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Asbestos in Student Bedrooms “The Asbestos Is Sealed Inside Oth- Sian Elvin Er Materials and Is Therefore Com- Pletely Safe fb.com/warwickboar twitter.com/warwickboar theStudentboar Publication of the Year 2013 Wednesday 30th October, 2013 Est. 1973 | Volume 36 | Issue 3 Kicked out for Your student Live music kissing another guy style guide on campus p. 8 p. 12 p. 23 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. 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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.
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