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SURE THAT YOU RE BEING CAREFUL &OLLOW SOME BASIC SAFETY PRECAUTIONS LOCK YOUR WINDOWS DON T WALK ALONE AT NIGHT EVEN ON CAMPUS AND CARRY AN ATTACK ALARM 7HILE THERE S NO NEED TO WEAR A BULLET PROOF VEST EVERY TIME YOU LEAVE THE SANCTUARY OF YOUR ROOM A LITTLE CAUTION GOES A LONG WAY v 4HE 5NION WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT ATTACK ALARMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR ONLY a FROM 5NION (OUSE 2ECEPTION SHOULD YOU WISH TO
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$AN 9OUMANS 2EPORTER ,AST 4UESDAY THE 5NION S FOUR SABBATICAL OFlCERS AND lVE 5%! STUDENTS TOOK PART IN THE .53 'REAT ,OBBY OF 0ARLIAMENT REGARDING THE IM MINENT REVIEW OF THE WAY IN WHICH (IGHER %DUCATION (% IS FUNDED !BOUT A HUNDRED STUDENTS AND 5NION OFlCERS CAME TO GETHER IN CENTRAL ,ONDON FOR A BRIElNG AND 1 ! SESSION BE FORE PROCEEDING TO MEET WITH AS MANY MEMBERS OF PARLIA MENT AS THEY COULD REGARDING (% FUNDING AND THEN GOING ON TO VARIOUS DEBATES FEATUR ING POLITICIANS SUCH AS $AVID
"LUNKETT 4HE .53 NEW PROPOSAL SIGNIlES A MOVEMENT TOWARDS A @'RADUATE 4AX MODEL WITH GRADUATES CONTRIBUTING TO THE COST OF (% VIA A PROGRESSIVE SYSTEM OF INCOME TAXATION THE MORE YOU EARN THE MORE YOU PAY 4HIS WOULD DECOUPLE THE AMOUNT STUDENTS RECEIVE AND THE AMOUNT THEY PAY BACK 4HIS ,OBBY COMES AFTER REPORTS THAT IN AN ANONYMOUS SURVEY NUMEROUS UNIVERSITY 6ICE #HANCELLORS SPOKE OUT IN FAVOUR OF A RAISED CAP ON TUI TION FEES SEE STORY PAGE )T IS ARGUED THAT THIS MOVE WOULD INTRODUCE AN UNACCEPTABLE DE GREE OF MARKETISATION INTO THE
UNIVERSITY SECTOR WITH UNIVER SITIES USING THE PRICE MECHA NISM TO ATTRACT STUDENTS AND APPLICANTS BEING PRESSURED TO APPLY TO CHEAP RATHER THAN SUITABLE UNIVERSITIES 4HUS THE .53 ,OBBY BROUGHT STUDENTS AND THEIR -0S TOGETHER AND ATTEMPTED TO AUGMENT THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES ON %ARLY $AY -O TION A KIND OF PETITION FOR 0ARLIAMENT THAT RAISES AT TENTION OF A PARTICULAR ISSUE WHICH ARGUES FOR THE IMMI NENT REVIEW TO BE WIDE RANG ING AND FOR THE .53 TO BE A CENTRAL PART OF SUCH A REVIEW ! REASONABLE AMOUNT OF SUC CESS WAS MADE HERE WITH MORE -0S SIGNING FOLLOWING
THE LOBBY -ORE WIDELY LOBBY ISTS SPOKE OF THEIR VIEWS OF THE CURRENT SYSTEM AND REASONS FOR WHY THIS REVIEW SHOULD BE USED TO MOVE TOWARDS A MORE JUST FUNDING ARRANGEMENT 4HE 5%! GROUP MET THE -0 FOR .ORWICH .ORTH FORMER $EAN OF "IOLOGY AT 5%! )AN 'IBSON PICTURED AND DIS CUSSED THE IMPACT OF A RAISED CAP ON 5%! STUDENTS AND HOW THE CAMPAIGNING MAY BE CAR RIED FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE &IGHTING FEES IS GOING TO REMAIN A CENTRAL CAMPAIGN FOR THE 5NION OF 5%! 3TUDENTS AND THE %XECUTIVE OFlCERS ARE KEEN TO ENCOURAGE STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN EVENTS LIKE THIS AS WELL AS ONES CLOSER TO
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$BNQBJHO BOE 3FQSFTFOUBUJPO )VC UP HP UP 7PUF #ONCRETE ASKED 5%! STUDENTS FOR THEIR OPINIONS ON THE #AM PAIGN AND 2EPRESENTAION (UB @4HERE IS A NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO MAKE STUDENTS RECOGNISE THE 5N ION ;%XECUTIVES= ) AM LOOSELY IN FAVOUR BUT IT HAS TO BE VERY TRANS PARENT 0 7ALIN TH 9EAR %.6 @!LTHOUGH THE %XEC CLEARLY WANT THIS PROJECT TO GO FORWARDS THERE ARE A NUMBER OF mAWS IN THE PRO POSAL WHICH UNLESS CORRECTED COM PLETELY DESTROY THE JUSTIlCATION FOR THE ENTIRE PLANv - $AVISON ,!7 /THER 9EAR 2EP h) TRUST -ARTIN ;*OPP= TO ACT IN THE INTERESTS OF THE 5NION S MEMBERS IF THESE INTERESTS ARE DEMONSTRATED PROPERLY 4 *ENKINS ND 9EAR ,!7 h) BELIEVE THAT THE PROPOSED OPEN PLAN OFlCE IS A GREAT IDEA AND WILL HOPEFULLY ENCOURAGE WIDER PARTICI PATION WITHIN THE 5NION (OWEVER WHAT DOES CONCERN ME IS THE COST ) M NOT CONVINCED ITS THE BEST WAY TO SPEND OUR MONEYv % "ROWNE ND 9EAR ,)4 h4HE HUB WOULD BE A FANTASTIC AND INSPIRING PLACE BUT A HEADLINE lGURE OF a K IS QUITE A LOT ESPE CIALLY WHEN LOOKING AT WHAT IS NOW NOT GOING TO BE BOUGHT IN ITS PLACE )F THE COST CAN BE CUT BACK ) WOULD ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT THE HUBv *ONATHAN #LARK ()3 /THER 9EAR 2EP
.ICK #HURCH 2EPORTER ! POLICY BALLOT IS TO BE HELD AFTER THE %ASTER HOLIDAYS OVER THE 5NION %XECUTIVES PLAN TO REPLACE THEIR CURRENT OFlCES CURRENTLY SITUATED IN THE UPPER mOOR OF 5NION (OUSE ABOVE THE (IVE FOR A MORE VISIBLE AND OPEN PLAN #AMPAIGNS AND 2EPRESENTATION (UB IN THE SAME POSITION 4HE HUB COULD COST UP TO a WITH THE MONEY BE ING FOUND BY POSTPONING THE PURCHASE OF VARIOUS hNON ES SENTIALv CAPITAL INVESTMENTS ACROSS THE 5NION INCLUDING a ORIGINALLY SET ASIDE FOR CLUBS AND SOCIETIES OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS &INANCE /FlCER -ARTIN *OPP ARGUES THAT THE HUB WILL MAKE 5NION %XECUTIVE /FlC ERS AND REPRESENTATION STAFF hMORE VISIBLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO STUDENTSv IMPROVE h/F lCER ACCOUNTABILITYv AS WELL AS IMPROVING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVES AND REL EVANT 5NION STAFF -ARTIN *OPP SAID THE NEED FOR A HUB HAS BEEN STRENGTH ENED IN LIGHT OF THE MOST RECENT 5%! !NNUAL 3URVEY 4HERE IS ARGUABLY A SENSE OF STUDENT DIS ENGAGEMENT WITH THEIR 5NION ITS FUNCTIONS ITS STAFF MEMBERS ROLES AND ROLES OF THE ELECTED
EXECUTIVES 4HE SURVEY RESULTS SHOW HOW MOST STUDENTS DO NOT KNOW HOW TO CONTACT THEIR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES IF THEY NEED TO AND HOW MORE STU DENTS IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS CUSTOMERS OF THE 5NION RATHER THAN MEMBERS THAT THEY ARE 7HILE THE PLAN WAS ORIGI NALLY AGREED ON IN 5NION #OUNCIL /CTOBER LAST YEAR THERE HAVE BEEN STRONG CON CERNS SINCE THE 5%! %STATES AND 0LANNING ESTIMATED THE COST OF THE (UB BEING UP TO a /N THE h/UR 5NION /UR -ONEYv &ACEBOOK GROUP DIS CUSSION 33& FACULTY CONVENOR 2ICHARD 2EYNOLDS SAID THE PROBLEM OF STUDENT DISENGAGE MENT AND EXECUTIVE COMMUNI CATION IS hCULTURAL AND NOT TO DO WITH WALL PLACEMENTv -ARTIN *OPP ARGUED AT 5NION #OUNCIL HOWEVER THAT THIS OFlCE WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT PART IN CHANGING THIS CULTURAL PROBLEM (E NOTED HOW OTHER
STUDENT UNIONS ARE ADOPT ING THE IDEA INCLUDING ,EEDS 5NIVERSITY 5NION RUNNER UP IN THE 5NION OF THE 9EAR .53 AWARD 4HE MONEY FOR THE PLAN HAS BEEN GENERATED BY AMEND ING THE #APITAL 0ROGRAMME FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS h%S SENTIALv EQUIPMENT CAN STILL BE PURCHASED BUT IT IS LIKELY ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR hNON ES SENTIALv PURCHASES OR SUBSIDIES WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE &UNDS FOR THE ,#2 REFURBISH MENT AS WELL AS ENVIRONMEN TALLY FRIENDLY INVESTMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN REDUCED 4HE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF THIS PROPOSAL ARE IN PART WHY THE ESTIMATED COSTS ARE SO HIGH "UT CONTROVERSIAL REDUCTIONS INCLUDE A NEW ##46 SYSTEM AND CLUBS AND SOCIETIES FUNDS ! FULL BREAKDOWN OF lNANCIAL IMPLICATIONS CAN BE VIEWED AT THE &ACEBOOK GROUP h/UR 5NION /UR -ONEYv OR BY CONTACTING -ARTIN *OPP AT
SU lNANCE UEA AC UK 4HERE HAS BEEN SOME CON TROVERSY OVER HOW SIGNATURES WERE GAINED FOR THE POLICY BAL LOT 4HE MAJORITY OF SIGNATURES WERE OBTAINED ON 3T 0ATRICK S $AY AND SOME STUDENTS HAVE SINCE COMMENTED THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT THEY WERE SIGN ING *AMES 7ARDMAN 03) TOLD #ONCRETE h) KNOW NOTH ING ABOUT IT ) AM CONFUSED BY THE WHOLE MATTER AND HAVE HEARD ITS BEEN BLOWN OUT OF PROPORTION SLIGHTLYv 6ICKY 2IMMER ALSO 03) EXPLAINED WHAT SHE WAS TOLD ABOUT THE PETITION h"ASICALLY BEARING IN
MIND THAT ) WAS DRUNK AT THE TIME THEY EXPLAINED THAT THERE WAS A PLAN TO SPEND a ON AN OFlCE FOR THE %XEC AND THERE ARE BETTER WAYS THE MONEY COULD BE SPENT ALTHOUGH NONE OF THE GROUP PROPOSED ALTERNA TIVES FOR THE SPENDINGv 3HE ALSO COMMENTED THAT h;ONE OF THE STUDENTS WITH THE PETITION= PISSED ME OFF BY SUGGESTING MY POLITICAL VIEWS MEANT THAT ) COULDN T SEE THAT IT WAS RIGHT OR WRONG v 4HE POLICY BALLOT IN WHICH ALL STUDENTS CAN VOTE WILL BE HELD AFTER THE %ASTER HOLIDAYS AT AN APPROPRIATE TIME AFTER CONSIDERING EXAMS
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%FCBUF BOE %JTQVUF BU 6OJPO $PVODJM ,AURA 'REEN 2EPORTER 4HE lNAL MEETING OF 5NION #OUNCIL THIS SEMESTER WAS HELD ON 4HURSDAY TH -ARCH &ROM THE %XECUTIVE #OM MITTEE REPORTS #OUNCIL LEARNED THAT THIS YEAR THE 5NION %LEC TIONS GENERATED THE HIGHEST TURNOUT EVER WITH OVER STUDENTS MAKING THE EFFORT TO VOTE .EXT WAS A PRESENTATION FROM &INANCE /FlCER -ARTIN *OPP REGARDING THE PROPOSED #AMPAIGNS AND 2EPRESENTA TION (UB 4HIS CONCERNS THE PLAN TO BUILD A NEW OPEN PLAN GLASS FRONTED OFlCE FOR THE 3ABBATICAL /FlCERS UPSTAIRS IN 5NION (OUSE AT A COST OF UP TO a 4HE INTENTION
OF THIS IS TO MAKE THE /FlCERS SEEM MORE APPROACHABLE TO STUDENTS MANY OF WHOM CUR RENTLY DO NOT KNOW THE NAMES OF THE /FlCERS NOR WHERE TO lND THEIR OFlCES ! LONG DE BATE THEN FOLLOWED DISCUSS ING WHETHER OR NOT SO MUCH MONEY SHOULD BE SPENT ON THE PROJECT ! VOTE WAS HELD AND IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE PROJECT WOULD GO AHEAD WITH COUNCILLORS VOTING IN FA VOUR #AMPAIGNS BOTH FOR AND AGAINST THE (UB ARE ALSO TO BE HELD 2EPORTS FROM REPS WERE NEXT ON THE AGENDA WITH 3ITARA !MIN 4ILLY MAKING THE POINT THAT HALAL FOOD IS NOT READILY AVAILABLE IN THE CATERING OUT LETS ON CAMPUS 4OM 3UTTON 7ELFARE /FlCER RESPONDED
SAYING THAT THE ISSUE HAS BEEN RAISED WITH CATERING BUT THE KITCHENS DO NOT HAVE THE FACILI TIES NECESSARY TO PREPARE MEAT IN THE SPECIlC WAY REQUIRED FOR A HALAL DIET -ARTIN *OPP ADDED THAT THERE IS CURRENTLY NO NATIONAL SUPPLIER OF HALAL MEAT BUT THERE MAY BE ONE ARISING NEXT YEAR AND 2ICHARD 2EYNOLDS ALSO COMMENTED THAT HALAL MEAT IS IN FACT AVAIL ABLE IN THE ).4/ BUILDING 4HE lRST MOTION OF THE NIGHT WAS PUT FORWARD BY !N DREW 4AYLOR REGARDING NOT FOR PROlT ENTERTAINMENT SUGGEST ING THAT STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO ORGANISE EVENTS WHICH ARE ABLE TO CATER FOR THE DIVERSE MUSICAL TASTES OF THE STUDENTS AT 5%! 4WO EVENTS A TERM WILL BE HELD ON &RIDAY NIGHTS AND
ALL PROlTS FROM THE DOOR AND BAR WILL GO BACK INTO MORE NOT FOR PROlT ENTERTAINMENTS WITH ANY SURPLUSES GOING BACK TO THE 5NION 4HE MOTION PASSED &OLLOWING THIS WERE MO TIONS REGARDING STUDENTS NOT BEING TOLD ABOUT 5NIVERSITY BUILDING PLANS STUDENTS IN TWIN ROOMS NOT HAVING TO PAY EXTRA IF THE PERSON THEY ARE SHARING WITH MOVES OUT MINIMUM BAR PRICES AND THE 5NIVERSITY CONTRIBUTING TO AC COMMODATION COSTS FOR AWAY EVENTS !LL MOTIONS PASSED $AVID 3HEPPARD !CADEMIC /FlCER PROPOSED A MOTION ON @BUILDING A BETTER 5NION WITH THE BELIEF THAT @THE TIME IS RIGHT TO CONDUCT A REVIEW OF OUR STRUCTURES TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE
MEETING THE NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR MEMBERS !N AMENDMENT WAS PROPOSED BY !NDREW 4AYLOR THAT THIS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IN THE 3PRING SEMESTER AND THIS WAS AGREED ON 4HE MO TION ALSO PASSED .EXT ON THE AGENDA WAS A MOTION PROPOSED BY *OHN $IXON THAT &INANCE /FlCER -ARTIN *OPP AND #OMMUNI CATIONS /FlCER 2OWENA "OD DINGTON SHOULD BE CENSURED FOR MISCONDUCT (E CLAIMED THAT THE TWO OFlCERS HAD TRIED TO MANIPULATE QUORUM AT THE LAST !'- HELD ON TH $E CEMBER AND AFTER INVES TIGATING THIS MATTER HE CLAIMS TO HAVE FOUND EVIDENCE OF GROSS MISCONDUCT BY 2OWENA "ODDINGTON AND -ARTIN *OPP !N AMENDMENT WAS PROFFERED
BY *0 'ODDARD WHO SAID THAT -ARTIN AND 2OWENA SHOULD NOT HAVE TO FACE THIS MATTER BASED ON THE ALLEGATIONS OF ONLY ONE PERSON #OUNCIL VOTED IN FA VOUR OF THE AMENDMENT AND AS A RESULT THE MATTER WILL BE DISCUSSED AT A LATER DATE $AVID 3HEPPARD ADDED THAT THERE HAS RECENTLY BEEN AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE COMPETENCE OF -ARTIN *OPP AND HE WAS OVERWHELM INGLY RE ELECTED TO THE POSITION OF &INANCE /FlCER &URTHER MO TIONS REGARDING THIS ISSUE WERE DEFERRED TO THE NEXT MEETING !NDREW 4AYLOR THEN PRO POSED THAT AN EXTRA #OUNCIL MEETING SHOULD BE HELD ON THE TH -AY AND THIS WAS AGREED UPON SUBJECT TO ROOM AVAILABILITY
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5BMFOU 4IPX (AVE YOU EVER THOUGHT THAT 2IHANNA IS RUBBISH BELIEVED THE "EATLES TO BE BORING OR CONSIDERED 0ETER +AY TO BE CRAP (AVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF YOURSELF AS THE NEXT BIG THING )F SO YOU ARE PERFECT FOR THE "ARNARDO S 5%! 4ALENT 3HOW ON 3UNDAY TH -ARCH AT PM IN THE (IVE 7E ARE CURRENTLY SEARCHING FOR MUSI CIANS COMEDIANS ACTORS PO ETS OR BASICALLY ANYONE WHO THINKS THEY HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO ENTERTAIN A CROWD )F YOU ARE INTERESTED DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT CHAR? BOYD? HOTMAIL COM WHERE MORE INFORMATION WILL BE GIVEN (OWEVER IF YOU ARE NOT ONE WHO CAN STAND IN FRONT OF A CROWD WHY NOT COME AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THESE BRAVE TALENTED SOULS 4ICKETS WILL BE ON SALE IN 4HE (IVE THROUGHOUT WEEK AND COST A NOMINAL FEE FOR WHAT WILL DEl NITELY BE AN INTERESTING AND EX CITING NIGHT
6OJPO &MFDUJPOT ! RECORD NUMBER OF STUDENTS VOTED IN THIS YEAR S 5NION ELECTIONS WITH VOTES BE ING CAST OVER THE THREE DAYS 4HE WINNERS ARE !CADEMIC /FlCER $AVID 3HEPPARD #OMMUNICATIONS /FlCER .ATASHA "ARNES &INANCE /FlCER -ARTIN *OPP 7ELFARE /FlCER 4OM 3UTTON %NVIRONMENT /FlCER ,EEJIAH $ORWARD %QUAL /PPORTUNITIES /FlCER 5GO /NYKA %THICAL )SSUES /FlCER 3ARAH 7ATERlELD 0UBLICITY /FlCER !NDREW 4AYLOR 3OCIETIES /FlCER *ACK +IFlN 3PORTS /FlCER !NNA 4HOMLINSON (5- &ACULTY #ONVENOR .ICK #HURCH (EALTH &ACULTY #ONVENOR +AYTE -C#ANN ,'"4 #AMPAIGN #ONVENOR ,IZ "ISCOE 7OMEN S #AMPAIGN #ONVEN OR "ERNADETTE 3CHULZ .53 !NNUAL #ONFERENCE $ELEGATION 4OM 3UTTON -ARTIN *OPP -YLES 3MITH $AVID 3HEPPARD 2ICHARD 2EYNOLDS !NDREW 4AYLOR
4MBTIJOH PG *OUFSFTU 3BUFT "ąFDUT 6OJWFSTJUZ 'JOBODFT *ACK #LARK .EWS %DITOR 2ECENT CHANGES IN INTEREST RATES HAVE BEGUN TO AFFECT THE 5NIVERSITY OF %AST !NGLIA S DEPOSITS !LONG WITH THIS THE WORLDWIDE DEPRECIATION IN STOCK MARKETS HAS AFFECTED ITS SHARE HOLDINGS ! MINORITY OF THE 5NIVERSITY S INVESTMENTS ARE IN FUNDS LINKED TO THE STOCK MAR KETS 4HEIR INVESTMENT PORTFO LIO ESCHEWS ARMS MANUFACTUR ERS 4HE MAJORITY OF THE 5NI VERSITY S INVESTMENTS ARE SHORT TERM DEPOSITS AND ARE AFFECTED SOLELY BY INTEREST RATE CHANGES (OWEVER WITH THE RECENT SLIDE IN INTEREST RATES SEE GRAPH THE 5NIVERSITY HAS SEEN THE RETURN ON ITS DEPOSITS DWINDLE !T THE END OF LAST YEAR THE 5%! REPORTED TO HAVE DE POSITS IN ITS VARIED ACCOUNTS AMOUNTING TO APPROXIMATELY a $UE TO THE FACT
THAT EARNINGS ON THOSE DEPOS ITS HAVE FALLEN FROM TO THE CURRENT RATE OF INTEREST OF THE 5NIVERSITY ANTICIPATES A RE DUCTION IN INTEREST OF AT LEAST a PER ANNUM 4HE 5NIVERSITY S (EAD OF #OMMUNICATIONS !NNIE /GDEN STRESSES THAT THE 5NI VERSITY S INVESTMENT POLICY hRE STRICTS THE SIZE OF DEPOSITS WITH ANY SINGLE INSTITUTION AND USES READILY AVAILABLE CREDIT RATINGS TO ENSURE WE HAVE A REASONABLE LEVEL OF CONlDENCE IN THOSE IN STITUTIONS v 4HE 5%! DID NOT HAVE DEPOSITS IN )CELAND AND IN LIGHT OF THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CLIMATE IS REDUCING ITS USE OF OVERSEAS BANKS TO A MINI MUM "RIAN 3UMMERS THE 5NI VERSITY S 2EGISTRAR HAS SAID h/UR OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE INCOME ARE ALSO RESTRICTED 4HE 'OVERNMENT HAS FOR EXAMPLE ASKED (%&#% TO DIRECT UNI VERSITIES TO RECRUIT NO MORE
(OME %5 UNDERGRADUATE STU DENTS IN THAN IN TO ENSURE THAT TUITION FEE SUPPORT FROM 'OVERNMENT COFFERS DOES NOT ESCALATE FASTER THAN ANTICI PATED v
" (SBEF 6&" 4UVEFOU "JNT UP 'JHIU &ąFDUT PG $MJNBUF *OUSPEVDFE -ARIA (ETTEL 2EPORTER -ELISSA )LBOUDO ND YEAR $%6 STUDENT AND NATIVE OF "URKINA &ASO HAS RECENTLY SECURED A GRANT TO HELP HER lGHT CLIMATE CHANGE IN HER HOME COUNTRY )N &EBRUARY WITH HELP FROM THE CHARITY #HRIS TIAN !ID SHE WAS ABLE TO SECURE A a GRANT FROM THE %U ROPEAN 5NION BUT THE GRANT WILL ONLY BE PAID IF SHE HERSELF RAISES a WITHIN THE NEXT TWO AND A HALF YEARS 5SING THE MONEY RAISED COMBINED WITH THE GRANT -ELISSA AIMS TO SUPPORT DE VELOPMENT PROJECTS INVOLVING IRRIGATION EXPANDING CROP VA RIETIES TO IMPROVE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND SOLAR POWER 4HE MAIN FOCUS FOR HER IS NORTH WESTERN "URKINA &ASO WHICH IS SEMI ARID )T IS FEARED THAT THIS DRY AREA WILL EXPAND FURTHER SOUTH IF CHANGES IN CLI MATE CONTINUE 4HE PROJECT THAT THE MAJOR ITY OF THE GRANT WILL BE USED FOR IS NAMED h(ARVEST THE $ESERTv !CCORDING TO -S )LBOUDO IMPROVING THE REGION S WATER
INFRASTRUCTURE IS KEY TO PROVID ING CLEAN DRINKING WATER AND IMPROVING AGRICULTURE h)NTRO DUCING CROPS MORE APPROPRIATE FOR GROWING UNDER THE SEMI ARID CONDITIONS IS NEXT ON THE AGENDA v SHE SAYS h7E HOPE TO EXPAND AND DIVERSIFY THE AVAIL ABLE CROPS FARMERS CAN GROW TO CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR OVERALL LIVELIHOOD AND PULL THEM OUT OF POVERTY v
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$AVINA +ESBY 2EPORTER 4HE MOVE TO INCORPORATE AN ! STAR GRADE AT ! LEVEL IN OF FERS FOR UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN REJECTED BY THE 5NIVERSITY OF %AST !NGLIA AS THEY HAVE SAID THAT THE NEW GRADE WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN OFFERS FOR PLACES AT 5%! FOR THE FORESEEABLE FU TURE 4HE NEW GRADE WHICH RE QUIRES STUDENTS TO GAIN OVER IN THEIR ! MODULES HAS BEEN IDENTIlED AS BEING AIMED AT THOSE WHO ARE LOOK ING TO GAIN PLACES AT /XFORD OR #AMBRIDGE 3TUDENTS WILL NEED TO GET AT LEAST AN ! AND TWO ! GRADES IN THEIR ! LEVELS FROM NEXT YEAR FOR PLACES AT #AMBRIDGE 3OME COLLEGES ALREADY LOOK AT THE MARKS THAT STUDENTS GET IN THEIR MODULES IN ORDER TO DIF FERENTIATE BETWEEN CANDIDATES AND IT IS HOPED THAT THE NEW GRADE WILL HELP WITH THIS DIF FERENTIATION 5%! WILL NOT HOWEVER MAKE USE OF THE NEW GRADE IN ITS OFFERS INSTEAD STAYING WITH THE CURRENT SYSTEM ALREADY IN PLACE
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ARE LIKELY TO PROGRESS TO THEIR MAINLY UNDERGRADUATE 5NI VERSITY COURSE IN 4HIS VENTURE SHOULD OFFER A LEVEL OF STABILITY WHICH IS WELCOME IN UNCERTAIN TIMES 4HAT SAID "RIAN 3UMMERS NOTED THAT hTHERE REMAINS SIGNIlCANT CONCERN ACROSS THE SECTOR THAT INTERNATIONAL STU DENTS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO lND lNANCING FOR THEIR STUDIES IN THE 5+ AND WILL INCREASINGLY CHOOSE TO STUDY LOCALLY RATHER THAN TRAVEL v 5LTIMATELY 5%! LIKE MANY (IGHER %DUCATION INSTITU TIONS IS FACED WITH TOUGH DE CISIONS "RIAN 3UMMERS HAS NOTED h4HERE IS NO DOUBT THAT WILL BE A YEAR WHERE WE HAVE TO BE VERY FOCUSED ON lNANCIAL MANAGEMENT IF WE ARE TO ACHIEVE OUR OBJECTIVES )F THE COST PRESSURES INCREASE AND THE INVESTMENT SITUATION DOES NOT IMPROVE THIS MAY BE THE PATTERN OF THE COMING FEW YEARS v
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AND BUSINESS CARDS WITH THE WEB ADDRESS ON THEM ARE VERY USEFUL ALSO v h4HE MOST UNPLEASANT THING v HE SAYS hIS TO START EARLY "EFORE YOU GRADUATE v 3O STUDENTS WOULD DO WELL TO WALK THE FEW METRES TO THE CA REER CENTRE AND START IDENTIFY ING POSSIBLE CAREER PATHS (OWEVER SOME STUDENTS ARE GOING FOR A DIFFERENT TAC TIC 4HEY WANT TO SPEND A YEAR WORKING IN PART TIME OR UNDE MANDING JOBS SAVING MONEY AND IMPROVING THEIR SKILLS THEN THEY PLAN TO GO TRAVEL LING 7HEN SPEAKING TO THEM IT BECOMES CLEAR THAT THIS BE HAVIOUR IS MOTIVATED n AT LEAST PARTIALLY n BY FEAR AND ANXIETY #ONCRETE ASKED A PARENT OF ONE OF THESE STUDENTS WHAT THEY THOUGHT ABOUT THE IDEA AND THE PARENT S RESPONSE WAS SEVERE h$ON T RUN AND HIDE )T S WHAT ) DID AND ) LOST A YEAR v 3TUDENTS PROSPECTS ARE DIMMED YES BUT JOBS STILL EXIST AND IT S UP TO STUDENTS VISIBLE THEMSELVES MAKE ENOUGH FOR THE EMPLOYERS TO lND THEM
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HAS IMPACTED ON THE AMOUNT THAT PARENTS CAN SUPPORT THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH 5NIVERSITY WHILE JOB PROSPECTS ARE BLEAK THERE S JUST NOT THE WORK OUT THERE TO SUPPORT THE LEVELS OF STUDENT DEBT THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE LET ALONE AN EXTRA a OR a A YEAR v 4HE RECESSION IS A HOT TOPIC AS FAR AS THIS DISCUSSION IS CON CERNED WITH .53 PRESIDENT 7ES 3TREETING CONDEMNING THE COMMENTS MADE BY SEVERAL
i&EVDBUJPO TIPVME CF GSFF GBJS BOE GVMMZ GVOEFEw 6ICE #HANCELLORS h)N THE CON TEXT OF THE CURRENT RECESSION IT IS EXTREMELY ARROGANT FOR UNIVERSITY VICE CHANCELLORS TO BE FANTASISING ABOUT CHARGING THEIR STUDENTS EVEN HIGHER FEES AND PLUNGING THEM INTO OVER a OF DEBTv 7HILE THE lGHT AGAINST FEES IS CERTAINLY NOT A NEW ONE THIS REPORT HAS REIGNITED
THE CONCERNS OF STUDENTS OVER THE AFFORDABILITY OF THEIR DE GREES 5NION !CADEMIC /FlCER $AVID 3HEPPARD ECHOED SUCH CONCERNS STATING h) REMAIN INCREDIBLY CONCERNED THAT ANY INCREASE IN THE SO CALLED @CAP WILL NOT ONLY HURT THOUSANDS OF .ORFOLK STUDENTS ALREADY STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET BUT WILL ALSO THREATEN THE LONG TERM VIABILITY OF UNIVERSITIES LIKE 5%!v h)N AN EDUCATION MAR KET PLACE THERE WILL ALWAYS BE WINNERS OR LOSERS %DUCA TION SHOULD BE FREE FAIR AND FULLY FUNDED 4HE REPORT FROM 5NIVERSITIES 5+ HAS AT LEAST KICKED OFF THE DEBATE BUT THE UPCOMING REVIEW SHOULD NOT LIMIT ITSELF TO DISCUSSING THE LEVEL OF THE CAP 4HE REVIEW SHOULD BE A COMPREHENSIVE IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORDv !S FAR AS 0ROFESSOR %DWARD !CTON 6ICE #HANCELLOR OF 5%! IS CONCERNED hVARIABLE FEES WERE INTRODUCED THREE YEARS AGO AND THOSE WHO GRADUATE THIS YEAR WILL BE THE lRST COHORT
/BUJPOBM "XBSE GPS 6&" 1SPGFTTPS #HARLIE #APP 2EPORTER ! 5NIVERSITY PROFESSOR HAS BEEN AWARDED THE 2OYAL 3OCI ETY OF #HEMISTRY 4ILDEN 0RIZE FOR HIS GROUND BREAKING WORK ON ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 0HILLIP 0AGE WHO HAS BEEN #HAIR IN /RGANIC #HEM ISTRY AT 5%! SINCE SAID THAT HE WAS hDELIGHTED TO WIN THIS PRESTIGIOUS PRIZE WHICH HAS BEEN AWARDED TO MANY WORLD CLASS SCIENTISTS IN THE PAST v
4HE 4ILDEN 0RIZE WAS FOUNDED IN TO COM MEMORATE 3IR 7ILLIAM !UGUS TUS 4ILDEN 0RESIDENT OF THE 2OYAL 3OCIETY OF #HEMISTRY FROM TO 0ROFESSOR 0AGE GRADUATED FROM )MPERIAL #OLLEGE ,ON DON IN FROM WHERE IN HE ALSO OBTAINED HIS 0H$ ON ORGANIC SYNTHE SIS $URING HIS CAREER HE HAS PUBLISHED OVER ARTICLES AND HAS ALSO WON A .UFlELD &OUNDATION 3CIENCE 2ESEARCH &ELLOWSHIP THE 2OYAL 3OCIETY
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!FTER A &ACEBOOK CAM PAIGN AND A PETITION TO $OWNING 3TREET WHICH HELPED TO GENEREATE MASSIVE SUPPORT FROM ACROSS THE COMMUNITY THE PROPOSED JOB CUTS WERE REDUCED TO (OWEVER THESE WERE NOT ACCEPTED AND THE .5* URGED THE lRM TO FURTHER RECONSIDER 0ETE +ELLEY FATHER OF THE CHAPEL AT .5* !RCHANT .ORFOLK ARGUED THAT hTHE PROPOSED LOSS OF IS STILL A MASSIVE CUT IN EDITORIAL STAFF WE ARE ARGUING
THAT THE PROCESS IS UNFAIR AND POSSIBLY ILLEGAL v -EMBERS OF THE PUBLIC JOINED THE DEMONSTRATION AS WELL AS SOME LOCAL -0S .OR FOLK .ORTH -0 .ORMAN ,AMB COMMENTED h9OUR NEWSPA PERS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS COUNTY THESE CUTS POSE A REAL THREAT TO THE QUALITY OF THE NEWSPAPERS 4HEY ENRICH THE COUNTY !ND THE WAY IT HAS BEEN GONE ABOUT IS STUPID AND CACK HANDED v
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4HE 5%! LIBRARY BARES THE BRUNT OF THE CURRENT GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS AS THE PRICE OF ONLINE JOURNAL ARTICLES SOARS -ANY (IGHER %DUCATION LIBRARIES INCLUDING THE 5%! ARE FACING PROBLEMS PURCHAS ING ELECTRONIC RESOURCES FROM THE 5NITED 3TATES AND %UROPE DUE TO THE RECENT EXCHANGE RATE mUCTUATIONS )T HAS BEEN CLAIMED THAT IT WILL COST THE 5NIVERSITY a MORE THAN LAST YEAR WHICH HAS PUT GREAT STRAIN ON THE LIBRARY S BUDGET 4HE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN ATTACKS YET ANOTHER AREA OF STUDENT LIFE AS MANY STUDENTS RELY ON THESE JOURNALS TO PRO VIDE A MAIN SOURCE OF ACADEM IC RESEARCH (OPEFULLY THE PRO VISION OF THIS SERVICE WILL NOT HAVE TO BE CUT BACK BUT IT CER TAINLY RAISES FUTURE CONCERNS .ICHOLAS ,EWIS ,IBRARY $IRECTOR SAYS THAT THE 5%! hARE IN ONGOING DISCUSSIONS ON
TIL WE HEAR THE EVIDENCE PUT BEFORE THE NATIONAL INDEPEND ENT REVIEW WHICH IS DUE TO START LATER THIS YEARv #ONCRETE HAS DISCOVERED THAT 0ROFESSOR !CTON WAS NOT ONE OF THE 6ICE #HANCELLORS ASKED BY THE ""# TO GIVE HIS VIEWS 3EVERAL 5%! STUDENTS HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR CONCERNS OVER A POTENTIAL RAISE IN TUITION FEES *ONO 2EAD 03) SAID h)T S LU DICROUS 4HE MONEY FACTOR WAS A HUGE WORRY FOR ME WHEN ) LOOKED AT UNIVERSITY SO MUCH SO ) TOOK A YEAR OUTv 4HE NEXT PHASE OF GOVERNMENTAL NEGO TIATIONS IS DUE TO START IN THE SUMMER
HOW TO ENSURE WE ARE GETTING THE BEST VALUE FOR MONEY OUT OF THE RESOURCES AVAILABLEv /NE 5%! LECTURER COM MENDED THE LIBRARY FOR WORK ING CLOSELY WITH SCHOOLS SO AS TO LIMIT THE EFFECT ON STUDENTS h4HIS MEANS MAKING SURE THAT WE DON T SUBSCRIBE TO ANY JOURNALS WHICH AREN T ACTUALLY NEEDED BECAUSE OF THE CHANG ES IN THE PATTERNS OF TEACHING AND RESEARCH OVER THE YEARS SO THAT ALL AVAILABLE MONEY IS FOCUSSED ON JOURNALS WE ALL AC TUALLY NEED AND USE v %MIL !LLARD
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"ILLY &IST 2EPORTER &ROM TH TO TH -ARCH A GROUP OF STUDENTS TOOK PART IN @3LUM 3URVIVOR A SIMULA TION EVENT DESIGNED BY 3OUL !CTION 3OUL !CTION IS A JOINT INITIATIVE BY THE CHARITIES 4EARFUND AND 3OUL 3URVIVOR 4HE MONEY RAISED BY 3LUM 3URVIVOR EVENTS IS DONATED TO PROJECTS THAT 3OUL !CTION SUP PORTS IN POOR COMMUNITIES IN 3OUTH !FRICA :IMBABWE AND AROUND THE WORLD
3LUM 3URVIVOR AIMS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT URBAN POVERTY AND TO PROVIDE WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS TO THE PLIGHT OF THE WORLD S POOR 0ARTICIPANTS FROM THE 5%! #HRISTIAN 5NION BUILT AND LIVED IN THEIR OWN hSLUMv AND PARTICIPATED IN A SERIES OF CHALLENGES 4HE EVENT HAD SEVERAL RULES INCLUDING ONES SUCH AS h9OU MUST SLEEP IN THE SLUM HOUSES YOU HAVE BUILTv hSLUM DWELLERS ARE ONLY PERMITTED
TWO MAIN MEALS A DAYv hYOU MUST BE HOSPITABLE TO GUESTSv AND hONLY BRING NECESSARY ITEMS INTO THE SLUMS ONE SET OF CLOTHES SLEEPING BAG CUT LERY TOOTHBRUSH MEDICATION "IBLE NOTEPAD ETC v 4HE EVENT STARTED ON TH -ARCH WHEN THE STUDENTS HAD THEIR lRST CHALLENGE BUILDING THEIR SHELTERS OUT OF ANYTHING THEY COULD lND ON CAMPUS 4HEY USED WOODEN PALLETS FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURES AND INSU LATED THEM WITH NEWSPAPER AND CARDBOARD
4HE TWO MEALS THAT WERE EATEN EACH DAY WERE DESIGNED TO MIMIC THOSE CONSUMED IN SLUMS ACROSS THE WORLD "REAKFAST WAS PLAIN PORRIDGE OATS AND WATER WHILE EVENING MEALS CONSISTED OF RICE BEANS AND OOGALI A TYPICAL SLUM MEAL WHICH IS BASICALLY mOUR AND WATER 4HE STUDENTS ATTEMPTED TO SIMULATE MANY OF THE HARDSHIPS THAT SLUM LIVING ENTAILS /NE GROUP WAS SENT TO GET SOME MEDICINE FOR A SLUM FAMILY MEMBER THAT WAS
ILL BUT THE INSTRUCTIONS AND PRESCRIPTIONS WERE GIVEN IN THE @7INGDINGS FONT TO GIVE THE IDEA THAT THE MAJORITY OF SLUM RESIDENTS WOULDN T BE ABLE TO READ 4HERE WAS ALSO A SLUM ECONOMY SYSTEM WHICH MEANT THAT GROUPS HAD TO EARN THEIR MEALS 4WO OF THE STUDENTS WALKED INTO TOWN AND BACK TO BUSK FOR MONEY AND OTHER STUDENTS DID LITTER PICKING !ROUND PEOPLE TOOK PART IN THE WEEKEND BUT OTHER MEMBERS OF THE #HRIS
TIAN 5NION HELPED IN TERMS OF COOKING AND SETTING UP 4HE STUDENTS MANAGED TO RAISE OVER a FOR 3OUL !CTION $URING THE EVENINGS THE MALE STUDENTS HAD TO TAKE TURNS STAYING AWAKE FOR SECURITY /NE OF THE STUDENTS WHO TOOK PART IN THE EVENT :OE -ATTHEWS REmECTED ON THE EXPERIENCE h) THINK THE MAIN THING WAS THAT HOWEVER BAD IT GOT WE ALWAYS HAD THE OP TION OF PACKING UP AND GOING HOME MILLIONS DON T HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY v
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The Enquirer. ACADEMIC CIRCULAR New Scientist: Researchers at the Moneypit Institute investigated the ef- fects of long-term crack cocaine use on the brain of the contemporary song- writer. Participants were locked in a dank Camden bedsit and fed nothing but bananas and warm milk while be- ing forced to read the NME and debate the poetic genius of a drug addict in a silly hat. Participants reported feelings ranging from “mild boredom” to “violent and sustained annoyance” before the trial was abandoned to the relief of eve- rybody.
Copies of the report can be obtained from the Moneypit Institute, University of New China (formerly UEA, Norwich)
“Last of the English Roses” There was this girl from London Town,
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GENUINE HUMANITY BUT IT S SHOOTING ITSELF IN THE TAGLINED FOOT TIME AND TIME AGAIN ) SAY TAGLINE ONLY BECAUSE THE HIGHER UPS ARE FOND OF THEM 0HYSICALLY THIS IS BAD ENOUGH 5%! S CONCRETE ARCHITECTURE HAS BEEN DEEMED OUTDATED AND SO TO MOVE WITH THE TIMES ANOTHER CLICHÏ THE CAMPUS HAS BECOME A VICTIM OF PER PETUAL TRANSITION AND RENOVATION CANCEROUS AND OVERWHELMING IN ITS EXPENDITURE 3PENDING MONEY IS NO CRIME OF COURSE SO LONG AS IT IS NOT AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHER ASPECTS IN NEED OF FUNDINGx WHOOPS ) SAY NO MORE /N A BASIC AND OBVIOUS LEVEL THOUGH HOW COME ) CAN T READ AT PEACE IN THE LIBRARY WITHOUT BEING DISTRACTED BY BUILDING WORKS )T S BAD ENOUGH HAVING A FEW PEEPS SCREAM ING FROM THE WINDOWS ABOUT 'AZA NEVER MIND SOME NEEDLESS MACHIN ERY h"UT IT WOULD COST THE UNIVER SITY EVEN MORE TO EMPLOY BUILDERS AT WEEKENDS v
-ORE ABSTRACTLY THOUGH 5%! HAS BECOME EVEN MORE INSIDIOUS IN ITS HYPOCRITICAL SO CALLED VALUES
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AS TEACHERS ARE PRODUCTS OF THEIR OWN INSTITUTION ,ET S BE HONEST MOST TUTORS AND LECTURERS AT 5%! ARE CAREERISTS ILL EQUIPPED FOR ACTUAL TEACHING THEY RE FOND OF THEIR OWN VOICES AT THE FRONT OF LECTURE HALLS AND ARE QUICK TO REFER STUDENTS TO THEIR OWN PUBLICATIONS BUT IN TERMS OF ACTUAL HUMAN INTERAC TION GOOD TEACHERS ARE HARD TO COME BY 7E NEEDN T BLAME THE COGS SO MUCH AS THE MACHINE THOUGH ) MY SELF MIGHT lND A 0H$ TEMPTING IN THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CLIMATE ESPECIALLY IF ) VE GOT 2ESEARCH AND 3CHOLARSHIP THROWN AT ME IN THE SAME E MAIL $ID ) JUST HINT AT TEACHERS BEING LAZY CON SERVATIVE CAREER DRIVEN ROBOTIC ANTI HUMANISTS )N A WORD YES .ONE OF THIS IS NEW OF COURSE 5%! IN THIS RESPECT JUST BLENDS IN WITH THE OTHER WOULD BE HIP AND FASHIONABLE UNIVERSITIES ) JUST THOUGHT ) D BRING IT UP IN LIGHT OF THE CURIOUS CLAIMS DE CLARED BY THOSE PAVING STONESx
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i3FNPWF UIF QPMJUJDT GSPN TUVEFOU QPMJUJDTw +EITH 2OWBORY /PINIONS 7RITER 4HIS YEAR REALLY SEEMS TO BE THE TIME FOR POINTLESS POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS AND DISCUSSIONS HERE AT THE 5%! 3TUDENTS SEEM TO BE SECOND ONLY TO POLITICIANS IN THEIR CAPACITY FOR PRETENCE AND THEIR DESIRE TO CREATE POLITICAL BATTLES OUT OF NOTHING AT ALL 4HERE ARE MANY GOOD THINGS THE 3TUDENT 5NION DOES FOR ITS MEMBERS )T PROVIDES THE ,#2 NIGHTS THE PUB AND THE SHOPS )T MAINTAINS AND SUP PORTS THE VARIOUS SOCIETIES "UT IT ALSO WASTES A GREAT AMOUNT OF RESOURCES ON EGO ENLARG ING PROJECTS 4HE CAMPAIGN AGAINST .ESTLÏ FOR EXAMPLE 7HO IN THIS UNIVERSITY THINKS THAT .ESTLÏ ACTUALLY CARES WHETHER OR NOT 5%! STOCKS ITS PRODUCTS 4HE 5NION HAS GOTTEN CARRIED AWAY WITH ITSELF AND THIS HAS LEAD TO DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR AND ASPIRA TIONS TO BE MORE THAN A SIMPLE STU DENT UNION )N DOING SO THEY HAVE FORGOTTEN THEIR PURPOSE TO SERVE THE STUDENTS OF 5%! 4HE PURPOSE OF THE 5NION AND THE UNIVERSITY FOR THAT MATTER IS NOT TO TRY AND SOLVE THE )SRAELI 0ALESTIN IAN CONmICT 7HEN ) WAS ASKED TO SIGN THE PETI
TION THAT AROSE OUT OF THE /CCUPATION DEBACLE ) REFUSED 4HE PERSON WHO ASKED ME SEEMED TO THINK THIS WAS BECAUSE ) WAS PRO )SRAEL AND TRIED TO PERSUADE ME THAT IT WAS SIMPLY A HUMANITARIAN PETITION )N DOING SO THEY MISUNDERSTOOD MY REASONS FOR REFUSING )T WAS NOT THAT ) DISLIKED THE CONTENT OF THE PETITION IN GENERAL ) THOUGHT IT GOOD IT WAS THAT ) DISA GREED THAT IT WAS THE PLACE OF THE 5N ION AND UNIVERSITY TO BE COMMENTING ON SUCH THINGS
i4UVEFOUT TFFN UP CF TFDPOE POMZ UP QPMJUJDJBOT JO UIFJS DBQBDJUZ GPS QSFUFODF BOE UIFJS EFTJSF UP DSFBUF QPMJUJDBM CBUUMFT PVU PG OPUIJOH BU BMMw )T SHOULD BE SAID HOWEVER THAT NOT ALL POLITICAL CAMPAIGNING IS BAD TRYING TO PERSUADE THE GOVERNMENT TO KEEP THE CAP ON TOP UP FEES IS A CAUSE THAT ACTUALLY AFFECTS THE MEMBERS OF THE 5NION AND AS SUCH A WORTHY CAUSE )T S JUST THAT THE 5NION NEEDS TO REMEMBER ITS PLACE AND KEEP ITS
IDEAS APPROPRIATE FOR ITS CONTEXT AS A STUDENT SERVING ORGANISATION 3O INSTEAD OF CAMPAIGNING AGAINST THE OPENING OF A 4ESCO ON 5NTHANK ROAD BECAUSE IT WOULD UN DERCUT THE PRICES OF THE #O /P THE 3TUDENT 5NION SHOULD BE CAMPAIGN ING FOR IT 4HE 5NION REPRESENTS THE INTERESTS OF THE STUDENTS LOWER FOOD PRICES ARE IN THE INTERESTS OF THE STU DENT BODY AND THUS THE STUDENT UN ION SHOULD SUPPORT THE OPENING OF A 4ESCO )T S AS SIMPLE AS THAT h"UT THEY HAVE AGGRESSIVE BUSINESS TACTICSv DOESN T COME INTO IT 7HATEVER THEIR BUSINESS TACTICS THE OPENING OF A 4ESCO ON 5NTHANK 2OAD COULD ONLY BENElT STUDENTS 7E NEED TO REMOVE THE POLITICS FROM STUDENT POLITICS !NOTHER RECENT EXAMPLE OF STU DENT POLITICIANS TAKING THEMSELVES TOO SERIOUSLY AND THEREBY FORGETTING THE ACTUAL PURPOSE OF THE 5NION IS THE PROPOSED VOTE OF NO CONlDENCE IN 2OWENA "ODDINGTON AND -ARTIN *OPP &OR THOSE NOT hIN THE KNOWv THE 5NION #OUNCIL CONSTITUTIONALLY DE MANDS A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PEOPLE CALLED A QUORUM TO BE PRESENT AT ITS MEETINGS FOR THE MEETING TO BE HELD 4HE PROBLEM IS THAT A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO SHOULD BE AT THESE MEETINGS
DON T ATTEND 4HUS THE 5NION IS IN DANGER OF NOT BEING ABLE TO MAKE ANY DECISIONS AT ALL BY ITS OWN RULES 4O ENSURE THAT THE UNION ACTUALLY
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WRONG END OF THE STICK ENTIRELY AND IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF STUDENT POL ITICS FOR THE SAKE OF STUDENT POLITICS 4HOSE WHO BACK THE NO CONlDENCE MOTION SEEM TO VALUES ABSTRACT RULES RULES THAT THE AVERAGE STUDENT DOESN T REALLY CARE ABOUT OR EVEN KNOW AS OF GREATER VALUE THAN THE PRACTICALITIES OF HAVING A SMOOTH RUNNING 5NION AND SERVICE OF THE STUDENT BODY ) APPLAUD WHAT 2OWENA AND -AR TIN DID 7ITHOUT THEM WE WOULD BE FACED WITH A COMPLETELY INEFFECTIVE UNION RATHER THAN MERELY A MOSTLY INEFFECTIVE ONE 7HAT WE SHOULD TAKE AWAY FROM THEIR NEED TO BREAK THE RULES IS NOT THAT THEY ARE BAD UNION OFlCERS BUT THAT THE RULES ARE POORLY THOUGHT OUT AND NEED REVISING IN THE FACE OF THE PRACTICAL PROBLEMS OF MAINTAIN ING QUORUM )N THIS CASE 2OWENA AND -ARTIN EXEMPLIFY THE PRACTICAL ITY THAT ) BELIEVE ALL 5NION OFlCERS SHOULD POSSESS 4O THIS END ) PROPOSE A PAIR OF QUESTIONS THAT ALL STUDENT POLITICIANS SHOULD ASK THEMSELVES BEFORE PRO POSING ANY IDEA OR CAMPAIGN $OES THIS MOTION BENElT THOSE STUDENTS WHOM ) REPRESENT OR IS IT MERELY POLITICAL GRANDSTANDING )S THIS PRAC TICAL ANDDOES THIS ACTUALLY HAVE ANY CHANCE OF ACHIEVING ITS AIMS
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'BDFCPPL 'Bą !LICE 6IOLETT #HIEF #OPY %DITOR 0OLITICAL &ACEBOOK GROUPS ARE INTEND ED FOR THE GREATER GOOD SPREADING POLITICAL MESSAGES AND RALLYING PEO PLE TO CAUSES (OWEVER INVITATIONS TO THEM REGULARLY PRESENT ME WITH DILEMMAS 4HE ASPECT THAT CONCERNS ME MOST IS @MEMBERSHIP 7HEN ) ACCEPT A PO LITICALLY CHARGED INVITATION IT FEELS AS THOUGH ) VE COMMITTED MYSELF TO A PARTICULAR VIEWPOINT &OR THIS REASON ) AVOID GROUPS THAT MIGHT GIVE THE IM PRESSION ) SUPPORT A PARTICULAR PARTY ) TRULY AM UNDECIDED AS TO WHOM ) SUPPORT AND ) D RATHER NOT GIVE A FALSE IMPRESSION TO ANYONE WHO HAP PENS ACROSS MY PROlLE &OR THIS REA SON ) ALSO AVOID CONTROVERSIAL GROUPS
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)N RECENT YEARS YOUNG WOMEN HAVE BEEN HEAVILY CRITICISED FOR THEIR DRINKING LEVELS BY THE MEDIA /NE /PINIONS WRITER ARGUES WHY WOMEN SHOULD PERHAPS TAKE SOME OF THIS CRITICISM INTO CONSIDERATION !LICE $RUMMEE /PINIONS WRITER )T S THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORN ING AND THE STREETLIGHTS CAST A SICKLY ORANGE GLOW OVER THE ROADS $OOR WAYS BUZZ AS PEOPLE GATHER FROM IN SIDE BUILDINGS AND SPILL OUT INTO THE STREETS #OUNTLESS lGURES BOTH EX CITED AND EXHAUSTED FROM THE NIGHT DEBATE WHERE TO GRAB A QUICK PIZZA !ND ALL THE WHILE DOTTED AROUND THE PAVEMENTS AND SLUMPED AGAINST WALLS BODIES CLUTTER THE STREETS #LAD IN MINI SKIRTS CHESTS SPILLING OUT OVER THEIR TINY TOPS AND SHOES IN HAND WOMEN LINE THE CURBS 4HEIR EYES ROLL BACK INTO THEIR HEADS 4HEIR MOUTHS HANG AGAPE "UT SHOCKINGLY THIS ISN T A SCENE FROM (OLLYWOOD S LATEST GORY BLOCKBUSTER 4HIS IS 0RINCE OF 7ALES 2OAD ON A 3ATURDAY NIGHT 7ALKING THROUGH THE CARNAGE IT S HARD TO DENY THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE DRUNK "UT UNFORTUNATELY THE ONLY ONES WHO REALLY SEEM TO BE SHOWING THEMSELVES UP ARE THE GIRLS 3TUM BLING FROM CLUBS THEY DOUBLE UP AND PROJECT BRIGHT STREAMS OF VOMIT THAT SPLATTER THICKLY ONTO THE PAVEMENT
!ND ALARMINGLY THIS SORT OF SPECTACLE IS DISCONCERTINGLY RECURRENT )T S NO SECRET THAT OUR COUN TRY HAS A RISING DRINK PROBLEM AND NEWSPAPER HEADLINES SUCH AS @"INGE "RITAIN ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE REGULAR "UT ONE OF THE MOST DISTURBING ASPECTS OF SUCH A PROB LEM IS HOW WOMEN ARE INCREASINGLY ADOPTING MACHO TRAITS RESULTING IN A RISING @,ADETTE CULTURE 2ECENT STUD IES HAVE SHOWN THAT "RITAIN S LADIES ARE THE HEAVIEST DRINKERS IN %UROPE AND WHEREAS THE AVERAGE 5+ WOMAN CONSUMES AROUND LITRES OF ALCO HOL A YEAR YEAR OLDS CONSUME OVER TWICE AS MUCH "EING FEMALE IT S RATHER DEPRESSING TO SEE THESE DRUNK EN WOMEN DISGRACING THEMSELVES SO PUBLICLY THROWING THEIR DIGNITY AND SELF RESPECT TO THE WIND 4HEY TOTTER ON SIX INCH HEELS THEIR BOD IES BARELY COVERED BY THREADS OF LACE AND DIAMANTE AND THE THOUGHT THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTING MY SEX IS EMBARRASSING !ND AS THEY SQUINT THROUGH SMUDGED MASCARA AND WIPE THE GLISTENING VOMIT FROM THEIR CHESTS WITH THEIR HANDS ) lND MYSELF ASKING WHERE IT ALL WENT WRONG -ORE WORRY
INGLY THOUGH IS WHERE ON EARTH IT LL GO FROM HERE "ECAUSE BEYOND THE DESTRUCTION OF A DECENT REPUTATION THERE ARE MUCH MORE DISTRESSING IS SUES THAT ARISE WHEN WOMEN DRINK THEIR CONSCIOUSNESS INTO OBLIVION 7HILE SO INEBRIATED EVERYBODY BE COMES VULNERABLE TO A VIOLENT AT TACK BUT WOMEN ALSO HAVE THE ADDED THREAT OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND RAPE )T IS TERRIFYING TO SEE MORE AND MORE WOMEN ALONE AND UNCONSCIOUS AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WILLINGLY PUT THEMSELVES IN SUCH DANGER )T COULD BE SAID THAT MACHO TEN DENCIES ARE ADOPTED BY WOMEN AS A METHOD OF lTTING IN "UT SOMEHOW ) DON T THINK THIS IS WHAT FEMINISTS HAD IN MIND WHILE ARGUING THAT WOMEN SHOULD BECOME EQUAL TO MEN !ND WITH SO MUCH THAT FEMINISM STILL HASN T ACCOMPLISHED IT IS DEPRESSING THAT THE ,ADETTE CULTURE MAY THREATEN TO SOME EXTENT TO HALT THE CREDIBIL ITY MANY WOMEN STILL HAVE TO lGHT TO OBTAIN ) AM IN NO WAY AN ANGRY FEMINIST BUT HOW ARE WE TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY WHEN MANY OF OUR COUN TERPARTS ARE ROLLING AROUND ON THE STREETS SCREECHING OBSCENITIES AND
mASHING THEIR UNDERWEAR FOR ALL TO SEE (OW CAN WE ARGUE FOR ANYTHING WHEN SOME WOMEN SEEM TO BE SO CONTENT WITH BEING A LAUGHING STOCK 0ERSONALLY ) M IN NO WAY ADVERSE TO A FEW DRINKS AND IT SEEMS THE BEST NIGHTS OUT ARE ALWAYS THE ONES ENJOYED THROUGH A BIT OF A VODKA IN DUCED HAZE "UT ) KNOW WHEN ENOUGH IS ENOUGH AND AM ABLE TO STOP MY SELF FROM TUMBLING OVER THE THIN LINE THAT SEPARATES EXCESSIVE LAUGHER AND MANIC DANCING FROM PILES OF VOMIT )T S NOT THE HANGOVERS ) ATTEMPT TO AVOID IT S ACTING LIKE A FOOL %XCESSIVE DRINKING ONLY ENDS IN SELF HUMILI ATION AND THE EMBARRASSMENT AND SHEEPISHNESS OF PUBLICLY REVEALING A LACK OF SELF CONTROL )T S REFRESHING TO REALISE YOU CAN GO OUT DRINKING WITHOUT SACRIlCING YOUR DIGNITY AND SELF RESPECT "UT AS THE FEMININITY OF MORE AND MORE WOMEN SEEMS TO BE COMPROMISED IN AN ATTEMPT TO BE @ONE OF THE LADS AND WITH PUBLIC VOMITING VIOLENCE AND VERBAL ABUSE FAST BECOMING FE MALE TRAITS ) STILL lND MYSELF WONDER ING WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE @FAIRER SEX
UNLESS ) FEEL REALLY STRONGLY ABOUT THE SUBJECT HENCE THE MAJORITY OF MY GROUPS ARE HARMLESS RESTRICTED TO A STAID MIXTURE OF INTERESTS AFlLIATIONS AND CHARITABLE CAUSES ) M NOT SURE HOW MUCH GENERAL CHARITY GROUPS AS OPPOSED TO INDI VIDUAL SPONSORSHIPS REALLY WORK )T S LAUDABLE THAT PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO RAISE AWARENESS FUNDS AND SIGNATURES AND IT DOESN T TAKE A LOT OF EFFORT TO START A GROUP BUT HOW MANY GROUP MEMBERS EVER GET AROUND TO DONATING MONEY SIGNING A RELATED PETITION OR EVEN INVITING THEIR FRIENDS )T SIMPLY ISN T POSSIBLE TO SUPPORT EVERY CAUSE GROUP YOU RE INVITED TO BUT YOU FEEL HORRIBLY GUILTY REJECTING ANY OF THEM !CTUALLY ) FEEL HEARTLESS REJECTING A LOT OF GROUP INVITATIONS ) OFTEN FEEL LIKE ) M REJECTING A FRIEND S BELIEFS BY REJECTING THEIR GROUP INVITATION WHEN IN REALITY ) SIMPLY DISAGREE WITH THEM OR DON T WANT TO BETRAY TOO MUCH ON MY PROlLE ) M INTERESTED IN WHAT THE GROUPS ARE ABOUT BUT ) M A TAD COM MITMENT PHOBIC AND FOR THAT REASON FAVOUR BLOGS 4HEN THERE ARE GROUPS THAT ARE JUST PLAIN DAFT PRESENTING INCORRECT FACTS THAT CAN MISLEAD THOSE INVITED TO JOIN THEM 7HILST GROUPS CAN MAKE PEO PLE AWARE OF THINGS THEIR USER GENER ATED NATURE CAN SPREAD FALSE INFOR MATION OR INCITE IN THIS WAY THEY RE BOTH A BLESSING AND A CURSE
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"Y NOW EVERY STUDENT HAS PROBABLY HEARD OF OR COME ACROSS STUDENTBEANS COM AT SOME POINT ) BELIEVE THAT &A CEBOOK CAN TAKE CREDIT FOR THIS AS THEY SEEM TO FREQUENTLY ADVERTISE THE FREE STUDENT DISCOUNT WEBSITE 3TRAIGHT AWAY FROM THE WORD FREE YOU AUTO MATICALLY THINK THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME SORT OF CATCH "UT ACTUALLY STUDENTBEANS GIVES STUDENTS THE OP PORTUNITY TO GET DISCOUNTS ON A WHOLE RANGE OF GOODS AND SERVICES SUCH AS FOOD DRINKS ENTERTAINMENT AND ON LINE SHOPPING WITH NO CATCH 3IMPLY ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SIGN UP lLLING IN YOUR NAME E MAIL ADDRESS AND THE UNIVERSITY THAT YOU ARE CURRENTLY STUD YING AT AND ONCE YOU HAVE REGISTERED
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ONE VISITING THE SITE WILL SEE IT !S WELL AS VOTING USERS CAN LEAVE COMMENTS ON THE DEAL !S WELL BEING ABLE TO ADD A CAVEAT ON THE DEAL IT S ALSO A USEFUL FORUM FOR DISCUSSION )F YOU RE INTER ESTED IN AN ITEM BUT NOT SURE WHETHER IT S SUITABLE FOR YOUR NEEDS THERE IS BOUND TO BE SOMEONE WHO LL KNOW THE ANSWER #AUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED THOUGH (OT5+DEALS CAN QUICKLY BE COME A VERY EXPENSIVE HABIT RESULTING IN A BIG PILE OF UNUSED TAT YOU BOUGHT JUST BECAUSE IT WAS CHEAP !S LONG AS YOU USE IT FOR THINGS YOU ACTUALLY WANT (OT5+DEALS IS A GREAT WAY TO SAVE MONEY
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PERIODS SINCE IF YOU NEGLECT YOU CORRE SPONDENCE YOU CAN BE REMOVED FROM THE SITE BUT NOTHING BEATS THE THRILL OF NEW CLOTHES EVERY DAY )F AN ITEM ISN T WHAT YOU RE AFTER YOU CAN SIMPLY PUT IT BACK ON THE WEBSITE 7E SWEAR BY BIG WARDROBE COM FOR THE EARLY MORNING PRESENTS BUT STEER CLEAR IF YOU RE NOT OBSESSIVELY COMPULSIVELY ORGANISED
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OBSCURE TEXT BOOK YOU RE LOOKING FOR AND AT A VERY CHEAP PRICE )F YOU CAN T lND IT ON E"AY THEN IT S NOT WORTH OWNING "UT IT S NOT JUST ABOUT BUYING 3ELLING ON E"AY IS RELATIVELY EASY AND WITH THE LISTING PRICES REDUCED TO P FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE THERE S NO
7ITH GRADUATE EMPLOYMENT AT A LOW THERE ARE WORSE WAYS TO BEGIN YOUR CA REER THAN THROUGH AN INTERNET AUCTION SITE *UST TRY NOT TO GET DISTRACTED BY THAT ITEM THAT YOU VE hALWAYS WANTEDv SINCE YOU SAW IT lVE SECONDS AGO /NCE YOU VE HIT THAT BID BUTTON THERE IS NO GOING BACK
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ING AREAS WHICH MAKES SEARCHING FOR DEALS MUCH EASIER 4HEY ALSO HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF DEALS ON OFFER RANGING FROM FOR HAIR CUTS AND DINING OUT VOUCHERS TO DRIVING LESSONS AND WED DING SERVICES 4ICKRED S OFFERS ARE NOT ONLY LIM ITED TO STUDENTS WHICH IS GOOD NEWS FOR GRADUATES HOPING TO CONTINUE RESI DENCE IN .ORFOLK -OST EXCITINGLY IS PERHAPS THAT ONCE YOU HAVE REGISTERED YOUR INTEREST THE WEBSITE SENDS REGU LAR TEXT MESSAGES WITH OFFERS THAT THEY BELIEVE THE INDIVIDUAL USER WILL BE IN TERESTED IN WHICH IS EASIER THAN CHECK ING THE SITE EVERY DAY 4ICKRED IS MOD ERN AND EASY TO USE EFFECTIVELY SAVING CONSUMERS MONEY ON THE THINGS THEY LOVE WHILST BENElTTING LOCAL BUSINESSES WANTING TO ATTRACT NEW CUSTOMERS
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ǰF "HF PG "HFJTN )AN 3MITH DISCUSSES THE ISSUE OF AGEISM IN THE WORKPLACE AND THE PREVALENCE OF IT IN SOCIETY AS A WHOLE ! FEW YEARS AGO BEFORE BECOMING A 5%! STUDENT ) WORKED FOR A WELL KNOWN ORGANISATION THAT LIKED TO BRAG ABOUT ITS ANTI DISCRIMINATORY EMPLOYMENT POLICIES )T ADVERTISED ITSELF AS BEING TOLERANT OF ALL GENDERS ETHNICITIES AND CREEDS AND HAD EVEN WON PRAISE FROM THE GAY CAMPAIGN ING GROUP 3TONEWALL 4HUS AFTER WORKING THERE A YEAR IT WAS A SHOCK WHEN ) SAW A COLLEAGUE FORCED OUT OF HER JOB BECAUSE OF HER AGE 6ERY CONSCIENTIOUS AND PRODUC TIVE THIS COLLEAGUE ENJOYED THE HIGH RESPECT OF HER WORKMATES (OWEVER SHE WAS EMPLOYED ON RENEWABLE CON TRACTS AND HER LAST CONTRACT lNISHED AT THE END OF !UGUST AFTER SHE D TURNED n ALLOWING HER EMPLOYER TO DENY HER A NEW CONTRACT ON AGE GROUNDS .EW LEGISLATION INTRODUCED IN "RITAIN AT THE START OF /CTOBER n JUST A MONTH LATER n WOULD PROBABLY
HAVE KEPT HER IN EMPLOYMENT UNTIL THE AGE OF "UT RATHER THAN OFFER A NEW CONTRACT FROM /CTOBER THE OR GANISATION DROPPED HER )T REPLACED HER WITH SOMEBODY HALF HER AGE AND WITH A FRACTION OF HER EXPERIENCE AND THOUGH THE NEWCOMER TRIED HIS BEST IT TOOK HIM MOST OF A YEAR TO GET HIS WORK @UP TO SPEED $ESCRIBING THE EXPERIENCE NOW MY EX COLLEAGUE SAYS SHE FELT AN INCRE DULITY THAT hSOON TURNED TO ANGER AT THE CAVALIER ATTITUDE DISPLAYED BY THE MANAGER TOWARDS THE ISSUE AND DIS GUST THAT IN AN ADVANCED COUNTRY IN THE ST CENTURY SUCH A LOW MANDA TORY AGE WAS STILL LEGALx THE HUMAN SIDE APART IT DOESN T SEEM TO MAKE A LOT OF SENSE IN ECONOMIC TERMS v 4ALKING ABOUT HOW IT CHANGED HER OUTLOOK SHE ADDS h) DIDN T LIKE TO ADMIT THAT IT AFFECTED MY SELF ESTEEM n MOSTLY IT DOESN T DEPEND ON WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK OF ME "UT TO
BE WORKING AND EARNING ONE DAY AND THEN GETTING ON TO A BUS WITH A SENIOR BUS PASS THE NEXT BROUGHT THE REALITY HOME TO ME ) FELT ) DIDN T WANT TO STAY IN A SOCIETY THAT DIDN T VALUE THE CONTRIBUTION OF ITS OLDER PEOPLE OR RESPECT THEM v 7HILE IT IS HUGELY DEMORALISING TO BE DEEMED NO LONGER CAPABLE OF DOING A LIFELONG JOB SIMPLY BECAUSE OF YOUR AGE THE PROBLEM TAKES OTHER FORMS TOO 0HIL 7ELLS AN OFlCIAL AT THE CHARITY !GE #ONCERN .ORWICH POINTS OUT THAT IT ALSO RELATES TO hIN SURANCE n ESPECIALLY FOR TRAVEL n AND MOST WORRYINGLY TO MEDICAL AND SO CIAL CARE WHERE PEOPLE ARE ROUTINELY TREATED WORSE PURELY ON THE BASIS OF THEIR AGE /BVIOUSLY THERE ARE GOOD REASONS FOR OFFERING DIFFERENT TERMS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE MORE ILL FOR EX AMPLE BUT IT IS PURELY BASED ON AGE AND HENCE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT EVERY ONE OVER v
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2ESEARCH BY !GE #ONCERN IN INDICATES THAT OF THE OF "RITAIN S POPULATION WHO BELIEVE THEY HAVE SUFFERED FROM DISCRIMINATION TWO THIRDS IDENTIFY THE FORM OF DISCRIMI NATION AS AGEISM 4HE NUMBER IS THREE TIMES GREATER THAN THAT OF PEO PLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED SEXISM $ISCRIMINATION TENDS TO LESSEN AS FRIENDSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS DE VELOP BETWEEN PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT ETHNIC SOCIAL OR RELIGIOUS GROUPS 5NFORTUNATELY SOCIETY IN ST CENTU RY "RITAIN IS SO COMPARTMENTALISED IN TERMS OF AGE THAT FRIENDSHIPS BETWEEN PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT GENERATIONS ARE RARE n WHICH FUELS THE AGEISM PROB LEM 3O WHAT IS THE POINT OF RAISING THIS ISSUE IN A NEWSPAPER WITH A PRE DOMINANTLY YOUNG READERSHIP LIKE #ONCRETE 7ELL YOU MAY WELL END UP IN A WORKPLACE WITH OLDER PEOPLE n AND AS A COLLEAGUE YOU SHOULD RE
JECT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THEM AS MUCH AS DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ANY ONE ELSE !ND WHILE YOU MAY AVOID DISCRIMINATION JUST NOW BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE PREVALENT ETHNICITY SEXUAL ITY AND SOCIAL CLASS BACKGROUND YOU WILL n BARRING UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENTS n BECOME AN OLDER CITIZEN YOURSELF ONE DAY !ND REMEMBER NOT ALL STUDENTS AT 5%! ARE SUCH YOUNG BUCKS &OR EXAMPLE AFTER A DISTINGUISHED CAREER AS A BUSINESSMAN AND POLITICIAN SOMETHING 4ONY #OLMAN IS NOW EN JOYING HIS THIRD WIND AS A STUDENT IN THE 3CHOOL OF $EVELOPMENT 3TUDIES 7HILE BELIEVING THAT h5%! RIGHTLY GIVES PRIORITY TO YOUNGER PEOPLEv HE ASSERTS THAT hLIFELONG LEARNING SHOULD MEAN THAT ANYONE OF ANY AGE WHO HAS THE ACADEMIC ABILITY NEEDED FOR A 5%! COURSE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED )N MY CASE ) M PLEASED TO SAY THEY DID ACCEPT ME v
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#POF .BSSPX 4O 4HE %DITOR ) READ WITH INTEREST YOUR REQUEST FOR STUDENTS WILLING TO DONATE THEIR BONE MARROW RECENT LY ) AM A BENElCIARY OF DONATED BONE MAR ROW AND WOULD LIKE TO USE MY EXPERIENCES TO PERSONALIZE THE REQUEST ) WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A RARE FORM OF LEU KAEMIA IN !S THE DISEASE PROGRESSED IT BECAME CLEAR THAT THE ONLY CHANCE OF SURVIVAL WAS A BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT ) WAS FORTU NATE ! SUITABLE DONOR WAS FOUND A YEAR OLD STUDENT FROM ,ONDON ) BELIEVE THESE THINGS ARE KEPT ANONYMOUS ) RECEIVED MY TRANSPLANT IN $ECEMBER AND ALTHOUGH IT HAS BEEN A HARD RIDE ) AM ON MY WAY TO RECOVERY (OWEVER ) WAS LUCKY !T THE SAME TIME ) WAS BEING TREATED THERE WERE OTHER PATIENTS ON THE WARD FOR WHOM NO TRANSPLANT HAD BEEN FOUND 4HESE PATIENTS WERE RAPIDLY DETERIORATING AND PROBABLY DYING 9ET ) AM EQUALLY SURE THAT SOMEWHERE OUT THERE n MAY BE AMONG YOUR STUDENTS n IS SOMEONE WHOSE BONE MARROW WOULD HAVE BEEN A MATCH AND WHO WERE UNAWARE OF THE FACT THAT THEY MIGHT BE THE KEY TO SOMEONE S SURVIVAL )N YOUR ARTICLE YOU DESCRIBE THE TRADITION
AL WAY OF HARVESTING BONE MARROW FROM THE DONOR DIRECTLY 4HIS DOES INDEED SOUND VERY OFF PUTTING #AN ) POINT OUT THAT NOWADAYS IT IS INCREASINGLY COMMON TO HARVEST STEM CELLS RATHER THEN THE MARROW ITSELF 4HIS PROCEDURE IS NON INVASIVE AND PAINLESS 4O PUT IT SIM PLY YOU TAKE SOME TABLETS WHICH INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STEM CELLS IN YOUR BLOOD THEN SIT FOR A FEW HOURS LINKED TO A MACHINE WHICH HARVESTS THEM .O NEED TO DIG INTO YOUR OWN BONE MARROW )N MY CASE ) WAS GIVEN STEM CELLS RATHER THAN MARROW ) DON T UNDERSTAND HOW BUT THROUGH SOME MAGIC MY DONOR S STEM CELLS STIMULATED MY OWN BODY TO PRODUCE NEW DISEASE FREE BONE MARROW WHICH REPLACED MY OLD MARROW ) AM ALIVE NOW AND AM CERTAIN ) WOULD NOT BE WITHOUT MY DONOR S GENEROSITY 4HE !NTHONY .OLAN 4RUST DOES A SUPERB JOB OF MAINTAINING A DATABASE OF ALL DONORS BUT THEY CAN ONLY INCLUDE PEOPLE WHO HAVE REGISTERED #AN ) PLEASE URGE YOUR STUDENTS TO REGISTER n THEY REALLY MIGHT SAVE A LIFE LIKE MINE 9OURS SINCERELY #OLIN 0AYNE
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MANY LEVELS WHAT THE ISLAND LOST IN YOUNG TOURISTS IT HAS GAINED IN CREDI BILITY &OR BETTER OR WORSE THE ISLAND S MORE UNSAVOURY VISITORS HAVE BEEN MARGINALISED TO THE TACKY PERIPHER IES OF 3AN !NTONIO PRICED OUT OF THE GENUINE CAPITAL OF COOL )BIZA 4OWN OR %IVISSA AS IS IT IS KNOWN LOCALLY $ESPITE ITS REPUTATION 3AN !N TONIO IS HOME TO ONLY TWO OF )BIZA S SUPERCLUBS %DEN AND %S 0ARADIS 4HE TOWN DOES HOWEVER FEATURE THE @SUNSET STRIP HOME TO WORLD FA MOUS BARS SUCH AS #AFÏ -AMBO AND #AFÏ $EL -AR WHERE YOU CAN EXPECT TO PAY STELLAR PRICES IN EXCHANGE FOR STUNNING SUNSETS 9OU DO NOT HAVE TO BRAVE 3AN !NTONIO AT ALL TO EXPE RIENCE )BIZA S RENOWNED DANCE SCENE THE WORLD S BIGGEST CLUB 0RIVILEGE AND IT S NEIGHBOUR !MNESIA CAN BE FOUND NEAR 3AN 2AFAEL AND 0ACHA $# AND 3PACE ALL ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF )BIZA 4OWN )BIZA 4OWN IS UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF 3PAIN S lNEST ASSETS AND BEST KEPT SECRETS 6IRTUALLY UNSPOILED THE COB BLED STREETS OF THE TOWN CENTRE ARE HOME TO LIVELY BARS QUIET CAFES HIGH STREET BRANDS TAPAS BARS UNIQUE SHOPS AND QUALITY RESTAURANTS 4HE CENTRE OF THE INTEREST IS THE HARBOUR FRONT OVERLOOKED BY A SPECTACULAR HILLTOP FORTRESS $ALT 6ILA 4RANSPORT LINKS ON THE ISLAND ARE EXCELLENT WITH INTER TOWN BUSES AVAILABLE FROM %URO AND THE $ISCO BUSES CHEAPLY MOVING YOU BETWEEN THE ISLANDS PARTY HUBS AND OTHER RESORTS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT MAK ING EXPLORING THE ENTIRE ISLAND CHEAP AND EASY 4HIS ALLOWS YOU THE OPTION OF STAYING IN A QUIETER LESS EXPENSIVE LOCATION WHERE ACCOMMODATION IS OF SIGNIlCANTLY HIGHER QUALITY AND AVAIL ABILITY WITHOUT MISSING OUT ON THE BENElTS OF THE BUSY TOWNS )T IS EASY TO SEE WHY )BIZA IS ALSO VERY POPU LAR WITH FAMILIES WITH ITS BEAUTIFUL BEACHES SMALL AND ACCESSIBLE RESORTS IT S SIGNIlCANTLY LESS DEVELOPED IN THE
NORTH OF THE ISLAND THAN THE BIGGEST "ALEARIC -ALLORCA 4HERE IS AN ABUNDANCE OF CUT PRICE DEALS AVAILABLE TO )BIZA PARTICULARLY TOWARDS LOW SEASON 4HE MONEY YOU SAVE ON mIGHTS AND HOTELS WILL QUICKLY DISAPPEAR THOUGH ONE OF THE REASONS WHY )BIZA ATTRACTS MORE DEDICATED CLUB LOVERS AND FAMILIES IS BECAUSE IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE %NTRY TICKETS TO THE CLUBS ARE RARELY BELOW %UROS
'BS "XBZ 'JOMBOE 3WIMMING IN THE "ALTIC 3EA MAY NOT SOUND SO APPEALING AT lRST )NDEED THIS IS A PART OF THE WORLD THAT GETS VERY COLD 4HE 'ULF OF "OTHNIA THE NORTHERNMOST SECTION OF THE "AL TIC WHERE THIS WRITER FOUND HIMSELF FREEZES OVER EVERY WINTER $ESPITE THIS CHILLING FACT TAKING A DIP BECOMES THE MOST LOGICAL STEP AFTER HAVING BEEN BROUGHT TO THE BOIL IN A TRADI TIONAL &INNISH SAUNA 3AUNAS ARE PLENTIFUL ACROSS &IN LAND SOMETHING YOU CANNOT SAY ABOUT PEOPLE 7ITH A TOTAL POPULA TION OF JUST OVER MILLION MILLION LESS THAN 'REATER ,ONDON THERE IS A LOT OF SPACE FOR NATURE TO RUN WILD %LKS OR MOOSE ARE A CONSTANT HAZARD TO ROAD USERS DARTING ACROSS HIGH WAYS FROM ONE THICKLY FORESTED SIDE TO ANOTHER )T IS ALSO POSSIBLE TO SEE "ROWN "EARS 'RAY 7OLVES AND FUR THER NORTH 2EINDEER )N 3EPTEMBER WHEN THIS WRITER VISITED TAKING THE TRAIN NORTH TO THE 3WEDISH SPEAKING TOWN OF *AKOBS TAD 0IETARSAARI IN &INNISH IT WAS POSSIBLE TO SEE THE CHANGING OF THE SEASONS &ROM THE GREEN PARKS OF (ELSINKI TO THE EVER BROWNING BIRCH TREES LINING THE TRACKS AND THE SHIM MERING GOLDEN WHEAT lELDS WAITING TO BE HARVESTED AUTUMN WAS TAKING
ITS HOLD OVER THE COUNTRYSIDE 4HE SUN SHONE AND THE AIR WAS CRISP AND CLEAN 4HE LANDSCAPE IS FAR FROM DRA MATIC NO TOWERING MOUNTAINS UN DULATING HILLS OR TOPOGRAPHY TO TALK ABOUT IN THIS PART OF &INLAND YET THE PEACE AND QUIET THE FEELING OF BEING A MILLION MILES FROM CIVILISATION THE FRESH AIR AND THE NATURE IS CALMING ENJOYABLE AND RELAXING 4HERE IS NO REAL REASON FOR TOUR ISTS TO EVER VISIT HERE AND THAT IS WHAT GIVES IT ITS CHARM 5NLESS ONE HAS FRIENDS IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD THERE WOULD BE SO MANY OTHER DESTINATIONS HIGHER ON THE LIST 4HIS IS NOT ONE FOR THE CULTURE FANATICS PARTY RAVERS THRILL SEEKERS OR BEACH BUMS "UT THEN ISN T THAT WHAT TRUE TRAVELLING IS ALL ABOUT 7HO WANTS TO TICK ANOTHER BOX ON THE @TO SEE LIST WHEN YOU CAN lND SOMEWHERE NEW DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND DIVE IN WITH NO EXPEC TATIONS 3O STANDING NAKED ON A ROCKY OUTCROP OVERLOOKING THE SHIMMER ING RIPPLES OF THE "ALTIC PONDERING IF ANY OTHER "RIT HAD EVER SEEN THESE VIEWS OR WHETHER THIS WAS IMPORTANT AT ALL THE DECISION WAS MADE (OLD THE NOSE CLOSE THE EYES BRACE THE MUSCLES AND JUMP -IKE #ARTER
4VO 4FB BOE 4FOTF 4HE &OREIGN /FlCE ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO PREPARE BEFORE HEADING ABROAD THIS SUMMER WITH A BOTTLE OF LAGER IN 0ACHA START ING AT %UROS WITH SIMILAR PRICES FOUND IN THE BETTER TOWN BARS #ON TRARY TO ITS NEGATIVE IMAGE )BIZA DOES NOT SUFFER FROM SERIOUS BINGE DRINK ING LIKE OTHER -ED RESORTS SIMPLY BE CAUSE YOUNG HOLIDAY MAKERS CANNOT AFFORD IT 3AVING UP PLENTY OF MONEY FOR YOUR TRIP IS CERTAINLY ADVISABLE BE CAUSE ONCE YOU ARE THERE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RESIST SPLASHING OUT ON THE DECADENT LUXURIOUS LIFESTYLE SO BEAU TIFULLY ADVOCATED BY THE )BIZAN ELITE )BIZA IS A PLACE WHERE AGE DOESN T MATTER AND THE AMBIENCE OF THE IS LAND GUARANTEES RELAXATION THE HIGH OCTANE NIGHTLIFE IS PERFECTLY BALANCED BY THE LAID BACK CAFÏ CULTURE ,ISTEN ING TO THE WORLD S BEST $*S IN THE WORLD S BEST CLUBS WITH THE WORLD S MOST SOPHISTICATED FREE SPIRITS WHAT BETTER WAY IS THERE TO CURE POST DIS SERTATION BLUES
)T S COMING UP TO THAT TIME OF YEAR WHEN STUDENTS ARE THE ENVY OF EVE RYONE FOR THEIR LONG HOLIDAYS AND EXCITING TRAVEL PLANS (OWEVER THE &OREIGN /FlCE IS URGING STUDENTS TO PREPARE PROPERLY BEFORE HEADING OVERSEAS &ROM FORGETTING TO TAKE MALARIA TABLETS IN !FRICA TO TAKING THE WRONG CURRENCY FOR THE COUNTRY BEING VIS ITED n STUDENTS ARE REGULARLY GETTING INTO ALL SORTS OF PROBLEMS WHILE ABROAD )N FACT WE SURVEYED STU DENTS ON CAMPUS AT THE 5NIVERSITY OF %AST !NGLIA AND ADMITTED THEY DON T ALWAYS TAKE OUT TRAVEL IN SURANCE BEFORE A TRIP ABROAD WHICH IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG CAN BE A VERY COSTLY ERROR OF 5%! STUDENTS WE ASKED DIDN T KNOW THAT IT CAN COST UP TO a TO BE AIRLIFTED ON A STRETCHER BACK TO THE 5+ FROM !USTRALIA AFTER AN ACCIDENT n A HEFTY BLOW TO YOUR
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!LICE $RAPER FROM THE &OREIGN /FlCE SAID h4RAVELLING IS A GREAT OP PORTUNITY TO VISIT EXCITING DESTINA TIONS AND IT CAN BE A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE 4O MAKE SURE YOU GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR TRAVELS IT S REALLY IMPORTANT TO DO SOME SIMPLE PREPA RATION IN ADVANCE OF YOUR TRIP TO HELP REDUCE THE RISK OF ANYTHING GO ING WRONG n AND ALLOW YOU TO COPE BETTER IF IT DOES 6ISIT WWW GOGAPY EAR COM FOR ALL THE INFORMATION AND ADVICE YOU NEED FOR A SAFER TRIP v *AMES "ILLINGS
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!S THE CREDIT CRUNCH CONTINUES TO BITE THE IMPORTANCE OF MONEY MANAGEMENT HAS NEVER BEEN GREATER 3IMON 4URNER TAKES A LOOK AT THE ECONOMIC CRISIS AND OFFERS SOME SAGE ADVICE THAT COULD HELP YOUR lNANCES )F THINGS BEGAN TO TOTTER IN IT APPEARS THAT WILL BE THE YEAR FOR THE PLUNGE 4HE EVIDENCE IS ALL AROUND US "ANKS THE VICTIMS OF THEIR OWN GREED NOW REQUIRE MASSIVE GOV ERNMENT BAIL OUTS JUST TO STAY AmOAT #ERTAINLY IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THE NEXT FEW YEARS WILL BE LEAN ONES FOR THE BANKS BUT CAN WE TIGHTEN OUR BELTS ANY FURTHER $ATA FROM THE /FlCE FOR .ATION AL 3TATISTICS REVEALS THAT AMONG THE HARDEST HIT BY RISING UNEMPLOYMENT ARE YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF TO APPROXIMATELY ARE NOW JOBLESS -ORE PERTURBING STILL THIS YEAR HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS @ONE OF THE WORST ;IN WHICH= TO GRADUATE FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES BY -ARTIN "IRCHALL MANAGING DIRECTOR OF MAR KET RESEARCH COMPANY (IGH &LIERS 2ESEARCH -EANWHILE A REPORT BY THE !SSOCIATION OF 'RADUATE 2ECRUITERS HAS FOUND THAT THOSE SUCCESSFUL IN GAINING EMPLOYMENT WILL HAVE THEIR STARTING SALARIES FROZEN AT LAST YEAR S AVERAGE THE lRST TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED IN LIVING MEMORY 7HILE GRADUATE RECRUITMENT IS ON THE SLIDE STUDENT DEBT IS lRMLY ON THE INCREASE 4HE DEBT BURDEN FOR THE CLASS OF IS ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN a AND a PER STUDENT 4HIS lGURE IS SET TO IN CREASE WITH lRST YEARS TYPICALLY TOT TING UP MORE THAN a DEBT PER ANNUM SECOND YEAR UNDERGRADUATE 3OPHIE 2ICHARDSON EXPECTS THIS ACA
DEMIC YEAR TO COST HER @APPROXIMATELY a )N SUCH A BAD lNANCIAL CLI MATE THE LAST THING STUDENTS NEED IS UNFAIR BANK CHARGES BUT THESE COULD BE ABOUT TO CHANGE ,AST 4HURSDAY THE #OURT OF !P PEAL UPHELD AN EARLIER (IGH #OURT RULING THAT BANK OVERDRAFT CHARGES HAVE TO BE FAIR 4HAT THE /FlCE OF &AIR 4RADING /&4 WILL NOW CONCLUDE THAT BANK OVERDRAFT CHARGES ARE UNFAIR IS HIGHLY LIKELY n IF IT DOES MILLIONS OF CURRENT ACCOUNT HOLDERS COULD CLAIM REFUNDS TOTALLING BILLIONS (OWEVER AS BANKS PLAN TO APPEAL THE DECISION IN THE (OUSE OF ,ORDS THE RECLAIM PROCESS REMAINS ON HOLD .OW MANY WILL HAVE TO WAIT TO lND OUT IF THEY CAN RECOVER THEIR UNAUTHORISED OVER DRAFT CHARGES WHILE CONVERSELY THE BANKS CONTINUE TO LEVY CHARGES SOME OF WHICH ARE AS HIGH AS a (OWEVER NEW GUIDELINES HAVE MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR lNANCIALLY HARD UP STUDENTS TO RECLAIM THEIR MONEY NOW 4HIS IS BECAUSE THE &INANCIAL 3ERVICES !UTHORITY &3! HAS TOLD THE BANKS THAT THEY MUST DEAL WITH CASES WHERE THE CLAIMANT IS IN lNANCIAL DIF lCULTY DURING THE HOLD PERIOD "ANKS MUST @TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ; = EVIDENCE OF CHANGES IN LIFESTYLE INCLUDING ; = STARTING FULL TIME EDUCATION 2ETURN ING ITEMS UNPAID DUE TO A LACK OF AVAILABLE FUNDS OR REPEATEDLY EXCEED ING A CREDIT CARD OR OVERDRAFT LIMIT WITHOUT AGREEMENT ARE FORMS OF EVI DENCE THAT YOUR BANK OUGHT TO CON
SIDER )F lNANCIAL COMMITMENTS LIKE RENT CANNOT BE PAID THEN THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT THE LENDER WILL CON SIDER AN EARLY SETTLEMENT
)T S A WELL KNOWN FACT THAT MORE THAN ONE IN THREE PEOPLE WILL DEVELOP CAN CER DURING THEIR LIFETIME 4HAT S ONE PERSON BEING DIAGNOSED EVERY TWO MINUTES IN THE 5+ OR NEW CASES EACH YEAR OVER TIMES THE EN TIRE STUDENT POPULATION AT THIS 5NI VERSITY %VERY FOUR MINUTES ONE OF THOSE CANCER VICTIMS WILL DIE 4HESE FRIGHTENING STATISTICS SHOW THE IMPOR TANCE OF ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS #ANCER 2ESEARCH 5+ BUT WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP 2ACE FOR ,IFE IS THE LARGEST WOM EN ONLY FUNDRAISING EVENT IN THE 5+ %ACH YEAR THOUSANDS OF WOMEN TRAIN FOR THE KM COURSE 3PONSORSHIP FROM THE EVENTS GOES STRAIGHT TO #ANCER 2E SEARCH 5+ n EVERY PENNY GOES TO FUND SCIENTIlC RESEARCH THAT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO MILLIONS OF LIVES AROUND THE COUNTRY )N FACT SINCE THE lRST RACE IN THE DEATH RATE OF LUNG BOWEL AND BREAST CANCERS HAVE DROPPED BY ALMOST A lFTH AS WELL AS A DE
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FROM A BUNCH OF STRAIGHT FACED lTNESS FANATICS THE PEOPLE WHO COMPLETE THESE EVENTS ARE ORDINARY WOMEN )F YOU LIKE THIS REPORTER lND THE PROS PECT OF RUNNING FOR KM IS MERELY LAUGHABLE THEN YOU CAN WALK n THERE IS NO PRIZE FOR COMING lRST AND THE FEELING OF SATISFACTION WHEN YOU CROSS THE lNISH LINE FAR OUTWEIGHS THE COST TO ACHING TOES )N FACT YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT YOU ARE PROBABLY WALKING AT LEAST KM ON A REGULAR BASIS )MPROV ING YOUR lTNESS DOESN T HAVE TO MEAN HOURS IN THE GYM FOR THE lRST TIME YOU COULD TONE THOSE CALVES SIMPLY BY SHOPPING 4HIS YEAR 2ACE FOR ,IFE HAS LAUNCHED @3HOP FOR ,IFE THE PER FECT WAY TO TRAIN BEFORE THE BIG DAY #HAPELlELD -ALL LIKE MANY OTHER SHOPPING CENTRES ACROSS THE 5+ NOW OFFERS A KM ROUTE TO BE COMPLETED AT YOUR OWN PACE WHICH WILL TAKE YOU VIA ALL YOUR FAVOURITE STORES 3TARTING BY -ARKS AND 3PENCERS
4O PURSUE AN EARLY SETTLEMENT 7RITE TO YOUR BANK AND REQUEST A LIST OF CHARGES OR STATEMENTS GOING BACK SIX YEARS lVE YEARS IF YOU LIVE IN 3COTLAND "ANKS ARE ALLOWED TO CHARGE UP TO a FOR EACH REQUEST SO ASK THAT IT DEBITS YOUR ACCOUNT EN SURING YOU HAVE SUFlCIENT FUNDS FOR THEM TO DO SO !LTERNATIVELY IF YOU HAVE INSUFlCIENT FUNDS OR IF YOUR AC COUNT IS CLOSED ENCLOSE A CHEQUE FOR THE SAME AMOUNT WITH THE ORIGINAL LETTER 6ISIT WWW MONEYADVICETRUST ORG AND PRINT OFF A @#OMMON &INANCIAL 3TATEMENT #&3 &ILL IN THE #&3 TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY "ANKS REQUIRE THIS IN ORDER TO ASSESS YOU FOR lNAN CIAL HARDSHIP /NCE YOU HAVE RECEIVED THE DATA
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NING FOR THE BUS GET US GROANING AND WITH COURSEWORK DEADLINES AND EXAMS ON THEIR WAY SOME MIGHT ARGUE THAT STUDENTS ARE JUSTIlED IN PUTTING OFF THEIR CONTRIBUTION FOR ANOTHER YEAR &OR THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER IN THIS SIMPLY ISN T GOOD ENOUGH KM MAY SOUND LIKE A LOT BUT IT S ACTUALLY NOT AS MUCH AS YOU WOULD THINK &AR
FROM THE BANK ADD UP ALL THE UNAU THORISED OVERDRAFT CHARGES AND DETAIL THEM IN A LIST 4O INCREASE YOUR CLAIM CALCULATE STATUTORY INTEREST UPON EACH CHARGE AT THE RATE OF %NCLOSE THE LIST AND WRITE TO YOUR BANK DEMAND ING A FULL REFUND OF ALL UNAUTHORISED OVERDRAFT CHARGES ON THE BASIS THAT THEY ARE UNFAIR -AKE REFERENCE TO YOUR PERCEIVED lNANCIAL HARDSHIP AND ENCLOSE A COPY OF YOUR COMPLET ED #OMMON &INANCIAL 3TATEMENT )N THE EVENT THAT THE BANK OFFERS A PAR TIAL SETTLEMENT OR NO SETTLEMENT AT ALL REFER THE COMPLAINT TO THE #ONSUMER #REDIT #OUNSELLING 3ERVICE OR THE &I NANCIAL /MBUDSMAN 3ERVICE /NE UNDERGRADUATE IS lGHTING PARTICULARLY HARD IN SUPPORT OF THIS CHANGE 3IMON 4URNER OPERATES A SMALL CLAIMS MANAGEMENT BUSINESS PROVIDING SERVICES TO PEOPLE IN NEED OF CLAIMING BACK THEIR UNFAIR BANK CHARGES )N ADDITION HE OFFERS SERV ICES TO RECLAIM CREDIT CARD CHARGES AND PREMIUMS PAID ON MIS SOLD IN SURANCE 3IMON HAS OFFERED TO DISCOUNT HIS SERVICES TO OTHER STUDENTS BY IF ANY WOULD LIKE HIM TO WORK ON THEIR BEHALF &OR MORE INFORMATION VISIT WWW STUDENTBANKCHARGES CO UK OR EMAIL 3IMON AT SUPPORT BANKCHARGESOLUT IONS CO UK RESEARCH !NY INFORMATION SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IN REGARD TO SPECIlC CIRCUMSTANCES AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE lNANCIAL ADVICE
PASSING ( - AND -ONSOON AND END ING UP NEAR "ORDERS FEW WOULD ARGUE THAT THIS HAS MORE OF A FUN FACTOR THAN AN HOUR ON THE TREADMILL !S .ATASHA $ICKINSON (EAD OF #ANCER 2ESEARCH 5+ S 2ACE FOR ,IFE SAID h7E KNOW THAT WITHOUT EVEN REALISING IT MANY WOMEN COVER SEVERAL KILOMETRES ON AN AVERAGE WEEKEND SHOPPING TRIPv 4HIS YEAR IN .ORWICH THE CHARITY IS HOPING THAT WOMEN WILL COME TOGETHER TO RAISE AS MUCH AS a TO FUND THE CHARITY S LIFE SAVING WORK INTO ALL FORMS OF CANCER -OST OF US HAVE SEEN A LOVED ONE STRUGGLE WITH CANCER )T S NOT PRETTY BUT UNLESS WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT IT S NOT GOING AWAY 3IGN UP TODAY AND SUPPORT YOUR FRIENDS IN DOING THE SAME n THERE S NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO SPLASH THE CASH *USTINE 7ALLIS &OR MORE INFORMATION SUPPORT AND ADVICE GO TO WWW IlCANDOIT ORG
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#LIMATE CHANGE AS A PHENOMENON HAS ONLY REALLY BECOME A POLITICAL HOT TOPIC IN THE LAST DECADE OR SO BUT IT S NOW SUCH A BIG ISSUE THAT YOU D HAVE TO BE AN %SKIMO NOT TO HAVE HEARD OF IT 4HE AIM OF THIS FEATURE BY *AKE -AXWELL 7ATTS IS TO COVER THE BASICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND ADDRESS THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT A SOLUTION WILL BE FOUND BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE
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0OTENTIALLY GLOBAL WARMING HAS DIS ASTROUS CONSEQUENCES 4HERE ARE SEV ERAL MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH RESEARCH AND ACTION IN THIS AREA &IRSTLY IT IS LONG TERM AND A LOT CAN HAPPEN IN A HUNDRED YEARS 3ECONDLY IT IS AN IMPERFECT SCIENCE BASED UPON PROB ABILITIES AND ESTIMATES &INALLY IT IS A HOT POLITICAL ISSUE THAT REQUIRES TRIL LIONS TO BE SPENT ON IT AND THERE IS SO MUCH CONmICTING EVIDENCE THAT EVEN IF THE DOOM AND GLOOM MES SAGE IS BY FAR STRONGER POLITICIANS AND THE GENERAL POPULATION WILL GRASP AT FAVOURABLE RESEARCH TO MAINTAIN THEIR CURRENT WAY OF LIFE ! PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THIS WAS THE "USH ADMIN ISTRATION WHICH TOOK A STOICAL AND
ING THE GLOBAL TEMPERATURE TO RAISE 4HE MORE CARBON DIOXIDE AND OTHER GREENHOUSE GASES THAT ARE EMITTED THE GREATER THE AMOUNT OF TRAPPED HEAT 4HE ISSUE IS INlNITELY MORE COMPLEX THAN THIS BUT A GENERAL RISE IN TEMPERATURE IS THE BASIC PICTURE
RESOLUTE STANCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE DENYING THE HUMAN CAUSES AND PRO VIDING MINIMAL FUNDING FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH )T WAS "USH WHO BLOCKED MUCH INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION )T S OFTEN SIMPLER TO TREAT POLITICIANS LIKE CHILDREN )F ONE REFUSES TO DO SOME THING THEY DON T WANT TO DO OTHERS WILL DO THE SAME )N THIS CASE OTHER COUNTRIES WERE NOT WILLING TO TAKE A LARGE PORTION OF THEIR BUDGET TO lGHT CLIMATE CHANGE WHEN !MERICA PRO DUCES A QUARTER OF THE WORLD S CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS AND WAS DOING NOTHING TO STOP IT .UMEROUS INTER NATIONAL ORGANISATIONS THE )NTERGOV ERNMENTAL 0ANEL ON #LIMATE #HANGE BEING THE BIGGEST HAVE CRIED OUT FOR
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-OST PEOPLE QUITE LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING BEAU TIFUL SUMMERS AND WARM WEATHER ALL THE TIME BUT SADLY THIS IS NOT SUCH A GREAT THING ESPECIALLY SEEING AS THE "RITISH ARE PATHOLOGICALLY INCAPABLE OF ENJOYING THE WEATHER )N THE 5+ WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE A # TO # DE GREE RISE IN TEMPERATURE BY MOSTLY IN SUM MER AND AUTUMN AND THE SOUTH EAST .ORFOLK INCLUDED WILL MOST LIKE LY RISE BY # # 7E ARE LIKELY TO GET MORE PRECIPITATION MOSTLY IN WINTER WITH THE SUMMERS BECOMING DRIER 4HIS WOULD THROW THE WHOLE COUNTRY INTO DISAR RAY WITH DROUGHTS BECOM ING COMMON A STRAIN BE ING PUT ON ALL SERVICES AND THE NATIONAL ECOSYSTEMS IN CHAOS 4HE 5+ IMPORTS A LOT OF FOOD BUT IF OTHER COUNTRIES CAN T PRODUCE ENOUGH BECAUSE OF THE HOT WEATHER AND DROUGHTS
AND WE CAN T GROW OUT OWN THERE WILL BE FOOD SHORTAGES 4HE INCIDENCE OF VIOLENT WEATHER WILL IN CREASE WITH THE RANGE FOR HURRICANES AND TORNADOS EXPANDING FURTHER FROM THE EQUATOR 3EA LEVELS WILL RISE AS THE ICE SHEETS MELT AND IT IS HIGHLY LIKE LY THAT VAST AREAS WILL BE COVERED IN WATER n SOME OF THE 5+ INCLUDED 4HEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN RISING MM PER YEAR SINCE AND THIS WILL INCREASE AS ICE MELTS -OST CRUCIALLY WHEN COUNTRIES COME UN DER STRAIN AND ECONOMIES COLLAPSE THEY BECOME MORE INWARD LOOKING AND PROVIDE LESS AID TO OTHERS AND DIPLOMATIC TENSIONS GROW 0OTENTIALLY WITH THE RISE OF #HINA AND THE DECLINE OF !MERICA IN AN ALREADY VOLATILE WORLD ADDING CLIMATE CHAOS AND OVERPOPULATION TO THE MIX IS A RECIPE FOR MASSIVE DIS ASTER NOT TO MENTION OIL SHORTAGES
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!L 'ORE EX VICE PRESIDENT TO #LINTON HAS DEVOTED HIS TIME TO INFORMING PEOPLE ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE
4HERE ARE MANY SCIENTIlC @MIRACLE SOLUTIONS AVAILABLE SUCH AS lLTERING OUT #/ FROM THE ATMOSPHERE AND STORING IT UNDERGROUND OR TINKERING WITH THE ATMOSPHERE BY INJECTING SUL PHATE PARTICLES AND MANY PEOPLE ARE STILL HOLDING OUT FOR A CLEAN METHOD OF TRAVEL AND ENERGY GENERATION (OWEVER THE CURRENT OUTLOOK IS NOT GOOD 4HE +YOTO 0ROTOCOL WHICH SETS INTERNATIONAL TARGETS COMES NO WHERE NEAR THE REDUCTION IN #/ THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO STABILISE CLIMATE CHANGE )F ACTION WAS TAKEN THE GASES REMAIN IN THE ATMOSPHERE FOR UP TO A CENTURY BEFORE DISPERSING SO THE EFFECTS WOULD STILL BE FELT FOR AT LEAST OUR LIFETIMES (OWEVER FOR
THOSE OPTIMISTS AMONGST YOU ACTION IS BEING TAKEN EVEN IF LESS THAN DE SIRED )F WE CAN SLOW GLOBAL WARMING WE CAN BUY MORE TIME )T IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT MASSIVE CHANGES WILL BE MADE OVERNIGHT BUT OVER THE YEARS PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE AND THE RATE THAT IT IS BEING MADE IS INCREASING .OW THAT PEOPLE ARE MORE AWARE OF THE ISSUE ONCE MORE EVIDENCE STARTS APPEARING THEY WILL BE MORE WILLING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT 7ITHOUT A DOUBT THE WORLD WILL SUFFER IN THE FU TURE FROM THIS CHANGING CLIMATE BUT HOW MUCH WE WANT TO SUFFER IS UP TO US )T IS NOT TOO LATE TO TAKE ACTION BUT WE ARE TEETERING ON THE POINT OF NO RETURN
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"DDPMBEFT "QMFOUZ GPS "UIMFUJDT $MVC $ANNY #OLLINS 3PORTS 2EPORTER 5%! !THLETICS SAW lVE RECORDS TUM BLE AT THE "5#3 #HAMPIONSHIPS IN 3HEFlELD AT THE WEEKEND AS THEY CEL EBRATED THEIR MOST SUCCESSFUL MEET TO DATE #LUB PRESIDENT 'LEN 7ATTS STORMED INTO THE M lNAL WITH A SCINTILLATING RUN THAT STOPPED THE CLOCK AT MINUTES SMASHING HIS PREVIOUS CLUB RECORD ! COMBINATION OF A COLD AND THE UNPRECEDENTED PACE OF THE lNAL LEFT 7ATTS TO TAKE EIGTH OVERALL AND ADD TWO POINTS TO THE 5%! CAUSE 4HIS EVENT IT SHOULD BE NOTED IS NOT 7ATTS SPECIALITY AND SO WITH THE OUTDOOR SEASON APPROACHING HOPES WILL BE HIGH FOR HIS "53! + 3TEEPLE CHASE ATTEMPT AN EVENT IN WHICH HE IS REIGNING CHAMPION 3ECOND YEAR STUDENT 4OM ,OVE PRODUCED A BLISTERING TWO LAPS OF THE TRACK TO SMASH THE 5%! M RECORD IN A TIME OF SECONDS (OWEVER HE COULD NOT REPRODUCE HIS FORM IN THE SEMI lNAL AS THE %NVIRONMENTAL 3CIENCE STUDENT BOWED OUT OF THE
COMPETITION -EDIC .IKKI 3MITH POWERED TO A TIME OF SECONDS IN THE M TO BEAT THE PREVIOUS 5%! BEST &UTURE HOPES WILL BE HIGH FOR 3MITH CON SIDERING THIS WAS ACHIEVED WITH TWO MONTHS TRAINING 4HE SAME CAN BE SAID OF TRIPLE JUMPER 'RAHAM 3TARK WHO ONLY TOOK UP THE EVENT TWO MONTHS AGO AND IN THAT TIME HAS IMPROVED HIS
PERSONAL BEST BY A REMARKABLE SECONDS 3ARAH "URDETT AND 3ARAH +IMPTON PRODUCED BRAVE RUNS IN THE M AND M RESPECTIVELY TO BREAK THEIR EVENT S 5%! RECORD "URDETT RAN A TIME OF MINUTES AND +IMPTON MINUTES AS BOTH WOMEN PER FORMED ADMIRABLY IN STRONG HEATS &INAL YEAR PHYSIOTHERAPY STUDENT *EN NIE (UNT FOLLOWED +IMPTON S LEAD AS
SHE PERFORMED WELL OVER THE LAPS OF THE TRACK 3PRINTERS !LECHI .DUKA AND 'REG 0OLLARD BOTH TOOK IMPRESSIVE THIRD PLACES IN THEIR HEATS CRUISING TO TIMES OF AND SECONDS RESPECTIVE LY (OWEVER THIS WAS NOT ENOUGH TO TAKE THEM THROUGH TO THE SEMI lNALS IN AN EVENT WHICH IN PREVIOUS YEARS HAS INCLUDED /LYMPIC RUNNERS 3IME ON 7ILLIAMSON AND #RAIG 0ICKERING
#HLOE 6AN 7ULVEN PRODUCED A FAST RUN IN HER M HURDLES HEAT BUT JUST MISSED OUT ON A lNAL PLACE AND THE SAME PROVED TRUE IN THE HIGH JUMP lNAL AS HER LEAP OF M FELL lVE CENTIMETRES SHORT OF A lNAL POSI TION &INAL YEAR BUSINESS STUDENT #HRIS *OHNSON PRODUCED A lNE DISPLAY IN HIS M HEAT TO TAKE SECOND PLACE BUT INJURY HAMPERED HIS CHANCES OF APPEARING IN THE SEMI lNAL IN WHICH HE LOOKED SET TO CHALLENGE FOR HIS SECOND lNAL IN THREE YEARS 2ACHEL "ALL M 3TUART "RILL M 9U +UROSAWA ,ONG *UMP AND M ,OUISE /WEN M $ANNY #OLLINS SHOT AND RELAY 3IMON / -EARA M 3TEVEN *OSH %NTWIS #ASTELLINO M TLE M AND +ALYA +ALLINIKOU M AND RELAY COMPLETED THE 5%! LINE UP &OLLOWING A SUCCESSFUL "5#3 #HAMPIONSHIPS AND AN ENCOURAGING AGAINST A CONSISTENTLY STRONG %S SEX TEAM AT $ERBY $AY HOPES WILL BE HIGH FOR THE OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS IN -AY FROM A YOUNG TEAM THAT LOOKS SET TO GO FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH
'VUTBM 'BMM UP $MBTTZ -PVHICPSPVHI ,UKE 2OBERTS 3PORTS 2EPORTER (AVING PARTIED HARD IN THE ,#2 ON $ERBY $AY THE 5%! FUTSAL TEAM WERE DUE TO LEAVE FOR THE "5#3 #HAMPI ONSHIPS &INALS IN 3HEFlELD AT AM 3OME MADE IT ON TIME ALBEIT STILL IN THEIR $ERBY $AY TIGHTS AND YELLOW FACE PAINT WHILST A CERTAIN PLAYER WAS OVER AN HOUR LATE NOT KNOWING QUITE WHAT WAS GOING ON @4HE OUTSTANDING %AST !NGLIA AS THE CHAMPIONSHIP S PROGRAMME DESCRIBED THIS PROFESSIONAL SQUAD OF PLAYERS ARRIVED AT THE VERY IMPRES SIVE 0ONDS &ORGE )NTERNATIONAL #EN TRE STILL BLEARY EYED BUT LOOKING FOR WARD TO THE TWO DAYS OF COMPETITION AHEAD "RUNEL 5NIVERSITY PROVIDED THE lRST TEST FOR 5%! AND SHOWED THEY WERE A WELL ORGANISED OUTlT 4HROUGH OUT THE MATCH THERE WERE FEW SIGNS OF 5%! S @OUTSTANDING FORM OF THE PRELIMINARIES DESPITE #HRIS %VANS AND 3COTT (OLIDAY TAKING THEIR GOALS WELL 4OO MANY WASTEFUL PASSES AND THE INABILITY TO STAMP ANY AUTHORITY ON THE GAME RESULTED IN AN OPENING LOSS IN A MATCH THAT 5%! SHOULD HAVE WON 2EFRESHED AFTER A FEW HOURS KIP
5%! WERE A CLASS ABOVE THEIR NEXT OPPONENTS "RISTOL ! DRUBBING SIGNALLED TO 4EESIDE ONE OF THE FA VOURITES FOR THE TOURNAMENT THAT 5%! WERE BACK ON FORM AND WOULD BE DIFlCULT TO BEAT IN THEIR ENCOUNTER THE FOLLOWING DAY -ILES ,EWIS HAD A PARTICULARLY GOOD GAME SCORING ONE AND SETTING UP TWO $ESPITE A POOR RECORD AGAINST 4EESIDE THIS WAS PERHAPS 5%! S BEST EVER FUTSAL SQUAD WHO BELIEVED THEY COULD BEAT ANY TEAM ON THEIR DAY +EY EARLY SAVES BY GOALKEEPER !ARON #UL LEN AND SUPERB DEFENDING BY -ARK 2OACH STEADIED THE SHIP AND ALLOWED 5%! TO EASE THEMSELVES INTO THE MATCH
#HRIS "AKER S SIGNATURE SKILL ON THE mANK !DAM 3EEKINGS BURSTS OF PACE (OLIDAY S QUICK FEET AND %VANS NEAT TURNS CAUSED THE 4EESIDE DEFENCE PROBLEMS ALL GAME 'OALS FROM %VANS "AKER AND 3IMON / $ONOGHUE SUP PLEMENTED A 3EEKINGS HAT TRICK 1UICK ROLL ON ROLL OFF SUBSTITU TIONS SUSTAINED A FAST GAME BUT WHEN A CALM HEAD WAS NEEDED AFTER CON CEDING TWO GOALS *AMES @SHOWER SLIP 2IDD ANSWERED THE CALL 3IMILARLY THE STRONG TACKLING OF -ICHAEL 3TEAD HELPED 5%! TO TIGHTEN THINGS UP AT THE BACK ALLOWING THE mAIR PLAYERS TO PUSH FOR MORE GOALS ! RESULT WAS EXTREMELY SATISFY ING ESPECIALLY AFTER DEFEAT TO 4EESIDE
TWO YEARS AGO &UTSAL PRESIDENT !ARON #ULLEN SAID THAT THIS EXCEP TIONAL PERFORMANCE @SHOWS HOW WE HAVE TURNED THINGS AROUND AND ARE NOW A TEAM TO BE RECKONED WITH 4HE PLAYERS WERE NOW LOOKING FORWARD TO THE QUARTER lNAL ENCOUN TER WITH ,OUGHBOROUGH A TEAM 5%! HAD CAUSED A MASSIVE UPSET AGAINST LAST YEAR HAVING WON ,OUGHBOROUGH HOWEVER HAD THAT RESULT lRMLY IN THEIR MINDS AND HAD STUDIED 5%! S GAME WITH 4EESI DE 4HEIR FOUR COACHES INCLUDING AN EX 0ORTUGUESE FUTSAL TRAINER HAD UN DOUBTEDLY WORKED THE BIGGEST SQUAD IN THE COMPETITION HARD BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT
,OUGHBOROUGH WERE EXCELLENT AT KEEPING THE BALL AND THEIR MOVE MENT WAS PHENOMENAL #ULLEN SAVED A mURRY OF SHOTS IN A SUSTAINED SPELL OF PRESSURE AND KEPT 5%! IN THE lRST HALF %VANS HALF TIME TEAM TALK ALSO RE INJECTED A SENSE OF BELIEF AMONGST THE PLAYERS THAT THEY COULD GET BACK INTO THE GAME ,OUGHBOROUGH CONTINUED TO DOMINATE THE SECOND HALF AND 5%! HAD NO OPTION BUT TO CHANGE TACTICS FROM A CONVENTIONAL FORMATION TO IN ORDER TO PRESS THEIR OPPO NENTS 4HEY DID SEE MORE OF THE BALL BUT FOUND IT HARD TO BREAK THROUGH THE OPPOSITION S DEFENCE !S SOON AS ,OUGHBOROUGH REGAINED POSSESSION DEFENCE WAS IMMEDIATELY TURNED INTO A THREE ON ONE ATTACK AND IF IT WAS NOT FOR #ULLEN S BRAVE AND DOGGED PER FORMANCE IN GOAL IT MAY HAVE BEEN MORE THAN THE lNAL SCORE 4HERE IS NO DOUBT THAT 5%! WERE ONE OF THE BEST FUTSAL SIDES IN THE TOURNAMENT AND ALTHOUGH OBVIOUSLY DISAPPOINTED THEY CAN BE PROUD OF THEIR PERFORMANCES #OMPETING ON SUCH A BIG STAGE AS THE "5#3 lNALS WAS IN ITSELF A BRILLIANT EXPERIENCE AND AS "AKER SAID @WE WERE JUST UN LUCKY TO DRAW AN IMPECCABLE ,OUGH BOROUGH IN THE QUARTERS
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1BOUIFST 1PVODF JO %FSCZ %BZ #BTLFUCBMM 2OB 3CHATTEN 3PORTS 2EPORTER !S PART OF THE $ERBY $AY FESTIV ITIES THE 5%! 0ANTHERS n BOTH MEN S AND WOMEN S TEAMS n SUITED UP TO TAKE ON THEIR %SSEX COUNTERPARTS ON THE BASKETBALL COURT 4HE lRST CONTEST TO GET UNDERWAY WAS THE WOMEN S GAME WHICH 5%! CONTROLLED AFTER A SLOW START EVENTU ALLY CRUISING TO A WIN 4HE lRST HALF OF THE GAME SAW SOL ID DEFENCE FROM BOTH SIDES n NEITHER TEAM BROKE INTO DOUBLE lGURES UNTIL THE lNAL MINUTE OF THE lRST QUARTER AS 5%! STRUGGLED TO ESTABLISH THEIR USUAL SLICK STYLE ON THE RUGGED VISIT ING SQUAD !FTER THE BREAK HOWEVER *OHN (ARRIS TEAM BEGAN TO CLICK OFFEN SIVELY AND WITH %SSEX STRUGGLING TO lND THE BASKET FROM ANYWHERE ON THE COURT THE 0ANTHERS BEGAN TO PULL AWAY 4HE HOME TEAM CONTROLLED THE mOW OF PLAY AFTER HALF TIME AND TURNED A HALF TIME LEAD INTO A CONVINCING VICTORY (OLLY $EEGAN LED THE TEAM WITH POINTS 6ICKY 4SANG ADDED NINE
AND !NGEL *IA HAD SEVEN FOR 5%! %SSEX S SCORING STRUGGLES WERE EXEM PLIlED BY THE FACT THAT THEIR LEADING SCORER +AIDOH HAD ONLY SIX POINTS IN THE GAME 7ITH ONE VICTORY UNDER THE 0AN THERS BELTS THE ONUS WAS ON THE MEN S TEAM TO UPHOLD THE ADVANTAGE AND COMPLETE A DOUBLE 5%! VICTORY BY KNOCKING OFF THE HIGHLY RANKED %SSEX MEN S SQUAD WHO ARE ONE DIVI SION ABOVE 5%! IN THE "5#3 TABLES 4HE lRST HALF WAS AN INCREDIBLY CLOSE AFFAIR !N END TO END GAME BE ING PLAYED AT A FRENETIC PACE ENSURED THAT FOULS WOULD BE COMMITTED BUT THE AGGRESSION PEAKED WHEN 5%! CENTRE 'REG 3MART WAS DUBIOUSLY EJECTED FOR AN ALLEGED ELBOW ON AN OTHER PLAYER )MMEDIATELY THE HOME SIDE TURNED UP THE HEAT ON THEIR OPPO NENTS IN AN EFFORT TO RECOVER FROM THE SET BACK 4RAILING AT THAT POINT 5%! CLOSED THE HALF ON A RUN TO PULL WITHIN TWO AT THE BREAK THEN BLEW THE GAME WIDE OPEN IN THE THIRD QUARTER BEHIND THE OUTSIDE SHOOTING OF 3MART S FELLOW !MERI CAN $WIGHT $UNSTON AND THE INSIDE
DOMINANCE OF 4EGA /ROGUN OUT SHOOTING %SSEX IN THE QUARTER !FTER THE VISITORS MADE A LITTLE GROUND BACK EARLY IN THE lNAL PERIOD THEIR CHANCES WERE QUASHED WHEN BOTH OF THEIR LEADING SCORERS 0ARISIS AND 3ESAR FOULED OUT )N THE END THE lNAL SCORE BY NO MEANS mAT TERED THE SUPERIOR 5%! SIDE /ROGUN lNISHED WITH POINTS $UNSTON ADDED HITTING lVE THREE POINT SHOTS AND !BI 3HOGBENI AND 3EB &AIRHURST MADE BIG SHOTS TO SEAL THE GAME 4HE GAMES PRECEDE A SIGNIlCANT OVERHAUL FACING THE 0ANTHERS THIS SUMMER 4HIS WAS THE LAST $ERBY $AY FOR ALMOST HALF OF THE PLAY ERS WHO REPRESENTED 5%! 7HILE $EEGAN 4SANG AND *IA ARE ALL IN THEIR LAST SEASON ON THE GIRLS TEAM THE MEN S SQUAD WILL BE WITHOUT $UN STON 3MART #HRIS 7ATKINS -ICHAEL /KUN !RTHUR %E %RIC 4AN AND "O (OU NEXT YEAR 7ITH A $ERBY $AY SWEEP TO SEND THE VETERANS ON THEIR WAY THE 0ANTHERS CAN CELEBRATE AND LOOK FORWARD TO RETOOLING AHEAD OF NEXT YEAR S CLASH IN #OLCHESTER
$MJNCFST 4DBMF /FX )FJHIUT 7ILL 0ETTET 3MITH 3PORTS 2EPORTER IN "LOOD SWEAT AND CHALK WERE ABUNDANCE AS THE 5%! #LIMBING 4EAM TRAVELLED UP TO 3HEFlELD FOR THE "5#3 )NDOOR "OULDERING #HAM PIONSHIPS LAST WEEKEND "OULDERING IS AN INTENSE STYLE OF CLIMBING THAT DOESN T REQUIRE ROPES AS THE HEIGHT GAINED IS GENERALLY NO MORE THAN THREE TO FOUR METRES AND SAFETY MATS ARE USED )T S NOT AS EASY AS IT SOUNDS THOUGH BOULDER @PROBLEMS TYPICALLY INVOLVE STEEP OVERHANGS TINY LITTLE HOLDS AND EX TREMELY TENUOUS MOVES 4HE "5#3 EVENT SAW OVER ROCK HEADS DESCEND ON 3HEFlELD THE %L $ORADO OF "RITISH CLIMBING 3HEF lELD FOR A CLIMBER IS LIKE -EMPHIS FOR AN %LVIS IMPERSONATOR SO THE TEAM WAS EXCITED TO BE THERE AND COMPETING WITH SOME OF THE COUN TRY S STRONGEST LADS AND LASSES IN A FRIENDLY AND RELAXED ATMOSPHERE /UTCLASSED BY UNIVERSITIES THAT HAVE HILLS AND ROCKS NEAR THEM THE 5%! TEAM NEVERTHELESS PUT IN AN IM PRESSIVE PERFORMANCE 6ETERAN 2ICH "ENNET mASHED CLIMBED lRST TIME WITHOUT FALLING OFF THE MAJORITY OF
THE ROUTES UNTIL HE PICKED UP A lN GER INJURY THAT ROBBED HIM OF HIS AT TEMPT AT A NEW PERSONAL BEST #LUB STRONGMAN 3ELIM (OSEN BUX WAS lRING ON ALL CYLINDERS EARLY ON BUT UNFORTUNATELY A BOUT OF COL OUR BLINDNESS DISQUALIlED SEVERAL OF HIS ATTEMPTS ONLY BLUE HOLDS AL LOWED .EWCOMER !NDY "OYD PUT IN A GREAT EFFORT mASHING ALL BUT ONE OF THE QUALIFYING PROBLEMS AND PICKING UP MORE POINTS ON THE DECIDING SIX A SET OF MUCH MORE DIFlCULT PROB LEMS 7ILL 0ETTET 3MITH AND "OYD MANAGED TO RANK RD AND TH RE SPECTIVELY OUT OF MALE COMPETI TORS WITH ONLY A POINT BETWEEN THEIR lNAL SCORES NOT BAD CONSIDERING THE QUALITY AND EXPERIENCE OF MANY OF THE OTHER COMPETITORS 3AULE :UKAUSKAITE IS NO STRANGER TO COMPETITIVE CLIMBING AND CAPITAL ISED ON HER EXPERIENCE RANKING TH OUT OF FEMALE COMPETITORS A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT #LAIRE #ARTER ALSO mASHED MANY PROBLEMS BEATING HER SCORE FROM LAST YEAR SIGNIlCANTLY 4HE NEXT DAY WAS BEAUTIFULLY SUNNY AND THE TEAM JOINED OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CLUB ON THE GRITSTONE OUTCROP OF #URBAR IN THE 0EAK $IS
TRICT "ENNET TRIED SOME OBSCENELY HARD BOULDER PROBLEMS WHILE "OYD (OSENBUX AND CLUB TREASURER *ACK $AVIDSON ALL MANAGED A @ C PROB LEM A BENCH MARK OF DIFlCULTY FOR ALL OF THEM 4HE REST OF THE TEAM DUG THE ROPES OUT AND DID SOME GREAT ROUTES :UKAUSKAITE IMPRESSED AGAIN WITH A DRAMATIC ASCENT OF AN OVERHANGING CRACK CLIMB GRADED @HARD VERY SEVERE THE QUIRKY GRADING SYSTEM IS TOO COMPLICATED TO TRY TO EXPLAIN HERE BUT REST ASSURED THIS MEANS SHE IS A PRETTY TOUGH COOKIE !MERICAN EXCHANGE STUDENT $UNCAN ,ENNON CLIMBED AN IMPOS ING PINNACLE THAT WOULD HAVE LOOKED MORE AT HOME IN THE !LPS WHILE MEDIC RUGBY CAPTAIN 4OM 2OBINSON CLIMBED HIS lRST @EXTREME ROUTE WITH A COMMITTING AND TECHNICAL SLAB CLIMB !LL IN ALL A GREAT WEEKEND WAS HAD AND THE POTENTIAL OF 5%! S LOW LAND DWELLING CLUB WAS REVEALED .EXT YEAR WITH A BIT OF TRAINING AND DETERMINATION THEY ARE CONlDENT THAT THE CLUB CAN ACHIEVE EVEN HIGH ER STANDARDS PERHAPS EVEN BAGGING A TOP TEN SPOT
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(OCKEY 5%! %SSEX h)T WAS TOTALLY EPIC $ElNITELY MY MOST PROUD SPORTING MO MENT AT 5%! ESPECIALLY AFTER LOSING LAST YEAR )N ALL SERIOUSNESS IT COULD VE BEEN SEVEN OR EIGHT NILv !LEX "ARTON (OCKEY S
-EN S 2UGBY 5%! %SSEX h)T IS ALWAYS A REALLY CLOSE GAME BUT WE DEFENDED SUBERBLY WELL AND MAINTAINED OUR INTENSITY FROM THE KICK OFF TO THE lNAL WHISTLE !LL IN ALL A SOLID PERFORMANCE ALL ROUND v 2YAN (AREWOOD 2UGBY S
&RISBEE 5%! %SSEX )N A NERVY START THE VISITORS TOOK THE LEAD AND IT LOOKED AS IF IT MAY BE A DIFlCULT AFTERNOON (OWEVER 5%! SOON TOOK CONTROL AND SHOWED SOME mASHES OF BRILLIANCE %SSEX DID MAKE IT DIFlCULT AT TIMES BUT WERE NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO DEFEAT 5%! WHO SPENT THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME IN THEIR OPPONENTS HALF !LL OF THE PLAYERS DESERVE CREDIT FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE BUT IN PARTICULAR !LEX 0ALMER FOR HIS CREATIVITY !FTER THE GAME 0ALMER SAID h)T WAS GOOD 7E WERE A BIT SHAKY TO START WITH BUT IN THE END WE PULLED IT BACK QUITE COMFORTABLY v $ANIELLE *ORDAN 3PORTS 2EPORTER