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Andrea Levy’s most heavenly dinner party at varsity.co.uk The Independent Cambridge Student Newspaper since 1947 | varsity.co.uk | Friday November 17 2006 | Issue 647 Student accused of drunken assault »St Edmund’s student sent down by college »Previously arrested at May Ball this year told her colleague that he went on ALICE WHITWHAM to grope her buttocks from behind. News Editor The second member of staff was informed of the incident immedi- A male student at St Edmund’s ately afterwards by the first. She College has been sent down after admitted that she had initially been allegedly assaulting a member of frightened of what might happen if staff on college premises. The student she walked across the room. “I did- is purported to have been involved in n’t avoid the Combination Room an incident on Wednesday 8 but I was frightened and don’t November at around 8am. know what I would have done had The police received a phone call he touched me”, she said. She con- reporting the incident from St tinued that she nevertheless Edmund’s Dean, Dr Michael Robson, entered and wished the student at 8.29am that same Wednesday, a “good morning”, to which he Cambridge Constabulary replied “Show us your arse”. spokesperson told Varsity. Turning away from him in A St Edmund’s student, who response, she told of how he shout- wished to remain anonymous, told ed, “Well fuck you then”. He only Varsity the following day that the ceased his verbal abuse, she added, alleged assault, which was of a sex- when a male member of staff ual nature, was committed against a approached to see what was hap- member of the college’s cleaning pening. Neither of the women staff. He also reported that the intend to press charges. assailant went on to verbally abuse St Edmund’s Master, Paul Luzio, a second member of the cleaning declined to comment on either the staff who had arrived on the scene a alleged assault or the disciplinary St Edmund’s College, where the incident is alleged to have occurred JOE GOSDEN few moments later. action taken by the college against When Varsity contacted the sec- the student. He said “All that I’m has been corroborated by the mem- Cambridge after his arrest, Luzio deny or say anything”. ond member of the cleaning staff, going to say is that I’m not going to ber of the cleaning staff who spoke again stated his wish not to provide Students at the college articulat- she described him as having been in comment on individual cases”. He to Varsity. She stated, “The same a comment on individual cases. He ed feelings of unease following the a state of drunkenness. The first, added that in any disciplinary situa- student was arrested after the May stated “We want to treat all stu- incident. A second year Natural who wished not to be interviewed tion “we would always follow our Ball for launching stuff out the win- dents and staff with respect”. He Scientist confessed, “I used to feel directly, had informed her colleague Statutes and Ordinances”. dow”. A second year St Edmund’s added, “We’re going to follow our safe in college but now I’m ques- that he had been carrying a bottle Police have confirmed that the student expressed their surprise procedures if it’s necessary to do tioning that”. One first year added, of vodka at the time. She also same student had been arrested last that “he wasn’t sent down at the so”. When pressed by Varsity on his “Once I get within college perime- described how he had told the first summer on suspicion of carrying out May Ball”. refusal to discuss the matter at any- ters I would assume I didn’t need to member of staff that he was going criminal damage at the St When questioned as to why the thing more than a theoretical level, worry. Perhaps I should be more on to follow her up to the bedroom. She Edmund’s May Ball on June 23. This student was allowed to return to he said, “I’m not going to confirm, my guard.” FEATURES INTERVIEWS LIFESTYLE ARTS & Climate in crisis: A peep at Fashion doffs FEATURES a burning issue Mitchell and its hats Webb »PAGE 12 »PAGE 15 »PAGE 26 2 varsity.co.uk/news | 17.11.06 Write for Varsity News: Newsdesk Meet 5.30pm Sundays in King’s College Bar In Brief International immiscible Lover allegedly »New poll reveals that foreign students do not mix on campus torches car Cambridge”. Louis Caron did not members do not mingle well with minority”. Their relative large A 29 year old drainage engineer faces TOM WOOLFORD think the findings reflected on his local students,” he explained, number, he said, enabled them to trial at Cambridge Crown Court, fellow postgraduate American stu- attributing the findings to a “clash form their own societies and thus accused of setting fire to his 48 year old A Council for International dents. “American students? Yeah, of cultures” that causes internation- “form a totally separate cultural girlfriend's car. Christine Marriott Education poll has shown that they mingle. Many of my friends are al students to “retreat back into and social group”. “Most Chinese claims that her younger lover set light most foreign students do not mix British,” he said, “but half the grad- their comfort zones”. students,” he explained, “do prefer to her black Saab after she refused to with their British counterparts. uate students are international; Various JCRs are working to coming to the events of these soci- leave his bungalow in Orwell, The poll of over 600 students from England is an island”. improve integration. Wu Hong eties to mingling with British and Cambridgeshire. Maskell denied start- 87 different countries in 25 further But Jussi Kajala, President of the King, Queens’ College other international students”. ing the fire but expressed his irritation. education institutions in the UK Scandinavian Society, said “interna- International Officer, admitted “it Kelvin Chiu, however, claimed “She came round for sex... she knew it has revealed that while 8 out of 10 tional students in Cambridge tend is true that Asians can often be that the Chinese Society does not and I knew it”. Cat Moss were satisfied or very satisfied to mingle more with other interna- spotted together,” but denied that retard integration, since “most of with the support they tionals, especially at the international students intentionally our members would have struggled received from their insti- undergraduate level,” avoided the British, instead sup- to settle in with UK locals any- tution, only 27 per cent adding that for posing that “like attracts like”. He how”. Without the Chinese Society, All girls at Ely said that that British Scandinavian stu- he added, its members would have after 1000 years people were among dents “it is obvious- formed “even smaller cliques with those that they mixed ly easier for us to “mixing with people of their nationality”, instead The first performance of evensong by with most often. mingle with the of being challenged to integrate Ely Cathedral's new girls’ choir took The findings have British than for, British students into the wider community through place last Wednesday. With a thou- prompted a variety of say, Asian students joint Society events. Beng Beng sand years of all-male singing behind responses from mem- since our cultures is not a problem, Ong claimed that the Malaysia it, the cathedral's introduction of bers of the internation- are more similar”. Society serves to “help integration female voices has ruffled some feath- al community in Kelvin Chiu, it’s a choice” by reaffirming one’s cultural her- ers. Dr Peter Giles, of the Campaign Cambridge. Nina President of the itage and beliefs,” leading its mem- for the Defence of the Traditional Marinsek denied that the Chinese Society was bers to perceive themselves as “a Cathedral Choir, told the BBC “we are findings were true of the “not surprised by the unique person with something valu- sacrificing a wonderful, ancient tradi- Slovenian community. findings. A signifi- able to contribute” in “this global tion of men and boys’ choirs for politi- “We’re too small to really cant pro- marketplace of diversity which is cal correctness”. Tom Parry-Jones form a contingency”, she portion has planned a “homestay pro- the University”. said, “all the Slovenes I of our gramme” in Queens’ to promote CUSU International Co-Chair, know are well inte- integration through “prolonged Ben Yeoh, said “we believe not grated within contact”. Jan Stejskal, TCSU mixing with British students is not Fez attack photos the com- Overseas Welfare Officer, said a problem, it’s a choice”. He released by police munity “Trinity overseas students seem to explained that CUSU’s role, how- here have very little problems with min- ever, was in breaking down barri- Cambridgeshire Police have released in gling with British students”, but ers to full interaction with British CCTV images of two men they want explained that the college’s interna- students, and mentioned its suc- to speak to, in connection with the tional events were now being mar- cess in running free English lan- assault of a 21 year old man in the Fez keted to British students to pro- guage workshops as part of its Club on October 29. The victim suf- mote further interaction. He added ongoing efforts to improve condi- fered serious injuries to his arm and that “the only real problem we have tions and resources for overseas face when he was set upon by two CUSU International Co-Chair Ben Yeoh EMILY WRIGHT encountered so far is the Chinese students in Cambridge.