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Issue 120 ¡Wednesday, January 17, 2001
STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR
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UEA'S literary community is in mourning after the deaths of two of its leading figures. Award-winning author and professor, Lorna Sage, and Malcolm Bradbury, founder of UEA's Creative Writing MA, have both died in recent weeks. Professor Sage of EAS, who won the Whitbread Biography of the Year award earlier this mont~ for her memoir Bad Blood, died last week aged 57 after suffering from emphysema. Dean of EAS, Jon Cook paid tribute to the literary critic, who joined the university in 1965 as one of the first members of teaching staff. "We are stunned and deeply saddened by the death of Lema. She was a brilliant, witty and deeply learned literary critic. Her literature inspired generations of students who Loma Sage worked with her," said Mr Cook. "Professor Sage was a critic whose opinion major writers valued. Our sense of loss is sharpened by the knowledge that she had so much more to offer to literary culture," he added. And the department was left shocked before Christmas too, when Sir Malcolm Bradbury died on November 27, aged 68. The novelist and influential professor contributed greatly to the American Studies course, but was best known for eo-founding the Creative Writing MA with Angus Wilson. He retired in 1995 to spend more time on his writing. Mr Cook described Sir Malcolm, who wrote essays, novels, and screenplays, as a witty and funny man. "He was generous, extremely creative, incredibly prolific and whenever I went round to see him, he was always at his desk writing," he explained . "He was still in full-flow at the Malcolm Bradbury time of his death and there was a lot more things that he still wanted to, which makes his death even sadder," he added. • Architect Sir Denys Lasdun, who designed the striking ziggurats of Norfolk and Suffolk Terraces died last week from double pneumonia, aged 86. Sir Lasdun, who is regarded as one of the most accomplished architects of the 20th century, designed the main campus and invented the University's logo and the UEA tag. University spokesperson , Annie Ogden praised his vision as being at the heart of the UEA ex8erience. "His principles shaped the UEA campus, nothing was more than five minutes walk away. Our sincerest sympathies are with his family at this sad time," she said.
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UNION entertainment venues are awash with drugs compared to other city nightspots, shocking new figures from Norfolk Police reveal. In an ongoing drugs amnesty, the LCR and the Waterfront collected more than 150 ecstasy tablets between them, while the Riverside's Time nightclub seized just twelve. And bouncers at the Union-run University Liaison Officer, PC clubs gathered more than ten Richard Bell is worried by the high times the amount of cannabis number of drug seizures in Union resin than doormen at the city House. "it's a system that works, but centre rival. from a police point of view, you Disturbing can 't be pleased because The police-sponsored scheme, although a large amount of drugs which has also netted a disturbing have been handed in there are still 2.5g of amphetamines and 2.25g lots around." of cocaine at the LCR and Problem Waterfront, sees clubbers "There's obviously a drug taking searched clubbers when they culture at the LCR, particularly on enter the venue. When a clubber is found to be club nights," said PC Bell. "I'm not pleased in that respect, possessing illegal substances, the drugs are seized and the revellers but I'm pleased the system does thrown out, without criminal work and it will continue," he charges being brought. added. But Union Communications But those found with large amounts and considered to be Officer, Wayne Barnes claims the Union deal with drugs well and dealing are reported to the police.
insists they are committed to fighting the problem . "The police use UEA as an example to other clubs as to how to deal with drugs. But we're not sure if all of the people taking drugs are students because we have lots of club nights. The Union is very anti-drugs and we will continue to enforce that policy."
But ENV post-grad, Carl Banham believes the Union will never get rid of the drugs problem at the university. "From the amount of drugs handed in, I suppose we can get an idea of how many drugs are in circulation, but there is no way the Union are ever going to eradicate drugs," he said.
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