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Union poll shows less that one in ten Norwich-South residents think universities should be given powers to increase tuition fees. Charles Clarke leads election poll with 39% of the vote with Conservatives on 20% and Lib Dem and Green candidates on 19%.

Nick Church Less than one in ten residents in the Norwich-South say ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĂůůŽǁĞĚ ƚŽ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ ĂďŽǀĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ĮŐƵƌĞƐ͕ ĂĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ Ă ŶĞǁ /ƉƐŽƐ DKZ/ ƉŽůů ĐŽŶĚƵĐƚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ hŶŝŽŶ ŽĨ h ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚŝƐ͕ ĂŵŽŶŐ ƚŚŽƐĞ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ ƚŽ ǀŽƚĞ͕ ϯϵй ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĞǇ ǁŽƵůĚ ǀŽƚĞ ĨŽƌ >ĂďŽƵƌ DW ŚĂƌůĞƐ ůĂƌŬĞ ǁŚŽ ŚĂƐ ĚĞĐůŝŶĞĚ ƚŽ ƐƚĂƚĞ Ă ĐůĞĂƌ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ Žƌ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ĂŶ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ŝŶ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ ƵŶƟů ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƵůƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌŽǁŶĞ /ŶƋƵŝƌǇ ĂƌĞ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ͘ dŚĞ ƉŽůů ŽĨ ŽǀĞƌ ϴϬϬ residents in the Norwich-South ĐŽŶƐƟƚƵĞŶĐǇ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚƐ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚĂĐƟĐĂů ǀŽƟŶŐ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĚĞĐŝƐŝǀĞ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ŽŶ DĂǇ ϲƚŚ͘ dŚĞ ƌĞŵĂŝŶŝŶŐ ƉƌŽƉŽƌƟŽŶ ŽĨ ǀŽƚĞƐ ŝŶĚŝĐĂƚĞ ĂŶ ĞǀĞŶ ƐƉůŝƚ ŝŶ ĂŶƟͲ>ĂďŽƵƌ ǀŽƚĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞƐ͛ ŶƚŚŽŶǇ >ŝƩůĞ ƐůŝŐŚƚůǇ ĂŚĞĂĚ

ŽŶ ϮϬй ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ >ŝďĞƌĂů ĞŵŽĐƌĂƚƐ ĂŶĚ 'ƌĞĞŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ ϭϵй ĞĂĐŚ͘ dŚĞ >ŝďĞƌĂů ĞŵŽĐƌĂƚƐ͛ ƉƌŽƉŽƌƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǀŽƚĞ ŝƐ ĚŽǁŶ ďǇ ϭϭй ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĂƚ ĐŽŶǀĞŶƟŽŶĂůůǇ ďĞŝŶŐ ƐĞĞŶ ĂƐ Ă >ĂďŽƵƌͬ>ŝď Ğŵ ŵĂƌŐŝŶĂů͘ dŚĞ 'ƌĞĞŶ ƉĂƌƚǇ Ͳ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŝƚǇ ŽƵŶĐŝů Ͳ ŚĂǀĞ ƐĞĞŶ Ă ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉƌŽƉŽƌƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǀŽƚĞ͘ dŚĞ ŽƵƚĐŽŵĞ ŝƐ ƉƌĞĚŝĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ ĚĞƉĞŶĚ ŵƵĐŚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞǀĂůĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚĂĐƟĐĂů ǀŽƟŶŐ͘ EĂƚĂƐŚĂ ĂƌŶĞƐ͕ hh ^͛ ŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ KĸĐĞƌ͕ ƐƚƌĞƐƐĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƵůƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůů ƐŚŽǁ ƚŚĂƚ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚ ĂŶ ŝƐƐƵĞ ĨŽƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͗ ͞ŵĂŶǇ ĐŽůůĞŐĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ǁŚŽ ǁŝůů ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ŐŽ ƚŽ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ĂŐƌĞĞ ƚŚĂƚ Ă ĚĞŐƌĞĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ĐŽƐƚ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ άϯ͕ϮϮϱ͘ ͞ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ voters in Norwich South want

ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ŽĨ ƵƉĨƌŽŶƚ ĨĞĞƐ ĂďŽůŝƐŚĞĚ ĂůƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ͘ &Žƌ ƚŽŽ ůŽŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƚǁŽ ŵĂŝŶ ƉĂƌƟĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƌĞƚĂŝŶĞĚ Ă ĐŽƐǇ ƐŝůĞŶĐĞ ŽŶ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĞǇ͛Ě ǀŽƚĞ ĨŽƌ Ă ƌŝƐĞ ŝŶ ĨĞĞƐ͘͟ ŝƟĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ůĂƌŐĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶƐ ĐŽƵůĚ ƉƌŽǀĞ ĚĞĐŝƐŝǀĞ ŝŶ ŵĂƌŐŝŶĂů ƐĞĂƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ Eh^ ŚŽƉĞƐ ƚŽ ŵŽďŝůŝƐĞ ƚŚŝƐ ǀŽƚĞ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ DWƐ ƉƌŽƉŽƐŝŶŐ ĂŶ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ŝŶ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ͘ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŝĚĞŶƟĮĞĚ ĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŬĞǇ ďĂƩůĞŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ͘ ƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ŽŶůǇ >ŝďĞƌĂů ĞŵŽĐƌĂƚ ĐĂŶĚŝĚĂƚĞ ^ŝŵŽŶ tƌŝŐŚƚ ĂŶĚ 'ƌĞĞŶ ĐĂŶĚŝĚĂƚĞ ĚƌŝĂŶ ZĂŵƐĂǇ ŚĂǀĞ ƉůĞĚŐĞĚ ƚŽ ŽƉƉŽƐĞ ĂŶ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ŝŶ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ͘ ^ƉĞĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ͕ ŚĂƌůĞƐ ůĂƌŬĞ ĚĞĨĞŶĚĞĚ ŚŝƐ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ͗ ͞dŚĞ 'ŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŽŶůǇ ƌĂŝƐĞ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ĨĞĞ ĐĂƉ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚůǇ ŝĨ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ƐƵĐĐĞĞĚ ŝŶ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ Ă ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ůĞǀĞů ǁŽƵůĚ ƉƌŽŵŽƚĞ

ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂů ĚŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ĚĞƚĞƌƌŝŶŐ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂŶƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƉŽŽƌĞƌ ďĂĐŬŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͘ / ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐĞ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŵĂĚĞ ďƵƚ / ǁŝůů ůŽŽŬ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞǀŝĚĞŶĐĞ ŽīĞƌĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƌŽǁŶĞ ZĞƉŽƌƚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ĮŶĂůůǇ ĚĞĐŝĚŝŶŐ ŚŽǁ / ǀŽƚĞ ŽŶ ĂŶǇ ƉƌŽƉŽƐĂů͘ ͞/ ĨĂǀŽƵƌ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶƚĞŶĂŶĐĞ ůŽĂŶ ƐŽ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ĨƵůůǇ ĐŽǀĞƌƐ ůŝǀŝŶŐ ĐŽƐƚƐ͖ ƌĞŵŽǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌĞŶƚĂů ŵĞĂŶƐ ƚĞƐƚ ƐŽ ƚŚĂƚ Ăůů ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ĨƵůůǇ ŝŶĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĂŐĞ ŽĨ ϭϴ͖ ĂŶĚ ĞǆƚĞŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ƚŽ ƐŽŵĞ ŶŽŶͲĚĞŐƌĞĞ͕ ƉĂƌƚͲƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƉŽƐƚŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƉĂŝĚ ĨŽƌ ďǇ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚŝŶŐ Ă ƌĞĂů ƌĂƚĞ ŽĨ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŝŶƚĞŶĂŶĐĞ ůŽĂŶƐ ĂŶĚ ŝŶĐĞŶƟǀŝƐŝŶŐ ĞĂƌůǇ ƌĞƉĂǇŵĞŶƚ͘͟ dŚĞ ƉŽůů ĂƐŬĞĚ ϴϬϭ ƉĞŽƉůĞ Ă ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ŽĨ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ ďĂƐĞĚ ŽŶ ǁŚŽ ƚŚĞǇ ŝŶƚĞŶĚ ƚŽ ǀŽƚĞ ĨŽƌ ĂŶĚ

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VICE CHANCELLOR EARNS MORE THAN PRIME MINISTER David Churchill h ŝƐ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ Ă ǁŝĚĞƐƉƌĞĂĚ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƚƌĞŶĚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐĂǁ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ ƉĂĐŬĂŐĞƐ ĨŽƌ sŝĐĞͲ ŚĂŶĐĞůůŽƌƐ ƐŬǇ ƌŽĐŬĞƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϬϴͲϬϵ ĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐ ǇĞĂƌ͕ ĂƐ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ĞŵĞƌŐĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ h ƐƉĞŶƚ άϱϭϵ͕ϬϬϬ ŽŶ ŝƚƐ sŝĐĞͲ ŚĂŶĐĞůůŽƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĂƚ ǇĞĂƌ͘

dŚĞ ĂƐƚƌŽŶŽŵŝĐĂů ƐƵŵ ŵĞĂŶƐ ƚŚĞ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ƐŚĞůůĞĚ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƚŚŝƌĚ ŚŝŐŚĞƐƚ ƉĂǇ ƉĂĐŬĂŐĞ ĨŽƌ Ă sŝĐĞͲ ŚĂŶĐĞůůŽƌ ŽĨ Ăůů ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ͘ ŝƐĐůŽƐƵƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮŐƵƌĞƐ ĐŽŵĞƐ Ăƚ ĂŶ ĞŵďĂƌƌĂƐƐŝŶŐ ƟŵĞ ĨŽƌ h ǁŚŝůĞ ŝƚ ŝƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ĨŽƌĐĞĚ ƚŽ ƟŐŚƚĞŶ ŝƚƐ ďĞůƚ ĂŶĚ ƐŚĞĚ ũŽďƐ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ĐƵƚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ŝƐ

ĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ ǁŝůů ƌŝƐĞ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ĐŽǀĞƌ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ͛ ĮƐĐĂů ĚĞĮĐŝƚƐ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ͞ƐƉŝƌĂůůŝŶŐ ĐŽƐƚƐ͘͟ ^ŝŶĐĞ ϮϬϬϲͲϬϳ͕ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ŝŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚĞĚ ŝƚƐ ĐŽŶƚƌŽǀĞƌƐŝĂů ƚŽƉͲƵƉ ĨĞĞƐ ƐĐŚĞŵĞ͕ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƟŽŶƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƌŝƐĞŶ ďǇ ϭϱϬй ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚĂƐ ŚĞůƉĞĚ ĨƵĞů Ă ƉĂǇ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ŽĨ ϭϱй ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƌŽůĞ ŽĨ sŝĐĞͲ ŚĂŶĐĞůůŽƌ Ăƚ h

ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƟŵĞ ƐƉĂŶ͘ dŚĞ ĂŵŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ƐƚĂī ĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ ŽǀĞƌ άϭϬϬ͕ϬϬϬ ĂŶŶƵĂůůǇ ŚĂƐ ĂůƐŽ ƌŝƐĞŶ ďǇ ϯϬй͘ EŝĐŽůĂ ĂŶĚƌŝĚŐĞ͕ ĐŚŝĞĨ ĞǆĞĐƵƟǀĞ ŽĨ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ h<͕ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĞ ƉĂǇ ƉĂĐŬĞƚƐ ǁĞƌĞ ũƵƐƟĮĞĚ ĂŶĚ ͞ƌĞŇĞĐƚ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƚ ƚĂŬĞƐ ƚŽ ĂƩƌĂĐƚ͕ ƌĞƚĂŝŶ ĂŶĚ ƌĞǁĂƌĚ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůƐ ŽĨ ƐƵĸĐŝĞŶƚ ĐĂůŝďƌĞ͕ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƚĂůĞŶƚ͘͟

&ŝŐƵƌĞƐ ƐŚŽǁ ƚŚĂƚ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ h sŝĐĞͲ ŚĂŶĐĞůůŽƌ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ ŝůů DĂĐŵŝůůĂŶ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ άϱϭϵ͕ϬϬϬ ĨŽƌ ϮϬϬϴͲϬϵ͕ ŽŶůǇ άϮϮϰ͕ϬϬϬ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ ŚŝƐ ƐĂůĂƌǇ ƉĞƌ ƐĞ͕ ǁŚŝůĞ άϮϲϱ͕ϬϬϬ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽǀĞƌĂůů ƐƵŵ ǁĂƐ ƉĂŝĚ ďǇ h ĨŽƌ ͞ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƐŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ƌĞƟƌĞŵĞŶƚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŶŽƌŵĂů ƌĞƟƌĞŵĞŶƚ ĂŐĞ͘͟ dŚĞ ǀĂůƵĞ ĂĚĚĞĚ ͞ƌĞƟƌĞŵĞŶƚ͟ ƉĂĐŬĂŐĞ

͞ǁĂƐ ŶŽƚ Ă ƉĂǇŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƐĂůĂƌǇ͟ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ƐĞĞŶ ĂƐ Ă ŽŶĞͲŽī ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĞǆƉůĂŝŶƐ ǁŚǇ ŝƚ ƌĂŶŬĞĚ ƚŚŝƌĚ ŝŶ Ă ůĞĂŐƵĞ ŽĨ ůĂƌŐĞƐƚ ƉĂǇ ƉĂĐŬĂŐĞƐ ĨŽƌ Ă sŝĐĞͲ ŚĂŶĐĞůůŽƌ͘ dŚĞ ƌĞŵĂŝŶŝŶŐ άϯϬ͕ϬϬϬ ĂƉƉŽƌƟŽŶĞĚ ǁĂƐ ĨŽƌ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶĂů ĂŶŶƵĂů ƉĞŶƐŝŽŶ ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƟŽŶƐ͘

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Over the last year, the UEA Sportspark has seen a 12% increase in income. In the period of 2008-9, the turnover ǁĂƐ άϯ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ͕ Ă ĮŐƵƌĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ is expected to rise. As the Sportspark is a ŶŽƚͲĨŽƌͲƉƌŽĮƚ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĂƟŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŶĞǇ ŵĂĚĞ ǁŝůů ŐŽ ƐƚƌĂŝŐŚƚ ďĂĐŬ ŝŶƚŽ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ ŚŝŐŚͲƋƵĂůŝƚǇ ƐƉŽƌƚƐ ĨĂĐŝůŝƟĞƐ for students at UEA as well ĂƐ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ community. The increase in income means that the Sportspark has ŶŽǁ ŽǀĞƌƚĂŬĞŶ >ŽƵŐŚďŽƌŽƵŐŚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ƚŽ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ͛Ɛ ůĂƌŐĞƐƚ ƐƉŽƌƚƐ ĨĂĐŝůŝƚǇ͘ While many companies are ƐƵīĞƌŝŶŐ ĂƐ Ă ƌĞƐƵůƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ recession, the Sportspark has recently welcomed its 10 millionth visitor. /ƚ ǁĂƐ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂůůǇ ĨŽƌĞĐĂƐƚ that approximately 750,000 ǀŝƐŝƚƐ Ă ǇĞĂƌ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŵĂĚĞ to the Sportspark, with 85% ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ďĞŝŶŐ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂů community. The fact that ƵƐĂŐĞ ůĞǀĞůƐ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ĚŽƵďůĞ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĞƌĞ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂůůǇ ƉƌĞĚŝĐƚĞĚ ŝƐ Ă ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƟŶŐ ĨĂĐƚŽƌ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽǀĞƌƌŝĚŝŶŐ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐŝůŝƟĞƐ͘

Around 1.3 million visits are made to the Sportspark each year. /Ŷ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĞǆƉĂŶƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ĨĂĐŝůŝƟĞƐ ŚĂƐ ŚĞůƉĞĚ ƚŽ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶ ŚŝŐŚ ƵƐĂŐĞ ůĞǀĞůƐ͘ /Ŷ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ indoor hall, the Haydn Morris ,Ăůů͕ ŚĂƐ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞĚ ĂƩĞŶĚĂŶĐĞ and therefore income to the

^ƉŽƌƚƐƉĂƌŬ͘ ĸĐŝĞŶĐǇ ƐĂǀŝŶŐƐ have also aided the increased ŝŶĐŽŵĞ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ĞŶĞƌŐǇ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂī ĐŽƐƚƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ŬĞƉƚ ƚŽ Ă minimum. As far as future developments are concerned, Ă ƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŵĂĚĞ ĨŽƌ Ă ŶĞǁ KůǇŵƉŝĐ 'ǇŵŶĂƐƟĐƐ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ƚŽ ďĞ

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h ^ƉŽƌƚƐƉĂƌŬ ŝŶĐŽŵĞ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞĚ ďǇ ϭϮй ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐ ƌĞĐĞƐƐŝŽŶ

ďƵŝůƚ ŶĞǆƚ ƚŽ ,ĂǇĚŶ DŽƌƌŝƐ Hall, three new seven-a-side pitches next to the SoccerPark ĂŶĚ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶĂů ƉĂƌŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ǀŝƐŝƚŽƌƐ͘ dŚĞ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƚĞĚ ŝŶĐŽŵĞ ĨƌŽŵ ϮϬϬϴͲϵ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĨƵŶĚŝŶŐ such developments. ĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ <ĞŝƚŚ Nicholls, the Director of W ĂŶĚ ^ƉŽƌƚ͕ ͞dŚĞ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ model that the Sportspark has developed to provide top ĨĂĐŝůŝƟĞƐ Ăƚ ĂīŽƌĚĂďůĞ ƉƌŝĐĞƐ ŽŶ Ă ĨƵůůǇ ƐƵƐƚĂŝŶĂďůĞ ďĂƐŝƐ͕ ŝƐ ĂƩƌĂĐƟŶŐ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ĨƌŽŵ sports developers across the world. China recently sent two ĚĞůĞŐĂƚĞƐ ƚŽ ůŽŽŬ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĚĞƐŝŐŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉŽŽů ĂŶĚ ŝƚƐ ŽƉĞƌĂƟŶŐ ŵŽĚĞů ƚŽ ŐƵŝĚĞ ƚŚĞŵ ǁŝƚŚ a similar development in ^ŚĂŶŐŚĂŝ͘͟ ^ŚĂŶŐŚĂŝ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŚŽƐƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ tŽƌůĚ ƋƵĂƟĐ Championships in 2011. ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŵŝŐŚƚ ĂƐŬ ǁŚǇ ƉƌŝĐĞƐ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ďĞ ůŽǁĞƌĞĚ ĂƐ Ă ƌĞƐƵůƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĐŽŵĞ͕ ďƵƚ Mr. Nicholls pointed out that ƚŽ ĚĞĐƌĞĂƐĞ ƉƌŝĐĞƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ a short-term measure. Mr. Nicholls went on to say that ͞^ƉŽƌƚƐƉĂƌŬ ŝƐ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ĂƐƐĞƚ to the University, the city and ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚǇ ĂŶĚ Ă ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ ƌĞƐŽƵƌĐĞ ĨŽƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂī ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƌĞĐƌĞĂƟŽŶ͕ ĮƚŶĞƐƐ Žƌ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ͘͟

CRU REPUTATION REMAINS INTACT David Churchill dŚĞ h ƐĐŝĞŶƟƐƚ ĞŵďƌŽŝůĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚǁŝĚĞ ͞ĐůŝŵĂƚĞŐĂƚĞ͟ ĮĂƐĐŽ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĞŶ ůŝŐŚƚ ďǇ ƚǁŽ ŝŶĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶƚ ŝŶǀĞƐƟŐĂƟǀĞ ŝŶƋƵŝƌŝĞƐ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ŚĂƐ ŶŽƚ ĞŵĞƌŐĞĚ ƵŶƐĐĂƚŚĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌƵůŝŶŐƐ͘ The parliamentary ^ĐŝĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ dĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐǇ ŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐŽŶĚƵĐƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚǁŽ ƌĞǀŝĞǁƐ͕ exonerated Professor Phil :ŽŶĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĚƵĂů ĐŚĂƌŐĞƐ ŽĨ ĚĞůŝďĞƌĂƚĞůǇ ĂƩĞŵƉƟŶŐ ƚŽ ŵĂŶŝƉƵůĂƚĞ ƐĐŝĞŶƟĮĐ ĚĂƚĂ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚŚŽůĚŝŶŐ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ ƐĐƌƵƟŶŝƐĞĚ the infamous email in which Professor Jones professed to ƵƐĞ Ă ͞ƚƌŝĐŬ͟ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ͞ŚŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĐůŝŶĞ͟ ŝŶ ƚĞŵƉĞƌĂƚƵƌĞƐ͕ ďƵƚ ĐŽŶĐůƵĚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƚĞƌŵƐ

ǁĞƌĞ ŵĞƌĞůǇ ͞ĐŽůůŽƋƵŝĂůŝƐŵƐ͟ used “for a neat method of ŚĂŶĚůŝŶŐ ĚĂƚĂ͘͟ /ƚ ĂůƐŽ ƌƵůĞĚ that Professor Jones faithfully disclosed all the data that he ǁĂƐ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ͘ But the cross-party MPs ǁŚŽ ĨŽƌŵ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ ƐĞǀĞƌĞůǇ ĐƌŝƟĐŝƐĞĚ ǁŚĂƚ they perceive as an internal ͞ĐƵůƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ǁŝƚŚŚŽůĚŝŶŐ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ͟ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ h ͕ ůĂǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďůĂŵĞ ĨŽƌ ŶŽŶͲ ĐŽŵƉůŝĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ĚĂƚĂ ƌĞƋƵĞƐƚƐ ĮƌŵůǇ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ͛Ɛ ĚŽŽƌƐƚĞƉ͗ ͞ŽŶ ĂĐĐƵƐĂƟŽŶƐ ƌĞůĂƟŶŐ ƚŽ ĨƌĞĞĚŽŵ ŽĨ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ͕ ǁĞ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ŵƵĐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďŝůŝƚǇ should lie with UEA, not CRU ΀ƉĞƌƐŽŶŶĞů΁͘͟ /ƚ ĂĚĚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ :ŽŶĞƐ ŚĂĚ ďĞĞŶ ƵƐĞĚ ĂƐ Ă ͞ƐĐĂƉĞŐŽĂƚ͟ ĂŶĚ that the University should ŚĂǀĞ ďĞƩĞƌ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĞĚ ƐƚĂī ŝŶ ĚĞĂůŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƌĞƋƵĞƐƚƐ ĨŽƌ

data under the Freedom of /ŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ Đƚ͘ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŝŶƋƵŝƌǇ ůĞĚ ďǇ >ŽƌĚ KǆďƵƌŐŚ ĐŽŶƐŽůŝĚĂƚĞĚ the parliamentary ĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ͛Ɛ ƌƵůŝŶŐƐ͕ ĮŶĚŝŶŐ ͞ĂďƐŽůƵƚĞůǇ ŶŽ ĞǀŝĚĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ĂŶǇ ŝŵƉƌŽƉƌŝĞƚǇ ǁŚĂƚƐŽĞǀĞƌ͕͟ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ƐƚĂƟŶŐ͗ ͞tĞ ƐĂǁ ŶŽ ĞǀŝĚĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ĂŶǇ ĚĞůŝďĞƌĂƚĞ ƐĐŝĞŶƟĮĐ ŵĂůƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ ŝŶ ĂŶǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌŬ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůŝŵĂƟĐ Research Unit (CRU) and had ŝƚ ďĞĞŶ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĞ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ƚŚĂƚ it is likely that we would have detected it. “Rather, we found a small ŐƌŽƵƉ ŽĨ ĚĞĚŝĐĂƚĞĚ͕ ŝĨ ƐůŝŐŚƚůǇ ĚŝƐŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĞĚ ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚĞƌƐ͕ who were ill-prepared for ďĞŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĨŽĐƵƐ ŽĨ ƉƵďůŝĐ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ͘͟ dŚĞ KǆďƵƌŐŚ ƌĞǀŝĞǁ ĞǆĂŵŝŶĞĚ ϭϭ ůĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƐĐŝĞŶƟĮĐ ƉĂƉĞƌƐ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ ďǇ Zh ƐĐŝĞŶƟƐƚƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐƉĂŶ ƚŚĞ

ůĂƐƚ ϮϬ ǇĞĂƌƐ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ŬĞǇ ƉĂƉĞƌƐ ƵƐĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ /ŶƚĞƌŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚĂů WĂŶĞů ŽŶ ůŝŵĂƚĞ ŚĂŶŐĞ ƚŽ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ the theory that humans ŝŶĚƵĐĞ ƐŽĂƌŝŶŐ ƚĞŵƉĞƌĂƚƵƌĞƐ͘ UEA Vice-Chancellor Edward Acton welcomed KǆďƵƌŐŚ͛Ɛ ĮŶĚŝŶŐƐ͗ ͞dŚŝƐ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ Ă ŚŽƌƌĞŶĚŽƵƐ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ for Phil Jones personally and Ă ƚƵƌďƵůĞŶƚ ƟŵĞ ĨŽƌ Zh ĂŶĚ the University. We have had ŵŽŶƚŚƐ ŽĨ ǀŝůŝĮĐĂƟŽŶ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ our most precious asset of ƐĐŝĞŶƟĮĐ ŝŶƚĞŐƌŝƚǇ ǁŚŝĐŚ͕ ĂƐ ƚŚŝƐ ƌĞƉŽƌƚ ĐŽŶĮƌŵƐ ǇĞƚ ĂŐĂŝŶ͕ ǁĂƐ ƚŽƚĂůůǇ ƵŶũƵƐƟĮĞĚ͘ dŚĂƚ ŝŶƚĞŐƌŝƚǇ͕ / Ăŵ ĚĞůŝŐŚƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ͕ ƌĞŵĂŝŶƐ ĮƌŵůǇ ŝŶƚĂĐƚ͘͟ ƚŚŝƌĚ ŝŶƋƵŝƌǇ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĨĂŵŽƵƐ ƐĂŐĂ ŚĞĂĚĞĚ ďǇ Sir Muir Russell, which was ŝŶŝƟĂƚĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ŝŶ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ͕ ŝƐ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ report next month.

NEWS 3

TUESDAY 20th APRIL 2010

concrete.news@uea.ac.uk

“Would you pay for online news content?” asks David Churchill

UNIVERSITY “CHARTERS” Mike Smith

Danielle, HIS 2

Sinead, LCS 4

William, HIS 2

Zoe, LCS 4

“I don’t think its fair for them to charge, especially when there is easily accessible news on television. I wouldn’t pay for it because you see headlines everywhere and I think the concept of paying for online content wont stand up. The companies that wish to ĐŚĂƌŐĞ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ Į ŶĚ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟ ǀĞ avenues of funding, like ĂĚǀĞƌƟ ƐŝŶŐ͘ /Ĩ ƚŚĞǇ ŝŶƐŝƐƚ ŽŶ introducing levies they will only alienate audiences.”

“Personally, I don’t think it’s fair and I wouldn’t want to pay ĨŽƌ ŝƚ͘ Ƶƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ Ɵ ŵĞ if people are going to stop reading newspapers because everything is online, then these companies are going to lose all their money. Unless all companies start charging then surely people are just going to go to another website which doesn’t charge. People will ĂůǁĂǇƐ Į ŶĚ ǁĂǇƐ ŽĨ ƌĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ free content regardless.”

“I think it’s fair that newspapers want to charge for online content because it costs them money to produce it and they want something in exchange. However, I wouldn’t consider the possibility of paying for news online because it’s just not something I’m used to doing. It’s a very alien concept to me paying for news on the internet. It’s not something I would do.”

“I think if I read a newspaper regularly I’d pay to read it online. But because I just look at online newspapers every now and again to read the ŽĚĚ ƐƚŽƌǇ͕ / ĚĞĮ ŶŝƚĞůǇ ǁŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ pay just for the odd occasional use. If more companies start charging then I think they need to introduce a system which is fairer for those which only read ŶĞǁƐ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶĂůůǇ͘ hŶƟ ů ƚŚĞǇ introduce a fairer system I don’t think people will pay.”

hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟ ĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ĨŽƌĐĞĚ to introduce “charters” which would outline a minimum level of services and support students can expect from their courses. The charters have been designed to counteract soaring amounts of students ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ďĞĐŽŵŝŶŐ ĚŝƐƐĂƟ ƐĮ ĞĚ with the levels of “contact Ɵ ŵĞ͟ ĂŶĚ ďĂƐŝĐ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ ƚŚĞǇ receive during their courses. The “charters”, which are expected to be introduced for the 2011-12 academic year, were recently announced by ,ŝŐŚĞƌ ĚƵĐĂƟ ŽŶ DŝŶŝƐƚĞƌ David Lammy, who said they were being introduced to

clarify “vague” promises made in university prospectuses. dŚĞ EĂƟ ŽŶĂů hŶŝŽŶ ŽĨ Students (NUS) welcomed the proposals. Former NUS ƉƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ͕ tĞƐ ^ƚƌĞĞƟ ŶŐ͕ ƐĂŝĚ͗ ͞dŽŽ ŽŌ ĞŶ ǀĂŐƵĞ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞƐ ĂƌĞ made in shiny prospectuses, ƌĂŝƐŝŶŐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĂƟ ŽŶƐ beyond what’s deliverable in ƉƌĂĐƟ ĐĞ͘͟ KŶĞ ƉĂƌƟ ĐƵůĂƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ blogger championed the ƌĞĨŽƌŵƐ͗ ͞KŶĞ ƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ bothers students (myself included) is that although all students pay the same fees, the Ěŝī ĞƌĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚ Ɵ ŵĞ ĂŶĚ ĨĂĐŝůŝƟ ĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ƚŽ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ means that some people appear to get far more for their money.”

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NEW NUS PRESIDENT REAFFIRMS FIGHT AGAINST FEES Chris King Aaron Porter was elected WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ EĂƟ ŽŶĂů Union of Students last week at the annual NUS Conference in Gateshead, Newcastle. Porter received an overwhelming majority of 65%, ĚĞĨĞĂƟ ŶŐ ŶĞĂƌĞƐƚ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞƌ͕ and current NUS Black ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛ Kĸ ĐĞƌ Ğůů ZŝďĞŝƌŽͲ Addy, who received 27% of the vote. KŶ ŚŝƐ ĞůĞĐƟ ŽŶ WŽƌƚĞƌ ƐĂŝĚ “I am delighted to be leading NUS into what will be a crucial ǇĞĂƌ ĨŽƌ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ĞĚƵĐĂƟ ŽŶ͕ ǁŝƚŚ Ă 'ĞŶĞƌĂů ůĞĐƟ ŽŶ͕ ĨĞĞƐ ƌĞǀŝĞǁ͕

and cuts on the horizon...it is more vital now than ever that we come together to put our issues at the top of the agenda ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĐƌĞĚŝďůĞ͕ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟ ǀĞ student voice shaping the outcomes of these pivotal debates.” Porter succeeds incumbent Eh^ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ tĞƐ ^ƚƌĞĞƟ ŶŐ͘ Portrayed and labelled as somewhat of a radical in ŶĂƟ ŽŶĂů ŵĞĚŝĂ͕ ŚŝƐ ƉŽůŝĐŝĞƐ on student fees are consistent with those followed by his predecessor. Porter has claimed that “students, families and the wider public overwhelmingly

oppose higher fees”, whilst ƉůĞĚŐŝŶŐ ͞/ ǁŝůů Į ŐŚƚ ƚŽ ĞŶƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƉŽůŝƟ ĐŝĂŶƐ ůŝƐƚĞŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŵ͘͟ ^ƚƌĞĞƟ ŶŐ ŚĂĚ ƚŚĞ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ ŽŶ WŽƌƚĞƌ͛Ɛ ĂƉƉŽŝŶƚŵĞŶƚ͗ ͞ ĂƌŽŶ͛Ɛ ĞůĞĐƟ ŽŶ ǀŝŶĚŝĐĂƚĞƐ ƚŚĞ long journey NUS has taken ƚŽ ƌĞĨŽƌŵ ŽƵƌ ĚĞŵŽĐƌĂƟ Đ structures and our higher ĞĚƵĐĂƟ ŽŶ ĨƵŶĚŝŶŐ ƉŽůŝĐǇ͘ ͞tĞ ŚĂǀĞ ĨŽƵŐŚƚ ƚŚĞ ďĂƩ ůĞ to become a credible voice and Aaron is the right person to deal with the challenges students face in the coming year”. The issue of fees dominated the conference, with the NUS ĚĞůĞŐĂƚĞƐ ĂŐƌĞĞŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƟ ŶƵĞ with a campaign endorsing

a graduate tax. Under this scheme graduates would ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƚĞ ƚŽ ŶĂƟ ŽŶĂů ƚƌƵƐƚ between 0.3% and 2.5% of their salaries each month, over a period of 20 years. ŽŶƚƌŝďƵƟ ŽŶƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ determined by salary, with graduates on £40,000 set to pay £125 a month, and those on a salary of £16,000 ƚŽ ƉĂǇ άϱ͘ hh ^͛ ĚĞůĞŐĂƟ ŽŶ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ ƐƵďŵŝƩ ĞĚ an amendment against this ƉĂƌƟ ĐƵůĂƌ ƐĞŶƟ ŵĞŶƚ ŝŶ ĨĂǀŽƵƌ ŽĨ ĨƌĞĞ ĞĚƵĐĂƟ ŽŶ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ ŝƚ did not pass. The Conference also ǁŝƚŶĞƐƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ Eh^͛ ĐŽŶƟ ŶƵŝŶŐ

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if elected. On the campaign, ĂŶĚ WŽƌƚĞƌ͛Ɛ ĞůĞĐƟ ŽŶ ĂƐ Eh^ President, Union of UEA ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟ ŽŶƐ Kĸ ĐĞƌ EĂƚĂƐŚĂ ĂƌŶĞƐ ƐĂŝĚ ͞/Ŷ the past year we have seen NUS organise and deliver the biggest and most successful pledge campaign in the country...If ĂƌŽŶ ĐĂŶ ĐŽŶƟ ŶƵĞ ƚŽ Į ŐŚƚ ĨŽƌ students’ rights and lead strong ĂŶĚ ŝŶŶŽǀĂƟ ǀĞ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ make real change then UEA students will be well served.”

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However, Head of ŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ Ăƚ h ŶŶŝĞ KŐĚĞŶ͕ ĐŽŶĮƌŵĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϬϵͲϭϬ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚƐ ͞ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ƌĞŇĞĐƚ ĂŶǇ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ŝŶ ƉĂǇŵĞŶƚ͟ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ sŝĐĞͲ ŚĂŶĐĞůůŽƌ͕ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ ĚǁĂƌĚ ĐƚŽŶ͘ ,Ğ ƐƟůů receives the basic £224,000 annual salary prior to pension ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƟŽŶƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƌĞŵĂŝŶƐ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞ WƌŝŵĞ DŝŶŝƐƚĞƌ͛Ɛ ƐĂůĂƌǇ͘ dŚĞ ĨƌĞĞǌĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǀŝĐĞͲ ĐŚĂŶĐĞůůŽƌ͛Ɛ ƉĂǇ ǁŝůů ďĞ ǁĞůĐŽŵĞĚ Ăƚ Ă ƟŵĞ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƐĞƋƵĞŶĐĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂů crisis are being keenly felt across the University. ĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚĞĚ ĮŐƵƌĞƐ ĨŽƌ ϮϬϬϵͲϭϬ͕ ƚŚĞ ĨƌĞĞǌĞ ǁŝůů ĂůƐŽ ƐĞĞ h ĨĂůů ĨƌŽŵ ϯƌĚ ƚŽ ϱϲƚŚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂŐƵĞ ƚĂďůĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐŽŵƉĂƌĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƐĂůĂƌŝĞƐ ŽĨ sŝĐĞͲ ŚĂŶĐĞůůŽƌƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƟŽŶ͘

MEPHEDRONE CLASSIFICATION DĞƉŚĞĚƌŽŶĞ ŝƐ ŶŽǁ ĐůĂƐƐŝĮĞĚ as a Class B drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. dŚĞ ĐůĂƐƐŝĮĐĂƟŽŶ ŵĞĂŶƐ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ ƐƟůů ŝŶ ƉŽƐƐĞƐƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƵďƐƚĂŶĐĞ ŝƐ ĐŽŵŵŝƫŶŐ ĂŶ ŽīĞŶĐĞ ĨƌŽŵ &ƌŝĚĂǇ ϭϲƚŚ April 2010. dŚĞ ĨŽƌŵĞƌůǇ ůĞŐĂů ĚƌƵŐ ǁĂƐ ĐůĂƐƐŝĮĞĚ ĂŌĞƌ ďĞŝŶŐ ůŝŶŬĞĚ ƚŽ ŶƵŵĞƌŽƵƐ ĚĞĂƚŚƐ͘ The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, however, ĨŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ ŶŽ ƐĐŝĞŶƟĮĐ evidence of a causal link between the deaths and the drug. The Lancet a leading ŵĞĚŝĐĂů ũŽƵƌŶĂů ĐŽŶĚĞŵŶĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƟŶŐ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ŵŽƌĞ ŵŽƟǀĂƚĞĚ ďǇ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ĂŶĚ ŵĞĚŝĂ ƉƌĞƐƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ďĂƐĞĚ ŽŶ ĐůĞĂƌ ƐĐŝĞŶƟĮĐ ƉƌŽŽĨ͘ WŽůŝĐĞ ĂƌĞ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐ Ă ďƌŝĞĨ ĂŵŶĞƐƚǇ ĂŌĞƌ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂŶǇďŽĚǇ dealing the drug could face up ƚŽ ϭϰ ǇĞĂƌƐ ŝŶ ũĂŝů͘ Any person in possession ŽĨ ŵĞƉŚĞĚƌŽŶĞ ŝƐ ĂĚǀŝƐĞĚ to telephone Norfolk ŽŶƐƚĂďƵůĂƌǇ ŽŶ Ϭϴϰϱ ϰϱϲ ϰϱϲϳ ƚŽ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ they are in possession of the ĚƌƵŐ ƚŚĞŶ ŝŵŵĞĚŝĂƚĞůǇ ƚĂŬĞ ŝƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŶĞĂƌĞƐƚ ƉŽůŝĐĞ ƐƚĂƟŽŶ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ǁŝůů ĂƌƌĂŶŐĞ ĨŽƌ ŝƚƐ ůĂǁĨƵů ĚĞƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ͘

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dŚĞ 'ŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ͛Ɛ ĚǀŝƐŽƌǇ Council on the Misuse of Drugs has ruled that university sports clubs and ƐŽĐŝĞƟĞƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ďĂŶŶĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐŝŶŐ ͞ďŽŽǌĞͲ ĨƵĞůůĞĚ͟ ŝŶŝƟĂƟŽŶ ĐĞƌĞŵŽŶŝĞƐ and nights out. A report published two weeks ago called for withdrawal of funding to ƐƉŽƌƚƐ ĐůƵďƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŽĐŝĞƟĞƐ that hold these socials and ĐƌŝƟĐŝƐĞĚ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ colleges which allow the ĚŝƐƚƌŝďƵƟŽŶ ŽĨ ůĞĂŇĞƚƐ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐ ĚƌŝŶŬ ƉƌŽŵŽƟŽŶƐ ŝŶ ĨƌĞƐŚĞƌƐ͛ week. ĂůůƐ ĨŽƌ ƟŐŚƚĞƌ ƌĞŐƵůĂƟŽŶƐ ĐĂŵĞ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ŵĂƌŬĞĚ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƉŽƌƟŶŐ ŽĨ ĂůĐŽŚŽůͲƌĞůĂƚĞĚ ŝůůŶĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ĐƌŝŵĞ ĂŵŽŶŐƐƚ ǇŽƵŶŐ

ƉĞŽƉůĞ͘ /Ŷ ϮϬϬϲ Ă ĮƌƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ undergraduate student at the University of Exeter died ĨƌŽŵ ĂůĐŽŚŽů ƉŽŝƐŽŶŝŶŐ ĂŌĞƌ Ă night out with fellow student ŐŽůĨĞƌƐ͘ /ŶŝƟĂƟŽŶ ĐĞƌĞŵŽŶŝĞƐ were subsequently banned there. The report, Pathways to Problems͕ ƉŽŝŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ Ă ͞ĐƵůƚƵƌĞ of alcohol abuse” which it said should be tackled with ƵƌŐĞŶĐǇ ďǇ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ŝŶƐƟƚƵƟŽŶƐ͗ ͞ ůů ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ͕ ĐŽůůĞŐĞƐ ŽĨ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŵĂũŽƌ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ŝŶƐƟƚƵƟŽŶƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ƚĂŬĞ ŵŽƌĞ responsibility for encouraging and enabling their students Žƌ ƚƌĂŝŶĞĞƐ ƚŽ ŵŝŶŝŵŝƐĞ ƚŚĞ ŚĂǌĂƌĚŽƵƐ ƵƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŽďĂĐĐŽ͕ alcohol and other drugs” &ŽƌŵĞƌ Eh^ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ tĞƐ ^ƚƌĞĞƟŶŐ ƐĂŝĚ͗ ͞ ǀĞƌǇ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ŚĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƚŽ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞ ĂƐ Ă ĨƵůů ŵĞŵďĞƌ ŝŶ Ăůů ƐƉŽƌƚƐ ĂŶĚ

ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƐƐƵƌĞ ŽĨ ƉĂƌƚĂŬŝŶŐ ŝŶ ĂŶ ŝŶŝƟĂƟŽŶ ĐĞƌĞŵŽŶǇ͘ ^ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟǀĞ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ always be based purely on ability.” He also urged those who feel under pressure to ĐŽŶƐƵŵĞ ĂůĐŽŚŽů ĂŶĚ ĚƌƵŐƐ to report it to their student union.

ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ h ƐŽĐŝĞƟĞƐ and sport clubs would be ĂīĞĐƚĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ of the proposed bans which ŚĂƐ ƉƌŽǀŽŬĞĚ Ă ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐĞ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƉƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ clubs. ^ŚĂƵŶĂ WĂŶĞƐĂƌ͕ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ŽĨ h ŚĞĞƌůĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƐĂŝĚ͗ ͞/ŶŝƟĂƟŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ Ă ĨƵŶ ǁĂǇ

h ŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ĨŽŽƚďĂůů ƚĞĂŵ ŽŶ ĂŶ ŝŶĨĂŵŽƵƐ ͞ďŽŽǌĞͲĨƵĞůůĞĚ͟ ƐŽĐŝĂů ĨƵŶĐƟŽŶ

ĨŽƌ ŶĞǁ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ƚŽ ďĞ introduced to the club and ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚ ŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌŝůǇ ͚ĨƵĞůůĞĚ͛ ďǇ ĂůĐŽŚŽů͘ ^Ž ůŽŶŐ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƐƵŵƉƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĂůĐŽŚŽů ŝƐ ŶŽƚ Ă ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŝŶŝƟĂƟŽŶ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĂůĐŽŚŽů ŝƐ ĐŽŶƐƵŵĞĚ ŝŶ ŵŽĚĞƌĂƟŽŶ͕ ŝŶŝƟĂƟŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ Ă ƌĞĂů ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ůŝĨĞ͕ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ƉůĂĐĞ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ friends and a perfect way to get the feel for the spirit of ƚŚĞ ĐůƵď ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ũŽŝŶŝŶŐ͘͟ YĂƐŝŵ ůŝ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ŽĨ h ďŽǆŝŶŐ ĂůƐŽ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚĞĚ͗ ͞ Ɛ ĨĂƌ ĂƐ /͛ŵ ĂǁĂƌĞ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ not allowed to use any of the club pot to fuel drunken ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ƐŽ ƚŽ ƌĞŵŽǀĞ ĨƵŶĚŝŶŐ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ǁƌŽŶŐ͘ ^ŽĐŝĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ŝŶŝƟĂƟŽŶƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƚƌĞĂƚĞĚ as any other night out and an ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ ƚŽ ŵĞĞƚ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ people regardless of whether ƚŚĞǇ ĚŽ Žƌ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ĚƌŝŶŬ͘͟

THREE STOREY FLOOD SUSPENDS LIBRARY SERVICES :ĞƐƐŝĐĂ <ĞĂƟŶŐ The UEA library had to be ĞǀĂĐƵĂƚĞĚ ŽŶ &ƌŝĚĂǇ ϵƚŚ Ɖƌŝů ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ Ă ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐ ŇŽŽĚ ƚŚĂƚ ĂīĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŚƌĞĞ ŇŽŽƌƐ͘ A burst radiator pipe ĐĂƵƐĞĚ ŵĂũŽƌ ŇŽŽĚŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƌŽŽŵƐ ŽŶ &ůŽŽƌ ϭ ŽĨ the library, which then leaked ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ &ůŽŽƌƐ Ϭ ĂŶĚ Ϭϭ͘ dŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ ůŝďƌĂƌǇ ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ĞǀĂĐƵĂƚĞĚ ƐŚŽƌƚůǇ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ϳƉŵ ĨŽƌ ƐƚĂī ƚŽ ƚƌǇ ƚŽ Įǆ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂŬ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƐĐƵĞ ĂƐ ŵĂŶǇ ďŽŽŬƐ ĂƐ possible. >ŝďƌĂƌǇ ZĞĐĞƉƟŽŶ ǁŽƌŬĞƌ

>ĞŝŐŚ &ůĂŚĞƌƚǇ ǁĂƐ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĂŌĞƌŵĂƚŚ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂƚĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ͞ĂƉƉƌŽǆŝŵĂƚĞůǇ ϰϬϬ ďŽŽŬƐ ĂƌĞ ƐŽĂŬĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ƐƟůů ĚƌǇŝŶŐ Žī͘͟ ǆƉĞƌƚƐ ĂƌĞ ƚƌǇŝŶŐ to decide whether the books can be salvaged or will have to be thrown away. It appears ƚŽ ďĞ ŵŽƐƚůǇ ƉĞƌŝŽĚŝĐĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚͲůŽĂŶ ďŽŽŬƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĂīĞĐƚĞĚ͕ ďƵƚ ƐƚĂī ĂƌĞ ĐƌŽƐƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĮŶŐĞƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ Ăůů ǁŝůů ĚƌǇ Žī ƐƵŝƚĂďůǇ ĂŶĚ ďĞ saved. ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ĂƌĞĂƐ ŽŶ Ăůů ƚŚƌĞĞ ĂīĞĐƚĞĚ ŇŽŽƌƐ ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ĐŽƌĚŽŶĞĚ Žī ĂŶĚ Ă

ŽŽŬƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĞƌĞ ĚĂŵĂŐĞĚ ǁŚĞŶ ǀĂƐƚ ĂŵŽƵŶƚƐ ŽĨ ǁĂƚĞƌ ďĞƐŝĞŐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ůŝďƌĂƌǇ

ƐƵďƐƚĂŶƟĂů ƋƵĂŶƟƚǇ ŽĨ ďŽŽŬƐ ŵŽǀĞĚ ƚŽ ƵƉƉĞƌ ŇŽŽƌƐ͘ >ĞŝŐŚ ĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ŵŽƌŶŝŶŐ ĂƐ ͞ŵĂŶŝĐ͟ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂƩĞŵƉƚƐ ƚŽ ƌĞƐƚŽƌĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ensure no further health and safety risks. At present there ĂƌĞ ƐƟůů ŵĂĐŚŝŶĞƐ ŝŶ ƉůĂĐĞ ƚŽ ĚƌǇ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĐĞŝůŝŶŐƐ͕ ŇŽŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ͘ &ůŽŽƌ ϭ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĨƵůůǇ ƌĞͲŽƉĞŶĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŶŽǁ ŽŶůǇ ƐŵĂůů ĂƌĞĂƐ ŽĨ &ůŽŽƌƐ Ϭ ĂŶĚ 01 that are not accessible to ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƚĞĚ this will cause any further ĞǀĂĐƵĂƟŽŶƐ Žƌ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĞǆĂŵ ƉĞƌŝŽĚ͘

THE XY FACTOR: WOMENS ATTENDANCE INCREASES Hazel Compton The stakes have changed since ϭϵϵϬ͕ ǁŚĞŶ ŵĞŶ ǁĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚ achievers of the two genders. &Žƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ Ă ŵĂũŽƌŝƚǇ ŽĨ ǁŽŵĞŶ ĂƌĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ͕ ĂĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĮŐƵƌĞƐ ƉƵďůŝƐŚĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ͕ /ŶŶŽǀĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ^ŬŝůůƐ͘ Twenty years ago, there was Ă ůĂĐŬ ŽĨ ǁŽŵĞŶ ŝŶ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŽŶůǇ ŽŶĞ ŝŶ ĮǀĞ ĞŵďĂƌŬŝŶŐ

on a degree. Now, 51% decide to carry on into further ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ͕ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚůǇ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ϰϬй ŽĨ ǇŽƵŶŐ ŵĞŶ͘ dŚĞ ĮŐƵƌĞƐ ƐŚŽǁ Ă Ϯй ƌŝƐĞ ŝŶ ǁŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ĂƩĞŶĚĂŶĐĞ ĨƌŽŵ 2007/2008 to 2008/2009. Overall, 45% of the ƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶ ŐŽĞƐ ŽŶƚŽ university, which falls short ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϱϬй ƚŚĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ǁĂŶƚĞĚ͘ ,ĂĚ ŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ŐƌŽǁƚŚ ŝŶ ĂƩĞŶĚĂŶĐĞ ĞƋƵĂůĞĚ ǁŽŵĞŶ͕ the target could have been

ŵĞƚ͘ dŚĞ ƐƚĂƟƐƟĐƐ ĂůƐŽ ĨŽƵŶĚ Ă ƐŚŝŌ ŝŶ ĚĞŐƌĞĞ ĐŚŽŝĐĞƐ ŵĂĚĞ ĨŽƌ ďŽƚŚ ƐĞǆĞƐ͘ DĂŶǇ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂůůǇ ŵĂůĞ ƚǇƉĞ ĚĞŐƌĞĞƐ ůŝŬĞ ƐĐŝĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ŵĂƚŚƐ ĂƌĞ ďĞŝŶŐ ƚĂŬĞŶ ďǇ ŵŽƌĞ ĨĞŵĂůĞƐ͕ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ŵĂůĞƐ ĂƌĞ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĐůŝŶĞĚ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ĨĞŵĂůĞ ƐƵďũĞĐƚƐ͘ UEA has played its own part Ͳ ůŝŬĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ Ͳ ŚĞůƉŝŶŐ ǁŽŵĞŶ ƚŽ ŐŽ ƚŽ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ĞǀĞŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ ĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐ͘ Ǉ ƐƵƉƉůǇŝŶŐ ĨĂĐŝůŝƟĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ

as nurseries and caring costs they encourage anyone in any stage of their life to enter the ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ͘ This trend is hoped to ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ĂƐ Ăůů ŵĂũŽƌ ƉĂƌƟĞƐ now support the principle of expanding university places. dŚĞƐĞ ƌĂŶŐĞ ĨƌŽŵ ĂŶ ĞǆƚƌĂ ϭϬ͕ϬϬϬ ƉůĂĐĞƐ ŽīĞƌĞĚ ďǇ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞƐ ƚŽ ϮϬ͕ϬϬϬ ďǇ >ĂďŽƵƌ͘ zĞƚ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƐƟůů ŶŽƚ enough to keep up with a 23% ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ŝŶ ĚĞŵĂŶĚ ĨƌŽŵ ůĂƐƚ

year. ^ĂůůǇ ,ƵŶƚ͕ ŚĞĂĚ ŽĨ University and College Union ƐĂŝĚ͗ ͞dŚĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƌŝŐŚƚůǇ ƉƌŽƵĚ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ĞīŽƌƚƐ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ŵŽƌĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŝŶƚŽ ŽƵƌ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝƚ needs to be brave enough to back its policy and provide the necessary resources the university sector, and record ŶƵŵďĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ ƐŽ desperately need.”

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STUDENT VOTE UEA STUDENT COMPETES FOR COVETED ACCOLADE CANCER BREAKTHROUGH CONT. FROM FRONT PAGE

ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ŽŶ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ͘ ďŽůŝƐŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ŽĨ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ fees secured popular support ĂĐƌŽƐƐ Ă ďƌŽĂĚ ƐƉĞĐƚƌƵŵ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶ͗ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ ůŝƩůĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚĞƐƚ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ ;ϰϮйͿ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ůŽǁĞƐƚ ;ϰϭйͿ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŝŶ ůŽǁĞƌ ĐůĂƐƐ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ ŵŽƌĞ ǁĞƌĞ ůŝŬĞůǇ ƚŽ ĨĂǀŽƵƌ ĂŶ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ŝŶ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ Ͳ ϭϮй ŝŶ ĐůĂƐƐ ͕ ĐŽŵƉĂƌĞĚ ƚŽ ϲй ŝŶ ŚŝŐŚĞƐƚ ĐůĂƐƐ ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϴϬϭ ƉŽůůĞĚ ŽŶůǇ ϰϮϮ ǁĞƌĞ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ ŽĨ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐĂŶĚŝĚĂƚĞ ƚŚĞǇ ǁŽƵůĚ ǀŽƚĞ for. Green candidate Adrian ZĂŵƐĂǇ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉƌŽƉŽƌƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǀŽƚĞ ǁŝůů not decrease and the poll has in fact underrepresented 'ƌĞĞŶ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚǇ͘ ,Ğ ĐƌŝƟĐŝƐĞĚ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůǇ ƚŚĞ ƐŵĂůů ƐĂŵƉůĞ ƐŝǌĞ ďƵƚ ǁĞŝŐŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƵůƚƐ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ account Greens unique support ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚǇ͗ ͞EŽƌǁŝĐŚͲ^ŽƵƚŚ ŝƐ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƚŽ ǀŝƌƚƵĂůůǇ ĞǀĞƌǇ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĐŽŶƐƟƚƵĞŶĐǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ŝŶ ƚĞƌŵƐ ŽĨ 'ƌĞĞŶ WĂƌƚǇ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ͘ sŽƟŶŐ ͚ƚĂĐƟĐĂůůǇ͛ ŚĞƌĞ ƚŽ ŽƵƐƚ ůĂƌŬĞ ŵĞĂŶƐ ǀŽƟŶŐ 'ƌĞĞŶ Ͳ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĂƚ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ Ă ƉƌŝŽƌŝƚǇ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞƐ ĂŶĚ >ŝďĞƌĂů ĞŵŽĐƌĂƚ͕ ΀ǁŚŽƐĞ΁ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ůŽĐĂůůǇ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĚĞĐƌĞĂƐŝŶŐ͘͟ /ŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ ƐĂŵƉůĞ ŽĨ ϴϬϭ >ĂďŽƵƌ ŐĂŝŶĞĚ Ϯϭй ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǀŽƚĞ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ ďǇ ĚƌŝĂŶ ZĂŵƐĂǇ ǁŝƚŚ ϭϯй͘ The poll cost UUEAS άϵ͕ϵϴϳ͘ϱϬ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĂƐ ĨƵůůǇ ĂƉƉƌŽǀĞĚ ďǇ hŶŝŽŶ ŽƵŶĐŝů͘

THAI FESTIVAL UEA Thai Society are to hold Ă ŽŶĞ ĚĂǇ dŚĂŝ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ŝŶ Norwich’s Forum on May 3rd. dŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ǁŝůů ŐŝǀĞ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ ŝŶƐŝŐŚƚ ŝŶƚŽ dŚĂŝ culture, food, performances and lifestyles. >ŝǀĞ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ dŚĂŝ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĐŽŶĚƵĐƚĞĚ Ăůů ĚĂǇ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ dŚĂŝ ďŽǆŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů dŚĂŝ ĚĂŶĐĞƐ͘ ŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĐůĂƐƐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂůůƐ from Thai restaurants around EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ǁŝůů ĂůƐŽ ďĞ ŚĞůĚ͘ Ɛ well as UEA’s Chancellor (Sir ƌĂŶĚŽŶ 'ŽƵŐŚͿ ŽƉĞŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů͕ ƌ͘ ZĂǇŶĂ ĞŶŝƐŽŶ from the School of Film and dĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ ^ƚƵĚŝĞƐ ǁŝůů ŚŽůĚ Ă ŵŽǀŝĞ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ dŚĂŝ ĮůŵƐ͘ ŶƚƌĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ŝƐ ĨƌĞĞ͘

Nayo Hunt

h ƵŶĚĞƌŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ ŚĂƐ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵůůǇ ŵĂĚĞ ŝƚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ƐƚĂŐĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƟƐŚ ŽƵŶĐŝůƐ /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ Awards 2010, “Shine”. ZŽƐĞ DĞůŝƐƐĂ /ůďŽƵĚŽ͕ Ϯϰ͕ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ^ĐŚŽŽů ŽĨ /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ǁĂƐ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂůŝƐƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĞĂƐƚ ŽĨ ŶŐůĂŶĚ ƌĞŐŝŽŶ ůĂƐƚ ǁĞĞŬ ĂŶĚ will join 11 other contestants ŝŶ ĂŶ Ăůů ĞǆƉĞŶƐĞƐ ƉĂŝĚ ƚƌŝƉ to London on April 21st for Ă ƉƌĞƐƟŐŝŽƵƐ ĮŶĂů ĂǁĂƌĚƐ ĐĞƌĞŵŽŶǇ ŚŽƐƚĞĚ ďǇ <ŽŶŶŝĞ ,ƵƋ͘ dŚĞ /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů Student awards is an annual ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŚĞ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞŵĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƐƚƵĚǇŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ h< ĂƌĞ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞĚ͘ ĂĐŚ ĐŽŶƚĞƐƚĂŶƚ ŝƐ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚ ƚŽ ǁƌŝƚĞ Ă ůĞƩĞƌ ŚŽŵĞ ŽƵƚůŝŶŝŶŐ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ĚŽŶĞ ƐŝŶĐĞ ĂƌƌŝǀŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ h< ŝŶƐƟƚƵƟŽŶ͘ DĞůŝƐƐĂ ĂĚĚƌĞƐƐĞĚ ŚĞƌ ůĞƩĞƌ ƚŽ ŚĞƌ ƵŶĐůĞ ǁŚŽ

she has not had contact with ƐŝŶĐĞ ĂƌƌŝǀŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ h<͘ ^ŚĞ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐĞĚ ŚĞƌ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ UEA and spoke of the work she ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĚŽŝŶŐ ĂƐ Ă ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ ŚƌŝƐƟĂŶ ĂŝĚ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ year. >ĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ DĞůŝƐƐĂ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ ĂŶ ŽīĞƌ ŽĨ ŵĂƚĐŚ ĨƵŶĚŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ the EU if she could raise £20,000 ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ϭϴ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ ƚŽ ŐŽ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƟŶŐ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚƐ ŝŶ her home country Burkina &ĂƐŽ͘ DĞůŝƐƐĂ ǁĂƐ ŝŶ ĨĂĐƚ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƌĂŝƐĞ άϱϬ͕ϬϬϬ ŝŶ ϭϬ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ŽĨ ŚƌŝƐƟĂŶ aid, friends and local schools and churches, a sum which will ďĞ ƋƵĂĚƌƵƉůĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ h ƚŽ Ă total of £200,000. DĞůŝƐƐĂ ĞǆƉƌĞƐƐĞĚ ŚĞƌ ĞƵƉŚŽƌŝĂ ĂŌĞƌ ƌĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ƐƚĂŐĞƐ͗ ͞/ ĨĞĞů ƌĞĂůůǇ ƉƌŝǀŝůĞŐĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĚĞůŝŐŚƚĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϭϮ ĮŶĂůŝƐƚƐ͘ When I told the news to my parents I had some joyful ĐŽŶŐƌĂƚƵůĂƟŽŶƐ͘ DǇ ĨĂŵŝůǇ ĂƌĞ ƌĞĂůůǇ ƉƌŽƵĚ ĂŶĚ / ŚĂǀĞ ĨĂŝƚŚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŝǌĞ ŝƐ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ƚŽ

UEA.” ƌ ^ƚĞǀĞŶ ZƵƐƐĞůů͕ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ŽĨ dĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ >ĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ^ĐŚŽŽů ŽĨ /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ĐŽŶŐƌĂƚƵůĂƚĞĚ DĞůŝƐƐĂ͛Ɛ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞŵĞŶƚƐ͕ ƐĂǇŝŶŐ͗ “Melissa has demonstrated ŐƌĞĂƚ ĐŽŵŵŝƚŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů ũƵƐƟĐĞ ĂŶĚ ĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ďŽƚŚ ŚĞƌ ƐƚƵĚŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĞǆƚƌĂͲĐƵƌƌŝĐƵůĂƌ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ͘ ^ŚĞ ǁŝůů ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ĂŵďĂƐƐĂĚŽƌ ĨŽƌ her country, the School of /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ UEA.”

s ^dh Ed͗ ZŽƐĞ DĞůŝƐƐĂ /ůďŽƵĚŽ

Heather Crowley ŶĞǁ ŐƌŽƵƉ ŽĨ ŵŽůĞĐƵůĞƐ that could stop the spread ŽĨ ĐĂŶĐĞƌ ĐĞůůƐ ďǇ ƉƌĞǀĞŶƟŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ĨƌŽŵ ďĞĐŽŵŝŶŐ ĐŽĂƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƐƵŐĂƌ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌĞĚ ďǇ Ă ŐƌŽƵƉ ŽĨ ƐĐŝĞŶƟƐƚƐ Ăƚ UEA. DĂŶǇ ďŝŽůŽŐŝĐĂů ĐĞůůƐ ʹ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ďĂĐƚĞƌŝĂů ĂƐ well cancer cells – depend ŽŶ Ă ĐŽĂƟŶŐ ŽĨ ƐƵŐĂƌ ĨŽƌ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ĞĂĐŚ ŽƚŚĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ŶĞǁͲĨŽƵŶĚ ŐƌŽƵƉ ŽĨ ŵŽůĞĐƵůĞƐ ďůŽĐŬ ƚŚĞ ĂĐƟǀŝƚǇ ŽĨ Ă ŐƌŽƵƉ ŽĨ ĞŶǌǇŵĞƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚĞůƉ ĨŽƌŵ ĐŽŵƉůĞǆ ƐƵŐĂƌ ƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĞƐ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ŐůǇĐŽƐǇůƚƌĂŶƐĨĞƌĂƐĞƐ ĞŶǌǇŵĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƐǇŶƚŚĞƟĐ ĚĞƌŝǀĂƟǀĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƚƵƌĂů ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚ h WͲ Galactose. Cells rely on them ƚŽ ũŽŝŶ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂů ƐƵŐĂƌ ďůŽĐŬƐ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐ ĨŽƌŵ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵƉůĞǆ ƐƵŐĂƌ ƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĞƐ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ cells communicate with their

UNTHANK ART GALLERY SAVED FROM FIRE Gordon Malloy &ŝǀĞ ĮƌĞ ĐƌĞǁƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƐĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ 'ƌĂƉĞǀŝŶĞ Ăƌƚ ŐĂůůĞƌǇ ŽŶ hŶƚŚĂŶŬ ZŽĂĚ ĂŌĞƌ ŝƚ ĐĂƵŐŚƚ ĮƌĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ DŽŶĚĂǇ 12th April. ŵĞƌŐĞŶĐǇ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ called to the popular student ĂƌĞĂ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽǁŶĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂů ^ƵďǁĂǇ ƐŚŽƉ ŶŽƟĐĞĚ ƐŵŽŬĞ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ from the roof.

dŚĞ ŐĂůůĞƌǇ ǁĂƐ ŶŽƚ ŽƉĞŶ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮƌĞ͘ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ďůĂǌĞ͕ 'ƌĂƉĞǀŝŶĞ͛Ɛ ŽǁŶĞƌ͕ WĞƚĞƌ >Žǁ͕ ŽƉĞŶĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽƉ ŽŶ ƟŵĞ Ăƚ ϭϬĂŵ ƚŚĞ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ĚĂǇ͘ dŚĞ ŐĂůůĞƌǇ ŝƐ ůŽĐĂƚĞĚ ŝŶ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ZŽƐĞ dĂǀĞƌŶ WƵď ĂŶĚ ^ƵďǁĂǇ ƐŚŽƉ ŽŶ hŶƚŚĂŶŬ ZŽĂĚ͘ WĞƚĞƌ >Žǁ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŽ ůŽĐĂů press: “It’s too early to say how ŵƵĐŚ ĚĂŵĂŐĞ ǁĂƐ ĐĂƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ

the roof and what the costs ǁŝůů ďĞ͕ Žƌ ǁŚĂƚ ĐĂƵƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌĞ͕ ďƵƚ ǁĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƐƚĂǇŝŶŐ ŽƉĞŶ͘ EŽ ĚĂŵĂŐĞ ǁĂƐ ĐĂƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ĂŶǇ ŽĨ the art.” “I also would like to thank Dƌ >ĂďĞůůĂ͕ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ǁŚŽƐĞ help I don’t know what would ŚĂǀĞ ŚĂƉƉĞŶĞĚ͘͟ 'ƌĂƉĞǀŝŶĞ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ Ăƌƚ ĨƌŽŵ ůŽĐĂů ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĐŚĂŶŐŝŶŐ ĞǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶƐ͘ /ƚ ĂůƐŽ ƐĞůůƐ ĐĞƌĂŵŝĐƐ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ Ă ĐŽīĞĞ ƐŚŽƉ͘

WŚŽƚŽƐŽĐ ĞǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶ͕ ŝŶ ^ƚ͘ 'ƌĞŐŽƌǇ͛Ɛ Church Norwich (near ƚŚĞ ŝƌĚĐĂŐĞͿ WƌĞǀŝĞǁ ŽŶ dŚƵƌƐĚĂǇ ϮϵƚŚ Ɖƌŝů ϳ͘ϬϬ Ɖŵ ƚŽ late >ŝǀĞ DƵƐŝĐ ĂŶĚ ƌŝŶŬƐ

Ella Chappell hŶƚŚĂŶŬ ZŽĂĚ Ăƌƚ ŐĂůůĞƌǇ͕ 'ƌĂƉĞǀŝŶĞ͕ ƐĂǀĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ĮƌĞ ďǇ ůŽĐĂů ƐŚŽƉŬĞĞƉĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŶĞŝŐŚďŽƵƌ͘

ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ͘ When cancer spreads ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ďŽĚǇ ŵĂŶǇ ŽĨ the contacts these cancerous cells make with other cells ĂƌĞ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ƐƵŐĂƌ structures on the cell surface. dŚĞ ĮŶĚŝŶŐƐ ĐŽƵůĚ ƉƌŽŵƉƚ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ͞ƚŚĞƌĂƉĞƵƟĐ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ŝŶ ĐĂŶĐĞƌ͕ ŝŶŇĂŵŵĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŝŶĨĞĐƟŽŶ͕͟ ĂĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂĚ ĂƵƚŚŽƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ ƉĂƉĞƌ͕ ƌ 'ĞƌĚ tĂŐŶĞƌ ŽĨ h ͘ ͞KƵƌ ƌĞƐƵůƚƐ ĂůƐŽ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ Ă ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ƐƚƌĂƚĞŐǇ ĨŽƌ ŚŽǁ ƚŽ ĚĞƐŝŐŶ ĂŶĚ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞ ƐƵĐŚ ŝŶŚŝďŝƚŽƌƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ͘ dŚĞ ͚ƐŶĂƉƐŚŽƚƐ͛ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ƚĂŬĞŶ ŽĨ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĞŶǌǇŵĞƐ͕ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ŝŶŚŝďŝƚŽƌ ŝƚƐĞůĨ͕ ĐĂŶ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ǀĞƌǇ ǀĂůƵĂďůĞ ŐƵŝĚĂŶĐĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ŶĞǁ ĂŶƟͲ ĐĂŶĐĞƌ ĂŶĚ ĂŶƟͲŝŶĨĞĐƟǀĞ ĚƌƵŐ candidates.” tŽƌŬ ǁĂƐ ĐĂƌƌŝĞĚ ŽƵƚ ďǇ researches at UEA’s School ŽĨ WŚĂƌŵĂĐǇ ŝŶ ĐŽůůĂďŽƌĂƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ĐŽůůĞĂŐƵĞƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ

8 TURF

TUESDAY 20th APRIL 2010

concrete.turf@uea.ac.uk

The new face of campaigning Jessica Friend The internet is integral to our everyday lives; we can order our groceries, have virtual dates or make new ‘friends’ all at the convenience of our computer screens, thanks to social networking sites. However, such websites are beginning to move our personal virtual networks ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ĂƌĞŶĂ͘ ŽƚŚ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ĂŶĚ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů campaigners have realised their ability to reach ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ĐĂƵƐĞ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĞƌƐ en mass through cyberspace. Facebook, for example, has ŽǀĞƌ ϰϬϬ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ĂĐƟǀĞ ƵƐĞƌƐ alone, with over 50 percent

logging on at least once a day. WŽůŝƟĐĂů ůŽďďǇŝƐƚƐ͕ ŵŽƐƚ ŶŽƚĂďůǇ ĂƌĂĐŬ KďĂŵĂ͛Ɛ ƉƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƟĂů ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ͕ ŚĂǀĞ ƵƟůŝƐĞĚ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ͛Ɛ ƉƌŽŵŽƟŽŶĂů ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ͖ KďĂŵĂ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ƚĂůůŝĞƐ ĂŶ impressive seven million Facebook fans. Social networking sites allow ƉŽůŝƟĐŝĂŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƚĞĂŵƐ to directly engage with their ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĞƌƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ features; responding to wall posts and keeping fans updated with their latest policies. If internet-based technologies, lead by social networking

sites like Facebook, have the ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ƚŽ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐĞ ŽĨ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ĂĐƟǀŝƐŵ͕ ǁŚǇ ƚŚĞŶ cannot such tools be used in ƚŚĞ ĮĞůĚ ŽĨ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů campaigning? Following in the footsteps of other online environmental campaigns, the ‘We want Facebook to use 100% renewable energy’ ŐƌŽƵƉ ĂƩĞŵƉƚƐ ƚŽ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚ the impacts of the internet and IT industry on climate ĐŚĂŶŐĞ͘ ƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ďŽĂƐƟŶŐ over 150,000 fans, the group ŝƐ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐŝŶŐ ŵƵůƟŶĂƟŽŶĂů IT companies like Facebook ƚŽ ͚ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ĞŶĞƌŐǇ ĞĸĐŝĞŶĐǇ

through smart grids and zeroemissions buildings’ in a bid to reach global emission targets. ^ŝŵŝůĂƌůǇ͕ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ƌƵůĞƐ ŽĨ ŵĂƌŬĞƟŶŐ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚ that for a successful campaign, supporters need to be constantly reminded of a cause in order for them to adopt new lifestyle habits. Campaigning through Facebook allows causes like the ‘Earth Hour’ group to ƌĞŵŝŶĚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĞƌƐ ƚŽ ƚƵƌŶ Žī ƚŚĞŝƌ ůŝŐŚƚƐ ǀŝĂ Ă ƚƌŝĐŬůĞ ĞīĞĐƚ of constantly updated news feeds which stretch beyond their registered members. The virtual network provides

a forum to raise awareness and reiterate environmental problems like global warning. dŚĞ ƌĞĂů ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ŝƐ whether new campaigning tools like Facebook groups ĐĂŶ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŵĂŬĞ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ ĨŽƌ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů ĐĂƵƐĞƐ͘ KŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ͕ ůŝŬĞ ĂŶǇ ŵĂƌŬĞƟŶŐ

ƚŽŽů͕ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŚĂŶĐĞƐ ŽĨ ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ the real buzz desired by cause campaigners is slim. Yet, added to a complete crusade arsenal, social network sites ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ƚŽ ĂĚĚ momentum and weighty support to environmental and ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶƐ͘

Neo-colonial land grabbing

Financial tax to benefit poor

In 2008, the world faced a major food crisis that led ǁĞĂůƚŚǇ ŶĂƟŽŶƐ͕ ĨĞĂƌŝŶŐ increased food scarcity, to purchase land in poorer ĐŽƵŶƚƌŝĞƐ͕ ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ ǁŽƌƌŝĞƐ of neo-colonialism and land grabbing. ZŝĐŚ ŶĂƟŽŶƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƵƐĞĚ their wealth to purchase huge tracts of land abroad in order to feed their own people, and now wealthy businessmen are purchasing land on the back ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁůǇ ƉƌŽĮƚĂďůĞ ĨŽŽĚ trade, which could lead to poor states producing food for the rich at the expense of their own hungry people. ƵŶĐĂŶ 'ƌĞĞŶ ŽĨ KǆĨĂŵ stated that if this was an ĞƋƵĂů ŶĞŐŽƟĂƟŽŶ ŝƚ ĐŽƵůĚ be good as it would bring investment, stable prices and a market of predictability. Studies commissioned by ƚŚĞ /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů /ŶƐƟƚƵƚĞ for Environment and Development Fund back this up, saying that land deals can be good for local industry. They go on to say, though, that many countries do not have the infrastructure in place to accommodate the interests of the countries’ inhabitants. In Ethiopia, Prime Minister DĞůĞƐ ĞŶĂǁŝ͛Ɛ ĂƵƚŽĐƌĂƟĐ regime has allowed him to designate three million hectors of land to sell to foreign investors while 6.2 million Ethiopians face ŚƵŶŐĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŵĂůŶƵƚƌŝƟŽŶ͘

The Robin Hood tax lives up to its name: it proposes taking a ƐŵĂůů ƚĂǆ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂů ŝŶƐƟƚƵƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƵƐŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ƚŽ tackle poverty and climate change at home and abroad. Its slogan: “turning a crisis for the banks into an opportunity for the world.” The Archbishop of Canterbury has declared the Robin Hood tax to be a step ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ Ă ďĞƩĞƌ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐ and environmental future. dŚĞ ƚĂǆ ƚĂƌŐĞƚƐ ƚƌĂŶƐĂĐƟŽŶƐ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂů ŝŶƐƟƚƵƟŽŶƐ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ than high street banks. The proposed tax is an average of 0.05% — 50p in every £1,000 Ͷ ŽŶ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƚƌĂŶƐĂĐƟŽŶƐ͘ dŚĞ Sunday Times claims that such a tax could generate around

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The government denies that this has led to displacement; however, experts doubt this and many who claim to have been displaced say they have ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ ŶŽ ĐŽŵƉĞŶƐĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ losing their land. Many small farmers have been thrown out due to lack of secure tenure; losing access to water and ůĂŶĚ͘ dŚŝƐ ŵĞĂŶƐ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ are further restricted from ŐĞƫŶŐ ĨŽŽĚ͘ Those who work on the foreign-owned farms are also exploited, with workers of investor Sheik Mohammed Al Amoudi, a billionaire with ĐůŽƐĞ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚŚŝŽƉŝĂŶ Prime Minister, being paid 75 cents per day; an amount ŝŶƐƵĸĐŝĞŶƚ ƚŽ ďƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ŽƵƚ of poverty. As well as rich outsiders, some believe land

deals are made by the elites of Africa who take money from foreign investors for security and defence equipment they can use against their own people. This would be in line with many views that the Ethiopian Government, which has one-party rule, is doing this not to further Ethiopia’s development but to line its own pockets. This is highlighted by the fact that the income generated for the government from the apparent 1.6 million hectors of land sold is nowhere to be seen and has been kept out of the budget for the treasury in ƚŚĞ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ďƵĚŐĞƚ ŽƵƚůĂǇƐ͘ The biggest worry is the lack of transparency of the government to the people of Ethiopia.

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£250 billion a year, which may ďĞ ƉƵƚ ƚŽ ŵƵůƟƉůĞ ƵƐĞƐ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ true bounteous spirit of Robin Hood, the tax aims to use the income generated to fund ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞƐ͕ ĞīŽƌƚƐ ƚŽ ƚĂĐŬůĞ climate change, sustain the NHS and preserve several other threatened social services. The campaigning body behind the tax proposes that 50% of the income generated ďĞ ĂůůŽĐĂƚĞĚ ƚŽ ĚŽŵĞƐƟĐ governments as a reservoir of resources to avoid cuts in ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ͕ ŚĞĂůƚŚĐĂƌĞ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĚƵĐĞ ĚŽŵĞƐƟĐ ƉŽǀĞƌƚǇ͖ Ϯϱй of the income to be allocated to developing countries to aid their economic growth; and 25% towards helping developing countries tackle the

ĞīĞĐƚƐ ŽĨ ĐůŝŵĂƚĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ĂŶĚ encourage greener policies. The idea is noble and ŝŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ ĂƉƉĞĂƌƐ simple; however, civil support is much needed. Throughout history, society has united ŝƚƐĞůĨ ĂŶĚ ĚĞŵĂŶĚĞĚ ĐŽůůĞĐƟǀĞ ĂĐƟŽŶ͕ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ŝƚ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ĮŐŚƚƐ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ĂƉĂƌƚŚĞŝĚ ĂŶĚ ĐŽůŽŶŝĂůŝƐŵ Žƌ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ in the Make Poverty History campaign. It is hoped that the tax will get widespread public and government support. A modern day means of communal support could be joining the Facebook group for the tax or making an informed choice during our upcoming ĞůĞĐƟŽŶƐ ďǇ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌŝŶŐ ĞĂĐŚ party’s support for it. ,ŝůĂƌǇ ĞŶŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ^ĞĐƌĞƚĂƌǇ ŽĨ ^ƚĂƚĞ ĨŽƌ /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů Development, has suggested there is broad support for the Robin Hood Tax but stresses the importance of global backing. This tax is a minute piece of the pie taken away ĨƌŽŵ ďŝŐ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ďĂŶŬĞƌƐ but requires global support from this group. The task calls for a mammoth amount of diplomacy, but real change only ever comes from chaining structures and not from society. As socially aware students, we could show our support ďǇ ǀŽƟŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƚĂǆ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ Ă pilot test. &Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ŽŶ the Robin Hood tax see www. robinhoodtax.org.uk.

A CALL FOR CONCRETE SECTION EDITORS 2010/11 If you will still be a student at UEA next year and fancy taking on a bigger role in the paper, you might want to think about becoming a section editor. The positions available for next year are:

- Music Editor - Film Editor - Venue Editor (Listings) - Competitions Editor - Chief Copy Editor - Chief Photographer

- Deputy Editor & In Focus Editor (combined position) - News Editor - International Editor - Comment & Opinions Editor - Features Editor - Travel Editor - Food Editor - Lifestyle Editor - Turf Editor - Sports Editor

You can apply for more than one position, though if you do this you should make your preferences clear (e.g. Arts 1st, Creative Writing 2nd). You can also make joint applications if you want. You must email the editor a short blurb, no more than 400 words, saying why you think you would be good at the job. The deadline is 12pm on Monday 26th April.

- Event Editor - Fashion Editor - Arts Editor - Creative Writing Editor - Wired Editor - TV Editor

Generally, being a section editor requires you to: - Commission articles. - Ensure they are in on time. - Sub-edit them for spelling, grammar and general sense.

Job Vacancy Concrete Distribution Manager For the academic year 2010/2011

This role is open to any student at UEA, and involves co-ordinating the distribution of the student newspaper once a fortnight during term time (13 issues per year).

You need to be highly organised, very reliable and available to work on Tuesdays. A full driving license and access to a car are essential as some deliveries are in the city centre and in other places off campus. The hours are approximately 7.25 per fortnight during term time, and you will be paid £6.92 per hour.

Please email your CV and a covering letter to the Concrete Editor, Hannah Livingston: concrete.editor@uea.ac.uk. Deadline - 5pm on Monday 17th May 2010.

- Lay them up on the page using InDesign and Photoshop (you will be given training). - Be available to your writers to answer any questions/help them get involved in the section more.

If you would like more details on any position, or the application process, please speak to the Editor (Hannah Livingston) by emailing concrete. editor@uea.ac.uk or telephoning 01603 593466.

10 COMMENT & OPINION

TUESDAY 20th APRIL 2010

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Committed to marriage tax breaks? This week has seen intense political debate in the run up to the general election on 6th May. As the party manifestos have been released and the leaders continue to push their ideas forward, Alice Violett looks at the proposition of a marriage tax break from the Conservative Party. /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ƌƵŶ ƵƉ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ͕ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ƉŽůŝĐŝĞƐ ĂǀŝĚ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ ŚĂƐ ƉƵƐŚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƚĂǆ ďƌĞĂŬ ĨŽƌ ŵĂƌƌŝĞĚ ĐŽƵƉůĞƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁŽƵůĚ ŐŝǀĞ ƚŚŽƐĞ ďŽƵŶĚ ŝŶ ŵĂƚƌŝŵŽŶǇ άϭϱϬ ĞǀĞƌǇ ǇĞĂƌ͘ /Ŷ ƐŽŵĞ ǁĂǇƐ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ƐĞĞŵƐ ůŝŬĞ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ŝĚĞĂ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŶŽƟŽŶ ŽĨ ͚ƌĞǁĂƌĚŝŶŐ ĐŽŵŵŝƚŵĞŶƚ͛ ƐŽƵŶĚƐ ĂƉƉĞĂůŝŶŐ͖ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĨŽƌ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƌĞĂƐŽŶƐ / Ăŵ ŝŶĐůŝŶĞĚ ƚŽ ŽƉƉŽƐĞ ŝƚ͘ Let’s concentrate on the ĂƩƌĂĐƟǀĞ ĂƐƉĞĐƚƐ ĮƌƐƚ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ůŝƩůĞ ĚŽƵďƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ǇĞĂƌƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ďĞŶĞĮƚƐ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ĂƉƉĞĂƌƐ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ƉĞŶĂůŝƐĞĚ ŵĂƌƌŝĞĚ ĐŽƵƉůĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ŝŶ ĨĂǀŽƵƌ ŽĨ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ĂŶĚ ĚŝǀŽƌĐĞĚ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ͖ / ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌ ďĞŝŶŐ ƚŽůĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝĨ / ŚĂĚ ĚŝǀŽƌĐĞĚ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ǁĂƐ ůŝǀŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ŽŶĞ ǁŚŽ ĞĂƌŶĞĚ ůĞƐƐ ƚŚĂŶ Ă ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ ĂŵŽƵŶƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂďƐĞŶƚ ƉĂƌĞŶƚ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƉĂǇŝŶŐ ƵƐ ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚƐ ĞǀĞƌǇ ŵŽŶƚŚ ĂŶĚ /͛Ě ƐƟůů

ďĞ ĞůŝŐŝďůĞ ĨŽƌ D ͘ dŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƐŽƌƚ ŽĨ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ĂƉƉůŝĞƐ ƚŽ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ŐƌĂŶƚƐ͘ άϭϱϬ͕ Žƌ ĂďŽƵƚ άϯ Ă ǁĞĞŬ͕ ŵŝŐŚƚ ďĞ Ă ƉĂůƚƌǇ ĂŵŽƵŶƚ ďƵƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă ƐƚĞƉ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ƌĞĚƌĞƐƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďĂůĂŶĐĞ͘

“Why do you have to marry to prove your commitment to somebody?” DĂŶǇ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƐƟůů ŐĞƚ ŵĂƌƌŝĞĚ ĂƐ Ă ͚ďĂƐĞ͛ ĨŽƌ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͕ ƐŽ ƚŚĞ ƚĂǆ ďƌĞĂŬ ĐŽƵůĚ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂůůǇ ďĞŶĞĮƚ ƚŚĞ ǇŽƵŶŐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ Ă ďĂĚ ƚŚŝŶŐ Ăƚ Ăůů͘ /Ĩ Đŝǀŝů ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌƐŚŝƉƐ ĂƌĞ ĞůŝŐŝďůĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƚĂǆ ďƌĞĂŬ͕ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ďĞƩĞƌ ʹ ŝƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ƐŚŽǁ ƚŚĞ dŽƌŝĞƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŽůĞƌĂŶƚ ďǇ ŚŽŶŽƵƌŝŶŐ ĐŽŵŵŝƚŵĞŶƚ

ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ďŽƚŚ ŚĞƚĞƌŽƐĞǆƵĂů ĂŶĚ ŚŽŵŽƐĞǆƵĂů ĐŽƵƉůĞƐ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ǁŚǇ ĚŽ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ŵĂƌƌǇ ƚŽ ƉƌŽǀĞ ǇŽƵƌ ĐŽŵŵŝƚŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƐŽŵĞďŽĚǇ͍ / ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽ ďĞůŝĞĨ ŝŶ͕ Žƌ ĚĞƐŝƌĞ ƚŽ͕ ŐŽ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƚƵĂůƐ ŽĨ ŵĂƌƌŝĂŐĞ ďƵƚ ŝĨ /͛ŵ ŝŶ Ă ůŽŶŐͲƚĞƌŵ͕ ůŝǀĞͲŝŶ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞƐĞŵďůĞƐ Ă ŵĂƌƌŝĂŐĞ ďƵƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƚƵĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ͕ /͛Ě ƋƵŝƚĞ ůŝŬĞ Ă ƐůŝĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉŝĞ ƚŽŽ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŚŽ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĞůŝŐŝďůĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ άϭϱϬ ǁŚŽ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŶĞĞĚ ŝƚ͖ ĐŽŶǀĞƌƐĞůǇ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƵŶŵĂƌƌŝĞĚ ĐŽƵƉůĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ;ǁŚŽƐĞ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ ŵĂǇ ŚĂǀĞ ŽƵƚůĂƐƚĞĚ ŵĂŶǇ ŵĂƌƌŝĂŐĞƐͿ ǁŚŽ ǁŽƵůĚ ŽƚŚĞƌǁŝƐĞ ďĞ ĞůŝŐŝďůĞ ĂŶĚ ǁĞůĐŽŵŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞǆƚƌĂ ŵŽŶĞǇ͘ WĞŽƉůĞ ŽŌĞŶ ŵĂŬĞ Ă ůŝĨĞƐƚǇůĞ ĐŚŽŝĐĞ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ŵĂƌƌǇ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƚŚĞǇ ĨĞĞů ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ŶŽ ƉůĂĐĞ ŝŶ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ͖ ŝůůĞŐŝƟŵĂƚĞ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ĂƌĞ ŶŽ ůŽŶŐĞƌ ƐƟŐŵĂƟƐĞĚ͕ ͚ůŝǀŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƐŝŶ͛ ŚĂƐ ĐĞĂƐĞĚ

ƚŽ ďĞ ƐĐĂŶĚĂůŽƵƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĂŐĞ ŚĂƐ ůŽŶŐ ƉĂƐƐĞĚ ǁŚĞŶ ǁŽŵĞŶ ŶĞĞĚĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƵŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƚƌŽů ŽĨ Ă ŵĂůĞ ŚĞĂĚͲ ŽĨͲŚŽƵƐĞŚŽůĚ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ƌĞǁĂƌĚŝŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŚŽ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ŝŶ ŵĂƌƌŝĂŐĞ͕ ǁŚǇ ŶŽƚ ŐŽ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŐŝǀĞ ƚĂǆ ďƌĞĂŬƐ ƚŽ ĐŚƵƌĐŚŐŽĞƌƐ͍ ŌĞƌ Ăůů͕ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂƌĞ ůĂŵĞŶƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ůŽƐƐ ŽĨ ƌĞůŝŐŝŽŶ in society as well as the decline in ŵĂƌƌŝĂŐĞ͘ tŽƵůĚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŶĞǇ ƌĞĂůůǇ ďĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŵŽƐƚ ŶĞĞĚĞĚ͍ ĂŝůǇ DĂŝůͲƚǇƉĞƐ ŵĂǇ ŵŽĂŶ ĂďŽƵƚ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ďĞŶĞĮƚƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ ŚĂƚĞ ĮŐƵƌĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ŵŽƚŚĞƌ͕ ŵŝŐŚƚ ďĞ ŐĞƫŶŐ͕ ďƵƚ͕ ĂƐ :< ZŽǁůŝŶŐ ŚĂƐ ƉŽŝŶƚĞĚ ŽƵƚ͕ Ă ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ƉĂƌĞŶƚ ŽŶ Ă ůŽǁ ŝŶĐŽŵĞ ŝƐ ŶĂƚƵƌĂůůǇ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŶĞĞĚ ŵŽƌĞ ŚĞůƉ ƚŚĂŶ ƚǁŽ people who can share childcare and ŐĞŶĞƌĂƚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĐŽŵĞ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞŵ͘ ^ƵƌĞ͕ ŝƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŵŽƌĞ ŵĂƌƌŝĞĚ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ ͚ƐƚĂǇ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ͛

ƚŚĂŶ ƵŶŵĂƌƌŝĞĚ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƐ ƚŚŝƐ ŝŶĚŝĐĂƟǀĞ ŽĨ ŐƌĞĂƚĞƌ ĐŽŵŵŝƚŵĞŶƚ Žƌ ƚŚĞ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚǇ ŽĨ ŐĞƫŶŐ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ĂŶ ƵŶŚĂƉƉǇ ŵĂƌƌŝĂŐĞ͍ ^ŚŽƵůĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ƌĞĂůůǇ ďĞ ƌĞǁĂƌĚƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ͚ƉƵƚ ƵƉ ĂŶĚ ƐŚƵƚ ƵƉ͍͛ /Ŷ ĂŶǇ ĐĂƐĞ͕ άϭϱϬ Ă ǇĞĂƌ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƉĞƌƐƵĂĚĞ ĂŶǇ ĐŽƵƉůĞ ƚŽ ƐƚĂǇ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ͕ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ŐĞƐƚƵƌĞ ƚŽŬĞŶŝƐƟĐ ĂŶĚ ǁĂƐƚĞĨƵů͘ dŚĞ ŵŽŶĞǇ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ďĞƩĞƌ ƚĂƌŐĞƚĞĚ Ăƚ Ăůů ůŽǁͲŝŶĐŽŵĞ ŚŽƵƐĞŚŽůĚƐ͕ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ŵĂƌƌŝĂŐĞ Žƌ ŶŽƚ͖ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ŵŝƐƐ ŽƵƚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ͛ ĐŚŽŝĐĞƐ͘

Debate: Should politicians’ wives help them campaign? For Chris Gray tŚǇ ƐŚŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ Ă ƉƌŽƐƉĞĐƟǀĞ DW͛Ɛ ǁŝĨĞ ďĞ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ŝŶ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶŝŶŐ͍ dŚĞ ŝƐƐƵĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ďĞ ĚĞĐŝĚŝŶŐ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ Ă ƉƌŽƐƉĞĐƟǀĞ ĐĂŶĚŝĚĂƚĞ͛Ɛ ƐƉŽƵƐĞ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ͕ ďƵƚ ŝĨ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ĂŶǇ ǀĂůŝĚ ƌĞĂƐŽŶƐ ƚŽ ƉƌĞǀĞŶƚ ƚŚĞŵ ĨƌŽŵ ĚŽŝŶŐ ƐŽ͘ /Ŷ Ă ĚĞŵŽĐƌĂĐǇ͕ anyone can declare Gordon Brown ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ƚŚŝŶŐ ƐŝŶĐĞ ďŽƩůĞĚ ǁĂƚĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ŶŽ ůĞŐŝƟŵĂƚĞ ƌĞĂƐŽŶ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ĂǁĂǇ ƚŚĂƚ ƌŝŐŚƚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƚŚĞǇ͛ƌĞ ƚŚĞ ǁŝĨĞ ŽĨ Ă ĐĂŶĚŝĚĂƚĞ͘ ŽŶƐƟƚƵĞŶĐŝĞƐ ĂƌĞ ŚƵŐĞ ĂŶĚ Ă ĐĂŶĚŝĚĂƚĞ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ĨƵŶĐƟŽŶ ĂůŽŶĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ Ă ƉƌŽďůĞŵ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƚŚƌĞĞ ŵĂŝŶ ƉĂƌƟĞƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƉůĞŶƚǇ ŽĨ ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĞǆƉŽƐƵƌĞ͕ ďƵƚ ĨŽƌ independents the only assistance they ŚĂǀĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨĂŵŝůǇ͘ ,Žǁ ŝƐ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ǇŽƵƌ ƐƉŽƵƐĞ ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚ ŽĨ Ă ƐƚƌĂŶŐĞƌ ƐŚŽǀĞ Ă ĨĞǁ ůĞĂŇĞƚƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ Ă ůĞƩĞƌďŽǆ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ĂŶǇ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽƵƚĐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ĂŶ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ͍ dŚĞŶ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚĞƌͲ ĂƌŐƵŵĞŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ĂŶ ĂǀĞƌĂŐĞ ǀŽƚĞƌ ŝƐ ƐŽ ƐƚƵƉŝĚ͕ ƐŽ ƐŚĂůůŽǁ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽŵŝŶĞŶƚ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ Ă ƐƉŽƵƐĞ ;ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŝŶ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ ƚŚĞ ƉĂŶŝĐ ŝƐ ŽŶůǇ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ

Fact box ǁŝǀĞƐ ŽĨ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů WƌŝŵĞ DŝŶŝƐƚĞƌƐͿ ǁŽƵůĚ ĂīĞĐƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǀŽƚĞ͘ DĂǇďĞ ƚŚĞ theory is that a candidate’s wife ĂƉƉĞĂƌŝŶŐ ŽŶ ds ŵŝŐŚƚ ƐǁŝŶŐ ǀŽƚĞƐ ƉƵƌĞůǇ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƐŚĞ͛Ɛ ĂƩƌĂĐƟǀĞ͘ dŚĞ ŵĂŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĂƩƌĂĐƟǀĞ ǁŝĨĞ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐůǇ ŐĞƚƐ ŵŽƐƚ ǀŽƚĞƐ͊ ^ƉŽƵƐĞƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĞůƉ ŵĂŬĞ ƉŽůŝƟĐŝĂŶƐ ĂƉƉĞĂƌ ŚƵŵĂŶ ;ƐĞĞ ^ĂƌĂŚ ƌŽǁŶ ĨŽƌ ŝŶƐƚĂŶĐĞͿ ĂŶĚ͕ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƚŚĞǇ ŬŶŽǁ ƚŚĞŵ ďĞƐƚ͕ ĂƌĞ ŝŶ ŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƉĞƌƐƵĂĚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ƚŽ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ƚŚĞŵ͘ dŚĞŝƌ ĐŚŽŝĐĞ ŽĨ ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌ ĂůƐŽ ƚĞůůƐ ǇŽƵ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ DW ďĞŚŝŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƐŬ͘ &ŝŶĂůůǇ͕ Ă WƌŝŵĞ DŝŶŝƐƚĞƌ͛Ɛ ƐƉŽƵƐĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ŝŶ ĚŝƉůŽŵĂĐǇ͘ /Ĩ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ƐůŝŐŚƚĞƐƚ ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƉƌĞǀĞŶƟŶŐ ĂŶ ĞǀĞŶƚ ůŝŬĞ ŚĞƌŝĞ ůĂŝƌ ƐĞƌĞŶĂĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ Chinese with When I’m 64͕ ŝƚ ŽƵŐŚƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƐĞŝǌĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ďŽƚŚ ŚĂŶĚƐ͘ dŚĞ ƐƉŽƵƐĞͬƉĂƌƚǇ ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌ ŝƐƐƵĞ ŝƐ ŝƌƌĞůĞǀĂŶƚ͘ ^ƉŽƵƐĞƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ͕ ŶŽƚ ŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌŝůǇ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ Ă ƐƉŽƵƐĞ͕ ďƵƚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ĞǀĞƌǇ ĞǆƚƌĂ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶĞƌ ŝƐ Ă ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ĞǆƚƌĂ ǀŽƚĞ͘ dŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ͕ ƐŽ ǁŚǇ ƐŚŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ƚŚĞǇ ďĞ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ͍

Sarah Brown has 1,118,218 followers on Twitter; you can access her tweets at @ SarahBrown10. Samantha Cameron is the creative director of Smythson of Bond Street, a stationery firm. Miriam Clegg is head of international trade practice for the multinational law firm DLA Piper.

Against Lucy Moore ,Žǁ ŵƵĐŚ ĐĂŶ ǁĞ ƚƌƵůǇ ůĞĂƌŶ ĂďŽƵƚ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ĨƌŽŵ ŚŝƐ Žƌ ŚĞƌ ĐŚŽŝĐĞ ŽĨ ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌ͍ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ Ă ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ƐĞĞŵŝŶŐůǇ ĚŽŵŝŶĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ĐŽǀĞƌĂŐĞ ĂƐ ƉŽůŝƟĐŝĂŶƐ͛ ǁŝǀĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƉĂƌĂĚĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ŵĞĚŝĂ͕ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƉƉŽƐĞĚůǇ ĂŝĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚƵƐďĂŶĚƐ͛ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶƐ͘ But why should our future leader’s ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐƉŽƵƐĞ ŚĂǀĞ ĂŶǇ ďĞĂƌŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĞůĞĐƚĂďŝůŝƚǇ͍ ŽĞƐ ƚŚĞ ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞ ƚŚĂƚ 'ŽƌĚŽŶ proposed to Sarah on a windswept ^ĐŽƫƐŚ ďĞĂĐŚ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ŽƵƌ ůŝŬĞůŝŚŽŽĚ ŽĨ ǀŽƟŶŐ ĨŽƌ Śŝŵ͍ / ǁŽƵůĚ ĂƌŐƵĞ ŶŽ͘ 'ĞƫŶŐ ĂŶ ŝŶƐŝŐŚƚ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ůŝǀĞƐ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ƉŽůŝƟĐŝĂŶƐ ŵĂǇ ŚƵŵĂŶŝƐĞ ƚŚĞŵ͕ and of course we don’t want our ůĞĂĚĞƌ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ƌŽďŽƚ͕ ďƵƚ ƐƵƌĞůǇ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĂďŽƵƚ ƉŽůŝĐŝĞƐ͕ ŶŽƚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͘ tĞ ŵƵƐƚ ŶŽƚ ůŽƐĞ ƐŝŐŚƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ǀŽƟŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝƟĐŝĂŶƐ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ͕ ŶŽƚ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ƚŚĞǇ͛ǀĞ ƉƵƚ Ă ƌŝŶŐ ŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ĨŽƌĞŐƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ŽĨ ǁŝǀĞƐ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ĞǆƚƌĞŵĞůǇ ƉĂƚƌŽŶŝƐŝŶŐ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ĂŶ ŝŶƐƵůƚ ƚŽ ŽƵƌ ŝŶƚĞůůŝŐĞŶĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƐƉŝŶ ĚŽĐƚŽƌƐ ĨĞĞů ƚŚĞǇ ĐĂŶ ĚĞŇĞĐƚ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ĂǁĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŶĞŐĂƟǀĞ

͞tŚǇ ĚŝĚ ŶŽͲŽŶĞ ƚĞĂĐŚ ƵƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ŶƵƚƐ͘͘͘tŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ŶƵƚƐ͍͊͟ Ͳ ZĂĐŚĞů WŝůůĂŝ W^/ ϯ

ĞůĞŵĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ƉŽůŝƟĐŝĂŶƐ͛ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůŝƟĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ǁĞůůͲĐŚŽƐĞŶ ŬŝƩĞŶ ŚĞĞů͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ƉĂƚƌŽŶŝƐŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĂƐƐŝŐŶ ƉƵƌĞůǇ ƐŚĂůůŽǁ ƌŽůĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŝŶƚĞůůŝŐĞŶƚ ǁŽŵĞŶ ǁŚŽ Ăůů ŚĂǀĞ ĐĂƌĞĞƌƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ ƌŝŐŚƚƐ͘ ^ĂŵĂŶƚŚĂ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĞǆƚƌĞŵĞůǇ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ĂƐ ŚĞĂĚ ŽĨ ^ŵǇƚŚƐŽŶ͘ ^ĂƌĂŚ ƌŽǁŶ ŝƐ ƉĂƚƌŽŶ ŽĨ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ĐŚĂƌŝƟĞƐ͘ DŝƌŝĂŵ ůĞŐŐ ŝƐ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂůůǇ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƐĞĚ ĞǆƉĞƌƚ ŽŶ h ůĂǁ͘ EŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ ĂƌĞ ĞǀĞƌ ĂƐŬĞĚ what they feel about the policies ƉƵƚ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŚĂůǀĞƐ͘ /ŶƐƚĞĂĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐŽǀĞƌĂŐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ ŚĂƐ ĨŽĐƵƐĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐŚŽĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚĂŝƌ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ŚŽŵĞƐ͘ zŽƵ͛Ě ďĞ ĨŽƌŐŝǀĞŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐ ǁĞ͛Ě ƚĂŬĞŶ Ă ƟŵĞ ŵĂĐŚŝŶĞ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϱϬƐ͘ dŚĞ ŝĚĞĂ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ũŽď ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŝĨĞ ƚŽ ďĞ Ăƌŵ ĐĂŶĚǇ ƚŽ ŚĞƌ ŚƵƐďĂŶĚ ŝƐ ĨƌĂŶŬůǇ ƐŚŽĐŬŝŶŐ͘ ĞŶŶŝƐ dŚĂƚĐŚĞƌ ǁĂƐ ŶĞǀĞƌ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ ĨŽůůŽǁ DĂƌŐĂƌĞƚ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ůŝŬĞ Ă ůĂƉĚŽŐ ďƵƚ ŚĞƌŝĞ ůĂŝƌ ǁĂƐ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ũƵĚŐĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŚĂĚŽǁ ŽĨ dŽŶǇ ĂŶĚ͕ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ĚĂǇ ĂŶĚ ĂŐĞ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ĂĐĐĞƉƚĂďůĞ͘ &Žƌ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŬĞ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ƐĂŶŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌƐ͕ ůĞĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ǁŝǀĞƐ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ŝƚ͘ KƚŚĞƌǁŝƐĞ͕ ǁĞ ŵŝŐŚƚ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚƵƐďĂŶĚƐ͛ ďĞƩĞƌ ŚĂůǀĞƐ͘

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TUESDAY 20th APRIL 2010

COMMENT & OPINION 11

Database threat? Laura Liddell

Railway Rage

Taking liberties

Paul McCockard

Jack Brinded

/ƚ ǁĂƐ ĂƐ / ƚƌĂǀĞůůĞĚ ďĂĐŬ ĨƌŽŵ >ĞĞĚƐ ƚŽ >ŽŶĚŽŶ <ŝŶŐ͛Ɛ ƌŽƐƐ ůĂƐƚ ŵŽŶƚŚ ƚŚĂƚ / ĮŶĂůůǇ ƌĞĂůŝƐĞĚ ũƵƐƚ ŚŽǁ ƵƩĞƌůǇ ƵƐĞůĞƐƐ ŽƵƌ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ͛Ɛ ƌĂŝůǁĂǇ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ƚƌƵůǇ ŝƐ͘ DǇ ƚƌĂŝŶ ǁĂƐ ůĞĂǀŝŶŐ >ĞĞĚƐ ŽŶ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ Ăƚ ϭϳ͘ϬϬ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞĚ ĞŶŐŝŶĞĞƌŝŶŐ ǁŽƌŬƐ ǁĞƌĞ ŶŽƚ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ƉůĂĐĞ͕ ǁĞ ĨĂĐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƐƉĞĐƚ ŽĨ ŐĞƫŶŐ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ >ŽŶĚŽŶ ŵŽƌĞ ƋƵŝĐŬůǇ ƚŚĂŶ ĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƚĞĚ͘ Kƌ ƐŽ ǇŽƵ ǁŽƵůĚ ƚŚŝŶŬ͘ ƉƉĂƌĞŶƚůǇ ŶŽƚ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚŝƐ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽ ďĂĐŬ ƵƉ ƉůĂŶ ǁŚĞŶ ƉůĂŶŶĞĚ ĞŶŐŝŶĞĞƌŝŶŐ ǁŽƌŬƐ ĂƌĞ ĐĂŶĐĞůůĞĚ͘ ^Ž ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚ ŽĨ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ Ăƚ ǁŚĂƚ ŽŶĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ĂƐƐƵŵĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ŶŽƌŵĂů ƐƉĞĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂŝŶ ƌĂŶ ŵŽƌĞ ƐůŽǁůǇ ĂŶĚ ŝĨ ǁĞ ƌĞĂĐŚĞĚ Ă ƐƚĂƟŽŶ ƐŽŽŶĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚ ǁĞ ǁĞƌĞ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚ ƚŽ ǁĂŝƚ͕ ƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ĨŽƌ ĂďŽƵƚ ϮϬ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ͘ ^Ž ǁĞ ŚĂĚ Ă ůƵĚŝĐƌŽƵƐ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĞ ƌĂŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶŐŝŶĞĞƌŝŶŐ ǁŽƌŬƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĞƌĞ ŶŽ ůŽŶŐĞƌ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ƉůĂĐĞ͕ ĚŝĐƚĂƚĞĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ ĂƌƌŝǀĞĚ ŝŶ >ŽŶĚŽŶ ŽǀĞƌ ĂŶ ŚŽƵƌ ůĂƚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ǁĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ĚŽŶĞ ŽŶ Ă ůŝŶĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŶŽ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ Žƌ ǁŽƌŬ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ƉůĂĐĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝŶĐŝĚĞŶƚ ďĞŐƐ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ͗

ŚŽǁ ŚĂǀĞ ǁĞ ŐŽƚ ƚŽ Ă ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽ ƟŵĞƚĂďůĞ ŝŶ ƉůĂĐĞ ŽŶ Ă ^ƵŶĚĂǇ͍ /ƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ƚŚĞ ŶŽƌŵ ĨŽƌ ĞŶŐŝŶĞĞƌŝŶŐ ǁŽƌŬƐ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ƉůĂĐĞ ĂŶĚ͕ ĂƐ ƐƵĐŚ͕ ŝƚ ĂƉƉĞĂƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ Ă ƟŵĞƚĂďůĞ ŚĂƐ ŶŽƚ ďĞĞŶ ĚĞǀŝƐĞĚ ĂƐ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ĚĞĞŵĞĚ ŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌǇ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƵŶůŝŬĞůŝŚŽŽĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚƌĂŝŶƐ ǁŝůů ƌƵŶ ŽŶ ƟŵĞ͘ ,Žǁ ƌŝĚŝĐƵůŽƵƐ͊ dŽ ƌƵď ƐĂůƚ ŝŶƚŽ ĂŶ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ŽƉĞŶ ǁŽƵŶĚ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚƌĂŝŶ ƚƌĂǀĞů ŝŶ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ ŝƐ ŵŽƌĞ ĞǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĂũŽƌŝƚǇ ŽĨ ƵƌŽƉĞĂŶ ĐŽƵŶƚƌŝĞƐ͘ dŽ ƚƵƌŶ ƵƉ ĂŶĚ ǁĂůŬ ŽŶƚŽ Ă ƚƌĂŝŶ ƚŽ >ĞĞĚƐ ĨƌŽŵ <ŝŶŐ͛Ɛ ƌŽƐƐ ƚŚŝƐ ŵŽƌŶŝŶŐ ǁŽƵůĚ ĐŽƐƚ άϭϭϭ͘ϱϬ ĂŶĚ ƚĂŬĞ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ϮͲ ϮЪ ŚŽƵƌƐ͘ dŽ ƉƵƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶƚŽ ƉĞƌƐƉĞĐƟǀĞ͕ ƚƌĂǀĞůůŝŶŐ Ăƚ Ă ƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ƟŵĞ ĨƌŽŵ >ǇŽŶ ƚŽ WĂƌŝƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ Ă ůŽŶŐĞƌ ũŽƵƌŶĞǇ ďǇ ŽǀĞƌ ϱϬ ŵŝůĞƐ͕ ǁŽƵůĚ ĐŽƐƚ ǇŽƵ ũƵƐƚ άϱϲ ĂŶĚ ƚĂŬĞ ůĞƐƐ ƚŚĂŶ ƚǁŽ ŚŽƵƌƐ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƉƉĞĂƌƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ůŝƩůĞ ŚŽƉĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŽƌĚŝŶĂƌǇ ƌĂŝů ƵƐĞƌ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ĨĂƌĞƐ ƌŝƐŝŶŐ ĂďŽǀĞ ŝŶŇĂƟŽŶ ǇĞƚ ĂŐĂŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ ;ƚŚĞǇ ƌŽƐĞ ďǇ Ă ĂǀĞƌĂŐĞ ŽĨ ϲй ŝŶ ϮϬϬϵͿ͕ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ĂĚĚĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŽ ƟŵĞƚĂďůĞƐ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ĂůůŽǁ ŵŽƌĞ ƚƌĂŝŶƐ ƚŽ ĂƌƌŝǀĞ ͚ŽŶ ƟŵĞ͛ ƌĞĂĚŝůǇ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ƉůĂĐĞ ĂŶĚ ĞŶŐŝŶĞĞƌŝŶŐ ǁŽƌŬƐ ƐĞƚ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ďůŝŐŚƚ ŽƵƌ ǁĞĞŬĞŶĚ ƚƌĂǀĞů ƉůĂŶƐ͘

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ŝŶǇĂŵ DŽŚĂŵĞĚ͗ Ă ƌŝƟƐŚ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ĐĂƵŐŚƚ ͚ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĞƚŚŶŝĐ͛ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁƌŽŶŐ ƉůĂĐĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ǁƌŽŶŐ ƟŵĞ͕ ƵŶůĂǁĨƵůůǇ ͞ŝŶƚĞƌƌŽŐĂƚĞĚ͟ ďǇ D/ϱ ĂŶĚ ĚĞƚĂŝŶĞĚ ŝŶ 'ƵĂŶƚĂŶĂŵŽ ďĂǇ͘ tŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ ŚŝƐ ĨƵŶĚĂŵĞŶƚĂů ƌŝŐŚƚ ƚŽ ĨƌĞĞĚŽŵ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŽƌƚƵƌĞ͍ tĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ >ŝďĞƌĂů tĞƐƚ͕ Žƌ ƚŚĞ ϱϭ ƐƚĂƚĞƐ ŽĨ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ ;ĚĞƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ ǁŚŽ ǇŽƵ ĂƐŬͿ͕ ŽŌĞŶ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ƉƌŝĚĞ ŽƵƌƐĞůǀĞƐ ƵƉŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶĐĞƉƚ ŽĨ Đŝǀŝů ůŝďĞƌƚǇ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĂůŝĞŶĂďůĞ ŚƵŵĂŶ ƌŝŐŚƚƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐƵƉƉŽƐĞĚůǇ ďĞůŽŶŐ ƚŽ ĞĂĐŚ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞƌǇ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂů͕ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ǁĞ ĐŽŶĚĞŵŶ ŽǀĞƌƐĞĂƐ ƌĞŐŝŵĞƐ ǁŚŽ ŵŝƐƚƌĞĂƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐƵďũĞĐƚƐ ĂƐ ǀŝĐŝŽƵƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŝŵŝƟǀĞ ƚǇƌĂŶƚƐ͘ ZĞĂůŝƚǇ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ƉƌŽǀĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ƐŽ ďůĂĐŬ ĂŶĚ ǁŚŝƚĞ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ͘ ZŝŐŚƚƐ ĂƌĞŶ͛ƚ ŝŶĂůŝĞŶĂďůĞ ŝĨ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ĐĂŶ ƚĂŬĞ ƚŚĞŵ ĂǁĂǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ůŝďĞƌƚǇ ŝƐ ŵĞƌĞůǇ ĞǆƚĞŶĚĞĚ ƉƌŝǀŝůĞŐĞ ƵŶůĞƐƐ ŝƚ ĂƉƉůŝĞƐ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐĂůůǇ͘ tŚĂƚ ǁĞ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŚĂǀĞ ŝƐ Ă ůŝƐƚ ŽĨ ƚĞŵƉŽƌĂƌǇ ƉƌŝǀŝůĞŐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŝĨ ǁĞ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ůĞƚ ĨĞĂƌͲŵŽŶŐĞƌŝŶŐ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚƐ ƌƵůĞ ƵƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ĚĂŶŐĞƌ ƚŚĞ ůŝƐƚ ŝƐ ŽŶůǇ ĞǀĞƌ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƐŚŽƌƚĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ĐĂƐĞ ŽĨ Dƌ͘ DŽŚĂŵĞĚ ŝƐ ũƵƐƚ ŽŶĞ ŝŶ Ă ĐĂƚĂůŽŐƵĞ ŽĨ ĂďƵƐĞ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƟƐŚ ƐƚĂƚĞ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ŚŝƐƚŽƌǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ĐĂŶ ƐƚŽŵĂĐŚ ŝƚ͕ ŚŝƐƚŽƌǇ ƌĞǀĞĂůƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŽƵƌ ǀĞƌǇ ŽǁŶ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ŝƐ ũƵƐƚ ĂƐ ǁŝůůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďƌƵƚĂůŝƐĞ ŚƵŵĂŶŝƚǇ ǁŽƌůĚǁŝĚĞ ĂƐ ĂŶǇ͘ EŽ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ ŝƐ ĞǆĞŵƉƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚŝƐ͖ ĞǀĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐƚͲǁĂƌ ǇĞĂƌƐ ǁĞƌĞ ŵĂƌƌĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƌƚƵƌĞ ŝŶƐƟŐĂƚĞĚ ďǇ ƌŝƟƐŚ ĂƵƚŚŽƌŝƟĞƐ ŽĨ ĂĚ EĞŶŶĚŽƌĨ ƉƌŝƐŽŶĞƌƐ ĨŽƌ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ^ŽǀŝĞƚ ŵŝůŝƚĂƌǇ ƉůĂŶƐ͘ dŚĞ ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞĚ ĂƐ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ƚŽ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ EĂǌŝ ĐŽŶĐĞŶƚƌĂƟŽŶ ĐĂŵƉƐ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂĚ

ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐůǇ ŽǀĞƌƚŚƌŽǁŶ͘ Ɛ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ĂƐ ϮϬϬϲ͕ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ŽĸĐŝĂůƐ ĂƌŐƵĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƉŚŽƚŽŐƌĂƉŚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ĐƌŝŵĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ƉƵďůŝƐŚĞĚ͘ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ŽŶůǇ ŵŝƐƚƌĞĂƚ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŽĨ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŶĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ͖ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĂůƐŽ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďůĞ ĨŽƌ ĂƐƐĂƵůƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚƐ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ŽǁŶ ĐŝƟǌĞŶƐ Ͳ ŝŶ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ͕ ǁŽƌŬĞƌƐ͘ EƵŵĞƌŽƵƐ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƚƌĞĂƟĞƐ ĞŶƐŚƌŝŶĞ ŽƵƌ ĞŶƟƚůĞŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƐƚƌŝŬĞ͕ ǇĞƚ ŽƵƌ ƐƚĂƚĞ ŚĂƐ Ă ŚŝƐƚŽƌǇ ŽĨ ƐƵƉƉƌĞƐƐŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ĂƉƉĂƌĞŶƚ ƌŝŐŚƚ͘ ƵƌŝŶŐ tŝŶƐƚŽŶ ŚƵƌĐŚŝůů͛Ɛ ƟŵĞ ĂƐ ŚŽŵĞ ƐĞĐƌĞƚĂƌǇ͕ ƚƌŽŽƉƐ ĮƌĞĚ ƵƉŽŶ tĞůƐŚ ĐŽĂů ŵŝŶĞƌƐ ƐƚƌŝŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ Ă ŵŝŶŝŵƵŵ ǁĂŐĞ ŽŶ ƐƵƐƉŝĐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƐƚ ĂĐƟǀŝƚǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁŚŽ ĐŽƵůĚ ĨŽƌŐĞƚ ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ ƉŽůŝĐĞ ŝůůĞŐĂůůǇ ĂƌƌĞƐƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĂƐƐĂƵůƚĞĚ ƐƚƌŝŬŝŶŐ ŵŝŶĞƌƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŚĞŝŐŚƚ ŽĨ DĂƌŐĂƌĞƚ dŚĂƚĐŚĞƌ͛Ɛ ƉƌĞŵŝĞƌƐŚŝƉ͍ dŚĞ ůĞŐĂĐǇ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ĐƌĂĐŬĚŽǁŶ ƵƉŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƚŽ ƉƌŽƚĞƐƚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƐĞĞŶ ƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ ĚĂǇ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƐƚƌŝŬĞ ďĂůůŽƚƐ ĂƌĞ ŽǀĞƌƚƵƌŶĞĚ ďǇ ŽƵƌ ůĞŐĂů ƐǇƐƚĞŵ͕ ƌĞŵŽǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƚŽ ƐƚƌŝŬĞ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƵŶĂĐĐŽƵŶƚĂďůĞ ũƵĚŐĞƐ ĚĞĞŵ Įƚ͘ tĞ ĂƌĞ ŽŌĞŶ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĞĚ ŚŽǁ ĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ŽĨ ůĂǁ ƚŽ ƉƌŽƚĞĐƚ ƵƐ ĂŶĚ ƵƉŚŽůĚ ŽƵƌ ƌŝŐŚƚƐ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ƉƌŽƚĞĐƟŽŶ ŝƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŽīĞƌƐ ŐŽĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŝǀŝůĞŐĞĚ ĨĞǁ͘ /Ŷ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶ ĨƌĞĞĚŽŵ ǁĞ ŵƵƐƚ ƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ŵĂŬĞ ƐĂĐƌŝĮĐĞƐ͗ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐƚͲϵͬϭϭ ŵĂŶƚƌĂ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ƚĂƵŐŚƚ ƚŽ ůŝǀĞ ďǇ͕ ďǇ ŵĂƌŬĞƚͲƐƚĂƚĞƐ ǁŚŽ ƌĞƐƚƌŝĐƚ ŽƵƌ ƌŝŐŚƚƐ ƚŽ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ͘ tŝƚŚ ĞĂĐŚ ŶĞǁ ŵŽŶƐƚĞƌ ŽƵƌ ƐƚĂƚĞ ĐƌĞĂƚĞƐ͕ Ă ŶĞǁ ƐĂĐƌŝĮĐĞ ŝƐ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞĚ͘ ŝŶǇĂŵ DŽŚĂŵĞĚ͛Ɛ ůŝďĞƌƚǇ ǁĂƐ ŽŶĞ ƐƵĐŚ ͚ƐĂĐƌŝĮĐĞ͛͘ ,Žǁ ůŽŶŐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ǇŽƵƌ ƚƵƌŶ͍

EĞǁ >ĂďŽƵƌ͛Ɛ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů / ĐĂƌĚ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ŝƐ ĂƌŐƵĂďůǇ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĂŵďŝƟŽƵƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶƚƌŽǀĞƌƐŝĂů ƐĐŚĞŵĞ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ ŚĂƐ ĞǀĞƌ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞĚ͘ tŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ďƵĚŐĞƚ ĞƐƟŵĂƚĞĚ Ăƚ άϭϬ ƚŽ άϮϬ ďŝůůŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĂŵŝĚƐƚ >ĂďŽƵƌ͛Ɛ ŚŝƐƚŽƌǇ ŽĨ ĚĂƚĂ ůŽƐƐ ƐĐĂŶĚĂůƐ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƵŶƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƵƉĐŽŵŝŶŐ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ >ĂďŽƵƌ ŚĂƐ ĨĂůůĞŶ ƐŝůĞŶƚ ŽŶ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐƐƵĞ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ >ĂďŽƵƌ ŚĂƐ ƐƚĂƚĞĚ ƉƵďůŝĐůǇ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŚĞŵĞ ǁŝůů ŶŽƚ ďĞ ƐĐƌĂƉƉĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞĚ ƚŽ ĐŽŵĞ ŝŶƚŽ ĞīĞĐƚ ďǇ ϮϬϭϭ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚ Ă ďĞŶŝŐŶ ǁĂƐƚĞ ŽĨ ƌĞƐŽƵƌĐĞƐ͘ ǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ ŵĂĚĞ ƚŽ ĐĂƌƌǇ ƚŚĞ / ĐĂƌĚƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĞŶƚĞƌĞĚ ŽŶƚŽ Ă ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĚĂƚĂďĂƐĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ĂĚĚƌĞƐƐĞƐ ƚŽ ĮŶŐĞƌƉƌŝŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ Ăůů ĨƌĞĞĚŽŵ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŝǀĂĐǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ h< ǁŝůů ďĞ ĐŽŵƉƌŽŵŝƐĞĚ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ŵŽƐƚ Ăƚ ƌŝƐŬ͘ tŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŚĞŵĞ ďĞĐŽŵĞƐ ĐŽŵƉƵůƐŽƌǇ ;Ă ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ƚĂƌŐĞƚ ƐŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ďĞŐĂŶͿ ǇŽƵ ǁŝůů ŚĂǀĞ ǀĞƌǇ ůŝƩůĞ ĐŽŶƚƌŽů ŽǀĞƌ ǇŽƵƌ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ŽŶĐĞ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƌĞŐŝƐƚĞƌĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĚĂƚĂďĂƐĞ͕ ďƵƚ ǇŽƵ ǁŽƵůĚ ƐƟůů ďĞ ŚĞůĚ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůůǇ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďůĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĂĐĐƵƌĂĐǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ͘ WĞŶĂůƟĞƐ ŽĨ άϭ͕ϬϬϬ ĂƌĞ ƉůĂŶŶĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ ĨŽƌ ĚĂƚĂ ĨŽƵŶĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ŝŶĐŽƌƌĞĐƚ Žƌ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ĚĂƚĞ͕ ƐŽ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁŚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ŵŽǀĞ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌůǇ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ŚŽŵĞ ĂŶĚ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ĂĚĚƌĞƐƐĞƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ůŝŬĞůǇ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌƐƚ ŽīĞŶĚĞƌƐ͘ /Ŷ ϮϬϬϲ ƚŚĞ ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ^ŬŝůůƐ ŝƐƐƵĞĚ Ă ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚ ƵƌŐŝŶŐ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ ƚŽ ƐƉǇ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƉŽƌƚ ƐƵƐƉŝĐŝŽƵƐ ďĞŚĂǀŝŽƵƌ ĨƌŽŵ ͞ ƐŝĂŶͲůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕͟ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ƉƌĞǀĞŶƚ ƌĞĐƌƵŝƚŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ǇŽƵŶŐ DƵƐůŝŵƐ ŝŶƚŽ ƚĞƌƌŽƌŝƐŵ͘ / ĐĂƌĚƐ ǁŝůů ĞŶĂďůĞ ƚŚŝƐ ƉĂƌĂŶŽŝĚ ĚŝƐĐƌŝŵŝŶĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ŽƉĞƌĂƚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĞĸĐŝĞŶƚůǇ͕ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ƚŚĞ ĂďŝůŝƚǇ ƚŽ ƚƌĂĐŬ ƚŚĞ ŵŽǀĞŵĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ͞ƐƵƐƉŝĐŝŽƵƐ͟ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚĂƌŐĞƚ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ĂĐƟǀŝƐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ŶŽŶͲ ĐŽŶĨŽƌŵŝƐƚƐ ĂůŝŬĞ͘ ^ŝŶĐĞ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ĂƌĞ ŚŽƚ ƐƉŽƚƐ ĨŽƌ ͞ĚĂŶŐĞƌŽƵƐ͟ ŝŶĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶƚ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ͕ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ ŝƐ Ă ƐƵƐƉĞĐƚ͘

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TUESDAY 20th APRIL 2010

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TUESDAY 20th APRIL 2010

FEATURES 13

The General Election Debate

Despite the launch of the party manifestos this week, the only subject on everyone’s lips has been the historic First Election Debate. So Concrete presents a debate of our own: what do the Conservatives and Labour need to do to gain and maintain a majority (hung or not) in Parliament? Conservative party member and volunteer James

Devoted Labour supporter Jake Miller

Laughlin speculates...

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TŚĞǇ ƐĂǇ Ă ǁĞĞŬ ŝƐ Ă ůŽŶŐ ƟŵĞ ŝŶ

ƉŽůŝƟĐƐ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ŵŝĚĚůĞ ŽĨ ĂŶ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ͕ ĂŶ ŚŽƵƌ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ũƵƐƚ ĂƐ ůŽŶŐ͘ 'ŝǀĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƉĞĞĚ Ăƚ ǁŚŝĐŚ h< ƉŽůŝƟĐƐ ŝƐ ŵŽǀŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ͕ ƉůĞĂƐĞ ĨŽƌŐŝǀĞ ŵĞ ŝĨ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ŵǇ ĨĂĐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ŽƉŝŶŝŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ ŽƵƚĚĂƚĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ƚŚŝƐ ŐŽĞƐ ƚŽ ƉƌŝŶƚ͘ ^ŝŶĐĞ 'ŽƌĚŽŶ ƌŽǁŶ ŵĂĚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌƐƚͲŬĞƉƚ ƐĞĐƌĞƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ ŽŶ Ɖƌŝů ϲƚŚ͕ Ăůů ƚŚŽƐĞ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ŚĂǀĞ ƵƉƉĞĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŐĂŵĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ĨƵƌůŽŶŐƐ ŽĨ ĂŶ ĞǆƚƌĂŽƌĚŝŶĂƌŝůǇ ůŽŶŐ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ͘ EŽŶĞ ŵŽƌĞ ƐŽ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁƐƉĂƉĞƌƐ͕ ǁŚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ďƵƐǇ ŶĂŝůŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽůŽƵƌƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƐƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƐĐĂƚŚŝŶŐ ĂƩĂĐŬƐ ŽŶ ďŽƚŚ ƉĂƌƟĞƐ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ůĂǀŝƐŚŝŶŐ ƉƌĂŝƐĞ ƵƉŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉƌĞĨĞƌƌĞĚ ǀŝĐƚŽƌ͘ Ɛ ŚŝƐƚŽƌǇ ŚĂƐ ƐŚŽǁŶ ƵƐ͕ ŶĞǁƐƉĂƉĞƌƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƉŽǁĞƌ ƚŽ ǁŝŶ Žƌ ůŽƐĞ ĂŶ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ Ă ƉĂƌƚǇ͕ ĂƐ ƉƌŽǀĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ĚĞǀĂƐƚĂƟŶŐ ŝŵƉĂĐƚ ŽĨ The Sun͛Ɛ ŚĞĂĚůŝŶĞ͕ ͞/Ĩ <ŝŶŶŽĐŬ ǁŝŶƐ ƚŽĚĂǇ ǁŝůů ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ƚŽ ůĞĂǀĞ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ ƉůĞĂƐĞ ƚƵƌŶ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ůŝŐŚƚƐ͕͟ ŽŶ >ĂďŽƵƌ͛Ɛ ĐŚĂŶĐĞƐ ŽĨ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϵϮ 'ĞŶĞƌĂů ůĞĐƟŽŶ ;>ĂďŽƵƌ ŚĂĚ ďĞĞŶ ůĞĂĚŝŶŐ ŽƉŝŶŝŽŶ ƉŽůůƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚƌĞĞ ǇĞĂƌƐ ƉƌŝŽƌ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶͿ͘ dǇƉŝĐĂůůǇ͕ The Sun ĐĂŶ ŽŌĞŶ ďĞ ƐĞĞŶ ĂƐ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ƐŝŐŶƉŽƐƚ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ůĞĂŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ͖ ĂŌĞƌ ďĂĐŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞ ǀŝĐƚŽƌǇ ŝŶ ϭϵϵϮ͕ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ďĂĐŬĞĚ Ăůů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƵďƐĞƋƵĞŶƚ >ĂďŽƵƌ ǀŝĐƚŽƌŝĞƐ ŝŶ ϭϵϵϳ͕ ϮϬϬϭ ĂŶĚ ϮϬϬϱ͘ &ŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ Ă ŵƵĐŚͲƉƵďůŝĐŝƐĞĚ ƐǁŝƚĐŚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞƐ Ă ĨĞǁ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ ďĂĐŬ͕ ŝƚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĞǇ ĐĂŶ ŬĞĞƉ ƵƉ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ĐŽŵĞ DĂǇ ϲƚŚ͘ Ɛ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĂũŽƌ

ĂǀŝĚ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ Ăƚ KǆĨŽƌĚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ŶĞǁƐƉĂƉĞƌƐ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ƚĞŶĚĞĚ ƚŽ ƐƚĂǇ ƚƌƵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƚǇƉŝĐĂů ĂůůĞŐŝĂŶĐĞƐ͘ dŚĞ Telegraph ĂŶĚ Express ĂƌĞ ďŽƚŚ ůŝŬĞůǇ ƚŽ ƐƚĂǇ ƚƌƵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶƐ͕ ĂƐ ƚŽŽ ƐŚŽƵůĚ The Times ĂŶĚ The Daily Mail ĂŌĞƌ ďƌŝĞĨ ĚĂůůŝĂŶĐĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ EĞǁ >ĂďŽƵƌ͘ The Mirror ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ƉĂƉĞƌ ŽŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƌŽǁŶ ĐĂŶ ƌĞůǇ ŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƵŶĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶĂů ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƐĂŝĚ ĨŽƌ The Independent ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ >ŝďĞƌĂů ĞŵŽĐƌĂƚƐ͖ ǁŚŝůƐƚ The Financial Times, The Guardian ĂŶĚ The Daily Star ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ƚŚĞ ͞ŇŽĂƟŶŐ ǀŽƚĞƌƐ͕͟ ƚŚĞ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ŽĨ ǁŚŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ƉĂƌƟĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ǇĞƚ ƚŽ ĞĂƌŶ͘ ƵƌƌĞŶƚ ŽƉŝŶŝŽŶ ƉŽůůƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ĞŝŐŚƚ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ĂŚĞĂĚ ŽĨ >ĂďŽƵƌ͕ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůĞĂĚ ǁĂƐ Ă ŵĂƐƐŝǀĞ ϭϴ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ͘ WĞƌǀĞƌƐĞůǇ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ͕ ĞǀĞŶ Ă ůĞĂĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƉƌŽƉŽƌƟŽŶƐ ǁŝůů ŶŽƚ ďĞ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ďƌŝŶŐ ŚŽŵĞ Ă ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ

ůĞĂǀĞƐ ƵƐ ĮƌŵůǇ ŝŶƐŝĚĞ ŚƵŶŐ ƉĂƌůŝĂŵĞŶƚ ƚĞƌƌŝƚŽƌǇ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŶŽ ƉĂƌƚǇ ǁŝůů ŚĂǀĞ ĂŶ ŽǀĞƌĂůů ŵĂũŽƌŝƚǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ,ŽƵƐĞ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƚǁŽ ůŝŬĞůǇ ŽƵƚĐŽŵĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ĐĂƐĞ͘ &ŝƌƐƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ůĂƌŐĞƐƚ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƐĞĂƚƐ ĐĂŶ ĐŚŽŽƐĞ ƚŽ ĨŽƌŵ Ă ŵŝŶŽƌŝƚǇ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ Ăŝŵ ŽĨ ŐĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ƚŽ ĐĂůů Ă ƋƵŝĐŬ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƉĞ ŽĨ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ Ă ŵĂũŽƌŝƚǇ͘ ^ĞĐŽŶĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƐƚ ƚŽƵƚĞĚ͕ >ĂďŽƵƌ ĐŽƵůĚ ůŽŽŬ ƚŽ ĨŽƌŵ Ă ĐŽĂůŝƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ >ŝďĞƌĂů ĞŵŽĐƌĂƚƐ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ŐĂŝŶ Ă ŵĂũŽƌŝƚǇ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ,ŽƵƐĞ͖ ŝĨ ƚŚŝƐ ǁĂƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƵůƟŶŐ ĐŽĂůŝƟŽŶ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ƚŚĞŶ ůŽŽŬ ƚŽ ĐĂƌƌǇ ŽŶ ĂƐ ŶŽƌŵĂů͘ /Ŷ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ͞ǁŝŶ͟ ƚŚĞ ůĞĐƟŽŶ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ͕ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ŵĂũŽƌŝƚǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ,ŽƵƐĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞƐ ǁŝůů ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ĂĚĚ ĂŶ ĞǆƚƌĂ ϭϮϴ ƐĞĂƚƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ƚĂůůǇ ŽĨ ϭϵϴ͘ dŚŝƐ ƐĞĞŵƐ Ă ƚĂůů ŽƌĚĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ŝƐ͘ dŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ƉĂƌƚǇ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƐƵĐŚ ĂŶ ĞǆƚƌĂŽƌĚŝŶĂƌǇ ŐĂŝŶ ǁĂƐ >ĂďŽƵƌ ŝŶ ϭϵϰϱ͕ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞǇ ŐĂŝŶĞĚ Ă ĐŽůŽƐƐĂů ϮϭϬ ƐĞĂƚƐ͕ ĨŽƌĐŝŶŐ tŝŶƐƚŽŶ ŚƵƌĐŚŝůů ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ŽĸĐĞ͘ ĂǀŝĚ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ ǁŝůů ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ƌĞůǇ ŽŶ Ă ŐƌŽƵŶĚƐǁĞůů ŽĨ ƌĞƐĞŶƚŵĞŶƚ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ 'ŽƌĚŽŶ ƌŽǁŶ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ƉĂƌƚǇ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞ ƚŚŝƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ƌĂƌĞ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ ĨƌƵƐƚƌĂƚĞƐ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚĂƚŽƌƐ͕ ĂƐ ŝƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĂŌĞƌŵĂƚŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ĞǀĞŶ ŚĂƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ƉƌĞĚŝĐƚ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůǇ ƚŚĞ ďůĂĐŬ ĂŶĚ ǁŚŝƚĞ ǁŝŶͬůŽƐĞ ƐĐĞŶĂƌŝŽƐ ĨŽƌ ĞĂĐŚ ƉĂƌƚǇ͕ ďƵƚ ĂůƐŽ ƚŚĞ ͞ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ƋƵŝƚĞ ŵĂŬĞ ŝƚ͟ ŽƉƟŽŶ͘ ^ŚŽƵůĚ ƚŚĞ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞƐ ǁŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƵƉĐŽŵŝŶŐ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ͕ / Ăŵ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽƉŝŶŝŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ĂǀŝĚ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĂůůŽǁĞĚ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ WƌŝŵĞ DŝŶŝƐƚĞƌ͘ >Ğƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ĨŽƌŐĞƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƵƉŽŶ ŚŝƐ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϱ͕ ŚŝƐ ŵĂŶĚĂƚĞ ǁĂƐ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ƐŚŽǁŝŶŐ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϬ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ƚŽ ƉƵƐŚ ĨŽƌ 'ŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϱ͘ dŽ ŚĂǀĞ ŐŽƚ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ĂŚĞĂĚ ŽĨ ƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞ ŵƵƐƚ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ďĞ ƌĞǁĂƌĚĞĚ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ŵƵƌŵƵƌƐ ŽĨ ĚŝƐĐŽƌĚ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ĚŝƐĐŽŶƚĞŶƚĞĚ ďǇ ĂǀŝĚ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ͛Ɛ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉ ƐƚǇůĞ͘ ^ŚŽƵůĚ ƐƵĐŚ ĚŝƐƐĞŶƚ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ ŵĂǇ ďĞ ǀĞƌǇ ŬĞĞŶ ƚŽ ĂǀŽŝĚ Ă ƌĞƉĞĂƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŚŝƐŵƐ ƐĞĞŶ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ DĂũŽƌ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽƵůĚ ŵŽǀĞ ƋƵŝĐŬůǇ ƚŽ ĂƉƉŽŝŶƚ Ă ƌĞƉůĂĐĞŵĞŶƚ͘ / ƐŚĂůů ĚĞĂů ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ĐĂŶĚŝĚĂƚĞƐ ůĂƚĞƌ͘

/Ĩ ,Ğƌ DĂũĞƐƚǇ ĞŶĚƐ ƵƉ ĂƐŬŝŶŐ ĂǀŝĚ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ ƚŽ ĨŽƌŵ Ă ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ͕ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ǀĞƌǇ ĮƌƐƚ ƚĂƐŬƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƚŽ ŶĂŵĞ ŚŝƐ ĐĂďŝŶĞƚ͘ ĂƌƌŝŶŐ ĂŶǇ ŵĂũŽƌ WZͲƐƵŝĐŝĚĞƐ Žƌ ĚĞĨĞĐƟŽŶƐ͕ / ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ƐĞĞ ŝƚ ďĞŝŶŐ ŵƵĐŚ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ƐŚĂĚŽǁ ĐĂďŝŶĞƚ͖ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŵĂǇ ďĞ ƐŽŵĞ ŵŝŶŽƌ ƐŚƵŋŝŶŐ͕ ďƵƚ / ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐ ŶĂŵĞƐ ǁŝůů ƌĞŵĂŝŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƉůĂĐĞƐ͘ ĂǀŝĚ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ ĂƐŝĚĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ĞǇĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĨŽĐƵƐŝŶŐ ŵĂŝŶůǇ ƵƉŽŶ 'ĞŽƌŐĞ KƐďŽƌŶĞ͕ ǁŚŽ ǁŝůů ŵŽƐƚ ůŝŬĞůǇ ƚĂŬĞ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŚĂŶĐĞůůŽƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǆĐŚĞƋƵĞƌ͘ 'ŝǀĞŶ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ĚŝƌĞ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂů ƐƚĂƚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ h<͕ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďŝůŝƚǇ ŽĨ ĐƵƫŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďƵĚŐĞƚ ĚĞĮĐŝƚ ĂŶĚ ƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ͛Ɛ ĮŶĂŶĐĞƐ ǁŝůů ƌĞƐƚ ƐƋƵĂƌĞůǇ ƵƉŽŶ ŚŝƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚĞƌƐ͘ YƵŝƚĞ ƐŝŵƉůǇ ƉƵƚ͕ ŝƚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƚŚŝƐ ŵĂŶ͛Ɛ ƉŽůŝĐŝĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĞ ƚŚĞ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ŽĨ Ă ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ͘ tŚŝůƐƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ Ăƚ ůĂƌŐĞ ĨŽĐƵƐĞƐ ŽŶ 'ĞŽƌŐĞ KƐďŽƌŶĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝƟĐƐͲƐĂǀǀǇ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ǁĞůů ĂĚǀŝƐĞĚ ƚŽ ŬĞĞƉ ĂŶ ĞǇĞ ŽŶ ĂǀŝĚ tŝůůĞƩƐ͕ ǁŚŽ ŝƐ ƉŽŝƐĞĚ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďŝůŝƚǇ ĨŽƌ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ŝŶ Ă ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ͘ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞ ƉůĂŶƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ŝŶĐĞŶƟǀĞƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĞĂƌůǇ ƌĞƉĂǇŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ >ŽĂŶƐ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ĞĂƐŝĞƌ ĨŽƌ ƉĂƌƚͲƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ŵĂƚƵƌĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘ tŚŝůƐƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ŶŽ ƉůĂŶƐ ƚŽ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ƚŚĞ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ ʹ ƚŽ ĚŽ ƐŽ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŵĂĚŶĞƐƐ ʹ ŽŶĞ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ƉŽůŝĐǇ ŝƐ ƚŽ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ƐĐŚŽůĂƌƐŚŝƉƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ŽĨ ĚĞĐĞĂƐĞĚ ŵŝůŝƚĂƌǇ ƉĞƌƐŽŶŶĞů͘ KƚŚĞƌ ůŝŬĞůǇ ĐĂďŝŶĞƚ ĂƉƉŽŝŶƚŵĞŶƚƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ tŝůůŝĂŵ ,ĂŐƵĞ ;&ŽƌĞŝŐŶ ^ĞĐƌĞƚĂƌǇͿ͕ <ĞŶŶĞƚŚ ůĂƌŬĞ ; ƵƐŝŶĞƐƐͿ͕ ŚƌŝƐ 'ƌĂǇůŝŶŐ ;,ŽŵĞͿ͕ ƌ͘ >ŝĂŵ &Žǆ ; ĞĨĞŶĐĞͿ ĂŶĚ dŚĞƌĞƐĂ DĂǇ ;tŽƌŬ Θ WĞŶƐŝŽŶƐͿ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚůǇ ĐŽŶĐĞŝǀĂďůĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ >ĂďŽƵƌ ŵĂũŽƌŝƚǇ ǁŝůů ƉƌŽǀĞ ƚŽŽ ďŝŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞƐ ƚŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶŚĞƌĞŶƚ ƵŶĨĂŝƌŶĞƐƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ;ŝĨ ďŽƚŚ >ĂďŽƵƌ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ dŽƌŝĞƐ ŐĞƚ ϯϱй ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǀŽƚĞ͕ >ĂďŽƵƌ ĞŶĚ ƵƉ ǁŝƚŚ ϭϬϬ ŵŽƌĞ ƐĞĂƚƐͿ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ǁŝůů ĮŶĚ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ƐŝƫŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ďĞŶĐŚĞƐ ĨŽƌ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ĮǀĞ ǇĞĂƌƐ͘ dŚĞ ďŝŐ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ĐĂƐĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŽĨ ĂǀŝĚ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ͘ tŝůů ĂŶ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ĚĞĨĞĂƚ ďĞ ƐĞĞŶ ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚ ĂƐ Ă ǀŽƚĞ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ͕ ďƵƚ ĂůƐŽ ĂƐ Ă

ǀŽƚĞ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂĚĞƌ͍ ^ŚŽƵůĚ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ ĚĞĐŝĚĞ ƚŚĂƚ Ă ŶĞǁ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ ŝƐ ŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌǇ͕ ƚǁŽ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐ ĐŚŽŝĐĞƐ ĨŽƌ Ă ŶĞǁ ůĞĂĚĞƌ ƐƉƌŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŵŝŶĚ͘ &ŝƌƐƚ ŝƐ tŝůůŝĂŵ ,ĂŐƵĞ͘ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ďĞŝŶŐ ƵŶĂďůĞ ƚŽ ůĞĂĚ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ ƚŽ ǀŝĐƚŽƌǇ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϭ͕ ,ĂŐƵĞ ƌĞŵĂŝŶƐ Ă Įƌŵ ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ ĂŵŽŶŐƐƚ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŶŽŶͲ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞƐ ĂůŝŬĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ŵŽƌĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ƵƉďƌŝŶŐŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŵĞĚŝĂͲ ĨƌŝĞŶĚůŝŶĞƐƐ͘ dŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐ ĐŚŽŝĐĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ DĂǇŽƌ ŽĨ >ŽŶĚŽŶ͕ ŽƌŝƐ :ŽŚŶƐŽŶ͖ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĚ ƉŽůŝƟĐŝĂŶ ǁŝƚŚ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ŚŝŐŚ ŽĸĐĞ͘ ŽƌŝƐ ŝƐ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĂƚ ŽĨ ĂŶ ĂŶŽŵĂůǇ ŽĨ Ă ƉŽůŝƟĐŝĂŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŚŝƐ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ƐƚǇůĞ ŚĂƐ ǁŽŶ Śŝŵ ĨĂŶƐ ĨƌŽŵ Ăůů ƐŝĚĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ƐƉĞĐƚƌƵŵ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ĐůĞĂƌ ƚŚĂƚ Ă ĨĂŝƌ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ǁŝůů ŶŽƚ ďĞ ǀŽƟŶŐ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞ ǁŝůů ĚŽ ƐŽ ĞŝƚŚĞƌ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ŽůĚ ŐƌƵĚŐĞƐ ;ƚŚĞ ĐůŽƐƵƌĞ ŽĨ ŵŝŶĞƐ ďǇ dŚĂƚĐŚĞƌͿ Žƌ ũƵƐƚ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ Ă ĚŝƐůŝŬĞ ĨŽƌ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ͘ KŶĞ ƚŚŝŶŐ ŝƐ ĨŽƌ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ͗ ƚŚŝƐ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ǁŝůů ŶŽƚ ďĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďĂŐ ĨŽƌ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ ƵŶƟů Ăƚ ůĞĂƐƚ ϭϬƉŵ ŽŶ ƉŽůůŝŶŐ ĚĂǇ͕ ƐŽ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ďĞ ĐŽŶǀŝŶĐĞĚ ŽƚŚĞƌǁŝƐĞ ďǇ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ ĞůƐĞ͘ ďŽǀĞ Ăůů ĞůƐĞ͕ ŵĂŬĞ ƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ŵĂŬĞ ǇŽƵƌ ǀŽŝĐĞ ŚĞĂƌĚ͖ ĂƐ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ ʹ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ĞǀĞƌ ʹ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ǀŽƚĞ ŝƐ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ͘

Aƚ ĮƌƐƚ ŝƚ ŵŝŐŚƚ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƚůǇ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ĞůĞĐƚŽƌĂů ŵĂƚŚĞŵĂƟĐƐ͘ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ƐĐĞŶĂƌŝŽ ĚŽĞƐ ƐƟůů ůĞĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ ĨĂĐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ >ĂďŽƵƌ ƉĂƌƚǇ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ĂƌĞ ŶĞĂƌ ŝŶƐƵƌŵŽƵŶƚĂďůĞ͘ ŌĞƌ Ăůů͕ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ Ă ƉĂƌƚǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŝŶ ƉŽǁĞƌ ŶŽǁ ĨŽƌ ŶĞĂƌůǇ ϭϯ ǇĞĂƌƐ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ƐĂĚĚůĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ƵŶƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ůĞĂĚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ƉƌĞƐŝĚŝŶŐ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ ƌĞĐĞƐƐŝŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ŚĂƐ ƐĞĞŶ ƐŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ^ĞĐŽŶĚ tŽƌůĚ tĂƌ͘ hŶĚĞƌ ƐƵĐŚ ĐŝƌĐƵŵƐƚĂŶĐĞƐ ǇŽƵ ǁŽƵůĚ ĞǆƉĞĐƚ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ ƚŽ ďĞ ŚĞĂĚŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ĂŶ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŝŶ ϭϵϳϵ ĂŶĚ ϭϵϵϳ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ dŚĂƚĐŚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ůĂŝƌ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƟǀĞůǇ͕ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ǁĂǇ ŽĨ ƌƵůŝŶŐ ǁĂƐ ĚĞĐŝƐŝǀĞůǇ ƌĞũĞĐƚĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ĞůĞĐƚŽƌĂƚĞ ŝŶ ƉůĂĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞ ŽĨ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ŽīĞƌĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ͘ ĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ƚŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ƌĞƐƵůƚ ƐĞĞŵĞĚ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ŝŶĞǀŝƚĂďůĞ͘ EŽǁ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ƚĂďůĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƚƵƌŶĞĚ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĂƚ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŶǇ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚĂƚŽƌƐ ĂƌĞ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƟŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚ ŽĨ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞ ŵĂũŽƌŝƚǇ ǁŝƚŚ ĂǀŝĚ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ ĂƐ WƌŝŵĞ DŝŶŝƐƚĞƌ͕ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ ŝƐ ŚĞĂĚŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ Ă ŚƵŶŐ ƉĂƌůŝĂŵĞŶƚ Žƌ ĞǀĞŶ ĂŶ ƵŶƉƌĞĐĞĚĞŶƚĞĚ ĨŽƵƌƚŚ >ĂďŽƵƌ ǀŝĐƚŽƌǇ͘ dŚĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ŝƐ͗ ǁŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ ƚŽ ůĞĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ >ĂďŽƵƌ

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KĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŝƚ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƉŽŝŶƚĞĚ ŽƵƚ

dŚĞ ƌƵůŝŶŐ ƉĂƌƟĞƐ ŽĨ ϭϵϳϵ ĂŶĚ ϭϵϵϳ ǁĞƌĞ ďŽƚŚ ǁĞĂŬĞŶĞĚ ƉĂƌƟĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ǀĞƌǇ ƐŵĂůů ŵĂũŽƌŝƟĞƐ͘ ĂůůĂŐŚĂŶ ǁĂƐ ĨŽƌĐĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ĂŶ ĂůůŝĂŶĐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ >ŝďĞƌĂůƐ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ƚŚĞ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ ŽĨ :ŽŚŶ DĂũŽƌ ŚĂĚ ďĂƌĞůǇ ǁŽŶ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϵϮ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŽŶůǇ ŚĂĚ Ă ƉĂƌůŝĂŵĞŶƚĂƌǇ ŵĂũŽƌŝƚǇ ŽĨ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ Ϯϲ ƐĞĂƚƐ͘

ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞƐ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ůĂƌŐĞƐƚ ƉĂƌƚǇ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞǇ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ƌĞůǇ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ >ŝďĞƌĂů ĞŵŽĐƌĂƚƐ ĂŶĚ >ĂďŽƵƌ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ĚŽŶĞ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ƚŚĂƚ >ĂďŽƵƌ ǁŽƵůĚ ĨŽƌŵ Ă ĐŽĂůŝƟŽŶ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ >ŝďĞƌĂů ĞŵŽĐƌĂƚƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŵĞĂŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ 'ŽƌĚŽŶ ƌŽǁŶ ǁŽƵůĚ ƐƟůů ƌĞŵĂŝŶ WƌŝŵĞ DŝŶŝƐƚĞƌ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ ǁŝƚŚ͕ ƐĂǇ͕ sŝŶĐĞ ĂďůĞ ĂƐ ŚĂŶĐĞůůŽƌ͘ ŝƚŚĞƌ ǁĂǇ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŶĐĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĐĂƌƌǇ ŽƵƚ ŵĂŶǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵĂŶŝĨĞƐƚŽ ƌĞŵĂŝŶ ƵŶĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ͘ >ĂďŽƵƌ͛Ɛ ƌĞĐŽǀĞƌǇ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ͕ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ ƐŝŵƉůǇ Ă ŵĂƩĞƌ ŽĨ ŵĂƚŚĞŵĂƟĐƐ͖ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ƚŽ ĚŽ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚƐ ĂŶĚ ǁĞĂŬŶĞƐƐĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƟĞƐ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ͘ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ ŝƐ ƐƟůů ƐĞĞŶ ĂƐ Ă ƉƌĞĨĞƌĂďůĞ WƌŝŵĞ DŝŶŝƐƚĞƌ ƚŽ ƌŽǁŶ ŝŶ ŵŽƐƚ ŽƉŝŶŝŽŶ ƉŽůůƐ͕ ďƵƚ ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ƐƟůů ŶŽƚ ĞŶƟƌĞůǇ ĐŽŶǀŝŶĐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĞůĞĐƚŽƌĂƚĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŵĂŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ũŽď͘ DĂŶǇ ǀŽƚĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ƐƟůů ǁŽƌƌŝĞĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ŚŝƐ ůĂĐŬ ŽĨ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ĂƉƉĂƌĞŶƚůǇ ƌĞŐĂƌĚ Śŝŵ ĂƐ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĂƚ ĞīĞƚĞ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŌ͘ /Ŷ ĐŽŶƚƌĂƐƚ͕ ƌŽǁŶ͕ ĨŽƌ Ăůů ŚŝƐ ĨĂƵůƚƐ͕ ĐĂŶ ĐůĂŝŵ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ŝŶ ĐŚĂƌŐĞ ŽĨ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ͛Ɛ ĞĐŽŶŽŵǇ ĂƐ ŚĂŶĐĞůůŽƌ ĂŶĚ WƌŝŵĞ DŝŶŝƐƚĞƌ ĨŽƌ ϭϯ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ƐĂǀĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂů ŵĞůƚĚŽǁŶ ŽĨ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ͘ dŚĞ ƌĞǀĞůĂƟŽŶƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƌŽǁŶ͛Ɛ ƐƵƉƉŽƐĞĚ ďƵůůǇŝŶŐ ĂƫƚƵĚĞ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ŚŝƐ ƐƚĂī ǁŚŝĐŚ ŵŝŐŚƚ ŚĂǀĞ ĚŽŶĞ ĨŽƌ Śŝŵ Ă ǇĞĂƌ ĂŐŽ͕ ŚĂǀĞ ƉĂƌĂĚŽǆŝĐĂůůǇ ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ Śŝŵ Ă ďŽŽƐƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůůƐ͕ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ǀŽƚĞƌƐ ƐĞĞ Śŝŵ ĂƐ Ă ŚĂƌĚ ŵĂŶ ǁŚŽ ǁŝůů ĚŽ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ĚŽŶĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ĞŵƉŚĂƐŝƐ ŝƐ ŽŶ ͚ĐŚĂŶŐĞ͕͛ ǁŝƚŚ Ăůů ƉĂƌƟĞƐ ĐůĂŝŵŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŽīĞƌ ŝƚ͘ tŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ŵĞĂŶƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ >ŝď Ğŵ ĂŶĚ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞƐ͛ ĐĂƐĞ ŝƐ ƐŝŵƉůĞ͘ ĂǀŝĚ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ ƐĂǇƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ǁŝůů ŽīĞƌ Ă ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ĨƌŽŵ 'ŽƌĚŽŶ ƌŽǁŶ ĂŶĚ ϭϯ ǇĞĂƌƐ ŽĨ ĨĂŝůĞĚ >ĂďŽƵƌ ƉŽůŝĐŝĞƐ͕ ǁŚŝůƐƚ EŝĐŬ ůĞŐŐ ŽīĞƌƐ Ă ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ĨƌŽŵ ǁŚĂƚ ŚĞ ƐĂǇƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ͚WƵŶĐŚ ĂŶĚ :ƵĚǇ͛

“Labour’s recovery is not, of course, simply a matter of mathematics; it is also to do with the strengths and weaknesses of the parties themselves” /Ŷ ĐŽŶƚƌĂƐƚ͕ >ĂďŽƵƌ ŐŽĞƐ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŵĂũŽƌŝƚǇ ŽĨ ϲϲ͕ ƐĞǀĞƌĞůǇ ĚŽǁŶ ŽŶ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƚ ŚĂĚ ŝŶ ϭϵϵϳ ĂŶĚ ϮϬϬϭ ďƵƚ ƐƟůů Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ŵĂũŽƌŝƚǇ ďǇ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ͛Ɛ ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƐ͘ dŚŝƐ͕ ĐŽƵƉůĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ >ĂďŽƵƌ ŐĞŶĞƌĂůůǇ ŚĂƐ ŵŽƌĞ ĂƌĞĂƐ ŽĨ ĐŽŶĐĞŶƚƌĂƚĞĚ ůŽĐĂů ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŐŝǀĞƐ ƚŚĞŵ ĂŶ ĂĚǀĂŶƚĂŐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƉĂƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐƚ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ͕ ŵĞĂŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŽ ĞǀĞŶ ƚŚŝŶŬ ĂďŽƵƚ ŐĂŝŶŝŶŐ Ă ŵĂũŽƌŝƚǇ͕ ĂǀŝĚ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ ŚĂƐ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ůĞĂĚ ŽĨ Ă ůĞĂƐƚ ƚĞŶ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůůƐ͘ ,Ğ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ŚĂŵƉĞƌĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽǁƚŚ ŝŶ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌŝƚǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ >ŝďĞƌĂů ĞŵŽĐƌĂƚƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŚƌĞĂƚĞŶ ƚŚĞ dŽƌŝĞƐ ŝŶ ŵĂŶǇ ƌƵƌĂů ĐŽŶƐƟƚƵĞŶĐŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĂůƐŽ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽǁƚŚ ŽĨ ƐŵĂůůĞƌ͕ ƌŝŐŚƚͲǁŝŶŐ ƉĂƌƟĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ h< /ŶĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶĐĞ WĂƌƚǇ ǁŚŽ͕ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ŶŽƚ ďĞŝŶŐ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ŐĂŝŶ ĂŶǇ ƐĞĂƚƐ͕ ĐŽƵůĚ ůĞĂĚ ƚŽ Ă ƐƉůŝƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƚƵƌĂů dŽƌǇ ďĂƐĞ͕ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ ƐŽŵĞ ŵĂƌŐŝŶĂů ĐŽŶƐƟƚƵĞŶĐŝĞƐ͘ ƚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ ŵŽƐƚ ƉŽůůƐ ƉƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞƐ ŽŶ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ Ă ƐŝǆͲƐĞǀĞŶ ƉŽŝŶƚ ůĞĂĚ͕ ǁĞůů ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƚĞƌƌŝƚŽƌǇ ĨŽƌ Ă ŚƵŶŐ ƉĂƌůŝĂŵĞŶƚ͘

ƉŽůŝƟĐƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ƚǁŽ ƉĂƌƟĞƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŵĞĂŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ĞǀĞƌ ŐĞƚƐ ĚŽŶĞ͘ KīĞƌŝŶŐ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ŝŶ Ă ƉĂƌƚǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŝŶ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ ŽǀĞƌ Ă ĚĞĐĂĚĞ ŝƐ ŵŽƌĞ ĐŽŵƉůŝĐĂƚĞĚ͘ >ĂďŽƵƌ͛Ɛ ƉŽůŝĐŝĞƐ ŽĨ ƌĂŝƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŵŝŶŝŵƵŵ ǁĂŐĞ ƚŽ άϳ ĂŶ ŚŽƵƌ ďǇ ϮϬϭϱ͕ ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ ĂŶ ĞůĞĐƚĞĚ ,ŽƵƐĞ ŽĨ >ŽƌĚƐ͕ ƵƐŝŶŐ Ă ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ŽĨ ƉƌŽƉŽƌƟŽŶĂů ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ǀŽƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ůŽǁĞƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ǀŽƟŶŐ ĂŐĞ ƚŽ ϭϲ ĂƌĞ ŚŽƉŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĐŽŶǀŝŶĐĞ ǀŽƚĞƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ŵĞĂŶ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ͘ dŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ĂůƐŽ

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ƐĞĞŬŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ ŽĨ ŝŶǀĞƐƚŵĞŶƚ͕ ĂƐ ŽƉƉŽƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞƐ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ ŽĨ ĐƵƚƐ͘ ^ŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞǇ ĂůƐŽ ƐĂǇ ƚŚĞǇ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁŝůů ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ũŽď ůŽƐƐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĚĞĐƌĞĂƐĞƐ ŝŶ ƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ͕ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ͕ ŝƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ďĞƩĞƌ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ͛ƌĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƟŶŐ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ ŽĨ ƐŽŵĞ ĐƵƚƐ ďƵƚ ŵƵĐŚ ůĞƐƐ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞ dŽƌŝĞƐ ǁĂŶƚ͘ >ĂďŽƵƌ͛Ɛ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ ŚĂƐ ƐŽ ĨĂƌ ďĞĞŶ ƌĞůĂƟǀĞůǇ ůŽǁ ŬĞǇ͘ DĂŝŶůǇ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ǀĞƌǇ ůŝƩůĞ ŵŽŶĞǇ͕ ƐŝŶĐĞ ŵŽƐƚ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ĚŽŶĂƟŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ͕ ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ĨĂůů ďĂĐŬ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ƐƚĂŶĚďǇ ŽĨ ŽďƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĨƵŶĚŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ dƌĂĚĞ hŶŝŽŶƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ŵĞĂŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ĂīŽƌĚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐƚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ďŝůůďŽĂƌĚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ƐĞĞŶ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ĂĚǀĞƌƟƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞ ŵĂŶŝĨĞƐƚŽ͘ Ɛ ƐƵĐŚ͕ >ĂďŽƵƌ ŝƐ ŵĂŝŶůǇ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ǀŽƚĞƌƐ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ĨĂĐĞ ƚŽ ĨĂĐĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĞƚ ;ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵĂŶŝĨĞƐƚŽ ŝƐ ŽŶůǇ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ĚŝŐŝƚĂůůǇ͕ ĨŽƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ͘Ϳ tŚŝůƐƚ Ă >ĂďŽƵƌ ǁŝŶ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƵƉƐĞƚƐ ŝŶ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ƉŽůŝƟĐƐ͕ ŶŽͲŽŶĞ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ ƚŚĂƚ :ŽŚŶ DĂũŽƌ ǁŽƵůĚ ǁŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϵϮ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ͘ ŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƌŽǁŶ͛Ɛ ƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĞĐŽŶŽŵǇ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐ ǁĞĂŬŶĞƐƐĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƌƵůĞĚ ŽƵƚ͘

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TUESDAY 20th APRIL 2010

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The Political Underdogs The First Election Debate was also notable for propelling Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg forward in the polls. Politics and Media student David Biggins discusses what their newfound chances are and exactly what a Lib Dem government would mean for students.

If you’re a Liberal Democrat- ŝŶĐŽŵĞ ƚĂǆ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƚŽ ƐƚĞĂů ƚŚĞ ͚ŶĞǁ ŬŝĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ͚ĨĂŝƌ͕͛ ƵŶǁŝƫŶŐůǇ ƉĂĐŬĂŐŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŚŝƐ ƉĂƌƚǇ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ĚŽ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚ ƚŽ ǀŝŽůĂƚĞ ĂŶ ǀŽƟŶŐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ͕ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ůŝŬĞůǇ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĞǆĂƐƉĞƌĂƚĞĚ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ǇŽƵ ƐĞĞŵƐ to vote Liberal Democrat yet ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ ƚƌĂŝů ŝŶĞǆƉůŝĐĂďůǇ ;ĂŶĚ ĚŝƐĂƐƚƌŽƵƐůǇͿ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůůƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƚŚĞ >ŝď ĞŵƐ ĂƌĞ ǀĞƌǇ ŵƵĐŚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛ ƉĂƌƚǇ͗ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĂŶƚ ǇŽƵƌ ǀŽƚĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ƚŽŽ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ǁŚǇ ƚŚĞǇ ŐĞƚ ŝƚ͘ dŚĞǇ ƐƚĂƵŶĐŚůǇ ŽƉƉŽƐĞĚ ƚŽƉ ƵƉ ĨĞĞƐ ĂŶĚ͕ ŝĨ ĞůĞĐƚĞĚ͕ ǁŽƵůĚ ƐĐƌĂƉ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ ĂůƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ͘ KĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ƚŚŝƐ ǁŽŶ͛ƚ ďĞ ǀĞƌǇ ƵƐĞĨƵů ĨŽƌ ĂŶǇ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ƉĂǇŝŶŐ ĨĞĞƐ͕ ŶŽƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ĂŶǇ ƐƚƵŵďůŝŶŐ ďůŽĐŬ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ͛Ɛ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚͲĞƐƋƵĞ ƉŽůŝĐŝĞƐ͘ ^ŚŽƵůĚ ƚŚĞ >ŝď ĞŵƐ ŐĂŝŶ ƉŽǁĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ƉůĂŶ ƚŽ ƉĂǇ ƚŚŽƐĞ ƵŶĚĞƌƚĂŬŝŶŐ ŝŶƚĞƌŶƐŚŝƉƐ Žƌ ǁŽƌŬ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ άϱϱ Ă ǁĞĞŬ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƚŚƌĞĞ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ͘ &ƵƌƚŚĞƌŵŽƌĞ͕ ǇŽƵ͛Ě ĮŶĚ ĂŶ ĞǆƚƌĂ άϳϬϬ ŝŶ ǇŽƵƌ ƉŽĐŬĞƚ ǁŝƚŚ ǇŽƵƌ ĮƌƐƚ ũŽď ƵŶĚĞƌ the Lib

ĞŵƐ ĂƐ ƚŚĞǇ ƉůĂŶ ƚŽ ĂďŽůŝƐŚ

ĚĞďĂƚĞ͘ ůĞŐŐ ŚĂƐ ŵĂŶĂŐĞĚ

/ŶƐƚĞĂĚ ŚĞ ũƵƐƚ ǁĂŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ

ŐĂƌŐĂŶƚƵĂŶ ĨĞĂƚ͘ dŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ

ŽďƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶ

άϭϬ͕ϬϬϬ ŽĨ ǇŽƵƌ ĞĂƌŶŝŶŐƐ͘ &Žƌ ĂƐ ůŽŶŐ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ ĨŽĐƵƐĞƐ ŽŶ ŚĞůƉŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉŽŽƌ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǇŽƵŶŐ͕ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵĂƐƐĞƐ ĂƌĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ǀŽƚĞ >ŝďĞƌĂů ĞŵŽĐƌĂƚ͘ ^Ž ǁŚĂƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ͍ hƉ ƵŶƟů ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ͛Ɛ ƚƌƵŵƉ ĐĂƌĚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ sŝŶĐĞ ͞ƚǁŝŶŬůĞ ƚŽĞƐ͟ ĂďůĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŶ ǁŚŽ ƉƌĞĚŝĐƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐĞƐƐŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ůŽďďŝĞĚ 'ŽƌĚŽŶ ƌŽǁŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƟŐŚƚĞŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ ďĂŶŬŝŶŐ ƌĞŐƵůĂƟŽŶƐ͘ dŚĞ >ŝď ĞŵƐ ŚĂĚ ƐƵĐŚ ĨĂŝƚŚ ŝŶ ĂďůĞ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ǁĞĞŬ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ EŝĐŬ ůĞŐŐ ǁĂƐ ƌĂƌĞůǇ ƐĞĞŶ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ dƌĞĂƐƵƌǇ ^ƉŽŬĞƐƉĞƌƐŽŶ Ăƚ ŚŝƐ ƐŝĚĞ ;ůĞƐƐ ƚŚĂŶ ŚŝůĂƌŝŽƵƐ ũŽŬĞƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞŵ ďĞŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ŵĂƌƌŝĞĚ ĐŽƵƉůĞ ŝŶ ƉŽůŝƟĐƐ ĞŶƐƵĞĚͿ͘ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ĂďůĞ͛Ɛ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌŝƚǇ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ůĂƌŐĞůǇ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĞĚ >ĂďŽƵƌ͛Ɛ ĮƐĐĂů ƐƟŵƵůƵƐ ĂŶĚ ĂĚŵŝƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ĐƵƚƐ ŝŶ ƉƵďůŝĐ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ ŶŽƚ ƐĞĞŶ ĂƐ ĂŶ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ĞůĞĐƚŽƌĂƚĞ͘ /ƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŐĞŶĞƌĂůůǇ ĂĐĐĞƉƚĞĚ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ >ŝďĞƌĂů ĞŵŽĐƌĂƚ͛Ɛ ŐŽůĚĞŶ ;ƟĞĚͿ ďŽǇ ĚŝĚ ƐƚĂƌƚůŝŶŐůǇ ǁĞůů ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐĞĚ ƉĂƌƚǇ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐ

ďůŽĐŬ͛ ĐĂƉ ĨƌŽŵ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ͛Ɛ ŚĞĂĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ŵĂǇ ŶŽǁ ƐĂĨĞůǇ ƉƌŽĐĞĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƌĞǀŝƚĂůŝƐĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŐƌŽǁŝŶŐ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ŚĂƐƚǇ ĐŽŵƉĂƌŝƐŽŶƐ͕ ůĞŐŐ ŝƐ ŶŽ ůĂŝƌ͘ tŚŝůĞ ĂǀŝĚ

ĂŶ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞ ŶĞǁ ďƌĂŶĚ ĨŽƌ ƉƵďůŝĐ ĐŽŶƐƵŵƉƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ƌĞĂůŝƐĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ǀŽƚĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ >ŝďĞƌĂů ĞŵŽĐƌĂƚƐ ŝƐ Ă ĨĂŝƌůǇ ƉĂŝŶůĞƐƐ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ;ĂƐ ŽƉƉŽƐĞĚ ƚŽ ǁĂŬŝŶŐ ƵƉ ĂŶĚ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ǀŽƚĞ dŽƌǇ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŵĂǇ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ŚĞĂĚ ƐůĂƉƉŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĐƵƌƐŝŶŐͿ͘ hŶůŝŬĞ ďŽƚŚ >ĂďŽƵƌ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞǇ͛ǀĞ ŶĞǀĞƌ ďĞĞŶ ŝŶ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ƐŽ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ŐŽƚ Ă ƚĂƌŶŝƐŚĞĚ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ƚŽ ŚĂƌŬ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ͘ tŚĞƌĞĂƐ ǇŽƵ ŵŝŐŚƚ ŚĞĂƌ͕ ͞KŚ͕ ďƵƚ ǁŚĂƚ ĂďŽƵƚ dŚĂƚĐŚĞƌ͕͟ Žƌ ͞KŚ͕ ďƵƚ ǁŚĂƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ůĂŝƌ͕͟ ƚŚĞ ŵŝƐĚĞŵĞĂŶŽƵƌƐ ŽĨ WĂĚĚǇ ƐŚĚŽǁŶ ;ĂŶ ĂĚƵůƚĞƌĞƌͿ Žƌ ŚĂƌůĞƐ <ĞŶŶĞĚǇ ;ĂŶ ĂůĐŽŚŽůŝĐͿ ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ĚĂŵĂŐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ͛Ɛ ƌĞƉƵƚĂƟŽŶ Žƌ͕ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌǇ ůĞĂƐƚ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ĐĂƵƐĞ Ă ŚĞƐŝƚĂƟŽŶ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ďĂůůŽƚ ďŽǆ͘ /Ĩ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĂŐĞ ŽůĚ ͚ǁĂƐƚĞĚ ǀŽƚĞ͛ ƐƟŐŵĂ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ƉůĂŐƵĞ ůĞŐŐ͛Ɛ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ͕ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ůŽŶŐ ƉůĂŐƵĞĚ ŚŝƐ ƉƌĞĚĞĐĞƐƐŽƌƐ͘ Ɛ ŝƚ ƐƚĂŶĚƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞƐ ŶĞĞĚ Ă ϲ͘ϵй ƐǁŝŶŐ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ >ĂďŽƵƌ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽ ĂǀŽŝĚ Ă ŚƵŶŐ ƉĂƌůŝĂŵĞŶƚ ;ĂŶĚ ŵŽƐƚ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚĂƚŽƌƐ ĂƌĞ ĂŐƌĞĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ƐǁŝŶŐ ŝƐ ƵŶůŝŬĞůǇͿ͘ 'ƌŝŵůǇ ĨŽƌ >ŝď Ğŵ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĞƌƐ͕ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉĂƌƚǇ ǁŽƵůĚ ŶĞĞĚ Ă ƐǁŝŶŐ ŽĨ ϭϲ͘ϱй ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ >ĂďŽƵƌ ŝĨ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĂŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ƚŚĞ ůĂƌŐĞƐƚ ƉĂƌƚǇ ŝŶ WĂƌůŝĂŵĞŶƚ͘ &ĂŝůŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ǁŽƵůĚ ŶĞĞĚ Ă ϭϯ͘ϱй ƐǁŝŶŐ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ >ĂďŽƵƌ ŝĨ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĂŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ůĂƌŐĞƐƚ ƉĂƌƚǇ͘ ůĞŐŐ ŚĂƐ ƚŽůĚ ƵƐ ďŽůĚůǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ͞ǁĂŶƚƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƉƌŝŵĞ ŵŝŶŝƐƚĞƌ͕͟ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ďĞĐŽŵŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŽĸĐŝĂů ůĞĂĚĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ Ă

Ă ŚĞŌǇ ďŝƚ ŽĨ ĚĂŵĂŐĞ ƚŽ ďŽƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞ ĂŶĚ >ĂďŽƵƌ͛Ɛ ǀŝƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ŽĨ Ă ŚƵŶŐ ƉĂƌůŝĂŵĞŶƚ͕ ĐŽŵƉƌŽŵŝƐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ >ŝď ĞŵƐ ǁŝůů ďĞĐŽŵĞ ĞƐƐĞŶƟĂů ʹ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵĂŶŝĨĞƐƚŽ ŵŽƌĞ ƌĞůĞǀĂŶƚ ƚŚĂŶ ĞǀĞƌ͘

ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂů͛Ɛ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƚŽ ƉƌŝǀĂĐǇ͘ dŚĞ ƉƌŽƉŽƐĂůƐ ŽĨ ƐƵĐŚ ŵĞĂƐƵƌĞƐ ƚĞŶĚ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ƉŽŝƐŽŶĞĚ ĐŚĂůŝĐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĞůĞĐƚŽƌĂƚĞ͘ KŶ ƚŚĞ ŽŶĞ ŚĂŶĚ͕ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ůŝŬĞůǇ ƚŽ ǀŝĞǁ ƚŚŝƐ ĨŽƌŵ ŽĨ ůŝďĞƌĂůŝƐŵ ĂƐ Ă ŚĂŵŵĞƌ ďůŽǁ ƚŽ EĞǁ >ĂďŽƵƌ͛Ɛ KƌǁĞůůŝĂŶ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŽůĚĞƌ ǀŽƚĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ŽŌĞŶ ŵŽƌĞ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŽǁ ƐƵĐŚ ŚĂƐƚǇ ůŝďĞƌƚǇ ǁŝůů ĂīĞĐƚ ĐƌŝŵĞ ůĞǀĞůƐ͘ dŽ ĐŽŵƉĞŶƐĂƚĞ͕ ƚŚĞ >ŝď ĞŵƐ ĂƌĞ ƉƌŽƉŽƐŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ƉŽůŝĐĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌƐ ďǇ ϯ͕ϬϬϬ ŽǀĞƌ ĮǀĞ ǇĞĂƌƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƵŶůŝŬĞůǇ ƚŽ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ Ă ƐĞĂ ŽĨ ŵŝŐŚƚǇ ďůƵĞ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ĂƐ ǁŝƚŚ ϰϯ ƚĞƌƌŝƚŽƌŝĂů ƉŽůŝĐĞ ĨŽƌĐĞƐ ŝŶ ŶŐůĂŶĚ ĂŶĚ tĂůĞƐ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ;ƚŚĂƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ŵĞĂŶ ϭϰ ĞǆƚƌĂ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ Ă ǇĞĂƌ ƉĞƌ ƚĞƌƌŝƚŽƌǇͿ͘ >ŝŬĞ ƚŚĞ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ >ŝďĞƌĂůƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ĂůƐŽ ƚĂŬĞ Ă ŵĂĐŚĞƚĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌƐ ŽĨ >ĂďŽƵƌ͛Ɛ ƚĂŶŐůĞĚ ďƵƌĞĂƵĐƌĂƟĐ ͚ƌĞĚ ƚĂƉĞ͛ ĂŶĚ ƐůĂƐŚ ƉŽůŝĐŝŶŐ ƚĂƌŐĞƚƐ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƚĂƌŐĞƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚĂƉĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ E,^ ĂŶĚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƐĞĐƚŽƌƐ͘ ǀĞŶ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƵŶůŝŬĞůǇ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ >ŝďĞƌĂů ĞŵŽĐƌĂƚƐ ĂƌĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŐĂŝŶ ƉŽǁĞƌ͕ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ ƐŝŶĐĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƵƐ ĐĂŶ ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌ ƚŚĞǇ͛ƌĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ǁŝĞůĚ ƌĞĂů ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ,ŽƵƐĞƐ ŽĨ WĂƌůŝĂŵĞŶƚ ʹ ŝŶ ŽƚŚĞƌ ǁŽƌĚƐ͕ Ă ǀŽƚĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŵ ǁŽŶ͛ƚ ďĞ Ă ǁĂƐƚĞĚ ŽŶĞ͘ ĚŵŝƩĞĚůǇ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ůŽŶŐ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚ͘ tŚĂƚ ǁĂƐŶ͛ƚ ĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƚĞĚ ǁĂƐ ũƵƐƚ ŚŽǁ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ;ĂŶĚ ŐƌŽǁŝŶŐͿ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ǁĂƐ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ͘ ůĞŐŐ ŵŝŐŚƚ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ĂƌĂĐŬ KďĂŵĂ ŽĨ ƌŝƟƐŚ ƉŽůŝƟĐƐ͕ ďƵƚ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ďĞ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞĚ ŝĨ Ă ůŽƚ ŵŽƌĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŚĂŶ ũƵƐƚ 'ŽƌĚŽŶ ƌŽǁŶ ĂŶĚ ĂǀŝĚ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ ƐƚĂƌƚ ƐĂǇŝŶŐ͕ ͞/ ĂŐƌĞĞ ǁŝƚŚ EŝĐŬ͘͟

“Don’t be surprised if a lot more people than just Gordon Brown and David Cameron start saying, ‘I agree with Nick.’” ĂŵĞƌŽŶ ƚƌŝĞĚ ŚŝƐ ďĞƐƚ ƚŽ ůŽŽŬ ƉƌŝŵĞ ŵŝŶŝƐƚĞƌŝĂů ĂŶĚ 'ŽƌĚŽŶ ƌŽǁŶ ƉƌĞƐŝĚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚĞĚŝŽƵƐ ŐƌĂǀŝƚĂƐ͕ ůĞŐŐ ƐƚŽŽĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƐƚŽŽƉĞĚ ƐŚŽƵůĚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ŚĂĚ ŚŝƐ ŚĂŶĚƐ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ƉŽĐŬĞƚƐ͘ ,Ğ ǁĂƐ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ ĚŝƌĞĐƚ͘ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ďŽƵƋƵĞƚ ŽĨ ŇŽǁĞƌƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ

ĂŶĚ Ă ďŽǆ ŽĨ ĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƌŽǁŶ͕ ŚĞ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ƚƵƌŶ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ͚ǇĞƐ ŵĂŶ͛ ĞŝƚŚĞƌ͘ ,Ğ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ ĐĂƌĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƉŽůŝƟĐƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƵƐƵĂů ƉĂĐŬĂŐĞĚ ƐĞŶƐĞ͘

EŝĐŬ ůĞŐŐ Ăƚ ĂŵďƌŝĚŐĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ͘ zĞƐ͕ ƌĞĂůůǇ͘ dŽ ůŽŽŬ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŶŝĨĞƐƚŽ͕ ƚŚĞ >ŝď Ğŵ ƌŽŽƚƐ ŝŶ ŽůĚ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶĞĚ ůŝďĞƌĂůŝƐŵ ƐƟůů ƐŚŝŶĞ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂů ;ĂŶĚ ĐƌƵĐŝĂůůǇ ŶŽƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚͿ ƌĞŵĂŝŶŝŶŐ ƉĂƌĂŵŽƵŶƚ͘ zĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ƐĞůŇĞƐƐůǇ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ƚŚĞ ĞůĞĐƚŽƌĂů ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ƐŽ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĞĂƐŝĞƌ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ĞůĞĐƚĞĚ͕ ǇĞƚ ƚŚĞǇ ǁŽƵůĚ ĂůƐŽ ƐĐƌĂƉ / ĐĂƌĚƐ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƚŚĞ E ĚĂƚĂďĂƐĞ ĂŶĚ ǁŽƵůĚ ƐĞĞŬ ƚŽ ƌĞĚƵĐĞ ƚŚĞ ĚĞƚĞŶƟŽŶͲ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚͲĐŚĂƌŐĞ ůŝŵŝƚ ƚŽ Ă ŵĞƌĞ ƚǁŽ ǁĞĞŬƐ ;ĐŽŵƉĂƌĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ >ĂďŽƵƌ WĂƌƚǇ͛Ɛ ƉƌŽƉŽƐĞĚ ϰϮ ĚĂǇƐͿ͘ >ŝŬĞ ƚŚĞ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐĞ ĂŶ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ƐƚǇůĞ ŝůů ŽĨ ZŝŐŚƚƐ ƚŽ ĨƵŶĚĂŵĞŶƚĂůůǇ ĚĞĮŶĞ ;ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŽƌĞƟĐĂůůǇ ƉƌŽƚĞĐƚͿ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂů ƌŝŐŚƚƐ͘ KŶĞ ĚĞďĂƚĂďůĞ ďŽŽŶ ŽĨ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ďŝůů ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĚƵĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ds ƐƵƌǀĞŝůůĂŶĐĞ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ͕ ĂƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĐŽŶƐƚĂŶƚ

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TUESDAY 20th APRIL 2010

concrete.editor@uea.ac.uk

EDITORIAL 15

CONCRETE EDITORIAL EDITOR

EDITORIAL

concrete.editor@uea.ac.uk Hannah Livingston

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Jack Brinded, Laura Liddell, Alan Fielding, Alice Violett, Lucy Moore, Chris Gray

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concrete.food09@gmail.com Edward Leftwich

concrete.editorial@uea.ac.uk Alice Violett

LIFESTYLE EDITOR concrete.lifestyle@uea.ac.uk Samantha Lewis

This summer, I’ve decided to join the league of ‘people who do totally crazy things for charity.’ In my case, the charity is Mind, an amazing charity that provide help and support for people ƐƵīĞƌŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ŵĞŶƚĂů ŚĞĂůƚŚ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ƚĂŬĞƐ ŵĂŶǇ ĨŽƌŵƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ŚĞůƉ ŐĞƫŶŐ a correct diagnosis; advice about treatments as ǁĞůů ĂƐ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĂďŽƵƚ ƌŝŐŚƚƐ ĂŶĚ ůĞŐŝƐůĂƟŽŶ͘ They also provide an open helpline and give grants to community projects across the UK. The ‘totally crazy thing’ that I plan to do in order to raise money for this cause is as follows: I’m going to shave my lovely, precious, widely ĞŶǀŝĞĚ ŚĂŝƌ Žī͘ ůů ŽĨ ŝƚ͘ So, to make sure that this endeavour won’t be in vain, head to: ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬǁǁǁ͘ũƵƐƚŐŝǀŝŶŐ͘ĐŽŵͬŚĂŶŶĂŚͲůŝǀŝŶŐƐƚŽŶ ŶǇ ĚŽŶĂƟŽŶ͕ ŶŽ ŵĂƩĞƌ ŚŽǁ ƐŵĂůů͕ ǁŝůů ŵĂŬĞ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ͘ dŚĞ ŐƌĂŶĚ ŚĂŝƌ ƌĞŵŽǀĂů ǁŝůů ƚĂŬĞ place on 30th April, and video footage will be widely available!

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Love Hannah

Keri Dickens, Vicki Wheatland

Nishavitha Murthi, Fahd Shah, Hui Zhou

TURF EDITOR concrete.turf@uea.ac.uk Rebecca Wiles

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TUESDAY 20th APRIL 2010

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Academic Challenges This issue, International discusses the things international students find hard in their academic and professional lives.

The language It is known as the universal language, it is spoken in some 50 or more countries in the world and it is the dominant language of England. hŶĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞůǇ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ŝƐ ƐƟůů ŽŶĞ of the main challenges faced by ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƵƉŽŶ ĐŚŽŽƐŝŶŐ to study in England. dŚĞ ŵĂũŽƌŝƚǇ ŽĨ h ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů students hail from various parts of Asia and Africa, where English is not ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽĸĐŝĂů ůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ͘ ^ŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ have certainly not spoken English prior to their arrival and are in England simply to learn the language. Of course, many of these countries do include English language lessons in their academic syllabus, but it’s safe to say they are never truly the ƐĂŵĞ ĂƐ Ă ŶĂƟǀĞ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ƐƉĞĂŬĞƌ͘ Choosing to study in England is a huge step and in a foreign land, struggling with the language is a big

problem for many. The language is needed to survive the academic courses, to complete the endless assignments, to understand academic ƉĂƉĞƌƐ Žƌ ƚŽ ǁƌŝƚĞ ƵƉ ĚŝƐƐĞƌƚĂƟŽŶƐ͕ all of which require a good grip of the ůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ ĞǀĞŶ ĨŽƌ ŶĂƟǀĞ ƐƉĞĂŬĞƌƐ͘ It is generally agreed that learning a language from scratch ĂŌĞƌ ĐŚŝůĚŚŽŽĚ ŝƐ Ă ƌĞĂů ŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ǀŽǁĞůƐ͕ ƐŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ͕ ĐŽŶĐĞƉƚ ĂŶĚ grammar can all be very confusing ƚŽ Ă ĨƌĞƐŚ ůĞĂƌŶĞƌ͘ /Ŷ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ͕ ǁŚĞŶ one is trying to acquire a university degree using a foreign language it can be overwhelming and it is truly a reason to be proud when one overcomes this challenge. Besides being academically demanding, English also plays a huge ƌŽůĞ ŝŶ ĞǀĞƌǇĚĂǇ ůŝĨĞ͘ ŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶ ŝƐ ǀŝƚĂů͕ ĂŶĚ ĂƐ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů student, it can impact social life,

Academic writing Nishavitha Murthi especially in terms of forming groups of friends, going to the cinema, ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďƵƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŽƌƟŶŐ ŽƵƚ ďŝůůƐ Žƌ ĂĐĐŽŵŵŽĚĂƟŽŶ͘ dŚŝƐ ĐĂŶ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ďĞ ĚĂƵŶƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŝĨ ŶŽƚ ŵĂŶĂŐĞĚ appropriately could cause social ŝƐŽůĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĚĞƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ͘ Of course it takes a lot of hard work and willpower to conquer a language but it is also advantageous to know that help is always available. The University has endless resources as well as assistance for students to overcome these dilemmas. The ŶŐůŝƐŚ >ĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ ^ƵƉƉŽƌƚ WƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞ ; >^WͿ Ăƚ h ŽīĞƌƐ ĨƌĞĞ ĞǆƚƌĂ ŶŐůŝƐŚ classes to UEA-registered students and their dependents. These classes ŽīĞƌ ĞǆƚƌĂ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ with everyday student life as well as ŝŶ ĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶƐ͘ Ɛ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ saying goes, “where there is a will, there is always a way.”

The term “open-minded” Open-minded is a word frequently ŵĞŶƟŽŶĞĚ ďŽƚŚ ĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐĂůůǇ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ĐĂƐƵĂů ĐŽŶǀĞƌƐĂƟŽŶ͘ &Žƌ ŵŽƐƚ people, open-mindedness might be ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚ ĂŶ ĞĂƐǇ ŵĂǆŝŵ ƚŽ ĨŽůůŽǁ͕ but what really happens when we push our brain to accept a brand new idea? History has already given the answers itself in a way, looking ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ZĞŶĂŝƐƐĂŶĐĞ͕ Žƌ ŚŝŶĂ͛Ɛ ϭϵϭϭ ƌĞǀŽůƵƟŽŶ͕ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶŇŝĐƚ ŽĨ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ĐŝǀŝůŝǌĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ĐŽŶĐĞƉƚƐ ĐĂƵƐĞĚ turbulence, proving that being openminded is not as easy as it appears. Although nowadays openmindedness is more encouraged than it was 100 years ago, people

ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ĂĐĐĞƉƚ ƚŚĞ ŝĚĞĂƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƌĞůĂƚĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽůĚ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞƐ͘ WĞƌƐŽŶĂů ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ major elements one consults when introduced to new concepts. The insecurity of humanity causes selfĐŽŶŇŝĐƚ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŽŶĞ ĨĞĞůƐ ĂŶǆŝŽƵƐ ƚŽ ĞǆƉůŽƌĞ ŶĞǁ ŝĚĞĂƐ͘ /ƚ ƚĂŬĞƐ ƟŵĞ ĨŽƌ the brain to adjust to new thinking processes. However, this process requires a huge amount of energy, which ŝƐ ǁŚǇ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĨĞĞů ŵĞŶƚĂůůǇ ƟƌĞĚ ǁŚĞŶĞǀĞƌ ƚŚĞǇ ĞǆƉůŽƌĞ ŶĞǁ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ŵĂǇ ƉƌĞǀĞŶƚ ŽŶĞ ĨƌŽŵ ĞǆƉůŽƌŝŶŐ ŶĞǁ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ͕ ĂƐ ƚŚĞǇ ůĂĐŬ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ Žƌ ĞŶĞƌŐǇ͘ &Žƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ƵƐĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ second language to learn new ideas

Hui Zhou

Qingning Wang dŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƚŚŝŶŐ ŵĂŶǇ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĮŶĚ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐŝŶŐ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞǇ start to write an essay what language to use. It is not as simple as describing something using English; you have to organise your language to match academic standards. Therefore, even when one can speak English ŇƵĞŶƚůǇ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƚĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ in daily life, it may be impossible to write a good essay. Vocabulary, ƐĞŶƚĞŶĐĞ ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ͕ ŐƌĂŵŵĂƌ usage and paragraph layout: all of these are indispensable in an essay. /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ ŝŶ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ĚŝƐƟŶĐƟŽŶ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ĨŽƌŵĂů and informal discourse, whereby ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ǀŽĐĂďƵůĂƌǇ ŝƐ ĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞ ŝŶ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ ĐŽŶƚĞǆƚƐ͖ ƚŚŝƐ ŵĂǇ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞ the quality of an essay, even though many words have the same or similar meanings. An essay is a paper that people write to discuss an academic issue. In this paper, one needs to present some opinions, support these opinions by ƌĞĨĞƌƌŝŶŐ ƚŽ ůŝƚĞƌĂƚƵƌĞ͕ ĐƌŝƟĐĂůůǇ ĂŶĂůǇƐĞ this literature and come up with a conclusion. This process requires a certain level of knowledge as well as

the ability to use language to present one’s ideas to people. This means that the language barrier can prevent an ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ĨƌŽŵ ĞǆƉƌĞƐƐŝŶŐ themselves clearly. Inappropriate word choices may confuse or even change the meaning of a statement or even a whole essay, such are the intricacies of English. It is not easy to improve one’s English, especially for academic ƉƵƌƉŽƐĞƐ͖ ŝƚ ŝƐ Ă ůŽŶŐ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ͘ ZĞĂĚŝŶŐ more books and professional essays ŝƐ ĞƐƐĞŶƟĂů͖ ďĞƐŝĚĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ and ideas that may be gleaned from reading, it is also possible to ůĞĂƌŶ ŵŽƌĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ of language and accumulate more ǀŽĐĂďƵůĂƌǇ ĨƌŽŵ ŝƚ͘ ^ĞĞŬŝŶŐ ŚĞůƉ ĨƌŽŵ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůƐ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ĂŶ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞ ĐŚŽŝĐĞ͘ dŚĞ ĞĂŶ ŽĨ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛ KĸĐĞ provides students free pre-booked one-to-one tutorial sessions for essay ǁƌŝƟŶŐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂƌĞ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ŚĞůƉĨƵů ĨŽƌ ĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ͘

The experience Fahd Shah

ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ĞǆƚƌĂ ďĂƌƌŝĞƌƐ ƚŽ overcome. But like everything else, if one ĐĂŶ ŐĞƚ ƉĂƐƚ ƚŚĞ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ŝŶŝƟĂů stages, it will become increasingly ŶĂƚƵƌĂů ƚŽ ĞǆƉůŽƌĞ ŶĞǁ ŝĚĞĂƐ͘

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There are a lot of challenges facing ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ h<͘ One of the biggest challenges, beside those of study, is to search for ǁŽƌŬ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞůĂƚĞƐ ƚŽ ǇŽƵƌ ƐƚƵĚǇ ĂƌĞĂ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ĨŽƌ ĮŶĂů ǇĞĂƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘ dŚĞ ĞĐŽŶŽŵǇ ǁĂƐ ŝŶ ƚĂƩĞƌƐ last year, with a lot of businesses closing up or reducing the number of graduates they recruit. This has hit ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŽŶ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ůĞǀĞůƐ͘ The working world has become more ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟǀĞ ĂƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ fewer places available and students ŚĂǀĞ ĨŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ĐŽŵƉĞƟŶŐ against professionals who have been made redundant from their original ũŽďƐ͘ &Žƌ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŝŶ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ŵŽƌĞ ƌĞƐƚƌŝĐƟŽŶƐ on employment compared with

ŚŽŵĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͖ ĨŽƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ͕ ƌĞŐƵůĂƟŽŶ ƐƚĂƚĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƐ Ă ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ visa holder, one can only work up to 20 hours per week. There are other ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĂƟŽŶƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ ďĂƌƌŝĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĐƵůƚƵƌĂů ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞƐ͘ ůƐŽ͕ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŶĞĞĚ to be very aware of their rights lest ƚŚĞǇ ĨĂĐĞ ĚŝƐĐƌŝŵŝŶĂƟŽŶ Ăƚ ǁŽƌŬ͘ ^ĞĞŬŝŶŐ ŚĞůƉ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ Careers Centre is always a good choice which will give students ŐƵŝĚĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƟŽŶƐ͘ ŶŽƚŚĞƌ ŝĚĞĂ ŵĂǇ ďĞ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ŝŶƚŽ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ ƐƚƵĚǇ ǁŚŝůĞ ƚŚĞ ũŽď ŵĂƌŬĞƚ ŝƐ ƐƟůů up in the air, helping you to improve your employability and think about ĂŶĚ ĮŶĚ ǁŽƌŬ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚƐ ǇŽƵ͘

TRAVEL 17

TUESDAY 20th APRIL 2010

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Indian Adventure Maroc ‘n’ Roll

Tom Finch

Steffan Taylor recounts his summer trip to India, how he negotiated the mountains as well as the problems that faced him along the way. Last summer I travelled to India on an adventure to see the solar eclipse, trek in the Himalayas and to explore the province of Kashmir. I travelled to Varanasi, in Western India. The utter chaos of the streets has you astounded: the vibrant colours, smells and noises awaken the senses. Cows, bulls and goats wander the narrow streets holding up traffic and it is not uncommon to see a family of five on a moped or beggars smoking opium! Soldiers hang AK-47s carelessly on their backs as they urinate casually in the street. One homeless lady begged with her snake dangling around her baby’s neck! Thousands of people travelled to Varanasi to see the solar eclipse, many of whom were religious pilgrims. On the banks of the Ganges River, eclipse enthusiasts, religious pilgrims and news reporters stood shoulder to shoulder, so crowded that people were being pushed in the water. We were lucky enough to get a rowing boat, with a rower fighting the strong currents of the Ganges to stay in the same place. It was looking doubtful that we would be able to see the eclipse because of the monsoon clouds; but, 15 minutes before, the clouds parted the extraordinary event of the solar eclipse took place. The crowd

gasped as the sky blacked out for three minutes and four seconds. Prayers could be heard chanted. From Varanasi I travelled to Leh, a town in the far north of India in the Ladakh region of the Himalayas. Flying into the Leh military airport was a scary encounter. Leh has one of the most difficult landings which only the most skilled pilots fly: a close U-Turn around a mountain into a valley landing strip. Straightaway the altitude is noticeable. You are advised not to walk around the town as three days is needed to adjust to the altitude and 20 steps can have you panting for minutes.

“The utter chaos of the streets has you astounded...” I did an eight day trek through the Zanskar and Markha valleys which amounted to 120Km. Here there were spectacular views of the Great Himalayan, Ladakh and Zanskar ranges. The trails wind past willow groves, alongside patches of wild roses and through pastel canyons. It involved crossing two passes Stok La (4848m) and Kagmaru La (5274m - higher than Mont Blanc), which consisted of breathtaking views across the snow topped mountains of the largest mountain range in the world. Buddhist prayer flags fluttered at the tops of passes and wolf traps lay near the Ladakhi

villages, a sour reminder of what type of animals lived nearby. The days are very hot and the nights are cold, especially because of the altitude. My friend fell ill before the trek but he had his mind set on it and decided to join us on the second day; he arrived looking dreadful and could only achieve a crawling pace. After three hours of walking through a rocky dried-up river bed in sweltering heat with no shade, his body gave in and he collapsed. Being a day’s walk from the nearest phone and two days from medical help, this looked like a very dangerous situation. The guide managed to take him back to a house on the trail six hours back, where he spent three days recovering from swine flu. After trekking we hired a driver and drove three days west into deep Kashmir to the city of Srinagar. Gradually the scenery changed from an arid landscape to rolling green hills. On dirt roads wrapped around the mountain sides with thousandplus feet drops, the sight of burned out trucks which had gone off the roads and rolled down was not a reassuring sight. Srinagar was very different to previous cities; it is mostly populated by Muslims and had little tourism. The war-torn province of Kashmir has been frequently featured in news headlines in the last decade and the British Home Office still advises not to travel there. The army is everywhere as a result of the disputed borders with Pakistan. I stayed on a very old house boat on Dal Lake; over 500 hundred house boats are scattered all over this beautiful lake and is nicknamed “Venice of the East”.

/ ůŽŽŬ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ŵĞ͘͘͘ ǁĂŝƟŶŐ͘ dŝĐŬ ĨŽůůŽǁ ƚŽĐŬ ĨŽůůŽǁ ƟĐŬ͘ DǇ ĂƌŵƐ shoot into the water and paddle ĨƌĂŶƟĐĂůůǇ͘ dŚĞ ďŽĂƌĚ ƟƉƐ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ and I pounce on to it to catch the wave. 26 members of UEA Surf Club had arrived at Taghazout – a ƐŵĂůů ĮƐŚŝŶŐ ǀŝůůĂŐĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ǁĞƐƚ coast of Morocco. The temperature a hazy 28°C, the surf was a perfect ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǁĞĞŬ͕ ĂůůŽǁŝŶŐ everyone to catch a wave. The auberge where we stayed was an old four storey building which gave out onto the sea, and was decorated in a style that gave true testament to the laidback surfer lifestyle, mixed with DŽƌŽĐĐĂŶ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚƐ͘ dŚĞ ƚŽƉ ŇŽŽƌ was dedicated as a tranquil terrace covered by a canopy with cushions ĂŶĚ ƐĞĂƟŶŐ ŝŶ ĂďƵŶĚĂŶĐĞ͘ tĞ Ăůů ƐůĞƉƚ ƐŽƵŶĚůǇ ƚŚĂƚ ĮƌƐƚ night, with the rolling sound of the sea rocking us gently to sleep. The ƐĐƌĞĞĐŚŝŶŐ ƉƵƩĞƌ ŽĨ ĮƐŚŝŶŐ ďŽĂƚƐ Ăƚ 6am however was enough to wake you from the deepest slumber. To sedate our hunger the auberge

served us various styles of cuisine, ďƵƚ ŵŽƐƚ ŶŽƟĐĞĂďůǇ ƚŚĞ DŽƌŽĐĐĂŶ ƚĂŐŝŶĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽƵƐĐŽƵƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĮĞƌǇ spices, went down a treat. Morocco’s coast enjoys some of the world’s most consistent yearround surf and 330 days of sunshine, ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ŝƚ ǁĞůů ŬŶŽǁŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƵƌĮŶŐ community. The several beaches that we visited during our stay made up only a handful of those available. Onze was our most visited beach as it was great for both novices and veterans and was mostly quiet. For the brave among us who ventured Žī ĨŽƌ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ďŝŐŐĞƌ ƚŽ ƉĂĚĚůĞ͕ Anchor Point, the “Holy Grail” of long curling right breaks, provided. Taghazout is cheap, easy to get to, ĂŶĚ ƚŽƵƌŝƐƚǇ͕ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƐĂĐƌŝĮĐŝŶŐ ƚŽŽ ŵƵĐŚ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ĂƵƚŚĞŶƟĐŝƚǇ͘

The Eternal City Gareth Rees-White Rome: supposedly the Eternal City, and for good reason. The numerous historical sites across the city are mostly in excellent condition, and as they are within walking distance of each other (and generally offer student discounts) no visitor has an excuse not to visit areas such as Palatine Hill, the Pantheon or the Colosseum. If you can afford the slightly higher entry fee, the Vatican City is unmissable, with the lengthy climb to the top of St Peters Basilica proving a particular highlight. Potential visitors should be warned that the Sistine Chapel isn’t camera friendly, with the guards on a constant vigil against snap-happy tourists. Also be warned that during the winter Rome is bitterly cold, but is at least devoid of crowds. Conversely, during the summer the city is hot and thronging with tourists. As such, expect lengthy queues into anywhere from historical sites to ice-cream parlours. I have to say that the city lost much of its appeal in the summer, but as it was only a brief trip (a meagre eight-hour stop off a cruise), it would be unfair to judge.

My first encounter with Rome coincided with my 18th birthday, leading to a sampling of the city’s nightlife. As a general rule it is business as usual with the more touristy districts, particularly the Trastevere, offering themed pubs and eateries promising authentic food at hiked up prices. Whilst there is nothing particularly wrong with this, with many bars located around a central square offering outdoor seating in the summer, when we visited in winter this was unavailable. We tended towards the more ‘local’ bars, offering the usual martinis and local beers, whilst featuring live acts most nights. Rome is a beautiful, historic city which I would recommend to all.

18 FOOD

TUESDAY 20th APRIL 2010

concrete.food09@gmail.com

It used to be about the food!

Golden Apple ĂŶŝĞ ,ĂĚůĞǇ

Ě >ĞŌ ǁŝĐŚ During the Easter holidays most students will have forlornly turned ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ds Ă ĨĞǁ Ɵ ŵĞƐ͘ DĂŶǇ wonderful shows were on, but a few such as Heston Blumenthal’s Feasts, ƌĞĂůůǇ ĐĂƉƚƵƌĞ ǇŽƵƌ ĂƩ ĞŶƟ ŽŶ͘ dŚŝƐ incredible show consists of Heston ĐƌĞĂƟ ŶŐ ƚŚĞ ǁĞŝƌĚĞƐƚ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƐƚ ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵů ŵĞĂůƐ ĨŽƌ ĐĞůĞďƌŝƟ ĞƐ ƚŽ ͚ĞŶũŽǇ͛͘ ďŽƵƚ ŚĂůĨǁĂǇ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ this programme two things are ŵĂĚĞ ĐůĞĂƌ͘ &ŝƌƐƚůǇ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ Ă programme about food, but about ĐĞůĞďƌŝƟ ĞƐ͛ ƌĞĂĐƟ ŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐƌĂǌǇ things Heston does to create his ŵĞĂůƐ͘ ^ĞĐŽŶĚůǇ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ ĂŶ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ĞŶƟ ƌĞůǇ ƉŽŝŶƚůĞƐƐ ĞǆĞƌĐŝƐĞ͘ ^ƵƌĞ͕ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ value; watching people eat chicken ƚĞƐƟ ĐůĞƐ ŝƐ ĨƵŶŶǇ͘ Calling Feast a food programme ŝƐ Ă ƐƚƌĂŝŐŚƚ ƵƉ ůŝĞ͘ ,ĞƐƚŽŶ ůƵŵĞŶƚŚĂů is clearly and demonstrably one of ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĂƟ ǀĞ ĂŶĚ ƚĂůĞŶƚĞĚ ĐŚĞĨƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ĞǀĞƌ ůŝǀĞĚ͘ ^Ž ǁŚǇ ĂƌĞ ǁĞ ǁĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ ĐĞůĞďƌŝƟ ĞƐ ƌĞĂĐƟ ŽŶƐ ƚŽ ďĞŝŶŐ ĨĞĚ ƚĞƐƟ ĐůĞƐ instead of watching Heston share

his knowledge with the wider world? Not convinced? Just watch Masterchef͘ ,ĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ŽƌĚŝŶĂƌǇ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĐƌĞĂƟ ŶŐ ĞǆƚƌĂŽƌĚŝŶĂƌǇ ĨŽŽĚ͘ Ž ǁĞ ƐĞĞ ŚŽǁ they do it? No, it focuses on the ĐŽŶŇ ŝĐƚ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞŵ͕ ƚŚĞ ŵŝƐƚĂŬĞƐ ƚŚĞǇ ŵĂŬĞ ĂŶĚ ŚĂůĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĐƌĞĞŶ Ɵ ŵĞ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ĐŽŶƚĞƐƚĂŶƚƐ Ɛŝƫ ŶŐ ŽŶ Ă ĐŽƵĐŚ ǁĂŝƟ ŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŽůĚ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ĨĂŝůĞĚ͘ tŚĂƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ĂŶǇ ŽĨ 'ŽƌĚŽŶ ZĂŵƐĂǇ͛Ɛ ds ƐŚŽǁƐ͍ ůů ĂďŽƵƚ Śŝŵ being an angry but charming chef, ƐŚŽƵƟ ŶŐ Ăƚ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ͕ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ĨĞĞů ďĂĚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ƐůĂŐŐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ Žī ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞǇ ĂŶƐǁĞƌ ďĂĐŬ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽ real cooking know-how imparted, ũƵƐƚ ĞŐŽ ƐƚƌŽŬŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĚƌĂŵĂƟ Đ ds͘ dŚĞ Ň ŝƉ ƐŝĚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĐŽŝŶ is Delia, the Hairy Bikers and Nigella, with the “This is what we are going to make, now we are going to hold your hand through the whole ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ͟ ĨŽƌŵĂƚ ŽĨ ĐŽŽŬŝŶŐ ƐŚŽǁ͘ This style of show is endemic in ƌŝƟ ƐŚ ds ŚŝƐƚŽƌǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐĂĐƌŝĮ ĐĞƐ ŝƚƐ ƚŚƌŝůůƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƉŝůůƐ ƚŽ Žī Ğƌ ŐŽŽĚ ƐŽůŝĚ ĂĚǀŝĐĞ͘ dŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ŝŶĐĂƌŶĂƟ ŽŶ

of this show is The Delicious Miss Dahl͘ DĂŶǇ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŵĂĚĞ ŵƵĐŚ ŽĨ ŚŽǁ ŝŶĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞ DŝƐƐ ĂŚů ǁĂƐ in her cooking show; apparently ƐŚĞ ǁĂƐ ͞ƚŽŽ ƐĞǆǇ͘͟ dŚŝƐ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ Ă ŶĞǁ thing; Nigella became a sex icon through her cookery show as well as showing people how to actually ĐŽŽŬ ĨŽŽĚ͘ ĞůŝĂ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŐĞƚ a look in these days as her severe matriarchal style no longer cuts it with modern audiences: food needs to be sexy to have mainstream ĂƉƉĞĂů͘ ^Ž DŝƐƐ ĂŚů ƉƌĂĐƟ ĐĂůůǇ faking an orgasm over her homemade fudge really does sell, makes ŐŽŽĚ ds ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟ ŽŶĂů͘ zĞƚ ƐŚĞ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ Ă ƌĞĂů ĐŚĞĨ͘ Having a passion for food is great, but it doesn’t qualify you ĨŽƌ Ă DŝĐŚĞůŝŶ ƐƚĂƌ͘ dŚĞ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ with Ramsay and Blumenthal is that they are no longer chefs, they ĂƌĞ ds ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůŝƟ ĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ƐŚŽǁƐ͘ ŽŶƐƚĂŶƚůǇ ĐŽŵƉĞƟ ŶŐ ĂŵŽŶŐƐƚ themselves, they have abandoned their restaurants in favour of fame, and the substance of their TV

ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞƐ ƌĞŇ ĞĐƚƐ ƚŚŝƐ͘ ZĂŵƐĂǇ͛Ɛ ůĂƐƚ ĂƩ ĞŵƉƚ Ăƚ ĞǆƉůĂŝŶŝŶŐ Ă ƌĞĐŝƉĞ took a whole 30 seconds, not ĞǆĂĐƚůǇ Ă ĨŽůůŽǁĂďůĞ ƌĞĐŝƉĞ͘ &ŽŽĚ shows can no longer just be about ƚŚĞ ĨŽŽĚ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ Ň Ăŝƌ͕ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ŝƚ ďĞ ƐǁĞĂƌŝŶŐ͕ Žƌ ƐĞǆ͘ There is of course a third element to this debate, which ĐŽŶĮ ƌŵƐ ƚŚŝƐ ĐŽŶĐůƵƐŝŽŶ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚůǇ͗ :ĂŵŝĞ KůŝǀĞƌ͘ ŵĂŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ on TV so constantly for the best part of a decade that he has almost ďĞĐŽŵĞ ďĂĐŬŐƌŽƵŶĚ ŶŽŝƐĞ͘ celebrity and solid cook, his media presence has been so constant and so boring that I’m compelled to ƐƚŽƉ ǁƌŝƟ ŶŐ ĞŶƟ ƌĞůǇ͘

/ƚ͛Ɛ ŵŝĚ Ɖƌŝů͘ dŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ŝƐ ŐĞƫ ŶŐ ǀĞƌǇ ĞǆĐŝƚĞĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐŽ ƚŽŽ͕ ĂƌĞ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ͘ tĞ͛ƌĞ ŶŽƚ talking about the new series of Britain’s Got Talent – we’re on about the arrival of the longĂǁĂŝƚĞĚ ƐƵŶ͘ dŚĞ ƉĂƌƟ ŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĂƌŬ ŶŐůŝƐŚ clouds to make way for those golden rays has ůĞŌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ďĂƌŝŶŐ ůĞŐƐ ĂŶĚ shoulders, adorning sunnies and hats – we’ve ĞǀĞŶ ƐĞĞŶ Ň ŝƉ Ň ŽƉƐ͊ tĞ ĂƌĞ Ăůů ƚŽŽ ĂǁĂƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ in this country, you need to grab every possible opportunity to snatch some of that oh so rare ƐƵŶ ĂŶĚ ŐĞƚ ŝƚ ŽŶ ŽƵƌ ƐŬŝŶ͘ 'ŽůĚĞŶ ƉƉůĞ ŝƐ the best drink to serve with this new weather front: a cinnamon twist to your favourite cider, we guarantee it will warm your insides as the ƐƵŶ ďƌŽǁŶƐ ʹ Žƌ ďƵƌŶƐ͊ ʹ ǇŽƵƌ ůĞŐƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ĚƌŝŶŬ can be served hot, although we suggest large ĂŵŽƵŶƚƐ ŽĨ ŝĐĞ͘ 'Ğƚ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ͊ /ƚ ŵĂǇ ŶŽƚ ůĂƐƚ ůŽŶŐ͊

What you’ll need... Ϯϱŵů 'ŽůĚƐĐŚůĂŐĞƌ Top with Cider

Grilled Pork Steaks Great Greek Salad Spicy Aubergine in Garlic BBQ Sauce with Apple Sauce Ingredients Ingredients 2 apples 1 teaspoon sugar ^ƋƵŝƌƚ ŽĨ ůĞŵŽŶ ũƵŝĐĞ ;ŽƉƟ ŽŶĂůͿ 1 tablespoon of water 2 tablespoons orange juice 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard WŝŶĐŚ ŽĨ ĚƌŝĞĚ ƚŚǇŵĞ WŝŶĐŚ ŽĨ ĚƌŝĞĚ ƐĂŐĞ 4 pork steaks

Method ϭ͘ WĞĞů͕ ĐŽƌĞ ĂŶĚ ĐƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĂƉƉůĞƐ ŝŶƚŽ ƌŽƵŐŚ ƐŵĂůů ĚŝĐĞ͘ WůĂĐĞ ŝŶ Ă ƚŚŝĐŬͲďĂƐĞĚ ƐĂƵĐĞƉĂŶ ǁŝƚŚ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ƌĞŵĂŝŶŝŶŐ ŝŶŐƌĞĚŝĞŶƚƐ͘ Cook, covered, on a medium to low heat with a lid on top for ĂƉƉƌŽǆŝŵĂƚĞůǇ ϭϱ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ͘ ƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŽŬŝŶŐ Ɵ ŵĞ͕ ƐƟ ƌ ƚŽ ĞŶƐƵƌĞ ĞǀĞŶ ĐŽŽŬŝŶŐ͘ KŶĐĞ ĐŽŽŬĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƚĞŶĚĞƌ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂƉƉůĞ ƐƚĂƌƟ ŶŐ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ŵƵƐŚǇ͕ ƌĞŵŽǀĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂƚ͘ dŚĞ ĂƉƉůĞƐ ĐĂŶ ŶŽǁ ďĞ ǁŚŝƐŬĞĚ ƚŽ Ă ƐĂƵĐĞ ĐŽŶƐŝƐƚĞŶĐǇ͘ Ϯ͘ WƌĞƉĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ďĂƌďĞĐƵĞ ĨŽƌ ŐƌŝůůŝŶŐ͘ Dŝǆ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŽƌĂŶŐĞ ũƵŝĐĞ ĂŶĚ ĂƉƉůĞ ƐĂƵĐĞ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ƐƟ ƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐƚĂƌĚ͕ ƚŚǇŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƐĂŐĞ͘

1 medium ripe tomato 200g ripe cherry tomatoes 1 beef tomato 1 medium red onion, peeled 1 cucumber 1 green pepper Handful of fresh dill Handful of fresh mint leaves

Large handful of black olives, stoned ^ĞĂ ƐĂůƚ 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar 3 tablespoons good-quality 'ƌĞĞŬ ĞǆƚƌĂ ǀŝƌŐŝŶ ŽůŝǀĞ Žŝů 200g block of feta cheese 1 teaspoon dried oregano

Method ϭ͘ dŚĞ ŬĞǇ ƚŽ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ƐĂůĂĚ ŝƐ Ă ŵŝǆƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ Ěŝī ĞƌĞŶƚ ƐŚĂƉĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚĞǆƚƵƌĞƐ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽ ƉŽŝŶƚ ŝŶ ĐƵƫ ŶŐ ĞǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ǁĂǇ͘ ^Ž ĐƵƚ ǇŽƵƌ ŵĞĚŝƵŵ ƚŽŵĂƚŽ ŝŶƚŽ ǁĞĚŐĞƐ͕ ŚĂůǀĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĞƌƌǇ ƚŽŵĂƚŽĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐůŝĐĞ ƚŚĞ ďĞĞĨ ƚŽŵĂƚŽĞƐ͘ WƵƚ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ƚŽŵĂƚŽĞƐ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ƐĂůĂĚ ďŽǁů͘ ^ůŝĐĞ ƚŚĞ ŽŶŝŽŶ ĂƐ ƚŚŝŶůǇ ĂƐ ǇŽƵ ƉŽƐƐŝďůǇ ĐĂŶ͕ ƐŽ ƚŚĞǇ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ĚŝƐƐŽůǀĞ ŝŶ ǇŽƵƌ ŵŽƵƚŚ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂĚĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚŽŵĂƚŽĞƐ͘ ^ĐƌĂƚĐŚ Ă ĨŽƌŬ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŝĚĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐƵĐƵŵďĞƌ ƐŽ ŝƚ ůĞĂǀĞƐ ĚĞĞƉ ŐƌŽŽǀĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŬŝŶ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ĐƵƚ ŝƚ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚŝĐŬ ƐůŝĐĞƐ͘ ĞͲƐĞĞĚ ǇŽƵƌ pepper, slice it into rings and add them to the salad along with ƚŚĞ ĐƵĐƵŵďĞƌ͘ Ϯ͘ ZŽƵŐŚůǇ ĐŚŽƉ ƚŚĞ Ěŝůů ĂŶĚ ŵŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŝŶƚ ůĞĂǀĞƐ͕ ďƵƚ ƉƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƐŵĂůů ŵŝŶƚ ůĞĂǀĞƐ ĂƐŝĚĞ ƚŽ ďĞĂƵƟ ĨǇ ƚŚĞ ƐĂůĂĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ͘ ĚĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŚŽƉƉĞĚ ŚĞƌďƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ďŽǁů ŽĨ ƐĂůĂĚ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ƐƋƵĞĞǌĞ ǇŽƵƌ ŚĂŶĚĨƵů ŽĨ ŽůŝǀĞƐ ŽǀĞƌ ƐŽ ƚŚĞǇ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ƚŚĞ ǀĞŐĞƚĂďůĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ĚƌŽƉ ƚŚĞŵ ŝŶ͘

Ingredients 2 aubergines, peeled and cut into strips 1 green pepper, cut into strips 1 red pepper, cut into strips 160ml olive oil, divided in half 1 teaspoon fresh ginger, crushed and chopped 1 teaspoon garlic, crushed and chopped 1/2 tablespoon hoisin 30g sugar 60ml rice vinegar

60ml chicken stock 120ml dark soy sauce 1 tablespoon vegetable oil ϯ ƚĂďůĞƐƉŽŽŶƐ ƉůĂŝŶ Ň ŽƵƌ 2 tablespoons water

Method ϭ͘ WůĂĐĞ ƚŚĞ ĂƵďĞƌŐŝŶĞ ĂŶĚ ƉĞƉƉĞƌ ƐƚƌŝƉƐ ŝŶ ůĂƌŐĞ ďŽǁů͖ ƉŽƵƌ ŚĂůĨ ƚŚĞ ŽůŝǀĞ Žŝů ŽǀĞƌ ƐƚƌŝƉƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŽƐƐ ƚŽ ĐŽĂƚ͘ dŚĞ ǀĞŐĞƚĂďůĞƐ ƚŚĞŶ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ŐŽ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ Y ĨŽƌ ϲͲϭϬ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ͕ ƵŶƟ ů ĐŽŽŬĞĚ ďƵƚ ŶŽƚ ďƵƌŶŝŶŐ͘

ϰ͘ ƌƵƐŚ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĞĂŬƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŵŽƌĞ ŵŝǆƚƵƌĞ͕ ƚƵƌŶ ŽǀĞƌ ĂŶĚ Őƌŝůů ĨŽƌ Ă ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ƚŚƌĞĞ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ͘ ŽŶƟ ŶƵĞ ďƌƵƐŚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĞĂŬƐ ƵŶƟ ů ĚŽŶĞ͘

ϯ͘ ĚĚ Ă ƉŝŶĐŚ ŽĨ ƐĂůƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ǀŝŶĞŐĂƌ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĞǆƚƌĂ ǀŝƌŐŝŶ ŽůŝǀĞ Žŝů͘ YƵŝĐŬůǇ ƚŽƐƐ ĞǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ ǇŽƵƌ ŚĂŶĚƐ͘ ŚŽƉ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƚĂ ŝŶƚŽ ĐƵďĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŐĞŶƚůǇ ŵŝǆ ŝŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂůĂĚ͘ ^ƉƌŝŶŬůĞ ƚŚĞ ŽƌĞŐĂŶŽ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂĚĚ ƚŚĞ ŵŝŶƚ ůĞĂǀĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĞĂƌůŝĞƌ͘ ƌŝǌǌůĞ ǁŝƚŚ extra virgin olive oil and serve, the perfect accompaniment to ĂŶǇ Y͘

Ϯ͘ DĞĂŶǁŚŝůĞ ŝŶ ƐŵĂůů ƐĂƵĐĞƉĂŶ ŚĞĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽůŝǀĞ Žŝů ŽǀĞƌ Ă ůŽǁ ŚĞĂƚ͘ ĚĚ ŐŝŶŐĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŐĂƌůŝĐ ƚŚĞŶ ĐŽŽŬ ĨŽƌ ŽŶĞ ŵŝŶƵƚĞ ƵŶƟ ů ďƌŽǁŶ͘ ĚĚ ŚŽŝƐŝŶ ƐĂƵĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƐƟ ƌ͘ YƵŝĐŬůǇ ĂĚĚ ƐƵŐĂƌ͕ vinegar, chicken stock, dark soy sauce and ǀĞŐĞƚĂďůĞ Žŝů͘ ƌŝŶŐ ƚŽ Ă ďŽŝů͘ ^Ɵ ƌ Ň ŽƵƌ ŝŶƚŽ ǁĂƚĞƌ ƵŶƟ ů ĚŝƐƐŽůǀĞĚ͘ ĚĚ ƚŽ ƐĂƵĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƐƟ ƌ ƵŶƟ ů ƚŚŝĐŬĞŶĞĚ͘ WŽƵƌ ƐĂƵĐĞ ŽǀĞƌ ǀĞŐĞƚĂďůĞƐ͘ 'ƌĞĂƚ ǀĞŐĞƚĂƌŝĂŶ ĚŝƐŚ͘

Willy Carbuncle

Chris Papadopolis

Herbert Vore

ϯ͘ ƌƵƐŚ ƚŚĞ ĂƉƉůĞ ŵŝǆƚƵƌĞ ŽǀĞƌ ŽŶĞ ƐŝĚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵŵŽŶ ƐƚĞĂŬƐ͘ tŚĂĐŬ ŝƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ Y ĨŽƌ ƚŚƌĞĞ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂƵĐĞ ƐŝĚĞ ĐŽŽŬŝŶŐ͘

concrete.editorial@uea.ac.uk

IN FOCUS 19

TUESDAY 20th APRIL 2010

Hair today, gone tomorrow This issue, Concrete Editor Hannah Livingston tells In Focus why she’s shaving her head for Mind and what the charity does to help those with mental health problems. DĞŶƚĂů ŚĞĂůƚŚ ƐŚŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ũƵƐƚ ďĞ Ă ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŚŽ ƐƵīĞƌ ĨƌŽŵ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐ mental disorders; at some ƉŽŝŶƚ ŝŶ ǇŽƵƌ ůŝĨĞ ǇŽƵ ǁŝůů ƐƵīĞƌ ĨƌŽŵ ŝŶƚĞŶƐĞ ĞŵŽƟŽŶĂů ƉĂŝŶ͘ dŚŝƐ ŵŝŐŚƚ ďĞ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ Ă ďƌĞĂŬͲƵƉ͕ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĂƚŚ of someone close ƚŽ ǇŽƵ͕ Žƌ ĞǀĞŶ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ end of your

ĚĞŐƌĞĞ ĂŶĚ ŶŽƚ ŬŶŽǁŝŶŐ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŽ ĚŽ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŽ ŐŽ Žƌ ǁŚŽ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ͘ One in four people are ůŝŬĞůǇ ƚŽ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ Ă ŵĞŶƚĂů ŚĞĂůƚŚ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ ĞǀĞƌǇ ǇĞĂƌ͖ you are not alone, and Mind is there to promote and protect ŐŽŽĚ ŵĞŶƚĂů ŚĞĂůƚŚ͘ /͛ŵ ƌĂŝƐŝŶŐ ŵŽŶĞǇ ĨŽƌ DŝŶĚ ďǇ ƐŚĂǀŝŶŐ ŵǇ ŚĞĂĚ͖ ŝƚ ŵŝŐŚƚ ƐĞĞŵ Ă ďŝƚ ĞǆƚƌĞŵĞ ďƵƚ / ŚŽƉĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ĚŽŝŶŐ ŝƚ / can raise some money for this ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚ ĐŚĂƌŝƚǇ͘ / ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ĚƌĂǁ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ to the fact that mental ŚĞĂůƚŚ ŝƐ ũƵƐƚ ĂƐ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ĂƐ ƉŚǇƐŝĐĂů ŚĞĂůƚŚ Ͳ ƚŚĞ ƚǁŽ ǁŽƌŬ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ Ͳ ĂŶĚ ǇĞƚ ĨƵŶĚŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ĐŽƵŶƐĞůůŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƉƐǇĐŚŽůŽŐŝĐĂů ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ ŝƐ ĨĂƌ ůĞƐƐ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƚŽ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƉŚǇƐŝĐĂů ĂŝůŵĞŶƚƐ͘

dŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ĂůƐŽ Ă ŵĂƐƐŝǀĞ ƐƟŐŵĂ ĂƩĂĐŚĞĚ ƚŽ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ Ă mental health problem that Mind and I fundamentally ĚŝƐĂŐƌĞĞ ǁŝƚŚ͗ ϳϭй ŽĨ ƉĞŽƉůĞ with mental health problems ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŚĂƚĞ ĐƌŝŵĞƐ͕ harassment or abuse in ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ͘ DŝŶĚ͛Ɛ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ ͚ ŶŽƚŚĞƌ ƐƐĂƵůƚ͛ ƐĞĞŬƐ ƚŽ ĐŽŵďĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ĞǆƚƌĂ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƉŽůŝĐĞ͕ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞĚ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďŝůŝƟĞƐ ĨŽƌ health professionals and new ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ƐƚƌĂƚĞŐŝĞƐ͘ Mind supports people with mental health problems Ăƚ ĞǀĞƌǇ ůĞǀĞů ŝŶ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ͗ Ăƚ Ă ƉŽůŝĐǇ ůĞǀĞů ƚŚĞǇ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ ƚŽ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ŽƵƚŵŽĚĞĚ ůĂǁƐ ĂŶĚ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ ŶĞǁ ŽŶĞƐ͕ ĨŽƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵůůǇ ďĂŶŶĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƵƐĞ ŽĨ WĂƌŽǆĞƟŶĞ ŽŶ ƵŶĚĞƌ ϭϴƐ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĚƌƵŐ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞĚ

the likelihood of self harm or ƐƵŝĐŝĚĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĂƚ ĂŐĞ ŐƌŽƵƉ͘ Ɛ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƚŚŝƐ͕ DŝŶĚ ĐĂŶ ĂůƐŽ ŐŝǀĞ

“around 7,500 people at UEA will be in some form of mental distress this year” ŚĞůƉ ĂŶĚ ĂĚǀŝĐĞ ŽŶ Ă ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů ůĞǀĞů ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƚǁŽ ĨƌĞĞ support lines: Mindinfoline: Ϭϴϰϱ ϳϲϲ Ϭϭϲϯ͕ ĂŶĚ Ă ůĞŐĂů ĂĚǀŝĐĞ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ͗ Ϭϴϰϱ ϮϮϱ ϵϯϵϯ͘ A lot of people who are

ƐƵīĞƌŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ŝŶƚĞŶƐĞ ŵĞŶƚĂů Žƌ ĞŵŽƟŽŶĂů ƉĂŝŶ ĮŶĚ ŝƚ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ŚĞůƉ͕ Žƌ ĞǀĞŶ ƚĂůŬ ƚŽ someone, but if you are in distress don’t be afraid to ask ĨŽƌ ŚĞůƉ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ͕ ďƵƚ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ĮŐŚƚ ĨŽƌ ŝƚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƌĞƐŽƵƌĐĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƐŽ ƐĐĂƌĐĞ͘ &Žƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƟƐƟĐƐ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶŝŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŚŽ ƐĞĞŬ ŚĞůƉ ĂƌĞ ƋƵŝƚĞ ƐŚŽĐŬŝŶŐ͗ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ϯϬϬ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ϭ͕ϬϬϬ ǁŝůů ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŵĞŶƚĂů ŚĞĂůƚŚ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ ĞǀĞƌǇ ǇĞĂƌ ŝŶ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ͕ ďƵƚ ŽŶůǇ ϮϯϬ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ǁŝůů ǀŝƐŝƚ Ă 'W͘ ϭϬϮ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĚŝĂŐŶŽƐĞĚ ĂƐ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ Ă ŵĞŶƚĂů ŚĞĂůƚŚ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ͕ Ϯϰ of these will be referred to a ƐƉĞĐŝĂůŝƐƚ ƉƐǇĐŚŝĂƚƌŝĐ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ĂŶĚ Ɛŝǆ ǁŝůů ƚŚĞŶ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ŝŶƉĂƟĞŶƚƐ ŝŶ ƉƐǇĐŚŝĂƚƌŝĐ ŚŽƐƉŝƚĂůƐ͘ KƵƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ϯϬϬ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŽŶůǇ ϯϬ ǁŝůů ŐĞƚ

some form of professional ŚĞůƉ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ĂƉƉƌŽǆŝŵĂƚĞůǇ ϮϮ͕ϱϬϬ ƐƚĂī ĂŶĚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ Ăƚ h ͕ ƐŽ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ǁĞƌĞ ƚŽ ĂƉƉůǇ ƚŚŽƐĞ ƐƚĂƟƐƟĐƐ ƚŽ ŽƵƌ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ŝƚ ŵĞĂŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ϳ͕ϱϬϬ ƉĞŽƉůĞ Ăƚ h will be in some form of mental ĚŝƐƚƌĞƐƐ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ ĂůŽŶĞ͘ ǀĞŶ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ŽŶůǇ ƐƉĂƌĞ a few pounds please donate ƚŚĞŵ Ăƚ ǁǁǁ͘ũƵƐƚŐŝǀŝŶŐ͘ĐŽŵͬ ŚĂŶŶĂŚͲůŝǀŝŶŐƐƚŽŶ ĂŶĚ ũŽŝŶ ŵǇ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ ͚DŝŶĚ ǇŽƵƌ ,ĞĂĚ͛ ŽŶ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ͘ /͛ůů ĂůƐŽ ďĞ ŚŽůĚŝŶŐ Ă ďĂŬĞ ƐĂůĞ ŶĞǆƚ dŚƵƌƐĚĂǇ ;ϮϵƚŚͿ ůƵŶĐŚƟŵĞ͘ dŚĞ ďŝŐ ĚĞͲŚĂŝƌŝŶŐ ƚĂŬĞƐ ƉůĂĐĞ ŽŶ ϯϬƚŚ Ɖƌŝů and there will be photos and ǀŝĚĞŽƐ ƉŽƐƚĞĚ ŽŶ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ͊ dŚĂŶŬƐ ŝŶ ĂĚǀĂŶĐĞ ĨŽƌ ǇŽƵƌ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ͘

UEA history student gets on his bike for Cystic Fibrosis

Be part of the ascendance of UEA Futsal

Ben Hall

Andrew Stead and Mark Roach

My name is Ben Hall, proud historian and keen cyclist, and ƚŚŝƐ DĂǇ / Ăŵ ƐĞƫŶŐ ŽƵƚ ŽŶ Ă ĨƵŶĚƌĂŝƐŝŶŐ ĂĚǀĞŶƚƵƌĞ ƚŽ ĐǇĐůĞ ƚŚĞ ůĞŶŐƚŚ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ĮŶĞ ĂŶĚ pleasant land, from Land’s End in Cornwall to John O’Groats in ^ĐŽƚůĂŶĚ͕ ŝŶ ĂŝĚ ŽĨ Ă ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ charity based near my home: dŚĞ <ŶŝŐŚƚ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ǇƐƟĐ &ŝďƌŽƐŝƐ͘ dŚĞ ĨŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ĂŶĚ ŚĞůƉ ĨŽƌ ǇƐƟĐ &ŝďƌŽƐŝƐ ƐƵīĞƌĞƌƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůŝƐƚ <ŶŝŐŚƚ ĞŶƚƌĞ Ăƚ &ƌŝŵůĞǇ WĂƌŬ ,ŽƐƉŝƚĂů͕ ^ƵƌƌĞǇ͘ ǇƐƟĐ &ŝďƌŽƐŝƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ͕ ĂŵŽŶŐƐƚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƐǇŵƉƚŽŵƐ͕ ĂīĞĐƚƐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͛Ɛ ĂďŝůŝƚǇ ƚŽ ďƌĞĂƚŚĞ ĂŶĚ ĮŐŚƚ ŝŶĨĞĐƟŽŶƐ͕ is one of the most common hereditary diseases around ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ Ă ƐĞǀĞƌĞ ĂīĞĐƚ ŽŶ Ă ƐƵīĞƌĞƌ͛Ɛ ůŝĨĞ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĂŶĐǇ͘ / Ăŵ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůůǇ ĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĮŐŚƚ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ & ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŵǇ own aunt, who passed away a ĨĞǁ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĂŐŽ͕ ƐƵīĞƌĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚŝƐ ĚŝƐĞĂƐĞ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ŚĞƌ ůŝĨĞ͘

The ride itself will take ĂďŽƵƚ ƚǁŽ ǁĞĞŬƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽǀĞƌƐ a distance of around 1100 ŵŝůĞƐ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ǁŽƵůĚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞ ƚŚĞ ůŝǀĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŝƚŚ &͕ ƉůĞĂƐĞ ƐŚŽǁ ǇŽƵƌ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ and help sustain the work done ďǇ ƚŚĞ <ŶŝŐŚƚ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ ďǇ

ǀŝƐŝƟŶŐ ŵǇ ĨƵŶĚƌĂŝƐŝŶŐ ƉĂŐĞ Ăƚ ǁǁǁ͘ũƵƐƚŐŝǀŝŶŐ͘ĐŽŵͬĐǇĐůŝŶŐͲ ďĞŶ ĂŶĚ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ͘ ǀĞŶ Ă ƐŵĂůů ĂŵŽƵŶƚ ĐĂŶ ŚĞůƉ ŵĂŬĞ Ă ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ͘ dŚĂŶŬƐ ĨŽƌ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŐŽŽĚ ůƵĐŬ ǁŝƚŚ ǇŽƵƌ ĞǆĂŵƐ͊

&ƵƚƐĂů ŝƐ Ă ŐĂŵĞ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂƟŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ^ŽƵƚŚ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ ƚŽ ƚĞƐƚ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ͛ ƚŽƵĐŚ͕ ƉĂƐƐŝŶŐ ĂďŝůŝƚǇ͕ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƐŬŝůůƐ͘ dŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ŝƐ ĞƐƐĞŶƟĂůůǇ ĮǀĞͲĂͲƐŝĚĞ ĨŽŽƚďĂůů͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝƚ ƵƐĞƐ Ă ƐŵĂůůĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŚĞĂǀŝĞƌ ďĂůů͘ dŚĞ ŐŽĂůƐ ĂƌĞ ŵŽƌĞ ƐƋƵĂƌĞͲ shaped and the pitch uses ƚŽƵĐŚůŝŶĞƐ ĂƐ ŽƉƉŽƐĞĚ ƚŽ ƵƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ǁĂůůƐ͘ Many of today’s top ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ Robinho, Ronaldinho and Deco learnt many of the skills they ƵƐĞ ƚŽĚĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ &ƵƚƐĂů͘ /ƚ ŝƐ Ă ǀĞƌǇ ĞŶĞƌŐĞƟĐ ƐƉŽƌƚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ĞŶĚ ƚŽ ĞŶĚ͕ ďĞŶĞĮƫŶŐ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ͛ ƉĂĐĞ͕ ĂŐŝůŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ ŵŽǀĞŵĞŶƚ͘ &ƵƚƐĂů Ăƚ h ǁĞůĐŽŵĞƐ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ ŽĨ Ăůů ĂďŝůŝƟĞƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ƐŽĐŝĂů ƐŝĚĞ ŽŶ ĂŶĚ Žī ƚŚĞ ƉŝƚĐŚ͘ tĞ ƚƌĂŝŶ ŽŶ tĞĚŶĞƐĚĂǇƐ ϱͲϲƉŵ ĂŶĚ &ƌŝĚĂǇƐ ϰͲϱƉŵ͘ /Ŷ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ͕ ǁĞ ƌƵŶ ŝŶĚŽŽƌ ƐĞƐƐŝŽŶƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƚĞĂŵ ŽŶ ^ƵŶĚĂǇƐ͘ ,ĂǀŝŶŐ ůŽƐƚ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ƉƌŽƉŽƌƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ƐƋƵĂĚ ĨƌŽŵ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ƐĞĞŶ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ

new faces come in and they ŚĂǀĞ ĚŽŶĞ ĞǆƚƌĞŵĞůǇ ǁĞůů͘ tĞ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ ũŽŝŶƚ ƚŽƉ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ƌĞŐŝŽŶĂů ƋƵĂůŝĨǇŝŶŐ ŐƌŽƵƉ͕ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ĨŽƵƌ ŐĂŵĞƐ ĂŶĚ ůŽƐŝŶŐ ŽŶĞ͘ tĞ ƚŚĞŶ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ŽƵƌ ƉůĂǇŽī ĨŽƌ Ă ƉůĂĐĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ EĂƟŽŶĂů &ŝŶĂůƐ ďƵƚ ǁĞƌĞ ĞĚŐĞĚ ŽƵƚ ϰͲϮ ĂŌĞƌ ĞǆƚƌĂ ƟŵĞ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ >ŽƵŐŚďŽƌŽƵŐŚ ϭƐƚ dĞĂŵ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ h ůŽƐƚ ĞƌďǇ ĂǇ ŽǀĞƌĂůů͕ ƚŚĞ &ƵƚƐĂů ƐƋƵĂĚ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƚ͕ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ϳͲϱ

ŝŶ Ă ƚŚƌŝůůŝŶŐ ĞŶĚ ƚŽ ĞŶĚ ŐĂŵĞ͘ &ƵƚƐĂů ŝƐ Ă ƌĞůĂƟǀĞůǇ ŶĞǁ ĐůƵď Ăƚ h ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ ƐĞĞŶ ƋƵŝƚĞ Ă ƌĂƉŝĚ ŐƌŽǁƚŚ ŝŶ ƐŝǌĞ͘ dŚĞ ĐůƵď ĂŝŵƐ ƚŽ ĞǆƉĂŶĚ ŝƚƐ member count further as well ĂƐ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞ ŝƚƐ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ŝŶ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶƐ͘ &Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ƉůĞĂƐĞ ƐĞĂƌĐŚ ĨŽƌ ƵƐ ŽŶ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ Žƌ ĞŵĂŝů Ă͘ƐƚĞĂĚΛ ƵĞĂ͘ĂĐ͘ƵŬ͘

20 IN FOCUS

TUESDAY 20th APRIL 2010

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Grand Prix raises over £3500 for EACH The sharp-eyed among you may remember reading about Olly Larkin and Claire Ballam’s charity Grand Prix a few issues back. Greg Mann reports that it turned out to be very successful. Last Sunday the sound of gokart engines reverberated through the air as Ellough Park Raceway , near Beccles, played host to the EACH Grand Prix 2010 in aid of East Anglian Children’s Hospices. This is the fourth ĐŽŶƐĞĐƵƟǀĞ ǇĞĂƌ ƚŚĂƚ ĞǀĞŶƚ

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organisers Olly Larkin, a second year FTV student, and ŚŝƐ ĮĂŶĐĠĞ ůĂŝƌĞ ĂůůĂŵ ŚĂǀĞ held the charity event and ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ ůĞǀĞůƐ ǁĞƌĞ Ăƚ their highest yet. In all, over ϲϬ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĚŽŶŶĞĚ ŚĞůŵĞƚƐ and race suits and provided ƐƵƉĞƌď ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ

ǁĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ ĨĂŵŝůǇ ĂŶĚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ͘ The day was separated into two hour-long endurance races, with friendship and ĨĂŵŝůǇ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ƉĂƌƚ ĮƌƐƚ ĂŶĚ ƚĞĂŵƐ ƉƵƚ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ďǇ ůŽĐĂů ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ ĐŽŵƉĞƟŶŐ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ͘ dŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ƚĞŶ ƚĞĂŵƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĞĂĐŚ ƌĂĐĞ ƚŚĞŶ ǁĞŶƚ ŚĞĂĚͲƚŽͲŚĞĂĚ ŝŶ Ă ĮŶĂů ĚĞĐŝĚĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ƚĞĂŵ ͚ ŶǇǁĂǇ ƵƉ ϲϵ͛ ǁĞƌĞ eventually victorious and ƐƚŽŽĚ ŽŶ ƚŽƉ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉŽĚŝƵŵ ƚŽ ĐůĂŝŵ ƚŚĞ ƚƌŽƉŚǇ͘ The previous year’s event raised just over £1,500, ďƵƚ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ ƚŚĞ ĞīŽƌƚƐ ŽĨ everyone who took part saw Ă ŵĂƐƐŝǀĞ άϯ͕ϱϬϬ ƌĂŝƐĞĚ͘ dŚŝƐ ĂŵŽƵŶƚ ŝƐ ƐƟůů ƌŝƐŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞƌǇ penny of it will go straight to EACH. As the event drew to a ĐůŽƐĞ͕ Ă ƐŵŝůŝŶŐ Dƌ >ĂƌŬŝŶ ƐĂŝĚ͕ ͞tĞ ǁĞƌĞ ĞǆƉĞĐƟŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞĂƚ last year’s total, but not by ƚŚŝƐ ŵƵĐŚ͘ tĞ ĂƌĞ ĂďƐŽůƵƚĞůǇ

ĚĞůŝŐŚƚĞĚ͘͟ DƐ ĂůůĂŵ ůĂƚĞƌ added, “When I counted up Ăůů ƚŚĞ ŵŽŶĞǇ / ŐŽƚ Ă ůƵŵƉ ŝŶ ŵǇ ƚŚƌŽĂƚ͕ ŬŶŽǁŝŶŐ ŚŽǁ ƚŚĂƚ ŵŽŶĞǇ ĐĂŶ ŚĞůƉ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͘͟ In previous years the ĞǀĞŶƚ ŚĂƐ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĞĚ ĐŚĂƌŝƟĞƐ including Cancer Research UK and the East Anglian ŝƌ ŵďƵůĂŶĐĞ͘ Dƌ >ĂƌŬŝŶ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͛Ɛ charity, “We chose to support , ƚŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŝƚ ŝƐ Ă very worthy local charity and one whose work deserves to be recognised.” ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ďĞŝŶŐ Ă ĨƵůůͲƟŵĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ͕ KůůǇ ŵĂŶĂŐĞƐ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĞ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͕ as he “feels a need to help the vulnerable of society, even ŝĨ ŝƚ ĚŽĞƐ ŵĞĂŶ ƐĂĐƌŝĮĐŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞ ƟŵĞ͘͟ ,Ğ ŝƐ Ă ŬĞĞŶ ŬĂƌƚĞƌ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ͕ ďĞŝŶŐ Ă ƉĂƐƚ ũƵŶŝŽƌ ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ 'ƌĂŶĚ Wƌŝǆ ǀĞŶƵĞ ŝŶ ^ƵīŽůŬ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ

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ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞĚ ŝŶ ŐĞƫŶŐ ŵŽƌĞ UEA students involved: “I ǁŽƵůĚ ůŽǀĞ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ĂŶ ĂŵĂƚĞƵƌ event up and running for the students of UEA, especially ǁŚĞŶ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ƐĐŚŽŽůƐ ĐŽŵƉĞƚĞ for victory.” If you are interested in ŬĂƌƟŶŐ͕ ǁŝůůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ůĞĂƌŶ͕ Žƌ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ŬŶŽǁ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ,

Grand Prix 2010, please contact O.Larkin@uea.ac.uk. The organisers would like to thank everyone who helped on the day and also those local businesses who provided the trophies and prizes for the ƚŽŵďŽůĂ ĂŶĚ ĮŶĂůůǇ ůůŽƵŐŚ Park Raceway for staging the event.

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Confessions of a UEA student There are lots of reasons why UEA is beautifully unique… Keri Dickens shares with us some of her favourite wonders.

͚KŚ h ͕ ŽŚ h ͕ ŽŚ h ŝƐ ǁŽŽŽŶĚĞƌĨƵƵƵů͙͛͘ zĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ŵĂŶǇ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ĂďŽƵƚ h ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂŬĞ ŝƚ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ƉůĂĐĞ ƚŽ ďĞ͘ zĞƚ ŽŌ ĞŶ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ůŝƩ ůĞ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ƚŚĂƚ h ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ rejoice in, whether it’s the Telegraph and Cadbury’s chocolate stand or ƚŚĞ άϯ ǀŽĚŬĂ ZĞĚ ƵůůƐ͘ For a start the various eateries ĂƌĞ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ǁŽƌƚŚ ŵĞŶƟ ŽŶŝŶŐ͘ / ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ƚŚŝŶŬ ŽĨ Ă ďĞƩ Ğƌ ǁĂǇ ƚŽ begin or end a lecture than with a ƐŵŽŽƚŚŝĞ ;Žƌ ƐƟ ĐŬǇ ƚŽī ĞĞ ƉƵĚĚŝŶŐ ĨƌĂƉƉĞ ŝŶ ŵǇ ĐĂƐĞͿ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ,ŝǀĞ͘ And maybe even a generous slice of their chocolate, banana or carrot ĐĂŬĞ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ƉĂƌƟ ĐƵůĂƌůǇ ŝŶĚƵůŐĞŶƚ͘ dŚĞŶ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ĞƐƚ͖ standard homely grub, lots of it and at a cheap price – their salads are ƉĂƌƟ ĐƵůĂƌůǇ ƚĂƐƚǇ͘ Ƶƚ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĂƚ / ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ƌĞƐŝƐƚ ůĞŶĚ͛Ɛ ŵĞĂů ĚĞĂů͕ ĐŽŵďŝŶŝŶŐ DĐ ŽǇƐ͕ ĐŽŬĞ ĂŶĚ Ă ƉĂŶŝŶŽ ĨŽƌ ũƵƐƚ άϯ͘ϰϱ͘ KŚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ƚŚĞ hŶŝŽŶ ƉƵď ŝĨ ǇŽƵ͛ǀĞ ŚĂĚ a stressful day and want to exchange ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽŬĞ ĨŽƌ Ă ŐůĂƐƐ ŽĨ ǁŝŶĞ͘ The thing that gets me most ĂďŽƵƚ h ͕ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ͕ ŚĂƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚĞ > Z͘ /Ŷ ŶŽ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĐůƵď Žƌ ďĂƌ ǁŽƵůĚ ǇŽƵ ĨĞĞů ƐŽ ĂůŝĞŶ ďĞŝŶŐ ϭϬϬй ƐŽďĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ĨĂĐƚ ĞǀĞŶ ϱϬй ƐŽďĞƌ͘ tŚĞŶ you walk around the LCR it is rare ƚŽ Į ŶĚ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ŶŽƚ ĞŶũŽǇŝŶŐ themselves, and before long you stop caring how wasted you look as there is always somebody in a worse ƐƚĂƚĞ͘ dŚĞ ĚƌŝŶŬƐ ƐƚĂŶĚ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƚŚĞ burger van and the new pizza stall Ăůů ĂĚĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĂƚ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů h ĐůƵď ŶŝŐŚƚ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͘ dŚĞ ŽůĚͲƐĐŚŽŽů ŵƵƐŝĐ in the main room isn’t bad, but the dirty grime, RnB and dubstep in the ,ŝǀĞ ŝƐ ǁŚĂƚ ĚŽĞƐ ŝƚ ĨŽƌ ŵĞ͘ zĞƐ͕ h ͕ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵů͘

LIFESTYLE 21

TUESDAY 20th April 2010

Sleep your way to exam success Sam Lewis looks into the volatile sleeping schedule of a student and discovers whether getting a few more Z’s each night could boost your exam results this summer. Food for the brain, sleep is not only wonderful but highly crucial to the way ƚŚĞ ďŽĚǇ ĨƵŶĐƟ ŽŶƐ͘ DŽƐƚ ƚĞĞŶĂŐĞƌƐ can’t get enough of it and it is not uncommon that students develop ƐŽŵĞ ƉƌĞƩ Ǉ ƐƚƌĂŶŐĞ ƐůĞĞƉŝŶŐ ƉĂƩ ĞƌŶƐ͘ Ō Ğƌ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ĂŶ ĂƌƟ ĐůĞ ĂďŽƵƚ a school in Tyneside who decided to give their students an extra hour in bed, it got me thinking: could there ƌĞĂůůǇ ďĞ Ă ĐŽƌƌĞůĂƟ ŽŶ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƐůĞĞƉ and good academic performance? Teenagers have a biological ƉƌĞĚŝƐƉŽƐŝƟ ŽŶ ƚŽ ŐŽ ƚŽ ďĞĚ ůĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ŐĞƚ ƵƉ ůĂƚĞ͘ /ƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĐŽŵĞ Ă ďŝƚ ŽĨ Ă ũŽŬĞ ŝŶ ŵǇ ŚŽƵƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ / ƌĂƌĞůǇ ƐƵƌĨĂĐĞ before mid-day, and produce my best ǁŽƌŬ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĞĂƌůǇ ŚŽƵƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌŶŝŶŐ͘ ^ĐŝĞŶƟ Į Đ ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ƉƌŽǀĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ teenagers don’t begin to properly ĨƵŶĐƟ ŽŶ ƵŶƟ ů ϭϬĂŵ͕ Ă ǁŚŽůĞ ϮͲϰ ŚŽƵƌƐ ůĂƚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ĂĚƵůƚƐ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ƌŽƵƟ ŶĞ ǁŝůů ĐŽŶƟ ŶƵĞ ƵŶƟ ů ƚŚĞ ĂŐĞ ŽĨ Ϯϭ͕ ĐŽŶǀĞŶŝĞŶƚůǇ ĂůůŽǁŝŶŐ ƵƐ ƚŽ adapt to the 9-5 working week once ǁĞ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ͘ The recommended amount of sleep for a student is anywhere

ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ϴ͘ϱͲϵ͘Ϯϱ ŚŽƵƌƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ less is likely to cause irritability and ƉŽŽƌ ĐŽŶĐĞŶƚƌĂƟ ŽŶ͘ tĞ Ăůů ŬŶŽǁ ƚŚĂƚ feeling of struggling to keep your eyes open whilst nestled into your chair at ƚŚĞ ďĂĐŬ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůĞĐƚƵƌĞ ƚŚĞĂƚƌĞ͘ dŚĞ EĂƟ ŽŶĂů ^ůĞĞƉ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟ ŽŶ ĨŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ the average university student receives ŽŶůǇ ϲ͘ϴ ŚŽƵƌƐ ƉĞƌ ŶŝŐŚƚ͕ ƐŽ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ĚĂǇƟ ŵĞ ĚƌŽǁƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŝƐ ǁŝĚĞƐƉƌĞĂĚ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ŶŽƚ ŐĞƫ ŶŐ enough sleep will prevent you from being at your intellectual best, over ƐůĞĞƉŝŶŐ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ŚƵŐĞůǇ ĚĞƚƌŝŵĞŶƚĂů͘ This can slow down your metabolism ĂŶĚ ůĞĂǀĞƐ ǇŽƵ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ƉĂƌƟ ĐƵůĂƌůǇ ůĞƚŚĂƌŐŝĐ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ŐĞƫ ŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ĂŵŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ƐůĞĞƉ ďƵƚ ĂůƐŽ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƚǇƉĞ ŽĨ ƐůĞĞƉ͘ During the night it is necessary to experience varying kinds, from the ůŝŐŚƚĞƌ ZĂƉŝĚ ǇĞ DŽǀĞŵĞŶƚ ;Z DͿ where most dreaming occurs, to a ůĞǀĞů ŽĨ ĚĞĞƉĞƌ ƐůĞĞƉ͘ ůĐŽŚŽů ƐĞǀĞƌĞůǇ disrupts this sleeping cycle and whilst it may seem like you have a decent kip ĂŌ Ğƌ ǇŽƵƌ ŚĞĂĚ ŚŝƚƐ ƚŚĞ ƉŝůůŽǁ ĨƌŽŵ

a night out, it actually hinders the ƋƵĂůŝƚǇ ŽĨ ƐůĞĞƉ͘ dŚĞ ŶŽƟ ŽŶ ŽĨ Ă ͚ŶŝŐŚƚ cap’ therefore is probably not the best ĐƵƌĞ ĨŽƌ Ă ĐĂƐĞ ŽĨ ŝŶƐŽŵŶŝĂ͘ So this is all very well, but with ĚŝƐƐĞƌƚĂƟ ŽŶ ĂŶǆŝĞƚǇ͕ ůŽŽŵŝŶŐ ĞǆĂŵƐ ĂŶĚ ŚĞĐƟ Đ ŶŝŐŚƚ Ɵ ŵĞ ĂĐƟ ǀŝƚǇ͕ ŚŽǁ ĂƌĞ ǁĞ ŵĞĂŶƚ ƚŽ ĞŶƐƵƌĞ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ŐĞƫ ŶŐ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƐŚƵƚ ĞǇĞ͍ WĞƌƐŽŶĂůůǇ / Ăŵ Ă ďŝŐ ĨĂŶ ŽĨ ĂŌ ĞƌŶŽŽŶ ŶĂƉƉŝŶŐ͘ ϮϬͲϮϱ ŵŝŶƵƚĞ ƐŶŽŽǌĞ ƉƌĞǀĞŶƚƐ ďƌĂŝŶ ĂĐƟ ǀŝƚǇ from declining throughout the day ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ Ă ŶĞǁ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ ŽĨ ĞŶĞƌŐǇ͘ Living on campus is great for nipping back to your room for a cheeky cat nap ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ůĞĐƚƵƌĞ ďĞŐŝŶƐ͘ At all costs sleep should not be ƐĂĐƌŝĮ ĐĞĚ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĞǆĂŵ ƉĞƌŝŽĚ͘ dŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ Ɵ ŵĞ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ĨĂĐĞĚ

ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ͚ƐŚŽƵůĚ / ŐŽ ƚŽ ďĞĚ Žƌ ƐƚĂǇ up and revise’ decision, remember it is going to be twice as hard and ƵůƟ ŵĂƚĞůǇ ůĞƐƐ Ğī ĞĐƟ ǀĞ ƚŽ ĂďƐŽƌď ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟ ŽŶ ǁŚĞŶ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ĨĂƟ ŐƵĞĚ͘ ŶŽƚŚĞƌ ŚĂŶĚǇ Ɵ Ɖ ƚŽ ďĞĂƌ ŝŶ ŵŝŶĚ ŝƐ ƚŽ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚ Ă ĚĞĮ ŶŝƚĞ ĚŝƐƟ ŶĐƟ ŽŶ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ǁŽƌŬ ĂŶĚ ƌĞůĂǆĂƟ ŽŶ ĂƌĞĂƐ͖ studying in bed makes it far too ƚĞŵƉƟ ŶŐ ƚŽ ĚƌŝŌ Žī ͘ The Tyneside experiment unfortunately hasn’t tapped into the ƐĞĐƌĞƚ ŽĨ ĞǆĂŵ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ͕ ďƵƚ / ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ praise them for generously rewarding ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ůŽǀĞůǇ ůŝĞ ŝŶ͘ KŶĞ ƚŚŝŶŐ ŝƐ ĨŽƌ ƐƵƌĞ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͖ / ŶŽ longer feel guilty about my indulgent ƐŶŽŽǌŝŶŐ ʹ /͛ŵ ŶŽƚ ůĂǌǇ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ďŝŽůŽŐŝĐĂů͊

Scent-sational: 2010 spring fragrances Vicki Wheatland has sniffed out the best new fragrances for those sunny spring days.

^ƉƌŝŶŐ ŚĂƐ Į ŶĂůůǇ ĂƌƌŝǀĞĚ͘ tĂǀĞ goodbye to winter and welcome ƐƵŶƐŚŝŶĞ͕ ŐĂƌĚĞŶ ƉĂƌƟ ĞƐ ĂŶĚ͕ ŵŽƐƚ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚůǇ͕ ŵŽƌĞ ƐŬŝŶ ŽŶ ƐŚŽǁ͘ dŽ keep you smelling gorgeous and to ƉƵƚ Ă ͚ƐƉƌŝŶŐ͛ ŝŶ ǇŽƵƌ ƐƚĞƉ ;ĂƉŽůŽŐŝĞƐ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉƵŶ͊Ϳ͕ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ŚĂƐ scoured and rated this season’s ĨƌĂŐƌĂŶĐĞƐ ĨŽƌ ŵĞŶ ĂŶĚ ǁŽŵĞŶ͘ &ƌŽŵ ƐǁĞĞƚ ĂŶĚ ůŝŐŚƚ͕ ƚŽ Ň ŽƌĂů ĂŶĚ ĨƌƵŝƚǇ͕ ůĞƚ ƚŚĞ ƐŵĞůůƐ ŽĨ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ĐŽŵŵĞŶĐĞ͘ &KZ tKD E SJP NYC ^ĂƌĂŚ :ĞƐƐŝĐĂ WĂƌŬĞƌ͛Ɛ ƐĐĞŶƚͲƐĂƟ ŽŶĂů ;ƐŽƌƌǇ͕ ĂŐĂŝŶ͊Ϳ ŝŶƚĞƌƉƌĞƚĂƟ ŽŶ ŽĨ ŚĞƌ ͚^Ğǆ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŝƚǇ͛ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ĂƌƌŝĞ ƌĂĚƐŚĂǁ͘ &ůŽƌĂů ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝŶƚƐ ŽĨ Honeysuckle and white Osmanthus, yet also deliciously sweet with the ĂĚĚŝƟ ŽŶ ŽĨ ǁŝůĚ ƐƚƌĂǁďĞƌƌŝĞƐ͘ ^:W͛Ɛ new fragrance oozes freshness and ƉĂĐŬĂŐĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ǁŝůĚ ĨƵŶŬǇ ďŽƩ ůĞ͕ ƚŚŝƐ

beauty will brighten up you and your ƐŚĞůĨ͘ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ZĂƟ ŶŐ͗ ΎΎΎΎ DKNY Ripe Raspberry Candy Apple Pair up crunchy green apples and tangy raspberries with sweet lilies and tart lime, splash in some coca cola and ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ůĞŌ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŚǇƉĞƌĂĐƟ ǀĞ ĂĚĚŝƟ ŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ <Ez ĂƉƉůĞ ƉĞƌĨƵŵĞ ƌĂŶŐĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ũƵŝĐǇ ƚƌĞĂƚ ŝƐ ƐƵƌĞ ƚŽ ƐĂƟ ƐĨǇ the most demanding of sugar cravings, ƌĞŵŝŶĚŝŶŐ ŵĞ ŽĨ ĐĂŶĚǇŇ ŽƐƐ ǁŚĞŶ ĚƌǇ͘ /Ĩ ŽŶůǇ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ĞĚŝďůĞ͘ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ZĂƟ ŶŐ͗ ΎΎΎ Gucci Flora dŚŝƐ ĂƌŽŵĂ ŝƐ ƐŽƉŚŝƐƟ ĐĂƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĂůůƵƌŝŶŐ͘ tŝƚŚ ŶŽƚĞƐ ŽĨ ƐĂŶĚĂůǁŽŽĚ͕ peony, rose, patchouli, and citrus, Gucci have expanded upon the original Flora scent to create a smell ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƐĞŶƐƵĂůůǇ ƐĞĚƵĐƟ ǀĞ͘ ͞/ ƚŚŝŶŬ ŝƚ

ǁŝůů ƐƟ ůů ĂƉƉĞĂů ƚŽ ŽƵƌ &ůŽƌĂ ĐƵƐƚŽŵĞƌ but now she has the choice of whether she wants to keep her scent light and ĞĂƐǇ Žƌ Ă ďŝƚ ŵŽƌĞ ƌŝĐŚ ĂŶĚ ĚƌĂŵĂƟ Đ for evening,” said Frida Giannini, ĐƌĞĂƟ ǀĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ĨŽƌ 'ƵĐĐŝ͘ ƐƉƌŝŶŐ ĞƐƐĞŶƟ Ăů Ͳ ƐŚŽǁ ŵĞ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŽ ďƵǇ ƚŚŝƐ ŝŵŵĞĚŝĂƚĞůǇ͊ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ZĂƟ ŶŐ͗ &ĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ ΎΎΎΎΎ &KZ D E 'ƵĞƌůĂŝŶ sĞƟ ǀĞƌ A fresh, lighter version of Guerlain’s ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů sĞƟ ǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁůǇ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ĂĚĂƉƚĂƟ ŽŶ ŝƐ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƚ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ ƚŽ ĨŽůůŽǁ͘ tŽŽĚǇ͗ dŝĐŬ͘ &ƌĞƐŚ͗ dŝĐŬ͘ DĂƐĐƵůŝŶĞ͗ dŝĐŬ͘ ,ǇƉŶŽƟ ĐĂůůǇ ĂŶĚ ŝƌƌĞƐŝƐƟ ďůǇ ƐĞǆǇ͗ dŝĐŬ dŝĐŬ dŝĐŬ͊ dŚŝƐ ƉƌŽǀŽĐĂƟ ǀĞ ĂƉŚƌŽĚŝƐŝĂĐ ǁŝůů ƐĞŶĚ ĂŶǇ ǁŽŵĂŶ͛Ɛ ŚĞĂƌƚ ƌĂĐŝŶŐ͘ ĞǁĂƌĞ͕ ŝƚ ŵĂǇ ũƵƐƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĂƚ ͚>ǇŶǆ Ğī ĞĐƚ͛͘ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ZĂƟ ŶŐ͗ ΎΎΎΎ

WĂƵů ^ŵŝƚŚ ^ƵŶƐŚŝŶĞ ĚŝƟ ŽŶ tŝƚŚ ƚŽƉ ŶŽƚĞƐ ŽĨ ŐƌĂƉĞĨƌƵŝƚ͕ ĐŽƌŝĂŶĚĞƌ leaves and black pepper, this scent is ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ǌŝŶŐǇ͘ dŚĞ ďĞĂƵƟ ĨƵů ŵƵůƟ Ͳ ĐŽůŽƵƌĞĚ ŐůĂƐƐ ďŽƩ ůĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ǁĂǇ ƚŽ ƉƵƚ ǇŽƵ ŝŶ ĂŶ ƵƉͲďĞĂƚ ŵŽŽĚ͘ Guaranteed to leave you focused, ĨƌĞƐŚ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĂĚǇ ƚŽ ĨĂĐĞ ƚŚĞ ĚĂǇ͘ 'Ğƚ ŝƚ ƋƵŝĐŬůǇ͕ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ĨŽƌ Ă ůŝŵŝƚĞĚ Ɵ ŵĞ ŽŶůǇ͘ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ZĂƟ ŶŐ͗ ΎΎΎΎ Marc Jacobs Men ŚŝŐŚůǇ ĞǆŽƟ Đ ĨƌĂŐƌĂŶĐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŽŶĞƐ ŽĨ /ƚĂůŝĂŶ ĞƌŐĂŵŽƚ͕ dƵƐĐĂŶ ǇƉƌĞƐƐ͕ /ŶĚŝĂŶ ĂƌĚĂŵŽŵ ĂŶĚ ƌŝƟ ƐŚ tŽŽĚůĂŶĚ͘ ZŝĐŚ ĐŽůŽƵƌĨƵů ĂƌŽŵĂƐ combine to create a deep and yet ĨƌĞƐŚ ƐƉƌŝƚǌ͘ >ŝŬĞ 'ƵĞƌůĂŝŶ͕ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ looking for a fragrance that will make ǁŽŵĞŶ ƐƚŽƉ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ͕ Į ŶĚ DĂƌĐ :ĂĐŽďƐ DĞŶ͘ dƌƵůǇ ŚĞĂǀĞŶůǇ͘ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ZĂƟ ŶŐ͗ ƵǇ ďƵǇ ďƵǇ ΎΎΎΎΎ

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TUESDAY 20th APRIL 2010

Canary Corner Ben Frith Norwich City have bounced straight back to the Championship following a 1-0 victory away to Charlton. Defender Michael Nelson scored the only goal of the game to give the Canaries the three points that were needed to ensure they could ŶŽ ůŽŶŐĞƌ ďĞ ĐĂƵŐŚƚ ďǇ ƉƌŽŵŽƟŽŶ chasers Swindon and Millwall.

EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉƌŽŵŽƟŽŶ͘

Norwich’s Easter performances were generally comfortable, but by no means spectacular. Defeats at Tranmere and Leyton Orient had ƐŽŵĞ ĨĂŶƐ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶŝŶŐ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ Norwich could see their well-earned points advantage slip away. Following last weekend’s ƉƌŽŵŽƟŽŶ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ŶŝŐŚƚŵĂƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĚĂǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ŶŽǁ seems like a distant memory. Norwich were very late out of the blocks, but under the management of Paul Lambert they managed to perform ƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƟŵĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ͘ Holding on to Lambert will now ďĞ ĐƌƵĐŝĂů ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ^ĐŽƫƐŚ ŵĂŶĂŐĞƌ has a history of leaving clubs on a high, and the vacancy at his former ĐůƵď ĞůƟĐ ĐŽƵůĚ ƚĞŵƉƚ >ĂŵďĞƌƚ ƚŽ seek a new challenge. Lambert has indicated that he is more than happy to remain where he is for now, but Norwich fans might ŶŽƚ ďĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƌĞůĂǆ ƵŶƟů ŚĞ ƐƚĞƉƐ into the dugout on day one of the 2010/11 season. Now the emphasis will turn to building a squad ready to compete next season. Fans will be hoping that they can hold their own in the ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ͕ ĂŶĚ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ĮŶŝƐŚ ĂďŽǀĞ /ƉƐǁŝĐŚ͖ ƚŚĞ ďŝƩĞƌ ůŽĐĂů ĚĞƌďǇ has been sorely missed this season, even if Norwich have managed to make a new enemy in Colchester United. The current squad should be able to cope with the step up, containing just about the right mixture of youth and experience. However, there are a ĨĞǁ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŵŝŐŚƚ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ addressed before the new campaign.

First and foremost, Norwich will ƐƵƌĞůǇ ĨĂĐĞ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚǇ ŝŶ ƌĞĐƌƵŝƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ ŽĨ ĮƌƐƚͲĐŚŽŝĐĞ ŐŽĂůŬĞĞƉĞƌ Fraser Forster for another season. The Newcastle loanee has a bright future ahead of him and will be hoping to de-throne Steve Harper at his parent club. Current backup keeper Declan Rudd will hope to make a claim to the number one shirt, although the nineteen year old may not be ready for the Championship just yet. Fabio Capello has been keeping tabs on Peterborough keeper and former Norwich youngster Joe Lewis, who may well be tempted to return to his boyhood club now that The Posh have been relegated. Norwich may also want to secure the services of a proven Championship goal scorer. Grant Holt may have scored thirty goals this season, but he has only played four ŐĂŵĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ƟĞƌ͕ ǁŚŝůĞ ŽŶ loan at Blackpool in 2008. WƌĞƐƐƵƌĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŽŶ ŚƌŝƐ DĂƌƟŶ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ŚŝƐ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ĨŽƌŵ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ůĞǀĞů͘ /Ĩ ŚƌŝƐ DĂƌƟŶ ŝƐ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƚŚĞ opportunity to front the Norwich line next season, and starts the season ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞůǇ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ĞǀĞƌǇ ĐŚĂŶĐĞ that he could be one of the league’s ŚŽƩĞƐƚ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƟĞƐ͘

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5 Minutes with: Simeon Williamson Alechi Nduka and Danny Collins talk Usain Bolt, the Olympics and BUCS with the British Olympic sprinter, who ranked second only to Dwain Chambers in the 100m last year. GB sprinter Simeon Williamson is no ƐƚƌĂŶŐĞƌ ƚŽ h ^ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞ former Middlesex student took 60m ŐŽůĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϬϳ /ŶĚŽŽƌ ƚŚůĞƟĐƐ Championship under its former guise of BUSA. Williamson has come a long way ƐŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞŶ Ͳ Ă ƌĂŶŬŝŶŐ ŽĨ ĮŌŚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĂůůͲ ƟŵĞ ƌŝƟƐŚ ϭϬϬŵ ƌĂŶŬŝŶŐƐ ŚĂƐ ƐĞĞŶ him compete at the Beijing Olympics. However, the BUCS Championships ƐƟůů ŚŽůĚƐ ĨŽŶĚ ŵĞŵŽƌŝĞƐ ĨŽƌ Williamson, as he tells Concrete Sport ŝŶ ^ŚĞĸĞůĚ͘ “The Championships have more of ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĨĞĞů ŶŽǁ ƚŚĂŶ ǁŚĞŶ / ǁĂƐ ĐŽŵƉĞƟŶŐ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŐŽŽĚ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƐƚƵĚǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ƐƟůů ĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ Ă ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ĂƐ ďŝŐ ĂƐ ƚŚŝƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŽŶ top of that have a great team spirit. /͛ŵ ŚĞƌĞ ƚŽ ǁĂƚĐŚ ƚŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ƋƵŝƚĞ weird to be watching as opposed to ĐŽŵƉĞƟŶŐ͘͟ tŝůůŝĂŵƐŽŶ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ͕ ͞EŽƚ Ăůů ĂƚŚůĞƚĞƐ ŐĞƚ ƚŽ ĐŽŵƉĞƚĞ Ăƚ Ă ŶĂƟŽŶĂů level, so it’s good that championships such as this give university athletes the chance to experience this level ŽĨ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ͘ &Žƌ ƚŚĞ ĞůŝƚĞ ĂƚŚůĞƚĞƐ out there this is a stepping stone to the World University Games and ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƚŚĂƚ͘ Williamson believes the university system has helped him develop as both an athlete and a student, as he explains: “I only lived two minutes from Middlesex, it was ideal. It helped me a lot with my training and with my

dŚĞ h ϰǆϮϬϬŵ ƌĞůĂǇ ƚĞĂŵ ŵĞƚ tŝůůŝĂŵƐŽŶ ;ϯƌĚ ůĞŌͿ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ h ^ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ͕ ^ŚĞĸĞůĚ͘

ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ͘͟ As a glowing example of a success story for the University, the ƐƉƌŝŶƚĞƌ ŚĂƐ ƉůĞŶƚǇ ŽĨ ĂĚǀŝĐĞ ƚŽ ŽīĞƌ the aspiring BUCS champions of tomorrow. “The BUCS Indoors really is a stepping stone to greater things. If you’re lucky enough to go to the World University Games, it’s very similar to the Commonwealth and Olympics Games. The experience you ĐĂŶ ŐĂŝŶ ĐĂŶ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŵĂŬĞ ǇŽƵ Ă ďĞƩĞƌ ĂƚŚůĞƚĞ͘͟ The rise of Usain Bolt has given ƚŚĞ ƐƉŽƌƚ ŽĨ ĂƚŚůĞƟĐƐ Ă ŵƵĐŚͲŶĞĞĚĞĚ boost, and Williamson has had the ƉůĞĂƐƵƌĞ ŽĨ ǁŝƚŶĞƐƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƉŽƌƟŶŐ ƉŚĞŶŽŵĞŶŽŶ ĮƌƐƚ ŚĂŶĚ͘ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ camp in Jamaica last year, where he trained alongside names such as Asafa Powell and Bolt, proved so helpful that

the Londoner went back during the winter. “I trained with Usain’s Bolt coach for three months. That was very, very good, training with the fastest guy in the world – you can’t really ask for much more than that in training! The training out there was quite similar to what I do at home, but the big ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ǁĞĂƚŚĞƌ͖ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŚĞůƉĞĚ͘͟ Williamson also set out his plans for the Commonwealth Games in Delhi later in the year, telling Concrete: “I don’t know if I’ll actually go and do the 100m in Delhi or just concentrate on the relay. Right now my mind is ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĞůĂǇ͕ ďƵƚ ĚĞƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ on what shape I’m in when the Commonwealth’s come round then I ŵĂǇ ŐŽ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂů͘͟

MEN’S FOOTBALL LOSE OUT TO ESSEX Mark Roach

ŚƌŝƐ DĂƌƟŶ ǁŝůů ďĞ Ă ŬĞǇ ƉůĂǇĞƌ ŶĞǆƚ ǇĞĂƌ͘

For now though, Norwich fans can simply enjoy the last three games of the season. A party atmosphere is guaranteed at Carrow Road this coming Saturday for the visit of Gillingham. Only a point is required ƚŽ ŵĂƚŚĞŵĂƟĐĂůůǇ ƐĞĐƵƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƟƚůĞ͕ which would be a perfect memento ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚƌĂŵĂƟĐ ǇĞĂƌ ƚŚĞǇ ƐƉĞŶƚ ŝŶ League One.

The outcome to this year’s Derby ĂǇ ǁĂƐ ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƟŶŐ ĨŽƌ h Men’s Football. ŌĞƌ ĐŽŵƉůĞƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĚŽƵďůĞ over Essex in 2009, the teams ĨĞůƚ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶƚ ŽĨ ŐĞƫŶŐ Ă ƌĞƐƵůƚ͖ however, it wasn’t to be. /Ŷ Ă ƌĞǀĞƌƐĞ ŽĨ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ĮǆƚƵƌĞƐ͕ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ϭƐƚ y/ ǁŚŽ ŬŝĐŬĞĚ Žī ĞĂƌůǇ ŝŶ ǁĞƚ ĂŶĚ ďůƵƐƚĞƌǇ ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ seemed to favour the home side, who enjoyed pumping the ball forward to a strong and powerful front line. dŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ came from UEA when Chris Gunn latched onto a through ball, striking it over the advancing keeper but ŽŶůǇ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ŚŝƐ ĞīŽƌƚ ĐĂŶŶŽŶ Žī ƚŚĞ underside of the crossbar and back

out into play. dŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŚĂůĨ ƌĞŵĂŝŶĞĚ fairly even and a smart save from Dan Porter ensured the sides went in level at the break. The second half was more of the ƐĂŵĞ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ zĞůůŽǁƐ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ƚŚĞ ďĞƩĞƌ ĨŽŽƚďĂůů͕ ǁŝƚŚ EŝĐŬ ,ĞĂƉ ĂŶĚ DĂƩ Howard going close. It was Essex though who made the breakthrough when, on 83 minutes, a long cross from deep was swung into the box and the Essex striker, who had been well marked throughout the game, ŵĂŶĂŐĞĚ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ ƚŚĞ ůŝƩůĞ ďŝƚ of space he needed to head home. As UEA pushed for a last gasp goal, they could not break through the Essex defence and can look back on the game knowing that they performed well and on another day things might have gone their way. /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ϯƉŵ ŬŝĐŬ Žī͕ ƚǁŽ ĞĂƌůǇ

Greg Mann

goals from Essex were enough to defeat UEA’s 2nd XI despite a spirited second half performance where the Yellows created numerous chances. UEA Men’s Football will look forward to next year at Colney Lane where they will get the chance to respond to this year’s defeats.

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TUESDAY 20th APRIL 2010

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DERBY DAY 2010: ESSEX 30 - 15 UEA FUTSAL VICTORY ENDS DERBY DAY 2010 ON HIGH NOTE Andrew Stead

'ƌĞŐ DĂŶŶ

ĞƌďǇ ĂǇ͛Ɛ ŚĂďŝƚ ŽĨ ƉƌŽĚƵĐŝŶŐ Ă home victory in recent years proved ƚƌƵĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ ĂƐ ƐƐĞǆ ƐƚŽƌŵĞĚ ƚŽ Ă ϯϬͲ ϭϱ ǀŝĐƚŽƌǇ ŽǀĞƌ h ŝŶ ŽůĐŚĞƐƚĞƌ ůĂƐƚ ŵŽŶƚŚ͘ dŚĞ ůŽƐƐ ƐĞĞƐ h ͛Ɛ ůĞĂĚ ĐƵƚ ƚŽ ϳͲϯ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ĮǀĞ ĐŽŶƚĞƐƚƐ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƐƚ͘ KǀĞƌ ϴϬϬ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƚŽƌƐ͕ ƐƉĞĐƚĂƚŽƌƐ

ĂŶĚ ĐŽĂĐŚĞƐ ƚƌĂǀĞůůĞĚ ƚŽ ŽůĐŚĞƐƚĞƌ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĂŶŶƵĂů ŵƵůƟͲĞǀĞŶƚ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĂǇ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŬĞĞŶůǇ ĐŽŶƚĞƐƚĞĚ ďŽǆŝŶŐ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ͘ UEA were never ahead in a ƚŽƵŐŚ ĐŽŶƚĞƐƚ͕ ďĞŝŶŐ ϮͲϬ ĚŽǁŶ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ǁŝƚŚĚƌĂǁĂůƐ͘

h &ƵƚƐĂů ǁĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ƚĞĂŵ ƚŽ ĐŽŵƉĞƚĞ ŽŶ ĞƌďǇ ĂǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ŬŶŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŽǀĞƌĂůů ƌĞƐƵůƚ ǁĂƐ ďĞǇŽŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽŶƚƌŽů͕ ƚŚĞǇ ƐƟůů ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ƉůĂǇ ƚŽ Ă ŶĂƌƌŽǁ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĮĐŝƚ͘ They were dealt a massive blow ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁĂƌŵ ƵƉ ǁŚĞŶ ŐŽĂůŬĞĞƉĞƌ ĂŶ tĞůĐŚ ƐƵīĞƌĞĚ Ă ĚŝƐůŽĐĂƚĞĚ ĮŶŐĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ĞŶĚĞĚ ŚŝƐ ĞƌďǇ ĂǇ͘ h ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ƐƚƌŽŶŐůǇ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ƐĂǁ Ă ƐŝǌĞĂďůĞ ƐƚŽƉƉĂŐĞ ǁŚĞŶ one of Essex’s defenders dislocated ŚŝƐ ŬŶĞĞ͘ ŌĞƌ Ă ĨĞǁ ĞĂƌůǇ ĐŚĂŶĐĞƐ͕ ŵŵĞƩ ZŽǁĞ ŐĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ǀŝƐŝƚŽƌƐ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂĚ͕ ĮƌŝŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ďŽƩŽŵ ĐŽƌŶĞƌ͖ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƌƵŶ ŽĨ ƉůĂǇ ƐƐĞǆ ǁĞƌĞ ƐŽŽŶ ůĞǀĞů͘ dŚŝƐ ƐƉƌƵŶŐ h ŝŶƚŽ ĂĐƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞǇ ƌĞͲƚŽŽŬ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂĚ ƐŚŽƌƚůǇ ĂŌĞƌ ǁŚĞŶ ŚƌŝƐ 'ƵŶŶ ďĞĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŬĞĞƉĞƌ͘ ƐƐĞǆ ƵƐĞĚ ĂŶ ĞǆƚƌĞŵĞůǇ ǁŝĚĞ ƉŝƚĐŚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂĚǀĂŶƚĂŐĞ ĂŶĚ ĞƋƵĂůŝƐĞĚ ĂŐĂŝŶ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ǁĞůů ǁŽƌŬĞĚ

ŐŽĂů͘ 'ƵŶŶ ƚŚĞŶ ƐĐŽƌĞĚ ŚŝƐ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ /ĂŝŶ ^ƚĂƌŬ͕ ŵĂŶ ZĂŝ͕ ^ƚĞǀĞ ĂŵƉ ĂŶĚ :ŽƐŚ ^ĐĂƌƌŽƩ Ăůů ĚƌŝǀŝŶŐ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ďĂĐŬ͕ h ǁĞƌĞ ƵŶĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ Ă ĐůĞĂƌ ĐƵƚ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ͘ ƐƐĞǆ ǁĞĂƚŚĞƌĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌŵ ĂŶĚ ĞƋƵĂůŝƐĞĚ ũƵƐƚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ďƌĞĂŬ͘ ƵŽǇĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐƵƉĞƌď ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ͕ h ƚŽŽŬ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƵƌƚŚ ƟŵĞ ǁŚĞŶ ^ĞĂŶ >ŝůůĞǇ ďƌŽŬĞ ĂŶĚ ĮƌĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ĐŽƌŶĞƌ͘ dŚĞ h͛Ɛ ǁĞƌĞ ŽŶĐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ ƵŶĂďůĞ ƚŽ ŚŽůĚ ŽŶƚŽ Ă ƐůĞŶĚĞƌ ůĞĂĚ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƟŵĞ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ͕ ĐŽŶĐĞĚĞĚ Ă ƋƵŝĐŬ ĮƌĞ ĚŽƵďůĞ͘ ZŽƐƐ ĂǆƚĞƌ ŬĞƉƚ h ŝŶ ŝƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŽŵĞ ĐƌƵĐŝĂů ƐĂǀĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ďĂƩůŝŶŐ ǀŝƐŝƚŽƌƐ ŚƵīĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƉƵīĞĚ ďƵƚ ƐĞĞŵĞĚ ƵŶĂďůĞ ƚŽ ďƌĞĂŬ down a resilient Essex back line ďĞĨŽƌĞ 'ƵŶŶ ĮƌĞĚ ŝŶ ĨŽƌ ŚŝƐ ŚĂƚ ƚƌŝĐŬ͘ ŽƚŚ ƐŝĚĞƐ ŚĂĚ ĐŚĂŶĐĞƐ͕ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚǁŽ ďƌĞĂŬĂǁĂǇƐ ůĞĚ ƚŽ 'ƵŶŶ ƐĐŽƌĞ ŚŝƐ ĨŽƵƌƚŚ ĂŶĚ ĮŌŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ͕ ƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ Žī Ă ƐƵƉĞƌď ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂů performance and a man of the ŵĂƚĐŚ ĂǁĂƌĚ ƚŽ ŐŽ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚ͘

HOCKEY THRASH ESSEX Tom Ross

UEA Men’s Hockey recorded a ƚŚƵŵƉŝŶŐ ϳͲϬ ĚĞĨĞĂƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐƐĞǆ ƌŝǀĂůƐ ŝŶ ŽůĐŚĞƐƚĞƌ ŽŶ ĞƌďǇ ĂǇ͘ h ŬŶĞǁ ƚŚĞǇ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ŽŶ ƚŽƉ ĨŽƌŵ ƚŽ ďĞĂƚ h , ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚŽŵĞ ƚƵƌĨ͕ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂĚ ŶŽƚ ĚŽŶĞ ƐŝŶĐĞ ϮϬϬϰ͘ Ɛ ĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƚĐŚ ƉƌŽǀĞĚ Ă ƉŚǇƐŝĐĂů ĂŶĚ ĞŶĚƵƌŝŶŐ ĞŶĐŽƵŶƚĞƌ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ďŽƚŚ ƐŝĚĞƐ͘ ŌĞƌ Ă ĨĞǁ ŐƌĞĞŶ ĐĂƌĚƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĂǁĂƌĚĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƵŵƉŝƌĞƐ ĨŽƌ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ƉŚǇƐŝĐĂů ĞŶĐŽƵŶƚĞƌƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƚĞŶ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ƐĞƩůĞĚ ĚŽǁŶ͘ The away side broke the deadlock ǁŚĞŶ ĐĂƉƚĂŝŶ :ĂŵĞƐ &ĂŶŐĞƌ ďƵƌƐƚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ƐƐĞǆ ŵŝĚĮĞůĚ͕ ƐŽĂƌŝŶŐ ƉĂƐƚ ƚǁŽ ĚĞĨĞŶĚĞƌƐ ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ Ă ĐůĞĂƌ ƐŚŽƚ ŽŶ ŐŽĂů͘ h ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ ƚŽ ƉƌĞƐƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽƉƉŽŶĞŶƚƐ͕ ĨŽƌĐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽ ĐŽŵŵŝƚ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ĨŽƵůƐ ĂŶĚ ŐŝǀĞ h ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ƐŚŽƌƚ ĐŽƌŶĞƌƐ͘ dŝŵ :ŽŶĞƐ ƐƚƌƵĐŬ ďŽƚŚ short corners into the backboard ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶƚůǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ŐĂǀĞ h Ă ŵŽƌĞ ĐŽŵĨŽƌƟŶŐ ϯͲϬ ůĞĂĚ ŐŽŝŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ ŚĂůĨ ƟŵĞ͘ UEA were determined to win in ƐƚǇůĞ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŚĂůĨ͕ ǁŝƚŚ

ƚŚĞ ĚĞĨĞŶĐĞ ĞŶĚĞĂǀŽƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƌĞƚĂŝŶ Ă ĐůĞĂŶ ƐŚĞĞƚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĂƩĂĐŬ ƉƵƐŚŝŶŐ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ ƐĞĞŬŝŶŐ ŵŽƌĞ ŐŽĂůƐ͘ ^Ăŵ tĂůƚŽŶ͕ dŝŵ :ŽŶĞƐ ĂŶĚ ůŝ ^ŵǇƚŚ ĂďƐŽƌďĞĚ Ăůů ŽĨ ƐƐĞǆ͛Ɛ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐƐ ŐŽŝŶŐ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶ ĂŌĞƌ ĐŽŶĐĞĚŝŶŐ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ƐŚŽƌƚ ĐŽƌŶĞƌƐ͕ ŐŽĂůŬĞĞƉĞƌ dŽŵ WĂůŵĞƌ ƉƌĞǀĞŶƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ďĂůů ĨƌŽŵ ŐŽŝŶŐ ŶĞĂƌ ƚŚĞ ŐŽĂů͘ Ŷ ƐƐĞǆ ĚƌĂŐͲŇŝĐŬĞƌ ƐĞŶƚ ƚŚĞ ďĂůů ŐŽĂůͲ ďŽƵŶĚ ďƵƚ Ă ƐƵďůŝŵĞ ƐĂǀĞ ĨƌŽŵ WĂůŵĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ƟƉƉĞĚ ƚŚĞ ďĂůů ŽŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŽƐƐďĂƌ ƐŝůĞŶĐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŚŽŵĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ͘ ,ĂůĨͲďĂĐŬƐ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ ,ĂŶǁĞůů͕ ĂƌŶŝĞ ďƌĂŚĂŵ͕ ĂŶĚ ^ŝŵŽŶ ,ĂŵŵŽŶĚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ ŽƵƚůĞƚƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĨĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ůĞĂĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚĞƌͲĂƩĂĐŬƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƐĂǁ h ǁĂůŬ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŚĂůĨ͘ Ɛ ƐƐĞǆ ƉƵƐŚĞĚ ĨŽƌ Ă ŐŽĂů ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƟƌĞ͕ h ƐƚƌƵĐŬ ďĂĐŬ͕ ĂŶĚ ŶŽƚ ůŽŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŚĂůĨ ĚĂŵ tĞĚůĂŬĞ ƉŽƉƉĞĚ ƵƉ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ďĂĐŬ ƉŽƐƚ ƚŽ ƐůŽƚ ŝŶ Ă ĨŽƵƌƚŚ͘ ůĞĐ ĞƩĞƌ ƐĐŽƌĞĚ ƚǁŽ ǀŽůůĞǇƐ ŵŝĚͲ ǁĂǇ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŚĂůĨ͕ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐŝŶŐ ƐƐĞǆ ŚĞĂĚƐ ƚŽ ĚƌŽƉ ĞǀĞŶ ůŽǁĞƌ͘ :ŽĞ Broadbent exploited the defence and ĐĂŵĞ ĐůŽƐĞ ŽŶ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶƐ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĞǀĞŶƚŚ ŐŽĂů ĨĞůů ƚŽ KůŝǀĞƌ ZƵŋĞ ĂŌĞƌ ŚĞ ŵĞƚ Ă ƐĞĂƌĐŚŝŶŐ ƉĂƐƐ ĨƌŽŵ ŽŶĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮĞůĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ͕ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŬĞĞƉĞƌ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƉƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ďĞǇŽŶĚ Ăůů ĚŽƵďƚ͘

WOMEN’S RUGBY HUMBLED BY ESSEX Essex University beat Derby Day rivals UEA 15-5 in last month’s closely ŵĂƚĐŚĞĚ ĮǆƚƵƌĞ ŝŶ ŽůĐŚĞƐƚĞƌ͘ h ǁĞƌĞ ĨƵůů ŽĨ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶĐĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ǁŚŝƐƚůĞ͕ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĐŽŶǀŝŶĐŝŶŐ Derby Day record from the past two ǇĞĂƌƐ ƐƟůů ĨƌĞƐŚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵĞŵŽƌŝĞƐ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶĐĞ ǁĂƐ ƐŚŽƌƚ ůŝǀĞĚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ǀŝƐŝƚŽƌƐ ƐƚƌƵŐŐůĞĚ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ Ă ƌŽƵƚĞ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵďďŽƌŶ ƐƐĞǆ ĚĞĨĞŶĐĞ͘ dŚĞ ĂǁĂǇ ƐŝĚĞ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ ƚŽ ŚŽůĚ ƐƐĞǆ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ďĂĐŬ ĨŽŽƚ ĨŽƌ ŵƵĐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽƉĞŶŝŶŐ ŚĂůĨ͘ dŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ďƌĞĂŬ ĐĂŵĞ ĂƐ h ͛Ɛ ĚĞĨĞŶĐĞ ǁĂƐ ƵŶĂďůĞ ƚŽ ŚŽůĚ ďĂĐŬ ƚŚĞ ƉŽǁĞƌĨƵů ƐƐĞǆ ďĂĐŬƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞǇ ĨŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ƚƌĂŝůŝŶŐ ϭϬͲϬ Ăƚ ŚĂůĨ ƟŵĞ͘ h ĐĂŵĞ ďĂĐŬ ĮŐŚƟŶŐ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ďƌĞĂŬ ĂŶĚ ĚŽŵŝŶĂƚĞĚ ƉŽƐƐĞƐƐŝŽŶ͘ dŚĞŝƌ ŚĂƌĚ ǁŽƌŬ ǁĂƐ ĮŶĂůůǇ ĐŽŶǀĞƌƚĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ĂŌĞƌ ƐŽŵĞ ƐŵĂƌƚ ďĂĐŬƐ ƉůĂǇ ůĞĚ ƚŽ ǁŝŶŐĞƌ ZŚŝĂŶ ůĂǇĚŽŶ ƐĞĂůŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĮǀĞ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ͘ dŚĞ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶƐ ĚŝĚ ŶŽƚ ůĂƐƚ ůŽŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ǀŝƐŝƚŽƌƐ ĂƐ ĐĂƉƚĂŝŶ ĂŶĚ ŇǇͲŚĂůĨ EŝĐŽůĂ <ĂĐŝƵďƐŬǇũ ǁĂƐ ĨŽƌĐĞĚ ƚŽ ƌĞƟƌĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐŝĚĞ ůŝŶĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐŚŽƵůĚĞƌ ŝŶũƵƌǇ͘ h ŚĞůĚ Ă ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ĚĞĨĞŶƐŝǀĞ ůŝŶĞ ďƵƚ ĂŶ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂů ƐƐĞǆ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ĨƌŽŵ ĨƵůůͲďĂĐŬ <ĞƌƌǇ :ĂĐŬƐ ƉƌŽǀĞĚ ƚŽŽ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĂǁĂǇ ĚĞĨĞŶĐĞ͘ dŚĞ ŚŽŵĞ ƐŝĚĞ ǁĞŶƚ ϭϱͲϱ ƵƉ ǁŝƚŚ ũƵƐƚ ƚĞŶ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ůĞŌ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĐůŽĐŬ͕ ĂŶĚ h ǁĞƌĞ ƵŶĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĐůĂǁ ďĂĐŬ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĮĐŝƚ͘ Lucy Bowers

ATHLETICS VICTORIOUS

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h DĞŶ͛Ɛ ,ŽĐŬĞǇ ƉƵƚ ŝŶ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǁĂǇ ƚŽ Ă ϳͲϬ ǀŝĐƚŽƌǇ͘

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dŚĞ h WŝƌĂƚĞƐ ƉƵƚ ŝŶ Ă ďĂƩůŝŶŐ ĚŝƐƉůĂǇ ŝŶ Ă ϭϱͲϭϰ ĚĞĨĞĂƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐƐĞǆ Blades

h ͛Ɛ ƚŚůĞƟĐƐ ƚĞĂŵ ƐƚŽƌŵĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐ ŽŶ ĞƌďǇ ĂǇ ƚŽ take a comprehensive victory over their ĂƌĐŚͲƌŝǀĂůƐ͕ ƚŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ŽĨ ƐƐĞǆ. ZŝĐŚĂƌĚ ,ĞŶĚĞƌƐŽŶ ůĞĚ ŚŽŵĞ EŝĐŬ Ăƌů ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϯϬϬϬŵ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƚƌŝƵŵƉŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĂǇ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĂƐ ƐŚŽƌƚůǇ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ ďǇ Ă ǁŝŶ ĨŽƌ 'ƌĞŐ WŽůůĂƌĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϭϬϬŵ͕ ǁŚŽ ǁĂƐ ĐůŽƐĞůǇ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ ďǇ ůĞĐŚŝ EĚƵŬĂ͘ EĚƵŬĂ ƚŚĞŶ ƚŽŽŬ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϬŵ ĂŚĞĂĚ ŽĨ ƚĞĂŵŵĂƚĞ ĂŶŶǇ ŽůůŝŶƐ͘ DĞĂŶǁŚŝůĞ͕ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮĞůĚ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͕ DĂƩŚĞǁ ,ŝƚĐŚŝŶĞƌ ůĂƵŶĐŚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ũĂǀĞůŝŶ ŵŝůĞƐ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ĂŶǇ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ƐƐĞǆ ĐŽƵŶƚĞƌƉĂƌƚƐ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ƐƉŽŝůƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƚŚƌŽǁ ŽĨ ŽǀĞƌ ϱϲŵ͘ ZƵƚŚ DĐ<ĞůůĂƌ ǁĂƐ h ͛Ɛ ƐƚĂŶĚͲŽƵƚ ĨĞŵĂůĞ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĞƌ͕ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ Ă ŚĂƚͲƚƌŝĐŬ ŽĨ ƌƵŶŶĞƌͲƵƉ ĮŶŝƐŚĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϭϬϬŵ͕ ϮϬϬŵ ĂŶĚ ϰϬϬŵ͘ ŵŝůǇ EĞŝůĂŶ ƚƌŝƵŵƉŚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϯϬϬϬŵ͕ ǁŚŝůƐƚ >ŽƵŝƐĞ KǁĞŶ ǁŽŶ ƚŚĞ ũĂǀĞůŝŶ͘ dŚĞ ƐƚƌŝŶŐ ŽĨ ĐŽŶǀŝŶĐŝŶŐ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ ĞŶƐƵƌĞĚ h ƐĞĐƵƌĞĚ Ă ĐŽŵĨŽƌƚĂďůĞ ϭͲϬ ǀŝĐƚŽƌǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƚŚůĞƟĐƐ͘ Steven Castellino