www.thegryphon.co.uk @_TheGryphon Issue11 10/02/17

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QuestionTime Round Up What were all the candidatesdebating atthis week’s event? Page 5

In TheMiddle with Eleanor Conway It’s agreat time for womenincomedy, says the up and coming comedian In The Middle, Page 12

Image: Viola Luo SoaringHalls Prices

Halted by Exec Victory Bye Bye Oxley? Oxley Hall to be soldtopaveway for Real term rent cuts agreed aftercostofaccommodation rises 19%infive years investmentinmorehalls Page 3 Polly Hatcher longerbecharged for. Formanystudentsthese improvements News Editor “Leedshas abroad range of have beenalong time coming,asfrom affordability in itsuniversityhalls – theacademic year 2010/11to2015/16, LUUCommunity Officer JamieAli has from yourcheap andcheerful Lupton, theaverage amount of moneythat securedanagreement betweenLUU and to CharlesMorrisatthe topend -and each student spentonaccommodation LeedsUniversitytomake‘realtermrent thereare even more cheapresidencies increasedfrom£4045 in 2010/11to cuts’inthe 2017/18academic year,which coming onto line thisSeptember.It’s £4814in2015/16,arise of 19%. will ensure rentcosts do notrise higher astart, butwe’ve alongway to go and However,the increase in student than inflation. we’rebuildingonour good relationship loansdid notmatch theserentrises,as Thenewscomes followingthe with ResidentialServices.Private halls themaximum amount studentscould announcement that OxleyHallistobe howeverare adifferentstory with rip receiveasaloanonlywentupby16% Prince,Bowieand George Michael sold,and more moneyinvestedbythe off rentsand badcustomerservice being from £4,950to£5,740. How some of the biggest names in music universityintonew affordablehalls. common.” In theacademic year 2014/15loans shaped our perception of sexuality From theacademic year 2010/11 Leedswillbethe first universityto rose by 1%,which meantthatstudents In The Middle, page 4 to 2015/16the averageprice that a getrid of charging studentstodotheir whostarted universityafter 2012 and studentatLeeds Universitypaysfor laundry. ResidentsinUniversityowned were living away from home outsideof accommodation hasrisenby19%. hallswill be given20laundry credits London couldaccessmaximum loansof He said:“Cuttingthe cost of Leeds whichequates to 20 free washes. £5,555 (which wasupfrom£5,500from Uniaccommodation wasone of my Although thisiscurrentlyonly 2013/14) andin2015/16 themaximum main pledges when Iran to be an officer in accommodation ownedbythe loan rose 3.34%further to £5,740. last year. Rent is ourbiggest outgoing University, theUnion is nowworking Maintenance grants for2015/16 were as students. ForSeptember 2017,I’ve with ResidentialServicestolobby also frozen at thelevelsofthe previous negotiated arealtermrentcut for Leeds privateproviders so that creditscan be year,atamaximum of £3,387,and for

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Dear StudentsofLeeds, candidatesfeelwhenrunning in theLeadershipRace, buttostop that stress from occurring in thefirstplace. Contents It’s easy to dismissthe Leadership Society hustingsshouldbebannedfor astart.Ifsocieties want Race as abunch of nonsense that to endorsecandidatestheycan easily readtheir manifestosor will have no impact on yourtime come alongtoQuestionTime, an eventthe union areconstantly 3-7 News at university. It’s easy to sitbehind trying to boostattendanceat. Making candidates go throughthe acomputerscreenand writeacatty samepublicspeakingordeal multiple timesisnot only unfair but 8-10 Views tweetmocking candidates’ efforts,or unnecessary,and is amajor barriertothose whoaren’tcomfortable therolesthey’re runningfor.Yes,the in thoseenvironments, formultiple reasons. 11 Society righttomakethese remarksisall part Ialso thinksocieties shouldn’tbeendorsing candidates,but of democracy andfreespeech,but what most obviouslythisisn’t somethingthe unioncan reallypolice. Society 13-15 Features people fail to realise is thecourage anddetermination it takesto endorsements have beenproven to make little difference,but are putyourselfonthatkindofpublicplatformand essentiallytry and reallydisheartening to candidatesand simply increase thepressure 16-17 Business sell yourselftoother studentsyou’venever metbefore. andstressofthe process. Because there’snodenying that theLeadershipRaceisabit of This year,aswithpreviousyears,troll Twitteraccountsare 18-19 Science farce. Yes, theunion arekeenitasdemocraticaspossible,but starting to popuptomockand make disparagingcommentsabout in theprocess they make candidates jump througharidiculous theeffortsofcandidates. Oneparticularaccount thisyearhas 22-24 Sports amount of hoops. From Question Time to hustings, campaign beenmocking candidates’appearances,criticising theirpolitical videos to banners, theamountcandidatesare expectedtodoas viewsand proclaimingthat2017willbethe year of ‘Why Is My part of theircampaignisridiculousand,inmyopinion,doesn’t Exec So Shite?’While thesecommentsare badinthemselves, AudioExpansion: make theprocess anymoredemocratic. Iwas disappointedatthe waypeople were so freelylikingand Whileit’struethattobeable to take on therolesofthe student sharing thesecomments. Having beeninthe position of the Mondays, exec you need to have acertain levelofconfidence andrhetorical candidatesmyselfayearago,Iwouldnever promote or encourage 12pm, LSR skill, therereallyisjustnoneed to push candidatestothese limits, such unhelpfulcriticism.Yes,everyoneiswell withintheir right andfor studentswithmentalhealthdifficulties, disabilities or self- to criticiseorchallenge candidates on theirpolicies, butthese confidenceissues, thewhole processiscompletelyunaccessible. tweets do little to further debate or increase discussion. Instead Catchthe newradio My job, forexample,requires me to be good at editingand of cowardly hiding behind ascreen, theseanonymous tweeters showfrom The proofreading,atmanaging finances andtrainingstudentstobe should trygetting up on stageinfront of everyoneand sharing Gryphon,GryphOn better journalists. Noneofthese skillsweretestedduringthe theirviews. LeadershipRace. Thereare plentyofstudentswho wouldhave TheLeadershipRaceisagreatinitiative. It’s achance forall Air, every Monday made greateditors (orother exec positions),but whowereput off students to getinvolvedinunion affairs anddecidingwho is going at 12pm on Leeds runningbythe demands andstressofthe LeadershipRace. to determinethe future of our union. ButLUU andstudentsalike Student Radio! Many aspectsofthe Leadership Race aren’t compulsory;you should be more supportive of candidates, workingtoreducethe don’thavetodoacampaign videofor example,but thereisso barriers to participation andstamp outharmful disparagement. much pressure to competewithother candidates in ordertowin. Credits LUUmay saythathustingsaren’tcompulsory,but if everyother JessicaMurray candidate is attending, to notgofeels like admittingdefeat. LUU Editor-in-Chief Editor-In-Chief ~ JessicaMurray should be workingmuchhardertonot just reduce thestress [email protected]

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DigitalAssociate ~ FloraTiley every£1ofmaintenance grantreceived, 50 penceis takenfromthe loan. News ~Polly Hatcher, Sarah Berry,Euan The priciest are ensuite rooms in acatered Hammond, Christopher accommodationand costupto£6,820.80 fora42 Tobin weekcontract with afood allowance of £49.70for 31 weeks. Society ~ElsaAmri, Bea Warleta At York, thecheapestaccommodation is £106per weekbut they also offertwin rooms which, per Features ~Jessie person sharingaroom,cost between £85 and £112 Florence Jones, Hannah 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 Macaulay, Ella Healing forself-catered accommodationand £124to£141 for catered accommodation. The mostexpensiveis Views ~RoryClaydon, Most Expensive £158.75 £162.87 £177.41 £181.57 £186.64 £179per week which bringsitto£7,150 for the year. Rooms per week LiamKerrigan, Jess (39) (39) (39 (39) (39) (tenancy length) Readett This means that at York, somestudents are paying more to share abedroom than studentsincheaper Science ~Sam accommodationatLeeds University. Cheapest Rooms £69.34 £71.07 £73.15 £77.09 £79.41 McMaster,Dougie per week (tenancy (42) (42) (42) (42) (42) Phillips There’s no denying that rentprices in halls length) are priceyfor students, with somestudents’ Average mean cost £4,235 £4,313 £4,667 Business ~Sam Bailey, maintenance loans notevencovering rent costs £4,045 £4,041 Matthew Moore per room (total and thescrappingofmaintenance grantsfurther student rental income /number Sport ~LukeEtheridge, disadvantaging poorer students, so itsreassuring of students) JamesFelton, John Gibby to see some real progress towards more affordable accommodationfor first year students. Design ~Becky Nolan, Frazer Sparham Now our attentionmustturntothe private ‘luxury’ hallswho are saturatingthe market and ripping studentsoff. thegryphon.co.uk News | 3

Editor of the Week Oxley to close Thehallswillshut to make wayfor newer accommodation

Christopher Tobin

The university has confirmed thatOxley Hall will be soldtoraise funds fornew accommodation. The University’s governingbodyhas approvedplans to sellOxley in addition to five smaller properties ‘at somepoint’and invest the funds from that sale into thedevelopment Liam Kerrigan of new accommodation. TheUniversityhas no Views Editor current plans forwhen the sale willgoahead, withprospective students still beingable to applyfor residency nextyear. Liam did agreat job this Image: Pinterest week, carrying out somereally The mainbuilding, OxleyHouse, wasbuilt challenging interviewswith the in 1861 forthe banker Henry Oxley. The Gryphon editor candidatesand building was acquired by the University in 1921 While thereare bus linkstothe university transcribing their interviews in and became OxleyHallresidences forfemale and the centre of town, studentsliving at the time for this week’s edition. students. Modernblocks were added over time. accommodation have often complainedabout Oxleyisover 2.5miles away from the the distance and the lack of amenities in the University and 3.5miles fromthe city centre. immediate areaaround the hall. Leeds Alumni launchsocial enterprise offering teacher training to refugees

Jangira Lewis

Two LeedsUniversity alumni have launched an educational social enterprise to train and employ refugees from academic and professional backgrounds to teachtheirown languages and culture in Britain. Theinnovativestart-up, Chatterbox,has nowbeen commissioned by the SOASUniversity of London to deliver400 hours of conversation practice to their students. Economics graduate Mursal Hedayat, Chatterbox founder, arrivedinthe UK fromAfghanistan alongside herfamily, and Natural Sciences graduate EleanorPenney’spassion wasinspiredfrom working withrefugees in Leeds University Student Action for Refugees group. In theautumn of 2016, they received £15,000and aplaceonBethnal Green Ventures’start Image: Lena Garrett up accelerator programme to help launch the project. “Chatterbox teachers are doctors, lawyers, engineers mostofthem can’tspeak English,” said Eiad, aSyrian complement to the structure anddirection students andacademics-highlyskilled professionals with dentistand recent recruittothe programme. “A lot gain in the classroom, andcan helpprepare them for alot tooffer,” saidMursal. “It’s fantastic forthem of themare educated and have good qualifications.” study or work abroad where the students are on their to engage in stimulatingworkwhilstlearning more All of Chatterbox’stutorsare native speakers of own.WithChatterbox,theycan buildtheir confidence aboutthe wayoflife here. For ourlanguagestudents, awide variety of languages as well as being fluent and fluency and immerse themselves in language and there’s the enticing possibilityofadding hundreds of speakers of English. culture withoutleaving the country.” millionsofpeopletotheir friends list every time they Theprototypefor Chatterboxwas tested at various Not only doesChatterboxhelpthe refugees to rebuild learnanew language, in addition to all of the career universities across London,and generatedsuch their professional and personal lives by capitalising andbrain activitybenefits.” demandfrom the studentsthat theSchool of Oriental on their existing skills, but it simultaneously helps Chatterbox’s teacher trainingscheme hires and African Studiescommissioned 400 hours of to tacklethe UK’s language skills shortage which is skilled refugeesand helps to improve their overall conversation practice forits language students. estimated tocostthe economy £48bn each year. employabilitythrough confidencebuilding, LutzMartens,DeanofFaculty of Languages and Chatterboxwill be opening up the service to networking,and gainingUKworkexperience.The Cultures at SOASdescribed the benefitsofChatterbox: individual language learners in 2017,wherethey project is designedtofacilitate asmoother and faster “With Chatterbox’s conversation practice sessions, will offeronlineand in-person language lessons in integrationofrefugees into the labour market. ourstudents are given the opportunitytoadd valuable arange of languages,including three Arabic dialects, “Most refugeesinthe UK are unable to findajob language skillsinanincreasingly competitive global two Persiandialects, Swahili, Korean,French-African becausethey don’t have UK workexperienceand workforce.This is an engaging and innovative dialects,and Spanish. 4 | News thegryphon.co.uk

UniversityofBristol Campus 1Student accidentally manufactures7/7 explosive during laboratory experiment AUniversityofBristol studentisbelievedtohavemistakenlyproducedacetone peroxide,the explosive used in the7/7 bombings during aroutine scienceexperimentlastFriday(3rdFebruary). At 2.30pm,the chemistrybuildingatBristol Universityalong with neighbouring buildingshad tobeevacuated when thestudent unexpectedlymanufactured thechemicalinone of theUniversity’s laboratories. The“unstable substance”referredtobyaUniversity spokesperson is thoughttobeTATP, an explosive which hasbeenusedinimprovised devices,including thebombs detonatedbyterroristsinthe Parisand Brussels Watch attacks andinthe 7/7Londonbombings. Whilethe Universityspokespersonrefused to go into detail regardingthe exactnatureofthe incident,they didconfirmthataninvestigation is underway,saying“we will be looking into what happened andseeing what lessonscan be learned.” Afterthe evacuation,the TATP wasdisposedofbyaspecialist team.Noone wasinjured andthe Avon and Somerset Constabulary aretreating theincidentasanaccident.

Mariana Avelino

University of Cambridge Womenovertake meninsuccessful Karthoum University 2 applicationsfor thefirsttime 3 22 Britishstudentsbelievedtohave joined IS UCAS figures showthatdespite fewerfemalestudentsapplyingthisyeara TheDeanofStudent Affairs at theUniversityofMedical Sciences and higher proportion of womenreceivedoffers over men. Almost 900fewer women Technology in Karthoum, Sudan hasconfirmed that as many as 22 British than menapplied to theUniversityofCambridge compared to thepreviousyear, doctors, pharmacistsand dentists have travelledtoSyria. butfemalestudentsreceivedjust30fewer offers. This equatestoa6.5 percent Atotal of 27 UMST studentsand graduateshaveleftfor Syriaand arebelieved higher offer rate. to have joined Isis,22ofwhomare Britishcitizensorresidents.FromMarch However, both Cambridgeand Oxford continue to be criticisedfor alackof 2015,the studentssecretly left in wavestoenter Syria throughTurkey. TheDean diversityamongst studentswho achieveplaces.The equality data report reveals of Student Affairs also said that sixUMSTstudentshavesince beenkilled,of that whitestudentsreceivedthe most offers last year compared to BMEstudents whom four or five have Britishconnections. andthose from lower-income families. Thestudentsand alumni aremainlyofBritish-Sudaneseoriginand were At otherRussellGroup universities, womenalsoovertakemen in securing enrolled at theprivately rununiversityinKarthoum, whosequalifications places.Institutionswithasciences or economic focussuchasImperialCollege arerecognisedbyUKmedical authorities. They arethought to be workingin London andthe UniversityofWarwick remain notable exceptions. hospitalsinIraqand Syriaand areallegedlythe biggestcohortoffriends from theWesttohavebeenrecruited by Isis. Soraya Ali Investigation onsocialmedia by TheSunday Times hasalso revealed that some studentsare connectedonFacebookwithSuhaibMajeed, aBritish man jailed last Aprilfor plotting terror attacks alongwithanother former UMST student Tarik Hussein.

ArranTurner

UniversityofPennsylvania 4 Student chokes frat brothertodeath in drunkenbrawl

A20yearold UniversityofPennsylvaniastudent waschokedtodeath on the 4 street of hisuniversitycampusbyone of hisfraternitybrothersduringadrunken 3 fight.The attack took placeonFriday3rd February at night, causingCaleb Zwieg to dieofhis injuries thefollowing day. Both Zweigand his19yearold attacker,Brady DiStefano, were believedto have beendrinkingand hadonlybeeninductedintothe fraternity afew months before thefatal altercation. DiStefano hasbeencharged with aggravated assaultafter awitness hadtopull himoffZweig during theattack, thecause of whichisstill unknown. DiStefano’s chargesmay alter, accordingtothe Indiana police force, if newdetailsemerge. ThePhi DeltaTheta Fraternity issued theircondolences to theboy’s familyand friendsfollowing thenewsthathediedfromhis injuries soon afterbeingrushed to hospital.

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1 thegryphon.co.uk News | 5 5 Question Time tests candidates Leadership race begins in earnestwithmammothsix hour live Question Time

Euan Hammond Sarah Berry

The LUU leadership race is well under way and, on Wednesday, the candidates running forStudent Exec positions got achance to outlinetheirmanifestos and ideas in adebate in the Union’sRiley Smith Hall. The debate waslive-streamed forstudents who couldn’t attendinperson via theLSTVYouTube account.The debate mediator,Georgia Hennessy Jackson,ensured the candidatestook turnstoanswer questions tacklingthe big issues forthe roles they are running for.Audience members could also put questionsto the candidates via Twitter.

Gryphon Editor Firstupwas The Gryphon debate for candidates running to become the next Editor in Chief. The event got off to agood start,with the candidates speaking about how they would develop the papertoincrease itsreadership.Reece Parker argued fordeliveringthe Image: Viola Luo newspaper directly to halls,whileMark McDougall argued forastronger online presence and further engagement in the community. James Candlertalked panel of candidates voiced theiropinionswell.Zak as aMuslim student and the lack of campusprayer of more cohesion between printand online,aswellas Kaf Al-Ghazal spoke on how he wanted better mental space. campus outreach programmes. health trainingfor personal tutorstoallow them to engage with studentsmore effectively. However, Jack Welfare Community Bozson disagreed, arguing that tutors have enough Welfare rounded off the marathon event. The The Community debate contained alot of agreement on their plate already and mental health concerns candidatesagreedonincreased mental health betweencandidates whoall want to tackle rising shouldbethe responsibilityofdedicated staff. Dru supportand the necessityofoutreach to students rent prices in bothprivateand university owned Lawsonargued forreductions in hidden course fees and specialistsoutside of the Universitytotackle accommodation. Ruth Woganargued for an extension throughschools providing money or vouchersto complex issues they might nothavedirect experience of the HousingBuddy scheme to helpstudents house purchaseessential books forstudy, alongside afairer with. Masami and Yasminesaw peer led supportasa hunting andtopreventthem fromfeelingpressured allocation of printer credits, sentiments that were primary means of engagement,promptingachallenge to signfor ahousetoo early. In terms of transport, echoed by many of the other candidates. Jess Mifsud- fromHarry, who was concerned about transferring Abdi-Basit Adan argued formore bussestoberunning Bonnici argued well,asking why “my £9000 might too much of theburdenontostudents. There was a during rush hours, andGeorge Bissett wanted a be worth less than another student’s£9000?” distinct emphasisupon sexual healthfrom Yasmine shuttlebus fromthe train stationtothe University. and Harry, whileChloe chose to place thespotlight on Whilecandidates spokewellonthe major issues, the Activities sexual assault and domesticviolence. race forCommunityOfficer could well be decided on TheActivities debate centred around Jess Bassett’s the small differences rather thanthe bigsimilarities proposal foraloyaltycard to be introduced to the Reception to the debate across theirrespectivemanifestos. union. While Jess argued it would be agreat way to Although the event ran smoothlyand washosted reward studentsfor shopping in and engaging with well, the format was not to everyone’s liking. Equality and Diversity the union, Harry McCagherty pointed out that the Students voiced their disappointment over the lack There are just three Equalityand Diversity union already uses the YoYo reward system, and of aroaming microphone on theevent floor,which contenders to choosefrom and,inline withtheir CiaranLennonsuggestedstudents shouldn’tneeded hindered dialoguewith the candidates and removed manifestos,the triodisplayed broad agreement on bribed to engage with the union, they shouldwant the incentive for audience members to stay. The their agendasofaccessibility(especiallyduringthe to do so forother reasons. Following TheGryphon’s prioritisationoflive streaming and social media was Unionupgrade) and inclusion, pledging to develop recent survey, which revealed Leeds’ Uniontobeon made more problematicbyatenuous WiFiconnection existing campaigns. However, thedebate managed the pricey sidecompared with local pubs and other which,ironically,meant that audience members to tease outdifferences in theirbackground and universities, calls to have ways of makingthe Union struggled to be active participants in the debate. priorities. Al Lewis,who has Tourette’ssyndrome, cheaper forreturning students are well-timedand no autismand is trans and bisexual placed astrong focus doubt willbewell-received. Some controversydid mar the proceedings aftera on supportpost-University.Meanwhile, Tash Mutch- candidate for UnionAffairs, Charley Weldrick, was Vidal emphasised crosscultural awareness and Union Affairs accused by LUU’s LabourSocietyofreversinghis played up her work with the liberation coordinators. Inclusivity formedalarge part of the discussion on views on Brexit since lastyear’s referendum.They Khair Yacob, along time employeeofthe Lifelong thepanel forUnionAffairs.Each candidate introduced suggested that this was doneinanattempt to gain LearningCentreand possibly the mostflamboyant theirown ideasfor gettingalarger number of the votes. Theaccusation comesaftertweetsbyWeldrick speakerofthe day called forSuper Justice League studentpopulation involvedinactivities withinthe were unearthed which appear to showsupportfor style co-operationand for more attention to be given Union. Candidates were alsoasked about their plans leaving the EU priortothe referendum.Whilesome to studentsthat are parents. to improve the Union. CharleyWeldrick suggested students foreseethis as potentiallycrippling to putting on moregigsbystudentswhileSam Andrews Weldrick’s campaign, many takethe viewthat the Education wanted to be able to introduce different societies to controversy is buta‘storm in atea cup’. The Education debatefollowedwith afocus on eachother so international studentscould getmore the big issues of theimpending TEF, budget cuts, involved.Ilyassuggested introducing aquiet roomin assessments and hidden course fees. The seven-strong the union amidst all the bustle, citinghis experience 6 | News thegryphon.co.uk

We meet thecandidatesvying to be thenextEditor-in-Chief #LeadLUU of TheGryphon

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ReeceParker

Whydoyou want to be Editor-in-Chief? theUniversity’ that thepaper didnot reflect the whichare nottaken.Thismeans that we have 1,500 On apersonal level, I’ve enjoyedworking for The angerofstudents over issues suchasthe university’s in circulationand I’dsay about500 of theseare taken Gryphon over thepastyearand writingfor it theyear refusaltodivest fromfossilfuels.The paperran that by first years. So we’llhave1,000 papers available before that.Ithink workingwith TheGryphon is oneof storyasafront page headline.Soifyou thinkthe to be deliveredtoflats, whichmeans that we only themostvaluableexperiences I’ve hadatuniversity. paperisfailing in this regard,whatwould youdo need to increase production by 500copiesaweek. Iknowthe number of copies of TheGryphon hasbeen differently? Production costsare £750 aweekatthemoment, so it declining steadily over thepastcouple of years, as,I Ithink you’reright,itdoesdoittoapoint.But it wouldprobablycost£850altogether, maybeless. It’s think,havethe online views. If IwereEditor-in-Chief used to be more explicit, it needstohappenmore £500 forafull-page advert in TheGryphon.Wefind it of TheGryphon,I’d be thepersontogetthe number of oftenand it needstohappeninmoredepth. very difficulttofillthese advertisingspaces.Ifyou viewsbackupand give people apaper they want to cantellstudent lettingagents andother businesses read again. Youtalkabout implementing asystem wherein that you canget thenewspaper on to thedoorstepof membersofclubs andsocietiescould editpages in 7,700studentswho have neverbeentoLeedsbefore, What makesyou abetterchoicethanthe other thepaper underyoursupervision. Thereare over 250 that will generate alot of revenue. Also,interms of candidates? clubsand societiesatLeedsUniversity.How will you delivery,I’m lookingtoput asidemaybe oneday week Don’t getmewrong,IreallylikeMarkand James-I accommodatethemall? fordelivery. think they’rereallygoodeditors.But Ifeelthe ideas Iunderstand that concern. Well,Iimaginethe first they have will continue to take thepaper in thesame time Irun thisout,ifIget elected, notall of the300 Finally,inasentenceortwo,why should people direction, whereasIoffer realchange. societieswill applystraightaway. Ifeellikealot will vote for you? wait untiltheysee theinitiativerunning,soIwould People should votefor me becauseIbelieve Ioffer Thestudents’union oftenhas aclear politicalor call forpeople to applyatthe startofthe year and arealalternative to thecurrentdeclining Gryphon social agenda.Doyou thinkThe Gryphonshould then I’dgothrough andpickwhich Ithink aremost whichthe othertwo candidates do not. also have an editorial agenda? interestingfor students. Idon’t think we oughttohaveaneditorial agenda.I believe we have adutytospeak forthe entire student Youpledgeinyourmanifesto notonlytohave copies body. If thereisanagendabeing pushedbythe union, of TheGryphon placed in everyhalls of residence, I’dliketosee adebatepiece debating both sidesof butinevery flatinthe hallssystem. Thisseems thisissue in thefirstfew pagesofTheGryphon so largelyimpractical andverycostly. So howwill you people cansee what’s goingonand question whythey be able to achievethisfinanciallyand practically? should think oneway aboutitoranother. There’s7,700 studentsinhalls.There’s 1,492flats, so Ineed 1,492copiesofthe paper. We print2,000 Youstate underyourmanifesto pledge to ‘Challenge copiesofthe papereachweek, aboutaquarter of thegryphon.co.uk News | 7

JamesCandler

Whydoyou want to be Editor-in-Chief? reviving theSportssection in orderto‘ensure this theeditors. I’ve beenaneditorherefor twoyears,Iwas awriter beloved section’s survival’. Yousinglethiselement of before that andIcan’t imagineajob more perfect thepaper outspecifically.Sportsfeaturesamixture Your last manifesto pledge states that youwill to come outofuniversityand throw myself into of university-relatedand professional stories, it “Maintain TheGryphon’s reputation forhighquality wholeheartedly. Secondly, Igenuinely do feel I’dbe features storiesofawide variety, it features stories journalism, tackle big issues andattainhigh- good at it because of theideas I’ve got-I’vebeen aboutbothmaleand female teams, it features a profile interviews”. Ihaveanumberofquestions thinkingabout my manifestofor ayearnow. list of upcoming fixtures at theuniversity. What aboutthis: a) what will youdotomaintainthe high exactlyiswrong with thesection andhow would qualityjournalism?b)can youprovide examplesof What makesyou abetterchoicethan theother yourevitaliseit? thesorts of ‘big issues’thatyou plan to tackle?, and candidates? Iwanttosay there’snothing wrongwiththe section c) do youhave anyhigh-profile individualsinmind I’dbelying if Ididn’tsay that allthree of us are in termsofthe amazingcontent that theeditors for potentialinterviews? good candidates, we’veall beeneditors foryears. produceweekin, week out. What I’mtalking aboutis In termsofmaintaining thequality of journalism, What separatesmeisthe varietyofmyexperience. theimmense pressure that they have beenput under it relatesbacktobriefingyoureditors well -making I’ve beenaSportseditorand I’mcurrentlyanArts duetothingslikealack of writers,which hasled to sure they know it’s ok to go afterthe bigger andmore editor,soI’vebeeninvolvedwithboththe newspaper pagesbeing cut. There’ssomuchpotential with those controversialstories.Asanexample of thosebigger and In theMiddle.Ithink thisgives me,maybe notan editorsand that section, butthey’ve beenput under issues,ifit’sanimportant issuetheneditors should edge,but adifferentaspectthatthe othercandidates an immenseamountofpressure. This is because the know it’s okay to writepieces wherethe universityis don’thave. Sports section hasn’t beenpublicisedinthe waythat being held to account. Idon’t have anyhigh-profile it should have been. To give youanexample,when interviews in mind yetfor next year,but on theArts Thestudents’union oftenhas aclear politicalor we didaGive it aGoand introduced thesections, sectionweare currentlytryingtoget an interview socialagenda. Do youthink TheGryphon should Sports weren’tabletoadvertise themselves as the with RussellBrand when he comestoLeeds. also have an editorialagenda? uniqueopportunity they represent.Bytimetheygot No Ireallydon’t.I’m quiteopposed to us having that roundtosayingtheyhad ticketsfor varioussporting Finally,inasentence or two, whyshould people sort of hardline politicalagenda. Ireallydobelieve events,people weren’tpayingattention as so many vote for you? that apaper serves apurpose andthatpurpose othersectionshad already done this. I’ve just edited People should votefor me becauseofmyprior should be to inform andspark debate.Weshouldn’t my manifesto so that it pushesfor Sports revival/ experienceinediting both news andmagazine be dogmatic because,again,thatwillprevent us from expansion because Iwantedtomakeitclear that this sections of TheGryphon,aswellasmycommitment attracting awider groupofwriters andeditors. is an amazingsection that Ihavealot of respectfor. to ensuring asportsexpansion,onlineand print It’s just aboutthisexpansion -essentially helping harmony, aGryphonthatworks forand listensto Thefirstpledgeonyourmanifesto concerns accumulate more writerssothere’s less pressure on you,and maintainingquality content.

Mark McDougall

Whydoyou want to be Editor-in-Chief? workshopsand events.Who wouldberunning Oneofthe main features of your manifesto talks Because,after starting off writingfor Arts in my these/featuring at these events?Externalspeakers abouthow youwishtoengagemorewiththe wider second year and, sincethen, becomingassociate typicallycostmoneyand TheGryphon is already Leedscommunity.Ispoke to athird year student editor for In theMiddle,Ibegantorealise just strainedfinancially. Howwould youafford these last semester whodid notevenknowthatthere howimportant TheGryphon is to universitylife. furthercosts? wasastudent paperatLeeds University.Doyou Idid theatreperformance as an undergraduate, so Theideaofthisistoexpand TheGryphon and notthink that you oughttobefar more focussed journalism washardlyatthe forefrontfor me.Inthis grow thesociety.Thisisthe first year we’vehad a on engaging with thestudentcommunity before respectIfeel my passion for TheGryphon is alot more proper committeeand it’llbegoodtocarry it on and lookingtobranchout into therestofLeeds? naturaland I’dliketocarry this on.Ihave some good utilise it next year.For events,wemight need some Ithink part of thestudent experienceisknowing ideasI’d like to bringforward. marketingand P.R. whichwillbeagreatopportunity yourlocal area.Ithink it’s reallyimportant to give forstudentstodevelop theirskills. Throughthe back to thecommunity that you’relivinginfor three What makesyou abetterchoicethan theother showcases andeventswe’ll be able to raisefunds years. We have stuff like theFreshers’Guide whichis candidates? which, as well as helpingfinance theprint issues, greatfor interactingwiththe student community, but I’dargue that I’m themostexperienced,having will help improvethe quality of theeventswe’re able Iwanttoemphasise thewider communitybecause writtenfor anumberofsections. More than just to host. there’ssomuchout thereand you have agreat being theeditorofone section, I’ve beenthe editor of chance to attractmorepeople by lettingstudents sixsectionsmakinguphalfofthe newspaper, so I’ve Yousay youwanttoallow greatercoverageof know what’s goingonaroundLeeds. seen howworking as ateamand managing people events on andoffcampusthrough live tweeting and haschanged dependingonthe role. breaking news features.Given that TheGryphon Finally,inasentenceortwo,why should people alreadylive-tweetsevents andposts breaking news votefor youtobeEditor-in-Chief of TheGryphon? Thestudents’ union oftenhas aclear politicalor features,how will youimprove on what is already People should votefor me becauseI’m experienced, socialagenda. Do youthink TheGryphon should beingdone? I’manactivemember of theLeedscommunity,I’ve also have an editorialagenda? It’s reallyjustacase of pushingthisevenmore. We beenherefor four yearsI’veloved it so much and It wouldbethe prerogativeofthe Editor-in-Chief, live-T weeted theAmericanelection andI’velive- I’mpassionateabout it.Ireallywanttorepresent the butthe paperisaplatformfor thestudents. Whilst Tweetedthe Oscars, butifwecould go outintothe studentsnext year.You shouldboogiewithMcDougie we must be carefulnot to treadonanyone’stoes, I communityand live-T weet something like Leeds’ wouldn’t want to censor thepaper either.Whatever LightNight then you’regoing outintothe wider direction youwanttoleadthe paperin, youmustbe Leedscommunity andincreasing ouroutreach.You confident that you’redoing it right. cangoonajourney with thejournalist andheartheir Interviews conductedbyLiam Kerrigan first thoughts,but this can then be developed in print Youtalkinyourmanifesto abouthosting new as well. 8 | Views thegryphon.co.uk Views Should Milo Yiannopolous have been allowedto speakatUCBerkeley?

Yes Sophie Wheeler

Controversialfigure Milo Yiannopoulos, settogive an ageofsafespacesand triggerwarningsitseems fundamentalaspects of theU.S constitution,and aspeech at U. CBerkeleyonculturalappropriation, that freedomofexpression is slowly beingchipped rightlyso. Universitycampusesshouldbeaplace for wassilencedbyrioters last Wednesdayinthe name away at in favour of,astheleftwould describe it, learning,for being exposed to awiderange of views of ‘tolerance.’ Rioters threwsmoke bombs,started progress. andtochallenge one’sown assumptionsofthe world. fires andsmashedwindows protesting againstthe Thefunny thing aboutprogressisthatitdoesnot Nottobesheltered from alternativeviews whichmay speaker’salternative views. Only oneperson was occur throughallowingone side of thedebateto causediscomfortoroffence. arrested however,despite $100,000 of damage caused be voiced whilst silencingthe other. Only through On Facebook, Milo hasdeclaredhis intention to to thecampusand nine people beinginjured in the rigorousdebate canweprogress. Throughstifling returntoBerkeleyatalaterdatetogivethe speech process. Theirony of protesting so called ‘fascism’ free debate on ouruniversitycampuses, we are whichwas previouslyshutdownbyviolentprotestors. throughviolence andshuttingdownfreespeech stagnating.Ifyou disagree with Milo’s viewsdonot Regardless of youropinion of himyou cannot help appeared to have been lost on theprotestors. silencehim.Challenge him. Debatehim.Dispute him. butadmirehis perseverance.The fight to restoresafe Themostessential part of free speech,asprotected Throughcensoring such views, youare only addingto spaces forfreespeech on universitycampuses wages underthe first amendmentofthe U.Sconstitution, is thefire,fanningthe flames of intolerance so longas on.The protestors have wonthisbattle, they will not that my righttospeak freely remainsregardlessof theseviews remain unchallenged. winthe war. Thespiritoffreespeechwillcontinue whetherornot you agreewithmyviews.Yet there TheU.S presidentDonaldTrump hasthreatened on,asavital part of liberaldemocracy at homeand appearstobeanentirelydifferentset of rulesinthe to withdrawfunding from U.CBerkeleyafter the abroad. wild west that is modern dayuniversitycampuses. In incident if they continue to disregardone of themost

No Nathan Redman

Milo Yiannopolousisknown to be,amongst agreat hatred of theall-femalerebootofGhostbusters saw Indeed,Milohas even abusedstudentsathis events. many negative things, aviciously right-wing troll himdirectvicious abuseatactressLeslieJones, At onehis talks in Wisconsin, Milo openly abused a andprovocateurwhomdeliberatelysaysthingswith callingher “barelyliterate”. transgenderstudent in frontofhis audience.This theintention of causing areaction.Itisawonderwe This ledtomanyofhis fans sendingracisttweets isn’tsomeone whoisachampion of free speech,he’s areall amazed when hisspeechatUCBerkeleywas to Leslie in such volume it caused hertodeleteher simply abully whohas beengiven aplatformthathe metwithderisionand resistancefromanti-fascists. ownaccount. does notdeserve. Indeed,heismostwell-knownfor hiscurrent Milo,althoughsayinghehad nothing to do with it, Ultimately,MiloissimplyarepackagedKatie ‘Dangerous Faggot’tourthatisgoingacross American certainly helpedwhipuphis fans into such afrenzy- Hopkins.His entire career hasbeendevoted to writing campusespurelysohecan spoutasmanyextreme causing hisown accounttoget banned by Twitterfor offensiveopinion columnsfor thealt-right website statements as possible -mostlikelybecause he revels inciting such harassment. Breitbart News,using offensive rhetoric at speeches in thereaction he receives forhis trolling endeavours. University, of allplaces, should be ahaven of andencouraging hisfanstoengageintrolling and Forinstance, in an eventattheUniversityofOregon, rational,reasonable debate andbalanceddiscourse, dangerousbehaviour.The more we give thisman Milo claimedthatpeople aren’t “racistanymore” yetMilohas failed to engage in thisatany of his aplatformthe more he’llsimplyuse it to spout andthat“muslimsdon’t belonginthiscountry”. events,withtitlessuchas“Feminism is Cancer”and vacuousstatements forthe sake of inciting areaction. Smallwonderthatsuchdeliberatelyinflammatory hissupporters shouting “cuck” at anyonewho dares Consideringthatsofar he hasuseditfor nothing more statements incite such aviciousreaction-Milo simply to question him. than abuseand antagonism,its clearthathedoesn’t offers vacuousstatementsfor thesakeofoffending, Milo isn’tsomekindofright-wingcontrarian in deservethe righttospeak at universitiesanywherein andbringsnothing of intellectual valuetoadebate. thesameveinassomeone like PeterHitchens-he is America. Milo waskickedoffTwitter forprecisely thesame simply an inflammatory speakerwho speaks forthe antics that he’s beendoing in hiscollege tour;Milo’s sake of being inflammatory. thegryphon.co.uk Views | 9

The(in)Efficacyofthe Prison System

AidenAlexander Wynn crisis forseveral years, andthe consequences of such sincethe prisons’failures to supporttheir prisoners, BAEnglish Literature chronic overcrowding amount to ineffective services, andthe lack of meanstoprovidethemwithadequate

andathreattothe prisoners’human rights. rehabilitation,means that little is being done in these When events such as therebellion of prisoninmates Forexample,prisons that areovercapacity, such institutions to preventreoffending. at theVaughnCorrectional Center in Delaware occur, as Leeds’,force prisoners to sharecells that areonly Despite theseglaring problems,there hasbeen they necessitate asense of reflection upon thestate of designed forone person; prisoners will oftenreceive very little in theway of movement towardsconcrete ourinstitutions, especiallythose whichare globally re“ form,evenwhenthe issues first becameapparent. in such dire need. If rehabilitation andeducational programmes had Thedemands of therebel prisoners should,Ithink, Instead, thesystem beenmoreofapriority, andifagreaternumber shock us at theirsimplicity. What wasbeingcalled continuedtobeoverusedand of communitysentences formoreminor crimes forsoundstomelikethe bare minimumofwhata hadbeenallocated,the corner that many prisons prisonshouldbeproviding: effective educationand takenadvantageof, and so have foundthemselvesbackedintocould have rehabilitation services,and financial transparency, by this pointweare left with beenavoided.Instead,the system continuedtobe so that monetary allocationstothese aspectsof overused andtaken advantageof, so by thispoint we prisonlifecan be monitoredbythe public and adisturbinglyhighnumber areleftwithadisturbingly high number of prisons prisoners alike.However,the Vaughn Correctional in theUKbeing ratedas‘of concern’ or ‘ofserious Center suffers fromproblems of overcrowding and of prisons in theUKbeing concern’,while only asmall handful have retained understaffing–issuesthatcan severely hinder ratedas‘of concern’ their‘exceptional’status. aprison’sability to providethe required services In itscurrentstate,itisunlikelythatthiscountry’s effectively. “ prison system will seethe lightofday againfor a Whileitistruethatthisrebellion took placeinthe insufficient food;and thetimeaprisonerisallowed long time,ifatall.Ithas been shackled by rises United States,America is notthe only countryguilty to spendoutside of theircellcan hitinhumanelows, in ratesofincarcerationand slashestofunding,as of such issues with theirprisonsystems;the very reducing them tocaged beasts.Thisisexcessive well as arefusal to acknowledgethe humanityof sameproblems existinthe UK,and indeed rightunder punishment formanyinmates,and canhaveahuge prisoners.Asaresult,itis nowlockedinacycle that ournoses here in Leeds. Ourcity’sprison, HM Prison impact on mental stability.Furthermore,thisisa it will be difficulttoescape from,for prisoners and Leeds, hasbeensufferingfromamajorovercrowding significant problemfor thesurroundingcommunities, prisonsalike. TheEnd of Satire?It’sNoLaughingMatter

AnitaPant in 2000. Nowthatthe butt of along-runningjokeis immigrants’. In thesestrange times, comedy is BA History theleaderofthe free world, satiristsare grapplingto overshadowedbyareal-lifesketchshow, in whichan keep up. extrafromHomeAlone2and areal-lifeCruella De Vil Satire haslongbeenour only salvationfromthe Satire hasalwaysgot alaughout of exposingthe arethe leaders of thefreeworld.Itwould be funnyif meaninglessjargonand constant u-turnsofelectoral stupidityofour politicians. Theproblemis, unlike it wasn’t so nauseating. politics.It’seasytocriticise politicians’ often conventional politicians, Trumpdoesnot seek to Therehas been endlesstalkofthe ascendancy of unfathomable actionsbut it’s even easiertolaugh presenthimselfasarational,predictableleader. His Trumpbeing thestart of a‘post-truth’era.Since

at DavidCameron drawn with acondomfor ahead. stupiditydoesn’t have to be exposed or exaggerated satire relies on acertain degreeoftruth foritto Haha!Acondom!The passive activism of themasses, because he’s done thejob himself. He is hyperbole have anysubstance,itseems to me to have become satire wouldseemtobeatimelessweapon. incarnate, endlesslyTrumpingour wildestnightmares obsolete in theage of Trump. Whileit’stemptingto EnterDonaldTrump,livingmemeand self-created (see,eventhe wordplay hasbeenexhausted). take refuge in laughing at thisridiculoustangerine of

caricature. Last week,South Park creators Trey Parker It’s not even as if Parker andStone arejustanother aPresident,maybe it’s time to turn passive activism andMattStone announced theirdecisiontoreduce pair of Hollywoodliberals. SouthParkisinfamous into,well, active activism. Forall hisbuffoonery, theircontent on theU.S Presidentfor thesad fact that fortakingthe piss outof, well,basically everything Trumpisno joke. “satirehas become reality”. –fromunrelentingly Youonlyhavetogoasfar as Trump’sTwitter account “ mockingPCculture to depictingthe Clintonvs. Trumpraceasa‘turd Formanyyears,the ideaof sandwich’ vs a‘giant douche’. Admittedly it’s Trump as President wasthe notthe most sophisticated most absurd joke people could satire outthere,but the fact that such amerciless thinkof, even making it into show is “backing off” aprescient episodeofThe Trumpisquite surprising to me. Simpsonsin2000. It’s notjustTrump too. Elsewherethe new “ extremes of politics seem to seetheir point. Hyperbolic jibes, an abundanceof to mimiccomedyina futile exclamationmarks andastandardofliteracy strange inversionofthe that is trulyunpresidented(haha!Hecan’t spell!). Not former status quo. Just to mention theendless squawks of “FAKENEWS!”. look at Brexit –suddenly Whohired this guy? everything from the Formanyyears,the idea of TrumpasPresident weathertoacold cup wasthe most absurdjokepeople couldthink of,even of teawas blamed by making it into aprescient episode of TheSimpsons someoneonthe ‘bloody Image: Fox

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ALoveLetterToIran Edmund Goldrick little huts line themountainsidewhere young ca“ ptain, an old loyalist andmaritime mansinging BA History people go to lettheir hair down andsmoke shisha histwilightdaysawayfar from theocean. together (and slightly higher up huts with curtains Thebig blockbusteratthe time was‘Salaam This wasgoing to be apiece aboutrenewed tensions that Igathergiveyoung couplesalittleprivacy). In Mumbai’anIndian-Iranianproductionabout an betweenIran andAmerica.Itwas goingtodiscuss Shiraz,people wander thecity’smanygardens and Iranianmedical studentfalling in love whileon whatPresident Rouhanihas triedtoachieve and appreciate thegreatpoet, Hafez, with arespect and exchange.The poster,plastered outsideevery why, Iran’s parallel statestructures, theirpolitical cinema, wasacuriouscontrasttothe frequent andeconomicaspirations, possiblerepercussions portraitsofthe Ayatollahs. It hasthe film’sleads, forUSmanufacturing,and howfor threedecades In many ways,Iran is an Indian woman,and an Iranianman,perched conservative Americahas fundamentally by acar,chattingjoviallyinjeans andshirts. No misunderstood Iran.ThenIcrashed. Thelasttwo strikingly similar to headscarves, no coverings, no segregation.The weeks have been onepolicydisasterafter another, America. simple reality that Iran,unlike some of America’s andit’sgetting depressing.All roadsleadtoTrump, allies,isnot theradical,undemocraticnationthat and, by thelooks of it,ruin. theRepublicans think it is,slips by professional Instead, thisgoing to be abit more personal. I politiciansand intelligence leaders. visitedIran during theholidays, andifyou getthe love that dwarfs even Britishsociety’s veneration of In manyways, Iran is strikingly similartoAmerica. opportunity to go,Iwould heartily recommendit. Shakespeare. They’rebothethnicallydiverse,fiercelyproud, Thelandscape is beautifuland varied,the people are Thesheer majestyofthe country’smanymosques, loving,hospitable,sharply dividedalong urban- thewarmest,and friendliestpeople youwillever“gardens, tombs,and bridgesisbreath-taking. At ruraland religious-secularlines,haveshockingly meet,and it is amulticulturalmelting potunlike Isfahan,Isatwithagroupofelderly mensinging unequalwealthdistribution, andbothpossessa anything you will ever experience. songsbythe riverbed.One informed me,withno burgeoning youththatfeelthatmaybe theircountry Thereissomuchtosurpriseand warm your smalldegreeofpride,thathehad beenacaptain does nothavethe freedom that waspromised. heart: achadorcladwoman selling lingerie on the in theShah’sImperialNavy. It wassurprisingto Foramoment,there wasachance forpeace underground, acarpetsalesman throwingalunch seesomeone so open aboutservice to theShah, betweenthose twogreatnations.Now Ifearitis partybecause he’s bored, ataxidriversmoking hash an understandably reviledfigure renownedfor gone. on thejob.AtDarband,onthe outskirtsofTehran, hisexcessand oppressive rule.Yet here wasthe Big-headed BeybyAnnouncement

Bronte Farenden herselfinquite high regard if sheisable to publicly Iamnot oftenone to criticiseBeyoncé; in fact I BA Communicationsand Media emulateone of thepurestand most reveredwomen in woulddescribemyselfasanavidfan.She is indeed Christianity. apowerfuland widely adored woman andrightly Let’sbehonest, we allloveabitofBeyoncé. Arguably Secondarytomyinitial annoyance wasthe fact that so.But on thisoccasion, Ifeelthatshe couldhave oneofthe most influential womeninpopularculture Beyoncéreleasedthe news of herpregnancy on the perhapsplayeddownher no less lovely news,inboth today, ‘Queen B’ hasempowered many womenaround first dayofUSBlack Historymonth.Tosome, this an aestheticand timely sense. theglobe throughher inspiring music, tenacious mayseemtrivial and performances andher unwavering politicalstrength. arguably thenewsmay Sheisapostfeminist’sdream.However,lastweek, have been viewed as a theextravagant announcementofher second pleasantway to kick-start pregnancy broughttolight anothersideofBey,one thisannualcelebration. whichwedon’t seeveryoften butisperhaps,alittle However,IfeltthatBey’s too‘empowered’. announcementdetracted ThenewsofBeyoncé’spregnancy first brokevia from thecommemoration herInstagram page.OnFebruary1st, an imagewas of an importantissue releaseddepicting Beykneelingdowninfront of a that is still very vibrantfloral displaywearing mismatched underwear, prominent, particularly draped in agreen translucentveiland holdingher withinher own very full andperfectly glowingstomach.Incredibly politicalenvironment; reminiscent of theVirginMary, Beywas pictured racism. With therecent lookinggracefully goddess-like, with heremerald inauguration of President cloakand ‘halo’ of flowers. Trump, theissuesof Of course,the social mediasiteand subsequently, racism andxenophobia theentireinternetwentberserk andwithinhours, arebecomingincreasingly thephoto hadrackedupwelloveramillion likes, dominantinour media alongwiththousands of comments congratulating landscapeand have been heronthe news.The followingday’s newspapers further strengthened also congratulated Beyoncé,with TheSun’s headline by therecentMuslim ‘BEYMACULATE: Mother of God! Singer’s pregnant travel banacross the with twins’reinforcingthe divinity of theimage. US.Therefore,although Although Beyoncédoes, as always,lookstunningin Beyoncé’sannouncement thiscleverlycomposedimage,there were twothings wasofcoursewonderful, aboutthe whole announcementthatsomewhatgrated Ifeelthatitisperhaps on me.One wasthe fact that indeed,there were notthe most appropriate clearreferences to theiconicVirginMary. In fact, topicthatpeople should theentireensemble wascompletely dowsed with be currentlydiscussing. religiousiconography,implyingtomethatBey holds Don’tmisunderstand, Image: Beyonce 11 | Society thegryphon.co.uk Four SocietiesThe Union Should Have Thereare over 300societiesinthe Union, andtheir varied nature meansthattheycater to almost anyinterest, skillorpassion.However, have youeverconsideredstarting anew society? Here areacouple of societiesthat TheGryphon feelsshould be introduced to LUU..

Elsa Amri

The Nap Society DankSoc

It’s almost common fact that most university students do not get enough sleep. When you’re having aterrible day and nothing is going your way, dank memes For most of us, it’s because we can’t help but stay up late watching Netflix series are there to lift your mood. It’s notanexaggeration. The sillynature of memes or scrolling aimlesslythrough our Facebook news feeds. It’s not our fault that we makes themgreat sources of entertainment. Even if aparticularmemedoes not “ “ “ “ “ “ suddenly lose all sense of drowsiness when we step into our bedrooms. make“ you laugh, the fact that it is amemeisenoughtodistract you from your problems, by making you ponder why on earth someone would create such a meme.

It takkesme15-20 minutes to walk to campus. Asociety dedicated to honoring both the dankest and most cringeworthy of

RRattrherthan havingtomakeseveral trips to and memes is what we, as astudent body, need. Imagine meetings where students come together and discuss the latest meme; or even sessions where members

fromhomeduringthe day, it wouldbegreat to learn how to make their own memes. Picture using the Dank Meter (obviously

have asociety thatcould designatenap ssppaccees created by thecommittee)torate how dank ameme is withyour fellow dank

memeenthusiasts. Does the thought excite you? Probably. Does it appeal you? for everyoneoncampus Most likely. Should we still have the society? Without adoubt. “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ At tetheir simplest they offeralaugh, and at their However, with anap society,wecould take out an hour or two during our day momostcocmplex they provide an avenuefor subtle to rest with fellow nappers. Since we’d be attending these nap sessions with the intention of sleeping, we would not allow ourselves to be distracted by what convveresationsabout relevant socialtopics. Each typically delays our sleeping schedule at home (phones, laptops, etc.). Most meme hasits owncontextthateveryone seemsto importantly, we’d get to know other people who enjoy sleeping just as much as we do, andrecount similar experiencesoffinding yourself awake at 4am even already know -certainly most millennials do - though you havealecture at 9am.Bring back scheduled naps and save our sleep- whichallowspeople to sharetheir opinionnasandd “humourwithouthavingtofirst setthe sceeene ProcrastinatorsUnite -Tomorrow

Whataprocrastinator loves more than procrastinating is discovering another procrastinator who enjoys procrastinating as much as they do. It’s easier to Early Midlift Crisis Club feel goodabout not having started an assignment due in three days if there’s someone out there in the exact same position as yourself. That’s why asocietyfor Life canbedifficult. Writingessaysishard. Goingtolabsishard. Paying your procrastinators is what the student body needs. rent on time is hard.These hardshipsmay seem insignificantcomparedtowhat themajorityofthe worldgoesthrough,but they canbequite effective at making Granted, members wouldn’t just partake in discussions of what their latest you question yourexistence andwhere yourlifeisheaded. 9amclasses can, procrastinating fiasco was, rather, we could share tips on how to procrastinate eventually,shake even thetoughestresolves. However,whatdoyou do when less. After all, we all recognise that we haveaproblem, so we mayaswell get you’refeeling down in thedumps andquestioningwhy youshouldevenbother our heads down and try to figure out howtobetter ourworkethic. If that doesn’t with university? Skipping classes andholingupinyourroomisnotthe answer, work, which it inevitably won’t because how can you trust aprocrastinator to butjoining theEarly MidlifeCrisisClubis. tell you how to procrastinate less, we canalways use the society as an excuse to procrastinate more, by attending society socials instead of doing our work. A With asociety like this, studentswho share similarfeelingsofregret and never-ending cycle. demotivationcould meet up and comforteachother.Itmight seem strangetoseekadvicefromsomeone whoalso feelsliketheir life hasno direction, but the point is that they’ll be able to emphasise with you.

An early midlife crisis, unlike a regular midlife crisis, isn’t often taken seriously. After all, you’re still young, so how could your life already be in crisis? Asocietylike the Early Midlife Crisis Club would be able to challenge those stereotypes by showing people that, regardless of your age, you too can wake up one morningand havelost Image: GettyImages your ambition. Image: GuyStuff Counseling LEADERSHIP RACE

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1234 5678 9101 1121 The Starman, The Prince and The Last Christmas

This February is LGBTQ+ History Month; to celebrate, Katie O’Kelly reflects on the ways Bowie, Prince and Michael made wavesintransforming howwenow see gender and sexuality.

2016 sawthe world lose someofthe greatest LGBTQ+ icons of all time.David on howgay people were perceived. Bowie never seemedtofeel theneedtojustify Bowie, Prince andGeorge Michael all crafted alegacy that incorporates muchmore his choices. He was intent on being himself, or some incarnation of himself. He than just their musicalachievements: they were all revolutionary in challenging pushed boundaries and changed the image of pop forever. howweperceive concepts of sexuality and gender. There is no doubtthatseeing such stars as these embrace their own identities had apositiveinfluence on how Unlike Bowie, George Michael’s coming out was, unfortunately,non-voluntary. theLGBTQ+community wasviewed, and their bravery still continuestopromote He was outed by the press following an arrestinLos Angeles in 1998. The height tolerance today. of Michael’s careeralso coincided with the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s and 90s, which led to renewed prejudice of the gay community. Michael revealed that part Prince’s style was profoundly influenced by concepts of of thereason he didn’t come out voluntarily was because gender. Hisonstage persona was flamboyant and colourful “Prince, Bowie and George he didn’t want his mother to worry about him contracting and in no way conformed to the stereotypes of masculine style. Michael not only made it AIDS.George Michaelwas different to Bowie and Prince Importantly, this was never seen as embarrassing. Prince was acceptable to be different, because, forwant of abetterterm,he‘looked straight’. so unapologetic in his performance that this challenging new He was theclassic guys-want-to-be-him, girls-want-to- style was not onlytolerated but celebratedbymusic lovers theymade it cool” be-with-him celebrity.Despite therebeing other openly around the world. It was avital part of who Prince was as gayartists on the scene in the 1980s music industry, the an artist. Prince challenged his fans furtherbyjuxtaposing news of George Michael being gay cameasashock to many this binary appearance with very masculine, sexually charged lyrics. Prince chose people. Althoughinhindsight, the platforms, hair and earings might seem overtly to explore sensuality with his music, explicitly and openly. These lyrics caused flamboyant, he certainly never looked effeminate. He therefore helped challenge controversy in the media,which Prince responded to with the album Controversy. the image of what gay men look like and, like Prince, showed that how you dress Artists arealways pushing boundaries, but Prince took it to the next level and, due and how you identify are not inextricably linked. to his success, helped to spreadthe message that individuality is agoodthing and that you don’tneed to conform to what society deems normal for your gender. This LGBTQ+ history month, we should remember the lasting influence of those brave artists who helped change people’s perceptions of sexuality and gender. David Bowie’s influence was similar in many ways. His style was also daring, They used their fame to help society see that noteveryone can fit the same mould flamboyant and often feminine. He wore more makeup than mostwomen did and of so-called ‘normality’. They not only made it acceptable to be different, they opened upanimportant discussion on sexuality and experimentation. Bowie had made it cool.Each in their own way helped all of those who are struggling with heterosexual relationships, but came out as gay in 1972, before statinghewas their own identity both then and today. In atime where the Vice President of bisexual afew years later, then claiming he was a“closetheterosexual”.Whatever the United States is aman who has previously stated that abstinence is the best his sexuality,itdidn’t really matter. The unpredictable and unexplainable actions response to the AIDS crisis, it is important to not become complacent towards of Bowie were alandmark moment for the LGBTQ+ community. Bowie was coming LGBTQ+ rights. We need to remember howmuch society has progressed, and the outpubliclyonly fiveyears after homosexuality was actuallymade legal in Britain, struggles we have made millions of gay men and women and the trans community when the stigma that surrounded it was stillwidespread. It wascertainlyabrave endure, in order for us to developasan inclusive society together. move on his part and forced many people to question their ownprejudices. He was oneofthe biggest starsofthe time and, because of this, had ahugeinfluence Katie O’Kelly 5 Fresh Beats

Process by Sampha

Griefcan be difficult, oftenimpossibletoexpress. moon landing arewoven throughout theopening Samphamanagestouncover some semblanceof track, ‘Plastic 100°C’,where theideaofspace is used beautyinthe pain of losing someoneinhis debut to comprehendthe other-worldlyfeelingsofgrief. album Process,awhollypersonal andself-reflective exploration of love,loss andmortality. Sandwiched betweensynth-heavy tracks andhis erratic, electronic beatsare beautifullyelegant piano Thedeath of aloved oneisoftendescribed as adream- ballads. In ‘NoOne KnowsMelikethe Piano’ Sampha like experienceand Process,analbum inspiredbythe addressesthathis piano, giventohim at theage deathofSampha’smotherin2015, entirely embodies of three, “tookhold of me andnever,never,never this. An etherealfeelcirculatesthrough thealbum, letmego”.Havinglostbothparents,these tracks, emerging from Sampha’sunmistakable soprano placed at thecentreofthe album, highlightthe single articulating tortured lyrics,against an equallyunique pointofconstancy in theartist’slife, thepiano.Its blendofgenres. His voicecracksatthe endof‘Take subjectmattermay be ageold,but Process is entirely Me Inside’asheasks“maybethisisall adream?” innovative. echoingthe feelings of confusionand self-doubt constant in thealbum. Harrowing as it is beautiful, authenticasitis uncertain, Process isassuredtobethe debutwewere Samphahas always played with space-agesounds alldesperate for. andcosmicthemes, particularly with long-term collaborator SBTRKT.Now,onhis solo mission, lyrics JodieYates such as “it’slikeouter-space in hisinner ears”and quotes fromNeilArmstrong andBuzzAldrinontheir Rating: Safe In Sound by LowerThanAtlantis

Britishrockers LowerThan Atlantisare back,but it’s tones. Thestabs at sentimentality areentirelyempty; not quitethe triumphant returnwe’ve allbeenhoping it’s difficultwhenlistening to ‘Could Be Worse’ and for. As thealbum title, Safe in Sound,suggests, the ‘I Don’tWanttoBeHereAnymore’tofind feelingin band haven’ttaken anyrisks sonically. In fact,itfeels them.Thenagain,thatcould be thepoint. like an attempttoreplicate themasterpiece that was theirlastalbum.Unfortunately,where that self-titled Despite therecord’sdisappointments,the band’s huge record soared, Safe in Sound fallsfrustratingly flat. upcoming tour will certainly be memorable.Thisband arealwaysontheir finestformduringliveshows,and Of course,there aremoments of brilliance;the theirsongs arebuilt forsuchsettings. Theoh-so- openingtrack ‘Had Enough’has plentyofheftand British-it-hurts chants of “Who areya? Whoare ya?” riffs to blow your mind (and eardrums,but in agood of ‘LongTimeComing’,and ‘Work’s’ lengthy“wo-o- way).Someofthe softer momentslater in therecord o-ah”can only reach theirpotential with thousands areequally enjoyable.‘IWould’undoubtedly pays of people joiningin. homage toVanessa Carlton’s‘AThousandMiles’, whichbecame afan favouritewhenthe band covered Lower Than Atlantis mightbehit andmisswith it in 2015.Lyrically,‘IWould’ispackedwithclichés studio releases,but they will neverdeliver‘ANight such as “I am thelockand you’rethe key”,and yet,it to Forget’. is so funthatthisisexcusable. Sophia Simon-Bashall Sadly, SafeinSound is,for themostpart, fullofrepetitive choruses whichfallshort of catchy-take‘Boomerang’ Rating: as aprime example -and vocaldistortions which detractfromfrontman Mike Duce’s rugged rock nroll

ThreeWorlds: MusicFromWoolf Works by MaxRichter

“Words, Englishwords,are full of echoes,ofmemories, repeatingpiano chords,predictable harmonies. But of associations–naturally”.VirginiaWoolf’s voice thisisnocriticism:itis enchanting nonetheless. In opensMax Richter’s ThreeWorlds: MusicfromWoolf ‘Orlando’, Richterseamlesslyfuses electronicsinto Works andisapposite in itsdescription of themulti- theclassicalarrangement, creating thetrance like layeredalbum that follows. Thepost-minimalist movement ‘Modular’. ‘Orlando’ismade up of shorter, composer scored Woolf Works forWayne McGregor’s turbulent, dissonantmovements that rapidlychange ballet basedonMrsDalloway,Orlando and TheWaves. mood to reflect thetumultuousnovel.AlthoughI’d Whilst theballet premieredin2015, therelease of the recommendlistening to thescore withoutdivision,the record coincideswiththe ballet’s recent revivalatthe climaxofthe record is theone movement piece:‘The Royal OperaHouse. Waves’.Floatingatopabackdrop of Richter’slapping wavesofmelancholystrings,Gillian Andersonreads Although Woolf Works wascreatedtoaccompanydance Woolf’sharrowingsuicide note- devastating, but andreflectWoolf’s texts, themusicmanages to tell somehowbeautiful.Woolf’s suicidenotelooms over itsown story. Woolf’swritingspunctuatethe album, thefinaltrack,leaving you with theimpressionthat providinganoverarching structure that seemstomake thealbum is notjustabout herwork, butabout her. thealbum aboutWoolf herself. Thus,there is arange of ways to listen to Richter’salbum;itworksevenif Richterencapsulatesthe echoes,memoriesand youare notfamiliar with thetexts.Richter focuses associationswehavewithVirgina Woolf. on MrsDalloway first, creating explicitlinks with the text by having thebustleofLondonand thebellof Emma Dutton ElizabethTower open thealbum.Likethe ordinary daythatWoolf describes, Richter’sfirstpiece follows Rating: thepredictableshapesoffilm music- string swells, 6

In The Middle with Howl

Image: Sonic PR Bradford boys Howl, previously NGOD, have certainly had awhirlwind of a2017sofar;from being dropped from amajor label to anamechange, theyhavealso been announced forthis year’s LiveAtLeedsfestival. Emily Moscrop talks inspirations, FIFAand Kaiser Chiefs.

Your soundisalot different to the indie/rock bands around at the minute -what Lovely. I’ve been going there since alittleboy -Ilove that place,it’s agreat do you think makes your sound so unique? venue. Ilovealot of thevenues in Leeds, but Nation of Shopkeepers is acoolplace. Being from Bradford [laughs]. Idon’t know if it givesusthat bit of grit that alot Ithink we were the first band on back then -wemight be thisyear! We’d love to of otherbands don’t really have. Ithink alot of it has to do with our performance play theO2-orStylus, Stylus is agreat place. as well. We try really hard to give everything we’ve got to our performances. We practise constantly -welive in the same house, so we’re around eachother allthe Since the last time you played at the festival, you’ve gained amuch bigger time, andwejustwork hard. following -are you expecting an even bigger turnout this year? I’d have fucking hoped so [laughs]. Two years later stillhave the same crowd, What’s your songwriting process? justplaying to ourparents like “oh, fantastic!”. No, We allwrite together. Someone will come in with an “Wetry really hard to give I’d really hope so,Ithinkalot haschanged since two idea, then we’ll all just jam our own parts down. When yearsago forus. Ithink we’vegot better -yeah, we it’s all done I’ll be singing gibberish over it, then me everything we’vegot to our have gotbetter. and Alex will spend quite afew days actually writing performances. We practise lyrics. He comes in quite poetic and serious, and then Whenyou’vefinished your set, willyou go and watch I’ll be abit dafter -and Ithink that’s what makes it constantly [and] we just other artists? work lyrically, because we just meet in the middle. work hard.” Yeah, we definitely will go andsee them. Ithink our problem is, and I’m speaking for myself here,Idon’t Which artistswould you say have influenced your really listen to that muchnew musicasmuch as I sound? probably should do. Ithink it just doesn’t really do Ithink we all grew up listening to different styles of music, and Ithink our parents much for me. There’sveryfew newbands that emotionally move us Ithink, but were the biggest influencesonus. Igrew up on alot of Motown, and then Alex we definitely will go and check out other bands and see what’s happening. I’d and Lewis grew up on alot of punk, like Siouxsie and the Banshees and Pixies, lovetogoand seeSlaves live, andcheckout Wild Beasts. Oh, and Jagwar Ma, we’ll and then Billy grew up on Bowie, T. Rex, TheBeatles, Joe grew up on The Beatles definitely go and check them out. We’ve seen them before in Leeds and they were too -but Ihad alot of CaroleKingand Bob Dylan. really good.

Hasthere ever been amoment since the band formed that made you think “we’re What else has 2017 got in store foryou? actually pretty good at this”? We’re touring with Spring King and Kaiser Chiefs in February. Ithink we’ll be Maybe‘Blue’beingfeatured on FIFA. Ithink when we gotacall from our managers, doing our own tour as well,and Ithink we’re playing in Amsterdam at afestival we didn’t think anything of it. Iknow that sounds really daft because it’s such a called Waterpop in August. big deal, but Ithink in the music industry it seems alot of people make promises and it just falls through. So when EA said they were interested in ‘Blue’, we were Emily Moscrop kinda like “yeah, that’s incredible, we’re alright at it”. Live At Leeds 2017 will take place on Saturday 29th April. Get yourticket for £32.99 at The last time you played at Live at Leeds you were at the Nation of Shopkeepers, liveatleeds.com. how was that for avenue? Where would you prefer toplay this year? Gig 7

Imagine the chaotic energy of amainstage crowd list. The addition of 80s style synths and ashift at Leeds Festival. Now condense that energy into away from earworm melodies and lyricsmade the Roundup aroom of 2000 people and you have apretty good overallshowfeel farmorefresh and slick. This ideaofthe atmosphere Two Door Cinema Club were juxtaposition between the guitar melodies of their welcomed to when theystormed the O2 Academy oldermusic and thegroove-based rhythms of stage. newer material not onlyadded variation, but also TwoDoor Cinema showed how the band have matured in the four Before TDCC had even taken astep on stage the years leading up to 2016’s Gameshow. Club @O2Academy, audiencewere wild. During support act Sundara Karma’s slot, the crowds were moshing and What hasn’t changed over the years is the drive 31/1/17 shouting the lyrics to tracks from debutalbum the band put into their shows. Both new andold Youth is Only Ever Fun inRetrospect,animpressive feat songs were played with an infectious energy that Image: Clash Magazine given that it’s release date was ameremonth ago. reverberated betweenartist andaudience. Theyseemed completely at ease and demonstrated astrong stage presence for agroup at such an early Large, punchy graphics, combined withTDCC’s stage of their careers. now extensive experience with festivals and arena stages helped to add to theoverallfeeling of a Ultimately, the audiencewerethere to see the hit globalband coming home. tracks of TDCC’s earlier albums Beacon and Tourist History.‘Something Good Can Work’, ‘Next Year’, Clare Redman and‘Undercover Martyn’ were allmet with as muchenthusiasm fromthe crowd as their chants of Rating: “You what? You what? Leeds” during the interlude. However, tracks from new album Gameshow such as ‘Bad Decisions’ helped to balance out the set

An eight-piece soul band, on paper St Paul &the show at the back of the hall, agold-sequinnedshoe Broken Bones may seem like nothing special. Their raised above his head and grovelling at the feet of a St Paul &the Broken two releases so far deliver tight, upbeat funk- bemused audience member, all the while delivering infused soul music that, whilst plenty of fun, isn’t apitch-perfect falsetto croon. Bones @Irish Centre, particularly identifiable fromthe swathes of other bands within the genre doing the same thing. But to The mood of pure joy inside the Leeds IrishCentre 31/1/17 write the band off on this basis would be depriving was tangible thatnight.The band were true yourself of the best entertainment I’ve seen in performers, and I’ve never heard an audiencelaugh years. Yes, most of the songs followed awell- so much at agig; Janeway’s camaraderie was a establishedformat,yet this didn’t meanthe music welcome change from the sullen indie boys with the was mundane. Most jazz and its derivations tread a eyes glued to thefloorthatgrace so many stages at balance betweentradition and innovation –StPaul themoment. Inatime when America is something &the BrokenBones delivered traditional funk fare, of ataboo in any positive conversation, StPaul&the yet thedelivery was so explosive and full of life it Broken Bones provided an all-American show that could never be accused of tedium. couldn’t fail to make you smile.

Whilst every musician on stage was incredibly Andifthat isn’tenough to convince then Ihave talented, made clear by theextended solo passages twomore wordsfor you–jazz flute. If even that that gave every band memberachance to shine, prospect fails to excite, Igiveup. singer Paul Janeway certainly stole the show. A bespectacledman of short stature and areceding Maisie Leddy Image:Chuff Media hairline, he may initially seem an unlikely frontman, but boy can he sing.Adorned in an impeccable leopard Rating: print suit, the man exuded sass. He captivated the audience for the entire set, evenconcluding the

The Belgrave Music Hall allowsfor an intimate spoke comfortably to the audience and made his Natty @Belgrave setting but gives its audience just enough space to performance personal when inviting us to listen to groove to the reggae vibes of Natty. Under Rasta his new songs such as ‘Ss IloveYou’. Just when we Music Hall, 4/2/17 inspired red andgreen lights, we boppedour way thought the performercouldn’tbemore versatile, he through the crowd and scored aspot at the front. introduced us to his fusion of reggae and soft rock, and while we didn’t know the words, the crowd Natty and his accomplished band The Rebel Ship were soonall jammin’ along. tookus“back to Africa”, transporting everyone with classic reggae beats, which were married with As wellasengaging the audience with memorable impressive vocals. The artist moved fluidly from tunes, Natty sharedhis relevant philosophy which reggae to rap, holding the audience’s attention preached the importance of love andhindrance of firmly. Transitionstomorefamiliar acoustic rhythms fear. The crowd rightly agreed with him that “we were seamless, with popular favorites like ‘Bedroom are allequal”, unifying everyone before leaving the Eyes’ that had the crowd swaying and singing stage. along to every word. Natty and the band excitedthe audiencebyswiftly moving to upbeat riffs and the Nattyand his extremelytalented band gave an singer owned his space,bouncing across the stage in impressive performance thatwas enjoyable forall time with eachchord andhis dancing fans. involved.

Image: We HeartIt After awell-deserved break, filled by askilled Annie Butcher supporting act, Natty was straight back in with another favorite, ‘July’. Feeling slightly sweaty, Rating: singing “July, July, July” it was easy to forget that Iwas in Leeds in the middle of winter. The artist 8

Copenhagen Clubbing

Unless,likeyour humble Clubs Print Editor,you were fartoo focused on nightlifetoget near a2.1 in first year, you’re probably starting to think about whether you’re going to go on ayear abroad. Ayear ago, Dan King was one of those students. Belowhewrites from Copenhagen, comparing the Scandinavian clubbing scene with that of Leeds...

When making the decision to prise oneself away from the safe Pet Shop Boys and New Order, whilstthe next you’ll hearDaniel familiarity of Leeds andinto another country, you can be left with Averyand anoticeably more techno-orientated sound. Whilst the noshortage of things to mull over. The Study Abroad Office will selection here can be erratic, you’re sure for adecent night– rightly point us towards looking at the cost of living, potential made that little bit sweeter by the non-existent entry fee. language barriers, and the quality of the host university. All are important, obviously. But the truth is that for many, the social life So it’s clear that Copenhagen has astrongscene and much of it offered by acity takes priority. Goingout is ahugepart of student hasn’t been mentioned here. Nonetheless, when this comparison life, andinLeedswe’re blessed with arguably the finest party comes down to the feel of the city, Leeds comes to the fore. This scene in the UK, so when moving to Copenhagen Iknew Denmark is partially brought about by their markeddifferences in clientele; had alot to live up to. Halfwaythrough ayearabroad, this is a Leeds’ scene lives and breatheswith its students, whilst it feels comparison of my oldhome and my current one. that for the most part the clubs and bars of the Denmark aren’t desperately vying forattention as they do in Leeds’ saturated The Scandinaviancountries are setting. In aCopenhagen perennial table-toppers in charts “Whilst Leeds is fairly smoking area you’re as likely measuring thingssuchasquality of to overhear aconversation life and social mobility. Andasifthere diverse, Copenhagen is truly between aSpaniardand an wasn’t enoughtobeenvious of, the cosmopolitan, and this in itself American as you are two Danes also manage to trump the UK Danes.Whilst Leeds is fairly when it comes to the administration adds an edge that anybody diverse, Copenhagen is truly of culturetoo. Whilst we fret about the who chooses to study abroad is cosmopolitan, and this in future of our capital’s fading scene, itself adds an edge that Copenhagen’s flagship nightclub, chasing. ” anybody who chooses to study and the spiritual home of electronic abroad is chasing. Something music in Denmark,Culture Box is fully can be said for sharing nights government-funded. Virtually unparalleled in Leeds, this is a with atruly varied array of people, as opposed to mainly British multi-room maze of avenue,which is relatively old-school in its twenty-somethings. The downfall of this, however, is the very approach; tickets canonly be bought at the door forafixed price, real danger of feeling like atourist.Behind all of the fun, there’s marketing is at aminimum and smoking is allowed indoors. A atransitory feeling Ifind difficult to shake. world-renowned venue that steers clear of tackiness or excess, Culture Box sets abenchmark anyLeeds venue would do well to Amidweek night at Hifi or Wire will often be put on for locals, by match. locals, as opposed to being filled by those who have never set foot inthe club. Ouruniversities do more than sustain Leeds’ night Copenhagen is no different to Leeds in how the city’s clubs breathe economy;they help shape it. The level of collaboration between anew lifeinto previously disused industrial spaces. Leeds’ Beaver venue and audience in Leeds must be praised. Whilst there is a Works and Canal Mills are paralleled by Pumpehuset (literally novelty to living in acity where cycling home from anightclub ‘Pump House’) and KB3, aformer meat storage facility. But is the norm, and it is great to venture out of British club-culture, whereLeeds’ reconfigured buildings have preserved astripped- Copenhagen just lacks the collective, DIY spirit Leeds boasts. But back industrial aesthetic, the Danes offer alittlemorestyle. This having another six months here is by no means apunishment. is best seen at Kødbyen (or the Meatpacking District). Situated Moving away does more than give you new experiences –ithelps in the once-poor area of Vesterbro, Meatpacking is probably the youappreciate your oldones in different way. most popular weekend clubbing spot in the city. Restaurants and craft beerbars are flanked by still-operational butcheries and Dan King meat processing units. The pink neon sign of Jolene -apersonal favourite shines down on revellers enjoying disco andhouse, whilst at nearby Bakken, on one Saturdayyou’ll be treated to the 9 CuttingTeeth on ‘Acetate’

Acetate is back for2017, so we sent John Hardy down to see if the event lives up to its name of being one of the most iconic nights in Leeds...

Acetate,alongside Back to Basics and Cosmic Slop, is one of the must-do smooth transitioning between UK funky and garagey vocal house had an pilgrimages any self-respecting student clubber must make in their time already crammed Wire basement dancing in full flow by the time of the in Leeds. The night was established in 2011 by Hessle Audio’s Pearson switchover, meaning Craig might have lost the crowd if he tried to dial Sound, and has sporadically appeared on Wire’s events calendar ever down the energy. since. The premise is simple: two turntables, arotary mixer, and some of Pearson’s friends and favourite DJs with abag of their best records. However, with Richards’ years of experience,that was never likely to happen. Instead, he carried along with the vibe Pearson had established, On the bill for the first edition of 2017 was Craig Richards, with Pearson before taking thingsdarker with some speaker-warping techno and in support. Richards is known forbeingyour favouriteDJ’s favouriteDJ; electro records as the witching hours approached. From around 5am aSaturday nightresident at Londonclubbing institution fabric since its onwards, Pearson and Craig traded record forrecord,playing some opening, he hasplayed alongside some of the best in the world and the significantly strange but rapturously received bits from their collections, esteem he’s held in is clear when you hear other artists wax lyrical about before Pearson unleashed thegarage classic ‘Baby You MakeMyHeart his selections. Sing’byOrdinary People to astunned basement at 6am. When Pearson finally called it anight with the clock approaching 7:00, the remaining Craig is known for catering to the more minimal and obscure side of crowd walked out knowing why Acetate is regarded as being so special. the house and techno spectrum, so it was surprising on arrival to hear PearsonSound playing hard and fast in the warmup slot. Pearson’s JohnHardy

WelcomeToThe Good Life

Good Lifeare somewhat of aphenomenon in Leeds. Having first appeared on the scene in 2013,their team has worked quickly to create ahuge, dedicated fanbasewho flock to each event, often buying all ticketswithindays oflaunch.WithGoodLifecurrentlyexpandingtootherstudentcities,MillyWhyman investigates their winning formula.

Think Friday night in the desolate setting of the queue for Carnival and SummerofLove mean that each party is different. The Beaverworks. Think girlsinflower printflares with an aptitude for decoration is alwaysoutlandish and transformative, and the line creativeuse of glitter. Think eccentric décor andambitious uses of up funky and broad. FoolsParadise festival last Septemberhoused space.Think groovythemes and even groovier sets and what may, thelike of Jungle and Fatman Scoop, as well as that of AJ Tracey hopefully, come to mind is the events of the ever-popular Good Life. and Ghetts, and past lineups at Beaverworks have included General Levy, Toddla Tand Grandmaster Flash. The range of acts is clear. Slightly embarrassing introductions aside, Good Life is quickly In terms of novelty, also,past events have had cinemas, massages becoming an ever expanding spectacle. From its self-professed on offer androoms filled with pillowsfor when it allgetstoo much. ‘humble’ beginningsatthe now closed Full Circle event space in Leeds,Good Life has nowgrown to host events at university GoodLife has expanded to host events in London,Exeter, Bristol and towns across thecountry and evenits very own festival. more recently Cardiff. Exploration into differentterritories has also included the so-called ‘Secret House Party,’ entry to which had to But how does Good Life stay relevant in the ever-competitive world of be won by process of ‘email raffle’after downloading an app.Iwas events? The answer is range andinnovation. Although eventsbythe likes luckyenough to manageaplace on theguestlist, and although I’m of Flux andHigh Risehave acertainty in their genres that makes the appeal not wishing to give too much away,the alternative event certainly constant and reliable, Good Life seems to stray away fromcommitting to provided afunky array of UV lighting, flower garlands and agraffiti aniche. Instead the choice is to appealtoawider section of the club scene, filledbasement of grime. Perhapsmoreofthisintrigue and grungy in way that is not necessarily commercialised, but more aconscious move mystery is what Good Life needs in Leeds to keep the interest of students to make the brand available for any reveller that maywish to attend. who have completed the rounds and are looking for something new.

The style of themedeventssuchasthe Bollywood Boogie,Caribbean MillyWhyman 10 The Classic Tale of Romeo and... Romeo

ORomeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Also where’s your jacket from?

Shakespeare’s masterpiece Romeo and wouldsmell as sweet”. We also decided Juliet is aclassic heart wrenching tale, to grungethe look up alittle with black but often it’s forgotten that so much chunkyankle bootsand ablack lace of thedrama is told through stage choker as Juliet did haveanedgyside dynamics and theatrical conventions. too. The second Juliet look we focused Akey element of those theatrical on the use of sixteenth century ruffles dynamics were of course the costumes and pleats and went foraveryelegant on stage. Sixteenth century fashion and slightly more sophisticated look -for the rich and upper class anyway with aduckegg blue silk blouse with -was full of decadent fabrics and an ties and ruffle detailing and paired it excess of it. Romeoand Juliet would with agrey pleatedmidifor theperfect have had beautiful embroidered romantic outfit. Although the second detailing with intricate patterns and outfit doesn’t use the quintessential metallic silks, all in rich deep colours. romantic colours, not everyone fancies The extravagant fashions would pink andred,sothisblueand grey have emphasised the romance of the combination is agreat alternative. couple and intensified their tragedy. Seeing as we have Valentine’s Day We suited andbooted the Romeo’s in soonapproaching we decided to take slightlymore structuredoutfits. The this idealised romantic fashion and sixteenth century ruffles may have modernise it to make it wearable and madeacomeback in the 80s but we hopefully affordablefor students. wentfor slightly more relaxed vibes with apaisley print silk shirt in deep Whetheryou’respending Valentine’s autumnal tones and paired with a‘pork Day loved up with your partner or pie’ style hat, for astylish almost rocky hitting the town with your friends, look. The secondRomeo look we used youcan still flaunt these romantic aclassic oversizedwhite shirt, with style all inspired by Shakespeare.We silver rodeo detailing on the collar, to chose flowy sheer fabrics, because addthat touch of metallic decadence luckily women no longer wear bone Romeo would have possessed. The breaking corsets, and we thought a shirt was paired with afitted green sheer overlay dress would be the perfect tweed jacket, in keeping with the modernisation. We emphasised the darker autumnal shades of the setting, romantic flirty essence with apastel for amysterious romantic style. rose pink. The pink sheer dress was accessorised with arose flower crown Ashleigh Stern as Juliet is “A rose by any other name 11 Juliet’s in Love.But Where’s Romeo?

In this love story Juliet has agirlfriend

It’s one of the most famous love is love, regardless of gender and stories in history. The classic tale of sexual preference. Therefore, in our forbidden love that ends in tragedy. romantic tale Juliet doesn’t meet Despite Romeo and Juliet beingover 400 Romeo andfall head over heels in yearsold,there are elements of this love. Julietfalls in lovewith agirl, and tale that stillresonateinour society. Romeo is infatuated with aboy.We wanted to crush the boy-meets-girl Until 1967 homosexuality was stereotype and promote LGBT love that still acriminal act in the UK and isn’toften publicized in the media. despite huge leaps in social attitudes Our shoot was in the wildly romantic towardshomosexuality,the LGBT Kirkstall abbey, an 800-year-old piece community is stillonthe receiving of historywhich allowed great contrast end of prejudiceand homophobic betweenold and new. We created looks abuse. In fact, homosexuality is still that were modern but still retained that illegal in 77 countries across the romantic essence we wanted to portray. world. This suggests Shakespeare’s forbidden love concept we see in We hopedthat in breaking the stereotype Romeo and Juliet is stillrelevant today. of only heterosexualcouples often being publicized in the media, we would Because Romeo and Juliet is such a helpsupportthe LGBT community famous love storyand it is,after all, and remind everyone that love is love, nearly Valentines Day,wedecided to regardless of your sexual orientation. create ashoot themedaround romance and Romeo and Juliet’s forbidden love. We love our re-invented, modern day love story and the looksweput However, Romeo and Juliet is afamous together to reflect it. heterosexual romance and does nothing to support the idea that love Beatrice Rae

Photography by Camille Hanotte Paisley shirt: Topman £32 Pink Dress: Primark £12 Hat: Topman £15 Grey Midi Skirt: Primark £8 TweedJacket: Primark £25 Blue Blouse: Topshop£36 White Shirt: Topman £38 Pink headband: Primark £2 “This show gotmesober”: Eleanor Conway on being an unapologetic woman

CoveringTinder,pornandaddiction,EleanorConway’s debut stand up show, Walk of Shame, doesn’t hold back. Jessica Murraychats to her about howthe showhas changed her life, and why it’s agreat time to be afemale in comedy...

Up and coming comedian Eleanor Conway credits her debut standupshow, Walk of Shame, as providing her with the focus she needed to get sober. She’s lived alifeofextremes; when sheworked as amusic journalist forthe likes of VFestivaland Ministry of Sound she travelledthe world, interviewing some of the biggest music stars and partying hard, but developing unhealthy addictions. The thrill of the stand up stage is anew form of addiction, but it has given herthe confidence to accept herself for who she is.

Her show is funny and witty, but also an exploration of the vulnerabilities and flaws we allhave as humans. “It’smewalking youthrough my shame that I’ve experiencedgetting sober. It’salittle bit of adark show, and I’ve had mixed responses; I’ve had grownmen crying, and I’ve hadloads of mum hugs. Ithink at the core of it is alittle bit of pain, and there’s quite avulnerable story in it that people can relate to.” And undoubtedly the premise of the showissomething any20-something will recognise; the perils and pleasures of Tinder, unhealthy addictions to technology, and that perpetual feelingofnot knowingwhatthe hell you’re doing with your life. “It’s almost like an extended adolescence that we have now. I’m in my 30s, Ishould have ababy and ahouse but I’m gallivanting around London still.”

It’srefreshingtoseeayoungfemalecomediansohonestandopenaboutthestruggles and difficulties of findingyourfeet in this day and age; young people can’tafford to buy ahouse,and increasing globalisation has lead to more opportunities for travel, but this encourages acasual lifestyle of fleetingrelationships andcheap thrills.

And thisissomething Eleanor knows only too well,“Iflew to Asia with aguy goodfemale comics coming up on the scene,Katherine Ryan forexample,and that I’d just met ,because ‘I knowwhat’s goingtomake this relationship last, Luisa Omielan.” moving 6000 miles away with aguy that Ibarely know.’ That’s absolutely Eleanor described her comedy style as quitemasculine –“Idon’ttake any shit insane! I’m just being unapologetic about who Iam. Ithink we’reall people, in the comedy club” –but she’s also happy that female comedians have changed andwe’re all flawed, and Ithink especially women, quite alot in the past couple of decades. “You had we’ve got to tick all these boxes haven’t we?” ‘‘It’s refreshing to see ayoung that waveoffemale comedians back in the 90s,like JoBrand and JennyEclair, whowerequite sexually Eleanor was just one of millionsofunapologeticfemales female comedian so honest and aggressive, and Ithink we’ve really moved on from who took to the streets as part of the global Women’s open about the struggles and that, although they paved the way for everyone March against Trump’s misogyny and harmful policies, else. Ithink female comics have changed quite “[I marched] because every womanIknow,including difficulties of finding your alot.” Women don’t have to emulate their male myself, has either felt fearful when walking home at feet in this dayand age” counterparts on stage to be successful and they’re night,orhas been physically or sexually assaulted at some no longer defined as ‘female’ comedians; yes level. It’s up to me and it’s up to every woman to make a they’re women, but they’re so much more than that. stand against that. It’s not that we hate men, we love men, but that man, and what he’s saying, it’s notright and it shouldn’t be encouraged. Eleanorwillbebringingher show to The Hyde Park Book Club in April, It’s the first march I’ve ever been on, and Ifeel very passionate about it.” returning to her university city where she studied at Leeds Beckett and Leeds College of Music, worked on the LSR breakfast show, and found aheroin She thinks the frank and fearless nature of her show goes against Trump’s perception syringe in her back garden in Hyde Park. She’s lived awhirlwind life since of howwomen shouldbehave. “He would think thatIwas alower class of woman leaving the city, and is looking forward to coming back and passing on all maybe,not themarryingkind. But that’s ok because Idon’twanttomarryTrump!” that she’s learnt. “If you want to see what not to do, come and see my show.”

But despite the need for aglobal protest movement campaigning forwomen’s CatchWalk of Shame at Hyde Park Book Club on Saturday 29th April. rights, Eleanor thinks it’s agreat time forwomen and minorities in the comedy circuit in the UK. For the firsttime in alongtime, the age of the ‘40-something, Jessica Murray white, middle aged bloke’ dominating the comedy circuit is coming to an end, as more diverse acts increase in popularity. “It’s areallygood time to be awoman in comedy. Before when afemalecomic came on there would be an eye roll, but now it’s like ‘Ooo we want to hear what this girl’s got to say’. There’s so many Angels In

As the landmark production reaches the ripe old age of 25 just in America: time forLGBT+History Month, EveNewstead pays tribute to the iconic and revolutionary Angels In America . Revolution This summer sees the 25th Anniversary of exploreits history than through arevolutionary Tony Kushner’s award winning and culturally and stillrelevant pieceofliterature. transforming playAngelsinAmerica being premiered at the little Eureka Theatre in TonyKushner was awarded with an San Francisco. It’s unsurprising then that Emmy in 2004 for Angels in America. in Theatre theatres around the world are advertising The play is divided into two parts:‘Millennium productions scheduledfor this year with Approaches’and ‘Perestroika’ andstretches immense excitement. Angels in America is across seven hours. The narrative follows the set to hit the West End stage and be played livesofsix struggling New York residents who live on screensacross the country in July. are dealing with stigma, confused identity, Kushner’s play is considered oneofthe most love, and most significantly, death. Prior Walter innovativeand transformative pieces of discovers he has been diagnosed with AIDS. American literature. It rebelled against the Louis, his boyfriend, cannot cope and Prior marginalisation of homosexuals and changed seeks solace from hisformer loverBelize, adrag the way gay lives are represented in pop queen. Harper Amaty Pitt’s life is spiralling culture throughout America. This month is out of control due to her Valium addiction and LGBT History Month and what better way to the realisation that her husband Joe is gay.

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Meanwhile, Roy Cohn is condemning improved vastly the world over in recentyears, of homosexuals, ranting that they are but there is still so much to be done. Following “It rebelled against weak. So when Roy visits his doctor he is the Orlando nightclub attack last year Wesley diagnosed with “liver cancer” not AIDS. Morris, writing for TheNew York Times stated: the marginalisation An Angel visits Prior and he is given the ‘You couldintroduce AngelsinAmerica right now… task ofsaving humanity from themselves. and Ithink people’s minds would stillbeblown.’ of homosexuals The play emerged following the AIDS crisis of the1980s that stole the lives of many, and that Kushner’s play is enduringly progressive and and changed the vilified both AIDS victims and homosexuals. should be looked to for asource of inspiration Kushnerconverses with this issue head on, in the battle against marginalisation of groups waygay lives are with frankness, allegory and often humour. in society.Ifyou can’t make it to aproduction, Priors closing speech in the Epilogue of Act or alivescreening of the play this summer 2bestsumsupthe message of the play: then getyourhands on the HBO series. Asix represented in pop partseries featuringMeryl Streep, Al Pacino ‘This disease will be the end of many of and Emma Thompson that wonderfully culture throughout us, but not nearly all, and the dead will be captures the imagination of Kushnerand commemorated and will struggle on with the was thewinner of five Golden Globes. America.„ living,and we are not going away. We won‘tdie secret deaths anymore. The world onlyspins forward. We will be citizens. The time has come.’ Eve Newstead

With any anniversary of such innovative literaturewenaturally ask ourselves how thewriting resonatestoday.Gay rights have 114

[Image: Matthias Engesser] Is Traditional British Theatre Deteriorating? British theatre is becoming ever more experimental and groundbreaking, but does this mean we‘relosing touch with our theatrical roots? Stephanie Bennett investigates...

Acrucial question has arrived at the forefront of the theatrical sphere: is plays,half of them written by women, are to be showcasedinstead. Billington traditional British theatre crumbling in the face of modern technique? After disputedthat this problem is exacerbatedbythe lack of classical plays, Shakespeare substantial criticism frombothSir David Hare, one of Britain’s leading excluded, that “are slowly but surely disappearing from the regional reps.” playwrights, and Guardian theatre critic Michael Billington, perhaps it is time to consider the position and status of theatre performance in 2017. Whileincluding classic plays is integral to performance, it seems foolishto convict contemporary theatre for lacking amore traditionalist perspective when Launching an acidic assault on European concept directors the very nature of theatre is evolving every day. Modern whosupposedly warp and disfigure classic plays, Hare theatre is just that: modern. Future classics cannot be condemns theway in which they are “beginning to infect” wrought when arguably narrow-minded critics like Hare British theatre. Such damning reproach of “theatre- “Is the whole of British and Billington erase the innovation and eccentricity that makers” wasincluded in an interview prior to the release is established with new interpretations. Shakespeare, of his book. He recalls Jez Butterworth’s award-winning theatre going to be similarly SamuelBeckett, George Bernard Shaw, Victor Hugo, and Jerusalem as “the last surpassingly successful play in the rebuked and judged therest of their ilkare, without adoubt,fundamental tradition.” The renowned play in question opened at the to theatre, but should their classic brilliance inhibit RoyalCourt in 2009.Therefore, in the last eight years inferior when the only new material through their traditional constraints? the status of British performance has disintegrated to accusation is that it is new such adegreethat, according toHare, Britain is heading Emma Ricewas dismissed as the artistic director of the “towards an over-aestheticized European theatre.” and unfamiliar?” Globe, despite diverse critical acclaim, for unconventional He continuestoargue that: “And allthat directorial stuff performances. Is the wholeofBritish theatre going to that we’ve managed to keep over on the continent is now be similarly rebuked andjudged inferior when the only coming over and beginning to infect our theatre. And of accusation is that it is new and unfamiliar? Theatre course if that’s what people want, fine. But I’ll feelless must evolve with the world, and while by no means warmth towardsthe British theatre if that ‘state-of-the-nation’ tradition goes.” should classic and traditional theatre be disregarded, fresh and innovative works should notbeattacked for onlyfailing to adhere to previous ideals of Michael Billington has had similar bitter thoughts to Hare’s. He claims that the performance. Perhaps what is truly ‘infecting’ our theatres is notwhat is “coming National Theatre’s imminent season almost mocks their obligation to classical over from the continent”, as Hare claims, but the stereotypical and frankly staged plays as a“staggering dereliction.” Billington’sprimary accusation seems to archaic limitations being forced ontomoderntheatrebyanolder generation. be the lack of classic selection this year, with only two Shakespearean masterpieces - Macbeth and Twelfth Night –amongst the arrayofnew material. Twelve new Stephanie Bennett Image: Daniella Beattie Food to Beat the WinterBlues

After the post-exams euphoria, partying and guilt-free Netflix binges, it’s around about nowthat it hits: the winter blues. If you’re anuthing likeme, your revision period probably featured waytoo many takeawaypizzas, so here are some healthy winter recipes to keep yougoing...

Mushroom, Peaand RedPepperRisotto

Arisotto may sound fancy, but this one is far from extravagant to make. You’ll find yourself forgetting therain and minus temperatures outside with this spring-like dish that will practically transport you to sunny Italy. Aguaranteed mood-booster.

Ingredients (for oneportion) -70garborio risotto rice -1 vegetable stock cube (you can also use abit of white wine- the perfect way to use up that last bit of the bottle from pre drinks the night before) -Handful of mushrooms -2 cloves of garlic -Frozenpeas -Red pepper -Cheese (parmesan works best, and cream cheese is abonus!) Seasoning: salt, pepper, mixed herbs, oregano.

Method 1.Chopall the vegetables. 2.Heatabout atablespoon of olive oil in alarge pan and fry the onion and garlic. 3.Then add the mushrooms and red pepper. 4.Add the risotto rice. 5.Put on amedium heat, add seasoning and add the stock alittleatatime, waiting for eachbit to be soakedupbythe rice before adding more. 6.Keep doing this until the rice iscooked. 7.Add in the frozen peas, abit morestock and stir through some parmesan/cream cheese. 8.Serve with some more parmesan gratedontop and black pepper. Buonappetito!

Sausage, Butterbean and Veggie Stew

There’snothing youcan’t do with atin of choppedtomatoes and some 8. Drain the butterbeans and add them in. veg. This is one of my favourite comfort meals, and the butterbeans are a 9. When your sausages are done, chop them into small pieces, then add to surprisinglygood (and very cheap) addition. I’ve listedthe vegetablesthat the pan. Iused, but you can just use whatever you have in at the time.Likewise, 10. Let it allsimmer for20minutes to half an hour. you canofcourse use normal meat sausages (these Linda McCartney ones 11. Meanwhile, you canprepare something to serve it with. Ihad it with were just on offer- thanks Sainsburys). couscous, but rice, potatoes or even just some nice crusty bread would workwelltoo. Ingredients (for 2portions) 12. Stir the spinach in at the last minute until it’s wilted, then take off the 3xveggiesausages heat and enjoy! 1x400gtin of chopped tomatoes 1/2 beef (or vegetable) stock cube This madetwo decent sized portions, so you can have onenow and save 1onion one forlater. Just putany leftovers in atupperwarebox in either the fridge 2clovesofgarlic (if you plan to have it in the next few days), or in the freezer. Just reheat 1xtin butter beans it in the microwave and stir until piping hot throughout. Perfect for those 1carrot lazy days when you’d normally reachfor thetakeaway menu. Handful of mushrooms 1/2 ared pepper Handfulofspinach Seasoning: salt, pepper, mixed herbs, oregano and afew chilli flakes if you’re feeling adventurous.

Method 1. Put your sausagesinthe oven and cook according to packet instructions. 2. Whilst they cook, chop all your veg. 3. Make up your stock by adding boiling water to ameasuring jug. 4. Heatabout atable spoon of olive oil in abig pan. 5. Addthe onion and garlic and fry until the onionifsoft. 6. Add the peppers, carrot and mushrooms (not spinach yet!) and keep stirring. 7. Turn the heat downtomedium and add the tinned tomatoes, seasoning and the stock (add the stock gradually to see if it’s the right consistency- you don’t want it too watery!)

Georgia Ryan

Image: Easy Peasy Foodie [Image: Slashfilm] FRONTIER RIVERDALE: The idea behind Frontier wasagood one: a Netflix’s NewTeen six-episode showabout colonial America starring Jason Mamoa. The only problem is, it’s just not that good andused itsmarketing Soap as alie to get people to watch it... American diners? High school drama? We’veseen it all before but we love it...

Archie gets amodernupdate in the live- In true American teendrama fashion, there action teendrama Riverdale.The show, with are already hints of apossiblelovetriangle. its suspense, drama, and intrigue,isafar cry from the wholesome comics from which it Theshowuses many of the same plot devices derives its characters. Stories about football and techniquesfound in most teensoaps to games and summer antics are replaced represent the quintessential high school with murder andcomplicated, sometimes experience. Archie tries out for the football even taboo, relationships. The bright and team.Veronica andBetty try out for the beautiful facade of the town does little to hide cheerleading squad. The main antagonist is its ugly underbelly when abodyturns up. the high school queen beeCheryl Blossom, Jason Bloom’s twin sister, who is intent In true Archie fashion, beloved characters on maintaining the social hierarchystatus all make an appearance. The main crew, quo, and making Betty’s life miserable. The Archie, Veronica,Betty and Jughead, star as characters also deal with family drama, the protagonists of the show. The show also such as overbearing parents and parents Image: fsmedia includes Josie and the Pussycats, agirlband whoalready have their children’s lives from another comic book series published planned out forthem. Featuring school Frontier explores the fur trade of Colonial North America, asubject by Archie Comics. While most of the cast dances, underage drinking, and many that seems fresh enough on the surface.It’s interesting to learn are relatively new to acting, this show sexually charged encounters, the show about this rarely-explored aspect of American history, and at signals the returnofCole Sprouse to acting ticks off everything that defines the teen first, Frontier feels like arefreshingbreak from the endless after going on hiatus to attend university. soap genre just in the first episode. This attention given to the Civil War. However, the problem is that the is all well-worn territory, but it doesn’t interesting part doesn’t go much furtherthan this. The BBCtook The show opens with the tale of the mean that it isn’t highly entertaining. asimilar approach with Taboo.Tom Hardy was the clear centre accidental drowning of popular and of Taboo, and his unstable, evil characteristics were interestingly wealthy high school student, Jason Bloom, The dialogue is at times cliché and explored. Jason Momoa’s equivalentcharacter in Frontier,however, and cuts to afew months later at thestart simplistic, but this is balanced with an was left comparatively undeveloped. Where Taboo perfected of the school year. We are introduced to interesting cast of characters and the Twin its setting and character, Frontier fell disappointingly flat. Veronica Lodge, thedaughterofawealthy Peaks-esque aesthetic of the small town businessman facing chargesoffraud and murder drama.With its fair share of teen For those who were drawn to the show by the casting of Jason Momoa, embezzlement, who has just fled New York angst and murder mystery,weare brought it’s important to highlight that he was exploited as amarketing with hermother to Riverdale. We are then into aworld where noteverything is as it device forthe show, despite the fact that he isn’t anywhere near the introduced to Betty Cooper, the straight- seems. Just from its first episode, Riverdale protagonist. Nowdon’t getmewrong, his character is as awesome laced girl next door, and her neighbour and establishes the potential to be adark and as you’d expect, emanating his expert airoffearfulness. However, best friend Archie Andrews, who has quite entertaining show for teens and adults alike. Netflix placed him at the centre of the show’smarketing, despite the afew scandalous secrets under his belt. The fact that he’s hardly seen.Inthe firstfew episodes he appears in just three run into each other at thelocal 24 Riverdale is currently being released weekly one or twoscenesalone. It is clear that Netflix wanted to capitalise hour diner on the day before school starts. on Netflix. on Momoa’s success in Game of Thrones to mislead its viewers.

So, has Netflix doneitagain?Have they takenagolden show and made it their own? Afraid not. The production value is there, it has strong performances, but the interest never really extended furtherthanthe concept. It has everything except heart. Iwould recommend giving it ago, thereare only six episodes afterall, but don’t go outofyour way for this one.

William Nelson ATrip Down Memory Lane

Our future reading habits are often defined by ourchildhoodfavourites, so we take alookatsomeofthe most iconic classics...

ASeries of Unfortunate Alice In Wonderland by Events by LemonySnicket Lewis Carroll

While ASeries of Unfortunate Events has Adventurous Alice followsahare become apopular film, Lemony Snicket downthe rabbit hole to find some of has in factwritten many more stories thestrangest creatures and fantastic than the first three which the film was characters she has ever met. She enters a based. The 13 books in this series explores world of make-believe where she meets the livesofViolet, Klaus and Sunny -the The Ugly Duchess, the Mad Hatter, the Baudelaire orphans. After their parents’ weeping Mock Turtle, the diabolical death, the three are placed in the custody Queen of Hearts, and the Cheshire Cat. of Count Olaf,aneviland manipulative Whilethe more recent film productions character. Olafdisguises himself in order of this tale aregreat takes on the to take custody of the children, throwing story, what better way is thereto the children in awkward and difficult experienceAlice’sadventures than situations. Theyuse theirintelligence, through the original tale itself. strength and character to escapethe evilCount Olaf. The books engage with dark humour andsarcastic storytelling reflecting the characters’ traits.

The Door that Led to Where The Curious Incident of by Sally Gardner the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon When AJ Flynn fails all but one of his GCSE exams, he is strangely offereda Christopher is autistic. He knows every junior position at alaw firm in London. country in the world and their capital One day while tidying the archive, AJ cities. He also knows every primenumber finds an oldkey with his name and date until 7507.Asyou can tell, Christopher of birth on it. He becomes determined loves facts.Healso likes dogs and to find the door that this key fits and knows dogs can only feel four emotions: when he does, he is transported back happy, sad, angry and concentrated. to 1830. While solving the mysteries So, when Christopherfinds adeaddog behind the namedkey andjumping back inhis neighbour’s garden, he sets off on and forth in time, AJ discovers atime ajourney to solve The Curious Incident where his life is filled with more value of theDog in the Night-time. The story and purpose, atime where he is needed explores themes of family relationships, to unravelthe mysteriesofthe past. mentalhealth, love,lossand happiness. There is also atheatreproduction of the book that is usually performed inLondon but is currently on tour.

They will be performingatLeedsGrand Theatre between 28 February 2017 and4 Sherlock,What Happened? March 2017! Sumaiya Patelmama Did the highly-anticipated fourth season of the BBC Drama liveuptoour expetations?

The seriesstarts with The last episode of the series ‘The Final Problem’ is by ‘TheSix Thatchers’ and far the worst episode of Sherlock to date. This episode takes place immediately is oddly reminiscent of both the Saw and Shutter Island. after the events of the The premise is quite uninteresting andwhile the stakes Christmasspecial. W are meant to be high, the resultisanepisode that the This episode was not the fans and critics did not care for at all. This episode is strongest opening to a meant tofacilitate Sherlock’s character arc to become series, but did provide an amoreemotional and less sociopathic person, but the emotional andshocking plotjustcomes off as heavy-handed andfrustrating. start that would set the Along with the storylines, the editing in some toneofSherlockand of these episodes seems amateurish and hastily Watson’s relationship thrown together. The passage of time in these throughout the series. episodes was not well represented and led to The second episode confusion and disbeliefonmore than afew plot ‘TheLying Detective’ points. The series especially departed from what was by far the best made the past series so popular and entertaining. Three years after the lacklustre third series, and episode of theseries, ayearafter theunderwhelming christmas special starring Toby Jones as the main villain, Culverton The last episode, though, ends off with John and ‘The Abominable Bride,’ Sherlock returned for its Smith, awealthy philanthropist with acreepy Sherlock once again living together and solving fourth series. The firstepisode aired on New Year's andoff-putting demeanour. This episode was at crime, which is what the fans wanted from the Day and was viewed by 11 million people in the UK timesconfusing and the passage of time between beginning. While this series was aletdown, it set up alone. While many were excitedtosee Benedict scenesseemed rushed, but overall it was asubtle the possibility for future series to return to the show’s Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman reprise their roles return to the format of episodes from previous sellingpoint:Sherlock andWatson once again solving as Sherlock and Watson,this three-episode arc left seasons and had quite an emotional impactand unsolvablecrimes together from 221b BakerStreet. many fansdisappointed and angry by the series finale. plenty of suspense andintrigue for the audience. JadeVerbick The only rule is: no Forthe love of books... ‘useful’ books... an interviewwith ValleyPress

ValleyPress is an independent publishing house; born from asimple love of books, it nowboasts over 100titles. Alice spoketoits founder, Jamie McGarry,tofind out howitall began, and his top tips on getting your work published.

Firstly,tell us how you got started withValley Press. Ibelieve it’squiteastory And what wouldyou describe as ‘useful’? in itself! Well for example, last year Iwas contacted by aguy who’d written abook The earliest starting point was probably when Iwas around six or seven at aboutallotments. He’d done six editions andthey’deach sold 10,000copies. school. I’d make lots of little books in my own time; write astory, drawthe ButIthink that’s where Idraw the line. Useful books always become useless- cover, do ablurb andeven draw abarcode on the back. Icarried on making that’s why that one needed six editions! But apart from that, I’mopen to books of increasing sophistication through the years, and Iwas still doing it anything:fiction, non-fiction and poetry.Peopleoften say Valley Press is a when Iwas training to be ateacherin2008. But Iwas awful at beingateacher, poetrypublishers because we do so much poetry,but Iactually spend just as soIswitchedtoadegreeinEnglish.Ithought I’d betterdomore publishing much time working on other genres too.It’s just that poems are shorter, so to get my CV looking good. So in summer 2008, Istarted putting togethermy four poetry books can be produced in same amount of time as one big novel.’ first books with the words ‘Valley Press’ on the back, the first of which was aone I’d written myself. The next year, Imet apoetcalled Nigel Gerrans. Whatdoesyourtypical dayinthe Valley Press office usually consist of? He’d written lots of poems but they just weren’t published. So Itold him I ‘It sort of changes every day. Today, I’ve just beensat in my armchair with my could put his poems in aValleyPress bookand it’d be aproper thing. Then in laptop, looking through someone’s book. But eachweek definitely has at least 2010, someone else said, ‘Can you do one for me?’, so that was another book. one day of just answering emails. And of course lotsoftrips to the post office.’

So what madeyou start your own business? Whenyou receive someone’s work, what’s the process that leads toitbeing By the time Igraduated, I’d done about 10 books all with the Valley Press name published? on it.When Istartedlooking forajob, Iwent to alot of interviews that didn’t When Ifirst look at something, Ithink ‘would Iever publish this?’ If the answer really get anywhere. The final straw was when Imoved back in with my mum, is yes, then Itake it to aroom of different people, like afocus group, to get their and they were opening anew branchofWHSmithsopposite. Having all this opinions. After that, Ihave an idea of what’s good enough to publish. Then it publishing experiencing and aprevious job at Waterstones, Ithought that there ultimately comes down to what Iwant to spend amonthofmylife working on! surely wasn’t anyone more qualified than me!When Ididn’t get any of the jobs there, Ithought I’d never get employed. So Idecided to be self-employed and What top tips wouldyou give to anyonelookingtoget their work published? just do ValleyPress full-time, and that’s kind of what I’ve beendoing ever since. Ithink in thecreative world, if you want to get things, the best thing to do is to give. For example, if apoetregularly does an openmic night, they becomepopular with Was it hard work to get to where Valley Press is today? all the other poets. So then apublisher can see that they’ve got contacts, they’re Well Ithink there’snosuch thing as an ‘overnight success’. It’s more about outgoingand making an active contribution to the poetrycommunity. It’s also moving things forward atinybit every day, looking at the whole picture. goodifthey show an interest in Valley Press itself and they know what it’s all about.

On yourwebsiteyou saythat you promise‘nevertobeelitist’. Does thisstem Do you see the rise of e-books and the Internet as athreat topublisherslike from apersonal experience of elitism in the publishing world? yourself? It’s notsomuchmypersonal experience- although I’m sure the publishing world No not at all. Ithink the peak of the e-bookhas actually passed. All of our can be very elitist- it’s more from the authorswho come to me who’ve beenaround books are available as e-booksand Ithink it’s great to have that there; if you the block, turned down by every editor in town. Idon’tknow much about the real want to read abook on your phone then you can. But Idolovepaperbooks. ‘publishingindustry’, but Ijustknow that I’m certainly not going to be elitist. So what’s the future for Valley Press? So do you try and distance yourself from the big, corporate publishers like Well, I’ve just got anew office-it’s quite asizeable place, abit toobig for me! Penguin? This is quite abig development as last yearIwas working from home, to help WellIthink they do some things right. The professionalism is something to aspire to; my wife lookafter our new baby. So in January Igot myself anew office. I’m Itry and keep it professional, but just without all the corporate problems! And Ilike challenging myself to expand, but I’m not quite sure how I’m goingtodothat to think you get the same service at Valley Press, as you would at the likes of Penguin. yet. So the future is to make it abit bigger, and get more people involved .

In terms of genres, you publish alot of poetry- do you look for aspecific genre To seethe full list of Valley Press authorsand to ordertheir books, visit www.valleypressuk. or areyou open toanything? com. The onlyrule is: no ‘useful’ books. Alice Williams HulyaErzurumlu kicks off her weekly vegetarian recipe colum with Içli Kofte avegetarian Turkish dish, and her owntakeonthe famous Turkish dish Borek.

Içli Kofte Ever since Ibecameavegetarian mycravings fortraditional Turkish food have become difficult to ignore. Much to my dismay Turks love meat, which means that often at family gatherings Iamlefttosnack on saladand bread. It’s been ayearsince Istopped eating meat, and in this time Ihave figured outhow to make all my favourite Turkish food with meat substitutes. This is one of my favourite Turkish treats, because it’s so simple. It’s perfect for sharing too!

Ingredients Ahandful of parsley, chopped. 1tablespoon of Paprika. Filling Salt and Peppertotaste. ¾ofabag of Quorn or Soy mince (I like Quorn mince because it’s alot The Outside/’Dough’ firmer) 2cups of cracked bulgur (This maybe 2red onions,finely chopped. called fine Bulgur depending on which 1table spoon of Red Pepper paste (this brand you buy).You canfind this type is difficulttoget hold of in Leeds as of bulgur in any Middle Eastern section therehad next to no Turkish markets, of asupermarket. however tomato puree will workjust Half an onion. Illustration: Sumaiya Patel fine) 1egg. 3cloves of garlic,crushed. 3table spoons of Flour. 1chili, chopped. 1teaspoon of Chilli powder Method paste, egg, flour, salt and pepper. Knead/process this for several minutesuntil 1. Make the filling first, as this will need time to cool down. youget amoist ‘dough’. 2. In alarge pan, fry off the Quorn mince on amedium heat, until all is 7. Grabahandful of the dough and roll into the size of agolf ball. The doughis defrosted. Add in the onion, and garlic, continue to stir until the onionand garlic meant to be sticky, so have some warm water on hand in order to make it easier soften. to shape the dough. With your index finger, or thumbmakeadentinthe dough. 3. Add in the chilli, paprika, tomato paste and parsley. Stir well so that all is Carry on indenting until you reach the bottom of the ball. combined. Leave this on the heat, stirring occasionally for about -ten minutes. 8. Fill the dough with the cooled down filling and seal the ball back up, use Addsalt and pepper to taste. warm water as the ‘glue’. 4. Whilst the filling is coolmake the dough. 9. Heat agenerousamount of olive oil into alargeskillet and fry the meatballs 5. Soak the bulgur in half acup of boiling water.Make sure all of the bulgur is evenly, until they are golden brown on all sides. moist. 10.Iserved these with aGreek yogurt, cucumber and garlic mixture which was 6. In afood processor, or bowl add in half onion(which you would finely chop if perfect for dipping. kneading the dough by hand). Then add the bulgur, the tomato

Stage Espresso &Brewbar Image: Adriana de la Cuevas

Georgia Ryan headeddown to thenew speciality coffee bar Stage Espresso &Brewbar on Great George Street.

Stage Espresso &Brewbar is the latest in astring of The menu is refreshingly stripped down to the basics, For the price (little over £2 acup), it’s an absolute steal. small businesses to open its doors to the public this free of overly-confusing namesand pricey like month, andsofar has been met with praise from syrups. Displayed on the counter are freshly-made One of the co-owners, aLeedsveteran and former students and locals alike. Located on oneofthe street ciabatta sandwiches and homemade vegan-friendly Environmental Science student at the University corners of Great George Street by Leeds Town Hall, baked goods, such as salted caramel shortbread and of Leeds, wasconfidentinthe future success of it’s an ideal coffee stop for those with an hour to chocolate brownies. The brownie, baked with gluten- his investment: ‘We’ve had quite afew people pop spare between lectures, amerefive minute walk away free flour,isamust-have on cheat days and came their heads in and show an interest, it’s been great. from the Conference Auditorium –ten from Michael highly-recommended by the owner with goodreason. Idon’tthink alot of people realise we’re open yet, Sadler. With the number of corporate coffee chains Stage’s coffee,like all goodcoffee,isfreshly brewed but once word getsout I’msurethingswill pick up’. inand around campus multiplying at an alarming to order rather than sat on the side in apot,and the rate, StageEspresso offers an authentic experience perfect remedy forthe wetFebruary weather. Rich NowthatStagehasfinallyopeneditsdoorsaftermonths with loose leaf teas and hand-roasted coffee beans in taste and smooth in texture, it is clear that the of hard work, hopefully it will receive the welcome sourcedstraight from the farmers in Ethiopia. owners of Stage know quality when they taste it. and support of thelocal communitythat it deserves.

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WelfareatLeeds: Tackling Hate Crime

Howcan you, as astudent, stand up against hate speech on campus? Health and Wellbeing intern Martha gives yousome advice on howtosafely stand up foryourself and foryour fellowstudents.

this opportunity to reaffirm that LUU remains asafe Hate crime reporting centresfunction so that any space where any and all students can seek support. students who feel theyhave beenthe victim of a If anyone has any worriesorconcerns, particularly hate crime or incident can discuss and report their Muslim students with plans to traveltothe USA, experience in asafe and confidential space. We want to Muslim students with US citizenship,orfamily makeiteasier forvictimstodiscuss the incidents they members you mayhave concerns about, the University have experienced.Wewant students to know that we International Student Office and LUU are here to help.” support them and will help themifthey ever experience University police officerPCMatt Guy has supported any form of hate crime. It is important for recovery this active approach, telling us “If you hear to report any incidents experiencedbyyourself, or someone using racist language or target them to encourage afriendtodosoifthey are avictim. due to their sexuality,that is ahate incident and we wouldencourage you to respond proactively”. Our focus at LUU is to provide asafe environment for our students where they can receive any help and LUU has azerotolerance policytohate crime. A support needed. hate crime is when someone is targeted because they are or believed to be disabled, gay, lesbian or You can contact the Student Advice Centre to learn more bisexual, transgender or fromaparticular race or aboutthe services available to you on campus, and further religion (definitionprovided by West Yorkshire Police afieldinLeeds. This week our Exec Officers publishedastatement Force). We encourage all students to make use of the concerning the recent political turbulence of Donald hate crime reporting centres on campus if you are MarthaClowes Trump’s presidency. They reassured us of the stance affected by, or witness ahate crime. The currenthate LUU was taking against such extremist policies. Our crime reporting centres on campus are the Student welfareofficer, Jess Reedstated: “We want to take Advice Centre and the International Student Office.

HowtoHealaFractured World

Maya encourages us all to think about what inspires us, and howwecan use it to all get alittle bit more positivity into our lives.

Live, Don’t just Exist Remember the LittleThings The first was aquote Iwas introduced to by oneof The third and final thingI’d like to share is another my friends. She had the words: ‘To live is the rarest quote Isaw at Trafalgar Square. Astreetartist had thing in the world.Mostpeopleexist, that is all’ written in chalk, ‘There once was aman so poor, tattooed on her ribs. Ipersonally love discovering all that he had was money’. This quote reminded new quotes.Ithink that sometimes we all need to how there is so much in life we don’t appreciate. hear some words of encouragement or positivity to All thelittlethingssuchasgood friends and the set us back on the right track. Abovethis tattoo was a unconditional love we receive from our families, that picture of aglobe, which reallygot me thinking about most of us are lucky enough to experience.Wehave theendless possibilitieswehave in life. We just need grown up in ageneration where everything has been to be able to recognise them. It’sveryeasy to get given to us effortlessly, which sometimes leavesus comfortable just living, becoming content with where feelingentitled. It’s important to take astep backand you are at. We should be living, notjustsurviving. recognise how lucky we allare. This quote also inspired me to try anddedicate more of my time to volunteering. La La Land The second was the film La La Land. Withoutgiving We are very lucky here at LUU to have so many away any spoilers, the film focused on the main brilliant societies offering us ahuge, creative range Iwas recently added to aFacebook group called characters’ pursuit of their dreams. The characters of different volunteering opportunities. SoI’d like to ‘How to heal afractured world’which wascreated displayed true determination to go aboveand beyond end by encouraging you all to checkthem out and get by one of my close friends. She createdthe group to be able to follow their passion.Atthe same time, involved. It’s very easy to get absorbed with our own with the aim of individuals sharing videos, articles, you also got to experience howdifficult it was for problems, but it’s amazing if we can have the ability pictures, and anything else that inspires them,in them to succeed. Ifind this one of the mostcommon to overlook this andhelpothers. the hopesthat we can change the nature of posts struggles we all face; when we begin reaching for that come up on our Facebook feeds. At this time of goals we have the motivation and excitement to Maya Sterrie yearinparticular, Ifeel that we could all use some persevere, but the moment thingsget hard we begin to motivation to keep going.SoIthought I’d share with question ourselves.Weneedtochangeour perception youall things Ihave seen recently that inspired me. of challenges, nothing worth having comes easy. 21

GiveBeauty Bloggers aBreak!

It’s time to takebeautybloggers seriously! Emily discusses the stigma surrounding those whomakealiving from talking about make-up. It’s not as easy as it looks...

women wearing lipstick do not equate to women of forbid write about it, you’re automatically a little bit power, and the stigma needs to stop. Wearing lipstick less respected by anyone outside of the community. In does not define the intelligence and capabilities of reality, most of the beauty bloggers we watch and read a woman – in fact, it brings us together and forms about are influential businesswomen; Zoella and her a community of strong, united young girls (it’s a era of bloggers did not make it to the top by whacking commonly known fact that telling a girl that you like her on a full face of makeup and hoping for the best. make up look when you’re standing outside a nightclub is an instant way to form a fleeting friendship.) Whilst Beauty blogging is a light-hearted subject, and it is definitely plausible to say that the idea of beauty that will always be true, but for many people can be damaging, particularly in the media, there is it’s a platform to build on, to get recognition for no cause to say that it, or anyone who talks about it, heavier topics and to create a place to distract is lesser than someone who talks about current affairs an audience from the reality of everyday life. or literature. An interest is an interest, and whilst our interests define us, they should not degrade us. So what if the online beauty world will never be a corner of the internet suited to intense academic When I first started blogging online, it was a way to discussion? Writing a blog (regardless of the niche) keep writing; a method of expression and of keeping breeds a new category of intelligent and business As a beauty blogger, there’s a certain stereotype the end goal of writing professionally alive. I didn’t savvy women who are free to use their space for attached to the work that accompanies the name. start out as a member of the beauty niche, but whatever they want to write about. Wearing red Writing about make-up somehow makes the words gradually over time the nature of my writing gravitated lipstick should not constrict us to negative labels, trivial and shallow, and yet, shouldn’t any form of towards make-up related posts, and for a proportion and it certainly shouldn’t allow others to make writing be celebrated? Shouldn’t any passion, no of my readers, the credibility of my blog decreased. assumptions about intelligence or shallowness. And matter what the subject is, be something to get excited you know what? Wearing it makes me feel that little about and not something to condescend and criticise? For some reason, people associate make-up with bit more powerful. vanity, and therefore writing beauty related posts can There’s a stigma linked to women that associate often seem like a social taboo that should be avoided at Emily Merrill themselves heavily with the world of beauty; that all cost. If you wear gold glitter on your eyelids, or God

Why High School P.E. WasThe Worst Whether youloved them or loathed them, there wasnoescaping school P.E. lessons. Here Charlie relives some some of her worstmemories...

hockey in the cold January frost? Running around with ontothe field, but teachers are quitehappy to let bare, freezing hands whilst that horrible violent girl yourun into the changing rooms aminute before –probably asports captain-runs atyou menacingly your next lesson. And obviouslyonlyyou are to with ahockey stick. There is no option but to side blame for being 10 minutes late to Chemistry. step. Who cares if you’re the goalie? Safety first. Unnecessary gender separation: Okay so separating Sports Day: The sports captain of your form will girls from boys Idon’thave aproblem with.But always put you down for an event youwill neverin gendering sports? Not so good. Irememberthe amillion years win- the high jump or the 1500m. boys playingrugby, football and basketball all Despite trying to convince them to let you attempt year round, whilst in thewinter we were mostly discus, they will plonkyou into arace, and they stuck to netball and hockey. The lucky few times will yell at youwhen you inevitably finish last. us girls got to play basketball were my favourite.

Thankfully Iescaped the joys of freezing school Crosscountry:Howpeoplecanthinkthisformoftorture Netball: Just, why? exercise long ago, starting sixth form with agym inthe cold is afun concept Iwillneverunderstand. membership Ibarely used and never looking back. The biggest mistake my yeareight teacher evermade Last but not least, they put us through this My littlesister is now discovering the pains of high was tellinguswecould walk the distance within the misery forfive long years: If there’s anything school physical education, and her complaining has time: we did exactly that for the next three years. that makes me thankful for being abovethe ageof become inspiration for this piece. Ready, set, moan. 16, then this lack of forced exercise is definitely it. Some teachers just don’t understand alack of There’s always that one teacher that hates you: It ability: No, miss,itdoesn’t matter how many times Charlie Collett doesn’t matter how hard you try, or how much youlimit youmake me attempthighjump –I’m just notgood your hatred for high jump –this teacher will always at it. All it makes me better at is being frustrated lookatyou as if you are trying to steal gym equipment. with you.Rule also appliestocricket and tennis.

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Where theWild ThingsAre

George Crompton discusses wheretofind examples of wildernessinBritain,despite all thechallenges it faces

George Crompton couldn’tfeel anything but wild. But the IUCN is Isaw more evidence of this micro-wilderness

right. Hundreds of years of deforestation and while working for the Devon Wildlife Trust on In these times of conformist despair Ioften grazing have led to atreeless expanse of heather their captive beaver project. The singlebreeding find myself witless and with nowhere to turn and gorse, goodfor the grouse but less so for pair transformed the once sparse field into a “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ but the endless monotony of city-living; walking those of us disinclined to relax by shooting small rich and diverse ecosystem, through natural “ the perilous plank of narrow pavements, with birds from out of the sky. coppicing and wetland creation. This was further traffic lights permanently in favour of the Ioften wonder: where has all the nature gone? encouraged by areduction of grazing as aresult cars, the taxis, the vans, the trucks, the buses During arecent summer visit to Dartmoor, of the fences designed to keep the beavers in. and motor chaos surrounded by emotionless the “wild” country of my childhood, Istumbled

blocks of concrete and steel. Many see the city upon an old plantation, no more than 150m by as athriving metropolis of opportunity and 250m where it seemednature had taken over. excitement and I’m not denying that Leeds is Numerous speciesofmoss could be seen in every Iff yoou’reone of those who my favourite UK city; with its endless stream of direction, adorning the trees and forest floor, ssuffffer fromcity-saturaattion,

new music and historically ingrained culture, it while clovers and other wildflowers sprung up stands as aforce to be reckoned with. like miniature trees. Looking at the flora from findingaserene escappeefis farr Icannot, however, abandonmycountryside this insect perspective made me view the entire easier than first appears roots and although Irelish the thought of copse as ahuge magnificent rainforest, with returning to Leeds after asummerofcountry ferns“ like towering palms and feather-mosses quiet, Iknow I’m going to need an escape before like conifers. It was like ajungle miniature of the It remains to be said then, if you’re one of long. During these pangs of feral longing, I surrounding wood, amany-layered symphony those who sufferfrom city-saturation, finding a glorify the wild open lands of North America and of escapism in the growing fractal of nature’s“serene escape is far easierthan first appears. So Asia, among others, and dream of amountain- takeover. It was clear this place had ahigh species is the prospect of bringing back our wild Britain, valley devoid of roads and modern technology richness, with more ground-dwellingplants dependent on how you perceive the nature we that Ican call my own. than one could count, and aseemingly endless have.Leeds as acity can be fantastically green array of invertebrates. Further evidence of foxes, if you know where to look, something which badgers and hedgehogs showed that here was a Ioften berate myself for neglecting due to my Itoften wonder: where has miniature microcosm of contemporary British desire to return the land and people of this nature. Dartmoor has other examples; one of country to the feral wilderness from which we allll thenaturegone? the last remaining ancient oak woodlands, grew. Ifind inspiration in the micro-wilderness, Wistman’s Wood and the forests surrounding the little gems of pre-historical snapshots the RiverDart Valley, which never got cut down inviting you in to loseyour sense of self and Iremain an indebted student on this most due to its “useless” steep relief. realign. These ghosts of awild land past may be managed little island, and with few wild places We have our own examples right here in the perfectcanvas on which to apply the wilding left at all Istill longtofind my Walden; something Leeds; anyone who’s walked along Woodhouse brush, and leavesmewondering, perhaps we do which seems to be increasinglydifficult within Ridge will have seen the twisted trunks of the have wilderness in Britain; or is it wilderness the cosy country hills and rolling fields of sheep elderly oaks in Batty’s Wood, West Yorkshire’s potential? “and cows. We don’tofficially have any wilderness onlyancient woodland. Follow the ridge and it here in Britain, according to the International evolves into the Meanwood Valley Trail, athin Union of the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and line of green reaching into the heart of the city For more information and ideas: Ifind this distressing; where am Iand all my all the way from out beyond Adel. Ashort way www.rewildingbritain.org.uk disillusioned friends to go when the city gets along you’ll find MeanwoodPark: complete with www.ywt.org.uk too much? It must be said that, when you walk asecret abandoned quarry colonised by glorious across the open moors, that “blasted heath”, it oaks.

Moss Wood Whistman’s wood Batty’s Wood 14 | Features thegryphon.co.uk Harajuku isdead-andGwenStefani should avoid the funeral Bethany Donkin discusses the recent demise of Harajuku publication FRUiTS,and howculturalappropriation has contributed to its fall...

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Bethany Donkin The simple nouns which make up the album title Love, Angel, Music, Baby…” also happen to be the pet names for the four girlswho How Gwen manages to make five references to

This week marks the end of an era for Harajuku followedGwen around during the noughties. herself in four lines which weremeant to be about magazine FRUiTS.The magazine’s creator and Whilstfeaturing asong called“Harajuku girls”, the other people is amystery to me. photographer SchoichiAkoiclaimsthat the print album has an overarching Harajuku/Japanese theme Clearly, there’s adefinite caseofcultural edition will be coming to an end as “there arenomore with the ‘girls’ featuring in mostofGwen’s music appropriation here; the debate has beenraging since “ “ “ “ “ “ “ fashionable kids to photograph,” (DAZEDinterview). videos from the album. the“ album’s release. But Ialso feel adeep sense of The Harajuku sub-culture was born out of the In the ‘What You Waiting For?’ music video, cultural cringe on behalf of the Japanese trend as Harajuku neighbourhoodinTokyo in the late 90s, the Harajuku girls play hyper sexualised Alice in Stefani painfully simplifies and slaughters it. and it encompasses an array of punk, Lolita,goth and There’s adanger that Gwen’s dumb downed kawaii styles. It’s asub-culture unique and special interpretation of awhole sub-culture becomes the to Tokyo, which allows young people to express dominant understanding of what Harajukuis(in themselves in an increasinglyindustrialised and IfI eaeel a deep sense of cultural the West anyway).Thisisnot what Harajuku is Westernised Japan at the turn of the 21stcentury. or ever was;take alook at FRUiTS magazine for a It’s doubtful the reason the trend is subsiding is cncringe on behalf of tthhe true representation. Iamno expert, but surely the due to alack of “fashionable kids to photograph”, Japanesetrend as Steeffnani Harajuku from the streets of Tokyo during the late and Akoi is dangerously close to sounding like a‘back slaughters it 90s and early 00s has been poorlyreflected in the in my day” type with this excuse. It was a‘trend’ synchronized dance routines and identical outfits of and trends do inevitably become ‘untrendy’. Akoiis Gwen’s groupies. The sub-culture was aunique “slice now committing himself to digitizing the FRUiTS of time and space”-toquote Shoichi Aoki. archive, putting all of his photos online as asort of Wonderland typecharacters, then in ‘Wind It Up’ the With the sub-culture’s popularity depleting and time capsule for the era, an erawhich he claims rose“foursomeplay pseudo Von Trapp children, spinning coming under extensive criticism from the likes of and fell in the 90s. Akoi’s stance seems to be that around in short skirts and showing their underwear. American comedian MargaretCho,you’d think that anything claiming to be Harajuku after this time was Arethey Austrian children from the 1940s or grown Gwen would take the hint, and let it go. However, not authentic. women? Idon’t know, butI’m disturbed. Iwince at Stefani continues to push her ‘Harajuku’ inspired So with adwindling following, the movement takes the opening of ‘Hollaback Girl’ when Gwen Stefani clothingbrand, L.A.M.B. (wonder what that stands its place in history books as an iconic sub-culture. takes apicture of thefour girls and exclaims that for…) andher personalised Harajuku girl perfume However, in the West, it livesonthrough Gwen the picture is “Super Kawaii!” Even in herpirate bottles. In Octoberoflast year she evenreleased a Stefani’s distasteful ‘Harajuku’ fetish. themed ‘Rich Girl’ video, Stefani manages to plop on Nickelodeon kids show called Kuu Kuu Harajuku.Oh “Harajuku Girls, you got the wicked style Ilike the atraditional Japanese head dress and sing: dear….Gwen, Harajuku has passed away.Pay your way that you are, Iamyourbiggest fan (Cho kawaii) “…GetmefourHarajukugirls to respects by not attending the funeral -you already Harajuku Girls, Harajuku Girls” sang Gwen in 2004 inspire me and they’d come to my rescue put the last nail in the coffin. on her Love Angel Music Baby album. I’d dress them wicked, I’d give themnames thegryphon.co.uk Features | 15 WheelsofChange Hannah Macaulay looks into theempowering affects of increasing numbers of all-girl skate crews around the world.

Hannah Macaulay othergirls to break with certain stereotypes and jump on askateboard themselves. She wishes to If you’re tired of sexism and certain things being spreadthe purpose she found through the skateboard coined as gender-specific, the solution to your community to the rest of her world’s young girls: and frustration may be easier than you think. Somesuggest her movement is currently flourishing. theanswer lies in womenjumping on skateboards or In my early teens Ispentalot of timeinskate strapping on some roller-skates and going for aride parks. Iroller-skated up and down ramps that many in alocal park, on an emptysidewalk or probably even boys Iknewwouldn’t go near. In 2010Ibecame a in the nearest public gymnasium.Inmany countries, silver-medalist in the Danish national championship womenand girlsare starting to challenge the common in roller-skating.Iwas always respected and stereotype that skating is amale oriented activity. encouraged for my interest in skating as ayoung girl, Skatingisespecially expanding amongstwomen in however Iquicklynoticedapattern when starting places such as Afghanistan, Cambodia or India where to hang out more frequentlyinskate parks: it was skating was never popular or common to begin with. mostly dominated by boys. Iremember howmany It is afascinating turn of events: countries where people around me were surprised when Itold them womenhave less legal rights than in e.g. Europe or that Iwas quite interested in and talented at roller- Image: Dazed theUSA, maybebreaking with stereotypes that we skating.Ihave always beenactive and relatively have never been able to shake off. In atime filled sporty, but never lived up to the stereotypethatmany with gloomy prospects forwomen’s rightsinmany people have of a“tomboy”. Often, Iwas wearing instead it is apartoftheirlife in ahealthy and natural countries that once seemedlike “safe-seats”,willthe skirts and headbands while racing around amongst way. “Whip It”isaninteresting adaptation of real revolution of female skating lead to arevolution of boys andgirls in baggy jeans and caps. Watching the life girl skater crews, and brings up big questions women’svoicesand rights? video of the Indian skate crew brought me back to about femininity, identity and youth. Just like Atita The music video of Wild Beasts’ latest single “Alpha my own experience with skate culture: it doesn’t take Verghese and ‘Holystoked’ advocate, engaging in Female” will mostlikelygiveyou Goosebumpsthe much to surprise or make an impression as awoman something as liberating and fun as skating can first time youwatch it. It portrays women from India, in amale dominatedsphere. change the lives of many girls and how theyview riding skateboards around their cities in traditional In many ways, skating changed my view of themselves. Iwould evenargue that it would have a Indian clothing and getting arange of mixed gender equality for the better.Identifying with an positive impact on their future self-confidence and responses from the local men. If onewordcould activity that is normally connectedtomen in the West viewof“womanhood”. describe the footage, it would be “empowered”. The has benefitted me in ways Ihadn’teven realised. The girl skate scene is booming, and it’s only video starts brilliantlybyshowingendless frames of Watching the video of the Indian skater girls made going to getbigger. It is adifficult and rewarding gobsmacked Indian men watching something hidden me think of how empowered something as simple as sport, where you (literally) have to take some nasty fromthe viewer, and then finally revealing what ahobby can make you. It also made me realise how falls prior to reaching success. Skating is about risk they’re all looking at: awoman on askateboard. The youcan influence the world in many alternative ways. and skill,but alsoabout having fun and being apart music video doesn’t tell the whole story behind the Changing adeprived community doesn’t always need of acommunity. For many women, this community girl skating scene in India though. It specifically to be through aid or increasedmedicalisation. has been lacking in Western skate culture. Often, girls followsAtita Verghese, India’s first professional Improving women’s rights often comes from a have felt likeoutsiders in amostly male-dominated skater, andher girl crew. It is an innovative and bottom-up structure where one voice becomes the activity. Although Ipersonally reaped the benefits somewhat controversial way to promote women’s voice of many, which eventually canleadtoachange from skate parks growing up, it is only asmall rights. And it seemstobeworking.Since finding her of legal structures. Sometimes, all you need is agirl amount of girlsIknow that did the same.Aneven passion for skating,Verghesehas opened askate park with askateboard and avoice. smaller number wore skirts, jewellery and headbands in collaboration with the organization “Holystoked The movie “Whip It”with Ellen Page has touched while doing it. This isn’t to say that you cannot enjoy Collective” that helps underprivileged girlslearn on manyofthe same topics as the emerging skater skate culture while being aman or embracing the skating and academicskills. Shealso started the online girl culture is currently doing. In the movie, Bliss clothes and “traditional” culture. It is just to say, community “Girl Skate India” where she encourages (playedbyPage), joins alocal roller derby and quickly that we need to lookatskating differently. We need finds acommunitythat to break with the set views we have of “skaters”. makes her feel like she Enjoying the activity can be beneficial to anyone, and belongssomewhere, at girl groupsaround India, Afghanistan and Cambodia anotherwise difficult have offeredanalternative to the narrow view we point in herlife. The have of skating in the West.These women, coining empowerment and the activity as gender neutral in their home countries, confidence she gains are activists. Maybe they aren’t carrying placards or through taking up the shouting about women’s rights, but their actions are team sport is portrayed enough. They aren’t only challenging the stereotypes in an original and about women in their own part of the world: their captivating way, with the message is global. roller derby girls breaking We allneed to change the way we divide girls and all common Hollywood boysinto different camps while growing up. We stereotypes of female needtomix boys and girls more on sports teams, portrayal. The girls seem in hobbies and in our institutions. Through skating, cool and individualistic, we may achieve more equality than we ever could by while still being original, tryingtocatch politicians’ attentions. Andright now, reflected and thought- in atimewhereweneed to keep the eyesonthe prize outcharacters. Their love for gender equality, we need apowerful statement. forroller-skating doesn’t Awoman in apinksari skateboarding the streets of Image: Longboard Girls Crew define their identity, India is agood start. 16 | Business thegryphon.co.uk StarbucksBuildingBridges Not Walls With angerrising against Trump’s administration following the recent ‘Muslim ban’, it’snice to see such abig company fighting for therightsofrefugees...

Justine Mullan-Redwood Trump’s other promises. boostofhumancapital by being unable to integrate This statement form Starbucks, atop 50 company new employees. Since Trump came into power it seems like it’s for innovation and valuable brands has opened the The full statement from Howard Schultz canberead been one breaking news story after another. But this worldseyes to thehighquality human capital that on the Starbucks website. week has seen ahugesurge in media attention and immigrants and refugees offer, something that is so controversy after Trumpset a120-day travel ban on easily overlooked by the sweeping stereotypes media refugees and a90-day travel ban on ‘most’ citizens and political leaders offer. fromseven muslim-majority countries. The backlash Ajoint statement from the UN refugee agencyUNHCR fromthis has beenincredible, andamongst the storm and the International Organization forMigrationhas astory from one of the biggest coffee houses in the beenreleased to support this idea and made the point world has really got people talking. that allowing refugeesinto acountry is: “A double This week, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz wrote win: first by rescuing someofthe most vulnerable an impassioned open letter to all employees. Schultz people in the world, andsecond by enabling them to reassuredusthatStarbucks would continue to support enrich their new societies.” all employees, including those affectedbythe ban. He Not onlycan these individuals add to the American then wentontopledge that Starbucks would work workforce, or any other country’s workforce for that towardshiring 10,000refugees over fiveyears across matter, but Schultz also highlighted that refugeeshave the75countries that Starbucks operate in. aided the U.S. military. Some have offered services Schultz made no secret of his opinion towards the such as interpretation andsupport personnel in the recent politicaldecisions of America’s leader as he past and now they are being deniedanopportunity in opened theletter: “I write to you today with deep return. The travelban is unjust forsomany reasons, concern, aheavy heart” and continued “we have all but it’s just plain stupid to deny entry to individuals been witnesstothe confusion, surprise and opposition whocould become valued employees. to the Executive Order that President Trump issued No matter your stance on Donald Trump or thetravel on Friday”.Schultz recognised that there are over ban policy, it is without doubt the US is missing out on 65 million people classed as refugees in the world potential opportunities. It may not only be refugees today, andheadditionally highlighted the importance and immigrants affected but also the industries that of Mexico, which looks set to suffer from someof could hire such individuals, as they miss out on a Image: Business Insider “Howard Schultz How do studentsfundtheir degrees? With tuitionfee risesand the scrapping of maintenance grants, fundingyour degree is harder than ever. Tim Knickmann explores howstudents are funding theirdegrees today...

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OliverPollard bleakfor life on ourcelestial neighbour, yet, thanks to menonMarsasamatterofeconomics rather than thepossibility of liquid water, astrobiologistsbelieve research.Despite themyriadofother technological Foraslongashuman history, people have looked extra-terrestriallifeonMarsisnot as farfetched as hurdlesinvolved, he haslistedfourkey components up to theheavens andwondered. Amongthe many you mightthink. to thesuccessofSpaceX’smission architecture. celestialfascinationsthatthe nightsky offers us, NASA is theonlyspace agency to successfully land Firstand most importantlyisfullsystemreusability. fewhavecaughtthe humanimagination so much as arover on Mars andhas beenprobingthe planet’s If planes couldonlyflyoncethenashort-haulflight Mars.National spaceagencieshavebeenformulating surfacesince 1975 with thesuccessfullanding of couldcostupwards of £500,000 aticket. Instead, variousMarsmission plansfor decadesbut with Viking 1. Sincethen, it’s focushas been on determining aircraft aredesignedtobeusedagainand again– interplanetaryprojectscosting significantcapital, thered planetshabitabilityfor life –notably,ifthe allowingaffordable ticket prices formost. It is this such as Curiosity rover’s eyewatering$2.5billion bill, environmentcontainsliquidwater.Evidenceisnow mass affordability that is Elon’s ultimate aimand theideaofhuman exploration ofMarsmight seem far building that thesurface mayindeed be habitablefor what he sees as thekey forsuccessful colonisation. toocostlyanindulgence.Sowhybother? microorganisms andsoraises thequestion, do any Progress in making acraft capable of returning As with much cutting-edge science, theimmediate remain? to earth is already underway at SpaceX with the benefitsofsuchaproject mightseemsparseagainst Theprospectmakes amannedmission to Mars impressive orbitalre-entryand landing of thefirst anyinvestment. However, Dr Zubrin,President of the even more compelling andNASAknows it.Ithas a stageofits Falcon 9. Travelling to Mars requires Mars Society,isafirmbelieverthatthese stepsinto threestage approach in placetodojustthat. The significant energy andsoSpaceX’s next threegoals thedarkare what future generationswill remember organisation hasclassified nowuntil themid 2020s areaimed at maximising efficiency of fuel handling. us for. He said,“it’s wherethe scienceis, itswhere as the‘Earth Reliant’ phaseinwhich ISSresearch, Firstly, to utilise reusable boosters to refuel the thechallenge is,it’swhere thefutureis.” thecommercialisation of lowearth orbitactivityand spacecraft once in Earth’s orbit. This way, theshipis Life on Mars -it’saphrase we’veheard countless developmentofdeepspace systemssuchasprolonged able to maximise itspotential work.Secondly, thefuel times. With films such as TheWar of theWorlds,we missionlifesupport arethe focus. From then on until shouldreallybeabletobeproducedonthe Martian like toimagine that alienlifeisanideaconfined to the2030s,NASAplanstoverifyits humanhabitability surface–removingthe requirementfor return trip theworld ofsci-fi,but answerstohumanity’soldest andradiation shieldingtechnologybyperforming fuel to be stored on theoutboundtrip. Finally, the questionsstill elude us today. crew missionsinspace around ourmoon–the Proving propellantshouldbecosteffectiveand minimise Groundphase. Andfinally, aftersubstantial testing technicalstorage challenges. Is alllifeasitisonearth?Are we aloneinthe of entryand landingtechnology,the spaceagency With SpaceX’s advancements in largescale,low universe? Can humans surviveonanother planet? envisionsamanned mission to Mars by themid 2030s temperature carbon fibre permeability,the methane with theaim of establishing apermanent colony and basedfueldeep-cryo methalox fitsthe bill.For thefirst Around 4.2billion yearsago,Mars’ protective so beckoning in theEarth Independentphase. time in historyputting humansontothe redplanet, magnetic field wasmysteriously, andsignificantly, It isn’tjustnational agencies gettinginonthe game. onethathas fascinatedour ancestorsfor millennia, is reduced. Withoutthisshielding,the Martian ForSpaceX’sElon Musk, goingtoMarsisn’t just a withinour reach. With technologicaladvancements atmosphere wasalmostcompletely stripped by the scientificendeavourbut amatterofsurvivalagainst andthe righteconomicincentivesthere is only one suns interplanetary, high velocity plasma knownas what he describesas“an inevitable extinction event” final question;would yougotoMars? solarwinds.Today theseviolent solarstormshaveleft here on earth.Witharapidscheduleofaslittleas6 afrozen, radiation bathed surface. It allsoundspretty years, Mr Musk sees hisgreatest challengetoputting thegryphon.co.uk Science | 19

Scientific Misconceptions What’s new Steven Gibney onearea andare spreadthroughoutthe tongue. inscience this We only use10% of ourbrains Theterm‘fake news’has received attention This science-myth hasbeenpropagatedthrough recently becauseofthe circulation of falsereports and popularculture by movies like Lucy and Limitless, week? “alternative facts”.Ithas becomesuchaconcernthat whichexplore thepossibility of unlockingthe full twoweeks agoGoogleintroducedanew policy which potential of thehuman brain. Oneofthe keyproblems • Polling found to stillbebest predictor attempts to limitthe amount of ‘bad publishers’who with this, is thephrasing-whatdoesitmeanby10% of electionresults: In astudy from the popupwhenyou searchfor news.Inasimilar step, of ourbrain?Isitsuggestingthatweonlyuse one University of Houston, researchers have Facebook hasupdated theiralgorithmsinaneffort out of everyten neurons, or that at anygiven time foundthat global polling canpredict up to 90% of election outcomes from around the to weed outand remove falsenewsstories.While only 10%ofourbrain is active?Eitherway theorigins world. Despite the views of some, in light of social mediaand search enginesare only just entering of thismisconception areunclear,itisthought that Donald Trump’s surprise election, the study thefightagainst fake news,thisisaproblemthat it stemsfromthe theories proposed by Harvard shows that polling data is still trustworthy. scientists have beendealing with foryears.Someof psychologistsWilliam Jamesand BorisSidis in the themostfamousexamplesoffalse scientificclaims 1890s. Theseresearchers investigated childprodigies • Is Ceres hiding ice volcanoes? The American Geophysical Union have discoveredasolitary include statements such as “vaccinescause autism” and, in frontofanaudience, made thestatement mountain of icy rock known as acryovolcano and“evolutionisonlyatheory”. Unfortunately, it that “people only meet afractionoftheir fullmental that may be hiding older siblings on the wouldtakemorethanone articletocover allofthese potential”;which when comparingthe averageadult dwarf planet’s surface. Using data from politicallycharged topics,soinstead here aresome to aprodigy,istrue. Laterin1936, in apreface to a NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, scientists believe slightly less controversial, butnonetheless incorrect, book,writerLowellThomasre-described thistheory; they can show that other ice volcanoes have disappeared over millionsofyears. scientificmisconceptions. howeverheaddedafalse percentage value, claiming “the averageman developsonlyten percentofhis latent Different partsofthe tongue tastedifferentthings mental ability”. Sincethenthismythhas continued • No link found betweenasteroidbreak- If you think back to sciencelessons in primary to be passedon, howeverthere arenumberreasons up and increaseinbiodiversity: Around or secondaryschool you mayhaveseena“tongue that it is false.Fromanevolutionarystandpointitis 470 million years ago, in ageologicaltime period known as the Ordovician,anasteroid map” whichshoweddifferentareasofthe tongue unlikely that we wouldhavedeveloped largebrains collision occurred between Mars and Jupiter andsuggested they separately tasteeitherbitter, if we weren’t goingtouse theentirething.Likewise, sending cascades of meteorites towards sour,salty or sweet. Whilethose arethe primary even if neuronsare notfiring at agiven pointtheyare Earth.The heavy meteorite bombardment tastes ourtongues respond too, thetruth is that likely receivingsignals from otherneurons.Thisis continued for millions of years coinciding with an increase in marine biodiversity. A thereisnoone area on thetongueresponsible for reinforced by evidence fromadvancedBrain Imaging study fromthe University of Copenhagenhas tastingthem. This misconception comesfroma techniques,suchasfunctionalmagneticresonance shown that the rise in biodiversity started paperwritten by aHarvard psychologist,Edwin G. imaging (fMRI).These studieshaverevealedthat, longbefore the collision. Boring (yes,it’shis realname).Thispaper hadbeen even during sleep, allparts of thebrain showsome translated from aGerman paper, ZurPsychophysik levelofactivity. Overall, claiming we only use10% of • Gene therapy restores hearing to deaf mice: desGeschmackssinnes,written in 1901.Due to either our brainisbothnon-descript andamisconception. Doctors at the Boston Children’shospital have translationerrorsormisinterpretationofthe data, used genetherapytorestore rudimentary theEnglish translationmade thesuggestion that Each human hasfive senses hearing to genetically deaf mice. Continued each part of thetonguetastedonlyone of thebasic If youask theaverage memberofthe public, research has allowed the team to restore a flavours. In fact,the original paperdescribed only whetherachild or an adult, they wouldlikelytellyou much higher level of hearing, downtothe level of awhisper. Further work is needed minusculedifferencesindetection levels acrossthe that we have fivesenses:taste,smell,sight,touch, before this canbebrought to patients. tongue.Further down theline, thisworkwas taken hearing.Itmayprove controversial, butthe truth outofcontext andthe “tonguemap”was drawn and is that humans have more than five senses andI’m writtenupintextbooks; sincethenthisdiagram and nottalkingabout extrasensory perception.The most • The Amazon was transformed 2000 years misunderstandinghas beenpassedon. To counterthe commonly used, andsimplest, definitionofasense is: ago by ancient earthworks: Brazilian andUK experts have foundevidence that the ancient claimastudy published in Nature in 2006,confirmed “any system that consists of agroup of sensory cells people of the Amazon constructed large that whilereceptors forthe basictastesare foundin whichrespond to aspecific physicalphenomenon.” geometricalgeoglyphsaspossible places of specifictypes of cells, thesecells arenot limitedto When consideringthisdefinitionmanyofour body’s worship. This finding challenges years of internal mechanisms fall underthe classificationof theory suggesting the rainforest ecosystem asense.Thisincludesasense of balance, pain and was untouchedbyhumans. proprioception;the latter meansthatyourbrain knowswhere allyourbodyparts are. Thesekinds of senses areaptly named the“non-traditional senses”. Anotherkey,but even more abstract,sense is theability to determinethe passageoftime. Experimentshave shownthat, withoutconsciouslycounting, people are able to tell when aspecific amount of time haspassed, withinamargin of 3seconds.Somewould arguethat thesenon-traditional senses don’tactually count, but it alldepends on howyou definea“sense.” Some people have argued that theseother senses arejust variations on thekey five,orthattheydeserve their ownuniqueclassification.Unfortunately,the number of sensesthatweactuallyhaveisstill uncertain;it is estimatedthatwehaveatleast nine,potentially twenty.Ifyou don’tlikethatlevel of uncertainty, you cancarry on saying we have five. Nevertheless, the truthisthat we do have more -wejustcan’t make senseofthe exactamount. Image: Joseph King Image: Michel Royon/Wikimedia Commons 22 | Sports thegryphon.co.uk Has Tigerlosthis bite?

James Felton he conquered and retire. Golf, afterall,iscurrently It is sad seeing Tiger like this. Sport should always Golf gifted with many supremely talented players; Jordan showcase the best of aplayer’s unique talents. And Spieth, Rory Mcllroy and Henrik Stenson being just not many golfplayers are as uniquely and freakishly Ronnie O’Sullivan was the best playerinhis sport three examples. Woods has never recovered since talented as Mr. Woods. He is also very honest about forover adecade, before people doubted him as they his well-documented personal troubles that came to hisfutureprospects, admitting that he will never saw his form deteriorate. He has since come back and light in 2009. Pulling out of last week’s Dubai Desert feel great, due in part to his three back surgeriesand is still, on his day, the best player, winning major Classic with abackspasm does nothing forhis form, four back operations. Should Tiger Woods give up the titles and thrillingsnooker fansaround the world. confidence or ranking. He has onlyfeaturedinthree game he helped to transform? For ageneration of golf Roger Federerhas had huge troubles with injuries, tournaments since the major injury he endured that fans he was the face of the sport, the main spectacle, but he too has returned, and his win in last month’s kept him awayfrom the golfcourses forover ayear the manwho did more than anyone to draw fans in. Australian Open is testament to his determination before his recent comeback. But at the moment, he is the lonelyone,the injured to stillbeclassed as one of the best in the world His world ranking of 674 shows justhow far his one, theforgottenone. He won’t want this to be his at tennis. Tiger Woods, again, is another example form has deteriorated (though not playing for 15 legacy. of aformer world number onewho has had many months naturallyhas an doubters. Yet he, unlike the previous two examples, impacttoo). Yet, at the has not experiencedarenaissance in his form, and it end of 2013,hewas still, seems that he maynever will. despite the lack of major It is now nine years since his last major win; eleven titles, ranked world yearssince he managed to win two major titles number one. Since then, in the same season and seventeen years since he, every year has seen a magnificently, won threeout of the four major titles, massive decline; 2014 he finishing fifth in the other, cementing himself in the wasnumber 32, 2015 he record books as agolfing legend. He is, undoubtedly, was416, and, at the end one of the best golfers of all time,and for many, he of last year, he was placed will always be the numberone. But that is because of 652nd. The question is, if his illustrious history, and not his current form. hisformdoesn’timprove Tiger did not play apart in any of the major events recently, will his world lastyear. Five out of the last six he has played in, he ranking number be four has failed to make the cut. The 14 time major title digits? If so, surely he winner, in all likelihood, will not be adding any more hasto, if he isn’t already, to hisname. There is astrong argument, given this think long and hard about Image: Ross Kinnaird dismal record, that he should just leave the game hisfutureinthe game. No Indiansummer forCaptain Cook

Joey Wright adventurein2016/17 with adefeatfromIndia in all with bowlingfiguresof6wicketsfor 25 runs.These Cricket formsofthe game.Inwhathas become familiar to arethe third best figures ever in an internationalT20 manyEnglandcricket fans,the classofthe Indian match, andanIndianrecord. It ledtoasignificant England’slosstoIndia wasfollowedbythe surprise batsmenand bowlers blew away English resistance. dent in England’smiddleorder,astheylost8wickets resignation of Alastair Cook as Englandtestcaptain. Many recordswerebrokeninthis75-runvictory for in 8runs goingfrom119 for2to127 all outinonly Apre-meditated decision to coincide with theend India. It wasamatchthatsaw amaideninternational 19 balls. Whilethiscollapsewas not completely of theIndia series, England’sleading test runscorer T20fiftyfor MS Dhoni, taking him76attempts– emblematicofEngland’s campaign in Bangladeshand hasstepped down from therole ofcaptaincy,leading themostbyany batsman.Thisshockingstatistic India, it didconfirmaconvincing Indian victory. It to many reports of JoeRootbeinggroomed as his is further surprising when consideringthe success wastheir fallibility to spinthatcostEngland in the successor.With11,057runsscoredintotal,withan MS Dhonihas hadinthe Indian PremierLeague subcontinent,ashas beenthe stereotypical excuse averageof46.85,there is no doubtthatCookwillgo captaining hissidetovictory.Two morerecords fell in thepast, butthistimeatruly world-classteam down as oneofEngland’s greats.regardlessofhow as Chahel cemented India’simposing202-6 score toppledanEngland side on theverge of transition. longhecaptained theside. Acaptain characterised with greatvictories as well as significantsetbacks, with keyexamplessuchasthe Ashesvictories,and the2014whitewash losses to Australiaand SriLanka, as well as theKevin Pietersensaga. Theviewofwho will becomenext captainisnot aforegone conclusion as Andrew Strauss,EnglandDirectorofCricket, concludesthat“thereisaprocess to go through”. Many aretipping JoeRootand Strauss also praisedhis qualities, yetwhatconfirms Root to manyEngland fans areCook’swords to Straussinhis ending statement, wherehewantedthe next captaintohave “new blood, newimpetus andfresh thinking”.Giving thecaptaincy to Root wouldbeaninteresting decision duetohis role in all formsofEngland cricket:Test, OneDay Internationals (ODIs) andT20 matches. It wasIndia’s victoryinthe thirdgameofthe T20 series that almost overshadowed Cook’s decision as historywas made.Englandsignedofftheir Asian ImImagage: e:GeAsttyIiaPamagcifiesc thegryphon.co.uk Sports | 23 Men’s Basketball: Leeds dominate Teesside at theEdge

JohnGibby three-pointers of the game helped Leeds to extend Men’s Basketball-Leeds 1st 81-43 Teesside 1st their lead by then points to 28-6. The Teesside coach’s words during the ensuing time-out can’t Spare athought forthe valiant players of the have had too muchofan effectonhis players, as Teesside Men’s Basketball team and their faithful the Gryphonswentontoa42-11 advantage andthe supporters. On Wednesday evening they made the 130 visitors continued to waste free throws and began to BUCS fixtures mile round-trip fromthe North East to the Edge, only looktired, even before the halfway point of the game. 15thFebruary unless stated to be comprehensivelydismissed by their Yorkshire The play became more equal in the third quarter as counterparts. From the first few minutes of the the game became more physical, and Teesside managed otherwise Northern 2B league fixture the Gryphons were piling to close the gap by taking advantage of an opposition on the pressure, and they carriedthis momentum who may have been at risk of complacencyinplaces. Full fixtures and resultsat throughout the match, cementing Leeds’ place as As the referee becamemoreand more involved long bucs.org.uk serious contenders to take the title in afew months’ periods of the game passed without scoring. What had time. beenagoodquality game of basketball played in the Basketball Mens 3rds vs Leeds Trinity 1st: 1pm, Fromthe opening minutes of the match, the men right spirit began to lookalittle shoddier, but at least Sports Hall, Leeds Trinity in greenseized nearly every opportunity presented to Leeds managed to keep their lead, going into the final them,quickly opening up a14-6 lead. They looked break up by 57 points to 31. Basketball Womens1st vs Northumbria 2nds: to be keepingitsimple early doors, sitting back and There was asense of the inevitable throughout the 3.30pm, The Edge waiting forthe relentless mistakes from Teesside, final ten minutesofplay with a26point deficit for then pouncingfor aseries of quick scores, focussing Teesside to overcome, and in all honesty it never Football Mens 2nd vs Sheffield Hallam 3rd: on targeting the area close to the basket at first. It was lookedlikely. Leeds started to pile it on as the Time TBC, Weetwood obviousfrom this early stage that Leeds were making visitors made mistake after mistake. By the final few themostoftheir free throws as well, something that moments of the gameone of theirplayerswas on the Football Womens 1st vs Nottingham 1st: 2pm, would come to characterise the remainder of the floor,laughing, apparently out of incredulity at the Weetwood contest. This accuracy led to an 18-6 advantage for score, which ended 81-43. Three more well-earned thehomeside by the time the horn sounded forthe points for Leeds continuestheirmarchupthe table, Hockey Mens 1st vs Sheffield 1st: 5pm, end of thefirst quarter. ensuring that they will finish theweek at least joint- Weetwood Things tookaturn forthe acrobatic in the second top of what looks, at least nearthe summit, like a quarter, with some impressive dives to create fiercely competitive league. Hockey Womens 4th vs Manchester 4th: 2pm, opportunities andultimately net the ball. The first Weetwood

Netball Womens 2nd vs York 1st: 3.30pm, Gryphon Sports Centre

Rugby Union Mens 3rd vs Sheffield 2nd: 2pm, Weetwood

RugbyUnion Womens 1st vs York2nd:2.15pm, Weetwood

Squash Mens 2nd vs Sheffield 2nd: 2.30pm, GryphonSports Centre

Squash Womens 2nd vs Newcastle 2nd: 4pm, GryphonSports Centre

Table Tennis Mens 1st vs Manchester 1st: 2pm, Cromer Terrace

Tennis Womens 1st vs Leeds Beckett 3rd: 11am, Indoor Courts, Headingley Campus

Volleyball Womens 1st vs Leeds Beckett 1st: 1pm, Blue Hall, Headingley Campus

Water Polo Mens 1st vsStrathclyde 1st: 2.15pm, The Edge 24 | Sport thegryphon.co.uk Leeds60-37 SheffieldHallam

Dominantsecond-halfgives Leeds deservedvictory

Luke Etheridge with theirgoalattackprovinglethaltolevel the good when they hadpossession,but Leeds’ Netball 2nd scores at 10-10. Theawaysidekeptmakingthe most teamwork wasprovingtoo much to handle,as of theirchances, ending thefinalquarter at 12-12. thescore was45-26 goingintothe final quarter. When vyingfor thetitle,it’salwaysimportant Hallam’s clinicalfinishingwas afeature at the With threeteams on thesameamountofpoints to avoidslippingupagainst theteams fightingfor beginningofthe second quarteraswell, as Leeds at thetop of thetable,Leedsweredeterminedto survival.Therefore,Leeds’Netball 2s will have seemed to have themajorityofthe play butcouldn’t scoreasmuchaspossible in thefinalquarter,in beendelighted with theirperformance against pull away,withHallam coming back from twodown ordertoboost theirgoaldifference.Hallam weren’t SheffieldHallam 2s,astheywon comfortablyon to levelthe scores at 18-18. Agoodteammovestarted giving up however, coming closeonnumerous Wednesdayafternoon,60-37.Leedsstartedthe off by centre Jess King helped give Leedssome occasions, butLeedswerewinning themajorityof daytiedonpointswithYorkStJohnand Hallam breathing space, with Vialou-Clark showing fantastic therebounds, helpingthemtotakeatwenty goal 1s,whereasHallam 2s needed awin to have any accuracy from close-range,asthe homesidescored lead forthe first time in thematch.Despite beingfar chance of stayinginthe division next season. four goalsinsuccession. Theattackand defence ahead,the home side were stillwilling to fight for Goal shooterChloe Vialou-Clark puther height of Leedslookedmoreorganised during thelatter everyball, making manycrucial intercepts during advantageoverthe Hallam defencetogooduse in periodsofthe quarter, taking aseven goal lead into thequarter,beforeVialou-Clarkgot thefinalgoal theearly stages of thefirstquarter,helping the thesecondhalf, with thehomesideleading 30-23. of thegame, to secure a60-37 victoryfor Leeds. home side take an early3-0 lead.Leedswereputting Leedsextendedtheir lead in thethird quarter, Theleagueisn’t theonlychance of silverware alot of pressure on Hallam when defending, forcing despite Hallam having thebestchances.The three forLeeds thisseason. Next week,theyplayin theawaysidetogofor longpasses,which were substitutesmadebythe Gryphons appeared to thequarter finalsofthe Northern Conference surprisingly successful,asthey levelled thescores give them extraenergy, as they scored nine goals Cupagainst York.Withonlytwo league games up at 3-3, before Leedsretookthe advantage. Quick withoutreply,limitingthe away side to only three left before theend of theseason, Leedswillbe reactions on therebound from goalkeeper Kate points allquarter.WingattackHelenaGrennan hoping to repeat Wednesday’sperformance against Bowman helped to maintain thisleadat10-5, before wascrucial on thecounter,asshe showed great theirrivals, as they look to complete thedouble. Hallam begantoworktheir wayintothe game more, passing accuracy throughout.Hallam still looked