@yorknouse • /yorknouse • @yorknouse • www.nouse.co.uk Living Below the Line Weinstein Students experience the realities of living Scandal with extreme poverty M.4 Hollywood in crisis P.11 The University of York’s longest-running student society Est. 1964 Sponsored by Nouse Tuesday 31 October 2017 YUSU survey reveals ‘shocking’ state of off-campus housing • Council passes motion to make all landlords of Houses of Multiple Occupation register or face a £30 000 fine • Stories of bed bug infestations, exposed wiring, and mushrooms growing due to extent of damp in one bedroom for Hull Road Ward, where many Oscar Bentley off-campus second and third-year, DEPUTY EDITOR as well as postgraduate students live. At a City of York Full Council Meeting last Thursday 26 October, Cllr Pavlovic proposed a motion to AN ONLINE SURVEY conducted make all landlords, regardless of by YUSU has revealed the “both the size of their House of Multiple eye-opening and shocking” state of Occupation (HMO), register with some off-campus accommodation the council or face a £30 000 fine, in York. The survey, which had 60 which was unanimously supported respondents, revealed that 70 per cross-party, including by the execu- cent of properties either currently tive member for housing. have mould or damp, or exhibit Houses jointly rented by stu- evidence of having had such in the dents that are owned by private past, while 60 per cent said that landlords are classed as HMOs, there was no up to date PAT testing which means landlords have extra on all electronic equipment pro- responsibilities than private rent- vided by the landlord. 43.3 per cent als such as: having proper fire safety also reported having no up to date measures in place, annual gas safety gas safety check, and 8.3 per cent checks, the electrics checked every also reported overcrowding. five years, that there are enough YUSU’s survey was commis- bathroom and cooking facilities for sioned at the request of Councillor Michael Pavlovic, Labour member Continued on P. 4 Israeli ambassador to UK in discreet visit to campus of the event being promoted, rather nied by both suited police and his there was no backlash or protest ence with. Due to only a small num- Jacob Phillips than reveal that Regev would be vis- own personal body guards, with a from students prior to or during ber of students being able to attend, EDITOR iting, the University of York’s Open member of security was placed at the event, and the ambassador was tickets were quick to run out and all Lecture team decided to instead every available exit for the entirety able to swiftly leave the scene undis- tickets were booked five days before promote the event as “‘In conver- of the event. turbed. the event. All tickets were provided sation’ with a high-profile Middle Furthermore, the identity of In addition, students were to students for free. ON 18 OCTOBER the University Eastern speaker.” Regev was kept quiet until as late as only able to attend the event if they Spectators at the event stated witnessed a discreet visit from Is- In addition to security meas- possible. It was not until 6am on the booked a ticket in advance using that it ran smoothly and slightly raeli Ambassador to the UK Mark ures provided by the University, day of the lecture that all informa- their University email account, re- quieter than they were expecting, Regev, as part of his tour of the there was also a large private secu- tion about the event was disclosed quiring both a student ID card and north east of England. As a result rity presence. Regev was accompa- to the general public. Consequently, another form of ID to cross refer- Continued on P. 6 CONTENTS NEWS IMAGE: YMCA’S BE REAL CAMPAIGN TEF appeal P.5 Uni’s appeal against silver rating rejected Est. 1964 RAG Week P.6 A week of charity FEATURES A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR... fundraising kicks off Body positivity M.16 t is not an unheard of statement to say nalism masters courses and other similar that time works differently in the realms academically focused courses are resulting Young people breaking Iof Nouse. The same can definitely be said in broadsheet journalism becoming more for our calendar. Our spring is in Week Three robotic than Arnold Schwarzenegger inTer - FILM & TV down social barriers of autumn term with our elections and with minator. According to figures from City Uni- a new team in place we all sit fresh faced and versity London last year the field of journal- keen for what is to come in the next year. ism is currently dominated by white males. Bake Offed? M.15 It is also a great opportunity to reflect 94 per cent of journalists are white and 55 Bake Off’s move to on the evolution or devolution of our team per cent of journalists are male. In addition COMMENT compared to previous editions. The biologi- almost half of female journalists earn £2400 Channel 4 analysed cal devolution of editors is probably the most or less a month in contrast with men who visible thing to see. Since the looming six and earn three times as much. a half foot figures of Chris Owen and Luke However with the changing means of IMAGE: CHANNEL 4 Rix-Standing, the height of editors has de- journalism and a higher dependence on Loneliness P.10 clined quite rapidly through a six foot Finn freelance journalism there is no excuse for a Isolation on campus Judge to my rather stump five foot ten. If re- greater variety of writers not to be employed. cent Nouse editors were placed in a line we Social media figures are becoming more rel- can affect anyone would resemble some form of inverse Dar- evant and are now moving into more main- winian evolution line. stream media outlets. The Guardian and Thankfully there has been some con- Evening Standard are now looking to use tinuity in the distinctive features of Nouse writers from all backgrounds, producing Catalonia P.12 editors. I have become the third editor to be opinion pieces from ‘First Dog on the Moon’ both a north Londoner and an Arsenal fan to Indigenous Australian opinion pieces, to Independence is a (Wenger in or out has always been a highly popular Labour figure Owen Jones. step too far contentious debate in the office). Similarly This is not enough though. More voices all editors have entered Nouse feeling like the need to be heard and these voices need to Kanye Wests of student media only to realise extend beyond simply the comment sections POLITICS that we resemble Mark from Peep Show in of newspapers. Diversity is needed across all more ways than we desire. sections in order to provide a different per- However, although our team is more spective on the same old News, Politics and MUSIC diverse than ever, representing a wide cross Business stories. President Xi P.16 section of society with students from high in So York students of all backgrounds, the Swiss mountains to down in the shires ofplease sign up to write forNouse and look National Congress Editors’ picks M.12 rural Leicestershire, unfortunately journal- out for by-elections. The more weird and cements his position ism is not doing enough to create a diversewonderful the better. The new team talk and multicultural society outside of its grass their music favourites roots spheres. The continual dominance of Kings Jour- EU in focus P.17 Jacob Phillips The opinions expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect those of the editors, writers, publishers or advertisers. 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