Britain's hottest hardman bites the bullet this week in Incorporating juice magazine Guardian/ NUS Student Newspaper of the Year May 23,1997 Vol 27: Issue 23 DRUGS SQUAD BUSTS HALLS Two arrested Police hunt firebomb riot thugs A DRUGS gang is being blamed for last week's riois when Hyde Park was turned in crackdown into a battleground of bla/ing By JAN HENEK cars, u n'/rv l.diini /)<;u'.s. Police say the riots were a retaliation by drug dealers for POLICE arrested two freshers the raid on The Little Park as part of a covert operation to pub. similar to an incident two years ago, when the Jolly crack down on drugs in Brewer pub on Hyde Park Road was ra/ed to the ground university halls. after drug dealers were Special officers swooped in a dawn prevented from conducting business there. raid on Bodington hall, charging two The Hyde Park community agreed the riots have nothing students and cautioning two more for to do with lack of jobs or drugs offences. money, but are a result of the Police officers posed as drug dealers in an local drugs problem, which has been escalating during undercover offensive said to include the recent years in many of Leeds tapping of phones in halls of residence. inner-city communities. "They are going way too far," said one Bodington They say the drugs hall resident. "The police came here and pretended to situation is having a direct he drug dealers. It looked like entrapment." affect on the community. The two freshers face charges of intent to supply drugs Teenage girls are turning to and possession of cannahis. Both ha\e been hailed and go prostitution in order to teed be-fore Leeds Magistrates Court next month. Police also their drugs habit. Other captured a list of names in the Bodington raid. victims are turning to a lite ot In a separate hnst three police officers sei/eil a small crime. quantity of cannahis alter a dawn raid at Clarence Dock \ police spokesperson said flats. One resident receded a caution. they are taking measures to Earlier this month. 10 students were sentenced to 120 prevent a recurrence of the hours ot community sen ice when police interrupted their riots: "There are still high dope-smoking session, CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 LEEDS STUDENT SAYS: PAGE 7 COLUMN 6 INSIDE: News 1-11, Comment 6-9, Features 12-15, Outlook 17-19, Sport 20-24. Plus 8-page News Extra and 24-page magazine LEEDS STUDENT Friday May 23, 1997 MEDICS rarely gain general they got the Graduation ball, owned, with bailiffs at the gate conscientious objector when sympathy, especially at this and a squabble over whether wanting to rob Hartley of the union finally put itself BLEEDS Ml time of year, what with all it was owned by the union or everything but his underpants. back on the political map by their whinging about having to Student Rag. It was an eloquent tale of standing up. shouting a lot and do a full day's work while arts Now, this might not be financial disaster to chill the generally looking stupid. STUDENT students are lounging about the kind of bout that gets Sky HACK stoutest of hearts, though Council's review of laughing at them. At this TV reaching for your A weekly sketch of student oolitic* Bouch botched it at the end by conference dispensed with the This week in Britain's week's meeting of LUU pockets, but for the people tacking on his catchline: "... trivia of what policies were Council, however, you just involved it seemed to matter Hende, the Robin Cook of and we'd look a bit stupid, passed at national level and award-winning student had to give them pity. more than getting home in student parliaments, offering really." focused on the big issues, like newspaper of the year Student medics time for EastEnders. cool intellectual analysis of Somewhere in all this were which delegate went AWOL representatives were there in Jennie Meynell, Rag the state of play and no one the poor medics, gamely and which literary style would order to gain Council approval Coordinator, had brought taking much notice. hanging on until their item best be used for delegates' NEWS to buy a new computer. The sonic exhibits specially for the (Van Den Hende has came up, some 71 minutes individual reports. matter had already been jury: old ball posters on which become such a constitutional into the meeting. They were Finally, the medics again. What a balls up: agreed weeks ago and so a the typeface looked similar to grandmaster that IBM are still awake, remarkably, but Hartley, who had been absent favourable vote was a mere this year's, proving the union rumoured to be building a barely got chance to speak for their business, suddenly Why many of the formality. had nicked what used to be super-computer to challenge before the vote of approval piped up at the end that he summer's events Yet, instead of settling it in Rag's haby. his supremacy on the bye- went through and they could would like to go back to it and two minutes and allowing the Bruce Hartley. Finance and laws, a machine entitled finally go home. make some changes, even have flopped Medics to go on their weary Administration officer, was • 'Deep Bore'.) "I think this union should though it would be behind the pages 4-5 way. the meeting decided to naturally putting obstacles in The nub of it seemed to be be ashamed of itself!" blasted poor medics' backs. A bit like leave them stewing and the way. rasping like some union paranoia. Gary Bouch. Daniel Zinkin. Not, forgetting your lottery ticket launch into some other debute politician that "not a/><•;»»•" of Communications, suddenly unfortunately, a revelatory and trying to buy one COMMENT as an alternati\e. Rag's money from past balls became possessed by the devil tirade against the red tape, but after the result. For The medics wouldn't have had gone to charity. and began to paint a just the next talking shop, this whatever reason. minded if it had been on the The argument raged for dixmisday scenario of Rag time about LUU's stand-up Council told him future uf the NHS or the price what seemed an eternity, infringing charity law and the protest at NUS Conference. exactly where to of Old Bar beer. But instead punctuated by Robin Van Den union being sued for all it /inkin had been a kind of go. LEEDS FINALISTS PESSIMISTIC ABOUT FUTURE Rioters FEATURE Dear John: There's a hunted new deputy in town, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 sheriff and he wants visibility police in the area as a No jobs please, preventative measure. This is to help the students obviously for the short term, but we are reviewing the situation pages 12-13 constantly to provide the best possible solution. OutfooJr "We are talking to local councillors to discuss \\a\s of Moo-ve over darling: tackling the situation from a we're graduates different angle. We will he Richard Lacey, the dealing with the social issues man behind the By LAURA DAVIS behind the problem. "We have come up with an madness speaks out THE future is bleak for graduates, CLUB CLASS action plan now and are going to pages 16-17 according to a national survey which start implementing it straight away." revealed that less than one in five Leeds Councillor Brian Walker, finalists believe they will be able to find a leader of Leeds City Council, job. said: "Disturbances like those at Speeding fine: LMU the weekend are clearly student David Home This is similar to the unacceptable. We must national result, which SURVEY demonstrate to the majority of lives in the fast lane shows that only one in law-abiding residents of Hyde four students expect to Park that we will not let criminals pages 24 get a job after graduating. REVEALS turn the area into a no-go /one." Leeds students scored below the national GRADUATE Problem average both in their LMUSU President Simon expectations of starting a Caffrey said: "I think it's to do job and in applying for JOB FEARS with the time of year, them. local careers services, there temperatures are rising and Just over a quarter of has been little other support tensions are running high, Leeds students have made or encouragement from their especially in deprived areas like any job applications at all. universities to plan for life this where there is a low Most would prefer to after graduation." employment problem. continue with their studies Despite the survey's He gives this advice to or lake time off before findings, finalists were quite students living in Hyde Park: "If starting a career. positive about their future there is trouble, stay indoors. It The survey, based on after university. Toby tensions appear to be rising then more than 12.000 interviews Martin, a History of Art don't leave your car outside your at 24 universities, involved student said "I think I'll get a property. If any trouble occurs 17 percent of Leeds decent job and be extremely then call the police." l:ni\crsity's final-year successful. You have to have Police are urging members of student body of 3.667. They a certain degree of self- the public to come forward with confidence and self-belief, any details they have about the ON THE HORIZON were shown to expect a STORE PARTY: In store partying to the vibe of the unknown DJ, part of starting salary for their first which I think I have." a Virgin Megastore sponsored tour top showcase club culture last rioters.