WHERE THERE's a WILL Hollywood's Biggest Willie Talks to JUICE About His Pi Transition from Comedy to Political Thrillers
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Ilecis Student www.leedsdotstudent.co.uk Februy 5, 1999 Volume 29: Issue No.14 WHERE THERE'S A WILL Hollywood's biggest Willie talks to JUICE about his Pi transition from comedy to political thrillers LEEDS MP HAROLD BEST SPEAKS OUT FEMALE ON THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND YOU ASSAULT OUTSIDE CLUB Thug leaves finalist with cracked skull A FEMALE finalist was BY SIJIANNAH BAILEY & and a couple of punches later viciously attacked and left STUART SMITH his girlfriend was on the floor. with a fractured skull after How can a bloke who's 6 ft tall she tried to break up a fight to spend the night in hospital. hit a 5 It 2 girl in the face?" • between a rowing couple. "I saw the girl get shoved Faversham bouncers • The attack took plax outside to the floor by her boyfriend. intervened in an effort to break di • the Faversham on Saturday and went to see if she was all up the fight but the attacker ••4111 aft 414 $ night. A man, who had just right," she explained. "I turned managed to escape. • . •P' II • • pushed a girl to the ground, around and saw the guy The assailant is described 0.41, • turned on the finalist and her punching my boyfriend Jamie. as about 6 ft tall. with short a I. .0 ' I"'fI I . ; boyfriend. The next thing I knew, I'd been brown hair. He was wearing 1.4 0111 .1 The Leeds University knocked to the floor, and had a white jacket and jeans and is pig.* r at student. who does not wish blood pouring down my face." believed to be a student Anyone s/0111# to be named, suffered serious An eye-witness confirmed: with int-banal:ion should contact head injuries and was forced "I saw the guy go for Jamie, PC Winch on 241 3059. SPECIAL FEATURE • PAGES 11-15 PORN-AGAIN POLTERGEIST LEAVES HOUSEMATES GUTTED - FULL STORY ON PAGE THREE NEWS Leeds Student, Friday February 5 1999 Robot helps professor make breakthrough HAVE VOIL es er heard of By MATE GENEVER sialTwilling to work 24 hours a day Val bout a break. the product t need for wages. or the habit been put ;1:1 ,r,, DELIGHT: LMU staff celebrate the prestigious award of going out for a few pints for new cou.p.wid- .∎ to a couple of days what it might at the end of a hard day's take a research ass work:' It, do. Among their Well, one Leeds University are plans to restruclinc deadly professor has got all that in his spider tosins in an attempt to unusual fah assistant who has Lind a cure lot conditions such People prove a been helping him to product: as Parkmsons and Al/heitner: ..teas of new compounds a day. diseases. and thr only thing thin will stop But Professor tinge has him is a power cut. maintained that his new For a high tech Zymark robot 'assistant's work has ifanything good investment has been helping Professor Ron made the team's workload even Grigg and his team develop new greater. He said: "It is now more chemicals. which have now put By AMIT KAPOOR & EVE McGOWAN challenging as we are progress t drugs con Iran ies within touching at a fur greater rate and we are distance of two major medical creating such a vast quantity of THE pmstigious 'Invesiors 'f'he university is also one breakthroughs. in People' standard hr: been Of the largest organisations in the new compounds. The Midas Molecular "We're the only university awarded to making country to sec ive the honour Innos :won Diversity and Professor group in the country carrying out it the largest winning Vice-Chancellor Automated at the Synthesist team Leslie Wagner stated: ''It is v research in this way. It's all about university in the UK. at the university expect to hear when em independent thought and design. linking into And this comes as the that their latest work will lead expert confirms your success the building Mock. lo help :reate univeoaty announced that it will to the marketing id two new drugs after interviewing over one new chemicals that will he of use he launching four new courses to tackle high blood pressure and hundred staff at all levels." for pharmaceutical companies." ,n counse I lit e later this yeartita blood clotting. And LMU are set to start The Midas centre has been are aiming to to improve training And Professor Grigg. who is <ittlINC, including the BSc (Kitts, up and running for three and a Mr people from ethnic minorities. head of Organic Chemistry, Counselling and Therapeutic half years and is sponsored by The 'Investors m People' indicated that this was only the Studies and a Pict Graduate 2 pharmaceutical companies. award was established in MO up id the iceberg: "We create a ► C'ertiticate in trans-cultural They will carry out the clinical with the assistance of the hundred thousand new cramselline in a hid to improve trials on the new compounds to Fanployment department and compounds for industry every twining for people from all see if they can he developed into to award "good practice year and if we received 50 pence useful drugs. hack ground.s. for every line we made we'd be tor improving an otganisation's Senior psychology lecturer And with their workload set pertormineethmughits people". rich. Munturf Ahnied Khan said that to continue. Professor Grigg The award scheme has since "funding is always a problem families in minority communities might he relieved that at least received the hacking of many for research teams, but we're sang CcuascIling 9.trvicrsas"whitc. one of his w orkers•isn't very hoping to expand our pnigramme leading organisations and faceless ,irganisations." demanding when it comes to his including even further." employment groups, f• le added; lnietTation is very wages. les nice when companies the Confederation of British And the Zymark robot, which inaxinal it We want to be able to take up our work - but it would Industry and the Trade Union was initially designed in the USA. work acmss the hoard enriching he good if we could get more Congress. has helped the team increase their the courses for everyone." money for it!" 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RING OUR 24HOUR NEWSDESK ON (0113) 243 4727 V 11 Leeds Student, Friday February 5 1999 NEWS 3 Flatmates fuming' Frazzled by after fag farce By WILL COOSSENS A BOOZY tenant was nearly stubbed out when he left a lit dgarefte tin a chair in his house after a night's drib LMU student Tim East woke m the early hems of the it to find the house smothered with a thick layer tit smoke a Lhair on fire in the kitchen. The house of five all point the finger at fell, iw Jell' Stewart whose menawy is hazy after a night of drunken antics. He admitted: "'can't temember starting the fire but then I can't remember freaky fire much after two hi ttles 01 wine" The tire is believed to have been started by a cigarette which had fallen unto a chair and then slowly burnt filling the house with poisonous halms. Rut fortunately for the temints the house was fined with two House toasts but tenants blame ghost smoke alarms - but that didn't stop two of the house's Deis fmm sleepme through the incident. The tine seems to bet of many CalltilX1 each year in student lodgings by carelessness A GHOSTLY presence is being blamed By SIMON AROPIOWill Though the lire brigade, and not the cigarettes. for a fire that forced four freaked ghost-busters, arrived within two minutes A spokesperson for Unipol urged students to make sure their finalists to flee their house. Hip housemates are also sticking to the of the emergency call being placed most of properties adhere the Unipol Code of Standards and ettrarnctitett The code ensures that the houses comply with certain regulations Residents at the Roy at Park Avenue ghostly tale and place the blame firmly on Robin's belongings were damaged. - such property believe the house has its very own the spirit world. Sections of work fur his dissertation as having smoke alarms and safe furnishings." also urged students to attend the talks on house hunting and poltergeist.