Issue2 09.10.15 thegryphon.co.uk News p.3 Fresherleftshakenfollowing drive-by mugging Views Is it fair that theMen’s Rugby y p.3 le UnionTeamgetsall theVarsity ad ro attention? [2mcctv.com] mB [Image:Double J Sa Sport Featuresask ‘Whatdothe new In TheMiddle round up BrianEno’s p.19 Resultsand reviews from PREVENTlawsreally aim to prevent?’ John Peel lecture p.4 Wednesday’skey Varsityclashes • p.8 • OverallLeedsVarsity Score: LeedsBeckett 30.5 -27. 5UniversityofLeeds [rentautobus.com] AmberTaxiDriverin AllegedAssault safety is paramount to AmberCars, thepost andsharedsimilarsituations. Elli Pugh hence theintroduction of text back, Krystina Cole,ofLeeds,described her News Editor ringbackand thevehicle registration ownexperience withanAmber driver number beingsent”. on oneofthe post comments,saying“It Awoman hasallegedly been “You canalsotrack your vehicle wasonlyaveryshortjourney…thetaxi assaultedbyanAmber Cars driver in a when booked viathe app. This means driver made me feel so uncomfortable rowoverpayment. thecustomeralways knowswhose car andfrightened…he kept asking me for SuzanneGiblett,who livesinLeeds, they aregetting in,and that they don’t drugsand said he [was]going to stop hasclaimed that sheusedthe Amber have to wait outside aloneuntil they at ashopfor wine formeand himto Cars apptopay forher taxi journeyby know thecar is there. We transportover drinkalone in thecar which Irefused card at around 7:30pm last Friday.The 200,000 passengers everyweeksafely.” repeatedly”. taxidriver, saying that thepayment had Speaking to TheGryphon,Miss “Onthe waybackhewas very not gone through,allegedly grabbed Giblettsaidthat Amber“were very persistentatnot taking me back to my Miss Giblett’sbag andtried to pull her apologetic. LeedsCouncil…are now destinationand taking me around Leeds back. dealingwithitand [they] also called me forfree. He then locked me in thetaxi Miss Giblettsaid“he triedtodrag to sayhe’sbeensuspended andwill be untilIgavehim my phonenumber. (Fake me down thestairsand said ‘You’renot investigated”. onegiven)”. goinganywhere’. Iwas panickingand “Ifone driver is doingthings like this, Miss Cole urgedanyonewho has crying.Three people stopped to help. they will not tolerate it.SoIwould use experiencedasimilarsituationtoreport He wasjustshouting in my face and them again, but[Amber’sresponse] still theincidents.Uponreportingthe pointing at me.” doesn’tmakemeanylessnervous about incident to AmberCars, shesaid“they AmberCarshavesince suspended usingtaxis now!”. were shockedand appalled…I have had thedriverinquestionand launched a Miss Giblett shared herversion of the 4calls back todayalone forupdates formal investigation into theincident. incident in apostonFacebook, which [and]support…theyreallytakeevery In apostontheir Facebook page on hasreceived over10,000 ‘shares’.A complaintseriously”. Sunday,theysaid: “Customerand public number of people have commentedon 2 News Editorial: What happenswhen aBME minoritiesisseenasanact of racism, “It’s away of reclaiming the feminist exercisesher righttofree then surelymyrole as theUnion’s powerfrom thetraumamanyof speech?Publichumiliation, rape BMEcoordinator is also racist, us experience as queers,women, 09.10.15 threatsand an arrest.Those were InternationalWomen’sDay must be people of colour,who areonthe theconsequencesGoldsmiths’ deemedsexistand LGBT Prideisan receivingend of racism,misogyny Weather StudentUnion officer,Bahar Mustafa offence to heterosexuals. andhomophobiadaily”. Does anyone facedwhen shebrashly tweeted Spaces createdtoempower reallybelieve her tweetwas aliteral HI LO ‘#KillAllWhiteMen’ in response to the minoritiestospeak freely on provocation of violenceorthatmen Fridayy cloudy 15 8 accusationsofracismfor an event experienceswithout thefearofbeing were in real danger by it?And when “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ Saturday cloudy 13 10 “ held exclusively forBME andnon- challengedorquestionedbythose we talk about racism andincitement Sunday cloudy 12 8 binary students.Ifthere’s onething whoare immune to theiroppression to hatred,why not allude to Katie thedevelopment of Bahar’scase should be encouraged,not criticised. Hopkins’ tweets?Asacolumnist, Quote of theWeek exposed, it is thedireneedtodefend Thosewho neglecttosee the Hopkinsstandsonagreaterplatform safe-spaces, theinconsistencyin importance of what areknown as of influence than Bahardoes, yetit’s I like JeremyCorbyn. I criminalisingracismand theillusion ‘safe-spaces’are just as chauvinisticas thestudent Unionofficerwho faces like himinevery way. British politics Just got that ourright to free speech is at they claim Bahar’stweet to be.Whilst charges of ‘malicious communication’. very exciting. leisure. Idon’t agreewithher approach, If we’regoing to criminalisefree Throughout ourtimeatUniversity, whichshe tooadmittedwas speech,let it be coherent. Hollywoodactor Shia LaBeouf throwing his we areencouragedbyour Unions ‘unprofessional’, as aBME woman ‘Freedom of speech’isjusta supportbehind thenew to positively developour personal my sympathyfor Bahar’sfrustration is buzzword whichwe’re told in the Labour Partyleaderashe revealshis fondnessfor experiencesand to embraceaculture what characterizes my unequivocal West everyone is entitled to,but “British politics. of tolerancewhere students feel safe supportfor her. giventhe exampleofBahar’s arrest, toexpress theirissues. Yet, much of Despiteapetitioncalingfor Bahar’s not in equalcapacity. It is applicable theuproarsurrounding Baharprior resignationasaUnion officer,many to whiteindividuals in positionsof to hertweet wascentred on the took to Twittertodefendher amidst power, especiallybut not exclusiveto Contents restrictions on cis-gendered, white astringofmisogynisticthreats.One men. It’s this privilege whichreaffirms menattending aUnion eventwhich tweetread, ‘I #supportbaharmustafa theneedfor safe-spacestoprotect 3-7 News aimed to empowerthose directly becausesafespacesare incredibly minoritiesfrom thoseadvantagedby affected by asystemwhich privileges importantfor allminoritiesand white oursilencing. 8-10 Features theaforementioned. Many claimed it people &men shouldn’ttry to destroy wasanact of ‘reverse racism’. them’. 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Victims of the thefts were target- from other institutions, some NHS em- ed in the Café Nero area of the library, ployees and fee-paying members of the whichopened in June this year.Some public –so, to all intents and purposes, were caught out due to distraction tac- the library is apublic space. Thefts can tics used by the thief. PC Matt Guy,the and do occur within the University’sli- University’spolice-liaison officer,told braries and elsewhere on campus, and TheGryphon that, while some victims we would urge all students to take care left their phones unattended, others of their belongings and not leave them were “approached by an unknown male unattended when using the library facil- whodistracted them with a‘flyer’ held ities”. overthe table and the phone”. Thethief PC Guy has also advised students wasthen thought to have “removedthe that “the University is not astudent only phone unseen before leaving building”. area, members of the public are allowed While PC Guy commented that “all in most of the campus. Thieves will try thefts occurred in the public area of the to blend in and steal from libraries,ca- building”, there were anumber of lap- fes and other areas they can access”. top thefts reported in the inner part of “If someone is acting suspiciously the Edward Boyle library last year after then either challenge them or go and re- students left them unattended. While port them. Never just walk away, as you poor CCTV waspartially blamed, a are possibly leaving athief safe to steal university spokesperson noted “some from afellowstudent”. Drive-byMugging CamerasFound LeavesFresher Shaken on LocalATMs BeckyWard Jessica Murray News Editor