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74HE OCCUPATION OF !243 CAUSED WIDESPREAD DEBATE AMONGST STU DENTS SO #ONCRETE HIT CAMPUS AND &ACEBOOK ASKING FOR OPIN IONS ABOUT THE OCCUPATION h)T DID GET ATTENTION BUT IT ALSO INCONVENIENCED A LOT OF PEO PLEv *AMES 7ARDMAN h)T JUST SEEMED LIKE IT WASN T THE BEST WAY TO ACHIEVE WHAT THEY WANTED TO ACHIEVEv 6ICKY 2IMMER 03) lRST YEAR

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$URING THE SUBSEQUENT DISCUS SION THE ACTING 6ICE #HANCEL LOR %DWARD !CTON SAID WITH OUT GUARANTEE THAT HE WAS KEEN TO SEE THE GROUP FACES NO REPERCUSSIONS #ONTINUING IN REFERENCE TO THE DEMANDS MADE BY THE GROUP THE ACTING 6ICE #HANCELLOR FELT IT hUNFOR TUNATEv THAT hTHE CORE PRINCI PLE OF HAVING A UNIVERSITYv n OF OPEN hUNCOERCED DIALOGUEv n WAS BROKEN BY THE OCCUPA TION 5NIVERSITY !PPROPRIATE BODIES SUCH AS 5NION #OUN CIL SAID THE 5NIVERSITY S (EAD OF #OMMUNICATIONS !NNIE /GDEN ARE A PERFECTLY AD EQUATE MEANS TO ADDRESS THE PROTESTORS DEMANDS 7HILST SYMPATHISING OVER THE DAMAGE CAUSED TO THE 5NI VERSITY OF 'AZA THE PRO 6ICE #HANCELLOR 4OM 7ARD STATED DURING THE DISCUSSION HOW THE hOCCUPATION STRUCK AT THE HEART OF WHAT UNIVERSITY IS ABOUTv OF BEING A hDISCURSIVE AND DEBAT ING ENVIRONMENT v 3PEAKING AFTER THE DIS CUSSION 5NION &INANCE /F lCER -ARTIN *OPP WAS KEEN TO STRESS THE OCCUPATION WAS NOT A BACKWARD STEP HOWEVER 4HE SUBSEQUENT DISCUSSION GAVE THE CAMPAIGN A hREAL SENSE OF PURPOSE AND MATURITYv HE STATED /N A PERSONAL NOTE .ICOLA 0RATT A 5%! LECTURER SPECIALIS ING IN THE -IDDLE %AST SAID THAT WHILE REALLOCATION OF SEMINARS AND LECTURES WAS UN FORTUNATE IT IS hMINIMAL WHEN PUT IN CONTEXT WITH STUDENTS IN 'AZA v 3HE WENT ON TO DE FEND THE STUDENTS SENSE OF RE SPONSIBILITY OVER THE DAMAGE DONE TO THE 5NIVERSITY OF 'AZA WHEN THE "RITISH GOVERNMENT HAS hCONSISTENTLY FAILED TO CON DEMN THE )SRAELI GOVERNMENT S ABUSE OF THE 0ALESTINIAN INTER NATIONAL RIGHT TO EDUCATION v

THE 5NIVERSITY S STANCE SO ) CAN T SEE THAT ANY HARM HAS BEEN DONEv 6ILLAGE RESIDENT h) TOTALLY SUPPORT THEIR ANGER AND THEIR POSITION x 0EOPLE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THE SUFFERING PEOPLE IN 0ALESTINIAN TERRITORIES x 3TUDENTS SHOULD BE POLITICALLY AWARE AND ) M TOTALLY BEHIND THEMv #REATIVE 7RITING FELLOW

POSING NO REPERCUSSIONS AND A MEETING WITH THE ACTING 6ICE #HANCELLOR %DWARD !CTON (OWEVER WITH THE ADDED ULTI MATUM THAT LEGAL PROCEEDINGS n ENTAILING A COURT ORDER AND LIKELY EXPULSION WOULD BEGIN IF REJECTED

5NFORTUNATELY lNDING PEOPLE WHO WOULD VOCALLY SUPPORT THE OCCUPATION WAS EXTREMELY DIFl CULT 7HEN PRESSED FOR WHY THEY WERE SO AGAINST THE OCCUPATION #ONCRETE FOUND THAT STUDENTS WERE MORE WILLING TO GIVE THEIR OPINIONS

4(% $)3#533)/. h*UST ABOUT THE MOST RIDICU LOUS AND LUDRICOUS EVENT THAT ) HAVE EVER HEARD OF IN MY TIME AT 5%! !NYONE WHO BELIEVES THAT OCCUPYING SOME TEACHING ROOMS AT A 5NIVERSITY IN .OR FOLK OVER AN ISSUE TAKING PLACE IN THE -IDDLE %AST CLEARLY HAS NEVER LOOKED AT A MAPv !NDREW *ONES ()3 THIRD YEAR

2ACHAEL 0RICE h#%.3/23()0v (OWEVER THERE HAVE BEEN CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY MANY STUDENTS ABOUT THE 0RO 6ICE #HANCELLOR S IDEA OF A hDISCUR SIVE ENVIRONMENTv AFTER THE FORBIDDING OF 5NION #OUN CIL S $EPUTY #HAIR *ACK +IFlN AMONGST OTHERS TO HAND OUT INFORMATION ABOUT THE OCCU PATION (EAD OF #OMMUNICATIONS !NNIE /GDEN SAID hTHE 5NI VERSITY WAS NOT ABLE TO AGREE TO STUDENTS HANDING OUT LEAmETS WHICH INVITED PEOPLE TO TRES PASS IN ONE OF OUR BUILDINGS v DESPITE THE INSISTENCE BY +IFlN THAT THE INFORMATION OFFERED STUDENTS AFFECTED BY THE OCCU PATION A hBALANCED PICTURE v -ARTIN *OPP hACTIVELY CON DEMNSv THE 5NIVERSITY S BAN ON LEAmETING ABOUT THE OCCU PATION #ONTRARY TO THE 5NI VERSITY S TACTIC OF hCENSORSHIPv THE 5NION %XECUTIVE WILL AD DRESS THE DEBATE AROUND THE OCCUPATION IN THE NEXT 2ABBIT NEWSLETTER AND HAVE ARRANGED A MEETING WITH CAMPUS SECU RITY OVER THE ISSUE 7HEN THIS REPORTER QUES TIONED THE PRO 6ICE #HANCEL LOR ABOUT THIS hCENSORSHIPv HE RESPONDED WITH HIS PERSONAL OPINION THAT hCERTAINLY THIS IS A DEBATING ENVIRONMENT BUT IF A BUILDING IS OCCUPIED WE ARE IN COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TERRI TORY v 7HILE IN NO WAY CONDON ING THE OCCUPATION %DWARD !CTON ACTING 6ICE #HANCELLOR SAID DURING A SEPARATE DISCUS SION THAT HE LIKED THE IDEA

THAT STUDENTS hFEEL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROBLEMS OF THE WORLDv AND WERE hTHINKING HARD ABOUT BAD PROBLEMS v THIS hIS PART OF WHY WE HAVE HIGHER EDUCATION v .EVERTHELESS HE CONTINUED BY SAYING HOW THE 5NIVERSITY S EXECUTIVES lND hIT INCREDIBLY HARD TO PRIORITISEv THE CHARITIES TO BENElT FROM ITS hVERY LIMITED RESOURCES v 4(% /##50!4)/. -ATT 4AYLOR A #ONCRETE RE PORTER WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS ARTICLE THE MAJORITY OF THE lRST HAND RECOLLECTION OF THE OCCUPATION AS IT HAPPENED DESCRIBED THE SECRETIVE NATURE OF THE PLAN TO OCCUPY THE !RTS "UILDING 4AYLOR NOTED HOW IT WAS ONLY lVE MINUTES BEFORE THE ACTUAL OCCUPATION BEGUN WHEN THREE OF THE PROTESTORS hGAVE A BRIEF DECLARATION OF THEIR INTENT TO OCCUPY 5NI VERSITY PROPERTYv IN FRONT OF A GROUP OF !MNESTY )NTERNATION AL ACTIVISTS 4HE STUDENT ACTIVISTS LOCKED ALL ENTRANCES TO THE OPEN SPACE OF THE SECOND mOOR T JUNCTION n BETWEEN THE TOILETS AND LIFTS TWO mOORS ABOVE THE !RTS "UILDING ENTRANCE USING BIKE CHAINS &URNITURE WAS USED TO BLOCK LIFT DOORS MEANING THE LIFTS WERE RENDERED UNUSABLE THROUGHOUT THE OCCUPATION 4HE PLAN WAS EXECUTED QUICKLY AND WAS CAREFULLY CAL CULATED WITH THE AREA OF OC CUPATION BEING hSEALED IN UN DER TWO MINUTESv STATED -ATT 4AYLOR !T ONE MOMENT IT AP PEARED AS IF THE OCCUPATION COULD HAVE BEEN A NON STARTER

WHEN A GUARD PATROLLING THE !RTS "UILDING SPOTTED PROTES TOR !LISTAIR $ICKENS LOCKING THE DOORS OUTSIDE OF THE OCCU PIED AREA IN THE !RTS STAIR WELL 4HE PROTESTOR WAS ABLE TO hRACE DOWN THE STAIRWELLv AND TAKE THE SECOND LIFT UP TO SECOND mOOR COMPLETING THE PLAN !LTHOUGH FOUR SEMINAR GROUPS WERE LOCKED IN WITH THE STUDENTS 4REVOR 3MITH MAN AGER OF CAMPUS SECURITY SAID THE ACTIVISTS hNEVER GAVE THE IMPRESSIONv THAT THEY hREPRE SENTED A THREAT TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY v "ISCUITS WERE EVEN OFFERED TO THE ACTIVISTS BY ONE SEMINAR GROUP BEFORE THEY LEFT FREELY DESCRIBES -ATT 4AYLOR (E GOES ON TO DESCRIBE A TENSE STAND OFF EARLY IN THE OC CUPATION BETWEEN SECURITY AND THE STUDENTS IN WHICH BOTH HAD THEIR HANDS THROUGH ONE SET OF DOORS FOR OVER AN HOUR DUE TO A LOOSE BIKE CHAIN 4HE SECURITY GUARD S HAND WAS THERE IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE DOORS BEING FULLY CLOSED AND PADLOCKS BEING CONNECTED THE STUDENTS TO PREVENT BOLT CUT TERS BEING USED 7HILE -ARTIN *OPP DE SCRIBED THE ATMOSPHERE WAS hA BIT NASTYv AT lRST THIS QUICKLY RELAXED AS BOTH THE SECURITY AND THE STUDENTS EXPLAINED EACH OTHER S POSITION -ARTIN *OPP ALONG WITH THE OTHER 5N ION %XECUTIVES SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF TIME IN THE !RTS "UILD ING ENSURING THE SUFlCIENT WELFARE OF THE PROTESTORS AND ARE WORKING TO SUPPORT 5NION #OUNCIL S MANDATE CONCERNING THE OCCUPATION

h) SUPPORT ANYONE S RIGHT TO PROTEST AND ) RESPECT THEM FOR STANDING UP FOR THEIR BELIEFS HOWEVER TO OBTAIN PRODUC TIVE DIALOGUE MORE CONSTRUC TIVE AVENUES COULD HAVE BEEN SOUGHT WITH THE 6ICE #HANCEL LOR DIRECTv #HAS MATURE UNDERGRADUATE h) ACTUALLY THOUGHT IT WAS QUITE REFRESHING TO SEE STUDENTS ACT ING IN THIS WAYxAS FOR WHY IT FAILED ) THINK IT S DOWN TO THE POLITICAL CULTURE HERExPEO PLE HAVE SAID THAT THEY DIDN T WANT TO BE INCONVENIENCED BUT THIS WASN T A MAJOR EXER CISE AND THE GROUP DID ACHIEVE SOMETHINGv 03) TUTOR h) THINK IT WAS MISTIMED MIS GUIDED AND THEIR OBJECTIVES WERE COMPLETELY UNREASON ABLE AND UNTENABLE ! PUBLIC FORM OF PROTEST THAT DIDN T CAUSE WIDESPREAD DISRUPTION AND PROMPT MIRTH WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER SUITEDv +ATE 03) h) DON T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WAS IN THE lRST PLACE WHICH IS PROBABLY WHY IT DIDN T WORKv -ATHS STUDENT )N GENERAL IT SEEMS THAT MANY PEOPLE DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE REASON FOR THE PROTEST AND THERE FORE FELT INCONVENIENCED BY THEIR FELLOW STUDENTS )T SEEMS THAT HAD PEOPLE KNOWN MORE ABOUT THE BACKGROUND TO THE PROTEST ITSELF THEN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE FAVOURABLY RECEIVED

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6, 8JEF 1SPUFTUT )AN 3MITH 2EPORTER 4HE STUDENT OCCUPATION OF 5%! S !RTS BUILDING ON &EB RUARY TH AND TH WAS ONE OF MANY PROTESTS ABOUT THE 'AZA CRISIS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE ON "RITISH CAMPUSES IN THE LAST MONTH AND A HALF )NSTITU TIONS THAT HAVE SEEN PROTESTS INCLUDE +ING S #OLLEGE THE ,ONDON 3CHOOL OF %CONOMICS 1UEEN -ARY S #OLLEGE AND THE 3CHOOL OF /RIENTAL AND !FRICAN 3TUDIES IN ,ONDON AND THE 5NIVERSITIES OF "IRMINGHAM "RADFORD "RISTOL #AMBRIDGE #OVENTRY %SSEX +INGSTON ,EEDS -ANCHESTER AND -AN CHESTER -ETROPOLITAN .EW CASTLE .OTTINGHAM /XFORD 3ALFORD AND 7ARWICK 4YPICALLY PROTESTORS HAVE DEMANDED THAT THEIR UNIVERSI TY AUTHORITIES ISSUE STATEMENTS CONDEMNING )SRAEL FOR ITS ROLE IN THE CONmICT CUT UNIVERSITY LINKS WITH COMPANIES SUCH AS "!% 3YSTEMS -"$! +INETIC AND 2OLLS 2OYCE THAT SUPPLY EQUIPMENT TO )SRAELI ARMED FORCES AND PROVIDE SCHOLAR SHIPS AND ACADEMIC MATERIALS FOR 0ALESTINIAN STUDENTS 5NLIKE STUDENT CAMPAIGNS IN PAST DECADES WHICH FO CUSED ON ISSUES LIKE THE 6IET NAM 7AR 5$) IN 2HODESIA AND APARTHEID IN 3OUTH !FRICA THE NEW GENERATION OF PROTES TORS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DRAW ON THE )NTERNET AND USE NETWORK ING SITES BLOGS AND E MAILS FURTHER THEIR CAUSE 4HE PROTESTS BEGAN AT THE 3CHOOL OF /RIENTAL AND !FRICAN 3TUDIES ON *ANUARY TH WITH STUDENTS ORGANISING A SIT IN AT A -INISTRY OF $EFENCE EXHIBI TION THAT WAS MEANT TO PUBLI CISE THE ROLE OF BLACK AND !SIAN SERVICEMEN IN "RITAIN S ARMED FORCES /NE OF THE DEMANDS OF THE PROTESTORS n WHO LATER

CLAIMED VICTORY n WAS THAT THE EXHIBITION SITE BE AVAILABLE IN FUTURE AS A SPACE FOR STUDENTS TO HOLD POLITICAL MEETINGS ! SIT IN BY STUDENTS AT THE ,ONDON 3CHOOL OF %CO NOMICS BEGUN ON *ANUARY TH DREW SUPPORT FROM VET ERAN POLITICIAN AND ACTIVIST 4ONY "ENN AND !LEX #ALLINI COS PRESIDENT OF THE 3TOP 4HE 7AR #OALITION "ENN TOLD THE PROTESTORS THAT hWHEN PEOPLE GET TOGETHER AND DO SOME THING THAT S WHEN HISTORY IS CHANGED v &OLLOWING A WEEK OF OCCUPATION THE ,3% S DIREC TOR AGREED TO THE MAJORITY OF THEIR DEMANDS !T THE 5NIVERSITY OF %SSEX A DAY OF ACTION IN SUPPORT OF THE 0ALESTINIANS ON *ANUARY TH WAS FOLLOWED BY A WEEKEND S OCCUPATION !S A RESULT THE UNIVERSITY AUTHORITIES AGREED TO DEMANDS THAT INCLUDED HOLDING A FUNDRAISING DAY TO COLLECT MONEY FOR -EDICAL !ID TO 0ALESTINIANS AND HELP ING IN THE RESTORATION OF THE 5NIVERSITY OF 'AZA WHICH WAS BOMBED HALF A DOZEN TIMES ON $ECEMBER TH /XFORD 5NIVERSITY SAW STUDENTS OCCUPY THE #LAREN DON "UILDING PART OF THE "ODLEIAN ,IBRARY ON *ANUARY ND /NE CONTENTIOUS ISSUE WAS THAT THE UNIVERSITY WAS HOLDING A SERIES OF LECTURES IN HONOUR OF )SRAELI 0RESIDENT 3HIMON 0ERES AND THE PROTES TORS WANTED THESE CANCELLED .OT ALL THE CAMPAIGNS HAVE ENDED IN STUDENT VICTORIES !T THE 5NIVERSITY OF "IRMING HAM ALSO ON *ANUARY ND A TWELVE HOUR OCCUPATION OF A LECTURE THEATRE ENDED WHEN SECURITY GUARDS AND POLICE OF lCERS n ALLEGEDLY BROUGHT ONTO THE CAMPUS IN TWO POLICE VANS AND A mEET OF CARS n FORCED THE PROTESTORS OUT

0OLICE BREAK UP A GROUP OF PROTESTERS AT 4HE *EWISH ,ONDON 3TUDENT #ENTRE

'JSF JO &BSMIBN 1BSL 7ILLIAM -ORAN 2EPORTER )N THE EVENING OF -ONDAY TH &EBRUARY A lRE IN %ARLHAM 0ARK DESTROYED A GREENHOUSE JUST OFF 5NIVERSITY $RIVE &IRElGHTERS WERE CALLED AT PM TO RESPOND TO REPORTS OF A LARGE STRUCTURE ON lRE /B SERVERS LOOKED ON AS THE lRE BRIGADE WERE KEPT BUSY TACK LING THE FEROCIOUS BLAZE FOR AL MOST AN HOUR 4HERE WAS ALSO A PERCEIVED RISK TO OVERHEAD POWER LINES SO ENERGY PROVIDER %$& DES PATCHED A TEAM OF PEOPLE TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER 4HIS INCIDENT TOOK PLACE LESS THAN A DAY AFTER A SIMILAR INCIDENT ON 3UNDAY AT PM WHEN CREWS FROM .ORWICH AND (ETHERSETT WERE CALLED TO TACK LE ANOTHER BLAZE IN THE SAME GREENHOUSE WHICH IS BELIEVED TO BE OWNED BY .ORWICH #ITY #OUNCIL h)T IS TOO EARLY TO SAY WHETHER THERE IS ANY LINK v A .ORFOLK &IRE 3ERVICE SPOKES MAN SAID !N INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSE OF THE lRE WILL

NOW TAKE PLACE !LTHOUGH THE lRE COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY ANY NUMBER OF REASONS THE RAIN AND DAMP CONDITIONS ON THE DAY WERE NOT CONDUCIVE TO A lRE STARTING SO SUSPICIONS HAVE BEEN RAISED GIVEN THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE TWO lRES AND THE VERY SHORT INTERVAL BE

TWEEN THEM OF AN ATTEMPT AT ARSON ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT CON lRMED 0OLICE ALSO REPORTED IN CREASED CONGESTION IN THE AREA PARTICULARLY ON %ARLHAM 2OAD WHERE HOSE PIPES WERE STREWN ACROSS THE STREET FROM A lRE HY DRANT TO THE SCENE OF THE lRE &RED +ISIELEWSKI

4UBOEJOH 0WBUJPOT BU $PVODJM -ATTHEW 4AYLOR 2EPORTER 4HURSDAY S 5NION #OUNCIL SES SION HAD BEEN SCHEDULED AS A RELATIVELY MUNDANE AFFAIR TO BE DOMINATED BY THE SUBJECT OF BOTTLED WATER S GREEN CREDEN TIALS AND FOREIGN WATER S PLACE IN THE 5&/ S MEAL DEAL (OW EVER AN EMERGENCY MOTION PUT FORWARD BY 2ICHARD 2EY NOLDS AND *ACK +IFlN CALLING ON #OUNCIL TO BRING A RULING OF SUPPORT FOR THE NINE ACTIVISTS TAKING PART IN THE OCCUPATION THAT MADE IT THE DOMINANT IS SUE OF THE MEETING ! SIGNIlCANT AMOUNT OF COUNCILLORS ENTERED THE MEET ING SEEING THE OCCUPATION AS MAINLY A DISRUPTION TO THE STU DENT BODY AND WERE PREPARED TO CONDEMN THE ACTION AND UNUSUALLY MANY STUDENTS WHO WERE NOT MEMBERS OF #OUNCIL ALSO ATTENDED (OWEVER JUST AS 2EYNOLDS WAS ABOUT TO TAKE THE STAND TO PUT FORWARD HIS PRO POSED MOTION OF SUPPORT OF THE OCCUPIERS *OHN $IXON SECOND YEAR 00% ARRIVED STRAIGHT FROM THE OCCUPATION AND WAS GIVEN

THE mOOR TO DEFEND THE ACTIONS OF HE AND HIS COMRADES 4HE SPEECH LASTED WELL OVER A QUARTER OF AN HOUR AFTER COUNCILLORS INSISTED THAT $IXON WAS ALLOWED TO CONTINUE PAST THE ALLOTTED lVE MINUTES 4HE SLEEP DEPRIVED BEDRAGGLED $IXON LAID OUT THE POSITION OF THE OCCUPATION DECLARING THAT THEY WERE hNOT ANTI SEMITESv NOR hPRO (AMASv AND STRESSED THAT THE ACTION HAD hNOT BEEN FOR FUNv BUT TO OBTAIN AID TO THE STUDENTS OF THE 5NIVERSITY OF 'AZA $URING HIS SPEECH HIS FELLOW ACTIVISTS n FRESHLY EJECT ED FROM THEIR POSITION BY 5%! SECURITY n ARRIVED AT THE 5NION #OUNCIL SESSION STANDING AT THE SIDE WATCHING THE PROCEED INGS !S A RESULT 3OCIETIES /FlC ER 0AUL 7ELLS GAVE HIS ALLOTTED TIME TO SPEAK AGAINST THE OC CUPATION OVER TO THE ACTIVISTS SPOKESMAN 3AM (ILTON )N HIS SPEECH THE EQUALLY SLEEP DEPRIVED (ILTON CLAIMED THAT THE OCCUPATION HAD hSCREWED WITH ;THEIR= HEADSv GOING ON TO DESCRIBE HOW THE DAY HAD CONCLUDED ENDING BY SAYING hWE HAVE A GENTLEMAN S

AGREEMENT WITH THE 6ICE #HAN CELLOR x IF THEY BREAK THEIR PROMISE THEY AIN T SEEN NOTH ING YETv 4HIS LAST COMMENT RE CEIVED A STANDING OVATION FROM #OUNCIL 4HE 5NION THEN SET FORTH AMENDING THE MOTION THAT 2EYNOLDS AND +IFlN HAD ORIGI NALLY PROPOSED REMOVING ALL REFERENCES TO NOT SUPPORTING THE ACTION AND THE ACTIVISTS DE SPITE CONCERNS RAISED BY SOME #OUNCIL MEMBERS THAT THE 5N ION CANNOT SUPPORT ILLEGAL ACTS 4HIS POSITION WAS DESCRIBED BY A MEMBER OF THE 4UNISIAN 3TUDENT 5NION WHO WAS AL LOWED TO TAKE THE mOOR DESPITE NOT A MEMBER OF #OUNCIL AS hSHAMEFULv n EXPLICITLY CON DEMNING THE 5NIVERSITY hFOR THEIR ATTEMPTS TO CENSOR THE ACTIONv AS STUDENTS LEAmETING OUTSIDE THE !RTS BUILDING WERE MOVED ON BY SECURITY DURING THE DAY !LSO THAT THE 5NION SHOULD hSUPPORT THE STUDENTS IN THE ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS ARISING FROM THE SETTLEMENTv #OUNCILLORS VOTED ALMOST UNANIMOUSLY IN FAVOUR OF SUP PORTING THE OCCUPIERS

A1PJOUJOH ǰF 8BZ $PNQBTT BOE UIF $SFEJU $SVODI #OMPASS THE DEMOCRATIC LEFT THINK TANK WITH INmUENTIAL LINKS TO THE ,ABOUR 0ARTY IS LAUNCHING ITS .ORWICH BRANCH BY GIVING A KEYNOTE EVENT AT 5%! NEXT WEEK 4HE EVENT WHICH IS BEING ORGANISED BY .ORWICH #OM PASS AND 5%! ,ABOUR IS ENTI TLED @#RUNCH 4IME 4HE #REDIT #RUNCH AND THE FUTURE OF THE $EMOCRATIC ,EFT *ONATHAN #LARK #HAIR OF THE 5%! ,ABOUR 3OCIETY SAID THAT HE HOPES THAT THE EVENT hWILL IGNITE DEBATE WHICH WE CAN CARRY OVER WHEN WE START MEETING AND CAM PAIGNING REGULARLY v !MONG THOSE CONlRMED AS ATTENDING IS $R )AN 'IBSON -0 FOR .ORWICH .ORTH :OE 'ANNON 2ESEARCH #O ORDINA TOR FOR #OMPASS AND *ONATHAN #LARK WHO WILL ALSO BE CHAIR ING THE EVENT 4HOSE INVITED TO ATTEND BUT NOT AS OF YET CON lRMED INCLUDE *ON #RUDDAS -0 0OLLY 4OYNBEE 'UARDIAN JOURNALIST AND *OHN (ARRIS WRITER AND BROADCASTER 4HE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON &RIDAY TH &EBRUARY AT PM IN #ONGREGATION (ALL 2OOM AND IS OPEN TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

*BJO %BMF BU 6&" )AIN $ALE THE PROLIlC POLITICAL BLOGGER AND FORMER 5%! STU DENT IS COMING TO THE 5%! IN -ARCH TO TAKE PART IN A DEBATE WHICH IS ENTITLED @"LOGS AND THE &UTURE OF *OURNALISM -R $ALE WILL BE DEBATING AGAINST 3TEVE 2ICHARDS THE CHIEF POLITICAL COLUMNIST FOR 4HE )N DEPENDENT AND FORMER POLITICAL EDITOR OF THE .EW 3TATESMAN 4HE DEBATE WILL TAKE PLACE ON -ARCH TH AT IN !RTS

"QQMJDBUJPOT 6Q !PPLICATIONS TO 5%! UNDER GRADUATE COURSES HAVEN RISEN BY ON LAST YEAR WELL ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF )T IS THOUGHT THE NATIONAL TREND HAS BEEN STIMULATED BY THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CLIMATE IN WHICH PEOPLE LEAVING SCHOOL ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY UN SURE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO lND JOBS !PPLICATIONS HAVE RISEN FROM IN *ANUARY LAST YEAR TO AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR

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6&" 4UVEFOUT BU 8PSL *ACK #LARK .EWS %DITOR 4HIS WEEK #ONCRETE RECEIVED THE RESULTS OF THE 3TUDENT %X PERIENCE #OMMITTEE S 3TU DENTS AT 7ORK SURVEY 4HERE WERE RESPONSES TO THE ONLINE SURVEY WHICH RAN BETWEEN TH AND RD *ANUARY (OWEVER $AVID 3HEPPARD !CADEMIC /FlCER FOR THE 5NION OF 5%! 3TU DENTS COMMENTED h!S THE SURVEY WAS NAMED @5%! 3TUDENTS AT 7ORK IT IS LIKELY THAT THERE WAS A HIGHER RESPONSE FROM STUDENTS WHO UNDERTAKE PAID EMPLOYMENT WITH NON WORKERS MORE LIKELY TO IGNORE THE SURVEY v /F THE RESPONDENTS WERE EMPLOYED IN @UNSKILLED JOBS WERE MOST LIKELY TO WORK UNDER HOURS A WEEK IN SE MESTER TIME AND BETWEEN AND HOURS A WEEK IN VACA TION TIME /NE IN lVE OF THOSE SURVEYED WORKED MORE THAN HOURS PER WEEK DURING SE MESTER TIME OF STUDENTS WERE IN

WORK @RELATED TO MY INTENDED CAREER AGAINST THE FOUND IN THE .ATIONAL .53 3TUDENT %XPERIENCE 3URVEY OF (OWEVER THE NUMBER OF 5%! STUDENTS TAKING PART IN @!D MINISTRATION CLERICAL OFFICE WORK WAS COMPARED WITH THE NATIONALLY )F BOTH OF THEIR PARENTS HAD PARTICIPATED IN HIGHER EDUCA TION OF THEM WORKED IN SEMESTER TIME WHILE IF NEITHER ;PARENT= HAD THE lGURE WAS A SIGNIlCANT DIFFERENCE 4HE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WORKING BETWEEN AND EIGHT HOURS STANDS AT NEARLY DOUBLE THAT OF THE FOUND NATIONALLY .EAR OF THOSE WHO WORKED FOR THIS PERIOD OF TIME DID SO TO PAY FOR hSOCIAL ISING MEALS DRINKS OUT ETCv 4HE SURVEY ALSO INCLUDED A SELECTION OF QUOTES IN WHICH STUDENTS GAVE THEIR OPINION ON THEIR OWN WORKING HABITS /NE STUDENT SAID h4HERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ANY NOTION THAT SOMETIMES OUR WORK MAY HAVE TO COME lRST SINCE IT IS THE ONLY WAY WE CAN

AFFORD TO ATTEND UNIVERSITY v !NOTHER STUDENT NOTED THAT h(AVING A JOB DElNITELY IMPAIRS ON ALL THE VOLUNTEER ING AND EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVI TIES ) WAS HOPING TO DO WHILST AT 5%! v

i*U JT DMFBS UIBU UIF DMBTT JOFRVBMJUJFT EP OPU TJNQMZ EJTBQQFBSw /N A LIGHTER NOTE ONE NOT ED THAT h"AR WORK HAS HELPED MY SOCIAL LIFE v BUT THEN WENT ON TO POINT OUT THAT THE STRAIN OF WORK HAD hDElNITELY HAD A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON MYx ABIL ITY TO JOIN CLUBS v 7ITH REGARDS TO ETHNIC ITY OF STUDENTS WHO CLASSED THEMSELVES AS @NON WHITE WORKED TO PAY FOR SO CIALISING AGAINST FOR @WHITE STUDENTS OF NON WHITE STUDENTS WORKED

6&" "DIJFWFT 'BJSUSBEF 4UBUVT ,AURA 'REEN 2EPORTER 4HE 5%! HAS RECENTLY GAINED THE STATUS OF A &AIRTRADE 5NI VERSITY 4HIS MEANS THAT IT IS COMMITTED TO PROMOTING AWARENESS AND SALES OF &AIR TRADE PRODUCTS ACROSS CAMPUS AND THE 5NIVERSITY AND 5NION WILL SELL AS MANY &AIRTRADE PRODUCTS AS POSSIBLE IN THEIR CATERING OUTLETS SHOPS AND BARS AND &AIRTRADE BEVERAGES WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ALL INTER NAL MEETINGS AND HOSPITALITY EVENTS 7HEN YOU BUY A &AIRTRADE PRODUCT THE PRODUCER KNOWS THAT THEY WILL RECEIVE AT LEAST THE @FAIRTRADE MINIMUM PRICE IN RETURN 4HIS PRICE IS SET BY THE &AIRTRADE ,ABELLING /R GANISATION AT A LEVEL WHICH IS BELIEVED TO COVER THE COSTS OF SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND ENABLE PRODUCERS TO HAVE AN ADEQUATE STANDARD OF LIVING 4HE FARMER TELLS THE BUYER HOW MUCH THEY NEED TO COV ER THEIR COSTS AND THE BUYER TELLS THE FARMER HOW MUCH THEY CAN AFFORD AND A COM PROMISE CAN BE MADE SOME

WHERE IN THE MIDDLE 4HERE IS ALSO SOMETHING CALLED THE @FAIRTRADE PREMIUM WHICH IS WHEN THE BUYER ADDS A LIT TLE EXTRA MONEY ON TOP OF THE &AIRTRADE PRICE TO CON TRIBUTE TO LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS &INANCE /FlCER -ARTIN *OPP COMMENTING ON THE 5NIVERSITY S NEW STATUS SAID h4HE 5NION IS FULLY COMMIT TED TO PROMOTING &AIRTRADE AND THE POSITIVE EFFECT THAT HIGHER WAGES CAN HAVE ON THE LIVING CONDITIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD FROM &AIR TRADE CHOCOLATE SNACKS AND

FRUIT IN THE 5&/ TO TEA AND COFFEE IN THE (IVE AND BARS WE VE MADE A COMMITMENT TO OFFERING STUDENTS THE ABILITY TO BUY &AIRTRADE PRODUCTS WHEN THEY WANT THEM 4HROUGH OUR ETHICAL LABELLING SYSTEM IN THE 5&/ WE EMPOWER STUDENTS TO MAKE ETHICAL DECISIONS BASED ON PRODUCT SCORES FROM THE 'OOD 3HOPPING 'UIDE DURING &AIRTRADE &ORTNIGHT WE WILL BE SHOWING OFF THE PRODUCTS WE SELL BY OFFERING A DISCOUNT ON ALL &AIRTRADE PRODUCTS IN THE 5&/ AND A DISCOUNT OF ALL &AIRTRADE CLOTHING IN THE 0OST /FlCE v

BECAUSE THEY @HAVE A FAMILY TO SUPPORT AGAINST OF WHITE STUDENTS 4HAT SAID ONLY OF NON WHITE STUDENTS WORKED BECAUSE THEIR BASIC LIV ING COSTS EXCEEDED THE AMOUNT THEY COULD BORROW IN STUDENT LOANS AGAINST OF WHITE STUDENTS OF THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE ORIGINALLY FROM .ORWICH WERE EMPLOYED DURING SEMES TER TIME AGAINST WHO WERE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS $AVID 3HEPPARD COM MENTED THAT hTHE BROKEN AND REGRESSIVE MODEL OF TOP UP FEES DOES NOT JUST LEAVE STUDENTS WITH MOUNTAINS OF DEBT UPON GRADUATION IT ALSO FORCES THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS TO WORK COUNTLESS HOURS DUR ING THEIR EDUCATION SO THEY CAN BOTH EAT AND STUDY )T IS CLEAR THAT THE CLASS INEQUALITIES THAT EXIST BEFORE STUDENTS ARRIVE AT 5NIVERSITY DO NOT SIMPLY DIS APPEAR IN THE lRST FEW WEEKS )N THE ERA OF FEES THERE ARE WIN NERS AND LOSERS THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD NOT TO WORK AND THOSE WHO SIMPLY HAVE NO CHOICE v

-JCSBSZ #PPL ǰ JFG !NIQAH #HOUDHRI 2EPORTER 3TUDENTS HAVE BEEN LEFT BAFmED BY A MYSTERIOUS lGURE RIPPING PAGES FROM BOOKS IN THE 5%! LIBRARY 4HE REASONS FOR THIS ACT OF LARCENY ARE UNKNOWN 3TUDENTS ARE BOUND TO lND THIS ANNOYING AS THEIR WORK LOAD INCREASES ALTHOUGH SOME LIKE *AMIE 0ERSAIL SEE THE THIEF IN A SYMPATHETIC LIGHT h) FOUND A BOOK WITH A CHAPTER RIPPED OUT THE OTHER DAY ) DON T KNOW IF IT S HAP PENED TO ANY OTHERS BUT ) THINK ITS KIND OF COOL -AYBE THEY RE ALLY LIKED IT v (OWEVER !NNA 0RITCHARD THIRD YEAR ,)4 SAID hSTEALING FROM A SHARED RECOURCE LIKE A LIBRARY IS INCREDIBLY SELlSH ) HOPE THE CULPRIT IS FOUND AND THE PAGES RECOVERED v 4HE SPECIlC TEXTS THAT HAVE BEEN VIOLATED ARE STILL YET TO BE CONlRMED ALTHOUGH THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT CONCERNED hA JOURNAL ARTICLE BEING TAKEN FROM A BOUND VOLUME OF ,AW JOURNALS v SAID THE (EAD OF

%MIL !LLARD

5SER 3ERVICES (EATHER 7ELLS 4HIS CASE HAS SIMILARITIES TO THE WELL KNOWN INCIDENT TWO YEARS AGO WHEN THE BUSINESS MAN &ARHAD (AKIMZADEH WAS CONVICTED OF THEFT WHEN HE STOLE PRICELESS DOCUMENTS FROM THE "RITISH ,IBRARY 4HE REASONS FOR HIS SABOTAGING WERE NEVER KNOWN AS COULD BE THE CASE IN 5%! 0HILIPPA 2ICHARDS A SEC OND YEAR SUGGESTED h)T COULD JUST BE AN ACT OF VANDALISM v .IC 3MITH ALSO A SECOND YEAR SAID h) DON T KNOW WHY THEY RE DOING IT BUT ) D LIKE TO THINK THERE S A MEANINGFUL REA SON BEHIND THEIR ACTIONS 7E RE TOO QUICK TO DISMISS THESE THINGS AS NEGATIVE v

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/FXT "OBMZTJT $SFEJU $SVODI BU UIF 6&" %D 'REEN .EWS !NALYST !S EVERYONE PROBABLY KNOWS BY NOW THE 5+ IS IN THE GRIP OF A RECESSION -ORTGAGE LEND ING IS AT A YEAR LOW AND 5+ UNEMPLOYMENT HAD RISEN TO M BY $ECEMBER ITS HIGH EST SINCE 3MALL WONDER THEN THAT ORGANISATIONS ACROSS THE 5%! ARE BEING AFFECTED AS WELL 0ERHAPS SURPRISINGLY THE NEWS FROM THE 5NION IS GOOD ACCORDING TO 'ENERAL -ANAGER !NDY 0OTT THE 5NION S CURRENT BUDGET IS ALMOST EXACTLY AS PREDICTED AND WHERE THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IT IS IN GENERAL THAT MORE MONEY THAN PREDICTED REMAINS 4HE AVERAGE DIFFER ENCE SINCE !UGUST BETWEEN PREDICTED AND EVENTUAL BAL ANCE IS a MORE THAN WAS PREDICTED -R 0OTT SAYS hTHERE ARE NO SIGNS SO FAR OF MAJOR SHIFTv ALTHOUGH HE DOES REC OGNISE A hMINORv DROP IN SALES OVERALL IN THE lRST SIX WEEKS

OF THIS TERM SALES BY a !DVERTISING SALES SINCE *ULY ARE ALSO DOWN #ONCRETE S IT SELF BY FROM a TO a IN THE SIX MONTHS TO *ANUARY THOUGH THE 5N ION HAD EXPECTED THIS 3IMILARLY THE 4RAVELSHOP IS DOING LESS WELL THAN OTHER 5NION SHOPS HOWEVER SINCE ITS PROlTS WERE IN DECLINE BE FORE THE RECESSION -R 0OTT SUSPECTS THAT THIS IS DUE IN PART

ɨ F SFDFTTJPO JT BĊ FDUJOH DBNQVT FOUFS UBJONFOU TO GROWING POPULAR ABILITY TO ARRANGE TRAVEL ONLINE 4HE RECESSION IS AFFECTING CAMPUS ENTERTAINMENT 4HE 5NION S LATEST PUBLISHED PRO GRAMME SHOWS FEWER CONCERT BOOKINGS TOURING BANDS ARE SCARCER ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO

DISDAIN BEING PAID IN STERLING 4HIS THOUGH IS OUT OF 5NION HANDS SINCE THE BUSINESS IS AR RANGED BY CONCERT PROMOTERS AND TO PAY IN ANYTHING OTHER THAN STERLING WOULD BE UNPROF ITABLE FOR THE 5NION $ESPITE THIS RESTRICTION THERE ARE REASONS TO HAVE CON lDENCE IN THE 5NION S CAPABIL ITY FOR LIMITING THE RECESSION S BITE 4HEIR WEEKLY CHECK ON l NANCES HAS SO FAR YIELDED NOTH ING ALARMING THEIR PREDICTION THAT REDUCED CONCERT BOOKINGS MIGHT HAVE A KNOCK DOWN EF FECT ON LUCRATIVE BAR TAKINGS HAS NOT YET COME TO PASS THE STUDENT LOAN IS -R 0OTT SAYS hBROADLY SIMILARv TO PRE RECES SION LEVELS AND THERE HAS BEEN NO SIGN OF BANKS REDUCING STU DENT LOAN OVERDRAFTS 4HE 5NION ALSO HAS MEAS URES TO COMBAT THE RECESSION SHOULD THEY BECOME NECESSARY AND -R 0OTT ACKNOWLEDGES THIS POSSIBILITY ESPECIALLY SINCE THESE HAVE BEEN THE lRST WEEKS OF A NEW SEMESTER

WHEN STUDENTS ARE IN GENERAL LIKELY TO BE RICHER 4HE lRST OF THESE MEASURES WOULD BE RE EXAMINING hSTAFlNG LEVELSv -R 0OTT S CONTRIBUTION TO THE 2ECESSION .ECESSITATED %UPHEMISMS #ATALOGUE /TH

i4UVEFOUT XJMM TQFOE DBTI JG UIFZ WF HPU JUw ER SCHEMES EFFECTIVE PREVIOUS LY MIGHT BE REINTRODUCED FOR EXAMPLE hBUY ONE ,#2 NIGHT TICKET GET THE NEXT NIGHT FREEv OR ADDITIONAL STUDENT CLUB NIGHTS !SKED WHAT STUDENTS MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO TO HELP -R 0OTT ACKNOWLEDGES NOT A LOT h3TUDENTS WILL SPEND CASH IF THEY VE GOT IT v HE SAYS (E DOES HOWEVER MENTION A CUR RENT NATIONWIDE TREND FOR PEO PLE TO FAVOUR CHEAP SUPERMAR KET ALCOHOL RECOGNISING THAT

THIS TREND IS DIFlCULT TO REVERSE WITHOUT GOVERNMENT IMPOSED RESTRICTIONS ON SUPERMARKETS /THER CAMPUS BUSINESSES APPEAR POSITIVE ALSO 3PORT SPARK $IRECTOR +EITH .ICHOLLS IS SATISlED BOTH WITH HIS TEAM S APPARENT MONTH LONG EFFORT TO PREPARE FOR THE CREDIT CRISIS AND THE RESULT BEING hAHEAD OF LAST YEARv AND THEIR CURRENT .ORWICH WIDE PROMOTION OF THE 3PORTSPARK AS hA PAY AND PLAY FACILITY WHICH DRAWS ATTENTION TO THE DIVERSITY OF SPORT AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE WHENEVER THEY FEEL THEY CAN AFFORD IT v #OMMERCIAL CONTRACTS WITH COMPANIES SUCH AS "AN NATYNE S AND 'REEN S HAVE GONE WITHOUT RENEWAL BUT -R .ICHOLLS UNCONCERNED HIGHLIGHTS THE 3PORTSPARK S STATUS AS A BUSINESS WHICH UNLIKE THE PREVIOUS TWO DOES NOT REQUIRE COMMITMENT TO A YEAR S MEMBERSHIP AND WHICH HAS A CAMPUS CARD SYS TEM TO SAVE STUDENTS MONEY

.OT EVERYONE ON CAMPUS IS RECEPTIVE OF COURSE )NDEED THE 5NION "AR REFUSED AN IN TERVIEW PERHAPS BECAUSE BAR STAFF ARE CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGED TO NOT SPEAK WITH THE MEDIA 5NWILLINGNESS TO CONTRIBUTE TO ANY POTENTIAL EXACERBATION BY NEGATIVE REPORTING OF THE CRED IT CRUNCH IS A FORGIVABLE REAC TION CARELESS TALK ONCE COST LIVES .OW IT COULD COST JOBS 'IVEN THIS THANKS MUST ESPECIALLY GO TO THE ABOVE IN TERVIEWEES FOR THEIR INSIGHTS INTO THE 5NIVERSITY S OWN LITTLE CORNER OF THE RECESSION AND SO MUST HOPE FOR A CONTINUANCE OF THEIR PRECISE MONITORING OF PROGRESS %VERYONE MIGHT DO WELL TO BE AWARE OF OTHER AVAILABLE ON CAMPUS BUSINESSES SUCH AS CATERING SERVICES :EST "LEND AND 6ISTA THE 3AINSBURY #EN TRE FOR 6ISUAL !RTS AND THE 5%! 'UEST 3UITE WITH ALL OF WHOM #ONCRETE WAS UNABLE THROUGH TIME CONSTRAINTS TO GET AN IN TERVIEW

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The Enquirer. Goody story “has just weeks to live”

by Rivers O’Crocodile Tears

DOCTORS have informed the British press that the Jade Goody saga has just weeks left before it finally dies for ever. Tabloid editors everywhere have been left shocked by the news. Fight- ing back the tears, one said: “This is unfortunate. We’ve given over months of column inches turning a “slovenly, racist chav” into the “most courageous woman in Britain”, and to hear she’s actually going to die is a bit of a shame, really. What’s

important now is that Jade’s last few weeks are as lucrative as possible. She has our full support there!” Miss Goody is reportedly in talks with OK! magazine for a full-issue funeral spread. • There has been yet more sadness at the news that Jade Goody’s friend and PR consultant, Max Clifford, remains alive and well and disease- free. “It’s such a shame”, said everybody, “that he’s not (cont. page 2)

Brown cheers on departure of BNP hatemongers

SOCIAL SCIENCE NEWS ..................................... In advance of a public forum to be held at the University of East Angular to discuss Kiddie Chav Dad Disorder, and similar contagious infections of the tabloid gland, to be chaired by Professor Red Topp Trascher

GORDON BROWN is to praise the government’s achievements in tackling home-grown extremism in a speech to the party faithless. The Prime Minister will be refer- ring to the recent news that the far- right British National Party is expected to win two seats in the forthcoming European elections. “My government pledged to rid Britain of extremist individuals and here is that promise in action. Two highly dangerous individuals, members of the extremist BNP party, are being taken off our streets and relocated to Brussels, where (cont. page 5)

An Academic Writes: The alarming propensity of the British Underclass to breed copiously and at will is well-documented. To quell the grim spectre of disﬁgurement within the native gene pool, what is needed, ﬁrst of all, is to establish the obligatory sterilisation of all council tenants at birth. This will enable the state to imple- ment what I term a system of “Benign Eugenics”, whereby (—yes, erm, better cut this one short I think)

Victory for Israeli hawks disappoints Israeli vultures by God’s Chosen Correspondents

YOUR VIEWS ................................................... ......................... Because they “matter” and stuff, yeah? Jade Goody “... I mean, everybody knows about AIDs, but what about cancer?? I think Jade Goody deserves praise for ﬁnally bringing this terrible disease to the public’s attention. I mean, this just proves that anyone can catch it, even the rich and talentless.” — Felicity, ofﬁce temp, Bungay

IN AN ELECTION closely fought in the skies over Gaza, the hyper-right-wing Re- pressah appears to have emerged victorious over the ultra-right-wing

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“Really shocking, really really shocking. 13 years old?? Unbelievable— I was 17 before I got laid. Nice one” — Justin, Grunting Crotches

F16 Glory of Zion party, disappointing right- wing Israelis nowhere. Said a spokesman: “By God’s will we will continue to expand the (continued forever and ever)

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“Feel well sorry 4 her---wud h8 2 lose all MY hair, wud b well rubbish!! get well soon xxxxxxxx” — JoJo, via text message

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Financial Meltdown 2009

CLOSING DOWN SALE* Due to the American financial authorities closing in on the world’s leading fraudsters, CAYMAN ISLAND is swiftly announcing its biggest sell-off of stolen and misappropriated stock EVER! ALL LINES REDUCED! Just look at the savings on men’s suits: BROWN TROUSERS — reduced to ZERO! That’s right — they’re ABSOLUTELY WORTHLESS!! The CAYMAN ISLAND sale cannot last. Invest all your capital in a dodgy scheme NOW and see its price halve and then disappear into NOTHING as the bank comes to take your house away! Just look at this testimony from one gullible investor:

“The CAYMAN ISLAND sale seemed too good to be true—because it was. Now I’ve lost absolutely everything and want to commit suicide” * Subject to improving regulatory controls. so, er, possibly not many, to be honest.

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7HAT QUALIlES CELEB RITIES TO COMMENT ON POLITICAL AND ENVIRON MENTAL ISSUES AND WHY SHOULD WE CARE

Oh when will the Occupation end?

Your classes have been cancelled As soon as we’ve run out of crisps

You have our full support!

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) AM PASSIONATE THAT ,'"4 STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE A VOICE WITHIN THE 5NION AND UNIVERSITY (AVING SERVED AS PRESI DENT OF 5%!0RIDE ) UNDERSTAND THE CHAL LENGES FACED BY ,'"4 STUDENTS AND IF ELECTED ) WILL BE AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES TEAM CAMPAIGNING ON ISSUES IMPORTANT TO 9/5

(ELLO 5%! MY NAME IS "ERNADETTE AND ) M RUNNING FOR 7OMEN S #AMPAIGN #ONVENOR ) M PASSIONATE ABOUT WOM EN S ISSUES ) HAVE TONS OF IDEAS FOR THE WOMEN S CAMPAIGN AND ) KNOW HOW TO MAKE THEM HAPPEN 6OTE ME IF YOU WANT AN EXCITING YEAR WITH SOME REAL CAMPAIGNS FOR A CHANGE

%VERYBODY HAS A VIEW ON OUR 5NION )F ELECTED 0UBLICITY /FlCER ) WOULD EN SURE EVERY STUDENT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS MAKE SURE THEY ARE LISTENED TO AND WATCH THE CHANGES HAPPEN 4HE FUTURE S BRIGHT THE FUTURE S FELICITOUS

)F ELECTED AS 0UBLICITY /FlCER ) WILL CON TINUE THE CAMPAIGN TO MOVE THE 'RADUA TION #EREMONY FROM #ONGREGATION (ALL AS WELL AS TO CAMPAIGN FOR FREE TRADE WITH .ESTLE PRODUCTS ) AM PASSIONATE ABOUT 5%! AND WILL DO ALL ) CAN TO IMPROVE LIFE FOR ALL STUDENTS AT THE 5NIVERSITY

.EW OPPORTUNITIES NEED TO BE CREATED AND THEN AFFECTIVELY PUBLICISED TO STU DENTS .OT FOR PROlT n *UST FOR STUDENTS SHOULD BE WHAT THE 5NION IS KNOWN FOR ,EADING ENVIRONMENTAL BEST PRACTICE ON CAMPUS 4OO MANY STUDENTS ARE UNA WARE OF WHAT THE 5NION DOES AND WHAT OPPORTUNITIES IT CAN OFFER #OMMITTED CHANGE

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6OTE .)#+ #(52#( FOR YOUR (UMANI TIES &ACULTY #ONVENOR )F ELECTED YOUR CONVENOR ) WOULD SUPPORT AT A FACULTY LEVEL YOUR 5NION S 'OOD &EEDBACK CAMPAIGN &ULL &RESHERS 7EEK AND WORK TOWARDS EARLY NOTIlCA TIONS OF SEMESTER TIMETABLES ALL FOR A MORE MANAGEABLE AND IMPROVED COURSE AT 5%!

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!RE YOU SICK OF THE %THICAL )SSUES /F lCER POSITION BEING USED AS A SOAPBOX TO FURTHER A PERSON S OWN AGENDA $O YOU WANT AN %THICAL )SSUES /FlCER WHO WILL PUT THEIR OWN PRECONCEIVED IDEAS ASIDE BEFORE ADDRESSING ISSUES 4HEN VOTE 4HO MAS *ACKSON FOR %THICAL )SSUES /FlCER #ONTACT ME AT %THICAL4OM HOTMAIL CO UK

,IKE ,UKE IN h3TAR 7ARS v ) TOO CAN USE THE &ORCE x TO MAKE AN ENVIRONMEN TAL DIFFERENCE AT 5%! ) M PASSIONATE HARD WORKING AND ) .%6%2 GIVE UP ) VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH MANY GREEN ORGANI ZATIONS AND ) HAVE LOADS OF LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE !S 9ODA WOULD SAY h6OTE FOR 2ACHEL ,EUCK YOU WILL v

) M STANDING FOR %NVIRONMENT /FlCER BECAUSE ) FEEL THAT AS A lRST YEAR ")/ STUDENT WHO IS INVOLVED IN NUMEROUS ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS BOTH ON AND OFF CAMPUS THAT ) CAN OFFER A REAL DIFFERENCE TO WHAT HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE WITH NEW IDEAS THAT ) INTEND TO PUT INTO PRACTICE

/UR 5NIVERSITY AND 5NION HAVE STARTED THE JOURNEY TO SUSTAINABILITY BUT THERE IS A LONG WAY TO GO 7ITH BETTER REPRESENTA TION WE CAN BEGIN REAL STUDENT LED ENVI RONMENTAL CHANGE ACROSS CAMPUS SAVING MONEY IN THE PROCESS TO BE PUMPED BACK INTO CAMPAIGNS CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

)F YOU WANT AN EXPERIENCED PUBLIC SPEAK ER AND DEBATER WHO WILL NOT JUST VOTE AT THE .ATIONAL 5NION OF 3TUDENTS #ONFER ENCE BUT WILL FULLY TAKE PART IN ALL DIS CUSSIONS TO REPRESENT YOUR INTERESTS VOTE 4HOMAS *ACKSON FOR .53 $ELEGATE #ON TACT ME AT %THICAL4OM HOTMAIL CO UK

!S A lRST YEAR %.6 STUDENT ) HAVE AT TENDED AND REPRESENTED MY YEAR GROUP AT 5NION #OUNCIL AND ) HAVE REPRESENTED ALL STUDENTS AT BOTH .53 2EGIONAL #ON FERENCES SO FAR THIS !CADEMIC 9EAR !T BOTH OF THESE #ONFERENCES ) OPPOSED THE .53 PLAN TO INTRODUCE MINIMUM BAR PRICES MYLESSMITH WORDPRESS COM

)F YOU SEND ME TO !NNUAL #ONFERENCE AGAIN ) WILL MAKE SURE YOUR .ATIONAL 5NION IS TAKING THE lGHT TO THE 'OVERN MENT ON FEES LEADING ON CLIMATE CHAOS AND WORLD POVERTY OPPOSING NASTY ANTI STUDENT HOUSING LEGISLATION AND OFFER ING THE BEST SUPPORT TO LOCAL STUDENTS UNIONS

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4UVEZ "CSPBE 'PS 4PNF 'PSFJHO 'VO -ANY SECOND YEAR STUDENTS ARE STARTING TO GET VERY EXCITED ABOUT THEIR FORTHCOMING YEAR ABROAD #ONCRETE &EATURES MEETS EXCHANGE STUDENTS FROM ALL DIRECTIONS %MMA 3IEMASKO A VISITING STUDENT FROM #LARK 5NIVERSITY -ASSACHUSETTS

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4O MY SURPRISE THE MOST MAGICAL THING ABOUT COMING TO 5%! FROM !MERICA HAS NOT BEEN THE BEER THE FOOTBALL OR THE BOYS )NSTEAD ) HAVE MOST ENJOYED RELEARNING OUR LAN GUAGE OF %NGLISH 4HERE ARE MERE VOCABULARY DIFFERENCES 9OU SAY hLOOv INSTEAD OF BATHROOM hCHIPSv INSTEAD OF &RENCH FRIES AND hTORCHv INSTEAD OF mASHLIGHT ) STILL CAN T lG URE OUT HOW TO PROPERLY EXPLAIN MY UNDER GARMENTS KNICKERS TROUSERS PANTS (MMxWHICH DID HE TAKE OFF 5PON CLOSER INSPECTION IT BE COMES CLEAR THAT TOYING WITH LAN GUAGE IN THIS WAY IS NOT JUST FUN BUT ALSO PROVES THAT THE %NGLISH ARE ANY THING BUT RESERVED AND STANDOFlSH AS THE STEREOTYPE SAYS 3AYING h) LL COME @ROUND TO YOURSv OR h) WENT TO HISv FEELS MUCH MORE INTIMATE

AND PERSONAL THAN h) LL COME OVER TO YOUR ROOMv OR h) WENT TO HIS PLACE v #ALLING YOUR FEMALE FRIENDS hLOVEv AND SIGNING TEXT AND FACEBOOK MES

SAGES WITH hXXXv IS NOT COMMON IN !MERICA .EITHER IS SINGING ON THE BUS !ND WHEN YOU CONSIDER WHAT hCHEERSv MEANS YOU LL REALIZE IT S THE

FRIENDLIEST THING TO SAY %VEN HEAR ING h) LL RING YOUv INSTEAD OF h) LL CALL YOUv SEEMS REFRESHING TO EARS THAT ARE NOT USED TO HEARING THAT THEY LL BE hRUNG v !LL THIS OF COURSE IS SAID IN AN %NGLISH ACCENT WHICH IS A MUCH MORE BEAUTIFUL THING THAN AN !MERICAN ONE )T SOUNDS LIKE SING ING 4O BE FAIR THE %NGLISH USE OF THE LANGUAGE HAS PROBABLY LOST ITS INTI MATE CHARM AND SINGSONG QUALITY TO NATIVE EARS ) DOUBT THAT THOSE THAT LIVE HERE lND THEIR VERSION OF %NG LISH MORE INTIMATE AND PERSONAL THAN THE !MERICAN VERSION %NGLISH STUDENTS SPENDING TIME IN !MERICA MIGHT lND OUR VERSION INTIMATE ON THE BASIS THAT IT S NEW %ITHER WAY THE WAY YOU SPEAK HAS HELPED RENDER YOU PERSONABLE FRIENDLY AND OPEN 3TEREOTYPE SHATTERED #HEERS

3ECOND YEAR STUDENT -EGAN %VANS ANTICIPATES HER UPCOMING YEAR ABROAD AT THE 5NIVERSITY OF 2HODE )SLAND 7HEN ) lRST APPLIED TO 5%! THE IDEA OF STUDYING AT A UNIVERSITY IN !MERICA FOR A YEAR WAS A VERY IN mUENTIAL FACTOR ) WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND A YEAR LIVING AND STUDYING IN A DIFFERENT COUNTRY WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT ) WOULD HAVE BEEN FOOLISH TO TURN DOWN ) AM NOW A SECOND YEAR STUDENT AND AT THE END OF THIS SUMMER ) M EM BARKING ON MY !MERICAN ADVENTURE WHERE ) LL BE HEADING TO THE 5NI VERSITY OF 2HODE )SLAND TO STUDY A MIXTURE OF HISTORY POLITICS AND LIT ERATURE 4HE IDEA THAT IN A MATTER OF MONTHS ) WILL BE LIVING ON MY OWN IN A DIFFERENT COUNTRY FOR A WHOLE YEAR lLLS ME WITH BOTH DIZZYING EXCITEMENT AND WHITE KNUCKLE TER ROR ) M EXCITED ABOUT LIVING IN A NEW PLACE AND MEETING A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE (OWEVER ) M APPREHENSIVE ABOUT MUDDLING UP MY mIGHT DETAILS

WITHOUT THE HELP OF MY $AD AND HAVING TO LEAVE A LOT OF MY FRIENDS BEHIND IN .ORWICH ) M ALSO SCARED THAT ) MIGHT mIP IF EVERY !MERICAN ) MEET ASKS ME IF ) KNOW THE 1UEEN $ESPITE ALL THIS THOUGH ) THINK NEXT YEAR WILL BE A REALLY GOOD EX PERIENCE ) VE BEEN WARNED ABOUT CULTURE SHOCK AND HOMESICKNESS BUT IN COMPARISON TO WHAT ) M GO ING TO GAIN THEY MERELY SEEM LIKE MINOR SETBACKS 7ITH MY DESIRE TO

SEE AS MUCH OF !MERICA AS POSSIBLE IN A YEAR n #HRISTMAS IN .EW 9ORK #ITY 3PRING "REAK IN -IAMI AND MY BIRTHDAY IN ,AS 6EGAS n IT WILL BE A MIRACLE IF ) CAN EVEN AFFORD A mIGHT HOME BY THE END OF IT ALL 7HAT EVER HAPPENS THOUGH ) KNOW ) LL RETURN TO 5%! WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE LIFE EXPERIENCE AND NEW FRIENDS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE POND WHICH DElNITELY MAKES ME MORE EXCITED ABOUT THE WHOLE THING

0ARTAKING IN AN %2!3-53 YEAR ABROAD IS ONE OF THE BEST DECISIONS YOU COULD EVER MAKE ! YEAR ABROAD IS ALL ABOUT NEW EXPERIENCES AND A NEW FEELING OF INCREASED INDEPEND ENCE ,EARNING A LANGUAGE WHILST BEING IMMERSED IN ITS CULTURE IS IM PERATIVE FOR ANY LANGUAGE STUDENT AND BEING PART OF THE %2!3-53 SCHEME MEANS YOU ARE THROWN IN AT THE DEEP END )T CAN HELP TO ACHIEVE NEW LEVELS OF MATURITY AND SELF RELI ANCE WHICH ARE INDISPENSABLE TOOLS IN ANY STUDENT S FUTURE 4HE BEST WAY TO EXPERIENCE YOUR YEAR ABROAD IS TO GO OUT AND TAKE AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN YOUR NEW SURROUNDINGS 7HY NOT TAKE A WEEK END OFF AND TRAVEL AROUND THE AREA 4RANSPORT IS RELATIVELY CHEAP AND BEING A STUDENT IN &RANCE MEANS YOU RECEIVE COUNTLESS MONETARY BENElTS *UST PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE AND RELISH THE NEW OPPORTUNITIES 4O ANYONE WHO IS AFRAID OF MOV ING ABROAD SO WERE WE BUT WITHIN A

COUPLE OF WEEKS YOU LL WONDER WHAT YOU WERE SO SCARED OF %VEN IF YOU RE SHY AND lND IT DIFlCULT MEETING NEW PEOPLE YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT EVERYONE IS IN THE SAME POSI TION AS YOU AND YOU WILL NO DOUBT BOND WITH YOUR FELLOW %2!3-53 STUDENTS OVER YOUR SHARED FEARS AND EXPECTATIONS -OST UNIVERSITIES WILL ARRANGE INTRODUCTORY SOCIAL EVENTS AND MEETINGS WHERE YOU CAN MEET OTHER %2!3-53 STUDENTS AND THE UNIVERSITY WE ATTENDED IN ,YON AC TUALLY PAIRED YOU UP WITH A hPAR RAINv LIKE A PARTNER WHO WAS THERE TO GIVE YOU ADVICE AND IF YOU HIT IT OFF THEY LL TAKE YOU OUT WITH THEIR MATES TO REALLY EXPERIENCE &RENCH CULTURE *UST DO IT )T WAS HONESTLY THE BEST YEAR OF OUR LIVES AND WE STILL FREQUENTLY HAVE h,YON MOMENTSv AS WE CALL THEM WHERE WE GET A LITTLE PANG AND START REMINISCING ABOUT THE AMAZING EXPERIENCES WE HAD 'OOD LUCK TO YOU ALL

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DENTS LIVES (OWEVER ) WILL RESIST THE TEMPTATION TO FALL INTO THIS TRAP !LTHOUGH ) AM SPEND ING SOME OF MY SPARE TIME RE MINDING MY FRIENDS THAT THEY HAVE A MERE SIX WEEKS PLUS EXAMS OF THEIR UNIVERSITY LIFE LEFT IT ALSO BRINGS TO MIND THE FACT THAT MY TIME WILL COME TO AN END ALL TOO SOON AS WELL AND SO ) TOO MUST CONSIDER MY FUTURE IN THE BIG BAD WORLD )N ONE OF THE THREE ISSUES OF #ONCRETE LEFT THIS ACADEMIC YEAR WE WILL ENDEAVOUR TO HELP THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE GRADUAT ING THIS *ULY TO NAVIGATE THE

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WHERE MY WANDERING ROUTE TOOK ME FROM CACTI DOTTED DESERT TO CAR HORN BLARING METROPOLIS !LTHOUGH ) ENJOYED MEETING THE 3WEDES AND )SRAELIS IN THE RECOM MENDED HOSTELS AS WELL AS THE PROVER BIAL FRIENDLY LOCALS IN THE ONE HORSE TOWNS AND HUSHED COLONIAL CATHE DRALS ) COULDN T HELP BUT FEEL A LITTLE UNDERWHELMED A LOT OF THE TIME 4HIS WAS NOT BECAUSE -EXICO DIDN T PRO DUCE THE GOODS THE ARCHITECTURE WAS FASCINATING THE ANCIENT TEMPLES lLLED ME WITH AWE AND THE FOOD lLLED ME WITH LOTS OF THINGS THAT TASTED OF CHILLI AND LIME ) JUST FELT A LITTLE POINTLESS MOST OF THE TIME ,ET ME EXPLAIN ) SUPPOSE PART OF THE JOY OF TRAVELLING IN A FOREIGN COUN TRY IS TO BE SURROUNDED BY UNFAMILIAR ITY BY THE UNKNOWN %QUALLY PART OF THE PLEASURE IS TO SEE THROUGH THAT UN FAMILIARITY TO THOSE COMMON ELEMENTS THAT WE lND EVERYWHERE 3O THE TRUM PET BLOWING RAINBOW COLOURED AND FEATHER COSTUMED FUNERAL PROCESSION THAT ) WITNESSED JUST OUTSIDE /AXACA WAS BIZARRE TO ME IT WAS SO FAR AWAY FROM THE SOMBRE AND RESERVED AFFAIRS THAT ) HAD SEEN AT HOME "UT THE NEED FOR A FAMILY AND COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND TO CREATE MEANING FROM THE HORROR OF DEATH IS A NEED THAT IS UNIVERSAL 4HAT SONG FROM THE ,IPTON ICE TEA ADVERT COMES TO MIND h7ELL THE WORLD DON T MOVE TO THE BEAT OF JUST ONE DRUM 7HAT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR YOU -IGHT NOT BE GOOD FOR SOME v "UT DID ) REALLY HAVE TO mY TO ANOTHER CONTINENT TO lND THAT OUT

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THE "AILEYS ICING SUGAR AND WHIPPED CREAM 'RATE IN THE CHOCOLATE 7HEN SMOOTH SPOON EVENLY ONTO THE BIS CUITS 2EFRIGERATE AND ALLOW TO SET FOR FOUR HOURS

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#OFFEE #OOKIES /RIGINALLY A -ARTHA 3TEWART RECIPE THESE GOOEY COOKIES ARE SOFT IN THE CENTRE AND DELICIOUS WITH JUST A HINT OF CAFFEINE CUP SELF RAISING mOUR CUP UNSWEETENED COCOA TEASPOON BAKING POWDER TEASPOON SALT CUP UNSALTED BUTTER CUPS SUGAR EGGS TEASPOON VANILLA EXTRACT TABLESPOON INSTANT ESPRESSO POW

DER G DARK CHOCOLATE

AND AUTHENTIC RECIPE FROM THE HOME OF MAPLE SYRUP

#HOP HALF OF THE CHOCOLATE INTO SMALL PIECES )N A SAUCEPAN POUR AROUND TWO THREE INCHES OF HOT WATER AND KEEP ON A LOW HEAT 4AKE A HEATPROOF DISH AND PLACE IT ON TOP OF THE SAUCE PAN MAKING SURE THE BOTTOM OF THE BOWL DOES NOT TOUCH THE WATER 0UT THE REST OF THE CHOCOLATE IN THE DISH 4HE STEAM RISING FROM THE SAUCEPAN WILL MELT THE CHOCOLATE n THIS METHOD IS CALLED A @BAIN MARIE )N A BOWL WHISK TOGETHER THE mOUR COCOA BAKING POWDER AND SALT )N ANOTHER BOWL BEAT THE BUTTER AND SUGAR UNTIL LIGHT AND mUFFY !DD THE EGGS VANILLA ESPRESSO POWDER AND MELTED CHOCOLATE 4HEN GRADUALLY ADD THE mOUR MIXTURE TO THE BOWL BE FORE MIXING IN THE CHOPPED CHOCOLATE 'REASE A NON STICK BAKING TRAY $ROP ONE LARGE TABLESPOON AT A TIME OF THE COOKIE DOUGH ONTO THE TRAY MAKE SURE EACH DOLLOP IS AROUND THREE INCHES APART "AKE FOR AROUND MINUTES OR UNTIL THE EDGES OF THE COOKIES ARE DRY

G SELF RAISING mOUR TSP BAKING POWDER TBSP CASTER SUGAR ML MILK EGG LIGHTLY BEATEN TBSP BUTTER

#ANADIAN 0ANCAKES )T S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN BUT INSTEAD OF CREPES WHY NOT TRY THIS AWESOME

-IX THE mOUR BAKING POWDER SALT AND CASTER SUGAR IN A LARGE BOWL )N A NON STICK PAN MELT THE BUTTER n DON T LET IT BURN )N ANOTHER BOWL WHISK TOGETH ER THE MILK AND EGG THEN WHISK IN THE MELTED BUTTER 0OUR THE WET MIXTURE INTO THE DRY MIXTURE "EAT UNTIL YOU HAVE A SMOOTH BATTER AND LET IT STAND FOR A FEW MIN UTES (EAT A LITTLE OIL IN A NON STICK FRYING PAN !DD ONE LADLE OR A COU PLE OF LARGE SPOONFULS OF BATTER TO THE PAN n IT WILL SEEM VERY THICK BUT THIS IS HOW IT SHOULD BE !FTER ABOUT A MINUTE OR WHEN YOU CAN SEE THE TOP OF THE PANCAKE START TO BUBBLE mIP IT OVER AND COOK UNTIL GOLDEN 4HE PAN CAKE SHOULD BE ABOUT CM THICK &OR A TRUE #ANADIAN TWIST SERVE WITH BA CON SAUSAGES AND LASHINGS OF MAPLE SYRUP 3UE 4ALLIN

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6ODPOUSPMMFE 1PQVMBUJPO (SPXUI 0VU PG )BOE %NVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ALL STEM FROM ONE MAJOR PROBLEM 7HEN THERE ARE ENOUGH RESOURCES EVERYBODY IS RICH AND HAPPY 7HEN THERE ARE NOT THE CRACKS BEGIN TO SHOW +AYLEIGH ,AWRENCE REPORTS ON THE STATUS QUO AND HOW IT MUST CHANGE $URING THE TH CENTURY THE ADVANCES MADE BY THE HUMAN RACE WERE PHE NOMENAL )N TERMS OF TECHNOLOGY ECONOMIC GROWTH AND SOCIAL EQUALITY THE WORLD S SITUATION IMPROVED DRASTI CALLY 7ITH THIS CAME HUGE MILESTONES IN HUMAN HISTORY -EDICAL ADVANCES IMPROVED SANITATION AND A RISE IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION MEANT AN IN CREASED QUALITY OF LIFE FOR MANY AND CONSEQUENTLY RAPID GROWTH IN THE HU MAN POPULATION WHICH DOUBLED DUR ING ALONE FROM BILLION TO BILLION &ROM THESE FACTS YOU COULD ARGUE THAT WE HAVE BECOME A VERY SUCCESSFUL RACE HOWEVER HAVE WE NOW BECOME TOO TRIUMPHANT .ATURAL RESOURCES ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY UNDER PRES SURE BECAUSE THE %ARTH SIMPLY CANNOT SUPPORT SUCH LARGE NUMBERS OF PEO PLE 4HIS YEAR THE WORLD POPULATION IS ESTIMATED AT BILLION PEOPLE WITH

FUTURE PREDICTIONS FROM THE 5. SUG GESTING THAT NUMBERS WILL INCREASE TO ALMOST BILLION BY -ANY FAST GROWING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES CONSUME RESOURCES MUCH QUICKER THEN THEY CAN RESTORE THEM #OUPLED WITH A BURGEONING NEED TO IMPROVE LIVING STANDARDS THE BIGGEST QUESTION CONFRONTING SUSTAINABILITY IS THAT IF WE CONTINUE TO EXPLOIT NATURE TO MEET PRESENT NEEDS ARE WE DEVAS TATING THE RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE 7E ARE ALL NOW AWARE OF OUR RESPONSIBIL ITY TO REDUCE WASTEFUL CONSUMPTION IN ORDER TO SAVE OUR FRAGILE PLANET BUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ENVIRON MENT AND POPULATION GROWTH STILL RE MAINS COMPLEX )RONICALLY MEDICAL ADVANCES LEAD ING TO LONGER LIFE EXPECTANCY HAVE CAUSED UNCONTROLLED POPULATION GROWTH WHICH IS HAVING DISASTROUS EF FECTS ON PUBLIC HEALTH THROUGH POLLU

TION 7ITH MORE PEOPLE LIVING ON THE PLANET THERE IS MORE WATER AND AIR POL LUTION AND PRESENTLY MILLION PEOPLE DIE ANNUALLY FROM THIS ALONE 7E ALSO HAVE TO BE CONCERNED WHETHER THERE WILL BE ENOUGH FOOD AVAILABLE FOR EVE RYONE AS POPULATION PRESSURES LEAD TO GREATER DEGRADATION OF LAND 4HIS WILL DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE LAND FOR AGRICULTURE LIMITING OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE FOR OUR EMERGENT NEED 4HE 5. STATES THAT THE WORLD POPULATION IS GROWING FASTER THEN FOOD SUPPLIES AND WE ARE OVER THE CARRYING CAPACITY OF THE %ARTH 0OPULATION GROWTH ALSO AFFECTS THE GLOBE IN A NUMBER OF OTHER ENVIRON MENTAL SECTORS INCLUDING FRESHWATER SUPPLY FOREST AND OCEAN DEPLETION BIODIVERSITY AND THE ONE WE ARE PER HAPS MOST CONCERNED WITH CURRENTLY CLIMATE CHANGE $EMAND FOR FRESH WATER IS BOOMING ALONGSIDE POPULA TION AS USE PER CAPITA IS ON THE RISE )F TRENDS IN POPULATION GROWTH CONTINUE AT THE SAME PACE BILLION PEOPLE FACE SHORTAGES BY /CEAN ECOSYSTEMS ARE UNDER CONSTANT THREAT FROM WORLD POPULATION GROWTH NOT ONLY THROUGH POLLUTION BUT FROM lSHERIES BEING OVEREXPLOITED IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN OUR NEEDS 4HE SAME STORY CAN BE SEEN IN THE %ARTH S FORESTS WHERE THE DEMAND FOR FOREST PRODUCTS EXCEEDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT BY )N ADDITION TO THIS BIODIVERSITY ON THE PLANET IS CRU

CIAL FOR THE CONTINUED VITALITY OF LIFE BUT WITH CONTINUOUS POPULATION PRES SURES IT IS ESTIMATED THAT TWO THIRDS OF THE WORLD S SPECIES MAY BE HEADING FOR EXTINCTION 4HE MOST PUBLICISED THREAT TO THE WORLD COMES FROM CLI MATE CHANGE 7E HAVE BEEN ASKED TO REDUCE OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMIS SIONS IN ORDER TO COUNTER THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE BUT THIS IS A FEEBLE ENDEAVOUR IF THE POPULATION CONTIN UES TO ESCALATE AND OUR EFFORTS REMAIN NEGLIGIBLE 7HILST THIS HAS ALL SOUNDED QUITE PESSIMISTIC SO FAR SCIENTISTS ARE MAIN TAINING THAT THE POPULATION CAN BE CONTROLLED SO THAT OVERUSE AND OVER

iɨF IVNBO QPQVMBUJPO EPV CMFE EVSJOH BMPOF GSPN CJMMJPO UP CJMMJPOw EXPLOITATION CAN BE MINIMIZED AND EVEN PREVENTED 4HIS WILL REQUIRE A GLOBAL EFFORT TAKING ACTION TOWARDS ENCOURAGING A MORE SUSTAINABLE WAY OF LIVING AND ALSO BY PROVIDING SOCIAL SUPPORT VIA SPECIAL PROGRAMS SUCH AS FAMILY PLANNING PROMOTING SEX EDU CATION AND THE USE OF CONTRACEPTION

!NOTHER AREA GOVERNMENTS ARE HOPING TO ADDRESS IS POVERTY !LTHOUGH THE PROPORTION OF PEOPLE LIVING IN POV ERTY IS FALLING THE ABSOLUTE NUMBER CONTINUES TO RISE BECAUSE OF POPULA TION GROWTH 0OVERTY PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AS IT CAN EN COURAGE OVEREXPLOITATION BY OFFERING PEOPLE NO CHOICE IN HOW THEY CHOOSE TO SURVIVE 3OME OF YOU MIGHT DISAGREE AND ARGUE THAT IT GOES AGAINST BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS TO TRY TO CONTROL THE WORLD POP ULATION AND THIS IS CERTAINLY THE VIEW OF SOME ENVIRONMENTALISTS BUT POP ULATION SIZE AND GROWTH GOES HAND IN HAND WITH ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND CANNOT BE SIMPLY IGNORED 7E HAVE CREATED A GROWING SOCIETY WITH A VERY HIGH STANDARD OF LIVING AND PERHAPS THE BIGGEST GLOBAL CHALLENGE NOW FAC ING US IS HOW TO PROVIDE FOR EVERYONE WITHOUT DESTROYING THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE ALL RELY SO HEAVILY UPON

%BSXJO T UI #JSUIEBZ .BSSFE CZ ǰSFBUT UP (BMBQBHPT *AKE -AXWELL 7ATTS 4URF %DITOR )T IS IRONIC THAT THE ISLANDS THAT IN SPIRED #HARLES $ARWIN S STROKE OF GENIUS AND THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION ARE BEING THREATENED BY THE FUNDA MENTALS OF THAT VERY THEORY 4WO HUN DRED YEARS AFTER HIS BIRTH THE ISLANDS HAVE BECOME SO FAMOUS THAT TOURISM IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY DESTRUCTIVE AND THREATENING TO THE VERY ECOSYS TEMS THAT WERE SO UNIQUE WHEN (-3 "EAGLE lRST LANDED IN -ORE THAN PEOPLE VISIT THE ISLANDS EVERY YEAR UP FROM IN AND ALTHOUGH IT S COMMEND ABLE THAT THE MODERN HUMAN HAS AN INTEREST IN THE ANCIENT A lRST HAND APPRECIATION IS UNLIKELY TO BE SO READ ILY AVAILABLE IN FUTURE !NDREW -ARR THE 0RESIDENT OF THE 'ALAPAGOS #ON SERVATION 4RUST SAID THAT TO PROTECT

REMAINING SPECIES TOURISTS SHOULD BE RESTRICTED TO ONE VISIT TO THE ISLANDS IN A LIFETIME 4HIS MAY SOUND HARSH BUT TAKE AS AN EXAMPLE THE OLDEST RESIDENT OF THE ISLANDS n ,ONESOME 'EORGE

!S HIS NAME MAY SUGGEST POOR 'EORGE IS INDEED LONESOME BE ING THE LAST REMAINING SURVIVOR OF HIS SUBSPECIES OF GIANT TORTOISE 4HE FRAGILE ECOSYSTEM OF THE 'ALAPAGOS IS

WHAT MAKES IT SUCH A UNIQUE PLACE BUT SINCE TOURISTS HAVE BEEN mOCKING TO APPRECIATE ITS WONDERS THERE HAS BEEN A SURGE IN CONSTRUCTION OF HO TELS AND ATTRACTIONS 4HE MORE PEOPLE THAT VISIT SUCH A PLACE THE MORE RISK THERE IS OF CONTAMINATION AND BY THERE WERE A RECORDED AL IEN SPECIES LIVING THERE PRESUMABLY BROUGHT IN BY VISITING TOURISTS /F THE SPECIES OFlCIALLY RESIDING ON THE ISLANDS ARE ENDANGERED OR CRITI CALLY ENDANGERED AND HAVE BEEN DECLARED VULNERABLE 3IR $AVID !TTENBOROUGH THE WELL KNOWN PRESENTER OF PROGRAMS SUCH AS "LUE 0LANET AND 0LANET %ARTH SAID h7E CAN SCREW UP THE 'ALAPAGOS IN THE WAY THAT WE CAN VERY EASILY SCREW UP THE WHOLE PLANET x THESE ISLANDS ARE AN EXAMPLE A PARABLE FOR HOW WE TREAT THE NATURAL WORLD v 4O lLL IN THOSE WHO ARE UNFAMIL

IAR WITH THE DETAILS OF $ARWIN S DIS COVERY HE WAS ALREADY AN EMINENT NATURALIST IN THE SCIENTIlC COMMUNI TY WHEN HE SET OFF ON A lVE YEAR VOY AGE ON THE (-3 "EAGLE WHICH TOOK HIM TO THE 'ALAPAGOS ARCHIPELAGO OFF THE COAST OF %CUADOR 3OUTH !MERICA 7HILST EXPLORING THE ISLANDS HE MADE MANY RECORDS AND FOUND MANY FOS SILS BUT THE ONE KEY lNDING WAS THAT A SPECIES OF BIRD APPEARED TO BE DIF FERENT FROM LOCATION TO LOCATION )T LED HIM TO SPECULATE THAT PERHAPS IT

WAS CHANGING DUE TO THE DEMANDS OF ITS ENVIRONMENT &ROM THIS SIMPLE OBSERVATION DEVELOPED HIS THEORY OF EVOLUTION AND THE /RIGIN OF THE 3PE CIES WAS PUBLISHED IN )F YOU RE INTERESTED IN THIS PRE CIOUS ARCHIPELAGO AND THE MAN WHO MADE IT FAMOUS THE ""# IS YOUR BEST SOURCE !NDREW -ARR WILL BE PRESENT ING A SERIES IN -ARCH CHARTING THE FA MOUS VOYAGE AND THE DISCOVERIES THAT LED TO $ARWIN S GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO MODERN SCIENCE

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$ANIELLE *ORDAN CHATS TO THE MAN WHO IS PRESIDENT OF 5%! 6OLLEYBALL #LUB AND WHO SHARES HIS NAME WITH NOBODY ELSE

VARYING SCALE OF HOW SERIOUS YOU CAN TAKE IT AND STILL PLAY TO QUITE A HIGH STANDARD )T IS A FUN SPORT TO PLAY $O YOU HAVE A VOLLEYBALL IDOL .OT REALLY 4HERE AREN T THAT MANY FA MOUS VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS THAT ) KNOW OF )F ) WAS TO IDOLISE SOMEONE THOUGH IT WOULD BE A BEACH VOLLEYBALL PRO

4ELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF ) AM A THIRD YEAR STUDYING SOCIETY CULTURE AND MEDIA ) AM THE PRESI DENT OF VOLLEYBALL AND ) COACH THE BEGINNERS 7HAT INTERESTING FACT CAN YOU TELL US ) AM THE ONLY -AX !SKWITHx EVER

$O YOU PLAY ANY OTHER SPORTS ) PLAY QUITE A LOT OF SQUASH !LSO ) AM PART OF :IGGURAT SO ) GET TO PLAY A DIFFERENT SPORT EVERY WEEK WHICH IS NICE

7HEN DID YOU REALISE THAT YOU WERE GOOD AT VOLLEYBALL AND WHAT MADE YOU START PLAYING ) DIDN T REALISE THAT ) WAS GOOD AT VOL LEYBALL UNTIL ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO ) lRST STARTED PLAYING WHEN ) WAS ABOUT AND ) WAS PRETTY RUBBISH FOR ABOUT lVE YEARS 4HEN ) CAME TO UNI AND ) BECAME MORE SERIOUS ABOUT IT ) GOT INTO IT BECAUSE MY FRIEND USED TO PLAY AND DECIDED TO GO ALONG WITH HIM ONE DAY

4ELL US A BIT ABOUT THE 5%! 6OLLEY BALL #LUB 7E RE A CLUB OF ABOUT PEOPLE WITH ABOUT FRESHER BEGINNERS WHO ARE DOING REALLY WELL )T IS A POPULAR CLUB AND HAS GROWN QUITE A LOT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS )T IS A VERY SOCIABLE CLUB WE HAVE SOCIALS EVERY TWO WEEKS 7E MEET ON 7EDNESDAYS PM

7HAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT VOLLEYBALL

WHICH MAKES IT DIFFERENT TO OTHER SPORTS 7ELL YOU CAN PLAY IT IN QUITE A RELAXED

ENVIRONMENT LIKE ON THE BEACH AND THAT S QUITE FUN OR YOU CAN PLAY IT RE ALLY COMPETITIVELY INDOORS 4HERE IS A

7HAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO A FRESHER WHO HAS NEVER PLAYED BE

FORE BUT WANTS TO GET INVOLVED 7ELL SEEING AS ) AM THE COACH OF THE BEGINNERS ) WOULD SUGGEST THAT THEY COME ALONG TO A BEGINNER S SESSION AND JUST BE PATIENT WITH YOURSELF BE CAUSE IT DOES TAKE A LOT OF TIME TO GET GOOD )F YOU WERE ONLY ALLOWED TO PLAY ONE SPORT AND WATCH ONE SPORT WHICH WOULD YOU CHOOSE ) WOULD DElNITELY PLAY VOLLEYBALL BE CAUSE IT IS THE ONLY SPORT WHICH ) AM HALF DECENT AT ) WOULD WATCH FOOT BALL AS ) COULDN T GIVE THAT UP 7HO WOULD YOU PLACE YOUR MONEY ON TO WIN THE 0REMIER LEAGUE THIS SEASON $ElNITELY #HELSEA ) CAN DElNITELY SEE THEM PULLING IT BACK 7HO IS YOUR SPORTING ICON (ULL #ITY CAPTAIN )AN !SHBEE FORMER #AMBRIDGE 5NITED PLAYER IN THE DAYS WHEN ) HELD A SEASON TICKET AT 5NIT ED BECAUSE HE HAS PROVED HIMSELF TO BE A TOP mIGHT PLAYER EVEN THOUGH HE STARTED IN $IVISION 4HREE

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;JHHVSBU .BLFT B 3BDLFU !NDREW 4ALBOT 3PORTS 2EPORTER 4HE LATEST LEG OF THE :IGGURAT #HALLENGE SAW STUDENTS TAKE TO THE 3PORTSPARK SQUASH COURTS TO DO BAT TLE ON BEHALF OF THEIR SCHOOLS -IS LEADINGLY THE SPORT WAS NOT SQUASH BUT RACKET BALL n AN EVENT MAKING ITS DEBUT THIS TERM &OR THOSE UNFAMILIAR WITH RACKET BALL IT IS SIMPLY SQUASH WITH A LARGER RACKET AND A TENNIS SIZED BALL 0OINTS ARE ACCUMULATED VIA THE !MERICAN SCORING SYSTEM MEANING YOU CAN SCORE A POINT WHETHER SERVING OR NOT #ONCRETE HAD ATTENDED THE CON TEST ANTICIPATING HEALTHY LEVELS OF INTER SCHOOL RIVALRY AND WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED (OWEVER ANY OVER ZEALOUS ELEMENTS OF COMPETITIVENESS WERE KEPT lRMLY IN CHECK BY A STRONG UNDERCURRENT OF SPORTSMANSHIP AND GENERALLY GOOD VIBES ,EVELS OF PERFORMANCE AND SKILL

WERE DIVERSE &ROM OUR POSITION IN THE STANDS WE SAW EXQUISITE SHOT MAKING AND ERRATIC mY SWATTING IN EQUAL MEASURE 7ITH A SIX MINUTE TIME LIMIT PUT ON EACH GAME YOU COULD BE FORGIVEN FOR EXPECTING THE SCORE TO HAVE BEEN LOW 9ET SIX MIN UTES WAS TIME ENOUGH FOR THE MALE

i.BOZ PG UIF NBUDIFT XFSF WFSZ DMPTFMZ GPVHIU BOE UIF TJ[F PG UIF CBMM BMMPXFE GPS TPNF FQJD SBMMJFTw -ATHS REPRESENTATIVE A SQUASH TEAM MEMBER TO ADMINISTER A MAULING TO HIS 03) COUNTERPART AS WAS IT SUFlCIENT FOR A FEMALE FACE OFF BETWEEN 03) AND !(0 TO GO RIGHT TO THE WIRE AT -ANY OF THE MATCHES WERE VERY CLOSELY FOUGHT AND THE SIZE OF THE BALL ALLOWED FOR

SOME EPIC RALLIES 4HE lNAL RESULTS ARE YET TO BE POSTED ON THE 3PORTSPARK NOTICE BOARD BUT EARLY RESULTS INDICATE THAT ")/ AND -%$ LOOK TO HAVE REDUCED THE DElCIT ON %.6 AT THE TOP OF THE STANDINGS WHILST -ATHS APPEAR TO HAVE GIVEN THEMSELVES EVERY CHANCE OF A LATE SURGE UP THE TABLE !FTER THE COMPETITION #ONCRETE CORNERED SQUASH lRST TEAM MEMBER %D 7ALLER AND ASKED HIM WHAT HE THOUGHT ABOUT THE CURRENT STATE OF HIS SPORT (E ADMITTED THAT h)T IS NO LONG ER THE @ S n THE SHAPELY MOUSTACHES AND SYNCH SOLOS ARE A DISTANT MEMO RY AND IT IS UNLIKELY SQUASH WILL EVER REGAIN THE POPULARITY IT ENJOYED DUR ING THAT DECADE h"UT IT IS REALLY PLEASING TO SEE SO MANY FRESH FACES ON THE COURTS AL BEIT PLAYING RACKET BALL 4HAT IS THE BEAUTY OF THE :IGGURAT CHALLENGE n IT BRINGS PEOPLE INTO CONTACT WITH SPORTS THEY MIGHT NEVER HAVE CONSID

ERED PLAYING v )F YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVED CON

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-FHFOET 3FVOJUF BT 8FTUFSOFST 8JO "MM 4UBS 8FFLFOE 2OB 3CHATTEN 3PORTS 2EPORTER /NE WEEK AFTER THE .&, DISPLAYED ITS lNEST TALENT IN THE RD 3UPER "OWL IN -IAMI IT WAS THE ."! S TURN TO ENTERTAIN THE WORLD WITH THE !LL 3TAR 7EEKEND IN 0HOENIX HELD OVER 6AL ENTINE S WEEKEND 4HIS LIKE THE 3UPER "OWL IS AN EVENT RICH IN TRADITION 4HERE HAS BEEN AN !LL 3TAR 'AME ANNUALLY SINCE AND IN THE LAST THIRTY A RANGE OF OTHER EVENTS HAS BEEN ADD ED TO THE SCHEDULE .OW THE !LL 3TAR 'AME HELD BETWEEN TWO FANTASY ROSTERS FROM THE %ASTERN AND 7EST ERN #ONFERENCES IS THE CENTREPIECE OF A WEEKEND OF FESTIVITIES 4HE lRST MAJOR EVENT TO BE ADDED TO THE LINE UP WAS THE 3LAM $UNK #ONTEST WHICH lRST TOOK PLACE IN AND HAS BEEN HOME TO SOME OF THE MOST ATHLETIC CHARISMATIC DUNK ARTISTS IN THE LEAGUE /VER THE YEARS IT HAS CREATED LEGENDS n *ULIUS %RVING $OMINIQUE 7ILKINS AND -ICHAEL *ORDAN AMONG THEM SAW THE EMERGENCE OF $WIGHT @3UPERMAN (OWARD /RLANDO WHO WAS BACK TO DEFEND HIS CROWN AGAIN IN "UT THIS YEAR AFTER *2 3MITH $ENVER AND 2UDY &ERNANDEZ 0ORT LAND HAD BEEN ELIMINATED THE v (OWARD WAS AMBUSHED BY

CHAMPION .ATE 2OBINSON .EW 9ORK AT v ONE OF THE SMALLEST PLAYERS IN THE ."! WHO LITERALLY JUMPED OVER (OWARD ON THE WAY TO SEALING THE TITLE ,ARRY "IRD "OSTON #ELTICS LEGEND AND THREE TIME 4HREE 0OINT 3HOOTOUT WINNER WAS IN THE BUILDING TO WATCH

THE 3HOOTOUT AS 4ORONTO SWINGMAN *ASON +APONO AIMED TO MATCH "IRD S THREE TITLES +APONO AT LEAST LASTED THROUGH THE lRST ROUND WHICH SAW -IKE $ANNY 'RANGER "IBBY !TLANTA )NDIANA AND 2OGER -ASON 3AN !NTONIO KNOCKED OUT BUT HE WAS

UNABLE TO lND HIS RHYTHM AND EVEN TUALLY lNISHED THIRD OVERALL !HEAD OF HIM -IAMI GUARD $AEQUAN #OOK MADE HIS LAST FOUR SHOTS TO TIE WITH 2ASHARD ,EWIS /RLANDO BEFORE COMFORTABLY SEALING THE TITLE WITH A COMPETITION HIGH POINTS OUT OF IN THE TIE BREAKER !LSO INCORPORATED INTO THE !LL 3TAR 7EEKEND IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IS THE ."! $EVELOPMENTAL ,EAGUE WHICH HOLDS ITS OWN 4HREE 0OINT 3HOOTOUT $UNK #ONTEST AND !LL 3TAR 'AME 4HIS YEAR S EVENTS WERE A TALE OF TWO STARS AS *AMES 7HITE !NA HEIM DOMINATED THE $UNK #ONTEST AND "LAKE !HEARN $AKOTA lRED HIS WAY TO THE 4HREE 0OINT TITLE ,ATER !HEARN S 2ED TEAM OUTLASTED 7HITE S "LUE SQUAD IN THE $ ,EAGUE !LL 3TAR 'AME FOR A VICTORY %VEN AS THE HISTORY OF !LL 3TAR 7EEKEND HAS EVOLVED IT STILL ROTATES AROUND THE !LL 3TAR 'AME ITSELF 4HE TH !LL 3TAR 'AME WAS FULL OF STO RIES n HOMETOWN FAVOURITE AND 7EST FORWARD !MARÏ 3TOUDAMIRE WAS SUR ROUNDED BY TRADE RUMOURS AND THE 7EST SQUAD ALSO FEATURED THE POIGN ANT REUNION FOR ONE GAME ONLY OF LEGENDS 3HAQUILLE / .EAL AND +OBE "RYANT FORMER TEAMMATES AT THE ,OS !NGELES ,AKERS WHERE THEY WON ."! #HAMPIONSHIPS IN

AND -OREOVER THE PAIR WERE COACHED BY 0HIL *ACKSON n THE ,AK ERS COACH DURING THAT GOLDEN SPELL 0ERHAPS lTTINGLY "RYANT AND / .EAL WERE THE OUTSTANDING PLAYERS OF THE GAME "RYANT LED ALL SCORERS WITH POINTS WHILE / .EAL RACKED UP SEVERAL HIGHLIGHTS ON HIS WAY TO POINTS IN JUST MINUTES 4HE 7EST ALSO GOT BIG CONTRIBUTIONS FROM GUARDS "RANDON 2OY 0ORTLAND AND #HRIS 0AUL .EW /RLEANS AND HAD SEVEN PLAYERS SCORE IN DOUBLE lG URES 4HE %AST WERE LED BY ,E"RON *AMES #LEVELAND WHO HAD HELP FROM "OSTON S @"IG 4HREE OF +EVIN 'ARNETT 2AY !LLEN AND 0AUL 0IERCE BUT THEY COULDN T COMPETE WITH THE SIZE OF THE 7EST SQUAD WHICH FEA TURED lVE SEVEN FOOTERS !S A RESULT THE 7EST SCORED ALMOST AT EASE AND THE GAME WAS NEVER REALLY CLOSE AND THE 7EST CAME AWAY WITH A VICTORY 4HE ATTENTION NOW SHIFTS TO THE FUTURE AND NEXT YEAR S !LL 3TAR 7EEK END IN $ALLAS 3OME FANS WILL TELL YOU THAT THE $UNK #ONTEST AND THE 4HREE 0OINT 3HOOTOUT HAVE WORK TO DO REVIVING SOME LOST DRAMA OTHERS DISAGREE AND ARE ALREADY COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS UNTIL THE FUN BEGINS AGAIN "UT THEN THE ."! HAS ALWAYS DIVIDED OPINIONS

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"UIMFUJDT )BT "CFS JMMJBOU 8FFLFOE *ENNIE (UNT 3PORTS 2EPORTER 4HE RECENT WINTERY CONDITIONS CAUSED WIDESPREAD PANIC AND DIS RUPTION ACROSS THE NATION BUT FAILED TO STOP THE 5%! CROSS COUNTRY TEAM FROM IMPRESSING AGAINST THE HARDIEST OF "RITISH UNIVERSITIES 4HE CONlDENT TEAM HAD A BATTLE JUST TO MAKE IT TO !BERDEEN AFTER SET TING OFF FROM 5%! AT AM ON THE &RI DAY THEY SUFFERED A BLOWOUT ON THE MOTORWAY AS THEY ENTERED 3COTLAND ,UCKILY HANDY MAN AND FRESHER 2I CHARD (ENDERSON JUMPED AT THE OP PORTUNITY TO GET HIS HANDS DIRTY 4HE ONLY DISAPPOINTING PART OF THE WEEKEND WAS WHEN AN OFlCIAL FROM "5#3 PHONED AT PM TO CAN CEL THE FOLLOWING DAY S RACES )T WAS TOO LATE TO TURN BACK OR CANCEL THE HOTEL AND WITH THE PROM ISE OF A a CARVERY AND AN UNOF lCIAL RACE BEING PLOTTED OUR BRAVE VOLUNTEER DRIVER 2OB 2EADING CON TINUED NORTHWARD THROUGH THE BLIZ

ZARD 4HE FOLLOWING DAY SAW A HUGE

SNOWBALL lGHT AT THE ABANDONED "5#3 COURSE AND AN UNOFlCIAL RACE

TOOK PLACE IN EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW -ANY UNIVERSITIES WERE IN THE SAME

POSITION AS US WITH OVER MEN AND WOMEN STARTING THE COURSE 5%! S NEW KIT SHONE OUT FROM THE LIKES OF #AMBRIDGE /XFORD "RUNEL AND ,OUGHBOROUGH /UR VERY OWN ACCOUNTANT #HRIS -ARWOOD *OHNSON CALCULATED 5%! AS lNISHING TH IN THE WOMEN S EVENT AND TH OVERALL IN THE MEN S EVENT !ND IF THAT WASN T ENOUGH THE TEAM HEADED FOR THE BEACH FOR MORE RUNNING TOBOGGANING AND EVEN SOME SUNBATHING 4HE OFlCIAL AF TER PARTY WAS STILL HELD AND 5%! EMBRACED THE FANCY DRESS THEME PRE EMPTING THE FOLLOWING ,#2 AND GOING AS /!0S !FTER A SAFE BUT LONG JOURNEY HOME THE CLUB ARE DETERMINED TO PROVE THEIR STRENGTH IN THE lNAL CROSS COUNTRY lXTURES OF THE SEASON AS THEY PREPARE FOR THE "5#3 )NDOOR 4 & #HAMPIONSHIPS 4HEY WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK 2OB AGAIN FOR VOLUNTEERING HIS DRIV ING SKILLS AND HAVING TO PUT UP WITH A BUS FULL OF LOUD SMELLY RUNNERS

6&" 4MJQ VQ "HBJOTU 4DSVQVMPVT 4UBąPSETIJSF $ANNY #OLLINS 3PORTS 2EPORTER ! SPIRITED DISPLAY FROM THE 5%! -EN S 2UGBY ND 86 COULD NOT PRE VENT DEFEAT AGAINST A STRONG 3TAFFORD SHIRE ND 86 TEAM AT #OLNEY ,ANE ON 7EDNESDAY &ACING OPPOSITION THAT HAD ONLY TASTED DEFEAT ONCE PREVIOUSLY THIS SEASON 5%! FACED A TOUGH MATCH AGAINST THE PROMOTION CHASING 3TAFFS SIDE AND DESPITE MATCHING THEIR OP POSITION FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE GAME FOUND THEMSELVES ON THE END OF A SCORE LINE THAT DID NOT TRULY REmECT THE BALANCE OF PLAY !N INDISCRETION FROM THE 5%! PACK ALLOWED 3TAFFS TO IMMEDIATELY OPEN THE SCORING WITH A PENALTY IN THE OPENING MINUTES BUT THE FOLLOW ING PRESSURE WAS SOAKED UP ADMIRA BLY BY A PLUCKY 5%! DEFENCE UNTIL THE RESISTANCE WAS BROKEN ON MINUTES WHEN 3TAFFS RAN IN FOR THE lRST TRY OF THE GAME AND SLOTTED OVER THE SUBSE QUENT CONVERSION !FTER A SLOW START 5%! BECAME INCREASINGLY PROMINENT IN POSSESSION AND WERE REWARDED AT THE HALF HOUR MARK WHEN FORWARD *OE 2ICHES DIVED OVER AFTER GREAT FORWARD PLAY WHICH

SAW THE 5%! PACK CAMPED ON THE 3TAFFS TRY LINE 4HE RESULTING CONVER SION WAS SENT NARROWLY WIDE BY mY HALF !NDREW 3EATON 7HILE 3TAFFS HAD THE BETTER OF THE SCRUM 5%! TROUNCED THEIR OPPONENTS IN THE LINE OUT WITH SECOND ROW /L

LIE "ELL AND HIS PACK SEEMINGLY TURN ING OVER BALL AT THE THROW AT WILL )T WAS THIS DOMINANCE AT THE LINE OUT THAT GAVE SCRUM HALF AND CAPTAIN $ANIEL 7OODWARD THE CONlDENCE TO KICK FOR TOUCH OFTEN AS HIS TEAM PILED ON PRESSURE IN THE OPPOSITION S

4HEY COULD NOT HOWEVER lND THE CLINICAL lNISHING NEEDED TO GRAB A SECOND TRY AND WOULD HAVE BEEN DIS APPOINTED TO GO INTO THE BREAK DOWN 5%! CARRIED THEIR MOMENTUM THROUGH TO THE SECOND HALF BUT WERE

UNDONE BY A SUPERB SOLO RUN FROM THE 3TAFFS mY HALF WHO ADDED ANOTHER TO HIS TALLY TEN MINUTES LATER TO LEAVE 5%! FACING AN UPHILL TASK )NDISCIPLINE AT THE BREAKDOWN FROM BOTH SIDES LED TO TWO PLAYERS BE ING SENT TO THE SIN BIN FROM EACH SIDE AS THE GAME LOST ITS mUENCY AND 3TAFFS BEGAN TO GAIN THE UPPER HAND !NTHO NY ,YONS BELIED THE RUN OF PLAY HOW EVER AS HE MADE SEVERAL DARTING RUNS FROM FULL BACK AND LOOKED THE MOST DANGEROUS 5%! PLAYER 4HE GAME SLIPPED FURTHER FROM 5%! S GRASP AS -ATTHEW (AVERS AND TRY SCORER 2ITCHES WERE BROUGHT OFF IN JURED LEAVING THE TEAM WITH ONLY MEN ON THE PITCH FOR THE lNAL QUARTER OF THE MATCH 4HIS DISADVANTAGE HELPED 3TAFFS TAKE CONTROL OF THE GAME AND THEY RAN IN A FURTHER THREE TRIES TO HAND A DEFEAT TO 5%! WHO BY NO MEANS WERE OUTCLASSED BY A WELL DRILLED UNIT WHO HAD ONLY BEEN BEATEN ONCE THIS SEASON 4HE DEFEAT LEAVES 5%! MID TABLE IN THE -IDLAND S #ONFERENCE " AND WITH PLENTY TO PLAY FOR IN THE END OF SEASON RUN IN THE TEAM SHOULD TAKE CONlDENCE FROM AN ENCOURAGING PER FORMANCE AGAINST A STRONG OPPOSITION