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NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY
SUBSCRIPTION DRAW
1031 w in * a dozen cans of beer donated by
Vaux Breweries.
279 wins lunch for two (value £5) donated by
the Barley M ow, Sandgate.
660 wins 2 complimentary tickets donated by
the Gulbenkian Studio (by arrangement).
Tyne Theatre Co. (by arrangement).
105 wins a £5 voucher donated by Kard Bar of
Cross Street.
968 wins a £5 voucher donated by Flip, Cross
Street.
726 wins tw o free tickets donated by Cannon
Cinema, Westgate Road.
126 wins a Sunday Lunch for tw o , donated by
Luckies Comer Bar, St. Mary's Place.
30 wins dinner for tw o (value £10) donated by
Joe Rigatones, St. Mary's Place East.
009 wins an LP or tape (value £6) donated by
Volume Records, Ridley Place.
the Tyneside Cinema, Pilgrim Street.
894 wins 2 complimentary ticket* donated by The
Studio, New Bridge Street (by arrangement).
276 wins 2 free meals (value £5) donated by
W impy, Northumberland S treet
442 wins a 12* single donated by R.P.M.
Records, Level 5.
001 wins a bottle of wine donated by Grants of
S t James.
353 wins 2 free tickets to a Union Event (See
Sid. Ents Supremo).
1020 wins film developed 1 hour service by
Quickpics, 37 Nelson Street
608 wins a plant to the value of £1.80 from the
Shaw Shop, Level 5.
PRIZES TO BE COLLECTED BY MONDAY
30/11/87
iEUCASTLE
UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY
No. 773 Price 15p
Thursday, 26th November, 1987
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NOT
WHAT BAKER'S
BILL Will DO;
REVOLUTION IN
THE CLASSROOM
OR AN EXCUSE
FOR CONTROL?
Education Reform
TO
BE
REMOVED
x efo r m s
e d u c a t io n
BILL
butler
T o amend the law r e la tin g ^
P 2
Ordered
to be Pi
LETTERS
The Government published its long-awaited
Education Reform Bill last Friday; the biggest
shake up in Education since 1944 and part of the
radical programme adopted by the Tories for their
third term.
(U.G.C.) will be replaced by the
University
Funding
Council
(U.F.C.), which will also be run by
a mixture of business and
academia.
Predictably, opposition has
been swift and vociferous. The
House of Lords is expected to be
once again a thorn in the Govern
ment's side and opposition
groups are mobilising a campaign
against thevReform Bill.
Union p r e s i d e n t . Chris Ford,
called the proposals "Insidious
and centralising" whilst national
Union of Students (N.U.S.) Presi
dent Vicky Phillips said "Baker's
new world of education will be
inflexible and incapable of re
sponding to local need and stu
dent choice, with the Bill giving
no guarantee that students - the
primary clients of education - will
be represented".
From Newcastle University's
perspective the Reform Bill is
less of a problem, although the
change from U.G.C. to U.F.C.
could well mean competing with
other colleges for students and
funds.
Apart from all the talk of opting
in and out, core curriculums and
technology colleges; the chief
component of the new Bill is that
of control. Taking control from the
hands of the Local Education
Authorities (L.E.A.s) and giving it
to businessmen is seen by the
Conservatives as one way of hit
ting their opponents in local gov
ernment.
Ultimately though, the fact that
this Bill gives scope for further
uncontested change should be
the reason why we oppose it,
because for all his talk of moving
forward, Kenneth Baker is looking
to the past for his vision of the
future.
P 4/5
ARTS
P 6
BACKLASH
P 7
CASUALTY
P 8
SPORT
airport will be arranged), at 12 on Sunday, 6th
December. The lucky winners will be travelling at a
height of up to 55,000 feet (8 miles) reaching a speed
of over Mach 2.
Whilst screaming across the stratosphere at twice
the speed of sound, all passengers will be treated to a
champagne lunch.
T h e U n io n 's C h ris tm a s P a rty is o ff to a fly in g
The tickets, bought by Ents. boss Sid McGrath,
s ta rt th is y ea r, w ith t w o fre e tic k e ts fo r a trip costing £375 each, include insurance for the winning
on C o n c o rd e b eing o ffe re d as prizes.
ticket holders. Said Sid, of the winners, "If the plane
T h e su p erso n ic g iv e a w a y s can be w o n by crashes, you could be on to earning your family 15
p u rch asing a t ic k e t fo r th e C h ris tm a s P a rty grand!"
(F rid ay, 4 th D e c e m b e r) w h ic h a u to m a tic a lly
With the Union building's capacity at 2000, only
gives fre e e n try in to a d ra w w h ic h w ill be 1400 tickets need to be sold for the Ents. budget to
m ad e la te r th a t e v e n in g , in a reg gae fas h io n break even, but Sid is hoping for many more, stating
s ty le e b y D esm o n d D e k k e r.
enthusiastically, "This year's Christmas Party prom
The flight, lasting 1 hour 50 mins. is scheduled to ises to be a stormer; I would willingly buy a ticket
leave from Bradford Airport (transport to and from the myself. I'm over the moon .
.
Nigel Vincent.
SUPERSONIC
GIVEAWAY
NOW OPEN AT CROSS STREET opposite Flip of Hollywood
KARD BAR
NEWS
PERSONAL
COLUMN
P 3
JOINED UP WRITING: NICK GATES
Claiming overwhelming sup
port amongst parents for his con
troversial proposals. Mr. Baker
declared "We have got to move
on. There is a tremendous con
sensus we have got to be moving
down this road".
Despite
concentrating
the
majority of its attentions on the
schools, the Bill also has farreaching implications for higher
education, particularly in the way
Universities and Polytechnics will
be funded in future years. From
the point of view of opposing
these changes there are difficul
ties, because it is an enabling Bill
few concrete proposals are con
tained within it, and many have
expressed concern that this will
allow even wider measures to be
adopted by the Government than
those at present suggested.
The main branch of reform is
within the under 18 age range;
Mr. Baker proposes the introduc
tion of a National Curriculum for
all
primary
and
secondary
schools, as well as compulsory
testing at 11, 14 and 16 years of
age. In addition to academic
change, schools will also be able
to "opt out" of local authority
control if a majority of parents are
in favour. The Government also
plans to introduce City Technolo
gy Colleges which will be funded
by business sponsors, Dixons
have already offered to help.
In the higher education sector
new University and Polytechnic
lecturers will not benefit from
Academic Tenure, and will be
subject to dismissal through lack
of
funds
and
inefficiency.
Polytechnics are to be taken out
of local authority control and be
run
by
businessmen
and
academics. In the area of funding,
the University Grants Committee
IN THIS
ISSUE
GERMAN EX-ARMY SHIRTS
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COURIER
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THE UNION SOCIETY ACCOUNTS
|for 1080/87 hava now boon pub*
llshed. IEveryone Is, entitled to see
ee noticeboards on Level O
for a summery or contact SAM
BOUSFIELD, also on Level Ofor more
I details.
NEWS IN BRIEF
SAS RAFFLE
Roll up, folks, and get your S .A .S . raffle tickets! For just ten pence a
bash you stand to w in one of the tw o trips to Paris, a, C, D. player, an
N .U .F.C . Autographed Football (get in there girlies!) or a portable
television. Beats the Courier Subscription Draw, eh?
This is the largest enterprise of the South African Scholarship team
and they hope to beat the £2,000 raised by last year's raffle — overall,
£4,000 must be raised this year in order to enable a South African
student to come to England and study at our University. Tw enty
representatives are selling tickets every lunchtime outside the Union,
and on Levels 2, 4 and 6, but you can do your bit by selling tickets
yourself— sim ply sign out a batch of one hundred tickets from level 6
between. 9.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m ., and flog them to everyone in sight!
A ll stubs and money should be returned to the General Office by
Friday, December 4th. for administrative purposes.
So far, 2,000 tickets have been distributed, so there's still much
more scope for involvement — the raffle prizes w ill be drawn on Dec.
8th. at 1 p.m ., in the Union, by Wendy Gibson of BBC Look North (and
they say we don't get any celebrities in the Union), so get buying and
selling and support this constructive stand against apartheid.
Sally Turner
BUSSED CHEEKY
"M inibus cock-ups are a thing of
the past" — so claims Richard
Chambers, the member of the
E x e c u tiv e w h o a s s u m e d
responsibility for the service tw o
weeks ago.
A timetable is now pinned in
the Porters Lodge every Monday
and drivers sign up for one of the
f o u r n i g h t s (W e d n e s d a y ,
Thursday, Friday, Saturday) that
the minibus runs. With around
seven regular drivers, the service
so far at least has run pretty
smoothy.
Richard stresses however that
the ultimate responsibility lies
w ith the drivers who, obviously
enough, must turn up when they
are meant to, and publicise the
fact that the minibus is running
by means of the blackboard and
the tannoy.
In theory the fares charged, 25
pence per person, should make
the service self-financing but
t h is is seen to be ra t h e r
optimistic. A t this m om ent there
are no plans to run minibuses on
Mondays and Tuesdays.
L a t e s t: R ic h a rd C h a m b e rs
banned from driving.
Stephen Silk
It's the
BLOOS BROS
8elsmographic 8 place R8iB Band
Tough shit to all those who missed
us at the Jewish Mother egeln
(twice)
"These Bluesmen ere bed to the
bone" — GEZ.
"They're cruising for a boozing on
the 4th Dec." — BAD BRUTUS.
"Ye've not been listening to what
eev bln sayln' man" — BILLY'S
BIBLE SELLER.
"Absolute Crap" — NME.
"Shut up and drink yer dog" —
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS.
"Truly e stochlestlcally ergodic
experience" — G. HERNIA.
" A Sound Investment" — B.P.
"Where's 'Arry?" — FRANK
BRUNO.
"E r—what was I supposed to say
again?"— RONALD REAGAN.
"What's going on?" — SCRAPPER.
"They're on a Mission from God"—
POPE J. P. ||.
"Subversive and e dengerto
Mankind" —
AYATOLLAH KHOMENI.
"Ich Bin Bloos Brother"—J.F.K.
Phone Billy 272 1280
Dave 281 4100
Barrett 88 72078
BROKEN DOLL FRI. 28th — OOp.
GET YOURSELF DOWN TO THE
BLOOZE BOOZE CROOZE. FRIDAY.
DEC. 4th
Tickets from Rlk or Med Dog —201
41OOor NAV. ARCH. DEPT.
It's a sad time in the history of Tyne
Tees Television. In a blow that comes
as a severe setback to the radical
approach that 1 11 adopts for its
presentation, four of the company's top
presenters are to be axed.
TTT are considering dropping
screened a nn ouncem ents and
messages by th e ir q ua rtet of.*
personalities — Bill Steel (!), Judi Lines
{!!), Jane Jermyn (?) a n d ... Nutty
Neville Wanless (!!!).
The famous foursome that bring
happiness and joy into the homes of
millions, with their birthday greetings
and their cheeky grins, are to be
replaced with voiceovers and seasonal
pictures.
The unfortunate foursome had these
comments to make: "I'll go back to the
Avon Lady profession'' (Judi Lined);
''No-one noticed me anyway" (Jaded
Jermyn); "I think the pictures are quite
nice" (Bill Still); " . . . and it's a happy
ninth birthday to little Jim m y. . . "
(Neville Brainless).
CLOSE
c full and ready for action?
Drinking* Pillage end Rape,
Oh what a lolly Japet
All to be found
For only three pound!
GARNETT TOGA*
Make It a datel
•*
Jill Qurr is a shltstlrrer.
'Liz offered her honour
Mike honoured her offer
And ell next Sundey.
He'll be on her and off harl
The catastrophic fire in the King's Cross
tube station, which lost thirty people
their lives and left fifty three others
injured, actually came close to involving
our own S.U. President. Chris Ford who
was in London on the day of the
disaster.
She described Chris as 'obviously
shocked', not just by the devastation in
the Underground itself, but by how
close he had come to being involved in
the terrible situation. 'If he had travelled
20 to 30 minutes later he would've
been caught up in it.' she said.
DEMO
A d e m o n s tra tio n has been
planned for the 1st December
a g a in s t th e G o v e r n m e n t 's
attacks on A rts courses in Higher
Education.
Th e demonstration w ill take
p lace at L o n d o n 's N a tio n a l
Gallery and the Polytechnic and
University are sending coaches
down.
T h e N a tio n a l U n io n o f
Students (N .U .S .) is providing
the o rg a n is a tio n , unde r the
auspices of Liz M illward, but for
details see Sarah Bishop (Deputy
President) on Level 6. More
details to follow.
t o g /v
p a r ty
Till'. SA1UP.IAV CjQQ
A thousend thanks to all our loyal
blood donors who turned up for the
sessions last week. Your life-saving
gifts of blood will no doubt be
greatly appreciated by the re
cipients.
OH BIT DAMON GRANT
Now you're gone
We'll miss you always.
In lots of big
And lots of small ways.
From Brooky's start
You wsre always there.
With cheeky grin
And moptop hair.
And five years on C4
You call It e day
But at laest you got
Your and away.
You found lova with Debbie
She was dead clever.
But now you're deed
And gono forever. Like.
W. H. HARDON
Chris was not. unfortunately,
available to give a personal account of
his experience, so I spoke to Sarah
Bishop, the duputy president, who had
received a first hand account on Chris'
return.
Returning to Newcastle on Thursday
night Chris had travelled through the
burnt out. blackened tunnels of the
Victoria Line, witnessing power cables
temporarily restrung by makeshift
attachments, and an amass of charred
debris, all that now remains of one of
London's oldest and busiest tube
station.
N. Warner
G a Rm e t t
— THE GARNETT TOGA PARTY —
Most GARNETT inmates
wouldn't give a 'XXXX* for
"Is this alright fur yuz"
Watch out for
THE COURIER DEBATE
Motion to be announced.
It could be on Wedneeday. Dec. 2nd.
(Debating Society).
HELEN ju m p s -
*
*
*
W h o w a s the Irishman seen w ith u n k n ow n
partner in the Back R o w at the G a y Film ?
Smaller Table Girl and the Oarswoman —
Thank's for the custard . . . the earth
moved (Friday morning approximately 2
a.m. BLEARGHI) — Love Ploppy and the
Cakamakars.
Do e s U ltid a play rug b y league? If not w h a t w o u ld
sh e do w ith the 2 6 m e n in her b edroom ?
What the hell are you doing this week
end?
ED BOLLAND, G o o d luck o n the 3rd - Y o u 're
safe from J U I C Y L U C Y in prison. B E S T O F L U C K
- P .C . M O L E .
SID — W h e r e has y o u r b o tto m g one?
T h e TRIUMPHANT TRIUMVIRATE say:
"K e lly, g et yo ur kit off — Y o u 're laggin g behind
GAY SOCIETY
meets every Tuesday at
8.00 p.m. In the
SCAN SHOP. Percy Street
ALL WELCOME
PANAMA JAZZMEN. Dixieland Ja zz Reasonable rates — available for Fun ction s D ances. T e l. B lyth (0 6 7 0 ) 361 9 3 0.
BIG IAN SALVIN — IS IT REALLY I or v
M a g exaggerating?
J.G. and H.S. Shit-Stirrers at y o u r service.
JERRY - W ib b le . w ib b le , w ibble?
ROOM TO LET
311 Salters Road. Gosforth.
Tel. 284-0772.
MIKEY C - C a n 't think of anything n o w . but
d o n 't panic, v o u 're bo un d to have d o n e s o m e
thing seriously indiscreet b y next w eekf
M.R.S. —N ot just y o ur s
- yo ur a n a tom y too.
D + M.
O ld C o d g e r (ROY L.) nee d s nubile n y m p h o
m aniacs to resurrect w ilting accessories and
knobbly bits. Sexual deviants preferred. A p p ly
273 3318.
Bananas? S ausages? C u c u m b e r? NO LINDA
PREFERS CARROTS & MASH.
T h e m an on the ceiling w o u ld like to apologise
for Friday n igh t's tem p o ra ry lapse of coolnes s —
next tim e he will check for alien cars m o re
carefully.
H a s HOWIE m a d e use of his hips?
SID'S ITCHING to k n o w w h o these 2 FIRST
YEARS are.
A v oid the rush to sleep w ith a prospective Ents.
O fficer b y trapping MIKE N, this term .
KAREN LIGHTFOOT . . W a tc h this space.
TALLER Ta b le G ir l . . . 2nd tim e w a s best Love
Daddy J.
SLEEPYHEAD — Th a n k you for being there
Lo ve yo u. H o p e to return sane. SNUGGLES.
MIKE — Y o u ’re a brill friendl Th a n k s for Friday
night XXX._________________________________________
i B o o ii the dark?
SOUTHERN AFRICAN
SCHOLARSHIP
RAFFLE
URGENT
Ticket sellers for this yeer*e GRAND
CHRISTMAS DRAW ere needed.
Pleese collect tickets and sell to
friends, lecturers, etc. From
GENERAL OFFICE on Level O.
Hll
John Birch here. Female? Lonely?
GIVE ME A RING ON 272 4030
For humorous Intercourse
(Social or Sexual)
NO OFFERS REFUSED.
Chaio Babyl
Did THE LARGER LEFT HAND MAN di
e lf
d is o rd e r ly ,
ablef
Foosty Breeks fen ere ya cumin* round
so I can taste yer clootie Dumplins. J.
MACSTRAP.
Lavatorial p ro blem s solved in m in u te s . .
Contact DR. BARR (at either his Fe n h a m or
B e n w e ll surgery).
JO, C ongrats — Y u p l Y u p l Lu v C .C .
Ha s HOWIE u sed nis Birthday present.
S P L IT T E R S M I T H (S P L IT H E R ) S M I T H - D o e s
CAPTAIN CO-ORDINATION
is throwing down the gauntlet . . .
Last week's Personal Column was
WEAK. Dig the Dirt and get your
entries In NOWI
(p.s. Any comments about me, Hull
end plaster, in this week's column
are total and utter llesl)
RIVER CITY JAZZMEN
Enquiries
236 4668
ROCK SOC XMAS PARTY
SAT. Oth DEC.
0.00 p.m. Level G
LIVE BAND
PRIZES TO BE WON.
70p. non members — OOp member
+ Poly members.
Did MAGGY like w h a t the BARR-man
served?
PLOPPY - T h e sk y's the limit!
JANE —N ice Jo d h p u rs ! W h o did y ou ride at the
MILES: T o Hull and back again?
MIKE NEWMAN —W h e n the d o cto r said you
should be feeling a little fresher w e think he
m eant a cold s h o w e r!
MAINSTREET JAZZMEN. M a in strea m Jazz.
F o r all functions — parties. Te l. T yn e sid e
2374354.
MR. W. P. BORRETT w o u ld like to announce
that he believes Neil Kinnock is G o d . and that
LENNIN w ro te great policies.
Jerry's party trick.
Involves whipping out his wick
If we'd only had a measure
We could heve maximised his pleasure
Love the Hair Bear Bunch
Donatio ns for the SIDNEY BUTTOCK FUND
gratefully accepted.
H o w m a n y MATES can y ou fit in a M ini M e tro ?
STE —spy for the SOUTH, inverted sn o b or just
a bullcrapper?
F IR S T Y E A R S S L E E P Y O U R W A Y T O T H E T O P I
C.S.B. love and m is s you.
ATTENTION
Clubs — Societies — Private. Increase
your potential by use of photographs.
See JEM, Courier Office.
TOGA TOGAIII
— THE GARNETT TOGA PARTY —
Sat. 28th Nov. 8.30 p.m. £3.00
TOGAS COMPULSORY
Tickets from any GARNETT Inmate
or GARNETT HOUSE, LEAZES
TERRACE.
_________Hurry! Nearly sold out.
^
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ON 20th NOVEMBER
ALLTAMERICAN
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POLONECKTOPS..........................................................................................
CHINO PANTS 4 COLOURS...........................................................................FROM
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BLACK NYLON FLYING JACKETS................................................................
GENUINE U.S. COLLEGE JACKETS.............................................................FROM
DOC. MARTEN SHOES.................................................................................. FROM
TEES & SWEATS BY HANES RUSSELL AND SCREEN STARS
6.99
19.99
9.99
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4.99
6.99
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2.99
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34.99
94.50
24.99
Plus caps, lighters, pins, hair gels, bandanas,
patches, scarves, cards, rucksacks, laces, baseball
equipm ent and much, much, more!!!
12-14, CROSS ST, NEWCASTLE 261-8248
9, OLIVE ST, SUNDERLAND 510-0431
KENNETH BAKER'S
EDUCATION REFORM BILL
WAS PUBLISHED.
This Bill will effect EVERYONE passing
through The Education System in this
Country.
It may not only have implications for
Junior Secondary and Higher Education
but also Student's Unions, their future
independence and SURVIVAL.
FIND OUT ABOUT THIS BILL
READ IT. DISCUSS IT.
IT COULD EFFECT US ALL!
SMOKIN' NAIL
BRAIN DAMAGE
Sir,
Sir,
A .N . Mole is unfair to associate
m y good friend Stuart Dent w ith
your tasteless talentless columnist
'shrtstirrer* just because Stuarts
name has an unfortunately
pneum onic abbreviation. Stuart
is a caring considerate person
unlike
your
artless
‘agent
Take the policy on smoking which was passed exactly one year ago. The
popularity of this measure was reflected by the large turnout at the original
meeting, (the only quorate Ordinary General Meeting of 1986-87 and the
subsequent Constitutional General Meeting this January, which passed and
then ratified the measures by a two-thirds majority.
The policy is that the Debating Chamber. Level 2. Spiny Norman's and
the Airport Lounge are no-smoking areas (for almost all the time), and that
any student can call for a vote to make a meeting in another part of the Union
smoke-free.
This policy makes the Secretary (Clive Parry) and Treasurer (Sam
Qousfield) responsible for enforcing restrictions and the Publicity Officer
(Mike Schofield) responsible for informing people about them. Have they
done this? They haven't even put up proper signs in the smoke-free areas.
There are only a few flimsy sheets up, and some stickers (which weren't
even provided by the Union). Ashtrays are still put out in the Airport
Lounge!
It undermines confidence in the Union if the Executive cannot be
bothered to carry out the policies that ordinary student members pass. It’s
no good calling on students to change the world if you don't even respect
their decisions to change their own Union.
POST-GRUMPS
Yours etc.,
Philip Matthews,
Final Year Medical Student.
p ro v a cte u r'.
Yours (in solidarity w ith Stu Dent)
Susan Doenim
APATHY ATTACK 'FIRM'
Sir,
Last w e e k 's fro n t pa ge and E d itoria l w e re lin ke d b y on e the m e,
a p a th y. D oes th is a p a th y rea lly exist? If it does, w h a t is th e cause?
Obviously there is a lack of involvement but we must ask ourselves why? Can student
interest in politics really be gauged in terms of attendance at General Meetings. They're
not the most enthralling occasions when all’s said and done. In fact they can seem very
dull.
Interest is generated by involvement The case in point is last year's library occupation.
This involved a large number of people, not the same old people that everyone relates
with Student activity, but "normal" students. From this some REAL involvement
developed, action that saved the Music Department
The GER Bill has now been published, can we expect the Executive to act accordingly?
How many students know that there is an area demo, opposing Baker's cuts in
Sunderland on the 27th and are the Executive building for this demo? Maybe
demonstrations will not defeat the bill, but they get people involved in the opposition to
the Cuts.
The Education Bill spells out the end of campaigning Students' Unions, the only
organisations fighting for Students' rights, we must defend ourselves and our Student's
Union. We can only do this through active campaigning, involving the body of the student
membership, with this I'm sure even the Executive will agree on. Therefore. I'm calling on
the Executive to effect some opposition to the education cuts.
Yours etc.,
Vincent Wynne.
(Tyne-Tees N.U.S. Delegate).
CHAOS
Sir,
If Ian C larke's c o m m itm e n t
to th e S o u th A fric a n S c h o la r
ship (see last w e e k 's le tter)
w a s m ore tha n being "s lig h tly
bo red" b y it, he m ig h t no t have
w ritte n to C o urie r de scribing
scenes
of "a d m in istra tiv e
chaos" and prop h esising extra
w o rk fo r staff.
The South African Scholarship is
not in business to cause problems or
to put a levy on Courier as Ian
imagines - it exists to enable a student
from South Africa to study in an
environment different to the one he/
she would have to put up with in South
Africa; i.e. institutionalised racism,
derisory funding, the presence of
police spies, and the threat of physical
violence for speaking your mind.
With this in mind the AntiApartheid Group are proposing that a
voluntary
levy
on
University
Accommodation fees is introduced.
This would entail each student paying
£1 per term while they stay in
University accommodation. If you
think this is unacceptable it will be
possible to 'opt-out' of the scheme,
however this will be discussed with
relevant staff and the Executive in
order to assess its feasibility.
May I take this opportunity to ask
whether the Courier reporter who
went to the G.M. on South Africa was
at the same one as everyone else. For
a start he quotes a CAT. student
Sean Mullens, who wasn't allowed to
speak in the meeting. Secondly, he
quotes me as saying there should be
"links with the Trade Unions (in South
Africa) as well as the Anti-Apartheid
movement". While agreeing with this,
I can't actually remember saying it
Nor can I remember joining the SWSS.
Better luck next time.
Yours etc.,
Marcus Laughton,
Secretary NUAAS.
SEXY
Sir,
As a vegan I am encouraged by the emerging awareness and new
redpies in recent issues of the 'Courier'.
Puddings are a particular problem for vegans so here is a trifle
recipe others might like to try.
Make a trifle in the normal way:- a sponge base topped with fruit
jelly (and pieces of real fruit depending on season) in turn topped with
custard and fresh cream. You can also decorate the cream with those
coloured bits and pieces. Chill to set When served hurl the trifle
indiscriminately about the room.
This avoids the digestion of any meat or dairy products which I
certainly consider to be more dangerous and politically volatile than
any other current topics; such as the Gulf War or the World Stock
Market crash.
Yours etc.,
Edwina Currie
Coming soon: Castle Leazes Xmas trifle special, with our
trifle correspondent— Claire + Clemency, of ex-EPH fame.
I
Sir,
A lb a n C a ss id y ju m p s to th e
de fen ce o f P resto n N o rth End,
his h om e to w n 's fo o tb a ll
team, seeming to show the
sam e k n e e -je rk lo y a lty as
m a n y h oo ligan s, th o u g h I am
o b v io u s ly n o t a c c u s in g h im of
sha rin g th e ir o th e r attributes.
V io le n c e c a n an d does
o c c u r a t a n y foo tb all g ro u n d in
th e c o u n try . M o re im port
ta n tly it can o c c u r in th e t o w n
and its o u ts k irts before and
afte r th e m a tc h - so m e th in g
th a t escapes th e eye of even
th e de d ica te d fan, th a t I
recognise A lban Cassidy to be.
So, a u to m a tic a lly cla im in g
th a t on e’s o w n fans are all
de c e n t hon ourab le supp orte rs
and th a t th e prob le m o n ly
exists at Chelsea, M ilw a ll and
W est
H am
(w h o s e 'fans'
in cid e n ta lly, are k n o w n as the
IC F In te r C ity 'F irm ' o r 'F o rce '
rath er th a n IC S ) is ig n o rin g all
th e facts.
Th e supporters of Blackpool
w e re no t regarded as v io le n t
un til th e y w e n t on the
ram pa ge at no n-league Bishop
A u c k la n d a co u p le o f w e e k s
ago. Liverpool to o has a
rela tively ex em pla ry record
u n til the h orren dou s H eysel
S ta d iu m tra g e d y. W h a t links
these t w o in ciden ts is an
inexperienced Police Force
and e grou nd tha t co u ld no t be
e ffe ctively
segregated,
in
each case.
It is on ly excellent po licin g
and 1 0 0 % segregatio n th a t
pre ve nts smallei^scale vers
ions of these eve nts eve ry
S aturday.
I w o u ld lo ve to believe tha t
Preston (o r indeed e n y team )
had
a
perfect
set
of
supporters, bu t the evidence
is piled up against it.
Yours etc..
Rod Currie.
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5.00 pm
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Rutherford Morison Lecture
The Surgical M an ag em en t of Infra
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Underwater M inerals: Resources
from th e Deep Ocean Floor
Or David Cronan
R eader in M a rin e G eochem istry.
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R ap e/pillage or trade/tillage? the Vikings in Europe
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P U B L IC L E C TU R E S 1987
Sir,
Re: Last week's letter by Alben Csssidy in lest week's
Courier ebout Preston North End footbell fens.
For those of you w ho missed this clsssic letter, Albsn wss
defending the reputation of Preston North End footbsll
fens:
Well, Alben:
The Newcastle knitting circle cell themselves this
becsuse they like knitting end do it a lot.
The Preston Riot Squed don't call themselves this
beceuse they collect stamps do they?
Pleese don't say thst you meent it es a joke.
If people who go to footbsll (notches to w stch football
went to meke up e cetchy name for their group; I'm sure they
would have the brein power to think up something betterT*
Don't try and tell us that the Chelsee murder squad is an
old-age pensioners flower pressing society you dickhead.
Yours etc.,
Ian.
6 High Bridge Street
N ewcastle upon Tyne
abortion
fuels
prejudice
against
the
h andicapped. It is like arguing th a t the
existence o f polio vaccine m akes us intolerant
of th e v ic tim s of polio"
T o say th a t there is no "need fo r abortions
n o w . . . because of co n tra ce p tio n " is a
path etic line of a rgum en t. Th e re is no m ethod
of co n tra ceptio n w h ic h is 10096 reliable or free
from side effects.
A v e ry fe w fetuses have survived at less
than 24 w e e k s." A t th e co st of physical and
m ental handicap, '"s u rv iv a l is no t the only
desirable p o in t" says Ja n e H o dgm a n w ritin g in
th e Jo u rn a l of th e A m e rica n M edical
A ssociation " W e have reached the stage in
neonatal technology w here w e are recognising
th a t all th a t could be done is no t necessarily
w h a t should be done".
Th e A lto n bill is on ly a ta ctic in a longer
battle to m ake abortion illegal. In tw e n ty
years, science m ay have made enorm ous
strides, so lets not m ake social justice take an
enorm ous step backw ards.
University of
Newcastle upon Tyne
Yours etc.,
Stephen Silk.
St Marys Place East
off Vine Lane, Newcastle
(tw o undergrads looked d o w n upon by the postgrads of this
w orld.)
Sir,
In re p ly to last w e e k s le tter of u n tru th s from
a m em ber of spue, an y one w h o calls
th em se lves a "fe m in is t and a strong labour
s u p p o rte r" w o u ld defend a w o m a n s rig h t to
choose. D a vid A lto n w a n ts to ta ke a w a y th at
choice. T h e Labour P a rty defends th e 1967
abortion act and a w o m a n 's rig h t to decide
w h a t to do w ith her body.
C lem e nt Freud an M P fo r th e Liberal P arty
has called A lto n "foolish . . . w e liberals believe
in and cam p aign fo r th e righ ts of people to
regulate th e ir o w n lives. A lto n seeks to
und erm ine th is rig h t to th ousands of w o m e n
each y e a r . . . the backstreet abortionists are
rubbing th e ir hands to ge th e r in an ticip a tio n "
W e are not ta lkin g a b out saving a hum an life,
w e are ta lkin g a b out saving a hum an being.
H undred s of w o m e n died at th e hands of the
ba ckstreet abortionists before the 1967 act.
T h e y still do in coun tries w he re abortion is
illegal, e.g. N orthern Ireland (w h ic h is part of
the U.K. b u t has never been allow ed to benefit
from the 67 act) " A n ti abortionists claim , w ith
no justification, th a t th e availability of
ALL PIZZA & PASTA
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Sir,
In addition to the vandalism that is becom ing a recognised feature
of the Union building, there are disturbing allegations of this
vandalism and behaviour occurring elsewhere.
Athletic Union President, Rachel Sims, has received copies of several letters from
Durham University and Ucensed Victuallers Association regarding incidents which
occurred on the 11th November in Durham City.
Damage amounting to several hundred pounds has been reported and we may face
the prospect of being banned by Universities around the country. This has
consequences for every student here at Newcastle and while there are those that seek
to foster good relations within the community there are those that actively destroy them
by acts such as this.
Executive does not condone behaviour such as this and is prepared to take whatever
action is necessary to prevent the Union and University from sinking into further
disrepute. Whilst the Union exists to protect and support its members, in some
circumstances there may be no alternative but to inform the police.
Yours etc.,
Sarah Bishop,
Rachel Sims.
I hope the Executive (This
year's and last year's) are proud
of themselves for hammering the
final nail in the coffin of the
Record Library.
All the records which
successive years of students
have paid for, are now being
sold, making a profit for RPM
Music, but bringing no benefit to
the students. This is supposedly
to save money.
The three members of staff
who used to work in the Record
Library are now doing jobs in the
Union which wouldn’t exist if the
Record Library had survived.
Doing this to save money has the
same economic logic of a
student who thinks they can save
money by spending £10 a week Sir,
on alcohol instead of £10 a week
A fe w w eeks ago a survey was carried out one lunchtime
among the students eating and chatting in the Postgraduate
on cigarettes.
Common Room in the Old Library Building "nothing important,
Students themselves are
it's just so w e know how many post and undergrads use this
partly to blame. Over 7000
place" was the ready explanation.
students could've had access to
literally thousands of albums for
The situation was clarified two weeks later. 'This is the Postgraduate
a year, for about the cost of Common Room", stated the notice on the door and underneath: "This room is
BUYING one typical double for the use of postgrads only. Others may use the snack bar but not the
album. Only about 400 took up Common Room". Funny, that. The snack bar is run by the Union, so profits go
the offer last year. This is still, to it, but if undergrads could no longer sit down and eat their stotties where
however, several times larger they bought them, they wouldn't go there any more. Result: the snack bar
loses at least half its custom, is declared unprofitable by the Union, and it
than the biggest society in the withdraws its facilities.
Union, but apparently not
Postgrads are now left with a room devoid of mere undergrads but also
enough to matter to those in the
without anything to eat or drink. At least they can starve alone in their own
corridors of power.
The Union is always telling us to company...
get 'involved', but what's the point
Yours etc.,
if you're ignored when you do?
Ailsa W eym es and M arie Levison,
Sir,
One of the constant features of my five years at
Newcastle University has been the way that students
heavily involved in Union politics harangue those of us who
aren't for our apathy. After all this time it has dawned on me
that this "apathy" might be linked to the inactivity of the
Executive itself.
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HAPPENINGS
M O N EY
OR THE
MOVIES?
An eleventh hour proposal
to stop planned job cuts
has been p ut fo rw ard to
th e Board o f D irectors of
th e
Tyneside
Cinema.
S ta ff a t th e cinem a have
offered to ta k e a 10% cu t
in salary, or w o rk a fo ur
day w e e k in an a tte m p t to
reduce th e annual budget
d e fic it w h ich has recently
risen to an overall d eb t o f
£40,000.
This debt has risen more than
fourfold in the last two years and
this has threatened not only jobs,
but also the whole future of the
tJ e
well received international film
festival.
Despite growing audiences
the film festival has still managed
to lose an estimated £5,000 this
year. This loss in conjunction
with a w ider financial crisis, has
forced director Fred Brookes to
look at the entire structure of the
cinema in order to save a
minimum of £25,000.
Mr. Roger Neville. Chairman
of the Tyneside Cinema Board
also
added
that
without
immediate financial cuts funding
from the British Film Institute and
the Northern Arts would also
come under threat. Mr. Neville
has since praised the offer by all
of the administrative staff to
make voluntary wage cuts, and
has estimated that the Board will
also look at ways of saving the
Film Festival.
R ich ard V an E m d e n .
ENTS FUN
E ve r fan cied y o u rse lf as lo oking like G eorge M ichael?
M adon na? Errol Fly n n (facially)?
Yes? T h e n th e Big N u -E v e n ts " F A M O U S L O O K A L IK E S "
C o m p e titio n is fo r you!
T h is ta le n t e x tra va g a n za w ill be held d u rin g th e U n io n
C h ris tm a s P a rty (F rid a y 4 th D e c e m b e r). E n try is sim ple . . .
dro p in to S id 's O ffice on Level 6 and g ive h im y o u r nam e and
th e nam e o f th e ce le b rity y o u have chosen to resem ble. Fab
prizes w ill be up for grabs.
M o re im m e d ia te ly, h o w e v e r, E nts are p resen tin g th e film
'G R E A S E ' d o w n on Level 2 th is S a tu rd a y (d oors open 7.30 p.m .;
tic k e ts £ 1 .5 0 ). Prizes w ill be g ive n fo r th e best dressed
greasers (m a le o r fem a le) and th e craziest jivers.
Grease is th e w o rd .
ROUND-UP
R IV E R S ID E E N T E R T A I N M E N T S in c o n ju n ctio n w it h N E W J O B
H O R IZ O N S M U S IC T E A M are hosting a m u sic tra in in g d a y on
T u e s d a y 1st D e cem be r.
Basic instrument tuition w ill be offered for drums, guitar, keyboards and
P.A. The day w ill last from 10am until 3.30, and the cost is £1. Instruments will
be provided, but it would be helpful if those in possession of their own
instruments could bring them along. This event is open to all.
Application forms for this event are available from Riverside, and should be
returned as soon as possible.
R iverside is fa s t-a p p ro a ch in g a m em bersh ip of 10,000.
To celebrate this grand occasion, the club is offering the 10,000th member
a RIVERSIDE GOLD CARD - w hich gives free entry to Riverside events fo r the
lucky card-bearer and a guest - the card w ill be valid fo r six months.
Mem bership is now close on this magical figure, so the Riverside club
expects to be celebrating this event some tim e w ithin the next tw o weeks.
The Sanctuary Gang
R O C K n ’ R AP
The Live Theatre (Broad Chare, Quayside) begins
its Decem ber program me w ith tw o outstanding
productions from th e Joint Stock Theatre
Company and the Vusisizw e Players Company.
From 1- 5 December, Joint Stock presents SANCTUARY, a new
play about homelessness in Britain in the 1980s. The play looks at the
related political and social issues through the personal stories of three
young couples. Although serious in subject and in intention,
Sanctuary is never solemn with music and raps (written by
Grandmaster Richie Rich) incorporated into the action.
W ith a strong cast, including Rita W olf (who played Tania in My
Beautiful Launderette). Sanctuary promises to be an exciting
production not to be missed.
O n M o n d a y D e ce m b e r 7th, th e le ge n d a ry T e d H a w k in s
(fo rm e r h ob, drifter, busk er and p e tty th ie f) returns to
N e w c a s tle 's R iverside fo r th e second v is it th is year.
Hawkins, w ho was born in Mississippi over half a century ago, is a voice, a
guitar, and a lifetime of pathos. His past, w hich has included several lengthy
stays in prison, can best be described as 'chekered'. In 1971 he was
‘discovered’ singing on the streets in Los Angeles by a local DJ w ho told blues
producer Bruce Bomberg about him, and they set about recording this
remarkable singer w ho has been described as having something of the Sam
Cooke in him, and more than a little of Wilson Pickett too.
Visiting the University last year, in a memorable Level 2 gig. Hawkins’ huskyblues voice makes a w elcom e return to the North East.
Nigel Vincent.
The Live T heatre w ill also be providing another
opportunity to see YOU STRIKE THE W O M A N ,
YOU STRIKE THE ROCK (8-12 December). The
play (first staged a t th e Gulbenkian Studio
Theatre last m onth), w ill be performed by the
Vusisizw e Players, im m ediately before the
com pany returns home to South A frica a t the end
of a triu m p h an t seven-month European tour.
The play tells the life stories of three black women street traders,
and through their experiences is revealed the harshness and brutality
of life in South Africa. With a mixture of acting, singing and dancing.
You Strike. . . demonstrates the determination of the women to
overcome the oppression they suffer from their men and through the
apartheid system.
The production has played to packed houses all over Britain and
Europe, so it is advisable to book early.
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IM P
WHEN I
FALL IN
LOVE
RICK ASTLEY:
W h en ever You
Somebody
Need
The boy w ith the golden tonsils
delivers the goods. Ten songs
about love including tw o hit
singles and my prediction for the
Christmas number one. "When I
fall in love’. The Stock Aitken
Waterman production is as
sound as ever, although a little
predictable, but it is Astley's
voice which is the rtghspot of the
recording. He hasj3tready been
compared with T^nri Jones (!),
Luther Vandross and Frank
Sinatra, and on a showing like
this I'm not surprised. Nine out of
ten for the voice alone.
EURYTHMICS:
Savage
This is about as savage as a limp
lettuce. One good track out of
twelve ('I Need You') is abysmal
for a band with the proven ability
to produce really good music.
Annie Lennox speaks and
stutters rather than sings and
there
is - no
consistency
whatsoever on the album. The
production is as ever faultless but
only two out of ten; what a
clanger!
INXS:
Kick
The lads are obviously trying
hard but they never really
manage to lift themselves to
anything
special.
Vocalist
Michael Hutchence unfortunately
manages to sound like Elton
John much of the time and the
rest of the band seem to be
trying to sound like REO
Speedwagon. Seven out of ten
for good intentions though.
T i m M o rto n
CINEMA
C A N N O N , (W estgate Rd.)
T Y N E S ID E C IN E M A
2. Surrender. 2.34, 5.20, 8.10; Sun
5.15, 7.45 £.m .
Raising Arizona. Thur-Sat 6.30 and
8.30 p.m.
1. Inner Space. 1.45, 4.45, 7.45;
Sun 4.15, 7.15 p.m.
Maurice. Thur-Sat 5.30 & 8.15 p.m.
ODEON
Jean De Floret. Mon-Thurs. 2 and
8.15 p.m.
B. B estse lle r. * 1.2 5 N S ,3.45,6.05,
8.25 p.m.
Aria. Mon-Thurs 6 p.m.
2. Ishtar. 12.35 NS, 3.05, 5.40,
8.15 p.m.
D o uble bills
Sat. 11 p.m. M ask of Red Death and
The Haunted Palace.
Sun. True Stories. 5.00. 9.00 and
Round M idnight 6.40.
Mon-Thurs. On the W aterfront. 6.30
and Rebel W ith o ut a Cause 8.30
p.m.
3. Nightmare on Elm Street III.
12.55 NS, 3.15. 5.35, 8.10 p.m.
4. D irty Dancing. 1.10 NS, 3.30,
5.55, 8.20 p.m.
JE S M O N D P IC TU R E H O U S E
DON'T PANIC
"PANIC" . . . . Gulbenkian Studio Theatre
The lights dim and a desolate im age o f d ark hills
solidifies on th e th ree large projection screens a t th e
b ack o f th e stage. As th e music g athers m om entum th e
fiv e bodies decked o u t in w h ite upon th e flo o r je rk
sporadically into life and th en begin to m ove through
th e firs t o f several intriguing dance sequences, th e ir
shadow s co n stan tly flittin g across th e illu m inated
screens behind, th e m ovem ents tense, unpredictable
and never relaxed . . .
Performed by five women of the LUMIEREANDSONTheatre Company, "Panic" is
an exhaustive mixed medium showcase of music, dance and photography. The
musical and visual patterns are established at the very beginning of the
performance. Judging by the reactions of those around me I wasn't the only one to
find the soundtrack excruciatingly, violently loud, the womens' own 'choral' vocals
rising to many a deafening crescendo over the relentless, atmospheric rhythms.
However, the performance takes on a rather different character when the dancers
move up to the microphones just in front of the small and very self-conscious
audience and proceed to deliver a series of spoken pieces, fragments of personal
experience and feelings, with a nen/ous, almost hysterical, agitation. Atother times
their facile cheerfulness and carefree attitudes serve to heighten even more the
unease and paranoia beneath. Perhaps most disturbing is the central sequence of
anecdotes, increasingly obscene, which highlight a woman's deep-seated fears
and anxieties about her own vulnerable sexuality. Not just a feminist critique of male
domination and exploitation however, the show seems to provide a much more
fundamental comment upon the subtle barriers separating all people in modern
life. Consequently. "Panic" seems to unearth a wide variety of fears and terrors
concerning isolation, inadequacy, social expectations and, above all, the fear of
death.
On the negative side, the performance was certainly too long and in seeking to
stretch its virtues as far as possible, it laid itself open to criticisms of repetition and
predictability. After a certain point however, the compelling momentum of the
music seems to take over with a mesmerising life of its own. Moreover, the
patterning and overall structure of the performance is one of its major strengths; the
recurrent images of bleak frozen landscapes, along with resurfacing motifs in the
music are all the more chilling because they are recognised towards the end of the
routine.
All in all, "Panic" gets under your skin because it illuminates those subtle and
unnerving fears that we all have just below the surface and it is much more
convincing because it shows those fears breaking through and taking over attitudes
to routine, everyday life. I think even those who didn't enjoy it will find that it remains
in the mind for a long time afterwards. The challenges it puts forward are radical
and uncompromising and in this respect it is one show where the spotlight rests as
much upon the audience as it does upon the performers.
Steve Thompson
SPACED OUT
INNER SPACE — Cannon, W e s tg a te Road.
W ould you like to be pilot of a microscopic 'space
capsule' flo atin g around inside the strange body
of an even stranger man? This is the position in
w h ich Tuck Pendleton finds him self in Inner
Space, th e latest film out of Steven Spielberg's
goodie-bag.
A revolutionary experiment misfires and a miniaturised Pendleton,
(played by Dennis 'Big Easy' Quaid), is injected into the unsuspecting
Jack Putter instead of the laboratory rabbit Bugs. Putter, an incurable
hypochondriac, finds himself the victim of unwanted attention from
scientists and technology thieves, as a result of his uninvited
guest.
Directed by Joe Dante, Inner Space is gripping, hilarious and
certainly 'an adventure of incredible proportions’.
Stunning special effects are what we have come to expect from a
Spielberg production and we are not disappointed. From the
bubbling acids in Putter's stomach to the powerful pounding of his
heart we are intrigued by this mysterious inner world of "faraway
places w ith strange sounding names."
An outstanding performance comes from Martin Short playing the
lovable and confused 'host organism' Putter, who discovers a bravery
and a liking for adventure he never knew existed.
Released in time for Christmas. Inner Space will be another
Spielberg blockbuster, to be revisited by both young and old alike.
Ishtar (?)
GULBENKIAN STUDIO
W ith C h ris tm a s a p p ro a ch in g , and th e C o u rie r Santa g e ttin g
his false beard o u t of th e closet, th e tim e has o n ce again com e
fo r y e t a n o th e r d e lig h tfu lly easy co m p e titio n w it h heaps of
g oo dies up fo r gra b s co u rte s y of th e c u d d ly C an n o n Cinem a.
For th e ch a n c e to w in an Inne rspa ce g ia n t poster, plus a
d o uble tic k e t to th e C an n o n C in em a s im p ly add a cap tio n to
th e above ph o to and th e n in not m ore th a n th irty w o rd s ,
pretend you have been miniaturised (see review), and say w ho
y o u w o u ld like to be injected in to and w h y .
E ntries in to th e C ou rie r office b y m id d a y on M o n d a y.
W ith six posters and six d o uble tic k e ts to g ive a w a y , g e t
f u n k y w it h y o u r m icro s co p ic im a g in a tio n s and le t's see those
e n tries rolling in.
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EDITORIAL
W e ll, C h rim b o 's a b o u t to
descend upo n th e B ritish
d ig e s tive system o n ce m ore. I
w o n d e r w h a t th a t c h u b b y,
c h u c k lin g , w h ite -b e a rd e d old
m an (y o u r d a d ) w ill b e s to w
upo n y o u th is year. I've
alrea dy a n sw e re d th e age old
q u e stio n of 'w h a t w o u ld yo u
like fo r C h ris tm a s dear?' w it h
th a t o rigin al and profoun d
re p ly o f 'c lo th e s please' and
am b a ttlin g w it h th e su b seq ent c o m p ila tio n o f a list.
B u t w h a t sh ou ld I, M s 'w o u ld b e -tre n d y ' s tu d e n t include?
Its funny how outlooks change on
those bits o f fabric that keep your
vitals warm . Let me take you back to
the fam iliar scene of a shopping trip
w ith mum, in the days when
bloodcurdling screams from ‘Marks
and Spencer signified a ^ rite of
passage into senior school and
seeing the end of 'Starsky and Hutch'
w as just an unattainable fantasy.
There you'd be. hiding behind the
clothes racks, w hilst mum insisted on
your trying on various 'sensible'
items - the regulation blazer, stripey
•tie. w oolly tights, straight-legged (i.e.
The free newspapers that every house in Newcastle receives are packed
full w ith Christmas adverts and special offers at the moment.
There are some in this Union w ho would like to pretend students don't
see these, or any other adverts. These same people have also prevented
Courier from carrying certain Christmas adverts this week, losing revenue
vital to our already shoe-string budget, and goodwill from advertisers who
have supported us for many years.
As well as denying freedom of choice this attitude shows a frighteningly
naive view of students intelligence. Can anyone seriously believe that
stopping adverts in Courier will prevent students going elsewhere for
food/drink/entertainment?
The money lost to Courier is unlikely to be made back; it would seem the
"collective good" is being confused with a fear of competition. Courier
would like to apologise to its advertisers.
Nick Gates, Editor.
flared) trousers and flat lace-up
shoes, always in boring old black.
You’d be tugging her towards
'Chelsea Girl' fo r those w hite stiletto
shoes and a proper handbag, w hilst
she'd be more interested in w ho to
w rite the cheque to for that handy
haversack fo r carrying all your books
to school. She never realised that
status w as acquired by rolling up
exercise books to make handy
musical instruments for lessons w ith
the new student teacher - you
w ouldn't be seen dead w ith a bulky
haversack. And. as for the very
suggestion of your wearing your
sister's cast offs - no w ay Hos6!
Now. take a look. W e can’t get
enough of them. The ’trendy' student
sports a blazer, w oolly tights, flat laceup shoes - black, of course (sound
familiar) w hilst bulging haversacks
are carried w ith pride. To think I put
up such a fight to acquire th a t jazzy
little boob-tube! A t least, troops of
twelve year olds march on in those
funny little skirts th a t seem to have
got caught in their knickers, much to
their m um ’s horror. I suspect.
Fear not - revenge tactics are
evident in the older generation when
it comes to the stage where 'flared
trousers’, i.e. those that allow some
blood circulation, have somehow
w orm ed their w ay into the wardrobe
of the typical student. I'm talking
about the jeans that look great on
Nick Kamen but tend to over-air the
ankles of the rest of us. W ho cares
about the flares, though, when we
can object w ith force by simply
ripping the damn things as soon as
they dare to adorn our legs - that’ll
show you. mum!
But don't expect me to join you in
’Oxfam’ battling fo r the acquisition of
that cast-off (ugh) but 'w ell-cool' polo
neck jumper. I w ouldn't be seen
dead! Top of my list is that shiny little
clutch bag I spotted. I need
something to replace the one
trodden to death on the dance-floor
of 'M adison' by some bloody student
in their DM shoes. I suppose I could
buy some brogues and maybe jig
round m y satchel. Well, if you can't
beat them, join them - pass back my
list. Santa!
ttam
S HI T
STIRRER
There
is
no
topic
too
insignificent or specific to be
excluded from m y digust end
so this w eek w e eddress the
epparently trivial subject of
coffee. Picture if you can this
scene; In a w arm benevolent
after dinner glow , chocolate
w afer biscuits e.t.c. a bearded
m iddle-aged
hippy
bends
sm ugly
over
his
coffee
m achine before looking up
and exclaim ing to his guests
“ it's decaf you k no w ".
Neverm ind that the argu
m ents against caffeine are
d o w nrigh t flim sy - O.K. so it's
ligh tly addictive, so w h at, so is
Eastenders - it seems that
com panies have got aw ay
w ith m arketing a product
solely on the grounds that it is
devoid of the one ingredient
m ost people bu y coffee for! By
playing on the publics lifestyle
snobbery they have palmed off
on us that m ost useless of
things - a cup of coffee that
w o n 't w ak e you up. W o rs t of
all is the indignation of those
w h o have been taken in by all
this, the 'holier than thou'
hypocrisy of those w h o shell
out for overpriced overrated
The
goobledygook: someone clever
developed a skilled processing
system to rem ove a perfectly
natural stim ulant for the
benefit of those health snobs
w h o are m ost likely to th ro w
fits
about the
evils of
processed food.
Hand in glove w ith the
Coffee Hags go the selfrighteous w him perings of the
'N o S m oking' contingent. In
recent years their bleatings
have struck a chord in the
U nion so that a rash of 'N o
S m oking' signs appeared and
vast tracts of the building
became no-go areas. Th o ugh
m ost of these signs have n o w
disappeared as a non sm oker I
am still inconvenienced by
these rules as it means that if I
am to enjoy mixed (s and non s)
com pany then I am restricted
to undesirable places such as
the M ens Bar (the haunt of
m any of this colum ns previous
targets.)
These
decaffinated,
no
sm oking, flares and slippers
real ale purists are the kind
selfcentred pedants w h o see
them selves as the moral
guardians of the nation.
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rather than later, the coronarys
induced by self-congratulatory
nut roast pig outs w ill start to
take their toll and they shall all
rot in hell.
P.S. W ith reference to the
letter last w eek: " If anyone
can be bothered to put pen to
paper for him ". M y dear Paddy
Naughton, you and m any
others already have. A lso I am
not and never shall be Stuart
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TODAY!! Spread it kids . . . . it's a GENERAL MEETING on AIDS. Very
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contingent. Yes, a crack is insured so SHOOT UP you 'orrible lot
because a quorate meeting puts a dirty great grin across me map. 1
p.m. DEBATING CHAMBER.
2 . Now there's been a lot of half baking and confusion over this what
posters you can put up in the union business. The people that matter
have got together and this is the deal now:
(a) You may put 6 posters only up
(b) They must be signed by either Clive Parry (Secretary), or
Sid McGrath (Ents Officer), or Mike Schofield (Publicity Officer
and professional layabout)
(c) If you can't find these people leave your poster in the PORTER'S
LODGE and they will be signed within 24 hours.
3.
BE A GENEROUS BLEEDER and buy your Christmas Draw tickets
now. COP A FEEL of those bulging big prizes. Tickets are only 10p a
fumble. Maybe you could see fit to flog a few yourself — you can sign
books out at the general office. All proceeds to the SOUTHERN
AFRICAN SCHOLARSHIP appeal.
This weeks "LARGE MEMBERS" chart:
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FORGOTTEN ARMY
Trudging past th e RVI a t 5 .0 0 p.m . in th e snow, not m any people
th in k about th e n ig h tsh ift just arriving at w o rk . CHRIS BOCKMAIM
decided to find out if th e horror stories w ere true.
Last Friday night, the 13th November, I spent from the
hours of 10.30 until 0.430 in the R.V.I. hospital roaming freely
around the long corridors talking to senior night sisters,
cleaners, porters and doctors finding out what the night shift
was really like.
Why? How would this be of interest to the rest of the
Courier readers? From a personal viewpoint, being a
Combined Honours student with seven lectures a week, to
see how the large section of medical students go about their
work pattern would be of interest. Secondly, as one
despondent nurse said after more than 13 years on the night
shift wards, "We are the forgotten army. People seem to
think the hospitals open at 9 and close at 5 in the evening".
Having arrived at the Casualty Department at 10.30 there
were as yet few patients; it had been a quiet night so far, but
if I was looking for casualty patients I shouldnt have to wait
too long. The barmen would be saying "Finish your drinks off
please, have you got no homes to go to?" Comical though
that may sound, later in the evening this was to prove more
than real for some drinkers.
After eleven at night there is one doctor on the casualty
ward, a sister and three other nurses. There were also four
porters on that night shift and it was to them I turned first. A
couple had been on the wards for 20 years, they felt their
work load had increased dramatically as well as their
numbers scaled down substantially over the last five years.
Their work varied from helping patients around the Wards or
the more grim task of carrying bodies to the mortuary or
transporting blood to the necessary departments. Had the
job not a macabre element to it? "After twenty years one
gets used to it".
"Anything eventful happen between you and the patients
which you can remember?".
"Oh sure, I remember once getting set upon by a casualty
who was very drunk".
One hears about staff being attacked, but by mentioning it,
almost makes it appear sensational or rare. Threats to nurses
are common and being attacked by drunks not much less. A
couple of years ago a nurse was stabbed by a drunk with a nail
file. Broken wrists are more likely.
As little was happening at casualty I went to the medical
corridors and visited the wards which ran perpendicular to it.
The time was approaching 11.30 and most patients were
being put to bed. The atmosphere here was much more
relaxed, but the attention towards patients has to be just as
great, as illness become more acute at night. It is also the
period of the day when most patients die.
The nurses on the paediatric wards told me the night shift
was actually quite good, reasonably paid and much friendlier.
They started their shift at 9 in the evening until 7.40 in the
morning with a 11/2 hour break. But with a bleeper in your
pocket you can never say you are really on a break.
On this ward there were two doctors who explained their
shift pattern for the weekend. They started on the Friday
night for a 48 hour shift until Monday morning, but
sometimes they could be obliged to work for 72 hours. What
about sleep? If they were lucky they would get two hours a
night. One doctor had two criticisms; firstly the late age at
which one could be made a consultant and secondly the "bad
work efficiency” demonstrated in the shift patterns.
Throughout the night they could expect 16 new patients
ranging from blood clots to ruptured arteries.
A little after midnight I ambled down the stairs through long
corridors and came across a couple of cleaners. Was it not a
strange thing to be doing, polishing a floor at midnight on a
Friday. They certainly did not think so and they enjoyed it.
Altogether there were nine of them on the shift, but they said
there were nowhere near enough cleaners employed so the
job of keeping the hospital hygienic could not be done
properly. What struck me about this lot was their immense
cheerfulness despite a shift from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.
I arrived back at the Casualty department around half past
twelve. Eight people had already been seen to, and many
more came in up to 2 o'clock. I was expecting them to be
young drinkers, but I was amazed at just how young some
were, if the point gets across. A couple had been knocked
out, one had a broken nose, others cuts to hands but
predominantly male.
No-one was attacked than night but the rudeness towards
the nurses was clearly visible. If I was worried that trouble
could flair up at any moment nothing could have been
expressed in such an opposite manner by the staff who acted
with complete coolness giving no indication of being
intimidated. There was ample bood but no gore which I had
expected.
How did these accidents happen? Being Friday night most
were drunks getting into fights in nightclubs or falling over on
the streets. However, even casualties have its seasons.
Christmas is when many of the family feuds open with wife
battering and many lonely men and women take overdoses.
If there is any comfort, it is the lack of drug abuse in
Newcastle compared to other provincial cities and even
casualties on Saturday afternoons direct from St. James'
Park are not frequent, but it was not just injured patients in
the department that I found but the 'regulars'. Some people
who either homeless or living in old damp housing or lonely
find it more comforting to sleep in the Casualty department
all night. They don't worry the staff but the numbers are
much greater in the bitter winter months of January and
February. It can only be speculation on what the figure is like
in London.
By 2.30 most casualty patients had been treated and had
left. I left the department and went to the canteen — rather it
was the canteen until it was closed during the cuts. Nurses
on their breaks were having cups of coffee and I discussed
some of the problems of being a nurse, salaries of £6,400
after 3 years training seemed pitiful. Inside the canteen the
odd bleeper would go off but on the whole the atmosphere
was rather subdued — at least until the cleaners came in.
At 3.45 I was back on Casualty. In the end it has been a
fairly quiet night. Most staff enjoyed the night shift, what
about effects on personal social life? Some said it was fine as
boyfriends and girlfriends did not get on each other's nerves
much as they saw each other less. Most casualty department
patients are asked to leave at five. The wards are aroused at
seven. At 4.301had seen most of what I would that night and
walked out into the cold windy night. An ambulance had just
pulled in, with a three year old boy suffering from whooping
cough. As one sister said, "It's not just the public that do not
realise how much work has to be done on the night shift but
even the patients are sometimes guilty of that".
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D urh am U n iv I s t s — 1
New castle U n iv Is ts — 2
Th e firsts look a goo d bet to
qualify top of their gro u p as
they m aintained their 1 0 0 %
record w ith th e ir first w in
over D urham .
finalist this year. A Newcastle team in a crisp shot w hich trickled past
likely to m eet them in the quarter the keeper; and Gonad picked up a
finals w ould certainly argue w ith loose ball for num ber five.
The referee w as n ow thoroughly
that.
Te a m : Steele, Ta y lo r, Pal dismayed by the slaughter o f his
m er, Phillips, Jo n es (I), G ib team and decided enough w as
bons, Kelly, W ynne , W ilk in enough, but there w as still just
enough tim e fo r G allagher to
son, M c A rth u r, Jo n e s (T ).
M .M . com plete a fine hat-trick before the
re f b lew up a full tw e n ty minutes,
early denying N ew castle o f many
m ore goals.
N ew castle U n iv Ill's 6
Still it w as a mem orable match,
v D urham Ill's 0
and on this form its hard to see w hat
In atrocious conditions and up can stop N ew castle going all the
against not on ly D urham but way.
In a firs t half, Newcastle dom in
ated, good chances w ere c r a te d
(and then squandered) at a pleasing
(and alarming) rate. The 0-0 half tim e
scoreline w as a disappointm ent to a
side playing w ith a flow ing confi
dence but they took the field in the
2nd half determ ined to get 2 points
the ref, the th ird s p ut in a
from this varsity match.
The firs t goal came after 15
m inutes w hen Rich Hall danced
Brazilian style through a packed
Durham defence to finish beautifully. A t this point the game seem ed
over but 10 m inutes later Je m
Palmer sold his ow n keeper a
lovely dum m y and a 40 yard Durham
shot levelled the score.
Undeterred, the firsts applied the
pressure again and w ere rewarded
w hen Paul M c A rth u r dived full
lenqth to convert a Paul W ilk in son cross to ensure a Newcastle
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All in all a good perform ance from
a team grow ing in stature rapidly,
The "In de p e nd e n t" newspaper prediets Loughborough w ill be a U.A.U.
quite superb perform ance to
com -pletely dem oralize th eir
hapless opponents.
W ith hopes o f bettering the 12-0
scoreline o f last year, the team set
about Durham w ith great skill and
endeavour and plundered 2 quick
goals: the first an uncharacteristically cooly taken goal by Ian Winn,
im m ediately follow ed by a sharp
finish from C o n o r Buster G al
la ghe r. W inn jo y fu lly g o t his
second m inutes later w hen he
helped in a shot from C o w lish a w
II
in and
that ™ s . B
i
90ln9
greedily claimed it.
W ith the defence rock solid and
the m idfield tireless, it w as a great
surprise th a t N ew castle turned
around only three up, but Paul
H ooton quickly made it four firing
T w o p e o p le p la y in g s o c c e r
N E W C A S TL E 'S
V EG ETAR IAN R ESTA U R A N T
IS
PRINCESS SQUARE
(back of Central Library)
We provide natural foods at
reasonable prices, including at
least 12 varieties of salad.
The hot dishes' are mostly
unusual due to our determina
tion to avoid convenience foods
and those containing obscure
chemicals.
Theakstons beers are sold, as
well as a comprehensive selec
tion of the better quality wines
and spirits.
Open from 9.30 a.m. till
10.30 p.m. every day except
Sunday.
INFO
November 28th
Middlesbrough v Barnsley (H)
All teams at home this week.
Excellent!
w ell and truly
RUCKED!
University 1st X V — 49
Leeds U niv — 6
In our final group match the 1st X V had a convincing w in over Leeds.
From the beginning, it looked as though Leeds were going to struggle.
The first scrum saw the opposition now taking flying lessons from the
Newcastle pack. Th e University went on to dominate all aspects of play
with forwards and backs making breaks at w ill. Newcastle turned round
at half time 10 points up. Bryan Edwards having gone over in the corner
and Pat Johns swing from a line out peel, forcing his w ay across the line.
Rich Fisher converting one of the tries.
In the second half the university piled up the pressure and were rewarded by seven
more tries. The other try scorers were Nick Johnston, T im M cNulty, Dave
Brown, Mike Fuller, A n d y Lewin, Rich Vren and another try from Bryan
Edwards. In fact such was the dominance of the Newcastle side that even Pete
Burrows managed to get over the line, only to have his score disallowed. One final
mention must go to Dave Chingerton who, had he been given a pass, would surely
have scored.
Team — Lewin, M cNulty, Sprags, Fuller, Edwards, Ure, Fisher, Pearce,
Munro, Burrows, Tola, Johns, Brown, Chingerton, Johnson.
In all it was a very successful day for the rugby club with the 2nd XV winning 38-0 and
the third XV 50-0. Special mention must go to the 3rd XV who finished 2nd in their group.
The 1st and 2nd came second having lost to Durham.
Sim on T a y lo r
No
OD
D
S
II
This Week
I can categorically state th at I
am not and never have been a
m em ber of any subversive
orga n isa tio n w h a ts o e ve r. I
did no t m eet O llie N orth in a
Florida hotel room last w eek.
He did not give m e a tip for
next S aturd ay's big race. He
has never heard m ention of
the w o rd 'H O R S E ' and neither
have I.
He ca te g o ric a lly d en ie s any
knowledge w hatsoever o f docu
m ents or w eapons appertaining to
the code name o f ’Horse'. Any
pote ntia lly em barrassing details
concerning 'H orse' did not exist and
have already been forgotten.
In reality Colonel North does not
exist and he has inform ed m e that
he can supply classified docum ents
to substantiate this denial. But
A
GOOD
that's another story, or rather, it
isn’t.
Back to business. The tip fo r this
w ee k is running at N ew bury in the
Hennessy Gold Cup next Saturday
hereby state explicitly and w ith o u t
prejudice that this horse is not called
CO N TR AD EA L.
Th e S ports E d ito r denies A L L
claim s th at O D D S II m ay or
m ay not have appeared on his
page this w eek,
ED
DEAL
.
FROM
MORE . . .
Slew Wnvnod - Chronicles............................. £5.29
UMO-Bestof.................................................£5.99
Gene loves Jezebel - The House of Ools.......... £5.49
George Michael - Faith..................................... £5.49
T ? * Tait - Young and Crazy............................£5.49
Triftds ■Calenture..............................................£5.49
Gotten - Back For The Attack.......................... £5.49
Rush - Hold Your fire ....................................... £6.29
Rick Astley - Whenever You Need Somebody
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Sisters OfMercy-FIoodland___________ £5.49
Inxs—K ic k ------------------------------------------£5.79
Alarm - Eye of the Hufricaine......................£5.79
Oannad-Sirius................................................£5.79
Uoyd Cole - Mairwream................................... £5.49
RyCooder-Get Rhythm..................................£5.49
Kiss - Crazy Nights...........................................£5.49
Pepsi + Shiifie - A l Right Now........................£5.49
Pop WiD Eat Itself - Box Frenzy........................£5.49
The Pretenders-The Singles.............................£5.99
Bryan Ferry- Bete Noire................................... £5.49
Gave Bikers on Add - Drill Your Own Hole.
£5.49
David Sytaan - Secrets of the Beehive.............. £5.49
INTERNATIONALREFUGEESITUATION
EXHIBITION -
Congratulations to all w ho took part; also to Chris
G eragh ty w ho ran the race o f his life at Lake Bala over
the w eekend.
J .J .K .
Th e Canoe Polo B team last week
w on tw o matches including a 5-1
victory over Killingworth Juniors
and lost one. Gill was man of the
match.
T o 'p l a y ' H o c k e y a g a in s t
Fenham Farters (sounds great)
phone 272 3318 or 272 1597. They
promise to annihilate you one way
o r another.
The University Squash firsts and
seconds beat Leeds 5-0 and 4-1
respectively. Well done and good
luck for the next round.
November 28th
Sunderland v Port Vale (H)
w as the highlight o f a m ost satisfying day all around. He
finished ten th in a high class field w hile barely worktngup a sweat.
Further back, Paul D un lop , Peter Th om lin son
and M ike Parnell all had fine, com petitive runs.
In addition, our Ladies team comprising Liz M ur
phy, Karen B arlow and Debbie Ju d g e produced
thein fin est exhibition of the term so far, finishing just
o u tfc f the prizes in a w e ll respectable seventh place.
Due to a misunderstanding, planners w orked through
the night to provide the 1987 Blue Star score event.
D espite the disappointm ent to those m em bers hoping
to do well-in the North Eastern championships the day
w as a success w ith very fe w grum bles. Thanks to all
those involved. Anyone w h o could get controls 14 and
15 and be back in the hour finished w ell up in the leader
board.
This w eekend the club travels to Nottingham to take
on Sheffield and Nottingham Universities in the
Churchill cup 1st round.
Team: Bendall, Gill, Hewson, Kingas, Lates, M e t
calfe, Sampson, Smith, W atts, W ells, W ilson (capt.),
W right.
FOOTBALL
FIXTURES
November 28th
Newcastle United v
Chariton Athletic (H)
N orth Shields Road Races, Saturday, 14th
N ovem ber.
Another dazzling perform ance from Th o m a s M arx
T h e 1987 Blue S ta r did not take place on
S unday 15th N ovem ber due to circum stances
beyond the con tro l of U .N .O .C . (B lood y m oto r
bikes).
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