Of course it does sweetie daarlings... Cos now we•re back, from outa space, we iust walked in to find you here with that sad look upon your face! ... Happy New Year from your Union Executive - Welcome back and good luck with those exams.
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T h e sixth of February marks the beginning of the Stu dent Union's multi-cultural extravaganza, which will provide a mixture of fun and cultural understanding. Essentially the week promises to be a celebration of the vast array of cultures that study and socialise at UEA : a reduced priced LCR for those who wear national or regional dress, an intemational quiz with prizes, and an international party which ineludes free food, drink and disco, are just some of the events planned. Yet combined with the fun of International week, there is also a more thought provoking program me of events on offer. Amid the 50th celebrations of the end of the 2nd World War, a survivor of the holocaust summed up the importance of the events by saying -Ifwe do not learn from the past, history wi ll repeat itself.' With the system of ethnic cleansing in the former Yugoslavia and the rise of fascism throughout Europe, including the first suecessful election of a British National Party candidate, society it seems has already begun to forget the horrifie events of the past. Fear and lack of understanding appear to be at the core of all these sickening events. Ignorance of other cultures easily inspires fear and as it breeds and intensifies, it's a small step to manifest itself into violent persecuti on. As the main event of the week, we are extremely fortunate to have a talk given by a survivor of
a Nazi concentration camp and her husband, who was part of the camp's liberation force. In conjunction with this, a talk will be given by a couple who recently embarked on an aid mission to the former Yugoslavia. Last, but by no means least, our final intemational talk comes from Norfolk's very own Member of the European Parliament, Clive Needle. Here are the details ... • Friday 27th January 'World Carnival' takes place in St.Andrews Hall (also known as Blackfriars Hall) to celebrate the end of multicultural month in Norwich. Doors open at 7.30pm with a£ I entry for students. Food from six countries will be on sale and there will be cabaret from ten different cultures, plus a Kenyan ban d. Your Union will be there with a stall. Not to be missed! • Monday 6th Feb ruary Come to a talk on the former Yugoslavia being given by Diana and Peter Beckley from the Norfolk and Norwich Novi Sad Association at I pm in the Bill Wilson Room (Union House). Novi Sad is a city in Serbia, twinned with Norwich. Diana and Peter have worked in Novi Sad's refugee camps which house war-tom vietims fro m all over the region, ineluding Bosnia and Croatia. • Tuesday 7th February Schindler's List, the highl y acclai med Steven Spielberg film , showing at 7pm in Lecture Theatre 2. Buying a ticket to this will get you in fre e to Wednesday's main event.
• Wednesday 8th February The Holocaust, a talk by Norman and Gena Turgell from The Holocaust Educational Trust, I pm Lecture Theatre 2. Mrs. Turgell was in Belsen concentration camp at the time it was liberated in April 1945 and Mr. Turgell was part of the British army that liberated the camp. They met, fell in love and married a few months later. They have been married for 49 years and will be celebrating their 50th anniversary in October. Tickets wi ll go on sale in Union House at lunchtimes for. £I . All the proceeds will go to the Trust. Entry is free for those who buy tickets for Schindler's List. A multicultural pub quiz will be held in the Back Bar at 8.30pm. Prizes to be won! • Thursday 9th Febr ua ry Clive Needle, Member of the European Parliament for Norfolk will give a talk at I pm in the Bill Wilson Room. Go and question your MEP. If you turn up to the evening's LCR disco in a National Costume of your choice, we knock £I off the entrance fee! • Friday lOth February Come to an end of the week INTE RNATIONAL PARTY in room 1.33, Un ion House from 8 'til late, where there wi 11 be some free food and drink. People wishing to help in the organisat ion o f a ny o f t h e above, please don't hesitate to contact Lara Woolford, Cornmunity and International Liaison Officer.
THE ANCIENTS k group of Univers ities have got together to spear ead a new campaign for the alleviation of student poverty. The Ancients' name refers to the oldest Universities such as Oxford , London, Aberdee n, Edinburgh, Gl asgow and St. An drcws, inve nted as a media tag designed deliberate ly to foc us the med ia, a nd thro ugh the m th e public and politicians, on thei r own preconceptions of universities as remaining bastions of privilege within which poverty and debt are but a myth . Already, the campaign has secured a motion in Parliament on
student hardship in general and the need as an absolute priority to restore students eligibility to Housing Bene fit and Income Support over the long vacation. This provides a tangible, focused obj ective on which to lobby parli am enta rians . With the three ma in parl iamentary parties re viewing their existing H igher Education policies, enabli ng the opposi tion to dodge qu es tions of fu ture intent, this campaign provides an unprecedented opportunity to pin them down. The passage of the Statutory Instruments (which includes the I 0% grant cut) takes place in the
House of Lords on January 30th. Lord Addington, a leading LibDem Peer, has confirmed that he has put down an objection which will initiate a debate on student poverty and call for the restoration of student entitl ement to Income Support and Housing Benefit. This provides a mec hanis m both to highlight the iss ues in th e medi a and to lobby local MPs to put pressure on their party hierarchies to be sympathetic. Write to your MP. Restore Housing Benefit and Income Support!
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Rees, EAS2 . Damon Ro dd is, cation Act, affecting Student ENV3 (Chair). Mark Smyth, Unions, becomes law on April CHE3. Iona Wakely, SOCI. Paul 1st. To comply with the new Wolferstan, BI03. Colin Wood, legislation, we are having to DEV2. Richard Woodward, SOC I. produce a new constitution which must be ratified by the UnivmiWho are these people? They are your elected repre- ty's Council. It presents a good sentatives on Students' Forum, the opportunity to change the way Union's second highest decision the Union is governed. Talk or making body, which also includes write to your School and year repthe Executive. Total number 38 (3 resentative! Don't let the Constinon-voting), quoracy 20. There are tution be written by one or two currently some extremely impor- individuals up in Union House. At tant issues being discussed fort- the end of the day, any changes to nightly, namely the Union's Con- our existing Constitution can only stitution and Union Policy lapses. be passed by a Union General Part 2 of the Government's Edu- Meeting.
ONE WORLD RECYCLE ·IN MAY YOUR DEV Soc, in conjunction with the I IERIES Union, are starting to plan a mas- M sive week of celebration, talent and awareness around a theme of 'One World'. All Clubs and Societies have been contacted and invited to participate on a grand scale which would involve showing off what you do best, during the week May 8th -13th. UEA's Open Day is to be Saturday May 13th when we are on show to the public, giving us a real opportunity to increase our awareness of clubs and societies and what they do. Come to the first planning meeting at 6pm Tuesday 7th February in the DEV Common Room (1st floor Arts Block)" with your ideas!
Why bother? Because, in addition to their non-biodegradable packaging and all the crap they've got in them, most batteries contain significant levels of heavy metals. If they are not properly disposed of, these leak into the e nvironment where they bioaccumulate causing damage to all forms of life. In humans, they can cause bone brittleness, kidney and brain damage, abnormal mental and physical development, paralysis and even death. To recycle your batteries, put them in the boxes provided at the entrance to Union House.
At an Emergency General Meeting on 6th October 1993, the Union's Executive put a motion to you, the membership, asking whether or not we should re-open and operate The Waterfront under a seperate Union trading company. The motion was passed and trading began on I st December 1993. Our current lease runs out in March and it will be up to you to decide at the Union General Meeting on Feb 20th whether we should carry on operating the venue. You therefore have about a month to get down to the Waterfront, check it out and decide for yourself.
=Pofthcoming I!V•nts Feb 6-10 Feb 13-17 Feb 20 Feb 27-3 Mar March 1 March 6-10 March 8 March 13
Multicultural Awareness Week UnionWeek UGM 7pm LCR Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Awaren~ss Week Sabbatical Officers elections (date TBA Elections committee) Women's Week National Non Smoking Day UGM7pm LCR
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