Fugitive Found Hiding in Leodis
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
www.thegryphon.co.uk @_TheGryphon Issue 3 14/10/16 Theofficial newspaper of LeedsUniversity Varsitycancelled? Violence and misbehaviour at this year’s match Page 3 Leeds Light Night Firefliesand Phoenixes:All thebest from this year’s festival In The Middle page 12-13 China’s Missing Generation Author Xinran discusses the deep -rooted effects of the one-child policy Fugitive Found Page 15 Hiding in Leodis Police raid findsgunmanhiding in Leodis flat JessicaMurray 2.30am on Wednesday 5October and further enquiries. student and Leodis resident, toldus, Editor-in-Chief following theraid three people were Four men have been charged with “Itfeels kind of unsettling that this arrested, aman aged 34, believed to anumber of offences relating to the can happen and we have been given Afugitive was found hiding at a be the suspect in question, and two incident in Bradford and have been no reassurance or even an explanation flat in Leodishalls of residence in women aged 19 and 22. remanded in custody. as to what actually happened which is the early hours of 5th October after a The 34-year-oldman was later One Leodis resident told The Gryphon, weird seeing as we have had so many planned police raid. charged with possessingafirearm “I was surprised to see two huge police police cars and vans on-site”. The suspect was being sought with intent to endangerlife.He vans outside my accommodation, West Yorkshire Police have not following afirearms incident in appeared at Bradford Magistrates when Iheard it was due to afugitive confirmed whether afirearm was Bradford, in which someone was Court on 6October and was remanded staying with aresident in another recovered from the scene. seriouslyassaulted and afirearm was in custody. block, Iwas shocked as Iwould The University of Leeds declined to discharged. The two women were arrested on never expect something like that in a comment. Witnesses say that anumber of suspicion of assisting an offender and university accommodation.” police vans turned up at Leodis at were later released on bail pending Chris Worsnop, afirst year Chemistry 2 | News thegryphon.co.uk Editor’s Letter: As someonewho haslived in criticising those whodon’t or aren’t able to do so is wrong Britainall my life,inarelatively andoften hypocritical. non-diversetowninNorth East We forgethow toughlifecan be forimmigrants in this Contents England, it’s sometimeshardto country, adapting to ourculture andway of life.Meng appreciate theexperiences of Xian writes abouthow disorientating andalienatingeven thosewho come to thiscountry something as simple as shoppingcan be in aforeign country. 3-6 News from abroad. (page14).Stuffwetakefor grantedcan be ahugeobstacleto In ourincreasingly isolationist, people encountering Britishculture forthe first time. 8-10 Views post-Brexitsociety,our landis During Hate CrimeAwareness week,and with 16%of becomingagraduallylesswelcoming students reporting that they’veexperienced some form of 12-15 Features placefor immigrants andrefugees. hate crimeduringtheir time at university,it’stimeweall Last week,the government announcedplans to make startedshowing abit more empathyfor thosewho come to 16 Society companieslistthe number of foreignworkers they employ thiscountry forrefuge, work or education. in an attempt to encouragebossestohiremoreBritish staff, They bringsomuchwiththem, andhaveenhancedlifein 17 Business thelatestinalonglineofexamplesshowing ourgovernment theUKtosuchagreatextent: we just need to be abit more becomingincreasinglyhostile to multiculturalism. understandingofhow ourculture,especiallythe drinking 18-19 Science In thisweek’sissue Ispeak to Xinran,aChinese author and cultureofuniversitylife, canalienatesomestudents. With journalist whohas livedinthe UK foroverforty years(page ahardBrexitlooming on thehorizon andagovernment 20-24 Sports 15). Shetold me that “The Britishmedia andsociety,they’ve whichseems determined to buildwallsaroundour island, nevercomeout of thewellofthe Imperial.The wholeworld it’s important-now more than ever -thatweshownot just hasmoved on butthey’re stillthinkingthatway.” empathy, butrespect, forthose braveenoughtoventure to Quoteofthe Week Sheoften complainstoher BritishhusbandthatEnglish- thiscountry forthe first time. speaking people travel theworld andoften don’tbothertotry “ “ “ I can not believe “ andlearn adifferentlanguage. ShefeelsthatBritish people JessicaMurray oftenarrogantlybelieve English is theuniversal language; Editor-in-Chief that fatcanary Ed something RabeeahMoeen discusses in Features thisweek [email protected] balls is through to (page13).Whileassimilation of languages does make for amorecohesive andcommunicative society, shamingor “thenext round of strictly Lord Sugar voices his displeasure at this weekend’s Strictly Writefor Us: results Want to become aGryphon journalist? Whether you’re Credits passionate about politics or pugs, news or Netflix, we want you to join our team!Search us on Facebook and Editor-In-Chief ~ JessicaMurray come alongtoone of writer’s meetings to get started! AssociateEditor ~ DominicJohnson SectionMeeting Times: DigitalAssociate ~ AllinThe Gryphon office upstairs in LUU FloraTiley MONDAY News ~Polly Hatcher, Sarah Berry, Euan News -1pm Hammond Science -1pm (Old Bar) Society ~ElsaAmri, Bea Society-2pm Warleta Fashion- 4pm Features ~Jessie Arts -5pm Florence Jones, Hannah Macaulay, Ella Healing TUESDAY Views ~RoryClaydon, Music -3pm (Room 5) LiamKerrigan, Jess Lifestyle &Culture -4.30pm Readett Blogs -5pm Science ~Sam McMaster,Dougie The first Gryphon social of the Phillips WEDNESDAY Business -1pm academic year at Akmals! Business ~Sam Bailey, Features -5.30pm MatthewMoore Twitter: @_TheGryphon Sport ~LukeEtheridge, THURSDAY JamesFelton, Zoe Instagram: @thegryphon Thresher,JohnGibby Views -5pm Facebook: The Gryphon Design ~Becky Nolan, Frazer Sparham FRIDAY Sports-2pm thegryphon.co.uk News | 3 “Varsity could be cancelled” followingrowdy behaviour Charlotte Mason AUniversityofficial has warned that the future of Varsity could be in danger following disorderly behaviour at the men’s rugby final last Wednesday. Headingley Stadium has handed out astring of £1,000 fines to students who ran on to the pitch on the night of the game. Police are also reviewing CCTV footage after an alleged assault, in which afemale spectator was apparently punched amid ascuffle. Further reports of rowdy behaviour include damage to seats and fans who urinated in cupsbefore throwing them into thecrowd. The University’s Higher Education Police Officer PC Matt Guy told The Gryphon:“Varsity will potentially be cancelled if this behaviour continues. We’re Image: Daniel Mortimer potentially going to have adeath. It’s arealshame”. Both the University and Headingley Stadium refused to confirm names or details of individuals being fined match was still going on. One supporter said, “They “Streakers will not be tolerated at the Varsity finale for pitch invasion while investigations are ongoing. were told by the Leeds Uni players to get off as the and will incur a£1,000 fine!” However, several witnesses told The Gryphon that they game hadn’t actually finished”. However, The Gryphon understands that the fans appeared to be wearing clothing that suggested they Some students shared experiencesofthe night on who invaded the pitch were fully clothed. were from asports society of Leeds University. social media,withone unfortunate spectator tweeting, The men’s rugby final at Headingley Stadium Reports claim that asmall number of University of “Lol gotacup of piss in ma face #leedsvarsity”. attracted arecord 15,535 people, with the University Leeds supporters ran on to the pitch when the clock The Leeds Beckett Varsity Facebook page had posted thrashing rival Leeds Beckett 20-9. ran down to zero, apparently failing to realise that the awarning the day before the game, explaining, Historic Headingley Building on Otley Road to become aWetherspoons Christopher Tobin Emma, afirst-year Fine Art student, said that become aprimeOtley Run stop, and many local pub she feels it’s a“wasted opportunity forabeautiful owners have expressed fears the Wetherspoons will Wetherspoons has finally applied for pub licence for building, but Iwon’t complain about aWetherspoons divert customers from their own establishments. £1.5 million property on Headingley Lane it purchased that close to me”. Due to it’s location, it’s likely to in 2014. The former Sunday school, designed by Leeds architect William Peel Schofield, opened 1914 and later became the music and arts block for Leeds Girls Grammar School, named the Elinor Lupton centre. The site has beenemptysince 2010 after the school closed. The building was originallysought after by community campaigners who planned to use it for local purposes as asocial enterprise. Wetherspoons told The Yorkshire EveningPost that they “were attracted to the building due to its architectural interest as this fits in with [our] standard model of bringing historical buildings back into use”.Whilstthe company looks to keep changes limited they are going to install abalcony area whilst keeping the internal parts of the site intact. The company went ontosay that, “The building has been left without maintenance for five years and requires intervention. Without such works, the building and surrounding site will stand unused and be subject to more vandalism and continue to be an eyesore to passers-by.” 4 | News thegryphon.co.uk UniversityofBuckingham Paws for thought: meet thepupsmakinga Campus 1 difference TheUniversityofBuckinghamhas recently welcomedanew