Issue No 805 17 February 1994
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Issue No 805 17 February 1994 iBare O^acts University of Surrey Students' Union Newspaper National Student Frank Morton Is Dead (At Last!) Survey The Graduate Facts! recent survey of students, Graduate AFacts, organised by The Guardian and Gallup, interviewed over 2,000 final year students nationally in November last |year. Six pages of results show some of ^hat today's students believe to be the important factors in their lives. Sex and Social Issues: • 65% of students disagree with the gov- ernment; they believe that single moth- ers should receive more, not less, support from the state. • 27% think that casual sex is accept- ast Monday saw the culmination of over four months of me- able. The figure varies between the sexes, 20% of women, compared to ^ticulous planning: Frank Morton 1994, the annual Chemical 35% of men. Engineering event happened here at the University of Surrey. Despite the problems caused by the weather (i.e. the SNOW!!), a good deal of University Education: improvising resulted in a great day for the 25 universities who took part. • 47% think universities should abolish conditional oiTers and select students The winner of the Frank Morton Trophy was Loughborough University, while on theiractual A-level results. Cambridge won The I Chem E Shield for the second year running. • 23% think that enough people are re- ceiving degree level education and ihat The real interest for Surrey Students was the evening's activities. The ice rink at the I expansion on universities should stop. Spectrum was totally iransforaied by Stage Crew, who built their biggest and loudest rig yet! Job Prospects: The evening kicked off with the winners of the band competition, which look place • Average expected starling salary was earlier on in the day. "Noah's Great Powerboat" from Exeter Uni proved to be around £13,000. extfemely popular, and gave two encores, much to the delight of the audience. After the presentation of the prizes, the main feature. Redwood, took the stage. A Class Act was the overall verdict. This was follwed by a disco until one am with Paul Chapman David Triesman, General Secretary of and Andre Baldeo on the decks. the Association of University Teachers commented: "the evidence shows seri- ous-minded and socially responsible The interest in this event (for me anyway I) was that there were so many people brought people... they care about the major social together with a common link between them, and this was shown by the warm issues of the day." atmosphere that was there, despite the obvious rivalries between some universities. Peter Beardsley, the University's Aca- So now my job is done, what am I going to do In my spare time?, What will occupy demic SeaeumV commented that abol- my every conscious thought? How can I survive without Frank Morton?????????? ishing conditional offers would make for a more ordered applications process, cut- Finally, we at the Chem. Eng. Department would like to thank the Union, Stage Crew, ting out the "rather unmanageable" clear- all the Sports Clubs, and everyone who gave their time and effort to make Frank ing system. Morton as great a success as it was. Love Ya! continued on page 3 Simon Rutstein Established 1968 Tfel: (0483) 259275 Fax: (0483) 34749 In thìs week... Dear Editor Sabs' bits 4-5 We are wriling conceming the Sports Clubs & Societies 6 Day of the International Week when we Music Mania 8-9 overseas students are supposed lo play Culture Shock lO-ll several team sports while improving our The Video Box 12 friendship. It is a great event although At The Movles 13 some people in the university don't Job Spot & Careers 14 agree. Rag-Time 15 Three weeks ago, we went to the Sports Personals 16 Hall and asked if we, as Turkish Society, AGMs & Notices 17 could join any soccer toumament. One Sports 18-20 The views expressed on this page are of the attendants told us that we were late. personal views and do not iiecessariiy The other one said "During the Interna- represeiit those oftiie editorial board tional Week". Okay, we were late, but From the Editor... or tlie Students* Union. we could play on the Sports Day of Inter- national Week. A very shivery and sniffly hello this The Editor reserves the rigiit to edit Last week, we found the programme of the Sports Day in our pigeon hole. For week, as it's absolutely freezing and V ve ali letters. got a cold. the basketball and volleyball, only the (Pause for syinpalhy!) Dear Editor winning societies would go inlo the nexl round. For the soccer, tìiere were 4 groups with 3 or 4 leams, and every team I noiiced something disgusling in the PC Well done to ihe Frank Morton commit- would play against each of the other^^ labs in the Mullens Building yesterday. lee for a well-organised spons day, de- leams in ils group. And we were sup-flB We ali know about the ban on people spite the weather, and well done lo Crew posedtoplaylOminutesofbasketball, 5 playing games in ihere, but what about for such a good gig al Spectrum. Next minutes of soccer and 10 points of vol- the bloke looking at computer pom in the stop Wembley... leyball. The lime was short but we could corner of the lab where no-one could see have fun al least. But on ihe sports day, him? I know it's thaï time of year when you someone had decided to change the rules really can't be bothered, but clubs and and the programme. We really would societies columns are a bit thin on the Name Withheld like to know - who did this? The people ground at the moment. You must be ihat we have spoken with have ali denied doing something worth wriling about, 1 I will pass a copy of this letter on to the responsibilily; they were just "helping". know you're ail still out there! Computing Unit in the hope that they can Apparently, the lime was very limiti, do something aboui this - Editor. so someone had changed the 10 points For those of you who didn't go to the rule in volleyball to a 5 minute lime pe- International Exhibition on Tuesday eve- Dear Editor riod. Although the rule was changed ning missed a treat. Some of the stalls without asking us (and the other societies were amazing and it was obvious people probably), it was done at the beginning, With respect lo the article last week con- had put in an awful lot of effort. AU the so the game was stili fair. ceming the attack on campus which in- différent foods available on some of the We wished it was the same for the soccer. volved one of my colieagues. I feel that sialls were gorgeous. Well done to eve- We played only one game against the Mr Tony Wailing's comments on the at- rybody who look part Hellenic Society, itwasaO-Odraw. and tack were very insensitive, especially then waited to be calied for our second because he obviously had noi seen the game, untll we saw die Singaporean So- Finally, Alpay Seferoglu, the Overseas stale of the victims who happened lo be ciety (the odier team in our group) play-^^ Secretary who has put in so much time to dose associates. With ali due respect if ing in the semi-finals. We were told that^^ organise International Week, is in hospi- students are not safe on campus, securiiy we were disqualified because we had 1 tal. We all wish you a speedy recovery. should devote more lime to patrolling, point in I game. Again someone had (especially at night) therefore looking af- changed the rules because of the limited Take care & keep reading ter Student welfare, rather than carrying lime, but without any responsibilily and out their normal activities such as clamp- without asking US. When wechecked the ing cars. list we saw that the Hong Kong Society had another chance although they lost Graduate Facts One altenwtive is for students like myself their first game. Similarly, the Hellenic (a kickboxing instructor) and my pupils Society had another chance against the continued from page 1 to take an active rôle in providing safety Singaporean Society, and we were oui for fellow students on aunpus and to take just because we had a draw in one game. However, this means that the academic it imo our own hands, by making regulär We couldn't fmd the person who look year could noi start until January. He pau-ols around campus at night. Obvi- responsibilily forchanging the rules. was noi surprised that ihere is growing ously, this is not the answer and We believe tÌiat ali of the overseas as well frustralion wiih the current system. Mr shouldn't be my responsibilily, but it as the Turkish students deserve a public Beardsley disagreed with stopping ex- must be noted that the only deierrent to apology from the person who changed pansion, saying that he didn't "know these ihugs is to increase ihe visual pres- the niles and the programme without any whai proportion should receive a univer- ence of security staff or io give ihem a responsibilily. After ali, we accept that sity education bui more and more people taste of their own medicine! winning is noi the main aim on the Inter- can and do benefit Tìie system should national Week Sports Day, bui we and will expand to lake them bui iishould wished we could have played some soc- It must also be mentioned ihat it was cer instead of being played with.