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Winnie the Pooh comes to UniS
By Luke Hickey
Deputy Editor
A selection of drawings, by E.
H. Shepard (illustrator of
Winnie the Pooh and friends),
will be displayed in the
University as part of a major
exhibition of his work. The
exhibition, entitled ‘The Man
who Drew Pooh’, was opened
on Monday (4th December) by
Dame Norma Major, wife of exPrime Minister John Major.
One of the main pieces on display is a large watercolour map,
painted in 1940 for a company of
the Home Guard which Shepard
commanded in Guildford. The map
was found by the University’s
archivist Arthur Chandler, who
said, “I’m not sure if Shepard
would have known it was there as
it was wedged between the two
layers forming the back of the
case.”
The collection on display, which
includes several pencil sketches
for the Winnie the Pooh books,
contains 108 pictures and forms
part of a collection of 1400 pictures
given to the University by Shepard
two years before his death in 1974
at the age of 96. The archive
spans the lifetime of Shepard, who
lived in Shamley Green for 51
years, containing some of his earliest work, from when he was
seven years old, right up until
some of his last work, aged 90.
Chandler spoke highly of
Shepard as he said, “One of the
many things I have learnt about
Shepard was that he had no set
style, he could use three different
styles in two different media within
one week. He was incredibly prolific, always having pencil and paper
at the ready and often used his
notebook sketches as the basis for
illustrations years later. We hope
that the exhibition and book will
awaken new admiration for the
artistry of this great illustrator, who
was also a lovely man who simply
loved drawing, and bring this
unique archive to a wider audience.”
Chandler will be presenting a lecture entitled “The Man Who Drew
Pooh: The Art of E. H. Shepard” in
Griffiths Theatre, this evening at
5:30pm. Admission is free but in
advance only through the box
office. The exhibition continues
until 21st January 2001.
Guildford map drawn by EH Shepard
McLaren man gets Honorary Degree
By Luke Hickey
Deputy Editor
Ron Dennis, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of the TAG
McLaren Group, has had the honorary degree of Doctor of the
University conferred upon him.
The award, which was given last
Friday (1st December), was presented by HRH The Duke of Kent,
Chancellor of UNIS.
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Dennis, who began his motor
racing career in 1966 with the
Cooper Racing Car Company, was
honoured for his life’s work in the
automotive engineering industry
and for being an ambassador for
the UK and in particular the County
of Surrey. He has been an integral
part of the success of the McLaren
team since 1980, during which
time the team has won the
Constructor’s
World
Championship eight times and the
Driver’s World Championship on
eleven occasions.
Dennis spoke of his delight at
receiving the award, “I feel
extremely privileged and fortunate,
which I’m sure are feelings everybody who receives a degree can
relate to because degrees are a
valued acknowledgement of the
achievements a person has
made.”
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The final barefacts of the year, phew. It's been a hard
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articles in over the past semester and we are looking
out for more over the forthcoming semester so if you
still want to get involved please pop down to the office
and speak to us.
Last week in my editorial I explained why the paper
was wearing a red outfit rather than it's normal
orange affair. However, some people have commented on the fact that it was still orange and I had gone
mad in suggesting that it was actually red. And yes,
some of the paper was red while others remained
orange and I have no idea why, nevermind hey.
This week I am taking over the supreme role of
announcing the winners of last week's competitions
so without further ado.
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Look out next week for 'phased' the new semesterly
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receptions and other locations around the campus.
Good luck to all of you doing exams at the moment
and Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year to
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Remember barefacts has its 1000th issue on 1st
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ps oh and if you see a rocket man flying around campus, don't worry ask him for a drink. Also the rumors
of aphrodisiacs being served in the union are not necessary true….but watch this space…before Luke gets
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Well done to all the winners this week and look out for
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are going to be pretty fantastic.
...News In Brief...News In Brief...News
Tuition Fees To Rise?
Universities UK (the committee of Vice Chancellors
and Principles of all the UK Universities), are considering was to overcome what they claim is a billion
pound funding shortfall. The group’s president,
Professor Sir Howard Newby, said that extra money is
needed to “enhance quality”, “widen access” and to
allow universities to “compete globally”.
Options currently being considered to reduce the
shortfall include a so-called ‘Graduate Tax’ where
graduates ‘re-pay’ tuition fees once their income has
reached a certain threshold and an increase in tuition
fees, possibly rising up to a means-tested £3000 per
year. However, the government are currently opposed
to allowing universities to set their own level of fees.
Newby is also aware that with a general election
approaching, any sharp rise in fees could be politically sensitive, especially as it could hit middle-income
families the hardest.
the cost of providing the digital television equipment
and services.” He would like to hear from people living
in all types of families, with varies viewing patterns
and varying knowledge of the internet. If you wish to
take part, please contact Dr. Strain at the School of
Human Sciences on 873975 or email [email protected].
Jones Not Guilty
David Jones, the former Southampton Football Club
manager, has been cleared of all charges of child
abuse against him. Jones was alleged to have abused
young boys while working as a care worker during the
1980s. He had always denied all charges made
against him.
After the trial, Jones said, “I just want to get back on
with what I feel I do best, and that is get back into football…but no doubt there will be people who are going
to think there is no smoke without fire.” The trial was
halted after a key witness declined to give evidence.
Have We a New US President?
Today (7th December) should see the result of the
final showdown in the Florida Supreme Court as the
Democrat’s Candidate, Al Gore, has agreed to accept
the result of this ruling and abide by it. Gore’s campaign team are arguing that not all of the votes in the
state of Florida have been counted properly. The court
will also be looking into claims that Republicans illegally altered the ballot papers of voters who were
declared absent. Should Gore win either of these challenges; it is likely that he will have enough votes to
take the state of Florida.
Florida must declare its results to the Electoral
College, which is the body that declares the president,
by Tuesday of next week. Meanwhile the Republican
candidate, George W. Bush, has had his first formal
intelligence briefing from the CIA and is carrying out
duties normally undertaken by the President Elect.
Digital Television Anybody?
A team at UniS is undertaking research into how people use interactive digital television in their everyday
domestic life. The team, headed by Dr. John Strain,
are looking at how many people use the new system
to shop, book holidays or do their banking, as well as
planning their viewing.
Dr. Strain said, ” We are looking for people living in
the Guildford area who would like to contribute to the
research by talking to us about their use of digital television, and allowing us to study their pattern of use.
In return, the University may be able to contribute to
End of NATO?
The United States of America have warned Europe
that the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
could become a ‘relic of the past’, if the EU’s plans for
a Europe Wide Rapid Response Unit is implemented.
This is in spite of the otherwise warm welcome of the
idea by the rest of NATO to the 60,000-strong armed
forces.
William Cohen, US Defence Secretary said, “If we
have a competing institution that would be inconsistent with military effectiveness, NATO could be weakened.”
Lord Cowdrey Dead
Tributes have flooded in following the death of cricketing legend Lord Colin Cowdrey on Tuesday. The 67
year old Lord of Tonbridge died at home four months
after having suffered a stroke. He played in a total of
114 test matches for England, scoring 7,264 runs at
an average of over 44 (the fourth highest scoring
English player in history and the tenth in the world).
Nasser Hussain, current England captain, spoke of
the loss to the cricketing world, “As well as being one
of the most gifted batsmen of his generation, he was
also one of the nicest people you could meet in the
game and a good friend to the England team - he will
be much missed.” Former Prime Minister John Major,
spoke of Lord Cowdrey as “the gentleman of cricket”.
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Incinerator
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ENERGY FROM WASTE AT SLYFIELD
- A BURNING ISSUE
By Emma van Huysse
Ethical & Enviromental Officer
Last Sunday, the 27th November a large gathering of local people took place in Stoke Park. They were
there to hear a group of speakers supporting the case
against the construction of an ‘Energy from Waste’ (EfW)
plant at Slyfield. The event was organised by GAIN –
Guildford Against Incineration, chaired by Colin Matthews
and made up of community associations, school group and
other concerned or interested individuals. The speakers
were Sarah Oppenheimer (Friends of the Earth), Joyce
Still (Labour Party), Sue Doughty (Liberal Democrat) and
elected MP Nick StAubyn (Cons).
Background;
European Union legislation states that the amount of waste
permitted for landfill must decrease, and in response the
government has produced the Waste Strategy 2000 setting
targets for increased recycling and waste recovery (this
includes EfW). Surrey County Council has the responsibility of disposing of the county waste, and in 1999 let a 25year disposal contract to SITA. The contract includes
1) Disposal of 550,000 tonnes /annum of waste using
a variety of disposal techniques.
2) 25% recycling by 2005 (currently only 9-12% is
recycled, the rest going into landfill).
3) 40% recovery of energy/resources by 2007.
4) Proposals for 2 EfW plants with a combined capacity of 335,000 tonnes/annum.
The Proposal;
The plan submitted by Thames Waste
Management (TWM) is for an Integrated Waste
Management Centre (IWMC) on Slyfield Industrial Estate.
The site would include an EfW plant with a capacity of
225,000 tonnes, a new Civic Amenity facility (CA) to
replace the existing public service, and a Materials
Recycling Facility (MRF). The EfW plant is the building part
causing the greatest controversy.
The Objections;
It’s dimensions 139x100 metres, with a 70-metre
chimney – “twice the size of the cathedral” –
would make the EfW building visible from parts of the
River Wey, Riverside Park, and residential areas. The
TWM plan incorporates the planting of embankments to
screen the site from immediate local view, and would also
act as a sound block to minimise noise disturbance. The
actual architectural design would enclose all elements of
the EfW process in one building, shaped in accordance
with other large-scale local modern developments such as
the Spectrum Leisure Centre and Duke of Kent building –
the “Ship”.
The issue of noise relates not only to the actual
running of the plant, but to the noise generated during construction (approximately 8 months), transportation to and
from the site, use of the MRF and CA. Surrey County
Council set out guidelines stating that the noise from the
plant must not be audible from the nearest housing, and
this has been met by the proposed design. A “Code of
Construction Practice” will also be prepared by Guildford
Borough Council to control noise levels during construction
and operation.
There will be some increase in traffic resulting
from the construction, both heavy goods vehicles transporting large amounts of waste, and domestic vehicles
either visiting the site to use the CA or employees vehicles. A lorry routing agreement will ensure that HGV’s only
use designated routes, and consequently they shouldn’t
have a great effect on current congestion levels that occur
on the main roads around the site (A3, Moorfield Road,
Woking Road and the A320). The increase of traffic on
these roads will be accompanied by a decrease on existing
waste paths to other disposal facilities in the region (e.g.
landfill at Newlands Corner) but for the immediate population, air pollution, traffic noise, and sheer volume of traffic
is still a serious concern.
More serious are the worries over possible health
risks of the site. It is felt that there has not been enough
research into the effects of the dioxins emitted in dust particles, toxic waste in flue and bottom ash, and chimney
emissions from the combustion process – Greenhouse
gasses, namely carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide and
methane. In the case of these gasses, the emissions have
been calculated to be well within UK legally implemented
emission standards, and stricter EU limits soon to be
implemented. The net result of burning waste will also
result in a net decrease of Greenhouse gasses by reducing the need for combustion of non-renewable fossil fuels.
However, this doesn’t compare with the non-polluting
options of renewable electricity generation from wave,
wind, water and solar sources.
Dioxin levels have been calculated to be of a safe
level (under 0.02% of air quality standards set) and an
Integrated Pollution Control authorisation is required before
operation can begin. At the National Society for Clean Air
conference, May 2000, the Department of Health stated
that “The level of emissions from the new kind generation
of cleaner, more efficient incinerators pose very little risk to
health” but to those living in the direct proximity of the
incinerator site, these claims are not good enough reassurance. Research has shown that children living within a
3km radius of existing EfW incinerators have a higher risk
of developing cancer, and there is an increase in lung
related diseases such as asthma and bronchitis. Adding to
peoples concern is the fact that TWM has already been
challenged over infringing environmental regulations on a
number of occasions, and there seems to be a general
lack of information provided or released by the government
on scientific facts.
The combustion process still leaves a volume of
toxic bottom and flue ash. The bottom ash will be used as
rubble in construction of roads etc, and despite reassurance from the authorities involved, there are still concerns
over the level of toxins remaining after reprocessing which
would then be washed into waterways and groundwater
causing pollution of the local landscape and river system.
Flue ash can not be reclaimed and will have to be sent to
landfill, but this represents only 14% of the original volume
of waste.
Recent flooding of the site has raised additional
concerns over the safety of the site for any waste related
functions. Slyfield has been considered a good place for
the EfW development as it is on a brown field site with a
history of waste related functions, it is not on Greenbelt
land as several other of the proposed sites were, it is near
to the source of Surreys waste in the more populated centres of North and West of the county, and it is on a site
designated for industrial development and employment.
The area for redevelopment is not on existing floodplains,
and the design is such that ground levels should prevent
flooding. Surface run-off from rainfall and overland water
flow that could be contaminated will be directed to storage
pools and the sediment allowed to settle out, and polluted
water will be discharged to the adjacent sewage treatment
works. Monitoring systems will be installed for the river and
groundwater.
Other environmental impacts are the risks of deposition of pollutants in the surrounding areas due to air pollution, via acidic rainfall and direct deposition of dust particles. These are expected to be minimal, and TWM have
plans that will keep ecological disruption to a minimum and
enhance the area for wildlife. This includes creating and
maintaining grasslands, planting woodlands, and constructing ponds to provide a variety of different habitats.
And Recycling?
After health, probably the biggest public concern
is the impact incineration will have on attitudes to recycling
and conservation of resources. Although the plant will be
generating enough electricity to supply 20,000 homes and
run water-heating systems, many people believe that the
recovery of resources by reuse or recycling is a better
option than destroying them for energy. A study of 10 firms
in Leicestershire showed a 4.5% reduction in their costs
since developing a recycling strategy, a government survey
has shown that it is more energy efficient to recycle all
materials rather than burn or destroy them.
Approximately 80% of our waste is recyclable and
other counties have managed to increase their recycling
levels far higher than Surreys (Essex recycles over 50% of
their waste!). Half of UK companies have no waste management policy, while in Slovenia 93% of companies take
responsibility for their own waste and track it to suitable
recycling and disposal facilities. The response from the
Rally was that people wanted to be given the chance to
recycle – some boroughs have kerbside collections of
recyclable materials and people wanted to see this
expanded, and more comprehensive services developed
for around the county as a whole. If this were done, the
need for additional waste disposal would be drastically
decreased.
The idea of smaller incinerators, rather than one
or two huge ones, was also more favourable. The fear is
that with a contract to feed a large incinerator, the incentive to recycle will be lost, and the County will be forced
into a state of waste maximisation as has been encountered in other counties where EfW plants have been built
with a contract to supple a certain volume of waste in order
to keep the incinerators running efficiently. The County
Councils contract to provide 334,000 tonnes of EfW capacity will still leave enough waste to meet the target recycling
levels, and at times when market values of recyclable
materials drop, as they often do, EfW gives the opportunity
to recover value from materials that would otherwise be
landfilled until their value increased. The Slyfield plan also
provides recycling facilities for the public, and the MRF,
which would have a capacity of 15,000 tonnes/annum –
40% of waste generated by homes in the borough. TWM
and SITA both say the EfW plant should not adversely
effect levels of recycling, but the population has stated that
it could prove a disincentive to the Council policy and individual attitudes.
In conclusion, there seems to be a good case
both for and against the incinerator, but despite reassurance from the authorities involved, for EfW to get general
public approval, there needs to be much greater research
into the health and safety aspects of incineration, as well
as a guarantee that it will not undermine recycling strategies – the two factors that seem to be of greatest public
concern.
For more information on the proposals and arguments for and against the development at Slyfield, can be
found at www.twm.co.uk and the site
www.geocities.com/burphamco/slyfield.htm
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07/12/00
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To: barefacts
From: Andrew Thomas
Subject: RE: Tuition Fees
Cc:
To: barefacts
From: Duncan Hamilton
Subject: RE: Tuition Fees
Cc:
Dear Barefacts,
On behalf of all those who attended the "grants not fees" march
and also any others who sit on
that side of the fence including
many lecturers up and down the
country I feel obliged to respond
to one of the worst formulated
arguments I have seen in a long
time.
The core of Alex Stanway's argument appears to be that as "consumers" in the university marketplace we would have more choice
and better education. This is
clearly false, the effect of turning
further education into a consumer
based system would mean the
increase in cost of superb universities which would increase exponentially as they gained more
equipment and better lecturers
with the increased revenue, leading to only the wealthiest individuals being able to attend them
rather than the most able and talented, which I hope most people
would agree is the ideal. Those
from a less well off background
would be forced to either seek
employment following A levels or
attend universities that may not
suit their academic potential and
would often leave them in huge
debt. This ultimately leads to less
choice for the "consumer". Alex
also seems to think that if the
money came from us we would
somehow be better able to hold
sway over the universities but forgets that they are already fighting
bitterly over students as we still
choose who gets the money,
regardless of where it comes from
(remember all those glossy
prospectuses?).
Grants and other government
subsidies are not simply charity
for people who can't be bothered
to get a job yet. As Britain has
precious few natural resources
left to exploit and a relatively
expensive work force a lot of
Britain's future GNP will come
from the develepment and licensing of new technologies nearly all
of which will have to be
researched _in universities_. If
the government do not ensure the
the most brilliant young people in
this country have the opportunity
to reach their potential then it
damages the current and future
economy and well being of this
country: the government have a
vested interest in maintaining a
high level of education that benefits not just the wealthy.
Alex suggests that "Whitehall
bureaucrats" decide what is learnt
in universities and this simply isn't
true, when you can get a degree
in harmonica who needs more
choice in curriculum?
Alex conjures up images of students enslaving lecturers and
forcing them to teach us their
secrets but in reality the lecturer's
union supports the "grants not
fees" campaign and was represented on the march. Also, lecturers are partly at university to
share their knowledge and enthusiasm for a subject with like minded individuals so this hardly constitutes an imposition on them.
Lastly, Alex assumes that all students are at university to
"increase their earning capability"
which simply is not true.
Speaking for myself, I am here to
learn as much as I can about the
subject I wish to devote my life to,
not quite an idealogical quest for
knowledge as there certainly are
monetary considerations but even
if these were not present I would
still be here doing the course that
I am. I did not choose my course
to justify the expense of tuition
fees. According to Alex's bizarre
analogy I, by attending the student march, fall into the category
of those who buy an education to
throw it away by not trying hard. If
anyone can see an ounce of
sense in that statement I would
invite them to beat me over the
head with it so that I might be able
to understand it.
So, having considered the alternative I come to the conclusion
that it is a bleak and distressing
prospect. "Free" education is
indeed a misnomer but the government do not hand out money
just because they're big and cuddly and decent chaps at heart. I
for one expect to pay for others to
have a similar education through
taxes in later life and would hope
that if I become a higher wage
earner I will be taxed for this more
than those who are less priveledged.
Yours sincerely,
Duncan Hamilton
Dear Barefacts,
I am writing in response to the email last week from Alex Stanway
regarding tuition fees. Although I
was unfortunately not able to go, I
totally support the movement
against fees and those students
who went on the march.
What Alex appears to have
ignored is that if we all became
"customers" of education, with no
involvement from the government,
then a number of very negative
things could happen.
Firstly, universities would be able
to charge whatever they liked.
Universities such as Oxford,
Cambridge, Durham, and even
Surrey on it's record of employment and position near the capital,
could hike up their prices. Other
smaller institutes would have to
create cut-price courses, consequently affecting educational standards and dividing the elite rich
and the masses. The clearing
process would no doubt turn into a
Lastminute.com affair, with special
prices being offered the closer it
got to the start of term. Excuse me
if I find that to be a nightmare scenario where ambition is tempered
by economics.
Indeed, Alex considers that education is not a right as, "education
requires the labour of educators".
Good point, let's start charging
parents of infant school pupils a
daily rate, maybe with a premium
added depending on how much of
the teachers time is spent individually on their child? Sound good?
Thought not. The only reason the
government can get away with
punishing those who aspire to professions is because students have
a less emotionally charged image
than younger learners.
And now the argument about how
charging will make students think
twice about the course they take.
That sounds great from a practical
perspective, let's ditch all the "useless" courses. Bye bye media
studies, art, history, english (you
want to write, study journalism!),
information technology (what, too
wet for real computing are
you?!)… Great, a nation of practical people, all the artists are on the
street, the great thinkers are working in Burger King, and literature
has ceased to exist. And our music
industry can sod off to, you got
time to be in a band, you clearly
aren't studying hard enough!
In conclusion I shudder to think of
a so called democratic country of
so called equal opportunity removing people's right to a full education. Universities as little more
than vendors of learning will have
all the attraction of a pricey shopping mall. And kiss goodbye to all
your societies, the student newspaper, and the student radio.
There won't be anyone able to volunteer their time to them because
they'll be studying and filling the
gaps with paid work. GCSEs and
A-Levels may give us the grounding for employability but denying
even more people than currently
are from attending university we
will make us poorer culturally and
intellectually, never mind economically!
Andrew Thomas
To: barefacts
From: Tristan O'Dwyer
Subject: RE: Tuition Fees
Cc:
Dear Sir,
I am writing in response to last
weeks letter on tuition fees by
Alex Stanway. I would like to
argue several of the somewhat
Thatcherite points that he made.
However, I would like to start by
agreeing with him on one point. I
accept that education is not free,
and needs paying for in some
way. Nobody would argue against
this, and people generally accept
that education is paid for by taxation. Taxes are a way of facing up
to ones responsibilities as part of
society.
Mr Stanway states that in paying
fees directly we become "customers". He later goes on to
describe education as a commodity. It seems that he sees education as being a means to and end,
and it seems to me that this end is
essentially a higher salary.
Is this really what education is, or
should be about? I believe, and
many would agree with me, that
education is actually about learning, and satisfying our thirst for
knowledge. Why do people stay
on to do postgraduate studies and
research? It certainly isn't money!
It has always been in mankinds
nature to be curious , and this is
an important part of progress.
Mr Stanway then goes on to say
that we have no "right" to education, as this implies the slavery of
the educators. I'm afraid I cannot
see any sound reasoning behind
this. I beleive we do have a right
ot education, but that along with
rights come responsibilities. The
responsibility is to ensure that we
pass on our knowledge to future
generations. In other words, we
educate them.
He also argues for the total privatisation of higher education. I
really cannot see what benefits
this would have. We have seen
that the privatisation of other services has in some cases been disastrous, and has not led to better
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services. I certainly would not be
happy passing the responsibility
to educate future generations to
profit making organisations. Why
would they have any more idea of
what we should be learning than
our elected government? Indeed,
corporations are more likely to
teach that which would be of
immediate benefit to them.
A system whereby students would
be left to pay full fees, such as the
American system, would lead to
elitism. And this elitism would not
be of the academic kind, but of the
financial kind. Is this really the
way we want society to go? We
should realise that contrary to
what Thatcher, and I suspect Mr
Stanway believe, society DOES
exist, and that we all have our
rights and responsibilities within it
regarding education.
Finally, I would like to suggest that
Mr Stanway should apologise for
his offensive remarks at the end of
his letter. The 35 UniS students in
London the week before last were
not throwing their education away.
They were simply making thier
voices heard, trying to make education free and fair. I think we
should all learn from them,
Yours Sincerely,
Tristan O'Dwyer
5
Features
07/12/00
Student Council AGM
Next Tuesday (12th December) is your
last chance this semester to have your say
in the way the Union is run.
Student Council AGM is the single most
important meeting of the year, at which
USSU's annual accounts and audit for last
year will be presented, as well as any other
issues raised by members of the Union.
All members of the Union are very welcome to attend and you are positively
encouraged to take just an hour out from
your revision to make your voice and opinions count. As usual, all clubs and societies
are obliged to send at least one representative or their apologies.
The meeting starts at 1pm on the main
Union dance-floor. See you there.
David Abbott
Christmas Problem: Frozen Pipes!!!
UniS
Leaving your Property during
Vacations
Students living off campus in houses should
be aware of certain procedures that are necessary if the property is left empty during
vacations or at other times. The Christmas
period is particularly vulnerable as water
pipes, tanks etc. may freeze when the
weather is very cold. Please read the
appropriate section below.
****
Houses/Flats with Gas Central Heating:
The heating system should be left
switched on during the Christmas period if
you are away. Set the thermostat at a minimum of 55 degrees Fahrenheit (15 degrees
Centigrade) to come on from 9pm to 6am.
This is the very minimum setting and if the
temperature stays at or below freezing dur-
ing the day as well, this may not be sufficient. The fuel costs involved will be considerably less than the potential cost of
repair of damage caused by freezing pipes
and subsequent flooding.
Before you Leave:
Ensure all radiators are left on
Turn off all electric immersion/water heaters
Turn off mains water at stopcock (usually
under kitchen sink or in a downstairs toilet)
When you Return:
Turn on mains water at stopcock
Wait 30 minutes before switching on
water/immersion heaters
Check for leaks. If you find a leak switch off
the mains water at stopcock and contact
your landlord.
****
Houses/Flats with Electric Storage
Heaters: Storage heaters should be left
switched on at a low setting to prevent
freezing and damp. In addition the water
system can be emptied to reduce the possi-
TUITION FEES
By Lucy Andrews
VP Societies & Culture
Two weeks ago Barefacts reported on the
national NUS March for Education highlighting the importance placed on the student movement and its fight against
tuition fees.
On the way to the march the Surrey students on the coach were urged to write to
their MP’s about the issue, and this week
responses have been received on the
issue:“Thank You for your letter in support of
the NUS Campaign for a better deal for
students.
As you may know, the
Conservative party opposed the abolition
of the student grant, and we have no
plans to implement top-up fees in higher
education.
As a member of the all-party Commons
Education Select Committee, as well as
your local MP, I am very aware of the
financial problems faced by students
today. This Government has, frankly,
made a mess of its reorganisation of university funding. The recently announced
increase in grants to our Universities
does not reflect the full amount which is
now being taken from students in extra
charges. Nor has the Government realized the impact of the new system on the
least well-off applicants.
The next Conservative government will
implement the most ambitious change in
the funding of Universities ever proposed
in this country. We will endow institutions
who meet our criteria, which will include
their plans for easier access for poorer
students, so that those universities will be
freed from the financial constraints of the
HEFCE grant system. Not only would we
expect their endowment income to grow
faster than the HEFCE grant, allowing
more resources to be spent on students,
but this would enable universities in this
country to appeal more strongly to their
alumni.
On a recent visit to the United States, our
Select Committee was most impressed
by the success of both independent and
state funded universities in obtaining significant additional resources from those
who had benefited from their university
experience. In some cases, donations
from alumni were contributing as much as
one-third of the annual operating costs of
the institutions concerned. Because this
is an entirely voluntary effort, where typically those who are most successful contribute the most it is equitable and
enables those institutions to come very
generously with the financial needs of the
less well off student members.
Finally, as regards top up fees, I have
argues forcefully that these are quite
unnecessary, if we simply reorganize the
current student loan system on more efficient lines. It is a scandal that in the first
year of the current tuition fee system, the
Government extracted an additional £150
million from students then lost the same
amount in the course of selling a proportion os its student loan portfolio to the
banks.” (Nick St Aubyn MP)
So the MP for Guildford has pledged that
should his party regain power he would
fight against fees, but this still begs the
question of what will happen now? Fees
are already being paid, and top-up fees
are still very much a contentious yet imminent threat. Don’t let the fight be forgotten
– write to your MP, lobby those in power –
and one day education truly be free for all.
bility of burst pipes.
Before you Leave:
Turn off all electric immersion/water heaters
Turn off mains water at stopcock (usually
under kitchen sink or in a downstairs toilet)
Turn on hot and cold taps to empty the sy
tem
Turn off taps (to prevent floods when you
return)
When you Return:
Turn on mains water at stopcock
Wait 30 minutes before switching on
water/immersion heaters
Check for leaks. If you find a leak switch off
the mains water at stopcock and contact
your landlord.
All Properties:
Check all doors and windows in the house,
garage and any sheds are securely fastened.
If you intend to empty the fridge and turn it
off, you must defrost it first and leave the
door open whilst it is switched off. This pre
vents mould growth.
Remove rubbish from kitchen and all other
bins.
Let a neighbour know that the house is
going to be empty and ask them to keep an
eye on it for you.
Leave lights off and curtains half drawn. A
lamp left on a time switch is a good dete
rent to intruders. This is the information
provided by the Police Crime Prevention
Officers.
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Elections
07/12/00
Sabbatical Elections 2001
“Reach for the stars, climb
every mountain….” Become a
sabb?
For those of you who aren’t clear about the
exact purpose of the Students’ Union, hopefully this article will help put things into perspective. Every student at this University will
have a different view of USSU and how it
affects their lives, but all have one thing in
common: All have the automatic right to
membership.
Whilst you might find the odd bar here and
there, maybe a band playing sometimes, or
a disco going on, take away the entertainments, bars, and pool tables and you’ll still
have a Students’ Union.
Don’t worry; I’m not about to spout politics at
you! The Union’s not about party politics it’s a democracy run for students by students, facilitating representation, training,
academic advice, information, publications,
co-ordination of clubs, societies, and amenities. But all this can’t happen by itself; which
is where the Sabbatical team step in.
Every year a team of six Sabbatical Officers
is elected by cross-campus ballot, (in which
all full members are entitled to vote), and
each is elected to be responsible for a different aspect of Union life. It’s a full-time
post held as a “year out” either during or
after completion of studies. Below are some
details about the positions available.
Typical responsibilities held by all sabbs
include representing the student population
on various University committees, as well as
on a local and national scale through work
with and support from the NUS (National
Union of Students). Together or individually,
they tackle issues affecting students as and
when these arise, providing contact and
integration for all student groups, ensuring
the objectives of the Union are met.
ing
So why be a Sabb?
Well, to fully answer that you’ll have to
speak to some people who’ve tried! Being a
sabbatical officer puts you in a place to really influence things and tackle the problems
you faced as a student. If you’re concerned
about the way the Union’s run or the issues
facing students, if you feel you can really
make a difference at University or national
level, then it’s definitely worth standing for
election.
Being a sabb is a great learning experience:
it’s about making sure the student perspective is put forward (and listened to!); it’s
about teamwork, a lot of work, campaigning,
networking, meetings, support, education,
trying to make an impact - oh, and beer
prices...
If you’re thinking of standing for election or
just want to know more, please just come
along and talk to any of the existing Sabbs;
we’ll be more than happy to help!
Election nomination packs are available
from USSU reception from Monday of week
15 with information on what you have to do
to get involved.
You can stand for the following positions.
President
They have overall control of not only the
non-commercial aspects of USSU but also
its commercial affairs. The President sits on
all the major University committees and is
the direct link between the Union and
Senate house.
Vice-President Communications and
Marketing
Barefacts is one of the prime media tools of
the USSU and in this position you become
the editor. A lot of late nights are involved
putting the paper together but have the joy
of seeing the end result published – as long
as you can make enough money in advertis-
Vice-President
Welfare
Education
and
This position deals with academic affairs
and appeals and also personal and confidential matters. This involves sitting on
many university committees and being a
good listener.
Vice-President
Development
Finance
and
Sorting out budgets can be hard work.
Making sure clubs and societies stick to
them is even harder. Also being involved in
the commercial side of USSU through chairing Finance and Services Committees.
Vice-President Societies and Culture
Making sure all the societies function prop-
erly and that every group is equally represented within the Union Structure
Vice-President Sports
Having an overseeing of all sports clubs can
be a logistical nightmare. Have you made
sure the coach to take the Men’s fifths to
Brighton is ordered? … or was it Portsmoth?
Luke Mackenzie
7
Music News & Reviews
07/12/00
Music
News
The ongoing feud between Robbie Williams
and Liam Gallagher has ended. In an interview on Radio One Robbie admitted the
months of childish bickering was “really silly”
and they have now “patched up our differences”. According to Robbie the pair
“bumped into each other” earlier in the week
and it was “really nice to see him and I wish
them both (Liam and Nicole Appleton) the
best of luck.” Liam apparently said to
Robbie “No matter how smart you think you
are or I think I am the only people who are
winning this are the press.” Robbie finished
by saying he was “really pleased that I’ve
spoken too him, I’m really pleased I’ve seen
him.”
Those of you who were up early enough on
Saturday morning may have witnessed the
former Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash swear
on the children’s TV show CD:UK. The rock
legend started spouting the word “fucking”
during his interview with Cat Deeley whilst
talking about being bitten by his pet snakes.
Slash also went on to talk about performing
sex acts in a bar. CD: Uk were forced to cut
short the interview and Slash has been edited out of the highlights. Presenters Ant and
Dec were left red faced and forced to make
a quick apology during the show and mums
and dads across the nation were left with a
lot of explaining to do.
Marilyn Manson is causing more controversy
this week because of a special edition film
included with copies of his recent album
‘Holy Wood (in the shadow of the valley of
death). The film is reported to include a
three-minute movie of an autopsy of Marilyn
himself and viewers have been warned that
“with added twists and turns the autopsy is
not for the weak stomached individuals.”
The Catholic League of America has called
for a boycott on the album because they
claim Manson is “at war with Christ.” And his
mum said he was such a nice young boy.
Damon Albarn has confessed to being a
stereotypical student when he was in his
early twenties as he was arrested “a lot”
mainly for being “drunk and disorderly”.
Speaking in an interview with Q magazine
the Blur front man announced “I once got
arrested on Peckham High Street for dismantling a Besisha beacon and walking
down the middle of the road with it stuck on
a scaffolding pole. And I narrowly escaped
arrest after trying to change the hands on the
clock at the top of the tower on New Cross
Town Hall.” That’s nothing Damon, this one
time me and my mate we found this JCB digger and………
Simon Robinson
Who Will Be Christmas Number One?
‘Tis the season to be jolly, and also the season for the usually flat broke music journalist fraternity to take their final pay packet to William Hill and stick it on the grand national of the
music calender - the Christmas number one. If you feel like sticking your lucky fiver in this time around let me show you the best that’s on offer. Andrew Thomas
from ‘I Will Survive’ and burbled
other tunes and would be a good
hhyyyymmmmme. Unlikely.
Bob the Builder 6/1
over it just like in ‘Rock DJ’.
bet if it wasn’t for the fact her
Voiced by Neil Morrissey this folDefinite
big
hit
but
it’s
not
very
guarenteed
number
one
status
Girl Thing 34/1
Westlife 1.33/1
lows in the grand tradition of Mr
Christmassy.
has been somewhat tarnished by
If the real thing can’t beat Westlife
Five nice young men who sing
Blobby, The Teletubbies, and The
“Lucky” barely scraping the top
in an albums battle what hope
nice little songs with crucial
Tweenies. But it’s quite catchy
five.
have this motley crew got?
granny-mother-daughter appeal.
and should do well. If every under
Another ballad no doubt, and
5 wants a copy in their stocking
Vinnie Jones 26/1
another chronic saccharine no talthen you could be onto a tidy £30.
Sugar Babes 13/1
Ant & Dec 41/1
Well....it would be funny wouldn’t
ent waste of pocket money a cerThe track’s called ‘New Year’ and
Let’s get ready to rumble!!! Even
Craig (Big Brother) 6/1
it!
taintly. You’ll make about £1.60
it even mentions the C word
they don’t like their singles anyprofit on this but as far as a dead
Possibly the most appalling “sea(that’s ‘Christmas’ btw). Is almost
more.
cert can go then this is it.
sonal” single out, this was original- as good as ‘Overload’ as well and
Melanie C 26/1
ly penned for mr mistletoe and
my personal tip. £65 if people
“A small bit of change is all that I
B*Witched 101/1
Eminem 4.50/1
wine himself, Cliff Richard. It’s for
give, but how will that help when
come to their senses in time.
£5 in, £505 out. Can’t be a bad
The critics choice and two fingers
charity but that alone won’t save
you’ve got nowhere to live...”, Mel
deal, I mean, they’re dead certs
to the Westlife crowd. But it’s
this from a only marginally better
C’s lyrically challenged ode to the
The
Wombles
17/1
since they’ve played our union released a good few weeks before performance that fellow BB “artist”
homeless has more chance of
If
this
stiffs
at
32
then
I
won’t
be
just look at the Baha Men for the
the all important chart and will
Nicole - whose single, ‘The
becoming the theme tune to Who
crying, the evil vermin cancelled
“Surrey Effect”. My advice, get
probably sit pretty at the top until
Game’, charted in the low 70s a
Wants To Be A Millionare.
playing at our mighty union leavhundreds of mates to bet at the
then. £22.50 profit would be nice,
month back.
ing
us
with
a
flipping
Abba
tribute
time and then hunt out barbut if you do place your bet pray
Oxide & Neutrino 26/1 same
gain bucket singles of “To You I
band, bastards!
Robbie Williams 9/1
Mr Mathers goes to court or
Bo selecta! Christmasssss time
Belong”!
something and delays the release
Cheeky chump Williams has
Britney Spears 23/1
ends in a rhyme, rhy, rhy, rhy, rhhby a fortnight.
nicked the string arrangement
“Stronger” sounds just like all her
Main Runners
Outside Chancers
Singles
BIRDIE – Such A Sound (It Records)
Winters approaching and Birdie are preparing us by providing a slice of “Autumnal
melancholia”. Blistfully combining Deborah
Wykes sweet vocals with French Avantgarde backing music new single ‘Such A
Sound’ will leave you feeling nice and cosy
by that log fire with your High Llamas and
Bele and Sebastian tracks alongside. Be
careful though too much could lead to hibernation. 6/10 S.R.
stunned us all with her new single that contains soulful vocals with R&B vibes. Fans
will love it, for the rest us we’ll be putting
more copies of Bodyguard onto the fire.
3/10 S.R.
BON JOVI - Thankyou For Loving Me
(Mercury)
Johnny used to work on the docks, but then
he got signed, sucked corporate cock, now
he’s lost, oh so lost… Ballads come out
every day, they’re nothing great, but they’re
okay, oh okayeeay, in an obvious way... John
tries to hold on, to what he’s got, it makes little difference if it sounds good or not... Oh,
your sound I used to bear, but, whoah-ho
this hasn’t got a prayer. 1/10 A.T.
WHITNEY HOUSTON – Heartbreak Hotel
(Arista)
Well what a surprise the queen of R&B has
Album of the Week
SWELL
Feed
E.P.
(Beggars Banquet)
‘Feed’ is the new seven track
EP from swell. The musical
style is laid back groove rock,
sounding like ‘Grandaddy’ or
‘Gomez’. The harmonies are
superb
especially
on
‘Someday always comes’,
which is a great acoustic
number. There are a couple
of good tracks here, including
‘Glad to be Alone’ but there’s
little real appeal and their
sound seems to be lacking
something. 6/10 N.M.
Single of the Week
GOODSTAFF
Pathfinder
(Libellous Vinyl)
Rrrrrock! But not in the nu-styling of
America’s least wanted. No, this is
indie rock. The generation gap
between fresher and final year. The
grand britrock divide. A hammering
cut of half shouted vocals, fuzzbox
abuse, and clattering drums
recorded in a shed. Anthemic chorus and obligatory quiet bit in the
middle included, ‘Pathfinder’ is all
your “alternative” night needs
wrapped up in a tidy three minutes.
9/10 A.T.
YOUNG GODS - Second Nature
(Intoxygene)
Swiss band: Young Gods have been around
for quite a while. Their music is difficult to
categorise; they rely heavily on samples to
create dramatic sounding songs. Guitars are
notable only by there absence. Electronic
sounds and annoying foreign vocals are two
consistent aspects of ‘Second Nature’. The
Young Gods should be applauded for their
brave approach to song writing, for this they
deserve credit. ‘Laisser Couler (le son)’ is
excellent; a great bass line is used to underpin ethereal sounding vocals. Opening track
and single ‘Lucidogen’ on the other hand
sounds cheap and overly noisy. The Young
Gods have started singing in English to garner more appeal, here’s a tip: don’t bother,
whatever language you sing in you’re still
rubbish! After listening all the way through I
had gained two things: a terrible headache
Albums
and the opinion ‘Second Nature’ is gash.
3/10 A.R.
This weeks reviews brought to you by:
Andrew Thomas, Alex Rajkovic, Simon
Robinson. (There were more but a “technical fault” prevented their appearance).
New Years Eve 2000
HRB 31 12 00 9pm-late
Tickets £5 available in advance only, from reception. No tickets available on the night.
Please note, the illustration above does not necessarily reflect what will be happening at this event. Tickets in advance only, means that tickets are only
available in advance, and not on the door. Guests have a £2 surcharge as per normal. Tickets on sale from Monday 11th December
Picture Quiz
Have a look at the picture board to the left
and write down the names of those in the
photos. The answers will be revealed at
Thursday 14th December
Main Union 7:30pm
10
Short Story
07/12/00
11
Interviews
07/12/00
Call Pest Control!
Lab Rat / Near Distant @ Kingston Peel, 28/11/00
Having finally made our way past the Peel’s overly enthusiastic door staff, we got in just in time to see Surrey band
Near Distant strike up their first song. Combining Emo and
more traditional rock influences (with more than a subtle hint
of Deftones), Near Distant left the admittedly rather sparse
crowd in no doubt as to their musical ability. Some of the
songs were a little similar to each other, but there were a few
gems in their set, including “One Defining Moment” featuring
some fantastic feedback. Singer, Rob dealt with heckling
well.
Second up were death metal band Lab Rat. I think it’s fair to
say that Lab Rat’s biggest problem is going to be that no one
will tell them how bad they are since they look so very scary.
What is even more worrying is that they seem to have a
groupie who decided to form his own mosh pit single-hand-
Andrew Thomas meets the UK underground’s leading indiepop princesses...
A number one single in the indie chart, a
top five indie album, a national tour, and
their gig broadcast live on Radio 1. Life
has indeed been hectic for the Lancaster
four piece who only a year ago were low
down the bill in a Camden toilet.
It was at the November ‘99 Camdemonium
string of gigs that I last talked to Angelica. A
year on they look older, wiser, and more
confident than the gang of slightly nervous
teenage girls they resembled before.
Straight after soundcheck at the Wag Club in
Soho we sit down. So, what’s been the
biggest event for them since we chatted
last? Claire, “Playing Reading Festival definitely”, Holly continues, “it was a milestone,
although playing with Ash at the Astoria was
my favourite gig”. “The Astoria was a bit of
turning point”, comments Brigit, “things
weren’t clicking before then for me, but then
I saw the huge crowd and I wondered what I
had been whinging about!”. Is Reading on
the cards for next year? Brigit, “oh yes, last
time people were crowding outside the tent
to see us it was amazing, and we were up
against Rage Against The Machine on the
main stage!”. Claire,
“But the tour with
Astrid was another
highlight”.
laughs Holly. Brigit continues, “so I had
breakfast”, Rachel, “so did I, I don’t normally get up at that time but there I was with my
fried eggs...then we went back to bed and
Holly was immediately sick!”. Claire, “Astrid
are like super x rated
hardcore, we’re more
like soft core or channel 5 or something”.
Holly
It is the first time I have seen a drummer who can consistently completely miss the drums. You could not have
described them as tight, since they wandered in and out of
time throughout their set. Their only two redeeming factors
were that the vocalist wasn’t bad when he stopped screaming like a stuck pig and actually sung, and that the drummer
had a Medulla Nocte shirt, which is always a good thing!
Reuban Thomson
Angelica website, www.angelicahq.com,
what role can they see it playing? Brigit, “It’ll
be a source of comedy! There’s loads about
us on the web already but we’d like to put
stuff up ourselves which isn’t speculation”.
“And we’ve got an Angelica dictionary so
you can work out what all our on stage in
jokes are about”, says Rachel. “We could be
doing ourselves a bit of an injury with that”,
Holly considers, “people might start coming
to our gigs and shouting out things like ‘Let’s
all go to Quinns’!”. Brigit, “We’ll have proper
photos unlike other band websites as well,
all doggered…”, “…no make up, no sleep,
and too much alcohol!”, laughs Rachel.
The site is also going to have MP3 downloads of live tracks available so what is the
Angelica view on Napster and music file
swapping? Holly, “I think it’s good in that it’s
given the record industry a bit of a kick up
the arse and they
might just realise
how much they’re
ripping people off at
the moment”. Brigit,
“What’s patronising
is that bands like
Metallica and Elton John are complaining
the most and they’re made for life anyway”,
what about the argument that their sales
may effect the signing of new acts, “hmmm,
good point”, concedes Brigit. Claire, “I don’t
think people will stop buying records, people
like to go shopping and hunting for music”.
“As long as it doesn’t affect record sales I
think Napster is good as free advertising for
bands, but maybe it should be restricted so
you can listen on-line but not download”,
summarises Holly.
“I want to be in
Woman’s Weekly in the
in bakery tips section!”
With their success
the indie charts do
Angelica see themselves heading to the
mainstream? “Thing is, the top 40 is more to
do with record labels and business than the
music”, states Brigit. Holly continues, “The
main charts are about fashion. We always
promised ourselves to make music that
we’re happy with, if people then like it then
great! We won’t compromise, which I know
is a bit of a cliché, but some cliches are
true”, “like an urban legend’, adds Claire,
“no, not really”, says Holly.
With the last single, ‘Take Me I’m Your
Disease’, stripping down and losing the xylophones and recorders of previous releases
is this a sign of things to come? Holly puts it
down to the change in
producer and they’re
desire to, “do something summery…in
context”. What about
doing a Christmas
single? Brigit sums it
up with, “I think we’d
have to cover this old
reggae song my dad has, it goes ‘rip off, rip
off, rip off off off’!”. Holly, “I think Tweenies
will be number one, ‘Merry Tweenie
Christmas’, or something like that”, Rachel
groans, Claire adds, “No, it’ll be Craig Big
Brother with his cash in on his down syndrome friend, the record label will make
loads which is kind of sick really”.
“I had to play nurse,
holding Holly’s hair out
Four girls in their late the toilet whilst she
teens go on national
tour with their more spewed green bile!”
seasoned
label
mates, it’s unsurprising some rock n’ roll
behaviour ensued. Claire, “We thought we’d
snap Astrid, they’re a very jingly jangly band
but they live so hardcore! Holly was sick
every night!”. Rachel, “I had to play nurse,
holding Holly’s hair out the toilet whilst she
spewed green bile!”. Bridget, “In Glasgow
we got in at 4 in the morning but my alarm
went off at 8. I’m up, I’m dressed, still drunk,
but going for breakfast!”, “‘Cos it was free!”,
edly and succeeded. They didn’t really sound like any band
who’ve ever sold any records.
December sees the launch of the official
Bridget
their clothes on!”, laughs Claire. Holly, “there
are some dirty old men out there but there
are some dirty young boys as well. Last
night we had a heckler who was just a normal indie kid and he shouted the worst sexual things at us”. Claire, “it’s just a hazard of
the job”. Holly, “just as long as they buy the
records”. So what about posing individually
on the cover of FHM like the girls from S
Club 7 this month? Brigit, “I don’t really want
to be in men’s magazines, I don’t really want
to be in magazines at all. But I guess if we
had to then I’d want control over the pictures, what we wore, and how we looked”,
“and no pouting or leaning forward”, adds
Holly. Claire, “We’d have to be together
though, and warts and all, no airbrushing!”,
slight pause, “I want to be in Woman’s
Weekly in the bakery tips section!”.
So what’s next for the band? “After tonight’s
gig, 2 hours of prime time Steve Irwin! Porn!
Cock!”, Claire enthuses. Holly, “recording
the album in January”, Brigit, “it’s going to
have a much richer sound than the last one”.
A garage remix perhaps? “Maybe not this
year! But I like Craig David, he’s got talent”,
says Claire, “yeah, talent for being a cock!”,
Holly exclaims. Claire, “if anyone wants to
buy me the Destinys
Child
album
for
Christmas then please
do!”.
“I like Craig David, he’s
got talent”, says Claire,
“yeah, talent for being a And a new single?
“the next one is
cock!”, Holly exclaims Holly,
called ‘Liberation’”,
We’re sat in a club
in Soho because
Angelica are playing, “BlowUp”, a
club night for indie
music. So why club
nights and not normal gigs? Rachel, “we play wherever we’re
told to!”. Holly, “but club nights are especially good because everyone is into your kind
of music even if they haven’t heard you
before. I mean, in Bolton we played to a
crowd half made up of drunk townies who
just shouted stuff”. With four girls aged
between nineteen and twenty one it isn’t
hard to imagine what was shouted. What
about the small following of middle aged
men armed with compact cameras who
seem to be at all their London shows?
Claire, “they can go for it, it doesn’t bother
me in the slightest”, “at least we’ve got our
clothes on”, says Brigit, “at least they’ve got
Claire
Rachel
“but we’re still in talks about that”, adds
Brigit. Rachel, “but there will be another single as soon as possible”. “If it all goes tits up
with the label I’ll set up my own, ‘Captain
Baps Recordings’”, laughs Claire. “You
know that the second single you released
would have the serial number ‘Baps002’”,
smirks Holly.
Brigit burps, Claire teases her for, “being
old”, turning 21 the next day, Holly shrieks,
and Rachel tells them all off. They may be
more developed as a band but Angelica are
still the same gang everyone wants to be
part of.
Life, Gossip, & the Universe
07/12/00
Horoscopes
Sagittarius Nov 23rd - Dec
21st
Have a pre-spring clean. Your
room looks like a pig sty and
your mum is coming to visit this
weekend. Sort it out.
Lucky time: 16.57
Capricorn Dec 22nd - Jan 20th
Capricorns are all lucky in luurve
this week. You’ll be fighting them
off, except for that one that you
first saw during freshers week.
Lucky time: 08.37
21st
Aquarius Jan
- Feb
Oh no, you pulled a minger! Next
time try and look past the beer
goggles and see what they really
look like.
Lucky time: 02.43
Pisces Feb 20th - Mar 20th
Taurus April 21st - May 21st
Feeling home sick? WHAT!
Lucky time: home time
Gemini May 22nd - June 21st
Spending too much of you precious time on extra curricular
activities? Time to prioritize your
tasks. Your degree should
always come first….or maybe
not.
Lucky time: 13.28
19th
Aries Mar 21s t - April 20th
Look ahead to the new year and
plan your new year’s resolutions.
Try to be a bit more realistic this
year – you are not likely to marry
Liz Hurley and win a million
LIFE AFTER
by Arcane Ali
pounds in one year!
Lucky time: 09.00
Cancer June 22nd - July 23rd
Now you’ve overcome your fear
of the library and have ventured
inside it you must learn how to
read the many books it contains!
The knowledge will not just seep
into your head whilst you sit
there.
THE
week. You had better save some
money up quick cos they’ll be
wanting something nice for
Xmas.
Virgo Aug 24th - Sept 23r d
After eating all those cola bottles
last week you’re not feeling too
well today. Just blame your vomiting on copious amounts of alcohol.
Lucky time: 23.25
Libra Sept 24th - Oct 23rd
I will share with you my secret
for exam success. The night
before your exam put the relevant text books/files under your
pillow (you don’t have to use all
of them) and then drift off to
sleep. It works for me every time.
Lucky time: 17.36
Leo July 24th - Aug 23r d
Some of you may have been
unlucky enough to have got
yourselves a girl/boyfriend last
Scorpio Oct 24th - Nov 22nd
Get your head in some books
this week. Exams are looming
and this time you can’t get away
with bribing you lecturer.
Lucky time: 12.03
using any of those fancy kicks on
him.
maybe their standards are just to
high….
And what's this we hear about
the ski team? The ice cube game
proving itself to be a true ten ton
polar bear, Tiny was in true form
as more advanced terrain was
investigated.... Naughty Nurse #2
was seemingly satisfied with his
efforts, despite the image his
name conjures up. Remember,
it's not the size of the ship.....
But wait – an update : The
Danish attempt rewarded with
utter failure, the intrepid explorer
returned to satisfy his urges with
none other than a true Brit!
Realisation, or desperation?
Good on ya’ boy! Better late than
never, we suppose.
Big Sister
The biggest news this week has
to be us! Boa and Asp here, taking over from those naughty
fairies. We’ve been slithering
around all week, tongues flicking,
picking up the sent of your
juice….. So the hols are
approaching, and with you lot all
filled with special Xmas cheer,
have you been behaving as disgracefully as ever? We’ve been
winding ourselves around this
weeks gossip, ever present to
detect your momentary blips of
sanity…..
The infamous BB's been up to
her old tricks again, proving herself to be not only obsessive but
also truly psychotic. There have
been mood swings and tantrums
galore this week as the 'so many
men, so little time' saga continues. Our advice? Lock up your
pets - and keep your men on a
tight leash too (always good fun
anyway we find.....!).
Groover R you sly nutta you!
Were you as impressed with your
fella's performance on Friday
night as we were? We do hope
so, as we wouldn't want you
On that topic - Unicorn, what are
you playing at? What happened
to K, or are you just testing out
your sea legs?
Back to the ski team, apparently
Bunsen has been ‘setting light’ to
intermediates – lucky them. You
know honey, you can stroke our
snakes any time!
Big Bad G – all that chocolate in
one day?! What are you going to
do for the next 18? Guess you’ll
have to buy a new calendar –
and while you’re at it why don’t
you get one for Anna? The poor
girl's been pining her daily treats
for years. Go on, let the
Christmas Spirit guide you
through.
It has come to our attention that
a certain foreign fresher was so
unimpressed with our home
grown totty that he felt the need
to go all the way back to
Denmark to find some! What’s
the matter – aren’t our English
lasses good enough for you? Or
Well – that’s it for this week.
Remember – we’re watching
you, and we can coil up in places
so you’ll never know we’re
there…. If you’ve got any fresh
blood for us, we’re keeping Tinks
and Winks’ address, no point in
messing with tradition. Contact
us on : [email protected]
manage it!
- David - Miss Bounty's waiting to be taken
to a higher place...Paradise!
- here r u Shaimalee.... call the mushroom.
- Val Perfect - Rumpurs...Rumours - Val
Perfect; is there a connection ?
- Sat 9th Dec, 6pm, LGBT soc (lesbian,
gay bisexual, trans) social meeting, e-mail
[email protected] for details
- 21 gay men seek 21 gay women for LGB
soc (but anyone else welcome). e-mail
[email protected] for details.
(we're not a bunch of queens…honest!)
- THERE'S NOTHING QUITE LIKE A
CLEANLY SHAVED SCROTUM SPUGGY!!! - HIGH SPEED... LOW DRAG!!!
- Cowboy looking for his cowgirl (specimen
A), meet by the Photo Booth in the Union
Friday 15th 10:00 pm, Ladies ONLY,c u
there. SC
- To the girl who likes to bounce: forget
about the sausage, come and get BIG
BOYS Cumberland
- Playin' it cool for the Twins - 24/7
- PLAYERS FC 5 BATTYSEA PUNKS 3
- dietitians seem to like carrots far too
much, maybe thats because they dont like
the spanish enough!!
- the angel is a naughty one, arn't they
ment to be good around this time of year?
- some people let exam stress get to them
far too much, I thinkthe person who has
taken the spoon should give it back before
an explosion happens
- Dept Ed- remember why your here? its
'ma' not 'bf','gu' or 'uf'!
- When will Johnny be invited?
- Period 3 implies chaos, obviously, its fundamental!
- RW tops Nigel Thin's league - thanks all
- Wog, thanx 4 the present. You're the
best!! But why won't you tell the truth? You
love him too!! Thanx again, love
Gaynor!!xx
- Tim - keep your hands off MY Woggy!!!
- Anyone fancy a turkey sandwich? House
65 I love you all, I'll miss u next term, lots
of love, Debs xxxxx
- Er, Tim, the kitchen is not the place for
your willy!
Personals
- never trust the mad ginger one....you
know it aint true - she'll make up anything
to create a stir!!!
- Hansel and Gretelson-ya in Blackwater 3
- sorry to disappoint. We will get the horses in to keep you occupied next time!!!
- Bern - it was just a joke..but it made you
famous!
- Room 9, Blackwater 3 - our orgasms
beat yours!!
- Where are you Toniiiiiii?
- Orgasmic girls seek Swedish horses
(love Or-G girls)
- Latvian final year-girl...whazup????
- BW3/9 for continued phone sex and
maybe more dial LEARS
- Wey 4 - you have the biggest heads
ever...as if we are looking at
YOU!!..there are better looking people
below you!!
- Randy Mandy - stop w**king - next time
BW3 will catch you in the act!
- Mr Shoe...Aye!
- Wey 4 - the water joke's run dry...try
something new...if your little brains can
13
WOMB
by Rich W
Ahhh, Christmas – that fabulous time of year when Woolworths advertise
mammoth amounts of shite through the medium of television and everyone has the “spit or swallow?” debate regarding the consumption of
Brussel sprouts (…and if Brussels didn’t want the bloody things, why didn’t they just throw them out instead of giving them to everyone else?
They may have thought they were being nice, but instead have persecuted generations of kids who have had to consume at least one a year –
causing not only unpleasant taste sensations but plenty of emotional damage as well. There we go – a perfectly good reason to reject the idea of a
unified Europe: they gave us sprouts).
Anyway, I’m sorry to have to say this, but Christmas really doesn’t do it for
me; in fact, I could positively do without it. The “season of good will” it
may be, but it is also the season of exams, bad weather and so much
darkness you’d be forgiven if you thought the sun had pissed-off on holiday: in short, not what I’d call ‘good’. That, together with the fact you
have to spend at least one entire day with your family suggests to me
Christmas may actually be the worst time of the year.
Now, call me Scrooge or Grinch if you want (to be honest, it’d be an
improvement on the wanker/extremist label I’m getting used to) but that’s
the way I feel, and even though it’s me, I’m entitled to an opinion. It wasn’t always this way, though, so I thought I’d try to pin-point what it was that
caused my disillusion with the “snowy season”. ( I say ‘snow’, though not
having seen any at Christmas for the past few years or so, I feel I should
replace it with ‘rain’. Poor old Bing Crosby – he must have been asleep
for fucking ages).
So what was the cause? Well, it certainly wasn’t the revelation that
Father Christmas doesn’t exist. No, it was more to do with me not receiving the red Octomus Prime as a present the same year that Transformers
were cool (they were, after all, ‘Robots in Disguise’). Instead, my parents
thought it more beneficial to give me a knitted jumper with a picture of him
on it. Needless to say, I wasn’t a grateful beneficiary (although, if I knew
the state of the world at that early stage of life, I may have been more
grateful – you know, donated it to Oxfam or something).
So there we go: that’s the reason. Oh, and the fact I have no friends and
so don’t get anything anyway.
But that’s not what it’s all about, is it? It’s about family, celebration and
generally having a good time. As we all know, though, it doesn’t work that
way and ultimately, it comes down to the bloody television, which, if we’re
all honest, is worse than it is when we’re supposed to be revising.
I mean – the Queen? Who really wants to be listening to her babble on
when you’ve just polished off half a turkey and four bottles of wine?
(Apart from royal watchers – but they don’t count). As I see it, there are
only two ways that that particular situation can be remedied: 1) she wears
a little lacy number that says “come and get it here, Big Boy” on the
crutch, which, I think you’ll agree, is not only unlikely, but relatively
unpleasant as well. (‘Relatively’ in that my mother could wear the aforementioned garment, making the Queen appear somewhat attractive, if
that’s possible). 2) She could spice it up a little and be a bit ‘risqué’ with
what she says. For example, instead of singing the praises of world aids
day, she should tell everyone to go and shag like rabbits and not worry
about the consequences. Or perhaps she should get everyone to follow
her lead and strangle wild pheasants for a Christmas Day laugh (‘better
than pulling crackers’, she could say). Or maybe she should advocate the
use of illegal substances to liven up the after-dinner chit-chat, adding that
herself and Phil are doing a line of Charlie as soon as she finishes her
speech..
Ok, so it’s a little dodgy to get the Queen to advocate drug use, but at
least it would make the afternoon go with a bit of a kick, wouldn’t it?
Or maybe it’s not possible – maybe Christmas is meant to be more like
suffering for every year you get older: as a little kid, you can’t get to sleep
for the excitement; as an adult you can’t get to sleep for the debt and as
an OAP you can’t get to sleep because you’re too cold and can’t afford
your gas bill – at this point in my life, it certainly doesn’t flick my switch.
And so we come to the end. As I understand it, the BBC are planning to
screen “Titanic” as it’s big Christmas film…(wow, with that and the adjusted Queen’s speech, ITV haven’t a chance)….which I think is perfect,
because that film symbolises exactly the nature of Christmas: no matter
how much money you spend, how much effort you put in and how much
hype you expose yourself to, you know that ultimately the bloody thing is
going to sink, and you can’t do a thing about it – it will always end in
tears.
So, ridicule me if you think I’m cynical, and agree with me if you don’t
fancy a day at home with your entire family either. Whichever way you
swing, have a good break, and I’ll see you next semester.
14
Lifestyle
07/12/00
Dr Russ
Dear Russ
Although I am only in my first year, I wondered whether
there was anything I could be doing to prepare for my
career well in advance?
Dear Elena
This is one of those questions where the answer could easily fill the
whole of a Bare Facts issue! However, I will try to break down my
reply into three chunks for simplicity.
If you think of your time loosely dividing into academic study, employment and free time, then the activities which fill those times can have a
critical influence on your choice of career. It goes without saying that
the way you feel about your degree between now and when you graduate is highly significant. Fortunately, since courses at Surrey are so
vocational, you can at least anticipate using your degree directly in
your future work if you want to. If, when the time approaches, you
want to do something different, then that option is also open to you.
Your choice of employment over the next two or three years, particularly if you take a year out, is likely to add greatly to your knowledge of
careers as well as developing your work-related skills at the same
time. Employment experience can also provide opportunities to meet
people doing jobs different from yours. Why not seize the opportunity
to speak to as many of them as you can to find out what they think
about their work.
Finally, the way you spend your free time can have quite an influence
on your future. For example, you may want to develop one of your
interests or use a particular skill once you graduate. The classic
example is someone who leads a team or chairs a society and then
decides to try for a career in management. You don't need to be a
genius to appreciate that employers who were thinking of recruiting
trainee managers would be more interested in students with that sort
of experience.
So I guess the message is, try to go through the next couple of years
with one eye on the present and one eye on the future. Although graduation may seem a long way off at the moment, nearly everything you
do between now and then can affect what you do afterwards.
AGM’s
30AA21, 17.30
Sci
Sci fi
fi AGM
AGM
11th December
6pm, BB Common Room
Chess
Chess AGM
AGM
18th January 2001
7pm, LTK
Photo
Photo Soc
Soc AGM
AGM
12th December
TB 1, 6pm
Russ Clark
Careers Service
EARS
EARS
15th December
MONEY MATTERS
Did you know that the Access funds
that the University has to help students with money problems are particularly aimed at
Final year students
Single parents
Students with dependants
Students with special needs
So- if you fall in to one of these categories and have some financial
worries come and talk to Henry or Sue at the Student Advice and
Information Service without delay.
What happens if you don't fall into one of these groups and you have
some concerns? COME AND TALK TO US ANYWAY - WE MAY BE
ABLE TO HELP!!
Student Advice and Information
Service,(SAIS)
Wey Flat 2, Surrey Court,
Telephone 01483 879261
E-mail student [email protected]
Notices
Friday
Friday 8th
8th December
December
The Union Cash Desk will be open between
11.00am - 1.00pm
07/12/00
15
Try Its
Christian Union
By Luke Hickey
And now, as the saying goes, time for
something completely different. If I were to
say to you the words ‘Christian Union’,
what images would appear in your mind?
Well, like them, hate them or not give a
monkeys either way; the CU are one of the
biggest societies in the University.
Cheerleading
By Luke Hickey
As any self-respecting fan of Clueless will
testify, there are three basic criteria which
have to be fulfilled for somebody to be a
cheerleader. Firstly, you must be very good
looking; secondly, you must have a good
body; and finally you must abide in a suitable geographical location. So do I qualify?
with ease on all counts.
Having passed the first test, I wander
along to a stunts training session, and was
amazed to see that there were almost as
many men there as women. Chief
Cheerleader, Wendy Pinney, explains,
“More and more men are taking up the
sport in this country. In America there currently are as many men taking part as
women and in most cases the cheerleaders train harder and for longer than the
sportsmen they are cheering for.”
Stunts training is relatively new here, the
squad have only be practising for about a
month, so the moves are fairly basic so far.
Generally any moves I was involved in
went horribly wrong, I’m not renowned for
my sense of balance, but the rest of the
display went very well. Most of the stunts
currently involved climbing into different
pyramid-type formations and can look very
spectacular. Wendy particularly wants any
gymnasts, frustrated at the lack of opportunity here to perform, to join the stunts
group.
Next came the dance squad, a slight injury
forced me to sit this one out, but I was still
treated to a display from the slightly depleted squad. The performance of there dance
was good and an original one choreographed by the cheerleaders themselves.
I can’t really see myself taking up cheerleading but can see the appeal to both
men and women. New members can join
any or all of the three squads (cheer,
dance and stunts). There is ambition in the
team to enter national competitions in the
near future. In the words of Wendy,
“Cheerleading is the most fun you can
have at university”.
Tuesday 6:30pm - 7:30pm Hall (Stunt
Squad)
Wednesday 5:30pm - 6:30pm Tap Room
(Unisport) (Cheer and Dance Squads)
Sunday 9am - 10am Hall (Dance and Stunt
Squads)
I wandered along to one of their Thursday
evening meetings and came across a very
welcoming environment. The meeting
began, as you would probably expect, with
prayers, as people were encouraged to
present their own invocations to God out
loud. Then came a total of five hymns,
only they weren’t hymns like I remember
from my childhood, they were more
upbeat, slightly evangelical in style.
Unfortunately, my lack of singing ability
didn’t quite match that of some of the leaders (sorry to anybody who was within
earshot of my howling). The hymns were
interspersed with impromptu prayers from
some of the prayer leaders. Many people
also began waving their hands in the air in
joyful celebration of the chance to be
there, something I found to be fairly surreal, but uplifting never-the-less.
After the prayer, came the talk from a visiting speaker, on Prayer and Fasting. The
talk must have lasted for about an hour in
the end by the speaker managed to capture my attention with ease for the whole
time. After the talk came a further hymn
and prayer, after which the meeting was
brought to an end.
CU President, Keith Porthouse, spoke
afterwards of CU not just being for
Christians, “We welcome any Christians of
any denominations, as well as nonChristians.” He also welcomes new members to get involved in the society as much
or as little as they like.
For the first half of my time with the CU, I
found myself to be very self-conscious; not
wanting to be recognised by anybody
walking past Rushes, not wanting to be
associated with this CU lot. That was then
proceeded with a sense of shame, I am a
Christian, why should I be ashamed to
admit this. I can’t really see myself being a
regular attender of CU meetings but still
found the time I spent there refreshing,
and very informative.
Thursdays 7.30pm Rushes
SURREY PRIDE
S URREY S TINGERS
This BCAFL game was billed as a tight defensive battle from the outset as Surreys productive offense ran into
the previously unbreached UEA defense, and the Stingers "Swarm" defense faced an under productive Pirates
attack.
It all started way off the script however as the visiting Stingers fired out of the starting blocks. UEA took the
opening kick off and were closed down by the Swarm - DE's James Sheppard and Gary Duarte leading the way.
Taking over at there own 40yd line QB Ashley Heath engineered a strong well balanced drive to Andy Smythes
32yd Field Goal and a 3-0 lead off the first drive.
The Swarm shut UEA down again and this time QB Heath went one better hitting rookie WR James Hancock
with a 12yd scoring pass after another fine drive which included a vital 3rd down catch by Ollie Tomlinson.
Smythes PAT try was wide and the Stingers lead 9-0.
UEA were struggling to get anything going on Offense and were further hampered when their American QB
was ejected from the game for throwing a punch. Their Offense was stopped again - this time as a result of the
first of 2 interceptions by Luke Thomas. The Stinger offense by contrast was on fire at this point and it was the
hot hand of QB Heath that found WR Windsor Hayes for a 35yd touchdown. The extra point was blocked and
after only 3 possesions Surrey led 15-0.
UEA had to call on their star receiver Ian Burchett to fill the gap under center and he then engineered a fine
drive which culminated in a short yardage Touchdown for Martin Jolly and with the extra point added the score
stood at 15-7 at half time.
The second half lived up to the pre -match billing with strong hard defensive play from both teams. UEA had
two good scoring opportunities but were foiled by the second interception from Luke Thomas and a Fumble
recovery by Gary Duarte after he had forced the ball free himself. The Stingers offense struggled to rediscover the first half form despite tough running from Andy Smythe who was also productive in the passing attack.
There was however no further scoring from either side.
Both teams suffered injuries in an uncompromising but clean battle for this key divisional result. The worst
was Surrey LB Quintain McEntaggart who suffered a broken arm - the spirit of the Swarm defense was illustrated as McEntaggart had to be removed from the game by the coaching staff having declared himself able to
play initially after the injury.
The Stingers now move up to 2-1 and must travel again next week - this time to Cardiff who narrowly pipped
them for a play off spot last year.
Passing :Receiving :Rushing :-
Punts :-
Total Offense :Defense Tackles :-
A Heath 7 of 13 for 103yds 2TD
A Smythe 3 for 32yds, W Hayes 1 for 35yds 1TD,
J Hancock 2 for 16yds 1TD, O Tomlinson 1 for 15yds
A Smythe 9 for 41yds
L Thomas 8 for 21yds
J Glover 1 for 7yds
A Heath 1 for 3yds
B d'Anyangwe 2 for 3yds
S Opeloyeru 1 for 0yds
LThomas 3 for 80yds (33 long)
A Heath 3 for 38yds (35 long)
Kick Offs :- A Smythe 4 for 155yds ( 65 long)
Passing 7-13 for 103yds, Rushing 22 for 75yds
J McLees
2U 3A
J Sheppard
5U 3A
G Duarte
3U 2A + 1 Sack
R Gayle
2A
L Thomas
2U = 2 Interceptions
J Glover
2U 2A
Q McEntaggart 3U
K Parker
2U 1A
T Burton
1U
P McDonald
1A
D Skinner
1U
S PORTS P ROFILE :
F ENCING
Warm up…
Name & age: David Haddon, 18
Nickname: Mad Dave
Best feature:
Powers
Bitch Master
What you look for in a man or
women: Subservience
Availability: You will be available on demand!
110%…
Favourite position (this question applies to relevent sports
only – no innuendo intended
honestly): Going down fighting
Best thing about your sport: Getting mad
Worst thing about your sport: Not getting mad
Best single moment in your sporting life: Beating Stella, nothing to do
with fencing, she was just naughty.
Ultimate sporting dream: To meet the six fingered man and avenge my
father’s death.
Worst injury: Damage to beard
Sporting idol: Geoff Capes
Most embarassing sporting moment: Getting beard caught in mask.
Tip: Use the force, very forcefully!
Hidden aspects to your sport: Come and play with me if you want to
know!
Cool down…
Worst fear: Haircut
Chancellors or Roots: You can’t beat a good root.
You in three words: Mad, bitch master.
F ITNESS T IP : FAT B URNING
Did you know that the optimum time to carry out aerobic fat burning exercises in the morning, before breakfast. If however this is not possible,, you can still get great results from doing CV in the evening. Here is a
tip though to help your burn that extra bit of fat each session. If you eat immediately after a fat burning session your body will use the food you are consuming to replace what your body has used which will allow you
to eat what you like. If on the other hand you delay it by an hour, your body will concentrate on the fuel you
already have and breakdown stored body fat to replenish used calories from the session. It is also worth noting that drinking more water (filtered or bottled is best) will enable you to burn more fat as energy, being further advanced if you drink less tea and coffee as the stimulant caffeine restricts fat
metabolism throughout the day.
Paul Hobrough
S PORTING
VERNACULAR
More Sports Profiles; scary Fencing guy this time. Next week we have a double Badminton profile for the magazine, if you want us to do one for your club all you have to do is send in a couple of profiles (photos also if
possible) and we will do the rest. Keep them all coming in everyone, we will be running out next semester after
a couple of weeks.
If you didn’t realise, it’s the Beer Festival tomorrow. Pop along to the Varsity Centre any time from 7 till 11 and
see what they have to offer.
Cheers to American Football for their report. When they put pen to paper they certainly do a good job.
Chops
Mad Dave?