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Warwick Student Charged for Drug Dealing Calvin Chan, 24, Was Discovered with £18,000 Worth of Drugs Wednesday 13th January, 2016 Est. 1973 | Volume 38 | Issue 6 theThe starsboar look very different today Warwick student charged for drug dealing Calvin Chan, 24, was discovered with £18,000 worth of drugs News Features Music Film & Sport “Racist” manager leaves Freshers’ verdict on first term 2015 Albums of the Year Athletes turned actors Warwick Page 12 Page 17-19 Page 35 Page 5 >>Photo: foradoeixo / Flickr Sponsored by: News Editors’ Picks The Art of Memory Getting my pits out Anne Fine OBE interview 2015 Albums of the Year Arts (p. 24) Lifestyle (p.21) 50th Anniversary (p. 15) Music (p. 17) Female body hair *gasp*. Unfortunate- I have always been a visual learner. Since I can ly that’s the usual reaction, so our Lifestyle Our 50th Anniversary feature this issue sees It’s that time of the year again! All fluffy remember, pictures and presentations have Editor’s hilarious and poignant article on multi award-winning children’s author Anne opinions about music get thrown out of the always meant more to me than equations. going weeks without shaving her underarms Fine open up in an interview with Sohini Ku- window while we prove which album is ob- The wonderful thing about Eloise Vest’s ar- is a refreshing change. While the hairless fe- mar. She provides a number of exclusive in- jectively the best of 2015, with cold, hard sci- ticle is that it so deftly pinpoints the reasons male figures in adverts and magazines are all sights into - among other things - her strug- ence. Seriously, there’s like, an algorithm and why the Arts are important to the way that well and good, the fact that showing, or even gle with clinical depression, her experiences everything. Anyone with their ear to the mu- we learn. When the current government is speaking about female body hair often elicits as a History and Politcs student at Warwick, sical ground can probably guess what came so dedicated to cutting the funding of many disgust is absurd. This timely article comes and her advice for aspiring writers. The 50th out on top, but there are some serious musical Arts projects which means the closure of the- after a Texas teenager received a tonne of Anniversary Series is the Boar’s way of cel- gems to be found throughout the list. Nota- atres, independent cinemas and galleries, is it hateful tweets for posting a picture in which ebrating Warwick’s short but proud history, bly, last year may have been the peak of pop- any wonder that the future looks so bleak? her natural stomach hair is visible. It’s a hot and Anne provides us with a great example timism: Beliebers went from wearing New The culture and personality of human beings topic at the moment which needs to be spo- of the success alumni of the university have Look to Ellesse, Grimes went full-blown are dependent on the visual medium and ken about, and this article lets us have a laugh gone on to achieve and enjoy. Top 40, and Carly Rae Jepsen became a “ful- long may it be a part of our wider cirriculum. about it too. ly” “fledged” “musical” “artist”. Hiran Adhia Bethan McGrath Jacob Mier Sam Evans theboar Editorial Team Editor-in-Chief Hiran Adhia NEWS Connor O’Shea & FILM Kambole Campbell [email protected] [email protected] Arthi Nachiappan [email protected] Tom Hemingway Joe Lester Deputy Editors-in-Chief Sam Evans Matt Barker GAMES Ali Jones [email protected] Bethan McGrath Alex Ball [email protected] Cameron Clark Jacob Mier Lily Pickard Jack Abbey Ana Clara Paniago Sub-editors Hannah Campling MUSIC Stephen Paul & [email protected] Halimah Manan COMMENT Nick Buxey & [email protected] Jess Mason Beccy Willmetts [email protected] Mike Wrench Ollie Ship Matt Monk Director of Business Harshini Singh TV Carmella Lowkis [email protected] FEATURES Blessing Mukosha Park [email protected] Callum McManus [email protected] Lauren Bond Head of Sales Lauren Garvey & Molly Willis [email protected] Pim Pearce Jesse Samasuwo SCIENCE & TECH Selina-Jane Spencer [email protected] John Butler Head of Marketing Iris Du LIFESTYLE Elizabeth Pugsley [email protected] [email protected] Anushae Fecto TRAVEL Jack Prevezer Gerard Jones [email protected] Armani Syed Head of Distribution Simran Thakral [email protected] FINANCE Alexander Shaw PHOTOGRAPHY Shruti Dayal [email protected] Jerzy Gut [email protected] Manizha Khayriddinova Head of Apps Kate Mant Sagar Mangla [email protected] ARTS Sophie Dudhill [email protected] Charley Adams Alexei Warshawski SPORT Shingi Mararike [email protected] Sam Nugent BOOKS Lucy Skoulding James Roberts [email protected] Imogen Cooper Oscar Mayhew Karishma Jobanputra Get in touch: theboar is printed on 100% recycled paper SUHQ, Floor Two Leave your paper for someone else when finished WE WANT YOU! University of Warwick To write for your student paper University Road Coventry theboar is the University of Warwick’s editorially independent student Email the section editors above if CV4 7AL newspaper produced entirely by and for Except where otherwise noted, theboar and the you want to write for the paper students. works in theboar are licensed under: [email protected] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk News Editors: Arthi Nachiappan & Connor O’Shea News [email protected] Warwick student Gatecrasher caught with to reopen as Pryzm club Aisha Zahid Gatecrasher, which recently £18k worth of lost its licence due to a number of violent incidents that took place at the club, is set to re-open on Tuesday 1 March 2016 under a new name and new ownership. The new opening of Birming- ham’s biggest Broad Street night- club, could be a part of the Pryzm drugs chain of clubs which are already established in Bristol, Cardiff, Brighton, Leeds and Kingston-up- on-Thames. The Deltic Group, who are plan- ning to refurbish the venue, have promised ‘world-class entertain- ment and premium service’. Gatecrasher’s licence was sus- Sabine Demel helped another man – a large-scale did not know that these drugs were pended earlier after a customer was dealer – whom he was selling the at his home, and they were not his. reportedly attacked by a bouncer drugs for. on August 15, but the West Mid- A third-year Chemistry student Nick Devine, defending Calvin lands Police revoked the decision, was caught with £18,000 worth of in court, explained: “That man was Calvin supplied cocaine, warning permanent closure in the drugs at his Leamington home in a large-scale drug supplier who amphetamines (‘speed’), case of future violence. early 2015. wanted to expand his customer herbal cannabis, and the There was another violent inci- Calvin Chan, 24, pleaded guilty base, and he didn’t feel he could hallucinogenic drug DMT dent on Halloween night, when a at Warwick Crown Court to five refuse to enter into this arrange- victim was stabbed in the leg and charges of possessing various Class ment.” security staff were allegedly in- A and Class B drugs with intent to Calvin supplied cocaine, am- Judge Richard Griffith-Jones volved in an armed brawl with cus- supply them, according to reports phetamines (‘speed’), herbal can- rejected an application to release tomers. from the Warwick Courier. nabis, and the hallucinogenic drug Calvin on bail. Councillors allegedly lifted the He admitted to both possessing DMT. The same reports from the War- suspension on the premises after the drugs for his personal use, and Calvin pleaded not guilty to two wick Courier suggested that Cal- they heard that the Deltic Group to his intention to sell them on. further charges of possessing the vin is expected to be sent to jail had signed to say that they had stimulant alpha-PVP and the psy- for “some years”, according to the no connection with the previous “Large scale” chedelic drug MeO-DALT, which Judge. licence-holder of the venue, ac- were found at his home. For all further updates, visit Boar cording to the Birmingham Mail Using his contacts, Calvin According to Mr Devine, Calvin News online. reports. » Images: Warwickshire Justice Centre + Lydia / Flickr Warwick to get lecture-free Freshers’ Week? Anais Ronchin Mr Leigh argues that all other necessity than a luxury”. students arriving a week later have Cooking classes, inter-hall com- to deal with settling in to a new ac- petitions, meetings with tutors of At the end of January, the presi- commodation, making friends, go- the department, visits to Leaming- dent of Warwick Students’ Union ing clubbing, visiting the campus or ton or Coventry and information (SU) Isaac Leigh will present a re- getting lost all while trying to make about opportunities such as years form aiming to re-organise Fresh- it to seminars and lectures. abroad can all take place during a er’s Week. Mr Leigh claims that the differ- fresher’s week, according to Leigh. He intends to campaign for a ence between orientation week and “The University needs to listen first week of term without lectures first week of university is unfair for to their students and take their and seminars, regardless of the the ones arriving later, and it may feedback on board”, he stated. course. create a kind of ‘segregation’ be- In a survey conducted by the Currently, international students tween students. Boar on Facebook, only six students taking part in the orientation week He also states that students can out of 53 said they would prefer have the chance, before university be overwhelmed and need time to having lectures in the first week, » Image: nationalglaceau / Flickr starts, for a week completely free of settle down.
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