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The University of Surrey Issue No. 882 Students' Newspaper 13th September 1996 £15 For A Photocopy
ollowing the article came to about £40 and the de- nitely the Students' Union has will review the situation and printed in last partment felt that this was too not been consulted or informed University policy. week's Bare Facts high for students to pay. In- even though the sabbatical of- stead of completely subsidising ficers are available over the In the meantime the University F expressed concern that stu- conceming top-up fees, it these costs tiiey have reduced summer for such discussions." seems that at the the departments' subsidy so dents were not being properly University of Surrey it is students now have to pay £15. Peter Beardsiey, Academic informed of these charges in already too late. The This year it may be only £15 Registrar, stated that composi- advance and stressed that they University's statement but who tion fees, must be made aware of any ad- ditional costs to their course al that they are "reluctant to k n 0 w s as the w h a t Universi an early stage. move in the général ty calls direction of top-up fees other hid- Last week, reading about top- den costs them, for undergraduates" contribu up fees may have been a case of the Eco- "it won't effect me" scenario. seems somewhat nomies te to ad- superficial. mission, Well, it is effecting students at and other this University and with a fur- le first department brought to departm tuition and ex- ther reduction in student grants ky attention was the Econom- ents will this year and higher levels of Tcs Department. According to find to aminai on costs student debt, top-up fees (how- source students are being charge and ever small) are going to act as a charged £15 per year for an students dete^rent to students entering or for. scope for "annual materials fee". Al- these trying to continue Higher Edu- though it may go under another cation. The stu- fees is name this additional cost to the dents not de- The Students' Union will be tuition fees akeady paid by the from the f i n e d passing policy on this subject at LEAs is a top-up fee. Econom précisé! the General Meeting in week 4. ics de- y- A spokesman from the Eco- partment NEWSFLASH - Since writing nomies Department stated that showed surprise and concem at He ex- this article it has been brought their department, like most, is this additional charge. They plained that the departments to the Students' Union's atten- feeling the effects of the finan- were not told of it in advance that have made these charges tion that the Economics depart- cial contraints put upon them and it had not been fully ex- are not acting inappropriately, ment are not the only by the cuts in éducation fund- plained to them what they were and stressed that the University department to place extra ing. The department feit that getting for their money. The does not see them as top-up charges on students. they had held ofî from the in- only point that was made clear fees. However, the University is aware that these additional Por example, LIS are charging troduction of these costs for as was that the payment was com- students lOp for every photo- long as possible and when de- pulsory and without this exam charges are an extra fmancial burden on students. copy they receive throughout ciding on the amount to charge results would be withheld. the year. it was based on the total costs If concem about these charges for photocopying and admini- Sharon Baker, Union President Ifyour department is charging becomes widespread then the stration for the year. This figure said "There has been no student you please Ut us know. University did say that they consultation and most defî- 2 Editorial Happy Birthday Mei, 21 Again! ell, what a union on Sunday would Anyway, after ali that waffle, LUCKY!) so watch out for blinding start to he in order. down to this weeks issue of those evil forces! Bare Facts. The usuai union "Hello darling, I haven't seen a new year. Last and university news plus the Now enjoy.... W you for ages" and "Did you weekend was somewhat beginning of a weekly drugs bave a good holiday" were the Mei XXX of a write off for me coz special to keep you informed. cries that were echoing round Part two of the concert re- it was my birthday. After the union and of course the views of the summer and an a week of drinking most common comment was EXCLUSIVE interview with "who chose the pink?" Weil copious amounts of Everclear. lager, lager, lager and a l'm blameless on that account trip to Club UK on but if you hate the yellow then As l'm sure you are ali aware that is down to me - sorry Saturday nite I thought a today is Friday I3th (You guys. know what they say...UN- relaxing jaunt down the A New Year, A New Structured Schooling Union (almost). The Students' Union has now submitted its response on the consultative document on the implementatipn of a Schoois hose of you who were very bare, but presum- Stnicture. Ensuring representation and quality do not suffer have felt the need ab!y this will change once the from the changing structure is the priority the Students' Union societies are back into the has set. ^ Tfor a mid lecture flow of things. There does break, or who have left seem to be many more seats The response, which is on display in the Union building and thP the pre-term cram for a for the weary students, but lecture theatres, looks at three areas, that of student consult- ation, student representative structures and informing the stu- drink in the evenings will stili only one bar for the peo- ple inside. Will we be re- dent population. They have also requested a place for the have experienced the stricted to one drink per Students' Union on the group that will be advising the Vice- Union's technicolour person to reduce the crowds, Chancellor. revamp. now that more people can fit Sharon Baker, Union President, said: "One of the aims of the Instead of the beige and black into the union? change in the structure is to free up academic staff time for of olden years, you are wel- teaching (rather than administration), so we obviously support The students who will prob- comed into the main union by this move. Otherwise the Students' Union role is simply to ably not appreciate the exten- a vibrant blast of pink and ensure that students do not face major disruption, although we sions and renovations to the blue. As the reporter assigned also regard this time as an opportunity to look at student union are those who live in for the dangerous mission of representative structures, i.e. course and faculty rep structures". keeping the sabs "with it" I Stag Hill, especially the few was sent to discover what the houses that can be seen from Comments and questions regarding the Implementation of the normal "student-in-a-puddle- the windows, as the music Schoois structure can be directed to the President, who will pass of-beer" thought about the will be that much louder now them on to the relevant person. changes made. that Stage Crew have moved, and they have the pleasure of Sharon Baker\ The first student I carne being leered at by drunken Union President across commented that it was mobs. So, a word of waming pink, and that pink walls with for anyone on the top floor a red door and dark red seats rooms facing the Union, dose really didn't go together very the blind if you do not want well. However the overall the whole world lo know that i^ìzT^ì view was that it was a vast you chew your toe-nails. improvement on last years University of Surrey Students' Newspaper dark, claustrophobic interior. AH in ali the renovations have The fact that there is a lot been greeted with a "finally Union House, University of Surrey, more light, now that Stage they have Hvened it up". Now Guildford, Surrey. GU2 5XH Crews cupboard has been we wait with bated breath for moved, makes the dance floor the new addition of another Phone: (01483) 259275 seem spacious from the over- bar! Fax: (01483) 34749 hanging balcony. The dance Advertising: (01483) 259275 floor has been expanded to Tenia Rocks Email: [email protected] cope with the packed out http ://www. su rrey. ac. u k/U n 1 o n A)f/ RN.O's (Friday Night's Out for those not yet back into the Editor • Melanie Dean Uni jargon). 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Free coach leaving from North Street, Guildford (opposite the library) at 8pm 4 Miisic hat a line up, 4.20pin isfaction with their earlier 7.40pni when I first work they have come back heard about this Shed Seven Sleeper WI thought it was Paul After three top 40 hits I was rather disappointed Weiler and a few other from their second al- with their performance but small support acts. How bum "Maximum that maybe because I am not wrong could I be? High over-enthusiastic about their With the main stage, second leas latest album "The It Girl". I stage, dance tents and small ed am of the opinion that their array of shops and smelly toi- earlier stuif is much better. lets this had to be classed as a Despite this, Louise Wener's mini festival. performance was excellent with quirky comments about On what was probably one of how shite Richard Branson's Üie hottest days of the year I Cola was (the main sponsor) was offered eleven hours of she gained lots of friends in top bands for a mere twenty- the crowd! The audience ob- five squid. viously didn't share my opin- miANDSPARK CHEUìàSPORD, ion because Sleeper had a large enough reaction to war- 2.50pm SUNDAY 1SW AUGUST 1996 rant an encore. Space last April it was 8.30pm After the success of their re- clear that this cent single "Female of the was going to be Paul Weiler Species" I was worried that one of the high- Space were going to be an- lights of the day, What can I say - the guy is a other band that has one hit they didn't let god damn genius... and then fades into insigniiì- me down. Their Next year will mark Paul cance. I think they proved me recently released Weller's 20th anniversary of wrong - they pumped out the "On Standby" recording and his music just most amazing set and their looks likely to be gets better and better. After a new release "Me and Yòu Vs their fourth hit the World" looks set to do as day of rushing around from well of not better than "Fe- one stage to another 50,000 male" 5.30pm people chose to sit down on top of a hill in Essex and listen Lightnìng to the man who has recently 3.40pin Seeds been described as the "Godfa- Kula Shaker ther of Britpop". As he Their recent poured out one track after an- fame courtesy of other the sun set over the Having seen them the week stage and Paul Weiler can rest before at Knebworth they Euro '96 is stili fresh in every- assured that his performance came as no surprise. "Com- will be remembered for a long bining angelic vocals and ob- one'smindswith cheers of "We're coming time to come. sessive guitars reminiscent of and written 30 new songs, the late 60s psychedelica, Kula home..." echoing round the crowds. Their last album first sample of which is their Shaker have become the big- new single "We Love You". gest buzz of the year." "Jolification" released late 1994 has now grafted half a However, their fans ob- I couldn't have put it better million sales and their new, viously disagreed myself! stili untitled album is sure to with them; follow. Much of their set was their de- filled with Pre- but views of their al new material b and it proved a hit with the audience. sance released last Octo- 6.20pm ber is now Menswear n u d g i n g gold disc status and their perform- Auitude, how ance at V96 was else can you unbeatable. describe lead singer, Johnny Dean? After Menswear's own dissat- Music 5 Sparkling, Not Fading Greg Eklund of Everclear talks about the bands success.
ith their second now, the press lump us in with bel wanted us to continue tour- What do you think the success the metal bands, which is what ing in the States and Europe. album 'Sparkle of Everclear is due to? we're not at all. Kerrang have They said they would build us and Fade' supported us but the NME and a studio in Portland if we de- "Art is an amazing songwriter W and I think that is what our Portland based Melody Maker have trashed layed the recording, so we will strength is. We are a power-pop trio Everclear us, unless start % »Wiev rock'n'roll band with a singer- have taken North you re songwriter, you get a lot of America by storm, friends of bands that are singer-song- receiving Platinum the Gal- writers and you get a lot of laghers rock'n'roll bands but you awards and top ten it's tough rarely get the two together. singles. to get a You can not be just an image On their third visit to the UKI word in. band who look good in tight talk to drummer Greg Eklund, However, pants, those artists usually just the band is completed by it all shoot Up and shoot back down singer-guitarist Art Alexakis comes in real fast. We don't want to do and bassist Craig Montoya, in waves, that, we want to be around in a small cafe next to the LA2 we have five years and hopefuHy Art's before the evenings show. built it up songs are good enough to be in the "This is Everclear's first major on the radio 20 years from States, record, and my first with the now. Another thing is we have and now band. The first record 'World fun live, jumping and scream- itis build- Of Noise' was originally re- ing, there is nothing worse ing here. corded as demos and was re- than seeing a band just stand LA2 is leased on Tim Kerr Records of there. It is great here in Eng- b i gger Portland. It got the band some land, all the crowd does the than the récognition and after touring pogo, they don't do the pit, Underw we went with Capitol because here everyone just bounces up o r 1 d they gave us artistic control and down, it looks so cool." which we and we took a lot less money p 1 ay e d because of that. Right before great. Everclear played a stunning last time, they signed they fired the other W e show that night and their per- which in drummer and I applied and got don't formance at Donington, de- the job and was real happy be- turn is bigger than the Splash play any of the new songs live spite the technical problems, cause I liked the band." Club we piayed before." as we want to keep them fresh was excellent. They will be for the studio. It will be excit- back in the UK next year after 'Sparkle and Fade' is over a ing to play some new stuffand their next album 'Pure White Are you disappointed that the year old now, what plans are press in the UK have you la- we are looking to take a little Evil' is released. there for a follow-up? belled as a "metal" band? time off ^ well as we have "We were supposed to be re- been on the road for a long "I think it has to do with the cording right now, but the la- time now." whole Britpop thing right Pulp had a Class of their Own
t the Grosvener CwiS' Cocker then handed over the £25,000 prize money to Brian House Hotel on Eno and Tony Crean who had ATuesday night helped raise more than £2 mil- Pulp's Différent Class lion for the Bosnian charity album won the 1996 War Child with the compila- Mercury Music Prize. tion 'Help' album recorded in just 24 hours. Pulp were re- Jarvis Cocker and the rest cording 'Différent Class' of his band got up on when the event took place and stage and announced to were unable to contribute it. the audience, "In actual It was the end of a bad run for fact we've had our award Oasis, Noel Gallagher feit sure already *cos people that the Mercury Music Prize bought a lot of copies of had their name on it. At a pre- our album. We'd like to recorded interview Noel had said that he believed Oasis de- inaugurate a new music served to win the Prize the award right here tonight. year before when Portishead's The award is called The in it: a record called 'War called 'Child ofWar'. A 'Dummy' had claimed it. Pulp Music Award and Child' and a record winner is...'War Child'. there are two contestants 6 Welfare Information
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Advanced Thorough study of ear tralnlrtg, utiBsIng the mojc* scale. Not for the faint hearted, this course win take your Recognition of notation. Including chart signs, playing to heights you never thought possible. chord symbols, dynamics etc, Layered coordination In various time settings, 1/16 /^nd much mofe. note, 1/12 note, Afio Sunday Mondoy No Band This Week COCTAIILS In the Upp er Bar Available from 8pm Tuesday Wednesdoy fijuh Qjui^ Tit Iv^i A óPúIZTó (ML [ppulb^\l dùdiin dißM ßah DikkOU^m LAMò Ûf A t2 PLe TE^M Thursday f-.i Friday Free Films f/Yf/7y niiiE FEAT ANDY JAMES Saturday Sunday Featurinc FREE BAND L J fc> Jamie & Phi £3 On the Door SIJIICIKCIJS Coming Soon.... Ai! dru^s will affect the users judgement and pnobably nsduce their inhibitions, incnsasin^ the likelihood that they may find themselwss in situations they vvould normal[/ avüid and which may be unsafe. 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SecondJ/, tf the ec^uipment used risks of transmissk?n. to inject (needles, ^n^, spoons,filters etc. ) is not deán, or is shansd with other usens, Always n^emberin^ to carry and use condoms thens ans risks of Tetanus, Hepatitis B & C, HIV wil! help to nsduce these risks. and other blood-bome infectiona Thind^, the impurities that ans wíthout doubt mixed with ary stneet dru^ (rangingfrom rat poison to talcum pcnwier), may cause allergic or tmc reactkfne with unpleasant short-term symptoms, and can aiso bíock veins and infect ^ix tvtfw TrMt Injection sites causin^ septicaemia and abscessea 8 Feature Extra Curricular Activities!!!! use. SLAPsoc (Schools the transferable skills that Student Tutoring employers are looking for? Link Action Could you bring enjoyment to Never mind what year you are Student Mentoring Project Society) a young persons life? Do you in, undergrad or postgrad, enjoy the challenges of new you can be ìnvolved with this Have you worked full time situations? If you answer yes initiative. Students choose a for a year or more? Can you When you become involved in any of these schemes you to any of these questions - subject or activity (science, volunteer a few hours each YOU shouid get involved! art, language) that they enjoy semester? Would you make a are automatically a member. and volunteer to help locai good role model? Students The society arranges some teachers in schools and col- who answer yes to all these fab entertainments, including How do I get leges for a few hours a week. questions are wanted to sup- the renowned circie line pub involved? port students in further educa- crawl. You can take up a po- tion helping them make sition on the committee and Pop by and pick up an appli- Sports Tutoring informed décisions about the be involved in the decision cation form from Senate future. making. Interested in sport? This in- House, 5th Roor, Room 15. If itiative gives students of all you want to here more cali levels the chance to receive a Why shouid you 01483 259920 or ext 9920. coaching qualification, that get involved? Don't forget all expenses are will allow them to coach fully reimbursed and specific many different age groups in Do you believe in education training is given for each in- the community, in the univer- for ali? Do you beheve in hav- itiative. sity, or anyway they choose to ing fun? Do you want to have The End is Nigh here used to be a Over the next few months can rest assured, we try to ca- Monday 16 September from 1 -1.30 p.m. in LTG. It could guy who walked alone we'll be ninning a Ca- ler for ali tastes! reers Information Fair, giving be just what you need to get up and down talks on particularcareers, of- Russ Clark you started! T Careers Service Oxford Street with a fering workshops on applica- tion forra and interview PS I shall be giving a talk on sandwich board which "Choosìng a Career" on said 'The End is Nigh' on technique and giving you a chance to practise aptitude one side and 'Peanuts tests. You could speak to a •UNIVERSITY OF SURREY v Are Good For You' on careers adviser about your fu- the other! Ifyou'vejust ture or browse through the COMING UP WEEK 2 entered your Final Year huge range of information we here - at least one of those carry about jobs, employers, CAREERS TALKS: grants and postgraduate messages may have a courses. We are also fortu- CHOOSING A CAREER certain prophetic ring to nate to have the latest version MONDAY 16 SEPTEMBER it. of PROSPECT (HE), just When I started my final year about the most advanced 1 - 130 p.in. in LT G computer assisted careers at University, I remember Dr. Russ Clark, Head of the Careen Service, will help you work thinking that it was my last guidance programme avail- out the best ways to make a good career choice and will introduce chance to party every week- able any where in the world. (he first o/our skills training workshops end before I hit the real world. The trouble was I didn't re- If you find all this a bit bewil- ally fancy leaving without dering, why not drop by and JOBHUWING,THE FAIR, THE MILKROUND having something to go to pick up a copy of our "Job and I knew that fmding out Hunter's Starter Pack". It THURSDAY 19 SEPTEMBER contains a number of things would take more time àan I 6 JO p.m. in LT F wanted to spend on it. In the which might help to get you end I compromised. started. We will also have a Glynis Paxton, Deputy Head of the Careers Service, will discuss regular spot in Bare Facts to how to go about your jobhunting effectiveiy Everyone is different, of keep you up to date with course, and you'll have to every thing that's happening. SKILLS TRAINING make your own decision We do hope you'll make the about how much time, if any, GETTING STARTED you invest in sorting out your most of the Careers Service future career before you before you leave. Some stu- WEDNESDAY 18 SEPTEMBER dents drop in for five minutes, leave. One thing is certain 2-4 p.m. in LT B however, there probably pick up détails about a juicy won't be another year in your vacancy, and are never seen Workshop to help you get started if you are undecided about your life when you'll have quite again. Others seem to spend future career. the same opportunities to most of their time here. You Places limited, so please register with Careers. weigh up all the possibilities. •CAREERS SERVICE' Feature 9 ARE you FREE ON SUNVAY THE 22NV? WANT TO EARN £15, A MEAL AND ...... A FREE T-SHIRT WeURGENTLYNeed IntroWeek Helpers for Sunday the 22nd and All of the following week. If you can lend a hand please return the tímetable below to Beccy Jones^ Student Affaírs as soon as possible. ÑAME. DEPT TEL PLEASE MARK WHEN YOU ARE NOT AVAILABLE MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 9-10 10-11 11-12 12-1 1-2 2-3 3-4 4-5 5-6 Are You Avaílable on Wednesday 25th September? YES/NO Are you available on Saturday 28th September? YES/NO 10 Crossword Crossword No. 32 Across I. An Alcove (6) 4. Type of whisky (6) 9. Eastern country (5) 10. A sore spot filled with matter (7) II. Trifiing ornaments (8) 12. Margin(4) 14. Kind of melon (9) 18. Skillftil (4) 20. Adhesive labels (8) 22. Protection for a cut - rest, pai! (anag.) (7) 23. Social class - sounds like aplay'sactors!(5) 24. Take long steps (6) 25. Remarks not intended for ali ears - a football team? (6) Down 1. A discount (6) 2. Ofthe heart (7) 3. Not working conscien- tiously (8) 5. Snug(4) 6. Scottish river - and fabric (5) 7. Hurry (6) 8. Former teachers - absolute experts! (4,7) 13. Fabricates (8) 15. Elapsed (anag.) - de- lighted (7) 16. Takes up (6) 17. Estimate - a silly woman? (6) 19. A naturai aptitude (5) 21. Dust (anag.) - where horses are bred (4) ket 17. ruby 18. kangaroo 21. cooker 7. Debrett 11. semi- Last Weeks Solution ewe 22. habitable 24. these breve 13. gangster 14. current 25. garment 16. rag-bag 19. overt 20. shoe Across: 1. stopped 5. rigid 8. 23. bye overstate 9. sob 10. hésitate Down: I. sloth 2. ore 3. posi- 12. love 14. common 15. mar- tion 4. drafts 5. reel 6. gas- AGM's... EGM's.... SruAîioiîsvKc^ Internai Affair» Offtcer (Jeallnf ntìh dubs i societies) ôenertISecretûiy GM's.... (co-ordiaating Internai and extemal activities mthln the Union) ExtemalAffiIrsÙflìcer Boxing Club EGM LGB Soc AGM, (imiIngìvfthNUBaniotItermIcns) Treastnr 2nd October 7PM Tuesday 8th October (holding thepwse^trings) (Before Training) at Cam- 8PMinTBll Environment^ Offìcer pusport (ivortìn^ ttmrds a sustabiaNe future) ¿{ual OpporUinltles Offkxr University of Surrey Scout (jMn^ the minorltles an e<]ual voice) Mountain Bike Club EGM, Overseae'Secretar^ & Guide Club EGM Thursday Wk 2 (19th) 5.30 (^ivlnj our overseas'studenti a i«ice) Could all members please at- pm LT concourse. dare Facts Secretary tend on Monday 23rd Sep- Contact [email protected] (ifjoumaliem feyeurfortc) • tember at 7.30 In TB23 Women'stMcer for more détails. (positMy encouraglng women to raise their voice) Ritumftì^ Officer&Oeputies (organises the élections for sabbatical offkers and the referendum on NU5 affiliation) SFaculty^ (one hr each facuìty • representing students at this letti) Films 11 ODEON -i^e bllü^^-fflVE ADVEffllltE (A CINEMA WEEK COMMENCING Frìday 13th September for 7 days EMMA (U) Daily 1.455.108.15 PHENOMENON (PG) iiHris«^ Fri &Sat 4.007.009.50 Sunday to Thursday at 3.05 (not Thursday) 5.458.30 INDEPENDENCE DA^ he Incredibly her posh car, Evie meets of teen sexuality, interracial Randy when she drives into relationships and the universal True Adventure (12) the petrol station and where experience of first love. Al- Tof Two Giris in Randy has a mind-numbing though the film's plot may Fri & Sat 2.356.059.25 Love is a touching and after school job. Intrigued by seem an unlikely story for a Sunto Thür 1.154.558.05 romantic comedy with com- funny story of first love and attracted to each other, the JAMES AND THE GIANT two meet at school and begin mercial aspirations. It is both between two girls in their PEACH a romance that sets into mo- comic and poignant in its de- senior year of high tion a sériés of comic misad- piction of the almost embar- Fri & Sat 12.552.55 school. ventures culminating in a rassingly intense nature of Sunday to Tuesday & Thurs- Randy Dean (Laurel Hol- teenage love, making it acces- Showdown at a motel where. day atl.156.00 loman), a rebellious tomboy family and friends converge to sible to a wide range of audi- who lives with her aunt and keep the young lovers ft"om ences; gay, straight, young >io Screenings Wednesday her aunt's lover in a working running away together. and oid. class neighbourhood, falls in ERASER (18) love with Evie Roy (Nicole Maria Maggenti's début fea- Fri & Sat 6.509.45 Parker), a smart and beautiftiî ture is matter of fact about the African-American who is one sexuality of the lead protago- Mon to Thür 3.158.40 of the most populär girls at nists. It is light hearted, fresh THE HUNCHBACK OF their high school. Convinced and funny. 'The Incredibly NOTRE DAME (U) that something's wrong with True Adventure of Two Girls in Love* is a unique portrayal Fri & Sat 1.30 Sun to Wedl.OO •mm iMOtmotBty TRUM jiovmtiTunm om a CIKLM UÈ LOW IM KaiMMsma am mm aom ma/nrnMaen "It makes the ùìg studio's romsntlc comeäles look èrtffìcial and old hat. First love, straight or gay. has rare/y öeen so expertly enacted.' NEWSWEEK To Win a fabulous array of '2 CIrls In Love' prizes Includfng 10 CD Soundtracks, 10 scr«enpiays, 10 posters, 10 t-shìrts and 50 badges for the runners-up, answer the following three qu&Ttions: 1. What do you find in Holland? 2. Complete the following film title: 'Pretty In . .. 5. Complete the following: 'Some of my best friends are .. . Fili In your answers and don't foraet to put your NAME name. address and téléphoné number in the ADDRESS. spaces provided. Post your entrles to: POSTCODE.. 2 CIRLS IN LOVE. P.O. BOX 4AD. LONDON W1E 6JZ. TELEPHONE. 12 Sport Wednesday afternoons - to timetablejor not to timetable! he first week of students that take part trans- the new year saw ferable skills that tum job op- the Linguistics & portunities into careers. Everybody going for that TInternational Studies graduate trainee programme department timetable place has a degree, most com- four lectures, applicable panies are looking for more! across the differing Ask many of my graduating courses, on the ever class and you will flnd that sacred Wednesday less than 50% are in full-time Zlniversity of Surrey afternoon. As Sports employment, many believing Officer of the Students that their C.V. does not look Union I can simply say as good as it should in the "other interests and qualifica- Sports that no student need tions" category. appear at any of the so been broken. What I would If you are having problems ask is that every student at with timetabling on Weidnes- timetabled lectures and In addition to sport there are this University asks them- day aftemoons in any depart- other considerations: in an ef- that this decision cannot selves what is important. ment please call into the fort to combat the lack of affect the result of your Many of you have come here Union Sports Office to make tiansferable skills that many degree. This is not Union with the intention of getting a your concerns known. With students find themselves politics but a University good job at the end of your everybody's support we can graduating with the Students Senate decision and until degree. Ask a member of the control our own ftittires. Union has set up a Skills De- such a decision is Careers department how im- velopment Programme, it portant extra-curricula quali- Take the Hint. overturned in Senate takes place on a Wednesday; then Wednesday fications are on a C.V and many students fmd it hard to then ask yourself if you can aftemoons are deemed to survive fmancially at Univer- afford to be forced not to take be for extra-curricula sity and Wednesday after- part in these activities. education and activities. noon offers them the As a recent graduate of the L. opportunity to eam that extra & I.S. department I think that bit of money that allows them lo stay here; many societies I can however put a more co- meet on Wednesday after- Wednesday Evening Lectures and herent arguement forward noons and they form tìie heart Courses at The Surrey Sports than one of simple obstruc- of many students pastoral and Development Unit tion. Wednesday aftemoons social structure at University. form the core of student 18th September - Doping in Sport sporting activity at Univer- Many of you may be wonder- Michelle Veroken, Head of Doping Control Unit, Sports sity. It is not a choice that ing what this has to do with Council you. If you believe it will exists for students as all com- This session is for coaches, performers and their parents and petitions will continue on never happen in your depart- ment you are sadly mistaken. will cover doping control, the effects of drugs and advice on Wednesday aftemoons The L.& I.S. department which medicines are suitable for performing athletes. whether we are able to field asked me to mai^e il plain that 16th October - Sport and the Growing Child teams or not. With no they did »ot want io do this Malcolm Reed, British Association of Sports Medicine Wednesday afternoonie but ft is the only option, and there will be no more many more departments will A lecture which demystifies professional physiology and medi- petitive student -»port at put forward the same argue- cine, and helps you to identify the common sporting complaints and injuries that may afflict your child. Surrey. How-«any individu- ment before the end of the als can team afford to year. This is not the only op- 30th October - NCF Course: Nutrition and Sports Perform- lose ^^ore the teams per- tion, it is only one option that ance makes departments more f(v mance suffers! commercially viable, whiist A three hour course to help coaches understand more about how detracting from your educa- Jieh" performers' well being and performance can be influenced Non-competitive sports need tion and job propspects in yy what they eat. training and instruction peri- broad terms. All events cost £7.S0/f 5.00 (OAPs, full time students, UB40) ods in order to get students to a level so that they fully take I am not the type of person For more information please contact Laura Harris at The part in the activities of the that would say you should ali Surrey Sports Development Unit, Kings' Manor School, South- club as a whole. All these ac- bum your underpants and way, Guildford, GU2 6DU,Tel: 01483 32614 tivities make up an important jump up and down in your part of our education, giving prams because a prìnciple has