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student members.” Amy Gibbons and Ben Rowden Campaigners on both sides DEP EDITOR AND NEWS EDITOR have taken starkly opposing views on the matter, with ambiguity about whether the email counted as ‘third party campaigning’ proving a con- THE NATIONAL UNION of Stu- tentious issue. Such ambiguity has dents has been accused of unau- left questions open as to how clearly thorised third party campaigning rules have been established between in the NUS Referendum at York stakeholders in the campaign. following an email that was sent out Lucas North, on behalf of ‘York to NUS Extra customers last week, Says Yes to NUS’, told Nouse: “‘Yes urging them to vote Remain. to NUS’ do not consider the email The email, which was sent on sent to students a breach of the Wednesday, listed eight reasons campaign rules, this is because they why customers should vote to re- are an external party who are not main in the NUS, in addition to the bound by the rules, and students benefits assumed from owning an who received it opted in to receiving NUS Extra card. communication from NUS Extra. It read: “NUS is more than just “To my understanding, person- a discount card, it is an organisation ally, both the ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ cam- dedicated to making a better life for paigns were made aware of the cam- all students [...] Make sure you vote paign rules. Both Chris Wall and YES to NUS here.” myself told the NUS that external Official campaign rules state campaigners were not allowed on that: “Third party campaigning campus, and they have not attended is not allowed under the terms of at our request. We checked with the YUSU’s By-Laws and these Refer- YUSU Returning Officer, and we endum Rules, and every effort will would have been able to use an NUS be made to ensure Referendum campaigning and debate is led by Continued on P. 8 Sprint with a twist: Cycle Circuit turns technicolour as York Active throw all they have at Colour Run, P. 27 Student anger at further planned lecturer strikes

dispute revolves around pay for lec- fered a 1.1 per cent increase in pay. lot, maybe they should think about less it was necessary; many haven’t Elliott Banks turers, after the UCU rejected the 1 One third year History student their students who are under in- seen pay increases for several years Nouse NEWS REPORTER per cent pay increase offer. told that, “These strikes are creasing financial pressure rather but have seen the Vice Chancellor’s The UCU decision to escalate seemingly constant, and can only be than wasting our money by strik- salary increase massively.” industrial action means that disrup- to the detriment of students. Many ing”. Geoffrey Wall, UCU president tion is likely to occur in the autumn of us are attempting to enter a satu- However, some students were and lecturer in the English Depart- STUDENTS HAVE voiced concerns term of next year unless a deal can rated job market, so to watch the sympathetic to the lecturer’s con- ment, conﬁrmed to Nouse that a over last month’s industrial action be reached. teaching unions demand a bigger cerns. A third year Economics national ballot had taken place and by lecturers as the University and The College Union have already pay rise every year is a little galling.” student said, “Lecturers work re- that the Union’s membership has College Union suggest that further rejected a revised offer nationally, A first year History student also ally hard for their students and they strikes are likely to happen. The after universities came back and of- said, “Lecturers are already paid a wouldn’t be taking strike action un- Continued on P. 9 CONTENTS

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t says something of the quality of the de- responses with the most comforting instant bate on either side of the EU Referendum gratification. Ithat the argument that really made me As the results of our own NUS Referen- stop and think was the following. dum loom, it seems that a collective third- MUSIC Some clever soul wrote on Facebook year breakdown is long overdue. Perhaps the that wanting to leave the EU was like being moment for it has even passed. Have we as in a club with your mate, who tells you “this a university suitably stopped in our tracks, is shit, let’s go.” He’s got no idea where else nursed an entire tub of Ben and Jerry’s, and Festival season M.14 COMMENT you’re going to or who you’re going to meet agonised over that eternal question - what’s up with, and you can’t get back in; instead next? Or are we leaving the club prematurely, From Glasto to you wander aimlessly around the streets for with only the promise of a real chicken burg- BNOC Culture P.11 20 minutes before ending up in an anony- er and a lonely walk home? Benicàssim mous kebab shop arguing about whether to In the case of the EU, the opposite criti- Celebrity on campus is walk or get a taxi home. cism may be levelled - that circular debates IMAGE: CAROLINA FARUOLO Now we all know that nightclubs are have grown increasingly outlandish and bi- a flawed ideal overpriced, often disappointing, and wildly zarre, statistics twisted, arguments both for undemocratic. There’s a good chance that and against bloated, weighed down with MC Junker will be playing a dodgy Merkel the drudgery of excess. It’s been the longest Modern art myths P.12 remix that no-one really likes nor asked for. run-up in history to a jump we haven’t yet We can probably all agree on the fact that the decided to take, with speculation about life The value we assign to EU, and the NUS like it, is almost certainly post-Brexit providing great soundbites but more of a Kuda than a Willow, where you little nuance. art is subjective were too gone to know or care if your request Our own little accelerated referendum got played. positively pales in comparison, but has per- But whether you’re a committed clubber haps suffered, rather than benefitted from, its or a Kuda-sceptic, or even an intrepid tiki-bar own momentum. reformist, we can all agree on the importance Regardless, we’ve all got a lot of voting of having a plan. Our soon-to-be-graduates, to be getting on with. If only you could get in SCIENCE FASHION staring down the barrel of employment, can shape by excersising your democratic right. testify to this better than anyone. Better that than letting youself get dragged The significance of taking the time to to the kebab shop. Men’s trends M.9 weigh up all the options can’t be overstat- Drone wars P.16 ed, even when scrambling onto a masters or jetting off to East Asia are the knee-jerk Chris Owen The increasingly popular From suede jackets to socks and sandals technology poses risks The opinions expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect those of the editors, writers, publishers or advertisers. Contact [email protected] with letters and complaints.

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policy submission from lobbyists If you are voting Leave, what is your main reason for that brought forward the review Chris Owen doing so? of York’s NUS affiliation from the EDITOR autumn term. Campaign groups No2NUS and York Says Yes To NUS The NUS does not adequately represent me and my have since contested the vote, led AN EARLY POLL of NUS Referen- views as a student. by University of York Green Party dum voting intentions has revealed leader Robin Brabham and YUSU a staggering lead for the Leave The NUS is fundamentally undemocratic and is Activities Officer Chris Wall respec- campaign, with 65 per cent of re- too resistant to reform. tively. spondents declaring that they will At last week’s Referendum vote to disaffiliate from the Union, I am concerned about past comments made by Debate, which pitted Wall oppo- compared with 35 per cent opting to the newly elected NUS President, Malia Bouattia. site Brabham, a statement from vote Remain. the University of York Jewish Soci- The poll recorded 273 re- ety was read out declaring that the sponses, opening the day before The NUS does not provide enough benefits to group believes the NUS “does not campaigning began and closing on students and their Unions for the costs it incurs. guard our welfare”. Sunday. It appeared publicly on the Incoming YUSU Activities Of- Nouse website for the duration of ficer Alex Lusty, who presented the the period. Other. letter to the debate, commented Turnout for the Referendum it- that “the letter speaks for itself”. self was recorded as being just short “The NUS has, since the eight- of 2000 on Saturday, and passed the ies, repeatedly admitted to having 5 per cent quoracy boundary within problems with anti-Semitism, re- the first days of voting being open to peatedly said it will tackle it, and the student population. If you are voting Leave, what is your main reason for repeatedly failed to do so,” he said. Poll data shows that the main doing so? Newcastle, Lincoln and Hull reason students wanted to leave the universities voted to disaffiliate NUS was that “the NUS does not from the Union last month, fol- adequately represent me and my The NUS is an important representative body that lowing a string of controversies at views as a student”, closely followed York would be worse off in disaffiliating from. the recent conference that centred by “the NUS is fundamentally un- around newly elected President democratic and too resistant to re- Opposing higher education reforms requires col- Malia Bouattia and the dismissal of form”. lectivity of the kind that the NUS provides. a proposal for a One Member One The Remain vote showed a Vote election structure. However more varied set of motivations, with Exeter, Oxford and Cambridge all the top main reason being that “op- The NUS provides a financial benefit to the York recently voted to remain within the posing higher education reforms University Students’ Union and its students. Union. requires collectivity of the kind A Leave vote at York would see that the NUS provides”. The second the University join Southampton, It is a vital institution for the support and further- most popular reason for voting Re- Newcastle, Glasgow and Imperial ment of Liberation Networks and their aims. main was that the NUS is “a vital College London as the only Russell institution for the support and fur- Group member universities outside therment of Liberation Networks Other. of the NUS. and their aims”. York’s results will be announced The Referendum was acceler- on Thursday, with referendum vot- ated earlier this term following a ing closing tomorrow. Multiple exam errors cost students valuable time

“The error was present, but due to swer booklets but were only given correct the error. Management stu- “complain to the exam office”. Amy Bishop the complex nature of the question one. Students who then queried this dents were also given an incorrect Academic Officer Thomas Ron DEPUTY NEWS EDITOR and the maths involved, very hard were told to continue in the same paper in the Strategic Management commented on the issues saying: “I to spot or confirm during the exam, one. Halfway through the invigila- of Risk module. This was rectified think that mistakes like these are meaning people did all the correct tor asked for our attention, as a re- and the correct paper given with completely unacceptable and there working out, got the “wrong” an- sult many students stopped writing the time of the exam being extended needs to be more vigilance in the fu- THIS YEAR’S exam period saw sev- swer and therefore assumed they’d to listen to him. so that students had the full three ture. If students are unsatisfied with eral errors occur in different exams lost marks, affecting their grade and “He talked about the fact that hours to complete the exam. the steps the department has taken across various departments, which confidence. Secondly, I know many we should’ve been given two answer There were also issues with then they should contact me and I could impact overall grades for stu- people who spent ages trying to get booklets but should carry on in one students who require particular can take it further if students’ con- dents and cause stress for those in the question to just work, failing, if we’d already started the second examination conditions being al- cerns are not being taken seriously.” the exam procedures. and spending over 45 minutes on a question in the original booklet. A Standing Committee on As- A first year Physics mathemat- question that frankly wasn’t answer- Other invigilators then started pass- sessment Papers chaired by Dr. ics exam included an impossible able, meaning they either didn’t do ing round a second booklet to those The number of Steve King will be looking into the proof. Due to the complexity of the other questions, or did them badly.” who hadn’t started the second ques- this year’s summer errors in detail next term. Dr King mathematics it was not found to In a core English exam students tion so they could continue in that. 4 exams known to said: “We regret any errors in exam be impossible until after the exam were confused and frustrated when The invigilator did not add on the have contained papers that slip through the careful when students calculated it with- the invigilator interrupted their time that he had taken up by speak- errors checking processes that all depart- out timed conditions. The Physics writing to clarify an admin error. ing at the end, resulting in many ments follow. We recognise that department has said that all marks Micah Mackay, a first year English students feeling as if they hadn’t got any such errors can be upsetting for the question will be awarded for student said: “There seemed to be the two full hours for the exam due located inappropriate exam spaces. for students. SCA receives a de- working out on the paper as it has some sort of miscommunication to disorganisation.” Some students with ADHD or eat- tailed report each year on exam er- been found that it would have been between the English department A problem was found in an ing disorders were put in small rors, and we follow up with de- impossible to get the correct answer. and the invigilators. We were told Economics paper, Macroeconom- rooms in close proximity to others, partments where it seems that the First year Physics student Nick by our module convenor we would ics III, as well, and the paper setter and supervisors were rumoured to checking processes are not achiev- Meadowcroft-Lunn told Nouse: need to answer in two separate an- was unavailable during the exam to respond to complaints by saying ing their objectives.” www.ey.com/uk/careers CAMPUS NEWS www.nouse.co.uk/news Tuesday 7 June 2016 4

IMAGE: JOHN ROBINSON York Award numbers rise VC speaks out over The University of York are hopeful for the future of the York Award after seeing participation rise this year. The Award is an employability university overhaul certificate from the University, and a means of recognition for the skills the TEF, he stated how “univer- students develop at York. It gives credit for skills training, work expe- Ben Rowden sities will be challenged to think more about the purpose of the rience, volunteering, and personal NEWS EDITOR teaching they offer, about how interests. The system is currently they allocate their resources to undergoing a transition, so there teaching and research, and about are two routes students can take: THE UNIVERSITY of York how they can develop innovative one for first and second years (from Vice-Chancellor Koen Lamberts partnerships with external organi- October 2016), and another for all has released a statement outlin- sations to deliver key elements of other students. As participation ing his personal position on the their mission”. looks to increase, the University government’s higher education Lamberts accepted that these hope to reach their target of 50 per white paper, entitled: ‘Success as changes will impact the University, cent over the course of the next year. a knowledge economy: teaching but reinforced his message that he excellence, social mobility and stu- is confident York is in good stead. Uni ‘uncertainty’ report IMAGE: TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION dent choice’. “For some time at least, we The white paper, which is the will be protected by our strong The TES supplement has published official response to the govern- reputation as a comprehensive, its financial balance sheets for UK ment’s green paper consultation research-intensive Russell Group universities. The accompanying re- last year, discusses competition, university with excellent teaching port, or ‘health check’, asks which the Teaching Excellence Frame- and high standards for entry and universities have dealt best with un- work (TEF) and a new regulatory progression.” capped student numbers and uncer- structure for higher education. However, Lamberts did com- tainty over international income. It Lamberts discussed all three ment on how competition will emphasises the competitive nature in his response, outlining how the increase and placed importance of universities as businesses, and first chapter is aimed at removing on what York must do to attract calculates total income across UK barriers for new providers, the sec- a greater number of students to universities as £33.1bn in 2014/15, ond will seek to enhance quality stand the University in a good fi- an increase from £30.7bn the previ- and choice, and the third outlined nancial situation. ous year. The figures for our Univer- the new market regulator. Lamberts also spoke of how sity look healthy, with York making Despite refusing to outline the he believed the University is in £339,631 in income for 2014/15 desirability of the proposals, Lam- a good position on the research and a net surplus before exception- berts did discuss the potential im- front, stating York is “well set up to als of 5.8 per cent. pact it will have on York. benefit from the new Global Chal- Could univerities like York gain competition because of the white paper? Referencing the changes in lenges funding streams”. Nurses protest Parliament

A group of five student nurses and a midwifery student have visited parliament to lobby MPs over the Head STYC training criticised for warning changes to university tuition fees and bursary funding. They claim the changes will exacerbate the current staffing crisis in the NHS. From 1 August 2017, new nursing, midwife- against the dangers of “mansplaining” ry and allied health students will no longer receive NHS bursaries. the officers. IMAGE: CLUB REVOLUTION Instead, they will have access to the same student loans system as other Ben Rowden One student who attended the training and who wished to remain students. Such changes will not af- NEWS EDITOR anonymous, stated how “mans- fect current students at that date, or plaining itself is clearly a sexist those who have deferred to start in term and there is simply no need 2017. The government claims this A RECENT HEAD STYC train- to create a gender-specific term for will enable universities to provide ing event has been criticised by simply being patronising, we al- up to 10,000 additional nursing, a number of students present as ready have a word for that”. midwifery and allied health training bringing up “irrelevant and confus- The student went on to clarify places by 2020, but the news has ing concepts” in a “condescending that “the Head STYC training was, provoked an angry backlash from manner”, as officers in charge were for the most part, very informa- students across the country. accused of demonstrating sexism tive and not biased against men in towards men and alienating the any way until the Women’s Officers male audience. stepped up to present. Clearly they ‘Monster’ seen in lake The criticism is aimed mainly feel that women are incapable of at the YUSU Women’s Officers and being patronising and it just seems A woman who was visiting the Uni- their choice to include an explana- to be the wrong image to project to versity of York from her “Mayfair tion of ‘mansplaining’ in their sec- freshers.” residence” to hold a ladies lunch- tion of the training. The Women’s Officers ap- eon/raffle for the Joseph Rowntree ‘Mansplaining’ is a relatively peared alongside the International Foundation has written to the Uni- new and controversial term which Officer Roberto Avelar who also versity and Vice-Chancellor alleg- is broadly defined as ‘to explain delivered a small talk on microa- STYCs were engaged in discussion about “consent and microagression” ing that she saw a “reptilian beast” something to someone, typically gression and discussed how Head in the Heslington West lake. In a man to a woman, in a manner STYCs should aim to avoid and country of origin. whelmingly positive with 94 per an emotive report, she details her regarded as condescending or pat- combat offending international YUSU Community and Well- cent of those attending agreeing sighting of what she has coined the ronising’. students and students from a dif- being Officer Scott Dawson re- that the training was relevant to “Yorkness monster”, and shares her The term was brought up in a ferent ethnic origin. sponded to the criticism by stating them. concern that: “It’s only a matter of list of ‘dos and dont’s’ which were Microagression is a term which that, “The comment took place in “I always welcome feedback to time before the ducks become its featured alongside topics such as has come to generally refer to the the context of a wider discussion help improve the head STYC train- prey and who knows possibly even manhandling and calling out sex- cultural degradation of any member on consent and microaggression. ing in the future, as it is important a student!” She has offered to pay ism and homophobia. of a socially marginalised group. An The presenters were looking at a we keep training relevant and up to for drenching of the lake, inspection In conversation with future example of microaggression would wide range of examples drawing date for colleges.” of the beast and refilling of the lake, Head STYCS-to-be Nouse learned be assuming that a person likes a on students’ real life expierences on It is unclear as to whether the and to even send her helicopter to of how many students were left certain food product based on their campus. training will continue to use the fly University officials to her office feeling somewhat ‘patronised’ by cultural/ethnic background or their “Feedback has been over- term in the future. to discuss action plans. www.ey.com/uk/careers www.nouse.co.uk/news 5 Tuesday 7 June 2016 Backlash at mitigating circumstances failures

sation for mental health difficul- IMAGE: ROBERT COUSE BAKER Amy Gibbons ties, and in some cases instances of DEPUTY EDITOR trauma. It is stated in the Mitigating Circumstances Policy 2015/16 that: “The University defines mitigating A NOUSE investigation has found circumstances as problems that stu- that a number of students are dis- dents have encountered which go satisfied with the mitigating cir- beyond the normal difficulties ex- cumstances system at York. It perienced in life and which have af- includes evidence of instances of fected their academic performance breakdowns in communication adversely during the assessment

within departments and unreason- period for which they are claiming.”

able demands made of individuals However, students have raised in crisis. concerns as to the vagueness of this In” many instances, it has policy; how it is implemented, and emerged that the system has left with what consistency across de- students at a significant disadvan- partments. Many gave evidence as to how efforts to regulate the system have led to students being ‘placed in boxes’, or inappropriately categorised The system in nuanced circumstances, with one student blaming specifically what The University has this academic year reviewed the policy with student input and is considering a new proposal they deemed a “one size fits all” has left policy, arguing that such a regime 40 should I perform poorly, due to vague to such an extent that there application in the case of mental could not be fit for purpose, given the immense stress I was currently was a breakdown in communication health complications; in particular, different students with different under. I did not want to sit the exam between members of the same de- how one might distinguish between students at a needs have varying requirements. for the first time ever in August, as partment. The student continued: general stress and medical Anxiety. The same student, who is in I did not want to further disrupt my “This was despite the assurance of For this reason, one student found significant their second year studying Eng- schedule. different members of said depart- it difficult to persuade their depart- lish Literature, gave an account of “The department informed me ment and of the University’s student ment that their situation warranted her own experience applying for that it would not be possible to al- support network that an uncapped excusing from contact hours. disadvantage support, explaining: “I applied for low an uncapped resit, as mitigating resit would be possible.” They told Nouse: “I was suf- mitigating circumstances after a circumstances ‘could not be used They concluded: “I am ap- fering from anxiety and depression tage, or unclear as to whether they traumatic incident in my personal to account for poor performance’, palled that the department believes for the first time at university. I was are entitled to support. Complaints life, requesting to sit my exams as and that the procedure could not mit circ can be one size fits all, as it stuck in bed one day with constant range from students struggling with planned the following week, but to be ‘customised’ to fit my individual currently wishes to operate, since panic attacks. I was so worried for physical conditions and debilitating be permitted to resit ‘as if for the needs.” different individuals have differ- my mental health and emailed my illnesses, to those seeking compen- first time’ and not have it capped at It transpired that the policy was ent needs which cannot possibly be tutor explaining. The tutor replied fairly catered to under a universal this wasn’t a good enough excuse to policy.” miss class.”

In another instance of ambigu- The mitigating circumstances ity, Kerry Douglas, a second year policy has been in review over the

80% of students take a leave of English and Linguistics student, past year, and a new policy is cur- had to miss an assessed presenta- rently being considered. tion due to a kidney infection and When” asked, Pro Vice Chan- was left unclear as to whether she cellor Prof John Robinson com- absence for financial reasons might be granted mitigating cir- mented: “The University operates a cumstances. She explained: “I mes- absence were found to be second munity & Wellbeing Officer, said: saged my supervisor about it saying Amy Gibbons years, and 29 per cent third years. “We hope that the focus groups the doctor wouldn’t allow me to In regards to means of ac- will help us expand our knowl- fly home until I had a scan and it DEPUTY EDITOR cessing support, 80 per cent of the edge on issues surrounding LoA. calmed down or I was risking dam- whole group said they had at some Over the summer we look forward aging my kidneys since it was really The point discussed the possibility to working with the University bad. YUSU research has found that of taking a leave of absence with to address some of the problems “I got two doctor notes saying 80 per cent of students who have their academic tutor. highlighted by the survey.” I was not fit for work and wasn’t department considered taking, or have taken a Following the study, YUSU David Duncan, University able to go back to York in time for leave of absence (LoA), did so for are in discussion about what more Registrar and Secretary, also my presentation however I did all believes mit financial reasons. could be done to support students commented: “We are conscious the work and explained to my group In a study conducted by Mad- through the process. In collabora- of the financial pressures which who were fine with it. I did every- die Boden, former YUSU LGBTQ tion with a series of focus groups students face and are anxious to thing but present due to illness. circ can be Officer and postgraduate student, in Weeks 8 and 9, they will con- mitigate these where possible. “Then the department told me 144 students were surveyed, of sider how the system might be “We would encourage stu- my MC probably won’t go through which 64 had taken a leave of ab- improved, addressing dents who are facing difficul- because I shouldn’t have been at one size fits all sence. both an initial lack of ties to contact the University home and should have been in York. In addition to the overwhelm- support or informa- as early as possible, either They won’t tell me the final result robust system which gives due con- ing proportion who cited financial tion during the pro- through their supervisor until summer so it’s been super sideration to all properly reported support as a main concern, 67 cess of initiating or via Student Support stressful and I was very sick.” mitigating circumstances. The sys- per cent of those who had taken and immediately Services. In addition to listing specifical- tem is overseen by a committee of a break said it was due at least in after taking an “Having said that, ly what it deems does and does not academics drawn from across the part to falling behind on work, LoA, and a lack we have not yet constitute mitigating circumstanc- faculties and is supported by an ex- and 67 per cent again attributed of support in re- had sight of es, the University website clarifies: perienced team of professional staff. their decision to missing out on integrating with the YUSU’s re- “Academic studies are challenging The policy and process are kept un- societies or socialising. University follow- search on and everyday life is full of ups and der regular review with input from The study also gathered infor- ing a year of LoA. this issue and downs. It is important you develop student representatives. mation on students’ chosen place Following this, a would want the resilience and skills needed to “In the current academic year, of residence while away from uni- report will be to consider cope with everyday inconveniences improving clarity and making in- versity. Only 43 per cent stayed in drafted collat- it carefully and illnesses so they do not stop you terpretation more straightforward York full-time, with 37 per cent ing suggestions before re- completing assessments in good have been important themes, lead- returning home, and 18 per cent and outcomes. spond- time.” ing to development of a new policy. doing a mixture of the two. 30 When asked, ing more In some instances, the latter Students have had input to this proper cent of students on a leave of Scott Dawson, YUSU Com- fully.” statement has provided confusion cess and representatives are partici- as to what constitutes a suitable pating in all stages of approval.”

www.ey.com/uk/careers CAMPUS NEWS www.nouse.co.uk/news Tuesday 7 June 2016 7 New petition site will hold University to account

troduce a petitioning platform and at Huddersfield University told IMAGE: DAN POWELL Nouse Amy Bishop would like to thank the VC for tak- : “it has been really good having on board feedback about the ing the ability to go to our Student DEPUTY NEWS EDITOR need to listen to students in a clear Union website and petition for and transparent way. The exact things that students really want. model of the platform will be de- There is such a variety of differ- AS PART OF the new website up- veloped in the new academic year ent ideas that people have for what dates for YUSU it has been an- and form part of wider consultation would make the University better nounced that there will be a peti- plans to address how YUSU’s policy and it is great to have a platform tion section. Petitions will apply to processes can be improved to better where they can be heard.” the University as well as the Stu- serve students.” On the Hudderfield Univer- dent Union. The new website changes and sity website it is displayed which Students will be able to submit YUSU policy reform will come into petitions the University is work- petitions and vote on others. If the effect in August. The submission of ing on, which ones it may make petitions reach an allocated num- petitions and the ability to vote on changes based on one day, and ber of votes they will automati- them will only be available to stu- which petitions have resulted in cally go to the University Executive dents. actual changes being made at the Board for discussion. David Duncan, University Sec- University. The threshold figure is yet to retary and Registrar told Nouse: A third-year University of be confirmed, but will be based off “We work very closely with YUSU York student told Nouse: “It will be upvotes, not down votes. The peti- and the Graduate Students’ Asso- good to have somewhere that stu- tions that reach this threshold and ciation to ensure that the views of dents can tell the University what are discussed will then receive a students are heard and are taken issues are really affecting them written response that will be made into account at all levels of decision and what changes they would like public. making. We welcome this initiative to see being made. Even if changes Ben Leatham, YUSU Presi- and look forward to hearing the retake a long time to happen it will dent, told Nouse that the petition sults of it in due course.” bring some issues to light that can system “provides a direct channel Huddersfield University Stu- be spoken about.” to the uni executive board”. dents’ Union have a similar peti- Currently several petitions as- It is after speaking to Koen tion facility on their website in sociated with the University have Lamberts, Vice Chancellor of the which petitions have been submit- been submitted through change. University, that it was agreed to ted on subjects such as free access org. Already some of these have that petitioning could apply to to the gym for students, eliminat- resulted in action such as the peti- both the University as well as the ing printing charges in the library tion for lights on Walmgate Stray, Student Union. and getting a Slush Puppy machine in which light disks are going to Leatham continued: “I’m in the Student Union shop. be installed along the sides of the thrilled to announce plans to in- A first-year Pharmacy student path leading to the University. YUSU website will change to include a facility for students to submit petitions Six student suicides Socs fail to spend £22,000 in at York since 2006 YUSU grant money in 2015/16

where the inquest verdict was sui- societies included in the grant. their funding from the past year, cide. This means that over 32 per cent of meaning that 80 societies have seen Chris Owen “The University does not keep Jack Davies funds dispensed at the beginning of at least some of their YUSU fund- EDITOR statistics on suicides, but while this NEWS REPORTER the year have not been spent. ing go unused, which is described is not routinely recorded as a sta- The total amount that was re- by YUSU’s Student Activities Of- tistic, the University does its best quested by societies this year was ficer Chris Wall as “not unusual”. A NOUSE investigation has re- to keep track of student deaths,” IT HAS EMERGED that a total of £248,213.68, around £180,000 As many as 1 in 3 societies have vealed that University records the reply reads. £21,908.01 allocated to Univer- more than was actually granted to failed to spend a single penny of show only six student suicides “It cannot give a categori- sity of York societies in 2015/16 has societies, and over £200,000 more funding received from YUSU. having taken place in the last ten cal confirmation that there are no gone unspent, according to data ob- than the societies have spent during Elsewhere, a total of 68 socie- years. However management has other student deaths with a suicide tained by Nouse. the last 12 months. ties still have over £50 left to spend, conceded that “it does not keep verdict in that period, because no YUSU allocated £67,500 at Just 28 of the 108 societies who 51 still have over £100 at their dis- statistics on suicides” and this in- reliable source of comprehensive the start of 2015/16 between 108 received the grant have spent all of posal, and 5 societies have as much formation “is not routinely record- data is available to it.” as £1000 remaining. ed”. It follows reports that half of IMAGE: UNITED NATIONS The President of one society The statistic has been widely all ambulance call outs to the Uni- told Nouse that they think it is “ex- queried, with students alleging versity have been for self-harm or tremely unclear as to why societies that up to as many as six students suicide related incidents in the first should not make the most of fund- may have taken their lives in the month of 2016, with such incidents ing available to them to make im- last three years alone. A third year accounting for 32 per cent of all provements”. commented that “the number callouts in 2015. Wall further commented: “It is seems quite low – I’m confident University Registrar and Sec- not unusual for the full allocation that in my three years alone the retary David Duncan clarified, “We of grants to have not been spent at University has seen this many stu- are of course aware of any sudden this stage in the academic year but dent suicides. However there are deaths of students. The decision the figure is higher than we would obviously complications in moni- on whether or not a sudden death expect. Claims are however being toring such a statistic.” is a suicide is a matter for the coro- submitted by students on a daily In its response to a request ner’s inquest, which sometimes basis so this is unlikely to be the for the information, the University happens some considerable time final year end figure. If we reach has declared that it “does its best after the death. A member of staff the year’s end next month and any to keep track of student deaths” attends the inquest and reports unspent funds are still remaining and that the numbers given relate back to senior colleagues on the we will ensure that the money goes to cases the University knows of outcome.” United Nations Association made the biggest grant application request back into supporting students.” www.ey.com/uk/careers www.nouse.co.uk/news CAMPUS NEWS Tuesday 7 June 2016 8 NUS accused of unauthorised 3rd party campaigning

the NUS senior management team IMAGE: DAN POWELL Amy Gibbons and Ben Rowden and that they had been made fully DEP EDITOR AND NEWS EDITOR aware. Everyone in this campaign - ‘Yes’, ‘No’ and Returning Officer - has wanted all parties to be well >>> Continued from front informed to prevent rule breaches. Shamefully, NUS has clearly shown officer as the delegated speaker - the no intention of wanting to obey ‘No’ campaign were against this (see YUSU election rules.” my post on their page for more) and However serious doubt has so we did not invite any of the sev- been cast over communications eral NUS officers who were willing between YUSU and the NUS; de- to attend. To my personal under- spite YUSU assuring campaigners standing, NUS were aware that ex- that the NUS had been informed of ternal campaigners are not allowed the rules both before and after the on campus, and they have not at- email, when approached by Nouse tended.” on two occasions, an NUS spokes- In stark contrast to this, Robin person stated: “NUS has not been Brabham, leader of the ‘No2NUS’ informed of any rules about cam- campaign, stated: paigning and no complaints have “This was absolutely a breach of been received by NUS about rule campaign rules by NUS. Third-par- breaking or NUS Extra card emails.” ty campaigning is explicitly forbid- In addition, YUSU has this den and NUS clearly violated this, week received “a number of com- Both campaigns have allegedly had signs vandalised, with one ‘No’ sign completely defaced to read ‘YES TO NUS’ once again demonstrating NUS’ plaints” of breaches of the official systematic disregard for a fair and NUS Referendum rules by both ‘Yes’ ing, almost half of our signs were signs have been removed and do Leatham, YUSU President, stated: open democratic process. As coor- and ‘No’ campaigns, including sev- destroyed, on Wednesday after- not in any way condone this. We “A number of complaints regarding dinators, Chris and I bear some re- eral instances of vandalism. Allega- noon, two ‘Yes’ signs were defaced were very disappointed to see that the Referendum have been received sponsibility for ensuring our sides tions first surfaced when it emerged in a tit-for-tat response. Since then, our signs were spray painted over to and these are all being investigated. are informed about election rules. I on Wednesday that a ‘No2NUS’ sign we are aware of more ‘Yes’ signs be- read ‘YES 2 NUS’, and then system- Where appropriate and there is a briefed the ‘No’ side a week before had been defaced to read ‘YES TO ing torn down but not of any further atically ripped down across cam- breach of election rules by relevant voting opened and have been keen NUS’, and a number of others were abuse of ‘No’ signs. We believe sup- pus. This is particularly worrying parties, action will be taken. The to keep our side on the right side of torn down. The ‘Yes’ campaign also porters of the ‘No’ campaign are be- given that this was premeditated rules set out clear procedures to en- the rules. I cannot speak for Chris, later reported damage to signage. hind most acts of vandalism, but we and would have required significant sure a fair election and both inter- but I hope that he has taken similar The campaign rules state that: condemn the vandalism regardless planning and expenditure. We un- nal and external returning officers proactive measures. “Campaign supporters must not ob- of who does it.” derstand that the leaders of the ‘Yes’ are in place to provide a check and “This was discussed at length scure, tamper with or remove the The ‘No’ campaign in turn told campaign were uninvolved with any balance, investigate concerns and with the Returning Officer prior to publicity of any other campaign.” Nouse: “We can say categorically malpractice and trust that they have handle any formal complaints. I am the Referendum, and we had been The ‘Yes’ campaign stated: “‘Yes’ that the ‘No’ campaign has been conducted themselves in a manner confident that the Referendum is informed that numerous phone signs have been ripped down rela- uninvolved in attacking any signs. conducive to a constructive debate.” being conducted fairly, in line with conversations had taken place with tive to ‘No’ signs; on Tuesday even- We are disappointed that some When asked for comment, Ben the rules.” Sexual harassment and assault Abusive commentary figures “not collated centrally” at Roses Darts match

exactly why the FoI request was de- are fully aware of issues which re- be meeting to begin planning Ros- nied and on what grounds. quire formal action.” Ben Rowden es 2017, set to be held at York. Chris Owen Nouse The University directs stu- Of the failure to hold informa- NEWS EDITOR Clarke told : “For the EDITOR dents who wish to report a sexual tion in a codified location, YUSU first time at Roses 2016, both Lan- assault to the police and campus Community and Wellbeing Officer caster and York team captains from security phone numbers, and also Scott Dawson said: “The Univer- every sport signed a pledge to re- INSTANCES OF reported sexual to the Safezone app. sity has been proactive in changing FOLLOWING ROSES 2016, de- spect the Rose, to act in a respectful assault or harassment at the Uni- “External authorities such as its harassment procedures, par- tails have emerged of unsporting manner demonstrating ultimate versity are not recorded in a central the police are also involved where ticularly with regards to reporting and discriminatory behaviour from sportsmanship. However, clearly database or document, and infor- appropriate,” Duncan continued. incidents around sexual assault commentators at the Women’s and the conduct of the commentators mation is not easily retrievable, a “However, our policy is to encour- and clarification of the reporting Men’s Darts tournaments. at Lancaster Roses Darts was not response to a Freedom of Informa- process. A significant number of The annual Darts competitons in the spirit of this pledge. tion request submitted to the Uni- YTT research has harassment cases can be resolved took place on Sunday 1 May at Lan- “YUSU takes discrimina- versity has declared. revealed that 52% through mediation or at a local lev- caster University. Lancaster came tion extremely seriously, we acted The request was refused on of students at York el, with college tutors or academic out on top in both tournaments quickly and immediately contacted the grounds that the retrieval of 52% have been victims supervisors, without recourse to with 5 points to York’s 4 on each Lancaster to ensure they took ap- the information would exceed the of sexual formal mechanisms, which are occasion. propriate action. We have been ad- “appropriate costs limit” for FoIs harassment rightly in place to support the most YUSU Sport President Grace vised that they will investigate and to universities because, according serious cases. Clarke has spoken out against the use the relevant disciplinary pro- to UoY management, “the infor- age students to raise minor issues “To ensure continuous im- conduct of Lancastrian commenta- cedures to address those students mation, where held, is held across informally with College staff, har- provements to support services, it tors at the Roses 2016 competition, directly involved at Lancaster. several departments” and not held assment advisers or others so that is important that adequate moni- assuring students that alleged sex- “Very shortly, we will meet with “in a single database or document”. advice can be given and matters toring and recording is in place to ist and body shaming comments Lancaster to begin discussions and However when asked for clari- dealt with as quickly as possible. understand the real scale of the are being fully investigated. plans for Roses 2017 with a strong fication, University Registrar and “While we do not believe it challenge. Where necessary this Clarke also commended the commitment to equality and diver- Secretary David Duncan comment- would be helpful to attempt to col- should include centralised record- positive work that both universi- sity at the top of our agenda to en- ed: “Formal complaints of harass- late data on the many contacts that ing. It’s concerning that provision ties have taken in creating a more sure the same issues do not arise at ment and assault are recorded students have with College and for such documentation doesn’t equal, diverse and accessible Roses York next year.” centrally and action is taken where other staff, we keep in constant seem to be in place and I urge the tournament. She went on to state It is not yet clear what exactly necessary.” It is therefore unclear contact with those staff so that we University to address this.” how both universities will shortly the comments made were. www.ey.com/uk/careers Got a story? Email [email protected]... www.nouse.co.uk/news Tuesday 7 June 2016 9

Minster IMAGE: US NAVY Staff strikes could neo-Nazis continue into next ‘may have academic calendar included began on Wednesday 25 May.” Elliott Banks He further explained that the NEWS REPORTER University is looking to arrange a students’ settlement that will avoid industrial action and prioritise essential >>> Continued from front work, minimising any negative im- Ben Rowden pact on students. NEWS EDITOR voted for further industrial action. Wall addressed frustrated stu- He explained: “Lecturer’s pay dents: “To those students feeling has declined by nearly 15 per cent angry, we want to say that we did A PROTEST from the Neo-Nazi since 2009 so we are now effective- not take this decision lightly. We group National Action which was ly working for nothing for 15 per know that the action has caused staged in York last Saturday alleg- cent of 37 hours every week. That’s disruption and we regret this. But edly had participators who “looked 5.55 hours, working for nothing, the truth is that University employ- like students” according to eye wit- and that’s an hour and a bit every ers could end the dispute today. ness reports. day. We are not happy, working for With rising tuition fees, the system The protesters were seen out- nothing for an hour a day.” currently has over £1.8bn in oper- side the Minster holding a banner If strike action is to occur it ating surpluses. in support of Hitler and even per- is likely to have an impact on stu- “This is your money. And you forming the Nazi salute. A large dents. Thomas Ron, YUSU Aca- may well ask where it’s going. Into police presence was established demic Officer, said: “We took steps buildings, into VC’s salaries, into quickly and numerous members of during the strikes to make sure that schemes for increasing revenues. the public were seen denouncing there was continuity of provision Rather than being invested in staff. the protesters and their actions. for students and we have not heard “This is a familiar commercial According to first year History of any reports of disruption. Lec- strategy: building the brand, while student Anna Coughlan the pro- turers now are working strictly to surreptitiously squeezing labour testers, numbered at around 40, hours, meaning that they will not costs at the expense of quality. The seemed to include members who work overtime. However, as most evidence is all around us: seminar “looked just like normal students, contact time is in the working day groups that feel too big, too many our age”. the effect on students for the direct tutors on short-term contracts, Coughlan, who was present hours of their contact time should overworked lecturers who can’t re- at the event, went on to state how be minimal. member your name, long delays in “it is incredibly worrying that peo- Protesters found themselves kettled in by the police as crowds gathered “Once again, we very much replacing staff who leave. It doesn’t ple our age hold such views, views hope both sides return to the table have to be like this. which are associated with the most ing that of a 21-year-old man from of York. and work out a solution to ensure “These things come from deci- hateful aspects of society”. Swansea. Police are appealing to Ben Leatham, YUSU Presi- that our university can be at its best sions that are being made against Coughlan also described how anyone with footage of the event to dent, also joined the Lord Mayor for students.” your best interests. You can help she felt “concerned at the hostile come forward and aid the identifi- in signing an open letter which de- When asked about the likeli- to make your university a better environment and that the scene cation of protesters. nounced the protesters. The letter hood of a quick resolution to the place in which to learn. We ask you was one completely at odds with The incoming Lord Mayor of stated how “to have a group of fas- strike, University Registrar and to support our campaign for a fair the York I have become used to York has also joined a group of 14 cists on the streets of York bearing a Secretary David Duncan told Nouse deal. Email the VC and urge him to throughout my first year at univer- key civic leaders in the city who banner claiming ‘Hitler Was Right’, that: “The University & College press national negotiators to make sity”. have denounced the actions of the as we did on Saturday, dishonours Union (UCU) has announced ‘Ac- a better offer. Talk to your lecturers Following the event there have group, stating that their “message the memory of all those who fought tion Short of a Strike’ in the form about the action. Talk to your Stu- been a number of arrests, includ- of hate” has no place on the streets against the Nazi regime”. of working to contract; this action dents’ Union.” Department agrees to cap students’ book costs at £50

ration with some staff members, to account - it’s been more about IMAGE: WIKIPEDIA Amy Gibbons details a number of concerns, pre- staff trying to recognise some of the DEPUTY EDITOR dominantly those of costs and com- pressures that students face, and munication. vice versa”. In light of recent discussions “We hope to approve the agree- regarding financial demands on stu- ment as it stands at next week’s STUDENTS AND STAFF on the dents, the group propose that book Board of Studies meeting, then English department Board of Stud- costs are capped at £50 per module. build on it with reference to staff ies are together working towards Staff will ensure this by calculating and student feedback over subse- an agreement whereby a number costs of reading lists in advance and quent months, with the aim of de- of concerns regarding book costs making certain texts available for veloping a more formal agreement and email turnarounds will be ad- free in printed format or online. which we can present to students dressed. Jim Watt, senior lecturer in the and include in the departmental The agreement, which will be English Department, confirmed staff handbook.” proposed at Wednesday’s Board of the proceedings, but reaffirmed the Angelica Curzi, second year Studies meeting, will be reached by agreement is very much in the inter- Course Rep, also commented: “Staff the collation of two proposals: one ests of both staff and students, and warmly welcomed the laying down each on the behalf of students and significantly still a work in progress. of the SSA with the student reps, staff, which will clarify the ‘reason- “I’d stress that the discussion so seeing it as a brilliant opportunity able’ expectations of both. far has been very collaborative,” he to improve communications and re- The students’ proposal, which told Nouse, “and hasn’t been about lations with the English Lit students has already been drafted in collabo- either side trying to hold the other at large.” Staff will cut costs by printing extracts and increasing online availability www.ey.com/uk/careers www.nouse.co.uk/comment COMMENT Tuesday 7 June 2016 10 !e NUS, prisons and jumping the shark !e latest NUS motion suggesting the abolition of prisons is one more in a line of fatuous interjections that do the NUS little credit

IMAGE: LUIS ARGERICH RU- but 2.8 per cent of the population. date to argue on behalf of all stu- Niall Whitehead It’s also true that as a way to stop dents any more. Malia Bouattia only recidivism, they could be improved, got voted in by 372 students, 0.005 since 58 per cent of those impris- per cent of the UK’s student popu- oned for fewer than 12 months relation. Furthermore, students aren’t offend. But whatever your opinion, the most conscientious when voting the fact that the NUS is riding out for the union reps that represent us to tackle it reveals a few unflattering at NUS conferences. risons are obsolete! Abolish truths about the organisation. Only 18 per cent of students them now! That’s the recently For one, “the NUS votes to take voted in the average SU election Ppassed Motion 304 from the down the prison-industrial com- across the country, according to a NUS Black Students’ Campaign, plex” is a political statement on par 2015 poll. The result is that a hand- which calls for “the abolition of the with “One Direction moves to can- ful of radical students (radical as in prison-industrial complex”. The mo- cel farm subsidies” or “the Botswana politically, as opposed to any ability tion claims that prisons are “sexist” Meat Industry Union votes to leave to pull off a sick-nasty kick-flip) can in their treatment of women and the EU” – you can certainly do it, but make the difference between candi- “racist” by targeting minorities: it dates winning and losing. therefore declares that the NUS Over time, the absence of any should campaign for “prison aboli- We probably external engagement becomes al- tion” through means up to and in- most necessary for the system to cluding “direct action”. shouldn’t ban work, as inward-facing, hard-lean- Notably, it doesn’t say what ing policies become the norm and prisons are actually going to be re- the whole thing becomes utterly placed with. For all we know, the prisons detached from student life. And so, UK’s 85,000 prisoners are just go- to the wider world, the NUS are no ing to get dumped outside to roam you won’t exactly be a bastion of” ex- longer a powerful, focused organi- free, like a community outreach pro- pertise, and it’s not the sort of thing sation realising students’ concerns, gramme mixed with Arkham City. laid out in your mandate. but those obsessive navel-gazers Maybe we’ll just invent the world’s “Reach for the Stars” is a po- who banned clapping. biggest naughty step. litical manifesto usually restricted Now the whole thing seems to Of course, we’d have to put to the S-Club Party, but the NUS have reached its inevitable conclu- some walls around it, eventually, seems to have taken it to heart, pass- sion. One after the other, universi- to stop offenders leaving too early. ing motions demanding “the build- ties have been voting to disaffiliate Maybe some staff just to make sure. ing of millions of council houses” and get their cheaper hamburgers We could even get some of the staff and “taxes on second homes” in and Alton Towers tickets from else- to try and rehabilitate the offenders, 2015, while pushing for macroeco- where – meanwhile, Bouattia stares just to make sure they didn’t end up nomic social change through “heavy out at the rising waves as the violin- on the step again. taxation of the rich and democratic, ists finish up “Nearer My God To But at least we won’t have any public ownership and control of the Thee”. Hopefully, that’ll be the trig- more prisons. banks”. These are noble goals, but ger for some much needed reforms, The thing is, there’s a grain of not the highest priorities for the especially One Member One Vote – truth in the NUS’ arguments. It’s UK’s student population, who the if not, maybe a better alternative can true that minorities are overrep- NUS allegedly represent. rise from the ashes. resented in prison – black Britons Others have questioned wheth- And also, no, we probably make up 10 per cent of all prisoners er or not the NUS even has a man- shouldn’t ban prisons. Iranian forces in Iraq: Saviours or sectarians? Iran has been instrumental in the fight against IS, but is this a positive development, or is it adding fuel to the sectarian fire?

Sunni and Shia Muslims. The Is- been rumours and allegations fly- they could not stand in the face of warfare occurring in Iraq itself on a Sam Lees lamic State (IS) has followed hard ing left, right and centre at various IS. massive scale. But at the same time, on their heels, persecuting religious groups purportedly acting on behalf However, the tribal and sectar- what choice was there? The interna- minorities such as Christians, Druz, of the government. While it’s true ian militias, some over a decade old, tional community had no interest in Yazidis and various Shia sects. With that allowing groups with a sectar- had been able to stand in the face offering serious help to the Iraqis; the majority of the members of the ian background to form in the first of the might of the NATO peace- many nations had only just left, and al-Hashd al-Shaabi or Popular Mo- place at a time when divisions and keeping force. They had persevered, weren’t keen to go back for more. bilisation Units being Shia, despite tensions are so high is very risky, the and while they had lost men, lead- Since Iran is currently being n Saturday 28 May, the Iraqi state sponsorship from the Ministry Iraqi government also badly need ers and arms, and with no formal brought back into the international Parliament condemned the of the Interior, the groups have con- the military assistance. training, their resolve could not be fold, and since it is actively trying to Ovisit by Iranian Major Gen- siderable power to enact violence At the time of the foundation of questioned. With further promises assist Iraq and Syria against the ac- eral Qassem Soleimani, the head of against minorities if they should the Hashd, back in the summer of of assistance from the Iranian gov- tions by IS, should we perhaps stop foreign military operations for the choose to do so. 2014, Mosul, second city of Iraq, had ernment, and the desperate situa- being so suspicious of its actions? Revolutionary Guards, to paramili- With the recent history of Iraq just fallen. In six days, two divisions tion showing that something fairly Back during the Iran-Iraq war, after tary forces who have been taking pointing towards such trends, be of the Iraqi security forces number- radical might be required, the Iraqi all, predominantly Sunni Kurds and part in the Iraqi government opera- that by IS, the Hashd or Iraqi army, ing over 30,000 men, not to men- government created the Hashd as a Shia Iranians fought side by side. tion to retake the city of Fallujah. there is good reason for the parlia- tion the backing of heavy armour part of its security forces. Just because there is a potential for The reason for this outcry: fears of ment to be on edge. and support systems were defeated In the long run, it may prove sectarian conflict, it does not mean sectarian violence. There have already been re- by an estimated 1000 IS fighters. to be a foolish decision. It has al- Iran or Iraq desire one; after all, if it The fears are likely well-found- ports of Shia militia torching The Iraqi military had proven that lowed Iranian military assets to be did, Iran would see decades of hard ed; after all, al-Qaeda in Iraq spent farms and mosques after retaking despite a decade of training, in the created or beefed up in the region. diplomatic work obliterated in an most of the last decade attempt- Karmah, a city near Fallujah, and face of terror tactics and the threat It has allowed for the potential fur- instant. ing to fuel a sectarian war between throughout the conflict, there have of execution, crucifixion or worse, ther growth of the risk of sectarian Who wants that? www.ey.com/uk/careers www.nouse.co.uk/comment Tuesday 7 june 2016 11 IMAGE: DONKEYHOTEY BNOC culture - how we’ve drunk our own Kool-aid Does anyone actually care about all these BNOCs?

we are the ones that perpetuate its Deborah Lam self-fulﬁlling prophecy. From articles (admittedly written by student journalists) offering purportedly ofﬁcial lists of BNOCs on campus or worse, advice on how to become one yourself, we create ust because you’re from Der- the narratives that spawn them. went doesn’t mean you have People become BNOCs when

Jto lick the arses of the col- we confer status onto them. When lege Big Names On Campus. Nor I couldn’t identify someone a friend

should you feel obliged to, regard- pointed out to me while walking to less of the college you come from. campus one day, my friend asked if Although BNOCs are thought of as I was” even from Derwent. part and parcel of university cul- The tired absurdity of BNOC ture, there are convincing reasons culture is that we don’t even like why we should seriously assess the position of the BNOC on campus, just as we have lad culture. We far too easily dismiss what would otherwise be seen as inex- !e tired cusable behaviour as “just the way BNOCs are” like a parent pardon- absurdity of ing children. !e most unpopular Some BNOCs may be equally BNOC culture spoiled, self-entitled and conceit- ed, but unlike children, the exist- is that we don’t ence of the appellation reflects on us as the student population. For even like the election in US history all the talk about university being a place for vigilant criticism and de- majority of them Trump and Clinton are both electoral poison: US electorate, be very afraid bate, we let BNOCs off the hook: a large dent in our critical faculties. the majority of them. But if tear- eral election candidate; decades of and centrist”. It did nothing to im- It’s difficult to diagnose the ing down the myth of the Big Anand Goyal flip-flopping for political expedi- prove her image. problem because it is impossible to Name On Campus was as easy as ence and contradictions have been Meanwhile the forgotten can- identify a group of JCRC members, simply choosing to extricate our- scrutinised this election season. didate on the Democratic side, student politics or sports groups as selves from the phenomenon, there Critics point to her opposition to Bernie Sanders, beats Trump by BNOCs without grossly generalis- wouldn’t be so many infesting uni- the Trans-Pacific Partnership that 11 per cent in a poll-of-polls gen- ing and implicating people who versities with elitism, inside jokes she once called the “gold standard” eral election match up, a trouncing genuinely care about serving their and aggressive self-promotion. of trade deals, or her sudden move if those numbers were to become communities or are passionate The BNOC social phenom- resident Trump was once to support marriage for same-sex reality. Further, he maintains a about their societies. enon paradoxically publicises their a distant fiction that is fast couples in 2013, just as public opin- positive 10 per cent favourable rat- People in any position of pow- parties and gatherings while stress- Pbecoming a possible reality. ion changed in favour on the mating among the American elector- er – be it through popularity or for- ing their exclusivity, as if to tell When your opponent has offend- ter. ate, significantly better than both mal authority – need to constantly us, “Look at all the fun you aren’t ed almost everyone except white Clinton is further damaged by Trump and Clinton, notably the appraise their intentions and in- invited to.” Perhaps the inability males, you should be trouncing an investigation that the FBI are only positive favourability rating volvement in social groups. Just as t o remove ourselves him. Worryingly, Clinton is not. conducting over her using an e-mail of any of the remaining three. Un- we have recognised the toxicity of completely is In May, Donald Trump closed server inside her private residence fortunately, the delegate difference lad culture, the BNOC equivalent indicative of the gap between Clinton from sev- to transmit classified information between him and Clinton is almost is similarly, but more subtly, per- an addic- en to two points, within the mar- while acting as Secretary of State impossible to overcome and it is ex- nicious. In an age where the cult tion to the gin of error, according to the polls under the Obama administration, tremely unlikely he’ll be the demo- of the celebrity is so pervasive, it’s cult of the gathered by the Huffington Post. which Clinton tried to downplay as cratic nominee. easy to forget to critique the people celebrity – Unfavourable deficits for both can- a “security inquiry”. Soon after, FBI As Trump and Clinton look – or institutions – we see as repre- and a hope didates are at record highs. Trump Director James Comey said he was towards the general election, it sentative of the values we hold. to one day is the most unfavourable in US his- not familiar with the term “security is Trump who is dealing the first But placing anyone or anything become one. tory - negative 20 per cent - with inquiry”. Instead, he said, “We’re blow, with television adverts about in a position of power, regardless of Clinton the second most at negative conducting an investigation. That’s Hillary Clinton’s treatment of al- the situation, dangerously over- 13 per cent. what we do.” leged victims of Bill Clinton’s past emphasises particular quali- In a CBS poll, both Clinton and While it would be unfair to pin sexual transgressions, contrasting ties and often excuses Trump did terribly among the elec- her image problem with Repub- with tweets she has posted about behaviour that needs torate. When asked if they thought licans solely on her due to base- not silencing victims of sexual to be criticised objec- the candidates were honest and less Republican attacks that have abuse. The ad is a clear attempt to tively. trustworthy, 64 per cent said no for haunted her for decades, much of sway female voters away from her, a It’s no longer both Trump and Clinton. It is dis- her problem with progressives in demographic she performs well in. good enough to astrous for the Clinton camp con- the Democratic Party is her past This below the belt politics is what dislike them or sidering Trump contradicts him- dismissiveness to the movement. Trump likes to play, and there will meet any BNOC self within the same sentence, but However, sensing the changing only be more of it. news with an it points to the underlying distrust winds, Clinton now describes her- A two-point lead isn’t great; eye roll. For all that the American public have of self as a progressive, when ear- Trump saw off 16 other candidates, our distaste for the Clintons. lier on the campaign trail she pled it’s time to get worried, he could see BNOC culture In short, Clinton is a bad gen- “guilty” to being “kinda moderate off one more. we may profess, IMAGE: CIARAN MORRISSEY www.ey.com/uk/careers www.nouse.co.uk/comment COMMENT Tuesday 7 June 2016 12 We should protect ‘throwaway’ modern art Art has a life of its own, beyond the musings of critics, pranksters, customers and gallery owners. It’s probably best to leave it be

of themselves” – how embarrassing, endorsement of a board of directors IMAGE: PIX1861 Chloe Kent to mistake not-art as art. elevate the status of the glasses on In placing the glasses on the the ground from an everyday, in- IMAGE: DAVID ILIFF floor, Khayatan and Nguyen at- animate object, to a legitimate art tempted to critique the nature of piece? Why does a collective of in- modern art, the eternal “I could dividuals whose names and faces have done that.” The glasses dis- the observer will most likely never carded on the floor now said, “I know get to dictate what is valuable, here seems to be a near uni- not only could have done that, but what is worthy of observation? versal consensus, concerning I have done that, and it is still not In truth, the approval of the Tmodern art, of a slight disap- art – you all are not the artists you critics, or lack thereof, does nothing pointment with the pieces before claim to be.” to transform a work from not-art our eyes, the oft muttered phrase They appeared to comment on to art – an art piece is merely that flitting between the canvasses: “I the supposedly hollow, superficial which is endowed with intentional could have done that.” nature of modern art. They main- expression of opinion and/or emo- Worse still, it can be mistaken tained the position that a prank tion, which proceeds to provoke a as not being a carefully crafted art scraped together by two teenagers reaction. piece, but just a mess needing to be can gain just as much of a response, So, in critiquing the shallow disposed of; Sara Goldschmied and nature of modern art, its supposed Eleonora Chiari’s installation Where insincerity, the apparent ease with Shall We Go Dancing Tonight was !e teenagers which it can be created, the teenag- recently mistaken by gallery clean- ers inadvertently produced a per- ers as the aftermath of a party, and inadvertently formative modern art piece. In be- disposed of – quite forgivably, one ing not-art, the glasses then became may maintain. produced a art. They made a statement, pro- Underwhelmed by a number vided a commentary on the world of the exhibits on display at the San piece of around them, projected an opinion, Francisco Museum of Modern Art, sent a message. In attempting to Kevin Nguyen and TJ Khayatan, 16 modern art criticise the artistic canon, they in- and 17 respectively, placed Nguyen’s stead find themselves absorbed by glasses on the gallery floor, under- just as much applause, as an art-” it. For when people still view mod- neath a printout apparently de- work which had gone through the ern art as inferior, pretentious, the scribing the ‘piece’. Patrons of the museum’s vetting process, been ap- creators putting in minimal effort in museum flocked around the glasses, proved for public display – if not order to make some vague and os- believing them to have been put on more so, considering the number of tentatious statement, it is still pro- display by the museum, crouching articles reporting upon this event, vocative. down to take clearer photographs. while other exhibitions at the gal- As an ideology, modern art con- As the spectators took pic- lery seem to have fallen by the way- sumes its critics. The art piece exists tures of the spectacles, Khayatan side in the media. independently of the creators, who and Nguyen in turn took pictures There is something to be said did not intend for it to be one at all. of their work being admired, and in the approval of the chairmen of a The glasses were not approved for shared them on Twitter, where they gallery dictating the value of a par- display by the museum, but what went viral. ticular work. Why exactly is it that does it matter – the statement they One headline maintained that a piece is only worthwhile when made carried just as much weight the gallery-goers taken in by the supposed experts present it to us as anything else confined within the prank made a “complete spectacle as being so? In what way would the gallery’s walls. !e EU is failing all in the refugee crisis Far right solutions are abhorrent, while EU solutions are cruelly ineffective. !e Mediterranean refugee crisis needs new focus

a million people went through the war and persecution at worst. still, as Austria shares a border with ugees being extremist terrorists, an Anand Goyal Balkans towards Germany. A guilty party in this is Austria. Italy, it’s a quick way of denying ar- ISIS invasion or those who wish to However, closing the route The government voted in favour of rivals in Italy access to asylum else- change the fabric of Europe into an through Greece has shifted efforts a law that will allow police where in Europe. Islamic caliphate is spitting in the to the longer, more dangerous sea to reject asylum seekers Those on the far right suggest face of the very people who are flee- route from Libya at the border and to other, darker measures, like let- ing those same toxic ideas. It is in- to Italy, where stop most successful ting refugees drown to deter others human to look them in the face and ince 21 May, over 1,000 mi- the majority of applicants from ap- who’d make the same journey. They to shut the door on them, erecting grants have drowned in the deaths are now plying to be reunited perpetuate unfounded claims that fences and barbed wire, when what SMediterranean Sea, accord- occurring. Eu- with their families for rescue missions fuel demand for the they need is food, water, shelter and ing to figures from the Interna- ropean leaders’ three years. The leg- illegal trafficking of people across a second chance at life. tional Organization for Migration increasing fo- islation further the Mediterranean Sea, convenient- Despite attempted crackdowns, (IOM). The latest drownings push cus on restrict- e x a c e r b a t e s ly leaving out war and persecution the movement of refugees between the death toll for the year to more ing access and the obsta- as the main driver of Libyans and Libya and Italy continues una- than 2,000 people and highlight the putting up cles to Syrians seeking asylum. bated. Similar numbers of people – tepid response from EU member legal barriers achieving It is blatantly ludicrous to sug- 46,000 – arrived in Italy in the first countries to loss of life during the to refugees is an EU- gest that actions such as these will five months of 2016 as during the refugee crisis. misguided at w i d e do anything to stem the flow of same period last year. With summer Instead, following anti-refugee best, or rac- solution people into Europe: one does not comes a significant increase in the sentiments, Europe’s leaders signed istly indiffer- to the leave one’s home, risking death for a number of boats traffickers sent out a controversial deal with Turkey that ent to the death refugee chance of life, unless there is no life across the Mediterranean Sea, the has sharply reduced the migrant and suffering of c r i s i s . for them at home. situation is going to get significantly flow into Greece. In 2015, roughly those fleeing IMAGE: DANIEL ETTER W o r s e Regurgitating myths about ref- worse before it gets better. www.ey.com/uk/careers Want to write for us? Email [email protected]... www.nouse.co.uk/comment Tuesday 7 June 2016 13 EDITOR’S OPINION Deconstructing #BLM Legal highs and bureaucratic lows Is Black Lives Matter hitting the wrong notes in its hunt for social justice? with a fag in hand, this is more percentages check out with the Na- as a Venn diagram then we find Ciarán about being seen to be doing some- Luke tional Crime Victimisation Survey, ourselves with two vast circles – one Morrissey thing, and doing it as loudly as pos- Rix-Standing which records all descriptions pro- representing homicide in the black sible, than being informed, princi- vided by (often black) victims. community, one police brutality – pled, or consistent. These findings surprised me. and the overlap between them is The focus on legal highs is a It seems that black crime is propor- relatively small and statistically not desperate attempt to make it seem tionally much higher than black fa- unexpected. Publicity stems from he Psychoactive Substances like the situation is under control, ou’ve probably heard the talities in police shootings. This be- controversy, but the issues that en- Bill has been shelved for the when in reality we already have statistical rundown: black ing the case, BLM’s statistics could flame Twitter aren’t necessarily the Tmoment, but it still looms good reasons to believe that these Ypeople are more than twice be considered misleading. ones that will save lives. over us, with Home Office sources substances will not go away. Me- as likely to be killed by police than Obviously I’m not suggesting The Michael Brown case was suggesting that there are still plans phedrone (known as ‘bubble’ to the whites, 25 per cent of black victims there’s no racism in America (eg. beset by false narratives – anyone for it to come into force later this cool kids; ‘miaow miaow’ to tabloid of police shootings are unarmed, minor drug arrests). But given the who behaved like that in America year. journos) started off life as a legal and 38 per cent of inmates in figures I’m left wondering if BLM was likely to get shot – but went That the Home Office can, high and is now a Class B drug, American prisons are black. This is is picking the right fights? nationwide, while the appalling with a straight face, draft a bill with the only appreciable differ- all true, and it’s not a pretty picture. Statistically, the most signifi- travesty that was the death of Eric banning ‘psychoactive substances’ ence being that it’s now a bit more If you unpack the statistics just cant issues seem to be black-on- Garner long went unnoticed. Be- in general should be incredibly costly to buy and is of a substan- a little, however, things become a black homicide and obscene levels cause of social media we got ‘hands worrying. In reality, any substance tially lower quality. bit less clear. of general police brutality. Statis- up don’t shoot’, instead of the prov- that is fit for human consumption This Bill is more about the

The Guardian keeps a running able and deeply compelling ‘I can’t is psychoactive in some form. This reactionary, ‘I-Don’t-Like-It’ el- total of Americans killed by police, breathe’. doesn’t mean that the distinction is ements of British society trying recording 1,146 deaths in 2015. !e death of Eric There are broader issues too meaningless, just that it’s a bit nu- to dictate the terms of our pri- Of these 305 were African-Amer- “ of not caring for ‘minorities within anced. vate lives, showing a mind-bog- icans: that’s 26.2 per cent. Given Garner long went minorities’. Hillary Clinton has at- Eating a piece of chocolate and gling misperception of the issues that only 13 per cent of the country tracted criticism for her comments getting cosy with some fine Colom- through everything from its scope is African-American, they are dis- about young, black ‘super-preda- bian cocaine are two entirely dif- to its wording. proportionately represented. unnoticed tors’ in the early 90s, but a widely- ferent sorts of high, to the point Just like the Snoopers’ Char- However, if you cross-refer- shared Reddit post (penned by a where it’s not really sensible to ter, this is nothing but ideologically ence these findings with African- tically almost all of the victims of Clinton-voting African-American) compare one with the other, how- driven puritanism that seeks to in- American crime rates – an obvious black murderers are also black: has rebutted accusations of rac- ever this bill would do exactly that; vade our private lives. Theresa May indicator of likely police involve- African-Americans account for 93 ism. User ‘sitvellker’ corroborates it just shows the sort of ignorant can’t handle the concept of Brits ment – a different picture emerges. per cent of victims of black mur- Hillary’s position – ‘Bruh that shit and chronic fun-sponge mental- out on the sesh, and instead of According to the FBI’s official sta- derers. That means that 44 per was real!’ and who were the gangs ity that lies behind this legislation. accepting this and taking a harm- tistics out of the 5,723 homicides cent of all homicides happen en- killing? Other black people. It Like suburban yummy mummies reducing approach, she’s going to committed in 2013, 2,698 were tirely within the 12-13 per cent Af- should be possible to criticise part who tut loudly if you walk past make it more dangerous for every- committed by African-Americans: rican-American community. That’s of a demographic, so as to protect their (trendily unvaccinated) kids one. an easily calculable 47 per cent. a horrifying loss of life. the rest of it. Though homicides are by far As for the police, over 1,000 Of course there’s police racism the most reliably reported form civilians are killed by the lawman in America, but when it comes to of violent crime, widening the net every single year. Around 50 die to campaigning against loss of life it EDITOR’S OPINION changes the figures a little, with ‘non-lethal’ tasers, and roughly 30 could be a distraction from the big- African-Americans totting up 38.5 die once already in police custody. gest issues. Surely tackling poverty per cent of arrests for violent of- If either of those stats surfaced in and exclusion, police brutality and Rape is nothing to do with the EU fences. Though this figure counts Europe, there’d be a continent- the gun lobby are the cast-iron just arrests (which could poten- wide outcry. ways of making black lives, and in- who is to blame. tially be due to police racism), the If we imagine these two issues deed all lives, matter. Maria Munir Given that 90 per cent of survivors know their perpetrator ac- IMAGE: THE ALL-NITE IMAGES cording to statistics from Rape Cri- sis England and Wales, you’d think that people in this country are in more danger at home with the people they know, than with strangers he ever-contentious Nigel from other countries. So maybe in- Farage has once again de- stead of putting the onus on voters T cided to twist reality simply to vote leave to protect themselves to serve his own warped agenda. from assault, Farage should get a The UKIP leader had been report- reality check and follow his own ed saying that staying in the EU message of dealing with domestic could lead to “migrant sex attacks” policy issues. becoming a regular occurrence in Only 5.7 per cent of cases end the UK. with a conviction for the perpe- It’s deplorable that a so-called trator, and this damning statistic political leader would use the hor- needs to be rectified, and soon. rible experiences of sexual abuse No wonder that it’s so difficult for survivors to score a moot political survivors to get taken seriously, point at such a pivotal time in the with most reporting historic cases. EU referendum debate. The fear of their experience not This is victim-blaming to the being believed is enough for some next level. If someone is sexually survivors to stay silent. Instead of assaulted or raped by a non-UK diminishing their voices and re- citizen, is it because the survivor ducing their experiences to politi- did not vote to leave the EU? Is cal soundbites to help their cause, it because, as Farage implies, we people like Farage should actually didn’t stop hordes of migrants do something about this very seri- flooding to our shores? ous crime. No. Rape and sexual assault Stop your xenophobic scare- can happen to anyone and the rea- mongering and make the criminal son for it never lies with the sur- justice system fairer for survivors vivor. It is wholly the perpetrator of sexual assault and rape. www.ey.com/uk/careers www.nouse.co.uk/comment COMMENT Tuesday 7 June 2016 14

CLASH OF COMMENTS Should Obama have apologised for the atomic bomb while visiting Hiroshima? YES. NO. Jonathan Liew @JonathanLiew Dom Smithies means malum in se’. Acts of war Elliott Banks carpet-bombed Tokyo and oth- are unethical and condemnable, ers indiscriminately. In two nights TIL: the Russian “Who Wants To and so should be apologised for of firebombing in Tokyo, close to Be A Millionaire” had to scrap when they breach this. Attacking 150,000 people died as the wooden Ask the Audience because the non-military objectives (Hiroshi- homes were engulfed. audience would deliberately ma and Nagasaki, for example), The Japanese government did give wrong answers. 4 Jun 2016 harming those who are no longer not want to surrender. In fact they s it too late to say sorry? No a threat while at war (Nagasaki, bama’s visit to Hiroshima rejected it. VANITY FAIR Bieber, it isn’t. Obama’s visit to arguably), use of indiscriminte is the first by a sitting US Now I am not ignoring the @VanityFair IHiroshima was certainly a step weapons (like atomic bombs), Opresident since the B52 fly- magnitude of what the atomic in the right direction, but his lack or attacking neutral targets (like ing fortress called the Enola Gay bomb meant or trying to say of apology has been criticised and Pearl Harbour). dropped its cargo - the world’s first ‘why apologise for just the atomic Muhammad Ali, who has died at I’m leaning towards the critics. Two wrongs do not make a atomic bomb. bomb?’ like some tragedy hipster. %*($$# $5%1$%$2/5(0,.*$6*30($/)$ He’s the first US president to right. I don’t like war. Unethi- The visit, as with all diplo- At least 140,000 died in Hiro- &/.6'(.&($%.'$-%*.(2,1- visit Hiroshima, where an atomic cal war practices even more so. If matic affairs, was full of pomp and shima and a further 70,000 in Na- 4 Jun 2016 bomb, deployed by the US, ended you’re going to do something which circumstance, but one image stood gasaki, each death a tragedy. The the Second World War - a rhetoric results in innocent people suffer- out in my mind - Obama and Shin- destruction was absolute and the Uday Maudgil which arguably justifies its use. It ing, you have to be doing it for the zo Abe, the Japanese Prime Min- death toll hard to imagine. @theoude was done in response to the sur- right reasons and in the right way. ister, walking through the Peace However, as uncomfortable prise attack on Pearl Harbour, The use of an atomic bomb is not Garden in Hiroshima. that this may seem, the dropping Gove is making the strong where 2,335 neutral military per- the right way. Nuclear bombs are Obama laid a wreath for the of the atomic bomb forced Japan to case that the British people sonnel and 68 civilians were killed. used now as a deterrent, as an ‘if dead of both Hiroshima and Naga- surrender. Hundreds of thousands need to have control over The atomic bomb, however, you do something wrong, so will I saki. The ceremony was profound of lives were saved by President how their taxes are spent destroyed an entire city; it killed and you will suffer immeasurably’. and respectful. However, all atten- Truman’s act. Does this lessen the #InOrOut over 100,000 people in Hiro- At every juncture of war, inno- tion of what Obama actually did horror? No it does not, but certain- 3 Jun2016 shima, with roughly half of those cents suffer. Such suffering is a by- in Hiroshima has dissipated as the ly in American eyes it makes them deaths occurring in the first day product of a brutal and embarrass- world’s media and Twitter became feel a comfortable unease. Joseph Hudson-Small and the other half by prolonged ing part of human history - but, fixated on one word - sorry. But what of Obama and in- @JoeHudsonSmall suffering. Three days later, before granted, it is often defensible. The dropping of the atomic deed the Japanese? the Japanese could fully compre- Whether you prescribe to bomb was an act that truly changed Well the BBC reported recent- We live in a country with a hend the damage and destruction, ethical war theory, or question the world. Doctor Oppenheimer’s ly that in Japan, most people want hereditary upper house, a Nagasaki was also bombed and whether wars are ethical at all (like remark after the first test stated “I the suffering acknowledged but monarchy, and a majority a further 50,000+ died. The war myself) in this context the point am become death, the destroyer of sorry wasn’t needed. In fact a poll */42!$5,2+$"$9$/)$2+($4/2($ ended soon after. I would like to emphasise is this: worlds” which shows that everyone in Hiroshima found that 86 per and people complain about Now I want to quickly clarify The bombing of Hiroshima and knew that this would change the cent of the population did not feel the EU. that I am ready to condemn Pearl Nagasaki lead to untold suffering, world. The accepted narrative in that they needed an apology. 4 Jun 2016 Harbour and think it deserves an but ended the war. So is it defen- the US is that they shortened the Indeed, the US gave Japan mil- apology, particularly as a pacifist. sible? war and forced Japan to surren- lions to rebuild itself after the War But regardless of my anti-war atti- But the effects and impact of der, because the fear of the atomic and the two nations are now firm tude - which I’m not going to con- an atomic bomb are unfathom- bomb was almost as strong as the and long-standing allies. By visit- sider here - there is decorum, ethi- able. The war is over, however bomb itself. ing Hiroshima Obama acknowl- cal war theory, in declaring war there is still suffering and pain be- Indeed, before the atomic edged the suffering, he hugged a and in how you act when at war. cause of the devastation that only bombs were dropped on Hiroshi- survivor and honoured the Japa- Jus in bello - how you should an atomic bomb could cause. An ma and Nagasaki, US tactics up nese dead. act when at war - considers factors apology would have shown com- until then had been the mass fire- A sorry would seem hollow in such as ‘distinction’, ‘proportional- mendable tact and admittedly the bombing of Japanese cities. Hun- such a poignant act; by experienc- ity’, ‘military necessity’, ‘fair treat- visit was a step in the right direc- dreds of thousands of people died, ing and talking about it, Japan, ment of prisoners of war’ and ‘no tion, but we should always consid- mostly civilians as the US Airforce America and the world can come Dropped my toast and it landed butter side up?? I have broken the 82 laws of physics #minstergram Nouse takes a look at what you’ve been Instagramming recently in York “Some of the things I’ve done to guys would make FetSoc faint” - 150 quiet flatmate, 2016

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M16 Muse editor Jack Richardson gaming celebrates York Brewery’s 20th anniversary with a look at the institution M12 Gaming brings us another and the beer it makes tantalising hint at what’s coming in Pokémon Go, while editor Adam M18 Features editor Lucy Furneaux bends Koper has fun with 64-bit buses over backwards to bring us a preview of York Castle Museum’s ‘Shaping the Body’ Food & Drink

M17 Wine can be a scary (if tasty) drink. 06 Thankfully, help is on hand as Sophie Crump speaks to sommelier and restaurant owner Kelly Latham, alongside a rundown of the Arts best cookbooks to start your collection

M6 The Turner Prize is back and with it another controversy about the nominations. Meanwhile, Christian Jackson defends youthful artists and Ella Barker talks to the cast of TFTV production Hyde Park 07/06/2016 M3 www.ey.com/uk/careers @nousemuse

Editor’s note

Deputy Muse Editor Joel Down on proposals and parting words “I spend a few hours his term has been a relentless one, and now that it is all but over, there’s just every week sitting in front T one thing that I’m forced to write, the one thing I can’t claim mitigating circumstances for due to the “chronic condition” of of a blank piece of paper” my handwriting. For once, I’m not talking about this editor’s note, usually written by somebody else due to another semi-fatal af- ﬂiction: the habit of rarely ﬁnishing my sen- tences, or for that matter, starting them. On the plus side, this should prove helpful on the off chance I ever get life imprisonment. To return to the point, what I’m refer- New Yorker cartoonist Benjamin Schwartz on going from ring to is my dissertation. Proposal. Not the dissertation itself, which I’ll probably never do (it’s definitely optional) but the small bit doctors to doodles and nursing stories back to life of paper on which you write the names of the academics you haven’t been to see and the ideas that they haven’t given you. In an- You come from a medical family, and are thinking a step further, and seek to directly nity among cartoonists of a certain level? ticipation, I assumed I might draw a blank. medically trained yourself. Did medicine bolster the storytelling skills of doctors-in- There’s a nice community of New Yorker car- By which I mean, draw a lifelike copy of a seem like a ‘default’ career? training by studying them in the context of toonists that spans generations, as well as a blank piece of paper. But I realised I’m not Yes, it did - which is pretty silly, when you the creative arts. wider community of “gag” cartoonists that an economics student so my soul’s not quite think about it. Who chooses a highly com- work in the same, single-panel format, but that empty. petitive career track that requires nearly a How did you get that first break in The for other publications. Instead, I’ve decided that what the de- decade of training as the path of least resist- New Yorker? partment really wants is flavourless and ance? And yet, I saw the fulfillment my fa- I submitted 10 cartoons a week, every week, What would you say are the differences anaemic, so I’m thinking of delving into the ther got out of being a doctor and thought, for about 6 months - until I guess they finally between cartoons and written pieces? much marginalised area of gluten-free liter- “hey, I guess I could do that, too.” got tired of rejecting me. I’m not so sure there’s anything you could ature. Or vegan poetry. The possibilities are I had done freelance cartoon work here put in a written piece that couldn’t be com- endless with regards to dietary reads (and You seem to have enjoyed drawing from an and there (for a greeting card company, a municated in a cartoon and vice versa. At terrible puns), which is exactly why I can early age, was this always an aspiration or pharmaceutical company, and several other least in theory. only think of two. consideration for you professionally? random places), but that was definitely my In reality, I think a lot of the differences As for terrible puns, turn to Arts for the Cartooning was always something I want- big break. stem from concerns like space constraints; latest in ‘arsethetics’ and a discussion of the ed to do professionally, but even as a little a magazine is going to devote, say, a single Turner Prize. Top on the priority list - though kid, I recognised that making a career out What is the process behind making a car- page to a satirical piece. That page could the last page of Muse - is, as ever, M20 in of it seemed pretty far-fetched. Self-doubt toon? comfortably hold an 800 word satirical essay which our two third-year columnists deliver kept me from pursuing it too seriously (and I spend a few hours every week sitting in and take it in several different directions. the last of their lamentable anthems. Expect pushed me towards the medical “default” front of a blank piece of notebook paper, ac- Comics have a different density. If you tears, especially from us, who will have to path), until I reached a point where I realised tively daydreaming and free-associating with want to fit more than six or so panels on a find a way of filling yet another blank page. I would rather try to make it as a cartoonist myself in an effort to generate ideas. Some- single page, you’re going to have to draw In order to fill the remainder of this one, and fail than never really try at all. times they flow freely, sometimes…not so small, and you’re going to have to sacrifice I’d rather we stuck an advert in place of the much. Once a solid idea is in place, though, detail and information. Subtlety and under- text if we really must…but it turns out the Was there a favourite subject of your early the next steps - pencilling, inking, and add- statement are possible, but often the most demand for very small posters is limited to drawing, or was it all doodling, etc.? ing in grey tones - are pretty straightforward. effective laughs in cartoon form come from the guy in charge of selling Donald Trump’s Lots of doodling, for sure. I always leaned I’m always open to suggestions, but it’s exaggeration and/or cutting to the core of a manhood. While that is certainly where I see heavily towards organic forms - people, ani- rare that I hear an idea that’s both developed seemingly complex issue. myself in 10 years, I will nonetheless choose mals, nature - things I didn’t need a ruler to enough to turn into a cartoon AND fits my to plug something else, in a last ditch effort draw properly. I liked (and still enjoy) play- particular sensibilities, whatever those may Do you tend to keep your teaching and to be of some use to this paper and those ing around with body language and facial be. cartooning separate? of you looking for something to do in the expressions. I think they feed off each other to a certain summer. Tickets. Free. Edinburgh Fringe. Do you have a preferred topic for car- extent. They both actively test my storytell- Become as confidence-shattering a critic Dare I ask, what is narrative medicine? toons? ing skills, but with the cartoons, I’m mostly of plays, stand-up comedy and interpretive You dare! Narrative medicine is an approach One of my favourite things about cartooning working off of instinct, while teaching gives dance as our own Arts Editor, and get free to health care that extends from the prem- for the New Yorker is that they give their art- me more of an opportunity for reflection and unlimited drink, a tour of the city, as well ise that people don’t experience illness as the ists full autonomy to come up with the top- analysis. The challenge is in being thought- as travel to Edinburgh courtesy of the very discrete set of signs and symptoms we record ics and content for their cartoons. I can have ful about my work without becoming either same. Cheers Liam. in their medical record but rather as one part one that comments on the current political too self-conscious or mechanical. in the larger story of their lives. From that climate and another that explores the possi- So basically I try not to think about it, Image Credits. perspective, health care workers are receivers bility of dinosaurs wearing slacks. except for when I’m thinking about it. Cover: Jack Richardson of stories and storytellers themselves. Opposite, from top: style.com, Wikicommons, Classes like the one I teach take that Would you say there’s much of a commu- Interview by Jack Richardson Nintendo, Anthea Hamilton FEATURES M4 www.ey.com/uk/careers New socs on the block James Humpish walks us through ten new societies forming next year, including drones, hip hop, and Game of Thrones

p there with academia and sport, debate among members about various as- university life is coloured by societies pects of comics and also for members to de- Uand their capacity to pursue hobbies, velop their own art styles to create comics of develop skills and find like-minded people. their own”. She said that the society “provides What’s more, when there’s a gap in the soci- a place for those who love comics to meet ety market which hasn’t yet been filled, stu- regularly and for those who aren’t sure about dents are given the support to help set up and comics to find recommendations and hope- ratify a society by YUSU if there’s sufficient fully find something they enjoy themselves. demand. We encourage everyone to come and attend It is good news then that 10 societies meetings, even if you’ve never read a comic have been newly ratified for the forthcoming before because, as with books, there’s a huge year, bringing the total number of societies to variety of genres and something for everyone IMAGE: THIS IS WEIRD! to enjoy!” IMAGE: SAM HOWZIT Filipino Society, FilSoc, is a society dedicated to those from or with an interest in the Philippines with activities divided between “The York Union social leisurely events involving food, music and arts, and more formal events centred on debates and discussion. Offering a variety of may encounter Filipino themed events brings together a new strand of activity that students can engage obstacles in its with. Talking to Nouse, the President of Fil- Soc said: “The main purpose of our society is to allow our culture to have a platform that bid to host a enables us to share the beauty and hospitality of our people. This also includes allowing stu- diverse range dents from our university to experience our culture and traditions that many don’t know IMAGE: JOHANNES JANSSON of figures about.” FilSoc wants to provide a community for Filipinos at York, as well as benefiting their fellow students: “We’ll be able to finally show just over 190. These consist of Comic Society, students our culture, our food, our traditions.” Drone Society, Educational Inequality Soci- Another purpose is educating others about ety, Filipino Society, Game of Thrones Society, the Philippines and Filipino culture and tra- Hip hop and Rap Society, Non-Drinkers Soci- dition. “Through the ratification of our society, Sikhism Society, Spanish Society and York ety we can then have a platform that will al- Union. low many students to learn more about our With a diverse influx of activities and or- country and hopefully build a good relation- ganisations, Arts and Cultural, Campaigning ship between members and the larger student and Political, Faith and International, Games body.” and Activities, Media, Music and Perfor- They wish to achieve this through various mance and Special Interest all see new mem- events where Filipino arts and culture can be bers to their society categories. shared with other students, such as “intel- Joining the ranks of existing societies lectual debates regarding current events in IMAGE: LEO REYNOLDS DougSoc, TolkSoc, MuggleSoc and SherSoc the Philippines”. They also wish to work with demonstrating loyal fandom towards Doug- fellow societies to “hold events and activi- las Adams, JRR Tolkien, the Harry Potter ties that would celebrate our diversities and universe and Sherlock Holmes respectively, promote our culture”. Finally, the committee YUSU welcomes Game of Thrones Society. hopes that their society will provide some- Alternatively known as A Society of Ice and where for Filipinos studying at the University Fire, the society promises to deliver for both to socialise with one another, but they stress show-watchers and book-readers of the series that they will welcome anyone from anywhere with activities including group viewings of to meetings and events. episodes of Game of Thrones, quizzes, Doth- As well as Filipino Society, adding to the raki lessons, dragon egg painting and themed cultural inclusiveness on campus is Spanish socials. Society. SpanSoc is open for everyone inter- Having attempted ratification last aca- ested in Hispanic language and culture with demic year, students hoping to discuss every- the aim of sharing and increasing knowledge thing from who they think the rightful ruler of the Spanish-speaking world through inter- IMAGE: DONALD BRAY of Westeros ought to be to their thoughts action with film, music, food and discussions on ‘Jojenpaste’ and ‘Frey Pie’ theories will about current affairs relevant to Spanish- be pleased that ratification has now been speaking countries. achieved. To borrow from the countless Cle- SpanSoc is eager to involve not only IMAGE: JACK RICHARDSON ganebowl videos on the internet, they’re free Spanish speakers but also everyone with a to GET HYPE. general interest in Spanish language and cul- Comic Society organises itself around ture. When asked, the President of SpanSoc comic books, hosting discussions on the Catherine Phillips said: “We believe that this themes and arguments of comic book sto- society would be an asset to the student com- rylines as well as the art style. With the oppor- munity at the University of York as it will not tunity for comic-related quizzes, film screen- only promote diversity and cultural aware- ings and cosplay events as well as workshops ness but also create a community of people to develop writing ability and art styles, fans who share similar interests.” of everyone from Spiderman to Deadpool and Adding FilSoc and SpanSoc to the num- Batman to Kick-Ass can find a way to express ber of activities brings the total number of in- their keenness for comic books. ternational-related societies to 28 in the same The secretary of Comic Society said that year as the number of EU students has seen IMAGE: THE GLOBAL PANORAMA their aims for the next year are to “encourage a decline from 505 to 340 and the number of 07/06/2016 M5 www.ey.com/uk/careers @nousemuse

overseas students has declined from 2,820 to and campaigns and that in their first year they have to have your own drone yet!” established history on campus, having organ- 2,585 between December 2013 and 2015 ac- hope “to start promoting and facilitating a Speaking to the President of the newly- ised conversations and debates with public cording to The University of York’s Planning culture at our University that encourages in- ratified Educational Inequality Society, Teach- figures since 2013. Previous figures they’ve Office. clusivity and helps to remove pressure on stu- Soc, Lorna Topp told Nouse: “We aim to ad- invited to the campus include Channel 4 In terms of religious culture, Sikhism dents to drink alcohol solely to fit into social dress educational inequality in the local area News presenter Jon Snow, Tony Blair’s Direc- Society (YorkSikhSoc) has been ratified to situations”. through raising awareness, campaigning and tor of Communications and Strategy Alistair provide an organisation for Sikhs and those On the musical frontier, Hip hop and taking action within the York community. We Campbell, Spiked Editor Brendan O’Neill and who have an interest in Sikhism to meet one Rap Society has been ratified for those keen wish to create a platform for discussion about previous Shadow Chancellor of the Excheq- another. Their key aim is listed on the YUSU to discuss the music and culture surrounding this issue and also provide students with op- uer Alan Johnson. Now being brought under website as “to create awareness of Sikhism but the genres. This joins the 25 societies which portunities to feel they are making a differ- YUSU’s remit, the issue of no-platforming will also to have fun while doing it” and they hope already exist under the banner of Music and ence on this matter.” be a hot topic in the forthcoming year. to meet once a week. President of YorkSikh- Performance at York. TeachSoc aims to “give students a plat- York Union’s history has in fact been char- Soc Satnaam Singh said that the society will Drone Society will appeal to those who form to talk about a huge social issue” and acterised by its independence from YUSU. It allow others “to learn about the religion and are technically-minded and enjoy the more they hope to make a real difference. They in- has a resolute opposition to no-platforming, take part in the festival, promoting the bring- light-hearted capabilities of unmanned aer- and states on its website that independence ing of everyone together”. In the long term, ial vehicles. The Society will organise itself “allows us to hold controversial speakers, mo- the Society hopes to attempt to open a Gurd- around building, flying and racing drones. tions and events that would not otherwise be wara in York, as well as “allowing students to Once getting off the ground DroneSoc has the welcomed on campus. Past speakers have let come and take part and build on their skills to capacity to develop projects where multiple slip the truth about their past and what they enhance CVs for the future”. members can contribute to one drone or one “ York SikhSoc really think – perhaps safe in the knowledge Another entry to the catalogue of socie- highly-skilled person can create their own. that York is too northern for any of the press ties York has to offer is Non-Drinkers Society, The society will be able to provide equipment aims to raise to be taking note.” or TeetotalSoc. This society hopes to promote and expertise that otherwise is costly to come Now being brought under the remit of awareness and facilitate a counter-drinking by to just trial on a one-time basis. YUSU through ratification, it will be worth culture, opting to campaign for the destigma- In recent years, interest in drones has awareness taking note of whether the York Union finds tisation of being teetotal and removing pres- soared due to the question of justifying use itself encountering obstacles in its bid to host sure to conform within university through of combat drones in armed conflict, having of Sikhism a diverse range of figures. Outgoing presi- alcohol consumption. Recent figures from the historically been used for missions too “dull, dents of the York Union Harry Scoffin and Office for National Statistics show that the dirty, or dangerous” for direct human involve- Lisa Rumbold said: “We are really happy to proportion of young adults who are teetotal ment. Drone Society’s formation can be taken and have fun have now ratified with YUSU. We have re- increased by more than 40 per cent between as a reflection of this surge in interest, with ceived a tremendous amount of support from 2005 and 2013 with approximately one fifth Professor Andy Miah, the Principal Investi- while doing it them this year and are confident that the York of young people now being teetotal. gator in Project Daedalus which hopes to ex- Union will continue to be a lasting feature at With students potentially becoming plore the creative potential of drones, noting the University of York. Despite recent debates more aware of the risks alcohol poses to their that if 2014 was the year of the ‘selfie’ then nationally about the erosion of campus free health, if they actively choose not to drink al- 2015 was the year of the ‘dronie’. tend to set up links with nearby schools, even- speech, YUSU has always encouraged and fa- cohol then TeetotalSoc could well prove the Speaking on ratification, President of tually leading to supporting local students cilitated our society. As always, our events will ideal mechanism to allow non-drinkers to find Drone Society Sam Willcocks said: “Ratifica- with their university applications. remain free and open to all.” support and help others in abstaining from tion is a no-brainer for a new society due to To begin with, they want to raise aware- The selection of societies which have and not letting alcohol affect their student how much it increases reach, the ability to ness of their society and its aims, and en- been newly ratified for the forthcoming year life. President of TeetoalSoc Flinn Dolman organise activities on campus and position to courage as many students to get involved as are a diverse selection which will play to the said that he believes that the society “will help be a ‘legitimate’ group in the eyes of the Un- possible: “This could be by joining our soci- University’s increasing demand for new ac- destigmatise being teetotal as well as provide ion and student body.” On what the society ety or buying a cupcake from a charity bake tivities. With more and more to choose from, non-drinking events at the University, hope- will have to offer interested students he said: sale we run.” They believe that if people hear students who are in York next year will show fully creating an environment where those “[The society’s] goal is to promote the build- their message, TeachSoc has an opportunity that whether they have an interest in a hobby, that previously felt excluded now do not”. ing and recreational flying of drones in a safe to make a real difference to local students and culture, language, campaigning or belief then He further added that the society will be and fun way. DroneSoc is open to people of all schools. if it doesn’t exist already, there’s the ability to releasing a timetable for their planned events levels of ability and experience, and you don’t Finally, the York Union already has an craft a society on one’s own.

IMAGE: DEBORAH LAM ARTS M6 www.ey.com/uk/careers A r s e t h e t i c In light of the Turner Prize nominations, Deborah Lam looks at the current state of art

he plot to ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’ prize has neglected the value and merit of some may see Josephine Pryde’s nomination nominees include Anthea Hamilton who is not an unfamiliar one. A rather na- what is perceived as traditional or old-fash- for lapses in Thinking By the person i Am works with sculpture, performance and instal- Tïve ruler is tricked by con-tailors (note: ioned mediums and their ability to adequately where viewers ride on a model train while lation art with her eye-catchingly risqué cen- not artists) into parading around in a set of represent modern issues and themes. looking at her photographs as recognition of trepiece of an entryway consisting of a huge clothes that they claim cannot be seen by stu- The last winner who worked strictly in photography as an artistic, creative medium, wooden bum with two hands firmly grabbing pid subjects. As a result, he ﬂashes an astute a traditional medium was Tomma Abts in the way the images are viewed places equal each cheek. And viewers get to walk through child and gets embarrassed instead of his 2006, and even then, her oil paintings were emphasis on staging the experience of seeing the narrowly spread thighs. Newcastle artist name on the sex offender registry. prized for their unique three-dimensional as on the pictures themselves. Michael Dean also works with sculpture and A lot of art, but more recently, modern art quality that challenged conven- t i o n a l O t h e r installation, posing an array of what are com- in particular, gets a bad reputation for resem- uses of oil paints. And while monly seen as ‘ugly’ materials in interesting bling said clothes. Perhaps not to the extent positions. that all art is literally empty – although Oscar Finishing the list of four shortlisted Wilde does declare that all art is useless – but nominees is Helen Marten, again working in the sense that it is not easily understood with various, often-incongruent materials, and often seems to pride itself precisely on who creates sculptural-mixed-media collage- this opaque quality. Cultured elites may ar- installations. gue that what is essential is appreciation All four nominees are extremely varied, and not apprehension. Which is a fair, but a and yet, surprisingly and invariably all ‘mod- highly unsatisfactory evasion of the incom- ern’. Exciting as the artists’ explorations of prehensibility that art nowadays seems to new forms and mediums are, the celebration revel in. of art that embraces technology with multi- The Turner Prize, as an annual award media presentations like Laure Provoust in given to British artists (people who work in 2013 and Duncan Campbell the year later Britain, are from Britain or are British) un- or sculptural installations places the modern der the age of 50, is a paradigm for the para- art world in a position that is intolerant to doxical problem that modern art faces today. drawing, painting and photography sans toy Hosted by Tate Britain and adjudicated by train rides. This is also especially dangerous a panel of judges chaired by its director, the because these mediums are often the most ac- Turner Prize is an important institution in cessible and affordable ones, leaving awards the art world, shaping contemporary tastes inaccessible to some. and values. Yet, it is, in turn, heavily influ- The values that the Turner Prize affirms enced by the pressures of a rapidly changing in its shortlist send a message to young, bud- industry constantly under pressure to rein- ding artists who work with easily available vent itself and come up with innovative ways traditional mediums. It insists that emerg- of expression. ing, relevant art must either be shockingly In this obsession with remaining rel- outlandish with grotesque depictions; a evant and new, the prize, which has seen the usurpation of beauty; undermine ways of rise of winners such as Martin Creed and experiencing art or require bafflingly long Damien Hirst (the latter artist bringing us hyphenated compounds to describe it. It memorable, shocking installations display- says to them, “It’s nice, you’re good, but ing the cross section of cows, innards and your work has no place in contemporary all) and nominees such as Tracey Emin, the IMAGE: LIAM MULLALLY art.” The young ones Christian Jackson thinks we shouldn’t dwell on age when assessing the life’s work of a poet

y head is like some ridiculous IMAGE: ASSOCIATED PRESS decide I have anything to say. in the words themselves. barn packed full of stuff I want When 32 year old Sarah Howe won the It would be easy to just accept that litera- “Mto write about,” she said. “Im- TS Eliot Prize for her poetry collection Loop of ture is often judged by the person, but let’s not ages, scenes, snatches of words . . . in my mind Jade earlier this year she was met with praise forget that age cannot give us a valid obliga- they’re all glowing, all alive. Write! they shout and acclaim, but also criticism. Many were tion to dislike the quality of somebody’s litera- at me. A great new story is about to be born – I quick to suggest that she was too young to win ture. As university students, we often wonder can feel it. It’ll transport me to some brand- the prize and that her poetry didn’t stand up whether we are ready for the world - judging new place. to the calibre required of such an award. success by what you achieve and not who you “Problem is, once I sit at my desk and put Ben Okri was also 32 when he won the them all down on paper, I realize something Man Booker prize, the youngest ever to win at vital is missing. It doesn’t crystallize – no crys- the time. In fact, the average age of a winner tals, just pebbles. And I’m not transported of a Booker prize is 48.8 – so slow and steady Age cannot give us a anywhere.” wins the race? I’d like to disagree. “ The classic Murakami novel Sputnik There are many parts of Howe’s poems valid obligation to Sweetheart deals with many themes on writ- that I don’t like. Her descriptions of the Yang- ing, particularly the relevance of youth. Sum- tze river are too subtle, I feel like I’m being lost dislike the quality of ire, a writer, worries that she cannot grasp the in a stream of words that don’t hold enough complexities of the world – she’s collecting too meaning. There’s a distance in what she de- somebody’s literature many pebbles and not enough crystals. She is scribes too. It’s as if the memories she’s recall- scared for many reasons, not least of which ten argue that youthfulness is almost always ing have to be looked at through a glass. that her writing is failing because she is still synonymous with naïvety. That writers should Often these things are so under the sur- too young. patiently wait until the moment when the face that it’s easier to dismiss them as cynical are is critical. Let others complain that some- We live in the age of novelisation, where world can be sure that their genius was not writing or literary handwringing. But isn’t one is too young to write well. I’d rather praise writers are praised for the length of their just a fluke, and can then be praised. this the strength of opinion, not a weakness of (or detest) a piece because of what it is than works, the attention to detail. It is assumed As a student that writes, hearing these the author’s age? who wrote it. then that the kind of character analysis re- things makes me wonder whether I need to be The views people form of Howe’s work As Ernest Hemingway said: “All you have quired by the post-modern narrative needs left to stew for a few more decades – sit back aren’t a result of who she is, her age or her to do is write one true sentence.” Age is just a to be attended by an older hand. People of- and wait for the wrinkles to grow in before I gender, but what sort of person comes across number. 07/06/2016 M7 www.ey.com/uk/careers @nousemuse Hyde and seek The cast and crew of Hyde Park talk to Ella Barker about warring couples

between the couplings of Shakespeare’s Bea- familiar to audiences. trice and Benedick and Shirley’s Carol and As a ‘professional playwright’, Shirley Fairfield, but Max argues that Shirley’s play catered to the upper echelons of society and York Festival of Ideas is wittier and a hell of a lot more confronta- those privileged enough to attend indoor tional. Laughing at his own pun, he adds, “It’s theatres. Some critics would argue that he Highlights much ado…about talking with each other and oscillates between promoting these elitist the relationships between them rather than values and correcting such abuses of status. rumours and what’s circulating.” This notion Although Lord Bonville wields ‘great power’ of the ‘warring couple’ really gets Sam and and thus ‘great responsibility’, Nick is careful Nick going, mainly owing to how instrumen- not to overstate Shirley’s role as social com- mentator. “He’s not holding up [a] mirror saying ‘this is what you are’, I think he’s cherry-picking moments [from the aristocratic society that he’s writing for] and having fun.” I think Shirley is Bonville might be “the greatest thing since sliced bread”, proclaims a sardonic Sam, but cherry-picking ultimately his character “gets slashed down to size so nicely, it gives me the chills”. moments and Lord Bonville’s transformation seems to be something that equally enthuses and having fun frustrates director and actor alike. Gesturing to Max, Sam gleefully admits, “I just love to smack you down. It’s my favourite part of the “This Orient Isle” tal Carol is in such arguments. Permissive rehearsals.” Bonville does eventually uncover and outspoken, empowered and enlightened,” his humility throughout the course of the play, Jerry Brotton Carol holds an anomalous position within the but it’s bridging the gaps between his charac- context of the play. “She really puts Fairfield ter’s jocular advances and self-awareness that Monday 13 June through his paces and makes him work… And is most troubling for Max. Lamenting Bon- it’s brilliant.” Part of this, Sam says, owes much ville’s lack of redeemable factors, “trying to King’s Manor or those all too wearied by the sight of to the complexities of Fairfield and Carol’s like [him],” Max notes “and make him like- Benedict Cumberbatch, Prince Charles mutual attraction, whereby it’s not just lust able…is the hardest challenge.” The fact that Fand most recently, Russell T. Davies tak- or plain emotions that gets their blood run- Bonville’s “got manners…he’s polite” seems ing a hand in many a Shakespearean endeav- ning, but a “crazy platonic element [and] this a pretty poor excuse. And yet when pressed our, look no further than York’s own Theatre, idea of a challenge”. Acknowledging that there on his source of theatrical inspiration, Max’s Film and Television Department (TFTV). may be some similarities with The Taming of shrewd choice of Tom Hiddleston seems apt Grappling with a lesser-known playwright, the Shrew (at the very least to start with) Nick in light of his current role. “Hiddleston’s per- Professor Michael Cordner is directing James is keen to emphasise that “they both give as formance in The Night Manager, that ability Shirley’s 1632 comic masterpiece Hyde Park, good as they get”. Reluctant to give any more to have the charm constantly turned on and his latest in a series of annual 17th century ad- details about their relationship away, he urg- adapt to any kind of situation,” he finds wholly aptations. An effortlessly amusing and time- es, in typical directorial fashion, to come and enviable. Let’s hope that Hyde Park less tale of the ‘warring couple’ that spans a see the show. exudes as much charm as its ac- single day – or so I am told on meeting assis- And yet the dynamics between tors aspire to. M tant directors Sam Finlay and Nick Newman, Carol and Fairfield not only defy and actor Max Manning. Last performed at the audience’s expectations Hyde Park is on at the the RSC and the Barbican in 1987 (informa- of a 17th century comedy, Scenic Stage Thea- tion not readily available through the websites they allow Hyde Park to tre between 9 and of either, but rather my trusty source Wiki- be directly accessible to a 11 June. Tickets can “A century of York on pedia), the play is virtually out of print – al- modern audience. Sam’s be purchased though I did later track down a copy in the li- insistence that “a sex joke through www.hyde film” brary, if anyone is feeling particularly curious. is always funny” is met with parktftv.com. Sam and Nick certainly seem to relish much hilarity by Nick. Still, it’s Graham Relton Shirley’s obsolete status and greater still, the not only the play’s innuendos chance to “revive something that…is really, that she thinks students will Tuesday 7 June really funny”. Featured in York’s Festival of lap up. Shirley’s characters Ideas, both Cordner’s production and a sym- are identifiable and exude a Belmont Rooms posium he’s heading up with Oxford Univer- timeless quality, she argues, sity Press, hosted by the department, coincide whether it’s candid with the 350th anniversary of Shirley’s death. women like Carol Such events, they hope, will put this Caroline who elevate them- playwright back where he belongs – in the selves within so- public focus, alongside Shirley’s Jacobean ciety, or jet set forerunners: Jonson, Marlowe, and of course philanderers Shakespeare. like Lord While a budding group of actors, direc- B o n v i l l e tors and practitioners are unlikely to refute (played by the Bard’s undisputed genius, Nick does con- Max). Ir- cede that “he dominates people’s attention a respec- bit too much”. I point out the several times tive of that I’ve seen Shirley’s immediate predeces- today’s sors in action – Middleton’s The Witch of Ed- implic- monton or Webster’s The White Devil, and yet it (or (ashamedly for an English student) reading explic- TFTV’s press release for Hyde Park – “Hol- it) class “Writing Without Time” lywood screwball comedy meets Much Ado s t r u c - About Nothing” – was the first time I’d stum- t u r e s , J.T. Welsch bled across the name James Shirley. Sam makes Indeed, Nick is quick to ingratiate his di- a valid Saturday 18 June rector Mike, and insists that Hyde Park is far point. Such more substantial and superior to Much Ado. theatrical tropes Temple Hall There might be many a clichéd comparison will always seem IMAGES: OLLIE JONES FASHION M8 www.ey.com/uk/careers The new formal Grace Howarth looks at how fashion is moving away from traditional evening wear

IMAGE: IAN LANGSDON/EPA ometimes fashion may seem impractical, change in the fancy shoe department. Indeed but can you argue with the big names in at the Cannes film festival in 2015 their strin- Sthe industry? Whatever Versace, Chanel gent dress code came under fire as a group of or Vuitton feature on their catwalks goes, women were denied entry to a film showing right? When the red carpets are being navi- because they dared to wear flat shoes. Rather gated by the likes of Beyoncé and Taylor Swift, antiquated rules for such a style conscious the pressure for celebrities and other lesser event, it manages to negate its own intentions. mortals to steal the spotlight and outdo one On the subject of stringent dress codes, another is slightly impossible, though fashion, last month the red carpet was alight again, in a sense, does give one the opportunity to with shimmery metallic celebrities for the try. Evening wear is gradually moving away Met Ball 2016 Benefit. The theme this year from the classic and simple pastel coloured was Manis x Machina which is a nod to the gowns and high heels favoured by most ce- Metropolitan Museum’s costume institute lebrities at such events. Instead, the style exhibition on ‘Fashion in the Age of Technol- conscious amoung us are aspiring towards ogy’. The theme’s initiative was to highlight something more chic and original. In a soci- the contrast between the artistic techniques ety where almost anything goes, especially in employed in Haute Couture and ‘Ready to IMAGE: EUGENIE TROCHU IMAGE: GETTY IMAGES the fashion world, this shift provides us with Wear’. From pleating and lacing in the former more breadth to do and wear what we want. to more modern approaches such as laser cut- One of the latest evening wear trends to ting in the latter, the creative processes for hit the S/S 16 catwalks is the slip dress. As these two disciplines have, more recently, be- seen in Burberry, Givenchy and Calvin Klein’s come blurred. collections, the wispy and lacy silk slip theme The celebrity attendees of the Met Ball is always a risqué look. However, as proved this year rather interpreted the man-made vs by Rihanna in her near naked Adam Selman machine-made theme differently. For some dress made up of 210,000 Swarovski Crystals it meant man as machine, (Zayn Malik, Kim and Beyoncé at the 2015 Met Ball in a sheer Kardashian); others took a more futuristic Givenchy ensemble, the sensual effect of the and celestial approach, (Willow and Jaden concealed put on display, is a look that is hard Smith). to overshadow and ignore. As a look it defi- The latter two successfully looked the nitely confronts the traditional idea of what most comfortable and at ease with their attire, we classify as evening wear. - a huge feat for any formal event - while Zayn More recently, a cutting edge item making Malik in Versace arm ‘armour’ seemed quite its way to the fore front is the modest trainer. weighed down. However the matte-white and In Karl Lagerfeld’s Chanel S/S 14 couture col- metallic aesthetic as a popular choice for the lection every single skirt, dress and, yes, even- evening begs the question: what does the fu- ing gown was worn with trainers, a marked ture hold for formal wear? IMAGE: GETTY IMAGES Watch it! Dale Lyster looks at popular pieces from the menswear world 1. Mondaine Stop2Go 3. Mont Blanc If you have ever had the pleasure of visit- Notably not one of the most student-friendly ing Switzerland, and some particular nearby watches due to their price tag being as high countries for that matter, this watch face may as the moon featured on the dials. Montblanc be familiar to you. This is due to it being Swit- are a company to be respected and considered zerland’s official train station watch face. Of in current watch trends. Two notable and dis- course a pioneer for minimalist design, Mon- tinct designs which they have pioneered back daine have updated their classic watch in re- into fashion in modern times are that of the cent times. Such can be seen in their designs moonface and the globe backdrop. Due to the now featuring a cool fifty-eight second tick, company's ethos of being universal in moni- that stops at the hour for two seconds before toring entities far greater than just the time, beginning another minute, a feature that is it seemed more than apt for the watches to going to receive the applause of others, while include a full calendar, including the date, day also gaining merit for its widely popular de- of the week, month, and moon phase, just to sign. name a few features. 2. Bulova Accutron II 4. Daniel Wellington Bulova have successfully reinvented the wheel A traditionally British watch, which takes its in resurrecting their classic and iconic Six- model names from well known British cities ties Accutron model, which was a pioneer for and towns, which strives and achieves sim- electronic watches to follow it. Though it, and plicity and class. One of the most appealing these current models, may be classed as elec- elements of the collection is the canvas straps, tronic, they are not so in the traditional man- which originate from the British Navy where ner. This is through Bulova’s employment of they use strong nylon straps over their wet a tuning fork to power the timepiece rather suits. It can be argued that Daniel Wellington than the traditional use of a balance wheel, is the designer to thank for the recent popu- though you’ll be happy to know the modern larity and resurfacing of the canvas strap, model comes without the buzz sounds of the as well as the complimentary touch that the original. This is one watch that will certainly watch adds to the preppy dresser. With a col- attract attention while receiving nods from lection such as this, it is certainly one to be older watch fans. thankful for. 07/06/2016 M9 www.ey.com/uk/careers @nousemuse Men’s top summerwear trends ‘16

WORDS BY: DALE LYSTER

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Cuban collars silk bomber

Not conforming to the traditional tied collar A/W’s tsunami of bombers have continued to approach to formal wear, the cuban collar of- wave into summer through their transition of fers one the freedom of the neckline, while be- material from cotton to silk, taking a more ver- ing suitable for both casual and formal wear. satile approach to the summer.

Green is good

Green has been loitering in and out of popularity for some time now, though with recent collections it has come straight to the forefront. This time of year naturally petitions for slightly brighter and more obvious tones than its previous seasons, but green is good here when chosen in more of a subtle tone. How- ever, that’s not to say that you should be subtle with your usage of it, with many recent collections adopting the green-on-green approach. Hawaiian Shirt SUEDE JACKETS

Your comical shirt for fancy dress occasions The growing popularity of the 70s, overtaking is now casually cool. Throw this underneath the 90s as the most referenced decade in fash- a jacket and you are ready for anything. Such ion, has brought with it a sea of suede. Store an increase in popularity can be found in their carefully to avoid a stressed effect. diverse appeal.

BLUE BLAZER

As with this time every year, there is a natural movement towards this popular and reliable colour. A shade which will always remain timeless, blue blazers are now accepted in more than just the traditional navy. Opt for Wide trousers something more adventurous than the norm SOCKs & SANDALS and team baby blue with a darker shade for a After a seemingly never-ending decade of cool twist on your usual look. The German tourist look that everybody seems skinny trousers and the continual pressures to to mock has been donned on many runways in go tighter, baggy trousers seem to be the natu- recent times. However, it does not take the tra- ral backlash to this trend. Though this trend ditionally ridiculed approach - in recent times has been dormant in popularity this reborn it is paired with leather sandals and luxurious trend seems here to stay. cotton socks, to create a newfangled look.

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Fashion Editor: Grace Howarth, Photographer: Jack Richardson, Models: Jamila Hamze & Anna Tanner. Assistants: Victoria Roffey & Jasmin Hayward, Womenswear: Courtesy of Chic by Choice, www.chic-by-choice.com, Shoes and Accesories: Models own GAMING 07/06/2016 M12 www.ey.com/uk/careers @nousemuse Game review: Omnibus

Platform: PC, Mac, Linux of different worlds to play through, each one which continuously ticks upwards through- with its own theme. In this way, Omnibus out each level. Once you reach the maximum Release date: 26 May 2016 bears some resemblance to more traditional speed of 205mph, things become nigh on im- adventure games. In each world there are a possible as even the slightest bump or knock mnibus is a pretty strange game. Much number of levels, with each level offering a sends the bus flying skywards or tumbling off of its strangeness stems from the different challenge to overcome. In addition the edge of the map. The constantly increas- O game’s successful attempt at fusing to- to the single player story mode, there is also a ing speed puts pressure on the player to fin- gether two seemingly disparate genres. On the multiplayer mode. Up to four players using the ish each level as quickly as possible, before the one hand, it’s a racing or driving game, but on same computer can go head to head in joust- bus becomes too difficult to drive. Each level the other hand it could also be described as an ing matches where the objective is to knock is infuriatingly difficult (I can’t deny that me adventure game. your opponent off the stage. being shit at racing games doesn’t help), with You start off as a big blue bus. However, There are only two controls throughout absurd objectives that have remarkably little this is no Bus Simulator 16, and instead of most of the game: a and d to turn the bus left to do with public transport. transporting passengers from one stop to an- and right. It may sound rather simplistic, but For example, in one level it’s your job to other, you’re given the strangest possible tasks Omnibus is anything but. With only the ability knock a giant gorilla off the top of a skyscraper, to undertake. The game features a number to steer you can’t control the speed of your bus, by driving at full speed up the side of the building. In the next level, you’re breaking into a bank by ramming into it. After that, you must flee to the Moon in order to escape the police. Once in space, you must dodge between aster- the world of Omnibus. oids and then drive across what looks like a Why is it up to the bus to do all these space station of some sorts. strange tasks? Who is the stranger who pilots In certain levels you’re given a different this magical vehicle? How did the bus gain bus to drive, often with special powers that al- such an esteemed position in this society? But ter the way in which you must play the game. none of this really matters. The game simply One bus defies gravity, while another allows sets out to befuddle the player, and is remark- you to grip onto different surfaces. ably successful in doing so. As is the case with most indie games at the Omnibus is not a game for everyone. For moment, a retro visual style is used through- some players, its irreverence and absurdity out. The only difference here is that Omnibus could come across as simply annoying. The hankers after the style of the first generation of game’s difficulty might also be seen as a barrier consoles to use 3D graphics. Simplistic blocky to enjoyment. However, on the whole, Omni- visuals and bright colours are the order of the bus is a quirky and fun game, that is unique day - it looks like it could have been released for the way in which it blends different video on the original Playstation or the Nintendo 64. game genres. Part of me would like to delve deeper into Adam Koper A wild beta-test appeared! Pokémon GO goes public

he upcoming phone app Pokémon GO of trainers to bring them Gym and leave has been quietly building hype for a down. The hardest to find so it there to de- Twhile now. And that’s because the very far, however, is apparently fend that space premise grabs hold of your nineties-hued nos- Eevee, so players will have from enemy talgia and jerks until it can no longer do so: to get working if they want teams. Converse- you are exploring the land and catching and to catch one. ly, you can take your battling Pokémon, but thanks to the magic of Or any of its evo- strongest monsters VR you’re doing it in the real world this time! lutions, come to that, and strike out at an en- As it turns out, the game’s finally being since evolving Pokémon is a emy’s Gym, even teaming up with allied train- beta-tested in the US and Australia, so de- new feature uncovered by the ers and attacking all at once. If all the Poké- tails of how it’s shaping up have started to beta. One potential leak says that mon there are defeated, it’s yours! Until the leak. And while certain features still need to you’ll be able to do it by collecting “evolu- enemy comes back. be polished, the overall impression is that of tion shards” from wild Pokémon of the same Pokémon GO will be free to play, but in- the game that pretty much everyone was hop- species – once you get over a certain number, game items like Pokéballs are going to cost ing for. you can evolve one of them – though that has money, so cough up if you want to We already knew that capturing wild yet to be officially confirmed. capture anything. The Pokémon was going to be a central feature, Another new feature is the existence of dedicated player can also and that’s been neatly confirmed. After track- PokéStops, which will be found at real-world buy a special Bluetooth ing down one of the original 150 - “were there monuments, museums and other notable wristband, produced by ever any others?”, I hear you cry – you flick a public spaces. Certain items can only be found Nintendo, which makes Pokéball at it to capture it, aiming to hit a tar- at PokéStops, most notably the Pokémon Egg: capturing Pokémon easi- get like a high-tech version of that Facebook just like in the game, walking a certain num- er and vibrates every time basketball game. Some have said the mechan- ber of steps with the Egg will hatch a random one gets close. ics are a little fiddly, but hopefully that’ll get Pokémon. We also haven’t heard refined prior to release. The final major new feature to be un- much about how much battery-life the app Also, if you truly want to catch ‘em all, veiled is battling, and it seems that there’s go- uses, but VR effects tend to suck down power. that’s going to require some legwork. Certain ing to be a lot of it. Not only can you battle Ingress is infamous for basically requiring a Pokémon will only live in certain areas – for or trade with other trainers at will, but after portable charger. So bear that in mind - the instance, water-types like Psyduck or Magi- a certain point in the game you can choose to best app in the world falls flat if you karp can only be found join the Red, Blue or Yellow teams. can’t play it. near the coast. Bulba- You can then head to a lo- Still, at minimum, the game saur, Squirtle, Char- cal Gym, since Gyms have seems like a decent excuse to go mander and Pikachu been reworked into a kind of outside, chase invisible Charizards are rumoured to be capture-and-defend game, and look a bit mental. But maybe particularly elusive. essentially a reskinned ver- it could end up being the very best, It’s likely that sion of Ingress (the last game like no app ever was. Here’s hoping legendaries like Mewt- by GO’s developers, focused for the latter. wo will also require on base-capturing). You can special events and lots drop off one Pokémon at the Niall Whitehead Film & TV 07/06/2016 M13 www.ey.com/uk/careers @nousemuse Journey to the past Andrew Kendall weighs in on Disney’s live-action remake loop

ound like a circle in a spiral….” seems nothing more than Disney bizarrely Those might be the words to a rendering their own past obsolete. It’s not “R Dusty Springfield pop song but befuddling just because these old versions they seem an apt theme for the way things are have their own charm, oftentimes difficult for going at the live-action section of Disney Stu- the newer versions to capture, but because it dios lately. points to a larger cultural issue within film A few weeks ago, online film writers were culture - erasure of the past. And with the abuzz with the teaser released for the upcom- erasure of the past comes a situation where ing Beauty and the Beast 10 months before the audience is being continually let off the its slated release date in 2017. A new version hook. for a new audience. It was in keeping with the To be clear, an original story does not consensus that this new Beauty and the Beast, necessitate a good one, but Disney’s implicit like recently successful The Jungle Book, or erasure of its filmic canon to reinvent itself last year’s Cinderella, offers us a new version as newer and more relevant condescends to of the stories we used to love: very similar but those unwilling to open a door to the past. The with peculiar differences. But, to what end is fact is that the cursory film watcher is unlikely this trend heading? to decide to watch two versions of the same With the exception of Mary Poppins (still, film with negligible differences. easily the best live-action film to come out of Audiences will reach for the next thing Disney), the Disney brand has been built on before them, and overburdened with the new its excellent animated films. From the first in- live action Disney it becomes the thing before stance with Snow White in 1937 Disney has us that people reach for, sometimes just for made their name by their family friendly iter- tions and all remakes arent bad. The issue is Disney’s way of moving into the future is by ease. True, Disney has no ethical responsibil- ations of fairy tales. They’ve never been truly Disney’s self reflexive role in the equation. clutching to its past? ity to challenge the audience. They’re just out able to zero in on the live-action market, not Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, The Jungle The publicity line on the trend of remakes to make money. And that is what they’re do- in the golden age during the 60s and not dur- Book: Disney live-actions filmed based on is that they will present a version of these ing. Making money. ing the Renaissance of the late 80s and 90s. animated ones. Dumbo, Beauty and the Beast, films relevant to contemporary society. An And perhaps this cycle of reinventing For the last six years though, the studio The Little Mermaid, Mulan: a smattering of “updated” version. But what does that mean their own is just as simply explained, albeit has turned to using their animated classics as those in pre-production. Is it enough to be for our larger cultural situation when it comes sadly, as an effort to make money. An argu- a template for live action success. It feeds into creating copies of copies of copies that have to engaging with the past? ment for this indicating a legitimate artistic the contemporary movie culture of remakes a few aspects that make them memorable? Is In its own way an updated version sug- desire to create seems specious. So, with the and sequelitis that Luke Rix-Standing wrote the height of artistic creation that Disney is gests that things from the past are only sig- love of money on their mind, the live-action about in our January issue. interested in creating films that are “not bad”? nificant as spectral inspirations and not legiti- part of Disney studios are currently taking But, it’s more than a culture of remakes. And even if, IF, a great film is to come mate being on their own. The willingness to Ouroboros to a whole new level with their cy- Fairytales have always enjoyed multiple itera- from a slated remake, what does it mean that release a newer, fresher version of these tales clical meanderings. Who exactly is Doctor Strange? Liam Dooley takes a look at the backstory of the Sorcerer Supreme

ater this year, Benedict Cumberbatch meant that he very often turned away desper- student, teaching him the ways of magic, hop- should be able to do. He uses the Book of the will become Doctor Strange: one of the ate patients who could not afford to pay their ing to bring out the goodness within Steven. Vishanti and the Orb of Agamotto, while don- Lslightly more complicated superheroes medical bills. Strange had a gift for sure, but The Ancient One’s aim first comes to fruition ning the Cloak of Levitation and the Eye of in Marvel’s roster. In order to get a clearer he put a very high price-tag on it. when Strange finds out that another of the Agamotto. idea of exactly who this figure is before the However, on one fateful day a car accident Ancient One’s students, Baron Mordo, plans The Book grants him knowledge of white film hits UK screens on 28 means that Strange shatters his famous hands to kill their master. magic, the Orb is a very powerful crystal ball October, here is just some beyond all repair, developing an uncontrol- The Ancient One was already aware of giving him clairvoyance, the Cloak enables of the good doctor’s back- lable tremor that renders him unable to per- Mordo’s plans, but seeing Strange’s selfless- him to fly and the Eye is the most complex of story. form surgery. In his desperation to reverse the ness also serves to solidify his belief in the all, being capable of emitting a powerful mys- Before beginning his damage, he travels the world in search for a potential of Steven being able to complete his path to superhero star- cure but to no avail. That is until his journey training. Strange soon becomes an adept ma- dom, Steven Strange takes him to ‘The Ancient One’ high up in the gician, but he also gains a lifelong enemy in was an amazing sur- Himalayas where he now seeks to restore his Mordo. Doctor Strange geon with one major hands by means beyond medicine. Furthermore, the reason why Strange was downfall: his ego. Upon Strange’s arrival, the Ancient One such a cruel and vile human being before his His selfish- is the current ‘Sorcerer Supreme’. This ef- training ends up being the result of another will make for an n e s s fectively means that he is the strong- plot by Mordo. The sorcerer had sent demons est wielder of magical power to plague Steven as a boy and although the exciting addition in the universe. The title is Ancient One managed to defeat them and awarded each century through erase them from Strange’s memory, the events a tournament conducted themselves left a lasting impact on his psyche. to the MCU by an extra-dimensional In true superhero fashion, he has been good mystical group known all along. as the Vishanti As Steven continues his training, he tical light that can be used to fight the powers and the An- adopts the title of ‘Doctor Strange’. He later of darkness in a whole assortment of ways.” cient One has becomes Sorcerer Supreme after a conflict Should Strange be unable to use his magic held the role with an extra-dimensional being known as powers, he is an expert in several martial arts. for over five Shuma-Gorath (which is basically a huge Doctor Strange is a weird yet wonderful centuries. tentacle-monster with one big eye) which re- character who will make for an exciting addi- Seeing the sults in the physical death of the Ancient One tion to the MCU. Hopefully the complex mag- cruelty in Steven’s (his soul still survives as he transcends and ical dimension of his story does not infringe soul, the Ancient becomes one with the universe and an entity upon the film’s reception among the general One denies his called Eternity). Strange’s adoption of this public. initial request role is later affirmed by one of the aforemen- Equally, I hope that it is not oversimpli- to restore his tioned Vishanti tournaments. fied too much out of fear of this. Guardians hands to their Strange’s powers include flight, telepor- of the Galaxy back in 2014 was also quite the former glory tation, telekinesis, astral projection, inter- leap of faith for the team over at Marvel and but instead of- dimensional travel, time manipulation and so that turned out fantastically, so I have high fers to take on. Basically anything that you would think hopes that the same will be said of Doctor IMAGE: MICHAEL STEWART him on as a that the strongest sorcerer in the universe Strange. MUSIC M14 www.ey.com/uk/careers Summer festival guide

IMAGE: WIKICOMMONS hances are, if someone says “music festival” then Glastonbury is one of the ﬁrst things you think of, right up there with wellies, mud and Cshitty pop-up tents from Argos. Michael Eavis has again described this year’s headliners as “the best ever”, with Muse, Adele and Coldplay topping the bill. The less said about Muse the better, but watching Adele try to manage a festival performance should be interesting, and Coldplay generally tend to put on a more than decent live show. Elsewhere in the line-up is where things at Somerset’s Worthy Farm get interesting, with hotly anticipated performances from artists throughout the entire musical spectrum, with the likes of Madness, ELO, The Last Shadow Puppets and even Earth, Wind and Fire performing across the ﬁve day festival. Glasto is where to go if you want a bit of everything, with over 100 stages exhibiting some of the best musical talent the world has to offer. This could be one of the last years where the festival will be held in its original location, but until then, see you at the farm! (Although it is sold out, so if you haven’t got a ticket, tough luck). Jack Davies Glastonbury field day n looking at festivals that set up shack in the nation’s capital one has IMAGE: CAROLINA FARUOLO plenty of choice, with smaller festivals like OnBlackheath in South-East ILondon battling against commercial darling Wireless for the best per- formers, setup and general atmosphere. Despite this, Field Day stands out. Actually, I’d say Field Day is one of the top festivals in the UK this year with acts like James Blake and PJ Harvey headlining this two day event, and the return of The Avalanches hinting at new material among a cracking live show. Unlike festivals catering to certain tastes, Field Day has it all ranging from Sleaford Mods, Parquet Courts and Fat White Family to Skepta, Novel- ist and DJ Koze, truly giving Field Day the best line up of British festivals for 2016. Located in Victoria Park in the borough of Tower Hamlets, Field Day hosts London as a suitable festival location separate from the dank marsh- es of Somerset and the chilling heights of Scotland but retaining that free summer-fête feel with the event’s Village Mentality feature including egg and spoon races and a tug of war. Easily reachable for just about everyone (except perhaps those already in the Scottish mountains), you bascally have no excuse not to turn up and enjoy the sunshine. Ant Noonan

IMAGE: ALEXANDRE ROMAN otentially the festival of the year. Seriously. With headliners including Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem and Sigur Ros to name just a Pfew, travelling out to Barcelona to finish the weekend looking like a lobster may just be worth it. With hundreds of acts including Savages, Tame Impala, Battles, Freddie Gibbs, Beach House, Vince Staples and even Brian Wilson performing the entirety of Pet Sounds in the gorgeous Spanish sunset, few can argue that other festivals can top Prima- vera, especially if the British summer pulls its usual dirty tricks on us and showers us with mud, rain and possibly bodily fluids. The plane ticket, or even the ferry and/or bus if you’re feeling adventurous/slow will be more than worth avoiding the above and getting the best bands to boot. Of course many British people will squabble and moan about the travelling required to reach Barcelona and whether the actual festival will be worth it. Come on now, you’re getting proper summer sun in a holiday destina- tion with Thom Yorke’s angelic wheeze surrounding you as you enjoy it. How can you complain about that? Ant Noonan Primavera sound Primavera Down to the woods IMAGE: OLIVER LINDBERG ompletely brand new for 2016, the two-day Down to the Woods festival in County Durham in August promises, in its organisers’ own words, to Cbe “very special”. The latest addition to the UK small festival scene, the location appears idyllic, set amid a country club beside a forest and expansive lake. And they’ve gone all out in securing a magnificent line-up for the festival’s debut which actually stands as one of the best across small festivals in Britain, with Scottish rock legends Primal Scream and dance superstars Chase and Status headlining, along with some other eye-catching performances from the likes of Echo & the Bunnymen, Peter Hook, and Catfish and the Bottlemen. There’ll be a ton of other stuff to see including arts and comedy acts from per- formers such as Howard Read and Mike Wilkinson. If that isn’t enough, the organisers promise fairground rides, many, many bars and a ‘Gin Palace’ whatever that may entail. Best of all, a weekend adult’s ticket costs just £99, so if you’re on a budget but still fancy heading to a festival this summer, then Down to the Woods may well be the answer to your prayers. Jack Davies 07/06/2016 M15 www.ey.com/uk/careers @nousemuse

IMAGE: FIB BENICASSIM FESTIVAL hen looking into summer festivals, I used to fall into the trap of wistfully browsing huge events in far-off lands like America and W Australia, before turning back and pouring out my skimpy wal- let for the usual festivals around me, e.g. Reading and Glastonbury. A year living in Canada, without the access I had grown so accustomed to, made me realise that I’d been wasting my advantageous European location. This year, however, I managed to bag tickets for the incredible Benicàssim festival. Located in the beautiful resort of Benicàssim, Spain, the festival offers eight days of camping and four days of music, for just over £100. If you think that’s good, just wait for the line-up. In keeping with the quality I have come to expect from such European music festivals, Benicàssim boasts incredible genre variation and the seemingly occult ability to land an entire poster’s worth of headliner talent. The mind-blowing list of acts includes Kendrick Lamar, Massive Attack, Major Lazer, Disclosure, The Chemical Brothers, Mac DeMarco, Catﬁsh and the Bottlemen, Biffy Clyro, Muse and even Echo & the Bunnymen (not familiar? Think Killing Moon, Donnie Darko – you know them, trust me). This festival is an absolute gem and I would aggressively recommend you to grab remaining tickets now, lest you end up with Rock Werchter-esque life regrets.

Benicassim Sarah McGregor BoomTown ummer is upon us, and for youths and music lovers across the IMAGE: NATIONAL EXPRESS world, this means festival season! This marks the start of the ‘mad Smuddy months’, a special time in which thousands of people gather to be gross and crazy together to music. Only eight years old, Boomtown is already famous for being one of the biggest, maddest music festivals in the UK. One of the main reasons for its popularity is the escapism people ﬁnd in the unique fantasy world created by the festival’s pop-up city and Boomtown ‘legend’. Every August, the quiet countryside area of Winchester, Hampshire, is transformed into a sprawling party me- tropolis; nine colourfully themed districts host an incredible variety of music and art for the festival’s 50,000 ‘citizens’. The line-up focuses on ska, reggae and party acts, but the scale and scope of Boomtown covers a mind-blowing range of genres, as well as offering an overwhelming selection of other art and activities. 2016 will see amazing acts like Dam- ien Marley, Madness, Leftﬁeld and Fat Freddy’s Drop, and even more. Let me put it this way - there is literally no way you get around it all, but you’ll have so much fun that you’re not likely to mind. Sarah McGregor

IMAGE: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS he quintissential Scottish festival returns for another year of fun, and the second in the imposing shadow of Strathallan Cas- Ttle. Leaving the carnage of last year behind with the promise of a new layout and better transport across the site, T In The Park looks to sort out the teething problems and allow us to all focus on the acts. This shouldn’t be too much of a challenge, with a strong and (reason- ably) varied headline lineup of The Stone Roses, Calvin Harris and Red Hot Chili Peppers; with Disclosure, Bastille and Chase & Sta- tus not far behind, there’s bound to be something for (pretty much) everyone. But that’s just on the main stage, with a near-ludicrous array of acts scattered around the other stages, like Jamie xx, LCD Soundsystem, Major Lazer and Kaiser Chiefs (well, I still like them). Even with such a titanic lineup, music alone does not a music festival make (nowadays, anyway), and accordingly there are a range of comedy acts, burlesque performances(?!) and the amusingly punned ‘Hot Dub Time Machine’, promising “a trip down musical memory lane”. And, of course, for a festival overtly sponsored by a beer company, there’s bound to be plenty of capacity for drinking if that’s your schtick.

T in the Park Jack Richardson Festival No. 6

he main attraction of Festival No. 6 may well be in its location – held in the glorious mock-Mediterranean village of Portmeirion, Tfamed for its use as the setting of cult 60s TV show The Prisoner, in the heart of North Wales. Not only can you marvel at the stunning setting, organisers of Festival No. 6 have managed to put together one of the most impressive line-ups of all the smaller festivals out there, with performances from the likes of Hot Chip, Bastille and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds. The festival also offers a range of other things for attendees to enjoy, with a food and drink festival and a plethora of arts, culture and comedy performances throughout the weekend long event in September, including comedy heavyweights Johnny Vegas and Paul Foot, alongside Dr John Cooper Clarke returning after his performance in 2013. Not only that, but the festival’s location allows attendees to indulge in some of the more off-beat activities, like paddle-boarding and a re-enactment of the human chess game by The Prisoner Appreciation Society. It prides itself on being different, and apparently it’s succeeding, with Beck declaring after playing that it is “the coolest, most surrealist, funkiest, freakiest festival in the world”. If that doesn’t make you want to go and see what Festival No. 6 is all about then I don’t know what will. Jack Davies IMAGE: ANDREW WHITTON FEATURES 07/06/2016 M16 www.ey.com/uk/careers @nousemuse Bottoms up For its 20th anniversary Jack Richardson gets drunk on the York Brewery’s home grown success

fact repeated to wide-eyed and ents are very similar indeed. The same four in- in open-topped vats, allowing the yeast to A beer-loving freshers is that York has a gredients - water, malted (soaked then dried) form a protective crust on the surface to keep pub for every day of the year, and one to spare. grain, yeast and hops - have been used prac- out bacteria which might spoil While this isn’t strictly true (CAMRA, the tically since beer’s inception, possibly as early the flavour or compete with Campaign for Real Ale and all-round beer afi- as 12,000 years ago, although what was drunk the yeast. Once everything is cionados, put the number at about 270), there by the Egyptians would hardly be recognised fermented, the yeast and other can be no doubting our city’s penchant for the today. Each separate ingredient’s source, com- small particles that may be left amber nectar. position and ratio contributes to the overall in the beer are allowed to settle before it is IMAGE: EVERYTHING STOPS AT BEER It is perhaps surprising that, unlike the flavour. packed into bottles, kegs or casks. Real ales walls and buildings that have survived in York Water is far and away the biggest ingredi- continue fermenting in the cask, while lagers for centuries, until 1996 there hadn’t been ent, and actually the least varying. In the UK are pressurised in custom kegs. and in many places around the world, gypsum While this process seems very involved is added to brewing water in a process known and long-winded (not to men- as ‘Burtonisation,’ designed to make it simi- tion chock-full of rather quaint lar to the waters of Burton-on-Trent, which anachronisms), York Brewery York Brewery have long been considered especially good for makes up to two batches per “ brewing. day, four days a week. This im- produce two While malted grain is the most common, pressively fast turnover rate has allowed them IMAGE: RAWDON FOX the important thing is to have a starch source to create an eclectic array of brews across — this can then be broken down into sugar, many different styles and seasons. and a half which is then fermented by the yeast to make There are, of course, many different types alcohol. Malting grain for different lengths of of beer, created by using different ingredi- million pints time and at different temperatures can affect ents and adjusting timings and the taste and colour of beer. Combining hot order in the brewing process. a year water and malt in a ‘mash tun’ is the first stage The type of malt used is a main of the brewing process, and causes enzymes influence on the colour of the in the malt to break down the starch in the beer, and also affects the taste, grain, creating a thick sugary liquid delight- making it stronger and richer in the case of IMAGE: LAKES AND PEBBLES a brewery within the city walls for 40 years. fully named ‘wort’. dark beers like stout or lighter and crisper for Thankfully those dark days continue to be After washing all the grains (called ‘spar- lagers or pilsners. kept at bay as the York Brewery celebrates its ging’), the wort is boiled in a large tank called The amount of hops and how long they 20th Anniversary. (and once made of) a copper, at which point are boiled for will affect the aroma and bit- Set up by a group of friends who quit their hops are added. Hops are a (relatively) new terness. The longer the hops are boiled, the jobs to pursue a shared passion, the Brewery addition to brewing, first mentioned by a more bitter the final beer will be, benefitted greatly in 2001 when the EU made Carolingian Abbot in 822 AD as an ingredi- but there will be less flavour and provisions for member states to adjust their ent. The flowers and leaves of this bitter plant aroma from the hops itself. tax laws. International fiscal laws might seem are dried and crushed before being added to The ambitious York Brewery a little dry (pun intended) for such an indus- uses a wide and diverse range of try, but with this provision came a ruling from malts to create different flavours and colours, IMAGE: LAKES AND PEBBLES the British Government which allows micro- and imports hops and ingredients from all breweries (like the one in York) to pay just 50 There can be over the world. These range from the original per cent of the tax that larger commercial ones “ Yorkshire Terrier, a 4.2 per cent golden ale, to owe. the stronger ruby ale Centurion’s Ghost, at 5.4 This was a major step towards breaking no doubting per cent. For the more adventurous, they up the monopoly held by companies such as teamed up with The Chili Jam Heineken and Greene King, which had until Man to produce Mostly Ghostly, that point been rather successful in buying up our city’s a version of Centurion’s Ghost emerging competition and either forcing it to with ghost chilli added. brew their brand or simply closing it down in- penchant for Alongside these permanent fixtures, IMAGE: OMSKIRK BARONS definitely. seasonal beers like the incresingly prolific After the founders retired in 2008, they Nordic Fury, created for the wintertime Vi- sold York Brewery to Mitchells of Lancaster, a the amber king festival are created each quarter, and a well known pub and brewery chain. This was different beer for each month also rotates perhaps a contentious move considering the nectar (June’s is Cascadian Summer, which uses Cas- two cities’ history, but the name and location cade hops from America). And, of remain under the white rose, for the time be- course, two birthday ales were ing at least. If nothing else, at least the people the mixture to add the characteristic bitter- created for that special week- of Lancaster got the chance to drink some de- ness and flavour, while the whole mixture is end in mid-May. cent beer. boiled at length. Despite (or perhaps be- Even despite the scale of its owners, the The boiling evaporates the leftover water cause of) its size, the brewery is no stranger to IMAGE: KBS Brewery remains classified as a microbrew- and concentrates the sugars for greater effi- awards, with several beers placing in the top ery, and produce (only) two and a half mil- ciency. three or winning the annual ‘Champion Beer lion pints per year, in twenty barrel batches, Once everything has boiled and cooled, of Britain’, at times even in more than one cat- with each barrel being 38 gallons or 288 pints. the wort is moved to yet another tank and the egory. While the scale may seem enormous for a sin- yeast is finally incorporated. Depending on To a city like York, which it- gle building, the biggest brewing company how strong one wants one’s beer, the mixture self seems to be undergoing the in the world, Anheuser-Busch InBev, brews can be left anywhere from a week to a few fermentation process if one dares around 30,800,000 pints per year and con- months to ferment, allowing the yeast to feed venture within the walls on a Sat- trols 25 per cent of the global market share. on the sugar and release alcohol and carbon urday night, the brewery looks to IMAGE: DOCTOR PINT While the scale of beer production can dioxide. remain a fixture. Long may it and our hun- vary wildly, the brewing process and ingredi- At the York Brewery, they brew this stage dreds of pubs continue. Cheers! FOOD & DRINK 07/06/2016 M17 www.ey.com/uk/careers @nousemuse The art of Pairings Sommelier and owner of Pairings in York Kelly Latham speaks to Sophie Crump about breaking down the barriers of the world of wine

or many students, wine is new terri- with some very random and bizarre descrip- tory as we start to become ‘real adults’. tions but I think it’s a lot about personal as- F Convoluted descriptions of oaky and sociation. So one wine reminds someone of full bodied reds can leave many feeling in- something like a summer’s day and for some- timidated by the world of wine. Sisters Kelly one else it’s something completely different. and Kate Latham set up Pairings in York to try and break down that wall and bring their What is some advice for choosing wine wine expertise into an approachable format. from a menu as we often just go for the sec- We spoke to Kelly, part owner and trained ond cheapest bottle? sommelier, about the journey to setting up Don’t go for the second cheapest bottle! Eve- the restaurant as well as the basics of wine ryone does that, but if you go for the house tasting. wine then that should represent the house that’s holding it, so it should actually be good. So where did your personal journey begin Our house wines are very popular; they are with wine and opening a wine bar? the best quality at that price range. Everyone Six years ago me and my sister sold up and thinks I don’t want to go for the cheapest and went travelling around South America and look like a cheapskate but it should be a rep- southern Africa for a year. We used to live resentation of the restaurant so save yourself in Harrogate but we said that because we’d some money! The second cheapest is often had such a life changing experience we didn’t not actually any better, in fact it can often be want to just go back to the same old jobs do- worse than the house wine but because they ing the same thing. We wanted to set up a know everyone will choose it, they will mark business and we’d been to Italy 10 years ago that bottle up a lot more. and we talked about setting up a wine bar there so we kind of revisited that. We’d been What is the process behind becoming a to lots of wine bars and vineyards and so we sommelier or master of wine? thought, well we want to bring a little bit of It’s about doing different exams really. I have this back. We decided on York, partly because done the WSET, that is the Wine Spirit Edu- of the tourist trade, but also as it was close to cation Trust, and there are different levels you IMAGES: PAIRINGS friends without moving back to Harrogate. It can get to. I’ve done the advanced which is took about three years to get to where we are level three. Above that then you’ve got a diplo- as gifts which is really nice and otherwise it’s better quality. ma which is two years but I think it depends perfect for someone who’s getting into wine where you want to go and why you’re doing it. or trying to work out what they like. What is the difference then between Cham- A lot of things that I’ve learnt I don’t put into pagne, Prosecco and Cava? practice because a lot of people don’t want to What is your favourite cheese and wine Region, grapes and how they make them. hear about it. The other week we had a hus- pairing? Prosecco has more sugar in it which is why band and wife who had been given a tasting as I would probably say my favourite cheese and it’s slightly sweeter. Champagne can be quite a gift and the woman was terrified to come in. wine pairing we’re got would be a Morning dry as they use a bit of oak in there, and some She thought I was going to bore her to death Fog Chardonnay which is oaked from Napa people struggle with that. It’s more complex about soil and climate! Valley paired with the Wookey Hole vintage whereas Prosecco is a little bit more easy to cheddar; the butteriness of the Chardonnay drink. What do you offer at Pairings that is differ- and sharpness of the cheese is great. In terms ent from others? of red, we’ve a Bogle Petit Sirah which again What’s a drink that you think is often un- Before I went away I was, like many, afraid is from California which goes really well with derrated and people should try? to spend money on bottles I might not like. the Yorkshire blue cheese. They’re probably I think a Riesling has a very bad reputation All our wines are sold by the glass and under my two favourites. and I actually think they have some really as we wanted to get a feel of York and make £35 by the bottle. By doing them all by the great ones out there. It really depends on the sure it was the right decision. After finding glass it allows people to drink wines that you Where would you say is an area that is pro- producer but we do a great one here. this place it took a year till we opened. wouldn’t normally try unless you go out as a ducing great new wines? group. My husband didn’t used to drink white American wines are up and coming but they What do you see for the future? Would you say there are any rules when it wine and so when we used to go out I would are quite pricey because of all the export Well we’ve got room to expand downstairs comes to pairing food and wine? be limited to a Sauvignon, a Pinot Grigio and charges. Everybody goes for New Zealand and we want to do more private tastings for There are certain rules but then a lot is down a Chardonnay. We offer a £19 tasting experi- Sauvignon but sometimes when things get people. In three years we would love to open to personal preference! I think that a lot of ence where you try six different fine wines. very popular restaurants will exploit that and another one. We’ve had great feedback and al- wine descriptions in general can seem very Then we also offer a food and drinks pairings put it on the menu when it’s not even a great though it’s taken a little while to get the word intimidating. When you listen to a lot of som- package, where six drinks are paired with bottle. The same thing happens with Prosec- out that we’re here, Tripadvisor and Facebook meliers and masters of wine they come up foods from the menu. Often people buy them co, so we do a Cava instead as we think it’s have been giving great feedback. M

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Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen Minute The Little Book of Hangovers Vegetarian Nosh for Students Plenty by Yottam Ottolenghi 1.Meals by Jamie Oliver 2.by Quentin Parker 3.by Joy May 4. Oliver is, of course, an institution in the recipe Ideal for those mornings when your brain can Whether you’re a committed vegetarian or If you’re happy to splash out a bit more on a book world, but this is a particularly handy hardly make sense of the world, this book is merely getting around to your New Year’s res- cookery book, then Plenty is the culinary bi- collection. Although 15 minutes is a bit am- guaranteed to offer some uncomplicated yet olutions a few months late, this is the book for ble that you’ve been looking for. Yottam Otto- bitious (the man must move at superhuman special suggestions. Providing inspiration you. This is a handbook of simply-illustrated lenghi’s book is packed full of good, vegetar- speed), and Oliver seems to inexplicably be- when you need it most, there are some hearty recipes that have their difficulty graded in ian meals with suggestions here and there of lieve that everyone has tamarind paste (no and healthy brunch ideas that will soon elimi- stars. Ranging from tips on how to spruce up how you might best add meat and fish to the idea) and capers knocking about in the cup- nate the memory of last night’s tequila shots. your beans on toast to fancier and more sub- mix. Whether you have a store cupboard full boards, the recipes are truly easy and impres- The simplified step by step instructions would stantial meals and puddings, this is a book to of spices or simply a desire to experiment, this sive. Try the lemon and parsley beef with rata- make it difficult for even the most hungover turn to when you’re in the mood for some fast is a good guide when you’ve got a bit more touille - you’ll be forgiven for missing out the person to mess up, and will provide a welcome food solutions that will make you forget why time to spare in the kitchen to enjoy the unu- saffron. relief for any victims of Kuda. you ever ate meat in the first place. sual flavours that Ottolenghi throws together. FEATURES M18 www.ey.com/uk/careers Body language

Lucy Furneaux explores our developing attitudes towards body image and identity at ‘Shaping the Body’, a new exhibition at the York Castle Museum

t’s 8.30 in the morning. York Castle Mu- graphs of, for example, fatter bodies, rather seum hasn’t opened its doors to the public than posting them – which make people feel Iyet, but I’m sat in a large, atmospheric hall bad about themselves. It is this particular surrounded by headless mannequins dressed shaming of overweight bodies, or very thin in a range of clothing from 400 years ago ones, which drives people to starve them- right up to the present day. It’s a little unset- selves or binge-eat. The mental impact of tling, but I’m here to talk with Collections Fa- judgemental body-shaming, too, can be in- cilitator Dr M Faye Prior about the Museum’s credibly significant and debilitating. latest exhibition, ‘Shaping the Body’, in light Thankfully, ‘Shaping the Body’ doesn’t of its opening earlier this year and Mental hold back, actively addressing these issues Health Awareness Week in May. head on. As someone who has struggled with The exhibition documents the ways in body image issues for many years, this was which people have used fashion, food and fit- something I was particularly interested in, ness to shape their bodies over the last 400 both when I went to look around the exhibi- years. Dr Prior explains that one aim is to tion some weeks ago and during my conver- show how “changing your body shape to look sation with Dr Prior. She explains that the curators’ aim to be “body-positive” was established in the very first conversation about the exhibition. Fashion doesn’t “We didn’t want anybody to feel bad “ about themselves by coming here,” Dr Prior stresses. “We wanted people to come in and exist as just this think about their bodies – but not in a ‘that corset is so tight, I’d never fit into that!’ sort pretty thing to of way; instead, in more of a sympathetic way towards themselves.” be looked at; it’s The exhibition achieves this by encouraging that introspective thinking through interactive elements. Alongside the opportu- so much more nity to dress up in fashion from across time, there is a quiz for individuals to find out how intrinsic to our much they follow typical ‘fashion’, the data for which is collated by the Museum. Visitors can culture than that also submit their own ideas for the board featuring beauty ideals from around the world. Dr Prior explains how important includ- a different way isn’t a brand-new 21st century ing other kinds of beauty standards was to thing; it’s been going on for centuries,” and the team: “What we didn’t want to do was to ‘Shaping the Body’ considers fashion, diet say ‘European beauty is the only beauty!’ be- and lifestyle “in a multidisciplinary way” to cause that would be completely wrong. Rep- explore these concepts. resented in the fashion room are many differ- Naturally, however, these topics bring ent kinds of ideal beauty.” For the Museum with them a whole host of difficult issues. In it’s important that visitors can engage in a 2015, a report commissioned by the charity dialogue with the questions of the exhibition: Beat estimated that over 725,000 people in “We want it to be something that evolves.” the UK are affected by eating disorders such It was important to Dr Prior and her as anorexia nervosa, bulimia and binge eat- team that ‘Shaping the Body’ is more than ing disorder (BED). Meanwhile, the NHS looking at beautiful articles of clothing. She estimates that approximately one per cent of references the Victorian arsenic gown, a the UK population suffers from Body Dys- stunning and distinctive dress; its colour was morphic Disorder (BDD). Tackling topics like created using a particular green dye called IMAGES: YORK CASTLE MUSEUM fashion, diet and fitness, and how people ma- arsenic green because in that time arsenic nipulate these as tools to shape their bodies, this complexity is clear: “Fashion doesn’t exist and minds. Looking through the hundreds of is therefore a much more complex challenge as just this pretty thing to be looked at; it’s so messages, you’re greeted with some beautiful than it perhaps first appears. much more intrinsic to our culture than that.” notes of positivity, contentment and happi- With the rise of social media and the There’s an Alongside the clothes, which include ness, but others – especially those written in ‘selfie generation’, questions of body image “ an 18th century man’s wedding suit and a children’s handwriting – are harrowing, and are growing ever more prevalent in our so- mourning gown worn by Queen Victoria, the serve to demonstrate the inherent ways in ciety with each passing day. There’s an awk- awkward exhibition also explores the history of fitness. which society shames bodies which don’t fit ward line to tread between health advocacy In this section, visitors can look at silhouettes the ideal beauty – and even those that do. and body positivity campaigns, perhaps most line to tread of different athletic bodies to figure out which Blogger Fiona Longmuir is all too fa- recently demonstrated by Facebook’s remov- one they’re most similar to. For Dr Prior, this miliar with this body-negativity. Last spring al of an advert featuring size-26 model Tess between health was important in the notion of body-posi- she led a short campaign against health Holliday as it was against their guidelines. tivity; she explains how some athletes, such store Protein World’s now-infamous ‘Are You The advert was promoting Austral- advocacy and as weightlifters or shotputters, tend to carry Beach Body Ready?’ advert. The ad in ques- ian feminist talkshow group Cherchez la quite a bit of weight. As a result, “you can be tion featured fitness model Renee Somerfield Femme’s event ‘Feminism and Fat’, and fea- body positivity an Olympic athlete and technically be obese wearing a bikini. Many felt that the tagline tured a photograph of Holliday wearing a bi- according to the BMI scale at the same time”. suggested that only women with bodies like kini. The group said that Facebook claimed For me, the most powerful interactive el- Somerfield’s could be considered ‘beach body that the image was against their “health and ement was a mannequin on which members ready’, and that the advert aimed to shame fitness policy” as it showed a body weight that was used to enhance colours. “It has a very of the public can attach a short note saying women into feeling like they needed to lose was “extremely undesirable”. Facebook later complicated history because the dressmakers how they feel about their body at the time of weight to enjoy the beach. rectified this decision and approved the ad- who worked with arsenic green tended to get visiting. It comes right before visitors leave “I saw the advert on the London tube and vert, though not before social media and jour- horrible lesions – some of them died because the fashion room, which is the most intro- it had really gotten my hackles up,” explains nalistic backlash ensued. of it,” she tells me. She settles on the gown as spective section of the exhibition, and al- Longmuir of the origins of her campaign, Body-positive campaigners argue that it her favourite “because it has such a compli- lows space for people to apply the questions which led to her meeting fellow blogger Tara is these kinds of decisions – removing photo- cated and difficult history”. Her passion for ‘Shaping the Body’ asks to their own bodies Costello over social media. “Less than 48 07/06/2016 M19 www.ey.com/uk/careers @nousemuse hours later, we found ourselves in a rammed Charing Cross Station in our bikinis!” The women posed in front of the Protein World advert, aiming to show two other body types alongside Somerfield’s. Later, the bloggers decided to host a larger event for the public, which Longmuir describes as “a big body positive beach party in Hyde Park”. She adds that today it isn’t just celebrities who portray an image of having the ‘perfect’ body or life: “it’s people who portray themselves as completely ordinary”. For Longmuir, one of her greatest frustrations with the Pro- tein World advert was “the suggestion that looking like the gorgeous supermodel was the bare minimum, that looking like her would make you ‘ready’ to be looked at by the world”. This sense of one beauty ideal is openly criticised by ‘Shaping the Body’, and it focuses on inclusiveness of all ages, genders and body types. The ‘Body Stories’ section, which takes up one corner of the fashion room, focuses on people for whom clothing forms a significant part of their identities. It is the result of an appeal by the Museum asking people to be filmed telling their stories, and these clips are played on a continuous loop for public view- ing, alongside donated articles of clothing from the individuals. Some of the participants dress a certain way for fashion, such as Carmel who wears vintage 1940s clothing. Others have medical reasons; Dr Prior refers to Jane who had a double mastectomy after breast cancer and donated the prostheses she was given following the surgery. “After Jane had breast cancer, ple, because if you have that kind of issue and Clothes Be Clothes’ campaign, which runs rators “didn’t want to force people into certain she decided not to have reconstruction and something triggers you it will ruin your day.” alongside others such as ‘Let Toys Be Toys’ answers”, but I’m incredibly impressed that not to wear prostheses because she felt more At the entrance to the exhibition, there is and ‘Let Books Be Books’. All of these cam- ‘Shaping the Body’ has had no qualms about natural without them,” explains Dr Prior. a notice that effectively functions as content paigns are fighting for gender neutral clothes, raising these issues for the general public to “That’s a very interesting, very intimate story advice, letting visitors know that what they are toys and books for children. consider. It strikes me as a powerful move that really emphasises how identity and body about to see will refer to difficult issues. The They ask why society tells young boys towards both body-positivity and physical shape are very closely tied up.” notice was a result of numerous conversations they can’t play with dolls, or why clothes com- health, and the direct engagement with visi- Another ‘Body Stories’ participant is Lisa, with participants in the ‘Body Stories’ project panies rarely put images of cars, superheroes tors to encourage them into the debate is very a trans woman. “She’s actually lent us for as well as the curators’ own experiences and or dinosaurs on clothing for little girls. Dr important. We need to be having these discus- the exhibition the first outfit she wore after those of their friends and family. The key, Dr Prior knows exactly where she stands: “Kids sions, raising them in society and in our uni- she transitioned where she truly felt that she Prior tells me, was “to put together something should wear what they want to wear. Who versity bubble too, in order for us to become passed [as a woman].” For the curators, it was where people won’t feel that they’re being pat- cares if they’re not fitting into this arbitrary more accepting of those who differ from us in important that ‘Shaping the Body’ engaged ronised, but we do want people to feel that culture of sanctioned gender roles?” their choices about how they look and who the public in a dialogue about body and iden- they’re being forewarned”. “I personally feel it’s really they want to be. tity. “We were hoping to make people think ‘Shaping the Body’ asks a lot of its audi- harmful to force kids into It’s the kind of statement that about their own identity and how they think ence. It poses many questions but does not gender roles – we shouldn’t Longmuir and others like her can about themselves,” Dr Prior tells me, but also attempt to provide clear-cut answers, because treat them as girls and get on board with. “Some of the its curators understand that everyone’s rela- boys, we should treat most inspiring women I know tionship with their body is different. Equally, them as children.” stuck two fingers right up at the exhibition is aware of the link between The exhibition, the idea that they should be body and identity and the ways in which each too, raises these a certain way because of Over 725,000 of these is shaped by the other. All of us are in kinds of ques- their body shape,” she pas- some way affected by our bodies, and Dr Prior tions: “Pink sionately tells me, “and people in the UK notes that everyone considers how they look was not denied the simple act of mak- or display themselves to other people: “Even to boys back in ing that choice has made are affected by if you make the conscious decision that you’re the 18th cen- them brave, resilient and not going to engage in fashion, that’s still a tury,” Dr Prior fierce.” M eating disorders conscious decision to look a certain way.” argues. She be- The exhibition also considers the crucial lieves that box- role of class and gender in body shaping. The ing children into vast majority of the clothes in the fashion gender roles from to “encourage them to have a bit more empa- room were worn by the upper classes, because such a young age “helps thy and be able to understand people a bit ”bet- working class people’s clothes have fallen to construct this cul- ter from the inside out.” apart or been lost, considered not important ture of homopho- It’s an attitude that will be welcomed by enough to keep. Clothes were a clear way of bia, transphobia Longmuir: “People make instant and often displaying wealth: “Pink and pastel colours, and misogyny very wrong assumptions about women based they were for the aristocracy, and more earthy where people on our bodies and I think how we respond colours were for poorer people because pas- don’t feel they to those assumptions definitely shapes us.” tels are incredibly difficult to clean and keep can be them- Although it’s very clear from statistics about clean,” explains Dr Prior. selves”. The key eating disorders and BDD that body image She also recognises the ways in which is the word ‘peo- and mental health are inextricably linked, clothing is heavily gendered throughout his- ple’: these issues she comments that for many “it’s easy to write tory. “Women’s body shapes tend to be de- affect and off low self-esteem as trivial,” and that “at- termined by their underwear,” she reveals, i m p a c t titudes like the one espoused by the Protein “whereas men’s body shapes – their outline all gen- World advert aren’t just causing hurt feel- – tend to be determined by their outerwear.” ders. ings; they’re killing young people at an ever- She tells me how high heels were originally ex- T h e increasing rate.” clusively for men, but over time this switched; cu- ‘Shaping the Body’, therefore, has to tread today men wearing high heels are often ridi- a careful line between directly tackling issues culed, which angers Dr Prior: “Because of the of body image and mental health while not really inherent misogyny in western culture, having a negative impact on people for whom they became a thing that men could not wear these topics are difficult. Dr Prior tells me how without feeling like it denigrated them.” they took this into consideration: “We didn’t These kinds of debates are going on all want [the exhibition] to be triggering for peo- around us today. I ask Dr Prior about the ‘Let 07/06/2016 M20 www.ey.com/uk/careers @nousemuse Niall Whitehead:

Anthem from a doomed Youth In which Deborah Lam

s the saying goes, all good things come to an mourns the seven columns end. If it helps, all bad things come to an end, A too. In fact, all things come to an end in gener- she will never write, instead of al, and one day you too might well be chilling in some sort of afterlife while the kids trample over your body on the way to the hologram shop. writing any of them One thing that’s just ended is my degree, which means that soon I’ll get a little piece of paper telling me I passed for the low, low price of £27,000. Still, I’ve always wanted to write a really pretentious article on some- I’ve learned an awful lot over my past three years. thing disgustingly literary from the bottom of my Times Liter- Now I can pass my arcane wisdom onto you, through 1ary Supplement-loving heart. What would it be on? Probably these very pages (the first draft was carved into stone something very uncomfortable like erotica of the Victorian period, and had a lot more ‘thou shalt’-s in it, but apparently once again proving that the more repressed you are, the grosser your there isn’t the budget for that at Nouse). sexual fetishes are, even by modern standards. The first thing I learned is that yeah, there are a lot of people out there who are just as smart as, or Following the theme of English student columns, someone smarter than you, as I went from a fairly-big-fish in needs to write an exploration of how we have to spend roughly a fairly small pond to OK-fish in a shark tank. That 2£400 on books. Nothing against science students, but I’m quite strips you of various airs and graces rather rapidly, sure that we pay for your degrees. I think that it’s only fair that we and in fact, when it came to social interaction in gen- also graduate with a BSc so that we can get a chance at employment.

eral, university blew my mind open so wide I’m pretty things, like broccoli or oral sex, where your parents sure I know how Hemingway felt. make you try it as a child and then that puts you off it A list of suggestions of how to spend the summer holidays

I met Lib Dems, Tories and Greens (oh my), hung for ages afterwards. Some things I tried at uni failed would be very timely and relevant, but I doubt ‘get sunburnt out with Norwegians, poets, teachers and people who – the kayaking attempt that gave me a taste of York’s while you still can’, ‘read non-degree books’ and ‘try gardening/ ” 3 could sing, played board-games and watched Doctor finest lakewater, for instance (thus far I’ve neither plant homicide’ would go down particularly well. Who episodes and once dressed up as an ent for a few developed superpowers or cancer, which I’m told is weeks and ran around a field, like a pound-shop Lord the usual outcome). But there’s things I tried that I’m The thought-provoking, personal article about my experience sticking with for life. as an international student in a British university is quite pos- I learned that sometimes you might have to try 4sibly the most sincere thing I have the right to write about. something scary, like sitting back as a doctor scrapes Unfortunately, I have an aversion both to anything too personal and the surface of your eyeball with a needle to swab a cor- anything too sincere. I’m only half-joking about the latter. But it is It doesn’t count as neal ulcer, or you might have to try something re- hard to write about being in love with a country that might never ally scary like asking someone out. Still, it’s worth fully love you back. alcoholism until your doing, and, if nothing else, doing it can give you a form of closure, or possibly stop you going blind. What might be a good swansong would be the epic retrospec- degree is over Depends how extreme your dating life is. tive look at the state of culture in the modern era. I maintain And yeah, I wandered into Grimston House one 5that although someone more intelligent may attempt this, there day and developed a mild student-media addiction can never be nuanced enough an account on the enormity of such a of the Rings. I wrote a whole lot of essays and most (granted, that makes for the kind of person that even subject. This said, if you want to read an examination of one of the of a novel and managed to fanboy over Dickens for vaping addicts probably bullied in high-school). Still, largest institutions that shape contemporary art, I’ve written an ar- 10,000 words, every so often reassuring my parents Nouse has been nice enough to print my ramblings for ticle on this in the Arts section. I may be a bad columnist, but I’m at that yes, watching this musical IS part of my degree. about three years, which saves me having to print out least a mediocre advertiser. I learned that clubs…well, exist, given that I’d a manifesto and staple it to my chest or something. never actually been to one until my STYCs carefully So that’s what I learned. If you’re reading this If I was the least bit funny, I’d write a satire piece hiding a cri- coaxed me in before releasing me into the wild. I with years of university still to come, cling to them tique of absurd university self-defeating practices that are det- learned that technically, it doesn’t count as alcohol- and cherish them and wring every last drop of all the 6rimental to staff, academics and students. But somehow I don’t ism until your degree is over, and that it’s not a prob- things you can try right now out of them while you think satire will be any less painful than my attempts at humour. lem, it’s a solution. I also learned that learning how to still can. And if you’re a final-year… I think that’s the dance is a lot more effort and time-consuming than future up ahead of us. Let’s go forward and scream at The inspiring, un-clichéd final column reminding the seven just drinking until you start to think you can dance. it together. of you who will read this (including editors and my mum) to I learned to expand my horizons. There are some Good luck, and thanks for reading. 7 remain critical, embrace challenges and be kind to others. I chuckled at the thought too. I’ll do you all a favour and say what we’re all thinking: how did I ever get a column? Harriet Cheshire is back from canada, but still getting into trouble www.nouse.co.uk [email protected] @yorknouse Nouse www.facebook.co.uk/yorknouse Wednesday 8 June, 19:30, P/L/005

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So far, so predictable. Finn Judge Yet for someone who seeks to unify the country under his poten- DEPUTY POLITICS EDITOR tial premiership, the cult of Boris did little to limit generational tensions. Once the rally was over, mid- THE YORK Racecourse hosted Boris dle-aged cheerers, all but satisfied, Johnson, former London Mayor, to and student photo-ops complete, a preach Brexit to the converted. Finn group of young people spent a con- Judge, an outspoken “Bremainer”, siderable amount of time arguing dons a Vote Leave t-shirt to investi- with an older Brexit supporter. gate. Except, this one was wearing a A sea of grey hair – turn on Swastika. With it pictured next to the TV and you’d be forgiven for wind turbines and the Euro sign on not drowning in it. This is an audi- his green t-shirt, the man attempted ence the cameras tend to turn away to preach the horrors of Britain be- from: Boris, ever the beacon of ing forced to be “the capital of wind sprightly blonde, is instead seen to turbinisation” to these young peo- Infighting within the Labour party has seen more left-wing, often anti-war activists pitted against MPs be surrounded onstage by swathes ple. Naturally, he blamed “EU direc- of York students. tives” for such “on-shore” defiling of Except these few students were the countryside. half the young people attending. “I came here to be convinced,” The demographic divide is clear: Steve, one of the young people at the Comment: UK political the Leave camp, despite being free rally, said to Nouse. “But all I’ve seen to invent concepts of what an inde- is a lot of people who are scared of pendent Britain could look like, has public affairs, scared of the future, failed to attract youthful idealism. and have seen a man who is doing parties must reform or die Equally, Remain campaigners have nothing short of egging on people’s done little to challenge the narra- fears.” tive that the European Union is the He added that Johnson is “us- the European Union referendum and bear it, some will not. Member- preserve of a new, entrenched mid- ing nationalism as a tool to get his Felix Forbes for the Conservatives, and the elec- ship charge increase has changed dle class. paws in on the electorate”. POLITICS EDITOR tion of Jeremy Corbyn as leader for the party immeasurably- and the Nowhere was this “I bet he’d love to walk into Labour. Fashionable though it may new election rules (£3 supporters more apparent than at Downing Street,” Steve remarked. be to incorrectly predict the doom and all) have cemented the altered, last night’s Vote Leave Many believe that the Vote of one monolith or another, one heavily left-wing stance embodied rally. The whole event Leave attempt to gain the man- WE LIVE in the age of presiden- increasingly feels that with a differ- by the new leader. Labour Mem- shrieked informality: tle of “hope” in this campaign is tial politics, don’t you know? Hun- ent voting system we’d see both our bers of Parliament do possess a beers flowing, regional a mirage. This is undoubtedly gry for some unifying leader to major parties split instantly. This, mandate from the country, not the accents abundant, no due to Brexit’s associations with make us all get on, with believable too, is nothing new- but what’s now-huge party membership- but security at the door – a invoking the legacy of Empire, promises and a cabinet full of great startling is that the splits in each are unable, courtesy of rule chang- rather proletarian affair. British nationalism and the spirit minds. Inconveniently for would- have become so publicly visible, es, to make much of a difference to Many believe this is how of Thatcher – all belonging to be Churchills, the fragmentation and so quickly. a leadership focused upon purity of real politics should an age gone by, yet also of actual political beliefs continues First Past the Post, the UK ideas rather than electoral result. operate. very much to a core apace, making the election of some system in which the side with the The trouble is that unless It seems, Brexit vote. great unifier ever less likely. Worse, most votes is the hands-down win- the new members either leave or then, that Mr Boris, and the internal differences once cel- ner, is what has forced these broad magically homogenise into the Johnson has other Leave cam- ebrated as the greatest strengths of churches together. If one bands to- old membership, the party won’t c o n v e n i e n t l y paigners, would UK political parties have become gether with those of similar back- change except in one direction. La- become the be shooting a millstone around their necks, ground beliefs it removes the need bour’s options are to compromise new man of themselves in threatening to rip each one apart. for German or Scandinavian-style somehow, to start to punish cen- the people, in the foot if any The Prime Minister has coalitions and all their extra com- trist MPs, or give up, roll over and time for the attempt is made launched a concerted campaign plexities. The trouble to now be die from repeated electoral defeat. post-refer- to disaffiliate. The to discredit and destroy his great- wrestled with is that with or with- The only salve is that the Conserva- endum vote of generational divide est rival. The shadow chancellor out First Past the Post, not only are tives (with an ageing, falling mem- no confidence in will continue, there- recently demanded that a former voters changing the habits of dec- bership and toxic rows that may Cameron. fore, and the youth’s cabinet minister apologise and ades (UKIP has only been a serious see them depose a recently elected This is the kind monopoly on new ideas withdraw a statement with one in- force for about 10 years, but got 3.9 Prime Minister) are on exactly the of political capital will be perceived by correct word in it. Opponents of a million votes last election), but the same road. that Farage is dis- some to have ended. party leader are waiting for him to parties are altered too. Internal rows, by and large, qualified from using But can one really fail on a national issue so that they Labour is the classic case of a don’t necessarily portend electoral to its full potential – it argue that the Brexit- can finally cause his downfall. Poli- party mid-identity crisis. Formerly defeat. The trouble for both sides could launch John- ers longing for Em- tics as usual, except that the battle loyal MPs now find themselves is that prizing internal purity over son from his City pire, glory and an end lines are drawn through the hearts questioning whether they even electability and the repeated choice Hall past straight to wind turbinisation of our two largest parties. want a Corbyn-led government in of people who think likewise does, into Downing Street. is really new at all? The two visible triggers are power, and though most will grin by and large, end in disaster.

Migrants rescued in the Channel Chilcot report on Iraq due 6 July Sports Direct boss to go before MPs Snoopers Charter under ﬁre The rescue of 18 Albanian mi- Families of British soldiers are due Businessman Mike Ashley will ap- It is reported that approximately News in grants from a sinking boat in the to receive the £767 report for free, pear in front of a parliamentary 400 amendments have been ﬁled English Channel has put the spot- according to Downing Street. The select committee to defend his com- to the government’s Investigatory light on the UK’s 7000 miles of report, investigating the lead up to pany from “serious allegations” of Powers bill, which would renew Brief borders. The incident comes after - and conduct of - the Iraq War, will poor working conditions. He had and strengthen its surveillance the sentencing of men for smug- have arrived seven years after the initially refused to do so, apparently capacity. With no Tory majority, gling arms into the UK by sea. beginning of its compilation. to “avoid a media circus”. the bill may not pass in the Lords. www.ey.com/uk/careers www.nouse.co.uk/politics Tuesday 7 June 2016 17 Brexit: Apocalypse now or into Elysium? Our correspondents take a look at the odds of Staying or Leaving, what might sway the vote, and what’s next for the UK and EU

the Leave campaign are both likely ballot box. and collated by Britain Elects sug- “Don’t Know”; around 13 per cent Sam Lees, Katy Sandalls exaggerating and scaremongering On the plus side, though, the gested that Remain was still in the were still undecided on average last when it comes to their critiques of Washington Post has managed to lead by 2.39 per cent. Definitely not month; this could easily swing it ei- POLITICS CORRESPONDENTS one other, one thing does seem cer- fulfil the duties of the internet, the collapse in support that some ther way or make it difficult for ei- tain currently. If we leave the EU, managing to bring a Hitler com- would have you believe. ther side to win convincingly. parison into play in the EU debate, One factor not often mentioned Additionally turn out in what comparing the UK to Weimar and that could help Bremain win is the was supposed to be one of the big- then to Nazi Germany. Fortunately, good old British value of conserva- gest general elections for decades Leave though, it concluded that those tivism (note the small c). We don’t last year was only 66.1 per cent. The “ voting to leave were Eurosceptic really like change; look at the fuss last referendum – AV – brought WHAT DO you mean, “we left”? If we leave the EU, nationalists and not the fascists of we kicked up when Kraft changed only 41 per cent of voters to the First off, there is the practical side Nazi Germany. the recipe for the creme egg. We re- booths. If people fail to vote or sim- to things; leaving is likely to be a we would be ally dislike the unknown whether ply stick with what they know then lengthy process which will require a that be financially, politically or Boris Johnson may not be laughing lot of negotiation with the EU – for losing out simply where we are going to go for his way to Downing Street after all. starters we’d have to fix a date for Remain a booze cruise if we need to get visas So what would a Bremain Brit- when we’d actually formally leave to go to Calais. If there’s a chance ain look like? Strained relations the EU as this would likely be in it- economically THESE DAYS everyone is talk- that something could change we with Europe possibly in the short self a fairly drawn out thing. There’ll ing about Brexit, but what about often stay away; think AV for ex- term. Looking into the further fu- be treaties to renegotiate as well as we would be losing out economical- its seemingly poorer older brother ample. Change = bad in the British ture the real question would be a need to negotiate new trade deals ly. It would also be a lengthy process Bremain? It’s definitely not edgy mentality. That, and ambivalence. whether another referendum would with just about everyone. filled with negotiations, and the de- and could easily be your Nan’s best We aren’t really convinced by either be called, Scottish Independence Even the Leave campaign ac- parture from the EU would likely friend who comes over occasionally side and then whoops we ended up style. knowledge that the process of leav- take place in stages. If we choose to play bridge. The EU has become watching an entire season of Game Yes, it seems that such ques- ing would be damaging economical- to leave the EU, negotiations would an integral part of British life. of Thrones and it’s past 10pm on tions will not go away particularly ly. Michael Howard has stated that also have to occur on whether we Simply put it’s not fashionable polling day. quickly. If real change is achieved he “cannot offer you any guarantee” leave the single market. While we to say “stay”. That doesn’t While some may say that in British – EU relations that jobs would not be lost if we left w o u l d remain bound to the mean, however, that this could help Brexit as then the nay say- the EU. The IMF, the Bank of Eng- Eu- ropean Court of Hu- it is any less likely much as Bremain I’d re- ers may be more land and the Treasury are all also man Rights as it is in- to happen. turn to my previous effectively si- in agreement that voting to leave dependent of the EU, Polls are point that together lenced, oth- would damage the economy, plung- a vote to leave would at best con- with conservativism erwise they ing us into recession, with fewer also likely be inter- fused, at the two could spell could kick up jobs and higher prices. While Boris preted as a green worst mislead- disaster for those a nasty fuss Johnson has claimed that “it would light for the disman- ing. While it may in desire of real for the PM. be like the Nike tick” with a period tling of the Human look more scan- change. An im- In short of downturn followed by a greater Rights Act, and its dalous to say Brexit portant column Bremain is upturn, it seems unlikely that this replacement with is winning it’s not in the Britain not dead and would occur. another Bill of always true. An aver- Elects tables is could easily still Next, immigration. Practically Rights, which age of polls taken labelled win; it might not speaking, all EU and Irish citizens would in it- in May be fashionable currently legally residing in the UK self spark but it’s what would be given permanent leave we know. to remain. While future immigration would be harder, as the Leave campaigners propose rolling out the further points based system we use for ex- t r e a t y ternal immigration to cover EU mi- renegotia- grants, they believe this would make tions. things more fair. At the mo- However, this “Australian sys- ment, however, leaving is a seri- tem” prevents immigration by lower ous possibility. income workers, and this could The pound crashed in value in damage public services and access response to a poll that showed that to manual labour and employees for for the first time ever, the majority lower income roles. While a fairer of respondents were in favour of immigration policy would be lovely, voting to leave. And, as ever, those this would be unlikely to produce with the strongest opinion are more one, and with the current govern- likely to vote. With many of those in ment’s history on this front, we favour of staying in the EU lacking “ D o n ’ t would not be seeing one any time the strong convictions of Leave vot- Know”; around soon. ers, there is a genuine risk that the 13 per cent were IMAGE: HARRIET CHESHIRE While the In campaign and In campaign will face defeat at the Ex London Mayor Boris Johnson has taken Leave’s side, angering Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron

death. en the nation’s sneaking suspicion team’s attitude with the declaration LEFT WING Did you know that if we stay in that it’s all gone a bit downhill since that “this country has had enough the EU, Jean-Claude Juncker will the last one, offering us the ability of experts”. I salute the Lord High RIGHT WING personally come to your house, rub to cosplay through our last Finest Chancellor’s campaign to rid the filthy foreign garlic over all of your Hour might not help. country of the elites he so despises, possessions and then make love to Leave haven’t covered them- and the happy advent of the new idi- bosom mates with Max Mosley and your aged mother? Or that if we selves in glory either though, with ocracy. DO YOU CARE ABOUT BREXIT? John Whittingdale and have a pre- leave, Germany will abandon its Nigel Farage’s latest, absolutely-not- This is LWRW’s final column, If, like many others, your response dilection for being spat on. beautiful automobiles, buzzing cit- racist (lawyers, take note) promise but a new enraged sceptic shall arise was to scream “oh god make this News has reached Left Wing ies, glorious clubbing and liberal being that to stay in the EU will in- to carry on my name (after the tra- awful referendum campaign end”, Right Wing that the final crushing views, issue stick-on toothbrush evitably lead to your loved ones be- ditional knife-fight). I would like to then this is the column for you. blow of the whole business will be moustaches and invade France? ing forcibly groped by swarthy men. thank my five readers, and to reas- If what you said was “I love ref- Donald Trump visiting the UK on One does feel that the spectre of Michael Gove, a politician who sure you that no matter where in the erendums, I hope this never ends”, the day of the referendum, as the World War Three won’t be the help still unifies the country in loathing, world you are, there will still be bad then I can only assume that you’re electorate has yet to actually beg for that Remain expected it to be. Giv- also rather neatly summed up his politics and thick politicians. www.ey.com/uk/careers www.nouse.co.uk/business BUSINESS Tuesday 7 June 2016 18 French score own goal as strikes threaten Euro 2016

underperforming. work has subsequently ground to scrapped the majority of the reform He has attacked the CGT for trying Elliott Banks The far-left Confédération a halt. Air traffic controllers, train bill, leaving it decidedly weaker to dictate French law and has vowed BUSINESS EDITOR Générale du Travail (CGT) Union drivers and the Paris Métro went than proposed, meaning giving in to stay the course of reform. Some has been spearheading the action on strike last week, with the union to the CGT would be a significant French commentators are skeptical, against the reforms. The CGT has promising to escalate strike action show of weakness. but optimistic. FRANCE IS currently in the grip successfully managed to block roads during the Euro 2016 football tour- As Hollande is facing a poll Now it has become a battle of of the worst industrial action in and restrict fuel supplies to petrol nament. rating crisis, with support now at 14 both political and economic will. recent times, with strikers and po- stations, which has seen nearly 20 However, the CGT leader per cent (unprecedented for a serv- France’s labour laws have long been lice clashing on picket lines up and per cent of France’s petrol stations Philippe Martinez has blamed Hol- ing French president), he deseper- a problem and no French govern- down the country. The issue which run out of fuel, with supplies being lande’s government for the strike, atly needs to show that his government has adequately tackled the has promped the strike is the gov- further drained. arguing that this situation could ment can perform. problem. ernment’s plan for trade union re- The action by CGT hasn’t just be solved if Hollande capitulates to Hollande may have a saviour, However, one thing is clear: form, which would make it easier affected fuel distribution - the ma- the Union’s demand. For Hollande, however the reformist Prime Min- Hollande is facing a rather tough for bosses to remove employees, if jority of the French transport net- this cannot happen. He has already ister Mr Valls has refused to yield. time. Comment: France would benefit from ‘"atcher moment’ Ted Heath and Jim Callaghan all Elliott Banks tried and failed to reform industrial relations. Thatcher, however, BUSINESS EDITOR had a public angry over the ‘winter of discontent’ and a conviction that change had to happen. BREAD. WHAT could symbol- At the Conservative Party con- ise France more than the nation’s ference in 1980, Thatcher was de- pride and joy, le baguette? However, fiant. The media had been calling bread represents a real problem in for a u-turn for weeks but she drily the French economy, a problem of replied with a smile: “U-turn if you overregulation and restrictive la- want to, the Lady’s not for turning.” bour laws. In France, a local edict Instead of retreating like her prede- means that a bakery must close one cessors had, she faced down militant day a week. Mr. Cazenave, a baker, trade unionism with the tenacity of opened his shop for seven days a a pitbull in a pearl necklace. week. He was taken to court, after Over the next decade, union the Bakers’ Union found out and his power was curtailed. Whether you bakery was fined and force to close agree with her methods or not, Brit- on Sundays by court order. Mr Ca- ain today experiences little indus- zenave said this cost him €250,000 trial action. Stikes do occur, as the and he’d have to lay-off staff. Junior Doctors have proved, but The case of Mr Cazenave and the worst excesses of union power his baguettes is sadly indicative of are gone. Some would say Thatcher IMAGE: DEBORAH LAM the problems in the French econo- went too far, but it seems that the my. Growth is sluggish, the labour awful-tasting medicine did work. market is restrictive and its trade But what does my meander- unions are very powerful. This lat- ing history lesson have to do with est industrial action is over reform France today? Ultimately, the lesson of employment law. The response: for France is that reform is needed massive industrial action. For years, no matter how difficult. Whether or France’s politcial elite have failed to not you agree with Thatcher, what is tackle the problem of union power. clear after nearly a decade of failure, Sometimes they win but most of is that her desire for labour reform the time radical trade unionism was carried out. France is about prevails. Hollande is the latest, and to host the Euro 2016 but with its probably won’t be the last, given transport system being held hos- that the majority of his reform plan tage by the unions, something has has already been abandoned. to be done. Whether it is staying the But what to do about France’s course with the current legislation unions? The French may have a or trying to strengthen the reforms, model to follow. 1970s Britain saw the worst possible outcome is if power cuts, fuel shortages and mass France’s political class gives up. strike action. Militant unions con- Now, of course, Monsieur Hol- ducted secondary picketing, wildcat lande is no Thatcher; ideologically strikes - where workers down tools Hollande is socialist and Thatch- immediately - and closed shop prac- er is Margaret Thatcher. How- tices meaning that Britain’s heavily ever, France may need to have its unionised workforce could paralyse ‘Thatcher moment’ to tackle union the country, as both the Tories and power. Given that militant unions Labour learnt in ‘74 and ‘79. in France are resisting even moder- However in 1979, something ate reform, like in Britain, some- changed. Margaret Thatcher was thing will have to give if France is elected and decided to take on the to tackle its problem with militant IMAGE: JULES78120 unions. Before her: Barbara Castle, trade unionism. Strikers protesting against the government’s reform idea with the issue dividing the French socialist government www.ey.com/uk/careers www.nouse.co.uk/business Tuesday 7 June 2016 19 Paradise lost: Venezuela’s economic nightmare

products. With default looming lems. Right now Venezuela must the national deficit is becoming un- feel like God’s toilet, and most of its Luke Rix-Standing tenable, with government officials people are stuck in the U-bend. FOREIGN BUSINESS ANALYST servicing debt by exporting piles Whatever else Maduro tries to of gold bars to Switzerland. One of blame, however, the buck stops with Chavez’s daughters reportedly has economic totalitarianism, appalling LAST MONTH the president of Ven- $4 billion stashed in foreign banks, corruption, incompetence, and elec- ezuela Nicolás Maduro announced while the national currency is prac- toral fraud. How is it that in a self- a nationwide state of emergency, tically worthless. proclaimed socialist utopia, a con- after his country slumped into per- Reaction to the protest has traband packet of butter costs 4 per haps the worst economic crisis this been, to put it kindly, sluggish. To cent of a lawyer’s monthly income? century. In a speech broadcast on quote an official statement from How is it that Caracas, home of national television, Maduro came Barclays: “It is impossible to under- Petrolas de Venezuela, consistently out fighting: “Washington is activat- stand why the government has not records the second highest murder ing measures at the request of Ven- taken measures to alleviate the eco- rate of any city in the world? How is ezuela’s fascist Right,” he thundered, nomic distortions that are destroy- it that when Jose Luiz Vasquez vis- “who are emboldened by the coup in ing the real income of Venezuelans.” its a public hospital with a gunshot Brazil.” Shirking domestic respon- Unrestrained social spending con- wound to the chest, he has to pay sibility by blaming foreign political tinues, while inflation has now hit for his own syringes? The socialistas enemies isn’t the most original ma- levels comparable with Zimbabwe Chavistas are going to have to ex- noeuvre, but if it worked for Castro and Weimar Germany. Maduro has plain to their people how the most then maybe it could work here too. finally made some effort to curb the resource-rich nation on the planet Unfortunately for the benight- surge, deliberately devaluing the lies on the verge of catastrophic ed president, his people don’t seem currency (gas prices in particular bankruptcy. to be buying it. Protesters are fill- have increased more than 6000 per Nicholás Maduro finished his ing the streets, a covert black mar- cent) while hiking the minimum rousing speech by promot- ket flourishes, and opposition MPs IMAGE: ANDREAS LEHRER wage by 20 per cent, but most ing Gustave Gonzalez (a pack the National Assembly. It’s Venezuela’s President blames ‘American Imperialism’ for the country’s woes onlookers agree that it’s far too former intelligence not hard to see why: with rolling little, far too late. In the words head implicated in the blackouts, desperate food shortages economy. Since OPEC buddies Sau- published Index for Economic Free- of analyst Luis Vicente Leon: murder of protestors) and enforced two-day weeks, many di Arabia chose to flood the market doms Venezuela lost 26.2 points in “It’s like putting truffle oil on a to Minister of the In- citizens are becoming frantic. 85 with crude, in a misguided attempt the Chavez tenure, the largest drop rotten steak.” terior, and claiming per cent of businesses, both private to shaft American shale producers, of any country in the world. The This sumptuously in- that “the sole enemy and public, have now enacted severe the Venezuelan treasury has been once-proud South American nation competent main course has a of Venezuela is the cuts to production, while Lufthansa in freefall. It’s fair to say that Hugo now languishes third from bottom, garnish of sheer bad luck. The government in Wash- and LATAM have suspended all Chavez had never heard of ‘econom- above only Cuba and North Korea. so-called ‘el Nino’ weather pat- ington”. service to the country. The economy ic diversification’. After the boom comes the bust, tern has caused droughts, Pull the other contracted more than 7 per cent in But for years the oil has covered and the Chavez chickens are now exacerbating alone Nicholas, it’s 2015, and is projected to lose anoth- up deeper problems. When the soar- coming home to roost, take out a ready critical got bells er 16 per cent before this year is out. ing crude prices of the early 2000s mortgage and start a family. Hours- food short- on. As is so often the case with in- left government finances billions in long food queues stretch around ages, while ternational financial meltdowns, a the green, the Chavez administra- every building, hospitals lack 80 per the timely lot of it comes down to oil. Sitting on tion spent and embezzled at will. cent of essential medical supplies, arrival of the largest oil reserves of any coun- Lavishly irresponsible social pro- and toiletries like soap have all but Zika has try in the world, Venezuela relies grammes and cash transfers kept vanished. Just last week Coca-Cola height- on the viscous chemical for 95 per the poor on side, while high-ranking became the latest corporation to e n e d cent of its foreign income, so fall- officials systematically plundered buckle, as sugar shortages halted s o c i a l ing prices have shattered its export the national vaults. In the annually production of all Coke-branded p r o b - IMAGE: CARABOBO 9 out of 10 economists reject Brexit in new poll

worries are not unfounded. Accord- IMAGE: DILIFF Laura Henrique ing to Vicky Pryce, a chief economic advisor at CEBR London, even DEPUTY BUSINESS EDITOR speaking about the UK leaving the EU has had an unfavourable effect through a decline in business invest- NINE OUT OF TEN of the top econ- ment in the last quarter. omists in Britain believe that the Moreover, the Treasury’s eco- economy will only be harmed should nomic forecast which predicted Britain leave the European Un- that, in the event of a Brexit, British ion. The poll, undertaken by Ipsos households would be worse off by MORI, on behalf of The Observer, £4,300 have also recently warned gathered responses from over 600 of that house prices may plummet the most respected economists from and pension values will plunge by the Royal Economic Society and the £300bn. Welcoming the findings, Society of Business Economists. Cameron said in a statement: “This It found that 88 per cent be- poll confirms the overwhelming lieved that Britain’s growth pros- view of economists - leaving the EU pects would be negatively impacted would damage our economy, costing should the UK leave the EU. jobs and increasing prices.” The loss of access to the single However, those in favour of a market along with increased uncer- Brexit refuse to accept these figures, tainty leading to reduced investment arguing that it fails to mention that were the two most attributed causes the UK would be able to negotiate its of a downfall in GDP. In contrast, own trade deals and would no longer the survey showed that only 5 per be bound to the cost of regulation cent believe that a Brexit would have and the red tape imposed by Brus- a positive economic impact. These sels should it leave the EU. The EU referendum will be held later this month; with both sides level-pegging, the polls are too close to call www.ey.com/uk/careers www.nouse.co.uk/science SCIENCE Tuesday 7 June 2016 20 !e drone wars: Menace or a useful tool?

are the only ones being taken by IMAGE: WALTER BAXTER Jessica Pound these machines and many reports DEPUTY SCIENCE EDITOR of invasions of privacy have had to be addressed. Drones are unmanned machines controlled from miles away. DRONES ARE among the most The aerial images taken can be re- topical pieces of technology at the layed back to troops on the ground moment. Not just a figure of sci- to design tactical pursuits. This ence fiction depicted in movies like in turn can help troops lead safer, Eye In The Sky, drones are quite more accurate missions. real, and quite relevant. Most importantly, drones have Only recently a story concern- the ability to drop bombs. The in- ing a collision with a plane near credible technology can be used to Heathrow airport hit the head- sight a target by real time camera lines, proving drones or UAVs (un- images or infrared sensors. manned aerial vehicles) are now By using a machine, there is no becoming high profile, and increas- risk of life to the ‘pilot’ controlling ingly widely used. it and so the drone can stay inflight So where are all these drones for much longer than a normal air- coming from? They are easy to craft. purchase online but there are some Drones are also much cheaper Drones, remotely controlled machines capable of beaming signals and dropping bombs, are becoming increasingly popular rules to follow. and easier to maintain than normal Drones cannot be flown within military aircraft. These are great drone named Aquila, developed by vealed that drones have been exten- minutes. 150 meters of a busy area and as advantages for the ‘protecting’ side Facebook, was tested for beaming sively used to carry drugs, mobile However, the rapid expan- your mother used to say when you as the most wanted targets, be it a a Wi-Fi signal into remote areas. phones, weapons and other con- sion of this technology needs to be were playing with footballs, not particular person or hideout, can be This could provide educational re- traband over prison walls to supply monitored as personal drone use near people or vehicles. targeted when unsuspecting. sources and communication in ar- inmates. could cause a range of issues. As Drones were originally de- However, this technology fall- eas that are in need. The versatility of these light- recently reported, limited air space signed for warfare but they are now ing into the wrong hands is a very However, the drone was un- weight aircrafts is enormous, hence is already a problem, and collisions becoming increasingly popular in worrying possibility. successful in establishing a con- why drones have so many potential could impact those on the ground everyday life. They are being used Drones have many potential nection and no progress has been uses. and the environment. Their versa- by the police, for documentary applications other than warfare. A made. A similar drone developed On a more optimistic note, tility creates concerns over the mis- filming and for taking stunning very creative example was drones by Google crashed last year. there are drones in development use of drones should they fall into aerial photography shots. used by dancers Flying Bebop, in Similar to the cockroaches by Amazon to deliver parcels un- criminal hands; so by whom, when However, it is impossible to their Britain’s Got Talent act. used in the series Orange is the New der the title ‘Prime Air’. They aim to and where drone use is appropriate know that these landscape shots Last July a solar powered Black, just this week it has been re- get parcels to customers within 30 needs to be addressed. Eukaryotic life, but not as we know it

cells. It suggests that an ancient an- supports the theory. those to build the organelle. )!) Rebecca Hall cestor of eukaryotes engulfed a sin- As this theory has been estab- They believe that the microbe @NASA SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT gle celled bacterium that managed lished for many years, it must have manages to get around the need to survive within its host. A ben- come as quite a shock when Anna for the energy producing organelle Our upcoming CORAL eficial relationship for both cells Karnkowska’s team discovered a by acquiring a second system from #EarthExpedition will collect devel- eukaryotic microbe that appeared bacteria in its surroundings. The uniform, large-scale dataset A TEAM of scientists from Charles to manage just fine without mito- energy producing system is thought on coral reefs University in Prague have dis- chondria. This finding has to be acquired by lateral gene trans- 1 June 2016 covered a living organism the potential to really fer. This system does such a good that appears to be missing shake up what job of making energy that the mito- mitochondria, a cellular or- are the most chondria are dispensable. ")*($ ganelle thought to be essen- con- So what does this mean for our @nature tial for life. view on how life evolved? This dis- Mitochondria are the covery emphasises the need to con- Proteogenomics connects so-called powerhouses of liv- tinuously question accepted ‘facts’ somatic mutations to signal- ing cells – they are responsible in science. ling in breast cancer for making all of the energy for the Further investigation needs organism. They are involved in the to be done into how the mi- 30 May 2016 production of ATP as a final step crobe survives, and the in the metabolism of glucose and o p e d , search for similar organ- !#%$')%+#()&$(%#"' other energy molecules. It has long a l l o w i n g isms has begun. It is @sciam been thought by biologists that both organisms possible that clusters they are found in all eukaryotes. to survive. This is of organisms are not About 250,000 Americans Eukaryotes are organisms unlike predatory-prey or as closely related as die each year due to medical which, unlike prokaryotes, for ex- parasite relationships where one previously thought errors ample bacteria, contain a nucleus organism’s fitness suffers. and that more sys- 2 June 2016 and other membrane bound orga- This organism was more suc- tems may be ac- nelles. cessful than those without the en- v i n c i n g quired via lateral TechCrunch It has been suggested that mi- gulfed bacterium and so the rela- and widely transfer. @TechCrunch tochondria were acquired by eu- tionship stuck around. Eventually accepted evolu- The finding raises karyotes way back in evolutionary the bacterium integrated into the tionary ideas. the possibility that there As it expands in Africa, Uber time by a process called endosym- host’s cell and became the mito- The scientists looked are other microbes that have adapts to local markets and biosis. chondria present in hundreds of into the DNA of this microbe, also jettisoned seemingly essential adopts cash payments Symbiogenesis theory is eukaryotes, including humans. The Monocercomonoides, and found no components. This finding and the thought to explain the origin of fact that mitochondria have their genes associated with the presence huge diversity of life on earth high- 2 June 2016 eukaryotic cells from prokaryotic own DNA, RNA and ribosomes of mitochondria, including a lack of lights the fluid nature of evolution. www.ey.com/uk/careers www.nouse.co.uk/science Tuesday 7 June 2016 21 Study suggests that smoking is hot SCIENCE SNIPPETS badgering by the government beg- smoking to enhance their sexual genetic quality, which may be aug- Joseph Lloyd ging us to keep away from tobacco appeal and decrease the likelihood mented by taking risks. In contrast, Tiger Temple SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT may not just be ineffective but also of them going home alone. Most the search for a more permanent entirely counter productive. of us have a friend who will only partner places more emphasis on a The famous Thai Buddhist tem- During the study, 239 Belgian smoke under these social condi- willingness to care and protect for ple Tiger Temple has run into hot women aged 17 to 30 were shown tions. This is quite ironic when you children. water as 40 dead tiger cubs, and I’M DOWN the local with a group 10 different profiles detailing the consider that men with erectile Such inclinations result in various other animal parts have of mates I’ve known since second- lifestyle choices of young men. dysfunction are twice as likely to women favoring non-smokers been found in a freezer. The tem- ary school. It’s cold, windy and The descriptions included lists of be former smokers. and moderate-to-non-drinkers as ple is being closed due to accu- raining yet one or more of our hobbies such as sports or sunbath- The second part of the study long-term partners. So, you could sations of trafficking and animal group will invariably disappear ing alongside how often the men questioned men regarding their argue that in the end, the good guy abuse. Although visited by thou- outside to light up. smoked or drank. smoking and drinking routines always comes out on top. We sands of tourists every year, the Why in such conditions, I am Participants were then asked and seemed to confirm what wom- are saturated with informa- temple has a long controversial left wondering, do they pursue to rate how attractive they would en perceive. tion about the nega- history and animal rights activ- cancer so tenaciously? find the individual as long or Of the 171 male interviewees, tive health effects of ists have long been campaigning Well, whether they know it short-term partners. Finally they those who often undertook such s m o k i n g , for its closure. or not, according to research con- were asked if they thought the man activities were found through tel- ducted by Eveline Vincke from would agree with statements such to be more evision ads, IMAGE: WIKIPEDIA Belgium’s Ghent University, those as: “Sex without love is OK”. websites, even on guys are far more likely to get lucky According to the results, the the packets them- by the end of the night. men who undertake more risky be- selves; it is a wonder Strict rules have been impli- havior are perceived to be more why so many people mented to weed out the popular sexually open and an attractive continue to smoke. cultural image, that smoking is prospect for a one-night stand. open about Whichever way this research ‘cool’. However, Vincke suggests And these ‘bad boys’ seem sex and generally is interpreted, it is apparent that that the allure of the cigarette- to know it. Vincke described looking for a short- anti-smoking campaigns focusing smoking rebel is still strong, despite smoking as part of a term encounter. upon health consequences may society repeatedly being warned ‘short-term mating strategy’. So why does actually be barking up the wrong about the numerous health impli- Furthermore it is putting pleasure tree. cations. Indeed it is thought that thought that some en- before peril Highlighting dangers may the appeal of the habits is linked gage in so-called catch a wom- have inadvertently been glamoris- to the risk we have come to asso- s o c i a l an’s eye? ing smoking so perhaps such cam- Soda to fight carbon ciate with them. As such, constant There paigns should change tact. have been Personally, watching my Sponges with a crucial ingre- hundreds of mates shivering and trying to light dient of baking soda are being studies aiming to dis- up a cigarette in the wind and rain tested by a Californian scientist sect human relationship is more than enough of a deterrent. to capture carbon. Rising CO2 behaviour. One theory is that I can’t imagine it’s terribly sexy ei- emissions contribute to global a short-term fling is centered on ther. warming so reducing levels is paramount. So far carbon capture methods have been ineffective, energetically demanding to produce and expensive. The new technology could be effective, re- Climate change: A student perspective sulting in about 40 per cent lower energy use and capital cost.

globally (up to 100 degrees fahr- Climate Change state: “Taken as a China and the USA signed the IMAGE: WIKIPEDIA William Gibbs enheit), sea levels rising (0.8 – 2m whole, the range of published evi- Paris Agreement aiming to keep SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT by 2100), melting of glaciers and dence indicates that the net dam- temperature increase below 1.5 de- changes in circulation patterns. age costs of climate change are grees centigrade. The BBC recently reported likely to be signiﬁcant and to in- The University is already tak- that if climate change is allowed crease over time.” This shows how ing action to reduce its carbon SOME STILL question the theory to continue, Antarctica’s Totten much of a problem we have on our footprint. David Duncan, Univer- of global warming and climate glacier could become ‘unstable’ in hands. sity Secretary and Registrar, stated change, but the truth is, it’s hap- the next few hundred years, which It all seems rather bleak but that “The University takes a proac- pening, it’s real. There is an over- could increase sea levels by up to there are things we can do. In tive approach to climate change,” whelming amount of evidence to 2m. The International Panel on April, 175 countries including which is implemented by himself support it. and Professor Deborah Smith, Pro NASA released statistics show- IMAGE: PIXABAY Vice Chancellor for Research. ing that “April was the seventh The University promotes a Gorilla controversy consecutive month reported to range of strategies to reduce envi- break global temperature records”. ronmental impact: improving efﬁ- The shooting of a gorilla at Cin- Furthermore, 2015 was around 0.8 ciency of heat and power supplies, cinnati Zoo made headlines this degrees centigrade warmer than ensuring that new buildings are week after a young boy fell into the 20th century average. built to high environmental stand- his enclosure. Many disagree A recent Nature paper dem- ards and encouraging colleges and with the zoo’s actions and argue onstrates that around two thirds of departments to reduce energy us- that non-lethal methods should the climate change we are experi- age. have been used. However, these encing is due to human activities, It seems that the University is are often slow to work, and so such as greenhouse gas production ticking a lot of the boxes regard- the child would have been at and deforestation. ing combatting climate change, greater risk of injury. Portrayed The mountain of evidence just and aims to be a “sector leader in as violent brutes in movies such keeps on growing, and it is clearer this area” but even David Duncan as King Kong, it is true that go- than ever that climate change re- admits there is “much more to be rillas are dangerous creatures. quires more attention, fast. We, as done”. There have been two other cases the next generation, will have to Overall, climate change is ar- of children in gorilla enclosures, endure the impacts and work to guably the biggest threat our plan- strikingly in one 1986 incident repair damage. et faces, and strategies need to be when a gorilla acted in a protec- The impact of climate change implemented at international, na- tive way. The police are further is predicted to be extensive. For tional and local scales to mitigate investigating the incident. example, temperature increasing Scientists agree that climate change has been caused by human activity the impacts.

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familiar faces of the sideline. Muhammad Ali: !e man EDITOR’S The JLD becomes a second home to the football community in summer and what it lacks in COMMENT physical comforts, it makes up who lived on for the fight for in its ability to encapsulate the Anna Coughlan atmosphere so entwined with the College Cup. SPORTS EDITOR He faced down Parkinson’s like he faced each bout, and he lives on because of it A mixture of competitiveness and general enjoyment results in an easy, entertaining afternoon IMAGE: CLIFF spurred on by goals and tackles. It s the year draws to a close, epitomises Grace Clarke’s aim to College Sport is the last “prove that sport belongs to eve- A one standing with a few ryone” in the most basic of ways. intermediate events spread out The final of the Cup will no over the final weeks of term. doubt bring out the crowds, es- Football in particular and pecially if the weather remains the College Cup have come to the as good as it has. With last year’s forefront of the scene, domineer- winners James 1s out of the pic- ing the JLD with tinnies under ture thanks to Derwent 1s, the the sun. Cup is arguably up for the taking Starting mid-exams, it began which will make it all the more in- as the ultimate form of procras- teresting to watch. tination. Many made the long Derwent’s mastery of James walk down from the library to the this year may also hint at their Sports Centre, myself included, possible success. However the leg- with their hopes of winning the acy of Heath in Halifax 1s harks Cup bundled up in flashcards and back to 2014, when they won the highlighted lecture notes. How- Cup, to suggest them as the front ever, few remain and now find runners. themselves grasping onto the final Either way, Vanbrugh and goals of the summer term with the Wentworth still remain in the way same vigour with which they hold and both have their respective top their beer cans on the sideline. picks from this season that will What began as yet another ex- hopefully spice things up a bit. cuse to escape revision has turned Not only does the final promise somewhat into a bad habit, as to be an exciting end to this aca- comments from the sidelines have demic year it also leads us nicely become alarmingly like clickbait into the next one. Who will win on the Daily Mail. As the teams the Cup, Plate or Vase is yet to be also progress there is a greater af- revealed and Week 10 will surely filiation with your college and the bring about some surprises.

1978 to 1979. time as much as a leader of it. Anna Coughlan His career totalled an impres- Prevalent were issues of race and TEAMMATES SPORTS EDITOR sive 61 professional bouts, with 56 American Civil Rights. He was wins and consequently only 5 loss- just as much a champion of equal- 60 seconds with UYWRUFC’s Hema Trivedi es. Ali was more then aware of his ity as he was of the ring. It was in success as “the boldest, the pretti- his capacity to encapsulate joy and Name: Hema Trivedi every fun fact especially ones about ne of the most well known happiness with a hint of sarcasm toads that break their own feet and and well loved boxers Mu- that merged his persona with the Role: Number 9, Tour Rep use their skin to climb with. hammad Ali died on 3 June aspirational and the rational. With O Year: 1st aged 74 in Phoenix, Arizona. He is one foot in the ring and one foot at considered by many as a man of “Ali was home he explored morals and cur- Course: English Literature Best motivator? lasting influence, which extends rent cultural questions in both the Serena Brymer, really good at en- far past the realm of sport and into not solely spheres of society and sport. Strongest player? couraging players and bringing out those of popular culture and soci- After a shining career Ali re- Sarah Thalayasingham, known as the best in people on the pitch. ety. loved for his tired aged 40 after winning the the machine. Unstoppable player Yes, he is mainly admired for world title for the third time aged and smashing tackling as well. Best trainer: his ability to “float like a butterfly” sporting 36 and then finally losing it for Ruth Ellen Whitehead; knows her and “sting like a bee” in the ring but good in 1980. Gym rat? stuff and fantastic at helping players his stance on life has also resulted ability. His It was after his fight against Kaitlyn Hunter, and also Zoe Hinch- improve - always constructive and in many memorable quotations. Trevor Berbick in 1981 that ques- cliffe because she’s known for doing gives positive encouragement. Ali’s ability to fight was un- tions of his health began to propa- weights with the gym lads. contestable. Born in Louisville in personality gate and ultimately it was revealed Kentucky as Cassius Clay in 1942, that he had Parkinson’s disease. Most hardened drinker? he turned professional in 1960 was as vibrant It became a point of comment Most intelligent? Gabriela Pryzgodzki has a strong when he won the Olympic light- in the media repeatedly as he ad- Heny Stockdale knows literally drinking-wine-all-day game. heavyweight gold. He found initial as his punches mirably continued to travel and ap- IMAGE: HE,MA TRIVEDI prosperity as an amateur and the pear across the world for various, story of his introduction suits his est, the most superior, most scien- often charitable, events. Unsur- well loved demeanour. tific, most skilfullest fighter in the prisingly he was voted Sports Per- When he reported his bicycle ring today”. sonality of the Century in 2000 as stolen aged 12 he supposedly told However, Ali was not solely despite having such an attenuating the police officer that he was going loved for his sporting ability. His illness, he strived to become and to “whup” the offender. In response personality was as vibrant as the remain an inspiration for many to this feisty attitude, Joe Martin, punches he threw and the contro- generations. the officer, suggested he learn to versial comments he made. Still pending is the question box at the local gym. From there They are even more conten- as to whether “they will ever have the rest is history. tious when looking back on them another fighter who writes poems, Following his string of early now, bringing into question how predicts rounds, beats everybody, successes he went on to become he would have survived in our ever makes people laugh, makes people world heavyweight champion from politically correct society. cry and is as tall and extra pretty 1964 to 1967, 1974 to 1978 and But Ali was a product of his as” Muhammad Ali? www.ey.com/uk/careers www.nouse.co.uk/sport SPORT Tuesday 7 June 2016 24 !e College Cup Awards

DERWENT 1s VANBRUGH 1s WENTWORTH 1s HALIFAX 1s

Derwent 1s are the only team le$ Vanbrugh 1s did well to end up in Wentworth 1s, although making it It is not unexpected that Halifax 1s from their college, and no doubt Group C and as such have avoid- to the semi-final, can be seen to be have reached the semi-final as they they will receive large amounts of ed a few of the more challenging the underdogs of their match against generally have got through their support as they head into the semi- games. Against Halifax for example Halifax 1s. "ey only just equalised games with relative ease. "at’s not finals of the Cup. So far they have they were beaten by three goals and against Halifax 2s so to suggest they forgetting, however, their slight blip played well enough to get through clearly struggled to keep up with the will find it easy to win against Hali- with Derwent 4s in which they lost each stage, but admittedly it has higher end of play in the Cup. Not fax’s better team is a little ambitious. by two goals. Arguably an anomaly, been nothing special, nor worthy of that Derwent necessarily has the However, they also equalised with it was enough to shake the team a lit- a definite place in the finals. Play- likes to match that of Garo Heath, Derwent 1s, so it is not as if they tle, as they went on to beat Goodricke ers such as Josh Bew have brought but they won’t be as easily beaten are particularly lacking in terms of 2s 2-0. If anything it was perhaps a them more than enough goals and as say Langwith 2s or Derwent 4s their play. In light of this it may be good thing to push them off their Weighall stands out in defence. "ey which is where Vanbrugh scored that Wentworth is the key to a Van- comfy 7-0 win against Langwith 2s. played comfortably against James 2s most highly. "at being said the team brugh vs Halifax final. It should be As long as they do not return too un- in their last game, but they hardly is fairly equal to that of Derwent 1s acknowledged though that this is troubled by playing Wentworth, the breezed through, suggesting that and will undoubtedly strive to reach also Wentworth’s only team, and so game should promise to be a high they may have to push a little harder the final. It will be interesting to see unlike other colleges they have done scoring one. "e question is how to beat Vanbrugh 1s. if the game goes to penalties. well to reach this far. much will they win by?

HALIFAX 2s CONSTANTINE 1s JAMES 2s JAMES 3s

Halifax 2s were only one point be- Constantine 1s have done well to James 2s benefited greatly from only James 3s have scraped into the Plate hind Wentworth 1s in Group A, or reach the semi-finals of the Plate having to play Langwith 3s in the final with much thanks to Derwent in other words one point away from with none of their games being par- Plate quarter finals. "ey were un- 2s. "erefore it should in fact be a the Cup as opposed to the Plate. "is ticularly high scoring. "ey have fortunate however with the likes of James vs Derwent semi-final, which should put them in a good position however le$ the group stages with an Group A and Derwent and Wen- would have been much more enter- as they go on to play Constantine. average number of points for those tworth 1s, which saw them suffer, taining. "ey have however made "ey played well against Goodricke playing in the semi-finals of the perhaps more than expected in the it into the Plate final on only four 1s and won 3-1. However, Constan- Plate. Halifax 2s only have one point group stages. "eir superiority over points and without actually winning tine have also played Goodricke in more of eight compared to seven, yet James 3s would suggest a win. How- by a positive margin since Week 5. Group D and beat them by 2-1. "is they were also fourth in a group of ever it may be that the competitive It does not put James 3s in the best would suggest the teams are of equal overall lower scores. Against James edge has been lessened slightly, tak- position when facing James 2s. "at play but Halifax 2s may just have 4s though they appeared to struggle ing away from the excitement of being said they will be familiar with the edge. "ey have a particularly at the end of the groups which lends the game as it will most definitely their teammates’ style of play and strong defence - Scanlon, "omas itself to a less hopeful outlook - as be a James involved final. James 2s training which will surely be benefi- and Blessed have most importantly they only managed to equalise when should win this as they won against cial and hopefully result in a close been consistent. Constantine will re- James 4s had previously beaten Hali- them last year thanks to penalties in game - not forgetting this team’s suc- ally be challenged to score. fax 3s. the quarter- finals. cess last year.

VANBRUGH 3s ALCUIN 1s ALCUIN 3s HALIFAX 4s

Vanbrugh 3s faced little opposition Alcuin 1s had the greatest win in the Whether it says a lot about Alcuin Halifax 4s hardly broke a sweat mak- heading into quarter-finals as they Vase quarter-finals beating Lang- 1s’ lack of ability or Alcuin 3s’ bur- ing it to the semi-finals of the Vase faced Derwent 6s. "ey are there- with 4s 6-1. However their ability to geoning capability to play down on from Vase Group B. Not losing once, fore rather suited to their place in the score with McLarty and Barrie is of- the JLD is open to discussion. Fa- they then did well to beat Goodricke Vase semi-finals. "at being said this ten undermined by their lack of de- vouring a combination of both, they 2s from the main cup ensuring their could be the beginning for this team fence. If Alcuin can make headway played well in Group A, yet prob- place against Alcuin 3s. A self-as- and an opportunity for them to keep and attack early on in the game they ably ended up in the quarter-finals sured team, they offer a much surer improving. "ey differ greatly from may have a greater chance of mak- because of a dip in the Derwent win as their style of play is incred- Alcuin 1s in that they are strong- ing it to the finals. "at being said, 6s’ play rather than an increase in ibly steady. If they continue in this est in defence. Keeper Graves has as previously mentioned Vanbrugh theirs. "ey lack a continuous level fashion it might not be unreason- played solidly throughout the cup 3s are stronger in defence. When of play with scores dipping every able to suggest that they could join alongside the likes of Ngwamah and against Langwith 3s, Alcuin did no- now and again. "ey only just made the Cup and leave their Vase days Perry. "is can also be seen in the ticably struggle. "eir lack of con- it through by winning 5-4 in penal- behind them. To begin with though score lines as Vanbrugh, o$en failing sistency throughout the cup should ties. It easily could have been a James they must first make it to the finals. to make headway with goals, don’t also put Vanbrugh 3s at ease. "eir 4s vs Halifax 4s game but that is not Alcuin 3s do not pose too much of necessarily concede them. Alcuin in scorelines go up and down as much to say that Alcuin don’t at least have a threat and with this team’s consist- comparison strives by scoring. as Jonny Long on the sideline. a chance of scoring. ency it could be a win. www.ey.com/uk/careers www.nouse.co.uk/sport Tuesday 7 June 2016 25

BEST PLAYER BEST SCORER JOHN PACKER - WENTWORTH 1s 2016’s Nouse Fantasy“” Football has seen HARRY ANSTOCK - GOODRICKE 1s over 200 teams created in one of its Anstock has seven Once again Packer goals under his belt. has made his pres- biggest years yet As he scored a hat- ence known and NOUSE SPORT TEAM trick in the group reaffirmed his abil- stages it appeared ity to score with a that he’d found a total of six goals friend in the corner and two assists. of the net.

BEST SAVE BEST DOCUMENTARY IDEA SIMON LITTLER - JAMES 3s Felix Aylett A YORK SPECTATOR OVERHEARD Littler’s final save in their penalties “Could we have against Derwent saw Kerr on coke with him push the ball Louis Theroux?” away just in time, as it made an unex- Sam Waighall Ed Mamet Ben Cox pected swerve across the net . BEST MOMENT

BEST COMMITTEE DERWENT 4s BEATING HALIFAX 1s Aaron Sullivan Connor Boyle Joe Kirby Tobi Sanbe A YORK SPECTATOR OVERHEARD In the history of the Cup no feat has seemed “Everything more unattainable than wrong with this Derwent beating Hali- committee can fax. Yet, rather remark- be summed up by ably, the 4s were able to Milton on a Eddie Fotheringham Harry Anstock John Packer storm the pitch. bicycle.”

UNDERACHIEVERS OVERACHIEVERS

JAMES 3s FALL AWAY FROM THE CUP WENTWORTH 1s LEAD WITH PACKER ‘Yes I still hate the North 2016’ currently leads Nouse Fantasy Football 2016, with 181 points. Last year James 3s were Wentworth have greatly deemed as overachiev- improved with the aid ers as they made it to of Packer in the last two the quarter-finals of the Birtle’s search for a goal continues years and have made it Cup. This year they are “” to the Cup finals. If they comparatively lacking as beat Halifax they really A YORK SPECTATOR OVERHEARD ON MATT BIRTLE’S LACK OF SUCCESS IN TERMS OF SCORING will have outdone them- they make their way into AS HE COULD POTENTIALLY LEAVE THE COLLEGE CUP HAVING NOT GOT THE BALL IN THE the Vase. BACK OF THE NET selves. www.ey.com/uk/careers SPORT www.nouse.co.uk/news 26 Tuesday 7 June 2016

Fight night in D-Bar On 11 June D-Bar will be hosting a YSJ stumped by York bowlers charity fight night in aid of Mind. The charity supports and works with those struggling with mental result of this was coming up with health problems and all proceeds Anna Coughlan the idea of the White Rose Trophy. will be donated towards the cause. SPORTS EDITOR This year’s event was in aid of The night promises to be an en- Yorkshire Cancer Research and all tertaining one and tickets can be the proceeds from the day went to found on the YUSU website for their affiliated charity. As the club’s the price of £6.50. The first fight- LAST SUNDAY WAS the third an- main sponsor this year the team ers to be named are Theo Tanner niversary of the White Rose Tro- not only endeavoured to raise mon- and Cameron Blyth. However there phy, where the Cricket Clubs of ey for them but also increase aware- has been much talk of the debut of the University of York and York St ness and affiliation. Jamie Lambert and his dedication John come together for an annual Information packs and t-shirts to his weight loss on the sidelines of “grudge match”. were given out on the day by mem- the JLD. In a twist of events however bers of the cricket club as they went York St John cancelled unexpect- round with a bucket for donations. edly, leaving the main event in dis- University Rugby, Hockey, Marie Curie Ladies Day array as it consists of a test match Football and Derwent College all between the two clubs. participated in the day playing with In the University’s persistent push That being said, play still went representatives from their respec- for equal opportunities, this year a on with a mixture of members play- tive clubs in the intercampus Crick- Ladies Day has been introduced in ing for York St John against the et tournament. aid of Marie Curie. The event aims University of York’s Cricket Club in The matches were 8-a-side and IMAGE: LUCINDA FURNESS to celebrate women’s participation the latter part of the afternoon. lasted for 6 overs each innings so a in sport and to debate and discuss Preceding the test match there lot of big hitting and showboating IMAGE:IMAGE: JAMESJAMES HOSTFORDHOSTFORD the challenges that face women in was also an intercampus Cricket play was to be expected. The annual White Rose Trophy clash was one for victorious York to remember sport whil both getting active and tournament. The festival consists of The first game was between learning new skills. There will be two parts and so in the early after- Football and Hockey. As Dabby against Rugby. Callum Mcilveen making strong introduction sessions to Weight- noon one college or sports team is had predicted Hockey struggled After beating Derwent, Rugby appearances. lifting, Cheerleading and Zumba crowned victorious. with Football’s ability to hit a long then struggled to match Football’s With a lack of competition as well as an all inclusive Round- Speaking to the President ball. Even though there were in fact batting skills as their members thoughout, the game was of course ers game at the end of the day. The of the University’s Cricket Club some crossovers between Hockey were caught out too early. They en- conceded, thus ensuring York’s con- day is aimed at women, trans and George Dabby beforehand, he ex- and Cricket they lost by 31 innings. tered their second match with per- tinuing reign and retaining of the non-binary students with a special plained to Nouse that a few years Ultimately it was also the haps too much confidence and then trophy. Ironically though the final mention given to instructors not prior to his taking over of the role, members of the University’s Foot- suffered for it on the field. scores ended up as 165 for 3 for the to push participants beyond their the Presidents of both clubs had ball team that triumphed in the in- The main match should have made up York St John and 131 for physical capabilities or the realms come together in a bid to explore tercampus tournament. They won seen the York XI assemble in full 9 for the University of York. An ap- of their comfort zone. In light of ways in which they could benefit in the last over thanks to the play force on 22 Acres against York St parent win for by York St John by this, Ladies Day 2016 aims to show form the rivalry between them. The of Halifax’s Marsh in their match John with the likes of Rob Carr and 34 runs. how “inclusive sport at York can be and that sport belongs to everyone”. YuCycle returns Mixed Touch Rugby makes money Sunday 5 June saw YuCylce return for its 4th year. There were three cycle rides of all different abilities IMAGE: PENELOPE LANE the event, thought that “overall the - from experienced to novice. All Anna Coughlan tournament was a massive success rides began and ended at the the SPORTS EDITOR considering the huge turnout of York Sport Village and followed teams and the beautiful weather”. through the Yorkshire Wolds coun- It was impressive to see the lo- tryside. Proceeds from YuCycle go cal community get involved along- to the University of York Sports ON SATURDAY 4 June the Rugby side the sporting community of the Union Performance Programme community of York gathered under University and equally to see men which supports high performing the sun on 22 Acres to raise money playing against women as White- athletes and clubs so that they can for IDAS in a charity touch tourna- head pointed out. In the joint ef- combine their academic work and ment. The charity provides support fort of raising money for charity, sporting aspirations. The YuCycle services for those affected by do- in many ways previous boundaries event has been a popular feature of mestic abuse and sexual violence, melted away. Despite a previous the campus sporting calendar for a whether that involves outreach night of debauchery at Captains the number of years. support, refuge accommodation or Men’s Rugby team also turned up to the use of a helpline. The Univer- support their fellow sportsmen and sity of York’s Women’s Rugby club came second place. York RUFC won Kendo tournament has worked closely with them for overall and sadly the women’s teams a while; Katie Layley, one of the did not make it through to the play Sunday Week 10 will mark the first organisers divulged: “They work offs. The 02 Touch Rugby team did annual Northern England Univer- widely throughout North Yorkshire. however as they committed them- sity Kendo League competition, set We have been working with them selves to “practising every week”. up by the University of York Kendo for about a year now, trying to raise In total the tournament raised Club. Intended to be part of a wider awareness as not everyone actually “about £200 for IDAS and it was national league, this regional tour- realises what counts as domestic lovely to have them down to meet nament is the first to be set up, and abuse. Now we’d like to make some everyone”, not only for the promo- is expected to match similar tour- money for them.” tion of the charity but also to see naments in Scotland, the southeast, So, in the summer sunshine the support people had for it. The and the west of England and Wales. both members of the local York day can most definitely be deemed a This year the participants will be Rugby club and those of the Univer- success and equally seen as a pleas- York, Durham, Lancaster, Newcas- sity teams came together to both en- ant way to continue Rugby into the tle and Northumbria Universities. joy their sport and raise money for final weeks of term. Layley was very The all-day event will feature team an important charity, bringing them keen to highlight how she wanted matches, as well as a mixed-univer- further publicity and raising peo- the event to just as much be a “fun sity 3s knockout to further foster ple’s awareness of domestic abuse. day for the Rugby community” as cooperation between the different Ruth Whitehead, also a member much as an opportunity to show clubs. A large turnout saw York RUFC defeat the University in the charity match of UYWRUFC and an organiser of their commitment to the charity. www.ey.com/uk/careers www.nouse.co.uk/news 27 Tuesday 7 June 2016 Fierce Derwent 2s take it to penalties Hard-won

with a very near shot from Ferrao IMAGES: JAMES HOSTFORD Derwent 2s 3 which set the bar high for his per- victory for sonal standard of play. Across both the teams though there was also a notable urgency in James 3s 4 their style compared to that of the Tanfield group stages. This was reflected in the sub- lime first goal made by Aughterson Ashley Marsh Derwent 2s: James 3s which saw his shot slip into the net SPORTS CORRESPONDENT Felix Aylett Simon Littler after a poor attempt from James to Alexander Milton James Axeford Max Palfreman Matty Trewartha push back against a Derwent throw Daniel Barker Sat Vye in. >>> Continued from back Aidan Reynolds Johnny Embleton This was not characteristic of Tom Broderick Norman Vitarigov Alex Stones George Staddon the entire game though as Lansana became three, with Harry Tanfield Bertie Wnek Pablo Martinez in defence made his presence making the move on the back end Henry Ferrao Bochogen Cam Aughterson Muken Lansana known for James in spite of the in- of the course and storming to a con- Freddie Benjamin Jamie Allen put of the notorious and incredibly vincing victory over Andrew Nichol- Jordan Bediesha Subs: vocal Derwent sideline. ls in second place and Alex Dalton Tom Mitchell The ref unfortunately did not in third. Tanfield, representing Tee- Matt Hosier fare so well as he made a generous IMAGE: LUCINDA FURNESS side University but wearing the col-

call on a slide in favour of James, IMAGE: JAMES HOSTFORD ours of his trade team Pedal Heaven, not that it came to any fruition as declared that it was for him a “hard, Hawkins commented “Palfe leapt A 1-1 stalemate was claimed by James 3s in a tightly fought penalty face-off hard race”. Anna Coughlan like a salmon at the back post” in Having not ridden the particu- SPORTS EDITOR order to header it away. 1-0 lead. With this they went on to score line. lar circuit before, he said he was Ignoring the Derwent com- almost score. But that was only the begin- shocked by unusual parts of the mentary from the sidelines howev- However a scrupulous mistake ning as the game went to penalties. course and was at the back of the AFTER A DREADFUL DAY on er, the game continued in a similar from Lansana ensured a Derwent Initially, it appeared much like the bunch going up the main climb of the JLD, Derwent’s hopes of hav- vein to before, as Wnek and Ax- ball for the following five minutes. match; as James scored, so did Der- Bulmer Bank for the ﬁrst couple ing any team other then their Firsts eford battled it out and Barker con- From then on, both sides tried to went. of crucial laps, but he was thankful in the College cup were dashed in a tinuously attempted to lead up the find a breakthrough but strong play There was some hope early on that he felt “stronger and stronger as dramatic end to the quarter-finals left wing. in midfield kept the scores level. however as James hit it wide and the race went on”. It must have been of the Plate. James thirds just stole James came out strongly in A kerfuffle and storming of de- Derwent’s Ferrao secured their goal the 21 one-year-old Pedal Heaven the game 4-3 on penalties, allow- the second half, with Vye passing fence caused nightmares for Der- lead. This quickly fell away how- rider’s racing experience that lead ing them to progress through to the it immediately on, to not only in- went’s Aylett in goal as he lost sight ever as several controlled slick balls him to follow the winning break and semi-finals. crease possession but add an ounce of the ball and conceded a shot slipped through Aylett’s hands and take a deserving victory to conclude The first half started quickly, of confidence despite the Derwent made by Embleton, equalising the Conner and Wnek missed. an action-packed day of racing. York adds IMAGE: JACK RICHARDSON a splash of colour

Jack Richardson SPORTS CORRESPONDENT

THE YORK Sport Village Cycle Cir- cuit once again turned technicolour as York Active held its annual Col- our Run. The event was opened by current York Sport President Grace Clarke, and her incoming succes- sor Isaac Beevor, as well as a group warm-up with a live DJ. Around 200 participants of all ages lined up at 17:30, dressed in white, and ended up to an hour later covered head to toe in coloured powder, having walked or ran around the track as many times as they wished. This came in large part from the four or five stations set up, each stocking a different coloured set of powder bags and several rather mercenary volunteers aiming to get as much of it on the eager runners as possible. In the end, all were successful - runners ran, walkers walked, volunteers threw bags of paint, and the event more than lived up to its name. Watch out for more York colour run events in the future. College Cup Muhammad Ali White Rose Trophy All the information on how the teams Anna Coughlan looks back on The events of the inter-college are doing plus the fantasy league P. 24 the life of a legend P. 23 tournament P. 26

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SPORT Tuesday 7 June 2016 Star peddlers win BUCS Road Race for York

together to maintain a significant gap Ashley Marsh over the chasing groups. These riders SPORTS CORRESPONDENT stayed together until the sprint for the line, where Alice Sharpe of SunSport Velo, representing Manchester Metro- politan University, took it from Emily ALICE SHARPE AND Harry Tanfield Baker in second place with Charlotte can now call themselves the 2016 Uni- Redden finishing third. versity Road Race Champions after Alice Sharpe was delighted with storming to victory in two thrilling her victory in her first BUCS Road races, taking place in North Yorkshire Race. Speaking afterwards, Alice said on Saturday. that it was a “tough course” but she felt The BUCS Road Races are the an- “strong on the hill” and this shows why nual national championships for uni- she was a worthy winner on the day. versity students from across Britain. With such a great women’s race With over 50 universities being repre- in the morning, the expectations for sented in the men’s and women’s races, the men’s race were very high. Over 70 it was expected to be a hotly contested men started this race with some well- event and it certainly delivered. known names on the start line. From Both of the winners from 2015 the gun, the pace of the men’s race was were unable to make this year’s event very quick, but unlike the women’s and so with the pre-race favourites not race the bunch stuck together. on the start line, the win was there to It was then with a few laps to go be taken but there was a tough course when the winning break of four riders to overcome first. made their move and they managed to The undulating course caused a maintain a consistent gap ahead of the near immediate split in the women’s chasing pack. With four in-form riders race and the leg-sapping climb of Bul- working well together, it was going to mer Bank was certainly challenging take a big effort from those behind to the riders lap on lap. pull the break back in. At the mid-way point, there was On the final lap, the four riders a strong bunch of nine riders at the front of the women’s race working well Continued on P. 27