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THE FIVEWAYS: IT’S A RIOT Community tip-off to police prompts a forty officer drugs raid at The Fiveways pub. Two arrests made at the pub on conspiracy to supply Class A drugs after a three month investigation. Joey Millar

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STUDENTS SWINDLED BY GUMTREE THIEVES. ISOLATED ACCOMODATION: SWINE FLU FLATS ON CAMPUS. UEA STUDENT 3RD IN SHELL STEP AWARDS.

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dǁŽ ĂƌƌĞƐƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ŵĂĚĞ ĂŌĞƌ Norfolk Police conducted a major drugs raid at The Fiveways pub on CHANGE: Friday 9th October at around 6.30pm. INTERNATIONAL KǀĞƌ ϰϬ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ǁĞƌĞ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ŝŶ STUDENTS’ TAKE ON THE ƚŚĞ ƌĂŝĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƵď Žī ĂƌůŚĂŵ ZŽĂĚ͕ REALITIES OF BRITISH CULTURE ǁŝƚŚŝŶ Ă ĮǀĞ ŵŝŶƵƚĞ ǁĂůŬ ŽĨ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ͕ AT UEA. many of whom were equipped with ƌŝŽƚ ŐĞĂƌ͕ ƚĂƐĞƌ ƐƚƵŶ ŐƵŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƐĞĂƌĐŚ dogs. ƵƐƚŽŵĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂī ǁĞƌĞ ŚĞůĚ ŝŶƐŝĚĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŚĞĐŬĞĚ ďǇ Ă ĚƌƵŐͲĚĞƚĞĐƟŽŶ SHOULD OBAMA HAVE dog while a specialist forensic team RECEIVED THE NOBEL PRIZE? searched the pub for a number of CLUBS & SOCIETIES: THE ŚŽƵƌƐ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƌĂŝĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝͲƚĞĐŚ ĚƌƵŐͲ CORNERSTONE OF UNIVERSITY swabbing equipment. LIFE. KĸĐĞƌƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂů >ŝĐĞŶƐŝŶŐ ƵƚŚŽƌŝƚǇ ĂĐĐŽŵƉĂŶŝĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝĐĞ͕ searching for any licensing breaches. WŽůŝĐĞ ĐŽƌĚŽŶ Žī ƚŚĞ ĂƌĞĂ ĂƐ &ŽƌĞŶƐŝĐ ƉŽůŝĐĞ ƐĞĂƌĐŚ dŚĞ &ŝǀĞǁĂǇƐ ƉƵď ŽƉƉŽƐŝƚĞ dĞƐĐŽ ǆƉƌĞƐƐ͘ dŚĞ ƌĂŝĚ ĐĂŵĞ Ăƚ Ă ƟŵĞ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ pub was becoming busy with patrons EŝĐŬ ĞĂŶ͕ ŚĞĂĚ ŽĨ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ &ƌĞƐŚĞƌƐ͛ tĞĞŬ͕ ǁĂƐ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ contacted the police pledging his full JAPAN LEAVES A LASTING ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ WŽůŝĐĞ͕ ƐĂŝĚ͗ ͞tĞ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƌĞĐĞŝǀŝŶŐ ŶĞǁƐ͗ ͞/ ǁŽƵůĚ ŶĞǀĞƌ ŚĂǀĞ ŐƵĞƐƐĞĚ ĐŽͲŽƉĞƌĂƟŽŶ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƌĂŝĚ͘ IMPRESSION. week. complaints from members of the anything like that was going on around RURAL DELIGHTS IN ^ƚƌĞĞƚƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ 'ŝƉƐǇ >ĂŶĞ ĂŶĚ ƉƵďůŝĐ ĨŽƌ ƐŽŵĞ ƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ ƐƵƐƉĞĐƚ ŚĞƌĞ͕͟ ƐŚĞ ƚŽůĚ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ͕ ͞ƚŚŝƐ ƉůĂĐĞ ŝƐ DRUGS PROBLEM SOUTHWOLD. ĂƌůŚĂŵ ZŽĂĚ ǁĞƌĞ Ăƚ Ă ƐƚĂŶĚƐƟůů ƐƵďƐƚĂŶƟĂů ƋƵĂŶƟƟĞƐ ŽĨ ĐŽĐĂŝŶĞ ŵĂǇ ƐŽ ƋƵĂŝŶƚ͕ /͛ŵ ĂƉƉĂůůĞĚ ŝƚ ŚĂƉƉĞŶĞĚ dŚŝƐ ƌĂŝĚ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚƐ ŶŐůĂŶĚ͛Ɛ as The Fiveways was completely have been sold inside the pub.” this close to us”. ƐƵƉĞƌůĂƟǀĞ ĚƌƵŐ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ͘ ZŽƵŐŚůǇ ĐŽƌĚŽŶĞĚ Žī ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŽƉĞƌĂƟŽŶ͘ ,Ğ ǁĞŶƚ ŽŶ ƚŽ ĚĞĐůĂƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ͞ƚŚŝƐ ůŽĐĂů ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ͕ ǁŚŽ ŐĂǀĞ ŚĞƌ ϳϱϬ͕ϬϬϬ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƵƐĞ ĐŽĐĂŝŶĞ ĞĂĐŚ dƌĂĸĐ ĚŝƐƌƵƉƟŽŶ ĂůƐŽ ĞŶƐƵĞĚ ŝŶ ƉĂƌƚƐ should send out a message to the name as Sinead but preferred to ǇĞĂƌ͕ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ŝŶ ĂŶǇ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƵƌŽƉĞĂŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚǇ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ public that we take any reports of ƌĞŵĂŝŶ ŽƚŚĞƌǁŝƐĞ ĂŶŽŶǇŵŽƵƐ͕ ĂůƐŽ country. UEA HEADLIGHTS HIT THE roads were blocked by motorcycle ƐƵƐƉŝĐŝŽƵƐ ĂĐƟǀŝƚǇ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐůǇ͘͟ ĞǆƉƌĞƐƐĞĚ ŚĞƌ ƐŚŽĐŬ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͘ dŚĞ ƉĞƌĐĞŶƚĂŐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶ COMEDY TRAIL. ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ƚŽ ĂůůŽǁ Ă ƚĞŶͲǀĞŚŝĐůĞ ƉŽůŝĐĞ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ǀĞŶŝŶŐ EĞǁƐ ƌĞƉŽƌƚĞĚ ͞dŚĞƌĞ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƌƵŵŽƵƌƐ ΀ŽĨ ĚƌƵŐ with a drug problem (0.85%) is at least RAG: RAISING MONEY IN convoy quick access to the pub. that a Bronze Commander Mick Brown ĚĞĂůŝŶŐƐ΁ ďƵƚ / ŶĞǀĞƌ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŚŝƐ ƚŽ ƚǁŝĐĞ ĂƐ ŵƵĐŚ ĂƐ ŝŶ &ƌĂŶĐĞ ;Ϭ͘ϰйͿ͕ MOVEMBER Safer neighbourhood teams spent ǁĂƌŶĞĚ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƌĂŝĚ ƚŽ ŚĂƉƉĞŶ͕͟ ƐŚĞ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚĞĚ͕ ŐĞƐƚƵƌŝŶŐ Germany (0.3%) and Holland (0.3%). FELL CLUB SCALES THE HEIGHTS ƚŚĞ ǁĞĞŬĞŶĚ ǀŝƐŝƟŶŐ ŚŽŵĞƐ ĞǆƉůĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĞǆƉĞĐƚ ĚĂŶŐĞƌŽƵƐ ĚŽŐƐ ĂŶĚ ŵŝƐƐŝůĞƐ͕ towards the then-closed pub. ǀĞŶ EŽƌĨŽůŬ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚƐ ďĞůŽǁͲĂǀĞƌĂŐĞ the reason for the raid. including pool balls or glasses. In The Fiveways reopened Saturday ĐƌŝŵĞ ƌĂƚĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŵĂůůͲƚŽǁŶ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ͕ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ƉĂƐƐĞĚ ϭϳƚŚ KĐƚŽďĞƌ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ǁĞĞŬ ĐůŽƐƵƌĞ͘ ŚŽŵĞ ƚŽ ƐƵďƐƚĂŶƟĂů ĚƌƵŐ ƵƐĞ͘ UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION without any violence. The closure was due to the ongoing ƐƚƵĚǇ͕ ĐĂƌƌŝĞĚ ŽƵƚ ŝŶ ƉĂƌƚ ďǇ h ͕ The raid followed a three month A 30-year old woman and a 46- ŝŶǀĞƐƟŐĂƟŽŶ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ revealed that in 2004 there were over CONCRETE FOOD COOKS A ƵŶĚĞƌĐŽǀĞƌ ƉŽůŝĐĞ ŝŶǀĞƐƟŐĂƟŽŶ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǇĞĂƌ ŽůĚ ŵĂŶ ǁĞƌĞ ĂƌƌĞƐƚĞĚ͕ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ during the raid a number of licence ϴ͕ϬϬϬ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚǇ ƵƐŝŶŐ ĚƌƵŐƐ CRACKING KIPPER CURRY ǁĂƐ ĐŽŶĚƵĐƚĞĚ ĂŌĞƌ ůŽĐĂů ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ they have since been released on bail breaches were discovered in the pub. and over 270 arrested for possession CHOCOLATE POTS: STUDENTS ĂŶĚ ƉƵď ƌĞŐƵůĂƌƐ ŵĂĚĞ ĂůůĞŐĂƟŽŶƐ ǁŚŝůĞ ĂŶ ŝŶǀĞƐƟŐĂƟŽŶ ƚĂŬĞƐ ƉůĂĐĞ͘ ůůĞŐĞĚ ŽīĞŶĐĞƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ Ă ĨĂŝůƵƌĞ of Class A drugs. 29 people died in DESERVE THEIR JUST DESERTS. that cocaine had been dealt within the ǇƐĞ dĂƌǇ͕ Ă ĮƌƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ ĚƌĂŵĂ ƚŽ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶ ĞŵĞƌŐĞŶĐǇ ĞǆŝƚƐ ĂŶĚ Ă drug-related incidents in Norfolk that TUCK INTO THE BEST ROAST pub. student who visited the pub during lack of noise reducers. The owner year. DINNER ON CAMPUS.

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concrete.news@uea.ac.uk TUESDAY 20th OCTOBER 2009

CONTENTS NEWS

Drugs raid at Fiveways pub

Students still without loans

Students victim of Gumtree scam

Fire alarm woes

Swine flu quarantine

INTERNATIONAL England: fiction and reality

OPINIONS

Conservative conference analysis

SLC require Serious Learning Curve

FEATURES

Cheryl Cole- A modern fairytale

Jobs fair?

EDITORIAL

TRAVEL

Escape to Suffolk

Rough Guides travel competition

FOCSOC

How can your moustache help?

Bring some laughter to your life

FOOD

Concrete reviews Cinemacity

How to cook perfect rice

Cocktail of the fortnight

LIFESTYLE

Where have all the jobs gone?

TURF

The Age of Stupid

SPORT

Can England win the world cup? ‘Concrete’ and ‘Event’ Logos courtesy of Mr George Bennett

STUDENTS’ LONG WAIT FOR LOANS Poppy Jones DĂŶǇ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ Ăƚ h ĂƌĞ ƐƟůů ĂǁĂŝƟŶŐ ůŽĂŶƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ Loans Company (SLC) a month ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĞŵĞƐƚĞƌ͘ &ƌĞĞĚŽŵ ŽĨ /ŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ƌĞƋƵĞƐƚ ůĂƐƚ ǁĞĞŬ revealed that the problem has ĂīĞĐƚĞĚ ƵƉ ƚŽ ϭϳϱ͕ϬϬϬ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŶĂƟŽŶǁŝĚĞ͘ The delay mainly concerns ƚŚŽƐĞ ĂǁĂŝƟŶŐ ŵĞĂŶƐͲƚĞƐƚĞĚ grants, although some students ĂƌĞ ƐƟůů ĂǁĂŝƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďĂƐŝĐ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŝŶƚĞŶĂŶĐĞ loans. Katy Staines, a third year h ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ͕ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ͘ According to Katy, the University has been very understanding

ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ ŽĨ ƉĂǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ ŽŶ ƟŵĞ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ůĂĐŬ ŽĨ Ă ŵĂŝŶƚĞŶĂŶĐĞ ůŽĂŶ ŝƐ ƐƟůů Ă ƌĞĂů ĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ ĂŶǆŝĞƚǇ͘ The delay has meant that many students are having to ďĞŐŝŶ ƵƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǀĞƌĚƌĂŌƐ ĞĂƌůŝĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ borrowing more money than they expected to. UEA provides hardship ĨƵŶĚƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŝŶ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚǇ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ĞĂŶ ŽĨ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛ ŽĸĐĞ͕ ǁŚŽ ƐĂǇ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽƟĐĞĚ ĂŶ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ŝŶ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŚŝƐ year. They told Concrete that this was expected “in the light ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐĞƐƐŝŽŶ͕͟ ǁŝƚŚ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ unable to give their children the ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂů ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ǁŚŝůĞ ƐƚƵĚǇŝŶŐ that they may have been able

SHELL STEP RUNNER-UP Nick Church A student at UEA’s Norwich Business School came in third ƉůĂĐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ^ŚĞůů ^d W ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ the “UK’s Most Enterprising Student” that took place in London on Wednesday 14th October. Andrew Chamberlain, studying Business Management, progressed to ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂůƐ ĂŌĞƌ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞŐŝŽŶĂů ^ŚĞůů ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ his work at Emily Lingerie, a maternity and nursing lingerie company. ƵƌŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ^ƚ͘ Albans company, Andrew helped develop a sister ĐŽŵƉĂŶǇ ƚĂƌŐĞƟŶŐ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ markets in order to create Ă ŵŽƌĞ ƉƌŽĮƚĂďůĞ ƌĞƚĂŝů structure. tĞƐ ^ƚƌĞĞƟŶŐ͕ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Eh^ ĂŶĚ ĂǀŝĚ >ĂŵŵǇ͕ DŝŶŝƐƚĞƌ ĨŽƌ /ŶŶŽǀĂƟŽŶ͕ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ ^ŬŝůůƐ͕ ĂƩĞŶĚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĂǁĂƌĚ ĐĞƌĞŵŽŶǇ ĂůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ϭϮ ĮŶĂůŝƐƚƐ͘ :ĂŵĞƐ ^ŵŝƚŚ͕ ĐŚĂŝƌŵĂŶ ŽĨ ^ŚĞůů h<͕ ǁŚĞŶ ƐƉĞĂŬŝŶŐ ŽĨ Shell STEP, said that “moving ŝŶƚŽ ǁŽƌŬ ŝƐ Ă ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐŝŶŐ ƟŵĞ ĨŽƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ŝŶ today’s climate. Shell STEP

Andrew with David Lammy and James Smith

aims to give students like Andrew real work experience which will support them in this ƚƌĂŶƐŝƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ͘͟ ^ƉĞĂŬŝŶŐ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƌĞŐŝŽŶĂů ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ŶĚƌĞǁ ƐĂŝĚ͕ ͞/͛ŵ ǀĞƌǇ ŚĂƉƉǇ ƚŽ ĐŽŵĞ ƚŚŝƌĚ͕ its a great achievement and ŽŶĞ / ǁŝůů ŶŽƚ ĨŽƌŐĞƚ͘ ͞/ ŚĂĚ Ă ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ experience on the programme ĂŶĚ / ĞŶũŽǇĞĚ ĞǀĞƌǇ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ͘ / ŶŽǁ ŚŽƉĞ ƚŽ ƵƐĞ ƚŚŝƐ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ĂƐ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ƉŽŝŶƚ ĨŽƌ ŵĞ ƚŽ ĞŶƚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ŽĨ ŵĂƌŬĞƟŶŐ͘͟ Emily Barnes, managing ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ŽĨ ŵŝůǇ >ŝŶŐĞƌŝĞ recommended the programme; “Andrew really has been a great asset to us this summer so this is no surprise to us…this is the ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ ŵŝůǇ >ŝŶŐĞƌŝĞ ŚĂǀĞ been involved with the Shell STEP programme, and we’d certainly recommend it. We ǁŝƐŚ ŶĚƌĞǁ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ŽĨ ůƵĐŬ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ͘͟ The Shell STEP programme gives students and graduates the opportunity to apply ƚŚĞŽƌĞƟĐĂů ƐŬŝůůƐ ŝŶ Ă ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ context. 600 students are paired with small- to mediumsized companies every year. The programme has been running since 1986. This year’s winner was ŚĂƌůŽƩĞ &ĂǇůĞ͕ Ă ďŝŽůŽŐǇ student at Leeds University. To register interest in next year’s Shell STEP programme email: shellstep@uea.ac.uk

ƚŽ Ă ĨĞǁ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĂŐŽ͘ When asked whether the ĚĞůĂǇ ŝŶ ůŽĂŶƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ^> ĐŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ĂīĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ŝŶ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ ĨŽƌ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂů ĂŝĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ĞĂŶ ŽĨ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĐŽƵůĚ not say that this has had “a ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ ŝŵƉĂĐƚ͘͟ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ they recognise the importance ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝƐƐƵĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůƐ ŝŶ ĚĞƐƉĞƌĂƚĞ ŶĞĞĚ ŽĨ ŵŽŶĞǇ͕ overall, “UEA students seem very well prepared.” /Ŷ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ problems, the SLC are to hold an internal inquiry into the ĂĚŵŝŶŝƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ůŽĂŶƐ͘ KŶ Ă ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ůĞǀĞů͕ Eh^ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ tĞƐ ^ƚƌĞĞƟŶŐ ďůĂŵĞƐ ƚŚĞ ^> ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂů problems many students now ĨĂĐĞ͘

Speaking in the House ŽĨ ŽŵŵŽŶƐ͕ tĞƐ ^ƚƌĞĞƟŶŐ͕ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Eh^͕ ǁĂƐ ĐůĞĂƌůǇ ƐĐĞƉƟĐĂů͗ ͞/ ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĂŶǇ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂů review led by the shambolic ŵĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ^> ǁŝůů ůĞĂĚ ƚŽ Ă ĨƵůů ĂŶĚ ĨƌĂŶŬ ĂƐƐĞƐƐŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ǁŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ŐŽŶĞ so spectacularly wrong. “Ministers must now step in to ensure that the management ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ^> ĂƌĞ ŚĞůĚ ƚŽ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚ ĨŽƌ Ă ĮĂƐĐŽ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ůĞŌ ŚƵŶĚƌĞĚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚƐ ĂīĞĐƚĞĚ by late payments.” The NUS claim that some ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ǁĂŝƟŶŐ ƵŶƟů :ĂŶƵĂƌǇ͘ ZĂĚŝŽ ϭ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ǀŝƐŝƚĞĚ h ƚŽ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ students on personal problems with the SLC.

TESCO SET FOR PRINCE OF WALES Alex May Supermarket giant Tesco are to open a new Express store on WƌŝŶĐĞ ŽĨ tĂůĞƐ ZŽĂĚ͕ ƌĞǀŝǀŝŶŐ ĨĞĂƌƐ ŽĨ ͚dĞƐĐŽŝƐĂƟŽŶ͛ ĨƌŽŵ small traders and independent shops in the local area. &ŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ Ă ůŝĐĞŶĐĞ ƚŽ serve alcohol between 6am ĂŶĚ ϭϭƉŵ ĨƌŽŵ DŽŶĚĂǇ ƚŽ Sunday, the new Tesco store ǁŝůů ŽĐĐƵƉǇ ƚŚĞ ĞŵƉƚǇ ŽĸĐĞ units at Britannia House, ϰϱͲϱϯ WƌŝŶĐĞ ŽĨ tĂůĞƐ ZŽĂĚ͕ ĐŽǀĞƌŝŶŐ ŶĞĂƌůǇ ϯ͕ϬϬϬ ƐƋ Ō͘ ĂŶĚ ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ ƵƉ ƚŽ Ϯϱ ŶĞǁ ũŽďƐ͘ Although this may appear, Ăƚ ĮƌƐƚ ŐůĂŶĐĞ͕ ƚŽ ďĞ ŐŽŽĚ ŶĞǁƐ ĨŽƌ ůŽĐĂů ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ and students alike, local businesses are concerned that ƚŚĞ ĂƉƉĂƌĞŶƚ ͚dĞƐĐŽŝƐĂƟŽŶ͛ ŽĨ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ĐŽƵůĚ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂůůǇ ďĞ extremely damaging to their trade. Jinx Hundul, who runs the ƵĚŐĞŶƐ ƐƚŽƌĞ ŽŶ WƌŝŶĐĞ ŽĨ tĂůĞƐ ZŽĂĚ͕ ĞǆƉůĂŝŶĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ was “devastated” by the news. ĚƌŝĂŶ ZĂŵƐĂǇ͕ 'ƌĞĞŶ ĐŝƚǇ ĐŽƵŶĐŝůůŽƌ ĨŽƌ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͕ ŚĂƐ ĞǆƉůĂŝŶĞĚ ŚŽǁ ŚĞ ĨĞĂƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ dĞƐĐŽ ǁŝůů ͞ƚĂŬĞ ŝƚƐ ƉƌŽĮƚƐ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂů ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ŵĂǇ ƚŚƌĞĂƚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ǀŝĂďŝůŝƚǇ ŽĨ independent businesses”. /ƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ǁĂǇ in which local residents are going to be able to make a stand against the supermarket ŐŝĂŶƚ ŝƐ ďǇ ďŽǇĐŽƫŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌĞ

completely, causing it to close ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ůĂĐŬ ŽĨ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ͘ This is a move that ŶƚŚŽŶǇ >ŝƩůĞ͕ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ŝƚǇ ŽƵŶĐŝůůŽƌ ĨŽƌ Bowthorpe, suggests is the ŽŶůǇ ƚĞƐƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĚĞƐŝƌĂďŝůŝƚǇ ŽĨ the new store. Speaking to Norwich ǀĞŶŝŶŐ EĞǁƐ ŚĞ ƐĂŝĚ͕ ͞/Ĩ people don’t want a Tesco ŝŶ WƌŝŶĐĞ ŽĨ tĂůĞƐ ZŽĂĚ ƚŚĞǇ ũƵƐƚ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ƐŚŽƉ ŝŶ Ăůů ƚŚĞ other stores around them ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ůĂĐŬ ŽĨ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ǁŝůů ĨŽƌĐĞ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽ ĐůŽƐĞ͘ /ƚ ĐƌĞĂƚĞƐ employment and it lowers prices.” However, there are ĂƌŐƵĂďůǇ ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚƐ ŽĨ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĞǀĞƌǇ ĚĂǇ ǁŚŽ ƉƌĞĨĞƌ ƚŽ ƐŚŽƉ in the city’s hypermarkets and huge supermarkets. Antoine Steen, a third year WŽůŝƟĐƐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ͕ ĂƉƉƌŽǀĞĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ dĞƐĐŽ͕ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƟŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ͞ŵŽƌĞ ĐŚŽŝĐĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƐƵŵĞƌ ŝƐ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ƚŚŝŶŐ͘ /ƚ ǁŝůů ĂůƐŽ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ ũŽďƐ Ăƚ Ă ƟŵĞ we need them most, as well ĂƐ ƐƟŵƵůĂƟŶŐ Ă ŵŽƌĞ ǀŝŐŽƌŽƵƐ local market.” Work on the new controversial Tesco Express on hŶƚŚĂŶŬ ZŽĂĚ ŝƐ ƐĞƚ ƚŽ ďĞŐŝŶ ƐŚŽƌƚůǇ͘ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ͕ ƌĞƉŽƌƟŶŐ on the plan last year, noted heavy public resistance with Tesco challenging Norwich City ŽƵŶĐŝů͛Ɛ WůĂŶŶŝŶŐ ŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ ĨŽƌ ĮǀĞ ǇĞĂƌƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ Ă ƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐ ŝŶƐƉĞĐƚŽƌ ƌƵůĞĚ ŝŶ ĨĂǀŽƵƌ ŽĨ the store, against the City Council’s decision.

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͞/͛ǀĞ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ŵĂĚĞ ƐƵƌĞ / ŐĞƚ ŵǇ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ŵǇ ůŽĂŶ ŝŶ ŽŶ ƟŵĞ͕ / ŐŽƚ ŵǇ ĨŽƌŵƐ ŝŶ ŽŶ ƟŵĞ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ ƚŽŽ͕ ďƵƚ ůŝŬĞ ƐŽ ŵĂŶǇ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƌĞĂůůǇ ůĂƚĞ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ ĂŶĚ / ƐƟůů ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ŐŽƚ ŵǇ ůŽĂŶ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ƐŽ ĂŶŶŽǇŝŶŐ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ƐŽ ĚŝƐŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĞĚ͘ ͞/ƚ ũƵƐƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƐƚƌĂŶŐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŽŵĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŐĞƚ ƚŚĞŝƌƐ ŽŶ ƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŵĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ŶŽ ƌĞĂƐŽŶ ĨŽƌ ŝƚ͘ ͞/ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ŬŶŽǁ ŚŽǁ ƚŚĞǇ ǁŽƌŬ ŝƚ͕ ŚŽǁ ƚŚĞǇ ǁŽƌŬ ƚŚĞ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ŽĨ ǁŚŽ ŐĞƚƐ ŝƚ ĂŶĚ ǁŚŽ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ŽŶ ƟŵĞ͘͟

͞/ ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ͛ƌĞ ŶŽƚ ǀĞƌǇ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽŶůǇ ƉƵƌƉŽƐĞ͘ ͞&ŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞůǇ /͛ǀĞ ŐŽƚ ŵǇ ůŽĂŶ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŽŬĂǇ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͕ ďƵƚ /͛ǀĞ ŚĂĚ Ă ďĂĚ ƟŵĞ ƚƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƚĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ >ŽĂŶƐ ŽŵƉĂŶǇ ďĞĨŽƌĞ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ĞĂƐŝĞƌ ŝŶ ŵǇ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ǇĞĂƌ͖ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ŵǇ ĮƌƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ ƚŚĂƚ / ŚĂĚ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚǇ͘ ͞>ĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ůŽƐƚ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ŵǇ ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĂƐ ƐƚƌĞƐƐĨƵů ǁŚĞŶ / ǁĂƐ ũƵƐƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŽ ƐƚĂƌƚ ƵŶŝ͘ /͛ǀĞ ŚĞĂƌĚ ƚŚĂƚ ůŽƚƐ ŽĨ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŚĂǀĞ ŚĂĚ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͟

͞/͛ǀĞ ŽŶůǇ ũƵƐƚ ŐŽƚ ŵǇ ůŽĂŶ ƚŽĚĂǇ͕ ǁŚĞŶ / ƌĞĂůŝƐĞĚ / ĐĂŵĞ ƐƚƌĂŝŐŚƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƵď͊ / ĂůƐŽ ŬŶŽǁ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ǁŚŽ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ŐĞƫŶŐ ŚĞƌ ůŽĂŶ Ɵůů EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐŚĞ͛Ɛ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ƵƐĞĚ ŚĞƌ ŚĂƌĚƐŚŝƉ ĨƵŶĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĞĂŶ ŽĨ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘ ͞hŶƟů / ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ ŵŝŶĞ ƚŽĚĂǇ / ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ďŽƌƌŽǁ ŵŽŶĞǇ ĨƌŽŵ ŵǇ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐ ŵĂǇ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ŝŶ Ă ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ƚŽ ĚŽ ƚŚĂƚ͘ ^Ž /͛ŵ ƋƵŝƚĞ ĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞ͕ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂƌĞ ũƵƐƚ ůĞŌ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ĂŶǇ ŵŽŶĞǇ͘ dŚĞ ĚŝƐŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĂƟŽŶ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ ŽĐĐƵƌ ĞǀĞƌǇ ǇĞĂƌ͘ EŽƚ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐĞĚ͘͟

:ĂŶ DŽŝƌ͘ WŚŽƚŽŐƌĂƉŚ͗ ĂŝůǇ dĞůĞŐƌĂƉŚ

Ă ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ ƚŽ ďĂŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁƐƉĂƉĞƌ ŽŶ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ͘ Ɛ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ Ă ŽŶĞͲŽī͕ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞ ĂĐƟŽŶ ŝƐ ƚŽ ƐƵďŵŝƚ Ă ĐŽŵƉůĂŝŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ WW ͘͟ DŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ϭ͕ϬϬϬ ĐŽŵƉůĂŝŶƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ŵĂĚĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ WW ǁŝƚŚ ŽďũĞĐƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĂƌƟĐůĞ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ ďǇ :ĂŶ DŽŝƌ͕ ͞ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚŝŶŐ Ă ƌĞĐŽƌĚ͟ ůĞǀĞů͘ dŚĞ ĂƌƟĐůĞ ƟƚůĞĚ ͞tŚǇ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ŶĂƚƵƌĂů

ĂďŽƵƚ ^ƚĞƉŚĞŶ 'ĂƚĞůǇ͛Ɛ ĚĞĂƚŚ͕͟ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĂƐ ƐƵďƐĞƋƵĞŶƚůǇ ĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĂŝůǇ DĂŝů ǁĞďƐŝƚĞ͕ ŵĂĚĞ ŶƵŵĞƌŽƵƐ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƟŽŶƐ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŝŶŐĞƌ͛Ɛ ĚĞĂƚŚ͘ ŌĞƌ ĚŝƐƉƵƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ǀĂůŝĚŝƚǇ ŽĨ Ăůů ŽĸĐŝĂů ƌĞƉŽƌƚƐ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƟŶŐ Ă ŶĂƚƵƌĂů ĚĞĂƚŚ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂƌƟĐůĞ ƚŚĞŶ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚƐ ͞ĐŝƌĐƵŵƐƚĂŶĐĞƐ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ĚĞĂƚŚ ĂƌĞ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ƐůĞĂǌǇ͘͟ &ƵƌƚŚĞƌŵŽƌĞ͕ DŽŝƌ͛Ɛ ĂƌƟĐůĞ ƐĂǇƐ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĂƚŚ ͞ƐƚƌŝŬĞƐ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ďůŽǁ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŚĂƉƉǇͲĞǀĞƌͲĂŌĞƌ ŵǇƚŚ ŽĨ Đŝǀŝů ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌƐŚŝƉƐ͘͟ tŝůů ŽŶŽǀĂŶ͕ ĂŶ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ƉŽƐƚŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ Ăƚ h ͕ ǁŚŽ ƐƵďŵŝƩĞĚ Ă ĨŽƌŵĂů ĐŽŵƉůĂŝŶƚ͕ ƐĂŝĚ ŚĞ ŝƐ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ďĂŶŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƉĞƌ ŽŶ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ͘ ͞&ƌĞĞĚŽŵ ŽĨ ƐƉĞĞĐŚ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ĞǆƚĞŶĚ ƚŽ ǁŝůĚ ƵŶŝŶĨŽƌŵĞĚ ƐƉĞĐƵůĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐĞ ŽĨ ŵĞĚŝĐĂů ŽƉŝŶŝŽŶ Žƌ ďŝŐŽƚƌǇ͕ ũƵƐƟĮĞĚ ďǇ ŶŽ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ůŝŶŬŝŶŐ ƚǁŽ ŝƐŽůĂƚĞĚ ŝŶĐŝĚĞŶƚƐ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ďĞƩĞƌ ƌĞŐƵůĂƟŽŶ͕ ŶŽƚ ŐĂŐŐŝŶŐ͘͟ ŶǇ ĐĂŵƉƵƐͲǁŝĚĞ ďĂŶ ŽŶ ƐĞůůŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĂŝůǇ DĂŝů ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ƉƌŽƉŽƐĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƉĂƐƐĞĚ ďǇ hŶŝŽŶ ŽƵŶĐŝů͘

COUNTERFEIT PROPERTIES CON STUDENTS “BALANCE OF PROBABILITIES” David Churchill ͞^ƚƵŶŶŝŶŐ ĮƌƐƚ ŇŽŽƌ ĨƵƌŶŝƐŚĞĚ ĂƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ Ă 'ĞŽƌŐŝĂŶ ƚŽǁŶŚŽƵƐĞ͕ ƚǁŽ ĚŽƵďůĞ ďĞĚƌŽŽŵƐ͕ ƐƚƵŶŶŝŶŐ ůŝǀŝŶŐ ƌŽŽŵ ǁŝƚŚ ƉĞƌŝŽĚ ĮƌĞƉůĂĐĞ͕ ŚŝŐŚ ĐĞŝůŝŶŐƐ ĂŶĚ ŶĞǁůǇ ĮƩĞĚ ŬŝƚĐŚĞŶ͘ dŽƚĂů ƌĞŶƚͬŵŽŶƚŚ͗ ŽŶůǇ άϱϬϬ͕͟ ďŽĂƐƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĂĚǀĞƌƟƐĞŵĞŶƚ ŽŶ 'ƵŵƚƌĞĞ͘ĐŽŵ͘ /ƚ ƐŽƵŶĚĞĚ ƚŽŽ ŐŽŽĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚƌƵĞ͗ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ͘ h ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŶĂƟŽŶǁŝĚĞ͕ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĨĂůůŝŶŐ ǀŝĐƟŵ ƚŽ ŽŶůŝŶĞ ƐĐĂŵƐ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞďǇ ƉƵƌƉŽƌƚĞĚ ůĂŶĚůŽƌĚƐ ƐǁŝŶĚůĞ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ƚĞŶĂŶƚƐ ŝŶƚŽ ƉĂǇŝŶŐ ĐĂƐŚ ƵƉĨƌŽŶƚ ĨŽƌ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƟĞƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ĞǆŝƐƚ͘ dŚĞ ƐĐĂŵ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞƐ ďŽŐƵƐ ůĂŶĚůŽƌĚƐ ƉŽƐƟŶŐ ĂĚǀĞƌƚƐ ĨŽƌ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƟĞƐ ŽŶ ĨƌĞĞ ĂĚǀĞƌƟƐŝŶŐ ǁĞďƐŝƚĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ 'ƵŵƚƌĞĞ͕ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƉŚŽƚŽƐ ĂŶĚ Ă ĐŽŶǀĞŶŝĞŶƚůǇ ƐĞůĞĐƚĞĚ ĂĚĚƌĞƐƐ͘ WŽƚĞŶƟĂů ƚĞŶĂŶƚƐ ƚŚĞŶ ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚ ƚŚĞ ͞ůĂŶĚůŽƌĚ͟ ĞǆƉƌĞƐƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ͕ ďƵƚ ĂƌĞ ƚŽůĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƚǇ ĐĂŶ ŽŶůǇ ďĞ ǀŝĞǁĞĚ ŝĨ ƚŚĞǇ ƐƵƉƉůǇ ƉƌŽŽĨ ƚŚĞǇ ĐĂŶ ĂīŽƌĚ ƚŚĞ ĚĞƉŽƐŝƚ ĂŶĚ ĮƌƐƚ ŵŽŶƚŚ͛Ɛ ƌĞŶƚ ďǇ ƉĂǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ

ƵƉĨƌŽŶƚ͕ Žƌ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďĂŶŬ ĚĞƚĂŝůƐ ŽŶůŝŶĞ͘ dŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞĚ ƚĞŶĂŶƚ ĂĐĐĞƉƚƐ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĚĞŵĂŶĚƐ ĂŶĚ ƉĂǇƐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚ ƐƵŵ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ Ă ƚŚŝƌĚ ƉĂƌƚǇ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚ Ͳ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝŶ ŵŽƐƚ ĐĂƐĞƐ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ hŶŝŽŶ Ͳ ŽŶůǇ ƚŽ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ƵŶĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƚƌĂĐĞ ƚŚĞ ͞ůĂŶĚůŽƌĚ͟ ƚŽ ĂƌƌĂŶŐĞ ƚŚĞ ǀŝĞǁŝŶŐ ŽŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ

ĨƵŶĚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƚƌĂŶƐĨĞƌƌĞĚ͘ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƚƌĞŶĚƐ ŵĂŬĞ ƐƵĐŚ ƐƉƵƌŝŽƵƐ ĂĚǀĞƌƚƐ ĞĂƐŝĞƌ ƚŽ ĚŝƐĐĞƌŶ͘ /Ŷ ŵŽƐƚ ĐĂƐĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ĂĚǀĞƌƚ ŝƐ ƉŽƐƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚůǇ ůŽŐŝĐĂů ŶŐůŝƐŚ͕ ďƵƚ ƐƵďƐĞƋƵĞŶƚ ĐŽƌƌĞƐƉŽŶĚĞŶĐĞƐ ŽŌĞŶ ĐŽŶƚĂŝŶ ŵĂŶǇ ŐƌĂŵŵĂƟĐĂů ŝŶĐŽŶŐƌƵŝƟĞƐ͘ &Žƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ͕ ǁŚĞŶ Ă ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ĞŶƋƵŝƌĞĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĂďŽǀĞ ĂĚǀĞƌƚ ƚŚĞ

͚ůĂŶĚůŽƌĚ͛Ɛ͛ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐĞ ǁĂƐ͗ ͞ ďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ǀŝĞǁŝŶŐ͕ / Ăŵ ƌĞĂůůǇ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ ƚŽ ŵĞĞƚ ǇŽƵ ͙ ďƵƚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ / ǁŝůů ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ĐŽŵŵŝƚ ƚŽ ƌĞŶƚ ƚŚĞ ŇĂƚ ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ĂīŽƌĚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞŶƚ͙/ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƚĞĚ ƚǁŽ ƟŵĞƐ ƵŶƟů ŶŽǁ ďǇ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŚŽ ĐŽŶǀŝŶĐĞĚ ŵĞ ƚŽ ĂƌƌĂŶŐĞ Ă ǀŝĞǁŝŶŐ͙/ ǁŝůů ƚĂŬĞ ĐĂƌĞ ƐŽ ǁŽŶƚ ŚĂƉƉĞŶ ĂŐĂŝŶ͘͟ /Ŷ ƚŚŝƐ ĐĂƐĞ ƚŚĞ ͚ůĂŶĚůŽƌĚ͛ ǁĞŶƚ ŽŶ ƚŽ ĚĞŵĂŶĚ άϭϭϬϬ ƵƉĨƌŽŶƚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ĂŐƌĞĞŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĂƌƌĂŶŐĞ Ă ǀŝĞǁŝŶŐ͘ dŚĞ tĞůĨĂƌĞ KĸĐĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ h hŶŝŽŶ͕ dŽŵ ^ƵƩŽŶ͕ ĐŽŶĮƌŵĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ͞Ă ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ h ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĂƐŬĞĚ ĨŽƌ ĚĞƉŽƐŝƚƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ǀŝĞǁŝŶŐ Ă ƉƌŽƉĞƌƚǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĐŽŶŶĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ƉĂǇŝŶŐ ŵŽŶĞǇ ŝŶƚŽ ĂŶ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚ ǀŝĂ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ hŶŝŽŶ͘͟ /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĨŽƌŵ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ĐĂƐƵĂůƟĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐĐĂŵ͘ Ƶƚ ĂĚǀŝĐĞ ƚŽ Ăůů ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ DĞƚƌŽƉŽůŝƚĂŶ WŽůŝĐĞ͕ Eh^ ĂŶĚ h hŶŝŽŶ ŝƐ ĐůĞĂƌ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶĐŝƐĞ͗ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ƐƵƉƉůǇ ďĂŶŬ ĚĞƚĂŝůƐ Žƌ ƉĂǇ ĂŶǇ ŵŽŶĞǇ ĨŽƌ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƟĞƐ ƵŶƟů ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ǀŝĞǁĞĚ͕

ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ůĂŶĚůŽƌĚ Žƌ ĂŐĞŶƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŵĞƚ͘ dŚĞ ƐĐĂŵ ƌĂŝƐĞƐ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶƐ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ǁŝĚĞƌ ƵƐĞ ŽĨ ĨƌĞĞ ĂĚǀĞƌƟƐŝŶŐ ǁĞďƐŝƚĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ĐŚĂŶŶĞů ŵŽƐƚ ĨƌĂƵĚƵůĞŶƚ ĂĚǀĞƌƟƐŝŶŐ͘ ĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ Ă ůŽĐĂů ǁĞď ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞƌ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƚŚĞ ůŝŶŬ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ǁĞď ƐŝƚĞ ĂŶĚ ĂĚǀĞƌƟƐĞƌ ŝƐ ŵƵĐŚ ŵŽƌĞ ͞ƚĞŶƵŽƵƐ͕͟ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ŝƚ ĞĂƐŝĞƌ ĨŽƌ ƐĐĂŵŵĞƌƐ ƚŽ ĞǆƉůŽŝƚ ƚŚĞŵ͘ dŚĞǇ ĂĐƚ ŵĞƌĞůǇ ĂƐ Ă ͞ďŝůůďŽĂƌĚ͟ ĂŶĚ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ĐŚĞĐŬ ĂĚǀĞƌƟƐĞƌƐ͛ ĐƌĞĚĞŶƟĂůƐ͘ tŝƚŚ ƉĂŝĚ ĨŽƌ ĂĚǀĞƌƟƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂŝů ŝƐ ŵƵĐŚ ĞĂƐŝĞƌ ƚŽ ŝĚĞŶƟĨǇ͖ ƚŚĞ ĂĚǀĞƌƟƐĞƌ ŝƐ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ Ă ŵŽŶĞƚĂƌǇ ƚƌĂŶƐĂĐƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǁĞďƐŝƚĞ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐĂŶ ŽŌĞŶ ďĞ ƚƌĂĐĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ŽĨ Ă ĐƌŝŵĞ ďĞŝŶŐ ĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĚ͘ dŚĞ ƌĞǀĞŶƵĞ ŽĨ ƐƵĐŚ ǁĞďƐŝƚĞƐ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ŽŌĞŶ ŵƵĐŚ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ĞŶĂďůŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĂŶǇ ŽƉĞƌĂƟŶŐ ŐƵĂƌĂŶƚĞĞ ƐĐŚĞŵĞƐ ƚŽ ƉƌŽƚĞĐƚ ĐŽŶƐƵŵĞƌƐ dŚĞ ĂĚǀŝĐĞ ƚŽ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŝƐ ƚŽ ĞǆĞƌĐŝƐĞ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ ĐĂƵƟŽŶ ǁŚĞŶ ƵƐŝŶŐ ĨƌĞĞ ĂĚǀĞƌƟƐŝŶŐ ǁĞďƐŝƚĞƐ͘

Mark Shead

^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ƚŽ ƉƌŽƉŽƐĞ Ă ŵŽƟŽŶ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ hŶŝŽŶ ŽƵŶĐŝů ŵĞĞƟŶŐ ƌĞũĞĐƟŶŐ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ ŝŶ h ͛Ɛ ĚŝƐĐŝƉůŝŶĂƌǇ ƉŽůŝĐǇ͘ dŚĞ ďŽŶĞ ŽĨ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƟŽŶ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƉŚƌĂƐĞ ͞ďĂůĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƉƌŽďĂďŝůŝƟĞƐ͕͟ ĂƐ ŽƉƉŽƐĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶǀĞŶƟŽŶĂů ͞ďĞǇŽŶĚ ƌĞĂƐŽŶĂďůĞ ĚŽƵďƚ͟ ǁŚĞŶ ĚĞĐŝĚŝŶŐ ŐƵŝůƚ ŝŶ ĚŝƐĐŝƉůŝŶĂƌǇ ŵĂƩĞƌƐ͘ dŚĞ ƉƌŽƉŽƐĂůƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ŶĞǁ ƉŚƌĂƐŝŶŐ ǁĞƌĞ ĂƉƉƌŽǀĞĚ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ ďǇ h ͛Ɛ >ĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ dĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ ;>d Ϳ͘ dŚŝƐ ǁĂƐ ŵĂĚĞ ŝŶ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐĞ ƚŽ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĂǀŽŝĚĞĚ ĚŝƐĐŝƉůŝŶĂƌǇ ĂĐƟŽŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ ŽĨ ŝŶƐƵĸĐŝĞŶƚ ĞǀŝĚĞŶĐĞ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ ƐŽŵĞ ĚŝƐĐŝƉůŝŶĂƌǇ ŵĞĂƐƵƌĞƐ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĂƐ ƐĞǀĞƌĞ ĂƐ ĮŶĞƐ ƵƉ ƚŽ άϰϬϬ Žƌ ĞǆƉƵůƐŝŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ͘ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ƚŽ ͞ďĂůĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƉƌŽďĂďŝůŝƟĞƐ͟ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂůůǇ ŵĞĂŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĚŝƐĐŝƉůŝŶĂƌǇ ŵĞĂƐƵƌĞƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĐĂƌƌŝĞĚ ŽƵƚ ŽŶ ĂŶ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ϱϬͬϱϬ ďĂƐŝƐ ǁŚĞŶ ĚĞĐŝĚŝŶŐ ŐƵŝůƚ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂůůǇ ŝŶ ĐŽŶƚƌĂƐƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ďĞůŝĞĨ ŝŶ ŝŶŶŽĐĞŶĐĞ ƵŶƟů ƉƌŽǀĞŶ ŐƵŝůƚǇ͘

KŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂƌŐƵŵĞŶƚƐ ƵƐĞĚ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƉŽƐĂůƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ͞ďĞǇŽŶĚ ƌĞĂƐŽŶĂďůĞ ĚŽƵďƚ͟ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŝŶĐŝƉůĞ ƵƐĞĚ ŝŶ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĐŽƵƌƚƐ ŽĨ ůĂǁ ǁŚĞŶ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ĐŽŶǀŝĐƟŽŶƐ͘ WƌŽĨ 'ĞŽī DŽŽƌĞ͕ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ŽĨ dĂƵŐŚƚ WƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞƐ Ăƚ h ƐĂŝĚ͗ ͞dŚĞƌĞ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĂďůĞ ĚĞďĂƚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ƉŽŝŶƚ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞǀŝĞǁ ƉƌŽĐĞĚƵƌĞ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ƵŶĚĞƌƚĂŬŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ͚ďĂůĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƉƌŽďĂďŝůŝƟĞƐ͛ ǁĂƐ ĂĐĐĞƉƚĞĚ ďǇ Ăůů ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ;ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞƐͿ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƚĞƐƚ ŝŶ ĐĂƐĞƐ ŽĨ ƐƵƐƉĞĐƚĞĚ ƉůĂŐŝĂƌŝƐŵ ĂŶĚ ĐŽůůƵƐŝŽŶ͘ ͞dŚĞ ͚ďĂůĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƉƌŽďĂďŝůŝƟĞƐ͛ ŝƐ Ă ǁŝĚĞůǇ ƵƐĞĚ ƚĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƌĞĂƐŽŶĂďůĞ ďĞŚĂǀŝŽƵƌ ŝŶ Đŝǀŝů ůĂǁ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ĞŶƟƌĞůǇ ĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞ ΀ǁŚĞŶ΁ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌŝŶŐ ŵŝƐĐŽŶĚƵĐƚ ďǇ Ă ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ͘͟ Ɛ ƐŝŐŶƐ ŽĨ ĂĐƟǀĞ ŽƉƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƉŽƐĂů͕ hŶŝŽŶ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĂƐŬĞĚ ƚŽ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐĂůůǇ ŽƉƉŽƐĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƚĞĚ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ĂƩĞŶĚ ŵĞĞƟŶŐƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚŝƐĐŝƉůŝŶĞ ĐŽƵŶĐŝů͘ dŚĞǇ Ăŝŵ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŝƐƐƵĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ƌĞƐŽůǀĞĚ ďǇ ǁĞĞŬ ƚĞŶ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ƐĞŵĞƐƚĞƌ͘

4 NEWS WARNING ALL CYCLISTS dŚĞ ƉŽůŝĐĞ ĂƌĞ ĂĚǀŝƐŝŶŐ ĐǇĐůŝƐƚƐ ƚŽ ƌŝĚĞ ŽŶůǇ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŽĂĚ Žƌ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĂƚĞĚ ĐǇĐůĞ ƉĂƚŚƐ͘ ƉĞĚĞƐƚƌŝĂŶ ǁĂƐ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ŝŶũƵƌĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ĐŽůůŝƐŝŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŽĐĐƵƌƌĞĚ ŽŶ Ă ĨŽŽƚƉĂƚŚ ŶĞĂƌ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ͘ WŽůŝĐĞ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ŝƐƐƵŝŶŐ ƟĐŬĞƚƐ ƚŽ ŽīĞŶĚŝŶŐ ĐǇĐůŝƐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ǁŝůů ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ĚŽ ƐŽ͘ dŚĞ άϯϬ ĮǆĞĚ ƉĞŶĂůƚǇ ĨŽƌ ƌŝĚŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĚĂƌŬ ǁŝƚŚ ŶŽ ůŝŐŚƚƐ ǁŝůů

CUNNINGHAM ROAD dŚĞ ƉŽůŝĐĞ ĂƌĞ ǁĂƌŶŝŶŐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ůŽĐĂů ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ ŽŶ ƵŶŶŝŶŐŚĂŵ ZŽĂĚ͕ ŶĞĂƌ ƚŚĞ sŝůůĂŐĞ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ŵĂǇ ĂĐƚ ƵƉŽŶ ǀĞŚŝĐůĞƐ ƉĂƌŬĞĚ ŝŶĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĂƚĞůǇ ĂŶĚ ŽŶ ǀĞƌŐĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ƌŽĂĚ ĐŽƵůĚ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞ Ă ƉĞƌŵŝƚ ŝĨ ĐŽŵƉůĂŝŶƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ůŽĐĂů ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ ƉĞƌƐŝƐƚ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁĞƌĞ ŶŽƚ ďůĂŵĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ŵĂũŽƌŝƚǇ ŽĨ ĐĂƌƐ ĨŽƵŶĚ ǁĞƌĞ ƌĞŐŝƐƚĞƌĞĚ ƚŽ ŽǁŶĞƌƐ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ EŽƌĨŽůŬ͘

ACS TALENT SHOW dŚĞ h ^ ŝŶ ĐŽŶũƵŶĐƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ hŶŝŽŶ ŽĨ h ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŚŽƐƟŶŐ Ă ƚĂůĞŶƚ ƐŚŽǁ ĞŶƟƚůĞĚ ͚ dƌŝďƵƚĞ ƚŽ DŝĐŚĂĞů :ĂĐŬƐŽŶ͛ ŽŶ DŽŶĚĂǇ ϮϲƚŚ KĐƚŽďĞƌ ĨƌŽŵ ϳ͘ϬϬƉŵ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ůƵĞ Ăƌ ƚŽ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞ ůĂĐŬ ,ŝƐƚŽƌǇ DŽŶƚŚ͘ ǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ ŝƐ ǁĞůĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ ũŽŝŶ ĂŶĚ ŝĨ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ ŚĂƐ Ă ƚĂůĞŶƚ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ƐŚŽǁĐĂƐĞ ĞŵĂŝů ƵĞĂĂĐƐΛŚŽƚŵĂŝů͘ĐŽ͘ƵŬ Žƌ ŐĞƚ ŝŶ ƚŽƵĐŚ ǁŝƚŚ dŽŵ ^ƵƩŽŶ͕ tĞůĨĂƌĞ KĸĐĞƌ͕ Ăƚ ƐƵ͘ǁĞůĨĂƌĞΛƵĞĂ͘ĂĐ͘ƵŬ͘

JAPAN LANGUAGE EXCHANGE : d ŽīĞƌƐ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ƚƌĂǀĞů ƚŽ :ĂƉĂŶ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬ ĂŶĚ ƚĞĂĐŚ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ĂƐ Ă ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ͘ >ŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŬĞĞŶ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ŝŶ :ĂƉĂŶ͕ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽǁ ŽƉĞŶĞĚ ĂŶĚ ǁŝůů ĐůŽƐĞ ŽŶ ϮϳƚŚ EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ͘ sŝƐŝƚ ǁǁǁ͘ũĞƚƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞ͘ ŽƌŐ ĨŽƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ͘

concrete.news@uea.ac.uk TUESDAY 20th OCTOBER 2009

OXJAM TAKES OVER NORWICH MOVEMBER Chris King >ŽĐĂů ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ĂƌĞ ƐĞƚ ƚŽ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵ ŝŶ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ĂƐ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŶƚŚͲůŽŶŐ KǆũĂŵ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ƉůĂĐĞ ŝŶ ŚƵŶĚƌĞĚƐ ŽĨ ǀĞŶƵĞƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ h< ĐŝƟĞƐ͘ dŚĞ KǆũĂŵ dĂŬĞŽǀĞƌ͕ ŽŶ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ϮϱƚŚ KĐƚŽďĞƌ͕ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŶƚŚ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞĚ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ƉůĂĐĞ Ăƚ Ă ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ǀĞŶƵĞƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚǇ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ͗ ƚŚĞ ŝƌĚĐĂŐĞ͕ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞ͕ WƵƉƉĞƚ dŚĞĂƚƌĞ͕ DĂƌƋƵĞĞ ĂŶĚ ƌĂŐŽŶ ,Ăůů͕ ĂŶĚ ǁŝůů ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ ŽǀĞƌ ϰϬ ďĂŶĚƐ͘ KǆũĂŵ ŝƐ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ ƚŽ ƌĂŝƐĞ ŵŽŶĞǇ ĂŶĚ ĂǁĂƌĞŶĞƐƐ ĨŽƌ KǆĨĂŵ͛Ɛ ͚^ƚŽƉ ůŝŵĂƚĞ ŚĂŶŐĞ͛ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞƐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŽ ĚĞŵĂŶĚ ĂĐƟŽŶ ƵŶƟů ͚ ůƵĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ &ĂĐĞ͛͘ ^ŝŶĐĞ ϮϬϬϲ͕ KǆũĂŵ ŚĂƐ ƐĞĞŶ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ϯϲ͕ϬϬϬ ŵƵƐŝĐŝĂŶƐ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ Ăƚ ŽǀĞƌ ϯ͕ϬϬϬ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƌĂŝƐĞĚ ŽǀĞƌ άϭ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ĮŐŚƚ ƉŽǀĞƌƚǇ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͘ KǆũĂŵ ĂƐƚ ŚĂƐ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞĚ Ă ĚĂǇͲ

ůŽŶŐ ĂĐŽƵƐƟĐ ͚ ƵƐŬĂƚŚŽŶ͛ ŚĞůĚ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ &ŽƌƵŵ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ KĐƚŽďĞƌ ϭϬƚŚ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ĂůƐŽ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚ ĨĂĐĞͲƉĂŝŶƟŶŐ͕ ƉŽĞƚƌǇ ĂŶĚ ůŝǀĞ Ăƌƚ͘ &ƵƌƚŚĞƌŵŽƌĞ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ Ă ƉƌĞůŝŵŝŶĂƌǇ ŐŝŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ WůĂǇŚŽƵƐĞ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ ƚŽ ƐŚŽǁĐĂƐĞ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ǁŚŽ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ dĂŬĞŽǀĞƌ ŽŶ KĐƚŽďĞƌ ϮϱƚŚ͘ ŽƚŚ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ƌĂŝƐĞĚ ŚƵŶĚƌĞĚƐ ŝŶ ĚŽŶĂƟŽŶƐ͘ dŚĞ dĂŬĞŽǀĞƌ ŝƐ ƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞĚ ƚŽ ƌƵŶ ĨƌŽŵ ϮƉŵ ƵŶƟů ϮĂŵ͕ ĮŶŝƐŚŝŶŐ Ăƚ DƵƐƚĂƌĚ >ŽƵŶŐĞ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ǁƌŝƐƚďĂŶĚƐ ĂůůŽǁŝŶŐ ĞŶƚƌǇ ƚŽ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ǀĞŶƵĞƐ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ͘ ŶĚƌĞĂ ŽǇůĞ͕ Ă h ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ĂŵƉĂŝŐŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĂŶĚ ŽͲŽƌĚŝŶĂƚŽƌ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ͕ ƐĂŝĚ ͞ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ůŽĐĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŐĞƚ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ͘͟ tŚŝůĞ KǆũĂŵ ŚĂƐ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĨŽĐƵƐ͕ ŝƚ ĂůƐŽ ĂŝŵƐ ƚŽ ďƌŝŶŐ ͞ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞƐ ƚŽ ƉĞŽƉůĞ Ăƚ ůŽĐĂů ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ ůĞǀĞů͘͟ ŽǇůĞ ĂĚĚĞĚ ͞KǆũĂŵ ŝƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ ĂŶ ĂŵĂǌŝŶŐ

'ƌĞŐ DĂŶŶ ϰ ĂǇƐ ŽĨ DĂǇ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ WůĂǇŚŽƵƐĞ

ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ ĨŽƌ ƐŚŽǁĐĂƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ǀĂƌŝĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŚƵŐĞůǇ ƚĂůĞŶƚĞĚ ůŽĐĂů ŵƵƐŝĐ ƐĐĞŶĞ͘͟ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞŵĞŶƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů͕ ƌĂŶŐŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ďĂŶĚƐ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ dĂŬĞŽǀĞƌ ƚŽ ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌƐ ŚĞůƉŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĚĂǇ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂů ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĞĚ ďǇ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ƐŽĐŝĞƟĞƐ Ăƚ h ͘ dŚĞ ƟŵŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĨŽĐƵƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ KǆũĂŵ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ǀĞƌǇ ŵƵĐŚ ŐĞĂƌĞĚ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ƚŚĞ ĐƌƵĐŝĂů hE ůŝŵĂƚĞ ŚĂŶŐĞ ŽŶĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁŝůů ďĞ

ŚĞůĚ ŝŶ ŽƉĞŶŚĂŐĞŶ ĨƌŽŵ ϳƚŚͲ ϭϴƚŚ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ĂŝŵƐ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ Ă ǀŝƐƵĂů ƐƚĂƚĞŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ h< ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌĐĞ ŝƚ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ĂĐƟŽŶ ŽŶ ĐůŝŵĂƚĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƚŽŽ ůĂƚĞ͘ dŚĞ ŽŶĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ ŚŽƉĞƐ ƚŽ ƌĞƐƵůƚ ŝŶ Ă ŐůŽďĂů ĂŐƌĞĞŵĞŶƚ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌŝĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ŝŶ ĂŶ ĂƩĞŵƉƚ ƚŽ ƌĞĚƵĐĞ ƚŚĞ ĞīĞĐƚƐ ŽĨ ĐůŝŵĂƚĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĞǀĞŶƚ ŐůŽďĂů ǁĂƌŵŝŶŐ͘ dŝĐŬĞƚƐ Žƌ ǁƌŝƐƚďĂŶĚƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ h Žǆ KĸĐĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŽƐƚ άϵ͘

STUDENTS’ EARLY WAKE-UP CALL Poppy Jones dŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĨĞǁ ǁĞĞŬƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ƐĞŵĞƐƚĞƌ ŚĂǀĞ ƐĞĞŶ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ůŝǀŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶĐĞƐ ďĞĐŽŵŝŶŐ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐŝŶŐůǇ ĨƌƵƐƚƌĂƚĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ůĂƌŐĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ĮƌĞ ĂůĂƌŵƐ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ďĞŐĂŶ ũƵƐƚ Ă ĐŽƵƉůĞ ŽĨ ĚĂǇƐ ĂŌĞƌ ŵŽǀŝŶŐ ŝŶ ĂŶĚ͕ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ĞǆĂĐƚ ŶƵŵďĞƌƐ ǀĂƌǇ ĨƌŽŵ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶĐĞ ƚŽ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶĐĞ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ĐŽŶƐĞŶƐƵƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ĂůĂƌŵƐ ŚĂƐ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞĚ ƐŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ƚĞƌŵ ďĞŐĂŶ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ ďĞ ŽĐĐƵƌƌŝŶŐ ŵĂŝŶůǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁĞƐƚ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶĐĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƌŝƩĞŶ͕ WĂƐƚŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŽůŵĂŶ͘ ƚ ĮƌƐƚ͕ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ ĂĐĐĞƉƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞĐĞƐƐŝƚǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶĂů ĮƌĞ Ěƌŝůů͘ EŽǁ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĂůĂƌŵ ƐŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ŵĂŶǇ ƟŵĞƐ ƉĞƌ ǁĞĞŬ ĂŶĚ͕ ŽŶ ŽŶĞ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶ͕ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ƚĞŶ ƟŵĞƐ ŝŶ ŽŶĞ ŶŝŐŚƚ͕ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ĮŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉĂƟĞŶĐĞ ƚƌŝĞĚ͘ ĂŝƐǇ ĚŵƵŶĚƐ͕ Ă ĮƌƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ ,ŝƐƚŽƌǇ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ŝŶ ƌŝƩĞŶ ,ŽƵƐĞ͕ ƐĂŝĚ͗ ͞KŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŶŝŐŚƚ͕ ǁĞ ǁĞƌĞ ǁĂƌŶĞĚ ďǇ ŽƵƌ

ZĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ dƵƚŽƌ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌĞ ĂůĂƌŵƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƋƵŝƚĞ ƐĞŶƐŝƟǀĞ͕ ďƵƚ ǁĞ ŶĞǀĞƌ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ǁŽƵůĚ ŐŽ Žī ƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ ĞǆƚĞŶƚ͘ / ĨĞĞů ůŝŬĞ / ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ŚĂĚ Ă ĚĞĐĞŶƚ ŶŝŐŚƚ͛Ɛ ƐůĞĞƉ ƐŝŶĐĞ /͛ǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ŚĞƌĞ͘͟ ZĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ŝĚĞŶƟĮĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŶŝŐŚƚƐ ǁŚĞŶ ĮƌĞ ĂůĂƌŵƐ ĂƌĞ ůŝŬĞůǇ ƚŽ ƐŽƵŶĚ ĂƐ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ dƵĞƐĚĂǇ ĂŶĚ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ > ZƐ ĂŶĚ ͚ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ŶŝŐŚƚ͛ ŝŶ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ŽŶ Ă dŚƵƌƐĚĂǇ͘ dǇƉŝĐĂůůǇ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂůĂƌŵƐ ŐŽ Žī ĂŶǇ ƟŵĞ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚǁŽ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƵƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌŶŝŶŐ͘ >ĂƐƚ ǁĞĞŬ ƐĂǁ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ

ĚŝƐƚƵƌďĂŶĐĞƐ͕ ŵĂŝŶůǇ ŽĐĐƵƌƌŝŶŐ ŽŶ dƵĞƐĚĂǇ ϭϯƚŚ KĐƚŽďĞƌ͘ ŵŝůǇ :ĂƌŵŝŶ͕ Ă ĮƌƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ WƐǇĐŚŽůŽŐǇ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ůŝǀŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƌŝƩĞŶ ,ŽƵƐĞ ƐĂŝĚ͗ ͞/ƚ͛Ɛ ƌŝĚŝĐƵůŽƵƐ͘ dŚĞ ĮƌĞ ĂůĂƌŵ ǁĞŶƚ Žī ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ϭϲ ƟŵĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŶŝŐŚƚ͘ / ĐŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ŐĞƚ ƚŽ ƐůĞĞƉ ƵŶƟů ĂďŽƵƚ ĮǀĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌŶŝŶŐ͘͟ dŚĞ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ĚĂǇ͕ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ ǁĞƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ƚŚĂƚ ĂĐƟŽŶ ŚĂĚ ďĞĞŶ ƚĂŬĞŶ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ŵŝŶŝŵŝƐĞ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ ĚŝƐƚƵƌďĂŶĐĞƐ ŝŶ ŚĂůůƐ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ĮƌĞ ĂůĂƌŵƐ͘ dŚĞ ĐĐŽŵŵŽĚĂƟŽŶ KĸĐĞ

KŶůǇ ĨŽƌ ƵƐĞ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ Ă ƌĞĂů ůŝĨĞͲƚŚƌĞĂƚĞŶŝŶŐ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ͘

ƐƚĂƚĞĚ ŝŶ ĂŶ ĞŵĂŝů ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĂůĂƌŵƐ ŚĂĚ ďĞĞŶ ĂĐƟǀĂƚĞĚ ͞ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŵĂůŝĐŝŽƵƐ ĂĐƟŽŶƐ Žƌ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƐŵŽŬŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶĐĞƐ͘͟ dŚĞǇ ĚĞĐůĂƌĞĚ͗ ͞/ƚ ŚĂƐ ƌĞŐƌĞƩĂďůǇ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ďĞĞŶ ŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌǇ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ĂĐƟŽŶ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƐŽŵĞ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ ƚŚŝƐ ƐĞŵĞƐƚĞƌ͘͘͘ ŝŶ ƐŽŵĞ ĐĂƐĞƐ ŚĂƐ ůĞĚ ƚŽ ĞǀŝĐƟŽŶ ŶŽƟĐĞƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ŝƐƐƵĞĚ͘͟ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĞƉƐ ƚĂŬĞŶ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ĐĐŽŵŵŽĚĂƟŽŶ KĸĐĞ͕ ũƵƐƚ ĚĂǇƐ ůĂƚĞƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ ĨŽƌĐĞĚ ƚŽ ůĞĂǀĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďĞĚƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂŶĚ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽůĚ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĂůĂƌŵ ƐŽƵŶĚĞĚ͘ ƌŝƩĞŶ ,ŽƵƐĞ ǁĂƐ ĞǀĂĐƵĂƚĞĚ ƚǁŝĐĞ ŽŶ dŚƵƌƐĚĂǇ ŶŝŐŚƚ ĂŶĚ ĂŐĂŝŶ ŽŶ &ƌŝĚĂǇ͘ dŚĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ŶŽǁ ŝƐ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ĮƌĞ ĚƌŝůůƐ ǁŝůů ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ͛ ĂďŝůŝƟĞƐ ƚŽ ĞǀĂĐƵĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ƋƵŝĐŬůǇ ĂŶĚ ƐĂĨĞůǇ͕ Žƌ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĨƌĞƋƵĞŶĐǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂůĂƌŵƐ ǁŝůů ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƚŽ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ĐŽŵƉůĂĐĞŶƚ ŽǀĞƌ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƐ͕ ŝŶ ƌĞĂůŝƚǇ͕ Ă ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐ ƚŚƌĞĂƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĂĨĞƚǇ͘

hh ^͛ Z ' ;ZĂŝƐŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ 'ŝǀŝŶŐͿ ^ŽĐŝĞƚǇ ŝƐ ƵƌŐŝŶŐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƚŽ ĚĞĨĞƌ ĨƌŽŵ ƐŚĂǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ͚ƚĂĐŚĞ͛ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĨƵŶĚƌĂŝƐŝŶŐ ĞǀĞŶƚ DŽǀĞŵďĞƌ͘ ůů ŵŽŶĞǇ ƌĂŝƐĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƐƉŽŶƐŽƌƐŚŝƉ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĚŽŶĂƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ WƌŽƐƚĂƚĞ ĂŶĐĞƌ ŚĂƌŝƚǇ͘ WƌŝǌĞƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĂǁĂƌĚĞĚ ďĂƐĞĚ ŽŶ ŵŽƐƚ ŵŽŶĞǇ ƌĂŝƐĞĚ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƌƵŶŶĞƌͲƵƉ ƉƌŝǌĞƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ĂǁĂƌĚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ďĞƐƚ ƐƚǇůĞĚ ŵŽƵƐƚĂĐŚĞƐ͘ dŽ ŐĞƚ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ĞŵĂŝů h Z ' ĨŽƌ Ă ƐƉŽŶƐŽƌƐŚŝƉ ĨŽƌŵ Ăƚ ƵĞĂƌĂŐΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͘

VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT sŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ƐŽƵŐŚƚ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ƌƵŶ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ǇŽƵƚŚ ĐůƵď ʹ ͚ ƚ DǇ WůĂĐĞ͛ ʹ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ ĂƚŽŶ ĂƌĞĂ͘ dŚĞ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ǇŽƵƚŚ ĐůƵď͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŽīĞƌƐ Ă ƐĂĨĞ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ ǇŽƵŶŐƐƚĞƌƐ ƚŽ ĚƌŽƉ ŝŶ͕ ŚĂǀĞ ĨƵŶ͕ Ăŝƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞ ĂĚǀŝĐĞ͕ ŝƐ ŶŽǁ ŽǀĞƌͲƐƵďƐĐƌŝďĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ŝŶ ŶĞĞĚ ŽĨ ĞǆƚƌĂ ĞǇĞƐ ƚŽ ŽǀĞƌƐĞĞ ƚŚĞ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐůƵď͘ tŝƚŚŽƵƚ ŵŽƌĞ ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌƐ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ƌƵŶ ƚŚĞ &ƌŝĚĂǇ ŶŝŐŚƚ ĐůƵď͕ ǇŽƵŶŐƐƚĞƌƐ ǁŝůů ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚƵƌŶĞĚ ĂǁĂǇ ǁŝƚŚ ŶŽǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŽ ŐŽ͘ W ^K ,ĂŶŶĂŚ ůĞǆĂŶĚĞƌ ƐĂŝĚ͗ ͞/ƚ ŝƐ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ŽīĞƌ ǇŽƵŶŐƐƚĞƌƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂů ĂƌĞĂ Ă ƉůĂĐĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽ ŵĞĞƚ ƵƉ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ Žī ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌĞĞƚƐ ĂŶĚ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽůĚ͘ ͞tŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŚĞůƉ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂů ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ ŝƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ŶŽǁ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽŝŶƚ ǁŚĞƌĞ ǁĞ ĚĞƐƉĞƌĂƚĞůǇ ŶĞĞĚ ŵŽƌĞ ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌƐ ƚŽ ƐƉĂƌĞ Ă ĐŽƵƉůĞ ŽĨ ŚŽƵƌƐ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ǁŝƚŚ ƐƵƉĞƌǀŝƐŝŽŶ͕ ŚŽůĚŝŶŐ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚƌŝƉƐ͘͟ dŚĞ ǇŽƵƚŚ ĐůƵď ƌƵŶƐ ĨƌŽŵ ϳͲϭϬƉŵ ĞǀĞƌǇ &ƌŝĚĂǇ Ăƚ ^ƚ ŶŶĞ͛Ɛ ŚƵƌĐŚ͕ ŽůŵĂŶ ZŽĂĚ͘ ůů ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ŐŽ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ Ă Z ĐŚĞĐŬ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ƉĂŝĚ ĨŽƌ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝĐĞ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞĚ ŝŶ ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌŝŶŐ Ă ĐŽƵƉůĞ ŽĨ ŚŽƵƌƐ Ă ǁĞĞŬ ƉůĞĂƐĞ ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚ W ^K ,ĂŶŶĂŚ ůĞǆĂŶĚĞƌ ŽŶ Ϭϴϰϱ ϰϱϲ ϰϱϲϳ ďǇ DŽŶĚĂǇ ϵ EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ͘

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concrete.news@uea.ac.uk TUESDAY 20th OCTOBER 2009

DEGREES RELY UNION ELECTIONS - ETHNIC MINORITIES AND SSF CONVENOR ON PRIVATE Esther Ayensu ĂďŽƵƚ͍ tŚĂƚ ĂďŽƵƚ Thomas Jackson ͞/ Ăŵ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŚŽŽů ƵŶŝŽŶ ƌĞƉƐ ǇŽƵ͛ǀĞ Elections for the SCHOOLS

ĐŽŶŽŵŝĐĂůůǇ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ĚĞŐƌĞĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞƐ ƌĞůǇ ŽŶ ŝŶĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶƚ ƐĐŚŽŽůƐ ĨŽƌ ŵĂŶǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ Ă ƌĞƉŽƌƚ ĐŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ,ĞĂĚŵĂƐƚĞƌƐ͛ ĂŶĚ ,ĞĂĚŵŝƐƚƌĞƐƐĞƐ͛ ŽŶĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ͘ ĂƐĞĚ ŽŶ ĮŐƵƌĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ϮϬϬϲͲϬϳ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚǇ ĨŽƵŶĚ Ă ƋƵĂƌƚĞƌ ŽĨ ƉůĂĐĞƐ ǁĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƉƵƉŝůƐ ĨƌŽŵ ŝŶĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶƚ ƐĐŚŽŽůƐ͕ ŝŶ ƐƵďũĞĐƚƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ĐŽŶŽŵŝĐƐ͕ DĞĚŝĐŝŶĞ͕ ŶŐŝŶĞĞƌŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ DŽĚĞƌŶ >ĂŶŐƵĂŐĞƐ͘ /Ŷ ŽŶĞ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚǇ ƐŚŽǁƐ ϰϮй ŽĨ ƵŶĚĞƌŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĨŽƌ ĐŽŶŽŵŝĐƐ ĂƌĞ ĚƌĂǁŶ ĨƌŽŵ ŝŶĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶƚ ƐĐŚŽŽůƐ͘ ƌŽƵŶĚ ϵй ŽĨ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ĨƌŽŵ ŝŶĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶƚ ƐĐŚŽŽůƐ͕ ĐŽŵƉƌŝƐŝŶŐ ϭϰй ŽĨ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂŶƚƐ͘ ŶĚƌĞǁ 'ƌĂŶƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ,D ͛Ɛ ĐŚĂŝƌŵĂŶ ƐĂŝĚ͗ ͞΀ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ŝŶĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶƚ ƐĐŚŽŽů ƉƵƉŝůƐ΁ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚǇ ŽĨ ƐƵďũĞĐƚƐ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƐĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ǀŝƚĂů ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƟŽŶ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŝŶ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐ ũĞŽƉĂƌĚǇ ŝŶ ŵĂŶǇ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ůĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ͘͟

SCOTTISH TUITION FEES “MISTAKE” ůĞĂĚŝŶŐ ^ĐŽƫƐŚ ĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐ ŚĂƐ ĐĂůůĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐĐƌĂƉƉŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŽƉͲ ƵƉ ĨĞĞƐ Ă ŵŝƐƚĂŬĞ ĂŶĚ ĐĂůůƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ^ĐŽƫƐŚ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƌĞǀĞƌƐĞ ŝƚƐ ƉŽůŝĐǇ ŽĨ ŶŽ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ ĨŽƌ ^ĐŽƫƐŚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘ tƌŝƟŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ^ĐŽƚƐŵĂŶ͕ :ĂŵĞƐ DŝƚĐŚĞůů͕ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ ŽĨ WŽůŝƟĐƐ Ăƚ ^ƚƌĂƚŚĐůǇĚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ͕ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĞ ƐĐƌĂƉƉŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ ǁĂƐ ůĞĂǀŝŶŐ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ůĂĐŬŝŶŐ Ă ƐŽƵƌĐĞ ŽĨ ŝŶĐŽŵĞ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ Ă ƌĞƉůĂĐĞŵĞŶƚ͘ tƌŝƟŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ Scotsman, WƌŽĨ DŝƚĐŚĞůů ƐĂŝĚ͗ ͞KƉƉŽŶĞŶƚƐ ǁŝůů ĂƌŐƵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ĐŽŶƐĞŶƐƵƐ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ ǁŚĞŶ͕ ŝŶ ĨĂĐƚ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ăƚ ďĞƐƚ ŽŶůǇ ĂĐƋƵŝĞƐĐĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ Ă ƉŽůŝĐǇ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ Ă ůĂĐŬ ŽĨ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉ͘͟ EĂƟŽŶĂů hŶŝŽŶ ŽĨ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ^ĐŽƚůĂŶĚ ƉƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ >ŝĂŵ ƵƌŶƐ ƐĂŝĚ͗ ͞dŚĞƌĞ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ŝƐ Ă ĐŽŶƐĞŶƐƵƐ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ ŝŶ ^ĐŽƚůĂŶĚ͕ ĂƐ ŚƵŶĚƌĞĚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚƐ ŽĨ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ͕ ůĞĐƚƵƌĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƉŽůŝƟĐŝĂŶƐ ǁŝůů ƚĞƐƟĨǇ͘͟ dƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĂďŽůŝƐŚĞĚ ŝŶ ^ĐŽƚůĂŶĚ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϬ͕ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ƌĞǀŝĞǁ ŽĨ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ĨƵŶĚŝŶŐ͘

͞^K͕ ǁŚŽ͛Ɛ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ǀŽƚĞ ĨŽƌ ŵĞ͍ ͚tŚŽ ĂƌĞ ǇŽƵ͍͛ / ŚĞĂƌ ǇŽƵ ĂƐŬ͕ ǁĞůů ďĂƌĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĞ ĂŶĚ ůĞƚ ŵĞ ƚĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ĨĞǁ ŵŽŵĞŶƚƐ ƚŽ ĞǆƉůĂŝŶ͊ /͛ŵ ƐƚŚĞƌ ǇĞŶƐƵ͕ Ă ĮƌƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ ŵĞĚŝĐĂů ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ͕ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ǇŽƵƌ ĞƚŚŶŝĐ ŵŝŶŽƌŝƟĞƐ͛ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ ĐŽŶǀĞŶŽƌ͊ Ɛ ĞƚŚŶŝĐ ŵŝŶŽƌŝƚǇ ; DͿ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁŚĂƚ ĚŽ ǁĞ ĨĞĞů ŵŽƐƚ ƐƚƌŽŶŐůǇ

ŽƵƌ D ƐƚĂƚƵƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ǁĞ ůŝŬĞ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ƚŽ ŬŶŽǁ͕ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ Žƌ ĞƌĂĚŝĐĂƚĞ͍ 'ĞƫŶŐ ŝĚĞĂƐ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ͕ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐŝŶŐ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ƚŽ ƐŚŽǁĐĂƐĞ ŽƵƌ ĚŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ŝƐ Ăůů ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ǁŚĂƚ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĚŽŶĞ͊ / ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĂĐƟŽŶƐ ĚŽ ƐƉĞĂŬ ůŽƵĚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ǁŽƌĚƐ ĂůŽŶĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝĨ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ / ǁŽƵůĚ ůŽǀĞ ƚŽ ĂĐƟǀĞůǇ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ŽƵƌ D ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ ŚĞƌĞ Ăƚ h ͘ >ŽŽŬ ŽƵƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶƐ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ƉůĂĐĞ ŽŶ ƚŚŝƐ ǁĞĞŬ͊ dK' d, Z t ͛Z ^dZKE' Z͊ ^hWWKZd d, DKs D Ed ĂŶĚ sKd ͊ sŽƟŶŐ ƚĂŬĞƐ ƉůĂĐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ,/s ŽŶ dƵĞƐĚĂǇ ϮϳƚŚ KĐƚŽďĞƌ ;ϵĂŵͲϳƉŵͿ͘͟

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͚͞dŚĞ ŵŝŶĚ ŝƐ ŝƚƐ ŽǁŶ ƉůĂĐĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ŝƚƐĞůĨ͕ ĐĂŶ ŵĂŬĞ ŚĞĂǀĞŶ ŽĨ ,Ğůů͕ ĂŶĚ Ă ŚĞůů ŽĨ ,ĞĂǀĞŶ͛͘ / Ăŵ ŶŽƚ :ŽŚŶ DŝůƚŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŵǇ ĞŵƉŚĂƐŝƐ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŝŶĚ ďƵƚ / Ăŵ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ ŝŶ ĂŶǇ ŐŝǀĞŶ ĐŝƌĐƵŵƐƚĂŶĐĞ / ĐĂŶ ŵĂŬĞ ,ĞĂǀĞŶ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ Ă ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ͛Ɛ

ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŽŶǀĞŶŽƌ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƵůƚǇ ŽĨ ^ŽĐŝĂů ^ĐŝĞŶĐĞƐ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ / ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ǇŽƵ ĂŶĚ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƐŽĐŝĂů ƐĐŝĞŶĐĞƐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƚŽ ŽƵƌ ĨĂĐƵůƚǇ͕ ŽƵƌ ƵŶŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŽƵƌ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ͘ / ǁŝůů ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ǇŽƵƌ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ ƚŽ ǇŽƵƌ ĨĂĐƵůƚǇ ĂŶĚ ǁŽƌŬ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ

ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ĞůĞĐƚĞĚ͘ / ŬŶŽǁ ŚŽǁ ƚŽ ƉƵƚ ĂŶ ĂƌŐƵŵĞŶƚ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŽ Ă ŐƌŽƵƉ ŽĨ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͘ So vote Tom on 27th KĐƚŽďĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ,ŝǀĞ͘ ŽŶƚĂĐƚ ŵĞ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶǇ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ Žƌ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƟŽŶƐ Ăƚ ^^&ĐŽŶǀĞŶŽƌΛ ŚŽƚŵĂŝů͘ĐŽ͘ƵŬ sŽƚĞ dŽŵ͊͟

ŝĚĞĂ ŽĨ ŚĞůů͘ / ƉƌŽƉŽƐĞ Ă ƐƚƌĂŝŐŚƞŽƌǁĂƌĚ ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚĂƐŬ Ăƚ ŚĂŶĚ͗ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ůŝĨĞ ĞĂƐŝĞƌ ĨŽƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ^ŽĐŝĂů ^ĐŝĞŶĐĞƐ &ĂĐƵůƚǇ͘ / ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ĚĞƐŝƌĞ ƚŽ ƉĂŝŶƚ ŵǇƐĞůĨ ĂƐ Ă ƐĂŝŶƚ ƚŽ ĞĂƌŶ ǀŽƚĞƐ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ / ƐĞĞŬ ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬ ǁŝƚŚ ǁŚĂƚ / ŚĂǀĞ ŐŽƚ͘ Ɛ Ă ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ

ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƵůƚǇ͕ / ŬŶŽǁ ǁŚĂƚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŵŽĂŶ ĂďŽƵƚ͕ ĨŽƌ ŵŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌǇ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ƚŚĂƚ / ĂůƐŽ ŵŽĂŶ ĂďŽƵƚ͘ / ŐĞŶƵŝŶĞůǇ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞ ǁŚĂƚĞǀĞƌ ƐĞƚďĂĐŬƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƵůƚǇ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ĂƐƉĞĐƚƐ ŽĨ ŝƚ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ƌŽĐŬĞƚ ƐĐŝĞŶĐĞ͘͘͘ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŵĞƌĞůǇ ƐŽĐŝĂů͘͟

SWINE FLU INFECTS UEA Gordon Malloy h ͛Ɛ ƐǁŝŶĞ ŇƵ ƋƵĂƌĂŶƟŶĞ ƉƌŽĐĞĚƵƌĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĞŶĂĐƚĞĚ ĂŌĞƌ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĐĂƵŐŚƚ ƚŚĞ ǀŝƌĂů ŝŶĨĞĐƟŽŶ͘ ŶŶŝĞ 'ƌĂŶƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ĞĂŶ ŽĨ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ ĐŽŶĮƌŵĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ h ĂĐĐŽŵŵŽĚĂƟŽŶ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ŚĂ^ Ă ͞ƐŵĂůů ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŝŶ ŝƐŽůĂƟŽŶ ŽŶ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ͕ ďƵƚ ŶŽƚ ĂƐ ŵĂŶǇ ĂƐ ǁĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƚĞĚ͘ ͞DŽƐƚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƌĞƚƵƌŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐƚƵĚŝĞƐ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ĨĞǁ ĚĂǇƐ͘͟

dŚĞ ƉƌŽĐĞĚƵƌĞƐ ĐƌĞĂƚĞĚ ďǇ h ͛Ɛ ĞĂŶ ŽĨ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛ KĸĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ DĞĚŝĐĂů ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞ ŽƵƚůŝŶĞ ŵĞĂƐƵƌĞƐ ƚŽ ƉƌĞǀĞŶƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƉƌĞĂĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĨĞĐƟŽŶ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ĂĐĐŽŵŵŽĚĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǁŝĚĞƌ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ͘ tŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌŝŽĚ ŽĨ ŝŶĨĞĐƟŽŶ͕ ůĂƐƟŶŐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ Ă ǁĞĞŬ͕ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ĂĚǀŝƐĞĚ ƚŽ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĞ ĨŽƌ Ăƚ ůĞĂƐƚ ĮǀĞ ĚĂǇƐ ŽĨ ŝƐŽůĂƟŽŶ ŝĨ ƚŚĞǇ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ƐǇŵƉƚŽŵƐ͘ >ŝŬĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƐƚƌĂŝŶƐ ŽĨ ŝŶŇƵĞŶǌĂ͕ ƐǇŵƉƚŽŵƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ Ă ŚŝŐŚ ĨĞǀĞƌ͕

ƐŽƌĞ ƚŚƌŽĂƚ͕ ĂĐŚŝŶŐ ŵƵƐĐůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ůŽƐƐ ŽĨ ĂƉƉĞƟƚĞ͘ dŚĞ ĞĂŶ ŽĨ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ĂĚǀŝƐŝŶŐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƚŽ ƌĞƚƵƌŶ ŚŽŵĞ ĂŶĚ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ĐĂŶ ĂƌƌĂŶŐĞ ĨŽƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ůŝǀŝŶŐ ŝŶ h ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶĐĞƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ŵŽǀĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ĞŶͲƐƵŝƚĞ ĂĐĐŽŵŵŽĚĂƟŽŶ͘ DŝƌƌŽƌŝŶŐ ŵƵĐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ E,^͛ ͞ ĂƚĐŚ ŝƚ͕ ďŝŶ ŝƚ͕ Ŭŝůů ŝƚ͟ ůĞĂŇĞƚƐ͕ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƚŽůĚ ƚŽ ĂƐŬ Ă ͞ŇƵ ĨƌŝĞŶĚ͟ Ͳ Ă ŇĂƚŵĂƚĞ Žƌ ĨƌŝĞŶĚ Ͳ ƚŽ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌ ĨŽŽĚ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽǀŝƐŝŽŶƐ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ŇĂƚ ĚŽŽƌƐ

ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ŝƐŽůĂƟŽŶ͘ ůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞůǇ͕ ƚŚĞ h ĂƚĞƌŝŶŐ ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ ǁŝůů ĚĞůŝǀĞƌ ĚĂŝůǇ ŵĞĂů ƉĂĐŬƐ͘ Ŷ ŝŶǀŽŝĐĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƐĞŶƚ ĂŌĞƌ ŝƐŽůĂƟŽŶ ĂŵŽƵŶƟŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŝĐĞ ŽĨ ĞĂĐŚ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂů ŝƚĞŵ͘ ,ĞĂůƚŚ WƌŽƚĞĐƟŽŶ ŐĞŶĐǇ ĮŐƵƌĞƐ ĨŽƌ ŶŐůĂŶĚ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚ ƌĞƉŽƌƚƐ ƚŽ 'WƐ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶŝŶŐ ŇƵͲ ůŝŬĞ ƐǇŵƉƚŽŵƐ ŚĂƐ ĞǆĐĞĞĚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĂƐŽŶĂů ĂǀĞƌĂŐĞ͕ ďƵƚ ĂƌĞ ƐƟůů ǁĞůů ďĞůŽǁ ĂŶ ĞƉŝĚĞŵŝĐ ůĞǀĞů ŽĨ ĂĐƟǀŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ ĂƌĞ ĚĞĐƌĞĂƐŝŶŐ͘ ZĞƉŽƌƟŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ͕ ŇƵ ĞǆƉĞƌƚ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ WĞƚĞƌ KƉĞŶƐŚĂǁ͕ ŽĨ /ŵƉĞƌŝĂů ŽůůĞŐĞ >ŽŶĚŽŶ͕ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĂƚ Ă ƚŚŝƌĚ ŽĨ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŚŽ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ŝŶĨĞĐƚĞĚ

Ethnic Minorities Campaign Convenor and SSF Convenor will be held on 27th October in the Hive throughout the day. General elections for the executive fall before the Easter holidays in March. Individual schools elect school representatives to sit on Staff-Student Liason Committees throughout the year, as well as a seat on Union Council which assembles every three weeks.

ǁŝůů ŶŽƚ ƌĞĂůŝƐĞ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ŚĂĚ ƐǁŝŶĞ ŇƵ͘ ,Ğ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ͕ ƐĂǇŝŶŐ͕ ͞ĂďŽƵƚ ϵϴй ŽĨ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŚŽ ŐĞƚ ŝŶĨĞĐƚĞĚ ǁŝůů ƌĞĐŽǀĞƌ ĨƵůůǇ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ĂŶǇ ŚŽƐƉŝƚĂů ƚƌĞĂƚŵĞŶƚ͙ƚŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƌĞĂƐƐƵƌĞĚ͘͟ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ƚŚŝŶŬ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ƐǁŝŶĞ ŇƵ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ĂĚǀŝƐĞĚ ƚŽ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ĂŶ ŽŶůŝŶĞ ĂƐƐĞƐƐŵĞŶƚ͕ Žƌ ƉŚŽŶĞ ƚŚĞ h< ^ǁŝŶĞ &ůƵ /ŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ >ŝŶĞ ŽŶ ϬϴϬϬ ϭ ϱϭϯ ϱϭϯ͘ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁŚŽ ŐĞƚ ĐŽŶĮƌŵĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ůŝŬĞůǇ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ƐǁŝŶĞ ŇƵ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ƚŚĞŶ ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚ ƚŚĞ ĞĂŶ ŽĨ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛ KĸĐĞ ĂƐ ƐŽŽŶ ĂƐ ĚŝĂŐŶŽƐĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĐŚĞĐŬ ƚŚĞ WŽƌƚĂů ĨƌĞƋƵĞŶƚůǇ͘

TUITION FEES A UNION PRIORITY STUDENT VANDALISM Nick Church hŶŝŽŶ ŽƵŶĐŝů ŵĞƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ ƚŚŝƐ ĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐ ǇĞĂƌ ŽŶ dŚƵƌƐĚĂǇ ϭϱƚŚ KĐƚŽďĞƌ͘ &ŝƌƐƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĂŐĞŶĚĂ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ǀŽƚĞ ĨŽƌ Ă ŶĞǁ ĐŚĂŝƌ ĂŶĚ ĚĞƉƵƚǇ ĐŚĂŝƌ ƚŽ ůĞĂĚ ŽƵŶĐŝů ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ͘ ŌĞƌ ƐŚŽƌƚ ƐƉĞĞĐŚĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĐĂŶĚŝĚĂƚĞƐ ZŝĐŚĂƌĚ ZĞǇŶŽůĚƐ͕ Ă ƉŽƐƚŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ >Ăǁ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ͕ ǁŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŶĂƌƌŽǁ ŵĂƌŐŝŶ ĂŶĚ ǁĂƐ ĐŚŽƐĞŶ ĂƐ ŚĂŝƌ͘ ĂŶ zŽƵŵĂŶƐ͕ Ă ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ǇĞĂƌ WŽůŝƟĐƐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ͕ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞŶ ǀŽƚĞĚ ŝŶ ĂƐ ĞƉƵƚǇ ŚĂŝƌ͘ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞƐ

ǁĞƌĞ ĐŽŶƐĞƋƵĞŶƚůǇ ĐŚŽƐĞŶ ĨŽƌ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĞƐ͘ hŶŝŽŶ ĞǆĞĐƵƟǀĞƐ ŽƵƚůŝŶĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŵŝƐƐŝŽŶƐ͕ ĂŝŵƐ ĂŶĚ ǀĂůƵĞƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ hŶŝŽŶ͘ dƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ

ƌĞŵĂŝŶ Ă ĚŽŵŝŶĂŶƚ ƚŚĞŵĞ͘ tŝƚŚ Ă ŶĞĂƌ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ŵĂũŽƌŝƚǇ͕ ŽƵŶĐŝů ǀŽƚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ hŶŝŽŶ ƚŽ ƉƌŝŽƌŝƟƐĞ ƚŚĞ ĮŐŚƚ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ Ă ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞ ƌŝƐĞ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͘ ůŝĐĞ dŝŵŵŝŶƐ

hŶŝŽŶ ŽƵŶĐŝů ǀŽƚĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ ƚŚŝƐ ĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐ ǇĞĂƌ͘

James Carter ^ĐĂƌƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ůŝĨĞ ĂƌĞ ďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĨŽƌŵ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐƐ ĂƐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ůĞĂǀĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵĂƌŬ͘ ŽƚŚ ƚŚĞ tĂƚĞƌƐƚŽŶĞ͛Ɛ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ůĂƚĞ ŶŝŐŚƚ ĂĐĐĞƐƐ ĚŽŽƌ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ůŝďƌĂƌǇ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĚĂŵĂŐĞĚ ƐŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚĞƌŵ͘ dƌĞǀŽƌ ^ŵŝƚŚ͕ ĂŵƉƵƐ ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ DĂŶĂŐĞƌ͕ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƌĞƉƌŝŵĂŶĚĞĚ͘ ^ƚĂī Ăƚ tĂƚĞƌƐƚŽŶĞ͛Ɛ ƐĂŝĚ ŚŽǁ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǁŝŶĚŽǁ ŚĂĚ ďĞĞŶ ĚĂŵĂŐĞĚ ĂŌĞƌ ĂŶ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂů ǁĂƐ ĞũĞĐƚĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ĂŶ > Z ĞǀĞŶƚ͘

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concrete.international@uea.ac.uk TUESDAY 20th OCTOBER 2009

Casual Teaching

North and South

Julia Sherman

Qi Wang

ŶŐůŝƐŚ ůŝƚĞƌĂƚƵƌĞ ĐůĂƐƐĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƉƌĞƩǇ ƐƚƌĂŝŐŚƞŽƌǁĂƌĚ͗ ǇŽƵ ƌĞĂĚ ůŝƚĞƌĂƚƵƌĞ͕ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐ ŝƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁƌŝƚĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ŝƚ͘ /ƚ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ďĂƐŝĐĂůůǇ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ŶŽ ŵĂƩĞƌ ǁŚĞƌĞ ǇŽƵ ƐƚƵĚǇ͕ Žƌ ƐŽ / ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ͘ ŽŵŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ hŶŝƚĞĚ ^ƚĂƚĞƐ͕ /͛ŵ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ůĂƌŐĞ ĐůĂƐƐĞƐ͘ ůĂƐƐĞƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ ŝƐ ĐůĞĂƌůǇ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĨƌŽŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐůĂƐƐ͕ ŵŽƌĞ ƐŽ ůĞĐƚƵƌŝŶŐ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ŐƵŝĚŝŶŐ Ă ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐŝŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝĨ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐŝŽŶ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŽŶůǇ Ă ĨĞǁ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƚĂŬĞ ƉĂƌƚ͘ zŽƵ ĐĂŶ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĞ ŵǇ ƐŚŽĐŬ ĐŽŵĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ ϮϭƐƚ ǁŚĞŶ / ŚĂĚ ŵǇ ĮƌƐƚ ĐůĂƐƐ ŚĞƌĞ Ăƚ h ͘ DǇ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ ĐĂŵĞ ƚŽ ĐůĂƐƐ ǁĞĂƌŝŶŐ ũĞĂŶƐ ĂŶĚ ŽŶǀĞƌƐĞ͘ ,Ğ ƐĂƚ ĚŽǁŶ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƌĐůĞ ŽĨ ƚĂďůĞƐ͕ ĂƉƉĞĂƌŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ ŵŽƌĞ ŽĨ Ă ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ ǁŚŽ ƐŝŵƉůǇ ŬŶŽǁƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚƐ ĂŶĚ ďĂĐŬǁĂƌĚƐ ƚŚĂŶ Ă ƚĞŶƵƌĞĚ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ͘ ,Ğ ƚŚĞŶ ƉƌŽĐĞĞĚĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞŐŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐůĂƐƐ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐŝŽŶ͕ Ă ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐŝŽŶ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ ǁĂƐ ĂƐŬĞĚ ƚŽ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞ͕

zŽƵ͛ůů ďĞ ƐƵƌĞůǇ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ĐŽůĚ͕ ĚĂƌŬ ŶŽƌƚŚĞƌŶ ƚŽǁŶ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ǁĂƌŵ͕ ďƌŝŐŚƚ ĂŶĚ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ƐŽƵƚŚĞƌŶ ƚŽǁŶ ĚƌĂŵĂƟǌĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ͛Ɛ North and South͘ ^Ž ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƋƵŝƚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ĨŽƌ ŵĞ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂůͲůŝĨĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞƐ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŶŽƌƚŚ ĂŶĚ ƐŽƵƚŚ ǁŚĞŶ / ŵŽǀĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ EĞǁĐĂƐƚůĞ͕ Ă ƚǇƉŝĐĂů ŶŽƌƚŚĞƌŶ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĂů ĐŝƚǇ͕ ƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ƐŽƵƚŚĞƌŶ ĐŝƚǇ ŽĨ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͘ EĞǁĐĂƐƚůĞ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞĚ ŐƌĞĂƚůǇ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ /ŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĂů ZĞǀŽůƵƟŽŶ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ŝƚƐ ĐĞŶƚƌĂů ƌŽůĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĞǆƉŽƌƚ ŽĨ ĐŽĂů͘ EŽǁ ŝƚ ŝƐ Ă ďƌŝŐŚƚ͕ ůŝǀĞůǇ͕ ǀŝďƌĂŶƚ ǇŽƵŶŐ ĐŝƚǇ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ĨŽƌ ŝƚƐ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ƉƵďƐ͕ ĐůƵďƐ͕ ŶŝŐŚƚůŝĨĞ͕ ƐƉŽƌƚƐ͕ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ůĂƌŐĞ ƐŚŽƉƉŝŶŐ ĐĞŶƚƌĞƐ͘ /Ŷ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ͕ ŝƚ ĂůƐŽ ŚĂƐ Ă ƉƌŽƐƉĞƌŽƵƐ ďƵƐƚůŝŶŐ ŚŝŶĂƚŽǁŶ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĞǆƚƌĞŵĞůǇ ĐŽŶǀĞŶŝĞŶƚ ĚŽŵĞƐƟĐ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƉƵďůŝĐ ƚƌĂŶƐƉŽƌƚ ŶĞƚǁŽƌŬ ĐŽŵƉĂƌĞĚ ƚŽ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͘ EĞǁĐĂƐƚůĞ ŝŶŚĂďŝƚĂŶƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ĂĐĐĞŶƚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ǀĞƌǇ ŝŶŇƵĞŶƟĂů ŝŶ ƚŚĞ h<͘

“My tutor appears to be more of a student who simply knows the course material forwards and backwards than a tenured professor” ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ ĚŝĚ͘ ŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƐŽ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ŝŶ ƚĞƌŵƐ ŽĨ ĐůĂƐƐĞƐ ŚĞƌĞ ŝŶ ŶŐůĂŶĚ͗ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ŵƵĐŚ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂů͘ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌƐ ĂƌĞ ĐĂůůĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĮƌƐƚ ŶĂŵĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ďĞŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĚŝĐƚĂƚŽƌƐ ŽĨ Ă ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐŝůŝƚĂƚŽƌƐ ǁŚŽ ŐƵŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽƵƌƐĞǁŽƌŬ͕ ĞǆƉĞĐƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƚŽ ĚŽ ŵƵĐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌŬ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůůǇ ĂŶĚ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵ͘ /Ŷ ŶŐůĂŶĚ ŝƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ŝƐ ƚƌƵůǇ ǁŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ŵĂŬĞ ŽĨ ŝƚ͕ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ƉĂŝĚ ŵĂŬĞ ŝƚ ĨŽƌ ǇŽƵ͘

dŚŝƐ ǁĞĞŬ ŽƵƌ ůŽǀĞůǇ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƚŽƌƐ ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ ƚŽ ĨŽĐƵƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉŝĐ ŽĨ ͞ , E' ͕͟ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ĮƫŶŐ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƚŚĂƚ ĨŽƌ ŵŽƐƚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ŝƐ ƵŶĚŽƵďƚĞĚůǇ Ă ůŝĨĞ ĐŚĂŶŐŝŶŐ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͊

England: a land of crystal snowflakes? Nishavitha Murthi 'ĂǌŝŶŐ Ăƚ ŵǇ ŽīĞƌ ůĞƩĞƌ / ƉŽŶĚĞƌĞĚ͘ ŶŐůĂŶĚ͕ Ă ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ĨĂƌ ĂŚĞĂĚ ŝŶ ƟŵĞ ĐŽŵƉĂƌĞĚ ƚŽ ŵŝŶĞ͘ ƉůĂĐĞ ǁŚĞƌĞ ĐƌǇƐƚĂů ĚƌŽƉƐ ŽĨ ƐŶŽǁ ǁĞƌĞ ƌĞĂů͕ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ / ŚĂĚ ŽŶůǇ ĞǀĞƌ ƌĞĂĚ ĂďŽƵƚ Žƌ ƐĞĞŶ ŽŶ ds͘ tĂƐ ƚŚŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂĐĞ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŵĞŶ ǁĞƌĞ ŐĞŶƚůĞŵĞŶ ǁŚŽ ƚŽŽŬ Žī ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚĂƚƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ Ă ůĂĚǇ͍ ĂǇ ϭ ŝŶ ŶŐůĂŶĚ͗ ͞/ƚ͛Ɛ K> ͊͟ EĞǀĞƌƚŚĞůĞƐƐ / ĂǁĞĚ Ăƚ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ

ƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ĐĂŵĞ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ŵǇ ĞǇĞ ĂŶĚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁĞƌĞ ĞǆƚƌĞŵĞůǇ ƉůĞĂƐĂŶƚ ĂŶĚ ŚĞůƉĨƵů͘ DǇ ĮƌƐƚ ŵŽŶƚŚ͗ ͞tŝůů / ƐĞĞ ƐƵŶƐŚŝŶĞ ƚŽĚĂǇ͍͟ &ŽƵŶĚ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĂƚ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ŝƚ ĐŽƐƟŶŐ ŵĞ Ă ƟƚĂŶŝĐ ĂŵŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ŵŽŶĞǇ͕ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ǁĂƐ ĞǆĐĞůůĞŶƚ͘ /ŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐůǇ͕ ƐŽĐŝĂů ůŝĨĞ ǀĞƌǇ ŵƵĐŚ ƌĞǀŽůǀĞƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ĐůƵďƐ͕ ďĂƌƐ͕ ďĞŝŶŐ ĚƌƵŶŬ ĂŶĚ͕ ŵŽƐƚ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚůǇ͕ ƚĂůŬŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ ŝƚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ĚĂǇ ŽǀĞƌ ůĞĐƚƵƌĞƐ͘ KŶĞ ǇĞĂƌ͗ ͞/Ɛ ŝƚ ŵĞƚĞŽƌŽůŽŐŝĐĂůůǇ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƵƌ ƐĞĂƐŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ ŝŶ ŽŶĞ ĚĂǇ͍͘͟ ^Ɵůů͕ ƚŚĞ

ƐŶŽǁĨĂůů ĂŶĚ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĞǀĞƌǇ ďŝƚ ƚŚĞ ĨƵŶ / ŚĂĚ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĮŶĂůůǇ͕ / ƌĞĂůŝƐĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĞŶ͕ ŐĞŶƚůĞŵĞŶ Žƌ ŶŽƚ͕ ǁŝůů ĂůǁĂǇƐ ďĞ ŵĞŶ͘

Which pair of shoes will you wake up in? “I’m not as great as Einstein, but I chose the second option, and I am enjoying life. It’s all about perfect imperfection, it’s all about being the real you and welcoming both sorrow and happiness.”

Hui Zhou Ɛ ĂŶ ŽǀĞƌƐĞĂƐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ͕ / ŵƵƐƚ ĂĚŵŝƚ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŚĞŶ ǇŽƵ ĮƌƐƚ ŵŽǀĞ ƚŽ ŶŐůĂŶĚ ůŝĨĞ ĐŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ďĞ ŚĂƌĚĞƌ͘ DǇ ŐƌĞĂƚ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ŐƌĂĚĞƐ ŽŶ ƉĂƉĞƌ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ŚĞůƉ Ă ůŽƚ ŝŶ ƌĞĂůŝƚǇ ǁŚĞŶ / ƚŽƚĂůůǇ ƚŚƌĞǁ ŵǇƐĞůĨ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ƉůĂĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ / ŚĂĚ ŶŽ ŝĚĞĂ ĂďŽƵƚ͘ / ǁĂůŬĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌĞĞƚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƉĂƐƐŝŶŐ ďǇ ĂŶĚ / ĐŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ƚĞůů ƚŚĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞŵ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŵǇ ďƌĂŝŶ ǁĞŶƚ ďůĂŶŬ͘ / ƐƚĂǇĞĚ ŝŶ ŵǇ ƌŽŽŵ ŵŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ / ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ƌĞĨƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ĂĚĂƉƚ ƚŽ ŵǇ ŶĞǁ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ / ŬŶĞǁ ŝƚ ǁĂƐŶ͛ƚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂů ŵĞ Ăƚ Ăůů͕ / ƌĞŵĂŝŶĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĂǇ ĨŽƌ ĂůŵŽƐƚ Ă ǇĞĂƌ͘ ,ĂǀĞ ĂŶǇ ŽĨ ǇŽƵ ĞǀĞƌ ƐƵīĞƌĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ĐŽŶŇŝĐƚ ĚĞĞƉ ŝŶƐŝĚĞ ǇŽƵ͍ ,ĂǀĞ ǇŽƵ ĞǀĞƌ ŚĂƚĞĚ ǇŽƵƌƐĞůĨ Žƌ ƐƟůů ĚŽ͍ / ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ͕ ďƵƚ ŽŶůǇ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ / ŬŶĞǁ ƚŚĂƚ / ƌĞĂůůǇ ǁĂƐŶ͛ƚ ŚĂƉƉǇ͘ / ŵĂĚĞ ŵǇƐĞůĨ ůŝǀĞ ŵŽƌĞ Ͳ ŶŽƚ

ďĞŝŶŐ ĂĨƌĂŝĚ ƚŽ ůŝǀĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĞĚŐĞ Ͳ ďǇ ďĞĐŽŵŝŶŐ ŵŽƌĞ ƐŽĐŝĂďůĞ͕ ĐŚĂƫŶŐ ƚŽ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ŵǇ ĂǁŬǁĂƌĚ ŶŐůŝƐŚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ůĂƵŐŚŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵƉŝĚ ŵŝƐƚĂŬĞƐ͘ >ĂƚĞƌ / ƌĞĂůŝƐĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ / ŚĂĚ ũƵƐƚ ďĞĞŶ ƚŽŽ ĐĂƵŐŚƚ ƵƉ ŝŶ ƌĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ͞ƉĞƌĨĞĐƟŽŶ͟ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ƐƚŽƉƉĞĚ ŵĞ ĨƌŽŵ ĚŽŝŶŐ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ͘ / ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ĂīĞĐƚĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ǀĂůƵĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ǁŚĞƌĞ ǁĞ͛ǀĞ ŐƌŽǁŶ ƵƉ͘ dŚŝƐ ŵĞĂŶƐ ǁĞ ŵĂǇ ŶĞǀĞƌ ďĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĨƌĞĞ ŽƵƌƐĞůǀĞƐ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ ŵŝŐŚƚ ƌĞŵĂŝŶ ƐƚƵĐŬ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ƐƵŝƚ ƵƐ͘ Ƶƚ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƐƚĞƉ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƐĞ ƐŚŽĞƐ͕ ŐĞƚ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďŽǆ ĂŶĚ ƐƚŽƉ ďĞŝŶŐ ŝŶƐĞĐƵƌĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ůŝǀŝŶŐ Ă ůŝĨĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ Ă ďŝƚ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ͘ ^ŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞŶ / ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ƚŽ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌ ŵǇ ŽǁŶ ǁŽƌůĚ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ŵĞ͘ dŚĂŶŬƐ ŐŽ ƚŽ Ăůů ƚŚŽƐĞ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ǁŚŽ ŚĞůƉĞĚ ŵĞ͕ ǁŚŽ ĂĐĐŽŵƉĂŶŝĞĚ ŵĞ ǁŚĞŶ / ǁĞŶƚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ƟŵĞƐ͘ dŚĞǇ Ăůů ƚĂƵŐŚƚ ŵĞ ƚŽ ĂĐĐĞƉƚ ŵǇƐĞůĨ͕ ǁŚŽĞǀĞƌ / ŵŝŐŚƚ ďĞ͘

/ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ŽŶůǇ ƚǁŽ ǁĂǇƐ ƚŽ ůŝǀĞ ůŝĨĞ͗ ĞŝƚŚĞƌ ǇŽƵ ůŝǀĞ ĂƐ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ŝƐ Ă ŵŝƌĂĐůĞ͕ Žƌ ǇŽƵ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ĞǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ŝƐ Ă ŵŝƌĂĐůĞ͘ / ŵĂǇ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ĂƐ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĂƐ ŝŶƐƚĞŝŶ͕ ďƵƚ / ĐŚŽƐĞ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŽƉƟŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ / Ăŵ ĞŶũŽǇŝŶŐ ůŝĨĞ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ Ăůů ĂďŽƵƚ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ŝŵƉĞƌĨĞĐƟŽŶ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĂďŽƵƚ ďĞŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂů ǇŽƵ ĂŶĚ ǁĞůĐŽŵŝŶŐ ďŽƚŚ ƐŽƌƌŽǁ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƉƉŝŶĞƐƐ͘ / Ăŵ ŶŽƚ ĂĨƌĂŝĚ ŽĨ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ĂŶǇ ŵŽƌĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ŽƉĞŶ ǇŽƵƌ ĞǇĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͕ ǇŽƵ͛ůů ĮŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ďĞĂƵƚǇ ŝƐ ĞǀĞƌǇǁŚĞƌĞ͘ ^Ž ƚŽŵŽƌƌŽǁ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƉĂŝƌ ŽĨ ƐŚŽĞƐ ǁŝůů ǇŽƵ ǁĂŬĞ ƵƉ ŝŶ͍

“Norwich retains the most complete medieval architectural style” &Žƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ͕ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐƵůƚƵƌĞ͕ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ůŝǀŝŶŐ ŝŶ EĞǁĐĂƐƚůĞ ƐĂǇ ͞ĐŚĞĞƌƐ͟ ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚ ŽĨ ͞ƚŚĂŶŬ ǇŽƵ͘͟ /Ŷ ĐŽŶƚƌĂƐƚ͕ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ůĂĐŬ ŽĨ ƌĞƐŽƵƌĐĞƐ͕ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ŶĞǀĞƌ ŐƌĞǁ ƵƉ ŶŽƌ ĞǆƉĂŶĚĞĚ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĂů ƉĞƌŝŽĚ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ͕ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ƌĞƚĂŝŶƐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ŵĞĚŝĞǀĂů ĂƌĐŚŝƚĞĐƚƵƌĂů ƐƚǇůĞ͘ tĞ ĐĂŶ ƐƟůů ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞ ŽůĚ ĐŚƵƌĐŚĞƐ ĞǀĞƌǇǁŚĞƌĞ ĂŶĚ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐĂů ƌĞĚͲďƌŝĐŬ ƐŽƉŚŝƐƟĐĂƚĞĚ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐƐ͘ / ƋƵŝƚĞ ĞŶũŽǇ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƚƵƌĂů ƐĐĞŶĞƌǇ ĂŶĚ ǁŝůĚůŝĨĞ ŚĞƌĞ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚůĞƐƐ ǀĂƐƚ͕ ďƌŽĂĚ ǀŝĞǁƐ ŽĨ ƌƵƌĂů ĂƌĞĂƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƌŝǀĞƌ ƐƚƌĞƚĐŚŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ŵŝůĞƐ͘ ŌĞƌ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ǇĞĂƌƐ ůŝǀŝŶŐ ŝŶ Ă ůŝǀĞůǇ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ĐŝƚǇ ůŝŬĞ EĞǁĐĂƐƚůĞ͕ / ůŽǀĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ĂŶĚ Ăŵ ĞŶũŽǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉĞĂĐĞĨƵů ĂŶĚ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇƐŝĚĞ ŝŶ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͘

10 COMMENT AND OPINION

concrete.opinion@uea.ac.uk TUESDAY 20th OCTOBER 2009

Conservative Party conference analysis After our Labour Party conference analysis, Robert Kellner carries on the political anaylsis with his run down of the Conservative Party conference and what this could mean for the imminent general election. Many have argued that last week’s ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ ĐŽŶĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ DĂŶĐŚĞƐƚĞƌ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ƚǁĞůǀĞ ǇĞĂƌƐ͘ dŚĞ ŵĂŶǇ͕ ŝŶ ŵǇ ŽƉŝŶŝŽŶ͕ ǁĞƌĞ ǁƌŽŶŐ͘ Ɛ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌŝŽĚ ǁŚĞŶ ĂŶ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ŵĂǇ ďĞ ĐĂůůĞĚ ĚƌĂǁƐ ĞǀĞƌ ĐůŽƐĞƌ͕ Ă ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞ ƚƌĞŶĚ ŚĂƐ ƐĞĞŵŝŶŐůǇ ĞŵĞƌŐĞĚ͖ ƚŚĞ ďĂƩůĞ ŝƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ůŽƐƚ ďǇ >ĂďŽƵƌ͕ ŶŽƚ ǁŽŶ ďǇ ƚŚĞ dŽƌŝĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞ ĐŽŶĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ ǁĂƐ ƐĞĞŵŝŶŐůǇ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ ƚŽ ůƵůů ǀŽƚĞƌƐ ƚŽ ƐůĞĞƉ͕ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ǁĂŬĞ ƚŚĞŵ ƵƉ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂůŝƚǇ ŽĨ ůŝĨĞ ŽŶ WůĂŶĞƚ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ͘ EŽ ĚŽƵďƚ ƚŚĞ ƚǁŽ ŬĞǇ ŵŽŵĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ ĐŽŶĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ ǁĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƐƉĞĞĐŚĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂĚĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ͖ ĂǀŝĚ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐŚĂĚŽǁ ŚĂŶĐĞůůŽƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǆĐŚĞƋƵĞƌ͖ 'ĞŽƌŐĞ KƐďŽƌŶĞ͘ ^ƉĞĂŬŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ĚĂǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ͕ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌĞĚ Ă ƉƌĞĚŝĐƚĂďůǇ ƐĂĨĞ ƐƉĞĞĐŚ͕ ĞŶƟƚůĞĚ

͞WƵƫŶŐ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ ďĂĐŬ ŽŶ ŚĞƌ ĨĞĞƚ͘͟ dŚĞ ƐƉĞĞĐŚ ƐƵƉĞƌĮĐŝĂůůǇ ĐŽǀĞƌĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŬĞǇ ĂƌĞĂƐ ŽĨ ƉŽůŝĐǇ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ĚŝǀŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ ƚŚƌĞĞ ŵĂũŽƌ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ƉĂƌƟĞƐ͕ ŽŶĐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ ƐĞĐƵƌŝŶŐ ĐŽŶƚƌŽů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂŐĞŶĚĂ͘ ,ŝƐ Ăŝŵ ǁĂƐ ƚŽ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ŶŽƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ

“Ultimately, safe was all that Cameron’s speech needed to be” ƚŚĞ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ͕ ƵŶĚĞƌ ŚŝƐ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉ͕ ĂƌĞ Ă ƌĞĨŽƌŵĞĚ ƉĂƌƚǇ͘ hůƟŵĂƚĞůǇ͕ ƐĂĨĞ ǁĂƐ Ăůů ƚŚĂƚ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ͛Ɛ ƐƉĞĞĐŚ ŶĞĞĚĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ͘ ZĞĐĞŶƚ ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ ŚĂƐ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞƐ͛ ƌŝƐĞ ƚŽ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌŝƚǇ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŵƵĐŚ ŵŽƌĞ ŽĨ Ă ƉĂƐƐŝǀĞ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ ƚŚĂŶ ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ ǁŽƵůĚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ

ďĞůŝĞǀĞ͖ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĂŶǇ ƐǁŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ůŽǇĂů ǀŽƚĞƌƐ ďĞĐŽŵŝŶŐ ĚŝƐĞŶĐŚĂŶƚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ >ĂďŽƵƌ ƉĂƌƚǇ ĂŶĚ ƐĞĞŬŝŶŐ ĂŶ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞ͕ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ďĞŝŶŐ ƌŝƉƉĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ >ĂďŽƵƌ͛Ɛ ŐƌĂƐƉ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ŽĨ ƵŶƐƚŽƉƉĂďůĞ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞ ƉĞƌƐƵĂƐŝǀĞ ĂƌŐƵŵĞŶƚƐ͘ tŝƚŚ Ă ƟĚǇ ƐƉĞĞĐŚ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ ƚŽ ƉƌŽŵŽƚĞ ƚŚĞ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ͛Ɛ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ĂƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞ͘ ŶĂƚƵƌĂů ĐŽƵŶƚĞƌ ĂƌŐƵŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŶŽƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂĨŽƌĞŵĞŶƟŽŶĞĚ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞ ƉĂƐƐŝǀŝƚǇ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ĂĐƟǀĞůǇ ƌĞƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ĂŐĞŶĚĂ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨĂǀŽƵƌĞĚ ƉŽůŝĐŝĞƐ͘ 'ĞŽƌŐĞ KƐďŽƌŶĞ͛Ɛ ƐƉĞĞĐŚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ŝƚ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚůǇ ĞǆŚŝďŝƚĞĚ ƚŚŝƐ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ŝŶ ǀŽƚĞƌ ĂƫƚƵĚĞƐ͖ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽůĚĞƐƚ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞ ĮƐĐĂů ŵŽǀĞŵĞŶƚƐ͕ ĐƵƫŶŐ ƉƵďůŝĐ ƐĞĐƚŽƌ ƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ͕ ŝƐ ŶŽǁ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝƐƚƐ ĂƌŐƵŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ĐƵƚƐ ǁŝůů

ŽŶůǇ ƐĞƌǀĞ ƚŽ ƐƚĂƌǀĞ ĂŶǇ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐ ƌĞĐŽǀĞƌǇ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƵƉƉŽƐĞĚ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĚĞďƚ ĐƌŝƐŝƐ ǁĞ ĮŶĚ ŽƵƌƐĞůǀĞƐ ŝŶ ŝƐ Ă ĨĂƌ ƐŵĂůůĞƌ ŝƐƐƵĞ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ƵƐ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ͘ KƚŚĞƌƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĂƚ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ͛Ɛ ƐƉĞĞĐŚ ƐĞƌǀĞĚ ĂƐ Ă ŚŝŐŚ ƉŽŝŶƚ ŝŶ ĂŶ ŽƚŚĞƌǁŝƐĞ ŐůŽŽŵǇ ĐŽŶĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚŝƐ ƉĞƐƐŝŵŝƐƟĐ ƚŽŶĞ ƐĞƚ ďǇ KƐďŽƌŶĞ͛Ɛ ƐƉĞĞĐŚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁĞĞŬ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚĞĚ Ă ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ĐƵƚ ƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ͘ /Ŷ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ͕ KƐďŽƌŶĞ ƉƌŽƉŽƐĞĚ Ă ƌŝƐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƚĞ ƉĞŶƐŝŽŶ ĂŐĞ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƉĂǇ ĨƌĞĞǌĞƐ ĨŽƌ ŵĂŶǇ ƉƵďůŝĐ ƐĞĐƚŽƌ ǁŽƌŬĞƌƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌƐ͕ ĚŽĐƚŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ Đŝǀŝů ƐĞƌǀĂŶƚƐ͘ /ŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐůǇ͕ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ ĐŽŶĐĞŶƚƌĂƚĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƵďũĞĐƚ ŽĨ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ͘ ^ƵĐŚ ĂŶ ĞŵƉŚĂƐŝƐ ŽŶ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ ŝƐ Ă ŵƵĐŚ ŵŽƌĞ ƐŽĐŝĂůŝƐƚ ŝĚĞĂů ƚŚĂŶ Ă ĐŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞ ŽŶĞ͕ ƐŚŽǁŝŶŐ ũƵƐƚ ŚŽǁ

ƚŚĞ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ ĂƌĞ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ŵŽǀŝŶŐ ĂǁĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ĐŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟƐŵ͘ >ŽǇĂů ĂŶĚ ŶĞǁ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞƐ ĂůŝŬĞ ŵƵƐƚ ďĞ ƐĂƟƐĮĞĚ ĂƐ ĐŽŶĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ĐŽŵĞƐ ƚŽ ĂŶ ĞŶĚ͘ dŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵůůǇ ŶĂǀŝŐĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ƉŝƞĂůůƐ ĨĂĐŝŶŐ ĂŶǇ ƉĂƌƚǇ ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƵŵŵŝƚ ŽĨ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ͘ dŚĞŝƌ ĞǆĂĐƚ ŵĞƚŚŽĚƐ ŵĂǇ ďĞ ŽƉĞŶ ƚŽ ĚŝƐƉƵƚĞ ŽŶ Ă ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ůĞǀĞů͕ ďƵƚ ǁŚĞŶ ŝƚ ĐŽŵĞƐ ƚŽ ƌĂǁ ƐƚĂƟƐƟĐĂů ƉŽƉƵůĂƌŝƚǇ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ĨŽůůŽǁĞƌƐ ĐĂŶ ŽŶůǇ ďĞ ŽƉƟŵŝƐƟĐ͘

Debate: Should Barack Obama have received the Nobel Peace Prize?

For David Biggins ĂƌůŝĞƌ ƚŚŝƐ ŵŽŶƚŚ͕ ĂƌĂĐŬ KďĂŵĂ͛Ɛ EŽďĞů ǁŝŶ ǁĂƐ ŐƌĞĞƚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŽƵƚƌĂŐĞ͘ Many have argued that the award has ďĞĞŶ ŐŝǀĞŶ ĨŽƌ ŚŝƐ ͚ǀŝƐŝŽŶ͕͛ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ǇĞƚ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ĂŶǇ ŝŵƉĂĐƚ ŽŶ ĐŝǀŝůŝƐĂƟŽŶ͘ dŽ ďĞ ĐůĞĂƌ͕ KďĂŵĂ͛Ɛ ͚ǀŝƐŝŽŶ͛ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŽĨ Ă ǁŽƌůĚ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ŶƵĐůĞĂƌ ǁĞĂƉŽŶƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ũƵƐƚ ƚŚŝƐ Ɖƌŝů ŚĞ ŐĂǀĞ Ă ƐƉĞĞĐŚ ŝŶ WƌĂŐƵĞ͕ ĚĞǀŽƚĞĚ ƚŽ ŶƵĐůĞĂƌ ŶŽŶͲ ƉƌŽůŝĨĞƌĂƟŽŶ͘ ͞/͛ŵ ŶŽƚ ŶĂŢǀĞ͕͟ ŚĞ ƐĂŝĚ͘ ͞dŚŝƐ ŐŽĂů ǁŝůů ŶŽƚ ďĞ ƌĞĂĐŚĞĚ ƋƵŝĐŬůǇ Ͷ ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ ŶŽƚ ŝŶ ŵǇ ůŝĨĞƟŵĞ͘ /ƚ ǁŝůů ƚĂŬĞ ƉĂƟĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƉĞƌƐŝƐƚĞŶĐĞ͘ Ƶƚ ŶŽǁ ǁĞ ͘ ͘ ͘ ŵƵƐƚ ŝŐŶŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ǀŽŝĐĞƐ ǁŚŽ ƚĞůů ƵƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ͘ tĞ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ŝŶƐŝƐƚ͕ ͚zĞƐ͕ ǁĞ ĐĂŶ͛͘͟ ^ŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞŶ ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ƐƚƵŶŶĞĚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ďǇ ƐĐƌĂƉƉŝŶŐ ƉůĂŶƐ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ŵŝƐƐŝůĞ ďĂƐĞƐ ŝŶ ďŽƚŚ WŽůĂŶĚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǌĞĐŚ ZĞƉƵďůŝĐ͘ ŵĂǌŝŶŐůǇ͕ ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ĂůƐŽ ŵĂŶĂŐĞĚ ƚŽ ƉĞƌƐƵĂĚĞ ZƵƐƐŝĂŶ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ŵŝƚƌŝ DĞĚǀĞĚĞǀ ƚŽ ĂĐĐĞƉƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ dƌĞĂƚǇ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ EŽŶͲ WƌŽůŝĨĞƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ EƵĐůĞĂƌ tĞĂƉŽŶƐ ŝƐ ŝŶƐƵĸĐŝĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ŶĞĞĚƐ ƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚĞŶŝŶŐ͘ KďĂŵĂ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚ Ă ŵĂŶ ǁŝƚŚ ǀŝƐŝŽŶ͖ ŚĞ ŝƐ Ă ŵĂŶ ǁŚŽ ŝƐ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĐŽŶǀŝŶĐĞ

Fact box ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ Śŝŵ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ǀŝƐŝŽŶ ʹ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ Ă ŬĞǇ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ͘ KďĂŵĂ͛Ɛ ŐŽŽĚǁŝůů ŝƐ ŝŶĨĞĐƟŽƵƐ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ůŝďĞƌĂů ƌĞĨŽƌŵƐ ĂƌĞ ƐĞĞŵŝŶŐůǇ ŶĞǀĞƌͲ ĞŶĚŝŶŐ͘ EŽƚ ŽŶůǇ ŝƐ ŚĞ ĮŐŚƟŶŐ Ă ƉŝƚĐŚĞĚ ďĂƩůĞ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƚŚĞ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ĨŽƌ ĂƩĞŵƉƟŶŐ ƚŽ ƌĞĨŽƌŵ ŚĞĂůƚŚĐĂƌĞ ŝŶ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ͕ ůĂƐƚ ǁĞĞŬ ŚĞ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ĞŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ͚ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ĂƐŬ͕ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ƚĞůů͛ ƉŽůŝĐǇ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĨŽƌďŝĚƐ ŚŽŵŽƐĞǆƵĂůƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƐĞƌǀŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŝůŝƚĂƌǇ ŝĨ ƚŚĞǇ ƌĞǀĞĂů ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĞǆƵĂůŝƚǇ͘ ^ŽŵĞ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƋƵŝĐŬ ƚŽ ƐŚŽƵƚ͗ ͞,ǇƉŽĐƌŝƐǇ͊ ,Žǁ ĐĂŶ Ă EŽďĞů WƌŝǌĞ ǁŝŶŶĞƌ ĂůƐŽ ƉƌĞƐŝĚĞ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĨŐŚĂŶ ǁĂƌ͍͘͟ /ƚ ŚĂƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚŽŽĚ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ĞǆŝƐƟŶŐ hE ŵĂŶĚĂƚĞ͕ ĂŶ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ǁŝƚŚĚƌĂǁĂů ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƌĞŐŝŽŶ ŝƐ ƵƩĞƌůǇ ŝŵƉƌĂĐƟĐĂů͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ ǁŽƌƚŚ ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ KďĂŵĂ ǁĂƐ ĂŶ ŽƵƚƐƉŽŬĞŶ ĐƌŝƟĐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ /ƌĂƋ tĂƌ ĂŶĚ ďĞŐĂŶ ůĂǇŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ Ă ǁŝƚŚĚƌĂǁĂů ƐƚƌĂƚĞŐǇ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ĚĂǇƐ ŽĨ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ĂƐƐƵŵĞĚ ŽĸĐĞ͘ ĂŶ ǁĞ ŶŽƚ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĂƚ KďĂŵĂ ŝƐ Ă ŵĂŶ ǁŚŽ ĚĞĂůƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĚŽŵĞƐƟĐ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŽŶĞƐƚǇ͕ ŚƵŵĂŶŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ Ă ůŝďĞƌĂůŝƐŵ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ŐĞŶƵŝŶĞůǇ ŝŶƚĞŶĚĞĚ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ Ă ŵŽƌĞ ƉĞĂĐĞĨƵů ƉůĂĐĞ͍ ĂŶ ǁĞ ŶŽƚ ƌĞǁĂƌĚ Śŝŵ ĨŽƌ ďŽƚŚ ŚŝƐ ĂĐƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ǀŝƐŝŽŶ͍ tĞůů͕ ǇĞƐ͕ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ǁĞ ĐĂŶ͘

According to the Nobel Prize website, Obama received the prize for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples”. Previous recipients include Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King and Kofi Annan.

Against James Craske ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ / ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƵƚŵŽƐƚ ĂĚŵŝƌĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ĂƌĂĐŬ KďĂŵĂ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ĨŽƌ ŚŝƐ ŝĚĞĂůƐ͖ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ EŽďĞů WĞĂĐĞ WƌŝǌĞ ƐĞĞŵĞĚ ůŝŬĞ ĂŶ ĞŵƉƚǇ ĂƩĞŵƉƚ͕ ĞǀĞŶ Ă ĚĞƐƉĞƌĂƚĞ ĂƩĞŵƉƚ͕ Ăƚ ƚƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞ Ă ƐĞůĨͲ ĨƵůĮůůŝŶŐ ƉƌŽƉŚĞĐǇ͘ ^Ž ĨĂƌ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĂǁĂƌĚĞĚ ŽŶ ŵĞƌĞ ĚŝĂůŽŐƵĞ ĂŶĚ ƌŚĞƚŽƌŝĐ͕ ďƵƚ ŶŽƚ ƐƵďƐƚĂŶĐĞ͘ ŝƐĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŝƐ ĨƵŶĚĂŵĞŶƚĂů͕ ďƵƚ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ǁŝůů ŝŶĞǀŝƚĂďůǇ ďĞ ũƵĚŐĞĚ ŽŶ ĐŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ĂĐƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŽƵƚĐŽŵĞƐ͖ ŚŽǁ ŵĂŶǇ ůŝǀĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƐĂǀĞĚ ĨŽƌ ŝŶƐƚĂŶĐĞ͘ ^ƵƌĞůǇ Ăƚ Ă ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ůĞǀĞů͕ ŚĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŵĞĂƐƵƌĞĚ ŽŶ ŚŽǁ ǁĞůů ŚĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƐ Ă ƐƚĂďůĞ ĞĐŽŶŽŵǇ ĂŶĚ ŚŽǁ ƋƵŝĐŬůǇ ŚĞ ƌĞĚƵĐĞƐ ƵŶĞŵƉůŽǇŵĞŶƚ͕ ǁŚǇ ŶŽƚ ƐƵĐŚ ĂŶ ĞƚŚŽƐ ŽĨ ũƵĚŐĞŵĞŶƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĮĞůĚ ƚŽŽ͍ WĞƌŚĂƉƐ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ Ă ƐǇŵƉƚŽŵ ŽĨ ǁŽƌůĚ ƉŽůŝƟĐƐ ŶŽǁĂĚĂǇƐ͖ ŵĂǇďĞ KďĂŵĂ ǁŝůů ŐĞƚ ƌĞͲ ĞůĞĐƚĞĚ ŽŶ ƌŚĞƚŽƌŝĐ͘ /ƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ůŝŬĞ ĂŶ ĂƩĞŵƉƚ ƚŽ ƚƌǇ ĂŶĚ ǁŽƌŬ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ ďŽǆ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉĞĂĐĞ ƉƌŝǌĞ ĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ͕ ĂǁĂƌĚŝŶŐ ŝƚ ĨŽƌ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂǇ ŚĂƉƉĞŶ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ ŝĨ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂĚ ďĞĞŶ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĂƵĚĂĐŝŽƵƐ ĂŶĚ ĂǁĂƌĚĞĚ ŝƚ ƚŽ ƉĞŽƉůĞ

͞/͛ǀĞ ĐůĞĂŶĞĚ ŝƚ͊ /͛ǀĞ ĐůĞĂŶĞĚ ŵǇ ďŽƵĚŽŝƌ͊͘͟ ŶŽŶǇŵŽƵƐ͕ W^/ ϯ

ŽŶ Ă ƚŚĞŽƌĞƟĐĂů ďĂƐŝƐ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ŵĂǇ ŚĂǀĞ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ůŝŬĞ 'ŚĂǌŝ ďŝŶ DƵŚĂŵŵĂĚ͕ ǁŚŽ ŝƐ ĂĐƟǀĞůǇ ƚƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĞ Ă ƚŚĞŽůŽŐŝĐĂů ĚĞďĂƚĞ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƚĞƌƌŽƌŝƐŵ͘ dŚĞ ǁĞƐƚ ǁŝůů ŝŶĞǀŝƚĂďůǇ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ůŽŽŬ Ăƚ ŝƚƐĞůĨ ĂŶĚ ĮŶĚ ĐŽŵŵŽŶ ŐƌŽƵŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ /ƐůĂŵŝĐ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ͕ ďƵƚ ŵƵĐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ͕ ĨŽƌ ŵĞ͕ ƐƟůů ŶĞĞĚƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂĚĚƌĞƐƐĞĚ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂůůǇ͘ dŚĞ ǁŽƌƌǇ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ĂǁĂƌĚ ǁŝůů͕ ŝŶ ĨĂĐƚ͕ ŚŝŶĚĞƌ KďĂŵĂ͘ dŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ŝƐ ŶŽǁ ƐĞŶĚŝŶŐ ϭϯ͕ϬϬϬ ƚƌŽŽƉƐ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ƐƚĂďŝůŝƐĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ĨŐŚĂŶŝƐƚĂŶ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƵƐĞĚ ĂƐ ƉƌŽƉĂŐĂŶĚĂ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ dĂůŝďĂŶ Žƌ ƌŝŐŚƚ ǁŝŶŐ ĐƌŝƟĐƐ͕ ĂƐ ŝƚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ƉĂƌĂĚŽǆ͘ KďĂŵĂ ŵĂĚĞ ŝƚ ŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŶŽŵŝŶĂƟŽŶƐ ůŝƐƚ ŽŶůǇ Ă ŵŽŶƚŚ ĂŌĞƌ ŚŝƐ ŝŶĂƵŐƵƌĂƟŽŶ͘ ,ŝƐ ƐƉĞĞĐŚ ŵĂŶŝĨĞƐƚĞĚ ĞŵďĂƌƌĂƐƐŵĞŶƚ͕ Žƌ ͞ŚƵŵďůĞŶĞƐƐ͕͟ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ƚŚŝŶŐ͕ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ďĞĞŶ ůĞŌ ŝŶ ĂŶ ĂǁŬǁĂƌĚ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ͘ ,Ğ ĐŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ƌĞũĞĐƚ ƚŚĞ ĂǁĂƌĚ͕ ďƵƚ ŚĞ ŬŶĞǁ ƚŚĂƚ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ŝƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĐŽŶƚƌŽǀĞƌƐŝĂů͘ dŽ ĐŽŶĐůƵĚĞ͕ ŝƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ďĞŝŶŐ ƌĞĚƵĐĞĚ ƚŽ ƉƵƫŶŐ ŚŽƉĞ ŝŶ Ă ŵĂŶ͕ ǁŚŽ͕ ŝŶ ŵǇ ŽƉŝŶŝŽŶ͕ ŝƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ĐŽŶƐƚƌĂŝŶĞĚ ƚŽ ŵĞƌĞ ĚŝĂůŽŐƵĞ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƐ Ă ƌĞƐƚƌŝĐƟǀĞ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ĨƌĂŵĞǁŽƌŬ͘

COMMENT AND OPINION 11

concrete.opinion@uea.ac.uk TUESDAY 20th OCTOBER 2009

SERIOUS LEARNING CURVE Club and Soc it to ‘em! James Dixon Ɛ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ Ăůů ĂĐĐůŝŵĂƟƐĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĞĂĐŚĞƌŽƵƐ ŵŽƵŶƚĂŝŶ ƌĂŶŐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ůŽĂŶƐ͘ dŚĞ ƉĞƌŝůŽƵƐ ƐůŽƉĞƐ ŽĨ ͚ĨƌĞĞ͛ ŵŽŶĞǇ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚ ƉĞĂŬƐ ŽĨ ƐĞůĨ ƐƵĸĐŝĞŶĐǇ ĂƌĞ ďƵƚ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŚĂǌĂƌĚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ůŽĂŶƐ͘ >ĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ ƚŚĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ ŝƚ ŚĂŶĚůĞƐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ůŽĂŶƐ ďǇ ĚĞůĞŐĂƟŶŐ ĐŽŶƚƌŽů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ĂǁĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ ďŽĚǇ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐůǇ ŝŶ ĐŚĂƌŐĞ ƚŽ Ă ƉƌŝǀĂƚĞ ĐŽŵƉĂŶǇ͘ dŚƵƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĂŬĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ ĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐ ǇĞĂƌ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƵŶǁŝůůŝŶŐ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂŶƚƐ ŝŶ ǁŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĐŽŵĞ Ă ƐƉĞĐƚĂĐƵůĂƌůǇ ĂǁƌǇ ĞǆƉĞƌŝŵĞŶƚ͘ Ɛ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ǁŝůů ŬŶŽǁ͕ ƚŚĞ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ >ŽĂŶƐ ŽŵƉĂŶǇ ŚĂƐ ŚĂĚ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ ƌĞƐƵůƟŶŐ ŝŶ ŵĂŶǇ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ůĞŌ ƉĞŶŶŝůĞƐƐ ĨŽƌ Ă ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĂďůĞ ƉŽƌƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƟŵĞ͘ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ ůŽĂŶƐ ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ďĞĞŶ ƐŽ ĚŽŐŐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͘ WƌŝŽƌ ƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ ŶĞǁ ĞƌĂ ŝŶ ŵŽŶĞǇ ůĞŶĚŝŶŐ͕ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ůŽĂŶƐ ǁĞƌĞ ŝŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ůŽĐĂů ĐŽƵŶĐŝůƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ǁĂƐ ƐůŝŐŚƚůǇ ůĞƐƐ ĞĂƐǇ ƚŽ ƵƐĞ ďƵƚ ƉƌŽǀĞĚ ƌĞůŝĂďůĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌǇ ŽĨ ůŽĂŶƐ ƚŽ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

tŚŝůƐƚ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ &ŝŶĂŶĐĞ ŶŐůĂŶĚ ŝƐ ĐŽŵƉĂƌĂƟǀĞůǇ ŵŽƌĞ ƐƚƌĞĂŵůŝŶĞĚ ƚŚĂŶ ŝƚƐ ƉƌĞĚĞĐĞƐƐŽƌ͕ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ƐƚƵŵďůĞĚ ďůŝŶĚůǇ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐ ǇĞĂƌ ůĞĂǀŝŶŐ Ă ǁĂŬĞ ŽĨ ĐŽŶĨƵƐŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĐŚĂŽƐ͘ ƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ ĨŽƌ ůŽĂŶƐ ŚĂǀĞ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞĚ ďǇ ϭϳй ŝŶ ĐŽŵƉĂƌŝƐŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ͘ dŚŝƐ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝƐ ŶŽ ĞǆĐƵƐĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƚƵƌŵŽŝů ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĚ ŝŶ ƌŝƟƐŚ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ͘ ^ƵƌĞůǇ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ĨŽƌĞĐĂƐƚĞĚ Ă ƌŝƐĞ ŝŶ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ͘ ĞƌĞŬ ZŽƐƐ͕ ĚĞƉƵƚǇ ĐŚŝĞĨ ĞǆĞĐƵƟǀĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ >ŽĂŶƐ ŽŵƉĂŶǇ͕ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĂƚ ͞ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ ǁŚŽ ĂƉƉůŝĞĚ ŽŶ ƟŵĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƉĂŝĚ ŽŶ ƟŵĞ͘͟ dŚŝƐ ůĂĐŬƐ ĂŶǇ ĐŽŵŵŝƚŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ Ă ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ŚŽůůŽǁ ƐƚĂƚĞŵĞŶƚ͕ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ƐĞŶƚĞŶĐĞ ŚŝŶŐĞƐ ŽŶ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ͚ƐŚŽƵůĚ͕͛ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ Ă ͚ǁŝůů͛͘ WĞƌŚĂƉƐ Ă ƌĞƚƵƌŶ ƚŽ ŽůĚĞƌ ǁĂǇƐ ŝƐ ĚƵĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ >ŽĂŶƐ ŽŵƉĂŶǇ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ƌĞůŝŶƋƵŝƐŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽŶƚƌŽů ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƩĞƌ͘ dŚŝƐ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ ďĞ

,ĞŶƌǇ ƌŽŌ ŌĞƌ ũŽŝŶŝŶŐ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ / ǁĂƐ ŝŶǀŝƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĮƌƐƚ ƐŽĐŝĂů͘ /ƚ ƐĞĞŵĞĚ ůŝŬĞ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ŝĚĞĂ͕ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ͕ ŶŽƚ ŬŶŽǁŝŶŐ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ͕ / ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ Ă ĨĞǁ ĚƌŝŶŬƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞŚĂŶĚ ŵŝŐŚƚ ďĞ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ŝĚĞĂ͘ ďŽƩůĞ ŽĨ ǀŽĚŬĂ ůĂƚĞƌ͕ / ǁĂƐ ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ ŝůůͲƉƌĞƉĂƌĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƐŽĐŝĂů ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ

“Clubs and societies provide a cornerstone for any student’s time at university”

ĞŶĨŽƌĐŝŶŐ ĚĞƉƌĂǀĞĚ ŝŶŝƟĂƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ǁĂŶƚŽŶ ĂůĐŽŚŽů ĐŽŶƐƵŵƉƟŽŶ ƵƉŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŵǇ ŽǁŶ ĚĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ ƚŽ ĐŽŵŵŝƚ ƐŽĐŝĂů ƐƵŝĐŝĚĞ ŽŶ ƚŚŝƐ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶ ŝƐ ŚĂƌĚůǇ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞ ŽĨ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ƐŽĐŝĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŶŝŐŚƚ ǁĂƐ ĂƉƉĂƌĞŶƚůǇ ĞŶũŽǇĂďůĞ ĨŽƌ ŵŽƐƚ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ͘ Ǉ ĂŶĚ ůĂƌŐĞ͕ / ǁŽƵůĚ ĂƌŐƵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĐůƵďƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŽĐŝĞƟĞƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ Ă ĐŽƌŶĞƌƐƚŽŶĞ ĨŽƌ ĂŶǇ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ͛Ɛ ƟŵĞ Ăƚ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ͘ zĞƐ͕ ǇŽƵ ŵĂǇ ŐĞƚ ŽŶ ǁĞůů ǁŝƚŚ ǇŽƵƌ ŚŽƵƐĞŵĂƚĞƐ Žƌ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŵĂƚĞƐ͕ ďƵƚ ďǇ ũŽŝŶŝŶŐ ĐůƵďƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŽĐŝĞƟĞƐ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ŵĞĞƚ ůŝŬĞͲ ŵŝŶĚĞĚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁŚŽ ƐŚĂƌĞ ǇŽƵƌ ĞŶƚŚƵƐŝĂƐŵƐ ĂŶĚ ƉĂƐƐŝŽŶƐ͕ ďĞ ŝƚ ĨŽƌ ǁĂŬĞͲďŽĂƌĚŝŶŐ Žƌ ƚŚĞ ĮůŵƐ ŽĨ tŝůů &ĞƌƌĞůů͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ĂůƐŽ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ĂƌŐƵĞ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƐŽĐŝĞƟĞƐ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ƐŽ ŝŶĞǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞ ƚŽ ũŽŝŶ͘ &Žƌ Ă ĐŽƵƉůĞ ŽĨ ƋƵŝĚ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ŽŶůǇ ĂƩĞŶĚ Ă ĨĞǁ ƟŵĞƐ͕ ǇŽƵ͛ǀĞ ŚĂƌĚůǇ ůŽƐƚ ŽƵƚ͕ ĂŶĚ͕ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ƐƉŽƌƚƐ ĐůƵďƐ ĂƌĞ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĂƚ ŵŽƌĞ ĞǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞ ƚŽ ũŽŝŶ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ĚŽ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ĞǆƉĞƌƚ ĐŽĂĐŚŝŶŐ͕ ĨĂĐŝůŝƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĞƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚ Ăƚ Ă ĨƌĂĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŝĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ǁŽƵůĚ ĐŽƐƚ ĞůƐĞǁŚĞƌĞ͘ /Ŷ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ƚĞŶĚ ƚŽ ĐŽŵĞ ŝŶ ŚĂŶĚǇ ǁŚĞŶ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ĂƉƉůǇŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ũŽďƐ͘ ǁĞůůͲƉůĂĐĞĚ ĐůƵď Žƌ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ

ĐĂŶ ĞŶƌŝĐŚ ǇŽƵƌ s͕ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ŝƚ ďĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨƵůĮůůŝŶŐ ǀŽůƵŶƚĂƌǇ ǁŽƌŬ ŽĨ ƐŽĐŝĞƟĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ Z '͕ Žƌ ƚŚĞ ůŝŬĞƐ ŽĨ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ĂŶĚ >ŝǀĞǁŝƌĞ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĞǆƚƌĞŵĞůǇ ŚĞůƉĨƵů ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ǁŝƐŚ ƚŽ ƉƵƌƐƵĞ Ă ǀŽĐĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮĞůĚ ŽĨ ũŽƵƌŶĂůŝƐŵ͘ &ƵƌƚŚĞƌŵŽƌĞ͕ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ ŽĨ ĂŶǇ ĐůƵď Žƌ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ĐĂŶ ĂƉƉĞĂů ƐƵďƐƚĂŶƟĂůůǇ ƚŽ

“It is the opportunity for achievement and accomplishment that can provide the fondest and most satisfying of university memories”

/ ǁĂƐ ŇƵŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ ĂŶĚ ǁŚĂƚ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ Ͳ ĚƵďŝŽƵƐ ĐŚĂƚͲƵƉ ůŝŶĞƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ĐƵƌƌǇ ŇĂǀŽƵƌĞĚ ĐŽŶĚŽŵƐ͕ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ĨƵƚƵƌĞ ĞŵƉůŽǇĞƌƐ͘ ĚƌŽƉƉĞĚ ƉŝŶƚ ŐůĂƐƐĞƐ ĂŶĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉŝğĐĞ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ďĞŶĞĮƚƐ ĨŽƌ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ ĚĞ ƌĞƐŝƐƚĂŶĐĞ͕ ďĞŝŶŐ ƌĞŵŽǀĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ĞŵƉůŽǇŵĞŶƚ ĂƌĞ ĞǀŝĚĞŶƚ͕ ƵůƟŵĂƚĞůǇ͕ KƉƟĐ Ͳ ǁĂƐ ŶŽƚ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ / ŚĂĚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ ĨŽƌ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞŵĞŶƚ ŝŶƚĞŶĚĞĚ͘ ĂŶĚ ĂĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚŵĞŶƚ͕ ĐŽŵďŝŶĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ “Applications KŶ ĮƌƐƚ ŐůĂŶĐĞ͕ ŵǇ ŐŚĂƐƚůǇ ƚŚĞ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐŚŝƉƐ ǇŽƵ ǁŝůů ŵĂŬĞ͕ ƚŚĂƚ for loans have ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ĨƵĞů ƚŚĞ ǀŝĞǁ ĐĂŶ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ ĨŽŶĚĞƐƚ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƐƚ ƐĂƟƐĨǇŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ŵĞŵŽƌŝĞƐ͘ increased by 17%” ƚŚĂƚ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ƐŽĐŝĞƟĞƐ ĞŵďŽĚǇ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌƐƚ ŝŶ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ĚƌŝŶŬŝŶŐ dŚĂƚ ŝƐ͕ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ ǇŽƵ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ŵĞŶƟŽŶ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ ĐƵƌƌǇ ŇĂǀŽƵƌĞĚ Ă ŵĞƌĞ ĨĂŶƚĂƐǇ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ĐƵůƚƵƌĞ͘ /ŶĚĞĞĚ͕ ƐŽŵĞ ƐƉŽƌƚ ĐůƵďƐ ĐŽŶĚŽŵƐ͘ ŚĂǀĞ ƐƉĞŶƚ ůĂƌŐĞ ĂŵŽƵŶƚƐ ŽĨ ƟŵĞ ŚĂǀĞ ĐŽŵĞ ƵŶĚĞƌ ĮƌĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ĨŽƌ ĂŶĚ ŵŽŶĞǇ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ͘ ,ŽƉĞĨƵůůǇ ƚŚĞ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ >ŽĂŶƐ IF YOU HAVE A COMMENT OR OPINION THAT YOU WANT TO GET OFF ŽŵƉĂŶǇ ǁŝůů ĐŽŵĞ ĂǁĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ĨĂŝůƵƌĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ YOUR CHEST ON ANY ISSUE, THEN THIS IS THE PLACE FOR YOU. PLEASE ĨĂƌ ŵŽƌĞ ƉƌĞĐŝŽƵƐ ƚŚĂŶ ŵŽŶĞǇ͖ ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞ͘ dŚĞǇ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ CONTACT CONCRETE.OPINIONS@UEA.AC.UK AND WE’LL GET YOUR ŝĚĞŶƟĨǇ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐŚŽƌƚĐŽŵŝŶŐƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ Ă ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŶŽ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ VOICE HEARD! ŝƐ ĂůŽŶĞ͘

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concrete.features@uea.ac.uk TUESDAY 20th OCTOBER 2009

Cheryl Cole - A modern fairytale? We all know how the media builds celebrity personalities up just to knock them down, but it also

Eyeing up the English political landscape So now that the political party conferences for 2009 are over, what have

works in reverse. Emma Parrott discusses those who’ve been built up by the media and analyses

we learned? Jake Miller fills us in and asks whether conferences are

just what makes them so appealing to the nation. She was recently described in The Observer ĂƐ ͚dŚĞ EĂƟŽŶ͛Ɛ EĞǁ Sweetheart’. Tabloids refer to her daily ĂƐ Ă ͚EĂƟŽŶĂů dƌĞĂƐƵƌĞ͛͘ /ŶĚĞĞĚ͕ ĞǀĞƌǇ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ŶŝŐŚƚ͕ ŝƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ůŝŬĞ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ ŝƐ ĞĂŐĞƌůǇ ĂǁĂŝƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ůĂƚĞƐƚ ŝŶƐƚĂůŵĞŶƚ of the y &ĂĐƚŽƌ͕ perhaps not so much for the mediocre performances of the ĐŽŶƚĞƐƚĂŶƚƐ͕ ďƵƚ ĨŽƌ Ă ŐůŝŵƉƐĞ ŽĨ ũƵĚŐĞ ŚĞƌǇů ŽůĞ͕ ĂƐ ƐŚĞ ŚƵŐƐ ƚŚŽƐĞ ďĞŝŶŐ ƐĞŶƚ ŚŽŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŌůǇ ǁŝƉĞƐ Ă ƚĞĂƌ ĂǁĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƌŶĞƌ ŽĨ ŚĞƌ ĞǇĞ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ͕ undoubtedly, a modern fairytale; the ƐƚŽƌǇ ŽĨ Ă ϭϵͲǇĞĂƌͲŽůĚ ĨƌŽŵ EĞǁĐĂƐƚůĞ who enters a television talent contest ĂŶĚ ŐŽĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŽ ŚƵŐĞ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽŶĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă Őŝƌů ƉŽƉ ŐƌŽƵƉ͕ marries a footballer and heads up the ŶĂƟŽŶ͛Ɛ ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞ ŽŶ Ă ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ŶŝŐŚƚ͘ EŽ ǁŽŶĚĞƌ ƐŚĞ ĐƌŝĞƐ ƐŽ ŵƵĐŚ͖ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ďƌŝŶŐ Ă ƚĞĂƌ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĐǇŶŝĐĂů ŽĨ ĞǇĞƐ͘ /ƚ ŚĂƐ not, however, always been this way ĨŽƌ ŚĞƌǇů ͚EĂƟŽŶĂů dƌĞĂƐƵƌĞ͛ ŽůĞ͘ ZĞŵĞŵďĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĚĂǇƐ ŽĨ ŚĞƌǇů ͚ƌĂĐŝƐƚ ƚŚƵŐ͛ dǁĞĞĚǇ͍ ^Ž͕ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƚƌƵƚŚ ʹ ĂƌĞ ǁĞ Ăůů ĨĂůůŝŶŐ ŝŶ ůŽǀĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƌĞĨŽƌŵĞĚ woman or is it yet another example of ƚŚĞ ŵĞĚŝĂ ŬŶŽĐŬŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ĚŽǁŶ ũƵƐƚ ƚŽ ďƵŝůĚ ƚŚĞŵ ƵƉ͍ tĞ Ăůů ŬŶŽǁ ƚŚĞ ĚĂŶŐĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĞĚŝĂ ĂŶĚ ǇĞƚ ǁĞ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ĂůůŽǁ ŽƵƌƐĞůǀĞƐ ƚŽ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ǁŚĂƚĞǀĞƌ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ƚŽůĚ͘ &ƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ĂĚǀĞƌƟƐĞŵĞŶƚƐ ;͞tŚĂƚ ĚŽ ǇŽƵ ŵĞĂŶ ^ŚĂƌƉŝĞƐ ĂƌĞ ũƵƐƚ ůŝŬĞ ĂŶǇ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƉĞŶ͍͊ ĞĐŬŚĂŵ ƵƐĞƐ ƚŚĞŵ͊͟Ϳ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ďŽŵďĂƌĚŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ŐŽƐƐŝƉ ŵĂŐĂǌŝŶĞƐ͘ The same applies to celebrity culture. &Ğǁ ŽĨ ƵƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ďƌĂŐ ĂďŽƵƚ ĐŚĞĐŬŝŶŐ WĞƌĞǌ ,ŝůƚŽŶ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƚĞŶ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ǇĞƚ͕ most people have a weakness when it ĐŽŵĞƐ ƚŽ ĐĞůĞďƌŝƟĞƐ͘ ZĞĐŬŽŶ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŝŵŵƵŶĞ ƚŽ ŝƚ͍ ǀĞŶ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŚŽ ǁŽƵůĚ ŶĞǀĞƌ ĚƌĞĂŵ ŽĨ ďƵǇŝŶŐ ,ĞĂƚ ŵĂŐĂǌŝŶĞ ĂƌĞ ďĞŝŶŐ ĚƌĂǁŶ ŝŶ͘ zŽƵ ŵŝŐŚƚ ŬŶŽǁ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ :ŽƌĚĂŶ ǀƐ͘ WĞƚĞƌ ĚŝǀŽƌĐĞ ďƵƚ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ĨŽůůŽǁ ƉŽůŝƟĐƐ͕ ĨŽƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ͕ you are also part of the disease. Gordon Brown was asked last week about his personal use of painkillers; as far as this ƌĞƉŽƌƚĞƌ ŝƐ ĂǁĂƌĞ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŚĂƐ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĚŽ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ͕ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ

ŝƚ ŵĞƌĞ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ŐŽƐƐŝƉ͘ dƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂůůǇ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŽďƐĞƐƐŝŽŶ ŚĂƐ been reasoned in a couple of ways. &ŝƌƐƚůǇ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ͞tĞůů ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŚĞ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ǇŽƵ ƐŚŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ͟ ĂƌŐƵŵĞŶƚ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚĂƐ its merits but does not totally explain ǁŚǇ ǁĞ ĐĂƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĂŶŐĞůŝŶĂ ŚĂǀĞ ŚĂĚ another fall out. dŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĂƌŐƵŵĞŶƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ ƚŚĞ ŽŶĞ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ůĞĂƐƚ ǁŝůůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĂĚŵŝƚ ƚŽ͕ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ŽĨ ĐĂƚŚĂƌƐŝƐ ǁĞ ƚĂŬĞ ĨƌŽŵ ĚƌĂŵĂ ŝŶ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ͛ ůŝǀĞƐ ʹ ŝŶ ŽƚŚĞƌ ǁŽƌĚƐ͕ ǁĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ƐƵīĞƌ͕ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ƌŝĐŚ ĂŶĚ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ͕ ŵĂŬĞƐ ƵƐ ĨĞĞů ďĞƩĞƌ͘ /Ĩ ǁĞ ůŽŽŬ ďĂĐŬ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŚĞƌǇů ŽůĞ ĂƌŐƵŵĞŶƚ͕ she was lambasted in the press for ŚĞƌ ͚ŝŶĐŝĚĞŶƚ͛ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐůƵď ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƚŽŝůĞƚ ĂƩĞŶĚĂŶƚ ; ŚĞƌǇů dǁĞĞĚǇ ƐƚŽŽĚ ĂĐĐƵƐĞĚ ŽĨ ŚŝƫŶŐ Ă ƚŽŝůĞƚ ĂƩĞŶĚĂŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƵƐŝŶŐ ƌĂĐŝƐƚ ůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ŚĞƌͿ͘ She was then publically ridiculed for her ůĂǀŝƐŚ͕ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ŵĞŶƟŽŶ ƚĂĐŬǇ͕ ǁĞĚĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĨŽŽƚďĂůůĞƌ ƐŚůĞǇ ŽůĞ͘ zĞƚ͕ 'ŝƌůƐ ůŽƵĚ ǁĞƌĞ ďƌĞĂŬŝŶŐ Ăůů ĞǆƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂƌƚƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ĞĂĐŚ ƐŽŶŐ ŵŽƌĞ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǁĞĚĚŝŶŐ ĐŽƐƟŶŐ a reported £500,000 with Ok! DĂŐĂǌŝŶĞ ƉĂǇŝŶŐ άϭ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉŚŽƚŽƐ͘ dŚĞ Őŝƌů ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶĐŝů ĞƐƚĂƚĞ ŝŶ EĞǁĐĂƐƚůĞ ƐƵƌĞůǇ ŚĂĚ ĞǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ƐŚĞ ŚĂĚ ĞǀĞƌ ĚƌĞĂŵƚ ŽĨ Ͳ ŝƐ ƚŚŝƐ ǁŚǇ ƚŚĞ media and the public was so happy to ƚƌĂƐŚ ƚĂůŬ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ƐŚĞ ĚŝĚ͍ Then, in 2008, a story ran in a ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ŶĞǁƐƉĂƉĞƌ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƟŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŚůĞǇ ŚĂĚ ƐůĞƉƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚǁŽ ŽƚŚĞƌ ǁŽŵĞŶ͘ KŶůǇ ƚŚĞŶ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŚĞƌ ĚƌĞĂŵƐ ƐŚĂƩĞƌĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƉŚŽƚŽƐ ĞŵĞƌŐŝŶŐ ŽĨ ŚĞƌ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ŚĞƌ ǁĞĚĚŝŶŐ ƌŝŶŐ ŽŶ͕ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ ǁŝůůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĂĐĐĞƉƚ ŚĞƌ͘ ,ĞĂƌƚďƌŽŬĞŶ ĂŶĚ ĚĞƉƌĞƐƐĞĚ͍ dŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŵŽƌĞ ůŝŬĞ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĞ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ͊ ŶŽƚŚĞƌ ĐĞůĞďƌŝƚǇ ǁŚŽ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ŽŶůǇ ǁŝůůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĂĐĐĞƉƚ ŶŽǁ ƚŚĂƚ ŚŝƐ ŵĂƌƌŝĂŐĞ ŚĂƐ ĨĂůůĞŶ ĂƉĂƌƚ ŝƐ͕ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ WĞƚĞƌ ŶĚƌĞ͘ WƌĞǀŝŽƵƐůǇ ƐĞĞŶ ĂƐ talentless and only with Jordan for the ƉƵďůŝĐŝƚǇ͕ ŚŝƐ ƉƌŽĮůĞ ŚĂƐ ƌŽĐŬĞƚĞĚ ƐŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĚŝǀŽƌĐĞ͘ EŽƚ ŽŶůǇ ŝƐ ŚĞ ƐƵĚĚĞŶůǇ the perfect father but now the 90s pop ƐƚĂƌ ŚĂƐ ƌĞͲůĂƵŶĐŚĞĚ ŚŝƐ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ

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politically significant at all.

ƌĞůĂƟǀĞ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ʹ ŽŶĞ ĨƌŝĞŶĚ ĞǀĞŶ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŽ ŵĞ͕ ͞,Ğ͛Ɛ ŐŽƩĞŶ ƐŽ ŵƵĐŚ ďĞƩĞƌ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ƐŝŶĐĞ ŚĞ ůĞŌ ŚĞƌ͘͟ KĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ƵůƟŵĂƚĞ ƉĂƐƐĞŶŐĞƌ on the celebrity popularity rollercoaster ǁĂƐ :ĂĚĞ 'ŽŽĚǇ͘ ŶŽƚŚĞƌ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚ ŽĨ Ă ƌĞĂůŝƚǇ ds ƐŚŽǁ͕ ƐŚĞ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƐƵďũĞĐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚĂďůŽŝĚ sŽƚĞ KƵƚ dŚĞ WŝŐ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ (a low moment by anyone’s standards), ƚŚĞŶ ůŽǀĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ďĞŝŶŐ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ŵŽƚŚĞƌ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌŝƚǇ ĚŝƉ ĂŌĞƌ ŚĞƌ ĂůůĞŐĞĚ ƌĂĐŝƐƚ ŽƵƚďƵƌƐƚ ŝŶ the celebrity ŝŐ ƌŽƚŚĞƌ ŚŽƵƐĞ͘ &ŝŶĂůůǇ͕ surely the irony can’t have been wasted on her that she was at her most popular ;ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ Ăƚ ŚĞƌ ŵŽƐƚ ƉƌŽĮƚĂďůĞͿ ǁŚĞŶ ƐŚĞ ǁĂƐ ĚǇŝŶŐ ŽĨ ĐĂŶĐĞƌ ƌŝŐŚƚ before our very eyes. The parallels to WƌŝŶĐĞƐƐ ŝĂŶĂ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƟŽŶ͛Ɛ ŽƵƚďƵƌƐƚ ŽĨ ĞŵŽƟŽŶ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ŚĞƌ ĂŌĞƌ ŚĞƌ ĚĞĂƚŚ are obvious. The truth is, we hate a fairytale. ZĞŵĞŵďĞƌ ŚĂŶƚĞůůĞ ,ŽƵŐŚƚŽŶ͍ WƌŽďĂďůǇ ŶŽƚ͕ ďƵƚ ƐŚĞ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŶŽŶͲ celebrity who won ĞůĞďƌŝƚǇ ŝŐ ƌŽƚŚĞƌ in 2006. She was another whirlwind ĨĂŝƌǇƚĂůĞ ƉƌŝŶĐĞƐƐ͕ ĨĂůůŝŶŐ ŝŶ ůŽǀĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƌŽĐŬ ƐƚĂƌ͕ ŐĞƫŶŐ ŵĂƌƌŝĞĚ͕ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ŚĞƌ ŽǁŶ ds ƐŚŽǁ ĂŶĚ ďĞŝŶŐ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ;ĂŶĚ ƌŝĐŚͿ ũƵƐƚ ĨŽƌ ďĞŝŶŐ͘͘͘ ŚĂŶƚĞůůĞ͘ tŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƐŚĞ ŶŽǁ͍ tĞůů͕ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ƐĂǁ ĂŶ episode of ^ŶŽŐ͕ DĂƌƌǇ͕ ǀŽŝĚ with her on once. The Cheeky Girls were on the ƐĂŵĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞ Ͳ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ ƉƵďůŝĐ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞ ŝŶ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ƟŵĞƐ ǁĂƐ Ăƚ Y ŝŶ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͘ 'Ğƚ ŵǇ ĚƌŝŌ͍ DĂǇďĞ ǁĞ ŚĂƚĞ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĐĞůĞďƌŝƟĞƐ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ǁŚŝůĞ ƚŚĞ ŵĂũŽƌŝƚǇ ŽĨ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ ƐůŽŐƐ ĂǁĂǇ ŝŶ ϵͲϱ ũŽďƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ůŝŬĞƐ ŽĨ :ŽƌĚĂŶ and Cheryl swan around from photo shoot to interview and then back to their countryside mansion and footballer/ ŵŽĚĞůͬŵƵůƟͲŵŝůůŝŽŶĂŝƌĞ ŚƵƐďĂŶĚƐ͘ Kƌ maybe we think that because they are voluntarily in the public eye we deserve ƚŽ ŬŶŽǁ ĞǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůŝǀĞƐ͘ tŚĂƚĞǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐĞ͕ ũƵƐƚ ƚŚŝŶŬ ǁŚĞƌĞ ǇŽƵ ƐƚĂŶĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŚĞƌǇů ŽůĞ ĚĞďĂƚĞ ʹ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů͕ ƌĞĨŽƌŵĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĐĂƌŝŶŐ Žƌ ƌĂĐŝƐƚ͕ ŵŽŶĞǇ ĂŶĚ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ŐƌĂďďŝŶŐ͍ Ɛ ƚŚĞ X &ĂĐƚŽƌ ƐĂǇƐ Ͳ ͚zŽƵ ĚĞĐŝĚĞ͛͘ dŚĞ ŚĞĞŬǇ 'ŝƌůƐ͛ ĚĂǇ ũŽď Ͳ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞǇ͛ƌĞ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ƚŽ Ă Y ŶĞĂƌ ǇŽƵ ƐŽŽŶ͘

The party conference seems to have ďĞĐŽŵĞ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƚƵĂůƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƟƐŚ Summer; an annual trek by members of party and press to some seaside town or northern city, to listen to speeches, ĂƩĞŶĚ ĨƌŝŶŐĞ ŵĞĞƟŶŐƐ ĂŶĚ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐ the state and future of the party. ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĚŽ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŐĂƚŚĞƌŝŶŐƐ ŵĂƩĞƌ͍ Ž ƚŚĞǇ ƐĞƌǀĞ ĂŶǇ ƌĞĂů ƉƵƌƉŽƐĞ͍ dŚŝƐ year’s party conferences were more ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ƚŚĂŶ ƵƐƵĂů͕ ďĞŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ŽŶĞƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ͘ ĮŶĂů ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐ ƚŽ ƵƐĞ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂƞŽƌŵ ŽīĞƌĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽ ƌŽƵƐĞ ƚŚĞ party faithful and to set out their vision to the electorate. But if a week is a ůŽŶŐ ƟŵĞ ŝŶ ƉŽůŝƟĐƐ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ŶŝŶĞ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ƵŶƟů ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ůŝŬĞůǇ ĚĂƚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ͕ ŝƐ ƐƵƌĞůǇ ĂŶ ĂŐĞ͘ tŚŽ knows what is likely to happen in the ŝŶƚĞƌǀĞŶŝŶŐ ƉĞƌŝŽĚ͖ ĐŽƵůĚ ĂŶǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ speakers at last year’s conferences, for example, have predicted how ƌĂĚŝĐĂůůǇ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ůĂŶĚƐĐĂƉĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂů ĐƌŝƐŝƐ͍ ŶĚ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ƐĞƫŶŐ ŽƵƚ ǇŽƵƌ ǀŝƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǀŽƚĞƌƐ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ ŝƐ ĨŽƌ͍ ůů ƚŚƌĞĞ ŵĂũŽƌ ƉĂƌƟĞƐ ŚĂĚ ƚŽ overcome their various hurdles. ůĞŐŐ ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ĐŽŶǀŝŶĐĞ ǀŽƚĞƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚŝƐ ƉĂƌƚǇ ǁĂƐ Ă ƌĞĂůŝƐƟĐ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞ ƚŽ Labour and the Tories, Brown had to ƌĞĂƐƐĞƌƚ ŚŝƐ ĂƵƚŚŽƌŝƚǇ͕ ďŽƚŚ ĂŵŽŶŐ his own party and with the public, ĂŶĚ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ĂƩĞŵƉƚ ƚŽ ͚ƐĞĂů the deal’ with the electorate without ĂƉƉĞĂƌŝŶŐ ŽǀĞƌƚůǇ ƐŵƵŐ͘ ůĞŐŐ ŐĂǀĞ Ă speech that was well received by the ƉĂƌƚǇ ĨĂŝƚŚĨƵů͕ ďƵƚ ǁĂƐ ŝŐŶŽƌĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ƉƵďůŝĐ͕ ƉŽƐƐŝďůǇ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ƉƌŽƉŽƌƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ have no idea who he is. He also said that he wanted to be Prime Minister, ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ŚĞ ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŚĞ ũŽŝŶĞĚ ƚŚĞ >ŝď Dems. Labour’s party conference was of course overshadowed by The Sun’s ǁŝƚŚĚƌĂǁĂů ŽĨ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ũƵƐƚ ŚŽƵƌƐ ĂŌĞƌ Gordon Brown’s conference speech. The Labour conference was, however, free from the rampant leadership

ƐƉĞĐƵůĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶĮƌŵƐ that Gordon Brown will almost certainly ůĞĂĚ >ĂďŽƵƌ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ͘ The Tory conference was somewhat ĚŽǁŶďĞĂƚ͕ ǁŝƚŚ 'ĞŽƌŐĞ KƐďŽƌŶĞ ĂŶĚ ĂǀŝĚ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ ƐƉĞůůŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ Ă ǀŝƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ ƵŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĞ dŽƌŝĞƐ͘ dŚĞŝƌ ŵĞƐƐĂŐĞ ƚŽ ǀŽƚĞƌƐ ǁĂƐ Ă ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐůǇ ƉĞƐƐŝŵŝƐƟĐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ĐƵƚƐ ŝŶ ƉƵďůŝĐ ƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ũŽď ůŽƐƐĞƐ͘ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ ĂůƐŽ ĂƩĞŵƉƚĞĚ ƚŽ ĚŝƐƚĂŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ͚ŶĞǁ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞƐ͛ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ͚ŶĂƐƚǇ ƉĂƌƚǇ͛ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ͕ ĂƩĂĐŬŝŶŐ >ĂďŽƵƌ͛Ɛ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ŽĨ ŚĞůƉŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉŽŽƌ ĂŶĚ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ƉĂƌƚǇ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐŽĐŝĂů ĐŽŶƐĐŝĞŶĐĞ͕ ůĂƵŶĐŚŝŶŐ Ă ZĞĂŐĂŶŝƚĞ ĂƩĂĐŬ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌŝůƐ ŽĨ ďŝŐ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ͘ ůů ƚŚŝƐ ďůƵƐƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ĞŶĞƌŐǇ͕ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ͕ ĚŝĚ ŶŽƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ͘ ƌŽǁŶ͕ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ĞīŽƌƚƐ ŽĨ ďŽƚŚ Śŝŵ and his wife (who did a somewhat ŶĂƵƐĞĂƟŶŐ ǁĂƌŵͲƵƉ ĂĐƚ ƚŽ ŚŝƐ ďŝŐ ƐƉĞĞĐŚͿ͕ ĚŝĚ ŶŽƚ ƚƵƌŶ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ and convince the electorate he is in fact ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŵĂŶ ƚŽ ůĞĂĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ͘ EŽƌ ĚŝĚ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ ĚĂŵĂŐĞ ŚŝƐ ŚŝŐŚ ƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůůƐ ĂŶĚͬŽƌ ůĞŐŐ ĐŽŶǀŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ĞůĞĐƚŽƌĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ >ŝď ĞŵƐ ǁĞƌĞ Ă ƌĞĂůŝƐƟĐ ĨŽƌĐĞ ŝŶ ƌŝƟƐŚ ƉŽůŝƟĐƐ͘ The speeches were all well received ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ ĨĂŝƚŚĨƵů͕ ĂĚŵŝƩĞĚůǇ͕ ďƵƚ that is precisely the problem; aside from members of the press, to be in ǁŝƚŚ ĞǀĞŶ Ă Ɛůŝŵ ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ĂƩĞŶĚŝŶŐ a party conference you have to be an DW͕ ĐŽƵŶĐŝůůŽƌ Žƌ Ă ůŽŶŐͲƚĞƌŵ ƉĂƌƚǇ ĂĐƟǀŝƐƚ͘ /Ŷ ƐŚŽƌƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐŽƌƚ ŽĨ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ǁŚŽ ǁŝůů Ɛŝƚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ĞǀĞŶ ƚŚĞ ĚƵůůĞƐƚ ŽĨ speeches, not cause a fuss and clap and ĐŚĞĞƌ ĞŶƚŚƵƐŝĂƐƟĐĂůůǇ ŶŽ ŵĂƩĞƌ ŚŽǁ ďĂĚ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂĚĞƌ͛Ɛ ƐƉĞĞĐŚ ŝƐ͘ /ƚ ƐŚŽƵůĚ also be noted that speeches by the leader and other senior members of the party are only a very small part of ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ͖ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ĂůƐŽ ĨƌŝŶŐĞ ŵĞĞƟŶŐƐ͕ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐŝŽŶ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂůůƐ by various businesses and trade unions Ăůů ŽĨ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂƌĞ ŐŝǀĞŶ Ɛůŝŵ͕ ŝĨ ĂŶǇ͕ ĐŽǀĞƌĂŐĞ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ŵĞĚŝĂ ĂŶĚ ŚĂǀĞ ůŝƩůĞ importance in the way that the party is actually run. The demise in importance of party

ĐŽŶĨĞƌĞŶĐĞƐ ƐĂǇƐ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ƉĂƌƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĚĞĂůŝŶŐƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŵĞĚŝĂ ŚĂǀĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ͘ ƚ ŽŶĞ ƟŵĞ͕ ĐŽŶĨĞƌĞŶĐĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ƟŵĞ ƚŚĂƚ members of the party were able to meet ĂŶĚ ĞǆĐŚĂŶŐĞ ŝĚĞĂƐ͘ &ƵƌŝŽƵƐ ĚĞďĂƚĞƐ ŽĨ ƉŽůŝĐǇ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƟĞƐ͛ ĨƵƚƵƌĞƐ ƚŽŽŬ ƉůĂĐĞ ŝŶ ĨƌŝŶŐĞ ŵĞĞƟŶŐƐ ďĞŚŝŶĚ closed doors and, in many cases, the ŐƌĂƐƐƌŽŽƚƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƉĞƌƐƵĂĚĞ ƚŚĞ leadership to conform to their views. EŽǁ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƉĂƌƚǇ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ŚĂǀĞ many ways to communicate with each ŽƚŚĞƌ͗ ĞŵĂŝů͕ ŵŽďŝůĞ ƉŚŽŶĞƐ͕ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ etc. The unsuccessful back bench plot to unseat Gordon Brown back in June ǁĂƐ ƌĞƉƵƚĞĚůǇ ĚŽŶĞ ĞŶƟƌĞůǇ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ a Hotmail account, whereas before it would have entailed all the members ŵĞĞƟŶŐ ĨĂĐĞͲƚŽͲĨĂĐĞ ŝŶ ƐĞĐƌĞƚ͕ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ Ă ƉĂƌƚǇ ĐŽŶĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ would provide perfect cover for. dŚĞ ĚĞĐůŝŶĞ ŽĨ ŐƌĂƐƐ ƌŽŽƚƐ ĂŶĚ dƌĂĚĞ hŶŝŽŶ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞ ŽŶ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ďƌŽĂĚĐĂƐƟŶŐ ŽĨ ƐƉĞĞĐŚĞƐ ŽŶ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ ŚĂǀĞ ůĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐƉŝŶ ĚŽĐƚŽƌƐ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ĐŚĂƌŐĞ͖ ĞǀĞƌǇ ůŝŶĞ͕ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƋƵŝƉ ĂŶĚ supposed ad lib must be rehearsed and ƐƚĂŐĞͲŵĂŶĂŐĞĚ ƚŽ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƟŽŶ͘ ǀĞƌǇ speaker and party member must stay ͚ŽŶ ŵĞƐƐĂŐĞ͛ ŝŶ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƉƌĞƐƐ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ͕ Ăƚ ĞǀĞƌǇ ĞĚŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ WƌŝŵĞ DŝŶŝƐƚĞƌ͛Ɛ YƵĞƐƟŽŶ dŝŵĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƟŵĞ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂĚĞƌ ŽƉĞŶƐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵŽƵƚŚ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞŶ ůŝƩůĞ ǁŽŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŵĞŵŽƌĂďůĞ moments from party conferences are ƚŚĞ ĞŵďĂƌƌĂƐƐŵĞŶƚƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ŐŽ ƋƵŝƚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ͘ EĞŝů <ŝŶŶŽĐŬ ĨĂůůŝŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĂ ŝŶ ƌŝŐŚƚŽŶ͕ ĨŽƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ͕ Žƌ /ĂŶ ƵŶĐĂŶ ^ŵŝƚŚ͛Ɛ ĞǆĐƌƵĐŝĂƟŶŐ ƌĞŵĂƌŬ ĂďŽƵƚ ŚŽǁ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƋƵŝĞƚ ŵĂŶ ĂŶĚ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ǀŽůƵŵĞ͕ ƐƵƌĞůǇ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŶǇ ƌĞĂƐŽŶƐ ĨŽƌ ŚŝƐ ďĞŝŶŐ deposed as party leader. /Ŷ ƐŚŽƌƚ͕ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĚĞĨĞĐƚƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ƉĂƌƚǇ ĐŽŶĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ ƐƟůů ƌĞŵĂŝŶƐ Ă ǀŝƚĂů ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů landscape and will probably remain so. However, whether it is a vital part of ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ĚŝƐĐŽƵƌƐĞ Žƌ ƐŝŵƉůǇ Ă ƐĞĂƐŝĚĞ ũŽůůǇ ŝƐ ĚĞďĂƚĂďůĞ͘

The Liberal Democrat Party. They have a conference, too, remember.

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concrete.features@uea.ac.uk TUESDAY 20th OCTOBER 2009

Job Fair: How do you fare? With the demand for part-time jobs growing ever higher during the recession, are students resorting to ‘survival of the fittest’ techniques to survive financially? Liz Jackson investigates a worrying trend in student behaviour. /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐ ĐůŝŵĂƚĞ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƉƌĞƩǇ ĂƉƉĂƌĞŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ĞǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƵƐ ʹ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ůŽĂŶƐ͕ ƌŝƐŝŶŐ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ͕ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ƌĞƟƌĞŵĞŶƚ ĂŐĞƐ ƚŽ ƉĂǇ Žī ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ͛Ɛ ĚĞďƚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŶŽǁ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ĚĞĂů ǁŝƚŚ ũŽď ƐŚŽƌƚĂŐĞƐ ĞǀĞŶ ĂŌĞƌ ǁĞ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ͘ Ƶƚ ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ƚŽ ĂƐŬ yourself over everything else is: do you trust ǇŽƵƌ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ͍ /ƚ ŵŝŐŚƚ ƐĞĞŵ ůŝŬĞ ĂŶ ŽĚĚ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ Ăƚ ĮƌƐƚ ʹ ŝĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂƌĞ ǇŽƵƌ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ͕ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ǇŽƵ ƚƌƵƐƚ ƚŚĞŵ͘ zŽƵ ƚƌƵƐƚ ƚŚĞŵ ǁŝƚŚ ƐĞĐƌĞƚƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ǇŽƵƌ ĐůŽƚŚĞƐ͕ ĨŽŽĚ͕ ƉŽƐƐĞƐƐŝŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ĞůƐĞ͘ Ƶƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ǇŽƵ ƚƌƵƐƚ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽ ƚĞůů ǇŽƵ ĂďŽƵƚ Ă ũŽď ǀĂĐĂŶĐǇ͍ tĞůů͕ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐůǇ͕ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŶŽƚ ƚĞůůŝŶŐ ǇŽƵ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƌŝĚŝĐƵůŽƵƐůǇ ƉĞƩǇ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ŶĞǀĞƌ ĞǀĞŶ ŚĂƉƉĞŶ͕ ƌŝŐŚƚ͍ tƌŽŶŐ͘ DĂǇďĞ ƚŚŝƐ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ǇĞĂƌƐ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƉƉĞĂƌƐ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ƌŝƐŝŶŐ ƚƌĞŶĚ Ăƚ h ĨŽƌ ŬĞĞƉŝŶŐ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ũŽďƐ ĨƌŽŵ ǇŽƵƌ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ͘ ^ƵƌĞůǇ ŝƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ ƐĞŶƐĞ͕ ŝĨ ƉĂƌƚͲƟŵĞ ũŽďƐ ĂƌĞ ƐŽ ĨĞǁ ĂŶĚ ĨĂƌ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ͕ ƚŽ Ŭŝůů Žī ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ͕ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ŬŶŽǁ ǇŽƵƌ ĨƌŝĞŶĚ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŵŽƌĞ ƋƵĂůŝĮĞĚ ƚŚĂŶ ǇŽƵ ĂŶĚ ǁŽƵůĚ ŵŽƐƚ ůŝŬĞůǇ ŐĞƚ ƚŚĞ ũŽď͘ ŶĚ ŝĨ ǇŽƵƌ ĨƌŝĞŶĚ ŶĞǀĞƌ ĮŶĚƐ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ŬĞƉƚ ƚŚŝƐ ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞ ƚŽ ǇŽƵƌƐĞůĨ͕ ŶŽͲŽŶĞ ŚĂƐ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ŚƵƌƚ ĞŝƚŚĞƌ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ũƵƐƚ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ǁŚŝƚĞ ůŝĞ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ƐŽŵĞ ĐĂƐĞƐ͕ ŝƐ ĚĞƐĞƌǀĞĚ͕ ŝĨ ƐĂŝĚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚ ŚĂƐŶ͛ƚ ƉƵƚ ŝŶ ĂƐ ŵƵĐŚ ĞīŽƌƚ ĂƐ ǇŽƵ ŝŶƚŽ ƐĞĂƌĐŚŝŶŐ ũŽď ĚĂƚĂďĂƐĞƐ͘ zĞƚ ŝƚ ƐĂǇƐ Ă ůŽƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ŽƵƌ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ ŝĨ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ŬĞĞƉŝŶŐ ũŽďƐ ƚŽ ŽƵƌƐĞůǀĞƐ͘ /ƚ ŚĂƐ ŐŽƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŐĞ ǁŚĞƌĞ͕ ĂƐ ŽŶĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ĞǆƉůĂŝŶĞĚ͗ ͚/͛ůů ƚĂůŬ ƚŽ ŵǇ ĐůŽƐĞƐƚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚ

“as many as 18.8% of 16-24 year-olds are unemployed” ĂďŽƵƚ Ă ũŽď ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ŵǇ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ĐŽŵĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŽŽŵ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶǀĞƌƐĂƟŽŶ ŐŽĞƐ ĚĞĂĚ͘ /Ĩ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ ƐƚĂƌƚƐ ƚŽ ŵĞŶƟŽŶ Ă ũŽď ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŐŽŝŶŐ͕ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ĞůƐĞ ǁŝůů ĐƵƚ ŝŶ ĂŶĚ ǁŚŝƐƉĞƌ ͞ŶŽ ʹ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ŶŽƚ ƐƵƉƉŽƐĞĚ ƚŽ ƚĞůů ŚĞƌ ĂďŽƵƚ ŝƚ͊͛͘͟ ůĞĂƌůǇ͕ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐŚŝƉƐ ŶŽ ůŽŶŐĞƌ ŵĂƩĞƌ ŝŶ ƐƵĐŚ ĂŶ ĞƉŝĐ ďĂƩůĞ ĨŽƌ ĞŵƉůŽǇŵĞŶƚ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ Ă ƐƚĂƚĞ ŽĨ ƐŝůĞŶƚ ǁĂƌ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ƉŝĐŬ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂůůŝĞƐ ǀĞƌǇ ĐĂƌĞĨƵůůǇ ƚŽ ŵĂǆŝŵŝƐĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŚĂŶĐĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ŚŽƐƟůĞ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ͘ ŶĚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ Ăůů ƚŚĂƚ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐ͕ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ƐƚĂƟƐƟĐƐ͘ /Ŷ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ͕ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƌĞƉŽƌƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƐ ŵĂŶǇ ĂƐ ϭϴ͘ϴй ŽĨ ϭϲͲϮϰ ǇĞĂƌͲ ŽůĚƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƵŶĞŵƉůŽǇĞĚ͕ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ŝƚ ĐŽŵƉĂƌĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ƉůĂĐĞƐ͘ ŶĚ ŝĨ

ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ŵĂŶĂŐĞĚ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƚŚŝƐ ĨĂƌ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽ ǁĂǇ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ƵƉ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌƵŐŐůĞ ĨŽƌ ũŽďƐ ʹ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ƌƵƚŚůĞƐƐ ŽǀĞƌ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĞǇ ƐŚĂƌĞ ũŽď ǀĂĐĂŶĐŝĞƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ƐŚŽƌƚĂŐĞ ŝƐ ƉƵƫŶŐ ƐƚƌĂŝŶ ŽŶ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ͕ ƚŽŽ͕ ĂƐ ŵŽƌĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƐĞĞŬ ŚĂƌĚƐŚŝƉ ĨƵŶĚŝŶŐ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƚŚĞǇ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ĮŶĚ Ă ũŽď ƚŽ ƐƵƉƉůĞŵĞŶƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŝŶĐŽŵĞ͕ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďĞƐƚ ĞīŽƌƚƐ ŝŶ ƐĞŶĚŝŶŐ Žī ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ͘ dŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ŽĨ ĚŝŶďƵƌŐŚ͕ ĨŽƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ͕ ŚĂƐ ůŝƐƚĞĚ Ă ϮϬй ĚƌŽƉ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ũŽďƐ ĂĚǀĞƌƟƐĞĚ͕ ĂŶĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƟŵĞ ŚĂƐ ƌĞƉŽƌƚĞĚ Ă ŶĞĂƌͲƚǁŽĨŽůĚ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ŝŶ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ ĨŽƌ ŚĂƌĚƐŚŝƉ ĨƵŶĚŝŶŐ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ũƵƐƚ ϲ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ ŝŶ ĐŽŵƉĂƌŝƐŽŶ ƚŽ Ă ǁŚŽůĞ ǇĞĂƌ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƌĞŇĞĐƚĞĚ ĐůŽƐĞƌ ƚŽ ŚŽŵĞ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͛Ɛ h :ŽďƐ ĂŶĚ ŵƉůŽǇŵĞŶƚ &Ăŝƌ ĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ ŝƚƐ ĨŽĐƵƐ ƉƌŝŵĂƌŝůǇ ƚŽ ǀŽůƵŶƚĂƌǇ ǁŽƌŬ ĂŶĚ ŽŶůǇ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞĚ Ă ƐŵĂůů ŚĂŶĚĨƵů ŽĨ ƉĂŝĚ ǁŽƌŬ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽǁ ƌĞĂůŝƐĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉůĞĚŐĞ ƚŽ ƉůĂĐĞ ŵŽƐƚ ϭϲͲϮϰ ǇĞĂƌ ŽůĚƐ ŝŶ ĞŵƉůŽǇŵĞŶƚ ǁĂƐ ŽƉƟŵŝƐƟĐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĞǆƚƌĞŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞǇ ŶŽǁ ĐĂƚĞŐŽƌŝƐĞ ǀŽůƵŶƚĂƌǇ ǁŽƌŬ ĂƐ ĞŵƉůŽǇŵĞŶƚ͘ ĚĚ ƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƐƐŝǀĞ delay in the awarding of student loans by the ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ >ŽĂŶƐ ŽŵƉĂŶǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ĂŶ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐŝŶŐůǇ ĚŝƌĞ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂů ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŝůƵƌĞ ƚŽ ƐŚĂƌĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ũŽď ǀĂĐĂŶĐŝĞƐ ĂŵŽŶŐ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ƐĞĞŵ ƚĂŵĞ ŝŶ ĐŽŵƉĂƌŝƐŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ǁŽƌƌǇŝŶŐ ĞŵƉůŽǇŵĞŶƚ ƉƌŽƐƉĞĐƚƐ ĂŌĞƌ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ͘ EŽǁ͕ ŝƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĐƌƵǆ ŽĨ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ĂŶ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂů ŝƐ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶ ʹ ďƵƚ ĂƐ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƐŽ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƚŚŝƐ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ ǇŽƵƌ ĐŚŽƐĞŶ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ƐƚƵĚǇŝŶŐ ĨƵůůͲƟŵĞ͕ ĂƐ ŽŌĞŶ ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ƟůůͲǁŽƌŬ or catering jobs are all that is available to the ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ Ͳ ŝƚ ůŽŽŬƐ ĂƐ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ƐƚƵĐŬ ŝŶ Ă ĚŽǁŶǁĂƌĚ ƐƉŝƌĂů ƚŽ ƵŶĞŵƉůŽǇŵĞŶƚ͘ /ƚ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚŝƐ ƌĞŶĚĞƌƐ ŽƵƌ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĂůůǇ ƵƐĞůĞƐƐ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ĞǆƚƌĂ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂů ǁŽƌůĚ͘ WĞƌŚĂƉƐ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽƌƚĂŐĞ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƐŝŵƉůǇ Ă ĚŝƌĞĐƚ result of the recession but of a decreased ŵŽƌƚĂůŝƚǇ ƌĂƚĞ ĂƐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ůŝǀĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ŽůĚĞƌ͘ DĂŶǇ ĂĚƵůƚƐ ĂƌĞ ĐŚŽŽƐŝŶŐ ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬ ŝŶƚŽ ŽůĚ ĂŐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂůŝƐĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉĞŶƐŝŽŶ ǁŝůů ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ůĂƐƚ ƚŚĞŵ ĨŽƌ Ă ŵƵĐŚ ůŽŶŐĞƌ ƉĞƌŝŽĚ ŽĨ ƟŵĞ͘ ĚĚŝƟŽŶĂůůǇ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ŚĂƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ ŵŽƌĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ĨŽƌ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ Ă ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇͲ ůĞǀĞů ƋƵĂůŝĮĐĂƟŽŶ͕ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĚĞŵĂŶĚ ĨŽƌ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ Žƌ ƐŬŝůůĞĚ ũŽďƐ ŵƵĐŚ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƵƉƉůǇ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ͖ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ůŝƩůĞ ǁĞ ĐĂŶ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ƐƚĂƚĞ ŽĨ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ĞŵƉůŽǇŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ ĐĂŶ ŽŶůǇ ŚŽƉĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ƉŝĐŬ ƵƉ ƐŽ ǁĞ ĐĂŶ ƌĞƚƵƌŶ ƚŽ ŶŽƌŵĂů ĐŝǀŝůŝƐĞĚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐŚŝƉƐ ĂƐ ŽƉƉŽƐĞĚ ƚŽ ƐĂǀĂŐĞ ͚ƐƵƌǀŝǀĂů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮƩĞƐƚ͛ ƚĞĐŚŶŝƋƵĞƐ͘

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LETTERS AND EDITORIAL 15

concrete.editor@uea.ac.uk TUESDAY 20th OCTOBER 2009

EDITORIAL EDITOR concrete.editor@uea.ac.uk Hannah Livingston

DEPUTY EDITOR concrete.editorial@uea.ac.uk Alice Violett

CHIEF COPY EDITOR concrete.editorial@uea.ac.uk Denise Bartlett Proofreaders Rachel Handforth, Lucy Basing, Sarah Cox, Frances Taylor

NEWS EDITOR concrete.news@uea.ac.uk Nicolas Church Reporters Joey Millar, Poppy Jones, Alex May, David Churchill, Mark Shead, Chris King, Hannah Livingston, Gordon Malloy, James Carter, Rachel Handforth

INTERNATIONAL EDITORS concrete.international@uea.ac.uk Qingning Wang & Filipa Mendes Writers Julia Sherman, Nishavitha Murthi, Hui Zhon, Qi Wang

OPINIONS EDITOR concrete.opinion@uea.ac.uk Davina Kesby Writers Robert Kellner, David Biggins, James Craske, James Dixon, Henry Croft

FEATURES EDITOR concrete.features@uea.ac.uk Melissa York Writers Emma Parrott, Jake Miller, Liz Jackson

TRAVEL EDITOR concrete.travel@uea.ac.uk Rachel Conquer

LETTERS Writers Michelle Cadby, David Biggins, Danni Ward

FOCSOC EDITOR concrete.editorial@uea.ac.uk Alice Violett Writers Vicky Cann, Dan Taylor, Laura Ewen

FOOD EDITOR concrete.food09@gmail.com Edward Leftwich Writers Helena Dean, Lydia McEvoy, David Biggins, Duncan Vicat-Brown, Hannah Livingston

LIFESTYLE EDITOR concrete.lifestyle@uea.ac.uk Samantha Lewis Writers Adam Fenwick, Jo Davey, Vicki Wheatland

TURF EDITOR

Campus card chaos? I was surprised and disappointed to read your prejudicial and unbalanced report headlined ‘Campus Card Chaos’ in the Tuesday 6th October issue of Concrete, which fell seriously short of the ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ ŽĨ ũŽƵƌŶĂůŝƐŵ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǇŽƵƌ ƌĞĂĚĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ĞŶƟƚůĞĚ ƚŽ ĞǆƉĞĐƚ͘ / ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ĚŽƵďƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂīĞĐƚĞĚ ďǇ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ĐĂƌĚ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ƐĞŵĞƐƚĞƌ ǁĞƌĞ seriously inconvenienced, but it was professionally unacceptable for Concrete to report this ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƐĞĞŬŝŶŐ Ă ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐĞ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůŝďƌĂƌǇ ƐƚĂī ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĂůůĞŐĂƟŽŶƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĞƌĞ ŵĂĚĞ͘ /Ŷ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ͕ ǇŽƵƌ ƌĞƉŽƌƚ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĂŶŽŶǇŵŽƵƐ ĂŶĚ ƐǁĞĞƉŝŶŐ ĂůůĞŐĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ůŝďƌĂƌǇ ƐƚĂī ĂƌĞ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇ ƵƐĞůĞƐƐ͘ ŝĚ ǇŽƵƌ ƌĞƉŽƌƚĞƌ͕ dĂƐŚĂ WĞƌĐǇ͕ ŶŽƚ ĨĞĞů ĂŶ ŽďůŝŐĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƉƵƚ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƟŶŐŝŶŐ ĐƌŝƟĐŝƐŵ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ůŝďƌĂƌǇ ŵĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚ͍ tŚǇ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŝƟĐŝƐŵ ŶŽƚ ĂƩƌŝďƵƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ǁŚŽ ŵĂĚĞ ŝƚ͍ tĞƌĞ you, as editor, content that the complainant was given anonymity, and that the library was denied the right to reply? /Ĩ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂī ŽĨ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ǁĞƌĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂŶŽŶǇŵŽƵƐůǇ ĐĂƐƟŐĂƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƐƵĐŚ ŝŶŇĂŵŵĂƚŽƌǇ ƚĞƌŵƐ ŝŶ Ă newspaper, you would surely expect to be given a contemporaneous opportunity to respond. The ĮƌƐƚ ƌƵůĞ ŽĨ ũŽƵƌŶĂůŝƐŵ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ŝŶ Ă ŶĞǁƐƉĂƉĞƌ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐůĂŝŵƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ŝŶĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶƚ ĂƐ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ does, must be fairness. DǇ ŽǁŶ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ h ůŝďƌĂƌǇ ƐƚĂī ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ĐĂƌƌǇ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĚƵƟĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĐŽƵƌƚĞƐǇ͕ ĞĸĐŝĞŶĐǇ ĂŶĚ ƉĂƟĞŶĐĞ͕ ƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐĞ ŽĨ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĂďůĞ ƉƌŽǀŽĐĂƟŽŶ͘ zŽƵƌ ĨĂŝůƵƌĞ ƚŽ ŐŝǀĞ ƚŚĞŵ Ă ǀŽŝĐĞ ŝŶ ǇŽƵƌ ƌĞƉŽƌƚ ŚĂƐ ďůĞŵŝƐŚĞĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌĞƉƵƚĂƟŽŶ Ăƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďƵƐŝĞƐƚ ƟŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ƌĞŇĞĐƚƐ ŶŽ ĐƌĞĚŝƚ ǁŚĂƚƐŽĞǀĞƌ ŽŶ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ͘

concrete.turf@uea.ac.uk Rebecca Wiles Writers Stephen Bishop, Fran Rogers

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SPORT EDITOR

Dear Christopher,

concrete.sport@uea.ac.uk Danny Collins Writers Ben Frith, Rob Sargent, Mike Rogers, Robert Schatten, Harry Low, Henry Croft, Georgina Wade, Josh Entwistle

NON-EDITORIAL CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER Greg Mann

Christopher Stokes (HIS1)

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Escape The delights of Japan to David Biggins a trip to Suffolk recounts Tokyo, the capital city of Japan, and explains how it /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ĨĞĞů ůŝŬĞ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ĚĂǇ ƚƌŝƉ Žƌ ĞǀĞŶ has left a lasting a weekend away from Norwich, then ƚŚĞ ƋƵŝŶƚĞƐƐĞŶƟĂůůǇ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ƐĞĂƐŝĚĞ impression and was ƚŽǁŶ ŽĨ ^ŽƵƚŚǁŽůĚ ŝŶ ^ƵīŽůŬ ŝƐ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ǁŽƌƚŚ ĞǆƉůŽƌŝŶŐ͘ different to any other Just a bus ride away (via Beccles) or a 50 minute drive by car, holiday that he has Southwold is within easy reach of some seaside fun and frolics. Away ever been on. Michelle Cadby

from the hustle and bustle of city and university life, idyllic Southwold ŝƐ ŝŶ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ŽǁŶ͘ At the end of the high street is Gun Hill where six cannons are sited ĂŶĚ ƉŽŝŶƟŶŐ ŽƵƚ ƚŽ ƐĞĂ͘ :ƵƐƚ ďĞůŽǁ is the sandy beach lined with picture ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ŵƵůƟĐŽůŽƵƌĞĚ ďĞĂĐŚ ŚƵƚƐ where an ice cream can be enjoyed whilst taking in the sea air. If the sun is shining you could have a day on the beach, before clambering up the steps for some famous fresh ĮƐŚ ĂŶĚ ĐŚŝƉƐ Žƌ Ă ƚǇƉŝĐĂůůǇ ŶŐůŝƐŚ pub supper at The Red Lion or The Nelson. But wrap up warm with a scarf and coat and Southwold is just as enjoyable in the winter months. With some lovely clothes and ũĞǁĞůůĞƌǇ ƐŚŽƉƐ͕ ĂŶƟƋƵĞ ƐŚŽƉƐ͕ ƚĞĂ rooms (those with a sweet tooth will be spoilt for choice with the amount ŽĨ ŚŽŵĞŵĂĚĞ ĐĂŬĞƐ ŽŶ ŽīĞƌͿ ĂŶĚ even an old lighthouse and new pier ƚŽ ĞǆƉůŽƌĞ͕ ĂŶ ĂŌĞƌŶŽŽŶ ĐĂŶ ĞĂƐŝůǇ ďĞ ƐƉĞŶƚ ŚĞƌĞ ǁŚĂƚĞǀĞƌ ƟŵĞ ŽĨ ǇĞĂƌ͘ /Ĩ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĂŌĞƌ ǇŽƵƌ ƉŽƚ ŽĨ tea with scones, jam and cream, you fancy another adventure, take a stroll or the seasonal foot ferry to the quaint village of Walberswick, where a garden lunch or a pint in The Bell Inn comes highly recommended. You could describe tĂůďĞƌƐǁŝĐŬ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĮŶŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĂŶ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ǀŝůůĂŐĞ͕ ƚĞĞŵŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƉƌĞƩǇ ƚŚĂƚĐŚĞĚ ĐŽƩĂŐĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵůůǇ kept gardens, a 15th century Church, ůŝƩůĞ WŽƐƚ KĸĐĞ͕ ƚĞĂ ƌŽŽŵƐ͕ ĂŶ Ăƌƚ gallery by the Village Green and two brilliant pubs. So it may be full of farmers, but ^ƵīŽůŬ ĚŽĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ƐůŝĐĞ ŽĨ ĐŚĂƌŵŝŶŐ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇƐŝĚĞ ůŝĨĞ ƚŽ ŽīĞƌ ǇŽƵ͘

When I’m normally asked to talk about my holidays it is normally a fairly bog standard conversation. ‘It was wonderful, the food was delicious, the weather was amazing and I visited all of the museums…’ When asked to talk about Tokyo, however, I often get a bit flummoxed. I know it’s clichéd but I honestly don’t know where to begin. I normally gaze back and giddily reply: ‘You can buy underwear from street vending machines.’ You’ll have no doubt seen the jokes in The Simpsons about the Japanese, who are so techno-mad that even their toilets are equipped with the latest gizmos. Perhaps you brushed off the depiction as a crude stereotype of the culture, but it’s scarily accurate! Once sat upon, my hotel room’s toilet seat would begin heating to provide maximum comfort. Sadly I was too much of a coward to press all of the buttons, but I was able to figure out that there was a wash and dry option as well as a built in radio. If technology is your thing you

simply must visit this city. In the Ginza district of Tokyo you will find the Sony Building, a huge, free to enter showroom that showcases Japanese technology at its most inventive and exciting. Aside from the latest HD TV’s, mobile phones and sound systems (which are all at least four years ahead of British technology) you will be delighted by robotic dogs that follow you around and bark at you, speakers that will transform like Autobots and start dancing to the music that they themselves are playing, musical staircases that, as you climb, will play a different note on each step, and cameras that will patiently wait for you to smile before they take a picture. The nightlife is also quite an experience, and nightlife in Tokyo means Karaoke. Personally, I greatly prefer the Japanese style of Karaoke, where instead of standing up and making a glorious fool out of yourself in front of total strangers, you sit down and make a glorious fool out of yourself in front of your own friends. The catalogues of songs that are

provided are generally twice the size of phone books so you can sing literally anything you desire – and don’t worry, shy sobriety won’t be a problem as you can generally purchase an all you can drink option for just nine pounds a person! Sing Sings should take note… Urban life aside, my favourite thing about Tokyo is the trees. Yes, that’s right, the trees. The trees that I saw in the Meiji Jingu forest seemed to be impossibly tall, impossibly lush and impossibly green. If you’re looking to get in touch with your spiritual side, the forest is also home to a Shinto shrine (also free to visit) an excellent place to appreciate traditional Japanese architecture and culture. The atmosphere is very peaceful and welcoming, and you are allowed virtually full access to its outdoor sanctuary, main yard, art galleries and museums. It’s a very involving experience as you are invited to cleanse and wash your hands with fresh water as well as write prayers to be left on display. A slight warning, despite Japan’s

beautiful outdoors I wouldn’t advise travelling during the summer months as it can be a hot and sticky country that often reaches a very humid 38 degrees. Packed in tighter than a sardine on the Shinkansen (bullet train) in such conditions must be ghastly, but the real reason I’m not advising it is more to do with the creepy crawlies. You’re more likely to see them in the hot weather and some of the Japanese variety are frankly terrifying (seriously, you probably don’t know how loud you can scream until you’ve seen a spider that is bigger than your hand roaming free). I had a stupendous time in Tokyo, despite my awful Japanese. (My proud attempt at ordering a beer: ‘Anata wa Biru desu o kudasai’, roughly translated into ‘you are a beer please’). If you visit, you will experience a visual and aural onslaught of technology and culture that will leave you bewitched and smitten. I left feeling like a child who had just been to the circus, happily clapping his hands together crying “Again! Again!”

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Climb Every Mountain Bringing laughter to your life Want to try something new but feeling apprehensive? Dan Taylor Vicky Cann happily discovers that Fell Club embraces novices.

dŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƚŚŝŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŝůů ĂƐŬ ǇŽƵ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ũŽŝŶ ƚŚĞ &Ğůů ůƵď ŝƐ ͞ƐŽ͙ǁŚĂƚ ĚŽ ǇŽƵ ĚŽ͍͕͟ Žƌ ͞ƐŽ͙ǇŽƵ ĐŚŽƉ ĚŽǁŶ ƚƌĞĞƐ͍͘͘͟ Do not be discouraged by this. Just smile charitably and nod “mountains” ŝŶ Ă ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶƚ͕ ĐŽŶĐůƵƐŝǀĞ ǁĂǇ ĂƐ ŝĨ ƚŚŝƐ ĐůĞĂƌƐ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƩĞƌ͘ tŚĞƚŚĞƌ ƉĞŽƉůĞ understand or not, they will nod comprehendingly, Google the word ͚ĨĞůů͛ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ĚĂǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ŶĞǆƚ ƟŵĞ ƚŚĞǇ ƐĞĞ ǇŽƵ ƐĂǇ ͞ƐŽ͙ǇŽƵ Đůŝŵď ĨĞůůƐ͟ ĂŶĚ smile knowingly. In a nutshell then, &Ğůů ůƵď ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĐŚŶŝĐĂů͕ ƐůŝŐŚƚůǇ ŽůĚ fashioned name for a mountaineering society. It is perhaps one of the less ƉƌŽŵŝŶĞŶƚ h ĐůƵďƐ ďƵƚ ƚŚŝƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ not be the case, as I discovered ŽŶ ŵǇ ĮƌƐƚ &Ğůů ƚƌŝƉ ƚŽ ^ŶŽǁĚŽŶŝĂ͘ dŚĞ ƚƌŝƉ ǁĂƐ Ă ŐƵĂƌĂŶƚĞĞĚ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ from the moment we piled onto the minibus. I barely knew anyone and was feeling rather out of my comfort zone as a rather inexperienced walker whose ambles usually involve zero ŐƌĂĚŝĞŶƚƐ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĮǀĞ ŚŽƵƌƐ ũŽƵƌŶĞǇ ůĂƚĞƌ͕ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ĮƫŶŐůǇ ĞƉŝĐ ƐŝŶŐͲĂůŽŶŐ session involving everything from YƵĞĞŶ ƚŽ >ĂĚǇ 'ĂŐĂ͕ ƚŚĞ ŝĐĞ ǁĂƐ ĨƵůůǇ broken. We arrived late at night in the ǁŝůĚƐ ŽĨ ^ŶŽǁĚŽŶŝĂ ĂŶĚ ĂŌĞƌ ĨƵŵďůŝŶŐ through the dark to a cosy hut nestled ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŚŝůůƐŝĚĞ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ůĞŌ to do but declare your bunk and go to ƐůĞĞƉ͘ ŶĚ ŝĨ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŶŝŐŚƚ ŝƚƐĞůĨ ŚĂĚŶ͛ƚ reassured me that this trip was going to be amazing, the following morning dispelled any lurking doubts. Imagine: you open the curtains and survey the

ƐƉĞĐƚĂĐƵůĂƌ ^ŶŽǁĚŽŶŝĂŶ ůĂŶĚƐĐĂƉĞ swirling with mist and bathed in early morning sunlight. Without meaning ƚŽ ƵƐĞ Ă ĐůŝĐŚĠ͕ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ďƌĞĂƚŚͲƚĂŬŝŶŐ͘ KǀĞƌĂůů͕ ƚŚĞ ƚƌŝƉ ǁĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ /͛ǀĞ ĞǀĞƌ ďĞĞŶ ŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ǁĂůŬƐ ǁĞƌĞ ŐƌĂĚĞĚ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ŽĨ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚǇ͕ ƐŽ everyone was able to choose a route ƐƵŝƚĂďůĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŵ͘ ŽƚŚ ǁĂůŬƐ ǁĞƌĞ incredible, with rugged slopes and ĞǆŚŝůĂƌĂƟŶŐ ŚĞŝŐŚƚƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĚĂǇ ĂŶĚ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ƵŶĚƵůĂƟŶŐ ǀĂůůĞǇƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ͘ EŽƚ ƚŽ ŵĞŶƟŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĨŽŽĚ͊ /ƚ ƐŚŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞ ǇŽƵ͕ / ŬŶŽǁ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƵƚŚͲǁĂƚĞƌŝŶŐ ŵĞĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŚĞĞƌ ƋƵĂŶƟƟĞƐ ŽĨ ĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞ make it all worthwhile. Moreover, &Ğůů ŝƐ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ sociable clubs I have joined, with fortnightly pub socials and well publicised trips every other weekend. If you are interested in joining, just email su.fell@uea.ac.uk and prepare to enjoy what can only be ĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞĚ ĂƐ Ă ǇĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ƉƌŽƚƌĂĐƚĞĚ pub crawl, interspersed with various ŵŽƵŶƚĂŝŶ ŚŝŬĞƐ͊ ͚/ŶƚƌŝŐƵŝŶŐ͛ / ŚĞĂƌ ǇŽƵ ƐĂǇ͍ ĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ŝƐ͘ zŽƵ͛ƌĞ guaranteed to meet great new people, be fed amazing food and ĞŶĚ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƌŽƵƚĞ ŝŶ Ă ƉƵď͘ ŶĚ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ƵŶĚĞƌĞƐƟŵĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ value of watching folk smile knowingly when you drop the word ͚ĨĞůů͕͛ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ďĞŝŶŐ ĨƵůůǇ ĂǁĂƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĨŽƌ Ăůů ƚŚĞǇ ŬŶŽǁ ǇŽƵ͛ǀĞ ũŽŝŶĞĚ Ă ůƵŵďĞƌũĂĐŬ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ͘ EĞǀĞƌ ŐƌŽǁƐ ŽůĚ͘

Have you found yourself making people around you laugh ƵŶŝŶƚĞŶƟŽŶĂůůǇ͍ &ĞĞůŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ adrenaline surging through your body when you make people ůĂƵŐŚ͍ dŚŝŶŬŝŶŐ ƵƉ ĨƵŶŶǇ ŝĚĞĂƐ which you never get round to ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ĚŽǁŶ͍ ŽŶƐƚĂŶƚůǇ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƌĞĂĐƟŽŶĂƌǇ ƋƵŝĐŬͲǁŝƩĞĚ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚƐ ŽƵƚ ůŽƵĚ Žƌ ŝŶ ǇŽƵƌ ŚĞĂĚ͍ ĞŝŶŐ told by others that you should be ŽŶ ƐƚĂŐĞ Žƌ ďĞĐŽŵĞ Ă ĐŽŵĞĚŝĂŶ͍ dŚĞŶ h ,ĞĂĚ>ŝŐŚƚƐ ǁĂŶƚƐ ǇŽƵ͊ hŶůŝŬĞ ŵĂŶǇ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĨŽƌŵƐ ŽĨ entertainment, comedy has perhaps ĂůǁĂǇƐ ďĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƐƵďũĞĐƟǀĞ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƌĚĞƐƚ ƚŽ ƉƵůů Žī ĂŶĚ ďĞ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů at, but its appeal and ability to unify and/or divide is undeniable. Just like music, it is an organic beast which constantly changes with every ŶĞǁ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ͕ ƚƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞƩĞƌ itself by being more original and progressive than before. ůŵŽƐƚ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ familiar with the following great comedic writers and performers of the last half a century: the Monty Python team, Mitchell & tĞďď͕ ƌŵƐƚƌŽŶŐ Θ DŝůůĞƌ͕ &ƌǇ ĂŶĚ >ĂƵƌŝĞ͕ ůŝǀĞ ŶĚĞƌƐŽŶ͕ Jan Ravens (Dead Ringers) and

ĂƌŽŶ ^ĂĐŚĂ ŽŚĞŶ͘ tŚĂƚ ĚŽ all these great comedic minds ŚĂǀĞ ŝŶ ĐŽŵŵŽŶ͍ dŚĞǇ͕ ĂŵŽŶŐ many others you may have heard of, all started their comedic careers at a university comedy group called Cambridge FootLights and it is ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶ h ,ĞĂĚ>ŝŐŚƚƐ

“We hope that writing and performing partnerships will be forged and good comedy created” hopes to follow. tŚĞŶ / ĮƌƐƚ ĐĂŵĞ ƚŽ h ďĂĐŬ in 2003 I immediately thought that / ǁŽƵůĚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ũŽŝŶ ƚŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ͛Ɛ comedy society; unfortunately no such ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ĞǆŝƐƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĂŌĞƌ ŵĂŶǇ ǇĞĂƌƐ ŽĨ ĚĞůŝďĞƌĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽŵŝƐŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƐĞƚ ŽŶĞ ƵƉ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ĮŶĂůůǇ ĚŽŶĞ ƐŽ͘ ^Ž what do we want to achieve with this ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ͍ tĞ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ Ă ĨŽƌƵŵ for students to come and try out comedy and meet with other people to perform and write with; this involves “improv” comedy exercises (Whose Line Is It Anyway? style) and

ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨƵůůŶĞƐƐ ŽĨ ƟŵĞ ǁĞ ŚŽƉĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌƐŚŝƉƐ will be forged and good comedy ĐƌĞĂƚĞĚ͘ ǀĞŶƚƵĂůůǇ ǁĞ ŚŽƉĞ ƚŚĂƚ the society will be able to showcase its best material and even take our shows to the world famous ĚŝŶďƵƌŐŚ &ƌŝŶŐĞ &ĞƐƟǀĂů͘ KďǀŝŽƵƐůǇ Ăůů ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ǁŝůů ƚĂŬĞ ƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ĞīŽƌƚ͕ ďƵƚ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĞĚ ĂŶĚ ǁŝůůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ŽīĞƌ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŽƵƌ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐŚŝƉ ďǇ ŐĞƫŶŐ ŐƵĞƐƚ lecturers and speakers in to help teach these skills. ƚ ƐŽŵĞ ƉŽŝŶƚ ǁĞ ĚŽ ŝŶƚĞŶĚ ƚŽ ŚŽůĚ ĐŽŵĞĚǇͲďĂƐĞĚ ƐŽĐŝĂůƐ as well which will likely take the form of going and watching some ůŝǀĞ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ŽĨ ƐŽŵĞ ĚĞƐĐƌŝƉƟŽŶ͘ ^Ž ĨĂƌ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ŚĂĚ ŽŶĞ ŵĞĞƟŶŐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ƉůĞĂƐĞĚ ƚŽ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞ ƐŚŽǁĞĚ enormous promise for the future of the society. We meet every week on &ƌŝĚĂǇ Ăƚ ϳƉŵ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ /EdK ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ >ĞĐƚƵƌĞ dŚĞĂƚƌĞ͘ /Ĩ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ ŝƐ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞĚ ŝŶ ŐĞƫŶŐ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ĂŶĚ coming along to check us out please ĨĞĞů ĨƌĞĞ ƚŽ ũŽŝŶ ŽƵƌ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ ŐƌŽƵƉ (http://www.facebook.com/group. ƉŚƉ͍ŐŝĚсϭϯϰϭϲϰϴϮϯϳϰϬΘƌĞĨсŵĨͿ Žƌ ƐĞŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ ĂŶ email (ueaheadlights@yahoo. ĐŽŵͿ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ŽƵƚ ŵŽƌĞ͊ tĞ ůŽŽŬ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ ƚŽ ŚĞĂƌŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ǇŽƵ͊

Moustaches can make money UEA RAG Society gives everyone a great excuse not to shave for a month. Laura Ewen h Z ' ^ŽĐŝĞƚǇ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨĂƐƚĞƐƚͲ ŐƌŽǁŝŶŐ ƐŽĐŝĞƟĞƐ ŽŶ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ͕ ĂŶĚ with good reason. In which other ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ĐĂŶ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ƟŵĞ͕ enjoy some of the best banter on ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƟůů ĨĞĞů ŐŽŽĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ǇŽƵƌƐĞůĨ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ăůů ĨŽƌ ĐŚĂƌŝƚǇ͍ tŝƚŚ ĂŶ ĞŶƚŚƵƐŝĂƐƟĐ ŶĞǁ ĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ͕ a record amount of new members ĂŶĚ Ă ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ ĮƌƐƚ ƐŽĐŝĂů ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ƵŶĚĞƌ ŽƵƌ ďĞůƚƐ͕ ŝƚ ůŽŽŬƐ ůŝŬĞ Z ' ŝƐ ƐĞƚ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ǇĞĂƌ͊ EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ ƐĞĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĂƌƌŝǀĂů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ DŽǀĞŵďĞƌ Ăƚ h ͘ DŽǀĞŵďĞƌ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĞǀĞŶƚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ůĂƐƚƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ ŵŽŶƚŚ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞƐ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂŶƚƐ ƚŽ

ŐƌŽǁ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǀĞƌǇ ŽǁŶ ŵŽƵƐƚĂĐŚĞ͊ dŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ƌƵůĞ ĨŽƌ DŽǀĞŵďĞƌ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ you are under no circumstances allowed to shave your ‘tache, with ƚŚĞ ĞǆĐĞƉƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŵŝŶŽƌ ŐƌŽŽŵŝŶŐ͘ ůů ŵŽŶŝĞƐ ƌĂŝƐĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ sponsorship of said ‘tache growing ĂƌĞ ĚŽŶĂƚĞĚ ƚŽ dŚĞ WƌŽƐƚĂƚĞ ĂŶĐĞƌ ŚĂƌŝƚǇ͕ Ă ĐŚĂƌŝƚǇ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƉƌŽŵŽƚĞƐ awareness of the dangers of cancer ƚŽ ŵĞŶƐ͛ ŚĞĂůƚŚ͘ &ŝƌƐƚ ƉƌŝǌĞ ŐŽĞƐ ƚŽ

the person who raises the most money through sponsorship, with lesser prizes for the best styled ŵŽƵƐƚĂĐŚĞƐ͊ dŽ ŐĞƚ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ƉůĞĂƐĞ ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚ h Z ' ĨŽƌ Ă ƐƉŽŶƐŽƌƐŚŝƉ ĨŽƌŵ ďǇ emailing uearag@gmail.com or join h Z ' ŽŶ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ͘ ŶĚ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ worry girls; there is something in the pipeline to get you all involved soon ƚŽŽ͊

Want to write for FocSoc? &ŽĐ^ŽĐ ŶĞĞĚƐ ǇŽƵ͊ hŶĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞůǇ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƐƟůů ƵŶƌĞƐŽůǀĞĚ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ ĂĐĐĞƐƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ &ŽĐ^ŽĐ ŝŶďŽǆ ƐŽ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ͛ǀĞ ĞŵĂŝůĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ĂĚĚƌĞƐƐ͕ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŶŽƚ ďĞŝŶŐ ŝŐŶŽƌĞĚ͊ hŶƟů ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ŶŽƟĐĞ͕ ƉůĞĂƐĞ ĞŵĂŝů concrete.editorial@uea.ac.uk͘ zŽƵ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌŝůǇ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ǁƌŝƚĞ Ă ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ Žƌ ĐůƵď ƉƌŽĮůĞ Ͳ ǁĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁ ǇŽƵ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ƉƌĞĨĞƌ͘ ŶǇ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƟŽŶƐ ĨŽƌ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇͲ ĂŶĚ ĐůƵďͲ ƌĞůĂƚĞĚ ĂƌƟĐůĞƐ ǇŽƵ͛Ě ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ŽŶ ƚŚŝƐ ƉĂŐĞ ĂƌĞ ĂůƐŽ ǀĞƌǇ ŵƵĐŚ ǁĞůĐŽŵĞ͖ ĂŌĞƌ Ăůů &ŽĐ^ŽĐ ŝƐ Ă ƉĂŐĞ ĚĞĚŝĐĂƚĞĚ ƚŽ ǁŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ Ͳ ǇĞƐ͕ ǇŽƵ͊ Ͳ ŐĞƚ ƵƉ ƚŽ ǁŚĞŶ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŶŽƚ ƐƚƵĚǇŝŶŐ͘

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Cinema City and The Dining Rooms Cocktail of the decided to have Parma ham with parmesan, basil and sundried tomatoes whilst my friend went for the soup of the day which was smoked garlic, rocket and potato.

Helena Dean As you walk into the Dining Rooms at Cinema ŝƚǇ͕ ǇŽƵ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ǁĂůŬŝŶŐ ƐƚƌĂŝŐŚƚ ŝŶƚŽ Ă Į ůŵ set with its picturesque medieval and Georgian buildings and courtyard covered in fairy lights. This sense of the place being something ,ŽůůǇǁŽŽĚ ĐŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ĐƌĞĂƚĞĚ ĐŽŶƟ ŶƵĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ restaurant where the decor is chic, warm and ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ǁŝƚŚ ĂƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌŝĐ ůŽǁ ůŝŐŚƟ ŶŐ ŚĞůƉĞĚ the tea lights on the tables. When we entered ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ͕ ǁĞ ŶŽƟ ĐĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ƐĞĞŵĞĚ ƚŽ be the youngest diners there, but this was not a problem at all and there was no sense of us ďĞŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƉůĂĐĞ͘ KŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƚƌĂƌǇ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂī were extremely friendly and polite regardless of our age and the atmosphere in general was ŽŶĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ƉĂƌƟ ĐƵůĂƌůǇ ƌĞůĂǆĞĚ ŚĞůƉĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ Į ůŵƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďĂƌ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ background. We were given the choice of two menus and decided to go for the pre / post theatre menu which we thought was great value with the main ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ĐŽƐƟ ŶŐ άϭϬ͘ϵϱ͕ ƵƉ ƚŽ άϭϲ͘ϵϱ ĨŽƌ ƚŚƌĞĞ courses. Before the starters came, we were brought one of the highlights of the evening. This consisted of bread in a pot that looked like a ƚŽĂĚƐƚŽŽů ĂŶĚ ǁĂƐ ƌĞĂůůǇ ƚĂƐƚǇ ŝĨ Ă ůŝƩ ůĞ Ěŝĸ ĐƵůƚ ƚŽ remove from its dish. For starters, this reviewer

“This restaurant is affordable for students if you just consider that per person, it’s probably the same price as a night out at the LCR, except you will definitely still remember the evening next morning” Both our starters were light and perfect to ƐƚĂƌƚ Žī ǁŝƚŚ͕ ŵŝŶĞ ǁĂƐ Ă ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ ĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟ ŽŶ ŽĨ Ň ĂǀŽƵƌƐ ĂŶĚ ǀĞƌǇ ĞĂƐǇ ƚŽ ĞĂƚ͘ dŚĞ ƐŽƵƉ ǁĂƐ ǁĂƌŵŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĨƵůů ŽĨ Ň ĂǀŽƵƌ͘ dŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ĐŽƵƌƐĞƐ on the menu seemed to be inspired by winter ĂŶĚ ǁĞƌĞ ŚĞĂƌƚǇ ĚŝƐŚĞƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĞƌĞ ƌĞŇ ĞĐƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƌƟ ŽŶ ƐŝǌĞƐ͘ &Žƌ ŵǇ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ƚŚŝŽƐ

Kipper Korma Kippers are cheaper than chicken, and they’re a much more

absorbent meat so they really soak up all of the flavours. I lucked upon this after running out chicken and I haven’t looked back since! /ŶŐƌĞĚŝĞŶƚƐ͗ - 2 Small Kippers Ͳ ϭ ϭĂƌŐĞ KŶŝŽŶ - Red/Green Chilli - Lump of Ginger - Chopped coriander - Vegetable Oil - Korma Paste Ͳ ĂŶ ŽĨ ŽĐŽŶƵƚ DŝůŬ

they will be ridiculously tender, but you can if you prefer. - 4 Teaspoons of Desiccated Coconut - Salt/Pepper - Lemon - Lime - Green Pepper - Garlic - Tub of Natural Yogurt

DĞƚŚŽĚ͗ ϭ͘ WƌĞƉĂƌĂƟ ŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ĞĂƐǇ͖ ũƵƐƚ ŚĂůĨ ĂŶĚ ƐůŝĐĞ ǇŽƵƌ ŽŶŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŐƌĞĞŶ ƉĞƉƉĞƌ ŝŶƚŽ ƐŵĂůů ƐƚƌŝƉƐ͖ peel your garlic and ginger and then dice your coriander. Deseed the chillies if you don’t like your curries to be too hot.

4. They won’t take long to cook at all, so you can add your green pepper and chillies instantly afterwards. ϱ͘ Ō Ğƌ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚƌĞĞ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ŽĨ ĐŽŶƐƚĂŶƚ ƐƟ ƌƌŝŶŐ͕ pop in the coconut milk and desiccated coconut, followed by your korma sauce. ϲ͘ ŚŽƉ Ă ƐůŝĐĞ ŽĨ ďŽƚŚ ůĞŵŽŶ ĂŶĚ ůŝŵĞ͕ ĂŶĚ throw them in the mix. Give them a good hard ƐƋƵĞĞǌĞ͕ ĂůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞŵĂŝŶŝŶŐ ƉŽƌƟ ŽŶƐ ŽĨ fruit, so all the juice pours over your now cooking masterpiece. ϳ͘ ƚ ƚŚŝƐ ƉŽŝŶƚ͕ ƐƟ ĐŬ ŽŶ ǇŽƵƌ ƌŝĐĞ ĂŶĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ Ɵ ŵĞ that’s cooked you are good to go!

2. Grate the garlic and ginger into a very hot pan of oil, quickly followed by the onions and keep ĐŽŽŬŝŶŐ ƵŶƟ ů ƚŚĞ ŽŶŝŽŶƐ ƐƚĂƌƚ ƚŽ ďƌŽǁŶ͘ ^Ɵ ƌ ĐŽŶͲ stantly so that nothing burns!

8. Once ready, sprinkle with some chopped coriander and add a good dollop of yogurt on for good measure.

3. Then add the kippers. You don’t have to cut up ƚŚĞ ŬŝƉƉĞƌƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞŚĂŶĚ ĂƐ ĂŌ Ğƌ ƚŚĞǇ͛ǀĞ ĐŽŽŬĞĚ

Recipe By David Biggins

reviewer chose mixed seafood pie and my companion had braised chicken leg chasseur with mash, which was accompanied by a ǀĞŐĞƚĂďůĞ ĐĂƐƐŽůĞƚ ĐŽŶƐŝƐƟ ŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŽŵĂƚŽĞƐ͕ ďĂďǇ onions and mushrooms. Our two main courses ǁĞƌĞ ƌŝĐŚ͕ Į ůůŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƉĂĐŬĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ň ĂǀŽƵƌ͘ dŚĞ seafood pie was especially delicious as all the Į ƐŚ ŝŶƐŝĚĞ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ďĞĂƵƟ ĨƵůůǇ ĐŽŽŬĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƚĞŶĚĞƌ with creamy mashed potato on top. Ō Ğƌ ƚǁŽ ĂƉƉĞƟ ǌŝŶŐ ĐŽƵƌƐĞƐ͕ ĐŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ Į ŶĂůůǇ got to the part of the evening that we were most looking forward to, the desert. We chose Baked Alaska and chocolate and cointreau tart with an orange and mint salsa. Although mine was visually stunning, it was slightly disappointed that there was not much of the peach element to ŝƚ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ Ă ƚƌĂĚŝƟ ŽŶĂů ŝŶŐƌĞĚŝĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ĚĞƐĞƌƚ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞ ƚĂƌƚ ǁĂƐ ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟ Đ͕ Ăůů ƚŚĞ Ň ĂǀŽƵƌƐ ǁĞŶƚ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚůǇ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟ ŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌŝĐŚ ĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐŚĂƌƉ fruit was a success, in fact so successful that we were both scraping to get every last bit of the ĚĞƐĞƌƚ Žī ƚŚĞ ƉůĂƚĞ͘ We both enjoyed our evening and liked how well the whole menu went together. The thought that we took away with us was that ƚŚŝƐ ƌĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ ŝƐ Ăī ŽƌĚĂďůĞ ĨŽƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ just consider that per person, it’s probably the same price as a night out at the LCR, except you ǁŝůů ĚĞĮ ŶŝƚĞůǇ ƐƟ ůů ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ ŶĞǆƚ morning!

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Lydia McEvoy ĂŶĚ Ě >ĞŌ ǁŝĐŚ Slippery Nipple This is one of the best shooters you can make, ƚĂƐƟ ŶŐ ŐƌĞĂƚ ďƵƚ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ Ă ǁŝĐŬĞĚ ďŝƚĞ͘ DĂŶǇ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂƌĞ ƉƵƚ Žī ďǇ ƚŚĞ ŝĚĞĂ ŽĨ ƐĂŵďƵĐĂ͕ but don’t discount it just because your not an aniseed fan. The baileys in this cocktail takes ĂǁĂǇ ƚŚĂƚ ĂŶŝƐĞĞĚ Ň ĂǀŽƵƌ ĂŶĚ ŐŝǀĞƐ ŝƚ ǁŚĂƚ some describe as a chocolate taste. The trick is to prepare it properly. Pour the shot of Sambuca into a double shot glass Į ƌƐƚ͘ &ŽůůŽǁ ƵƉ ďǇ ƉŽƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĂŝůĞǇƐ ǀĞƌǇ slowly on top of the Sambuca. If you pour the baileys carefully enough then there will be two seperate layers, which looks very cool and gives the shot even more of a kick. Ϯϱŵů tŚŝƚĞ ^ĂŵďƵĐĂ Ϯϱŵů ĂŝůĞǇƐ /ƌŝƐŚ Cream

Concrete Food How To: Cook perfect rice, every time. Now we aren’t trying to patronise anyone ŚĞƌĞ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĂŵĂǌŝŶŐ ŚŽǁ ŵĂŶǇ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŚĂǀĞ never learnt to cook rice properly. Common practise is to stick it in a pan with some boiling water, cross your fingers and hope. Whilst this may sometimes suffice, your desperate, badly cooked rice can make the tastiest of meal inedible. So however much of a kitchen novice you are, there are a couple of simple tips that will help you get great results every time. Firstly, rinse your rice before you put it in the pan. This washes away all the starch that can make the rice all gloopy. Secondly, don’t put too much water in the pan. The rice only just needs covering with water. If there is too much water, then the rice will overcook and loose its texture. Finally, once youve boiled the rice and drained it, rinse it again with boiling water. Then, keeping it in the sieve, rest in the top of the pan and cover with a teatowel. Leave it for five minutes, and the rice should be light and fluffy and delicious. The perfect accompaniment to any curry.

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Tuck INTO some of the best food on campus Duncan Vicat-Brown ,ĞǇ &ƌĞƐŚĞƌƐ͊ ^Ɵůů ĂůŝǀĞ͍ tŽƌŬŝŶŐ ,ĂƌĚ͍ 'ůĂĚ ƚŽ ŚĞĂƌ ŝƚ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ƐĂĨĞ ƚŽ ĂƐƐƵŵĞ ƚŚĂƚ Ăƚ ƐŽŵĞ ƉŽŝŶƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ŵŽŶƚŚ ǇŽƵ͛ǀĞ ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ƚŚŝŶŬ ĂďŽƵƚ ĨŽŽĚ͘ WĞƌŚĂƉƐ ǇŽƵ͛ǀĞ ĞǀĞŶ KK< ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ͘ Ƶƚ ĐŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĐĂŶ ƐĞĞŵ ůŝŬĞ Ă ďŝƚ ŽĨ Ă ĐŚŽƌĞ ǁŚĞŶ ƚǁŽ ĂŶŐƌǇ ƐĞĂ ƵƌĐŚŝŶƐ ĂƌĞ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ Ă ĮŐŚƚ ŝŶ ǇŽƵƌ ŚĞĂĚ͕ ƐŽ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ŝƐ ǁŝůůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞƚ ƚŚĂƚ Ăƚ ƐŽŵĞ ƉŽŝŶƚ ǇŽƵ͛ǀĞ ĨŽƵŶĚ ǇŽƵƌƐĞůĨ ŝŶ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ĨŽŽĚ ĚŝƐƉĞŶƐĞƌƐ͗ ĞƐƚ͕ ůĞŶĚ͕ dŚĞ ,ŝǀĞ͕ ĂĨĞ ŝƌĞĐƚ͘ >ŽǀĞůǇ ĂƌĞŶ͛ƚ ƚŚĞǇ͍ Ƶƚ ĚŝĚ ǇŽƵ ŬŶŽǁ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ŽŶĞ͍ tĞůů͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ͘ ŶĚ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ŶĞǁƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĞǀĞŶ ďĞƩĞƌ͘ ǀĞƌ ǁŽŶĚĞƌĞĚ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĂƚ ďŝŐ͕ ƐƉĂĐĞ ĂŐĞ ƐƚǇůĞ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ŽǀĞƌ ďǇ ƚŚĞ DĞĚ ĞŶƚƌĞ ŝƐ͍ &Žƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŽĨ ǇŽƵ ǁŚŽ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ŬŶŽǁ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĐĂůůĞĚ

ƚŚĞ /EdK ĐĞŶƚƌĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă ĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĂĐĐŽŵŵŽĚĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ ĐŽƵƌƐĞƐ ĨŽƌ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘ dŚĞŝƌ Ăŝŵ ŝƐ ƚŽ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĨŽƌ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ǁŚŝůĞ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ƐŬŝůůƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ ŚĂĚ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ĚĞĂů ŽĨ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ƐŝŶĐĞ ŝƚ ŽƉĞŶĞĚ ůĂƐƚ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ͘ Ƶƚ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ &ŽŽĚ ĂŌĞƌ Ăůů͕ ƐŽ ǁŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ͛ůů ƌĞĂůůǇ ďĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞĚ ŝŶ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƐƉĞĐƚĂĐƵůĂƌ ĐĂŶƚĞĞŶ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ h ͛Ɛ ďĞƐƚ ŬĞƉƚ ƐĞĐƌĞƚ͕ ďƵƚ ŵĂŶǇ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇ ƵŶĂǁĂƌĞ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ĞǆŝƐƚĞŶĐĞ ƐŝŵƉůǇ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƚŚĞ ǀĂƐƚ ŵĂũŽƌŝƚǇ ŽĨ ǇŽƵ ǁŝůů ŶĞǀĞƌ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ǁĂůŬ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ /EdK͛Ɛ ĚŽŽƌƐ ĂƐ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ǇŽƵƌ ǁĞĞŬůǇ ƌŽƵƟŶĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĐŽƌƌĞĐƚ͖ ƚŚĞ ĐĂŶƚĞĞŶ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚ ĨŽƌ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĨŽŽĚ ŝƐ ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ ǀĂůƵĞ͕ ǀĂƌŝĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĚĞůŝĐŝŽƵƐ͘ &Žƌ ũƵƐƚ άϯ͘ϱϬ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ŐĞƚ Ă ŵĂŝŶ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ĐŽŵƉƌŝƐĞĚ ŽĨ ƚŚƌĞĞ ŝƚĞŵƐ͖ ĨŽƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ͕ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ĞŶũŽǇĞĚ Ă ďĞĞĨ ĂŶĚ ƌŽŽƚ ǀĞŐĞƚĂďůĞ ĐĂƐƐĞƌŽůĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŽƌŝĞŶƚĂůͲƐƚǇůĞ ŶŽŽĚůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ǀĞŐ͕ ĂŶĚ Ă ŚĂůĂů dŚĂŝ ƌĞĚ ĐŚŝĐŬĞŶ ĐƵƌƌǇ͕ ĂŐĂŝŶ ǁŝƚŚ ŶŽŽĚůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ǀĞŐ͘ ŽƚŚ ǁĞƌĞ ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ͕ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ƚŚĞ ŶŽŽĚůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐƐĞƌŽůĞ ƐĂƵĐĞ͘ dŚĞǇ ĂůƐŽ ƐĞůů Ă ǁŝĚĞ ƐĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĚƌŝŶŬƐ͕ ĨƌŽŵ ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƐ ůŝŬĞ ŽŬĞ ƚŽ ŵŽƌĞ ƵŶƵƐƵĂů ĨĂƌĞ͕ ĨƌŽŵ ŐƌĞĞŶ ƚĞĂ ƚŽ ďůŽŽĚ ŽƌĂŶŐĞ ũƵŝĐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĂŶƵŬĂ ŚŽŶĞǇ͘ dŚĞ ĨŽŽĚ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ĂƩƌĂĐƟŽŶ͘ dŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ŚĂĚ ƚŚĞ ƉůĞĂƐƵƌĞ ŽĨ ƐƚĞƉƉŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ

Editor’s Secret Recipe Hannah Livingston EŽͲŽŶĞ ĐĂŶ ĚĞŶǇ ƚŚĞ ĂůůƵƌĞ ŽĨ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞǇ ƚƌĞĂƚ ĞǀĞƌǇ ŶŽǁ ĂŶĚ ĂŐĂŝŶ͖ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ ŵŽƐƚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ďƵĚŐĞƚƐ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ƐƚƌĞƚĐŚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂǀĞŶůǇ ŚĞŝŐŚƚƐ ŽĨ Ă ƌĞŐƵůĂƌ 'Ƶ ŐĂŶĂĐŚĞ͘ Ƶƚ ǁŚĂƚ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ǁĞƌĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ďĞƩĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ 'Ƶ͍ ŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ĐŽƐƚ ůĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ƚĂƐƚĞĚ ďĞƩĞƌ͍ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ͛Ɛ ĞĚŝƚŽƌ ƌĞǀĞĂůƐ ŚĞƌ ƐĞĐƌĞƚ ƚŽ ĂĚĚ ƚŚĞ ĞŐŐ ǇŽůŬƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƟƌ͘ dŚĞŶ͕ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞ ŐĂŶĂĐŚĞ ĚĞƐĞƌƚ͘ ĨƵůůǇ ďůĞŶĚĞĚ͕ ĂĚĚ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ďƵƩĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƐƟƌ ŐĞŶƚůǇ͘ ϰ͘ Ɛ ƐŽŽŶ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŵŝǆƚƵƌĞ ůŽŽŬƐ ƐŝůŬǇ ƉŽƵƌ ŝƚ ŝŶƚŽ ;ƌŽƵŐŚůǇͿ Ɛŝǆ ƌĂŵĞŬŝŶƐ ƚŚĞŶ ƉŽƉ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŝŶ Ingredients ƚŚĞ ĨƌŝĚŐĞ ĨŽƌ ϲͲϭϮ ŚŽƵƌƐ͘ ϱ͘ 'ĂƌŶŝƐŚ ǁŝƚŚ ĨƌĞƐŚ ƌĂƐƉďĞƌƌŝĞƐ͕ Ă ůŝƩůĞ Ъ ƉŝŶƚ ĐƌĞĂŵ ǁŚŝƉƉĞĚ ĐƌĞĂŵ ĂŶĚ ĞĂƚ͘ ϮϱϬŐ DŝůŬ ŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞ Ϯ ĞŐŐ ǇŽůŬƐ ϮϬ ŐƌĂŵƐ ďƵƩĞƌ ůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞ ƵƐĞ ϭ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ Ă ƐĞǀĞƌĞ ĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞ Dark Chocolate version ĂƩĂĐŬ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ƌĞĐŝƉĞ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ Ă ZĞƉůĂĐĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŝůŬ ĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞ ǁŝƚŚ ĚĂƌŬ ĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞ ŚŽƚ ĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞ ĚƌŝŶŬ͗ ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚ ŽĨ ƉŽƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ϲϬŵůƐ ŽĨ ŇĂǀŽƵƌƐŽŵĞ ďƌĂŶĚǇ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ ŵŝǆƚƵƌĞ ŝŶƚŽ ƌĂŵĞŬŝŶƐ͕ ĚŝůƵƚĞ ŝƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂŶ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ŵŝůŬ ƚŚĞŶ ƉŽƵƌ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ŵƵŐ ʹ ĚĞůŝĐŝŽƵƐ ďƵƚ ǀĞƌǇ ƌŝĐŚ͘ Method Ϯ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ĨĞĞů ƵƉ ƚŽ Ă ƚĂƐƚĞ ďƵĚ ĂĚǀĞŶƚƵƌĞ ;Žƌ ũƵƐƚ ůŝŬĞ ϭ͘ zŽƵƌ ƉĂŶ ŽŶůǇ ŶĞĞĚƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ŚŽƚ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ďŽŽǌĞͿ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ĚĞƐĞƌƚ ƚŽ ŵĞůƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞ͕ ƐŽ ƐĞƚ ƚŚĞ ŚŽď ƚŽ Ă ǁŝƚŚ ĚĂƌŬ ĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞ ŵĞĚŝƵŵͬůŽǁ ŚĞĂƚ͘ ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚ ĂŶĚ ĂĚĚ Ă Ϯ͘ DĞůƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞ ŝŶ Ă ǁĂƌŵ ƉĂŶ͖ ǁŚĞŶ ƐƉůĂƐŚ ŽĨ ďƌĂŶĚǇ Žƌ ŵŽůƚĞŶ ĂĚĚ ƚŚĞ ĐƌĞĂŵ ĂŶĚ ŵŝǆ͘ Ž ŶŽƚ ďŽŝů͘ ǁŚŝƐŬĞǇ ǁŚĞŶ ǇŽƵ ϯ͘ KŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ĐƌĞĂŵ ĂŶĚ ĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞ ĂƌĞ ŵŝǆĞĚ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ƚŚĞ ďƵƩĞƌ͘

/EdK͛Ɛ ĚŽŽƌƐ ǁŝůů ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƐƚƌƵĐŬ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ĚŝƐƟŶĐƟǀĞ ĂƌĐŚŝƚĞĐƚƵƌĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ƋƵŝƌŬǇ ƐƚǇůĞ ĞǆƚĞŶĚƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐĂŶƚĞĞŶ͕ ůĞĂǀŝŶŐ ǇŽƵ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ĂĞƐƚŚĞƟĐĂůůǇ ƉůĞĂƐŝŶŐ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŽ ĞŶũŽǇ ǇŽƵƌ ŵĞĂů͘ dŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ĞǀĞŶ ĂŶ ƵƉƌŝŐŚƚ ƉŝĂŶŽ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ĨĂŶĐǇ ǇŽƵƌƐĞůĨ ĂƐ Ă ďŝƚ ŽĨ Ă ƉŝĂŶŽ ƉƌŽĚŝŐǇ͊ /Ĩ ƚŚŝƐ ĂƌƟĐůĞ ŚĂƐ ĐŽŶǀŝŶĐĞĚ ǇŽƵ ƚŽ ŐŝǀĞ ƚŚĞ /EdK ĐĂŶƚĞĞŶ Ă ŐŽ ƚŚĞŶ ŶŽǁ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ƐƚĂƌƚ͘ /Ŷ EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ ƚŚĞǇ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ Ă ďƌĂŶĚ ƐƉĂŶŬŝŶŐ ŶĞǁ ƉƌŽŵŽƟŽŶ͖ ĂŶ ǀĞŶŝŶŐ DĞĂů ĞĂů >ŽǇĂůƚǇ ĂƌĚ͊ :ƵƐƚ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞ ƚĞŶ

ŵĂŝŶ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ ŵĞĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ŐĞƚ ƚǁŽ ĂďƐŽůƵƚĞůǇ ĨƌĞĞ͘ dŚĞ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ ŵĞŶƵ ŝƐ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ĨƌŽŵ ϱƉŵ ƵŶƟů ϳƉŵ͕ DŽŶĚĂǇ ƚŽ &ƌŝĚĂǇ͘ dŚĞǇ ĂůƐŽ ĚŽ ƐŽŵĞ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƚŚĞŵĞ ŶŝŐŚƚƐ͖ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ƵƉ ƚŚŝƐ ƚĞƌŵ ĂƌĞ Ă :ĂŵĞƐ ŽŶĚ ƚŚĞŵĞĚ ĨŽƵƌ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŵĞĂů ĂŶĚ Ă ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ĚŝŶŶĞƌ͊ ^Ž ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ƟŵĞ ǇŽƵ ĨĂŶĐǇ Ă ďŝƚ ŽĨ ĚĞůŝĐŝŽƵƐ ĨŽŽĚ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĚŽ ĂŶǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĂƚ ƟƌĞƐŽŵĞ ĐŽŽŬŝŶŐ͕ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚƐ ǇŽƵ ŚĞĂĚ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŽ /EdK͕ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ĐŽŽŬĞĚ ŵĞĂůƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ĨŽƵŶĚ ŽŶ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ͊

20 LIFESTYLE Confessions of a UEA student Disillusioned with the humdrum of Norwich nightlife, Adam

Fenwick cries what else is on offer? Coming from a relatively small ŶŽƌƚŚĞƌŶ ƚŽǁŶ͕ / ŚĂĚ ŚŝŐŚ ŚŽƉĞƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ŶŝŐŚƚůŝĨĞ ƚŚĂƚ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ŽĨĨĞƌ͘ ǇĞĂƌ ůĂƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ Ɛƚŝůů ƐĞĞŵĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ WƌŝŶĐĞ ŽĨ tĂůĞƐ ƐƚƌŝƉ ŽĨ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ĐůƵďƐ ĂŶĚ ďĂƌƐ ŚĂƐ ŶŽƚ ůŝǀĞĚ ƵƉ ƚŽ ŵǇ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĂƚŝŽŶƐ͘ &Žƌ Ă ƚŽǁŶ ƚŚĂƚ ďŽĂƐƚƐ Ă ĚŝĨĨĞƌĞŶƚ ƉƵď ĨŽƌ ĞǀĞƌǇ ĚĂǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ͕ ǁŚǇ ǁĂƐ / ǀŝƐŝƚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ĐůƵďƐ ĞǀĞƌǇ ǁĞĞŬ͍ dŚĞ ĐŽŶǀĞŶŝĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďƵƐ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ĨƌŽŵ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ƚŽŽŬ ŵĞ ĂŶĚ my flatmates right to the heart of ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚǇ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ĞǀĞƌǇ DŽŶĚĂǇ ;ĂŶĚ dŚƵƌƐĚĂǇ͘͘͘ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ Ă ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞ ǁĞ ĞǀĞŶ ƉĂƐƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĨŝƌƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ͊Ϳ͘ Ƶƚ ĂĨƚĞƌ Ă ƐĞŵĞƐƚĞƌ ŽĨ DŽŶĚĂǇ ŶŝŐŚƚƐ Ăƚ WŽŶĂŶĂ͛Ɛ ĂŶĚ dŚƵƌƐĚĂǇƐ Ăƚ DĞƌĐǇ͕ ŝƚ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ĂƉƉĂƌĞŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ Ă ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ ƐĐĞŶĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŝĚĞĂů͘ KŶĐĞ ǁĞ ĨŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶĨŝĚĞŶĐĞ ƚŽ ĚƌŝĨƚ ŽĨĨ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƉĂĐŬ ŽĨ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĨƌĞƐŚĞƌƐ ŽŶ WƌŝŶĐĞ ŽĨ tĂůĞƐ͕ ǁĞ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌĞĚ Ă ǀĂƌŝĞƚǇ ŽĨ ĚŝĨĨĞƌĞŶƚ bars that were a welcome change to ƚŚĞ ĐƌĂŵŵĞĚ ŶŝŐŚƚĐůƵďƐ͘ sĞŶƚƵƌŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ĂůƐŽ ĂůůŽǁĞĚ ƵƐ ƚŽ ŵĞĞƚ ŶĞǁ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͕ ƐƉĞĐŝĨŝĐĂůůǇ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝƌĚ ǇĞĂƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂĚ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌĞĚ ǁŚĂƚ ĞůƐĞ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ŚĂƐ ƚŽ ŽĨĨĞƌ͘ Havana, a small bar with lots ŽĨ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ͕ ŝƐ ũƵƐƚ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƌŶĞƌ ĨƌŽŵ WŽŶĂŶĂƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ƋƵŝĐŬůǇ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ŽƵƌ ŶĞǁ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ŶŝŐŚƚ ŚĂŶŐ ŽƵƚ͕ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ĐůƵďƐ ŚĂĚ ĐŚƵĐŬĞĚ ƵƐ ŽƵƚ ;ƉůƵƐ͕ ǁŚŽ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ůŝŬĞ Ă ďĂƌ ǁŝƚŚ ďĞĚƐ ŝŶƐŝĚĞ͍Ϳ͘ &ƵƌƚŚĞƌ ĂĨŝĞůĚ ŝƐ dŚĞ ĞůŐŝĂŶ DŽŶŬ͕ ĐůŽƐĞ ƚŽ dĞƐĐŽ DĞƚƌŽ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚǇ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůŝƐĞƐ ŝŶ ĨƌƵŝƚǇ ďĞĞƌƐ͘ dĂƐƚǇ͘ Although slightly more ĞǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞ͕ ǁĞ ĨŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĂůŬŝŶŐ ŽĨĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞĂƚĞŶ ƚƌĂĐŬ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ WƌŝŶĐĞ ŽĨ tĂůĞƐ ZŽĂĚ ŽƉĞŶƐ ƵƉ Ă ǁŚŽůĞ ŶĞǁ ĚƌŝŶŬŝŶŐ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͘ EĞǀĞƌƚŚĞůĞƐƐ͕ ǁĞ Ɛƚŝůů ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ƌĞƐŝƐƚ ƚŚŽƐĞ άϭ͘ϱϬ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ŶŝŐŚƚƐ͊

concrete.lifestyle@uea.ac.uk TUESDAY 20th OCTOBER 2009

Totally addicted to... Facebook Facebook has been giving students a bad name for some time; it has been suggested academic performance has slipped whilst time is dedicated to the refresh button. Jo Davey asks are we really the worst culprits? dŚĞǇ ƐĂǇ ƐƚĞƉ ŽŶĞ ƚŽ ĐƵƌŝŶŐ ĂŶǇ ĂĚĚŝĐƟŽŶ ŝƐ ĂĚŵŝƫŶŐ ƚŽ ŽƵƌƐĞůǀĞƐ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ƉƌŽďůĞŵ͖ ĂĐĐĞƉƟŶŐ ŚĞůƉ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƐƚĂŐĞ ƚŽ ŐĞƫŶŐ ŝƚ͘ dŚĂƚ͛Ɛ Ăůů ǁĞůů ĂŶĚ ŐŽŽĚ ǁŚĞŶ ŝƚ ĐŽŵĞƐ ƚŽ ĚƌƵŐƐ͕ ƐŵŽŬŝŶŐ͕ ĂůĐŽŚŽů Ͳ ǁĞ͛ǀĞ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ŬŶŽǁŶ ƚŚĞǇ͛ƌĞ ďĂĚ ĨŽƌ ƵƐ͘ WĂƌĞŶƚƐ ĞǀĞƌǇǁŚĞƌĞ ĨŽƵŐŚƚ ůŽŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƌĚ ƐŽ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ͛Ě ĂƐƐŽĐŝĂƚĞ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝƚŚ ŝŶƐƚĂŶƚĂŶĞŽƵƐ ĚĞĂƚŚ͘ ĂƐŝĐĂůůǇ͕ Ăƚ ƚŚŝƐ ĂŐĞ͕ ŝĨ ǁĞ ĚŽ ƚŚĞŵ͕ ǁĞ ŬŶŽǁ ĞǆĂĐƚůǇ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ŐĞƫŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ͘ DǇ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ ŶĞǀĞƌ ǁĂƌŶĞĚ ŵĞ ĂďŽƵƚ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ͘ /ƚ Ăůů ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ƐŽ ŝŶŶŽĐĞŶƚůǇ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĂƚ ĮƌƐƚ ƚĞŶƚĂƟǀĞ ďŝƚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐǇďĞƌ ĂƉƉůĞ͘ ǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ ĞůƐĞ ǁĂƐ ĚŽŝŶŐ ŝƚ ƐŽ ǁŚǇ ƐŚŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ /͍ ^Ž / ƐŝŐŶĞĚ ƵƉ͕ ůŽŐŐĞĚ ŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĂĚĚĞĚ ŵǇ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ͘ / ƐĂŝĚ ŚĞůůŽ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǁĂůů͕ ŵĂǇďĞ ŐĂǀĞ ƚŚĞŵ Ă ƉŽŬĞ ŝĨ / ǁĂƐ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ƌŝƐƋƵĠ͕ ĂŶĚ ůŽŐŐĞĚ ďĂĐŬ ŽƵƚ͘ ůů ŝŶ Ăůů͕ Ă ƐŝŵƉůĞ ĂŶĚ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ͘ ĨĞǁ ĚĂǇƐ ůĂƚĞƌ͕ / ĂŶĚ ϯϬϬ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ǁŽƌůĚǁŝĚĞ ůŽŐŐĞĚ ďĂĐŬ ŝŶ͘ ^ŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ŚĂĚ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďŽƩŽŵ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŚĂŶĚ ĐŽƌŶĞƌ͘͘͘ Ă ƟŶǇ͕ ƌĞĚ͕ ŝŶĐŽŶƐĞƋƵĞŶƟĂů ďŽǆ͘ ůŝƩůĞ ƌĞĚ ďŽǆ / ǁŽƵůĚ ƐŽŽŶ ĮŶĚ ŽƵƚ ĞƋƵĂƚĞĚ to someone likes you/thinks you’re ĨƵŶŶǇͬŚĂƐ ĮŶĂůůǇ ǀĂůŝĚĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĮǀĞ ŚŽƵƌƐ ǇŽƵ ƐƉĞŶƚ ŽŶ ŚĞƌĞ Ăƚ ϯĂŵ͘ ^ƵĚĚĞŶůǇ / ǁĂƐ ĂĚĚŝŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ /

ŚĂĚŶ͛ƚ ƐƉŽŬĞŶ ƚŽ ĨŽƌ ǇĞĂƌƐ͘ / ŶĞǀĞƌ ůŝŬĞĚ ƚŚĞ Őŝƌů ǁŚŽ ƉƵƐŚĞĚ ŵĞ Žī ƚŚĞ ƐůŝĚĞ Ăƚ ŶƵƌƐĞƌǇ ƐŽ ǁŚǇ ŽŚ ǁŚǇ ǁĂƐ / ĂĚĚŝŶŐ ŚĞƌ ƚŽ Ă ůŝƐƚ ŽĨ ŵǇ ŶĞĂƌĞƐƚ ĂŶĚ ĚĞĂƌĞƐƚ͍ ŶĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂƩĞƌ͕ ǁŚǇ ĚŝĚ / ĐĂƌĞ ŝĨ ƐŚĞ͛Ě ͞ŚĂĚ Ă ĐƌĂƉ ůĞĐƚƵƌĞ ďƵƚ ŵĂĚĞ ƵƉ ĨŽƌ ŝƚ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ĞŶƟƌĞ ĐĂŬĞ͍͟

/ƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ƚĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶĐĞ of a camera at 2am in Mercy for me ƚŽ ŬŶŽǁ /͛ŵ ŶŽƚ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ŵǇ ďĞƐƚ͘ / ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ŐĞƚ ŚĂŶŐŽǀĞƌƐ͕ ďƵƚ /͛Ě ŚŽŶĞƐƚůǇ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ĞŶĚƵƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂĚĂĐŚĞ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƌƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ƉĂŝŶĨƵůůǇ ĂŶĚ ŇŝŶĐŚŝŶŐůǇ ŇŝĐŬŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ƉŚŽƚŽƐ ŽĨ ůĂƐƚ

dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ĂďŽƵƚ ϯϬ ƉĞŽƉůĞ /͛Ě ĐĂƌĞ ƚŽ ŬĞĞƉ ŝŶ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌ ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƐĞ ůŝǀĞ ũƵƐƚ ĚŽŽƌƐ ĂǁĂǇ͘ ^Ž ǁŚǇ ŝƐ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ ŝŶƐŝƐƟŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ / ŚĂǀĞ ϯϵϭ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ͍ dŚĞŶ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƉŚŽƚŽƐ͖ Facebook is the number one site for ƵƉůŽĂĚŝŶŐ ƉŝĐƚƵƌĞƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŽǀĞƌ ƚǁŽ ďŝůůŝŽŶ ƉŚŽƚŽƐ ĂĚĚĞĚ ĞĂĐŚ ŵŽŶƚŚ͘

ŶŝŐŚƚ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ŚĂƐ ƐŽ ŬŝŶĚůǇ ƚĂŐŐĞĚ ŵĞ ŝŶ͘ zĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ / Ăŵ ŝŶ Ăůů ŵǇ ƐŽƵƐĞĚ ŐůŽƌǇ Ͳ ĨƌŽŵ ĚĂŶĐŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĚŽǁŶŝŶŐ͕ ƉŽƐŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƉƵůůŝŶŐ͘ ŶĚ ũƵƐƚ ŝŶ ĐĂƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĂƐŶ͛ƚ ƋƵŝƚĞ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ĨŽƌ ŽŶĞ ŵƵƌŬǇ ŵŽƌŶŝŶŐ͕ ŵǇ ŵŽƚŚĞƌ ŚĂƐ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚĞĚ ŽŶ Ăůů ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ ĂƐ ǁĞůů͘ 'ƌĂŶĚ͘ /ƚ ŵĂǇ ƐŽƵŶĚ ůŝŬĞ /͛ŵ ŶŽƚ Facebook’s biggest fan, but that’s

ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ͗ / ůŽǀĞ ŝƚ͖ /͛ŵ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇ ĂĚĚŝĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ ŝƚ͘ / ůŽǀĞ ŚŽǁ ĞĂƐǇ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƚŽ ĐŚĂƚ ǁŝƚŚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ĂŶĚ ĨĂŵŝůǇ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ƚŚŽƐĞ /͛ǀĞ ůŽƐƚ ƚŽƵĐŚ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŝŶĐĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ h ͘ / ĂĚŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĂŵĂǌŝŶŐ ĂŵŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ƉŚŽƚŽƐ͕ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐĞƌ ŽŶĞƐ / ƌŝĚŝĐƵůĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽŶĞƐ /͛Ě ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ĨŽƌŐĞƚ͘ ŶĚ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ / ǁŽƌƐŚŝƉ ƚŚĞ ŽŶĞ ĂŶĚ ŽŶůǇ ĐƌĂǌĞ ǁĞ ĐĂůů &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ ƐƚĂůŬŝŶŐ͘ KŶůǇ ŽŶ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ ĐĂŶ ǇŽƵ ƚƌĂĐŬ ĚŽǁŶ ĂŶĚ stare at the gorgeous being in your seminar without ever having to ĂƩĞŶĚ ŝƚ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ĂŶ ĂĚĚŝĐƚ ůŝŬĞ ŵĞ ŬŶŽǁƐ ŝƚ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇ ŚĂƌŵůĞƐƐ͘ WƐǇĐŚŝĂƚƌŝƐƚƐ ƐĂǇ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ ĚĞƐĞŶƐŝƟƐĞƐ ƵƐĞƌƐ ƚŽ ƐŽĐŝĂů ŝŶƚĞƌĂĐƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ŚĂǌĂƌĚƐ ƚŽ ďĞŝŶŐ ŚƵŶĐŚĞĚ ŽǀĞƌ Ă ĐŽŵƉƵƚĞƌ ƐĐƌĞĞŶ Ăůů ĚĂǇ͘ Ɛ ŝƚ ƚƵƌŶƐ ŽƵƚ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ͕ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ŶŽƚ ƚŚĞ ŽŶĞƐ ƚŽ ǁŽƌƌǇ ĂďŽƵƚ͘ Facebook surveys show their fastest ŐƌŽǁŝŶŐ ĚĞŵŽŐƌĂƉŚŝĐ ŝƐ ĂŐĞ ϯϱ ĂŶĚ ŽǀĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐŵĂůůĞƐƚ ŐƌŽǁƚŚ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ĂƉƉĞĂƌƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ĂŐĞ ƌĂŶŐĞ͘ ^Ž ǇĞƐ͕ ǁĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ Ă ďƌĞĂŬ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ͚ďŽŽŬ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶĂůůǇ͕ ũƵƐƚ ƚŽ ƌĞĂĐƋƵĂŝŶƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂů ǁŽƌůĚ Ͳ ďƵƚ ŵĂǇďĞ ƚĂŬĞ ĮǀĞ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ƚŽ ǁĂƌŶ ǇŽƵƌ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĚĂŶŐĞƌ ŽĨ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ ŝŶĨĂƚƵĂƟŽŶ͕ ďĞĨŽƌĞ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ͛Ɛ ŽůĚĞƌ ƵƐĞƌƐ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂů &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ ĂďƵƐĞƌƐ͘

Where have all the jobs gone? Vicki Wheatland investigates ways for struggling students to seek employment in these tough times. With the blur of freshers’ week leaving ŝŶ ŝƚƐ ǁĂŬĞ ďŽŽǌĞ͕ ŇƵ ĂŶĚ ƉŽƐƚͲĨƌĞƐŚĞƌ blues, it’s back to reality for UEA ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂƐ ƐƚƵĚŝĞƐ ďĞŐŝŶ͘ Ƶƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĂƌƌŝǀĂů ŽĨ Ă ƚĞŶ ƉĂŐĞ ďĂŶŬ ƐƚĂƚĞŵĞŶƚ ĮůůĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƌĞŵŝŶĚĞƌƐ ŽĨ ŝŶĞďƌŝĂƚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚĚƌĂǁĂůƐ ĨŽƌ ͚ũƵƐƚ ŽŶĞ ŵŽƌĞ s<͛ ĂŶĚ ĨƌĂŶƟĐ ďƵůŬ ďƵǇŝŶŐ ŽĨ ĨƌĞƐŚĞƌƐ͛ ƟĐŬĞƚƐ͕ ŵŽƌĞ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ Ă ǁĂǇ ƚŽ ƌĞƉĂŝƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĚĂŵĂŐĞĚ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƉĂƌƚͲƟŵĞ ũŽď͘ Unfortunately, in the current climate with the government banging ŽŶ ĂďŽƵƚ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐ ĚŽǁŶƚƵƌŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĐƌĞĚŝƚ ĐƌƵŶĐŚĞƐ͕ ũŽďƐ ĂƌĞ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ;ƚŽ ƐĂǇ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂƐƚͿ͘ dŚŝƐ ŚĂƐ ůĞŌ h ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ďĞĂƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďƌƵŶƚ ŽĨ

EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͛Ɛ ĂďŽǀĞ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĂǀĞƌĂŐĞ ƵŶĞŵƉůŽǇŵĞŶƚ ƌĂƚĞƐ͘ ƐŝĚĞ ĨƌŽŵ ďĞŐŐŝŶŐ ǇŽƵƌ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ for some cash or locking yourself in ǇŽƵƌ ƌŽŽŵ ǁŝƚŚ ŶŽ ĨŽŽĚ Žƌ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ͕ ǁŚĂƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƐŽůƵƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁŚĞŶ ũŽďƐ ƐĞĞŵ ƐŽ ƐƉĂƌƐĞ͍ Fear not! Concrete has a few ƐŽůƵƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ƚƌǇ ĂŶĚ ĞĂƌŶ ǇŽƵ ƐŽŵĞ ĚŽƐŚ͗ dŚĞ ŵƉůŽǇĂďŝůŝƚǇ ƐŚŽƉ ŽŶ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ŝƐ ŝŶ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ůŽĐĂů ĂŐĞŶĐŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĞŵƉůŽǇĞƌƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĂƌĞĂ͕ ƐŽ ŬĞĞƉ ǇŽƵƌ ĞǇĞƐ ƉĞĞůĞĚ ĨŽƌ ũŽď ĂĚǀĞƌƚƐ ĂŶĚ ŽƉĞŶŝŶŐƐ͘ ůƐŽ ŵƉůŽǇĂďŝůŝƚǇ ŚĂƐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ ǁĞďƐŝƚĞ ;ǁǁǁ͘ĞŵƉůŽǇĂďŝůŝƚǇ͘ƵĞĂ͘ ĂĐ͘ƵŬͿ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƵƉĚĂƚĞĚ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌůǇ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞŵĞŶƚƐ͘

tƌŝƚĞ Ă ĚĞĐĞŶƚ s͕ ĚŝƚĐŚ ƚŚĞ ŐƌƵďďǇ Converse in favour of some smarter ĨŽŽƚǁĞĂƌ ĂŶĚ ŚĂŶĚ ǇŽƵƌ sƐ ŽƵƚ ƚŽ ĂŶǇ ĞŵƉůŽǇĞƌ ŐŽŝŶŐ͕ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ƚĂƌŐĞƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŶĂŐĞƌ͘ WĞƌŚĂƉƐ ƚƌǇ ĞǆƉůŽƌŝŶŐ the Norwich lanes for small vintage ƐŚŽƉƐ Žƌ Ă ƋƵŝĞƚ ƉƵď͕ ĂƐ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŽŌĞŶ ƚŚĞ larger, more commercial stores in the centre of town that generate lots of ĂƉƉůŝĐĂŶƚƐ͘ dĞŵƉ ĂŐĞŶĐŝĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ǁŽƌƚŚ Ă ƚƌǇ ƚŽŽ͘ ZĞŵĞŵďĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŽůĚ ƐĂǇŝŶŐ ͚ďĞŐŐĂƌƐ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ďĞ ĐŚŽŽƐĞƌƐ͛͘ KŬ͕ ŐƌĂŶƚĞĚ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ŝŶ Ă ŬĞďĂď ƐŚŽƉ ŵĂǇ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŐůĂŵŽƌŽƵƐ ũŽď ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ďƵƚ ŵŽŶĞǇ ŝƐ ŵŽŶĞǇ ĂŶĚ ďĞŝŶŐ ŽƉĞŶͲ ŵŝŶĚĞĚ ŝƐ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ƋƵĂůŝƚǇ ƚŽ ŚŽůĚ ǁŚĞŶ ũŽď ŚƵŶƟŶŐ͘

Get yourself out there, it’s all about ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶƐ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ŚĞĂƌ ĂďŽƵƚ Ă ĨƌŝĞŶĚ ŽĨ Ă ĨƌŝĞŶĚ ǁŚŽƐĞ ƵŶĐůĞ͛Ɛ ƐŝƐƚĞƌ͛Ɛ ďĞƐƚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚ͛Ɛ ĚĂƵŐŚƚĞƌ ŝƐ ŚŝƌŝŶŐ͕ ŐŝǀĞ ƚŚĞŵ Ă ƌŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƚĞůů ƚŚĞŵ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ ŵďĂƐƐĂĚŽƌ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁƐ ĂƌĞ ŽǀĞƌ͕ ŝƚ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ǁŽƌƚŚ ĞŵĂŝůŝŶŐ ǇŽƵƌ ,ĞĂĚ ŽĨ ^ĐŚŽŽů ƚŽ ƐĞĞ if they are looking for any further ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞƐ͘ ƐŝĚĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƉĞƌŵĂŶĞŶƚ ǁŽƌŬ͕ ƚĂŬĞ ĂĚǀĂŶƚĂŐĞ ŽĨ ĂŶǇ ĞǆƉĞƌŝŵĞŶƚƐ ŽŶ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ Ͳ ǇĞƐ ƚŚĞǇ ƉĂǇ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ŽŶůǇ ƚĂŬĞƐ ƵƉ ĂŶ ŚŽƵƌ Žƌ ƚǁŽ ŽĨ ǇŽƵƌ ƟŵĞ͘ KŌĞŶ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĂĚǀĞƌƚƐ ĂƌĞ ĐŝƌĐƵůĂƚĞĚ ŝŶ ĞŵĂŝůƐ ƐŽ ďĞ ƐƵƌĞ ƚŽ ƌĞĂĚ ƚŚĞŵ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƉƵƫŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂƐŚ͘

TURF 21

concrete.turf@uea.ac.uk TUESDAY 20th OCTOBER 2009

A call for change in “Soggy Norwich” The threat of rising sea levels has been publicised widely. Stephen Bishop reports on the “Soggy Norwich” campaign, which is raising awareness of how Norwich will be affected. ůŝŵĂƚĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ŝƐ ƉƌĞƩ Ǉ ƐĐĂƌǇ ƐĐŝĞŶĐĞ͕ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ĂƐ ƐĐĂƌǇ as wading knee deep in the River zĂƌĞ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ Ă ƐƚŽƌŵ͕ ŝŶ ƵŶĚĞƌǁĞĂƌ͕ ŽƌŶĂŵĞŶƚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƌŽƫ ŶŐ ƐƵůƉŚƵƌŽƵƐ ǁĞĞĚ͕ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ďƌĂŶĚŝƐŚŝŶŐ Ă ĨŽƵƌ Ō ƉŝĐŬĞƚ ƐŝŐŶ͘ dŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͛Ɛ ĐůŝŵĂƚĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ƵƉ ŝŶ ĂƌŵƐ͕ ƉŝĐŬĞƚƐ͕ ƐŵĞůůǇ ǁĞĞĚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚƌĞĞ ŵĞƚƌĞ ůŽŶŐ Ň ƵŽƌĞƐĐĞŶƚ ƉŽůĂƌ ďĞĂƌ ĐŽƐƚƵŵĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ŝƐ ŝŶ ĐƌŝƐŝƐ͘ &ƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƐĞǀĞŶƚŚ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ ϮϬϬϵ ŝŶ ŽƉĞŶŚĂŐĞŶ͕ Ă ƐŵĂůů ĂƐƐĞŵďůǇ ŽĨ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůƐ ǁŝůů ŐĂƚŚĞƌ Ăƚ hŶŝƚĞĚ EĂƟ ŽŶƐ ůŝŵĂƚĞ ŚĂŶŐĞ ŽŶĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ ĂŶ ĂƩ ĞŵƉƚ ƚŽ ŵŝƟ ŐĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ ƚŚƌĞĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŚƵŵĂŶ ƌĂĐĞ ŚĂƐ ĞǀĞƌ ĨĂĐĞĚ͘ ƚ ŚŽŵĞ ŝŶ EŽƌĨŽůŬ͕ Ă ƐŵĂůů ŐƌŽƵƉ ŽĨ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ŝŶĨŽƌŵ ƚŚĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ͚EŽƌǁŝĐŚŝĂŶ͛ ĂǁĂƌĞŶĞƐƐ͕ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂů ĂŶĚ ŐůŽďĂů ŝŵƉĂĐƚƐ ŽĨ ĐůŝŵĂƚĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ͘ dŚĞǇ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĂĐƟ ŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ

ůĞĂĚĞƌƐ ĂƩ ĞŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŽƉĞŶŚĂŐĞŶ ůŝŵĂƚĞ ƚĂůŬƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŚŝƐƚŽƌŝĐĂůůǇ ƵŶƉĂƌĂůůĞůĞĚ͘ dŚĞ ŐƌŽƵƉ ŚĂƐ ƚĂŬĞŶ ĂŶ ƵŶĐŽŶǀĞŶƟ ŽŶĂů ƐƚĂŶĚ͖ ƚŚĞǇ ƉůĂŶ ƚŽ send a photographic message to world ůĞĂĚĞƌƐ͘ dŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ĐŽůůĞĐƟ ŶŐ ƉŚŽƚŽŐƌĂƉŚƐ ŽĨ ͚EŽƌĨŽůŬŝĂŶƐ͛ ŝŶ ƐŶŽƌŬĞůůŝŶŐ ŐĞĂƌ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚĂŶĚŵĂĚĞ ƉŝĐŬĞƚ ƐŝŐŶ͕ ŝŶĚŝĐĂƟ ŶŐ ƐĞĂ ůĞǀĞů ďǇ ϮϭϬϬ͘ dŚĞ ƉŚŽƚŽŐƌĂƉŚƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĐŽŵƉŝůĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ǀŝƐŝďůĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽƵƉ͛Ɛ ǁĞďƉĂŐĞ ǁǁǁ͘ƐŽŐŐǇŶŽƌǁŝĐŚ͘ĐŽ͘ƵŬ ĂŶĚ ƐĞŶƚ ŝŶ ƉĂƉĞƌ ĨŽƌŵ ƚŽ ďŽƚŚ ůŽĐĂů ĂŶĚ ŶĂƟ ŽŶĂů ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ŵĞĚŝĂ͘ dŚĞ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ ŝƐ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ŐĂƚŚĞƌŝŶŐ ƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ Žĸ ĐŝĂů ůĂƵŶĐŚ Ăƚ ^ŽĐƚŽďĞƌ &ĞƐƚ͕ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ŵƵůƟ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ĨƌĞĞ ĞƚŚŝĐĂů ĨĂŝƌ ŚĞůĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ,ŝǀĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ϮϭƐƚ ŽĨ KĐƚŽďĞƌ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ^ŽŐŐǇ͕ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͛Ɛ ƋƵĂŶƟ ƚĂƟ ǀĞ ƉƌĞĚŝĐƟ ŽŶ ŽĨ ƐĞĂ ůĞǀĞů ƌŝƐĞ ŝƐ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĂƚ ŽĨ Ă ƋƵŝƌŬǇ ũŽŬĞ͕ ƐĞĂ

ůĞǀĞů ƌŝƐĞ ĂŶĚ ŐůŽďĂů ĐůŝŵĂƚĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ĂƌĞ Ă ǀĞƌǇ ƐĞǀĞƌĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶŝŶŐ ƌĞĂůŝƚǇ͘ /Ŷ ĂŶŐůĂĚĞƐŚ ĂůŽŶĞ ŽŶĞ ŵĞƚƌĞ sea level rise translates into the loss ŽĨ ϭϲϬ͕ϬϬϬ͕ϬϬϬ ŚƵŵĂŶ ŚŽŵĞƐͬůŝǀĞƐ͘ DĂŶǇ ĂĐƟ ǀŝƐƚƐ ĂƌŐƵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƐĞĂ ůĞǀĞů ƌŝƐĞ ŝƐ ŝŶ ŵĂŶǇ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƚƐ Ă ƌĞůĂƟ ǀĞůǇ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ Ň Ƶī Ǉ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů ƐǇŵƉƚŽŵ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ŽǀĞƌ ĐŽŶƐƵŵƉƟ ŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƉŽůůƵƟ ŽŶ͕ ǁŚŝůĞ ŵĂŶǇ ĐŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟ ǀĞƐ argue that climate campaigners are ƐŝŵƉůǇ ŝŐŶŽƌĂŶƚ͘ tŚĂƚ ŝƐ ĐůĞĂƌ ŽŶ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐƐƵĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŽǀĞƌǁŚĞůŵŝŶŐ ƐĐŝĞŶƟ Į Đ ĐŽŶƐĞŶƐƵƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐŝŶŐůǇ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶŝŶŐ ǁĂƌŶŝŶŐƐ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ƐĐŝĞŶƟ ƐƚƐ͕ ŵĂŶǇ ŽĨ ǁŚŽŵ ĂƌĞ ĨƌŽŵ ŽƵƌ ǀĞƌǇ ŽǁŶ h ͘ ĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƉĞĞƌ ƌĞǀŝĞǁ ƐĐŝĞŶĐĞ͕ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ Ğŵŝƫ ŶŐ ŐƌĞĞŶŚŽƵƐĞ ŐĂƐĞƐ Ăƚ Ă ƌĂƚĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ƐŝŐŶŝĮ ĐĂŶƚůǇ ŵŽƌĞ ƐĞǀĞƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ƉƌĞĚŝĐƚĞĚ͕ ƚŚƵƐ ŝŶĚŝĐĂƟ ŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŽƵƌ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ĐůŝŵĂƚĞ ƚƌĂũĞĐƚŽƌǇ ŝƐ ŵŽƌĞ ŚĂƌŵĨƵů ƚŚĂŶ

ŚĂƐ ĞǀĞƌ ďĞĞŶ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚ͘ tĞ ĂƌĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ĐĂƵƐŝŶŐ Ă ŵĂƐƐ ĞǆƟ ŶĐƟ ŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͛Ɛ ƐƉĞĐŝĞƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ŐƌĞĂƚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƐƐ ĞǆƟ ŶĐƟ ŽŶ ĞǀĞŶƚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁŝƉĞĚ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĚŝŶŽƐĂƵƌƐ͘ WƌĞĐŝƐĞ ĚĞƚĂŝůƐ ŽĨ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ ĐůŝŵĂƚĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ĂƌĞ ŝŶŚĞƌĞŶƚůǇ ƵŶĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ͖ ǁŚĂƚ is certain is that the earth is not an economist and it does not understand ƚĞŶ ǇĞĂƌ ƉůĂŶƐ͘ dŚĞ ƉůĂŶĞƚ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƐĐŝŽƵƐŶĞƐƐ ƚŽ ĨŽƌŐŝǀĞ ŽƵƌ ŝŐŶŽƌĂŶĐĞ ŝĨ ͚ǁĞ ƚƌǇ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŚĂƌĚ ĂŶĚ

ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŶŝĐĞ͛͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ŚŽƉĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ good people at Copenhagen will pave ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ ĨŽƌ ƌĞĂů ĐŚĂŶŐĞ͕ Žƌ ĞůƐĞ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĨĞĂƌĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶ ŵĂŶǇ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƚƐ ǁĞ ŵĂǇ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ĂƐŚĂŵĞĚ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ŚƵŵĂŶŝƚǇ͘ ƌĞ ǁĞ ƌĞĂůůǇ ǁŽƌƚŚ ƐĂǀŝŶŐ ŝĨ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ŶŽƚ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƉƵůů ŽƵƌƐĞůǀĞƐ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ǁŚĞŶ ŽƵƌ ĐƌŝƐŝƐ ŝƐ ƐŽ ŝŵŵŝŶĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƐŽ ƵŶĚĞŶŝĂďůĞ͍ &Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟ ŽŶ ƐĞĞ ǁǁǁ͘ ƐŽŐŐǇŶŽƌǁŝĐŚ͘ĐŽ͘ƵŬ

The Age of Stupid Turf diary Released in March this year, The Age of Stupid portrays the world in 2055 reviewing the

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failures of our generation. Fran Rogers and Bex Wiles report on this provocative film. dŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ ŝƐ ϮϬϱϱ͘ DŽƐƚ ŽĨ >ŽŶĚŽŶ ŝƐ ƵŶĚĞƌ ǁĂƚĞƌ͕ ^ǇĚŶĞǇ ŝƐ ŝŶ Ň ĂŵĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĞŝŐŚƚ ŐůŽďĂů ĨŽŽĚ ƐŚŽƌƚĂŐĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ƌĐŚŝǀŝƐƚ ƌĞǀŝĞǁƐ ŐĞŶƵŝŶĞ ŶĞǁƐ ƌĞĞů ĐůŝƉƐ ĨƌŽŵ ŽƵƌ Ɵ ŵĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƌĞŇ ĞĐƚƐ ƵƉŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŚŽŝĐĞƐ ǁĞ ŵĂĚĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĂŝƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĞĂƌƚŚ͛Ɛ temperature two degrees and pushed ŝƚ ďĞǇŽŶĚ ĐƌŝƐŝƐ ƉŽŝŶƚ͘ ŶĚŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ĂƉŽĐĂůǇƉƟ Đ ĐŽƵŶƚĚŽǁŶ͕ The Age of Stupid Į ůŵ ƌĂŝƐĞƐ ŚƵŐĞ ƋƵĞƐƟ ŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ Stupid challenges the viewer to immediate ĂĐƟ ŽŶ͘

͞tĞ ǁŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ďĞ ƚŚĞ Į ƌƐƚ ůŝĨĞ ĨŽƌŵ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ŝƚƐĞůĨ ĞǆƟ ŶĐƚ͘ Ƶƚ ǁŚĂƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ƵƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ĚŝĚ ŝƚ ŬŶŽǁŝŶŐůǇ͘ tŚĂƚ ĚŽĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƐĂǇ ĂďŽƵƚ ƵƐ͍͟ dŚĞ ƉŽǁĞƌĨƵů ŶĂƌƌĂƟ ǀĞ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚƐ ƚŚĞ ŶĂŝǀĞƚǇ ŽĨ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŝƟ ǌĞŶƐ ŝŶ ŝŐŶŽƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƵƌŐĞŶƚ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ĨĂĐŝŶŐ ƵƐ͘ ^ŽŵĞ ĐƌŝƟ ĐƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĂƌŐƵĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ Į ůŵ ŝƐ ƉŽƚĞŶƟ ĂůůǇ ƐĞŶƐĂƟ ŽŶĂůŝƐƚ ĂŶĚ ƐƵďũĞĐƟ ǀĞ͕ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŝƚ ƐĞƌǀĞƐ ƚŽ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐ ƚŚĞ ŝŵŵĞĚŝĂĐǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĞǀĂƐƚĂƟ ŶŐ Ğī ĞĐƚ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ůŝĨĞƐƚǇůĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĐůŝŵĂƚĞ͘ /ŶĚĞĞĚ͕ ŝƚƐ ŵĂŝŶ

ĂƌŐƵŵĞŶƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽ Ɵ ŵĞ ůĞŌ ĨŽƌ ĚĞďĂƚĞ͖ ĂĐƟ ŽŶ ŶĞĞĚƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚĂŬĞŶ ƚŽ ĐƵƚ ŽƵƌ ĞŵŝƐƐŝŽŶƐ ŶŽǁ͘ dŚĞ Į ůŵ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ Ɵ ŵĞĚ ƚŽ ƉƌĞͲ ĞŵƉƚ ƚŚĞ hE ůŝŵĂƚĞ ƐƵŵŵŝƚ ŝŶ ŽƉĞŶŚĂŐĞŶ ŝŶ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ ϮϬϬϵ͘ dŚĞ point made is that we need to unite ƚŽ ƐŚŽǁ ŽƵƌ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ĚĞŵĂŶĚŝŶŐ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ͘ dŽ ƋƵŽƚĞ WŝĞƌƐ 'ƵǇ ͞ǇŽƵ ŽŶůǇ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ůŽŽŬ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƚĞƌƌŝďůĞ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ ŚŝƐƚŽƌǇ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ ƌĞŐƌĞƚƐ ŶŽǁ͗ ŵĂƐƐĂĐƌĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ,ŽůŽĐĂƵƐƚ ĞƚĐ͕ ĂŶĚ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ũƵƐƚ ŐŽŝŶŐ ĂůŽŶŐ with what was the predominant ƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ Ɵ ŵĞ͘͟ KŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ ϱƚŚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĨƌŽŵ Ăůů ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ h< ǁŝůů ďĞ ŵĂƌĐŚŝŶŐ ŝŶ >ŽŶĚŽŶ ƚŽ ĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ĨŽƌ ƐƚƌŝŶŐĞŶƚ ĐĂƌďŽŶ ƌĞĚƵĐƟ ŽŶƐ ʹ ůĞƚ͛Ɛ hope that this has an impact on our ůĞĂĚĞƌƐ͘ &Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟ ŽŶ ƐĞĞ ǁǁǁ͘ƐƚŽƉĐůŝŵĂƚĞĐŚĂŽƐ͘ŽƌŐͬƚŚĞͲǁĂǀĞ͘ The Age of Stupid Stupid ǁŝůů ďĞ ƐŚŽǁŶ Ăƚ h ƐŽŽŶ͕ ŬĞĞƉ ǇŽƵƌ ĞǇĞƐ ŽƉĞŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ Ɵ ŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂĐĞ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ďŽƚŚ ĞǆĐŝƟ ŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ŚŝŐŚůǇ ƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚƐ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ŝƚ Ă ŐŽ͘

ϭϯ h ƐŽĐŝĞƟ ĞƐ ĂƌĞ ŚŽƐƟ ŶŐ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ͕ ĨƌĞĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ĂŝŵĞĚ Ăƚ ďƌŝŶŐŝŶŐ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ Ăůů ƐŽĐŝĂů͕ ĞƚŚŝĐĂů ĂŶĚ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂůůǇ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶĞĚ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ Ăƚ h ĂŶĚ ŝŶ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͘ ǆƉĞĐƚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ :ĂŵŶĞƐƚǇ :ƵŶŬ ĂŶĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ŝƌĐƵƐ ^ŽĐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ >ŝǀĞ DƵƐŝĐ ^ŽĐŝĞƚǇ͕ ĂůŽŶŐƐŝĚĞ ƚĞĂ ďĂƌƐ͕ ƉŚŽƚŽ ĞǆŚŝďŝƟ ŽŶƐ

ĂŶĚ ŵĞĚŝƚĂƟ ŽŶ ƐĞƐƐŝŽŶƐ͘ ŽŵĞ ĂůŽŶŐ ƚŽ ƌŽŽŵ ϭ͘Ϯϴ Ăƚ ϱƉŵ to take part in a climate workshop on ƐƵƐƚĂŝŶĂďůĞ ĞŶĞƌŐǇ ďĂƐĞĚ ŽŶ Ă ŐĂŵĞ͘ No prior knowledge is required and it ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞƐ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ĨƵŶ ĂŶĚ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ǁĂǇ ƚŽ ůĞĂƌŶ ĂďŽƵƚ ŽƵƌ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ͛Ɛ ĞŶĞƌŐǇ ƉŽůŝĐǇ͘

Sunday 25th October 2pm - 2am Venues around Norwich

dŚĞ KǆũĂŵ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ dĂŬĞŽǀĞƌ͗ ϭ ĚĂǇ͕ ϱϬ ĂĐƚƐ͕ ŶƵŵĞƌŽƵƐ ǀĞŶƵĞƐ͘ ǁƌŝƐƚďĂŶĚ ŐĂŝŶƐ ǇŽƵ ĞŶƚƌǇ ƚŽ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ŐŝŐƐ͘ /ƚ ĐŽƐƚƐ άϵ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ŶŽǁ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ h Ɵ ĐŬĞƚ Žĸ ĐĞ Žƌ ŽŶůŝŶĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŶĞǇ ƌĂŝƐĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟ ǀĂů ǁŝůů ďĞ ŚĞůƉŝŶŐ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŝŶ ƉŽǀĞƌƚǇ ĐŽƉĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĚĞǀĂƐƚĂƟ ŶŐ Ğī ĞĐƚƐ ŽĨ ĐůŝŵĂƚĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ͘ Ɛ ǁĞůů

ĂƐ ƌĂŝƐŝŶŐ ŚƵŶĚƌĞĚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚƐ ŽĨ ƉŽƵŶĚƐ ĨŽƌ KǆĨĂŵ͛Ɛ ǁŽƌŬ͕ ŐŝŐ ŐŽĞƌƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƉĂŝŶƟ ŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨĂĐĞƐ ďůƵĞ ĂƐ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ Ă ŵĂƐƐŝǀĞ ǀŝƐƵĂů ƐƚĂƚĞŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ h< ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ĂĐƟ ŽŶ ŽŶ ĐůŝŵĂƚĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƚŽŽ ůĂƚĞ͘ ƌŽƵŶĚ ϱϬ͕ϬϬϬ ĨĞƐƟ ǀĂůͲŐŽĞƌƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ƐŝŐŶĞĚ ƵƉ ƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϵ͘

22 SPORT

concrete.sport@uea.ac.uk TUESDAY 20th OCTOBER 2009

Canary Corner

Five minutes with: Paul Sandall Rob Sargent catches up with the UEA Men’s Tennis captain

ĞŶ &ƌŝƚŚ Canary fans are one step closer to Wembley following a narrow 1-0 victory against Gillingham in the Johnstone Paint trophy, courtesy of a second half goal from fans’ favourite Cody McDonald. EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ ŐĂŵĞ ŽŶ Ă ŬŶŝĨĞ ĞĚŐĞ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ĚŝƐĂƉƉĞĂƌŝŶŐ act from shot-stopper Michael dŚĞŽŬůŝƚŽƐ͘ ŶǇ ŝŶũƵƌǇ ƚŽ ŽŶͲůŽĂŶ Fraser Forster would have created a ĨĂƌĐŝĐĂů ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ŶŽ ƐƵďƐƟƚƵƚĞ keeper to call upon. The reason behind Theoklitos’ no show has not been revealed, but the common consensus is that he felt disheartened to have been ŽǀĞƌůŽŽŬĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ůŝŶĞͲƵƉ͕ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ŶŽƚ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƚĞĂŵ since conceding seven goals on his club debut. dŚĞ ƋƵĂƌƚĞƌ ĮŶĂů ĚƌĂǁ ƐĞĞƐ ƚŚĞ Canaries travelling to Swindon Town on November 10th. Four days later Norwich were on the road again for a league match at Carlisle United. Once again the coach was lighter than planned. Ŷ ŚŽƵƌ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƚĐŚ ƚǁŽ academy players were confronted ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƌĂĐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƟŵĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŚĂƉĞ of a return trip to a city centre sports shop to replace the shin pads that ŚĂĚ ďĞĞŶ ůĞŌ ϮϴϬ ŵŝůĞƐ ĂǁĂǇ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ

club’s Colney base. dŚĞŝƌ ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƟŽŶ ǁĂƐ ŶŽƚ ĨŽƌŐŽƩĞŶ͘ tĞƐ ,ŽŽůĂŚĂŶ ƉĂŝĚ ŚŽŵĂŐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǇŽƵŶŐ ƉĂŝƌ ďǇ ůŝŌŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ƐŚŝŶ ƉĂĚ ĂůŽŌ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ŐŽĂů ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶ͕ Ă ƐƉŽƌƟŶŐ ǀĞƌƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ sandal scene in Life of Brian.

,ŽŽůĂŚĂŶ͛Ɛ ĮŌŚ ŐŽĂů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ season was all that separated the two ƚĞĂŵƐ͕ ŐŝŌŝŶŐ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐŝǆƚŚ ǁŝŶ on the trot, 1-0. Norwich will have taken on >ĞĂŐƵĞ KŶĞ >ĞĞĚƐ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ŽĨ ƉƵďůŝĐĂƟŽŶ͘ dŽ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŚĞ ƌƵŶ ŽĨ good form and take a win at Elland ZŽĂĚ ǁŝůů ĮƌĞ Ă ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ƐŝŐŶĂů ŽĨ ŝŶƚĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ĮƌŵůǇ establish Norwich amongst the front ƌƵŶŶĞƌƐ ĨŽƌ ƉƌŽŵŽƟŽŶ͘

How did you get into playing tennis? When I was young I started watching Wimbledon. My parents always played and I started playing with friends, then with coaching gradually ŐŽƚ Ă ďŝƚ ďĞƩĞƌ͘ How did UEA tennis do in BUCS ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶƐ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ͍ We came third in a league of nine ƚĞĂŵƐ͕ ůŽƐŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĂƌƚĞƌ ĮŶĂůƐ of the cup in a tense game with Warwick, the league winners. The ŐĂŵĞ ǁĞŶƚ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ƐĞƚ and ended in tears. This year we’ve had some good fresher’s come in and there’s no reason why we can’t ůĂƵŶĐŚ Ă ƉƌŽŵŽƟŽŶ ƉƵƐŚ ĂŶĚ ĚŽ ďĞƩĞƌ͕ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ǁĞ͛ǀĞ ŐŽƚ Ă ƚŽƵŐŚ draw against Cambridge. ,Žǁ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŐŝƌůƐ͛ ƚĞĂŵ͍ Not so well, they were relegated last season, so now playing in a division below. Unfortunately we struggle to get female tennis players and would do anything to get more. So if you are a girl that wants to play tennis ĂŶĚ ŚĂǀĞ tĞĚŶĞƐĚĂǇƐ Žī ƚŚĞŶ please come along. Do you think that the lack of

ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ƌŝƟƐŚ ĨĞŵĂůĞ ƚĞŶŶŝƐ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ ŚĂƐ ŚĂĚ ĂŶ ĞīĞĐƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ Ăƚ ŐƌĂƐƐ ƌŽŽƚƐ ůĞǀĞů ƚŚĞŶ͍ People want someone to emulate when they’re young and there ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ďĞĞŶ ĂŶǇ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ƌŝƟƐŚ female tennis players around to do so. Hopefully in a couple of years people will look up to the likes of Laura Robson. If you had to sell UEA tennis, how would you do it? Great group of people, lots of ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ͕ ŶĞǁ Žī ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ƉƌŝƐƟŶĞ ŝŶĚŽŽƌ ƚĞŶŶŝƐ ĐŽƵƌƚƐ Ăƚ Easton College and coaching ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ŽŶ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ͘ We also have a tour to Spain in Easter which is really good fun, we ƉůĂǇ Ă ďŝƚ Žī ƚĞŶŶŝƐ ĂŶĚ ŐŽ ŽƵƚ͖ ŝƚ͛Ɛ good for everyone to bond and get to know each other. There’s so much more on the social side than just playing tennis. We include everyone and there’s no pressure to drink ŚŽƌƌŝĮĐ ĂŵŽƵŶƚƐ͖ ũƵƐƚ Ă ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ĨŽƌ everyone to enjoy themselves. Ž ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ĂŶǇ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚƐ of UEA tennis? One Tuesday night before a game I

had gone out and needed security to knock on my door in the morning as I’d overslept. I had the whole of ŚŽĐŬĞǇ ĂŶĚ ƚĞŶŶŝƐ ǁĂŝƟŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŝŶŝďƵƐ ĨŽƌ ŵĞ͘ tŚĞŶ ǁĞ ĮŶĂůůǇ ŐŽƚ there the courts were really icy and ĂŌĞƌ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ŽŶĞ ƐŚŽƚ / ĨĞůů ŽǀĞƌ ŽŶ my wrist, causing a mini fracture and we all had to go home. I get a lot of banter for that. &ŝŶĂůůǇ ĐĂŶ ŶĚǇ DƵƌƌĂǇ ǁŝŶ tŝŵďůĞĚŽŶ ŶĞǆƚ ǇĞĂƌ͍ I don’t think so. I think he needs to wait for Roger Federer to hang up his racket before he can win anything as Federer is the best player to have ever existed.

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h tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ϭƐƚ Ͳ ϵ EŽƫŶŐŚĂŵ tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ϮŶĚ Ͳ Ϭ

h DĞŶ͛Ɛ ϮŶĚ Ͳ ϭϰ >ĞŝĐĞƐƚĞƌ DĞŶ͛Ɛ ϮŶƐ Ͳ Ϯϰ

ůƵď ŝƐ Ă ƌĞůĂƟǀĞůǇ ŶĞǁ ĐůƵď Ăƚ h ͕ but already it has become one of the key water-sport clubs, thanks to its fun and relaxed atmosphere both on and Žī ƚŚĞ ǁĂƚĞƌ͘ :ƵƐƚ ƚŽ ĞǆƉůĂŝŶ ƋƵŝĐŬůǇ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƚ ŝƐ͖ Wakeboarding and waterskiing are the equivalents to snowboarding and skiing on water, instead of snow. You’re pulled around the water by either a speedboat or a ‘cable’ – a kind ŽĨ ĚƌĂŐ ƐŬŝ ůŝŌ ƐƵƐƉĞŶĚĞĚ ĂďŽǀĞ Ă ůĂŬĞ͘ The club goes to a centre in Bedford called Boxend, one of the top ĐĂďůĞ ƉĂƌŬƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ͕ ƐƉŽƌƟŶŐ two purpose-built spring-fed lakes. The water is very clean, and a perfect environment for learning. It is also good for more experienced wakeboarders, as there are various obstacles to try out once the basics have been mastered. The club uses cable, as it’s ideal for ďĞŐŝŶŶĞƌƐ͖ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƚŽƌƐ ƐƚĂŶĚ ƌŝŐŚƚ

next to you at the start, and we have up to 8 people on the water at once ;ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ ŐĞƚƐ ƉůĞŶƚǇ ŽĨ ƟŵĞ on the water). ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ƐŽŵĞ ŵŽƌĞ experienced riders who will soon be able to compete on behalf of the university, most of our members are fairly new to the sport – having either never ridden before, or only a few ƟŵĞƐ ŽŶ ŚŽůŝĚĂǇ͘

ǀĞƌǇďŽĚǇ ŝƐ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĂĚƌĞŶĂůŝŶĞ rush of being pulled round a lake at 25mph, and it’s something that anyone, with any level of experience, can enjoy. ŶǇ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞĚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ should email the club at: waterskiandwakeboard@ueastudent. ĐŽŵ Žƌ ĮŶĚ ŝƚ ŽŶ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ͗ ǁǁǁ͘ ƟŶǇƵƌů͘ĐŽŵͬƵĞĂǁĂŬĞ

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concrete.sport@uea.ac.uk TUESDAY 20th OCTOBER 2009

UEA Panthers edged out by Oxford Brookes ZŽďĞƌƚ ^ĐŚĂƩĞŶ The UEA Panthers narrowly missed ŽƵƚ ŽŶ Ă ǀŝĐƚŽƌǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĮƌƐƚ ŐĂŵĞ in BUCS Basketball Division 1A last tĞĚŶĞƐĚĂǇ͕ ůŽƐŝŶŐ Ă ŶĂŝůͲďŝƟŶŐ ŐĂŵĞ ϱϵͲϱϳ ƚŽ KǆĨŽƌĚ ƌŽŽŬĞƐ Ăƚ the Sportspark. ĞƐƉŝƚĞ Ă ŵƵĐŚͲĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ ůŝŶĞͲ ƵƉ ĨƌŽŵ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ͕ ƚŚĞ WĂŶƚŚĞƌƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶƚ ŽĨ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ĂŶ ŝŵƉĂĐƚ ŝŶ ŝǀŝƐŝŽŶ ϭ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ƐƚŽƌŵĞĚ ƚŽ ƉƌŽŵŽƟŽŶ ůĂƐƚ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͘ EŽǁ͕ ƵŶĚĞƌ ŶĞǁ ĐŽĂĐŚ 'ĞŽƌŐĞ &ƌĂƐĞƌͲ ĂƌŬĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ WĂŶƚŚĞƌƐ ŚĂĚ ŚĂĚ ůŝƩůĞ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ ŐĂŵĞ ďƵƚ ƌĂŶ ƌŽŽŬĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ƐĞĐŽŶĚƐ͘ ,ĂǀŝŶŐ ƐĞĞŶ ƐĞǀĞŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĮƌƐƚͲ ƚĞĂŵ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ Žƌ ƌĞƚƵƌŶ home over the summer, UEA enter ƚŚŝƐ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ŽŶůǇ ĨŽƵƌ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƋƵĂĚ ǁŚŽ ǁŽŶ ƉƌŽŵŽƟŽŶ͘ KŶůǇ ŽŶĞ ƐƚĂƌƚĞƌ ĨƌŽŵ ϮϬϬϴͬϵ͕ ďŝ ^ŚŽŐďĞŶŝ͕ ŝƐ ƐƟůů ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƋƵĂĚ͕ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ dĞŐĂ KƌŽŐƵŶ ŝƐ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƌĞƚƵƌŶ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ŐƌŽŝŶ ŝŶũƵƌǇ Ăƚ ƐŽŵĞ ƉŽŝŶƚ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ season. dŚĞ Ɛůŝŵ ŵĂƌŐŝŶ ŽĨ ǀŝĐƚŽƌǇ ƌĞŇĞĐƚĞĚ ũƵƐƚ ŚŽǁ ĐůŽƐĞ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ

was. The Panthers and their visitors ƉƌŽǀĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ĞǆĐĞƉƟŽŶĂůůǇ ǁĞůůͲ ŵĂƚĐŚĞĚ ʹ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŚĂůĨ ʹ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ǁĂƐ ƉůĂǇĞĚ Ăƚ Ă ǀĞƌǇ ŚŝŐŚ ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ ŝŶĚĞĞĚ͘ dŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĨĞǁ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƐůƵŐŐŝƐŚ ĨŽƌ ďŽƚŚ ƚĞĂŵƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŽƌĞďŽĂƌĚ ƟĐŬĞĚ ŽǀĞƌ Ăƚ Ă ŵƵĐŚ ƐůŽǁĞƌ ƌĂƚĞ ƚŚĂŶ h ďĂƐŬĞƚďĂůů ĨĂŶƐ were used to, but the home side ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶĞĚ ƉĂƌŝƚǇ ƵŶƟů ƚŚĞ ŵŝĚĚůĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƋƵĂƌƚĞƌ͘ dŚĞŶ͕ ďĞŚŝŶĚ Ă ƐƵƌŐĞ ŽĨ ƐĐŽƌŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ƌƵƚŶĞƌ͕ ƌŽŽŬĞƐ ĞĚŐĞĚ ŽƵƚ ƚŽ Ă ϮϰͲϭϬ ůĞĂĚ ŵŝĚǁĂǇ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ƉĞƌŝŽĚ͘ The Panthers rallied to within Ɛŝǆ Ăƚ ŚĂůĨͲƟŵĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŚĞůƉ ŽĨ ŶƵŵĞƌŽƵƐ ƚƌŝƉƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĨƌĞĞ ƚŚƌŽǁ ůŝŶĞ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ ƚŽ ĐůŽƐĞ ƚŚĞ ŐĂƉ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƚŚŝƌĚ ƋƵĂƌƚĞƌ͘ ŶƚĞƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ƉĞƌŝŽĚ͕ ƌŽŽŬĞƐ ŚĞůĚ ƚŚĞ ƐůŝŵŵĞƐƚ ŽĨ ĂĚǀĂŶƚĂŐĞƐ͕ Ăƚ ϰϰͲϰϯ͘ The scores were twice even, at ϰϳͲϰϳ ĂŶĚ ϱϰͲϱϰ͘ ƌŽŽŬĞƐ ƚŚĞŶ ǁĞŶƚ ŽŶ Ă ĮǀĞͲƉŽŝŶƚ ƌƵŶ ƚŽ ŐĂŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞͲ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ůĞĂĚ͕ ďƵƚ ^ŚŽŐďĞŶŝ ŵĂĚĞ Ă ĚƌŝǀŝŶŐ ůĂǇͲƵƉ ĂŶĚ Ă ĨƌĞĞ ƚŚƌŽǁ ƚŽ ŶĂƌƌŽǁ ƚŚĞ ŐĂƉ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ƚǁŽ͘ ŌĞƌ WĂŝ ŵŝƐƐĞĚ ƚǁŽ ĨƌĞĞ ƚŚƌŽǁƐ ǁŝƚŚ ϯ͘ϰ ƐĞĐŽŶĚƐ ůĞŌ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĐůŽĐŬ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ the Panthers were unable to make

EĂƌƌŽǁ ĚĞĨĞĂƚ͗ dŚĞ WĂŶƚŚĞƌƐ ƉƵƚ ŽŶ ĂŶ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐŝŶŐ ĚŝƐƉůĂǇ ďƵƚ ǁĞƌĞ ŶĂƌƌŽǁůǇ ĞĚŐĞĚ ŽƵƚ ďǇ Ă ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ƌŽŽŬĞƐ ƐŝĚĞ͘ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ƉŽƐƐĞƐƐŝŽŶ ĐŽƵŶƚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƟŵĞ ƌĂŶ ŽƵƚ͘ h ůĞĂŶƚ ŚĞĂǀŝůǇ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŽƌŝŶŐ ŽĨ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ ^ŚŽŐďĞŶŝ͕ ǁŚŽ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ϮϬ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ͘ 'ƵĂƌĚƐ Ě ǁĂƌƚͲ ^ĂŶĐŚĞǌ ;ϭϲͿ ĂŶĚ ĂŶ <ŚŽŵďĂ ;ϭϮͿ ǁĞƌĞ ĂůƐŽ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŽīĞŶƐŝǀĞ ĞŶĚ͕ ǁĂƌƚͲ^ĂŶĐŚĞǌ ƚĞƌƌŽƌŝƐŝŶŐ

ƚŚĞ ƌŽŽŬĞƐ ĚĞĨĞŶĐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ďĂůů ĐŽŶƚƌŽů ĂŶĚ <ŚŽŵďĂ ŚŝƫŶŐ ƚŚƌĞĞ ƚŚƌĞĞͲƉŽŝŶƚĞƌƐ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ͘ The Panthers will take plenty ŽĨ ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚŝƐ ŐĂŵĞ͘ ŽĂĐŚ &ƌĂƐĞƌͲ ĂƌŬĞƌ͛Ɛ ĨĂǀŽƵƌĞĚ ͚ĮŐƵƌĞͲ ŽĨͲĞŝŐŚƚ͛ ŽīĞŶƐŝǀĞ ƐƚƌĂƚĞŐǇ ƉƌŽǀĞĚ ǀĞƌǇ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞ Ăƚ ƟŵĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĂŵ

ƐŚŽǁĞĚ ƉůĞŶƚǇ ŽĨ ŚĞĂƌƚ ŝŶ ďĂƩůŝŶŐ ďĂĐŬ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ďŝŐ ĞĂƌůǇ ĚĞĮĐŝƚ͘ tŝƚŚ Ă ůŽŶŐ h ^ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ƐƟůů ĂŚĞĂĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ĞǀĞƌǇ ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƋƵĂĚ ĐĂŶ ƉƌŽǀĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ǀĞƌǇ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ŝŶĚĞĞĚ͘ KŶůǇ ƟŵĞ ǁŝůů ƚĞůů͘

Can England finally banish their World Cup demons? Harry Low ŶŐůĂŶĚ ŚĂǀĞ ĐĂƵƐĞ ĨŽƌ ŽƉƟŵŝƐŵ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ƋƵĂůŝĮĐĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ tŽƌůĚ ƵƉ ŶĞǆƚ ǇĞĂƌ͘ DĂŶǇ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŽƵƌ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ĞŵƉŚĂƟĐ ǁŝŶ ŽǀĞƌ ƌŽĂƟĂ ǁĂƐ ĞǀŝĚĞŶĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ŐŽ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ ŝŶ ^ŽƵƚŚ ĨƌŝĐĂ͘ &ĂŶƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ĚŽ ǁĞůů ƚŽ ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌ͕ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ŶŐůĂŶĚ ďĞĂƚ DŽůĚŽǀĂ ϰͲϬ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ ƉĞŶƵůƟŵĂƚĞ ƋƵĂůŝĨǇŝŶŐ ŐƌŽƵƉ ŐĂŵĞ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ tŽƌůĚ ƵƉ ŝŶ ϭϵϵϴ͕ ƚŚƌĂƐŚĞĚ 'ĞƌŵĂŶǇ ϱͲϭ ǁŝƚŚ ƚǁŽ ŐĂŵĞƐ ƚŽ ŐŽ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϮ ĂŶĚ͕ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϱ͕ ďƌƵƐŚĞĚ ĂƐŝĚĞ EŽƌƚŚĞƌŶ /ƌĞůĂŶĚ ŝŶ ƋƵĂůŝĨǇŝŶŐ ŽŶ ŽƵƌ ǁĂǇ ƚŽ 'ĞƌŵĂŶǇ ƚŚĞ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ǇĞĂƌ͕ ǇĞƚ ŽŶ ĞĂĐŚ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶ ǁĞ ĨĂŝůĞĚ ƚŽ ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐ ĂŶǇ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĂƌƚĞƌͲĮŶĂů ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĐŽŶǀŝŶĐŝŶŐ ǀŝĐƚŽƌŝĞƐ͘ So what reasons do we have to ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ƚŚĂƚ ϮϬϭϬ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŽƵƌ ǇĞĂƌ͍ &ŝƌƐƚůǇ͕ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ŵĂŶĂŐĞƌ ǁŚŽ ŚĂƐ Ă ŶŽͲŶŽŶƐĞŶƐĞ ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ǁŝůů ƐĂǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŶŐůĂŶĚ ŚĂĚ ĂŶ ĞĂƐǇ ŐƌŽƵƉ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ remains that you can only play the ŐĂŵĞƐ ƉƵƚ ŝŶ ĨƌŽŶƚ ŽĨ ǇŽƵ ĂŶĚ͕ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƚ͕ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ƉĂƐƐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŇǇŝŶŐ colours.

ƚ ůŽŶŐ ůĂƐƚ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ Ăůů ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ďĞƐƚ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƐŚŝƌƚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞǇ ĚŽ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐůƵďƐ͘ ^ƚĞǀĞŶ 'ĞƌƌĂƌĚ ĂŶĚ &ƌĂŶŬ Lampard appear able to work well ĂůŽŶŐƐŝĚĞ ŽŶĞ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ŵŝĚĮĞůĚ͕ ǁŚŝůĞ ƐƚƌŝŬĞƌ tĂǇŶĞ ZŽŽŶĞǇ ŚĂƐ ŶŝŶĞ ŐŽĂůƐ ŝŶ ƋƵĂůŝĨǇŝŶŐ͖ Ăůů ŚĂǀĞ ŵĂŶĂŐĞĚ ƚŽ ƚƌĂŶƐĨĞƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĞǆĐĞůůĞŶƚ ĚŽŵĞƐƟĐ ĨŽƌŵ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƚĞĂŵ͘

“There is still time for players such as Joe Cole, Shaun Wright-Phillips and, dare I say, Michael Owen to force their way in” dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŐĞŶƵŝŶĞ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƉůĂĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŶŽďŽĚǇ ĐĂŶ ŶĂŵĞ &ĂďŝŽ ĂƉĞůůŽ͛Ɛ ĨĂǀŽƵƌĞĚ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ y/ ŝƐ ŚĞĂůƚŚǇ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƐƋƵĂĚ ĂƐ Ă ǁŚŽůĞ͘ hŶůŝŬĞ ŝŶ ǇĞĂƌƐ ŐŽŶĞ ďǇ͕ ŝŶͲ ĨŽƌŵ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƐĞůĞĐƚĞĚ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƚƵƐ ƋƵŽ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶĞĚ͘

dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƐƟůů ƟŵĞ ĨŽƌ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ :ŽĞ ŽůĞ͕ ^ŚĂƵŶ tƌŝŐŚƚͲWŚŝůůŝƉƐ ĂŶĚ ƉŽƐƐŝďůǇ ĞǀĞŶ DŝĐŚĂĞů KǁĞŶ ƚŽ ĨŽƌĐĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǁĂǇ ŝŶ͘ ^ƚƌĞŶŐƚŚ ŝŶ ĚĞƉƚŚ ĐĂŶ ŽŌĞŶ ďĞ ŬĞǇ ǁŚĞŶ ŝƚ ĐŽŵĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ ŝƚƐĞůĨ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ůŝŬĞƐ ŽĨ ĂǀŝĚ ĞĐŬŚĂŵ ĂŶĚ :ĞƌŵĂŝŶĞ ĞĨŽĞ ǁĂŝƟŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŝŶŐƐ͕ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ Ă EŝĐŬǇ ƵƩ Žƌ WĂƵů DĞƌƐŽŶ ŝŶ ǇĞĂƌƐ ŐŽŶĞ ďǇ͕ ŶŐůĂŶĚ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ŐĞŶƵŝŶĞ ĐŚĂŶĐĞ͘ ŶĚ ǁŚĂƚ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ƌŝǀĂůƐ͍ ƵƌŽƉĞĂŶ champions Spain are no weaker than ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞǇ ůŝŌĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƚƌŽƉŚǇ ŝŶ sŝĞŶŶĂ ůĂƐƚ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ͘ dŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ǁŽŶ Ăůů ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŐĂŵĞƐ ŝŶ ƋƵĂůŝĨǇŝŶŐ͕ ĐŽŶĐĞĚŝŶŐ ũƵƐƚ ƚǁŽ ŐŽĂůƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ sŝĐĞŶƚĞ ĚĞů ŽƐƋƵĞ ǁŝůů ŶŽ ĚŽƵďƚ ŚĂǀĞ ŚŝƐ ĐŚĂƌŐĞƐ ĮƌĞĚ ƵƉ ĂŶĚ ŚŽƉŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĞŵƵůĂƚĞ &ƌĂŶĐĞ ďǇ ďĞŝŶŐ ǁŽƌůĚ͕ ĂƐ well as European, champions. Brazil are another main rivals and ŚĂǀĞ ƐŚŽǁŶ ƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ĂŐĂŝŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ďĞĂƚĞƌƐ͘ ,ĂǀŝŶŐ ƐĐŽƌĞĚ ŵŽƌĞ ŐŽĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶĐĞĚĞĚ ĨĞǁĞƌ than any other team in the South ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ƋƵĂůŝĮĞƌƐ͕ ĞǆƉĞĐƚ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĂŵ ranked number one in the world to ĂƌƌŝǀĞ ŝŶ ^ŽƵƚŚ ĨƌŝĐĂ ŝŶ ŐŽŽĚ ĨŽƌŵ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ĂůƐŽ ǁŽƌƚŚ ŶŽƟŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ͕ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ŽĨ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƉƌŝŶƚ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ĨŽƵƌ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƐŝĚĞƐ ŝŶ ĨƌŽŶƚ ŽĨ ŶŐůĂŶĚ

ĂƌŬŝŶŐ ďŽǇƐ͗ :ŽŚŶ dĞƌƌǇ ǁŝůů ŚŽƉĞ ƚŽ ĞŵƵůĂƚĞ ŚŝƐ ŚĞƌŽ͕ ŽďďǇ DŽŽƌĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ &/& ǁŽƌůĚ ƌĂŶŬŝŶŐƐ͗ ,ŽůůĂŶĚ͕ 'ĞƌŵĂŶǇ͕ ZƵƐƐŝĂ ĂŶĚ /ƚĂůǇ͘ Germany have consistently ƉƌŽǀĞŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂďŝůŝƚǇ ƚŽ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ƐƚĂŐĞ͕ ǁŚŝůĞ 'ƵƵƐ ,ŝĚĚŝŶŬ ŚĂƐ ŚŝƐ ƐŝĚĞ ǁĞůů ĚƌŝůůĞĚ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ůŽƐƚ ŽŶůǇ ŽŶĐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƋƵĞƐƚ ƚŽ ƌĞĂĐŚ ^ŽƵƚŚ ĨƌŝĐĂ͘ ĚŵŝƩĞĚůǇ͕ /ƚĂůǇ ƉŽƐĞ ůĞƐƐ ŽĨ Ă ƚŚƌĞĂƚ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ƐƚƌƵŐŐůĞĚ ĨŽƌ ĨŽƌŵ ŽĨ ůĂƚĞ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞǇ ĐĂŶ ďŽĂƐƚ ĨŽƵƌ World Cup wins and boss Marcelo >ŝƉƉŝ ŚĂƐ Ă ǁĞĂůƚŚ ŽĨ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ƚŽ call upon. This writer thinks that we stand

ĂƐ ŐŽŽĚ Ă ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ŐŽŝŶŐ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ as we have done in the past decade. ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĨŽƌ Ăůů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŚǇƉĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚŝƐ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ĐƌŽƉ ŽĨ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ͕ ŚĞ ƐƟůů ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ũƵƐƚ ϮϮ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ ĂŐŽ ǁĞ ĨĂŝůĞĚ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƚ ĨŽƌ ƵƌŽ ϮϬϬϴ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ŝŵƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ƚŽ ůŽŽŬ ƉĂƐƚ ƚŚĞ brilliant Brazilians, who rarely miss ŽƵƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ƚƌŽƉŚǇ ĨŽƌ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ŽŶĞ ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ ƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ ůĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ĨŽƵƌ ǇĞĂƌƐ ŽĨ ŚĞĂƌƚĂĐŚĞ ĨŽƌ &ĂďŝŽ͛Ɛ ďŽǇƐ͘

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ENGLAND

Concrete assesses whether Rooney, Gerrard, Lampard et al can finally end 44 years of hurt.

TUESDAY 20th OCTOBER 2009

BASKETBALL

Robert Schatten reports back on UEA Panthers’ narrow loss to the Oxford Brookes team.

WAKEBOARDING

Mike Rogers introduces UEA’s newest and most exciting sport: Wakeboarding.

TENNIS

Concrete catches up with the captain of UEA’s Men’s Tennis club, Paul Sandall.

open UEA Rugby breeze past hapless Derby Athletics season in style ,ĞŶƌǇ ƌŽŌ

Josh Entwistle

UEA 1st XV - 49 Derby 1st XV - 10 ŽŵŝŶŐ Žī ƚŚĞ ďĂĐŬ ŽĨ Ă ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ǀŝĐƚŽƌǇ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ EŽƌƚŚĂŵƉƚŽŶ ůĂƐƚ ǁĞĞŬ͕ ƚŚĞ h ϭƐƚ ys ƚŽŽŬ ŽŶ ĞƌďǇ ϭƐƚ ys ŽŶ tĞĚŶĞƐĚĂǇ ǁŝƚŚ ĚƵĞ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶĐĞ͘ /ŶĚĞĞĚ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƉŝƌŝƚ ǁĂƐ ĞǀŝĚĞŶƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŽƵƚƐĞƚ ĂƐ h ŬŝĐŬĞĚ Žī ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝŐŚ ĞŶĞƌŐǇ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶǀŝĐƟŽŶ͘ tŝƚŚŝŶ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂĚ ƚƵƌŶĞĚ ŽǀĞƌ Ă ƐĐƌƵŵ ǁŚŝĐŚ ůĞĚ ƚŽ Ă ƉĞŶĂůƚǇ ŬŝĐŬ ƐĐŽƌĞĚ ďǇ ŇǇͲŚĂůĨ ŶĚƌĞǁ ,ĞĂƚŚĐŽĂƚĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ǁĂƐ ŝŵŵĞĚŝĂƚĞůǇ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ ďǇ Ă ƌƵŶ ŽĨ ŐŽŽĚ ƉĂƐƐŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ƉůĂǇ ďǇ ƚŚĞ h ďĂĐŬƐ ĂƐ ǁŝŶŐĞƌ ,ĂƌƌŝƐŽŶ WĞĂĐŽĐŬ͕ ĚŝƐƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ƉĂĐĞ ĂŶĚ ŬĞĞŶ ĞǇĞ͕ ƐŚŽƚ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĞƌďǇ ůŝŶĞ ĨŽƌ ĂŶ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƚƌǇ͘ ŌĞƌ Ă ƐŽůŝĚ ƐƚĂƌƚ͕ h ƐĞĞŵĞĚ ƚŽ ƐƚƵŵďůĞ ĨŽƌ Ă ǁŚŝůĞ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŽŶ ĐŽŶĐĞĚĞĚ Ă ƉĞŶĂůƚǇ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ŬŝĐŬ ĨĞůů ǁŝĚĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŝŵƉĞƚƵŽƵƐ ĚĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞƌďǇ ŇǇͲŚĂůĨ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ŝƚ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ǁĂŝƟŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶĞ ƐĞĞŵĞĚ ƚŽ ƐƵŵ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ĐůƵŵƐǇ͕ ŚĞƐŝƚĂŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƌĂƐŚ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ ǁŝƚŚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĞƌďǇ ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŚĂůĨ͘ WĞƌŚĂƉƐ Ă ƚĞƐƚĂŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŝŵƉŽƐŝŶŐ ƉůĂǇ ŽĨ h ͕ ĞƌďǇ ƐĞĞŵĞĚ ŶĞƌǀŽƵƐ ĂƐ ƚŚĞǇ ƐƚƵŵďůĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĨĂŝůĞĚ ƚŽ ĐŽŶǀĞƌƚ ƉůĂǇƐ ŽŶ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶƐ͘ zĞƚ h ƐĞĞŵĞĚ ƵŶĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĐĂƉŝƚĂůŝƐĞ ŽŶ ƚŚŝƐ͕ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ĂǁĂǇ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ƉĞŶĂůƟĞƐ ƚŽ ŬĞĞƉ ĞƌďǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ĂŶĚ͕ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ŬŝĐŬ ĂŶĚ ĐŚĂƌŐĞ͕ ĞƌďǇ ŵĂŶĂŐĞĚ ƚŽ ĞǀĞŶƚƵĂůůǇ ĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ůŝŶĞ ĨŽƌ ĂŶ ƵŶĐŽŶǀĞƌƚĞĚ ƚƌǇ͘ dŚŝƐ ƉŚĂƐĞ ƉƌŽǀĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƐŚŽƌƚͲůŝǀĞĚ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕

ŶĚƌĞǁ ,ĞĂƚŚĐŽĂƚĞ ĞŶũŽǇĞĚ Ă ƉƌŽĮƚĂďůĞ ĂŌĞƌŶŽŽŶ͕ ƐĐŽƌŝŶŐ Ă ĮŶĞ ƚƌǇ ĂŶĚ ŬŝĐŬŝŶŐ ϭϵ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ͘ ĂƐ h ďĞŐĂŶ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨĞĞƚ ĂŶĚ ĚŽŵŝŶĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂǇ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŚĂůĨ͕ ĂŶĚ͕ ĂŌĞƌ ƐŽŵĞ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ďǇ ƚŚĞ h ďĂĐŬƐ͕ ,ĞĂƚŚĐŽƚĞ ƌĂŶ Ă ĮŶĞ ĂŶŐůĞ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ĞƌďǇ ďĂĐŬͲůŝŶĞ ƚŽ ĐƌŽƐƐ ĨŽƌ Ă ǁĞůůͲĚĞƐĞƌǀĞĚ ƚƌǇ͘ dŚĞ ďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŚĂůĨ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ĂŐŐƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ĚƌŝǀŝŶŐ ŵĂƵů ďǇ ƚŚĞ h ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐŵĂƐŚĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĞƌďǇ ĚĞĨĞŶĐĞ ůŝŬĞ Ă ďĂƩĞƌŝŶŐͲƌĂŵ͕ ƐŚŽǁĐĂƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉ ĂŶĚ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞ ŵĂƵů ƐĞƚͲƵƉ ŽĨ ĐĂƉƚĂŝŶ ŶŐƵƐ ,ŽůďŽƌŶ͘ dŚŝƐ ƚǇƉĞ ŽĨ ƉůĂǇ͕ ĐŽŵďŝŶĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƋƵŝĐŬ ŚĂŶĚƐ

ŽĨ ƚŚĞ h ƐĐƌƵŵͲŚĂůĨ ^ŝŵŽŶ WŽƌƚǁĂŝŶ ůĞĚ ƚŽ Ă ƉĞŶĂůƚǇ ŬŝĐŬ ĂŶĚ͕ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ůĂƚĞƌ͕ ĂŌĞƌ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌĐĞƉƟŽŶ ďǇ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ϴ tŝůů WƵůůĞŶ͕ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ h ƚƌǇ͘ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ĐŽŶĐĞĚŝŶŐ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶĂďůĞ ƚƌǇ ƚŽ ĞƌďǇ Ͳ ƚŚĞ ůŝŶĞ ũƵĚŐĞ ŚĂĚ ĨĂŝůĞĚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ Ă ĞƌďǇ ƉůĂǇĞƌ ĨĂůů ŝŶƚŽ ƚŽƵĐŚ ĂƐ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ƚǇŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ƐŚŽĞůĂĐĞƐ Ͳ h ďĞŐĂŶ ƚŽ ĞǆŚŝďŝƚ Ă ƐƵƉƌĞŵĞ ĚŝƐƉůĂǇ ŽĨ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƉĂĐĞ͕ ŶŽƚĂďůǇ ŝŶ ǁŝŶŐĞƌ :ĂĐŬ ƌĐŚŝďĂůĚ͕ ǁŚŽ͕ ĂŌĞƌ ƌĞĐĞŝǀŝŶŐ ĂŶ ŽƵƚƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ƉĂƐƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞƌͲŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ,ĞĂƚŚĐŽƚĞ͕ ƉƵƚ ŽŶ Ă ƐŚŽǁĐĂƐĞ ŽĨ ƐƉĞĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĂŐŝůŝƚǇ ƚŽ ĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ůŝŶĞ ĨŽƌ

h ͛Ɛ ƚŚŝƌĚ ƚƌǇ͘ &ƌŽŵ ƚŚŝƐ ƉŽŝŶƚ ŽŶ ĞƌďǇ ƐĞĞŵĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ŵĞƌĞ ďǇƐƚĂŶĚĞƌƐ ĂƐ h ĞīŽƌƚůĞƐƐůǇ ƐůŝĚ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ŐĞĂƌ͘ dǁŽ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ƚƌŝĞƐ ďǇ ^ĐŽƩ 'ŽůĚŝŶŐ ĞŶĨŽƌĐĞĚ Ă ĞƌďǇ ďƵƌŝĂů ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ϭϱ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ͕ ƐĞĂůŝŶŐ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ͕ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ Ă ŚĞƐŝƚĂŶƚ ƉĂƚĐŚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŚĂůĨ͕ ĂŶ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ǀŝĐƚŽƌǇ ŽĨ ϰϵͲϭϬ͘ Ŷ ŽƉƟŵŝƐƟĐ ƚĞĂŵ ůĞŌ ƚŚĞ ƉŝƚĐŚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŽĚ ǁĂƐ ƐƵŵŵĞĚͲƵƉ ďǇ ĂƉƚĂŝŶ ,ŽůďŽƌŶ͕ ǁŚŽ ƉƌĂŝƐĞĚ ͞Ăůů ƚŚĞ ďŽǇƐ ĨŽƌ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ǁĞůů͕͟ ƐĂǇŝŶŐ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ Ă ͞ŐŽŽĚ ƐƚĂƌƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͘ tĞ ŚŽƉĞ ŝƚ ĐĂƌƌŝĞƐ ŽŶ͘͟

Ziggurat Volleyball: Combined Economics & NBS schools overcome Law Georgina Wade KŌĞŶ ǁŚĞŶ ǁĞ ŚĞĂƌ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌĚ ͚ǀŽůůĞǇďĂůů͕͛ ŝŵĂŐĞƐ ŽĨ ƐĂŶĚǇ ďĞĂĐŚĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐĐĂŶƟůǇ ĐůĂĚ ŐŝƌůƐ ĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ ŵŝŶĚ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƐĂŶĚǇ ďĞĂĐŚĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƵŶƐŚŝŶĞ ĂƌĞ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ĐŽŵĞ ďǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĞƉĞƐƚ ĚĞƉƚŚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ EŽƌĨŽůŬ ǁŝůĚĞƌŶĞƐƐ ƐŽ ƚŚĞ h ^ƉŽƌƚƐƉĂƌŬ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ŚŽƐƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ƌŽƵŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝŐŐƵƌĂƚ ŝŶƚĞƌͲ ƐĐŚŽŽů ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ͘

ĂĐŚ ƐĐŚŽŽů ƉƵƚ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ Ă ƚĞĂŵ ĐŽŶƐŝƐƟŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚƌĞĞ ŐŝƌůƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚƌĞĞ ďŽǇƐ ƚŽ ĐŽŵƉĞƚĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ĞĂƌŶ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ϬϵͬϭϬ ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ͘ dŚĞ >Ăǁ ƚĞĂŵ ŐŽƚ Žī ƚŽ ĂŶ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ƐƚĂƌƚ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĮƌƐƚ ŵĂƚĐŚ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ŚĞŵŝƐƚƌǇ ϭϵͲϲ͕ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽĐĞĞĚĞĚ ƚŽ ǁŝŶ Ăůů ƚŚƌĞĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵĂƚĐŚĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĞŶƐƵĞĚ͕ ĮŶŝƐŚŝŶŐ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŽǀĞƌĂůů͘ dŚĞ ŵĞĚŝĐƐ ƉƵƚ ƵƉ Ă ǀĂůŝĂŶƚ ĮŐŚƚ͕

ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ĨŽƵƌƚŚ ŽǀĞƌĂůů ǁŚŝĐŚ ůĞĂǀĞƐ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŚŝƌĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐƐ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƚǁŽ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ƉƌŽǀĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ĚĂǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝƐƚƐ ƚĞĂŵĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ^ĐŚŽŽů͕ ǁŚŽ ƚŽŽŬ ǀŝĐƚŽƌǇ͕ ƉƵƫŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ƐŽ ĨĂƌ ǁŝƚŚ Ϯϳϲ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ͖ ũƵƐƚ ƚŚƌĞĞ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ŝŽůŽŐǇ ǁŚŽ͕ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƌĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǀŽůůĞǇďĂůů ŽǀĞƌĂůů͕ ĮŶĚ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ŝŶ ĮƌƐƚ ƉůĂĐĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ϯϳϵ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ͘

ZĂĐŚĂĞů dŽŵĞƐ͕ ƐƐŝƐƚĂŶƚ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ŽĨ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ ^ƉŽƌƚ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚĞĚ͗ ͞/ƚ ŝƐ ƌĞĨƌĞƐŚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ƐŽ ŵĂŶǇ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĐŽŵĞ ŽƵƚ ƚŽ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĐŚŽŽů͘ dŚŝƐ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ĞƉŝƚŽŵŝƐĞƐ ŐŽŽĚ ƐƉŝƌŝƚ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟǀĞŶĞƐƐ͕ ǁŚŝůĞ ŐĞƫŶŐ ƚŽ ŬŶŽǁ ŶĞǁ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂŶĚ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ĨƵŶ͖ ĂŶĚ Ăůů ĨŽƌ ĨƌĞĞ͊͟ dŚĞ ŝŐŐƵƌĂƚ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ƚŚŝƐ ǁĞĞŬ ǁŝƚŚ ŵŝǆĞĚ ƚĂďůĞͲƚĞŶŶŝƐ ƚŽĚĂǇ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ϱͲĂͲƐŝĚĞ ĨŽŽƚďĂůů ƉƌĞůŝŵŝŶĂƌŝĞƐ ƚŽŵŽƌƌŽǁ͘

/ƚ ǁĂƐ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ƚƵƌŶŽƵƚ ĨŽƌ h ŽŶ tĞĚŶĞƐĚĂǇ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĂƐƚ ŶŐůŝĂŶ ƌŽƐƐ ŽƵŶƚƌǇ >ĞĂŐƵĞ ; >Ϳ ŚĞůĚ Ăƚ Z & ĂƌŶŚĂŵ͘ tŝƚŚ Ă ŵŝǆƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ĨĂŵŝůŝĂƌ ĨĂĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĨƌĞƐŚĞƌƐ͕ ƚŚĞ h ƚĞĂŵ ƉƵƚ ŝŶ ĂŶ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ĚŝƐƉůĂǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ƌĂĐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ůĞĐ ĞĂŶĞǇ͕ ZŝĐŚ ,ĞŶĚĞƌƐŽŶ͕ :ŽƐŚ ŶƚǁŝƐƚůĞ͕ dŽŵ >ŽǀĞ ĂŶĚ EŝĐŬ WƵůůĞŶ ƉůĂĐŝŶŐ ϯƌĚ͕ ϰƚŚ͕ ϱƚŚ͕ ĂŶĚ ϮϳƚŚ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƟǀĞůǇ͘ dŚĞ ůĂĚŝĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ ŽƵƚ ŝŶ ĨƵůů ĨŽƌĐĞ ĂůƐŽ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ^ĂƌĂŚ ƵƌĚĞƩ͕ >ǇĚŝĂ 'ƌŽǁŶƐ ĂŶĚ ^ĂƌĂŚ <ŝŵƉƚŽŶ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ϮŶĚ͕ ϯƌĚ ĂŶĚ ϭϬƚŚ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƟǀĞůǇ͘ dŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ ĐůŽƐĞůǇ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ ďǇ ,ĞĂƚŚĞƌ &ŝƐŚĞƌ͕ ,ĂŶŶĂŚ ^ŝĞƌƌĂ ĂŶĚ ĐůƵď ƉƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ͕ ŵŝůǇ EĞŝůĂŶ͘ ǀĞŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚŝƐ ĚŽŵŝŶĂƟŶŐ ƌĞƐƵůƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐůƵď ǁĂƐ ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂĚ ďĞĞŶ ƐĞƚ ǁĂƐ Ă ůŽƚ ƐŚŽƌƚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂŐƵĞ ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƐ ƵƐƵĂůůǇ ĚĞŵĂŶĚ Ͳ ϲŬŵ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ǁŽŵĞŶ ĂŶĚ ϭϬŬŵ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŵĞŶ͘ dŚŝƐ ƌĂĐĞ ƚƵƌŶĞĚ ŽƵƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ůĞƐƐ ƚŚĂŶ ϯŬŵ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ǁŽŵĞŶ ĂŶĚ ũƵƐƚ ƵŶĚĞƌ ϲŬŵ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŵĞŶ͘ EĞǀĞƌƚŚĞůĞƐƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĂŵ ƐƟůů ĐĂŵĞ ĂǁĂǇ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƉƌŽŵŝƐŝŶŐ ĮƌƐƚ ƌĞƐƵůƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͘ &ŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ͕ ŝƚ ĂƉƉĞĂƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĐůƵď ǁŝůů ŚĂǀĞ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ > ĨŽƌ ďŽƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŵĞŶ ĂŶĚ ǁŽŵĞŶ͘ ŶĚ͕ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ĂŚĞĂĚ͕ ŝƚ ǁŝůů ŚŽƉĞ ƚŽ ƉŽƐƚ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƐƟŐŝŽƵƐ h ^ ƌŽƐƐͲ ŽƵŶƚƌǇ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ ŝŶ ^ƟƌůŝŶŐ͘