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•Students vote yes, activities assen1bly says no During the sununer break the Union has been expo ed to a series of different thefts with •LUU raises concerns over pole dancing society thousands of pounds worth of equipment being stolen. proposed society, aid: "I'm real!) I.LT l '.qualit) :ind Diversin have a proposition m the pipeline. Virginia Newman ·n1c mcident occurred whilst disappointed about the result. l feel as Of6cer Mar\'am \bmad feds that ; Jess P:1rkcr said: "Some the ma1onty of the student if the poLI ,vas p01mlcss tf the, didn't pole dancing soc1et) would be cause mem bcrs of ch.: \ctJnties populace we~e awa, from the cm cake into account the Jemand° for the for concern, exacerbating the Exccuci\ e thought chat chc The controversial proposal for a and ha,·e ranged from the society. wluch there ob,·iously is." potential Links with the sex indusUJ J\.o \'Ote, pole dancing ociety to be nm at attcmrted snatching of the L nion LUU has been rejected. The . traw poll event, d.:signeJ b) and the therefore possible safety of although LLT Acrivities Officer Jess Parker, reception's laptop to the robbcn of Proposals for the society were LUll students. She . aid: "The cxu·emely 7 csscnrial equipment from 1 :D • aimed to raise awareness of die role potential dangers that could be small, still reicctc\cti,·iacs earner.is which \Yen: ~..jycn to the of the \cm·iaes Executi,·e." constitution stating Assembly Charr ,dm made the sation b, the l1;stitutc of The soaety also handed out that thcv would not casnng \:ote, commented: "l chose to C:ommu111c.1tio11 Studies (ICS). 'Leeds' Finc~c' calendars, in which tbe condon~ participauon \'Ote a1-,r;t1nsr the formation as the · l11e estimated ,·aluc of this proposed president of the society m the sex industf\ and comrruttee seem to be uiappropriate e<-juirmenr if bought as new is featured, at the ,•ore. Jess added that other misuses ,;f the role models for running a . ocict), o,·er .£:20,0()(J, Howe,er, ,in the calendms had not helped: "The pole dancing training. espefr1lly of this na':'re. cst11n,1te of the item. stolen \\~\S "111.: other option would be to conr.:nt of these calendars rather hmma l Inoson around 1:-1irn J. reinforced the link between pole explained: "\X e arc U1Y1tc the committee to explain their ln a bid to keep l ST\ acuons then ruurn the fom1auon dancing and the exploitauun of thinking about clomg funcoi ming, financial supp< m h 1s women's bodies" she said. cnmpct1tions ,v1th ocher request to the \ctiviocs \ssembly, hem awarded hy the \ctiYities who would likely vote ' o' due to a I Iowever, Emm:1 f looson uniYersit1es rather d,an Resource cntrt· · (1\RC) in the pre, mus breach of trust, which responded: "\X e had the calendars drnng perfom1ances. 1t L 111011. \ sum of [70()0 has been would be a waste of ome." b~cause of s,m1<.:rhing complctel) would be stricd, for prodd.:d, enabling rbe :;ociet\ to Of che other ten members pre.cm d1fferenL \X'c weren't .:x:1ctl) 'handing exercise and we'll keep Jt in a cononue to opcratL'. at the nwcting. one voted for the them out' at the poll. \\'e arc all hard safe cny1roruncnc." tatmn manag<:r Ali Drxon ociety, four yotcd a~n. t it and the_ working, upst."lnding members of the F.mma and her comm1ttn'. 1ruvcrs1ty and local communitv yet 1c rcm:1ins positin .lh< ,ut th.: sucict) remainde1· , ored for the option ot l arc appealing the , \cunues despite this ser b:1ck: " \Jthuugh this further discussion before making a seems a though d1ey don't th·i~k we Ass(·mblv's d.:os1on. Uut the is a11 awful thing to happen, we are are fir to be committee memb.:rs of a debar.: is s.:t to conunue as another decision. u·yu,g co turn 1t around. lr cook Lmm,1 J looson, President of the society." rivallmg dancing ,1.,>1·oup 'PoiL f

02 Friday, October 3, 2008 I www.leedsstudent.org I Leeds Student Summer break-ins the main strip and find cheir way Civic Hall (sorry, l haven't a clue upstairs should pop their bead around either). If only we could all (continued from front page) the door of the Exec Office. demon trace our feelings in this way, I'd be releasing 1000 white doves e ei:y Bomb. ite? A bomb that went off years place dll!illg the move in to our "A m ember o f reception staff aw time I ya\.vned and explaining why I ago maybe; it looks like the rubbish new office , which have been them leaving with an armful of from last year's team is slowly wa la.te for work in a Bejing Opening prO\·ided by the Union. During this s~ff. This led to the music library beginning to fo si lise underneath. Ceremony-style interpretive dance. time work was still being done on discovenng the theft, at which point Despite this 'creative untidines ' (I'm Thankfully, whoever was on Idiot the premises. ~ e have been given the locks where obviously Watch that night pulJed the plug, and sure thi publication shouldn't be help by the ARC, and hopefully we changed." · throwing stones in that particular glass helium ball oons were settled upon. can make this the most succe sfol In response to the recent spate house), thieves have still managed to Tum out national media organisation Union Boy year of LSTV ever." of Union robberi es, Alan Hill, LUU sift through the crap to find a few gems don't like broken promises though, Andy '\ inter, Head of Activities Head of Facilitie , commenced: worth nicking. oluti n? Probably lock and all the hype who'd promi ed to Lord, isn't it good to have the students for L U said: "The investigation "T here is 24/7 security for th e a few doors, that usua.lly does the crick. attend let the organisers down. Much back? eems like years since ,omeone into the theft of equipment from building, with movement cameras Makes you wonder if what these kids like the balJoons, which were u cless. thrust a flyer into my hand. Bur back LS:TV is curren tly in the hands of througho ut. obody is sat watching need is a bit more discipline. The type And what do you get when you've they are, trudging single file in to the tl1 poli ce. When the robbery was it all the tim e like Big Bro ther. It is you'd get from the Army, perhaps. or ordered thousand. of balJoons? A hell Union for the cheapest andwich they discovered footage was a digital system tl1ough which the kind of cateer anyone in thi nion of a lot of unu ed heliwn. Which they ccrv can find (plenty more mayo this year, exan1ined and the police were means there are no Joo e tapes." would di courage, no? Particularly could have u ed ro make the Social thanks to your democuitie Union. immediately called. \ e tried to "It i · an open building. This means seeing as they were at the Freshers Fair Forum fee debate peech a lot more What greets them there? A horde of identify how the assailants had that is not ju t necessarily raff and and aJL. imere. ting, had the main pea.ker not societies waiting to snatch a fiver or o gained entry to the space and it member that are in the Union at I'm all for ma ·sive display of thought the event wa so important off them. What do they get in return? appears that they entered through any given time. You do get other dedication, bur I'm a bit deflated by that he forgot to turn up. Oh well A little card telling them chat the the LS:TV media space. At the tin1e people frequenting the building this one. Some bright park decided Union. If I were you, I'd pwnp it alJ societies tbey\"e joined probably of the robbery, there was a from time to time and they are not that the best way to demonstrate the through the air con system. A few shouldn't bull)' them. ow there's barricade in place to secure the area, all there to u e the faci lities. Tb.is i University's commitment to world weeks of m urf/J oe Pasquale some credit crunching value. Let the due to building work taking place. the same around the entire is ues would be to roll a £1,000 initiation ceremonies commence! impres ions should see you right again. T hey managed to fi nd gaps in the University when doors are left inflatable globe down the road to the Anyone who does manage to get off barricade and climbed over." open." An earlier security breach "The only way to olve it fully involved a daylight walk-in at the would be to baton down access, Union Music Library. lt i- alleged w hich we do not want to do. It that when the assailant was caught would require the use of entry cartying out boxes of records and cards, which i just not £ea ible due wa challenged, they replied that to the amount o f people. " they were the relative of a former When asked fo r comment Lesley LU P re. idem, collecting Dixon, Chief Executive of the belongings that they had previously Union, said: "'\. e trive to ensure donated. that the U oion building is ~ inter added: "Someone welcoming to alJ . H owever tbi external had a copy of the key to does mean that it is an open access the music Library. l r is building and we have around 17,000 possible that it was an ex-student or people per day coming through the an ex-member of staff, but it is doors. For this reason we have to in1pos ible to know fo r ure. l t i be securitv con cious and would clear that there was no break in, a urge all u ' r f the building to beat the key was used to leave again." thi in mind"

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E ditor - L·nuie \'Xlhitwell/ ssosociate editors -John Puddephatt, Alex Doorey/ ews - atasha Evans, Virginia ewman, Adam Richardson/ Spon LloydsTSB - wen Bradley,Joe Hibbert, Daf Pritchard/ Comment - Rob H~th, Marya Yasin/ Feature - .Ma.ddy J\.lcGarri.e, Clare Pidsley, arah Allen/ Big Dt;bate - Andrew Rogers/ Arts - Vicky Ellis,Jack CulJen/ Books- Rebecc? Miles/ £100 offer - £20 when you open your account and £20 for eoch friend you recommend to us (up to a maximum of £80 for 4 Music - I Ielena Goodwyn, Razy Alwakeel/ Oubs - Ka7.im Ra~hid, Sam referrals). To qualify all accounts must be opened by 11 October 2008 and each friend mus! deposit £200 (or a student loon of at Donnison/ Televison - Evie Prysor-Jones, Hatti Cawley/ Fashion -Alex leas! the same omountl by 31 October 2008 This is a limited offer ond may be wtthdrown at any time. Coils may be recorded. Haddow, Hannah Vasdekys/ Photography - Ali Hung . Account opening is subject 10 our assessment of your circumstances; you must be 17+ to apply. Overdraft applications 18+, repayable In full on demand. Terms and conditions apply. Designers - Katie, Melissa Black/ Proof Readers - Frances Pratt, NaoIDI Wells, Ernillie Ruston, Rachel Blackhousc, Rachel Gerlis Friday, October 3, 2008 I www.leeds tud nt.org I Leeds Student 03 Cycle tracks clear away the carbon footprint

student access to bikes, at what develop siniilar projects on can1puses Jessica Ware equates to a tenth of the price of an around the K. UTravel.Acrive has Kate Whatrnough annual bu pass. already received enquiries from other 111e funding will not only be used to universities interested in the cheme including Glasgow and Swansea, who The city of Leeds is now a pioneer buy the bikes, but also to launch free in green travel thanks to a million maintenance workshops and self help will monitor the project's popuJarit:r in pound bicycle rental scheme. clinic · which, for the coming year, can the coming months. Velocampus is the laces[ in a series The scheme, courte y of be found in the new School of of venture sec up through Leeds UTravelActive, is the first of its k--i.nd in Environment building. Bicycle Univer ity Union to encourage the K and o, for a £100 deposit and awarenes training for bu and taxi students to become more a fee of £35 a year, students at both dri 'crs in Leeds will also be subsidised environmentally aware. Dr Keith Leeds and Leed, Metropolitan by funding thus making tbe roads safer Pitcher, Environmental officer for the niver,ity can now hire a hybrid for w1 ure cycli. ts. Travel.Active is funded by the Univer ity stated: "This i a great bicycle, which is a cross between a road opportunity students to retluce bike and a mountain bike. BIG lottery fund, Leeds City co~cil, for 'I11e pro1ect, based on the successful Leeds P1imary Care Trust and has had their carbon footp1int, to get fit and get healthy. lt is a way of achieving a new· Velucampu scheme in antes, egual invesnncnt of £300,000 each from both universities. It is also and ditfrrent kmd ofLifcstyle." France, aim. noc only to raise the health and wellbeing of Leeds cudents upported by u trans, the UK's Ir follows in the foot tep of but to also reduce the increa ing foremost sustainable transport charity. projects such as Green treets, a carbon footprint. Lisa Brannan, IJTravclActive summer project run through Action The two uni ersitics have each project manager said "Everyone that encourages students who are receiYed 100 of the 21 speed bikes, knows that cycling is a healthy and moving out to donate unwanted which arc then loaned on a 'first come environmentally friendJy way of getting clothes, books and furniture rather fir. t served' basis. The project has about - cycling to wliversity is one of than disposing of it experienced early success with over the easiest ways for students to achieve 11,c scheme is open to all cudents 100 bikes from the University and the daily recommended 30 minute of in Leeds, whether novice or J\letropolitan already rented. activity to benefit their health. But it experienced cycli ts and anyone Following the ucces. of the pilot can al o be much quicker than driving interested i. advised co apply quickly as year, organi ers are hoping to increase and journey rimes don't vaq with bikes are limited. More infom1ation the level of funding and therefore the traffic." can be found at A number of bicycle to 300 over the a result of the project's success, www.leeds.nc.uk/ ,·elocampus. coming year . Thi. will give more other universiti s may follow suit and

Rough deal for freshers A night out with only girls allowed

Billy Risbridger imagine that there are people who still Kate Bielawska put on lesbian nights anr.1 create some . tcadfasr fun. \'{'ith wicked nme co Jane Salmon don't know." Samantha Wright health, competition." dance to, bot girls to get off with, on­ Other tudents told u that they A spokcsper on for the night the-nigh t entertainment and filch also receive advertisements from the added: " trap lt On " 'ill be a night of cheap drinks." -~--~--...... -=,, Promotion companies are posing promoter. Leeds first lesbian club night, as official university group s on LUUs' Rose Hampton is an 'Strap It On', is being launched by Facebook to attract freshers. administrator for the official a Leeds U niversity Student this Many promoters use the ocial university groups on Facebook. She week. networking ice to attract students to wa not surprised by the case and ' trap It On', which launches on nigh rs out in the city. believes that there are other groups Wedne day October 8 at Religion But now club marketer are using posing as members of the University night dub, promises to change the face the names of first year halls on their to adverti e their clubs. of the Leed gay scene, filling a gap in pages, acting as 'official' residence he aid: "It is not university policy the clubbing market and rivalling cities sites to attract newcomers. to endorse outside clubs." such a London and Manche. rcr. Several hundred Leeds students Hampton also offered advice on It is the latest event to be startt:d by are already members of the 'official' how to pot a fake: Liam Keogh, a 3rd year English groups, run bj administrator Craig "Often on these sites, there ,vill be Literature student Keogh also stan:ed .Kleinman. lists of the facilitie and the numbers Blasphemy, a gay night which mns ar Tht: niversity has reported these of rooms available at the residence. Religion. groups to Facebook for the "We don't include these things on This new event will for the first [rauduJent use of its name. the official sites." time lesbian clubbt:rs arc offered a Wardens at Devonshire Halls have Students across the univer ity are night tailored personally for them. already alerted their residents, sending advised to use caution when joining A spokesperson for· t.rap It On' out a warning to the member of the such groups and should contact a said: "Until now, the queer gi rl s of D evon hire Hall page. warden if they believe the material to Leed have had to rag along to 1:,ray Warden Jo D rugan confirmed: be untrustworthy. nights made for the boys. Strap lt On "this group has nothing to do with the will change thi ; everything we do will Hall". have ow- female dubbers in mind." D ev student Rob Winstanley was LGBT, a social and support group alerted by D rugan's warning. He for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans said: "His [Kleinman's) students at the Universit), full) actions are o ut \. supports the night. Caroline wan on. of order." eeretary, said: "We need more "As a new diversity ... hopefully this night will face in a new city help Leeds stand up to cities Like you would expect Mand1e ter." people to be welcoming, but this Events fficer for LGBT Matt is cheeky and Edwards agrees, adding: 'Thi nighr underhanded, and I will hopefully encourage more clubs to + -t 04 Friday, October 3, 2008 I www.leed student.org I Leeds Student Scholarships reach new levels of cool News In Brie: Black History Month

Last Wednesday Black l-li tory Month was launched for another year. The Marcus Chippindale specialising in the accounting and tax vast array of scheduled events, which Matthew Power requirements of UK medical continue throughout October, are set consultants. to only to celebrate black history and Last year three scholarships were also to highlight current political Following a successful pilot awarded, including one joint award, debates and issues. scheme in 2007 /08, the University and this year there will be substantially Maryam Ahmad, LUU Equality of Leeds Entrepreneurship more. Claire mith, Marketing and Diversity Officer and organiser of Scholarship Program will offer Manager for the scheme, aid: "The BHM, said: 'Its not onJy a series of more places and increased cheme is open to all, we want to help events that commemorate the past but financial assistance this year. students from all disciplines to also enables society to look at practices The Enterprise team are very develop entrepreneurial ideas." that a.re occurring today in our own proud to be the fir t university to offer Undergraduate scholars who arc communities and around the world a scholarship of this type. successful in their application for the and to see how the e compare with A . poke person for the tcheme Entrepreneurship cholarship the horrific abuses suffered by black said: "Although scholarships have Program will receive an award of up people and the ideological justification c.xisted for many yea.rs in areas such a to £3500. Thi will include a £1000 provided for this treatment. pon, prior to thi scheme there were scholarship, up to £1500 towards Highlights will include notable no equivalent schemes to support travel and training and £1000 to invest speaker and famous scholar, Khalid students interested in developing their in the marketing and development of Yasin, who will be giving a speech on c.::nterpri e skills". their idea. This JS offered alongside the Emily Cummins devclop<..>d a solar Malcolm X and a talk by former Two former students of the expcrti e of their mcnLOrs and powered fridge dunng her time on the Guanranarno Bay detainee Moazza.rn progmmmc. I !er development of che University a.re backing thi innovative workspace available in the Enterprise product has continued as she has L'lken it Begg. programme. Manin Penny, who Zone at the University. our to frtca. For more information visit: graduated from the University in The cholarships programme is www.luuonline/bhm l 976, founded and is Managing managed by the Enterpri e and Director ofJemella and owner of the Innovation Office, and involves staff L-Factor internationally phenomenally popular throughout the niver ity. To find brand Good Hair Day (GHD). out more or to apply for a scholarship The Leeds University Union Music Dr. Ray tanbridge graduated in check out www .enterpri e scholar Society (LUUMS) has announced l 96 7 and is now Ma.nagi ng Di rector ships.com or email enrerprise @ leeds plans for an X Factor style of tanbridge Associate Ltd, a firm .ac.uk. competition, to be staged at the Leeds University Union's Riley Smith Hall. The competition beginning on ovember 28, has been orga.ni ed to help raise fund. for the financially Bills cause unforseen Racisn1 scandal shocks troubled society. It will feature a preliminary audition round held in front of an unconfirmed panel of n1isery in student hon1es NUS sun1n1er n1eeting LUUM judge. President of LUUMS, Nick Westerman said: "We arc very Simona Gavrilova Geoffrey Archer London Student Union Chris opti.rnjstic, we have al.ready received l\follan, is alleged to have used interest from other societies (within raci t stereotype during a training the Union); this hould bring a high session on the same course. The tandard to the compeotion." A recent survey has revealed An NUS Officer has been allegations were dr pped after that student money issues permanently excluded from investigations b) the U and Nominated Leeds Journalists extend beyond the concerns of Of students surveyed NUS events after his racist orth York hire Police. individual bank balances. remarks were reported to Mr. Mullan, 23, was suspended Four Leeds , tudents have been urvey of 1000 students find mends who from the session and a week later officials. hortlisrecl for the Guardian tuclent carried by TV licensing has niver ity of ottingham the US released a statement never buy a round of fedia Awards. revealed that four out of ten Education Officer Craig Cox was confirming that: " process has Juliette Ger. tein, Jeru1y Lee and Hani students have lived with people drinks irritating been underwa) to im estigate the alleged to have held up a ign Mer , i from Leed Student who regularly needed to be cha ed formal complaints received and reading 'Bring Back Slavery' in newspaper arc among only five people dodger make the wor t S is now able to report on the order to antagonise other to have been nom.iruttcd for tudcnt housemates. results of the two investigations attending the training course at Divent\ \,'riter of the Year and ick tudent disorganisation is that ensued." York University in August. Miller from LS:TV has been thought to be a cause of late Mr. Cox, 20, was found to haYe The US found that there had she 1rtlisted for Srudem Br a.dcastcr of payment for bills, with over 40 per been in "serious breacb of th been a breach of the U ' Equal the Year. cent of students replying that the U ' Egual Opportunitie Policy" Opportunitie Poliq by Mr. I Jani l\1er- i, who graduated in reason for late payments was that and bas since been permanent!) Mullan and ruled that be should Of students surveyed English Literature last year, said: they simply forgot. Money worries excluded from all non now have to attend training on the "I'm quite shocked but glad that have leant money to for studems are not just a result of democratic NUS events. 'Widening Participation Agenda' in writers of the kind of caliber of the diorganistaion or contained within Bellavia Ribeirio-Addy of tbe order to fully understand it aim . mends who never paid guardian think that my wtiting is good. the household, with 40 per cent of Black Student Officers Union said: Mr. Mullan said: "The it back I'm YCI'}, Yety giddy!" tudenL finding fnends who never "1 t is unacceptable that black allegations relate to a role playing TI1e awards have been running for the buy a round of drink irritating. student should ha e to put up exercise at an US event which last 30 years and arc designed to for their hare f bills. Laurence Gold, money advisor with racist stereotype at US was aimed at helping young reward the best student writers, 38 per cent of students admit on BBC's Bank of Mum and Dad event . It i unacceptable that student officer think about designers, broadcasters, editors and that they have ended up paying commented that "Budgeting is slavery can be treated as a joke". society and education." photographers. TI1e Student Div~ity more than their share, to cover very much common cnse - if you Mr. Cox denied any wrong-doing. Aaron Porter, Vice President of Writer of the Year Award will begrvcn what is left over a a result of bill have any problems regarding He said: "The real story here is the US released this statement: to a ioumali t whose articles have cast dodging housemate ·. A further 50 money and budgeting there are that the NU wants to run a show "NUS is resolutely oppo ed co new light on and explored the i_ssues per cent o[ students have lent places to get help and advice - trial that would make Stalin racism and we do not tolerate it in of race, religion, gender, sexuality or money to people who haven't paid please don't bury your head in the blush ... these witch hunts have got any form. We have a rigorou. di abilit) • I them back. sand!" to stop." investigation process relating to Fir. t prize is £650 and a _weeks Alongside this, 37 per cent of Students who have money Another NU tudent Officer accusations of racism." work c..xperience at the Guardian and . tudents across the Yorkshire and i sues can visit the student advice has been cleared of racist the runner-up will receive £400. IIumberside area have had centre for in formation or the a!Jegations made against him. Award winners will be announced at a arguments over bills, with 52 per Student Counselling Service for President of King's College cent of respondents saying that bill support. ceremony on November 26. -t Friday, October 3, 2008 I , rw.leedsstudent.org I Leeds Student 05 Academy's opening threatens Refectory's reputation

Marcus Chippindale howing the effects of the venue fo r studen ts to see top such a~ T he Rolling tone and Leeds lJoi,-ersicy . tudcnts. Lorn a, Matthew Power impending arrival of the Leeds quality bands up cl ose. H owe\ <; r, Led Zeppe lin, The Rcfcctor1 1s a first year Geograph) stud en t Carling Academy. as the new .\cad em y's even t list mo t re nowned for The \X' h o's aid: " ,\ t first I was reall y exci cecl ince its entra nce in to t h e begin s to take s h a p c it seem li ve r cording there in rebruaq to hear about the Carl.mg \ cadenw Concerns are mounting for m u ic cene in the late L9 60s, the band are nmv moving a\\'a) from 19 7 0. The album 'Li\ e at Leeds' opening, but chinking about it l 'd Leeds University's Refectory as Leed s U n iversit} Re Fc ctory h a the tradi tional uruvers1ty location. \.\. 'as the band's fir. t liYe record. much rather band played at our this sea on's line-up is already been o n e of t he m os t p o pular H a "ing played host to bands l n recent \Car. , chart acts Union. Plus, the ticket prices at including thL Kai ·er h1ef Bloc the \.cadem1 are realh cxpen i\'e.'' P art) and The Ki ll e r. ha\e Ste, e Keeb le, Ll.'l' Ven ue. performed at T he Rcfccw ry. Manager, aid: "\-X:'e'd like more of E d Kitts, a ecnnd ) ear h1stor\ the high profile shows, howe\·er, student, said: ''The Refcc has so \Ye a\\ this comrng from a Jong much hisron and is ,1 staple diet of wa) off. the hardcon.: nion goer." " \\ e knew it would have a r I owc\l:r, \\ i th the \ cadem) detrimental effect. Thl Carling \1 u 1c Group ( A.11 , ) opening cadcmy has a bigger capacir: and their 19th "enue in the UK later is therefore able to sell more t h is month, rhe long- term tickets and pay mnre for bands." reputation of The Refectory looks Recent!) refurbished at a cost set to suffer, \.\.ith top band. now of around [4.Smillion, the seeming more ltkd) lO pla) a1 the Refcctor} is not spec1ficall} ne\\ er, enue. designed to just tagc high profile :-. tercun Prize winners Elbow concerts, also catenng for sc, era] and platin~m selling band Fecdcr hundred student meals per da). are just sumc of the big name \\ 'hile 11 is too earl} to write off appearing a1 the new Carling the Refccror~ and ocher un1\'ersi1y t\cadem, in 2008. In comparison, ,·enues, it docs appear the trend of The Vengaboys and The bands plaring at \cadcmi <.:s 1s now Alltomatic arc the most fami liar preading natiom\ ide and more names booked to play The Refec and more artists ma\ choose. to this year. ditch the un1ver ir1 circuit in The contrast between the two favour of pla~ mg to larger crowds venues is already a worrr for some at JG venue ..

Fury as Union Society is fined for Students encouraged to flyering in front of Parkinson steps walk safely

Emma Black E n vironment Act" (2002)which Stephanie Negal srudents can fed safe, but at the same Vicky Littler prohibits fl yeting in public areas for all Emma Daglish time the students need to help us too. non- religiou , political or charitable \X.'c ,vill gi,·e all the recommendations causes. chat we can about how co look after Two members of Leeds University A spo kesperson fo r Leed City West Yorkshire Police's Walk Safe yoursclve and how to gee into a mmd Union Music Society (l..UUMS) Council, stated ch at th e fine was initiative aims to reach all first year set where you're safety cc nscious." have been fined by Leeds City awardc.-cl because the girls were flyering On the spot charges students this year. Mai n taining a strong, open Council for flycring outside o u tsid e w h at was deemed to be incurred by members The programme, \duch started in relac1onsh1p between univer. 1q University property. niver lly p roperty. They were 1999, secs the area's police work in securit}, \! est York hire police and Sarah Bennett and Anna Stone handing o ut fl ye rs just outside the ofLUUMSwhen partner hip \\·itl, niver. Jty ecunty students is key to prC\ en ting crim . were fined £75 each o n Tuesday Parkin on tep. and were therefore off caught flyering. caff and aims to 1mprm c tudent Paul tarbuck, Polin: Commurucy morning by the enforcemen t division campus. safeC). upporc Officer, urged an open o f the Ci~ services Department after The president o f LUUM , ick The latest police figu res show that dialogue: ·'Ifpeople sec omething chat thev were· caught handing out leaflets Westerman, said: "It is a di grace d1at the fin es them elve so LU [S v.:ill during die \'Valk Safe patrols a massive is su. picious, that ends alarm bells ou~ de L niversil) property. we were fined on, what is ba icall y, be funding the cost" 5,500 students were gi\·cn ad\icc and suggcsong that something or . omeone T hev were in vio lati o n of the Cniversicy property. I thought diat it LU l\IS are already struggling 6,800 items nf propcrl) were sccuriC) doesn't feel right or look right then "Clean· eig hbo urhood s and was unfair co make the individual pay fin anciall y this year due to a lack of marked. phone up and we v.,iU go and speak to funding, and have organised a The o rganisers have reported a d1en1 ." fundraising event known as "The L significant rcducoon on cnme diis year For further mfonnauon see w"v,, Factor" which ,,.,ill take place in the comparcd co previous years, but ay .immobilise.com, www.knowledge· Rile) rnith Hall on 2 th ovember. that dierc i. obviousl1 always room for leeds .co.uk ,and www .lccds. ac. uk unprovemcnc. / securit\ Boyd \X 'atson, Leeds niversity The i1olice advise students to report Cnmc T cam Manager, said: " \X e arc anything uspicious co the Police on here to help . rudents. \X, e want to 0845 6060606 or 999 in the case of an provide an environment in which emergency. Maximum possible fine when caught flyering without an appropriate liscence

Anyone who \\-ishes to join the ociet} or \.I. ants co find out more information about L J\l can from the Activit) Resource cntre in the l.lnion. ·'

06 Friday, October 3, 2008 Leeds Student Leeds launches life skills initiative

Student security matters Leeds University is Launching an by students who've gone th.rough think that employability is just about initiative aimed at helping Leeds focussing on their time here as what you get from your co-curricular undergraduates channel the skills well as a little bit about their careers. activity as apposed to what you do on The summe.r has seen the Union enter the building, but would also gained during their University Hopefully students can get a sense of your course. We want to make Leeds exposed as thousands of pounds re-open the nationwide debate career into a more recognisable what's possible through people they for Life a much more holistic thing, of equipment from LS:TV and concerning the use of this type of format for employers. can identify with." ensuring students have a sense of a the Music Library have been card, an issue that tl,e Leeds The project, titled Leed for "But what we really want is career at Leeds." stolen. student populace voted against in Life, is being spearheaded by Vivien that the student~ use the website as a One of tl1e response to the last year's referendum. Jones, the niversity's Pro-Vice­ means of focussing conversations they What's been the feedback from tutors thefts bas been to debate how to On the is ue of security, there is Chancellor for learning and teaching. should be having with their persona.I about Leeds for Life? Are they increase security within the Union. perhaps no right answer. To do Leed Student sat down with the tutors. Students' tutors will help them prepared to give their time to it and ar~ However, given the size of the nothing would seem to be ignoring woman charged with ensuring that think through this kind of the resources sufficient? building and the vast number of the issue, whereas to vastly increa e excellence in scholar hip translates developmental process that they might "Most people that have looked at it people - around 17,000- that enter security would seem a knee-jerk into excellent learning opportunities be going through over the cour e of have been very positive. We are going everyday, the issue of increased reaction. for students in a bid to get to grip with their degree. The personal tutorial to have to do some thinking regarding security is not only a Such a sudden reaction could the irntiative. sometimes isn't as uccessful as it particular areas of the University about methodological one but also a potcntiaUy damage Lhe Union and should be; students don't always see making sure that the resources are logistical one. For once it is not an the quality of tudent life on So, what is it? the point of it Through Leeds for Life there but that's something we are issue of student sccunt:y, but can1pus. '1t's a resource for all students. Leeds we want to address this. And, if the addressing." instead one concerning items The union has a difficult student are very desirable to high per onal tutor hasn't already raised within the Union. decision to make, but one which quality employers. But it's still the case this, it's up to the student to do so, the Cao students who are already two One of the ideas talked about c uld define not only the current that ome Leeds students aren't as more tudents that know about it the thirds through their degree take has been to introduce ID cards academic year, but could also affect good as they deserve to be about better. advantage of Leeds for Life? whicb srudcnts would need to accessibility to the Union for years articulating what they've got from their 'We hope students will engage with present upon entr} into the Union. to come. Inevitably changing Leeds experience. And also I think that What differentiates Leeds for Life Leed for Life from the very beginning To introduce ID cards would student freedom and experience in while they're here some don't make from anything else being done ar other of their University course. It's not only mean huge gueues to the future. the most of tl,e opportunities available. universities? important that people start thinking The project aim to bring together all "WeU one thing is that it's for about what they want to do after the the opportunities available to tudents everybody. Manche ter has a course from its commencement. It so they can start thinking in a leadership programme but it's should be of immediate benefit to Moral issues are poles apart structured way about what kind of competitive and there aren't many people later on in their degree too." pathway they want to take. Either students able to take part in it. Also, because they know what kind of career institutions - and students pcrhap they want to get into or they don't and Amidst the fresher free-for-all but ultimately overruled by a they want to be confident about the committee decision. Whilst this in and the many questions that a kind of generic skills attractive to any new term and year inevitably itself may frustrate ome voters at kind of employer." brings, the student population their limited capacity to eemingly has already been called upon to effect change, it worries others What are the tangible aspects that make what has fast become a further still. tudent:s will be able to interact with? moral judgement. These other students are ''Leeds for Life is, ar the moment, There is much to ponder about concerned a to when and how primarily the website and we hope di.at tbe concept of a pole dancing the Union's democratic students will explore that a fully as society, such as the boun

The new Carling Academy brings change accordingly. Leeds Student needs: up the contentious issue of Although many fear that tudents change. The timely concept of the will be forced to follow their favourite Writers, photographers, designers, old making way for the new seems big-name bands over to the Academy, to be at the forefront of this staunch student principles may yet addition to the Leed music scene. give The Refectory reason to hope. proof readers ... the lot. Come to our The Refectory has a prestigious The untimely issue that never change history, as its recent £4.5 million is students and their relationship with meetings at 5pm in the office. refurbishment proudly boasts and is money. The venue is indeed larger and seen by many as a land.mark venue. the acts are undoubtedly bigger, but With a new nationwide brand the student budget is neither of these opening its doors in Leeds it seems things. inevitable that The Refectory' Time can only tell if The Refectory Get Involved. prominent role will have to change. will hold on to the srudents and if the The issue that remains uncertain is students will fight to hold on to their whether the studenc populaci..: will also traditions. Friday, October 3, 2008 Leeds Student 07 In the Union this week... The Social Forum in pictures

What's coming in and around campus this week

Thi. wmiog week ... 9PM. The dvnarruc, e hihrnting qua Club arc running the Cive It movements arc based on the use A Go session from 7 9P\[ for £:5. f'riday 3rJ: . . Tuesday 7th: of q1 energy being soft and fluiJ Email info a luusac.co.uk or ,·isit The LCU ocial Forum 1s runnJOg The University Fair Trade Steering but also very pownful when used www.luusac.co.uk to book. events all day in the Welcome Tem Group have organised a Fair Trade for self defence. Interested? and Peanut Gallet) (oppo ite Fair JO Parkinson Court starting at There's a Give l t A Go session L U Pentagram Soc1L ty are If you want Vision Opticians tn the Union). 10.30J\.l\1, running tit 4.30PM. from 3-4PM in tbe ( onfcrcncc hosting a talk/workshop designed They're all free to attend, so stop There will be student societies, I Jall in the ARC. Book nckcts in to teach the basics of magic, on the to feature in bv and check it out. Events during camprugn groups, clothes and craft advance at the t\ RC reception. techmque of building and charging the da, JOclude speakers about stands where you will be able to charmbags, ,virh the chance to Iraq ~d asylum ~eckers, showu:ig find out more information. There The International \ffa1rs Forum make one for roursdf and charge this space of films, and creanvc camprugrung will al:m be a stick, dip and lick arc hosting Tim Allen of L h. it. £.1 for non--mcmbcrs, from tips. chocolate fountain. Coming to Leeds L'niver it) to 7P f, at a, cnue to be confirmed. talk about the problems of Fmail send details TireJ of throwing shapes? Why There's a free hlamydia testing implementing ICC warrants in luupen tagram(t!,googlemail.com not throw vour body instead? Try session o n in Meeting Room 2 in developing countries, Tim will be for more information. breakc.lancing for £1.50 starting at the ARC at 12-3PM. D rop in and discu, sing the recent indictment ofyour 6P I in the Rile) mith l lall. o have te ·t done, samples taken by of Omar Al-Ba hir and tbc Thursday 9th: p reviou experience i assumed. pee 111 a pot or vaginal swab conunuing problems with the The lntern:111onal \ ffa1rs Forum (students choice). If te cs come LRA leadership to gancla. host\~ at f lnin, Burmese polttical eventto Monday 6th: back positive, antibioucs arc 5.30PM at a venue to he posted on activist. \t five months old her If you\:e got nothing to d with administered. A £:1 LL voucher, ta forum.org. uk father was arrested and sentenced your Monda1 night , why ?o\ weet and condoms offered JO co prison for his im·olvement in come and sec how the ruon s return samples. \X'ednesc.lay 8th: the nauonwide student upri ing. run? Everyone's welcom_e at the Been diving before? ever been he will talk about Burmese Umon Council [eeung m the Lishi Kung Fu or Feng hou diving before? ome along to one Polincal Pn ·oncrs. Venue and t.ime Conft:rence Hall in the ARC 'Hand of the Wind' is an ancient of our try dive sessions to see to be announced on (u pstairs in the Union) from 6- D aoi t art that origi nated in Chma. what you think for yourself. Sub wv.rw.1aforum.org.uk 08 Friday, October 3, 2008 I \\"WV, .le ds tudent.org Leeds Student Pole Dancing in LUU? This week saw Activities Assembly reject the motion to have a Pole Dancing Society in LUU by a vote of 5 to 4. So would this society have been a harmless bit of fun, or something more serious? This weeks debate asks:

u.L.L 1.J .l J vlllu11 11a a ,1 0ct..1. ul1t, ~OG ty? F r e Pole Dancing Soc· ety Against the Pole Dancing Society

Fiona Lamont Gemma Wilson [email protected] [email protected]

he 'all knowing' and rn truly explon. who you are and ost of vou will will have heard of "loco parenti ". always factually correct therefore there sboulcl be no have ' noticed This applies for students under 18 W' ikiped1a describes re. rrictions on ,ocietie.. . ome .cant1l) yrs old and ir mean that the pole dancing a a 'form One of the main arguments Want to have clad girls lately in. titutinn is in the role of rhe of dancing and against rhe Pole Dancing ocict) is wondering parent. ow, of course Leeds is a gymna ·tics.' If this is the rnse then the idea tbac tt would lower the your say? around the uniYersit) not a school, and yes we wh\ shouldn't Leeds ha,·e a pole 1ntegr1t} and morals of Lll Fresher ' Fair handing out free arc all over 18 and perfectly dancing soc1ct\'? It is perhaps to llowe,er, ruks can be put into calendars. In these calendars, the capable of looking after our elves, do wnh the sentence that follow~ place regarding sponsorship and Voe Online! ''Be t of Leeds" as they have been but an air of responsibility i from \X 'ikipedia,' it 1s often used in clothing for public shO\YS, perhaps dubbed, ace posing.in bikini attached to any in ·tirut10n housing strip clubs.' This . tatunent a little more than a bra and thong. against various backdrops, either young adults, and so the blame will practical!) knocks nut any l t would certainly be wrong to with look of 'come hither' or ·ger If you have an opinion about still he with Leed, should an) thing preYious notion of an arti. tic or have the local strip clubs spon or me out of here'. ome also look go wrong. tasteful d.tnce. Ilere111 lie · the the societ), as this would suggest this weeks debate you can vote undecided ... As . ome of you may "What could go wrong?" I problem that face . tbe powers that chat rh1s i. not being seen as on.line and make your voice not know, the ·e calendar are imagine man) of you saymg while be at LL' l : is pole dancing a fun exercise but indeed a seed) and being handed round ro raise you read thi article. Well, count. Poll results and readers way to get into shape or a seed1 dirty dance. awarcnc s for the new society that although the society was initially and demeaning sexual display? It muse be remembered that \\·e 'top comments' will be ha joined the ranks akin to introduced to the society panel as There arc oi course strong also ha,·c a belh

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Seeking sustainable developmen=t===l =O=====

A Leeds student gives a personal account of enduring homophobia at home.

earo service• The Baha'i faith has around six million followers around the world, and its teachings emphasise the underlying unity of the major world religions. Spending a year serving a community in Delhi proved to be a life changing experience for one Leeds student.

t was beautiful to observe backgrou n ds wa deeply service of m) friends, and having the old man's face that rewarding. haring a room with a being given the chance to assist in looked o humble, and gi rl w hose luggage amounted to an equal capacity I have realised bowed to me as I opened the size of a Somerfield bag in that l cannot Just say I follow my the door to the prayer hall comparison to my two suitcases religion, but l also have to aspire atI the Lotus Temple in cw Delhi soon did not matter because when to lead the Li [e and see erv1ce to India. \X'alking into a Ilouse of it came down tO it \\e were both humanity as an integral part of my Worship where you sec people there for the same purpose: dail} life. \\ hen \\ e imagine a from every religion in a prayer Like "service". 'X' c could put our fabulous Gap Year abroad, we state, their faces sho,, nothing but differences aside and learn from might th10k of exotic travels in contentment and utter devotion to each other. Religion for me is only \sia, beach partles in Thailand or God. J laving always recognised productive when what is being perhaps trekking through the the need [or religion in my life, my preached is also being practised. I limalay:is. l !owe" er, a gap ) car gap }ear wa intended to be a year The individuals I met in the Baba'f spent working can be ec:1ually ~f service tu a community as a community of Delhi and later in rewarding. So T would encourage member of the Baha'f Faith. It was China where I worked a. a teacher people ro find work abroad and by no means ea y living in D elhi were doing exactly . They were spend their time in a more with its depravation and poverty, down to earth human being. meaningful way, immersing however seeing thou ands of reaching out to both the spiritual themselves in the culture and visitors from all race , clas. cs, and p h y ical needs of the providing dedicated service to the l ndian castes and religions now community. They were putting in communitie the} Jive in, whether through the Temple gates in the p lace . ocio-economic they be religious or not. early morning, all wan ting some development pro1ects ·which were words/ Jara owen · ·piritual experience' despite often inspired by their beliefs and which leading very basic lives, was were sustainable due to the something that touched me training of others in the local deeply. For the first time, 1 wa community. There are many able to sec for myself that religion anecdote I could share after a could be a fo rce of unity rather year in India and China: some than a destructive and discordant profound and oth rs JUSt funny, mass of people concentrated only but actuall y looking back I on t h ei r d i ffe r ences. B efor e, received more than l ever p e rhap s, I saw th e co n cep t of could have given. M} ' unity' like many oth er d o, as fa ith is now so much idealis t ic a n d n ece s itating a stronger after seeing degree of unifo rmity ra ther than t h e p ositive di versity. Yet meeting visitor and res ults of the working with volunteers from so d e dic a t e d many different cultural + 10 Friday, October 3, 2008 I www.lee

So What is Sustainable Green Hall Reps Velocampus Leeds Development (SD)? Velncampu started in France, Last year stuJents were recruited froin flats and offering student the opportunity to hire bikes halls of residences to prnmote sustainable living at low cost for a year. SD can have many definitions, but in student accomrnodt1tion. lt involves working most agree that it b development that At J,eeds, as part of the togethet to encourage recycling, energy saving TravelActive prot,>ranune, it i anilable to chem es, low carbon transpnrt and anything meets the needs of tbe present withou both new and existing students, costing just else you can chink ofl compromising the ability of futlll"e £35 for a year with a £100 deposit. Compared generations to meet their mvn needs. The Leocli team worked towards to a FirstAllTerm Student bus pa . , which costs increai ing recycling rates and promoting 'Green over J_:300, hiring a bike v.ill sa,·e more tban just It includes environmental, economical Streets'. Their hard ,vork was rewarded with the Energy {an moneyl) saving pennie-. Velocampus Leeds, aJreadr a huge and social factors. title of 'Greene, t Residence', along wirb a £200 tips success in Intro \Veek, offers a be,'llthier, prize towards tbe Hall Committee fund. environmentally-friendly way of getting abollt. This year it's broing to be b1µger and So beat tl1c traffic and GET O YER BIKE! better, with full u-aini:ng and a tepresentativt It's so simple it almost shouldn't need aymg­ To hJre a bike visit on the Hall ommittee. So if you have sitting a TURN THE LIGHT OFF! hrtp://www.leeds.ac.uk/velocampus/, contact passion tl1e environment and want to make fur If you haven't alre dy got them, ask ymu· Lisa Brannan at l.r.brann,,[email protected], or your halls greener, get involved! lan

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sing a microwave oven uses Jess energy than conventional method . Finally ... an excuse to cat ready meals!

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Use a cold wash for your do es and make sure For More Information you have a full load ~a k your h usemates if The~e are just a few ways that you can get they need anything washing involved in sustainable development at Leeds Uni. To find out more visit rv our clothes on a line outside eather www.luuonline.com/ studentactivitie~ pet1nitting) or hang them up near a w~dow - ;=cc====..c-=c.=~~ they'll smeJl fresber aJ,J.d lo kl om than if Alrematively, pop into tbe V luntceringand Recycling y.ou use a ch. er 111111111 Comnmnity office (upstairs in the union) for 111111" more information on some of tl1e e projects. The Clcani.og a.n

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3/ The Low Down

4/ The List: 9 things to do before you graduate

6/ When Kazim Met. .. New Young Pony Club

7 I Music: Ones to watch

8/ Music

10/ Fashion

12/ Feature: Surveillance

13/ Feature: Student ghost-towns

14/ Feature: Student Living

17I Features: LUU Societies Spotlight

18/ Clubs

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22/ Books 23/ TV

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~------~The LOW DOWN with Alicia and Kazini

The Lowdown. No.1 female sexual encounters, you will in fact find that you are more adequately gay. To contradict myself entirely and let I think I want to be a lesbian. That's right, I just said it I This next n1onth stereotype rear its ugly head, you are the most effeminate want to be a lesbian. I realise I am a boy but, Lesbianism male friend I have, and one whom constantly thrives off and I have a lot in common. Obviously we both fancy the constant critique of peer's couture, and whose favourite women, but there is more to it than that. Recently during a will be about film is mean girls. In this you have effectively earned conversation I had with a Disco colleague of mine, she yourself this 'taboo' status. A Gay Asian, a Gaysian. Like declared she was a 'gay man in a women's body, that they Prince, just you and Prince. both loved disco and fancied men'. Its true, they do. It is getting used to Alicia Michael also true in certain very underground circles, homosexuality is the new Ketamin. That is to those that What I was trying to say before you rudely interrupted me Ketamin was the new black. Of course, if you like I think 1 the strangely and I got somewhat distracted by fantasies of lesbianism Ketamin is for horses then maybe homosexuality is to you; was, there are few things that are left sacred in the today's the new Nintendo Wii. For arguments sake, if I was a fickle culture of mass appeal and infiltration, homosexuality and and shallow person which I am obviously not, lesbianism acrid sn1ell in the lesbianism are still somewhat sacred. For some folk being could be good for my street-cred. There are very few social different is something important. A right to express taboo's which are in fact socially acceptable yet there are themselves and their individuality without the restrictions many which aren't and as every one knows it is 'cool' to be a Bragg Cluster and of sooal conventions. The problem is though, for example, taboo isn't it? even the most forward thinking, underground, Kazim Rashid debaucharous clubs are now being name checked in e v e n t u a 1 1 y l Lifestyle magazines and Broadsheet Sunday supplements. I'm no Germaine Greer, but to refer to lesbianism as a My point is, today's media culture strips every individual taboo when it emerged in the 18th century is mildly beginning to like of its individuality and before we know we know it we all ridiculous. In your efforts to gain cultural capital, in your look, act and talk the same. So what's a guy to do ... become ketamm induced haze you have managed to overlook the a lesbian, that's what I say, there wont be too many people fact that it is a lifestyle choice and not a fashion accessory. it jumping on that bandwagon. I think if you reconsider your comments and discount your Kazim Rashid

. =--=~-:.--~~ . --- - _k_.a:: _.- Leeds We are always on the look out for new members. Just come along to our meetings, every Friday at 5pm. Follow the signs to the Leeds Student Newspaper office located around the Union. See you there!

'Brand New Website! nee writers, Leeds Student will be lauching its re­ proo rea ers vamped website this week featuring up to the minute news, extended and exclusive designers, content, videos and soundbites. p otogra e s www.leedsstudent.org coming soon. an ost of a e h siasm! ~ - -- - -_. -·~ _-.r.- -· 04 THE L THINGSTODO BEFOREYOU G UATE Old folk always warn us about how university is the best time of our lives, and that after graduation all that's left is a slow and boring bus ride through mortgages, booster seats, and receding hairlines ending abruptly at the station of death. How dare these people ruin our fun by encouraging realistic thoughts about the future! If you're ever scared into wondering whether you're making the most of your student years just read this list of must-have university experiences and make sure you've had at least some of them before the time comes to don the cape of maturity and brandish the scroll of real-life ...

Skinny dip in the Pull an all-nighter lt can be hard to make the most of Roger Stevens lake being at university when you're being Litter, leaves, possibly cholera: a small asked to work all the time. Professors • sample of the delights just waiting to • don't always seem to understand be discovered beneath the surface of this, and can be quite sensitive about this pointless landmark. Try and students not handing essays in on remember not to dive in head first, time, even if you do your best to because any sober person's depth­ explain that you have more perception will tell you that despite its important things to worry about like enigmatic and seductive qualities, the practising your armpit solo or buying water is really no more than a few a packet of crisps. An all-nighter the inches deep. day before a deadline is therefore sometimes the only way to appease these slave-workers. Brew a pot of Steal a traffic cone coffee, sit on an uncomfortable chair God forbid anyone to question the and pop some pro-plus before you reasoning behind a student's rabid get going to produce the optimum desire to own temporary road environment for the creation of a • markings. Traffic cones tend to be the third-class masterpiece. easiest to smuggle inside and can provide a certain amount of usefulness as a hat stand or door stopper, and if you think yourself Walk of Shame m above breaking the law then they actually sell novelty traffic cones in fancy dress shops. The most sought-after sign It's a fairly common sight: 8am in however is the warning about humps • the morning and a pretty young in the road, probably because it looks nurse is making her way to work on vaguely like a pair of breasts. foot. But hold on just a minute, why is she staggering about and only wearing one shoe? Why has she neglected to brush her hair and why Eat cold baked­ is there lipstick all over her face? One more thing: why is her uniform beans out of the made from PVC? What we actually have here is a classic case of the • tin fancy dress pub crawl morning-after Far from symbolizing a student's tragedy. There is every possibility inherent laziness, this is irrefutably that the girl may have innocently considered the ultimate two finger slept on her friend's sofa after gesture to The Establishment. Yes, I sharing a taxi, but if anyone is spied do own a bowl, and yes, I even know skulking home in a costume during how to work a microwave, but under the early hours of the morning they no circumstances are you or The Man are immediately assumed to be going to take away my right to sit returning from a wild night of here and quietly eat my beans cold. rampant sex with a stranger. If you Extra spit on the ground to those ever master the art of the who use a fork instead of a spoon, inconspicuous and digrufied walk of and a crown of thorns to any shame, you are probably a slut. deigrung to use their fingers. 1s205 inside three/ october/ zero eight/ www.leedsstudent.org

Watching the Hollyoaks omnibus even though you already watched it every day that week Any student who says they don't watch Hollyoaks is a liar or an impostor. What's not to like? A few hot men; women named after cars; innovative storylines that address relevant social stereotypes and concerns in a sensible and realistic • manner...

Scrounge Students are expected to be poor, and therefore no one minds if they cut costs and scrounge a little. Student discount is probably the thing you miss most when you graduate, so take the opportunity to ask every merchant you come across if they accept it. Nag your parents for money, give sub-standard birthday gifts, and steal sachets of tomato ketchup from pubs because once you start to live on a wage this kind of behaviour is • sometimes classed as borderline an ti social.

Iron clothes with a pair of straighteners No self-respecting student uses or even owns an iron, except perhaps as an "iron"ic ornament. Though this may be the case, occasionally one might want to dress to impress, and a certain garment may need a little de-creasing. No need to panic, just flick the switch and get straightening. This obviously only works for small pieces of clothing like ties or, well, I suppose it only really works for ties actually Other student household shortcuts • include using chewing gum for blue tack, or a tower of beer cans for a Christmas tree.

Develop a crush on one of your lecturers Not a serious one where you sit on the front row and try to hypnotize them into loving you, just a harmless affection that'll help wile the hours away more smoothly. University is probably the last time in your life that you will be attracted by another person's wisdom and knowledge; from graduation onwards the snares of money and youth take precedence over the old heart-strings. • We' veal! bean there. [Sorry.]

Lest we forget, the real reason people go to university is to earn a degree. Any regrets that may form after graduation will be secondary to the regret of failing, so bear this in mind as you're floating on your back outside Roger Stevens, eating a can of beans and fantasizing about Professor Fit face. For all we know, full time adults could actually be lying about how bad their lives are, and mortgages might be a brand of really soft toilet roll, the existence of which our parents are just.keeping as a surprise for the day after our graduation celebration curry.

words/dare pidsley

+ 06 NEWYO GPO CLUB After a two hour wait, LS2 slips through a fire escape to interview New Young Pony Club. In the dark.

The story goes that New Young Pony Oub got how girls act when they're 15. The swnmer is always a busy time of year for T: Ok Leeds or Sheffield? their name because lead singer Tahita, as a With their own admission the NYPC haven't any band and NYPC are no exception. What Of course I answer Manchester - which self young girl living in England, like most others been up to all that much since their last album. I have they been up to? Andy politely answers," respecting Mancunian wouldn't? The only girls, always wanted a pony but never quite got get the impression they have just been living off Just hanging out, doing a few festivals." As ever problem is, I quite like being the one being one. This unfulfilled desire, coupled with the royalties from adverts and T .V. shows like Tahitagoes one step further. "Buying full size interviewed, I want to play more. watching far too much late night fetish T.V, Hollyoaks and such like. However rumour has dolls of ourselves. You have to have them gave birth to Pony Oub. Believe what you will, it there is another one on the way soon. 'We've made, but now we don't have to tour next time, A:. Iggy or Dave? but the New Young Pony Oub came onto the been busy making a new one which is pretty we can just send the dolls out, just stand there Dave, all day long. Iggy hasn't got a patch on scene in 2005 with their massive hit 'lee Cream' much finished now." A new album is due to be and do nothing." I assure them that their fans Ashes to Ashes. which literally stole the show at every indie released in the New Year apparently, but the would probably really appreciate them turning electro show across the country. Of course Pony Oub have limited the amount of outside up and doing nothing on stage. I feel like the A:. Prince or Michael? there isn't really an indie-electro show, but help on this one. "Yeah us! We've produced the interview is getting a bit out of control, I need Whoa, whoa, wo. I had that one down, I wasn't there are countless fashionable nights and dubs whole album ourselves and have banned to rescue this so I suggest every interviewer's going to ask you that, you cant ask it me, I'm the which 'Ice Cream' along with their follow up remixes," states Andy the producer, whilst 'get out of jail free card', The Game. You know interviewer and that's my question. In fact I've "The Bomb' quickly became dance floor bombs. Tahita agrees." We've heard too many bad the kind, you get two options and you have to got a better question, who's a better dancer, MJ Excuse the pun. Their first album 'Fantastic remixes so we're banning them. Plus anyone choose one. or JB (James Brown)? Andy reckons he knows Playroom' also qwdFantastic Playroom became the the ultimate remixer. Surprisingly Andy and Marvin. to a dose and I just have one last thing I need to album to impress your girlfriend with and Tahita both agree, "Yeah definitely. Definitely. clear up. Not that I'm complaining guys, but I before we knew it even Hollyoaks was onto it. 1 Maybe that's where we went wrong. I1l go with Debbie orAretha? have been waiting for two hours, where have you caught up with New Young Pony Oub to talk that!" A+T: Debbie been? Andy has a pretty good excuse, '1 went to shop. We got along pretty welJ ifl do say so l get the impression the NYPC don't qwte T: With Debbie, you'd want to take her home see my brother who lives in Leeds, he's just had a myself, in fact we got on so well I had to bat the know how to deal with me. Their attitude in wbere as Aretha would flatten you. baby." whereas Tahita just doesn't: "I was asleep." lead singer Tahita off with a stick at one point, this interview has fluctuated somewhat At first she was all over me like a rash, m front of Andy, they were very, We're too cool to answer your Some people are into that, that's all I'm saying. Rock 'n' Roll! Thanks for interview guys, and the production genius behind the band. Of questions properly' and eventually I enticed They love The Game, and when I decided to good luck with the new album whenever it course I'm joking, but she did fancy me, I'm sure them out of tbis indie-cool mood and they were move on to some real questions Andy and comes out. of it. It was very much playground tactics from all laughing and joking. We were like mates Tahita want to keep playing. As I'm out of words/ kazim rashid Tahita, she was doing the whole, 'T fancy you so again. Of course T ahita was just playing mind suitable questions I suggest they ask me some. photo/ john puddephatt I'm going to be rude to you' thing. you know games with me, but Andy and I were cool, no? + t~d~ 07 three/ october/ zeroe1ght/ www.leedsstudent.org ONESTO WATCH

The All New Adventures of Us/ www.myspace.com/tanaoumusic This folk/pop/undefined seven-piece are one for The LS2 Music fans of Saddle Creek and abstract but well enunciated lyrics. Currently touring with The team keeps you Spinto Band (but frustratingly bypassing Leeds), Micoland/ the outfit is something of an intimidatingly www.myspace.com/micoland Delphic/ multi-instrumental force, but their singer, Jaime in-touch, up-to­ Macefield, is also responsible for some excellent www.myspace.com/Delphic Micoland 1S the brainchild of DJ and producer acoustic material and shows as The Remarkable Mick Schofield - a prominent member of the date, down-to­ Record of the Day, onllne, industry, in-the-know Rocket (in particular, check out the rather lovely Gonzo collective (which has ties to Room 237) magazine touted Delphic as the country's 'Spaceships', which appeared on a Big Scary and an excellent craftsman of a dub-come-glitch earth, left-of­ number one unsigned buzz band for four weeks Monsters compilation a few years ago, bearing style of dance music. His work flits between raw before they were finally wooed by Polydor, in mind that his lyrical output is often a good and grimy, and atmospheric and clinical, always Universal Publishing and Coalition management deal more biting). The band's debut long-player bringing to mind any number of artists from the centre, and (The Streets, Phoenix, Bloc Party). With the Best Loved Goodnight Tales was self-released on Warp and Planet Mu rosters. Let's just say that, if whole of London grasping after the biggest, and double LP in March, with a CD release through Autechre had dub leanings, this is what would south-of-the­ best sound to come out of Manchester for what One Little Indian to come soon. With a handful happen. Micoland has several collaborative seems like forever it's not difficult to see why of limited edition singles under their belt, it can't releases out on Dirtyload (the Gonzo label) as border with the these boys felt they could take their pick of be terribly long before they explode into a media well as his solo debut LP, My Cold Land, from producers; which is why they will record their first status through which they can reach as many May of th.ts year- certainly worth a dance to. single with none other than the Chemical people as their brand of intellectual, emotionally super cool Brother. With a clear view of their sparkling future Delphic seem laid back about working bands to see with the dance legends: "we're optimistic, this ye ar! Woop.

diverse indie pop deserves to. Gallery47/ www.myspace.com/ gallery4 7

If, on the other hand, you are looking to have your heart ripped to shreds and stamped on without the hassle ofleaving the house, look no Glaciers/ further than Nottingham-based www.myspace.com/ obviously, but even if it doesn't work out, I'm sure singer/songwriter Jack Peachey. Residing not so even themouseandtheglaciers we'll get a remix out of it". Releasing their first much in a genre as in the small hours of the single, 'Counterpoint', with none other than R&S morning, the Gallery 47 output is capable of Nicolas Burrows is a currently Leeds-based Records this coming January, if you don't watch invoking both sheer, beautiful, lunatic artist (visual as well as musical) with this space, everyone else will. desperation - as on last year's limited edition distinctive and intense songwriting ability. seven-minute single 'Himalaya' - and the kind of His locating verse and obscure hooks are thecocknbullkid heady, fragile elation that seems by necessity to evocative and personal as they are www.myspace.com/thecocknbullkid pepper the intersection between heartbreak and transmitted over lo-fi guitar and keyboards - art. Whether he's screaming whiskey-drenched conveying a mindset comparable to anti-folk Anita Blay aka thecocknbullkid was born in bitterness so frantically the tapes saturate (see artists such as Jeffrey Lewis or Diane Cluck. Hackney, East London, to Ghanian parents, and the gorgeous yet disturbing 'Harmonic') or The recorded material has contributions from has been a busy young woman, it would appear, sounding like Christmas (c.f. 'Petticoat', the B side members of Mechanical Owl, Vest forTyosso ever since, creating a brand of accessible pop that of this year's Pumpkins-esque 'Logic3 Starfighter' and Sky Larkin, whilst Burrows himself has excites all who alight on her myspace. Her wide single, with its layers of syn th strings ande-bow), played in other bands such as Crayon and Mrs ranging taste in music and ability to nod to Peachey walks a mind-boggling line between Dice Feet, which are equally worth your time. almost all genres has enabled her to mash early Bright Eyes, Jeff Buckley, Dntel and Live, he has a solemnly clumsy presence and together some outstanding, albeit darkly lit (perhaps) Doves - all the while giving the sports a perfected, earnest vocal style, tunes. Tracks like 'No Cure' will be massive, that is terrifying impression, at nineteen years old, that reminiscent of Phil Elvrum (The a fact. Unsigned as yet, but coming from the he might actually be capable of something Microphones/Mt. Eerie), which will seldom trendy, trendy, trendy Shoreditch clan this rising superior to all of them. fail to tweak the heartstrings of a politely star will ... rise. (Best enjoyed alone, inebriated, at wits' end, quiet audience. loudly, and in poor lighting.) words/ helena goodwyn words/ michael waters words/ ramzy alwakeel 08

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Tinie Tempah too s~r) to_ the likes o'. Keane and Coldplay. ~at s more IS that J:iavmg such a big sound, 'Tears' A Silent FillTl which uses layers of guitars and copious amounts (DL) of vocal echo, may mean that there isn't much The City That scope for change later on in the band's career, as has been the case for many bands before them. Nonetheless, A Silent Film sound extremely Sleeps passionate about the music they make _ The first mamstream single by something that is particularly evident in underground grime MC Tinie Tempah is a (Xtra Mile) defiant tale of relationship break-up and Stevenson's voice as he sings about both personal and societal issues. As musicians, these guys are the attempt at hiding the emotions that The City That Sleeps is a solid debut from comes with it. Tinie's excellent storytellmg extremely talented; guitarist Lewis Jones has alternative four-piece A Silent Film. This is an some solos that can only be described as ability will appeal to fans of Dizzee Rascal album that offers a wealth of rich, colourful songs and Wiley, and Cleo's superb vocals on the explosive (perhaps most notably on the song that are melancholic, yet driving; intricate, yet 'Highest Regard') and produces sounds with his chorus will attract fans of R&B and soul. catchy; as the highly capable and hugely varied Despite being a cliche subject choice, this guitar that sound like something from Doctor vocals of Robert Stevenson (not to be confused song could potentially bring Tinie Tempah Who; drummer Spencer Walker exhibits ample with the inventor of the steam train) combine towards the forefront of British grime and skill in his complex rhythmic work, adding with soaring melodies and memorable choruses explode from nowhere. This is certam;1y the case garage. another dimension to the sound. to pack a significant punch. with the single You Will Leave a Mark, on which (8) This IS likely a band we will be hearing a lot The band's influences are dear in particular, that a few piano chords are transformed into an epic of Radiohead, as Stevenson manages to and resounding soundscape. from in the very near future. Whilst not the most original thing arourid, their sound is nevertheless Weezerweezer implement a brooding thoughtfulness into the A potential criticism is that, at times, The City memorable, and definitely worth a listen. (8) 'Troublemaker' songs with his voice and melodic piano playing, That Sleeps can sound a little repetitive, with songs blurring into each other somewhat. words/ douglas rolle (DGC) whilst the rhythm section and guitar lend an urgency that transforms quieter moments into Perhaps this is because the band really have gone walls of sound as drums and guitar alike seem to for a big sound; one comparable (and at times all more a urns The sufferring asthmatics are back with punchy new single 'Troublemaker', packed Dorp The Maybes? Bryn with references to celebrity culture and angsty lyrics from grown-up teenager Humans Being Promise Christopher Rivers Cuomo. The second single from (Caned and Able) (Xtra Mile) MyWorld Weezer's sixth album is not as infectuous (Polydor) or sarcastic as the recent 'Pork and Beans' but worth a listen if only for the tenuous rhyming of 'biatch' with 'ki ads'. (6) Dorp, like many other bands, tout themselves as Having gained a cult following in their hometown Although his previous stint as Prince Channing Hot Chip 'unique' and 'defying categorisation'. The of Liverpool over the last six years, thanks in no on stage in Staffordshire would suggest 'Hold On'/ problem is that to cultivate a truly unique, small part to graffiti bearing their name being ; otherwise, the 22-year-old's debut LP is actually 'Touch Too Much' innovative or new style in pop music is not just to spread by band members and followers alike quite sophisticated. Having spent the last few rerruxes ignore all existing styles, but to identify the across the city, The Maybes? release their debut months on the road, appearing at festivals such elements that define a style and invent your own to much anticipation, hoping to find favour on a as Glastonbury and V, he returns to album _chart (DFA) elements in their place. nationwide scale. success and many complimentary reviews. The elements that define, say, reggae - the The band have often found themselves Thealbumissplitintotwodistincthalves.The This latest release sees 'Hold On' and backbeats, the heavy bass riffs, the weighty lyrical compared with The Beach Boys. Instrumentally, first of the two is an eclectic mix of gospel, funk 'Touch Too Much' reconstructed into themes -are strong, recognisable pillars. You can't the reference may be an obscure one, but the and Bond theme tunes. Laced with Motown genre-bending mixes of disco and electro; take such buttresses away and replace them with harmonious nature of much of this record beats and purring guitar riffs, wbilstrl:1e trum~ this does not make for easy listening. The chipboard. Dorp's pillars are things like distorted justifies it. However, the voice of singer Nick Ellis toots away in the background, one TIUght expe remixes often feel too long and will only synths and purichy drum beats, which are, at perhaps best echoes that of fellow Scouser Lee Vince Vega to listen to some of this whilst appeal to the most hardcore of fans, as it best, the kinds of things that add colour. There Mavers, frontman of legendary group The La's. debating 'the royal with cheese'. , lacks the mainstream appeal of earlier are no bold moves regarding the basic elements That band's influence is perhaps most prevalent The other half is a lot more modem. Its~ singles. at all. Dorp's musical house is all roof tiles and on album opener 'Tum Me Over' and 'Modem influenced, with soft beats and gentler m~odi:5. (6) attractive door handles, with no walls. Love', neither of which would have been out of It's a little average. Although Christophers vo~e The LP's lead single 'Cops and Robbers', for place on the solitary, seminal La's album. adapts to these two ciif:erent styles perfectly-th: Jonas Brother example, begins with a muddy, incredibly four­ Promise manages to span several genres, from has a very listeriable v01ce, no doubt- some of . 'Burnin' Up' square intro - a crunchy but barely audible guitar thepurepopo f 's urnrnerTime'totheheavilyska- lyrics are questionable. ·s ome thin gsg. oing I., on f m (Hollywood) playing quavers on one power chord while the influenced 'Full Moon'. 'The Come Around' is my brain/ I'm finding it ?.U:d. to e:'P ta·la: drums and bass chug along with it. This is later reminiscent of 80s RE.M., while the highlight is example, shows little creative pJZaZZ, an draped with 'genre-bending' nonsense like perhaps the sorrowful 'Trick of the Llght', which of originality. . . . the computer noises and mildly anguished vocals - gives the LP emotional depth. Strangely enough, despite the diVJsJOn,la but it is the foundations, not the interior design, that make a genre. The album is not without its weaknesses record all seems a little ~ey. Aft~ a~t\~ f:~ It is a truth universally acknowledged that however. 'Boys' is bland and forgettable, whil~ honestly, it all merges mto one big b1 Als good looking boys in possession of a decent This isn't to say Humans Beingis rubbish. The 'Disappear' quickly becomes grating due to its food and floaty American hospital clramaSdslittle~ songcraft isn't nearly as infantile as most modem voice must be in want of fame and fortune; repetitive lyrics. The title track is a twelve-and-a- the album's opener 'Help Me' soun a ade indie writing; the sounds they've concocted with but could they not try a little harder? Think half minute instrumental that, whilst very good, the first oompa-loompa song in thMe rr not all those broken saw leads are at times very Hanson with less lyrical aptitude. Think seems wholly out of place. Charlie and tbe Chocolate Factory a~e ul High School Musical yet (miraculously) brawny and appropriate. Just as often, however, Still, it's refreshing to see a UK guitar band the best first impression of an attempt . ~t more repetitive. Bingo. These boys are due to the lack of strong musical roots, the whole gallantly spurring on the death of the effort falls in on itself like a limp souffle, the avoiding the usual indie-by-n umbers path. album. One thing you can't deny, h~~~:; :cely Promise may not quite rank alongside Defimtely the guy can sing. He could po~en=Y James single. various noises all melting into a greyish mess at (3) [for the sheer percussive beauty the bottom of the oven. A well meaning but Maybe and The Stone Roses, but it's a satisfying into the gap between Amy Wmeho~~ethat of the cowbell] wholly off target attempt. (3) debut that suggests that there may be more to Morrison and Usher. It'sjustab1tofas words/ george reece come from The Maybes?. (7) I don't think the gap is there t? fill. (S~oods words/ joe armstrong words/ lizzie LS2 Q9 inside three/ october/ zero eight/ www.leedsstudent.org

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their trademark distorted metal undertones, Black Kids Scars on and then throwing in a bit of Sex Pistols for 'Look At Me (Whe good measure. The lyrics themselves range from angry satire, perhaps aimed at certain I RockWichoo' Broadway administrations, to bizarrely comic usages, (Label) such as 'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious'. It's Scars on poetry, of course - yet, to hear Malakian actually step out from behind the shadow of Serj Tankian's powerful voice is surprisingly Packed from start to finish with the bubbly Broadway refreshing. Another great thing about this energy which the Black Kids are well known album is the dynamics within every song, for, this single doesn't let them down. Apart (Interscope) changing effortlessly from one style to from an irritating syn th sound they insist on another, as on 'Babylon', which starts slowly using throughout, the Black Kids impress with some staggenng male vocals and an Anybody listening to Scars on Broadway's self and - dare we say- peacefully, building up very gradually into an epic chorus. addictive chant-like chorus which hook you titled debut for the first time might expect in more with every listen. (7) something similar to Daron Malakian's and Whilst it's entertaining to listen to, there John Dolmayan's hugely successful System of are very few memorable moments across the a Down: he or she would be mistaken. This fifteen energetic tracks, all of which border album is a vibrant paradox of musical styles; around the three-minute mark, leaving the complementary in some places, it does detract We Are Scientist from the melodic metal opening track, listener questioning his or her patience. There from the core essence of several of the songs. 'Impatience' It seems a great shame that an obviously 'Serious', which one can't help but bang one's are positive and negative sides to only having (Label) head to, to the anthemic 'Enemy', in which two musicians in this band; the former is that talented duo have lost their thread Malakian's and Dolmayan's harmonised they show just how tight they really are as a somewhere. Perhaps if they had decided to vocals fall in perfectly with the guitar duet. The latter, however, is that it seems shy away from their previous style to a greater melodies. Scars on Broadway seem to have Malakian and Dolmayan got a little giddy extent, much more variety could have been experimented more with colourful harmonies during the recording process, deciding to fill added to the music itself. (5) words/ jack mcgregor hile hardly passing as original or lyrically and synth sounds, laying them delicately over out their songs with as many instruments and effects as possible. While this is creative, 'Impatience' is an uplifting, feel­ good tune from We Are Sci en tis ts' third album, Brain Thrust Mastery. Upbeat and simple, with some funky bass guitar and The Streets David The Jonas three part harmonies, it's worth al least a Everything is Holmes Brothers listen and a sing along. (1) Borrowed The Holy The Jonas (Sixsevenine) Pictures Brothers (Cercury) (Hollywood Nephu huzzband re cords) 'Should Have Used an Abacus' (Label) Mike Skinner claims he sees The Streets as lasting David Holmes offers up an album full of emotion Purity ring-wearing, Disney pop rockers The only as long as his five album deal. He also told and atmospheric landscapes on his 4th studio Jonas Brothers have taken the inevit.able step to the NME recently that he envisages the five album The Holy Pictures. The overall tone endoctri.nating UK's tween population with their This quirkily titled single lends itself to a albums as a sort of 'box -set'; box-set or a however is a rather sinister one which is debut album. It seems that Nick, Kevin and Joe more alternative fan base - imagine Franz particularly close game of football? We cast our furthered by whispering vocals on a selection of are enjoying success similar to the likes of Ferdinand meets Klaxons. The catchy guitar minds back to Skinner's blinding debut with a tracks including the promising album opener and Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus and the cast of riffs make it easy listening although it fondness that was rewarded by an equally single 'I Heard Wonders'. Holmes describes the High School Musical. doesn't stray from the mainstream impressive second album. Unfortunately that is album as being inspired by his life, 'friends, loss, The sound itself is nothing new. Props to the indie/pop mould. An overall reasonable where the memory sours and we lament the love and starting a family'. Holmes' ominous boys for writing their own material and playing song, but with vocals you wouldn't write disappointing The Hardest Way. .. So what to vocals juxtapose interestingly with the emotion their own instruments, but it is unlikely that home about. (6) make of the fourth release in this quintuple that he is conveying. anyone outside of their target audience will pay could seemingly go eitherway?Will it be 2-2 or 3- The initial promise sadly doesn't continue much attention. Immediate comparisons that Forever the 1? Continuing with this loose and ill-conceived throughout the album with many songs starting spring to mind are Busted, of course, especiallyin 1 Sickest Kids analogy, it would seem The Streets have well but losing impact as they continue. Tracks their cover of 'Year 3000'. Tracks such as conceeded another one. Self-produced, self­ such as 'Theme/LM.C' have beautiful intros, 'Inseparable' and 'Games' are presumably 'Whoa oh! (Me vs indulgent, and self-deluding at times, Everything nonetheless it doesn't always work The Story of attempts at a slightly more serious, heavier genre. Everyone)' is Borrowed is a colossal disappointment. the Ink' is repetitive at best. The use of a hurdy However, they crumple like a man on the wrong (Label) Track four The Way of the Dodo' sounds like gurdy makes things a bit different but even this side of Chuck Norris. Several tracks are well several instruments struggling to go the way of can't enhance a track enough for it to be structured and catchy, but lack some real punch, said Dodo whilst Skinner increases their chances entertaining. Holmes' lyrics can be inaccessible. something to really grab you by, perhaps it's After a poor first impression, this single with his 'singing'. If you listen carefully it actually On title track 'Holy Pictures' he proclaims 'I carry because they have yet to locate their balls. does become less tedious. With a toxic mix sounds like a duck-like creature is breathing its you inside of me, this will never disappear.. .I've In fairness, all three brothers are decent boasting a Lost Prophets-esque chorus, last breaths in the background. Th.ere are some seen your soul climb, watch myself climb into the singers; the second track, 'Hold On', features a Freefaller cheesiness, and Brendon Urie high points though few and far between. The sun' and on 'Kill Her with Kindness' (itself a poignant three-way vocal harmony. For a band vocals, 'Whoa Oh! (Me vs Everyone)' is as muffled drums that feature throughout the rather alarming track name) there is so much quite heavily endorsed by guitar giants Gibson, good as it gets for a "whoa whoa" in what album grow on you, mysteriously and echo the lyrics are inaudible. Irritatingly, the fret work is nothing special. A few guitar feels like every other line. With an inexplicably, whilst Skinner's true talent shines consecutive tracks repeat the same strange 'ahh' solos are thrown in to try and spice things up but undeniably more ish hook but enough band through in the shape of a synth. Singing, sound suppplied by female vocalist Tanya only one stands out as above average. This leads members to dodge the mainstream. this however, is not something Mike Skinner should Mellotte. This comes across as somehow lacking on to the issue of the other band members; th.at' s offering is cringe worthy, but a generally be encouraged to do. 'Strongest person I Know' ideas, which is odd considering Homles spent 5 nght, the Jonas brothers aren't the only ones in sound tune (6) features what can only be described as the years making the album. The Jonas Brothers. An additional four Rugrats theme tune and singing - bad singing - For all its faults and it's sometimes lack of musicians step in to help on drums, keyboards words/ luke raisin, serena peddle, really bad singing. Let's hope that album number ideas the finale is magnificent. With a track so etc, the album is also very well produced by John n i ck balmforth, sophie milnes, five will be a return to form, otherwise it would enjoyable it is frustrating the rest of the album Fields (Pink, Jimmy Eat World) taking duty. sophie burfitt, vicky rodgers, helen bhandari, fionnuala crean-murphy seem The Streets have indeed, gone the way of is as disappointing as it is. (4) This is by no means a dreadful album but the clumsy, flightless, bird. (3) words/ nick todd neither is it anything new or exciting. (4) words/helena goodwyn words/ richard blenkinsop THE LONDON ISSUE

This issue we're all about London Fashion Week, here's our guide ...

ondon Fashion Week is a creative hub with fresh designers THIS WEEK WE LOVE: VIVIENNE emerging every season. Each WESTWOOD Fashion Week, designers unveil their latest collections to a She's soll a punk, she's still sticking two fingers up professional and critical audience of press to the establishment, and now she's fighting against and buyers who visit London not only global warming and propaganda. Is there anything from around the UK but all over the this woman can't do? Apparently not. After her world. These collect1ons, as with recent return to the catwalk last year, following over a years, were housed at the specially constructed marquees at the Natural decade away, we had to show our appreciation for History Museum and various other the British Fashion Icon this week. You can check creative venues across London. London out her latest collection (modelled by Daisy Lowe Fashion Week has earned a reputation as and Alexa Chung, amongst others) online at www.vogue.co.uk or www.viviennewestwood.com. one of London's leading events, incorporate her ever present over the­ attracting a target audience of key top, theatrical style. With a heavy fashion leaders, retailers and press who emphasis on safari esque c~othing, attend this bi-annual showcase. arrows seemed dominant, bemg pnnted across dresses, scarves, blouses. Vivienne This year sees Paul Costelloe opening the week of catwalk shows with his "rich, Westwood claims that her clothes can gothic, exotic" designs. With an "make you incredibly strong" if you impressive history at London Fashion choose them, "allowing you to project Week, this will be his 15th year your personality". exhibiting, and his 6th season as the opening act of the showcase. His The inevitable end of this September's collection oozed a gothic elegance with London Fashion Week came in the shape the focus on dark browns, reds and of designer 'Man'. As the name suggests purples alongside the staple black. His the designer is in fact one for men and puff ball, open-chested collars gave a although the collection this September slightly Victorian theme to the collection. began with some undisputedly strange, These, combined with flattering high­ translucent plastic outfits, the showcase waisted skirts, led to the production of a continued to finish strongly with dramatic and theatrical collection. beautifully fitted grey suits and combinations of jumpers with shorts, Vivienne Westwood was one of the most displaying bold colours with obvious talked about and lusted after designers to angular lines cutting up the combinations FASHION WEEK SAVED! show her collection. With Westwood's of reds, greens and greys. This September awards beginning to mount, having won saw 'Man's 7th year at Fashion Week and On September 16th a meeting took place the Outstanding Achievement in Fashion 'Man' has single handedly ensured that between the world's fashion capitals, and at the British Fashion Awards in London new menswear talent is firmly on radar. agreement was reached to secure London in 2007, she decided that, after a nine Creating awareness of menswear during Fashion Week's slot on the global fashion year break, it was time for her to return London Fashion Week, 'Man' has calendar. Representatives from New to London Fashion Week. So, after the supported emerging talented candidates York, London and Milan gathered in success of showing her second line Red for the past three years. London for the discussion and were Label in February she returns for the joined via telephone link by Paris. After second time in nearly ten years. With a this September's Fashion Week there was surprise appearance from Kate Moss on much uncertainty as to the length of the Westwood's catwalk in February it seems next Fashion Week to come. Attempts to unsurprising that girls of the moment compact London Fashion Week into just Alexa Chung and Daisy Lowe graced the four days were stifl ed and the influence catwalk in her honour this September. of London's creativity on each of the Vivienne Westwood's Red Label was as fashion capitals was acknowledged by all stylish as ever, whilst continuing to parties. The plan allows New York to postpone its slot slightly, satisfying the needs of its designers whilst ensuring a full five day slot for London from September 2009 onwards. LS2 inside 11 three/ october/ zero eight/ www.leedsstudent.org

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It's a new season, a new semester and we're FIVE THINGS YOU NEED IN YOUR two new fashion editors, so out with the old WARDROBE THIS SEASON and in with the new! Here's our list of the hottest new trends and items you need in The LBD your wardrobe this Autumn/Winter: Black is back, and what better way to embrace TREND ALERT! - THREE TRENDS THAT it than with the LBD, never fails. CAUGHT OUR EYE ON THE CATWALKS Tartan BAD GIRL/ NEW GOTHlC Henry Holland has made his mark on London Ditch the Mary Janes and get some black and this season it's all about the famous stiletto's that make you three feet taller, line Scottish pattern adorning every inch of us. your eyes with the darkest kohl and vamp Get out your mini kilts and buy a cropped your look up with everything black, pussy jacket to match, or invest in tartan tights or a bow blouses, skin tight skinnies and black huge winter scarf, however you embrace it nail polish. The bad girl is back. you'll be on trend for this season.

Celebrities sporting the trend: Daisy Lowe, Over knee socks Jaime Winstone, Peaches Geldof Follow in the footsteps of Daisy Lowe and COLOUR invest (only a few pounds from that life saver Primark) in a pair of black knee high socks, AND THE BEST OF THE If you're not embracing the Bad Girl (who wear with cute dresses and a leather jacket REST.... obviously must wear black) fear not, colour and you're ready for anywhere. has made it's comeback this season, ditch the grey trench coat and buy a fuchsia pink one. White Tights We've gotta have something to brighten up Dame Westwood again wowed the the months of dreary weather. Patterned tights are makmg a comeback, we crowds with her Red Label collection in warn you now, but white tights with retro the most fashionable city in the world Celebrities sporting the trend: Lily Allen, dresses and heels are even hotter. (minus our very own London of Agyness Deyn course), Prada gave us the highest Platforms shoes since Naomi's famous fall, and ENGLISH HER1TAGE Gareth Pugh did us Brits proud with his Ok, so we know they've been around for a few incredibly weird yet beautiful designs The catwalks were inundated with tweed, seasons now, but the Prada platforms were so (one of which graces the cover of this riding boots and crisp white shirts this high in Paris this week that two models fell issue of Dazed and Confused) As usual, season, so dig out some of your Grandma's over on the catwalk, so perhaps don't Paris provided new inspiration and old clothes and a trilby hat, the cheapest and purchase a pair of Pradas (as if we could amazing fashion. most authentic way to get on board with this afford it) but hit the high street and get on trend. the case ASAP. Celebrities sporting the look: Alexa Chung, Keira Knightley, Kate Moss By Alex Haddow Berlin fashion week? I hear you say, surely not? Indeed the German capital played host to a fabulous display of slightly alternative labels and new names, watch out for Sisi Wasabi and Lac Et Mel amongst others. We're hotly tipping Berlin as the place to be seen on the front row in years to come so if you love being the first in the know, keep your eye on this hotbed of new talent. + 12 IGHBOl 11~1 IOOD ATCHON Fly-on-the-walls drop dead froin boredolll as new series docuinents THE BOX norinal f ainily life

across to their viewing public. Presumably the Interest in Big Brother has finally started to family are getting paid a significant amount of wear thin, with the opening episode of series money for their part in this series and yet nine attracting a million less viewers than the even in their interviews online, when asked previous series, so fly-on-th~-wall . what made them agree to having cameras documentaries are now cutting back on their fitted in their home their responses were interactive elements in favour of the strictly vague and unconvincingly immaterial: father observational concept of a reality show. Simon's cheesy answer was to refer to the series as "the ultimate home movie". Currently on Channel 4, an eight part documentary series The Family' is based on a Perhaps a better approach would have been to trend started in the 70s for documenting the take inspiration from a family documentary life of an ordinary family going about their made in 1969 called The Married Couple', daily business. Although the concept may The Hugheses which records the waning relationship sound uninteresting to anyone with enough between Canadian's Billy and Antoinette going on in their own lives to care about the Edwards. Instead of editing the footage in mundane activities of complete strangers, the were asked to order to give the impression that his subjects seemingly inherent desire for society to spy were not aware of the cameras, director Allan on and relate to other people's private lives King allows implicit reference to himself and means that great interest is generated by this tel1lporarily the film crew to appear in the final edit, kind of programming. forcing viewers to bear in mind the effect of the cameras on the reality of the footage. The The flaw with documentaries of this sort is vacate their making of the documentary is actually seen to their claim to objectivity and fair contribute to the breakdown of the Edwards's representation of reality. The subject of 'The marriage as they often argue about how to Family', the Hugheses, were asked to hol1le whilst spend the money they are getting for the temporarily vacate their home whilst 21 show. King's film raises questions about the cameras and 16 microphones were fitted, nature of documentary-making itself and asks before moving back in again and acting as if 21 cal1leras how far it is possible to ever have an accurate nothing had happened, even though for the representation of reality in film. This makes next four months a crew of editors would be for a much more interesting programme than sat next door in a TV gallery watching their 'The Family', which appeals only to every move. Although the family were and16 narcissistic viewers who ache to see their own granted a certain amount of privacy, there lives reflected in those on TV. were no cameras in the bathrooms for example, and equipment was switched off Illicrophones Failing to draw attention to the cameras' during certain times at night, the unusual effect on the family, this series risks aligning situation of being filmed in their own home itself with American programme The Hills', a can hardly be expected to result in normal were fitted, supposed reality show following the life of behaviour by the participants of the beautiful Californian blonde Lauren Conrad, programme. which has been criticized by rumours that before Illoving certain scenes are deliberately set-up for Although it would be highly unethical to filming. Such techniques start to blur the line deceive the Hughes family by planting between documentaries and cameras surreptitiously and making sure they back in again mockumentaries, such as Ricky Gervais' The were completely unaware of being viewed, Office', where a scripted scene is made to this is the only way to prevent the subjects appear real and off-the-cuff. The other end of playing up for the camera, consciously or the scale would be to create something like in subconsciously acting a certain way in order and acting as the film The Truman Show', where Jim to present themselves as they would like to be Carey's character is living in the set of a seen. With this in mind, no argument or documentary about himself that he knows reconciliation between mother Jane and if nothing had nothing about, although this is obviously an daughter Emily can be viewed without the extremely inhumane and unethical set up. nagging suspicion that they acted this way in Perhaps instead of television's incessant order to convey the predictable and cliched happened attempt to capture reality and normal people message that yes, they have their troubles, on screen they should just give up and create but after everything they are a loveable family more imaginative shows like 'The Royle much like any other. Family', which are much more entertaining anyway. The editing of the programme also adds to this lack of credibility, as it's hard to believe words/dare pidsley that in four months the Hughes family successfully refrained from looking into the cameras or discussing how they would come LS2 inside 13 three/ october/ zero eight/ ERFOR www.leedsstudent.org

Those around the Hyde Park/Headingley area throughout the summer may have found themselves overwhelmed by the whirlwind weekend of returning students. As LS2 investigates, however, such movements may soon be a thing of the past.

Leeds is one of several cities bookmarked by policy-makers as a student 'ghost town' and plans are now underway to disperse the communal dwelling crowds in order to resurrect parts of the city from seasonal ruin.

A new government policy affecting sbared suggestions to provide purpose built the1r prices. The National Union ot huge profits durirg term ttmL' he student housing will be put to parliament student accommodation", which sounds Students has previously opposed the use wnsiders a better hlended soocty to be a later this year. ft follows a report by the unquestionably like second and third of planning law to disrupt the natural good thing. Housing and Planning Minister, Caroline year halls, such as the various high rise congregation of student rented properties Flint, which explores the problems faced flats springing up over the city. in university towns. The new law would In a similar vem, local shop owner Raki, ot by residents of university towns through also affect young professionals, who could M1stry's Superette, would welcome greater the unplanned build up of student let Given that university often provides fall under the same category if sharing a restnLt10ns on the growmg student accommodation. Flint has house with two or more friends. Indeed housing. He says that Christmas time in announced future policy plans that students leaving university with large particular creates a veritable 'ghost town' would tackle this issue of clustering debts are unlikely to be in a position to effect and his business suffers because of within university towns. There's a buzz buy a property and may continue to rent the low number of local residents now with friends as they had before. livmg m the area. Furthermore, student At present, the concern is that the about this area expenditure, often based on loans or overconcentration of student houses Staying in a student dominated town such grants, is variable and less reliable than in any one area results in it being left that I didn't want as Headingley may prove too costly, the fixed incomes of local professionals. as a virtual 'ghost town' during forcing them to move back home. Callum, However, neither denies nor wishes away university holidays. The report to leave behind. a Leeds University graduate, decided to the huge economic benefits students proposes making planning laws continue renting a house in Headingley bring to the area. stricter and, according to Flint, "has with friends. When questioned on his identified a series of proven steps motivation to stay in the area he said, Flmt is putting her housing Green Paper councils and universities can take to "There's a buzz about this area that l to parliament and it is due for publicat10n reduce the dramatic effects of important life experience in the form of didn't want to leave behmd." Asked later on in the year. Although legislation is 'studentification' ." first time house hunting and private· whether he'd still stay if rent costs jumped not guaranteed, Unipol warns, "The sector rental, it is unfortunate that up, he replied, 'Td hate to leave but proposals would result m higher rents for Flint hopes to minimise the decline faced student opinions have seemingly been financ~al pressures could become Loo available houses and some enforced by student dominated areas when neglected. Leeds University students much. dispersal over time." Quite whether the abandoned by students during the living in Hyde Park confirm that one of effects will be felt by those of us who will holidays, especially in the summer. Her the attractions of the area is the However, the views of local communities begin house-hunting in the near future intention is to blend student populations predominantly student population. must also be considered. The Guardian remains to be seen. into mixed neighbourhoods in order to Carrie-Ann, a third year Psychology reports that the UK's near 2.5 million Watch this space. avoid empty streets during these months. student, says, "the atmosphere of living in students has 1ed to residents finding The planning law would mainly affect Hyde Park is very relaxed and themselves priced out of the low cost words/adam cooper landlords seeking to convert houses for comfortable. You know there are like housing market," while the BBC letting to more than three non related minded students living all around you." A comments that empty summer streets can cohabiters. Council permission for such a current second year English student, look neglected, leading to an increase of venture would be much more difficult to Alice, responds unenthusiastically to the petty crime and vandalism. Richard, a gain. Indeed, the Chief Executive of news saying, "me and my housemates local Headingley resident and barman, Unipol, Martin Blakey, has commented enjoy living in a house together which for points out that although business is that, "in the Headingley area of Leeds this us feels like a close family home. Living in slower during student holidays, it would almost certainly then be refused by halls was fun but I wouldn't want to be does not suffer greatly because local the Local Authority." forced to rent in a high rise for my second residents are more inclined to and third years." visit the pubs in the Yet how will this affect Leeds students in absence of students. particular? Headingley and Hyde Park are A more dispersed student population While the pubs substantial student enclaves, with most would also restrict the purchasing-power make streets being populated by a student we currently hold. The local shops and majority. Such measures would restrict pubs are triggered to make food and the supply of available shared housing, drinks deals with the promise of a thus i:iushing up the cost of rent, great amount of demand in the especially as demand increases with the area. Without this level of ever-growing student population. demand they may be Students unable to afford this extra cost forced to would then be forced to live in cheaper areas where supply is allowed, likely farther from the university and popular student areas. The BBC comments that, "in Leeds there have been

.( + 14 SQUABBLING OVER SMALL FRY Think that moving into your own digs will give you a never before known sense of freedom? explains that it's not all plain-sailing when trying to keep afloat of house finances.

ILLS. BILLS, BILLS. The Tension and argument with housemates over the successfully navigate the possible pitfalls of moments of our university lives, and the Terror of Moving from House to Halls. So responsibility of bill payment. It's quite a problems with your housemates, it's not too inevitable downsides just add to Byou've found your house, moved in, and contrast to come from a living environment uncommon for issues to arise with neighbours, the fun. managed to cram all of your pots and pans into where bills are often included in the rent, or paid particularly if they are of the non-student the inevitably spatially-challenged cupboards. as a lump sum at the beginrung of the year, to vanety. Noise complaints are one of the obvious words/ emillie ruston Now the politics of living in a student house one where the responsibility of regular bill ways in which animosity can build up between begin. Moving into a house for the first tirne paying falls on the residents. Tension can arise students and their neighbours and whilst differs from most students' experience of first­ when one housemate is seen to use more of any we're encouraged to try and befriend year accommodation in halls, and these one utility than everyone else, and more them from the beginning this prospect differences can sometimes be the root of commonly when it comes to actually paymg the is commonly sidelined in favour of re­ conflict and tension. Given that some students bills. In fact, nearly 40 percent of students said immersing ourselves in Leeds life. start house hunting as early as January, a lot can they had at some point paid more than their fair Having said all of thfo, the change by the time July, and move-in day, share of the bills in order to make up for others years spent living in a arrives. Unlike accommodation as a fresher not paying. Whilst it can be a considerable house will almost when you have no choice over your flatmates, change moving from halls to a certainly tum out to the decision of who to live with is now up to you, house, it is possible to reduce the contain some of the and in some cases the friends we make in our risk of arguments and tensions in best first semester aren't necessarily the ones we're your new home. Lawrence Gold, an going to want to live with by the end of our expert from a finance-related BBC second year. How are we meant to know so early programme, makes a number of on that one of our future housemates blow· dries suggestions: he says that the his hair four times a day, or that one of them responsibility for bill payment likes to listen to the calming sound of drum and should be shared, that a rota of bill bass as they fall asleep? All of this means that, at payment should be stuck on the best, teething problems are likely, and at worst, fridge, and that everyone that serious conflicts will arise. One major signs up for direct difference between living in halls and houses debits. Of course, that tends to lead to situations in the latter even if you category is bills. According to researd1 from TV manage to Licensing, over a third of students studying in Yorkshire and Humberside have had at least one • • • • • • LS2 inside thr e/ octon r/ o:eroe1ght/ www.lee dsstudent.org CO-HABITING IN A II PIG STY

Lager-loaded layabouts and lazy days ... LS investigates what it's like to live in a testosterone-fuelled temple.

ine boys, 1000 bottles of beer, sub standard levels of hygiene. Welcome to my house. I arrived back in Leeds after summer filled with excitement at the prospect of my new home, but also filled with trepidation. What had I let my self in for? Yes, they were all good mates, but they were also complete morons. How would we Nsu rvive without burning down the house, starving to death or catching some horrific disease from whatever was lurking at the bottom of the sink? My scepticism was well placed. I was the first back, and so my entrance was more like visiting Pete Doherty's crack den than moving into my new home. Not only had someone wiped their arse wit h the colossal pile of post that had been blocking the door, but the living room was coated in a thick white dust bat I later discovered had once been the contents of our fire extinguishers. I wiled away the first solitary week pretending I was Indiana Jones spring cleaning the Temple of Doom. However, now that the rest of the animals have arrived at the zoo, I must admit that the positives of living in a nine bedroom house far outweigh the negatives, as long as you keep m mind a few basic rules. Top six tips on how to lose friends and alienate people: On entering your room after a night out, 2 3 remember to first check for lasagne boxes full of 1 • urine and any other hazards that considerate • Make sure al least one of your neighbours may have left out for you. housemates is camped outside the Landlord's/estate agents for the first few weeks as you iron out If you discover that one of yout the small print such as damp, housemates has OCD, exploit their blocked drains, and the family of condition Lo the full. Get them Georgian refugees holed up bleaching the kitchen floor at two in the basement. in the morning or cleaning the windows while you watch TV .. It's okay, roaches make better company than your friends anyways.

On arriving home after a weekend away, keep Never wash up unless there are calm when informed that your room was used as witnesses. Make as much noise as • a youth hostel/ brothel/cricket pitch/nuclear 4. possible and sigh loudly with the odd testing site. Just close your door, change the obscenity hissed under your sheets and wait till they're away before exacting breath. This way all your your revenge. As in the wild, student houses housernates will know the follow a strict hierarchy, so keeping the balance level of your sacrifice and the of power is extremely important. ff you follow depth of your suffering. all these rules, congratulations. You are the king of the jungle, the puppet master pulling all the strings, the envy of all your peers ... or just a complete dick. Good luck. words p..i.ul go~d Hierarchy: Yonng bucks compete to be the alpha male It by some miracle you have cooked yourself a square meal that contains fresh vegetables with 5. no pasta and sauce in sight, it is obligatory to subtly advertise this fact to the poor hung over wretches in your living room. Any leftovers Cleaning: HELLZ NAW MUST be placed in the fridge and NOT shared with ANYONE else.

No sharing allowed. Let them wallow in a puddle of their own tears and Pot Noodle .

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oining the Leeds Student takes ·guts. print. That way you'll get more of an make the call whether an all this, just for a crummy free paper? Well There are so many people pushing idea of what we're looking for article is suitable and get most of us love doing it, there's great Jtheir way in to get printed that it's and 1t will be more likely the flack if we can't print banter and 'camaraderie' in the team and easy to get overwhelmed by all the that you'll do better something that many of us find long lasting friendships jockeying for articles and walk away at when you come someone has spent (and loves) in the office. Socials are the your first try. The key is to keep coming to the bigger many long hours best, particularly Thursday night pub back for more and don't be put off if your articles. writing for us. We quizzes in the Old Bar after a stressful day first article isn't printed. The best tip for Being also have to pick 'putting the paper to bed', as Leeds getting involved is to read the Leeds part of the sub­ up the pieces Student is sent to the printers on this Student. An obvious thing to say but the editors is a when someone night. paper is split into news, features, fashion, whole other 'forgets' to send television, comment, (the list goes on) and experience. We a piece in on Leeds Student meets every Friday at 5pm it's really useful to know which section never stop, as by time, and at the paper office, upstairs in the union. you'd like to write for. Some of the the time we've have to sections have a specific way of writing that commissioned all makeup words/ maddy mcgarrie can be quite tricky to get your head round, articles and laid them some and little things like if you've written in out on the page we'll be article first person can stop an article from being searching for the topics on 'the printed. Also it can be a good starting for the next issue. We stay point to go for smaller articles, such as the till late in the evening political reviews in the television section, as it struggling with stupid Mac situation in Tibet' gives you good practice for when you want computers and tricky software last minute while we are to go for the bigger ones. It also gets you that only a handful of the team already busy trying to layout past the first step of seeing your writing in ever truly master. We have to all the other pages. Why do we do

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t may come as a surprise to any someone please tell me, has the newcomers to Leeds that somewhere soundsystem in Stylus always been that WAX:ON good? Crystal clear and beautifully digital, Ideep in the bowels of the Student Union building there in fact exists one of these sounds shook my musical inner core the city's finest music venues. Whenever and left my ears ringmg 'til the morning Wax:On comes to town, this place (maybe a sign I should start wearing transforms from a tame daytime hangout earplugs?) 2008 · to a veritable electro haven. SMD played the crowd like puppets, we This time round was no exception. were entirely at their mercy. We jumped, With a cracking line up of firm Wax:On we danced, we begged for more. They St lus favourites (Simian Mobile Disco, X-Press dropped dancefloor favourite 'Kids' by 2, People Get Real, Filthy Dukes) this MGMT mid set, eliciting a collective groan night really set the tone for the quality of of euphoria from us all; we were putty in Leeds night that will undoubtedly grace Leeds their hands and they bloody well knew it. again and again this year. We all stayed until the bitter end. People Get Real did a fine job of This night reaffirmed my love for c11;1vzua--1,,~ warming up the eager crowd; in fact by the electro. Get yourself down to Wax:On on time X-Press 2 took over, almost the October 25th, where we will see Plump whole dancefloor was packed out. Darlings DJs [Finger Lickinl, Shadow Dancer [Boys Union of the electro scene Simian Mobile Disco Noize Records) and London's east London were of course the highly anticipated party starters Disco Bloodbath. See you at headliners, but I must admit was slightly the frontl skeptical of the DJ set instead of a live act. Five minutes into their set, my words and photo/ jessica ferrow preconceptions had disappeared and been replaced with utter rapture - damn these guys know what they're doing! And

Claude Von Stroke @ back2basics (MyHouse)

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o you're the kind of student who knocks and Herculean drops. already knows that there is a lot Once again, basics was buzzing with a Smore to the Leeds clubbing scene crowd who were literally jumping for joy, than 'the gauntlet' running from Yates' attempting to grab the cargo netting wine lodge down to Tiger Tiger, but where above as Buckley and Ralph Lawson built do you go to experience the best of the them up superbly with their distinctive other side of Leeds? Well, if in your sound. Then at 3 a.m., fresh from playing younger days you were a fan of dance at Circus in Liverpool Claude Von Stroke music or if you're already searching for (or a Chris Moyles look a-like) hit the some punchy, rhythmic techno then basics clientele with an eruption of base 'back2basics' at My House has to be of fuelled techno as the middle hours of the serious consideration for you this year. night reached a fever pitch of smiling, Having played an immensely popular 4 bouncing and dancing. The man from San hour set back at the club in February. Francisco was bopping away as always My House launched it's freshers' week with behind the decks, allowing the last half of the return of Claude Von Stroke. his set to become a little more melodic and One reason to enjoy back2basics' this playing some of his more famous wonky year is the quality of the residents and house tracks such as 'The Whistler' and their particular brand of swinging techno. 'Whose Afraid of Detroit?' to round off his Still a resident but no longer a regular, 3 hour set at 6 a.m. In another great night Paul Woolford has arguably become the for 'back2basics', the name somehow most famous son of the basics residency, manages to further grow in stature and appearing at 'We Love Space' in Ibiza and should definitely be a clubbing date at regularly featuring at the summer's top some point for all looking to escape the dance festivals. Ralph Lawson and gauntlet and the Mezz monopoly this Buckley are not too far behind and have year. There is a reason why this is the been two of the key cogs keeping the well­ UK's longest running weekly club night. oiled MyHouse machine at the forefront of the Leeds clubbing scene, wi ~h their unique selection of tech-house. clicks, words/ jake ryan

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nlike all freshers events offered so far, you can tell that this one is U 100% about music. With names such as Andy C, N-Type, Dillinga and Alix Perez on the bill, coupled with the enourmous Valve soundsystem, this was always going to be massive - and it didn't disappoint. In the Dubstep room N-Type served up a trademark set of the newest and most exclusive tunes, all mixed to perfection. As always, this south London Dj pulled everyone from the bar to the nearest speaker stack as he dropped a collection of deep, dark riddims from the hottest producers around. Tunes such as Chase & Status' massive 'Eastern Jam' and the Caspa's absolutely stomping 'Where's my Money remix' saw a collection of people from around the country all dancing to the beat of one very loud, very deep 2-step drum. Upstairs in Pulse, we were treated to a monster, 3-hour set from Alix Perez and this guy can mix! Somehow he seemed to push the system even harder than anyone else tonight, unleashing monstrous sub basslines that physically rattled my chest. His flawless blending of liquid D'n'B made sure that the crowd never stopped, and the room had enough space to move and even to get service at the bar. In the main room, Andy C showed just why he is such a Drum 'n' Bass legend. Playing to a completely packed out room resh from the Valve Soundsystern playing a set of south American flavoured of ravers he played a mix of tunes that blowing peoples faces off (and drum and bass. Perhaps the real highlight make Pendulum sound like a lullaby. Fresulting in a trip to the ear doctor of the evening will be Chase and Status Though at times his set was a little for me!), Metropolis is back for another performing live along with Plan B and predictable, mixing in too many bass fuelled belter. Yes, on the 10th of guest MCs, before scene dominators commercial tunes for my liking, I have to October, Metropolis returns to Leeds Pendulum finally tear the warehouse to its say that there is possibly no-one else on Victoria Works for its 6th Birthday Party. foundations. the D'n'B scene who can work a crowd like Diversifying away from just being a drum With such a musical selection and not a he can. Though the music isn't really my and bass night, further DJs on the night weak name on the bill, it'll feel like your cuppa tea, the reaction of the majority of will represent breaks and dubstep. birthday as well. Happy 6th Birthday people there was of pure energy and joy. Starting the nights entertainment and Metropolis!! Make sure you don't forgot After all, isn't that why we go dubbing in 'Keeping it Unreal' all night in The Engine to visit Mr Scruffs Tea Stall! the first place? Room, will be none other than the master Tickets: £15 + b/f' - Available from All in all this was a top, top night and if of musical marathon sets, Mr Scruff. The www.ticketweb.co.uk, Crash, Jumbo, and Valve does come back to Leeds then if you Body Shop sees The Freestylers playing Tribe Records. like your basslines heavy, and your kick their mix of breakbeat, dubstep bigboys, drums to kick you, then be there. Skream and Benga B2B and DJ Marky words/ sam don nison words/ ryan finbar and sam donnison

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Wicked Words feat. Kate Fox @SEVEN Arts Centre 01/10/08

Wicked Words is an open rnic poetry night. For those of you about to move on, hastily turning the page, desperate not to be seen as 'pretentious' (for all you arts students) or 'arty' (for everyone else) please lay aside your prejudices for 300 words. And then you can pretend you were reading something else. Wicked Words, hosted by the completely charming Brendan McPartlin, is not arty, or pretentious, or intimidating. It is about people from their early twenties to early seventies writing and performing poetry, and despite the friendly non-critical atmosphere, the standard is incredibly high. Held in the soothing environs of the Seven Arts centre in Chapel Town, Wicked Words has got to be the most stimulating and charismatic alternative to the mind-numbing, spirit­ crushing repeated returns to iigerTiger' et al. that are prevalent in Leeds. Subjects range A sarcastic edge of English cynicism suitably appreciate her earnest outlook in from feeling inadequate whilst standing next to How To Lose Friends this is not, however (not to spoil the ending in contrast to the vapid vortex that Sharps incredibly stylish gay men, to evil birds who ANY way ... ). A more light-hearted element is magazine comes to represent. force twitchers to fall down gorges with their and Alienate People offered to the upturned faces in the audience, l lonestly, the adverts don't do this nest placement. Starring/ Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, making How To Lose Friends and Alienate film credit, taking key scenes out of context and The highlight of the night had to be Megan Fox, Jeff Bridges People enjoyable rather than a stinging critique leaving them foundering in forced laughter; in headlining act Kate Fox. "But I'm five foot Director/ Robert Weide of the world of journalism. It's not exactly a the aisles though, the majority of moments seven with size eight feet" she lamented in her heartening ride through the upper echelons of generate genuine comedy. Pegg treads the fine How To Lose Friends and Alienate People­ magazine politics, so don't watch with an eye to line between idiocy and intelligence, leaving after such an auspicious film title, it's impossible increase your potential job chances (third-year Sidney an appealingly odd rebel, rather than to predict how Sidney Young (Simon Pegg) will English students, take note). skin-tingling. repulsive pervert. Whilst it is a end up. Set in NewYorkformuchofthe Megan Fox offers a supreme comic little tiring to see Pegg constantly placed as proceedings, the film charts the inexplicable rise performance as the pouting. posing prick stereotypical English idiot against a slick US of Sidney to the top of Harpers' Bazaar take-off, teasing actress Sophie Maes, seductively sliding collection of groomed "celebs" (I doubt any Brit Sharps magazine. If it's your average British into swimming pools and Pegg's character's would find the lager lout behaviour of Sidney at loser-drama. steeped in English irony and mind alike with practised ease. Kirsten Dunst is a posh party particularly amusing), the cross­ unhappy endings, presumably that would be the invisible love interest Alison - invisible to Atlantic banter certainly has its charm. And alone, infected with a killer virus on the Sidney that is but in the wonderful tradition of when have the Brits ever had a problem with unfamiliar streets of Manhattan, drooling in a screen and stage, we, the audience, are aware of poking fun at the Yanks? It's almost (but not poem 'Small Girlfriend,' where she pondered pool of sludge-coloured rainwater, whilst a it all along. Magid She's a cutesy character, quite) giving us our dues. why men go for smaller women and her tramp pisses on rum. without much to love or loathe, but we can words/ vicky ellis conclusion seemed very logical, in that they make 'his willy look really long'. This kind oflaugh-out-loud humour, which can be heard on Radio 4's Saturday Live, makes it umque. The meshed a medley of comedy, poetry and Finding Sculpture in Henry Moore Institute perfonnance and meant that Fox gave a show claims that the pieces are which was unrivalled by few others. the Decorative Arts 'holding functionality With her beloved pink ukulele as sidekick, @ Henry Moore Institute hostage to their own Kate Fox sparked a visual and aural explosion 01/10/08- 04/01/09 magnificence'. And with for the eyes and the ears and her fast paced this I would agree. 111e poetry ranged from why she will not spit, but The newly opened 'Taking Shape" exhibition sculptures no longer feel swallows, to the poignant piece about receiving deals fundamentally in pushing the boundaries antiquated and garish, her late father's hat as an heirloom. of what constitutes sculpture. Long gone are the but standing against the All the poems were short, snappy, witty and dean lined, abstract shapes so emblematic of blank canvas of the engaging, with Fox's unique brand of feminism modern sculpture; instead, as the gallery doors exhibition's spacious stamped on them, in a way that men with opened, I found myself entering into an almost white walls, they appear potentially small penises were still left gaudy exposition of seventeenth and eighteenth timeless and worthy of chuckling to Fox's dulcet Northern tones. century decorative art. Presented on neon pink the title 'sculpture'. words/ nali sivathasan and emi1y barran pedestals stood the kind of statues and furniture The exhibits one would immediately associate with a stately undoubtedly highlight home. Yet stripped of their context and the the sheer excess and GOOD AS GOLD: weight of heavy curtained, dimly lit Coming to an opulence of the IKEA near you surroundings they felt utterly new, revived and seventeenth and > > > PolarBear (feature_d on. improved. eighteenth century.Almost every piece is considering objects in pairs and the space they Radio 1) is displaying his lyncal I have to confess that the chance of attending drenched in a gold polish and most are made of command in-between them, room two the genius at Sticks and Stones open an exhibition exclusively devoted to sculpture marble or bronze. There is a constant functionality of these sculptures, and room rnic night 7 .30pm on Tues 7~ Oct was one I did not totally jump at. I have always consciousness that these pieces originate from three the illustrations that inspired the at Strawbenyfields. Also being preferred pain tings, which seemed less the era of Louis XIV and are the kind of sculptures, the 'graphic fantasy'. Particular interviewed on LSRfm next week imposing. However this exhibition's demonstrations of wealth that drove France to highlights of the exhibition are: number 5, combination of functionality and sculptural revolution. Boreas Abducting Orithyia (after a model by > > > Burlesque extravaganza eloquence introduced a new perspective. Suffice The exhibition consists of just three rooms Gaspard Marsy); number 17, Oock Movement Fund.raiser 7pm-l 2am Sun 5th to say the presentation of two sugar shakers as a and is modest in its range of works, displaying (by Jean ·Jacques Fieffe); and finally number 21, Oct in the Victoria Quarter piece of sculpture obliterated any conception I statues, tables, candle stands and much more. Torchere (by Pieter de Swart). >>>AUDITIONS for Playhouse might have had of sculpture's boundaries. However, the intricacy and detail of each work Creatures by April de Angelis 5- Ultimately the exhibition is as much an will fill any visitor's time satisfactorily. Each 7pm Mon 6th Oct in Workshop interior design show as a sculptural exhibition room assumes a loose theme: room one words/ natasha Uoyd-owen but the refreshing isolation of each ornate work Theatre

- - • • • • • • • ~d~21 three/ october/ zeroeighV www.leedsstudent.org Peter Crouch and Postman Pat'. He followed this with 45minutes of fast paced material, FACE THE MUSIC: Comedy Sessions Piano stools have ~ging from the terror of breaking through always had @Hifi airport security to avoid soiling himself in sodomitical appeal Bankok, to the annoyance ofhis printer's 27/09/08 annual rebellion. Winner of Channel 4's 2003, 'So You Think You're Funny?', previously won by the likes of Dylan Moran and Peter Kay, You know a show is Tom will be a name to look out for in bigger ello Hello. Welcome to the going to be good when arts shows. Hi-Fi's friendly page. The one and ONLY place to After a short interval Steve Hughes find the sexiest damn selection of bouncer rushes you in H took the headline slot of the night. An ex heavy arts coverage in THE WORLD. Or at least then encourages your metal drummer from Sydney, Steve has made a Leeds. mates to go buy a name for himself across television stand up. co-editor of the page, my aim is to round whilst you Steve abandoned audience interaction in favour pen up this shiny, glistening, collect the tickets, pre­ of topical comments on ridiculously estimably appetising realm of ordered at £10.00 unnecessary health and safety, leading into a creative indulgence to each and every one each. set surrounding politically focused comedy. of you... Like some sort of fairy godmother It's this fun, Whilst topical subjects went down well, more who OD'don pink lemonade. But without efficient approach to hosting that makes Hi-Fi a obscure tangents along the lines of global the compromising drug habit. great venue for a comedy night. With a large conspiracies alienated some of the audience. oetry nights are my current most crowd of over 200 people, the simplistic yet However, highlights included extreme covetable snack, so if you know of any stylish decor of the club gave a sophisticated Australian manliness, calling upon 'Straight new 'uns, please let me know. If not, atmosphere, whilst the £10.95 buckets of P being the new gay' and how X-Factor is the go to ALL of the ones we feature here, they Tuborg and Savarmah Oder catered to the perfect cure to the Credit Crunch. are all SCRUMPTIOUS, DELECTABLE. more basic needs of the under 30's dominated Whilst the same acts appeared at the Library And as such, you could probably last for a Don't You Leave audience. The only gripe would be the lack of pub only a week earlier for a mere £6.00, Hi-Fi's week on poem consumption alone. seating. covering only a quarter of the floor Me Here ticket price also includes entry to the Boogaloo Supplemented with the odd Amaretto and space. dub night after the comedy has finished. Cranberry, of course. For the sceptics out @ West Yorkshire Playhouse The night's fun began with Dominic Nevertheless, Hi-Fi's comedy never failed to there, just try it. 27/09/08 - 18/10/08 Woodward, acting as presenter rather an than create a laugh, drew a fun outgoing audience are so lucky to have such an act in his own right. His small set engaged the and held the intimacy that only small comedy msanely vibrant city in Leeds, the Expectations of Don't Leave Me Here, a audience with comments on several heckling venues can carry. ange of opera, music, drama, collaboration of Jelly Roll Morton and Tony groups as well as designating Zoe from W Catch the Comedy Sessions @ Hifi dance, poetry (woo!), art and general Jackson's music, combining their Rag Time Huddersfield as his cheerleader for the night. every Saturday night. cultural clutter to make any art lover an Jazz with the story of their struggle to Tom Wrigglesworth won over the fulfil OCDfreak. audience immediately with his spot-on their dreams against all odds, are about as words/ nick mckenzie ee ye next week! bleak as the suburbs of Inverness. However, confession to looking like 'a cross between Love from Miss Ellis xxx as the curtains were raised Jackson's (Giles Terera) relaxed and fluid physicality when S playing the piano, in contrast with his following spasmodic fumbling across the seedy Storyville bar of 1906, immediately .Jackofi relayed the escapism which these artists gained from music. IHearts --·,· ,...Jl' ;' ~·:J'•• ,, ' ' The intensity with which Morton (name of z!,iJ,,. .. ,;. •.. ,._... •. .ii: actor) then projected his speech of ambition, llo sausages, gang-a-lang-a-lang, attempting to lock eye contact with each and I'm Jack the taller and cooler arts every audience member, and Jackson Eeditor here at LS. Vicky does the lamented race discrimination had the thinking, I do the kicking. Vicky is pote~tial of becoming uncomfortable. Yet, well-cultured, accessible and good for the hi~h quality of acting and perfect line you like a Yakult, where as I am execution ~ade their plights so convincing obscure and vanquished like a retired that eve.~ lmes risking over sentimentality, sailor sitting in a 1950s deckchair in ~uch as I m black and evil and I'm scared', your garden wrapped in a silver shock elped sustain an impressively moving first blanket wearing last season's scene. Disappointingly, this was not to last Meschino sunglasses. for long. ut enough about me, and more All in the space of three minutes, writer Oare about the Leeds arts scene. There Brown fell into the fatal trap of Bis a maelstrom of primary­ overwhelming the audience with Jackson's coloured creativity going on over the adolescent issues of sex, drugs and loneliness next few days. Look out for the :te wi~ racism, homosexuality, epilepsy The Wackness with a subtle comedy that really makes you fr syphilis. Suddenly what had been a Playhouse Creatures auditions on laugh out loud There are no cheap gross-out ~e eshingly slow paced and moving piece Starring/ Josh Peck, Ben Kingsley, Olivia Monday, as well as some other grand­ gags but instead a depth that engages with ecame unrealistic, through an unfortunate Trilby, Mary-Kate Olsen slam productions currently in issues such as love and happiness. At some acc~ler_ation towards dramatic cliches of embrionic stages like A Streetcar pmnts the film feels slow moving. but soon preiudice. The effectively minimalist stage Sex, drugs and Notorious B.I.G ... are what Named Desire. you11 realise this is just the pace of Luke's fuzzy, tr~sformed into a set of excessively really makes Luke (Josh Peck) tick. He's a dopey he vintage fashion fair is on stoned existence. ~mored walls. It can only be assumed that dope dealer from the Upper Eastside of Sunday, and so is the farmers The script is quick and comic, and it is s w_as a trite attempt to 'reflect the self- Manhattan with arguing parents and no market. What better way to wonderfully delivered by the cast, especially Ben T consaous mus1· . ' . bili· th friends, who turns to his eccentric therapist Dr spend the pending sabbath than li . oans ma ty to escape e Kingsley, who will have you questioning your mits of their skin colour', yet for me it Squires (Ben Kingsley) for advice. splashing out on piles of fresh broccoli life as well as cringing. The Wackness could be merely che d . Luke's big problem is that he isn't getting 1aid', and flash bangles. Wha apene a scnpt of great potential. seen as a mixture of Donnie Darke and The and neither is Squires, so this odd pair embark ·ght. Unfo~nately I've just raced t could have been successfully symbolic O.C., - it's the melodrama of teen life with a costume changes after the interval on a 'beaver hunt" with comic consequences. nto the office and we go to print pinch of reality, narcotics and self-hatred Even conseq tl ' Th.is may sound a little trashy but The n twenty minutes, so this week's U d ~en Y started to feel contrived. though the story centrally addresses divorce, Rl i n eruably, this production achieves an Wackness is a far cry from the usual teen 'sex collumn is subsequently a bit of a bad heartbreak and suicide, you11 leave the cinema pm~ressive relationship between musical pact' drama. Instead of experimenting with egg, but I hope you are enjoying this feeling uplifted, as the film has a strange e ormance and drama. apple pie and band geeks, Luke ends up sleeping week's LS, I find the newspaper goes with Squires' daughter, the beautiful and bored lightness and innocence. best with brie and a glass of cheap Stephanie (Olivia Trilby). words/ lottie kirk words/ anna denhohn wine. Th.is film delicately balances real, gritty T 'rah pals. JC x email jack and miss ellis, [email protected]

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I 00 Essential Things You Midnight's Daughter You're Bookered Didn't KnowYou Didn't Karen Chance Tom Knowles takes a look at the 2008 Booker shortlist Know JohnBarrow One is about the opium wars in 19th century rndia. Another goes into deep detail on Sheffield during Thatchensm. Then there's the story of a 100 year old Irish woman locked up in a mental hospital recalling her life during the Troubles. The othe1 three are based in Australia, India and 1970s London. So - not really looking in to the here and now for the current Booker prize shortlist then. But as the critics have been saying these novels show how the past affects the present. Perhaps in our current fear of the world destroying itself through the meltdown of the economy or global CO 2 emissions it is only natural to turn to the past for guidance and nostalgia. Well maybe, but what else have the Booker judges been searching for in their selection of the final six? The chairman, Conservative MP Michael Portillo, said they were looking for stories that were 'immensely readable' and 'page-turning'. This is fortunate as The Northern Clemency by Philip Hensher and Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh both look like a year should be put aside to get through them, whilst 700 page long A Frc1Ltion of tbe Whole by Australian writer Steve Toltz at first seems better used for a doorstop than actual reading material. There is a problem about books that Midnight's Daughteris not just another Another good aspect of these books being page turners is some of the past winners attempt to explain science and vampire fantasy. The fast paced-action, have been intimidatingly difficult to get through or just incredibly boring. Salman mathematical concepts to readers who have vivid characters and sexual tension (I Rushdie's Midnight's Children, the winner of the Booker of the Bookers prize, is known no knowledge of them. Maths is a difficult wouldn't recommend this book for to have many - including publishers and critics - put the book aside 100 pages or so in. subject, and there are reasons why it is children!) make it a novel to enthral any As for 1985's winner The Bone People by Keri Hulme .. Well, let's just say maybe the taught in a classroom; it requires reader with a taste for escapist judges should have paid greater attention to the 200 publishing houses that originally concentration, practice and a certain level of entertainment. turned the author down. intellect - so 100 Things wasn't exactly a Th.is book is the first in a new This year's shortlist has stunned literary critics with its light read. urban fantasy series by the New York Times notable exception. Most were sure Salman Rushdie's The John Barrow's book, which sets bestselling author Karen Chance, fresh from Enchantress of Florence would emerge as one of the final six, out to provide examples of mathematical her popular Cassandra Palmer series. It including former Booker judge John Sutherland who promised solutions to real-world problems, therefore follows Dorina Basarab, a half human, half he would eat the novel if it were not nominated. Let's hope falls down at the first hurdle. The structure vampire hybrid known as a dhampir, who books taste good in a curry for Mr Sutherland then as doesn't help either. With one-hundred small has survived for 500 years whilst trying to Rushdie's novel was rejected early on. Broadcaster Hardeep chapters each explaining a new idea, there is subdue the mad, uncontrollable rages that Singh Kohli, one of the judges, described Rushdie's writing as simply not enough attention paid to each ensure most dhampirs live very short lives. 'patchy'. one, and the overall effect becomes rather These rages only intensify when The winner of the Booker is awarded £50 000 and patchy. Taking a mere three pages to Dorina's best friend and healer, Claire, goes widespread press support but does it help bring quantify gravitational perturbation, a missing and in her search for her, Dorina public attention to novels they might otherwise process affecting planetary orbits, was not must first help her father imprison the only have ignored? Ian Oldfield, at Waterstone's just ambitious, but to be quite frank, a bit thing that truly scares her; the oldest and Leeds, is unsure: 'It all depends on the book. If pointless. most notoriously evil vampire around - her it's something that people haven't seen the likes However, pockets of this book Uncle Dracula. of before, such as Vernon God Little, then it were very amusing. The collection of quotes Even worse, Dorina's father will reach out to a much larger audience than that marks the beginning of each chapter demands that she work with the very otherwise, but if it's say, another Salman provided witty introductions to Barrow's gorgeous but very arrogant master Rushdie book, then that will only be bought topics. For example 'Statistics are like a swordsman Louis-Cesare, a French vampire by those who would have read him anyway.' bikini. What they reveal is suggestive, but who hates Dhampirs but nonetheless So, who will it be? The bookies have Sea of what they conceal is vital', was one of many creates a lot of unwanted chemistry for our Poppies as the most likely with current odds little phrases that added to the quirky poor heroine. being placed at 2 1. Whoever wins will appeal of 100 Things. Add to this plenty of magic, gore, undoubtedly have the champagne flowing and It would also be wrong to say that trolls and strange beasts, set against the others fuming. Yet in the end it seems it is up to us, there is nothing to take from the book. grimy backdrop of present-day urban USA, the readers and buyers, to decide whether we will Chapter 15 - Racing Certainties - -.is and you have the makings of an exciting deem this a new classic or just a useful doorstop. particularly interesting, where Barrow page-turner. While this book may not h~ve outlines the mathematical approach to the lush classical descriptions of Anne Rice, The Miracle of Grace interestingly uses the voices of both successful betting, as is Chapter 42 - Secret it delivers a consistent pace of action and characters in alternating chapters so you Codes In Your Pocket-which explains how fighting, as well as drawing you in to make Kate Kerrigan really get a feel for why each woman acts the credit cards are protected from online fraud. you care about the characters and their Now I love a good way they do. John Barrow is an established fates. girly novel as much Grace mostly discusses her present, Maths Professor at Cambridge University, Dhampirs (made popular in Balkan a,• as the next girl, but whereas Eileen, her mother, reflects on how and was the recipient of the world's biggest folklore and vampire fiction) are outca~ts t? I'm afraid to say that she has spent her life up until this point. academic cash award, the annual $1.4 both humans and vampires, and Midnights this left me wanting This sets the book apart from others in its million Templeton Prize, set up to Daughter makes good use of these cor1:fl1cts. just a little bit more. genre as the little snippets from Eileen's past encourage more dialogue between Science However, this book takes place firmly in the Like many books out give the story a historical twist. and Religion. As highly regarded as he is in present, and it is refreshing to read a . there at the minute However, what does disappoint the intellectual world, a more polished vampire novel as heavy on action as it ts on Kerrigan looks at the slightly is the fact that neither character is execution of this work would undoubtedly history and politics. Whilst I would not say tricky relationship particularly sympathetic, so as the book raise Barrow's profile in the literary world. this book is an absolute classic of its genre, l between a mother develops you struggle to feel as strongly for But he has one foot through the certainly enjoyed the ride, and for anyo~e and daughter. It the characters as you know you should. door. curious, I'd say it's worth a good, hard bite. begins with Grace finding on a to-do list Having said this, this book is written by her mother, below many perfect if, like me, you enjoy passing a quiet Published 16th October Published 2nd October household chores, "Tell GI have Ovarian Sunday afternoon curled up on the sofa with words/ joseph riach words/ Jizp~ Cancer, probably terminal". Grace is a cuppa and a sweet read. If you persevere understandably shocked by the news and through the slightly, dare I say, tiresome few through her anger at being told in such a way chapters in the middle I promise you will be Literature Heads up North we begin to see the cracks in the pair's rewarded. The ending, though sad, is The ~nu~ Ilkley Literature Festival sees some of the biggest names in publishing descend upo~d relationship. strangely uplifting as both characters begin our_rat1:Y little ~Omer.of West Yorkshrre for two weeks of readings, workshops, perfonn_ancesa How they deal with the news forms to find peace with each other. exhib1ttons. This years festival opens today and runs until the 19th. Tickets are still available for the basis of the story and Kerrigan words/ lauren kane over 100 events, many of which are free. Reserve online at www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk ----~------LS2 23 inside three/ october/ zeroe1ght/ www.leedsstudent.org How's this for a novel idea? Evie Prysor-Jones asks: 'Are 'IV adaptations keeping the classics alive, or are we losing the essence of the book?'

Em ma, Persuasion, Mansfield Park and, of on individual interpretation but quite how written by Guy Andrews, takes Prejudice in 3D. Everything m the story course, my favourite, Pride and Prejudice. much do we lose from the author's adaptations one step further; we actually starts falling apart in Elizabeth's absence Everyone's heard of these classics, but imagination? For example, the famous wet merge into the Austen wo rl d. The story is and poor Amanda is left trying to sort it why? It is because their author Jane shirt scene in Pride and Prejudice; Darcy based around a portal that forms in the out while being completely out of place in Austen, wrote so beautifully about women dives, whilst wearing a conveniently see 2008 bathroom of a world she loves. and love in such a timeless way that they through white shirt, into a trout pond and Amanda Price. The As a true Austen fan I thought il would be still move us today. then walks, glistening wet, through his portal joins this a disaster, messing around too much with I am a prime example of someone beautiful grounds of Pemberley. In world with the fictional world and l was terrified I whose imagination has been invaded Austen's book Darcy would never dive into that of the would lose the naive ideal l have of the howeve r, by TV adaptations. Though my a trout pond. However, in the TV characters. But... I loved it. Following this love fo r Mr Darcy sprang from the book at adaptation this scene is very important fellow Austen fan into the Austen world an ea rly age it is Colin Firth (in Darcy because it points out with a large the characters became less perfect but so dress) who takes pride of place on my wall. neon sign Darcy's sex much more real. I found il hilariously If someone says "Elizabeth Bennett" is it appeal. In the book funny being forced to see how someone shameful to immediately think of Jennifer Darcy is constantly like me would actua ll y act in a world to Ehle or, as much as I truly regret, Keira oozing with sex which I love to escape. Knigh tley? appeal but it's What would Jane Austen thmk of - l always watch th e adaptations, subtle and polite the playing around with her masterpieces? even if it bothers me that the actress which adds hugely I feel inclined to think that while she may playing Jane looks like a Womble. I can to the charm of the be protective over her work, she herself watch them because I know the stories story. ln TV, we was also a force for change. The very fact anyway, so minor mistakes in characters lose that. It's an that she wrote these stories changed her and plot can be overlooked. But what amazing scene, which life and the perception of female writers in about non-Austen addicts wh o watch the l feel my life would general, and I think, importantly, she televi sion versions first before reading the have been lesser changed the perception of love. I am still books? No matter the skill of the without, but unsure how far we should push the producer, the TV adaptation will never be should it have boundaries of TV adaptations of our most as detailed as the book, and n o matter the been done? loved stories, whether that be Austen's, skill of the author, books generally need The Hardy's or Dickens'. But if they can do some tinkering for the medium of new TV something completely different and make television. programme, us love iL, maybe new interpretations are Adaptations by their nature rely Lost in Austen just keeping the love alive.

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XFactor Strictly Come Dancing Cheryl Cole. Need we say more? It's Ok so the X factor judges may have the Bollyoaks Bradley. Jase's funeral also takes place pretty obvious that she has more style dge over the Strictly lot, but unlike this week which Dawn and Billy and dancing ability than any of the them the celebrities in this show are the Strictly judges (Arlene Phillips anyone?) ones making fools of themselves on the Frankie will break the news to Newt struggle with.s But seriously this programme does dance floor. Last week saw poor Gillian giat Jack is. in fact still alive. Calvin and indeed have the X factor, from the Taylforth have to bear the humiliation armel amve back to the village from beginning we can see the delusional of being the first woman Lo be thrown therr honeymoon. Niall has talks with a 'talented' hopefuls humiliated by Simon out, although 6ft lm Jodie Kidd was Coronation Street Cowell for our viewing pleasure as he also m the dance off. Also whilst X cutely concerned Torn about his sifts out all the freaks in an attempt to ~-elation~hip with Steph. Meanwhile an tactor may be climaxing in the live find some real singing capability. Those shows, Strictly has amazing costumes in~erfenng Mandy tries to take Dom's Tony, Carla, Liam and Maria arrive at . successful at the auditions were then all the way through and who doesn't mmd off of Tina and baby Max's the hotel for their weekend away. Mana moved on last week to boot camp and love a bit of sparkle? Then there's ~arentage. Mercedes should find out in naively content but Carla and Liam even more dreams were dashed and BBCl's secret ingredient which is the remain suspicious of Tony's motives. fake sob stories were made up. But the h e ~esults of her HIV test now Malachy best is yet to come as this week we get legend that 1s Brucie, who'd have as informed her she may be at risk. When Tony announces that he has to see mside the Judge's homes, and I guess ·d t 80 he'd still be dancing onto our saeens on a Saturday night?! Well I booked the girls into the spa while he can't wait to see what Cheryl's 1s like. takes Liam on a tour of the local caves, Obv10usly Danni Minogue's frozen face for one am pleased that he is, and Eastenders acLOmp nied by the lovely Tess Daly Liam's unease starts to grow. and lack of any discernable talent Tony · . herself does not work in the they make great presenters. Strictly is ma is gr~wmg anxious that Whitney programme's favour but I think the live good fun to watch while you're getting as Yhtell.Bianca about their relationship shows over the next coming weeks will ready to go out, just remember in the ands therefus es t o ~orne out o fh er room, more than make up for that. immortal words of Brucie; wherever you startme fact he his ~eter Beale is are ... keep dancing! words/Hatti Cawley ob . g to make things look a bit more 0 no: r:- hCallum and Stacey grow closer s e as cooled things off with

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Film of the week Friday 3rd October Saturday 4th October Little Britain USA Never Mind the Buzzcocks BBCl 9.30pm BBC2 10.00pm

Considering the epochal shift in American It may be a repeat, but the first time you finance and world status currently taking watched it you were probably laughing place, one would think the last things the ~oo h~rd to hear half the scalpel-pointedly Yanks needed were two smarmy Brits mtelhgent put-downs and come-backs descending upon their shores armed with that Simon Amstell keeps up his skinny silly voices and fat suits, ready to sink to pin striped sleeve, so why not watch it the very lowest of common denominators again. Among the guests laying their egos to extract a laugh from viewers. But never­ on the line this week are Harry Judd from theless Little Britain USA is with us for a McFly and Mark 'Look I flicked a switch whole rib tickling, stomach churning, and made this Smiths song sound a bit sense-a f-common -decency-offending different and now I got loadsa money and series. In all fairness, Walliams and Lucas Lily Allen comes round for tea' Ronson. do have a knack for comic staging and the Unfortunately no Bill Bailey this week but occasional moment of truly clever satire. it should be rather good nonetheless. We can only hope the new series has more Remember when Mark Lamarr used to of this and less of the bad taste for bad present it? Really? No- one? Not even a tastes sake of their more mean spirited bit? send-ups.

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Sunday 5th October Monday 6th October Tuesday 7th October The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008 Dispatches: The Hidden World of Lap The Sex Education Show Channel 4 9:00pm Dancing Channel 4 8pm Channel 4 9:00pm

Following on the success of the come­ The Dispatches team are hitting the streets As anyone who has attended school Sunday 05 October back show in 2006, The Secret Police­ yet again investigating topical issues and will know, sex education classes in 11:55am ITVl man's Ball is back again. For those of you opening our eyes to a world operating along­ Britain today are not really up to who missed it last time, it's a massive side us that we never even knew existed. This scratch, mostly involving a video from night when every comedian you can week they are studying whether the laws that the 80' s and an embarrassed biology If you're after something that art­ think of gathers for a good cause, in this decree lap-dancing dubs as 'public' entertain­ teacher. This series aims to break fully combines the classic Holly­ case Amnesty Internalional. Last year's ment as opposed to 'erotic' are encouraging down the taboo's we have talking wood staples of obstacle-enduring success, with the likes of Russell Brand prostitution in a growing sexual entertain about sex. Last week saw a vario friendship and aqua marine and the Mighty Boosh to Eddie Izzard, ment industry. This is a matter particularly eased genitals being shown to hoiti wildlife, then look no further than Dylan Moran and Sarah Silverman, guar­ dose the LUU's heart at the moment due to school children so it's not for the this week's film pick. The intense antees laughs a minute as the best of the the Pole Dancing Society controversy, as fainthearted or one to watch with a emotional connection between business get together. There are rumours strong fears that respectable students will be potential boy/girlfriend. You may just child and sea life centre attraction of a John Cleese appearance buzzing targeted for employment by the less learn a thing or two though and if you pervaded big screens in the around as well; making this one night respectable night time Leeds establishments. thought you were bad, there's a nineties with Flipper, Andre and that is worth staying in for. Worth a look if you are curious, or a perv. teenage girl on today's show who has Free Willy finally occupying the had 60 sexual partners. gaping hole in our lives for dol phin, seal and whale orientated Words/Serena Peddle Words/Serena Peddle Words/Hatti Cawley love stories. Cashing in on the pub­ lic's endless yearning for anthropo­ morphic sentimentality, the mak­ ers of Free Willy went on to make Wednesday 8th October Thursday 9th October not just one but eventually two The Family Hollyoaks sequels to this classic hit. Although Channel 4 9pm Channel 4 6:30pm the title of the first film practically begs for a cheap porn adaptation, For those that have seen the adverts this may In this episode Calvin is becoming inaeas· Free Willy 3: the Rescue is arguably come across as a light hearted comedy about ingly distracted and worried that the police as innocent and as heart wrenching a typical British family perhaps involving are going to find out abut Nige. Russ and as its predecessors, and will most some facts about families as a whole in Tina are trying their hardest to get along likely have you punching the air Britain today. I was fooled and naively with each other for the sake of Max, but above your head in a wave of "I've watched the first episode; the only fact I gath­ they can't seem to find any common just freed a friendly whale!" style ered was that this programme is a waste of ground and Louise is delighted that her and excitement. time. The family involved are The Hughes Warren have everything back on tra0 and and they agreed to take part in a 24hr obser­ asks Mandy to assist her in her wedding. va~onal pro~amme for an eight part 1V plans. Still a popular soap after 14 ye~rs, m senes, there JS little to no reason why they my opinion it attempts to tackle b1g~sues_ h~ve done this as I have never met a family in a sensible way but generally doesn than with so little charisma; even the arguments dle them any better than most soaps. are boring. Seriously you'II probably get more laughs watd1ing Silent Witness on BBCl. Words/Clare Pidsley Words/Hatti Cawley - Words/ Noni Garrett

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Friday 3rd October Saturday 4th October Agatha Christie's Poirot UFO-The Best Evidence Ever ITV32.55pm Caught On Tape ITV4 5 .35pm

Jf you need to exercise your little gray After a recent trip to Roswell USA l myself cells this is the thing to watch . The am slightly intrigued with America's wonderfully charming and polite little obsession with Aliens. The museum in round Belgian is on the man hunt once Roswell boasts over its "proof' of being a again . This time the sleuth is solvin g specialised area of strange encounters. In the puzzle of the stolen jewels, belong­ this programme Jonathan Frates. Also ing to a new opening play's leadin g lady. known as Commander William T. Riker It may not be the gruesome m urder he from Star Trek, takes us through an hour is used to. But we wouldn't want o ur of home made videotapes, witnesses and Mon 6th October, 9pm detective getting bored now would we? experts sharing with us their involvement As usual we have colourful characters with the little green men. This is not how­ Fiver whi ch all come with their own suspi ever, simply a compilation of alien propa cious backgrounds to keep us guessing. ganda. This programme tries to explain With a cast list including Julia Poirot's holiday is not quite as calm as the weird and wonderful and ends satis­ Roberts and Jude Law, you could he had hoped but secretly, we k now factorily by encouraging the viewers to be forgiven for dismissing this as that moustache is twitching for a mys- come to their own conclusions. My con­ yet another cliched romcom buried tery . clusion... the truth is still out there. deep in the depths of Freeview, but this is in fact well worth a watch. Adapted from the successful stage Words/ Evie Prysor-Jones Words/ Evie Prysor-Jones version, the story centres on two couples and their ensuing partner swappmg, with Natalie Portman and Clive Owen completing the cast. Unusually for Hollywood the characters are distinctly unlikeable Sunday 5th October Monday 6th October in their acts of naked aggression The Full Monty and remorseless efforts to cause Xtra Factor hurt. The sleazy Owen is outstand ITV2 7.10pm E49pm ing as the unashamed sex-addict and the cutting one liners add If you haven't had your fix of X factor The unlikely heroes of this amazing humour to this brutal look at rela­ after the ITVl show then Holly film are a group of unemployed, tionships; 1t could be enough to Willoughby and Dermot O'Leary are unglamorous Sheffield steelworkers. make anyone reconsider the joys of here to entertain you with more back­ Robert Carlyle puts in a brilliant per­ singledom. And if all that sounds a stage gossip. Today we see the contest­ formance as a divorced father trying to bit too heavy going after a hard ants ringing their parents to break the maintain joint custody of his son. He day of lectures, just enjoy the sight good news that they will be moving comes across his money making idea of some of Hollywood's finest faces when he see's poster for the Chippen­ into the X factor house. Holly and Der­ united on one screen. mot have good chemistry and the show dales. He puts together a group of lads normally raises a few laughs, good to each with their own disappointments behind them and decides to sell tickets watch if you are already an X factor fan! for their strip show. Although there are definite undertones of sadness to this film, it is cleverly interwoven with poignancy and genuine warmth. Words/ Naomi Wells

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Wednesday 8th October Thursday 9th October Tuesday 7th October Dawson's Creek Friends: 'The one with the Stripper' Sex and the City, E4Spm Fiver,9pm Fiver, 5pm This is the penultimate episode of the final lnthis ep1Sode· of the funny favourite we Every self respecting girl, and secretive boy seeM · • around campus will have seen the odd episode season of Dawson's Creek. We find the gang no ornca try ~d make up for Chandler five years into the future. Dawson is a Un~g a stripper at his bachelor party. of Sex and the City, so you know the deal. This is a particularly good episode however as it famous TV director, Joey a thriving book edi­ b d own to Monica, she hires her hus­ tor, Jen mother to a 2-year-oldgirl, Jack a . an ~ hooker, leading to a hilarious scene occurs when Carrie is going out with Aidan but 1 after her affair with Mr Big. The phone rings Capeside High School teacher and Pacey :ho~ 2 grown men squabbling over owning the Icehouse in Capeside. All the Als O ~ the hooker to leave. while Carrie and Aidan are in bed together and Big' s voice speaks out over the answer characters seem to have what they want, Ra1m the Continuing dramas of Ross and what they have spoken about for the entire pr ael, Rachael must tell her father she is machine, this causes Aidan to become very dis­ tant, and he is a caught flirting with other series but, something is missing for all of ass~~ with Ros~· s baby. Awkward them. With one episode left the question Racha~tions and lies foll~w, leading to women. In happier times Samantha shares a cab with a man with predictable and yet hilari that has been going on for six years is still is in th s father confr~ntmg ~oss while be burning. will Joey pick Pacey or Dawson? For e company of his new 01 r!friend ous results. die-hard Dawson's fans this episode will Monawh did b. . Alight -h O no~know about the baby. leave you screaming for the final episode. _earted ep1Sode, however it is not cruciallin Vie wmg• for any of the ongoing sto- ry es. Words/ Noni Garrett Words/Amanda p ascoe Words/Hatti Cawley

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It Really Isn't That Hate Freshers? How Halls Antics and Bad About Your Mother? Frolicking Freshers

t' that time of year again; th street are once fcer the long and bli , fut four month ummer, nmis able and integral to the student again filling with students, many of them newly the econom\ was in a tate of disaster, the experience, li,·ing in halls i one of the independent wiLh the student loan burning a hole Russians hal im adcd Georgia and we were all biggest Ii fe . tyle changes on coming to in their pocket. o what docs that mean? Yep, getting ready to return to Leeds fur another tudy at uni\·ersity. The quirks and you got it: cheap nights out. nd what doe that year. The traffic quern.::; tretched long into the escapacl1::s which take place add flavour and mean? Be it pound-a-pint nights or karaoke, there urrouncling countryside as many thousands of . park to life, in a way which no other areI bound to be at lea. t 10 t1yers thrust int ) our hands new students attempted t enter this Ho!) City and get experienceU could achieve. \Xfhere el e would you find on a trip around campus. And don't we all hate them? Freshers' \X"eek underway. It ha to be said that, especially 1£ yourscll liviog with such a wide spectrum of people, Aren't we alJ glad that it isn't our job to tand there in you are a srudent, Freshers' \,'eek is unavoidable; it is ranging from the nocturnal foreign exchange student, to the cold, at 10am, trying to persuade tudenr that ther CYC[)'\ here you look and it can't be missed. It wa like this the guy v. ho \\'ears a silk Ralph Lauren jumper in bed? want to get real.ly, real.ly drunk, and should only do it in that my friends and l began our second year in Leeds, and lo no other environment would you reluctantly agree a certain bar? \X'ell, that wa. my way of thinking, until amongst the social an l fr e . patula. of the hes her ' Fair, I with your mother that ye , it realJy is nicer to ,Yash up, about three weeks ago, when my manager informed me wa amazed by the anti-Fresher. feeling emanatmg from rather than to allow leftover plates of takeaway to sprout that I wa. to be doing . ome 'marketing'. Quite where alien growths. Suddenly )OU find yourself capable of leaflet distribution fitted into my job de cript1on of conking and hoovering and, in your attempt at becoming 'sandwich artist' at a. popular sandwicb store, I did not a domestic deit~, you hear yourself commanding your knov;, but a job i a job, and one must do as one' told. Especially if you fellow hou. cmatcs to plea e take out their rubbish. !lave o off I went, dressed in an oversized t-shirt and they not seen the rat trap situated at the main doors? armed with about a million vouchers to give away. I are a student, NeYer before haYe 1·ou consumed so manv units of figured my job was slightly easier, since people might alcohol in uch a fleeting period. As the drinks' clock up, actually want these vouchers, and indeed I was right to Freshers' Week is an uncomfortable feeling of dishonest) descends, as you a certain extem. ntil l had done it for three dars oo vague!) remember ignificantly downplaying your t.he trot, and people were telling me they already had ale hol con umption when filling ut the application for them; it wa · then that I had to employ real tactics. Cue unavoidable Leeds tudent Medical Practice. Then there are the fake smile. T'm not a naturally very smiley person, drinking games, which almost alway conclude with the regardle of my mood, but 1 just don't go around notorious "have ·ou ever"? The re ult? Your new friends know eyerything about you a lot quicker than you many of tho e who just a few short month ago were intended. That's possibly not what the advice gurus were th m, elves firmly U1 the clutches of frc.:sher-hood. advocating when they recommended not holding back 10 flyers are o why is it that there i this negaove feeling towards new during Fre hers'~ eek. student from those who just a year ago were skipping \Xfhen you actuall1· bother t0 venture out, the streets thrust into your through the exact :une ocial ,iruation, 1T1 around the Universi~· re emblc the mam strip JO 1alia, probably whilst Li tenjng to 'Vengaboys' c as cantily clad girls defy the t rnperaturc in skimpy hands. And don't their lpod after heating them at that awe. on tutus, and flyers are thru t at you from all sides. The intro party (by the way, if anyone know. w choice of clubs and bars i eodles , and as a outherner, we all hate them? they play eve[)'. car, I'd really W,c to know) one does feel slightly comical wearing a coat and a scarf igmund Freud were alive toda), he ma1 h. on a nighr out, whilst the locals bnre all, with not a goose been inclined to speak bout the phenom n bump in sight. \'{"hen it comes to entering the clubs, Ha.lo Reaction Formation; namely, the.: idea that a pt:r on who J in,·oke. ethical twmges Oceana boast more rooms than secretly gay may appear more homophobic chan m:u,y ofhi you have had haogo\,er'., and Tiger Tiger i. definitely n~t . mi ling, so this was rather strange to me. 1 . rniled. I heterosexual p ers, to gi e just one example. This ma · seem adYantageous to your attempt to economise unless it grinned. Huge, wide cheesy grins Aash1ng my (not quite like common . ense now, but 100 year, ago, these idea were student night. so) sparkling reeth. And it worked! People ,vere much revolutionary. ls it pos ible that tl,e Fresher-ba hing occur Yet, however the night pans out, it al\X·ay (on \V uk1 more willing to take vouchers from me. And once 1 had J as a resulr of desue to rediscm·er tJ,e social freedom afforded hope) ends back where it started, namely halJs. lt L at sussed where I could , tand Lo get the ma.'-.imum amount to ne,v un.iversit-y students? <)r perhaps a desir to acquire this point that tbc unique n ture of the cxpetience is fully of pas ersby I was sorted (until the lad) from the distance from Freshers' cuJtur in the knowledge that you reaUsed. You no longer have to tip toe to your bed in the council fined me ror not having the right licen e - but were there at some now astoundingly distant point in time? hope of not , king your parents, and if yo u want to j that's a different story). Perhap it ha. omething to do with your mother? (Ok, so leav pizza boxes and curry tray scattered around the o my p01nt 1 ; spare a thought for hapless leaflet not al l of Freud's theorie were quite o believable). kitchen no one ''-'ill stop you. Bear in mind, howeyer, that distnbutor.. It's a job at the end of the day, not a career, dmittecUy, tl1e idea of a group of students not long our this will binder your Lransformation from student slob to and it is a fairly easy way of making money, so next time of the short-trou ered variety of education attending a dome tic deity.- \Xl,en your head finally bit the pillow, you pass someone by, take a leaflet, becau e the ooner ' chool Disco' party is a funny one, but give them a break - there will be no one to drag you out of bed prematurely. they go, the sooner that poor per on can go home! we've all been there. In fact, 1f you would prefer it, you need not emerge till the next evening\ hcnanigans. Do go to your lec_mr~s though, if only to retain your university place, and ¥'1th 1_t, the unique and incomparable exp rieoces It words/ caroline spalcling words/ andrew rogers encompasses. ------words/ antonia molloy • - - • . - . . . - LS2 27 inside three/ october/ zeroe1ght/ www.leedsstudent.org e

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Friday, October 3, 2008 I WW\ .leed ·student.org Leeds Student 11 ora the Sound Impact Awards, putting it in the top 3 UK unions with the best cled waste and campaigned to pass the 'Paper Not Plastic' bags motion.This year, der in sustainable development.

ne of 15 as emblics 1n the L nion, this asscmbly :1.llow · you to express yom v1e ,1·s on ethical .wd eo\'1ronmental issues ·within thc Lnion. In thL. past it has been kc) to such changes as the 'Paper not Plastic' monon, as" Lil as rh1: cont10u>1tion of the.. c..stlc hovcott. \II students an.: wel come and aU opinions will be appreciated! nL htrp:// www.Juuonlinc.com/ass embLie / index. php#ethicalandem·iro nmental to find out more.

Green Action Society G reen i\crion run a food co operative niver 1ty in the union sellrng cost-price organic, vegan and Fairtrade food, a well as bou ehold essentials (find them b, the Old Bar) The} also have 2 alloum:nts and hold n:gular group, Green stu

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Friday, October 3, 2008 www.leedsstudent.org Leeds Student 12 I I Spoonful of Negativity With the Beijing games over will British pessimism overshadow London 2012? (some at Leed University it elf) classic Brirish to check their 'suitability' to volunteer. I found it the army o f volunteers. the impact of the actu al elf-consciousness seems to have dulled narional hard co agree or sec the necessity for some of sportlil~ event 1s somehow devalued. The media excitment about the O lympic and Paralympic their dubious methods a they strived for have missed out the fact that in London over 300 party coming to our shores. Largely, I believe thi. perfecrion. We would never accept thi in the langu ages are poken by students d i down to red-ti nted coverage that we have UK; our games are about our value , not the schoolchildren, let alon_e ?1os: studying to d~ received about Beijing. Fairly, it gained the praise narion's. Beijing's O lympiad was spectacular and standa rd in other cltlc '. including Leeds, of the world and won the, 'best games ever,' tag it a earmarked for ho nng trrurung camps or even craved but we, as the next hosts, seem to have The O lympics i now a much an art:i tic, cul~ given up hope in matching Beijing's spectacle. The Olympics is exchange as a spornng event: consider th Beijing would never have failed though. Cultural O lympia which was recently launched e I now as much an four-year long national arts fes ti•:al which th, a TI1cir games were a £22 billion PR campaign for, . h ' e as 'Rough Guide to Beijing' described it, 'China's pres h a".'e mg -on igno~ed. Tius is a prime I coming out parry.' When, though, i letting a artistic, cultural opporturuty fo r stud_ent arosts, thespians and the Tom Large pretty little girl lip- ync over an ugly girl with a exchange as a like to show~se ?1etr skills on the world stage. First-year English student beautiful voice, ever in the spirit or interc t of . ~ ~cad wit~ mtere t the Leeds Universirv [email protected] anyone' but China? It hardly promotes the nuru-s1te covenng athlete profiles, volunceenng sporting event opp rturu ties as well as the tatement that Leeds moved to Leeds last week to begin at suppo cd equality that the Olympic movement has an 'ambitiou_ target to become truly world l nivers1ty. Before starting any work, I was founded on. I low about fireworks then? cla s and we believe that the development and ooriced I was genumely excited about the urely it would be o kay to pre-record the prospect of a graduation prior to London ama:>.ing shots of Beijing being lit up by amazing succes fu l implcme nta tio_n of an Olympic 2012, despite gloom-mongering from pyr technic footprints? major inspiration but 1t was not Lhc perfect CAA programme can support this transformation.' generaI l media sources. This i. one of the best I found listen ing to the BB 's basic portrayed to us and when London 2012 bq.,>in. Regardles. of what the niversity would like to umc to be a student regardless f cour c or reporting on the game. frustrating when the likes in just under four years time, we \\~ll all be part of aim for, it is clear that the development of this interest. Ha,mg seen first hand how Olrmpic of Gabby Logan would praise, to paraphrase, the be t celebration yet. will have to come from the student body and be games can trul) invigorate a nation, l want to ', uch wonderful volunteer .' I have no major London 2012 is an opportunit) for the led by its rtion. Before t.'lking the boring Bon h discus what this should mean to students at human right stance over hina, their poLtical whole of the I-.:: t0 do something completely attitude of condemning ourselves tu failure like Leed. issues arc much more complicated than we diffcrenL and l am glad to sec that Leeds the re t of the country, Leeds tudents must back First though, to briefly much on Bcijmg p rccive. I have though, seen for myself in University aims to be a part of It The Olympics these g.m,es, their athletes and take our chance to 2008. Foll owing the success of UK athlete. , Beijmg, a month before the opcnmg ceremony, is now uch that without the glossy opening play a part at the centre f London 2012. medical examinarions being given to volunteer ceremony scttmg the tone for the next month or Prohibition: The War Without End Will revising governmental drug policies lead to a decline in related crime?

poppie and cannabis buds, including man) of \X,11at we are ·ecing all m ·er the world i, the we are witn essing th e rapid growth of the denvauvcs and analogues produced from establishment of an 1ncredtblv untenable a narc ho capitalise com m unit.Jes. Whenever we tbe naturally occurring compound. are sold burcaucr:i.cy where some of the most remove a street gang several more dangerou and liccn. cd as medicines in the K. dangu·ous drugs arc aggressively marketed as gangs move in to fi ll the gap in the market. oca, Opium and annabi arc higbly social lubricants or as stress management The g(n:crnment can not control a problem it ,·ersatile plant with not onl} pharmacological t0ols. It is a. if tl1c}, alcohol, tobacco \U1J the has allowed to cxi. t bv g ing 1n all gum various tranquilli. crs prescnbc

order that America built - has brought about said last week that 'nobody take · pleasure ordinary people. The Tories may have been a financial collap. c that will be felt by from people making money out of the able to jump on the populist environmental millions of ordinaq people throughout the mi err of other, but that is a function of bandwagon, but in the case of regulating the world. To cap a frightening and capitalist markets'. It is this willingness to markets, a policy that is rightly popular will extraordinary year the S will elect a new uphold a clearly failed status-quo that not be adopted because unlike President in ovcmber. If it i. to be Barack underlines u;·hy a Conservative government environmentalism, it runs counter to the Obama the e,·cnt will be epochal in itself, an would be disastrous for Britain in the inherent sclfi ·hnes and injustice of the emphatic affirmauon of America's founding current financial climate. There is almost Conservative creed. \X7e must have creed of equality, but whichever candidate unanimity amongst economists about what win , hi , reaction to the new world order 1s needed to ease the current crisis. The during his term in office will be of fundamcntali t fatth in unbndlcd free What is certain fundamental hi toric importance. markets that has Jed \X'estern governments. is that the Charles Cooper Second-year English Student stakes are now en07 [email protected]. uk too high for n a month that has . een the bigge t global economic collapse incc the political apathy Great Dcprc . ion, the usual thrill and excitement of being back at University has been tempered slight!).I Onl) slightly, mind you. ot e, en memories longer than our lifespan and keep the credit crunch got in the way of f're ·her. in mind the damage the Thatcher \\'.'eek. go,·ernmcnt did to British societv in an But all of a sudden the old pre. um prions earlier time of economic hardship,, before about the . ort of ,vorld we \,\'ilJ be inheriting allowing oursehes to be educed by a after finishing our degree have been cast rcbranding of Con en arism that last week Into doubt, a the wealth and pro pcrity we prO\ cd upcrficial. have long taken for granted has proved The Labour government have rightly 1n upportable. It i perhap ironic that in a enacted tighter restrictions on speculation year in which the BB has been running and short selling in rhc markers, and retro pect1ves on TV and radio marking Gordon Brown has spoken of a 'new forty year. since the world-shaking e,·ents of ettlemcnt' for what he believes is a new in world economic. and politics, hinting at clo er government control over market . But Labour are yet to follow thi rbetoncal Russia revealed shift to the Left with concrete policic and only ume will tell if they can indeed be the with its 'rock of stability' in an unstable world that Brown claims the) can be, or whether the occupation of strikingly right-wrng thinking that led to the crapping of the lOp tax rate might Georgia the resurface. A for the Liberal Democrat , the best impotence of Yet even with change and upheaval on to Jeep-walk inro this cr1s1s, and that they can hope for in the next election is to such a massive scale, the University bubble Cameron and Osborne have tubbornly be a large enough block in Parliament that the US and i a hard one to penetrate. Ju ta fragile defended this week, mu t be relinquished as Labour may wish to enter into a coalition. It prosperity distracted our generation from a mistake of the past. But no matter how i an unlikely prospect, but to have Lib Dem Europe the wider movements of the world that have loud the calls for such action the Treasury spokesman ince Cable, the brought about the current state of things, so soundc t economic mind tn We tminstcr, the heltering illusion of self-sufficient closer to government would be reassuring to 1968, contemporary events have proven student existence can still lull us into feeling Like a wolf say the lea t. even more significant and marked an even that all these great matters have little do with backed up What is certain is that the stakes arc now ~ore fu ndamental turning point in world u - nor indeed that we can have any too high for political apathy. In the run up history than that semi-mythical year. influence on them. against a wall to the General Election, be it next year or in ~ether or not now, as then, young people But with a General Election looming not 2010, young people e, erywhere mu t keep will stand up and be counted in the w rld coo far on the horizon, we cannot afford to we have heard their ear to the ground politicall), for as the that emerges from the upheaval is for us to ignore the changes weeping the country dust settles after th1 rumultuous year 2008, decide. and the wider world. After all, it is we who less ab out old assumption will count for very little, There is no doubting the global scale of will pay the price once we leave University, and a fre h a scs ment of what sort of what will b e remembered as the 2008 if by apathy we allow a government to be David government we need will be required. It Watershed both in economics and in politics: elected that will not address the need for a must be the government which can be t Russia is an authoritarian great power again, new approach in a new world order. Cameron's provide for a fairer Britain, able to withstand ;dhas res umed its role as counterweight to It ha been very interesting in the past economic hardship without allowing the estcrn_p ower in Europe, revealing with it few weeks to ee the Conservative most vulnerable to suffer. Ir must be a compassionate government awake to the caution required ~~cupau? n of Georgia the impotence of the leader hip react to the economic crisis. Like and Europe to influence events a it wa a wolf backed up against a wall and shedding Conservatism in a new and volatile international Jtuation, ~nee beli eved they could; totalitarian China its sheep's clothing in desperation, we have a U influence wanes and old certainties as emphaticall y declared its trength with heard Jes about David Cameron's collapse. As first time Yoters we are the be t h placed people in the country to react in a t e rno st pectacular Olympic. Games ever 'compa sionate Conservatism' and more Conservatives are inherently incapable of sfitagcd , backed up by seemingly boundless about defending the right of the very carrying it out, for tber are bank rolled by new way to a new politics, both at home and in the wider world, and we must not waste 1nanq a I capacity· and human resources· but wealthy to look after themselves, no matter many of those same big ciry banker who are mos t i . ' thi opportunity by political apathy. mportan tly unbridled free market how much the less fortunate suffer. rolling in dirty money they made speculating eco · . ' . 0 0 mies - the fou ndation of the world hadow Chancellor George Osborne and gambling with the savings of mil hons of ------• • - • •

14 Friday, October 3, 2008 Leeds Student Friday, October 3, 2008 Leeds Student 15 Welcome to the season, we've got fun and games

ravy, Tetlcy's and chants of highlight. The week in "Your dad works for my A traditionally strong sporting dad." It may be a far cry university, tl1e Met have the superior from the classic Oxford v record in the annual event, finishing numbers Cambridge confrontations but the la t year with an overalJ victory of Leeds Varsity is already a sporting 18-5 in all sports. From golf to rivalry steeped in history. volleyball, VarsiC)' i a diverse affair, The very fir t Varsity match was though its crowning glory is the played in February 1872 al the Parks rugby union match. in Oxford, and ha seen players uch Last season's union showpiece as Rob Andrew and Gavin I-lastings was di appointingly one-sided, the Number of Varsity battle for Oxbridge bragging rights. Met winning 23-0, yet University streakers required at The tradition has since grown supporters consoled thcmselve with throughout the country, with the cric of"If you can't get into Uni, go Headingley to top last Leeds feud being a particularly feisty to Met." There are sporting reasons year's total. to be cheerful too. The men's hockey teams' impre sive record against the Met hould see them record a win or two, whilst football University and golf sides are looking for sport, University talent will be champ10ns, yet their union succc sive victories. paraded on Wednesday afternoons, counterparts, Leed Carnegie, supporters As well as being a chance to dent with mo l team playing their home suffered a demoralising relegation. Met pride, Varsity contests offer an matches at Weetwood, particularly The omens arc good for the consoled explosive start for a new eason of convenient for those al Bodington University. ClcarJy hampered by the port at the University. Last season's Ilall. The c haJlowed grounds will addition of Carnegie to their name, themselves Busa (now Bucs) competitions saw also be hosting the majority of the union side have fared miserably, the men's rugby union and football Var ·ity matche , with the blue while the Carnegie-free Rhinos with cries of "If first teams crowned champions of ribbon event, the rugby union continue to soar. The University ' their leagues, whilst the women's match, played at HeadingJey team can therefore hope their you can tget tennis and ba ketball sides recorded Stadium. Metropolitan Carnegie opposition econd place finishes. There was Hcadingley has been home to are similarly dogged by the c-word. into Uni, go to success for squash, hockey and teams with contrasting fortunes fencing as well. recently. Leeds Rhino are the Met ." For freshers in search of live reigning rugby league world It's all change as

Amount of BUSA era conversations in which Steven Gerrard plans to COllleS to iet his feet do the talking" this week anend

June 13 marked the start of a new era will replace the current system, and for University sport as former whil t the league system will remain governing body BUSA, the Briti. h 1n some form, final standings will no U niversi tics Sports A sociation, longer dictate which knock out merged with UCS, Univcrsit) and contest a team qualifies for. College Sport. The changes should ensure a A new organisation, British lengthening to the league sea, on and Universities and College port - bring an end to the problem of the BUCS -will be responsible will now season ending in mid-January fnr be responsible for all post-sixteen some winter sports reams. sport in education. In total, BUC and its members will be responsible Cromer switch for gym for a staggering £20bn worth of sporting facilities. Fitness equipment will be moved to Squash courts will be provided at the In total, BUCS Eyebrows raised at this Cromer Terrace. as construction work new [J.m Sports Centre next to the begins on the pool and fitness business centre. Climbers are advised and its - month's publication of complex. Sources say the buicling is a to use Local walls provided by Leed The iconic BUSA logo the Sanctuary. month behind schedule due to delays City Council and the Leeds Wall. has graced the pages in the demolition work of the current of for members will fitness suite. the last time The University is confident that the be responsible location is big enough to allow the The only noticeable change ro transfer of almost all equipment from £11.Sm : affect Leeds' sports teams will for a staggering the current location. Although onJy arguably be the change to the way temporary, the studio space at Cromer Cost of the new Universities compete against each £20bn worth of Terrace has undergone extensive improvement work. As well as air­ pool and fitness other. End of season knock-outs will sporting conditioned rooms, the studios will be be no more, and the \X/cdnesday instalJed with 1Vs and Sky. complex. afternoon league format will also facilities As construction is in progress, change. squash courts and the climbing wall at Prom September, regional cups the Sports Centre will be closed. - • - - • - • • • • • •

16 Friday, October 3, 2008 Leeds Student Taking care of business Over the summer sat down with Derby County Chief Executive Tom Glick, to talk about his career, business, and the state of football

Interview been rn place at the club since c.lcparcmcnt. flis rise through the later a a enior Vice President at the .Janua11 . businc s ranks was though by no cw Jcrse} ct . \X,'hilst the name may not be mean h1 career aim from the start. I got in for the lick' involvement with General 8th eptembcr renowned thi . ide of the \tlanric, "I started as a mechanical ports and Entertainment, the Pride Park Smdium, Derby Glick has an 1mpress1n.: resume in cngineerinp; student, ,,·hich is wrong reasons, compan) who acc.1uired Derby the rates, where hc is known and After the season that they haYe just ironically what nl) eldest son is County back in January, JS well admircd for his business acum<.?n. which is that expcricnccc.l, 1t would be cas, to starting this year." Glick will readil) I documented. Considering the understand a . omewhat less-than­ admit that he doesn't share chc love sports. I current climate surrounding the smrc warm welcome from the Derby pa. SHl!l £; r the cour. e that his on of football in thi country, it is Alunt) hief Execuuve '.lnd Glick spent two years po sesscs, abandorung engineering tntere ting to listen to the views of quickly found an rndividual whose background i President. as a senior mem b •r of to 1nsteac.l earn a degree in staff at the NBA, away from the sport. The fact that a man who controls Go\'emmen1. before moving the the out that it the business fortunes of one of the "Through some soul searching "This is a big team with big New Jersey Nets ,1mb1tions", ays Glick, who hampionsh1p's biggest teams and ome help from ffi} parent~ and won't allow you mamtams that he ts not fa7ed b) the would take tirnL out of l11s schedule some other people that I had H 1s career in thc serious side of relationships ,, ith who 1 didn't recent an

• • - - • • Friday, October 3, 2008 Leeds Student 17 Has£ I Manchester City are sold to an Arabian consortium, then go out and pay £32.5 million pounds in cash for Robinho, Newcastle are offered around by Mike Ashley like an old Ford Cortina, and QPR fans protest to their own club about outrageus hikes in ticket prices, LS Sport takes up the argument;

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jubilant. W11dst the Toon rmy took co the not lead to the end of Football as we know l car park at St Jamcs's, City fans danced tn autful run it? Joe Hibbert the streets of 1anchcster with tea towels Owen Bradley These events, the death of the terraces in wrapped around their head . HoweYer, fan particular, was greeted with howls and should be wary of being swept away b) the moans from many who said that the game ootball's soul has always been its nee again the four h rsemen of moneymen, bccau. e in reallty, the last thing loyal fan , but over the last decade the apocalyp e are galloping that City need i. an out of touch dictator It doesn't matter. the moneymen have emerged from oYer the hills and vallevs of who belie,·cs in January h c' II have no the shadow of the boardroom This England to burn· and problem signing Ronaldo, Torres, f'abregas Football's soul is its into the limelight, tcaling the pillage ever) club, manager and and Tevez. It's onh· a matter of time before game from the people in the . tan

Despite the enormous sum of money, l don't This week, we asked: I think that the takeover at fanchcstcr Cit\' is a 394: Number of Manchester City season dunk football is 111 clanh.-er. Results like Hull' · posiovc development. l lopefull) tlus can 1~1ake tickets required to be sold to pay for one win at Arsenal prove that the sport 1s in rndc "Has money the Prermcr League more open. week of Robinho's services. health. iall Gallagher, 19, Busincs £3,333,333: Price of each of the nine - Tony Rudd, 18, Physics ruined Premier League goals mustered by I wan't start worrying until I sec 'Added Ttmc s ticket prices nse constantly, I feel priced out Andrei Shevchenko during his time at Multi-Ball' introduced to the Conference and di. iJlusioned with the game. South. football?" Chelsea_ - Matt Gidman, 20, Music - Moel Jibbert, 20, Broadca, tJournalism ~· / • • • • • • ------18 Friday, October 3, 2008 Leeds Student The rivalry is resumed . Union's Crocked Captains reveal their hopes for the Varsity Apparently post-match mingli1:g though, the captain affords himself a Interview of T.oughborough and Durham, the invohcd. Mellottc points to such Cnivers1ty can abo look forward to heightened exposure as a factor behind was carce last year. DipJoma_uc wry smile and reminds me, 'Tuere' facing the let twice. \v ith this in the tlisappomring result. enough not to incite an) anm1os1ty, alway a bit of rivalry!' Ollie Mcllotte mind, the \'arstt} match represents a " ,\ few players, especia!J) the young Leeds Uni Rugby Union club Captain greater significance for 1cllotte. " ur performance wiU bc a vcry haking hands with club captain Ilic good gauge for how we will fare this MeUotte, 1t 1s ctifficult to decide which sea on." cause. him most pain; the physical hurt A few players, \sis the rrans1t:nt nature of a of a dislocated shoulder, or the universit}' team's personnel onl) five psychological scarring of la. t sc.-as< m's especially the or so players remrun from last season's Varsity defeat. los . . Eager tn mo, c on from that h;en on a humdrum l\fonda} young ones, got disappointment, '\fcllottc secs an afternoon, there seem to be a rumble influx of new faces as a positi,e of amicip:ition at t~c mcrc sound of shell shocked. change. the Universirr rugb} union side "\X'e wt:ren't really in the h=1e last readying tbemsclYes for this \Car's \'ear , o thi. is a fresh start" \nd, after showpiece event. ~ inning both warm-up matcbcs Ha,1ng nor played against thc let again. t hcffidd and ;<.Ianchestcr, the ince that fateful evening, ni players squad sccm to bt: in smularh buoyant could be forgiycn fi>r consid. counterparts to he somewhat , \I though i\[cllmte is clearh cxoted unknO\\'n quantities. I lov.evcr, the about the derby, he t · v.ar~ of thc ones, got shell shocked last \"l:ar." captain is fully aware of the challcngo.: occastcm 's sidc effects. Mellmte and his fellow third year tt:am ahc-ad, and is confident of succecdm11;, "\X,'e'cl rather v.·in the lcaguc and mates, who know what tt feel. like to "rD1c\ are a ,·en strong side bul there's lo ·e the \' arsit} match than vice ver. a. bcat the arch enem), \\111 hope to u1sril no r~a on wh)· v.e ;an'L turn them lt can be seen as a bit of a distraction the belief rcqu.ircd to cmulate the 2(X)6 over." because it is hyped up so mu h." triumph. There i. ample rca on for thc In stark contrast to the usual rwcnt\ 1\ the I h'de Park Pub sunmcrs to a bullish warning, as the first team look or so spectators at \X eetwood, a crov.·~I hu h, l a k kllottc about the forward to a sea on in the B C of 5,000 at I leadingk.>) can , ometime, relationship bt:twem the teams awa) Premier Division after last term' hinder a~ much as inspire those from the pitch. promotion. As well a facing tht: likes

"lt's (the atmosphere) a big boo t. ,ear. Even 1£" .it means losing our Interview lt is such a massiYe thing. \X11en you ie, gue mectmgs v.'ith the L1ruversit), jog out on the pitch in front of 6,000 we just wanr to \Vin Varsity!" Ben I looper people all creaming and shouting \\ hen pressed to re\'eal 7\let': Leed. [et Rugb) L.1nion Caprn.tn and making loads of noi. e, and you game plan he is reluctant to give too know that most of them are your much av.·a) although he treat. us to a Outside Leeds Ietropolitan's Union, brief insight. rugby captain Ben I looper pose for "Tacticall as long as thi doesn't our photographer. get published too far awa) from the It's clear that hc's someone wh There is a big game ... we've got a good forward doesn't take him. elf 100 senously, as pack . o we'll look to get sruck in anc.l hc's happy to a sume t:ach ridiculous rivalry but hit them hard and fast." ln order to pose that we throw at him. execute thi. stratq..,') the J\kt have In a rela..-..::ed mood he talks of his every year after adopted an aggressive recruitment confidence ahead of the Varsit) policy. match next week. Varsity there's "There are a few academ} guys 11 \X'e're ver) confident, we've been joining u. this week from Leed training for about two and a half a mutual Carnegie." months. We've just !);Ot our own Whatever the re ult on conditioning coach who is working respect. \X'edne ·day night f looper is certain with the guys and we've got more that each team's honour will remain access to our physio and a coach intact. from Leeds arncg1e coaching our friends and people you knov., it'· a "There is a big ri valry but C\' Cry forwards. \: c feel more prcpareJ great feeling. It lifts everybodr." year after Varsiry when we're al] out than we ever ha\·e before th.i · year. After making his Var it:y debut there's a mutual respect between us. We think this is going to be a la t. ea on l looper will have to uffer \1' e'll have a few beers and a c.1uick good year for us." the heartache of silting out through chat aftenvards." The atmosphere: at Headinglc} injury this year, though he still a erts Before leaving, there is time for a tadium last year wa electrifying and that the Var ity i the most imp rtant . tinging reminder of la t sea on, is something that Hooper . ees as a part of his team's season. "Look out because twenty-three po itive for bis team. "Varsity i bragging right for the nil la t year wa a bit generou . ."

Leeds Uni 6-12 Leeds Met Leed Uni 26 - 22 Leeds Met Leeds Uni O- 23 Leeds Met Reporter: Guy Fowles Reporter: Graham Clarke Reporter: Dafydd Pritchard As the finals whistle Wednesday 12 October 2005 Wednesday 18 October 2006 Wednesday 10 October 2007 blew chants of 'Uni, "The Met exerted early pressure resulting in a "The Univer tty's pnde kept their rival at bay . imple penalty which umb r IO Richard "With the dock running down and tht: fer .in the second half, bur the ame pride will have Uni, Uni' shook the Vasey converted. The Met dominated early run.rung out of idea, , t;mpe began to fra taken a huge dent with the demorali ing part of the second half. \1 ith Leeds Uni anc.l a fight broke out, much to the delight of defeat. Uni capt-un Gareth \'filliams: 'A few ground. desperate to score they were twice camped the crowd. A the final whistle blev. chants of stupid error. in the first half let them in to out in their own 22 with no way out, and as 't;ni, Un~ L.,ni' hook the ground as the South score a lot of points, but the fact that they only the final whistle went the Met had added rand greeted tl,c team like heroes." scored three points in the second half proves another scalp to their Varsity success." that we do have the quality there." - - - - + Friday, October 3, 2008 Leeds Student 19 Varsity 2008: Previews and Fixtures LS Sport sizes up Uni's chances at Varsity

Interview SPORT TEAM VENUE STARTTIME SCORE Micheal Classen Leeds U,u Men's Football Captain Men's Rugby Union First Headingley Stadium 7pm The new men's football captain, Women's Rugby Union First Weetwood 1pm Michael Classen, enters his job wim me added pressure of leading one of me most successful sports teams in the Men's Football First Weetwood 3pm U n.iversi ty. However, the club is well esrablished wim some 230 students Men's Football Second Weetwood 1pm trialling in me last week. When l spoke tO Michael he still had one trial to Women's Football First Weetwood 1pm

Women's Football Second Weetwood 3pm New men's Football Capt.ain, Chris Men's Hockey First Weetwood 12pm Gassen

Men's Hockey Second Weetwood 1:30pm oversee before he could reveal the number of freshers making me grade, ald,ough he does mink d1ree or four Women's Hockey First Weetwood 3pm have me potential to join ilie first team. One ming he is urc about is mat, wim me likes of Wdsh fullback Alun Women's Hockey Second Weetwood 12pm Griffiths, returning striker Louis Minnett and new Jamaica manager Golf First MoortownGC TBC John Barnes' on Jordan Barnes, me first team sguad are in good hcalm for die new eason. Athletics - Field First Carneigie Athletics 12pm Wim Varsity just around me comer Cla sen revealed that the club as a whole is growing in con fidcnce, wim all Athletics - Track First Carneigie Athletics 2pm four teams playing against bitter rivals Met Carnegie. All teams have been in pre-sea on First Sports Centre 4:30pm Netball training since d,e econd of eptember in preparation for Varsity. Men's Tennis First Met Tennis Centre 1pm Clas en hopes for the same result a/ last ea on when die first team beat Met 2- 1. He also believes that all four Women's Tennis First Met Tennis Centre 1pm ides can win in mis hotly contested derby

and while me first tean1 are seen from Interview out'ide the university a one of the Interview di may. weaker ides in the division, he is The first team he feels both idc have "got Chti Emery confident they will be among the me ability" and wiJl give Met a "run arah Boulton Leed ni Ien's Hockey Captain surviving four. If they are to stay up, for their money" and all involved have n ever lost Leeds n.i etball Captain Chri is of me opinion mat it will be at hope mat we will be victorious in Chris Emery is al o a new captain, home that this will be decided, since one if not bod, ties. Let us all lend making the move from thirds captain at Varsity For etball Captain Sarah Boulton, they drew with Loughborough at our support to all our sports sides la t season. di.is year' netball trials have proved a Weerwood last season. great example of how well H e wa plea ed with the high From his upbeat mood hri turnout at th.is year's trials with 70 participated sport is at Leeds, with seems very positive abour the new over four hundred students, more students in all attempting t~ join the season and mis vet) strong dub. It seems that hockey club. Chris ran a three week than double last year, trying out. p re- eason training camp, which This was more than they could there is a very included a number of fre hers. cope with - a lot of girls could not One of these is former Welsh attend trial and have been directed high standards under 21 player Dave Bond, who in to the recreational development Chris' op.in.ion is "the find of the squad. Ir seem d,ere i. a very high of recruits for trials". standard of recruits for th.is new Unfortunately, only the first and ea on. this new second sides will pit them elves When I . poke to a rah she against the other university at Varsity. seemed relieved that all four sides season. The fuse team have neY<.:-r lost to the had been sorted for the Met in the Var ity game. The econd. , commencement of the new season. according to Chris, arc vet) strong and On the subject of Var. ity, Sarah if both team. pla) " en ibly" they is confident that n the back of a should bod1 win. positive pre-season, led by a new coach with new training and fitnc s I Iowever, Chris seems disappointed Check out our ;,,·eb ite regimes, the first and second quads that me third and fourm ides will not arc in good shape for their fixtures. r.iww.leed studcnt.org for play since Met have removed their Like Chns, Sarah mought that all comprehensive covcrag of sides from me competition. Emery's four of her squads would be playing ne. ·t week' Varsity. atti tude suggests d1at he see. d1.is as a hut, while she conceded Met have a cowardly act, viewing born games as strong first team, Leeds' strength in dead-cena.in tie .. depth bas led Camegit: to pull out of Emery revealed to me d1ac the new die third and fourth ties, to her BUCS premier league may have mree t- tc-arns relegated from a pos ible seven, ------

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Varsity 2008 Preview as one of the premier sports Only men's football and hocke), men's fooLball and hockey team , depth that,, ill ee the i\[et fall short universitic in the countq - by women's volleyball and ,quash, and , long with the netbalJ outfit, will be in the final coral. defeating Leeds University 23 0 at the com! ined golf team achieved looking to provide a spark for the Varsity 2008 will come to a climax t\ week is a long rune in sport. t\ year I leadingle) taclium. vicrorie on a da) ,, here the Met Lniversit). at Headingley ra dium next is even longer. Unfonunatcly for the L niYer ity dominated to romp home for an 1R­ Competcing on home turf after Wedne da), 8th October. l t has been a year since Leed teams, the overall re. ult was S victor). being embarrassed at the Met's Last ) ear it was 'Pride, Passion Metrop Ii tan L rn, er il) capped a con firmed well before the C\'ening ompeticors and fan alike will Beckett Park campu last year the and Glory' the fet tole. For the magnificent day for thetr instirulion - extravaganza began in front of over hope for a more robust showing Urn will also hope that an extended ni, it i ~me co take them back. and once again cemented their place 5,000 pectators. from the U n.i thts year, where the schedule will reveal a strength in The time 1s now.

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