Gun Terror Yards from Home a GUNMAN Held up a by JAN HENEK Terrified Finalist Just Yards Woodhouse Lane
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Interview with Hie editor ol Britain's finest mag Incorporating juice magazine Guardian/ NUS Student Newspaper of the Year TICKETS AND TRANSPORT TO TRIBAL GATHERING, FESTIVAL OF THE YEAR! INSIDE JUICI ALERT PREZZA'S COMING HOME OVER PISTOL ATTACK Gun terror yards from home A GUNMAN held up a By JAN HENEK terrified finalist just yards Woodhouse Lane. The student, who does not wish to be from a university campus. named, said: "I thought 1 was going to get shot. The mugger held an automatic The guy appeared from nowhere and shouted, pistol to his victim's ribs, forcing 'Give me all your fucking money,' and had taken the safety-catch off the gun. him to hand over £10 and his "It was definitely a real gun. He must have watch. been watching me getting money out of the And the gunman is still on the loose cash point then followed me back home." RED LETTER DAY: Native Yorkshireman John Prescott wowed the crowds on his visit to despite a police house to house search. The victim's ordeal lasted 10 minutes as the Leeds last week. The Deputy Prime Minister was in top form as he outlined the priorities of He struck in the early evening as the student attacker walked alongside him down St Marks the new Labour Government and fielded questions from students at a public rally was walking home to St Mark's Hats after Election reaction: pages 4-5, 7-9, 12-14, 16-17 Pic: Sarah Davis taking money out of the Natwest cashpoint on Page 2 Column 6 INSIDE: News 1-11, Comment 6-9, Feature 12-14, Outlook 15-18, Sport 20-24. Plus 24-page juice magazine LEEDS STUDENT Friday May 9, 1997 NOBODY in the world must be seething when they people will turn up to enable it seemed the world would be would have swapped places see the real politicians business to be discussed at denied a review of Bruce ^LEEDSBB with Michael Portillo last getting everybody's all. Hartley's major achievement Friday morning - except attention. This week looked of the year, the wearing of maybe for your average If they had their way decidedly shaky. Only a name tags by members of STUDENT student politician, who we'd have ignored Blair at HACK handful of anoraks, axe- union staff. Then, incredibly, would just be glad of the number 10 and Major A weekly sketch of student politics grinders and apologists with the door opened and two This week in Britain's publicity. stepping down and spent nowhere better to go had fresh faced students came As the rest of the nation last Friday speculating on the celebrate as seat after seat made it as far as the plush forth. Union democracy was award-winning student cheered through the night, order paper at this week's swung the way of chickens, debating chambers of the saved at the death! newspaper of the year you could imagine members meeting of Union Council at rhinos, seven-foot Parkinson building. There But no! Let's look at that of Exec sitting at home and LUU. transvestites and they sat, muttering among goal again in slow motion. gnashing their teeth over In this fantasy world it unemployed BBC themselves, some secretly The students were not NEWS why they never get the same would be they, not Labour, journalists, anything to get praying it would be members of Union Council kind of coverage. attracting endless column rid of the divided and inquorate, the rest openly at all, merely observers Blair's big ideas: Ninety-nine per cent of inches and the fascination of discredited Exec saying so. who'd come to hear about students at Leeds University the pundits. Every bleep on government. Eighteen members were the name tags, and so the What will the new can reel off their Cabinet Andrea Drummond's pager Even then student required, and Council was body was still those two government mean Ministers but have never would be enough to whip up politicians would probably just two short. The minute tantalising members short. remotely heard of Bruce a media frenzy. be glad of the limelight, but hand ticked by, and still no And that was the most for students? Hartley. They forget, of course, for them instead there is only one came. People began to exciting moment this week pages 4-5 The other one per cent that in truth Gary Bouch obscurity, the terrible shift in their seats. Some in the life of LUU-the will tell you he's some old would be crumbling under realisation that they must speculated on what students who might fisherman who swears by the the iron stare of a Paxman push pens and stamp rubbers EastEnders held in store that have made Union Yellow Pages. while Bruce Hartley would and never be acclaimed. evening. Robin Van Den Council quorate, Exec members, who only be consumed by a landslide They must come to Hende doubtless reflected but didn't. Just So where were you ran for that office because of paperwork in the graphics meetings like Union Council, upon the constitutional wait till the they believed it would make of Peter Snow. and keep vigil not on matters implications. Dimblebys on election night? them figures of importance, The nation would of state but whether enough Time was almost up, and hear about this. David Adam and Leeds Student says page 7-9 RESULTS CHANGED BY PEAKING COMMITTEE ALERT FEATURE The Martin BeU OVER interview. Plus the student from Leeds Fury at scheme PISTOL who helped him win pages 12-14 ATTACK Outlook CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE Neverending Tory: the Road. "The guy could easily have turned nasty," he said. "I battle is on to lead for classification just wanted to get it all over Britain's newest By GARETH EVANS with." ANGRY finalists have criticised new WHAT A DRAG The robber then fled, minority party proposals to revolutionise the system of saying, "It's nothing personal pages 16-17 mate" as he left the scene. He degree classification. is described as a short, mixed- race youth and also took the A report from the victim's flat keys. Election free zone: controversial Dearing RADICAL The attack happened at Committee is pushing 7.45pm on Saturday after the Gordon Watson on for a percentage score student was followed home to be awarded, which DEGREE from the NatWest cash point the injury that on Woodhouse Lane to his flat will signal the end for at the St Mark's complex near wrecked his career the traditional first to pages 22-23 SHAKE UP the university. third class system. The attack has concerned But students and residents in the area. A university chiefs alike PROPOSAL Theatre Studies finalist living have slammed the plans at St Marks said: "I think it's as being confusing to The committee may really scary. Why didn't also impose a standardised anyone help him? potential employers. "I just think it says a lot Bryan Richards, a civil number of core engineering finalist at curriculums in degree about the kind of place Leeds Leeds University, said: programmes nationwide is. I don't like it." "We need the current so final percentage scores There has been a recent system as it groups us are comparable between spate of violent attacks on together. It's good when students at different students. In November a markers exercise universities. gunman struck just off the discretion." The scheme is already Leeds University campus and And Tom James, an being piloted at five in February, a knifeman was Archaeology finalist, universities including being hunted by police branded Dearing's plans Nottingham and officers. "ridiculous and totally Newcastle but the Police were immediately unnecessary." universities of Leeds will called in and house to house The current system is not being following suit. Romance was In the air for LMU students at a recent Blind enquiries were made. Anyone ON THE HORIZON seen by the Dearing Date event held in the students' union. A series of games with any information is urged committee as unfair Opposed and spoofs kept revellers entertained, while the highlight to call police at Millgarth with Stevie Sunshine was a striptease performed by Exec member Laurie Spieler station on 243 5353. because it A spokeswoman for Saturday: There will be sunny intervals indiscriminately groups Leeds University firmly with isolated showers. Thunder students together across a stated that "no such possible Max. temperature: 15C (59F). whole range of different scheme was being Sunday: Similar to Saturday. 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