THE 3PORT SPARK FOR EIGHT MONTHS +EITH .ICHOLLS THE 3PORT SPARK S DIRECTOR SAYS THAT WHILE THIS MAY BE PERCEIVED AS DISCRIMINATORY TOWARDS STUDENTS SUCH DECISIONS NEED TO BE MADE ON A COMMERCIAL BASIS (E GOES ON TO SAY THE 3PORTSPARK DEPENDS ON COM MUNITY USE WHICH COMPRISES OF OF TOTAL USE n TO SUBSI DISE THE hCHEAPEST ACCESS RATESv STUDENTS ALREADY HAVE -AKING ROLLING CONTRACTS
AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS WILL hDRIVE AWAY PREMIUMv NON STUDENT CUSTOMERS WHO MAKE UP ONE THIRD OF THE 3PORTSPARK S IN COME FEARS +EITH .ICHOLLS &A CILITIES WILL BECOME CROWDED IN ON PEAK HOURS ONE OF THE BENElTS OF PREMIUM SUBSCRIP TION 4HE CURRENT ARRANGEMENT MAINTAINS MAXIMUM COM MUNITY USE WHICH SUBSIDISES STUDENT RATES h)T IS A WIN WIN SITUATION FOR EVERYBODYv SAYS +EITH .ICHOLLS 7HILE RECOGNISING THE NEED FOR THE 3PORTSPARK TO BE lNANCIALLY VIABLE AND THAT THE hARGUMENTS OF THEIR MANAGE MENT NEED TO BE TAKEN INTO AC COUNTv -ARTIN *OPP THE 5N ION S lNANCE OFlCER WORRIES STUDENTS ARE BEING TREATED AS hSECOND CLASS CITIZENSv h7HY SHOULD STUDENTS PAY FOR FACILITIES FOR MONTHS IF THEY ARE ONLY GOING TO USE THEM FOR EIGHT MONTHS v ASKS -ARTIN *OPP h#ONSIDERING
THE 3PORTSPARK IS A 5NIVER SITY INITIATIVE IT SEEMS STRANGE THAT THE STUDENT CALENDAR IS NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT BY THE 3PORTSPARK v h4O BE HONEST IT S PRETTY
CHEAP ALREADY v SAYS 5%! STU DENT !RCHIE -ADDOCKS h"UT IT STILL ISN T FAIR TOWARDS STU DENTS v HE CONTINUES 2ECOGNISING THAT THE 3PORT SPARK IS PART OF 5%! +EITH
.ICHOLLS SAYS THIS IS EXACTLY WHY THE CURRENT ARRANGEMENT BENElTING NON STUDENTS IS THE MOST SUITABLE )F THE 3PORT SPARK SUFFERS A LOSS AT THE END OF THE YEAR THIS hLOSS EFFECTS ACADEMIC FUNDING FOR THE 5NIVERSITYv AS THE 5NIVERSITY IS REQUIRED TO MAKE UP ANY LOSS !LTERNATIVELY IF A PROlT IS MADE THIS GOES INTO THE 5NI VERSITY S YEARLY BUDGET 7HILE THE LUMP SUM SUB SCRIPTION PROVIDES A SMALL DISCOUNT COMPARED TO A FULL YEAR ON A ROLLING CONTRACT THE FACT THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS ARE ONLY IN THE AREA FOR EIGHT MONTHS A YEAR MEANS IN REAL TERMS STUDENTS LOSE OUT ON 3PORTSPARK BENElTS -ARTIN *OPP SAYS THE ISSUE IS ON THE AGENDA WHEN HE NEXT MEETS WITH +EITH .ICHOLLS h!S A 5NION OFlCER ) TAKE THE RIGHTS OF STUDENTS TO ACCESS GOOD SPORTING FACILITIES VERY SERIOUSLY v %MIL !LLARD
.BLF 1PWFSUZ )JTUPSZ &WFOU -AKE 0OVERTY (ISTORY 3OCIETY IS HOLDING THEIR ANNUAL LIVE MU SIC AND ENTERTAINMENT ON TH &EBRUARY IN THE (IVE 4HE LINEUP ALREADY INCLUDES ACTS SUCH AS 3TREET*AZZ -USIC 3OC AND *AMNESTY WITH MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED ,AST YEAR THE EVENT RAISED ALMOST a AND THIS YEAR THE ORGANISERS ARE HOPING TO BEAT THAT lGURE 4ICKETS WILL BE ON SALE IN THE (IVE FROM PM PM ON 4HURSDAY TH &RIDAY TH AND -ONDAY TH &EBRUARY 4ICKETS ARE a IN ADVANCE a ON THE DOOR
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&OLLOWING A #ONCRETE ARTICLE IN $ECEMBER LAST YEAR ABOUT STUDENTS IN THE 3CHOOL OF $E VELOPMENT 3TUDIES LOSING THEIR COMMON ROOM THOSE STUDENTS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN GIVEN A NEW COMMON ROOM n SORT OF 4HE SCHOOL HAS NOW SET ASIDE 2OOM IN THE !RTS BUILDING AS A SOCIAL SPACE FOR STUDENTS (OWEVER IT WILL SOMETIMES BE BOOKED FOR ACADEMIC FUNC TIONS LIKE SEMINARS AND COURSE HOUSEKEEPING MEETINGS AND SO STUDENTS WON T HAVE UNLIMITED ACCESS TO IT 2OOM S NEW STATUS AS A MOST OF THE TIME COMMON ROOM WAS AGREED ON AT A MEET ING BETWEEN STUDENT REPRESENT ATIVES AND HEAD OF SCHOOL $R "RUCE ,ANKFORD ON $ECEMBER TH ! COFFEE MORNING WAS HELD ON RD *ANUARY TO LAUNCH THE ROOM IN ITS NEW CAPACITY AND DREW A LARGE NUMBER OF STU DENTS AND STAFF )T IS HOPED THAT THE ROOM WILL BE REFURNISHED AND MADE MORE COMFORTABLE AND STUDENT FRIENDLY BY THE SPRING
6OJPO $PVODJM /N 4HURSDAY TH *ANUARY 5N ION #OUNCIL HELD ITS lRST MEET ING OF THE SEMESTER 4HE MEET ING WAS lLLED WITH DEBATE AS THE #OUNCIL DISCUSSED A RESOLUTION ON )SRAEL S RECENT INCURSION INTO 'AZA 3EE .EWS !NALYSIS PG )N OTHER NEWS $AVID 3HEP HERD !CADEMIC /FlCER FOR THE 5NION OF 5%! 3TUDENTS REPORT ED THAT THE 5%! IS RESPONDING WELL TO HIS ATTEMPTS TO GARNER FEEDBACK ON EXAMINATION PA PERS
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5FTDP 3FDFJWFT 6OUIBOL 6&" .FEJDT #SBWF 5PVHI (VZ 1MBOOJOH 1FSNJTTJPO .AYO (UNT 2EPORTER .ORWICH #ITY #OUNCIL HAVE CONlRNED THAT 4ESCO HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR lFTH BID TO BUILD A NEW STORE ON UNTHANK ROAD 0LANNING PERMISSION WAS GRANTED ON FEBRUARY lFTH DESPITE YEARS OF PROTEST FROM LOCAL BUISNESS OWNERS 'REEN PARTY CAMPAIGNERS AND RESI DENTS MANY OF WHOM ARE 5%! STUDENTS /NE $%6 STUDENT WHO LIVES IN THE 5NTHANK AREA SAID @)T S RIDICULOUS 4HERE ARE ALREADY ENOUGH SHOPS ON 5NTHANK 2OAD THAT CATER TO OUR NEEDS 4HE ARRIVAL OF TESCO WILL SIMPLY UNDERCUT EXISTING BUSINESSES CAUSING JOB LOSSES WHICH IN THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CLIMATE IS THE LAST THING WE NEED 4HE 5NION OF 5%! STU DENTS HAS PLEDGED ITS SUPPORT TO lGHTING THE VERDICT SIGNING AN EMERGENCY MOTION FOR THE EXECUTIVE TO @COORDINATE AC TION AGAINST THE DECISION 4HE 5NION ARE CONSIDERING JOINING FORCES WITH THE ONLINE @SAY NO TO TESCO MOVEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN CAMPAIGNING FOR FOUR YEARS AND HAS THOUSANDS OF SUPPORTERS 4HERE HAS BEEN SOME DIS PUTE REGARDING THE EXTENT TO WHICH TESCO SHOULD BE OP POSED BY THE 5NION !ARON "LOWERS FACULTY CONVENOR FOR (5- EXPRESSED HIS SUPPORT
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THE POPULAR OPINION IS AGAINST 4ESCO BEING BUILT #OUNCILLOR !DRIAN 2AMSEY 0ARLIMENTARY CANDIDATE FOR THE 'REEN 0ARTY SAID @) M EXTREME LY DISAPPOINTED BY A PLANNING PROCESS THAT ALLOWS A REMOTE PLANNING INSPECTOR FROM OUT SIDE THE AREA TO OVERTURN THE DEMOCRATIC DECISION OF LOCAL COUNCILLORS AND RESIDENTS ) M CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRICKS 4ESCO USES TO UNDERMINE ITS COMPETITORS ) M ALSO VERY CONCERNED THAT THIS DECISION MEANS MORE DELIVERY LORRIES WILL BE BROUGHT TO AN ALREADY BUSY AND CONGESTED STREET 2UPERT 2EAD LECTURER OF PHILOSOPHY AT THE 5%! AND PROSPECTIVE -%0 FOR THE 'REEN 0ARTY .ORWICH ADDED hTHIS DREADFUL DECISION GOES TO SHOW HOW URGENT IT IS TO GET 'REENS INTO 7ESTMINISTER v "UILDING WORKS WILL NOW UNDOUTEDLY COMMENCE ON 5NTHANK ROAD IN THE NEAR FU TURE #OUNCILLOR !NTHONY ,IT TLE #ONSERVATIVE PARLIMENTARY SPOKESMAN FOR .ORWICH SOUTH SAYS NOW ALL OPPONENTS CAN HOPE TO DO IS USE @PEOPLE POW ER TO MAKE THE STORE A FAILURE h)F PEOPLE GENUINLY OPPOSE 4ESCO AND SUPPORT THEIR LOCAL SHOPS THEY SHOULD NOT SPEND ANY OF THEIR MONEY IN THE NEW STORE 4ESCO ARE VERY SENSITIVE TO THE LOCAL MARKET AND IF THIS STORE ISN T PROlTABLE IT WILL SHUT v
#VSHMBS 3FUVSOT UP $BNQVT ,OUISE 7OODS 2EPORTER ! CONVICTED BURGLAR WHO STOLE FROM VARIOUS 5%! HALLS OF RESI DENCE IN HAS BEEN SPOT TED ON CAMPUS AGAIN 3COTT $AVID )VES +EELER WAS APPREHENDED IN ONE OF THE 5%! HALLS ON -ONDAY TH *ANUARY (E WAS BANNED FROM CAMPUS FOR TWO YEARS WHEN HE WAS CONVICTED OF BUR GLING RESIDENCES IN 3EPTEMBER AND /CTOBER A SPREE THAT CENTRED ON .ORFOLK 4ERRACE
4HIS BAN ENDED RECENTLY AND IT WAS SOON AFTER THIS THAT )VES +ELLER WAS FOUND ON CAM
PUS 5%! 3ECURITY 3ERVICES HAVE DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION POSTERS AROUND HALLS AND IN 5NION (OUSE TRYING TO MAKE THIS YEAR S FRESHERS AWARE OF THE TROUBLE HE COULD CAUSE WERE HE TO BE ALLOWED IN )F YOU SEE HIM ON CAMPUS REPORT IT IMMEDIATELY TO 5%! 3ECURITY ON OR THE EMERGENCY NUMBER OF )F YOU BELIEVE YOU ARE WITNESSING HIM COM MITTING A CRIME CALL THE POLICE ON
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/N 3UNDAY ST &EBRUARY TEN 5%! STUDENTS TOOK PART IN 4OUGH 'UY THE LONGEST AND HARDEST ASSAULT COURSE IN THE WORLD 4HEY DID IT TO RAISE MONEY FOR +IDS !CTION /VER SEAS +!/3 AND BRAVED THE THEN COLDEST DAY OF THE YEAR 4HE RACE INCLUDED FT HIGH OBSTACLES ELECTROCUTION BARBED WIRE mAMING lRE PITS DEEP WATER CLAUSTROPHOBIA INDUCING TUNNELS AND THE CONSTANT RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA AS THEY RAN IN THE BITTERLY COLD WEATHER 4HE EVENT IS RUN ANNUALLY AND THIS YEAR ATTRACTED CONTEST ANCES FROM COUNTRIES WITH CONTENDORS COMING FROM AS FAR AWAY AS 4HAILAND AND .EW :EALAND /NE CONTENDOR !RTHUR 0RICE HAS PREVIOUS (IMALAYAN CLIMBING EXPERIENCE BUT STILL SAID THAT hNOTHING CAN PRE PARE YOU FOR THE SEVERITY OF THE COLDv EXPERIENCED ON THE DAY /F THE PEOPLE COM PETING ON THE DAY ONLY ARE LISTED AS HAVING lNISHED THE COURSE 4HE SEVERITY OF THE SITUA TION WAS EMPHASISED BY THE FACT THAT TWO OF THE TEAM WERE PULLED OUT OF THE RACE AND TREATED AT THE SCENE FOR HYPO THERMIA ! THIRD WITHDREW AF TER SUFFERING SERIOUS INJURIES 4EAM LEADER $ONAL &AR REL EXPLAINED h7E WANTED TO
RAISE MONEY AND THE PROlLE OF +!/3v 4HE GROUP WAS SET UP IN TO PROMOTE AWARE NESS AND UNDERSTANDING ABOUT HEALTH ISSUES LOCALLY NATIONAL LY AND INTERNATIONALLY $ONAL WHO HAS TRAVELLED TO :AMBIA AND +ENYA IN SUPPORT OF THE GROUP S EFFORTS WAS INSTRUMEN TAL IN GATHERING AND TRAINING A TEAM TO ENTER THE 4OUGH 'UY EVENT 2EGARDING THE STRAIN THE EVENT PUT ON THE COMPETITORS &ARREL SAID h)T DOESN T MATTER HOW TOUGH THE DAY IS BECAUSE IT IS ONLY ONE DAY OUT OF OUR LIVES THESE KIDS HAVE TO FACE TOUGH CHALLENGES EVERY DAY v /THER TEAM MEMBERS TRAINED IN THEIR SPARE TIME FOR MONTHS )N ONE CASE THEY EX POSED THEMSELVES TO THE FREEZ ING WATERWAYS OF THE .ORFOLK "ROADS TO PREPARE %VEN THIS WAS LITTLE PREPA RATION FOR THE EVENT ITSELF *OHN +EEP ONE OF THE 5%! TEAM SAID h!T THE END IT WAS CAR
NAGE THERE WERE PEOPLE COL LAPSED FROM EXHAUSTION OTH ERS SCREAMING FROM THE PAIN OF CRAMPING LIMBS LYING IN THE MUD AND THE EMERGENCY SERV ICES WERE WORKING OVERTIMEv !LTHOUGH THERE WERE SEV ERAL BROKEN BONES THERE WERE NO DEATHS ON THE DAY +!/3 ARE CONTINUING THEIR FUNDRAISING EFFORTS WITH A FASH ION SHOW IN THE ,#2 ON TH &EBRUARY
$IBSMFT $MBSLF BU 6&" 'ARETH #OVENTRY 2EPORTER #HARLES #LARKE THE FORMER (OME 3ECRETARY AND -0 FOR .ORWICH 3OUTH IS DUE TO VISIT THE 5%! IN -ARCH TO GIVE A TALK TO 5%! STUDENTS -R #LARKE S TALK IS EXPECT ED TO BE ABOUT THE ,ABOUR 0ARTY AND "RITISH 'OVERNMENT ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT OFlCIALLY CONlRMED YET AT TIME OF WRIT ING 4HE TALK WILL FORM PART OF THE SECOND YEAR 03) MODULE
4OPICS IN "RITISH 0OLITICS AND IS ONE OF A SERIES TALKS GIVEN BY VISITING LECTURERS )T IS EXPECTED THAT AFTER THE TALK THERE WILL BE A QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION DEPENDING
ON THE LENGTH OF THE LECTURE $R *OHN 'REENAWAY THE MODULE ORGANISER SAID HE HOPED THAT STUDENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO OBTAIN AN INSIGHT OF GOVERNMENT BY AN EXPERIENCED POLITICIAN WHICH WOULD THEN ADD TO THEIR ACADEMIC STUDIES 4HE TALK IS DUE TO TAKE PLACE ON &RIDAY THE TH -ARCH AT !- IN !RTS AND IS OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS AL THOUGH PRIORITY IS EXPECTED TO BE GIVEN TO 4OPICS IN "RITISH 0OLITICS STUDENTS
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4UVEFOUT $FMFCSBUF 4VQFS $MJWF (ARRY ,OW 3PORTS %DITOR &IRST "US DRIVER #LIVE !SHCROFT TOOK AROUND STUDENTS INTO TOWN LAST MONTH TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR SUPPORT OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS 4HE DRIV ER ORGANISED A SPECIAL SERVICE TO BE LAID ON TO TAKE STUDENTS INTO THE CITY BEFORE SORTING OUT FREE ENTRY TO /PTIC FOR ALL THOSE ON BOARD 4HE DOUBLE DECKER WHICH WAS DRIVEN BY -R !SHCROFT S BOSS SET OFF FROM CAMPUS SHORTLY BEFORE PM FOLLOW ING THE REGULAR ROUTE AND PICKING STUDENTS UP ON THE WAY BEFORE DROPPING THEM OFF ON 0RINCE OF 7ALES 2OAD 3TUDENTS SPENT THE NIGHT IN /PTIC CHATTING DANCING AND EVEN SINGING KARAOKE WITH THE DRIVER WHO HAS BEEN WITH &IRST FOR OVER SEVEN YEARS !FTER THE NIGHT HAD ENDED #LIVE DIPPED HIS HAND INTO HIS POCKET ONCE
AGAIN BY AGREEING TO COVER THE COST OF THE JOURNEY HOME TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS DID NOT HAVE TO FORK OUT h)T WAS A BRILLIANT NIGHT AND ) LOVED GO ING OUT WITH THEM ALLv SAID THE MAN FROM -ANCHESTER 7HEN ASKED ABOUT HOW WELL HE IS RECEIVED THE FORMER FORKLIFT TRUCK DRIVER SAID THAT HE FELT @PRIVILEGED TO HAVE MET EVERYONE h) DON T SEE THAT ) M DOING ANYTHING SPECIAL ) M JUST DOING MY JOB ) NEVER COULD HAVE EXPECTED ANY OF THIS n IT S TOTALLY AMAZING h) LOVE MY JOB AS IT S ALL ABOUT MEETING PEOPLE ) WISH ) D STARTED DO ING IT YEARS GO TO BE HONEST 4HE STUDENTS ARE THE FRIENDLI EST OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT GET ON THE BUSES v!S REPORTED IN 4HE %VENT EARLIER THIS YEAR THE YEAR OLD HAS A &ACEBOOK GROUP SET UP IN HIS HONOUR AND SUCH IS HIS POPULARITY THERE ARE NOW CLOSE TO MEMBERS -ORE RECENTLY A SECOND GROUP @(AIL
TO THE "USDRIVER #LIVE ON THE HAS BEEN CREATED 4HIRD YEAR LAW STUDENT )AN $URRANT WHO LIVES ON THE ROUTE EXPLAINED THE REASON BEHIND THE DRIVER S POPULARITY h(E HAS BUILT UP SUCH A GOOD RAPPORT WITH EVERYONE (E GETS OF THE BUS TO TALK TO PEOPLE AND WHEN WE CAME BACK AF TER THE HOLIDAYS HE HAD PUT A @WELCOME BACK BANNER IN THE WINDOW v #LIVE MOSTLY WORKS THROUGH THE NIGHT OFTEN START ING LATE AFTERNOON AND lNISH ING AS LATE AS AM WHICH PERHAPS EXPLAINS WHY HE HAS GOT TO KNOW STUDENTS AT 5%! SO WELL )N $ECEMBER #LIVE WAS RUNNER UP IN THE @3UPER STAR SCHEME SET UP BY &IRST "USES TO RECOGNISE MEMBERS OF STAFF WHO HAVE hGONE THAT EXTRA MILE v 4O VOTE FOR #LIVE THIS MONTH GO TO WWW lRSTGROUP COM UKBUS SUPERSTARS
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-FBL JO UIF )JWF $AVINA +ESBY 2EPORTER %FFECTS OF THE SEVERE WEATHER COULD BE FOUND AROUND THE UNIVERSITY THIS WEEK AS THE ROOF OF 5NION (OUSE BEGAN TO LET WATER IN "UCKETS WERE PLACED IN THE (IVE ON ND &EBRUARY BENEATH THE DRIP CAUSED BY A DAMAGED ROOF SEAL 4HE LEAK IS APPARENTLY NOT UNCOMMON IN BAD WEATHER
4HE 5NION S 'ENERAL -AN AGER !NDY 0OTT REASSURED FEARS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK SAYING THAT IT WAS KNOWN hEXACTLY WHERE IT IS COMING FROM v AND EXPLAINING THAT THE MATTER COULD BE SIMPLY RECTIlED BY GETTING THE CON STRUCTION COMPANY TO COME BACK AND lX THE SEAL /N &RIDAY TH &EBRUARY &INANCE /FlCER -ARTIN *OPP CLARIlED THE SITUATION SAYING
THAT hONE OF THE SEALS ON THE ROOF PANELS IN THE HIVE HAD PERISHED BUT IT IS NOW lXEDv .ORWICH HAS BEEN RELA TIVELY UNAFFECTED BY THE BAD WEATHER COMPARED WITH THE REST OF THE COUNTRY ALTHOUGH SOME STUDENTS WHO HAD GONE AWAY FOR THE WEEKEND WERE UNABLE TO GET BACK TO .ORWICH AS TRANSPORT LINKS IN ,ONDON GROUND TO A HALT
4QPSUTQBSL #MVFT GPS $MVCT -ATTHEW 4AYLOR 2EPORTER 0LANS PROPOSED BY THE 5NION %XECUTIVE TO PROVIDE MEMBERS OF SPORTS CLUBS WITH AN ANNUAL AWARD CEREMONY FOR SPORTING EXCELLENCE HAS MET WITH RESIST ANCE FROM THE $IRECTOR OF 0HYS ICAL %DUCATION AND 3PORT 0%3 +EITH .ICHOLLS 4HE AWARDS KNOWN AS @"LUES WOULD FOLLOW SIMILAR AWARD STRUCTURES THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE IN VARIOUS OTHER UNIVERSITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY MOST NOTABLY "ATH 4HE "LUES #RITERIA WOULD CON SIST OF THREE BANDS OF AWARD #OLOUR (ALF "LUE &ULL "LUE THE RECIPIENTS OF WHICH WOULD BE RECOMMENDED TO A 0%3 PAN EL BY SPORTS CLUB PRESIDENTS 4HE PLAN WAS INITIALLY PRO POSED BY THE 5NION 3PORTS #OUNCIL IN .OVEMBER TO +EITH .ICHOLLS WHO RESPONDED WITH A POINT EMAIL DETAILING HIS OBJECTIONS AND RESERVATIONS TO THE PLANNED AWARD CEREMO NY !MONGST THE OBJECTIONS WERE FEARS THAT THESE AWARDS
GO AGAINST THE hNON CONFORM ISTv ATTITUDE OF THE 5NIVERSITY DESCRIBING 5%! S SPORTING VAL UES TO BE THAT OF h0ARTICIPATION RATHER THAN PERFORMANCEv (E DESCRIBED THE IDEA OF AWARDING INDIVIDUALS AS WITHOUT MERIT AS IN HIS VIEW hMEMBERS SHOULD REPRESENT THEIR CLUBv AND THAT GIVING AN AWARD FOR ATTEND ANCE THE CRITERIA REQUIRED FOR THE LOWEST BRACKET OF AWARD WOULD BE THE hEQUIVALENT OF AWARDING A UNIVERSITY CERTIl CATE FOR ATTENDANCE TO LECTURES AND SEMINARSv 4HE $IRECTOR OF 0%3 CITED AGAIN AND AGAIN ONE MAJOR PRACTICAL PROBLEM THAT IN HIS VIEW 5%! HAS NEVER HAD A STRONG SERIOUS SPORTING TRADI TION )T WOULD THEREFORE PALE IN COMPARISON TO THE hLESS THAN A DOZEN OF UNIVERSITIESv THAT AWARD "LUES OR SIMILAR SYSTEMS WITH STRONGER SPORTING TRADI TIONS SUCH AS "ATH 5NIVERSITY WHO HAVE hINVESTED MILLIONS OF POUNDSv IN THEIR SPORTSMEN AND WOMEN 4HIS IS IN CONTRAST TO THE 5NION OF 5%! 3TUDENTS
WHO WERE ACCUSED IN THE EMAIL OF HAVING hNEVER PROVIDED FUNDS TO CLUBS OR INDIVIDUALS TO MAXIMISED PERFORMANCEv !CCORDING TO -R .ICHOLLS THIS HAS RESULTED IN THE FACT THAT hTHERE HAVE BEEN FEW PAST STU DENTS WHO WOULD HAVE MERITED "LUESv UNDER THE CRITERIA SET OUT BY THE REPORT SUBMITTED TO HIM BY THE 5NION %XECUTIVE ,ATER IN THE EMAIL THE 0%3 $IREC TOR CRITICISED THE ORGANISATION OF THE SPORT S SECTION OF THE 5NION CLAIMING THAT IT NEEDS REVIEWING CITED THE hINABILITY OF THE 5NION TO lND A 3PORTS /FlCER OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS WHO LAST BEYOND THE lRST MONTH OF OFlCEv $ESPITE OBJECTIONS FROM +EITH .ICHOLLS THE IDEA HAS RE CEIVED SUPPORT FROM THE !CTING 6ICE #HANCELLOR %DWARD !CTON AND VARIOUS SPORTS CLUB 0RESI DENTS -ARTIN *OPP WHO AS &INANCE /FlCER HAS TAKEN OVER THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE CURRENTLY VACANT 3PORTS /FlCER SEAT IS STILL IN DISCUSSIONS WITH -R .I CHOLLS
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/FXT "OBMZTJT *TSBFM 1BMFTUJOF BOE UIF .PEFSO 4UVEFOU .PWFNFOU 4IMOTHY "LISSETT .EWS EWS !NALYST 7HILE THE PEOPLE OF 'AZA CLEAR THE RUBBLE FROM THE MONTH OF )SRAELI MILITARY ACTION INVOLV ING & AIRCRAFT TANKS AND BULLDOZERS AND THE ILLEGAL CHEMICAL WEAPON WHITE PHOS PHOROUS STUDENTS AT AT LEAST SEVENTEEN UNIVERSITIES AROUND THE 5+ HAVE TAKEN ACTION 3TUDENTS ACROSS THE COUN TRY HAVE SHOWN THEIR OUTRAGE AT THE RECENT MILITARY ACTION AND ONGOING )SRAELI BLOCKADE HOLDING SIT INS AND OCCUPYING BUILDINGS IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE OCCU PIED 'AZA STRIP /CCUPATIONS AT ,EEDS ,3% #AMBRIDGE "IRMINGHAM +INGS +ENT %SSEX -ANCHES TER -ANCHESTER -ET /XFORD 3USSEX .OTTINGHAM 3HEF lELD 1UEEN -ARY S "RADFORD 3TRATHCLYDE AND 7ARWICK HAVE BEEN CONlRMED WHILE ACTION
AT .EWCASTLE AND 'LASGOW IS SAID TO BE GETTING UNDERWAY AS THIS ARTICLE IS WRITTEN 4HE 5NIVERSITY OF 2OCHES TER IN .EW 9ORK HAS BEGUN AN OCCUPATION INSPIRED BY THE AC TION IN THE 5+ 5NION #OUNCIL HERE AT 5%! HAS JUST PASSED A MOTION WHICH hDISAPPROVESv OF THE hDISPROPORTIONATE USE OF FORCEv BY )SRAEL $EMANDS ISSUED BY PRO TESTERS AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS INCLUDED THE PUBLICATION OF STATEMENTS EXPRESSING CON DEMNATION OF )SRAELI MILITARY ACTION ARRANGING FOR BOOKS AND OLD COMPUTERS TO BE SENT TO UNIVERSITIES IN 'AZA CREAT ING TIES BETWEEN UNIVERSITIES IN 0ALESTINE AND THE 5+ SUCH AS SCHOLARSHIPS CUTTING ALL UNIVERSITY TIES WITH WEAPONS COMPANIES DEALING WITH )SRAEL "!% AND OTHERS AND ENSUR ING THAT PROTESTERS WERE FREE FROM REPERCUSSIONS -EETINGS WITH 5NIVERSITY OFlCIALS ARE
!N )SRAELI & ONGOING AT SEVERAL UNIVERSI TIES WHILE SOME HAVE ALREADY CAPITULATED TO THE STUDENTS DE MANDS 3OME UNIVERSITIES HAVE ISSUED THREATS AND SOME SUS PENSIONS HAVE BEEN HANDED OUT TO STUDENTS INVOLVED IN PROTESTS WHILE OTHERS GUARAN
TEED PROTESTERS AMNESTY OR AT LEAST LENIENCY DUE TO THE GOOD NATURE OF PROTESTS !T .OT TINGHAM AND "IRMINGHAM THE STUDENTS PEACEFULLY PROTEST ING WERE FORCIBLY EVICTED FROM THEIR BUILDINGS BY 5NIVERSITY SECURITY WORKING WITH THE PO LICE HAVE A LOOK AT THE FOOT
AGE ON 9OU4UBE /THER SIT INS WERE PEACEFUL CONTINUING AS LONG AS DAYS WITH NO DIS RUPTION TO CLASSES AND ENDING WITH SUCCESSFUL AND CONSTRUC TIVE MEETINGS WITH 5NIVERSITY ADMINISTRATIONS AND DEMANDS BEING MET .OAM #HOMSKY SAID h) AM VERY PLEASED TO LEARN ABOUT YOUR COURAGEOUS AND HONOUR ABLE ACTIONS PARTICULARLY SIG NIlCANT BECAUSE OF THE CRUCIAL "RITISH CONTRIBUTION TO THE SAV AGE ONSLAUGHT ON 'AZA SECOND ONLY TO THE DECISIVE ROLE OF THE 5NITED 3TATES A DISGRACE FOR ALL OF US ) HOPE YOU HAVE THE GREATEST SUCCESS IN AROUSING PUBLIC OPINION AND BRINGING THESE MONSTROUS CRIMES TO AN END v ! CONSENSUS OF OPINION BETWEEN THOUSANDS OF STU DENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AP PEARS TO BE EXPRESSING ITSELF IN THIS WAVE OF ACTION THOUGH THE OCCUPATION OF 0ALESTINE
CONTINUES AND THE "RITISH GOV ERNMENT CONTINUES TO SUPPORT )SRAEL S CLAIM OF LEGITIMATE USE OF FORCE "Y TAKING THIS ATTITUDE AND MAINTAINING CLOSE TIES WITH )S RAEL THE 5+ GOVERNMENT IS NOT REPRESENTING THESE PROTESTERS VOICES AND IS PROLONGING THE SUFFERING OF AN ALREADY TRAU MATISED PEOPLE 3O OFTEN THE MEDIA REPRESENT THIS GENERA TION AS APATHETIC BINGE DRINK ERS BUT THIS SPATE OF POLITICAL ACTIVISM IS A SIGN THAT STUDENTS ARE AWARE ENGAGED AND PRE PARED TO MOBILISE IN DEFENCE OF PEACE JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS WHEREVER THEY ARE BEING ABUSED 3TOP 4HE 7AR COALITION HAS A GROUP ON &ACEBOOK WITH MORE INFO !LSO CHECK OUT HTTP OCCUPATIONS ORG UK TO FOLLOW THE STORIES IN -ANCHES TER 3TRATHCLYDE .EWCASTLE 2OCHESTER AND 'LASGOW WHERE OCCUPATIONS ARE CONTINUING
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The Enquirer. Weather: cold. Scotland: colder. Russia: colder still, and less democratic. But their women are far better looking.
COLD, SNOW )4 )3 COLD AND SNOWING THE "RITISH PEOPLE NOTICED YESTERDAY h)T S TRUE THE LOW TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATING WATER ICE CRYSTALS ARE TYPICAL INDICATIONS OF COLD AND SNOWv SAID A METEOROLOGIST .EWS AGENCIES HAVE BEEN PRAISED FOR THEIR COVERAGE OF "RITAIN S SNOW EPIDEMIC BY THOSE UNABLE TO LOOK OUT OF THE WINDOW FOR THEMSELVES )T IS UNDERSTOOD BY EVERYBODY NOT LIVING IN AN UNDERGROUND CAVE DWELLING THAT A FEW SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN SNOWED SHUT BECAUSE OF THE SNOW AND A FEW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN A
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An Urgent Aid Appeal on Behalf of the Worthy Victims Look at his face. It is a face that conveys, all on its own, the state of desperation facing millions around the world. Right now. At this moment. Today. Fear. Hunger. Illness. Disease. Bad credit. Falling profits. Just look his face. Can you stand by “impartially” and do nothing while he and so many others suffer? People in the banking world don’t want to live on bail-outs. Instead, help them to help themselves to your money. It’s what they’re good at.
4HIS IS THE END OF "RITAIN FOR EVER 0RIME -INISTER 'ORDON "ROWN ASSURES "RITAIN THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING ALL IT CAN TO STEER THE COUNTRY THROUGH THE CRISIS 3PEAKING FROM THE 7ORLD %CO NOMIC ,UNCH 0LATTER IN $AVOS HE SAID h) PROMISE YOU NOW MY GOVERN MENT IS DOING ALL IT CAN TO KEEP CAPI TALISM WARM ) MEAN "RITAIN WARM -Y GOVERNMENT WILL NOT LET THE BANK ERS SUFFER ) MEAN THE ELDERLY SUFFER v
This appeal is paid for by you. To give your money today, simply do nothing, because your government is already doing it. We thank you for your support.
Morning Breakfast Poached egg-on-our-face with a black truffle vinaigrette !BOVE "RITAIN S DEVASTATING SNOWFALL ALREADY BEING REFERRED TO AS h4HE 7HITE 0LAGUEv OF HAS LEFT "RITONS EVERYWHERE UNABLE TO GET TO WORK INCLUDING THIS WOMAN WHO TRAGICALLY LOST ALL HER CLOTHES AS WELL 7ELL COME ON IT S BETTER THAN A PICTURE OF A STRANDED TRACTOR IN 'RIMSTEAD ISN T IT
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./ /.% WAS HARSHLY CRITI CISED BY ANYONE YESTERDAY FOR COMPARING #AROL 4HATCHER TO A hHORSE FACED MAL BRED HALF WIT v h4HESE SHOCKING REMARKS ARE UTTERLY OFFENSIVE TO ABSO LUTELY NOBODYv SAID EVERY BODY hAS THEY ARE QUITE OBVI OUSLY TRUE v ! POPULAR YUPPIES PLAY THING IN THE S h4HATCH ERSv WERE SUBSEQUENTLY BANNED IN BEING DEEMED OFFENSIVE TO PEOPLE OF ALL RACES EVERYWHERE 4HE ""# HAS NOW RESTATED ITS PLEDGE NOT TO USE THE IMAGE OF ANY 4HATCHER hEVER AGAIN FOR A WHILE v
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Lily’s 2007 debut album with its smash hit tracks “I Like Fags and Booze” and “Yawn” (er, wasn’t it “Smile”?) saw her deal uncompromisingly with hard contemporary issues like sex, blokes, sex with blokes, kebabs, European monetary reform (eh?) and the harsh, gritty world of the spoiled London tartlet.
Glastonbury “sells out in record time”
It’s Not Me, It’s You
Hear the mockney cherub’s brilliant return to form with IT’S NOT ME, IT’S YOU, a superslick thunderclap of yet more shitlimpid beats over which Lily uncompromisingly tackles hard contemporary issues like sex, blokes, and sex with blokes, while displaying a newfound political maturity by calling George Bush a wanker. Critics agree, Lily Allen is “The voice of a generation… like The Streets, only profounder.”
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An exclusive interview with the Enquirer
4HANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TALKING WITH US #HRISTIAN (EY IT S MY PLEASURE &IRST OF ALL LET S TALK ABOUT HOW YOU LIKE TO PREPARE FOR A ROLE 3URE LOOK LET S GET ONE THING STRAIGHT RIGHT AWAY IF YOU INTERRUPT ME AGAIN ) M GONNA F IN KICK YOUR F IN ASS YOU UNDERSTAND 7ELL ) M NOT SURE THAT ) RIGHT SORRY ) DO APOLO ./ MAN ) DON T F IN 7!.4 F IN 3/229 MAN ) JUST F IN 7!.4 YOU TO F IN 4().+ ABOUT WHAT YOU RE $/).' MAN 7HAT ARE YOU DOIN MAN (5( 7ELL ) UM WELL ) WAS JUST ASKING A QUES /((( '//$ &/2 9/5 & IN P 3%2)/53,9 MAN APPROACHING ) M F IN GONNA & ). +)#+ 9/52 & ). !33 2)'(4 ./7 M !T THIS POINT THE INTERVIEW ENDED AS -R "ALE WAS DRAGGED OFF SET BY SEVERAL DIRECTORS URGING HIM TO hTAKE A MINUTEv
Save the Banks
World Leaders in Capitalism are Honourably Welcomed to the WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM, DAVOS
CHRISTIAN BALE
SAYS LILY: “It’s not you, it’s me – I really am this sh*t”
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.%84 9%!2 3 'LASTONBURY &ESTIVAL HAS ALREADY SOLD OUT ORGANISERS SAID THIS MORNING h7E CAN CONlRM 4AKE 4HAT AND -ARLEENE +LASS ARE TO HEADLINE THE +&# 3TAGE ON &RIDAY PERFORMING A SELECTION OF $ISNEY SONGSv SAID FESTIVAL BOSS -ICHAEL %AVIS h!ND IF YOU THOUGHT *AY : WAS A POOR CHOICE LAST YEAR WAIT TILL YOU SEE 2ONALD -C$ONALD AND THE "IG -ACS TAKE TO THE !VIVA 3TAGE ON 3ATURDAY NO DOUBT ABOUT IT WE HAVE WELL AND TRULY SOLD OUT THIS TIME %VEN THE TOUTS ARE STAYING AWAY v 2UMOURS ABOUND THAT ROCK LEGEND "RUCE 3PRINGSTEEN IS TO PERFORM NEAR THE VEGAN HOTDOG STAND ON 3UNDAY MORNING JUST BEHIND THE CHEMICAL TOILETS s 4ICKETS FOR 'LASTONBURY HAVE BEEN CHANGING HANDS ON %BAY FOR a PER HALF STUB
Afternoon Lunch Ballotine of overcooked carrots and breadsticks Traditional selection of vintage fine wines (no champagne this year) Evening Supper Scapegoats stewing in our own juices A selection of hard cheese Closing address: UK Conservative Leader David Cameron on how pathetically desperate he is to impress anybody here Forum close A fleet of private jets to whisk everybody back home again ~ Topics for discussion to include: ∙ Who even had the balls to come? ∙ Well, the lunch still makes it worthwhile ∙ At least my country isn’t as wrecked as yours ∙ Does this mean we can’t rape the Third World anymore? ∙ Don’t be silly.
Letters to the Editor Your energy overlords
Dear Bri sh Gas Customer,
January 2009
Great news – we’re increasing our profits As you know, we at Bri sh Gas value our profits. We want the very best for our execu ves and shareholders which means giving you the worst deal possible, and then wri ng you le ers like this one to make it look as if we’re ac ng in your interest. And we know you probably haven’t even read this far before tossing this le er away, which is why, with your help, we’ll con nue to get away with it. In case you are s ll reading, we’re very pleased to announce a reduc on in your gas charges from February 2009 of up to 8%, or 14 pence per day. That’s equivalent to about one hundred pence per week, or 17 omele es*. During these difficult mes, we are offering this saving to you, our valued customer, despite annual pre-‐tax profits at Bri sh Gas of just £1.2 billion for the first half of 2008 – a record low. That’s Bri sh Gas working for you. We know you appreciate this drop in prices, so you need not write and thank us. Believe us, we’re already thanking ourselves -‐ all the way to the bank. Thank you for being a Bri sh Gas customer. Yours sincerely,
An unscrupulous bunch of scumbags *Calcula ons based on a standard two-‐egg omele e with op onal splash of milk (cheese filling excluded). Ques ons? Log on at bri shgas.cu.nts
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4IPVME #SJUBJO +PJO UIF &VSP 4OM ,AFFORD /PINIONS 7RITER ! YEAR AGO A HOLIDAY TO THE %URO ZONE WAS A CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE THE SENSATION OF THE SOLITARY UNCONVERTED 0OUND IN A PALM FULL OF %UROS 4HE 0OUND WAS REAL MONEY TURNING MY %UROS INTO TOKENS TO BE FRITTERED ON FOREIGN PLEASURES 7HATEVER MY RATIONAL MIND AND POLITICS TOLD ME WAS UNDONE BY THE CONVICTION THAT %UROS WERE ESSENTIALLY -ONOPOLY MONEY 3ADLY THIS lLTER HAS GONE FOR GOOD WITH THE FRIGHTEN ING PROSPECT OF THE %UROPEAN MASSES EXPERIENCING THE SAME REVELATORY CON SUMER JOY ON A ,ONDON STREET 4HE POUND IS WORTH %UROS AS OF THE BEGINNING OF *ANUARY 3O ) CAN AT LAST SINCERELY WRITE THAT "RITAIN
SHOULD JOIN THE SINGLE CURRENCY 4HE CREDIT CRUNCH IT WOULD SEEM IS MOST LIKELY TO BE SURVIVED BY THAT WHICH IS LESS CRUNCHABLE A STICK OF #ROMER ROCK THE %URO OVER A #AD BURY S CHOCOLATE lNGER THE 0OUND 4HE RISK OF BECOMING A VICTIM OF THE GLOBAL lNANCIAL CRISIS IS COMPOUNDED BY THE SAME PERCEPTION OF INSTABILITY THAT MELTED THE )CELANDIC lNANCIAL SEC TOR !CCESS TO THE LARGE LIQUID CURRENCY LAKE OF THE %URO WOULD PROVIDE A LEVEL OF PROTECTION THAT CANNOT BE FOUND IN ANY OF THE ACTIONS OF !LISTAIR $ARLING OR 4HE "ANK /F %NGLAND 0AUL 6OLCKER ONE TIME CHAIRMAN OF THE &EDERAL 2ESERVE MADE THE POINT TEN YEARS AGO THAT IN ROUGH ECONOMIC WATERS IT WAS SAFER TO BE ON A BIGGER SHIP 4HE ARGUMENT SHOULD NOT BE DISREGARDED ON THE GROUNDS OF ITS
SIMPLICITY )T APPEARS DESIRABLE THAT THE "ANK OF %NGLAND CAN RESPOND TO @THE CRUNCH BY CUTTING INTEREST RATES AND ALLOWING THE CURRENCY TO DEPRECI ATE (OWEVER THESE TRADITIONAL TOOLS ARE NOT SOLUTIONS TO THE CONlDENCE CRUNCH THAT HAS HIT )CELAND AND COULD YET BRUISE 3WITZERLAND AND "RITAIN "RITISH BANKS HAVE BORROWED AT LEAST THREE TIMES OUR '$0 "RITISH CONSUMERS HAVE BORROWED MORE THAN THE '$0 AND THE ECONOMY IS SHRINK ING 4HE "RITISH ECONOMY IS FOR THE MOMENT PROTECTED BY THE MONEY MARKET S FAITH IN THE VALUE OF OUR LAND RAPIDLY SINKING OUR MANUFACTURING AND OUR SKILLED WORKFORCE "UT ULTI MATELY WE RELY ON THE FAITH THAT THE 5+ ECONOMY WILL ONCE AGAIN PROSPER 4HE "ANK OF %NGLAND AND THE #HANCELLOR DO NOT HAVE THE POWER TO
MAINTAIN A POSITIVE PERCEPTION OF STER LING 7E RELY ON THE GOOD FAITH OF THE MONEY MARKETS 4HE %URO IS GREATER IMMEDIATE SECURITY BUT IT IS ALSO THE KEY TO GREATER FUTURE PROSPERITY 0OST CRUNCH GROWTH SHOULD NOT MEAN A RETURN TO THE PRE CRUNCH BUBBLE %N TRANCE INTO THE SINGLE CURRENCY WOULD PLACE THE 5+ AT THE CENTRE OF %URO PEAN ECONOMIC DECISION MAKING !S A MEMBER OF THE SINGLE CURRENCY WE WOULD SECURE OUR PLACE AT THE CENTRE OF THE REFORMATION OF GLOBAL lNANCE THAT MUST FOLLOW THIS RECESSION )T IS UNLIKELY THAT ANYTHING SHORT OF CURRENCY DEVALUATION THAT REQUIRES US TO SWAP OUR WALLETS FOR WHEELBAR ROWS WOULD DISLODGE OUR AFFECTION FOR THE 0OUND &OR THE MOMENT THEN WE MUST PUT OUR FAITH IN A HUNG PARLIA MENT AND HOPE BANKERS DON T LOSE THEIR FAITH IN US
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BE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE ""# HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN ITS IMPAR TIALITY ON SUCH ISSUES 4HE FACT THAT A SATELLITE ORGANISATION SUCH AS 3KY HAS JOINED THE ""# IN REFUSING TO SHOW THE APPEAL SHOULD PROVE THAT THIS CASE IS AN EXCEPTIONAL ONE $ESPITE THE FACT THAT IT IS A RATHER NEGATIVE POSITION TO ADOPT WE MUST ACCEPT THAT VIEWERS ARE NOT NECESSARILY KNOWLEDGEABLE ENOUGH TO MAKE THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN A HUMANITARIAN APPEAL AND A POLITICAL REPORT )NDEED THE FACT THAT THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE ""# HAS BEEN SO WIDELY REPORTED AND POLITICISED SEEMS TO BE FURTHER PROOF THAT SHOWING SUCH AN APPEAL WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THE BEST OF IDEAS /NE MIGHT ARGUE THAT AS A RESULT OF THE ""# NOT SHOWING THE APPEAL THE SITUATION AND NEED FOR AID HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF MORE PEOPLE THAN THE APPEAL ITSELF MIGHT HAVE DONE WHICH CAN ONLY BE A GOOD THING !T THE END OF THE DAY THE ""# HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN ITS IMPARTIAL FACTOR AND IT MUST TAKE STEPS TO DEFEND THIS IMPARTIALITY !S THE $IRECTOR 'ENERAL OF THE ""# SAID h7E DO WANT TO COVER THE HUMANITAR IAN STORY WE WANT TO COVER IT IN OUR NEWS PROGRAMMES WHERE WE CAN PUT IT INTO CONTEXT WE CAN DO IT IN A CARE FULLY BALANCED OBJECTIVE WAY v
'BDU #PY 4HE ""# S $IRECTOR 'ENERAL -ARK 4HOMPSON SAID OF THE ISSUE h7E CONCLUDED THAT WE COULD NOT BROADCAST A FREE STANDING APPEAL NO MATTER HOW CAREFULLY CONSTRUCTED WITHOUT RUNNING THE RISK OF REDUCING PUBLIC CONlDENCE IN THE ""# S IMPARTIALITY IN ITS WIDER COVERAGE OF THE STORY v 4HE 'AZA (UMANITARIAN !P PEAL WAS LAUNCHED ON ND *ANUARY TO RAISE MONETY FOR 'AZA AID RELIEF AND RECONSTRUC TION 3OME OF THE CHARITIES IN VOLVED INCLUDE /XFAM 7ORLD 6ISION 3AVE THE #HILDREN AND )SLAMIC 2ELIEF 4HE LEADER OF THE ,IBERAL $EM OCRATS .ICK #LEGG WADED INTO THE ROW SAYING h)T S AN INSULT TO THE VIEWING PUBLIC TO SUG GEST THEY CAN T DISTINGUISH BE TWEEN THE HUMANITARIAN NEEDS OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN 'AZA AND THE PO LITICAL SENSITIVITIES OF THE -ID DLE %AST v
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4HE ""# SHOULD HAVE SHOWN THE CONTROVERSIAL CHARITY APPEAL IN AID OF 'AZA 'AZA HAS BEEN BOMBED INTO SUBMISSION MANY TIMES IN THE PAST AND NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THOSE TIMES HAS TARGET DISCRIMINATION TAKEN PLACE n IN FACT CIVILIANS HAVE BEEN TARGETED DELIBERATELY IN SOME INSTANCES AND CI VILIAN FATALITIES DISCARDED AS IRRELEVANT IN MANY OTHERS 'AZA IS SUCH A POOR AREA FAR FROM HELPED BY THE SANCTIONS THE 7EST HAS IN PLACE SINCE (AMAS WON FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS HERE EVEN IN PEACE TIME IT COULD PERMANENTLY BE LABELLED A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS 7ELL THAT IS CERTAINLY IS WHAT EXISTS NOW A 'AZAN HUMANITARIAN CRISIS THAT IS WORSENING AND MUST NOT BE FORGOTTEN BY THE WESTERN MEDIA 4HE 0ALESTINIAN POPULATION IS BE ING SLAUGHTERED IN RIDICULOUS NUMBERS BY )SRAEL AND VITAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUPPLY ROUTES ARE BEING DESTROYED KEEPING THE PEOPLE IN STARVATION AND DEPRIVATION -OST PEOPLE CANNOT GET THE FOOD WATER AND SHELTER THAT THEY NEED n THEIR FOOD OFTEN ISN T ALLOWED THROUGH NOR IS THEIR WATER UNLESS CONTAMINATED AND MANY HOUSES SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS ARE BEING LEV ELLED BY INDISCRIMINATE BOMBING !D
MITTEDLY INDISCRIMINATE BOMBING IS WHAT 0ALESTINIAN TERRORIST GROUPS HAVE BEEN KNOWN FOR BUT WE RE NOT TALK ING ABOUT THE TERRORISTS WE RE TALKING ABOUT INNOCENT CIVILIANS 4HE LACK OF ACTION OR EVEN RECOGNITION OF THIS HU MANITARIAN CRISIS BY THE ""# IS DESPI CABLE AND MUCH OF OUR INFORMATION COMES FROM THAT ORGANISATION 4HEY ARE IN A GREAT POSITION TO BRING ATTEN TION TO THIS HUMANITARIAN CRISIS BY AC
iɨF MBDL PG BDUJPO PS FWFO SFDPHOJUJPO PG UIJT IVNBOJUBSJBO DSJTJT CZ UIF ##$ JT EFTQJDBCMFw TUALLY COVERING IT RATHER THAN IGNORING IT AFTER ITS WEEK IN THE HEADLINES AS IT HAS DONE NOW AND BY BROADCASTING THIS CHARITY APPEAL 4O DO SO WOULD NOT BE TO TAKE SIDES IN A CONmICT ) DON T THINK THERE S ANY RISK OF THE ""# BEING SEEN AS PRO (AMAS BUT WOULD BE TO LIVE UP TO ALL OF OUR RESPONSIBILI TIES AS COMPASSIONATE HUMAN BEINGS &ELLOW HUMANS ARE IN SEVERE NEED AND THE ""# SHOULD HAVE HELPED THEM BY BROADCASTING THE CHARITY APPEAL
h-OST PEOPLE LOVE SNOW ) BEING THE OBVIOUSLY MISERABLE ANTI FUN INDIVIDUAL THAT ) AM HATE THE STUFF #OLD WET AND SLUSHY AND A SUDDEN NECESSITY FOR 7ELLINGTON BOOTS THAT ) DON T POSSESS .O THANKS v %LSIE +ING ,)4
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ǰF A1IBMMVTZ PG -PWF /PINIONS WRITER 0HILIP ,EFTWICH ARGUES WHY WITH 6ALENTINE S $AY ON THE HORIZON LOVE IS BEYOND OUR CONTROL AND IS IN FACT JUST THE RESULT OF A FEW CHEMICALS 3O 6ALENTINE S $AY IS LOOMING ONCE AGAIN AND WITH IT COMES THE INEVITABLE DEPRESSING SLUMP FOR THOSE UNLUCKY UNATTRACTIVE ENOUGH TO BE SPENDING IT ALONE )T IS WITH A REMARKABLE LACK OF TACT THAT 6ALENTINE S $AY IS MARKETED ACROSS THE COUNTRY SO THAT NO MAT TER WHERE YOU TRY AND HIDE YOUR UGLY LONESOME FEATURES YOU WILL INEVITABLY BE CONFRONTED WITH AN INANE BARRAGE OF ADVERTS BESEECHING YOU TO BUY TAT FOR THAT @SPECIAL SOMEONE 4HIS IS OF COURSE COMPOUNDED BY THE FACT THAT THERE IS ALWAYS AT LEAST ONE COUPLE YOU KNOW THAT ELEVATES THEIR SMUGNESS AT HAVING FOUND THEIR @SPECIAL SOMEONE TO AN ALTITUDE PREVIOUSLY ONLY INHAB ITED BY LLAMAS AND MOSS 3O IT IS WITH NO SMALL AMOUNT OF VINDICTIVE GLEE THAT ) WRITE TO INFORM YOU THAT LOVE IS A FALLACY NO MORE THAN THE SENSATION OF YOUR BRAIN FEASTING UPON A DIZZYING ARRAY OF BRAIN CHEMI CALS HORMONES THAT WILL EVENTUALLY lZZLE OUT AND LEAVE YOU WONDERING EX ACTLY WHAT YOU SAW IN THE OTHER PERSON IN THE lRST PLACE 3TUDIES OF THE BRAIN HAVE SHOWN THAT THE lRST THROES OF ROMANTIC LOVE DISPLAY SYMPTOMS IN SUFFERERS THAT HAVE REMARKABLE RESEMBLANCE TO GO ING MILDLY INSANE OR DEVELOPING /#$ AS SEROTONIN LEVELS PLUMMET AND DOPAMINE LEVELS RISE RESULTING IN
CONSTANT INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS ABOUT THE OTHER PERSON YOU lND IMPOSSIBLE TO SHIFT )T S A PROCESS THAT HAS ALSO BEEN COMPARED TO DEVELOPING AN EXTREME LY ADDICTIVE DRUG HABIT MAKING YOU CRAVE THE @HIT FROM YOUR BELOVED OVER AND OVER AGAIN ,ATER ON OTHER HORMONES SUCH AS OXYTOCIN KICK IN PRODUCED BY TOUCH ING KISSING AND OF COURSE SEX /XY TOCIN IS AN IMPORTANT CHEMICAL FOR IN
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ING DEGREES MEN ARE MUCH LESS LIKELY TO BECOME ROMANTICALLY INVOLVED AFTER SEX SOMETHING WHICH ALMOST EVERY ONE CAN AGREE PLAYS OUT IN REAL LIFE 4HE MORE STEREOTYPICALLY ALPHA MALE A MAN IS THE MORE TESTOSTERONE IS LIKELY TO BE PRESENT IN HIS SYSTEM AND THE LESS LIKELY HE IS TO ESTABLISH LONG TERM RELATIONSHIPS 3OME RANDOM FACTORS OF ATTRACTION INCLUDE TIMING A WOMAN S MENSTRUAL CYCLE CAN ALTER HER OWN AND HER PER CEPTION OF OTHERS HORMONES ! RECENT STUDY SHOWED THAT STRIPPERS AT THE MOST FERTILE POINT OF THEIR CYCLE RECEIVE THE MOST TIPS FROM CLIENTS AND IT ALSO AFFECTS THE TYPE OF MAN THAT WOMAN MIGHT GO FOR 4HERE IS WORSE NEWS FOR WOMEN BEING ON THE PILL WHICH AL TERS YOUR NATURAL HORMONE LEVELS AS A CONSEQUENCE RUINS YOUR ABILITY TO DE TECT AN APPROPRIATE MATE 3O WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DO MAN AGE TO lND THAT PERFECTLY SYMMETRICAL GENETICALLY COMPATIBLE OTHER HALF THAT HAPPENS TO LOOK A BIT LIKE YOU 7ELL AS MENTIONED ABOVE YOU CAN EXPECT A GIDDY RUSH OF CHEMICALS THAT WILL PUT YOU UP SO HIGH YOU WILL WONDER HOW YOU EVER EXPERIENCED LIFE WITHOUT THAT OTHER PERSON IN YOUR LIFE "UT WE ALL KNOW IT DOESN T LAST FOR THE lRST MONTHS TO TWO YEARS INTO A RELATION SHIP YOUR BRAIN WILL BE BUOYED UP IN
A SEA OF HORMONES WHICH GIVE YOU SUCH A lXATION UPON YOUR LOVER THAT MOST SCIENTISTS AND PSYCHIATRISTS AGREE IT WOULD BE VIEWED AS OBSESSIVE WERE YOU TO BE THIS FOCUSED ON SOMETHING ELSE 4AKING THIS EVEN FURTHER RECENT RESEARCH HAS FOUND THAT THOSE COUPLES WHO REPORT GREATEST HAPPINESS TO GETHER ARE CONSISTENTLY THOSE WHO ARE MOST DELUDED ABOUT THEIR PARTNER 4HE HAPPIER SOMEONE REPORTS THEMSELVES TO BE IN A RELATIONSHIP THE MORE THEY WILL CONSISTENTLY OVERATE THEIR PARTNER S LOOKS HONESTY INTELLIGENCE ETC !FTER TWO YEARS IS STATISTICALLY THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR A RELATIONSHIP TO FALTER AND BREAK DOWN THE FAILURE OF THE BRAIN TO GET ITS ACCUSTOMED DOPAMINE HIT CAN LEAD TO ANGER HATE AND DEPRESSION !ND THOSE LUCKY FEW COUPLES WHO MAKE IT THROUGH THE TWO YEAR MARK STILL IN LOVE AS MUCH AS EVER 7ELL TO BRING YOU BACK TO THE STUDY ABOUT DE LUSION ABOVE IT WAS THE COUPLES WHO RATED AS MOST DELUSIONAL ABOUT THEIR PARTNER S ATTRIBUTES 4HEREFORE YOU MIGHT THINK YOU VE FOUND THE PERFECT PARTNER THE YING TO YOUR YANG AND YOU MIGHT SPEND THE REST OF YOUR LIVES TOGETHER IN BLISSFUL HAPPINESS BUT YOU RE ONLY KIDDING YOURSELVES 3O !NYONE FREE ON THE TH ) VE NOT GOT ANY PLANS MYSELFx
!S A REGULAR ATTENDEE OF 5NION #OUN CIL AS WELL AS A READER OF #ONCRETE ) HAVE NOTICED THE BARRAGE OF BIASED OPINIONS THAT ARE TARGETED TOWARDS THE 3TUDENT 5NION ! TYPICAL EXAMPLE BE ING THAT OF !ARON "LOWER S ARTICLE IN THE TH *ANUARY EDITION !ARON "LOWERS DESCRIPTION OF %XEC IS ONE THAT ) DO NOT RECOGNISE (IS lRST ARGUMENT THAT THE %XEC STImE DEBATE THAT LEADING TO COUNCILLORS hSIT;TING= THERE BORED AND UNINTERESTED FOR HOURSv SIMPLY IS NOT AN ACCURATE RE mECTION OF REALITY 4HE %XEC ARE SIMPLY TRYING TO SPEED UP A PROCESS THAT IS AL READY LOSING THE ATTENTION OF THE COUN CILLORS ) RECOGNISE THAT IS NOT A PART OF THEIR JOBS BUT THEY AS INDIVIDUALS HELP MAKE MEETINGS AS EFlCIENT AS POSSIBLE ! ROLE IF IT WASN T FULlLLED WOULD LET CERTAIN VERY REGULAR COUNCILLORS BOM BARD COUNCIL WITH THEIR ENDLESS PRO POSALS AND ANAL AMENDMENTS ! ROLE WHICH USUALLY HAS THE SUPPORT OF THE SILENT MAJORITY "LOWERS SECOND POINT THAT %XEC ARE LEADING DISCUSSION IS HARDLY AN ARGUMENT AT ALL 4HERE IS NO RESTRICTED TIME FOR DISCUSSION 4HEREFORE WHY SHOULDN T %XEC SUGGEST MOTIONS !REN T THEY MEMBERS OF THE STUDENT UNION TOO 'RANTED THEIR PUBLICISED KNOWLEDGE OF THE 5NION MIGHT LEAD TO UNINTENTIONAL AUTHORITY BUT THEY DON T HAVE CONTROL OVER #OUNCIL OR CONSCIOUSLY TAKE CONTROL !LSO IF "LOWERS IS WORRIED ABOUT DOMINAT ING lGURES IN COUNCIL THERE ARE MORE DOMINATING COUNCILLORS WHO ARE NOT PART OF THE %XECS 7HAT DOES HE SUG GEST TO DEAL WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS 4HE lNAL ARGUMENT THAT %XEC HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE TWICE IS NOT ONLY FACTUALLY INACCURATELY THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THE %XEC BUT IT IS IN PRACTICE INACCURATE TOO !S ALL 5NION COUNCILLORS HAVE TO READ AND APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING WE ARE AWARE THAT NOT ALL THE %XEC VOTE THE SAME 4HUS IN THE FORUM OF 5NION #OUNCIL THEY ARE ALSO VOTING ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS ) DO NOT MEAN TO ATTACK !ARON "LOWERS PERSONALLY BUT HIS ARTICLE IS THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF ATTACKS ON #OUNCIL BY PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT REP RESENTATIVE OF IT 4HERE ARE DOZENS OF #OUNCILLORS WHO GET FRUSTRATED AT #OUNCIL AND AT THE ARTICLES IN #ON CRETE WHO SIMPLY ARE NOT AS PROACTIVE IN VOICING THEIR OPINIONS 4HUS ) WRITE THIS IN ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS THIS PROB LEM IN THE HOPE THAT #ONCRETE LIVE UP TO THEIR INDEPENDENT AND UNBIASED CREDENTIALS
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(OW OFTEN DO YOU HAVE SEX -ORE THAN ONCE A DAY $AILY ! FEW TIMES A WEEK 7EEKLY -ONTHLY ! FEW TIMES A 9EAR .EVER
(OW LONG DOES SEX NORMALLY LAST
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7HAT METHOD S OF BIRTH CONTROL DO YOU FAVOUR #ONDOMS &EMIDOMS #OMBINED 0ILL
7HAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE SEXUAL POSITION -ISSIONARY $OGGY STYLE 7OMAN ON TOP 3POONING 3TANDING UP /THER
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7HAT SEX AIDS TO YOU POSSESS 6IBRATOR S 0ORNOGRAPHY #REAMS LUBES (ANDCUFFS +INKY 5NDERWEAR /THER
7HAT AGE DID YOU LOSE YOUR VIRGINITY /THER
$O YOU THINK THIS WAS THE RIGHT AGE 9ES .O .OT SURE
(OW MANY SEXUAL PARTNERS HAVE YOU HAD AT 5%! /THER
(OW MANY SEXUAL PART NERS HAVE YOU HAD ALTOGETHER /THER
(OW LONG DO YOU WAIT IN A NEW RELATIONSHIP BEFORE HAVING SEX ,ESS THAN A WEEK ! WEEK ! FORTNIGHT
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7HICH OF THE FOLLOWING HAVE YOU PARTICIPATED IN 4HREESOME GROUP SEX 9ES .O "ONDAGE 9ES .O )NTERNET 3EX 9ES .O 0HONE 3EX 9ES .O $OGGING 9ES .O
(AVE YOU EVER DONE A ROLE PLAY DURING SEX 9ES .O
(AVE YOU EVER NOT USED BIRTH CONTROL 9ES .O
(AVE YOU OR YOUR PARTNER EVER HAD TO TAKE THE -ORNING !FTER 0ILL 9ES .O
(AVE YOU OR YOUR PARTNER EVER HAD AN ABORTION 9ES .O
(AVE YOU EVER HAD SEX WITH A MEMBER OF THE SAME SEX 9ES .O
)F YOU HAVEN T HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TEMPTED TO 9ES .O
(AVE YOU EVER HAD SEX IN A PUBLIC PLACE
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7HAT IS THE MOST TIMES YOU VE HAD SEX IN HOURS /THER
(AVE YOU EVER FAKED AN ORGASM 9ES .O
(AVE YOU EVER HAD A MULTIPLE ORGASM 9ES .O
(OW HAPPY ARE YOU WITH YOUR BODY 6ERY UNHAPPY 5NHAPPY .OT BOTHERED (APPY 6ERY HAPPY
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(AVE YOU EVER PAID FOR SEX 9ES .O
(AVE YOU EVER BEEN PAID FOR SEX 9ES .O
7OULD YOU EVER SLEEP WITH YOUR BEST FRIEND S PARTNER 9ES .O
7OULD YOU HAVE SEX TO FURTHER YOUR CAREER 9ES .O
$O YOU THINK SOCIETY AND THE MEDIA GLAMORISE SEX 9ES .O
$O YOU WATCH PORNOGRAPHY 9ES .O
)F YOU DO WATCH PORNOGRAPHY HOW OFTEN DO YOU WATCH IT $AILY 7EEKLY -ONTHLY 2ARELY /THER
7HAT IS THE SEXIEST PART OF THE BODY %YES "UM !RMS #HEST 'ENITALS /THER
7HICH OF THESE IS MOST IMPORTANT WHEN LOOKING FOR A PARTNER ,OOKS 0ERSONALITY 3ENSE OF HUMOUR -ONEY $RESS 3ENSE
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8IBU XBT ZPVS XPSTU TFYVBM FYQFSJFODF !S A FRESHER SOMEONE PISSED THEMSELVES IN MY BED AFTER WE HAD DONE IT ) WASN T HAPPY AND IT LEFT A MASSIVE STAIN 3O ) SWITCHED MY MATTRESS WITH MY mATMATE WHEN THEY WERE OUT (YMEN TEARING BLED FOR DAYS /N A ROLLERCOASTER &IRST TIME A VERY POPULAR ANSWER 7AKING UP TO lND THE MAN ) D SPENT THE NIGHT WITH DOING NAKED YOGA BY THE SIDE OF MY BED n YUCK .O ONE NEEDS TO SEE THAT 4HE lRST TIME WAS PRETTY BAD )T WAS ABOUT IN THE MORNING BLIND DRUNK UNDERNEATH MY FRIEND S DINING ROOM TABLE AND IT WOULD JUST NOT GO IT 2EALLY HARROWING STUFF 4HE BLOKE ) WAS SEEING COULDN T GET IT UP BECAUSE HE WAS SO NERVOUS (E THEN SAT THERE AND CRIED FOR THE NEXT TWO HOURS )F HE HADN T DONE THAT ) REALLY WOULDN T HAVE CARED &LOPPY COCK SYNDROME ) WAS WASTED AND IT WAS IMPERATIVE ) PER FORMED ) LAUGHED THOUGH SHE DIDN T ! GIRL TRYING TO STICK HER lNGER UP MY BUM 4HE DAY ) LOST MY VIRGINITY IN A CEMETERY 4AKING AN EXTREMELY LARGE DOORMAN HOME ONLY TO lND OUT HE HAD A VERY SMALL PENIS ) GOT SHAT ON $OGGY UP AGAINST A FULL LENGTH MIRROR ONLY TO HAVE HER MUM WALK INx ) GOT SAND IN IT 7HEN A GUY WAS lNGERING ME AND HE HAD SHARP NAILS AND MADE ME BLEED )T WAS VERY SORE ! FANNY FART *IZZ IN THE EYE (AVING TO STOP HAVING SEX BECAUSE MY SIX WEEK OLD KITTEN DECIDED TO COME AND SEE WHAT WE WERE DOINGx 3HE URINATED ON MY FACE WHILST PERFORMING -ASTURBATING AND WATCHING PORN WHILE MY $AD WAS DRUNKENLY PASSED OUT ON THE SOFA NEXT TO ME 4HEN HE WOKE UP AND TOLD ME TO STOP TOUCHING MYSELF ,UCKILY HE WAS TOO DRUNK TO REMEMBER IT 3EX WITH A SQUIRTER -Y BRACES GOT CAUGHT ON A GUY S FORESKIN AND WITHOUT REALISING THIS ) PULLED UP AND CUT SOME OF THE FORESKIN CAUSING HIM TO BLEED 0ROSTITUTE &INDING A BIT OF POO ON SOMEONE S BUM ! GUY WHO ) DIDN T EVEN WANT TO SLEEP WITH ) JUST DID FOR THE SAKE OF IT AND HE KEPT CALLING MY VAJAYJAY A PUSSY &ROZEN PEAS STUCK PLACES ) THINK ) M YET TO HAVE A WORST ONE 7HAT CAN ) SAY ) M VERY LUCKY 3HITTING MYSELF WHEN RECEIVING ANAL !CCIDENTLY JACKING OFF OVER ,ORRAINE +ELLY AGED $ISTURBING
8IBU XBT ZPVS CFTU TFYVBM FYQFSJFODF /N A ROLLERCOASTER -Y lRST TIME #HEATING AND GETTING AWAY WITH IT 7OULDN T DO IT AGAIN THOUGHx 3EX FOR THE lRST TIME AFTER BEING AWAY FROM MY BOYFRIEND FOR TWO MONTHS (AVING SEX WITH SOMEONE ) LOVED 3EX IN THE SHOWER -ASTURBATING WHILE BEING DONE FROM BEHIND 3TICKING MY lNGER UP A GIRL S BUM AND FANNY IN A CLAW LIKE STYLE "OTH ORGASMING TOGETHER -AKING OUT AND BEING lNGERED BY MY BOYFRIEND IN THE RAIN IN A SECLUDED GARDEN -AKING LOVE TO MY GIRLFRIEND ON TOP OF AN UNEXCAVATED !NGLO 3AXON CEMETERY )N A SHOWER WITH TWO GIRLS SUCKING ME OFF )T S NEVER GOOD +AREN AND THAT OTHER GIRL n ) FORGET HER NAME "EING ABSOLUTELY HIGH ON ,3$ AND EVEN EVERY TOUCH FELT AMAZING SO WHEN WE HAD SEX IT WAS PHENOMENAL 4HEY VE ALL BEEN RATHER MEDIOCRE 7HEN ) HADN T MASTURBATED FOR A LONG TIME THEN WHEN ) CRACKED ONE OUT OVER MY GIRLFRIEND S BREASTS ) OVERSHOT AND IT WENT ALL OVER HER FACE 3EX WITH A SQUIRTER -Y lRST TIME WITH A PROSTITUTE /N THE TOP OF -OUNT 6ESUVIUS IN )TALY 3EX ON A ROOF IN 4HAILAND )T INVOLVED ROPE ) M STILL WAITING FOR IT TO HAPPEN
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4FSJPVTMZ 5FSSJGZJOH *OGFDUJPOT &IONA "ILLINGS TAKES US THROUGH EXACTLY WHAT S INVOLVED IN 34) TESTING AND WHY YOU SHOULD GO ASAP
8IFSF DBO * HFU 8IBU JT JU MJLF UP HFU UFTUFE 9OU VE ALL HAD THE LEAmETS ABOUT 34)S UFTUFE YOU VE ALL HAD THE FREE CONDOMS IN &OR A -AN &OR A 7OMAN &RESHERS 7EEK "UT HOW MANY OF YOU 8IZ TIPVME * HFU UFTUFE
ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT IS INVOLVED IN GETTING TESTED FOR 3EXUALLY 4RANSMIT TED )NFECTIONS 7HEN WE LAUNCHED THE 3EX 3UR VEY THIS YEAR WE MADE SURE WE IN CLUDED QUESTIONS ABOUT 34)S .ATION ALLY NEW CASES OF 34)S WERE DIAGNOSED IN UP ALMOST ON THE PREVIOUS YEAR !LTHOUGH ONLY OF 5%! STUDENTS SAID THEY HAD HAD AN 34) JUST HAVE EVER BEEN TESTED FOR ONE /F THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN TESTED AND ACTUALLY HAD AN 34) WERE DIAGNOSED WITH #HLAMYDIA 4HIS SUPPORTS THE NATIONWIDE STATISTICS THAT SHOW #HLAMYDIA TO BE THE MOST PREVALENT 34) IN THE 5+ WITH REPORT ED INCIDENTS OF IT INCREASING BY IN THE LAST TEN YEARS )T IS BECAUSE OF FACTS LIKE THIS THAT AWARENESS OF HOW YOU CAN GET TESTED IS SO IMPORTANT 7E SENT TWO INTREPID REPORTERS TO SEE WHAT HAVING A TEST IS REALLY LIKE WHAT HAPPENS AND HOW YOU GET YOUR ALL IMPORTANT RESULTSx
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h&IRST BAD THING n NOT BEING ABLE TO PEE FOR TWO HOURS BEFORE YOU GO TO THE CLINIC ) NEEDED TO GO ALL THE TIME ) WAS BEING ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER ) D EVER HAD SEX WITH A MAN OR SOME ONE ON DRUGS OR IF ) D EVER PAID FOR SEX THE ANSWERS WERE ALL NO BY THE WAY h) HAD A GUY ASK ME MY QUESTIONS INCLUDING THE ONES ABOUT WHEN ) LAST HAD SEX AND WHEN ) WAS CIRCUMCISED )T SEEMS THEY ASKED ME MORE THAN THEY ASK GIRLS h!NYWAY AFTER THE QUESTIONS ) HAD TO TAKE MY TROUSERS AND PANTS OFF AND LIE BACK ON A TABLE WHERE THE GUY PRO CEEDED TO GIVE ME A TESTICLE EXAMINA TION CHECKING FOR LUMPS AND BUMPS WHILST ALL THE TIME TELLING ME WHAT HE WAS DOING h4HERE WAS A FEMALE NURSE THERE BUT IT WASN T TOO AWKWARD 4HE ORIGI NAL MAN THEN DID A SWAB WHICH WAS BASICALLY A STICK THAT WENT UP MY URETHRA AND THEN CAME BACK OUT AL THOUGH IT STUNG A LOT MORE COMING OUT THAN GOING IN )T WASN T TOO BAD BUT FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES AFTERWARDS IT WAS A LITTLE TENDER h4HEY LOOKED AT THE SWAB UNDER A MICROSCOPE STRAIGHT AWAY TO CHECK FOR IMMEDIATE SIGNS OF ANY INFECTIONS WHILST ) WAS lNALLY ABLE TO PEE AS THEY NEEDED A URINE SAMPLE ) THEN WENT OFF FOR MY BLOOD TEST WHERE ) HAD SOME FRIENDLY BANTER WITH THE NURSE BECAUSE WE HAD THE SAME NAME BUT WITH DIF FERENT SPELLINGS h"ASICALLY IT WAS OK NOT AN EXPE RIENCE ) D WANT EVERY WEEK BUT DEl NITELY ONE WORTH HAVING ESPECIALLY FOR THE PEACE OF MIND IT BRINGS KNOWING YOU RE 34) FREE v
h) MUST ADMIT IT WAS A BIT WEIRD GO ING TO THE CLINIC n ) THOUGHT PEOPLE WERE ALL STARING AT ME AS ) WENT DOWN THE CORRIDOR ) D NEVER EVEN THOUGHT OF GETTING TESTED MAINLY BECAUSE ) D NEVER NOT USED A CONDOM BUT ) GUESS IT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE YOU CAN CATCH THINGS FROM ORAL SEX TOO h) BOOKED IT BY PHONE ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE 7HEN ) GOT THERE ON THE DAY ) lLLED OUT A FORM AND THEN WAIT ED IN A ROOM TO BE CALLED THROUGH 4HE DOCTOR TWAS GREAT IF A LITTLE DIRECT WITH SOME OF THE MORE INTIMATE QUESTIONS n ) GUESS BECAUSE SHE ASKS THEM EVE RY DAY "UT SHE JUST ASKED ME THINGS ABOUT MY SEXUAL HISTORY CONTRACEP TION ) HAD USED THAT KIND OF THING h4HEN A NURSE TOOK ME INTO AN OTHER ROOM WHERE SHE SHOWED ME HOW TO DO THE FEMALE TEST FOR #HLAMY DIA AND 'ONORRHOEA )T LOOKED LIKE A LONGER VERSION OF A COTTON BUD AND ALL ) HAD TO DO WAS TAKE A SWAB OF MY VAGINA AND THEN PUT IT IN A POT 4HE NURSE LEFT THE ROOM AFTER SHE lNISHED THE EXPLANATION AND ) WAS ABLE TO DO THE SWAB WITHOUT ANY UNCOMFORTABLE SILENCES OR AWKWARD LOOKS h4HEN ) WENT INTO ANOTHER ROOM WHERE A DIFFERENT NURSE TOOK SOME BLOOD 4HIS IS FOR THE ()6 AND 3YPHI LIS TESTS AND WAS JUST A NORMAL BLOOD TEST ) THEN RETURNED TO THE RECEPTION DESK WHERE ) CHOSE BY WHICH METH OD ) WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE MY RESULTS n BY TEXT OR IN PERSON ) CHOSE BY TEXT WHICH ) WAS TOLD WOULD BE SENT TO ME IN A WEEK h/VERALL IT WAS A FAIRLY SIMPLE PROCESS WITH VERY LITTLE EMBARRASS MENT AND HASSLE v
8IBU BCPVU UIF SFTVMUT 4HE WAY YOU GET YOUR RESULTS VARIES FROM CLINIC TO CLINIC -OST WILL GIVE YOU A CHOICE OF HOW YOU WANT TO RECEIVE THEM n BY PHONE TEXT OR IN PERSON ARE THE MOST COMMON )F YOUR RESULTS ARE ALL CLEAR THEN EVERYTHING IS lNE ALTHOUGH IT IS IM PORTANT TO KEEP CHECKING FOR ANY VISIBLE SIGNS OF ANY 34)S )F SOMETHING HAS COME UP IN YOUR TESTS YOU WILL NOT BE TOLD EXACTLY WHAT YOU HAVE UNTIL YOU HAVE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT AT THE CLINIC !T THAT TIME THE DOCTOR WILL DISCUSS THE TREATMENT FOR YOUR SPE CIlC INFECTION -OST 34)S INCLUDING #HLAMYDIA GONORRHOEA AND SYPHI LIS CAN BE TREATED WITH A SINGLE DOSE OF ANTIBIOTICS 7ARTS PUBIC LICE AND SCABIES CAN ALL ALSO BE TREATED RELA TIVELY SIMPLY 4HE CLINICS ONLY TEST FOR THOSE INFECTIONS THAT CANNOT BE SEEN BUT THEY DO ASK WHILE YOU ARE THERE IF YOU HAVE ANY VISIBLE SYMPTOMS AT THAT TIME )F YOU lND THAT YOU DE VELOP ANY SYMPTOMS OR FEAR THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE CAUGHT SOMETHING YOU CAN ALWAYS GO BACK TO THE CLINIC FOR ANOTHER TEST AND A CHECK UP
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(SBE #BMM &YQFOTF $EAR %DITOR !S A THIRD YEAR STUDENT CLOSE TO GRADUATION ) FEEL IT IS ABOUT TIME THAT THE ISSUE OF THE 'RADUATION "ALL IS RAISED &OR SOME TIME NOW ) HAVE BEEN CONTEMPLATING WHETHER ) AM GOING TO ATTEND AND IT SADDENS ME TO SAY THAT ) AM GOING TO GIVE IT A MISS 4HE PROBLEM IS NOT WITH THE ,#2 AS ) AM A REGULAR ATTENDEE BUT WITH THE EX TREMELY OVERPRICED TICKETS #ONSIDERING A NORMAL 4UESDAY 3ATURDAY NIGHT AT THE ,#2 COSTS a AND A CELEBRATORY NIGHT 3UM MER #HRISTMAS "ASH COSTS a IT SEEMS EXTORTIONATE TO CHARGE STUDENTS BETWEEN a FOR PRACTICALLY THE SAME EVENT !S A GRADUATE OF 5%! MY SISTER SAID THAT HER GRADUATION BALL WAS GOOD BUT NOT
WORTH THE MONEY ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CON SIDER HAVING TO ALSO PAY FOR THE COST OF A TAXI AND DRINKS ONCE YOU ARRIVE AT THE VENUE 3HE ALSO STATED HOW CERTAIN INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ARE EXCLUDED AS THEY HAVE TO PAY HIGH TUITION FEES AND THEN STRUGGLE TO AF FORD THE COST OF THE TICKET AS WELL AS SUITABLE ATTIRE )T IS CLEAR THAT A LOT OF EFFORT GOES INTO THE ORGANISATION OF SUCH NIGHTS WITH THE HIRING OF FAIRGROUND RIDES AND THE OPPORTU NITY TO MEET AND GREET CELEBRITIES HOWEVER GRADUATION IS SUCH A SPECIAL TIME AND AFTER THREE YEARS OF HARD WORK IT WOULD BE NICE TO CELEBRATE IN A WAY WHICH DOESN T IMITATE A REGULAR ,#2 BASH ) THINK AN ALTERNATIVE NIGHT TO THE GRAD
UATION BALL WOULD BE EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL ) AM NOT SUGGESTING THAT STUDENTS SHOULD ATTEND ONE EVENT OVER THE OTHER BUT THINK THAT STUDENTS SHOULD BE OFFERED A CHOICE IN THE WAY THEY CELEBRATE THEIR GRADUATION ) HAVE SET UP A FACEBOOK GROUP CALLED @'RAD BALL n OUT OF CURIOSITY TO SEE IF ANY GRADU ATING STUDENTS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN A TRADITIONAL THREE COURSE MEAL AND PARTY OR EVEN A NIGHT OUT ON THE TOWN TO CELEBRATE THE COMPLETION OF OUR DEGREES )F THE EVENT WILL BE THE SAME AS THE PAST FEW YEARS COULD YOU PLEASE JUSTIFY WHY 5%! CHARGES SO MUCH FOR THE TICKETS ) LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THE RESPONSE OF THE 5NION 3TACY %DWARDS
ǰF (SFBU &BTU "OHMJB %FCBUF $EAR %DITOR 7HILST READING THE CURRENT ISSUE OF #ONCRETE ) WAS DISMAYED TO SEE &ELIXSTOWE 3UFFOLK DESCRIBED AS hTHE SOUTHERNMOST OF %AST !NGLIA S COASTAL TOWNS v 7HAT PRAY HAS HAPPENED TO THE COUNTY OF %SSEX S MEMBERSHIP OF %AST !NGLIA ) THINK YOUR REPORTER WILL lND THAT THERE ARE MANY COASTAL TOWNS IN THIS RE GION FURTHER SOUTH THAN &ELIXSTOWE (ARWICH "RIGHTLINGSEA AND 3OUTH END TO NAME JUST THREE 7HY ) lND MYSELF ASKING WAS THIS NOT BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF AN EDITOR 4HIS IS SIMPLY POOR WRITING PROOF READING AND EDITORSHIP -Y GRIEVANCES WITH #ONCRETE FOR POOR EDITORSHIP AND PROOF READING ARE ALREADY MANY AND ) lND IT A FREQUENTLY PAINFUL READ (OWEVER THIS SIMPLE ABAN DONMENT OF FACT IS TRULY UNACCEPT ABLE 9OURS -ATTHEW #ROWE
$EAR -ATTHEW 7ELL THERE ARE GROUNDS FOR INCLUDING %SSEX IN A DElNITION OF %AST !NGLIA &OR EXAMPLE THE %AST !NGLIA BRANCH OF THE .ATIONAL &ARMERS 5NION REPRESENTS %SSEX AND !NGLIA 4EL EVISION BROADCASTS RIGHT DOWN TO 3OUTHEND ON 3EA (OWEVER MOST DElNITIONS ) VE SEEN DElNE %AST !NGLIA @CHIEmY OR @GENERALLY AS BEING .ORFOLK AND 3UFFOLK WHILE %SSEX S STATUS AS PART OF IT SEEMS SECOND CLASS AT BEST 7IKI PEDIA SAYS h3OMETIMES %SSEX IS ALSO CONSIDERED PART OF THE REGION v WHILE THE "RITISH #OUNCIL COMMENTS h3OME EVEN ARGUE THAT %SSEX IS NOW PART OF THE REGION v 7HEN ) INQUIRED AT THE .ORFOLK (ERITAGE #ENTRE ) WAS TOLD THAT %AST !NGLIA CONSISTED OF .ORFOLK AND 3UFFOLK ONLY %SSEX DIDN T QUALIFY BECAUSE hIT BORDERS ON ,ONDON SO IT S CONSIDERED ONE OF THE (OME #OUNTIES v (ISTORICALLY %AST !NGLIA AND %SSEX WERE TWO SEPARATE !NGLO 3AXON KINGDOMS WHICH SEEMS ANOTHER REASON TO MAKE A DISTINCTION &INALLY ) ONCE SPENT SIX MONTHS WORKING IN %SSEX n AND DURING MY TIME THERE ) NEVER SAW ANYTHING OR HEARD ANY ONE SAY ANYTHING TO SUGGEST THAT ) WAS IN %AST !NGLIA 3O IF YOU RE ACTUALLY FROM %SSEX AND WANT TO PROMOTE IT AS PART OF THE REGION -ATTHEW YOU D BETTER START YOUR CAMPAIGN IN YOUR OWN HOME COUNTY AS OPPOSED TO (OME #OUNTY )AN 3MITH
#ONCRETE 0/ "/8 ./27)#( ./2&/,+ .2 4* #ONCRETE IS PUBLISHED BY 55%!3 #ONCRETE 3OCIETY ¥ #ONCRETE )33. ,ETTERS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED FOR THE ATTENTION OF THE %DITOR &IONA "ILLINGS ,ETTERS MUST INCLUDE CONTACT DETAILS BUT WE WILL CONSIDER ANONYMOUS PUBLICATION 7E RESERVE THE RIGHT TO EDIT FOR LENGTH AND CLARITY AS NECESSARY /PINIONS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE 0UBLISHER OR %DITOR 5SE OF THE NAME 4HE %VENT IS BY ARRANGEMENT WITH THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS 0LANET :OG ,TD .O PART OF THIS NEWSPAPER MAY BE REPRODUCED THROUGH ANY MEANS WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF THE %DITOR &IONA "ILLINGS 0RINTED BY !RCHANT
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.BE GPS .BEFJSB .O IT ISN T JUST A CAKE 2ATHER THAN WAX LYRICAL ABOUT THE CONFECTION ARY DELIGHT &IONA "ILLINGS TAKES US ON A TRIP ROUND THE LITTLE KNOWN 0ORTUGUESE ISLAND 7HEN SIX SOMETHINGS HEAD OFF ON HOLIDAY -ADEIRA ISN T EXACTLY THE lRST DESTINATION THAT WOULD COME TO MIND FOR A GOOD WEEK AWAY !ND AT lRST GLANCE YOU MIGHT APPEAR TO BE RIGHT 5PON ALIGHTING FROM THE PLANE AT AN AIRPORT DUBIOUSLY CLOSE TO THE SEA WE REALISED THE MAJORITY OF PEO PLE GOING THROUGH CUSTOMS WITH US WERE OVER 4HIS WAS TO BE A RECUR RING THEME ON THE ISLAND BUT SURPRIS INGLY WAS NOT A BAD THING 7HAT WE ALL WANTED WAS A RELAXING BREAK FROM UNIVERSITY AND WORK AND THAT IS EX ACTLY WHAT WE GOT MAINLY BECAUSE THERE WERE NO @YOUNGSTERS AROUND 7E STAYED IN A HOTEL ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ISLAND IN A VILLAGE CALLED 0ONTA $ELGADA SITUATED BETWEEN 3ÎO 6ICENTE AND 3EXIAL "EING MID .OVEMBER WHEN WE GOT THERE IT WAS DURING THEIR WINTER BUT THE TEMPERA TURES WERE STILL AVERAGING O# EACH DAY IN OUR VILLAGE 4HE NORTH OF -A DEIRA IS NOTORIOUSLY WET MAINLY DUE TO THE CHANGEABLE CLIMATE PRODUCED BY THE MOUNTAINOUS CENTRE OF THE IS LAND 7E DISCOVERED JUST HOW CHANGE ABLE ON OUR lRST DAY THERE WHEN WE
VENTURED OUT IN SEARCH OF FOOD IN THE SUNSHINE AND RETURNED SOAKED FROM HEAD TO TOE $ESPITE THIS HOWEVER THE NORTH OF THE ISLAND WAS PERFECT FOR THE RELAXATION WE HAD PLANNED /N THE DAYS THAT WERE NOT SPENT READING BY THE POOL OR LOUNGING IN
iɨF OPSUI PG UIF JTMBOE XBT QFSGFDU GPS UIF SFMBYBUJPO XF IBE QMBOOFEw THE *ACUZZI WE HEADED TO SOME OF THE LOCAL ATTRACTIONS !LTHOUGH NOT BRIMMING WITH MUST SEE ACTIVITIES THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ISLAND BOASTS IMPRESSIVE SCENERY AND SOME REALLY INTERESTING SIGHTS SUCH AS THE LAVA CAVES IN 3ÎO 6ICENTE #OMPOSED OF A NETWORK OF TUBES FORMED NATURALLY IN VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS OVER YEARS AGO THE 'RUTAS DE 3ÎO 6ICENTE ARE A FASCINATING INSIGHT INTO THE HISTORY OF THE ISLAND AS THEY ALSO ENCOMPASS A MUSEUM THAT TAKES YOU ON A TRIP TO THE @CENTRE OF THE EARTH ! COUPLE OF THE DAYS OF OUR HOLI DAY WERE SPENT IN &UNCHAL THE CAPITAL OF -ADEIRA 7E HAD HOPED TO GO OUT ON ONE OF THE MANY BOAT TRIPS AROUND THE ISLAND MOST OF WHICH PROMISED THAT WE WOULD SEE DOLPHINS AND SEALS OR GET OUR MONEY BACK !LTHOUGH THE TIMING OF OUR TRIP DIDN T ALLOW US TO GO OUT TO SEE THE -ADEIRAN SEA LIFE OUR HOTEL COACH HAD RATHER STRICT TIMINGS IT LOOKED LIKE A VERY WORTH WHILE EXPERIENCE AND ONE THAT MANY TOURISTS WERE TAKING UP !S THE BOAT TRIPS WERE OUT OF THE QUESTION WE TOOK TO THE ROADS OF
&UNCHAL INSTEAD BUYING A DAY TICKET THAT ALLOWED US ON ANY SIGHTSEEING BUS IN THE CAPITAL 4HE ROUTES TOOK US RIGHT TO THE TOP OF THE HILLS OVERLOOK ING THE CITY ALLOWING MANY PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES ON A DAY OF SUNSHINE AND O# TEMPERATURES /UR GROUP THEN SPLIT SOME GOING FOR A RIDE ON THE CABLE CARS WHILE OTHERS HEADED FOR A WANDER AROUND THE HISTORICAL BUILDINGS AND SMALL COBBLED STREETS 4HE CABLE CARS PROVIDED YET MORE FAN TASTIC VIEWS OF THE CAPITAL AND ITS SUR ROUNDING AREA AND ALSO LED NICELY TO THE BOTANICAL GARDENS A LOVELY PLACE COMPLETE WITH EXOTIC PLANTS AND LOTS OF BIRDS 4HERE WERE MANY THINGS IN -A DEIRA THAT WE DIDN T GET A CHANCE TO SEE MAINLY BECAUSE WE WERE SLIGHTLY OUT OF THE WAY IN OUR LITTLE VILLAGE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ISLAND )T IS POS SIBLE TO HIRE CARS TO EXPLORE MORE OF THE COUNTRY THIS WOULD CERTAINLY BE A GOOD WAY TO VISIT SOME OF THE MORE REMOTE PLACES IT WAS ALSO NOT EXPEN SIVE AND WOULD NOT INVOLVE TOO MUCH DRIVING AS EVERYWHERE ON THE ISLAND IS WITHIN AN HOUR S DRIVE OF ANYWHERE ELSE (OWEVER SOME OF THE ROADS ARE PERILOUSLY CLOSE TO THE SEA AND WITH MOST HOTELS PROVIDING DAY TRIPS TO PLACES AROUND THE ISLAND IT SEEMS SAFER TO LEAVE THE DRIVING TO THOSE WHO KNOW THE ROUTES SLIGHTLY BETTER -ADEIRA IS ONE OF THE LESSER KNOWN HOLIDAY ISLANDS AND CERTAINLY NONE OF US HAD EVER EVEN THOUGHT OF GOING BEFORE )F YOU WANT TO RELAX AND HAVE A REAL BREAK FROM LIFE HOW EVER THEN THIS IS DElNITELY THE PLACE TO GO AND IT PROBABLY SHOWS IN THE AGE OF MOST OF THE TOURISTS (OWEVER IF YOU RE ANYTHING LIKE US YOU LL JUST END UP MAKING FRIENDS WITH ALL THE OLDER PEOPLE THERE ANYWAY ALTHOUGH THEY DO GIVE YOU STRANGE LOOKS FOR BE ING QUITE SO YOUNGx
" %BZ BT B %àTTFMEPSGFS 4HERE HAS LONG BEEN A STEREOTYPED VIEW OF 'ERMAN CULTURE IN "RITAIN PREJUDICES AND STEREOTYPES CAN ACT AS A BARRIER TO A TRUE %UROPEAN 5NION 9ET IF YOU LOOK AT 'ERMANY MORE CLOSELY YOU WILL FIND ONE OF THE FRIENDLIEST BUNCH OF PEOPLE YOU LL EVER MEET AND A FASCINATING COUNTRY BRIMMING WITH INTERESTING TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES $àSSELDORF THE CAPITAL OF THE STATE OF .ORTH 2HINE 7ESTPHALIA AND THE ECO NOMIC CENTRE OF 'ERMANY IS A CITY OF TRUE DIVERSITY WITH SOMETHING TO OFFER TO PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE )F FASHION AND DESIGNER SHOPPING ARE YOUR THING THEN HEAD TO THE BEAU TIFUL +ÚNIGSALLEE HERE DESIGNER BOU TIQUES AND LUXURY EATERIES SIT ALONG SIDE THE CANAL INTERSPERSED AMONGST GRAND SHOPPING COMPLEXES AND FANCY DEPARTMENT STORES $àSSELDORF PLAYS A HUGE ROLE IN THE 'ERMAN FASHION INDUSTRY AND AS A RESULT NAMES SUCH AS #ARTIER 'UCCI !RMANI #HANEL (UGO "OSS AND 0RADA ARE NOT UNCOM MON 9ET IF YOUR STUDENT BUDGET WON T STRETCH TO SUCH DESIGNER LUXURY THERE ARE NUMEROUS DELIGHTFUL INDEPEND ENT SHOPS TO EXPLORE IF YOU CARE TO VENTURE DOWN THE LITTLE BACK LANES AND COBBLED ALLEYWAYS (OWEVER IF ITS CULTURE AND SOPHISTICATION THAT YOU RE AFTER THEN $àSSELDORF DOES NOT FAIL TO DELIVER
7ITNESS THE MAGNIFICENT TWISTED CON STRUCTIONS OF ARCHITECT &RANK 'EHRY AS YOU CRUISE DOWN THE RIVER 2HINE WITH A TRADITIONAL !LTBIER IN HAND
/R CLIMB TO THE VERY TOP OF THE 2HEINTURM THE TALLEST BUILDING IN THE CITY AND THE LARGEST DIGITAL CLOCK IN THE WORLD THE TOWER OFFERS A REVOLV ING RESTAURANT AND AN OBSERVATION DECK TO LOOK OUT OVER THE CITY 7HEN THE NIGHT BEGINS TO FALL HOP ONTO THE 3 "AHN AND HEAD OVER TO $IE !LTSTADT AREA OF THE CITY 4RADITIONAL 'ERMAN BUILDINGS AND COBBLED STREETS EVOCATIVE OF A "ROTHERS 'RIMM FAIRYTALE ARE THE HOME TO A STRIP OF OVER BARS AND NIGHT CLUBS KNOWN AFFECTIONATELY AMONGST RESIDENTS AS THE LONGEST BAR IN THE WORLD 9OU LL BE SURE TO FIND SOME THING TO SATISFY EVERY INDIVIDUAL TASTE AND BUDGET FROM CHEAP AND CHEERY TRADITIONAL RESTAURANTS TO FANCY NIGHT CLUBS $àSSELDORF REALLY IS A CITY NOT TO BE MISSED !LEX -AY
5PVS EF /PSUI /PSGPML !S ) SAW THE OPEN ROAD BEFORE ME SKIRTING OVER GENTLE HILLS AND PEP PERED WITH ICE ) FELT LIKE AN UNWILL ING CHARACTER IN A #ORMAC -C#ARTHY .OVEL -Y DESTINATION WAS A SMOKE HOUSE IN #LEY .EXT 4HE 3EA THIRTY MILES OFF AND LIKE A PERFECTLY GRILLED PIECE OF HADDOCK ALWAYS JUST BE YOND MY CULINARY GRASP -Y FELLOW RIDER GLIMMERED BE FORE ME IN THE WINTER SUNLIGHT LIKE A RED HERRING OR A PAN FRIED POISSON SAVOURED IN A "RETON lSH RESTAURANT (E MEDIATED THE LANDSCAPE HIS PERT BUTTOCKS HIGH ABOVE HIS FRAME LIKE A WRITER IN THE TRAVEL SECTION OF A NEWS PAPER ,ATER AS WE APPROACHED #LEY HE WOULD BECOME LIKE THE BARREN TREE THAT TRANSFORMED MY VIEW OF THE mINT CHURCH MAKING IT NEW AT EVERY INSTANT "UT HOW COULD WE KNOW THAT ALONG THE WAY (OW COULD ) KNOW THAT AS THE WET WIND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE AND MY SLICKS SKIDDED ON BLACK ICE 7E REACHED #LEY AND ) PARKED MY BIKE OUTSIDE THE SMOKE HOUSE WHICH SMELLED LIKE CHARRED SEASIDE ) STEPPED INSIDE AND SAW A RED HER RING COATED IN BLACK PEPPER AND
RESTING BEHIND A PLASTIC SCREEN !T THAT MOMENT SUDDENLY AND UN EXPECTEDLY THE HERRING THAT HAD FRAMED MY VIEW OF THE LANDSCAPE THAT FRAMES MY STORY SEEMED A LITTLE LESS RED /R AT LEAST LESS LIKE A HER RING )N RETROSPECT HE BECAME AN IMAGINED SPECTRE OF A HERRING PURE ARTIlCE AND METAPHOR )T WAS A MOMENT OF CLOSURE THAT COULD ONLY REALLY EVER HAVE BEEN MOMENTARY )T WAS A CLEARED PLATE IN A lSH RESTAURANT )T WAS LIKE SITTING AT A TABLE WAITING FOR THE BILL TO COME #LOSURE RARELY OCCURS IN TRAVEL AR TICLES AND MUCH LESS DOES IT IN LIFE 7E TURNED OUR BIKES AROUND AND HEADED BACK ALONG THE ROAD TO .OR WICH !S ) PONTIlCATED ABOUT WHAT lSH TO BUY WHAT PHOTOGRAPH TO TAKE AND WHAT WOULD MAKE A GOOD STO RY MY MUSCLES BECAME TIGHT &OUR MILES INTO THE RETURN LEG ) STRAINED A MUSCLE AND HAD TO CYCLE TO THE NEAR EST TRAIN STATION SIX MILES AWAY AFTER A FUTILE ATTEMPT TO HITCH HIKE WITH MY BIKE 4HE TRIP BECAME LIKE BUN GEE JUMPING INTO A RIVER WHERE FRESH WATER SALMON STRUGGLE UPSTREAM 3AMUEL %LLIOTT
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WHICH IS ALWAYS GREAT FUN AND ALLOWS US TO SHOW OUR TALENTS OF SINGING INTERNATIONAL MU SIC 4HE COMMITTEE ALSO lRMLY BELIEVES THAT THE SOCIETY SHOULD BE RUN BY THE MEMBERS FOR THE MEMBERS 7E ARE ALWAYS OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS AND TIPS FOR IM PROVEMENT AND CONSULT THE CHOIR ABOUT THE MAJOR DECI SIONS REGARDING THE EVENTS LAID ON &OR EXAMPLE THE CHARITY THAT THAT WE SUPPORTED WITH OUR #HAPELlELD #AROLS EVENT AT THE END OF THE LAST TERM WAS SUGGESTED AND VOTED FOR BY OUR MEMBERS !ND ALTHOUGH OUR MUSICAL DIRECTOR PICKS SONGS WE ARE VERY MUCH OPEN TO NEW SUGGESTIONS FROM THE #HOIR IN FACT WE ENCOURAGE IT 'OT 3OUL 4HEN JOIN THE 2OCK 'OSPEL #HOIR % MAIL US AT 3U 2OCKGOSPELCHOIR UEA AC UK 7E RE ALSO ON &ACEBOOK GIVE US A LOOK -ARTIN ,IPPIATT
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MNESTY )NTERNATIONAL IS A WORLDWIDE ORGANI ZATION DEVOTED TO PRO MOTING HUMAN RIGHTS ACROSS THE WORLD )T IS MADE UP OF ORDINARY PEOPLE WHO DONATE WHATEVER TIME OR MONEY THEY ARE CAPABLE OF GIVING IN ORDER TO BRING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES TO LIGHT AND TO AN END 0ERMA NENTLY 5%! !MNESTY 3OCIETY IS A SMALL GROUP OF DEVOTED PEO PLE MAKING THEIR CONTRIBU TION TO THIS ONGOING lGHT FOR JUSTICE 7E HOLD WEEKLY MEET INGS 7EDNESDAY PM 2OOM IN 5NION (OUSE WHERE MEMBERS COME TOGETHER TO OR GANISE EVENTS AND WRITE LETTERS 4HE LETTERS ARE SENT TO LOCAL AND WORLD LEADERS IN AN EFFORT TO BRING ABOUT VITAL CHANGES
TO CONTRIBUTE TO EQUALITY OF WORLDWIDE HUMAN RIGHTS 4HE SOCIETY IS PROBABLY BEST KNOWN AROUND CAMPUS FOR THEIR BRIGHT ORANGE MUSI
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CITY CENTRE RAISING MONEY FOR !MNESTY AND ALSO @&RIENDS OF '/6) A 5+ CHARITY RAIS ING FUNDS FOR THE ONLY BLIND SCHOOL IN THE 'AMBIA AS WELL AS MAKING LOTS OF NOISE FOR THE #OCA #OLA BOYCOTT MARCH 4HEY ALSO HOSTED A SUCCESSFUL WORKSHOP AT "AWBURGH 0RI MARY 3CHOOL $URING WEEKS AND OF LAST SEMESTER YOU MAY HAVE SEEN A SOMEWHAT LESS mU ORESCENT 5%! !MNESTY IN THE (IVE PROMOTING THEIR 'REET INGS #ARD #AMPAIGN "ECAUSE OF THEIR HARD WORK OVER MESSAGES OF GOODWILL AND SOLI DARITY WERE SENT BY THOUGHTFUL 5%! STUDENTS TO THOSE SUFFER ING AT THE HANDS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES WORLDWIDE !NNA #LAYTON
7ANT TO HAVE YOUR SOCIETY FEATURED IN &OCUS ON 3OCIETIES %MAIL !NNA 0RITCHARD AT CONCRETE FOCSOC UEA AC UK
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4JOHMF %BUJOH BOE &BUJOH 0VU -ICHAEL 'OMES 7HAT WAS THE ATMOSPHERE LIKE %VERYTHING SEEMED TO BE GOING WELL WITH FRIENDLY CONVERSATION AND LAUGHS APLENTY UNTIL MIDWAY THROUGH THE STARTER WHEN SHE ASKED FOR THE WAITER S NUMBER NEEDLESS TO SAY HE SAID NO !FTER THAT THE ATMOSPHERE BECAME TENSE AND HOSTILE AND ALL ) COULD GET WERE ONE WORD ANSWERS USUALLY JUST THE WORD NO (OW WAS THE FOOD 4HE FOOD WAS REALLY GOOD IT S JUST A SHAME THE
MEAL WAS TAINTED BY THE SPEED AND VULGARITY OF THE WAY SHE WOLFED IT DOWN (OW WAS THE DATE !VERAGE AT BEST (IGHLIGHTS OF THE DATE -EETING MY lRST HALF WOMAN HALF BORE ,OWLIGHTS OF THE DATE ,ET S JUST SAY ) WON T BE EATING OUT AGAIN 7ILL YOU BE SEEING EACH OTHER ON 6ALENTINE S $AY 7HAT S THE POINT
3TEPHEN 4HORPE 7HAT WAS THE ATMOSPHERE LIKE 4HE ATMOSPHERE WAS REALLY NICE AND LAID BACK 7ALKED IN FROM THE SNOW DUSTED STREET AND WAS WARMLY WELCOMED BY h4HE 7AFmE (OUSEv STAFF )T WAS COMFORTABLE WITH NONE OF THOSE AWKWARD SILENCES EVERYONE HATES ) THINK THE MOST AWKWARD MOMENT WAS CHOOSING THE WINE DOES ANYONE KNOW A GOOD WINE THAT GOES WELL WITH WAFmES (OW WAS THE FOOD ) HAD ONE OF THE @SPECIALS THE #HICKEN $OPIA ZA WHICH ) EXPECTED TO BE SERVED WITH RICE BUT ) THINK ) WAS A BIT NAIVE AS THEY BROUGHT IT OUT ON A WAFmE )T WAS A REALLY NICE CURRY THOUGH BUT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER WITH RICE 0UDDING WAS THE BANOFFEE WAFmE WHICH WAS AMAZING )F ANYONE IS GOING TO HAVE ANYTHING FROM 4HE 7AFmE (OUSE THEY NEED TO GET A PUDDING -AKE IT A LARGE ONE TOO
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7HAT WAS THE ATMOSPHERE LIKE 1UASI ROMANTIC GENERIC )TALIAN /THER THAN THAT THE WAITER HAD A VERY PERT VOLUPTUOUS BOTTOM ) SHALL BE RETURNING (OW WAS THE FOOD 7E HAD BRUSCHETTA CALAMARI PIZZA AND THE GODFATHER FOR PUD PUD (OW WAS THE DATE 4HE DATE WAS FUN HE HAD A CAR ALWAYS A BO NUS
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(OW WAS THE DATE /VERALL ) ENJOYED THE DATE THOROUGHLY AS 2ACHEL AND ) SHARED SIMILAR INTERESTS WHICH KEPT THE CONVERSATION GOING OVER A REALLY NICE MEAL (IGHLIGHTS OF THE DATE 4HE FACT WE HAD A LOT IN COMMON GIVING US A LOT TO TALK ABOUT 4HAT BANOFFEE WAFmE ,OWLIGHTS OF THE DATE 4HE COLD WALK TO 4HE 7AFmE (OUSE TRYING TO MAKE SURE ) DIDN T SLIP OVER ON ALL THE SNOW SLUDGE ESPECIALLY AFTER ACTUALLY PUTTING SOME EFFORT INTO IRONING MY SHIRT FOR THE NIGHT 7ILL YOU BE SEEING EACH OTHER AGAIN 9ES ) EXPECT ) WILL SEE 2ACHEL AGAIN (OPEFULLY WE WILL MEET AT SOME GIGS IN THE FUTURE AS WE HAVE VERY SIMILAR MUSIC INTERESTS 0LUS IT IS AL WAYS EASY TO BUMP INTO PEOPLE AROUND CAM PUS AND IN THE ,#2
#HARLOTTE (ALL (IGHLIGHTS OF THE DATE 4HE BEST PART OF THE DATE WAS THE CHOCOLATE PUDDING ,OWLIGHTS OF THE DATE 4HE WORST PART OF THE DATE WAS THE TERRIBLE TERRI BLE STENCH EXUDING FROM HIS BOTTY -MMM 7ILL YOU BE SEEING EACH OTHER ON 6ALENTINE S $AY .O DOUBT WE WILL BUMP INTO EACH OTHER AT THE 6ALENTINE S ,#2 WHEN MY SINGLE GIRLS AND ) WILL BE PLAYING SOME DIRTY DIRTY GAMES
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7HAT WAS THE ATMOSPHERE LIKE 4HE lRST THING THAT GREETS YOU WHEN YOU EN TER THE 7AFmE (OUSE IS THE SMELL OF THE WAFmES COOKING AND ALL THE DIFFERENT SAVORY TOPPINGS 4HE 7AFmE (OUSE WAS SMALLER THAN ) THOUGHT BUT IT GAVE OFF AN INTIMATE AND COZY ATMOS PHERE 4HE STAFF WERE FRIENDLY AND HELPFUL THEY ALWAYS CAME BY AND CHECKED TO SEE IF WE WERE ALRIGHT (OW WAS THE FOOD ) HAD A SMALL PLAIN WAFmE WITH HAM CHEESE SAUCE AND MUSHROOMS 4HE WAFmE ITSELF WAS THE RIGHT SIZE AND THE CHEESE SAUCE WAS MILD CHEDDAR AND DIDN T OVERPOWER THE HAM IN ANY WAY !LSO THE CHEESE SAUCE WAS THE RIGHT CON SISTENCY 4HERE WERE ENOUGH MUSHROOMS FOR THAT SIZE OF DISH AND THE SHOYU THEY WERE SAU TÏED IN GAVE THEM ENOUGH TASTE TO STAND OUT &OR DESSERT WE SHARED A LARGE "ANOFFEE 7AFmE 4HE CARAMEL SAUCE COULD HAVE BEEN A BIT THICK
ER BUT IT WAS JUST RIGHT IN TASTE (OW WAS THE DATE 4HE DATE WENT REALLY WELL HE WAS DRESSED SMARTLY AND WE FOUND IT REALLY EASY TO TALK (IS SENSE OF HUMOUR MATCHED MINE AND ) FOUND WE HAD A LOT IN COMMON 7E GOT ON SO WELL THAT THE STAFF HAD TO KEEP COMING BACK AND FORTH AS WE STILL HADN T MADE UP OUR MINDS ON WHAT TO ORDER (IGHLIGHTS OF THE DATE -Y DATE WE GOT ON SO WELL THAT THERE WERE HARDLY ANY OF THOSE AWKWARD SILENCES 7E HAD THINGS IN COMMON AND HAD A LAUGH ,OWLIGHTS OF THE DATE &OR ME THERE WASN T ONE AS ) HAD A REALLY ENJOY ABLE TIME 7ILL YOU BE SEEING EACH OTHER AGAIN -AYBE WE BOTH GO TO GIGS AND WE ARE BOTH ON &ACEBOOK SO WHO KNOWS
4HREE 7AYS ,EBANESE 2ESTAURANT #HARLES !NWUZIA )WEGBU 7HAT WAS THE ATMOSPHERE LIKE !LTHOUGH THIS RESTAURANT IS WELL HIDDEN IN THE SKY LINE ITS SERVES AUTHENTIC ,EBANESE FOOD WHICH IS VERY SATISFYING 4HERE IS AN INTI MATE FEEL AND THE AUTHENTIC BACKGROUND MU SIC ADDS TO THE VIBRANT ATMOSPHERE 4HIS IS A FAMILY RUN BUSINESS AND THIS RUBS OFF ON THE CUSTOMERS AS ) FELT VERY RELAXED (OW WAS THE FOOD ) SHARED A STARTER -EZE 4ASTER 0LATE WHICH WAS VERY NICE THIS WOULD BE IDEAL FOR VEGETAR IANS 4HIS INCLUDES A RANGE OF lNGER FOODS INCLUDED AUBERGINE HUMMUS AND CHICK PEA AND TOMATO DIP 4HE PORTIONS WERE VERY GEN EROUS AND ) MUST SAY ) WAS FULL BEFORE ) HAD MY MAIN COURSE -Y MAIN COURSE KATA KOUSH KASH STEWED LAMB WITH A SERVING OF RICE SENT MY TASTE BUDS INTO OVERDRIVE AND IT WAS
DELECTABLE 7E lNISHED OFF WITH A SERVING OF BAKLAWA AND HERBAL TEA WHICH WENT DOWN A TREAT (OW WAS THE DATE )T WAS NICE TO MEET SOMEONE ELSE AT 5%! STUDYING SOMETHING DIFFERENT 7OULD ) DO IT AGAIN -AYBE YES (IGHLIGHTS OF THE DATE 'REAT FOOD ,OWLIGHTS OF THE DATE 'ETTING HAMMERED ON *AGER BOMBS *$ SO THAT IT EASED THE PAIN OF CONVERSATION IT WORKED A TREAT 7ILL YOU BE SEEING EACH OTHER ON 6ALEN TINE S $AY %RM )T S A NO ) AM AFRAID .OT REALLY MY TYPE /H WELL ) WILL JUST SPEND IT WITH THE BOYS
*ILLY 3TOCKDALE 7HAT WAS THE ATMOSPHERE LIKE 4HE RESTAURANT HAD A REALLY WARM AND WELCOM ING FEEL TO IT AND THERE WERE LOTS OF INTERESTING ,EBANESE THINGS HANGING FROM THE CEILING AND WALLS AND ,EBANESE MUSIC PLAYING IN THE BACK GROUND TO ADD TO THE AUTHENTIC FEEL (OW WAS THE FOOD 7E BOTH CHOSE TO HAVE A GLASS OF ,EBANESE WINE WHICH WE DIDN T KNOW EXISTED BUT WAS REALLY NICE AND SHARED THE -EZE 4ASTER 0LATE WHICH IS A HUGE PLATTER OF VARIOUS STARTERS )T WAS A GOOD ICE BREAKER AS IT WAS A NEW EXPERIENCE FOR BOTH OF US AND THERE WERE LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO TRY AND TALK ABOUT &OR MY MAIN ) HAD 3AMKA (ARRA WHICH IS A lLLET OF 2ED 3NAPPER COVERED IN SALSA HARRA A RICH HERBED TOMATO SAUCE WITH mAVOURED RICE )T WAS REALLY DELICIOUS AND CAME AS A REALLY GENEROUS PORTION n THEY DEl NITELY WEREN T STINTING ON THE SERVINGS 4HEN WE SHARED A DESSERT OF "AKLAWA WHICH WAS PASTRY
WITH NUTS AND SYRUP SO WAS NICE AND SWEET BUT QUITE LIGHT AFTER THE BIG MEAL WHICH WAS SERVED WITH AN UNUSUAL HERBAL TEA ,UCKILY THERE WAS THE OPTION OF A DOGGY BAG (OW WAS THE DATE 4HE DATE WAS REALLY ENJOYABLE #HARLES IS A RE ALLY NICE GUY AND THERE WEREN T ANY AWKWARD SILENCES WHICH WAS ONE OF MY BIG FEARS BEFORE THE DATE (IGHLIGHTS OF THE DATE ) THINK THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE DATE WAS TRYING SOMETHING COMPLETELY NEW ,OWLIGHTS OF THE DATE .OT SURE THERE WAS A PARTICULAR LOWLIGHT OF THE DATE THOUGH THE DESSERT COURSE IS USUALLY MY FAVOURITE SO WAS A BIT BITTER ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO DO IT JUSTICE AS ) WAS SO FULL 7ILL YOU BE SEEING EACH OTHER AGAIN ON 6ALENTINE S $AY ) DON T THINK ANOTHER DATE IS ON THE CARDS
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-/9 Dear Betty and Ted $EAR "ETTY AND 4ED ) CAN T SEEM TO STOP PROCRASTINAT ING 7ORRYINGLY THE TREND FOR DRAG GING MY FEET HAS SPREAD TO MY LOVE LIFE n IT S NEARLY 6ALENTINE S $AY AND ) PROMISED MY GIRLFRIEND WE WOULD GO FOR A ROMANTIC MEAL BE FORE SPENDING THE NIGHT IN A NICE HOTEL ) HAVEN T BOOKED ANYTHING AND NOW IT SEEMS LIKE WE LL BE EAT ING IN 0IZZA (UT BEFORE STAYING IN A 4RAVELODGE 7HAT DO ) TELL MY GIRL FRIEND AND HOW CAN ) STOP BEING SO INDECISIVE ,OVE $OOMED TO $ELAY $EAR $OOMED TO $ELAY 4HE BEST WAY TO STOP PROCRASTINAT ING IS TO JUST GET UP AND ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT ! SIMPLE WAY TO DEAL WITH TASKS IS TO WRITE A LIST AND CROSS THINGS OFF ONCE YOU ACHIEVE THEM )T ACTUALLY WORKS AND IT S A GREAT VISUAL AID TO SEE THE PILE OF THINGS YOU HAVE ACHIEVED )N RE GARDS TO 6ALENTINE S $AY MY MAIN ISSUE IS NOT THAT YOU PROCRASTINATED ABOUT THE HOTEL OR MEAL BUT THAT YOU MADE A PROMISE YOU WEREN T GOING TO KEEP 9OU REALLY NEED TO SORT OUT YOUR TIME MANAGEMENT IS SUES BEFORE YOU COMMIT YOURSELF TO ANYTHING 0RAY THAT THE 4RAVELODGE HASN T BEEN FULLY BOOKED BY PRO CRASTINATORS LIKE YOURSELF FACE YOUR GIRLFRIEND S ANGER AND TREAT THIS AS A LESSON LEARNED 4ED $EAR $OOMED TO $ELAY "ASICALLY YOU JUST NEED TO GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER )NSTEAD OF THINK ING ABOUT ALL THE THINGS YOU LL BE DOING TOMORROW AS YOU MUNCH ON CHOCOLATE IN FRONT OF THE ""# I0LAYER DO SOMETHING NOW n IT S GOT TO BE BETTER THAN THE STRESS YOU ARE PUTTING YOURSELF UNDER $ON T SETTLE FOR THE CHEAP OPTION ON 6AL ENTINE S $AY !T THIS POINT THE ES TABLISHMENTS THAT AREN T ALREADY BOOKED UP ARE EITHER UNLIKELY TO IMPRESS YOUR OTHER HALF OR GOING TO COST YOU AN ABSOLUTE FORTUNE !VOID YOUR GIRLFRIEND S WRATH BY ORGANIS ING THE ROMANCE YOURSELF #OOK HER A THREE COURSE MEAL 3HE WILL APPRE CIATE THE EFFFORT FAR MORE THAN THE DENT IN YOUR WALLET 4HE POINT OF 6ALENTINE S $AY IS TO SHOW THAT YOU LOVE EACH OTHER NOT HOW MUCH YOU CAN SPEND )F IT REALLY IS TRUE LOVE WHERE THE BEDROOM IS WILL MATTER LESS THAN THE ATMOSPHERE INSIDE IT "ETTY
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8F SF /PU JO %JCMFZ "OZNPSF &IND YOURSELF LOOKING UPWARDS FOR ANSWERS %LIZABETH 7HERRELL INVESTIGATES THE IMPORTANCE OF FAITH ON CAMPUS AND lNDS OUT HOW THE #HAPLAINCY CAN HELP EVERY KIND OF STUDENT 7HAT DOES FAITH MEAN TO YOU !RE YOU RELIGIOUS OR DO YOU QUESTION SPIRITUALITY &ROM DAY TO DAY PEOPLE NEVER KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THEIR LIVES OR WHICH PROBLEMS OR HAPPY EVENTS ARE GOING TO WALK THROUGH THE DOOR &OR STUDENTS IN PARTICULAR SPIRITUALITY AND FAITH CAN OFFER ESSENTIAL SUPPORT (ERE AT 5%! THERE ARE OVER PEOPLE INTERACTING WORK ING AND LIVING TOGETHER !S A MULTI FAITH COMMUNITY THE #HAPLAINCY IS AN IMPORTANT RESOURCE FOR EVERYONE TO USE YET FEW OF US EVEN KNOW IT S THERE LET ALONE MAKE USE OF THE FA CILITIES 4HE BEST THING ABOUT THE
#HAPLAINCY IS THAT IT IS AVAILABLE TO ANY INDIVIDUAL /PERATING UNDER A FAIR MISSION STATEMENT IT IS A SPACE FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL IN THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY WHERE THEY CAN FEEL SE CURE AND lND MUTUAL RESPECT )N FACT IT IS A COMMON MISCON CEPTION THAT TO BE INVOLVED IN #HAP
LAINCY LIFE MEANS COMING FROM A RE LIGIOUS BACKGROUND 4HE #HAPLAINCY hPRIDE THEMSELVES ON MAINTAINING A SAFE AND RESPECTFUL ENVIRONMENT WHERE BELIEF IS NOT A PREREQUISITE FOR INCLUSION v !S FULL TIME #HAPLAIN -ARION (OUSSART AFlRMS IT IS AVAILA BLE AS A SANCTUARY WHERE PEOPLE MAY COME TO SIMPLY @BE 9OU MAY WANT TO SHARE HAPPY NEWS TALK TO SOME ONE ABOUT CONCERNS IN YOUR LIFE OR TO JUST BE SOMEWHERE WHICH IS PEACEFUL AND FRIENDLY )T HAS BECOME HARDER ON #AMPUS AS COMMERCIAL OUTLETS HAVE EXPANDED FOR ANYONE ASSOCIAT ED WITH THE 5NIVERSITY TO lND PEACE AND QUIET AND THE #HAPLAINCY PRO VIDES THAT SAFE SPACE )N FACT WHILE -ARION (OUSSART IS THE ONLY FULL TIME #HAPLAIN WORKING ON CAMPUS THERE ARE TEN MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO SPECIALISE IN DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF FAITH 7HILE ORIGINALLY THE #HAPLAINCY CENTRED ON #HRISTIANITY )SLAM *UDAISM AND "UDDHISM NOW ALMOST EVERY FAITH YOU CAN THINK OF IS REPRESENTED BY THIS MULTI FAITH AND INCLUSIVE COM MUNITY !PPOINTED BY THE FAITH GROUPS THEY REPRESENT THE LEAD ERS ARE AVAILABLE TO CONTACT VIA THE #HAPLAINCY WEBSITE 3ERVICES MEDI TATION GROUPS MASS AND TIMES FOR PRAYER ARE HELD ON A REGULAR BASIS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AND DETAILS MAY BE FOUND ON THE WEBSITE OR ON
MESSAGE BOARDS IN THE #HAPLAINCY COMMON ROOM 4HE #HRISTIAN 5NION IS A LONG STANDING PART OF THE #HRISTIAN COM MUNITY AT 5%! !S *ONATHAN "ALD WIN EXPLAINS h5NIVERSITY IS A CHALLENGING TIME IN YOUR LIFE 4HERE @S THE OPPORTUNITY FOR GREATER OPENNESS n ) WASN T PARTICULARLY FOLLOWING MY FAITH AND ) HAVE CHANGED THE WAY ) LIVE MY LIFE !S A #HRISTIAN 5NION WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO PRESENT WHAT WE THINK n TO LET PEOPLE HEAR v !S A PART OF THIS RESOLVE THE #HRISTIAN 5NION IS HOLDING ITS AN NUAL -ISSION WEEK FROM -ONDAY TH TO &RIDAY TH &EBRUARY !CTIVI TIES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK INCLUDE A WEEK OF TALKS IN 5NION (OUSE COV ERING DOWN TO EARTH TOPICS SUCH AS h) M BUSY 7HY CAN T ) IGNORE *ESUS v 3TUDENTS MIGHT ALSO BE INTERESTED TO HEAR THAT A FREE LUNCH IS INCLUDEDx #ONTACT THE #HAPLAINCY OR DROP IN TO lND OUT MORE 4HE #HAPLAINCY CAN BE FOUND IN THE HEART OF THE 5%! NEXT TO :EST )T IS OPEN -ONDAY THROUGH &RIDAY FROM AM TO PM 4HE MAIN ROOM WHICH CAN ACCOMMODATE UP TO PEOPLE CAN BE USED FOR ANY RELIGIOUS FUNCTION AND ON 4UESDAY TH &EB RUARY THE COMMUNITY IS HOSTING A ,ABYRINTH WALK )T IS AN ANCIENT SYS TEM USED IN MANY FAITHS OF SLOWLY WALKING A ,ABYRINTH LAID OUT ON THE
mOOR IN ORDER TO FOCUS THE MIND ON SOLVING A PROBLEM REmECTING ON IS SUES OR EVEN TO CLEAR THE MIND OF IS SUES COMPLETELY 4HERE WILL ALSO BE ONE HELD ON TH -ARCH !NYONE IS WELCOME TO COME ALONG TO SEE IF THIS ANCIENT DE STRESSING TECHNIQUE HELPS THEM
!S -ARION (OUSSART STATES h$ON T BE PUT OFF BY THE ENTRANCE TO THE #HAPLAINCY )F YOU ARE A BIT SHY DO COME DOWNSTAIRS WHERE THERE IS A COMMON ROOM AND PEOPLE TO TALK TO v 7ITHIN THE #HAPLAINCY YOU WILL NOT BE ASKED QUESTIONS BUT YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO COME AND TALK TO SOMEONE 4HE COMMON ROOM HAS A TEA AND COFFEE FACILITY WITH A RECOMMENDED DONATION OF P PER CUP SO THAT YOU CAN COME AND MEET PEOPLE OR JUST RELAX 7HATEVER YOU DECIDE ABOUT FAITH DON T BE TEMPTED TO JUDGE THE #HAPLAINCY BEFORE YOU VISIT IN PERSON ,IKE ALL OF 5%! S FA CILITIES THIS ONE IS FOR YOU
-PWF OPU %SBNB ǰ F 0OMJOF 7BMFOUJOF T 4PMVUJPOT UIBU :PV $BO "ą PSE 6ALENTINE S $AY MIGHT EASILY BE THE MOST IRRITATING HOLIDAY OF THE YEAR 9OU DON T GET THE DAY OFF WORK YOU DO GET BOMBARDED BY THE CHEESIEST MERCHANDISE MAN HAS EVER CREATED AND IF YOU ARE SINGLE YOU END UP FEEL ING LIKE SOME KIND OF SOCIAL LEPER )T S EASY TO FORGET THE MEANING BEHIND THE HYPE OF TH &EBRUARY n IT S ONE DAY A YEAR THAT HAS BEEN SET ASIDE TO SHOW APPRECIATION FOR THE ONES YOU LOVE 7HETHER THAT MEANS THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE OR JUST THE FRIENDS THAT ALWAYS STICK BY YOU ALL OF US HAVE SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE THIS WEEK /F COURSE THE PROBLEM WITH THE EXPECTED SENTIMENTAL GESTURES IS THAT THEY COST MONEY !S MUCH AS OUR EMBITTERED AND CYNICAL GENERATION MIGHT COMPLAIN ABOUT THE COM MERCIALISATION OF THE DAY AND THE WAY THAT PRICES FOR CHOCOLATE mOW ERS AND DOUBLE HOTEL ROOMS TRIPLE OVERNIGHT WE STILL WANT TO TREAT THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE TO THE EVENING THAT
THEY DESERVE 3O SHOULD YOU BREAK YOUR BUDGET AND FORGET THE BANK BAL ANCE FOR A SPECIAL OCCASION
!S IT TURNS OUT YOU MAY NOT HAVE TO /NLINE SAVINGS AND CAREFUL PLAN NING CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO YOUR ROMANTIC PLANS 7EBSITE WWW VALENTINES AT VOUCHERSEEKER CO UK OFFERS OVER A THOUSAND DISCOUNT CODES AND OFFERS INCLUDING PRINT ABLE VOUCHERS THAT YOU CAN USE AT THE SHOP COUNTER %D (ALL DIRECTOR OF 6OUCHER3EEK ER EXPLAINS WHY THEY HAVE DECIDED TO TEAM UP WITH THE MAJOR BRANDS TO CREATE THIS HOLIDAY HELPING HAND
h)T IS PROBABLY SAFE TO SAY THAT MOST PEOPLE COULD DO WITH SOME HELP TO MAKE THEIR MONEY GO A LITTLE BIT FUR THER ESPECIALLY WHEN TRYING TO MAKE THAT PERFECT ROMANTIC GESTURE 0EOPLE SHOULD CHECK THE 6OUCHER3EEKER 6AL ENTINES PAGE BEFORE VISITING THE HIGH STREET TO BUY A PRESENT MAKE A DIN NER RESERVATION OR EVEN BOOK A HOTEL STAY AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE GREAT DISCOUNTS -AKE SURE YOU CHECK OUT THE LATEST CODES AND YOU COULD WIN YOURSELF A WHOLE LOT OF LOVE v !LL OF THE CODES ARE COMPLETELY FREE AND CAN GET YOU ANYTHING FROM TO OFF A RANGE OF GIFTS )N CASE YOU STILL HAVING TROUBLE DECID ING WHAT TO GET YOUR LOVED ONE THE TOP TEN 6ALENTINE S 6OUCHER3EEKER OFFERS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE INCLUDE !GENT 0ROVOCATEUR n OFF SALE 4HIS IS PRETTY SELF EXPLANATORY BUT IF YOU AREN T BUYING FOR YOURSELF MAKE SURE YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT SIZE TO BUYx
!VON n OFF WHEN YOU SPEND a OR MORE #ADBURY 'IFTS $IRECT AND 'REEN "LACKS n OFF CHOCOLATE GIFTS ! GREAT STAND BY FOR THOSE WITH A SWEET TOOTH AND A GOOD TREAT FOR FRIENDS AND mATMATES 2AIL %UROPE n 0ARIS FOR a #HEAPER THAN THE PRICE MANY OF US PAY TO GO HOME FOR THE WEEKEND THIS OFFER COULD SEND YOU ON YOUR WAY TO A VERY SPECIAL WEEKENDx 3UPERBREAK n OFF EVERYTHING /N THE OTHER HAND IF 0ARIS IS A BIT TOO EXTRAVAGANT CHECK OUT THE ALL IN CLUSIVE WEEKEND BREAKS FEATURED ON THIS SITE "ASICALLY IF YOU HAVEN T YET lGURED OUT WHAT TO BUY OR YOU HAVEN T DE CIDED WHO TO BUY FOR DON T SPEND THE WEEK IN DESPAIR 7ITH THE RIGHT RESEARCH AND SOME PRE PLANNING 6ALENTINE S $AY CAN BE MEMORABLE FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS *USTINE 7ALLIS
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&NJTTJPO 5SBEJOH 4DIFNF $BSCPO $BTI *O 4HE %5 ENCOURAGEMENT FOR COMPANIES TO CUT CARBON EMISSIONS HAS BACKlRED AGAIN BECOMING QUITE THE EARNER FOR SOME lRMS 4OM 3MITH REPORTS ON ITS IMPACT AND POTENTIAL FUTURE 4HE %5 HAS A CARBON %MISSION 4RAD ING 3CHEME %43 5NDER THE SCHEME POLLUTING INDUSTRIES ARE GIVEN CARBON CREDITS 4HOSE COMPANIES THAT CUT EMISSIONS AND THEREFORE HAVE EXCESS CREDITS CAN SELL THEM ON THE OPEN MARKET TO OTHER COMPANIES THAT ARE OVER THEIR QUOTA )N THIS WAY COMPA NIES ARE @PAID TO REDUCE EMISSIONS 4HE SCHEME HAS BEEN TROUBLED FROM THE START WITH QUOTAS SET TOO HIGH SO MOST INDUSTRIES DIDN T NEED TO CUT THEIR EMISSIONS TO MAKE MON EY $ESPITE CHANGES IN QUOTAS INDUS TRY IS CASHING IN AGAIN 7ITH THE CREDIT CRUNCH MANY IN DUSTRIES HAVE LOWERED PRODUCTION AND AS A RESULT HAVE SPARE CARBON CREDITS WHICH HAVE mOODED ONTO THE MARKET CAUSING THEIR VALUE TO DROP FROM OVER TO JUST¬ PER TONNE )NDUSTRY IS PROlTING AGAIN WITH OUT CLEANING UP THEIR ACT /SCAR 2EYES A RESEARCHER WITH #ARBON 4RADE 7ATCH CONlRMED THIS SAYING
THAT %43 hIS NOW BEING USED AS A CASH COW TO SEE lRMS THROUGH A DIFlCULT lNANCIAL PHASE v (OWEVER "RUSSELS IS NOT LETTING THE SCHEME S FAILURES PUT IT OFF THE IDEA 7ITH THE OPTIMISM ABOUT THE /BAMA ADMINISTRATION S GREENER AGENDA THE %5 IS PROPOSING THAT THE SCHEME SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO
INCLUDE THE 5NITED 3TATES )F SUCH A SCHEME COULD BE AGREED UPON AND IMPLEMENTED SUCCESSFULLY IT WOULD REPRESENT A GREAT LEAP FORWARD IN EF FORTS TO REDUCE GLOBAL CARBON EMIS SIONS (OWEVER GIVEN THE FAILINGS OF THE CURRENT %5 SCHEME IT MAY ONLY BE POLLUTING INDUSTRY THAT BENElTS FROM THIS NOT THE PLANET
RUSH HOUR THAT MORNING 4HE EVENT ALSO COINCIDED WITH %DEN #HANNEL S &RAGILE %ARTH SERIES PRESENTED BY 3IR $AVID !TTENBOROUGH WHO WAS QUICK TO SUPPORT THE 02 STUNT IN DRAWING AT TENTION TO SUCH AN IMPORTANT WORLD ISSUE 4HE MELTING OF THE ICE CAPS WILL NOT ONLY ENDANGER THE LIVES OF POLAR
BEARS AS THEIR HABITAT DISAPPEARS BUT IT WILL HAVE CONSEQUENCES AROUND THE WORLD FOR MANY DIFFERENT COUNTRIES 4HE POLAR BEAR WILL NOW BE TOURING AROUND THE 5+ AND %DEN HAS ASSURED EVERYONE THAT THE SCULPTURE IS RECYCLABLE 4HIS IS THE NEWEST EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAS BEEN DUBBED @ECO ART
HOWEVER SOME MIGHT ARGUE THAT THIS IS JUST AN INVENTIVE WAY TO BOOST RAT INGS ON THE LATEST 46 CHANNEL 3HOULD WE REALLY BE THAT CYNICAL THOUGH )N THESE TIMES WHEN GLOBAL WARMING IS SUCH A PERTINENT ISSUE STUNTS LIKE THIS MAY BE THE ONLY WAY TO PUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF OUR ACTIONS INTO THE THOUGHTS OF THE PUBLIC
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"OZPOF .JTTJOH B 1PMBS #FBS 7HAT BETTER WAY TO HIGHLIGHT THE PROBLEMS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND MELTING ICE CAPS THAN TO mOAT A GI ANT POLAR BEAR SEVEN AND A HALF MILES DOWN THE 2IVER 4HAMES 7ELL THAT S AN EVENT YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN IN ,ONDON THIS MONTH IN AN ATTEMPT TO PROMOTE THE NEW TELEVISION CHANNEL %DEN WHICH IS DEDICATED TO THE NATURAL WORLD AND ITS HISTORY 4HE ENORMOUS SCULPTURE OF THE POLAR BEAR STRANDED ON A BLOCK OF ICE WAS LAUNCHED AT AM AND AT FT WAS HARD TO OVERLOOK DURING
4UVEFOUT 4XJUDI 0ą 4VDDFTT .EIL *ENNINGS 3WITCH /FF #OORDINATOR 3TUDENTS LIVING IN 5%! HALLS OF RESI DENCE HAVE MADE A GREAT START IN THE 3TUDENT 3WITCH /FF ENERGY SAVING CAMPAIGN )N THE lRST TERM ENERGY USAGE IN HALLS REDUCED BY COMPARED TO THE AVERAGE OF THE LAST lVE YEARS 4OGETHER STUDENTS HAVE REDUCED CARBON EMISSIONS BY OVER TONNES WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO LEAVING A
WATT ENERGY SAVING LIGHT BULB ON FOR OVER YEARS )T JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT SMALL ACTIONS CAN MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE IN THE lGHT AGAINST CLI MATE CHANGE 4HE SAVINGS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT ABOUT LARGELY AS A RESULT OF THE AC TIONS OF THE %CO 0OWER 2ANGERS n NOT PEOPLE DRESSED IN SPANDEX BUT STU DENTS IN HALLS WHO HAVE PLEDGED TO USE THEIR ENERGY CAREFULLY 4HERE ARE OVER %CO 0OWER 2ANGERS IN HALLS WHO HAVE BEEN SWITCHING OFF LIGHTS
AND APPLIANCES WHEN NOT IN USE PUTTING LIDS ON PANS WHEN COOKING AND NOT OVERlLLING THEIR KETTLES !S AN INCENTIVE TO ADOPT THESE SIMPLE ENERGY SAVING ACTIONS THE 3TUDENT 3WITCH /FF HAS BEEN GIVING OUT "EN *ERRY S ICE CREAM TICKETS TO /DEON THE ,#2 AND GIGS AS WELL AS ENERGY SAVING GADGETS #URRENTLY LEADING THE WAY IN THE COMPETITION IS 6ICTORY FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY 0ASTON BUT THE CAMPAIGN CONTINUES UNTIL THE END OF THE ACA
DEMIC YEAR SO THERE S PLENTY OF TIME FOR THINGS TO CHANGE AND THERE ARE LOADS MORE PRIZES TO BE WON 4HE LATEST LEADERBOARD IS SHOWN ON THE RIGHT &OR MORE INFORMATION ON THE SCHEME CHECK OUT WWW STUDENTS WITCHOFF ORG )F YOU RE LIVING IN HALLS AND WANT THE CHANCE OF WINNING SOME "EN *ERRY S ICE CREAM THEN BECOME AN %CO 0OWER 2ANGER BY JOINING THE @5%! %CO 0OWER 2ANGERS &ACEBOOK GROUP
,AST WEEK 5NION #OUNCIL VOTED TO SUPPORT THE 'O 'REEN CAMPAIGN A WORKING GROUP AIMING TO MAKE THE 5NIVERSITY MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY $ESPITE CLAIMS THAT 5%! IS A LEAD ING INSTITUTION WHEN IT COMES TO THE ENVIRONMENT THE 5NIVERSITY HAS AN ANNUAL ENERGY BILL OF a MILLION 4HOSE BEHIND THE CAMPAIGN WANT h5%! TO BECOME A MODEL ENVIRON MENTALLY SUSTAINABLE LOW CARBON INSTITUTION v BELIEVING MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE &OR EXAMPLE THE 5NIVER SITY OF "RISTOL EMPLOYS TEN %NVIRON MENTAL -ANAGERS TO ENSURE IT RUNS A LOW CARBON CAMPUS WHILST 5%! HAS NONE .OR DOES IT RUN AN ENERGY AUDIT TO SEE WHERE SAVINGS COULD BE MADE 5NDER STUDENT PRESSURE THE 5NI VERSITY OF ,EICESTER HIRED AN %NVI RONMENTAL -ANAGER AND AS A RESULT a WAS SAVED ON ENERGY 4HE 'O 'REEN CAMPAIGN WILL BE PUSHING FOR SIMILAR ACTION TO BE TAKEN AT 5%! IN ORDER TO MAKE A REALISTIC CHANGE TO THE 5NIVERSITY S CARBON EMISSIONS
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'JWF .JOVUFT 8JUI 4BN %BSHVF %VERYBODY HAS A SPORTING ICON n WHO S YOURS ) M A HUGE -IDDLESBROUGH FAN SO ) LL GO FOR %NGLAND S LEFT WINGER 3TEWART $OWNING ONE OF THE BEST LEFT WING ERS IN THE 0REMIERSHIP
2OBERT 3CHATTEN HAS BEEN SPEAKING TO -EDICS &OOTBALL S hPIVOTAL lGUREv 3AM $ARGUE 4ELL US A BIT ABOUT YOURSELF ) M A lRST YEAR MEDICINE STUDENT BUT ) VE DONE A DEGREE BEFORE IN BIOL OGY ) VE GOT MY OWN RADIO SHOW ON ,IVEWIRE !- AND ) M A PIVOTAL lGURE IN THE 5%! -EDICS &OOTBALL TEAM
$O YOU EVER STRUGGLE TO lND TIME FOR SPORTS WITH ALL YOUR WORK COM MITMENTS .OT REALLY 4HERE S TIME SET ASIDE FOR SPORTS IN THE TIMETABLE AND PLAYING FOOTBALL IS A GOOD RELEASE OF ENERGY FOR ME !S LONG AS YOU MANAGE YOUR TIME WELL THERE S ALWAYS ENOUGH TIME TO DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO !LSO IT S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO HAVE SOMETHING TO BREAK THE ROUTINE A BIT IT S SOME THING EXTRA TO LOOK FORWARD TO
!ND SOMETHING UNUSUAL MAYBE ) DON T WANT TO GO INTO SPECIlCS BUT IT INVOLVES ME BEING IN A HURRY WATCH ING +ARATE +ID ONCE ) M ALWAYS VERY WARY OF BUYING TROUSERS WITH ZIPS NOW (OW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN PLAYING FOOTBALL ) VE BEEN PLAYING SINCE ) WAS A KID )F YOU HAVE A NORTHERN DAD YOU DON T HAVE MUCH OF A CHOICE $ID YOU PLAY ANY OTHER SPORTS GROW ING UP ) WAS FORCED TO PLAY RUGBY AT HIGH SCHOOL BUT ) NEVER LIKED IT ) SPENT A
YEAR ON THE SCHOOL RUGBY TEAM AND MADE ONE TACKLE ) VE PLAYED SOME BADMINTON AND ) PLAYED NETBALL FOR A WHILE !T ONE POINT THE SCHOOL GAVE
US HOCKEY STICKS BUT WE @MISUSED THEM A BIT AND THEY WENT BACK TO FOOTBALL AFTER A WEEK
7HAT S THE BEST PART ABOUT PLAYING FOR THE -EDICS 4HERE S GREAT BANTER BETWEEN THE GUYS AND A REALLY SOUND ATMOSPHERE !LSO YOU CAN BORROW NOTES ABOUT YOUR COURSE FROM ANYONE IN THE TEAM WHICH IS REALLY USEFUL "ECAUSE ) M A BIT OLDER ) GET A LOT OF RESPECT AND ) M PROBABLY THE VOICE OF THE TEAM
(OW CAN PEOPLE GET INVOLVED WITH THE TEAM 7E TRAIN AT 3OUTH 0ARK !VENUE AT PM ON A 7EDNESDAY AND PLAY GAMES ON 3ATURDAYS )F YOU TALK TO ANYONE INVOLVED WITH -EDICS SPORT THEY LL PROBABLY BE ABLE TO POINT YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION 7HAT DID YOU MAKE OF THE *ANUARY TRANSFER SAGAS 0EOPLE SAID +AKA WOULDN T GO TO -AN #ITY JUST FOR THE MONEY BECAUSE HE S A #HRISTIAN BUT IF HE WERE A TRUE #HRISTIAN SURELY HE D HAVE GONE AND DONATED HALF HIS WAGES TO CHAR ITY 4HAT S WHAT ) D HAVE DONE !S A -IDDLESBROUGH FAN ) WAS A BIT DIS APPOINTED WITH OUR LACK OF ACTIVITY n -ARLON +ING ISN T GOING TO KEEP US UP ) M AFRAID 7HO S YOUR MONEY ON IN THE 0RE MIER ,EAGUE RACE ) FANCIED #HELSEA AT THE START OF THE YEAR BUT THEY VE BEEN STRUGGLING RE CENTLY AND ,IVERPOOL DON T LOOK THAT STRONG SO YOU CAN T LOOK PAST -AN 5NITED RIGHT NOW CAN YOU
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THIRD SEED WAS POOR AND #ARN CAPITALIZED ON THE WEAKNESS TO FULL AND DEVASTATING EFFECT 5%! S .ATHAN "RISCOE EN DURED AN AT TIMES FRUSTRATING AF TERNOON INITITALLY STRUGGLING TO COME TO TERMS WITH THE POWER OF HIS ADVERSARY (E APPEARED TO BE CRUISING AT IN THE lRST SET BUT LET THINGS SLIDE AND INVITED THE VISITOR BACK INTO THE RECKONING AT 4HANKFULLY "RISCOE RECOVERED CONTROL TO CLINCH THE OPENER AND WAS LATER LEFT WONDERING WHAT ALL THE FUSS WAS ABOUT AS HE CRUISED THROUGH THE SECOND SET TO SEAL WIN 4OP SEED !NDREW *ONES COM PLETED THE SINGLES WHITEWASH WITH A VICTORY 4HE MATCH WAS AN ENTERTAINING ONE AND CLOSER THAN THE SCORELINE SUGGESTS "OTH PLAYERS PRODUCED AN ARRAY OF lNE SHOTS YET ONCE MORE IT WAS THE GREATER CONSISTENCY OF THE 5%! MAN THAT EVENTUALLY TOLD /F THE REMAINING DOUBLES RUBBERS THE lRST WAS DECLARED A
/N 7EDNESDAY TH &EBRUARY THE %SPORTA (EALTH #ENTRE (ELLESDON PLAYED HOST TO THE VISIT OF A "EDFORD SHIRE 5NIVERSITY MEN S TENNIS TEAM LOOKING TO IMPROVE ON THEIR LOWLY LEAGUE POSITION 3UCH HOPES WERE DASHED IN EM PHATIC FASHION BY 5%! MEN S ST TEAM WHO COMFORTABLY WON EVERY RUBBER &IRST YEAR STUDENT 0AUL 3ANDALL SERVED WITH MENACE AND HIT SOME CRUNCHING GROUND STROKES AS HE EASED TO A WIN OVER HIS HAP LESS OPPONENT 4HE VISITOR PROVED UNABLE TO ASSERT ANY AUTHORITY DUR ING THE MATCH WHICH WAS ULTIMATELY DICTATED BY THE CONSISTENCY AND RANGE OF 3ANDALL S PLAY *AMES #ARN ENJOYED A SIMILARLY ONE SIDED MATCH IN THE SECOND SIN GLES TIE HITTING HIS OPPONENT OFF THE COURT IN A PUNISHING DISPLAY THAT ENDED IN ANOTHER VICTORY 4HE MOVEMENT OF "EDFORDSHIRE S
5%! WALKOVER DUE TO AN INJURY SUS TAINED BY A "EDFORDSHIRE PLAYER ALL TOO HAPPY TO EXCUSE HIMSELF FROM FURTHER HUMILIATION &OR THE lNAL MATCH THE HOME TEAM WERE ABLE TO CALL IN DOUBLES SPECIALIST *AMES "ASEY &ISHER WHO PARTNERED *AMES #ARN TO FACE THE VISITORS TOP RANKED PAIRING 4HE TWO RACED INTO A VICTORY BUT WERE PEGGED BACK BY SOME GUTSY PLAY FROM THEIR OPPONENTS WHO DREW LEVEL AT (OWEVER THE 5%! TEAM WERE ABLE TO SNATCH BACK THE INITIATIVE AT THE CRUCIAL JUNCTURE AND CLOSE OUT THE SET AND MATCH AT 4HE UPCOMING BIG lXTURE ON THE TENNIS CALENDAR IS NEXT WEEK S QUAR TER lNAL SHOWDOWN AGAINST 7ARWICK AND 5%! WILL SURELY BE GOING INTO THAT MATCH ON A HIGH AFTER 7EDNES DAY S MAULING !FTER TAKING ALL TEN AVAILABLE POINTS THEY CAN ALSO REmECT ON A VERY HEALTHY LEAGUE POSITION WHICH SEES THEM GO SECOND WITH A GAME IN HAND %XCITING TIMES INDEED FOR MEN S TENNIS
%PEHZ -BXZFST &NFSHF 7JDUPSJPVT BT ,PSGFST $PORVFS &EJOCVSHI %LLEN .ASH 3PORTS 2EPORTER 7EEK FOUR HAS BEEN HOST TO THE :IG GURAT EVENT OF DODGEBALL ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED EVENTS OF THE YEAR 7HAT IS NOT TO LOVE ABOUT HURLING BALLS ACROSS A COURT AT YOUR OPPONENTS WHILE EQUALLY TRYING TO DODGE THE BALLS BEING THROWN AT YOU 0ERHAPS IT MAY NOT BE EVERYONE S CUP OF TEA 4HERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT VARIATIONS ON THE GAME WHICH CAN BE PLAYED WITH FOUR TO TEN PLAYERS THE :IGGURAT RULES STIPULATE A TEAM OF SIX CONSIST ING OF THREE MALE AND THREE FEMALE 3IX BALLS ARE LINED UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COURT AND WHEN THE GAME BE GINS EACH TEAM SPRINTS TO COLLECT THREE BALLS EACH BEFORE BATTLE COMMENCES ! PLAYER IS OUT WHEN EITHER THE BALL YOU THROW IS CAUGHT BY AN OPPONENT YOU ARE HIT WITH A BALL OR YOU STEP OUT OF THE PITCH AREA !T PM THE lST ROUND STARTED WITH A CLOSE MATCH BETWEEN ."3 %#/ AND ,)4 4HE LATTER PUT UP A SOLID EF FORT BUT WERE UNABLE TO SECURE A WIN AGAINST THE lRM FAVOURITES ."3 %#/ 4HE PM POOL ALSO WITNESSED A STRONG %$5 SIDE SECURING WINS ACROSS THE BOARD
4HE SECOND ROUND OF MATCHES COMMENCED AT PM WITH TOP OF THE :IGGURAT LEADER BOARD %.6 AGAINST A NOTORIOUSLY COMPETITIVE #!0 5SUALLY A HIGH lNISHER %.6 SEEMINGLY STRUG GLED IN THIS WEEK S EVENT WINNING ONLY ONE MATCH POSING THE QUESTION HOW LONG THEY WILL STAY TOP OF THE LEADER BOARD %VERY YEAR UNFORTUNATELY ENCOUN TERS AT LEAST ONE INJURY AND THIS YEAR WAS NO DIFFERENT ! NOSE BLEED CO PIOUS AMOUNTS OF BALLS TO SENSITIVE BODY AREAS AND AN EMERGENCY ROOM TRIP FOR A MATHS REP WAS A RECORD HIGH )N SPITE OF THIS DODGEBALL STILL REMAINS A lRM FAVOURITE !LL SCHOOLS PUT UP A SOLID PER FORMANCE WHICH RESULTED IN ,!7 lN ISHING IN lRST POSITION FOLLOWED CLOSE LY BY #!0 IN SECOND AND ."3 %#/ IN THIRD :IGGURAT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TRY NEW SPORTS WITH A DASH OF FRIENDLY RIVALRY BETWEEN EACH SCHOOL WELL /+ A LOT OF RIVALRY 7E ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MORE PEOPLE TO JOIN IN NO MATTER WHAT YOUR SPORTING ABILITY )F YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET INVOLVED ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS CONTACT YOUR SCHOOL SPORTS REPS WHO WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU
(ARRY ,OW 3PORTS %DITOR .INE KORFBALLERS MADE THE TRIP NORTH OF THE BORDER LATE LAST MONTH TO TAKE PART IN AN INTERNATIONAL KORFBALL TOUR NAMENT HOSTED BY THE 5NIVERSITY OF %DINBURGH AND AVOIDED COMING LAST 4HE OPENING MATCH PROVED TO BE A BAPTISM OF lRE FOR A 5%! SIDE MADE UP OF PLAYERS FROM ALL FOUR TEAMS AND A DEFEAT ENSUED .EXT UP FOR 5%! WAS .OTTING HAM THE .ORWICH SIDE S DOMINA TION WAS REWARDED EARLY ON WHEN THEY TOOK THE LEAD 3HORTLY AFTER AND AGAINST THE RUN OF PLAY .OTTINGHAM EQUALISED TO CLAIM A DRAW 4HINGS WERE NOT ABOUT TO GET ANY EASIER FOR 5%! WHO TOOK ON THE $UTCH WONDER STARS 0AAL #ENTRAAL (OWEVER THE %AST !NGLIANS FAR FROM DISGRACED THEMSELVES WITH THE DE FEAT PROVING TO BE THE BEST RESULT BY ANY SIDE AGAINST THE KORFBALL KINGS UP TO THAT POINT 4HE PENULTIMATE GAME OF THE DAY AGAINST %DINBURGH #ITY SAW THE TEAM FROM .ORWICH UNDONE BY SOME POOR OFlCIATING AND THUS DESPITE GOALS FROM (ARRY ,OW TO MAKE IT ,UKE 'ALLEY %LLIE .ASH AND
2OB "LOOMER 5%! WERE TO LOSE BY A MARGIN OF FOUR 3ATURDAY S lNAL MATCH WAS AGAINST THE OLD ENEMY n NO NOT 'ERMANY n 3HEFlELD (ALLAM OF COURSE ! SIX GOAL THRILLER ENSUED AND GOALS FROM .ICK *ENKINSON AS WELL AS 'ALLEY AND "LOOMER MEANT THAT AFTER A DRAW PENALTIES WOULD DECIDE THIS ONE )NTO 3UNDAY AND %DINBURGH S SEC OND TEAM WERE THE lRST OPPONENTS AND ALTHOUGH 5%! TOOK THE LEAD TWICE THROUGH ,OW AND "LOOMER THE HOSTS WENT ON TO WIN +ATIE !DAMS PERFORMANCE WAS A PLUS IN THIS GAME AS WAS THE STERN DEFENCE OF ,AURA 0ENGELLY
! REMATCH WITH .OTTINGHAM SAW 5%! RACE INTO A LEAD THANKS TO GOALS FROM *ENKINSON AND "LOOMER ! REAL IMPROVEMENT WAS EVIDENT IN THIS MATCH WITH !MANDA (ALLIDAY AND !ISHAH !NAS LINKING UP WELL AND AFTER BEING BRIEmY PEGGED BACK 'AL LEY RESTORED 5%! S TWO GOAL CUSHION 4WO LATE GOALS MEANT PENALTIES WERE NEEDED ONCE AGAIN AND THIS TIME IT WAS 5%! S TURN TO TRIUMPH AND CLAIM TH POSITION OVERALL /VERALL A lNE EFFORT FROM ALL IN VOLVED WHO WERE A CREDIT TO THE UNI VERSITY AND THEMSELVES 4O SEE THE FULL REPORT VISIT WWW UEAKORFBALL CO UK
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/LLIE "ARKER 3PORTS 2EPORTER )N A lRST FOR THE RUGBY CLUB 5%! ST 86 WERE DRAWN AGAINST 5%! ND 86 IN THE -IDLANDS #UP AND IN SPITE OF SUGGESTIONS THAT THE GAME BE CALLED OFF DUE TO IT BEING UNCOMPETITIVE IT WAS A WELL CONTESTED GAME THROUGHOUT ! PUMPED ND TEAM GAVE THE STS AN EARLY SCARE 3TEVE 7ILSON PUT A MARKER DOWN BY TACKLING EVERYTHING THAT DECIDED TO TOUCH THE BALL AND +EITH 2OBINSON KNOCKED HIMSELF OUT MAKING A MASSIVE HIT ON ST TEAM FULL BACK !NTHONY ,YONS THOUGH IT STILL TOOK HIM UNTIL HALF TIME TO LEAVE THE PITCH #HARLIE $OWER KICKED WELL AND DICTATED THE GAME FROM mY HALF BEFORE GIVING THE ND TEAM A LEAD MINUTES IN WITH A CRACKING METRE PENALTY (OWEVER THANKS TO STRONG FORWARD EFFORT LEAD BY TALISMAN -ATTHEW (A VERS COUPLED WITH GREAT CREATIVE WORK FROM 2YAN (ARWOOD AND DEBUTANT mY HALF !NDY (EATHCOCK THE STS BEGAN TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE GAME (AREWOOD S QUICK FEET ALLOWED HIM TO CUT THROUGH THE MIDlELD TO GIVE THE STS THE LEAD BEFORE mANKER /LLIE (ARLAND PICKED A GREAT LINE OFF THE mY HALF TO SCORE (ARRISON 0EACOCK
RAN IN TO SCORE FROM THE WING AND A MAMMOTH EFFORT BY THE STS PACK AL LOWED THEM TO WALK OVER THE LINE FROM A METRE SCRUM GIVING 7ILL 0ULLEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROUND THE BALL WHICH HE DID WITH APPARENT EASE !FTER HALF TIME THE ST 86 BEGAN TO PILE ON THE PRESSURE 2USSEL 4UMATH SCORED A HAT TRICK THANKS TO HIS STRONG RUNNING BUT THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE GAME WAS CERTAINLY THE GREAT SOLO TRY SCORED BY DOMINANT SECOND ROW -AT THEW (AVERS 0ICKING THE BALL UP IN UNFAMILIAR MIDlELD TERRITORY HE PRO
CEEDED TO RUN OVER HALF THE FORWARD PACK BEFORE THROWING A MISPLACED PASS TO 'EORGE 2ANDALL WHO BEAT TWO MEN BEFORE OFmOADING TO (AVERS ON THE OVERLAP WHO RAN THE REMAINING METRES UNCONTESTED "EN 4HOMAS SCORED FROM ME TRES AND *OHNNY 7ATTS HELPED ROUND THE SCORE OFF SHOWING HIS STRENGTH TO RUN INTO THE CORNER 4HE SCORE LINE REGRETTABLY SECURES BRAGGING RIGHTS FOR THE STS TEAM (OWEVER ANYONE WHO WATCHED OR PARTICIPATED IN THE GAME WILL DE
lANTLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE SECOND TEAM PUT UP A STRONG lGHT FOR THE MA JORITY OF THE GAME )N THE BACKS 4OM ,LOYD (UGHES RAN WELL AND #HARLIE $OWER WAS A DElNITE LOSS WHEN HE LEFT THE lELD INJURED 4HE PERFORM ANCE FROM THE PACK WAS COMMITTED WITH SOME GREAT INDIVIDUAL BATTLES 3TEVE 7ILSON DESERVES A MENTION FOR HIS MARAUDING DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE AND 4OMMY #HURCHYARD WAS TYPICALLY A NUISANCE &OR THE lRST TEAM THE NEW PARTNERSHIP WORKED VERY WELL AND -ATTHEW (AVERS SHOWED HIS UN
QUESTIONABLE CLASS AT ND ROW WHILST /LLIE (ARLAND WAS A CONSTANT MENACE IN ATTACK AND DEFENCE )N SUMMARY IT WAS A GOOD GAME PLAYED IN GREAT SPIRIT AND FOR A PERIOD EVERYONE IN THE ND 86 BELIEVED THAT THEY COULD PULL TOGETHER FOR THE WIN THE MOOD IN THE CHANGING ROOM BE FORE THE GAME WAS SECOND TO NONE AND WE CHALLENGED THE ST 86 FOR A GOOD PERIOD (OWEVER AFTER THE EARLY SCARE THE STS PULLED THEMSELVES TOGETHER AND BEGAN TO MATCH THE NDS FOR IN TENSITY
'PPUCBMMFST -BUF 4IPX $PNQMFUFT $PNFCBDL $ANNY #OLLINS 3PORTS 2EPORTER 5%! -EN S &OOTBALL ST 8) STORMED TO A VICTORY OVER /XFORD "ROOKES ON 7EDNESDAY TO LEAPFROG THEIR RI VALS AND AVENGE THE LOSS IN THE REVERSE lXTURE BACK IN /CTOBER #HRIS %VANS GRABBED A BRACE AND 3COTT (OLIDAY AND *AMES *OHNSTON CONTRIBUTED A GOAL APIECE AS 5%! CAME FROM DOWN AT HALF TIME TO DEFEAT A DANGEROUS /XFORD "ROOKES SIDE THAT HAD ALSO COLLECTED NINE POINTS SO FAR THIS SEASON )N A CAGEY lRST HALF 5%! HAD THE BETTER OF THE OPENING EXCHANGES AS BOTH SIDES STRUGGLED TO SETTLE AND IMPOSE THEMSELVES ON THE GAME 5%! LOOKED MOST LIKELY TO BREAK THE DEADLOCK AND PROVED PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS DOWN THE RIGHT mANK GRABBING A LEAD IN THE TENTH MINUTE WHEN THE "ROOKES KEEPER FAILED TO CLEAR HIS LINES LEAVING %VANS TO PLANT A NEAT lNISH INTO THE BACK OF THE NET 5%! FAILED TO PUSH ON AND AL LOWED "ROOKES TO BECOME INCREAS
INGLY IMPOSING ON THE GAME WITH THEIR DANGEROUS FRONTLINE BEING IM PRESSIVELY MARSHALLED BY THE 5%! DEFENCE !LTHOUGH LOOKING PARTICU LARLY DANGEROUS ON THE COUNTER AT TACK 5%! FAILED TO CAPITALISE WITH !DAM 3EEKINGS GOING CLOSEST WHEN HE HIT THE POST ON THE TH MINUTE "ROOKES MADE THEIR PRESSURE TELL
AFTER MINUTES WHEN THEY TURNED IN THE BALL FOLLOWING AN UNLUCKY FUMBLE UNDER THE HIGH BALL BY KEEP ER 4OM !DAMS AND WERE AWARDED A DEBATEABLE PENALTY FOR A PUSH IN THE RD MINUTE WHICH WAS DISPATCHED TO GIVE "ROOKES THE HALF TIME LEAD 5%! CAME OUT IN THE SECOND HALF THE MUCH MORE POSITIVE SIDE AND
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