BY JAMES GOFFIN UEA lecturers could soon strike over pay unless they get an inflat io n-busting ten per cent pay rise. Semi nar rooms and lecture theatres could be left empty if the Association of University Teac hers mobilises its members i n the threatened campaign of industrial action. Union leaders are promising " oneday strikes, boycotts of examinations, and boycotts of admissions" If ViceChancellors fa il to come up with a deal by April1. A strike by AUT - which represents nearly 700 UEA staff · could cripple teaching and academic work at the University. But the union insists its members deserve the cash.
Shortfall " We're 36 per cent behind on pay, so it's a modest claim in terms of what we are really due, looking at the shortfall In previous years," insisted Or John Noble-Nesbitt, AUT President at UEA. "We've decided to pursue the pay claim vigorously," he added. According to the Un iversities & Colleges Employers' Association (UCEA), which represents all UK universities, institutions are eager to reach a settlement. " We would regret any industrial action, we'd rather reach agreement through negotiation," said a UCEA spokesman. " I think it might be difficu lt to get it done by April 1. The AUT have put forward a detailed claim that we need to sit down and go through with them," he added. But Davld Triesman , general secretary of the AUT, is adamant that lecturers have lost out for too long. " Staff have been cheated. Money goes on new buildings, to those In pay review, never to university staff. They resent being fobbed off with finger-ln•n·~-"'""''" settiem " he stormed.
2500 students sign_ petition as demo calls for UEA to adOP-t ethical policy BY CLARE HAMILTON EDDY ANGRY DEMONSTRATORS stormed The Square on Friday in protest at UEA's unethical investment policies. A I 00-strong group of students marched from The Square to The Registry, delivering a 2,500 signature petition from students and lecturers. calling for the UEA to make its investments on a moral basis. on an index-tracker basis, meaning that shares are Representatives from the demo met University community in the 20th century," emphasised fellow selected by computer, depending on their performance in bigwigs inside the building while the remaining demonstrator Dr Rupert Read. the FfSE 100," said Annie Ogden, UEA Press demonstrators were locked out- and won a meeting with However, in a shock statement, UEA claimed last Officer. Vice-Chancellor Vincent Watts early next week. week that it disposed of its direct shareholdings in arms But according to Dr Read , that means UEA is still company GEC-Marconi - target of much of last week 's '"lt was a shame that we couldn't meet the Vice benefiting from arms shares. protest - last October. Chancel lor in person. but they have committed to "Given the width of holdings in this kind of fund, it is meeting us. This is an important step forward in letting Silence absolutely certain that some of UEA 's money is invested the University know what we really want,"' said Sarah Kytc (DEV 1). in arms companies," he said. The revelation comes after two months of silence " lt's not primarily a question of whether or not this Protester Lara Clements (EAS 1) said, "The from UEA finance chiefs, who had previously refused to fund has GEC Marconi shares or whether or not UEA demonstration proves that students care about where comment on the issue. has any direct control over it. money is going. UEA is supposed to be more ethical". 'The petition is about shares in anns companies - but continued on page 3 UEA does not hold any. The portfolio is now managed '"We want to be able to say that we are an ethical
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Wolfson residents' anger at University for faUing to install smoke detectors BY NIKKI MALLETT
FURIOUS WOLFSON Close residents have attacked t he University for failing to provide a proper fi re ala rm system, after an incident in which a student " could have died " . The B lock 3 residents di scovered that their flat had heen the target of an att empted arso n att ack only aft er a fri end left the accom modation at 1.30am on Monday, 15 February.
visitor was confronted with bl ac k smok e seeping out from underneuth th e kitchen door, after an intruder deliberately left food to burn under their gri ll. Th~
Signs t\ nd the res idents arc now fu rious that their flat was not fitted with any smoke detectors. despite UEA signs claiming th at it was. Wol fson res ident Amber Bu sh (EUR I ) explai ned, '· it was rea ll y lucky that we were up at the time, normally we wouldn't have been.
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And although UEA's Director of Sa fely Services. Robi n Thoma;,. ha' admilled that the eurTenl sel-up is unsatisfac tory, he claim s the Universit y ca n't afford rad ical changes.
Notice " We arc in disc uss ion about fill ing domestic smoke alanns in I he residences as a temporary measure whi ch is fairly inexpensive and thal should provide good protection." " Pullin g in an en tirely new fire alarm system is ve ry expensive. and the Uni versity would have to bud ge t for it," he claimed.
·' Jf our fri end hadn't have left when he did then we could have suffered from ;, moke inhalati on. becau se black smoke wa;, swrtin g to appear from under the ki tchen door: · she sai d. '' it co uld have been rea ll y dangerous. We could have died.'' stormed Amber. And Lucy Treagus I ) is .__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.,. fu ming th at UEA led (EU herRinto a fa lse se nse of securit y.
Notice 'There was a noti ce on the door ;,aying th at we did have a smoke dccteclor." she expl ained. " it was really mi sleading - we th ought we were sa fe."
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"The smoke alarm sign is embarassing and il ought nol lo have been there. 11 wa;, an oversight:· he said. " We do in spect regularl y. bul in an ideal world more in spec ti ons would be better: ·
Centre donation Japanc;,e Studi es al UEA have rece ived a boost after Soth chy's announced its o,ponsorship of a visi tin g professorship. Th e Sain sbur) Institute for the Stutl y of Japanese Art s and Culture. a joi nt venture between UEA and London Uni ve rsity. has guaranteed fund ing for the post for four yea rs from th e worldfamous auction house. The first incumbent. Pro fessor M asalomo Kawa i. from Keio Universit) in To~yo. has alreatl) beg un hi;, three months at th e Insti tu te. which is based in Norwich·, Cathetlral Close.
A UNIQUE Viking treasure has been unearthed by archaeologists working on the site of a Norwich car park.
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But he did apologise 10 th e resident s for lhc tli strcss they had suffered. " Where those girl s arc concerned I have a lot of sympathy. it mu st have been an alarming and worry ing silllalion for them." he added.
FIRST TAKE Fi lms a re scouting th e region fo r aspiring film directors who are interested in gett ing th eir talents recognised. Th e initiative, jointly run by th e Ea stern Arts Board and local ITV company, Anglia , are inviting proposals for their 1999 series of short films by up and coming directors from East Anglia. In search of imaginative material, First Take hopes to en courage innovation and experimen tation with punchy st ori es that en gage and capti vate the viewe r. Succ essful appli ca nts wi ll need to comb ine · solid characters and narrative development with an original and exciting style of film making. Said Caroline Norbury, Chief Executive of First Take, "Th e films should reference th e eastern region , not in a parochial way but in crea ti ng a distinctive sense of place." Applican ts should ideally be able to show some ability at film making, although strong scripts from writers will also be accepted. First Take is also in search of ready made films that have yet to be broadcast. To obtain an application fo rm send an SAE to: First Take Fi lms , Anglia TV, A ng lia House, Norwich, NR1 3JG by March 12.
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The tiny gold ingot - the firs t of its type found in Bri ta in - is one of a number of dramatic finds unearthed by historians investigating be low the C ity's streets. nationally being Nottingham . Expe rts are digging in to the site 's "Th e ce ntre of the site was a ba ckyard history before Norwich's new Millennium Library is built on the City centre plot. from the 14th century to 1962, giving us massive amounts of evidence of thi ngs Jewellery like diet going back to th e 12th ce ntury," he Accordin g to Jo hn Pe rcival of th e add ed. Norfolk Archaeological Unit, the Viking gold wo uld originall y have been used as New ideas money, but was probably intended for And the dig is turning up new ideas on some jewel lery before it was lost. "it was found under the floor of a 16th how Norwich developed as a City. "In term s of lifestyle it is what we century ce llar, but we have evidence fro m the late 13th centu ry that shows that the expected , but in terms of th e development of early Norwich , there's evidence that market place was a centre of jewellery, so things weren 't as they appear in some the gold was probably lost by a jeweller, documents," Mr Percival explained . and then covered over," he said. Th e Unit is holding open days at th e site Other find s suggest that the area may at on March 13 and April 24 for anyone one time have been a French quarter of interested in finding out more. the City, with th e on ly other similar place
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"The problem is that none of th e investm ents that UEA is involved in are being eth ically screened or monitored ." " We want public disclo ure of all our holdings in everyth ing. We wa nt it documented and we want it a soon a possible," said Or Read. The prole ter are now tak ing their ca mpaign to As embl y. UEA's lecturer foru m, today, and have for.varded a motion to the Union General Meeting taking place next Monday.
New Sabbatical team in, as Comms Officer wins by_just one vote BY ROBIN MILLARD
LAST WEEK'S sabbatical elections were the closest in UEA's history, with the vote for Communications Officer going right to the wire- and the winner triumphing by just one vote. The count saw some of the most tense scenes in UEA election history, with three recounts taking place before Sarah Macken (ENV 3) was announced as winner. Said Sarah, "lt was really tense notice the elections going on," he increasing student involvement in - a very clo~e call, during the aid. the Union. recount we were drawing for a Lisa Eldret IEUR 4) topped the "The amount we achieve is poll for Academic Officer, and proportional to the amount of short time. I'm just really pleased I got in." pledged to get out and talk with input on student issues." she said, student~ about the issues that outlining her plans to improve matter to them. rapport with students. Deputy Returning Officer, Andy Marriot (SOC 3), who Colin Moore, was amazed at how polled 574 votes at the final count tight the vote was, exclaiming. Clairc Kober (HIS 3), who for Finance Officer - 70 votes "I've never heard of it being that "didn't expect to win by so many· more than his closest rival - wants close." votes", stormed into office as to raise more money for the Union I ,583 students -just 18 per cent Welfare Officer with 674 votes through sponsorship. of UEA's student population more than double the numhcr her voted in the elections, a 300 vote closest opponent polled. increase from last year. She will he lobbying for greater But he was making no integration of non-traditional promises about lower beer students, such as those in nursing prices. But Colin defended the turnout, at King's Lynn and Hcllcsdon, as "With the bars, you have to be claiming that the Union had done well as improved health realistic on prices, but if we can everything it could to promote the services. get a well trained, happy and vote. Sarah Mackcn is now looking efficient bar staff, everyone will "You'd have to he blind not to forward to "getting stuck in" and be happier:· said Andy.
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"He told me that the girl running against me [lisa Eldrett] was going to win and that he was on the election committee and was going to fix it so she did;' said Andy.
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A WOMAN wh o hired a stripper t o do the business at her husband's birthday party sued for compensation because she felt that the performer's boobs just didn 't measure up to size. Thirty-six year old Fay Schwarz from Chicago lost the case though, and has not been reimbursed for her disappointment.
Postman Pot A COURT heard last week that a pot-smoking postman fa iled to deliver almost 2,000 letters because he was too " spaced out". 21 year-old Kevin Taylor, who was pulled over by police during a routine check, was found to be carrying the letters in his boot. His lawyer, John Alexander said, " He had a strong dependency on cannabis and was completely blotto."
Drinking Up Time A LUCKY beer-guzzfing raffle winner has finally accepted his prize ten years on . Stuart Orr from Southwold in Suffolk, who purchased his ticket a decade ago, was finally able to claim his four and a half gallon barrel of Adnams beer when the ticket miraculously re-appeared .
U bosses g2_Rublic over controversial EUR P-lans By James Goffin, News Editor
UNIVERSITY BOSSES have defended their plans to radically overhaul the School of Modern Languages and European Studies (EUR), and invited students to an open meeting to hear their case. The plans would sec F: R !-!ripped of literature units, wh ic h would s hirt tn English and American Studies ( EAS ), and E uropean studies transplanted to Economic and Soc ia l Studies (SOC). Language and lin g ui stic s units would rem a in in EUR. J-1 01\C\Cf. Un ion Academic hi.., action .... <.:laiming Registry hosse' for keeping Orticcr Katy Fixter is furious at studcnb in the darh o\·er the he wa~ 'ccking to chan ges. whi ch arc due to t ~h.c minimise anxiety place this summer. o\"er the changes.
Here Comes The Bride A COUPLE are about to give a wh ole new meaning to the idea of walking down the aisle - they are soon going to get their wedding blessed in in a supermarket. Tracey Marshall and Way ne Bowler, who got engaged after Tracey proposed via a su permarket notice board on Valentines Day, will have their wedding blessed at their local Asda store in April.
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1\orking day' to prepare for a meeting that could dir~ctl) affect the courses the) arc study in g."· ,he 'tormcd. And she attached the wa) EUR 'tudents studying abroad ha\~ hecn neglected. .. lt
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·· 1 recogni'c that rumour can he un,ettling. and that such change.., can appear disrupti\"e or threate nin g." he saiu . ··As part of our ,,:on~idcral 1011. '' c ha\ c briefed the Studcnt>o l ' nion and uru.krtahcn wide cotbtrltation "ith stnff in EUR ...
Shut down And he justified the need for radical change. in'i,ting the on\) other opt ion ''as to sh ut dol\ n th e school. ··This i' an attempt to keep the activities a li ve and Schoo\"s fl ouri sh ing. The altcrna ti\"e "~" to beg in a run -clown process whi ch "c w ished to avo id."" sa id Professo r Davis. ··:rhe who le objecti ve is to provide
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susta in able in the longer tcrrn:· he auded. And he is confiden t that mo,·ing units between s~hoo l s \I ill benefit students taking them. ··1 sec it as pluses for EAS and SOC they arc gett ing distingushcd scholars who "ill strengthen thei r work. it is a con sol id at ion of streng thS:" clai mcd the PVC. The open meeti ngs are sc hedu led fo r Th ursday, March 4 at 12pm and I pm in Lecture Theatre I.
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Trek the Andes IF YOU ARE bored of Norwich, fed up with the LCR and ready to try something different then why not join a trek in the Andes. Homeless International has launched their Trek 2000, a trek along the old Inca Trails in Bolivia which actually visits the communities that benefit from the money it raises. Due to set off to Bolivia in May 2000, the 70 supporters will embark on raising over £100,000 which will go towards helping to improve health and housing conditions of over 45,000 people. Said Ernesto Vilaplana a Pro-Habitat representative, "One of our main goals is to improve houses to prevent the fatal chagas disease. We hope that by the end of the year 2000, communities will have improved 9,000 houses which .will benefit around 45,000 people." Anyone who is interested in getting involved in the Bolivia Trek 2000 should contact Homeless International on 01203 632802.
Earl ham delays SlTDE~TS
TRAYELLJ:W; In and frmn the L"nhersity by hus an• fadn~.: masshc dcla~· s due In the dnsurc uf a key rnute. Earlham J{uad will he dosed fur maintt'IHIIIl"l' hel\1 een Culle~.:e J{uad and Hei~.:ham Rnad fnr appn"imatl'l~ 16 11 eeks rausin~.: disnoptinn In Sen in·s :!(> and :!7 hus users. and hcadad1es fnr rmnmuters . .\ tempnrar~· hus slup has been plat·ed in Christdmrrh Ruad at the junrtinn with Earlham Rnad. and scnkt•s 11 ill pkk up and drnp uff at ~e,illt• Stn•t•l un Unthank J{oad if requested . .\ minihus shullle senke is to npt•rale frum the Earlham Rnad/Cnllc~.:e Road jundinn all 11 cl'l,. har 'Jam.Jpm Sunda~ . pkkin~.: up and droppin~.: ull frnm hoth t•nds nf the dosed scl"liun.
New antenna for Livewire means every student on camRUS will get sigilli BY ADAM BANHAM TROUBLED STUDENT radio station Livewire has received a massive boost after a promise by the Union to invest up to £9000 in the station. The money will be used to buy a new transmitter to radically improve the range and reception of Livewi re's signal - so that every student on campus can hear the budding DJs.
However, in return for the extra funding from the Union, the station has been told that they will be unable to bid for the prestigious month-long FM licence for the foreseeable future.
Forefront Head of Music, Richard Nosworth explained, "The plan for the new antenna is basically at the forefront of Livewire's plans for the rest of the year. "The new AM transmitter will hopefully cover not only all of the University and the Village but maybe even beyond." Communications Officer, Tom Connors, is confident that UEA will grant permission for the siting of the antenna on the roof of the library so that all campus residents can get Livewire's signal. "At the moment Nelson, Constable and the Village do not receive it at all, they will look at it in the sense we want to reach our students." The only possible hold-ups now would come from University redtape. "lt has to be okayed by a
committee within the University, which can take some time; noted Tom. But he's positive that the station will be broadcasting loud and clearsoon. "Ideally, I would love to see it up and running by the beginning of the summer term. That's my target." The Livewire team hope that the antenna will mark an end to the bad vibes coming out of the station, which saw both the Station Manager and the Treasurer resign.
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Problems Richard Nosworthy conceded, "We have admittedly had a couple of problems with the committee which I think are well on their way to being resolved." "We are due to hold elections this week for the main committee posts and it has been made clear that the whole of the commitee will present a united front to change the face of the station."
Village meeting CRIME-WEARY VILLAGE residents are being invited to help re-invigorate the Earl ham area as part of a new community initiative which could see millions of pounds pumped into the area, writes Chris Brown. The scheme is be ing spearheaded by UEA technician C hri s Davis, who hopes that students and local residenls will work together to win cash from a government fund set up to pump money into areas of socia l need. " People li ving in the Village arc Mr Davis. White has also thrown her weight actually residents within our area, so Students are invited to attend the behind the scheme. they have a right to make their first Community Power meeting. Community opin ions heard." said Mr Davis. schedu led for Wednesday 28 April, in Earlham Lodge, where they will be " lt would be nice to have more Millions able to discuss issues such as secu rity, involvement between the Norwich community and students. They share "The Earlham area is applying fo r li ghting and transport. "The locals would like to hear from a lot of problems," she said. a grant which would provide millions of pounds for employment and " In the past there have been a few students, because they are part of the development of commu nity facilities, comm unity and we want to make confl icts and if we can come up with them feel welcome," said Mr Davis. so there could be opportunities for a resolution that would be really students to get involved," explained good." Union Welfare Officer Claire
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Students and staff SP-lit over GM foods as UEA is drawn into national controversy By SARAH MOORE
SCIENTISTS AT UEA have found themselves at the centre of the national controversy over Frankenstein foods. The Sain>hury Labora tory at the Norwich Research Park was >et up 12 year> ago by UEA ami the Gatsb) Trust. an organi sa ti on funded by David Sainsbury, the Governmc:nt 's Scie nce M ini ster.
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Against " I am totnll) against Gi\'1 foocb nnd UEA being so in,路oivcd. it is meant to be a green university. I thin k 11c >hould go bad to organic farmin g with the government pulling funding into that rather than imo GM foods," said Melanic ~rnmerson (WAM :\)
However, Dean of Biologica l Science;, Alan Dawson. has defended geneti cs research, and the close rela tionship between 13 !0 and the Sainsbury Laboratof).
"The linb arc bcnetici al to us and our students." ' aid Profes sor Dawson. "The) do share research 11 ith us. but thi s rc,earch i> not directly co nce rned 11 ith food production, jw.t plant genetics." "The centre is one of the best rlant genet ic research centres in the worl d." he added. But scientists at UEA\ Climatic Research Unit have hi t out at the Sain sbury Laboratory, claiming that GM foods could play havoc'' ith thc environment.
Impact "My view is th at there is a po tential environ men tal impact from GM product s and I think the
proccss ncctls to be carefull y inYcs tigatcd.'' sa id the Unit 's Nic" Brook s. The John limes Centre. which ho>rs the Sainsbury Laborator). ha-, dcfendcd its work , allacking v;路hat they sec as media hype.
Frightened " We arc concerned th at the public is being frightened by the scare stories about GM foods.'' said Ray Mathias, Head of Science Communicat ion and Education. "Our science is highly regulated bu t has been portrayed in the media as something tha t is completely out of cont ro l and completely dangerous."
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UEA pianist hits the right note j for important scholarship . ; A TALENTED UEA pianist has been rew arded for her dedication with a prestigious music scholarship, writes Sarah Birch. Gemma Hitc hen , a second year music student, was awarded Scholarship for her ou tsta nding achievements in the art Explained Gemma, "it was a my life it's been the instrument that seemed to fit me. it just suprise - I really didn't expect it, it normally goes to a third yea r. it is seems so naturaL'' a real honour." Award The 20 year-o ld taught herself Th e award , presented by th e to play music as a child. and has Norwich-base d solici tors , been taking piano lessons for Hansell Stevenson , who sponsor nearly ten years, although she the award . will help pay for can also play the flute and Gemma's lessons in London with saxophone. famous pianists Julia Karen Orchestra Williams and John Barstow, and give her the chan ce to take part Sard Gemma "The piano is like a full orchestra, you get the in special recitals . David Chadd. Head of Music accompantment and the melody. at UEA is delighted by Gemma's You get a full sound. All throu gh .
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Enhance And Mr Chadd was confident that the scholars hi p would enhance Gemma's musical caree r. "She is a very gifted musicran and I hope she will go on to have a career in the music profession .
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Students win marriage in skyscraP-er on Valentines Day By JAMES GOFFIN, News Editor TWO LUCKY lovebirds from UEA were on top of the world when they got hitched on Valentines Day. The romantic pair entered a competition in the Ne\\1 York Time Out magazine and won a marriage at the top of the World Trade Centre in the Big Apple. special day, the newly-weds are sure EAS students Howard Scoones and highest point on the ew York they did the right thing. ykki Seaman joined 30 other skyline. Their wedding took place just couples to claim their once in a Unexpected before I am, with the glittering city lifetime chance to get married at the The two had only got engaged on spread out before them. "lt was very quiet and special, and Christmas Day, and were planning a really very romantic," cooed wedding in a year's time, but their plans took an unexpected turn when Howard. the letter arrived informing them of Flights their prize. "All our friends fell about However, the pair almost didn't go, laughing, they couldn't believe we as they had to battle to get the cash for were going to do it. My mum just the flights, having only just returned thought it was typical of me," said from a holiday in America. "We had to scrap around from Howard. some pennies to get the flights, but "We are both big Norwich City luckily Virgin Atlantic gave us the fans, and we were the talk of the flights at a discount," said Howard. snake pit at Carrow Road!" According to Howard, though, Newly-weds there is one downside. And although none of their friends "I've no excuse for forgetting my or family cou ld be present on the wedding anniversary!" he joked.
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BRITISH UNIVERSITIES ARE GOING GLOBAL · TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS LEARNING VIA THE INTERNET, WHILE ONE UNIVERSITY IS EVEN OPENING A CAMPUS IN THE FAR EAST...
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Concrete Wednesday, March 3, 1999
ot music Empty to the ears campa1gn am writing this letter about my disgust at the lack of interesting and credible bands playing at the LCR this year and the previous year. I would like to know if anyone else feels the same. Let's look at what the students have to look forward to this year. New Model Army, Thunder, Errol Brown, Robert Cray, a blues revue and Roger McGuinn etc. etc. Hardly what one could describe as exciting. I ask you, is this the cutting edge of modern music? Is this what's 'going down' on the music scene at the moment? I think not. Yes, great artists and bands for old fogies but what about the 20 and 30 somethings who study here? Nothing! And before I hear the feeble cries and excuses of 'there aren't any bands touring at the moment' (always the whimper of the poor tradesmen who blame their tools), just take one look at the music papers to see who is touring over the next three months. Yes, there are plenty of exciting bands promoting their new albums who don't seem to be coming to UEA. For example: Blondie, The Creatures, Jewel , Reef, Julian Cope, Gillian Welsh . The list goes on! So once again Norwich becomes a barren wasteland of mediocrity having to make do with the second best and inferior entertainment. Brilliant planning! Let us see a change. Radio Two is fine for the oldies, but let's not forget, not all of us have grey and balding heads. Thank you for listening . Yours sincerely, T. Pitt (EAS PG)
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aving been on the Union Exec last year, I realise the importance of the Elections procedure and the publicity necessary during the run-up period. However, I do object to the sectioning off of half of the Hive foyer with election tables - especially during the lunch time period when the Hive is at its busiest and there are no representatives from any of the campaigns at any of the tables. The Hive is provided by the Union , for the students who are expected to vote in the Union elections. Yet the Union insists on inconveniencing us. "Your Union, serving you"? Yours faithfully Eddie L. Rees (ENV 3)
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WOLFSON FIRE The revelation that flats in Wolfson and Orwell do not have smoke detectors is a worrying one for student safety. When students move off campus they are urged to make sure that their landlord has provided safety certificates and to check that smoke and carbon monoxide detectors are installed. They have a right to expect the same protection from the University. People die in fires not because of flames, but because of smoke. A smoke detector costs less than £5. Is that too much to save a life?
ETHICAL INVESTMENT After two month of protests by students and staff, UEA has finally replied to questions about its investments in arms shares. The University now claims it no longer holds any shares in arms companies directly, but in doing so it has missed the point of the protests. By investing in unit trusts- large funds which invest in the stock market UEA is still likely to benefit from the profits made by arms companies. The type of trust the University has put its cash in spreads its money through the top lOO shares in the UK, companies that include GEC Marconi, British Aerospace and Lucas Varity - three firms that have been criticised for exporting to repressive regimes. UEA could place its money in ethical unit trusts that avoid such companies, with little or no loss in returns. There is no legal reason why the University's own funds could not be invested in this way, and the pension scheme it operates could be run ethically with the permission of its members. The least it can do is to make a frank disclosure of exactly how its money is invested. As a public body, it should have nothing to hide.
EUR: SECRET PLANS? At the very end of last week Pro-Vice Chancellor Colin Davis fmally sent a letter out to all EUR students outlining the radical changes their school faces. In it he claims that the February 3 issue of Concrete inaccurately described the plans as secret. The truth is that this is exactly what they were. When Concrete originally reported the changes, great pains were taken to ensure the article was accurate. However, Concrete was hindered by the fact that senior figure within the University refused to talk about the plans. The Dean ofEUR, Roger Pipe-Fowler, wouldn ' t talk. PVC Davis wouldn ' t talk. Instead, he directed Concrete to the Press Office, whose statement was reported. Professor Davis says that he had 'wide consultation with staff in EUR' and 'briefed the Students Union' about the plans.
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That is true; but tho e people were told not to tell anyone else about the plans. The meetings were confidential. The meetings, and their contents, were secret. In his letter, PVC Davis does not dispute a single detail of our reporting of the proposal themselves, even though he implies that 'rumour and innuendo' has been peddled. Not only is this untrue - the article was factually correct - but if he really wanted to prevent rumours, and the uncertainty and unnecessary distress they can cause, he should have told students what the University was planning, instead of keeping them in the dark. Secret does not mean unknown, but known to a few and hidden from the rest. And that's exactly what the plans for EUR were.
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ver heard of 'Green Thursday'? No, it's not the aftermath of a heavy Wednesday night at Mojo's, but an Easter occasion where all good Germans dye some eggs green , pop them in their pockets and carry them round all day for good luck. Just don't accept any hugs from German fri ends on thi s day - th ere is such a thing as too much of a cracking good time. We've also got the Germans to thank for the good old Easter bunny. The rabbit comes from an old fo lk tale about a poor peasant woman who hid some eggs which she was planning to give to her children . When the children discovered the eggs a big rabbit appeared before leaping away - and the story spread that it was the bunny that had actually delivered them. Hot cross buns , everyone's favourite Eastertime toast substitute, have been linked to many a strange superstition since medieval times. Apparently, if they were baked on Good Friday it was claimed that they would never go mouldy due to their holiness. And if you 're ever at sea you might want to take note of an old sailor's superstition. Apparently, the stale old hot cross bun can protect you from all sorts of evil - and shipwrecks. Evil is especially associated with Easter in Sweden. Th e festival is often not seen as the day of rebirth and spring , but rather as a time when witches are particularly active. If. yo u're in Sweden at this time of year it would be worth looking ou t for black magic -it's at its most powerful in this week . And Easter hags used to often be sigh ted flying off on their brooms in search of a consort with the devil at Easter.
tormenting the opposite sex with either birch twigs or the ability to lumber them with anything you choose? Yep, it's those crazy Swedes again . Early on the morning of Good Friday, boys in the villages of Northern Sweden will go equipped with birch twigs to every farm in the neighbourhood and whip the girls with branches until they give them an Easter gift. However, the girls soon get their revenge since they can tie an object to the back of their tormentor and make them carry it around all day on their backs as part of the Easter commemorations! If you really fancy thowing eggs then a trip to Bulgaria might be a wise investment. Instead of a quick game of conkers in the playground , the adults and children of Bulgaria partake in the game of 'hit the egg', where each player attempts to hit the other player's egg until it breaks.
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NES1'LE, YORKIE EGG £2.99 Yorkie. Now, has there ever been a food that is less likely to make you think of sport than a big fat chocolate bar (if you ignore Gazza's history with Mars Bars, anyway)? But Nestle are evidently hoping to pull in all football supporting eggeaters with their new Premier League endorsed egg. Two delicious Yorkie bars are included in this popular egg, making it a popular choice and the runner up in our taste test. lt failed to gain the gold medal though because its chocolate just cou ldn't measure up to the high standards set by the Creme Egg. Some panelists preferred the thicker chocolate which the Yorkie offered , , but others claimed it just wasn't as tasty as the winner. For £2.99 though , you can't go far wrong.
MAGNA, HARIBO STAR IX EGG · 99p Definitely the egg which appealed most to the kid in everyone, this starship and intergalactic themed egg got a popular response - although more for the Haribo sweets that came inside than for the taste of the chocolate. The Starmix egg had a similar dark colour to the Barbie egg , and once again seemed more reminiscent of dark chocolate than milk. Again , it's chocolate tasted a little unnatural , a bit like cake frosted-covering than the real milky stuff. But for 99p it was pretty good value for money. And if get bored there is always the maze complete on the back of the packaging .
KINNERTON BARBIE EGG · 99p
Apart from looking like a egg-shaped piece of mouldy cheese, this dinosaur 'novelty egg' offered little in the way of flavour to our testing panel's taste buds. The initial creamy, milky bar-like taste · quickly dissolved into something rather more sickly and sweet - not very pleasant. Another drawback with the egg was that it didn't even comply with good old Easter egg tradition - there ' wasn 't a single sweetie or toy inside. And at £2.99 it was a little on the expensive side, especially considering it only offered 125g worth of chocolate. Even the cheery dinosaur into on the back failed to erase the bitter aftertaste the egg produced.
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CREIIE EGG· £3.99 The Creme Egg is truly the king of everything eggshaped. The small ones taste sublime , while the bigger models are just as good. And - - - - - - - - - - - - -- with this fine egg you get a selection of all sizes - there's the grandaddy of them all, the standard Easter egg sized one, as well as four normal sized eggs and two extra tiny mini ones. lt may have been more expensive than the rest of the eggs tested here but it's fine , pure milk chocolatey taste meant it still came out on top . The chocolate egg was creamy and smoother than the others, and there was no unpleasant after taste. In fact , the only problem the tasters experienced was trying to stop themselves gorging on all the chocolate the Creme Egg had to offer.
As any young woman will tell you, Barbies are best. You can , dress them up in some cool clothes and almost forget that they're really just a bit of plastic moulding underneath. However, where Barbie dolls succeed this Barbie egg fails - absolutely. The bright pink synthetic packaging just can 't disguise the fact that the chocolate underneath has nothing but a rather unpleasant and strange taste. The chocolate was a lot darker than you would expect from a milk chocolate egg , and was rather too crumbly in the mouth . Equally, an encounter with too many of the sugar coated jelly hearts that come inside should be avoided - there are few things more vomit inducing. The egg and it's packaging did have one redeeming feature though - a cut-outand-keep Barbie bookmark, infinitely useful for marking the right page when plagiarising that all important essay.
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The collapse of the iron curtain has led to an increased fascination for all things eastern. Robin Millard investigates the delicacies that Poland has to offer....
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But if you are looking for a more cultural experience, th en the region of Mitopolska has plenty of other places to visit. The salt mines at Wieliczka are one of only 12 UNESCO protected sites world-wide and they've been in operation for 1000 years. Located 200ft underground , there's an enormous chapel cavern hewn from crystal rock with fantastic acoustiCS and many concerts get held down there (mostly choral, no Robbie Williams unfortunately). Nearby lies Wadowice, hometown of the local
"The vodka runs like water in Poland so much so that in Polish, water is just vodka without the k" lad made good, Mr. Karol Wojtyla. He's no longer in town though - he cleared out after a cracking job offer in Rome - he's now the Pope. On a more sombre note, the former Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau is located nearby. Both the most moving and distressing of places , it stands as a cold reminder that little over 50 years ago the human race had reached it's lowest ebb. it 1s impossible to quite get a grasp on just how evil this place is. Thankfully, Poland is now in better hands. If you have the time towards the end of your trip it is also worth having a wander through the Tatra Mountains. it's easy to take a stroll through the snowy glades and enchanting forests, but make sure you don't overdo it and accidentally wan der into Slovakia death by shotgun is not unusual for those venturing across the border. A better alternative is to pick up a reindeer-l ed sleigh ride, though beware, since, unlike Soviet stealth equipment, they can be very expensive. So, that's it. Poland - a great co untry filled with lovely people. But one thing you must bring with you when you visit Poland is a camera, as a few of your memories may get vodka-tinted. Or just buy a KGB surveillance tracking system off the market and record the entire lot.
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Factfile • How to get there: The easiest way to get to Poland is to fly , British Midland are currently charging approximately £150 for flights to Warsaw plus tax from Heathrow. But prices can go down to £130 if you watch out for special deals. Flights to Krakow cost a similar price. Accomodation : it is pretty cheap to stay in Poland. Although the accomodation will vary in its standard. it cost about £7 a night to stay 1n private accomodation, and about £3 in a YH , if you are brave enough to try camping it can cost as little as £1 a night. Other details: The main language spoken here is German , but English may be spoken in the main tourist areas. If you were born within the UK and hold a full passport you can stay for up to six months without the need of a visa.
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The first official Comic Relief Day followed in March 1988 with the original red nose, which raised the grand total of £15 million. The event proved the power of the nose, and had extensive backing from top comedians, including Lenny Henry, Ben Elton and French and
with sponsored silences showers of custard, Comic Relief became a regular event every two years and next returned in 1991. Hale and Pace stonked their stuff and raised even more money with a variety of red noses, the most memorable being the one with little hands.
This year's red nose day is promising to be the biggest, and has dubbed itself as 'The Record Lenny Henry and his team of funny " 0 ''"''~-. want everyone to be sillier, wackier and generous than ever to make this year's red nose day the best ever. Working with him this year are ex-Spicey Geri Halliwell and top trainspotter Ewan McGregor who, among have been to Africa to see how some of the money is spent. While some of the money is going to the widows of the Rwandans killed in the 1994 genocide, people in Britain such as young people in care who support once they reach 1 · old will also
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French believe that "fish is not meat" as a veggy friend of mine was told b~ a waitress on receipt of a salad adorned in tuna. Attitudes are beginning to change though, with many restaurants introducing a veggy option. Don't hold your breath though, unless you're a big fan of omelettes. lt had to be better in Paris, we thought. The city's few vegetarian restaurants had to be half-decent, after all the French are the kings of cuisine. We were wrong. Having been served a bowl of green water, followed by an unidentifiable bean concoction, we decided that the cuisine would be best left to the carnivores. But then I suppose that the sleazy nature of some French men and the meat-eating habits of our much loved Gallic neighbours should have come as no surprise • after all we've all seen Eurotrash. OK, so Antoine de Caunes does play up to all of our favourite French stereotypes, but his representation of France as a nation of salacious, titillating nymphomaniacs with accents ridiculeux really is not true.
In actual fact Monsieur De Caunes is one of the most highly regarded personalities in France • for reasons other than his buffoonery on late-night British TV. Famed for his writing, acting and presenting, he demands the same level of respect as our yery own Angus Deayton. And thanks to this reputation, and the fact the Brits love to laugh at it, he's raking in the Francs. But although there might be differences batween the Brits and the French, there really is nothing to fear - with wine as cheap as £1 a bottle you'll find that any cultural differences rapidly blur into insignificance.
o be truthful, I wasn't exactly 100% enthusiastic about the idea of going to a sauna. Apart from all the rumours about rolling around in the snow afterwards, the idea of taking my clothes off and sitting in what amounts to a very hot, dark cupboard together with other people with no clothes on somehow did not appeal. Call me British, but if God wanted us to take off our clothes all the time, he'd never have invented the fig leaf, right? However, here I was in Sweden, and hey,
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because of the climate • with evenings as cold and dark as these, vodka becomes attractive. This, combined with an interventionist welfare state, has resulted in a policy of making alcohol as difficult to get hold of as possible. You can buy low-strength beer in the supermarket, but if you want anything else you have to go to Systemtolaget, the state run liquor shops. These are forbidding places, with disapproving staff and the odd alcoholic outside. 11 works like Argos · you fill in a slip of paper with the items you want, and collect them at the counter, presumably to put you off buying too much. What's worse though, is that you have to be 20 to buy alcohol in Sweden. Having grown up with British drinking laws and landlords who turn a blind eye, this came as a nasty surprise. When I went there I was 19, but having to ask other ~eople to buy my drinks made me feel much, much younger. Also scay is the way people consume their hard-won alcohol. If the people I met are anything to go by, then many Swedes drink with a kind of desperation not often seen on these shores, with perhaps the dubious exception of the LCR. Friday aftemoon would see an expedition to Systembolaget, a return with a carrier bag full of cans, and a Friday evening spent downing them rapidly before going out. The result, as you would expect, was a personality transformation. Swedes are, like
the British, fairly reserved. Not when they've had a few drinks they're not. Some things are truly international. Darcy Hurford
But the most amazing thing for me is the pubs and the drinking culture over here. Most American colleges are dry campuses, meaning no alcohol can be served by an establishment on school grounds. Basically, all of our bars and clubs are off-campus and you have to drive to get there. Bars in the States are practically ghost towns during the day, and finding so many people enjoying a pint with their lunch was quite a strange experience. Choosing a beer was equally foreign to me -there is just so much choice here. We usually drink Bud Lite, Coors Lite or Natural Lite back home. But after sampling nJmerous lagers, ales, ciders and bitters - I stll honestly can't explain what the differences between all the drinks are - we voted Kronenbourg and snake-bite and black as our favourites. And ther there's the clubs. I am only just getting used to not being asked for ID and my first visit to Liquid was quite a shock. Myself a1d my friends were amazed by the girls' attire. They looked like they had just stepped off some fashion
magazine. Short, black dresses, glittered faces, tank tops • but it's winter, right? Aren't those clothes for the spring? I rooked at myself and what my other friends were wearing. We all thought the same thing - we were underdressed and really conservative. And when we went out on the dance floor, trying our best to overlook the unbelievable public displays of affection taking place everywhere, we were treated to the likes of Steps and Robbie Williams, people we'd just never heard of. 1t was also quite shocking to see how popular Cher and The Backstreet Boys still were. But while there are still similarities between the two countries, things like language and music can't be taken for granted. By the end of my six months at UEA I'll be proud to have indulged in snakebite, checked out the "blokes", remembered that being "pissed" doesn't mean angry, and finally learnt the true definition of "dodgy". Georglna Troughton
Got friends abroad or on ERASMUS? Thinking about going travelling yourself next year? Find qut how other peopre fared 1n foreign climes ... lot of people think America is pretty similar to Britain. We share the same anguage, belief in democracy and habit of buying the Spice Girls' records. Some people even claim we have more in common with the Big Apple than our European neighbours just across the Channel. At first glance it seems there is little real difference. But what about the countless sets of perfect teeth people sport in every street in America? Or the proud presence of the national flag, fluttering from almost every building? And then there's the huge and prolonged court cases, or the habit which every American seems to have for suing each other. And we mustn't forget the geriatrics' mobile homes dominating almost every National Park in the Land of the Free. I spent a year in America as part of my course and what these (albeit exaggerated) few
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an effect on any young Brit studying in the USA. I was collared by campus security twice because I was too young to drink • I was 20 years and 6 months old. All I had was an operi container of watered down Budweiser • and this was on my University corridor. 11 was especially annoying because the security caught me when they couldn't even touch the seventeen and eighteen year old freshmen who walked around campus absolutely trolleyed after three sneaky pints in their rooms. Oh, the shame of it all, security wouldn't even listen to the fact that I was from a culture where drinking in pubs from the age of fifteen is not uncommon. I received a citation • a card with all the details of the devilish act that I had committed, and then a follow up letter from the Deans stating that I should address my drinking probfem. And I thought my only problem was that I was a lightweight! This all happened after the first time I was caught. I suffered the further embarrassment of a second citation later. If I'd received another that year, I would have been ordered to get counselling for my addiction to alcohol! Another major difference from Britain is America's insular nature.
The fact that most newspapers and television channels which were available for perusal mainly stuck to local events meant that finding anything out about the outside world was a little tricky. This lack of international news in American media combined with the American notion that most of what is important in daily life takes place on their own soil. Whilst is wasn't really a problem it did lead to some interesting and memorable questions • like "Do you celebrate thanksgiving in Britain?" and "You hate the Scottish - don't you?"!! And these differences are just the tip of the iceberg. Indeed, the novelist Bill Bryson has made a whole career out of highlighting the many ways in which we differ form our American cousins. You might find all these contrasts quite amusing at first, but living with them day after day you kind of just learn to accept them • and even (whisper it quietly) to like them. All in all, living in the US is an experience rivalled by few others. 11 might be a bit of a rollercoaster ride getting to grips with the differences - but it's certainly an enjoyable one. James Douglas
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foundations of the current imposing stone castle were laid In the 12th century, around the same time as the cathedral began to rise up above the city streets. But today lt provides a cultural focus for Norwich. The Castle building Itself Is worthy of a vl8ft; regular tours of the lncr8dlble monolith abow visttors up the historic slap8 10 the battlements, offadng a spectacular view of the city fll1d beyond. Down In the bowels of the buiking, can alao visit the dungeons. a spooky place that has seen the final hours of I'RinV a condemll8d man. So many, in fact, that Norwich "!111-.~~~-gave the~ 118 first sat of !!!11
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dections Of . . . In Europe. The buiklng la also home to nearly 30 galleries, ~ permanent axhlbillon8 of some of the COU,ntry's beat wortcs. The Norwich S4:hool of Altfilll. Is 1)nldlc:tably, V8f'l well repntsentild wllh masterpiecel by Crome and Colman on shoW, bolh of whom honed their skills Ill the lhadow of the Castle Itself. Modem artwork Is aJao 18gUiarly on show in the galleries; the latest incamallon of the Castle is as the Tate in the East, hosting showcases from the stores of the famous London gallery. As part of the initiative, the museum is
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Zowie, Peaches, or even Tullallah, Caroline Jeater examines the infamy · behind the celebrity naming game teenagers and adults. Can you Imagine Introducing yourself In a prospective job Interview as Betty Kitten (as Jonathan Ross' daughter will have to) or Flfl Trlxlbelle (thanks to Bob Geldof and Paula Yates)? Or trying to stamp your authority In the workplace with a name like Moon Unit Zapper? Indeed, 1t seems that there I& definitely a flip-side to being famous and uniquely named. While there might be those who think being called Davld or Sarah Is boring, at least they don't have to face the horror of being sniggered at every time the doctofs receptionist calls their name. While the trend In the land of celebrities Is to think
hat's In a name? Quite a lot these days - If you're a celebrity. Not content with their own fame, 1t seems many pop and movie stars want to bestow similar notoriety on their own little offspring by branding them names that are somewhat out of the ordinary. The latest star to join the club Is Mel B of Spice Girls fame. Mel and husband Jlmmy (that's Melanle and James) have decided to call their daughter Phoenix Chi, because that was where _ she was conceived (~hoenlx, USA). lt could be considered quite sweet for young kids to have exciting names like Zowle (as Davld Bowle's son was), but the novelty will wear off, as children stop being cute and
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Welcome to the third issue of Union News, the format this and the following three pages are ·now in should be the template for future issues. We would like to encourage clubs and societies and Union representatives to contribute so if you have interesting information you would like to share please get in touch with me at su.comm@uea
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UNION GENERAL MEETING SET FOR MARCH 8TH It's that ti me of the semester again as the Union makes another attempt to get you lot off your lazy backsides and make your voice heard for once. A motion was put forward to Students Forum on the 23 rd February regarding UEA's investment in unethical companies. However the issue proved very contentious and since the level of student feeling on the subject seems to be high it was deemed necessary to discuss the motion at the UGM. If you have strong views on the issue then please come along and make them heard, the executive need to know what you think and whether a campaign against the University is the preferred course of action. Remember that you can submit your own personal proposals fo r the UGM to the Academic Officer. The deadline for proposals is 5pm on Tuesday 2nd March. With the possibility of an SRC just round the corner, it is up to you to show that the purest form of Union democracy can work!
IT'S ALL PANNED OUT WELL Some of you may have seen or at least hear the pancake which took place on Shrove Thesday in the street. Surprisingly it didn ' t pan, thanks to those who didn't mind looking silly and took part. Congratulations to Roland Pingree who flipped his way to· success after many gruellin rounds of competition. The jazz band and Yare Valley Morris provided a much .....,,_.....,... : break from the inten and stressful conditions. Seriou though, they were entertaining and occasion wouldn't been nearly as enjoyable without them. Many thanks again to those of you who took the time to watch and contribute to collection made Comic Relief raised £105.
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NON -SABBATICAL ELECTIONS Well the Sabbatical elections are over and all the posters and harassment that inevi tably comes wi th it. However many of you wi 11 have fee lings of deja-vu after Easter when the sc ramble begins for the non-Sabbatical pos itions. A non Sabbatical is a member of the Union Exec uti ve along with the Sabbaticals but are part-time and are not paid for their efforts although they do have an entertainments pass, allowing free entry to LCR 's, gigs etc. If you are interested in standing for one of the fo ll owi ng posts. nom in ati ons are open as of the Ist March and close at 2pm on the I Oth March:
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·Tasha Roberts. this year's Internal Officer. dc~cribcs what life i like as a non-Sabbatical and why you should stand. ·'As a non -sabb, it is important that you can manage time well. to balance your academic work, yo ur Un ion work and your social life. You arc required to work between 5-10 hours a week. Some of this work will be as part of your portfolio e.g . environment campaigns if you are Environment Officer and some of time will be taken up by executive work. Examples of this are Undcrgraduation. wh ich is great fun. but tiring. attending Executi ve Committee. Students' Forum and Union Genera l Meetings and setting up and running Union campmgns, lt all sounds like hard work. doesn't it ') Well, it is challenging. but very rewarding. It is great fun and experience to work on issues that are of interest to you are your constituents. There is a lot of opportunity to work alongside others. represen t stud ents on Uni vers ity Committee . to negotiate and of course to practice your public speaking ski ll s! If you are willing to put a lot in , you will get a lot out' You are always supported by th e Executive Committee. Studen ts' Forum and the Union staff members. If you wou ld like any more informat ion , please pop upsta irs in Union House. and accost current me mbers of the Exec. to gain a first hand accoun t of each job. See Katy Fixter, Academic Officer for a written job description. If you like a challenge, care about your Union and like working with others to achieve results, this job is for you."
Liberation Officers LGB (male and fe male) Race Awareness Women 's Disability
CONt RATULATION1 SABBS Next years sabbatical officers will be Communications Officer - Sarah Mac ken Academic Officer - Lisa Eldret Finance Officer - Andy Marriott Welfare Officer - Claire Kober Thanks to everybody who voted!
10TH MARCH· NO SMOKING DAY
Whatever your reasons could be for giving up, here are some facts. If you smoke 20 a day, giving up will save £25 per week and over a year could add up to the equivalent of a full student loan. Smokers at UEA pass over £1000 per day to Union outlets for tobacco alone (excluding vending machines).
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U.F.O- THE TRUTH IS IN HERE The Union Food Outlet has for years come under scrutiny and misjudgement from students. This quaint little outlet is expected to accommodate every edible consumer product under the sun at virtually give-away prices while still maintaining a sizable contribution towards central Union funds. The fact is, the UFO is not a supermarket, never has been. When was the last time you went to a supermarket of that size? It is impos ible for the Union to compete with the prices set by multi-billion pound supermarket giants who have such enormous buying power. Alas the UFO is merely a grocery store, and should be seen as such. However, just to set the record straight, the Union carried out a recent pricing urvey of our local competitors (Aildays, Londis etc.) to ensure that we are maintainin g a competitive edge. The results showed that the UFO is officially the cheapest of the bunch .
The Union does not expect you all to survive solely on UFO purchased good , in fact meal time would become an endless cycle of pizzas, pasta twists and frozen lasagnes . Your body can only accept microwave meals for so long. Therefore treat the UFO as a convenience store and not an alternative to Tescos. It is likely that one of the newly elected Sabbs promised cheaper good in the UFO. Yes prices could be subsidised further but at what cost? Fewer clubs and ocieties? No Welfare Unit? You decide what is expendable.
Dear Aunt Aggy I am a second year student and I have just received my exam results. I am thoroughly gutted as I only got 35% and 25%. I don't agree with the results, is there anything I can do? Firstly, it depends on why your marks are low. Was the exam the day after a heavy night at the LCR? How do these marks compare to previous exam results? Do you have a reason why you did not perform as well as you could have done?
You could appeal against the mark. You need to find our first if the exams were marked by one person or more than one. This will determine whether you are appealing against an academic judgement or an academic decision respectively. You can pick up a copy of the procedure and the appeal form from your school office, or alternatively from the Student Advice Centre. If you need advice as to whether you have grounds to make an appeal or would like support to make one, come and see the Academic Officer, Katy Fixter or one of the Advice Workers in The Student Advice Centre.
Dear Aunt Aggy I don't know what to do- I hate it here, I've just messed up my exams and I don't like the course. I am thinking of dropping out. Can you give me any words of encouragement?
This is quite a big decision and there are lots of things to think about I would encourage you to go and see an Advice Worker in the Student Advice Centre to talk through al the options. NOt knowing enough about the situation from what you have written here there are number of things you might like to consider. If a student is unhappy with a result for a piece of work or an exam they can appeal it through the academic appeals procedure -for more infonnation see the Academic Officer or an Advice Worker in the Student Union. There are also different options for you if you want to leave your course. You could consider transferring to a different course within UEA or transfer to a different university. These transfers need to be decided within the institutions concerned. You may also consider intercalating (taking some time out from your course). This needs to be agreed by your school. Transferring and intercalating both have complicated financial implications -please seek advice and support from the Student Advice Centre before taking any action and to talk through your oe tions.
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As we move towards the IY.dney Oly.mgics, Aidan Magee asks is the International Oly.m~ Committee falling..agart? he World Conference On Doping In Sport, held in Lau sanne between the 2nd and 4th February received a wealth of coverage from the world's media, who felt that the conference had la rgely failed in its objectives.
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that the International Olympic Committee does not encompa. s all ports, but just Olympic sports. Former British Olympic goldmcdalist Seb Coe points out however, that th e fntcrnarional O lympic Committee was the first organi ation, in or out of sport, to implement drug-testing. develop a medical commis ion and identify cheats regardless of their profile or latus. Coc also feels that the lead should always be taken from inside s port, with the help of as istance from outside. According to experts, a major rea.<oo ~ to why this confcren c has failed in its objective
mu st be recogni s ed however. that the press ure for Samaranch to step do,\'n has largely been ·app lied from outside the realms o f the IOC, as members look e t to defy world opinion t:::.::~:::=~==~lllf::==::~::==~:=:=~=::=!:~:::=......::::J::...:::.:..:=::':=~=!:=::!:f:::!:!t!~::J by backing Samaranch to stay in the hot eat Roland Barr. a German rower, a maranch is Or Jacques Rogge of of their membership over the Sail until hi retirement in 2001. and another Commission member, Belgium. who peaks five Lake City scandal, and there has Despite the ham of the " votes said: "Our ai m i to defend the language and hm, om pcted in even been talk of reducing the for favours·· . candal over Salt Lake Olympic Game , and if amaranch three Olympics as a yachtsman. number of votes ea ·t by IOC City. which was not in charge. it would be a His chie f rival i Dick Pound of members, so as to reduce the s ope cur c." Canada, a former Olympic prompted the for corruption during the bidding With the 25 polled swimming finalist. proces . resignation of One in ider remarked however members of the IOC et four members. But Mr Pound may that "Stripping us of our right to to uppon regret having led the Salt with anoth er f i V e Samaranch, it can Lake C ity invc tigation vote is rcating the impression th::n we ca nnot be trusted . Some bad on ly be as umcd that because of the turm il it has recommended for expul sion, caused the movement. the main reason for the apples do not make the whole barrel rotten." the IOC will clo e ranks against overwhelming The most worry ing up hot The fact that major sponsors are demands for Senior Samaranch to support of ~ of scandals silch as go after 19 years as President. . ama~anch tt~~zQlilJ that of alt Lake still only lu kewarm in their willingness to believe that the IOC During its world conference, tS polrttc:tl. ... . C rty, rs that the can rectify the Games· ills, as well I f "' _ Olympic Games· members have had to listen to as the fac t that the conferen e has government telling the TOC to major sponsors have S a ma ra nc h agreed to reconvene within the next democratise itself, with Tony Banks . \.. expressed dissatisfaction goes later thi three months su rely illu trat> that again urging the IOC to "clean up month, before IJ1e wiiJ1 the conduct of the lOC. thi , whole exercise has achieved mechanism to replace Major sponsors s uch as their a t.'' a call upportcd by other little or nothing. him is in place, he will be Coca-Cola. McDonald 's. Pan a~onic European countries and Ameri a. The only tangible action take n succeeded automatically by Pal and IBM have stated that they arc The Athletes' Commission. an by the lOC thus far has been the Schmitt of Hungary - the firs t viceprepared to withhold millions of e lected body representing Olympic hiring of the competitor from around the world, pi·esidcnt, but int ernationa l reiterated the point by saying that a man rew p u b I i c th ey too wanted Samaranch to would rclrsh • relations continue. as thcir leadcr. firm, Hi ll & Robert Ctvrlik, an American m~ m ob eS..: Knowtton , to volley ball player, sa id: ·· w e need try to restore its image. dollar wonh of fu nd ing unless the someone very rrong, very would prefer to wa it for the crisis to lt has cn t its top ofticia l, powerful." IOC can reas ure the e companies subside and then have a proper Michael Paync. to America to ca lm that they can repair the Game '' e lection. corporate backers. who do not wi. h tarnished image. The favourite to s ucceed to assoc iate their companies wi1J1 Indeed , as well as the e aforementioned US -based multicorruption . After travell ing to the Coca-Cola national companies demanding headquarters in Atlanta la t month briefi ng from the IOC on the and talking with other local fi rms, conuption scandal s, such as UPS and Home depot, Mr telecommunications company US We. t have delayed paymen t of the Paync drew a favourable re ponse wi th his message that the IOC is first $5 million (£3m) of its $60m com mitted to rooting out commitment to the Games until it is corruption. sati fied with the investigation. Perhaps more will be revealed at Olymp.ic official have a lso said the next meeting of this conference, that another two important backers, but in the mea ntime, new one of which is rumoured to be a llegations of bribery, such a the BMW, arc po tponing lavish levels of hospitality afforded announcements about their to the IOC by Japan duri ng the involvement until the inve ti gations bidding proce s for the 1998 have been comp leted. Winter Olympics, in addition to the In addition, long term sponsors burning of ninety vo lumes of such as Kodak and Visa. which are accounting document for the committed to the Sydney Games, ay they arc still in disctL~s i ons · period, may topple the president, Juan Antonio Samaranch, in pile about Salt Lake City. of a wealth of support from his A very significant minority of IOC members have been tripped mrmbers.
~:enextw:,~~~: "A major reason as to why this confere nce has failed is because iss::e at :~~~ the aim was to present a united conference has front against drugs in sport" month .
been not whether a world anti -dopin g agency should ex-ist, but whether or oot the Int ernationa l Olympic Commiuee will be competent enough to control its operation. British Sports Mini tcr Tony Banks was moved enough to speak out in Parliament last week. "The British government cnthu iastically endorses the cal l by the European sp6rts minister. for an independent and transparent anti-doping age ncy to be et up. " However, we do not believe that the IOC should be that agent The i. sue of doping goes beyond th IOC. if only bccau e not all sports arc part of the Olympic family." Banks' argument is
because the ai m was to prc>cnt a united front against drugs in sport. Many issues have instead been fudged , revealing a fragmented body of opinion, and still a di~tinct lack of faith in the competence and in tegri ty of the lOC and its presidem, Juan Antonio Samaranch. 1l1e president himself face challenges to both his character, and more crucia lly. hi presidency, in the wake of the candal over Salt Lake City being awarded the Winter O lympics because of bribes the c ity gave to the IOC. I
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Rugby league sensation Bobby Wallis has made history as the first home grown London Bronco to earn an international call-up. The wonder kid, who is only 16 and has only been playing rugby league for two years, has been called up to play in Great Britains Under-16 squad on their tour of Australia in July.
Spin the wheel Formula one driver Johnny Herbert has miraculously escaped a· head ~n collision with a wall at 180 mph without injury. The British driver was testing his new Stewart car on the Barcelona track when something broke in the car sending it into a spin before both ends of the car collided with the wall.
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By AIDAN MAGEE
FOLLOWING A Clismal run of results, Bruce Rioch led City into the game against Barnsley looking for a return to the form which could restore their flagging play-off push. With Adrian Forbes recalled for only his second league outing this te rm , it was the Canaries who hoped to provide most of the attacking impetus at a bitterly cold Carrow Road. But, besides some momentary saved well from Forbes after a corner, flashes of insp iration from th e Yorkshire men, both sides produced but the rebound fell to Bellamy, who a fairly mundane affair. City were guilty of some glaring tucked the ball inside misses, the main culprit being I wan the post. The second and Roberts and Lee Marshal!, who both decisive goal arrived spurned good opportunities before on 72 minutes, as a the imerval. Chris Llewellyn Woodwork cross to the far post Craig Bel/amy attacks the Sheffield goal was met by the head The second half continued in the same manner, with Roberts again of Fleming, who ensured that the three poirus were on missing the target from close range, after the break. but Paul Devlin soon their way back to Carrow Road. and man of the match Craig Fleming ran into the City area to dri\·e a striking the woodwork with a brave A Sheffield United side fresh deflected equaliser past the stranded diving header. from their FA Cup saga at Highbury, Andy Marshal!. Defensively, Matt Jackson and his then made the long trip down to Once again. a point-a-piece was partner Fleming held firm, as Norwich. of little use to either side and the Norwich recorded their first clean Canaries face a tall order to gain Pressure sheet in 14 games, but the result was maximum points from forthcoming of little use to either side. United were ready to reassert Birmingham and trips to The Canaries then faced Bury in a some pressure on the promotion Sunderland. tricky game at Gigg Lane on pack ahead of them , on Saturday, Saturday, February 20. February 27. Again, the City defence proved On 19 minutes, Norwich seized impregnable as Bruce Rioch's men the initiative as a lwan Roberts executed the classic smash and grab knock down was powered home by DIVISION ONE tactic, with a goal in each half Chris Llewellyn at the far post. P W D L GS 8. Grimsby 32 14 8 11 34 securi ng a 2-0 win. It was only a string of splendid 9. W.B.A 34 13 8 13 55 47 The damage was inflicted by saves from Blades stopper Alan 10.Norwich 32 12 11 9 46 47 Bellamy and Fleming, with the Kelly prevented Norwich from 11 .SheffUtd 32 121010 5046 former netting his first strike after cruising into an unassailable lead. 12.Huddersfd 33 12 10 11 45 46 his long battle with injury to give NORWICH CITY TOP SCORERS Equaliser !wan Roberts 17 City the lead after 29 minutes. Bellamy 16 Bury goalkeeper Dean Kiel y
In a move to boost the promotion for the Cricket World Cup, chiefs have decided to give the sport a new sexy image. The campaign will be led by TV star Anneka Rice, and organisers of the World Cup are hopeful that at least 20 per cent of fans will be female.
11011.]6\i A South African court has heard how a football referee shot dead a player over a controversial goal. Police claim that the 20 year old player had threatened the ref with a knife and a toy gun in the illegal gambling mateh atTigane. The ref then produced a 9mm pistol and shot the player in the chest.
Give us a break Footie nut, Glenn Armitage lasted just 15 minutes of his comeback game after breaking his leg - he broke his arm and is now enjoying another long lay-off.
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Concrete Wednesday, March 3 1999
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TABLE THE UEA table tenni.., team crui sed to victory in their loca l league mal ch over Taversham on Wedne;.day. Fehruarv 24 thanks to a virtuo'o performance from Richard Bell. Bell expertly "on all of hi\ matchc' from the start of the tic. putting UEA in an una<,sa il ah le po;. ition. In the singles \ectinn of the tic Bell won t\\o gamL·s with trick\' play and shot.., that left his opposition stranded. Shama \'elti and Vlichaelo.., Achile<" both put in a good performance to take one match each. But they "ere unable to e<tpitali..,c in their second matches. Jo,ing nut to the more exper ienced l'avcrsham player,. The UEA side put in a more mixed performance 111 the double,. w ith Vc lti and Achilco' being no match for the ..,uperior play of the oppo,itinn. But Bell along "ith partner Andrc l'e..,.,oa overran the Ta~rsham pair " ith po" er and prcci<,ion that they ..,imply couldn't combat. Ch ri s !l ane. pres id ent of the club. said "Richard 13ell \\as in 'ouperb form hut overall it W<l' a good team effort" "We'll like to he promoted thi' \Ca\on but we ·vc got a lot of game' pil111g up that" c need to rear.range" he added .
UEA triumP-h at snooker BUSA ChamP-J_ By NICK HENEGAN
THE SNOOKER squad were back in BUSA action on the weekend of February 20-21 in the annual competition tt· :~t took place in Solihul. UEA were one of fift een univer;.itics who tnok part and were confident of retaining the titles they 110n last year. e1ent they 'till managed to rut in an Although the ten 'trong team admirable di,pl<t) . failed to reach the heights of la'-! year. 11 hen the A-team 11·o n the team The tro[Jh) lwul. 11 hi eh con;.i;,ted
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of one individual title and a team sih er ensured that the snooker team remain' one of UEA\ mo;.t 'uccc-,sful teams in recent year\. The highlight of the 11eekend wa;, Tim Stone's reta ining of hi' 13-team individual title. !le managed to shrug off 'tiff oppo,ition throughout the competition. gaining him,elt a place in the final against Kiercn Rice of Queens College. Bel fa..,!. In the final. Stone cruised to victory. 11 inn ing 2-0 in fram~;. And in a ;,tc rlin g p~rfor m a nc c: Chri; Haydon reached tile semi final;, of the A-team tournament in the indi vidua l compet iti on. Th e UEA player was unfortunat e not to progrc's to til e final in a ten'c and fraught match. but evcntuallv lost out to a 'tro ng opponent. The team eve nt also saw UEA pu;h for medals.
Debutantes The 13-tcam , wh ich con,isted of the ex per ie nced Tim Stone and Archic Sher as well a' BUSA debutante' Mall Larki n. Ka Wai Au
and Charlic Pipe reached the final of the competition. They fought their way through two group,. each con'oi\ting of four team'. 11 hicillcd them to tile 'econd group 'tage where they brushed aside three ot her univer..,ity team,. The ream were on a high and
re<tchcd the fin<tl without much oprosition from their 'emi fina l opponents.
Unassailable But the) were no match for Quee ns Co llege. 13elfa,t in tile llnal who dominated from tile start taking a una..,.,ailablc 6-0 lead. with Rice eager to take revenge for his I os~ to
UEA in th e indi vidua l title . UEA\ A-team. wh ich con ta ined
England Univcrsit)' lntcrnationab. Chri; lla ydon and Ben M iller. al..,o [lrDgreSSed we ll in the team ei'Cnl. reaching the semi final,.
Exceptional llavdon and Miller were on c' xccptional form hut eventuall1 tired and lost concentration a., the\ bowed out graciou,ly in the 'emi\. Nevertheless. a jubilant Tim Stone said. "lt wa' an excellent tournament for us. this make;, it fiye BUSA champion;hips in three year' for u, ... But he addeLI. " it's the end of an era for the "looker club a;, many of our more experienced player<, will unfortunatel y be leaving at the end of thi' year....
HIGHLIGHTS Tim Stone cruised past all his oppo~ition on the way to the final. Upon meet ing Ki eren Ri ce from Queen ' Coll ege he promptly demoli,hed the man fro m Belfast. Stone retained hi s B-tcam individu al title. helpi ng to make thi> a very 'ucce"fu l tournamelll for the UEA cluh.
Sport 27
Concrete Wednesday, March 3 1999
NET WIN UEA serve UR a semi路 final P-lace in Shield By MARK EDWARDS, Sports Editor
ii@ijiij Men's 1sts 3- CCCC al
IN A tense and tight affair, UEA's men's tennis team narrowly overcame a strong Christ Church College Canterbury side in this enthralling BUSA Shield tie.
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The result was only decided ;n the last set of the final match when UEA crept into the emi-finals thanks to their superior game total , last Wednesday. Tom Thompson tarted managed to draw the teams lt was imperative that the proceedings but couldn't level as he hardly faltered, UEA got off to a good start and took a commanding lead, quite find his rhythm against dropping just two games in and thanks to some good both sets. a very powerful opponent. volleying from Theusinger UEA's number one relied Nerves that was possible. on his strong serve to bring UEA took the first set As the tie moved on to the himself back into the game, comfortably 6-1, but there doubles both sides were level but his opponent positioned was a crucial time in the and the tension was running himself well, and Thompson second set when CCCC were high. was overcome 3-6, 2-6. The first pairing of 4-3 ahead on a break point. Things got worse for UEA But Theusinger composed when Matthias Ziercke failed Mathias Ziercke and himself to take the set. Matthew Dodds put UEA to make an impact into his match, going 1-6 down in the behind, losing to an Jubilant first set. impressive CCCC pair. UEA were jubilant at Ziercke's opponent made But Ziercke and Dodds overpowering a CCCC side hardly a single mistake as managed to take five games who had reached the last off their opposition which CCCC cruised into control, eight of the Cup last year. would later prove vital. leaving the UEA player overwhelmed and defeated Club president, Tom The pressure was really on 0-6 in the second set. Thompson commented, "We Mathae and Theusinger now have a very strong squad knowing that they needed to Battle win the match and only lose of competitive players, so we've got high hopes." seven games doing it. UEA had gone two games down and knew it would be a battle to get themselves back into the match. Some inspired shots on pressure plays from Thomas Thomas Mathae; came In the last match with Mathae saw UEA take their under. inscrutible pressure UEA under pressure at a first points of the match. and coped well. Got the break point 3-4 down, Mathac held firm on some crunch points to bring UEA Theusinger and Mathae crunch points and took the match 6-2, 6-0. back into the game, and showed their strength to overpower the CCCC pair. And lngo Theusinger take them into the semi's.
CuP- catastroP-he DESPITE A determined performance the men's squash team were denied a place in the semi-finals of the BUSA Cup by a strong Nottingham University team on Wednesday, February 17. The first match saw UEA's Andy Kahumbu involved in an exciting battle, with both players displaying some fine shots, writes Nick Henegan. But the match eventually turned thoughtful squash, resulting in a 3-0 some excellent positional play and in the Nottingham player's favour as defeat for the UEA player. unsurpassable shots. With UEA two games down, Kahumbu failed to break down his Gruelling opponent to secure victory. Andy Trimm entered the fray. Paul Miller was next on court, However, some loose shoL~ from But from the brink of victory facing an immense challenge in Trimm allowed his opponent to seize Tapsfield was beaten 3-2 after a the initiative, leading to a 3-1 defeat. view of the fact that he was facing an gruelling match in which the ex-Commonwealth International. Although the tie was now beyond balance was constantly changing. Club president, Jon Rhodes, is the grasp of UEA, Jon Rhodes Struggle restored some pride for the visitors, optimistic for next season though, The match was a struggle for commenting, "Things bode well for defeating his opponent 3-0. Miller who was out played by the Last on court was James Tapsfield the future and next year we hope to Ken,Yan 's combiQa.tiQn of poo,yc;r and go at least one stage further" . whp too coq I f the lllatch with
FA TASTIC A performance from Andy Mather and Matt Pears sealed a comfortable victory for UEA over local league opposition Cringleford. The 12-6 win continued the good form of the badminton clubs mens' firsts in the Norfolk League on Tuesday, February 23. Mather and Pears began the match with a strong and aggressive style, and looked a class above their opposition. The first pair cruised past all three Cringleford opponents, not dropping a single game. 1t wa a combination of Mather's pace and Pear~ 路 powerful stroke play which saw them cruise to a six game advantage over their Cringleford opposition. But Cringleford managed to restore some pride against UEA's second and third pairings. The home side's second pairing of Lee Gerrard and Nick Mason played well together considering that Mason, a second team regular, had come into the team as a sub. Gerrard and Mason displayed some clever tactical moves and inspired positioning. UEA moved into an 8-4 lead and were eager to finish off a tiring Cringleford team . First years Graeme Johnson and Paul Tee gainined valuable experience as UEA's third pair, and performed well. And despite a few hesitant moments, Johnson and Tee easily saw off Cringleford's third pair to secure the points UEA needed. With the victory taken comfortably, UEA are still hopeful of promotion from division two, having lost only one game all season. Club president, Andy Mather, was pleased with the victory and confident about the future, saying, " If we can continue this good form we have a good chance of winning the league."
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UEA hammer Royal Holloway to .{:lualify for guarter·finals of Plate By SIMON COGSWELL
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AFTER A scrappy opening five minutes the men's firsts took complete charge of their BUSA Plate match against Royal Holloway as they stream rollered into the last eight of the national cup competition. An impressive forward performance and clinical fini shing by the backs resu lted in UEA scoring nine tries as they comprehensively thrashed the visitors on Wednesday, February 24. Ti me and time again the forwards prov id ed the platform for the dangerous backs to full y exhibit their ski ll s.
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UEA totally dominated the set pieces driving Royal Holloway backwards at every scrum . Superiority in set pieces was carried over into normal play as UEA po ured forward, led by devastating prop forward Tom Mutch. Royal Holloway were effectively starved of the ball and never looked likely to pose a serious threat to the more powerful and disciplined home team . In fact, it was only sp iri ted last ditch tackling from Royal Holloway that preve nted UEA from stretching into a massive firs t half lead. UEA were held up twice, before a superb team effort involving both forwards and backs split open the Royal Holloway defence.
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UEA quickly moved further ahead as Royal Hol loway conceded a penalty try under immense pressure from the UEA scrum. However, the visitors then narrowed the score line against the run of play. A magnificent indi vidua l effort from the Roya l Holloway ins ide centre, just before half time, momentarily silenced the home support. Royal Holloway started the second half brightly and opened the scoring, putting themselves within two points of UEA. But the home side replied instantaneously and quickly redominance they exerted the displayed in the first half.
Exploit The forwards recycled the ball effortlessly under the instruction of outstanding scrum half Matt Delaney, g iving the backs many opportunities to fu ll y exp loit the
tiring Royal Holloway defence. Outside centre Ben Green posed huge problems with his lightning pace and confident handling, and it was largely down to him that UEA were able to run riot, scoring an incredible seven second half tries.
Praise After the match, team coach, Peter Walsh , heaped praise on the forwards, "The pack set the platform for what happened outside , we' ve had a strong pack this season and they've been working hard on some set plays. lt worked out well today." He added, "We were unfortunate to get knocked out of the Norfolk Plate semi finals on Saturday so the boys were up for it today and what we had worked on on Monday came to fruition. " If the team can repeat this remarkable performance they must surely have a great chance of going all the way in the BUSA competition.
TITLE CHASE HEATS UP
UEA move a steP. closer to securing local league with dramatic win Men's 1st's 3 - Tuddenham & Sedgewick 2
A SUPERB Sam Brookland volley sealed a vital three points for UEA's men's firsts in the chase for the Norfolk league title over a bewildered Tuddenham and Sedgewick side. An action packed second half Saturday. In the first half UEA played some excellent flowing football , creating chance after chance as the side ran riot down the wings.
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Stuart Jenkinson nearly opened the scoring as he was put through by a crisp ball from Tim Bamber, but his shot went inches wide of the post. After the half-time break UEA needed to capitalise on their
saw the game swing between the two sides, producing some dramatic and magical football , last chances, but it was the home side who were put on the back foot as Tuddenham took advantage with a tidy finish to take the lead. lt took 10 minutes for UEA to respond when a corner came out to Steven Bonnot who rifled the ball into the top corner. Bur immediately afterwards UEA fell behind again , when some sloppy defending from a corner lead to Tuddenham
poking the ball in. UEA fought back strongly thoug h and Richard Crozier chipped the ball over the centre back for Stuart Jenkinson to fire into the roof of the net.
Volleyed And with 15 minutes to go, a cross was deflected out to Sam Brookland who took the ball down nicely and volleyed into the top left corner from 18 yards ,
for UEA to take the lead. UEA looked comfortable for the remaining period, knocking the ball around nicely. With just two games to go, and UEA lying in top place, ViceCaptain Roger Edmonds, was confident for the title, "We are looking very good going forward , and solid in defence." Adding, "If we win our next two games we will win the league."
inside: snooker's BUSA success - page 26 .... squash crash out of cup · page 27 ... city's charge - page 25 ..... scorecard · page 23