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Tuesday September 29, 2015
YORK
EGG-STREME MEASURES UNI NOT “FUN POLICE” BY JACK GEVERTZ
DAVID DUNCAN insists the university will not become the “fun police” as it seeks to crackdown on sexual harassment and so-called ‘lad culture’ this year. In an interview with York Vision, the registrar and secretary said that new policies were being brought in to tackle the issues, including training for all college tutors. But he insisted he did not want policies to go as far as infringing on students’ rights to enjoy themselves which he described would be like having a “fun police”. It comes following increasing campus media coverage on sexist behaviour at the University. David Duncan told York Vision: “We will back up actions from YUSU with disciplinary action, where necessary.”
DCI Duncan on the beat
BY JACK GEVERTZ SENIOR UNIVERSITY officials have attempted to control the number of geese on campus by dipping their eggs into paraffin, York Vision can reveal. Gordon Eastham, the university’s grounds maintenance manager, told this newspaper that they had applied for a licence from DEFRA and had been allowed to treat up to 200 eggs each
breeding season in this way. He also confirmed that they had not culled any birds and “would not” do so. The university is known for having a large population of geese on campus. YouTube channels such as Duck of the Day documents what goes on with some of the campus birds. Putting eggs into paraffin, or egg oiling, is reportedly an effective way of controlling a
CENSORED: SOCIETY EMAIL LEAK SCANDAL BY GEORGE ATKINSON
YORK VISION has been banned by student union bosses from naming a university society involved in a data security gaffe. The society in question accidentally released the email addresses of everyone in their mailing list in an internal newsletter blunder. A start of term news-bulletin sent
out by their secretary failed to hide the sensitive information of over three hundred society members from all other recipients. A follow up email was rapidly sent, urging members to delete the previous email. The second email said: “We take the privacy of our members really
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population of birds. It is used to coat the shell of an egg which stops its embryo from developing. In order for it to be effective, all of the egg must be covered. According to Eastham, the technique has not been effective. He said: “Our experience is that it has made little if any difference to the size of the adult breeding population or numbers of geese on campus.”
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highly [sic] and I assure you all that this will not happen again.” York Vision was alerted to the slip-up by a concerned recipient in the mailing list. YUSU management told York Vision: “While we are happy for you to talk about a generic society, we would have welfare concerns about the spe-
cific society concerned being named.” YUSU Activities Officer Chris Wall said: “We have recently become aware of this issue. “We will be working with the society concerned, and indeed all societies, to ensure that they understand the need for data security and can manage it effectively.”
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