Anti-Zionist Talk on Campus Leads to Religious Flashpoint
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Nominated for Guardian and NUS Student Newspaper of the Year 2006 Spring Term Week Nine Tuesday 06 March 07 www.nouse.co.uk NOUSE Est. 1964 Across the Atlantic Behind the scenes Student culture on A night out in Ziggy’s either side of the pond seen from every angle Muse 8-9 Muse 12-13 Anti-Zionist talk on campus leads to religious flashpoint By Nicky Woolf ence was “organised by DEPUTY NEWS EDITOR Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinajad to deny or to question the holocaust, YORK CAMPUS became a inviting world-leading anti- centre of religious tension Semites such as David Duke, last week as Jewish students the [former] head of the Ku from around the country Klux Klan, and others.” arrived to protest at a lecture Treblow claimed Cohen “has given by the controversial a track record of supporting Rabbi Aharon Cohen (left) those who have attacked his of the anti-Zionist sect Jewish brethren.” Cohen Neturei Karta, who has been claims charges of holocaust accused of holocaust denial. denial are “entirely unfair.” Cohen’s speech, entitled York Unity and the “Anti-Zionism is not Anti- Socialist Students societies, Semitism,” contended that, who were also involved in according to Orthodox the organisation of Jewish law, “the Zionist state Palestinian Awareness known as Israel is a regime Week, withdrew their sup- that has no right to exist,” port from Cohen as a speak- and accused Zionists of con- er when they were informed stituting “the biggest threat by York Jewish Society of the to Jews and Judaism.” controversy surrounding his Cohen, who was invited ideas. to speak on campus by Edward Zinkin, Islamic Society and Amnesty Secretary of York’s Jewish Internation as part of Society, explained that their Palestinian Awareness problem with Cohen is that Week, has been widely he “attempts to pass himself accused of holocaust denial off as a representative of nor- because of his attendance at mative and mainstream a “Review of the holocaust” Judaism” while also support- conference in Tehran, Iran ing Hamas and Islamic last December. Jihad. “He represents this Rabbi Michael Treblow very minority group, and (right), the Jewish student’s seeing as he openly supports chaplain for Yorkshire and Hamas, and Islamic Jihad, Humberside who attended and Hezbollah, for this man the talk, claimed the confer- Continued >> Page 6 Members of UOTC Twelve candidates Student parents York clubs storm to come under fire prepare for elections We meet the students at BUSU cup success Members of the UOTC have faced Campaigning for the YUSU elec- York who are balancing The York Athletic Union has expe- criticism in recent days after it was tions is underway, with twelve can- rienced a week of success with vic- revealed that they had held a didates competing over six places childcare with their tories for the men’s volleyball, ‘German’ social at which one offi- on the team of paid sabbatical offi- degrees and ask if the women’s basketball, men’s hockey cer had dressed as a concentration cers. Last year, a total of seventeen and men’s football teams. Both the camp victim. They were also criti- candidates ran for sabbatical posi- University could be basketball and the football teams cised for posting a video showing a tions. Elections will be held on doing anything more to have reached the BUSA finals mock execution on the internet. Friday of week 9. which will take place in weeks 9 NEWS >> Page 3 NEWS >> Pages 4 - 5 make their lives easier and 10 respectively. COMMENT >> Page 12 COMMENT >> Pages 10 -11 MUSE >> M4 - 5 SPORT >>Photo:Pages Georgie18 - 20 Mabee Sponsored by NOUSE :THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENT NEWSPAPER 2 News Snappy Snaps Tuesday March 6 2007 Nudes and no porters A GROUP of male first year students Porters’ lodges to reopen ran naked around campus on the night of February 23 in a bid to draw atten- By Raf Sanchez tion to the lack of porters in colleges. NEWS EDITOR Beginning in Alcuin, they streaked through every college, and ended up in THE UNIVERSITY has Vanbrugh. One porter said the group announced its intention to were a ‘nuisance’ and claimed the stunt reopen closed porters had prompted two complaints from lodges on campus, bring- female residents in James. Another ing portering back to the said that the group responded "aggres- October 2006 service sively" to him when asked to stop. A benchmark. The student who was involved in the stunt, announcement comes in claimed that the group’s aim was "to the wake of a number of draw attention to the fact that if porters campaigns by both stu- had been at every college, we would dents and academics, as have not completed all 7 without being well as an open letter cir- caught," but admitted that “the naked- culated by Nouse bearing ness was “a rather sketchy part of the more than 1,400 signa- night” as “much alcohol was con- tures. sumed.” In a letter dated February 15 Keith Lilley, University attacked in Director of Facilities Management, laid out his national newspapers intention to “return to a 24-hour portering service THE UNIVERSITY of York has been in Wentworth, Vanbrugh criticised recently in two letters to the and Derwent.” Student bedrooms accross campus have displayed posters in an effort to bring back 24hr portering national press. One letter, published in All three have had the Guardian, described York as "the their lodges closed since Jamie Tyler, Chair of that it’s only going to be a spread graffiti on campus Duncan-Smith, MP for graveyard of ambition." The other, January 21. The letter also Derwent JCRC, comment- day porter, but the and a mass YUSU poster Chingford and Woodford which appeared in the Daily Telegraph, confirms the intentions to ed that “Lilley’s intentions University has to cut costs campaign. However, man- Green and former called tutor contact time “pitiful” and shift Langwith from the seem genuine but you can’t don’t they? We’ll continue agement has thus far Conservative Party leader, named finance as a central problem. 24-hour footing it has been believe it until it’s actually to fight on but there’s only refused to comment on the have all made their con- James Harrison, the sender of the on for the duration of the happened.” so much we can do.” demand made by Nouse’s cerns known to the latter letter, wrote, “It is not uncommon porters crisis back to being He added that JCRCs The announcement is open letter that an investi- University. All three for undergrads to pass through an open “7am to 10pm would “keep fighting the a sign of success for the gation be held into the received a prompt entire term without receiving any com- Monday to Friday, and cause to make sure “the multi-pronged campaign causes of the crisis, and response, while the open ment on written work whatsoever." He 8am to 10pm lodges reopen.” Langwith from campus groups to that those responsible be letter carrying 14,00 signa- also expressed concerns over Saturday/Sunday.” JCRC Chair, Won Youn, force management to held accountable. tures, including those of Heslington East, calling into question Lilley’s letter has been was philosophical about restore portering. The John Grogan, MP for numerous senior the likelihood that a 50% increase in treated with cautious opti- the cut in hours at his col- campaign included Selby, Hugh Bayley, MP for University academics, students, as is projected, will be met by mism by JCRC chairs. lege saying “It’s a shame Nouse’s open letter, wide- the City of York, and Iain remains unanswered. proportional lecturer increases. YUSU accused of bias over hustings Women’s Week in York YORK WILL mark International By Sam Thomas since claimed that some of directed at me, about the question I asked was ‘do Women's Day with a week-long celebra- NEWS CORRESPONDENT his questions were directed fact that I’m running in the you have any potential tion starting on Monday, March 3. In at her, and represented an council elections. I don’t commitments next year town, a range of activities at low cost A CANDIDATE in the SU “unfair bias”. YUSU has know what effect it has on that could stop you doing will continue through the week, from elections has expressed prevented Nouse from an election when the sabbs your job properly?’, which I dancing, music, volunteer and confi- anger over what she felt revealing the identity of express their own prefer- think is a valid question.” dence building workshops to language was biased questioning the candidate on the ences so openly.” Procedure He claimed that his ques- and exercise classes, discussion groups from current sabbatical grounds of ‘electoral regu- requires that all questions tion could apply to candi- and talks on women's issues. On cam- officers at an official hus- lations’. from the floor “must be dates who wished to con- pus, events including an open mic night tings event. The candidate, who is directed to all candidates tinue playing sport on on Wednesday and a performance of the At the ‘Question Time’ also running for Labour running for the position,” Wednesday afternoons. A Vagina Monologues next term. session held last Thursday Councillor in May, said “It and not to any specific source close to the candi- in Derwent bar, YUSU was obvious to anyone individual. date echoed her allegations Reporting by Chris Colyer, Helen President Rich Croker questions at the candi- watching that Croker When asked about the of bias, labelling the prece- joined students in levelling dates.