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David Churchill The Government has announced that the Treasury ŝƐ ƚŽ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚůǇ ƌĞĚƵĐĞ ŝƚƐ ĨƵŶĚŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ the UK by a total of £600 million. The details of the ƌĞĚƵĐƟŽŶ ǁĞƌĞ ŽƵƚůŝŶĞĚ ŝŶ the Government’s pre-Budget report in December, which also stated that the cuts will become entrenched in public spending policy by 2012-2013. The announcement has prompted widespread ƐƉĞĐƵůĂƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ůĞĂĚŝŶŐ ĮŐƵƌĞƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐƚŽƌ about which areas will be ŵŽƐƚ ĂīĞĐƚĞĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐ ŝŵƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĚƵĐƟŽŶƐ ǁŝůů ŚĂǀĞ ĨŽƌ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ students. Labour’s Higher ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ DŝŶŝƐƚĞƌ͕ DW ĂǀŝĚ Lammy, emphasised that decisions about how the

cuts will be distributed had not yet been made, but with the cuts almost certain to ĐƌĞĂƚĞ Ă ǀĂƐƚ ĮƐĐĂů ĚĞĮĐŝƚ ŽŶ university ledgers, it is feared ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂů ďƵƌĚĞŶ will be transferred onto students in the form of higher ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ͘ Eh^ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ͕ tĞƐ ^ƚƌĞĞƟŶŐ͕ ǁĂƌŶĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ “some vice-chancellors and ƉŽůŝƟĐŝĂŶƐ ǁŝůů ŶŽǁ ůŽŽŬ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ƌĞǀŝĞǁ ŽĨ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ fees to plug the spending gap”. The proposals have also caused concerns as to whether ƚŚĞ ƋƵĂůŝƚǇ ŽĨ ƐĐŝĞŶƟĮĐ ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ ĨƌŽŵ h< ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ compete on a global scale. ĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ h<͕ the UK currently lies second in a league of countries which are most important to ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƐĐŝĞŶƟĮĐ research in the world. Despite the fact that

the UK houses only 1% of ƚŚĞ ŐůŽďĂů ƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ responsible for producing 8% ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͛Ɛ ůĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƐĐŝĞŶƟĮĐ ƉĂƉĞƌƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĐŝƚĂƟŽŶ ƐŚĂƌĞ of 12%, a record second only ƚŽ ƚŚĞ h^͘ tŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ h ͛Ɛ ůŝŵĂƟĐ ZĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ hŶŝƚ ; ZhͿ being one of these centres of excellence for producing ůĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƐĐŝĞŶƟĮĐ ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ͕ the UEA is likely to become ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ ĐĂƐƵĂůƟĞƐ of the proposed cuts. ZĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞƐ ŽĨ h ͛Ɛ Students’ Union voiced their concerns over the impact that “such vicious cuts” would have on UEA students ĂŶĚ ŝƚƐ ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ ƌĞƉƵƚĂƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ĐĂĚĞŵŝĐ KĸĐĞƌ͕ ĂǀŝĚ Sheppard, predicts “serious repercussions on the quality ŽĨ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ͟ at UEA, adding that any ͞ĂƩĞŵƉƚƐ ƚŽ ƉůƵŐ ƚŚĞ ĨƵŶĚŝŶŐ gap with an increase in student

fees” would be “disastrous”. But the proposed cuts have coincided with the ongoing independent review ŝŶƚŽ ĨĞĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ funding being conducted by Lord Browne. It is believed that he will now be forced to recommend that the 'ŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ůŝŌ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƉ ŽŶ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ stands at £3,225 a year, in order ĨŽƌ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ƚŽ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶ ‘real term’ funding levels. The current funding system operates according to a “unit of resource” scheme ʹ Ă ͞ƵŶŝƚ͟ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƟŶŐ Ă ĮǆĞĚ ƐƵŵ ƚŚĂƚ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞ ƉĞƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ʹ ǁŚŝĐŚ it has been calculated will be reduced by approximately £1,000 per student, per annum, once the cuts have ďĞĞŶ ŝŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚĞĚ͘ ZĂŝƐŝŶŐ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ ŝƐ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚŽŽĚ

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THE BIG SWITCH-OFF: NORWICH STREETS LEFT IN THE DARK Nick Church Norfolk County Council leaders are to press on with controversial plans to save cash and reduce carbon ĞŵŝƐƐŝŽŶƐ ďǇ ƐǁŝƚĐŚŝŶŐ Žī around 27,000 streetlights across Norfolk and over 7,000 in Norwich itself. The plans, which would replace lights with

ŵŽƌĞ ĞĸĐŝĞŶƚ ŵŽĚĞůƐ ĂŶĚ ĐĞůůƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƐǁŝƚĐŚ Žī ĂŌĞƌ 12am, have been met with strong resistance from City Councillors, including a councillor responsible for community safety and cohesion. It would cost the County Council £274,000 over the ŶĞǆƚ ƚŚƌĞĞ ǇĞĂƌƐ͕ ĂŌĞƌ ǁŚŝĐŚ the Council will save £167,000 each year.

Streetlights would be ƐǁŝƚĐŚĞĚ Žī ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ hours of 12am and 5am in ƋƵŝĞƚ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƟĂů ĂƌĞĂƐ ǁŝƚŚ low incidents of crime and ƚƌĂĸĐ ĂĐĐŝĚĞŶƚƐ ʹ ƚŚĞƐĞ included numerous streets ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝŐŚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶƐ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĞǆĞŵƉƟŽŶƐ ĨŽƌ streets that have busy nightƟŵĞ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĨŽŽƞĂůůƐ͕ as well as those with high rates of crime and accidents. Police

ĐƌŝŵĞ ƐƚĂƟƐƟĐƐ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ used to determine areas of low crime and in trials in other areas, such as Essex, there has been no record of increased crime, according to the County Council report. Ğƌƚ ƌĞŵŶĞƌ͕ ĞǆĞĐƵƟǀĞ member for Community Safety and Cohesion, voiced concerns Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĐƌƵƟŶǇ ƉĂŶĞů ĚĞďĂƟŶŐ the proposal on January 6th and has called the plans

ĚĂŶŐĞƌŽƵƐ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƟǀĂƚĞĚ solely by cost-savings. “All over the south of the City, in the Golden Triangle, Lakenham, Tuckswood and Eaton, whole streets are to ƐƵīĞƌ Ă ƚŽƚĂů ƐǁŝƚĐŚ Žī͘ DŽƐƚ of the University ward will ďĞ ůĞŌ ŝŶ ĚĂƌŬŶĞƐƐ͙ tŚǇ ĂƌĞ we not having a one in three ůŝŐŚƚƐ Žī͙ dŚĂƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ make for a greater saving, but without the risk of robbery,

muggings or worse in our blacked out streets.” ^ƚĞƉŚĞŶ DŽƌƉŚĞǁ͕ >ĞĂĚĞƌ of Norwich City Council said: “[There are] concerns that reduced hours of street ůŝŐŚƟŶŐ ǁŝůů ƉŽƐĞ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞĚ risks for crime and disorder and road safety and there is ůŝƩůĞ ĞǀŝĚĞŶĐĞ ĨƌŽŵ ĞůƐĞǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŽ ƐŚŽǁ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĞīĞĐƚƐ may be. These concerns are CONTINUES ON PAGE 6

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CREDIT CRUNCH CARROTS Manuel Hung EĞǁ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ƉƌŽƉŽƐĂůƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁŽƵůĚ ŐŝǀĞ ĨƌĞƐŚĞƌƐ Ă ďĂŐ ŽĨ ĐĂƌƌŽƚƐ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞǇ ĞŶƌŽů Ăƚ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ͕ ĂƌĞ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ be debated in the House of ŽŵŵŽŶƐ ůĂƚĞƌ ƚŚŝƐ ǁĞĞŬ͘ dŚĞ ůĂƚĞƐƚ ŝĚĞĂ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĚƌĂǁŶ ƵƉ ďǇ >ĂďŽƵƌ ŵŝŶŝƐƚĞƌƐ͕ ǁŽƵůĚ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ďĞŶĞĮƚ h ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ ǁŚŽ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĨĞĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŶǇ ƌĂďďŝƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ƌĞƐŝĚĞ ŽŶ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ͘ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨŽǆ ŚƵŶƟŶŐ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ŽĨ KǆĨŽƌĚ͕ ůůŝŽƚ &ƵĚĚ ǁĂƐ ŽƵƚƌĂŐĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƟŽŶ͘ Dƌ ͘ &ƵĚĚ ƐĂŝĚ͕ ͞tĞ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƌĂďďŝƚƐ ŶŽƚ ĨĞĞĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ͘ ͞dŚŝƐ ǁŝůů ŽŶůǇ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞ Ă

ŐƌŽǁƚŚ ŝŶ ŶƵŵďĞƌƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ƚŚŝŶŐ ǁĞ ǁĂŶƚ͘͟ dŚŝƐ ŝŶŝƟĂƟǀĞ ŝƐ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ Ă ǁĞůĐŽŵĞ ďŽŽƐƚ ĨŽƌ ĐĂƌƌŽƚ ŐƌŽǁĞƌƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ĂƐ ƚŚĞǇ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ĮŐŚƚ ƚŚĞ ĞīĞĐƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐĞƐƐŝŽŶ͘ ŚƌŝƐ W͘ ĂƌƌŽƚ͕ ǁŚŽ ƌƵŶƐ Ă ĨĂƌŵ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŐƌŽǁƐ Ă ǀĂƌŝĞƚǇ ŽĨ ǀĞŐĞƚĂďůĞƐ͕ ďƵƚ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůŝƐĞƐ ŝŶ ĐĂƌƌŽƚƐ ŝŶ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ ƐĂŝĚ͕ ͞dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŐƌĞĂƚ ŶĞǁƐ ĨŽƌ ƵƐ͘͟ ͞tŝƚŚ h ďĞŝŶŐ ŽŶ ŽƵƌ ĚŽŽƌƐƚĞƉ ǁĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ƐĂůĞƐ ƚŚƌĞĞĨŽůĚ͊͟ KƚŚĞƌ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƟŽŶƐ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚĞĚ ƚŽ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞ ĞŶƌŽůŵĞŶƚ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚ Ă ĨƵůů ďŽĚǇ ŵĂƐƐĂŐĞ Žƌ Ă ůŽƩĞƌǇ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ǁŝŶŶĞƌ ŐĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĞŶƚƌǇ ƚŽ Ă ƌĂďďŝƚ ƐĂŶĐƚƵĂƌǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŚŽŝĐĞ͘

ƚŽ ŽīĞƌ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ƐŽůƵƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƌĞĐŽƵƉ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĮĐŝƚ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚ ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƐ͘ dŚĞ 'ŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŚĞĂǀŝůǇ ĐƌŝƟĐŝƐĞĚ ĨŽƌ ŝƚƐ ĚĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ͕ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ h< ĐŽŵŵŝƚƐ Ă ůŽǁĞƌ ƉĞƌĐĞŶƚĂŐĞ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ' W ƚŽ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ Greg Mann than most other global ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƚŽƌƐ͘ /Ŷ ϮϬϬϲ ZĞŐŝƐƚƌĂƌ͛Ɛ KĸĐĞ ƚŚĞ h< ŝŶǀĞƐƚĞĚ ϭ͘ϯй ŽĨ ŝƚ ' W ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ĂŝŵƐ ƚŽ ŚĂůǀĞ ƚŚĞ ŝŶ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ͕ ĐŽŵƉĂƌĞĚ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĚĞĮĐŝƚ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ǁŝƚŚ Ϯ͘ϵй ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ h^͕ Ϯ͘ϳй ĨŽƵƌ ǇĞĂƌƐ͘ ĨŽƌ ĂŶĂĚĂ͕ ĂŶĚ ϭ͘ϲй ĨŽƌ ^ŽƵƌĐĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚĞĚ ƵƐƚƌĂůŝĂ͘ ƚŚĂƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ άϲϬϬ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ Ɛ ĂŶ ĂƌĞĂ ŽĨ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ďƵĚŐĞƚ ĐƵƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ƌŝŶŐͲ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ŽƵƚůŝŶĞĚ͕ ŵŽƐƚ ĐĂŶ ĨĞŶĐĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ďƵĚŐĞƚ ďĞ ͚ĨŽƵŶĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚͲ ŝƐ ůŝŬĞůǇ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ Ă ďŝŐ Śŝƚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ďƵĚŐĞƚ͛͘

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CLEGG’S FEE PROMISE Lauren South The leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, ŚĂƐ ĐŽŶĮƌŵĞĚ ŚŝƐ ƉĂƌƚǇ͛Ɛ ĐŽŵŵŝƚŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƐĐƌĂƉƉŝŶŐ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ͕ ďǇ ŽƵƚůŝŶŝŶŐ Ă ͞Ɛŝǆ ǇĞĂƌ ƉůĂŶ͟ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁŽƵůĚ ŐƌĂĚƵĂůůǇ ĂďŽůŝƐŚ ƚŚĞ ĨĞĞƐ ŝŶ Ă ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ǁĂǇ͘ hŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂŶƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƉŚĂƐĞ ǁŝůů ƐĐƌĂƉ ĨĞĞƐ ĨŽƌ Ăůů ĮŶĂů ǇĞĂƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϬͲ ϮϬϭϭ͕ ǁŚŝůĞ ŐƌĂĚƵĂůůǇ ƉŚĂƐŝŶŐ them out for the subsequent ǇĞĂƌ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ͘

WHAT THE CUTS COULD MEAN Ɛ Ă ƉƌŽƉŽƌƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ĨƵŶĚŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ͕ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ʹ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ďƵƌƐĂƌŝĞƐ ʹ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚƐ ĨŽƌ Ϯϱй ʹ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚĞƐƚ ƌĂƚĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͘ dŚĞ ŽŶĨĞĚĞƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƌŝƟƐŚ /ŶĚƵƐƚƌǇ ʹ ƚŚĞ h<͛Ɛ ƚŽƉ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ůŽďďǇ ŽƌŐĂŶŝǌĂƟŽŶ ʹ ŚĂƐ ƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƐĂǀŝŶŐƐ ͚ďĞ ŵĂĚĞ ďǇ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞ ůŽĂŶƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ĐŽƐƚ ŽĨ ĐĂƉŝƚĂů ĂŶĚ ƌĞŵŽǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ƌĂƚĞ ƐƵďƐŝĚǇ ŽŶ Ăůů ůŽĂŶƐ͖ ĂŶĚ ďǇ ƌĞĨŽĐƵƐŝŶŐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŵĂŝŶƚĞŶĂŶĐĞ ŐƌĂŶƚƐ͛͘

Linked to the rate of ŝŶŇĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĂƐƐĞƐƐĞĚ ĞǀĞƌǇ March, the student loan ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ƌĂƚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ůŝĞƐ Ăƚ Ϭй WZ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ŚŝŐŚůǇ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƐ ĮƐĐĂů ƉƌĞƐƐƵƌĞ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞƐ ŽŶ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ƌĂƚĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞĚ ƚŽ ŵĂƚĐŚ ƚŚĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚƐ ĐŽƐƚ ŽĨ ďŽƌƌŽǁŝŶŐ͕ ĂƐ ƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ /͘ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ƐƟůů ŚĂǀĞ ƌĞƉĂǇŵĞŶƚƐ ĚĞĚƵĐƚĞĚ from their salaries at a rate ŽĨ ϵй ŽĨ ĂŶǇ ŝŶĐŽŵĞ ŽǀĞƌ άϭϱ͕ϬϬϬ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŝŶĚĞďƚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ůŽŶŐĞƌ͘ Antoine Steen

Lib Dem leader, Nick Clegg

dŚĞ ƉƌŽƉŽƐĂůƐ ĂƌĞ ĂůƐŽ ĂŝŵĞĚ Ăƚ ŚĞůƉŝŶŐ ƉĂƌƚ ƟŵĞ students access the same ůŽĂŶƐ ĂƐ ĨƵůů ƟŵĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ƉŚĂƐĞĚ ŽƵƚ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ ĨŽƌ Ăůů ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ǇĞĂƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ďǇ ϮϬϭϯ͘ ϮϬϭϱ ǁŽƵůĚ ŵĂƌŬ ƚŚĞ ďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ ĨƌĞĞ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ Ăůů͘ ůĞŐŐ͛Ɛ ƉůĞĚŐĞ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ

͚ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ͕ ŵŽƐƚ ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ƉĂĐŬĂŐĞ ĨŽƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ĂŶǇ ŵĂŝŶƐƚƌĞĂŵ ƉĂƌƚǇ͛ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ͕ ŚĂƐ ĐĂƵƐĞĚ ŵĂŶǇ ƚŽ ƌŝŶŐ ĨĞŶĐĞ the Liberal Democrats as the ƉĂƌƚǇ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐ ŵŽƐƚ ƌĂĚŝĐĂů ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ŵĂŝŶƐƚƌĞĂŵ ƉŽůŝƟĐƐ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝĐǇ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ǁŝĚĞůǇ ĐƌŝƟĐŝƐĞĚ ĨŽƌ ĨĂŝůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƐƉĞĐŝĨǇ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĨƵŶĚŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƐƵĐŚ ŚƵŐĞ ƉůĂŶƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ĐŽŵĞ ĨƌŽŵ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ďĞůŝĞǀĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŽǀĞƌĂůů ĐŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝĐǇ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ Ɛŝǆ ǇĞĂƌ ƉĞƌŝŽĚ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ άϳ͘ϱ ďŝůůŝŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ ŚĂƐ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞĚ ƚŽ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ ĨƵůů ĐŽƐƟŶŐ ĞƐƟŵĂƚĞƐ ŶĞĂƌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ͕ ďƵƚ ĨƵŶĚŝŶŐ ǁŽƵůĚ ĐŽŵĞ ŝŶ ƉĂƌƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƐĐƌĂƉƉŝŶŐ Žƌ ƐĐĂůŝŶŐ ďĂĐŬ ĞǆŝƐƟŶŐ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ƐĐŚĞŵĞƐ͘ ŽŶĐĞƌŶƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĂůƐŽ ĂƌŝƐĞŶ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĨĞĂƐŝďŝůŝƚǇ ŽĨ ƐƵĐŚ ĚƌĂƐƟĐ ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ ŽĨ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐ ƌĞĐĞƐƐŝŽŶ͕ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶŝŶŐ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ Ă ĨƵƚƵƌĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ĐĂŶ ĂīŽƌĚ ƚŽ ĐƵƚ fees in light of the economic ĐƌŝƐŝƐ͘ Ƶƚ ůĞŐŐ ŚĂƐ ŐŝǀĞŶ ŚŝƐ assurance that, although the recession has made it ‘more ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŶĞǇ ƚŽ ĨƵŶĚ ŽƵƌ ƉƌŝŽƌŝƟĞƐ͕͛ ĂĚĂƉƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐĐƌĂƉƉŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ ƚŽ Ă ůŽŶŐ ƚĞƌŵ ƉůĂŶ ŽĨ Ɛŝǆ ǇĞĂƌƐ ŝƐ ĂīŽƌĚĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐĂůůǇ ĐƌĞĚŝƚĂďůĞ͘

ROCK SALT SHORTAGES HIT UEA CAMPUS Gordon Malloy h ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĚŝƌĞĐƚůǇ ĂīĞĐƚĞĚ ďǇ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ƌĂƟŽŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƌŽĐŬ ƐĂůƚ ŝŶ ĂƩĞŵƉƚƐ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƐĞƌǀĞ ƐƚŽĐŬƐ ŶĂƟŽŶĂůůǇ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ŵŽŶƚŚ ŽĨ ƵŶĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚ ǁĞĂƚŚĞƌ ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ͘ Ŷ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƉůĂĐĞĚ ƚŚƌĞĞ ǁĞĞŬƐ ĂŐŽ ďǇ h ĨŽƌ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌǇ ŽĨ ƌŽĐŬ ƐĂůƚ ǁĂƐ ĐĂŶĐĞůůĞĚ ŽŶ dƵĞƐĚĂǇ ϱƚŚ :ĂŶƵĂƌǇ ǁŝƚŚ ŶŽ ŶŽƟĐĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ĐŽŵĞƐ ĂƐ Ă ĚĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ͛Ɛ ͚^Ăůƚ Ğůů͛ ʹ Ă ĐƌŝƐŝƐ ŐƌŽƵƉ ŽĨ ƚƌĂŶƐƉŽƌƚ ĂŐĞŶĐŝĞƐ ʹ ƚŽ ƌĞĚŝƌĞĐƚ ĂŶĚ ƐĞŶĚ ĚĂŝůǇ ƐƵƉƉůŝĞƐ ƉƌĞͲ ordered for Norfolk to other ƉĂƌƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶ ŶĞĞĚ͘ ŽƵŶĐŝůƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ ŚĂǀĞ ĂůƐŽ ĂŐƌĞĞĚ ƚŽ ĐƵƚ ƐĂůƚ ƵƐĞ ďǇ Ϯϱй ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ǁĞĞŬƐ͘ Britain has seen an ƵŶƉƌĞĐĞĚĞŶƚĞĚ ůĞǀĞů ŽĨ

ƐŶŽǁĨĂůů ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ĐŽƵŶƟĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ǁĞĞŬƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚĂƐ brought certain areas of ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ƚŽ Ă ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ƐƚĂŶĚƐƟůů͘ dƌĂǀĞů ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ ƉĞƌƐŝƐƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚƌĂŝŶ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ͕ ƐƵĐŚ

ĂƐ ĂƐƚ ŶŐůŝĂ͛Ɛ ĂƐƚ ŽĂƐƚ ƌĂŝů ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ͕ ĨƌĞƋƵĞŶƚůǇ ĂĚũƵƐƟŶŐ ƟŵĞƚĂďůĞƐ͘ EƵŵĞƌŽƵƐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ĚĞůĂǇ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌĞƚƵƌŶ ƚŽ h ͘ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ͕ h

ĂƌĞ ƐƟůů ƵƌŐŝŶŐ Ăůů ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ Ăůů ƌĞĂƐŽŶĂďůĞ ĞīŽƌƚ ƚŽ ƌĞƚƵƌŶ͘ /Ĩ ƵŶĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƌĞƚƵƌŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐƚƵĚŝĞƐ ƚŚĞǇ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ &ĂĐƵůƚǇ dĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ KĸĐĞ͘ Greg Mann

h ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ Ăůů ƌĞĂƐŽŶĂďůĞ ĞīŽƌƚ ƚŽ ƌĞƚƵƌŶ ƚŽ ƐƚƵĚŝĞƐ

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“HOW DID THE SNOW AFFECT YOUR JOURNEY BACK TO NORWICH?”asks Danny Collins

Sam, HIS 3

Simon, ENV 2

Lucy, DEV 2

Ellen, NBS 3

͞DǇ ũŽƵƌŶĞǇ ďĂĐŬ ǁĂƐ ƉƌĞƩǇ ŚŽƌƌŝĮĐ͘ / ŐŽƚ ĐĂƵŐŚƚ ďĞŚŝŶĚ a lorry which was stuck in the snow for about an hour. The snow back in ĂŵďƌŝĚŐĞ ǁĂƐ ƉƌĞƩǇ ďĂĚ͕ ďƵƚ it wasn’t as bad as here. There’s Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ŝĐĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŇŽŽƌ͘͟ I’ve been back two days now and I’ve found the snow quite bad, but I think I just about missed the worst of it. The pavements outside my ŚŽƵƐĞ ĂƌĞ ƉƌĞƩǇ ĚĂŶŐĞƌŽƵƐ ĂƐ they’ve turned to ice”

“For the last week of the holidays I was up in Scotland in the town of Aviremore. We came back on Saturday and the roads were ĮŶĞ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞĂ was the coldest place in Britain during the cold spell, going down to -18 degrees. During the week we had to dig our car out of a mountain road on the way to a ski resort!” I’ve been back for about a day now, and the roads seem to ďĞ ĚŽŝŶŐ ĮŶĞ͘ / ǁĂƐ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĐǇĐůĞ in and all of my lectures were on”

“My journey back was a complete nightmare. It took so much longer than it usually does. I live in Essex and so I normally get a train directly ĨƌŽŵ ^ŚĞŶĮĞůĚ ƚŽ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͘ I got an early train, which was probably a bad idea on my part. It was delayed for about two hours, and I had to wait around in the cold for about an hour and a half on ƚŚĞ ƉůĂƞŽƌŵ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ƐŽ ĐŽůĚ that I couldn’t feel my hands or feet!”

“I was coming back from Bury ^ƚ ĚŵƵŶĚƐ ŝŶ ^ƵīŽůŬ͘ dŚĞ journey wasn’t too bad; it could have been a lot worse. My mum was supposed to drive me back on Sunday, but she couldn’t in the end because of the snow. I managed to get a train, and despite a few delays it wasn’t too bad.” Ǉ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ / ŐŽƚ ďĂĐŬ ƚŚĞ ƐŶŽǁ ǁĂƐ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ƚŽ ŵĞůƚ ƐŽ I think I came back at just the ƌŝŐŚƚ ƟŵĞ͘͟

NORWICH BID FOR CITY OF CULTURE Adam Plom Norwich has emerged as one of the leading candidates for the ĮƌƐƚ h< ŝƚǇ ŽĨ ƵůƚƵƌĞ ĂǁĂƌĚ͘ Norwich’s bid is being backed by celebrity Stephen Fry as well as several cultural experts and ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĂƟŽŶƐ͘ dŚĞ ϮϮ ƐŚŽƌƚůŝƐƚĞĚ ĐŝƟĞƐ outlined their bid for the coveted accolade to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in December, and it has been reported that EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ feedback. Organisers of the bid have now begun extensive work to ensure that Norwich stands an excellent chance of ŚŽƐƟŶŐ Ă ͚ŵĂũŽƌ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞ ŽĨ ĐƵůƚƵƌĂů ĂĐƟǀŝƚǇ͛ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϯ͘ Norwich gained a lot of experience from the ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ďĞĐŽŵĞ European Capital of Culture which was eventually won by Liverpool, and it is believed that this could be the chance ĨŽƌ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ƚŽ ŐĂŝŶ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƟŽŶ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝƚ ǁŝůů ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ĮŐŚƚ Žī ŬĞĞŶ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ from the likes of Hull, Durham

ĂŶĚ ^ƵīŽůŬ ƌŝǀĂůƐ /ƉƐǁŝĐŚ͘ dŚĞ ĐŚŽƐĞŶ ĐŝƟĞƐ ƚŚĞŶ ŚĂǀĞ ƵŶƟů DĂǇ ϮϴƚŚ ƚŽ ƐƵďŵŝƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĮŶĂů ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ǀĞƌĚŝĐƚ being made in the summer. Support from respected celebrity Stephen Fry has only enhanced Norwich’s ĐŚĂŶĐĞƐ ŽĨ ďĞŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů shortlist, which will be drawn up this month. “Norwich is a city with a long history and a ĚŝƐƟŶŐƵŝƐŚĞĚ ŽŶĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĂƚ͕͟ ŚĞ said, “...it is not a chocolate box town, rather a thriving, living

radical and independent way.” Labour Councillor Steve Morphew added: “We have some real cultural gems in our city…lending their weight to our bid”. Norwich City Council has been working closely with ĐƵůƚƵƌĂů ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĂƟŽŶƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ EŽƌĨŽůŬ Θ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ &ĞƐƟǀĂů and the Norwich Arts Centre in ĂŶ ĂƩĞŵƉƚ ƚŽ ƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ bid further, and has received ůĞƩĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ Norwich University College

Greg Mann >ŽŶĚŽŶ ^ƚƌĞĞƚ͕ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͘ dŚĞ h<͛Ɛ ĮƌƐƚ ƉĞĚĞƐƚƌŝĂŶŝƐĞĚ ƐƚƌĞĞƚ

city, a contemporary place which has consistently moved ĂŚĞĂĚ ŝŶ ŝƚƐ ŽǁŶ ĚŝƐƟŶĐƟǀĞ͕

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of the Arts. The widespread support Norwich has recieved stems from its rich cultural

history which includes luminaries such as Julian of EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͕ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ǁŽŵĂŶ ƚŽ write a book in English, and the ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ͛Ɛ ĮƌƐƚ ĨĞŵĂůĞ ũŽƵƌŶĂůŝƐƚ͕ ,ĂƌƌŝĞƚ DĂƌƟŶĞĂƵ͘ /ŶƚĞƌůŝŶŬĞĚ with the city’s modern cultural projects, including The Forum, Norwich’s medieval roots have led many to believe that it has an outstanding chance of ďĞĐŽŵŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ h< ŝƚǇ ŽĨ Culture. The award itself was designed to highlight Britain’s cultural strengths outside of London and was formed partly in response to the successes that Liverpool experienced as the European Capital of Culture. The DCMS are looking for a culturally strong city or town which would be capable ŽĨ ŚŽƐƟŶŐ Ă ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů culture events. Should Norwich win the award it could lead to ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚǇ ŚŽƐƟŶŐ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ such as BBC Sports Personality of the Year and The Brits, as ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů coverage and an economic boost to the city.

CONSTITUTION CHANGE Nick Church The Union of UEA Students’ ĐŽŶƐƟƚƵƟŽŶ ŝƐ ƐĞƚ ƚŽ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ pending approval by Union Council on Thursday 14th :ĂŶƵĂƌǇ͘ ĚƌĂŌ ĐŽŶƐƟƚƵƟŽŶ is being discussed with the University before coming ƵŶĚĞƌ ƐĐƌƵƟŶǇ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ body. dŚĞ ĚƌĂŌ ĐŽŵĞƐ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ result of a Union Council ŵŽƟŽŶ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƐƵůƚ h students and create a new ĐŽŶƐƟƚƵƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ hŶŝŽŶ to ensure its structures “are ŵĞĞƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŶŐŝŶŐ ŶĞĞĚƐ of all our members”. It is also changing in accordance to the 2006 ŚĂƌŝƟĞƐ Đƚ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĚĞŵĂŶĚƐ students’ unions register with ƚŚĞ ŚĂƌŝƟĞƐ ŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ if they wish to retain their charitable status. ůĂŝŵŝŶŐ Ă ĐŽŶƐƵůƚĂƟŽŶ with over 500 students, ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ĐŽŶƐƟƚƵƟŽŶ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ ďǇ ƚŚĞ &ŝŶĂŶĐĞ KĸĐĞƌ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ĂŶ ŽƉĞŶͲĚŽŽƌ ŵĞƚŚŽĚ͘ DĂũŽƌ ĂůƚĞƌĂƟŽŶƐ include: agreed Aims and KďũĞĐƚƐ͖ Ă ĚŝƐƐŽůƵƟŽŶ ĐůĂƵƐĞ͖ and a Trustee Board, which is ƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ǆĞĐƵƟǀĞ – all three being needed to

ƌĞŐŝƐƚĞƌ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŚĂƌŝƟĞƐ ŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ Ͳ ĮǀĞ ĨƵůůͲƟŵĞ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ĞŵŽĐƌĂĐǇ & Engagement; Sports ŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ ĂŶĚ ^ŽĐŝĞƟĞƐ ŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ͕ ǁŚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ power to give grants to clubs ĂŶĚ ƐŽĐŝĞƟĞƐ͖ ůŽǁĞƌ ƚŚƌĞƐŚŽůĚ ƚŽ ƌĞŵŽǀĞ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ KĸĐĞƌƐ͕ ĂƐ well as the ability to remove a Chair of Union Council. Students’ unions were, before the 2006 act, exempt ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂů ĐŚĂƌŝƟĞƐ͘ dŚĞǇ drew charitable status from their university or college and did not have to register as a charity. Their parent body –university or college – and ƚŚĞ ŚĂƌŝƟĞƐ ŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ now dually regulate students’ unions. Failure to register as a charity could bring ƌĞƉƵƚĂƟŽŶĂů ĚĂŵĂŐĞ͕ ŵŝƐƐĞĚ ĨƵŶĚƌĂŝƐŝŶŐ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ and force the Union to put ŽƌƉŽƌĂƟŽŶ dĂǆ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ income from its subsidiary companies (LCR, Waterfront). Union Council will decide whether to send this ĐŽŶƐƟƚƵƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƉŽůŝĐǇ ďĂůůŽƚ and regardless of this result Union Council will decide whether or not to give full approval on 28th January.

ARABIC RECONNAISSANCE Heather Crowley A new programme that aims to bring together Arabic writers, English writers and literary translators is being launched in Egypt by the ƌŝƟƐŚ ĞŶƚƌĞ ĨŽƌ >ŝƚĞƌĂƌǇ dƌĂŶƐůĂƟŽŶ ; >dͿ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ University of East Anglia. The programme hopes to ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂŶƐůĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ more contemporary Arabic literature into Western languages, and vice versa. It also seeks to address the shortage of literary translators and support professionals looking to work with translators. ͞dŚŝƐ ŝƐ Ă ƌĞĂůůǇ ĞǆĐŝƟŶŐ development as it is the ĮƌƐƚ ĞǀĞƌ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ of Western and Arabic translators in such an intensive format,” said BCLT associate director Valerie ,ĞŶŝƟƵŬ͕ ͞dŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ŐŽĂů ŝƐ to increase cultural exchange

between the English-speaking and Arabic-speaking worlds, and we are excited to be ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ďŽƚŚ ĮĐƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ theatre.” WĂƌƟĐŝƉĂŶƚƐ ǁŝůů ƚĂŬĞ part in intensive workshops throughout a week-long ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƟĂů ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ ďĂƐĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂůůǇͲƌĞŶŽǁŶĞĚ >d >ŝƚĞƌĂƌǇ dƌĂŶƐůĂƟŽŶ Summer School at UEA. This will take place from January 24th-30th and is being ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƟƐŚ Council and Penguin Arabia. Translators and lecturers will lead the workshops and panel discussions will ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ publishers such as Penguin. The Middle East programme is the second phase of an ongoing project to export the BCLT training model. It follows a highly successful programme for translators from and into Chinese, which began in 2007.

4 NEWS UEA TEACHING AWARDS EŽŵŝŶĂƟŽŶƐ ĨŽƌ h ͛Ɛ annual Award for Excellence ŝŶ dĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐĞĞŬƐ ƚŽ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƐĞ ŽƵƚƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌƐ ĂŵŽŶŐƐƚ ƐƚĂī ĂĐƌŽƐƐ h ĨĂĐƵůƟĞƐ͕ ĂƌĞ ŶŽǁ ŽƉĞŶ͘ dŚĞ ĮǀĞ ĂǁĂƌĚƐ ǁĞƌĞ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ ƚŽ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƐĞ ŝŶŶŽǀĂƟǀĞ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƉĞƌůĂƟǀĞ ƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ͕ ĨŽƌ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽůůĞĂŐƵĞƐ ŶŽŵŝŶĂƚĞ ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐ ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌƐ͘ ĂĐŚ ĨĂĐƵůƚǇ ŝƐ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĂƚĞĚ Ă ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐ ĂǁĂƌĚ ƌĞůĂƟŶŐ ƚŽ ŝƚƐ ƐƚĂī ĂŶĚ Ă ĮŌŚ ĂǁĂƌĚ ŝƐ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ƚŽ Ă ŶŽŵŝŶĞĞ ǁŚŽ ŝƐ ƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ďƵƚ does not fall into the other ĐĂƚĞŐŽƌŝĞƐ͘ EŽŵŝŶĞĞƐ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƉƵƚ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǁŽƌŬ ŝŶ ƵŶĚĞƌŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ Žƌ ƉŽƐƚŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ ƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ Žƌ ƉŽƐƚŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ ƐƵƉĞƌǀŝƐŝŽŶ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ĨŽƌ ũŽŝŶƚ ŶŽŵŝŶĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ŵĂĚĞ͕ ĨŽƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ ǁŚĞƌĞ Ă ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŚĂƐ ũŽŝŶƚ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌƐ͘ Each award winner will ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞ Ă ĐĞƌƟĮĐĂƚĞ ƉůƵƐ Ă άϭ͕ϬϬϬ ƉƌŝǌĞ͘ dŚĞ ĂǁĂƌĚ ƉĂŶĞů includes the Vice Chancellor ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛ hŶŝŽŶ ĐĂĚĞŵŝĐ KĸĐĞƌ͕ ĂǀŝĚ ^ŚĞƉƉĂƌĚ͘ /Ĩ Ă ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌ ŚĂƐ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐĞĚ ǇŽƵ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞ͕ ĞŶƚŚƵƐŝĂƐŵ Žƌ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵ ǁŽƵůĚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ŶŽŵŝŶĂƚĞ ƚŚĞŵ ĨŽƌ ĂŶ ĂǁĂƌĚ͕ ŶŽŵŝŶĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌŵƐ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĐŽůůĞĐƚĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ZĞĐĞƉƟŽŶ ĞƐŬƐ ŝŶ hŶŝŽŶ ,ŽƵƐĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ZĞŐŝƐƚƌǇ Žƌ ƚŚĞ >ŝďƌĂƌǇ͘ EŽŵŝŶĂƟŽŶƐ ŵƵƐƚ ďĞ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ ŶŽ ůĂƚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ϭϮƉŵ ŽŶ &ĞďƌƵĂƌǇ ϭϵƚŚ ϮϬϭϬ͘ Further details are ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ĨƌŽŵ WĂƵů sĂǌƋƵĞǌ ;Ɖ͘ǀĂǌƋƵĞǌΛƵĞĂ͘ĂĐ͘ƵŬͿ Žƌ :ĂĐŬŝĞ tƌŝŐŚƚ ;ũ͘ǁƌŝŐŚƚΛ ƵĞĂ͘ĂĐ͘ƵŬͿ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ZĞŐŝƐƚƌǇ͛Ɛ >ĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ͕ dĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ YƵĂůŝƚǇ KĸĐĞ͘

UEA LONDON h >ŽŶĚŽŶ ŝƐ ƐĞƚ ƚŽ ŽƉĞŶ ǁŝƚŚ ũƵƐƚ ϮϬϬ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŽŶ :ĂŶƵĂƌǇ ϭϴƚŚ͘ dŚĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ƌĂŶŐĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ͞ĂůŵŽƐƚ ŝĚĞŶƟĐĂů͟ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ /EdK ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ͕ ĂĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ WƌŽũĞĐƚ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ͕ ZŝĐŚĂƌĚ ,ĂƌǀĞǇ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƐĞƚ ƚŽ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ƚŽ ϲϬϬ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŝŶ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͘

TUESDAY 12th JANUARY 2010

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UEA PROFESSORS HONOURED IN QUEEN’S NEW YEAR’S LIST Nick Church dǁŽ h ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌƐ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĂǁĂƌĚĞĚ ĂŶ K ŝŶ ƚŚĞ EĞǁ zĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ŚŽŶŽƵƌƐ͘ dŝŵ K͛ZŝŽƌĚĂŶ͕ ĞŵĞƌŝƚƵƐ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ ŽĨ ŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů ^ĐŝĞŶĐĞƐ͕ was awarded for services to ƐƵƐƚĂŝŶĂďůĞ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ŶŶ ĂƌƌĞƩ͕ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ ŽĨ KŶĐŽůŽŐǇ ĂŶĚ ĞƉƵƚǇ ,ĞĂĚ ŽĨ D ͕ ĨŽƌ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ ƚŽ ŚĞĂůƚŚĐĂƌĞ͘ Professor O’Riordan &Žƌ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ϰϬ ǇĞĂƌƐ Ăƚ h ͕ dŝŵ K͛ZŝŽƌĚĂŶ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ĂĐƟǀĞ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞŵĞŶƚ ŝŶ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů ƉŽůŝƟĐƐ ŚĂƐ ƉƌŽǀĞĚ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ŝŐŶŽƌĞ͘ ,ŝƐ ĂƌŐƵŵĞŶƚƐ ŽŶ ƚƌĂŶƐƉŽƌƚ͕ ƉŽůůƵƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐ ŚĂǀĞ ŐĂƌŶĞƌĞĚ ŵŽƌĞ ƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŵŽǀĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌĞĨƌŽŶƚ ŽĨ ŵĂŶǇ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚƐ͛ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ĂŐĞŶĚĂƐ͘ ,Ğ ŚĂƐ ĞĚŝƚĞĚ ŶƵŵĞƌŽƵƐ ďŽŽŬƐ ŽŶ ŐůŽďĂů ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů

ƉŽůŝĐǇ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ ůĞĚ ƚǁŽ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂŶƐŝƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƐƵƐƚĂŝŶĂďŝůŝƚǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƵƌŽƉĞĂŶ hŶŝŽŶ͘ ^ŝŶĐĞ ƌĞƟƌŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ h ŝŶ ϮϬϬϱ ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ĂŶ ĂĐƟǀĞ ŵĞŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ^ƵƐƚĂŝŶĂďůĞ ĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ͘ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ K͛ZŝŽƌĚĂŶ ƐĂŝĚ͗ ͞dŚĞ ĂǁĂƌĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ K ͕ ŵǇƐƚĞƌŝŽƵƐ ĂŶĚ ĚĞůŝŐŚƞƵů ĂƐ ƚŽ ŚŽǁ ŝƚ ĐĂŵĞ ĂďŽƵƚ͕ ŝƐ ƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ Ă ƌĞŇĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŶǇ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐŚŝƉƐ / ƐŚĂƌĞĚ with students, researchers, ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ƐƚĂī ;ǀŝƚĂůͿ ĂŶĚ ĨĂĐƵůƚǇ

ĐŽůůĞĂŐƵĞƐ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ϯϭ ǇĞĂƌƐ / ǁĂƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ^ĐŚŽŽů͘͟ ͞ ƵƌŝŶŐ ŽŶĞ ĞǆƚƌĂŽƌĚŝŶĂƌǇ ǁĞĞŬ ŝŶ Ɖƌŝů͕ ϭϵϳϮ͕͟ ŚĞ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ͕ ͞/ ǁĂƐ ŽīĞƌĞĚ ĨŽƵƌ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶƐ͕ ŝŶ ĂŶĂĚĂ͕ ƚŚĞ h^͕ EĞǁ ĞĂůĂŶĚ ĂŶĚ Ăƚ h ͘ / ĐŚŽƐĞ h ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ / ĐŽƵůĚ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ^ĐŚŽŽů ŽĨ ŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů ^ĐŝĞŶĐĞƐ͙ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ƚŚĞ ƉŽǁĞƌŚŽƵƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ĞǆĐŝƟŶŐ ŶĞǁ ŝŶƚĞŐƌĂƚĞĚ ĚŝƐĐŝƉůŝŶĞ͘͟ Professor Barrett tŚŝůĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ZŽǇĂů DĂƌƐĚĞŶ ,ŽƐƉŝƚĂů ŝŶ >ŽŶĚŽŶ͕ ŶŶ ĂƌƌĞƩ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƚĞĐŚŶŝƋƵĞ ĨŽƌ ǁŚŽůĞ ďŽĚǇ ŝƌƌĂĚŝĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ďŽŶĞ ŵĂƌƌŽǁ ƚƌĂŶƐƉůĂŶƚĂƟŽŶ͘ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ ĂƌƌĞƩ ĂůƐŽ ǁŽƌŬĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƵƐĞ ŽĨ d ƐĐĂŶŶŝŶŐ ŝŶ ĐĂŶĐĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƌĂĚŝŽƚŚĞƌĂƉǇ ƚƌĞĂƚŵĞŶƚ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĨĂŶĐǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƚĞĐŚŶŝƋƵĞƐ͘ ^ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ƐŝŶĐĞ ďĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂĚ ĐůŝŶŝĐŝĂŶ ĨŽƌ ŽŶĐŽůŽŐǇ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ EŽƌĨŽůŬ ĂŶĚ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ,ŽƐƉŝƚĂů ĂŌĞƌ Ă ƉŽƐƚ ĂƐ ĐŚĂŝƌ ŽĨ

ŽŶĐŽůŽŐǇ Ăƚ 'ůĂƐŐŽǁ͛Ɛ ĞĂƚƐŽŶ KŶĐŽůŽŐǇ ĞŶƚƌĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ůĂƌŐĞƐƚ ĐĂŶĐĞƌ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ h<͘ ^ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ZĞŐŝƐƚƌĂƌ ĂŶĚ sŝĐĞ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ZŽǇĂů ŽůůĞŐĞ ŽĨ ZĂĚŝŽůŽŐŝƐƚƐ͕ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƵƌŽƉĞĂŶ ^ŽĐŝĞƚǇ ĨŽƌ dŚĞƌĂƉĞƵƟĐ ZĂĚŝĂƟŽŶ KŶĐŽůŽŐǇ ĂŶĚ Ă ƚƌƵƐƚĞĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝŐ ĐĂŶĐĞƌ ĐŚĂƌŝƚǇ͘ ^ŚĞ ĐĂŵĞ ƚŽ h ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ƐĞƚ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ŵĞĚŝĐĂů ƐĐŚŽŽů͕ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŝŶŐ Ă ŶĞǁ ĐƵƌƌŝĐƵůƵŵ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ ĂƌƌĞƩ ƐĂŝĚ͗ ͞/ Ăŵ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐůǇ ĚĞůŝŐŚƚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚŝƐ ĂǁĂƌĚ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ƌĞŇĞĐƚƐ all the support that I have had ĨƌŽŵ ŵǇ ĐŽůůĞĂŐƵĞƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ŵǇ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ͕ ĮƌƐƚůǇ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ZŽǇĂů Marsden Hospital, then at the hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ŽĨ 'ůĂƐŐŽǁ͕ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ͕ ŝŶ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͘ ͞dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽ ĚŽƵďƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ŵǇ ŚĂƉƉŝĞƐƚ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĐŽŵĞ ĨƌŽŵ ŵǇ ƟŵĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĞĚŝĐĂů ƐĐŚŽŽů ŝŶ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŽŶĐŽůŽŐǇ

ĚĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ EŽƌĨŽůŬ ĂŶĚ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ,ŽƐƉŝƚĂů͘ tŽƌŬŝŶŐ with Professor Leinster and ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĂŵ͕ ǁĞ ŚĂĚ ĂŶ ĞǆĐŝƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƐƟŵƵůĂƟŶŐ ƟŵĞ ƐĞƫŶŐ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ĂŶĚ ƐĞĞŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĐŽŚŽƌƚƐ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ͘ ͞/ƚ ǁĂƐ ǀĞƌǇ ƌĞǁĂƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƚŚŝŶŬ ŝŶ ŶĞǁ ǁĂǇƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ŚŽǁ ĚŽĐƚŽƌƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƚĂƵŐŚƚ͕ ĂŶĚ / ǁĂƐ ĂůƐŽ ĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞ ŝŶ ďĞŝŶŐ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ŵǇ ǁŽƌŬ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƐƉŝƚĂů ŚŽǁ ǁĞůů ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ ďǇ ƐƚĂī ĂŶĚ ƉĂƟĞŶƚƐ͘͟

SIR MUIR RUSSELL TO LEAD INQUIRY CLIMATE DATA SCANDAL David Churchill Vice-Chancellor Professor Edward Acton, has appointed Sir Muir Russell to lead an Independent Review which is ƚŽ ŝŶǀĞƐƟŐĂƚĞ ĂůůĞŐĂƟŽŶƐ ŵĂĚĞ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƚŚĞ h ͛Ɛ ŐůŽďĂůůǇ ƌĞŶŽǁŶĞĚ ůŝŵĂƟĐ ZĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ hŶŝƚ ; ZhͿ͘ ůůĞŐĂƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ĐŽůůƵƐŝŽŶ ŝŶ ŵĂŶŝƉƵůĂƟŶŐ ƐĐŝĞŶƟĮĐ ĚĂƚĂ ĂƌŽƐĞ ŝŶ EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ͕ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ Zh͛Ɛ ƐĞƌǀĞƌƐ ǁĞƌĞ ŚĂĐŬĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŚŽĂƌĚƐ ŽĨ ĚĂƚĂ ĂŶĚ ĞŵĂŝů ĞǆĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ ŝŶǀŽůǀŝŶŐ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ Phil Jones were released into

ƚŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ ƐƉŚĞƌĞ͘ dŚĞ ƌĞǀŝĞǁ͛Ɛ ƌĞŵŝƚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƚŽ ŝŶǀĞƐƟŐĂƚĞ ĨŽƵƌ ŬĞǇ ĂůůĞŐĂƟŽŶƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ ĞǆĂŵŝŶŝŶŐ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂŬĞĚ ĞͲŵĂŝů ĞǆĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂŶǇ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƌĞůĞǀĂŶƚ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ŚĞůĚ Ăƚ Zh͕ ĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞƐ ŵĂŶŝƉƵůĂƟŽŶ Žƌ ƐƵƉƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ĚĂƚĂ͘ dŚĞ ƌĞǀŝĞǁ ǁŝůů ĂůƐŽ ĞǆĂŵŝŶĞ ƚŚĞ Zh͛Ɛ ĐŽĚĞ ŽĨ ethics in how it acquired, ĂƐƐĞŵďůĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĚŝƐƐĞŵŝŶĂƚĞĚ ŝƚƐ ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ ĮŶĚŝŶŐƐ͕ ĂŶĚ whether these procedures ǁĞƌĞ ŝŶ ĐŽŵƉůŝĂŶĐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚĞƐƚ ƐĐŝĞŶƟĮĐ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ &ƌĞĞĚŽŵ ŽĨ /ŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ

ƌĞƋƵĞƐƚƐ͘ hƉŽŶ ŚŝƐ ŝŶĂƵŐƵƌĂƟŽŶ ^ŝƌ DƵŝƌ ƐĂŝĚ͗ ͞/ ĂŐƌĞĞĚ ǀĞƌǇ ǁŝůůŝŶŐůǇ ƚŽ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ ĐƚŽŶ͛Ɛ ƌĞƋƵĞƐƚ ƚŽ ƵŶĚĞƌƚĂŬĞ ƚŚŝƐ /ŶĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶƚ ZĞǀŝĞǁ͘ 'ŝǀĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂůůĞŐĂƟŽŶƐ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ǁŚŽ ŚĂƐ ŶŽ ůŝŶŬƐ ƚŽ ĞŝƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ Žƌ ƚŚĞ ůŝŵĂƚĞ ^ĐŝĞŶĐĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ ůŽŽŬƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞǀŝĚĞŶĐĞ͘͟ ^ŝƌ DƵŝƌ͛Ɛ ŝŶĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶĐĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŝĞŶƟĮĐ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ǁĞůĐŽŵĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƐƉĞĐƚƌƵŵ ŽĨ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞĚ ƉĂƌƟĞƐ͕ ǁŚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ĂŐƌĞĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ůĞŶĚƐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞǀŝĞǁ ƚŚĞ ĚĞŐƌĞĞ ŽĨ ŽďũĞĐƟǀŝƚǇ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ

ĨŽƌ ŝƚ ƚŽ ƌĞŵĂŝŶ ŝŵƉĂƌƟĂů ĂŶĚ ĂƵƚŚŽƌŝƚĂƟǀĞ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ŵŽŶƚŚ ŽĨ ŝŶǀĞƐƟŐĂƟŽŶ͕ ŵĂŶǇ ĚĞƚĂŝůƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ůŽŐŝƐƟĐƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌĞǀŝĞǁ ƌĞŵĂŝŶ ƵŶĐůĞĂƌ͘ /ƚ ƌĞŵĂŝŶƐ ƵŶŬŶŽǁŶ ŚŽǁ ^ŝƌ Muir is to evaluate thousands ŽĨ ĞŵĂŝůƐ ĂŶĚ ĚĂƚĂ ŐƌĂƉŚƐ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞůǇ ďǇ ƐƉƌŝŶŐ ϮϬϭϬ Ͳ ƚŚĞ deadline for the review – or ǁŚŽ ĨŽƌŵƐ ƚŚĞ ͞ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶĂů ĞǆƉĞƌƟƐĞ͟ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚĞ ŝŶƚĞŶĚƐ ƚŽ ĚƌĂŌ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ͘ ^ĐĞƉƟĐƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƉŽŝŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ as evidence that the review will ďĞ ŚĞůĚ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ĐůŽƐĞĚ ĚŽŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽƵůĚ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂůůǇ ďĞĐŽŵĞ Ă

͞ǁŚŝƚĞǁĂƐŚ͘͟ EŽƌĨŽůŬ WŽůŝĐĞ ǁĞƌĞ ƵŶĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĐŽŶĮƌŵ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƐŽƵƌĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďƌĞĂĐŚ ŚĂĚ ǇĞƚ ďĞĞŶ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌĞĚ͕ ďƵƚ ĚŝĚ ĐŽŶĮƌŵ ƚŚĂƚ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ĐŽŶƟŶƵŝŶŐ ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬ ͞ŝŶ ůŝĂŝƐŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ KĸĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ /ŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶĞƌ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ EĂƟŽŶĂů ŽŵĞƐƟĐ ǆƚƌĞŵŝƐŵ dĞĂŵ͘͟ Professor Phil Jones, the ĮŐƵƌĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƚƌŽǀĞƌƐǇ͕ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ͞ƐƚĞƉƉŝŶŐ ĂƐŝĚĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ͛Ɛ ƌŽůĞ͟ ƵŶƟů ƚŚĞ ƌĞǀŝĞǁ ŚĂƐ ƌĞĂĐŚĞĚ ŝƚƐ ĮŶĂů ĐŽŶĐůƵƐŝŽŶƐ͘

UNEMPLOYMENT WOES FOR CREDIT CRUNCH GENERATION Gordon Malloy hŶĞŵƉůŽǇŵĞŶƚ ĮŐƵƌĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƌŝƐŝŶŐ ĨĂƐƚĞƐƚ ĂŵŽŶŐ ϭϴͲ Ϯϰ ǇĞĂƌ ŽůĚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĚĞŐƌĞĞƐ͕ ĮŐƵƌĞƐ ƐŚŽǁ͘ ĂƚĂ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ >ŝďĞƌĂů ĞŵŽĐƌĂƚƐ ƌĞǀĞĂůƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĨƌŽŵ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ ƚŽ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ ϮϬϬϵ͕ ŽŶĞ ŝŶ ĮǀĞ ƵŶĞŵƉůŽǇĞĚ ϭϴͲϮϰ ǇĞĂƌ ŽůĚƐ ŚĂĚ Ă ĚĞŐƌĞĞ͕ ĐŽŵƉĂƌĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŽŶĞ ŝŶ Ɛŝǆ ƚŚƌĞĞ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĂŐŽ͘ Coupled with a downturn ŝŶ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ ƌĞĐƌƵŝƚŵĞŶƚ͕ ƚŚĞ

ŶĞǁƐ ŚĂƐ ƉƌŽŵƉƚĞĚ ĨĞĂƌƐ ŽĨ Ă ͚ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ ĐƌƵŶĐŚ͛ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚƐ ŽĨ ŝŶĚĞďƚĞĚ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞƐ ĨĂĐĞ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƵŐŚĞƐƚ ďĂƩůĞ ĨŽƌ ũŽďƐ ŝŶ ĚĞĐĂĚĞƐ͘ /Ŷ Ă ƉƌŽƉŽƐĂů ƚŽ ƌĞŵĞĚǇ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƐŝŶŐ ƌĂƚĞƐ ŽĨ ƵŶĞŵƉůŽǇŵĞŶƚ ĂŵŽŶŐ ϭϴͲϮϰ͕ WƌŝŵĞ DŝŶŝƐƚĞƌ 'ŽƌĚŽŶ ƌŽǁŶ ŚĂƐ ƉůĞĚŐĞĚ άϭϰϬ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ƚŽ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ƚŚĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƉƵďůŝĐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŝǀĂƚĞ ĂƉƉƌĞŶƟĐĞƐ ďǇ ϯϱ͕ϬϬϬ͘ dŚŝƐ ĂŝŵƐ ƚŽ ĂůůĞǀŝĂƚĞ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ ĂƌŝƐŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ĞǆƚĞŶĚĞĚ ƵŶĞŵƉůŽǇŵĞŶƚ

ďǇ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞƐ ŝŶƚĞƌŶƐŚŝƉ ƐĐŚĞŵĞƐ Ͳ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ at a reduced rate - which allow ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƚŽ ŽďƚĂŝŶ ǀĂůƵĂďůĞ ǁŽƌŬ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͘ dŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌŶƐŚŝƉ ƐĐŚĞŵĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞ ŵĂũŽƌ ĞŵƉůŽǇĞƌƐ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ĂƌĐůĂǇƐ ĂŶĚ DŝĐƌŽƐŽŌ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ ƐĞĐƚŽƌ ĂŶĚ ĐŚĂƌŝƟĞƐ ĂƐ ǁĞůů͘ dŚĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ŝƐ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌŝŶŐ ƐƵďƐŝĚŝƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌŶƐŚŝƉƐ ƚŽ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞ ŵŽƌĞ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ ƚŽ ũŽŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŚĞŵĞ͘

hŶĞŵƉůŽǇŵĞŶƚ ƌĂƚĞ ĨŽƌ ϭϴͲϮϯ ǇĞĂƌ ŽůĚƐ ŚĂƐ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞĚ ďǇ ŽǀĞƌ ϭϬй ƐŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐ ĚŽǁŶƚƵƌŶ͘ dŚĞ ƉƌŽƉŽƌƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ǁŚŽ ǁĞƌĞ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞƐ ƌŽƐĞ ϯ͘ϱй ƚŽ ϮϬ͘ϯй ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ͕ ǁŚŝůĞ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƉŽƌƟŽŶ ŽĨ ǁŚŽ ŚĂĚ ŶŽ ƋƵĂůŝĮĐĂƟŽŶƐ ĨĞůů͘ Professor Peter Dolton ŽĨ ZŽǇĂů ,ŽůůŽǁĂǇ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚƐ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŶŽŶͲ ǀŽĐĂƟŽŶĂů ĚĞŐƌĞĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŽƐĞ ĨƌŽŵ ͚ůĞƐƐ ƉƌĞƐƟŐŝŽƵƐ͛ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌƐƚ

Žī͘ ͞tŚĞŶ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ƌŝƐŝŶŐ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ ƵŶĞŵƉůŽǇŵĞŶƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ĞīĞĐƚƐ ĂƌĞ ĨĞůƚ ǁŽƌƐƚ ďǇ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞƐ ŽĨ ŶŽŶͲǀŽĐĂƟŽŶĂů ƐƵďũĞĐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ůĞƐƐ ƉƌĞƐƟŐŝŽƵƐ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ͘ dŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ĞǀĞŶ ǁŽƌƐĞ ŝŶ ƌĞĐĞƐƐŝŽŶ͕͟ ŚĞ ƐĂŝĚ͘

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compounded by the very ůŝŵŝƚĞĚ ƟŵĞ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ĐŽŶƐƵůƚĂƟŽŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ has prevented a detailed ĂƐƐĞƐƐŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů impact of this proposal at a local level, and there has been no opportunity for any formal engagement of local elected ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞƐ͘͟ Adrian Gunson, the County ŽƵŶĐŝů͛Ɛ ĐĂďŝŶĞƚ ŵĞŵďĞƌ ĨŽƌ ƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƚƌĂŶƐƉŽƌƚĂƟŽŶ said that lights important for community safety would not ďĞ ƐǁŝƚĐŚĞĚ Žī͘ “We are taking into account community safety ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ǁŚǇ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƋƵŝĞƚ͕ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƟĂů ĂƌĞĂƐ͘ DǇ feeling is that there are very few people walking about in those areas between midnight and 5am.” ͞ ŶĚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ŵŽŶĞǇ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ĂďŽƵƚ ƌĞĚƵĐŝŶŐ CO2 emissions. We are all seeking to save on carbon ĞŵŝƐƐŝŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ a good way for the council to do that.” dŽŵ ^ƵƩŽŶ͕ hh ^͛ tĞůĨĂƌĞ KĸĐĞƌ͕ ƐĂŝĚ͗ ͞tŝƚŚŽƵƚ any formal comment from the police and only a limited pilot, these plans raise many concerns. It is largely young people, either travelling back from a night out or from working late, that will face ƚŚĞ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞĚ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ƚŚƌĞĂƚ to their personal safety. A number of the proposed blackout areas are student areas and are already likely to be targets for crime. “The Union is approaching ůŽĐĂů ƉŽůŝƟĐŝĂŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚƐ concerns and will work to ensure students and student areas of the city will not face heightened danger as a ĐŽŶƐĞƋƵĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƉůĂŶƐ͘͟ Norfolk Police have yet to reveal their thoughts on the plans, with a spokesperson saying only: “We are aware ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƉŽƐĂů ĂŶĚ ĂƌĞ ƐƟůů considering the report.” Greg Mann

ZĞĐƌĞĂƟŽŶ ZŽĂĚ ůŝƐƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƉůĂŶƐ

Nick Church UEA faced the tragic death of three students in the space of a week last December, two of which were the results ŽĨ ƵŶƌĞůĂƚĞĚ ƌŽĂĚ ƚƌĂĸĐ accidents. Rainy Xin, a Norwich Business School MSc student, died on December 1st as a ƌĞƐƵůƚ ŽĨ Ă ƌŽĂĚ ƚƌĂĸĐ ĐŽůůŝƐŝŽŶ in Winchester. ƌ͘ yŝĂŽũƵŶ tĂŶŐ͕ ZĂŝŶǇ͛Ɛ advisor, made the following tribute: “I had the honour and pleasure to know Rainy as her advisor and lecturer who taught her in NBS. “She was such a wonderful girl with great prospects ahead. It is so sad to hear ƐƵĐŚ ƚƌĂŐŝĐ ŶĞǁƐ͘ /͛ŵ ƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂī ĂŶĚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ who knew Rainy will miss her ĂŶĚ ǁĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ŽīĞƌ ŽƵƌ deepest sympathies to the family.” Louis Quigley Jones, a ĮƌƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ ^ĐŝĞŶĐĞ

student, died as a result ŽĨ Ă ƌŽĂĚ ƚƌĂĸĐ ĐŽůůŝƐŝŽŶ ŝŶ Norwich city. >ŽƵŝƐ͛ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů ĂĚǀŝƐĞƌ͕ ƌ DĂƌƟŶ >ŽŌƵƐ͕ ƐĂŝĚ͗ ͞/ only knew Louis for a short while, but found him to be a personable young man who was full of excitement and looking forward to a change ŝŶ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ ĂƐ Ă ƌĞƐƵůƚ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ studies here at UEA.” Stephen Wenman, a mature LIT masters student, died on December 8th of natural causes. Prof. Lavinia Greenlaw, ^ƚĞƉŚĞŶ͛Ɛ WŚ ƐƵƉĞƌǀŝƐŽƌ͕ gave this personal tribute: ͞&ƌŽŵ ŵǇ ĮƌƐƚ ŵĞĞƟŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ Stephen, I was struck by his passion for his subject and his sustained delight in all that literature, and poetry in ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ͕ ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ŽīĞƌ͘ “He had returned to ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ůŽŶŐ ĂŶĚ successful professional career, and brought enormous energy and discipline to his work.”

Chris King The number of medical students from low-income backgrounds has risen by just 1.7% despite government ŝŶŝƟĂƟǀĞƐ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ ƚŽ ǁŝĚĞŶ access to the profession. Only around one in seven successful applicants are from such backgrounds, despite the fact that low-income groups make up almost half of the UK ƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶ͘ Professor Bhupinder ^ĂŶĚŚƵ͕ ĐŚĂŝƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƟƐŚ DĞĚŝĐĂů ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ͛Ɛ ĞƋƵĂůŝƚǇ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ ĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ͕ ƐĂŝĚ ͞ŵĞĚŝĐĂů ƐĐŚŽŽůƐ ĂƌĞ ƐƟůů ŶŽƚ ƌĞĐƌƵŝƟŶŐ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ from low-income backgrounds”, ŝĚĞŶƟĨǇŝŶŐ Ă ͞ĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟŽŶ of complex problems” as ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂƐŽŶ͘ ^ƚĂƟƐƟĐƐ ƐŚŽǁ Ă ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ĚŝƐĐƌĞƉĂŶĐǇ ŝŶ acceptance rates, with 58% of applicants from the highest socio-economic group being ĂīŽƌĚĞĚ ƉůĂĐĞƐ͕ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ŽŶůǇ 39% from the lowest group

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were successful. The Government has invested £392 million since 2001 in order to widen access to ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ reforms are planned according to the Department of Health. However it appears the cost ŽĨ Ă ĮǀĞͲǇĞĂƌ ŵĞĚŝĐĂů ĚĞŐƌĞĞ course, £37,000 on average, ŝƐ ĚĞƚĞƌƌŝŶŐ ŵĂŶǇ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů students from applying. Dr Vivienne Nathanson, head of science and ethics at the BMA, said that many students from lower-income backgrounds felt that a medical ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ǁĂƐŶ͛ƚ Ă ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ŽƉƟŽŶ͕ whilst Professor Sandhu added that many deemed medicine an ͞ƵŶĂƩĂŝŶĂďůĞ͟ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ͘ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ the modest overall increase, ƚŚĞ D ͛Ɛ ƌĞƉŽƌƚ ƐƚĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ good progress had been made ŝŶ ĂƩƌĂĐƟŶŐ ŵŽƌĞ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂŶƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĞƚŚŶŝĐ ŵŝŶŽƌŝƟĞƐ͕ ĂƐ well as showing than 56% of successful applicants to medical schools in the UK in 2008 were women.

UEA LABOUR SOCIETY HIGHER EDUCATION DEBATE Lauren South The UEA Labour Society ŚĞůĚ Ă ,ŝŐŚĞƌ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ debate at the end of last term which focused on three ŵĂŝŶ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ ƉŽƐĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ members of the society to the panel. The members of the panel included Labour MP for Norwich South, Charles Clarke, Eh^ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ tĞƐ ^ƚƌĞĞƟŶŐ͕ and Professor Edward Acton, Vice- Chancellor at UEA. dŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶĞĚ ƚŚĞ ůŝŵĂƟĐ Research Unit controversy Ăƚ h ͘ ^ƉĞĐŝĮĐĂůůǇ͕ ŚŽǁ students should feel about ƚŚĞ ƐĂŐĂ ĂŶĚ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ Zh͛Ɛ director, Professor Jones, was right to have resigned ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ ĞŶƋƵŝƌŝĞƐ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĂīĂŝƌ͘ Members of the audience were concerned that students taking Environmental Sciences would feel their degree had become devalued and would be undermined ĂƐ Ă ĐŽŶƐĞƋƵĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂĐĐƵƐĂƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĞŶƋƵŝƌǇ͘ ,ĂǀŝŶŐ ĂĚĞƋƵĂƚĞůǇ covered and reassured students about this inevitable

topic, the debate moved on to the issue of bursaries ĂŶĚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ǁĞůĨĂƌĞ schemes in the United Kingdom. dŚĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ƌĞĨĞƌĞŶĐĞĚ ĂŶ ĂƌƟĐůĞ ĨƌŽŵ the Guardian which stated that 25% of all students from low income families are unaware of ďƵƌƐĂƌŝĞƐ͕ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ bursary system in the UK is in a poor state. Charles Clarke ǁĂƐ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ŽīĞƌ Ă ŶĞǁ ƐƚĂŶĐĞ ŽŶ ƚŚŝƐ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ͕ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƟŶŐ that while increasing awareness of bursaries must become a priority, it is also a problem inherently linked to ƚŚĞ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ƐŽĐŝĂů ĚŝǀŝƐŝŽŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƐƟůů ĞǆŝƐƚ ŝŶ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ͘ He said he was unhappy with the way in which

bursaries are handled for a ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƌĞĂƐŽŶƐ͗ ŝŶĞĸĐŝĞŶƚ ƚĂƌŐĞƟŶŐ͕ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚǇ ŽĨ ĂĐĐĞƐƐ͕ and complexity of means ƚĞƐƟŶŐ͘ ,Ğ ĂůƐŽ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚĞĚ that the actual size of the loan should be greater in order to cover maintenance and not leave a gap which ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŵƵƐƚ Įůů ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ͘ EĞǀĞƌƚŚĞůĞƐƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ ǁĂƐ ĂĚŵŝƩĞĚůǇ ďĞƩĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ten years ago. dŚĞ ƚŚŝƌĚ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ agenda was on how Higher ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĨƵŶĚĞĚ in Britain. Predictably, there was some disparity between the ideal of a system of free, ƐƚĂƚĞͲĨƵŶĚĞĚ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ the reality that nothing in the society we live in is free. In response to one

Labour MP for Norwich South, Charles Clarke

ŵĞŵďĞƌ͛Ɛ ĂĐĐƵƐĂƟŽŶƐ against New Labour, Wes ^ƚƌĞĞƟŶŐ ƌĞƐƉŽŶĚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ǁĂƐ ĞƐƐĞŶƟĂůůǇ ŵĂĚĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚƐ ŽĨ ĂůůĞǀŝĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƐŽĐŝĂů ŝŶĞƋƵĂůŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ƵůƟŵĂƚĞůǇ ŚĞůƉ ŵŽƌĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ to go to university with the ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ Ă ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ůŽĂŶ͘ tŚĞŶ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶĞĚ ŝĨ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ Ă ŵŽƌĂů ŝŵƉĞƌĂƟǀĞ ƚŽ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ funding, both Vice Chancellor Ed Acton and MP Charles Clarke reluctantly conceded that “(I am) not sure I would say morally it should, only because there are so many ŽƚŚĞƌ ŵŽƌĂů ĐĂƵƐĞƐ / ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ƚŚŝŶŬ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĂďƐŽůƵƚĞ͘͟ hůƟŵĂƚĞůǇ͕ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ĂŐƌĞĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ should not be a commodity, ĂŶ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞ ƚŽ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ Ăƚ ƚŚŝƐ ƉŽŝŶƚ ŝŶ ƟŵĞ͕ ŐŝǀĞŶ the current economic climate ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ͘ >ĂƐƚůǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐ ĂŶ Žī topic yet light-hearted ending to the debate, the controversy ŽǀĞƌ Ă ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ the sexiest lecturer at the University was raised and given an overall seal of approval by the panel.

CUE EAST FOCUS CUE East (Community University Engagement) are ĐŽŶĚƵĐƟŶŐ Ă ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ŽĨ ĨŽĐƵƐ groups to evaluate how ĞīĞĐƟǀĞ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ŝŶ ŝŵƉƌŽǀŝŶŐ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ support for public engagement across UEA. Part of the Beacons for WƵďůŝĐ ŶŐĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ ŝŶŝƟĂƟǀĞ͕ CUE East seek to encourage ƐƚĂī ĂŶĚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƚŽ ĞŶŐĂŐĞ with public audiences about their work. The focus groups ʹ ŽƉĞŶ ƚŽ Ăůů ƐƚĂī ĂŶĚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ – will help provide insight and experiences of the programme so far and on the role of public engagement at UEA. dŚĞ ĮŶĚŝŶŐƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ session will be used to inform ƚŚĞ h ĂƐƚ ĂŶŶƵĂů ĞǀĂůƵĂƟŽŶ review, which has played an important role in shaping the programme over the past year. The session will take place ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůŝǌĂďĞƚŚ &ƌǇ ƵŝůĚŝŶŐ͕ Room 0.05 on Tuesday 26th January from 12.30-2.00pm, with sandwiches, tea and ĐŽīĞĞ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ĨƌŽŵ ϭϮ͘ϬϬƉŵ͘ If you would like to ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ĨŽĐƵƐ ŐƌŽƵƉ͕ please contact Lisa McDaid on 01603 773215 or at l1mcdaid@ ĐĐŶ͘ĂĐ͘ƵŬ ďǇ &ƌŝĚĂǇ ϮϮŶĚ January 2010 to book your place. If you are unable to ĂƩĞŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĨŽĐƵƐ ŐƌŽƵƉ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƐƟůů ŐĞƚ ŝŶ ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚ ǁŝƚŚ ǇŽƵƌ views via email or telephone. WůĂĐĞƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŽŶ Ă ĮƌƐƚ ĐŽŵĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƐĞƌǀĞĚ ďĂƐŝƐ͘

MEDIC-TOMEDIC h ͛Ɛ ďƌĂŶĐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů charity Medic-to-Medic is looking for old mobile phones ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĮƌƐƚ ĨƵŶĚƌĂŝƐŝŶŐ ĞǀĞŶƚ of the term. The charity raises money ƚŽ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂů ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ for trainee health workers ŝŶ ĨƌŝĐĂ ĂŌĞƌ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ŶŽƚĞĚ many students would drop ŽƵƚ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂů ƉƌĞƐƐƵƌĞƐ͘ ^ƵƉƉŽƌƟŶŐ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ aims to increase the number of doctors in countries with ĐƌŝƟĐĂů ƐŚŽƌƚĂŐĞƐ͘ ŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ,ŝǀĞ ƌĞĐĞƉƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ DĞĚŝĐĂů School IT room. If you would like to get more involved with the charity, contact UEA Medicto-Medic at ueamedic2medic@ googlemail.com.

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Is the World Trade Organization UEA student diary: Copenhagen Summit environmentally sustainable? Conal Dougan

Joe McCrohon 12th December 2009: / ŐŽƚ ƚŽ ŽƉĞŶŚĂŐĞŶ ŽŶ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ĮǀĞ ĐŽĂĐŚĞƐ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ĂŵƉ &Žƌ ůŝŵĂƚĞ ĂĐƟŽŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŽŽŬ ƌŽƵŐŚůǇ ϮϬ ŚŽƵƌƐ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƚŽ ŽƉĞŶŚĂŐĞŶ ĨƌŽŵ >ŽŶĚŽŶ͘ ^ĂĚůǇ ǁĞ ǁĞƌĞ ƚŽŽ ůĂƚĞ ƚŽ ĂƩĞŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŵĂƌĐŚ͕ which was the largest and ƐĂǁ ϭ͕ϬϬϬ ĂƌƌĞƐƚƐ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ most people arrested during ƚŚĞ ǁĞĞŬ ǁĞƌĞŶ͛ƚ ĐŚĂƌŐĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂĚ ůŝƩůĞ ĂĐĐĞƐƐ ƚŽ ǁĂƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĂŵĞŶŝƟĞƐ ĨŽƌ Ă ĨĞǁ ŚŽƵƌƐ͘ dŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ĚĂǇ / decided to go to the Klima ĨŽƌƵŵ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚĂĚ ƐŽŵĞ ǀĞƌǇ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ƚĂůŬƐ ďǇ ŝŶĚŝŐĞŶŽƵƐ ƉĞŽƉůĞƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶũƵƐƟĐĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐůŝŵĂƚĞ ƚĂůŬƐ͘ dŚĞ <ůŝŵĂ ĨŽƌƵŵ ǁĂƐ ĂŶ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽƉĞŶŚĂŐĞŶ ĐŽŶĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ with indigenous and other ĂĐƟǀŝƐƚƐ ƚĂůŬŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞĞĚ ĨŽƌ ĐůŝŵĂƚĞ ũƵƐƟĐĞ͘

14th December 2009: / ŚĞĂĚĞĚ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŶŽ ďŽƌĚĞƌƐ ŵĂƌĐŚ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ aim was to help push for more equitable treatment of ĐůŝŵĂƚĞ ƌĞĨƵŐĞĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ŵĂƌĐŚ ǁĂƐ ƵŶĞǀĞŶƞƵů ƵŶƟů ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ǁŚĞŶ ĂŶ ŝŶŇĂƚĂďůĞ ŐůŽďĞ ŶĞǆƚ to the Danish parliament was removed and was taken with ƚŚĞ ĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚŽƌƐ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ it was clear who was in power

ĂƐ ŚĞĂǀŝůǇͲĐůĂĚ ƌŝŽƚ ƉŽůŝĐĞ were present prepared for ĂŶǇ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ĂƩĂĐŬ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĂŶŝƐŚ ƉĂƌůŝĂŵĞŶƚ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ͘ / ůĂƚĞƌ ǁĞŶƚ ƚŽ Ă ƉĂƌƚǇ ŝŶ ŚƌŝƐƟĂŶŝĂ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ Ă ĨŽƌŵĞƌ ĂƌŵǇ ďĂƌƌĂĐŬƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƐƋƵĂƩĞĚ ƐŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ϳϬƐ͘ / ǁĂƐ ƐŚŽĐŬĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝĐĞ ƌĂŝĚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ with tear gas being used and ĂƌƌĞƐƚƐ ŵĂĚĞ͘

15th December 2009: dŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ĚĂǇ ǁĂƐ ƐƉĞŶƚ ŝŶ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐůĂŝŵ ƉŽǁĞƌ ŵĂƌĐŚ͘ dŚĞ Ăŝŵ ǁĂƐ ƚŽ ĞŶƚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĞůůĂ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ĂŶĚ ŚŽůĚ Ă ƉĞŽƉůĞ͛Ɛ ĂƐƐĞŵďůǇ͘ KŶ ƚŚĞ ĚĂǇ ƚŚĞ ůĂƌŐĞ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƌĐŚ ƵƉ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĞůůĂ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ was peaceful but once we were within a mile of it we encountered a line of riot ƉŽůŝĐĞ ǁŚŽ ƉƌŽŵƉƚůǇ ƵƐĞĚ ďĂƚŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƉĞƉƉĞƌ ƐƉƌĂǇ ƚŽ ƐƚŽƉ ƵƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĂĚǀĂŶĐŝŶŐ͘ 'ƌĂĚƵĂůůǇ͕ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ƚŽ leave and were pointed in ƚŚĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶĞĂƌĞƐƚ ŵĞƚƌŽ ƐƚĂƟŽŶ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝĐĞ͕ which felt somewhat strange given that the police had ďĞĞŶ ďĞĂƟŶŐ ƵƐ ũƵƐƚ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ĞĂƌůŝĞƌ͘ tŚĞŶ ǁĞ ǁĞƌĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ďĂĐŬ͕ ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƚŵĞŶƚ ǁĂƐ ĨĞůƚ all round that the talks had ĨĂŝůĞĚ ƚŽ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞ ǀĞƌǇ ŵƵĐŚ͘

dŚĞ tŽƌůĚ dƌĂĚĞ KƌŐĂŶŝƐĂƟŽŶ - one of the most powerful ŵƵůƟůĂƚĞƌĂů ŝŶƐƟƚƵƟŽŶƐ ŝŶ the world - prides itself on ƉƌŽŵŽƟŶŐ͕ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌĚƐ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌͲ'ĞŶĞƌĂů͕ Ă “strong and prosperous ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƚƌĂĚŝŶŐ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ͟ that has contributed to “unprecedented global ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐ ŐƌŽǁƚŚ͘͟ /ƚƐ mission is to “encourage and contribute to sustainable ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ͕ ƌĂŝƐĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͛Ɛ ǁĞůĨĂƌĞ͕ ƌĞĚƵĐĞ ƉŽǀĞƌƚǇ͕ and foster peace and ƐƚĂďŝůŝƚǇ͘͟ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ǁŚĂƚ ůŝĞƐ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ŐůŽƐƐǇ ĞǆƚĞƌŝŽƌ ŝƐ ĂŶ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĂƟŽŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ perpetuates and fosters ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů ĚĞŐƌĂĚĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ Ă ƐƚĂŐŐĞƌŝŶŐ ĚĞŐƌĞĞ͘ The WTO seeks to limit ƚŚĞ ĐĂƉĂĐŝƚǇ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƚƌŽů ƚŚĞ ŵĂƌŬĞƚ͘ &Žƌ ŝŶƐƚĂŶĐĞ͕ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ are banned from using

Copenhagen in the public eye: success or failure? Appraisers

Critics

“The decisions taken ŝŶ ŽƉĞŶŚĂŐĞŶ ǁŝůů ďĞ forever remembered as a measure of the courage of ŽƵƌ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ Ă decisive moment - we must ensure that it is a decisive ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ͘͟ Ͳ Dr Fred Boltz, Senior Vice President for Global Strategies & Climate Change.

͞/ ǁŝůů ŶŽƚ ŚŝĚĞ ŵǇ disappointment regarding the non-binding nature of ƚŚĞ ĂŐƌĞĞŵĞŶƚ ŚĞƌĞ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚ ĨĂůůƐ ĨĂƌ ƐŚŽƌƚ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶƐ͘͟ - Jose Manuel Barroso, EU Commission President.

͞dŚĞ ŵĞĞƟŶŐ ŚĂƐ ŚĂĚ Ă ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ƌĞƐƵůƚ͕ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŚĂƉƉǇ͕͟ Ͳ Xie Zhenhua, the head of ŚŝŶĂ͛Ɛ ĚĞůĞŐĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ Copenhagen.

͞dŚĞ ĐŝƚǇ ŽĨ ŽƉĞŶŚĂŐĞŶ ŝƐ Ă ĐƌŝŵĞ ƐĐĞŶĞ ƚŽŶŝŐŚƚ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŐƵŝůƚǇ ŵĞŶ ĂŶĚ ǁŽŵĞŶ ŇĞĞŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĂŝƌƉŽƌƚ͘ dŚĞƌĞ are no targets for carbon cuts and no agreement on a ůĞŐĂůůǇ ďŝŶĚŝŶŐ ƚƌĞĂƚǇ͘͟ - John ^ĂƵǀĞŶ͕ ǆĞĐƵƟǀĞ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ of Greenpeace.

government purchasing policies to promote ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂůůǇ ĨƌŝĞŶĚůǇ Žƌ ƐŽĐŝĂůůǇ ďĞŶĞĮĐŝĂů ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ Žƌ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĞƐ͘ WƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ŝŶĐƌĞĚŝďůǇ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂůůǇ ĚĂŵĂŐŝŶŐ ŽŶĞƐ͕ ŵƵƐƚ therefore be given the same ŵĂƌŬĞƚ ĨƌĞĞĚŽŵ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϵϬƐ͕ the US tried to ban the import ŽĨ DĞǆŝĐĂŶ ƚƵŶĂ ĂƐ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ŶŽƚ ĚŽůƉŚŝŶͲĨƌŝĞŶĚůǇ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƵŶĚĞƌ tdK ůĞŐŝƐůĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ ŶŽƚ ĂůůŽǁĞĚ ƚŽ͕ ĂƐ ŝƚ of course went against free ŵĂƌŬĞƚ ƉƌŝŶĐŝƉůĞƐ͘ The WTO can also be ŚĞůĚ ƚŽ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚ ďǇ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĂůůǇ ŶŽͲŽŶĞ͕ ƵŶĚĞƌŵŝŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĚĞŵŽĐƌĂƟĐ ŝŶƐƟƚƵƟŽŶ͘ KŶ ŽŶĞ occasion European countries tried to ban fur imports from countries which used steel jaw leg-hold traps to catch ďĞĂƌƐ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ƚƌĂƉƐ ƚĞĂƌ ƚŚĞ ďĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ůĞŐ͕ ĨĂĐĞ͕ ĂďĚŽŵĞŶ Žƌ ƚĂŝů͕ ůĞĂǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďĞĂƌ ŝŶ

Toronto Star

ƐŽ ŵƵĐŚ ƉĂŝŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ĐĂŶ ŵƵƟůĂƚĞ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ƚƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ escape and die an agonising ĚĞĂƚŚ͘ Ƶƚ ZƵƐƐŝĂ͕ ĂŶĂĚĂ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ h^ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵůůǇ argued that the ban would ƵŶĨĂŝƌůǇ Śŝƚ ĨŽƌĞŝŐŶ ŝŵƉŽƌƚƐ͕ so Europe were forced to back ĚŽǁŶ͗ ĚĞŵŽĐƌĂƟĐĂůůǇ ĞůĞĐƚĞĚ European governments were prevented from taking ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů ĂĐƟŽŶ ďǇ ƚŚĞ tdK͘ hŶĚĞƌ tdK ůĂǁ͕ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐ have to be shown to be unsafe ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ďĞ ƌĞƐƚƌŝĐƚĞĚ͘ dŚŝƐ is the equivalent of ‘innocent ƵŶƟů ƉƌŽǀĞŶ ŐƵŝůƚǇ͕͛ ďƵƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ǁƌŽŶŐ ǁĂǇ ǁŚĞŶ ŝƚ ĐŽŵĞƐ ƚŽ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů ƉƌŽƚĞĐƟŽŶ ʹ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ tdK ŚĂƐ ŶŽ ŝŶĐůŝŶĂƟŽŶ Žƌ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƐƵůƚ ĞǆƉĞƌƚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮĞůĚ͘ &Žƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ͕ Ă European programme was designed to make electronics manufacturers cut down ŽŶ ƚŽǆŝĐ ǁĂƐƚĞ ĂŶĚ ƌĞŵŽǀĞ ĚĂŶŐĞƌŽƵƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶƚĂŵŝŶĂƟŶŐ ĐŚĞŵŝĐĂůƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ůĞĂĚ͕ ŵĞƌĐƵƌǇ ĂŶĚ ĐĂĚŵŝƵŵ͕ but this restricted trade in ŚĞĂǀǇ ŵĞƚĂůƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ tdK decided to deem the science ďĞŚŝŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƚŽǆŝĐŝƚǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĐŚĞŵŝĐĂůƐ ƵŶƌĞůŝĂďůĞ͘ hŶĚĞƌ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƉƌĞƐƐƵƌĞ ĨƌŽŵ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌǇ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ h^͕ ƚŚĞ ƵƌŽƉĞĂŶ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞ ǁĂƐ ŐƌĞĂƚůǇ ĚŝůƵƚĞĚ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ŚŝŐŚůǇ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶĂďůĞ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĂƟŽŶ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĂŝŵƐ ƚŽ ͞ƌĂŝƐĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͛Ɛ ǁĞůĨĂƌĞ͟ ĂŶĚ

͞ƌĞĚƵĐĞ ƉŽǀĞƌƚǇ͘͟ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ůĂƚĞ ϭϵϵϬƐ͕ ĨŽƌ ŝŶƐƚĂŶĐĞ͕ ŝƚ ruled against a European proposal to favour small local banana farms in former European colonies in the ĂƌŝďďĞĂŶ͘ dŚŝƐ͕ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ ǁŽƵůĚ ƌĞƐƚƌŝĐƚ ĨƌĞĞ ƚƌĂĚĞ͘ Ɛ Ă ƌĞƐƵůƚ͕ ƐŵĂůů ĨĂƌŵƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĐŽůůĂƉƐĞĚ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ from industrial agriculture ŐŝĂŶƚƐ ŚŝƋƵŝƚĂ ĂŶĚ ŽůĞ͘ /ŵƉŽǀĞƌŝƐŚĞĚ ĐŽƵŶƚƌŝĞƐ ĂůƐŽ ŚĂǀĞ ůĞƐƐ ŵŽŶĞǇ͕ ĞǆƉĞƌƟƐĞ ĂŶĚ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞ ƚŽ ĚĞĨĞŶĚ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƚŚĞ tdK͕ leaving public health and ƚŚĞ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ ĞǆƚƌĞŵĞůǇ ǀƵůŶĞƌĂďůĞ͘ What should be clear through these limited ĞǆĂŵƉůĞƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŚŝůĞ ǁĞ think our governments have the power to protect the environment and ƉƌŽŵŽƚĞ ŐůŽďĂů ĞƋƵĂůŝƚǇ͕ ŝŶ ƌĞĂůŝƚǇ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ĐŽŶƐƚƌĂŝŶĞĚ ƋƵŝƚĞ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĂďůǇ ďǇ ĂŶ ŽǀĞƌĂƌĐŚŝŶŐ͕ ƵŶĂĐĐŽƵŶƚĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ ƵŶĚĞŵŽĐƌĂƟĐ ŝŶƐƟƚƵƟŽŶ which perpetuates wealth ĂĐĐƵŵƵůĂƟŽŶ͕ ƉŽǀĞƌƚǇ ĂŶĚ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů ĚĞŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ͘

UEA rides the Wave in London! Mag Tan KŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϱƚŚ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ ϮϬϬϵ͕ h ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƚŽŽŬ ƉĂƌƚ in The Wave in London: the biggest climate change march ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ĞǀĞƌ͘ ĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ Ăƚ 'ƌŽƐǀĞŶŽƌ ^ƋƵĂƌĞ͕ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ϱϬ͕ϬϬϬ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĚƌĞƐƐĞĚ ŝŶ ďůƵĞ ǁĂůŬĞĚ ƚŽ WĂƌůŝĂŵĞŶƚ ĚĞŵĂŶĚŝŶŐ ƵƌŐĞŶƚ ĂĐƟŽŶ ŽŶ climate change to be taken ďǇ ƚŚĞ 'ŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ͘ hŶŝƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďĞůŝĞĨ ĨŽƌ Ă ďĞƩĞƌ ǁŽƌůĚ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ĐĂůůĞĚ ĨŽƌ Ă ĐůŝŵĂƚĞ ĚĞĂů

ŝŶ ŽƉĞŶŚĂŐĞŶ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŽƵůĚ avoid dangerous climate change and protect the ǁŽƌůĚ͛Ɛ ƉŽŽƌĞƐƚ͘ dŚĞ ŵŽŽĚ ǁĂƐ ũƵďŝůĂŶƚ͕ with samba bands and various people dressed up in costumes including a polar ďĞĂƌ͘ dŚŽƵƐĂŶĚƐ ŽĨ ƉŽƐƚĞƌƐ and banners waved messages ƚŽ ͞YƵŝƚ ŝƌƚǇ ŽĂů͟ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ government to create “One DŝůůŝŽŶ ůŝŵĂƚĞ :ŽďƐ EŽǁ͊͟

ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁĂŬĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐĞƐƐŝŽŶ͘ h ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĐĂƌƌŝĞĚ Ă ďůƵĞ Union banner and a cardboard >ŽĐŚ EĞƐƐ DŽŶƐƚĞƌ ĐƌǇŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƐĂůŝŶĞ ŝŶƚƌƵƐŝŽŶ͘ The results of the climate ĚĞĂů ŝŶ ŽƉĞŶŚĂŐĞŶ ŚĂǀĞ ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƚĞĚ ŵĂŶǇ ƉĞŽƉůĞ but that is no reason to give ƵƉ ŚŽƉĞ ĨŽƌ Ă ďĞƩĞƌ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ͘ Ɛ ĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞĚ ŝŶ dŚĞ tĂǀĞ͕ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƐƟůů ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ŐŝǀĞ ŝƚ Ă ŐŽ ĂŶĚ ŝĨ ŶŽƚ ŶŽǁ͕ ǁŚĞŶ͍

10 COMMENT & OPINION

TUESDAY 12th JANUARY 2010

concrete.opinion@uea.ac.uk

Charity: it’s not just for Christmas Prince William recently spent a night sleeping rough to highlight the issue of homelessness during the festive period. But does this kind of publicity help or hinder charities and the plight of the homeless? Ailsa Bristow looks at this complex issue. ^ŽŵĞǁŚĞƌĞ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŶŝĐ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ƐŚŽƉƉŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƚƵĂů ƐƚƵĸŶŐ ŽĨ ĨŽŽĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ĚŝŶŶĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĞ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ŝƐ ƐƵƉƉŽƐĞĚůǇ ŵĞĂŶƚ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ƟŵĞ ĨŽƌ ĨĂŝƚŚ͕ ƉĞĂĐĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŚĂƌŝƚǇ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ ŚĂƌĚůǇ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌƵŶͲƵƉ ƚŽ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁƐ ƐƚŽƌǇ ƚŚĂƚ WƌŝŶĐĞ tŝůůŝĂŵ͕ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ĐĂƉĂĐŝƚǇ ĂƐ ƉĂƚƌŽŶ ŽĨ ǇŽƵƚŚ ŚŽŵĞůĞƐƐŶĞƐƐ ĐŚĂƌŝƚǇ ĞŶƚƌĞƉŽŝŶƚ͕ ŚĂĚ ƐƉĞŶƚ Ă ŶŝŐŚƚ ƐůĞĞƉŝŶŐ ƌŽƵŐŚ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ƌĂŝƐĞ ĂǁĂƌĞŶĞƐƐ͘ ,ŽŵĞůĞƐƐŶĞƐƐ ŝƐ ĂŶ ŝƐƐƵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ ďƌŝĞŇǇ ƌĞͲĞŶƚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƐƉŽƚůŝŐŚƚ ĂŶĚ ƉƵďůŝĐ ĐŽŶƐĐŝŽƵƐŶĞƐƐ ĞǀĞƌǇ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ͗ Ăƚ Ă ƟŵĞ ŽĨ ǇĞĂƌ ǁŚĞŶ ŵĂŶǇ ŽĨ ƵƐ ĂƌĞ ƉƌĞƉĂƌŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƐƉĞŶĚ ƟŵĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŽƵƌ ůŽǀĞĚ ŽŶĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ŝĚĞĂ ŽĨ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƐůĞĞƉŝŶŐ ƌŽƵŐŚ ƚĂŬĞƐ ŽŶ Ă ƉĞĐƵůŝĂƌ ƉŽŝŐŶĂŶĐǇ͘ DĂŶǇ ĐŚĂƌŝƟĞƐ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƐĞ ƚŚŝƐ ĨĂĐƚ

ʹ ĞŶƚƌĞƉŽŝŶƚ ƌĂŶ Ă ͞ĐŽƵŶƚĚŽǁŶ ƚŽ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ͟ ĨƵŶĚƌĂŝƐŝŶŐ ĚƌŝǀĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƌŝƐŝƐ ƌĂŶ Ă ŚŝŐŚͲƉƌŽĮůĞ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ to get volunteers to run Christmas ĐĞŶƚƌĞƐ͘ Ƶƚ͕ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ůĂƵĚĂďůĞ ŝŶƚĞŶƚ ŽĨ WƌŝŶĐĞ tŝůůŝĂŵ͛Ɛ ŶŝŐŚƚ

“...we can watch the twominute news feature, and then move on” ƐůĞĞƉŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌĞĞƚƐ͕ ǁĂƐ ŝƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ Ă ƉƵďůŝĐŝƚǇ ƐƚƵŶƚ͍ dŚĞ ƉŽŝŶƚ ŽĨ ĂƐŬŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ƵŶĚĞƌŵŝŶĞ ƚŚĞ ŐŽŽĚ ǁŽƌŬ ĚŽŶĞ ďǇ ƉƵďůŝĐ ĮŐƵƌĞƐ ůŝŬĞ WƌŝŶĐĞ tŝůůŝĂŵ ŝŶ ƚƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƌĂŝƐĞ

awareness, or somehow insinuate ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ŝŶƐŝŶĐĞƌĞ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ĂĐƟŽŶƐ͕ ďƵƚ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶͲŐƌĂďďŝŶŐ ƚĂĐƟĐƐ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĂƌĞ ƌĞĂůůǇ ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ ƚŽ ĐŽŵďĂƚ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵƉůĞǆ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ŚŽŵĞůĞƐƐŶĞƐƐ͘ &ƵƌƚŚĞƌŵŽƌĞ͕ ĚŽ ǁĞ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ͞ǁĂůŬ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽĞƐ͟ ŽĨ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ůĞƐƐ fortunate than ourselves in order ƚŽ ĨĞĞů ƚŚĞ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ĐŽŵƉĂƐƐŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĞŵƉĂƚŚǇ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ƵůƟŵĂƚĞůǇ ŵŽƟǀĂƚĞ ƵƐ ƚŽ ĂĚĚƌĞƐƐ ƚŚĞ ƌŽŽƚ ĐĂƵƐĞƐ ŽĨ ŚŽŵĞůĞƐƐŶĞƐƐ͍ ŶĚ ŝƚ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ƚŚĞ ĐŽůůĞĐƟǀĞ ͞ƵƐ͟ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ĞŵƉĂƚŚĞƟĐ ĂĐƚ͗ ĂƐ Ă ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ǁĞ Ɛŝƚ ďĂĐŬ ĂŶĚ ǁĂƚĐŚ͕ ĂƐ ŝĨ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐƌĞĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŚŽŵĞůĞƐƐ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ďǇ ŽŶĞ ƚŽƚĞŵŝĐ ĮŐƵƌĞ ŝƐ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ĞǆĐƵůƉĂƚĞ ƵƐ Ăůů ĨƌŽŵ ĂŶǇ ŐƵŝůƚ ǁĞ ŵŝŐŚƚ ĐŽůůĞĐƟǀĞůǇ ĨĞĞů͘ tĞ ĐĂŶ ǁĂƚĐŚ ƚŚĞ ƚǁŽͲŵŝŶƵƚĞ ŶĞǁƐ

ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ŵŽǀĞ ŽŶ͘ Ƶƚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƩĞƌ ŝƐ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ĐŽŵĞ ŶŽ ĐůŽƐĞƌ ƚŽ Ă ƌĞĂů ĂƉƉƌĞĐŝĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ŚŽŵĞůĞƐƐ͖ Ăůů ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ŐĂŝŶĞĚ ŝƐ Ă ŚƵŐĞůǇ ƐŬĞǁĞĚ ƐŶĂƉƐŚŽƚ

ďǇ ǁĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƉĞĐƚĂĐůĞ ŽĨ Ă ƉƌŝŶĐĞ ĚĞĐŬĞĚ ŽƵƚ ŝŶ Ă ŚŽŽĚŝĞ ĂŶĚ ƚƌĂŝŶĞƌƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ƌĞƉŽƌƟŶŐ ŝŐŶŽƌĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵƉůĞǆ ƌĞĂůŝƚǇ ŽĨ ŚŽŵĞůĞƐƐŶĞƐƐ͕ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐůĞĞƉŝŶŐ ƌŽƵŐŚ ŝƐ ŽŶůǇ ƚŚĞ ƟƉ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝĐĞďĞƌŐ͗ ŵĂŶǇ ŵŽƌĞ ĂƌĞ ŝŶ

ƚĞŵƉŽƌĂƌǇ ĂĐĐŽŵŵŽĚĂƟŽŶ͕ ƐƚĂǇŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ͕ Žƌ ŝŶ ƐŚĞůƚĞƌƐ͘ dŚĞ ŶĞǁƐ ƐƚŽƌǇ ĞŶĚƐ ĂŶĚ WƌŝŶĐĞ tŝůůŝĂŵ ŐŽĞƐ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ŚŝƐ ŵŽƌĞ ĐŽŶǀŝǀŝĂů ƌŽǇĂů ĚƵƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ ǀŝĞǁĞƌƐ Ăƚ ŚŽŵĞ ĂƌĞ ĚŝƐƚƌĂĐƚĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ĨĞƐƟǀĞ ŶĞǁƐ ƐƚŽƌǇ͘ Ƶƚ ŚŽŵĞůĞƐƐŶĞƐƐ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ũƵƐƚ Ă ƐĞĂƐŽŶĂů ƉƌŽďůĞŵ ĂŶĚ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƚŽƌǇ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŵĞĚŝĂ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ŶĞǁƐ ĐůŝƉ͕ ĂŶĚ ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ ƉƌŽŵƉƚĞĚ Ă ĨĞǁ ǀŝĞǁĞƌƐ to donate some money or even a ĨĞǁ ŚŽƵƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƟŵĞ͕ ŝƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ĚĞďĂƚĂďůĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ǁŝůů ĂīĞĐƚ ĂŶǇ ůŽŶŐ ƚĞƌŵ ƐŚŝŌ ŝŶ ĂƫƚƵĚĞƐ͘ ŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĞŶĚĞŵŝĐ ĨĂŝůŝŶŐ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ϮϰͲŚŽƵƌ ŶĞǁƐ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ͗ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ĐŽŶƐƚĂŶƚůǇ ƐĞĞŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ƐƚŽƌǇ͕ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ĐĂƵƐĞ͘ >ŽŶŐͲƚĞƌŵ ĐŽŵŵŝƚŵĞŶƚ ŝƐ ůŽŶŐ͕ ŽŌĞŶ ďŽƌŝŶŐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƌĂƌĞůǇ ŵĂŬĞƐ ĂŶ ĞǆĐŝƟŶŐ ƐƚŽƌǇ͘ Ƶƚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƐƵƌĞůǇ ƚŚĞ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ ĚĞŵĂŶĚ͘

Are new year’s resolutions a waste of time? For

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Davina Kesby Every year, we are encouraged to ŵĂŬĞ ͞EĞǁ zĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ZĞƐŽůƵƟŽŶƐ͘͟ dŚĞƐĞ ĂƐƐĞƌƟŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĞ ŚŽƉĞ ƚŽ achieve in the year, with many saying ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ǁŝůů ŵĂŬĞ ůŝĨĞƐƚǇůĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ͘ /Ŷ ŵǇ ŽƉŝŶŝŽŶ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ƌĞƐŽůǀĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƉŽŝŶƚůĞƐƐ͕ ĂƐ ƚŚĞǇ ƌĂƌĞůǇ ůĂƐƚ ďĞǇŽŶĚ the end of January, if they even make ŝƚ ƚŚĂƚ ĨĂƌ͘ So why is it that every year, the ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ŝŶ ĚĂƚĞ ƉƌŽŵƉƚƐ ƵƐ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞƐ ƚŽ ŽƵƌƐĞůǀĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ƵŶůŝŬĞůǇ ƚŽ ŬĞĞƉ͍ dŚĞ ĂŶƐǁĞƌ ŝƐ ƐŝŵƉůĞ͗ ŽƵƌ ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ƌĞĂůŝƐŵ͕ Žƌ ůĂĐŬ ƚŚĞƌĞŽĨ͘ dŚĞ ƌĞƐŽůƵƟŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ ŵĂĚĞ Ăƚ Ă ƟŵĞ ŽĨ ŽƉƟŵŝƐŵ ĂŶĚ ŚŽƉĞ͕ ƐŽ ĂƌĞ detached from the reality of everyday ůŝĨĞ͘ /Ŷ ĨĂĐƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ϭϳƚŚ :ĂŶƵĂƌǇ ŝƐ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĚĞƉƌĞƐƐŝŶŐ ĚĂǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ďǇ ƚŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŵŽƐƚ ƌĞƐŽůƵƟŽŶƐ ǁŝůů ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ďƌŽŬĞŶ͘ dĂŬĞ͕ ĨŽƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ͕ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĐŽŵŵŽŶ ƌĞƐŽůƵƟŽŶƐ͘ ͞/ ǁŝůů ŐŽ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŐǇŵ ĨŽƵƌ ƟŵĞƐ Ă ǁĞĞŬ͟ Žƌ ͞/ ǁŝůů ůŽƐĞ ǆ ĂŵŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ǁĞŝŐŚƚ͘͟ tŚŝůĞ a willingness to have a healthier

ůŝĨĞƐƚǇůĞ ŝƐ ŶŽ ďĂĚ ƚŚŝŶŐ͕ ŐŽŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ According to Ask Jeeves, no gym visits to four a week is an ƵŶůŝŬĞůǇ ĂŵďŝƟŽŶ͘ ŵŽƌĞ ƌĞĂůŝƐƟĐ the top resolution is to ƉůĞĚŐĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƚŽ ĞĂƐĞ ǇŽƵƌƐĞůĨ ŝŶ͕ with two visits a week, extending this stop smoking, with ƚŽ ƚŚƌĞĞ ĂŶĚ ƐŽ ŽŶ͘ zĞƚ ƐƟůů ǁĞ ŝŶƐŝƐƚ ŽŶ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƵŶƌĞĂůŝƐƟĐ ƐƚĂƚĞŵĞŶƚƐ “get fit” coming in at ĂďŽƵƚ ŽƵƌ ƐĞůĨͲĚŝƐĐŝƉůŝŶĞ͘ Yes, it is good to have goals and number two. ǇĞƐ͕ ƐŽŵĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŝůů ŵĂŶĂŐĞ ƚŽ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞ ƚŚĞŵ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ Making resolutions can ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƐƐƵƌĞ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ďŽƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƐƵĐŚ ƌĞƐŽůƵƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ be traced back to as ƚŚĞ ŝŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ ŵĂŬĞƐ ƚŚĞŵ Ă ǁĂƐƚĞ ŽĨ ƟŵĞ͘ tĞ ĂƌĞ ĐĂũŽůĞĚ early as 153 BC. into making one and then equally ƉƌĞƐƐƵƌŝƐĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ďƌĞĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ͘ Many Romans sought Going out for lunch with a friend is ŝŶĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ŵŽƌĞ ĂƉƉĞĂůŝŶŐ ƚŚĂŶ ŐŽŝŶŐ forgiveness from their ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŐǇŵ͘ tŝƚŚ Ăůů ƚŚŝƐ͕ Ăŵ / ƐƟůů ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ enemies. ŵĂŬĞ Ă ƌĞƐŽůƵƟŽŶ ŵǇƐĞůĨ͍ tĞůů͕ /͛ŵ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ƵƉ ĂůĐŽŚŽů ĂŶĚ ĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞ ŝŶ Approximately 45% ϮϬϭϬ͘ ^Ž ǇŽƵ͛ůů ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ĮŶĚ ŵĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ > Z͕ ƐŶĂŬĞďŝƚĞ ŝŶ ŚĂŶĚ͕ of Americans make ŚĂƐƟůǇ ƐŚŽǀŝŶŐ Ă ƉŽƵŶĚ ĐŽŝŶ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǀĞŶĚŝŶŐ ŵĂĐŚŝŶĞ͘ ŌĞƌ Ăůů͕ ŽŶĞ ŶŝŐŚƚ resolutions. ǁŽŶ͛ƚ ŚƵƌƚ͙ ǁŝůů ŝƚ͍

Against Fiona Howard tĞ͛ƌĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ǁĞĞŬ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ EĞǁ zĞĂƌ͗ ƚŚŝƐ ǁĞĞŬ ŝƐ ƐƵƉƉŽƐĞĚůǇ ŵĞĂŶƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĚĞƉƌĞƐƐŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ͘ Ǉ ŶŽǁ͕ ĨĞǁ ŽĨ ƵƐ ŚĂǀĞ actually made it to the gym, given a second thought to what new society ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ũŽŝŶ͕ Žƌ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƵƉ ƐŵŽŬŝŶŐ͘ :ƵƐƚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ǁĞ͛ǀĞ ŶŽƚ ĚŽŶĞ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ ŽƵƌ ƌĞƐŽůƵƟŽŶƐ yet doesn’t mean we should write ƚŚĞŵ Žī ĂƐ Ă ǁĂƐƚĞ ŽĨ ƟŵĞ͘ EĞǁ zĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ƌĞƐŽůƵƟŽŶƐ ƌĞŵŝŶĚ ƵƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ŶŽƚ ƐƵĐĐĞĞĚŝŶŐ͘ ^ĐĂƌŝůǇ͕ ůŝĨĞ ŝƐ ďĂƐĞĚ ŽŶ failure and it’s our failures that make ƵƐ ƌĞƐŝůŝĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ŐŝǀĞ ƵƐ ŐƌĞĂƚ ũŽŬĞƐ ƚŽ ƚĞůů Ăƚ ƉĂƌƟĞƐ͘ tĞ ĨĞĂƌ ĨĂŝůƵƌĞ ĂŶĚ ƚĞŶĚ ƚŽ ĨŽƌŐĞƚ ƚŚĞ ďĞŶĞĮƚƐ ŽĨ ŝƚ͘ &ĂŝůƵƌĞ ƌĞŝŶƐƚĂůůƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŽůĚ ĂĚĂŐĞ ŽĨ ͞ŝĨ Ăƚ ĮƌƐƚ ǇŽƵ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ƐƵĐĐĞĞĚ͙͟ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ƚĞŶĚ ƚŽ ĨŽƌŐĞƚ͘ tĞ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ŬĞĞƉ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƌĞƐŽůƵƟŽŶƐ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ĞǀĞŶƚƵĂůůǇ ǁĞ ǁŝůů ƐƵĐĐĞĞĚ͘ dŚĞŶ ǁĞ ĐĂŶ ƌĞůŝƐŚ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ǁĞ ǁŝůů ŚĂǀĞ ǁŽƌŬĞĚ ĨŽƌ ŝƚ͘ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐƐŝďŝůŝƚǇ ŽĨ ĨĂŝůƵƌĞ͕

ǁĞ ŶĞĞĚ EĞǁ zĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ƌĞƐŽůƵƟŽŶƐ͘ EĞǁ zĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ƌĞƐŽůƵƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ǁŚĂƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ ƚŚĞŵ ǁŽƌŬ ŝƐ ŽƵƌ ďĞůŝĞĨ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ǁŝůů work and that they aren’t a waste ŽĨ ƟŵĞ͘ dŚĞ ũŽǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ ƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ ŽǀĞƌ Ă ŶĞǁ ůĞĂĨ͘ tĞ ŵĂǇ ŶŽƚ ŶŽƟĐĞ Ă ďŝŐ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ EĞǁ zĞĂƌ ŝƚƐĞůĨ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ĞǆĐƵƐĞ͘ EĞǀĞƌƚŚĞůĞƐƐ͕ ǁĞ ŵĂŬĞ ƌĞƐŽůƵƟŽŶƐ ƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ they don’t require work; we make ƚŚĞŵ ƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ũƵƐƚ ďǇ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ them we’ve already done most of ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌŬ ĂŶĚ ĂƌĞ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞĚ ǁŚĞŶ ǁĞ ĨĂŝů͘ tĞ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚŝŶŬ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ EĞǁ zĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ƌĞƐŽůƵƟŽŶƐ ĂƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĞƐƐĂǇ ǁĞ͛ǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƉƵƫŶŐ Žī͖ ǁĞ ǁŝůů ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ĚŽ ŝƚ ĞǀĞŶƚƵĂůůǇ͕ ďƵƚ ĚŽ ŝƚ ŝŶ ůŝƩůĞ ďŝƚƐ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ĞǀĞŶƚƵĂůůǇ ǁŽƌŬ ŽƵƚ͘ KƵƌ EĞǁ zĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ƌĞƐŽůƵƟŽŶ ŝƐ ŽƵƌ ǁĂǇ ŽĨ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ Ă ƐŵĂůů ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůůǇ Žƌ ŐůŽďĂůůǇ͘ ŚĂŶŐĞ ŝƐ ŐŽŽĚ͊ tŝƚŚ ƌĞƐŽůƵƟŽŶƐ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ Ă notoriously high failure rate it would ďĞ ƚŽŽ ĞĂƐǇ ƚŽ ĂƌŐƵĞ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽŝŶƚ ŝƐ͕ ďƵƚ ǁŚǇ ďĞ ĐǇŶŝĐĂů ĂďŽƵƚ ŝƚ͍ DĂǇďĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŽƵƌ ƌĞƐŽůƵƟŽŶ͕ ƚŽ ƚŚŝŶŬ ŵŽƌĞ ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞůǇ͊

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TUESDAY 12th JANUARY 2010

COMMENT & OPINION 11

Snow Days at UEA

Obama drama Jack Brinded Ɛ h^ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ĂƌĂĐŬ KďĂŵĂ͛Ɛ ĮƌƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ ŝŶ ŽĸĐĞ ĚƌĂǁƐ ƚŽ Ă ĐůŽƐĞ͕ ŵĂŶǇ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ǁŚĂƚ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ ƚŽ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ͘ / ŵŝŐŚƚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ŝŶĐůŝŶĞĚ ƚŽ ĂŐƌĞĞ͕ ŝĨ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ŚĂĚ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ͘ /Ŷ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƚŚŝƐ ƉŽŝŶƚ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ / ĐŽƵůĚ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ 'ƵĂŶƚĂŶĂŵŽ ĂǇ͕ Žƌ ƚŚĞ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ͛Ɛ ĐŽŶƟŶƵŝŶŐ ǁĂƌŵŽŶŐĞƌŝŶŐ͕ ďƵƚ ŚĞĂůƚŚĐĂƌĞ ƌĞĨŽƌŵ ďĞŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂǀĞƐƚǇ ŝƚ ŝƐ͕ ŝƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ĮƫŶŐ ƚŽ ƵƐĞ ŝƚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐĞ ƐƚƵĚǇ ŚĞƌĞ͘ ĂĐŬ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂƉƉĂƌĞŶƚ ŵĞƐƐŝĂŚ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ^ĞŶĂƚŽƌ KďĂŵĂ ůŽŽŬĞĚ ƐĞƚ ƚŽ ƌĂĚŝĐĂůůǇ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ƚŚĞ ůĂŶĚƐĐĂƉĞ ŽĨ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ƉŽůŝƟĐƐ͕ Žƌ Ăƚ ůĞĂƐƚ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ǁŚĂƚ /͕ ĂůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ŵŝůůŝŽŶƐ ŽĨ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ǁŽƌůĚǁŝĚĞ͕ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĂƚ ŶĂŝǀĞůǇ ďĞůŝĞǀĞĚ͘ ƚ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌĞĨƌŽŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞĚ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĐƌĞƉŝƚ ŝŶƐƵƌĂŶĐĞ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĨĂŝůĞĚ ϱϰ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ h^ ĐŝƟǌĞŶƐ͘ KďĂŵĂ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞĚ Ă ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ ǁĂƐ ŽƵƚ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ďŝůů ƚŚĂƚ ǁŽƌŵĞĚ ŝƚƐ ǁĂǇ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ƐĞŶĂƚĞ ŽŶ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ǀĞ ĐŽŶƚĂŝŶĞĚ ŶŽ ƉƵďůŝĐ ŽƉƟŽŶ͕ ůĞĂǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŝůĞĚ ƉƌŝǀĂƚĞ ƐĞĐƚŽƌ ƵŶĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞĚ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ƐĞƚ ƚŽ ůĞĂǀĞ Ϯϯ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƐƟůů ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ŝŶƐƵƌĂŶĐĞ͕ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐŝŶŐ Ă ŵĂŶĚĂƚĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ŵƵƐƚ ďƵǇ ƉƌŝǀĂƚĞ ŝŶƐƵƌĂŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ĨĂĐĞ Ă Ψϵϱ ĮŶĞ ŝĨ ƚŚĞǇ ĨĂŝů ƚŽ ďĂŶŬͲƌŽůů ĐŽƌƉŽƌĂƚĞ ŝŶƐƵƌĞƌƐ͘

dŚŝƐ ŵĂŬĞƐ ĂƐ ŵƵĐŚ ƐĞŶƐĞ ĂƐ ŵĂŶĚĂƟŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŽ ŽǁŶ ŚŽŵĞƐ ƚŽ ƐŽůǀĞ ŚŽŵĞůĞƐƐŶĞƐƐ͕ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ ŽŶĐĞ ƉŽŝŶƚĞĚ ŽƵƚ͘ īĞĐƟǀĞůǇ ƚŚŝƐ ƌĞĨŽƌŵ ƐĞƌǀĞƐ ƚŽ ƉƵŶŝƐŚ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ĨĂŝůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĨĞĞĚ Ă ŵĂƌŬĞƚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚĂƐ ĞǆĐůƵĚĞĚ ƚŚĞŵ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƉůĂĐĞ͘ /ŶĞīĞĐƟǀĞ ĂŶĚ ƉŽŽƌůǇ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ ŽƵƚ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ͚ŚŝƐƚŽƌŝĐ͛ ďŝůů ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ͕ ƐĞƌǀŝŶŐ ŽŶůǇ ƚŽ ƉƌŽƉ ƵƉ ĂŶ ŝŶĞĸĐŝĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƵŶĐĂƌŝŶŐ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ͘ WƌŝǀĂƚĞ ŝŶƐƵƌĂŶĐĞ ŚĂƐ ĨĂŝůĞĚ

ŵŝůůŝŽŶƐ ŽĨ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶƐ ĂŶĚ ǁŝůů ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ĚŽ ƐŽ͕ ƚŚĂŶŬƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ŽĨ Ă ŵĂŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ǁĂƐ ƌĞůǇŝŶŐ ĨĂƌ ƚŽŽ ŚĞĂǀŝůǇ ƵƉŽŶ ƚŽ ƐŚĂŬĞ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ƵƉ͘ ǇĞĂƌ ŝŶƚŽ KďĂŵĂ͛Ɛ ĮƌƐƚ ƚĞƌŵ͕ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ŝƐ ƐƟůů ƚŽ ĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ͘ /ƚ ǁŝůů ŽŶůǇ ĂƌƌŝǀĞ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŝůůŝŽŶƐ ǁŚŽ ƌĞŵĂŝŶ ĂůŝĞŶĂƚĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ƐƚĂƌƚ ƚŽ ĂƐŬ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ͘ ŌĞƌ Ăůů͕ ĂƐ Ă ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ ƉƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƟĂů ĐĂŶĚŝĚĂƚĞ ŽŶĐĞ ƐĂŝĚ͕ ͞ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ŚĂƉƉĞŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ĚŽǁŶ͕ ŝƚ ŚĂƉƉĞŶƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ďŽƩŽŵ ƵƉ͘͟

Nuclear Response Andrew Lyle On Tuesday 1st December, I came ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ĂŶ ĂƌƟĐůĞ ďǇ ŽŶĞ :ĂĐŬ ƌŝŶĚĞĚ ĞŶƟƚůĞĚ ͚^ĂǇ EK ƚŽ EƵĐůĞĂƌ͛͘ ƵƌŝŽƵƐ͕ I read the argument, but by the end ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƉĂƌĂŐƌĂƉŚ͕ / ǁĂƐ Ăƚ Ă ůŽƐƐ ĨŽƌ ǁŽƌĚƐ͘ /ƚ ƐĞĞŵĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĂƵƚŚŽƌ ďĞůŝĞǀĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƐŽůĞ ƉƵƌƉŽƐĞ ŽĨ ŶƵĐůĞĂƌ ƉŽǁĞƌ ƉůĂŶƚƐ ŝƐ ƚŽ ƉŽŝƐŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂŶĞƚ͘ EŽǁ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ŝƐ ďǇ ŶŽ ŵĞĂŶƐ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ŝƚƐ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĞƌƐ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ĂƉƉĞĂƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŚŽ ŚŽůĚ ŝƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ŶŽƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŶƵĐůĞĂƌ ƉŽǁĞƌ ƉůĂŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ƚŽ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŝŶ The Simpsons͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŝŶĐŽŵƉĞƚĞŶƚ ĞŵƉůŽǇĞĞƐ ƉĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ ŚŽůĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂĐƚŽƌ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĂƐŬŝŶŐ ƚĂƉĞ ĂŶĚ ĂŶ Ğǀŝů tyrant for a manager! / ĨŽƌ ŽŶĞ ĂŐƌĞĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ě DŝůŝďĂŶĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ůŝŵĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ŶĞƌŐǇ ^ĞĐƌĞƚĂƌǇ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ^ŚĂĚŽǁ ŶĞƌŐǇ ^ĞĐƌĞƚĂƌǇ͕ 'ƌĞŐ ůĂƌŬ͕ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ĨŽƌ ŶƵĐůĞĂƌ ĞŶĞƌŐǇ͘ /Ĩ ƚŚĞ h< ŝƐ ƚŽ ŵĞĞƚ ŝƚƐ ƚĂƌŐĞƚ ŽĨ ĐƵƫŶŐ ŝƚƐ ĐĂƌďŽŶ ĚŝŽǆŝĚĞ ůĞǀĞůƐ ďǇ Ă ŵĂƐƐŝǀĞ ϴϬй ďǇ ϮϬϱϬ͕ ǁĞ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ĂīŽƌĚ ƚŽ ŝŐŶŽƌĞ ŶƵĐůĞĂƌ ƉŽǁĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ďŽƚŚ ŵĂŝŶ ƉĂƌƟĞƐ ŬŶŽǁ ŝƚ͘ tĞƌĞ ŝƚ ŶŽƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ĐŽǁĂƌĚŝĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ >ĂďŽƵƌ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ͕ ǁŚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ

ƉƵƫŶŐ Žī ƌĞĂů ĐŽŵŵŝƚŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ h<͛Ɛ ŶƵĐůĞĂƌ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ƚĞŶ ǇĞĂƌƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ůŽŽŵŝŶŐ ĞŶĞƌŐǇ ĐƌŝƐŝƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ŚĂůĨ ĂƐ ƚŚƌĞĂƚĞŶŝŶŐ͘ dŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ƚŚŝŶŐ ǁĞ ŶĞĞĚ ŝƐ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ƐƉŝŶĞůĞƐƐ ƉŽůŝƟĐŝĂŶƐ ǁŚŽ ƋƵŝǀĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶƵĐůĞĂƌ ŝƐƐƵĞ͕ ƚĞƌƌŝĮĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝĨ ƚŚĞǇ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞ ŝƚ ŵĂǇ ƵƉƐĞƚ ǀŽƚĞƌƐ͘ tŚĞŶ ƐĞĂƌĐŚŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ Ă ǀŝĂďůĞ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞ ƚŽ ĚǁŝŶĚůŝŶŐ Žŝů ƐƵƉƉůŝĞƐ͕ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ƐĂǇ ǁĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ƐǁŝƚĐŚ ƚŽ ƌĞŶĞǁĂďůĞ ƉŽǁĞƌ ƐŝŵƉůǇ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ

“The last thing we need is to have spineless politicians who quiver in the face of the nuclear issue” ĂƉƉƌĞĐŝĂƚĞ ŚŽǁ ďŝŐ Ă ŐĂƉ ŐƌĞĞŶ ƉŽǁĞƌ ŚĂƐ ƚŽ Įůů͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ƵŶƌĞĂƐŽŶĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĂƐƐƵŵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞŶĞǁĂďůĞ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞƐ ĐĂŶ ƐŽůĞůǇ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƉŽǁĞƌ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ h<͕ ůĞƚ ĂůŽŶĞ ďŝŐ ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƚŽƌƐ ƚŽ ĐůŝŵĂƚĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ hŶŝƚĞĚ ^ƚĂƚĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŚŝŶĂ͘

dŚĞ ƐĐĂƌĞŵŽŶŐĞƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĂŶƟͲ ŶƵĐůĞĂƌ ůŽďďǇ ƐƟƌ ƵƉ ƐĞĞŵƐ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ĞŶƟƌĞůǇ ďĂƐĞĚ ŽŶ ŝŐŶŽƌĂŶĐĞ͘ ůů ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ĚŽ ŝƐ ƐĂǇ ǁŽƌĚƐ ůŝŬĞ ƌĞĂĐƟŽŶ͕ ƉůƵƚŽŶŝƵŵ ĂŶĚ ĮƐƐŝŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞǇ ƐƚĂƌƚ ƐŚŽǁŝŶŐ ƵƉ ŝŶ ĚƌŽǀĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉĞƚƌŽůͲŐƵǌǌůŝŶŐ ĐĂƌƐ ĂŶĚ ŵŝŶŝďƵƐĞƐ͕ ǁĂǀŝŶŐ ĞŝƚŚĞƌ ƉŽŽƌůǇ ƐƉĞůƚ ƉůĂĐĂƌĚƐ Žƌ ƐƉŽƌƟŶŐ ŝƌƌŝƚĂƟŶŐ ƐůŽŐĂŶƐ ůŝŬĞ͗ ͞zŽƵ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ŚƵŐ ǇŽƵƌ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ǁŝƚŚ EƵĐůĞĂƌ ƌŵƐ͊͘͟ /ƚ͛Ɛ ƟŵĞ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŽŬĞ ƵƉ ĂŶĚ ůĞĂƌŶĞĚ Ă ƚŚŝŶŐ Žƌ ƚǁŽ ĂďŽƵƚ ŶƵĐůĞĂƌ ĞŶĞƌŐǇ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ĂƐƐƵŵŝŶŐ ƚŚĞǇ ŬŶŽǁ ĞǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ ŝƚ ĂŌĞƌ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ŚĂůĨ ĂŶ ĂƌƟĐůĞ ŽŶ ŚĞƌŶŽďǇů ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ŶŝŐŚƚ͘ ^Ž͕ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŵŝƐŝŶĨŽƌŵĞĚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŵĂǇ ƐĂǇ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ǁŝůů ŶŽƚ ďůŽǁ ƵƉ ŝĨ ǁĞ ďƵŝůĚ ŵŽƌĞ ŶƵĐůĞĂƌ ƉŽǁĞƌ ƉůĂŶƚƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ǁĂƐƚĞ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĚŝƐƉŽƐĞĚ ŽĨ ƐĂĨĞůǇ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ ǁŽŶ͛ƚ ƐĞĞ Ă ƐƵĚĚĞŶ ƌŝƐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚƌĞĞͲĞǇĞĚ ĮƐŚ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ ƉŽŶĚƐ ĂŶĚ ƌŝǀĞƌƐ͘ /Ĩ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƟŽŶ ŝƐ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĂĚǀĂŶĐĞ ƉƌŽƉĞƌůǇ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ϮϭƐƚ ĐĞŶƚƵƌǇ͕ ǁĞ ŶĞĞĚ Ă ĨŽƌŵ ŽĨ ƌĞůŝĂďůĞ͕ ƐĂĨĞ ĂŶĚ ĞĸĐŝĞŶƚ ĞŶĞƌŐǇ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƌĞƉůĂĐĞ ĨŽƐƐŝů ĨƵĞůƐ ĂŶĚ ŽŶůǇ ŶƵĐůĞĂƌ ĞŶĞƌŐǇ ŝƐ ďŝŐ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ƐŚŽƵůĚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ďƵƌĚĞŶ͕ ŶŽƚ ǁŝŶĚŵŝůůƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŽůĂƌ ƉĂŶĞůƐ͊

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TUESDAY 12th JANUARY 2010

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Sex and the Student In the run up to Valentines Day and the 2010 Concrete Sex Survey, Bethan-Louise Martin discusses our changing attitude to sex at different points in our lives. Sex is not always conducive to good study and vice versa, putting these two university past times in hot and often chaotic contention...

According to Concrete’s 2009 Sex Survey, a whopping 90.6% of you have sex. Going to university changes a lot of things in our lives, including the way we feel about sex, whether we are having it or not. Here at Concrete we have been thinking a lot about sex in the lead up to our 2010 Sex Survey, so we thought we’d share our thoughts with you about various aspects of student sex lives.

Living On Your Own You’ve just moved into your halls of residence, your parents have driven away and you’re on your own in your own room. What’s that we hear you cry? FREEDOM! For many students, ƚŚĞŝƌ ĮƌƐƚ ƌĞĂů ƚĂƐƚĞ ŽĨ ĨƌĞĞĚŽŵ ŝƐ ǁŚĞŶ they arrive at university, thus, changing the way we approach sex - we can have it more freely. Access to partners’ bedrooms and being able to stay the ŶŝŐŚƚ Ăůů ĞƋƵĂůƐ ŵŽƌĞ ƐĞǆǇ ƟŵĞ͘ >Ğƚ͛Ɛ face it, if we can have sex in the night and in the morning as well, we’re going to do it! Being able to spend longer with your partner will not only increase the amount of sex you’re able to have, it will inevitably encourage ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶƟŵĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ĂĚǀĞŶƚƵƌŽƵƐ ƐĞǆ͘ Some of you may be so lucky as to have an en suite which proves useful for slippery sexy adventures and the desks on campus can be a perfect height for ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ͘ ^Ž / ŚĂǀĞ ŚĞĂƌĚ͙

Living with Other Students Even if you’re not the one having sex, chances are the people you live with are having it. You may approve of their escapades, you may not, but, let’s face it, you don’t need to know what ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ǇŽƵƌ ŇĂƚŵĂƚĞ ŝƐ ŝŶͬŚŽǁ ĐůŽƐĞ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ƚŽ ŽƌŐĂƐŵͬƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďŽǇĨƌŝĞŶĚ ŝƐ Ă ŐƌƵŶƚĞƌ͕ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƟŵĞ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ get a bit frisky. Nor do the parents of ǇŽƵƌ ŇĂƚŵĂƚĞƐ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ŬŶŽǁ ƚŚŝƐ ǁŚĞŶ

“long distance relationships are all about balance and a willingness to compromise. There are always ways around missing your partner” they come to visit when having your morning session. Yes, you’re having sex and, by the sound of it, enjoying it rather a lot, but quiet sex can be fun too. The idea of having to be silent and the thrill of being caught, well, it’s just ŶĂƵŐŚƚǇ͊ ůŝƩůĞ ŵŽĂŶŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ͛Ɛ ear is not only a massive turn on but ŝƐ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶƟŵĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ůĞƐƐ ƐĐĂƌǇ͕ ƉŽƌŶ

ƐƚĂƌͲƐƚǇůĞ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ Ă ƉůĂĐĞ for porn star you and a house with very thin walls, full of your closest friends is not necessarily the place. ǁŬǁĂƌĚ ƟŵĞƐ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ďƌĞĂŬĨĂƐƚ ƚĂďůĞ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ͙͍

>ŽŶŐ ŝƐƚĂŶĐĞ ZĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ >ŽŶŐ ĚŝƐƚĂŶĐĞ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ͗ ŵĂŶǇ ŽĨ you may be thinking, why bother?! Ƶƚ ƚŚĞǇ ĐĂŶ ǁŽƌŬ ĂŶĚ ǁŽƌŬ ǁĞůů͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ďĞŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ǇŽƵƌ ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌ and it can cause problems; the key in Ă ůŽŶŐ ĚŝƐƚĂŶĐĞ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ ŝƐ ƚƌƵƐƚ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ƚƌƵƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ with or they don’t trust you then the ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ ǁŝůů͕ ŝŶĞǀŝƚĂďůǇ͕ ĨĂŝů͘ ĂůůŝŶŐ ǇŽƵƌ ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌ ϰϬ ƟŵĞƐ Ă ĚĂǇ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ĚŽŝŶŐͬǁŚŽ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ǁŝƚŚ Žƌ what they are wearing is never a sign ŽĨ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ŚĞĂůƚŚǇ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ ďƵƚ ŶŽƌ is not speaking to someone for days on ĞŶĚ͘ >ŽŶŐ ĚŝƐƚĂŶĐĞ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ ĂƌĞ all about balance and a willingness to compromise. There are always ways around missing your partner and ŵŝƐƐŝŶŐ ƐĞǆ ůŝŬĞ ǁĞďĐĂŵƐͬƉŚŽŶĞƐͬ video phones and so on. Modern technology help to make long distance ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ ĞĂƐŝĞƌ͘ :ƵƐƚ ŵĂŬĞ ƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ǇŽƵƌ ŇĂƚŵĂƚĞƐ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ǁĂůŬ in when you’re in the middle of some ĞǆƉůŝĐŝƚ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ͙ ĂŶĚ͕ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ there are numerous sex aids that can ŚĞůƉ ŬĞĞƉ ǇŽƵ ƐĂƟƐĮĞĚ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚŽƐĞ long, lonely nights. See Ann Summers ;ŽŶůŝŶĞ Žƌ ŝŶ ŚĂƉĞůĮĞůĚͿ͕ ^ŝŶ ^ŝŶƐ >ŽǀĞ Store (online and in the St Andrews ĂƌĞĂ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚǇͿ Žƌ ǁǁǁ͘ůŽǀĞŚŽŶĞǇ͘ ĐŽ͘ƵŬ ĨŽƌ ƐŽŵĞ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ǇŽƵƌƐĞůĨ and to use with your partner when you’re reunited. Remember, absence makes the heart grow fonder so really ƚĂŬĞ ĂĚǀĂŶƚĂŐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ǇŽƵ ƐƉĞŶĚ together, whether in the bedroom or not.

Living with Your Partner >ŝǀŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ǇŽƵƌ ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌŝůǇ ŵĞĂŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƐĞǆ ƐƚŽƉƐ͘ ŌĞƌ all, you have a whole new home to ͚ĐŚƌŝƐƚĞŶ͛͘ 'ĞƫŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ƌŽƵƟŶĞ ŽĨ having sex in the same place, same ƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƐĂŵĞ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ŝƐ ũƵƐƚ ƉůĂŝŶ

boring. We all have our lazy days and ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶƐ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ŶŽ ĨƵŶ ŝŶ being stuck in a sexual rut. Visit some ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐůǇ ŵĞŶƟŽŶĞĚ ƐĞǆ ƐƚŽƌĞƐ ĨŽƌ ĞǆĐŝƟŶŐ ŶĞǁ ƚŽǇƐ Žƌ ƉŝĐŬ ƵƉ Ă ŬĂƌŵĂ sutra and work your way through it - within reason, no one needs a sex ŝŶũƵƌǇ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƐĞǆ Ăƚ ŶŝŐŚƚ͕ wake up ten minutes earlier and have a quickie before you go to work or jump in the shower with them. Buying yourself or your partner some new saucy underwear (students get 10% ĚŝƐĐŽƵŶƚ ŝŶ >Ă ^ĞŶǌĂͿ ŝƐ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ǁĂǇ ŽĨ ƐƉŝĐŝŶŐ ƵƉ ǇŽƵƌ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐƐ͘ ^ŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶŝƟĂƟǀĞ ĐĂŶ ŵĂŬĞ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ Ă ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ͘ KĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚ all about sex, and living with your ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ ŝƐ Ă ďŝŐ ƐƚĞƉ ĂŶĚ ĐĂŶ ƚĂŬĞ ƐŽŵĞ ǁŽƌŬ ĂŶĚ ŐĞƫŶŐ used to, especially if you are used to having your own space. Space and ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ ǇŽƵƌ ŽǁŶ ŝĚĞŶƟƚǇ ŝƐ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŽŌĞŶ ĨŽƌŐĞƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ŝŶ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ͘ zŽƵ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ŚĂǀĞ to constantly be in the same room as your partner, have all the same friends or want to do the same thing Ăůů ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ͘ ,ĂǀŝŶŐ ǇŽƵƌ ŽǁŶ ƐƉĂĐĞ and own interests will not only give you something to talk about but will stop you constantly being up in your

partner’s grill and help to cut down on tensions that may arise. Spending a few evenings apart does not mean that you are any less in love and your friends will appreciate being able to see you, not just ‘couple you’. /ƚ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ŵĂƩĞƌ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŝŶ Ă ůŽŶŐ ƚĞƌŵ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ͕ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĮĞůĚ or even just thinking about having sex, it is important to think about ĐŽŶƚƌĂĐĞƉƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƐĂŝĚ ǁŚĂƚĞǀĞƌ ǇŽƵƌ ƐĞǆƵĂů ŽƌŝĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ Ͳ ŝƚ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ŵĂƩĞƌ ǁŚĂƚ ŐĞŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĞ person you’re having sex with is, you ĐĂŶ ƐƟůů ĐĂƚĐŚ ĂŶ ^d ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ƉƌĞŐŶĂŶƚ͘ ŽŶƚƌĂĐĞƉƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĂďŽƵƚ ƐĞǆƵĂů ŚĞĂůƚŚ is widely available on campus and condoms are free from the Medical ĞŶƚƌĞ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ you want to stop using condoms or dental dams, for example, it is hugely important that you go up to the medical centre and either pick up a home ŚůĂŵǇĚŝĂ ƚĞƐƟŶŐ Ŭŝƚ Žƌ ďŽŽŬ Ă ŶƵƌƐĞ͛Ɛ ‘B’ appointment for full sexual health ƐĐƌĞĞŶŝŶŐ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ĂƐ ĞŵďĂƌƌĂƐƐŝŶŐ and as painful as people think; no one will judge you for being there. At the end of the day, no one wants their bits ƚŽ ƚƵƌŶ ŐƌĞĞŶ ĂŶĚ ĨĂůů Žī͊

TUESDAY 12th JANUARY 2010

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FEATURES 13

Confessions of a Student Stripper

Belle de Jour, the author of the hugely successful The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl has recently revealed her true identity as Dr Brooke Magnanti, a research scientist in Bristol. Eva Wright* provides Concrete with an insight into the realities of stripping to support your studies.

/Ŷ ƚŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ ŽĨ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐ ƌĞĐĞƐƐŝŽŶ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ĨŽƌ Ă ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ student to secure that ever-elusive job to earn an extra bit of cash. The ĐŽŶǀĞŶƟŽŶĂů ƌŽƵƚĞ ŽĨ ĞŶƋƵŝƌŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ ĞŵƉůŽǇŵĞŶƚ ƉŽƐƐŝďŝůŝƟĞƐ ŝƐ ŶŽ ůŽŶŐĞƌ acceptable; if you ask at a store desk you’re more than likely going to be met with a belligerent stare, dismissing any hopes you may have had. Emails are more than likely never replied to and phone calls are diverted 20 or 30 ƟŵĞƐ ŽŶ Ă ůŝŶĞ ƚŽ ŶŽǁŚĞƌĞ͘ /Ŷ ŽƌĚĞƌ to at least secure an interview, you need a professionally edited s ĂŶĚ Ă ĐŽǀĞƌŝŶŐ ůĞƩĞƌ ƐƵďƚůǇ ĞǆƉůĂŝŶŝŶŐ ŚŽǁ ǇŽƵƌ ŵƵůƟͲƚĂůĞŶƚĞĚ self should be picked amongst ŚƵŶĚƌĞĚƐ ŽĨ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂŶƚƐ ʹ / ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŬŶŽǁ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ƚĞƌŵ͕ /͛ǀĞ been rejected a grand total of six ƟŵĞƐ͕ ŶŽƚ ĐŽƵŶƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ϮϬ Žƌ ϯϬ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ / ƐĞŶƚ ŽƵƚ and never heard back ĨƌŽŵ͘ dŚĞ ƟŵĞƐ ƚŚĞǇ are a-changin’ indeed. And it doesn’t look good for university students who have loans to pay, course ďŽŽŬƐ ƚŽ ďƵǇ ;/ almost cried when / ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ĚƌŽƉ άϮϵ on a textbook – but according to my housemates, this is already considered a reasonable price to pay for a book to be only lightly skimmed for a couple of weeks and then never to be used ĂŐĂŝŶͿ͕ ĂŶĚ ĨƌŝĚŐĞƐ ƚŽ ƐƚŽĐŬ͘ Enter my friend Hailey*. She’s a nubile young girl in her second year of university and a regular in spiked heels and mini-dresses on cut-price student nights out in Norwich. She lives in a rented house devoid of proper ŚĞĂƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĞƋƵŝƉƉĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƌĂƩůŝŶŐ ďĂĐŬ ĚŽŽƌ ƚŚĂƚ ůĞƚƐ ƚŚĞ ďŝƟŶŐ EŽƌĨŽůŬ wind whistle in through its gaps. During the day she paces the same concrete walkway like the rest of us, down to Elizabeth Fry and to and from the library where most of her work is done. Most weekday nights she’ll

stay in, either working on a growing ŵŽƵŶƚĂŝŶ ŽĨ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟŽŶƐ Žƌ ĞƐƐĂǇƐ͕ or watch Hollyoaks͘ KŶ Ă ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ night every week, however – either a Friday or Saturday – she’ll slip on ŽƉĂƋƵĞ WĞƌƐƉĞǆ ƐŝǆͲŝŶĐŚ ƉůĂƞŽƌŵƐ͕ ůĂĐĞ ƵƉ ŝŶ Ă ƟŐŚƚ ůĞŽƉĂƌĚ ƉƌŝŶƚ ĐŽƌƐĞƚ͕ and strip for customers in a private ŶŝŐŚƚĐůƵď͘ dŚĞ ŵĞŶ ĮůƚĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ƐŵĂůů ĐŽŶĮŶĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐůƵď͕ ŽƉĞŶ ĨƌŽŵ ϵƉŵ Ɵůů ϮĂŵ͕ ƚŚĞŝƌ pockets bulging with crisp notes. They might order a drink, or simply sit on the sofa and watch the ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ͗ Ă ůŝƚŚĞ͕ ŇĞƐŚͲďĂƌŝŶŐ female gliding up and down the metal ƉŽůĞ͘ ͞^ŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ͕͟ my friend tells me, “they just want someone to talk to ʹ ƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ƚŚĞǇ just pay me to sit there and listen ƚŽ ƚŚĞŵ͘͟ She was once ŽīĞƌĞĚ άϮϬ ũƵƐƚ for listening to some poor old miser moan about his day job. Ƶƚ ŵŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ͕ ƐŚĞ͛ůů ƚĂŬĞ ƚŚĞŵ ƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ďĂĐŬ ŝŶ Ă ƐŵĂůů ƐĞĐƟŽŶĞĚͲ Žī ĂƌĞĂ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞǇ͛ůů Ɛŝƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ hands under their thighs while she strips down to her birthday suit. Three ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ĨŽƌ άϮϬ ʹ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƐƚ ŽĨ Ă ƐƚƌŝƉ ĚĂŶĐĞͬůĂƉ ĚĂŶĐĞ͘ ZŽƵŐŚůǇ ƚŚĞ ůĞŶŐƚŚ ŽĨ Ă ƐŽŶŐ͘ /ŶĞďƌŝĂƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŽŌĞŶ ďƵƌƐƟŶŐ ;ůŝƚĞƌĂůůǇͿ ǁŝƚŚ ŐƌĂƟƚƵĚĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ŵĞŶ ƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ƟƉ ŚĞĂǀŝůǇ͕ ŚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĚĂŶĐĞƌƐ άϯϬͲϰϬ͘ ƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ the night, my friend goes home and checks her wallet. There are wads and ǁĂĚƐ ŽĨ ŶŽƚĞƐ͗ ŽŶ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ŶŝŐŚƚ͕ ƐŚĞ͛ůů ĞĂƌŶ ƵƉ ƚŽ άϯϬϬ͘ To an outsider, it all sounds incredibly simple, once you get past the fact that you’d have to be naked in front of a stranger. “You’re allowed ƚŽ ĚƌŝŶŬ͟ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĞŵŝŶŐůǇ ĚŝƌĞĐƚ͕ ŚŽŶĞƐƚ

manager of the strip club tells me, ͟ Ƶƚ / ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ĂĐĐĞƉƚ ĚƌƵŶŬĞŶŶĞƐƐ͘ /Ĩ / see a girl stumbling around the club ŚŝŐŚ Žƌ ĚƌƵŶŬ͕ / ŐŝǀĞ ƚŚĞŵ Ă ǁĂƌŶŝŶŐ and send them home. Three warnings ŵĞĂŶƐ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ Ă ũŽď͘͟ dŚĞ rules, doled out at the start to virgin strippers verbally, sound promising – no drugs, no drunken behaviour, and “the security level in here is well thought out. We have security guards Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĚŽŽƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂůĂƌŵ ďƵƩŽŶƐ ďǇ ƚŚĞ sides of the booths in case one of the

“the rules, doled out at the start to virgin strippers verbally, sound promising – no drugs, no drunken behaviour” ŐŝƌůƐ ŝƐ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ͘͟ At a glance, the environment inside the strip club appears to be no more sleazy and dangerous than any other ŶŝŐŚƚ ĐůƵď ŝŶ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͘ >ŽŽŬ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ĐůŽƐĞƌ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵ͛ůů ŶŽƟĐĞ ƚŚĞ cracks. dŚĞ ŶĞŐĂƟǀĞ ĂƐƉĞĐƚƐ ŽĨ ďĞŝŶŐ employed by a strip club outweigh any other issues raised in a normal ĚĂǇ ũŽď͘ hŶƐĂƟƐĨĂĐƚŽƌǇ ŚŽƵƌƐ͍ hŶĨĂŝƌ ƚƌĞĂƚŵĞŶƚ ďǇ ƐƵƉĞƌǀŝƐŝŶŐ ƐƚĂī͍ dƌǇ dealing with drunken, sleazy clients, strung out co-workers stripping their ǁĂǇ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŶĞǆƚ Įǆ͕ ĂŶĚ Ă ďŽƐƐ ǁŚŽ͕ ƵůƟŵĂƚĞůǇ͕ ŝƐ ŶĞǀĞƌ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ ĨƵůůǇ ƌĞůŝĂďůĞ͘ ŌĞƌ ƐĞǀĞŶ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ũŽď͕ Hailey* informs me that her employer, ƚŚĞ ŽŶĞ ǁŚŽŵ / ƐƉŽŬĞ ƚŽ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ

ƌƵůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞŐƵůĂƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ Ă ƐƚƌŝƉ ĐůƵď͕ isn’t one to trust. Aside from creeping into the changing rooms whilst the ŐŝƌůƐ ĂƌĞ ŐĞƫŶŐ ƵŶĚƌĞƐƐĞĚ͕ ŚĞ ĂůƐŽ indulges in speed, crack – whatever he can get. “Never go into the men’s bathroom, even if that means you ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ǁĂŝƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ůĂĚŝĞƐ͕͟ ŚĞ ƐĂǇƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ŵĞĞƟŶŐ͕ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ŵĞ Ă ƚŽƵƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƟŶǇ͕ ŚŝĚĚĞŶ ĐůƵď͕ ͞ǇŽƵ ŵĂǇ ŶŽƚ ŐĞƚ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĨŽƌ Ă ůŽŶŐ ƟŵĞ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ŬŶŽǁ ǁŚĂƚ / ŵĞĂŶ͘͟ dŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ frightening thing is that he does not ƐĞĞŵ Ăƚ Ăůů ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚŝƐ ĨĂĐƚ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ merely a case of him warning the girls ŽŶĐĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŚĂƚ ŚĂƉƉĞŶƐ ŝƐ ƉƵƌĞůǇ ƚŚĞ ĨĂƵůƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǀŝĐƟŵ͘ All this doesn’t seem like the ideal lifestyle for a struggling student, despite the incredibly good pay and almost non-existent employment ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ͘ dŚĞ ŚŝŐŚůǇ ƉƌŽůŝĮĐ ƉƌŽƐƟƚƵƚĞ ĞůůĞ Ƶ :ŽƵƌ͕ ǁŚŽ ŽŶůǇ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ revealed herself to be Dr. Brooke DĂŐŶĂŶƟ ;ƌŝŐŚƚͿ͕ ĞǆƉůĂŝŶĞĚ ŚĞƌ ƌĞĂƐŽŶƐ ĨŽƌ ĞŶƚĞƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌǇ͗ ƚŽ ĨƵŶĚ ŚĞƌ ƐƚƵĚŝĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů stages of her PhD at the University ŽĨ ^ŚĞĸĞůĚ͘ ZĞƐƉĞĐƚĂďůǇ ŝŶƚĞůůŝŐĞŶƚ͕ ŶĂƚƵƌĂůůǇ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ĂŶĚ ǁĞůůͲƐƉŽŬĞŶ͕ ƌ͘ DĂŐŶĂŶƟ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ĞǆĂĐƚ ĂŶƟƚŚĞƐŝƐ ŽĨ Ă ƐƚĞƌĞŽƚǇƉŝĐĂů ƉƌŽƐƟƚƵƚĞ – or what we assumed was the ƐƚĞƌĞŽƚǇƉĞ ĨŽƌ Ă ƉƌŽƐƟƚƵƚĞ Ă ĚĞĐĂĚĞ ago. Nowadays, more and more students are being drawn to the ĂƉƉĞĂů ŽĨ ƉƌŽƐƟƚƵƟŽŶ͕ ůĂƉ ĚĂŶĐŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ stripping, and turning away from the rigidly structured day jobs that require ŵĂǆŝŵƵŵ ĞīŽƌƚ ǁŝƚŚ ŵŝŶŝŵƵŵ ƉĂǇ͘ /Ŷ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁ ǁŝƚŚ The Guardian, ĂƚŚĞƌŝŶĞ ^ƚĞƉŚĞŶƐ͕ ĂŶ ĂĐƟǀŝƐƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů hŶŝŽŶ ŽĨ ^Ğǆ tŽƌŬĞƌƐ ƌĞǀĞĂůĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ͞>ŽĂĚƐ ŽĨ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŚŽ work in the sex industry are academics ʹ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ŝƐ Ă ǀĞƌǇ ĞǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞ ŚĂďŝƚ͘͟ dŚĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ŝƐ͕ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁŚŽ ĞŶƚĞƌ ƚŚŝƐ ƐĞĞĚǇ͕ ƵŶĚŝƐĐůŽƐĞĚ ƐĞĐƟŽŶ of the world making an educated life ĐŚŽŝĐĞ͕ Žƌ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞǇ ƐŝŵƉůǇ ůŝŬĞ ŇŝĞƐ drawn to the glow of light, only to be ŝŶĞǀŝƚĂďůǇ ďƵƌŶƚ ďǇ ŝƚƐ ĮƌĞ͍ * Real names not used

Belle Uncovered

ƌ ƌŽŽŬĞ DĂŐŶĂŶƟ ǁƌŽƚĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ŚĞƌ ƟŵĞ ĂƐ Ă >ŽŶĚŽŶ ĐĂůů Őŝƌů ƵŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƉƐĞƵĚŽŶǇŵ ͚ ĞůůĞ Ğ :ŽƵƌ͛ ŽŶ ŚĞƌ ďůŽŐ ƐŝƚĞ ͚ ĞůůĞ ĚĞ :ŽƵƌ͗ ŝĂƌǇ ŽĨ Ă >ŽŶĚŽŶ Ăůů 'ŝƌů͛͘ As the blog gained popularity, ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ ŵƵĐŚ ƐƉĞĐƵůĂƟŽŶ ĂƐ ƚŽ who the author was, and whether the blog was even based on real events. Various professional authors were suspected of penning the blog because of the high quality of prose used. /Ŷ EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ ϮϬϬϵ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƌĞǀĞĂůĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ĞůůĞ Ğ :ŽƵƌ ǁĂƐ ŝŶ ĨĂĐƚ ƌ ƌŽŽŬĞ DĂŐŶĂŶƟ͕ Ă ŶŽǁͲ lecturer at Bristol University who worked as a call girl to supplement her income while studying for a PhD ŝŶ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟĐƐ͕ ĞƉŝĚĞŵŝŽůŽŐǇ ĂŶĚ forensic science. Her blog has been adapted into a book and a TV series, starring Billie Piper as Belle.

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John Street For many people 2009 was ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ ƚŚĂƚ ƉŽůŝƟĐƐ ŐŽƚ ƐĞǆǇ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ KďĂŵĂ ďƌŝŶŐŝŶŐ ƐĞǆǇ ͚ ĂƌĂĐŬ͛ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĂƌĞŶĂ͘ Ƶƚ ůŽŶŐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŚŝƐ ŶĂŵĞ ǁĂƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ůŝƉƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ŚŽŝͲƉŽůůŽŝ͕ :ŽŚŶ ^ƚƌĞĞƚ ǁĂƐ ƐĞƫŶŐ ŚĞĂƌƚƐ ĂůŝŐŚƚ ŝŶ h ͛Ɛ ŽǁŶ ŚĂůůƐ ŽĨ ƉŽǁĞƌ͘ ^ŝůǀĞƌ ĨŽǆ ^ƚƌĞĞƚ͕ ŚĞƌĞ ůŽŶŐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ĂŵďŝƟŽŶƐ ǁĞƌĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŝŶĚƐ ŽĨ ŵĂŶǇ ŽĨ ƚŽĚĂǇ͛Ɛ ƵŶĚĞƌŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞƐ͕ ŐĞƚƐ ĞǆƚƌĂ ĐŽŽů ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ĨŽƌ ƉƵďůŝƐŚŝŶŐ ƐƵĐŚ ƟƚůĞƐ ĂƐ͗ WŽůŝƟĐƐ ĂŶĚ dĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐǇ͕ ZĞďĞů ZŽĐŬ͗ dŚĞ WŽůŝƟĐƐ ŽĨ WŽƉƵůĂƌ DƵƐŝĐ ĂŶĚ ďĞŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽͲĞĚŝƚŽƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂŵďƌŝĚŐĞ ŽŵƉĂŶŝŽŶ ƚŽ WŽƉ ĂŶĚ ZŽĐŬ.

^ƚƌĞĞƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŶŽŵŝŶĂƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ǇĞĂƌƐ͕ ďƵƚ ŚĂƐ ŚĞ ŐŽƚ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƚ ƚĂŬĞƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌ one in 2010?

Tim Daw ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ƉŽůůƐ ƐĂǇ s ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂĐĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƐŽŵĞ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐ ĞǇĞ ĐĂŶĚǇ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ ŝŶ s ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŚĂŶĚƐŽŵĞ ^ĐŽƚƐŵĂŶ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŵĂŶǇ Ă ^ĐŽƚƐŵĂŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ ĞǇĞ͕ ĨƌŽŵ ^ĞĂŶ ŽŶŶĞƌǇ ƚŽ ĂǀŝĚ dĞŶŶĂŶƚ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ŶĞǁ ŵĂŶ ĐůŽƐĞƌ ƚŽ ŚŽŵĞ ƚŽ ĂĚĚ ƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ ůŝƐƚ Ͳ s͛Ɛ ǀĞƌǇ ŽǁŶ dŝŵ Ăǁ͘ ,Ğ͛Ɛ ďĞĞŶ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ s ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛ ŚĞĂƌƚƐ ŇƵƩĞƌ ƐŝŶĐĞ ϮϬϬϳ ǁŚĞŶ ŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŵĂĚĞ ĮƐŚ ƐĞǆǇ͘ tŝƚŚ ůŽŽŬƐ ůŝŬĞ ŚŝƐ͕ ǇŽƵƌ

ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ůĞĐƚƵƌĞƐ ŝƐ ƐƵƌĞ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ŇŽƵŶĚĞƌ͘ Ƶƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŽ ŝƚ ƚŚĂŶ ŚŝƐ ƌŽŐƵĞ ƐĐŽƫƐŚ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ͖ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ƐǁĞĞƚ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ ĂŶĚ ŐĞŶƵŝŶĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ Ăǁ ŚĂƐ ĞŶĚĞĂƌĞĚ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ ƚŽ s ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ďŽƚŚ ƐĞǆĞƐ͘ Ăǁ͛Ɛ ƐĞǆ ĂƉƉĞĂů ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƐĞ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŐĞĞŬ ĐŚŝĐ ƚƌĞŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ ďƵƚ ŚŝƐ ĚĞǀŝůŝƐŚůǇ ŐŽŽĚ ůŽŽŬƐ ĐŽƵůĚ withstand any trend.

ĐĂƐĐĂĚŝŶŐ ĐƵƌůƐ ŝƐ Ă ůŽŽŬĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ƐĞŶƐĞ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ŽŶůǇ ĞŶŚĂŶĐĞĚ ďǇ ŚĞƌ ŝŶƚĞůůŝŐĞŶĐĞ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ĞĂƐǇ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ůŽƐƚ ŝŶ ŚĞƌ ǁŝĚĞ ďůƵĞ ĞǇĞƐ ŝĨ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ƉŚŝůŽƐŽƉŚǇ ŝƐ ĐŽŶĨƵƐŝŶŐ ǇŽƵ͘ ^ŚĞ ŵĂǇ ŚĂǀĞ ŽŶůǇ ũŽŝŶĞĚ h ŝŶ ϮϬϬϵ ďƵƚ ƐŚĞ ŚĂƐ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ƐƚƌƵĐŬ Ă ĐŚŽƌĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂƌƚƐ ŽĨ ƉŚŝůŽƐŽƉŚǇ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŚĞƌ ĞǆƉĞƌƚ ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞ ŽĨ Kant.

dŚŽŵĂƐ KƩĞ

Vasudha Chhotray

ŵǇƐƚĞƌǇ ŚŝƐƚŽƌǇ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞƐ ƌ͘ KƩĞ ĂƐ ĂŶ ͚ŝŶƚĞůůĞĐƚƵĂů ,ƵŐŚ 'ƌĂŶƚ ƚĂŬĞŶ ƚŽ ĞǆƚƌĞŵĞƐ͛͘ ,ŝƐ ƐǁĞĞƚ ĨŽƉƉŝƐŚ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ ŝƐ ǁŚĂƚ has endeared him to many ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ Ăůů ƐĐŚŽŽůƐ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ŽŶůǇ ŶŽŵŝŶĞĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ŽǁŶ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ ƚƌŝďƵƚĞ ŐƌŽƵƉ͕ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ Ăƚ ϮϮ ĂĚŽƌŝŶŐ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ͘ tĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ƉƌĂŝƐĞ ŚŝƐ ƐŬŝůůƐ ŚĞƌĞ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŚĞ ŐŽĞƐ Žī ĂŶĚ ďĞĐŽŵĞ Ă ďŽĚǇ ĚŽƵďůĞ ĨŽƌ ŚŝƐ ĚŽƉƉĞůŐĂŶŐĞƌ͘ ,ŝƐ ǁŽƌŬ ŝƐ ŵĂŝŶůǇ ŝŶ ĚŝƉůŽŵĂƟĐ ŚŝƐƚŽƌǇ ďƵƚ ĐĂŶ ǇŽƵ ŶĞŐŽƟĂƚĞ Ă ǁŝŶ ĨŽƌ Śŝŵ͍

dŚĞ ĞǆŽƟĐ ŐŽŽĚ ůŽŽŬƐ ŽĨ ŐŽĚĚĞƐƐ sĂƐƵĚŚĂ ŚŚŽƚƌĂǇ͕ ĐŽŵďŝŶĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŚĞƌ ŝŶͲ ĚĞƉƚŚ ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞ ŽĨ ĐƌŝƟĐĂů ŝŶƚĞƌƌŽŐĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŐŽǀĞƌŶĂŶĐĞ ƚŚĞŽƌǇ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ͕ ƉŽůŝƟĐƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ E'KƐ ŝŶ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ĂƩƌĂĐƚ ŚĞƌ ŵĂŶǇ ĨĂŶƐ͘ ĞĐƌŝďĞĚ ďǇ Ă s ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ĂƐ ͚ŶŝĐĞ ďƵƚ ƐƚƌŝĐƚ͕͛ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĂƌĞ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐůǇ ĂƉƉĞĂůŝŶŐ ƋƵĂůŝƟĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂǀĞ transported her into the top 5 ĨĞŵĂůĞ ůĞĐƚƵƌĞƌƐ͘ KǀĞƌĂůů͕ ƐŚĞ ŝƐ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ĨĂĐĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞƌ ƐĞǆŝĞƌ ƐĐŚŽŽů ŽĨ s ƚŽ ďĞ ƉƌŽƵĚ ŽĨ͘

hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϯ ĂŶĚ ĂƐ ŽĨ ϮϬϬϴ ĞǀĞƌǇ Őŝƌů͛Ɛ ĚƌĞĂŵ ŵĂŶ͕ ůĞĐƚƵƌŝŶŐ ŝŶ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ WŽůŝƟĐƐ Ăƚ Ă ƟŵĞ ǁŚĞŶ ǁĞ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ ŝƚ ĐŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ŐĞƚ ƐĞǆŝĞƌ͘ ŶŽƚŚĞƌ ^ĐŽƚƐŵĂŶ͕ ƚĂůŬ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ĂƉƉĞĂů ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚƐ ĂŶǇ ůĞĐƚƵƌĞ ƚŚĞĂƚƌĞ ŚĞ ƚĞĂĐŚĞƐ ŝŶ͘ tŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ƐůŝŐŚƚůǇ ďƵŵďůŝŶŐ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌǇ͕ ŚĞ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ƐŽƌƚ ŽĨ ůĞĐƚƵƌĞƌ ǇŽƵ ǁŽƵůĚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ŚŽŵĞ ƚŽ ŵĞĞƚ ǇŽƵƌ DƵŵ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐŚĞ͛Ě ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ĨĂŶĐǇ Śŝŵ ƚŽŽ͘ tĞ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƉƌĞƩǇ ƐƵƌĞ ĂƐ ůŽŶŐ ĂƐ ƌ DŝůŶĞ ŝƐ Ăƚ h ͕ ŚĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ Ă ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ on this list.

Nick Anstead Cecile Jackson dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ƐĞǆŝĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ Ă ƐŵĂƌƚ͕ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶƚ woman. ĞĐŝůĞ :ĂĐŬƐŽŶ ŝƐ Ăůů ƚŚŝƐ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ͘ ĞĐŝůĞ͕ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĂƐ ^Ăŵ͕ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĐŚĂƌŵŝŶŐ ǇŽƵŶŐ ŵĞŶ ĂŶĚ ůĂĚŝĞƐ ĂůŝŬĞ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŚĞƌ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ůĞĐƚƵƌĞƐ͕ ĚƌŝǀĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƵŶĚĞŶŝĂďůĞ y ĨĂĐƚŽƌ͘ /ƚ ŵĂǇ ďĞ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ƐŽŵĞ KĞĚŝƉĂů ĐŽŵƉůĞǆ ǁĞ Ăůů ĂƌĞ ŚŽƚ ĨŽƌ ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ǁƌŽŶŐ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŵŽƌĞ ůŝŬĞůǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŝĨ ƐŚĞ ŝƐ ƐŽ ĂƵƚŚŽƌŝƚĂƟǀĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůĞĐƚƵƌĞ ƚŚĞĂƚƌĞ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŚĂƌĚ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĞ ǁŚĂƚ ƐŚĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ůŝŬĞ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ŝƚ͘

/ƚΖƐ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂŶǇďŽĚǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝƟĐƐ ĚĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŵĂŶĂŐĞƐ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ĂŶǇ ǁŽƌŬ ĚŽŶĞ Ăƚ Ăůů͕ ǁŚĂƚ ǁŝƚŚ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ďůƵƐŚŝŶŐ͕ ƐŝŐŚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŇƵƩĞƌŝŶŐ ŚĞĂƌƚƐ ĮůůŝŶŐ ƵƉ ŇŽŽƌ Ϭϯ ŽĨ ƌƚƐ ϭ͘ EĞǁ ďŽǇ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ďůŽĐŬ͕ ƌ EŝĐŬ ŶƐƚĞĂĚ͕ ŽŶůǇ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞĚ ŚŝƐ WŚĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƋƵŝĐŬ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ŚŝƐ ŵĂƌŬ ŝŶ Ă ĚĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ĐůĞĂƌůǇ ŚĂƐ ŚŝŐŚ ƐĞǆŝŶĞƐƐ ŝŶ ŐĞŶĞƌĂů͘ ,ŝƐ ĐŚĞĞŬǇ ƐŵŝůĞ ŚĂƐ ƉƌŽƉĞůůĞĚ Śŝŵ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ĮǀĞ͖ ĨŽůůŽǁ Śŝŵ ŽŶ dǁŝƩĞƌ ;EŝĐŬ ŶƐƚĞĂĚͿ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ĂŶ ƵůƟŵĂƚĞ ĨĂŶ͘

David Milne Angela Breitenbach ŶŐĞůĂ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŚĞƌ ďůŽŶĚĞ

&ŽǆǇ DŝůŶĞ ǁĂƐ &Žǆ /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů &ĞůůŽǁ Ăƚ zĂůĞ

Heather Savigny ZĞƉĞĂƚ ŶŽŵŝŶĞĞ ĂŶĚ ďůŽŶĚĞ ďŽŵďƐŚĞůů ,ĞĂƚŚĞƌ ^ĂǀŝŐŶǇ ŝƐ ĚƌĂǁŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǀŽƚĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ŚĞƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘ ^ŚĞ͛Ɛ ƐĞǆǇ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƐŚĞ͛Ɛ ƐŽ ŶŝĐĞ͕ ǇŽƵ ŬŶŽǁ ƐŚĞ͛Ě ƚƌĞĂƚ ǇŽƵ ǁĞůů͘ ,Ğƌ ĂƉƉĞĂů ŵĂǇ ďĞ ƉĂƌƟĂůůǇ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŽ ŚĞƌ ǀĞƌǇ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ ůĞĐƚƵƌĞƐ ŝŶ ŚĞƌ ĂƌĞĂƐ ŽĨ ĞǆƉĞƌƟƐĞ͗ ƉŽůŝƟĐƐ͕ ŵĞĚŝĂ ĂŶĚ

ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ĐƵůƚƵƌĞ͘ ^ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ǁŽƌŬĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĨĞůůŽǁ ŶŽŵŝŶĞĞ :ŽŚŶ ^ƚƌĞĞƚ ŝŶ ĂŶ ŝŶǀĞƐƟŐĂƟŽŶ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌŽůĞ ŽĨ ŵƵƐŝĐ ĂŶĚ ŵƵƐŝĐŝĂŶƐ ŝŶ ƉƵďůŝĐ ĂĐƟŽŶ͘ ZŽĐŬ ƐƚĂƌƐ͕ :ŽŚŶ ^ƚƌĞĞƚ ĂŶĚ ,ĞĂƚŚĞƌ ^ĂǀŝŐŶǇ͖ ĐŽƵůĚ ŝƚ ŐĞƚ ŚŽƩĞƌ͍

Sarah Churchwell /Ŷ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůĂƚĞƐƚ ŵĂƌŬĞƟŶŐ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƌŬĞƟŶŐ ďƌĂŝŶƐ Ăƚ h ŚĂǀĞ ŚĂƌŶĞƐƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƌĂǁ ŝŶƚĞůůĞĐƚƵĂů ƉŽǁĞƌ ŽĨ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ƐƚƵĚŝĞƐ >ĞĐƚƵƌĞƌ ^ĂƌĂŚ ŚƵƌĐŚǁĞůů ƚŽ ƐĞůů ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ƚŽ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ŶĞǁ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘ ƌ ŚƵƌĐŚǁĞůů ŚĂƐ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĞĚ ŽŶ ŶƵŵĞƌŽƵƐ ĞĚŝƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ EĞǁƐŶŝŐŚƚ and ZĂĚŝŽ ϰ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ƉƵďůŝƐŚĞĚ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌůǇ ŽŶ Ă ǁŝĚĞ ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ ƚŽƉŝĐƐ ŝŶ ŵĂũŽƌ ŶĞǁƐƉĂƉĞƌƐ͕ ƉƌŽǀŝŶŐ ŚĞƌ ĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ďĞĂƵƚǇ ĂŶĚ ďƌĂŝŶƐ ŚĂƐ ĂŶ ĂƉƉĞĂů ĨĂƌ ďĞǇŽŶĚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĐŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ǁĂůůƐ͘

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What is the real meaning of “I love you”? Nisha Murthi compares its cultural implications in the UK, India and China. /ƚ ŝƐ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŐĞƐ ŽĨ Ă ŵĂůĞͲĨĞŵĂůĞ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ ĚŝīĞƌ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ŐůŽďĞ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ h<͕ ǁŚĞŶ Ă ŵĂŶ ŵĞĞƚƐ Ă ǁŽŵĂŶ͕ Ă ƉŚǇƐŝĐĂů ĂŶĚ ĐŚĞŵŝĐĂů ĂƩƌĂĐƟŽŶ ŝƐ ĨŽƌŵĞĚ͘ WƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ĂƩƌĂĐƟŽŶ ŝƐ ŵƵƚƵĂů͕ ƐĞǆ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ ĨŽƌŵ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ƉŚĂƐĞ ĨŽƌ ŵĂŶǇ͘ dŚŝƐ ŵĂǇ ůĞĂĚ ŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ Ă ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ŝŶƟŵĂĐǇ ĂŶĚ ŝĨ Ăůů ŐŽĞƐ ǁĞůů ǁŚĞŶ ĚĞĞƉĞƌ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐƐ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŐŝĐĂů ƉŚƌĂƐĞ ͞/ ůŽǀĞ ǇŽƵ͟ ŝƐ ƵŶǀĞŝůĞĚ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ĞĂĐŚ ŽƚŚĞƌ͘ ĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƟŶĞŶƚ ŝŶ /ŶĚŝĂ ĂŶĚ ŚŝŶĂ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉŚƌĂƐĞ ͞/ ůŽǀĞ ǇŽƵ͟ ĨŽƌŵƐ ƚŚĞ ďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ Ă ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůĂƚĞƌ ƐƚĂŐĞ ĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŵŝŐŚƚ ĞǆƉĞĐƚ͘ ƐŝĚĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ĂƌƌĂŶŐĞĚ ŵĂƌƌŝĂŐĞƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐƟůů ĨŽƌŵ ƚŚĞ ďƵůŬ ŽĨ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ŝŶ /ŶĚŝĂ͕ ŵĂůĞͲ ĨĞŵĂůĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĂĐƟŽŶƐ ŽĐĐƵƌ ƐůŝŐŚƚůǇ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚůǇ͘ ,ĞƌĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ŝŶŝƟĂů ͞ĚĂƟŶŐ͟ ƉĞƌŝŽĚ ŝƐ ůŝŵŝƚĞĚ͘ KŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĞŵŝƐƚƌǇ ŝƐ ĨŽƌŵĞĚ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚǁŽ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͕ ƚǇƉŝĐĂůůǇ ŽŶĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ ŵĂŬĞƐ ƚŚĞ

ŵŽǀĞ ďǇ ƐĂǇŝŶŐ ͞/ ůŽǀĞ ǇŽƵ͟ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĂĐĐĞƉƚƐ ďǇ ƐĂǇŝŶŐ ͞/ ůŽǀĞ ǇŽƵ ƚŽŽ͘͟ dŚĞ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ ŝƐ ƚŚƵƐ ŽĸĐŝĂƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƚƵĂů ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ŝŶƚĞƌĂĐƟŽŶ ŝƐ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ůĞĂĚ ƚŽ

“traditional arranged marriages still form the bulk of relationships especially in India” ŵĂƌƌŝĂŐĞ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƉƌĞŵĂƌŝƚĂů ƐĞǆ͘ ŽŶǀĞƌƐĞůǇ͕ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ͕ ĂůŽŶŐƐŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ŽĨ ŵŽĚĞƌŶŝƐĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞƐ͕ ŚŝŶĂ ŝƐ ƐůŽǁůǇ ŵŽǀŝŶŐ ĂǁĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ

ƚŚŝƐ ƚƌĞŶĚ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶŝƟĂů ͞/ ůŽǀĞ ǇŽƵ͟ ƐƟůů ƐĞƚƐ Žī ƚŚĞ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽ ĐŽŵŵŝƚŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ŵĂƌƌŝĂŐĞ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĞŵĂƌŝƚĂů ƐĞǆ ŝƐ ďĞĐŽŵŝŶŐ ŵŽƌĞ ŽĨ ĂŶ ŽƉƟŽŶ͘ dŚŝƐ ƐƚƌŝŬŝŶŐ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ƐŝŵƉůĞ ƉŚƌĂƐĞ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ŝƐ ůŝŬĞůǇ ƚŽ ƐƚĞŵ ĨƌŽŵ ĐƵůƚƵƌĞ ĂŶĚ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶƐ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ǁŽƌůĚ͕ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ ŽĨ ůŝĨĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĂĐƟŽŶƐ ĨŽůůŽǁ Ă ŶĂƚƵƌĂů ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŽĨ ŚƵŵĂŶ ĞŵŽƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĚĞƐŝƌĞƐ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞĂƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĞĂƐƚ͕ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶƐ ĨŽƌŵ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŝŶĐŝƉůĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŐƵŝĚĞƐ ĂĐƟŽŶƐ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ůŝŶĞƐ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƐƚĂŐĞƐ ĂƌĞ ďĞĐŽŵŝŶŐ ŐƌĞǇ Ăůů ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ĂƐ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůƐ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶƋƵŝƐŝƟǀĞ͘ /ŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ ĂƌƟĐůĞ ǁĂƐ ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƚĞĚ ďǇ h ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ dƌĂĐǇ tŝůƐŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ h<͕ <ƌŝƐŚŶĂ zĂůĂŵĂŶĐŚŝůůŝ ĨƌŽŵ /ŶĚŝĂ ĂŶĚ ƵĂŶ ,ĂŽ ĨƌŽŵ ŚŝŶĂ͘

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/Ŷ ŚŝŶĂ͕ ŵĂŶǇ ĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐ ƐƟůů ƌĞůǇ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ ŽĨ Ă ŵĂƚĐŚŵĂŬĞƌ ǁŚŽ ĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĞƐ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƐƉĞĐƟǀĞ ďƌŝĚĞ ĂŶĚ ŐƌŽŽŵ ĂƌĞ ĐŽŵƉĂƟďůĞ ĂƐƚƌŽůŽŐŝĐĂůůǇ͘ dŚĞ ŵĂũŽƌŝƚǇ ŽĨ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ƐƚĂƌƚ ĚĂƟŶŐ ƵŶƟů ƚŚĞǇ ƌĞĂĐŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƚǁĞŶƟĞƐ͘

dŚĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŚƵƐďĂŶĚ͛Ɛ ŶĂŵĞ ǁŚĞŶ ŵĂƌƌŝĞĚ ŝŶ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ƐƉĞĂŬŝŶŐ ĐŽƵŶƚƌŝĞƐ ŝƐ ĨĂƌ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŶŽƌŵ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ EĞƚŚĞƌůĂŶĚƐ͕ ĞůŐŝƵŵ ĂŶĚ &ƌĂŶĐĞ͕ ĂŵŽŶŐƐƚ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ͕ ǁŽŵĞŶ ŬĞĞƉ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŶĂŵĞ͘ /Ŷ 'ĞƌŵĂŶǇ͕ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŶ ŽŌĞŶ ƚĂŬĞƐ ƚŚĞ ǁŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ŶĂŵĞ ŽŶĐĞ ŵĂƌƌŝĞĚ͘

/Ŷ ƵƐƚƌĂůŝĂ ŐŝƌůƐ ŽŌĞŶ ĂƐŬ ďŽǇƐ ŽƵƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƉĂǇ ĨŽƌ ĞǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŽŽ͘

hƐĞƌƐ ŽĨ ůŽŐ ƵƐ͕ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ ďůŽŐ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƌƐ ŝŶ ŚŝŶĂ͕ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƵŶĂďůĞ ƚŽ ůŽŐ ŝŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďůŽŐƐ ƐŝŶĐĞ ϱƚŚ :ĂŶƵĂƌǇ͕ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ Ă ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ĐƌĂƐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŝƚĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ĚĂǇ͘ dŚĞ ƌĞĂƐŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ ŝŶĂĐĐĞƐƐŝďŝůŝƚǇ͕ ĂƐ ůŽŐ ƵƐ ůĂƚĞůǇ ƐƚĂƚĞĚ͕ ǁĂƐ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƚŚĞ /W ĂĚĚƌĞƐƐ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ƐĞƌǀĞƌ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ďůŽĐŬĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŶĞƐĞ ŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶ ĚŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐůĂŝŵƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƌŵĨƵů ĂŶĚ ƵŶƐƵŝƚĂďůĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌĞĚ ŽŶ ůŽŐ ƵƐ ďůŽŐƐ͘ dŚĞ ƌĞͲĂĐĐĞƐƐ ƟŵĞ ƌĞŵĂŝŶƐ ƵŶŬŶŽǁŶ͘ ůŽŐ ƵƐ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ǁĞďƐŝƚĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĨĂĐĞƐ ƚŚŝƐ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ͖ ƐŝŶĐĞ ůĂƐƚ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŶĞƐĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ŚĂƐ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ƚŽ ĞǆĂŵŝŶĞ ĂŶĚ ĐĞŶƐŽƌ ǁĞďƐŝƚĞƐ ŝŶ ŵĂŝŶůĂŶĚ ŚŝŶĂ ĂŶĚ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƐŝƚĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƉƵƚ ŽŶƚŽ ďůĂĐŬůŝƐƚ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ D^E ŚŝŶĂ͕ 'ŽŽŐůĞ͕ ĂŶĚ dŝĂŶǇĂ ;ƚŚĞ ůĂƌŐĞƐƚ ďƵůůĞƟŶ ďŽĂƌĚ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ŝŶ ŚŝŶĂͿ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŽĸĐŝĂůƐ ĐůĂŝŵ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĂĐƟŽŶƐ ŵĂŝŶůǇ ƚĂƌŐĞƚ

ĞƌŽƟĐ Žƌ ǀŝŽůĞŶƚ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŝůůĞŐĂů ǁĞďƐŝƚĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ͛Ɛ ƐƚĂŶĐĞ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĐŽŶĚĞŵŶĞĚ ďǇ ŵĂŶǇ ŚŝŶĞƐĞ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĞƚ ƵƐĞƌƐ͘ /ƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƐŽͲĐĂůůĞĚ ĞƌŽƟĐ͕ ǀŝŽůĞŶƚ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŝůůĞŐĂů ǁĞďƐŝƚĞƐ ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ŽŶĞƐ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƌĞŵŽǀĞĚ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƐŝƚĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĂůƐŽ ĚŝƐĂďůĞĚ͘ ^ƵĐŚ ĂĐƟŽŶƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĐĂƵƐĞĚ ŽďƐƚĂĐůĞƐ ĨŽƌ ŶŽƌŵĂů ŝŶƚĞƌŶĞƚ ƵƐĂŐĞ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŵĞ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƐƵĐŚ ĂĐƟŽŶƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ŝƐ ŝŵƉŽƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĞƚŚŝĐĂů ƌƵůĞƐ ŽŶ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ďǇ ƌĞƐƚƌŝĐƟŶŐ ǁŚĂƚ ĐĂŶ ĂŶĚ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ďĞ ǀŝĞǁĞĚ͘ /ƚ ŵĂǇ ďĞ ĞƐƐĞŶƟĂů ƚŽ ƉƌŽƚĞĐƚ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƐŽŵĞ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĞƚ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ͕ ũƵƐƚ ĂƐ ĐĞŶƐŽƌŝŶŐ ĮůŵƐ ŝƐ͖ ďƵƚ ĨŽƌ ĂĚƵůƚƐ͕ ŝƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƋƵŝƚĞ ƵŶŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌǇ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŶĞƐĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ŚĂƐ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ďĞĞŶ ĐƌŝƟĐŝƐĞĚ ĨŽƌ ŝƚƐ ƐƚƌŝĐƚ ĐŽŶƚƌŽů ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĞƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ ŽĨ ƌĞŐƵůĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůŝŶĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ŝƐ Ă ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐĂů ŽŶĞ͘ ŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĨƌŽŵ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŵĞĚŝĂ͕ ƚŚĞ

Qi Wang ŝŶƚĞƌŶĞƚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ŽƉĞŶůǇ ĞĚŝƚĞĚ͕ ĚŝƐƚƌŝďƵƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĂĐĐĞƐƐĞĚ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ƋƵŝĐŬ ĂŶĚ ĂŶŽŶǇŵŽƵƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĞŶĂďůĞƐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŽ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĨƌĞĞůǇ͘ Ƶƚ

ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĂĚǀĂŶƚĂŐĞƐ ĂƌĞ ŵĂŶǇ ĚƌĂǁďĂĐŬƐ ĨŽƌ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚƐ͗ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂŶŽŶǇŵŝƚǇ ĂīŽƌĚĞĚ ƚŽ ƵƐĞƌƐ͕ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĚĞĐĞƉƟǀĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĞĂƐŝůǇ ĂŶĚ ĐĂŶ ƐƉĞĂŬ ŝƌƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďůǇ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ĚĞďĂƚĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚŝŶŐ ŶĞǁ ĞƚŚŝĐƐ ĂŶĚ ŶŽƌŵƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĞƚ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐĞĚ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐ ĮĞůĚ ĂŶĚ Ăƚ Ă ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚĂů ůĞǀĞů͕ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ĂŶĚ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞ ƌĞŐƵůĂƟŽŶƐ ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽƚ ďĞĞŶ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞĚ͘ dŚĞ ŚŝŶĞƐĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƐƟĐŬŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŽůĚ ĂŶĚ ƐƟī ŵĞƚŚŽĚ ŽĨ ƚŽƚĂů ĐŽŶƚƌŽů ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ĐĂƐĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĚĂƚĞ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ƌĞƐŽůƵƟŽŶ ŝƐ ĂƐ ƵŶĐůĞĂƌ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐŽǀĞƌǇ ƟŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůŽŐ ƵƐ͘

Medicinal Relief Hui Zhou

^ƵƉƉŽƐĞ Ă ƌŝƟƐŚ ƚŽƵƌŝƐƚ ĐĂƚĐŚĞƐ Ă ĐŽůĚ ǁŚŝůĞ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ƚƌĂǀĞůůŝŶŐ ŝŶ ŚŝŶĂ͗ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ƚŚĞǇ ǁŽƵůĚ ƐĞĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĚŽĐƚŽƌ͘ dŚĞ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ͗ ƚĂŬĞ Ă ƌĞŐŝƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ĐĂƌĚ Ăƚ ƌĞĐĞƉƟŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ǁĂŝƚ ŝŶ Ă ƋƵĞƵĞ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ Ă ƌĞƐƉŝƌĂƚŽƌǇ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂů ĚŽĐƚŽƌ͘ ŌĞƌ ďĞŝŶŐ ĞǆĂŵŝŶĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ĚŽĐƚŽƌ͕ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉƌĞƐĐƌŝƉƟŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƵƌŝƐƚ ĞŝƚŚĞƌ ŐŽĞƐ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ Ă ŶƵƌƐĞ ĨŽƌ Ă ƉƌŽĐĞĚƵƌĞ ŝĨ ŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌǇ ;Ğ͘Ő͘ ĂŶ ŝŶũĞĐƟŽŶͿ͕ Žƌ ƚŚĞǇ ƐŝŵƉůǇ ŐŽ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉŚĂƌŵĂĐǇ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉƌĞƐĐƌŝƉƟŽŶƐ͘ tŝƚŚ ƚŚŝƐ ƌŽƵƚĞ ŽĨ ĐĂƌĞ ŝŶ ƉůĂĐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŶĞƐĞ ŵĞĚŝĐĂů ƐǇƐƚĞŵ͕ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƵůƚƐ ĂƌĞ ŚŝŐŚ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƐ ĨŽƌ ĚŽĐƚŽƌƐ ƚŽ ůŝǀĞ ƵƉ ƚŽ ďŽƚŚ ŵĞŶƚĂůůǇ ĂŶĚ ƉŚǇƐŝĐĂůůǇ͕ ĂƐ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ĚĞĂů ǁŝƚŚ ĐŽŵƉůĞǆ ĐĂƐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌŬůŽĂĚ ŽĨ ƐĞĞŝŶŐ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ĂŵŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ƉĂƟĞŶƚƐ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ĚĂǇ͘

ZĞŇĞĐƟŶŐ ŽŶ ŵǇ ŽǁŶ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ h< ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ŵĞĚŝĐĂů ĐĞŶƚƌĞƐ͕ ĂŝŵŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ Ă ŶƵƌƐĞ ĨŽƌ Ă ƐŬŝŶ ŝƌƌŝƚĂƟŽŶ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ͕ ďŽŽŬŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĚĂǇ ďǇ ĐĂůůŝŶŐ ĞĂƌůǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ

“there are high expectations and standards for doctors to live up to both mentally and physically” ŵŽƌŶŝŶŐ ĂƌĞ ŬĞǇ ĐŽŶĐĞƉƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĨĂĐŝůŝƚĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ ƉĂƟĞŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ŚĂŶĚůĞĚ͘ ŚĞĐŬŝŶŐ ŝŶ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐĞƉƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ĂŶ ĂƉƉŽŝŶƚŵĞŶƚ ;Žƌ ƵƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƵĐŚͲƐĐƌĞĞŶͿ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ďĞŝŶŐ ƐĞĂƚĞĚ ƵŶƟů

ƚŚĞ ĞůĞĐƚƌŽŶŝĐ ďŽĂƌĚ ĐĂůůƐ ǇŽƵ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ůŝŬĞ Ă ŵŽƌĞ ƐƚƌĂŝŐŚƞŽƌǁĂƌĚ ĂŶĚ ƐŝŵƉůĞ ǁĂǇ ƚŽ ĐŽŶĚƵĐƚ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ͘ ůƐŽ͕ ƵƐƵĂůůǇ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ƉƌŽƉŽƌƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŵĂǇ ŶŽƚ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ Ă ĚŽĐƚŽƌ ĂƐ ƚŚĞǇ ŽŶůǇ ŚĂǀĞ ŵŝŶŽƌ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚŝƐ ĐĂƐĞ͕ ŚĞƌĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ h<͕ ŶƵƌƐĞ ĂƉƉŽŝŶƚŵĞŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ƌĞĂĚŝůǇ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŵĞĂŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽŵƉĂƌĞĚ ƚŽ ŶƵƌƐĞƐ ŝŶ ŚŝŶĂ͕ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůƐ ͚ƉůĂǇ ĚŽĐƚŽƌƐ͛ ĂŶĚ ĂƩĂŝŶ Ă ŵƵĐŚ ƌŝĐŚĞƌ ďĂĐŬŐƌŽƵŶĚ ďǇ ĚĞĂůŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƉĂƟĞŶƚƐ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ƚŽ ĐŽŵƉĂƌĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĐƵůƚƵƌĂů ĂŶĚ ƐŽĐŝĂů ĂƐƉĞĐƚƐ ŽĨ ůŝĨĞ ŝŶ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĐŽƵŶƚƌŝĞƐ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ǁŚĞŶ ŝƚ ĐŽŵĞƐ ƚŽ ŚĞĂůƚŚĐĂƌĞ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĞǀĞƌͲƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ƚŽƉŝĐ͘ dŚƵƐ͕ ƌĞǀŝĞǁŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĞǆŝƐƟŶŐ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ŝŶ ŚŝŶĂ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƉĞƌƐƉĞĐƟǀĞƐ ĂŶĚ ǀĂůƵĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŶ ĞǆƉůŽƌĞ ƉŽƐƐŝďŝůŝƟĞƐ ĨŽƌ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞŵĞŶƚ ŝƐ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ͘

concrete.travel@uea.ac.uk

TUESDAY 12th JANUARY 2010

TRAVEL 17

Vampire Vacation Devon Delights Carrie-Anne Elsden

It’s not just about vampires and the living dead in Transylvania. Tom Hunt reveals the beauty and history of a much misunderstood country. dƌĂŶƐǇůǀĂŶŝĂ ŵĂǇ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ thought for a unique backpacking break. In fact, many people I’ve spoken to since coming back don’t even seem to know that it is a real ƉůĂĐĞ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚƐ ƐƚƌĂŝŐŚƚ ƌĞŐĂƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ͚ĮĐƟŽŶĂů͛ ůĂŶĚ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚĂƐ ĨĂƌ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŽ ŽīĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ďůŽŽĚͲƐƵĐŬŝŶŐ ĮĞŶĚƐ͙ Transylvania lies in the heart of ZŽŵĂŶŝĂ͕ Ă ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ƌĞŐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ĚĞŶƐĞ ƉŝŶĞ ĨŽƌĞƐƚƐ͕ ƌƵƐƟĐ ƌƵƌĂů ǀŝůůĂŐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ũĂŐŐĞĚ ĞƐĐĂƌƉŵĞŶƚƐ͕ ĚŽƩĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ďƌŽŽĚŝŶŐ ĐĂƐƚůĞƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟŽŶ allows for a unique landscape with a quirky charm all of its own. Against this backdrop, it is easy to see how spooky stories of vampires and werewolves emerged. Even today the land is covered with wild terrain and is not the most accessible area for the everyday tourist, but Transylvania remains an Eastern European gem. Currently, the train is your best way in, although this requires an overnight trip from Budapest Žƌ ƵĐŚĂƌĞƐƚ͘ ZĂƩůŝŶŐ ǇŽƵƌ ǁĂǇ through the dark night and waking up to early morning mist clinging ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌĂŵƐŚĂĐŬůĞ ƌŽŽŌŽƉƐ ŽĨ ƟŶǇ Transylvanian villages huddled among the pine trees may make you feel as if you have stumbled into a fairytale, and is worth the weary eyes from the sleeper train. ƌĂƐŽǀ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ǇŽƵƌ ĮƌƐƚ

ĚĞƐƟŶĂƟŽŶ ŽŶ ĂƌƌŝǀĂů͖ ŝƚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ĂƌƌĂǇ ŽĨ ƚŽƵƌŝƐƚ ĨĂĐŝůŝƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ is within easy reach of the outlying towns of Rasnov and Bran. The ůĂƩĞƌ ŝƐ Ă ƚŽƵƌŝƐƚ ŚŽƚƐƉŽƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ alleged castle of Dracula himself, ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ŝƚƐ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ sůĂĚ the Impaler. The castle can be a bit cramped with tourists, spoiling the atmosphere, but as it’s only a short (albeit bumpy) bus ride down the road for a few Romanian lei, so it’s worth a look. The neighbouring ǀŝůůĂŐĞ ŽĨ ZĂƐŶŽǀ ŝƐ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ŶŽƚ

“...you feel as if you have stumbled into a fairytale...” to be missed, however. It boasts Ă ŵŽƌĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ĐĂƐƚůĞ ƉĞƌĐŚĞĚ right on top of a steep promontory with expansive views over the plains to one side and the thick forests to the other, with none of the tourist crowds. Here you get the true sense of Transylvania. Brasov remains the heart of the region, though. Clustered around Ă ĐůĞĂŶ ĂŶĚ ƟĚǇ ŵĂŝŶ ƐƋƵĂƌĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ůŝƩůĞ ĐŝƚǇ ĨĞĞůƐ ĂƵƚŚĞŶƟĐ͕ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂůƐ ŐĞƫŶŐ ŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ĞǀĞƌǇĚĂǇ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ͕ keeping the place lively amidst the land of the un-living. Towering over this pocket of ĐŝǀŝůŝƐĂƟŽŶ ŝƐ dĂŵƉĂ DŽƵŶƚĂŝŶ͕ ŝƚƐ ůŽŽŵŝŶŐ ƉƌĞƐĞŶĐĞ ĚŽŵŝŶĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ background, Brasov set right at its foot. Taking the cable car to ascend its steep slopes is a must: from the top you get a rare bird’s-eye view

of the city high above without having to get in a plane. Be careful ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ǁĂŶĚĞƌ Žī ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǁŽŽĚƐ though, as they stretch on and on, ƵŶĚƵůĂƟŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĚŝƐƚĂŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ are home to wolves, snakes and the occasional bear. One of the truths of Transylvania is that you will hear wolves howling in the surrounding forests at night if you listen hard enough, adding to the atmosphere of the place. Residents express a real sense of pride in their home, each and every restaurant umbrella declaring Brasov to be ‘probably the best city in the world.’ Less subtly, they have even erected a giant Hollywood-esque sign on the face of the mountain, ƉƌŽũĞĐƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƌĂƐŽǀ ŶĂŵĞ ĨŽƌ ŵŝůĞƐ around. It can’t be missed. If you are feeling daring, you can even grasp hold of it if you strain hard enough from the lookouts’ edge. For all of its modern accoutrements Transylvania has managed to retain its character. sŝƐŝƚŽƌƐ ĐĂŶ ŚƵĚĚůĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŐŽƚŚŝĐ Black Church in Brasov, so called for the blackened exterior it gained ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƐŵŽŬĞ ŽĨ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ĮƌĞ ŝŶ ϭϲϴϵ͖ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĞĂƐǇ ƚŽ ƉŝĐƚƵƌĞ ŵĞĚŝĞǀĂů inhabitants taking comfort there from the imagined horrors lingering outside. They can also walk the creaky corridors of Dracula’s home, get a real sense of the looming landscape from the walls of a ruined castle, or listen to wolves howling from far away in the depths of night. All of this and more awaits the intrepid traveller in Transylvania, a land that is certainly not a work of ĮĐƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ĨĂƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶǀŝƟŶŐ ƚŚĂŶ ŝƚƐ ƌĞƉƵƚĂƟŽŶ ŵŝŐŚƚ ůĞĂĚ ǇŽƵ ƚŽ think.

ĞǀŽŶ͗ Ă ƉůĞĂƐĂŶƚůǇ ĞǀŽĐĂƟǀĞ ǁŽƌĚ͕ conjuring images of stunning scenery, long sandy beaches, lush countryside and homely pubs. Although this ŵŝŐŚƚ ŶŽƚ ďĞ Ă ĚŝĐƟŽŶĂƌǇ ĚĞĮŶŝƟŽŶ͕ it is nonetheless true. Despite having been a resident of the North Devon ĂƌĞĂ ĨŽƌ ŶĞĂƌůǇ ϭϮ ǇĞĂƌƐ͕ / Ăŵ ƐƟůů ǇĞƚ to exhaust the vast array of things to do and places to see. First and foremost I have to divulge Devon’s, arguably, crowning feature: our spectacular and awardwinning beaches. The North Devon ĐŽĂƐƚůŝŶĞ ŝƐ ƵŶƋƵĞƐƟŽŶĂďůǇ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ĂŶĚ ŽīĞƌƐ Ă ŵƵůƟƚƵĚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ƚŽ ĚŽ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ůŝŬĞ ŚŝŬŝŶŐ ĂůŽŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽĂƐƚĂů ƉĂƚŚƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƌĮŶŐ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ĂŵŽŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŝŵĞ ĂƩƌĂĐƟŽŶƐ͘ dŚĞ ĐŽĂƐƚ ŚĞƌĞ is a variable assortment of sand and pebbles, but each beach and cove hosts a similarly pleasing quality. Annual summer events such as tŽŽůĂĐŽŵďĞ͛Ɛ ƐĂŶĚĐĂƐƚůĞͲďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƌŽǇĚĞ͛Ɛ 'ŽůĚ ŽĂƐƚ KĐĞĂŶĨĞƐƚ ƐƵƌĮŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŵƵƐŝĐ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ĂƌĞ ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ůĂƩĞƌ ŽĨ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞĚ :ĂƐŽŶ DƌĂǌ ĂŶĚ Newton Faulkner last year, as well ĂƐ ƐƉŽƌƟŶŐ Ă ŵĂƐƐŝǀĞ ƚĞŶƚĞĚ ďĂƌ͕

Dy ĂŶĚ ƐŬĂƚĞďŽĂƌĚ ƚƌŝĂůƐ͕ ůĞŐŝŽŶƐ of stalls and the adrenaline-pumping ƐƵƌĨ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ϭϮƚŚ 'ŽůĚ ŽĂƐƚ Oceanfest is set to take place between :ƵŶĞ ϭϴƚŚ ĂŶĚ ϮϬƚŚ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͖ ĨŽƌ ƟĐŬĞƚ ĂŶĚ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶĂů ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ please check out their website. Perhaps contrary to popular belief, the summer sun is not completely a determining factor for a ŐƌĞĂƚ ƚƌŝƉ ƚŽ EŽƌƚŚ ĞǀŽŶ͘ tŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ĂŶĚ ŝĐŽŶŝĐ ĂƌƚŵŽŽƌ ĂŶĚ Exmoor only a short way away, these ƐŝƚĞƐ ŽīĞƌ ƐĐĞŶĞƐ ŽĨ ŝŶĐŽŵƉĂƌĂďůĞ natural splendour all year round. In our current bout of economic woe, holidaying at home is becoming an ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐŝŶŐůǇ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ŽƉƟŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝĨ you are considering pinching the pennies this coming year, North ĞǀŽŶ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ŚĂƐ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŽ please everyone.

Frosty Disruption Rachel Conquer KŌĞŶ͕ ƚƌĂǀĞů ŝƐ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ ŽĨ ĂƐ ĂŶ ĞǆĐŝƟŶŐ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͕ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐ ǇŽƵ ƚŚĞ chance to discover somewhere new: this is sadly not always the case. Over Christmas the words ‘travel’ ĂŶĚ ͚ĚŝƐƌƵƉƟŽŶ͛ ǁĞƌĞ ƐĞĞŶ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ƚŽŽ ŵĂŶǇ ƟŵĞƐ ƚŽ ĐŽƵŶƚ͘ tŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ weather being the cause of many ĚĞůĂǇƐ ĂŶĚ ĐĂŶĐĞůůĂƟŽŶƐ͕ ƚƌĂǀĞů ŐƌŽƵŶĚ to a halt. Both trains and planes were delayed, or worse cancelled, meaning that many people did not get to see their family over Christmas. Icy roads caused many serious accidents as well ĂƐ ƐŽŵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞƌĞ ĨĂƚĂů͗ ĚĞǀĂƐƚĂƟŶŐ Ăƚ ĂŶǇ ƟŵĞ ŽĨ ǇĞĂƌ͕ ůĞƚ ĂůŽŶĞ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĞ period. Eurostar was also disrupted over ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĞ ƉĞƌŝŽĚ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƵƐĞ ďĞŝŶŐ ŝĚĞŶƟĮĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵƉĂŶǇ ĂƐ the cold weather, meaning that many ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁĞƌĞ ůĞŌ ƐƚƌĂŶĚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƵŶĂďůĞ to travel home, whether it was back to the UK or to mainland Europe. It is somehow surprising that this country has not yet found a way to combat even the smallest sprinklings of snow when other ĐŽƵŶƚƌŝĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ZƵƐƐŝĂ ĂƌĞ ŽŌĞŶ greeted by huge snowfalls all year

round. Some members of the public ďůĂŵĞĚ ĂƵƚŚŽƌŝƟĞƐ ĨŽƌ ŶŽƚ ƉƌĞƉĂƌŝŶŐ for the winter forecast when they knew about it days in advance, while others were convinced that nothing could be done. The snow did not meet the scale of February last year when many people were snowed into their homes all around the country, but ŝƚ ƐƟůů ŚĂĚ Ă ƉƌŽĨŽƵŶĚ ŝŵƉĂĐƚ͘ ^ŽŵĞ ƉĂƌƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ h< ŽĸĐŝĂůůǇ ŚĂĚ Ă ǁŚŝƚĞ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ĂŌĞƌ ƐƉƌŝŶŬůŝŶŐƐ ŽĨ ƐŶŽǁ͕ ŵŽƐƚ ŶŽƟĐĞĂďůǇ ŝŶ ŶŽƌƚŚĞƌŶ ƉĂƌƚƐ ŽĨ England and Scotland. tŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƐĂĚ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ Ă ǁŚŝƚĞ Christmas is a historic image that has been imprinted on us from our infancy, and yet when it appears that ƚŚŝƐ ĚƌĞĂŵ ĐŽƵůĚ ĮŶĂůůǇ ďĞ ƌĞĂůŝƐĞĚ͕ everybody wishes the snow would just disappear again.

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TUESDAY 12th JANUARY 2010

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Give the Turkey a Break Tom McInnes

KŚ͕ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĚŝŐŶŝƚǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚŽŵĞƐƟ Đ turkey. Personally, I’ve always found ĂŶǇŽŶĞ ƉƌŽƚĞƐƟ ŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚƐ of anything – animal, vegetable or ŵŝŶĞƌĂů ʹ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ĂƐ ƉƵŶĐŚĂďůĞ ĂƐ Ă ƐůĞĞƉŝŶŐ EŝĐŬ 'ƌŝĸ Ŷ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ / ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ŚĞůƉ ďƵƚ ĨĞĞů ũƵƐƚ Ă ůŝƩ ůĞ ƐŽƌƌǇ for the bird, reared to be smeared in its own melted-down fat, anally ďƌĞĂĐŚĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƐŚĞĚͲƵƉ ĐŽƌƉƐĞƐ of any number of fellow farmyard ĂŶŝŵĂůƐ͘ ,ĂǀŝŶŐ ǁĂƚĐŚĞĚ ŵǇ ŵŽƚŚĞƌ and sisters prepare this Christmas ƌŽĂƐƚ ůƵŶĐŚ ;ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŵǇ ĨĂŵŝůǇ͛Ɛ ƉĂƌƟ ĐƵůĂƌůǇ ƉĂƚƌŝĂƌĐŚĂů ʹ ŵǇ ĨĂƚŚĞƌ ĂŶĚ / ũƵƐƚ ƉƌĞĨĞƌ ƚŽ ƐƟ ĐŬ ƚŽ ŽƵƌ ƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĨŽŽĚ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĂƟ ŽŶ they ain’t), I got to wondering why human mortality is treated with ƐƵĐŚ ƌĞǀĞƌĞŶĐĞ͕ ǁŚŝůĞ ƚŚĞ ďŽĚǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚƵƌŬĞǇ ;ŵĂŶ͛Ɛ ďĞƐƚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚ͕ ŝĨ / ƌĞĐĂůůͿ ŝƐ ĚŽŽŵĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ĚĞƐĞĐƌĂƚĞĚ ŝŶ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐŝŶŐůǇ ŵŽƌĞ ĚĞŐĞŶĞƌĂƚĞ ǁĂǇƐ͘ If this is the way we’re going, we should at least give up the façade and go the whole hog - round up a few live

ƚƵƌŬĞǇƐ͕ ĨĞŶĐĞ ƚŚĞŵ ŝŶƚŽ ǇŽƵƌ ŬŝƚĐŚĞŶ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌĐĞ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽ ǁĂƚĐŚ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ƐŝĐŬ ƉƌŽĐĞĚƵƌĞ͕ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶĂůůǇ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ over to them, raising your eyebrows,

“I can’t help but feel just a little sorry for the bird, reared to be smeared in it’s own melteddown fat” ƐŵŝƌŬŝŶŐ͕ ŵĂǇďĞ ĞǀĞŶ ƉŽŝŶƟ ŶŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĂĚ ƚŚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ďĂĐŬ Ăƚ ƚŚĞŵ ĂŶĚ ŶŽĚĚŝŶŐ͕ ůŝĐŬŝŶŐ ǇŽƵƌ ůŝƉƐ͕ rubbing your hands together and ĐĂĐŬůŝŶŐ ůŝŬĞ Ă :ĂŵĞƐ ŽŶĚ ǀŝůůĂŝŶ͘ zŽƵ ĐŽƵůĚ ĞǀĞŶ ĨŽƌĐĞ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽ ĞĂƚ Ă ůŝƩ ůĞ ďŝƚ ŽĨ ƌĂǁ ŵĞĂƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƌĐĂƐƐ ŽĨ their dead mother/brother/lifelong best friend. Why not prod them a bit

ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌŬ ĂƐ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ĚŽŝŶŐ ŝƚ͍ zŽƵ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂƌĞ ƐŝĐŬ͘ ͞dŚŝƐ ƌŽĂƐƚ ŝƐ ĚĞůŝĐŝŽƵƐ͕ ƌĞŶĚĂ͊ tŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ǇŽƵƌ ƐĞĐƌĞƚ͍͟ ͞dŚĞ ƐĞĐƌĞƚ ŝŶŐƌĞĚŝĞŶƚ͕ ĞŝƌĚƌĞ͕ ŝƐ ĂŐŽŶǇ͘͟ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ŵĂǇ ďĞ Ă ũŽůůǇ Žů͛ Ɵ ŵĞ ĨŽƌ ǇŽƵ ĂŶĚ ĨĂƚ ƵŶƚǇ :ŽĂŶ ǁŝƚŚ the gammy leg, but for the noble ƚƵƌŬĞǇ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ƐĞǀĞŶƚŚ ĐŝƌĐůĞ ŽĨ ,Ğůů͘ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ʹ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟ ŽŶĂů ƚƌĂĚŝƟ ŽŶ ŽĨ ĐƌƵĞůƚǇ͘ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ʹ Ă ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟ ŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĞƉƚŚƐ ƚŽ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚƵŵĂŶŝƚǇ ŚĂƐ ƐƵŶŬ ŝŶ ŝƚƐ ŝŶƐĂƟ ĂďůĞ ĚĞƐŝƌĞ ƚŽ ƐƚƵī ŝƚƐĞůĨ ĨĂƌ ďĞǇŽŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂĐŚĞƐ ŽĨ ǁŚĂƚ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ ŝŶƚĞŶĚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ŝƚƐ ďŝŽůŽŐŝĐĂů inner-workings. Christmas – how ĐŽƵůĚ ǇŽƵ͍ tĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌ Ăƚ ƚŚŝƐ Ɵ ŵĞ what the true meaning of Christmas ŝƐ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ƚŚĞ ĂĐƋƵŝƐŝƟ ŽŶ ŽĨ s Ɛ Žƌ ŐĂŵĞƐ ĐŽŶƐŽůĞƐ Žƌ ƐŽĐŬƐ ǁŝƚŚ the days of the week on them, and ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĚĞĮ ŶŝƚĞůǇ ŶŽƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ĞǀĞƌͲŵŽƌĞ elaborately prepared poultry. It’s about family. It’s about the smell of

ƉƵůůĞĚ ĐƌĂĐŬĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĨĂůůĞŶ ƚƌĞĞ ƉŝŶĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ŚƵŵ ŽĨ Ň ƵŽƌĞƐĐĞŶƚ ůŝŐŚƚƐ͕ ďĂĚ ũŽŬĞƐ͕ ƉĂƉĞƌ ŚĂƚƐ͕ ƌĂĐŝƐƚ ƌĞŵĂƌŬƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĂŐĞĚ ƌĞůĂƟ ǀĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ũŽǀŝĂů ĂŶĚ ƐůŝŐŚƚůǇ ĨƵǌǌǇ ŚĂǌĞ ŽŶĞ ĐĂŶ ŽŶůǇ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞ ĨƌŽŵ ĚƌŝŶŬŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ͚ƚƌŽƵďůĞĚ͛ ƵŶĐůĞ :ŽĞ͘ ^Ž ŶĞǆƚ ǇĞĂƌ͕ / ŝŵƉůŽƌĞ ǇŽƵ

to gather your loved ones around Ă ďĞĂƵƟ ĨƵůůǇ ůĂŝĚ ƐƉƌĞĂĚ ŽĨ ĐŚĞĞƐĞ ƐĂŶĚǁŝĐŚĞƐ ĂŶĚ ũƵƐƚ ďĞ ŚĂƉƉǇ ƚŽ ďĞ together and be loved, knowing that ƐŽŵĞǁŚĞƌĞ Ă ĨĂŵŝůǇ ŽĨ ĚŽŵĞƐƟ Đ ƚƵƌŬĞǇƐ ĂƌĞ ĚŽŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ;ĞĂƟ ŶŐ ĐŚĞĞƐĞ ƐĂŶĚǁŝĐŚĞƐͿ͘

The Best Chocolate Foolproof Reviewed: Brownies in the World Scones Pinocchio’s Concrete Baking Fairy

Samantha Minny

Ingredients

ϭϴϱŐ ƵŶƐĂůƚĞĚ ďƵƩ Ğƌ ϭϴϱŐ ĚĂƌŬ ĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞ ϴϱŐ ƉůĂŝŶ Ň ŽƵƌ ϰϬŐ ĐŽĐŽĂ ƉŽǁĚĞƌ ϱϬŐ ǁŚŝƚĞ ĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞ

ϱϬŐ ŵŝůŬ ĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞ 3 large eggs ϮϳϱŐ ĐĂƐƚĞƌ ƐƵŐĂƌ

ϴϬŐ ďƵƩ Ğƌ Žƌ ŵĂƌŐĂƌŝŶĞ ϮϮϱŐ ƐĞůĨ ƌĂŝƐŝŶŐ Ň ŽƵƌ ϭ Ъ ƚĂďůĞƐƉŽŽŶƐ ĐĂƐƚĞƌ ƐƵŐĂƌ ϭ ĐƵƉ ŵŝůŬ WŝŶĐŚ ƐĂůƚ

Method

ϭ͘ ƌĞĂŬ ƚŚĞ ĚĂƌŬ ĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞ ŝŶƚŽ ƐŵĂůů ƉŝĞĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĂĚĚ ƚŚĞ ďƵƩ Ğƌ ŝŶ ƐŵĂůů ĐƵďĞƐ ƚŽ Ă ďŽǁů͘ WƵƚ ƚŚŝƐ ďŽǁů over a boiling pan of water to melt ƚŚĞŵ͕ ƐƟ ƌ ƚŽ ŵŝǆ ƉƌŽƉĞƌůǇ͘ ZĞŵŽǀĞ the bowl from the pan and leave to ĐŽŽů͘ 2. Pre-heat your oven to 180ǡC/ gas mark 4 and line a shallow baking tray with greaseproof paper. ϯ͘ EŽǁ ƐŝĞǀĞ ƚŚĞ Ň ŽƵƌ ĂŶĚ ĐŽĐŽĂ powder into a bowl to get rid of any lumps. ϰ͘ ƌĞĂŬ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ŵŝůŬ ĂŶĚ ǁŚŝƚĞ ĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞ ŝŶƚŽ ůŝƩ ůĞ ƐƋƵĂƌĞ ůƵŵƉƐ and keep separate. ϱ͘ ƌĞĂŬ ƚŚĞ ĞŐŐƐ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ďŽǁů ĂŶĚ ĂĚĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƵŐĂƌ͘ tŚŝƐŬ ;ĨŽƌ Ă ǀĞƌǇ ůŽŶŐ Ɵ ŵĞͿ ƵŶƟ ů ƚŚĞ ŵŝǆƚƵƌĞ ŚĂƐ ƌŽƵŐŚůǇ doubled in volume. ϲ͘ WŽƵƌ ƚŚĞ ŵĞůƚĞĚ ĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞ ŵŝǆƚƵƌĞ ŽŶ ƚŽƉ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞŐŐ ĂŶĚ ƐƵŐĂƌ ŵŝǆƚƵƌĞ͘ dŚĞŶ ŐĞŶƚůǇ ĨŽůĚ ƚŚĞ ƚǁŽ ŵŝǆƚƵƌĞƐ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ͖ ƚŚŝƐ ŵĞĂŶƐ ƐůŽǁůǇ ĂŶĚ ĐĂƌĞĨƵůůǇ ůŝŌ ŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ

ϭ͘ WƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƌŐĂƌŝŶĞ ĂŶĚ ƐŝŌ ĞĚ Ň ŽƵƌ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ďŽǁů͘ ZƵď ƚŚĞ ďƵƩ Ğƌ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ Ň ŽƵƌ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ Ɵ ƉƐ ŽĨ ǇŽƵƌ Į ŶŐĞƌƐ ƵŶƟ ů ŝƚ ůŽŽŬƐ ůŝŬĞ ďƌĞĂĚĐƌƵŵďƐ͘ ĚĚ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐƚĞƌ ƐƵŐĂƌ ĂŶĚ ƐĂůƚ ƚŚĞŶ ŵŝǆ ŝŶ with a blunt knife. 2. Add the milk slowly to the dry ŝŶŐƌĞĚŝĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ŵŝǆ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ the blunt knife. If you need more ƚŚĂŶ ŽŶĞ ĐƵƉ ŽĨ ŵŝůŬ ƚŚĞŶ ĨĞĞů ĨƌĞĞ ƚŽ ƵƐĞ ŵŽƌĞ͕ ďƵƚ ŵĂŬĞ ƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŝǆƚƵƌĞ is not too wet. ϯ͘ WƵƚ ƐŽŵĞ Ň ŽƵƌ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƌŽůů ƚŚĞ ĚŽƵŐŚ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ďĂůů͕ Ň ĂƩ ĞŶ ŝƚ ŽƵƚ ƚŽ ĂďŽƵƚ ĂŶ ŝŶĐŚ ĂŶĚ Ă ŚĂůĨ͘ dĂŬĞ Ă ŐůĂƐƐ Žƌ ĐŽŽŬŝĞ ĐƵƩ Ğƌ ĂŶĚ ĐƵƚ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŽŶĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŵŝǆƚƵƌĞ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂĐĞ ƚŚĞŵ ŽŶƚŽ ŐƌĞĂƐĞƉƌŽŽĨ ƉĂƉĞƌ ŽŶ Ă ďĂŬŝŶŐ ƚƌĂǇ͘ zŽƵ ĐĂŶ ďƌƵƐŚ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŽŶĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŵŝůŬ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽ ŐŽ ŐŽůĚĞŶ ƋƵŝĐŬĞƌ͘ ϰ͘ ĂŬĞ ĨŽƌ ϭϮͲϭϱ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ Ăƚ 200ǡC/gas mark 6. ϱ͘ ŶũŽǇ ǁŝƚŚ ƐƚƌĂǁďĞƌƌǇ ũĂŵ ĂŶĚ ǁŚŝƉƉĞĚ Žƌ ĐůŽƩ ĞĚ ĐƌĞĂŵ͘

ďŽƩ Žŵ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŝǆƚƵƌĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ĐŽŵďŝŶĞ ƚŚĞ ƚǁŽ ŵŝǆƚƵƌĞƐ without losing any of the air that you whipped into the egg in step four. ϳ͘ ^ŝĞǀĞ ƚŚĞ Ň ŽƵƌ ĂŶĚ ĐŽĐŽĂ ƉŽǁĚĞƌ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ ŵŝǆƚƵƌĞ ǀĞƌǇ ƐůŽǁůǇ ĂŶĚ ĨŽůĚ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵŝǆƚƵƌĞ͘ KŶĐĞ ƚŚŝƐ has been done you should have Ă ǀĞƌǇ ŐŽŽĞǇ ĂŶĚ ƐƟ ĐŬǇ ŵŝǆƚƵƌĞ͘ &ŝŶĂůůǇ ĨŽůĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŚƵŶŬƐ ŽĨ ŵŝůŬ ĂŶĚ ǁŚŝƚĞ ĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞ͘ ϴ͘ WŽƵƌ ƚŚŝƐ ŵŝǆƚƵƌĞ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ Ɵ Ŷ and smooth gently down. Cook in ƚŚĞ ŽǀĞŶ ĨŽƌ Ϯϱ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ͘ Ō Ğƌ Ϯϱ minutes open the oven and shake ƚŚĞ Ɵ Ŷ͘ /Ĩ ƚŚĞ ŵŝĚĚůĞ ǁŽďďůĞƐ ƚŚĞŶ ŝƚ ǁŝůů ŶĞĞĚ Ă ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ Į ǀĞ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ͕ ŝĨ not, then they are done. 9. Take out of the oven and leave ƚŽ ŐŽ ĐŽůĚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƌĞŵŽǀŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ Ɵ Ŷ͘ Ƶƚ ŝŶƚŽ ƐƋƵĂƌĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĞŶũŽǇ͘

Duncan Vicat-Brown Ǉ ƚŚŝƐ ƉŽŝŶƚ ǇŽƵ͛ǀĞ ĞŝƚŚĞƌ ďĞĞŶ Ă EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ Ă ĨĞǁ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ Žƌ ĂďƐŽůƵƚĞůǇ ĂŐĞƐ͕ ƐŽ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽ ĞǆĐƵƐĞ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽƚ ǀŝƐŝƚĞĚ ^ƚ ĞŶĞĚŝĐƚ͛Ɛ ^ƚƌĞĞƚ͘ EŽƚ ŽŶůǇ ǁŝůů ǇŽƵ Į ŶĚ Ă ŚŽƐƚ ŽĨ ŐƌŽŽǀǇ ůŝƩ ůĞ ďŽƵƟ ƋƵĞƐ ƐĞůůŝŶŐ ĞǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ƋƵĂůŝƚǇ ǀŝŶǇů͕ ǀŝŶƚĂŐĞ ĐůŽƚŚŝŶŐ͕ ŵƵƐŝĐĂů ŝŶƐƚƌƵŵĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƐĞĐŽŶĚͲŚĂŶĚ ǀŝĚĞŽ ŐĂŵĞƐ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ĂůƐŽ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͛Ɛ ŶŝĐĞƐƚ ŐŝŐ ǀĞŶƵĞ͕ dŚĞ ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞ͕ Ă ĂƐŚ ŽŶǀĞƌƚĞƌƐ ;ĚŽ EKd ƵŶĚĞƌĞƐƟ ŵĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ĂƐŚ ŽŶǀĞƌƚĞƌƐͿ ĂŶĚ dŽƉ ,Ăƚ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁŝůů ƐŽƌƚ ǇŽƵ ŽƵƚ ĨŽƌ ĐŽƐƚƵŵĞ ŝƚĞŵƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶƚ Į ŶĚ ŝŶ WƌŝŵĂƌŬ͘ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͛Ɛ ĐŽŽůĞƐƚ ƐƚƌĞĞƚ ŝŶĚĞĞĚ͘ ^Ž ǁŚĂƚ ƚŽ ĚŽ ĂŌ Ğƌ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ĚŽŶĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ăůů that? Well, how about something to eat? KĨ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ĞĂƚĞƌŝĞƐ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ͕ ^ƚ ĞŶĞĚŝĐƚƐ͛ ŵŽƐƚ ŽǀĞƌůŽŽŬĞĚ ŐĞŵ ŝƐ WŝŶŽĐĐŚŝŽ͛Ɛ͕ ƐŝƚƵĂƚĞĚ͕ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƵŶĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞůǇ͕ ĚŝƌĞĐƚůǇ ŶĞǆƚ ƚŽ WŝǌǌĂ

ǆƉƌĞƐƐ͘ /ƚ ĚƌĂǁƐ ĐŽŵƉĂƌŝƐŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŚĂŝŶ ĂƐ ďŽƚŚ ƐĞƌǀĞ ŵĂŝŶůǇ /ƚĂůŝĂŶ food, but that’s really where the ƐŝŵŝůĂƌŝƟ ĞƐ ĞŶĚ͘ dŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ƚŚŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ WŝŶŽĐĐŚŝŽ͛Ɛ is, appropriately, the food. In ĂĚĚŝƟ ŽŶ ƚŽ ƐŽŵĞ ĚĞůŝĐŝŽƵƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ǀĞƌǇ reasonable, pizza and pasta dishes, ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂƌĞ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ŝŶ ďŽƚŚ ŵĂŝŶ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂƌƚĞƌͲƐŝǌĞĚ ƉŽƌƟ ŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĂƌĞ ǀĞƌǇ ƌĞĂƐŽŶĂďůǇ ƉƌŝĐĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ĂůƐŽ ƐŽŵĞ ƐƉĞĐƚĂĐƵůĂƌ ŵĂŝŶ ĐŽƵƌƐĞƐ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ĨĞĞů ůŝŬĞ ƐƉůĂƐŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĞǆƚƌĂ ĐĂƐŚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƌŽĂƐƚ ĚƵĐŬ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƌŬ ůŽŝŶ ĂƌĞ way above the standard that you ǁŽƵůĚ Į ŶĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƉƌŝĐĞ Ăƚ ĂŶǇ ŽƚŚĞƌ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ƌĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ͘ There’s also a lot to be said for the ĂƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌĞ ƚŽŽ͗ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂī ĂƌĞ ĨƌŝĞŶĚůǇ ĂŶĚ ĂƩ ĞŶƟ ǀĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ĚĠĐŽƌ ŝƐ ƉůĞĂƐĂŶƚ and tasteful, but not oppressive, and ŽŶ ŵĂŶǇ ŶŝŐŚƚƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ůŝǀĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚĂůĞŶƚĞĚ ĂĐŽƵƐƟ Đ ĚƵŽƐ͘ ůů ŝŶ Ăůů͕ WŝŶŽĐĐŚŝŽ͛Ɛ ŝƐ Ă ǁŽƌƚŚǇ ĐŽŶƚĞŶĚĞƌ ĨŽƌ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͛Ɛ ďĞƐƚ ƌĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ͘ dƌǇ ŝƚ ĨŽƌ ǇŽƵƌ ŶĞǆƚ ďŝŐ ĚĂƚĞ͖ ƚŚĞ ĨŽŽĚ ǁŝůů ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ďŝůů ǁŽŶ͛ƚ ƋƵŝƚĞ ďƌĞĂŬ ǇŽƵƌ ďĂŶŬ͊ Plus, she/he’ll be serenaded with live ŵƵƐŝĐ͊ ĚŵŝƩ ĞĚůǇ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ǁŽƌŬ ďĞƩ Ğƌ ŽŶ Ă ůĂĚǇ͕ ďƵƚ ƐƟ ůů͕ ƚŚĞ ĨŽŽĚ͊

Resident Tutors Do you want to make a positive difference to the experiences of students living in University residences? tĞ ĂƌĞ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ŚŝŐŚůǇ ŵŽƟǀĂƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĞŶƚŚƵƐŝĂƐƟĐ ĨƵůůͲƟŵĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƐƵŝƚĂďůĞ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ƚŽ ĂƉƉŽŝŶƚ ĂƐ ZĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ dƵƚŽƌƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐ ǇĞĂƌ ϮϬϭϬͲϭϭ͘ ƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƉŽƐƚŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞĚ͘ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ ŶĞǆƚ ǇĞĂƌ ĂďƌŽĂĚ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ĂůƐŽ ĂƉƉůǇ ŶŽǁ ĨŽƌ ĂƉƉŽŝŶƚŵĞŶƚ ŝŶ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ ϮϬϭϭ͘ ZĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ dƵƚŽƌƐ ǁĞůĐŽŵĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞǇ ĮƌƐƚ ŵŽǀĞ ŝŶƚŽ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶĐĞƐ͕ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ƚŚĞŵ ŵĂŶĂŐĞ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂŶƐŝƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ůŝĨĞ ĂŶĚ͕ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ͕ ĂƌĞ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĚĞĂů ǁŝƚŚ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƉƌĞǀĞŶƚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ Ă ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ůŝǀŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶĐĞƐ͘ Ǉ ƵƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵĞĚŝĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽďůĞŵͲƐŽůǀŝŶŐ ƐŬŝůůƐ͕ ZĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ dƵƚŽƌƐ ŚĞůƉ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶ Ă ďĂůĂŶĐĞ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚƐ ŽĨ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ ŝŶ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶĐĞƐ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ĞǆĐĞůůĞŶƚ ĂůůͲƌŽƵŶĚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƐŬŝůůƐ͕ ĂƌĞ ŶŽŶͲũƵĚŐŵĞŶƚĂů͕ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĞŵƉĂƚŚŝƐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ ĐŽŵŵŽŶůǇ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĚ ďǇ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ ŚĂǀĞ ŐŽŽĚ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ ĂŶĚ ƐƉŽŬĞŶ ŶŐůŝƐŚ͕ ŐŽŽĚ ƟŵĞ ŵĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ ƐŬŝůůƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂďŝůŝƚǇ ƚŽ ĨŽůůŽǁ ĐůĞĂƌůǇ ĚĞĮŶĞĚ ƉƌŽĐĞĚƵƌĞƐ͕ ŇĞǆŝďŝůŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ Ă ǁŝůůŝŶŐŶĞƐƐ ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬ ƵŶƐŽĐŝĂů ŚŽƵƌƐ͕ ǁĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ŚĞĂƌ ĨƌŽŵ ǇŽƵ͘ ǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ǀƵůŶĞƌĂďůĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĂŶ ĂĚǀĂŶƚĂŐĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ĂƉƉŽŝŶƚŵĞŶƚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƐƵďũĞĐƚ ƚŽ Ă ĐƌŝŵŝŶĂů ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ĐŚĞĐŬ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŵŝŶĂů ZĞĐŽƌĚƐ ƵƌĞĂƵ͘ ƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶ ƉĂĐŬƐ ĂƌĞ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĞĂŶ ŽĨ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛ KĸĐĞ ZĞĐĞƉƟŽŶ Žƌ ĨƌŽŵ ŝŶƚƌĂŶĞƚ͘ƵĞĂ͘ĂĐ͘ƵŬͬƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐͬ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐͬ ĐĐŽŵŵͬZdͬŶĞǁƐ

dŚĞ ĮŶĂů ĐůŽƐŝŶŐ ĚĂƚĞ ĨŽƌ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ ŝƐ &ƌŝĚĂǇ Ϯϵ :ĂŶƵĂƌǇ ϮϬϭϬ ;ĂƉƉůŝĐĂŶƚƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŝŶǀŝƚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁ Žƌ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶ ŝƐ ƵŶƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ďǇ ϭϵ DĂƌĐŚ ϮϬϭϬͿ͘

20 FOCSOC

TUESDAY 12th JANUARY 2010

KAOS Society: volunteer abroad and improve children’s lives Zoe Gates < K^ ;<ŝĚƐ ĐƟ ŽŶ KǀĞƌƐĞĂƐͿ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĞƐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚͲůĞĚ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚĞůƉ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͘ /Ŷ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ǇĞĂƌƐ < K^ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĐŽŶĐĞŶƚƌĂƚĞĚ ƐŽůĞůǇ ŽŶ ĂŵďŝĂ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ĞǆƚĞŶĚĞĚ ŽƵƌ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ůŽĐĂƟ ŽŶƐ ƚŽ <ĞŶǇĂ͕ DĂůĂǁŝ͕ dŚĂŝůĂŶĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ZŽŵĂŶŝĂ ĂƐ ǁĞůů͘ dŚĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ĂĐƟ ǀŝƟ ĞƐ ƌĂŶŐĞ ĨƌŽŵ ŚĞůƉŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƐĐŚŽŽůƐ ĂŶĚ ŽƌƉŚĂŶĂŐĞƐ ƚŽ ƉůĂŶƟ ŶŐ ŐĂƌĚĞŶƐ ĂŶĚ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ŚŽŵĞƐ ĨŽƌ ůŽĐĂů ƉĞŽƉůĞ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ƚƌĂǀĞů ĂŶĚ ƐĞĞ ďĞĂƵƟ ĨƵů ĐŽƵŶƚƌŝĞƐ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ Ɵ ŵĞ Žī ĂŶĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ Ă ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ͘ Through KAOS, we aim to ŐŝǀĞ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůƐ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ŝŶ ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌŝŶŐ ĂďƌŽĂĚ͘ :ƵƐƚ ĂƐ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚůǇ͕ ǁĞ ŐŝǀĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ĚŽŶĂƚĞ ƚŽ ŐŽŽĚ ĐĂƵƐĞƐ ĂďƌŽĂĚ Ͳ ŬŶŽǁŝŶŐ ĞǆĂĐƚůǇ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵŽŶĞǇ ŝƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ƐƉĞŶƚ ŽŶ͘

Islamic Society help UEA Muslims worship, learn and socialise Alaa Sayed Abou-Elhamd

&ƵŶĚƌĂŝƐŝŶŐ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ƚĂŬĞ ƉůĂĐĞ throughout the year, so that ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ;Žƌ ǁŚĞŶĞǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ƚĂŬĞƐ ƉůĂĐĞͿ ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌƐ ĐĂŶ ďƵǇ ƚŚĞ ĞƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚ ƚŚĞǇ ĨĞĞů ŝƐ ŵŽƐƚ ŶĞĞĚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉĂƌƟ ĐƵůĂƌ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ͖ ƚŚŝƐ ĞŶƐƵƌĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŵŽŶĞǇ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ŐĞƚ ůŽƐƚ ŝŶ ĂŶǇ ĐŽƌƌƵƉƚ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ Žƌ ŐĞƚ ƐƉĞŶƚ ŽŶ ĂĚŵŝŶ͘ /ƚ ĂůƐŽ ŵĞĂŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŵŽŶĞǇ ŝƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ƉƵƚ ďĂĐŬ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂů ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟ ĞƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ ĂƌĞ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ƉůĂĐĞ͕ ďĞŶĞĮ Ɵ ŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ƚŚĞ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͘ ^ŝŶĐĞ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ͕ < K^ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ďƵƐǇ͗ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĐĂŬĞ ƐĂůĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ,ŝǀĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂŶŶƵĂů ĨƌŝĐĂŶ ƉĂƌƚǇ͕ ƌƵŶŶĞƌƐ ĞŶƚĞƌĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŚĂůĨ ŵĂƌĂƚŚŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ Ă ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ƐŚŽĞďŽǆ ĂƉƉĞĂů ǁŚĞƌĞ ŽǀĞƌ ϱϬ ƐŚŽĞďŽǆĞƐ ;ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŬŝŶĚ ŚĞůƉ ŽĨ KƌďŝƚĂů &ƌĞŝŐŚƚ ůƚĚ͕͘ EŽƌǁŝĐŚͿ ǁĞƌĞ ƐĞŶƚ ƚŽ Ă ƐŵĂůů ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ ŝŶ ƌƵƌĂů ZŽŵĂŶŝĂ͘

< K^ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ Ăůů ĂďŽƵƚ ĐŚĂƌŝƚǇ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ĂďŽƵƚ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ Ă ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ŵĞĞƚ ŶĞǁ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŬĞ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ĨŽƌ ůŝĨĞ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ will be more cake sales (as we ŵĂŬĞ ĞǆĐĞĞĚŝŶŐůǇ ŐŽŽĚ ĐĂŬĞƐͿ͕ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ƐŽĐŝĂů ĨŽƌ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ͕ ŚŽƉĞĨƵůůǇ ŝŶǀŽůǀŝŶŐ ŐŽŽĚ ĨŽŽĚ ĂŶĚ ŐŽŽĚ ĚƌŝŶŬ͕ ĂŶĚ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŶŽƚ ĨŽƌŐĞƫ ŶŐ ŽƵƌ ĂŶŶƵĂů &ĂƐŚŝŽŶ ^ŚŽǁ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ Į ƌƐƚ ǁĞĞŬ ŽĨ DĂƌĐŚ Ͳ watch this space! zŽƵ ĐĂŶ ũŽŝŶ < K^ Ăƚ ĂŶǇƟ ŵĞ͘ &Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟ ŽŶ ĞŵĂŝů ƵĞĂŬĂŽƐΛŐŽŽŐůĞŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ Žƌ ƐĞĂƌĐŚ ĨŽƌ ŽƵƌ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ ƉĂŐĞ͘

UEA LINKS teaches you the A-B-C of first aid

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h >/E<^ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ Į ƌƐƚ ĂŝĚ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛ hŶŝŽŶ ďƵƚ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ĂůƐŽ Ă ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ǁŝŶŐ ŽĨ ^ƚ :ŽŚŶ ŵďƵůĂŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŶŽ ŽŶĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ƐƵī Ğƌ Ă ůĂĐŬ ŽĨ ƚƌĂŝŶĞĚ Į ƌƐƚ ĂŝĚĞƌƐ͘ tĞ ƚƌĂŝŶ ŽƵƌ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ŝŶ Į ƌƐƚ ĂŝĚ ĂŶĚ Žī Ğƌ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ ƚŽ ƵƐĞ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƐŬŝůůƐ ďǇ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ Į ƌƐƚ ĂŝĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ hŶŝŽŶ͕ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ EŽƌĨŽůŬ ĂŶĚ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ Ăƚ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ůŽĐĂů ĂŶĚ ŶĂƟ ŽŶĂů ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͘ dŚƌŽƵŐŚ Ă ĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟ ŽŶ ŽĨ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂů ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ƐĞƐƐŝŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌŵĂů ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĐŽƵƌƐĞƐ͕ ǁĞ ƚĞĂĐŚ ĞǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ŬŶŽǁ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ĂŶ ĂĐƟ ǀĞ ŵĞŵďĞƌ ŽĨ h >/E<^͕ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ďĂƐŝĐƐ ƚŽ ŵŽƌĞ ĂĚǀĂŶĐĞĚ ƐŬŝůůƐ͘ ǀĞŶ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ͛ǀĞ ŶĞǀĞƌ ĚŽŶĞ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚŝƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ͕ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƐƟ ůů ĐŽŵĞ ĂůŽŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŐŝǀĞ ŝƚ Ă ŐŽ͘ Ǉ ŐĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ĂƩ ĞŶĚŝŶŐ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ courses, it is possible to progress ĨƌŽŵ ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďĂƐŝĐƐ ŽĨ Į ƌƐƚ ĂŝĚ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ WZ͕ ƚŽ ĞǀĞŶƚƵĂůůǇ ĐƌĞǁŝŶŐ ĂŶ ĂŵďƵůĂŶĐĞ Ăƚ ůĂƌŐĞ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͘ DŽƐƚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŝůů ŚĂǀĞ ǁĂůŬĞĚ

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ƉĂƐƚ ƚŚĞ Į ƌƐƚ ĂŝĚ ƌŽŽŵ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ,ŝǀĞ ĂŶĚ ŶŽƚ ĞǀĞŶ ƌĞĂůŝƐĞĚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ Ăƚ ĞǀĞƌǇ ŐŝŐ ĂŶĚ > Z ĐůƵď ŶŝŐŚƚ͕ ƵƐƵĂůůǇ ĂƐ Ă ƚĞĂŵ ŽĨ ƚŚƌĞĞ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŬĞĞƉƐ ƵƐ ďƵƐǇ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ ĂŵƉůĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ ĨŽƌ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ ƚŽ ŐĂŝŶ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͘ tŝƚŚ Ăůů ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĚƵƟ ĞƐ͕ ǁĞĞŬůǇ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ƐĞƐƐŝŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĐŽƵƌƐĞƐ͕ >/E<^ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ ĂŶĚ ďƵƐŝĞƐƚ ƐŽĐŝĞƟ ĞƐ Ăƚ h ͘ KƚŚĞƌ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟ ĞƐ ĞǆŝƐƚ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ h >/E<^ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ Į ƌƐƚ ĂŝĚ͘ dŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ EŽƌĨŽůŬ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ^ƚ :ŽŚŶ ŵďƵůĂŶĐĞ ǇŽƵƚŚ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ ŽĨ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ĂŐĞƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ǁĞůĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ͕ ďĞ ŝƚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ůĞŶĚŝŶŐ Ă ŚĞůƉŝŶŐ ŚĂŶĚ͕ Žƌ ĐƌĞĂƟ ŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌŝŶŐ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ƐĞƐƐŝŽŶƐ ŽŶ Ăůů ƐŽƌƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŽƉŝĐƐ͘ Whilst we are a busy society, ǁĞ ƐƟ ůů ŵĂŬĞ Ɵ ŵĞ ĨŽƌ ƐŽĐŝĂůŝƐŝŶŐ͘ Ō Ğƌ ǁĞĞŬůǇ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ǁĞ ŚĞĂĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ďĂƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ƐŽĐŝĂůƐ Ă ǇĞĂƌ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ Ă ĐŽůŽƵƌƐ ƐŽĐŝĂů͕ ,ĂůůŽǁĞĞŶ > Z ĂŶĚ Ă ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ŽƵƟ ŶŐ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƉůĂŶƐ ĨŽƌ ŽƵƌ Į ƌƐƚ

ƐŽĐŝĂů ŽĨ ϮϬϭϬ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ĐĂŬĞ ŶŝŐŚƚ͕ ƚŽ ďĞ ŚĞůĚ ĞĂƌůǇ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ĂŶ ĂŶŶƵĂů ĐŽŶĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ ƌƵŶ ďǇ ^ƚ :ŽŚŶ ƚŚĂƚ >/E<^ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ĐĂŶ ĂƩ ĞŶĚ ƚŽ ƐŚĂƌĞ ŝĚĞĂƐ ŽŶ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĚƵƟ ĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ŵĞĞƚ >/E<^ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ĨƌŽŵ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟ ĞƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚĂƐ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ďĞĞŶ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĨƵŶ͘ ŶǇŽŶĞ ĐĂŶ ũŽŝŶ >/E<^ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ ǁĞůĐŽŵĞ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ ǁŚŽ ĞŝƚŚĞƌ ǁĂŶƚƐ ƚŽ ůĞĂƌŶ Ă ďŝƚ ŽĨ Į ƌƐƚ ĂŝĚ Žƌ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ĂŶĚ ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ ƵƐ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞĚ ŝŶ >/E<^ Žƌ ŚĂǀĞ ĂŶǇ ƋƵĞƐƟ ŽŶƐ͕ ũƵƐƚ ĞŵĂŝů ƵƐ ŽŶ ƵĞĂΛ ůŝŶŬƐ͘ƐũĂ͘ŽƌŐ͘ƵŬ Žƌ ǀŝƐŝƚ ƚŚĞ ǁĞďƐŝƚĞ Ăƚ ŚƩ Ɖ͗ͬͬǁǁǁ͘ƐŽĐǁĞď͘ŽƌŐ͘ƵŬͬ ƵĞĂůŝŶŬƐ͘

FocSoc: Not just for societies! Got a society, club, charity or social group you’d like to write about? Email ůŝĐĞ sŝŽůĞƩ ŽŶ ĐŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ͘ĞĚŝƚŽƌŝĂůΛƵĞĂ͘ĂĐ͘ƵŬ͘

dŚĞ h /ƐůĂŵŝĐ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ƉůĂǇƐ Ă ǀŝƚĂů ƌŽůĞ ŝŶ ĨƵůĮ ůůŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƉŝƌŝƚƵĂů ĂŶĚ ƐŽĐŝĂů ŶĞĞĚƐ ŽĨ DƵƐůŝŵ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐƚƵĚǇ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ŽĨ ĂƐƚ ŶŐůŝĂ͘ EŽƚ ŽŶůǇ h DƵƐůŝŵ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ďĞŶĞĮ ƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚŝƐ͕ ďƵƚ ĂůƐŽ Ăůů h DƵƐůŝŵ ƐƚĂī ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ůŽĐĂů DƵƐůŝŵƐ ŝŶ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ĂŶĚ EŽƌĨŽůŬ͘ dŚĞ h /^ ĐŽŵŵŝƩ ĞĞ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ĞŶĚĞĂǀŽƵƌ ƚŽ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞ ƚŚŝƐ ŵĂŝŶ ŐŽĂů ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ Ă ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ĂĐƟ ǀŝƟ ĞƐ͗ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĚĂŝůǇ ƉƌĂǇĞƌƐ ;Į ǀĞ Ɵ ŵĞƐ Ă ĚĂǇͿ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǁĞĞŬůǇ &ƌŝĚĂǇ ƉƌĂǇĞƌ͕ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ǁĞĞŬůǇ ƐƉŽƌƚ ĂĐƟ ǀŝƟ ĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŚŽůĚŝŶŐ ƐƚƵĚǇ ĐŝƌĐůĞƐ ĨŽƌ ŵĂůĞ ĂŶĚ ĨĞŵĂůĞ DƵƐůŝŵ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƚŽ ƚĞĂĐŚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ƉƌŝŶĐŝƉůĞƐ ŽĨ /ƐůĂŵ ĨŽƌ ďĞƩ Ğƌ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ĐŽƌĞ ďĞůŝĞĨ͘ tĞ ĂůƐŽ ƌƵŶ ĐŽůůĞĐƟ ǀĞ /Ō Ăƌ ;ďƌĞĂŬ ŽĨ ĚĂŝůǇ ĨĂƐƚͿ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŶƚŚ ŽĨ ZĂŵĂĚĂŶ͕ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĞ ƚŚĞ ĨĞĂƐƚ ƉĂƌƟ ĞƐ͕ ǁĞůĐŽŵĞ ůŽĐĂů ĂŶĚ ƌĞŐŝŽŶĂů ƐĐŚŽŽů ǀŝƐŝƚƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ h /ƐůĂŵŝĐ ĞŶƚƌĞ͕ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ Ăƚ Ěŝī ĞƌĞŶƚ ĂŐĞƐ ůĞĂƌŶ ŵŽƌĞ ĂďŽƵƚ /ƐůĂŵ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝŶǀŝƚĞ ŝŶ ǁĞůůͲŬŶŽǁŶ ĞǆƚĞƌŶĂů ƐƉĞĂŬĞƌƐ ƚŽ ŐŝǀĞ ƚĂůŬƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶŇ ŝĐƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶ ďŽƚŚ

DƵƐůŝŵƐ ĂŶĚ ŶŽŶͲDƵƐůŝŵƐ͘ ĚĚŝƟ ŽŶĂůůǇ͕ ƚŚĞ h /ƐůĂŵŝĐ ^ŽĐŝĞƚǇ ƉĂƌƟ ĐŝƉĂƚĞƐ ŝŶ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĐƌƵĐŝĂů ĂĐƟ ǀŝƟ ĞƐ ŝŶ ĐŽŶũƵŶĐƟ ŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ůŽĐĂů DƵƐůŝŵ ƌĞŐŝƐƚĞƌĞĚ ĐŚĂƌŝƚǇ ĐĂůůĞĚ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ĂŶĚ EŽƌĨŽůŬ DƵƐůŝŵ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟ ŽŶ ;EED Ϳ ƚŽ ĨƵůĮ ů ƚŚĞ ŶĞĞĚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŝĚĞƌ DƵƐůŝŵ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ ŝŶ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ ĚŝĂůŽŐƵĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐŝŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĨƌŽŵ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĨĂŝƚŚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ Žī Ğƌ ŵĂƌƌŝĂŐĞ ĂŶĚ ĨƵŶĞƌĂů ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ͘ &Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟ ŽŶ ƉůĞĂƐĞ ǀŝƐŝƚ ŽƵƌ ǁĞď ƐŝƚĞƐ͗ ŚƩ Ɖ͗ͬͬǁǁǁ͘ŶŽƌǁŝĐŚŵƵƐůŝŵƐ͘ ŽƌŐ Žƌ ŚƩ Ɖ͗ͬͬƵĞĂŝƐŽĐ͘ĐŽŵ͘

Reminder:13th January is Socmart /ƚ͛Ɛ ŶĞǀĞƌ ƚŽŽ ůĂƚĞ ƚŽ ƐƋƵĞĞǌĞ Ă ĨĞǁ ŵŽƌĞ ĚƌŽƉƐ ŽĨ ĨƵŶ͕ ƐŬŝůůƐ ĂŶĚ ŶĞǁ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ hŶŝŽŶ ďǇ ũŽŝŶŝŶŐ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ͘ ůů ǇĞĂƌ ƌŽƵŶĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐůƵďƐ͕ ƐŽĐŝĞƟ ĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƉĞĞƌ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ hŶŝŽŶ ƐƚĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŽƉĞŶ ĂƌŵƐ ƚŽ ŶĞǁ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ͕ ďƵƚ ĞĂĐŚ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ ĂŶĚ :ĂŶƵĂƌǇ ƚŚĞǇ ŵĂŬĞ ŝƚ Ă ůŝƩ ůĞ ĞĂƐŝĞƌ ĨŽƌ ǇŽƵ ďǇ ĂƌƌĂŶŐŝŶŐ ^ŽĐDĂƌƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ > Z͕ ĨŽƌ ǇŽƵ ƚŽ ƉĞƌƵƐĞ ǇŽƵƌ ŶĞǁ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟ ĞƐ Ăƚ ůĞŝƐƵƌĞ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵƌ EĞǁ zĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ƌĞƐŽůƵƟ ŽŶ ǁĂƐ

ƚŽ ŐĞƚ Į ƚ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĐůƵďƐ ƚŚĂŶ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƐŚĂŬĞ Ă ůĂĐƌŽƐƐĞ ƐƟ ĐŬ Ăƚ͘ ƋƵĂůůǇ͕ ŝĨ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĚƌĂŵĂƟ Đ͕ ĚƌŝŶŬ ŵŽƌĞ ĐŽĐŬƚĂŝůƐ͕ ůĞƚ ŽƵƚ ǇŽƵƌ ũŽƵƌŶĂůŝƐƟ Đ ŝŵƉƵůƐĞƐ Žƌ ĞǀĞŶ ƚŽ ƉƌĂĐƟ ĐĞ ĨŽƌ ǇŽƵƌ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ĂƐ ĂŶ ĂƐƐĂƐƐŝŶ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ Ăƚ ^ŽĐŵĂƌƚ ƚŽ ƐŽƌƚ ǇŽƵ ŽƵƚ͘ <ĞĞƉ ŝŶ ŵŝŶĚ ƚŚĞ s ďŽŽƐƟ ŶŐ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟ ĞƐ͕ ƚŽŽ͘ DĞĂŶǁŚŝůĞ͕ ǇŽƵƌ ƐƵďƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ĚŝƌĞĐƚůǇ ďĞŶĞĮ ƚ ǇŽƵƌ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ hŶŝŽŶ͘ EŽƚŚŝŶŐ ŚĂƐ ĞǀĞƌ ďĞĞŶ ƐŽ ǁŝŶͲǁŝŶ͘

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Confessions of a UEA student Sam Lewis asks: does Christmas bingeing mask the reality of life without all the trappings?

I love Christmas. Mistletoe kisses, mulled wine, the occasional mince ƉŝĞ͕ ĨƌĂŶƟ Đ ƐŚŽƉƉŝŶŐ͕ ůĂƐƚ ŵŝŶƵƚĞ ǁƌĂƉƉŝŶŐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ ƚŽ return home to be reunited with ĨĂŵŝůǇ ĂŶĚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ͘ tŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐ ĚĂǇ ĂƌƌŝǀĞƐ ǁĞ ĚŽ ŝƚ ƚŽ ŽƵƌƐĞůǀĞƐ ĞǀĞƌǇ ǇĞĂƌ͕ ƉŝůŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĚŝŶŶĞƌ ŚŝŐŚ ŽŶ ŽƵƌ ƉůĂƚĞ͘ dƵƌŬĞǇ ƚƵŵŵǇ ŝƐ Ă ĚĞĮ ŶŝƚĞ ĂŶĚ ŶŽ ĂŵŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ZĞŶŶŝĞ ŝŶĚŝŐĞƐƟ ŽŶ ƚĂďůĞƚƐ ĂƌĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƐŚŝŌ ƚŚĂƚ ĂĐŚĞ ĨŽƌ ŚŽƵƌƐ͘ Ō Ğƌ ƚŚĞ YƵĞĞŶ͛Ɛ ƐƉĞĞĐŚ ǇŽƵ ŬŶŽǁ Ă ŵĂŵŵŽƚŚ ŽĨ ƐŚŽĐŬŝŶŐ ƐŽĂƉ ƐƚŽƌǇ ůŝŶĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƌŵůĞƐƐ ĐŽŵĞĚŝĞƐ͕ as well as the inevitable nap on the ƐŽĨĂ͕ ůŝĞ ĂŚĞĂĚ͘ KƵƚ ĐŽŵĞ ƚŚĞ Ɵ Ŷ ŽĨ ZŽƐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ Ă ƚƵďĞ ŽĨ WƌŝŶŐůĞƐ ƚŽ Į ŶŝƐŚ ǇŽƵ Žī ͘ dŚĞ ĂĚǀĞƌƚƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĞďĞŶŚĂŵƐ :ĂŶƵĂƌǇ ƐĂůĞ ĐŽŵĞ Ň ŽŽĚŝŶŐ ŝŶ ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ƋƵŝĐŬůǇ ĨĂĐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĚĞůŝŐŚƚƐ ŽĨ ŽǆŝŶŐ ĂǇ ďƵďďůĞ ĂŶĚ ƐƋƵĞĂŬ͘ tĞ ƚŚĞŶ ŵŽǀĞ ŽŶ ƚŽ ƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐ ŽƵƌ EĞǁ zĞĂƌ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟ ŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ǇŽƵ ŬŶŽǁ ŝƚ ƚŚĞ ĚŽŶŐ ŽĨ ŝŐ ĞŶ ŝƐ ƐŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŵƉĂŐŶĞ ŝƐ Ň ŽǁŝŶŐ͘ dŚŝƐ Ăůů ƐŽƵŶĚƐ ůŽǀĞůǇ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ŵĂĚĞ me realise that Christmas fools ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ďǇ ƌĞŵŝŶĚŝŶŐ ƵƐ ŽĨ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ůƵǆƵƌŝĞƐ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ůŝĨĞ ůĂĐŬƐ͘ / Ăŵ ƐƵƌĞ the cost of the food I have consumed ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ďƌĞĂŬ ƚŽƚĂůƐ ŵǇ ĞŶƟ ƌĞ ƐĞŵĞƐƚĞƌ ďƵĚŐĞƚ͘ ZĞƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ ƚŽ Ă ŚŽƵƐĞ ƐƚƌŝƉƉĞĚ ŽĨ ŚĞĂƟ ŶŐ ĂŶĚ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌĂƟ ŽŶƐ ŽĨ ĐŚĞĞƐĞ ŽŶ ƚŽĂƐƚ͕ ŝƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ Śŝƚ ŚŽŵĞ ƚŚĂƚ / Ăŵ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ǁĂŝƚ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ϯϲϱ ĚĂǇƐ ƵŶƟ ů / ĐĂŶ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ƐƵĐŚ ŝŶĚƵůŐĞŶĐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ͘ /Ĩ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ŵĂŬĞ ƵƐ ĐŽŶƐƵŵĞƌ ĐƌĂǌǇ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ŝƚ ƚƵƌŶƐ ƵƐ ŝŶƚŽ ŐůƵƩ ŽŶŽƵƐ ŐŽƌŐĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ :ĂŶƵĂƌǇ reminds us what life is ƌĞĂůůǇ ůŝŬĞ on a student ďƵĚŐĞƚ͘

TUESDAY 12th JANUARY 2010

LIFESTYLE 21

New year, new student loan After frivolous spending in the first semester and the excessive cost of Christmas, Adam Fenwick tells us how to begin 2010 without a debt hangover. tŚĞƚŚĞƌ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ Ă ĨƌĞƐŚĞƌ Žƌ Ă h ǀĞƚĞƌĂŶ͕ ǇŽƵ͛ůů ĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ ƌĞĂůŝƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă ůŽŶŐ ǁĂŝƚ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ůŽĂŶƐ͗ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ŽŶĞ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ĐŽŵĞ ƐŽŽŶ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ͘ Ƶƚ ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŵŝƐƚĂŬĞƐ ŽĨ the previous semester can be a lot ŚĂƌĚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ŝƚ Į ƌƐƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ͕ ƚŚĂŶŬƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚĞŵƉƚĂƟ ŽŶ ŽĨ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ŶŝŐŚƚƐ͕ ĂĚĚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚ ĐŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƟ ŶŐ ǇŽƵƌƐĞůĨ ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵƌ ƐƚƵĚŝĞƐ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ŽůůŽǁ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƐŝŵƉůĞ ƌƵůĞƐ ĂŶĚ Ɵ ƉƐ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŽĨ ǇŽƵƌ ŶĞǁůǇ ĂĐƋƵŝƌĞĚ ĚŽƐŚ͊ dŚĞ Į ƌƐƚ ĨĞǁ ǁĞĞŬƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ƐĞŵĞƐƚĞƌ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĐŽƐƚůǇ͘ A full social calendar for all the ƐŽĐŝĞƟ ĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƉŽƌƚƐ ĐůƵďƐ ǁŝůů ŵĞĂŶ ĨŽƌŬŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ůŽƚƐ ŽĨ ŵŽŶĞǇ ĨŽƌ ďŽŽǌĞ ĂůŽŶĞ͘ ŽŶ͛ƚ ůĞƚ ƚŚŝƐ ƉƵƚ ǇŽƵ Žī ƚŚŽƵŐŚ͖ ƚŚĞ ƐŽĐŝĂůƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ĨŽƌ ǇŽƵ ƚŽ ĐĂƚĐŚ ƵƉ ǁŝƚŚ old friends and make some new ŽŶĞƐ͘ ^ĂǀĞ ƐŽŵĞ ŵŽŶĞǇ ĨŽƌ Ă ƐƉŽƌƚƐ ŝŶƐƵƌĂŶĐĞ ĐĂƌĚ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ invested in one and put some aside ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐƐŝďŝůŝƚǇ ŽĨ ŶĞǁ ĞƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚ or transport costs. Ō Ğƌ ƚŚĞ ƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ ƐƉƌĞĞ ŽĨ ͚ƌĞͲ

ĨƌĞƐŚĞƌƐ͛ ǁĞĞŬ͕͛ ǁĞĞŬ ƚǁŽ ŝƐ ĂŶ ŝĚĞĂů Ɵ ŵĞ ƚŽ ƉůĂŶ ǇŽƵƌ ďƵĚŐĞƚ͘ ƐƐĞƐƐ ǇŽƵƌ ďĂŶŬ ďĂůĂŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ĚŝǀŝĚĞ ŝƚ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŶŝŶĞ ƌĞŵĂŝŶŝŶŐ ǁĞĞŬƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƉůŝƚ ƐĞŵĞƐƚĞƌ͕ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ Ă ǁĞĞŬůǇ ůŝŵŝƚ͘ Ō Ğƌ ƉĂǇŝŶŐ ǇŽƵƌ ƌĞŶƚ͕ ǁŚĂƚĞǀĞƌ ŝƐ ůĞŌ ŽǀĞƌ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ Į ŶĂŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐƌĞĂƟ ŽŶĂů ĂĐƟ ǀŝƟ ĞƐ ǁĞ love so much. ^Ğƫ ŶŐ Ă ǁĞĞŬůǇ ĨŽŽĚ ďƵĚŐĞƚ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ŝĚĞĂ͘ zŽƵ ĐĂŶ ĞĂƐŝůǇ ůŝǀĞ Žī άϭϱ ƉĞƌ ǁĞĞŬ ǁŚĞŶ ƐŚŽƉƉŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƐƵƉĞƌŵĂƌŬĞƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƉŝĐŬŝŶŐ ƵƉ ĞƐƐĞŶƟ ĂůƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ǁĞĞŬ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ h&K ;ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ǇŽƵƌ hŶŝŽŶ͊͊Ϳ͘ ZĞŵĞŵďĞƌ ďƵĚŐĞƚ ďƌĂŶĚƐ ĂƌĞ ǇŽƵƌ ďĞƐƚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ͘ zŽƵ͛ƌĞ Ă ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ƐŽ ĞŶũŽǇ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐŝŶŐ Ăůů ŽĨ ǇŽƵƌ ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ ĨŽŽĚƐ Ăƚ Ă ĨƌĂĐƟ ŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŝĐĞ ; ĚƐĂ ^ŵĂƌƚWƌŝĐĞ ĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞ ĚŝŐĞƐƟ ǀĞƐ Ăƚ Ă ŵĞƌĞ ϯϯƉ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ ŽŶ ƚŚŝƐ ǁƌŝƚĞƌ͛Ɛ ƐŚŽƉƉŝŶŐ ůŝƐƚͿ͘ ŶŽƚŚĞƌ ĞƐƐĞŶƟ Ăů Ɵ Ɖ ŝƐ ƚŽ ŶŽƚ ƐŚŽƉ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŚƵŶŐƌǇ ĂŶĚ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ Ă ůŝƐƚ ŽŶ DǇ^ƵƉĞƌŵĂƌŬĞƚ͘ĐŽ͘ƵŬ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ǇŽƵ ŐŽ ĂŶĚ ƐƟ ĐŬ ƚŽ ŝƚ͘ ůƐŽ͕ ƚƌǇ ͚DĂƌƟ Ŷ >ĞǁŝƐ͛ ŽǁŶƐŚŝŌ ŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ͛ Ͳ ƐůĂƐŚ ǇŽƵƌ ĨŽŽĚ ďŝůů ĞǀĞŶ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ďǇ ŐŽŝŶŐ

ĚŽǁŶ ŽŶĞ ďƌĂŶĚ ůĞǀĞů ;Ğ͘Ő͘ <ĞůůŽŐŐ͛Ɛ ƚŽ ^ŵĂƌƚWƌŝĐĞ ĐĞƌĞĂůͿ͘ &Žƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ Ă ďƵƐ ƉĂƐƐ͕ ƚƌĂŶƐƉŽƌƚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ Ěŝĸ ĐƵůƚ͘ ůŝŵŝŶĂƚĞ Ăůů ĐŽƐƚƐ ďǇ ƵƐŝŶŐ Ă ďŝŬĞ ;ŐĞƫ ŶŐ Į ƚ ĂŶĚ ŚĞĂůƚŚǇ ĂŶĚ ƐĂǀŝŶŐ ŵŽŶĞǇ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ Ɵ ŵĞ͊Ϳ ĂŶĚ ŽŶ ŶŝŐŚƚƐ ŽƵƚ ŐĞƚ Ă ƚĂǆŝ ǁŝƚŚ ĂƐ ŵĂŶǇ ŽĨ ǇŽƵƌ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ĂƐ possible to reduce the cost per head. Ɛ Ă ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ͕ ǇŽƵƌ ƐŽĐŝĂů ůŝĨĞ will be packed and this will put the ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ ƐƚƌĂŝŶ ŽŶ ǇŽƵƌ ďƵĚŐĞƚ͘ dƌǇ ŐŽŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ŽŶ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ŶŝŐŚƚƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƉƵďƐ͕ ĐůƵďƐ ĂŶĚ ďĂƌƐ ƵƐƵĂůůǇ ƐĞůů ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ĚƌŝŶŬƐ ĨŽƌ ƵŶĚĞƌ άϭ͘ϱϬ͘ ĞǁĂƌĞ ŽĨ ĐůƵďƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĨƌĞĞ ĞŶƚƌǇ ƵŶƟ ů Ă ƐƉĞĐŝĮ Đ Ɵ ŵĞ͕ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ͖ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĂŶƚ ǇŽƵ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ŝŶ ĞĂƌůŝĞƌ ƚŽ spend more on drinks. Check out cheap student ĚĞĂůƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ Ϯ ĨŽƌ ϭ in certain restaurants, ŵŽŶĞǇ Žī ŝŶ ǇŽƵƌ ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ ŚŝŐŚ ƐƚƌĞĞƚ ƐƚŽƌĞƐ ;ĂůǁĂǇƐ ĂƐŬ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĞĐŬŽƵƚ ŝĨ ƚŚĞǇ Žī Ğƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ĚŝƐĐŽƵŶƚ Ͳ ǇŽƵ͛Ě ďĞ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞĚ ŚŽǁ ŵĂŶǇ ĚŽ͊ Ͳ ĂŶĚ ƚĂŬĞ ĂĚǀĂŶƚĂŐĞ ŽĨ KƌĂŶŐĞ

tĞĚŶĞƐĚĂǇƐ͘ KŶĞ ůĂƐƚ Ɵ Ɖ͖ ǇŽƵƌ ŽǀĞƌĚƌĂŌ ŝƐ Ă ůĂƐƚ ƌĞƐŽƌƚ ŽƉƟ ŽŶ͘ dŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ŵŽƌĞ ĚĞƉƌĞƐƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĂŶ ďĞŝŶŐ άϭϬϬϬ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĚ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ǇŽƵƌ ŵĂƚĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƐŝŶŬŝŶŐ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ĨĞǁ ƉŝŶƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĞŵĞƐƚĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ^h ďĂƌ͘ &ŽůůŽǁ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƟ ŽŶƐ ƚŽ ƐĂǀĞ ĂƐ ŵƵĐŚ ŵŽŶĞǇ ĂƐ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ƚŚŝƐ ƐĞŵĞƐƚĞƌ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶĂů ƵŶƉůĂŶŶĞĚ ŶŝŐŚƚ ŽƵƚ ǁŽŶ͛ƚ ďƌĞĂŬ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶŬ͕ ĂŶĚ ďĞƐŝĚĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ͚ ĂŶŬ ŽĨ DƵŵ Θ ĂĚ͛ ǁŝůů ŚŽƉĞĨƵůůǇ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ĂŶ ĞŵĞƌŐĞŶĐǇ ǁŝƚŚĚƌĂǁĂů ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ĚĞƐƉĞƌĂƚĞ Ɵ ŵĞƐ͘

Kick-start the knitting craze Selin Kocagoz: shift the stigma of grannies and gaudy jumpers and get out your knitting needles! <Ŷŝƫ ŶŐ ŚĂƐ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ďĞĞŶ Ă ŚŽďďǇ we associate with old ladies and ŐƌĂŶĚŵĂƐ͘ ƚ ƐŽŵĞ ƉŽŝŶƚ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ ůŝǀĞƐ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ Ăůů ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ Ă ůŽǀŝŶŐůǇ ŬŶŝƩ ĞĚ ũƵŵƉĞƌ ĂƐ Ă ŐŝŌ ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ƵƐƵĂůůǇ ƚŽŽ ůĂƌŐĞ ĂŶĚ ŶŽƚ ƉĂƌƟ ĐƵůĂƌůǇ ƐƚǇůŝƐŚ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ǀĞƌǇ ŐŽŽĚ Ăƚ ŬĞĞƉŝŶŐ ƵƐ ǁĂƌŵ ŽŶ ƚŚŽƐĞ ĐŽůĚ ǁŝŶƚĞƌ ĚĂǇƐ͘ Ƶƚ ŬŶŝƫ ŶŐ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ have to be about oversized jumpers Žƌ ŐƌĂŶŶŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŬŶŝƫ ŶŐ ŵĂǇ ĞǀĞŶ ďĞ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚ Ă ǀĞƌǇ ĐŽŽů ĂĐƟ ǀŝƚǇ͘ tŝƚŚ ĐĞůĞďƌŝƟ ĞƐ ůŝŬĞ >ŝůǇ ŽůĞ ĂŶĚ DĂĚŽŶŶĂ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ĂĚŵŝƩ ĞĚ ƚŽ ƉŝĐŬŝŶŐ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ŶĞĞĚůĞƐ͕ ŬŶŝƫ ŶŐ ŝƐ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ Ă comeback. / Į ƌƐƚ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ŬŶŝƫ ŶŐ Ă ĨĞǁ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĂŐŽ ǁŚĞŶ / ŵĂĚĞ Ă ƐĐĂƌĨ ĂŶĚ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌĞĚ ŚŽǁ ƌĞůĂǆŝŶŐ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ͘ DǇ ŐƌĂŶĚŵĂ ƚĂƵŐŚƚ ŵĞ ǁŚĞŶ / ǁĂƐ ůŝƩ ůĞ ĂŶĚ / ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ůŽƐƚ ƚŚĞ ŬŶĂĐŬ͘ dŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ / ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ Ɵ ŵĞ ƚŽ ƉŝĐŬ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ŶĞĞĚůĞƐ ĂŐĂŝŶ ĂŶĚ ŵĂĚĞ

Ă ƐĐĂƌĨ ĨŽƌ ŵǇƐĞůĨ͘ Ō Ğƌ ŐĞƫ ŶŐ ƐŽŵĞ ŐŽŽĚ ƌĞĂĐƟ ŽŶƐ / ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ƌĞĐĞŝǀŝŶŐ ƌĞƋƵĞƐƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ŵǇ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ĂŶĚ / ŵƵƐƚ ĂĚŵŝƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ǀĞƌǇ ƐĂƟ ƐĨǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ǁĞĂƌŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ĐƌĞĂƚĞĚ ;ĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞ ƌĞǁĂƌĚƐ ĂƌĞ ĂůǁĂǇƐ Ă ďŽŶƵƐ͊Ϳ͘

WƌĞǀŝŽƵƐůǇ͕ ĨĞŵŝŶŝƐƚƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ 'ĞƌŵĂŝŶĞ 'ƌĞĞƌ ƌĞďĞůůĞĚ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƚŚĞ ůŝŬĞƐ ŽĨ ŬŶŝƫ ŶŐ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽ ůŽŶŐĞƌ ůŝŶŬĞĚ ƚŽ ƐƵĐŚ ĚŽŵĞƐƟ ĐŝƚǇ and, rather, is seen as a social ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĂƉĞƵƟ Đ ĂĐƟ ǀŝƚǇ͘ <Ŷŝƫ ŶŐ has become a lot trendier, with ďŽƵƟ ƋƵĞƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ >ŽŶĚŽŶ ƐĞůůŝŶŐ ĨĂŶĐǇ ǇĂƌŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚŝŶŐ ŬŶŝƫ ŶŐ workshops. dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ŵĂŶǇ ƉůĂĐĞƐ ŝŶ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ŐĞƚ ǁŽŽů ĂŶĚ ŬŶŝƫ ŶŐ instruments from. I recommend a stall on the market owned ďǇ Ă ǀĞƌǇ

ůŽǀĞůǇ ůĂĚǇ ǁŚŽ ǁŝůů ŐŝǀĞ ǇŽƵ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ĂĚǀŝĐĞ ǇŽƵ ŶĞĞĚ͘ h ĂůƐŽ ŚĂƐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ ŬŶŝƫ ŶŐ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŵĞĞƚ ƵƉ ĂŶĚ ŐĞƚ ĐƌĞĂƟ ǀĞ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ;ƚŚŽƐĞ ŽĨ ǇŽƵ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ŶƵƩ Ǉ ĂďŽƵƚ ŬŶŝƫ ŶŐ ŵĂǇ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ũŽŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ Ăƚ ^ŽĐDĂƌƚ Ϯ ƚŚŝƐ ǁĞĞŬͿ͘ Ɛ ĂůǁĂǇƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĞƚ ŝƐ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ŐŽŽĚ ƉůĂĐĞ ƚŽ Į ŶĚ ŚĞůƉĨƵů Ɵ ƉƐ ĂŶĚ ŬŶŝƫ ŶŐ ƉĂƩ ĞƌŶƐ͘ ƌƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĐƌĂŌ Ɛ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ ƚŽ ŐŽ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ Ă ƌĞĐĞƐƐŝŽŶ͖ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůǇ ǁŝůů ǇŽƵ ƐĂǀĞ Ă ĨĞǁ ƋƵŝĚ ďƵƚ ǇŽƵ͛ůů ŚĂǀĞ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ Į ŶĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚ ƐƚƌĞĞƚ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ďĞ ĨŽŽůĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵƌ ŐĂƌŵĞŶƚ ǁŝůů ŵŝƌĂĐƵůŽƵƐůǇ ĂƉƉĞĂƌ ŝŶ ĨƌŽŶƚ ŽĨ ǇŽƵ͖ ŬŶŝƫ ŶŐ ĐĂŶ ďĞ Ă ŚŝŐŚůǇ Ɵ ŵĞͲĐŽŶƐƵŵŝŶŐ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ͘ ^Ž͕ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ƵƉ Ă ŶĞǁ ŚŽďďǇ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ ƚŚĂƚ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞ ĚĞůǀŝŶŐ ƚŽŽ ĚĞĞƉ ŝŶƚŽ ǇŽƵƌ ƉŽĐŬĞƚƐ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ŬŶŝƫ ŶŐ ŝƐ ĨŽƌ ǇŽƵ͊

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TUESDAY 12th JANUARY 2010

Canary Corner Ian Hobbs Having established themselves as a force to be reckoned with in League KŶĞ͕ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ ŝŶ ĮŶĞ ĨŽƌŵ͘ KŶ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ ϭst they travelled to Southend and triumphed convincing 3-0 winners - a brace from Grant Holt

Grant Holt celebrates against Oldham

and a Korey Smith goal being the ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŝĚĞƐ͘ ,Žůƚ ĂůƐŽ ƐĐŽƌĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŝŶ Ă ϮͲϬ ŚŽŵĞ ǁŝŶ ŽǀĞƌ KůĚŚĂŵ͘ tĞƐ Hoolahan grabbed the other goal as Norwich’s unstoppable home form ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ͘ Norwich’s next opponents were Yeovil Town, a team they had thrashed ϰͲϭ ŝŶ ƌǇĂŶ 'ƵŶŶ͛Ɛ ůĂƐƚ ŐĂŵĞ ŝŶ ĐŚĂƌŐĞ ďĂĐŬ ŝŶ ƵŐƵƐƚ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĂƐ always, things weren’t as simple as they appeared on paper, with Yeovil ϭͲϬ ƵƉ Ăƚ ŚĂůĨͲƟŵĞ ƚŚĂŶŬƐ ƚŽ Ă ŐŽĂů ĨƌŽŵ ĞǆͲ/ƉƐǁŝĐŚ dŽǁŶ ƉůĂǇĞƌ ĞĂŶ ŽǁĚŝƚĐŚ͘ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ĐĂŵĞ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ Ă ϮͲϭ ůĞĂĚ ƚŚĂŶŬƐ ƚŽ ŐŽĂůƐ ĨƌŽŵ ŚƌŝƐ DĂƌƟŶ ĂŶĚ 'ĂƌǇ ŽŚĞƌƚǇ͕ ďƵƚ zĞŽǀŝů Śŝƚ ƚŚĞ back of the net twice more before a last minute Norwich goal from the ĞǀĞƌ ŝŵƉƌŽǀŝŶŐ ĂƌĞů ZƵƐƐĞůů ĐůŝŶĐŚĞĚ Ă ϯͲϯ ĚƌĂǁ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĂŶĂƌŝĞƐ͘ Norwich’s next game came against fellow fallen giants Southampton in ƚŚĞ ůĞƐƐͲƚŚĂŶͲƉƌĞƐƟŐŝŽƵƐ &ŽŽƚďĂůů >ĞĂŐƵĞ dƌŽƉŚǇ͘ ŽŚĞƌƚǇ ĂŶĚ DĂƌƟŶ ďŽƚŚ ƐĐŽƌĞĚ in a 2-2 draw, but with neither side ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƐĞĂů ƚŚĞ ǁŝŶ ŝŶ ĞǆƚƌĂ ƟŵĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ǁĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƉĞŶĂůƟĞƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ Southampton securing a 6-5 win in ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽŽƚŽƵƚ͘ tŝƚŚ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͛Ɛ ĐƵƉ ĚƌĞĂŵ ŽǀĞƌ͕ they faced an important league clash ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ĨĞůůŽǁ ŚŝŐŚͲŇŝĞƌƐ ,ƵĚĚĞƌƐĮĞůĚ͕ who had looked impressive under the guidance of former City assistant ŵĂŶĂŐĞƌ >ĞĞ ůĂƌŬ͘ ,ƵĚĚĞƌƐĮĞůĚ ůŽŽŬĞĚ ƚŚĞ ďĞƩĞƌ ƐŝĚĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŚĂůĨ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĂŶĂƌŝĞƐ ǀĞƌǇ ŵƵĐŚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ďĂĐŬ ĨŽŽƚ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝƚǇ ůŽŽŬĞĚ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƐŝĚĞ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ďƌĞĂŬ͕ ůĂƌŐĞůǇ ƚŚĂŶŬƐ ƚŽ

ƚŚĞ ƐƵďƐƟƚƵƟŽŶ ŽĨ ǇŽƵŶŐƐƚĞƌ dŽŵ Adeyemi for the more experienced ^ƚĞƉŚĞŶ ,ƵŐŚĞƐ͘ Norwich looked sharper in ĂƩĂĐŬ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŚĂůĨ ǁĞŶƚ ŽŶ ĂŶĚ ǁĞƌĞ ƌĞǁĂƌĚĞĚ ǁŚĞŶ ,ŽŽůĂŚĂŶ ƐůŽƩĞĚ ŚŽŵĞ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ƐŽůŽ ƌƵŶ͘ ŚƌŝƐ DĂƌƟŶ ƚŚĞŶ ĂĚĚĞĚ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŽŚĞƌƚǇ ƐŵĂƐŚĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ƚŚŝƌĚ ĨŽƌ ŝƚǇ͘ This victory clearly boosted ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶĐĞ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ĂƌƌŽǁ ZŽĂĚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ǁĂƐ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ ƵƉ ďǇ Ă ŽǆŝŶŐ ĂǇ victory over Millwall - Hoolahan and Holt both registered goals in a 2-0 ǀŝĐƚŽƌǇ͘ ŝƚǇ ƚŚĞŶ ƚƌĂǀĞůůĞĚ ƚŽ tǇĐŽŵďĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĮƌƐƚ ŐĂŵĞ ŽĨ ϮϬϭϬ͘ tǇĐŽŵďĞ managed to keep the Canaries at bay for 77 minutes before Korey Smith ĮŶĂůůǇ ďƌŽŬĞ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĂĚůŽĐŬ Ͳ Ă ǀŝƚĂů ŐŽĂů ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐĂǁ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ǁŝŶ ϭͲϬ ĂŶĚ Đůŝŵď ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĂƵƚŽŵĂƟĐ ƉƌŽŵŽƟŽŶ ƉůĂĐĞƐ͘ tŝƚŚ ŵĂŶĂŐĞƌ WĂƵů >ĂŵďĞƌƚ ƐƚĂƟŶŐ ŶŽ ĚĞƐŝƌĞ ƚŽ ůĞĂǀĞ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƵƌŶůĞǇ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂŶĂƌŝĞƐ ůŽŽŬ ƐĞƚ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ŇǇŝŶŐ͘ ǆĐŝƟŶŐ ŶĞǁ ƐŝŐŶŝŶŐƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĂůƐŽ ďĞĞŶ ŵĂĚĞ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ďŽƚŚ ZƵƐƐĞůů DĂƌƟŶ and Anthony McNamee making their ůŽĂŶ ĚĞĂůƐ ƉĞƌŵĂŶĞŶƚ͘ WƌŽŵŝƐŝŶŐ young striker Oli Johnson has been signed from Stockport County as has ŚŝŐŚůǇ ƌĂƚĞĚ ĚĞĨĞŶĚĞƌ ĂŬ tŚŝƚďƌĞĂĚ

'ĂƌǇ ŽĐŚĞƌƚǇ ƐĐŽƌŝŶŐ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ zĞŽǀŝů ĨƌŽŵ DŝůůǁĂůů͘ tŝƚŚ >ĂŵďĞƌƚ͛Ɛ ƐƋƵĂĚ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ǀĞƌǇ ŚĞĂůƚŚǇ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĂƵƚŽŵĂƟĐ ƉƌŽŵŽƟŽŶ ƉƵƐŚ͕ Ă ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ĨƌŝŶŐĞ players could be on their way out ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ :ĂŶƵĂƌǇ ƚƌĂŶƐĨĞƌ ǁŝŶĚŽǁ͘ This reporter’s money would be on Jamie Cureton, Jon Ostemobor ĂŶĚ DŝĐŚĂĞů dŚĞŽŬŽůŝƟƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƐŚŽǁŶ ƚŚĞ ĚŽŽƌ ƐŽŽŶĞƌ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ůĂƚĞƌ͘ The Canaries’ game against Exeter on Saturday 9th Janauary was one of only two League One games to ƐƵƌǀŝǀĞ ƚŚĞ ǁŝŶƚƌǇ ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐ͘ ŶĚ they certainly took advantage of the ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ͕ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ϯͲϭ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ strugglers Exeter with Holt again on the scoresheet with two goals

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ENGLAND SAVED BY THE BELL Harry Low England played yet another get out of ũĂŝů ĨƌĞĞ ĐĂƌĚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĂůŬĞĚ ĂǁĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ the third Test against South Africa with Ă ϭͲϬ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ůĞĂĚ ĂŚĞĂĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů dĞƐƚ ŝŶ :ŽŚĂŶŶĞƐďƵƌŐ ŶĞǆƚ ǁĞĞŬ͘ Although this match will draw ĐŽŵƉĂƌŝƐŽŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ dĞƐƚ ŝŶ Centurion, this latest escape is more ƌĞŵŝŶŝƐĐĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚƌĂǁ ŝŶ ĂƌĚŝī Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŚĞƐ ůĂƐƚ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ͘ tŽƌƌǇŝŶŐ ĂƐ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŶŐůĂŶĚ ŽŶĞ ZĞƐŽůǀĞ͗ Ğůů ;ĂďŽǀĞͿ ĂŶĚ ŶŐůĂŶĚ ŚĂǀĞ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞĚ Ă ƐƚƵďďŽƌŶ ĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶƚĂƟŽŶ ĂŐĂŝŶ ǁĞƌĞ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚ ƚŽ ĐůŝŶŐ ŽŶ ďǇ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĮŶŐĞƌƟƉƐ͕ ŝƚ ĚŽĞƐ ƐŚŽǁ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƚƌŝĞĚ ƚŽ ƚĞŵƉƚ ĨĂƚĞ ďǇ ƉƌĞĚŝĐƟŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂǇ ǁĞůů ƌƵŶ ŽƵƚ͘ EƵŵďĞƌ ϭϭ 'ƌĂŚĂŵ side has a resolve which was perhaps ŶŐůĂŶĚ ŚĂĚ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ƐĂǀĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ͘ KŶŝŽŶƐ͕ ǁĂƐ͕ ĂŐĂŝŶ͕ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ missing a decade or so ago under It seemed to do the trick as ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ŽǀĞƌ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƟŶŐ ĂǀŝĚ >ůŽǇĚ͘ Ă ŵŝŶŝ ĐŽůůĂƉƐĞ ĞŶƐƵĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ WĂƵů Morne Morkel as the barmy army /ĂŶ Ğůů ĂŶĚ WĂƵů ŽůůŝŶŐǁŽŽĚ ŽůůŝŶŐǁŽŽĚ ĞĚŐŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƐůŝƉ ďĞĨŽƌĞ DĂƩ ƌĞũŽŝĐĞĚ͘ looked to have guided England home WƌŝŽƌ ǁĂƐ ĐĂƵŐŚƚ Ăƚ ƐŚŽƌƚͲůĞŐ͕ ďŽƚŚ The pitch was also notable as a ĂŌĞƌ ŶŝŐŚƚǁĂƚĐŚŵĂŶ :ĂŵĞƐ ŶĚĞƌƐŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ďŽǁůŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƉĂƌƚͲƟŵĞ ƐƉŝŶŶĞƌ ƐƵƉĞƌď dĞƐƚ ŵĂƚĐŚ ǁŝĐŬĞƚ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ :ŽŶĂƚŚĂŶ dƌŽƩ͕ ǁŚŽ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ :W ƵŵŝŶǇ͕ ǁŚŽ ǁĂƐ ƵŶĚĞƌƵƐĞĚ ďǇ something for both bat and ball, and if his promising start in England colours, captain Smith throughout the second ^ŽƵƚŚ ĨƌŝĐĂ͛Ɛ WĂƵů ,ĂƌƌŝƐ ŚĂĚ ďŽǁůĞĚ ĚĞƉĂƌƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌŶŝŶŐ ƐĞƐƐŝŽŶ͘ ŝŶŶŝŶŐƐ͘ as well as Graham Swann has been tŝƚŚ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ϭϯ ŽǀĞƌƐ ƚŽ ŐŽ ŝƚ tŚĞŶ ^ƚƵĂƌƚ ƌŽĂĚ ĚĞƉĂƌƚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ in this series, victory would surely was looking so desperate that former ϮϬ ďĂůůƐ ůĞŌ ƚŚĞ ĂůĂƌŵ ďĞůůƐ ďĞŐĂŶ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ^ŽƵƚŚ ĨƌŝĐĂ͛Ɛ͘ ZŽůů ŽŶ ƚŚŝƐ South Africa fast bowler and Sky ƌŝŶŐŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ǁŚĞŶ /ĂŶ Ğůů ĞĚŐĞĚ ƚŽ Thursday… ^ƉŽƌƚƐ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚĂƚŽƌ ^ŚĂƵŶ WŽůůŽĐŬ ĮƌƐƚ ƐůŝƉ ŝƚ ůŽŽŬĞĚ ĂƐ ŝĨ ŶŐůĂŶĚ͛Ɛ ůƵĐŬ

WOODS’ EXILE SPELLS TROUBLE FOR GOLF Georgina Wade 2009 proved to be a less than stellar ǇĞĂƌ ĨŽƌ ŐŽůĮŶŐ ƐƚĂƌ dŝŐĞƌ tŽŽĚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ŵĂǇ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ϮϬϭϬ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŶŽ ďĞƩĞƌ͘ tŽŽĚƐ͕ ǁŚŽ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ƚƵƌŶĞĚ ϯϱ͕ ŝƐ ĂůůĞŐĞĚ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ŵƵůƟƉůĞ ĂīĂŝƌƐ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ŽŶĞ ǁŝƚŚ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ cocktail waitress Jaimee Grubb and ŶŝŐŚƚĐůƵď ŚĞŝƌĞƐƐ ZĂĐŚĞů hĐŚŝƚĞů͘ dŚĞƐĞ ĂĐĐƵƐĂƟŽŶƐ ĞŵĞƌŐĞĚ ĂŌĞƌ alleged text messages and details ŽĨ ƐĞĐƌĞƚ ŵĞĞƟŶŐƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ǁŽŵĞŶ ƐƵƌĨĂĐĞĚ ĂŶĚ Ă number of women stepped forward ĐůĂŝŵŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ŚĂĚ ƐĞǆƵĂů ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ tŽŽĚƐ͘ /Ŷ ůĂƚĞ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ĚƌĂŵĂ ĞƐĐĂůĂƚĞĚ ǁŚĞŶ tŽŽĚƐ ĚƌŽǀĞ ŚŝƐ £35,000 Cadillac Escalade into a ĮƌĞ ŚǇĚƌĂŶƚ ĂŶĚ Ă ƚƌĞĞ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ŚŝƐ &ůŽƌŝĚĂ ŚŽŵĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĞĂƌůǇ ŚŽƵƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌŶŝŶŐ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŵƵĐŚ ƐƉĞĐƵůĂƟŽŶ as to what caused the crash, some ƐƵŐŐĞƐƟŽŶƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŐŽůĨĞƌ ǁĂƐ ƵŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƉĂŝŶŬŝůůĞƌƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ͕ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĐƌĂƐŚ ŽĐĐƵƌƌĞĚ ĂŌĞƌ ŚŝƐ ǁŝĨĞ͕ ĞǆͲŵŽĚĞů ůŝŶ EŽƌĚĞŐƌĞŶ ĂƩĂĐŬĞĚ Śŝŵ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŐŽůĨ ĐůƵď ĂŌĞƌ Ă ĐŽŶĨƌŽŶƚĂƟŽŶ ƌĞŐĂƌĚŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ĂůůĞŐĞĚ ŝŶĮĚĞůŝƟĞƐ͘ ^ƵƐƉŝĐŝŽŶ ǁĂƐ ŚĞŝŐŚƚĞŶĞĚ ĂŌĞƌ tŽŽĚƐ ĨĂŝůĞĚ ƚŽ ĂƩĞŶĚ Ă ƉŽůŝĐĞ ŵĞĞƟŶŐ ƚŽ ĐŚĞĐŬ ŚŝƐ ŵĞĚŝĐĂů ƌĞĐŽƌĚƐ

ZĞŇĞĐƟŽŶ͗ tŽŽĚƐ ŚĂƐ ƉůĂĐĞĚ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ ŽŶ Ă ƐĞůĨͲŝŵƉŽƐĞĚ ďƌĞĂŬ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ŽŶ ĨŽƵƌ ĐŽŶƐĞĐƵƟǀĞ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶƐ͘ No sooner had this happened than the sports drink brand Gatorade, which was sponsoring the sports ƐƚĂƌ͕ ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ ƚŽ ĚƌŽƉ ŝƚƐ ͚dŝŐĞƌ &ŽĐƵƐ͛ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ͕ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƐŚĂǀŝŶŐ ďƌĂŶĚ 'ŝůůĞƩĞ ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ ƚŽ ũƵŵƉ ƚŚĞ ƐŝŶŬŝŶŐ ƐŚŝƉ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ŶŽǁ dŝŐĞƌ tŽŽĚƐ͘ tŝƚŚ ƐƉŽŶƐŽƌƐŚŝƉ ĚǁŝŶĚůŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ tŽŽĚƐ ŶŽ ůŽŶŐĞƌ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ƉĂƌƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ W' tŽƌůĚ dŽƵƌ͕ ǁŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ƚŚŝƐ ŵĞĂŶ

for the future of the sport? tŽŽĚƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌǇ ďĂƐŝƐ ŽĨ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ golf, and since his self-imposed break, tournaments have seen a loss in ĂĚǀĞƌƟƐŝŶŐ ƌĞǀĞŶƵĞ ĂƐ ǀŝĞǁĞƌƐ ƐǁŝƚĐŚ Žī͘ tŽŽĚƐ͛ ŝŶĮĚĞůŝƚǇ ŚĂƐ Ă ĨĂƌͲƌĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ impact on his brand, and furthermore, ƚŚĞ ďƌĂŶĚ ŽĨ ŐŽůĨ ŝƚƐĞůĨ͘ The money men and golf fans alike ǁŝůů ďĞ ŚŽƉŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ ƐƉŽƌƟŶŐ ĐŽŵĞďĂĐŬ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĐĂĚĞ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͘

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TUESDAY 12th JANUARY 2010

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HOLLIE STORMS TO CROSS-COUNTY GOLD WITH GB Danny Collins UEA runner Hollie Rowland stormed to a gold medal with the GB under-23 women’s team at the European Cross Country Championships in Dublin over the Christmas break. Rowland, who currently trains ǁŝƚŚ h ƚŚůĞƟĐƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŝƚǇ ŽĨ Norwich, ran a storming race as she ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ ĂŶ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ĮŌŚ ƉůĂĐĞ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƐŝǆƚǇ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƚŽƌƐ͘ The team championships award scores were based on the aggregate ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ĞĂĐŚ ŶĂƟŽŶ͛Ɛ ƌƵŶŶĞƌƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ZŽǁůĂŶĚ͛Ɛ ĮŌŚ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ͕ ĂůůŝĞĚ with several other impressive GB ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ͕ ƐĂǁ ' ƚĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ŐŽůĚ ŵĞĚĂů ĨƌŽŵ Ă ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ZƵƐƐŝĂŶ challenge. Even more impressive was Rowland’s prevalence over the Őŝƌů ŽŌĞŶ ŚĂŝůĞĚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ WĂƵůĂ ZĂĚĐůŝīĞ͗ ^ƚĞƉŚ dǁĞůů͘ Twell, already an Olympian, ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ Ă ĐƌĞĚŝƚĂďůĞ ĞůĞǀĞŶƚŚ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ZŽǁůĂŶĚ͛Ɛ ĮŶĞ ƌƵŶ ƐĂǁ ŚĞƌ ĚĞĨĞĂƚ ŚĞƌ ŝůůƵƐƚƌŝŽƵƐ ƚĞĂŵŵĂƚĞ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ĮŶŝƐŚŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ϭϱ ƐĞĐŽŶĚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽǀĞƌĂůů ǁŝŶŶĞƌ͕ dƵƌŬŝƐŚ ƌƵŶŶĞƌ͕ ^ƵůƚĂŶ ,ĂǇĚĂƌ͘

The race, which was broadcast live on the BBC, saw Rowland come ŝŶ ĨŽƌ ƉƌĂŝƐĞ ĨƌŽŵ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ KůǇŵƉŝĐ ŐŽůĚ ŵĞĚĂůůŝƐƚ ^ƚĞǀĞ ƌĂŵ ǁŚŽ ĞǆĐůĂŝŵĞĚ͗ ͞,ŽůůŝĞ ZŽǁůĂŶĚ ŝƐ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ a stormer!” The television cameras didn’t ĂīĞĐƚ ŚĞƌ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĂƐ ZŽǁůĂŶĚ ĞǆƉůĂŝŶƐ͕ ͞/ ƌĞĂůůǇ enjoyed the race, and was buzzing ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ǁĂǇ ƌŽƵŶĚ͘ ƚ ĮƌƐƚ / ǁĂƐ a bit apprehensive about being on ĐĂŵĞƌĂ͕ ďƵƚ ǁĂƐ ĐŽŶĐĞŶƚƌĂƟŶŐ ƐŽ ŚĂƌĚ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƌĂĐĞ / ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ŶŽƟĐĞ them.” ^ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚĂďůǇ ŚĂƉƉǇ ǁŝƚŚ ŚĞƌ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚĞůůƐ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ͞/͛ǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ůƵĐŬǇ ƚŚĂƚ /͛ǀĞ ŚĂĚ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ƉĂƌƚ ŝŶ ƐŽŵĞ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟǀĞ ƌŽĂĚ ƌĂĐĞƐ ĐŽŵƉĞƟŶŐ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƚŽƉ 'ĞƌŵĂŶ ƌƵŶŶĞƌƐ ůŝŬĞ /ƌĞŶĂ DŝŬŝƚĞŶŬŽ͕ ^ĂďƌŝŶĂ DŽĐŬĞŶŚĂƵƉƚ ĂŶĚ <ĞŶǇĂŶ ƌƵŶŶĞƌƐ͘ ͞ Ƶƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƌĂĐĞƐ / ŶĞǀĞƌ ŚĂĚ ĂŶǇ ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ďĞĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƚŽ ďĞĂƚ ƚŚĞ ZƵƐƐŝĂŶƐ ĂƐ they are notoriously good runners and were very close to taking the ƚĞĂŵ ŐŽůĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƵƐ͘͟ Rowland will now enter into the h ^ ĂƚŚůĞƟĐƐ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƌĞŶĞǁĞĚ ŽƉƟŵŝƐŵ͘ Ɛ ƚŚĞ ϭϬ͕ϬϬϬŵ ďƌŽŶǌĞ ŵĞĚĂůŝƐƚ͕

dĞĂŵ ĞīŽƌƚ͗ ZŽǁůĂŶĚ ;ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ůĞŌͿ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŚĞƌ ' ƚĞĂŵŵĂƚĞƐ ĂŌĞƌ ĮŶŝƐŚŝŶŐ ĮƌƐƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ y ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ͘ she will be looking to consolidate a ŐƌĞĂƚ ƐƚĂƌƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ ǁŝƚŚ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ͘ ZŽǁůĂŶĚ ƐĂŝĚ͖ ͞/͛ůů ďĞ ƌĂĐŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ h ^ ƌŽƐƐ ŽƵŶƚƌǇ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ KƵƚĚŽŽƌ ƚŚůĞƟĐƐ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ ůĂƚĞƌ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͘ /͛ǀĞ ŶŽ ĚŽƵďƚ /͛ůů ďĞ

ĚŽŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ϭϬ͕ϬϬϬŵ ĂŐĂŝŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚŽƉĞ ƚŽ ďĞƩĞƌ ŵǇ ƟŵĞ ŝĨ ŶŽƚ ŵǇ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͘ Ƶƚ /͛ǀĞ ŐŽƚ Ă ůŽŶŐ ĐƌŽƐƐͲ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ƚŽ ŐŽ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁŝůů ŚŽƉĞĨƵůůǇ ŵĂŬĞ ŵĞ ƐƚƌŽŶŐĞƌ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂĐŬ ĂŶĚ ƌŽĂĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ spring and summer.”

ϮϬϬϵ ƉƌŽǀĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ ƚŚĂƚ ZŽǁůĂŶĚ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞĚ ŚĞƌ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ h ͛Ɛ ŐĞŶƵŝŶĞůǇ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ ĂƚŚůĞƚĞƐ͖ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϬ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ London Olympics on the horizon, she will hope to push on to even greater heights.

THOMAS REVELATION OVERCOMES SPORT’S LAST TABOO Grace Simpson KŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ƚĂďŽŽƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƉŽƌƟŶŐ ǁŽƌůĚ ĨĂĐĞĚ ŝƚƐ ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ to date in December when Wales’ most capped Rugby Union player, Gareth Thomas, came out as gay, ŵĂŬŝŶŐ Śŝŵ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ŽƉĞŶůǇ ŚŽŵŽƐĞǆƵĂů ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ƐƉŽƌƚƐ players in the world. Thomas, who captained Wales ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ϮϬϬϱ 'ƌĂŶĚ ^ůĂŵ ǀŝĐƚŽƌǇ͕ sold his story to the Daily Mail ůĂƐƚ ŵŽŶƚŚ͕ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ Śŝŵ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ƌƵŐďǇ ƉůĂǇĞƌ ƚŽ ĞǆƉŽƐĞ ŚŝƐ ŚŽŵŽƐĞǆƵĂůŝƚǇ͘ dŚĞ ϯϱͲǇĞĂƌͲ ŽůĚ ƵƟůŝƚǇ ďĂĐŬ ƐƟůů ƉůĂǇƐ ĨŽƌ ĂƌĚŝī ůƵĞƐ͕ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ƌĞǀĞůĂƟŽŶ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ͘ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ŚŽŵŽƐĞǆƵĂůŝƚǇ ďĞŝŶŐ ĂĐĐĞƉƚĞĚ ŝŶ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ ĞǇĞ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƉŽůŝƟĐƐ ĂŶĚ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ͕ ƐƉŽƌƚ ;ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ƚĞĂŵ ƐƉŽƌƚƐͿ ŽŌĞŶ ƌĞŵĂŝŶ ƌĞƐŽůƵƚĞůǇ ŚŽƐƟůĞ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ŚŽŵŽƐĞǆƵĂůŝƚǇ͘ dŚŽŵĂƐ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ ĂĚŵŝƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ would not have put his career in jeopardy by coming out at the peak ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ĚĂǇƐ͘ ƫƚƵĚĞƐ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ŚŽŵŽƐĞǆƵĂůŝƚǇ

ŝŶ ƌƵŐďǇ ĂŶĚ ĨŽŽƚďĂůů ŚĂǀĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ tŚŝůƐƚ ĨĂŬĞ ƚĂŶ ĂŶĚ ƐĂƌŽŶŐƐ ƚŚƌĞĂƚĞŶĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƉƵŶŝƐŚŵĞŶƚ ĨƌŽŵ ǀĞƌǇ ůŝƩůĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϮϬ ǇĞĂƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂǀĞ ŬĞĞƉ ĨŽŽƚďĂůůĞƌƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĨƌŽŶƚ ƉĂŐĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĐůƵď ƉƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ ƉŽƐŝŶŐ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ƉĂƐƐĞĚ ƐŝŶĐĞ ĨŽŽƚďĂůů͛Ɛ ůĂƐƚ ĂŶĚ ŽŶůǇ as well as the back, pleasing the ƵŶĚĞƌǁĞĂƌ ŝŶ ĂŶ ƌŐĞŶƟŶŝĂŶ ŐĂǇ ŽƉĞŶůǇ ŐĂǇ ƉůĂǇĞƌ͕ :ƵƐƟŶ &ĂƐŚĂŶƵ͘ ĐŽŵƉĂŶŝĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƐƉĞŶĚ ŵŝůůŝŽŶƐ ŽĨ ŵĂŐĂǌŝŶĞ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ ŚĞůƐĞĂ ďŽƐƐ ŌĞƌ ǇĞĂƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŽƌƚƵƌŽƵƐ ƐĐƌƵƟŶǇ ŽǀĞƌ ƉŽƵŶĚƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĞǆƉŽƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƐĞ >Ƶŝǌ &ĞůŝƉĞ ^ĐŽůĂƌŝ ǁĂƐ ĐƌŝƟĐŝƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ άϭŵͲƌĂƚĞĚ ďůĂĐŬ ĨŽŽƚďĂůůĞƌ͛Ɛ ƐƚĂƌƐ ĐĂŶ ĂǁĂƌĚ ƚŚĞŵ͕ Ăůů ĨŽƵƌ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ ĨŽƌ ĂůůĞŐĞĚůǇ ĐůĂŝŵŝŶŐ ŚĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ƐĞǆƵĂůŝƚǇ͕ &ĂƐŚĂŶƵ ĐĂŵĞ ŽƵƚ ŝŶ ϭϵϵϬ͕ ŵĞŶƟŽŶĞĚ ĂƌĞ ĞƋƵĂůůǇ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ĨŽƌ allow gay players in his team. only to commit suicide eight years ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚĞƚĞƌŽƐĞǆƵĂůŝƚǇ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ /Ŷ ĂŶ ĂƩĞŵƉƚ ƚŽ ƚĂĐŬůĞ ůĂƚĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ŽƵƚĐŽŵĞ ŽĨ Ă ĐĂƚĂƐƚƌŽƉŚŝĐ decline in both his personal and ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ůŝĨĞ͘ &ĂƐŚĂŶƵ͛Ɛ ƚƌĂŐŝĐ ƉůŝŐŚƚ ŚĂĚ ĂŶ ĂĚǀĞƌƐĞ ĞīĞĐƚ ŽŶ ŐĂǇ ƚŽůĞƌĂŶĐĞ ŝŶ ĨŽŽƚďĂůů͖ ŚŝƐ ƚƌĞĂƚŵĞŶƚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ŵĞĚŝĂ͕ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŶƐ͕ ŚŝƐ ŵĂŶĂŐĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ĨĞůůŽǁ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůƐ ĂůŵŽƐƚ certainly deterred other players ĨƌŽŵ ĐƵůƟǀĂƟŶŐ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ Ă ŵĂĐŚŽ͕ ŚĞƚĞƌŽƐĞǆƵĂů ŝŵĂŐĞ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĨŽŽƚďĂůů ĂŶĚ ƌƵŐďǇ icons have been instrumental in ƚŚĞ ƌŝƐĞ ŽĨ ͞ŵĞƚƌŽƐĞǆƵĂůŝƚǇ͕͟ Ă ϮϭƐƚ ĐĞŶƚƵƌǇ ƉŚĞŶŽŵĞŶŽŶ ŽĨ ŵĂůĞ ǀĂŶŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ ĞīĞŵŝŶĂƚĞ ƐƚǇůŝŶŐ͘ ĂǀŝĚ ĞĐŬŚĂŵ͕ ƌŝƐƟĂŶŽ ZŽŶĂůĚŽ͕ ^ƵƉƉŽƌƚ͗ dŚŽŵĂƐ͛ ĂĚŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ ŚĂƐ ŵĞƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŽůŝĚĂƌŝƚǇ ĨƌŽŵ ŚŝƐ ƚĞĂŵŵĂƚĞƐ Gavin Henson and Danny Cipriani ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƚƌĂŝůďůĂǌĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĞŶĚ͕ ŶĞŐĂƟŶŐ ĂŶǇ ƉĞƌĐĞŝǀĞĚ ƉƌŽŵŽƟŽŶ ŚŽŵŽƉŚŽďŝĂ ŝŶ ĨŽŽƚďĂůů ŝŶ ϮϬϬϱ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ͕ Ăůů ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂůůǇ ŽĨ ŚŽŵŽƐĞǆƵĂůŝƚǇ͘ ƚŚĞ & ĂƐŬĞĚ Ăůů ϮϬ WƌĞŵŝĞƌƐŚŝƉ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ĂŶĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ WůĂǇĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ǁĞůů ĂǁĂƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂŶĂŐĞƌƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ǀŽŝĐĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŐĂŵĞ͕ ĨƌĞƋƵĞŶƚůǇ ƐĞĞŶ ĐŽƐŵĞƟĐĂůůǇ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ ůŝŵŝƚĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ opinions on the subject – not one enhanced, laden in jewellery and ŇŝƌƚĂƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŽŵŽĞƌŽƟĐ ƉŽƐƚƵƌŝŶŐ͘ replied. Whereas campaigns to adorned in haute couture. Napoli player Jesus Datolo has been ĞƌĂĚŝĐĂƚĞ ƌĂĐŝƐŵ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƟŐŵĂƐ

ĂƩĂĐŚĞĚ ƚŽ ŵĂůĞ ĚĞƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ ŝŶ sport has achieved overwhelming ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ͕ ƐƉŽƌƟŶŐ ĂƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƐƚĂůůĞĚ ƵŶĚĞƌ ƉƌĞƐƐƵƌĞ ĨŽƌ ŐĂǇ rights campaigners to do more to encourage gay players to come out. WZ ŐƵƌƵ DĂǆ ůŝīŽƌĚ ĐůĂŝŵƐ ƚŽ ŬŶŽǁ ŽĨ Ăƚ ůĞĂƐƚ ƚǁŽ WƌĞŵŝĞƌƐŚŝƉ ĨŽŽƚďĂůůĞƌƐ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ĐŽŶĐĞĂůŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĞǆƵĂůŝƚǇ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ƉƌĞƐƐƵƌĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐůƵďƐ͕ ǁŚŽ ĨĞĂƌ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂů ŝŵƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ƌĞǀĞůĂƟŽŶ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ůŝŬĞůǇ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ǀĞƌǇ ůŽŶŐ ƟŵĞ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞƐƟŵĂƚĞĚ ϭϬй ŽĨ gay sportsmen come out, especially Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƉĞĂŬ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ĐĂƌĞĞƌƐ͘ /Ŷ ĐŽŶƚƌĂƐƚ ƚŽ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĞƋƵĂůŝƚǇ issues, the media are light years ĂŚĞĂĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƉŽƌƚƐ ǁŽƌůĚ ŝŶ ƚĞƌŵƐ ŽĨ ŚŽŵŽƐĞǆƵĂů ƚŽůĞƌĂŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ĂƉƉĞĂƌƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƉƌĞũƵĚŝĐĞ ĨƌŽŵ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ the sports themselves that inhibit ĂŶǇ ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ĮĞůĚ͘ dŚĞ ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ƌĞĂĐƟŽŶ ƚŽ 'ĂƌĞƚŚ dŚŽŵĂƐ͛ ĐŽŶĨĞƐƐŝŽŶ ƐŚŽǁƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƉƵďůŝĐ ĂƫƚƵĚĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ͕ ǇĞƚ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ ůŝŬĞ dŚŽŵĂƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĨŽƌĐĞĚ ƚŽ ƐƵīĞƌ ŝŶ ƐŝůĞŶĐĞ ƵŶƟů ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶƐ ĂǁĂƌĚ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŚĞ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ŶĞĞĚĞĚ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ďĞŝŶŐ Ă ŚŽŵŽƐĞǆƵĂů ĂŶĚ Ă ƚŽƉ ƐƉŽƌƚƐŵĂŶ Ă ƌĞĂůŝƐƟĐ ƉŽƐƐŝďŝůŝƚǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ĚĞĐĂĚĞ͘