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MONEY page 14 GAMES page 21 BOOKS page 15 SCIENCE & TECH page 24 Worried about budgeting? Halloween crossword prize Comic books - not just for kids TEDx comes to Warwick Asbestos in student bedrooms “the asbestos is sealed inside oth- Sian Elvin er materials and is therefore com- pletely safe. “The University complies fully A Freedom of Information (FOI) with all statutory requirements and request by the Boar has revealed good practices regarding the mate- that every single bedroom in rials containing asbestos in those campus accommodation build- rooms. ings Westwood and Tocil contains “Similar materials can still be asbestos. found in a great many domestic This news comes after the houses and flats from the same pe- Guardian revealed over the sum- r i o d .” mer that Warwick is the universi- All of the accommodations con- ty which provides the most rooms taining asbestos were built between that contain asbestos to students. 1956 and 1977, and are legally al- 2,313 rooms on campus contain lowed to contain it as long as they asbestos, which is 35 percent of were erected before laws banning the total number of available bed- the substance were passed in 1985. rooms, including shared accom- Kate Balzan, a second-year His- modation. tory undergraduate who lived in It has also been revealed that Westwood last year, commented: “I over 94 percent of rooms in Rootes still find this worrying. and Redfern also contain asbestos. “Although as long as the asbestos A number of students have ex- is not damaged, it does not pose a pressed confusion and frustration risk to the person’s health and it is over the matter, saying that they unlikely that I have had any expo- had not been told that the sub- sure to asbestos fibres, it does make stance was in the vicinity of their me concerned that material that rooms. can cause long-term health effects A first-year student currently is in the vicinity.” living in Westwood anonymously Cryfield and Benefactors also told the Boar: “I am very angry that host a number of rooms which con- the University has not informed me tain the substance, although almost that I am living in a room which 40 percent of bedrooms which contains asbestos. contain asbestos are located in the “Even if it is safe, I should still Rootes accommodation. be told so I am made aware, in case Campaigners, such as those any damage occurs which could ex- from the Association of Teachers pose or uncover it.” and Lecturers and the British Lung Natalie Tang, a first-year Eco- Foundation, are concerned that as nomics undergraduate currently a result of not knowing whether living in Rootes, added: “I’m con- asbestos is in their rooms, students fused as to why students have been will not report damage in accom- allowed to move into rooms which modation which could expose as- potentially contain asbestos. It bestos. should be removed as soon as pos- Last year when a pipe burst in sible.” the accommodation block Inter- A spokesperson for Warwick national House, students were told University has confirmed that stu- they may have to evacuate their dents are not told that their rooms bedrooms whilst measures were contain asbestos, and has said that taken to remove asbestos. they do not need to be told because Continued on page 4 » Under the magnifying glass: all Westwood bedrooms contain asbestos. Photo: S. Elvin and Wikimedia

Sponsored by: 2 News theboar.org/News | @BoarNews | NEWStheboar.org 2 Jailbreak to return Smart phone heating Executive Team “It definitely matches the Jail- such technology are able to fully Emily Stevenson break ethos – imagine hundreds of Derin Odueyungbo engage in the process of monitor- people wearing these pants across ing energy usage in their homes or Europe and beyond!” work spaces in order to enhance its Escaping from jail may not be an The current record is Thailand, The University of Warwick has effectiveness.” average experience for the typical 1,000 miles away, while last year’s worked with Midlands company The project will give JSJS Ltd University of Warwick student, record was Hungary, 1,800 miles JSJS Designs Ltd and WMG on an the chance to test the innovative but with the return of Warwick away. idea which will see mobile phones technology on a larger scale in a [email protected] Jailbreak you can get close. Less successful attempts have and tablet devices used as part of non-domestic environment. George Ryan Starting on Saturday 2 Novem- travelled to Canley – just 1.5 miles a new personalised heating and Smart heating has, in the past, Nicole Davis ber, teams will be given 36 hours to away. energy economy system. only been available to much smaller Abbey Lewis get as far away from campus as pos- This year the society hopes to The University has been award- spaces, which is why the University Helena Moretti sible, with one raise £20,000 – and even ed £495,000 towards the idea by is looking forward to be using the catch – they can’t more with the smaller the Technology Strategy Board, the Social Sciences building for such a [email protected] spend any money Race2Amsterdam UK’s innovation agency. project. Sian Elvin on travel. event taking place The University’s Estates Office Georgina Lawton This year, all the mon- in the summer. will work with JSJS Designs and “We are keen to engage new Tom Lewis ey raised will go to the Joining Jailbreak WMG to install a wireless Heating initiatives that can help the Euan Long Association for In- costs £20 per team Micro-management System (HMS) University and the country to Derin Odueyungbo ternational Cancer member as a par- to the University’s Social Sciences reduce its carbon footprint” Ann Yip Research (AICR), ticipation fee to cov- building. Joel Cardinal as vice-president er travel insurance, and Users will be able to control the [email protected] Harrison Gould each team member is required to heating of individual rooms using Dan Mountain explained: raise at least £70 in sponsorship. their smart phones and tablet de- Joel Cardinal, energy manager at Daniel Cope “The majority Now in its vices. the University of Warwick, added: Charley Kai John of us know some- ninth year of run- The project was inspired by “Refurbishment of existing build- one affected by ning, Paul Ratner, the research of Dr Rebecca Cain, ings is a challenge for the construc- [email protected] cancer, and so rais- founder of War- WMG Associate Professor in Expe- tion and facilities management in- Roxanne Douglas ing funds for an international can- wick Jailbreak, commented: “The rience Led Innovation at Warwick. dustry. Rami Abusamra cer research charity is something first event was a wonderful success Dr Cain commented on the pro- “We are keen to engage new ini- Desi Ekzarova that would resonate with partici- … over 70 people took part and we ject. tiatives that can help the University Bethan Riddell pants.” raised over £8,000 for charity.” “This is a great opportunity to and the country to reduce its car- Mr Gould added: “They [AICR] “I was thrilled a few years ago to test some of the research we have bon footprint. [email protected] have a hilarious #smartypants so- find out that not only is Jailbreak been doing across a range of public “We are delighted to have the op- Benjamin Shaw cial media campaign which in- still going, but that it’s more suc- spaces in the energy management portunity to develop and validate volves a pair of brightly coloured cessful than ever.” arena. an exciting new technology in one [email protected] pants. » Photo: Warwick Jailbreak “It is imperative that users of of our largest buildings.” Maya Westwick [email protected] Rebekah Ellerby First Student Council discusses important issues Chloé Booyens The staff strike, the book sale and the Summer Party were under scrutiny [email protected] the fact that wages have not risen in Delay of SU book sale Future of the Summer Party Poppy Rosenberg Ann Yip five years was a result of inflation. Jess Devine Katie Pearce, a second-year edu- Alongside the staff strike, the The SC meeting touched upon Lillian Hingley cation and development postgrad- issue of the delayed second-hand the future of the Summer Party The first Student Council (SC) uate, said: “I am asking for support book sale was raised. with the ongoing developments of [email protected] meeting of the year took place in when I go on strike. Cosmo March, democracy and the National Automative Innova- Raghav Bali the SUHQ on Monday 21 October. “Failing to pay my colleagues... is development officer, explained that tion Campus (NAIC) by University Hayley Westlake Among the issues discussed were exploitation.” the delay was due to the SU being House. the upcoming staff strike and the It was acknowledged that the “at the mercy of” the new web de- Mr March remarked: “We are [email protected] delay of the second-hand book sale. University’s financial surplus in- veloper, MSL (Membership Solu- constantly thinking about [this is- Tolga Kuyucuoglu creased from £2.7 million in 2009 tions Limited). sue]. Will it still look like a summer Richard Brown SU support for staff strike to £31 million in 2012. He said: “I asked for the book party?” Ms Pearce said that the Universi- sale to be on time, there was noth- New venues for the Summer [email protected] At the meeting, a ‘Policy for Sup- ty was using huge pay rises for ‘van- ing more I could do but to say work Party under consideration included Michael Perry porting Fair Pay in Higher Educa- ity’ projects, such as the Monash faster. a field in the Warwickshire region. Sam Carter tion’, which discussed whether or collaboration, and was not paying “It’s not the SU, it’s MSL, who However, there were concerns not the Students’ Union (SU) would for better teachers and feedback. have not secured funding for in- about the safety of students on that [email protected] support the staff strike on October When the question of whether or vestment.” road and concerns about the cost of Ellie May 31, was the most debated issue. not the strike would ‘compromise Mr Matos, however, attacked renting the venue as the University Cayo Sobral Miguel Costa Matos, under- teaching and learning’ was raised, the SU: “Doesn’t the SU own MSL? does not have a license for the War- graduate Social Sciences faculty Aiden Press, deputy chair of SC, re- You’re the bosses, do something wickshire district. [email protected] representative, said: “Our lecturers marked: “Lots of SU members are about it.” Other issues raised included sex- Robert Demont and seminar tutors have received a postgraduate students [and] peo- Mr March replied: “We are direc- ual harassment at SU events, the Katherine Price pay cut of 13 percent. By not paying ple’s livelihoods are at stake here.” tors, but at the end of the day, we protection of females in postgrad- them well, the best people don’t go A speaker suggested that ‘there can’t sack people because they’re uate Science, the possible devel- [email protected] into higher education. was no positive for the strike’. Lucy not working quickly enough.” opment of a mobile app to buy SU Joshua Murray “The policy does not say we sup- Gill, postgraduate officer at the SU, The launching of the part-time event tickets and concerns over the Chiara Milford port the strike, but that they should responded. officer blogs was also delayed. operating hours of the big screen. Sam Steiner have fair pay and should not be re- “Regardless of whether the strike ceiving a minimum wage.” will work or not... by expressing our [email protected] However, Jack Rankin, fourth- support, there will be more weight Isaac Leigh year councillor, took issue with the in the idea that we support our Tom Ward language. He claimed that it was members.” “an ‘attack’ on the University”. In a vote by the SC, the policy to [email protected] He explained that the pay cut and support the staff strike was passed. Ellen Buckerfield Louise Machin Clare Crossfield Students’ Union, (SUHQ) The Boar is the University Except where otherwise noted, Josh Denoual The Boar is printed on University of Warwick of Warwick’s editorially the Boar and the works in the recycled paper. University Road [email protected] Coventry independent students’ Boar are licensed under: Aditya Pappu CV4 7AL newspaper produced http://creativecommons.org/ Alexander Bunzl entirely by and for Alessandro Pressa [email protected] licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk Oliver Siemek Warwick students. theboar.org theboar.org/News | @BoarNews | NEWSNews 3 OWW aims to Warwick Uni staff to strike improve for 2014 Students to miss out on seminars and lectures Aakanksha Jaiswal sis on achieving an ethnically-di- Bethan Erasmus Euan Long verse team with equal representa- Claudia Zink tion from males and females and concentrated on the importance As preparations for One World of recruiting first and second-year University staff throughout the Week (OWW) 2014 continue, the students to ensure a better infor- UK have planned a one-day strike Boar looks at the changes being mation flow for future executive on October 31 due to disputes over made following last year’s criti- teams. salary. cism. OWW has launched an im- The strike is being organised by The ambitious overhaul has in- proved training scheme, including Unite, Unison and the University troduced a number of new policies, a compulsory general training ses- and College Union (UCU). events and a complete reorganisa- sion for all members as well as sep- The strike has potential to cause tion of the schedule. arate departmental preparation. large-scale disruption at Warwick OWW 2014 will feature new Sophie Potter, ex-president of University as it includes lecturers, event Warwick’s Got Talent, as well World at Warwick, commented last administration workers, and tech- as building upon past successes year that recruits had “zero under- nicians. The number of participants such as lively forum speakers and standing of the basics of event or- in the strike is as yet unknown. the fashion show. ganisation, SU processes, or appro- However, press officer Peter » Staff are to walk out on October 31. Photo: Warwick Media Library The five day format has been re- priate communication with other Dunn asserted: “As in past such arranged to host two market days members of the University com- strikes, the University intends to The strike will have some im- students.” as well as new additions: an inter- munity”. operate as normally as possible on pact on student contact hours. Peter O’Brien, first-year Eng- national careers day, a charity day The training this year promotes that day. Heads of Departments Second-year English Lit- lish Literature and Theatre Studies and an outreach day that will en- improved communications and will, as ever, use their common erature undergraduate, Ciara student, recognised the legitimate gage the local community in the transparency between all depart- sense to respond to any particular Faughnan-Moncrieff, said: “Due cause of the strike: “It is a sad thing cultural celebration. ments and organisers. issues that arise on the day.” to the fact that I’m paying £9,000 when teachers are forced to hinder In light of the 2014 Brazilian A new communications poli- Warwick UCU president Den- a year for tuition, missing valuable the learning of their students be- World Cup, OWW are to develop cy requires that all external cor- nis Leech accused the University of contact hours seems all the more cause of their pay, which is some- the sport focus of the event with a respondence and marketing be obstructing the union’s legitimate irritating.” thing so trivial compared with the football tournament based on the screened by the PR team to ensure action: “The management of the In contrast, Rebecca Gittins, knowledge that they impart.” international competition. professionalism and consistency. University are trying to tell mem- first-year Politics student, admit- However, he was not convinced Societies, halls and friendship This content includes trailers, post- bers that they must notify them in ted: “I fully accept that it is the pre- of the success of the strike strategy: groups are encouraged to partici- ers, the website, emails and social advance if they will strike but actu- rogative of the lecturers to strike to “In reality, it’s just another strike pate. media. ally they have no right to do so.” improve the conditions in which for the government to brush under Forum events will include a con- The policy states: “Monitoring Explaining the cause of the they work. the carpet and it’s just another few troversial speech on feminism ‘The the overall image of OWW and en- strike, he added: “many of our “I recognise taking valuable con- missed seminars and lectures for F word’ and an insight into infor- suring that the messages we send members feel very angry that they tact hours away from students is not the student. The unions need an- mation leaking: ‘Breach of privacy are clear, consistent and in line with are working very effectively and ideal, though as long as the course other approach.” in digital media today’. our aims, objectives and beliefs achieving great things at Warwick material is eventually covered and Whether or not the strike will To ensure financial success fol- means that we need to approve all yet get a kick in the teeth of an of- sufficient support is provided by significantly prevent the University lowing on from last year’s issues forms of media, not just the written fer of a 13 percent real terms cut in seminar tutors, the proposed strike from running smoothly will only with funding, the society has in- w ord .” their pay.” will not have much effect on the become apparent on the day itself. volved Jackie Anderson, deputy fi- A new press policy has also been nance manager at the Warwick Stu- introduced for the launch of the dents’ Union (SU), with the budget. event, with a press reception to be A last minute change on cupcake held at the end of term one. supplier left former student, Indra Miranda Lewsley, co-ordinator 51 percent of students fall ill as Balaratnam, over £100 out of pock- of OWW 2014, said that this year’s et after her order was cancelled event was aiming for “quality, not three days before the event. quantity”. a result of cold accommodation The situation was later resolved Ms Lewsley added: “It is focused when the society agreed to pay for on experiencing the world within suffering without central heating in Leamington is than his first-year the order. Warwick.” Sam Hopps leads to depression. campus accommodation: “My ac- The society hopes that the addi- Spencer Mintram, fourth-year James Ward, a second-year Ger- commodation last year was quite tion of a standard complaints pro- Automotive Engineering student, man and Business student,said: “As warm. cedure to their website will allow all commented: “I used to think OWW A recent press release has revealed I was paying a set figure for our “My house this year is definite- complaints to be dealt with in the was cool. that 51 percent of students ques- accommodation last year, I left the ly colder as we do not use central most efficient and effective man- “Last year had a few glitches but tioned in a survey commissioned heating on most of the time. heating but use personal electric ner. I’m sure that the team this year will by Dreamland have admitted to “However, being in a student heaters in our bedrooms. A significant change in the re- make it one of the best yet.” falling ill as a result of cold uni- house in Leamington and be- “Our boiler makes a lot of noise cruitment policy was introduced Commenting on the incidents versity accommodation. ing responsible for bills, I hav- so we only use it for washing up.” in order to overcome rumors of re- of the previous year, Fen Greatley, Close to one third of the survey’s en’t switched the heating on since Jordan Flynn, a second-year His- cruitment-bias. deputy head of PR, said: “As crucial respondents said that they would moving in. I just put a jumper on tory student, commented: “Last Applicants this year went events neared, communications have to do without other essentials instead.” year was frustrating because I had through a formal and standardised failed... if they had to pay for heating, while literally no control over my radia- interview. “It was more intense than ex- 49 percent replied that they would tor and it was boiling or freezing at The presence of independent pected.” avoid putting the heating on to save random times. members of the executive board The “biggest student-run festi- money. 9 percent “This year my room is really cold and interview auditing ensured val” was well received with many In addition, the survey has dis- because I have two outside walls that friendship-biased recruitment students last year however, with covered that 54 percent of students of students missed lectures and it’s horrible. was avoided. their nightclub event, Ignis, and the questioned believe that their work “Also our hot water is on ‘econ- Recruitment also placed empha- fashion show selling out. has been affected by having a cold because it was too cold to get omy’ so if you’re not first in the room, with nine percent saying that out of bed shower you have to have a cold they missed lectures because it was on e .” too cold to get out of bed and 13 Beth Morris, a second-year So- percent saying that they would stop Jim Burrows, a second-year Eng- ciology student, agreed: “The ra- work to find a way to keep warm. lish Literature student, said: “Our diator in my room in Westwood This survey tracks the issue of house usually puts on the heating couldn’t be turned off and I was un- the rising cost of central heating for a couple of hours a day and I’ve able to open my windows enough and the implications this has for never felt particularly chilly – the to make much of a difference. university students. heating is more reliable than it was “Obviously I was very grateful Cold accommodation for stu- in Jack Martin at the very least!” for the heat in the winter months dents is not just a cost issue, with Argha Sarkar, a second-year but in the summer and even spring, the survey also revealing that 24 Computer Science student, ex- it was a nuisance and a waste of » The exec aims to improve the event after complaints. Photo: OWW percent of those questioned said pressed how much colder his house heat energy if nothing else!” 4 News theboar.org/News | @BoarNews | NEWStheboar.org 4 Postgrad housing crisis continues to cause concern Asbestos Displaced postgrad students are still struggling to find a permanent place to live for a year’s bus pass when my origi- fee. uate accommodation and they were on campus Selina Sykes nal budget did not account for that.” Peter Dunn, a spokesperson for also each given £70 on their Eating Continued from front page Anna Wilson Lucy Gill, postgraduate officer the University, said: “The maxi- at Warwick cards. Although Warwick Accommo- at the SU, assured students that the mum number of postgraduates stu- “The last of those students had dation staff later confirmed that the SU “will be working incredibly hard dents in such a position at any one moved from those hotels, or our asbestos had not been exposed so it Half of the 200 postgraduate stu- over the next couple of weeks to en- time over the last few weeks was in residential management training did not pose a risk to students living dents who failed to receive uni- sure that the University are aware of fact 150. centres, to accommodation by Oc- there, the reports over the summer versity-managed accommodation the problems you’re facing”. “This resulted from Warwick ex- tober 14. have concerned former residents. are still struggling to find some- hibiting even higher levels of popu- “The date of notification for each Second-year Psychology student where permanent to live. Some have taken matters into larity than usual this year amongst of those students as to their ini- Shareen Rikhraj, who lived in In- Concerns among displaced stu- their own hands given the both prospective undergraduate tial accommodation arrangements ternational House at the time of the dents have intensified since the “limited list of rooms” and prospective postgraduate stu- would have been very varied as a incident, commented on the pres- University has cut off its financial dents. number of them were late appli- ent situation. subsidising of temporary accom- “Initially these students were put cants to the University.” She said: “I think it’s a little un- modation. Students are now pay- in high-quality accommodation in The SU has underlined that any- fair that it has become a big deal ing the full price to stay in hotels our own residential management one seeking advice relating to uni- now that it’s affected many more and the Conference Centre. An emergency drop-in session training centres or in local hotels versity-provided accommodation rooms. Disappointment has been ex- was held on October 16 to give ad- but they were only charged the or contracts is welcome to drop in “It wasn’t seen as that big of an pressed by students with the short vice to those still having difficulties same rate as that campus postgrad- to their offices based in SUHQ. issue when it was only in Interna- notice given by Warwick Accom- with finding off-campus accom- tional House. modation informing them of the modation. “There shouldn’t have been over oversubscription for campus ac- Many students, however, have six months of a gap between tell- commodation. decided to take matters into their ing International House residents An international Psychology own hands given the “very limited about it and the rest of Rootes.” postgraduate who wished to use list of rooms”. The Boar further investigated the initials ‘MG’ stated: “I received “I withdrew my request for fur- whether asbestos was present in my rejection letter from Warwick ther assistance, formally applied other buildings on Warwick cam- Accommodation on September 13. for a refund of my deposit, and pus. I applied, paid, and received a con- found my own accommodation,” A spokesperson for the Univer- firmation email before the July 31 explained MG. sity of Warwick said: “[Warwick] is deadline.” “I was so aggravated by the con- aware of asbestos-containing ma- Complaints have also been made fusion […] it did not make sense to terials located in non-residential by students regarding the slow re- me that if they could not get it right buildings. sponse and the lack of support giv- the first time, why would I want to “The University carries out en by the University. trust them to get it right the second annual re-inspections of all of The Students’ Union (SU) has time? its buildings that contain asbes- expressed its concern about the ef- “I found a very reasonably priced tos-containing materials, and also fect the housing crisis is having on room in a house in the Canley area,” carries out specific project related students’ welfare and academic life. she concluded. surveys prior to commencing in- MG commented: “I am at the Ms Gill said: “We’re concerned trusive works on site. mercy of the bus schedule. This that the University hasn’t fully ap- “All parts of the University which limits my time in the library, avail- preciated the seriousness of the sit- contain such materials have asbes- ability for study groups, availabili- uation and want to ensure that this tos protection measures in place.” ty to meet with professors in their situation does not happen again.” It is believed that over 17,000 stu- offices. Students have been advised to dents nationally have been sleeping “I have also now had to pay £280 reclaim back their £250 reservation » Claycroft postgraduate accommodation. Photo: Sian Elvin in rooms which contain asbestos. Further uni demand rises Delayed SU book sale system launched Yet other students were less sure Samuel Lovett about the advantages of expansion. the new system had launched too “I have had to buy a few books Josie Throup An anonymous student told the Daisy Sibun late. full price but I will no doubt make Boar: “The University is running First-year Psychology under- good use of the new improved sys- A new report by the university at 100 percent right now. Warwick graduate Catherine Stokes said: “I tem now it’s ready.” minister David Willets has sug- University is so full, we don’t even The Students’ Union (SU) online couldn’t really wait any longer for Mr March acknowledged the gested that university places will have enough room for people to second-hand book sale finally the book sale. inconvenience the delay may have need to increase by 26 percent live here!” launched on Tuesday 22 October “It was getting too far into the caused students. across the UK in the next 20 years. In terms of the pressures upon after being delayed. term for me to not have my core He told the Boar: “No students On The Today Programme Mr Warwick’s accommodation, Mr Warwick’s book sale usually sees textbooks. have contacted me directly about Willets said that the pressure we Dunn commented on the issue. thousands of books being listed “It’s a shame because I ended up disruptions, but undoubtedly the currently see on primary school “Every few years Warwick’s ex- and bought by students annually at paying more money for them than delay will have meant some stu- places will have a knock-on effect treme popularity as a choice of uni- the beginning of Term 1. I should have done.” dents have probably been paying on universities in the next two dec- versity makes it challenging to meet This year, technical problems Many others were assured that more when they could have been ades. full demand.” have delayed the sale, but the new the new system was worth the wait. saving money with the system. He also predicted that improve- However, he added that: “On online system will mean that stu- Shelby Roberts, a first-year His- “It is a shame and I am deep- ments in education will mean that every such occasion the accommo- dents have the opportunity to buy tory undergraduate, comment- ly apologetic for the delay, but the more students will meet application dation office have met that chal- and sell books all-year-round. ed: “Being able to access discount system is up and running now so standards. lenge.” This new system was introduced books throughout the year is essen- hopefully people can start benefit- Universities such as Warwick The potential increase in stu- by the SU to avoid heavy queuing, tial. ting from it straight away.” may have to expand to accommo- dents need not be a worry for War- logistical issues and book thefts date such pressure. wick students; according to Willets’ which were previously associated Spokesperson for Warwick Uni- report, the future economy will be with the sale. versity Peter Dunn expects that the more geared towards graduates. Cosmo March, democracy and University will be able to meet such Willets’ vision of the UK’s future development officer at the SU, in- demands but emphasises the fact was of “well-trained people doing sisted that the launch of the new that: “Warwick’s strategy is to focus high quality well paid jobs”. system was proving successful: “So on increasing its postgraduate re- Willets’ paper follows the revo- far, touch wood, there have been no search numbers, not its undergrad- lutionary Robins report of 50 years technical problems. uate numbers.” ago when just five percent of young “The delay of the launch was to First-year economics student, people went to university. ensure any technical problems were Edmund Robbins, saw the benefits Both papers called for the expan- ironed out so hopefully this was of possible expansion. sion of universities. worth it to some extent. So far lots “The more students we have, the Willets’ paper is seen by some as of students have been buying and more money the university has to the future of higher education in listing books.” invest.” the UK. Some students, however, felt that » TheSU second-hand book sale has launched. Photo: Warwick SU theboar.org News Deutsche Bank Financial support can only take you so far 5 db.com/careers 5 | Agile minds know how to go further

Warwick5566_011_DB_Banner_265x36_B.indd considers 1 US campus No to Saint extension24/10/2012 17:23 Previously, Drexel University in – along with Warwick’s reputation Warwick Street is “an area recog- Daisy Sibun Philadelphia was keen to build a – are exactly what the Sacramento Anna Wilson nized to be at saturation point for campus in California. Enthusiasm region and California values, and licensed premises”. for the project was weakened by needs more of.” He also expressed concern for the slowdown of the US economy Ms Hayes did add that Warwick local residents who, he claimed, City and county officials from and the death in 2011 of Universi- was not the only institution to be A Leamington nightclub’s appli- would be impacted by the bar’s Roseville and Placer County, ty President Constantine Papada- targeted, stating: “we are speaking cation to remain open until 6am patrons leaving at more “unsocia- California will visit Warwick on kis who was a long-time friend of with other universities and colleg- has been rejected by the council. ble” hours. Monday November 11 to discuss Tsakopoulos. es – nationally and internationally Saint Bar encountered strong Noise pollution in nearby resi- potential plans to develop a local Now that the plans of Roseville – about locating campuses in the opposition from Warwickshire dential areas also remains an issue, Warwick campus in Sacramento, and Placer County officials have Sacramento region.” Police. despite Saint Bar installing noise the state capital. shifted towards international part- The opinion of Warwick stu- Licensing officer Carline Simms limiting measures. The delegation travelling from nership, discontent has emerged dents appears to be one of general stated that approving the new A number of residents wrote California hope that the proposi- from locals in Sacramento. enthusiasm. opening times would “increase to the council in objection to the tion of free county land and a $150 Local resident Donna Williams First-year Biological Sciences crime and disorder in the vicinity”, extension of the license. million financial contribution to commented: “There are many uni- undergraduate Penny Tilsley said: adding that the area is already a At present, the bar’s license fund this campus development will versities in the United States, and to “The expansion of the Warwick “hotspot for crime and disorder.” permits the playing of music and persuade the University of War- search in the UK by financing a trip campus into the US puts Warwick’s Between 1 September 2012 and selling of alcohol until 1am from wick to agree. from taxpayers who can’t afford to name onto a more international 22 September 2013, there have Monday to Wednesday, until 2am The 1,157 acre ranch land prop- take their own vacations, to me is platform which can only benefit us been 41 recorded incidents, 30 of from Thursday to Saturday and un- erty in Roseville and Placer County irresponsible.” as graduates. I would definitely go which can be directly linked to the til 12pm on Sundays. was donated by property developer However, the CEO of the Sac- and study in Sacramento.” bar. Angelo Tsakopoulos in December ramento Area Trade & Commerce Vice Chancellor Professor Nigel In an interview with the Leam- for the purpose of building a uni- Organisation (SACTO) Barbara Thrift similarly commented that ington Courier, the solicitor repre- versity. Hayes, who will also visit next the development in the US would senting Saint, Ian Besant, claimed Kirk Uhler, a Placer County su- month, insisted that discussions be a positive one for the University: that “comprehensive” measures pervisor who will be part of the vis- with Warwick will lead to positive “Warwick is a globally connected were in place to prevent crime and iting delegation, told the Boar that outcomes for all parties. University that has chosen to form anti-social behaviour in the area. it was Tsakopoulos who was keen She said: “We must continue to partnerships that are not based on Mr Besant also added that to approach Warwick. Vice Chan- build our high education founda- geographical proximity but which only two incidents in the last year cellor Professor Nigel Thrift has tion to remain economically vital help create a truly global network.” listed in the police report involved visited Tsakopoulos on a number and sustainable. violence. of occasions to discuss the oppor- We are encouraged by the areas In a letter sent to the council, tunity. of study that Warwick pursues. Sci- Do you think a campus environmental health officer Warwick was not the first insti- ence, technology, engineering, and in the US will be Michael Jenkins, objected to the tution to be approached regard- math curriculum, and the students successful? extension of the license. ing the potential development. that such curriculum would attract Tweet: @BoarNews He did this on the grounds that » Photo: Saint nightclub Universities looking beyond grades 40 percent fall in Clara Rawlings into possible further use of contex- this is quite systematic, a tick-box Nada Showman tual data. exercise, that almost borders on part-time students “Students identified as disad- positive discrimination.” vantaged may preferentially receive Third-year Philosophy, Politics She commented: “Subsidised Increasing numbers of UK uni- offers from the University although and Economics student Patrick Emily Stevenson accommodation or cash bursaries versities are using contextual the grades required will be con- Mackenzie disagreed. for those from restricted income information, not just academic sistent with those for other candi- He said:“If contextual data in ad- households would ease some of this grades, to decide which students dates.” missions is positive discrimination financial pressure and allow more are given places. Katie Doyle, a second-year Psy- then I’m definitely in favour. The number of students taking part- students to access university edu- This comes in light of recent chology student, does not believe “Access to higher education has time courses has fallen nationally by cation.” controversy over the fairness of personal data should be taken into to be as broad as possible in order 40 percent over the last two years, university admissions, particularly account by admissions officers. to have more diveristy in senior and Warwick is no exception to the “As a university, we for ethnic minorities and students Ms Doyle commented: “I don’t positions in all sectors of the work- trend. should be doing more to from disadvantaged backgrounds. think [contextual data] really mat- place.” While there were 571 part-time understand the diverse Research carried out by the in- ters. The UK government encour- undergraduate students in 2010, needs of part-time students.” dependent body Supporting Pro- “I don’t see why [universities] ages universities to use contextual last year there were 528. fessionalism in Admissions (SPA) need it. data when giving places to students Lucy Gill, Warwick Students’ Lucy Gill, Postgraduate officer shows that of the 67 institutions “It’s quite personal. [Univer- from disadvantaged backgrounds Union postgraduate officer said: who responded to their survey, sities] shouldn’t make a decision and this may be a trend that will “[part-time students] are un- 37 percent said they used contex- based on that.” continue at Warwick. der-represented at university level. tual data and most of the others Divya Puri, a second-year Law “As a University, we should be Encouraging part-time students planned to do so too. student looking back on her own doing more to understand the di- to participate in campus life could The University of Warwick is experience said: “There is verse needs of part-time students increase their numbers at Warwick. one such institution that uses con- more emphasis and be working to ensure that every Miss Gill said: “We’ve seen a textual data. on grades Warwick student feels comfortable huge increase in postgraduate stu- The University’s admissions pol- and some on campus.” dents getting involved in societies icy states that: “Our recruitment contex- Part-time courses have a mas- this year, and we’d love to see this and application processes are de- tualis- sively important role to play in reflected in part-time and mature signed to support students with the ation making university-level education student involvement too!” potential to succeed at the Univer- too, but open to all and encouraging life- At Warwick, part-time students sity. long learning.” comprise around 25 percent of the “We are committed to ensuring A recent Universities UK study student body, with the majority of that every application is treated blamed reduced employer support part-time degrees being postgrad- fairly and judged on its merits. and increased pressure in house- uate. “Contextual data will be used in hold budgets along with the tre- selection decisions during the main bling in tuition fees as the main de- admissions cycle for only a small terrents against studying part-time. Why are there fewer number of pilot courses in the 2013 There is no easy solution to this, part-timers? admissions cycle, and these pilots although Miss Gill offered sugges- Comment online: will contribute towards research » Unis use contextual information. Photo: Warwick Media Library tions. theboar.org/news 6 theboar.org 6 Editor: Dan Mountain [email protected] Twitter @BoarComment COMMENT fb.com/groups/BoarComment STUDENT SOAPBOX Selina Sykes theboar “Language Degrees” n the age of Google Translate and English as the global lan- Editors’ Letters guage, I cannot sometimes help Ibut feel I am being told that my lan- guages degree is irrelevant. Every- one speaks English nowadays any- way right? The statistics are sadly not telling me anything different. Languages “International “Memoirs of courses are in free fall: university applications have plummeted and department closures are accelerat- students are not a night in” ing uncontrollably. Labour’s det- rimental decision to cut language unsociable” requirements at GCSE sums up the UK’s lacklustre for languages. I am fed up with this country’s Ann Yip Daniel Cope perception of languages degrees Deputy News Editor Deputy Comment Editor being a waste of time. “Oh how nice…so what are you exactly go- “They don’t talk to White peo- to speak up in a group of people. ifestyle editor, Maya Westwick them and they aren’t a mere smoky ing to do with that, spend your ple, they only ever socialise with For the majority of international may well have reminisced Neon haze but rather because it is summer holidays in France?” I their own kind.” students who speak English fluent- about the trial and tribulations was when my best relationships could ask you the same thing about here seems to be a common ly, there is the added cultural bar- Lof a Warwick nightlife last term but were forged. your Physics or your English Liter- perception that many inter- rier. I am not talking about surface in contrast I have had my fair share Whether me and my friends ature degree. Few degrees follow a national students are ‘unso- barriers like food preferences and of Warwick nights in that I need to want to have lengthy debates on straight route towards one career: Tciable’. Consequently, international cultural experiences, I am talking address vis-à-vis as it were… what constitutes feminism or sim- we have all heard about that notori- students that are able to mingle about deeply ingrained ideas and An ode to the cider-stained cards ply who got with who at Pop! the ous term ‘transferable skills’. with home students are often seen experiences that form personalities on the table after a game of ring of sky really was (and still is) the limit. I am acquiring all the skills any as ‘sociable’. This, however, demon- and social habits. fire and the coagulated substance And you might be surprised at the bog-standard arts student does, yet strates a refusal to understand But what many people fail to re- that formed thereafter because little unexpected nuances friends in another language. It is about international students and the cir- alise is that cultural differences can I didn’t attend to it… The lovely reveal about themselves over a late- cultural awareness, adaptability cumstances they are in. lead to incompatible personalities. cleaner passed on my apology via night hot chocolate. and relational thinking. Of all It aggravates me that all these Many from the east, for example, some well-aimed industrial clean- Since year two is now firmly es- which are extremely relevant in this assumptions revolving around ra- cannot accept the idea of casual ing product. tablished around me I can’t help increasingly globally-connected cial discrimination are made about relationships and casual sex, and My passing regards must also go but look back at those nights in world. Languages students study those who socialise inside or out- this could cause conflict with those to the naïve drunken me, the me and without my realising until now, literature, history, politics and film side their own ethnic circles. who are open to these concepts. who thought that clashing two bot- I have used them as a template to – not to mention verb conjugations But has anyone stopped to think As a Hong Konger who never re- tles together to add a crescendo to build on. and when to use the subjunctive. that maybe, just maybe, they are in ally conformed to the mainstream my far-from-verbatim singing, was My nights in this year are a con- We are open to new horizons and their friendship groups simple be- ideas of the place, I never really ever a good idea? coction of group Bake Off mara- challenges. Our year abroad has cause they ‘click’ together better? felt in my own skin living in Hong I also give a fond embrace to thons during which you must not proven we can adapt to change and From my own experience, I know Kong - I found it almost uncom- those times tucked up in bed breathe except to laugh at Mary communicate confidently and en- that there are cultural and language fortable. So I can understand how watching numerous repeats of Berry’s ludicrously sensual descrip- thusiastically with others. Most im- barriers which make it hard for in- some international students would Doctor Who to avoid the glaring tions of food. At other times, you’ll portantly, we are exportable. These ternational students to successfully feel more at home with those from demands of Medieval Literature. find me cursing the complexity of to me seem very attractive traits. mingle with home students. similar cultural backgrounds. But there are those nights when the Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams or We have relied for far too long For some, there is the difficul- This does not mean, however, Medieval Literature really can’t wait sobbing over the ever-consistent on the fact that English is the in- ty with language. Imagine being that it is right to cut off any effort any longer. pile of washing I have to do. ternational language of business. thrown into a room with people to mingle cross-culturally, all I am Film marathons with friends and The luxuries of sharing a student Recruiters are increasingly seeking who speak a language you under- saying is that I understand the ease popcorn really are the bee-knees house in second year are unprece- graduates with a language degree, stand but which you are not a na- and comfort that many interna- but whatever mood I’m in, Zool- dented if you know where to look. yet the skill pool is relatively slim tive speaker of - you would not be tional students may find in social- ander will never ever be a good I’m looking up at our infamous- pickings. British graduates are as talkative then. ising with their own kind. film. Sorry to the angry mob form- ly-titled ‘quote wall’ as I write this, losing out in the international job I myself can speak Cantonese So think again before condemn- ing outside my door. a conglomeration of golden witti- market due to inadequate language well, but not well enough. It is hard ing international students for ‘only I treasured my nights-in during cism that me and my friends have skills. In an increasingly competi- for me to sustain a conversation in sticking to their own kind’. my first year the most but not just come up with during term current- tive and international environment, Cantonese and I’m less motivated because I can actually remember ly adorns the wall. English does not always cut it. Perhaps I should be revelling in the shortage of languages gradu- ates. It must surely make my em- ployment prospects soar. Maybe my so-called ‘hobby’ will be of some use after all. theboar.org 7 7 |

For the love of language

Katherine Price

“So you speak German and Eng- lish, but what other languages do you speak?” I awkwardly found myself being asked this question during my year abroad in Germa- ny last year. The answer? None. I’m from Wales and I don’t even speak Welsh. After having spent a whole year in Europe, it really dawns on you how awful the UK is at lan- guages. Most of the other Erasmus students I met from other countries could speak three or four languag- es, minimum. I find myself asking: why do so many of us in the UK only have one language, and why isn’t anyone doing anything about this? It’s not only affecting our language capabil- ities, but our opportunities as well, especially if we ever choose to work abroad. To work as a United Na- tions translator, the requirements specify a minimum of two other languages, one of which must be French. When most Europeans are practically brought up bilingual, most of us here in the UK can bare- ly speak two languages. Unfortunately, there are pitfalls that cannot be altered. As an island, we are geographically isolated from Europe. We don’t have a ‘natural’ second language. There is no auto- » Why work to irk the Merk? Cartoon by Aaron Lee matic second language that would guarantee better prospects for the British like there is in Europe. And of course there’s the uncomfortable A Merk-y business: Is the U.S trustworthy? addition of ‘but everyone speaks English,’ which so many seem to Aaron Lee examines phone bugging and fraught relations with allies believe is an excuse for not learn- ing another language. Yes, English is the lingua franca of the world, but not everyone speaks it, and it’s ignorant, selfish and shallow to as- sume that the world will speak our language to us. Thankfully, there is a planned introduction of foreign languages into primary schools in England from next year. Every German primary school teaches English, and the majority of Germans have a fairly good standard of English by the time they reach secondary school. I even met students who, at secondary school age, had spent The President does not know a whole year in the UK learning what his own intelligence English. Why are so few British stu- services were up to dents studying abroad? In today’s world, where the globe is a lot smaller than it used The pronounced German to be and a language is an incred- outrage is a remarkable shift ibly useful, looked-for tool in the from the euphoric days of workplace. It not only looks good 2008 on your CV, it aids communication, helps one really understand anoth- er culture by the way in which the language works and makes it far easier to travel. Languages are so important in a time when the world is so much smaller, and it is so im- portant that we address the issues that are leading to our failure as a country to learn other languages.

Does the UK need to devlop a bilingual culture? Tweet us: @ BoarComment 8 theboar.org/Comment | @BoarComment | COMMENTtheboar.org 8 Nobel Peace Prize: Political weapon of choice White SaviourTM Can we really consider this award for peace a Noble Prize? Hiba Ahmad Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize tensions regarding its worth, par- pile as a breakthrough in global o you feel the weight of your Edward Halliday to the Organisation for the Pro- ticularly in the wake of the Euro- cooperation. Forgetting that it was ancestor’s pressing down on hibition of Chemical Weapons zone crisis. Vladimir Putin who actually or- you as you emerge freshly (OPCW) should, given this situ- Henry Kissinger’s 1973 victo- ganised the agreement—a contend- Dfrom school with excellent A-lev- eace can be a difficult concept ation, be seen as an unwelcome ry—ostensibly for negotiating the er for the Prize this year, and pos- els, a narrow understanding of the to define. Conflict, particular- development in the nature of the Paris Agreement that construct- sibly the only man less deserving world and a sense of adventure ly in its armed variant, is sim- debate around Syria. David Milib- ed a ceasefire (albeit temporarily) of the award than Kissinger—there borne of having a Daddy that can Ppler. There is certainly no difficul- and makes a good case by pointing between North and South Viet- are greater reasons to question the pay for your whims and wishes? ty in recognising the bloody Civil out that if the group truly deserved nam—was an attempt to validate Committee’s judgement in this Fret no more brave youngster War that Syria is currently fighting their laureate status, Syria should the treaty in the eyes of the bellig- case. as White Saviour Travels is here to amongst itself, nor its destructive not have been in a position to use erents, preserving South Vietnam- There will not be a ceasefire be- ease your pain! We are here to help impact on the lives of those within chemical weapons in the first place. ese independence. Kissinger—who tween the Syrian National Coali- you embark on the journey of a life- and surrounding the bitterly divid- A significant criticism continued to authorise tion and the government: not even time! Gain wisdom from various ed country. stems from the histor- illegal bombing raids a fragile two-year stop-for-breath Brown People as you explore their Governments, East and West, ical connotations in Cambodia—de- that even Kissinger managed. Con- lands and learn about their suffer- have no compelling excuse for their of a Nobel Peace served it for noth- ventional weapons, from bullets ing while living comfortably in a continued inaction. Between the Prize victory, and ing else. His sta- to phosphorous bombs, have been Western-friendly environment! two voting blocs in the UN—one what it signals tus as a Peace and will continue to be the single Eat the exotic food which is supporting the current Syrian gov- in terms of our Prize laureate greatest means of killing other Syr- available everywhere in the exotic ernment, the other broadly against attitude toward was heralded ians within Syria. heaven of your choice as you mar- it—there is at least agreement that the conflict. at the time as So who could have done with vel over the sheer exoticism of it all! peace is the ultimate goal of discus- The Peace ‘the death of winning the Nobel Peace Prize? Take pictures of oppressed women sion. Prize Commit- satire’; it only Lakhdar Brahimi, the current UN while wearing the hottest bikini on tee is not blind to took Tony Blair Peace Envoy to Syria. Perhaps with the market and thank the heavens the prestige and to become a the added attention and authority for being born in a civilised land. Kissinger’s status as Peace political capital it Middle East Peace a Nobel Prize can bestow, his ef- Experience joy as you embark Prize laureate was heralded as can endow. Through- Envoy to bury it. forts to establish an authoritative on your brave quest to Fix Africa/ ‘the death of satire’; Tony Blair out the years, the award Whilst the stories and conclusive Geneva II Conven- Asia/India/South America one vil- has been used strategically behind the laureates tion, focused solely on achieving a lage at a time! Build a house for the the peace envoy buried it. for various political ends. »photo: OPCW can be powerful and, in peaceful political solution for Syria, unfortunate and get a fabulous tan Jimmy Carter won in 2002, Kissinger’s case, mor- would be more fruitful—a com- while you’re at it! And do be sure with the Committee citing bidly amusing, there is a pletely speculative belief, but one to make friends with the locals be- However, neither side is willing his ‘untiring effort to find peace- greater theme to be exposed. The now resigned to remain so. cause who knows, you might just to forfeit a strategic regional advan- ful solutions to international con- Nobel Peace Prize in recent years is As it stands, the destruction of write the next “Eat, Pray, Love”! tage for a lasting peace; not when flicts’ as their reasoning—a thinly often given, to address and pontifi- Syria’s chemical weapons is less a Remember that your story of the only casualties of delay and ob- veiled criticism of President Bush’s cate over whichever pressing polit- development worth celebrating self-discovery is the most impor- structionism are the Syrian people war-posturing that would lead to ical issue is on the agenda. than it is a salve for the conscience tant thing to take back from your themselves. It is poker played with the invasion of Iraq a year later. Here, The Nobel Peace Prize of the global community, a pat on travels! While the conditions which a stranger’s money, warranting no The EU’s acceptance of the award Committee are desperate to com- the back for the having so well ar- you might stumble upon may seem concern over how much is lost in in 2012 will have helped strengthen memorate the destruction of the ranged the deck chairs on the Ti- terrible, our Spiritual Mentors™ will pursuit of the pot. the organisation against internal Syrian chemical weapons stock- tanic. provide you with a Positive Outlook that will help you see the beauty of it all! All those impoversihed poor souls make up in spirituality what “You two are making people uncomfortable” they lack in BMI and their days are simply full of meaning! An anonymous writer shares his experience of homophobia in Altoria Experience it first hand and you t 2:15 on Friday 18th Oc- A stolen moment of intimacy would be attached to this incident. ous breakdown or something, and will gain a whole new treasury of tober. I was the victim of a and affection, a momentary re- I imagined that’s how things start- if the management condone those wisdom and quotes which you can hate crime. treat from the revelry of the night, ed in Russia. I imagined that’s how sort of attitudes then they really later bestow upon the uneducated AAfter such progress in the fight we kissed. For a few brief seconds things started in V for Vendetta. have no right to host such an event. masses at home! Just think of all the for equal rights following a highly there was no one else but the two But then his tone shifted. Having inspiring blog posts it could gener- publicised campaign and over- of us, we had left this world behind. awkwardly avoided using the word ate! Your selfless act of philanthro- whelming support from our fellow That was until we were brought ‘gay’ throughout the entire time we It is not okay that the police py will become legendary and you countrymen, homosexual men and crashing down by the shameful talked, although remaining impec- claim “there is nothing we can could really save the lives of many women could rejoice in the fact and demoralising actions of one cably polite and professional de- do about it.” It’s just not. Brown People by simply gracing that by law their love was recog- particular bouncer. His intru- spite being so obviously out them with your unique presence. nised and acknowledged. sive intolerance stung me of his comfort zone, he With that being said, this won- Then why is it that after this with the sudden reali- looked directly at me It is not okay that someone derful adventure of a lifetime will monumental step forward in gay sation that little had and said he would thinks it perfectly acceptable to of course cost you (i.e. Daddy) a rights that not only changed the changed. personally con- throw people out for being gay. It fortune, but what you lose in mon- law, but more importantly people’s Despite the new front the bouncer is not okay that the bouncer had ey you make up for in wisdom and attitudes and the way we approach laws, damaging in question. There “more right” to throw us out than character. And do be sure to take an LGBT issues, my boyfriend and and backward at- are people on our we had the right to complain about unholy amount of photos with all I were escorted out of Altoria for titudes persist, side. his reasons for it. It is not okay that the darling little children running kissing? so much so that That one warm the police claim “there is nothing around with swollen bellies and too the actions of one look from the po- we can do about it”. It’s just not. big eyes in dirty, skinny faces. They ignorant man who lice officer seemed It never can be. He had no more do make the most wonderfully in- My boyfriend and I were believed himself to be to be an antidote to right to throw us out than a het- spiring profile pictures! escorted out of Altoria for immune to the progress all that had happened. erosexual couple or an interracial kissing. the rest of us had made, un- He said all too often things couple. And there is no other way ravelled the worrying truth »photo: flickr/ like this just get forgotten of putting it. We were thrown out behind our liberties. But I philippeleroyer about or brushed under because we were gay. This man’s ac- “You two have got to leave, you will not remain silent. the carpet. As he left he tions were appalling. I will not re- are making people feel uncom- “As homophobia in itself urged me to seek civil ad- main silent. I will not let it go. I will fortable,” grunted the bouncer as isn’t actually a crime, there is little vice and pursue the matter further, fight this and I implore you, reader he awkwardly avoided eye-contact we can really do about this”. The which I am, with the help of the to do the same. and barely hid the look of disgust words of the police officer I met fabulous (in both respects) Pride If you are a victim, or know of on his face. We were kissing. We with the following morning, hav- reps and Student Union Advisers. a victim of intolerance, don’t keep had left the bustle of the dance ing officially reported it on waking. It is also worth noting that Al- quiet. There are people, powerful floor and were stood at the top of His response worried me, but I had toria are planning a ‘Gay Night’ in people who are ready to back us the stairs waiting for a friend. Our heard it before. Momentarily, I felt a few weeks, which I think really and purge our country of intoler- eyes met, and when our eyes meet, trapped and very small, suddenly needs to be discussed, because that ance, one nightclub bouncer at a they fix. So we kissed. terrified that my personal details bouncer is going to have a nerv- time. »photo: vmproductions theboar.org 9 9 | Energy Prices: Tête à Tête “Chelsea Manning and the leaks culture: A Heated Issue Jack Simpson Praise or Punish?” Will Tucker his summer saw the convic- tions taps into the almost visceral ou may or may not have read premise, but does offer the best way Milo Barnett tion, on all but two counts, resentment that some feel towards in the news the revelations to explain why this all matters. of former US private Chelsea the American state. One can legit- of mass surveillance under- As a citizen, we enter a contract TManning, for her decision to re- imately disapprove of some of the Ytaken by the American National with the state to a) keep us safe and n the past week we have seen lease thousands of classified Amer- American tactics used through- Security Agency (NSA) and, com- b) protect our personal freedoms. a rapid rise in energy prices. ican military documents to Julian out the War on Terror. However, pletely unrelated to payments of We also give governments the right Companies such as Npower and Assange’s Wikileaks. Civil liberties’ the fact remains that the US is on £100m over three years, our very to do these things through popular IBritish Gas have risen prices by groups and Manning’s assembled the side of basic human rights in own GCHQ. Put simply, through votes. But if we don’t know what double percentage points Npower supporters have sought to portray a continued global conflict against the PRISM programme and others, our governments are up to, how on has risen the cost of its energy by her as a heroic individual, who al-Qaeda, and America has the these bodies have the power to find earth can we pass judgement at the 10.4%, which is simply staggering stuck by her principles no matter moral conviction and – as the sole out pretty much anything you’ve ballot box? as there’s huge gap between prices the grave personal consequences. superpower – the militaristic capa- been up to online – and these pow- The former NSA operative Ed- rises and income rises. This perception is profoundly bility to contain and tackle. ers are not so much selective as a ward Snowden blew the whistle on Many would cite this as compa- wrong-headed. Although her de- Given that it was shown on 9/11 massive data-mining exercise. the massive and sweeping powers nies reacting badly to Ed Miliband fenders deny that there is concrete just how much devastation this Now, you can disagree with me of the NSA and GCHQ – powers, conference speech yet this is not a evidence of anyone having lost their cruel organisation can wreak when about whether or not this is neces- like blanket logging of data that had recent phenomenon. Last winter lives due to the leaks, it is clear that left unchecked, support for actions sary. Many people think that, given previously been denied ever exist- the 6 main energy companies out- they provided the Taliban with sen- that make the War on Terror all the the unpredictable, volatile world ed. Yet in order to make these reve- lined price rises between 6% and sitive intelligence for them to use harder to prosecute seem incom- we live in the secret services need lations, Snowden had to flee to first 10.8%. against the brave men and women prehensible. such powers to catch terrorists and Hong Kong and then Vladimir Pu- Simply put this is unacceptable who she had fought alongside. If a culture of leaking sensi- criminals. Personally, I think the tin’s Russia – hardly a place known considering that natural gas prices Supporters of Manning – who tive intelligence ever took hold subversion of the concept of ‘inno- for its democratic freedoms. for example have fallen by 1/3 since are generally so quick to emphasise and drastically curtailed the War’s cent until proven guilty’ the revela- If it takes a 30-year-old comput- there peak in 2011. The fact that this the sanctity of life when it comes scope and effectiveness, then hu- tions entail is a violation of our civil er technician to reveal the extent of isn’t some small rogue company to casualties of US foreign policy – mans throughout the world, of all liberties. the state’s power, then something but all the major suppliers shows us would do well to remember the in- faiths and none, would see their By assuming everyone is a sus- has gone seriously wrong with that there are fundamental flaws in nate value of the lives that she, at the most fundamental right - the right pect until they are proven other- democratic accountability. The the industry as a whole. The utility’s very minimum, imperilled. Indeed, to live, rendered much less secure. wise, and needing no warrant to see self-defeating post-9/11 ‘nothing industry acts not as a free market as rather than seeing the leaks as a Those critics of the US who are our online lives, the relationship to fear, nothing to hide’ paranoia it should be in theory but as a car- courageous stand against a faceless lining up to support Chelsea Man- between state and citizen is perma- that has been used to stifle any de- tel. military machine, it is important to ning should thus consider whether nently damaged. But that’s not the bate about civil liberties, and brand I just want to say that I don’t consider the extreme risks to indi- they are acting in accordance with point I’m making here. Snowden a ‘traitor’ (as if al-Qaeda mind price rises if they are justi- vidual humans that they created, the notions of human rights and One of the reasons defenders of and their ilk didn’t suspect they fied. For example if there had been regardless of whether one agrees civil liberties which they appropri- PRISM and the like offer for why were being spied on) is damaging massive increase in the wholesale with the action in which they are ate. They are defending an individ- we shouldn’t worry about these our democracy. price of gas then a price rise would engaged. Therefore, Manning’s be- ual whose actions endangered US programmes is that we live in a de- I may be wrong. Governments be justified. This current wave of haviour must be considered deeply service personnel and promoting mocracy. Therefore, goes the argu- may really need these powers. Peo- hikes, is not. There is no clear solu- irresponsible on this level. behaviour wholly antithetical to ment, governments won’t overstep ple may not care because they’re tion to this problem, Ed Miliband’s Attempts made to instead some- stemming the inhuman terrorist the mark in the balance between happy with the status quo. But policy may be a good short term how romanticise Manning’s ac- menace. security and liberty. This is a flawed please, let us have a debate. answer to the problem but not a long term one. What Britain needs is to invest in its infrastructure therefore having Porntastic Kasbah: Taking ‘lad bants’ too far a more efficient energy sector and using a range of energy sources. Harrassment and public humiliation at Kasbah’s Poptastic evening Britain as an island nation should just once more, “Oi, stop blocking be at the forefront of using tidal en- Emma Welton her! Stop lezzing off!” ergy which will not only be cheaper After my friends left the stage in long run but also better for the we spent a lot of our night consol- environment. This investment can When I think of Kasbah, it is usu- ing them, initially from their em- take in range of areas to have broad ally a colourful blur of bad dancing, barrassment and later from crowd and diverse energy policy. We also friends getting their faces painted members, who felt the need to come need a tougher regulator when Of- with the Mike Tyson tattoo, and the up to our group and “congratulate” gem is seen by many as not fit for “you don’t need no boyfriend, get them. Further insult was added to service. yo’self a lollipop” singing lady. Now, injury when videos of stripping Britain situation isn’t unique, however, many memories of the and writhing girls were plastered many countries face similar prob- nightclub my friends and I share all over the big screens, surprising lems but that doesn’t mean that we are jaded by the dark and pretty » One of the night’s classiest displays photo: Emma Welton us again, thinking the night should should ignore the problem rather harrowing events of their ‘Poptas- probably be rebranded “Porntastic.” we should tackle it head on and tic’ night on October 7th. point. If you miss, an item of cloth- gross, degrading rules? Clearly not Many of the people I have re- try to save money and tackle this Unlike other nights hosted by ing comes off. My friends, a little in his eyes, as he invoked a chant layed this story to have said to me, countries over reliance a gas and Kasbah like ‘Kinky Fridays’ and a hazy behind the eyes, don’t react, of “dress, dress dress!” amongst the “This sounds like something that other non-renewables. Govern- night in March where guests were which I find a bit weird. boys in the crowd. would happen in Magaluf.” And ment seems ill disposed to do much told to, “Expect strippers and a mas- The game begins, and the two The game continued in this they’re really right. Some people about it and I doubt any radical ac- sive sex toy treasure hunt”, Poptas- girls miss their shot (unsurprising- vein for many more painful min- might argue, why didn’t my friends tion will be taken. tic isn’t a night we (sadly) expected ly, as there are fans blowing against utes. When the boys misssed, my just get off of the stage, which from Even Ed Miliband is ignoring to be a super-sexualised event. On them to jeopardise their throws), male friend laughed and shook his an outsider’s perspective is a valid calls for among those in his own that Monday night everything was and the MC jeers at them to take head signalling no, thanks, I don’t point. But it wasn’t necessarily the party about re-nationalisation. This normal, until the DJ interrupted off their clothes. Now what they’re want to take off my boxers. Jonny premise of the game, the nudity, issue is a contemporary one but it’s the set to say there was a new game being asked to do clicks with them, mocked him, “Why not, have you which was the main problem, even been around for years and I doubt to be played, boys versus girls. Ex- you can see it on their faces. After- got a tiny cock?”, as if by whacking though in principle that is still obvi- that the next government will tack- cited for our first group night out wards one of them said to me, in his penis out on a sweaty Coventry ously grim. It was the fact that when le it what’s clear is changes needs together, two of my girl friends and tears, “We thought it was a casual stage it would validate his manli- my friends did abide by the game’s to be wholesale and looked at from one of the guys volunteered along dance off. We couldn’t even hear ness. debasing rules, they were scorned different angles from supply to in- with another boy from Cov. what he was saying. It was so loud.” At last the girls won, but not for how they interpreted them. My frastructure all of which be for Brit- The host of the game was a All of us spectating, however, before one of my friends was left friend was completely naked under ain’s interests rather than having to bravado-fuelled, swaggering lad could. When my friend missed standing in her underwear under her dress, and yet the artful Jonny shell out extortionate amounts that (shock!) called Jonny. He paced her shot again and she reluctant- a harsh spotlight. My other friend encouraged the crowd to taunt her only benefits the few. up and down the stage explain- ly removed her bra from under stood in front of her, masking her for not stripping nude. That night, ing the game: lads vs ladies, throw her dress, we very clearly heard confused nudity from the heckling Jonny really did pronounce for us a ball from the other side of the Jonny declare: “That’s not good crowd. Even though the game was the boundary that must be drawn dance floor into the bin, you gain a enough!” Had she not abided by the over, Jonny felt the urge to interject between ‘entertainer’ and ‘predator.’ 10 theboar.org 10 Sponsored by Editor: Roxanne Douglas [email protected] Twitter @BoarFeatures FEATURES fb.com/groups/BoarFeatures It’s not always (just mostly) sunny Gena-mour Barrett is back at the Boar telling of her American year abroad

write this because I, like many, was once a naive, inexperienced traveller, who viewed California as a paradisiacal land inI which rain was only something a queen did. A haven for British citizens, whose cul- ture, fashion and speech, I’d been told, were revered by hundreds upon thousands and that I would only have to open my mouth and whisper ‘tea and crumpets’ for stran- gers to come flocking at the marvel that is a British accent. On departing for the US, I was inundated with anecdotes and barely- based-on-actual-knowledge advice that only added to my perception of the US as a coun- try where only dreams were made. Now that I have actually arrived in California and have been here for two months, I feel it is my duty to clear up a few misconceptions. After all, nowhere is perfect…not even California (al- though it comes pretty darn close). I am going to be honest and confess that I was very much under the impression that I would be somewhat of a novelty in the US. British friends who had previously been on years abroad told me how they’d been stopped in the street for their accent and could rarely utter a sentence without some- one shouting ‘Oh my God, are you from Eng- land?!’ Needless to say, I was intending to rely » (Despite what Gena says) evidence of sunshine, Berkeley University photo: flickr/wallyg solely on my accent to make friends. Why be funny and engaging when I can just lie and say I’ve met the Queen in my best posh ac- in sight. Who has time for coats when you’re Given my numerous failed attempts to adjust Finally, the people. I don’t particularly like cent and get the same amount of friends for relaxing in the Sunshine State, sipping on a to the sporadic temperature changes, I learnt to say this because I think British people, par- free? However, I have had a mixed experience piña colada and swapping childhood stories the hard way that the “Sunshine State” is not ticularly Londoners, get a bad rap from ap- in terms of this interesting idea that Ameri- with the cast of 90210? always as sunny as you might assume. parently being “cold”. However, it is true what cans are obsessed with British accents. On For those of you who have been told simi- In addition to the weather, American food they say: people in California are nice as hell. the one hand, my accent either goes unno- lar things about a place they’re potentially was an endless topic of conversation. It is In some cases it is actually laughable how ticed or unmentioned, leading me to believe travelling to, specifically California, do your no secret that America has the unfortunate nice. When I first arrived I was so shocked at that maybe I’m not quite so much of an alien research. Do not make the same mistake as reputation of being home to some of the big- the sheer tone of some people’s voices, where as I first believed and that perhaps my accent I did and work purely on hearsay. Indeed, gest people and portions in the world. I was a simple ‘hi, how are you?’ could sound as isn’t so obvious. I thank a cashier for serving places in Southern California, like San Diego endlessly warned about my future as a whale, happy as telling someone you have won the me and she does not gasp; I speak in class and and LA, are hot, but I was going to Berkeley returning to England twice the size with only lottery. My roommate’s first words to me nobody stares in wonder. It is almost as if my in the North. When people talk about Cali- a Twinkie and a couple of Poptarts to my were ‘are you a hugger?’ and no one seems to sporadic bursts of “innit” and “bloody hell” fornian weather, nobody seems to mention name. A family friend even bet me £10 that I be shy about exchanging numbers within the slip completely under the radar. the North’s crazy, temperamental weather. would put on weight, just because she was so first five minutes of meeting. On the other hand, my accent sparks un- sure that I’d balloon into the Michelin man. Of course, I have met my fair share of rude tamed excitement in some people. I have However, the US is actually missing some people. However, I find more often that I am been speaking in a shop and heard a girl in If any of your non-Californian ac- key staples from its bacon-obsessed diet. The caught in random conversations with people front of me whisper ‘omg, she’s British!’ to her quaintances have told you California most shocking of which was the absence of on the bus and, despite my London-esque friend, I have thanked a girl for holding the is always hot, take it from me, they are squash. As students who know how little they tendency never to smile whilst walking down bin open and she has jumped back in amaze- liars. In fact, delete them as Facebook can afford to splash out on bottles and bottles a road, people generally tend to smile at me. ment and proceeded to tell me how much she friends of actual drinks, squash is a God-send. For In many shops they even have a specific job would love to go to London, and I have had the days when I physically could not fathom title for a “greeter”, who welcomes people in children tell me they love my accent whilst another glass of water, squash was my go- when they enter the store and ask you how shopping. It is, without a doubt, one of the to substance. It was cheap (42p from Tesco you are. Find me a greeter in Te sco and I will strangest experiences, particularly because cheap) and it seemed like it never ran out. It give you a hundred pounds. I think my accent is terrible. Indeed, some On my first day waking up to my new sur- was only until I was met with blank stares and All in all, California is beautiful and that, people do appear to be on the obsessive side roundings, I was met by a completely grey asked if by squash I was referring to the veg- if nothing else, is 100% true. Although War- in their reaction to a British accent, but un- sky and a chilly start. I reached for one of the etable, that I realised that there is absolutely wick will be sorely missed, I am excited to fortunately not everyone cares if you are from only jumpers I’d brought and left for my first no equivalent here. How can a country with spend my year here and am thankful for the England. That being said, there is not a day day in Berkeley. inventions like chocolate covered bacon and huge reality check. Beyond everything, a year that goes by where someone does not mimic By noon, the sun seemed to have popped “cronuts” not have squash? Although I was abroad is meant to be an adventure, not a my accent or laugh at the way I pronounce its head out from nowhere and proceeded to crushed by this unfortunate discovery, there fairy tale. certain words, which is a never-ending joy fry me for the rest of the day, until I could is a plethora of food to choose from. Mexican (spot the sarcasm). get home and change into something cooler. restaurants are pretty much on every street To read more about Gena’s adventures Admittedly, as a person who comes from Using my lesser sense of judgement, I left my corner in the Bay Area and $2 ice-cream visit londoncanyouhearme.blogspot.com a country where snow can still be seen in house for dinner in nothing but a sun dress, sandwiches have become my new best friend. April, the prospect of any weather other than convinced it wouldn’t get colder because the They also seem to cater to a lot more food freezing was beyond exciting. Having been heat at that moment was unbearable, but by preferences. There are vegan specialist res- told incessantly that I was incredibly lucky the evening the temperature had dropped so taurants, various gluten-free options, good to be going to California because ‘it’s like much that it was freezing. If any of your non- dairy-free products and numerous fat-free Studied abroad – how do 40 degrees over there all the time’, I packed Californian acquaintances have told you Cal- frozen yoghurt places, so if you make good your experiences match? my suitcase almost identically to the way I’d ifornia is always hot, take it from me, they are decisions and have a mind of steel you can Tweet: @BoarFeatures packed my bags to go on holiday two months liars. In fact, delete them as Facebook friends get by without transforming into a Teletubby. prior. Filling it with “essentials” like flip-flops now because those same people are the rea- Plus, gym membership on campus is only $10 and crop tops, not a cardigan or jacket was son I left my five cardigans back in England. a semester (Warwick Sport, please take note). theboar.org Features 11 11 Canada and her resident evil In Canada, Kirsten-Rose Brooks was shocked by Indian Residental Schools

schools and the legacy of their experiences understanding that we could respectfully ac- will take generations to heal. knowledge and celebrate indigenous culture, This September and throughout the year but not appropriate it or generalise it. This in in BC there are no shortage of opportunities itself was a different facet to ‘reconciliation’ to learn about the history and experiences of and made for a powerful and thought-pro- Aboriginal peoples in Canada. These include voking experience. This presence of history art exhibitions, film screenings, lectures and and all its stories certainly weren’t what I ex- public events, many of them on campus. pected when I applied for my year abroad in Even last week I attended the presentation of Canada, but now I’m fascinated by the ways a paper on the representation of indigenous in which such a history is being negotiated women in Canadian film and watched a dis- and approached. turbing short confronting the incursion of In Britain, it seems that colonial history is oil companies on native land. On the day off skipped over or even glamourised. We may classes I caught a bus to the other side of Van- learn about slavery and exploitation but we couver with some friends to attend the main are only scratching the surface – few of us TRC event at the Pacific National Exhibition, realise that significant numbers of people where there were panel sessions, talks and an are living today with the damaging effects atmosphere unlike anything else I’ve experi- of colonialism, of not only land seizure and enced. We visited the Sacred Fire, which is lit displacement but concerted attempts at rid- at every TRC event (currently held annually, ding settlements of indigenous peoples alto- each time in a different city) from the ashes gether, deliberately destroying their rich ar- » PM offers full apology on behalf of Canadians for the Indian Residential Schools system of the previous fire, and watched as people ray of cultures. The news that the Canadian back in 2008 photo: Flickr/ pmwebphotos walked up and prayed over the flames. It was government is to formally reject a call from intensely personal but fascinating to watch, the UN to launch a national investigation here is an episode in history that has up a number of residential schools for Abo- and it was this combination that made me into the sexual abuse, murder and disappear- been virtually ignored, that is destroy- riginal children. They seized these children feel a little like a historical tourist, almost ances of aboriginal women in the country is ing the lives of a significant group of from their families and sent them to institu- intrusive. It emphasised just how important perhaps another indicator that serious prob- peopleT in a vicious cycle and is barely being tions in order to strip them of their heritage the Commission was to many who were at- lems will persist if direct action in support of addressed by the heirs of its perpetrators. It at an early age, to ‘kill the Indian in the child’. tending. First Nation peoples is not made a priority. is dark, bloody and disturbing and the in- The children never fully learned their own It’s difficult as an outsider to understand The message of intercultural understanding stitutions concerned are only just starting language and were punished if they didn’t just how complex this issue is. I walked was powerful. As young Aboriginals today to stumble towards acceptance and apol- speak English, taught that their culture was among the art and craft stalls admiring the are statistically more likely to go to jail than ogy. Here I uncover the issue of the Indian inherently wrong and no longer relevant, and symbols and elaborate jewellery, yet when finish high school, the need for much better Residential Schools, an instrument of British were often abused sexually, mentally, emo- I came to the tables offering support, guid- awareness has never been higher. ‘Truth’ and colonialism that began in the late nineteenth tionally and physically. The abuse, poverty ance and information about the event I felt I ‘reconciliation’ have endless meanings and century and continued almost into the pre- and alienation experienced by many pupils had little right to pick up the pamphlets and implications for each person affected by the sent one – the last school only closed in 1996. of the schools exists in a harsh cycle, passed copies of the official governmental apology, Indian Residential Schools, and while the The ‘Indians’ I write about are the indigenous down through generations. The parents, even though the historian’s burning for wit- TRC has made moves towards this, there is peoples of Canada, mainly First Nations peo- grandparents and authority figures of First ness accounts and primary sources was rac- still a very long way to go to repair the dam- ple but also the Métis and Inuit populations, Nations communities, especially in Western ing within me. We were there to learn, yet age done by colonialism. who live in greatly reduced numbers across Canada, will all probably have attended the I still felt there was a firm line in place, an Canada and still experience systematic rac- ism as part of the legacy of colonialism. This year I have swapped Warwick for the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. In between sightseeing and adjust- ing to the rigours of the North American uni- versity assessment system, I’ve been learning about the history of the province and have realised just how serious the problem of atti- tudes towards Aboriginal people in the coun- try are. At the beginning of any event, academic talk or even in the first classes of term, the speaker will acknowledge that UBC stands on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Musqueam people, viewed by some as an empty gesture but by others as necessary and respectful. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), which opened in BC on September 18 this year, is leading a drive for awareness and education as well as address- ing the repercussions of its colonial history. Just a few weeks into my year abroad, UBC cancelled a day’s classes – for the first time since World War Two! – so that students and staff could participate in the TRC and learn about its work. I wouldn’t be surprised if you had no idea what the residential schools were or what their impact was (and is) on First Nation society: the majority of my Canadian class- mates were, and most remain, equally una- ware. From the late nineteenth century, the Canadian government and national Church » Abandoned: St. Michael’s Indian Residential School at Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada, was erected in 1929. photo: flikr/ D-Stanley followed an example set in the USA and set Want to write for Features? Let us know! E-mail [email protected] to pitch your ideas 14 theboar.org 12 Editor: Maya Westwick [email protected] Twitter @BoarLifestyle LIFESTYLE fb.com/groups/BoarLifestyle Fashion Forward: Student Street Style Veronika Vohlmuthova brings you her very best picks from Autumn/Winter campus fashion

Giving this outfit a very girly and elegant Electric blue heels with jeans and a leather Black trench coats are a favourite for uni- Combining Nike shoes with a military jacket attitude, a big flowery scarf has vamped up jacket are what makes this outfit this outfit versity students. What makes this outfit and throwing on a cosy sweater and a back- this simple look. The leather boots with studs stand out. A perfect example of contrasting stand out is the blue scarf paired with leather pack: mix-and-match at its best! Prints and bring an added edge juxtaposed with the re- different styles and making them look great gloves, taking the look from casual to effort- colours that shouldn’t necessarily work come laxed beige bag. together. lessly cool. together to produce something interesting.

Where to start? Talk about making a state- This outfit is very smooth, focusing on nude A red scarf is something you should definite- Leather jacket, bag and boots, check! This ment; this outfit is bound to catch your eye. colours. A furry short jacket is an ideal piece ly consider owning. It screams courageous look is a classy combination of a shirt and A special mention goes to the slipper shoes for autumn. The over-sized satchel pulls the and makes a very simple outfit with leather sweater. The outfit seems very grown up but that have a similar pattern to the lower seam entire look together and screams ombre-chic. accessories look absolutely stunning. a playful touch is introduced by the tartan of the jeans. Love it. print grey sweater. theboar.org theboar.org/Lifestyle | @BoarLifestyle | LIFESTYLE 1315 It’s time to trend it up! Alisa MacLachlan on Autumn/Winter fashion ights are drawing in faster, leaves out’ for this trend… a kilt is not necessary. are falling and it’s becoming more Burgundy of a chore layering up against the Burgundy, crimson, dark red, ma- cold weather. Autumn is here. roon. Call it what you will, this is an- NBut that does not mean that fashionable other big trend for the winter season. clothing has to take a back seat. Luckily Say no to the black and navy coats there are a few key trends that can save that you will see in abundance in you and your wardrobe this winter every shop, be it high street or de- season. signer, and say yes to the burgundy coat that grabbed your attention Tartan when you first walked in. If it Yes, you’re right in thinking caught your eye, it’s bound to that historically this has been catch everyone else’s. a trend confined mainly north Similarly, if you already have of the English border, but this is a black coat, a cheaper alterna- the ‘it’ trend this season. Tartan tive is to invest in a burgundy is a lot more versatile than scarf, a simple yet effective way you would originally think. of updating an autumn look. It can be added to most This coveted colour should not things you already have in just be confined to outerwear, your wardrobe thus mak- no, no, no. Like tartan, this ing it cost friendly as well as trend can be added to most fashion friendly. things you already have in Don’t think of tartan as your wardrobe. ‘eurgh…tartan’, think of it as any other pattern that Navy you have in your ward- Navy is the new black. I know what robe and dress it accord- you’re thinking and yes, it’s another ingly. There are many colour trend, but before you start to subtle tartan prints that are protest, navy is the most versatile trend available in many high street shops, of them all. Seen all over A/W catwalks so if the thought of going out in a this season, navy has filtered down into bright red tartan skirt scares you, all high street stores, therefore there have no fear, this trend is still acces- are no excuses as to why you shouldn’t sible to you. be wearing it by the end of this week. Navy and darker green tartan are Don’t be afraid to swap a black top for a lot more subtle and could be seen navy, more importantly don’t be afraid to as with more versatile due to them wear black and navy together! Go navy blending in with a classic staple col- and go big! our of winter: good old black. So just remember, you don’t have to go ‘all » photos: top left: Veronika Vohlmuthova, top right: Flickr/goMainstream, bottom S. Elvin Haven’t you heard? The only way is Warwick Mareike Zollner and Raveena Kaur provide a peek into the fun they had during Fresher’s fortnight

aving been interrogated at the air- events and directions I had been through ith all the hype and hysteria Rooms night after night to partake in another port after my scissors were detect- more than enough to tip me over the edge surrounding student life, the manic night of shenanigans; I figured a night ed in my luggage and almost miss- and make me long for the days of airport in- moment I would finally arrive of frivolity was equivalent if not better than ing my flight, I should have known terrogations. onto campus was wildly antic- anyone’s five a day. Hthis was an omen for things to come. Once I can assure you my freshers experience Wipated. Despite the Fresher’s Passports being Another part of my Warwick initiation I had boarded, I could relax knowing that was not all doom and gloom, meeting so the reason for my lack of sleep, they proved to involved circling. No matter what anyone when I finally got off the plane it would be many great, fun and inspiring people from all be little gems getting me into every event of told me before attending, I was certainly not as an international student studying for her around the globe made the settling-in phase the fantastic fortnight. prepared to continuously ‘down it, fresher’. Masters degree at Warwick University. a lot easier. What followed the friendly intro- A highlight definitely included the Paint Weeks later, even the thought of a sip of the My first weeks as a new postgrad student ductions were 14 days of crazy, intense par- Party. However, I will say that when you’re infamous drink of ‘Purple’ has the capacity to went a little like this: tying, sightseeing, bonding, dating and Irish just over five feet tall, being sandwiched in a make me shudder. If you haven’t tried it yet, Umbrella? Check. dancing. room full of too many people and not enough approach that violet-coloured concoction Passport? Check. Mareike Zollner oxygen is definitely not ideal. with caution! Fresher’s Passport? Crap, sold out. Messiness aside, the hardest part of being Although I have only been a student here Arriving on a campus which I had only a Fresher is getting used to the fact that you for a few weeks, it feels like a lifetime. War- previously seen on Google Earth with 40kg Share your freshers’ can no longer rely on your mother to cook wick is beautiful. Where else can you stum- of life in a suitcase to pull, I already felt in experiences for you. This finally hit me in Week 2 when ble across a taxi man sitting in his car alone, strong need of a holiday. Met with a mara- Tweet: I had run out of ideas for jazzing up a loaf belting his heart out to Chaka Khan’s ‘Ain’t thon session of signing papers, queuing for @BoarLifestyle of bread. To avoid cooking and the imminent Nobody’? keys and food and getting confused about hunger, I found myself back in the Copper Raveena Kaur 4 theboar.org 14 Editor: Benjamin Shaw [email protected] Twitter @BoarMoney MONEY fb.com/groups/BoarMoney What’s the deal Keep calm and carry on spending with... Richard Brown offer a completely different approach to student budgeting ...arbitrage trading? e live in an ever-increas- Simply put, the longer you spend Never, ever, ever take a card on Vine Leaves, and please, above all ingly expensive society, in that environment, the less you a night out! Once you know your else, don’t be that guy in Saints buy- one that can cause con- spend. Once you find a routine that tolerance, you know how much it ing bottles of Moët. Easy. Benjamin Shaw Wsternation and despair, particular- works for you, no matter how strict will cost for a big night, if you’re in ly among the student community. or casual it may be, you will for the mood for one of course. Take 20p for a Freddo – are you having the most part stick to it, and with that much money out (plus maybe raditionally defined, arbi- a laugh? fewer big one-off purchases, your a few quid for that drunken kebab trage trading refers to the si- Coming to University can sym- expenditure will plateau into a state on the stumble home), and leave How do you keep on multaneous buying and sell- bolise many things: a chance to of serene comfort. Or at least that’s your plastic demon on your bed- top of your finances? Ting of an asset in order to achieve a reinvent yourself, freedom from the plan. side table. Tweet: @BoarMoney profit from price differences. If you the authority of your parents, but If you take a card, you’re ask- can buy a share in Apple for £500 perhaps the most important aspect ing for trouble; £20 rounds of Ja- from one seller, and sell it immedi- of ‘going solo’ is, for many people at Once you find a routine, your gerbombs start to mount up. No ately to another for £600, you exe- least, control over your own funds. expenditure will plateau into a matter how generous a drunk you cute an arbitrage trade that yields As hard as you may try to budget state of serene comfort may be, your bank balance won’t be £100 profit. and allocate yourself certain thanking you the next morning. A related concept is market ef- amounts of money for certain as- Despite your desire to stay ‘in ficiency. Markets are said to be ef- pects of your life, it’s never that sim- the black’, always stay stocked up ficient if the prices of traded assets ple. If you embrace everything uni- If you don’t quite reach that lev- on food – there’s nothing worse correct themselves for new infor- versity life has to offer, the first few el, then don’t worry because there’s than coming back from a long mation that becomes available. In weeks of term are likely to be some an abundance of tips for students day of work to discover an empty an efficient market, arbitrage trad- of the most expensive you will ex- to tighten the purse strings without fridge. Hunger does bad things to ing is not possible...theoretically. perience. Upwards of £20 on socie- compromising too much on stand- good people and before you know it This is the ‘law of one price’ – all ties, more than £50 to join Warwick ard of living. you’ll be on the phone to the takea- identical assets should trade for the Sport (more if you join the gym), Part of the quintessential student way. If you have food in, more often same/one price. Need a little more a small fortune on course books, experience is the ability to spot bar- than not, you’ll feel obliged to eat it. explaining? Okay. Picture this: never mind buying your own food gains: the 12p loaf lurking in the Put simply, if you’re not an ut- You’re hanging pretty bad from and the inevitable rush of nights corner of Tesco that no one visits, ter moron with your money, then » Budgeting can be a pain. At the a night in Smack. You managed out. It is easy after a month of uni the own brand, double strength you’ll be fine. Don’t buy a new start of term, costs roll in thick to find yourself a suitable partner to panic about the state of your fi- squash at a fraction of the price of jumper every week, don’t spend a and fast - try not to let this get you for the night, and have spent the nances. But fear not. It doesn’t last. Robinsons. You get the idea. tenner on Waitrose Finest Stuffed down! photo: epiclaunch.com night taking shelter in their humble abode. After bidding your coun- terparty farewell, you decide to Can’t put a price on that! venture into Tesco to sedate your growing hunger pangs. Now, hung- over food cravings can be strange. Nobel Prize for Economics awarded Some days you fancy a banana to pioneers in Asset Pricing milkshake, others, a rather sizable bag of éclairs. Today however, you bubbles as he developed a statis- feel peckish for a little chicken. Oshin Menon tical theory called ‘generalised You head over to the ‘Hot Deli’ method of moment’ to test wheth- section, to find a full chicken la- er the historical share prices were belled for £3.99. A FULL chicken! uring the recent 2009 fi- consistent with the best known At Nando’s, they sell full chickens nancial crisis, economists asset-pricing model at the time. for £12.50! 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Customers love it and you’re mak- Fancy being fast-tracked to an Assessment Peter Hansen of the University of As quoted by the Nobel Prize ing a cool £8.50 on every chicken Chicago and Robert Shiller of Yale committee: ‘their research showed you sell. This would be an example Centre at Bank of America Merrill Lynch? for their pioneering work in the op- that while it is difficult to pre- of arbitrage. erations of financial markets, asset dict asset prices in the short Making a cool profit, you decide If so, you may be interested in Boar Money’s competition! prices and behavioral economics. term, prices can be predicted in to expand; you start to buy in bulk. Fama, Shiller and Hanson have broad terms over longer peri- As with the financial markets, the To enter, write a 500-word article on a current financial news all researched separately on the ods, such as three to five years’. price of Tesco’s chicken would in- topic of financial asset pricing Finally, when looking forward, crease to reflect the increased de- story and send it to [email protected]. The top four en- and thus predictability. Fama, the the work established now will cre- mand, and would keep rising until senior member of the trio, start- ate strong foundations for possible it was equal to that of the price of trants will receive 30 minutes individual time with a leading ed this work on the theory of effi- Warwick economics enthusiasts to Chicken in Nando’s. 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Shiller’s preliminary findings on photo: leblogalupus.com theboar.org 15 15 Editor: Poppy Rosenberg [email protected] Twitter @BoarBooks BOOKS fb.com/groups/BoarBooks Four fantastic comic books Pint of purple Tanika Patel assembles a marvellous team of comics to unleash your inner superhero Music editor Michael ith comics and graphic novels more to a graphic novel than a comic series. becoming increasingly pop- This is a great doorway to comics of all kinds, Perry takes on ular and being considered as as it teaches you to experience the words our bookish and images fully, like a film, but leaves your a legitimate literary form, the questions this Wgenre has attracted more and more new imagination running like a book would. The readers. However, comics often have a long characters are depicted so realistically, with What book are you reading at the moment? back-log of continuity and events to catch up the different ages so varied and complex that Before term began and an avalanche of course on, which can make it daunting to pick up character development is the driving force books came my way, I was about halfway an issue. One way to find a starting point is of the narrative. The writing and art can be, through Joseph Heller’s Catch-22, and loving to pick comics based on characters that you at times, genuinely frightening, and with all its exquisite mixture of madness and pathos. like, and then research their first appearanc- the mystery surrounding this family, you’ll be Sadly, I’ve had to leave behind Yossarian and es. Marvel released ‘Marvel NOW!’ and DC searching for answers constantly. It’s easy to co. in the face of the final-year workload, but released their new ‘52’ in order to entice new » photo: legionsofgotham.org catch up, with volumes available to purchase come the Christmas holidays, fingers crossed readers. Both companies have regenerated online. I’ll find the time to dive back in. their comics, making them accessible to new the world on the page, and can give you as readers . DC has several titles, most of which much tension as we see on the screen version. 4) Lastly is Wolverine and the X-Men, a Who is your favourite literary character? began publication in late 2011. Marvel did A warning to those who watch the show, personal favourite of mine, published by I was a big Stephen King buff in my teens, something similar, meaning that these com- reading the comics may reveal some spoilers! Marvel Comics in 2011. It is an on-going and so I’m quite tempted to plump for Ro- ics contain new storylines and don’t require series part of the Marvel NOW! movement. land Deschain from the Dark Tower series. you to have any previous knowledge of the 2) The Runaways is a Marvel Comics All of the characters in this series are thrown Roland is a tremendous and iconic creation: DC and Marvel universes. If you really want publication which started in 2003 and was into new situations, joined by a cast of new a lone gunslinger who walks a path towards to brush up on some background knowledge, cancelled in 2009. It follows a group of kids mutants. Set in the Jean Grey School, we both vindication and damnation. He’s stoic this is where Wikipedia comes in handy, pro- who escape from their parents when they follow the staff, students, and the forces and brutal in action, but there’s a fractured viding you with a quick summary of a char- find out they are part of a criminal group. that threaten them. There are several cross- morality at his core, as well as a deep well of acter or team’s past, and listing the comics This series is almost completely isolated from overs with other X-titles, which does help pain which he finds it increasingly hard to that these storylines feature in. the rest of the Marvel universe which makes in keeping the reader up to date with what’s numb himself from. (Honourable mentions For anyone who wants to jump in now, it perfect for new readers. The characters happening outside the world of the school. go to Lennie Small, Rob Fleming, and Chris- here’s my pick of four starter comics: are fresh and they develop with each other There can be issues where the art is rocky topher John Francis Boone.) as the series goes on. You’ll really start to and the writing unstable, but there are some connect with The Runaways from the first great issues which establish a community What is the first book you remember read- few issues, and every adventure they embark that you’ll want to stick with. Writer Jason ing? on reveals another facet of their personality. Aaron maintains a fair balance between the Beyond all the shapes and squiggles of var- Artwork varies but holds a high standard, action and conversation, and much like other ious picture-books, I can vividly remember along with the story arcs and writing style, Marvel titles, humour is an important part being obsessed with Roald Dahl’s The Twits it’ll keep you hooked right until the end. of the series. Only 35 issues in, readers can from a young age. I’d class it as one of my fa- With a good balance between action, comedy catch up by purchasing volumes, issues or vourite ever reads: it’s just a seamless stream and sentiment, The Runaways is well worth reading digitally. of mischief and mayhem, completed by the the read. You can purchase volumes, issues Comics blend the description and skewed visual imagination of Quentin Blake. » photo: smscs.com or even download them onto your smart imagination of books with the vividness devices through the Marvel comic app, which and imagery of film; it’s a great medium for What is your all-time favourite book? 1) The Walking Dead, more popularly contains a huge database of comics. discovering new characters and worlds, so Naturally, I can’t bring myself to pin down known as the AMC TV show, actually started don’t miss out on all this genre has to offer! a definitive favourite, but as of right now, life in 2003 in comic book form. Published 3) For those who don’t want to read about I’d say I’ve been most captivated by Richard by Image Comics, the novel follows police superheroes or apocalypses, next is Locke and Adams’ Watership Down. It’s still fresh in my officer Rick Grimes as he wakes from a Key, this series is written by Joe Hill (Stephen mind after reading it earlier this year, and coma in a zombie apocalypse. Whilst the King’s son) and published by IDW Publishing. there’s such a rich, fulfilling mythology with- TV show does follow the comics to some Released in 2008 it is on-going but nearing in the novel’s universe that it moved me quite extent, the graphic novels have a wider range the end of its run. The story follows the Locke profoundly. It pulls off a beautiful marriage of characters and storylines that wouldn’t be family and their experiences in the Key house, between escapist fantasy and a commentary possible to execute in a show. The comics which is full of keys with magical properties. on human behaviour, in addition to render- are available in trade paperback volumes, You can definitely tell that Joe is Stephen ing the rabbit species’ seemingly mundane each of which contains several issues. Right King’s son with the subtle, disturbing themes lives into a work of great beauty and gravitas. now there are 19 volumes, so you can start within this series. The art style in particular building up a collection. The art style, story creates an intense atmosphere as it contrasts If you wrote an autobiography, what would arcs and writing style really pull you into so heavily with the dark themes, likening it » photo: comicbooked.com be the title? “There’s No Shame in Reading on the Toilet.” That way, in one fell swoop, I’ve clarified my standpoint, and reassured the reader(s) that Booker Prize winner announced I’m totally cool with my life story being bath- room fodder. I’d also like to have a cheeky in- Jess Devine gives us the lowdown on this year’s Man Booker Prize winner: Eleanor Catton’s The Luminaries scription to W.W. inside the sleeve, but that’s he much anticipated winner of the such as Colm Toibin and Jim Crace. Catton wanting to delve into this ambitious work. another story… Man Booker Prize was revealed also structured her 800 page epic according to Since the announcement last month that last week to be Eleanor Catton, the astrological principles, so that the characters from next year the Man Booker Prize is Kindle vs. Book? prize’s youngest winner to date. Her are associated with signs of the zodiac and to include American writers, controversy Both. Someday, the two will simply learn to Twinning novel The Luminaries is also the interact with each other according to the and debate had threatened to overshadow set aside their differences, and come to coex- longest book to claim the title, weighing in predetermined movement of the heavens. It the contenders for this year’s prize. British ist harmoniously. Can’t we all just get along?! at 823 pages; it is epic in both scale and am- is an investigative pastiche on the classical writers have argued that with this change bition and has been recognised and rewarded Victorian sensation novel that asks questions the prize will lose its distinction, having How much is a pint of purple? justly. The New Zealander took just over two about the nature of fiction itself, which is said previously only been open to British, Irish Ever since a debacle which years to finish the novel, received the award to have been the reasons the judges were so and Commonwealth authors. However, followed my first circle, along with a £50k cheque and was said to be taken with Catton’s work. Catton’s win has managed to claw attention I’m never going near one stunned and awed as she walked to the podi- Robert Macfarlane, chair of the judges, said, back to where it rightfully belongs and of those things again. But um with “a dry mouth and trembling knees”. “It is a dazzling work, a luminous work. It is has sent ripples of excitement and intrigue Ben Sundell says they’re The Luminaries, the 28 year old’s second vast without being sprawling...the pleasures it through both the literary world and out into £1.50, so let’s go with that. novel, is a murder mystery tale set against yields in those simple ways are immense as the public domain, with everyone wanting the New Zealand gold rush of the 1860s. It well.” Though readers may be daunted by its to get their hands on this winning novel and explores themes of love, deceit and conspiracy size and scale, the win should see a soar in devour this epic tale. and triumphed over more established authors sales for Catton and a clamouring of people 16 theboar.org 16 Editor: Rebekah Ellerby [email protected] Twitter @BoarArts ARTS fb.com/groups/BoarArts Richard II: David Tennant takes to the throne Gregory Doran’s production for the RSC reaches new heights as King Richard faces his calamitous tragic fall, says Rebekah Ellerby

» Bolingbroke (Nigel Lindsay) takes the crown from Richard II (David Tennant) to become Henry IV, in the RSC’s production of Richard II directed by Gregory Doran (photo: Kwame Lestrade) avid Tennant and director Gregory broke and in his speeches in the second half. while facing ruin at Flint Castle, Doran has larly funny is Oliver Ford Davies as Richard’s Doran are reunited at the RSC for this Though not usually soliloquies, he often ad- the pair kiss and Richard playfully goes to put uncle, the Duke of York, charming in his sell out run of Richard II, after Ten- dresses these to us, looking out at the audi- the crown on Aumerle’s head. The backstab- grumpiness. When his wife (Marty Cruick- nant’sD extraordinary performance of Hamlet ence, and sometimes to purposefully turning bing betrayal of friendship rung in the audi- shank) and son (Oliver Rix) are praying for five years ago. The tragic history play con- his back on the new King. Leaving his back ence almost as resonantly as the beautiful live the new king’s forgiveness, and he praying siders the last two years of Richard II’s reign turned to the other characters onstage is an voices that lifted through the scenes. against them, the image onstage is framed as until his death. It moves from the quarrel action Tennant uses throughout the play as a Indeed the choral, religious music of the three supplicants; his movements comically of Thomas Mowbray (Anthony Byrne) and symbol of his pride, but in the second half it three sopranos alternating with the blaring mirror the gestures of his wife as she utters Henry Bolingbrook (Nigel Lindsay) to their becomes an act of defiance toward the usurp- trumpets of regal fanfares suggests the ten- her emphatic prayers to the King. subsequent banishment and Bolingbrook’s ing king, provoking our sympathy at his un- sions prevalent in this play. Doran presents This is a play characterised by mirrors, not disinheritance before Richard’s tragic de- doing. This comes to its climax as he gives the production beautifully, with the set of least in the vanity of Tennant’s Richard who cline, deposition and death. over the crown to Bolingbroke, flinging it out silver stranded bead curtains lit with projec- peered at himself in the mirror in the first Tennant naturally excels in the role of the in his hand and at first triumphantly refusing tions to create the columns of a church, and half, in a court where appearances are every- King, who begins the play with an imma- to face his usurper. a coffin draped in black centre stage, as the thing and flattery is a means to fulfill ambi- ture aloofness as he makes grand decisions Richard’s fall is made manifest in this Duke of Gloucester’s wife mourns her hus- tions where the King promotes his favourites. without apparent thought, backed up by a production with a clever bit of set: a midair band’s death. This emphasis on the mourning This vanity was painfully repeated in the sec- self-interested inner-circle of advisers. What walkway across the proscenium arch, which court, all in dark period costumes, and the ond half, after he had been forced to abdicate, finally draws us in to sympathise with Ten- works well to elevate Tennant on his grand black humour of Richard’s speedy change of and instead of reading out a list of treasons nant’s Richard is his tragic fall into the second throne, until he is finally cast down to a dun- subject to the issues of state emphasises his he looked at his face in the mirror instead for half; yet before this he seems arrogant, whim- geon prison beneath the stage. The rattling youthful irresponsibility. His insistence on sin. By using the mirror in the first half we sical and lacking credible or just motivation produced on the metal bridge as actors walk majesty and divine appointment is not only feel the true weight of his fall. for denying the banished Bolingbroke his across it is a minor irritant, but no matter. encapsulated in those regal anthems, but in Posing existential thoughts to his subjects, inheritance to fund a war with Ireland. The Doran gives Richard a final heroic flourish as his beautiful blue and gold dress-robe and Richard declares, ‘mock me not.’ There will success of Tennant’s portrayal is that despite he fights off the assassins in prison, only to long, Christ-like hair. be none to mock this reverend production. this we can ultimately become close to him, be literally stabbed in the back by Aumerle Despite its stars, the RSC is a company and Richard II moves from the Royal Shake- particularly when he starts to use humour as (Oliver Rix), his cousin with whom Richard the veterans of the stage put in some of the speare Theatre to the Barbican in December a coping mechanism for the threat of Boling- has a truly close relationship. At one point, greatest performances in Richard II. Particu- and there are day tickets available.

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hatever adjective you use to ence in stitches, as did his tempts to pander to their more refined panel shows and small slots on Michael McI- describe him – quirky, weird rendition of a teenager tastes. ntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Alderton is, or or just entertaining – Terry Al- entranced by dubstep The most humorous moment was, one of the last comedians to eschew at- derton is unlike any other co- music on a night came when Alderton pondered tempts at commercialisation and remain true Wmedian you will see. out. whether or not he could lick his to their comedic self. A former goalkeeper for Southend United, But Alderton is elbow. When one wag shouted, Alderton doesn’t reel off contemporary Alderton has also had a nomadic career in no clown. While ‘I’ve seen the show before’ one-liners: he stands on his head and or- the entertainment industry, presenting on his comedy is there were a few nervous Capital Radio and performing in a produc- intensely physi- titters from the audience. tion of Shawshank Redemption at this year’s cal and interac- Alderton simply reeled off Alderton was struggling to pay his Edinburgh Fringe. tive – sitting as I a spontaneous selection of mortgage and so accepted the offer of But at the end of his Hobgoblin Leaming- was in the second new material to pacify the a contract with Eastenders for the next ton Comedy Festival performance on Friday row, I was wary of heckler, before turning to year, where he will play a Cockney taxi 18 October, he confirmed that he was leaving catching his eye – the dissenter with a ferocious, ‘I driver the stand-up comedy scene for the time be- he clearly has an acute bet you haven’t seen that before, ing. Why? Because he was struggling to pay understanding of indi- have you, you f***?’ It brought the his mortgage and so accepted the offer of a vidual audiences. An el- house down. chestrates a conversation between his shoes. contract with Eastenders for the next year, derly couple in the front In an age where comedians He didn’t have a fortunate upbringing, nor where he will play Cockney taxi driver Terry row certainly appre- ostensibly become popular does he appear on television: he is 14 stone, Spraggan. Although he will surely thrive in ciated his ex- through a myriad of shaven-headed and reliant upon gigs in small this smaller role, it is still a waste of an in- aggerated appearanc- venues over the country. But I’d go and see novative entertainer who revels in his own at- es on him any day. ingenuity. I’m sure that Lee Mack produced a pol- In a heartfelt gesture of thanks to the Royal ished display on Saturday night as the head- Spa Centre audience, Alderton admitted that line act at the Leamington Comedy Festival the life of a comedian on the road, perform- 2013. I have no doubt that Jimmy Carr, per- ing in front of half-empty crowds, was just forming at the Warwick Arts Centre on the too gruelling. He then proceeded to spray same night as Alderton, sold more tickets water into the audience before making a dra- and told gags about sex and tax evasion that matic departure. In many ways, it is a shame everyone smirked at. But give me a choice that this overshadowed one of the Essex-born between that strange Terry Alderton and the entertainer’s best performances. smooth sell-out performer you see on televi- The 42-year-old is best known for his un- sion every week, and I’d plump for the former canny impersonations, retreating to the back every time. It’s a shame I might not have the of the stage to simulate conversations about chance to do so again. how his show is going. His range of noises is something to behold, too: a five-minute ren- dition of a Formula One race had the audi- What do you think about Alderton’s move to TV? » Terry Alderton strikes a pose (photo: ter- Comment online: ryalderton.com) theboar.org/arts

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ohn Darnielle introduces the little- a more solid framework by filtering them tellectual talk only momentarily halting as heart-breaking scene of the film shows how known Mountain Goats’ song about through the viewpoints of Jesse and Céline. Céline breaks off mid-sentence, points and what was supposed to be a romantic night in the breakdown of communication in a Indeed, Before Sunrise functions very much says “This way.” a hotel dissolves into one huge argument; af- Jrelationship, ‘Star Dusting’, by describ- like a narrowing-down of Linklater’s first two Before Sunrise and Before Sunset became ter Céline leaves, Jesse observes the wine they ing it as a “horror story”. This phrase and films; the plot-less Slacker is based around the high watermark by which I would meas- were supposed to be drinking as if contem- the song’s lyrics constantly echoed through loosely connected vignettes with no main ure my own romantic relationships. I was plating how the night should have been. It’s my mind this year whilst watching Richard characters to speak of, whilst Dazed & Con- Dorian Gray and these films were the book convincing. Believable. Inevitable. Linklater’s latest film, Before Midnight, the fused features an ensemble cast with many Lord Henry gave him which told the story When I was younger, I never understood third in what has now become the critically interconnecting storylines centred on the last of his life before he had lived it. Whenever how two people in love could argue. Why acclaimed Before trilogy. Observing the argu- day of an American high school in 1976. Al- my own conversations or experiences aligned would they? If you love someone and some- ments between two characters to whom I felt though the cast is reduced to two main char- with those depicted in these films – such as one loves you back, that should be the end of very connected, whom I had seen grow and acters in the Before films, Linklater maintains the day I spent walking around London with it – everything is perfect and you live togeth- grown up with, was nothing short of horrific. the ability to cover many topics by deftly con- a girl, constantly engaged in conversation ex- er happily ever after etc. Over the past year I first saw Before Sunrise (1995) and Before structing the dialogue to flow from one sub- cept from when she would break off to de- I’ve become acutely aware that this is not the Sunset (2004) when I was fifteen and immedi- ject to the next, facilitated by the complexity clare a direction to walk in – I knew I was case. ately resonated with them, as any young wan- in love. Being in a relationship with someone, es- nabe romantic would. The appeal of French It was with this same girl I first saw Before pecially for a long time, and having to negoti- Céline (Julie Delpy) and American Jesse’s They render lines that in other contexts Midnight. Another nine years have passed ate your love with the practicalities of living (Ethan Hawke) romance is difficult to con- might appear heavy-handed into some- and since the end of Before Sunset Jesse and can give rise to a whole plethora of issues vey. They meet by accident on a train pass- thing both subtle and honest. Céline have finally got together. They have which result in arguments. The reality of ing through Vienna in the first film. After a beautiful blonde twin daughters and are holi- these arguments seems even more apparent remarkably honest and interesting conversa- daying in Greece at a writer’s retreat due to after Before Midnight. Seeing two believable tion, they decide to spend the night walking the success of Jesse’s literary career. The film characters that were so in love, and still are, and talking in Vienna before both must de- of the characters. is successful for all the same reasons as its argue so venomously confronted me with the part in the morning. It’s the very definition of And this complexity is made abundant- predecessors; one scene near the beginning horror of the inevitable breakdown of com- a whirlwind-romance. ly clear through the quality of Delpy and after Jesse drops off his son from his previ- munication in relationships. Before Sunset continues nine years later, Hawke’s performances. They render lines ous marriage at the airport is a long take of But this is not the end. As Céline relents where their promise to see one another that in other contexts might appear heavy- Céline and Jesse driving back which lasts and allows Jesse to continue his charming again has been broken. Unable to overcome handed into something both subtle and over ten minutes and is never once uninter- if immature attempt at reconciliation, the the momentousness of their meeting, Jesse honest. Furthermore, Linklater’s trademark esting. Unlike the other films, Before Mid- camera pulls back, revealing just how beauti- has written a book about his one night with unobtrusive and passive direction allows the night introduces an array of characters with ful the Grecian café they sit outside is in the Céline with which he is touring. It is because performances and thus the characters to re- which Céline and Jesse individually interact moonlight. The Before films have never been of this he once again meets Céline in a Paris- ally shine; one of the most memorable scenes with at the beginning of film, adding another much for definitive endings, but Before Mid- ian bookshop. Inevitably the two find them- from Before Sunrise is a long take where Jesse layer of complexity to their characters and a night ends with the greatest amount of hope selves walking through yet another beautiful and Céline listen to a record in the back of contextual view of how their relationship has for the future. The communication in their European city, discussing life, love and their a music shop, furtively looking at each other affected them. Everything seems to be going relationship may have broken down, but it feelings towards each other (no surprises as when they think the other isn’t before look- fine. seems as if the damage is not irrevocable. The to what those are). ing away. And then the arguments start. After bid- bright hope of reconciliation is the only thing Now if you’re willing to pull your cring- The unobtrusiveness of the direction and ding his son farewell, Jesse voices the thought I can cling onto in the face of the horror. ing body up from the pile of sick it lies in, I the way in which the stellar performances are of perhaps moving his family to America in will explain why these two films are so phe- able to accentuate the script’s natural changes order to be closer to his son. This, along with What is your favourite nomenal and not the collection of romantic in topic can be seen most clearly throughout the jealousy borne from Jesse’s success and clichés I have no doubt made them appear Before Sunset (which, along with Before Mid- that success being due to Jesse writing about on-screen romance? to be. Like most films, the writing is para- night, was co-written by Delpy and Hawke). their personal lives, transforms the once al- Let us know. mount; Linklater takes a lot of the intellectual Before Sunset is a tour-de-force of real-time most wholly sympathetic and relatable Céline Tweet: @BoarFilm and philosophical ideas present in his debut editing, the film itself being little more than into an irrational monster who launches into Slacker (1991) and to a lesser extent Dazed a single long conversation as Céline and Jesse tirades regarding her unwillingness to live & Confused (1993) and provides them with walk through Paris, where the complex in- in Chicago and buy peanut butter. The most » photos: skip.at theboar.org theboar.org/Film | @BoarFilm | FILM19 19 The golden age of Mr. Cage Matthew Kent argues for the man who stole The Declaration of Independence hether you hate him or love more than 30 years he has created many show above all else is a certain fearlessness harrowing portrayal of an alcoholic spend- him, everyone knows Nicolas compelling characters in quality films. as an actor. So many people are content with ing his last days drinking himself to death in Cage. This is partly due to his Perhaps the biggest criticism thrown at playing the ‘straight’ guy or slight spins on Leaving Las Vegas. inability to stop working, mean- Nicolas Cage is his tendency to overact. But that, whilst Cage will take an unusual role and Amongst the usual number of action Wing he usually has about four films his scene-chewing eccentricity is go the full way with it. thrillers Cage has signed up to, he has some coming out each year. also his greatest strength and This is not to say that eccentricity is his interesting projects coming up, which will He’s also increasingly films that embrace and use only quality. Hidden in the depths of his larg- hopefully showcase his talents. As well as the known for the countless his unique abilities in er-than-life performances, Cage can on occa- aforementioned Joe, Cage is attached to reu- number of internet the right way are often sion show surprising amounts of subtlety. nite with his Adaptation writer Charlie Kauff- memes and videos brilliant. Take Werner Herzog’s The Bad Lieutenant: man for Frank or Francis, a Hollywood satire devoted to him – Take the Coen Port of Call New Orleans. Playing a corrupt, that will hopefully carve another bizzare but the most popular Brothers’ hilari- crack headed cop might sound like classic being: ‘Nicolas ously offbeat and Cage but he is able to make him oddly sym- beautiful performance. Cage Losing His absurd comedy pathetic even when threatening to kill two in- Shit’ and ‘The Raising Arizona. nocent women. There is an inner pain to his Evolution of Cage’s brand of frantic outbursts that is hard to find anywhere Nicolas Cage’s acting is per- else. Hair’. Both fect for oddball Similarly, David Gordon Green’s Joe which videos play comedies and he recently played the festival circuit and is due brilliantly to is fantastic in the out in Britain later this year has drawn praise the intense tunes film as ex-convict for being one of Cage’s most subtle, restrained of ‘Lux Aeterna’ Herbert, a man who and complex performances in years. and ‘In The Hall of wants nothing more Renowned film critic Roger Ebert once The Mountain King’ than to see his wife commented that when we think of the great- respectively. happy raising a baby (that est living male actors Robert De Niro, Al Paci- It’s safe to say that he has he stole). no and Jack Nicholson come to mind, but we enjoyed a fair amount of par- Another example of a film should also take note of Nicolas Cage. Whilst ody in the last few years and yes, it’s that uses Cage in just the correct way I wouldn’t go as far as to group him with these hard to see this as undeserved after watching is Spike Jonze’s Adaptation where he plays actors it’s hard to argue agaisnt the fact that films like The Wicker Man and Ghost Rider - Donald and Charlie Kauffman, a pair of iden- Cage is one of the most daring and unafraid though don’t be fooled he knows about this tical twins. Donald is carefree and optimistic actors out there and deserves more recogni- and is definitely in on the joke. whilst Charlie is neurotic and obsessive al- tion than all the internet parody and terrible However, amongst the truckload of me- lowing Cage to display great range in a quirky thrillers would have people think. diocre films Cage has chosen to ham it up and off-centre role. Let us not forgot, the man has an Academy » photos: Top: wikia.com in, it’s easy to forget that in a career lasting What these roles and his method of acting Award, which he received for his extremely Bottom: artfix.co.uk Selling the wildest product: nature Hayley Westlake reviews Project Wild Thing, a documentary for a November day he battle between the man-made and call; he picks and eats the leaves from a plant ally invades the enemy territory and demon- young children stuff welly boots on his feet the organic is one which tends to growing next to him. The young boy’s inno- strates the benefits of technology to spread an and drag him outside is a sweet enough image, be rather one-sided. Why would we cent munching is made to appear totally natu- idea. Bond’s creative team design a website, an I didn’t believe what I was seeing. The ending want to step out into a cold Novem- ral and undirected and for me, this moment is app and even a rap video to really develop the of the film feels a little unfinished, with the Tber day when we can sit in front of a screen just one of the seemingly “captured” instances seed of Project Wild Thing into a fully grown question having been posed but not entirely and escape into any kind of sunny virtual re- which literalise what it is Bond is aiming to and flourishing, cross-platform ‘brand’. This answered. However, it is understandable how ality we choose? It is this dilemma that has got do throughout: get more nature into children. is what I found to be one of the more clever a documentary will feel somewhat incomplete David Bond worried. As director and protag- The number of different children featured aspects of this particular documentary – of when attempting to divert the impenetrable onist of the new documentary film, Project in the documentary, ranging from Bond’s course the irony of using a film to get us out- force of the consumer away from their screens Wild Thing, Bond takes this cold November own family to the teenage girls of a London side is not lost on David Bond either. Letting (“You’ve bought enough iPads now!”, Bond day, brands it, packages it, and tries, quite secondary school, provide a lot of the bit- us sit for 83 minutes and engage with Project yells outside an Apple store) – not a simple literally, to sell it to children. Taking on the ter-sweet humour drizzled throughout. One Wild Thing is perhaps why I then felt guilty task for anyone. It could be that the ending of role of Marketing Director of Nature, Bond particularly memorable individual is ten- enough to choose the longer, more scenic Project Wild Thing intends to promote a idea aims to get children disconnected from the year-old Mason, who guides Bond around his walk to my lecture the next day. of what it hopes can be the reality in the future virtual world and reconnected with the nat- East-London housing estate. Portrayed as a Perhaps my only criticism of the film would – children desperate to get outside and have ural one. After failing to tear his two young place of confinement, the bleak car park and be the ending. Although seeing Bond’s two an adventure rather than get lost online. children away from their screens to go out- small patch of grass littered with dog mess is side to play (“my own family doesn’t use my Mason’s outdoor world. Ball games, he says product!” Bond exclaims), he sets out on the with such light-heartedness, would probably challenge to compete with the big brands and result in getting an ASBO. Although Bond’s the mighty monopolies in selling a product focus in the documentary up until now has that came way before even the original iPod. been to change children’s opinions of nature, Nature. here he comes to a turning point. Mason Bond directs us on his journey from initial demonstrates the desire for children to run idea to the final Project Wild Thing product free and be wild and how this is just some- with the help of the many people he encoun- times not available to them in the concrete ters. From scientists and specialists such as jungle. BBC Springwatch’s Chris Packham, the in- As well as some lovely moments of stillness, dividuals that shine the most are the diverse the documentary also offers us an insight into range of children Bond interacts with. Some the bustling world of branding, marketing of the most delicate, natural and thought-pro- and just how influential these are in our daily voking cinematography is of these young lives. Now, you might expect that a documen- stars. Not long into the documentary, Bond tary fighting for the appreciation of our natu- visits the Hebridean Island of Eigg, where the ral environment would demonise technology outdoor world is a measurably larger part of and its displacement of the outdoors. Sur- the Island’s inhabitants’ lives. A young boy, prisingly, this is not the case. Instead of using one of the children from the local primary the same brainwashing, bewitching spell that school, sits on a tree trunk surrounded by the Apple has cast over our generation to block greenest foliage and the single sound of bird- out the competitors, Project Wild Thing actu- 20 Editor: Tolga Kuyucuoglutheboar.org 20 [email protected] Twitter @Boar Games GAMES fb.com/groups/Games.TheBoar Play these games if you dare The Boar Games team treats you to a host of games this halloween raid is not a scary game in the tra- obstacle with your double’ we go beyond this Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Gabi Watt have no purpose and they are ditional sense. It can even appear to the levels with obstacles controlled by So I know what you’re thinking – little never mentioned in the game. beautiful at times with its Picas- your movement in the game, frozen Italian plumbers dressed in dungarees col- Sounds creepy, huh? Sounds worse when a so inspired backdrops and quaint, if you remain still and a magic ring lecting Power Stars across the galaxy are player hacked into the system and discov- Bhumble protagonist. But this initial cheeri- that slows time around where it definitely not scary, so what on earth is Super ered that these ‘objects’ are actually a part of ness gradually deteriorates as the narrative is dropped. The gameplay often Mario Galaxy 2 doing in this article? Just sit the sky texture of that level, which was apt- reveals that there is more to this story than leaves you feeling trapped in back for a moment and let me explain…In ly named: “Beyond Hell Valley.” Apparently we realise. To say any more of what makes an eternal loop which leaves June 2010, less than a month after the game’s these are trees but they sure don’t look like the plot so chilling would be to enter spoil- a chilling reminder of the release, a player stumbled upon something trees to me. Moreover, the game’s developers, er territory but the gameplay itself can also inescapable power of fate. very disturbing on a level named Shiverburn Nintendo, have denied that these ‘phantoms’ bring us into a bizarre world which brings Not a traditionally scary Galaxy – while scanning the surrounding were their creations. It appears that nobody us face to face with the idea of inescapable game, but one which area in first-person mode, he noticed things knows where they came from. Think about fate. The game plays with time travel in a va- will definitely send upon the edges of the level’s cliffs. These ‘un- that the next time you don your plumber’s riety of manners, some of which go beyond a shiver down your identified objects’ do not move, yet their gaz- cap and Wii remote, and pick up your first what most people will have ever witnessed spine.Patt Gill es seemingly follow Mario no matter where mushroom… in video games. From the standard ‘reverse he is on the level. Always watching. They time to before you died’ and the ‘complete an

Amnesia - Joe Baker Imagine waking up in a creepy castle with perplexing phys- no memory of who you are or how you got ics-based puzzles, lab- Life is never easy, but poor little Isaac is ers Edmund McMillen and Florian Himsl, there. Now imagine you are being hunted by yrinthine levels and a even more unlucky than most. Not only does of Super Meatboy fame, have brewed up a hordes of ghoulish monsters who drive you sanity meter that de- his mother receive a message from God de- treat for these grey October evenings. Suc- insane the more you look at them. Sound creases every time manding Isaac’s life (you can see where the in- ceeding in making “difficult” and “enter- scary enough for Halloween? For several something spooky spiration’s coming from) but the only escape taining” synonymous, the hectic gameplay reasons, Amnesia: The Dark Descent is truly happens, and you have route is through a labyrinthine basement… is hair-tearingly addictive with mountains of the stuff of nightmares, although if you’re an experience that which of course is teeming with thousands reply value. Each new game is composed of anything like me you’ll be lucky to even is often stressful, but of your brothers and sister driven in- randomly generated dungeons and there’s get to sleep after playing it. No other hor- constantly exciting. sane by the very same mother. even an achievement for completing ror game has ever made me feel so helpless; For those who prefer A premise certainly fit for an the game 300 times… so it’s certain alone and unarmed apart from a dwindling tension and atmosphere ancient pagan festival of the to take your mind off those ghouls torch, you must hide from enemies to sur- to jump-out scares, Amne- dead. The Binding of Isaac and ghosts wandering about on vive, which means that every encounter be- sia is the perfect Halloween is an interesting, top down, All-Hallowed Eve. Both man- comes a terrifying game of cat and mouse treat, and a game rougelike game brimming ic and macabre, this little indie where being caught always leads to the same you won’t soon with grotesquely cute (or gem is the perfect way to while fatal outcome (and, if you’re anything like forget (ironi- cutely grotesque, I’m not away the time between Trick- me, screaming). Throw in cally). entirely sure) artwork and or-treaters. dark humour. Following The Binding of Isaac - a time honoured formu- Scott Evans la set down by The Legend of Zelda independent develop-

I like to think of myself a silhouette in the distance, faint crack- I have recently started Vampire: The vam- pires, zombies and ghosts. as a rational, logical, analyt- les nipping at the edge of your screen. Masquarade- Bloodlines, a game based The game has what I believe is one of ical person. So why was I sat No one really knows what Slender- on the World of Darkness pen and pa- the best crafted horror levels in which your with my flatmates last Halloween, man wants to do. All we know is that per RPGs and within half an hour of character (whichever type of vampire he or covering my eyes and whimpering every the more notes you find, the closer he game play I was forced to turn on my she may be) must enter a haunted hotel to re- time there was the slightest noise? Slen- gets. I know one other thing as well lights, open my curtains and invite trieve a diary witnessing a host of poltergeist der, that’s why. - nothing has ever terrified me quite a friend over to play the game with activity and repeated scenes of supernatural Psychological horror is very clever, but as much as Slender. If you’re looking me. As well as being an extremely trauma throughout. Another of the most often, implication isn’t enough to incite for a way to stay awake in Term 3, a well developed RPG in which stats creepy quest lines requires your character to true fear. That’s why Slender is so effec- fifteen minute stint will set up your are rewarded by completing a quest explore an asylum filled with insane test sub- tive. The premise is simple - you’re in a insomnia perfectly. allowing freedom of choice in how jects and allows you to discover theories link- forest, attempting to collect eight notes Slender - it is completed, it is also a sinis- ing to Freudian psychology to the vampire relating to the antagonist Slenderman. Helena Morretti t e r view into an imagining of society of the Camarilla. This may be an old For the most part, there’s no indication nocturnal Los Angeles. game but the dark, gritty graphics only add to that the ambiguous villain is near you. No The game has less of a the sinister atmosphere; if you enjoy proper ominous music, no shadows on the wall. focus on gore and in- pre-Twilight vampires, add this to your Steam You turn a corner. Nothing. Anoth- stead toys with library. er corner. Nothing. The final corner supernatu- Vampire: The Masquarade and BAM, Slenderman is there. No ral tropes Bloodlines - weapons, no fangs, not even a face. such as Gabi Hayhurst When you find him for the first time, the static starts. And then the panic. Join us on facebook! Every new corner could bring you face www.facebook.com/ to face, or perhaps he’ll be no more than Games.TheBoar theboar.org theboar.org/Games | @BoarGames | GAMES 21 Harvest Moon: A New Beginning Gabriella Watt gives her impressions of the new Harvest Moon title eptember 20th will, for the most part, to your virtual farming collection. Carrot. Moreover, customisation has hit its that have conquered the market be remembered by the vast majority of Graphically, ANB departs from the style grandest scale yet: character hair style and and feel as if they’re being the gaming community as ‘the third day of its predecessors, featuring both a more colour, skin tone and clothing are all change- shoved down our throats. I sat in my underpants playing Grand intimate ground angle as well as including able, and once your workshop is unlocked, And maybe it’s none of those STheft Auto V.’ That day I was staying with my the bird’s-eye view, which we can alternate you can freely change the appearance of your things, and we just find those boyfriend and his housemates – all three of at will. Though the 3D effects are nothing to farm and the whole town. You can’t delete the chibi faces and happy back- them had in their possession hard copies of write home about, they at least are not dis- villagers’ houses, though, because that’s just ground tunes so damn adora- the game and had temporarily transformed tracting and as I prefer my experience with- mean… ble we can’t stop. into button-mashing vegetables. But that was out the 3D, this wasn’t a major flaw for me, It’s also all about some of the smaller Whatever it is, who knows. fine. I couldn’t give a monkeys – I was snug- personally. But from a gameplay perspec- things. For a weeaboo like myself, I almost All we know is that when we wake gled up in my Pikachu onesie, wielding a 3DS tive the visuals shrink in comparison with died when I found out that new types of up and step outside that farmhouse in hand, planting my very first turnip. AND the Herculean addition of free movement crops now include Japanese-inspired wasa- and pick that first ripe crop, that’s BOY, WAS THAT A MOMENT. around the map with the circle pad and… bi. You don’t have to grow potatoes all the our moment of triumph. That’s the It’s been a long time coming jumping. That’s right, feel awesome, because time; now, so many varieties of crop exist, time we dance around our room in to the UK – over a year and a now we can jump over chickens, over crops, you can pick and choose based on what you our pyjamas because we’ve been half, in fact, what with three over fences – hell, we’ll jump over anything. like to eat. Forest exploration has become a playing since the night before, very frustrating delays from If you have played a Harvest Moon game, you walk in the park with shortcuts and, overall, eyes red and blotchy, waiting our friends at Natsume Inc. will understand what I mean when I say free- the money-making process stays infinitely to reap the delicious rewards (whom I’ve always envisaged dom is bliss, and bliss is what ANB dishes out engaging while there are so many ways of of a hard week’s work in the dressed in dungarees, chew- in spades. going about it. My favourite addition has to fields. That magical feel- ing corn as they programme) be bee-keeping, but there are also fish-traps, ing of achievement just – but Harvest Moon: A New When we wake up and step outside paddies and several new types of livestock, keeps us coming back for Beginning has finally ar- including alpacas and lamas. more.e. rived. Following the same that farmhouse and pick that first ripe It’s official then, if you like the Harvest Moon classic formula, you as the crop, that’s our moment of triumph franchise, I recommend ANB whole-heart- player are a young farmer edly. But what brings a smile to my face who arrives in a derelict, more than the game itself is the knowledge failing town to make your liv- So what else? Well, for one, Harvest Moon that it exists because my childhood dreams ing. Along the way, you will encounter many is getting more accessible for a young audi- of owning my own farm are obviously still characters, most of whom are ‘unlocked’ by ence, which is brilliant. Spread peace, love thriving in a new generation. I wonder, what completing certain tasks, usually by con- and agriculture across the generations! While is so great about virtual farming? Farmville, structing new houses, because in this game, I remember progression in the very first Har- which spawned from Harvest Moon’s legacy, you’re also a master architect (how cool is vest Moon DS game to be a real arduous slog, has taken Facebook by storm and it’s just so that?!). Depending upon your sex in-game, 6 two months in-game on ANB and my farm is goddamn addictive, but golly, we can’t figure of these characters become available to you as thriving. This is made so easy by the fact that out why. Maybe it’s a desire to return to our marriage candidates. Cue frantic gift-giving your first cow barn already exists – you don’t natural roots and take the quaint, quintessen- to raise their friendship! There are, howev- have to pay for it and build it! – and you’re tial life – virtually. Maybe it’s a want of the er, many great untraditional additions to this given a FREE COW. I was so excited that antithesis of the dark, gruesome, combative game that will make ANB a worthy extension in a fit of ecstasy I inappropriately named it games

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Back in 1993, Jack Skellington mer- rily sang “this is Halloween!” Two decades on, however, we’ve started to gravitate towards creepier musi- cal fare for the yearly ritual... Radiohead: ‘Climbing Up the Walls’ Radiohead’s OK Computer is a master- piece on all fronts, but none of its songs come close to matching the eerie beauty of ‘Climbing Up the Walls’, influenced by Thom Yorke’s time as an orderly in a mental hospi- tal. The distorted vocals and spidery guitars - alongside a chorus pickled with references to lobotomies and mental illnesses - create a song so inherently claustrophobic that it is rarely performed by the group in a live ca- pacity anymore. Miranda Wilkie

Rammstein: ‘Mein Teil’ Heavy metal riffs? Check. Scary German vocals? Check. A music video banned in several countries, due to explicit imagery (such as a man being fellated by an angel) for a song about one cannibal cooking and eating another’s penis before murdering him? Check. Based on the case of Mewes and Brandes, ‘Mein Teil’ has got to be one of the most frightening songs ever. With lyrics like Instrumental benefits “because you are what you eat, and you know what it is”, and the single cover being a knife Nicole Davis asks if learning an instrument should be compulsory and fork, this song will definitely give you nightmares. Nick Cun-Yu Zhang » “Which one would you like, Lisa? Viomalin? Tubamaba? Oboemaboe?” Aaah, the wonders of choice... photo: en.wikipedia.org Christina Aguilera: ‘Birds of Prey’ o doubt we’re all aware of the fickle nies] in lieu of three hours a day strumming attached to their persons as if they are limbs. Take a vocal powerhouse and some chic nature of children. We were once on a guitar, just to appease pushy parents. It keeps them quiet and out of their parents’ Liverpudlian melody-makers, and what do younglings ourselves, after all. I I’m careful, too, not to court the sentimen- hair. It’s certainly quieter than the beat of you get? The effortlessly oneiric ‘Birds of distinctly remember doing exactly tal vision of a musically harmonious utopia; badly played drums on a Sunday afternoon. Prey’, which is perfect for a cold Halloween Nthe opposite of what my mother told me to that wielding a harpsichord or hornet would Nevertheless, it’s also potentially symptomat- night. Ladytron’s deep synths and whirling do a lot of the time, such as putting my hand suddenly enable us to overcome all societal ic of lazy - and less interactive - parenting. pools of electronica meet Christina Aguil- on the cooker because I was warned it was problems. However, it is a culturally enrich- It seems to me to be far more rewarding for era’s whispery octaves to form a cracking au- too hot. (Yes. Yes it was.) ing and developmentally enhancing experi- a child to show a parent a song that they’ve tumnal feast, which tells the tale of the sordid So, it’s easy to imagine that many children ence, and one which should be made availa- mastered, rather than, say, a new level com- side of the music industry. Perhaps not ideal would run a mile whenever the word “forced” ble for all to partake in. pleted on an Xbox game. And, later in life, for a Trick or Treating night out, but certainly comes into play. Especially if “instrument” Learning a musical instrument betters lit- it will be far more romantically rewarding to perfect for a cosy night in (with the treats!). and “practice” follow suit. Learning an in- eracy rates, discipline and application to a whip out a guitar to serenade a special some- Faizan Sadiq strument is much like eating spinach. Some- variety of activities. Studies have proven its one than inviting them over to your house to thing with many added benefits, but not alto- impact on the memory’s capacity and ability kick ass at Call of Duty and expect a second Kanye West: ‘I Am a God’ gether appealing. to listen. In addition, according to an article date. “Hurry up with my damn croissant,” scoffs Musical instruments, after all, are still be- from the Telegraph, “new research suggests The lasting effects of playing an instru- Kanye West on the stand-out track from Yee- sieged by very middle-class connotations. that regularly playing an instrument changes ment are, quite frankly, mind-boggling, and zus. Hardly one for modesty, the rapper’s lat- A piano ushered into the corner of a taste- the shape and power of the brain and may be make me wish I had stuck with the cello or est work sees him transition into full-blown fully cream-coloured living room. Private used in therapy to improve cognitive skills.” keyboard for longer than I did in my youth. megalomania, spitting lines about chatting school followed by afternoon cello practice. Developing patience, perseverance, co-ordi- to Jesus above a sinister bedrock of bass. The The eight-year-old girl throwing a tantrum nation, concentration, self-confidence and shrill screams that conclude the song con- (much to the chagrin and embarrassment of Learning to play a musical instrument creativity ... the list could go on and on. firm what its opening verses imply: this is an her well-groomed mother) prior to a Grade is a culturally enriching and develop- It needn’t necessarily be about wealth or insight into the darkest recesses of a colossal 2 violin exam. She is tired. And frustrated. mentally enhancing experience, and class, or that rich kids are better at life just ego, and it’s utterly terrifying. She has had ballet and French lessons along- one which should be made available for because they can play a musical instrument. Sam Carter side violin practice this week, and the last all to partake in. Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash and Ringo Starr thing she wants to do is enter a room and be all came from impoverished backgrounds, Joy Division: ‘Decades’ forced to play scales and arpeggios in front plagued by neglect and hardships, but found For better or worse, commentaries on Joy of a stern, bespectacled gentleman. Just be- Schools from a wide range of econom- the means to better their lives through music. Division will forever be overshadowed by the cause her mother says she has to. It’s rare you ic backgrounds should set up initiatives Instruments aren’t – or at least, they suicide of Ian Curtis. Yet, even removed from combine the image of a council house estate that enable children to play an instrument, shouldn’t be – a signifier of money or an this tragic context, the music of the band’s or teenage delinquency with the sound of a whether that’s via instrument rental, reduced upbringing by well-to-do parents. It’s about second (and final) studio album sounds well-practiced clarinet. rate classes, or free practice with a tutor. An- passion and dedication to a craft: two things stalked by the spectre of death: such is the Perhaps that sounds a tad presumptuous, ything that gives them the option that might which everyone is surely capable of. level of despair clenching its heart. Closer’s but the tiger-mum and her well-rounded (but otherwise not have been open to them can People often go on about giving our future darkest moment arrives at its conclusion, exhausted) child are something to be wary of only be positive. Andrew Lloyd Webber re- generations the best start in life. When that within the otherworldly horror which seeps when encouraging the enforcement of play- cently backed a similar scheme to implement something is the gift of guitar-playing, or be- through ‘Decades’. When the funereal organ ing instruments. I’m not suggesting that kids compulsory musical instrument lessons in ing capable of performing a solo in a school rises at 3:59, it’s the aural equivalent of peer- give up social time or watching [insert gener- selected secondary schools. orchestra, it seems ridiculous for it not to be ing into a sheer abyss: desolate, terrifying, ic cartoon title here - I don’t want to show my I often see children with Game Boys, iP- placed at the top of the parental agenda – but and utterly, utterly lonely. age as a ’90s kid by plumping for The Twee- ads, and various other technological gadgets only for the right reasons. Michael Perry theboar.org/Music | @BoarMusic | MUSIC 23 theboar.org 27

Cloud Control Paul McCartney Katy Perry Live Review Dream Cave  New  PRISM   Everything Everything In spite of its moniker, Something about PRISM With Dream Cave, Cloud another Paul McCartney leaves a bad taste in the The Institute, Birmingham Control have expanded album hardly seems to be mouth. Whether it’s the their sound with a heady a novel idea. Neverthe- excessive use of by-the- 18/10/13 concoction of psychedelic less, though the majority numbers song structures, harmonies. ‘Dojo Rising’ of the tracks sound like the sheer monotony of hether in the throes of Arc’s and ‘Scar’ straddle the dis- vintage Beatles or Wings the production, or the sonorous melodies or nailing parate influences of guitar offcuts, there is a sense inane lyrics, Ms Perry’s the glitch-pop tracks of their riffs and electronic loops, of renewed life in his lat- third album certainly polyrhythmic, hyperactive de- as the Australian band use vivid splashes of est effort, perhaps in reflection of this new does not live up to its high expectations. Still, Wbut Man Alive, when onstage, Everything electronica to colour the edges of this record. chapter of his personal life. This was certainly there are some gems to be found: ‘Spiritual’ Everything exercise thorough control over Creating an album that strolls this confident- aided by a production team which consists of is a heartlessly emotional pseudo-ballad, their gorgeously honed hooks and wily vocal ly through multiple genres is an ambitious A-list names such as Mark Ronson and Paul whilst the CeCe Peniston-tinged ‘Walking meanderings. undertaking. Even more impressive, though, Epworth, who have brought their own per- on Air’ provides the ever-needed jams for a From the hypnotic opening notes of is just how well they’ve pulled it off. spectives to these Macca jams. good night out. ‘Undrowned’, moving swiftly through to the MP3: ‘Dojo Rising’, ‘Scar’ MP3: ‘Queenie Eye’, ‘Alligator’ MP3: ‘Walking on Air’, ‘Spiritual’ erupting refrains of ‘Torso of the Week’, EE Sam Carter Nick Cun-Yu Zhang Faizan Sadiq have us in the palm of their collective hands, even during the exposure of their softer side, be it in the form of Jonathan Higgs’ intimate Drake of Montreal Trivium solo rendition of ‘Tin (The Manhole)’ or the Nothing Was the Same  Lousy with Sylvianbriar  Vengeance Falls  haunting pianissimo of ‘The Peaks’. With two virtuoso albums under their belt, the band wears a kind of brazen confidence onstage, Drizzy has done it again. The gradual evolution in Vengeance Falls takes the and don’t for a moment look like slowing In 16 excellently-crafted of Montreal’s sound has more accessible elements down. tracks, he’s managed to has been a varied and of Trivium’s sound to ex- At the centre of EE’s dazzling stage show is, take a genre of music no- brilliant one. As a re- tremes only fleetingly ex- of course, the inexhaustible Jonathan Higgs, torious for focusing on sult, the almost complete plored in the past. Big (if whose vocal acrobatics and graceful flour- bitches and blunts, spin conventionality of Lousy not overly exciting) riffs, ishes command the unadulterated attention it on its head, and pro- With Sylvianbriar comes slightly naff lyrics and of his audience. Higgs’ trademark falsetto duce a brilliant medley of as a bit of a surprise, espe- Disturbed-style choruses holds up amazingly over a lengthy and fast- sounds, which evoke feelings I wasn’t aware cially as it’s really quite good. The previously abound for the first half of the album, before paced setlist, simultaneously pitch perfect music had the power to convey. The accu- omnipresent synths have been replaced by a ‘At the End of the War’ provides a promising- and roughened by emotion, reverberating rately-titled Nothing Was the Same is a work ’60s-emulating rock-and-roll ensemble, with ly energetic passage. Vengeance Falls reflects desperately in the hysterical, wordless cries of art, which has cherry-picked the very best Rebecca Cash providing moments of intro- a band turning a new corner stylistically, but of ‘The Peaks’. aspects of contemporary genres and fused spection as she uses her calm vocals to coun- even though this may put off some of their Grinning like a Cheshire cat, Higgs con- them all together under an urban umbrella. terbalance Kevin Barnes’ frenetic falsetto. more elitist fans, there’s plenty to like here. fides to the crowd: “I wrote these songs in my MP3: ‘Own It’ MP3: ‘Belle Glade Missionaries’ MP3: ‘At the End of the War’ bedroom... it’s crazy to hear you all singing Maya Westwick Sam Evans Joe Wallace them back to me”, referring to our valiant ef- fort to keep up with infectiously singable fan favourites, ‘My KZ UR BF’ and ‘Duet’. Fortu- ‘Happy Man’ strolls along on a waltz rhythm, nately, the canopy of bright lights and the he- with shifts in momentum and sudden stops donistic fervour of the audience never over- allowing Ross to find space between verses whelm the dystopian, ecological anxieties of for some elegant guitar melodies. Arc’s album tracks. Higgs himself is keen to It appears that these literary inspirations emphasise this, squaring up to the crowd to were partly cultivated by Baylis’ academic cast the despairing indictment of ‘Radiant’: background, as she recounts the difficulties “You could make a difference so easy. You of balancing work and music while studying could make a difference, but you don’t”. History at Oxford. “There were definitely It’s also reassuring to see that EE have some teething problems, but I found a bal- remained faithful to their oldest and most ance after a while. As you know, your degrees beloved material, unafraid to feature Man are demanding, but you do also have quite a Alive’s more disorienting album tracks like lot of time to focus on personal passions.” ‘QWERTY Finger’, even when it seems to Baylis concludes her set with upcoming chafe with newer and more accessible materi- single ‘Life Without You’, setting off on ca- al like ‘Don’t Try’. Balancing attention to both reening folk-pop rhythms and lyrics that flit of their albums inevitably lent the show a lack between regret and conviction. She practical- of symmetry or predictability, but such is the ly snarls at the prospect of past mistakes now, wizardry of Higgs and co. that in the midst of “Have you met Lydia?” later elaborating on the song’s honesty during this panoply of hues and textures, EE pieced our interview. “It’s definitely the most direct- together a taut and deeply gratifying evening Well, Sam Carter has, and can offer a sterling review of ly confessional song I’ve ever written, but it of captivating music and showmanship. was therapeutic to write and perform.” Proving themselves to be head and shoul- Lydia Baylis’ recent Coffee House Session at Curiositea With the performance over and the sun ders above most of the lacklustre nominees now casting shadows over the concrete steps for this year’s Mercury Prize, both on record » Lydia Baylis: for fans of Virgina Woolf and the Brontës. photo: coffeehousesessions. outside the SU, Baylis reveals that this isn’t and onstage, EE are surging forward in what her first visit to Warwick, with her last ven- promises to be an outstanding career for ydia Baylis isn’t your average per- brow acting as the cue for her remarkably ture here coming in the form of an open day these dark horses of British indie. former. Following Lucy Mason’s Cof- deep pitch to sweep through the café. Her at the age of 17. “I think it’s just charming; I fee House Session of a fortnight ago, voice, at times sounding like it was ripped love it.” And her thoughts on today’s setting? Sophie Monk this latest Curiositea performance straight out of a Bond theme tune, forms the “I could spend all of my money in here drink- Lsticks to the same formula: one café, one steadiest of canvases for guitarist Ross to play ing hot chocolates all day!” guitar, and one outstanding voice. In many over. Naturally, I had to ask how one corner There’s little time for that, though, given ways, though, Baylis is a very different artist of Britain could produce so many powerful Baylis’ career trajectory. ‘Life Without You’ is from the Australian Mason. And with Vir- singers. “It’s interesting isn’t it?” Baylis mus- set to be released in November, while debut ginia Woolf and the Brontë sisters among the es. “Maybe it’s the mountains or the dragons album A Darker Trace is “98 percent there,” Welsh singer’s sources of inspiration, there’s – something like that!” according to the singer. “It’s just a matter of a distinctly cerebral edge to her work, which If Baylis’ opener is a showcase of unfal- choosing how to arrange the songs. People she describes as “dark cinematic pop” during tering confidence, ‘Show Me the Light’ is a don’t really tend to listen to albums in se- her post-gig interview with Boar Music. gateway to insecurity. Her wry smile as she quence any more, but I would definitely like There’s no prolonged soundcheck this delivers the line “a single look inside me it to flow in a way that I’m happy with, just in time, as we’re launched straight into the and you knew me well” is evidence that the case one person does!” opening chords of her song ‘Whitehouse’. 23-year-old has experienced a lot more than Based on Victorian melodrama Murder in her age would suggest. “I wanted to write For more information about Lydia Baylis the Red Barn, it sees Baylis standing tall in about things that were above and beyond the and her music, bean on over to her official the centre of the intimate locale, an assured traditional girl-meets-boy story,” she tells me. Facebook page here: nod of the head and an occasional lifted eye- It’s in this vein that the John Dryden-inspired facebook.com/lydiabaylis » Men live. photo: flickr.com/Stew Dean 24 theboar.org 24 Editor: Ellie May [email protected] Twitter @BoarScience SCI & TECH fb.com/groups/BoarScience Nobel Prize 2013: The winning laureates Hayley Simon covers this year’s Nobel Prize announcements and who won the six coveted awards ince it was first envisioned in the hand- for complex chemical systems” The Chem- written will of Alfred Nobel, the Nobel istry prize acknowledges the achievement of Prize has gone on to become one of the combining classical physics with quantum most prestigious awards on the planet. physics to develop computer modelling tech- SAt the heart of the award is a simple idea with niques. The computer programmes devel- the capacity to inspire millions. Given only oped by these three men are used widely by to those who have “conferred the greatest chemists to simulate molecular systems. This benefit to mankind,” a list of previous win- has allowed for many significant chemical ners rapidly turns into a who’s who of twenti- advances. eth century history. From Albert Einstein to With the conclusion of the three science Martin Luther King, it is a prize that strives awards, attention turned to the writers. On to recognise the truly exceptional members Thursday 10th October, the Nobel Prize in of the human race. Literature was awarded to Canadian author With 6 awards up for grabs (Physiology Alice Munro. She was described by the award- or Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Literature, ing body as the “master of the contemporary Economics and Peace,) speculation in the short story”. Before the weekend break, The run-up to the announcement was rife. Twit- Norwegian Nobel Committee presented the ter conversations bounced from person to Nobel Peace Prize to the Organization for the person, articles appeared discussing possible Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) outcomes and the same question burst from “for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemi- everyone’s lips - who would be taking home » Peter Higgs was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics photo: flickr/ marc_buehler cal weapons”. The final golden prize of 2013 the prize in 2013? was handed out on Monday, bringing an end The week-long series of announcements mystery. The central theme running through the discovery of the Higgs boson – the so- to the week-long prize giving. The Sverig- began on Monday 7th October. In a live the research was the idea of a vesicle: a tiny called ‘God particle’. The 2013 Nobel Prize es Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in broadcast, The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska packet used to transport molecules inside a in Physics was awarded to the men who first Memory of Alfred Nobel went to Eugene Institutet declared that the 2013 Nobel Prize cell, or from one cell to another. formulated a theory involving the Higgs. The Fama, Lars Hansen and Rober Shiller “for in Physiology or Medicine would be award- As Tuesday dawned, it was the turn of the theory seeks to explain how particles obtain their empirical analysis of asset prices”. ed jointly to three scientists: James Rothman, physicists to anxiously await the decision of mass and forms a central part of the Stand- With the final prize awarded, so conclud- Randy Schekman and Thomas Südhof “for The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. ard Model of Physics, a description of how ed another Nobel cycle. Around the world, their discoveries of machinery regulating After a slight delay, the honour was shared the world is constructed. scientists, economists, writers and politicians vesicle traffic, a major transport system in by François Englert and Peter Higgs “for the The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will soon be gearing up for 2014, hoping that our cells”. theoretical discovery of a mechanism that took centre stage once again on Wednesday. it might be their turn to receive that most The prize was awarded for a series of dis- contributes to our understanding of the or- They declared that the recipients of this year’s noble of titles and to call themselves a Nobel coveries that pieced together how cells organ- igin of mass of subatomic particles...” Nobel Prize in Chemistry would be Martin Prize laureate. ise their transport systems. Each of the three Earlier this year, scientists working at Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel recipients unravelled a different part of the CERN’s Large Hadron Collider confirmed “for the development of multiscale models TEDx Warwick - ‘Ideas worth spreading’ Ellie May reviews the recent Tedx Warwick Salon and the eye-opening technology discussed oasting an impressive 16,500 talks in tracking how often words such as ‘debt’ are every step-counter, giving you information joyable and inspirational. over 133 countries, Tedx conferences searched was exciting – the world of finance on the runner using it. He then developed Speaker Tobias Preis also enjoyed the are becoming increasingly popular would be completely reformed with such ba- this idea in to a short film set in the future event, believing it to be just as interesting for – and for good reason. Their slogan sic technology. Elements of the previous talk where people go ‘runner spotting’ as they do those hosting as for those watching. As a sci- B‘ideas worth spreading’ held strong in the re- still lingered, as Preis discussed how Goog- bird watching. Chatting’s ideas were fascinat- entist, he enjoyed the idea-sharing involved cent Tedx Warwick event, where four speak- le, initially intended as just a search engine, ing, bringing up the moral issues with new and the opportunity to have an insight in to ers gathered to speak about technology in a could have an entirely different function in technology, and challenging the idea that the disciplines of the other speakers. truly innovative and inspiring way. the future. The current age of technol- engineers decide what technology be- In my experience, attending the Tedx Designer and self-proclaimed ogy increases our productivity comes, insisting that instead that salon was eye-opening, introduc- ‘futurist’ Tobias Revell opened and makes life far more con- we must take responsibility. ing me to ideas surrounding the event, explaining how venient, but digital traces The final talk was given technology that I had nev- all humans ‘world-build’, of our everyday behaviour by Nicholas Dale, talking er considered before. The projecting ourselves in, remain online. If Google about his own research wide variety of speakers to fiction to create a dia- can be used to analyse on combating strokes. and disciplines gave me logue between ourselves human behaviour on He presented us with a a rounded view of every and how we imagine the such a large scale as the wide range of statistics, aspect, from potential world could be. His art stock market, could it explaining that strokes inventions in the future built on this concept, also be used to predict cost the UK economy to the moral issues sur- constructing futuristic our behaviour or even up to £9 billion every rounding them. From worlds to show that the influence it? year, and yet there is still the moment it started I outcomes of technology David Chatting, design- a distinct lack of medical was gripped and, although are vastly different from er and technologist, was the technology that can combat I was learning totally new their initial intentions. The next to share his ideas with us. strokes quickly. Suggesting concepts, I never once felt talk surprised me - its philo- He focused on his idea of Every- numerous ways of faster treat- overwhelmed by the subject sophical manner wasn’t what I was day Tomorrows discussing the bridge ment, Dale shocked us with how matter. I wholeheartedly enjoyed expecting from a technology conference. Yet between useful and useless technology, and close we could be to developing life-saving the experience, I will definitely be attending it was a fascinating start to the event, forcing how prototypes being made now will have a technology and how desperate our world is again, and I recommend that you do too. us to imagine the future outcomes of tech- huge effect on our everyday lives in the fu- for it. nology. ture. By creating basic prototypes of gadgets Torgyn, an engineering student, gave her The second speaker, Tobias Preis, took the that have no particular use yet, he allowed the thoughts on the event. Impressed by how Tedx are hosting the second TEDxSalon event in a different direction, talking about public to speculate on how they may become each speaker adopted layman’s language so on November 23rd, Saturday of Week 8. his own research project. His idea that Goog- useful, and their effect on society as a whole. well in order to express their ideas to the stu- le could predict the stock market through Chatting suggested a gadget that could track dents, she concluded that it was overall en- » photos: Qi Peng 28 theboar.org 25 Editor: Robert Demont [email protected] Twitter @BoarTravel TRAVEL fb.com/groups/BoarTravel Avoiding the scams in Bangkok Senior Pro Consul in Bangkok, 180 British of global food; three courses and a cocktail Three-wheeled open door taxis called tuk- Georgina Lawton nationals were arrested and 231 hospitalised is less than £10 – and that’s at the top end of tuks are popular amongst tourists, but always in Thailand last year – but should this really the scale! agree on a price before you hop in. Emilia, act as a deterrent for those on a quest for Thai The shopping experience in Bangkok is a student at Oxford Brookes University, was angkok is a place which remains culture? unlike any other. The Khao San Road mar- caught out by a local tuk-tuk scam. etched on the memories of all who Khao San Road is Bangkok’s backpacker ket is an overwhelming display of the trashy She said: “On our first day in Bangkok, a visit it; a place of mind-bending hub, where you can zig-zag between raucous and tremendous where you can find anything man selling maps told us that the best way surprises and eye-watering juxta- bars and street performers, haggle for clothes from tie-dye t-shirts to knock-off DVDs. to see the city was by tuk-tuk. He brought Bpositions. It is a frenetic circus of bustling or indulge in a street massage and watch the Don’t be afraid to haggle but always be re- us over to one of the cars and agreed a price markets, spicy food and neon-lit clubs. It is world unfold before your eyes. The food carts spectful – Thai people don’t like losing face. with the driver – about 20p for the whole day, also a tranquil space of stunning temples and perched on the pavements offer a diverse The Chatuchak weekend market is half an which was so cheap.” beautiful architecture. This year Bangkok selection of Thai cuisine; huge portions of hour from the city centre and offers a slightly Unfortunately this bargain price was too is the world’s most-visited capital city, and pad thai (flat noodles with chilli and egg) for more authentic shopping experience, so set good to be true. The tuk-tuk driver took with such a varied landscape, no wonder around 60p, and mouth-watering tropical aside a few hours if you want to explore this Emilia and her friends to the agreed place but many travellers start their Asian adventure fruit kebabs. Just make sure meat dishes are 35-acre market-maze which sells snakes and also stopped off at a tailors, a jewellery shop with a stint in the country’s animated capital. served piping hot, and the fruit and vegeta- second-hand items. and a fake tourist information shop where But how easy is it to stay in a place known to bles fresh. If you’d prefer a fine dining experi- Getting around Bangkok can leave tour- the girls were persuaded to make a booking some as ‘scam city’? According to Sarah Peth, ence, Bangkok’s restaurants boast a plethora ists susceptible to the most popular scams. for activities and handed over £170 each. However, upon returning home, they re- searched the information centre and found reviews advising them not to trust the shop. The girls had handed money over to an unof- ficial tourist agent called ‘ITAT’ – in Bangkok the official tourist bureau is called ‘TAT’, but Emilia and her friends had been brought into one of the many imitation shops which lure travellers in with fake logos and uniforms. A number of local businesses in the area work in conjunction with tuk-tuk drivers to in- crease tourist exposure to their shops, and drivers will often stop at places not originally agreed on the route or leave travellers in the middle of nowhere. When Emilia and her friends returned the next day to demand a refund, the man with whom they had made the booking wasn’t there, and the other travel agents refused to hand back any cash. It’s vital when travelling abroad that you research the local laws, customs and poten- tial scams before you arrive. The FCO reg- ularly updates its website with travel advice and helpful tips on every country around the world. There’s also information on how to plan and stay safe on your gap year.

More detailed advice is available on the FCO website at www.gov.uk/knowbeforeyougo Facebook: facebook.com/fcotravel Twitter: @fcotravel » Thai street markets are a great place to find a bargain photo: Jeremie Amoroso Bowled over by Moldova: a volunteer’s experience go on the trip. Faced with a brochure burst- The tourism industry in Moldova could be erwise relatively unknown and really needs Nicola Paling ing with volunteer trips worldwide, as well seen as limited, but that doesn’t mean there is help. as having officially caught the bug after my nothing of interest. With famous vineyards, There are so many unique experiences I first voluntary experience in the Dominican a beautiful monastery and a historic market will take away from the trip, such as staying ntil a few months ago, I have to Republic the previous summer, there were in the capital selling Soviet memorabilia, in an abandoned asylum for a few nights (not admit that I’d barely even heard of so many countries to tempt me. In the end, there is a lot to entice the average tourist. as scary as it sounds!) and using an outside Moldova. To me, it was a name that though, it was the uniqueness of Moldova To add to this, the scenery in Moldova is shower which was often shared with a few only seemed to crop up in Eurovi- that drew me in. stunning; with field upon field of sunflowers frogs. Usion or vaguely referred to in the final rounds The truth is that Moldova is Europe’s poor- and views that could be straight from Italy, it More important, though, is the amount of of general knowledge quiz shows. And there est country, with levels of poverty compara- would be the perfect place for a walking holi- happiness we managed to bring to the chil- is no way I could have told you where it is. ble to that of African nations. The unem- day – and I got to experience all of this whilst dren in the village where we were staying – in But despite how little I knew about it, I ployment rate is shockingly high and it is a still making a real difference. the afternoons we organised crafts and games went on a two week volunteering project country crippled by debt. Moldova was also I’m sure you’ve heard the clichés about vol- with the children and they would play merri- during the summer with a charity called Mis- a former part of the USSR and didn’t gain in- unteering trips before, but it really is an in- ly for hours. sion Direct where, as a small team, we built a dependence until 1991; for this reason a lot credible experience. There is no other feeling Even though Moldova might not be at the house that would become a day-care centre of community spirit has been destroyed by like it and, realistically, you probably won’t top of your travel bucket-list, I’d definitely for children and a refuge centre for teenage communism. get that many chances to build a house in recommend going. Volunteering in Europe girls. Before I went, I was warned that the people your lifetime! might not seem nearly as exciting as going Obviously, this type of volunteer work is in general are quite reserved and unhappy. It is also the fact that you know you are across the world, but it’s just as rewarding. relatively common in developing countries, Whilst I was there, though, everyone seemed making a real, physical difference to people’s And it’s another destination to tick from your but the fact that this kind of work needed do- incredibly happy and grateful for what little lives that makes this so rewarding. It was ‘off the beaten track’ list too! ing in Europe was what first intrigued me to they had. great helping out in a country which is oth- 26 theboar.org 26 Editor: Josh Murray [email protected] Twitter @BoarTelevision TV fb.com/groups/BoarTV Bake Off kneads some improvement The final episode of Great British Bake Off fails to rise to Poppy Rosenberg’s expectations

» The cast of this year’s Great British Bake Off at the start of the series – but how do they compare to the class of 2012? photo: Flickr/ antoniahawken he baking royalty have ruled – and which spawned baked goods that part-time cast of bakers than in the previous series, as the final week was limited, and the fact that they have declared Frances Quinn as bakers (such as myself) had a reasonable ex- well as for her scandalous flirtation with a her showstopper (which was fantastic, by the the winner of the Great British Bake pectation of reproducing. certain silver-haired baker. way) secured her the title is evidence that this Off 2013. In the most recent series, we watched a I admired her skill and confidence at a year just didn’t live up to the hype of its pre- TAfter weeks of intense competition, the show whose weekly challenges were far more relatively young age, but her self-deprecating decessor. 31-year-old clothes designer from Leicester- vague – they were technically difficult and manner began to grate on me as the show As always, it was the show’s staple person- shire finally proved she was capable of pro- required a list of baking equipment long progressed. In the final episode, she was alities that kept the audiences flocking in in ducing bakes with both flavour and flare in enough to make even Nigella Lawson blush. caught saying, “It’s just lemon [cake.]” Come their millions. time to win her the coveted crown. on Ruby – you know you rock! The presenting duo of Mel Giedroyc and But amongst all of the hype on Twitter and I feel like any judgement I make about Sue Perkins were characteristically brilliant in the media surrounding the much-antici- Last year’s standards of baking, Kimberley will inevitably be tinged with bias. throughout, whilst Mary Berry continued to pated finale, it felt like a rather disappointing ingenuity, and deliciousness were I found her smug and overly competitive dazzle viewers and contestants alike with her curtain call. Let me explain why, after all the superior throughout – qualities that aren’t particularly impressive “cakespertise” and range of mar- weeks of mounting expectation, I was left so synonymous with the newest of British insti- vellous blazers. underwhelmed. What’s more, whereas last year saw the tutions! It was Berry’s male counterpart, Paul Hol- An hour before the hotly anticipated finale likes of John Wait’s “heaven and hell” cake, Nonetheless, even the staunchest of Kim- lywood, who had a slightly different effect. kicked off, the BBC made the somewhat fool- this year’s showstoppers seemed to lack the berley supporters (whoever you are) will Hollywood seemed to have taken a decision ish decision to air a rerun of the 2012 GBBO wow factor. Come on ladies – it’s the finale, have been forced to admit that her baking in to adopt a Simon Cowell persona for the new final – a decision akin to stealing someone get your piping bags out. Alas, there was nei- the final was not worthy of the title. Despite series, but instead of endearing him to the else’s custard on trifle week. ther a sugar-basket nor a blowtorch in sight. producing an impressive showstopper, she audience, it had the opposite effect. Not only did this repeat episode remind The 2013 final itself provided the anti-cli- fell foul to the most cardinal sin of Great Brit- I love a good baking innuendo as much us of how much more fun and charming the max that I half-expected. ish baking: the dreaded soggy bottom. as the next person, but I feel he crossed the class of 2012 were, but it also illustrated the I’m sure I speak for the majority when ad- Her decoration may have been good, but line of professionalism. His continued flirt- superior standard of baking, ingenuity, and mitting my disappointment in Ruby’s average it was nowhere near the standard that drives ing with Ruby raised a lot of eyebrows, and deliciousness that was on offer last year. performance. She started off promisingly, a woman to create edible confetti, and she resulted in the latter responding to criticism In a weird way, BBC Two were placing last producing an impressive picnic pie (I say never justified being pre-show favourite. in a piece in the Guardian shortly after the year’s series and this year’s in direct competi- impressive as if I knew what a picnic pie was So, on to the winner herself: Frances. Al- final. After all of the sweetness that The Great tion – a contest that had only one outcome. before the show...) but that was as good as it though I had found her uninspiring early British Bake Off provided, this left a slightly For me, the structure and technical chal- got for the former model. in the series, her performance in the final sour taste in the mouth. lenges throughout the Great British Bake Off The fact that the judges didn’t give the bak- brilliantly demonstrated her ability to learn 2012 were of a much higher standard and pro- ing title to the 21-year-old came as a shock to from the judges’ criticism and produce visu- Were you disappointed in duced far more exciting television. Last year, most. From the outset, Ruby had been sin- ally beautiful cakes with flavour and subtle this year’s GBBO final? the challenges had fun and clear-cut themes, gled out for her youth amongst a much older presentation. As it was, the competition in Tweet: @BoarTelevision theboar.org theboar.org/Sport | @BoarSport | SPORT 2727 The jury is out on the ‘Paralympic legacy’ Luke Brown discovers that the benefits of the 2012 Paralympic Games at Warwick are just “hyperbole” arlier this month the chair- own back pocket. woman of disabled charity His enthusiasm is constant as he Scope, Alice Maynard, de- speaks with a quiet and firm confi- Eclared that the ‘jury was out’ on the dence about the future of the group. ‘legacy’ of the Paralympic Games. I ask him about the legacy, initial- Her verdict, delivered so soon af- ly the point of this article, but he ter an entire nation rallied around shakes the question off. the achievements of our Paralym- ‘People speak about the ‘legacy’, pic heroes, seemed particularly but if there was a legacy it hap- damning and surprising. So I de- pened before the Games’, he says. ‘I cided to undertake an investigation try to ignore the political stuff and of that much-fabled ‘legacy’ here on focus on the sport’. campus. He does, however, believe at- Fortunately, the Warwick Wheel- titudes to disability sport have chair Racing Academy agreed to changed for the better. ‘Disability have me attend one of their train- sport is no longer seen as a hobby, ing sessions, held at Westwood and the people who train here are running track. now seen as athletes’. I joined them on a cold wet Sun- » David Weir, quadruple gold medal winner, at the Paralympic Games 2012. photo: David Poultney My conversation with Job day, slightly regretting the fact I brought my time with the group to hadn’t elected to remain at home. however, for she later set a personal for sure. He refers to Job King, coach and an all-too-soon conclusion. I came But by the end of the session I was best of 30.7 seconds in the 100m. He tells me he’s aiming for a place founder of the group set up in 2011. to the training session with the in- delighted I had braved the ele- 17-year-old Ben Rowlings also at Coventry University, because of Unassuming and understated, Job tention of learning everything I ments, such was the infectious en- mentioned the financial struggles its close proximity to the track and tells me that when the group start- could about the Paralympic ‘legacy’, thusiasm of everybody I spoke to. disabled athletes have to contend the university’s good reputation for ed, they had only about three or believing it to be the biggest issue in The group pride themselves on with. disability sport. four members, and that the team disability sport. their inclusivity, and I first spoke He’s currently seeking sponsor- Warwick doesn’t seem to share was informal and amateur. However, I now realize this to to the parents and grandparents ship for a £3500 replacement to this positive reputation, which can’t Now, Job presides over an eclec- be too naïve an intention. After the of two junior racers: nine-year-old his current racing-chair ‘Bruce’ (‘I be helped by a total dearth of infor- tic and dedicated team of athletes. conversations I had with people, it Hollie and ten-year-old Jessica. spend more time with him than I mation regarding disability sport He’s coached Ben from his first race struck me that the ‘legacy’ seemed A common theme of these dis- do my family, so I had to name him’, on both the Warwick SU and War- to international tournaments, and nothing more than media hyper- cussions was the hefty financial he told me). wick Sport websites. he tells me that this is one of the as- bole, a political statement and con- implications of disability sport. It appears these financial impli- In just the session I attend, Ben pects of his job that he enjoys the cern, with little relevance to the Hollie’s grandmother told me of cations can be overcome, however. completes around 30 laps of the most. ‘It’s nice to see athletes being sport itself. the difficulty in winning sponsor- He has competed in Abu Dhabi and track, explaining why his biceps successful when you’ve seen them The extreme enthusiasm and ship for the construction of a cus- Switzerland, and travels to campus are about the same size as my neck. start out’, he says. commitment disabled athletes tom-built racing chair for Hollie: ‘it from Shropshire twice a week, as Unsurprisingly, Rio 2016 is a seri- Of course steering the group demonstrate has not changed, nor, feels like begging’, she told me. well as training in Kenilworth on ous target for him. to success hasn’t been an entirely unfortunately, have the funding is- The need for better chairs was Monday nights. And I thought get- I asked Ben why he travelled to painless endeavor for Job. Initial- sues that preceded the Games. typified by Jessica’s continuing ting up for a 9am lecture showed Coventry instead of staying closer ly competitions and racing chairs It is time to move on from this struggles: it took a good 20 min- commitment. to home. ‘This is a career for me’, were hard to come by; the chairs cyclical discussion of ‘legacy’. utes for her borrowed chair to set In his final year of A-Levels, Ben he said. ‘I travel from so far away the club currently own have either up properly according to her needs. is currently navigating the UCAS because this is the quickest track been donated by other racers or This was 20 minutes well spent system, far tougher than any race around, as well as because of Job’. have been paid for by Job out of his Women’s Football score 15 to humiliate Coventry Isaac Leigh reports on an incredible 15-0 win for Warwick Women’s Football to avenge Varsity defeat fter a devastating 6-0 defeat for goalkeeper and fresher Cecilia move until her team agreed to play son including a charity Tough the visiting defence to send his in their Varsity 2013 clash, Cavanagh, whose first appearance the second half and return to the Mudder challenge, as reported on team into raptures. Warwick Women’s Football yielded a clean sheet. pitch.” by The Boar, president Jenny Harris Jono Fernandopulle then sealed Asecond team could have been for- Camilla Taylor was on target Compton-Davies, who has re- stated that she was confident in the victory after being brilliantly teed given for going into their encounter four times, while Bullions went on turned to the team after deciding team’s camaraderie – and it came to up by Hill. against Coventry on Wednesday 23 to complete her hat-trick. not to go on her year abroad at the the fore during a match which con- “We’ve really improved our October with apprehension. Woman-of-the-match An- last minute, had some sharp words stantly fluctuated. ground ball wins and clearing to But on a sunny day at Cryfield, nie Stone, who is also a first year, for Coventry. The two teams had never met attack, which have been major Warwick gained spectacular re- scored twice and assisted sever- “This season UWWFC are each other before Sean Pillai set- weaknesses in previous teams,” said venge with one of the most one-sid- al of the other goals. Ella Cahoon bringing a tenacious and ambitious tled nerves with an early goal after president Harris. ed triumphs over our local nemeses scored twice, as did captain Lauren second team to the league,” she said. slaloming through the visitors’ de- “Deelan Maru in goal demon- in recent memory. McHale. “We showed Coventry what we fence, before Richard Gold added a strated his excellent shot-stopping So dominant were the hosts that are going to hit back with (after the second. ability and brilliant distribution to Coventry wanted to forfeit at half- Varsity defeat), and had them quiv- Leicester scored twice in the sec- the rest of the team. time, only to be ordered back on to We showed Coventry what we ering in their studded boots. ond quarter to draw level, but Pillai “I was also really proud of Osajie the pitch by their angry captain are going to hit back with, and “All I can say is bring on second edged Warwick in front again with Oboh, Paul O’Connor, Malik Fahad Ruby Compton-Davies, cen- had them quivering in their term!” another dodge and shot. and Michael Engelen on their first- tre-back and last year’s captain, ad- studded boots last week Four members of the team who Leicester maintained the top- team debuts; they weren’t daunted mitted that “we were really appre- played in March’s 6-0 loss appeared sy-turvy nature of the encounter by the occasion. hensive about this match due to a in last Wednesday’s demolition, in- by equalising for a second time to “Jono Fernandopulle was great 6-0 loss at Varsity last year”. cluding delighted captain Lauren make it 3-3, before debutant Paul on his return from a nasty Achilles However, their fears proved un- McHale. O’Connor weaved through the vis- injury too. founded as Warwick raced into an Coventry were so demoralised “We absolutely smashed it,” she iting ranks for a fine solo effort to “There were many positives to 11-0 lead by half-time. that they wanted to forfeit at half- said. “I’m so pleased with the girls edge Warwick ahead again. take from the match, and it gives us A sumptuous team move experly time with the score at 11-0. and we deserved to be named team Leicester equalised with two a solid platform to work from be- finished by Erin Bullions within the “All of the Coventry team except of the week.” minutes to go, and a draw seemed fore the next match.” first five minutes opened the flood- the captain and goalkeeper were re- Elsewhere, men’s lacrosse firsts the likeliest result at this late stage. gates, and two first-years - Divya fusing to come back on the pitch,” got their season off to a flying start However, captain Rhys Hill led How did your sports Pathak and Eleanor Cuigo - netted Compton-Davies said. with a 6-4 win over Leicester at by example by picking up his short- team get on? on their debuts for the club. “But in good spirit the captain Cryfield on Wednesday 16 October. stick, having played with his long- Tweet: @BoarSport It was also a special occasion stood in the net and would not After a morale-boosting pre-sea- pole all match, and danced through theboar.org 28 Sponsored by Editor: Isaac Leigh [email protected] Twitter @BoarSport SPORT fb.com/groups/BoarSport Results Dowie: ‘Coventry didn’t support me’ 6 November 2013 Badminton

Chloe Wynne talks to Sky Sports pundit and former manager Iain Dowie about his intriguing career Warwick H/A Opp W O Men’s 1st H Worcester 1st 7 1 8-year old Iain Dowie has had I: My proudest moment has sation, technical, tactical and psy- to me and I felt that I could have to be when captaining Northern chological challenges and dealing achieved a lot more with the right Men’s 2nd A Bedfordshire 3rds 8 0 a fascinating career, with in- Women’s 1st A Oxford 1st 1 7 tense highs to match the lows. Ireland to a 2-1 victory against with 22 totally unique individuals. support. 4Nowadays he is known for bis Uruguay and becoming the first C: Despite some poor ear- C: Unfortunately, the Coven- work as a pundit with Sky Sports, try City that exists now is a very Fencing but he has had a lengthy manage- different club to the one you rial career with stints at Oldham worked at. What do you make of Men’s 1st A Notts 1st 106 135 Athletic,Charlton Athletic and the financial problems they have at Queen’s Park Rangers among the moment, and also the fact that others, and worked as a consultant they’re not even playing at their Football at Hull City. own stadium...? His most notable achievement I: I believe the club needs the Men’s 4th H Notts Trent 5th 2 5 was winning promotion with an unexceptional Crystal Palace side Golf in 2004, defeating Alan Pardew’s “To break into the sport you West Ham United 1-0 in the old need to be totally dedicated Division One play-off final. and, most importantly, you Most significantly for readers need to believe in yourself” of The Boar, he spent a season in charge of The University of War- wick’s local club, Coventry City. stadium like the stadium needs the And who could forget his infa- club. Although the club is doing mous own goal against Stockport very well (they lie and the sooner County in 1996 when playing for they are back at the Ricoh Arena West Ham United? the better, and hopefully with a Chloe Wynne interviewed the change of ownership. C: And as for your new career as a Sky Sports pundit, how are Mixed 2nd A Oxford 1st 2.5 3.5 “Unfortunately the Coventry you enjoying it? Does it give you a project was not how it was sold different perspective on the game? Hockey to me and I felt I could have I: I love my new role, because for achieved a lot more there” the most part I am working on the Men’s 1st A Nottingham 3rd 3 1 gantry, which allows me to get a Men’s 2nd H Coventry 1st 4 4 birds eye view of the pitch and that Men’s 3rd H Notts Trent 3rd 2 3 Men’s 4th A Anglia Ruskin 1st 3 4 Northern Irishman especially for allows me to get a tactical over- The Boar’s careers edition. sight of the game. Women’s 1st A Coventry 1st 2 3 Women’s 2nd A Oxford Brookes 3rd 1 4 C: Thank you for taking the C: And as a West Ham United fan, what do you make of their time to talk to us and reflect on Lacrosse your career. Before you made it season so far? I: I feel that Sam has done an as a professional footballer you Men’s 1st A Northampton 1st 6 7 completed a Mechanical Engi- excellent job defensively and dur- ing his whole time there, but we Men’s 2nd A Cambridge 1st 6 14 neering degree followed up with Women’s 1st A Birmingham 2nd 16 5 a short stint at British Aerospace. are clearly struggling for goals and Women’s 2nd A Bedford 1st 25 4 Because of this, you are known as need Andy Carroll back as soon as one of the most intelligent football possible. Netball managers in the English league. C: To finish, any predictions for It is also an unconventional route the results of this year’s Premier Women’s 1st A Notts Trent 1st 25 43 into the sport. Is football some- League? Women’s 2nd H Leicester 1st 35 25 thing you always wanted to do, or I: Hmm. I think that Manches- did you just get the right opportu- ter City will win, possibly with Rugby League nities? Chelsea close behind in second. I: Football was always my num- Then Arsenal third, and a toss up Men’s 1st H Lincoln 1st 44 6 ber one love, and I played through- » Iain Dowie winning promotion with Crystal Palace. photo: I.Dowie between United and Tottenham for out my time at university, but I was fourth. Rugby Union turned down at 16 by a profession- Ulsterman to score at Lansdowne C: And, what advice would you al club so only got my opportunity ly-season form you got Crystal Road. That was incredible. give to prospective footballers Men’s 1st H Bedford 1st 48 15 after university. Palace promoted into the Premier C: Conversely, what did you find League.What would you say was trying to break into the sport? C: Luton Town signed you in I: You need to be totally dedi- were your main difficulties that most responsible for the incredible Tennis 1989, which was your first big you faced when playing? run that saw you promoted? cated, work on your weaknesses break into the sport. What are your as well as your strengths, listen to I: For me it was hard being ac- I: I It was down to a few things, Men’s 1st A Cambridge 1st 2 10 memories of this time? coaches but also question them if cepted into the team and my lack really: player selection, an intense Men’s 2nd H Nottingham 2nd 2 10 I: I remember huge characters you are unsure. Finally - and most of grounding in the professional fitness regime, a great spirit and Men’s 3rd A Nottingham 4th 6 6 within the Luton Town dressing importantly - you need to believe game. I suppose this was overcome camaraderie, as well as honest and Women’s 1st A Nottingham 2nd 10 2 room and this was a great ground- in yourself. by the long, long hours training on open feedback with the players. Women’s 2nd A Coventry 2nd 12 0 ing for me. I had to go out on loan Luton’s plastic pitch. before I made my break into the C: Your time at the University’s first team, though. C: After your playing days you local club, Coventry City, also saw pursued a career in managing, considerable success: you won C: In your 13 years of playing beginning with QPR in 1998, and over 40% of your games in charge Let us know how your sports club professional football you have Oldham Athletic a few years later. at the Ricoh. What did you enjoy are getting on. a whole host of achievements. What new challenges did you face, most about your time there? Perhaps most notably you are Email us: [email protected] working in a different role within I: I had a fabulous time there Do you feel that sports known for your 59 caps and 12 the same sport? Tweet: @BoarSport goals playing for Northern Ireland. with good players and, again, a facilites at Warwick What was your proudest moment I: It poses hugely different great spirit. Unfortunately the help professionals? from your football career? challenges. It is a 24/7 job, organi- project was not how it was sold Tweet: @BoarSport