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Students narrowly
escape injury in
Fenham bus attack
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This Is War.
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JOKE HOLIDAY
MARRIAGE SHOCK
FOR NEWCASTLE
STUDENTS! BSE
by James
Lyons
IN A MOMENT OF MEX
ICAN MADNESS h o li
daying
Newcastle
University students,
Rad Neville and Sarah
Jones decided to get
married “for a laugh.”
■ Rad
Neville
and
Sarah
Neville
They did not realise the
ceremony would
be
legally binding when
they returned home.
T h e cou p le, w h o lost all
o f their luggage three days
before returning to the UK,
w e r e m arried at a registry
office in the border tow n o f
T iju a n a
in
th e
B aja
California region o f M exico.
T h ey insist, “W e ’re not in
lo v e ” and are settling d ow n
to a life o f married bliss liv
ing three doors aw ay from
e a c h o th e r in W in g r o v e
Road, Fenham.
S p e a k 'n g o f th eir u n ion
Raa p roclaim ed h im self to
b e “A s h a p p y as a p ig in
shit.”
H e revealed that he p ro
posed during a 26hr coach
jou rn ey, c o n vin c in g Sarah
to accept b y promising, “I ’ll
w o rk really hard and buy
you a piano and a cucum
ber frame."
Sarah herself gives rather
d iffe re n t reasons fo r th eir
action s - “W e ll y o u g e t a
(nee
Jones) not
settling
down to
marital
bliss three
doors
apart.
fr e e p re s e n t o n c e a y e a r
and besides w e didn’t fancy
marrying anyone else so w e
th ought w e m igh t as w e ll
m a rry e a c h o th e r f o r a
laugh.”
Ia n
C o le ,
a
fe llo w
New casde student and trav
elling com panion, acted as
photographer/w itness/best
m an a n a b rid e s m a id . H e
haggled for the price o f the
cerem ony, reducing it from
$100 to $50.
M e a n w h ile Rad fo u n d a
rin g o n th e b e a c h , bu t
OFFSHORE 44
w h e n it s n a p p e d h e w as
fo r c e d to s h e ll o u t th e
princely sum o f $1.95 for a
replacement.
Ian said o f the ceremony:
“It was surreal, I was laugh
ing so much I could hardly
tak e the pictures. It is a
le g a l m a rr ia g e , t h e y ’ re
f*” **g mad .1 w ent with the
flo w . T h e y g o t m arried, I
got a tattoo.”
Sadly the cou p le’s families
have failed to see the lighter
side o f their actions. N o w
that his parents are talking
to him again, Rad’s m other
accuses them of, “Making a
m ockery out o f the institu
tion o f marriage.”
R ad ’s first m e e tin g w ith
his n e w fath er-in -law w as
not much m ore successful,
“H e didn’t speak to m e and
was carrying a p o w e r drill,
it was dead scary.”
Although the couple have
no immediate plans to raise
a fam ily, w h en asked h o w
lo n g it w o u ld last, th e y
replied in a m ocking tone:
“forever.”
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University
campus
threat to
protected
wildlife
by Simon Bird
PROTECTED WILDLIFE
is under threat from a
new £5 million campus
bein g built by the
University o f N o rth
umbria.
Conservation and w ild life
groups claim the next phase
o f the w ork on the pioneer
ing scheme at Longhirst Hall
near
M o r p e th ,
N o r th
um berland, w ill dam age a
b a d g e r sett w h ic h is p r o
tected b y law.
English Nature has objected
to the plan to build accommo
dation for more than 600 stu
dents in an out o f town cam
pus. N orthum bria W ild life
Trust has also expressed con
cern o v e r the proposals on
badgers.
English Nature claim a pro
p o s e d n e w student access
road to the student flats will
cut through badger setts.
The
N orth u m b erlan d
T ra in in g and E nterprise
C ou n cil
is transform ing
Longhirst Hall into Britain’s
first commercial campus. By
1997, Northumbria University
plans to have 600 students a
year working there.
The project will also include
high er edu cation facilities,
m anagem en t trainin g and
business innovation centres
and w ill o ffe r courses in
tourism , m anagem en t and
international business studies
Independent ecologists and
the w ild life trust’s B ad ger
Group are having talks with
the applicants in a b id to
overcome the problems.
Assistant conservation offi
cer o f English Nature, Jenny
L orin g says the plans w ill
damage the setts unneccessarily ana should be rejected.
In a letter to Castle Morpeth
Council’s planning committee,
Loring adds that it is vital the
full extent o f the badgers’ use
o f the area is in vestigated
before the work goes ahead.
A report to the committee
by the planning officer says
the issue o f the badgers is a
serious one which merits fur
ther investigation.
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*2 Newcastle Student News
Thursday October 14, 1993
Students come under Bag o’
attack on night-time Shite
Fenham bus journey
VIOLENT CRIME IN FENHAM
re ach ed n e w heigh ts o f
lunacy last week when a bus
c a rry in g sev e ra l students
was stoned by teenage thugs.
The bus was travelling along
Westgate Road when, according
to 3rd year student Paul Smith,
“There was a huge bang and
glass shattered everywhere. I
looked up and there w ere 2
fist-sized holes either side o f
the bus.”
The stones had rocketed
through the width o f the top
deck o f the bus, narrowly miss-
by Maxine Frith
ing one student and showering
glass over her head.
In the ensuing chaos, the bus
continued on its journey; the
driver apparently unaware of the
hysteria above, as the frantic stu
dents thought they were the
intended victims of a gun-toting
madman.
When eventually alerted to his
passengers’ plight, the driver sim
ply told them to sit downstairs.
A still shocked student told
72?eCourier, “We know going out
on a Monday night is fairly scary,
but you don’t expect to come
within an inch of your life on top
of the number 40.”
The Police estimated the dam
age to the bus at £150. A
spokesman for Newcastle Police
said they had little hope of find
ing the adolescent assailants.
They believed the incident hap
pened outside Westgate Primary
School.
After the recent spurt of crime
committed by young offenders,
could these youthful yobs be
mere primary school kiddies?
WELCOME PACKS have been
received with a mixture o f
derision and disbelief.
Students pondered the practi
cal value o f a 4 page Newcastle
Brown advert/ poster and
whether half price Daily Mails
for a year is cheaper than buy
ing bog roll. Meanwhile, Level
2 resounded to cries o f
“W h ere’s the Marmite/Pot
Noodle/Vidal Sasoon ‘Wash &
G o ’” from hardened second
and third years banking on the
packs to last them until their
grant comes through.
Third year history student,
Doug, said “It’s sexist and shit my skin really cracks up in the
winter; why don’t blokes get
any
moisturising
soap?”
Computer science student,
Andy, pointed out that panty
pads are always useful for
cleaning up around the kitchen
and they should be included in
all the packs.
James Lyons
Controversy over ‘sexist’
Conservative Students
Newcastle scien
poster campaign
tists injections
breakthrough
NEW CASTLE’S CONSERVA
TIVE STUDENTS cau sed a
p o litic a l sto rm at the
Freshers Societies Fair when
one o f their posters adver
tised a seductively dressed
w o m a n p ro c la im in g that,
“L ife ’s B etter U n d e r a
Conservative.”
Com plaints flo o d e d into
mem bers
of
the
Union
Executive Committee about the
alleged sexist connotations o f
the poster.
The poster was accused o f
being demeaning to wom en
and contravening Union byelaws.
by Claire Whitehead
Simon Batiste, a Conservative
Student, who’s father is also an
MP, claimed that, “The Union
bye-laws are against the
Education Act,” and that the kind
of people attracted by the poster
were the kind o f people the
Conservative Party wanted.
The complaints were appar
ently only coming from, “left
wing loonies trying to cause
maximum embarrassment for the
Conservatives.”
Batist, who spoke in the
Education debate at the Tory's
Party Conference, initially refused
to take the poster down, but
when confronted by a member
of the Socialist Workers Society,
the Anti-Nazi League, FYC
Stewards and a member of the
part-time exec, he relented and
agreed to remove the poster for
the rest of the Freshers’ Fair.
Many students were actually
said to be amused rather than
offended by the nature of the
poster, and after things had
calmed down, Batiste, a third
year lawyer, added, “I don’t see
what’s wrong with the poster,
and I will put it up again.”
Are the days o f painful injec
tions numbered? A Newcastle
University scientist has been
rewarded for his work towards
oral drugs which would nor
mally have to be injected.
Two out of the six prestigious
Pfizer Academic Awards for
1993 have been won by scien
tists at Newcastle University.
Dr. Richard Jackson, a lec
turer from the Department o f
Chemistry, and Dr. Barry Hirst,
from the Department o f
Physiological Sciences, were
each awarded £6000.
Miles Starforth
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The Courier delves into its
archives to bring you the
news from the past...
3 years ago
That old chestnut, the stu
dent welcome pack hit the
top o f the agen da (W e ll,
almost) as it was accused o f
reinforcing sexual stereo
types by giving Diet Tango
to wom en while the blokes
got ordinary Tango. Then
the U n ion had its Ungers
burnt when Nestles’s Dairy
C run ch sneaked into the
pack. Nestle o f course had
lo n g sin ce b e e n b a n n e d
fro m
the
U n io n
fo r
‘n au gh ty b e h a v io u r in
Africa..’
8 years ago
Underneath
the
cuddly
Courier’s pouting red mast
head was the new term’s tra
ditional disaster victim. True
to form, a Newcasde student,
Keith Bristow, bravely volun
teered to hang around Mexico
City (insurance courtesy o f the
SU) for the big ‘quake which
reduced the city to mostly
rubble. “My escape from
killer ‘quake shocker!” as the
headline didn’t run.
it’s s av age ry w h e n the
U nion President w as not
so m uch up against the
w all than in the river. Phil
T hom pson w as allegedly
innocently strolling by the
riv e rs id e in D u rh am ,
when he was thrown in by
o th e r
p o ly
students.
Another student then ‘had
his c o lla r felt’ w h e n he
b ra v ely challenged soci
ety’s constraints by urinat
in g
o ff
a
b rid g e .
Unfortunately, the revolu
tion fizzled out, and the
comrades were last seen in
the Mens Bar.
18 years ago
The University went continen
tal, offering cheap package
breaks to Costa del Leazes for
£3.75 B&B. In true Sleazes
style, the o ffe r included
“Accommodation of high stan
dard (sic) mainly in comfort
able and w e ll fitted single
study bedrooms.” Needless to
say, h oliday makers soon
complained that they couldn’t
get in the bathrooms as the
Germans had got there first....
—Com piled by
13 years ago| Dominic
New castle P o ly ’s revoluCasciani
tionary nature showed all
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THURSDAY 2IST OCTOBER TO SUNDAY 24TH OCTOBER, 1993
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JULIAN BOND
Civil Rights Then and Now
SATURDAY 23RD OCTOBER
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Curtis Auditorium, Herschel
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FRIDAY 22ND OCTOBER
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Barras Bridge.
YEARS OF TRIALS AND
TRIUMPHS: Martin Luther King’s
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6.00 P.M.
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Race Relations: The UK and USA
Compared and Contrasted
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Thursday, October 14, 1993
Newcastle Student News
Students urged to check gas Student grants
fires after four deaths in a year delayed yet again
FAULTY OR BADLY main
tained gas fires and water
heaters can kill. That is
the warning being given
by the Gas Consumers
Council and the student
housing advisers follow
ing the deaths of four stu
dents in the last year.
In all cases, death occurred
when gas appliances that had
become sooted up leaked car
bon monoxide back into the
rooms, soon overcoming their
victims. Such badly maintained
heaters produce carbon diox
ide during damp and cold
weather, and until both the
chim ney and the room is
-Unusual smells.
w arm ed up, the fumes are
-Black soot showing on the
forced into the room rather white radiants.
than up the flue.
-Black staining an the casing
In theory, this means anyone
above the radiants.
with a gas heater is at risk. The
-Staining on the wall above
risks are greater however, in
the fire.
private rented accommodation,
If you are all worried about
typically student housing.
the safety o f appliances in your
Private landlords are notori flat or house you should first
ous for keeping their propeties
contact your landlord. If this
in poor repair, their appliances
proves fruitless, contact the
are usually older and often sec local Gas Consumer Council.
ond hand. This, combined with
They will give advice and can
ignorance o f the risks is a also provide British Gas leaflets
recipe for disaster.
on gas safety.
There are some tell-tale signs
Tony Bridge
o f faulty gas appliances:________ _____________ See Letter: Page 4
M ANY STUDENTS w ill have
to wait perhaps as long as
two to three weeks for their
g ra n t ch equ es to com e
through, The Courier discov
ered this week.
A spokeswoman from the
U n iv e rs ity
F in an ce
D e p a rtm e n t stated that
approxim ately 10% o f the
students
e x p e c tin g
to
receive a fin an cial aw ard
w o u ld e x p e rie n c e som e
d ela y. T h e w o rs t Local
Authorities for late payment
are
L iv e r p o o l
an d
Birmingham.
Those students w h o went
through the clearing system
are b e lie v e d to b e w o rs t
affected.
A University spokeswoman
cited tw o m ain re aso n s
behind late grant cheques.
Many students either incor
rectly complete their appli
cation forms. Others apply
very late.
The setting up o f a facility
to process late applications
w ould be invaluable.
However, some LEA’s are
to blam e fo r sim ply taking
too long, and being too inef
ficient in dealing with their
assigned task
L o n d o n b o ro u g h s have
a lso b e e n h ig h lig h te d as
particularly slow. £2265 per
y ear. Its v alu e has b e e n
eroded by around 50% since
the I970’s.
Alec Marsh
Summer suicide
tragedy of second year
Newcastle student
By Dominic Casciani
IT HAS TRAGICALLY
emerged that a Newcastle
undergraduate has com
mitted suicide.
John Price, a second year
student studying Natural
Resources
at
N ew castle
University was found dead at
his hom e
in Ormskirk,
Lancashire on June 27. He
was 21 and had just completed
his second year exams.
Neither his family, friends
nor academic peers have any
clear idea w hy he chose to
take his own life. Only hours
before he had been planning a
summer holiday in Canada.
Dr M ike A d e y from the
D epartm ent
of
Natural
Resources described John as,
“An articulate student who was
hardworking and conscien
tious.” Close frierids o f Johnsaid, “He was always willing
to help others, always outgo
ing and w illin g to speak to
others about their problems.”
One friend who would have
been living with John this year
said, “On the Friday night w e
went to the Mens Bar as usual
fo r a fe w drinks and on
Saturday we were sorting out
our house for the third year.
John, although exhausted,
seemed alright and I just didn’t
pick up on anything at all.”
Dr Erika Price, John’s
mother, spoke to 37?eCourier
about her son’s expectations
when he came to Newcasde,
“Ormskirk is a quiet market
town, and John wanted to see
som ethng differen t.
Like
everybody else his hopes were
high.
“ W e do have one clue why
he died; little things like a
stolen bike, a speeding ticket
which resulted in a four month
wait for a court case and prob
lems o v e r their houses TV
licen ce, These knocks can
build up to threaten s e lf
esteem and may lead to impul
sive reactions.”
John's fam ily are anxious
that something good can come
from the tragedy, “ W e have to
leam to reach young people in
the same situation before that
impulse takes hold,” Dr Price
added.
She urges anyone finding
themselves with suicidal feel
ings to seek help w h ich is
readily available at University.
Page 15—Suicide: a student
problem?
■ J o h n P ric e ...
Committed suicide with no
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Revelation
Hull University Student’s
Union lost valuable funds
o ver the summer when
£13,000 was taken at gun
point from a Group 4 secu
rity van. However, the inci
dent did prove useful - in
dispelling the popular myth
that the company earnt it’s
name by being targetted at
least four times daily. There
were only three armed rob
beries in Hull that day.
Scarcity
The Student Charter appears
to be in short supply
presendy at the Department
o f Education. When the Staff
College, a staff development
agency, rang up for a copy
they w ere told to try the
National Union o f Students
who, “distribute that kind of
thing” . Does this mean it
will cease to exist when the
N.U.S. does?
Identification
Fines hike
for late
library
books
warning signs.
Cross
Campus
Fines fo r all overdue short
loan items w ill increase to
lOp per day, applying to all
University Library books due
for return from October 8.
This came into e ffe c t on
October 5, 1993.
Mr
A n drew
M cDonald,
deputy Librarian at the
University’s Robinson Library,
said that this increase in fines is
to encourage a greater propor
tion o f students texts to be
returned on time - this being in
the interests o f all o f the stu
dent body requiring books in
great demand.
The rise from last term’s 5p
per overdue day fine is the first
increase in at least 16 years.
“5p did not appear to be a
sufficient incentive to return
b oo k s ,” said Mr M cDonald.
“This is not an income-generating mechanism, but a way to
make books circulate fairly.
Dawn McKenzie
ip
The Times newspaper made
a slight error this week. Its
special supplement on BTEC
included a column by Tim
Boswell, a well known edu
cation minister, but a picture
o f home o ffic e r minister
D avid
Maclean.
The
D epartm ent o f Further
Education’s publicity cam
paign goes from strength to
strength.
Opportunity
Staff at the F lood Hazard
Research Centre at Middlesex
University were shocked to
d iscover water dam aged
equipm ent and records
lately, due to a combination
o f temporary roofing and tor
rential rain. O bviously a
study programme sent from
Heaven. _
Automation
The com puter that prints
speeches at the Conservative
party con feren ce show ed
remarkable insight this week.
When confronted with the
draft o f John Patten’s plat
form speech it prom ptly
broke down. Has quality
control finally arrived in
Blackpool?
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Viewpoints
Ents-selling out?
S tu d e n t U n io n R e fo rm
The Union Society, the organisation that brings you a 95p
pint, Technique, Arcane, Sublime, the Athletic Union, and
the delightfully readable sheaf o f paper you’re holding, is,
proverbially speaking up the creek without a paddle.
Due to a disastrous combination of poor management and Trotskyist
sabbaticals in the mid-late ’80’s, the Union Society failed to adequately
invest in its main capital asset. Summer ’93 saw the Union Society
spend over £470,000 on rewiring the building (the law was going to
close us down if we didn’t) and redeveloping Sublime (the old Level 2).
The Union Society has not yet managed to find sufficient creditors to
finance these developments.
Huge borrow ing means tight budgets. The Department o f
Education’s proposals on the reform of Student Unions (SUR), if imple
mented, will result in cuts in services of some £22,000 in 1994 95
(source, V.P. Finance). That’s a quarter of the Athletic Union’s yearly
budget - three times that of the Welfare and Campaigns Committee!
The stated, primary aim of the legislation is to ‘crash’ the National
Union o f Students (NUS). At present the taxpayer gives money to
Newcasde University (£80m.), who give some to the Union Society
(£735,000), who gives some of it, £44,188.84 1993-94 (source NUS
invoice, 30/9/93) to the NUS on your behalf.
NUS provides you with a national voice. Over 50 national bodies ask
NUS for your opinion on issues affecting you every year. NUS also pro
vides sabbaticals with information and training. The latter we have to
pay for, however.
Unfortunately, NUS is a highly politicised organisation. In the same
way that the committee I chair as President, Executive Committee,
manages the Union Society, the National Executive Committee (NEC)
of NUS co-ordinates your national voice.
The Executive Committee of the Union Society this year is fully com
mitted to representing all of your views and interests - no bullshit (none
of this year’s Committee stood on a party political platform). The NEC
of NUS, due to its highly politicised nature, is more biased.
Out o f the 19 seats on NUS NEC, 12 are taken by persons belonging
to political factions; one Liberal Democrat, three Left Unity (Trotskyists
- people who believe in the cause of world revolution), one Socialist
Worker, seven Labour Students and seven Independents (source, Faz
Hakim, National Secretary 8/10/93).
This had led to an image, some would say the reality, that NUS is no
longer representative of its body politic, i.e. YOU.
Many areas of the Union Society’s activities suffer continual underfunding; the Athletic Union here has one o f the lowest levels in the
country. However, even taking into account the financial loss that the
Society would suffer through pulling out of NUS Services Ltd.. (a bulk
purchasing consortium o f Student Unions which excludes Student
Unions who are not affiliated to NUS (so much for solidarity!), a net
gain of some £ 20,000 would still result from a decision not to affiliate
to NUS in 1993-94. Bar prices would not rise (source, Union Society
General Manager).
I think a decision to spend almost 15 per cent of your funds on affili
ating to an organisation which expounds views with which you may
disagree must be a decision you make; Student Unions are after all sup
posed to be democratic organisations.
If you agree, please come to the General Meeting, 18 Oct. 1 p.m.,
Debating Chamber (Level 5) and support the “Motion on Democracy”
which instructs the Union Society to conduct a referendum on this issue.
Thanks, Jason Featherstone (President)
Sir,
I am writing because hav
ing returned to Newcastle in
great anticipation o f attending
really high quality events this
te rm in ou r o w n U n io n much im proved by the rerfovation/facelift over the sum
m er - I fo u n d a lo n g w ith
many o f my friends, that the
tickets fo r the first o f these
events had already been sold.
W h e re a s last y ea r, sm all
bands played to smaller audi
ences com prising w h o lly o f
students, this year, the first
big band “ M Peop le” w ill be
playing to a packed Level 2
c o m p ris in g
lo c a ls
and
U n iv e rs ity o f N orth u m b ria
students (w h ich I w e lc o m e )
but no N ew castle University
students w h atsoever, unless
they w ere lucky enough to be
up h e re w h e n th e tic k e ts
w e n t on sale, w h ic h I fin d
shameful. Surely some tickets
could have been held back for
this start o f term event which
I am sure w o u ld h a ve
attracted a large section o f the
U n iv e r s ity c lu b and g ig
crowd.
Yours disappointed at hav
ing to twiddle our thumbs on
Saturday.
J. Luff, T. Sheikh,
P. Sherwen, G. Mitchell etc., etc.
Insurance —
Shop around
Sir,
I am w ritin g to the many
students w h o , lik e m e, are
already feelin g the financial
p inch even this early in the
term. One o f the most expen
sive items to fund at the start
o f the year is that necessary
e v il, in su ran ce, e s p e c ia lly
n o w w h e n b reak-in s and
thefts seem to happen regu
larly to everyone you know.
C A T E R IN G
YO U R
This w ill be my second year
in glorious Fenham (and that,
d re a d e d N o . 4 p o s t c o d e )
which seems more difficult to
insure than a bomb factory in
Baghdad. I want to draw peo
ple’s attention to the fact that
the insurance company given
such a prominent place in our
Union building (a bastion o f
good service to students) may
n o t a lw a ys g iv e th e b est
c o v e r , e v e n th o u g h I w as
assured o f th is b y an
E n d sleigh re p r e s e n ta tiv e .
C e rta in ly fo r m e th e H ig h
Street banks (all o f them com
p arab le) w o u ld b e ch eap er
and o ffe r a m axim um lim it
tw ic e that o f Endsleigh’s on
any on e item (alth ou gh the
excess is more).
Further to that, many p eo
ple are blindfully ignorant o f
the fact that they may be cov
ered on their parents’ existing
Household Policy without any
further premium, again a fact
w ell hidden by them.
T h e m oral is to c h e c k all
these options b efore signing
up for anyone, especially get
your parents to enquire with
their insurance company first
and rem e m b e r i f y o u have
already taken out a policy, it
m ay b e p o s s ib le to c a n c e l
w ith in 10 days and get your
money back.
Yours etc,
Kevin Wilson,
3rd Year Law
Gas fire
warning
Sir,
On March 5th, 1993, tw o
stu d en ts
at
L iv e r p o o l
University died from carbonm o n o x id e p o ison in g. It's a
tragedy and one that should
be avoided. Student accom
m o d a tio n is g e n e ra lly in a
state o f p o o r m aintenance,
but h o w many o f us may be
The
Courier
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unaware that w e are in fact
living in a death trap.
W e are all aware o f the dan
gers o f dodgy gas equipment.
But the problem s do not lie
necessarily in the fire itself.
Blocked flues can arise from
years o f soot build up and prev e n t th e p o is o n o u s gases
escaping. U nfortunately w e
are all to o ignorant o f these
facts until it becomes too late.
On March 5th I lost the best
frie n d y ou cou ld e v e r have
due to the fact her flue was
b lock ed and, th erefore, her
fire em itted carbon m on o x
ide. I would hate to see a rep
etition o f this tragic waste o f
life. I only wish to urge you to
be vigilant w ith all gas equip
ment. Make sure your rooms
are v e n tila ted in som e w ay
and watch for signs o f scorch
marks. Leaflets on the dangers
are available from the Student
Advice Centre.
I f y o u are w o r r ie d at all
about your fire, please have it
checked today because unfor
tun ately to m o rr o w d oesn ’ t
always come.
Yours etc.,
Ann Chapman
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S ir ,
I am w r itin g to e x p res s
m y c o n fu s io n o v e r y o u r
w e e k ly publication.
I quite inn ocently w alk ed
into the U nion Shop to pur
chase m y daily c o p y o f that
fin e lo c a l n e w s p a p e r, T h e
J o u rn a l, as I have done fo r a
number o f years.
Im a g in e m y s h o c k an d
b e w ild e r m e n t w h e n I sat
d o w n f o r m y lu n c h an d
op en ed m y paper fo r a read,
on ly to fin d that instead o f
m y b e lo v e d J o u rn a l, I had
picked up som ething called
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d e n ts an d n o t a b o u t th e
local n ew s I had e xp ected at
all.
Sir, k in d ly s to p le a d in g
g o o d c o m m u n ity -m in d e d
c itiz e n s lik e m y s e lf astray
w ith your J o u rn a l like logos
and style.
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LAGER
Students. Another
opportunity
to sit and look out
the window.
Saturday O ctober 9 sees the launch o f The Daily
A ll finalists wishing to make a holiday o f it may
Telegraph/Cathay Pacific Airways Young Travel Writer of
delay their return flights. And the overall winner will
the Year Award in the Travel Pages o f The Daily Telegraph.
If you’ re a young writer under 25 and can string a
sentence or two together (about 500 words on a real or
imaginary journey), you could be one o f the six finalists
flying off to Hong Kong and China on a press visit.
cathay p a
PO B o x
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stop day dreaming.
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c if ic
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liv e comedy is rapidly becom ing one o f the most popular form s
o f perform ing a rt Frank Laughton looks at the backstage prepa
rations at the first The One and Only Newcastle Comedy Festival
EFYOU’RE IN NEED o f a
damn good night out, then
between the 21st and 30th o f
October, Newcastle is cer
tainly the place to be. That's
when the North East’s first
ever comedy festival takes
place.
Tided The One and Only
Newcastle International Coiiiedy
Festival’, it brings a packed pro
gramme of over 40 events to the
city during its 10 day run.
Planning for the event started
over a year ago when local
comedian Ben Cauthen first
mooted the idea, something he
saw as the natural progression
following the success of the
Comedy Cafe. “The good thing
about Newcasde is tnat it has a
very healthy comedy scene”, he
tola The Courier. With comedy
in the city having a strong, but
narrow based following, the
organisers wanted to appeal to a
wider audience. One glance at
the list of events shows that
they’ve certainly provided plenty
fyne Theatre
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the Students' Union, the University and
Newcastle to people who are thinking o f
coming here?
For more details contact:
Levi Buckley
Vice President (Welfare)
Birkenhead'sownInternationalsexfatten
Wed 27 October 8pm £6/£5
D o n Ga v in , J o n ath an K atz , Ed d ie B r iu .
■ Do you want to be involved in promoting
An SRS committee/host
meeting will be held on
Friday 15th October in the
debating chamber at lpm .
ULYSAVAGE
STAND-UPUSA
We need an SRS Committee: Chair,
Secretary, Treasurer and many more.
I f the answer to these questions is YES then
you’d make an ideal SRS host or Committee
member.
the organisers have certainly
achieved their low price aim.
However, low tickets prices
does not mean low quality of
acts. “It’s a high quality pro
gramme and there’s no body on
there that isn’t a high quality act”
commented Paul Sneddon.
Performers are drawn locally,
nationally and internationally,
with everyone who is appearing,
doing so on merit. Dave Johns
was also keen to emphasize the
quality of the acts taking part.
“We’ve got acts on that aren’t as
well known as Jack Dee and Jo
Brand, but Mark Steel, Jim
Owen, the Rubber Bishops and
people like that, are very tal
ented class comics. We want
people to trust the judgement at
the bookings weVe put in so
that they know when the come
out, they aren’t going to see shit
comics. People go to the
Comedy Care not because of
who’s on, but because it’s a
good night out.”
The possibility of future festi-
The One and Only
Student Reception
Service
prospective student stay in your house?
to chose from.
Organisers Dave Johns, Paul
Sneddon and Christine Aiderson
have so far had a great response,
not only from sponsors
Newcastle Brown Ale (hence
‘The One and Only1in the festi
val in the tide), but also from
others in the city such as
Northern Stage, the City Council,
the Tyne Theatre, Northern Arts,
Stagepass, and others. Local
ratio and television are also
keen to report on the event.
One of the biggest priorities of
the organisers was to make the
pricing structure suitable for
everyone. “We’ve deliberately
tried to keep prices down so
people can see a few shows”
they told us. That has meant
avoiding ‘names’ such as Baddiel
and Newman who wanted
£20,000 for a one night show,
meaning that tickets would be in
the £20 - £30 range. In keeping
all show prices to £8 or less (tne
average is only £4 - £5) and with
student discounts on all tickets,
HatticHaykidgc(fromTV's RedDwarf),
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Tues 26 8.30pm £6/£5
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SHAM AMRAM, JOHN FOtHE
MIKE M IlilG A N
Fri 22nd October 10.30pm £4
HAIRY MARYS
Sun 24 8.30pm £5.50/£3.75
FELIX DEXTER
Fri 29 8pm £5.50/£3.75
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Sot 23rd October 10.30pm £6
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Mon 25 8.30pm £5.50/£3.75
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Soap opera set to
expose student life
A n ew 'fly—on—the—w a ll' soap, The Living
Soap, tracing the lives o f six Manchester stu
dents starts tomorrow. Simon Bird looks at
the real life characters and talks to the pro
gramme makers.
THE SECRET IS OUT:
Students love a good
soap opera, and the BBC
have at last cottoned on.
The popularity o f
Coronation Street, Neighbours
and Eastenders amongst
Britain’s best brains has
resulted in a new student ori
entated ‘soap-umentary’ being
commissioned.
The Living Soap, (Friday
nights, BBC-2 at 7.15) starts
tomorrow and will trace the
lives o f six Manchester stu
dents living in the same
house.
All the drama, crises, tri
umph and trauma o f student
life will be captured in the
‘fly—on-the-waU’ Def II pro
duction. “It should make
compulsive viewing,” said
Lynne Rowett from the BBC.
Students everywhere will be
able to relate to the real life
story unfolding on screen.”
The choice o f cast brings
together a tantalisingly
diverse mix o f characters.
Advertisments last term in
Manchester’s student newspa
pers and magazines brought a
flood o f over 1000 applica
tions. N ow narrowed down
to six, the contrast in likes,
dislikes and personal situa
tions is a potential recipe for
disaster, or, good television,
depending on whose side
you’re on.
Chosen ‘to be representa
tive o f 1990’s youth,’ a single
parent, a death metal fan, a
student politician, an art stu
dent, and a fresher will rub
shoulders under the same
roof.
“I’m a mother first, ‘me’ sec
ond and a student third," said
Emma Harris, the 23 year old
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N ew house—mate, twenty
year old Mathew Lappin, is a
National Diploma Audio
Systems student and fanatical
Death Metal fan. He says he
aspires to being a thrash gui
tarist, but on gloomy days
imagines he’ll, “probably end
up selling stereos in Laskey’s
instead.” Those two should
get on famously.
“Friction will obviously
make good TV. There will be
a certain amount but that’s
not why they were selected,”
said Lynne Rowett.
They are joined by Simon
McKeown, 23, a Politics stu
dent and Chair o f the
Manchester Metropolitan
University Labour Club. He
wants to be a journalist after
coaching football in America
for a year and is a “rabid
Everton fan.”
The arty influence comes
from Karen Bishko, 21, and
studying the History o f Art at
Manchester University. She
said, “Fate drew me to the
programme. My friend and I
started joking about starring
in a student soap opera. Next
day w e saw the Def II ad.”
A fresher will give the new
comers angle.
As for the ‘extras’ they’ll be
friends, lovers, families, tutors
and anyone else that the stu
dents come into contact with.
So will the outside world,
including watching parents
eager to gain an insight into
what their offspring are get
ting up to at University, be
shocked by what the soap
shows? “Far from shocking I
think that most people tuning
in will have been student at
some time in their lives and
the memories o f the old days
will come flooding back for
the older viewers.
“What the cast get up to on
camera is their business.
Anything could happen,
although filming in the bed
room and bathroom is by
invite only!” added Lynne.
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5.30p.m. J
■ Left to
right
Simon
McKeown,
Mathew
Lappin,
Emma
Harris,
Vidya
Manicka
Vasagar,
and Karen
Bishko.
It remains to be seen
whether the soap will give an
accurate portrayal o f student
life. “I’m sure that a fairly typ
ical student type lifestyle will
emerge. Obviously the stu
dents who have volunteered
have exhibitionist traits in
them. Some things may be
played to the camera, w e just
don’t know yet,” she said.
The first edition will see the
new acquaintances meet for
the first time and follow them
in the first few days o f term.
Appearances may be amica-
U fljy S P s ity
ble to start with but what will
the atmosphere be like come
June, or even Christmas for
that matter?
The only immediately
apparent problem with the
series is it’s transmission time.
Surely the producers have
done enough research to
realise that students, their tar
get audience group and the
casts' contemporaries will be
either out, or getting ready to
go out at this time?
Nevertheless, an entertaining
series beckons.
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§ Arts
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Film Revie\
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TYNESIDE F IL M
FESTIVAL
Sleepless in Seattle
Maybe I am hopelessly
unromantic. Maybe I am a
cynical bitch who has never
‘experienced true love’. But
these excuses aside,
Sleepless in Seattle is a load
of crap.
THE WHOLE GLOBE,
past, present and future
gathers at Newcastle’s
Tyneside Cinema. As
ever, its Sixteenth
International Film
Festival doesn’t dare to
deviate from this year in,
year out talent to lure a
fusion of the weird and
the wonderful, the
bizarre and the off-beat,
the classic and the con
troversial, with a selec
tion of films, workshops
and guest appearances.
Yet it isn’t entirely swamped
with films from overseas. Aside
from the showings o f New
Hollywood releases and other
continental works, old and
new, the majority o f the
themes adopted for the 1993
festival spin off at tangents
inspired by local talent and
events which are either currendy hitting press headlines,
or have forcefully hit them in
the past.
Snapping up the spot in the
Opening Gala last Friday, was
True R om ance, a seat-gripping
and fast-moving film which
chases Christian Slater and
Patricia Arquette as Clarence
and Alabama around the USA
in true Bonnie and Clyde style,
on the run with a case o f
cocaine. Also featuring Brad
Pitt and Val Kilmer in its allstar Hollywood line-up, it
ensures another smash success
for the film’s scriptwriter,
Quentin Tarantino, creator and
director o f R eservoir Dogs. On
the other end, the Festival
closes with an equally thrilling
spill o f action starring Kevin
Anderson in The W rong M an,
the tale o f a terrible mix-up of
identity.
In between, premieres and
previews score high this sea
son, but with promises o f re
screening throughout the year,
so don’t despair if you miss a
favourite. Tonight’s English
premiere o f B h a ji on the Beach
takes on a mixture o f humour
and sentiment as a coach load
o f trauma-ridden Asian Ladies
from London head for the '
tacky shores o f Blackpool,
eventually uniting in a touch
ing camaraderie which draws
out the film’s serious' under
tone o f Asian values and cul
ture in a conflicting British
society.
For those more inclined to
shiver and sweat beneath
imposingly chilling images o f
the gory and the macabre to
send you to sleep at night, The
Cem ent G arden and oldie The
Sam ourai will not prove to dis
appoint. Oglers of the beach
bums, surfies and belles o f
Baywatch, on the other hand,
should be satisfied with the
lighter option o f tonight’s
movie, Lifeguards f o r Life, fea
turing the New Jersey Beach
Written, directed and produced
by the same team as When H arry
m et Sally (Rob Reiner and Nara
Ephran), starring the same female
lead (Meg Ryan) and featuring a
very similar soundtrack (Harry
Connick Jnr.), this film is not
exacdy original.
Ryan plays (yet again) a slighdy
neurotic, emotionally frustrated
woman, who, tuning into a late
night radio station hears Sam
(Tom Hanks) telling of his loneli
ness since his beloved wife died.
Ryan becomes obsessed (as do
2000 other women who have
Sentimental Solidarity in Bhaji on the Beach
Patrol, with golden tans, oiled
and rippling muscles, and
over-used brain cells galore.
Adding spice to the local
flavour o f the Festival, the
British premiere o f Taking
Liberties with M r. Simpson, the
product o f ex-Eurythmic and
Sunderland bom Dave
Stewart’s first dabbling in the
film industry doubles up on
Sunday 16 with an American
thriller, E l M a ria ch i, depicting
a down and out musician who
falls headlong into a dangerous
Mexican den o f vice.
Incidentally, rumours abound
that Dave himself intends to
hide incognito amongst the
audience to gauge the initial
reaction...
Martin Luther King fever
infects Newcasde in October
with unavoidable contagion
spreading from the University’s
conference to the latge section
o f the Festival devoted to pro
moting Black Art. A grouping
o f old and new productions
made by and featuring Black
Artistes demands your opinion
as to whether King’s Dream
really has been fulfilled, and, if
twenty six years after his death,
his people really are “Free at
last”. You decide from a delve
into the archives, producing
everything from all-time clas
sics such as the Hollywood
musical Storm y Weather, to the
nineties style Ice-T inspired
image o f the African-American
culture as a hardened, bitter
retaliation expressed in the
form o f explosive and provoca
tive rap music, and a distinc
tive street culture. Captured in
H a n g in ' with the Homeboys,
this image is lived out by a
comic portrayal o f life in the
Bronx with four tough and
streetwise homeboys.
Inevitably, M alcolm X scores
a slot, although coupled with a
perceptive premiere A n Eye on
X, focusing on the civil rights
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TOM AND JERRY THE MOVIE
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MUSIC, dancing and
drinking copious
amounts. Sound familiar?
No, it isn’t Freshers’ Week
Take Two, the Tyneside
Irish Festival is back, even
bigger and better, stretch
ing over the whole of the
North East from 15—24
October, and promising to
be a storming success.
In true Irish style it welcomes
all willing to join in and
indulge in a frenzy o f ceilidhs
and concerts, to be doubdessly
washed down in the same Irish
He can’t really go wrong with
“Much Ado”, one o f Shakespeare’s
most light-hearted and entertaining
comedies. For this production,
Ken has managed to assemble a
hotch-potch cast o f well-known
thespos, contemporary film stars
and fresh talent, who together do
it justice with ease.
style with gallons o f Guinness
and other “mysterious” concoc
tions guaranteed to get even
the most inhibited to let loose.
A merging o f locals and stu
dents, old and young, Irish and
non-Irish, the festival is geared
to cater for an eclectic mix of
tatses against a traditional
background with over fifty
events taking place over the
ten days. The opening gala
kicks off the event at the Tyne
Theatre, although the hubbub
o f activity will break out in full
force at the Tyneside Irish
Richard Johnston reviews
the proliferating adult
comic market, to suit even
the most conservative
tastes!
reading audience, providing both
popular and obscure works
within the comic field currendy
being published.
In the past ten years, the
comic revolution has taken
the medium from a child
intensive audience to that
of a mature literate reader
ship. As a result, it is no
surprise that there is a
large comic reading audi
ence in Higher Education
and where there lies a
University, a comic shop is
sure to spring up nearby.
This is a 300 part comic book,
being published monthly since
the mid seventies and due to fin
ish at the beginning o f the next
millenia. A highly allegorical
book, it employs satire, imitation
and downright bad puns whilst
set in a highly fantastical world.
Characters from our world appear
in various different incarnations,
numbering amongst them
Groucho Marx and Margaret
Thatcher.
The author, Dave Sim uses the
book to discuss and criticise
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FESTIVAL
Everyone’s favourite lovey,
Kenneth Brannagh, seems
set to continue with great
success in his one man mis
sion to make one of the
Bard’s masterpieces avail
able and more accessible to
the uneducated masses.
Centre, no less, featuring spot
lighted acts such as Diarmuid
Leary and the Bards and the
Swing Palace, a night o f jazz at
the not-to-be-missed price o f
£1.50.
Although maybe not the
hippest thing to do on a week
end night out, if you want to
have a good time (or want to
forget you had a good time)
wander down to the Irish
Centre sometime.
Try it, you might like it!
Claire Jordan
C o m ic a lly s p e a k i
I MUSIC & LYRICS BY STEPHEN SONDHEIM
1 "Wickedly funny, frighteningly believable
Thursday Special 21tt October
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PROGRAMME INFORMATION
V irtu a l Television resurrects
snatches o f British Arts TV,
whereas A ll the P oin ts o f the
M ap explores the expanding
possibilities o f computer ani
mation and its place in the
near future.
Setting the mood o f this
year’s movies in full swing, the
sixteenth Tyneside
International Festival runs at
the Tyneside Cinema from
8-21 October.
The tale centres around the return
o f a group o f soldiers to the house
o f noble Leonarto (Richard Briers).
Love blossoms between Leonarto’s
daughter Hero and one of the sol
diers, Claudio (Robert Sean
Leonard of Dead Poet’s Society
Fame). However, the wicked Don
John (Keanu Reeves),is intent on
stealing the limelight from his halfbrother and leader, Don Pedro
(Denzel Washington) and so sets
about hatching some nasty plots.
There follows a series o f mishaps
involving deceit, mistaken identity
and thwarted passions. Will there
be a happy ending? You’ll just
have to watch it and see...
Despite being beautifully set in a
fairy-tale location, there remains a
theatrical quality about this film,
backed up by Ken ’n’ Emma’s
many important issues, amongst
them feminism and abortion, but
does so to show inherent contra
dictions in both sides o f the argu
ments, a rarity in modem litera
ture. This is a highly recom
mended book for those who pur
sue a cause, whether political,
personal or religious. It also stars
a short, grey aardvark.
MORE/TALES FROM
SLEAZE CASTLE
ters. Even when they cross
dimensions, meet parallel ver
sions o f themselves and of
friends and where pages o f dia
logue are written in an imaginar
language.
This comedy SF comic book id
o f the highest order and tends to
come out on a six-monthly basL
The latest issue, More Tales issu
6 is now available, and in your
Union shop too!
JOHN BYRNE’S NEXT MEN
Sleaze Casde is a comic book for
Newcasde students. Oh, it may
have a much broader range in
audience but the many references
and locations familiar to us lot
(Casde Leazes, the Union, Leazes
Park, Northumberland St) give us
an immediate bond to the charac
One o f the greatest burdens hoi
ing the comic book medium
down is the overabundant con
centration on super-hero tides.
How can a potential audience
take any comic seriously when
it’s full o f men and women run-
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leader from the eye o f sculptor
Willad Wiggin. From H a ir to
Eternity, a new and innovative
locally made film demonstrat
ing the versatility and virility of
Afro hairstyling art, triples up
with We are the Ragga G irls
and Wattstax, the latter being a
recording o f a 1973 concert
commemorating the Watt riots
earlier that year. And for Spinal
Tap lovers, an exclusive show
ing o f CB4, a rap feature film
modelled in its style, including
music by Public Enemy, the
Beastie Boys and P.M. Dawn
sidles into tomorrow’s late
night slot.
A skein o f the controversial
runs through the Festival with
a grouping o f films classed
under the theme o f Faith,
examining religion as a world
institution, with an all-encompassing gaze at its significance
within society.
Rounding off the Festival on
19, 20, and 21 October, the
Digital Dreams hi-tech gather
ing o f workshops and pro
gramme screenings celebrate
and investigate the wonders of
modem technology and its
contribution to today’s society.
Close to us we have Forbidden
Planet, catering to the comic
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heard the broadcast), tracks him
down, arranges to meet him at the
top o f the Empire State Building
on Valentines Day, chucks her
long-suffering fiancee, goes to the
Empire State, meets him and guess
what? And that lasts two very long
hours.
The film is billed as a 90s style
romance (yes —like every other
romantic film foisted upon us
since F a ta l A ttra ction and AIDS),
but as Samuel Johnson told one
aspiring playwright, the work is
both funny and original, but the
parts that are funny are not origi
nal, and the parts that are original
are not funny.
It began quite promisingly,
apparendy trying to convey the
idea that ‘real life’ is not like the
movies. This is done very subdy
(slight irony here, reader) by con
stant references to the Cary Grant
film, A n A ffa ir to Rem ember. Every
woman in the film watches it and
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tber 14, 1993
M u sic O
The platters that matter...
crys. No man understands it. Meg
Ryan is constantly (unconsciously
o f course) reiterating phrases from
the film within a film, and her life
even begins to imitate the movie.
So the original idea that life is
hard, gritty and less than perfect is
completely disproved by the con
clusion.
There are the statutory sweet lit
tle kiddies with page-boy haircuts
and incredibly incisive comments
on the human condition who
‘engineer the romance’ and ensure
a happy ending.
The performances by Meg Ryan
and Tom Hanks are good, but you
get the feeling that all the lines
have been spoken before.
Everything is just a bit forced.
It’s not that I don’t like happy
endings - it’s just that it was too
twee and perfect. Not so much
Sleepless in Seattle as sleepful in
the cinema.
Maxine Frith
hammed-up performances as the
star-crossed lovers Benedict and
Beatrice. Denzel Washington is
amazing, if only for his tight
leather trousers, and Robert Sean
Leonard is superb as the
lovestruck Claudio - definitely a
star for the future. Poor old Keanu
is a bit out o f his depth here,
though, playing Don John like a
muppet. Look out for Michael
Keaton’s show-stealing cameo role
within a plot involving peasants,
Ben Elton and double-entendres.
Don’t be daunted by the literary
snobbery often surrounding this
type o f production. It has a wideranging and timeless appeal which
you’re guaranteed to enjoy —
unless you’re a fan of Jean-Claude
Van Damme, I suppose!
Angela Braithwaite
ext week...
\Tyneside Theatre
steals the show as
the Live Theatre
wesents its case to
INorthern Arts...
I f . __ X I
BLUR/SALAD
Newcastle University 5/10/93
Salad are crap - they sound like a jangly Curve and with just as
bad dress sense. Be gone, dullards. Leave the stage free for that
.cheeky and (as they would have you believe) quintessentially
English pop beat combo: Blur.
Pop should be bright, brash and loud. Thankfully Blur prove
that they can sustain such moments o f (hope and) glory despite
displaying all the enthusiasm and vigour o f a rainy day at Bognor
Regis, as they did at their press conference earlier in the day
(though no doubt that too has carefully contrived Englishness
too).
Old baggy nostalgia is relived with faves “There’s no other way”
and “She’s so high” but the main theme o f the set consists o f the
new album “Modem Life is Rubbish”. Glorious it is too, with both
Damon and Alex looking non too steady on their feet. It’s all
rather good; sound pop songs full o f swirling guitar magnificence
that leave the audience sated and prove that there is more to pop
life than third-hand lumberjack shirts.
Hurrah for Blur! I didn’t always trust that they could avoid the
musical dumper but tonight proves not only that but also there
may be more and better to come. They’re not as good as the Jam
though.
P.S. Alex’s favourite inert gas is Radon.___________ Sarah Ruanalh
YOUTH AGAINST RACISM BENEFIT
DIG/THE LEVELLERS/CHUMBAWUMBA/CREDIT TO THE NATION
Riverside 8/10/93
There’s something so debauched about going to a gig in the after
noon - it gave me a tingling feeling up and down my thighs.
First up are Dig - if you’ve ever been to a benefit gig in
Newcastle then I don’t need to describe them to you, they’re
always there and they’re always on first. If you haven’t, all you
need to know is that they’re very pretentious and very dull.
The Levellers (or rather some o f them - I don’t know which
ones, I was a long way back and hadn’t brought my glasses)
choose the second slot and this proved to be more than appropri
ate.
Playing acoustic versions o f b-sides and covers they never really
made their presence felt. While the old faithful “Boatman” woke
the crowd up a litde, the best received number was a bagpipes
and fiddle instrumental. There’s a busker in Bristol’s Magic Circle
who plays the whole o f “Levelling The Land” on an acoustic gui
tar - and does it much better.
And so it was left to Credit to the Nation to give the crowd their
£3 worth. A challenge they rose to admirably. Tracks such as
“Pump your Fists” and “Time to get Hype” had the crowd up and
at it, and they wound up repeating “Call it What You Want” as an
encore.
Both the highlight and major disappointment o f the afternoon
came in the form o f Chumbawumba. They took to the stage mid
way through Credit’s set, minus Alice Nutter, and while the logis
tics o f setting up all the equipment they need for a gig ruled out
a full set they could perhaps have managed more than one song.
Having said that the song in question was a wonderful acapella
rendition o f “The Day the Nazi Died” —dedicated to the ex-lead
singer o f Nazi band Screwdriver, Ian Stewart-Donaldson, who
died in a motorway pile-up three weeks ago —spot on lads.
How could you possibly spend a more enriching Friday after
noon?
L o c a lly D e v o te d ...
ning around with their knickers
over their tights spouting inanane
dialogue, batding asome villian
with little motivation on both’s
parts? Perhaps when a self-contained tide builds itself up slowly,
draws us into the characters until
w e know them like our friends
and lets us see what horrors a
guy who really has X-Ray vision
would have. Closing his eyelids
would not block out the light. If
a woman became invulnerable to
pain and damage, what would
happen when she could no
longer feel the touch o f her lover?
When a 14 year old boy is
seduced by a media executive
and falls in love with her...that’s
when we can start taking super
heroes seriously. When they are
as human as we are.
K*
D
P D
The Soul Assassin boys come
up fighting again with another
hefty slice o f beefed up funky
hip-hop.
Equally authentic as any
thing else off the marvy “Black
Sunday” LP (which every
house should own at least
three copies of) with plenty of
lurvely bass and nice twangy
guitar samples. The good ole,
whiny/shouty voice combina
tion still won’t wear thin for
any fair weather fans and
newcomers will thrill to the
phat-ness o f the beat.
There is another version
(probably to gamer some air
play) called “When the Ship
goes down” which I find a
rather tasteless Townsend
Thoreson reference, well,
maybe not, but I’m a twat and
I diwant care!
The sort o f record that if it
asked me to steal a car with it
I’d say “Okay dokey skip,
where d’you want to go?”
Notch!
. I _
Jah Streakster
Fat Bob
PUSSYCAT TRASH (with Linus, Comet Gain and Skinned Teen)
Some Hearts Paid to Lie
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CYPRESS HILL
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12" Columbia
Considering Pussycat Trash haven’t been in existence all that
long (just under a year in fact), they’ve been remarkably suc
cessful, this being their second vinyl release with others on
the way. Their debut single, “Plink Plonk Pink Punk”, was a
fine example o f blatandy open pop, and has received numer
ous airings from John Peel.
The Trash’s contribution to this joint seven-inch is equally as
raw and touching as their debut. “Un Soul Less" is springy and
abrasive in turns, whilst “Doris” is more brazen and thrusting,
certainly showing the slighdy more garage line the Trash tip
toe along at present. Throughout both songs is an air of
uncompromise and honesty, backed up with a confidence in
themselves and their music.
O f course, the other bands are worth a listen too. Linus play
refined punk to great effect, Comet Gain are noisy on one and
schmoozy on the other, and Skinned Teen are incredibly twee
and twangy.
But this featurette is all about looking after our own. Both
the singles are available from good record stores. And watch
out for Pussycat Trash at the Cumberland Arms, Byker on
Wednesday 27th October, supporting Royal Trux.
For more info, contact Pussycat Trash, c/o Slampt, 10
Meldon Terrace, Heaton, Newcasde upon Tyne NE6 5XP.
Be aware and be a part o f your local scene
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“Cath Carroll”, the opening
song o f this four track EP, is
executed with such a level of
energy and enthusiasm that it
makes me wonder what
Unrest are doing signed to a
label like 4AD.
I mean, isn’t 4AD all about
wispy, ethereal half-hearted
dreamscapes (e.g. Lush)? Well,
anyway, Unrest are nothing
like that - there are songs of
intensity, speed and fire on
this EP, with the type o f vari
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from Unrest.
The final song “Hydro”, is a
33 minute instrumental based
around one chord - but don’t
let that put you off! It’s great,
and has all sorts o f different
textures - I’ve heard it
described as “transmogrifying”.
Definitely one o f the best
things Unrest have done.
“Goodbye” shows a more
“perfect pop” type o f side to
the band. What can I say ? I
like Unrest a lot, and you
should too. Susan Notsensible
MADDER ROSE
Swim
7 'Seed
Beautifully crafted, “Swim” is a
delicious slice o f uncompli
cated and yet catchy pop. It’s
a peach o f a record, filled with
a mixture o f slip-slidy. guitar
and howling feedback. And on
top o f it all, a voice to die for.
“liked You More (when you
were high)” is much more pas
sive and calm, probably there
to relax you after swirling
around to “Swim”. Without
doubt, worth a listen.
Mark
TEENAGE FANCLUB
Thirteen
LP Creation
I’ve been waiting for this
moment for so long. After the
fiasco o f “What you do to me”,
I wrote a review full o f the
sour cream o f human spiteful
ness in readiness for the next
time TFC dared show their
gibbon-like features in public.
Unfortunately, on finding
this platter on my lap, I dis
cover said review has
absconded on the first train to
Chicago. Still, no matter; the
passage o f time has done
nothing to banish my TFCinduced sour expression, so
let’s get stuck into the bas
tards. . .
. . . and this album proves
that the kids really will setde
for what they’re given. Yet
another compilation o f second-hand riffs and risk-free
complacency with the TFC
seeking to enforce the
defeatist (and incorrect) view
that the good songs have all
been written and the modem
artist can only hope to imitate
the past.
They rip off the Beades on
“Hang On”, the Lemonheads
for the rest o f the first side and
I can’t be bothered to think of
reference points for side two.
TFC probably think they’re
breaking new ground. I say
they’re treading someone
else’s water and I resent the
forty minutes I spent listening
to this LP.
Chutney
KILLDOZER
Th6 Pig was Cool
7" Touch 'n'Go
Gravel-edged, grinding,
doomy noise - and that’s only
the singer.
This is a slow-paced stomper
all to do with “The Man” turn
ing a blind eye to such
excesses as partying, drinking
and drugging, even partaking
in that last one. Amusing in a
way, though it takes too long
to get going. However, the faside, a cover o f EMF’s
“Unbelievable”, is a veritable
blinder and certainly worth an
aural toke.
Mark
CYPRESS HILL
COMPETITION
Yep, there's still a chance for you to win some
groovesome goodies from Cypress Hill, but time is
running out so get your answers in quickly!
First prize is a Cypress Hill t-shirt, second is a
Cypress Hill record deck slipmat, and third is a
copy of their latest album, "Black Sunday".
We've got alot of each prize to win so the odds of
winning are very high! All you have to do is:
Name the big cfub hit this summer taken from
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I f its on, it's in..
Your Comprehensive
Weekly Listings Guide
Sat. 16th Oct.
BILL & TED'S BOGUS JOURNEY (PG), 3.00
KIND HEARTS & CORONETS (PG), 4.45
THE RAPTURE (18), 6.45
TAKING LIBERTIES. . . 8.45
+ ELMARIACHI (15), 9.15
CLOTHES IN THE WARDROBE, 4.10
MUMMY DEAREST, 5.45
THE THIN RED LINE, 8.15
+ LE SAMOURAI (PG), 8.45
Ttyne Out:
Sun. 17th Oct.
TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLY (PG), 4.00
♦ ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE (U), 5.55
CRAZY LITTLE FOOD THING, 8.30
+ APRES L’AMOUR (15)
AN EYE O N X, 4.15
+ MALCOLM X (15)
FIGMENT, 8.15
♦ ADORABLE LIES (15)
Mon. 18th Oct.
THE SWING PALACE
Tyneside Irish Centre, 8 p.m.
TYNESIDE IRISH FESTIVAL
The Buddie Arts Centre, 8 p.m.
SEAMUS MACMATHUNA
Bridge Hotel Folk Club, £1.50,8.30 p.m.
JAZZ
Tyneside Irish Centre, £1.50,8 p.m.
MADDER ROSE
Riverside, £3,8 p.m.
BRENDAN HEALY
Royal Archer, Free, 9 p.m.
DAN TO DAN
Broken Doll, Free, 9 p.m.
KEN PEPLOWSKI + BILLY HARPER TRIO
Comer House, 7.30 p.m.
MADDER ROSE AND THE NIGHT BLOOMS
Riverside, £4 ,8 p.m.
THE NIGHT BLOOMS. Riverside, £4,8 p.m.
BIG LITE ♦ SUPPORT
The Bensham Arms, £1.50/50p, 7.30 p.m.
BABYJUNE
University of Newcastle, £3,7.30 p.m.
MONODROME + GUM (Indie Pop)
Newcastle Arts Centre, 8 p.m.
FARAWAY TREE, Route 66, Free, 9 p.m.
DAVE ‘HONEYBOY’ EDWARDS + AARON BUR
TON & DAVE PEABODY (USA)
Jumpin’ Hot Club, £6,8 p.m.
MESSENGER
Harvey’s. 8 p.m.
THE OUTSIDERS
AVANTI WITH HUGH MASEKELA
Riverside, £6.50,8 p.m.
DYNAMITE TWINS
Tilley's, Free, 8 p.m.
Unions
NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY S.U.
Thurs. 14th Oct.
BABYJUNE, £3
Fri. 15th Oct.
B.N.O. ear-gasm, £1.50
Mon. 18th Oct.
COCHRANE QUIZ, 8.30 p.m.
Tues. 19th Oct.
SPIRITUALISED ♦ MERCURY REV, £6.50
Wed. 20th Oct.
ARCANE, £5
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHUMBRIA S.U.
Fri. 15th Oct.
INNOCENCE/KLUNK KUCK/SQUASH/WOBBLE
Sat. 16th Oct.
MATTFROST
£5. B4 10.30 p.m.
Tues. 19th Oct.
CLUB BOOT, £1
Wed. 20th Oct.
FLASHBACK, Free
Music
Thurs. 14th Oct.
R DEATH F
The Broken Doll, £1,8 p.m.
Fri. 15th Oct.
SECRET SOCIETY ♦ SOURCE
Riverside, 9 p.m., £2/£3 B4 10 p.m.
IRISH FESTIVAL - OPENING GALA inc. PADDY
REILLY, BRIDIE GALLAGHER, AONGHUS MAC
NALLY AND IRISH DANCERS
Tyne Theatre, £5,7.30 p.m.
JOOLS HOLLAND AND HIS BIG BAND
Newcasde Playhouse, £8.50/£7.50,8.30 p.m.
TYNESIDE IRISH FESTIVAL CLUB WITH
AONGHUS MACNALLY WITH HIS BAND
Tyneside Irish Centre, £5,10 p.m.
RON KAVANA AND THE ALIAS BIG BAND
Newcasde Guildhall, £6,8 p.m.
MOJO PEP (Soul)
BREEZE
Dog and Parrot, 8 p.m.
LUNKHEADS* SUPPORT
Broken Doll, 8.30 p.m.
Sat. l6thOct.
IRISH WORKOUT ♦ CEILI
Caedmon Hall, £5,7.30 p.m.
NUSU
SHASKEEN CEILI BAND
Gateshead Leisure Centre, £5,8 p.m.
DIARMUID O ’LEARY AND THE BARDS
Tyneside Irish Centre, £5,8.30 p.m.
THE DUBLIN ROGUES
Iona Club, Hebbum, £2,7.30 p.m.
AN EVENING OF MUSIC
Whidey Bay Playhouse, £3.50/£3,7.30 p.m.
SFARAWAY TREE + S’DATION (Dance/Pop)
LAST NIGHT AT THE PROMS
Newcasde City Hall, 7.45 p.m.
START
ROLF AND CINDY BAND ♦ SUPPORT
TOOL + PAW +1IFADSWIM
Q J B L D ., Tilley’s Free, 8 p.m.
MESSENGER
Bellevue Club, 8 p.m.
Sun. 17th Oct.
RAY STUBBS (Blues)
The Broken Doll, Free, 7 p.m.
MARTIN DAINTEE
Jumping & Hot Club, Bridge Hotel, 8 p.m.
TOYAH WILCOX & FOREVER FRIDAY
BRENDAN MULKERE AND FRIENDS IN SESSION
Tyneside Irish Centre, 12.30 p.m.
SHASKEEN CEILI BAND
Temple Park Leisure Centre, South Shields, £4,
7.30 p.m.
THE DUBLIN ROGUES
Tyneside Irish Centre, £2.50,8 p.m.
ANTHONY ADAMS BIG BAND
Newcasde Playhouse, £2/£1.50,12 noon
4 COLONELS
THE OUTSIDERS
BRENDAN HEALY
The Pheasant, £1.50,12.30 p.m.
Mon. 18th Oct.
SUMMER OF AVTYA (PG), 6.00
GOLD FEVER 8.00
+ RUBY IN PARADISE (15), 8.30
VIRIDIANA (18), 5.30
THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT (U), 7.15
MY NAME IS TINA, 9.00
+ NIGHT AND DAY (15)
Theatre
Tues. 19th Oct.
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (18),
6.15
SLEEPING RAZER-RED X (15), 8.45
VIRTUAL TV, 4.30
BFI - ‘Fruits De Mer*, 6.15
MOTHER’S DAY, 8.00
+AGANTUK(U), 8.35
Tues. 19th Oct.
THE STRAWBS (70s)
The Buddie Arts Centre, £7,8 p.m.
SPIRITUALISED ♦ MERCURY RED
University of Newcasde £6.50,7.30 p.m.
RONNIE FORSTER’S ROLLING THUNDER (Folk
Blues), Newcasde Arts Centre, 8 p.m.
SPORTS NIGHT AND GUEST
Tyneside Irish Centre, 8 p.m.
THE SELFISH LAZY PIGS
Jo Wilsons, 8 p.m.
RYE
Broken Doll, £2,8 p.m.
ROCK BOTTOM
The Pheasant, 8.30 p.m.
SWERVEDRIVER
Wed. 20th Oct.
THE SEASHELL & THE CLERGYMAN, 4.30
+ AMELIA AND THE ANGELS, 5.20
THE LADYK3LLERS (U), 6.15
EBBTIDE, 8.15
+ THE CEMENT GARDEN (18), 8.45
ALL THE POINTS O N THE MAP, 5.40
COUP D'OEIL DANS U N JARDIN.. .7.00
+ PRETTY BOY (18)
AMERICAN HEART (15), 8.35
RISING SUN (18)
Every day 2.10, 5.05,8.00
TINA - WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT (18)
Everyday 2.35, 5.15,8.10
THE FUGITIVE (12)
Everyday 1.55, 4.55,7.55
SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE (PG)
Weekdays & Sat. 1.00,3-25,5.55,8.25
Sun. 3.25, 5.55,8.25
DENNIS (PG)
Sat. at 12.15 only
WARNER
Starts Friday
RISING SUN (18)
Fri./Sat. 2.15, 5.15,8.10,11.00
Sun.-Thurs. 2.15, 5.15,8.10
Starts Friday
THE SECRET GARDEN (U)
Fri.-Thurs. 1.05,3.15, 5.45,8.20
Starts Friday
RAINING STONES (15)
Fri. 1.30,3.50,6.30,9.10,11.20
Sat. 350,6.30,9.10,11.20
Sun. 350,6.30,9.10
Mon.-Thurs. 1.30, 3.50,6.30,9.10
TINA - WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT (18)
Fri./Sat. 1.00, 3 40,6.20.9.00,11.25
Sun.-Thurs. 1.00,3 40,6.20,9.00
THE FIRM (15)
Fri. 1.15,4.30,8.40
Sat. 4.30,8.40
Sun. 4.30 only
Mon.-Thurs. 1.15,4.30,8.40
THE FUGITIVE (12)
Fri./Sat. 2.30, 5.30,8.30,11.15
Sun.-Thurs. 2.30, 5.30,8.30
SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE (PG)
Fri/Sat 1.00,3 30,6.10,8.50, 11.10
Sun.-Thurs. 1.00, 3 30,6.10,8.50
Films
TYNESIDE CINEMA
Thurs. 14th Oct.
THE MAN IN M Y LIFE (12), 5.15
JOURNEY THROUGH SOUND, 7.30
+ BHAJI O N THE BEACH, 8.15
GUESS W H O’S COMING. . . (U), 4.45
LIFEGUARDS FOR LIFE, 6.45
HERMETTCA, 8.30
+ PUERTO ESCONDIDO (15)
Fri. 15th Oct.
BEN HUR(PG), 4.30
NORM AL WILLIAMS, 8.45
+ ERASERHEAD (18), 9.05
FRO’ HAIR TO ETERNITY, 5.45
♦ WE ARE THE RAGGA GIRLS
+ WATTSTAX (18)
DOOKIT, 8.15
♦ BORDER CROSSING
Fri. 15th Oct.
PAUL MCKENNA’S HYPNOTIC SHOW
Newcasde City Hall, £8 £9 ,7.30 p.m.
Sat. 16th Oct. - 23rd Oct.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM
People’s Theatre, Heaton £3-£5,7.30 p.m.
HARLEMATION
Newcasde Playhouse
Mon. 18th Oct.
THE DASH by Ann Jackson
Live Theatre, £3/£1.50,8 p.m.
GIGI
Theatre Royal, £3-£9,7 p.m. (matinee 2 p.m. ■
23rd)
ODEON
Commencing Fri. 15th Oct. until Thurs. 21st Oct.
Wed. 20th Oct.
ALTAN (Folk)
Tyneside Irish Centre, £6,8.30 p.m.
LINDSAY QUARTET (Classical)
Newcasde Playhouse, £10.50/£7.50,7.30 p.m.
BRIAN O ’NIEL
County Hotel, Free, 9 p.m.
SWEET REVENGE
Waterfront, £1.50,8 p.m.
ESKIMOS AND EGYPT & O P K
Riverside, £5, 8 p.m
STEVE BAINEiRIDGE, Tilley’s, Free, 8 p.m.
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (PG)
Fri.-Thurs. 1.15,9.05
JURASSIC PARK (PG)
Fri.-Thurs. 3-50,6.25
IN THE LINE OF FIRE (15)
Fri. 1.00, 3 30,6.40,9.20
Sat. 6.40,9.20
Sun. 9.20 only
Mon.-Wed. 1.00,3.30,6.40,9.20
Thurs. 1.00,3.30,9.20
DENNIS (PG)
Sat./Sun. 11.50, 2.10,4.20
TEENAGE MUITANT NINJA TURTLES 3 (PG)
Sat./Sun. 11.40, 1.40
TOM AND JERRY THE MOVIE (U)
Sat./Sun. 12.00, 2.00
Thursday Special, 21st Oct.
ORLANDO (PG)
Thurs. 7.00 only
Tues. 19th Oct.
A MOST NOTORIOUS WOMAN
Live Theatre Quayside, £3/£2,8 p.m.
plus
Mon. 11th Oct. - Sat. 16th Oct.
YOUR HOME IN THE WEST
Live Theatre, £3.50,8 p.m.
OVER MY DEAD BODY
Gulbenkian, £3.50/£2,8 p.m.
Bits &Pieces
LIVE THEATRE YOUTH PROJECT. Young
Playwrights Competition, 16th-28th Oct.. For fur
ther details contact Joe Price at Live Theatre.
Exhibitions
Wed. 20th Oct. - Fri. 12th Nov.
MARLETTE EXHIBITION: Martin Luther King,
The People’s Gallery, Newcasde Discovery,
4 p.m.
Cabaret
COMEDY FESTIVAL - 21st-30th Oct. Be sure to
pick up a brochure available in your Union
TODAY.
ENTERTAINMENTS
T H IS
W
E E K ’S
E V E N T S :
Thurs. 14th BABY JU N E
Level 2
Big Night O u t
with eai^ga-sm
Fri. 15th
£1.50 adv, £2 door
Sat. 16th
A S Y LU M
Mon. 18th
B IN G O
Level 6 - FREE
Cochrane Lounge
Tues. 19th
Wed 20th Oct
9pm - 4am
£ 5
a d v a n c e
Wed. 20th
BAND IN T H E BAR
FREE
ARCANE
Level 2 - £ 5 adv
TICKETS ON SALE FOR:
SPIRITUALIZED/MERCURY R E V ...................................19 OCT
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JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET...................................................15 NOV
TEENAGE FANCLUB.......................................................................2 7 NOV
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THIS UNION SERVICE IS NOW UNDER THREAT
Com edy Festival 1
ber 7, 1993
1
■ (Right) Jonathan
Katz appears
Thursday October 21
at the Tyne Theatre
as one of the
Stand-up USA com
edy team.
“One o f the most cre
ative comics work
ing today.”
—The Boston Globe
■ (Left)Antonio
Forcione, Paul
Morocco and
Alessandro Barnardi,
appear Friday
October 19, at the
Playhouse.
“Energetic, funny,
unpredictable and
spectacular."
—The Daily Telegraph
vals can only be decided when
this one has finished. In the
meantime, there is no doubting
the enthusiasm o f the organisers.
Dave Johns was certainly keen to
share his thinking on the matter.
“We thought it was about time
Newcastle had a festival and
what w e’re aiming to do is to
make this into one o f the biggest
in the country, a regular thing
where we won’t have to push so
much to get acts and people will
ask to play it.”
In the mean time, there’s no
doubting that this year is superb.
N e w c a s tle
Who, what, where?
Which Channel 4 programme with Clive Anderson as compere involves
comedians improvising to suggestionsfrom the studio audience?
HEADLINE ACTS at the
Festival include top
American stand-up comedi
ans Eddie Brill, Don Gavin
and Jonathan Katz; cult
mime performer Ennio
Marchetto; former Goon
Michael Bentine and lead
ing britlsh acts Jeremy
Hardy, Arnold Brown, Felix
Dexter, Bruce Morton, John
Hegley and lily Savage.
All ages and tastes are
catered for from children’s the
atre with with Henry the Cat
to new-wave circus with Ra-Ra
Zoo. There is Jewish comedy
with Laughter and Oy and a
special one-off performance of
John Godber’s ‘Happy Jack’ by
Hull Truck Theatre Company.
Answers to TfeeCourier office, along with your name, address and
phone number by 5.00pm Friday15th October.______________________
An AIDS Benefit featureing
Donna McPhail, a 1993
Perrier short-listed comic,
C o m p e titio n
To prove their concern for impoverished students, the organisers
have kindly donated 10 tickets for various shows in the festival. To
enter, simply answer the following question:
C o m e d y F e s t iv a l
Mickey Hutton, Anvil
Springsteen and the Big Fun
Club with proceeds going to
the Aids Community Trust is
scheduled for Sunday 24th
October.
A series of comedy improvi
sation workshops ‘Sorry Luwy
I’ve Dried’ will run throughout
the Festival at the Gulbenkian.
The Festival takes in a num
ber of venues city-wide - the
Tyne Theatre, Playhouse,
Gulbenkian and the Comedy
Cafe where the programme
kicks off at 10.30pm each
night. A Mike Leigh season
will also run for the duration
at the Tyneside Cinema.
A free brochure with full
details of the programme and
information on all the acts is
available. These are available
in the Union.
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Fruit, fire and flamenco
Fri 29th October 8pm £ 7 /£ 6
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Sat 23rd October 8pm £ 6.5 0 /£ 5 .5 0
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Sat 30th October 8pm £ 8 /£ 6 .5 0
Tues 26th October 8pm £ 6 /£ 5
JOHN HEGLEY
RegularGuardianpoet- scandalouslytalented
Wed 27th October 8pm £ 6 /£ 5
Donna McPhail Tyne Theatre
Comedy Cafe
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ANVIL SPRINGSTEEN
Tues 26th October 10.30pm £4
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Wed 27th/ThuT5 28th October 10.30pm £5
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PARROT, VLADMIR McTAVISH,
STEVE MELVIUE
Fri 29th October 10.30pm £6
SIMON BUGH, ANVIL SPRINGSTEEN
Sot 30th October 10.30pm £6
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B ruce Morton Gulbenkian
Nine Lives See all nine festival shows
at the Comedy Cate for £26
Box Office
the city
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Tyne Theatre/Comedy Cafe Tel: 091 232 0899
Playhouse Tel: 091 232 7079
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1 2 FYC Reflections
Reflections on FYC
|77?eCourier has invited Freshers and stewards to
give their impressions on this years First Year
Conference. Dawn McKenzie, Sally Hall and
Mark Harden report.
NEVER BEFORE, and most
probably never again, are
we likely experience five
days quite like the First
Year Conference.
Where else, apart from the
Student Union, can you have
the pleasure o f pushing
through a plethora o f first year
students on a dangerous mis
sion in“HOLD ONTO YOUR
HATS...you are about to begin
one o f the most hectic and
exciting weeks o f your life,” is
what the Student Handbook
said; yet at the pace we were
going, we should have been
supplied with a DIY Superglue
kit to weld our hats firmly to
our heads!
Where else, apart from the
Student Union, can you have
the pleasure o f publishing
through a plethora o f first year
students on a dangerous mis
sion into the unknown just to
buy a pint; or have your ear
drums blasted by the live
bands in an almost tropical cli
mate - and w e’re talking sweat
city here, bringing a whole
knew meaning to the phrase
‘soaking up the atmosphere!’
Who else, apart from our fel
low Freshers, would be psychotic
enough, and plastered enough
to, to queue in the pouring rain
on the banks of the River Tyne infamous fog et al - in order to
get into a floating nightclub with
a revolving dance floor, which is
guarantied to eventually intro
duce the contents of your stom
ach to a nearby netty. It’s a
stroke of luck that toilet bowls
don’t ask your name, subject,
where your living and your
A-level results too.
What else, but a bit of
doe-ce-doeing and swinging
your partner lound (and round
and round...) at a Ceilidh, will
leave you almost in mid-asthmatic seizure, after being
dragged around the dance floor
by some pill-popping,
polka-fetishist for seventeen con
secutive dances; where else can
you witness hundreds of eigh
teen and nineteen year-olds act
ing like escaped inmates of the
local mental asylum, not caring
that the entire population of the
upstairs disco is witnessing the
whole affair?
Why else, except for the sheer
thrill of it would a dozen
Freshers allow a hypnotist to turn
them into a gibbering martian or
giggly seven year old girly? How
else, besides coming to
Newcasde University, can you
experience one of the best, if not
the best Freshers Week in exis
tence? But of course, this is
Newcastle, so what else could
you possibly expect...?!
D a w n McKenzie
IT MADE ME FEEL POPULAR,
important, sexy. The pink
T-shirt turned me from a
shy three-year-old into a
trouser packing girly dream
Well, almost, and only for
the week.
Last year I shared the defini
tive fresher state o f mind;
that o f cocktailed loneliness,
fear and dubious anticipa
tion.
This year I turned up on the
first morning o f the week
with the ambivilant second
year attitude securely in
place; “1 might have a bit o f
a giggle, but the T-shirt and
the accompanying superior
ity complex may turn me
into a patronising tosspot...”
Oh well.
Luckily it became the most
enjoyable single week I’ve
spent at University. The var
ied ‘w ork’, the free and copi
ous quantities o f exploited
alcohol and the fraternal,
teamy spirit fostered in the
stewards camp were all part
o f the fun. But perhaps the
greatest pleasure came from
an enhanced feeling o f
self-worth. Universities are,
at the best o f times, over
whelming places —imper
sonal and humbling.
Last week, though, the
shackles o f anonymity were
lost and I actually felt as if I
was ‘making a difference’.
The looks o f lost helpless
ness on the hesitantly curi
ous freshers were replaced
by those o f more assured
security upon hearing my
advice; the embarassed
silence o f a first year filled
mini van drowned out by
the inquisitive hum o f stew
ard—prompted Smalltalk. Oh
what it is to midwife the
birth o f new friendships!
The post—FYC stewards
party was splendid. At its
uniquely subterranean
venue, I managed to slip a
lovely lady the tongue —I
hope she didn’t mind —and,
although when I got home I
wasn’t entirely exhausted, I
was certainly shitfaced
enough to kip in the bath.
Watch out! Fresher Alert
2500 FRESHERS on a pub
crawl. It was like a huge
stream o f refugees, all
shell-shock into gormless
submission.
Well, no. it wasn’t quite that
bad, but w e must have
looked strange to the people
o f Newcastle - like a huge
crocodile o f overgrown
school kids. The reaction to
our presence proved our pop
ularity. Every pub we went
into, people ran out scream
ing, “Look out - FRESHER
ALERT!”
Popularity amongst the
Freshers wasn’t much better. I
guarantee every single first
year that week was thinking,
“Why haven’t I got more
friends? Everyone here has
got more friends than me... is
it always going to be like this?
Will I ever find anyone who
will cop off with me?”
However, plenty of lewd
snogging was going on. The sole
purpose of the FYC was, as far
as I could see, to ensure, to
ensure every first year ingested
as much alcohol in one week as
was humanly possible. And it
showed.
Firstly it showed in the numer
ous of slobbery clinches in dark
pub comers - now causing seri
ous blushes in the sober light of
term. All the rest of us singles,
even if we wouldn’t have been
caught dead with the slobberers,
felt inadequate and sloped off
for another pint.
Secondly it showed in the num
ber of people who seemed will
ing to dance to such gems as,
“The Shoop Shoop Song," and,
“Nellie The Elephant.” Amazing
how, drunk as we were, we still
knew all the words.
Finally, the full effects are
showing only now. All the peo
ple groaning about having,
‘caught that cold’ are lying —it
is a prolonged hangover —don’t
kid yourselves! And as for buy
ing textbooks, 50% of the
Freshers can forget, having
pissed most of their grant
cheque up the wall already.
But of course, FYC wasn’t just
for getting drunk. It was for
meeting people. Faced with
2499 other people all there
wanting to be met, most people
just collapsed into quivering
pile of jelly and downed 10
pints. After this, meeting people
was easier. However, everyone
seemed to have a brain implant
which only allowed them to
say, “Where are you from?
What course are you doing?
Where are you living? and,
Where’s the toilet?” If everyone
wore this information on a
badge, the FYC would have
become a nightmare of silence.
But ultimately, the FYC was a
masterpiece of excellent organi
sation. Now I’ve recovered from
the shell-shock of going from
Paintballing to Metroland to the
revolving dance floor of the
Boat, I can appreciate how
much effort was put into the
conference. I hope not every
one was too drunk to notice
how good it was.
Sally Hall
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The C o u r i e r P r iz e C r o s s w o r d
Compiled by Grazy
ACROSS
1 Fondle (6)
5 Amorous (6)
8 A cheese (4)
9 Devil worshipper (8)
10 Skin complaint (6)
12 Orient (4)
15 All students are members of this
(8,5)
16 Commercial capital of Yemen (4)
17 Large expanses of water (6)
19 Jilted (8)
21 Conservative (4)
22 Beguiled (6)
FYC '93 reunion
7 .3 0
Level 6
A w ord in your ear. If you
haven’t yet helped out with
FYC then do so. I f you
already have done, then
repeat.
All the stewards I talked to
rated the week as more o f a
laugh than their own fresh
ers week, so for the last
time, sweet freshers, heed
some well intended advice
and turn up next year to
offer your services.
Mark Harden
(L a te Bar)
23 Ought (0
DOWN
2 Relinquished a throne (9)
3 Tree (3)
4 Supports (8)
5 Tardy (4)
6 Revenge (9)
7 15 across is affiliated to this (1,1,1)
11 Puts at risk (9)
13 Rogue (9)
14 Bewilders (8)
18 Garish (4)
20 German physicist (3)
21 As well (3)
Thursday 21st O ctober 1993
Bring a friend
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October, 1993. The prize is a £5 b ook token donated by:
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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION:
ACROSS: 1 Amaze; 4 Atheist;
8 Beautiful; 9 Aha; 10 Etc;
11 Spiders; 12 Purchaser; 13 Alarm;
16 Lubricant; 18 Dot; 20 Has;
21 Abundance; 22 Decayed;
23 Yield
DOWN: 1 Amble; 2 Anarchy;
3 Extraordinary; 4 Affray;
5 Halfheartedly; 6 Iraqi; 7 Transom;
12 Belched; 14 Andante; 15 Valued;
17 Basic; 19 Trend
Current Affairs
Labour: facing up to the
challenge of modern Britain
Party Conference Special
In the second o f three articles written by top politicians from the three main politi
cal parties, Jim Cousins, Labour MP for Newcastle Central reflects on the success o f
the Labour Brighton Conference and the changes that his party are undergoing.
I DON’T LIKE PARTY CON
FERENCES! And, despite
the welcome introduction
of express queues
through the security
screens for those without
mobile phones, I still
don’t like them!
Conferences can often mark sig
nificant changes by their style.
This year Labour made a dra
matic, and again welcome, shift
from grey smoky male fug to
sparky, arm untwistable feminin
ity. But, and I say this with some
surprise, this year’s Conference
also marked the beginning o f a
new period o f political life.
Each Party has had to face up
to the realities o f modem Britain.
There is a growing insecurity
about prospects and opportuni
ties, a growing insecurity about
homes and streets, about care,
hospitals and schools. Neither the
Government, nor the economy as
a whole, pays its way. The cho
sen slogans do not seem to work
or connect with reality.
But, the Conferences o f Labour
and the Conservatives show com
pletely different reactions. Labour
approached its Conference, and
conducted it, disobeying it’s own,
and everybody else’s, normal
Rules. The Leader o f the Labour
Party has decided that sleaze and
slump have the same roots and
require the same solutions - more
openness o f debate, more
involvement by citizens, more
accountability o f leaders. He
decided Labour should clean up
the Country - Labour should
attack the political dependency
culture which is far more
widespread and corrosive than
any welfare depending culture.
Labour should open up the
power to decide in neighbour
hoods, enterprises, City Hall and
Government itself.
But first Labour had to change
itself in the same way as it wished
to change Britain. Many, probably
most, delegates arriving at this
year in Brighton had not made the
link between the Party’s changes
in rules and this broad, new polit
ical agenda. Most delegates may
have believed that the Party
changes in rules were a distraction
from the real issues. They weren’t.
They may have believed that the
Party Leader did not regard the
issues as central and would not lay
himself, as John Prescott was to
put it - ‘on the block’ for them.
They were wrong. They may
have believed there had been
compromises worked out in
advance. Again they were wrong.
By the second day o f the
Conference delegates realised their
Leader had a vision that linked the
way they should change their
Party and the way they could
change their Country; that he
wouldn’t back down or back off;
and that - on the run o f the nor
mal Conference arithmetic - the
Leader would certainly lose.
Over the following twenty-four
hours a mood change occurred
that in many ways changed the
style o f the Party for good. Some
votes were swinging. A vital fac
tor was the much larger number
o f women delegates who openly
scorned the machine politics o f
predetermined votes.
O f course the decision o f the
Party to respond to the vision the
Leader set out, and the challenge
it presented to the Party’s accepted
way o f life, will have conse
quences for both the Leader and
the Party for years to come. The
decision to link the campaign for
economic recovery and the cam
paign to change the political and
economic power-structures; to link
full employment and full citizen
ship, will be seen as John Smith’s
decisive intervention in British pol
itics. His decision was also to
General Meeting
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begin where it hurts most, where
it was most embarrassing and
explosive, and where it tested him
to the limit - with his own Party.
This seemed to me, as I went to
the Conference, brave yet fool
hardy. As I left it, it seemed merely
logical and necessary.
How different this was to the
Conservative Conference which,
after the longest period in
Government for a century, voted
to decide that people had let their
Government down disgracefully!
And so, rather than change, they
decided to post a new list of
scapegoats for their failures. Of
course, the Leaders realise what
nonsense it all is, but they’ve
grown used to fooling people and
getting away with it.
The end o f the Conservative era
is close. The last years o f
Conservatism will be neither
hopeful nor glorious but petty,
vicious and ugly.
John Smith's decision at
Brighton in 1993 to challenge the
existing power structures of his
Party, and to trust the members
instead, to take on the Left, Right
and soggy Centre of his Party in
the process, shows that Labour is
now not merely an alternative,
JIM C O U S IN S
is
th e
but the means to change.
Labour MP for N ew castle
The Prime Minister ended his
u p o n T y n e C entral, and
Conference a prisoner o f his
w as e le c te d in 1987. H e
Party, and its most primitive preju
w a s D e p u ty L e a d e r o f
dices. The Labour Leader ended
his Conference having convinced T y n e & W e a r C o u n c il
his Party to overturn its old
b e fo r e
a b o lit io n . Jim
pow er structures and deter
C o u s in s s e r v e d o n th e
mined to do the same for the
Parliam entary T ra d e and
Country.
Industry Select Committee
until recently and is n o w a
Front Bench spokesperson
f o r L a b o u r's tra d e an d
In d u s try T e a m le d b y
Robin Cook, with particu
lar
r e s p o n s ib ilt y
fo r
T elecom m u n ication s and
for Small Businesses.
VOTE
ELECTIONS FOR
SABBATICAL SECRETARY
EXECUTIVE OFFICER
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
OFFICER
and
FACULTY REPS
HAVE YOUR SAY!
The Governing body of the Union
w ill be m eeting on
M onday, October 18th at 5 p.m.
TUESDAY, 19th OCTOBER
ALL STUDENTS WELCOME
(Ballot boxes in Union and Library)
VOTE ON
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Feature
Students urged to seek help following
suicide tragedy of Newcastle undergraduate
Stressed and depressed students are reluctant to seek professional help
despite plenty being available. Dominic Casciani talks to the mother of
Newcastle student John Price, who took his own life in the summer and
finds that talking about your problems to a professional is essentialis fur
ther tragedies are to be avoided.
UNIVERSITY is a Rite of
Passage. Not many of us
would admit it, but the
transition from adoles
cent to mature adult can
be pretty traumatic as we
balance a sometimes
hedonistic lifestyle with
the rigours of academic
work.
Many students find it diffi
cult to adjust to the new envi
ronment and avoid the peer
pressures that become part
and parcel. Indeed, very few
students go through their
University career without
some feelings o f anxiety, be
they from homesickness or
exam-time pressure. And
when these pressures begin
to mount, personal feelings
and deep-seated insecurities
can be surpressed leading to
loneliness or dangerous
excess.
A recent Oxford University
Report has focussed on the
problems students experience
and has timely turned the
spotlight on formal coun
selling as a way out.
The report was begun last
spring after a spate o f sui
cides had distressed Dons
and excited the national
media to suggest the rigours
o f university life were too
tough for many students to
cope with. The report found
that between 1976 and 1990
21 students at the university
killed themselves and there
had been a further 254
known attempts. Am ong the
recommendations was a call
for increased access to coun
selling and a concerted effort
to raise student’s awareness
o f the help available. A sig
nificant problem which may
face students w h o are
depressed is that a stigma has
been attatched in the past to
seeking guidance and sup
port on campus since it goes
against the established norm
that ‘typical’ students are
happy go lucky and some
how muddle through.
This is what concerns Alan
Brice at The University
Counselling Service on
Claremont Road: “Peer pres
sure can create a taboo
around stress. If a student
finds things personally diffi
cult, difficult to be themselves
even, it becomes very hard to
juggle being young, indepen
dent and successful while fac
ing personal problems.
Difficulties are often shrugged
o ff as insignificant since
University life is afflicted by
the myth that everybody is
happy all the time. Personal
problems get dismissed as
student problems.”
Newcastle University’s
Counselling Service has sig
nificantly expanded since last
year. Not only do the three
professionally trained coun
sellors Alan Brice, Lynne Cox
and Jane Brown now provide
sixty appointments a week,
there is also an improved out
o f hours emergency service
and comprehensive help
through the holidays for cur
rent students, graduates and
anybody at the university.
Alan Brice describes coun
selling as ‘a metaphorical
hole where problems can be
dumped.’ He adds, “If
someone is lonely and
depressed, counselling can
help, irrespective o f the prob
lem. Especially since w e are
independent and someone
can visit us in confidence and
privacy. Often students don’t
recognise they are low and
it’s only after visiting us to
discuss small matters that the
bigger picture emerges.”
Dr Erika Price, whose son
John committed suicide at the
end o f last term told
72>eCourier how important it
is that w e learn new ways o f
reaching young people under
■ Seeking advice... many avenues o f counselling
are available
severe emotional stress.
“H ow much these tragic
events occur I now know.
And if it happens once it's far
too much. John never, to our
knowledge, considered coun
selling. And this remains the
case for many young people
at University. Either they
don’t know where to turn to,
or they don’t take counselling
seriously. They try to bypass
their problems by fitting in
with a perceived student way
o f life.”
Dr Price cited a British
Medical Journal report from
July this year which revealed
that young people up to the
age o f 35 are far less inclined
to seek professional help
from counsellors or GPs
before committing suicide.
The report continues, “...they
do not feel it appropriate to
discuss emotional or psycho
logical problems with a doc
tor.
"This seems especially rele
vant to university students
w h o may find it difficult to be
themselves," says Dr
Price.“Against the supposed
problems o f student life such
as debt and bad housing, an
undercurrent o f personal
depression can build up and
lie undetected. The little,
very personal attacks to self
esteem go unnoticed by your
peers. John, for example,
had his bike stolen, was fined
for speeding, and lots o f
other little things which seem
not so important. But they
build up, become view ed out
o f perspective and lead to
impulsive reactions.”
A close friend o f John’s
agreed, saying, “You don’t
think twice about other peo
ple getting a speeding ticket.
W e have to learn to recognise
the little things may be much
greater personal attacks, may
be more hurtful than w e
would think.”
Philip Townsend, Manager
o f The Union’s Student
Advice Centre on Level 5
finds many students come to
him first as the office appears
more accessible. “Often p eo
ple find it difficult to visit the
Counselling Service and w e
become the first stop," said
Mr Townsend. "However
serious or not a personal
problem may seem, w e
would introduce students to
formal counselling. W e try
and lessen the stupid stigma
that can be built up around
getting help. W e must get
the message across that
University is big enough for
everybody - there isn’t just
one way, and if you need
help it is gladly given, and
always available.”
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This week sees the start o f the
University
Athletic
Union
Cham pionship.
As
William
Hepburne-Scott reports old rival
ries are bu bblin g over as
Newcastle University open their
D ivision One North-East cam
paign against city neighbours the
University of Northumbria.
WE'VE ALL BEEN WAIT
ING FOR IT, ever since
news broke that poly
technics would become
universities.
The
grudge match. Against
the enemy. War.
■Jez Cooper, Newcasde Uni AU President...
tempers will be short, tried and tested
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Come along to the
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It m ay not yet create the
bitterness that Celtic versus
R a n g e rs at f o o t b a ll, o r
England versus Scotland at
rugby, create, but everyone
is p r e p a r e d fo r le v e ls o f
com p etitiven ess p reviou sly
unseen and unimaginable.
The losers will not be elimi
nated from the UAU, as the top
four o f eight universities
progress to the play-off round,
but winning is all important, for
pride if nothing else.
Jez Cooper, AU President of
Newcastle University, has cer
tainly been caught up in a
whirlwind o f “pre-match hype"
that puts to shame the recent
efforts o f Lennox Lewis and
Frank Bruno.
He coolly
announced: “I don’t know if
any malicious violence will take
place (o n the field !), but it
depends on the score. Tempers
will be short, tried and tested”.
All former polytechnics have
now entered the UAU competi
tion, making it the toughest and
most prestigious championship
ever.
W hen it was first
announced that polytechnics
would compete with Newcastle
University in the UAU, former
AU President Simon Fitch pro
claimed: “I have every confi
dence that our teams will not be
affected by the new opposition.
W e’ll beat anyone who comes
our way”.
However, last w eek it was
Guy
Taylor,
Sports
Administrator o f Northumbria
University, who adopted a more
complacent attitude than his
rival, Jez Cooper, who himself
attacked “the polytechnic” with
great relish.
Guy Taylor boldly announced
that “w e (Northum bria) are
going to kill you at rugby” .
This, it has to be said, is highly
likely as the Northumbria team
includes five Gosforth players,
tw o Northern players, one
British Polytechnic player, and
tw o England U-21’s on the
bench. Guy was also confident
in the ability o f the women’s
hockey teams and the men’s
football teams. He then admit
ted that “it then becomes ques
tionable” and that “the other
results w ill depend on this
year’s intake”.
Jez Cooper’s reaction to this
confidence in their rugby team
was condemning, as he
retorted: “In a game where
thick skulls are required, it is of
no surprise that polytechnic stu
dents have an advantage”.
Jez also suggested that “our
new-found rivalry with the
polytechnic on the sports field
can become greater than our
rivalry with Durham” and he
w elcom ed the increase in
grudge matches that will now
take place.
When questioned on the
importance o f winning on
W ednesday, Jez said: “It is
incredibly important. Without a
shadow o f doubt this is a
grudge match. This is the first
time that we have been graced
with the presence o f the poly
technic in the UAU, and I
believe that, with their compla
cent attitude, they could be in
for a surprise”.
Jez goes on to say that “the
polytechnic may well be good
at football, but w e are no
slouches. Likewise, our 1st XI
men’s hockey are pretty good,
and the fabulous, thrilling 3rd
XI (who reached the final o f the
UAU Championship last year)
should teach them a lesson”.
Not surprisingly, it is for this
reason that Jez is pleased to see
that Northumbria University are
fieldin g three men’s hockey
teams, as this was previously in
P E R S O N A L
Thank you for a wonderful year,
thank you for putting up with me and
thank you for putting me up. I fish you!
R IC H A R D
FYC '93 Stewards and drivers Reunion
Party, 21st October, 1993- See you on Level
6 at 7.30 p.m.
FYC ’93 team photos arc available for view
ing and selection in the FYC Office Level 6.
Journalist seeks Mathematician to star in
new film Sleepless in Durham]
Wanted - two eyebrows for man savaged by
pit bull.
c
PEACE ACTION group
being set up. See black cap,
opposite Endsleigh,
Thursday and Friday 1-2 p.m.
W here was Chris Hughes o n Thursday
night? Sharing some MAXWELL House with
Fiona?
Grott is Fab
Glottis Funky
Grott Guitars are very plunky.
Cheep guitars, amps, drums, etc.,
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FYC ’93 Stewards and drivers Reunion
Party, 21st October, 1993* See you on Level
6 at 7.30 p.m.
To those reviewers who battled through
untold illnesses, I salute you.
doubt. They will not, however,
be providing a women’s rugby
team, which has left Newcasde
University's team disgruntled.
According to Jez, “they were
running scared”.
There are no two ways about
it. This rivalry is fierce and
intense, and there ,can be only
one winner.
<
C O L U M N
To the man with no eyebrows
You’ll find it hard writing
Personals with nay fxxxxxg eyes,
p.s. the make up is lovely
WANTED: A girlfriend for Jo Thompson
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Office Level 6 - Public School Education
essential.
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FYC ’93 Stewards and Drivers - Newcastle’s
best bring on the Toon Army!
A big cheer to all Union porters, Derek and
Ronnie our FYC postmen, Davy and Albert
for all their help.
FYC '93 Stewards and drivers Reunion
Party, 21st October, 1993. See you on Level
6 at 7.30 p.m.
Good Luck Gill & Carol - the future can
only get better. With Love M.
Spring-breaker shock: Dodgy mattressess
found in local city's Halls o f Residence.
W O M E N ’S G R O U P
Come along to our first informal meeting,
Friday 15th at 1 p.m.
in the Women's Room Level 5

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