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Elli Pugh Reports of four phones being stolen in 60,000 users are registered with the News Editor the LaidlawLibrary have recently sur- University libraries –including students faced. 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

Twodrive-bymuggings took place on “He must have been going about 50mph, Tuesday6th October,leaving aLeeds Uni- my legs were bumping up and down and versity fresher with multiple injuries. Iwas screaming. Iwas just trying to keep It has been reported that aman driving my head up. ...I could see this Range Rover ablackRenualt Clio along Little Wood- coming towards me. At that point Ithought house Lane grabbed the bag of a22-year- Iwas going to die.” old woman walking along the pavement, Detective Inspector Dave McDougal, before attempting to drive off with it. How- of Leeds District Neighbourhood Crime ever,the woman managed to hold on to Team, said: “The victim that wasdragged her bag and the man drove off. down the road wasleft very badly shaken howtogeek.com Just minutes later 18-year-old Sadie by what happened and clearly the conse- Fox, afirst year media and communica- quences could have been muchworse. tions student, had her bag grabbed by the We are conducting extensive enquiries Criminalrecording andtrapping to do theirown checks”, as often driverofthe same car as she waswalking to trace the person responsible and we deviceshavebeenfound on one thecardslotofmachines with the along Victoria Terrace in Hyde Park. She would like to hear from anyone whohas ATMcashmachineinHydePark devicesoncan appear misshapen wasdragged along the ground as the car anyinformation that could assist the inves- andonthree in Headingley,. or unusual. sped off due to her hand being caught in tigation.” It hasemergedthatcriminals In addition tothis, PC Guy the strap of her bag, leaving her with cuts Talking to TheGryphon, PC Matt Guy areplacingcameras andother hashighlighted theimportance and bruises to her legs. She wasonly freed has said: “Can Istress that this is the first devicesaround cash machines in of cash machinesafetyand when the driverswerved and she collided robbery of this nature Ihaveheard of in areasincluding theOtley Road advises students to “coverthe with aparked vehicle, allowing the thief Leeds. andNorth Lane,withthe intention keypad when entering your pin, to make an escape in the direction of Belle Our Leeds community need to be aware of recordingpin numbers andthen standclose to themachinewhen VueRoad. of it and take sensible precautions but Ido trapping cardsinorder to usethem usingitandtoalways checkbank Thecar wasstolen from Dewsbury Road want this single, and at this point unique forfraud. statementsthoroughly.” in Beeston earlier that day, and the driv- crime, making anyone change the way Speaking to TheGryphon, PC If youdofind that youhave er is described as white, slim, male in his they live their lives.” Matt Guystressed that “local been avictimoffraud, remember twenties, with short, fair hair and wearing Anyone with information is asked to police andPCSO’s areconducting to contactyourbankimmediately adark jumper or coat. contact the neighbourhood crime team at patrolsofthe area lookingfor andfollow theiradvice. Fox, whomovedtoLeeds from Solihull Weetwood Police Station via 101 or al- these devices.” three weeks ago, has said: “He put his foot ternitviely conact Crimestoppers, anony- However, he urgedmembers down and the next thing Iknew Iwas be- mously,on0800 555111. of thepublicto“be vigilant and ing dragged along the ground because my hand wascaught in the strap. thegryphon.co.uk 4 News

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newslo.com commondreams.org independent.co.uk bucksherald.co.uk USA shaken by Oregon Police snipers spotted at Corbyn’s‘new’ Labour Shoppers to be charged Shooting anti-austerity march unveiled at Conference 5p per carrier bag

On the 2nd of October there wasa Thesighting of police snipers overlook- This past week has seen the begin- After Mondaythe 5th of October mass shooting at Umpqua College in ing a60,000-strong anti-austerity in Man- nings of Corbyn’sleadership, with the England will become the last part of Oregon, US, in which10people were chester last weekend has sparked public Annual Labour Party conference. the UK to begin charging for plastic killed and 7were injured. outrage. Theevent got off to adisappoint- bags and shoppers will be expected to Thegunman has been identified as Themarch,whichwas planned to co- ing start, when Labour members voted pay5pfor every bag. Chris Harper Mercer,26, whokilled incide with the first dayofthe Tory Party against adebate on Trident. Thecharge has been issued as an himself as police arrivedonthe scene. Conference, wasthe biggest march in the However,manyclaimed the confer- attempt to diminish the amount of bags Reports saythe shooter asked city’shistory. ence signalled anew erawithin the givenawaybyretailers as the yearly students to state their religion before Participants were voicing their opinions party,muchlike in 1994 when Blair was amount of plastic bags givenawayisa opening fire. against cuts to the welfare budget, NHS elected. staggering 7.6 billion. Giventhat this is the 45th school reforms and tightening of trade union pow- Party chiefs announced new goals like Thegovernment believes that the shooting in the US this year,Thursday’s ers. the renationalisation of the railways- change will help cut the use of plastic events have led to renewed efforts from Marksmen with snipers were spotted greeted with aloud cheer. carrier bags in supermarkets by 80%, BarackObama to tighten gun laws in looking down on the crowds during the Theconference also showed howCor- up to 50% on the high street and will the US. march,although Greater Manchester bynisgoing to present his opposition to also save £60 million of litter clean-up He said shootings ‘have become Police defended their action, stating: “They Mr Cameron, with clear policies oppos- costs. routine’ and called on the public to put are there purely for observation and sup- ing the establishment. pressure on their local politicians to porting the police at the march as it’sa This year’sconference has changed ZaraWood support reform. major public event politics, but whether Labour will suc- They are not there to shoot people.” ceed is another debate. Lydia McMath Jessica Murray Katie Lowes thegryphon.co.uk News 5 ‘If Hidden Café is acomfortable old sweater,Balconyisafresh pair of kicks’

TheGryphon chats to recent Leeds graduate Reuben Balkitis about his new role as manager of Balcony

Could youstart of by telling us what Balconyisall about. It’sacafé run for students by students –how is this evident in the café itself and whyisitsoimpor- tant?

Having students involved with Balconyisincredibly important. Whether it’sthrough the student staff that work in Balconyorthe societies that want to use our space for their weekly meetings, Iamalwaysopen to hearing ideas from students, because ultimately it is here for them. We also have the blackboard where we encourage customers to write feedbacksothat we can act upon these comments to form a“yousaid, we did” policy. With regards to working with students and societies, we have alreadyformed arelationship with the Coffee Society and provided them with ameeting place and adiscount on all purchases. We welcome all societies and will work with them to deliverstudent led events within the space and support them where we can. We will also be providing barista training for interested students.

Howhaveyou tailored Balconytomeet student needs and wants?

By opening Balcony, we have created additional Photo: Anna Warren employability chances for students including the new intern role of Training Catering Supervisor,whichis perfect for students whowant to have asit down cof- What are your top three tips for anysoon-to-be what Ido. Balconyalso provides another source of fee and achat with friends, Balconyoffers abespoke graduates looking to get in to managing or catering? income for Leeds University Union that then feeds high-street coffee experience for students on the go. If backinto providing services and support for students Hidden Café is acomfortable old sweater,Balconyis When Iwas in my final year,Ifelt like Iwas doing within the Union. afresh pair of kicks! something wrong because Ididn’tquite knowwhat As times change, students have become more discern- to do when Ifinished, so Ihonestly don’tfeel quali- ing coffee lovers, and providing an alternative choice What’syour favourite thing on the Balconymenu? fied to give three top tips. My one piece of advice to Hidden Café in different surroundings has been an though, for everyone, not just managing and catering, essential decision to reflect this change in behaviour. By far,myfavourite thing we make is the blueberry is try not to feel so disappointed. Don’tworry because TheBalconyopens throughout the week and at longer and cream cheese croissant. On the surface, it sounds other people have started applying or getting jobs and hours than Hidden Café, so offering an alternative like areally strange combination but it’sreally good. youaren’tsure what to do. Don’tfeel disappointed if venue is alwaysabenefit –who wouldn’twant their Americans have been eating blueberry and cream youget rejected one time, fivetimes, or even thirty early morning coffee fix? cheese bagels for years, so whynot shake it up with a times, especially if they were the places youhad your croissant instead. Plus, Ican convince myself I’m be- heart set upon. Howdid yougoabout finding out what students re- ing healthyasI’ll be eating one of my five-a-day. ally wanted from anew café on campus? Looking forward, howwould youlike to see Balcony You’ve recently graduated with adegree in Japanese. develop? We started planning Balconyabout 10 months ago What attracted youtothis managerial position and and once we had formed abasic idea we consulted howhaveyou settled in to the role? Since the initial plans, Balconyhas alwaysbeen seen our food critic club (made up of 20 student members) as astudent coffee house, and that’swhat I’dlike to give feedbackonthe ideas and make anysugges- When people see that someone’sgraduated with to see develop even further.I’d love to see students tions for change. They were able to taste the coffee alanguages degree, the vast majority assume that feeling as though Balconyispart of their daily lives, and look at the menu ideas, whichallowed their sug- they’re either going to teachorgointo translating. not only through serving them food andcoffee, but gestions and thoughts to be used in the development That’sfar from the case. Japanese has allowed me also by allowing them opportunities to become more of the final product. to develop my analytical skills and creative thinking involved with the outlet. Iwant to see Balconykeep Thelogo and brand design wasput together by stu- abilities like with anyother degree. With this being growing. When someone on campus says “shall we dent designers supported by our marketing team and Balcony’sfirst year of business, I’ve been using these go for coffee?”, Iwant the response to be “Balconyor they were also involved in the design and develop- skills non-stop. Hidden Café?”. ment of the outlet itself. Iwould saythat I’ll never settle into this role. Each dayoffers something vastly different and the moment Balconyissituated on the Mezz above the Refectory Howdoes Balconyfitintothe union? Howdoes its youfeel like you’re settling in, something knocks you and is open Monday–Friday8am –8pm. atmosphere differ from, say, Hidden Café? off your feet. But that’swhat’sfantastic. When something different or challenging comes my way, Ihave ZaraWood Hidden Café is afantastic established outlet that is the chance to work through it and really achievethe lovedbyall students at Leeds but Balconyrepresents best. something completely different. Where Hidden Café is thegryphon.co.uk 6 News

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Leeds University Union held by Education Officer Melissa asuccessful event last week to Owusu will take place during week celebrate the launchofthe annual four and follows on from the UCL BlackHistory Month whichtakes campaign. places every October. Gemma Turner,the union’sEqual- Thelaunchlasted from 9pm-2am ity &Diversity Officer,commented: and involved avariety of events and “I’m excited for this year’sBlack performances by students. History Month whichisset to be the Eachweek of this month the un- biggest and best yet. ion will focus on aparticular angle, We’ll be covering awide range of with Week One titled ‘WhyBlack issues including whyBlackHistory History Month?’ and the month Month is relevant today, intersec- ending with ‘Celebrating and Look- tionality,suchasLGBT,disability ing Ahead’. and mental health and the Prevent Awide range of events will agenda. take place throughout October I’m really pleased to have so and include aseminar by BAFTA manystudent led performances, and MOBO award-winning Hip- events and discussions planned Hop artist, AKALA, atalk entitled from African Caribbean Society, ‘Narcissus and other Pall Bearers: BlackFeminist society,BlackMinor- Morbidity as Ideology’ by Leeds ity Ethnic liberation coordinators graduate and Nobel Prize winner, and more. ” Wole Soyinka, and a‘Heritage Corner Walk’ with writer and actor JoeWilliams. Apanel discussion called ‘WhyIs My Curriculum White?’ and chaired thegryphon.co.uk WRITER, PHOTOGRAPHER, DESIGNER?

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This September,the government passed ‘the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act’: astrategy designed to ensure that teachers, professors, and academics nowhaveastatutory duty to notice and report signs of so-called ‘non-violent extremism’. But is this simply an attempt to “protect impressionable young minds” and stamp out early signs of radicalism or is it more of athinlyveiled attempt to monitor and patrol Muslim expression? TheGryphon explores the causes and effects that this potentially Orwellian strategy mayhave.

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reported –under recent revisions of the bill, people alienation of whole communities? Molly Walker-Sharp working in these institutions nowhavealegal obliga- “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ Features Editor “ tion to do so. In the wake of whole families heading to Despite being issued as auniversal clause, the strat- Syria to join ISIS and the Islamic State, the government egy has an unspoken target: the Islamic community. After watching Hunted on aThursdaynight, many argues that PREVENT could playavital role in stop- According to aFreedom of Information inquest carried have been horrified to discoverquite howeasily ping the grooming-like radicalisation process, before out by the National Police Chiefs’ Council in 2013 to watched we are as anation: between facial recogni- it reaches this stage. 2014, fifty-fivepercent of 1252 referrals were Muslim; tion software and phone-tracking systems, nothing we the remaining referrals are made do anymore is really,truly private. Cameras are every- Universities are classed by the up of followers of seven other faith where and officials can watchyour every move –that PREVENT scheme as a‘radical- and belief systems. Thequestion muchisevident. But howwould youfeel if Itold you ising location’, that is to say, an Goovernments are arises as to where lines are drawn: that we were being watched on amore personal basis? unsupervised venue in which when one young Muslim boyen- In August 2014, based upon international intelli- radicalisation can take place. expectingxpe university quired about the making of bombs gence, MI5 increased the national threat level to ‘se- According to government statis- personnel to reportort aanny during aclass on nuclear fission vere’ for the UK as awhole –indicating that aterrorist tics, thirty percent of convicted in school, he wasreferred; when attackishighly likely.The government has responded Al Qa’ida-associated terrorists suspicious or abbnoormalmal non-Muslim students asked the by pouring £140 million into the ‘Preventing Violent are known to have attended uni- behaviouur same relevant questions however, Extremism’ strategy,whichforms one strand of afour- versity and manyothers have they were not. Thesame applies to stage government policynamed CONTEST,acoun- been corrupted and recruited Mohammed Umar Farooq, acoun- ter-terrorism act designed to address both the “imme- by terrorist ideals and groups ter-terrorism student at Stafford- diate threat of attacks” and the “longer term factors throughout their academic careers. As such, govern- shire University whowas falsely accused of terrorist whichenable terrorist groups to growand flourish” ments are expecting university personnel to report any intent in March after he wasspotted reading alibrary (www.gov.co.uk). Entering its fifth year of existence, suspicious or abnormal behaviour –bethat checking book on his degree subject, entitled Terrorism Studies. abook out of the library or the questioning“typically He wasthen questioned as aterrorist, necessitating PREVENT itself is pretty self-explanatory –the idea is that it will counteract terrorism by policing students ‘British’ values –under the principle of providing a him to justify his beliefs and values; he wasleft feeling and young persons in schools, local authorities, pris- duty of care and safeguarding “impressionable, young so alienated that he felt unable to return to his course. ons, and NHS trusts. Anything suspect can and will be minds”. But does this really act as apreventative,pro- We are left to question whether the same three-month tectionist measure or does it simply lead to yetfurther long saga would have occurred had it been awhite thegryphon.co.uk Features 9

terrorist intent in March after he wasspotted reading a library book on his degree subject, entitled Terrorism Studies. He wasthen questioned as aterrorist, necessitating him to justify his beliefs and values; he was left feeling so alienated that he felt unable to return to his course. We are left to question whether the same three-month long saga would have occurred had it been awhite middle-class male seen reading the same book.

On amore global scale, people worldwide took to social media to express their outrage after fourteen-year old Ahmed Mohamed wasarrested for building a clockand bringing it into school, after it wasassumed to be abomb. Whilst this left anation in shock, many Muslim communities were less surprised, citing that it simply feeds into afabric of anti-Islamic rhetoric and sentiment, sparked by anumber of events and the way in whichthe media portrayssuchstories. Arguably,the

PREVENT scheme is only going to add fuel to afire that has alreadybeen raging for decades: further os- source: www.holyrood.com tracising awhole community of people for the actions and the mind-sets of very few. nities, the PREVENT scheme poses avery real threat to the freedom of speech. Something that has been figures signed aletter against the impending act, un-

It is important to note that very few referrals result in fiercely preserved in British institutions for genera- der concerns overthe division of communities and the

anykind of ‘success’: the Muslim Council of Britain tions, universities have astatutory duty to protect free effects on freedom of speech. However,itamounted found that as few as twenty percent of cases led to any speech. But this entirely contrasts with the new gov- to little with governments warning the NUS and oth- serious need for intervention. As it stands, the Mus- ernment policy, whichrequires speakers on campus to er oppositionists to abandon their efforts, fearing that lim Council wasable to provide David Anderson, an have been “centrally-monitored” and expression to be suchadisturbance could cause unnecessary division independent reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, with a policed. TheBill looks to establish awhole new kind overavery serious issue. Currently,our university is “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ plethoraofexamples of cases in whichthe accused “ of ‘thought-crime’, under which very muchonthe fence. were entirely innocent for his merely speaking out against tra- report on TheTerrorism Acts in ditionally ‘British’ values could As it stands, the policyseems to be quite alarge step 2014. Naturally,the very person- AAside from land youintrouble, no matter backfor ageneration that is often characterised as al nature of PREVENT can have what your intentions. This brings ‘liberal’. Under this act, thousands of children and devastating effects on aperson’s thhe potential about concerns overimplications adults alike are being stigmatised as likely extremists; confidence and happiness, leav- ddemonisationemon of whole of censorship: howcan speech the youngest referral is currently athree-year old from ing them feeling distrustful of the ever truly be free if we are terri- London. Terrorism is, without adoubt, ahuge security very people they are surrounded faith communities, fied of being condemned for our risk and ahigh-priority problem, whichneeds to be by.Infact, this can actually render ownopinions? treated as such. But when did security become syn- the measure as counterproduc- thePREVENT scheme onymous with espionage –not to mention blatant Is- tive –leading to further divisions NUS has been very vocal in its lamophobia? In atime when so manyother stigmas in society and even encouraging poses avery reala lackofsupport for the policy, la- are being overturned, whyshould this one be the one feelings of resentment from an al- threat to the freeeddoom belling it a“radicalised, Islamo- that sticks? readymarginalised group. phobic witch-hunt” and student of speech. unions across the country are also Aside from the potential demo- declaring their dissent. In April, nisation of whole faith commu-“ over280 academics and public 10 Features ‘Bigorexia’: when fitness goes too far TheGryphon explores the crippling effects that newly coined ‘Bigorexia’ disorder can have.

Charlotte Wilson

Thepressure to look good has often an age where it is impossible to ignore been seen as exclusively awomen’sis- social media, it is hardly shocking that sue. However,with the new pressure individuals can be consumed by these on men, particularly the younger gen- feelings of inadequacy. This new “fit- eration, to be more muscular,there has ness mania” is ever more present in the been asubstantial rise in the use of ster- free weight section of anygym where oids, extreme diets and weight lifting. men compete against one another to lift This new obsession with being bigger the heaviest weights, pushing one an- is causing muscular dysmorphia, also other to increase their “one rep max” termed as ‘bigorexia’, and has aserious -the biggest weight they can lift for just impact on people’smental and physical one rep. health. Alongside the rigorous gym routine, In arecent feature by the BBC, individuals affected by bigorexia often Yasser Raja, an amateur bodybuilder, become consumed by their calorie in- talked about his desire to be “as big as take. Dwayne Johnson, wrestler turned the Hulk if he could”. Never being con- actor also known as “the Rock”, has tent with the size he was, he is willing recently published his diet, whichcon-

to go to extreme levels to achievehis sists of approximately 5,165 calories

bodygoals. Yasser then admitted that overseven meals. Thedetailed meal no matter howbig he washedoesn’t routine, known as his “Hercules” diet, think he would ever be happy. He, like is just one example of howthis culture manyothers around the world, suffers has been accepted as dedication and from the disorder,whichseems to have motivation rather than as dangerous

been legitimised with famous figures obsession. Thediet, consisting of 36oz

publishing their extreme diet plans and of cod and 12 eggs per day, wastried workouts. by an ordinary gym goer,Sean Evans, Thedocumentary showed just how awriter for the magazine “Complex”. extreme some individuals would go and Evans, after ashort period on the diet, the surprisingly large impact the disor- gave up on the challenge. He said that, “ “ “ “ “ “ der has. One in ten gym-going men are as aresult of consuming seven large“ Images: Dwayne Johnson nowsaid to have bigorexia; this anxiety meals aday,hegot to the stage where disorder can make men, often of huge he was“constantly dreading food”. He stature, believethey are not big enough did however finish his article by writ- heart attacks. Theso-called positivesof same waythat we do with those with and leads to taking their obsession with ing that he had a“newfound respect for steroids for bodybuilders has meant that other extreme bodyissues suchasano- bulking to dangerous levels. In asimi- Johnson” rather than acknowledging even with these risks, manystill inject rexia or obesity.Nevertheless this is a lar waytoanorexia, the disorder has on afrequent basis and have become serious consequence of the new “gym resulted in individuals being consumed addicted to the drug. culture” and the pressure on young by the desire to change their bodyand UUnless bigorexia Bigorexia has far surpassed just be- men particularly to look acertain way. in some cases young men have been ing adesire to be fit and muscular,and If women are being liberated from body hospitalised or have even lost their life iiss recognisedr as a often those affected by it refuse to ac- image expectations then so should due to the dangers that come hand in dangerous disorder, cept it as aproblem. But it is under- men. Unless bigorexia is recognised hand with bigorexia. One young man standable when powerful men suchas as adangerous disorder,men will keep became so consumed by the desire to men will keep putting Dwayne Johnson, Arnold Schwarzeneg- putting themselves in serious physical gain and his feelings of inadequacythat themselves in serious ger and JayCutler are idolised and used and mental danger. his use of steroids caused twoseparate as motivation for young men in the gym heart attacks and eventually resulted in physical and mentalmen al environment. Rarely do we see these his untimely death. danger. men and think they are unhealthyinthe One of the biggest concerns around the disorder is the lackofinformation. Rather than being seen as an illness like anorexia, obesity and other body-relat- the unsettling effects it had on his own ed health problems, the desire to gain physical and mental state. muscle density is often admired and Thedanger extends beyond just the seen as asign of ahealthy, motivated “over-consumption of protein and heavy individual. Social media has contrib- lifting; the use of anabolic steroids to uted massively to this and to the pres- increase muscle levels can cause health sure on the younger generation to look problems that can often become irre- aparticular way. Thenew fitness craze versible. According to the NHS, side sweeping the globe has meant that Twit- effects have included reduced sperm ter and Instagram are nowabreeding count, shrinkage of testicles and even ground for fitness obsessions. With just heart and liverproblems. Steroids have afew clicks it is possible to find abody- caused those taking them to be submit- building page, aprotein advertiser and ted to hospital on countless occasions even profiles dedicated to steroids. In due to high blood pressure and risk of [steroidal.com] thegryphon.co.uk

12 Society In The Spotlight: Jazz &Blues Society

This week, TheGryphon interviews, Hamish, a2nd year Photographystudent at the Leeds College of Art, whoissecretary of LUU’sJazz &Blues Society.

TheJazz &Blues society is acasual musical society that caters to individuals whoeither love playing jazz music, listening to jazz music or basically anything jazz and blues related.

When and whydid youjoin the Jazz society? What distinguishes this society from all the other If youhad to change instruments, what instrument I’ve playedjazz saxophone since the age of 13, and as musical societies? would youchoose to learn? soon as Icame to university Iknew Iwanted to keep We don’thaveauditions and we’re very chilled Iwish Icould sing more. Ionly ever do karaoke and I playing it, to meet new people, explore new styles and out. Youdon’thavetocome regularly or have any enjoyit, but Idon’tknowifI’m anygood. Your voice is improve my skills. experience. Thecrazy thing about Jazz Society is the most natural sound: if youhaveanamazing voice, that it alwayssounds good: we alwaysseem to pull that’sthe most natural instrument because it’scoming What instrument do youplay? it off, even if we’re limited in numbers or experience. from you. Istarted playing the alto saxophone at the age of 13. What distinguishes us from the other band societies is Thesax has got an amazing sound, almost like avoice, that we playadifferent range of tunes, ranging from If your society ever got caught by the police, what and youcan control it to make it sound different. The AmyWinehouse to Stevie Wonder.Wealso go out to would it be for? sax is the only instrument I’ve found where Ifeel like jazz bars and listen to music together,especially at Probably playing too loudly,because we do that often my voice is heard. It’sasifyou’re in touchwith your- LS6 Café and Hifi. Every month we do jam sessions, and it probably annoys alot of our neighbours! self -you flowwith your sax and speak for it. where we’ll playand get people to come on stage and improvise. If you’re not interested in the big band, you Who would yourecommend joining the Jazz society Who is your favourite jazz musician and why? can come to these sessions and just jam. to? Ihavetosay Soweto Kinch, whoisarapper but also If youplayaninstrument or are interested in listening an alto sax player. Ilike alot of the old greats like Do youhaveanything special planned for this year? to jazz, blues, funk and 60’smusic, we’re probably John Coltrane and Miles Davis, but Soweto Kinchhas We’regoing to go to alot more gigs this year.Also, the right place for you. Our society is not just about this presence, and when youlisten to him you’re like, following our director change Iexpect to see adif- big band, it’ssplit between playing and listening. We “Where did this come from?!” He overlaps the sax ferent style being brought to the society through new want more people to bring new ideas and sounds to playing and it’sreally fast, catchy and modern. Alot songs and techniques. At the moment we’re trying to the group. In afew words, we’re areally social, re- of jazz artists can sound the same, but when you’ve organise athree-house Otley run. Instead of the regu- laxed, very musical and creative group whoall love found one that doesn’t-that’swhen you’ve found gold. lar Otley Run, we’ll go to houses with themes of music eachother.Wegoout alot, playalot of music and at eachhouse, and we’ll get people to dress jazzily. have areally diverse group of people.

Elsa Amri Take aJourney BackinTimewith Folk Society, One of the Oldest Music Societies on Campus…

Held this Mondayatthe Packhorse pub, Folk Society’s Nights, held every Mondayevening downstairs at the GIAGOpen Mic Night wasawonderful glimpse into a Packhorse Pub from 8.30pm, offer anyfolk artists the world of soft lighting, pints with friends and live music chance to perform and develop their talents, as well as with arichhistory.The society members themselves giving lovers of folk the chance to get together,havea were all extremely welcoming and friendly with a drink and listen to some great music. clear passion for folk music and the waythat it brings people together in an informal, supportive environ- Other than Open Mic Nights, the Folk Society puts ment. on lots of different events across the year including ceilidhs, gigs, workshops and even trips to festivals! Atrio of committee members opened the evening with These are open to absolutely everyone, so fear not if aclassic Yorkshire tune -sung entirely acapella, and youare new to the folk scene. Music is agreat wayto from then on the mic opened up to arange of other bring people together and this is what the Folk Soci- great performances. Also, somewhat characteristical- ety wants to do -toallowperformers, enthusiasts and ly of folk music, the group harmonies and wry lyrics newcomers to get together and share their experiences were aplenty,creating afun, laid backatmosphere. and stories. Anyand all instruments were welcome, with harps, acoustic guitars and concertinas all making appear- Membership is only £3 and it givesyou discounts on ances throughout the evening. Anytype of folk was entry to gigs, special entry to workshops, adiscount welcome as well, whether it wascovers of current on the annual festivaltrip and guarantees youthe op- songs givenafolk twist or traditional songs dating back portunity to playatany gig or Open Mic Night. You several centuries. can get more information through the society’sface- book page, or youcan join via the Leeds University Thesociety,like the music, also has awell-established Union website. heritage. It wasfounded by aLeeds student during the late 1970s and has never looked back. Open Mic Natalie Cherry thegryphon.co.uk In TheMiddle Issue2 09.10.15

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4 12-13 Get thelow down on BrianEno’s fantastic Checkout West YorkshirePlayhouse’s newJohnPeelLecture. Richard III andanexhibitionofChinese watercolours at the Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery.

7 17 In light of Ryan Adams releasingacover Calling everyone wholikes freefood: albumofTaylorSwift’s1989, we look at Belgrave aregiving away free burgersand whythe guitar-slinging male musician pizzafor allofOctober.You’rewelcome. is oftenlaudedmorethanthe female original.

8-9 18 We review thebrand new Headrow We review Neverending Nightmares,a Houseand ‘DowntownBoogie’atJustA horror game designed to replicatefeelings Little,along withour usualWeeklyChart. of anxiety andfear, avaluableinsight into thefeelingsassociatedwithmentalillness. 10 21 Have youheard of Rick Owens? If not, HannahLewis encourages youtoget getyourselfclued up;he’sone of themost involvedwithWorld Mental Health Day, controversialand non-conformistdesigner andAmeliaDunton talksusthrough the workinginfashion today. phrase of 2015;‘Netflix andChill’.

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Artis... BedKnobs andBoobJobs: BrianEno delivers theBBC MusicJohn Peel Lecture

Thelate John Peel spent the majority of his sounds. His unorthodox methods made him a from science and technology,they are presented life tirelessly seeking out new musical talent and highly influential and desirable figure in British as frivolous and unnecessary.However,Eno‘s own presenting it to the eager ears of the British public. pop culture. Following his years in Roxy Music, experimentations with evolving technology in Thecelebrated radio DJ is widely remembered for Eno went on to produce albums for TheTalking music production should be evidence in itself that his great musical mind, and awe-inspiring record Heads and David Bowie, amongst others. the arts are far more fluid that Morgan‘s approach archive. Last Sunday, BBC Music paid tribute to would suggest. this legacywith the fifth annual Peel Amidst the rapid changes of the Lecture, held at the British Library.This modern world, Eno argued that the year the talk wasdelivered by one of “New ideas are articulated by synchronising ability of the creative arts Peel’sown discoveries, and pioneer is invaluable. ‘Weneed ways of keeping of ambient music, Brian Eno. Eno individuals, but generated by in synch, of remaining coherent. And I spoke of the uniting social force of the think that this is what culture is doing creative arts in our ‘ecology of culture’. communities” for us’. Listening to Eno’sspeech, you What we can learn is that whilst art is begin to notice that realisations of not necessary for survival, this does not make it Working with the painter Peter Schmidt in 1975, Eno’svision of scenius are on our doorstep. Take unnecessary. the pair produced aset of flash cards, intended Leeds Music Hub in Woodhouse, for example –a to inspire fresh approaches to their art. One card perfect example of people using aspace to unite a Despite being arevered and respected figure, read ‘honour thyerror as ahidden intention’. community through music. Eno’ssoft and unassuming delivery wasrefreshingly Forty years on this message still rings true. Eno’s meandering. His words led the audience through a Peel Lecture promoted experimentation and At one point, Eno recalled apersonal experiment medley of musings on the creative process, fluidly openness when thinking about the function of he carried out in whichheasked twenty scientists interwovenwith personal anecdotes and snippets art. Drawing upon personal experiences in the what the purpose of science was. He receiveda of social commentary.After highlighting the fields of music production and the visual arts, he set of results that were generally in agreement with ambiguity of the term ‘art’, Eno went on to shape argued that recognising creativity in all acts and one another.Eno then did the same with art, and his ideas around his ownpersonal definition of the people develops adeeper understanding of how receivedamyriad of responses. This year’sPeel word: ‘art is everything that youdon’thavetodo’. communities unite and thrive.Aword Eno coined Lecture has likely had asimilar effect. Thespirit of To this end he attributes artistic value to even the to describe the talent of awhole group, as opposed the ambient genre, where atmosphere overwhelms most mundane of everydayembellishments, from to the genius of an individual, is ‘scenius’. ‘New traditional structure, livesinEno’swords. Listening painting your nails to making aBaked Alaska. ideas are articulated by individuals’, Eno recalls to him speak, there are anumber of different At one point, he likened dancing routines to a pondering one walk home, ‘but generated by messages and quotes to be lifted out and mulled couple of old ladies on abus discussing the latest communities’. It‘s quite the profound thought to over. However,ashemovesseamlessly from the development in their favourite soap. Both, he said, have on your daily commute. political to the playful and abstract, imagination are an attempt to synchronise. helps to synchronise the nonmusician’sideas. Beneath playful ponderings on the artistic value Eno’swords are important at atime when the arts, Throughout his career,Eno has synchronised and of bed knobs and boob jobs, however,there wasa and public services, are under threat, and the need fused his creative interests. As aself proclaimed, sense of urgencyinEno‘s message.TheRoxy Music to recognise and appreciate scenius is more urgent ‘nonmusician’, Eno’stalents stem from arefusal star reminded the audience of the invaluable role than ever. to tie himself to one specific artistic practice. public services playinencouraging the arts in He represents an inclusive approachtothe arts, local communities. He also criticised education The2015 Peel Lecture is available to listen to on where training is secondary to imagination. secretary Nicky Morgan‘s recent drive encouraging BBC iPlayerRadio Despite attending Winchester School of Art, Eno students to opt only for STEM subjects -Science, never intended to become avisual artist. After Technology,Engineering and Mathematics. The [NancyHughes] graduating in 1969, he began experimenting with implication of the acronym STEM, he pointed out, tape recorders and synthesizers to manipulate is that the arts are aluxury.Byisolating the arts 5

Music Complete by NewOrder

Back withtheir tenth studio album, theirfirstsince aslightreluctance tofully immersethemselvesbackinto 2005’s WaitingFor Siren’stoCall, dance royaltyNew dance music, itsindie-pop tones jarringslightly with the Order arebackwithanalbum that sees areturntotheir rest of thealbum.Astand out track from this albumissingle classic electronic popstyle.Music Complete seesthe ‘Plastic’, which provestobethe mostenthuseddance track groupalteredfrom itsbeginnings as founding bassist they have createdinaverylongtime. Theseven minute Peter Hook left thebandin2008. This meant adebut for trackutilisessynth andelectronicmastery,mixed in witha BadLieutenantbassist,Tom Chapman,and sawareturn typicallyNew Order bassline even without Hook there to of Gillian Gilbert, followingaten-yearhiatusfrom the provideit. group. Despitethese changes, thelegendary Manchester The albumseesthe pioneers of 80’s dance return to band have been able to conjureupanalbum that is very what they’regood at;makingdance music. Thedeparture much reminiscentoftheir previous synthpop sound. of Hook hasallowed them to free up theircreativityand The general soundofMusic Complete represents inspired an albumthat is themost varied albumthey’ve theexcellence of New Orderand hasaconsistently madeinyears.Following hisdeparture therewere claims upbeat dance tonethroughout,the only exceptionbeing that New Order wouldbewashedup; this albumhas proven ‘Stray Dog’which involvesIggyPop groaningapoem otherwise. Despitebeing 30 yearsin, MusicComplete still overatenaciousbeat. Iggy isn’tthe only collaboration hasthe freshness andvibrancyofclassic New Order. on this album, withLaRoux’sEllyJackson providing vocals on theeuphoric ‘Tutti Frutti’and there’s even an [NathanDale] appearance from BrandonFlowers in themelancholic ballad ‘Superheated’.‘Restless’shows what mightbe

RubbyPeaches

On first listen,Rub is afrighteningmixtureof saturate radio play whilst Peachesisdeemedtoo explicit confidentelectronicbeats andaggressivelysexuallyrics; formassmedia.She refuses to dressher lyrics up in catchy unashamedly attentionseeking,the albumboaststracks melodiesinstead usingaminimalrange of electronic titled ‘Vaginoplasty’, ‘Dumb Fuck’and ‘Howyou like my sounds to placeabsoluteemphasisonthe messageofeach Cut’ to name afew. song.Onone hand it’s admirable that Peachesrefusedto It is clearthat Peaches uses Rubtoexplore avariety dilute Rubfor thesakeofmainstreamconsumption, butit’s of relevant issues,suchasgender andsexualpolitics. also ashame that her gritty analysis of socialboundaries is ‘Dickinthe Air’ is an anti-misogynisticrant againstthe reserved foraselectaudience. persistentobjectificationofwomen. ‘I Mean Something’ Rubisverysimilartoher previous albumsthematically, holdssomeofthe mostpoignantlyricsonthe album: yetthe audience is very different. We aremuchmoreopen “Nomatterhow old, howyoung,how sick |Imean to transgressivemusic than we were sixyears ago, when something”;adirectrejection of ageism.The centrepiece IFeelCreamwas released;however,Peaches’insistence of thealbum,‘Free DrinkTicket’, is araw,scathingattack on beingcontroversialpreventsher from usingher music on an ex-lover, andatotal departurefrom thetongue-in- to incite thethoughtful,widespreaddiscussionthat sheso cheektoneofevery other track. Thetwofold drop in the clearlycraves. toneofher voicecreates an unsettlingly realportrayal of post breakupemotion; showinglisteners that humouris [Chloe Smith] notinfactthe sole purpose of Rub. In reality herlyricsare not that outrageousbytoday’s standards; yetthe likesofMileyCyrus andNicki Minaj

EveryOpenEye by Chvrches

Building on thesuccess of theirfirstrelease The Bones of electro-popbestand salutesthe importance of thesharp, What YouBelieve, Chvrches’secondalbum Every Open bright colour that cansooften characterisethe bandwith Eyeseesthe Scottish synthpop band engage in sonic Mayberryendingwiththe refrainof“shaped by theclearest consolidationastheylooktofurther definethemselvesas blue”. thepacesetterinthe electro-popscene. Theunessential addition of Martin Doherty’svocalson Like contemporaries BeachHouse,ChvrchesinthisLP “HighEnough To CarryYou Over”unfortunatelystifles have recognisedthe authenticity andinimitability of their themomentumofEvery Open Eyeand feelsmore like an sound, LauraMayberry’shigh, cleanvoice overapulsing awkwardstatement from thebandthat they area“band” electro-popbeatisacombinationthat hasdrawn huge andnot just LauraMayberryplusband. crowds in theirexhaustivetouring schedule overthe last That aside, andwiththe secondhalfofthe album couple of years. suported by theexcellent “Empty Threat”,Every Open Eye With 80’s synthriffs andready-madefestivalhooks, complimentsThe BonesofWhat YouBelieve andaffirms Chvrches pick up wheretheyleftoff in thefirstfour Chvrches’billing as festival favouriteand themostoriginal tracks of EveryOpenEye.‘Keep YouOnMySide’ is the act to come outofScotlandsince Boards of Canada. strongest,withawhirring, relentless synthand averse, pre-chorus andchorus allcompetingtobethe most [Joe Perera] memorable element of thesong. The energy builtinthe first fewradio-friendly tracks peakswiththe frenetic‘Clearest Blue’,analbum highlight that bubbles itsway into an explosionofsynth and hook-filled sound. ThesongisChvrchesattheir feverish, 6

CaracelbyDisclosure

Afterthe phenomenalsuccessofdebut albumSettle, overwhelmshardlymovesyou,and whilst theguest artists Disclosure facedthe task of justifying theirpositionasone give admirableperformances- most notably theunerringSam of themost high profile duos of thehouse genre. With Smith- they areconstantlyrestrainedbythe lifeless material Caraceltheyhavealiving,breathingentitycapableof provided,epitomisedbythe sleepinducing‘Nocturnal’. taking theworld by storm, butthe result represents more of Featured artist The Weeknd’s vocals areunapologetically asophomoreslump than asuperlative success. simple andunadventurous,whilstthe disinterestedlyrics Aftertwo yearsofanticipation, Disclosurehaveneither have little hook. reinventedthemselvesnor expanded on thequirky,hypnotic Andit’sthe same sadstory throughout thealbum.What floor fillers that first propelledthemtopopularity. Instead, should be apilgrimageoflaidbackbodybending anthems Caracelfesters into adrabendorsement of colourless and feelsflat.Caracel lacksthe freshnessofits predecessor, so displaceddance popsodifficulttoengage with it leaves it’s annoying that tracks utilising morecompellingchord youisolatedand uninspired.Likeits titlewould suggest, progressions andmelodies- forinstance ‘Willing &Able’- thealbum snarls like awildanimalbehindanimpenetrable areoutnumberedbyshoddilyconstructedsongs that feature cage;untamed,unapproachableand uninviting, Caracel morepopular artists. failstograbyou andliveuptoits considerable potential. Consequently, asoundtrackfalling well below its Typically trance inducingbeats arereplacedbyasludge ambitionswill leaveCaracel buried under theweightofits of monotonousloops that plod bereft of anyimaginative ownexpectations. spark.The signatureDisclosuresynth soundthat usually [RobertCairns]

Foam Island by Darkstar

Electronic duoDarkstarhavehad afairlyquiet couple of looking to deliver. ‘Through theMotions’ is oneofthe more yearspreceding therelease of FoamIslandand thealbum poppyand upbeat songsonthe album, whichprovidesa markstheir move into newterritory;intheir ownwords, welcomediversity to thesound on Foam Island.The pan Foam Island is “somethingsomuchbiggerthanjustanLP”. flute throughout ‘Javan’s Call’createsasombre feel to the Theminds behind Darkstar,Aiden Whalleyand James song and‘Tilly’sTheme’establishes an equallydarkmood Young, were inspired to conduct interviews withyoung through theuse of strings. Againhighlightingthe diversity people in Huddersfield priortothe recordingofthe of thesound on this album, ‘DaysBurnBlue’ hasalmostan album, in order to both captureand throwlight upon the Arabianfeeltoitwithits upbeat andcolourfulvibe. experiencesofthose growing up in theNorth.The result Foam Island is an ambitiouscollectionofsongs,which is aboldand compelling collection of songswhich are wantstodomore than just entertain. It wantstoprovide a fuelledbythe hopes, dreams andworriesofyoung people soundtrack to an importantmessage aboutthe experiences today. Aiden’shauntingvocalsprovide an apt backdrop for of thosewho wouldnot normallyhaveaplatformtoshare telling these youngpeople’sstories,entwinedthroughout theirthoughts;anadmirable endeavouronthe part of thealbum withaudio of theinterviewsthemselves. Darkstar. Thesoothingbeatof‘Cuts’contrasts againstthe monotone voice deliveringfiguresabout differentgovernment cuts; [Emily Clarkson] themusic formsabackdropand spacefor thelistener to both comprehendand appreciate theideas that thesongis

Silenceinthe Snow by Trivium

Of allofthe bands knocking about in Metalthese days, particular,leadguitarist Corey Beaulieu hasspokenabout Triviumare perhaps theone band withthe most to live up theinfluence of Iron Maiden on thealbum.Nowhereisthis to;their 2005 breakthrough album, “Ascendancy”, helped influence moreevident than in Matt Heafy’snew vocals. to forgethe soundofMetalcore andwould become a Whilst he stillmay not be thebestclean vocalist in Metal, template formanybands to follow.Since then,the band theworkthathehas putinoverthe last year hasseenvocal have gone through anumberofphases,never really looking range improve leapsand bounds.Thisnew range allows him back,alwayspressingforward into newterritory.However, to belt out thesoaring choruses on singles“Untilthe World eachrelease alongthe wayhas been heldupagainst that Goes Cold”and titletrack “Silence in theSnow”. initial successand,more often than not,has been panned as With songsbeing constructedtofitaround thenew thebandbeing unable to follow up on theirinitial promise. centrepiece, theinstrumentalparts take abackseat; in As with previousalbums, this releasetakes anotherstep particular, theabsence of theHeafy-Beaulieuduelling guitars into theunknown,and be warned Metalfans, thereare is noticeable.However,let us not jump to conclusionsand (almost) no harshvocals. Before youall go runningthough, call them an oldbandgoing soft Metallica-style–givethem letmemakethisclear –thisisnot aBringMethe Horizon- achance,and youmay findthat youlikewhat Trivium are style“Let’sProduce aPop Album!”. This is still Trivium. maturing into. However, where previous heavier releaseshavedrawn on theband’sDeath Metalinfluences, this albumhas been [Kieran Suchak] more inspired by theClassical Metalsideoftheir roots–in Swift or Adams?

Ryan Adams’ coveralbum of Taylor and playedthem oversome acoustic makes it obvious that Adams is genuinely Swift’s1989 has been out afew days guitar.Swift’salbum wasalreadyamas- experimenting too, rather than just now, and Adams is just getting around to terpiece, but youmay argue, if youwill, capitalising on Swift’spopularity.He’s all those slots on all those chat shows to that has made it an observable mournful making areal project of it. support its release, standing up there in masterpiece. But at its core, it’sstill an his denim jacket -seriously,does he not album documenting Swift’srealisation Personally,myfavourite song off Adams’ have other clothes? -being the serious that life maynot turn out howshe exactly album is ‘All YouHad To Do WasStay’. I indie rock’n’roll guy figure that we all pictured it, and that she can not rely on appreciate the jangly guitar,and the way knowhim to be. It is perhaps because others for her happiness anymore; this he has taken the peppychorus on Swift’s of his reputation as ‘serious indie rocker’ underlying theme throughout the album song and made it into abig vocal perfor- that Adams’ coveralbum is garnering is alwaysgoing to be leave abitter under- mance instead. ‘Style’ is transformed into attention and reviews from sources that tone to the songs. arocking, riffed up growl in places, and would, let’sface it, not give Swift’soriginal ‘Bad Blood’ is softened into amorose tale pop album the time of day, despite its Let’snot pretend that this trend in of betrayal rather than an amped up battle overwhelming commercial success. In honouring amale, guitar slinging cry trying to disguise Swift’svulnerability. fact, Adams’ performance promoting musician for acoverofapiece of work by, ‘HowYou Get TheGirl’ sounds positively 1989 on Trevor Noah’sThe Daily Show, typically,afemale pop artist is something haunted with Adams’ voice and the echo will be its first ever musical performance. new.Onasmaller scale, youonly have he’sadded behind Swift’swords. There’s Imean, they’re not even his songs. to look at the comment section on any mellowness, awhiskywarmth comfort Radio 1LiveLounge that fits this bill - to Adams’ album that wasnever going Publications like ‘The New Yorker’ and Hozier’s‘Problem’, Ben Howards’ ‘Call to be there in the original. It’sdifferent – ‘Pitchfork’ especially have graciously set Me Maybe’ -tofind people clamouring that’sall. Swift’salbum is glittering tour aside the space for areview of 1989, that it is ‘better than the original’ or ‘what de force of pop music, meticulously put whereas they have resolutely refused to real music sounds like’. together and perfectly arranged to create coverany of Swift’sown albums, through one of the most powerful albums of the abid to keep up their ‘alternative’or‘re- However,the point Iamdefinitely past few years. Nothing is ever going to spectable’ image. This is despite the fact not trying to make here is that Adams’ be able to touchthis. that music critics, even some of Pitchfork’s collection of songs is untalented or an own, have voiced their support for Swift’s attempt to rip off Swift. It’svery clear Theproblem is not in Adams at all. music time and time again, even polling that Adams has alot of admiration for There is something new and interesting to 1989 in their top 50 of best albums of the original, considers Swift atalented be found in all of hiscovers, something 2014, in at number 31. It just didn’tactu- songwriter,and simply wanted to add that lends his album to being well worth ally ever get reviewed on its own. his owninterpretation to her songs. In alisten. Theproblem resides in people’s fact, he wasn’tevengoing to release reception of Adams’ album overSwift’s. Meanwhile, critics are rushing to claim the album until Swift persuaded him We need to focus on embracing pop and that Adams’ version of Swift’ssongs give otherwise, and she has, rather sagely, female artists for what they are. There is them greater meaning because of their been very vocal in her support. The nothing wrong with appreciating every more obviously heart-breaking, or more twoartists have more common ground artist for what they have to offer. overtly emotional sound. But Adams has than you’dthink, what with their public not changed the lyrics -ifyou’re able relationships and breakups -Adams Adams’ album has one advantage, how- to listen past the sunnysynths in Swift’s recently divorced MandyMoore -and ever –itis, conveniently,onSpotify. songs, the heartbreak and disquiet is still Adams does find emotion in Swift’ssongs, very clear.The sadness is not however, that’sfor sure. He has at least made each [Heather Nash] more real in Adams’ version than Swift’s– song slightly different in style, which just because he’sslowed down the songs makes for an engaging interpretation, and 8

HeadrowHouse

As we queuedinthe late afternoonsun front, entangledinheliumballoons (perhaps the outside HeadrowHouse therewas agentlehum continuousfreepairs of free beer gogglescame of excitement forthis, theopeningparty,for a withagood dose of confidence)but readyand brandnew venue: theultimateculminationof waitingfor themostcurrent musicians on the art, music, beer andclass.Tuckedawayoff the scene to take to thestage.Firstly,Ghost Culture: main Headrow -downbeyond Crash; opposite withastyle somewhere between an 80shouse Sports Direct -the conspicuousmonochromesign wifeand modernjazzdance instructor,James invitesyou through asmall courtyardand into a Greenwoodisthe newest andbestmusicianon mysterious warehouse complex. Acomplementary theelectronicscene.Totally underrated, hisdebut beer easedthe wait andonce at thedoorwe albumemerged in January, andstill continues were welcomed withafruitycocktail. Inevitable to bafflemeinits beauty.SimilaritiestoDaniel attention to detail, styleand mood-lighting set Avery(both aresignedtoPhantasySound)but thescene forwhat will only become thehippest more vocals andvariability make himstand above venueintown: afine vinylsound trackcourtesy therest. Second up wasEastIndia Youthwho is of variousDJs,taste buds satisfied by more slightly moreestablished,but equallyastalented. complimentaryPilsner andanoptical feastasyou Twoalbumsintwo yearsand only 24 yearsold, scan therugged‘Beer Hall’and flyerspromoting William Doyleperformsladen withsynthesisers, theadmirable list of upcomingeventsaspartof guitars, laptops anddance moves. BeaconsMetro.Initiated by themasterminds behindBelgraveMusic Hall, they’vecreatedtheir This openingparty seemedtobethe perfect biggestrival.Although not fullyfinished –the tell- combinationofintroducingustoafoundationof tale stench of paint, thesubtle boxofdoorhandles exciting ideas. Onegirlwas overheard describing in thetoilets andafew well positioned black herfreebeerassmelling like feet,but despitethis, drapes –thiswill be quitethe venue. Headrow House hasset thestandards high in creating an intriguingnew venuewiththe prospect There wasanimmediate senseofeffortlessness of many incredible nightstocome. If Belgrave is on entering theBeerHallasswarmsofpeople your tatty, loveable teddybear, Headrow House is sataround alpine styletablesorqueuedtobuy your brandnew iPhone. onefrom achoiceofseventy beersfrom around theworld -atverystudent unfriendly prices perhapsanattempt to creamoff theriffraff? After sittingnexttosomeprettypunchyair conditioning [Flora Tiley&MaryPattisson] fortoo long we decidedtoget theblood moving to ourtoesand went foranosey upstairs. There wasaslightly chaoticnatureaswepassed austere looking roomsstill filledwithbuildersblasting Radiohead: as bare brick walls, dimlylit corridors andhalf-finishedrooms createdanauthentic atmosphere,itstarted to feel less like an opening partybut more like ateaserofwhatwas to come.However,the roof topterracewas catching theend of theeveningsun andbecamethe perfect placetoenjoy acouple more complementary drinks.Wewere once againtantalised by the construction of another terraceabove us,yet no oneseemedconcernedabout itsbeing unfinished butinstead were intriguedbythe potential. Within an hourthe building wasfullofpeopleenjoying free chipsand buzzingwithanticipationwithlive musicfrom East IndiaYouthand Ghost Culture on thebill.Inthe coming months,these will be joinedbythe likesofEverythingEverything, LA Priest,Darkstarand Daniel Avery.

As thesun set, we made ourway downstairs to be greetedbythe finished, functioningEvent Space, which provedtobeanidealspace for thenight ahead. With spacetodance andwell thought out layout,clockingsmoking area access, barand toiletsthe venueleant itself easily to itsintendeduse.The crowdbustled righttothe Review Image: Just ALittle/Facebook Just ALittle Weekly Chart

With Disco making apopular come backoverthe last year,it seemed only fitting for Just aLittle to host ‘Downtown Boogie’, a Don Armando -Deputy Of Love night filled with disco balls and flares to get the SaturdayNight Feverrising. Regularly playedbyDerrickCarter,this disco classic keeps getting better and better throughout. Don Armando, aspin off of Canal Mills wasadorned with decorations, balloons and all Dr.Buzzard‘s Original Savannah Band with vocals by Fonda things NYC Disco. Thestage homed silhouettes of people finger Rae, have created asong with great energy suitable for manya pointing and wiggling to set the scene. dance floor.

PAYFONE got things off to astart with funkybass lines futuristic synth grooves. TheLondon based DJ outfit warmed up the crowd and got the disco groove started. Next on the bill wasthe four- Shalamar -Right In TheSocket piece DJ collaboration Horse Meat Disco. They upped the tempo with PopWelcome’s‘Call me in America’, mixed with four-to- This popular Shalamar hit from the album Big Fun is an absolu- the-floor house beats, that bought an up to date version of the 80s te sensation. Adriving bassline powers this epic number from disco tune. 1979.

Thesecond room welcomed Milkman Delivers DJs Mzungo and Ed Kellard. Celebrating their first birthdaythis month, the Milk- man organisers have upped their game, with the DJs playing cool minimal house from within agiant milk bottle. They delivered a Ian Pooley -900 Degrees (Cool Down Mix) more house-focused set for those that wanted abreak from the wiggling in the main room. Ifirst heard this song when it wasplayedbyOmar Satthe Faver- sham. Uplifting melodies alongside agroovy bassline created by Suave and sophisticated disco-house pioneer Dimitri from Paris one of the undoubtable masters of dance music. headlined the night, and having been DJing, producing and hosting radio shows since before us students were born, he definitely knew what he wasdoing. There were plenty of percussive instru- mental breaks, with cross rhythms on dinging cowbells. Spacey laser shooting synth samples soared overdisco classics that got Agaric -ICan’tGet YouOff My Mind (Axel Boman remix) everyone singing. Particular highlights were Daft Punk’s‘One More Time’, followed by ‘Relight My Fire’ and Whitney’s‘I’m Axel Boman production prowess really shines through this as Every Woman’. he remixes Swedish techno producer,Agaric. Theuse of disco samples in-between warm evolving beats makes for an excellent Thetheme of the night wasdone really well: the music and result. decorations showed areal attention to detail on Just ALittle’sbe- half, that lead to asuccessful night of boogying all round. It was also refreshing to see afull blown disco night completely sell out –house has fizzled out quicker than youcan sayHot Since 82. Mood II Swing -DoItYour Way

Just like every other Mood II Swing song, Do It Your Wayputs its emphasis on the groove.This release from the late 90s will [Hannah Ng] forever be ahouse classic.

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took aslightly different look at the human body. Inspired by all things naval, he even Mr Controversial included portholes in his designs, placed controversially to expose models genitals. In the week that sawwomen wearing women at Paris FashionWeek, It washailed as apowerful social commentary,saw alittle wordplayontwitter we look at the designer behind the headlines. So who is Rick Owens? #dickowens, and of course outraged some, leading Owens to respond: “boys with their dicks out is suchasimple, primal, childish gesture.” Over atwenty year career it’sfair to saythat the American has far from shied awayfrom controversial or sensitive issues within the world of fashion. Whether it’slackofdiversity, Aside from the seriousness of the issues raised by Owens and his catwalk spectacu- racism, sexism, nudity or sex, Owens is never afraid to make astatement. His most recent lars, the designer is also famed for his tongue in cheek spectacles. Some of his more catwalk spectacle wasinspired by an image of Leigh Bowery carrying his wife Nicola in a narcissistic behaviour has included commissioning Madame Tussauds artists to crea- harness, and wassaid to be acomment on the power of women, the te several waxwork clones, some featuring him urinating on the floor, strength of sisterhood and the weight of societal pressure. others sporting aGodzilla tail. Thefirst nowacts as acentrepiece for “I would layablack his Paris flagship store, with his Hong Kong flagship hosting tables However,this isn’tthe first time Owens has used the catwalk as a and chairs created (once again) from life size models of himself. talking point; his Spring/Summer 2014 showwas also celebrated for glitteringturd on its diversity.Owens’ choice of step-dance crews from across Ame- the white landscape Thereason he likes to shock? Theanswer is simple: “I like to be rica wasnot just acomment, but an attackonthe fashion industry. shocked.”The fashion industry is one with manyflaws, that much They were real women, they were racially diverse, they were different of conformity.” is undeniable, and however outlandish they mayseem, perhaps it is shapes and sizes, and they danced. Owens once again defended eve- through productions like Owens’ that things change, if only by getting rything the fashion industry seemingly overlooks. people talking about issues that count. He’safan of fetishism, asup- porter of diversity,aleather jacket guru, an advocate of nudity for all occasions, and Despite being hailed the ‘Goth’ of the industry,Owens identifies himself as an early adop- whether youlike him or not he’smanaged to build afashion empire boasting over ter of ‘glunge’ -glamour and grunge. Then again, he did create the gothic all blackMyLittle £100m in annual revenue, so he must be doing something right. Pony to raise money for those affected by the Nepal earthquake. He undoubtedly raises the questions that others avoid, so as his women wearing His Spring /Summer 16 menswear collection “Cyclops” looked at the trails, failings and women catwalk continues to fill headlines and tweets alike, Owens is most probably hopefulness of man. In his normal style, the showwas far from normal, with models wearing alreadyonto his next masterpiece. Oh, and speaking of questions, he has the answer head wrappings made of hair and intentionally creating a‘single vision’ for those walking. to the question we’ve all been waiting to knowthe answer to; should we ever wear a This however wasfar from the most outrageous catwalk creation by the designer.Weall JuicyCouture tracksuit? “If youhaveanopen heart and an easy laugh I’m sure you’ll know‘Free the nipple’, but “Sphinx”, Owens’ Autumn/Winter 2015 menswear collection look great.”Well, that settles that then. [Molly Shanahan]

Designerstowatch Name: SandyLiang Name: Devon Halfnight Leflufy City: New York City: Antwerp Background: Internships at Jason Wu and Phillip Lim Background: Studied at the RoyalAcademyofFine Arts On her work: “Funny, Girly,Happy. Pieces youcan wear forever.” On his work: “Connections where one might not expect them.” What’sNext: Launching her e-commerce site in December What’sNext: Debuting his first womens collection at NYFW Expect: Fluffy with an edge Expect: Theunexpected Instagram: sandyliang Instagram: devonhalfnightleflufy

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Names: Dao-YiChowand Maxwell Osborne (aka. Public School) Name: Rejina Pyo City: New York City: London Background: Work at PDiddy’sstreetwear label Sean John Background: Born in Korea and graduating from Central Saint On their work: “Capturing amoment. That ‘all eyes on you’ moment.” Martins What’snext: Recently been appointed the Creative Directors at DKNY On her work: “Intelligent, effortless with atwist” Expect: Powerful athletic minimalism What’sNext: Showing her newest SS16 collection at LFW Instagram: publicschoolnyc Expect: Structured femininity Instagram: rejinapyo

[Image: nytimes.com] [Image: dailymetal.eu] With the rising popularity of trainers in modern menswear,and the fact that nearly every brand on the high street is looking to cut themselves apiece of the action, this week we’re giving youarun-down of the best kicks worth having in your arsenal, the classic Trainers must-havesthat will never go out of style.

Nike Internationalist Nike can often be atouchy subject with trainer aficionados due to their focus on the technical aspect of design, however one shoe whose quality is never questioned is the Internationalist. Originally designed as astandard reliable running shoe, it is nowaneverydaytrainer for those gents whopriori- tise comfort as well as style, bringing acertain degree of class to anyoutfit.

Reebok Classic Leather If you’re looking for apair of white leather trainers then look no further than Reebok Classic (they are referred to as simply ‘Classics’ for areason). Now youmight be worrying about your new white kicks getting dirty,noworries, these respond well to agood wipe clean, and you’ll even be grateful; the white leather will take on awhole life of it’sown, gaining character with eachand every wash.

Adidas Stan Smith Ignoring Pharrell and his plethoraofrainbowalternativescluttering up your shoe rack,the recent high street revivalofthe Stan Smith has done nothing to stem its favour with trainer fans. Named after the legendary American tennis playerStan Smith, the shoe still retains his iconic status even in 2015, with it’sgreen and white colourway slotting easily into avariety of looks with ease.

Adidas Gazelle Indoor Afavourite since the late ‘60’s, the Gazelle offers an iconic yetlow-profile silhouette. Its simplicity and lightweight construction makes it an essential purchase, especially if your year abroad sees youheading off to warmer climates. There is no better trainer to team with apair of shorts; it’spalette of one/twoblock-colours combined with astriking gum sole provesaperfect accompaniment to apair of long-hidden shins.

New Balance 998 Youmight at first consider these alittle awkward looking but this tall, impressive trainer is duvet-soft and comes in akiller line of standout hues. Flashes of colour combined with minimal shades make them acomfortable favourite for those wanting to stand out, in atasteful way. Yes, they do come with a hefty price tag, however what’sastudent loan if it’snot meant to be spent in style? TheGamechangers: TheFiveBest: MarioTestino FashionShows Victoria’sSecret 2014 Considered to be one of the world’smost relaying an intimate insight into the family. 2014 wasthe year that the famous Victoria’sSecret influential fashion photographers, Mario catwalk showwas hosted in London for the first Testino has Prince William’sengagement This capture of rawimages is what sets time. During the show, Adriana Lima and Alessandra photos, amultitude of Vogue covers and Testino apart as afashion photographer. Ambrosio donned twoDream Angel Fantasy Bras each worth an outrageous twomillion dollars, accompa- Anna Wintour’spassport photo to his One of his most famous shots of Kate nied by alivesoundtrackfrom Taylor Swift, in acandy name -and that‘s not incliding atiny Moss revolutionised the image of the floss coloured dressing gown and matching lingerie, sixteen books written about his work. supermodel and created amore human naturally. Whilst his name is widely recognised, his idea of the star through his use of [Image: popsugar.com] influence on the industry isn’taswidely reflections. Theflash of the cameraand acknowledged. Testino’ssilhouette are seen reflected in Chanel Autumn/Winter 2008 the mirror creating an invasive mood. Who wouldn’twant to climb on board aChanel Originally from Lima, Peru, Testino’s adorned carousel? Karl Lagerfeld’smodels did just that abandoned studyofeconomics led him Mario Testino’scontribution to the image during the Chanel Autumn/Winter showafter walking to London and photographyin1976. He development of major fashion houses the circular catwalk displaying timeless skirt suits and effortless oversized sweaters. Theshowwas an exam- dyed his hair pink in an attempt to become -Burberry,Dolce &Gabbana, Calvin ple of whythe fashion house has remained astrong more noticeable, and from there he left Klein, Valentino and Estée Lauder to name favourite for celebrities and fashion fans alike, across the last twocenturies. the creative restraints of Peru behind and afew -largely encapsulates his impact on [Image: theguardian.com] pursued acareer in fashion photography. the industry.His collaboration with Tom Ford in the 1990’stoaid the revivalof Testino’sbreak awayfrom shooting Gucci further merits acknowledgement Alexander McQueen Autumn/Winter 2006 models’ portfolios came in 1995 when and illustrates the significance of his Madonna requested he shoot her Versace impressive career.His towel series McQueen made clear to us that fashion is most definitely an art form, as he exhibited his Autumn/Win- campaign. It wasthis, followed by his continues to dominate Instagram and ter 2006 collection whichrevisited and refined the portraits of Diana in 1997, whichreally Twitter alike, and with his increasingly ‘Highland Rape’ show: his career starter.Immaculate kick-started his career.The glamorised young fan base it looks like the power of tailoring paired with textures of ruffled feathers and silkychiffon in muted tones made for an eerie atmo- images of Diana greatly contrasted her Testino is showing no sign of slowing. sphere, heightened by aholograph of afloating Kate modernity against the tradition of the Moss enveloped in layers of billowing fabric. RoyalFamily.Testino’swork with the [Victoria Copeland] [Image: denimblog.com] Royals endured and most recently he shot Princess Charlotte’schristening photos, Versace Autumn/Winter 1991 Linda Evangelista, CindyCrawford, Claudia Schiffer, Naomi Campbell, Stephanie Seymour,Christy Turling- ton, Helena Christensen, Yasmeen Ghauri… Versace’s Autumn/Winter 1991 showwas all about ‘The Su- permodels’. It wasachance for the girls to have fun as they bounced along the catwalk in bold colours accessorized with tousled locks and super-sexy thigh- [Image: houseofretro.com] -high boots, embodying its soundtrack(‘Freedom!’ by George Michael).

Thierry Mugler’sAutumn/Winter 1995 This collection wasacelebration of experimentation and the extreme; the showwas opened by fivedark silhouettes in blacklatex bodysuits and blackplatter hats. Theexhibition wasfilled with show-stopping creations including that iconic bare-bottom dress and cyborg style corseting. [Image: notorious-mag.com] [Image: pinterest.com] [Frankie Cooke] RichardRichardIII III [Image: West Yo rkshirePlayhouse]

TheWest Yorkshire Playhouse’sadaption of Shake- much, rather than his muchdisturbed mental state, but speare’s Richard III is likely to be one of their biggest Dinsdale keeps the character engaging and repulsive in drawsthis season, as it should be. After all, Shakespeare every scene. His lines with young actress Dorothea My- can be argued to be the lynchpin of theatre and will al- er-Bennett’sQueen Elizabeth create the powerful high- The Art Aficionado‘s ways attract audiences for this alone, if not for the rich- light of the play–cutting, quickand bitterly sarcastic, ness of story and character promised in anyShakespear- the twoactors interchange keeps the pace quick. Credit Weekly Planner ian work. Director Mark Rosenblatt’sproduction reaches is also due to Ben Addis’ sycophantic Buckingham, and for the headyheights ofmurder and manipulation in a Rose Wardlaw’sdesperate LadyAnne. Art modern setting, and mostly rises to the oc- “The production is casion. British Art Show8Launch 9th October very entertaining, Theplayfalls down unfortunate- Leeds Art Gallery Richard III is the bloodytale of the his- nicely stylised, and ly through its limited cast. Quick toric Duke of Gloucester,who systemati- definitely gruesome costume changes and multi-roling Beyond repetition Everyday cally and ruthlessly removesall obstacles enough to leave are impressive feats for the actors, Bowery,Headingley in his wayinorder to be next in line for youthoroughly but the confusion of characters can England’sthrone –whichincludes murder- make the important distinction be- Light Night 9October ing his ownbrothers, and infamously the disgusted” tween the twohouses of Lancaster City-wide young princes in the tower.Needless to say, and York hard to follow, added with WYP’sproduction is intensely dark. Set in what appears the alreadyconfusing familial relationships between the Theatre to be the 1940s, it cleverly hints at the fascist elements of characters. Themodern setting, although visually pleas- Richard’sreign. Theopening set, featuring alarge drain ing in staging, is not explored fully enough, and incon- swimming in blood, sluiced awaybymasked figures, sistent use of modern devices like the telephone and mi- We Want YouToWatch 13th October creates astrong openingimage suggestive of the stark crophone can feel somewhat misplaced still. There is the West Yorkshire Playhouse terror the playisawash with. Set designer Conor Mur- overall feeling that the playisstill treading the line be- phyuses the WYP’sround theatre in innovative ways. tween afully realised modern adaption, and wanting to Superfunadventuretimes -Mouths of Large grey backdrops open and close narrowly,making remain true to the historic blood bath Shakespeare cre- Lions 8th October the space feel claustrophobic, whilst descending lighting ated. However,the production is still very muchenter- Stage@Leeds rigs and white sheets create prisons and isolated rooms taining, nicely stylised, and definitely gruesome enough effectively.Small spotlights succeed in creating the sense to leave youthoroughly disgusted. Film of intense scrutinythe characters are under both from the audience and each other. Richard III runs until the 17th October in the Quarry Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse. Macbeth Everyday It is in the casting of Wakefield’sown well seasoned ac- Hyde Park Picture House tor Reece Dinsdale that the playfinds its strength, how- [Heather Nash] ever.The character of Richard III is nuanced; not only is Dance the actor playing him required to portray disability on stage but also the Duke’sabsolute heartlessness, his lurid Salsa GIAG 13th October flirtatiousness and his ability to charm his waytothe top. Michael Sadler LG.10 All this is clear in Dinsdale, carrying the playthroughout its long running time. There are times where his perfor- [Cameron Tallant] mance perhaps plays up Richard’scomedic elements too 13

On the first of October,the Hyde Paark Picture House hosted ascreening There is also areal emphasis on areturn to childhood in this film, parti- of Made YouLook,alargely Crowddfunded documentary about graphic de- cularly in the context of rediscovering the simplicity of art. Theartists speak signers and illustrators in the UK,directed by Paul O’Connor and Anthony about their earliest memories of creating art, and the freedom that it gave Peters. Thescreening wasffollowed by aQ&A with co-director Anthony them. Manyartists point out that technology has atendencytoovercompli- Peters, Leeds-based illusstrator Matt Hodson and the owners of Leeds’ own cate that whichshould be simple, both in terms of producing and distributing graphic design galleryy and bookshop, Colours MayVary. their work. Thefilm points out that whilst the advent of the Internet hasmade graphic design more accessible, particularly to people outside bigcities, it Over twoyears in the making, this tells the previously unexplored story has also lead to asaturation of graphic artists and illustrators all trying to find of UK grapphic design and illustration in the post 2000s digital age –how an audience online. In the Q&A following the film screening, director Antho- technollogy has affected both the work processes and the accessibility of ny Peters noted that this saturation has also meant that illustrators are often illusstration. Thefilm interviews several eminent UK illustrators from diffe- frustrating their creative processes by comparing their work unfavourably to rent backgrounds about their relationship with their art, with technology, other artists’. and howthey expect the community to evolveinthe coming years. Al- though every artist has adifferent relationship to their art and media, they Although there wassome discussion of digital and traditional mediums ultimately agree that variation in medium allows the art form to continue to existing together,this wasreally a topic that could have been explored evolve, and that technology has altered this evolution unequivocally. further by the film. There wasnot a particularly strong representation of so- lely digital illustrators, and so this unique voice wasnot strongly heard in a Thefilm strongly emphasises the layers and tactility of illustration and film that could and really should have represented this growing contingent design media, be they complex paper sculptures, the multiple vectors of a of artists. This film did, however,encourage the growth and evolution of an digitally produced image, or even the messages and ideas that fuel artists often under appreciated art form. Ajoy to watchand abrief glimpse in to suchasIan Stevenson to challenge what is culturally accepted. Although complex world, Made YouLook is acompelling and inspiring film that will there are afew face-to-face interviews, muchofthe dialogue is cut with leave youitching to create. footage of the artists working. This ultimately givestheir opinions much more weight and context, as we are givenaglimpse in to eachartists’ own [ElizabethCooney] creative process.

ATaste of China in The Parkinson

As part of Chinese Culture Month, the Business Confucius Institute has put together an exhibition of Chinese watercolours at the Stanley and Audrey Burton gallery.The Institute, whose focus is to facilitate relationships between the UK and China, has produced an exhibit that captures this sense of mul- ticultural exchange. Thetwo artists displayed, neither of whom professional, draw on both Chinese and British watercolour traditions.

Thecollection opens with TheEducational Consul of the Chinese Consulate General in Manchester,MrWang Ying, whostudied the art of bird-and-flower painting and calligraphyaswellasgaining aBAinLife Sciences in China. His work givesusaglimpse of the quintessential English landscape he encoun- tered during ayearlong stayinManchester,seen through afilter of Chinese artistic techniques. ‘Manchester –Aglimpse of the centre’ conveys this sense work is minimal and delicate, executed with amicroscopic crispness, like of cultural exchange most strikingly.The bright pink blossoms –aspeciality scientific specimens carefully arranged, and the grey blacktones could even of Mr Wang Ying’s, and an emblem of Chinese watercolour –foregrounding be reminiscent of graphene. Novoselovsuccessfully adopts traditional ink the scene contrast strikingly against the industrialised nineteenth century ar- and water techniques to create art that not only drawsondifferent cultural chitecture of Manchester.His paintings of traditional English landscapes such influences, but is also reminiscent of scientific botanical drawings. as Hope and Buxton portray Britishness as it exists in amulticultural world. A strong sense of Chinese identity flows off the canvas, but doesn’tfeel out of Theoverall exhibition creates amulticultural, interdisciplinary space re- place in Didsbury or at ‘Castle Howard’. flective of our modern world. Theaim of TheBusiness Confucius Institute, to build business bridges and friendships between the UK and China, is certain- This sense of cultural coexistence is continued with the Bamboo Pain- ly the prominent narrative of the show. It‘s definitely worth avisit. tings of Sir Konstantin Novoselov, aRusso-British Nobel Prize winner for his work with graphene. His research closely connected him with electro- [Katie Robertson] nic companies in China, whichiswhere he studied Chinese painting. His [Image: Urban WayProductions]

Conveniencce

Convenience premiered on Friday2nd Occtober with ployees manning the store all night and taking its real effect. However,combined with the charmingly shot areal bank of talent behind its producttion. Including employees hostage. Simon Fantauzzo (writer) introdu- camerawork, whichhas anatural simplicity,the story- Keri Collins, BAFTAwinning director and writer for film ces quirkyand comedic characters to shake up A.J and line plays off extremely well and will have yousnigge- and television, Adeel Akhta (Shaaan)BAFTANominee, Shaan’snightshift debut. ring throughout. RayPanthaki (A.J.) BAFTABreakthrough, and Vicky McClure (Levi) BAFTAWinnner (This is England). Not to Performances are strong and believable; McClure is There is nothing pretentious or overly complex about mention some seriouslly talented name-dropping op- especially notable in her characterisation of the bad- the production, this stretches to the music, akind of portunities in the foormofVerne Troyer,AntonyHead, -tempered shop assistant with asufficiently sad bac- classical-come-rockinfused soundtrack that can at and Tony Way. This 90-minute comedyheist satire is k-story to counteract her attitude. Her relationships times seem to intrude on the dialogue. However the set up for sommepretty big things and Iwas intrigued at with Shaan (Akhta) and A.J. (Panthaki) are authentic music certainly adds to the drama of the funnyskits what the result might look like. and sincere amidst and more violent episodeswell. “Ifound it to be the drama and hi- What youget is no disappointment. Ifound it to be larity of the whole It is genuinely funny. It isn’tground-breaking in part Attackthe Blockmeets Hot Fuzz. Collins delivers part Attack the situation. There is political content. It’seffortlessly stupid -ifthere is straight up comedywith avery British awkwardness Block meets an attempt at alove suchathing -and awkward enough that its British and effortless silliness throughout. story between Levi ludicrousness will leave youchuckling on your way Hot Fuzz ” and A.J with an odd home. Thestory involves twounsuspecting albeit foolish (and Ithink mispla- friends, A.J. and Shaan, settling on robbing the local ced) frustrated outburst from A.J. as he finds himself CONVENIENCE is in cinemas 2nd October and On convenience store to recoverthe £8,000 debt Shaan caught between telling Levi the truth or carrying out Demand/DVD 5th October owes to tworeassuringly stereotypical Russian crimi- his criminal persona. Clearly Fantauzzo doesn’t want nals. Problems come when the money is locked away us to get caught up in this, or in Shaan’slearning di- [Rosella Barnes] in atime-locked safe leaving the boys to fake-it as em- fficulties, and never pursues them to anycinematic Image: Universal The Visit

Thelatest release from M. Night Shyamalan wasatruly mixed package. After fifteen years of no contact, teenage Becca and her younger brother Tyler receive an invitation to visit their maternal grandparents. Hopeful, the children are sent on their merry wayinto Pennsylvania farm country Image: Estate of Paul Neagu / DACS London 2015 to meet them for the first time –what could go wrong? As insinuated from the trailer; alot. Theseemingly innocent arrangement goes horribly, horribly awry.

Paul Neagu: Palpable Behind an outwardly promising blend of fairy-tale and the hand held camera, unfortunately the film itself wasflawed. Theacting isn’tawful but Sculpture Exhibtion the children are tiresome; teenage Becca (who does the filming) speaks in contrivedcommentary that wears very thin, and younger brother Tyler has apenchant for rapping that isn’tquite as funnyasit’sintended to be. The Henry Moore Institute actors playing Nana and PopPop seem as though they took instructions to act weird alittle too far; it’sanobvious displaythat renders youkind TheHenryMoore Institute has long been renowned as agroundbreaking centre in of unable to take it seriously.Infairness, the script leaveslittle room to the studyofsculpture and artistic forms. It is unsurprising then that the multi-faceted excel dramatically.Astime went on, Igot the feeling that no well-known, work of Paul Neagu should find its waywithin these walls, as the institute welcomes established actors would touchthose roles with abargepole. one of the scenes most intriguing and sensory artists to come out of the Eastern bloc in the last century.The exhibition puts on displayawide variety of Neagu’swork In typical oh-look-everything’s-fine-but-not-for-long fashion, effort is put spanning from 1968 to 1986 including sculptures, drawings, films, texts and archive in from the start to keep it jovial. Theproblem is the comedyseems to material whichconveythe artist’salternative approachtothe visual arts, as is outlined continue -it’spretty amusing, generally -but counterproductive.Ilau- in his ‘Palpable Art Manifesto’. ghed as often as Ijumped; not what you’re looking for in ahorror film. If youweren’tfazed by paranormal activity (I’m still convinced people lie ForNeagu, art is an expression of ‘desire in the face of the systems that attempt to about that), this won’tdothe job either. inhibit it‘, and suchdesire includes not just seeing with your eyes but with the in- volvement of all fivesenses, lending asensualist approachtoatraditionally visually Thebest thing about this film, by amile, wasits twist. Adirectorial trick dominated aesthetic. Suchaphysically orientated philosophyisreflected in Nea- card, it’sreally noteworthy. Post-twist however,the denouement leaves gu’smanipulation of what he calls ‘tactile objects’, aseries of physical mixed media youabit lost for words. Thescares are upped and things take ablindingly objects whichdominate alarge part of the exhibition. These pieces often referred repulsive turn. WasIlaughing? WasIscarred for life? Who knows. They frequently to the importance of hands and the use of touchasaway of interacting didn’thold backatall, let’sput it that way. Shyamalan seems to have with art, as works like ‘Tactile Object 1’ used aseries of hollowwooden boxes which brainstormed the worst thing he could come up with, and made it into an invite the viewer to place their hands inside. Another piece entitled ‘Tactile Object 2’ hour and ahalf of twisted, confused plot. wasdisplayedasavariety of cross-like shapes hanging from the ceiling in the middle of the room, here inviting the viewer to feel their wayaround the work as aform of Ultimately Ihavetosay TheVisit fell quite far from expectation. It isn’t physical artistic interaction. all bad, though, and delivers to some degree. Theconcept is strong, the execution not so much. You’ve got to give it kudos for its audacity,atleast. Perhaps the centrepiece of the exhibition lies in Neagu’s‘Nine Catalytic Stations,’ aseries of sculptures aligned in astar formation whichappropriate in some form or [Cassie Robinson] another his use of the tripod-like ‘Hyphen’ form as astructural base. These multi-di- mensional sculptures purportedly represent the nine ‘Stations of the Cross’ in Chris- tian orthodox iconography, as eachpiece reflects adiffering iteration of Christ in both physical and symbolic form. What further embellishes this piece from his other work is its portrayal of Neagu’sfinal philosophical level; that of the cosmos as embodied in the star shape formation. Neagu believed in acomplex cosmology divided between three levels: that of the natural earth, the intermediary of the human and analytic, and afinal releasing dimension in whichobjects are appropriated and developed into a universal space.

Neagu sought then to defy gravity,and through his various works attempted to find a gateway to another aesthetic dimension. Thework of the Romanian émigré maintains the ability to provoke serious reflection on artistic forms as we knowthem, which challenges us as viewers to actively engage and reflect upon his art in amore deman- ding and visceral manner.Itisthis lure of Neagu whichensures that he will continue to be seen as apivotal figure in the avant-garde world of sculpture, defying simple categorisations and understandings through his multi-sensual artwork.

[Oscar Ponton]

[Image: Jones Mabea} Living Gluten-free in Leeds

Moving to anew city is daunting enough,but forthose new students embarking on agluten-freelifestyle,the task canappearevenmore overwhelming.Thankfully, you’re notalone:awarenessofmedical wheatand gluten intoleranceshas been growinginrecentyears,and oneofthebenefits of living in acityasbig as Leedsisthat thereare plenty of shopsand restaurantsthat cancater to amultitude of dietary requirements, including gluten-free.I’m athirdyearstudent andI’ve suffered from CoeliacDisease since 2012,soI’ve had some time to experience what gluten-freeoptions Leedshas to offer.Withthat in Review: mind,IthoughtI’d shareafew recommendationsand tipstohelpyou ATaste of Thai at Bangwok enjoythe culinary side of livinginLeeds! 2OxfordPlace On WednesdayafternoonIhad thepleasureofhavinglunch at Bangwok,anew This place hasanentirelygluten-freemenu. Yep, youreadthat unique Thai restaurant locatedunderneaththe trainstation on SovereignPlace.Although right. Iwas astoundedwhenIdiscoveredit, havingnever seen any asmall space,the combinationofthe fairylightsscattered acrossthe ceiling andthe tin restaurant like it before.What’smore, theirmenuissurprisingly varied, roofscovering each tablemademefeel as though Iwas eating on thestreets of aforeign servingamongst otherthings apastry-topped chickenand leek pie, country, not under arailwaybridgeincentral Leeds. whichIhavetorecommend foranyonewho’s missed pastry as much as Ihave. 2OxfordPlace is otherwisethoroughlyenjoyable–alittle When we first arrivedatthe restaurant,which is open dailyfor lunchfrom 12-3, it pricey forastudent budget, andlimitedspace means it’s agood idea wasquite empty. However, as thelunch hourwenton, people were queuingout of the to book in advance,but definitelyworth it forthose of youwho want door to gettheir lunch. Despitebecomingquite busy,the restaurant remainedarelaxed peaceofmindinwhat they eat. atmosphere -you canevenplayagameofJenga whilst youeat.Unsureofwhat to order, Iasked what themanager recommendtoeat,asthe specials change daily. Shesuggested Ecco Pizzeria theThaigreen curryand thePad Thai,bothofwhich have avegetarian option,fromthe Whilst theregularpizza delivery companies make ashowofcater- fixed menu.Assomeone whoavoidsspice, thePad Thai wasperfect;the chillies were ingtogluten-free dietsnow,noneare anywherenearasenjoyableas placed on thesideofthe dish, alongwithapileofcrushed peanuts, which gave me the Ecco Pizzeria,located in Headingley.Althoughslightly blowingthe option to choose howspicy Iwantedmymeal. It wasasweet dish withtender chicken budgetfor moststudents’ takeaway fund,their choiceoftoppings and andchunksoffried egg, perfectfor fulfilling lunchtimecravings. thin,crispy, andmostimportantly gluten free 12”pizza basesare well worththe money. Just be awarethat youdohavetoaskfor agluten- My friend ordered theThaigreen curry, whichwas as equallydelicious andhad quite free base foryourpizza. thekicktoit. We both felt that ourmeals were authenticThaistreetfood, which Ithink is hard to findinother high street restaurants; Bangwok getitjustright with thecombina- OutofthisWorld tion of fresh ingredientsand ablend of fragrant butnot overpowering flavours. LocatedonNew Market Street,Out of this Worldisanorganic shop that also sells awiderangeofrarer gluten-freeingredients.Once As astudent Iwould definitely recommend Bangwok as alunch option.Their prices again, theirpricesare what you’dexpectofanorganic shop,but arereasonableataround £6 and£7, whichisalwaysagood thingwhenyourstudent they’regreatfor thoseelusive ingredientsthat recipes call for, such as loan is runninglow butyourappetiteisn’t,withverygenerousportion sizesthat keep chestnut flour andgluten-freebrown breadflour. yougoing throughout theday.If, like me,you’refrom thecountryside andcan’t navigate your wayaround thecity, don’tfret. From the18thofOctober,Bangwokisopeningup Some tips apop up stallinpopular TrinityKitchenfor 6weeks,sothere is no excuse nottogive (1) Enjoycooking.You can’tjuststick an oven-bakepizza in theoven them atry.Furthermore,the restaurant hasnow startedacurry club, whichtakes place like your friends, butyou canbuy freshingredients andget stuck into on Thursday evenings.Thisisthe perfectopportunity to fillyourstomachs, relaxand cooking whatever youwant.Maketimetomakethe most out of what have aThaibeer. youcan eat. If nothingelse, you’ll starttoresemble aprettybadass chef by thetimeyou graduate! Leedsisfilled to thebrimwithunusual andquirkyplacestoeat anddrink,and Bang- (2) Don’tbeafraidtoask.AsurprisingnumberofplacesinLeeds actu- wokisaperfect addition.The uniquenessofarestaurant in arailwaybridgearchway ally caterfor gluten-free diets; they just don’tmakeitveryapparent. is enough to encourageanyonetovisit,but thedelicious meals, welcomingstaff and (3) Make useofgluten-free organisations. Glutafin andJuvela(amongst laid-backatmosphere makeitthe idealspottohideawayfrom thebusytowncentreand others)not only sell gluten-free products,but canprovide some great grabataste of Thai. recipe ideas, competitions andsupport.

[AnnaJenkins]

[JohnCraige] Travel

Travel Image: HotelPerugia Image: TheGuardian

Rotterdamvs. Amsterdam The thingImissmostabout Rotterdamisthe remarkable Dutcharchitectureas can’twalkaninchwithouthavingsomeformofgarishadvertising or neonlight soon as youleave thecentre, positioned amongsttallluscioustrees andflowers. blinding your view.Inmyopinion,it’snot tourismor“IAMAMSTERDAM”;it’s Central Rotterdamisabeautifully-modernlittlemetropolis; thefirstwordthat sellingout. comestomindis‘shiny’. Thesmall centre is jam-packed full of sleek, silver skyscrapers, each oneentirelybuilt withreflectiveglass,but still withits own What comesasashock to mostpeopleisthat thereare manycoffee shopsall unique design. If NewYorkisaconcrete jungle,then Rotterdam centralisajungle overthe Netherlands, not just Amsterdam;infact, thebestvoted coffeeshopis of mirrors. Youcan’t help butadmirethese futuristic buildingsand,what’smore, in Maastricht. Andyes,Vondel Park is alovelyplace to frolic about,but Kralingse thestreets areimmaculately clean. They have dozens of lanesoftraffic, andyou’ll Plaasand itsgorgeouslakerivalsthis, especiallyinthe summerwhen people havetonimblyavoid oncomingtramsand veeringcyclists. The thingthat’s so from allwalks of life go foradip.Undeniably,Amsterdam’snightlife is incredible endearingabout Rotterdam, is despitethe loomingskyscrapers andtheir post- andanadventureinitself. Butwho says Rotterdamdoesn’t have oneonthe same modernist presence,inevery free space thereare impeccably well groomedtrees scaleofbrilliance?Yes,therearen’tasmanyvenues,but there arestill agood andflowers, constantly in full bloom, no matter theseason. deal to choose from.Beitatiny underground clubwithexpanding walls, or an outrageousmonsterofawarehouse.Oreventhe same warehouse,onlyon When IthinkofAmsterdam Central,all that comestomindishow insanely busy the10thfloor, accessible only by amammoth lift.Maasilo,despite thefun and it is ALLTHE TIME, crowds of tourists chargingaround wielding selfiesticks. Now, games, is theone placeIwould fear formylifeifitweren’tfor themanytechno I’mfrom London, so I’musedtothe constant rush hour, butthiswas another level. enthusiastsand theirfunkyDutch dancingtokeepmecompany -it’sdefinitely Notonlydopeopleseemintentoncreatingamass stampede in everydirection, worthgoing againstthe grain andvisitingRotterdam. butalsosomeappeartobecompetingtobethe loudestgroupoftouristsinthe Netherlands. It wasasthough thesegroups wanted everyone around them to know where they were from.The worstthingofallwas the heavycommercialisation [Nicky Djokaran] andgentrification of what used to be an astonishingly beautifulcentral.Now,you

Belgrave’s birthdaygiveaway Free pizzaand burgers forthe whole of October

The weatherhas takenaturnfor theworst,and Freshers is well andtruly over. Forthe whole of October, PattySmith’s will be giving away sixburgers on the Butdon’t fret,asBelgrave havestepped in to help beat theOctoberblues by hour, everyhourfrom 11am -9pm,and DoughBoysfollowsuitwitheight givingaway5,000 free burgersand pizzaslicesthroughout October(yes, you slices of pizzaonthe hour,every hourfrom 12pm -12am. The rulestoqualify readthat right,free).“We wanted to celebratethe Belgrave MusicHall’ssecond aresimple; follow Belgrave on Instagram (@belgravemusichall)and queueupat birthday by involving theaward winningfood brands that we have in Belgrave” your chosen food counter. Well done,Belgrave; raisingmoney foragreatcause revealsco-founder SimonStevens,“we decidedtogiveaway5,000 burgers whilst eating free food is abirthdaycelebration we approve of. andpizza slices,but also seethisasagreatopportunity to raisesomemoney forBritish RedCross whoare doinggreatworkwiththe RefugeeCrisisAppeal”. [EmmaBowden] Books

GetWallace: Eccentric Espionage

Games [Image: OvaGames] Consider yourself aconnoisseur of crimefiction? If mysteries, enigmasand quintessentially-Britishsecretagent mystiques areyoursortofthing,Alexander Wilson’s timeless thriller will Neverending not disappoint. GetWallace is thefourthnovelinthe Wallaceofthe Secret Nightmares & Serviceseries, though it’s worthnoting that each instalment canbereadasastand-alone novel. Ifirstencounteredthe series whilst proof-reading textsonaplacement;itcertainly Mental Illness liveduptoall of theaccolades whichhavebeenlaudedupon it by variousbroadsheets throughout thedecades.

Featuringthe eponymousheroSir LeonardWallace,head “Er, didthatdolljustblink?” my housemate Iwokeupagain afterthe floor crumbled of theBritishSecretService,Wilson’snarrative is oneof askedmeasIcautiouslyshrunk back in beneathmyfeetand Ifellintodarkness. My sleuthing, undercoverintelligence andingenioustricksthat anticipation. It washardtotellwhich doll heart raced. Ibegan to mistrust my owneyes even 007would be proudof; theseriesisevenconsidered to shewas referringto, consideringthat they –did that wallpaperlooklikethat before? be apredecessor to Fleming’s‘M’ andBond.The premiseof litteredthe decrepit corridor Iwas edging Didn’tthat usetobe apaintingofsomething thenovelisthat Europe is under threat: national secretsare myself down,and to be honest Ididn’tfancy else?Itwas then that Irealisedwhat it must at stake, which no-one wantsrevealed, andahefty doseof goingbacktocheck.No, we weren’t trying be like to live withthese uncertainties, a espionageisrequiredtorescuethe confidential information out thenewesthaunted house attraction at shadowofwhat OCDand depression must before it is sold on theblack market. Before long,eccentric thelocal funfair–Iwas playingNeverending feel like,every day. Youwalkwithslowand Wallaceishot on thetrail:his niftymanoeuvres andclever Nightmares,ahorror game intended to heavysteps,and runningwasn’tmuchbetter schemesformthe backdrop to theundeniably fast-paced replicate thefeelingsofanxiety,terror –mycharacter begantogasp forbreath action.Arguablythe supreme master of subterfuge,Sir Leonard andmistrustthat theleaddesignerMatt afterafewstrides,and hadtocompletely Wallaceleads us on an action-packedadventure, jam-packed Gilgenbach suffered stop eventually. Gilgenbach withdaringescapades andstirringshenanigans–involving when he struggledwith explainedthiswas meant surreptitious schemesbyforeignfigures, whowill stop at OCDand depression. “I realised to reflect hisown asthma nothingtothwartWallace’s everymove. andIcertainlyfeltfrustrated My housemate,seeing what it must andangry at myself fornot Though in many ways thecharactersare entirely detached my terrorand hearing be liketolive beingabletoget away quick from us,inthattheyexist in aperiodpre-datingour existence that my voicewas three enough from themonsters andworkfor an organisation that many of us know little octaveshigherthan with these that began to walk thehalls about,theyare craftedinsuch away that we connect with usual, decidedtokeep uncertainties, withme, butalsoadesireto them andeagerly anticipate theirnextmove as we consume me companyjustasI give in andallow them to thenarrative, oneexploit at atime. Armedwithanenviable wasmentallyreminding ashadowof destroy me so Icould put collection of gadgetsand an uncannyknack fordeducing myself that it wasbroad off playingthe game fora whoisthe weakestlinkinthe enemy line,Wallace is certainly daylight andthatIhad what OCDand shortwhile.The graphics thearchetype of BritishIntelligence.Asareader, half of the areplica of Stingon depression resemblefreehand drawing, magicofmysteries is attempting to puttogetherthe cluesfor my bookshelfincase always in blackand white, ourselves–somethingwhich is almost impossible to do in Get anythingescaped from must feel like, simplebut effectivewithan Wallaceasdespite having allofthe clueslaidout in frontof thescreen. Within everyday.” overlay of dashes that mimic us,justhow Wallaceisgoing to pull offthisfeatremains a thegameIhad been darkness, meaningthat even conundrum untilthe very last page. walkingaround my in thedarkyou cansee house, searchingfor thecolour amongthe yourself eerily walkingbehindthe shadows. Throughout thenovel, Wilson’s ownbackground in military monochromepalette,the presence of which intelligence provides adegreeofingenuitywhich is almost indicated Icould interact withsomeobjects. Neverending Nightmares is avaluable unparalleled in manyoftoday’s thrillers. Whilst Wilson ledan Doorscould be opened, paintingslookedat, insightintomentalillness andservesto undeniably nonconformistlifestyle –hewas accusedofbeing a wreaths lifted from graves. Ihad ‘woken up’ demonstratethat gamesare as good as books bigamist,alongside finding himselfinnumerousother equally from my nightmare countlesstimes already, andfilm forexploring humanconditions,if unpleasant predicaments –his worksare critically acclaimed triggeredbybeing facedbymysisterdead not betterdue to thedegreeofinteraction andwellworth devouring. Thereare rumoursofafilm in the in theattic,orseeingher grave, or pulling a youhavewiththe issues.Mytalkofmonsters pipeline,which will document Wilson’s extraordinarylife, vein out of my arm. Thecreator described andblinkingdolls might make it soundtypical butfor nowsit back andenjoy thenineexplosive narratives thesevisions as ‘intrusivethoughts’, visions butitisfar from it,and Ifor oneameager - chroniclingWallace’s –and hissidekicks’ –adventuresaround your mind conjuresup‘forthe sole purpose andabsolutelyterrified -toplayits sequel, theworld. of upsetting you’ Gilgenbach explainedina DevastatingDreams. Gamespot interview. [RosemaryMaher] [Zoe Delahunty-Light] TV

[Image: TenFootFilms] Review:ASyrianLoveStory

In theyearthat Europe hasbeenbombarded with newsofthe Syrian crisis, for Syria’sfreedom,whilstAmerlongs forasaferlifeinEurope. The laughter and Sean McAllister’s personaland harrowing BBCdocumentary ‘A Syrian Love Story’ affectiononce shared between husbandand wifebecomes replaced with tension films it’s escalation with afresh perspective.Through theeyesofaclose-knit andbitterness anditisclear that theirlove is trappedinSyria,where thedeath toll family,heexposes thebeautyand passionoftheir nationand theheart-breaking hasnow escalatedto150,000.“She’saverystrongwoman,Iamaweakman,” says consequencesfor thosewho have to leaveitbehind. Amer,highlightingthe differencesthat arebeginning to tear them apart. The pull to save thedestruction of Syriaeventuallybecomes toomuchfor Raghda andshe Starting 18 months before theArabSpring, thedocumentary begins by portraying abandons herfamilytofightfor thecause.By2013, thefamilyhavebeenreunited Syriaasanup andcomingtourist destination. However, as he delves fora“real andare living as refugees in theSouthofFrance.Touchingscenesofthe boys story”,the underlyingturbulence of theSyriangovernment is exposed.Imagesof speaking fluentFrench to theirnew school friendsdemonstrates theway they have PresidentBasharplaster thescreen, featuringonposters,decorativeplatesand finally become acceptedmembers of theircommunity;“Iamnot an Arab,Iam children’s school books, hinting at hisworryingly Stalin-likestatus. Amer,found not English, IamFrench”says9yearold Bob. However, even theboyscan seethe by McAllister on thestreetone night, is alltoo happytoaffirm this likeness as he damagethatthe journeyhas hadontheir parent’srelationship. “Doyou thinkmum tellsthe storyofhis wife, Raghda; imprisoned forbeingademocratic revolutionary. and dadwilleverget back together?” asks17yearold Kaka to McAllister,before Amer explains that,after spending9monthsinprison, Raghda hasbecome“aflag answeringhimself “I don’tthinkso”. forthe people”. Hersons,who wait at home forher with Amer,are unashamedly devotedtotheir mother whilst at thesametimewishingshe couldcomeback to In theend it is clearthatbylosingtheir homeland, Amer andRaghdahavealso them.Thiscombinationofproudadoration andheart-breaking sorrowmakes for lost theirlove. Once “comrades”,withashareddetermination forfreedom,they an emotional reunion when Raghda is finallyreleased, anditseems that this family have become bitter counterparts withdiffering desires in life.Through McAllister’s of fightersare impossible to break. intimate relationshipwiththisfamily, theSyriantragedy becomesmorethanjust images of anonymousbodiesonthe streets. It becomesanengaging andheart- However, theseheart warmingscenesdonot last forlong. Atwist of events breaking storyabout thedestruction oflove, marriage andidentity. ‘A Syrian Love sees McAllister thrown into prison himself, forcingthe whole family to fleeto Story’isavailable on iPlayeruntil 28th October. Lebanon andcausingtensionstorise. In Lebanon, Raghda continuesher fight [BethLazenby]

Review:KKK -The FightFor WhiteSupremacy

If youwere underthe impression that theinfluence ofthe KluKluxKlaninthe camp?’ If it is possible to makelight out of allthishorribleness, some partsare ConfederateSouthislongdeadand gone youweresadly mistaken.The abhorrent downright hilarious. andbadly-dressed racistsclaim that they arenow as active as ever before in BBC Three’s‘KKK: TheFight ForWhite Supremacy,’aired last Monday at 9pm. Brought If youhadn’tguessed already,thisdocumentary is not onefor theeasilyupset. to youbyDan Murdoch, theman behind‘Teen Exorcists’ and‘TranssexualTeen, Be prepared to screamatyourTVscreenasonewhite supremacistmakes monkey Beauty Queen,’the filmdelvesunder thoseinfamouswhite noises at blackprotesters. Ugh. That’s not to sayyou should give this hoodstorevealthe chillingly illogical ideology of theLoyal “A llegationsrange documentaryamiss. Without adoubt,‘KKK:The Fight ForWhite WhiteKnights, afaction of theKKK basedinrural Alabama. Supremacy’isa10/10 starttoBBC Three’sRaceSeason. Cameras Bizarre allegations rangefrom claimsthat Auschwitzwas merely from claims that follow twooppositeendsofthe spectrum;the newblack panthers a‘summer camp’, to oneman’s ignorantmusings that Black Auschwitzwas amidst theanti-racist groups,and theKKK andother whitesupremacy Americansare,apparently, thedescendantsofwhite humans gangs. Followingthe tragiceventsofthe Charleston church shooting who matedwithapes.Alot of these claimsare madebypo- merely asummer last June,racetensionsculminateatarallyinSouthCarolina. Whilst it facedKlanmembers solemnly sporting pointy hats-and alot of maytemporarily destroyany remainingfaith in humanity youhave, this reallyawful beards,you’llnotice. It’s hard to take these people camp” thought-provoking filmdoes provideafascinatinginsight into modern seriouslywhenthey’re wearing shiny greencones on topoftheir dayracetensions in theDeepSouth. Probably not thebestbet foryour heads andcalling theirleaders‘GrandWizards’. Onemembertells thecamerahe average‘Netflix andChill’orahungoverSundaymorning, though.‘KKK: The Fight is unemployed ‘because of Mexicans.’ Really,Bubba?Ithinkitmight be something ForWhite Supremacy’ is availableoniPlayer untilthe 28th of October. to do withthe bandanaand missingteeth.Also, canwetakeaminute to appreciate howincredibly badwhite supremacistmusic is? [HelenWoodhouse] Filmmaker DanMurdoch strikesaperfect balance betweengainingthe trustofthe Klan members andchallenging theviews he hears. Sometimeshecannot contain hisdisbelief; ‘Sorry, you’re telling me Auschwitzwas like asummer camp?’ he asks incredulously, ‘But whosehistory areyou reading, whereyou thinkit’sasummer 22

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Long Distance Love

is the mother of all understatements. Iset myself the Of course, that’sabsolutely terrifying; take it from challenge of not shaving my legs until he comes back someone whostruggles in the trust department. Trust for Christmas. We’renearing twomonths in and even is essential for all couples and when you’re hearing I’m pretty disgusted with the result. I’m just thankful about your other half’snew friends you’ve just got to it’sjeans season and that nobodybar my housemates ignore the tempting pull of paranoia and believein will see them. Sorry guys. Also, giventhe monstrous them and your relationship. time difference, Stan goes to bed at around 4pm my time. It’sproving really handytohavemyevenings 3. Discuss problems as soon as possible. Iamone free to get on with Uni work…or watchNetflix. of those godforsaken people whojust cannot bring When I’m asleep here, he’satuniversity there, so themselves to admit when something is bothering he gets to go to classes without me bugging him. So me. I’ve improvedinrecent months but, my word, I really it’sworking out just fine on that front, although used to be anightmare. When bodylanguage can’t it is still weird to Skype someone whoisgetting ready do the talking for you, it is up to youtodisclose for bed when you’ve just got in from Uni. what’sonyour mind. No matter howinsignificant, talk it through before it manifests into amassive It’snot all unshavenlegs and film nights though. kerfuffle about an unanswered text (an offence Another Academic year has commenced. Another Long distance loving is hard work, whether it’s20 I’ve committed.) After all sharing is caring! Inearly relationship faux pas has been achieved. It mayor miles or 2000. Most people at Uni are either in, or alwaysrealise that once I’ve stated what’swrong maynot be known that this time last year Idid the knowsomeone, that is in along distance relationship. that it wasanabsolutely pointless worry,but talking ‘forbidden’ thing of entering into arelationship with They’re not uncommon, although most people about it still helps and it alwaysshall! my flatmate Stan whichactually worked out quite just traverse between cities or across to Europe as well for us! opposed to the other side of the world (Cheers, Stan.) 4. Showthem that youcare. In long distance However,after being thrown into the deep end of the relationships youcan be really cringey and it just Forthis year’sextravaganza we have commenced long distance life Ihavelearnt afew things and am comes across as endearing. Admittedly,Stan and along distance relationship. Thanks to the blessing excited to share these nuggets of wisdom. Ibought pet fish together,whichI’m looking after that is having different years abroad, he left for this year and he’ll look after next year.This, I’dlike China in August. As it stands we currently live So here we have it, some top tips to survive being to express, isn’tthe simplest wayofgoing about it. around 7000 miles awayfrom eachother; that’s awayfrom the one youlove! Doing little things, like sending aphoto of where approximately 1000 miles per time zone between youare or maybe even ahand-written letter upon us! As adelighted added bonus, because apparently 1. Communication is key.Quite an obvious one occasion, can really help to brighten the moments life wasn’tbeing cruel enough, shortly after he really,given youare thrown into the terrifying realms when youmiss your other half the most. Also returns Ishall be jetting off for my year abroad. of relying on WhatsApp instead of your actual voice keeping acountdown of when you’ll see them again Although, as Iregularly point out, France is much to keep in touch. In this technological age, talking to is glorious, watching the number get smaller is so closer and convenient than China, therefore making your significant other is abreeze. Skype is an absolute exciting! Or youcould just get fish because they’re me the less awkward person in the relationship. lifesaver, even if it is only once aweek. There’s really cool. something lovely about getting to see eachother’s Long distance life is alot less fun than living faces. Although be warned, Skype is unpredictable To paraphrase Coldplay: Nobodysaid it waseasy, with your flatmate/other half. Ihavetomake my and only works when it feels like it. I’ve spent many however they definitely said it wasgoing to be hard! ownbreakfast these days, whichhas been one of an hour tearing my hair out overthe terrible Chinese I’m afirm believer in long distance love (just as well the biggest hardships of this whole ordeal. Igot Internet connection. really) and although it’snot for everyone, it can really too accustomed to being allowed to sleep for an bring out the best in acouple. If your relationship extrafifteen minutes whilst someone else made 2. Trust is essential. Jealousy is no longer an can survive long distance, it can survive pretty much my toast and coffee for me. It is really rubbish affordable luxury.We’ve all been there, let us not anything. So staystrong and keep loving! missing someone you’re used to seeing all the time, lie. Whether it is because bae has liked another boy/ although there are some advantages. girl’sInstagram photo or because an ex crops up. It [Becci Fell] happens. When your beau is far away, you’ve only To saythat Ihavelet my physical appearance go got their word that youhavenoneed for concern. 23 #WMHD15: Holding on to your dignity whilst enduring amentalillness When I’m crippled by anxiety,when Isee things about controlling stress and anxiety.More informa- others don’tand when Iamphysically paralysed by tion about the event and details on howtoget tick- my emotions, Ifeel as though anydignity Ionce had ets can be found on the Feardom Fighters website: has been cruelly snatched away, preventing me from www.feardomfighters.wix.com being the woman Ienvision myself to be. Thursday15th October – World Mental Health DayEvent 2015 (Hosted by Volition) - Over at the To myself and those others whomay feel the same, Civic Hall there will be anumber of stalls between let me tell youthis: We actually have the most dig- 11am and 4pm, as well as live entertainment. The nity.Tobeengaged in abattle with our ownminds purpose of the event is to stamp out the stigma at- every second of every dayand not give up is actually tached to mental illness for good whilst educating rather admirable. So, well done to us, and let’sall the public about the services available here in Leeds. give ourselves apat on the back. Ibet most the peo- Join the Facebook page to find out more. ple that we come into contact with don’tevenreal- Friday6th November – LivedExperience Confer- ise what we’re going through either,sohow’s that for ence: ‘Between Them and Us’ - An interactive day keeping your dignity? long event on the value of ‘livedexperience’. De- tails can be found at http://www.nsun.org.uk/news/ Social media is alight with awareness raising ac- mental-health-events/#Lived15 tivity for this annual event. Exploring the hash tag ‘#WMHD15’ on Twitter will give youaninsight on Tryand get yourself down to acouple of these It’sthe lead-up to World Mental Health Day2015, the work that is being done across the globe in abid events, regardless of whether yousuffer with amen- whichistaking place this Saturdayonthe 10th Oc- to raise awareness and eradicate the stigma attached tal health condition yourself, knowsomeone who tober.Eachyear,the dayitself and the week leading to mental health. does or would just like to learn more about mental up to it will focus on adifferent theme surrounding health in general. mental health issues, in abid to raise public aware- There will be manyevents going on across Leeds ness. This year the emphasis is on ‘Dignity in men- aid of World Mental Health Day2015. Take care of yourselves, and don’tforget to get in- tal health’, and this theme struckachord with me Saturday10th October – Feardom Festival-This volved in #WMD15, even if it’sfrom the comfort of as Ihaveoften felt as though my dignity has been event is taking place down at Clarence Dock, and is your ownliving room via your laptop! robbed from me by my mental illnesses. centred on living with anxiety.The dayissaid to include various workshops, exhibitions and activities [Hannah Lewis] Netflixand Chill?

and semantic drift; Ican nowavoid my fumbling thing, right? British awkwardness to get what Iwant, when I want- for just £7.49 amonth! So youpop round to Am Iaiming too high? That’sjust it. Whywould my house, we make love all night etc. etc. and Ieven someone like youbeinterested in anobodylike me? get to watchsnippets of the US Office. My god is Ipromise once youget toknowyou’ll realise just Dwight Schrute hilarious. Acourtesy cuddle in the howmuchIreally do have to offer you! But you’re morning, you’re out the door and I’m having agood all the same. Do youknowhow manynights out day. Everyone wins. We’rejust keeping things light with friends I’ve turned down to spend an evening hearted and casual. with you? WhydoIfeel like I’m the only one making an effort in this relationship? Howcan youbeso Yeah, right. cold? Iwas in it for the long haul; I’m talking an of- ficial, grown-up, long-term commitment. But Iguess My Tuesdayevenings consist of avery different kind Iwas mistaken. of relationship- atale of unrequited love between myself and various job websites-; When it’sover, it’salwaysthe same story.Ibuy Cad- bury’sFruit &Nut, have afew mugs of red wine and ‘Linkedin and Weep.’ listen to Taylor Swift on loop; but your presence, or lackthere of, it still haunts me. Youare the first thing It’sjust another classic midweek evening. It’sbeen Here’show it goes…. Ithink about when Iwake up in the morning and along dayatthe Laidlaw, Ihaven’tevenmade a the last thing when Igotosleep. Your insidious si- dent in my never-ending reading list and I’m finally It’slate, too late. I’m staring at my computer screen ren’scall is inescapable; I’m alwayscoming backfor in bed; but I’m feeling restless. Itoss and turn, try- agonizing overmyresponse. WasItoo forward? Did more. Iguess I’ll have to accept that I’m going to be ing to get comfortable but Ijust can’tget youoff my Icome across as too needy? Ishould be so used to lonely and unemployedforever. mind! Istare at the ceiling then pickupmyphone, rejection by nowbut every time it brings that very scroll through the contact list and send the follow- same sickly,empty feeling, that knocks down all my [Amelia Dunton] ing text message; defenses leaving me as an emotional wreck. With what little confidence Ihaveleft, Ithrowmyself onto ‘Netflix &Chill? ;)’ the next one. Maybe this time it’ll be different? Imay not be as experienced as the others, but surely moti- Howbrilliant is 2015? Thank you, Internet memes vation and transferable skills have to count for some- We'reinthe businessofIDEAS.We areacollective of students,artists, writers, designers, illustrators, photographers, allfuelled by our desire to collaborate. We ARE creativesdreamingBIG.Weare creativesdreamingtogether. Ideas areour currency.Imagination is critical.Soiscoffee. Thebestwork is always aheadofus. We are persistent.Weare relentless.We areall paintersand performers workingonscreens bigand small. Our BEST projects arebornfrom what we learnaswefall, as we grow,aswecreate, collectively.We are SHARED learning. We work hard andparty often. Creative comrades, come together.

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LEEDS CREATIVE COMMON facebook.com/groups/creativecommon Views 13 Views FollowingWednesday’s annual Varsitycompetition, TheGryphon asks:Isitfairthatthe Men’sRugby UnionTeamget allthe Varsity attention?

Yes MichaelEverett

LeedsVarsity is so much morethan Friendly though it maybe, LeedsVarsity is so overtime. We need only look at how whichhas forsolongplayedsecond just asportingevent.Above allelseitis nothinglessthanawar between twoarch England’s women’sfootballplayers won fiddletofootball. Just as arisingtide ashowcasedemonstratingthe virtuesof rivals.How better to representthisthan thesupport of thenationduringthe recent liftsall boats, youmay rest assured friendship,passion andpride.Represented withasportdefinedbyblood,sweat and WorldCup,not to mentionEngland’s that LeedsVarsity will raisethe profile withinthisevent arenolessthantwenty neverany tears? victorious woman at theRugby Union of women’srugby.Afew generations fivedifferentsportsplayedbybothmale With this having been established, we WorldCup last year.However,itisonly from nowsocialattitudes maywellhave andfemaleathletes. Each of these sports come nowtothe meat of thequestion; why fair to saythat women’srugby,inpublic changed to thepoint wherestudents is of course,worthyofattention.Given showcase themen’s team at theexpense perception, is notquite there yet. Would aresurprised to learnthe validity of infinitetimeand money, everymatch of of thewomen’s? It goes without saying making it theshowcase of LeedsVarsity women’srugby as thecentrepiece of everysport couldbeplayedout in an that thewomen’steamisnolessworthy. give itsprofileamuchneededboost?That this eventwas ever questioned.Wehave arenabefore atwelvethousand strong Equallythereisnoreasontodoubt their argument couldcertainlybeeloquently alot of work to do as asociety before crowd. In reality this wouldnever be talents. Thecoldhardfactofthe matter is madebut that is not theissue at hand. we arelivinginsuchaworld.Inthe here feasible.Evenifitwerefeasible, thefact that thewomen’s game lacksthe profile of Askyourself, instead, if LeedsVarsity,an andnow letLeeds Varsitybewhat it has remainsthat there canonlyeverbe, by themen’s.Rugby isassociatedwithsome eventwhich meanssomuchtosomany always been;studentscomingtogether, definition, onecentrepiece.Naturally we very masculine imagery. That is what the people,isreallythe placefor such asocial irrespective of theirgender,tocelebrate canonlyshortlistthose sports whoseform people buying tickets, many of whom are experiment?Financiallyand withregardto friendship,passion andpride. suitsastadium setting. Of these remaining notgoing to be hardcore fans of thesport, public opinion,it’sarisk. contenders, it is Rugbywhich hasthe arepayingtosee.Attitudes canbechanged Ultimately,anevent of this magnitude senseofspectaclethisevent callsfor. anditisindeedmyhopethat they will do will servetoraise theprofileofrugby, No DomJohnson

Despitethe fact that amongst my most event. Yet, afterabrief glance through inequality that exists withinsport,there attentionawayfrom theMen’s Rugby painfulmemories exists oneofbeing theUniversity’spromotion forthe day, must be alarge-scaleshiftin thecoverage Uniongametowards marginal fixtures repeatedly bulldozedintothe mudby thefaceofVarsity seemseternally that women’ssport receives,startingat that wehavenarrowly lostinthe past boys double my size duringcold, rain- emblazoned withaplayerfromthe grassrootslevel,layingthe foundations maybeaninvaluableway to create soaked PE lessons, Idonot argueagainst Men’sRugby Unionteam, staring forchange in theprofessionalgame. moresupport forthose teams, andearn theunbalancedcoverage towardsthe down at students from theUnion’s If equalattention is notgiven to both ourfirstvictory in theevent. Men’sRugby Unionsidedue to my poster-coveredwalls as if part of some genders, in this case to RugbyUnion Overall, as notedbyPiers Cottee- inability to master thesport.Rather, it Orwellian dystopia;the quasi-Big teams, howcan female sporteverbe Jones, LUUActivities Officer,inlast is an issuethat encroaches on ignoring Brother athletethat ensures attention expected to amassthe same kind of week’s issueofThe Gryphon: “Varsity is Varsity’seclecticvariety of sports. shallnot be diverted from theprecious coverage as itsmaleequivalent? so much more than abig rugbymatch”. Varsity, undoubtedly,isanincredible headline sport. Varsityisthe perfectopportunity Let’shonourthe arrayoftalentthat is daythat enablesLeeds’two largest The famous Wednesdayhas come a to redressthe balance here at the showcasedonthe hallowed day, and academic institutions to battle against long waysince its2005inceptionwhere University,withthe Men’sRugby Union spreadsupport acrossthe ever-growing each otherfor victoryinover25 only 10 sports were theplatformfor sell-out game hardly likely to lose field of competition. differentsports. Butwhy does an event competition. The University’s attention supportifapercentageofits attention that boasts such diversity not reflect th“”is must therefore respond to thelast is diverted into ensuring supportacross in itspublicity of thebig day? decade’s increase in sporting inclusion thefield. Thehysteriaaround RugbyUnion andadvertise in amanner that reflects Thefactthat we have nevertobeat couldperhaps be justified by thefact theentirespectrum, rather than pinning Beckettinthe 10 yearsofVarsity is ahint that theMen’s 1stteamgameexistsas interest on onesingleevent. that achange in approach to theevent’s Varsity’sculminatingand mostwatched In ordertostart combatting thegender supportmustberealised. Moving the

thegryphon.co.uk 14 Views #DoILookDstrktprotests-HLneeded

representative forDstrktstatedthatthe Whilst thebiggest issuehere is, of withoutsaying. HelenBrealey club ‘has neveroperatedany sexual course, race,Ican’t help butquestion As is to be expected,the shocking BA Englishand French or racial,discriminatory door policy’ to what extent this is also asexistissue. informationpromptedwidespread andusedexternalpromoters forthe Do theserules only applytofemales?At dissatisfaction in variousforms.Most Alittleoveraweekafter four eventinquestion. However,noformal what pointwere theserules suddenly notably,members of thepublicprotested womenwere refusedentry to exclusive apology hasbeenissuedfollowing this applied,given that thewomen claim outside thenightclub, questioning West London clubDstrkt, outrage is still discrimination. Regardlessofwhether ‘#DoILookDstrkt’?Whatsomefailto rife. If you’ve somehowmissedwhat an external promoter is to blameornot, WWhilst thebiggest issue graspisthat this incident is not just hashappened, youneedonlyGoogle thelackofexplanation that Dstrkt have hhere is,ofcourse, race,I representativeofone single nightclub, ‘Dstrkt’ to findthat thesecond most even triedtooffer is both embarrassing can’thelpbut question to andthe fact that it hasamuchmore popularsearchresultisalready ‘Dstrkt andfrustrating. what extentthisisalsoa widespreadimpact is madeglaringly racist’; an unsurprisingconclusionon It’s also worthnotingthatthe sexist issue. obvioushere. In addition,musician learning that Zalika Miller,26, LinMei, racism involvedinthisincidentstarted “ Omarionwas duetoperform at the 29,and twoother friends were denied well before thewomen arrivedat to have visitedthe club,frequeetntedd bby venueonFridaynight,yet tweeted access on thegroundsthat they were thedoor. Invited by apromoter, Mei thelikes of Rihanna,Drake andJd ay-Z, shortlybeforethe scheduledevent ‘I will ‘too dark’ and‘overweight’. Yes, you wasrequiredtosendphotos to the before?And moreimportantly,looking not be attending#DstrktLondon tonight nightclubofher andher friends,after not just at sexism andracismbut also period.’ thepromoter made reference to thefact elitism, what givessomeone theright Whilst these demonstrations of YeY s, youreadthatright that it was‘harder forblack girlstogain to makeajudgementastowhether unacceptance of this kind of behaviour entry’. someoneis‘”enough’ arepromising, thelackofshame on –it’s2015, yetpeopleare still facingdiscrimination in On arrival, at amodest to getintoavenue? behalf of theclubshows exactly why relation to race,colour and 10pm toensureeaseof Toodrunk/underage/ issues surrounding race andcolour still body type. entry, thewomen faced rude to staff? Fine. pose aserious problem that desperately “ numerousexcuses However, toodark needsaddressing. NotjustatDstrkt, but readthatright –it’s2015, yetepeoopplle before beingallegedly or toofat?Surely nationwide. arestill facingdiscrimination in relaattiion linedupagainst awall neveracceptable; to race,colourand bodytype. andtoldtheywerenot somethingI Despitethese allegations, a allowed in. assumed went ” Image: voice-online. Is Corbyn theman to turn Labour green?

Daniel Dolado-Hollyman

BScGeography projects,requiring thecontroversial encouraging sustainableliving and been unveiled as yet, theunderlying useofhydraulic fracturing or ‘fracking’, creating climatejobsare allpartof agenda andmotivation to dealwith Youngpeoplegenerallyhavea it brings up thequestionastowhether Corbyn’slong-term plan.Labouris theenvironmentalcrisisisthere. “ “ “ “ “ “ “ much betterawarenessand indeed, they arecommitted to theenvironment setting out agreener vision of Britain “ Iattendedanassembly in understandingofenvironmental at all. Manchester just this week where issues than previous generations.The So,inapolitical sense, what canwe Jeremy Corbynand theleaderofthe words‘sustainability’and ‘climate do if we aretoavoidanenvironmental TheLabourParty and GreenParty Natalie Bennettshared change’probablymeanverylittleto catastrophe? theGreen Partyare natural thesameplatformtogetherinsolidarity

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enough to deal withthe imminent forthe environmentthanprevious “ environmentfor future generations. environmentalcrisis. governments. As well as awhole host of unlike anythingwehaveseenbefore. We canbepartofthatchange. Eversince DavidCameron’s ‘vote socialdemocratic policies,the recently Challengeslikeclimate changealong We canbeagenerationthat “ “ “ “ “ “ blue,gogreen’campaignbackin electedleaderplaceshugeemphasi“ s withall itssocialand environmental invests in alow- 2006,the Conservativegovernment on protecting theenvironment.Stating implications will no longerbeleftfor carboneconomy, hasbeenwidelycriticised,not least futuregenerations to deal with, but invests in by students,for abandoningmany faceduptonow,byus. renewable energy, of itspromises on greenpolicyand So,inapoliticalsense, HowdoweknowthatCorbyn says no to fracking, environmentalissues. Intruth, the wwhhat canwedoifweare will actually keep hispromises?Time- recycles more, subjecthas been somewhat avoided to avoidanenvironmeenttaal after-time politicianssay onething livessustainably by politicians andhas quietly catastrophe? andthen do anotheronce in power. and, in doing disappearedfrom thepolitical agenda However, Corbynwas electedona so,change since theaforementioned campaign platformbased around straight talking our almostten yearsago. “in hisown leadership manifesto that, andhonestpoliticsthathas attracteda society With thecurrentgovernment “Promoting thewell-beingofour planet, massivesurge of enthusiasm andhope, forthe selling offalarge chunk of theGreen itspeopleand ecosystemsmustbeatthe especiallyfrom youngpeople,many better. Investment Bank and continuing heartofthe Labour Party’svision.” of whom areaware of these issues. to supportshale gasexploration Agreaterfocus on renewable energy, Although specificpolicieshaven’t thegryphon.co.uk Views 15 FancyDress gone toofar?

Victoria Beyai Hockey both favour this theme forasocial of thepeopledonningthese costumes Beckettfans. This isn’t just friendly BA EnglishLiterature andrelishthe opportunitytodon hoop they cantakeitoff at theend of thenight competition, butisinsidiouselitism that earrings,mockbabybumps andtracksuits. afterdrunkenly stumblingbacktobed; perpetuates negative stereotypes and Consideringthe exorbitant cost of playing thepeoplethese costumes mock cannot. narrow-minded thinking.Considering University sports canembodythe sportatuniversitylevel (studentscan easily Thereisasinister note when onecan pick therelativelevelsofprivilege at each bestofthe studentexperience;fun, andchooseelementsofaculture without university this furtherdemonstrates how dedication,perseverance,camaraderie ThThereisasinister note taking on theprejudice that people thesesocialthemesare notonlyabit of andthe desiretoimprove. However, whwhene onecan pick and whoshare that culture face.Whenthe funbut actually have realworld impact. on theflip side LeedsUniversityUnion choose elementsofa universityinvests so many resourcesin In ordertobond as aclubitshouldn’t sportsclubs canalsodemonstrate culturewithout taking on improvingaccessfrom underrepresented be necessarytopokefun at thosefrom behaviourthatisfar from admirable. theprejudice that people groups it seemsashame that oncehere underprivilegedbackgrounds. Speaking Whilst it canbearguedthe only thing whoshare that cultureface. studentsfrom these backgroundscan from experience,being surrounded by youare judged on whilst playingis “ feel thebuttofjokes andhavetolive your teammates whoseemtothink your ownability,thisdoesn’thold in aculture that seemstofindhumour it’s funnytopretend to have grown true afterthe finalwhistle hasbeen spendthe best part of athousandppouunnds in theirrespective backgrounds. This up in socialhousing,orasapersonof blownand societies’barriersfallback on kit, socials,membership, transportand adifferentethnicbackground,such into place. In thenameofcelebrating relatedcosts)the adopting of atheme ThT is isn’tjustfriendly as theequally as popular ‘Cowboys or commiseratinganumberofsports that mocksthose from disadvantaged ccoommpetition, butisinsidious andIndians’theme,isn’t conducive clubs participateinsocialthemesthat backgrounds seemsdistasteful. Whilst Iam elitismthatperpetuates to agoodnight out. If theclubs were areatbestquestionableand at worst not suggesting that allwho play un”iversity negative stereotypes and engaging in ‘blackface’orovert racism downrightoffensive. sportare superwealthy thereseems to be a narrow-mindedthinking. then there wouldbeoutrage but ‘Chav’ themesare aperennial structural frameworkinplace that benefits becauseeconomic disadvantageisless favourite andmembers seem have no thosefrom comfortable backgroundswithin “allexistswithin acontinuumwwhheerre visibleit’sdeemedacceptable.Maybe understandingofthe damagingeffect auniversitythat already disproportionately classism colourssportsinLeeds with I’mjustmissing thepunchline butIjust theirchoiceoftheme mayhaveon admits such students. thebestexamplebeing at Varsitywhere don’tthinkthe joke is funnyanymore. others. The NetballClub, LUU’s‘Club The main objectionIhavetothisand chants of ‘yourDad worksfor mine’are of theyear’ 2014/15, andWomen’s similar themesisthat whilst forthe majority thrown acrossthe field towardsthe”Leeds

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things,flouting theGeneva Protocolby denials.Therehas been widespread in Syriaisnot vergingonbecoming Liam Kerrigan allegedly unleashingchemicalweapons condemnation of Russia’s actions anotherCold Warstyle proxywar, BA Philosophy upon itsown citizens.Assad is under whichresultedinatleast 39 civilian onecannothelpbut cast theirmind threatfromthe Free Syrian Army,an back in time andexperience aslight army of anti-government rebels backed IS must be stopped shiver (ifyou’llexcusethe pun).Syria Theprospectofyet anotherforce by theUSand UK.The US has, for --no that allare agreed. hasjustbecomethe latest board seekingtoassertits dominance in a some time now, been conducting its ReResolution must nowbe upon whichthe twosuperpowers countryalreadyengulfedbyconflict ownbombingcampaigninthe east sought to decide who have electedtoplay. Some fear this is somethingfew wouldwelcome. of Syriawhere IS forces maintain their will hold poweronce IS maybeone of many increasingly However, theflames of an alreadylarge rule.Russia, however, hasconcentrated have been removed. tense standoffsbetween theUSand blazewere stoked up this past week itsstrikes in thewestofthe country. Russia whichshall emergegiven the when Russia announcedthat it wasto It appearsthat areascontrolled by the “ rising unpredictability andboldness begin conductingabombingcampaign Syrian rebels have been purposefully deathsoverthe first four ddayyss of of RussianPremier VladimirPutin. targetedbyRussia. In fact,itis bombing. Astatement issued by the Fornow,the focusmustremain DespiteObama’s irrefutable. UK,US, France,Germany, Saudi on preventing thefurther sufferingof iinnsiistence that thesituation Arabia,Qatar andTurkeydenounced theSyrianpeople. IS must be stopped in Syriaisnot vergingon Russia fortargeting civiliansand -onthatall areagreed. Resolution becoming anotherCold rebels rather than IS.Assad”at least must nowbesoughttodecidewho Warstyle proxywar,one hassupport from Iran.The Shia will hold poweronce IS have been cannot help butcasttheir powerhas donatedbillions to the removed. To allowRussia to continue “mind back in time and Alawiteregimewhich allows Iranto itsassault of theSyrianrebels, thus experience aslightshiver. usethe countrytotransit weaponsto leavingthe murderousdespotAssad Hezbollah. in power, wouldbetocondemnthe in Syriaagainst theIslamic StStatte (IS) So,itwould seem that Russia Syrian people to afuture of tyranny and“allterrorists”inthe region. andthe US arepreparing to square- andcruelty.Nodoubt many will In recent years, Russia’s forceshave Defence Secretary MichaelFallon offagainst each otheronce again. sharethisview. Thoughgiven the come to theaid of Bashar al-Assad: hasstatedthatMoD intelligence Russia backsthe regime andits subsequentoutcomesofrecent thecurrent PresidentofSyria andthe suggests amere 1in20raidsconducted forces whilst theUSbackthe US-backedregimechangesinthe latest in thehereditary Assa”dregime by Russia have hitIStargets,astatistic anti-government rebels.Despite Middle East,one couldbeforgiven –aregimeguiltyof, amongother whichcategorically undermines Russia’s Obama’sinsistence that thesituation forbeing somewhat hesitant.

thegryphon.co.uk 16 Science WetlandFutures2015 Achance for freshwater specialists to get abit salty and marine specialists to freshen up.

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Flora Tiley andWetlands Trust(WWT) notes that In an attempt tomarry marine and to believethat these sitesshould be notenough people areacknowledging freshwater (and everythinginbetween) addressed in isolationand it is bemusing theconnections,suchasour starfish areasfor auniversal examination that they have been untilnow.Withever What do youget if youcross a andsheep. andmanagement of ourhydrological increasingdisruptionand interference sheepwithastarfish? Sheepfish?Shish? cascade,Wetland Futureshas been to thenatural worldfrom humankind, Steep? No,asolutiontowater policy. From mountain to sea, numerous established. This year’s conference it is more important than ever to act importantfeaturescan be identified, takesplace in Birmingham on 15th and in relation to conservation.Everyone The high moorlandsofthe UK mostnotably wetlands.Seasonal 16th Octoberand is entitled ‘Bridging is involvedsomehow–we’reall arehometothousandsofsheep,all or perennialwetlandsprovide the thegap between freshwater,saltwater consumersand,nomatterhow much respiring, reproducingand excreting. environmentalconditionsfor ahighly andmarginalwetlands’. werecycle, there’sstill an estimated Theygraze thelandand help seed distinctiveand characteristic fauna and 2,500items of rubbishper kilometreof dispersal, provideuswithsnuggly flora, thesurvival of whichisessential to WWT’sConservationPolicyOfficer beach. knitwear andfill us withmeatand conserving biodiversity.Hydrologically, HannahFreeman said:“Youwouldn’t cheese.However,sheep manureis undercertain conditions wetlands thinkBirminghamisthe obviousplace To book aplace,visit www.wwt. impactingour starfish. No,sea levelrise mayalsohaveanimportant role to discuss theinterrelationshipbetween org.uk/wetlandfutures-there is a hasnot ledstarfish to thehighlands,nor in controlling waterquality,and rivers andcoasts. Butactuallythat’s the studentrateavailable forthe event hasglobalwarming provokedsheep to regulating surface water flow. Strict point, we need to appreciate that run- of £70for 2days. With an incredible developgills, butifyou thinkbackto wetlandmanagement hasonlyreally offfrom agricultureand industryinthe list of speakers booked,adebateand theendless drawingsofthe watercycle been established in recent yearsand West Midlands drains into theCeltic panel sessionconcluding each day done forGCSEGeography,alinkis with that, adistinctdivide between Seaand North Sea, both of which are andprofessionals in thefieldboth inevitable.The terrestrial hydrological freshwater andmarine sites. WWThas overahundred milesaway. The more appearingasdelegatesand sharing cyclestartsinthe moorlandsand ends identifiedthisasasevere shortcoming we realise ourimpact on thewider theirknowledgeasapresenter,this in theocean,via variousadditions and in waterpolicy, giventhe intrinsiclink environment, Ithinkthe more we’ll is aprime networking andlearning subtractions of nutrients, minerals, betweenall terrestrial waterbodies. realise howmuchgoodworkisalready opportunity. Thereare representatives sheeppoo andpollution.The process TheUShas been aforerunner in happeningand hopefullywe’ll find from theRSPB, NaturalEngland,The worksconverselytoo:risingsea levels establishingthe IntegratedWetland ways to jointhatgoodwork together.” National Trust, YorkshireWater and result in salt water encroachingupon Conservation(IWC) frameworkand it The conference is theideal place many otherreputable charitiesand agricultural land andkilling crops. is high time theUKadopted asimilar forspecialistsintheir relative fieldsto companies. This two-dayevent offers Waterpolicyplans rarely acknowledge strategy,tohelpmove wetlandissues voiceissuesand hopefullyprocurea progressiveinsightsintodrivers and theseissuesasawhole;infact, marine from theirplace onthe peripheryto moresustainable future forwetlands, constraintstothe developmentand andfreshwaterspecialistsstick firmly acentral componentofintegrated covering issues from land to sea(and management of healthy wetlands fora to theirrespectivefields.The Wildfowl environmentalmanagement. everythinginbetween). It is ignorant rangeofaudiences. thegryphon.co.uk Science 17 Discoveriesand Exploration: LightNight AModern Adventure Delights

Dougie Phillips

The days aregetting shorter, the weathers gettingworse andXFactor is in full swing. This canmeanbut onething –summerisoverand winterapproaches.However it’s not alldoomand gloom, as thedarkness brings itsown benefits, namelythe annualLeeds Light NightFestival, nowintoits 11th year.ThisFriday(9th October) will seeLeeds City Centre hostingmorethan60freeart events, includingspectacularlarge-scalelight projections, exhibitions andavariety of performances. As 2015 is theUNESCO InternationalYearofLight,the performersand artistshavebased theireventsonthe importance oflight within oureverydaylives; rangingfrom itsfoundations within naturetothe innovativeroleitplays in design andtechnology. In fact, Light Nightismorethanjustanart festival locatedwithin thecity; it is [source: www.luu.org.uk] an art festival whichincorporates Leeds–its people,its architecture – within theart itself.The event, part of ‘Lightingupthe North’ –anetwork AmyWardle There is amultitude of life we thecontinent of Africa.That wasan of lightfestivals acrossthe Northof terrestrial settlers arejustnot aware extraordinaryexperience.” Through England, is acelebration of thesenses; Readingthe word “discoveries” of.Takefor instance acase from such excavations,weare enabled integratingsightswithsoundsand art and“exploration”,itisdifficult to not Amami-Ōshima,Japan.For 20 years, to learnevermoreabout ourshared withscience,toproduce aplethoraof conceiveimages of impressive galleys divers hadbeenspotting6.5 foot- planetaryhistory andour ownselves. phosphorescent performances. Light out at seaand intrepid middle-aged wide circularstructures, intricateand Nighteventscan be foundthroughout meninbeige andkhaki.Thisispart appearing seemingly out of nowhere, Moderntechnologyisnow thecity–which hasbeendivided of aportraitofhistory we consume withnocause or perpetrator. allowing us to explorethe deep into 10 differentzones –catering in primaryschool. This stereotype is However, Nature’sScientific Reports andrecordour findingslikenever forstudents, families andall those problematicfor manyreasons,one published ajournal in 2013 –and before.Betterlatethannever,as in-between.We’ve puttogetherjust of whichishow ignorantwebecome videos were laterfilmed,narrated ouroceansand underground cave afew of thethings to look outfor, to theresearch teamsand scientists of course by DavidAttenborough systemsare perhapsmoreunknown howevercheck thewebsite www. whouncovernew places,cultures –revealing that thecreatorofthese to us than some aspects of the lightnightleeds.co.uk formoreevents! andspecies everyday.Ithas become underwatergeometric sculptures observed universe!Inspite of the difficult to imaginewhat else is left were 5inch-long male pufferfishes recent (and awe-inspiring) Martian to findonaplanetmadesmaller and (ofTorquigener) attemptingtoattract waterdiscoveries,beforewegoup smallerthankstothe ease of long- afemalewiththeir artistry.These to space in search of life andplaces Top5Events distance travel andthe growth of the dedicatedartists take up to twenty beyond ourstratosphere,perhaps we 1. Painting with Light –Millen- humanpopulation. days to manipulatethe sand into should insteadlookdownand around surrealunderwatercrop-circles, at theplethoraofspecies yettobe nium Square, 6-11pm Turnsout,there’salot.The WWF even decoratingthe outer peakswith discovered. With global extinctions publication‘Hidden Himalayas: Asia’s fragmentsofcoral andshell. ever increasingand thelandscape 2. Prometheus –Millennium Wonderland’–releasedthisMonday shiftingand altering,it’stragictothink Square, 6-11pm –chroniclesthe discovery of 200 Lest we forget, as publishedinthe we have lost places,artefacts and hitherto unrecorded speciesinthe journalElife,lastmonth’s revelations speciesofwhich wenever knew and Himalayas,from 2009 to thepresent of anew humanancestor,Homo couldlearnfrom. 3. Pulse –Briggate, 8pm, 9pm, day. This is despitethe fact that three- naledi, founddeepinacavesystem 10pm quarters of theoriginal habitathas in SouthAfrica, namedthe “Star To help conservethislittlebit of been manipulatedbyman,causing chamber”. ProfessorLee Berger theworld,see theLUU Conservation 4. TheMirrorBall –Outlaws massivevegetation andanimallife told BBC News:“By theend of Volunteers. YachtClub, 6-11pm loss.New speciesrecordedinclude that remarkable21-dayexperience, Channa andrao,the dwarfsnakehead we haddiscoveredthe largest fish; aprimitive fishwhich breathes air assemblage of fossil humanrelatives 5. Whale Song –Calls Wharf, despitethe gillstheypossess. ever discoveredinthe historyof 7.30-11pm

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Freshers’ week is infamous for students around the UK drinking copious amounts of alcohol and attending overhyped events at ques- tionable nightclubs, with exercise and healthylivingthe last thing on their minds. However, here at Leeds University,one event took anew approachonthe partying culture of Freshers’. “Fruity Fitness” combined the popular student night at the union with afull-on workout led by the celebrated heptathlete and Olympian Louise Hazel.

Having gained aBAinFrenchfrom Birmingham University, Hazel knows perfectly well howtointegrate exercise into student life. She balanced her academic work with training to be aworld-class athlete, and it all became worthwhile when she wongold in the 2010 Commonwealth Games and participated in the London 2012 Olympics. TheGryphon had the opportunity to chat with her about “Fruity Fitness”, exercising at university, and participation in sport:

Mixing clubbing and exercise together is aunique idea. What Having completed adegree yourself, did youeverstruggle to bal- drew youtoparticipate in Fruity Fitness? ance university work and your blossoming athletics career?

Leeds University is known for being very forward thinking, creative If I’m honest it wasnever really astruggle, studying at University and vibrant place so it felt like the right venue to host my first Live wasablessing Ihad more time than ever to commit to athletics Student Union Workout Class with DJ Odin. Ithought the Fresher’s and it really paid off. Use your free time wisely and go and get might benefit from something different for Fresher’sWeek! some work experience!

Howimportant do thinkitisfor exercise to be aregular aspect of Whydothink there is alackofyoung women that regularly par- astudent’slife while at university? ticipate in sport and what can be done to change this?

Ithink that alot more could be done to engage students with Ithink that the number of women participating in sport will always exercise whilst at University; there is alwaysabig focus on sport, be disproportionate to men. Sport isn’tfor everyone and not every but sport isn’tfor everyone. Exercise should be top of the agenda man finds sport exciting so it’sonly reasonable to assume that not as it inevitably leads to greater productivity,improvedhealth and every woman will be turned on by sporteither. However,what I mental well-being! would like to see more of is an increase in exercise amongst both young men and women and hopefully live workouts like the one I What advice would yougivetoauniversity student wanting to am hosting is astepinthe right direction. become fitter and healthier? Your career highlights include competing in the London 2012 Don’twait until youstart feeling like crap to get involved in exer- Olympics and winning gold at the Commonwealth Games, mak- cise whilst at university,start straight away. Ihaveanonline plan ing youanextremely successful sportswomen. Do youfeel a www.thepodiumeffect.com with aFREE60day challenge and responsibility to be apositive role modeltogirls wanting to get nutritional advice so there’snoexcuse!! involved in sport? My top tips: -exercise everyday, first thing in the morning and you’ll feel more Yes, Iwould alwaysstrive to encourage anyyoung women whoare energised passionate about sport to pursue their dream not matter howbig or -get involved in group workouts small because Iwas once that young girl... -grabafriend and get involved so youaren’tonyour own. NancyGillen thegryphon.co.uk 20 Sport ‘Uni Girls Can’ Comes to Leeds

Behindthe closed doorsofacertain officetuckedawayinthe upstairs of Leeds University Union, bigthings are happening.Phonesare constantly picked up,meetings scheduledand emailsmonitored in ahawk-like fashionamong agroup of workerseach satattheir owncrowded desk.One of theseisEmmaMackenzie Hogg,the University’s Club and Recreation DevelopmentManager,who,nextweek, will launch herexcitingand innovative campaign–‘Uni GirlsCan’across campus.

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forastudent framework. ‘Uni GirlsCan’, wasborn as broadcasterTanya Arnold, internationalhockey aresult. umpire Sophie Ashcroft,AlisonRose(JessicaEnnis- Fiona Tomas Andsince giving birthtoher twenty-one month-old Hill’s Physiotherapist) andWorld Aikido Champion baby,Emmaherself hasfound that her life hastaken LauraBeardsmorewill openly discussthe future Despitehavingbeenkeptrelativelyonthe quietup adifferentturninterms of inactivity. “Throughout of femalesinsport andwhat needstobedoneto untilnow,‘UniGirls Can’ will seek to engage more different periodsinyourlifeyourprioritieschange. Ifor ensure participationremains ahighpriorityamong female university students in physical activity andhelp oneamnot as active as Iusedtobe. NowIsometimes women. To topthe week off, a‘CatwalkRun’isbeing them overcome thesocialand personalchallenges do feel thefearofjudgement when I’mout on arun organised at Cromer Terrace, wherestudentsare when participatinginexercise. as Idon’t like leavingmylittlegirl. It’s somethingIcan invited to embracethe fun, glamourousand colourful The campaignwillhopetoemulate thesuccess definitelyrelateto. Ido, however, want hertogrowup side of running. Afterafreenailpaintingsession and of ‘ThisGirlCan’–aninitiativelaunchedbySport andbeproudofwho sheisand participateinsport,” thechance to sample Lornah Sports gymwear, guests Englandearlier this year afterstaggeringresearch shesaid. will rundowntothe FirstDirectArena before hitting revealed asignificantgendergap in sportparticipation. Monday 12 October, theofficialseven-day launch up theHiddenCaféfor coffeeand cake. Thecountry’s largestSportsCouncil revealed that two of ‘Uni GirlsCan’willsee amixture of practical, This is afantasticopportunity forfemalestudents million fewerwomen than menaged14-40 regularly motivationaland academically stimulatingevents from allbackgroundsand physical ability to learn participateinsport each week. The investigation also take placeacrossLeeds University.Six guestspeakers more about theimportance of stayingactivewhilst disclosedthe reasons whymostyoung womenchoose andtwo formerathleteswill descendoncampusto studying andthe benefits that canenjoyed. not to participateinphysicalactivity –because of fear sharetheir uniqueexperiences, tips andadviceabout Emmahopes that her campaignwill be able to of judgement,for competency fearsorfor feeling participatinginsport.Among thesewill be 21 times matchthe positivityof‘This Girl Can’ andwill ensure guilty at neglecting theirparentalrole. worldchampionDameSarah Storey, GreatBritain’s that university femaleshavethe support, guidance As aresult, ‘ThisGirlCan’was launched;whose most decoratedfemaleParalympian. Theex-Leeds andimpetus to challenge thestereotypical gender promotional videoincludessloganssuchas“Sweating BeckettSportsScience studentwill deliverapractical issues that have traditionallydiscouraged womento like apig,feeling like afox”. The videohas been spin session followed by atalkthat will look at her partakeinsportingactivity. “After theconference at positively embraced by thousandsfollowing itsinitial outstanding sporting career;the barriers shehas faced SportEngland,Iwentawayand thoughttomyself, I’m publication on nationaltelevisionand hassince as awoman andher recent challenge of becoming a in abit of apositionhere to reallymakeadifference stormedsocialmedia usingthe hashtag #ThisGirlCan. mum. forour students andstaff,” shesaid. Afterattending aconference chaired by theCEO Mother anddaughter marathon runners, Dr Jayne To viewthe full programmeofthe ‘Uni GirlsCan’ of SportEngland,Emma, like many other university Rodgers(herselfaformerLeeds alumni) andher mum launch at LeedsUniversity, visithttp://sport.leeds. representatives, wasasked howtheywould Bibi,famousfor theiraward-winningfood andfitness ac.uk/sport/uni-girls-can/ realistically endorse‘This Girl Can’ forastudent blog,‘Veggie Runners’,will talk about thepressures framework. Inspired by ‘ThisGirlCan’, Emmadecided womenfacewhen doingsport andshare nutrition to launchauniversity-basedadaptationfrom the tips,followed by leadingsomeruns. national campaignatLeeds University,translating its Thelaunchalsoincludesaconversationpanel at messagefromanational context to onethatissuited theBusinessschoolon15October, whereBBC sports thegryphon.co.uk Sport 21 Leeds Uni Dominate First Ever Varsity Korfball Matt Norman Varsity Korfball defending from Beckett, giving Norman asimple Leeds Beckett 9-17University of Leeds runner shot whichheput away easily.Becketmanaged to grabone back butUni onceagain asserted their LeedsUniversitydominated LeedsBeckett from the dominance with another period of fiveunanswered offtoclinchthe first officialKorfballVarsity matchon goals. Muir addedtwo more to herpersonaltally after Wednesday. Aftertakinganearly5-1 lead, Uninever easily gettingawayfrom herdefender.Hawthorne then looked back to finish17-9winners afteracommanding picked up histhird, finishingoff Evie Lilly’stirelesswork team performance withsix differentplayers gettingtheir around theposttohelpput Uni13-4ahead.Beckett namesonthe score sheet. wasunabletomount anyserious threattothe lead but LeedsBeckett managed to grab thefirstgoalofthe kept thescoreboardticking with acoupleofgood long matchtogoahead earlyon, in what turned out to be shots. Nevertheless,Uni remained focusedand,after forthe only time in thewhole game.Uni respondedin some excellentlinkupplaybetween Lauren Taylor and spectacularfashion with fiveunansweredgoals through Debs Cray,Louis Harrison foundsomespace toget a Rachel Muir,Captain Luke Hawthorne andNicola shot away andgrabhis first goal of thematch. Bramley. Uniweredefinitely looking thebrighter of With the result neverreallylooking under any thetwo teamsinthe first 20 minutesafter picking up a realthreat, thematch finallyfinished 17-9 to Uni, a coupleofpenalties with some slickpassing around the thoroughly convincingoutcome forthisexcitingteam. Beckettdefence tosecurethe 5-1lead. However, Beckett Before thematch,The Gryphonspoke to Leeds Jack Roberts showed greatcharacter by stayingintouchingdistance University Club President Jacob Cookeabout Korfball in therun-uptohalftime, scoringacouplebeforeCooke beingincluding in Varsityfor thefirsttime: “It’sgreatto them andwe’ll have to be on thetop of ourgamefrom gothis first withalong shot andHawthorne addedhis finallyget thechance toplayinVarsity,especiallyfor a theoff to getthe win. Whatever theresultit’sfantastic secondafter some qualityinterplay withMattHadfield. sportlikeKorfballwhich not many people have heard forthe clubtobeapart of Varsityfinallyand have the At thehalftimewhistle the7-3 scorewas uncomfortably of.Leeds Becketthas only been playingfor acoupleof opportunitytohelpUni come out on top!” closefor Uni, with everythingstill to play for. yearsbut hasbecomeverycompetitiveinashort space Unistarted thesecond half strongly as Hawthorne of time.Theyplayaveryphysicalgamethat we’re not andMattNormancombined to capitalise on lacklustre used to so we know it’s always goingtobetough against

Leeds Beckett Handed aDefeat

Fiona Tomas Varsity Women’sHandball increasingly finding theirrhythmand Leeds Beckett 24 -26University of Leeds were causingdefensive problems for Uni. LeedsUniversity’swomen’s handball team edgedpast ThesuperbWhitehead–arguably aresilientBeckett side in ahotly-contested matchatThe Uni’sbestplayerofthegame- Edge on Wednesdayafternoon. responded with apowerful throwinto Unistarted brightly,withEllieWhitehead scoringinthe thebottomleft-hand corner of thenet to first 45 seconds of thematch,beating thekeeperbyfiring theapplauseofthe pitchsideGryphon ashot into thebottomleft-hand corner.The Gryphons supporters to levelthe game at 12-12. then wonbackpossession from there-startand hitthe Thematch wasprovingadifficult targetagain to bagwhatwas adeserved2-0 lead. onetocall, withbothteams closely Becketttooklongertosettleintothe game andthey tied at 14-14atthe endthirdofthe took time to adjust to aresilient Gryphondefence.After quarterbeforeamomentofmagicfrom some briefexchangesofplay, they grew in confidence Whitehead. The FashionDesignstudent andbegan to dominate possession,and withit, scored proved whyshe is aSuper-8 League threegoals to take theleadat2-3. player,showing excellentagility with Indeed,the first fifteen minutesofthe game were fairly an impressive pivot at thetop-centreof equal, withbothsides squanderingshootingchancesat thebox to turn andshoot, edging Uniin Jack Roberts eitherend.Uni forwardWhiteheadcameclose when she frontat15-14. hitthe post twicebut Unileadatthe breakbyaslender Beckettonce againresponded andscoredtwice from thegamelookedincreasingly like it wouldbelongtothe margin of twopointsat10-8. twocounter attackstopeg Uniback,beforecaptain Gryphons.Beckett clawed theirway back to 25-24, but Beckett, however, ferociouslycheeredonbyalarge Authen scored brilliantly from tenmetresout. couldn’t respond,asUni’s goalkeeperpulledoff another groupofsupporters, came out on thefront foot at the With eight minutestogo, thegamewas tied at 21-21 dramatic save from closerange before Authen charged startofthe secondhalfand thwarted Uni’sdefence.A andthe matchwas becoming increasingly tense, as both up thecourt to have thelastsay andfire in as thefinal shot wasfiredthrough thehands of Uni’sgoalkeeperin teamsdrewsaves from theirrespectivegoalkeepers. whistlewent. thefirst30secondstomakeit10-9. Beckettcontinued KittyOttmanconverted aUni penalty,but it wastogo theirattacking prowessand forced Unitogiveawaya down to thewire. penaltysoonafter,which wasscoredtomakethe game Uni’svictory wasinpartdue to thelateheroics of all-square. theirsubstitute keeper, whotipped afierce Beckett TheGryphonsgrabbed theirfirstgoalofthe second shot overthe barand fantasticallysaved apenalty with period in thenextcounter-attack, butBeckett pounced herfootinthe 56th minute.And afterAuthendanced yetagain,coollyslottinglow into thecornertomakeit herway through thedefence toblast hershot past the 11-11. Indeed,Beckett looked thelivelierside–theywere Beckettkeeperand establish atwo pointleadat24-22, thegryphon.co.uk 22 Sport Beckett Outclass Gryphons

NancyGillen Varsity Women’sFootball majorityofthe 1sthalfwentthe same way, withthe Uni side struggling to dealwiththe creative Beckettattack As Varsityday loomed,the LeedsUniversitywomen’s whowerealmostscoring forfun.However,likethe 1sts football teamsknewthattheyhad abig challenge ahead. before them,the 3rds didn’t give up.The second half saw Asidefrom theobvious closerivalrybetween thetwo much better play from Uni, producingsomewell-worked teams, each LeedsUniversitysidewas facingoff againsta passes andpreventingBeckett from scoring. However,as Beckettteamtwo leaguesabove. thematch came to aclose,Uni began to tire,and Beckett The bigday came accompanied with torrential rain addedafew more goalstotheir tally. Thematch finished andanicy wind.Fittingly,the 1sts were thefirsttoplay, 16-0 to Beckett, butinall fairness,thiswas not reflective confident despitelastseason’stop scorer,Fiona Worts, of thehardworkand effort putinbythe Uni3rd team. sittingout withanankleinjury. However, coming up Alot of theplaycreatedwill give them hope forthe againstaBeckett side whoplayinthe PremierNorth upcomingBUCSseason. league wasalwaysgoing to be atough ask. Within 30 It waslefttothe 2nds to tryand salvageatleast one minutes, despiteplaying well,Uni were 3-0down. A winfor Uni. Unfortunatelyitwas not to be,withBeckett scorelinelikethisisalwayshardtocomebackfrom,and immediatelygetting offtoagoodstart withagoalafter anothergoaljustbeforehalf-time pretty much cemented 5minutes. Nonetheless, it wasagoodperformance for aUni loss.Unfortunatelyinthe second halfthe goinggot theteam, andUni often linked up well to play some much tougher, andasuperiorBeckett side putanother eye-catchingfootball. However,theysimplycameup sevengoals past Uni. Despitethis, the1stsnever lettheir againstastrongerteam, andagainst lesser opponents it headsdropand managedtograbagoal withwhat was is easytosee the2ndsperformingwellintheir league literallythe last kick of thegame, restoringsomepride. this season. Team captainRachelWeaversaidafter the Afterthisdisappointing 11-1 defeat, LeedsUni ‘playerof game:“Although we lost we cantakealot of positives thematch’ anddefender CatrionaStobiestated“It wasa from thematch. It wasthe first time we played together toughmatchagainst averystrongLeeds Beckettsidebut andeveryoneput in 100% andplayedverywell, andit from hereonout we hope to take some positivesaway wasgoodpreparation forBUCSnextweek.” andlooktowardsthe rest of theseason”. Overall, Uniwomen’s football did not have thebest Next up were the3rds. Immediately afterkick-off Varsityresults wise,but there is much reasontobe theteamrealisedwhat atesting game this wastobe, optimistic forthe upcoming season. withBeckett scoringagoalalmoststraight away.The

Lacrosse Teams ExperienceJack Roberts Mixed Fortunes

Mac White Varsity Lacrosse absolutelybossedit.” said defender LucasKramer,anexchange studentfrom Second-year player LydiaGriffithssaidshe was Buffalo, New York. TheUniversityofLeeds’men’s andwomen’s lacrosse also very proudwithhow herteamfared on thepitch, “Wemadeitagoodfightbythe end.” teamsearnedmixed resultsintheir LeedsVarsity matches especiallywithsomenew faceswearing greenand Despitebeing new to theLeeds Varsityconcept, on Wednesday. maroon. Kramer said he couldfeelthe tension andcompetitiveness Whilethe women’steamdemolished theirrivalsfrom “There arefive freshersonthe team todayand four on thepitch. LeedsBeckett University 20-9,the men’steamstruggled or fivegirls returningback from ayearabroad. Some of “Absolutely,you couldlookaround andsee allthe to findtheir offence, losing 9-1. thegirls I’ve neverplayedwithbefore,” Griffiths said. fans from each school coming out andcheeringand just Thegames were played at Beckett’sHeadingley “The freshersperformed reallywell. The transitions looking to getthe betteredgeonone another. It wasa Campus,wherebothteams battlednot only theirrivalsin on thefieldwereamazing.You wouldn’t know from the reallygreatatmosphere,” he said. purple andblack,but thebitingwindand rain too. pitchwho wasafresher andwho wasn’t.” Boththe men’s andwomen’s teamswill officiallykick Despitethe disparityinthe ladies’finalscore,the In themen’s game,the Gryphons fell behindearly offtheir BUCS season next Wednesdaywhen Newcastle matchremainedclose in theearly stages.The Gryphons andnever quiterecovered. Beckettstarted strongly University comestoplayatWeetwood. only ledbythree at thehalfway pointbeforeultimately andled by sixatthe halfwaystage.The pulling away. Gryphon’slonegoalwas scoredby Star centre andTeamEngland representativeCaitlin midfielderAlexBrodes. Baty directed most of theGryphons’ play.The fourth-year Thespectatorswho braved theelements player wasall overthe pitch, withmuchofthe team’s in thematch’s second half sawamuch offensiveattackbeing runthrough her. differentUni team.Beckett only scored Baty finishedwithseven goalsonthe dayasthe twomoregoals as theGryphons’ defence Gryphons pulledawayinthe secondhalf. Baty’s play andgoalieGeorgeRossclamped down on included ahighlight-reelsolo effort whereshe carriedthe much of theBeckett attack. ball through theentireBeckett team to score. Whilethe men’ssidedidn’tenjoy the Lucy Yatesalsohad an impressive day, scoringfive same outcome as theirfemalecounterparts, goals. The Gryphon’stight defence andstellar play by theteamsaidtheystill felt like it wasa goalie HannahBruton nullifiedthe Beckettattack. positive outcome. “Our play wasabsolutelyawesome.Itwas reallyclose “Theyhad thejumponusprettyquick, through thefirsttwo quarters,” Baty said. buttowardsthe endwewere buckling “Wehad atimeout,got ourheads together andthen down,controlling theball, beingpatient,” thegryphon.co.uk Sport 23 Gryphons Batter Beckett in Badminton Showdown James Candler Varsity Badminton Leeds Beckett 2-6University of Leeds Meanwhile, theGryphon’s doubles 2ndteamwere up againstthe Beckett 1stteaminamatch that proved far The women’sbadminton team were able to defend moretense andfar less one-sided last year’s Varsityvictory,winningthe contest 6-2and than onemight initially anticipate in doingsodisplayed greatpromisefor therestofthe from amismatchofa1st team against season.The University side were initially metwith a2nd team.Universityplayers, stiffcompetitionfromtheir arch-rivals, butasthe day Phillipa Wauman andAshleigh progressed thesideprovedtobe the fitter of thetwo Buck showedagrittydetermination universities both physically andmentally. whichput theiropponents underreal Though theGryphons enteredthe fixture as firm pressure at times, as theBeckett girls favourites (havingbeaten Beckettlastyear) theunderdogs often struggledtoreturnpowerful were quicktoshowthattheywere not merely cannon baseline serves andwellexecuted fodder in thegrand scheme of theVarsity tournament. drop–shots. The university side lost The first round of doubleswas endedinswiftand efficient however, andthe secondround of fashionbyfirst-teamersEllieTravers andJoanna Minihan matchesbegan withthe score at 2-2. whowere able to constantly forceerrorsfrom their The matchthatfollowed(between opponents andtestthemphysicallywithsomeintelligent Serena andher 1stteamcounterpart)was arguably both players, whocollectivelyseemedfatiguedtJaowckarRobertsds the shotsbothatthe net andfromthe baseline.Following themostpivotal andmostentertainingmatch of theday. latter stages of theday. this, first-teamsingles player SerenaMidha wonher first Thematch lasted threegames,withSerenalosingthe TheGryphonsfinished thecompetition withacertain matchinstraight games, andyet the subsequentmatches first.Consequently,the next few minuteswerecrucial. ruthless efficiencyand as aresult, theteamconvincingly of thefirstround provedincreasingly testing. Luckilyitappearedasthough Serena’scomposureand wonall theirremaining matches. It certainlyseems as Second-team singlesplayerHannahDownwas unable fitnessallowed her to break down her opponent, who though theVarsity crownofwomen’s badminton is not to hold herown againstasharp-looking Beckettfirstteam soon began to seem flusteredasthe Gryphonserved- onewhich theGryphonsare willingtorelinquishany player and(despiteofferingupvaliant andimpressive up fast-paced shotswhich required toomuchmental time soon. opposition)lostinstraight games: aresultthat did not andphysicalexertionfor theBeckett player to handle. necessarily reflect thecompetitivenessofthe match. This University winseemedtotakeits toll on theBeckett Plenty of PositivesDespite Uni Defeat Alex Bowmer Varsity Women’sRugbyUnion Leeds Beckett 32- 10 University of Leeds breakdown, theGryphonswere enjoyingtheir first real more territorynow than at earlier stages in thematch, sustainedspell of possession,and were demonstrating thehomesidewerestill gainingasignificant number Unifoughtvaliantly butultimatelycameupshort impressive skill andagility withballinhand. Having of metres during theirattacks. Their determinationto againstastrongLeeds Beckettsideattheir Headingley fallen victim to another Becketttry,the girlsscoredone preservetheir umbeaten record in Varsitymatches was Campus on Wednesdayafternoon in awell-contested of theirown through No.8Tilly Heggie,who droveover perhapswhat inspired them to step up theirgameasthe rugbyunion encounter. It is fair to saythatthe previous againstfierce resistance,tothe delightoftheraucous 12-point cushionwas restored. TheGryphons’ defence resultsinthisevent at Varsityhavebeenoverwhelmingly contingent of fans andplayers on thesidelines who wasstartingtofragment, as theherculean rearguard in Beckett’sfavour, although giventhe disparityin helped to galvanise theirfriends andteam-mates. action from theteamwas beginning to take itstoll, and resourcesand qualityoffacilities betweenthe two abreakawaytry addedfurther glosstothe scorelineas outfits,thisisunderstandable.The departureofUni’s Uniwere out on theirfeet. Afurther tryatthe deathwas coachcould have been takenbadly by thegirls, butthey more than Beckettdeserved, andwas an unfair reflection knuckleddownand continued to putinthe hard graft of thecontest as awhole. that hadstarted in pre-seasonatthe very beginningof Afterthe match, Dobraand HannahCarmylliespoke September. Evenso, they knew that theodds were stacked to TheGryphon.Try-scorerDobra acknowledgedthat againstthem. Beckettply theirtrade in thePremier North thecoach’s exit hadbeenaslightsetback butsaidthat Division,and arethe second strongest team in that league Vicky Moyle ‘luckily, my housematesall play rugby, so they were behindLoughborough.Lastseasonsaw them record happytohelpout,and have been really useful. We have crushingwinsoverthe likesofBirmingham, Durham Thefirstperioddrewtoaclose withBeckett 12 also have good linkswiththe RFU, so theyJahecklpRobertsed us sort andNewcastle,and so it wouldbeatough askfor Uni, points to thegood, butseemingly wary of aspirited out acoach quitequickly.’ Despiteadmitting that it had despitetheir meticulouspreparationsfor thenew season. ripostefrom thefeistyunderdogs in thesecondhalf. been abit of ascramble, shedid pointtothe fact that True to form,Beckett came out of thetraps fast, The physicality that shonethrough duringthe build-up they have been in trainingfor awhile. looking to rack up abig score.Theydemonstrated why to Leeds’ first trywas in evidence afterthe interval,with Carmyllieadded that ‘itwas goingtobeadifficult they areone of thebestteams in thecountry,sprayingthe theteamrunningpurposefullyand tackling ferociously. match, butwe’ve trainedsohardinthe last couple of ball around withconfidence,asUniwere pushed onto This positivity allowedUni to narrow thegap witha weeks, andthen we also had threeweeks of pre-season, thebackfootand forced into some last-ditchdefensive secondtry.Havingdancedpastthe Beckett defence,it which were really well-organised;wewere trainingevery tackles. Around five minutesin, thefavourites reaped seemedasurebet that shewould go overfor thefive day. We allfeltreallyprepared, andwe’ve hadsomuch therewards of theirterritorial dominance,breaking points.However,she electedtokickthrough forNicky confidence we hadn’t even thought about losing the through thethicket of bodies to score thefirsttry.Their Dobra, whokepther eyes on theballbeforegrounding, match, andapproachedthe matchverypositively.’ powerand pace wasapotentcombination, andled to sparkingjubilant celebrations from playersand fans If they cantakethe same mentalityintotheir BUCS asecond trybeing scoredonlyfive minuteslater,with alike. Therewas nowarealsense that Unicould record season,theywill proveatough propositionfor anyone. theUni girlsbeing punished forany mistake. However, if theirfirstVarsity victoryovertheir intra-city rivals. Beckettexpectedtoromp home, they were in forarude Unfortunately, Beckettresponded well in theface awakening. 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Will © VarsityFinaleBlightedbyFans • Gryphons suffer 13 -27defeat to LeedsBeckett team • Pitchinvasions cutshort matchbyten minutes JamesCandler tryand lost theirfirstplayertoinjury: with averydominantperiod. The therolling maul. RugbyUnion tighthead prop OliLamprellwas taken University team were able to gain a The final scorewas 13-27and LeedsUni 1stXI13-27 LeedsBeckett offfor TommyPritchard.For much of quickballfrom thebreakdownand meant that LeedsBeckett hadonce 1stXI thefirsthalf, theGryphons struggled usinganeffective system of hard- againwon Varsity, this year with to putpressureontheir opponents, hittingrunners, soon wonterritory aclose score of 30.5-27.5 overall. TheUniversityofLeeds rugby union making multiplehandlingerrorsand andpenalties.The scorewas 6-20 Afterwards TheGryphon caught up team were unfortunatetobeonthe losing conceedingpenalties at thescrum. when,inthe 62nd minute Leeds withavisibly distressedcaptain, Luke endofaphysicalencounterwhich would This meantthat despitethe best efforts centre Cameron Hudson showed his Harris. Luke praisedhis team in the have been dubbed a‘tale of twohalves’ of scrum-half Lewis Hall andfull- tremendouspaceand power, making secondhalf, claiming that he wasvery if onehalfhad notbeenshortenedasa back EthanAllen (bothofwhom were abreakwhich set-up Allenfor awell- proudofthe waytheyresponded, result of disruptivebehaviour by many of outstanding allgame) overall theteam’s deserved try. especiallythe boys in thefront row. thesupporters. TheGryphonsappeared attack lacked continuity. At this point, with thescore at 13-20 Commentingonthe behaviourofthe to be shiftingthe momentum theirway 25 minutesinLeeds University andwiththe Gryphons lookingmore crowd, Luke acknowledged that when afterhalftimeand (thoughIwould not number 8Oli Holt was givenayellow confident, thematchdescended into Varsityand alcohol areinvolvedone conclusivelysay that they were goingto card forahightackle. Consequently, an embarrassing displayofalcohol- expectsacertain levelofrowdiness. winthe match) theteamwere certainly theGryphonswereaforward down fuelledidiocy.Itisrathertragic that However, Harrisdid saythat he was letdownbymanyoftheir fans who andthusunabletowin first-phase ball this poor conductisevenworth gutted that thematch hadtobecut disrupted theplayand blighted theuni andreallycompeteatthe breakdown. reportingon, butsadly it played such shortasthe pitchinvasions disrupted team’s resurgence. The side however, coped withthis acrucialroleinthe day’sevents. No theflow of thegame. Leedswere in the TheBeckett side began withfurious unfortunate period andwentintothe less than eightpeople(manyofwhom ascendency before theinterruptions intensityand themen in greenstruggled tunnel at half-time just tenpointsdown. were students at theUniversityof andthe captainbelievedthat,ifthe to cope.Thoughthe University team Beckettagain startedthe half well Leeds) brought thegametoagrinding finalten minuteswere able to go-on tackledfiercely,Beckett droveonwith as winger Hutson went overfor a halt by exposing themselvesonthe unimpeached, then having worked unwavering intent;anearly penalty scintillatingtry that wascreatedbythe pitchand even attempting to runinto tirelessly in preseasonhis side’s fitness whichwas kicked to thecornerdisplayed skilfuldeliveryoftheir fly-halfSmith. players. As aresult, Beckettremained wouldhaveshone through.The theirconfidence goingforward.After At this pointthe University crowd in theGryphon’s 22 forasolid five University of Leedscan be proudof eight minutesofdefending well,the became noticeably more agitated.The minutesand were eventually awarded theperformance of itsRugby Union Gryphons concededtheir first penalty Gryphons however, did notseemput- apenalty try, as avisibly confused and team.Itisjustashame that it cannot offbyany of this andquickly hitback frustrated University team,collapsed be proudofits fans.