Heidi Blake That Total Energy Costs Will Reach Nearly 30 Million Kwh, While Gas Tract Comes to an End, Whilst Gas in Energy-Intensive Research
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Winner of Mirror/NUS Student Newspaper of the Year 2005 Summer Term Week Ten Tuesday 27th June 06 www.nouse.co.uk NOUSE Estd 1964 Woodstock 2006 Report, review and photos of the festival finale to the year Page 3 York’s ecological crisis £600,000 33% Rise in energy Student share of costs over one total carbon year emissions 25,000 tonnes £5 million University’s carbon Total energy costs emissions in a year in four years if situation continues By Heidi Blake that total energy costs will reach nearly 30 million kWh, while gas tract comes to an end, whilst gas in energy-intensive research. They DEPUTY NEWS EDITOR £4.9 million, representing a 53% usage rose to almost 65 million prices have increased by 56% in are also linked to the increasing increase on the expenditure for kWh. The resulting C02 emissions 2004/5, with a further estimated global demand for energy. The OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS 2005/6 which has contributed to a mounted to over 21,000 tonnes. increase of 18% in 2005/6. University’s Carbon Management acquired by Nouse have revealed budget deficit of £3 million. This During 2005/6, emissions have According to the University’s Implementation Plan aims to limit rocketing energy costs at the trend is described as “especially increased again by more than 13%, energy conservation officer, Heike cost increases to £3.8 million by University, as a result of increased worrying in view of the enough to fill 200,000 balloons to Singleton, these cost increases are 2009/10, but if the current situa- consumption and global rises in University’s plans for expansion”. 5 metres in diameter. the result of increased consump- tion continues costs would reach price. The economic forecast for During 2004/5, electricity Electricity prices are also set tion due to campus expansion, £5 million by that year. the next academic year predicts usage at the University rose to to double when the current con- building developments and a rise Indepth report, pages 4 and 5 Sponsored by NOUSE :THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENT NEWSPAPER 2 News Snappy Snaps 27th June 2006 World’s richest man donates $14m to aid University Malaria research By Heidi Blake every thirty seconds in DEPUTY NEWS EDITOR Africa, and up to half a bil- lion courses of ACT may be THE WORLD’S richest man, needed to combat it. The aim Bill Gates, has granted $13.6 of CNAP’s research into new million to the Biology Artemisia annua varieties is Department at the to produce enough University of York to fund Artemisinin to satisfy this the completion of their growing demand. Crucially, research into better and the research also aims to cheaper treatments for reduce to costs of producing Malaria. the drug. The grant from the Bill CNAP will use the grant and Melinda Gates money to recruit over 30 Foundation, which covers a researchers and technicians, four-and-a-half year period, who will use a fast-track will fund research by the breeding method which Centre for Novel excludes GM technology, to Agricultural Products develop new varieties of (CNAP) on the medicinal Artemisia annua which will plant Artemisia annua which produce up to ten times as could alleviate the global much of the drug as normal shortage of effective treat- varieties. ments for Malaria; a disease CNAP director which kills more than one Professor Diana Bowles said: million people each year. “This work could lead direct- The Centre, part of the ly to making an effective cure Biology Department at the for malaria cheaper and University, has been working more accessible for people on a fast-track breeding who need it most. We appre- Bill Gates last week announced plans to step down from Microsoft to spend more time on his charitable work research programme for ciate the support of the Gates Artemisia annua, which is Foundation in enabling us to lives in Africa”. currently the sole source of undertake this work.” University’s Vice- the leading anti-malarial CNAP deputy director, Chancellor, Professor Brian Halifax College objects drug, Artemisinin. Professor Ian Graham, said: Cantor, said: "This is a very The goal of the research “The potential is there to significant grant for the is to create a non-GM variety save millions of lives. It is a Department of Biology and of the plant with vastly very sobering thought. We is an indication of the all- to First Bus treatment increased yields of feel a huge responsibility in round excellence of research Artemisinin for use in taking on this project.” here at the University of By Daniel Whitehead not working, many students mals”. Artemisinin Combination This grant is among the York. It will help scientists in NEWS EDITOR attempted to tell the “pilot”, Second year Halifax stu- Therapies (ACTs), which the first major moves by Bill CNAP make significant but he ignored them and dent, Charlotta Salmi, one of World Health Organisation Gates since his announce- progress in increasing the MEMBERS OF Halifax closed the bus doors, trap- the several passengers have identified as the most ment last week that he is supply of effective cures for a College HCSA have sent a ping a student between involved in the incident, effective treatment for stepping down from the run- disease that affects so many complaint to First Buses them. accused officials of being malaria. ning of Microsoft to concen- people across the world." after they were accused of With many students still “very rude”, and said “It was- In recent years, as the trate on his charitable work. The project plans to behaving like “animals” by queuing outside the bus they n’t like we were acting like malaria parasite has devel- Dr Regina Rabinovich, field-trial the new varieties officials after a recent inci- attempted to get onboard by drunkards, in fact everyone oped resistance to traditional the Gates Foundation’s direc- of Artemisinin annua in dent on York’s pioneering pressing the emergency but- was seated in an orderly single-drug treatments such tor of infectious diseases, areas of the developing world FTR buses. ton on the front of the doors. fashion”. as Chloroquine, demand for said: “This promising where malaria is endemic, The incident occurred This led to FTR security man Since the confrontation, ACTs has increased dramati- research compliments other and work with major manu- on Wednesday 31 May as stu- Mark Turbridge being Halifax HCSA President, cally, resulting in a chronic important initiatives work- facturers of ACTs to ensure dents were boarding the called, who upon arrival Sam Bayley has sent a letter shortage of Artemisinin and ing to meet the urgent need that artemisinin extracted number four service to town. ordered all passengers off the of complaint to First York on a five fold increase in its for inexpensive effective from the new cultivars con- According to several witness- bus and contacted the police, behalf of Halifax College price since 2004. malaria treatments [which] forms to pharmaceutical es, as it became apparent accusing students of acting detailing their grievances Malaria kills a child could help to save millions of specifications. that the ticket machine was like “wild drunks” and “ani- with the service. 27th June 2006 MANAGING DIRECTOR: ARTS DEPUTY: CHIEF COLUMNIST: Inside this issue www.nouse.co.uk NOUSE Jonathan McCarthy Kirran Shah Rebecca Gower SUBEDITOR: FEATURES EDITOR: SCIENCE COLUMNIST: News 1-7 Grimston House (V/X/010) Jamie Merrill Nan Flory Luke Boulter Vanbrugh College Comment 8-9 University of York NEWS EDITOR: FEATURES DEPUTY: B & R EDITOR: Heslington Dan Whitehead Jo Shelley Vicky Hallam Politics 10-11 York NEWS DEPUTY: MUSIC EDITOR: B & R DEPUTY: Letters 12 YO10 5DD Heidi Blake Robin Seaton Lucy Peden POLITICS EDITORS: MUSIC DEPUTY: SPORTS EDITOR: Sport 13-16 Tel: 01904 434425 Adam Sloan Jenni Marsh Sam Cartwright Email: [email protected] Claire Yeo FILM EDITOR: SPORTS DEPUTY: Inside the SU M2-M3 POLITICS DEPUTY: Tom King Simon Lickley EDITOR: Michelle Norfolk Toby Green FILM DEPUTY: WEB EDITOR: Men and Feminism M6 COMMENT EDITORS: Dan Kipling Emma Gawen A special extended Muse, with DEPUTY EDITORS: Charlotta Salmi Road Trips M10 Ellen Carpenter Julian Hammerton LAST WORD EDITOR: STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS: 24 pages full of interviews, Kate Smith Andreas Masoura Georgi Mabee Edinburgh Fringe M12-M13 MUSE EDITOR: Toby Hall features and how to get the PRODUCTION MANAGER: Hannah Burnham LISTINGS EDITOR: J. M. Coetzee M14-M15 Lauren Carter Lauren Mendes The opinions expressed in most out of the end of the ARTS EDITORS: this publication are not Listings M24 ADVERTISING MANAGER: Heloise Wood CARTOONIST: necessarily those of the year. See pullout in centre Rob Perkins Holly Williams Chris Hallam editors,writers or advertisers NOUSE :THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENT NEWSPAPER Sponsored by 27th June 2006 Snappy Snaps News 3 Hundreds kept out of Woodstock 2006 By Daniel Whitehead NEWS EDITOR STUDENTS HAVE voiced displeasure at the University’s re-location of Woodstock 2006 as event capacity was limited by security restrictions. The annual end of term event, which is held by the Student’s Union RAG com- mittee for charity, was forced by University officials to move from the spacious green lands of Vanbrugh Bowl to Vanbrugh Paradise, as a way of expanding the licensed bar area. The move comes after the University announced a loss at last year’s event after providing free security throughout. Halifax student Thomas Fernyhough described the new system as “ridiculous” saying “Woodstock is dead, long live Woodstock”. However, the day was defended by current Services and Finance Officer, Nat- Thwaites McGowan, who stated “the University has no legal obligation to provide security…it is unfair to expect them to make a loss”.