CUAI Launch High-Profile Campaign Against Arms
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he No. 615 The Independent Cambridge Student Newspaper since 1947 Friday February 18, 2005 CUAI launch t Mockel-von-dem-Bussc r lbe high-profile A campaign against arms ness in Cambridge. Chine Mbubaegbu Admittedly, as students we live in a Cambridge bubble. We THIS WEEK saw the launch of need to get Cambridge stu- the ‘Control Arms Campaign’ by dents and the community out Cambridge University Amnesty of the bubble because it affects International (CUAI) at the Cambridge as well. There have Michaelhouse Café, in an been several instances of gun attempt to make Cambridge stu- crime in Cambridge and the dents aware of the mounting chances of these guns being global problems concerning the legal is highly unlikely. ” arms trade. Councillor Hipkin comment- The Cambridge campaign is ed on gun crime in Cambridge part of a worldwide movement to and the UK, saying: “What eradicate the “global misuse of everybody is aware of is that arms.” According to the organisa- there is an increasing ratcheting tion: “The unregulated supply of up of ordinary crime into the sta- weapons makes it easy for crimi- tus of violence. There are more nals to murder, for soldiers to kill weapons being used and we now indiscriminately, and for police to have governments positively arbitrarily take lives. Today’s telling people that it’s ok to shoot weapons are quicker and more burglars and the burglars will powerful than ever before. And in take the message from that. the wrong hands, faster and more Where formerly they would have powerful weapons mean more gone in with a hammer through abuse and more wasted lives.” a window, they’ll now go in with Councillor John Hipkin, a hammer and a gun. The escala- The Scissor Sisters are amongst the major backers of the campaign launched this week by CUAI Deputy Mayor of Cambridge, tion is frightening.” attended the launch of the cam- According to the Control paign, which is supported by Arms campaign: “There are Amnesty, Oxfam and the around 639 million small arms Police called in to settle Cellar fracas International Action Network on and light weapons in the world Small Arms (IANSA). He said: today.Eight million more are pro- Grime DJs who were present created no response, requiring 11.30pm. The college authori- “I hope to be mayor in May and I duced every year.” Oliver Tilley they “talked a lot of talk” and them to call the police, after ties said they were “very am going to dedicate my mayoral One of the main initiatives intimidated those students in which the intruders left pleased” with the way in year to the cause of peace and rec- of the campaign is the “Million THE KING’S Cellar Grime the bar. Students at King’s promptly. which the Cellar committee onciliation. Cambridge’s eminent Faces” petition – a visual peti- Night had to be prematurely have said they “caused prob- The Cellar committee, handled the altercations. history in the field of research and tion that will allow people to shutdown early this week after lem, pushing the lines of King’s College porters and the Concerns have been raised its eminent academics who have “show concern about the it was gate-crashed by three being aggressive, without King’s College authorities dis- over the King’s Cellar queuing taken up the cause of peace need spread of arms around the local youths from outside the being violent”. cussed the intrusion after- system, where those who have sto be celebrated. Cambridge is a world.” The campaign hopes to University. This culminated half-an- wards and have since decided already paid for admittance place where we have done a great present the petition to the gov- In an isolated incident, the hour after their arrival in a to ensure constant supervision have at times been declined deal of work on research into ernments of the world at the three adolescents, who looked clash between the youths and of the main King’s gate by re-entry after leaving. armaments and scrutinizing gov- UN conference in 2006. “around the 18 year old mark”, the Cellar staff at the Cellar manipulating the staff shifts. But plans are in place to ernment treaties.” Cambridge students and com- found their way into King’s entrance, which prompted the They expect that the intruders introduce an alternative dou- Tabassum Khandker, Co- munity figures, including the College at around 11.30pm on organisers to shut down the entered through an unattend- ble-queuing system in which Ordinator of the Control Arms Deputy Mayor, have already Tuesday February 11th. They event immediately, at 12am, ed main gate. The new meas- paid attendees queue in a sep- campaign in Cambridge, high- added their names and faces to subsequently entered the only half-an-hour before the ures are expected to prevent a arate line, while the toilets, lighted the need for Cambridge the petition, putting them King’s College bar where they scheduled end of the set. At repeat of the incursion. closed for years are to be re- students to be aware of the alongside such famous figures were verbally abusive and this point the porters were The college is usually closed opened after council officials issue, saying: “The first aim of as Desmond Tutu, Michael threw beer at fellow students. called and repeatedly asked after 10.30pm, while the assured the committee they the campaign is to raise aware- Moore and Sir Bob Geldof. After walking up to the the intruders to leave, which Cellar admits people until would be workable. CANOEDLING ON CAM PAGE 5 NO, PRIME MINISTER PAGE 10 SCIENTIFICALLY INSANE PAGE 16 TALKING ABOUT MY GIRL PAGE 23 A HISPANIC RENAISSANCE PAGE 25 FINDING THE FALCON PAGE 26 2 NEWS February 18, 2005 www.varsity.co.uk News in brief Teaching first New name for Psalter Animal Rights Joe Gosden training program. Graduates cious pigments provides a unique Animals rights extremists have entered schools in 2003 and there insight into medieval life. Initial been accused of spreading THE SCHOOLS Minister has are now around 350 such teachers research has suggested that the malicious rumours about said that recruitment of high fly- working in 65 schools in 24 170x108mm work can be linked employees of Huntingdon Life ing graduates to work in tough London boroughs. A third of the to a priory at Gorleston in Suffolk Sciences and other companies inner city schools is having a “sig- graduates are from Oxbridge or at a time when East Anglia was linked to animal testing. nificant effect” in raising stan- Imperial College and statistics one of the foremost artistic cen- Cambridgeshire police have dards. In a speech to the Fabian show that the majority have tres in Europe. But Dr responded by saying that offi- Society on Friday, Stephen Twigg stayed in teaching after their two Panayotova suggests that it could cers would seize any offending MP set out his vision for the years, with some going on to be associated with a Norwich literature and speak to neigh- future of urban education, become head teachers. workshop. It is hoped that laser bours of people falsely accused. announcing the extension of the A Dfes spokesperson said “The technology and pigment analysis A spokeswoman for the police Teach First scheme to include largest group of Teach First par- will reveal the Psalter’s history said, “This type of harassment Manchester as well as London in ticipants teach the severe shortage which could see it renamed will not be tolerated.” a bid to further raise standards. subjects: maths, science and mod- according to its true origin. Dr Twigg said that he was “hugely ern foreign languages. Graduates Rachel Cooper accompanied by a host of Panayotova speculated on how Hawking Spaceship impressed” with the impact of the are placed in the secondary macabre and comic illuminations the manuscript was produced, scheme and wanted to “explode schools across London that need FOLLOWING THE arrival of is considered to be one of the suggesting that a team of artists A spaceship which has been the myth that urban schools fail them most; at least 30 per cent of the Macclesfield Psalter at most important medieval arte- could have created the work over flown around the solar system their pupils”. He added “the real- pupils receive free school meals in Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam facts in existence. Dr Stella a period of one to two years dur- by Cambridge physicist ity is remarkable progress in our participating schools”. Museum, experts could rename Panayotova, Keeper of ing the 1320s. Heavily populated Stephen Hawking has been put cities – and in London in particu- Rosemary Sillence, who read the unique Fourteenth Century Manuscripts at the Fitzwilliam with illuminations which are an up for sale on eBay. The metre lar. The track record speaks for English at Cambridge and was illuminated manuscript. Museum described it as a “treas- assortment of the archaic and the long vessel was built for a itself. In the late 1980s just 15 per one of the first recruits, said that After a nationwide campaign ure of immense art-historical progressive, she has dubbed one Specsavers commercial starring cent of students got five good she liked the way the program raised the £1.7 million necessary importance” and likened its dis- of the artists involved “the mad- Professor Hawking in 1999 and GCSEs in inner London. In enabled her to try teaching whilst to save the manuscript from covery to a “major scientific man” who makes a guest appear- is being auctioned on the inter- 2004, London overtook the “keeping her options open”.