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Nominated for five Guardian Student Media Awards 2007 Autumn Term Week One Tuesday 09 October 2007 www.nouse.co.uk NOUSE Est. 1964 FRESHERS’ SPECIAL Everything you need to know as a fresher in York, from dating to decorating. MUSE 12-15 Friends pay tribute to Students face 15 Freshers face fraud charges drowned York student A FORMER UNIVERSITY of York student and an accomplice have appeared in court charged housing crisis with 15 counts of fraud after attempting to cheat in an exam. Elnar Askerov of Azerbaijan, 22, and his French accomplice for third year Jerome Drean, 34, were both arrested at the University on May 11. >> NEWS P3 By Anjli Raval and the fact that the severe flooding in Nicky Woolf Hull “attracted a considerable Date for Entwistle number of sub-contractors to migrate towards the highly lucra- murder trial set THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK is tive flood clearing and renovation facing its third consecutive work,” leaving the Vanbrugh site THE DATE FOR the trial of Freshers’ Week accommodation without a sufficient workforce. Neil Entwistle, the York gradu- crisis, which will see 200 Vanbrugh The University has suffered a ate accused of the murder of his freshers forced into temporary similar crisis at the beginning of the wife and 9-month-old daughter, accommodation on campus and 47 previous two years. has been set for January 28 next Langwith students into a hotel, In 2006, students in year. He will be tried at the until construction of residential Langwith, Goodricke, Derwent and Superior Court in Middlesex, blocks is complete. Vanbrugh colleges suffered cuts to Massachusetts. >> NEWS P3 Students whose accommoda- facilities and kitchen refurbish- tion blocks have not been complet- ment work that overran its comple- Ex-YUSU President ed will stay in shared rooms in tion deadline and in 2005, con- Goodricke, Derwent and struction of the new Alcuin accom- runs for York Outer Wentworth Colleges, as well as modation blocks overran, forcing rooms in the National Science and freshers to be housed in the NSLC. FORMER YUSU President Learning Centre (NSLC), Franklin Anne-Marie Canning, YUSU James Alexander has been House, near Alcuin College, which President, was keen to stress that selected as Labour parliamen- normally acts as a hotel for confer- the University had “learned a lot tary candidate for York Outer, ence guests. from last year, and the problems the University’s local con- Due to the late running of they had with kitchens.” She con- stituency. Alexander has kitchen refurbishment, 47 new tinued, “They’ve communicated a appealed for student support at Langwith residents will have to lot better… they’ve learned how to the ballot box. >> NEWS P6 spend their Freshers’ Week com- handle situations much better.” muting to campus by University- Vanbrugh JCRC Chair, Ryan York Rugby Union organised coach from the Holiday Bennett, said “We’ve got a bit of a Inn Tadcaster Road, at a projected problem having our freshers spread team defeated cost to the University of £30,000. all over the place, which is going to The Vanbrugh accommoda- make it very difficult for our JCR. YORK RUGBY Union team suf- tion blocks are currently on a stag- “I sometimes think that the fered an unfortunate 34-12 gered completion schedule, which University doesn’t recognise how defeat to Sheffield University will see residents of Block 3 being difficult it is for us to organise a after a dogged display in their allocated their rooms on October Freshers’ Week. Obviously we put first pre-season match of the 26, Block 5 on November 16 and all our own money into printing new season. >> SPORT P20 Blocks 1 and 2 at the start of the things, and we’re going to incur a spring term. The displaced stu- lot of extra costs which we’re not dents will also be provided with going to get back from anywhere. meal vouchers. As things stand at the moment, According to the Director of we’ll have to manage those costs Ross Noble Estates Services, John Street, the ourselves, and we haven’t had any delays were caused by “the arrival help from the University on that on eskimos of the wet weather in June and which is a shame.” and Dutch July” which “caused considerable David Garner, the University’s flooding problems throughout the Press Officer, said: “These issues hookers partially completed buildings, most are due to a number of factors. It >> NEWS P4 - 5 of which were not wind and water- was always going to be a fairly tight tight.” The body of Robert Davies was found last week in the River Ouse >> MUSE P4-5 Street also drew attention to CONTINUED >> NEWS P2 near the A64 bridge, where flowers have been laid in tribute NOUSE :THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENT NEWSPAPER 2 News Tuesday October 9 2007 Student threatened Third freshers’ week housing with arrest by NYPD JOSHUA CHAMBERS, a second-year Politics and History student at York, crisis forces students off campus was threatened with arrest at the start of his placement year at Columbia University in New York. Security and << CONTINUED from front press coverage was high on September 24 when President Ahmadinejad of timetable to get all those Iran came to speak at Columbia blocks ready for the start University. A giant screen was erected of term” for students to watch the speaker. He continued: “As far Chambers said: “I had to push past as Langwith is concerned, crowds of protestors to enter campus, the progress of the work and had to show my ID to get through has been complicated by three different sets of barricades. At the complexities of work- one point I tried to sneak past the bar- ing in a building which has ricade when the NYPD weren't looking to be adapted to meet but they noticed and threatened me modern requirements. I with arrest.” think they’ve found that it took rather longer than anticipated. VC declines Iraq visit “Unfortunately that is how it is, and we’ve got to THE VICE-CHANCELLOR of the deal with the problem,” he University of York, Brian Cantor, said. The displaced stu- declined an invitation to the dents received the news in International Conference on Higher an email and a personal Education held in the Kurdish region phone call from the of northern Iraq, citing “security University. issues” as a motivating factor. Cantor Canning said that was given the option to nominate most students had reacted another member of staff to go in his positively to the news, say- place but this was also declined. Dr. ing, “they’re quite cool Al-Hussaini, the conference organiser about it, about finding The new Vanbrugh accommodation blocks are due to be completed during the next two terms. In the and a professor of architecture at the their roomies. Some of mean time, Vanbrugh students are being housed in shared rooms in other colleges across campus University of Westminister said he was them are a bit put out, “very disappointed” that no represen- obviously, but only natu- concluded. (well, I hope not!) I'm still 18, from Hertfordshire, “Freshers don’t care tatives from York would be attending rally so. They’re anxious The news has been generally a bit confused said that she was “a little the conference.The conference, which about coming to universi- met with mixed responses about where I'm living.” disappointed that I wasn't about the nuances of took place on September 4-6, aimed to ty. from the displaced stu- Marianna Wilde, 19, told sooner, but I can construction when assist the reconstruction of Iraqi high- “I can appreciate that dents. Ellie Whitwell, 20, from London, said “I'm understand why that hap- they’re kipping in a er education, improving the well-being freshers might be upset, from Nottingham, said: really excited, actually. It's pened.” She continued, “I Holiday Inn paid for and advancement of the Iraqi people. but we’re doing everything “It's a bit of a pain but I a good chance to get to am a little more apprehen- with our tuition fees” we can to ensure they get a don't think it will ruin my know people in another sive now that I know I am good Freshers’ Week,” she experience in any way college.” Ursula Krawczyk, sharing.” COMMENT >> P10 York ranked eighth in national league table THE UNIVERSITY of York has been YUSU regains key vote on Student Services ranked as the eighth best UK universi- ty in the new Sunday Times University By Nicky Woolf mittee provided no stu- makes recommendations as accommodation, alco- of particular importance, Guide. The league table uses criteria dent vote, causing a storm to the Vice-Chancellor’s hol and drugs, careers, col- such as rent-setting. such as teaching excellence and DEPUTY NEWS EDITOR of controversy among Advisory Group, one of the lege bars and social facili- “We’ve never voted on research quality to give the universities YUSU and the student most powerful decision- ties, disability services and rent-setting and we can a ranking. York has consistently THE TWO VOTES of stu- media. But over the sum- making bodies at the health provision. understand why not,” said received high scores for teaching and dent representatives on mer, the University Senate University. The student vote is at Anne-Marie Canning, academic quality and competition for the restructured Student voted on an amended pro- Two student repre- the discretion of the Chair YUSU President. “Jane’s places remains fierce. The University Services Committee have posal keeping the student sentatives, YUSU of the committee, Pro-Vice pretty cool and we’ve got a of York's Deputy Vice-Chancellor been regained, following a votes intact.