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UNION OFFICERS AT CENTRE OF DIRTY TRICKS STORM Sun ban sparks resignation threat

believed in the debate, I still leading member of Leeds Rouse dented the accusation be banned. he would not he censorship At the 06?4, University Union Exec wouldn't agree with the decision By Rosa Prince however. "Students at the considering resignation were it Reuben said: "Although Ahas threatened taken. but I could live with meeting decided that they didn't not for the tactics employed ly 1 loathe The Sun. if resignation in protest at 'dirty but they weren't," Reuben said. members of the Islamic society need The Sun. and it's no good during the meeting. Pssc'er"'aiban it we lose the tricks' during this week's 0GM. As it is. he is seriously had not voted on the issue until whingetng about a afterwards The decision to ban the sale opportunity to educate people. Elliot Reuben, Financial considering resigning, and will three or four of their number Islamic society weren't there of The .Sun newspaper in the Censorship is s^,nonyrnous with Affairs Secretary at Leeds announce his decision to Exec rushed to the front of the hall, because I engineered it. If they Union newsagents was taken at toot:Emu and few ti is the tool University Union. believes that next week. In an open letter to waving union surds and choose to vote in block, it's not the first quorate ()GM of the of the far right " illicit deals were made to force Leeds Sturieni. Reuben writes: encouraging their colleagues to my problem." year Both sides had campaigned Reuben believes that the through the banning of The Sun "If today's OGM is vote. Despite Rouse's denials. vigourously in the weeks policy of banning products from newspaper at the meeting. representative of true student Ceri Nersaw, Welfare Officer Elliot Reuben continues to preceding the meeting. the Union contravenes rt.:Ise:I:irl:l ' Reuben claims that the opinion at Leeds University, I at LUU, supports Reuben's believe that illicit tactic: were Pruposing the motion to ban soit,ctiintiversiiy politics. 'We've Islamic society, in attendance at urn unsure that l can continue to claim that a block vote was used. used His letter expresses his Thr San, Li, Rouse said "I' nt months the 0GM to support a different represent them adequately." "I was disappointed - they all disgust at the proceedings at the not a Mary Warehouse Government proposals which motion. were persuaded to vote John Rose. General Secretary seemed tt. follow like sheep." OGM ". .w hat an insult it Is to but I oppose its over our seek to censor student opinion, in favour of the ban. He believes of Leeds University Union. she said have a hunch ot supposedl) breakfast becoming accepted us only for the very institution that this constituted a block vote, , expressed his regret at Reuben's Liz Rouse, Women's Officer intelligent open-minded people the everyday norm." which I believed wasas then.' to with Islamic society members ' possible resignation. "I'd he at LUU. led the campaign using democracy as a tool to Several speakers opposing safeguard political freedom to voting on the orders of their very sad indeed tf Elliot did against The Sun. and it is serve their own prejudice." the ban, including those turn round and endorse the leaders. without knowledge or resign." generally believed she must He stresses that although he supporting an amendment methodologys of a cov+ard.- he iinterest in the issue in question. Stressing his belief that have known about, or been is deeply opposed to all forms of reading 'Question everything - "If everyone there had an untoward tactics were used, involved in any deal with the censorship, and vehemently ban nothing', expressed their . West in the motion and Reuben pointed to the fact that Islamic society believes that The S'un should Ind omnitm that the issue 14'its one of See knees, page 7. Police block SWSS attempt to lead national demo to Parliament

Protestors come up against the strong arm of the taw at this Bloodied and brutal, the shocking face of a student caught at Terror on the face of a female student as the demo verges on week's student demonstration In London. Violence broke out the hard edge of this week's violence. After receiving treatment chaos. Those who succeeded in breaking through a cordon at when a group of Socialist Worker Students - including a party In hospital he was released by the police without charge. Aldwych met with mounted police in riot gear, who actively used from Leeds - attempted to break away from the main group and batons to hold their ground. Although the event threatened to it march on Parliament. The police acted swiftly and forcefully to FULL STORY PAGE 3 explode on several occasions, student union leaders declared a success and the biggest student demo in five years. block the march and drive the rebel faction back. Pictures: Tim Gallagher 2 News Rag success Cult on • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • campus Rag Week got off to a winning start on Shocking condition Saturday when Leeds Rag pulled off a Members of the Leeds University student room is healthy to live in I have stunning victory in the National Rug living in the North Hill By Nicholas Vysny paid rent to live in the room, so University challenge. Five university Rags competed in Chaplaincy have Court annex to James why has nothing been done the challenge at Newcastle, with Leeds A expressed concern at !Saline flats claims that the state flat Lucy had noticed a small after three months? I feel that I bagging more than ELMO over their nearest of her room is so bad that her leakage before the end of am entitled to a rent rebate due the recent increase rival. writes David Litterick. health and work are at risk. January, which she reported to the inconvenience caused and in religious cult The success has continued this week with the DIGEST The problems of Lucy immediately and was told the risk of fire and electric activity targeted at total amount of money raised expected to students in Leeds, Horder, a languages student. would be fixed within 16 days. shock." She has contacted the easily top last year's figure of £3.000. writes Alun Watkins. Graham Buchanan. the Rug Raid co- NEWS 2,3,4,5 stretch back for a three month However, nothing was done and University Accommodation period, and as yet nothing has the week before her exams. the Office who as yet have not Chaplaincy member ordinator. attributed the success to the COMMENT 6,7 been done to solve them. Firstly ceiling paper burst under the offered her anything. Simon Robertson improved attitudes of the student body toward has begun a ARTS 8,9 there is the recurring danger of weight of the water revealing a Mrs Griffiths of the Rag. water dripping from the light large patch of black mould. Accommodation Office campaign to counter The money raised goes to a variety of local MUSIC 10,11 switch, and even in the light "The smell was revolting," admitted that •Ihere had been a a new recruitment and national charities, decided by the Rag CLASS/JAZZ .... 12 itself. Horder says she has been said Lucy. "I was unable to problem with the room." drive by the Leeds Committee. These include the Imperial told she has to wear rubber sleep or work in my room as the However, she claims not to have Church of Christ. Cancer Research Fund and Winged BOOKS 13 shoes when switching on the smell was making me physically received Lucy's request to be Although he does Fellowship. as well as the Leeds branch of the FOCUS 14,15 light. and an electrician has sick and was giving me chest moved - even when the room not consider the Samaritans, and St Gel-ma's and Wheatfields been round at least four times pains and a had cough." She next door was vacant. Mrs group to be Hospices. CULTURE 16 to dry the appliance out. The was forced to go home to Griffiths said that they would dangerous. he However, Myles Bremner. the current Rag THE GUIDE .. 17-23 light fitting has had to be Portsmouth in order to study get the roof looked at. but there stresses that their sabbatical officer, was keen to emphasise that replaced once already after it for her exams. which cost her had been a delay caused by had beliefs "discourage fundraising is not the sole objective. "It is as CLASSIFIEDS 24 blew up. sending sparks across more than £20. weather. However, she did say individuals from much about image as making money." Rag TRAVEL 25 the room. Lucy added: "1 do not feel she would get in contact with thinking for hope to build on this year's success to In the ceiling of her top floor that the atmosphere in my Lucy to offer a transfer. themselves." provide a solid foundation for future years, SPORT ... 26, 27, 28 largely by continuing to develop a good Primaries relationship with the people of Leeds whom Headingley house hoax Buchanan notes "are very good to collect POLICY Tim Gallagher will from." almost certainly be taff at Unipol have claimed the next Editor of is an independent that rumours that there could Non-Sab results Leeds Student S Leeds Student after • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • newspaper serving students at be a housing shortage for the up- the paper's primary Leeds University. Leeds The results of the Leeds University Union coming academic year are election this week, Metropolitan University and entirely unfounded. writes Lucie Executive Non-Sabbatical elections were other colleges in and around writes David Smith. announced this Wednesday after a poor Spurr. Gallagher defeated Leeds. All our journalists abide And Unipol, the universities' turn out at Monday and Tuesday's voting, by a code of conduct, but if you Emma Hartley in a writes Darren Behar. The apathy is blamed housing service, have claimed ballot of newspaper have any complaints please that some Leeds housing on the fact that there were no candidates contact the h.ditor. staff, and will now standing for the posts of Communications agencies have been using the stand for election Newspaper or Societies Secretary. Leeds Student rumours to pressurise students to against only Re- Leeds University Union In fact only four students stood for all the sign contracts early. Unipol Open Nominations PO Box 1M especially wanted to dispel fears Non-Sab positions, with two battling it out at both student for the post of Publicity Secretary. Sara Leeds LS I 1 UH of a housing shortage for those unions in Leeds. McDonnell emerged as the winner of the looking for the first time. Editor After the Rag contest with 107 votes. However some housing Richard Fletcher Sabbatical primary, The unopposed Rebecca Ryan and Vallerie agencies were more hesitant. A Deputy Editor Shaun Hennesey and Millington will step straight into the posts spokesperson for Headingley Sam Greenhill Paul Knight go of Social Services and General Athletics Estates said: "If you want to live forward, while ran Secretaries, the latter position lasting just a Assistant Editor in quality accommodation look Darville and Matt term until the role becomes sabbatical. John McLeod now." But a spokesman for Logan will contest Nominations for the unfilled posts are to Unipol pointed out: "The more Chief News Editor the Sabbatical post be re-opened. Any students interested in that people wait until the summer Rosa Prince for Entertainments. standing should see Administration before getting a house. the lower Assistant News Editors The cross-campus Secretary Chris Westwood in Exec. Helen Crossley the landlords will be forced to elections take place Tim Gallagher drop their rents. It's true that in week S. rents will drop perceptibly in Howlingley eoliths Pie Ed Criipla Tax frozen Gareth Hughes • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • April and May once the initial went to Fleadingley Estates this that amount of money," he said, Matt Roper Thanks to money-saving measures, Leeds panic has eased off." term, was shocked at being asked "and it's unfair for estate David Smith Two Davids City Council are proposing no increase to Unipol also warned against to pay a bond of £160 plus a agencies to capitalise on those Council Tax bills for 1994/95, while Focus Editor paying a "completion fee." month's rent in advance. "It's looking for houses for the first Two famous Davids spending within the community will be Helen Sage Student Robin Williamson, who not necessary for anyone to pay time." were in Leeds substantially increased, writes Gillian Woods. Arts Editors yesterday to deliver Liz Ekstein This budget has been achieved by the talks. Former TV Emma Hartley reduction in numbers of highly-paid staff. by personality, Green the improved efficiency of this staff, and by Music Editors Students steer clear of loans Party activist and borrowing money at new. low interest rates. Alex Sanders tudents are not making full financial pressures or simple self-proclaimed 'Son The Leader of the Council. Jon Trickett, Johnny Davis Suse of loans, according to By Robert Murphy extravagance can make the of God' David Icke described it as "a marvellous achievement." Class/Jazz Government statistics released loan a necessity. "I needed the spoke at Leeds Spending will be increased by £5 million in Mark Funnell recently. Only four out of every the first time. We've certainly loan to pay for summer rent University, while lhe Education Budget, which is already well Books Editors ten eligible students took been quite busy: in the third and to pay off' my overdraft," naturalist David above Government guidelines. John McLeod advantage of the loans system week of October alone we had said Leeds University second Bellamy was in the Other priority areas will be highways works. Stuart Davies last year, although students in approximately seven hundred year Geography student city to discuss nurseries, and maintenance grants for schools. Leeds have seemed more applications, about two Environmental Councillor Trickett stated that he hoped the The Gwde Lauren Morrison. Less willing to apply than in many Education. budget would "reduce at least some of the Stephen 1-lill hundred more than last year." conscientiously, Chris Stenlake, other places, and numbers All aspects of a student's second year Economist burden" of "draconian tax rises" being Sports Editor have been steadily increasing. financial situation affect declared "I spent my student Donation implemented by the Government. Roger Domeneghetti More than one million whether or not a loan is taken loan on a holiday in Dublin." Reaction among students has been generally Photo Editor students have taken out loans out. The figures show that Despite the availability of A £5.000 machine ambivalent, as the Council Tax and the Ed Crispin since 1990. The number of nearly half of students who live the loans, many students still has been donated to Council's education budget do not directly applicants last year rose by 5 away from home apply for shy away from the thought of Leeds University's affect them. First year medical student Clare per cent to 41 per cent and it loans, opposed to only a fifth of being in debt to the Microbiology Smith said that the measures were "Good, as looks as if the figures are set to those who stay at home. Loan Government. It seems that Department by the long as the Council carries on providing the 0860 136570 increase again. Assistant applicants, it is shown, are most would rather be in debt to local branch of the public services it's supposed to." The final: Registrar Peter Rees Jones likely to spend more money on the bank or their parents than National Association rate for the Council Tax will be set on (24 Hour) said: "Leeds this year will housing, food, entertainment to the Student Loans for Colitis and Wednesday 2nd March at a debate in the NEWSDESK probably pass 50 per cent for and insurance. Everyday Company. Crohn's Disease. Council Chambers at 2pm.

Leeds Student Independent Newspaper 25th February 1994 News 3 Demonstration hailed a success ednesday's anti-grant cut 'Demonstration in London'. Socialist from Mid Kent College emerged from Strand towards where police, some demo in London has been Worker Student activists had By Tim Gallagher the melee and protested: "I was trying mounted and in riot gear. were hailed as a success, although promoted it as a 'March on W & Sam Mountford to go towards Parliament - I wasn't stationed. However, this attempt was the march was marred by violent Parliament'. leading to confusion making any fuss. A policeman came up foiled, and the rebel group, estimated clashes with the police. among protesters. NUS had refused to to me and said: 'Back off you twat' by SWSS at around 2,000. were forced The organisers, the National give their support to the protest, as One demonstrator. Leeds and whacked me with his truncheon." to rejoin the main procession. After Student Alliance, claimed that 9,000 they believed it could lead to unrest. University student Mark McDonald. Another protestor was beaten to the this incident. the now rather subdued attended, making it the largest student But members of LUU and LMUSU commented: "I'm here of my own free floor and pinned down by four marchers completed the planned route demonstration in five years. Exec assisted in the stewarding, will, but I'll go with the flow if we policemen, with blood pouring from to Kensington. where they were However scuffles developed when maintaining that the official route did decide to march on Parliament." his head. The police continued to grab addressed by left-wing student leaders. some protestors attempted to march on not lead to Parliament. Trouble flared up. however, as the and manhandle protesters and SWSS representative George Parliament. Most supporters were aware of a demo was making its way past the photographers alike, and the deadlock Stavrou denied that there had been an The march, which was primarily possible breakaway march and Aldwych. Attempts by some to break persisted for half an hour. attempt to hijack the march. "SWSS organised by left-wing student groups. seemed content to follow the crowd. through a police cordon resulted in a Stewards urged marchers to follow sold the tickets on the strength of it had planned to march from the Senate despite constant calls by SWP activists deadlock. And the few who succeeded the official route. But a breakaway being a march on Parliament, but we House to the Imperial War Museum in for the protest to be diverted towards met with an angry police response, so group, led by cries of "There are other didn't actively encourage it - we just Kensington. Although advertised as a Parliament. that batons were used. One student ways to Parliament" sprinted along the waited to see what would happen."

•■■• Rag raises a smile and loadsa money too Apathy

A II manner of frivolities strikes have been taking place By Nicola Woolcock during Rag Week, ranging from Worm Charming to the at LMU Night of the Loonpants. debauchery. This was the Great By Howard Hockin Students with more Vodka Jelly Suck, during which bravery than brains had the over 100 people knelt on the Ctudent apathy was again opportunity to abseil down floor, with their hands behind kilapparent at the elections for the Leeds Hilton last Sunday. their backs. sucking half pints Sabbatical posts at Leeds of Vodka Jelly through straws. Eighty-five daredevils took Metropolitan University. While 53 pints of jelly were sucked, part, raising about £2,000. there were record turn outs at One participant said: "It containing three litres of vodka. the Leeds University Union was freezing. We had to working out at about one and a elections last week, with an abseil from the 12th to the half measures of vodka per half average of 1,315 votes cast for 4th floor of the Hilton. There pint of jelly. each post, an average of only was a great atmosphere. and Dan Thornton a 3rd year 35S people voted for each post it was scary but well Medic, was the champion jelly at these elections. organised," sucker, consuming his half pint Competition for posts was Not surprisingly, many of in 24 seconds. Another just as scarce as the voters, with Rag Week's events have participant, Rowena Vincent. three of the candidates elected offered the chance for the claimed: "It was difficult. but unopposed. RON polled a total consumption of vast nut the hardest thing I've had to of 180 votes (over 10% of all quantities of alcohol, This suck and swallow." votes cast), while another 100 was put into practice during Drink-a-Pub-Dry was the ballot papers were spoilt. Karaoke at the Hyde Park challenge set to students, at the The closest contested post Pub on Sunday Night. A Bricklayer's Arms, from 11am Myles Bremener takes I break from organising Rag omit Pic: 1sd Crispin was that for Vice President of barman said that "everyone to lIpm on Tuesday, Anyone The landlord George Pitts demonstrate their bungee- Valley Urban Farm. Project Beckett Park, where Claire Rutt had a good time, and lots of capable of drinking 10 pints. said: "A lot of our custom jumping skills. This Sunday Coordinator Susan Redrington finally got through after the money was raised. The won a T-shirt, and ten pence comes from students, so it's will reveal the winner of the said: "I see it as giving third stage. In the only other response was good and the from every pint was donated to good to give something back to infamous 'Where will the Goat something back to Rag. who contested post, for Vice Karaoke was diabolical!" local charities. Rag member the University." Crap?' competition. The lucky have kindly donated money to President of Education and On Monday night the Richard Wynn estimated that Rag Week continues this person will be the recipient of a us in the past. The students Campaigns, Camilla Bentley question "How much can you about 2,500 pints were pulled week with students hurling month's supply of baked beans. have always been enthusiastic. won easily at the first stage. " was posed to students during the day which also suck'► themselves from a 130 foot so keep your fingers (or legs) and offer a positive contribution polling 273 of the 357 votes. The in the Old Bar, resulting in involved a Darts Marathon and crane at Granary Wharf this crossed if you've entered. The to the community." other three posts had only one yet more drunkeness and a pub quiz. Sunday. in an attempt to goat belongs to Meanwood candidate. Leeds students experience the highs & lows of TV

ast Friday's edition of The house to create a party Friday's show, Amanda Lynch o Leeds students, Maria By Simon Greenhaish LWord has been described By Nick Vysny atmosphere down the phone. admitted "a slight mix up" and rrTvhomson and Tory Lewis as "a complete farce" by and lost £50 of business accepted responsibility; "a had first hand experince of life on LMUSU Vice President was a "complete and utter lie". through taking the evening off mistake had been made and it the BBC2 series, The Living the show are obviously set up. Communications Pete Davis. As The confusion seems to have work. Pete Davis says the was our fault," she said. She Soap, last weekend. the students Maris said: "The party was reported in last week's Leeds occurred over the voting confusion was "completely has sent a letter of apology, and were invited to it 21st party for strongly advertised by the BBC. Student, LMU student Steve procedure - each candidate had ludicrous", as he had made will reimburse Hutchinson for new member Colin Rathbert, and they partially subsidised a James was due to compete in to be backed by a Eurovision sure that The Word were his loss of earnings. She said who they met on holiday in the party for Colin at the Phonix bar the programme's Mr University contest style voting panel from happy with Hutchinson as a that Steve was "an excellent summer. at Manchester" competition, but because of their student union. Pete Davis judge. candidate. and it was a great The TV series, which goes out They say that the effect of the what the programme's was approached, but he was not Contestant Steve was shame he wasn't there." She each week, aims to give a fly on cameras on the house is producer has called "a slight available last Friday night. He devastated at being pulled out has invited Steve hack for next the wall view of a student house. substantial. "There was certainly mix up" he was pulled out only did however find Lee at the last minute. He had taken year's contest - if they dare run But this has been hampered by an air of tension." Tory said. "I hours before the programme Hutchinsin, an aerobics teacher time off and gone on a special it again after last Friday's the decision of two members to wouldn't like to live there." went on air. connected with LMUSU. who diet for the event, and as Pete shambles. leave the house. and tabloid sex The students say that Colin Steve was told by the was willing to stand, but due to said: "looking at the other Pete Davis remains angry: scandels linking Karen in the has only taken the job in an programme's producers that he confusion among the organisers candidates he probably would "We had a good candidate and house to Jason orange from take attempt to further his desire for a did not have Student Union of the event, he was never have won." His girlfriend had a good judge. We feel robbed - That. career in the media. backing, and thus was not was booked. travelled to London especially we all put lots in and all we got Viewers will he able to see the Both deny popular rumour not eligible to enter. But Meanwhile, Hutchinson had to see the programme. back was a basketful of two in two parts of Friday's that Coli is gay. despite his according to Pete Davis this invited 30 people round to his The producer of last apologies," he said. episode. They say that parts of excessive carnpn e ss

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OFF CAMPUS Women's Officer to get the chop 1111111=211 . alls to replace the groups which do not get woman I feel that the 11C EillgilngPest position of Women's enough representation in By Paul Greenough prospect of change is good. Officer at Leeds the Union and that this The post of Women's C unions around the country." Officer is a bit sexist: it ORM-401-21. University Union with an ought to be changed. Officer for Equal "If you separate women's However, Liz Rouse. almost signifies 'poor weak IFT =PO Opportunities have met problems from those of present Women's Officer at women' and is a backward with a mixed response. other groups you're in LUU, argued that there is a step." The new officer would be danger of making a value definite need for an officer Nursaw favours the idea responsible for looking after judgement." Westwood said. specifically responsible for of one equal opportunities women's affairs. "At the officer solely responsible for the interests of a variety of It suggests that women's Lir Rouse - lam Women's Officer? Milky Bar sour under-represented groups at difficulties alone are equally moment there is strong issues of sexism and sexual Leeds University, including as important as those of all representation of' women at problems, with another occur after an amendment The Milky Bar Kid. Steve Harris. find, homosexuals, the disabled, other groups combined?' Leeds, but if the post was officer dealing with racial, to the Union constitution - that growing up is not easy. Since his role and students from ethnic He added: "Whereas the changed the focus would go homosexual and disabled which can be passed only by as the mini-cowboy with blond hair and minority backgrounds as present campaigns are and a lot of the gains issues. It is claimed that a an Annual or Special specs. his life has been plagued by tragedy well as women. haphazard, this move would recently made would be job-sharing scheme would Constitutional General and bad luck. As a nine year old TV star Chris Westwood, LUU be very forward-looking lost," she said. lessen the workload for any Meeting. Steve was blessed with fame and Administration Secretary, and would bring us into line LUU Welfare Secretary one individual. adoration. Yet now, at 37. Steve is said that there are a lot of with a lot of other student Ceri Nursaw said: "As a The change could only See Spotlight Page 7. downright miserable. His wife has left him and his two year old daughter has been killed by a lorry. To add to this Steve has been made redundant and has only £6l a 11•■•■41 No longer merchant bankers? Challenge week to support his remaining daughter. It seems that life is not so sweet for the Barnbi' Milky Bar Kid. By Clare Robertson rrihe return of "everyone's 1 favourite quiz" - I 400 interest free University Challenge - looks Banger smashed overdraft. a Visa A set to take place in October, Barclaycard and a clock writes Charlotte Lomas. radio are just some of the Although the details on Butcher Alan Woodward this week won incentives announced by how the teams from Leeds the title of Britain's best banger maker. His Barclays Bank this week in will be selected have yet to sausage beat the other 28 sausages due to an attempt to entice students he finalised, an individual its secret ingredient, gin. However. Alan to bank with them. written quiz followed by was quick to add that the sausage is strictly Barclays claim that the various team competitions is non-alcoholic, se you can "eat and drive". move departs from the likely to be the format_ tradition whereby major Sadly, cult presenter banks only target first years, Bamber Gascoigne - Hags take flight since these changes will be satirised by the Young One's open to undergraduates of all in a classic comedy sketch - years along with is not expected to make a Two old ladies were fuming this week postgraduates. reappearance. when they booked in at Heathrow. They Barclays. Lloyds. Natwest LUU Communications heard an official say: "We have two hags and Midland are the four Secretary Mark Walton. here for the flight." The ladies complained main hanks in competion for organiser of the Leeds team to the authorities, but it seems there was a student custom, They all effort, described the tremendous mix-up. HAG stands for offer interest free overdrafts competition as "a good Have A Go" passengers. who are late and of up to £400 as well as a opportunity for Halls, flats try to get on to the plane at the last minute. range of 'freebies'. Lloyds and societies to get together also boasts a Young Persons' and organise internal Railcard and Natwest a cash competitions before finally gift of £25, Sexy skater? putting forward a team. Daniel Behrend, Student Barclays, offering decent deals to all years. Pic: Ed Crispin "It's not just about one Business Officer at Barclays' concentrating solely on first year English and Portuguese and French student LIZ team appearing on the telly, In the another bout of controversy. Tonya Leeds University branch, years as potential customers student Karen McClenaghan Weaver disagreed: "If there but about the whole process Harding. the US Olympic ice queen. has believes that the move will is biased: "It is unfair to said that the harsh reality of was a cash offer I would of knock-out rounds and revealed more than her ice skating skills. encourage students who have discriminate against students student life had caused her to probably consider changing. quizzes. Picking four team Pictures in the Sun showed Tonya topless received "shoddy treatment" who are not first years. All be sceptical about the new but I think that the proposal members out of 17,500 in a saucy home movie. Who knows. from other banks to join students should be offered scheme: "The overdraft limit that the interest free students is a big effort." perhaps Jane Torvill will he nest. Barclays. the same deal," he said. is much more important than overdraft be extended for a For more information Behrend also argues that Student reaction to the these free gifts." year after graduation is really contact Mark Walton. Black sheep the current practice of move was mixed. Second But second year English good." Student knife attacked' New Zealand's 60 million sheep are On air on a radio near you turning nasty. The Institute for Human Ctudents in Leeds will A student was held at knifepoint near the By Lucie Spurr Safety and Accident Research has Ofinally be able to tune in By Toby Wakel) recorded a dramatic increase in cases of to Network radio when it is subway leading to the sheep-charging and farmer-butting. Bones Merrion Centre on Thursday Fortunately for Green, two relaunched at midnight encompass all student areas. passers-by came to his rescue have been broken and teeth knocked out. tonight on the frequency evening last week. Ben Edwards, President and the offenders ran off. Farmers have been advised to beware of 100.6EM. Paul Green. studying of Network, promised: leaving him unharmed but violent "ram raiders' The radio team will only French and Business at Leeds "We're doing all the usual very shaken. be able to use their office at Metropolitan University, was stuff. There will be DJs on Giving his reaction to the Leeds University Union approached by two men all day, and in that time attack. Green said: "What Parking trauma from tt.45am until 11.30pm wearing large hooded coats we'll do all sorts of reviews alarmed me most was the fact during Network's month on who asked for the time and including films, bands and that two of my friends were air. But the station will then proceeded to hold a gigs. In the evening there walking just ahead of me, and Unlucky motorist, Sue Daniels was fined operate 24 hours a day using knife to his throat and will be programmes catering yet they still weren't deterred. I58 pounds when a parking meter was taped recordings throughout Chris Gregg, station manager demand money. for speciality tastes from the If groups of three aren't safe erected next to her car hours after she had the night. Broadcasting will His two friends were times of 7.30 to 9.30pm and licence costs the Union then who is?" parked there. take place from the Network 9.30 to 11.30pm. We're also walking just ahead of him. £2,000 and lasts only a The police drove Paul office, with the signal planning to broadcast two but when they turned to help month, the team are around the area in an amplified by an aerial on comedy shows a week." the two men threatened were committed to keeping the unsuccessful attempt to spot James BeiIlie flats over a Despite the fact that threatened with: "Come any Compiled by David Galan station open for as long as the pair but took no further four mile radius in order to Network's broadcasting possible. closer and we'll cut the bitch!" action.

Leeds Student Independent Newspaper 25th February 1994

News 5 Smeaton smeared by corruption charge iona Smeaton has said: "I put up about fifty campaign to overturn the campaign manager for rejected allegations that posters around the Union By Rosa Prince election results, candidate Sue Graham. Fshe and fellow candidate Building, and they ripped Chris Westwood, LUU attempted to propose a motion Catherine Sladen cheated in them all down." thing, and not what they did or Administration Secretary, at this week's Ordinary last week's Executive Smeaton did not deny that didn't do." denied that the Elections General Meeting calling for Sabbatical elections at Leeds both she and Sladen had Smeaton and Sladen are Committee was in any way the the two elections to be University Union. removed other candidates' both currently non-sabbatical corrupt. "Even if those five rerun. However, since an Claims have been made posters, stating that these members of Exec. The non-Exec students had been OGM is not able to overturn that both Smeaton and Sladen activities were unimportant: candidates allege that, since present and had supported the the decision of the Elections - who ran for the posts of "As far as I'm concerned it's the Elections Committee complaints, they would have Committee, the motion was General Athletics Secretary all very petty, and the other meeting which dealt with the been outvoted by the Exec declared unconstitutional - ..... and General Secretary candidates are just complaints was comprised members. The decision stands before reaching debate. Smetana - cheated during the eletion? respectively - ripped down disgruntled. I won by a large solely of Exec members - whatever." Altkins said that he would other candidates' posters and margin, and Catherine lost. If despite regulations stating that Finding non-Exec members now refer the matter to the Smeaton responded: "Their replaced them with their own. they think that a few posters live 'ordinary' students should to sit on the committee is Constitutional Rulings reasons for pursuing this are Candidates say that the are going to make a difference be present - its decision to highly problematic, since such Committee, and, failing that, not because they want to see complaints were unfairly then they're pretty naieve." ignore the criticisms is students are constitutionally an external solicitor. "I think justice done. The financial cost dismissed by the Union's But Financial Affairs unacceptable. not allowed to be involved in the only way we're going to get of rerunning the election Elections Committee. Secretary-elect Mark Walton "There's a conflict of elections or Union Council. any joy is from the solicitor, would he ridiculous. They Roger Domenghetti, who said: "The general feeling is interest there," said Rory The disgruntled candidates, because then we'll be getting haven't got the interests of was defeated by Smeaton, that it's the principle of the Aitkins. who is leading the led by Aitkins, who was away from Exec," he said, students in mind." Sentinel Leeds Gays pledge to fight for equality coup at UN no go esbian, Gay and Bisexual Lgroups at both univer.rties By Tom Miles in Leeds have slammed this By Pennie Cabot eeds L'iliNersit% Union y week's Commons vote to lower Russian student, said: "The 1../Executive this week tudents from Leeds the age of consent for gay prejudice of MPs who voted rejected plans to force University had a taste of couples to IN instead of the against allowing people their S students in all University high power politics last week preferred 16. civil rights highlights more than residences to subsidise at the Annual National Model Alastair Neely, LOB Officer anything their ow n writes United Nations Conference. Sentinel Towers, at LMU. said: "We arc outraged insecurities." Another gay David Smith. The Conference, held at at the decision taken by the student said that a lesbian age The University proposed Sheffield University, was House of' Commons. Both of consent should he made legal attended by IX members of the to place the Towers In the Leeds institutions have a policy "merely to acknowledge their same funding pool as other Union's Model United Nations of equality at 16. and we will presence". Society, halls and flats - meaning continue to fight even harder The free vote was the that students in all The delegation. headed by now to get the equality we culmination of a heated society President Emily Jacob, University accommodation deserve." parliamentary debate. One Tory would have to pay an extra debated resolutions The motion to bring the age MP said that the barnstorming concerning international £22 in rent next year. of consent down from 21 to 18 Edwina Currie. who proposed But a Exec members affairs raised by other was carried by 265 votes, only the amendment. was "seeking to NUMUNA members. turned the plans down, moments after the attempt to get us to vote to legalise the forwarding instead their Although the overall tone lower it to 16 was defeated by buggery of adolescent males". of the conference was own list of demands. The 307 votes to 280. John Major and most of the Union requests that the extremely earnest, one student Tim Goodall. LUU Social cabinet supported the 18 vote, from Leeds, posing as a Towers not be pooled and Services Secretary and the while John Smith advocated 16 that first year residents pay frighteningly convincing Financial Secretary of the as the new minimum age. The Cuban, took to the platform at rent of £42 per week for 39 Lesbian. Gay and Bisexual vote only concerned the age for weeks instead of 51. the General Assembly Closing Society. said he was male homosexuals because Ceremony and proclaimed a "We've got a lot of things "disappointed" by the outcome. lesbians are not recognised by '.in our favour, and we coup. threatening to destroy He admitted, however, that only the law. world peace with the aid of a haven't exhausted all the one member of the LGB society The well-organised and often water pistol. avenues." said Ceri Nursaw, had actually attended the humourous gay lobby grouping LUU Welfare Secretary. "If The dissident in question, London demo. saying it was outside parliament and filling Martin Longden, had already I the University refuses then "too expensive" to go there to the public gallery on Monday we could call an all-out rent been recognised by the campaign. As no members of evening were angry rather than Conference as the best strike, or publicise it in the the LOB society are under 18, it sad at the result. Peter Tatchell speaker in Political Council. national media. It would will probably not be represented of the organisation Outrage :certainly make a good story The LUU NUMUNA is to in the march planned by called it "a shameful day for arrange and host a Regional If prospective first years Outrage for 14th March, democracy. 18 is simply Workshop in November. Gay protestors make themselves heard outside Parliament this week saw it." David. a gay 4th year discrimination." Black culture celebrated at LMU We have just the job for you he Job Shop set up last Minority Students. Wayne he first African Caribbean By David Smith 1 summer for Leeds By Phineas Wells Birthright will be 'lasing with society week to be held by 1 Metropolitan University hider Hunjan. the Development Leeds Metropolitan University students has been an outstanding prospective students to be Officer for Asian Women. Student Union has been hailed as known as 'Roots'. "None of it success. prepared to do anything from The role of the adviser will would have been possible a tremendous success. Wendy Jones. the co- "VDU operator to football be to prepare students from The Cultural Week - the without the dedicated effort of so ordinator of the project. said the steward." ethnic minority backgrounds for many people." Union's first to be centred around Job Shop has already "generated The Job Shop seeks to put interviews, career decisions and The Week explored the black people - included a student income of more than the student first, seeking to cater other challenges based around culture, history, achievements exhibitions, drama, comedy £40.000!" for "all ages, abilities, sexes and employment. Wayne sees his and struggles of black people. "It sketches, poetry readings and a in the current financial ethnic origins." role as offering the whole was felt important that at a higher musical performance by three climate, where an increasing Mature students in particular lobsearch package." education establishment within a local African drummers. It number of students are finding it - using skills and experience He is keen to point out that multicultural society. black ,culminated last Saturday with a ever more difficult to juggle gained before they arrived at ethnic minority students need students presented their people's dinner dance in Chapeltown. their finances with their studies, University - have fared not feel obliged to see him due experiences past and present "We've had a lot of positive the scheme has met with great extremely well. to their origin. He sees his role from a black perspective." feedback." said Susan Francis, support. LMU has recently installed a as providing an alternative for Francis said_ secretary of the society otherwise However Jones advises new Careers Adviser to Ethnic those who wish to utilise it

Leeds Student Independent Newspaper 25th February 1994 6 Comment & Analysis "I'mgoing to raise my knee hard in their horrible miserable nuts."

they aren't. them a purpose to life that he next time I come vulnerable" look they give And then there is the would otherwise be you when they say hello to across some endless pretentious analysis of happily lacking. And more you In the union? Is it the way Tloathsome indie kid, why the relationship went importantly gives them the they shake their greasy hair adolescent, fucked up Rupert Hamer opportunity to pretend at you in a desperate bid for wrong. weirdo I'm going to change "Oh, we just weren't they can play the guitar love and affection? my policy. spiritually on the same and extend adolescence for Instead of smiling politely And why is that their on Friday problems are always worse plane". "like, yeah we just another three years. and sympathising with their weren't compatible, she just Maybe I'm being cruel, latest personal tragedy I'm than the rest of ours? If they didn't like The Moronic maybe I'm being heartless. going to raise my knee and split up from their girlfriend But then again perhaps housemates to read. Oran-utang's third album". But is there anything land it hard in their horrible of two weeks they claim their this is not surprising, for their And when their It does not take long to more disgusting than one of miserable nuts. whole world has fallen apart. whole world is a very small housemates get fed up with realise that goths and indie these self indulgent What is it about goths It gives them the excuse to one. It consists of their rooms, reading such utter wank they and fringe shakers that lounge around for months in their depressing music and leave it lying around, in the kids are miserable for a very creatures walking past the infuriates us so? Is it that self pity and the bad odour the chronically bad poetry hope that someone will pick it good reason. homeless and unemployed small boy "I'm so that accompanies it. they write and then ask their up and realise what geniuses They enjoy it. It gives in Leeds city centre? The Elliot Reuben letter in full

Dear Editor call it what you want, but the What is more, many members vote, but I hope they are pleased in my life I haven't a fucking 'victory.' in the knowledge that a removal of one publication from of that society clearly did not with themselves. How ironic that clue what to do about it. fundamental principle of The first school I attended was a standard range on the basis of understand the debate - when the a society composed of many Had it been a different society democracy is not to use it to Alderton Junior School in a place it's opinions is good enough call for voting came, each time members from countries whose involved, then maybe. But I undermine its very existence. To called Debden in Essex. The censorship to me. What's more, it the block waited for 3 or 4 key peoples are crying out for know as a Jew complaining be honest. If today's OGM is Debden estate, which the school was suggested that I would also members to stand up with their political freedom and sexual about Moslems I open myself to representative of true student served, was notorious in the like to see BNP newspapers in voting cards so as to direct the equality should endorse (perhaps obvious charges of racism, and opinion at Leeds University, I 1970's as one of the largest the Union. thus implying that I group. In the days when J-Soc unwittingly) those same there are those that will have put am unsure that I can continue to voters, percentage-wise, of the am a racist. and the PSC were at each other's principles in this Student Union. pen to paper before even reading represent them adequately. NF in the country. Does no one know the throats,even as a member of J- I didn't take a job on Exec for this far. I hope you will It was not until a few As the only Jewish kid in a difference between opinion and Soc I stood against motions my CV or career prospects - in understand otherwise. moments after the voting became school full of trainee boneheads I incitement 1 The Sun may not be where I believed that block fact I've probably sacrificed my The one phrase that has stuck clear that I was struck by learnt about racism not from a a PC paper , but it does stop voting would be used. I hated it. chances of those things entirely with me over the years is that feelings stronger than I had "PC" textbook but from practical short of incitement to violence - but at least then I could because of this job. As hard as it 'Only a dead fish swims with the expected - feelings of outrage for experience. Regularly. The Flag. Bulldog and their understand the motivation behind may be for you to believe, 1 took tide," and I have always been all of us who have spent our lives At my secondary school I insidious ilk do not. The both sides. Today was different it because I thought I could make proud of the fact that I wasn't fighting for freedom of speech, was censored from the school distinction is clear, however; the large amount of a difference, perhaps motivate afraid to fight that tide. Right and of what an insult it is to have paper because I was "a leftie" in But today's OGM has more people that turned up to seriously people to take an interest in now I'm beginning to wonder a bunch of supposedly intelligent a public school, and during my than one serious consequence. debate the motion needn't have principles of freedom and non- whether I should just fuck it all open-minded people using year off I was expelled from an Because of a second motion on bothered because they were acceptance of the values society off, buy a suit and tie, and get a democracy as a tool to serve academic course in Israel for the Agenda. one particular already outnumbered. Whilst I tries to impose upon us. Today job in the City, or just score a their own prejudices. objecting to the right-wing society had a large amount of it's can accept that the issue of Page we just sent a message to that heap of drugs and leave you to it. Now tell me - what is more propaganda they spouted. members present. Sadly, it was 3 may be relevant to Moslems in same society which last night to escape my own sense of offensive ? A single publication Three and a half years ago 1 the Islamic Society, and so I'm terms of their principles. I can't endorsed the retention of responsibility. with the potential to cause came to Leeds and believed that sure I can't say anything without accept that those that voted for political and legal inequality for If I was a dreamer, I'd hope offence, or the principle of I was at last in a place free from being accused of racism. The the most part either understood gay men - a message that says for scores of students suddenly censorship as a whole ? such authoritarian excesses - a point is, it could have been any or had a real interest in that that even The Student Union, activated by a sense of outrage at motion. supposedly a bastion of those this infringement of their civil place that even had a stated society. The only time a society Yours Faithlessly, principles of humanitarianism liberties to petition Union policy against these practices. turns up in block is when they We can only speculate on the Elliot Reuben have a specific motion on the motives of those 3 or 4 who and liberty, has given up caring. Council on Monday to overturn On Tuesday that same policy (Financial Affairs Sec LUU) was used to endorse censorship - agenda. directed their friends on how to And you know what ? For once this hollow and dishonest A one way ticket to China or North Korea LUU Executive bite back Dear Editor, Dear Editor, average student gets in one year government if its members are press censorship are we to meeting which would have Just a few points to set the I was outraged to read about from their local authority. lining its own pockets. assume that the Union is going consisted of spending the day at record straight: Firstly why should the planned LMUSU trip to If these members can put As regards threatening to cut to form a secret police force or Tetley Brewery getting pissed Ceri Nursaw get off the hook? She Hawaii. This is a scandalous their hands on their hearts and Leeds Student's funding for form death camps? Or maybe (legitimately). Although we are abuse of union funds, especially say "Yes it is justifiable" then printing the truth I have two these members should move to was there too - maybe you're just supposedly entitled to a lunch in the light of every penny being maybe it's time that we, the suggestions. The first is for the China or North Korea, I hear it scared that she'll duff you up. hour every day. most of us are required just to survive voters, should campaign to have editor to smack that member of has a lovely climate in places. I'll Secondly, we wish we did get lucky if we have time to take an government cutbacks. These these self-important, power- staff in the solar plexus and the personally pay for the one way paid eight grand a year, but it's hour off once a month (true!) Executive members should ask seeking egomaniacs removed. second is to reveal the name of plane ticket. actually only six; thirdly we Better two hours in the Filling themselves whether they can This is a case of power this member of staff so he can weren't there for five hours, but Station than a week in Hawaii, eh? justify having spent on corrupts. How can the Union be removed. Yours sincerely, about two and a half. themselves more than the campaign against a corrupt What with corruption and M.Lisie You may like to know that on CerkEliot,Chris,Liz & Tess Friday we were invited to a UNC LUU Executive members

Due to the LMUSU forced to charge research student The Editor large numbers Dear Editor lowest block grant of any jeopardise the research of Leeds Student In reply to the article 'LMUSU higher education college in the Dominic Doran. the P.h.D Leeds University Union of letters the bosses out of step'. I would like North, which essentially student. but this programme is Diary and Hack to point out the following. demands we raise our own financed by the fitness industry. RO Box 157 All student unions receive finance for services. Is it therefore unfair for the Leeds LS1 1UH will return next from their university a block Consequently we therefore student union to he asked to grant to subsidise the services have to charge an hourly rate to contribute a free service? Letters should he addressed to the Editor and clearly marked week with to students. e.g welfare. clubs. users which include the for publication. The Editor reserves the right to edit letters, which vengeance societies. sport and recreation. research programme for the Your Sincerely should be no longer than 300 words. The deadline for letters is the As a student union at Leeds reebok step company. Ed White Tuesday proceeding publication. Metropolitan we receive the Obviously we do not wish to SportCo-ordhuitor LMUSU

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Comment & Analysis 7 `We're all big enough to make our own decisions'

he decision by an appear to have nothing in You don't have to be gay unrepresentative majority'. common. But they do. or read The Sun to be affected group of less than But what we are seeing T In both cases we have a few by these decisions. here is the moral minority 350 students to ban The Sun individuals acting in their If those who voted on enforcing their views on the this week touches issues far own vested interests deciding Tuesday get their way our deeper than that of which rest of us. Those who voted what the rest of us can do. In Union policy will be at the at the OGM are saying that newspapers can be bought each case the hypocrisy of ShIMAT whim of any self-important in the Union. they know what is best for many of those voting is gay MPs were bullied into Sun contraves Union policy moral guardian with an axe to 17,000 other students. In the same week we evident. voting against by their party on racism, sexism and grind. has e •.een a group MPs, That's 17,000 other The only way that the vote bosses, worried about the homophobia so do the Mail, Liz Rouse claims that she is supposedly many of intelligent whom are known to ban The Sun could be collapse of 'Back to Basics' the Express and the Mirror. "no Mary Whitehouse figure" adults. to be gay, voting against carried was through a shady If you find The Sun Should we ban them? but the parallels are clear. Sorry Liz. we're all big lowering of the age of deal between Liz Rouse and offensive, the message is The issue is freedom. Time and again we bear how enough to make our own consent for homosexuals to the Islamic Society. simple - don't buy it. No one Freedom to choose. Whether these self-appointed moral decisions, not to to have an 16. Edwina Currie's resolution picks up The Sun unaware it be the paper we read or guardians are speaking on unrepresentative clique At first sight these issues was voted down because many that it contains page 3. If The who we sleep with. behalf of a silent 'moral make them for us. Victim of the new 'PC' SPOTLIGHT The post of Women's Officer at Leeds University Union is under threat as opponents call for it to be redefined. Helen Crossley talks to former Women's Officer Fiona McGee about the role.

he post of a Sabbatical the suggestion was very Women's Affairs hurtful in that it effectively TOfficer was introduced "wipes out two years of my life only two years ago in a storm and says that it was all a waste of controversy, yet already its of time." She added: "I'm not days may be numbered. The against the idea of an Equal proposal to replace the post Opportunities Officer per se with an Equal Opportunities but I believe such a post Officer has provoked a variety should not be implemented at of reactions, not dissimilar to the expense of a sabbatical those voiced just over two Women's Officer." She years ago. suggested that an Equal In November 1991 a motion Opportunities Officer could was passed at a Special replace the Societies' Secretary Constitutional General instead. Meeting to make the Women's McGee argued in favour of Officer a sabbatical post. making the post sabbatical in Fiona McGee, the non- 1991 because she claimed the sabbatical Womens Officer workload was too much for Should Mt dliabkd haw • isibbetkai °Mew taos 1991-92 and the first someone working part-time. sabbatical Women's Officer in Liz Rouse, the current LUU would make a good candidate, of the Womens Officer, the Women's Officer last year Support for LUU's 1992.1993, has heard all the Women's Officer, gave a job and the only serious one, for Westwood suggested that when I was concerned that I Women's Officer comes from arguments, both for and description that certainly the post of an officer who has women with problems could go had a serious eating disorder. 1 far and wide. against the post, before. seems to cover a lot of ground. to occupy all these roles whilst to any female member of Exec felt able to talk to her in Alistair Neely, LGB Officer Three years ago. Richard She sees a large number of representing every other for advice, or even talk to a confidence and she was at Leeds Metropolitan Selfridge, LUU Administration abortion fund applications; minority group within the male officer if they felt extremely helpful." University, said that it was Secretary, proposed an officer deals with numerous University at the same time. comfortable. He said: "I have She added: "It took a lot of important to recognise the needs of minority groups but to represent gays, lesbians. complaints of sexual Chris Westwood, LUU dealt with women who have courage for me to face up to disabled people, ethnic harassment; coordinates the Administration Secretary, who come into Exec for advice on the problem and I seriously added: "The role of Equal Opportunities is just too much minorities and women's issues, Women's Safety Bus; is advocating the proposed the morning after pill when doubt if I would have gone to for one person to cover. There rather than a post that would organises self-defence classes; switch said that it would be a there has not been a female Exec about it had there not would have to he specific serve women only. The post self-help groups for survivors step forward and stressed the member of Exec around to been a specific Women's groups and divisions in order drew criticism from those who of sexual abuse; public need for a figurehead within help." Officer who could help me." to address such a large scope saw its introduction as positive speakers and the distribution Exec for people of all minority However, many women The post of Women's effectively." discrimination and feared it of personal safety alarms; groups. believe they would be deterred Officer was originally created He added: "There is a real would serve to fuel antagonism faciliates all campaigns While this is an area which from seeking help from the to ensure that there was need for a Women's Officer. and alienation among men, as concerning issues related to needs to be addressed, and the Union if there wasn't a woman always a woman to represent women; oversees the Women's introduction of an Equal with whom they could identify female students and women's The establishment of the role well as from women who has had a great impact at refused to see themselves as a Centre. and acts as convenor Opportunities Officer is and feel safe with. For issues on Exec, and the next of the Women's Affairs certainly a move in the right example, a second year step is to get a stronger Leeds University over the last 'minority'. couple of years and should Fiona McGee said that Committee. direction, it is important not to student, who wishes to remain representation of minority continue to do so." from a personal point of view Perhaps Superwoman underestimate the importance nameless, said: "I went to see groups within Exec.

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he Pelican Brief s? Does this entail Julia Roberts parading around in avine under- The Pelican Brief garments, tassels and feathers? Sorry, chaps, but it's her attempt to revivify integrity Showcase Cinema T with a serious film. It also signifies a change in character of film. Political espionage and judicial intrigue provide welcome relief from the staple Roberts diet of personal, sentimental films which are sickeningly mawkish but, to be fair, occasionally thoroughly effective. (I too cried during Steel Magnolias). Briefly (ho-hot, the plot consists of a hunt for the killers of two Supreme Court justices. The usual para-military groups fall under suspicion but the case is also followed with enthusiasm by a young law student (our Julia). Questioning the apparent motivelessness of the killings, she descrys a link between the justices, hitherto undiscovered or ignored as irrelevant. Her brief suggests that the environmental sympathies of the justices are to blame for their deaths, since they have suppressed the attempts of a baddy billionaire to sink oil wells on a pelican reserve by throwing his appeal out of court. This in turn indicts the White House because their collusions with said billionaire (due to "legal" funding during the last presidential campaign) will allow other puppet justices to be put in place. Unfortunately through amicable exchange the brief eventually gets to the White House and is immediately covered up. It is the role of Roberts and Denzel Washington (investigative journalist, too dour and clinical in this film) to both avoid death -the assassins are now after Roberts for knowing too much- and to discover enough information to support her theory. Thus the plot bodes well but what could have been an extremely terse and exciting film is rendered torpid after a while by irrelevant twists which seem to serve no other purpose than to protract its length. On the other hand meaningful character-revealing digressions are not exactly to the fore and the supreme acting ability of Denzel Washington is strangled by the rational, career-orientated nature of the character he has to play. This he enlivens as much as he can. Roberts has more scope: what must be the pressures on someone who is on the run when there is no possibility of relaxation or dropping one's guard? Her attempt to show this involves acting-by-numbers using a soon repetitive idea; quivering and putting her hand over her mouth. Pretty powerful stuff, at least she can't talk then. So does this film kickstart Roberts' career again after a long absence? More like flogging a dead pelican. Jim Biswell

of Under Milk Wood was definitely a once again plays the traumatised/psychotic even a stolen kiss in the bright moonlight... worthwhile experiment, and Masterson siren (remember The Hand that Rocks the Well, let me pop that little bubble right there. If Under Milk Wood proved himself to be highly versatile actor. Cradle?) as the Lady DeWinter. The action I don't the Hyde Park Picture House managers York Arts Centre However I do write at a disadvantage never scenes were very tongue-in-cheek, which was will: "Roll up, roll up for the St. Valentines Day having heard the radio production, but f doubt refreshing; but what I found rather irritating Massacre, playing for one night only." I rolled was the way in which Kiefer Sutherland, up and was consequently bowled over. In fact Masterson, a lone figure wearing this could have been surpassed, On one of the uy Charlie Sheen and The Other One kept I could only bear to stay for the first feature. pyjamas, became, brilliantly, for two coldest days of the year it would have been G (its original and more apt title: hours, the sixty-nine eccentric characters that nice if there had been some heating on in the delivering one-liners - a lot of the time they Man Bites Dog a truly inhabit Dylan Thomas's Welsh village of theatre but despite this minor setback I'm sure were very slapstick, or just plain unfunny, and This Is Happening At Your House) is Llareggub. Read it backwards and you'll get it it couldn't have been more brilliant. they succeeded in destroying what little period disturbing movie. A Belgian serial killer is The play is the "slow, black, sloeblack" story of Zoe James atmosphere the film had. accompanied by a documentary film crew to the quiet love affairs and despairs of a town on However, this is, after all, a all his massacres. Beniot, who stars and directs, the edge of a fishing-boat-bobbing sea and, Hollywood blockbuster, and one must not is a hard up and over-intelligent Charles since it started life as a radio play, relies for its The Three Musketeers expect too much in the way of razor-sharp wit Manson figure who thinks he has found "a success on the diversity of voice-based and attention to detail (one dead man shown new way of life"; he kills and steals, mainly characterisation. For one person, however Odeon Cinema in close-up is blatantly breathing through the from O.A.P's. talented, to bring these characters to life nose while the pious Charlie Sheen is Does anyone care much when Trevor visually on stage is not an achievement to be hen I was a child, The Three Musketeers commending his soul to the Lord). The Three McDoughnut or Kate (I invite disaster taken Lightly. Wby Alexandre Dumas was very popular Musketeers is a good, clean, harmless wherever I go) Adie tells us of the latest This production, at the York Arts among little boys with a taste for adventure, so if you go along not expecting too massacre in Bosnia, or the starving millions in Centre is the first ever solo performance of swashbuckling adventures. Things haven't much you won't be disappointed. the Sudan? You care of course, but can you Thomas's play - it has been adapted for the changed much. Escapist adventures haven't Rea Podas really see what is going on? I know I can't. The stage before. For each of the slightly insane lost their appeal, but nowadays action films fact is we have been de-sensitised by characters, like the hopeless 'No-Good Boyo'. have an added ingredient: a sense of humour, overexposure: it seems that nothing can really the prim Polly Garter and Mr Pugh,the which sometimes can be amusing (the Sheriff shake us up anymore. Well this film can and schoolteacher who spends his time plotting in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves) or smart-arse - does. Beniot makes us laugh when he kills a murder, Masterson created distinctive voices like in The Three Musketeers. Man Bites Dog couple of geriatrics. The effect is that we are and actions . He also made the most of In all fairness, this is a good somehow 'disarmed' - we even like him. Half Thomas's language and the poetry, bringing entertainment film: lots of action, lots of laughs Hyde Park Picture House the audience is hysterical, clenching their to the fore the comic elements of the play. and not a drop of blood. The plot revolves stomachs so their sides don't split. Slowly but The intimacy of a solo performance around three musketeers (surprise surprise) f I were banished to the moon tomorrow and surely, as the film progresses and the murders enabled him to play upon the texts subtle who. along with another young hero who'd Icould only take five films with me, this continue, the laughter dies away. This just isn't innuendos, as well as creating some of his like to be one of them, attempt to foil the evil would not be one of them, 111 could take six it funny anymore. The audience, comprised or own. Even the conversational moments of the Cardinal Richelieu's plot to assassinate the probably would be. I would swap it for Valentine couples, become responsive and play were surprisingly not lost in this one man King of France. The baddies are the best: the Resermir Dogs as a sixth choice. Maybe I just sensitive. This is an important film. act, but were saved by the use of lighting. and Cardinal is played by a king-size Tim Curry like films with canine titles. See it if you can, but not with Masterson's ability to swiftly swap character. who in this film bears an uncanny resemblance The scene is set. St. Valentines Day; a Granny York Arts Centre's daring production to Jeremy Beadle, and Rebecca De Mornay time of romance and cuddly toys, possibly Gary Sweeney

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Arts 9 Morality Tales cogito ou will have heard by now that the YGovernment's vote in the Commons A Bronx Tale last Monday settled on the so-called 'compromise age' of 18 for the gay age of Odeon Cinema consent. Two days after the death of Derek Jarman, this is iniquitous. e Niro, De Niro, De Niro ...well the offer advice of varying nature and it is easy to happy ending. When he faces the issue of Derek Jarman was a man of name sounds familiar: if only I could see the dilemmas the child faces in trying to racism; he meets a black girl and falls in love touching honesty and a brave, passionate Dplace it. Ah well. understand the world. Because of this it is as racially motivated attacks are increasing; film-make, who died last Friday after a This is the film that you would perhaps a weakness that Calogero eventually he takes little decisive action and yet comes long but always cheerful battle with an expect Robert De Niro to make. Almost. The takes elements of both men's philosophy out with the girl and with his humanity AIDS related illness. Perhaps his best- setting, naturally, is the Bronx. intact. All a little too neat. known work was the 1986 feature film The story, naturally, concerns These niggles Caravaggio. Italian Americans and their aside there are some Caravaggio (Nigel Terry) lies relationship with the Mafia. excellent moments, the kid dying and his mind drifts back over a The themes, however, are rolling lucky dice for short life of extraordinary passion: his refreshing. Childhood, Sonny as some of the more relationship with Ranuccio Thomason', morality, and prejudice are all stereotypical characters are who posed as the muscular assasin in explored through the life of ostracised from the group many of the martyrdom portraits; and Calogero, an Italian kid is starkly poignant. The Lena, Ranuccio's mistress and the model growing up in the shadow of a direction is tight if a little for the Magdalene and the Virgin. There local Mafia boss, Sonny, Hollywood: the is a murderous intensity about the film played by Chazz Palminteri. continuous musical which Jarman suggests is the springboard One afternoon soundtrack, for example for Caravaggio's love life and his furious Calogero witnesses Sonny does grate at times. painting; and it carries enormous weight killing a man, the boy's Speaking of conviction. Despite events that are decision not to inform earns of Hollywood the often melodramatic, the style is one of him special treatment from inspiration behind the grave serenity. composed of Looks and the crime lord. His father, De running voiceover glances, long silences in shaded rooms Niro, has other ideas and commentary can only be and sudden eruptions of blood. It is a determines to prevent what he the tourguides' spiel from miraculous achievement: even the feels is a corrupting the Homes of the Stars bus conscious use of anachronisms - Jarman relationship. With this trip, " . and on your left includes in the soundtrack street sounds opposition neatly set up, De the spot where I saw my of contemporary Italy. "I feel quite a Niro, the honest bus driver, and Palminteri, Chazz Palminterf (Sonny) belatedly auditions for Reservoir Dogs first gangland murder ..." close parallel with my own life," Jarman the man with the respect and the money, vie An enjoyable film, and noted. having learned right from wrong. for influence over the boy's life. comfortable directorial debut, spoiled only Jarman's first two films This continuous need to resolve De Niro commendably avoids by it's own fear of tense and uncomfortable (Sebastiane, 1976 and Jubilee 1978) drew dilemmas has an adverse effect on the film, situations. Mary Whitehpouse's attention as 'corrupt, defining one morality as good, the other bad. Calogero is often excused, saved or forgiven Both Sonny and Lorenzo, the boy's father, Stuart Davies pernicious filth'. Sebastiane is a re- in order to allow the plot to flow towards a creation of the ancient world which combines mischievous wit with glorification of the male nude. With examined to a far greater extent than the other Argento. On show, Argento's directorial debut, Sebastiane, Jarman tackles the avowedly The Last Yankee - is a template against which the other can be The Bird With The Crystal Plumage, and the last difficult subject of the relationship assessed. of his "straight" thrillers, Tenebrae.. between sex and power and the West l'orkshire Playhouse But the overall effect is one of moral The Bird Wit!, The Crystal Plumage destructive force of unrequited love. relativism, in which the two couples are not features American Tony Musante as a writer Jarman believed in making his films the t roughly one hour, The Last Yankee is judged, but rather set off against each other. getting busy-busy with an enigmatic murder way he wanted to, and that the dialogue Asurprisingly short. It is being read - for the The one couple who are admired by their mystery after witnessing an attempted of Sebastiane is entirely in barracks-room first time outside London - as an appendix to community and the other who simply attempt homicide in an art gallery. Tenebrae, the less Latin is a testimony to this. Death of A Salesman, since both are by Arthur to get by. conventional of the pair, also features a writer There is an enormous amount to Miller. I went on the first night and there was a Whilst Miller undoubtedly has a (Anthony Franciosa) putting together the be had from watching a Derek Jarman large audience; probably because of the codicil gripe about America generally (and the pieces of a murder puzzle. Here, the writer's film. The ending of the viewing process in the programme for Death of A Salesman sentiments are couched in language latest novel provides the killer's inspiration. is the very tip of the iceberg. Jarman was which said that anyone with proof that they'd ambiguous enough to suggest only this) his Argent° is definitely of the "out-of- unrelenting, uncompromising and an seen it could get into this for £2. And since it setting of the characters produces an effect the-frying-pan-and-into-the-fire" school of under-rated film-maker. His honesty started at 5.00pm the audience was mainly which is both compelling and endearing. If movie sadism; the essence of these films is about all the aspects of his life some find made up of wealthy-looking pensioners, who you have enjoyed Death of a Salesman, or even characters who survive one disaster, only to off-putting; he examined the emotional were talking intensely about the themes and if you haven't, this reading of Miller's latest stumble into even bigger trouble. What we and sexual relationships between people characters typical of Miller. Its a Guardian play which recently premiered in London is have here is paranoid nightmares, with and the power relations between the reader's early evening out. worth a took, simply for the sensitivity with elaborate plots that have more twists than a individual and the state where every But what an early evening it is. The which he describes his characters, and the ease Chubby Checker dance competition. One has good Briton knows emotion, sex and Last Yankee is not about the characters with which it is done. to wonder to what extent Dario makes this power have no place to be. involved. To quote the programme: "Arthur Emma Hartley stuff up on the spot; the outrageous plot turns Jarman's output was varied, Miller doesn't separate his characters from will leave you either totally frustrated or hat- ranging from feature films to acting, each other, or from the wider society they live less, as you respectfully doff your cap to the writing and painting - he started his in. He does explore the individual's internal Master of Audacity. career as set designer for Ken Russell's battle for a sense of self." So the characters All Argento's trademarks are present. The Devils in 1971. Twenty years later, in engage each other in a psychological battle The Bird With The The haunting music and the grab-bag of his wonderful autobiography Dancing without ever really introducing themselves. Crystal dazzling camera tricks, (the best one being a Ledge, he observed: Two women, Patricia and Karen, are point-of-view shot as a man falls from a "On 22 December 1986, finding I struggling with mental illness: one with a Pumage/Tenebrae window ledge to his death on the pavement was body positive, I set myself a target: 1 depression brought on broadly by a below), which all but serve to relegate the would disclose my secret and survive disillusionment with the American Dream, Hyde Park Picture House script and acting to second place. However, Margaret Thatcher. I did. Now I have my and the other suffers the same thing caused by that's entirely the point of these ultra-stylish, sights set on the millenium and a world an unloving and insensitive husband. But the ultra-visual, ultra-violent films. where we are all equal before the law." men are the first characters introduced, n the latest of its double bill presentations at Proof, if proof were needed, that the Derek Jarman, 31/1/42 - 19/2/94 producing a weird dichotomy of sympathies; Ithe Hyde Park Picture House, Cine 241 offers Wednesday PM slot is now no longer sports and it has to be said that one of the a real treat for horror aficionados, a pair of afternoon, but required viewing afternoon. Liz Ekstein relationships - which is explored and superior Italian thrillers from the Sultan of Stylish Spaghetti Screen Shocks, Dario Matthew Goodman

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TOKENISMO Cypress Hill Bradfi► l University

here's no keeping a Funkdoobiest down during this family extravaganza. Each band is endearingly attached Tto their touring buddies and each band shares a frighteningly similar vocal talent. It is indeed an inspired partnership. The venue sold out weeks ago to largely white, long haired, bearded and extensively pierced young men. But you can't knock them, they can certainly bounce, but the hyped up chanting of "Cock the trigger" could disenchant a girl. Presumably they are here because they are united in a studied yet relaxed approach towards hits from the bong; but to be goading the powers about gun control must be a drunken over sight, forgive them they know not what they say. What strength is there in a crowd dissing 'the pigs' when the sole authority figure in their life is a hall warden? But to Cypress Hill with lights in their eyes the demographics of the audience are righteously trivial, they just came to get down. Merely dipping into the hugely acclaimed "Black Sunday" LP for material we are gorged instead from the soon to come album with a roots, almost ragga feel coming across. But no amount of new directions could stop Cypress Hill being a band with one hobby. They are a one gag act which can tend to cause their mid set banter to ramble somewhat. But, hell, it's not a bad gag; the show was slick, the album justified and the night a leisurely success. Alex Sanders Various Senseless Things- Bark Psychosis Behind The Eve (Eve-Q) Peel Sessions Hex (3►d Stone/Circa) (Strange Fruit) rst compilation from the German label run fter 4 immaculately sculpted 12inches in by the ubiquitous Sven Vath, and with Eye- l nyone who decides to call themselves Aas many years, Bark Psychosis have finally Qs back catalogue taking in some of the hugest released a 7 track LP astonishingly enough on techno tunes of 1993/94 they could hardly go ASenseless Things must be absolutely gagging for contempt from anyone with more a major label. Four years ago Bark Psychosis Top Ten recent albums that are wrong. Spicelab's Oliver Lieb, Cosmic Baby, wrote beautiful, minimal pieces which grew ambient meister Dr Atmo, DJ Dag (of the than half a brain cell. Why else would they certain to revitalise contemporary admit to being stupid, mindless halfwits? from elegant Cocteau's spirals into short disgustingly cheesy Dance 2 Trance) and others terrifying bursts of sheer noise. 1992's pop music. collaborate in various incestuous combinations Surely they cannot be that modest about their intelligence. acclaimed 22 minute epic "Scum" broadened under different names to produce the Eve-Q their sound to accommodate dub bass and jazz sound - deep and melodic, sweeter than Sven's Perhaps they're trying to be ironic. Compiled by Many at Crash But with the mainly dismal punk dirges to be inflected percussion but "Hex" marks an other label Harthouse, and colourful in an almost expansion that few would have expected. visual way. found on this album, irony seems to be a Gone are the noise assaults, and sequencers The only disappointment is that, in dangerous toy to be playing around with. and horns have replaced guitars as the typical record company style, the really big What we have here is a nineties band merely 1 Cornershop Hold on it hurts. dominant instruments, the recent single ''A tunes are here in their less inspiring mixes - so if imitating their favourite punk bands from the 2 Sultans of Ping FC Teenage Drug Street Scene" rises and falls as Miles Davis you want the best versions of "Vernon's late seventies and calling it "alternative music". trumpet peals meet Graham Suttun's frail 3 Marillion Brave Wonderland" or Energy 52's ''Cafe del Mar" Imagine The Clash without humour, The Jam voice on the exhilarating chorus before it 4 Truman's Water God Speed The tough shit - they've been deleted_ However, without intelligent lyrics and The Buzzcocks dissolves into a 3 minute outTo of shimmering there are still some absolute gems here, such as without decent tunes; mix them all together Punchline guitars. Zvon's "No Fate" - the saddest and yet most with a silly looking singer in leather trousers, 5 Voodoo Queens Chocolate Revenge The record manages to create an uplifting piano hook this side of a Visions of and you will have some idea of what The urban paranoia out of the most pastoral 6 ZZ Top Antenna Shiva track, which then comes over all swooshy Senseless Things are like. Where bands like sounds, capturing the found sounds that 7 Eugenius Mary Queen of Scots and soothing. "Summerbreeze" is a fast, bouncy, Cornershop and Elastica have attempted to infiltrate throug almost CJ Bolland-like take on tribal house, and reinvent punk, this lot use punk as an excuse h the city night, underlying is 8 ChiSterfuck Amphetamine Reptile for not bothering to write songs with more a seething disgust captured by lines like "this Compilation Java's "Cosmos" is languorous and breathy with shuffling beats, sounding like Enigma would it than three chords in them. city breaks you down" but there is a surprising 9 Phil Collins Both Sides Occasionally - very occasionally - optimism and defiance that pulls the record they had any talent. Perhaps the best of the 10 Anal C"T Everyone Should Be bunch is Brainchild's "Svnfonica"; anyone who flashes of brilliance can be found amid the hack from despair. Their closest still thinks techno is about car alarm noises heavyhanded powerchords and fast-for-the- contemporaries are now Talk Talk as Bark Killed should hear this gigantic multi-layered orchestral sake-of-it drumbeats. "Tangled Lines" conveys Psychosis retreat further and further away epic of deep, divine and complex rhythms. (It's genuine teen angst and frustration, and "Touch from the independent scene, into their own Crash. Crash - we love you (but not all Wagnerian Teutonic grandeur chez En-- Me On The Heath" (crap title!) sounds as if it world where Erik Satie meets Can and Jab Q, however - Virtual Symmetry's "See You" could actually been written past 1478. Wobble, uniting 40 years of disparate styles in we've only got 24 hours to save the sounds like the Yamaha Portasound demo of the The Senseless Things used to sound an effortless and natural collection of songs. world...) future. Never mind.) like a second rate Wonderstuff; now they have Four years after their inception Bark Psychosis Get it or regret it, as they say, but a hardened their music, they sound like a fourth have finally broken free from the restrictive word of warning the vinyl pressing's crap and rate Therapy?. Now THAT'S what I call irony. indie scene and shoestring budgets and made they want you all to spend loads of monew (,n an a mbitious, audacious and ultimately • the CD. staggering record. RI•CIP1011 Claire Rowland Sara McDonnell James Muir

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Music 11 WHIGGED OUT Afghan Whigs Leeds University Johnny Davis is this weeks man t's the question on everybody's lips. Are the Afghan Whigs the latest breakthrough grunge charlatans or America's who came in from the cold. Igreat lost soul rockers? Me, I was neither blown away nor bored to tears. The hall was full but not crammed, the CREDIT TO THE NATION audience mostly male, dowdily dressed but not ragbags and Teenage Sensation lOne Little Indian) appreciative yet not feverish in their enthusiasm. Earlier we'd revisited white noise territory with support Rollerskate No Nirvana riff this time, rather a far more Skinny. From behind their curtains of hair they failed to interesting smelting Impress with their aimless car crash sound. of jazz/hip hop and A lot has been written in praise of the aching soul at Dad's Army stylee the heart of Afghan Whigs. I cannot add to this now. Yes, they whistling. Here the certainly "rock". Yes, I detected power, passion and emotion pubescent Prince B in buckets. They did hit surges where the guitars coasted ponders the nature woozily over Greg DuIli's scouring sonnets of self-loathing of fame and and disgust. And DuIli himself was lithe and impressive up t la you rot t hemonth- there, handling ciggy and guitar with style. Voice and ism .acid resolves presence. But the songs were all too inward-looking and bitter that smoking and when it all began to sound equally tormented I began to •ackv-backy will feel exhausted, my attention wandering to teeshirt slogans. stop him getting too Who's wearing that cheap aftershave? big for his old skools. Bloody brilliant, an I'd like to hear more swing and groove from the assured top five 'smash' were it not for the lyrics gentlemen. With such sharply-honed lyrics it's a shame to "bullshit", "spliff" and -joint" which I'm sure have such a muddy accompaniment. Their covers of 'Come even the new 'youthful' One FM won't stand for. See About Me' and 'When Doves Cry' give you far less than the originals and seem pointless. On such a night you leave THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH the building, sniff the chilly February night and breathe more deeply than usual. Ah, that's better. Good As Gold (Got Disks) Phil Scowen The most literate Northern Scum are back with a joyous ode to sunshine smiles and Ingrid Bergman beneath which presumably lurks an use of the same formula suddenly becomes altogether 'more serious' issue. It pales Deep Forest less painful, due, no doubt, to the brain John Spencer Blues compared to 'A Little Time' or 'You Keep It AU being numbed to such an extent that it (Columbia) In' but it's assuredly from the same mould switches off. It's lucky for us that we have Explosion (catchy, sinister, lots of brass). Completely these facilities. I hope monkeys do too. unsurprisingly the new singer sounds just like hey reckon that if a million monkeys Duchess of York Nick Collins the old one. Twere left with a million typewriters for Jesus. Blues Explosion is certainly the right BLACK a million years eventually one would come name for this band: as they play you can Wonderful Life (A&M) up with the complete works of just imagine the bloodied carcasses of Eric Shakespeare. Personally I'm not so sure - Portastatic Clapton and other assorted bores detonating firstly monkeys don't live that long and Proving that adverts are the old rock n' roll, I Hope Your Heart Is Not Brittle messily all over the place. As you may have Black (catchy name) beats the recession by secondly most of them would be drawn seen on The Word a few weeks ago, Johi away to star in those 'hilarious' PG Tips ads gaining timely re-employment to flog some (Elemental) Spencer and his motley crew dispense with banking. An absurdly maudlin celebration of which we all know and love. all the usual minimalist guitar and groaning The relevance of this? Well, Deep truckload of U.S. bands like existence which finds Mr.Black flaunting his we normally associate with "the blues" and ample lungs over lovely clipped strings and Forest sounds like half a dozen monkeys A.Pavement, Superchunk and Pond instead concentrate on making as much given about three days with a the relevant achieved considerable success a couple of saxophone. Better still is The Big One' for its noise as they can. With spectacular results. sheer pomposity/comedy title. equipment could have produced it. years back in the wake of the music Much of today's best music What we've got here is, business' American-retro-guitar-Seattle- involves destroying blues: PJ Harvey's stark unfortunately, a very, very basic recipe. check-shirt-fixation. Whether any of these confessions, Gallon Drunk's impeccable SHED SEVEN Combine a 1988 breakbeat with Casiotone bands are any good is a largely personal London cool, and of course the old masters, Mark (Polydor) chords, then whisk in a nice unobtrusive thing, but the general consensus was one The Jesus And Mary Chain. More than any bassline mixed with Eat Static-esque vocal of amazement. Anyway, just for the of these, John Spencer remind me of The Reputedly so named because one of the band samples. Next serve with a garnish of the record, "Portastatic is the work of Mac Birthday Party at their prime: a wiry maniac 'did it' in a shed when he was seven, the scamp. most offensive flute you could ever wish to from Superchunk", says the sticker on the flinging himself around the stage to the The fact that the guitarist is 'a big Smiths fan' is hear. It is incredibly sad when 48 minutes front. background of scuzzed-up, white-hot blues. not unbelievable and it's all rather glorious in a of music can be summed up so simply, in Playing virtually everything However this lot are no mere plagiarists. northern-gloom-sensitive-80's-guitar-manner. fact through the whole LP only one song, himself, there's a Dinosaur Jr. kind of feel They see fit to dispense with a bass (''it Support to Compulsion next month should see Night Bird, sticks out and then only to the whole thing, but whereas Mascis would only get in the way"), and, more them giving the laughably hyped ones a hefty because it sounds like the music from the usually sounds blunderingly brilliant, importantly, introduce a "feedback stick." kick up the arse. new Brut advert. Mac's tunes only manage to be for the This mysterious device defies description: a The best possible comparison most part bland and contrived. metal pole, the closer you place your hand, FULL MOON which I can think of is with Enigma, only Unfortunately with about half of the thing the louder it screams like a stuck pig. Old Man River's Crying (Hard Hands) those Gregorian chants are replaced with recorded on a four track, some of the After enduring so many monotone world music samples a-la Transglobal songs sound only like demos of work in excuses for music at The Duchess in recent This curious oddity stumbles from Dr. Underground. It's music for middle-aged progress, little more than a few half weeks, Jon Spencer's atmosphere of fun is Leftfield's HardHands laboratory and people to listen to while driving down the thought-out doodlings. The mark of a dynamite. Most of their songs are all over successfully 'does an Underworld' by M1 in their company cars and must surely great album is when you can discover the place, but "Soul Typecast" and "Afro" get stubbornly genre-hoping. 'In the mix' are force us to ask the question that if the 70's something new each time you put it on, even the most miserable indie sad-boy bongos, horses neighing, dub effects, a Dr.Who really were so great how come people of a every single time. With this one, a couple growling and a-jiving. No mean feat. And style bassline, shimmering guitars, crashing decent age at the time have ended up of runs through and 1 wonder why I'm they say Sting plays the blues? Pah! waves, bells etc. etc. etc. Tomorrow's music listening to this? still listening to it. today, presumably. After about six songs the repeated Stephen Dick Chris Mooney

Leeds Student Independent Newspaper 25th February 1994 12 Classical & Jazz Cupid and All That (Lunchtime Concert) Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall These lunchtime exercises in civility have I consistently, and annoyingly, turned out to [Hungary for more be extremely hit and miss. More often they miss, however. In fact, even the hits tend to drag on a bit. But seeing as they are overwhelmingly frequented by oldies, we can Hungarian State perhaps take heart from the assistance these concerts must give them in inducing afternoon Symphony Orchestra sleep. In contrast, my conception of the Leeds Town Hall lunchtime concert is that it should provide a slightly more uplifting air - that the day is ight from the beginning of the young, the afternoon has but begun, etc, etc. Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra's Oh well . , . Rconcert at Leeds Town Hall on Saturday Anyway, despite a large lunch, I night, it became clear that this is no ordinary noted that this week's offering was a symphony orchestra. The rich, organ-like smattering of early baroque vocal, recorder textures of Liszt's 'Les Preludes' were and harpsichord music, performed by students propelled by a tremendous vibrancy and from the music department, directed by Julie noble splendour that was to characterise so Rayner and Richard Rastall. It was basically a much of their playing. This was music straight cheepo chance for the said musoes to expand from the heart, exuding an innate passion and their performance experience, as most of them sentimentality often lacking in British can sing anyway, we all learn the recorder in performances. primary school, and Rastall alone elected to Whereas some Eastern European have a bash on the harpsichord_ orchestras have a reputation for a rather That said, the singing was precise and idiosyncratic technical command, by nicely articulated. Tuning in this case elicited a comparison with the best Western orchestras, sound not unakin to Thomas the Tank Engine there was nothing lacking here. The ensemble telling the Fat Controller where to go. It might was excellent; the brass articulation mostly have helped if they'd spent more than two spot on; and the solos, especially from oboe, seconds sounding their A's. But the ensemble flute, horn and violin, were exquisite. All due steamed ahead, going through a couple of credit to the conductor, Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi, Fantasias by Byrd, and some other ditties by who's functional, but inspiring actions did the Purcell and friends. They happily piped away, job without attracting unnecessary attention to quite obviously reliving those primary school himself. memories. "Yellow Bird" distinctly entered my The highlight of the evening was dreams. Brahms' Violin Concerto with Lydia Then the harpsichord was wheeled Mordkovitch as soloist. Here was a performer out for a rendition of something called with tremendous conviction of interpretation, "Galiarda Paget" by Peter Philips. Rastall sat not bound by traditions or expectations. Her down, and with a great deal of gusto, playing was incredibly muscular and proceeded to plink plonk away until the piece powerful, more so than any other violinist I simply came to an end. We'd been given no have experienced; and yet she contrasted this prior warning. In fact, I thought it would just with moments of extreme tenderness. Not go on and on. Well, never mind. surprisingly, the audience was mesmerised, whirled away into other spheres of being. One Josh Berle could criticise her at times rather cumbersome Lydia Mordkovitch approach, or her failure to project right to the back of the cavernous Town Hall in quiet It was surprising to discover in the challenges with admirable zeal, creating a Mark Funnel) passages, but these were mere niggling interval, that she who had appeared so truly profound aura in the moment of peripheries to the overall phenomenon. confident and secure, professed to having absolution. Mark Funnel!, the Class/Jazz sub editor Particularly memorable was the end been very nervous. But what sacrilege to follow such moves on this week after editing the page of the first movement cadenza, whose The second half began with Richard passionate depths with the lightweight Hary resolution was so touching as to leave one Stauss' Tone Poem :'Tod and Verklarung' Janos suite by Kodaly. This effusion of for the last two years. During his time feeling warm all over, as if in the embrace of a ('Death and Transfiguration'). This work Hungarian spirit was again brilliantly Mark has developed the page and added lover after a passionate and draining ordeal. embodies the heights of romantic emotional performed, to the delight of the Leeds his unique style. Leeds Student would like The orchestra responded with perfect excess, with its ambitious programme, and audience, but grated severely on my emotional to thank him for all his hard work and sensitivity; the sublime oboe melody at the demands considerable virtuosity from all sensibilities. second movement opening could not fail to sections of the orchestra. The H.S.S.O. applied wishes him well for the future. bring tears to the eyes. themselves to the physical and emotional Alex Afia

In days gone by, the best live jazz venues were dingy dens of iniquity, teeming with hustlers, pimps and other unspeakably unsavoury denizens of the underworld, where beads of condensation trembled on every surface and the passive intake left you dreaming. But as Steve Ranger finds out at Dig! and Shear's Wine Bar, the past is a foreign country ...

Tntil recently, the words "live jazz" would of the exams, there was still a lively were completely relaxed, and enjoyed although slightly less ambitiously than Bud L..) conjure two very different images. The atmosphere, with the DJ's playing a fine mix themselves as much as their audience. Bongo). They also play a couple of their own first is of a dim, smoky clubs, earnest listeners of jazz, ranging from the quite soulful Afterwards I managed to get hold of the four compositions, but these are unfortunately lost and french cigarettes. The second is of a through funk to latin. This warmed the track demo that the band have just finished on the unappreciative audience, which largely bunch of hairy muso types playing too loudly audience up for the evening's live attraction, which also promises great things, so definitely consists of men still trying to look like hip in the corner of the pub, even louder because Bud Bongo, an eight piece band from one to watch. lads in their not quite up to the minute no one is listening. There didn't seem to be Nottingham. They mixed original material A rather different experience was on waistcoats and turnups. The band were also much in between. Over the last couple of with very funky covers of jazz classics such as offer at Shear's Yard Wine Bar on Thursday all squashed into one corner, and often didn't years, however, jazz in general has undergone Dizzy Gillespie's 'Night in Tunisia'. Tim Lee's night behind the Corn Exchange. Shear's is the look too bothered themselves, and as a result something of a renaissance, and there are now blistering work on the organ and a wickedly sort of bar that likes to think of itself as suffered from over percussion and now and so many clubs playing jazz that in quality and funky guitar, as well as the high quality of the having a clientele, and that clientele likes to then had a little trouble with keeping time. In quantity it threatens to overtake indie music rest of the band and their material meant that think of itself as the sort of people who would a sense it is unfair to criticise Shears because as the students' traditional listening fair. they were very well received, and rarely felt go to a smoky jazz club if they had the time. admission is free, and the band is not the For those of us who struggled the lack of a vocalist. To cater for this aspiration the rather main attraction in the way that it is at Dig! through wind and snow to Rickys last week, The band, judging by the elaborately named Ratatat Jazz Band are Even so , I can think of other town centre bars Dig! had something of a treat layed on. consummate ease with which they put provided, to play a mixture of jazz classics that are much more worth visiting, like Cafe Although it was lacking a big crowd because together such an impressively big sound, (also doing a version of 'Night in Tunisia' , Mex around the corner.

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Books 13 Rhythm ues White Jazz Dick Contino's Blues James Ellroy (Arrow 13.99) James Ellroy (Arrow £5.99)

t's out there, lurking none is that the schemes are almost ick Contino's Blues and Other Stories too subtly in dark alleyways. too huge, too machiavellian and doesn't see Ellroy changing pace or ICrime fiction, like science so not entirely believable. This Dstyle. The location is still L.A., the fiction, beats up the best seller is a problem, should we trust a plots are still interwoven beyond all reason charts with a predominantly burly thug as he narrates this and the machismo drips sweatily off the male readership. tale of his own complicity and page. White Jazz comes on untrustworthiness. This would Dick Contino is an accordion like a confession. Lieutenant seem to the make the text little virtuoso with "sex appeal plus" and the Dave Klein is a mafia hit man, a more than an exultation of unfortunate moniker of draft dodger. In bagman and an attorney turned amorality, exposing the trying to revive a flagging career he gets cop. His involvement in a machismo and violence as male involved in a dodgy movie and sets up an bizzare break and enter case posturing of the worst sort. attempt to fake his kidnap. compromises his many roles as Ellroy draws heavily The other stories follow a pattern. he struggles to maintain a from experience, his mother was Most of the chief protagonists are male, many degree of security for himself murdered in a seemingly of the minority characters are stereotypical. and his sister Meg. motiveless attack. That he lived In Gravy Train the main character sees a Ellroy's style is in the areas of Los Angeles he lesbian couple making love and accurately perfectly in tune with the world describes would also seem to guesses that one isn't really a "dyke" because he chooses to draw. He drifts add authenticity. But the key is of the way she appears to fake an orgasm. between character and accent Hollywood. The story is never Whether this homophobia and with a surprising surety. At more than a few blocks away misogyny belong to Ellroy is unclear, but because he only draws two dimensional other times the pared down from Hollywood itself. This portraits the opportunity to place such values style photographs moments proximity is underlined by his is removed. with emotion and "police prose style but also by the In truth the prose style is almost evidence" clarity "The women: convenient packaging,. infectious and, perhaps, enjoyable. However Cut/sawed/snipped-limbs If you're into dirty check out Bret Easton Ellis or Will Self for dangling by skin shreds". macs and big guns you'll like some psychos who will question society and The plot spirals in true this otherwise steer clear. still make you beg for more. crime thriller fashion, the Stuart Davies -46 difference with Ellroy's writing James Ellroy, playing with the big boys now. Stuart Davies

found murdered and Stone becomes prime To an American imagination familiar The Movie House suspect because of a similar incident in his Blackwater to the point of obsession with the Kennedy screenplay. Various characters then enter the clan, such incidents seem archetypal. The Stephen Knight (Penguin £4.99) story including corrupt cops, perverted Joyce Carol Oates (Picador £4.99) politician's impersonal title is therefore apt. postmen and a juicy journalist who provides a The woman, Kelly Kelleher. a graduate of predictable twist in the narrative. n the film Dead Poets Society Robin Williams' American Studies, had written her thesis on t would be simple if art always imitated life. As a good, solid thriller The Movie this man. Having finally got to meet him at a The fact that it doesn't underpins the Icharacter asked his pupils to tear up a I House works. It is often tense and even chapter giving an idiot's guide to assessing 4the of July party she finds herself pursuing a narrative of Steven Knight's debut novel_ The exciting. However Knight's attempts to sexual liason, and accepts his invitation to Movie House is a thriller told through first how good or bad a piece of writing was by explore wider themes are less successful, constructing a graph. I still have a soft spot for drive with him back to his hotel. person narrator Karl Stone. Stone is a failed After the accident the prolonged probably because his is a style which operates such guides because in reading Joyce Carol English comedy writer who crosses the of her struggle in the car is interspersed by statement rather than allusion. For instance, Oates' fascinating Black Water, one rule works agony Atlantic to revive a flagging career by writing the narrator's ambiguous status could have with calm and frantic recollections of the movie scripts. Whilst this story fits the formula if you want to find out whether you are been handled with more subtlety. I didn't wasting your time or reading something of events leading to this single, interminable and of a murder mystery Knight attempts to quite possibly momentary confrontation with need Knight's constant references to " wild value. If, as in this book, something resists introduce ideas such as changing identity, death. The skill of the writer is such that one's animals in cages " to realise that he was your casual reasoning and tempts you to misogyny and police corruption which have slightly volatile and disturbing. sense of time is shattered. An effect which is the potential to make an interesting novel. ignore it, don't. The extra thought required With The Movie House Knight moves will lead either to flat disappointment, or have hauntingly convincing. The basic plot of The Movie House is The chapter devoted to the language dangerously close to Raymond Chandler you standing on your desk reciting poetry tedious and banal. Stone's wife leaves him for territory. Dangerously because he lacks the of commercials suggests that her death will another man , not surprising as "our hero" is about Captains. reduce the memory of her life and identity to mastery of the language which Chandler The oddity in this book is a short an alcoholic who displays violent misogynist the level of such language. She will be 'The possessed and fails to evoke a similar sense of chapter devoted entirely to advertising blurb tendencies. His career is going nowhere so sordid magnificence. l expected to despise this Politician's Mistress', he 'The Corrupt Senator'. when given the chance to write a story for for the treatment of acne, and various other Their lives, like history when it is written, will book but despite its frequent mediocrity I official sounding cautions. In a serious and movie producer G.F.Benelli he happily hops appear simple. In the black water of the found it curiously compelling Perhaps that disturbing book such as this frivolity was upon the first flight for Florida . swamp the couple's actions and motivations says more about myself than the novel, but if unexpected. A car has gone off a deserted road In between getting paralytic and you have a few hours to waste you could come to Kelly devoid of clarity. But, wrangling with Benelli over money, Stone and is languishing in a swamp. Inside a frighteningly, the consequences of her death probably do so enjoyably with The Movie woman is trapped, while the driver, a produces a movie script involving the murder House. could not be clearer. A virtuoso performance_ of a woman by her husband. The plot is made Ian Darby politician referred to as "the Senator", has treed more complex when a mysterious starlet is himself. Ian Copestake

I Leeds Student Independent Newspaper 25th February 19941

SECURE YOUR HOME

Four out of five burglaries occur when a house or flat is empty, so it is vital to protect your home when no one is there:

• Do - ensure the house is properly locked. This may seem obvious, but in three burglaries out of ten the thief does not have to force his way in 1 because a door or window has been left open. hti

• Do - get a time switch that will turn the lights on and off when you are nut. This will make it look as lig 13 if you are at home, and they can be bought for about ten pounds. Leeds Six suffers from nearly o • Do - Leave a radio or television on whilst you are out - the cost is minimal, but should help convince West Yorkshire Police are now potential thieves that someone is at home. the police and to take a more • Do - draw the curtains if you are going out for Gareth Hughes and Is the evening.

• Don't - let your TV or video show through a window.

• Don't - leave a spare key hi a biding place like tinder a doormat or in a flowerpot - a thief will took rime in Leeds Six has received much in itself. makes student housing vulnerable - a burglar c there first. publicity in recent months. And the police "Juveniles won't get locked away unless they break through one door and he is basically it Care often blamed for not doing enough to have committed a lot of crimes. There are some seven fiats. • Mark your possessions. Every year, property prevent the huge amount of thefts and break-ins. juveniles in Leeds who have been on the front "There are very few houses where you lo worth hundreds of thousands of pounds is Andy Johnston, Crime Prevention Officer at pages of the Yorkshire Post because they have your own bedroom door. You can't do that recovered by the police and not returned to its Millgarth, defended the police force against committed so many offences. A few persistent multi-occupancy - the fire brigade don't apple rightful owners, simply because it can't be properly accusations of inactivity with regard to crime in young offenders are put away, but most get away of it, for a start. I'd like to see every studen identified. Property marking deters thieves. They Leeds Six: "The police presence in Leeds Six is a with it because of the law. One twelve-year old room with a lock on the door. The landlor lot stronger than it used to be We try to be pro- boy was even deported. cannot do that becau find indentifiable property dangerous to handle active as well as reactive. He had committed an "Just somebody walking around in they would then 1 and difficult to dispose of. It also helps the police to "As well as having uniformed officers going to estimated fifty burglaries, responsible if anyone di return your property lilt is found. An Ultra-Violet uniform could prevent two or three talk to those who have been broken into, there is and was sent back to burglaries a week. We don't get the in a fire. Iron gates a pen can put an invisible mark on your property the CID department who are running an Pakistan by his Dad. increasingly comet which can only be seen by using a UV lamp. operation called Operation Albert. aimed However, you can't use money to pay for them" among students, but th Remember that the mark can fade in time, and specifically against burglary in Leeds Six. We are that as an excuse for not are also a fire hauls needs renewing regularly. Other items can be prepared to watch certain homes or people if doing anything about these types of crime. However, you've got to feel safe in your o' engraved or punched to leave a permanent mark. information about them is given which sounds like Juveniles might not get locked away unless they home. The Landlords' Association, who claim they are criminally active, eg. lots of TVs going commit lots of offences. but we don't know that own 50% of houses in Headingley, are concert they are committing lots of offences unless every about the situation, but their bands are tied • If you wake in the night and bear someone in into the same house on a regular basis." Johnston explained some of the problems in time they do something, somebody reports it or that they are controlled by fire regulations. ' your home, it is not a good idea to confront the Leeds Six are because the police feel constrained tells us and we put it through the system, yet don't have any legal hold over landlords burglar or to pretend to be asleep. Instead, switch by the law : "I do not feel that the law is tough again. A lot of people now say that it is not worth provide adequate security for their tenants." on the lights and make a lot of noise. If you are on enough. The law doesn't treat property crime as doing anything because the next day they are back Johnston also gave details of a new initial your own, pretend there is someone with you and seriously as crime against the person, but out lig: .► teen nothing is ever achieved.- that would give prospective tenants me call out to them. Ring the police as soon as you property has got to be protected. The sentences The police are also hampered by a lack of information about the history of the proper safely can. can be quite tough, but we don't want to put resources. One police source commented: "The they are looking at: "Hopefully, the t everybody in prison because that causes problems whole force is three hundred policemen short, and universities, Unipol and possibly Endslei • Burglar alarms are a very good deterrent. You is not up to full strength. Because the force has Insurance are going to meet might think that no one pays any attention to them, been depleted. we can't put out enough foot- before the end of March. "A lot of peg but the burglar certainly does. A basic alarm costs patrols. If you had one more un,' • Nolicernan From that I would like to see is not wortl a shift, he could be walking II.- t Six area, some sort of code of practice about £180 pounds, and it should be in the couldn't he? Just somebody walking around in for landlords, so that but the]] landlord's long-term interest to provide one. uniform could prevent two or three burglaries a students can go to Unipol or a week. We don't get enough money from the police to some similar organisation • Outdoor security lighting systems cost about authority to pay for them." and find out how often a particular house £40. These have also proved effective deterrents, Areas with a high student population are been burgled in previous years. Some people m and as they are cheap your landlord may well agree always especially vulnerable to thieves. Andy in blind and uninformed. My ambition is to to fit one. Johnston explained: "If you look at the voters' list Unipol or somewhere as a place where you for Chestnut Avenue, for example. there are only ask about burglary statistics for individual hou • Thieves like to get to the back of the house - two houses on the street which are privately Hopefully, by September, there will be some where they can work with less chance of being seen. owned. The rest are all students, and when there of framework for students to find information.' If your house has a passage, try and get your Andy Johnston are six or seven students living in each house it A Housing Officer for Unipol outlined landlord to fit a strong, high gate across it.

• If your front and back doors are not strong and safe, neither is your home. All your locks will be rendered useless if used on a weak door that can "I've seen crimes committed but I've easily be forced open. If your door seems weak, ask never reported them. It always seems like for a stronger one. too much hassle to give reports or to take "Women are frightened to live on "1 don't think that policing in the area part in identity parades. Crime is totally their own in LS6. Consequently they is very effective. After all. it seems to • DIY shops sell locks to lit all kinds of window. out of police control. I had my car broken are forced to live in mixed houses be the norm to get broken into. The They cost about £4-10 and you may be able to get into last term, and although the police with blokes they would not normally University should involve itself more it the money from your landlord. tried to help, and I filled in many tedious pass the time of day with." helping students with crime prevention. forms, they were unable to do anything. I can't see a solution to the problem." Angie Evans.lst Year Sarah Collis, 3rd Year Laura Wilkinson. 3rd Year History and Spanish, Leeds University Law. Leeds University German. Leeds University

Leeds Student Independent Newspaper 25th February 1994 I

is CRIMESTOPPERS

new crime appeal series called Crime Stoppers Ais starting this March on ITV. West Yorkshire Police hope to emulate the successful series Crimewatch UK. The programme, starting on 7 March, is the latest initiative in fighting the war against crime, combining police expertise with the power of television. The first programme will feature a report on wck i n 1..S6 Leeds Six. Andy Johnston, a Crime Prevention Officer, says: "We went to Brudenell Mount to look at a few houses and to discuss steps students can take regarding crime prevention. It is hoped that the programme will encourage landlords to protect homes better, and to give students a better If thousand burglaries every year. idea about what to look for. In the two houses we went to, one of them had moved in there because it ling students to join forces with hadn't been burgled the year before, and they have not been burgled this year. The lads in the other ctive role in crime prevention. house moved in there blind, and they got burgled tel four times in four months. Now they've got a grille Williams investigate. on the front door and the fridge against the back." The slot will also feature a crimestoppers number that will be available to students. Johnston explains the reasons behind this: "We hope that students will make use of the Crimestoppers phone number to report suspicious persons or suspected tudents should go about finding secure houses: break-ins. We believe that students know a lot if students start looking for accommodation about what is going on, who is being burgled. but ifter March 1st. the properties should he we often just aren't informed about it. One reason occupied. It is important that they ask those living may be is that they don't know how to tell the here about how secure their property is, and police. Crime Stoppers is a freephone number, and whether they had been burgled that year. you can be anonymous if you wish. If information "At the moment we do not have statistics on given leads to an arrest or conviction there could ndividual houses as such, but we do have a also be a reward. This reward could be as high as landlord index. We would like all present tenants £1000, depending on the significance of the to fill in a "Comments for the Owner Index" form. information. If everyone did this, we would be able to give Johnston went on to say that students could and indents a much better idea about how good should do more to assist the police in the fight ndividual landlords are at protecting their against crime: "The criminals live in Leeds, and iroperties. "We do not insist that landlords that register most will live in Leeds Six, so many students must vith us provide burglar alarms or security lights. have a reasonable idea of who they are, and it We do have minimum standards, but even if needs to be reported. We get letters with andlords are not very good, we do not want to information from permanent residents, but not liscourage them from registering with us. At from students. Students must help themselves. east if they register with us. the students have a Often they know what's going on, they know who eider choice. Otherwise the less scrupulous is burgling, they know this and they know that, but andlords would simply advertise in shop we don't seem to hear about it. We just aren't windows and we would not be able to influence getting the information, and that's why we are hem whatsoever." appealing. Next week, the Student Welfare Office will legin a new scheme providing students with a "If we carry out observations in Leeds Six at vide to insurance and crime prevention. The night-time, we'd like to be looking down the streets guide will give students where something is happening. Also, we need 110w say that it help in finding safe and people to tell us where all these TVs and videos are ig anything ... secure accommodation, going to. It's only kids that are stealing them, so ring is ever and is a foundation on they can't go that far. They aren't taking them to which students can build. Aberdeen or anything! They go back in the system, There is, then, much mostly to second-hand shops. If we had more feed- guidance available to back from students, it is likely that the crime rate tudents in avoiding the most vulnerable houses. could be further reduced. lot the weakness of the law and the problems of "We try our best to deal with the crime alder-funding means that that the West 'orkshire Police are now seeking more assistance situation in Leeds Six, but if we have got specific rom students in actively helping the fight against information we are obviously in a better position rime. Perhaps then, Leeds Six would cease to be to act. if somebody rang us up, even if it was noon as one of the most burgled areas in anonymously, and said that every night there is 1titain. The mess and grief caused by theft five or six televisions going into such and such a house, we'll go and watch that house, because it's worth doing. We'll do it for a night. and if it's successful we might do it for another night. But we can't react to that sort of information if we aren't getting it. That is why we have crimestoppers "I've seen someone breaking into a house "I'd definitely read a crimestoppers "More foot-patrols would deter burglars. where you can ring in. It is a freephone number, slot in the newspaper if it were in broad daylight. but I was unable to but I understand how understaffed the so it doesn't cost you anything." included every week. It's great to report the incident. The offenders police force is. I'm stumped as to where I There will also he an information report sheet think that I could help the dreadful threatened me into silence. I think that can live next year. everywhere seems to be that will be printed in Leeds Student next week. the situation. We need more money high rates of crime in Leeds 6 are an easy target for criminals." Students will be encouraged to use it if they have Inevitable with the current lack of police from the Government, and then more s on the beat." any information that might help the police. funds. I cannot see a reversal in crime police protection - bobbie Rachel Gibson. 1st Year trends under the schemes and funding of History, Leeds University 555 111 the current Government." Russell Chamberlain, 1st Year The Crimestoppers number is: 0800 Tim Newton, 2nd Year Spanish and Management. Leeds University French and Spanish, Leeds University

Leeds Student Independent Newspaper 25th February 1994 16 Culture externally and what's going on in Willy's head: ,, T he play involved the attempts of his sons everything merges and melts into one. Because it's and his wife and Willy himself to Matthew Warchus has been hailed as theatre's most such a wide open, unlimited space with no real understand what was killing him. And to exciting new thing. His production of Arthur Miller's boundaries we realised that if we wanted to jump understand meant to lift the experience into onto chairs and over tables, we could do that." emergency speech of an unashamedly open kind Death Of A Salesman , currently on at the West Yorkshire Miller seems with this play to be rather than to proceed by the crabbed, dramatic Playhouse, has met with enormous critical acclaim as a expressing something unique to human nature: hints and pretexts of the 'natural'. If the structure something which (for once) transcends gender. Ellie had to mirror the psychology as directly as could be refreshing) new reading. So what's behind it? Liz Ekstein Haddington noticed that: done, it was still a psychology hammered into its spoke to director and cast. "One of the most interesting things life Willy had strange shape by society, the business whether you're male or female - particularly for lived and believed in. The play could reflect what I people of a similar age to Biff and Happy - is that had always sensed as the unbroken tissue that was I we all recognise our own families or man and society, a single unit rather than two." parents, but not necessarily of the same sex. Sometimes people will Thus Arthur Miller on the mental activity he succumbed to immediately prior to writing Death say, 'Willy Loman is just my mum,' or 'Linda is my dad': it does happen that way round too."' Of A Salesman. And it is exactly this unity, this Willy, of course, is feeling that a man is jailed inside his own head that not the only one who marks out Matthew Warchus' production's suffers from the debilitating effects of the American departure from the original way of staging the play, Dream. Linda, Biff and Happy reveal the destruction from Miner's own stage directions. it wreaks on family lives. Perhaps what's so widely The play tells the story of Willy Loman, a applicable about the play is the failure to man who fell for the American dream. His two sons communicate. Even after the rejection by the Supply company that he has helped establish, Willy refuses and his wife have been part of a life that failed to notice when it's dreams turned into lies, and, to surrender the principles that he's shaped his life eventually, failure. Retuning from a sales trip one by as the mould for his future until, with a night, Willy stands in his kitchen and starts disturbing speed, they squeeze him out and he kills dreaming about the past, when there was room for himself. With all her generosity, Linda can do optimism in his life that mostly centred on his elder nothing to reach Willy. Ellie again: son's Biff talent for American football. Willy's " Linda's role is very much one of provider: optimism about his own life has disappeared into a she's very subservient. She says, know every hole that otherwise only contains the ghost of his thought in that man's mind,' and I think she does - brother Ben who once offered him the opportunity an she's an extraordinary balancer, on one level. It's to start a new life elsewhere. frightening that she doesn't stand up and say, 'No! But Willy felt bound to stay, caught by the All this has to stop!' How much of this is affected ideals of a dream that appears, now, to have been a by one thing which is that she doesn't want to know mass hallucination in the first place. Willy tries to that she's not loved is perhaps open to debate but coerce his two boys into following the same dream it's certainly a factor. Therefore although she does but whilst Biff refuses to go with it, finding Willy know that Willy's had an affair, for instance, she one night in the midst of a compromising situation, chooses not to acknowledge the fact. If she accepts it Happy seems destined to follow it through. At the then she'll have to do something about it and she centre of this is Linda, who, as Ellie Haddington Re an doesn't want to do that. At the end Linda can't cry, observes, tries to hold everyone together with the so you never get that wonderful release - you leave same assiduity that she mends stockings. The play the theatre thinking, 'What the hell have I just been charts the last 36 hours of Willy's life until, caught through?' It's upsetting and frustrating." between the mental illness that takes over and the For Jude Law, playing Happy, the situation inability to face a future, he kills himsself. is likewise one of self-deception. None of the Matthew Warchus is a director who has a Loman family can face up to their realities. clear vision of what he thinks the possibilities of a "Up until the death of Willy, Happy is play are, and with his production of Death Of A heading towards just being another Willy. He's Salesman his achievement is to integrate and already painting the gloss, the veneer over what is assimilate all the elements of theatre into a startling basically an assistant's asssistant's life, on the opening notion. minimum wage, and still being driven by the self- "In the original production of the play, belief and belief in the American Dream. In the last whenever Willy starts to recall the past - or two days that the play takes place in, he has to rely hallucinate, as I see it, he has to step out and walk on what he believes in more and more. He's fighting on the front stage, since the stage was split into two with Biff in a way - not an aggressive way - to bring sections, supposedly signifying the rivalry of the Biff round to the old way of thinking not only family or some such thing - so Willy had to go and because it's the right way but because it's the only meet the ghosts - the encounter was undertaken on way he knows. his initiative. If you transpose these trundlings from "It's also the way that's going to save the past into hallucinations it makes it seem much Willy's life. And whether he's right or wrong I think more threatening - it makes him seem ill. As he's not that after the moment of truth when Biff says 'I'm wanting to remember the past, the memories are not a leader of men and neither are you,' for the intrusive to him. You know when a ghost walks short period thereafter before Will kills himself, through a wall, what's frightening is its ability,not everything is wrecked. Unfortunately, happy is in a to be restrained by solid matter. I think the script is way thew second son - he hardly says anything and possibly more frightening than was originally what you do hear him say is supporting the facade. thought." There's a moment just before Willy's death "The play was written by a relatively young when I imagine Happy's life in shatters - on the man and one of the feelings I got from the script was floor - then Willy dies which I decided is really the disorientation and mental chaos mixed with the building of Happy. If anything it proves to him that chaos of relationships. Both these things are very he was right: Willy would have killed himself had frightening. It's a play that makes me very angry Biff said, "I'm going out West to start a ranch and be when I watch it....it's also a very moving play, a play successful" - so, I think he is reinforced - to strive for that doesn't fit the noble or possibly even tragic individual greatness was right. Had Biff followed status that has been allotted to it. Really it's a tiny that Willy wouldn't be dead. story about virtually worthless people doing petty "Also by the end, the Requiem shows things with very small ideas and small imaginations Happy that he hasn't got Biff anymore. Even when in a very terrifying situation. he has a million dollar idea he relies on Biff to get "Doing it now means that we can be more the initial capital. By the end his last plea is 'The experimental stylistically because there are many Loman Brothers' and Biff says "I know who I am." more conventions than there used to be. Even Happy is left with a real degree of self-conviction in though the play must have been quite radical for it's what he thinks he should believe in and that's time, they were nonetheless quite inhibited. what's painful, whether that's what's right or not, it's Treating what used to be called flashbacks as on a false level. I think pretty much he'll be another hallucinations can be very liberating." Willy Loman." Jude Law points out: "I think the simplicity There is so much going on in this of the set captures the feeling of the 40s much more production that one cannot summarise exactly what than if you build a house on stage. The lines and makes it successful. See it and you can decide for the colours create a feeling of solidity. There's never yourself. a feeling of solidity between what's going on :11 the West Yorkshire. Playhouse Kahl 5 March Nappy (Jude Law) and Linda (Ellie Haddington) try to resolve their dirierences Photo Gerry Murray

[Leeds Student Independent Newspaper 25th February 1994

The Guide 17 Previews Rome If You Want To In Brief 'Torch Song Trilogy : The International fit(; St 21. e Stud', Emmanuel Institute, Saturday 26th Feb, 5.30pm & Sunday 27th, 3.00pm. Postcards From Rome Last term's production of Torch Song Trilogy West Yorkshire Playhouse was such a success that it's been entered for the National Student Drama Festival in Romeo & Juliet Scarborough. These performances, of the Grand Theatre extended first act only, are for the benefit of the judges, so get yourselves down there to As you shiver under your duvet watching the support the Golden Round Touring groundfrost gradually melt from your carpet, Company in their quest for nationwide (well summer hols may seem depressingly far off. deserved) recognition. Harvey Fierstein's It's probably a case of "wish you were here ... play about a New York drag artist should do and I wasn't". However, 'Postcards From the trick, and leave you doubled-up with Rome', new this week at the West Yorkshire laughter again at the same time. Playhouse, should remind you of joys to come, and so help beat those winter woes. Tori Amos, City Varieties, Thursday 3rd Written by award-winning writer- March, 8.00pm. in-residence Adam Pernak - who for a laddy In case you missed it, the job of 'Kate Bush' of a mere 23 seems to be doing sickeningly was advertised recently in the Guardian, and well for himself - the play is "a bittersweet for all you unsuccessful applicants, here's the comedy" inspired by a coach trip to Italy. chance to see the potty old cornflake person Shell & Carol leave their Lancashire factory who pipped you to the post. jobs to go on vacation. They seek Rome, they seek passion, they seek Chianti-filled nights. Therapy?, Town & Country Club, Sunday They find ... Wesley, a middle-aged sightseer 27th February, 7.00pm, £8.00. with a schedule to follow, and Maj, his long What could possibly be the largest group suffering wife. This is sounding horribly counselling session in the history of familiar. It's probably about this time that psychiatry takes place at the T&C this the luggage gets inexplicably 'mislaid' and it weekend. Get your tickets pronto for the starts to rain. band who's music is about as far as possible But all is not lost, as the lipstick dad removed from lying on a couch spouting girlies also manage to encounter Henry, who embarrassing details about your mother. is strangely brooding and secretive - in other words, slightly more interesting. And, as City Of Leeds Youth Orchestra, Leeds they travel together from the Trevi fountain Town Hall, Saturday 26th February, to the Colosseum, the hapless holidaymakers 7.30pm. come to realise the truth which all of us The enormous combined talent of the young who've ever experienced a National Coach and they're rather good. So go and see them. temperaments of the noble feuding houses of virtuosos of Leeds should provide an Express journey know only too well - that on Plenty of time, since the show runs from Montague & Capulet" and the beauty of evening of the best quality classical music, holiday, in the company of strangers, people today, 25th February, to Saturday 2nd April. Prokofiev's music are combined for your including the crowd-puller, Dvorak's do the funniest things... You know you want to. And with tickets tight-filled delight from Tuesday 1st to Symphony No.9 'From The New World'. As usual the Playhouse promises the starting at the usual £4 student standby price, Saturday 5th March, at 2.30prn & 7.30pm each The largo should come as quite a shock to normal range of talented, experienced actors. you know you can afford to as well. day. those of you who watch the Hovis advert. Just to make a change from the norm, they've For those with a taste for even On their last visit, the Northern No, they're not playing it too slowly - that's mostly appeared in 'The Bill', but another higher culture and a suitably throbbing Ballet all but sold out the Grand, so either how it's meant to be. fave with this lot seems to have been budget, then this week's cod-piece crammed take an afternoon off and get some tickets for 'Heartbeat'. Never mind. However, there's alternative is the Northern Ballet Theatre's a matinee, or ring them now! Prices start at The Boyfriend', Civic Theatre, Tuesday 1st also the normal smattering of RSC and other production of 'Romeo & Juliet'. The visually £6.00 for the balconies, but there's an NUS to Saturday 5th March, 7.15pm, £5.50 / £3.50. 'worthy' credits, so basically they're versatile extravagant "impetuousness of youth & fiery discount, so take your card. Sandy Wilson's air-headed Charleston- packed musical concerns the pleasures and pains of the young ladies from Mine Dubonnet's Finishing School; the premise being that every girl must have a boyfriend. Redeeming features include the songs, such Ripe For Pickin as 'I Could Be Happy With You', and the fact that nothing bad ever happens. So light- hearted they should make this in pill form. pieces of melancholic drama. That is the fault being overthrown to make way for the bright, of one Mr Stanislaysky, who ruined Chekhov's new communist future, but 'The Cherry Dialogue with Matthew Warchus, West S t.ge work, in the opinion of the author himself, by Orchard' works as a superb piece of theatre in Yorkshire Playhouse, Saturday 26th Feb, creating new dimensions for the word 'pause'. its own right. With no overtly political 6.00pm, £2 / £1. The Cherry Orchard This production, however, promises treatment, the depth and subtlety of the play Director of 'Death Of A Salesman' Matthew to be fast, frenetic, and extremely funny - allows you to interpret it as you wish, and Raven Theatre, LUU Warchus puts himself up fora grilling, along much more entertaining than you ever make up your own mind about the various with the cast of the play. Apparently, he's thought possible from a dead Russian characters, and whether they deserve their As the couple of degrees of winter frost begins really gorgeous. See this week's feature. to recede, a certain amount of feeling returns playwright. fates or not. to those tormented toes to announce the The story of 'The Cherry Orchard' And if all that doesn't seem to leave revolves around one family of the Russian room for many laughs, then be prepared for a BBC Philharmonic, St George's Concert arrival of Spring in all its glory. And what Hall, Thursday 3rd March, 7.30pm. better way to celebrate the breaking of the ice gentry, and their desperate attempts to cling rib-tickling surprise! on to their beloved cherry orchard. Mounting The Cherry Orchard' runs from More of a incoming missile warning than a than by joining the blossoming of Theatre preview - the BBC l'hil will be playing Group's latest production in the Raven debts and unsustainable extravagance have Wednesday 2nd to Saturday 5th March in the Raven Theatre, and starts at 6.30pm each Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture at this gig, so if Theatre, LUU. forced them into the unpleasant situation of night. Tickets are just £2.50. or £2.00 to you're anywhere near Bradford at about Coming in to full bloom this week is having to put their grounds up for auction, a Theatre Group members, and can be obtained 9.00prn on Thursday, duck, or you'll get Anton Chekhov's play The Cherry Orchard', a fact which they don't seem to be able to grasp, in advance from a stall in LUU extension every smacked in the face by an errant cannonball. comedy in four acts set in Russia around the despite the best efforts of local businessman lunchtime, 12-2Fnn, or on the door every night Peter Maxwell Davies conducts the turn of the century. The word 'comedy' might and peasant-made-good, Lopakhin. from 6.00pm. So for a juicy night packed with programme, which includes his own work have surprised those of you who associate It's tempting to see Chekhov's play as budding talent, take a bite of this theatrical 'Orkney Wedding With Sunrise'. and a Chekhov with serious social issues, and an analogy to the great political upheaval cherry - it'll be blooming marvellous! world premiere. interminable, drawn out, heart-wrenching about to engulf Russia. with the old order ii Leeds Student Independent Newspaper 25th February 1994

18 The Guide CO Q X MONDAY G FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY 4Clutibs dubs f lubs PHUX at MISTER THE COOKER at ARCADIA - Jazz / soul r funk, featuring HARVEY MILK BAR LUU CRAIG'S - Student night. £230 UP YEE RONSON as MUSIC FACTORY - Dance & garage, THE WORLD at RITZY'S - Student night, 1 a pint. D1 I-72 Leeds Alternative Cabaret present Mary Unfaithful, Spot The £6 NUS. 9.30prn to Sam. on the door UP THE JUNCTION at THE GALLERY - Student rughL 80p TOP BANANA at THE TOWN & couNnri - set, music Part. and DJ Chico Main - 7pm to 10.30pm, E2.50 DOWNBEAT at THE MUSIC FACTORY - Hap-hop and acid a pint !double spirits. f 1 3011:2.50 after 10.30pm. 9pin- 2am 072,050 NUS. 9 30pm to Rum F1 a pint MAINSTREAM at MISTER CRAIG'S BACK TO BASICS at THE MUSIC FACTORY . Dance. OFF THE RAILS at ARCADIA - Student night. 50p a pint TRIBE at RICKY'S - Acid Jazz. Funk & Dance. Sipm doors . LOVE TRAIN at TOWN & COUNTRY CLUB - 70e, 44.50. THE LIZARD CLUB at RICKY'S - Best of Rock. E3 / £3 50, M s c u i STUDENT NIGHT at YET, f 1 a pint. spirits Wpm to 2am .r: ANYTHING GOES at THE WAREHOUSE - Dance, THE POWER HOUSE at THE GALLERY - 9pm to tam. £6 Student night El with flyer, cheap drinks THE DUCHESS SEX CASINO at ARCADIA / £7, casual dress Scarlet Heights DENIM & DANCE ar MISTER CRAIG'S ALTERNATIVE / INDIE at SCRUMPIES 12-6prn. all Stage TOWN & COUNTRY CLUB STOMP at LMU - Indic, grunge. anemias:). Therapy" - 7.00pm. 48.00. INCARCERATED at SCRUMPLES • Alternative / hardeore VAGUE at THE WAREHOUSE - cam-dressing. TWA SATURDAY BOP at LEEDS METRO UM - f2 /14 guest. THE GROVE INN WEST YORKSHIRE PLAYHOUSE night - £2.501E3. Luwlioven Blues 'lunchtime) QUARRY THEATRE as Friday TIME TUNNEL xt RIFFS - 60's night. £230 £3. Hot Lick Cookies (evening COURTYARD THEATRE as Friday ci6> Stage ALHAMBRA STUDIO CITY VARIETIES Tanseer & Gurpal Asian Music Family Concert - 3 00pm The Magni. Finger • 10.00arn & I 30pru„ gc) ,7 Stage TILE LE,ADMILL,SHEFFIELD STUDIO THEATRE LMU WEST YORKSHIRE PLAYHOUSE tel. 4421 11 Glenn Branca. Symphony No.10 for massed electric guitars - Women & Theatre Workshop, contact theatre for details ALHAMBRA as Friday WEST YORKSHIRE PLAYHOUSE teL 4-12 11 I QUARRY THEATRE 7.30pin, f7. CLOTIIWORKERS CONCERT HALL SHEFFIELD CRUCIBLE as Friday QUARRY THEATRE 'Death Of A Salzman • 3.00pm & 8.00ptn, from £4 Death Of A Salesman' - 7.30pm, from £4 COURTYARD THEATRE as Friday &dents Of Leols play Stravinsky, Hummel and Mentlelssohn SHEFFIELD LYCEUM as Friday COURTYARD THEATRE GRAND THEATRE as Friday - 7.30pm. £5 / 'Postcards From Rome World Premiere - 7.45pm. from £4 CITY VARIETIES GRAND THEATRE tel 459351 /440971 Open Hand Theatre Company present 'The Magic Finger' - Music 'Patsy Cline - A Musical Tribute' - 6 00 & 8.30, from £650 2.30pm & 7 00pm, from f5. Film STUDIO THEATRE LMU RILEY SMITH HALL LUU Alison Andrews Theatre Company present 'An Eye For An JSCC present 'Steppin' Out' - 8.10prn. £250 / £2.00. THE DUCHESS Eye' - 7.30pm. £450 1E3 00. THEATRE IN THE MILL as Friday SHOWCASE CNN ALHAMBRA tel 0274 752 000 ALHAMBRA 27 Gelderd Road. Mama. Tel. a9.24 420071. RELUSHI• 'Cats • 7 30pni, front £750 'Cats' - 230pm & 7.30pm. Tickets £4 25 1E3.06 NUS Wes Mattim ALHAMBRA, STUDIO HARROGATE THEATRE as Friday A Brune Tale Mrs Douteire THE DRUM Adzido Pan Afnerin Dance Ensemble present 'Behind The SHEFFIELD CRUCIBLE as Friday In The Name Of The Father Suction Mask- - 8.00pru. £6.50 / £3.511. SHEFFIELD LYCEUM Remains Of The Day HOLY TRINITY CHURCH THEATRE IN THE MILL teL 0274 383 185 'Me & My Girl' - 2.00pm & 7.45pm. Wayne's World 2 Three- Musketeers Music For Wind Trio - 1.03pm, free Bradford UM GAS Society prerenty Ruikhgure - 7 311pm. £5 ; Tombstone Free Willy £.3. Addams Family 2 Malice HARROGATE THEATRE tel. 0423 502116 t Music Cool Running Pelican Brief Film 'Antigone - 7.45pm. from £5.50. r: Aladdin Fugitive rim SHEFFIELD CRUCIBLE Age Of Innocence Grapes Of Wrath' • 7 30pn, THE DUCHESS For full programme details for MGM Movie House, SHEFFIELD LYCEUM La Costa Rasa COTTAGE ROAD CINEMA Showcase Cinema, Lounge Cinema, Cottage Road Cinema 'Me & My Crie - 7.45pm THE DRUM Couage Road. Fin fieathogley. Tel. 751606 and Hyde Park Picture House, set Sunday, The Crabs Doubtfire - nag for tunes PICTUREVILLE CINEMA ROYAL PARK Late shows on Fri & Sat at I 1pm - Raining Stones The Hour Of The Pig - 6.00pm Sonic O.D. Manhattan Murder Mystery - 8.15pm Music THE GROVE INN LOUNGE CINEMA 111‘71 Pete Cooke's Soul Rights North Lane. Henlingley Tel 751061 The Northerners - 6 00pm THE DUCHESS HADDON HALL Details not available at time of going to press Please rum for Ruby In Paradise - 8.15prn Papa Bnttle. plus Terminal Power Company The Theatre details ODEON THE DRUM SHEFFIELD CITY HALL The Headrow. Tel. 430031 Chest Halle Orchestra play Beethoven & Tchaiknvcky - 7.00pm. HYDE PARK PICTURE HOUSE 1. Cool Running - 1.20, 330. 6.05, 8.30 ROYAL PARK LEEDS TOWN ILALL Brudenell Road, Leeds A. Tel. 752045 2. Mrs Doutitfire • 1.40, 5.00. 8.00 Simmer City 01 Leeds Youth Orchestra play Bernstein. Armiunian & Les Visiteurs - every day. ring for lintel 3. Age Of Innocence - 1.25. 4.30. 7 45 THE GROVE INN Dvorak's New World Symphony - 7.30pm. from £2. Mediterraneo - Sunday to Thursday - 6.30pm 4. Three Musketeers - 1.50. 5.10. 8.15 Folk Club present Moonshine Madness Late show Fri 25th - Scarface - 11.15pm. 4 Thursday only - Raise The Rod Lantern - 1.50. 5.10, 7.50 ST GEORGE'S CONCERT HALL Late show Sat 26th - Reservoir Dogs - 11,15pm 5 A Bronx Tale - 1.50, 5.10, 8.05 Rostal & Schaeffer Grand Piano Classics - 7.30pm, from Sat & Sun only - Aladdin - 1.45 £7.50 Film PICTUREVILLE CINEMA Late shows on Sat night, from 10.30-ish YORK UNI Manhattan Murder Mystery - 6.00pm Reservoir Dogs, Mrs Douhtfire, Hard Target, Young European Community Chamber Orchestra play Haydn, Mozart Les Visiteurs 8.15prn Americans, and A Bronx Tale & Dvorak - 7.30prn For full programme details Dee Sunday. PICTUREVILLE CINEMA 13F111 Manhattan Murder Mystery - 6 flOpm The Northerners - 6.00 & 8.15 Les Visneurs - 8,15pm g Fflm 1MAX • Rolling Stones 'At The Max' - 21.(X)pm MGM MOVIE HOUSE BET! Vicar Lane. LSI. Tel. 451031 'Northern Exposure' (C4, 10.15pm) - Okay, so it was better For full programme details, see Sunday. On Stage - Salt Of The Earth - 7.30pm I. Pelican Brief - 1.15. S.O.S. 8.00 in the first two series, but when the Cicely basketball team gets PICTUREVILLE CP.,IESIA tel. 0274 732277 2. Wayne's World 2 - 1.00. 3.13, 5.45.8 30 coached by Joel, it mast be worth watching. They're called the Manhattan Murder Mystery - 6.00pm 3. Free Willy - 1.00, 5.45 quarks, by the way. Charming. 'Nuclear physics joke. Let Visiteurs - 8.15prn CI Telly 3. In The Name Of The Father - 3.05, 8.00 'Beyond The Clouds' (C4, 9.00pm) - New Chinese soap EIFT1 opera, act in Lining. starring Bouncer front Neighbours as chow On Stage , Salt Of The Earth - 7.30pm ODEON • see Monday. mein. IMAX - Titanic a - 8.00pm. 'Olympic Grandstand' t WW2, 5.15pm) - Hat Only bronze' Horkurre (BBC2, 8.00pm) - Asteroids vs nuclear missiles.

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Friday 25th February:- The Mean Machine' (BBCI, l(1.21}prri) - Burt tut 1:. s C 1Llbs f lubs Reynolds stars as an ex-American football BEAT SURRENDER at MUSIC FACT(/14Y • to star turned convict, who leads a team of 1/16 ai THL GALLERY I ARCADIA - 111pm us 2ain Lisa LOADED at 111E MUSIC vitc-rowe - ladle I Dams!' Ws, E2 50 on door, Et a pint jars r larin / funk riot / hip hop 14 ip tHtp / Psycliedelia. i2 /.1.2S0, inmates in a match against the prison THE ROOn at ARCADIA - Lase ran. £2 ndm. i1 a pint CIRCUS CIRCUS al THE MUSIC FACTORY - 3 floors ROCK NIGHT at TIIE WAREHOUSE - 144 I I pin warders. Black comedy, and you don't have nEektyp,NcEst SCgt:kiPIES Gotha; . Alternative pop, RI', I,. •(1 LI a pint THE MILE HIGH CLUB at RICKY'S' / THE GALI.ERY 11E1.1. RAISER at l'HE f/EISERV AMR? • 14,./1. night. 1+, 12 to understand, or even like, American 70'S NIGHT it YEL ARCADIA 70s disco football to enjoy it. MELT at ASIIFIEL DS Olem•n Ccturei itypin to '-am, BLACK LODGE at SCRUMPLES Ifackote i alternative, PARTY NiGirr Al MISTER CRAIGA Won• 1 `pin entry, tilt/bitter / Tager, LI 30 cider 111pm lo Zatn. E! .50 BANANAS hi arrzys - £1 a pint 'Them!' (C4, 12 05arn} - Nuclear radiation GORGEOUS at LEEDS UN1 H M A CLUB CALLED COI-IN at LEEDS METROPOLIT AN STUDENT raGirr at STOCirCi'f 1-'re• before t Ipiti. produces an old rock band fronted by Van UN1 £4 on the door. 9pm to tam. after, 10pin to lam Morrison, who terrorise Los Angeles with NORTHERN EXPOSURE in RICKY'S their re-releases from the city's sewers. Stage Cowabunga! Stage Saturday 26th February :- WEST YORKSHIRE PLAYHOUSE 'b Stage 'To Kill A Mockingbird' (BBC2, 12.15pm) - QUARRY THEATRE WEST YORKSHIRE PLAYHOUSE Brilliant adaptation Of Harper Lee's novel, 'The Lam Yankee' - 5 Minn WEST YORKSHIRE PLAYHOUSE lel 442111 QUARRY TT lEATRE • as Friday 'Death Of A Salesman' - 7 tOpm QUARRY THEATRE COURTYARD THEATRE - as Friday starring Gregory Peck. Peck, mockingbird COURTYARD THEATRE as Friday 'Death Of A Salesman' - 2.3Upin dt 7 3flpin GRAND THEATRE as Tuesday ...geddit? GRAND THEATRE COURTYARD THEATRE as Friday CIVIC THEATRE as Tuesday 'Live & Let Die' ([TV, 5.15pm) - First outing Northern Ballet Theatre present Romeo & 2.30pm & GRAND THEATRE as Tuesday STUDIO THEATRE LMU as Monday as 007 for Roger Moore, a man who's name 7 30pm, front £6. CIVIC THEATRE as Tuesday RAVEN THEATRE LUU as Wednesday CIVIC THEATRE S1111310 THEATRE LMU as Monday THEATRE IN THE MILL. seems to sum up the whole sexual aurora Leeds Thespians present The Boyfriend' - 7 15pm. £5 50 RAVEN THEATRE LUU RUTG present 'Another Man In The Dark' - 7 lOpm, L31 L2 surrounding the world's most chased-after LAX Theatre Group present 'The Cherry Orchard' by Anion HARROGATE THEATRE as Friday spy. Horrifically silly, but that's what you STL1310 THEATRE LMU ac Monday Chekbov - o.3Opm, C2.50 / BO. ALHAMBRA as Friday want at this time on Saturday night. HARROGATE THEATRE as Friday SHEFFIELD CRUCIBLE as Enday HARROGATE THEATRE as Friday Sunday 27th February :- ALHAMBRA fl-N Frits), ALHAMBRA SHEFFIELD LYCEUM SHEFFIELD CRUCIBLE as Friday 'Cats' - 2 00)ro & 7.30pm 'Me & My GUT • 2.00pm A 7 45pin 'Ghostbusters IITV, 6,30prn) - A river of SHEFFIELD LYCEUM as Friday SHEFFIELD CRUCIBLE evil pink slime threatens to engulf New 'Grapes 01 Wrath' - 230pm & 7 311pm York City as McDonalds launch their new SHEFFIELD LYCEUM as Friday Music strawberry milkshake. Enter Bill Murray, Music Dan Avkroyd, Harold Ramis and Sigourney c CLOTH WORKER'S CONCERT HALL. Weaver for a good hard schlurp. BELUSHI'S Musi Treasures of the Italian Baroque - 1.10pm, trek: 'The Naked Gun: (BBC', 8.25pm) - If you've CM' VARIETIES A Tusk 01 Honey not seen this, then you must be very sad. I .F.EDS TOWN HAI.1. BELUSHI'S Ton Amos h Wpm Lunchtime Organ Music - 1 05pni. free Price Of hew} ST GEORGF.'S CONCERT HAI.L Leslie Nielsen in brilliant Police Squad film THE GROVE INN THE GALLERY BBC Pliith:oro,,m. play Max.+, r11 DA. its Paz:pt. Vii adaptation type thing. Watch out fur the bit Jam Session Ti Itaiko.o.k 12 fivcrture iOpm with the radio microphone... THE IRISH CENTRE 'Come See The Paradise (C4, 9.0Opmt- Alan Penguin Cafe Orchestra - L 511. Parker's romance with a difference, starring ALHAMBRA STUDIO Film Film BBC Philharmonic Lasenible - I ISFm.fr=re Dennis Quaid as a projectionist who falls in o) g CLCNII RECITAL ROOM love with the daughter of his Japanese boss, Far full programme see Sunday. For full programme details for The Odeon, NIGM Musk a_cm Nev. Sly.41; E_•emble - 7 3n1,111- ; L I Sri just as World War 2 breaks out. Hatter MON evie Cinema. LotInge Cineriaa, Cottage Road LEEDS UNI PICTURES 11.13 CINEMA Cinema and Hyde Park Picture House. we Sunday. Marionettes - TBC ;Manhattan 10 lodes Sty-fey' 'Something Wild' (BBC2, 10.40prol - Jett PICTUREVILLE CINEMA UNIVERSITY OF YORK tel. 0404 432439 Len VnareusInng for times] Daniels & Melanie Griffith in Jonathan Manhattan Mtuder Mystery University Big Band. 30 Strong - Spm MAX Demme's very oddball road movie. But Les Visircurs trine for times) (hand Canyon / Flyers - S.ClOpm BETE BYE' with a soundtrack by David Byrne of The Northerners The Northerners Talking Heads fame, what do you eypect? A0 for timed * Ruhy In Paradise (rim: for antes Ruhy In Paradise tong Tuesday 1st March :- 'Pal Joey' (BBCI, I1.25pm) - Including '01 Fur full priv•anune details we Sunday. Blue Eyes singing "The Lady Is A Tramp' to C3 Telly PiCTUREV111.E CINEMA Telly Manhattan Murder Mystery Rita Hayworth - how can you miss it? Les Visiteuis ttine for times; Wednesday 2nd March :- 'Septaniber Stine (LTV, 11.30pm) • I wonder whin Michael BETZ 'The Rector's Wife' 1C4. 10.00poi - Lindsay Dunc_in puts her The Jewel Of The Nile' (ITV, 8.00pm) - Joanna William,' wile. Dame ludi Deitch, thinks about him wing with The Northerner., bottont lip Into perms-quiver mode ni this adaptation of Another slice of Michael Douglas, Kathleen Russ Abbott" Not too much - she s to busy making a new sit- Ruby In Paradise (ring for times1 Trollope's contemporary novel. Thrills and spills com with Bella Emberg and Les Drams- 'Murder Mast Horrid 2' 111BC2, 9,00pno - Piqued by the Turner, and Danny De Vito for those who 'Peak Practice' (ITV. 9.00pml - Return sit the heslcisn't- Absolutely Fabulous' success story, Dawn French stars her can put up with Billy Ocean singing 'When bloody -well-ccne-fmm-l)arbyshite quack series 13 Telly new series of satirical murder stories by branging nt celebs .31 The Going Gets Tough...' 'Without Walls' tC4, 9.30pm/ - Entitled 'The Penis her own - Amanda Donohoe in tins case Unsheathed', with Camille Paglia looking at lots of vensomi 'Absolutely Fabulous' (BBCI. 9-30pm) - Sensitively not 'Hang 'Em High' (ITV, 10.40pm) - Clint pictures of wtItie.... Tee bee. 'Herr & Now' (BBCI. 730pnu • New documentary ones. scheduled against the above. On the .11ppery slope to writers Eastwood is very violent western, as a man 'Food & Drink' 1113BC2. 8.30pm / •• filly Goolden acts Like. the world really needs another . methinks. who narrowly escapes a lynch mob, and absolutely steaming drunk on various vodka and nuns Michael 'The Detectives' 11111CI. 8.00pm) - Jasper Canon and Robert 'The Mien From Auntie' 1BBC1, 10.00pm) • Wank. nob, then sets about getting his revenge on the Barry's Steak Diane by singing a song about goblins all the was Powell return in their series of police training vickcss halls tils. pot. puke. I think that covers esaythiug Eeeurgh nine men who nearly killed him. through it. 'Loy' (BBC!, 8.30ptat) - Carla Lane proves that nut only is she 'The Big Race' 11TV, 730pm1 • Series charting an overland '40 Militates' (BBC2. 9.50pni) - Featuring a successful not Funny, she can't spell vibe,. race from London in New York. Hang on think you've Beautifully photographed. executive who quit and now lives out of skips 'Working Parts' 1C4, 9A5per0 - In this weather' Not many . overlooked 'inc =ran detail les called Me Atlantic Ckean

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student readers? Life is drab in a country which has not so much become capitalist, as In the Line of Fire - Stuart Davies simply ceased to know what it is and where it is going. Needless to say, Sweet Emma, Dear Hanging Rock - Juliette Garside Bobe does not make for exuberant watching, Emma Hartley but their story is compelling for the same Sweet Emma - reasons Hollywood producers would avoid it The Baby of Macon - Stuart Davies Like the plague: it is a gritty, sometimes depressing, but ultimately rewarding depiction Who shot J.F.K. ? Who shot J.R. Ewing ? around since the seventies, but Village Video of life in a place where the pursuit of happiness is a distant dream. Someone who didn't like Dallas much, on both has just got hold of a (rather poor quality) Our heroines share a cramped room counts. This assasination thing seems like a copy. Don't let this put you off, Australia's answer to Merchant Ivory is a million miles in the teachers' hostel they are forced to live in national obsession from where I'm standing. due to the subsistence wage. Both search for In the Line of Fire doesn't exhume away from neighbours (although not quite far enough to have escaped what seems to be the love in their own ways, but it leads one of them any agoraphobic skeletons but I'm not so sure fate of all Australian films, namely featuring at to prostitution and the other to humiliation. it was intended to. The plot concerns an ex- least one actor from everybody's favourite This is not a cheery proposition, but the C.I.A. man, John Malkovich, who is soap. in this instance it's Viveanne Gray - alias screenplay, the dialogue and the sensitivity determined to kill the president with a toy gun. the dreaded Mangle). with which the story is played out make Sweet Trying to stop him is Clint, a big old secret On Valentine's day in 1900, three Emma, Dear Bobe enjoyable nonetheless. service guy who still blames himself for not women disappeared on a visit to the remote It is well shot, sophisticated, visua masterpiece, • t some OW oesn t protecting J.F.K.. Hanging Rock, without a trace. The film sets thoughtful and Hungarian. I wouldn't transfer easily to the small screen. My main concern about the film is the the victims, porcelain beauties in frills and recommend it as a light evening in, but as a Greenaway questions everything from fake nature of the whole thing. This is either parasols from a gentile boarding school, contemplative piece it has much to offer. Just morality to the nature of portrayal. The many intentional, a subtle criticism of cinema and in incongruously in a landscape of raw, menacing don't drink while you're watching it, or you layers of the film are highlighted quite deliberately, the scaffolding is left in place particular those movies which bend history power, heightened by a soundtrack that makes may suffer a bout of being maudlin. And you you feel like you've just entered the twilight wouldn't want that, would you? metaphorically and physically. and credibility to suit their own needs, or it is The film concerns a virgin birth and simply a victim of that Hollywood schmaltz. It zone. From an already tragic and mysterious Peter Greenaway attracts controversy, deliberately. No-one who makes a film like the the eventual raping to death of the alledged probably doesn't matter anyway because this is story, the makers of Picnic at Hanging Rock have created a post-colonial myth. Baby of Macon is seeking to slip into quiet mother. This takes the form of a play within a a competent thriller, with pseudo- Unmissable. anonimity. Of course he's been here before; too play within the film, the actors often stepping psychological elements, that manages to be Emma and Bobe are teachers in post- sexy for the tabloids, too detached for more outside of character to the extent of entertaining as well . perestroika Budapest. They are unloved, highbrow hacks. questioning the final gripping scene and Picnic at Hanging Rock has been unappreciated and pour - strike any chords, it almost goes without saving this is a whether they should really do it.

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The Guide 21 In The Rock Solid His music has been described as "an irresistible force, rivetting and devastating", A4-utsil and The Guardian compared seeing him perform live with the experience of The Sex Spot Light Glenn Branca Pistols or Jimi Hendrix. As well as his nine Sheffield Leadmill other symphonies, he's composed scores for Peter Greenaway films and American Dance If the concept of travelling all the way to Theatre, and uses a fascinating variety of Sheffield to be temporarily deafened doesn't self-designed instruments, which help him Stage appeal to you, then think again, because the move away from the traditional limitations of aural aggrevator in question is none other the guitar. Not only is he an incredible Leeds Alternative Cabaret than Glenn Branca, self-taught composer and musician, Glenn Branca also runs JAA press, guitar legend. Sunday 27th February sees the a cvberpunk book distributor; to come face to Harvey Milk Bar, LUU World Premiere of his new Symphony No.10 face with this truly amazing man, be in for massed electric guitars, the thought of Sheffield this Sunday at 7.30pm. But don't Sunday nights in LUU will never be the same which should send a shiver down the spine. forget your ear-plugs. He's loud. again. This weekend sees the start of a series of events from Leeds Alternative Cabaret which should leave you rolling or dancing about the floor instead of moodily sipping your hearts and make a pus of him..." half a shandy and worrying about Monday's Roughly translated, he should be well worth watching! Hitting The Right Notes tutorial. The first night on Sunday 27th, Spot is a resident of Leeds 6, and is features Mary Unfaithful, the woman with also a qualified masseur, which might come piano solos, duets, and pieces for two pianos, the 1960's fixation, a penchant for in useful on Sunday night, because but its not necessarily piano music. The pair, 'cliterature', and all things plastic". completing the bill is DJ Chico Maio of DIG! who are both honours graduates from the Accompanying her will be the excellent Spot and The Cooker. He'll be playing an Royal College of Music, London, arrange big The Poet, pictured here in all his glory. excellent blend of funk, Latin and jazz Rostal & Schaeffer orchestral works such as Grieg's 'Peer Gynt Spot has been on the performance guaranteed to get you up on the dance floor, St George's Concert Hall Suite' and stuff by Gilbert & Sullivan for their writhing into all sorts of unusual positions. two keyboards, and the results are fantastic. poetry circuit for nearly six years now, and Tickling the ivories tonight in Bradford will be All this comes to you for the On the bill for this concert is music by has three books out to his credit. He's the dynamic piano duo Rostal & Schaeffer, worked closely with both Joolz and Attila the amazingly minuscule price of £2.50; for an Gershwin, Debussy, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, evening of comedy, poetry and great music, their twenty finger flying furiously over their Stockbroker, who says of him - "Spot two piano keyboards. The last time they Johann Strauss, Chopin. and even Scott Joplin, deserves the highest zitalion: squeeze him you won't find better or cheaper this but they can, and do, play just about anything! weekend. Doors open at 7pm, and tickets are visited our region they performed in Leeds into your programme and I guarantee you Town Hall and were quite amazing, so if you Tonight's concert starts at 7_30pm, and tickets only available there and then, so make sure won't be disappointed! An eruption of talent didn't see them then, now's your chance to cost from £7.50 to £9.50, although there are - the cream of performance poetry, always on you turn up early, otherwise you'll just get sample their brilliance. discounts available. Try them - you might the boil, nothing acned, so invite him into bitter shandy. Basically, the concert consists of well be pleasantly surprised._

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The Editorial Hello to everyone who's reading this from 3) If you can get down to the Houses of Elections LUU. This is an experiment to see if putting Parliament arrange to lobby your MP. it is best our weekly newsletter in the Student will to ring in advance so that they know you are What's On improve communications with YOU. coming and you can book an appointment. To come Feedback's production has been erratic over Alternatively go to your MPs surgery and the past three years due to the fact that it is lobby them there. Union Events to look out for are: Yes I'm sure you are probably all produced by a non-sabbatical executive officer 4) Talk to your parents and get them to bored to the back teeth of them by now. which means I do this as well as doing my write to their MPs as the cuts will affect them International Women's Week March 7th- and election fatigue may have set in, but course, obviously this means that I don't to. 1 I th. For more details or if you want to there are still a few more letters to collect always have time to get everything done that I 5) Talk to your friends, the average student help out contact Liz in Exec. on your voting card if you want a full set. want to. in Leeds is £1500 pounds in debt (including Monday 28th Feb and Tuesday 1st March Enough of my moaning and onto some student loans, which leaves the students at the Men's week. March 14th-18th. If you see the elections for Union Council, this news. I write this on wednesday evening University of Leeds owing a total of £25 have ideas for events YOU would like to is the second most important body in the having just spent the whole day going to, million) and with less money coming in and see happen or want to get involved with Union, the most important being YOU the marching on, and coming back from the Demo rents going up the level of student debt will organising things for it contact Ceri in students when you turn up to general in London protesting about student poverty, increase. Exec. meetings. So the election is important, with the governments cut in grants being yet 6) Write letters to, or phone, or Fax the unfortunately the candidates are not another way of screwing students out of local media. the more information they receive Launch of Network fm on it's latest one allowed to spend money on publicity and money and into debt. I would like to thank on the subject the more likely they are to month license.Broadcasting from this so to find out what they are about read everyone from Leeds who went, I hope you cover student debt as an issue, the more weekend on 100.6 mhz. their words of wisdom in this paper or enjoyed it. You will be glad to know that people we can inform of what the student read their manifestos in the Union foyer. Leeds had one of the largest non-London lifestyle is NOW. This is no longer the 60's or The Theatre Group production of the Polling takes place between 10am and contingencies. 70's and we need to let the journalists covering Cherry Orchard in the Raven Theatre 7pm, so don't forget your Union card and If you would like to stay involved with the the story NOW who were probably students Wed-Sat 2nd-5th March starting at voting card. campaign you can do any one or more of the THEN that things have changed. 6.30prn. A quick word about forthcoming following: hope that you will all do something to try elections. Monday 7th and Tuesday 8th 1) Contact John Rose or myself in Exec. and get the public and press behind us. The Music Theatre Production of Andrew March sees the cross campus ballot for and we can let you know what is going on. Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar in non-executive sabbaticals, Rag, Action, 2) Write to your MP telling them what you I'll see you around. the Riley Smith Hall Tuesday 8th - Saturday 12th March at 7.30pm Tickets Ents. and Leeds Student Sabbaticals. feel about the grant cuts, and how it will affect MARK WALTON Monday 14th and Tuesday 15th sees the you. £3concessions/£4. elections for LUU's NUS conference candidates. If you want to go to NUS The last night of Stepping out produced conference, then to stand in this election, by JSCC in conjunction with Theatre the papers are available from the porters Group and JSAF in the Riley Smith Hall from today and must be handed in to at 8.30pm on Saturday 26th Feb. Tickets Chris Westwood in Exec by 5pm next Wanted £2.50 students/£5 non students. Friday. To find out more details contact anyone in Exec. Next OGM Tuesday 8th March at 1pm in Union Stage Manager and Union Lighting Manager the Riley Smith Hall, all welcome, the Past first items on the agenda will be those left Both these are two-year posts running the jobs must be organised, committed and out due to lack of time at the last OGM. from March 1994 and are vital positions have a few ideas to enhance theatre in the Congratulations to the three new non- within the Performing societies structure at Union. Papers to stand can be collected from Don't forget societies the Video sabbatical Exec officers, two take over LUU, dealing with the management of Chris Westwood in Exec, and must be immediately: Sara McDonnell replaces information service in the Old Bar, the theatre facilities. In the first, junior, year of handed back in by Tuesday 1st March at 5pm deadline for information to go on is Catherine Sladen as Publicity Secretary, the post the new USM and ULM will be to Chris. The election takes place at Stage Rebecca Ryan replaces Tim Goodall as 5pm on Wednesdays for a tape that will responsible for the Raven Theatre, and in the Management Committee on Friday 4th start broadcasting on the Saturday. Social Services Secretary and Valerie second, senior. year will transfer March at I pm in the Dora Russell Room. Millington will be the last non-sabbatical Hand information into Exec. or place it responsibilities to the Riley Smith Hall. For more details contact Graham Whitlock in the Suggestion Boxes. General Athletics Secretary taking over It is essential anyone wishing to stand for (750959) or Mark Walton in Exec. from Fiona Smeaton at the beginning of term 3 and handing back to Fiona on August the first when the new sabbaticals come into office. Leeds University Union This, however, still leaves myself as Suggestion Boxes condemns all farms of Communications Secretary and Eddy discrimination based on: Law as Societies Secretary until new These are provided in the Union building union in general pop your message on a piece people get elected into the posts. If you Sex, belief, colour, creed, (next to the porters lodge, in the games room. of paper into a box. think you could do the job then come into disability, race, religion, sexual just inside the entrance and in the extension) If you put your name and address (or Exec and find out what it entails. For so that you can give feedback to the people department) on your suggestion then you are preference and age. more details about when elections will be running the Union. If you have any guaranteed a reply from John Rose. General Don't take it. Don't condone it. run contact Chris Westwood in Exec. comments about the shops, services or the Secretary within 21 days. Don't do it.

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24 Elections Union Gouracil Elections

Richard Wiltshire Huw Thomas Peter Harrison James Harley Victoria Teppin International Studies Philosophy Arabic Mark Hinman German Politics As a Leeds student. I believe that A strong, critical. vibrant Being a Union Council member is Our Union provides runny essential Union Council should represent the eveyone has a right to a free education squeaky kind of voice. about 'mbber stamping' Exec's services fonts students. Union council Labour Students is the country's yews of the whole student body. robust and should receive the means to suggestions. Where these suggestions is vital part of how the Union is rim. largewsi student political organisation those Union politics, so I would be open support themselves while they are Make sure they ski not abuse favour more participation more In order for it to function well its and the only one with the resources. and avalible to everyone's opinions. studying. As a councillor. I wild their power. variety in society activities, more member should be capable ability and people to lead the fight Union Council has the power, through encourage direct action and make sure services. and 11 special attention to representatives of the student hack against Tory cuts. It is also the the support of students to effect change, the executive is properly scrutinised If the Exec' are crap tell them improving our financial status. t am population. We should fight for all largest political society at LUU. As a anyone should be able to speak up and and held accountable for their actions. or atleast elect someone who will. fully in support In addition. as a issues that concern students. consequence I believe I am in an ideal change what they don't like. By electing me. you are choosing Some one to hold them accountable. member. I would place a lot of Particularily relevant are government position to represent the interests of Politically independent politics should someone who will work and debate emphasis on listening and conveyieg attempts to reform student unions all students in what will be it vital year work for the people, because peoples hard and put a new dynamic hack Vote me. ideas, so that I could be a good which will cut funding and desuot in the fight back. Keep a check on the interests and needs are more important mto student Huw Thomas. representative. As a person I'm many of the societies which make up Exec with Labour Students. than political dogma fascinated by life's little enigma's. the life of the Union: Increasing Careful consideration of priorities for such as how to get chewing gum out financial harcdship of many students Vote Hininam. finding to effect a fair distribution of of my hair, as well as the big enigmas as grants arc cut while rents and other finance. like believing in God. living expenses nse.

Dave nods Paula Sandham Stuart Tarim& David Smith Tushar Singh Lee Retter Sociology English International Studies Environmental Studies Union Council exists in order to reprent If elected I would Increase publicity So why vote Paula! th eviews of students at this university It's time to give Union Council a As a Latour Student lbelieve that Union Council-A student body, for the of union affairs I'm politically neutral it should be aware of the main LSSUCS yoke; a:location should be the centre of any student body. It influences the Union I've been active in fighting student and concerns of students today. Council An active. commited Union Council. government policy. in building a activities-for many the hub of social and Represent your opinions and ideas reforms and lobbying MP's. FM members should strive to increase the setting an example sua=sful and well skilled workforce. cultural life as a student. I stand as it Ensure the Union continues to fight to prepared to fight for societies. spoils participation of both individuals and A prominent, vocal Union Council, Above all education is a right not a candidate for an open position, and resolve the modularisation chaos clubs. Rag and Action. societies within the union. respected in its own nght. privilige. It is a fundamental right of open is what I want to be. Open to you improve exam feedback I'm against cuts in student grants The financial situation of students is -An Independent, questioning. Union everyone to have equal axes,: to further as students to hear what you want from I'm approachable and enthusiastic bad. Council Members should be aware Council, not afraid to hold Exec fuels education. It is fully justified fur midents your Union and to take that to the Keep education free of such problems and tight for the accountable to demonstrate ;Omit cuts in grants and Cound. If you want to be heard if you Vote Paula 1 financial welfare of students. -A responsible Union Cotmci, attempts to "reform" student Unions. want to benefit from Union aetivies, if Its y our Union - use your vote Accomodation is also to expensive an backing Union campaigns. I believe I pledge tohold Leeds University Union you want a just voice to attempt to put Vole Dave Woods Leeds (both in the Universty and private have the right combination of Executive accountable to ynur view's and your words intoaction. Vote Lee. Debt sertori and not of a high enough quality. experience and fresh ideas to make tight for better education and facilities for drop in grant, unhappy with housing Council Members need to support Union Council more effective. everyone. Fight for education. support Use and welfare. Vote Lee and tell me. Fed campaigra- which Mint° reduce rent and students of Leeds. unequal in the Union. improve standards_ Vote David Smith. Vote Lee and tell me.

David Stanley Natasha Kaye David Nathan Jonas Jacobs Valerie Nlilltrigton Helen Russell Sommunieatiora Studies Loco Economies Law Combined Studies German/Religious Studies

know how Mon council works and vote for me, Natasha Kaye. will A Union councillor needs to have Many students inertly have a simple Vote Val for Faculty of Sveience HELEN RUSSELL; A fighting I've got the experience. mean a vote for fairness, an unbiased experience of working on committees. desire to defer the cutting of their position on Union Council! Union to defeat government attacks 1 can make the Union work for YOU voice to represent the Union and the and a good idea of what students grant to live in a dean and healthy If elected, the main points I stand for on students. More student awareness vote TRUE views of the student. want. I have hoth of these. and am environment. and to walk the streets and WILL act on are: of Exec. Union Council and Senate. DAVID STANLEY I The threat of student grants tieing committed to maintaining the status without fear of being abused sexually. - Problems with modularistition for Greater integration between Union cut further. and the possibility of the of the Union. the important issues racially or otherwise. science students, iv clashes, confusion, Council and hall committees. VOTE NUS disbanding mom.: that a am concerned over are: Support of those students and their exams etc. HELEN for a committed and collective voice is even more - cuts in student grants rights is not dependant and should - Fight Government reforms ie grant enthusiastic member of Union important - maintaining a good standard of not be defined by your political cuts COMA. Union servim leaning. If you want a voice: that is - Support a more effective Union VOTE FOR ME AND HAVE - safety of students dedicated to OBJECTIVrry, to Council. training for positions, more YOUR SAY: VOTE DAVID NATHAN I defending the rights and looking out communication with students. for the interests of all students. SO VOTE FUR VAL! roue jonny Jacobs for Union council (Sport on Wednesday

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cc Rachid Faulkner Stephen Hoe, Philosophy Claire Sborrock Philosophy and Theolop Microbiology I have had experience of various Vote for me for the best I bdoleve everyone should be societies and Union activities, representation an arts student could I am presently the feeds Rag interested in the affairs of their 0 currently on the committee's of Rag ever ask for land wore...-1 President and this means that I Union: I would seek hi inform and and the Psychology society. I has c already have some experience as to enthuse potpie by raising awareness also been involved in ACTION VOTE RACHEL. FAULKNER him Exec works. I want to keep of Union policy. which affects us all. ›- projects, the lobbying of Parliament students aware of what is going on As a christian I belong to an and the demonstration against within the II 'nion and to campaign for important minority on campus. I am student reforms and grant cuts. I their interests. I also want In keep up enthusiastic and resporgable. I hope w would like to continue the campaign good relations with exec. I believe I to bring a serious. unprejudiced voice for students rights. I am responsible, am a fair candidate because I am to the I nion Connell I am in touch cry approachable and apolitical For apolitical and have already been with student opinion. and want to see commitment. enthusitiasan and an involved in a Union Society this exprmsed in l noon porky. at the open mind: heart of Leeds University. I want to VOTE CLARE MASON NUMBER see the Union reflect our needs and ONE FOR UNION COUNCIL. lx' a sound representative of students like you and me.

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As I'm sure you all know its finally happened. Even if you have three Manager where Alan Parry flies around the country interviewing . managers. There's Andy 117 tellies, two videos and you do an arts degree, it still isn't possible to watch RK H REMNE TEES Gray's Boot Room. If you like all the football on TV. The armchair fan's never had it so good, but is it Alan Hansen talking tactics to Sunday afternoons looked bleak good for the game? Roger Domeneghetti gets square eyes finding out. you on a Saturday night you will for terrestrial viewers embarrass yourself in your everywhere in May I9Y2 when trousers over this. ITV lost their High Court battle On top of all that you'll get to stop the BSkyB/BBC Net Busters. German, Dutch. Cola Cup. All this is great but if Pops UT attempt to ot cri:ome consortium screening Premier Spanish. Portuguese and you're not a satellite fan your hangover. League matches. However Brazilian football and regular remember that in essence. tt Tuesday night also give:, us instead of crying over spilt milk international games. was ITV who gave the Premier Mezzanine. Channel 4's version they did what many felt they The whole argument against League to Sky. Their seeming of Match of ihe Day. should have done many years Sky covering football is that fans inability to show any team other Unfortunately, excitement in the ago by buying the rights to lower don't want to have to pay to than Liverpool pushed the Italian league is confined to division football. watch football on TV. However smaller clubs to vote for the seeing who'll come second This coverage itself varies let us not forget that we all have extended coverage Sky brings. behind AC Milan or get from region to region. Here in to pay a licence fee. 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Leeds Student Independent Newspaper 25th February 1994 111 25th February 1994 SORT 1111:11 NT Badminton club does Leeds proud as they reach playoffs Successful UAU THE FINAL WHISTLE or cricket fans everywhere, the F most haunting scene for many years has to be that of David Lawrence. run for Leeds writhing in agony in eeds University team heat Durham. Leeds again 5-4 against Manchester Hogarth. Torn Lam and Chris matches against Durham, Wellington. New Zealand, Badminton Club are Metropolitan. York, in the quarter finals. Leeds now McGuire being selected on a Northumbria. Bradford, Hull his left knee cap having Lhaving a successful UAL' Northumbria and Bradford face Birmingham in the semi- regular basis. with Steve Keen and York. In the other two split in half mid-delivery competition run this year with and Hull all convincingly, finals with the winners to face as first reserve. In the playoffs. matches, they lost a very close stride. all the teams (Men's 1st and dropping no more than 2 Loughborough or Bath in the Leeds showed their strength by battle against Leeds He will be remembered 2nd and Women'sl reaching games in most of the matches. final. beating Humberside Metropolitan 5.4, and were most. not perhaps for his the playoffs. The tie with Newcastle proved The Men's 2nd squad had a convincingly, and the sides of beaten by Newcastle 7-2. skill as a howler. but for Hull, t1MIST and Lancaster 9- However, they still reached the The Men's 1st squad has a lot closer with Leeds winning lot easier time in their the power and passion with the last game of the day. to preliminary rounds. disposing 0 in the following rounds. They playoffs but unfortunately. remained based mainly on the which he delivered it eventually win 5-4. Now in the or the opposition in true Style. face Warwick in the semi-finals with an understrength side, lost same six people, with the odd Lawrence felt that his match having 2nd team squad playoffs, Leeds faced only dropping five games in on the 26th of February, to to Lancaster in a very close career had met an untimely players playing. The regained increasingly hard matches. seven matches. The squad this meet the Winners of the Exeter match 5-4. They are still in the fitness of Adam Robertson late After gaining an easy first year has proved very strong - Loughborough match in the plate competition. The squad end on that day and so did in the season boosted the sides round match against with many players of a similar final. The Men's 2nd team have comprised of Emma Bradley, many others. However, his strength when it was needed Sunderland. They thrashed standard to choose from. As a strong chance of winning the Dawn Lobban. Sarah belief in himself and his most. The squad was composed Central Lanes 9-0 in the next with the Men's 1st squad. UAU title this year. Waddington. Esther Russell. love of the game saw him of Keith Monte-d'Cruz, Colin round. The next Iwo matches changes have been made to the The Women's squad were Kirstie Nimmo and Suzanne almost overcome his Crow . Imran Querishi, Scott proved to he difficult, and side throughout the season , not as successful as in previous Haines. With Catherine Jones injury. Jamieson, Alvn Robertson and Leeds scraped through 5-4 with James Barker. Richard years. They convincingly won and Andrea Davies playing as But a year later at a Adam Robertson. The first against Huddersfield and Brant. Steve Kempster. Adam five of their preliminary reserves. training session the same patella snapped in half aeain. This time the warnings Leeds Celtics cruise to victory were much more ominous. His knee needs constant. shock spurred the Celtics into kick. Steve Wil'cocks kicked treatment, and it will action and within minutes the extra point for a 19-6 lead continually cause him pain they were level thanks to at the interval. and discomfort. Should it Newcastle 12 Leeds' offence exploded running hack Sam Stanley snap again his ability to into the second hall' after Leeds Celtics 46 who sped in from the nine walk could he seriously yard line thanks to a great cornerback Alex Mais set impaired. block from tackle Neil them up with an interception Henderson. On the ensuing and long return to the However it is a struggle. XI-ceding a victory to secure kick off Ben Sargent forced Newcastle 30 yard line. Sean He currently plays for the .I.1homefield advantage for Newcastle's returner to White sealed the game from Australian club, next weeks play off match-up fumble and Dave Waine their with his first touchdown Randwick's 3rd XI and, as versus Paisley University. recovered the loose hall for of the year. Sam Stanley then he admits he is merely 'a Leeds recorded their best the Celtics. added his second score from cardboard cut-out of his result yet in what has been an Two plays later Leeds' star the seven yard line for a 31.6 former self. His bowling is eventful year. Following last back, Sieve Barlowe. ghosted lead before Newcastle added a limited to a single spells. weeks impressive past the entire Newcastle second score of their own. his fielding to the slips. The game was rounded off performance against Teeside team untouched and into the He knows he can never who were forced to concede by a Brian Bear 75 yard vntlzone from 28 yards out to play for England again and the game shortly after half- give the Celtics a 12-b lead. touchdown pass to Ben will only play for time. having lost eight players The game remained in the Cussins. and a 22 yard run Gloucester if he feels he A very tired and travel weary The outstanding performances of due to injuries, the Celtics balance for the next ten from Shane Martin becoming group of students travelled to Todd Stewart 17th), Vaughn looked to carry that minutes then shortly before the seventh Celtic to score in can serve them well. Oxford on Sunday morning to Stewart (8th), and Tim Donovan momentum into this weeks half-time defensive tackle the game. A WiMocks extra Retiremei,t therefore represent Leeds University In the (10th) gave Leeds a team ranking play-off clash. looms for Lawrence he is British Student Cyclo-Cross of fourth out of all British Student Matt Davies first sacked the point and a safety from Matt Championships. The course was Teams represented. The overall Despite their hopes. early Newcastle quaterback deep in Davies gave Leeds a final currently surveying his very challenging travelling race winner not surprising was complacency and a rash of his own territory then margin of 46-12. future. Whatever his traversing over natural and man- Roger Hammond (Britain's top penalties stalled Leeds and recovering a punt for a The Celtics play Paisley, in choice his spirit will he made hazards Involving both keen Cyclo Cross rider) from Brunel Newcastle took a well bike handling skills and the University who was well rested touchdown after defensive the first round of the play- missed his courage strength to carry your bike and alter recently competing In the deserved 6-0 lead into the Man of the Match Jon offs. on Sunday 26th at admired. run when the terrain became World Cyclo-Cross second quarter. This early Wyborne had blocked the 1.00pm at Weetwood. unrideable. Championships. R .Domeneg h ett i

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