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No. 843 Friday 16th February 2018 varsity.co.uk

College bars caught paying sta illegal wages

Oliver Guest and Rosie Bradbury Senior News Correspondents

A Varsity investigation has found dra- matic discrepancies in wages paid to stu- dents working in Cambridge’s student- run bars.  ose who work in the bars at Emmanuel and Newnham are the worst paid, with both receiving pay below the National Minimum Wage. Student workers at the Emmanuel bar receive £3.63 per hour for four-hour shits and £3.67 per hour for three-hour Campaigners dropped banners at Robinson College on  ursday in a stunt calling attention to high student rents. Story, page 11 ▶ MATHIAS GJESDAL HAMMER shits.  e national minimum wage for 18 to 20-year-olds is £5.60 per hour. At Newnham, students at the College’s bar receive just £2.50 in Sainsbury’s vouchers per hour worked. However, its bar is not funded by the College, is Uproar as Trinity censors run only by students and for students, and pay is set by the Student Bar Com- mittee. Emmanuel students are paid for work- ing at the bar and thus they qualify as students’ rainbow  ags workers entitled to the minimum wage under law. Although they do receive a £5 bar tab per shit alongside their pay, non-cash bene ts do not legally count “personal attack” and made her feel “un- should not be displayed in College win- I walk back to College” which was only towards a worker’s hourly rate. Todd Gillespie wanted”, especially given the fact that dows or anywhere other than on recog-  lled by the con scated  ag. Speaking to Varsity, one student ex- Senior News Editor Trinity is one of only two colleges, along nised College noticeboards.” “And now even that has been deemed pressed reluctance in approaching the with Trinity Hall, that has not  own the CUSU LGBT+ has branded the move unacceptable by College. It’s lonely and College about wages as he feared that Accusations of censorship and homo- pride  ag for LGBT+ History Month. as “unacceptable”, saying: “If the College it hurts. In my time here I have seen no the bar would stop paying students en- phobia have erupted at Trinity College af- Trinity College Students’ Union LGBT+ is condoning the implied homophobia LGBT+ events advertised around Col- tirely and operate on a volunteer basis. ter students were told to remove LGBT+ o cer, Anna Dimitriadis, said porters of the ‘di erent opinions’, it should be lege, no socials, no mention of the CUSU “I’m thankful for any cash coming in”, pride  ags from their windows and alleg- justi ed the decision by saying “there’s thinking seriously about their sta ’s LGBT+ events around college, let alone a he said. edly told that the College “don’t want to a lot of people at this College with a lot of ability to care for all of their students.” [themed formal] of our own.” Another student bartender feared that be putting things in people’s faces”. di erent opinions” and that Trinity bans Most colleges have  own the rain- “Cambridge is a place where I can  - complaints would encourage a switch One student, who did not wish to be displays of political symbols. bow  ag, and several, including Jesus, nally be my complete self. I don’t want to a sta -run system or raise prices. He named, was told on Tuesday to remove She added that a porter told her: “yeah, Hughes Hall, Clare, and Emmanuel, are that taken away from me.” expressed a fear of social ostracism if a postcard-sized  ag despite the fact you can acknowledge your identity, but also hosting themed formals. Trinity College said in a statement: the proposed wage changes a ected the that her room is obscurely located and you don’t need to put a  ag up.”  e student, who is open about her “We are looking into this matter, which “friendly vibe” and “cheap prices”. only overlooks another accommodation  e College’s accommodation hand- bisexuality only in Cambridge, spoke of we take seriously, and will respond fully building. She told Varsity that it felt like a book speci es that “posters or notices the emotional “gap” she feels “every time when that process is complete.” Continued on page 8 ▶

Inside ● Disabled students face issues  nding support Pg.6–7 ● How homelessness harms women Pg.10 2 Friday 16th February 2018 Editorial News he depths of Lord Bird disparity

hen students face disruptions to their educa- ‘I had to go in Wtion – be they illness or injury, the death of close friend or family, or the complications of ongoing disabilities – the outcome remains an sadly inevitable lottery. Speaking to Varsity this week, CUSU disabled students’ oicer Florence Oulds described the to the prison inconsistencies in how colleges handle special arrange- ments for students with long-term conditions. Oulds said that students face “the luck of the draw” when they seek support, often caught between the Dis- ability Resource Centre and their own college’s admin- system to istration. Shocking though this is, it’s hardly surprising: as this paper’s recent and continued investigations into disparities in the intermissions process have revealed, it is clear that the experience of students is still profoundly and problematically tied to who their director of studies, senior tutor or supervisor happens to be. learn to read Welfare is a multifaceted and overlapping topic, and one which has clearly long presented problems for the University’s central administration, and those of the col- leges. For a start, disparities in the form and availability of counselling often further underline the inancial gulf and write’ between colleges. As Cambridge has pushed over the years to normalise its teaching arrangements, academic disparities have become less systematically entrenched (though that has done little to knock Trinity of the top of the Tompkins Table), but college variations still show themselves in clear ways. Being at a rich college can make the diference between whether the crucial funding a cash-strapped student needs – to aford a train home, or to pay for taxis during a diicult week – is available. he Bell, Abbott, and Barnes Funds show a means of addressing this issue. Administered by the central University, they allow students to apply for emergency funding, of £100–£2,000. his kind of system, applied he founder of the Big Issue properly, is a brilliant use of Cambridge’s extraordinary wealth, and could crucially improve students’ welfare – provided they can get the money quickly enough. speaks to Catharine Lally about he real catch, however, is that students can’t directly apply: instead, tutors have to put their names forward charity and the state of politics on their behalf. One would hope that this kind of proc- ess happens painlessly, but the weight of experience ohn Bird is sitting in the opu- larly interested in giving people relief,” world’s most successful homeless suggests that this is not always the case. Hopefully, the lent St John’s Hall, among Cam- and instead is “interested in giving peo- outreach initiatives, and was initially continued exposure of these disparities will push the bridge students swarming over ple opportunities” – namely the chance launched by Lord Bird in response to University towards a pastoral culture where students Jfree sandwiches, having just “to make a legitimate income.” his is what he saw as a growing homeless- always get the support they need and should expect. participated in he Wilberforce why he contends that he inds it diicult ness crisis in London. Operating on Until then, it is vital that we hear the stories of those Society’s homelessness panel on Sun- to “it very well in a charitable world,” what appears to be a simple business who are left behind. day morning. Baron Bird – co-founder of largely because he believes “charities model, vendors buy the newspaper for the Big Issue – is on his fourth cup of tea have traditionally seen the people they £1.25, selling it on for £2.50 and work- when he announces that “what they’re work with – although they are changing ing as ‘micro-entrepreneurs’. It now editors Daniel Gayne [email protected] teaching you here is not up to much.” – as dependents, broken-spirited and all has a weekly circulation of 82,294 and deputy editor Caitlin Smith [email protected] magazine editor Peter Chappell [email protected] Speaking of Cambridge, he thinks its that,” whereas he views those excluded sold its 200 millionth copy in 2016. he deputy magazine editor Reuben Andrews [email protected] “ideas are lame,” and what he would like from society as “people who can join us newspaper has also expanded its reach editor-at-large Louis Ashworth [email protected] to do is “take over a college and really in our lives.” into he Big Issue Foundation, which associate editors Anna Menin, Patrick Wernham & Matt Gutteridge [email protected] screw up what people are taught” to get he Big Issue has been one of the provides direct support and job training digital editor Aoife Hogan [email protected] “students thinking” and “interrogating for rough-sleepers, as well as Big Issue business manager Mark Curtis [email protected] the past.” Invest, which puts money in to social news editors Todd Gillespie & Noella Chye (Senior); Siyang Wei, Devarshi Lodhia & Sophie Shennan (Deputy) He believes that “most university-edu- enterprises and raised £21 million in its senior news correspondents Elizabeth Shaw, Rosie Bradbury, Edward cated people often have pretty limited irst round of funding in January 2016. Pinnegar, Isobel Bickersteth, Jack Conway, Nick Collin, Oliver Guest & Stephanie education,” and are unable to answer the Bird contends that so much of his Stacey [email protected] investigations editors Catherine Lally & Jamie Hancock big questions: why is the world today dedication to alleviating the plight of [email protected] dominated by the laws of unintended the homeless as stemming from his own science editor Stephanie Stacey [email protected] consequence? Bird sees politicians as early life experiences. In his memorable opinion editors Felix Peckham (Senior); Belle George, Galaxy Henry, Vivienne Hopley-Jones, Jemma Slingo (Deputy) [email protected] seemingly always “putting out ires,” maiden speech to the House of Lords in interviews editors Harry Robertson [email protected] while the social fabric of the country as February 2016, he recounted the “terrible vulture chief designer Sophia Luu [email protected] features editors Anna Fitzpatrick & Monty Fynn [email protected] a whole is broken, with “such a lot of hardships” of his earlier life, which was Arts editors Georgie Kemsley-Pein (Senior) damaged people on our streets.” marked by “lying, cheating, and stealing.” fashion editor Eli Hayes & Robyn Schafer [email protected] he Big Issue was founded in 1991 by Bird was born in Notting Hill in 1946, and theatre editors Anna Jennings (Senior); Jiayu Qiu (Deputy) [email protected] Bird and his business partner Gordon as the child of two Irish immigrants he music editor Perdi Higgs [email protected] Roddick. He speaks fervently of want- experienced long periods of homeless- film & tv editor Lillian Crawford [email protected] ing to break the “ugly political, social ness from the age of ive, plus a stint sport editor Lawrence Hopkins (Senior) & Vivi Way (Deputy) [email protected] and economic divides” that alict mod- in an orphanage and in prison from his violet editors Shynee Sienna Hewavidana (Senior) & Eleanor Swinburne ern Britain. Speaking of founding the teenage years. (Deputy) [email protected] newspaper, Bird says: “I was aiming to He is now settled outside of Cam- sub-editors Joseph Krol (Chief); Millie Kiel, Holly Knox, Fergus O’Dowd, Ben Teasdale [email protected] give people on the streets the opportu- bridge with his wife and children, but video editor Gaia Reyes [email protected] nity of doing something legitimate, so contrasts this with his earlier life. “[I] varsity board Dr Michael Franklin (Chairman), Prof. Peter Robinson, if they had any habits around drink or had to go into the prison system as an Dr Tim Harris, Michael Derringer, Louis Ashworth (VarSoc President), Anna Menin & Daniel Gayne drugs they weren’t having to beg.” Of- inmate to learn how to read and write,”

©Varsity Publications ltd, 2017. all rights reserved. no part of this publication may be ten described as a social entrepreneur, having failed at school, he says. Bird re- reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical photocopying, recording or otherwise without prior permission of the publisher. Bird takes the term to mean “someone fers continuously to the 37% of British Varsity, 16 Mill lane, cambridge cb2 1rX. telephone 01223 337575. who believes in a business response to children who “fall out of the system,” Varsity is published by Varsity Publications ltd. Varsity Publications also publishes he Mays. a social crisis.” and believes this creates an underclass Printed at ilife Print cambridge – Winship road, Milton, cambridge cb24 6PP on 42.5gsm newsprint. registered as a newspaper at the Post oice. issn 1758-4442. He maintains that he is “not particu- ▲ A Big Issue seller (SOLENT CREATIVES) who are unable to rise above menial, F  16 F   2018 3 News

NEWS Inaugural Wolfson ball will capitalise on May Week cancellations

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LOUIS ASHWORTH

NEWS Robinson  ghts for rent reductions Page 11 ▶

SCIENCE  e increasing threat of antibiotic resistance Page 13 ▶ low-wage work. He saw a necessity for When asked about a 2010 Daily Express ▲ Lord Bird would “get rid of privilege,” and “open a programme like the Big Issue provid- article where he wrote that his “guilty se- spent stints of up” institutions like Cambridge. ing work opportunities: “when I was a cret” was his identi cation as a “working his childhood in In terms of his work as a life peer, Bird OPINION rough sleeper, begging and on the streets class Tory,” he commented that the press orphanages and stresses that he went into the House drinking, I found it very di cult to be- has a tendency to run with a quote out prison of Lords “to dismantle poverty, not to come stable. It was only when I could get of context. Instead, he takes a di erent THE BIG ISSUE make the poor comfortable.” With his Felix Peckham work and get out of crime that I could position, that of a “working class Tory experience in working with the home- move on.” with Marxist revolutionary tendencies” less, he aims to profoundly change how We have A rise in homelessness under auster- – a “real mix-up.” He refuses to identify government policy addresses the issue. appeased North ity has been a common theme in the with any of the major parties, believing  is came to fruition with his Credit- national press in recent years, and Bird that none do enough to tackle persistent worthiness Assessment Bill in June 2017, Korea warns that the situation is approach- issues in British society. which tried to  x the fact that Britain’s ing the crisis levels of the 1990s. He at- He is also unimpressed by most MPs 11 million renters do not have the same Page 14 ▶ tributes this to the fact that “local au- – saying that the majority come from access to credit as mortgage-holders, and thorities don’t have any money”. He says “the comfortable side of the [economic] as as result, pay much more for access “they’ve been knocked, and there’s a large divide.” While he apparently sincerely ❝ to utilities. Nadia Hourihan cutback in social support.” In Lord Bird’s feels that the last few generations of Bird shares that he is now writing opinion, the government must do much British Prime Ministers genuinely think I’m not a book, a tragi-comedic history of the Language isn’t more to address the causes of the crisis, they will accomplish what they set out causes of the First World War, citing a political as Britain’s rough-sleeper problem quali- to achieve, “anyone who gets into gov- particularly Christopher Clark’s e Sleepwalkers as  es as “a human rights abuse.” In order ernment always believes that they have interested an in uence. He wants to tie together pawn to  x it, he sees a need to address “who’s the answer,” and so “they’ll promise the nearly a hundred strands of potential being made homeless in 20 years time” earth and they’ll deliver a  owerpot.” in giving causes of the war. Over the next few Page 15 ▶ as part of a comprehensive strategy to He thinks Jeremy Corbyn is “a breath people relief years, he plans to “spend a lot of time combat the issue.  is would involve of fresh air,” but that he still is not do- thinking and writing and pissing eve- “bringing prosperity into the lives of a ing enough to address British crises. He ❞ rybody o .” Shadab Ahmed whole slew of people” and making the brie y  irted with the idea of running social services function properly. for mayor of London, ater being asked Access does Instead, he sees the government as by the Conservative Party in 2008, which not go far putting “all the eggs” into the immediate could have resulted in a very di erent relief of current poverty, rather taking a twist for British politics in the last dec- ADVERTISE enough more long-term view. He characterises ade. He ultimately decided not to, as he government agencies like the Depart- refused to join the Conservative Party. Page 16 ▶ ment of Education as “machines” which Bird used to be involved with Marxist WITH US. are “failing to give every child in this societies and considers himself “inspired country what they should get: the choice by revolution.” He characterises most To advertise in any of our print publications or SPORT of improving their lot,” and believes that British Marxists he has encountered online, please contact our Business Manager: none of Britain’s main political parties as “skirting along” super cially, rather  e relevance of football “understand the depths of the crisis that than profoundly engaging with a “deep, tel : 01223 33 75 75 the government is in.” almost contemptuous commitment to email: [email protected] is fading web: varsitypublications.co.uk His time in the public eye has been tearing up the rulebook and starting marked by his political outspokenness. again.” In order to have a revolution, he Page 30 ▶ 4 Friday 16th February 2018 News

annual payroll. He further alleges that, due to the high Cambridge’s role cost to individual institutions of buy- ing out of the deined beneit scheme, oxford and Cambridge have resorted to “pushing for its closure across all 68 pre- in pension dispute 1992 universities, with the upshot that everyone leaves it”. He points to their role as among the most “prominent” of the 42% of institutions who rejected criticised by staf the level of investment risk proposed in USS’ September 2017 actuarial valuation, which resulted in a £2.4 billion increase in forecast deicit. ined beneit schemes ofer a minimum a spokesperson for the University said Siyang Wei guaranteed retirement income, deined that while it did “highlight concerns” Deputy News Editor contribution schemes depend on returns surrounding the “last man standing” from employees’ stock market invest- arrangement, it “is not pushing to leave analysis of a leaked Universities UK ment with no minimum guarantee, and USS”. (UUK) document has revealed the Uni- are therefore considered more risky and hey added: “Ultimately, the ability of versity of Cambridge’s key contribution less generous pensions. Deined beneit, individual institutions to inluence the to proposed changes to the Universities on the other hand, carries a higher level valuation process is limited because the Superannuation Scheme (USS), which of inancial risk for the employer. USS trustee – which manages the scheme have provoked staf strike action across he distribution of risk appears as a for all member universities – needs to 61 universities nationwide. key theme in Professor otsuka’s analy- meet a level of prudence that is accept- Michael otsuka, a philosophy profes- sis of oxford and Cambridge’s attitudes able to the Pensions regulator.” sor at the London School of economics, towards the USS. in particular, he refers Speaking to Varsity, Cambridge UCU’s published an article on Monday accusing to igures from a leaked UUK report on Branch Secretary Dr Waseem Yaqoob said oxford and Cambridge universities of employer responses to a 2016 USS survey, that although Professor otsuka’s analysis pushing for the end of the USS’ deined in which 75% of ‘oxbridge’ institutions – “conirms what we already knew”, the beneit pension scheme in an attempt to including the Universities and their con- revelations are “shameful” and “embar- reduce their own inancial liabilities. stituent colleges separately – reported rassing” in exposing a “reprehensible UUK’s plan to replace deined beneit that they would prefer to take inancial ▲ Academics Currently, the USS operates a ‘last lack of concern for the people who help for income below £55,000 with a deined control of their own liabilities, compared are protesting man standing’ arrangement, where any make this university what it is”. contribution scheme for all salary levels with 24% of other USS universities. Fur- against changes inancial shortfall arising from a member “Senior management at the richest has been widely rebuked by the Uni- thermore, 73% said they would support to their pension institution going bankrupt would be cov- universities in the UK, Cambridge and versity and College Union (UCU), who the legal separation of each institution’s system ered by increased contributions across oxford seem happy to push for the de- represent university employees in the assets and liabilities, compared with 14% (roSie BraDBUrY) the remaining institutions intended for struction of a decent sustainable mu- ongoing pensions dispute. Whereas de- of other USS institutions. deicit recovery. in its submission to the tual pension scheme in order to avoid September 2017 USS consultation, the increases in contributions of fractions University of Cambridge wrote that it has ❝ of a percent of their overall payroll,” he a “strong preference” for sectionalisation said. “his scheme provides security not of assets and individual separation of li- While only for their own staf, but for those abilities, and would seek to “reduce the throughout the UK.” level of investment risk that employers striking He added that as a result Cambridge carry” as a secondary option. is a last UCU members have become “even more However, Professor otsuka argues determined” in their upcoming indus- that ‘oxbridge’ institutions have been resort, we trial action, with branch membership operating with an “exaggerated impres- increasing to its highest ever igure. sion of the genuine risks to themselves” really are “it is clear we have a particular duty presented by the ‘last man standing’ left with to make our senior management listen Edit Varsity arrangement, referring to a 2016 report to staf concerns and return to the ne- which states that even if the largest USS no other gotiating table,” he explained. “What we institution by payroll were to default, the option want to emphasise to our students is next term! increase in contributions from remaining that while striking is a last resort, we institutions would be only 0.1% of their ❞ really are left with no other option.” Take charge of Cambridge’s best student newspaper. Some supervisions to be Applications to be Editor of Varsity for Easter 2018 are now open.

You will lead a team producing online called of due to strikes content throughout the term, and creating a beautiful May Week edition. organising supervisions for this teaching For more information go to: Siyang Wei to be covered by the strike. Supervisions varsity.co.uk/get-involved. Deputy News Editor organised separately within or between colleges will remain unafected. All students with a passion for journalism are Supervisions organised by University Dr Waseem Yaqoob, Branch Secretary encouraged to apply. No previous experience faculties and departments will now be of Cambridge UCU, told Varsity that Cam- at Varsity is necessary. afected by the upcoming strikes af- bridge UCU believes the policy change ter a change in policy by Cambridge’s will have a “major impact” on the efec- Deadline: 5pm, Monday 26th February. branch of the University and College tiveness of the strikes in Cambridge. Interviews will be held on Friday 2nd March. Union (UCU). He said that although cross-course Previously, Cambridge’s staf indus- variation makes it diicult to give a trial action was limited to teaching that “meaningful estimate” as to what pro- is centrally inanced by the University’s portion of supervisions will be includ- departments and faculties, such as lec- ed, Cambridge UCU believes the policy tures and seminars. Supervisions, which change will afect “a lot of teaching”, in- are paid for by colleges, were not afected ▲ Previously cluding “almost all graduate teaching”. because colleges are not participants in industrial action “Staf at Cambridge were previously national labour disputes. was limited unable to withdraw their labour to the However, legal advice and national to centrally extent that colleagues in almost every consultation sought by Cambridge UCU inanced other UK university do,” he explained. have determined that University faculties teaching “his change redresses the balance quite and departments play a suicient role in (roSie BraDBUrY) substantially.” Friday 16th February 2018 5 News

This article incorrectly states that the vice-chancellor sits on the University’s remuneration committee, based on information from the UCU. This is not the case, as Toope sits Wolfson hunts for Stephen Toope left the committee in November 2017. Varsity would like to apologise for this error. An updated version of the article may be read online at: on own pay stranded ballers https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/14813 committee

after cancellations Matt Gutteridge Associate Editor

● The mature college’s saries. The discounted tickets are £76, Vice-chancellor Stephen Toope is a mem- 20% cheaper than the full price of £95. ber of the committee which decided his inaugural May Ball is As well as offering the discount to stu- pay, it has been revealed. dents on Cambridge bursaries, which are A Freedom of Information request searching for success only available to UK/EU undergraduates, made by the Universities and College Un- after Caius and Trinity Wolfson has extended the ticket discount ion (UCU) revealed that Professor Toope to students on other types of hardship is entitled to sit on the Remuneration Hall events fell through funding provided by the college. How- Committee, a subdivision of the Univer- May Week ever, the committee is currently in dis- sity Council which sets salaries for senior cussion with its governing body with the staff members. Toope is one of 134 UK Jack Conway calendar aim of eventually extending the discount vice-chancellors who sit on their institu- Senior News Correspondent to students from other colleges who are tion’s remuneration committee, with just What are also in receipt of bursaries. 7 expressly barred from attending. Four months away from May Week, the the main In explaining Wolfson’s decision to This revelation comes following an week’s events have already been thrown offer the discount, Mulvany toldVarsity : escalating debate over vice-chancellor into tumult, with Wolfson’s inaugural event? “Receiving a 20% discount can be the pay packets. Last week, Labour peer Lord ball set to benefit from a series of event difference between a poorer student at- Adonis said that the University should cancellations. Friday 15th tending or not attending, but the actual not be “blackmailed” into paying Profes- Wolfson’s ball, to be held on 22nd Robinson effect upon the ball’s budget is insub- sor Toope, who will collect £365,000 this June, has also become the second col- Homerton stantial.” year, “an obscenely high salary”. lege to offer a 20% discount on tickets He added: “In my role as President I’m UCU general secretary Sally Hunt for students on full bursaries. Saturday 16th very keen to send a message to anyone suggested that “the time has come for Meanwhile, both Caius and Trinity Hughes Hall experiencing hardship that this year you proper transparency of senior pay and Hall have cancelled their planned May Emmanuel have two prestigious May Balls to choose ▲ Toope will earn £365,000 this year (LoUIS ASHWoRTH) perks in our universities”. Week events. While Caius attributed from. But two is not enough. Ideally all their decision to “unforseen changes Monday 18th May Ball committees should investigate to the committee amidst plans for ma- Jesus how they can offer wide-ranging hard- jor kitchen refurbishment at College”, Trinity ship discounts if the stereotype of ex- Trinty Hall was forced to call off their Clare clusivity for the well-off is to be worn ‘Solstice’-themed June event after insuf- down. ficient ticket sales. Tuesday 19th “The Wolfson May Ball committee is This year will mark Wolfson’s first ever St. John’s certainly prepared to assist in sharing May Ball, although the college has previ- Christ’s knowledge of our experience of this ously held smaller-scale June events. This Newnham initiative.” year’s offering, which is called Valhalla He commented that the decision to after the “Norse paradise of unending Wednesday 20th offer the discount was inspired by that of feast,” has been organised over a rela- King’s Hughes Hall, but added that the college’s tively short time frame. While most May St. Catharine’s effort had not extended far enough: “We Balls are subject to months of meticulous Pembroke really felt that it should go further than planning, with some committees in place Hughes Hall’s current offer of just the more than one year before the ball, appli- Thursday 21st undergraduates who receive the Cam- cations for Wolfson’s committee opened Sidney Sussex bridge Bursary.” only last term. Clare Hall Mulvany said that the discounted However, Wolfson is set to gain con- tickets had met with considerable suc- siderable advantage from the cancella- Friday 22nd cess already, making up 25% of the ball’s tion of other events scheduled for May Wolfson sales thus far. He also said that the ball Week, with which it would otherwise Darwin & had achieved “record 3 day ticket sales have been in competition. Wolfson has St. Edmund’s to colleges as diverse as Trinity and Mur- established a ticketing partnership on ray Edwards.” Caius students who have missed out Cancellations are not the only contro- on a ball at their own college this year, versy to have struck May Balls this year. through which they are entitled to The Hughes Hall May Ball, called “Forest “special promotions’ on tickets at the of Sin”, recently made headlines when mature college’s events. Caius students its committee was forced to take down had originally been offered discounted a promotional trailer over concerns that tickets at the Trinity Hall June event, it was overly sexualised. before that also folded. The decision to release discounted Max Mulvany, this year’s president of tickets comes during a year in which Wolfson’s May Ball, has told Varsity that colleges are facing increased backlash for the ticketing partnership with Caius “has what are seen as elitist practices. Trin- been amazing so far”, adding that the ball ity and St John’s, for example, recently had already sold tickets to many Trinity became the first balls in history to charge Hall and Caius students. more than £200 per head, significantly Mulvany also said that Wolfson is more than the typical price of between “discussing ticketing partnerships with £100 and £150. other colleges,” with further announce- Furthermore, Trinity faced criticism ments to be made shortly. He contin- for classing its employees as “volun- ued to say that the ticketing partner- teers” who were not paid a wage, but ship model “has definitely paid off for were instead entitled to the chance to Wolfson this year.” purchase a ticket to a future Trinity May Besides trying to draw students from Ball. In the face of criticism over its re- colleges that do not have their own May muneration policy, Trinity announced Ball, Wolfson has attempted to make its on Tuesday that it had decided to pay Ball more inclusive by offering discount- all of its workers at least the minimum ed tickets to students on Cambridge bur- wage. 6 Friday 16th February 2018

Investigation Support for disabled students Disabled students face struggle with patchy provision

described them as “overworked”. She Catherine Lally and Jamie Hancock is aware of slow response times: “it’s Investigations Editors one of the most common things that students talk to [her] about.” A Varsity investigation has found signii- cant challenges facing the University’s Combatting funding cuts Disability Resource Centre (DRC), from he DRC has also faced funding issues slow response times to major inconsist- in recent years, as Government Disabled encies in its interactions with colleges. Head of Students’ Allowances (DSAs) have un- While almost unanimous in their dergone severe cuts. Previously, the DRC praise of DRC staf, student testimonials the DRC administered funding to students and suggest a pattern of excruciating waits claimed it back from the DSA. However, for email responses and an patchy provi- John now the University relies increasingly on sion of services. hese problems appear Harding internal funds, although reduced DSA to be caused in part by a major rise in grants currently compose up to £500,000 demand on the service, and its small ❝ of the DRC’s budget. here has been a sil- number of staf. ver lining to this: the DSA’s replacement his view was echoed by the CUSU Prioritising by the Reasonable Adjustments Fund disabled students’ officer, Florence (RAF). he University provides the fund, Oulds, who described DRC staf as being urgent and currently supports some 240 stu- inundated by cases. She also suggested cases dents. Harding described the funding as that colleges cause further complica- “suicient,” with “no shortfall between tions, saying that it is “the luck of the sometimes the RAF and previous DSAs funding for draw” whether they were accommo- mean non-medical help.” dating and understanding of disabled he RAF has been praised by the students’ needs. others have Higher Education Funding Council for hough the DRC performs well in England (HEFCE) as “an example of terms of student satisfaction, with over- to wait good practice.” Oulds praised the RAF for all satisfaction placed at 85.9%, some longer, par- improving the DRC’s ability to provide students experience severe problems. students with grants quickly, with the Some praised their colleges, while oth- ticularly at previous wait of 3 months being cut to of DRC staf spoke directly to the college ❝ of 10-15 days, which the centre claimed ers felt that colleges were not using DRC peak times 3 days. Harding spoke positively of the and discovered that there would be no have been afected by staf illness. resources efectively. changes, noting a 77% increase in take up issue with the arrangements they had For what Regarding future improvements in ❞ of one-to-one study skills sessions. suggested – despite what the student it’s worth, the DRC’s services, Florence Oulds notes ‘A signiicant caseload’ had been told by the college previously. that it has staf specialising in a wide Varsity’s analysis of DRC statistics indi- ‘Betrayed and dismayed’ he student felt “betrayed and dismayed I do think range of disabilities, and would like to cate the severity of its current struggles Student testimonies indicated variation that college seem to be ignoring the ad- see more with these capabilities. She over staing, caused by a rise in demand. in the provision of services across col- vice of the DRC.” the DRC would also like better implementation he ratio of staf to disabled students, leges. One recounted how their Student Another student found that despite are great of reasonable adjustments to students’ according to its 2016-17 annual report, Support Document (SSD), a record used DRC attempts to train academic staf, study and exam conditions - referencing stands at 1:503. to convey the speciic academic needs there is a “lack of consistent education,” ❞ some students who feel that they must he report itself admits that this “rep- of a student, was not updated by the adding: “it is very much person-to-per- “ight for their adjustments,” despite it resents a signiicant caseload”, with the DRC for use by their college, creating is- son the extent people go to help you and being a “legal right”. most pressing issues for advisors being sues setting up special arrangements for the understanding they have.” he DRC “the increase in volume of support de- their exams. Close to their exam period, trained over 350 members of staf on he University’s response mands and increase in cases which re- it added “substantial stress to an already disability support in the year 2016-17, When contacted, the University stated quire signiicant advisory time.” stressful time.” hey understood that an increase on the previous year’s 292. that “staing levels are relective of those “the assumption was that [they] must hey also produce best practice docu- across the sector” and emphasised that Coping with long waits have failed to provide the appropriate ments and online resources. Neverthe- “student satisfaction levels are relec- Problems with the DRC’s ability to updates to the appropriate people,” de- less, this does not encompass the entire tive of the excellent experience that the cope with demand appear to be creat- spite having followed the correct pro- staf body, and some students continue majority of students have when engag- ing strain for students. he DRC’s auto- cedures, and were made to feel it was to feel unsupported. ing with this service.” However, Varsity’s matic email response to new queries tells their fault “that the correct arrangements testimonials demonstrate a sense among students that it could take up to three weren’t in place.” Praise for DRC staf some students that it is possible to fall weeks to receive email responses, with Another testimony echoed this, stat- Virtually all of the testimonies gathered through the cracks. some student testimonies mentioning ing that their new director of studies had by Varsity praised DRC staf. One said, an “expectation” of waiting between 4 not received their SSD. However, the stu- “for what it’s worth, I do think the DRC and 6 weeks. dent said that, in this case the fault lay are great,” despite them being “inun- When approached for comment, the with their college – whom they suggested dated.” Another called their disability University Communications team said were not using the documents the DRC advisors “expedient and helpful,” and that they take “all concerns very seri- provided. heir tutor confessed to not were “grateful to the hard working peo- ously,” and aim to “review and improve having “studied [the SSD] in detail.” he ple at the DRC,” regardless of detrimental services in response to feedback”. hey student found this “disheartening,” hop- “underfunding and understaing.” claim to prioritise cases according to “ur- ing the SSD would give them “more con- Florence Oulds also praised the DRC’s gent need,” and wrote that, “prioritising idence to study [in Cambridge.]” A lack provisions when put in place: particu- urgent cases sometimes mean others of communication between their college larly their short-notice disability screen- have to wait longer, particularly at peak and the Centre when organising exam ings. here is no DRC waiting list for spe- times such as in the run up to examina- arrangements led to a frustrating period cialist mentors and specialist 1-1 study tion access request deadlines.” of back-and-forth meetings. he situa- skills tutors, although specialised learn- Oulds commended DRC staf, but tion was only resolved when a member ing diiculty advisers have a waiting list F  16 F   2018 7

Support for disabled students Investigation

Anonymous disabled ❝ Everyone I’ve ❝ If the college student testimonials encountered has sta aren’t us- ❝ I couldn’t get a been incredible; ing the support [DRC] appointment I genuinely don’t documents the DRC at all last term think I would’ve are putting together despite emailing 3 received this level then it is no won- times... I had to go of service at any der students feel so Catherine Lally through my tutor.” other university.” disheartened.” Increasing disability disclosures Stats show dramatic rise show progress in students disclosing ANALYSIS

he striking rise in Cam- mental health conditions bridge students dis- closing mental health Tconditions should be taken as a sign of increased Catherine Lally and Jamie Hancock awareness of mental health Investigations Editors Disabled students number climb conditions, and increased will- ingness to speak about them, In recent years, Cambridge has seen a e number of disabled students has steadily risen over recent marked rise in the number of students years, possibly spurred further by increased awareness rather than a further failing on disclosing mental health conditions to the part of the University in the University. In the 2010-11 academic 10% tackling the issue. year, only 112 full-time students at the From 2010-11, the number University disclosed mental health con- ditions – a category including depres- of full-time students disclos- sion, schizophrenia, and anxiety dis- ing mental health conditions orders. is increased to 232 students 9% 8.8% at Cambridge grew from 112 to in 2013-14, reaching 333 students in 333 in 2015-16: nearly a threefold 2015-16. e University’s o cial Student Sta- 8.3% increase. tistics, last published for the 2015-16 8.1% It is not the case that life at ▲▼ (Above) academic year, showed that while the 8% Cambridge has become three Florence Oulds, number of full-time students at the Uni- times as di cult – rather, that CUSU Disabled versity only increased by 253 from 2010- 7.4% Students’ 11 onwards, over the same time period mental health has become a fo- 7.2% O cer (Below) the number of full-time students dis- cal point of discussion across Cambridge closing disabilities increased by 378. 7% the University. University’s e hike in students disclosing mental 7%  e last 7 years have seen Disability health conditions was accompanied by Resource Centre more willingness on the part of students the birth of campaigns like CUSU, JAMIE to disclose “social and communication Student Minds Cambridge – HANCOCK impairments” – such as Asperger’s syn- with increasing pressure on the drome and other autistic spectrum dis- 6% University to engage with the orders. is more than doubled from 37 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 to 92 students over the 6 years. stresses that can come with the Moreover, signi cantly more students situation is further complicated by the of students with Speci c Learning Dif- intensity of Cambridge’s eight are disclosing Speci c Learning Di cul- fact that more students now have more  culties at Cambridge reporting overall week terms. ties – namely dyslexia, dyspraxia, and than one disability diagnosis, and may satisfaction with their experiences. In part, the aim has been AD(H)D. ere was an increase of 228 use multiple DRC services. is applied e DRC was described by the Uni- students from 404 in 2010-11 to 2015-16. to 100 students in 2015-16, as compared versity Communications team as having to reduce the stigma around Every category of disability listed by the to 64 in 2010-11. “peaks and troughs in demands linked admitting to mental health University saw a rise in student disclo- Students who do use the DRC due to the academic cycle.” Every year, a struggles. Students are now re- sure over the time period, but besides a to Speci c Learning Di culties require new in ux of students to Cambridge minded frequently of various near-doubling of the number of students specialist advisors, who liaise on the – many of whom will require speci c who are blind or have a serious visual behalf of students to o er guidance and support ater leaving the family home, points of contact and guidance impairment – from 14 to 29 – no other arrange special exam conditions. Cur- or whom might not realise they have a – ranging from college welfare categories saw such a notable rise. rently, two Speci c Learning Disability particular disability until they reach uni- support groups to the Student John Harding, Head of the Disabil- advisors work for the Centre; Harding versity – require DRC support. is was Unions’ Advice Centre, and are ity Resource Centre, acknowledged the noted that the department is currently demonstrated by the pressures placed surge in students eligible for the DRC’s a ected by sta illness, increasing wait- on the DRC’s Asperger Syndrome advi- encouraged to seek help when support in comment to Varsity. He ref- ing times. However, Varsity was told that sor, who helped 49 new students at the needed. erenced an increase of 7% among stu- colleges “have given additional fund- beginning of the academic year. Unfortunately, it is still too dents disclosing a disability “other than ing this year in order to speed up the Varsity was told that “prioritising ur- early to laud the University for a Speci c Learning Disability,” from the [Speci c Learning Di culty] assessment gent cases sometimes mean others have 2016  gure of 1248 to 1335 in July 2017. process further.” to wait longer, particularly at peak times its mental health provisions. According to Harding, the DRC sees “an e increased support has had a no- such as in the run up to examination As recent Varsity investigations average annual increase of 10-15%” in ticeable impact, as it has allowed “for an access request deadlines.” e DRC cur- have shown, the process of in- Breaking news, disabled student numbers, and holds additional 75 screenings this year, and rently has 35 mentors providing support termission, for example, still al- around the that “the increase in disabled student has reduced waiting times.” In this area to 399 disabled students, which Harding clock numbers year on year” is “one of the the DRC continues to perform well in says represents “about 6000 hours of lows too many students to fall varsity.co.uk biggest challenges” his team faces. e terms of student satisfaction, with 87.5% support across the year.” through the cracks. 8 F  16 F   2018 News Emma and Newnham underpay student workers

but acknowledged that they “do struggle ◀ Continued from front page to get people to sign up to work”. Newnham workers are classed as vol- “I don’t think that it would be fair to unteers by the bar committee, mean- other members of college if prices went ing that they are ineligible to receive up or it was no longer student-run,” he the minimum wage.  is classi cation continued, noting that keeping the bar is tenuous, however, as it would need student-run “should be a priority”. to be proved that the vouchers do not create a contractual relationship wherein students are undertaking work in return Newnham bar’s for the non-cash reward. £2.50 pay per hour In comparison, student-run bars at in Sainsbury’s Clare, Wolfson, Lucy Cavendish, Sidney vouchers Sussex, and Downing all pay students at least the minimum wage. Sidney Sus- sex pays all students £7.50 per hour, and expects to increase its hourly wage next Emma bar’s pay term to £7.90. £3.63 per hour for Similarly, Wolfson and Lucy Cavend- four-hour shits ish pay students £7.50 per hour, in keep- ing with the current national living wage for employees aged 25 and over. Downing, too, pays student Speaking to Varsity, Emma’s JCR workers above the living wage. president, Katie Nelson, said that she Clare pays students £7.05 per hour for had looked into the issue, but explained: the  rst seven hours of work per week “there are di culties because Emmanuel and £12.78 per hour for any additional is one of very few student-run bars re- added that “wages set below minimum to attract workers. She also linked it to ▲ Emma's time worked. Wolfson and Clare also pro- maining in Cambridge, and there are wage are unacceptable and set a bad the work being “boring” as few students bar is one of vide two free drinks coupons per shit. worries among students that this may precedent for the College”. visit the bar due to opening times not Cambridge's last St Edmund’s is the only college with a change if there are demands for wages One bar worker at Newnham de- being publicised. student bars DAN bar that operates on a completely vol- to be increased, particularly as the bar scribed the bar as being open “very, In a statement to Varsity, Newnham GAYNE unteer basis. already makes an annual loss.” very irregularly”, which she felt could JCR said: “payments in terms of Sains- Emmanuel College did not respond Speaking in a personal capacity, she be explained by the pay being “too low” bury’s vouchers is acceptable to all of us”, to a request for comment.

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e University’s Fivefold increase £331m total comprehensive in Uni income income for 2017 e University’s £253m gain on investments last Other sources of income include year Stephanie Stacey grants, donations and tuition fees. In the Senior News Correspondent past year the greatest source of income was research grants, which contributed e University’s comprehensive income £466 million, more than a third of the to- for the year – the sum of its net income tal. Meanwhile, the greatest expenditure e actuarial and items unrealised in its income sheet was sta ng costs. £145m loss for the year – roughly quintupled this year, the latest Despite mounting pressure from stu- 2017 Reporter has shown. e  gure increased dents and academics for the University from £66.5 million last year to £331.2 mil- to divest, fossil fuel companies continue lion this year. to be a signi cant source of funding for is di erence is largely due to greater the University, both through endow- lion on the School of Clinical Medicine gains on investments (£253.7 million this ments and research grants. alone, while the School of Arts and Hu- year up from £116.6 million last year) and BP, in particular, made 18 contribu- businesses in 556 separate grants. ▲ Senate House, manities received less than a  th of this signi cantly smaller actuarial loss; only tions to research grants, and was one The University’s expenditure in- where the sum. is is, predictably, due mainly to £1 million as opposed to last year’s £145.2 of the top  ve companies which made creased from £1,734 million last year to University’s the larger costs accrued through the need million which occurred due to pension the largest numbers of research contri- £1,807 million this year. governing body for complex equipment in order to per- payments being signi cantly larger than butions, alongside Rolls Royce (100), One notable di erence was that in meets SIMON form experiments and the relative sizes anticipated. GlaxoSmithKline (42), Medimmune (38), 2016-17 the University paid aggregate LOCK of the schools. Despite signi cant gains in invest- AstraZeneca (37). payments for compensation to two While most departments had reason- ments, this year also saw the smallest While BP awarded fewer grants this members of sta earning more than ably consistent costs across the past two amount of money introduced to the year than the previous year, when it gave £100,000 at a total cost of £250,000. years, the total costs of the African Stud- Cambridge University Endowment Fund 31, their input still represents a signi - However, no such payments were made ies Centre almost doubled, increasing in the past ten years. A total of approxi- cant contribution to the University’s in the previous year. from £871,000 to £1.6 million. Generally mately £1.7 million was added to the research funds. Meanwhile, expenses varied dramati- departmental costs increase slightly almost £3 billion pound fund. e fund While most research grants were cally across di erent academic depart- each year along with in ation; however, consists of a variety of its equities and awarded by research councils or chari- ments, with science and technology the Institute of Astronomy’s costs went investment property that investors can table bodies, members of the University considerably more expensive than other down by £2 million, representing a de- purchase units from. received £20.2 million from UK-based subjects. e University spent £221.5 mil- crease of over 20%.

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htp://romance.ucam.org 10 Friday 16th February 2018 News Balancing act he hidden reality of Cambridge’s homeless women

who sufered abuse at the hands of a Noella Chye male.” Senior News Editor Corona House, however, is an excep- Molly Montgomery tion. he mint-green house sits on Co- News Correspondent rona Road, just past Jesus Green, and holds six self-contained lats for women “I’ve been called a ‘he’ before because at risk of being homeless. Here, women people are expecting to see a [home- are given a space of their own, with a less man].” Stella laughs. She is sitting kitchen – complete with an oven – living on a pile of blue and purple blankets room, and a separate bedroom with a near Sainsbury’s on Sidney Street. She single bed. hey meet with key work- strokes the head of her dog, Girtie – who, ers for one-to-one support for at least she notes, has saved her many times – an hour every week, working on their as she thinks about advice she would mental health alongside employment ofer to other homeless women. “You skills. really have to toughen up. Make yourself From the moment one steps into the known to the people in outreach straight house, the role of art in the community away. Sleep somewhere where you are is clear. Paintings made by residents not necessarily in the main street, but over the years in bright, vivid hues of somewhere that can be seen by CCTV red, yellow and blue, line the walls. One and might be patrolled by police. Also, room, the crafts room, has a slanted ceil- get yourself a weapon.” ing and sunlight pouring in from its large Stella’s advice relects the balancing windows onto a red sofa and rug. Speak- act women on the street endure – they ing to Varsity, one resident, who wished must be visible enough to receive pro- to remain anonymous, remarked: “It’s a tection from outreach organisations, but safe place where it’s [okay] to have bad they cannot be so visible that predators days and to lack skills, and to know I can notice them. “I’ve been assaulted in my ind my feet again with Corona.” sleep, or I’ve had people kicking me in he shelter received 22 applications the head while I’ve been lying down, in 2015, 17 in 2016, and 29 in 2017. As one and there’s been somebody who was set of only a handful of women’s shelters in ire to on the streets. Somebody pissed Cambridge, however, its six lats have on my mate,” she says, then adds, “It’s proved insuicient to cope with the just… why?” scope of women’s homelessness in the he trick, she explains, is to “ind ❝ women becoming homeless due to poor ▲ Stella, a less women may experience toxic shock city. Prisley emphasised that the shelter somewhere that’s on camera, but it’s mental health or drug addictions. She rough sleeper syndrome. itself could not be expanded without tucked away in a back street somewhere. You really commented: “here’s a real anxiety for in Cambridge Both men and women who sleep compromising on quality. he solution Because of the CCTV, you’re being ob- have to young people to ind their place, know (NOEllA CHYE) rough experience sexual assault, but she is hoping for, instead, is for another served. You feel a bit safer then.” who they are [...] and they don’t realise women are more vulnerable. “Pretty women’s shelter to be set up. Often, the speciic challenges home- toughen they actually don’t have to do this and much every girl I know [has] sufered he landscape of women’s homeless- less women face are not visible to the still be okay.” rape experiences more than once,” Stella ness, however, is broader still. hough public at all. Barry Griiths, Communica- up. Make Once on the street, the women en- reported, “either from other street people women encounter a particular set of tions, Events and Fundraising Oicer at yourself counter a range of diiculties. For men- or from Joe Public.” Speaking to Varsity, challenges when they are homeless, Jimmy’s homeless shelter noted, “Stere- strual supplies, they must rely on charity Nora Al-Ani, director of Cambridge Rape both Pearce and Stella pointed out that otypically, people think of [a homeless known to organisations or passersby, or else they Crisis, said that homeless women are people of all genders endure other hard- person] as a bloke.” outreach. “improvise,” as Griiths put it, using at much greater risk of rape than other ships on the street that can be similar. Stella became homeless after her cloth they ind on the street. Stella re- women. Pearce said: “It can happen to anybody… partner at the time went to jail. He had Also, get a marked that “other women walking past As these women battle their circum- hings happen in life. It’s very impor- abused her, and their relationship had are pretty cool. If you need something, stances, they often have little to turn to. tant to realise that they’re just down mimicked violent patterns she had ex- weapon a lot of [them] seem to, like, see, and Stella explained that they encounter no on their luck.” perienced with her stepfather. Her story ❞ understand, and be really kind about solidarity with one another. “Women is not unusual – many homeless women stuf like that because they understand, just don’t trust each other on the streets”, have survived domestic violence from if it was [them], how diicult it would ▼ A sleeping bag she said, and added: “A lot of women on parents, partners, and other loved ones. be.” She said that despite the help and left unattended the street who’ve survived have ended Helen Prisley, the deputy manager at Co- the low cost of tampons, it is “really, re- on a street in up becoming tomboys, and quite ‘one- rona House, one of the only women’s ally hard to stay clean and tidy.” As a Cambridge (luCAS of-the-lads’ because it’s safer to be that shelters in Cambridge, relected on how result, Griiths explained, some home- CHEBIB) way. I think women like that see other many survivors of domestic violence she women as a threat, maybe.” Pearce com- has worked with at the shelter. She said: mented on her time at Jimmy’s shelter, “I wouldn’t want to put a number on it. “I felt probably better with the men than We’ve had recent training about abuse I did with the women.” and how many people are afected and it Pearce also noted that the strong is... It’s huge.” Yet sometimes when survi- friendship she formed with men in the vors decide to leave violent homes, Stella shelter, men with whom she shares added, “they’re walking straight back “almost like an unsaid feeling of un- into the same thing on the street.” derstanding” was “unusual.” To many All the while, the women may be homeless women, the shelters can struggling with the guilt and doubt seem unsafe. Al-Ani mentioned that that comes with leaving an abusive re- many women have told her that they lationship. Prisley explained that some feel “safer sleeping on the street than in survivors of domestic violence “feel that a hostel situation”, where there may be they may never get another partner or dangerous men. Jimmy’s, for example, loving relationship, so they hold onto the as Griiths explained, is “not always the positive moments, which are few and far ideal environment for females to come between.” Although domestic abuse is a into. Jimmy’s is always still heavy with primary cause of female homelessness, the male population – probably 70% ▲ Helen Prisley, deputy manager at Prisley mentioned that over the past [male], 30% [female] – and it can be an Corona House, one of Cambridge’s couple of years she has noticed more intimidating environment for someone few women’s shelters (NOEllA CHYE) F  16 F   2018 11 News

CARPETS AND CORPSES HERE’S TOOPE MANY MORE Cambs police say Happy birthday Mr sorry for carpet ad vice-chancellor It’s lit Cambridgeshire Police have apologised Cambridge University vice-chancellor,  e annual for an advert showing an wrapped up car- Stephen Toope, turned sixty on Wednes- pet looking like a dead body. e advert’s day. e Trinty College alumnus has E-Luminate intended message – that “not all achieved a lot in those years, work- festival calls are policing matters” was ing for many years as a human plasters missed by some, with one rights lawyer and later becoming person asking if they were vice-chancellor of the prestigious Caius’ supposed to unroll the car- University of British Columbia. facade with pet to check for bodies be- However, Toope has found himself fore contacting 999. Police in hot water recently, with Labour gorgeous apologised, adding: “Obviously peer, Lord Adonis, holding his feet to projections if you  nd a body please contact us.” the coals over his £365,000 salary.

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MATHIAS GJESDAL Regent Street ats tru e ecology HAMMER Downing College has submitted a plan- With a trained ‘tru e dog’ named Lucy, ning application to the Cambridge City researchers from the Department of Council to convert 90-92 Regent Street Geography are experimenting on the into 24 student rooms. e ground  oor Burgundy tru e. PhD student Elisa- of the building will continue to be shop beth Johnson hopes to “delve into the Cut the Rent shock sta space, while three  oors will be reno- mysteries of one of [the] enigmatic in- vated to accommodate students closer to habitants” of the Cambridge University college. In a statement, Downing recog- Botanic Gardens. A family pet of one of nised the bene ts of accomodation “on the researchers, Lucy is considered vital at Robinson with banner the periphery of the College Grounds”. to the project’s success. , drop on college walls Looking for paid work in Cambridge this summer?

Elizabeth Shaw Cambridge Student Assistants Senior News Correspondent An opportunity to work for the University’s e Robinson College Cut the Rent cam- world-renowned International Summer Programmes. paign held a stunt on ursday in the Rewarding customer-facing work assisting academics latest development of its  ght against high room rents. Shortly ater midday, and adult students from over 60 countries. campaigners dropped three banners in prominent places. • 4 - 7 weeks’ employment, starting 3 July 2018 e campaigners’ main banner, which would have been visible from the road • Includes four days of training in front of the College, was immedi- • 36.5 hour working week on a rota basis ately wrapped because of the wind and could not be hung. However, the other • Free single-room College accommodation two banners were dropped successfully; • Up to four free College dinners each week one above the Red Brick Café and the other hung out of the JCR windows. e • Valuable transferable skills to enhance your CV banners read “Cut the Rent” and “Rip-o Robinson”. For details including how to apply, email: e College reaction was strict and [email protected] (closing date 23 February) swit: the attempt to hang the vertical banner outside the College entrance was immediately shut down by porters, reeled up instantly. ey allegedly con s- cated another of the banners. Speaking to Varsity, campaigners Matt Kite and Stella Swain insisted, however, that the banners had garnered “attention from students, sta and visitors at the col- lege during the lunchtime rush for the buttery.” ▲ One of Robinson’s three Cut the Rent banners MATHIAS GJESDAL HAMMER e action follows discussions be- tween the Robinson College and cam- At present, Robinson students pay a Swain, a member of the broader Cam- ADVERTISE paigners about their petition calling residence charge,  xed for three years. bridge Cut the Rent campaign, which for a 20% rent cut and changes to room As it stands, all but three students who liaises between the college campaigns, banding, which garnered 199 signatures. joined the college in 2017 pay in excess said: “Robinson students face unfairly Robinson committed to increasing the of £1600 for a lease restricted to ten high rents that are an access problem WITH US. number of the lowest-priced ‘Value’ weeks only. for the college and a welfare issue for its rooms, though it refused to make conces- e Robinson Cut the Rent campaign students. College authorities must take To advertise in any of our print publications or sions on campaigners’ central demand was initiated in Michaelmas 2017 by a students’ actions today as evidence that online, please contact our Business Manager: – the price of accommodation. group of Robinson undergraduates, students are angry at their intransigence, Kite told Varsity: “We think this shows supported by the Robinson College and will keep pushing for more a ord- that the rent campaign is working, and Student Association (RCSA). e cam- able rents for all.” tel : 01223 33 75 75 that now is the time to keep putting pres- paign is a liated to Cambridge Cut the “Cambridge Cut the Rent supports email: [email protected] sure on college to cut the rent.” e ban- Rent, which provides support and co- Robinson students in their  ght against web: varsitypublications.co.uk ners were dropped to continue this pres- ordinates between the rent campaigns the extortionate cost of living at Robin- sure, and to push for futher changes. university-wide. son,” she added.

Friday 16th February 2018 13 Science

Agriculture fuels a crisis of antibiotic resistance, and there's little we can do

countries on ive continents, and by ❝ to emerge within a few years. ▲ Chicken eventually evolve resistance to any new Bethany Bartlett December four more genes for colis- Research into potential solutions for farms in India treatment, and we can only ever be one tin resistance had been discovered. here the resistance crisis is being carried out, use colistin as step ahead. his makes it all the more Antibiotic resistance is a growing prob- his growing resistance crisis can only will be no but it is unclear whether these will have a feed additive important that we try to preserve the lem which has been predicted to kill be further fuelled by the widespread any long-term impact. In 2015 research- (KANI RONNINGEN) antibiotics that we already have. Us- 10 million people a year by 2050, and agricultural usage reported in India. obvious ers used a new technique, known as the ing antibiotics as growth promoters cost the world economy $100 trillion. Higher exposure to colistin drives in- iChip, to cultivate soil bacteria which in farming has been banned in the EU Disturbingly, the Bureau of Investiga- creased resistance, and drug-resistant solution previously could not be grown in a lab. since 2006, and in the US since 2017. tive Journalism has found that chick- strains can then be passed to humans when hey found that these bacteria secret- However, antibiotic resistance is a glo- ens raised for food in India are being through eating contaminated meat, or ed teixobactin, potentially the irst of bal problem, and resistant bacteria have routinely dosed with colistin, a ‘last by direct contact with animals by farm antibiotics a new class of antibiotics. he hope is no concept of borders. Clearly global resort antibiotic’ which is only used in workers. that the iChip can be used to isolate cooperation is needed to curb agricul- humans to treat infections with bacteria stop more antimicrobial compounds from tural overuse of antibiotics worldwide. which have already become resistant he number of working soil bacteria in future. Also, after Brexit the UK will no longer to other drugs. Colistin is openly sold lives antibiotic ❞ Another possible research avenue be bound by EU law on use of antibiot- as a growth promoter by at least ive 10m resistance will is phage therapy. Phages are a type of ics in farming, and there are fears that diferent animal pharmaceutical com- claim per year virus that speciically attack bacteria, less favourable market conditions will panies in India. One of these companies, after 2050 which are already used to treat bacte- increase use of antibiotics if agricultural Venky’s, supplies chicken to Indian fast rial infections in Russia and Georgia. production intensiies. In addition, new food chains such as KFC, McDonald’s Currently phage therapy is not clinically trade deals could potentially allow im- and Pizza Hut. he Bureau were able Unfortunately, there is no obvious approved in any Western countries, but port of chicken from the Indian farmers to buy 200g of Venky’s colistin over solution if, or indeed when, ‘last resort’ several clinical trials are being carried using colistin as a growth promoter. he the counter without a prescription in a antibiotics such as colistin stop work- out in the West, including Phagoburn, UK government will have to consider poultry feed shop in Bangalore. ing. After the ‘golden age’ of antibiotic a large scale clinical trial funded by the antibiotic resistance when making new First used clinically in the 1950s, discovery in the 1950s, where half of European Commission. farming legislation, as well as when it colistin fell out of favour in the 1980s all drugs in common use today were However, it is likely that bacteria will is negotiating new trade deals. due to its unpleasant side efects, which discovered, today the pipeline for new include kidney and nerve damage. How- antibiotics has all but dried up. A Sep- ever, more recently it has come back tember 2017 report by the World Health into use due to the emergence of bacte- Organization only classed 8 of the 51 ria resistant to most commercially avail- antibiotics currently in development as able antibiotics. For years resistance to ‘innovative’ and likely to add value to colistin was rare, but in 2015 a gene for the current arsenal of treatments. colistin resistance was found in bacteria his is bleak news when you consider from Chinese pigs. his gene, known that the success rate for clinical drug as mcr-1, can be transferred between development is about 1 in 5. Because species of bacteria, providing a way for antibiotics are only taken for a short drug resistance to spread quickly across time, they do not provide the same po- bacterial populations. tential income stream for pharmaceuti- ▶ Alexander his inding was swiftly followed by cal companies as drugs that are used to Fleming's work a ban on the use of colistin as a feed treat long term conditions. his means triggered a additive for animals by the Chinese companies are unlikely to invest the $1 ‘golden age’ of Ministry of Agriculture in November billion required to take a possible antibi- antibiotic dis- 2016. However by February 2017 mcr-1 otic from the lab to the clinic, especially covery (MINIStRy had been detected in more than thirty as resistance to the new drug is likely OF INFORMAtION) 14 F  16 F   2018 Opinion Appeasing North Korea has made the Winter Olympics a shameless farce

◀ North Korea, a North Korea means reducing the likeli- totalitaian state hood of a preemptive nuclear or ballistic accused of gross missile attack on Guam, Hawaii or the US human rights mainland. e United States will protect abuses the interests of its client state, South Ko- FELIX PECKHAM rea, at any cost. For the US, South Korea is its principal ally in the region. It’s a pawn in the geopolitical chess game be- ing fought between the US and China. It’s a foothold in the region which will de ne Felix Peckham is the economic progress of the 21st cen- in his second year tury; and a sentry-post on the doorstop studying HSPS at of a superpower which could potentially St. Catharine’s threaten the United States in a military showdown. e Winter Olympics should be used to universally condemn North Korea. It is an opportunity to underscore the redundancy of the North Korean regime, ❝ to accentuate the contrast between the two Koreas, between liberal, prosperous Korea is democracy and su ocating, inhuman a divided totalitarianism. Instead, a few North Korean athletes will peninsula be marched to and from the games, un- der the watchful auspices of an army of of two in- North Korean state-o cials and mind- he 2018 Winter Olympics, our domestic political realm, and our value of the nuclear warhead: it gives convieably ers. e athletes will be cruelly exposed hosted in the South Korean capacity and reach in foreign a airs is you a seat at the table. Nuclear weapons to the realities of South Korea—far from town of PeyongChang, are an minute, we still have our core values and are also a preventative measure against disparate being the backward land of economic in- Topportunity to marvel at the beliefs in tolerance, political debate and proactive US military intervention to fa- halves eptitude that they are relentlessly brain- vitality and diversity of the the fundamental right of every citizen to cilitate favorable regime change. Libya washed into believing—it is a relative community of nations. More importantly live under a benevolent state which acts and Iraq have been valuable lessons for ❜❜ utopia of prosperity and political free- though, it is a chance to isolate and de- in their best interests. the North Korean regime. dom. e North Korean athletes won’t nounce North Korea, one of the most Britain’s silence amounts to spineless Now, North Korea can simultaneously have long to savor this before being severe perpetrators of human rights apologism for a political system that pursue its nuclear ambitions and not dragged back to their hermit kingdom. abuses in modern history. fails to feed its people, and severely have any semblance of respect for hu- Samsung, the South Korean electronics e Olympics are an occasion to cel- persecutes those who dare attempt to man rights, while being welcomed to giant, which is perhaps the best possible ebrate sporting prowess and to revel defy it. the Winter Olympics. is underlines example of South Korea’s pioneering of in the coming together of nations. is Perhaps the greatest irony in this sad the cruel realism that pervades the in- ▼ North and developmental capitalism, is giving com- does not mean, however, that all nations state of a airs is that US Vice President ternational community. South Korea peting athletes special edition mobile should be entitled to participate. Some Mike Pence is the only  gure taking a North Korea’s participation is a façade. marched under phones. e North Korean athletes, how- nations—speci cally the leaders of these stand against North Korea, and defying It’s a crude attempt by Seoul to guaran- a ‘unified’ flag ever, at the behest of the North Korean nations—forfeit their chance to send ath- the empty and substance-less headlines tee the security of the games, and the at the oepning government, will not receive this git. letes to compete. Just as the Olympics of ‘peace in Korea’ and ‘uni cation’. economic and sovereign integrity of ceremony Not only would such technology expose can bind nations together for the love of Pence has actively rebuked the North’s South Korea. Not to mention appeasing AMY SANCETTARAP the lies upon which the regime is built sport, it can also unite them in condem- participation in the games, and has upon, but would enable North Koreans nation of the perpetrators of evil. snubbed Kim Jong-Un’s sister, who is to communicate with one another, and North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-Un craves leading the North Korean delegation. e the world, precipitating the collapse of a acceptance and recognition from this only person willing to take a moral and regime which is dependent upon a total very community of nations. Respect for principle stance on the brutal oppression lack of information for its people. North Korea means acknowledgment of an entire nation is someone who op- Britain should boycott the Winter Olym- of its legitimacy as a sovereign nation. poses a woman’s right to abortion, LGBT pics. ey have become a political farce, ere is no better manifestation of such civil rights, and believes global warming designed to appease North Korea. e respect than by being not only invited, is a ‘myth’. North Korean athletes are agency-less. but openly welcomed, to send a delega- Pictures of the South Korean president, Unlike the delegations from most other tion to the Winter Olympics. Moon Jae-in, smiling while shaking countries, they have no political rights. ere is no sugarcoating South Korea’s hands with Kim Jong Un’s sister and the ey almost certainly have never used a invitation to the North to participate, two Korea’s marching under a ‘uni ca- computer, and won’t know what Twitter or the support and approval from the tion  ag’ are especially distressing. Korea or the internet is. ey are the unfortu- International Olympic Committee and is not a uni ed nation. It is a peninsula nate victims of kleptocratic, totalitarian every other nation which has sent dele- of two inconceivably disparate halves, politics. gations to PeyongChang. is amounts to arti cially halved along the most heavily History will look unfavorably upon these legitmising a totalitarian regime which militarized border in the world. Winter Olympics, and their role in pro- a ords its citizens no human or politi- Ironically, welcoming North Korea to the longing the North Korean regime. How cal rights. PeyongChang games is encouraging and could the world let this happen? And Britain’s inaction on this issue is unac- incentivizing their program of nuclear why do we tolerate such evil, let alone

Felix Peckham Felix ceptable. While we may be divided in proliferation. History has vindicated the appease it? F  16 F   2018 15 Rees-Mogg is here to stay

acob Rees-Mogg is quickly turn- ing into one of the biggest, and Jmost popular, names in British Jemma Slingo politics.  e Union chamber in which he spoke on  ursday was packed to full capacity; people were queuing for Art and the hours beforehand just to get a chance to see the man himself and hear his trade- power of mark rhetoric.  e Cambridge University Conservative Association (CUCA) event names Harry Clynch is which preceded it easily  lled a room in his rst year seating 250 people, with more turned Editor’s take studying English away. Why is it, then, that this previ- at Churchill ously relatively obscure backbencher is becoming a prominent  gure in the national psyche – and a possibility for igh-end London nightclubs do the next British Prime Minister? Hnot seem the natural stomping I believe the key to Rees-Mogg’s suc- grounds of art historians and cess is his willingness to intellectually scholars. However, Annabel’s in Mayfair engage with people in a mature and - a club owned by British businessman frank way. While Tim Farron did himself Richard Caring - has become the unlikely and his party severe damage by refusing site of artistic controversy. to clarify his religiously justi ed views Last year, Mr Caring bought a Picasso on gay sex, Rees-Mogg, in a similar situ- painting - depicting the artist’s muse, ation regarding abortion, was extremely Marie- érèse Walter - for between £20 candid in admitting he struggles to rec- million and £30 million. It is the crown- oncile a woman’s desire to abort with ing glory of a £55 million re-vamp of the his fundamental theological belief that nightclub, and is believed to hang above life starts at the point of conception.  e the reception desk. So far, so ordinary. result of this honesty is that even those However, scandal erupted when Mr Car- who do not align with him on these ▲ Rees-Mogg’s appearance drew protests at the Union CHRIS MCANDREW ing revealed his plan to rechristen the moral issues – including myself – can portrait - currently known as  e Girl at least respect his opinion. him.  is charge does not stand up to any the parliamentary Labour Party. Unlike with the Red Beret and Pompom - as We must not underestimate the ex- scrutiny. Despite the three-piece suits, Labour, Rees-Mogg agrees with people’s ‘Annabel’, in honour of his beloved es- tent to which his personality contributes I do not believe he has ever appeared concerns over uncontrolled immigra- tablishment. Mr Caring’s announcement to his popularity. Yes, he is a member especially snobbish. He is bred from tion and their desire for self-government. sparked outrage in the art world. Picasso of the British aristocracy, educated at that traditional, paternalistic, One Na- Compare this to somebody like Emily scholar Tim Clark called the move a ‘gim- both Eton and Oxford. But, crucially, un- tion Toryism which is morally driven to  ornberry, who cannot even bear the mick’. Meanwhile, Elizabeth Cowling, like previous Tory politicians – notably, help those not bestowed with the same sight of Saint George’s Cross, and it is honorary fellow at the Edinburgh College the Cameroons – he is not embarrassed privileges. As he said at the Union, his clear who is more representative of the of Art, said that the portrait had been put about his upbringing, and indeed, on the purported motivation for leaving the population at large. in ‘a fake context’. She added that ‘the contrary, fully embraces his true charac- customs union is improving the poorest Rees-Mogg’s honesty, personality and value of the painting is… dependent on ter. Whether that is his tweets in Latin, in society’s standard of living. You may politics – are the most signi cant fac- the identi cation of the model as Marie- his indulgence in the  occinaucinihili- disagree with the means, but his motiva- tors behind ‘Moggmentum’.  ough it  érèse Walter. By renaming it Annabel, pili cation of the European judges, or tions – helping those less fortunate – for remains unlikely that Moggmentum will the club is devaluing it’. his recollections on being brought up me, are unquestionable. propel him into Downing Street and de-  e portrait’s new title, along with by “Nanny,” he accepts the stereotypes, Despite being a member of the British spite his own trademark modesty, claim- the response it provoked, raises some plays on them, and uses them to his ad- elite, Rees-Mogg is in fact more in touch ing that “popularity in politics is very interesting questions. How can a name - vantage. than many who criticise him. On Brexit much here today and gone tomorrow,”, which is, ater all, conceptual - ‘devalue’ Some on the let try to use Rees- – he is more aligned with much of the it is clear that Jacob Rees-Mogg is not a work of art? It’s not as if ‘Annabel’ has

Harry Clynch Harry Mogg’s privilege as a charge against working-class than almost the entirety of going anywhere any time soon. been scrawled in the corner with a cray- on. Elizabeth Cowling points out that the new title disguises the subject’s identity. But does biographical knowledge really underpin aesthetic appreciation? A time of peril for the Irish language Cowling implies that the picture de- mands a certain level of schooling in its viewer; that it requires us to know about Picasso’s tangled love life. Extrapolating f you want to translate from Irish, be encouraged? It depresses me to see something so outwards, this seems to suggest that only you had better be  uent in Irish- My Granddad gave me the git of the important made a talisman for scorn a certain type of person can appreciate Iness. The Seanfhocal (proverb) Irish language. It’s my inheritance. Irish and sanctimony.  e DUP is wrong to the painting at all. It’s hard to ignore the writ large on the walls of my Irish has always been our teanga rúnda (secret deny to Irish speakers the same kind of pungent whi of snobbery exuded by classroom read “Tír gan teanga, tír gan language) and it has only ever brought rights already a orded to other indig- scholars’ reactions. Indeed, I suspect that anam” (A country without a language, me closer to a man I would happily call enous minority language speakers in the Annabel’s relocation to Mayfair has as is a country without a soul). Ever since my hero. For me, it’s personal. UK. Sinn Féin is wrong to choose this much to do with critics’ scorn as the de- I was very small, I have been aware of  is makes it so very di cult for me as the battle eld they’re willing to die cision to change the painting’s name.  e a language that has claimed ownership to see Stormont being pushed agoniz- on. Zero sum politics has Stormont in ‘fake context’ - a term laden with signi - over my country, and me. My home has ingly apart by an Irish Language Act. It a stranglehold. We could all do with a cance in our time of ‘fake news’ - of Mr Nadia Hourihan is two names. I have two names; one in is important to remember that symbols little séimhiú. Caring’s nightclub somehow damages a second year at English, and one in Irish. Ireland asks in Northern Ireland are notoriously the picture’s cultural kudos. Trinity studying its people to operate between languages; charged. People have been killed over It is worth considering, however, English we come to know our world in transla-  ags, banners, and whether they went what is involved in the renaming of an tion. by Séamus, or by James. To understand artwork.  e Times initially reported that For anyone who speaks it, passing in the debates about the Irish language in a plaque would be installed under the and out of Irish is a curious process.  e Northern Ireland, you have to under- painting, but this proved to be untrue. poet  omas Kinsella argued that  itting stand the debate about Irishness. Lan- People will simply refer to the picture between two tongues had engendered a guage is constitutive of identity; it is as di erently.  e change will take place ‘divided mind’ in the Irish, who cannot bold as a  ag, and just as divisive. in a purely abstract sphere. feel ‘at home’ in the English language. I love Irish for my granddad. I love Why, then, is anybody paying atten- I’m not a fan of his phrasing. It pits a Irish for its ornate oddities. Nerdily, I tion? Isn’t this just a non-event? Perhaps chasm between languages, denying that love Irish for the séimhiú (sotening) de- not.  e controversy at Annabel’s brightly they can be conversant with one another. manded by negation. You’d think that spotlights the peculiar power of names. We have ‘doubled minds’ (that is, for the this grammatical toolkit might foster Opinionated? To give something a new title - be it a teeny tiny percentage of the population a will to compromise at a time when ▲ Mary Lou Adams, leader of Sinn Sign up at painting, person or country - is always to who can actually speak Irish), and that Northern Ireland’s constitutional settle- Féin, whose party has pushed for an varsity.co.uk/ risk appropriating it, and altering it, in a

Nadia Hourihan we are richer for it. Isn’t bilingualism to ment appears to be under siege. Irish Language Act SINN FEIN get-involved dangerously presumptuous way. 16 F  16 F   2018

Opinion We must not ignore the gaping inequalities inherent in the Cambridge collegiate system

◀ Rooms at better than them. St John’s are Of course, that’s why it seems that famously of a colleges work overtime to make sure higher standard such comparisons rarely occur. As a JCR than those at President, the data we had to compare some other was invariably  imsy and anecdotal, if colleges there was a ‘database’ at all. While chats LOUIS ASHWORTH with other JCR Presidents helped, our submissions to College were not as ro- bust as they could have been. We simply Connor MacDonald lacked the information. is in third year  is is the key point missing from studying HSPS at current discussions about the variety Emmanuel of issues that face students. Some point the  nger at systemic problems, but the issue is not that the system is failing, but that there is no system to speak of.  ere is no way for students to hold colleges accountable, and by extension very little leverage to e ect change. Ironically, this sorry state of a airs is best demonstrated by the plethora of investigations Varsity drops every term about inequalities that go on within Cambridge’s walls. If we actually held our Colleges accountable, it would not be USU election season is al- were routinely surprised that we had that service provision can be decidedly ❝ a shock to us that some seem to repeat- most upon us. Every Lent over £3000 to spend a year on welfare. uneven.  ere is no reason why some edly fail to accommodate for intermis- Term, we hear in detail Bouncy castles don’t come cheap. Colleges have far higher intermission e sions or increase provision for mental about proposals to tackle While weekly yoga sessions have rates than others, or why rents at di er- health services. Instead, every month Csome of our university’s become de rigueur at Emmanuel, other ent colleges are so phenomenally di er- problem around 1200 words are printed in Var- most pressing problems: students view these ‘perks’ as luxuries. ent depending on where you happen to is not that sity, a few column inches are wasted by mental health provision, workload, Furthermore, while £160 at Girton will have applied or been pooled. aspiring comment writers, and we then rents, and intermission, to name but a buy a room a 15-minute cycle away Cambridge decentralization could be the system go back to our overworked lives. few. However, I worry that once again from the city centre, at John’s, a similar a potent force for improved standards If we are going to tackle the root prob- Cambridge students will miss one of the price gets you a four-room set with a if it worked properly. Ideally, innova- is failing, lem of inequality between colleges, we most potent and underlying source for balcony. tive colleges would be emulated, and but that will  rst need solidarity between stu- many of these issues: college inequality. Obviously, this is part of the Cam- colleges where clear de ciencies were dents. We need to think hard about what As JCR President of Emmanuel, I was bridge ‘deal’.  e upside of the College discovered would also be pointed out, there is no structures we can put in place to encour- lucky enough to work with a college system is that you get a ready-made and action taken. If nothing else, Senior system age information sharing, and what more administration that cared about wel- community and far more personalised Tutors and Bursars tend to get embar- CUSU can do to bring all this information

Connor MacDonald fare. My counterparts in other colleges access to your professors.  e  ip side is rassed when they see a college perform ❞ together. Access e orts should extend beyond the o er

ccess at Cambridge is gen- Academic “failure” however is not the ❝ It is undeniable that there are numerous is a di cult task, especially considering erally considered to refer to sole reason for the unequal number of traditions that are alien to many before the historic elitism which continues to Athe process of actively en- acceptances per o er between the main- We must attending Cambridge; formal halls, ma- echo through Cambridge.  ough it may, couraging students from a tained and independent sectors.  e sta- triculation and a Latin grace, to name at times, seem an uphill struggle, a new wide range of backgrounds to apply to tistics also include those who decide to focus on but a few. Yet, the culture shock extends approach which supports o er-holders the university. While this is of course turn down their o er.  is in itself is a increasing beyond this: even in extra-curricular ac- both up to and beyond receiving their incredibly important, I believe access failing of the system in which not every tivities such as theatre, those who have o ers and exam results is a necessity. must delve into the areas which are o ten angle of access is fully appreciated and access by a background in the “arts” provided by Such action should help combat the ignored; post-o er support, in particular, dealt with. Yusuf Uddin, Target and Ac- minimising private education are bound to be more potentially unequal, perhaps even dis- is crucial. cess Executive at Fitzwilliam College, con dent and comfortable in participat- criminatory, results which may arise in Shadab Ahmed Admissions sta have indicated that stated that he “personally [knew of] peo- the social ing in life here. the application process due to the in- is a third year students from the maintained sector dis- ple who had an o er but turned it down  e University needs to widen e orts troduction of additional entrance tests, studying Natural proportionately miss o ers. It is evident […] because they felt Cambridge wasn’t transition in minimising the disorientation many which are necessitated by the Govern- Sciences at that more needs to be done to support for them”. In the 2016 cycle some colleges ❞ students face when coming to Cam- ment’s A Level reforms which removes Christ’s the students who are more likely to miss show more than a 3% decrease within bridge. Schemes to improve support may the AS levels upon which Cambridge ap- their o er due to their background. Ac- the maintained sector in the percent- include a post-o er shadowing scheme. plicants have typically been judged. cess does not stop once students have age of students who take their place at New opportunities like these would Cambridge has a duty to the bright applied and received an o er. Cambridge in comparison to those who show that access is of the utmost im- minds of the younger generation, par- As such, numerous Cambridge col- received o ers.  is number is not sim- portance and that it continues to support ticularly those from disadvantaged so- leges have very recently decided to join ply accounted for by those students who those from disadvantaged backgrounds cial and economic backgrounds. Access ‘Project Access’.  e scheme provides miss their o er.  is must be considered through all stages of their journey.  ese should not stop once o ers are made.  e those from disadvantaged backgrounds when thinking about access. events would be crucial and show that university must support students a ter with support in the form of written con- A multifaceted approach must thus Cambridge really is for everyone, regard- o ers are made because access to Cam- tent and mentors.  e enterprise is in- be pursued if access to Cambridge is to less of their background. bridge goes much deeper than getting valuable, with 63% of mentees receiving be extended further. Not only must we As an access o cer myself, I know an o er. Access must change in order o ers from top universities, compared encourage people to apply, but we must that there are many people, sta and for everyone, from any background, to to the national average of 15% from the also focus on increasing access by mini- students, within the university working reach their full potential; a sentiment

Shadab Ahmed demographic targeted. mising the social transition into life here. incredibly hard to improve access.  is foundational to the institution itself. F  2 F   2018 17

Opinion

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e struggle for su rage is far from at an end

ast week was the centenary of younger voters were unsophisticated a fever of intense speculation, anxiety, ❝ age-based minimum wage – something some women winning the right and politically ignorant. At its best, this and then – well, nothing. 16-17-year-olds which should outrage anyone who be- Lto vote. Much of the commen- would degrade the quality of politics; at voted in the Scottish Independence Ref- We must lieves in the dignity of labour. Tuition tary has focused on the un n- its worst, it would shunt public opinion erendum. e sky did not fall. e polity fees have been rigged to shockingly ished nature of liberation, addressing the further in the direction of ‘collectivism’. is intact. focus on high interest rates. Young mental health next steps for the furthering of women’s Demagoguery and populism would have Yet, despite the testimony of Scot- increasing services have been shredded. A future of rights. Rather than repeat these com- its day. tish Tory leader Ruth Davidson, eresa entrapment in the rent-game, while we mentators, I want to talk about another e franchise has many roads not May assures us that 16-17-year-olds lack access by languish in an asphyxiated housing mar- link between the Representation of the taken. One 1927 article in Home and Poli- the ‘maturity and responsibility’ to vote. minimising ket, awaits many of us. e state is not People Act 1918 and the present state of tics (a Conservative Party magazine for Instead, young people should ‘watch shy of intervening in the economy, but Sam Willis is a the franchise. at link is discrimina- women) featured the curious proposal: politics, pay attention to politics, get the social never in the interests of young people. second year at St tion by age. ‘I would give all the wives of men a vote, to think about their own views’. Young Citizenship is not a static category. John’s studying Ater 1918, men over 21 and women with no votes for men under twenty-one people should stand for ‘youth parlia- transition e extent to which we participate in History over 30 (with an additional property and extra vote to men for every child ments’ and become councillors. Voting, ❞ society gradually increases up to the age quali cation) could vote. Ater 1928, under working age’. More seriously, in May says, is not the only way to be politi- of 18. Why can’t voting fall under this? this was equalised at the age of 21. is the 1920s senior Tories discussed the cally engaged. To those who worry what might follow remained the case until 1969, when it merits of levelling the male and female We have seen these arguments be- ‘Votes at 16’, I ask you to remember those was lowered. 18-21-year-olds – many of franchise at 25: the young mothers aged fore. Pre-1918, women were allowed to who were worried about working-class us here at university – would not have 25-30 were of less concern than those participate in politics – they worked in voters in 1885, about older women in had the vote half a century ago. And yet, unready men and women aged 18-25. local government and formed pressure 1918, about the ‘ apper vote’ in 1928, judging from the sound and fury gener- e condescension is perfectly realised groups to in uence male electors. e and 18-21-year-olds in 1969. is is one ated by some, one would think that the in the short story series, ‘Mrs Maggs and disenfranchised working class could of the main virtues of an unwritten con- age of 18 has some sort of special consti- Betty’, in which Mrs Maggs, an older participate – not by voting, mind, but stitution: it is up to passing generations tutional lineage. ‘Votes at 18’, they would woman, tries to direct her feckless but by attending hustings. It is disingenuous to negotiate for themselves how best have it, has a self-explanatory logic to it well-meaning maid, Betty, away from at best to pat young people on the head to govern society. ere is no need to that ‘Votes at 16’ does not. socialism. and say ‘You have more power than you second-guess our descendants. Young people are too reckless, too is was the fear. e Bolshevik think! You can watch Newsnight’. Edu- Next year it will be 50 years since feckless, too ignorant to vote. I have Revolution of 1917 had impressed itself cation, organisation, local government ‘Votes at 18’. Now is the perfect time to phrased this harshly, but this is oten deeply into the nightmares of Britain’s – these things are supplements to, not reassess our objections to young elec- the substance of the argument of those political class and much of the general replacements for, the power of voting. tors. What is it exactly that we are so who resist ‘Votes at 16’. It was the sub- populace. But the nightmare never be- is point is particularly acute at worried about? What is it that we object stance of opposition to ‘Votes at 18’ – un- came a reality. is is the common theme a time of systematic discrimination to? Will we be proud of our arguments

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he Cambridge Charity Debate

By Nina Jefs

other Teresa famously once said, “It’s not how much we give, but how much love we Mput into giving.” As much as I’ve never anticipated argu- ing against Mother Teresa, I ind myself disagreeing. In fact, a hot debate has raged between Cambridge’s charitable student societies for years over this exact ques- tion – how much should we give, and how should we best achieve lasting change? According to an extensive national sur- vey in 2016 by the Charities Aid Founda- tion, only 50% of the British population believed charities were trustworthy. Louis Slater, the Chair of RAG, adds that students are particularly aware of ethical issues around charity: “Students here are really Picasso’s switched on… [we] also have to be switched on and think about those problems.” RAG is muses walking the talk: changing the fundraising model of this year’s Jailbreak (so that 50% of their fundraising during the competition Fashion goes directly to charity), and planning to release an impact report for the irst time this year. I would add that people’s lack of trust does not just stem from a suspicion of overheads and administrative costs, but 20 Vulture Friday 16th February 2018 Vulture

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Efective Altruism Have you heard of this ledgling charity? It's new and controversial. Nina Jefs argues that old school activism is still needed.

he student music collective

Picasso and Kahlo changing Cambridge music With a major new exhibition at the Tate opening soon, Fashion Warm Laundry are about to put on their irst single high vox. At one point, a pointed saw- takes inspiration from one tooth altered timbre erratically – you couldn’t of the greatest friendships in gig of the year, a night of synth and techno at predict its next hypocenter. Yet none of these modern art. CB2, writes Joscelin Dent-Pooley sidesteps threw the audience overboard. You felt like you were playing too. His standout lyric, “you cannot unplug me,” here’s been a lack of live original ▲ Warm sums this up. 80s synth music never died, it music in Cambridge as of late. Laundry just moved to a new body. After a short break, One group changing that is the exhibits art Lore performed. he moniker of second year TWarm Laundry label, co-founded as well as English student Patrick Fitzgerald, Lore is a by Tiernan Banks, a third year Phi- hosting DJ diverse musician. He has a background as losophy student at Robinson. events a post-punk bassist, yet some of his biggest Over two years they have curated four com- (Louie inluences as a producer are James Blake and Spotlight: female playwrights pilation records, a number of gigs in London, Isaaman- Tycho. Before the gig, he spoke to me about a After we analysed data from Cambridge and elsewhere, released several Jones) dream project – a three-dimensional reactive Camdram last week, we found singles and EPs, and run the main stage at music. You close a door, a sound becomes hree Wheel Drive 2017. muled. You move through a room, a sound only seven playwrights of the hey are not easy to deine. heir website lees or approaches. top 81 were women. is pink, their artwork is soft, their name is One of the heaviest entrances of the set, Warm Laundry. heir site features colourful “Basement”, dropped like a plane landing. But work by artists such as Louie Isaaman-Jones as soon as the crowd went up, Lore pulled the and Luke Bolitho. volume, allowing it to creep up again. February 8th saw the irst of two Warm Lore’s physical reaction to the bigger mo- Laundry presents nights this term, in the base- ments was reserved, but he gave a ist pump ment of CB2. he artists, Purplehands and as one song very quietly ended. What’s he Lore, are both solo producers. Intimacy, cou- listening to? How are his desires diferent to pled with an intense sound, gave the experi- yours? As a concertgoer, it’s a complex trans- ence real power. action – he was not simply there to jack you he irst act, Purplehands, is the project of. Lore knows how to tease, but also how to Black Panther review of local musician Lawrence Fisher. His mu- overwhelm. On his remix of Soulja Boy’s “Kiss sic comes from a tradition of 80s inluenced Me hru he Phone” he let the hook briely Kendrick Lamar just dropped electro – he cites Sync24, Luke Eargoggle, Com make itself at home, then took a bite out of his latest album, for the Truise and the Frustrated Funk label. it, too big to chew. Purplehands intervenes to critically acclaimed new Marvel Digital utopia was the gut of Purplehands’ immortalise his music – Lore lets his songs ilm. set. Take its form – ive songs over forty min- die. hey die predictably or inappropriately, utes, seamlessly merging. He did not let a with splendour or delation. he next Warm track die. he sound was full, but never busy. Laundry presents event is 7pm, 21st February he opening track achieved euphoria with a at CB2 ●     Vulture 21

What’s On is Week

THEATRE TH TH, ADC Pomona Alistair McDowall’s play jumps between nightmarish reality and horror role-play games, as we gradually piece together exactly what is happening underground.

TALK TH, ARCSOC MUSIC TH, TRINITY CHAPEL Women in Architecture is panel will comprise of successful Over the Frost women who have each found their way Six Cambridge choral scholars from John's into practice, and have been working to and Trinity present a programme fusing promote the opportunities for women. classical madrigals with bold new settings of Stephen Romer's poetry.

MUSIC TH, KING'S CHAPEL MUSIC TH, THE BLUE MOON Penitence & Faith King's Baroque presents 18th Wuuad century penitential music, Wuuad are a Brighton based with soloists Helena Moore post-rock out t, crating new and Joseph Zubier. sounds by fusing popular music with elements of math, prog, and electronica. TALK TH, MILL LANE

In Conversation MUSIC TH, CORN EXCHANGE Artist Issam Kourbaj and Curator Joud Halawani Al-Tamimi will speak on the topic Nils Frahm of creating, curating and conserving art e renowned Berlin-based pianist and from the Arab world. composer Nils Frahm makes a much- anticipated return to the live stage following 2017’s hiatus THEATRE TH, ADC THEATRE THTH, ADC Bar Night: Old and New! Featuring the best of Cambridge's musical Wander theatre performers and composers, come A story about storytelling, this new and along to and listen to some never-heard- devised piece will take you on a bittersweet before bangers. journey of nostalgia, tenderness and joy.

RADIO THURSDAYS AT PM, CAM.FM e Vulture Show Our hosts Pany Heliotis and Martha O’Neil bring all of Vulture’s culture chops to the airwaves, with interviews, previews, and all the best stu from our print edition. From our Chief Designer... ▲ Clockwise from top: Need some artistic inspiration? Our Chief Designer Aydua, Louie Isaaman- Jones, Warm Laundry Sophia Luu is here to help

he coming of spring means for me (and Tmany others!) the coming of eczema. Choose an area of your body which changes a lot and docu- ment it: it may be an arm which flares with rashes, the particular hairy part of your brows, or a spotty part of your cheek. You might choose to photo- graph it, or draw only the changes. In this way, you'll notice that our bodies are ever-changing, problem areas don't always last, and that we are all beau- tiful anyway. Enjoy! 22 Vulture Features Friday 16th February 2018

Online this week IRELAND’S FORGOTTEN HERO THE COUNTESS MARKIEVICZ efective Altruism isn’t enough. we need activism too. nina Jefs

...also from questioning the legitimate role to, and in turn inluences, the political es- on ighting malaria eiciently improves the which charity plays in our society. tablishment. GDP of the continent of Africa by US$12 mil- Charity is often presented as a sticking In certain contexts, short-term aims make lion. While aid is often accused of causing de- plaster over the wounds that our govern- a diference on a systemic level. Sebastian pendency, targeted charitable interventions ments and global economic system create: Oehm, President of Efective Altruism Cam- like the Against Malaria Foundation partly after all, Bob Geldof ’s concert was named bridge, tells me that “charities that may at explain improvements in global develop- ‘Band Aid’ for a reason. But charity is al- irst seem to just provide temporary relief can ment indicators over the last century. here most always political. Louis believes that sometimes help the long-term development is much systemic progress to be made, and “in a perfect utopia, charity doesn’t exist, of a country as well.” Global health interven- charity can be an, albeit small, part of that. because the government invests in public tions can have signiicant knock-on efects, his is the heart of the debate between services so much that there is no need for by enabling a signiicant part of their popu- student societies here at Cambridge. Giving any charity to exist. Charities ill the holes lation to rejoin the workforce. he Against What We Can, part of the Efective Altru- that governments can’t ill, and sometimes Malaria Foundation, endorsed by GiveWell ism umbrella, encourages people to take he create.” Indeed, while charity often provides as one of the most efective charities in the Pledge, a commitment to donate at least 10% short-term aid to those in need, it responds world, claims that every US$1 million spent of their income to efective charities over their lifetime. his sort of giving can have a huge impact, especially as Efective Altru- ism’s research shows that the best charities in the world can be over 1000 times more efec- tive as others. Given that the average starting salary of a Cambridge graduate (£25,000) will place us in the richest 3% of the world, this puts us all in a good position to do good. But what happens if you make this income from working at Goldman Sachs? Working in the corporate sector supports a global capitalist system which perpetuates global inequalities along national, racial and gendered lines – so donating to charity using proits from work in this sort of sector is really a small adjustment within an unfair system. Unfortunately, while this system is unfair, it seems for the moment we are stuck with it. Charity donations en- able the generosity of those who want social change, but don’t want to dedicate their lives to it. How then to combine the two? Louis suggests that the “two-pronged ap- proach” – including both traditional charity groups and activist organisations – works best for achieving social change. here is a clear division of labour within the cause of climate change, with charities like Cool Earth conducting on-the-ground charitable work to save rainforests, and divestment campaign- ers and Greenpeace promoting large-scale political change. According to Louis, both are charitable, working towards the same long- term objective, but using diferent methods: “Lasting systemic change is largely reliant on activist groups within the charity sector, but you do need that immediate aid to change people’s lives in the short-term, that activism doesn’t ofer.” his two-pronged battle plan against social evils applies not just to the charity sector, then, but to the whole spectrum of our careers: we need people to donate, and people to campaign. Charity is compatible ▶ Charity with systemic change, but only as part of a is almost package deal. Perhaps Mother Teresa’s state- always ment needs an update: “It is not about how political much we give, but how we do it.” Although, (ANA OVEY) of course, the love is important too ● Friday 16th February 2018 Features Vulture 23

It’s hardest remembering the happy times Ana Ovey

here are periods in which we feel loss on a plane to Australia, expecting to see my Tmore acutely. During the months of De- dad in a matter of months. Instead, I got a cember to February this year, I experi- call a handful of days later from my brothers, enced renewed waves of grief most acutely. and then mother, in tears. I still remember With grief, time does not pass linearly, but me and my dad’s last words to each other. I circularly, and as winter arrived I and all the wasn’t excited for the New Year—why should members of my family were aware that it I be? Among the most poignant parts of 2017 would be a diicult season. And yet I wasn’t were those of a hazy, miserable, confusing aware that it would, at times, undo months’ nightmare. I couldn’t ill my conception of worth of healing and renewal. December held 2018 with any ideas of hope, because I was so my dad’s birthday, the anniversary of my par- drowned by the thoughts of words I should’ve ent’s wedding, and Christmas. said to my parents before I got on the plane. My dad’s birthday returned memories of I couldn’t cry, for hours, on the anniversary the last one we had celebrated with him, little of his death. I wanted to, but something had knowing its signiicance – which brought a crawled up inside of me and sat at the top of sea of regret alongside the bittersweet tang of my chest. Again, we were well looked after, honestly precious, painfully happy memories. and distracted, and made to know that we A photo of my dad smiling happily, drinking were loved by dear friends – but the loss was cofee and looking out across one of his fa- still there. It was hard to know the right thing vourite places in England, Southend Pier on a to say to my mum and brother. It was hard, freezing cold and bracing day. Another of the and grief is. ish and chips we ate in the evening. Another My birthday, almost exactly a month af- of the sunset and how pretty he’d thought it ter my dad’s death, had been miserable last was. A tide of memories of all the ridiculous, year. I was terriied it would be so again. And cold and blustery days he’d dragged us down certainly there were painful and isolated mo- from London to visit the pier, the hot choco- ments. But I was surrounded by the dear and lates we’d bought, how joyous he was that my tender love of friends genuinely invested and mum and I had indulged him in visiting the understanding. I was conscious of what to pier for his birthday that year. Sometimes, it’s expect, how silly and useless celebrating a hardest remembering the happiest times. birthday would seem when I was so distracted My parent’s wedding anniversary was, by the person I wasn’t, I could never, celebrate naturally, most horrible for my mum. here it with. I was sent endearing messages and is little that can cover up the pain of all that given hugs a thousand times, I spent the the anniversary represented, and no amount evening and early hours talking with new of lowers, cards, kind words or hugs can help friends who are wonderfully genuine and that, even if they act as evidence of support invested, and I was distracted totally by my and love. Red lowers gifted to her by a friend love for them, by how blessed I knew myself reminded her of the lowers they had at her to be to have them. wedding, and she was touched by their apt- Anniversaries, birthdays, special occasions ness – but the loss was still there, even if the like Christmas, are lenses – they magnify and lowers were a beautiful and moving gift. he heighten and colour every aspect of internal necklace I gave her reminded her in shape and and external landscapes. With every joy they style of another dad once gifted her; when she sharpen and bring into clearer and more suc- wears them, she wears them together. cinct vision, they will bring with overbearing Christmas was lonely and sharp with dis- clarity, also, every sadness. And loss can, and placement. We were in a new home, without will, mute bliss ● a beloved father sitting in his usual chair, jok- ing about and guessing perfectly the presents from various family members before we opened them. We were well looked after, but I went to my room and tried to sleep for most of the day. I missed him and his investment in his family, I was reminded of all the things we had bonded over in all my presents and all our activities—ilms, music, books and poetry, even food. I wanted to spend time with him and knew that I couldn’t. he pain lay most acutely there. I missed him, and nothing could express it nor relieve it. New Year’s Day marked one year since I ▲ It’s the love of friends that helps one saw my dad. On the irst day of 2017, I got through the hardest times (ANA OvEY) 24 Vulture FASHION    

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On the eve of the Tate Modern’s major new exhibition showcasing Picasso’s ‘year of wonder’, 1932: Love, Fame and Tragedy, the Vulture Fashion team and photographer Domininkas Žalys sought inspiration from the life and works of Pablo Picasso.  rough abstract and artistic creations, we re ect the enduring impact of his style on the arts as a collective and interconnected entity. We have also recreated some of his friend Frida Kahlo’s style to celebrate her lasting in uence. Although their work is bound to canvas and frame, the reach of their aesthetic identity is eternally felt in the world of fashion.  e exhibition Picasso 1932: Love, Fame and Tragedy opens at the Tate Modern on 8 March.

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tHIS WEEK OnLInE AUDEN AND THE OLD MASTERS Lucian Andreud Embracing algorithmic art in the age of Artiicial Intelligence

Another experiment made the headlines recently. Yamaha Corporation showcased a new kind of AI technology that translated the movements of renowned dancer Kaiji Moriyama into musical notes on a piano. he performance, accompanied by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Scharoun Ensem- ble, presented an expression that fuses body movements and music. Moriyama carried four types of sensors on his back, wrists and feet that translated his movements into sensory data. he data was then transferred into an AI system equipped with an original database that links move- ments and melody. he AI on the system cre- ated suitable melody data from the dancer’s movements and shipped it to a Yamaha player piano, which translated it into sound. Mori- yama explained that his movements did not simply generate random sounds as he learned to control the system while preparing his cho- reography. Questions that immediately spring to mind when looking at such experiments are what makes art creative and whether it is possible for a machine to emulate it. AI technologies that are presently in use are capable of learn- ing, rather than thinking, like humans. As the resulting sounds and images are products of a sophisticated code, it is perhaps diicult to see such experiments as more than just impressive trials of human ability to create new forms of expression. Why do we admire art? It is not merely about the artwork as an end result; the mean- ing conferred on the work by its creator is also fundamental. We admire the subtle smile of Mona Lisa, lose ourselves in the abstractism of Pollock, or lose ourselves in the sound of Kind of Blue for diferent, often subjective reasons. But in many cases, we pay close attention to the relationship between the artist and the work. Art is derived from the very idea of ex- periencing the world as a human, with all its joys and struggles. It relects an idea that can MOnKEyIng AbOut be voiced and expressed using tools such as Whilst AI produced art is never a substitute for the a dancer’s body, a piano or paint and a brush. It’s as much about the audience’s experience real thing, it's a realm that we should explore and as about the personal relationship between the artist and the artwork. accept Computers can deal with data in ways that far exceed human capabilities, but they Olga Kacprzak lack the ability of thinking intuitively or ab- stractly, which is essential in the process of hether we are using smart ▲ One of Last summer, researchers from Rutgers artistic creation. Dr Mateja Jamnik, AI expert home devices, listening to the pictures University, College of Charleston and Face- at the Department of Computer Science and recommended playlists on above is book’s AI Research Group developed an al- Technology, emphasises this idea, claiming WSpotify, or asking Siri about painted by gorithm that allows AI to create art which that everything is going in the direction of the meaning of life, our ex- Rembrandt, experts could not distinguish from human- augmenting human performance, which will istence revolves around interacting with AI and the made artworks. he machine was taught (WIKIPEDIA: ÅKE AXELSSON) enable humans to concentrate on the areas powered technologies . hese technologies other a about art styles and then forced to generate where they are intrinsically better, like strat- use algorithms to learn from our behaviour. computer. novel images that do not follow established In 1964, the abtract egy, creativity and empathy. And as they learn from patterns, they are in- Can you canons, all of which resembles a human crea- paintings of 'Pierre Should we stop using AI powered technolo- creasingly able to come up with predictions, tell which? tive process. he experiment, perhaps unsur- Brassau' were exhibited in gies to create art? By all means, no. Human resembling the human learning process. Soon, (YOUTUBE: prisingly, resulted in a collection of abstract Sweden to acclaim. It later curiosity is a massive driving force behind all most likely, almost every aspect of our lives THE NEXT works depicting shapes and colours that did breakthrough inventions and it is natural that transpired that Brassau will depend on AI systems.It is then no sur- REMBRANDT) not form any recognisable pattern. Yet, many we want to test how machines could imitate prise that AI has also invaded the arts. Many experts, unaware of the artworks’ provenance, was a chimp. Does this creative processes. But as long as machines do ask whether intelligent machines can create described them as more beautiful or inspiring make appreciation of his not experience the world in the same way as art. Still, the question we perhaps should be than the human-made ones that were part of paintings less valid? Are humans, they have a slim chance of making asking is whether we really need them to. the experiment. they less art? truly creative art ●     THEATRE Vulture 27

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‘A night to kick-start conversations’ SPOTLIGHT Top Girls Best British playwrights speci c to these gender identities. Valarché describes seeing Scene at the Edinburgh Fringe as a “penny-drop moment” in which she realised that the story moved her precisely because the voices felt genuine, rather than  ltered through a male pen. e potency of the pieces in Mark My Words comes from their writers’ genuine voices, and the organisers feel Phoebe Waller-Bridge that there is certainly an audience for these Perhaps best known for her voices and the stories they have to tell. TV dramas Fleabag and e playwrights taking part in Mark My Crashing, Waller-Bridge Words are Maya Yousif, Olivia Gillman, Alannah originally wrote Fleabag as a Lewis, Phoebe Segal, and Jenny O’Sullivan – play for the Edinburgh Fringe. names you might have come across acting on or writing for the Cambridge stage before, but this event provides them with a space of their own and comes with a more nurturing ethos to up-and-coming talent. Five directors are also involved, meaning that the evening will platform a range of di erent perspectives and styles. Laura Wade Even once programmed, it can be a struggle Posh has enjoyed many ▲ While the emphasis is on scriptwriting, rehearsal has not been neglected (ALICE TYRELL for new writers to sell tickets, because of revivals, both in the cinematic the stigma and scepticism which persists adaptation  e Riot Club and example, it was found that female playwrights around new writing in contrast to the ‘tried in its recent London run with PREVIEW made up only a third of the National eatre’s and tested’. To counter this, Valarché and an all-female cast. Wade’s 21-show programme, and only one made it Collins are working hard to encourage and other plays include Breathing onto their main stage. is is not to mention appreciate the writers taking part, placing Corpses and Catch. Mark My Words non-binary or transgender writers, or to more emphasis on future potential than on address the added di culty experienced by creating a  nal product. “ e  rst question people of colour. e problem is that even if that is asked when you go and see a play is s Varsity reported last week, since people who are not white men write plays, ‘was it good?’,” Collins explains, “and why the current Camdram records they oten struggle to  nd a platform. at was should we have to decide that? Who says what began only seven of Cambridge’s something Carine Valarché and Kate Collins, ‘good’ is?”. Rather, the organisers want this to Amost-performed 81 plays have organisers of Mark My Words: a Night of New be a night to kick-start conversations about Helen Edmunson been written by women. Seven. Writing, wanted to address. how the audience experience the pieces, With a long career of e statistic is perhaps unsurprising, and Mark My Words is about providing a platform examining their thoughts and feelings rather theatre writing, particularly one might question why it is relevant to new for these voices. But it is equally important to than any objective notion of success. adaptations, Edmunson has writing (ater all, few recent plays feature in de ne what it is not: it is not about grouping Mark My Words is on at Newnham Old Labs reached wider audiences that top 81), but it is indicative of a wider off writers from marginalised-gender on 17 February, and is part of the FNTM Arts through the 2015 RSC staging of problem in theatre more generally. In one groups, suggesting that their experiences are Festival ● her play Queen Anne. review of London 2017 theatre programming for equivalent; or even necessarily telling stories Sarah Taylor Dear eatre, A theatre of one’s own: why women’s theatre matters I noticed your article about Emma  ompson and Sandi Toksvig as omic Sans Men. Mark My Words. is theatre is to recast traditionally male roles a new light on gender roles both within and undergraduates at week alone sees two productions de- with female actresses. is inversion of outside the play. C Cambridge in 1980. I just liberately created by female or non- gender reinvents well-known plays, as the As much ancient theatre, written at a binary directors, writers and actors, carving roles become freed from their  xed gender, time where women were not given such thought you would like out a new space for women in theatre. e widening the characters from man and freedom to write, centres on the masculine, to know who the other importance of such projects happening now woman into human. it is important now to take advantage of comedians were.  e is undisputed in Cambridge and indeed British Take as an example the recent Cambridge woman’s promoted position in society and woman in the right of theatre more widely, but their long-term aims Arts eatre production of Romeo and Juliet, to re ect this emancipation on the stage. the picture sitting under and intentions are perhaps less clear. Are they where Mercutio, Romeo’s best friend, was Female writing re ects, explicitly or implicitly, Toksvig is Jan Ravens, a means to an end – a necessary part of liberat- played by a female actress. Both female experience. When only 31 a wonderful comic and ing theatre from its male grip, and therefore no director and actor are encouraged per cent of new plays written in impressionist who was the longer needed once such liberation has been here to consider in more detail British theatres (2013) are written  rst female President of achieved? Or are they an innovation which the relationship between Romeo by women, surely the audience the Footlights.  e blonde will transcend gender equality debates, and and his friend, walking the is denied a vision of half the woman on the let is my remain a permanent  xture of theatre? thin line between platonic and human mind? “It’s not a conspiracy by men to keep romantic intimacy. is forces a Female and non-binary friend Hilary Neville-Towle women o  lm or stage, it’s just they don’t consideration of the character’s theatre is important, and it can (née Duguid) who was a notice if we’re not there,” said director Phylida reality beyond the qualities and be presented in di erent ways, fabulous singer, actress, Lloyd at a lecture on recent British theatre. relationships imposed by gender both separate from and alongside voiceover artsist and While Lloyd nicely articulates a theatrical stereotypes. men. comic. Sadly Neville-Towle scene where male roles take pride of place, I Mercutio’s role in this production becomes The endeavours that we see on the died  ve years ago, and would question her use of the present tense an advisory one, as a woman experienced in Cambridge stages function less as a means to Toksvig and  ompson here. e problem of female absence in theatre love and who can see through the fantasies an end than as a permanent  xture of theatre, wrote a tribute to her at the lies predominantly not, I would argue, in and self-delusions of Romeo’s infatuation continuing to assert a female space and forcing memorial service. present attitudes, but in the very history of with Rosalind. Defying the stereotype of the reconsideration and recon guration of the theatre and the playwrights of the past. placid woman, it is Mercutio who  ghts to stage and of plays we know so well ● Yours, One option in the creation of female defend Romeo, and in this way the play sheds Iris Pearson Clare Graham 28 Vulture FILM  TV    

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◀ Jóhan- give some indication of the style Jóhanns- nsson's son had pursued, using his typical plays on cinematic dissonance to induce fear rather than mel- In Memoriam catalogue ancholy. Jóhann Jóhannsson was barely Jóhannsson’s career is not yet over. Com- responsible for some of scratches pleted scores for both Mandy and Mary the best soundtracks in the surface Magdalene will be released later this year, the contemporary  lm.  ese of his boun- former likely to play to the thrilling aspects include: tiful talent of his Sicario soundtrack, the latter an epic (LIONSGATE; religiosity as of yet unheard. e eory of Everything SACHYN MITAL;  ere is further a host of solo work pro- (2014) WORKING TITLE; duced prior to the composition of his scores, Arrival (2016) STUDIO CANAL; most stirringly his nal studio album, Orphée. Mercy (2018) PARAMOUNT Inspired by Ovid, the opening ‘Flight from the PICTURES City’ bears great similarity to his scores for James Marsh’s lms, a prominent minimal- ist piano accompanied by pining strings that  ow underneath with exquisite texture.  e Lillian Crawford is heartbroken by the loss of one remainder shits from haphazard waltzes to cracking vocals, each providing for poignant of the  nest  lm composers of our time re ections on the beginnings of life, and the endings of death. Watching Marsh’s e Mercy, released last uch of Jóhann Jóhannsson’s Jóhannsson’s short lmography, and when Friday, has adopted a devastating signi cance scores feel un nished, stimu- it was announced that Hans Zimmer and Ben- already harrowing. While playful in places lating a desire for continua- jamin Wall sch would be taking over for Blade such as ‘Boating for Beginners’, Jóhannsson’s Mtion and eventual resolution Runner 2049, it seemed impossible to imagine score rips open the heart of the lm and leaves that never comes. Emerging it without him. Zimmer’s throbbing horns suit the viewer in pieces. For all that Colin Firth in the cinematic world in 2013 with Denis the dystopian landscape perfectly, and while and Rachel Weisz do, one cannot deny that the Villeneuve’s Passengers, it seems that just as likely more similar to Vangelis’s original score, tears running down both cheeks are the prod- the composer himself was gaining promi- one cannot help but wonder what a di erence uct of Jóhannsson’s most a ecting score. nence, he too has been snatched away from Jóhannsson could have made.  is week marks a sore cinematic tragedy, ❝ us. Unique in his ability to ensnare sublimity  e used soundtrack never captures the leaving us with a handful of magni cent and marry it with the screen, Jóhannsson’s beauty and heartache of the saxophone-in- soundtracks which had provided hope for Jóhannsson death is one that bears a sorrow only he was fused ‘Love  eme’, while the stirring capabili- many more to come. Jóhannsson had only capable of creating. ties of Jóhannsson’s own ‘ e Whirling Ways just begun to see his career truly take o , and provides  e Icelandic composer’s scores do not of Stars that Pass’ from e eory of Everything with two Academy Award nominations, he poignant make for easy listening, his latest music for might suggest he can derive a greater melan- was already de ning himself as one of the e Mercy capturing a raw sense of existential choly than anything Zimmer has produced. foremost contemporary lm composers re ections on the dread both unsettling and profoundly moving. And if anyone could doubt his abilities in the Putting on a Jóhannsson score today feels His projects have all been challenging in tone, realm of sci- , one need only hear Arrival’s harder than it did before, resonating in new, beginnings of life, the prevalence of loss in Arrival or even e ‘Heptapod B’ to put those concerns to rest. unwanted ways. Cinema will be less emotive eory of Everything made all the more heart- His mark on mother! is unmistakable, and without him, the overcrowded business lack- and the endings wrenching when drawn from the depths of the soundscape instilled in the workings of ing its most original voice. Here is to Jóhann of death a piano and orchestra. the piece is one of its strongest qualities.  e Jóhannsson, the man that made us feel in a Villeneuve has proved instrumental in  icking strings of the original trailer might cold and heartless world ● ❞

novel.  e premise of the piece appears stu- bland”. And the Golden Raspberry goes to… undeserved crack at acting, and Anastasia’s FILM REVIEW pendously inane, merely watching the likes of Nevertheless, the lm's nancial recep- old boss, a villainous Eric Johnson looking as Jane Fonda and Diane Keaton peruse a book tion cannot be understated, and the opening confused by his role as everyone else. that brings out their repressed sexuality. One serves to shove its unnecessary budget in His misdeeds drive the stalest car chase Fity Shades Freed might wonder if the preceding advert for Lin- our faces. Hopping from Paris to the French ever lmed, a sliver of tension derived from dor chocolates will have such people gasping Riviera, with  ashes of Madame Butter y and Danny Elman’s uncharacteristically bland Dir. James Foley with pleasure more than the underwhelm- ballrooms, the cast and crew seem simply to score, and by locking on to the Audi logo for In cinemas now ing sexual practices of the Greys, especially if have gone o on a jolly holiday. so long the camera never manages to con- ★☆☆☆ their husbands can only get them going with However, the tension between Johnson and vince us James Bond is at the wheel. Product a healthy dose of Viagra. Jamie Dornan, who just about manages to placement similarly forms the lm’s funniest  e success of E.L. James might lead us to  e latest entry is anything but grip- pass for a human being, never conforms with sequence, which does for Ben and Jerry’s what conclude that art is dead. At the end of the ping, having lost the bumbling charm the narrative, themselves as unconvinced of Call Me By Your Name did for peaches. year, when the box o ce takings are totted of Fity Shades of Grey. An extended re- their romance as we are. Indeed, there is one What little intrigue or sexual interest the up, one can expect to see Fity Shades Freed  ective montage at the end of the striking scene in Christian’s “playroom” series had peaked in its rst instalment, from outperform the likes of Phantom read or lm reminds us of those naïve but that draws on this to crat a ne moment which, while hardly a loty benchmark, its e Shape of Water by many a mile. For whom undoubtedly happier days when of jarring intensity. Alack, the remainder sequels have degenerated. James Foley is evi- do these lms probe, engross, and stimulate? Dakota Johnson was capable of of the limp erotica will render the viewer dently a capable director, and there are many It is all well and good for a critic to rip apart inspiring ts of giggles with her frustratingly placid. shots worthy of merit. Stylised and persist-

the veil and undo its shackles, but rather fu- attempts to sensuously deliver UNIVERSAL PICTURES  e lm has one questioning the ent, the actual of shooting of the thing makes tile if it is hitting certain people in just the lines like “what are butt plugs?” very nature of its genre. Failing as a sitting through it a somewhat less excruciat- right spot.  e third book, adapted here by romance, Fity Shades Darker attempted ing experience, but hardly the pulse-raising Before the feature begins, audiences are James’s husband, Niall Leonard, to strike some re in its belly by trans- turn on it strives to be. Rather than climax, treated to a trailer for Book Club, a study on fails even to bring out laughs in forming itself into a revenge thriller. Fity Shades Freed zzles out ater a bit of light women of the ilk enraptured by the steamy its grinding asininity, save for the Enter Christian’s past, his family, includ- ngering ● misplacement of apostrophes in James’s rst occasional mention of “boobs in boo- ing Rita Ora as the latest pop star having an Lillian Crawford     MUSIC Vulture 29

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Blake to deliver quick- re, aggressive bars over a trap beat with a subtle piano playing a ❝ similar motif to that in DAMN.’s ‘HUMBLE.’ The soundtrack Following a multi-credited interlude track, with many elements in common with the succeeds in teaming Main Title theme from another recent  lm up the world’s which many argue rede ned the conversa- tions on race relations in the United States, greatest living Michael Abels’s ‘Sikiliza Kwa Wahenga’ from rapper with many Jordan Peele’s exceptional horror  lm Get Out, is the Zacari and Babes Wodumo-credited ‘Re- up-and-coming demption’. is outstanding track combines black artists from an afrofuturist drum beat with a Reggaeton- ish bassline, embellished with the angelic across continents voices of Zacari (a collaborator of Lamar’s on ❞ ‘LOVE.’) and South African up-and-coming artist Babes Wodumo. Lamar and Anthony “Top Dawg” Ti th continue the practice of giving a major international platform to South African artists in the next song, with another Johannesburg-based artist, Sjava, rapping an entire verse in isiZulu on the slow burning Isaac Hayes-esque Afro-soul track ‘Seasons’. e penultimate track, ‘Big Shot’, is another lowlight of the album; despite featuring typi- cally talented  ow from Kendrick, the track has an infuriating  ute ri motif on repeat, and Travis Scott doesn’t quite live up to his potential, sounding a bit whiny. Not to worry though; the album  nishes with another bang- er, a Lamar x e Weeknd collaboration ‘Pray SPOTLIGHT Marvel superhero soundtrack must bestow For Me’. While not as experimental as many ALBUM REVIEW at least some creative limitations upon art- of either of the artists’ greatest o erings (nor Iconic Soundtracks ists. Luckily, the energetic-yet-angsty mood does it sonically reference Kendrick’s DAMN. Black Panther of the  rst track is restored in ‘X’, featuring track ‘FEEL.’ with the refrain “ain’t nobody Various Artists ScHoolboy Q, 2 Chainz and Saudi alongside prayin’ for me”), it serves its purpose well as a Out now Lamar. Despite only being credited as a per- superhero-aggrandising track to leave listen- ★★★★ former on  ve of the fourteen tracks, Kendrick ers pumped and hungry for more. appears somewhere on just about all of them, e fact that Kendrick and his collabora- and he is listed as a writer and composer of tors managed to produce such a spectacular, efore Kendrick Lamar even starts all of them. let- eld soundtrack for a  lm produced by a Brapping his first bar on the opening e fourth track, ‘ e Ways’ is a sweet trap- subsidiary of Disney is in itself revolutionary (and title) track, ‘Black Panther’, you oriented ballad sung by Khalid and Swae and is highly commendable. Despite sounding can feel that the album is going to represent Lee with a subtle bossa nova feel, somewhat slightly incoherent at times, the exquisite Ken- a paradigm-shift in the history of movie reminiscent of Lamar’s own ‘untitled 06 | drick Lamar and Top Dawg Entertainment- soundtracks. A frenzy of ‘A Day In The Life’- 06.30.2014’ from his 2016 compilation album curated Black Panther soundtrack succeeds in Star Wars esque strings shimmer with angst over an untitled unmastered. Despite being having a teaming up the world’s greatest living rapper John Williams’ 1977 work to ever-more-possessed drum rhythm, which slightly irritatingly over-repeated sample of with many up-and-coming black artists from accompany the original Star leads to a sudden break followed by a haunted, “you’re dead to me”, the  th track ‘Opps’ keeps across continents, creating music  t for what Wars, is one of the best-selling ghostly atonal piano motif. Over this loop, up with the fast pace set by ‘Black Panther’ is being billed as a paradigm-shiting  lm of soundtracks of all times. It the world’s greatest living rapper begins his and features a verse from the Johannesburg- a generation ● has an original track for every characteristic introspective analysis, playing based alt-rapper Yugen Blakrok. is song is Gianamar Giovannetti-Singh battle across the entire lm. the role of T’Challa’s enemy from the film, followed by the heartfelt Jorja Smith-fronted Killmonger. In a track exploding with the guitar ballad ‘I Am’, drawing inspiration from energy of his recent ‘DNA.’ and ‘HUMBLE.’ the indie rock scene as much as from the cut- from his exceptional 2017 album DAMN., ting edge of modern hip hop, in some ways Kendrick sets the tone (and the standard) for resembling the work of Mac Demarco and Black Panther’s soundtrack. Steve Lacy, the latter of whom produced and Despite a wonderfully smooth transition co-wrote ‘PRIDE.’ from DAMN. ▲ Kendrick into the second song, which features a verse e next song, ‘Paramedic!’, featuring SOB Lamar took by up-and-coming Top Dawg Entertainment and RBE, is another trap track which sounds a creative star SZA, whose 2017 album CTRL appeared very similar to the only single Lamar released lead on on multiple year-end lists, ‘All e Stars’ re- from untitled unmastered., ‘untitled 07 levitate.’ this album, mains the weakest track on the album (and Both of the next two tracks, ‘Bloody Waters’ listed as the sole reason why I was unable to award and ‘King’s Dead’ feature the stunning spectral writer or  e Graduate the album a perfect score). Sporting  awless vocals of James Blake, currently supporting composer Largely containing tracks by radio-friendly production, ‘All e Stars’ is Lamar on the European leg of the DAMN. tour. on all Simon & Garfunkel, it is a signi cantly below both Lamar’s and SZA’s e latter of these tracks is one of the album’s tracks fantastic accompaniment to usual experimental standard, although work- standouts, with Lamar teaming up with Jay YOUTUBE: a captivating lm about love, ing within the constraints of producing a Rock, Future and the aforementioned James INTERSCOPE lust and coming of age. 30 friday 16th February 2018 Sport In an age of decadence, does football really matter to anyone anymore?

● Premier League broadcasting packages may have been sold for £4.464 bn, but football matters less and less

Lawrence Hopkins Sport Editor

Wednesday night saw Real Madrid face Paris Saint-Germain in the irst leg of their last 16 tie in the UEFA Champions League. Both sides were expensively compiled. Real’s front three cost near enough £150 million, with £90 million- man Gareth Bale coming of the bench. PSG’s Neymar and Kylian Mbappé came cheap at only £360 million together. In- ternational audiences for the ixture, which inished 3-1 to Real, will have been in the several hundred million. What is troubling, however, is that this ix- ture, hundreds of miles away from the industrial towns of the North that are the lifeblood of the Beautiful Game, is what seems to matter the most to foot- ball currently. Football in England owes much to the genius of Archibald Leitch. In the early twentieth century, the architect left his mark across the country with his sta- dium designs. he ediices of Goodison Park, Old Traford, and Ibrox north of the border were, and are, magniicent crea- tions of Leitch. Such vaunted celebra- tions of football are found not in mani- and one to BT, to the tune of £4.464 bil- entertainment on the sofa is the football ▲ Manchester ground in England, we see the conlict cured suburbs, but rise from the depths lion. hough this is slightly down from of a dystopian future that is fast becom- United's ground, at the heart of this nouveau riche foot- of working-class Britain. For centuries, the previous broadcasting deal, which ing the present. Leeds is the kind of club Old Traford, has ball. Fans do not matter. Ed Woodward, the men and women of industrial Britain was worth £5.14 billion between 2015 that football needs to return to the fold. been plagued Executive Vice-Chairman of Manchester have known life in, and on, the terrac- and 2019, this money is unlikely to bring his is not to dispute the genius on by criticism United, whatever that title means, spoke es. hese are the people of football. he reductions in ticket prices for fans. More show in the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu. of a lacklustre in marketing jargon as he justiied the people of football are those who would importantly, however, this money is un- Neymar and Ronaldo shine as brightly atmosphere signing of Alexis Sanchez from Arsenal in run the boarding houses that the Busby likely to address the hegemony of the Big as Blackpool Illuminations on a cold (PIxABAY) the January transfer window. Woodward Babes grew up in. Wednesday night’s Six in English football. he two Manches- and windswept winter night. hey are boasted of a “solid business model” that game is indicative of the damage being ter clubs, the two North London clubs, beamed into our homes, paid millions has inanced investments in the club in done to the game – it is dangerously Chelsea, and Liverpool will continue for the privilege to entertain, but they terms of players, and of the social media close to being diluted beyond repair. their domestic dominance. he 1970s as are not relatable. Football is counting interest and shirt sales that have come he millions that low into the top a decade saw Derby County, Nottingham down the days until the team down the from the Chilean’s arrival. leagues, and into the cofers of the Eu- Forest, and Leeds United all win the irst street is irrelevant, and the vast sums Football is not, however, measured in ropean elite, are sanitising the game ▼ he global division title. All three sides currently ploughed into the game from broadcast- shirt sales. Football should be measured and turning it into an unrelatable en- obsession languish in the Championship, the sec- ers both home and abroad are the reason in league points, domestic trophies, and tertainment media. Only this week, the with Cristiano ond tier of English football, with little to why. League ixtures are even becom- the vociferousness of the cacophony of Premier League has begun to auction Ronaldo is no interest shown in them from outside ing obsolete. What should have been a support from the terraces. It should not the broadcasting rights to its ixtures emblematic their fan base. clash of the titans, the North London be measured in advertising revenue, in between 2019 and 2022. Five of the seven of modern his is the problem with football in its derby, was a damp squib of a 1-0 which wages or transfer fees. Neymar and Ro- packages of games over the period on football (FLICKR - current form, exempliied by the global is irmly in the rear-view mirror as Tot- naldo, through no fault of their own, are ofer have already been sold, four to Sky RCUERDA29) interest in the head-to-head clash be- tenham focus on Juventus, with whom jeopardising the core, founding spirit tween Unai Emery and Zinedine Zidane’s they drew 2-2 in Turin, and Arsenal fo- of football. Gone are the days when gi- multimillionaires. It just does not matter cus on Ostersunds in the Europa League. ant killings were possible, gone are the on a personal level. Leeds, in particular, Such is the Gunners league form that days when league clashes were violent, showcase football as the sport it should they must emulate Manchester United ❝ boisterous, dangerous encounters on be, rather than the continental cinematic and lift Europe’s second tier title in or- and of the pitch. hat the violence is experience it is becoming. When, in Jan- der to return to the so-called pinnacle of Football is gone is good, that must be said. hat uary, the club announced a new crest to the game, the Champions League. he a capitalist the meaning of local derby games is di- capture the “fans at the heart of our com- North London derby of old would divide minishing, is not. Football is a capitalist munity,” social media users of United households, streets, and schools for days. enterprise enterprise which is forgetting its true persuasion were quick to criticise. And Does it anymore? function, it is forgetting its actual duty they were heard. he utterly shocking his is not a popular opinion; it is one which is to those who grind week-long to earn attempt at re-branding was promptly with which I struggle to reconcile myself. forgetting enough for a ticket at the weekend. he abandoned. his is people at the heart of Yet, it is what must be said if football is Champions League is fantastic, but it is the football community; this is football to retain some of its identity. As the Man- its true an artiice of decadence behind which as it should be. chester United Supporters Club battle function the problems of football lie. he Man on Football is not some far-of contest with its club’s owners over the lack of at- the Clapham Omnibus, he does not mat- that means little practically, football as mosphere at the biggest permanent club ❞ ter anymore.  16 F 2018 31 Sport England, clean bowled of leaders?

tential leaders within the England setup Iain Blackwell essential. Frustratingly for England, the best At the beginning of this month, cricket tacticians remain in the limited overs website ESPNcricinfo published an ar- sides. Eoin Morgan and Jos Buttler ticle titled ‘Dawid Malan is 30 and an are two of the more astute cricketing international novice but one day might minds the likes of which the Test side he captain England?’ e answer, ‘yes’, urgently needs. Meanwhile, players was a re ection of Malan’s character, such as Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes and capabilities and a real sense that Malan Ben Stokes seem to have proved their Ashes tour was increasingly visible. e will be a successful captain. was ‘one of the few  gures to emerge in unsuitability or unwillingness to lead. impression the England team has given Certainly his county, Yorkshire, have credit ater England’s 4-0 Ashes thump- ough there appears to be a way back since Ben Stokes was arrested and later never invested him with captaincy, so ing.’ As if only to further prove his cre- into the side for Ben Stokes once his trial charged with a ray indicates a lack of it appears the decision to elevate Root dentials, Malan has also been made over an incident outside a nightclub in professionalism. With attention focused rests on the belief that the best player in Middlesex’s club captain in all three Bristol is over, England management ❝ on the players during an Ashes tour any- the team should also be the captain. e formats, capping o an extraordinary may be unwilling to trust with a posi- way, wicket-keeper Jonny Bairstow and decision also rests on the hope that he seven months since his Test debut, and tion of responsibility. is is, of course, It is simply squad member Ben Duckett did Eng- can grow into the role, given his lack of seemingly prompting the article in the dependent on whether or not he will be too early land's PR team no favours. experience. Seeing the successful impact  rst place. at Her Majesty’s Pleasure. It may be reasonable to ask whether that the captaincy has had on Kohli of e very existence of such an arti- Trevor Bayliss’s hands-o approach to say these events would have occurred un- India, Smith of Australia, and William- cle serves to show just how far awry to coaching is an open attempt to fos- der Cook, whose captaincy was notably ▲ Former son of New Zealand, may also have en- England’s plans for the future of the ter maturity amongst these players to whether harmonious. Root has been announced leaders like couraged England to try their hand with Test team have gone. e looming re- shape them into responsible senior  g- Root will be as Cook's successor since his establish- Ian Bell in the Root. It is the best, albeit risky, option tirements of the senior opening bowler ures within the England setup. Frankly, ment in the team and appears to have England camp England have available to them current- pair, James Anderson and Stuart Broad, the results have been disappointing. is a successful earned unanimous respect. Whilst his have not been ly, given the paucity of other suitable and opening batsman Alistair Cook who is not to say that the fault rests with captain tactical decisions are certainly more ag- replaced in options. Only time will tell, however, if is looking desperately short of both runs Bayliss, whose irritation with unwel- gressive than his predecessor, presently recent years England will live to regret bestowing the and form, make the development of po- come incidents over the course of the ❞ it is simply too early to say whether Root BEN SUTHERLAND moniker of Captain on Joe Root.

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Surrey 59 Basketball Blues into BUCS Cup last eight with stunning defeat of Surrey

Surrey regrouped to make a brighter ful, amassing an impressive 14 points ▲▼ Cambridge’s silky skills were too a pass covering most of the court, inding Vivi Way start to the second quarter, as their for- between them in the third quarter. Cut- much for the University of Surrey the unmarked Masina, who duly added Deputy Sport Editor wards robbed Masina of the ball twice toa di Montesalles and Adebay increas- (SEAN IRVINg ) two points to the scoreboard. he game and capitalised on both occasions. his ingly showed some silky dribbling skills inished a comfortable 73-59 win for the A Round-of-16 cup game against the Uni- reduced the deicit to 18-13. Once again, from defence, frequently creating space home team. versity of Surrey was the perfect way for Surrey’s good start was quickly undone, for themselves and their teammates by Coach Tim Weil said after the game: the Cambridge Men’s Basketball Blues when they started to miss relatively sim- shaking of their opposite numbers. he “Overall, I am happy with the perform- to prepare for their Varsity clash next ple chances. Adebay rebounded well and luidity of the transition between defence ance, but we should have been able to weekend. Both teams are mid-table in Cambridge managed to start rapid coun- and attack meant that Cambridge could extend the lead in the second half. here their respective BUCS leagues, which ter attacks from his impressive leaps. score freely, continuously cutting open is plenty to work on ahead of Varsity should have made for an exciting game, he Blues scored seven points in a row, their opponents with speedy changes of and we are going to have to bring a lot but once Cambridge got into their stride, creating a 25-13 advantage. hey demon- direction. Towards the end of the quar- more energy to the court, but I have no there was only going to be one winner. strated their lair for scoring lay-ups, as ter, Cambridge created a 23-point gap at doubt the boys will show up for that he irst quarter started in a scrappy Surrey found Skoril particularly diicult 56-33, only to be pegged back to 56-36 occasion.” fashion, as neither team could score for to mark. he half ended 35-22 to Cam- by Surrey’s irst three-point score on the Last year, the Light Blues won Varsity the irst two minutes of play despite nu- bridge as the sides traded several blows hooter for the inal break. by a single point in double overtime and merous chances. Eventually, Surrey got on the counter attack. he Blues’ better Cambridge’s intensity dropped in the will be looking for a less tense encounter the irst points on the board thanks to a execution began to pay dividends, scor- inal quarter as the victory was all but next weekend. If they are going to repeat fortuitous rebound, but this elicited an ing two tricky attempts for three points, conirmed. he Blues’ main strategy last year’s feat, they will have to make immediate response from the Blues, as whilst their opponents criminally missed appeared to be to retain the ball for as sure that they do not switch of defen- Skoril netted a two-pointer from Cam- four consecutive free throws. he only long as possible in attack before taking sively, especially when they are tired and bridge’s ifth shot. Surrey then extended disappointment in Cambridge’s domi- a shot, to prevent Surrey from creat- improve their poor 30% conversion rate their lead to 6-2, but this was short-lived nant irst half performance was a nasty ing too many threatening goal-scoring from free throws. Otherwise, it might be and would not be recovered for the rest ankle injury to Walsh, who did not return opportunities. However, this did not a very long journey back from Oxford. of the game, as the Blues’ extended pe- to the court. work particularly efectively, as Surrey riods of possession began to wear down Most of Cambridge’s scores up to this managed to outscore Cambridge in the CUBbC: Priddey, Cuttoa di Montesalles, Surrey’s defence. Cambridge scored 10 point had come from good inishes after inal quarter, successfully sinking three Argelague, Masina, Lenox, Panayitau, Ade- unanswered points in the last two min- individual runs, but after the half-time three-pointers as they tried to reduce the bay, Skoril, Walsh, Krstayis, Kurdi utes of the irst quarter, including two break, they made their attacking passing arrears. Nonetheless, one of Cambridge’s University of Surrey: Sotirellos, Kohk- three-pointers from Masina and Priddey game more efective. he interplay be- best plays of the game came in the mid- ouravas, Nouky, Teagles, Makamotti, Yanev, to make the lead 18-8 at the irst break. tween Skoril and Argelague was delight- dle of the quarter, when Argelague threw Ampatsogiou, Velvchev, Xadwen, Tsiros