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been repeatedly warned about rhc high levels nf drug usage at the premises, but despite this the ~ituatiun had not improved. Losing £200k a month P opular Leeds club venue ergeant Robert Fullilo,7 e, Victoria works has its license [ lead of Leeds Dismct f le continued: "11Kn: had been something d1e~ took into account: uspended after concerns Licensing Office, said: "We fear EXCLUSIVE sysremncic prohlems w1rh.111 the "'t es of course, one problem is from police over the levels of that before too lung there will ' ' . department that have been there of cow· ·e that we han: to ask is drugs use on i ts premises. be a drugs fatality. for a long time. TlllS was 11ot wh; the, didn't see this leHI nf Police told a licensing sub "I laving been given a clear through anything under hand, it is dctic1ts coming? committee on \\"ednesday warning in June/July 2009 that ~irnpl)' bow Biological Sacnce is "\'Chy were their budgets tundcd. approved a ye, r earlier? \'Chj, w11en 1 ovember 18 that the nightclub, police were di satisfied with the The scboul did well in their we ha\·e been telling d1em for vears located 111 } lolbeck, should not way customers were being In an exclusive interview with recen L Research l\s. essmem that their strucmre is un ·ustainablc, open for business am1d fears supervi ed and the likelihood of L eeds Student Professor Steven Exercise (RAE), a mechanism that have the) been per iscing with that that the level of drug use on the a drug death or serious injur) at Homans, D ean of the faculty, assesses the qualil'\ or research 1n structure:' \X 'e ha"e been saying for premises wpuld inevicabl} lead the ire, the same situation wa.~ answered fears over the curreht Uruversmcs and co1le~cs in the l I'-, years that thL, eraration of teaching to the death of a partygoer. still ongoing-in October." cuts being undertaken in the but ~1.1s mclnt tunclmg went and research, 111 the focult\· of In a rcporr on the situation at .'\ a result of police evidence, Facutly of Biological down. Biological aences, 1s not a the venue, \'\'est Yorkshire the panel decided-to suspend the Sciences(FBS). Tbts funding was n:duced due to sustainable strncture. Pouce said: "These premises ,·enue's license until a revie\\ oo Ll'edr J'tJfdmt was told bv Prof the government putting less money "The Lnion and staff put have a hisrnry of staging high- December 11. l lomans that rBS hm'c had into the grants awarded through the together a ,·cry detailed docwnent R,\K. on ho,\· re-so-ucruri11g and cuts risk events which arr-ract \\'hen police carried out financial problem for, "actuaUv to be honest, <.juite a while." The nivcr. in and College coulcl be approached, ancl handed it customers associated with safety checks at the club in June, "From the original . projected Uruon (CCL'), m response to the ov -r to the FBS management and it serious crime and class A dtug officers witnessed one dubber financial forecast, £400,000 a cuts, attcmrted to gcr a ye:u·'s was JU t summarily ignored. So thi. dealing and mi. use." taken to hospital w1tb a cocaine month. 1l11s was due to our hiatus on the proposed cuts to nc,tion that they arc cunsulting wid1 Police gave cl1L committee and ecstasv overdose and 0 expenditure being higher than our fonnulatc further plan of their staff simpl~ isn't m1e. detail· of regular violence arrested sevcral men after a fight income: for sume tin1c. But incc own. But >> month. Prof nomans explained. press officer, ,vhether chis was arttficmlJy creating a situation of rL-alistic and whether this was Continued on page 5 >>> \' .I tud nt.or _ 02 Friday, November 2 7, 2009 Leeds Student
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Charlotte DEBATE Sintrat, Richard Smith James Legge To advertise in LS please [email protected] debate4.!)leedsstudent.org email: [email protected] Friday, November 27, 2009 Leeds Student 03 Student team, with the Guardian's Matt Wells (far left) and ho t Colin Murray (far right) Photo: Teri Pengillcy Dafydd Pritchard presenter Jun Sno\\, highlighn: predict driver beha\'iour. Lizzie Edmonds \\ ardman said: "J believe the The University of Leeds' trophy , ration manager Dan Hudson was \s well as these impressi,·c: Institute will continue to lead the cabinet continues to bulge after underscand:1.bi\ elated. attributes, the deparnnent is home wa) as the pressing issues of LSRfm.com was named Best "Last ) car ·wa a ma 'S1"e rear tn a state-of-the-art driving sustain:ibilit) and climate change Student Radio Station at the for L Rfm.com. 40 years of cutting edge research . imulator, worth approximately L2 lxcome major dnvers for change." Student Radio Awards. "It's rhe first time in 15 years by the Institute of Transport million pound .. The lnsritutc for Transport LSRfm also claimed a gold "e've been rewarded for all thl Studies were recognised when it The simulator, which recreates Studies 1s widd) respected as a first a\\'ard for their ch:m: sbow. hard work the team at the srntion wa awarded a Queen's the dri,-ing experience and is used to choice destination for students, \1·1th I la, 111g won the best srarion put 111. Anniversary Prize. test new equipment, is based on the more than 80 staff for the 600 a,vard for the lirst ume in 15 years, '·I'm speechless· this is insane." The Institute for Transport jaguar X-Typc. undergraduate and po tgraduate Studies has been prodding The simulat'Or ha been u ed 10 students. polic)makers such as the help set laws for texting- whilst Robin (~ill, Pounder and Department for Transport, Office driving offense , as well as to assess Chairman of the Queen's of Rail Regulation, European how distracting road signs are. \nnivcrsary Trust said: "The prizes Commission and the '\{'orld Bank, Jaguar themselves have used the confer the highest national with the science and 'tatistics chel' equipment to test its Active Pront recognition on thL \<'ork of nur reL1uirc to make decisions about ail Steer ystem, a system that universities and colleges." fonns or tmnspon for the pasr fom allows a vehicle to be electrorucall\' It would seem that che decades. steered. p1·esugiou department will he of Mark \X:'ardman, director of rhe J\lthough \X'ardrnan has hailed c:vcn higher rq,rarcl after the award In tirute, described the winning the the achievement as "a real honour," has been presented. high!) esteemed pri2c: an "a fantastic the department aspires to continue Prof<.:ssor \'('a rc.Iman will achievement." their cutting edge re. earcb. represent rhc department at Pioneering technology such a The Institute has been actively Buckingham Palace in Februarr. lntelligent Speed Adaptation, which addrcs ing emironmcntal issues. The: Queen and rhe Duke of serves to ltmit the speed of a vehicle, Their m.:w 'Green Logistics project' Edinburgh will present him with the has been used on an international will look at ways to reduce tht:; pri7e medal and certificate at an scale to assess tran port safct) and en,·1ronmencal impact of freight honours ceren1ony. u·ansport. GONG: LSRfm onstage Photo courtesy of Student Radio Association 04 Friday, November 27, 2009 ww.let:d tudent 01 Leeds Student Royal Park occupiers evicted Tue day December 1 regarding Civic I lall. Ted Winter, one of the James Legge removal from this properry. occupiers and parliamentary Let:ds City Council continue to candidate for Leed North \Xfe t view tbe occupat10n as illegal, and said: "They (the council) could their spokeswuman said: "\v'ith The occupation of Royal Park have done a lot more to engage regards to those residents who Primary School entered a new with us. have been illegally occupying the phase on Tuesday as the " ll that they've done tt go school building, the council does occupiers were forced by a through the motions of ticking not support the unauthorised court order to move into the boxes, so that they can say if they occupation of the school, or any former school caretaker's come under scrutiny later, "\X'ell building within the chool house. we did this and we did that". Bue grounds". Protesters and members of tl1e they've done nothing to actually '"It is simply not safe. Those community held a jumble sale and try and make this work." entering the building, or an} Another potential public played mu ic as Leeds City bu1ld1ng within tl1e school grounds servant, Asghar Khan, Labour Council's bailiffs ejected the illegally, wtll be dealt by the candidate for Leeds Cit)' Council, occupanon and the budding was courts." said, "The) 're incompetent at the locked. The op1n1on of councillors moment. It's been going on for The ev1ct1on was a result of a though, 1s not unanimous. Linda five years. possession order obtained by the Rhodes Clayton, independent "There arc kids tood on street council against the resident on councillor for Hyde Park and corner , causing antisocial Monda, ovcmber 21, in Leeds \X'oodhouse, who spend a night County. Court, at \Vh1ch two Leeds behaviour, and they could use chis with the quarters in rhe school, facility. Hopefully, if we have a Cni\ er · it} tudents led thL said: " I support them LOO% and I changem.'er in the local council, we defence. think it' bad what Leeds C1ty The order howeYer, doesn't might be able to do something." Council ha done. The community will be holding applv to residential property, '·I think the council really a prote t outside Leeds County allowing the guatters to walk the should let the people buy it back. C urt at 10.30am on Tuesda), and 20 yards across the playground to They' c always said that they the house [ormerly used by tbe there will be a \X'intcr Pete olllside won't take RPCC eriously the chool on ~ovember 29, school's caretaker. because they don't have enough 1 lam-Spm. One of the occupiers, said: money" " \'ve'Yc decided to move to smaller The org anisers of the accornn1odation. \X·e've found that occuparion have been rhe heating bill was too cxpensi\·e we're down i,dng". disappointed "ith what ther perceive as a lack of drnloguc from \nother case will take place on Hill: ( kcupaoon upporters protest outside court (top) Council bailiffs n:moYe the protc tors (b • • • Friday, November 27, 2009 V\ v. ·ed tud nt o Leeds Student 05 "If we get this wrong Biological Sciences will be under threat'' crisis, chis is through the have that behind u i[ the) try ll either of the clocumc.:nts [to do "lf )OU were to compare us to Bllt Taylor Batty countered: "[ Re ource Allocation l\1odel chat again." with wider cuts] have got student our peer groups thts wouldn't be think there will be further cues the Uni\ersir\ uses, ,vhercby \\ hen asked whether there was con ·ultadon within them at any that different, that's because i r clown chc line. Jr's imercsung to departments ;liar make profit an) consultation of tudcnts on point. Communic1uc; number one you're doing re. carch at a \'cry look at the tuclent FAQs in hand that profit o, er to the academic cut. Prof Homans aid: says that the) should keep high lc\'cl then it take a lot of which tt says that what i. going L:rnvcrsity and departments that " o there\\ as no consultation.'' students in the loop, but chere is time and ultimate!\ we \\-ant on in FB 1s not pan of the make deficits haYe co make up \X hen asked as to wh\, when no obligation to do that; tt 1s not cvervone to ha,·e a ta1r economy's exercise. l hope that that deficit.·• be continuall) argue tb;t he is a consultation jusr lccung them d1st;1bution of work. If \ ou arc what tcvc [ I lomansJ has told In a recent meeting between committed ro defending the know what is happening. nd not doing an) re carcl1 · then Lt you might indicate that, but tt still the scnior member. of staff from 'stu lent experience', srudems communique number two doesn't kin Matthew Power the unit in October after funhcr OfficLr, said: '·We rr ,l l J welcome members of the rublic who regular!) is a \'t..C} good idea. lt 1s one of the complica uons. tlm Ion~ on:rdue new .. W'e\c been u. c.: the crossing wiJJ be plrn ed. lt mam routes in lO l rnversity for A famih spokesperson said: "This lobbying rht.. cmmcil on tl11S issue for shows that persislencc pays off." srudents. \s a dtiver, l am fullv aware (the clc\dopment] i. ,t great idl-a that over a ) car now and l'm so glad that , teve \\ righL. a Leed l l~iver~it~ of people wancle1ing into u·affic when A local accident hotspot that saw a could pren:m any funu·e accidents this will Gn.'lll) go ahead. ma5tc.:r' · rudent, ltves Ill the amarn they houldn't. f la,mg a cros. mg Leeds University graduate die and from happenmg or at least pre,-ent "It's a reall) dangerous 1unctton building m·erlookmg the juncuon. r le would make tt much safer for both another student eriously injured accidrnrs of d1e scYenn of cott's. lt and 1 know that studencs .ind all ocha said: "] think tl1L pe D o you fi nd it hard to provide a range of events to please the • • diversity of stude nts h ere? I think il would be more difficult mterviews to provide a range of events if they all had to be booked in house. Fortunately we work with a lot of great promoters and brands who put on really good events such as \Xia.x:on, letropolis, Futuresound, LUU Events Manager, Ali Peek cw Bohemia, Headphone Disco, SJ M, Rapture, entral Beats, Brighton Beach, Analog and polyester ocks for Foals are Interview by Wendy }louse. _\Jongside the in minute presentauon aboul the another request that stick in the Rose van der Zwart 'There hav house events we run such as L U event programme. Berore memory, but the most outrageous Fruity, Shoop and Pop-arazzi, it Plug I worked in London for an was a to remain nameless U been son1c covers a wide range of musical What is your role within the international event company hiphop outfit, who asked for putting on corporate events and styles and hopefully keep people Union? reird and 'women'. ~ e didn't oblige! parties but I alway wanted to generally happ)'. \X'e're ah,rnys work in music. Ir's much more keen to hear idea' though! i'vh main role is to work with the If money was no object and inrcre ting! n erf 1 events team to book artists and you could book any act in the How far in advance do you have events into Stylus, i\[inc, Pul e and r1c tr reg LH. t world, who would it be? to plan events? the Refectory throughout term What do you enjoy most about your job? time, including booking for the big money was no object [ would () rer th~ ar . lf L plan e\ cnts as far 111 ad\'ance a year!) events such ,1 • the Frc hers probab!) book Heetwood Mac. human!) possible to giVL them the and umm<.:r Ball. I book events m The part of m) job 1 cnjo, mn. t i finding radar band that arc just ,. he n1 >St I'm ·lightly obse. ed with them best chance of working, so thar directly with artist agent~ bu1 also at the moment after seeing them promoaon is out really early and work with quite n few external about to break through and bookrng them in when the)"rc stiJJ o 1tragc< u a couple of weeks ago at everyone ha chance ro find crnt promoters so there's a good Sheffield arena. l literally can't about them. Realh three months mixture of event. taking place. I n.:lativeh unknown and don't cost stop listening to them! Either in a 'Whilst the investigation continues it of cigarette on campu should student Victoria Kaiogo, who applied thousands of non-existent students. Jessica Elliott would appeM that it was a tragic continue, but not di played over the for her loan in February. he ha ' been Accor.ding co the lndependent, accident and police are not looking for counter. given a [J.00 loan while waiting for her J !efce told the govcrnjng body to anyone in connection with the death.' James \l('allace, E A Vice student loan to arrive. "consider their positions" in a letter to The police pokcspcrson also stated President for services said: 'Thi Fellow fresher Casey Ornn applied rheir chairman. Birmingham tl1at forensic remained at the scene to motion was the most controversial in March and has only been able to pay London fer has been ordered ro ca.tr) out further inquiries. propo ed in a number of year , and rem with the mone} from a loan from pay back [.36m of funding after failing The death of a teenage student attracted the largest turnout in seven the uni,·ersity. to publi h accurate dropcut figures. whose body was found in a house Edinburgh years.' Figures released last week from The 1n a letter to the chairman, Peter just yards from the University has tudent Loan ompany showed there Anwyl, ir Alan f ,anglands, Hefce's mystified detectives. Students at the University of Portsmouth were still ten of thousands of chief executive, wrote: "The reports Police were called ro an address, E dinburgh have vote d to keep applications bemg processed, raising make it ven· difficult for I lcfcc to have near the university's Bristol Road cigarettes on sale on campus, Universities have been 'bailing out' concern chat the loan problem will not confidenc~ in the governance of the campus, in Sclly Oak at 7pm on Friday A medical student cabled a motion stude nts whose loans h ave not be resolved by the end of term. university. Given the criticism of tl,e 20 ovember. They discovered the for the AGM ofr:.dinburgh University come through with their own cash. board and the senior management body of a 19 year old man who had tudents Association which would The University of Portsmouth London Met team, I do not believe that confidence suffered a single fatal tab wound. h_ave stopped hops on campus selling Vice-Chancellor John Craven said: can be re tared until action is taken to The death was immediately treated agarettes and seen vending machines "We are angry on behalf of our The Higher E ducation Funding consider the position of the board and as su 1;>icious and pclice carried out a removed from various points in the students who have been badly hit by Council (Hefce) has called for the enior staff who arc criticised." forensic examination of the house. university. thi s. " entire L ondon Metrop o litan The Union and College Union But the death is now strangely not More than 700 cudencs turned out The university claims to have prud University governing body to resign (UCU) has urged the governing body being treated as suspicious. A West for the vote, the largest number fo r £80,000 co scudentt- awaiting their after the institution was foun d to to take immediate action ro ensure the Midlands Police Spokesperson said: several years. They voted that the sale loans. One is fir t year social work have made false funding claims for institution gets through the crisis. J 08 Friday, November 27, 2009 .,.. .I ed student.m Leeds Student Led to the Editor Who's that standing next to probkms. ] t IS, afo .. r aJl, a[UXU[\' in pcople of bci_n!!: fascists towards -Just rewards?- you? a nmc of we,ilth ro disregard the end ofh1s article \\here ht , lieges that unelected commi·t . sponsorship from a compan) on . d , , . - Its Dear Editor, ethical grounds. People need to ma k·111g ec1s1ons 1s tascist in its If. Leeds Student: Leeds' award on the L ruon's spreadsheet. co be accept that with the current ' o',\, I'm all for extcndi: democracy and am more th g winning newspaper. a bottom.le s well of financial loss, I wanr to reply ro a question posed economic climate, nor to menuon . . f an Techruca.Uy speaking, the motto in reality. it presents scudcnts ',\rich by Jak Codd in the article la s t tht. pns ibilit) of cuts t<~ LL_L, sus1~1c10us o unelected bodies has always been legitimate but it a rich source of information anJ wcck . .I I e asks " \\'here were Ithe when an opportunity for tundrng mak1_ng deci ions_ on o ur behalf. wasn't until Wednesday evening entertainment, as wdl as attracting L CUJ when w<: were fighting comes along char will increase tl1e But tasc1st? Really!" I suppose then that rhc phrase crul} regained 1c. ne,\ students '-\;th the numerous tuiLio n fees in 2()05?'' The answer experience of socieq members, he would say that our Lnion 1 significance. career paths it creates. . is that anyone who rhcm elves wa this mu t bt. welcomed wirh open part governed by a semi fascis: arms. The fact I hat we would be board of trustees? Or the E is To earn the fiercl'lv-cO\ cted [osr 1mport:1nt, ho',\'Cver, 1 · invoked in that fight would haYe doing \'cry little to help Shell (a ide q.uasi fascist ei:tit) because of th: title of Guardian · ' tudent ho\\ I .t·tds \'t11da1t empowers found the ,\L'T (as CCL was rhen from adverc1srng) by accepting L comm1sston which 1s no cwspaper of the Year, Lads student.. Ir is the run.:rsit} '. one known) standing next to them. le \~ould ha\'t: been impos ·1ble to their offer onl) help - us to ratif) direct!) elected. l would hope no/ S/l(dmt prO\ cd icself to be a objcctiYe, intcrrogatiYc and have been im olved in that struMle the plan. If only Cnion Council llowever, when it cnmes ~ publication of real di tincnon. thorough ,·nice: an 1 and be unaware that the \UT would get the1r heads nf the clouds people and orga~isations steeped The judging- panel recogruscd uncompromising, fair offered their support m the • and start looking at the real 111 lasci. t tradition sucb as the sustained excellence 1n rcprcst:ntation of I .ceds rnversity. stood beside them in protest , picturl, they would probabal) be B P he docs hi. best to defend commitment to unJ\'ersiry and \\, ith £35111 cuts looming. the signed pe1itions \\'Ith them, seen as more than just an idealistic their uppo ed 'right' to come union news as well as an awa~cncss Llnl\ ersity 1s looking- to righten marched wirh them on protests talking shop. onto our campus and incite hatred c}f the wider world - yer this mcrtt budgets and / ..et'ds llfldmt 1s an area (sec http: ' / W"\\"-Y.UCU.org.uk/ 660). and di_\ ision. By throwing rhe docs nor seem as weil appreciated under serious threat. Herc at Leeds, we pa. sed a Yours, ',\ ord fascist around co describe h\ the paper' funders. Other srndenc publications gain motion in support of students James Oliver, MA Terrorism an\'one he m_1ght disagree wtth, he The L nion's Jess th,111 direct financial backing from locally and nationally and engaged and Security student renders h1 m sc If unable to unwavering support for its most alumni donations, and it is ltl the debare against fees in all recognise the real dangers po cd powerful media outlet has meanr increasingly e,·idt:nt that Lerds appropriate forums . \X'e .ire b) an organ.i ation whose chat there \\1ll onl\ 16 1 sues this St11de111 recJLUres similar support. currently oppo. ing any increase 111 'Misusing the term 'fascists' leadership comprise of a motler academic year, th.rec fewer tl1an the As the Guardian Student l\ledia fees, unlike our \ ' 1 c-Chancellor, makes us more vulnerable to crcw of holocaust denier , violcnr previous tenure. A.ward sits proudl) in Ll'eds who \\'as the probable source of the real fasci ts of the BNP' racists, homophobes and those Guardian 'rndcnt Media St11dn1ls troph) cabinet, however, the quncat1on in the Times T ligher with explo tYCS related . \ wards not onl) recognise CJUlU.lt\ there is ample inspiration to last week, stating that "\X'e canno t Dear Editor, com inion ·. To equate anti fascist swdcnt journalism, but serve as the provide [ .eeds l niversity students avoid llift111g the cap on fees] if students on campu who risk their Philip Dickinson, in his highly launch pad co a mulrirudc of with at least another eight issues of L 1'. higher cducatton i: to rema111 ow_n safety to campaign against misinformed article in laM week's racism and for a berter world for caret:rs. unrirnllcd qualny world-cl ass." T h e support o f thc ALT for the L'. edition of L euls St11dl'III make5 a all, with the likes of the B. P who \\11ih: l..1.uls .\t11dmt nMy appear over fees w as ·o comprehenst ,·e series of inaccurate and baseless call for an all u·hitc Britain that l\l and, Telford, then US comments . • ot on!\ does he inst i I u II onalised discrirninatio~ president, ·.-1a tcd after the fee s fl1ppantl) deny the ·clear and against LGBT people and who -It's the drugs, not the clubs- deha tc rh ,1t the "relationship documented link bet,1 eeo tbl' incite bate crimes where\'er they bnwccn "CS and \ T has B:S.. P recet, mg a platform and or go is rcprchens1ble. strcng d1cned significantly o,·er the being elected in an area and the l hope students re1cct this From the start Victoria Works has a lost ,rudent, can name dozens past couple of vears" and offercd accompan) ing nse in bate crimes, backlash against d1Ycrs1t1 hm\T\'Cr never been known as a haven of clubs or nights - some within our reciproc al support 111 our 2006 he also bandkd about the term thC) 1·otc on I\Iot1on 4 and give a mnocence. L'mon itself- in \\'hicl1 drugs around dispute to maintam nauonal pa) fascism . This 1s as \\ rong as JC 1s ringing endorsement to \lotton 6 \ disused warehouse cemingl) and a\'a.thble. barga1111ng, statmg '·\\ c appl.1ud offensive. ,\·hich calls on the Union to rcm1rnscent c,r the L tilled rm es of l11e sad fuct is that, ,d1erc\·er the, vou and we support 1·ou. ,. I le describes George GaJlowa) encourage students to get out and the 9()s heyda, (except now with [2.0 ;1re, some clubbcrs will rake som~ 1'0Ja1. \\ c continue that mutual and the Re. peer Part) as 'crypto \'Qtc 111 election ro make sure that pnce tag and bouncers at the door), dodm drugs, some will ha\'<: s upp~,rr rn this current loca l fascist.' I'm sure the man, jcwish whether \\'C arc walk111g on c1mpus thousands of pcopk packed tol,Tt:thc r tmforttmate expc.:m1ces, and some will dispute by public!) suppornng the . nd LGl3T member (anJ i"ormcr or in the streets oi our in one place. d1 centred music - nn tip thcm,th es cm.:r the edge. tudcnts' Cnion in their attempt~ members uch as mysc:lf) arc communities "·e can do so free one's saying drugs aren ·1 abound at It 1s 1ight that police tt') to ensure to have full consult,ttion with lamenting the fact that they didn't from the fear of prejudice the club. the safct1 of Leeds' reveller, and them, and with tud nts more haYe access to \Ir Dickinson's But it has come as a hock that .1 closing \'iccona \\'mks ma5 look like \\ idc!\, cm bedded into formal insight that the) \\ ere 111 fact Hanif Leylabi, pince !->Cen by most as relative!) a crack down on druh,s in clubs, bur in docun1enrs that concern the membes of a fascist orgarnsat1on. PPS Final Year .imticutionalize DeMOCKrac ?• LUU seems constantly at pains to prove how democratically it m akes decisions, and spends thousands and thou sands of pounds on votes and campaigns. This referendum week, amid a lack of faith in our democracy, we've pit the Speaker of the Union Council against his predecessor to ask: s mon emocracy any g Yes No Mark Sewards Harry Aslam Union Council Speaker Former Union Council Speaker r- he Roman Emperor once whole spc.:ctrurn of otl1er issues clo e he best word in the world, wlrnt )'OU get is noli1ing shorl of a proclaimed "There was once a to the hearcs ofl11c LUU membership. according to Leeds nivcr icy ternhl) damp sqwb. dream that was . tu Guy Sewell empire, credit lines dried up and confidence lt was the deregulation of financial markets Second Year Philosophy disappeared. Output and trade contracted at advocated by the right that allowed bank to [email protected] Sophia Jarnes of sLUdcnts from a varicrv of backgrounds, cxtremi t groups and ,iolence. Therefore, here''. The woman was punched 111 the face Equality and Divcrsiry Officer for example, maybe a part umc student let us examine: 1he c:tsc of ;\lark Bulman, ari. so hard that a piece uf jc:\\'ellcry worn by tht l .L- Ext:cutin: employee or a L' nion \cademic Rep 111diYidual who fire bombed a mos~1ue using perpetrator embcdded itself in her . kin. s.a. iames(ll.; luu.lceds.ac. uk alongside some reser.,t:d spaces for a small a B'.\.P leaflet as a fuse. ·\lternat1Yel), \\c I would argue that the above incidents selection of sabbaticals and a l nton could con 1der the attack on Gary .\le alh, diri:cth and causa.lk relate ro the ri c of the Councillor. Thus, votlng 110 to this motion a st:nior organiser !Jf the Love ';\lusic Tlat<: British ·ationnl· Party. r thi point would mcan marnta111ing the status quo and Racism Fe ti, al in toke. He was heatcn ,tnd how·n er, I would like to distance thi. denying the student bod) the 11pporrunit) co hosp1taliscd d:1ys after being placed upon motion from a no platform policy - not all rc.;present itself on this panel. Rcdwatch, a sire utiltscd b) cx.treme members of fascist groups are hate criminals LUU Referendum Motion 4: Should LUL' The ~ccond request of the motion is to and not all hntc criminals are members of a disallow access of any groups or individuals automaticalh disallow an\ individuals who fascist mo\cment. v.·ho have been convicted h, the Racial and arc currenti\ conYictcd ·of incitcm1.:nt ro Let us remember that this mouon does Religious I latrctl Act 1006, ~r Scc11on 7-1 of hatred, \\ hich, far from being an attack on not prevent any libertarians from contacting the Cmninal Justice and Tmmigration Act hben1 or freedom of expression is in fact \'artnus groups they may wish to debate 2008? borh a prcHectwn and a rdlcccion of rhc ,, ith, but simply preserves rhe sentiment Current!), the tudcnt Executi,e make core , alues of our union. that Uni,·ersiry c;impuses are by default a the final decision on which speakers and To further elaborate chis poinr, in place to learn. This is bcsr illustrated by a groups arc invitcd to lccrurt: on our campus prc,·ious campus-based attempts to debate comment from a studem at\'\ arwick, "HL'tl' \vithout any binding policy base to folio,,. ·\\'ith chi: B1 P and other far right groups, we arc all 111 a safe bubble. I've n..:ver Previous!\- th1 . has creatcd rifts between student officers ha\e been attacked and experienced any raci m ... [howeYcr] just teams an'd led to a confusing, unclear rhose of\ ou who attended the '.'hould we two minutes' walk away from th..: campus it\ process which is difficult to manage. im.ite th·c BNP ro campus' debate o,cr a different world. On the local estate tl1crc .\]though this group is democraticall 1 Black F11 stor\ l'>[onth will have heard the arc a lot of racist \'Obs. It's very \\'Orrring". elected, it is gl:tringl}' apparent that thnc are c, idcnct: th;t therc was an incrt:ase in Societ,· is not ~ffordt:d unlimited 'iib~rty; fairer ways to execute this deci ion making violent atracks at Oxford in thc afti:rmath of freedom ·,s restricted because it is coupled process. them , peaking there. 1.; n fortunate!), this i · wirh responsibiliry. Also in chi. referendum Primarily, l\Intion 4 recognises that nor che ole example and recent!) \I uslim nationalists to hunt Jown indiYiduals ,, ho is the union's strategic plan, which if passed problem and mandates the Student rudents artcnding iry Lnnersity of stand again.t them. lntere tingly, thc Bt P will rt:aftirm our core Yalues ol ..:qualit)' :ind faxecut11·e to create a review and appeals London were "iolently attacked and has a crong iollowmg in St0ke and scyeral dcmucracv. lt ism\ belief chat ifwe wish to commiuee, who will assess controversial murdered b) :1 racist mob ·houting racial cit) councillors. wear the badgcs o{ tolcranc<;, then we must invitations, and take it' · guideline from the slurs such as 'Get those Muslims out' and Another example is an attack on an \sian ensure that our actions upport this. Afrer Racial and Religious I Lmcd ,\cts (2006) and 'P;,f·*·k-s'. thc Criminal Justice ,ind lmmigranon \ct woman in Rochdale by a man making claim. all, freedom of speech has never flourished I ,vas chal lenged, as proposer of the (2008). The vi ion is nf a group con isting about the B P; 'He told me he was morL in an atmosphere of intimid:ition. motion, to provide links to the activit) nf Brirish than 1 was and that 1 didn't belong Friday, November 27, 2009 Leeds Student 11 Job cuts: time for action 1th r ·-= Conor Whelan __ - ..~ := ~- =--~ Second Year English --- ~:::-.::~ .- - conorandhisl manband --=~ ·-- @1hooTiail.co.uk -' - - ~= -=- = -·---=-- ·- - ~ --·- Tht: Job cuts about to be made unless Senior \lanagement arc stopped arc the bigi...,>e t and most frightening is. ue this univer. it:y ha faced since 11-uucher' cuts, and most staff who werl around then think diis i worse. ome of the most . enior national figures in higher education have confinned our fears. The G11ardia1/s Educatmn Editor, Polly Curtis, has caUed what we are facing a "funding crisis". -tr r\hn Langlands, head of the University Funding owicil warned lvP C11ardia11 thar "the K risk losing its tntcrnational reputabon for higher education". Y ct some students say d1at we should leave the matter to od,ers, and some set:m not to care. But we should be furiou - the gualil) of our education is under ----=-=- attack. E\'>ery department has been told to prepare co make a 10-20°1., cut in spending, having been forced to make a 5°-o cut last year. There is little ------'-"-"-' --u-="""--• 1, '= but staff left to cut. Prof. Michael 1\rthur, Vice I Chancellor (VC) ha announced a £35 million reducoon in the uruvcrstty's budget. This is more -.. than die total of our tuition fee , £30.8 million, so ---=~-= . ,_ we arc effectively putting ou.r eh·es m debt for - nothing. 60'\/o of the L niversity's expenditure is ·- spent on w3t,>es. 60°111 of [:JS million works out at 700 700 ·- - about people's salaries, so around jobs - ,_ will go, nearly 10%, of the workforce. ,_ I Prof. Vivien Jones has said "pro\'iding ~ inspirational learning and teaching and an .~ = ·------exceptional experience for our students are at die ;:: ; jll\, heart of the University's macegy". But at best, job - lo se will lead to ,em1nar groups growing larger, / ::;; - - I - lectures being delivered outside of staff exp rtise, .,,,______research becoming slower and narrower, and -= rutors having less time ro give feedback on work. 1\t worst, some tutors believe that they will be unable able to run all courses, de pitc the Pro i ·-·- --=-~ b¥ ~~1~ (~ ~.:::=::=:======-== \'icc-Chancellor's assurances. Prof. Arthur told ~ ) )~__:.,. the University College nion (UC ), who _____ represent academic staff, that while he is aware that raff tudem Ratios R ) are a measure of ·~ , ' the.: ru piracion to be in die top 50, he is prepared to ~--- ~~ ,, -- µc.=- rake rht: ' hon rem1 hit' and ee diem increase - in 1111 ~- -· - l ~r- less staff for more tudcnts. Cuts will fact cn.-atc ,_ -- ·, ' a very long rem1 hit. SRs aren't just a kc) factor in I' ' thc league tables thcmsclves, dicy impact across ' -"' the standards of reaching and research. omc .. tutor with111 Biological cience expect PhD L.. srudenrs to be left without supcr\'isions and students without tutors once cuts ha,:e been finalised there - the facult} has been told it must I I I l' rl ri tttiHl-l-,iu4Hf++U,ilJ++., H ·l-rnJf Hl 'Luke Farookhi put 70 people our of work. Januill), widi wa.rrnngs in naaonal media d1cn rbat three da~ meeting in RudJing Park, a 'i star hoed, took ic from the top of rht at1on,1l Sltld<.:nt This 'econo1111c ec ercise' (it:. job cuts) will be public sector spending ma) be reduced, so \.\'h)' the \'C's wet:kl\' commute by plane from Sun'C} to the bot torn. enforced b1 the Change teering Group, d,e . udden announcement of [.35 million cues in , outhamptun, and Im £237,0()() . aJa1"} before Codd also srud '"we arc" id, d,c students". But comprismg d1c \'ice, Pro-\'ice, and Deput}' Vice- Cktobcr? Perhaps thcre is . omc other reason that bonu ·t:s - .{39,31 I more than Gordon Brown. cuts \,ill se,·ereh dama.t,'C tcachtng excellence and 01.111cellors, the Finance Dtrecror, die, •cret:an, a thev are not telling us about. Thi. seems hkel\ 1.ast week Jak Codd, LL"L" Communications the student expet'ienct:, as 11 is our tutors \\·ho dean and the I !R Director, and will report only to wb~n tbe universi~ made a ,0 1 miUion profit fast and I ntemal \ (fairs, told l.1.w/s .\'/11(/mt '"until we make our degrees happen. 1nose remaining will Council. The Llniver-itv. enate has been omitted. year and has £8ll million in savings. \nd why not know where those cuts are J.,rning to be made, we have le ·s time for us and will be more stressed. Scruor lanagement'~ failure to consult them wait unul the next election to ,ce if the winning arc not gomg... to bmbast die univcrsit\" \\'e lca,·ing them less capable to deli, er the hlgh hreachcd Ordinance IL of me L rnvcrsm· Charter. part, will actually make cuts? Clear!\ the know this much: cuts "ill bc madc 111 even standards ,\·e camt: to Leeds expccong. lt i · time Thc failure to consult uruons dolated S~ctmn 188 'cconomies exercise' is based on guess,,·ork, and department. Bue Tbe School of f'.nglish, Th~ for the Student L' nion to speak out. of d1c Trade nion Acc.11ie 'economies excrc1sc' as we can sec from the £20 m.1llion forecasting ch<)C)I of Compuang, 11,e facull:) of Biological ff we don't oppose these cuts now, we will makes no mention of d,e Change tee1ing Group en·or reported by IJ·edr Sttrdwt in Cktobcr, seeing 'ciences, The Depanment of Cnlour Sciences, rLw·et 1t when we sec nur courses bt:ing wrecked. consulting students, even though we pay tuition into the future is not something of which Scniur The School o( ,\latht:matics and The Institute of Wt: should be e1rnul1ng and lobbying Senior fees, which we were told would make us \,lanagcmem arc capable. Transport Srudie have each been broughr under \fanagcment, mandating our student takeholdcrs in the uniu:rsil)·. This makes any \!so, implementing the government's cuts review, whicb mc.'Uls these art: the place whcrL reprcscntativc.~ to act now rnther than wrut until it claim that student ' views arc being taken Into before the\' have e\'en been made weakens the "cnmpulsoi:' redundancies would be focu,ssed" 1s coo late, and be m,1king massive account ndiculous. univcrsir)'s abil1ty ro lobb) agatnst them. (Dt:pucyVQ. demonstration . The 896 who haYe joined the Senior Management chums to be responding \lcanwbile, £380 mill1on is being spent on Departments such as the School of J•.np;lish Faccboqk gr mp for students, 'Defend Jobs at to che recession and its expected efft:ct on buildings, such as a gla s pavilion outside the have alrL>ady :mnounced dicy v.ill no longer have Leeds, Defend Education', havt taken a . tep in governmcnr funding. Tbt; recession began in tu lent ninn. Expen cs also include meetings secondary. marker.. \'v e haYe al read) seen that the right direCLion. But there arc 31,0I l() of u , ,md such as me Vice Chanccllor's Executive Group's staff loses from Electronic L!.ngineeting last \'Car tf we C< ,me out in force, we will be hc"ard. Friday, November 27, 2009 lecdsstuden t.or 12 Leeds Student Government "stitches up"students in fees review election scandal Earlier this month the independent review and the broad for one of it own employees to nor sign the US pledge to vote aYoid saying their \7 icws on student government l aunched an terms of reference, we arc deeply represent students on the review against an increa e in fee and fees." independent review of the concerned by the composiuo11 of but were told b} the government suppocc our call s for a fairer But Mike believe it's too soon curren t tuition fees system - the review group which is heavily chat anr representative wouJd Urse funding system wi11 be named anc.l for tudents to give up yet. Ire minus a real student skewed toward the interests of have to resign from their NUS shamed before polling clay.'' added: "The fight is nor lost, and representative. business. position o a to avoid political LUU are about to embark on a The year-Jong review was compromise. "It's disgraceful campaign to get local MPs and promi eel by rhe government back "The review The government has also come parliamentary :andida~es to pledge in 2004 when £3,000 tuition fee under fire from f9r the that this review not to vote to r an tnc.reasc in were firH introduced. It bas been group is heavily review'. timing. In an open letter tudent fee after the nexr tuld it must take into account the publi hed in the Guardian on will not report election." rum of widening participation in skewed toward ovember J 1, the Union's university and the need to simplify president, \Xles Strccting, accused until after the Latua Mackenzie support for students. the interests of 1Ps (>f hiding behind the review ,\lreacl} the review has come to avoid answering difficult election." . '' guestions on top-up fees before under heavy cr1t1c1 m from the b usmess. Mike Gladstone, What do you , ation.1] Union of Student for Aaron Porter, the general dcction: "As sruden t the business-hea\·y make- up of its leaders we are appalJed by Labour LUU Education Officer currently pay? members. NUS Vice-President and Conservative attempts to duck Led by former BP chief difficult qucsnons on student fees EngLmd: £3,225 p.a. cxecutin., Lord John Browne, the and finance ar the next general LL U Education Officer, Iike revie\v group also includes rn·o "Comprising of the former election. \X"e are in no doubt that a Glad rone, hared Wes' criticism universitv vice chancellors and a chairman oi BP, t\vo univer icy review a re\'iew panel dominated of the rcvicw,s timing: "I hope the N. Ireland: £3,225 p.a. bank cbi~f execUU\'e, as well as Sir vice-chancellor , an economist anJ b) bu ines~ and university JeaJers review group will look seriously at i\[1chael Barber, the former ht:ad a former policy ad,tsor to , umber is designed to stitch up students alternative method of funding Scotland: free to Scots, of Ton} Blair's deliYeJ1 unit. Raja) I 0, it 1s concerning that rhe sole wirh yer another inflation busting higher education that do nor leave £1,775 to other UK [ ruk, a board member of the Big student yoice will be drowned hike in tuition fees. ~rudents will tudents with the thousand· of Lo ttery Pund, is bemg sold as tbt: out." nor stand for thi ... pounds of debt we currently sole student 1·oice o~ the revie\1, However. while dis.1ppointed ··1 f Labour and Conservative graduate.: v-·itb. At Jca~r t\vo polls Wales: £1,285 to the Welsh, l despite the fact he has no previous "ith rhc O\'Crall composttion, of leadt:rs believe tbt:1 can maintain over the last fcw months haYe £3,225 to other UK experience of work.in)!; on the fees the review group, NC has come their cos} consensus of silence shown conclusively chat students issue. out in suppnrr of the appointment until the general election and and the public generally are both Students from elsewhere in ,\aron Porter, NU Vict:- of Rajay aik. ,\aron tol y C r • • n r, t I uu 5- THINGS______...._...... _..... 2 27 09 , , , that shou d be free for students , , , It's almost December: the student loan has run out and the overdraft is almost maxed out. You long for life's essentials to be free, and moan about how Wilko's weren 't at the Fresher's Fair handing out spatulas. Mobile phone credit Coffee So, you're thinking this is a definite. It's Monday morning (or any weekday In addition to the constant texting one does as a hip morning for that matter) and you have a 9am seminar where you have to twenty-first century student, there are the calls you talk about Virginia Woolf. This unappealing prospect is made even worse by make to your landlord. These include those at lam 1 in the morning when your drunken housemate hits the gushing rain outside. Coffee is the answer - not only does it warm you 2. up on a cold winter's day, it also wakes you up before the question linking the red fire alarm button because they've wanted to Woolf to some obscure twentieth century feminist. Waking up benefits since you've moved in and it looks fun. Only you now can't stop the alarm bleeping, it's lam and aside, if enough students get Swine Flu, all the coffee places on campus will everyone who is not a student is asleep . It also go bankrupt due to a lack of coffee consumption. A vital ingredient in any comes in handy for all the takeaways you order, as student's life, surely some of our fees should pay to make this free. Actually, well as the occasional call home to tell them you are if you don't use up your allotted weekly allowance, you get fined like for an well, everything is hunky-dory and you're eating a overdue library book. balanced, fruit and veg based diet. Biros Tampons Given out excessively in Fresher's week, any student can never have enough Condoms are free, and they help prevent the spread of biros. By week 5, essays are due in and the biro supply you've accumulated since disease. Razors don't have VAT on them. Yet tampons Fresher's week has disappeared down to (hopefully) hard work or (more likely) 4 aren't deemed an 'essential good' by the government 3 biting the biros until they break due to the upcoming deadline. So in order to and thus women pay VAT on them. If you take all the keep on working (or biting), we need more biros. Even if we're not working, menstruating woman the UK, you can estimate that we're keeping ourselves amused (hangman, biting and funny notes to name a the government make £25 million a year in tampon few) - this should keep the environmentalists happy as we're not using tax. And if there weren't tampons, the major public resources playing on the laptop. health risk does not bear thinking about. Ketchup An e~sential ~ondiment in my house, a meal isn't complete without a dollop of ketchup. Chips - ketchup. Curry - ketchup. Sunday lunch - ketchup. It adds a delightful bit of colour to the blandest of meals, and gives everything a distinctive taste. You've not lived till you've had Yorkshire pudding with ketchup 5 instead of (or better yet, with) gravy. Yum! · LOWDOWN------3 27 09 Although I made an oath to myself that I would four people more inadequately never write an article on this subject, I feel that equipped to judge the musical ability with the departure of John and Edward (I'm not of the contestants. Simon Cowell after calling them Jedward) from our television all made most of his money with the screens, it's finally time I succumbed to writing a Teletubbies but has since made a name Lowdown about the X Factor. It makes my skin for himself purely from being a dick to crawl just to write those words, but really this everyone. Danni Minogue and Cheryl isn't going to be about the effect watchingX Cole are similarly poor singers but one Factor has had on my life, rather the effect not has a famous sister and the other is watching it has. Last year I made the mistake of married to a gay footballer so it's ok. In casually watching a couple of episodes. It soon fact Louis Walsh is probably the most however became more regular viewing until, to qualified of the bunch and look at him, my utmost horror, I realised that I was gradually he's as mad as a box of frogs. becoming captivated. This year I resolved not to make the This programme stood for everything I hate mistal Exams Ovuheards: Januar)' ,u ti.day' out of Takes the .,o . • .. .1t ~ !,"l(e tl-ie Great Barr,"er queel'. " Christmas Hali.day. G,r/ on ,Phone:· Bat I C.Ci/1 't :3° kl( to ::rt "o/ J]), beeauSe the.n eVeryone '-<.)Ill i(no,,.; I « • I:t u.x:;.s l,i(e a l>i,P l>1:1P /,at ,nStecd of' sherbet t.<->e used Methodrone." • I really l,i(e her ... !,at I don t wad to .f'ac.i( her ... IJ·u.st t.uant to S,Poon her hard.·· FASHION 271109 The debate over the use of fur in the fashion industry has raged on for decades, and does not seem to be coming to an end any time soon. It cannot be denied that fur, whether real or faux, depicts an image of lavishness and wealth. It is this precise connotation ofluxurywhich is the problem, where the end product can be seen as glamorous but the manufacturing process is anything but. The organisation People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Foundation (widely !mown as PETA) has become synonymous with the anti-fur argument. With the use of campaigns such as 'I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur' and 'Cruelty Doesn't Fly' featuring Pamela Anderson, Eva Mendes, Sir Paul and daughter Stella McCartney; PETA have successfully brought attention to the fur debate by employing fellow anti-fur celebrities. The organisation is known for protesting at various worldwide Fashion Weeks, having stormed runways such as D KNY holding signs emblazoned with "Donna Dump Fur", as well as at pro-fur designer stores. Giorgio Armani is a common target for PETA protestors. A few months ago, two women lay 'dead' in coffins outside an Armani store in Taipei, Taiwan, holding signs whicl1 read "I wouldn't be caught dead in fur". The group regularly and successfully make headlines by employing sexy, original and shocking campaign tactics, as well as using Hollywood friends with celebrity influence. One such celebrity and front-runner of the fashion industry is Stella McCartney. A strict vegan and deeply influenced by her father and late mother's (Linda McCartney) views, Stella replaces leather with manmade and natural materials in her clothing and accessories lines, and is strictly against the use of fur and a pioneer of vegan fashion. With hit collections each year, the designer is able to promote her anin1al-friendly line and lifestyle without tarnishing her fashion credentials. She has also roped in the help of a fellow celebrity- Leona Lewis is set to co-design "a line of non-leather bags and shoes that are affordable" . McCartney can also be seen on PETA's website narrating fur-farm investigation videos, which can be described as nothing less than horrifying. Without influential voices within the fashion industry and celebrity world, PETA would not have this degree of exposure they so depend upon. In contrast, Burberry is the most recent label to come under scrutiny by the organisation. On their website, PETA states that "Burberry may be best !mown for its distinctive plaid, but its use of real fur is making the design house synonymous with cruelty to animals. Burberry continues to use fur in its designs, even though leading designers such as Stella McCartney, Vivienne Westwood, Tommy Hilfiger and others have pulled fur from their stores forever." Tactics sucl1 as this have persuaded designers to eliminate the use of fur, but there are plenty left with fur being strutted down runways, with sales figures that cannot be sniffed at. So why is fur still an in demand, fashionable and luxury commodity when the horrifying way it is produced is widely !mown? Michael Kors, Fendi and Belstaff, to name a few, regularly create must have items including fur i·v,ta~1u,~ trims, or even entire fur coats, and many vintage shops in Leeds sell real fur jackets for a snip of the designer price. The fact that even faux-fur is so in demand testifies to the glamour of the product. Throughout history it has been seen as a signal of wealth and social status, and fur still symbolises a similar lifestyle today. Both French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld and US Vogue editor Anna Wintour have heen unscrupulous in their promotion of fur within fashion, with Roitfeld coming heavily under fire in August 2008 for a photos hoot by Mario Testino, featuring model Raquel Zimmermann giving a PETA-like protestor the middle finger in an enormous fur coat. Wintour is even the subject of a website called VogueSucks.com, which states that she "not only ran fur spreads in Vogue, but wrote pro-fur editorials, ran recipes on frying French fries in horse lard, and has refused even paid ads from animal protection groups." With figureheads in fashion such as Vogue editors running pro-fur stories and photoshoots, and promoting the glamour and luxury of the product, how can the use of fur come to an end? However successful PETA and such groups have so far been, there is a disconnection between anin1al cruelty and fashion still. Personally, I find the videos and pictures used on animal cruelty protestors' websites and campaigns too hideous to watch. They scare people off, meaning that the connection between a fur coat in a shop and anin1als being subjected to torturous methods of skinning is somehow lost. Only when this connection is made, through less aggressive and more glossy/sexy adverts do I believe that fur will finally go out of fashion for good. Winter Fashion Fashion wise, the cold can bring out the best in students. Theoretically, the winter months should be fun for male fashionistas. You can experiment far more with a layered ensemble than you can with jeans and at shirt. Pairing appropriately contrasting colours, patterns and fabrics without comrrritting a drastic faux pas isn't particularly difficult to achieve. Knit, flannel and leather compliment each other, as do typical winter shades. Colour connoisseurs will display deep seasonal colours across campus. Anything neon or fluro should be put into storage with your UGGs and only recovered in the event of an acid rave or words: Bethany Reilly skiing holiday. background image: Charlotte intiat One thing you should bring out of storage is that Chrisbnas jumper your Nan lautted you all those years ago. You can beat the dust out if in the knowledge that it is no longer horrifically unfashionable to wear clothing that depicts abstract winter scenes or festively jolly snowmen within its yams. Donate it to a girlfriend if you've grown in and out of it. Too big on her is always better than too small on you. It's better to oversize all knitwear in general. Scarves keep getting chunkier. I've seen guys dressed head to toe in skinny-fit clothing with colossal scarves wrapped seven times around their face like woollen anacondas. A scarf this size may well obscure your peripheral vision and offset your balance, but it looks fucking cool. Peruvian bobble hat/f on tq.e othe h.:v1d have looked the opposite ever · that prat from N-Dubz started~¥in earflaps inverted. void is/ltylis · adYisab )( Q Long Live Luella Just over two weeks ago, well as the ongoing trend for designer Luella Bartley ceased vintage clothing. ith the introduction of jeans in~ trading as the recession claimed e and the development of Rock another fashion victim. A former Even style bible Vogue has ng the 50s, slim-fitted jeans wer journalist, Bartley intends to take been championing recession chic, e day. During the 60s, slim fit s time off until sufficient backing with 'More Dash Than Cash' ome skinny fit and was worn by th for the brand can be found. At being reintroduced this year. No e time such as the Beatles and last year's British Fashion Council longer is designer a luxury, but a nes. Also, with the birth of the Awards, the Warwickshire-born frivolous rarity. vement, flares came into style. leader of 'Cool Britannia' won the coveted Designer of the Year The only hope for many Flares carried on into the 70s gong, reaffirming her status as designers, who may be quaking in e jean of the decade. Skinny je~ the very epitome of the girl their Jimmy Choos after this resent and by this stage had about-town. Sadly, however, the recent casualty was revealed, is tight and were prominent in the impact of the economic the chance of an upturn in the culture movement; but were not downturn has continued to near future. There is potential, throughout popular culture. snowball with its effects being but economists cannot be sure of felt from high-end to high-street. anything with the instability of Then came the 80s with style the current financial climate. For disappearing and everyone It is reported that around one Bartley, the future lies with loose jeans. The 80s then mo in five women's and children's investors seeing a potential in the 90s and things just went from clothes shop have dosed this accessibility of the brand, as we with standard, fitted boot-cu · year, with independent stores the anticipate the revival of the very worn with strategically-placed least likely, like Bartley, to be able British Bartley institution. followed by baggy jeans sho to suffer the blow. The recession the early OOs, the fall out of the'9 seems to have provoked new present, skateboarding was shopping habits, with many jeans were still worn. turning to quick-fix-fashion, discount stores and charity words: Vicky James shops; the latter having seen a significant rise from both the benefit of reduced store rates, as . -·' -.- MUSIC-- - 27 09 SUNN O))) Rancid ,t, n lttl r ,, , ,, r IJI r-- 11' 1 Now this is a wonderful surprise. Before On first listen, Rancid' s seventh album lacks the Critically acclaimed, yet criminally Severely overdue, The Ecstatic is Mos Monoliths & Dimensions, Sunn 0))) made sharpness of their early work, replaced with underrated, anybody searching for a 2009 Defs first maior release since the back-to music by slowing Sabbath riffs down into 12 basic songs about LA and just being a punk record more charming than God Help the back brilliance of his late nineties releases minute 'power ambient' soundscapes; now they nothing we've never heard before. However, Girl - the soundtrack to an as-yet unmade Black Star and Black on Both Sides A do the same thing but with saxophones, choirs, when you start delving further, the LP delivers film by indiepop legend Stuart Murdoch· decade on. NYC' s most talented poet ~ill electronica and shit. And it's awesome - even some strong tunes with catchy hooks. 'Bravest will need all the help they can get. Unlike surely make a return to many a critic's Jis moving and almost certamly unlike anything Kids' and 'Civilian Ways' take non political looks British Sea Power's Man of Aran, GHTG is of "rap albums of all time". The you've heard before. at American soldiers, whilst 'Disconnected' whole-heartedly encouraged to be listened collaborations here - with pioneer of the words: Gareth Austin presents America as a beautiful, but fractured to as an album. Fans of Murdoch's 'other' genre Slick Rick, and long time partner-ia rhyme Talib Kweli are few but stellar. Th e Hudson Mol1awke home, and 'You Want lt, We Got It' proclaims band Belle & Sebastian will not be "Punk Rock is my religion" in typical Rancid disappointed by his distinctive harmonies Ecstatic will_i mpr_ess fans ofleft-field hip I I fashion. A healthy blend of ska punk and and compositions so reminiscent of his old hop production w1th beats reminiscent of HJ straight rock 'n' roll, fans will agree that Let the material that you will temporarily forget the Wu-Tang Clan's peerless 36 Chambers Dominoes Fall is not their most powerful album, that B&S are even on hiatus. Sob. whilst the deeper listener will be hooked but it still can't be easily dismissed. Who says [cardigan -clad ed.: New album coming on the intellectual poetry of The Mighty Hudson Mohawke was never going to make our punk and ska are dead? TI1ey're not. Deal with it. next year, apparently!} Mos Def top ten, but their futuristic debut is definitely words: Henry Raby words: Simon Rowbotham words: James Hollands worth hearing. The first full length from Glasgow's producer Ross Birchard, Butteris blilliantly insane. The term 'glitch hop' may be ridiculous, but it's just one label you could give this ambitious album - that, or electro-house, ·r. ·~ - .. pop-funk, or !OM. Amazingly enough, Birchard ·.:. ,' ... manages to make it all work. Give it a listen, and • r. • - if you've any imagination at all, you'll want to be Breed 77 Various breakdancing in a galaxy far, far away Or something. Artists words: Tabitha Thorlu-Bangura If Led Bib 111 j, l f / lff G Breed 77 met at school in Gibraltar, and the The third volume in the Panama! series It's unlikely you t e much notice of We Fell to Spanish influence prevails through most of focuses upon Panan1anian music of the 1960s Earth, even with a number of tracks in hit 1V They may have been the rank outsiaers to win their work. 'One More Time' opens with a and 70s; Within this compilation there is a shows. While songs like 'Sovereign' may work the Mercury Music Prize, but that was only typical flamenco introduction of acoustic guitar whole realm of music which is at least piped over CS! as part of a suspense-filled because a Jazz group will never win it. Led Bib's and handclaps, before seguing into a heavier partially accessible to a modern listener, and montage, tl,ey fall flat on record, washing over Sensible Shoes was one of the top jazz records of verse. Singer Paul Isola' s phrasing seems to be laymen of this genre. as a sub-standard Massive Attack. the year. Wailing bebop saxophone duets fused influenced by traditional Spanish rhythms, but The recording quality of opening track 'Fire Despite forming through a mutual with a punk aesthetic and a garishly noisy the chorus descends into trite metal cliche. Down Below' by Lord Panama and the appreciation of Krautrock. it's an oddly dated Rhodes. What's not to love? With a fairly weak lyrical content, the band Stickers is grittier than burnt toast but trip-hop sound that opens We Fell to Earth's words: Tom Bush prove that the interesting Iberian influence is undoubtedly the most charming example of debut, no doubt inspired by Rid-iard Files' past Tortoi~7 little more than a shallow gimmick. One could Panama's cultural output featured here. A day job as a former member of UNKLE. While rr blame this on English not being a p1imary ch oms of horns soar atop syncopated guitars there is the smooth production that one might language, but growing up in the British that have become overdriven through poor expect given his previous work, the songs lack ,cl I u- territory they really should know better. recording quality, creating a soundscape that -dynamic and plod endlessly without the 'Forever' is a hodgepodge amalgamation of 1s unequivocally a product of Latin American emoave power of great trip hop or Krautrock's vaguely anti religious statements, while the influences. Lord Panama's vocals are soulful, hypnotic grooves. Instead, they meander The godfathers of inst;rumental innovanon, The Battle of Ha tin' is more overtly 'political' and are often emulative of the trumpet work; endlessly, searching for a point in their own Tortoise, returned in 2009 after six years of track; frankly. System of a Down did this kind the hook of 'Fire From Below!' will be stuck in existence. silence. Beacons OfAncestorship ts par for the of thing way better back at the decade's start, your head for the rest of the day. In a good Meanwhile, Wendy Rae Fowler infuses the Tortoise course, made up of absb·act and they had the good sense to quit while they way. record with a spacious air reminiscent of her symphonies, post rock monoliths and minimal wereahe.id. If Lord Panama's samba stylings aren't collaborator and ex-husband Mark Lanegan's electronica. It's certainly a welcome return. TI1e band haven't made much of an attempt quite to the tastes of the modern listener, recent work with Soulsavers. 'Burn Away' in words: John Nott to evolve their sound, sticking to the now well they're probably listening to the wrong album. particular shines with an outer-worldly glow. Raekwon trodden 'ethnometal' that at first made hem Still, 'Moving Grooving' by Little Francisco Tracks like 'Spin Tius Town' spiral through all 1/ stand out. The one exception is the Greaves will remedy this. Opening with manne1 of studio wizardry, but still fall short, pretentiously-titled 'In the Temple of Ram: Rise trembling vocals atop tremulous guitars and and 'Lost in Flames' comes across as no more of the Bugs', an instrumental that shows a tense cymbal crashes, the track gives way to a than a foeble attempt at Portishead. However, broad vision for musical arrangement. Sadly, funky bassline and Greaves's claps and jeers. the record is not without its highlights. On this is never really expanded on, leaving the This 23 track compilation is obviously a forthcoming single 'Deaf, the two come . The Chef strikes back with a cast o ousan album messy and immature a trait that should must-listen for fans oflast two Panama! together to trade vocals in a mix of reverberanng on production and vocal duties for the-1,equel to be long gone by a band's fifth album. Of course, compilations. For any other listener, many keyboards, to create the album's most exciting his highly acclaimed debut release Only Built 4 metalheads are nothing if not dedicated, so at tracks of this compilation may well just blend moment. Un fo rtunately, such momentsareall Cuban Lin.>< .... B1inging the mafioso narrative of least their upcoming tour should showcase tl1e into a homogenous mess; any of you trendy too infrequen t and you must first wade through the original full circle, Raekwon and Ghostface band at tl,eir best. It's been a while since any chaps out there wanting a much more a collection of largely forgettable songs to get to Killah demonstrate exactly why it is that almost metal band really pushed the boundaries of accessible slice of Latin-influenced music two decades on, the killer bees are still running this final track. In short, We Fell To Brthis. either style or taste, and if Insects is anything to would be better served by a track or two of while occasionally inbiguing, a sadly irrelevant the industry go by, it'll be a while yet. Vampire Weekend. words: Jack Ready and disappointing record. tab! words: Tom Bush words: Simon Rowbotham words: Reece S es ,--=- ~-~ I ' ·1 ••... ,-_ .... - ...... · .... ·. - . ' ' ' - - ' _.i, ' . --- .,, ~-;r-... COLUMN THOSE WERE THE 'OOS Mini Viva ~ V I c~f 1 Managed by Simon Fuller, produced by Girls Aloud's Xenomania, '[ Wish' is sub-standard faux house pop to get ready to go out to, then Since the dawn of popular music some sixty have too many Breezers, break a heel and end years ago, eras have come and gone, but music up on the floor of a nightclub toilet, mascara has always been there to document the world running down your cheeks. bawling about and be forwarded on to inspire. From the your ex boyfriend Darren, who left you advent of rock 'n' roll, progressing through to because you were too fat. the electro,pop of the eighties and a new wave words: Tom Bush of new romantics, balanced by the start of h1p hop, musical trends have coloured Detachment generations. But how will future generations reflect on the music scene at the start of the I' ANI IT 21st century? Undoubtedly a digital age, the way in which we now consume music has changed 0 dramatically. The naughties was the decade An incongruous mix of upbeat syn th lines and that saw the rise of the download, slit-your wrists vocals make up these tracks. The rejuvenating the wavering singles market, music can just about live up to the pretentious albeit at the expense of album sales, as people themes in the press release ("the modem status filled their iTunes library with tl1e select few anxiety driven cycle of work and consumption", tracks they wanted. People had the internet to anyone?) and there are some catchy electro find the next best thing for themselves. hooks but can be repetitive. Inventive, but Blurring the lines of genre, there was a greater utterly depressing. sense ofliberation from being tied to one The Antlers words: Raz.el Ensing musical style. People would show off their .. iPods for their broad taste in music, and when ~~· J d Jrt ·t. Cosmo Jarvis asked what music they liked would invariably l 'y u )( ~ 111 reply, "I like all sorts really." Hip hop gangstas Nil )1 ur1d could like rock. and the rockers could like dance, and the ravers could like R'n'B and, all the while, everyone loved Take That again. Q ' -t-~ ~ In tum, this resulted in the emerging The Enemy claim to make Music for the People, There have not been many bums r ease in Ru nrnng in the same vein as Kid British, Cosmo figureheads of new music to be revivalists of music which is about as annoying and ridiculous the past few years with the emotional intensity Jarvis juxtaposes choppy guitar riffage witl1 a sorts, reinterpreting and repackaging a sound as that phrase itself. Unfortunately, that equates of the Antlers' debut, Hospice. A thematically smooth walking bass line and laying spoken given to them decades before. The Strokes led to implausibly bland lad-rock which regurgitates · linked group of songs focused upon a man vocal lines atop this. If you're a fan of indie/ska the early decade garage rock revival, followed the Jam, the Verve and Oasis, often note for watching his loved one's battle with bone cross.overs then you'll find this agreeable, but by Arctic Monkeys as part of the mid decade note. Unlike their Manchester idols however, cancer, it addressed terminal illness, abortion, you shouldn't read past this penultimate line. revival of...well, the Strokes. After that, the Enemy's lyrics are not entirely nonsensical child abuse, and eating disorders at various To everybody else: avoid it like ska bies. everyone from Bloc Party to the Red Hot Chili but with lyrics as mundane as "Sing when you' re points in the narrative. Amidst all this, the words: Simon Rowbotham Peppers wanted to play U2 esque arena rock. in love, sing when you're out oflove," perhaps an man's relationship with his partner deteriorates Even Kanye West, one of the most successful air of ambiguity would be more appealing. as she becomes suicidal, spiteful, and The Very Most solo artists of the decade, was no more than a But the crowd, which looks like a lost EDL desperately vulnerable. Decidedly not one for > II combination of '80s retro samples and rally, is going madferrit. They don't care that the faint at heart, then. The big question of the conventional hip hop, and although new Andy Hopkins' bass is inaudible for most of the night was how on earth the Brooklyn trio forms such as Nu-Rave, and Grime rose to gig. or that songs are virtually indistinguishable intended to do the drama and depth of Hospice prominence, they lacked the depth to sustain from one another until Tom Clarke snarls into justice live. an entire musical movement. the microphone. Theyjust want to go FOO KIN' First up are local louts Yonderboy, who The band have played on the emotions of The decade saw the increasing significance MEN'AL, and the Enemy provide ample means deliver an enjoyable if fairly basic run through of those short days and cold nights: of film and television to the survival of the by which to do so. Clarke, essentially a hamster some of the songs available on their MySpace. loneliness, New Year's optimism and music industry, as shows like Grey's Anatomy foetus in a zip-up top, isn't the most imposing However, by the time the Antlers take to the joyous Christmas spirit. It all sounds very and Skins were important to the success of frontman, but with every passing swear word, stage, the relatively small space is jam packed, 1 twee with some polite harmonies. It won't, many of the decade's biggest singles. No he whips up a drunken, shirtless frenzy. and very little can be seen once you are beyond however, be added to any new 'The Very longer was it cheesy or seen as selling out to Songs like 'Away from Here' and 'You' re Not the front couple of rows. The arrangements that Best Christmas Selection' this winter. soundtrack the latest Coke, iTunes or Sony Alone' are belted back at the band with as much were abnospheric and dense on the album are words: Will Stevens Bravia advert, and although probably gusto and aggression as would be found on the given some muscle; lead singer Pete Silberman disheartening to have your work known as terraces; no surprise, then, that "Leeds United!" lets out an anguished cry of "Sylvia, get your Eliza Doolittle •• 'That song off the bouncy ball advert," it was football chants erupt before the encore. A new head out of the oven!" in the anthemic set Mc 1nPyl X ,, undoubtedly better than not being heard at all. song is unveiled, diverting from Jam mimicry to highlight 'Sylvia'. ~ 1rtoptir1r At first glance, the music industry may have Sex Pistols plagiary- though if they can get away On this occasion, the vast majority of the become a saturated place; however, by lacking with 'Nation of Checkout Girls', which IS Pulp's audience are well aware of who the Antlers are a distinct trend, music has once again reflected 'Common People', then I'm sure this won't be a and what they are about, and they hang off c~ the multicultural, technological society we problem. Either way, Tom Clarke most likely every maudlin word that Silberman falsettos at On 'Moneybox', Miss Doolittle's recession have become, full of potential and no doesn't give two shits because he's a Real Person them. As it turns out, the lyrical dexterity and suggestion is to stay in and play Monopoly boundaries. So, as the first decade draws to writing Real Songs for Real People. It may not be heartstring pulling of the record translates rather than going out. Here's a better one: close, we can look to the second with the intelligent or groundbreaking but many tonight extremely well, observed as it is by a dedicated don't waste your money on forgettable anticipatin of a plethora of inspirations, seem to be lapping it up. The rest ofus following of the band. An excellent tedium like this, and download the stewing in a huge melting pot of talent. Imaginary People will simply have to look performance, all-told, marred only slightly by infinite improvement that is Jamie from Anyway, with Take That around, who cares elsewhere. the limitations of the venue. the xx's remix instead. what else came out? words: Tom Pooley words: Jack Ready words: Will Hutchins words: 21st Centu-Reece Stables ----~--~SINGLES Bon Iver Dirty Them BlooJ Bank. Projectors Crooked LA[J 3til/r )P ), , ' +ht-: Vultures Movn t'JP\/'." j{-:] 1 2 [Jc 1mir i 3 )l tf This year, autotune became even more of a crux of popular music, Dirty Projectors have risen above the pretention of their previous When the unmistakably irritating Zane Lowe shouted down my car so it's fitting that Bon Iver's autotune·laced 'Blood Bank' has topped work. Showcasing Amber Coffman's vocal, Bitte Orea s stripped- radio news of the greatest super-group since the Travelling Wilburys, this list. Fortunately it isn't all that T Pain, and leaves the vocoder to down lead single is an instant hit. Most notable for her hitting top C I was worried. Three musical renaissance-men, one ostentatious ego the EP' s more experimental tracks. His first offering since 2008's with spine-tingling ease, the song is brilliantly simple and simply battle? How wrong twas. This self-produced first single combines beautiful For Emma, Forever Ago, it beefs up his lo fi, atmospheric brilliant, carrying an effortlessly soulful groove that transcends any Physical Graffib riffs, a Grohl-esque drum intro, and distinctly folk with more musicians but retains his debut's intimacy. The new pseudo-intellectualism. This artfulness brings to mind Talking Californian stoner rock from Homme, projecting a youth and energy instrumentation and polished production don't compromise his Heads, making Dave Longstreth this generation's David Byrne. Let's which belies their combined age of 140. Mixing artistry with fun, sound. Clearly, he's got a lot more to come. just hope he doesn't tum out to be a similarly huge tosser. they do what every super group should: whatever the hell they want. words: John Nott words: Tom Bush words: Fred Pritchard La Roux - Biffy Clyro Florence and the 1r for tt1t t JI/ (, "/<.ream Tr Ji L ,r 1tdur P 1/c Machine Rc-im 1 ~ .t,i 1 ll 1fl JI .. ~1 -JI ,f r lrf H l' ,li It f(J) F"otv.i Jf 4 ... .\ 5 6 I ' I I THE most important UK pop song of 2009, this was the moment This is one of those songs that you can get completely, euphorically 'Rabbit Heart' lives for, and spirals around, its chorus. Florence the banks ofBritain's biggest underground dance scene burst into sucked into, espeoally if you play it on your iPod with the Bass Welch's syrupy tones float through gentle verses, haunted by the the mainstream, as one of its biggest names remixing the biggest bit Booster on. With lyrics like "Smell my mustard gas", fast-movmg gospel echoes of its lyrics, and perfectly compliments her powerful from one the year's biggest popstars. Skream turned an inane riffs and those all important anticipatory silences, what is there to v01ce that soars through the pacey chorus. Her gospel electro-pop record into something dark and timeless. After this, the dislike? What's more, the video is full of some very angry-looking. experimentation coheres perfectly with its explorabon of traditional world was dubstep's for the taking. sweaty, naked Biffy members. The golden rule? Listen to this. values of communal celebrabon and sacrifice. words: Will Hutchins words: Rosie Bryan-Adams words: Amy Powell Yeates Los Campesinos! The Maccabees Grizzly Bear 1 Tr ; '- ,C 1 a C7( ~ ;CJ r j, I ' l1JI (,ul ;t ,, '\ l ,1 ' to Tl ink of the f l r .i l r'.J l -,,.,_;r • F" .J • .J llL..~- I'- ,., Animal Collective ' 1 Merriweather Post Pavilion ...Ill Domino •··· •·c ·. j ~ On the whole, 2009 has been a terrible year for a lot of people. We're in a recession, unemployment and racial tensions are running high and • ... ~ we're locked into a war with Afghanistan that we cannot possibly win. What reason do we possibly have to get out of the bed in tbe moming ' I until 2010? Well, one answer is Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion - Leeds Student's album of tbe year! .. .. , Merriweather Post Pavilion is the album that thrustedAnimal Collective to dizzying new heights, as its flagship track 'My Girls' ~' gained increasingly high levels of play on radio airwaves and indie dancefloors. Pavilion should not, under most circumstances, be listened to .. using Spotify; its beauty is often found in tbe way its tracks fade in and out of each other, denoting tbe album's status as a complete audito ry ~ work of art. Opening track 'In the Flowers' perfectly sets the tone for the album with a spacious, almost orchestral, composition of syntbesized tones. It's a slow opener, but it builds and builds, exploding and receding into its inevitable conclusion: 'My Girls'. One listen to this song al one l will explain why Pavilion is our album of the year a multi-textured soundscape that is absolutely drenched in originality...... ~ Saving the best for last, closing track 'Brothersport' is equally brilliant. The refrain "Open up your throat" is marked by synchrorus· ed ,., syn th chords, as 1ayer upon layer of melody builds until the song climaxes, the listener climaxes and everybody involved can agree that th1 s .. album is the best aural they've had all year. ~ words: Simon Rowbo,tham , ... ~- n1 1.._ . .J ·- ·- ·~ ·- - The xx Wild Them Crooked )(\ Beasts l 1r 1 T Jrl· Vultures hNCJ. =J.nc ere.; I '1/ >I '' )/• ''/ I Ill VJ/fil' 2 3 4 my It's easy to write off the xx.as Yet Another Indie Band, propelled by Tricky second album? No problem. Where Limbo, Panto showed A band comprising Dave Grahl, Josh Homme and John hyperbolic r~views, but ultimately 1acking in serious talent. Yet the hints of agreamess, tarnished by an overabundance of ideas. Two Paul Jones was always going to be awesome. They could band are so high on this list because judging them dipmissively does Dancers is more skillfully subtle an elegant evolution. Guitars play 'Stairway to Heaven' on tin whistles and spoons and fresh new music an injustice. Some critics can't accept that a group chime and piano chords fall in a wonderfully understated it'd still be fucking cool. All the better, then, that Them of twenty-year-olds could produce something so subtle. It takes time performance, allowing Hayden Thorpe's vocals to flourish. Crooked Vultures' eponymous debut is a snarling behemoth to realise that everything here is deliberate. The lyrics only sound Switching with ease between tenor and an always-risky falsetto, the of dirty and downright sexy roe k 'n' roll. F rorn the like they were written in the back of exercise book if you can ignore vocals are pulled off with an animalistic style, swooping and diving. mans trous riffs of 'New Fang' and 'Elephants' to sleazy the undeniably adult lust dripping from every word, especially on trembling and growling. and, onits best track, 'Hooting and slow-bum er 'No One Loves Me and Neither Do I', in which unashamedly poppy tracks like album highlight 'Islands'. The band's Howling'. The lyrics are oddly socially aware for a sound so far from Homme shows he's lost none of his lyrical penchant for music is excellently crafted, intelligent pop. They cite both The Cure reality. That Two Dancers strange dreaminess can only be described sexual innuendo "I've got a beautiful place to put your andAaliyah as influences, but this is no awkward combination. Pay with such a diverse selection of adjectives suggests that it might JUSt face/ And she was right .. ." - Them Crooked Vultures have attention, and you'll realise thatXXis what many debuts fail to be: be the most original album of theyear. ln any case.it's refreshing to produced one of the defining albums of 2009. Who said original. see something come out of Leeds which isn't the Kaiser Chiefs. supergroups don't work anyway? words: Tabitha Thorlu-Bangura words: Dan Lester words: Jacob Mignano Dtrty The Grizzly Projectors Horrors Bear Ritta l Jr .1 rnn I -:JJy C )/uurs .'I::;'( 'k.at,rnest 5 6 7 N111 Wit!, Rise Above, their breakthrough record of Black Flag re- This was not how it was supposed to happen. In 2007, five public Grizzly Bear's third album is a true piece of musica1 beauty. Bridging workings, Dirty Projectors proved themselves Domino-worthy. schoolboys with silly clothes, sillier haircuts and a bucketload of the gap between contemporary folk and indie rock. it really is a Dave Longstreth and his girlfriends then put out this inst.antly hype released an album that failed to either dent the charts or staple of a developed 2009 sound. With off beat movements and palatable spaz-pop spectacle. No doubt magnum opus material, impress the critics. Then they split from tl1eir record company, and sparse instrumentation. Veckatimest keeps you interested Bitte Orea is a dam sight more talk show friendly than The Getty t.hat ought to have been that. Cue 2009, and a sophomore effort throughout, whilst maintaining a peaceful, but edgy, atmosphere. Address, and from the R&B stamper 'Stillness Is the Move' to the that successfully blended garage, Krautrock and shoegaze, pulling The single 'Two Weeks' allows Daniel Rossen' s passionate vocals to Nico-inspired iwo Doves', this is an album of impressive diversity off the comeback of the year m the process. Primary Colours seep into your heart, even if unintentionally doing so. With its and bewildering craft. If you've been impressed by this, and aren't revealed the true talent at the heart of the group, and even enabled release at the start of May, iL set summer up magnificently as the cool enough to already know their discography as intimately as I do, them to shed their 'novelty act' moniker. That's how fucking good it soundtrack to countless memories to live long afterwards in its then take tl1e time to get into The Glad Fact and Ballads. Also good. is. name. One of the most graceful albums of our time, by far words: Michael Waters! Waters Michaeli words: Jack Ready words: Chris McLachlan Fever Ray The I ' • If 1-, -i} Maccabees r it 1 l /a r \rr 8 9 FI •. Fever Ray is the first album from the Knife's Karin Dreijer Whilst many Britbandsof thesamegeneration were radically Building on the heavier sounds of Favourite Won,tNightmare. Andersson, and it's just as spellbinding and nebulous as changing their stylewitl1 synths in order to keep up with current Humbug was a more muscular record, drawingevermoreonalove that group at their best. Dreijer's voice, with its tense blend musical trends, the Maccabees stuck with the guitars and still forQueens of the Stone Age in such a strong way its difficult to see of joy and anxiety, takes centre stage, often due ting with managed to mature their sound into something deeper, darker, and why the resulting album came as such a shock to the public. With dis tarted versi ans of i tse If. The lyrics are powerful but hard more i~teresting. The instai:it~eo~JS pop pleasure of the first Josh Homme on production duties, they relocated to the American to nail down, drifting around insomnia and domestic life album_s verse:-chorus-verse mdie l11ts disappe~red. l~tead the new · deserts to create a record that was heavy, yet smart, and dar~er ,than and immersed in an uncanny, fairytale mixture of dread songs mcreasmg~ycarved themselves mto ones musical taste~uds before. Tracks such as 'Pretty Visitors' and 'Potion Approaching saw and childhood. It might be an acquired taste, but it's one of over numerous listens, through their repetitive nffs and refrains. Alex Turner delving into abstract insomnia-induced imagery. the most gradually rewarding albums of the year. The atmosphere created by Arcade Fire producer Markus Dravs, Meanwhile, 'Cornerstone' and 'Crying Lightning' stretched his . which swirls from the first to last track, tied the songs together. abilities as a brilliant storyteller and songwriter. words: Gareth Austin words: Will Hutchins words: Reece Stables • • • Florence The Pains of Yeah Yeah and the Being Pure at Heart Machine -, -1,r >fH1ny 13:~~~: r l J{E '11 Heart 11 Ldl I J.S 12 1, ir J r ( .,1 ir 1 F"' lF ~ Well she certainly has a great p air. 0 lungs I mean. The l?ains of Being Pure at Heart's self titled debut album Yeah Yeah Yeahs' third album may have been a departure Florence's soa ring voice elevates her h ead and shoulders arrived early on this year but unquestionably remains one from the raw garage punk style of Fever to Tell and Show (and several octaves) above her 2009 contemporaries, of the best of 2009. The recent revival of shoegaze and the Your Bones, but the heavier focus on synth hooks was by no infusing her debut album wi th an ethereal, gothic edge that existing un derground love of twee pop has allowed the band means a pandering to commercial dance-pop trends. Karen distinguishes it from such mainstream fodder as Little to blend these two niches beautifully. The album's stand O has succeeded into turning herself into a musical chimera Boots. The collaborative Machine are inevitably relegated to out tracks are not easily decided, but should a gun be placed - at once both a glamorous pop diva and highly charismatic sidemen, but perform their role with harp plucking vigour, against my brainstem by LS2, 'Come Saturday', 'This Love ls rockstar. While none of the tracks quite have the mixtape creating orchestral arrangements that just abou t cling to Fucking Right!' and closer 'Gentle Sons' are definite friendly tenderness of 'Maps', opener 'Zero' is an absolute the coat tails of Florence's epic vocal stylings. The moments highlights. They will certainly make the mighty My Bloody barnstormer of a song that deserves to be played at full when these two elements interact seamlessly - as on the Valentine proud at the indie pioneers' upcoming Nightmare volume on infinite repeat. With this kind of inventiveness, stirring 'Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)' and twinkling 'Cosmic Before Christmas All Tomorrow's Parties festival. expect the band to go even further with album number four. Love' are really something quit e special. words: Tom Hinton words: James Hollands words: Tom Bush Passion Pit Mastodon \ '-3.nrlffS l ,/JC f U }P, )kyU 14 r L J 15 F 'Pl , Summer wouldn't have been complete without bringing some new In 1974, the Lamb lay down on Broadway. But it didn't die. It grew Natasha Kahn's dark and necromantic second offering is electro-pop moguls to the scene. Just as MGMT reigned supreme up into a great hulking beast. Despite what every talking head on unfortunately judged on its commonalities with her Mercury- last year, 2009 belonged to Passion Pit. The uplifting 'Sleepyhead' the BBC4 documentaries will have you believe, killing prog was the nominated 'sisters': synths, strings and theabics. Admittedly, Kahn remains their best known track, managing to take over every advert worst thing punk did. Here, the two genres are thrown into the doesn't make an innovational departure musically or stylistically this year. Manners embraces the sounds of eighties syn th pop, or same melting pot to make a brutal and meandering slush. Crack the Kate Bush, Stevie Nicks and Cocteau Twins still resonate. However, what can sometimes appear to sound like an overactive computer, Skye is an album that goes where it d1ooses, spending about 5 her lyrical and raconteurial ability to transport her listener to a new ranging from the feelgood pop of 'Little Secrets' to the intense months interrailing all over the place for 15 quid and ending up in world entirely, as ethereal as it is human, is stunningly captivating. 'Moth's Wings'. Born from an anniversary gift by singer Michael Russia to chillax with Rasputin. The last metal band to nail four The double persona behind these nanatives is increasingly anxious Angelakos to his girlfriend, it made a pretty decent album. It may perfect albums consecutively was Metallica and it's hard to see about how relationships cope with fluid individual identities, not have made her swoon, but a lot of people unashamedly did. Mastodon getting Bob Rock in for the next one. Absit Omen. especially existence when people, not places, define home. words: Anna Conrad words: Luke the Peare words: Amy Powell Yeates A 1i 't ~~~: ~~~: 11 ) )(,(JS , . t ,.._ vV ,--', 1p111 17 [ w-·t Wl1 18 Mir-ic1,ir GIRLS Miike Snow have worked behind the scenes for years, coolly In this day and age, few careers last twelve albums. Fewer 'Tve got a sad song in my sweet heart," drawls Christopher Owens claimin~ a Grammy for their production and writing credits on still come up with some of their best work that late in the on 'Hellhole Ratrace', the emotional and structural centrepiece of Britney s classic 'Toxic'. [n between global pop production, however, game, but with the knowingly titled Popular Songs, Girls' debut. Owens consciously evokes the album's tense and Miike Snow have gained a few members and whiled away the cold Hoboken's finest have done just that, turning in their most paradoxical mix of sunny pop and desperation. following their Swedish nights on an album of their own. Somewhere along the consistent LP since the start of the decade. Gainsbourg Californian predecessors the Bead1 Boys, but originating from the line, they discovered the arpeggiator. Their debut is a maze of softly strings meet Motown soul and fuzzbomb pop, while three sordidly beautiful streets of San Franasco, Girls conjure an pulsating. beautiful electronica, resembling Hot Chip mixed up by ten-plus minute jams perfectly prop up the end of the uncertain sense of contemporary modem life: "Oh Twish had a sun Animal Collective with all their pop sensibilities still intact. Easily album without ever getting tedious; Popular Songs is a tan/I wish I had a pizza and a bottle of wine."The lyrical simplicity is - one of 2009's most cohesive and original debuts, and definitely the genre hopping grab bag which reaffirms everything that so piercingly undeniable that a sense of'pop' dissembles and we best band to adopt a mythical rabbit as a mascot. Ever. makes Yo La Tengo one of the best bands in their little oscillate, through music and lyrics, between moods. We may dance; corner of the world. we may cry. At times we may even do both. words: Ben Taylor words: Alex La Wisgardo words: Ed Dodson Futureof the Left . ,•y 1/ j I fl ( 20 A In which everybody stops comparing them to mdusky. How this band are so peculiarly impecunious after serving a second course this good is anyone's guess. The title of 'Stand by Your Manatee' alone is worth purchasing tl1e album for. And then there's the sardonic lyrics: "Morgan Freeman would roll in his grave/If he were dead/Which he nearly was, if you believe/fhe hysterical gung ho Technicolor crap fest!I'hat is Sky News." But the songs manage to be both amusing and sonically compelling at once. Whilst Falco howls vitriolic abuse over jabby, craggy riffage, Kelson stands in the background offering "aaaahs" and "yeah yeah yeahs" that wouldn't sound out of place on a Monkees record making, if you like, bile-pop. Here's hoping 'doak the Dagger' makes it onto the next record. But not until you finish your vegetables! words: The FearThat Luke Built------• - • • • • • -f FILMS_...._.,.. 2-7 09 --- District 9 $ynecdoche, New York Slumdog Millionwhat? By Synecdoche, New York: Charlie Kaufman's clirectorial debut had three effects on me: firstly, it far the best movie out confused the hell out of me; second1y, it reminded me how accomplished an actor Philip Sey this year was Distn'ct 9. mour Hoffman is; and third1y, it literally made my jaw drop at the density of thought evident in Not many films manage the film. about what it means to be an artist and a person. Like if Picasso had been shown how to successfully combine hard hitting politi to make a feature film by a begrudging, morose Woody Allen, and that film had been brilliant. cal commentary with alien based narratives, but Neil Thomas Dancaster · Blomkamp's faux-docudrama style thriller merges the genres with astonishing aplomb. Set in modem South Africa, District 9 centres around the understated character ofWikas van de Merwe, a civil servant charged with the task of reha bili taring a ghetto of reviled alien immigrants. Exploring the concepts of dehumanisation, apartheid and the fear of 'the other,' the plot is at once totally unique and frighteningly familiar. Vicky Cristina Barcelona With non-stop explosions and flawless special effects this film was the gem of 2009. Tilly Michell Premiering at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, Vicky Cristi na Barcelona is a work of intrigue into the mediations of romanbc disappointments. Tender, witty and visually stunning, it encapsulates Allen's trademark humour. The A Serious Man narrator tells the story of a menage a trois involving two young American women and the Spanish artist, Juan The American suburbs are a common setting for the rnidd1e-aged, midd1e class American dream Antonio. Penelope Cruz gives her most impassioned per turned nightmare (think American Beauty). But the Coen brothers revitalise the genre through a formance as Maria Elena, the beautiful but psychotic ex focus on the religious aspect of protagonist Larry Gopnik's existential crisis. The comical absurdity wife of Juan Antonio. Showcasing the sensuous back of the rabbis' advice, further satirised by Larry's son attending his Bar Mitzvah stoned, reveals the drop of the cosmopolitan city, its themes are wonderful frail security of the American, Judea-Christian ideals of marriage, family and work. As we witness ly ambiguous, touching upon the validity of marriage, each of these dissolving before Lany, the metaphoric whirlwind of deshuction becomes physical: a friendship and true love. Helen Brady terrifying metaphor of futility and despair is revealed beneath the veneer of social conformity. Ed Dodson The Boat That White Lightnin' ThJS twisted pseudo biopic offers an alternative story of Jesco White, The Dancing Outlaw', as Rocked he descends deeper and deeper into madness. Sickeningly graphic and horribly deranged, White Lightnin'is most definitely not an easy watch. Yet it does what all great movies should: it The Boat That Rocked. Enough said. stays with you. A story so morbid1y compelling, delivered with such flair and originali- Well, maybe there is more. It involves a con ty. that it affects you in a way that lasts well after the final credits have finished stant party, on a boat in the middle of the rolling. With an outstanding performance from Edward Hogg and wonderfully ocean with a bit of romance, a bit of danger and surreal cinematography, T!Vhite Lightnin 'is nothing short of brilliant. I hope I quite a lot of illegal radio. Based on the true never have to watch it again. Benjamin Holmes events of the pirate radio station, Radio Caro line, the film tells of the life and times of the presenters, both on board and overboard, and the politicians who fight to get them off air. The cast is full of the best of British talent and the music is, in a word, immense. The film (500) Days of Summer rocked. Just like the boat. HannahAstill lndie hero lead actors? Check. Quirky Memento-esque narrative structure? Check. Clever twist on a popular genre? Check. From the btilliant cinematic touches (a split screen of expectation vs reality, for example) to the per fectly pitched soundtrack featuting the likes of The Gran Torino Smiths, Regina Spektor and Carla Bruni, Marc Webb's debut feature film has all the hallmarks of an indie classic. Yet Insightful, moving and in tense; Gran Torino 1s proof that Clint Eastwood's mastery still will not the painfully true to life depiction of falling in and out of cease. Set in a deprived area of Michigan, Korean war veteran, Walt Kowalski (Eastwood) must love makes this quirky indie film one of the most learn to put aside his prejudices against the Korean family next door, in order to protect their vul fresh, original, and generally brilliant films of nerable son from the gangs which plague the neighbourhood. The film touches on socio political the year. breathing life into the stale issues, concerning racial hatred, poverty and gang culture in the USA. With characteristically little romantic comedy genre. Dan Lester dialogue from Eastwood himself, the story is simple in its plot, but powerful in · message. Truly unforgettable. Danielle Mendel Revolutionary Road • • • • • • + • .. II 11 • • • • • • • DILEMMA------2711 09 LJ~ng wrt:h your partner: Can it ~work? You've been going out for a few months, things seem to be going well and it is only a matter of time before the question emerges, especially with house hunting just around the comer. It's not just the question of the odd night or two round at theirs, it is about a conscious choice to spend day after day, night after night (potentially), with someone. It is a great idea Yes, we have recently invested in a slow cooker each others' bad habits so early on, I don't the 'next big step' that the relationship can circa 1984 (Brillian invention couldn't recom tlunk we would've been as happy living togeth take, and the pressure that comes with that, People often say one of the golden rules as a stu mend more!). We now choose X Factor and a er this year. which is most scary. dent is never, ever live with your partner or curry over Wax:On. But I really think it's what I I think living with your partner can only end Let's face it, most lads are pretty immature decide to date your housemates. What total rub honestly prefer, and we save about £30 quid badly if you have a sugarcoated concept of who and the idea of taking responsibility for bish. each a week! they and what they're like. Home is somewhere something they have created (Christ that Tf you are prepared to take the next step with There's no subtle filtering in of toothbrushes you should be free to relax, so it is unfair to sounds like a pregnancy ... ) without feeling someone (not just a one night stand, but a seri and spare pairs of underwear - you know where expect that your boyfriend or girlfriend is going trepidation is probably asking a lot. • ~ ous, deep, loving relationship), then deciding to you stand and you have access to all your stuff at to be as tidy and attentive as they were when I think the one factor that causes the most live with someone is the next logical step. It can all times. There's nothing I cannot stand more they used to stay at yours for the night. anxiety is probably the fact that you can't be easier too, especially as there are often other tl1an a 'spontaneous' sleepover minus eye make That being said, I also think that it is impor hide anything anymore. Granted, if you are housernates around. Many of us have friends at up remover and a face wipe. No unceremonious tant to make sure that there is enough space moving in with someone you shouldn't be home who live with partners, might even be walk home in the morning. No rnbbish boys' pil for each of you to have some time to yourself. hiding things anyway, but rm not talking married or even have (shock horror!) children. lows: ls it just me or do they always resemble Most couples will have petty arguments at about dark secrets, just small habits. Society has moved on from the days when it polystyrene? some point, and at times like that having some You know the type of thing. the small was frowned upon to live with one's partner Yes, you do have to train them. Mine didn't where tt, cool off alone is essential. That being things that you concentrate hard on not before you got married. Now it is often a normal have a clue towels have to be hung up if they are said, arguments are resolved much quicker doing while you are around your girlfriend, thing, with marriage rates declining across the to dry. or the importance of dean sheets. But when you are forced the see the person you're but don't have to worry about with your country. once they are trained you can expect a harmo 'not talking to' walking around the house look mates. Most of these habits probably should As well as this, there is the added bonus that nious shared existence! Our double bed is like mg like a sad puppy, compared to when you're go, but not everyone wants the process accel you have your partner there when you need our own little kingdom. Our restaurant, our cin satin separate houses waiting for the other to erated by their girlfriend ... them: emotional and mental support. As well as ema, our library and office, but we love it! call and apologise. Chris Stevenson having someone who brightens up your day Living together has pushed our relationship Suisse Osborne-James both at its start and at its end, you have some- forward - we know the best and worst of each NextvvBAk. - one to comfort you when you are having a mid other, admittedly it was a gamble and could have Not for a long time temi/mid-essay panic. resulted in a disaster but for us it has truly pa.id It's not a bad idea - actually, it can be a off. I vote live-in-lover and no doubt about it, "fm moving in with my girlfriend· a phrase that bloody good one! 100%. Well make that 99.9% - I could do with strikes fear into the heart of virtually every guy I How much should you BHannover out the merciless snore fest every night. know, whether they are in along-term relation One last thing. never make the mistake and ship or not spend on your partner Love,24n suggest Night Nurse to cure the snoring. ft only Granted there are a few exceptions who can makes things a lot worse. not wait to move in with their girlfriend, mainly this Christmas? Arny Nickell because they are 'the love of their life', but for I simply adore living with my boyfriend. Not just most of us itis a pretty scary concept. You might because he's gorgeous and handsome, but we Shows if a relationship can work think that this is because there is the chance that It you have an opinion or this and get to celebrate our love 24/7. it won't work, and could leave your relationship ~ Rather, it makes everything so much simpler Living with your partner is always going to make floundering under the burden of moving too wish to share vvtth the student and cost effective, plus he's always there to lift or break the relationship as it forces you to see fast, but tl1is isn't my first concern. body send about 250 words to the toilet lid when you get in from Gatecrasher! the real them, warts and all Most long-term relationships at university Yes, we may seem like an old married couple Tmet my boyfriend when he moved into the will reach an impasse, where you are happy to -:[email protected] when we go out to Sainsbuty on a Monday bedroom next to mine in halls in my first year spend a few nights a week at theirs and a few morning comparing prices to get the best deal. and if it weren't for the fact that we got to know nights at yours. It is the idea of moving in being --- Crossword Across: Down: 1. Spotted insect (8) 1. Founder of scientology (1,3, 7) 5. Small eatery (4) 2. Piece of information (5) 7. Get(6) 3. Type of egg (6) 8. Bother(6) 4. Use up (resource) (7) 10. Shakespeare play (6) 5. Traditions (7) ,.11. Sexual(6) 6. Price quoted (for help) (3) 12. Floating transport (4) 9. Give or take equally (11) 14. Tool (3) 13. Current (issue) (7) 15. Liquid food (4) 14. Changed slightly (7) 17. Smelly bit of upper torso (6) 16. Decomposed - rank (6) 18. Bird (type) (6) 19. Yellowish-brown colour (5) 20. Person who moves to music (6) 21. First rate (3) 22. Fleet of ships (Spanish) (6) 23. Genuine(4) 24. Cut-off date (8) The answers to last week's crossword: Across: 1. Onion, 4. Contest, 8. Owner, 9. notice, 10. Earnest, 14. Mocha, 15. Complementary, 16. Local, 17. Distant, 22. Bikini, 23. Union, 24. Merging, 25. Yonic. Down: 1. Ozone, 2. Inner, 3. Norse, 5. Oink, 6. Tit for tat, 7. Saccharin, 11. Apologise, 12. Nap taking, 13. Timid, 18. Study, 19. Alien, 20. Tonic, 21. Lion. "' + • • .. 271109 However, it goes beyond the be delivered to a homeless man. He was Mince. Even the word itself is pretty hor denied this request. The last man to be rible. Now in my third year of cooking for A weekend in the life of a everyday need as something to executed in Iowa was murderer Victor myself at Uni and the thought of yet 'non smoker.' fantasise over, to be the centre Feguer who asked for a single olive with another bland spag bol for supper fills me the pit still in it for his final meal. The with a sense of dread. of heated discussions and to detail of the pit makes this, I think. darkly With looming essay deadlines and dis· Following her previous article in LS, Amy bring togetherness with com amusing; although I am not sure why. sertation panic just settling in, it 1s easy Nickell continues on her road of peril In plete strangers. Bearing 'food' I have yet to come to any definite con to get stuck in an ongoing rotation o[ the attempt to change her life for the dus10ns about what my last meal would pasta, sausages, and mince, and I have better. in this now bl-weekly column. generally in mind, Laura Pullman be but know that it would include potato only JUSt made a mad dash off the unsatis addresses something dear to dauphinoise: Luxurious, rich and oddly fying rotating belt determined for more comforting. Whilst devouring this with a culinary excitement. Mince still deserves a Saturday our hearts. fillet steak and a peppercorn sauce, why place in the fridge as it is cheap and can not get morbid and mull over what you also be really tasty but you do need to jazz Strange u turn of progress. Just when The Last Supper would want as your final blow out meal. it up. everything was going to plan J suddenly In my kitchen chilli con carne is the had a random bubbling of anxiety - what Young and healthy, I have been giving new spag bol. Just as easy to make but others may refer to as a 'craving'. It some unprovoked thought to death with some good spice and plenty of ways caught me most unprepared during an .. recently. I would ideally die after a long to serve it. You also use less meat because 11am coffee break at work at the Alumni and delicious meal with close friends and of the pulses so it works out cheaper too. and Development office. I caught a dis then, belly bursting, to drift into an eter Either serve with rice, or with tacos, gua tant whiff of the tempestuous little dev nal slumber. camole and sour cream for a Mexican spin ils when a colleague returned from an Eighties ebullient TV chef Keith Floyd on it. Obviously add more chilli if you envious fag break. My brain knew before died recently after eating a meal that was want more of a kick. This recipe makes my nose what it was and triggered a truly fitting of his decadent style: oysters enough for 6 but if you have some left reprise of its favourite chant and partridge washed down with Cham over, have for lunch the next day with a 'FAGFAGFAGCIGCIGSMOKESMOKE'. pagne. Keith Floyd got me thinking about baked potato. Delicious. Deafening stuff. Before I knew it I was last meals, The Last Supper, my last sup outside to EC Stoner fumbling with the per, and what it would be. safety catch on the lighter, trying to jug Daydreaming continuing and death gle it with my umbrella. Once home, refusing to go away, I thought about boyfriend smelt a rat. "Can you just go death row and how condemned prisoners 600g potatoes (Maris Piper are ideal) clean your teeth please?" No need even are offered a last meal of their choice. 350ml milk for a qualifying statement. We both Americans call it the "special meal." "Spe· 300ml single cream knew what he was talking about. Felt cial meal", for me has connotations of a 1 large garlic clove tinge of shame as I squirted the Colgate fast food deal. a new and improved onto the brush. "Happy Meal" perhaps. Ironically, there is ' Slice the potatoes finely. (Use a a preponderance of fried chicken and fries magimix with the slicer appliance if in many condemned prisoner's "special you have one). Sunday meal." Pour the milk and cream into a large Drudging through bizarre internet sites saucepan. Went Christmas shopping. Understand we seem to have a strange fascination · Add the potatoes and garlic. this might be premature; however, have with what criminals choose for their last ' Bring up to the boil and then reduce to keep oneself occupied. Felt less than meal. Does what they choose for their last to a simmer. seasonal in the wind and rain, but was meal let us glimpse into the psyche of the · Simmer for 15 mins. determined to purchase cool presents for murderer. for example, or does it tell us • Pour carefully into a wide oven proof everyone. Lured in by Hotel Chocolat. more about our society's psyche that dish and cook for 45 mins at 180 2 onions Free samples that did it - surely you before we execute a man we feel we degrees. 2 cloves of garlic should have to pay for those? Well what should offer one final kindness? . 2 medium carrots a shop that is - spent £20 on pres en ts Two men's choices for their last meal 2 sticks of celery for boyfriend. Spread them out on the stood apart from the KFC buckets, cake 2 red peppers olive oil bed when I got home - admitted I was a and ice cream. Philip Workman, a man 1 heaped teaspoon each of chilli powder, pretty good girlfriend. Waited an hour - executed on Death Row in Tennessee. ground cumin and cinnamon why was he so late? Good lord, I could apparently requested thaL, instead of a 1 x 400g tin of chickpeas (if you fancy) smoke a fag right now. Nol Brain of rea "special meal", a vegetarian pizza was to 1 x 400g tin of red kidney beans son kicked in. So I ate them. I ate them 2 tins of chopped tomatoes all. Boyfriend has no idea of said episode. 500g minced (lean) beef lam dishonest and may now have dia 2 tablespoons balsamic vmegar betes. Not egg. but chocolate all over my greedy face. · Chop up the onions. garlic, celery and carrots finely. • Roughly chop up the peppers. • In a large pan add 2 glugs of olive oil and all the veg. Stir over a medium heat for about 7 mins and add the chilli, cinnamon and cumin and some salt and pepper. • Add the tinned tomatoes and the drained chickpeas and kidney beans. 'Add the mince and break it up with a wooden spoon. · Add a mug of water and the balsamic vinegar. Bring up to the boil • Turn down to a simmer and cover and Photography: Sarah Greene leave for an hour. • • • • • ...ARTS ~- ~ - ...._.... 27 09 FILM THEATRE 1 r I 1 ~~ running round the forest fending off the evil preferring instead to focus more on shots of stage@leeds 25/11-28/11 Being male, I've largely missed out on the appeal vampires from the prequel, who have now Jacob with his top off. The film suffers somewhat of the Twiligbtphenomenon. I was forced to returned to kill Bella for reasons long forgotten. from its 150 minute running time. Even the most ~ 'w watch the first film by my housemate and came The classic trope of the feud between vampires excitable of teenage girls in the cinema were away from it fairly underwhelmed. The acting was and werewolves could be seen as representative of starting to lose attention as scene after scene November 9 saw the twentieth anniversary ropey, the special effects were a bit rubbish, and the balance we hwnans walk through life; seen1ed to keep corning, adding more shots of of the collapse of the Berlin Wall. 'R-Pat:z' spent the whole filming looking fairly werewolves are full of life and energy, revelling in Edward looking moody in a fairly random Gesamtkunstwerksverfremdungseffeckt gormless and effete. the primitive lust of the moment, while vampires sequence, set in Italy. Still, it's perfectly adequate (Something German), a final year piece from Surprisingly though, New Moon is actually are undead creatures of the night, with refined escapist fantasy, and Thom Yorke's on the Theatre and Performance students at Leeds alright. That's not to say it's a masterpiece of tastes to match their longyears. The film never soundtrack, which can only make it better. University, offers an insightful and creative modem cinema, or that it even comes dose to really explores this in much depth though, words: Tom Bush look at the history of Gennany through the rivalling Harry Potterin terms of supernatural personal experiences of those who lived teenage fantasy, but it's a damn sight better than within the confines of the wall. This the first film. production truly succeeds in presenting the Perhaps the main reason for this prevailing sense of separation and uncertainty which clouded the aftermath of improvement is the absence of Edward Cullen. the wall's collapse, and perhaps even life in Not long after the start of the film, Cullen decides Berlin today , , he and his family must leave Forks, explaining What l especially enjoyed abo~t this that eternal helpless heroine Bella Swan is production was its constantly shifting tone 'dangerous' for him. Cue lots of sensuous extreme from real humour, particularly generated in closeups of the pair, gazing longingly into eacl1 the entertaining moments of audience others' eyes and breathing deeply. interaction, to a serious and thought Obviously crushed, Bella spends Lhe ne>..1: three provoking contemplation. months swinging between the two obvious Despite the continually changing sense of tropes of depression: gazing blankly out of a time, mood and setting, the performance wmdow and screaming into her pillow. Luckily, remained fluid throughout. This is owed to Bella's childhood friend Jacob Black comes along the excellent set design and use of (with a ridiculous amount of newly grown photography. The use of space was incredibly muscle) to pull Bella out of her pit of wallowing effective, allowing for exciting self pity. Jacob then begins to follow cinematic experimentations in movement which convention by falling in love with Bella, feature throughout. Moreover, the writing proclaiming he would never hurt her. Less than done by members of the cast was brimming ten minutes later, he does exactly that by running with wit and animation, something that is off and becoming a werewolf. He then takes to well worth commending. Despite this, there is a definite structural THEATRE imbalance between the two acts which makes LIFF: FILM the ending seem slightly abrupt. At times the level of historical information thrown at the audience can be overwhelming, with the The Carriageworks 20/11 temptation that it could feel like a history lesson. l certainly came out knowing a lot more about the Berlin Wall. creatures. Yet Ponyo tells a much more DD However, the competent performances of After an unfavourable critical response to his human story, of love and innocence, one to In the spirit of the festive season, The this extremely professional and talented cast son Goro's debut Tales of Earthsea, Studio which we can all relate. Carriageworks Theatre offers The World of augmented the undeniable creativity and Ghibli maestro I laya.o Miyazaki takes the Ponyo's innocence also serves as its Charles Dickens -a history of the life of "Lhe man miginality of the play. reigns once again with this touching story of weakness. At times it seems disjointed and who invented Christmas" and the real life figures Do not be deterred by the Ponyo, a goldfish who longs to become confused. An underdeveloped narrabve and who inspired some of his most famous unpronounceable title. This is a polished human after falling in love with Sosuke, a an unconvincing antagonist diminish any characters. Perf01med by the Encore Theatre production, and any play which features a young boy who lives in a sleepy village by the real sense of peiil the film tries to create. But group and written and directed by Colin giant, proJected image of 'the Hoff and '80s sea. at its heart is a story so simple, yet so Lewisohn, this production, quite refreshingly. get up is surely a must-see. Visually stunning, every beautifully moving; told with such effortless grace that it watercolour-painted frame has the same is impossible to resist. As affecting as Grave relies entirely on the strength of the acting and painstaking level of detail that gives this film of the Fireflies, as magical as Spirited Away the script, rather than elaborate set and costume. words: Laura White the kind depth and character that modem 3D and as captivating as Pn·ncess Mononoke, Jndeed, the bare black box studio theatre left the film studios can only dream of. Miyazaki Ponyo is yet another Ghibli masterpiece. task of conjuzing Victorian England to the photography: Gael Welstead creates a rich, colourful world teeming with imagination of the audience, and of course to the meticulously crafted and fantastically bizarre words: Ben Hohnes actors' performances. And did they succeed? For the most part, The World ofDickens was entertainlng. The smooth transitions between Dickens' life and extracts from his novels were managed well and. for those familiar with his work, insightfully highlighted some connections between experiences of Dickens and events m his works. The most famous extracts were brilliantly performed. giving an audience member without any previous knowledge of Dickens a good overview ofhis works. However, as the play went on I began to feel the all too familiar sensation of sitting in a history lesson that will never end. The story of Dickens' life is given solely through narration, and it tended to be here that the actors fluffed their lines, unsurprisingly, as there was no action breaking up the series of dates and names and facts. I felt a little like Scrooge, being dragged along a lengthy and tiresome journey by a few persistent ghosts, wanting simply to go home to bed. For the most devoted Dickens enthusiast only. words: Rachel Harvey =t= ·--~ • J- - • • I I I • - -• I,.. -, •. I I • - •• -- - - , r · ,·. - • . . -, Ii... .&. 1 -- , - - ' ,. L-, .f. I I _ • "'1,,t' -., •• • I I ..J.' ,• l I ••I ... ~ a. , • .' -.J..;,." ••••._,-,' ;-',,'::_'' _:_, _••1-:JL."~~~•r-,e .-, • '."_'_ ;.,~-·-.·7'J. ,;.!,.:,.; 1 1 I - - - I O - -·~ I {:ii. ~~.! - - • • , ! r •. • ·- • ':' • ~ '..... 1 - I - .J ,. I ~ ~ - - .• • ._.,,__ __ •••••__. =------~~ .... -L,.J :.a~-~~--~ ·_.I~~ - ~~___!___ COMIC CON Savile's Hall 21/11 comer dressed entirely in felt seemed to feel at As an admirer of the arts for many number of cool kids who wouldn't have - Thought Bubble comic con is enjoyin~ its place home. The only problem with this affection is its years, and a self confessed geek ooked out of place in the sun. The third outing of the UK s biggest infectious nature, which part explains the for much longer, I jumped at the on thecoverofNME comics convention outside of London is taking lightness of my wallet and the large bundle of chance to attend Thought (or at least The place at a time when mainstream culture has comics under my ann as I left. Bubble last weekend. I'd never Faversham on a never been more accepting of the comics reached the level of fan-dom that Friday). Not medium and its most recognisable genres· words: Tom Dancaster compelled me to attend a comic to science-fiction and fantasy. Comics-inspired con before but what I experienced films and TV series are commonplace , and the was much more than that. successes of the Harry Potter and Twiligbt As a festival of the sequential arts franchises have introduced a new, young it celebrates the increasing cultural forget audience to the realm of the fantastic. importance of the comic, from its the masses Which might explain the large amount of growing influence on the mainstream to its who turned out (mainly) girls sporting garish outfits and spiked, rising respect as a in costume, from brightly dyed hair immediately evident upon serious art foim. Mangainspiredteeny stepping through the doors of the Savile's Hall. The big names boppers, middle aged men Dressed up as their favourite comic characters, from the comic dressed as John Constantine (the comic version usually from Japanese manga serials, these world dotted the not the effeminate, Americanised Keanu Reeves 'cosplayers' cut a striking figure across the floor convention, with panels of industry incarnation). homemad, Pikachus and shoebox .. of the hall, where rows of tables are laid out on professionals discussing upcoming movies, Transformers. · which artists, writers and local comics shops flog television and video games and the growrng The atmosphere was both electric and their wares, chatting to fans about the minutiae cross collaboration across different media. The eclectic as [ mulled around the convention hall, of tl1eir work. inter-disciplinary conference 'Possibilties and enjoying the overwhelnungly welcoming and I enjoyed just such a chat with Kieron Gillen, Perspectives' was one of big events of the day communal mood amongst a range of ube.r ·nerdy wnter of the graphic love letter to the magical where many respected academics (including memorabilia. As l left I lamented my own qualities of pop and indie music that is some from the University of Leeds) keenly decision to leave my Spidennan costume at Pbono~m. Maybe he enjoyed it a little too discussed the significance and study of home, looking more like a lame Peter Parker much: I'm welling up," he sniffed after l told sequential art. with my can1era hanging limply around my him how mud1 l enjoyed his work "It's always What struck me most was the extraordinary neck However, I resolved to attend again next surpnsing [when people thank us for our work] diversity of those in attendance young and old, year and not even the Hulk himself will stop me. really, th; dream is to be able to do something male, female and Pokemon. Beforehand I'd you love. fallen into the trap of stereotyping and expecLed words: James Underwood. That spirit of affection for the medium was most attending to resemble 'Comic Book Guy' tangible across the hall, where big superhero from Tbe Simpsons. Although he did make a artists mixed witl1 self published writers and few appearances, most peopTe were web-comics creators. Even the madman in a disappointingly normal and there were a THEATRE PREVIEW GIG PREVIEW ( k r West Yorkshire Playhouse TJ's, Woodhouse, 27 /11 r 28/ 11/09 - 23/01/2010 21st birthdays are always cause for celebration. Grease the sheer power of nature. Burnett was a LUU Dance Band celebrated theirs by winning Riley Sm itb Hall Artistic di rector Ian Brown and writer Gany Christian Science sympathiser, but Lyons the Great North Big Band Festival's award for 01/12 06/12 Lyons had been searching for a big stresses that there are encouraging aspects to best overall band, 'beating Leeds College of Edwardian/Victorian chifdren's tale to bring to iliis theme. "In the positive sense, I think you Music" George Davison, the society's president John Travolta is pretty lardy these days ilie West Yorkshire Playhouse for some years can call her an early environmentalist, that is and one of the band's trombonists, is keen to and Olivia Newton J ohn is on the HRT, so when they decided to adapt Frances Hodgson what she is talking about when she talks of the add. they've passed the torch on to LUU's Stage Burnett's enchanting novel, The Secret Garden. healing power of nature." A careful reading of Comprising of 22 hyper-talented musicians, Musical Society. Expect the old classics A classic of children's literature, the image of the story reveals iliat Colin is merely a victim of including three vocalists, "PhDs play alongside with maximum audience participation. the garden is a timeless one, appealing to all mental abuse by his father and not in fact first years, and it's not just music students. It's ages. Although adapting such an 'outdoor' novel disabled. However, the key to the magic of the a mixture of everyone. ' Wicked Words for the stage presented challenges, Lyons hopes story is that "at some point you have to buy into This diversity is reflected by a varied Seven Arts Centre that audiences will appreciate it as a faithful it as a fairy tale." repertoire of"everything from Frank Sinatra to 02/12 8.30pm adaptation, recognising "the spirit of the In this adaptation, Lyons and Brown have funk and soul, Tom Jones, Strictly Come theme", and that the inventive staging of tl1e sought to inject this element of fantasy, Dancing, Michael Buble." Pop in for some poetry with Malt Harvey, garden will have an "atmospheiic quality that encouraging us to believe in the healing powers This Friday, the band brings some retro a frequent face of British comedy and doin~ it in a naturalistic way would not have of the garden itself. glamour to the old time glitz ofTJ's in stand up poetry. The Hole In the Sum Of had.' The set attempts to make the story flow in Woodhouse. With a contagious energy My Parts is the best of his poelry along a more cinematic way, by evoking the broad words: Joe Miller characterising the band's gigs, George assures with some brand new verse. For any open landscape of the moor, instead of JUSt the me there will be plenty of space for dancing. bravehearts, there's an opportunity to garden . A chorus of Yorkshire servants narrate A moonlit performance at Leeds' Com divulge your deepest darkest tl1oughts in ilie play, in a conscious effort to maintain Excl1ange being perhaps one of the more the open mic section , Burnett's narrative voice. magical settings in their back-catalogue of Tb e Secret Garden is set in Yorkshire, and shows, George also fondly describes the scene words: Nali Sivathasan there is, in this production, a sense 9fbringing of 22 musicians - and their 22 instruments - the story back home. Lyons claims one of the playing in a box sized pizzeria in the south of great draws of [the book] was being able to France. It is in Bergerac, on their yearly reclain1 it, not just as a Yorkshire story, but as a summer pilgrimage, that they win consistently regional English story." Burnett's Yorkshire is, good reviews on the continent. Meanwhile, in like the novel, a 'beightened reality", almost a Leeds, their large and growing fan base secures fantasy in itself. There is little evidence to them a great regional reputation. suggest that sh e ever visited Yorkshire, but tlus LUU'Dance Band is joined by Warwick - LIFF post-mortem: we give the Leeds is, in some sense a strength, as Burnett is not. University's Big Band, for three hours of great International Film Festival a right royal tied down to parochial detail, and her Yorksh1re music. Tickets are just £4 NUS. Look out for send-off. .. has an in1aginative quality. their newly-recorded CD. available just in time The novel has often been condemned, for stocking-filler season. - plus reviews of The Informant and A ~ecially by critics interested in disability, for www.luudanceband.com. Christmas Carol ... its espousal of 'New Thought' ideas; for suggesting that the crippled Colin is healed by words: Matt Hutchinson • + • • • • • • • • • • ~~~"":"5!'7"-.J'.,- -,1,_ r-:' ... - - " ' - ' - . -.t"<-i:!:....,,. .-.- '· -- ... - . -~:· ' - . ... J ~ ·- . . • ~- _. - . ,I .... •~ ~ :Ii It-~·, .-,A;~ -,(:, -~-' , Of ao ;-- - TV - ...... ~-,~ ·-~·. ' - . - _...,,.-:..a+~"- 27 - 09 - COMMENT 1 VV(/ cJfC, tr _, rc)kr-1 Let's stop criticising these programmes and embrace the fact they finally show life as it is, say Stephanie - Byrom and Sarah Grindall The 'Skins Generation'. In the past year I public will vote for them. I hope. And even due to this fact that this was the second and finding your feet in the world and must say I have heard this 'buzz word' quite though it will never replace Skins for any of time round. So perhaps the key to the people seem o want to tum a blind eye to a few times. However, I have never stopped us, the new E4 drama The Misfits is continuing success of hard hitting teenage it. I seem to remember the first thing that to think about what it really implies. The certainly going to tly. Based somewhat on dramas is adding new concept and taking us came out of my parents' mouths when TV programme Skins first aired on our the concept of Skins, a bunch of strange into the realms of the unknown, much like Skins was first advertised was how screens back in 2007 and immediately teenagers trying lo find the first series of Skins once did. 'unrealistic' the show is, but if anything it is everyone loved it, finally something we their way, they have This said, the success of the shows, and the total opposite, people just want to could relate to! These were young people added a spin. All of the those that will precede it, also received ignore it. Who has ever been to a Skins with real dilemmas and problems just like teens have much negative press. I party? Stupid question, everyone has! The the rest of us, going through the peer superpowers, thus know many people, definition for a Skins party in the urban pressures of teenage life. They were having proving the need for especially parents, dictionary goes something like this - "These underage sex, drinking, taking drugs and the idea of the have a serious dislike parties usually involve large amounts of generally doing everything they shouldn't Skins for the show and wince drugs, alcohol, sex and loud music. After and 1t certainly made for controversial Generation at the term Skins tl1e skins party, the guests usually wake up viewing. But since this breakthrough it to grow and Generation. in somebody else's house/garden seems that nothing quite the same has adapt. The However no completely disorientated, naked, covered in followed, my belief that this show was to original one can puke/piss/blood". How outrageous that this set off a new trend of 'real life' TV was show was deny it, is what this generation has become! Our crushed. The show is now entering its so hard that's grandfathers would probably tum in their fourth series and I'm not a fan of the new hitting exactly graves but put into perspective I think cast that has replaced our favourites from because it what it is worse things have happened. The serious the first and second series like Tony, Anwar had never and I don't appeal for Skins, and shows·like it, 1s that and Sid. been done think It teenagers feel a kinship for the characters, Nevertheless I still think it is better and before, should be can relate to them and feel that they can be different than something else on the the hidden. Young guided by what decisions they make. So television set, like X Factor or Strictly Come second people go while parents may complain that Skins is Dancmg these talent shows are obviously series through all vulgar and unrealistic it actually gives in their peak period but soon enough much sorts of teenagers the confidence to know that audiences will get bored of seeing people more predicaments in there are kids like them with the same pouring their hearts out and rinsing their diluted their lives, it is hardships and misfortunes. emotions on live television just so that the hard growing up 30 is the future Save us the headache A few people might have been surprised to I can just imagine the boardroom stumble across a slightly poor picture when meeting that took place at Channel 4 This Saturday ITV continues with what seems to be its millionth run of George Lucas' flicking through the channels last week. headquarters. "So, we've gotten rid of Big epic Star Wars trilogy. Episode V The Empire Saikes Back continues the saga and sees They were programmes that we might Brother now, we're left with a couple of Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and I Tan Solo being chased across the galaxy, after the normally watch on a weekday evening, but moderately entertaining American destruction of the Death Star in the previous episode. We are also treated to Luke doing Channel 4 have steamed ahead of the sitcoms, some cookery shows and that his best to learn 'The Force' from the loveable Yoda. Arguably the highlight of this film is other channels to actually branch out and Gok Wan bloke; we need some fresh and the very famous Darth Vader line, which immortalised him into the history books, 'Luke, try something new. Admittedly, the 3D exciting ideas." AL which point someone I am your Father' (for all you Star Wars experts Tlmow that this is a slight misquote!). We effect was not particularly strong, but this at the back must have half-heartedly all know the outcome of the film, whether we have seen it before or not, but this film is was so the audience without ventured: "How about light entertainment and although unbelievable it is funny and very watchable. Bit of a their 3D glasses could still television in 3D?" pity that it's on ITV so we have to put up with ad breaks, but I guess they are needed as enjoy the programmes. Apparently this film runs to an impressive 2 hours and 4 minutes. Perfect for everyone that wants to Eventually, 3D will Channel 4's swot up on their Star Wars knowledge, or has nothing better to do this Saturday night! become the future of decision to start television -with the broadcasting words: Sarah Grindall multitude of 3D films programmes in being released at the 3D "reflects a QI J :1 1 1 r rn HRc moment, people are going to want to growing belief in the industry that recreate the effect when watching the DVD viewers are ready to eq1brace 3D TV". Qlhas returned! Bring on the elephants, the chorus girls, the marching bandl Or, if you at home - so why not the rest of our TV The 3D TV experience involves trekking prefer, clap in a polite and unobtrusive manner. The point is, it's back, and that's programmes as well. Darwin's theory of to your local Sainsbury's to get the something to be welcomed as the nights grow drearier. It is, simply, a comedy panel game, evolution was controversial at the time, necessary 3D glasses, which for 99% of set apart from the umpteen other comedy panel games clutte1ing up the airwaves by but now we all accept it as the most likely homo sapiens cause a splitting headache. specialising in being terribly clever. Just as watching Have I Got News For You allows you explanation of how we came to be here only to be rewarded with the opportunity to pretend to be up to speed on current affairs, watching QI makes you feel more today. So at the moment, 3D TV, though to watch Her Majesty the Queen, Derren intelligent simply by being in its presence, especially on those rare occasions when you rudimentary, is paving the way to the Brown and Miley Cyrus in 3D - as if actually know the answer to a question. We're onto the seventh series now, and the letter future - before long, who knows, we could adding a third dimension to Hannah G, and tonight's loose theme is animals: animals, obviously, whose names begin with G. be standing right next to Jack Bauer, Montana would make for a substantially Expect the usual blend of erudite commentary, knob gags and mockery of Alan Davies, saving the world right along wilh him - improved viewing experience. Personally, around the subjects of giraffes, geese, and gnus. who can say they would prefer a flat I'd rather watch a bunch of D-list screen HD television to that?! celebrities making fools of themselves in words: Tun Boden a house ... words: Serena Peddle words: Joe Miller - ,. - - T - - -_-.., -- -r--...... ·- . _. ,• I - -. ·.-·,·',_. ,Q ··-.~.- • _; ~-.:. '' •--- - • I ' - ' • • • ..- ~ --~-...... __ ~·--~ ____....___: _: BOOKS---- ....._..... ~ - -~ 27 ~09 17 INTERVIEW Martin Wainwr1ght Hannah Glick met the Northern edrtor of the Guardian to discuss his new book True North, but instead ended up ~ on tangents about Leeds' student popula ion, Chnstmas lights and female pilots ... Wainwright is the first professional journalist Hyde Park is down to the landlords' neglect of LS: Which is your favourite south to north courtesy of the Guardian, I received my first ever I've met and was the farthest thing possible their properties. And although parents buying drive? business card as Wainwright left to write why from the cut throat, satirical cancature l houses in Leeds can price local people out, it MW There are some cooling towers just before women are better pilots than men. expected. He was quirky, optimistic and does up the affluence of the area and means Sheffield and as soon as you see them, you've endearing- I have never seen anyone as more respect is paid to property. arrived to the industrial n orth. words: Hannah Glick enthralled by chocolate powder silhouettes on photography: Martin Wainwright cappuccinos as he was (hearts at Costa and the LS:What Leeds slang should students know? LS: Do you think leaving the south, particularly letter 'B' at Browns). MW· 'Now then'. It's a Yorkshire thing which I London, to come up north feels like an escape? Although there was a dear generational gap just like. And 'see you later' rather than goodbye MW: When the train leaves Kings Cross it he said Pixie Lott's name with uncertainty and - it is a promise that you will see them later! breathes a big sigh, as if saying in relief, we' re had not heard of the Mighty Boosh - this was off to the north! not an issue as we discussed our mutual love for LS: What do you think is the north's best quality Leeds: or export? I personally like the invention of the LS: I like it when I arrive in Leeds and punching fabric for piano keys you mention in see the Parlcinson building-that's MW So Hannah, as you are from St Albans (in the book when I feel f m home. the south), did you ever have any inhibitions MW: I think that Leeds in particular is very MW:Yes I love how so manypeople about going to the north? optimistic. And it talks itself up incessantly! For not just students - congregate on the LS:Well to be honest, it was not till the three example, Pixie Lott turning on the Christmas steps of the Parkinson building. and a half hour car journey that I realised just lights whoever she is! You've probably heard of how north I was going! But if! hadlmown, it her haven't you? LS:Yes, it reminds me of the Met would not have made a difference as I didn't Museum steps in New York have any preconceptions of the north. LS: Yes, unfortunately. MW (Martin answers a call from the MW: That's very encouraging. In the Guardian MW· Well it was supposed to the X Factor girl Guardian, who is wondering where his there is definitely the feeling that the north is [Alexandra Burke]. but she double booked and artide on female pilots is) Do you have any very behind. If you want to do well, for instance chose Manchester which has created quite a views on female pilots? in journalism, there is definitely that pull fury! Leeds claims that there are two things you towards London. can see from the Moon the Great Wall of China LS: Well! think the fact that there aren't and their Ouistrnas lights which is of course many, says a lot. But then again, there LS: I agree and it's not like I want to, but I have completely untrue! Another thing is that Leeds were two male pilots who completely to move back down south for that reason. is drier than Barcelona (ironically it is pouring missed their landing because they MW: Well that's what we have to counter. But with rain outside). were chatting. basically Leeds should be trying to keep people MW: Yes, I think that like you. One good thing recently is the BBC LS: You refer to the north's past as a burden. But women are better coming to Salford and the Guardian creating I don't agree-it has given it its charisma. drivers as they resident bloggers up north. MW: It is simply both the glory and the are less problem. I'm sure St Albans is lovely but does it inclined to LS: How do you look onto the student bubble? I have any personality? take risks feel that we don't have much interaction with andgo the 'outside'. LS: StAJbans is nice! fast But MW: When I was a student (at Oxford MW Sorry, I'm sure it isl The north has a for flying University), I was interested in the rest of the powerful image which is good, yet it is so a Red city, but didn't venture out. It is very difficult for powerful that it is difficult to change. But I am Arrows students to get involved.. The only thing I can encouraged by your lack of preconceptions jet, the find wrong the student bubble- with before you came here. whole sentimental approval - is that when 1drive up point is Woodhouse lane and see all you young people it LS: Would you consider writing a book 1n praise togo makes me feel exceptionally old! of the north of the Equator' next? fast. MW (After going offon a tangent about Philip LS: How do you feel about the run-down Pullman '.s Northern Lights, the La.ke District So, residential student areas in Leeds? and Norway, he eventually answers.. .) Yes, after a MW: Hyde Park and Burley were run down even maybe that will be the next one! dinner when [ was a boy. l think the deterioration of REVIEW . n P a1se of Engl n f's Bette 1-l, f rvt1r1Jr W>]r IV\l11Clf'lt Wainwright may well be the proudest Northerner ever. In True North he reels off, from every direction, reasons why this region is England's Better Half. So much so, that by the end of the book he accurately admits that it should perhaps be titled The Sun Shines out of the North'sArse'. Although this is basically a history book, it does not come across as one. Wainwright has the conviction of M&S food commercials and describes the north as the creme de la creme of England. For instance, soot is not just soot it is velvet noir, symbolising pride in the manufacturing industry and gave Sooty and Sweep their names. And flat caps are not just flat caps; tl:iey represent a regional caricature and have since become a worldwide fashion accessory. This may seem excessively optimistic but it is actually refreshing amidst the mass of sardonic writers who plague our papers. Wainwright's attachment and affection for the region certainly comes across in his breadth of research. The book th1ives upon the anecdotes about locals who are the real gems of the north - at times the book feels more like a collection of short stories. However this broad range of research inevitably means there are topics that will make you switch off. I skipped pages at a time after seeing the words: miners, coal and strike. There is a dual demographic for True North; those who say with proud passion that they are from the north, and fathers who have bedside tables stacked high with history books. Even though I do not fall into either category and am a history phobe, I am impressed to say that I read the book (almost) cover to cover and enjoyed it. 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The effects are obvious to your friends do you wonder what it is that has Twe have left of our beloved decade the naughties nyone wandering the city; litter bins piled high H got you going? Could that joke make thousands and how it will soon be confined to the scrapbooks of and last night's smashed and trampled remains laugh? What is it iliat Michael Mcintyre has that you history and our diminishing booze- soaked memories. cluttering the streets. Upon a trip into town, I don't? In less than forty days. we'll be ushering in another encountered a dishevelled-looking homeless mari Last week I went out for one of those let's-just·go-out new decade, and the 2010s will be all the rage. Where drinking Sainsbury's Basics wine, shouting to whoever for a couple-to-get out of the house drinks, which did the time go? Reading an article of the 100 best would listen that a nearby overflowing bin was a disgrace always end up being far too raucous. Halfway through a films of the 2000s got me reminiscing these ten years to the city. Though not the most objective judge. he had fit of giggles I turned to my friend asking, "Are we since we celebrated the dawn of an amazing new a point. The bin strike is no longer a laughing matter. In actually funny?" This only set us off again but it has millennium, back in December 1999. I remember it fact, it illustrates a deeper tear in the fabric of our society. been something I've been pondering. like it was yesterday, and it's one of those moments After going to this year's Edinburgh festival and seeing a that our grandkids will ask us incessant quesbons fair few class acts I came away thinking, with a bit of about what we remember. Like all its predecessors, The bin strike time and work, well, "We could have done that!" the naughties will be scrutinised for the defining Now I'm not saying we're 'Live at the Apollo' standard events, the eminent figures, the dufus politicians. the illustrates a deeper but they all started somewhere and maybe it's not that diverse new technological and musical trends, and of they're inherently hilarious but rather that they've got course, ubiquitous noughbes fashion, which I can't tear in the fabric of the confidence and they've worked hard toning their quite sum up in one sentence. The world has changed skills. irrevocably in the past ten years, and we won't ever our society. What is it about those infamous comedians, the ones forget where we were at those moments when we whose names roll off our tongues? Lee Evans knows thought the world had changed forever. What will how to move his body and contort his face; Bill Bailey historians of the future come to think of Obama's Every day I am bombarded by flyers fr r Lteasingl looks odd and his humour is even more so; Michael early years of his administration, of the fat-cat provocatively-named nights out (Layect and Climax - I'm Maclntyre's got that 'Pierce Brosnan with his cheeks full bankers belching out their own bonuses whilst no prude, but really?), jobs in finance or leaflets to save of sweets' face and that oh so posh voice; Dylan Moran humble workers got the short straw and of our something or other. I often pick up said objects is normally drunk; Jack Dee has got dead pan down to a misguided decisions to go to war in Iraq and instinctively, only to realise I have no interest in them .. Afghanistan? These are the questions we will ask as and discard iliem in the nearest bin. Many others are not we approach a new frontier of .... decadeness. so conscientious and drop ten yards from their Driving to Newcastle Have we changed since 1999? Back then. it was a . distributor, who gets paid either way. Now you may II time before both Wikipedia and Facebook, there were think I'm just being facetious, but in my opinion, the and deciding We no iPhones or BlackBerrys and you could still buy a 99 issue is much bigger than that. It's not the fact I get cone for 99p (those were the days!) People were around 200 leaflets through my door each year for places must write a book certainly less worried about security or health and I'll never eat at or claiming a career in accountancy could safety, and had more time for religion. They say that be the best thing that ever happened to me; it's the 1 ' mentality behind it. If you want it, take it, if you don't about the A 1M! want it, take it anyway then dump it when you've The naughties will finished with it. This attitude epitomises most aspects of T and Ricky Gervais? Well he goes whr e shou1r1 modem life, be it advePtising, fast food, binge drinking, with such a disarmingly cute smile. crime or relationships. Of course, I understand iliat high It's in the voice, the body, the personality they create soon to be confined throughput distribution is integral to how capitalism and when it comes down to it, it's the way they give works and am a great proponent of the free market. their own individual take on the real world that we are to the scrapbooks of However, there was a time not too long ago when so fed up with. children wrote on wipe-clean slates at school because And really, that's what makes us laugh too. The history .... paper was too expensive; now I get free USB memory rattle of a can blown down a quiet street when you're far sticks at law fairs. Incidentally, at the Law Careers Fair too hungover; ilie story about you showing offyour the other day I acquired 2 Thermos mugs, a clock, some death metal dance moves with a guy you pulled this decade has been all about intrc f ... tion aP mini speakers, a miniature herb garden contained in standing behind you; going for a high five and hitting nostalgia for another age, so is it any wonder we're all plastic wellies, a pencil case full of stationery, 5 each other in the face; a phrase said in a bizarre accent; massive fans of vintage shops and I can sense that aforementioned memory sticks and a webcam. While I watching a girl (or guy for that matter) trying to be sexy even now we're still secretly yearning for the nineties. thought it was awesome that I could tum up and acquire on the dance floor; drinking a glass of water when you're Although the naughties may have been a time of a load of free crap just for wandering around a few stalls, sober and completely missing your mouth; driving to hasty decisions in some respects, hey have been the the fact these companies have such money to bum on Newcastle and deciding that 'We must write a book formative years for us students, in which we've recruitment is nothing short of shameful. Especially as about the AlM!" (chapters including ten best service become marginally more mature and probably got every item came with about three pieces of associated stations, interesting sites and lesser known facts about - through more Otley Runs than our livers ask of us. packaging. Other careers fairs are tittle different, law fairs the AlM); that bit in Swordfish where Hugh Jackman Furthermore we should thank these years for just give the best freebies. has 50 seconds to log into the CIA while having a gun endowing us with great artists like Kings of Leon, So is it really any wonder we're rapidJy burning held to his head and being given a blowjob, you're so on Arctic Monkeys, Bloc Party, Florence and the through our natural resources? edge and John Travolta shouts out "C'mon Stan" in such Machine, Kaiser Chiefs, Jamie T, the Klaxons, Bat for What I'm really trying to say is not a message of hope a hearty way that the tension is killed and we keep Lashes, Vampire Weekend etc. etc., and also the more or even a patronising plea to recycle more or to reject shouting it at any opportune moment. maligned things of the decade such as Ugg Boots, leaflets or free torches, it's just a fact. We are destroying It's all those "perhaps you needed to be there" James Blunt and Bernie Madoff. ourselves through death from a thousand cuts, moments, Maybe it's just that I'm far too easily The point is, we've all endured this weird, wacky specifically paper cuts, and it is a trend unlikely to stop. amused. When given the outline for writing this article and often wonderful decade, and we've chosen to By all means take those free pens from the Union and I noted that the word count had to be between 480 and spend the last remaining months of it in lovely Leeds, revel in student frugality, enjoying writing lecture notes 510 words, precise or hilarious? Perhaps we should stop so my advice is, be noughtie whilst you still have the with a cache of illicitly acquired statione1y. Just don't trying to be really funny - those awkward silences can chance, because it won't last much longer. come crying to me when half the planet's buried in filth be ego destroying - and just enJoy those casual giggles. and massively overpopulated, because I told you so. + • - • • • • • • • + 2 BEDROOMS 7BEDROOMS Pennington Grove x 1 £69.00 bills ex. pp pw Hessle Terrace x 13 £79.50 bills me pp pw Head1ngley Avenue x 3 £79 50 - £80 50 b Its fnc pp pw Holbom Central x 3 £75.00 bills ex. pp pw Hessle Mount x 10 £79.50 bills inc. pp pw Head1ngley Mount x 3 £79 50 - £82.50 b1ll 1nc. pp pw Pennington Grove x 1 £67.00 bills ex. pp pw Hessle Avenue x 3 £79.50 bills inc. pp pw Estc:ourt Avenue X 1 £80 50 bins inc pp pw Hessle View x 3 £79 .50 bfll inc. pp pw Stanmore Road x 2 £76 00 bills me. pp pw 3BEDROOMS Headingley Avenue x 3 £79 .50 bills inc pp pw Manor Terrace x 1 £82.00 bills inc pp pw Estcourt Avenue x 6 £79 .50 - £82.50 bills inc. pp pw Brudenell Road x 1 £78 50 bills inc. pp pw St Michaels Road x 3 £69.50 - £75 00 bills ex pp pw Stanmore Street x 6 £75.50 b1Us inc pp pw Card1n9,:1n Road x 2 £76.50 bills inc pp pw Cross Woodstock Street x 1 £70 00 bills ex. pp pw Ashville Avenue x 1 £77 50 bills inc pp pw Norwood Terrace x 1 E.77.50 bills Inc. pp pw Woodhouse Lane x. 1 £69 00 bills ex. pp p.w Mayvtlle Terrace x 1 £77.50 bills inc. pp pw Buckingham Mount x. 1 E80 50 bills me. pp pw Town Street x 1 £60.00 btlls ex pp pw Wmston Gardens x 1 £78 00 bills inc pp pw St Michaels lane x 1 £83.50 bills inc. pp pw Trelawn Avenue x 1 £75.00 bills ex pp pw 81Jrchett Grove x 1 £74 50 bills. inc pp pw Cross Chapel Street x 3 £75 00 bills ex. pp pw Richmond Avenue x 2 £79 50 bills inc. pp pw 8BEDROOMS Moor Road x 1 £76.50 bflls ex. pp pw Victoria Road x 1 £79 50 bills inc. pp pw Holbom Central x 2 £75.00 bills ex pp pw Ash Road x 1 £82.50 bills inc. pp pw Headtngfey Mount x 4 £82.50 bills me pp pw Hessle Avenue x 1 £69 00 bills ex. pp pw Canterbury Dnve x 1 £78 50 btfls inc pp pw Manor Terrace x 7 £84.00 btl s me.. pp pW Cansbrooke Road x 1 £69 50 bills ex. pp pw Headmgley Mount x 3 £79 50- £82.50 bills inc. pp pw Estcourt Ave x 1 £80 50 bills inc. pp pw Chapel Place x 1 £69.50 bllts ex pp pw Buckingham Mount x 1 £80.50 b. Is inc.. pp pw Hessle Road x 2 £75.00 bills ex. pp pw 6SEDROOMS 9BEOROOMS 481:DROOMS Headingley Avemue x 8 £79 50 bills 1nc. pp pw Chestnut Avenue x 9 £79 .50 btlts inc. pp pw Headingley Ave x 1 £79.50 bills il!IC. pp pw St Michaels Road x 1 £80 00 btlls in.c. pp pw Estcourt Avenue x 1 £79.50 bills me pp pw Kirkstall Lane x 1 £79.50 btlls tnc. pp pw Estcourt Avenue x 1 £81 .50 bilfs tnc. pp pw Stanmore Street x 1 £7$ 50 bills rnc. pp pw WOton Grove X 1 £77 50 bitts inc. pp pw Brudenell Mount x 1 £78.50 bills me. pp pw 10BEDROOMS Winfield Grove x 1 £77.50 bills i c. pp pw Norwood Terrace x 2 £78 50 - £79.00 b,lls me. pp pw Cardigan Road x 1 £81 .50 bills inc. pp pw Wins on Gardens x 2. £78.00 bills me. ?P pw Burton Crescent x 1 £84.50 bills me pp pw Richmond Avenue x 1 £80.50 btlts inc. pp pw Card1ngan Road x 1 £81 50 bfUs me pp pw Ashville Road x 1 £78 50 bills inc pp pw Buckingham Mount x 2 £80 50 -£80.58 bills inc. pp pw 12 BEDROOMS Thornville Road x 1 £77.50 bills n~ pp pw Richmond Avenue x 1 £81.50 bills inc pp pw Head11:19ley AVenue x 1 £81 50 bills inc. pp pw Heathfield x 1 £80 50 b>ills me.. pp pw, MayviHe Street x 1 £76.50 bills inc pp pw Granby Grove x. 1 £87 50 bill.s inc. pp pw Granby Terrace x. 3 £87.50 btlls inc pp pw £81 .50 - £87 .50 bills inc pp pw Trelawn A11enue x 2 UNIPOL accredited. code of standards Ashville View x 1 £76.50 bills inc. pp pw LLAS - Leeds Landlord Accreditation Scheme Stanmore Place x 2 £76.00 bills inc. pp pw • • • • 13 Friday, November 27, 2009 w, .I dsstud nl. irg Leeds Student Critical Book Prize for POLIS Professor Analysis Duncan 1cCargo, POLl ' Profc ornt and , oviet studies and more recently mall number of journali ts and thi is comparable to what is happening Science The niversity of Leeds, has rccent1~ Middle Eastern smdics. \1 e have a academics who are interested in the in other parts of the w< rid? Conunentary won the prestigious inaugural ~ernard strong association of Southeast Asian issue as well as international DM: \Xi'e ll , my argument is basically studies in the UK and we have more organisations uch a HLm1an Rights a with Fliss lnkpcn Schwartz Book Award fur his work that th.is political cnnflict; it's rca.Uy vrearing the Land Apart: [ lam and members than ever before, and better Watch and Amnesty lntcmarional who about territory and d1e Malay minority Legitimacy in outhc.rn Thailand.' attended conferences. o there are have been doing reports. group who don't reaUy feel that the . The work focuses on the often actually a lot of people work.mg on ·n,ai tate is legitimate or that it take neglected outbern Thailand outheasU\sta, but they tend to not get LS: You took a year's sabbatical to go tl1c be t care c f their interests. TI1cre' insurgency, \Yhich has escalated some of the recognition that they to Thailand and research the book. oo doubt that there's some form of The Aids Agenda dramatically over the past few years should, like the Southern Thai contlicL \'v'ould you ay that you have to be Islamic dimension to tl1e conflict. after decades of con CTict. Leeds particularly motivated t0 go out and do Y cs, there arc people who would Student talk to the profe sor about his LS: The conflict in Southern TI1ai1and field work based research in these like to say that every problem is caused Ir's ·worl Acne - it's a teenage problem and we've got loads of photos of After consulting her doctor, blood a Roaccurnnc c:in increase treatment. he explained: right? This commonly held those facemasks! I thought it was Lucy was then put on the C. ·'I've always fe lt comfortable in assumption is incorrect. Adult just going to be a few spots" he Frvthrom\'cin antibiotics and Som<... people might think that social situations - suddenlv the acne affects many people, and explamed. D1~nettc :_ a pill often used to this ecrus fair!\' extreme action for idea of going out in large g;o up is a frequent problem to many combat acne in teenagers.\X'h!lst 1ust a few spoi"s. But acne 1s murc scared me and I fe lt low a lot of first year living away from Myths thi treatment wasn't successful, it than a 'few spots' ior manv the time." home for the first time. did haYe one pos1t1vc side effect. sufferers, and it ccrtam]y was for "l would cry for no reason at all Lucy, a student, talk to L efds The problc.m with acne is he explamcd: "The one thing I Lucy. . . - sometimes for over an hour. I .l't11dent about her experiences of deeper than the skins' surface. would sa} about Dianette is that he told LI that ht.: felt so self didn't know why - I just knew l acne and the controversial drug Although the causes of adult acne you don't baye to sha,·c your legs con cious she would wear fe lt .ad. I never.once linked It to Roaccu Lane. are, in the main, unknown, the as much!" commented Lucy. concealer to bed in case her Roaccutane - I think that's what's At 21, Lucy is surely well past myths surrounding the condition he was then refcrr~d to a boyfriend found her 'disgusting. o dangerous about it all . 1 thought her acne nsk age, right? Wrong. arc cndle s. specialist dermatologist after "Roaccutane was a god send at it was me not the drugs." Adult acne affects SO per cent of 'Eating too much chocolate!' beginning co feel depressed b · her fi rst! The doctor suggested that it \X'hcn Lucy v isited h e r all women and 25 per cent of men and 'Just wash your face!' arc two acne: might get worse to get better - but dermatologist for her m o nthly at some point in their adult lives, commonh perceived responses. "I'd 1ust been on ho!Jday and mine just started to clear. ! Friday, November 27, 2009 .le d-; tud •nt m Leeds Student 15 potentially deadly treatment The science Roaccutanc is used to treat severe acne which docs not respond to standard annbiotics. Roaccurane capsules contain the ingredient isotrctinoin, which belongs to a group of medicines known as rt:tinoids, which arc derivatives of vitamin .\ . The mcd1calion 1s taken ornllv by capsule. · · It 1s only available on prescription because ir is potenrialli toxic and can cause birth defects. 13, fore people arc srartc.:d on the.: drug they are retJLllrcd to ha,e ba ic tests such a· li, er • function tests. Likewise, if the patient is female the\ must ha\'c a pregnancy rest which mu t he ne1-,P.tth·e. I t"lllalt:s must also use effecovc contraception for at least 4 ,..:·c:eb before.: tre1tm<:nt, during tn!al mcnt and for four we<:ks aftc.:r the end nf trt"atmu1t. l'inalk, a ps\'chiatnc hi~tnry is needed. Side effects of the I rcatm Student Advice Centre. House- -- Hunting- Bodlngton Hall MCR North Hill Court Talks! .11 to 04.12.09 EJler8lle Hall Devonshire Hall Lyddon Hall- , n,rn • Amber ca orefhe only Taxi . [] [J[J Compony endorsed by Leeds Clarence Dock UrvYef Urion Leodls [] [] Rupert Beckett IJ Henry Price [] [J[J St Ma111s Montague Burton [] [][] Lupton111<1 ... There are over 4,000 empty bed spaces ,n Hyde Pal1< & Heading1ey. ca [J 'T--- U to sign for a house. • • • + 16 Friday, November 27 2009 '1ww.leedsstudent or! Leeds Student Stand up and speak out against AIDS World AIDS day is on December 1 so in the lead up Ll visited an event hosted by the Stop AIDS society earlier this month to hear three people whose lives have been deeply affected by the disease and what they think we can do to help the cause The subject of HIV and Aills has After having a miscarriage, it was come a long way since December found that she had contracted HIV 1, 1988 and the first World Aids and died at the age of 19. Day(WAD). Chinyanta lost her aunt to the Over 20 years later large-scale disease and highlighted the part that distribution of information about ignorance about the virus had rhe disease has meant that any of the played, as well as a lack of access to myths about the disease, at least in trcatmenr. Tony's story showed that the western world, have been even living in the USA, prejudice debunked. The picture of the was soll present surrouncling AID . situation in sub-Saharan Africa is The theme for WAD this year is much more bleak, with people 'Urnvcrsal Access and Human facing a lack of information and Rights' and it is the 'human' aspect sufferers a Jack of information o[ behind Lhe Tour that helps get the treatment. mcsSaJ!;C out that breaking the The one major clement that Links silence about the disease, by these two very different ends of the discussing it, is one thing that spectrum is silence. r\11 over the everyone can do. world there is a reluctance to talk Speaking to the three before they about the issues surrounding AIDS, went on st.age, it was clear that there ye:lrs worth of the disease being was a determination to s pread discu sed in dirty whispers outside awareness, no matter how difficult of the mainstream media haYc taken the stories were to tell. Daniel their toll. This is why the 'Slop espcaallv did not want to talk about AlD Speaker Tour 2()09' that the specifics of his own story visited Mine on ovcmber 9, hosted beforehand, a. it was painful enough by LU Stop A IDS society, was to go through 1t once. They had sucb an important event in the !cad several dates before LUU, and the up to WAD. emotional depth to each story was The Tour took three people who starting to take it out of the have had to deal with I ITV/ AIDS as participants. a major part of their lives and gave All three said that the To ur so far them a platfom, so that they could had been received well by the tell tbcir stories iu universities across students so far, with Tony saying: the UK. The speakers: Daniel "everyone had been great, very Kettor from Sierra Leone, supportive and willing to take the Chinyanta Ch1mba from Zambia message forward''. - anJ Tony Ray from New York held J t was Tony that was the most the audience in awe as they stood vocal and it was he that articulated and candidly told their stories of bcs1 the aims they all had for the how the chsease had impacted their Tour: ''l am the type of person that lives. takes a proactive stance in life, when l fowxl out I had AlDS I just had to move forward and Jcal with 1t. My "By the end of friend . anJ family were very 2008 there were supportive and I want others to take the time to be informed and then 33.4 million cases pass on the me sage by having conversations with friends.'' of HIV/AIDS Daniel also spoke of being rid of worldwide, with the " tigma" urrounding the disease, allowing- the world to take 22.4 million in sub action, especially in Africa. Chinyanta would eventually like to Saharan Africa" sec "a world full of positive things", where everyone has access to the drugs they need. The stat1sncs about the disease It was this positivity that do speak for themselves, by the end underpinned the Tour and ensured of 2008 there were 33.4 million that the night had a constant cases of HIV/ A IDS worldwide, hopeful note. Kate Dentith, with 22.4 million of these in sub- President of the Stop AIDS society aharan Africa, with two million said of the e ening: "It was a AIDS-related deaths in 2008, with fantastic and truely inspirational RE1'vIO LNG Tl lE STIGMA: Qeft ro right) Daniel Kcttor, Cbinyanta Chimba, Tony Raydimisrif), the srigma associated with AID· 1.4 million of these in Africa. In evening, with a positive presence Photo·: (above) Richard Smith, (below) Chris tevenson tot.'ll AJDS has claimed the lives of from the tudcnt body. allowing access to the treatments 25 million people. The speaker courage in the face that is urgently required. These arc just some of the chief of such a life changing event left you Tony ended the evening by statistics surrounding the conclition; well aware of the necessity and the saying: "If we all raise our voices and the list could on with virtuaUy no shear importance of our speak as one, then the govermnents end. However, it is when these bare responsibility as students and young will be forced intp listening." numbers arc fleshed ouc with human people to protect ourselves and Awareness, speaking out, stories chat the reality of the spread awareness. The student voice positivity and the 'Patent Pool'.Just situation truly hits home. Numbers, is not to be underestimated." a few things to think about in their essence are also silent and The idea of 'universal access' to December 1. can be easily ignored. treatment and care, which was an Each of the stories told by Tony, integral part of both Daniel's and To find out more about the Stop Daniel and Chinyanta showed the Chinyanta's stories, as well as being AIDS campaign, and World AIDS toll thal the disease can take. Daniel the main theme for WAD is the dayvisit: and his family became refugees in source for a petition from www.stopaidscampaign.org.uk 1994, when Danjcl was only 11, as U YfA[D called the 'Patent Pool'. and www.wotldaidsday.org. war ravaged the country of his birth. Currently drugs arc too expensive His sister went missing for over four for many to afford, as they are under months after being kidnapped, and exclusive parent. The 'pool' will Chris Stevenson on her return was three months allow pharmaceutical companies to havwg been raped by rebel solclicrs. uphold their profits, will allowing -j • Friday, November 2 7 2009 tudt•nt.org Leeds Student 17 Is English killing other languages? You are in a Parisian cpicerie and mean that more anti morL Brirons arc on a treadmill toward humankind's pn ·ition as (ll1t who docs not i · far information in th<.. samL \\ nv that the green-grocer (incidentally with able to travel free iv across the globe, it cultural obli,1on." more like I) to be chosen. According to muscles arc built up hv comi11L1ous the most enviable n1oustache) has means that fewer of us seem to feel the The global spread of the English Catherine Franc or the L1111vers1n of exercise. just asked you "Qu'est-ce que vous need to learn - or even anempt to Ic.un language is regarded by some as a form i\lanches1cr, langu~>e graduate: '"have one of this is to sa) that we voulez, monsieur?" Dread, fear, tl> peak a foreign lan1:,'l.l~ as it has of cu.lrurnl imperialism, with F,nglish the highest emplornbility mies of all should den) people in other countries embarrassment, self-disgu t, self become far easier to get b)" in other dominating policies, cinema, humanities !-,'T'aduat1.:s", coming second the opportumty w learn l ~nglish. On loathing, shame; these are just a countries with our own Ltnguage advertismg, communication , music only to '\'t'adu.ares in more narrowly the conrmn; an understanding of the few of the emotions which fill your combine • • • • • • • • 18 Friday, November 27, 2 009 Leeds Student "Fifa's stance on diving is wrong" Former international referee Graham Poll speaks openly with Leeds Sudent about the failings of the FA, blames Fifa for the Eduardo diving debacle and explains how video technology influenced the outcome of the 2006 World Cup final. ft isn't thc only example of the pcnalty against Man Utd you will contact at ail its not diving. Often in cidents wh ich affect t he Michael Glenister PA m:glccung to screen officials be back page news. Therefore contact occurs because the attacker credibility of the game and they spocts@leedsstuden t.o(g from abuse which has emerge.: this yuu'rc not going tn give a dodgy drags his leg into the defender. happen less than once in a season. "Referees certainly have penally ,1gainst Manchester Ute\. That's simulation." weekend." plenty of meetings with the PA. Thar's a subconscious decision". According to Poll the lack of fear Curren tly Pifa continue to FamisheJ of rbe unmis1akablc Thcre's always plenty of mcctmgs Poll effected his own solution Lo of t·etribution only encourages refuse the use of video replays. fervour that periodically engulfs and no action. Without a doubt tbis incvit::tblc bras by resolving attempts at deception. "The Controversiall y however, Po ll the nati n during- major f()(Jtball simply to give very few penalties ptaycrs have got to stop cheacing believes 1hat video technology was Lournnments, there is an for either side.: at O lJ Trafford. But but because there's so little cha.nee given an impromptu birth at the excitement i.,,rowing that un !er the hc believes weaker n:ferees could of thcm being caught they just 2006 World Cup final. guidancc or Fabin CapcllC>, st·rugglc under tbc pressure: carry on with it." Poll believes rhat Zioedioe 'The exposure on the Premier Zidanc's infamous headbutt on Hngland have n chance or success Ultimately he'd favour the You're not Marco Mntcrazzi went initiaJly al World Cup 2010. I .eaguc now is incredible. Unlcs introduction of video technology, . . you are very, very strong rou arc aligning his views with rhnse who un5ecn by the officials. "1 either Graham Poll, howcver, the mo,;L 1 • the referee nor rhc assistant Teferee prestigious official tu han:: going to give not going to make 11 believe i1 ought to be used at the could have seen that incident emcrgccl from England in rcccnl Poll's disappointment with discrC:'tion of the referee only on because they would have reacted times, ft:ars that a possible.: nrsc footbaUing amhoritics isn't limited the most pivotal decisions. Poll a dodgy 10 immc N STAGE - SWING 5 piece Brazilian swing band playing AND Forr6, Samba Duro, Pagode, Axe and R gae DJS FABIO BAHIA SILVAO (on stage at 11 pm) AND DJ FERNANDO • • • - Friday, November 2 7, 2009 Leeds Student 19 LS THE WEEK IN The dystopia of TV replays icrure the seen <.:. It's 1966. The lifting aloft the Jules Rimel in front of following year, as the public boycott all career of hns l'-amara and the NUMBERS worl d outside your li\·ing room their bitterest rivals i plastered all over "isual broadcasting systems. Countdown career ofJ eff terling. P is still being vicwed through a the arcrland. Grandstand eventually goes under 1\ll thi., because trier fonnality was black and white lens. Thousands of Critics and pundits alike n:vik: as the BBC cuts progi,m1s due to a introduced into the game. n<.: of the football fanatics ha\·c crammed into FIFA for introducing such an lack of liccnsc fees, leaving Ski Sunday kev factors of sport that makes it so \X'cmble1 Smdiwn to watch cl1c World inhun1,me wa) of settling a Ile. Thc) as it's singk: sporting package. w1k1ue is the possibibl) that hwnan Cup final: England vs\'( c t Gem1an). call for h w11an crmr to be a crnaal Y<.:ars bt<.:r, B k) B crippk:s as its error may occur. 11,c score is 2-2 as tl1<.: game goes part of what we call sport, a only sporting packai-,>c is to supply a ·n,ere's an excit<.:mcn1 in your Minimum amount imo cxtra tune. /\Jan Ball sends a cross sportsmen and W< ,mcn themselves regiment<:d, robotic fotm of hnglish pounding heart as that final cross lhat Wigan players m to Geoff I I urst who firc · the ball at uffer from lapses m perfection at fclotball to a bored, UnatrenllttlVL comes o\'cr, deep mto inJU!) tim<.:, as are refunding their goal, rc,·crberating off the crossbar am<.:s. audience:. ) our team look to scrape a solitan ;md ... over the line? Sony anc.l Philips lx>th rccord huge Gillcne ~occer Saturday nen:r c'.:fualiscr against tl1e might of Lincoln fans after being ·n, · linesman si1-,mab a goal, but tht. drops 111 sales or television sets m the crm:q.,rcs, ruining the post-footballing Ctl)·. spanked by Spurs refcre<.: is unsure, and Ml JOh>"S o\'er 10 111c p< ,s. ibility that their keeper will last. weekend. cl1t. fourth official who is sat ,\·ith a risl: to the ball and fall fbr m his faet:, tdcv1sion morutor wacchmg 67 km·ing rour brutish crntral defender (!iffcrcnr replays from 67 liffercnt to h<.:ad cl1<.: ball into thc cmp1y net is angle.~ of the same timcfr;imc. I k even wh} we love sponl The chances of hacks omo cl1e gcm's toik:ts CCT\ him cocking up arc rrurnscule, but it S) stem ;11sl to make sw·c. could happen. I le decides the ball do<.:sn't cross If we introduc<.: television replays the lme. 111<... refcrcL awards \X c t llltO football, WC .,_;1] take one giant Gcm1:m} a goal kick. 1ingl:md, k:ap towards cre:umg a bonng, mbooc di tmught with the dcc1s1on, implode: charade, anc.l no onc \\111 care when wit!, uucr despondency, and \~'cs1 I •:mi le I lcskcy k1ss<.:S that golden The number of times Getman) cruise to a 5-2 thumping. trophy. Chris Kirkland The iconic in1agc of Uwc <.:clcr Joe Short" delved into his own goal in the very same game. Positive comeback? Regional don1inance or most people, th<.:re 1s lmle crown he had lost to fuhammad \li l the bcgmning of this the best method of judg111g an that doe n 't app<.:al about 20 years earlier. we<.:k, to cekbratc the ovcrall wtnncr. F retiring from a profession that I lowever, this was a rare fa1rvtale completion of our cssavs, Instead, is it popularity of sport has conswn<.:d their lives for many r<.:tum. Bjorn Borg, one of the A years. Goodby<.: early mornmg traffic, gr<.:atcst tcnnis player. of all time, my course partook in a fricndl) that truly holds the key to the hello mid-11f1emoon nap time. att<.:mptcd a comeback 111 thc earl} football match. amwer? Where arc. the best fans But for sporting stars, the end of l 99Us which was, frankly, a bit of a eeLLng some way to c>rg.lnisc located? rhe1r careers can often lca\·e a shambles. Playmg with his old teams, we shirked the m re The outcome to the vacuw11 that they find diflicult to fill. wood<.:n rackets, Borg lo t 12 com-..:n1ional numbers system anJ nominaoons for host cities for the PUNDIT For chose that a;e true professionals consccullve first round matches, after instead went for geography, th<.: 2018 \X'orld Cup bid may hold the and like nothing more than staying which hc retiree.I having failed to wm orth versus the South. key; nine cities arc in the north and on for extra practise, the thought of a singil' match at an \TP cv<.:nt. This g<.:ographicnl split made we only 7 in th,: south. WATCH watching from the sidelines doesn't hircman and Borg had both wonder about tl,c long running But what 1f this Jebate is too bare thinking about. achieved evc!)thing the) needed to in debatL about thL orrh South compkx and too prone to bias to The lucky ones, like Jamie their individual ports, but something divide e\'t:r hav<.: :1 definitive answer? Redknapp, s<.:ttle down into a COS) drew them back in for one more The split is not con lined to the Pcrhaps the best conclusion lO 10b with Sky Spons. Bur this is not an shot. Recent media spccuJa11on has J ,ceds l rnvcrsil) astro· rurf pitch; the ~1uestion 'who 1s bett<.:r, the oppurrunity that is presented to every linked \l1chacl Schumach<.:rwitl, a the .Juhnson Pamt Trop_hy 1s halved nrth or the South?' 1s who won retinng footballer. [ for one would return to Fom1ula ( )ne. \X11:11 else b<.:rwecn the. !\.orth and the South that titanic battle on J\fonda, love to ec • t<.:ven Gcm1.rd tr\ and docs a man who has won seven until th<.: tin:iL afternoon. · get through half ,ill hour of analysis world championships got to prove? \h111y of football's lower, I Jowcver as wnh most amateur with Richard Keys, bur it's just not ( )f course people will s;1) it\ in his amateur lca1-,T\.1cs arc chopped 111ro sport rhe scor<.: is urumportant anc.l going tu happen for !um. blood and it \\~II be good for rl1<.. region. 10 allow the greatest it 1s the taking part that counts, Part of the problem is of course sport (really:>), bm if rhc great numb<.:r of teams compete. something tlrnt applies to all no that the rcw-cmem age for champi< >11 gets lefr muling in the profcs:ional sportsmen .md women wake of J lamilton and Bu1ton next 'o th~ split is not somethmg matter u•hcre they ,uc from. "When I was 1. so much youngcr than 1t is for eason, then it will all seem rather made up 111 .i vain attempt to spark manager I said Fifa evcrvone else. Unable to fill the timc, pointlcs . competition throughout the T/Jµfinm scon oj Monday S /,01111' JlfOS man)' attempt co do something more Whether or not Schumachcr country but a stn1c1urc often n11h I I - 7 jn11th. stands for 'Forget exating than doing the gardening: returns, it appears that man) stars imposed on us b) thc ruling bodJes Irish Football the comeback. 1U1ply have trouble letting go of their of sport. James Green In 1987 Georgi: Foreman, now former glory.] f only they could learn Bur \\ hich region is tl1e best? Altogether." better known for his grills, returned to appreciate cl,e joy of a weekend Whtch . pnn, if aD), rrul) indicates to boxing for his second comeback with Jeff Stelling and John 1nvcrdale the superlont} of one area? Mick McCarthy reflecting after ten year our of the ring. After a maybe we would be spared a few ego Rugb} League is a thoroughly on his ~ood relations with serie of faik:d attcn1pts to win back trip .. n orthern sport; hockcy and rowing football's world governing the ocle, roreman knocked out more inclined to those of a body FIFA as hish 1ichacl Moorer in Las Vegas in 1994 Marcus Chippindale ·outhern persuasion, o maybe manager. to regain tl,e world heavyweight succcs in particular sports is not • • • 20 Friday, November 2 7, 2 009 Leeds Student 3 - 0 · undcrland lsts Lt:eds Gryphons Women' Sths 2 1 Tees side I srs Lacrosse Let:ds Uni\ersity Men 2 - 10 Durham lsts Leeds l.J111ve rs1ty \'\ omen's l sts 15 - 2 "1\. ewcastlc 2ncls Netball Badminton Leed. Gryphons I sts 24 - 62 Leed, Met l sts Leeds Ln1vcrs1 y J\.Jen's lsts 3 - Leeds G ryp hon 2nds 35 - 40 5 Li,·t: rpool I sts Leeds l\ let 2nds Leeds Universit) Jen' 2nds O - Leeds ,r) phons 3rds 37 - 56 8 D urham 1sts LceJs ,\let 3rds Leeds l'nl',crsit1· \'.\omen's 0-8 1.ced Gryphons 5rhs 72 - n Loughborough I sts LT,\ 4rhs Basketball Rugby League Leeds U111Yerslt) \ fen'. 1 rs Leeds G ryphons I sts IO - 18 IO'\ I 00 Lct;ds ,\let 2nd CCLA l srs Leeds L111, t:rsity fen's 2nds 5, Leeds Gryphon 2nds IO - 16 - 53 t\cwcastle 2nds Huddcrsficld I srs Leeds Lninr it) \'\'omen's 4::1 - 85 Bolton I srs Rugby Union Fencing Leeds Gryphons \kn's lsts 4~ - 9 "'- cwca. tic 2nds Leeds L111n·rsit1 .\fen's I sts Leeds Gryphons \ kn's 2nds 29 130 I 06 l\e\\castle I sts 0 l\inrthumbria 3rd· Leed. L DtYcrsit) \ kn 's 2nd. Leeds Gnphons J\ lcn 's 3 rds 34 1 16 - 135 Durham 2nd · 10 Hu ll 2nds Photo: Richard Smith Leeds L 111versiry \\ omen's 135 Leeds niverslt) \'\,·o men's O - 2~ D urham I sr BUCS round-up: L:ed, nivel"',it) clubs suffered and Rugb · LeaguL couldn't manage a wrn, although - 4- Bradford I srs heaY) losses 111 mo r of their match-ups .1gainsr rivals both [·ootball and Rugh,· t.:nion sides ,ecured much Leeds :\let, although rhc Tennis \X omen's 2nds rc.:am nci:ded vic1ories to keep them near the top of I heir Football Squash recorded an c.:mpharic 8 - 2 , 1uor) against their city n:specu\·e tables. opponents. C:redit has to al o be gln:n ro the \\omen's Football Leed. L nivers1ty .\lcn's lsr. 3 - \kamd1ile, Gryphom .\kn'. l~t team.· m I [ockl'.) I st tL-am, after bagging Jght grntls against cwcastlt:. Leeds Gr\'phons ,\ (en's I sts 2 - 1 orthumbria 1 sts 2 York I ts Leeds Gnphons \ lcn's 2nds ..(. - Leed: L' niversity Men's 2nds O - prevcnt1n1; Lni From attacking with Leeds became v1sibl\ rattled. 1 Durham l sts 5 Ncwcasde 2nds Women's Volleyball an) real penctrannn. Cavalieri's sernng slipped agam, Leeds Gryphons J\!cn's 3rds O - Let:ds l.:ni ,·u· 1ty \'\ omen's 1 Leeds 1' kt I sts "> () Leeds Urn I sts Theo L n1 1de struggled to and cluh captain l,im • mith (I, heffield l lallam 2nds 2n With the eight top tennis s tars in the world converging on London this week for the ATP World Tour Finals, and eminent seeding in the upcoming World Cup draw, LS Sport asks: where the rankings system seems to be made up best footballing nation in 1993 and again in by tean1s drawn from a hat. In tl1e top ten, above l 995, but when you try to mathematically James Green England, are Argentina, Portugal and France. Jamie Presland calculate a hierarchy which should be based These arc three teams who nearly failed to make purely on opinion, these inconsistencics will ast unday the ATP World Tour it to the World Cup. J low is it justifiable that the~ at do outh Africa, Spain inevitably pop up. Tennis Finals, the showpiece at the are so high up in the standings of world football. end of the Men's Tenni calendar, got Argentina has not won an international nd cw Zealand all have in Points arc awarded for results rather than underway at the 02 arena. competition since 1986, so that can't be the ommon? Year-round sun? performances, and many have criticised the rca on, while Portllf:,,al ha never won a major ~nglish tourt ts flocking to equal stead granted to 'lesser competition '. LThis tournament involYes the Lop eight international compet:1t:1on. heir shores? portsmcn who ror example, Egypt hit a record high players in the world, according to their rankings, It makes one wonder a to how exactly Sepp Wha,·c abandoned their hemagc in favour of fifteenth place last January after winning the competing for the citlc of best player in the world. Blatter puts this table together and then how he English national teams? African Cup of Nations for the second time in But tt is thi ranking sy tem, ancl the ranking JU ti fies a seeding sy'sccm for World Cup system of a number of other sports, which 1 qualifiers. Well, yes. But they arc also the world leaders succcss1011; yet have failed to qualify for a believe t. useless and simply offers a w:iy to rank There arc, however, some sports where in cnckct, football and rugby rcspcctivcly, and World Cup since Italia '90. competitors for our own sake, ,n we can have rankings sy tcm seem to work. Golf, for deservc • • 22 Friday, November 2 7, 2 009 Leeds Student Crossing the finish line Cross Country by the women. 'aturd:n 14th ovcmber · \clam C rice, a pre, 1ous Grear Britain runner. \\'as the flrst Leed man hack, placing ,en:nth out of 223 I runntTS in a time of 33.16. Dave Burtle. ,\fen's Race capt.:lin, .\ huge turn out at the Braid Hills said he \\ as ··reaU1 unpressed b) 1he Rae<: in L , -~ • • • .. Friday, November 27, 2009 Leeds Student 23 City rivals outclass Uni Devine found it tough going in her 62-24 scoreline. efforts to keep out an increasingly Khatib, howe,·cr, was pleased with Gryphons potent Mel attack, which found the her side's battling perfimuance. 'it was net at almo t every opportunity. a good effort all round and especially Efficiency at the net, combined showed m tJ1e first quarter. nbo Graham Poll speaks candidly with LS Sport. Freeman try in vain for Gryphons - , Gryphons ,· ' ,·., - --~~ - : Men's Rugby League l .ceJs Gr, ph1>ns I sls I() - 18 LCL\ I.ts I .cec.ls ( ;!) phons Rugb~ I.. c:ague I srs let a half time leac.l of IO.() slip as the, lost I 8-10 Lo a resurgent L CL\.'\! side .It \\ cL·twood on \\ cdm..'sc.la\. Tries from Dan \\'ill1ams and ):t\ [•rC'cman put the hosts 111· a comm,mdmg positi, in at the bn..'.lk, hur rhc Yti-itors fought back with tlmx uics in ten minutes in the second period to ci )tnfc,rtably win the game. 'J11e match started in com.:ntial ram, ,md tht: poor conditions were shm.,ing, \vith both teams conceding knock-ons an_d p.t smg p< >or!) in tl1c first twem · mmutt:s. The \'i,i1ors had the Gryphons pc rged back for much of the h,1lf, .1 strong tackle from Scott \\ :ilker pn:,·cnting his side from going behind. Last 4 Bl C rec ults (7n phon~ 6 26 \·wcastk l m ;\[ens I sts (,nphons lll 16 l :CJ....,\ l\h:n\ lsts (, rqJhons sn 24 Liverpool John . loorc \lcn 's I st. (,1Yphons Ill- 3()].ceds.\kti\kn\ ' 2nds ,\s the weather bnghtenecl, so did the home side's play, an • • • •