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CURRENT AND former members of the University of York Rugby Club have reportedly been involved in a weekend of mayhem as part of their President’s celebration. President’s weekend is an annu- al event in which alumni return to the University to see how the club is performing. The club had booked out a room in The Graduate, a popular student pub on Lendal, on Friday night. A member of the bar staff told Nouse: “There were about 60 peo- ple at the bar, all members of the party booked by the rugby club. Over the first hour or so it was fairly good humoured with only a bit of Health centre under fire amid claims noisy chanting, but some of them began to get more rowdy. “They started downing pints and smashing their glasses on the of ‘dismissive’ attitude to mental illness floor, which was covered in broken glass by the time they were kicked out. Two women had been hiding in Students made to feel like ‘time-wasters’ as concerns about campus health centre grow the toilets and only felt safe to come out once they had left the pub.” Anwen Baker say “she never once asked what I she’s the only person I’ve seen, but home treat us in this way. It’s horri- After leaving The Graduate, NEWS EDITOR was diagnosed with. She said to me I absolutely refuse to see her again.” ble because it’s really hard to trans- members of the group are reported ‘look - you’ve been on medication The student stated that she fer between professionals anyway to have gone to The Willow where, SEVERAL STUDENTS have spo- for two years and you’re only 19’. It then went on to see a GP at the and this just makes it worse.” after having pulled down their trou- ken out against Unity Health, the made me feel so bad, like I’m just a Wenlock Terrace surgery, who was Another student who had faced sers and exposed their genitals, campus health centre, claiming that messed up person really. I tried to “more helpful, possibly not so fed up difficulties with the health centre several members were thrown out the surgery cannot deal with mental explain my home GP’s plan [for] my of seeing students all day.” said “There’s only one doctor on site of the venue. A third year student ill health issues properly. medication and she said I was set- The student acknowledged that who specialises in mental health who was present described how she One first year student who ting myself up for failure. the health centre had been helpful and he is under a lot of demand - so was “disgusted” and went on to say spoke to Nouse said: “When they “She also told me that people in dealing with physical issues and you might end up seeing say a sports “They’re not exactly helping the rug- saw depression on my form they didn’t prescribe the medication I stated that the rest of the university specialist who doesn’t have the ex- by and sports club image”. didn’t bat an eyelid”. The student was on any more. welfare had been “fantastic” but told pertise, or has a different attitude According to members of staff described the appointment itself, “I left feeling horrendous and Nouse: “We’re freshers moving away with the doctor asking in “an ac- very upset. I feel like she thought I from our support systems. We have Continued on page 2 Continued on page 2 cusatory tone” why she had been was a time waster and a messed up mental health problems so have in- seeing her GP at home on a weekly kid who shouldn’t be at uni. I had creased anxiety anyway, and those COMMENT >> Page 13 basis. The student then went on to to give her name to my home GP as people who’ve been there for us at LEADER >> Page 14 NEWS COMMENT POLITICS FASHION FILM & TV Boat Club. Early morn- What happens when we Is engagement more Male Model of the Doctor Who. ing rowers have bike swap talking for typing? effective? Interview with Year. What in- Celebrating 50 tyres slashed in attack A look at Tinder, the new Dr Saravanamuttu on the spires Daniel years of Time reportedly by local. way to flirt. summit in Sri Lanka. Lukikas? Lords.

>> Page 4 >> Page 14 >> Page 21 >> M8 >> M19 NOUSE: THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENT NEWSPAPER www.nouse.co.uk Tuesday 26 November 2013 2 www.ey.com/uk/careers News of whom is a mental ill health spe- ment, stating that they preferred to centre’s inability to deal with mental >> Continued from front cialist. There is also a counsellor be represented by a statement from health problems. Offer told Nouse and a community mental ill health Student Support Services and that that “If even one student receives York In Brief towards mental health. A lot of worker. they were unable to comment on in- poor service from the health centre people who see the wrong doctor Peter Quinn, Director of Stu- dividual cases. then it’s a problem, and I urge all Police warn students can be sent away with no help, or dent Support Services, told Nouse The 2012 University health students who’ve had a bad experi- feel even more frustrated and guilty “I’m obviously disappointed to hear centre Survey showed that 75.9 per ence to raise their concerns with with fake burglaries because this doctor thinks there’s about these student’s experiences. cent of patients surveyed were satis- me, and to formally complain to the York students have been targeted nothing wrong with them.” Student Support Services work col- fied with their experience of Unity health centre. I’ll make sure their in a series of unusual burglaries The student spoke about how laboratively with Unity Health on Health, whilst 24.1 per cent of re- concerns are taken seriously. this week. Police dressed as thieves he felt one of the doctors he saw a range of health related services spondents rated their experience as “I’ve ensured the health centre found the windows and doors of 29 dismissed his depression “as a head- poor or very poor. has set up a student patient partici- student homes unlocked when they ache”. It made me feel Of the 36.9 per cent of respond- pation group to make sure that stu- staged the fake break-ins. The stunt He also criticised what he felt ents who had a disability (including dents’ experiences and views are put so bad like I’m just a was part of a national campaign to was a lack of outreach, saying “Giv- “ mental health problems) 57.3 per front and centre, and I’ll be working reduce the number of sneak in bur- en the nature of mental health it’s messed up person cent were satisfied with the service hard to lobby for any recommenda- glaries, which account for around not surprising people don’t go until provided in relation to their ill- tions that come out of this process. a third of all burglaries reported to everything is crashing down around really nesses or disability whilst 26.5 per “It’s very important that the ” police. It is hoped that by highlight- them. There’s very little investiga- cent were not, with one patient w The Health ing the ease in which people can tion into people’s wellbeing unless Anonymous first year student commenting “The health centre enter their homes students will in- you go directly to them”. including mental health provision. was dismissive of my mental health “centre has brushed crease their security. Another student who spoke to Unity Health have been successful problems.” Nouse described how he had gone in securing a community mental Thomas Ron, YUSU Disabled this under the car- to the health centre to get an offi- ill health worker and a counsellor Students Officer, commented “The cial diagnosis for depression for the to work with students at whichever health centre has been a cause for pet as anecdotal” York students scoop purpose of mitigating circumstanc- surgery they are attending which, concern for students, especially Disabled Students Officer television awards es. The doctor he spoke to chose to given the well reported continuing those with mental health issues. Thomas Ron York students have won several priz- refer back to a previous physical ill- cuts in provision nationally and lo- There have been numerous com- es at the ‘Yorkshire Student Awards’ ness for the mitigating circumstanc- cally, is better than usual provision. plaints about GPs who have refused support networks across the Uni- hosted by the Royal Television Soci- es form. According to the student, “The University is making to help students or prescribe them versity – including the Student Sup- ety. The winners were chosen from “she decided it was easier for her to the local Clinical Commissioning medicine, rude behaviour which port Hub, Open Door Team, Col- over 50 entries by a panel of tel- go back to an illness that had hap- Group aware of its concerns about belittles or states that problems are leges and the health centre – take evision industry professionals and pened a month or so ago than talk mental health service provision in not important, or inexplicable waits mental ill-health and mental illness were revealed at a ceremony held to me about mental illness”. York for students and have received for urgent matters. seriously, which is why I’m working at York Racecourse. University of There have also been claims of an initial positive response. “The health centre has brushed with the University on improving York undergraduate Diogo Guerner delays in the transferring of notes “The Open Door Team and this under the carpet as anecdotal, training for college tutors and mak- took the award for the best fiction and refusals to issue medication. college, YUSU, GSA and other uni- but when you have enough people ing sure that every student has the film of 2013, impressing judges with The campus health centre is run versity initiatives on well-being saying the same thing, that stops support that they need throughout the quality of his script and camera by Unity Health Services who have and promoting good mental health being anecdotal and starts being their time here.” work. Students from York St John’s three surgeries within the practice; practices are also an important area a problem that requires investiga- The Student Patient Participa- University won the Factual Award Wenlock Terrace, Hull Road and of our work. tion”. tion group will take place on Thurs- for their documentary about a York York Campus. Unity do contribute to these According to George Offer, day 28 November. Spiritualist Church. There are currently six GPs initiatives when appropriate.” Welfare Officer, YUSU have also re- Contact George Offer for more working within the practice, one Unity Health declined to com- ceived complaints about the Health information on how to participate. York to share in £350 million gaming grant >> Continued from front where and smashed glass covering tremely hard to enhance our club’s that we may have upset, and will the floor.” A section of The Court- status for a number of years now, continue to do our best to limit and The University is set to receive part The Graduate has had previous yard was then forced to close for and it’s frustrating that certain indi- if not eradicate seriously antisocial of a £350 million grant to train the trouble with the Rugby Club, with an hour while staff cleaned up. He behaviour. I hope that those respon- next generation of researchers, de- other incidents of anti social behav- noted, however, that the majority of I’m just very sible for these actions are held ac- signers, developers and entrepre- iour. the group were not involved in the disappointed at their countable as individuals so that the neurs in gaming. The funding for In a separate incident on Satur- incident and many members of the “ club can move forward without any the project was announced on Fri- day the Rugby Club reportedly vis- club seemed “very apologetic”. choosing to damage lasting and damaging effects.” day and is a collaboration between ited The Courtyard and according Tomasz Chadwick, President of Cassandra Brown, York Sport four universities, the games indus- to one member of the bar staff “they the Rugby Club, told Nouse: “De- the club’s repuation” President, commented: “I’m just try and user groups. The money will took over the whole bottom half of spite the event attracting more than very disappointed at their choos- be used to train postgraduate stu- York Sport President courtyard” and “were standing on 60 alumni, it is saddening to hear Cass Brown ing to damage the club’s reputation dents to collect information on hu- chairs and filling up well over 20 that certain people affiliated with - this kind of behaviour simply isn’t man behaviour from digital games condoms with beer, some just spin- the club have acted in such a way as viduals have let them down in this acceptable and the York Sport Un- and provide new scientific tools, and ning them round their heads in the to lessen its reputation. regard, especially, if those individu- ion will be working with the club to research topics. air. “There are various members als are no longer current members. ensure this kind of immaturity isn’t “The result being beer every- on committee that have worked ex- “We can only apologise to those demonstrated again.” Reporting by William Isted

In this edition DEPUTY ONLINE DEPUTY NEWS DEPUTY SPORTS Sarah Pryor NOUSE EDITOR Vee Wells Nick Morritt Est. 1964 ARTS EDITOR FILM AND TV EDITOR Aaron Stennett William Isted Lewis Hill News 1-11 Amy Blumson EDITOR Rosie Shields TECHNICAL COMMENT EDITOR POLITICS EDITOR Katie Barlow Comment 12-17 DIRECTOR DEPUTY EDITOR Ellie Rice Yvonni Efstathiou Politics 18-21 Josh Goodwin DEPUTY ARTS DEPUTY FILM Beth Jakubowski Faith Whitehouse AND TV Business 22-23 ADVERTISING DEPUTY COMMENT DEPUTY POLITICS MUSE EDITOR Amber Benbow Rosemary Collins Science 24-25 DIRECTOR Sofia Geraghty Christy Cooney Sport 26-32 Alfie Packham Max Bond Zain Mahmood Dan Cooper FASHION EDITOR FOOD AND DRINK Rachel Thompson EDITOR DEPUTY MUSE CHIEF SUB-EDITOR FEATURES EDITOR BUSINESS EDITOR EDITOR Grace Marsh Gary Holland Charlotte Wainwright Alastair Ellerington DEPUTY FASHION George Wood Holly Dale DEPUTY FOOD Fractured Landscape M5-6 PHOTO EDITOR DEPUTY FEATURES DEPUTY BUSINESS AND DRINK MANAGING Izzy Ashton Changing Faces M14-15 DIRECTOR Petroc Taylor Tim Waterson Edward Rollett George De Cintra By Exquisite Design M22-23 Georgie Andrews Gustave Laurent MUSIC EDITOR Erin Rodgers Harry Gallivan DEPUTY PHOTO Hatti Linnell SPORTS EDITORS SCIENCE EDITOR ONLINE EDITOR Alex Byron Front page photo: Agatha Torrance Jamie Summers James Ellis DEPUTY MUSIC SOCIAL MEDIA George Barrett The opinions expressed in this publication are not NEWS EDITOR Thomas Fennelly Alex Donaldson DIRECTOR necessarily those of the editors, writers, or advertisers Anwen Baker DEPUTY SCIENCE Francessca Donovan David Scullion Matthew Wells NOUSE Est. 1964 Want to write for us? Contribute: [email protected] www.nouse.co.uk NOUSE: THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENT NEWSPAPER Tuesday 26 November 2013 www.ey.com/uk/careers 3 News York students horrified at ‘predatory’ hot-or-not site

Tom Witherow files of the 50 ‘hottest’ of each sex. Ratemash is under investigation. sum of their exterior features, which was “honoured” to have been rated NEWS REPORTER Ratemash doesn’t notify users that Charlotte Jones, Secretary of is unacceptable.” second hottest guy in York [at time they are on the site. Women’s Committee, told Nouse Mr Healy previously told The of writing]. “I even told my mum”, YORK STUDENTS’ Facebook CEO Michael Healy previously she thought the site was “debasing”, Tab: “I made it for a university [Re- she told Nouse. profiles have been uploaded to a site claimed that users get “invited by gent’s University, USA] that my Bill Timpany, a student in that allows users to rate their ‘hot- their friends”, but the students that I find it a disgusting in- roommates were going to and it got Goodricke, made it onto the girls’ ness’ without them knowing. Nouse spoke were unaware that like 50,000 ratings overnight so I leaderboard. The website claims to “sort out their profiles were being looked at. “vasion of privacy. . . I gave no thought I’d scale it to other univer- He told Nouse: “The site looks your nightlife” by pointing you to- Rebecca emailed to ask to be re- sities. It’s just a bit of fun. a bit creepy, and the fact I’m in the wards “hot” girls and boys on the moved from the site: “The response consent for this ” “I see it as Tinder for universi- hottest girls list would suggest it’s York campus. I got back from them was ‘I am sorry ties – it’s a lot more interesting be- not even very good.” He added: “But The site, branded “deplorable” that you have been wrongly added, Rebecca, second year economics cause of the leaderboard.” I am pleased that people still think I and “disgusting” by York students, you have now been removed.’ student The site has also drawn criti- look good without my makeup on!” has already seen 150,000 profiles “It’s bullshit – they know ex- and turned people into “objects for cism by allowing users to rate ba- Nouse has made all attempts to uploaded nationally without per- actly what they were doing ... And I the sexual gratification of strangers”. bies, as some students had them as contact Mr Healy for comment, but mission being required. haven’t been taken down.” “Ratemash promotes invasion their profile pictures. But the site has not yet received a response. On being shown the site, one of privacy, stalking, and harassment, isn’t very accurate with the ‘girl-guy Students who find their pro- anonymous student asked if it was which is completely intolerable and ratio’ confidently stated to be 65 per file on the website are encouraged Ratemash promotes aimed at “adults sharking on stu- deplorable, within or outside the cent - 34 per cent [sic], and girls to contact [email protected] if “invasion of privacy, stalk- dents”. internet.” She added: “Ultimately appearing in the guys’ leaderboard. they wish for their profile to be re- Facebook has announced that it suggests that an individual is the Paris Bennett, a third year student, moved. ing and harassment” RATEMASH.COM Charlotte Jones, Secretary for Wom- en’s Committee Anisha Wilmink, a third year student has condemned the site: “It’s predatory, and encourages the idea that just because someone is hot it means that they’re pub- lic property – open to pursue and hunt.” “I find it a disgusting invasion of privacy,” said Rebecca, a second year Economics student. “I gave no consent for this. What worries me most is that this can have happened to you, and you might never find out.” Users can flick through photos and rate them as ‘hot’ or ‘not’, with a link provided to the Facebook pro- The University of York site of ratemash.com, which has been branded ‘disgusting’ by students Vanbrugh football to pay back £1250 debt

Anwen Baker ALEX BYRON NEWS EDITOR the vast majority of our sponsor- ship money will go straight to the THE 2012/13 VANBRUGH committee. Although this will not football team spent £1250 hiring amount to £1250 required, I feel we out the JLD without informing their have done our upmost to resolve the Treasurer, putting the JCRC into issue.” further debt. Addy added: “In any case we Will Addy, the current Van- had always planned for the debt to brugh Treasurer, told Nouse: “We bepaid off over two or three years promised to pay for all Vanbrugh rather than have one year of very sports costs before the debt came to harsh times.” light in April. The mistake we made This follows the news that the was not limiting the amount teams Vanbrugh JCRC have been forced to could spend, which we’ve now done. face £3000 worth of debt, thanks “The reason it was sprung on to the actions of the 2011/2012 us late was a lack of communication JCRC. The 2011 JCRC, chaired by between us, last years football cap- Matt Stephenson, spent £13,000 on tains and the sports centre. their winter ball without informing “YUSU have changed the book- Treasurer Daniel Whitmore. ing system now so that won’t hap- The debt problems facing the pen again.” Vanbrugh JCRC are not the only However, Max Brewer, current money issues to plague JCRCs this captain of Vanbrugh football, told year. Nouse that the team have planned Derwent College faced back- to pay off the majority of the costs lash over their spending on the an- themselves, saying: “We’ve reduced nual Big D event which lost them our training times and agreed a £25,000 in 2013 and raised con- schedule of repayments with the cerns over the continuation of the JCRC, which essentially means event. Vanbrugh football team, pictured in action on Sunday, have volunteered to pay back the money owed to the JCRC NOUSE: THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENT NEWSPA- www.nouse.co.uk Tuesday 26 November 2013 4 www.ey.com/uk/careers News Majority of University of York leavers in graduate positions

AFAGEN George Wood sector with 116 students in graduate NEWS REPORTER jobs. In comparison, the highest em- ACCORDING TO recent data, the ployment sectors for non-graduate majority of York students are in jobs were retail and hospitality. graduate jobs, while fewer leavers Breakdown of this data suggests are in non-graduate jobs compared that departments such as Psycholo- to the national average. The unem- gy and Theatre, Film and Television ployment rate for recent graduates (TFTV) have the highest number of is also lower than current UK sta- students in non-graduate jobs. tistics. However, sectorial data does The proportion of those quali- not take into account the nature of fied with a undergraduate degree the non-graduate jobs required to now in a non-graduate job is 19.5 support their future career direction per cent, compared to the UK av- (i.e. jobs that may be classed as pre- erage of 47 per cent, which was re- liminary work to a graduate role). vealed this month by the Office for For example, some graduates National Statistics (ONS) to have from Psychology work in care as- risen from 39 per cent before the fi- sistant roles within the NHS or in nancial crisis. teaching assistant roles in schools, These figures, provided by the which are classified as non-graduate Careers service which surveyed jobs. Archaeology and Education those who graduated in July 2013, also have low figures in graduate also reveal that the most popular jobs, but due to the further qualifi- sector for York graduates is educa- cations needed to take on careers in tion, closely followed by health and these sectors. social work. Conversely, departments with The rest of the data shows that the highest numbers of students 43 per cent of York students are in entering into graduate jobs are Hull graduate jobs, 31 per cent are in fur- York Medical School, Health Sci- ther study (i.e. Masters or PhD) and ences, Computer Science and Man- York graduates fare well on the job market with 19.5 per cent in non-graduate jobs compared to 47 per cent nationally 6.5 per cent are unemployed. This is agement. Liz Smith, Director of Ca- lower than the present national un- reers, said: “Many of these students formation studies the second-high- garding the employability of York get to that stage. employment rate for recent gradu- have a clear career path or range of est at 93 per cent. However, media graduates, Liz Smith added: “Ap- “York destination data is im- ates, which is at 9 per cent. career paths in mind when they ar- and information students have proximately 50 per cent of graduate proving every year, and that is be- Out of the 1,955 students who rive here, and so can make good use the lowest pay at £21,000 a year, jobs don’t specify a degree subject. cause our students are becoming responded, 292 individuals found of the opportunities on offer, either compared to medical students at “Even if you don’t know exactly more aware of employability and graduates jobs in education, 256 within their department or across £45,600 a year. what you want to do when you ar- the things they can do to develop found jobs in health and social the institution.” Overall, the recent ONS figures rive, and most students don’t - you themselves - and so they are well work, and 124 found work in public Degrees with the highest em- suggest that graduate employment can still develop yourself and your on their way to having some clearer and other administration. ployment rate of all graduates na- has been slow to recover from the ideas during your time here, and ideas when they graduate, rather Information and communica- tionally are Medicine and Dentistry financial crisis, even in the context make sure you have lots to talk than starting their planning after fi- tion was also a highly employed at 95 per cent, with Media and in- of a wider jobs improvement. Re- about in a job application when you nal exams and hoping for the best!” University boat club left deflated Caitlin Dyde AGATHA TORRANCE NEWS REPORTER the boat club, who are in the process of training five Great Britain trial- MEMBERS OF the University of ists who are currently 5% of nation- York Boat Club found themselves al benchmark. somewhat deflated after an early Last weekend five of York’s morning practice. rowers attended the Great Britain Following a regular 6am train- trials. While none of them made it ing session, members of the club through to the second day of trials it returned to the boat house to find was excellent experience as they are that the air in twenty of their bicycle aiming to attend the trials next year tyres had been let out. and improve on their performance. There have been claims that the This season the Boat Club act was carried out by a local, an- have already competed in the Brit- noyed by the noise created by the ish Championships and the Small rowers and the coxes early in the Boats Head, both of which saw the morning. The Boat Club is situated squads entered put in sterling per- in Fulford, near a heavily residential formances. area. The Rowing team are keen not The incident will only be a blip to make any allegations as to the for the squad as they come off the identity of the perpetrator and are back of a fantastic season which saw not intending to take legal action. the women’s fours squad reach the Natalie Smith, coxswain for the semi-finals of the Henley Regatta Senior Men’s team, described the af- where they lost out to Exeter Uni- fair as an “annoyance”, particularly versity. for those who then had to be on Rowing continues to be one of campus for 9am. the most popular clubs on campus This incident will not infringe with the largest amount of sign-ups on the necessary morning outings of at Freshers Fair this year. The University of York Boat Club train on the Ouse in York several times a week Tuesday 26 November 2013 www.nouse.co.uk NOUSE: THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENT NEWSPAPER www.ey.com/uk/careers 5 News University attracting Disabled students on DSA ‘working class’ students ‘perform better’ nationally

Nick Morritt stated that “the 'sticker price' of elite George Barrett education course who have a dis- Disabilities Officer spoke to Nouse NEWS REPORTER private US colleges like Harvard is NEWS REPORTER ability, ongoing health condition about the new report. “This DSA high compared to their UK counter- or Specific Learning Difficulty like report shows that it is incredibly The Sutton Trust has released a pap- parts in the UK, such as Oxford. A RECENT report has found that dyslexia. The report showed that important for students who believe per suggesting that top universities However, the generous aid students beginning full-time degree the number of people qualifying for that they qualify for DSA to apply. in the United Kingdom are failing packages mean that the actual price courses in 2006 who had received Disabled Students Allowance had “We are paying a lot of money for to attract students from working- young people from low-income Disabled Students Allowance (DSA) increased since 2002. university and therefore it is impor- class backgrounds, despite them backgrounds pay to attend elite pri- performed better than expected in The DSA report classifies stu- tant that students can operate on a attaining the grades for some of the vate colleges in the United States is higher education and later employ- dents by sex, ethnicity, disability, level playing field. Students should country’s most elite educational es- significantly lower." ment. The report looked at 225,765 school type, qualifications on entry, not feel that they would be rock- tablishments. Statistics obtained from the students and was carried out by address, subject studied and type of ing the boat and should ensure that This includes universities with- University of York show that the the Education Funding Council for institution. they apply for DSA in order to get in the Russell Group, which York current student body is made up of England (HEFCE), examining the It uses averages to compare the most out of university.” joined in 2012. 77.3 per cent state school or college success of university entrants over a the actual outcomes and results He added he was “very happy The report written by John Jer- educated students. Also 18.6 per lengthy period of time. achieved with those that would have that the University seems to be en- rim of the Institute for Education in cent of students come from a back- DSA gives extra financial help been statistically expected from the couraging eligible students to ap- London pointed to a link between ground category graded between to UK students studying a higher student profile. Thomas Ron, YUSU ply” and was quick to point out the the social class of a child and their 4-7 on the National Statistics Socio- PHOTO SUPPLIED BY:THOMAS RON work of the Student Support Ser- likelihood of attending one of the Economic Classification scale. This vice, saying, “I particularly applaud country’s top universities. It noted means that students within this the efforts of Peter Quinn and the that 27 per cent of the differences group are from lower income jobs Student Support Service.” in admissions between social classes or semi routine jobs. The report also showed that are not due to academic achieve- This would put the University students who did not receive DSA ments. This statistic shows the pos- in a better position than the aver- did not perform as well as expected sibility of social disadvantage be- age presented by the Sutton Trust’s in higher education and later em- ing transmitted across generations, report. The University told Nouse: ployment. with great difficulty in breaking this “We attach great importance to so- Another finding from the report cycle without outside intervention. cial inclusion and it is one of the is that students who entered higher The report also looked at estab- major objectives of the University education from state schools gained lishments in other countries, such Plan. higher than expected employment as the United States. This revealed “We have increased staffing sig- outcomes given their entry profiles. that UK universities are seriously nificantly in the widening participa- But their peers from independent behind in the levels of financial aid tion team in the last two years and schools were much likelier to secure which they provide to their students we work locally, regionally and na- a graduate job or progress to further in comparison to their US counter- tionally on outreach programmes to study. parts. disadvantaged groups. Speaking on the differences While a student at Harvard “Our Access Agreements are between employment outcomes, has fees over three times that of the published online, and section seven Sarah Howls, Head of Student Op- UK’s current £9000, families from of these agreements relates to tar- portunity at HEFCE, said: “Seeking poorer backgrounds are expected to gets, milestones and outlines our to understand and, where we can, pay a fraction of the tuition fees they view on NS-SEC and low participa- address the reasons for these differ- would here. In the report Jerrim tion neighbourhood proportions.” ences remains a key priority.” Dozens of University students have experienced sexual assault in night clubs PETROC TAYLOR Rosie Shields added, “I felt utterly violated, what dents of sexism or sexual assault in EDITOR makes them think they can do that?” York. She continued to say that the George Offer, YUSU Welfare DOZENS OF students from the attitude of “oh she’s wearing a short Officer, spoke to Nouse about the is- University of York have been sexu- skirt she must be up for it” has to be sue: “Underhanding is a completely ally assaulted in nightclubs. removed. “I want to be able to get unacceptable activity: it is sexual as- A recent survey run by YUSU dressed up and feel good on a night sault. Although it does not currently brought up five individual cases of out...this in no way invites anyone to seem to be a big problem in York, ‘underhanding’ in York clubs alone, touch me” the student added. we take it very seriously and have with a further ten outside of the Touching anyone without their ensured that the lead door supervi- area. Taken on a university wide consent is condemned as sexual as- sor at all YUSU nights will deal with level this could equate to over 100 sault by the police. ‘Underhanding’ all reports of underhanding appro- people experiencing sexual assault is a form of penetration and thus priately.” directly and a further 150 seeing it carries the same maximum sen- Josie Field, YUSU Women’s Of- happen. It is difficult to put an exact tence as rape. ficer, commented on the the find- number on cases as many people are Many students are unaware of ings, saying, “Sexual harassment is reluctant to speak out. the severity of the crime and thus an issue that touches a great deal of The practice of ‘underhand- most cases of ‘underhanding’ and people’s lives in one form or another ing’ has gained publicity in recent other incidents of sexual assault go and University is sadly no excep- weeks, with students across the unreported. In a recent article by tion.” country speaking out against the The Guardian it was claimed that She went on to add, “It’s im- practice, in which the perpetrator sexual assault is so common that portant to know what constitutes as stands behind a woman and tries to many do not think of reporting it. sexual harassment and your rights insert their fingers into her. Students in Sheffield have surrounding it. Everyone deserves One student from the Universi- started an Anti-Sexual harassment to have a fun night out without hav- ty of York told Nouse how they were group in an attempt to raise aware- ing to worry about being harassed ‘underhanded’ on a student night in ness of the issue and encourage or assaulted. York. “It shocked me if I’m honest. nightclubs and the general public to “By taking trends such as ‘un- I’d never had any real trouble in a be more vigilant of such incidents. A derhanding’ seriously we can hope- club before but this took me com- ‘Spotted: Sexism in York’ Facebook fully stamp on misogynist cultures ‘Reclaim the night’ was a protest against domestic violence and abuse pletely by surprise”. The student, page has been established, encour- beginning to grow in York as and Incidents of sexual assault Open Door, Nightline, YUSU and who wished to remain anonymous aging followers to report any inci- when the symptoms are surfacing.” should be reported to: Doorsafe, the police. NOUSE: THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENT NEWSPAPER www.nouse.co.uk Tuesday 26 November 2013 6 www.ey.com/uk/careers News

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William Isted of Langwith students. The survey DEPUTY NEWS EDITOR also suggested the replacement of college Provosts with Principals in RESULTS FROM a recent YUSU some colleges was a positive change. survey on student’s first impressions For the three colleges who now of their college have been released. have a college Principal instead of The survey was conducted to dis- a college Provost, 94.1 per cent had cover how aware students are of the heard of their Principals whereas support available to them and how only 85 per cent of students in the satisfied they are with their college other colleges had heard of their when they first arrive. Provosts. Six hundred and seventy eight The second section of the sur- students across the eight colleges vey regarded student satisfaction. tters have once proved. Claire Burton, a comeback in our responded and the results reveal Of those surveyed 61 per cent of re- again been of the Yorkshire Wild- river.” Anyone who that students in general have a good spondents agreed that they felt like Otterly Ospotted in the life Trust, said: “It is wants to see the ot- knowledge of their college commit- a valued member of their college River Ouse near York always a real thrill ters will have sit qui- tee and enjoy their time at the col- community. However international according to conser- to see an otter. They etly and patiently and lege. students, graduate students and vationists. The sight- are such beautiful wait by the river side Eighty-one per cent of those students living off campus were all adorable ings indicate that the animals and it is great in the early morning surveyed stated that they were significantly less likely to agree. water quality has im- that they have made or at dusk. aware of their college Chair. Stu- Students in Derwent, which dents in Langwith were signifi- provides some of the cheapest ac- cantly more likely to have heard of commodation on campus, had the the quality of fresher’s events, up by money, compared to James college lum Taylor, YUSU President said: their college Chair than students highest levels of dissatisfaction with 14.6 per cent on last year. Derwent where three quarters of students “Things look positive and this in any other college while Derwent accommodation in the survey. Over and Vanbrugh had some of the low- answered ‘yes’. is a massive credit to the hoards of students were the least likely to have 23 per cent of respondents from the est levels of satisfaction however, When questioned about how student representatives, volunteers heard of them. college stated that they were some- with only 71 per cent of students useful they found their STYCs, 86.9 and staff who’ve all put in the time Knowledge of college tutors what or very dissatisfied with their stating that they were satisfied with per cent of students stated that they and effort to put on the best possible also followed this trend. Twenty per accommodation the events. Vanbrugh also had the were very or somewhat useful with show for freshers, whilst ensuring cent of Derwent students surveyed Feedback on freshers events highest level of students answer- only 6.4 per cent stating they were they can hit the ground running in a had never heard of their college tu- was largely positive: 77% of stu- ing ‘no’ when asked if the fresher’s somewhat or very useless.Com- way that makes them feel comfort- tors in comparison with 1.6 per cent dents surveyed were satisfied with wristband provided good value for menting on the survey results, Kal- able’ Tuesday 26 November 2013 www.nouse.co.uk NOUSE: THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENT NEWSPAPER www.ey.com/uk/careers 7 News How flammable is your college?

PETROC TAYLOR Vee Wells colleges tie for second place: each It also seems that students are DEPUTY NEWS EDITOR college has reported three fires in becoming better cooks, with the the last seven years. The University number of cooking-related smoke ACCORDING TO new figures ob- could not reveal any new informa- alarm activations dropping from tained from the University of York, tion about the fire in the Boulevard 122 in 2007 to 13 in 2013 so far. The Wentworth is the most fire-prone earlier this year, as it is a privately most common fire is the toaster fire college on campus. owned accommodation. which accounts for 6 out of every 23 The data, going back to 2007, However, a spokesperson was incidents. The University changed reveals that the postgraduates’ col- keen to point out that all residents its guidelines on toasters in 2011 lege has caught fire the most fre- had undertaken a fire safety brief- with no toaster related fires since quently, with five incidents between ing, as required. 2007 saw the most then. March 2008 and January 2011. callouts to the North Yorkshire Fire The most flammable depart- Wentworth is also the location of Service. Each year since then the ment is Biology, which had two the lone event of arson reported on total number of calls to campus has fires in 2011 and 2013. Langwith university property during this time, fallen. There have only been 93 call and Halifax have both escaped un- when a skip was set alight outside D outs so far in 2013, the lowest of any scathed, with neither college report- block in 2009. James and Derwent year on record. ing any fires since 2007.

Alcuin Wentworth College is the most flammable college on campus Vanbrugh The college has had two fires; one in The Bistro, previously known as B Hen- There has only been one fire in Vanbrugh ry’s in 2007 and one in F Block in 2008. (well done, Vanbrites) which was caused The first was caused by a deep fat frier

by a chip pan catching fire in May 2010. It whilst the unit was being drained of oil. KATE MITCHELL happened in Barbara Scott Court, F Block. The second was caused by a toaster.

Derwent Derwent has only had three fires since 2007. There were two in 2008; one was caused by an electrical fault in a new cooker in B block. The other occured in James the bike shed due to the incorrect disposal of a portable barbeque. The third fire was James has had three different fires, in three dif- in 2009 in A Block caused by a toaster. ferent blocks, caused by three separate events The first happened in 2008, caused by a toaster in K block. The second broke out in M block in 2008, this was started by a pan fire. Campus’ most recent fire was in James, in 2013 caused by a resident placing clothing over a light fitting. Wentworth Apparently it’s cheaper than the tumble dryers. Wentworth has the dubious honour of being York’s most flammable college. It has seen five fires between 2008 and 2011. Special mention goes to Wentworth C block for being the only block to have had two fires. The first was a toaster fire, the second was an unattended cooking inci- dent. Wentworth D block is the site of the only recorded Most Flammable Year Most Expensive Fire Sports Facilities case of arson at the University. In 2009 someone set the waste skip on fire. The other fires were also caused by 2008 was the most flammable year On the 2nd of Februaury 2012 there The Sports Centre and the Sports toasters in Wentworth A block in 2008 and B block in 2009. on campus as it involved nine fires. was a fire on the roof of Chemistry Village have both had fires in 2013. There were 331 total call outs by B block. It was caused by external The Sports Centre had two fires North Yorkshire Fire Department. maintenance works and cost £2.2 caused by external maintenance While there were 445 call outs in million in damages. The cost of in- works while, the Sports Village 2007 there was only one actual fire teruption to business is still ongo- caught fire because of a discarded in Alcuin. ing. cigarette in the wood chippings.

www.nouse.co.uk Tuesday 26 November 2013 www.ey.com/uk/careers NOUSE: THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENT NEWSPAPER 9 News Fees could rise to £20,000 warns Northampton Vice Chancellor PETROC TAYLOR Christy Cooney I can’t figure out what I’m paying NEWS REPORTER for.” He added that “students prob- TOP UK universities may be able to ably do underestimate the costs in- charge annual fees of £20,000 in volved in running a university, but the future, the University of North- that doesn’t make it okay to charge ampton’s Vice Chancellor has said such huge tuition fees.” this month. Petford also acknowledged that Speaking in a Times Higher alternatives to fee hikes did exist for Education podcast, Nick Petford those universities who are strug- said that if the fee cap remains at gling to raise funds: “Universities £9,000, even for the next decade, should be continuously seeking to then “a number of universities – be more effective and more efficient including [Northampton] – could in how they run their financial busi- potentially be in financial difficulty”. ness”. Discussing whether universi- He added that he thought it ties could raise more funds from was “naïve of politicians to think philanthropic sources, he added: “I that there would be a spectrum, think what investors… will be look- and that there would be lower-cost ing for in future are projects to in- providers and higher-cost provid- vest in that actually show real good ers”, once the cap was raised from and social value and social return £3,000 in 2012. to the communities that universi- He went on to say that the UK’s ties are based in. So I think that’s leading universities form a “luxury an area that we want to explore in brand”, and that fees for some could more detail.” exceed Oxford’s Vice Chancellor’s Kallum Taylor, YUSU Presi- estimate of £16,000, reported by dent, told Nouse, “The prospect of Nouse last month, before demand fees rising further is a frightening for places falls. A University of York one. or us it is simple; education The University has admitted that raising fees to £20,000 could be a possibility due to inflationary pressures spokesperson said: “It seems highly should not be toyed and tampered unlikely that any Government will We need to sations that the affluent middle Matthew Noden, a first year with for political means and the de- agree to raise fees to £20,000 any- classes dominate the upper ech- Politics student, described the pros- bate urgently needs swinging back time soon. However, from York's “spend on reducing staff elons of British society including pect of £20,000 fees as a “disgrace”. to it being seen as a social good... perspective, the cap on fees will student ratios higher education. The Univer- He said: “I was talked into paying If things carry on as they are, then have to be lifted at some stage if UK ” sity commented further that it was £9,000 a year by family members, education’s going to be seen as some universities are to remain among University of York spokesperson “anxious to support students from I wasn’t going to come. There’s no kind of super-contained product the best in the world. disadvantaged backgrounds and way I’d pay anything over £10,000, which individuals purchase for the “We need to continue to spend proving other aspects of the student ensure that very able students from and I don’t think that’s just me. It’s benefit of themselves only. We’ll on reducing staff student ratios, re- experience.” all income groups are able to benefit especially bad for a course like Poli- have a very bleak future if this was newing facilities and buildings im- There have already been acus- from a York education.” tics which has so few contact hours. to become the case.” Chico’s fined for use University given three councillors of illegal signage as ward boundaries are changed

Jamie Summers Beth Jakubowski NEWS REPORTER Akdemir was also served with a fine DEPUTY EDITOR the outskirts of York that it used to and students better for York’s non of £3,200 which consisted of two be. student residents. Problems occur POPULAR fast-food outlet Chico’s advertising regulation offences at THE UNIVERSITY will be includ- “It’s now a very busy, much when you don’t work together.” has been successfully prosecuted by £500 each and two Listed Building ed in the Hull Road ward following bigger bubble which impacts on Max Caller, chair of the Com- the City of York Council for placing offences at £750 each. A surcharge a report by the Local Government the city and it’s people in a variety mission, said “We believe these illegal signage outside their prem- of £120 was also added. Boundary Commission for Eng- of ways. recommendations deliver electoral ises. Commenting on the matter, land (LGBCE) “Of course, no sole submitter equality for voters, as well as re- The outlet was found guilty of Councillor Dave Merritt, Cabinet If passed through Westmin- got exactly what they wanted, but flecting the identities of communi- placing digital signage at the front member for Transport, Planning ster, the new constituency bounda- we’re overall happy with this result. ties across York.” of their premises without proper and Sustainability, remarked: “York ries will be in place for the next “One thing we were worried The Fulford and Heslington consent. has a strong heritage and it’s vitally electoral cycle in 2015. The rec- about was having a sole councilor wards have been combined follow- Chico’s is a popular takeway important that we protect our listed ommendations will mean that the who would essentially become ing a 12 week public con- restaurant with York students. buildings and take action against Hull Road ward will have three marginalized as the ‘Uni- sultation period. Situated at the crossroads between anyone who feels they can flout the councillors instead of two. versity representative’, The City of York Bridge Street and North Street near law and place illegal and harmful The report stated that the and so we’re pleased will still have 47 many of the most popular clubs, the signage on their buildings. Commission changed their rec- to have more repre- councillors but in 22 property is one of many listed build- “This case sends out a strong ommendations as the Hull Road sentatives by wards instead of the ings in York. York Council states on message that the courts will back ward “shares stronger community being within cur- rent 21. their website that any “repairs and the council in taking action against interests” with Hull Road, which is the Hull The Os- alterations to listed buildings must illegal and unacceptable advertise- considered the city’s main student R o a d b a l d w i c k be carried out with consideration to ments in the city.” area. ward. and Derwent protect the building’s special inter- It has been ordered that the Kallum Taylor, YUSU Presi- “We wards will est”. two signs relating to the offence, on dent, told Nouse: “As expected, feel we’re also be merg- Chico’s failed to secure Listed both the North Street and Bridge there were a large number of sub- better off ing together Building consent from City of York Street sides of the takeaway, are to missions from all sorts of people having rep- and will now Council for the moving digital sig- be removed and placed inside with and groups. resentatives have two nage which was used. The signage immediate effect. “We wanted a result which who, in be- councillors. also breached appropriate adver- Mr Akdemir has also been in- would be both beneficial to both ing account- tisement regulations. formed that an additional fine of students and non-student resi- able to plenty Ibrahim Akdemir, owner of the £100 will continue to be applied for dents in the area, building on the of students and takeaway, was found guilty of the of- each day that the illuminated sig- existing community links that we non-students, can work fence on Thursday 7th November nage is not removed. Chico’s were have established - as this Univer- constructively with us in THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOUNDARY 2013 at York Magistrates’ Court. unavailable for comment. sity is not the busy little bubble on making York better for students COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND 10 NOUSE: THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENT NEWSPAPER www.nouse.co.uk Tuesday 26 November 2013 News New developments unveiled for Hes East campus

YUSU Beth Jakubowski academic departments for people Rosie Shields to use. “Students are still having to DEVELOPMENTS continue cross a dual carriage way just to get on Heslington East as plans for a a pint of milk, and with a ninth col- new supermarket, health care cen- lege on the way, it’s a bit of a joke tre, and pharmacy are unveiled. really. The new plans are aimed at “Though it’s hardly before time, making life for students on Hes East I’m delighted that the University are easier, lowering their reliance on the now in line with us on the matter” Hes West campus and putting less Taylor explained that the new strain on the health centre. facilities are a necessary conveni- With the addition of the new ence for students living on the Hes study shuttle bus this should greatly East campus. improve the facilities for students “Though the plans are not on the newer campus. definite yet, we’re discussing the Kallum Taylor, YUSU Presi- possibility of introducing 5-7 new dent, told Nouse, “We’ve been lob- units containing student-facing and bying tirelessly for over a year now. student-serving services at the top alongside the Goodricke and Lang- of Heslington East - which is both with JCRC’s, to make Heslington exciting, and a relief!” East feel much more like a home These plans could be put into for those living there - as opposed place as soon as the next academic to some very nice bedrooms and year.

NOUSE

Pictured left: Hes East as it is currently with new developments for the ninth college taking place. Pictured right: The new plans due to be put into action during the next academic year

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MUSIC 29th November- Kazabian and Skylights - Fibbers 7.30pm. £8 30th November- UoY Symphony Orchestra - Sir Lyons Concert Hall 7.30pm. £3-£15 Niall Whitehead getting pretty desperate, when will 4th December- Electric Six - Fibbers 7.30pm. £14 NEWS REPORTER York’s glory be restored?” 5th to 6th December - Christmas Carol Concerts - York Minster 7pm. £12-£25 Those noble masses who heed 5th December- Vanbrugh Choirs Christmas Concert - St Helen’s Church 7.30pm. Free ARE YOU aiming for a Bachelor’s this call to arms can attend a written 15th December- Community Carol Concert- Barbican 2.30pm. £5-£7 degree in Knowing Things? Want test on Tuesday 26th November, at to stand up for your university, but 7pm. The test is 50% general knowl- STAGE too unfit to contribute to the foot- edge, 50% your specialty (which can 26th November - Motortown - Black Box, Department of Theatre, Film and Television. 7.30pm. £5-£8 ball/hockey/Hunger Games? Do you be Social Sciences, if you go to the 27th November - Punk Rock - Black Box, Department of Theatre, Film and Television. 7.30pm. £5-£8 crave the opportunity to gaze loving- test at P/T/006, Sciences, held at 28th November - DramaSoc: The Madness of George III - Drama Barn 7.30pm. £3.50-£5 ly at Jeremy Paxman in a way that’s P/X/001 and Arts and Humanities, 30th November- DanceSoc Christmas Showcase - The Lounge 7.30pm. £5 (almost) socially acceptable? held at P/T/005). 30th November to 1st December- PantSoc, The Three Musketeers - Hendrix Hall. £3-£5 Well, then, have we got an op- After that, the top 8 applicants 5th to 8th December - Measure for Measure - Friargate Theatre. 7.30pm. £12 portunity to give you, preferably from each test will ascend to the live 12th December (onwards)- Aladdin and the Twankeys - Theatre Royal. £12-£26.50 without eye contact: YUSU are put- final, held at V/045. Mettle will be 13th December (onwards)- Snow White and the Seven Dwarves - Grand Opera House. £9.40-£28.90 ting together a team for York’s next tested and the finely-honed swords 20th December (onwards)- Dick Whittington - Barbican. £15.50-£21 foray into University Challenge. For of intellectual might will crash and those who haven’t seen it, it’s the clash to the final, triumphant end, GENERAL INTEREST kind of heart-pumping, cerebral the winners climbing to victory over 27th November - University of York’s Christmas Market 2013 - James Dining Hall. Free battle of intellectual titans that only their rivals’ broken corpses, and 28th November - Sex and the metaphysics of moral reasoning - P/L001. 6.30pm. Free BBC2 can provide. And we’re, um, there’ll be buzzers that make a little 29th November- In Conversatin with Mark Lawson - Berrick Saul building. 7.15pm. Free losing. noise and everything. 29th November - York Student Cinema: About Time. PX/001. 7.30pm. £3 As Daniel Whitmore points So, why not try it out, if you’ve 30th November- York Rev’s 10th Anniversary Celebrations - Ron Cooke Hub 5pm. Tickets from YUSU out, in our most recent attempt “af- got time and you’re interested? And 1st December- RAG Winter Wonderland - YourSpace and Roger Kirk Centre. Free ter a promising start against Bath as a final incentive, you’ll be able to 19th December- Sankta Lucia: A Festival Of Light - York Minster 7.30pm. Free our team were quietly taken apart get on TV and you won’t even have to 22nd December- Goodricke Christmas Curry Night - Goodricke GCR 6pm. Free by Somerville College, Oxford in start twerking.* 25th December - Christmas Day. Have a nice one. Lots of love from all here at Nouse the second round. Our situation is *It’s optional, at most. Tuesday 26 November 2013 www.nouse.co.uk NOUSE: THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENT NEWSPAPER www.ey.com/uk/careers 11 News From York to Malia: The story of one

geek’s journey Fiona Parker talks to University of York student Alister Talbot about his television debut on E4’s ‘Geeks’ PHOTO COURTESY OF ALISTER TALBOT “It is what you call someone like peace and quiet.” Alister’s “old who obsesses about a hobby/some- fashioned views” came to surface thing that they like/something that when the bandmates were taken to they do repeatedly. But it becomes an exclusive pool party and bikini their life...they live, eat and breathe beauty contest. As gentlemen, they it!” questioned the morality of the com- This is “geek” according to petition. “None of us were expecting Alister Talbot, a 22-year-old eu- that. It was wrong in so many ways, phonium enthusiast who is set to but that is what goes on in those make his television debut on E4’s places unfortunately. And Geeks, the first episode of which no matter how was shown last night. The show fol- much our Y o r k lows groups of somewhat unlikely feminists do to try lads and lasses on holidays to the and make archetypal student destinations. both genders The York undergraduate juggles 12 equal, there will al- hours a week of band practise with ways be a certain view of wom- a chemistry degree. However, he en in these party resorts – it was wouldn’t self-identify as a geek. shocking, it really was.” “Many people do say I am York may be a hotpot for femi- geeky. I appreciate that some con- nist debate, but it holds other gen- sider me to be a brass band geek eralisations to its name. I wanted to

“There will “Everyone always be a should be certain view of proud of their women in these interests no party resorts - it matter how was shocking” odd they are”

ask Alister whether it was fair to re- because I love talking about band, I fer to the University as the “Univer- love telling people what I’ve been up sity of Dork”. “I love the place, the to whilst banding and I just love do- people here and the amazing friend- ing it! Perhaps “unusual” would be a ships that I have made over the past better word…” 3 years. I suppose it may get that Alister’s episode sees him travel label what with being the place for to Malia with three of his fellow like “Oxbridge Rejects”. However, I bandmates to a luxury holiday villa think it should be seen as a positive in Malia. On arrival however, E4 that this world class institution at- had a surprise for the boys. They tracts some of the brightest and best would be sharing the property with youngsters in the UK. I quite simply four girls from Basildon. The girls love the place!” were as fanatic about “cosplay” (cos- As Alister reaches the middle tume play) as Alister’s bandmates term of his final year at the Univer- were about brass. sity, he recognises that his regular “We’re not idiots abroad”, Alis- dress up as the characters that you four geek girls and four geek guys in in love with may even be the person trips to Willow, Kuda and solo parts ter tells me, “the show is basically have read about. If you are a cos- a luxury villa, E4 did little to hide that others thought that you would backed by his beloved UYBB are showing how a player you go to cosplay conven- their intentions for the students. be most likely to fall for.” numbered. As a fellow third year I group of friends tions and meet o t h e r On en- quiry however, I came to But for any ladies reading who can sympathise all too well. who don’t usu- cos- may be “I’m going to carry on banding ally go to a party learn inter- for as long as I can because I love resort react to that the ested, it the music and I love the amazing the situation. p l a y - “geek fac- s h o u l d people I have met along the way. My friends and I ers to compare tor” wasn’t “Some people just don’t be made It’s always been a hobby for me, don’t go on holi- your outfits, necessarily clear that so I won’t be making a career of it. day to get with take a few pic- something Alister is I’m looking forward to becoming a as many people tures and then get back Alister was have a certain ‘type’ of a l r e a d y teacher which is what I’ve always as feasibly pos- into your looking for a grand- hoped I would do.” sible. We go on nor- in a girl. mother. So to conclude with, a final holiday to have a m a l Apparently, girl they look for” K n o w n message to those fellow York stu- good time.” there may as the dents whose hobbies have fast- “Cosplay” was be more to “granny” transformed into obsessions and the girls’ idea of a good clothes. Odd life than of the whose “geek” status is painfully con- time. I wanted to concept re- ally, cosplay conventions. group, Alister is, according to his spicuous? know what exact- and I don’t re- ally “Some people just don’t have friends, suffering from something “Everyone should be proud of ly this meant. think I’ve quite got certain “type” of girl they look for. I of a serious generational crisis. “I their interests no matter how odd “ C o s p l a y - my head around it think you fall in love when the time drink copious amounts of gin, I have they are….” ers read Japanese yet!” feels right and when you’ve met the old fashioned views, I’m stuck in Episode 3 of Geeks Monday the comic strips/animé stuff and By shacking up right person. That person you fall my ways, I can be grumpy and I do 9th December, 8pm on E4. NOUSE: THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENT NEWSPAPER www.nouse.co.uk Tuesday 26 November 2013 12 www.ey.com/uk/careers

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Zain Mahmood Deputy Comment Editor Caught in a trap: students, social media and Ratemash

Websites that prey on social ou’ve completed all your point-based and if you click on a and to contact the website directly tion of individuals. I’m not an expert work, and after a long run of photo it will take you straight to the to remove the photos but the issue on rights but I won’t disagree that media users invade our Yhard days decided to reward Facebook profile of the individual. here is that this perpetrates an at- the website has been the cause of yourself with some much needed Websites like this can become titude that is fundamentally wrong negative experience for many indi- sleep. Ominously, at that precise much worse. If we do not stop this with society. viduals. One commenter writes that privacy but somehow man- moment, your phone lets out a shrill from getting out of control, others The blame is being shifted onto the website had “violated my daugh- sound that forebodes the rest of the will create online outlets with phone social media users in general, those ter’s privacy”. age to present us as willing evening. numbers and maybe even home ad- who are preyed upon by these web- On the homepage of Rate- You roll your eyes and reach for dresses. It’ll be called innovation sites in particular. mash, a line reads ‘You’ll love it! victims. the mobile whilst minimising the and labelled as problems of the digi- It makes it seem like if we do Trust me’. But consider the follow- amount of body that is exposed to tal age. not take preventive measures to ing situation; you’re walking home anything non-duvet to ensure maxi- It turns out that the website stop this happening, it is our fault. and someone walks up to you with a mal heat retention. A familiar name This is simply not true and we, as photo album of yourself with other appears on the screen by a text mes- students, should not shoulder the individual’s ratings of your ‘hotness’ sage notification. You open the text. if we do not blame or part of it. and they tell you that you’ll love it. It immediately becomes apparent “ The world’s ‘platform for I assure you, rather than experienc- that you aren’t going to have a relax- take preventive change’, the website change.org, ing pleasure or any such notions ing evening after all. which hosts petitions, is currently similar to love, you’d be attempting Your friend has informed you measures to hosting a petition against Rate- to obtain a restraining order. that you appear on a website where mash. The petition explains how The website is still very much students’ photos are posted for the stop this Ratemash violates basic privacy in its infancy, where hopefully it will purposes of rating. The attribute in rights and promotes the objectifica- die a quick death. question? ‘Hotness’. happening, it is Ratemash.com, the perpetrator here, decides to make many claims such as giving you ‘free entrance and our fault. ” drinks’ at ‘top nightclubs all over the world’ and on the homepage it says cares about us and will remove any that it ‘sorts out your nightlife’. photos if contacted. Well, that’s the Firstly, though perhaps not pri- problem solved! marily, how dare they assume that Pop. That was the sound of that my nightlife needs sorting out? I am bubble being burst. Consider the completely content eating whatever fact that in regards to Ratemash, junk food Costcutter puts on offer and subsequently students concerns this week while watching episodes with it, people and organisations of Parks and Recreation. More trou- with much more authority than us bling is the issue that my photos can have just given us generic inter- appear on the website without my net safety advice. These people are knowing about it. student union leaders, university Students are categorised by representatives, and even vice presi- university and there are leader- dents’ of education. We’re all con- board systems in place to encour- tinually told to check and revise our age competition. The rankings are Facebook profile’s ‘privacy settings’ ALEX WESTLEY

Beverley Slomofsky Nutty professor’s magic medicine

Alcohol replacement pill e all enjoy a night out, and 2011. With the many alcohol related tipple will go a long way as a Christ- heavily or abstained. Those who for most, alcohol plays deaths there are each year, perhaps mas gift too. It’s also a great back up abstained completely were put into offers no magic solution to Wa major role in that. But it is time we took a fresh approach present, giving alcohol as a gift is the ‘highest risk’ category. would a pill that removed those next and looked for other alternatives to well received by many, I’m not sure We cannot ignore the problems our country’s drinking prob- morning hangover blues be wholly alleviate the strain that this over- that the giving of a pill would have that arise from irresponsible drink- welcomed? whelming consumption of alcohol the same effect. ing. Turning a blind eye to weight, lems. A drug that mimics the effect brings. medical and social problems which of alcohol with an antidote to re- This pill would also eradicate alcohol is a heavy drinking brings to this coun- verse the effects so we are free to the excess calories consumed in ex- try is irresponsible. Instead of re- drag ourselves to that 9am lecture cess drinking. which often lead to “big burden to sorting to a magic pill, we would do is being researched (with hopes of serious health complications. better to look at ways in which we development) by one Professor Nut. However, years of testing and the country’s can change our drinking culture. But his work has been halted due to billions of pounds would have to For example, minimum unit a lack of funding, which may prove be spent funding the research for medical pricing and stringent advertising not to be a bad thing. this drug, not to mention rigorous restrictions have been proven to There are many arguments ‘for’ protocols and testing before people ” work. By focusing on what is going this drug. Undeniably, alcohol is a would feel happy popping the pill resources wrong, we can look at ways to put big burden to the country’s medi- itself. In fact, there are many harm- To take it one step further, like things right. cal skills and resources, which are less aspects to our relationship with everything in moderation, alcohol In practice we’re a long way off wasted in accident and emergency alcohol. can be good for you. There are many ever being presented with the op- rooms. In 2011 there were 8,748 Students, especially in their first studies reporting on the benefits of portunity to choose between the alcohol-related deaths in the UK. few weeks at university, use drink- drinking. Dr Arthur Klatsky, a cardi- two. However, what we can choose As well as this fatalities resulting ing to bond, in this context a little ologist in Canada, found that those to do is to drink more responsibility, from drink and drive accidents in- bit of drinking isn’t a bad thing. who drank in moderation were less and this, we should surely all agree creased by 12 per cent from 2010 to Often a bottle of their favourite at risk than those who either drank on. Tuesday 26 November 2013 www.nouse.co.uk NOUSE: THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENT NEWSPAPER 13 www.ey.com/uk/careers Comment KATE MITCHELL Size isn’t everything

Kate Mitchell

uring my first year, I was initially disappointed by the Dnightlife scene of York. Com- ing from Manchester, I was used to having about ten different options for every night out, with a good half hour of pre-drinking time be- ing eaten up by debating what club we were in the mood for that night. Going out just because it was Kuda night was utterly alien. Of course compared to places such as Cambridge and Durham, York is not completely devoid of places to go. The main problem with most of our clubs is that they lack in that special something that sets them apart. Tokyo, Salvo and Revs all largely blend together. There is nothing about these places them- selves that is memorable. That’s not to say it’s not possible to have a good night at these places; if you’re with the right people it’s possible to have a good night pretty much anywhere. Yet sometimes it Rosie Shields would be possible to have a better night if the clubs were more diverse Editor and out there. Health centre cannot continue Moreover the few regular events that do try to cater to differ- ent tastes, such as Fibbers’ Saturday indie night, are not affiliated with to neglect mental ill health YUSU, meaning they can often slip under the radar of freshers. And even this is still rather on the fringes Students suffering from oving to university brings the start. Then they can provide sions should rise in line with the of mainstream. Those looking for a whole host of new chal- the best care possible whether that amount of student sufferers, other- house, soul and avant-garde pro- mental health issues are Mlenges. Now you don’t just be through the health centre or the wise they cannot hope to deal with gressive rock are rather limited in have to grapple with academic life university’s other services. these students to their full capabili- their options. largely left to their own but with fitting into a different place If you’re suffering from a seri- ties. Either the government needs to When talking to people outside and generally looking after yourself. ous mental health issue it seems increase its funding to institutions of York, the only haunt with any sort devices by the University. It’s hard. you’re likely to be able to see some- or institutions need to think about of reputation is “the Chinese restau- It’s especially hard if you go to one pretty promptly. In a serious funding mental health provision rant with the free prawn crackers.” university far away from home and event a student could be referred to more directly. Ah, Willow. The place where you can’t just pop back. On the NHS the York hospital services, although There should be various points can find yourself reenacting C’est la website it says that ‘mental health they themselves are struggling to of call on campus, whether that be Vie with a group of people you have problems are more common among deal with the influx of people. Yet the Open Door service, a mental never met before in the dim glow of students than the general popula- what happens to those people who health specialist, a counsellor or the budget fairy lights whilst a meager tion’ a statement which sadly I don’t just need someone to talk to? The community mental health worker. drizzle of foam showers around you. find surprising. NHS advises sufferers to talk to It is certainly individual, if noth- So the important question is friends, family or college tutors Mental ing else. A night out in York almost what are the university, and the gov- about their condition, especially if seems incomplete if you don’t wake ernment for that matter, doing to it’s starting to affect their studies. “wellbeing is up covered in Willow stamps. It’s help these students? The Open Door team at the flaws are well known, but it does The University health centre University are meant to supply just important and we have a certain homely charm and seems to be under strain. With one that. They list themselves as being need to wake up to quirkiness that will stick in our mental health specialist to see all ‘the first point of contact for stu- memories far longer than bland, ste- dents with emotional, psychological reotypical club. What happens or mental health problems’. In the- the truth” Another one of York’s strengths ory then this is where the majority is its bars. If you are looking for a “to those who need of cases will go, especially when you It’s great that the University has classy cocktail bar, cheap trebles, someone to talk think about students who, the NHS these facilities but they’re not being good music, even a wooden bed, says, are most likely to develop mild fully utilised at the moment. It’s key York’s your place. Even better is the mental health problems. Yet this that these services work together limited stumbling distance between to?” service, like the health centre, seems to deal with the sheer number of each of these places. Unlike Man- students, sufferers are sometimes to be under a great strain. patients and share knowledge. Stu- chester, Leeds and most other cities left waiting a long time for an ap- The Open Door team is made dents need to be made aware of who of a similar size, there’s no possibility pointment and are then getting told up of four full time practitioners. they should see at which stage. Each of a half-hour trek between your fa- they’re wasting time when they fi- That’s only four people to deal with avenue of support should then be vorite places (even if you do have to nally get one. Although not always the thousands of students at the expecting the level of patients they deal with the cobbles). This is an ex- the case this isn’t the way it should University. That’s a lot to deal with receive to a certain extent. Students cellent advantage for bar-crawling. be. and could mean that patients are and staff should know what they York will never have the de- It’s important to have a smooth subject to long waiting times. The need to do. mand to be able to rival these big transition to university, without Huffington Post found that “The Mental wellbeing is important cities’ scale and diversity of clubs, doctor, appointment and prescrip- number of students seeking help and we need to wake up to the truth. however that is not an entirely bad Follow the debate: tion stress. If you’ve been having for depression [had] more than There needs to be more funding and thing. Nights out in big cities can regular appointments at home it doubled at some of the country’s clearer access to provisions. Mental be expensive, hard to organize and Comment online at should be easy to transfer them to top institutions.” This is all while ill health is no longer something we require 100 per cent enthusiasm to the University health centre. funding is being cut by more than can push aside. Poor mental health enjoy. And Leeds is only just around nouse.co.uk/comment The University should be aware £290,000. practice cannot be ignored especial- the corner to facilitate occasionally of the health of their students from Surely the University’s provi- ly with so many students in need. enjoying the big city perks. NOUSE: THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENT NEWSPAPER www.nouse.co.uk Tuesday 26 November 2013 14 www.ey.com/uk/careers Comment

Runner-up in Guardian Student Publication of the Year 2012 NOUSE Tom Fennely Est. 1964 Tinder loving care

Care must be consistent veryone knows someone who speed dating is born. tion at the bar. Winning someone laments their lack of a boy/ The profile picture of a fellow over with your wit and charm, and Students are in good hands when facing more extreme cases of mental Egirlfriend. You have to endure user who matches your criteria will maybe a well-picked shirt, are for- illness on campus. The real inconsistencies become apparent in the Univer- their droning conversations at the pop up on screen. Swipe the photo gotten traits of the past. sity’s treatment of those cases that are less easily detectable. These “minor” back of Willow or the hidden corner to the left to doom a fellow sim- However, ‘failing’ to get a girl cases include depression, anxiety and eating disorders, which are conditions of your favourite bar. They’ll send pleton to the dustbin. If you find has always been part of the game of affecting a significant proportion of students at York. These students should those drunk tweets towards the end someone you like, you can swipe the love. In a bid to chirpse all the girls not be left ignored. Even in the face of funding cuts, the mental well-being of an ‘unsuccessful’ night out us- other way to give them the thumbs you like on a night out, there’s going of students must be prioritised with facilities which cater for all. The NHS’ ing some inevitable hashtags: #for- up and, if they like the look of your to be a pretty high failure rate. It’s offers of advice to sufferers may be a step in the right direction, yet it is not everalone, #loveme, #WHYDON- photo as well, then the two of you always been part of the game, but always enough when these illnesses continue to affect patients’ academic TYOUTALKTOMEANYMORE. get linked up in an instant messag- the new phobia of rejection when studies. It is the University’s prerogative to act on issues concerning the Apparently, there’s an app for every- ing chat. courting for love has led to a shrink- entire student body’s welfare. Despite the University having various facili- thing, and now, for these lonely peo- But now you’re back at the part ing of confidence that has reduced a ties to help those with mental health issues they do not work well enough ple, there’s one that can link them that you didn’t want. Suddenly, lot of people to ‘getting with some- together and still leave patients without adequate care. up with someone else at the flick of albeit behind the screen of your one’ in Salvation and never speaking a thumb. smartphone, you might have to ac- to them again, or simply hiding be- Tinder is an interesting idea, tually socially interact and make hind a screen and awkwardly com- that’s also very easy to use. The app conversation with someone. These municating. This culture only leads links with your Facebook profile conversations rarely reach past the to a vicious spiral into the depths and it will use your profile picture as “hi” stage, whilst the majority of the of loneliness as less and less people something that completely shouts rest will link you to their webcam know about (and even fear) chatting everything about you. Give Tinder chat site. Capitalist consumerism someone up. Think about your future some basic questions about where knows no ends. Tinder’s only advantage, then, abouts you live, your age and your If this catches on any further, I is that it might occasionally lead to a Employability should be a primary concern for any student. It’s all too name and you’re ready to go. The can honestly declare that romance is shag. And even that is pretty unlike- easy to forget about the big, bad world of work when caught in the bubble app will set you up with a list of peo- profoundly dead. Gone are the days ly, and probably highly risky. In fact, of university life. Unfortunately, there’s often a preconception about careers ple in your general area and around of going up and dancing with a girl, you’ve probably got more chance of services based on poor experiences at school; we’ve all had lessons in PSHE your age and, suddenly, 21st century or striking up a pleasant conversa- finding class in Popworld. vaguely telling us to “think about our future”. But we shouldn’t disregard Will I be using it? Definitely Careers at York, we should use this service throughout our studies to actu- not. I’ve got a Blackberry. So I’m ally help us get a job. It sounds obvious, but with both York and national going back to sitting at the back of statistics showing how students degrees from various departments take dif- Willow, aimlessly flicking through ferent routes to graduate careers, it becomes clear how important that the my Twitter feed and sobbing a bit process to getting a job should start as soon as possible, i.e. not once you every time the Human League’s graduate. But this works if you have a clear idea of what job you want at the ‘Don’t You Want Me’ comes on. end of your degree. Most students come to university either with the frame But perhaps Tinder does serve of mind that they’ll decide what career they want during their degree, or a purpose. Even if it doesn’t give you with aspirations that will change throughout their course. This is natural. the love or the sex that you are look- However, we have to spare more than just passing thought to the practicali- ing for, knowing that people are also ties of graduate jobs; ultimately that’s what our degrees are for. validating your picture and, in turn, finding you attractive gives people that satisfying buzz. It certainly goes to some extent in downsizing some Reclaiming the nightclubs people’s insecurities. But you’re still alone. Sexual assault happens all too often in nightclubs and yet it is rarely re- LUCY WEGERIF ported. People need to be made aware of just what counts as sexual assault and what penalties it carries. This would then hopefully change the view that students have of actions such as ‘underhanding’ . It is not something George Barrett that should happen and it’s certainly not something that should be taken lightly. Penetration is a serious form of sexual assault which leaves many No man’s land people feeling violated and degraded. The statistics in York show worrying results for clubs in the city and for those affiliated with the University. Po- tentially hundreds of people have been affected in York alone. If reported to the police these events would often receive maximum sentences for sexual ary Curnock Cook recently students? telligent.’ assault. They cannot be ignored. Bouncers should be more aware of their highlighted what has long With many more variables in Swiss sociologist Walter Holl- role. Taking complaints from people who visit the club seriously and follow- Mbeen a worrying issue in play, the answer cannot be as simple stein has studied the image of men ing them up appropriately should be an important aim of nightclub staff. the educational system; girls are as that. Take a look at other major presented by prominent feminists. Ultimately people should feel safe one a night out. continually outperforming boys in European countries. Programme for “Many feminist intellectuals charac- nearly all age groups. International Student Assessment terised men in deeply negative ways. Recent research conducted (PISA) studies in German schools This picture of men has been passed by UCAS showed that 30 per cent have shown that boys are more like- into the popular media and finally of 18-year-old male school or col- ly to drop out of school early. into the population’s attitudes at lege leavers applied to university in In France 28 per cent of women large - including among men,” he 2012, but only 24.6 per cent were have qualifications in higher edu- said. admitted. The statistics regarding cation compared to 25 per cent of Hollstein believes that an im- females painted a very different pic- men. Klaus Hurrelmann, a lead- portant step in addressing the prob- ture; 40 per cent applied while 32.5 ing German sociologist, has said lems men face today lies in chang- per cent were given places. that there is a lack of support for ing the face of early education. He In a presentation at the Sutton the problems boys face in German believes men should assume more Trust conference, Curnock Cook schools, particularly when it comes responsibility for children as they NOUSE showed that differences in admis- to discipline. begin school in order to serve as role sion rates by gender would eclipse As a result of the push for models for boys at such a critical those by socio-economic back- equality in education (which for so stage of their development. Online: www.nouse.co.uk ground by 2025. long has been a major disadvantage Whilst Hollstein goes much If one were to quantify per- to girls), perhaps the pendulum has further than I would, I do agree Twitter: @yorknouse formance by university entry, this swung the other way. I am not argu- that men have a responsibility as Facebook: www.facebook.com/yorknouse would bring up questions such as: ing here that the reforms in educa- role models to their children and (in what is it about our education sys- tion to aid girls are negative – on the the case of teachers) their students. tem that seems to see women out- contrary, I am delighted that recent Problems that Curnock Cook has Letters and complaints: Nouse, Grimston House, perform men so consistently? Is history shows great steps forward highlighted are more complex than University of York, YO10 5DD or [email protected] there a genuine flaw with our edu- for women in the workplace and in any statistics can reveal. On top of cational system that seems to give education. However, there must be that, the emerging gap is evidence girls an unfair advantage over boys? a reason why girls are consistently of a problem so deeply rooted that Contribute: [email protected] And are classroom settings more better than boys in the classroom, Michael Gove will struggle to solve tailored to meet the needs of female other than they are ‘simply more in- it within the next two years. Tuesday 26 November 2013 www.nouse.co.uk NOUSE: THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENT NEWSPAPER 15 www.ey.com/uk/careers Comment

Madi It’s getting hot in Barker Chivalry, it’s your round here

James Hotsford hypothetical, yet famil- question under the influence of the inely just trying to create the op- being able to relish in an evening iar situation for all of you: Willow. portunity to talk to someone you completely from your own pocket – Ayou’re on a sticky dance floor. Needless to say, buying a wom- like for that little bit longer, treating just ask Destiny’s Child. You’ve been dancing with a beauti- an a drink is an outdated tradition: him/her is not a chore. Furthermore, it is unacceptable he University of York’s Dr ful stranger for the past ten minutes rooted in the patriarchal principle From a woman’s perspective, it and completely unfair to scrounge Cowtan has used a technique and busting a move (or twelve) has of women not being responsible or can be uncomfortable when some- off people’s affections for the night Tcalled kriging to accurately left you parched beyond belief – not ‘steady minded’ enough to control – if a man or woman wants a drink, gauge the temperature of the Arc- to mention the DJ has just decided their own purse. Furthermore, the you should be in the position to buy tic and attain a more precise aver- that the crowd is ready for some One act carries nasty connotations due if a man or one yourself. Stringing some poor age surface temperature. It has now Direction (hard to believe, I know). to the obligation behind the drink, chap along to get an extra six shot been proved that the rise in temper- and dangerous circumstances that “woman wants stick is undignified and just plain ature per decade has been 0.12°C, may become more than a potential. mean. Everyone’s starting point over twice the previously estimated when stu- As my mother revels in re- a drink, you should be in neutral: not expecting figure of 0.05°C. The sceptics will minding me, there’s no such thing anything from anyone. no longer be able to hide behind “dent incomes as a free lunch. Or a free drink. It’s should be in So, going back to where we be- the anomalous data from the last 15 frankly disgusting that buying a gan, you’re on the dance floor and years in their dissension of global are more or less drink is more often than not seen as the position to the guy you’ve been dancing with warming. The new data very clearly an ‘investment’ for later in the even- for the past ten minutes just mo- shows that the apparent pause was ing: the formulaic implication that buy one your- tioned hysterically to the bar. You erroneous. equal, is it still the ‘more she drinks, the more likely laugh. While he’s ordering his drink, The Intergovernmental Panel it is said consumer will let their hair, ” you’re just standing there – not re- on Climate Change (IPCC) data right that you and judgement, down’. Yet it is also self ally paying attention. You notice since 1880 shows an undeniable rise unfair to burden a legitimate and one is being over-generous. De- he hesitates and you’re not really in global temperatures, the impacts are expected to simple act of politeness with such pending on the situation, more of- sure what to do about the classicly of which is well known. On top of connotations. ten than not, I find it empowering to awkward ‘who is buying the drinks’ this changes in oceanic acidity and foot the bill?” Those buying the drinks all too decline the offer of a drink/cinema scenario. You are on roughly equal permafrost thaws also demonstrated often see it as them buying a notch ticket/numerous other clichés. It incomes after all. What do you do? the severity of the warming. It’s the perfect time to shimmy on the bedpost. can be a way of you showing your You lean in and offer your last ten- The effect of global warming your way to the bar … but then If anything, because we’re all principles of independence and also ner – it is your round after all. has been ravaging the earth since the comes the crunch point. in the same boat down bankruptcy Industrial Revolution. From melting As you are barking your order river without a paddle, the gifts we glacers to falling biodiversity, the ef- down some poor bartender’s ear, you give mean more. Ignoring the mon- fects are clear to see. notice your new friend just standing ey your friends owe you, or buying a Despite the evidence Conserva- there. What do you do? You already cheeky vodka and coke for someone tive politicians and commentators bought the last round when you first you fancy – you will take extra note have often preferred to reject envi- met but now you’ve got a fiver to and so will the recipient. It’s all a ronmental responsibility because it your name and probably (definitely) part of the courtship process. Also, seemed that the globe wasn’t getting an old Chupa Chup in your pocket your generous spirit should not be any hotter. Indeed in a recent col- somewhere… and this is where you dependent on how much cash you umn in The Telegraph, Lord Lawson ask yourself: when student incomes have – it should be a relative act. berated “gullible journalists” for be- are more or less equal, is it still right Obviously, if you can barely afford lief in global warming prior to this that you are expected to foot the a Strongbow for yourself, it’s ab- revelation. bill? surd for someone to order a ‘cocktail Cowtan’s recent revelation has Well, firstly, bravo for bringing pitcher for one’. confirmed the projected rise in tem- up such a profound and interesting However, when you are genu- peratures which will have devastat- REBECCA DRAKE ing effects on millions of the globe’s poorest. The increasingly extreme Callum weather patterns can be explained Adams in part by global warming. The Ty- phoon Haiyan’s decimation of the Coming of age Philippines serves as a poignant re- minder of the damage that climate change can cause. Elsewhere the pleas of the Amazonian tribes peo- arlier this week, Professor (FPA). The figures, published in we should remove an age of consent. tween children would “damage a ple for protection of their ancient John Ashton, the Faculty 2010, are alarming. A lawful age of consent is important fundamental plank in our raft of forest have been disregarded in fa- Eof Public Health president, to protect our children from preda- child protection measures”. vour of enterprising farmers earn- called for David Cameron to low- They’re doing tory individuals. This simply does not reflect re- ing millions. We cannot sacrifice the er the age of sexual consent to 15. “ Rather than abolishing an age ality. Sex happens between teenag- future and biodiversity of the planet While the prime minister may have it, and we need of consent, I agree with Ashton that ers. What I suggest is that we adopt for enlarged share prices. rejected the call, I believe that this the age should be lowered to 15. By a law similar to that in Switzerland, The truth is that earth is warm- issue is in desperate need of debate. to be able to en- lowering the age we will come more allowing sexual activity between ing and we have a responsibility to Ashton told the BBC that socie- into line with Germany and France, consenting teenagers if there is a curb it, especially in developing na- ty has to accept that up to a third of ” who specify the age of consent at 14 difference in the ages of the partici- tions. Lord Lawson spurns proposals teenagers engage in sexual activity gage with them and 15 respectively. pants by two years or less. to reduce the use of carbon rich fossil before the age of 16. “[We need] to It will allow teachers and par- While lawfully protecting mi- fuels in favour of economic growth. recognise the facts of what is going The problem is that we all have ents to be more comfortable in dis- nors from predators, it would also Whilst there is something to be said on by the age of 14 or 15 so that we expectations in the UK of our chil- cussing sexual activity and it’s im- for the tiny contribution of develop- can respond helpfully to them and dren reaching ‘the right’ age, and plications at a time when teenagers This simply ing nations to global carbon dioxide support them on this journey into then having all the tools necessary are being bombarded by messages levels, the increased pollution from adult life.” to conduct themselves in the sphere from pornography, social media, “does not reflect developing countries should not be Downing Street responded say- of sexual activity. and their peers. ignored. The increased prevalence ing that the current lawful age is 16 Ashton spells this ideal out, My second point of criticism ” of extreme weather systems will far and “there are no plans to change “We still have this fantasy about is that the law needs to recognise reality out-weigh the economic benefits of it.” However, I do not believe that young people, we live in a world of and accept that sexual activity does using fossil fuels rather than seeking this makes it immune from discus- wish fulfilment. They’re doing it, happen between young people of a encourage parents to allow teenag- alternatives now. sion. There are two major problems and we need to be able to engage similar age and subsequently pro- ers to practise safe sex in their own The culture of denying global with our current outlook on the age with them.” tect minors from prosecution when homes rather than forbidding it and warming will cause even more ir- of consent and both need meaning- The current age of consent in it does. allowing them to make mistakes. reversible damage to the planet. Dr ful consideration. the UK is out of touch with reality. Everyone can accept that there By lowering the age of consent Cowtans work brings the issue back Firstly, the UK has the high- We need to accept that young peo- is a huge difference between a 45 to 15 and adapting the law to ac- the frorefront of peoples minds. It is est teenage birth rates in Western ple develop at different ages and year old and a 16 year old engaging commodate sexual activity between proven that the rise in global surface Europe. This is five times those in that many of them will engage in in sexual activity with a 15 year old. minors we can encourage a change temperature is extraordinarily high. the Netherlands and double that sexual activity before the current The current law does not. in attitude in the UK which better We must force our politicians to take of France and Germany, according law allows them to. The Home Office is adamant reflects reality and can better pro- more drastic action to stick to global to the Family Planning Association I am certainly not arguing that that legalising sexual activity be- tect our children. initiatives to tackle climate change. NOUSE: THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENT NEWSPAPER www.nouse.co.uk Tuesday 26 November 2013 16 www.ey.com/uk/careers Comment

Nicole Sørlie !ere’s nowt wrong with accents, duck

Our accents are unique and teacher from Cumbria, on where they’re from, in apart me to understand the accent when I learnt to appreciate it without working in west Berkshire, from those frp, the Midlands who I first moved, especially since I was adopting any of the features myself. interesting, and deserve a Awas recently told to tone are generally confused and have an only really exposed to the RP English Being taught by northern teachers down her northern accent at school. identity crisis at this point. accent previously. I couldn’t believe never once hindered my ability to place in the classroom. It was listed in improvements by There’s something which al- how difficult it was to understand do well in school and in some cases I Ofsted, where they set her the target ways falls under the radar. What people speaking my native tongue, even stopped noticing that they had of reducing her accent to be more exactly is a southern accent? It can but in a completely incomprehensi- a northern accent. Southern in order for pupils to un- only be assumed that when Ofsted ble way. It was painful having to ask The most important thing to derstand her better. set this teacher the ridiculous tar- people to repeat themselves over point out from a linguistic point of get, they were thinking of Received and over until I eventually gave up view is that even if someone has a London is a Pronunciation (RP) also known as and just nodded in reply to every- northern accent, they can still talk “ the Queen’s English. As many peo- thing said to me, which only made in Standard English. They can still ple will know, it’s usually the ste- me look more like a fool. use the language ‘correctly’ and be melting pot of reotyped accent of England and is It seems ridiculous now. It grammatically correct despite their most commonly used in London, didn’t take me long to adjust to the pronunciation, which is where the different accents but is most definitely not used by real importance lies in terms of and dialects and everyone in London, let alone in ‘the Being taught schooling. south’ (wherever that may be). “ I think it’s absolutely vital that London is a melting pot of dif- by Northern students and pupils are exposed to even the Queen ferent accents and dialects. Even different accents and, along with it, the Queen no longer speaks Queen’s teachers never different kinds of people. The longer no longer speaks English herself. So why become people go unexposed to different ac- more southern if the Queen is slow- cents, the longer stigmas will be at- Queen’s English ly but surely becoming more north- once hindered my tached to them and discrimination ern in her pronunciation? will arise as a result. ability to do well herself ” Of course I’m playing the devil’s On another note, children in advocate as I’m perfectly aware that the north may view northern ac- So it seems the battle contin- the Queen will never sound north- in school” cents in a more positive way. They ues; the north/south divide emerges ern, but she is gradually drifting can relate to it, and it provides them yet again to be debated endlessly. from what used to be the ultimate accent. It was just the initial culture with a role model who demonstrates At university this topic comes mark of prestige, sophistication and shock which stumped me. However, that regional accents need not be a up on a regular basis. It’s not seen class. The BBC is also moving to- I quickly learnt to tune my ear to barrier to sucess. By enforcing this as a proper discussion until there wards having more regional accents this strange but somewhat won- ridiculous requirement Ofsted are are full blown arguments about the on air. As globalisation becomes the derful accent which sounds a bit reverting to a traditional mindset, geography of England and the ex- norm, people are exposed to new ac- Yorkshire, a bit Geordie and a bit which in turn affects many people act location of the invisible north/ cents and dialects more regularly. Scottish (but definitely not Scottish and indirectly teaches children to south border is determined. Soon Now I have to be honest and if you’re talking to someone from discriminate. In reality, southern the maps will be out and everyone say that as a South African living in Cumbria). pronounciation doesn’t make for a will be slightly biased depending Cumbria, it was a real struggle for Through being exposed to it, better education.

Victoria Chater-Lea Topical Tweets High school never ends from the Twittersphere

recent study by the Times “low SATs scores do not prelude larity was defined by being sporty @professor_dave 23 Nov suggested that high school high performance in most majors”, and attractive, however at my David K Smith Asocial standing could deter- but high achievers succeed due to ef- housemate’s sixth-form there was mine your future. It states that the fort. The University of Colorado re- no defined group and everyone got “Popular kids in high school wind up ported that “previous analyses have along in their own niche. But in oth- 10 years of #xfactor versus 50 years of #drwho? making more money. Then again, a overstated the role of intelligence er circumstances, promiscuity led Who on ITV even thought that was a contest??? lot of people still hate them.” in economic success,” favouring the to popularity. Success in these cases In a similar vein, The Univer- development of conscientiousness can’t be measured on popularity. sity of Chicago recently observed and cooperation found in ‘popular Maybe we were still too young, or that individuals’ social status in individuals’. maybe success is reflected in where high school had a “sizable effect” on The studies suggest that high you go to university. 23 Nov @tomscott Tom Scott their incomes. Students in the 80th Life after high school is equally percentile of popularity earn on av- People have as important in deciding your fu- erage 10 percent more than those in ture success as seen here at York. At the end of this episode of Strictly Come Dancing, the 20th percentile. “social circles, but Does popularity even exist at Uni- Bruce Forsyth will regenerate into Peter Capaldi. A University of Texas sociolo- versity? People have social circles, gist has suggested that interactions but is there any stand out ‘popular’ #doctorwho #brucefivesyth of the adolescent between the hi- is there any stand- group? The only exception I’ve seen erarchies of high school are conse- out ‘popular’ are BNOCs. From my observations, @nbutton93 23 Nov quential later in life. A psychology it’s more about ‘who you know’. Nick Button professor at Williams College stated Contrary to the Times article, that in the three years subsequent to group?” since coming to York a year ago I’ve graduation, popularity was associ- certainly noticed friends lose their Tom Baker is still wonderful. !at is all #doctorwho ated with higher rates of substance school cliques determine your post ‘high school’ identity. I definitely # abuse and promiscuity. high school fate, but being from changed from the quiet girl to a #dayo hedoctor Researchers differentiated be- the US can the findings really be confident and outgoing individual. tween two types of popularity: “per- relevant to a British reader of The However, my future success is still ceived popularity”, or rather socially Times? unknown. @NatashaClark92 prominent individuals who are Talking to university friends, University allows for changes 23 Nov Natasha Clark statistically more likely to partake every school is different and diverse. in perceptions of popularity, and in bullying and gossip, and “socio- People come from different school the advancement of success when metrical popularity”, which involves backgrounds: mixed or single-sex, coupled with hard work. Popularity !e best minute of trailers ever. #silencewillfall having a wide group of friends and state or private, boarding or non- ultimately comes from a high con- #sherlocklives agsvvshsjdbdhd #DoctorWho50th being perceived as kind. The Uni- boarding schools. ‘Popularity’ has fidence and this is sought after in versity of Oregon analysed under- different standards in schools. At the working world, which leads to graduate results concluding that my former secondary school, popu- financial and career success. ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀

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Frack to the Future Photographer Nick Brandreth captures fracking’s threat to New York’s natural landscapes.

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M17. Reflecting on their latest M12. The Shoot takes inspiration from M19. Celebrating fifty years of everyone’s album, four piece Kodaline want to keep the 1920s with tweed, flat-caps and favourite sci-fi series and beloved British it all about the music. corduroy. institution Doctor Who. Arts. Fashion. Food & Drink.

M7. “There is no beauty in death”: How M22. Meet Daniel Lukikas, the macho M20. Grace Marsh talks to Mike Tattersall photography helped Kathryn Cartwright male model taking the fashion world by about life as an award-winning indie icecream beat cancer. storm. maker.

M9. “Old fashioned traditionalist” Daniel M23. It’s all about the men this issue, as M21. Holly Knight discovers what festive Strange is part of a dying breed of artists. Holly Eve shares her DIY tips. foods the rest of the world has to offer. Music. Film & TV. Image Credits.

M16. The Music team round up their M18. The second instalment of The Cover: Nick Brandreth favourite records of 2013. Hunger Games franchise doesn’t M2: Top Left: Courtesy of Kodaline disappoint our film critic. M3: Left: Courtesy of Adam Boulton

CARTOON BY KATE MITCHELL The From Monday Week Nine until Friday Week Ten Twelve There are only twelve days til Christmas. Twelve days of hedonistic revelry, twelve days of freedom again; Days of These are the Twelve Days of Pissedmas. On the first day of Pissedmas, t’was the college formal, Pissedmas Oxymoronically named - social transgressions are normal, My true love could only flourish with aplomb His heartfelt gift: a single Jaeger bomb. On the second, third and fourth days, wine was mulled, Mince pies baked, tinsel thrown and pints were pulled. Come days five and six, a great light did shine Upon the Sports Dinner, and the heraldry was thine: “Do not be afraid, this is the night of nights” Said a Host of Heavenly Kryptonites. Poppy Suddenly day eight emerged as though from a fog, Mmm... last night was total heaven... Wait - what happened to day seven?! Oh Christ. Only one option. Hair Of The Dog. Bullard Days nine, ten and eleven passed in keeping: Gin and tonics dancing, daiquirizz a leaping, Tequila;s a sw]mming, bu wha’ hppned to numbr eight? (You should stop. You’ve had enough mate) O th twelhths;lsl pissdmAsas I dun wh’appn last nite? ### where uu thik durnk. OFUCk ;is bcsot CRISZMSAAS www.ey.com/uk/careers M3 26.11.2013 Editor’s note

“I made an actress cry on camera”

Muse Editor Alfie Packham reflects on a sleepless week

here are times when I wonder whether being a stu- dent journalist is really worth it. After all, it’s not as if Tthe rewards of doing student journalism are particu- larly obvious. You don’t get paid, you don’t get sleep, and the chronic neglect of your lecture reading will leave you with the academic proficiency of Joey Essex’s left eyebrow. And then there’s production week. Production week is the name given to the seven days during which student newspapers like this one get made. For us editors hunched in the cramped confines of the student media offices, it is a time of sweeping ambivalence, when morbid tedium is mixed with inconsequential triumph. A rapturous flicker of joy at the correct alignment of a margin will be dowsed in an instant by the crushing sugar-low that results from exclusively eating out of a vending machine for 48 hours straight. Inevitably, sometime around the fifth or sixth day of staring at words which by now have morphed into a floating matrix of indeterminable glyphs around your head, morale levels will dip. That unwelcome worm of disillusionment will crawl into your ear, seize control of your Diet Coke-pick- led frontal lobe and will force you to ask yourself; “Why am I still airbrushing a photograph of an apple pie at four o’clock in the morning?” This week, however, the new editorial team and I did emerge from the experience armed with some advice as to Adam Boulton how best combat the self-inflicted horrors of producing a student newspaper. This information could of course prove Political Editor, Sky News useful in other walks of student life, like hopeless essay deadlines or last-minute exam cramming sessions. In fact, it would be a disservice of me not to share it with you now. My father always wanted me to be a doctor. I’ve got sci- important, I like interviewing people, I love television and First, good music is essential to the preservation of san- ence A Levels, but I always thought if I had to be a doctor I love live television and it would be a big loss. ity during any night shift. I would heartily recommend the I would be a psychiatrist. The only other activities I ever Disney Movie Classics Album on loop. Even with a heavy thought about quite seriously were law and architecture. My favourite interview was one I did with Yehudi workload, these nostalgic melodies will help you regress into Menuhin, the violinist. It was towards the end of his life. a state of child-like immersion in the carefree cadences of I don’t really like dinner parties. But I think you could I find musicians interesting to interview anyway, whatever “Under the Sea”. You won’t even notice the sun rise as Sebas- have quite an interesting time with Napoleon and Hitler their type of music, but he was a man who was Jewish, tian the lobster practically fills that blank page up for you. and the Duke of Wellington and Churchill. You could prob- who played at Auschwitz just after the close of the Second We’ve also realised the importance of good dietary plan- ably chuck in Elizabeth I as well. World War. He was also an American, and I just felt he had a centeredness and an insight which you don’t often get. ning. While the fruits of the library vending machines will If someone was to play me in the film of my life it would be an instinctive choice for the overnight grind, chewier probably be Philip Seymour Hoffman. I don’t know how What most people don’t know about me is that I’m re- foods are always the more prudent option. The resplend- tall he is though. ally, really not partisan. I really don’t have a party which I ent squidginess of malt loaf is perfect. Those masticatory support. It doesn’t matter whether they accuse me of being rhythms provide a primal pleasure that will shed any dead- The highlight of my career was undoubtedly presenting married to someone from New Labour, or being a Tory or line anxieties that evolution has unfairly burdened you with. the first Prime Ministerial debate in 2010. But I think whatever, what I’m really trying to do is to get to the nub of Lastly, make sure to punctuate your work with social the moment I found most personally interesting was inter- the issue, irrespective of where people stand in the political interaction every now and again. Any stranger around you viewing Obama in a slave fortress in Ghana, just after he’d spectrum. can help. Talk to them; be it in Standard English or just the been elected. I think that was pretty good. My worst habit? I’m a bit fat so I probably eat too much. guttural noise that comes out after eating a lot of malt loaf. My most embarrassing moment was when I made an Anything will work really - it just reaffirms the fact for eve- actress called Sarah Miles cry on camera. I asked her if My New Year’s Resolution? To try and do as much as I ryone that you’re not dead. her autobiography was true, which probably wasn’t a tri- can covering the Scottish referendum. I think it’s impor- Alternatively, you could always put your pen down, sit umphant moment. But I also nearly had an embarrassing tant and interesting and I think we in England are some- back and flick through the pages that are the product of our outing here. I was sitting on the metal seat waiting for the times guilty of overlooking it. sleepless week. We’ve assembled a fine culture and lifestyle tube coming up to York and suddenly felt a bit cold when I selection which might otherwise take your fancy. Kodaline, realised I had completely split my trousers! The advice I would offer to students is do what you’re Dr Who, holiday-themed recipes, a Peaky Blinders-inspired good at. Follow your interests, whatever they are. fashion shoot and so much more await. For now it’s good- My biggest fear is not being able to go and do what I’m doing. I really like what I’m doing. I think politics is Interview by Charlotte Wainwright. night from me and the MUSE team; we’re going to eat some vegetables. M4 www.ey.com/uk/careers 26.11.2013 Student LIFE.

Witherwoes: The 5 types of sex you’re having right now GOING UP... Tom Witherow David Tennant. See- It’s week 9 and relationships are falling water bottles ceased to be useful when you vettes… Things are a bit simpler now: “hi”… ing Tennant on TV apart as fast as public school boys’ reputa- turned five. You will have to find ANOTHER “hi”… “you dtf”… “yeah, you?”… “yeah”… “kl”. playing the Doctor tions (haha). It was only two weeks’ ago that WARM-BODIED HUMAN BEING. And The Tinder Fuck is so simple you don’t even again for the Who the first of my friend’s smug wanky coupli- think of the benefits – you will be lauded by a have to spell out complete words. And thank 50th is enough to ness (SWC) came crashing in at the door. grateful Tory party. This is the Big Society in god, because it’s the only thing between most make anyone squeal SWC number 1 demanded ‘a hug’, needed action. You are doing your bit for the nation, of us and … with glee. But ‘Bridget Jones’ and couldn’t live a moment for the progress of society. Nice one you. Less 5. The panic shag. Closely related to the alongside Matt longer without ‘ice cream’. rosy is… Tinder fuck, this form hasn’t got into full Smith and Clearly a crisis was afoot. (Even if for a 2. The revenge fuck. It’s week 8. You flow yet since we’re a fair distance from the John Hurt short time it was I who was smug and wanky. struggled through weeks of pain and agony. buffers of summer exams and is just nerd On the inside you understand.) You’ve been dating him since you were 15. the social abyss of holiday heaven. But as I endured the Two Minutes (man) You said you’d manage, the distance would employment/graduate Hate played on repeat, I started to get con- be fine. You did not manage. The distance unemployment. Mulled wine. Christmas celebra- cerned for the welfare of the student body was not fine. She broke up with you by text. But early planners tions should wait until December, (something which of course troubles me You will sleep with anyone to piss off your ex are building up their but the warmth of mulled wine is regularly). (watch out best mate from school…). levels of sexual capital enough to start early. With all of these ‘crises’, where was the 3. The ‘finish-with-the-hot-water-bottle’. in preparation for this in- sex? In the termly recession of relationships This isn’t some sort of sexy move, this is be- evitability, with those who The Hunger Games: Catching would we recede into a sex life akin to a cause you are having no sex. Remember the haven’t yet mastered Fire. The sequel to the ever popular Jarhead-ian dystopia armed with a Bon Iver Harry Fairhurst is a sexless desert, if you’re Tinder particularly young adult book has just pre- soundtrack? popping more Modafinil than MD you could concerned (shout miered with both critical and com- No! We at York are made of sterner stuff. at least be spending your breaks trying to get out to all my fel- mercial success. You could say it We tread the same streets as Cromwell, have involved in … low Snake II was “catching fire”... I’ll get my coat. winters to rival Westeros and put up with 4. The Tinder fuck. Who knows where players). @Yusuprez’s incessant hashtagging. In fact this will end up. You’re going in blind… well So if you’re Eton Mess. Everyone’s favourite I reckon there’s a whole five different ways not completely blind, you’re going in based p u n c h i n g dessert! that students are getting into the sack – and on three pictures selected from 3,000 shots above your none of them involve any hyper-stalking on over a period of ten years. weight, your Brick Tamland. “I would like to RateMash.com. All you know about each other is that r e p u t a t i o n extend to you an invita- 1. The sex-is-cheaper-than-turning-up- you’re both DTF – which for the unitiated as a great tion to the pants party. ” the-heating shag. Quite how York has man- means ‘dashing, thoughtful and funny’. You guy and a bed- Steve Carrell’s hilariously aged to do so badly in the sex rankings is have to say it on Tinder apparently, or every- room god may stupid character will quite beyond me. one thinks you’re an asshole. Courting cus- be getting return next month with In the bitter depths of winter, you will tom, far from the complexities of the struggle around. Alter- more memorable lines inevitably have one totalitarian housemate met by Jane Austen’s unfortunate heroines, natively you may in Anchorman guarding the thermostat day and night with have evolved to an utter inanity which must have nabbed 2: The Legend some tribal weapon he picked up on his gap have any Darwinists completely miffed. yourself a Panic Continues. yah, maintaining the temperature at a frugal No longer must you spend years in edu- Shagger. minus three degrees centigrade. cation studying the classics, dancing some Sorry to Only one choice is left open to you. wanky waltz, learning which of the seventeen burst the Electric blankets are too expensive. Hot forks you to select to slurp down your cre- bubble. Darkness. The nights get longer, the days get shorter, and everyone gets grumpier. History of Student Life in 1000 Objects John Lewis Christmas advert. Sorry, but this #3: the Mobile Phone animated short was no tear-jerker. The bear would You’re in a bar, buying drinks. Someone you recog- have died from being dis- nise approaches you, and says hello. In your slightly turbed from hibernation in intoxicated state you’re wondering how the hell you the grips of winter, or know them. simply would have eaten the hare. The Are they from your course? hype for this advert was staggering. Did you play against them when you finally turned up to squash club last Saturday?

Were they one of the potential BFFs you made in Terrifying Pho- freshers’ week but subsequently never made contact with again, apart from the occasional polite nod toshop animal when you pass them on campus? mashups. Should this even be a thing? “Hey [insert name here], how did you find the lec- ture today?” Good news, they’re from your course! Bad news, they know your name, and you don’t know theirs. You cow. To save yourself from this spiral of social awkwardness, you casually pull out your iClone, open Facebook and proceed to search through your friends list. Aha! You find their photo. Therein lies the rub. Or Rebecca, it seems. With a smug look on your face, PHOTO CREDIT: you turn to face this fine being and say hello back, MATTYSFLICKS making sure that when you say their name, they hear Bitstrips. Perhaps the most an- every single syllable, just to prove what a great guy/ noying thing to ever surface on gal you are. Facebook, including Farmville. If Of course, your guardian angel in the five seconds it you use it, stop - your life in car- took for these events to transpire is that wonderful toons isn’t even worthy of a ‘lol’. piece of Chinese plastic you carry around with you everywhere. GOING The mobile phone is the fifth limb of a student. CARTOON BY KATE MITCHELL DOWN M5 www.ey.com/uk/careers 26.11.2013 New York

FRACKING. ALL IMAGES COURTESY OF NICK BRANDRETH

Fractured Landscape New York State is in danger of changing forever. Photographer Nick Brandreth’s new project examines areas that could be most affected by fracking. Georgie Andrews asks about the aim of the project, the consequences of these changes, and why New York should be protected. M6 www.ey.com/uk/careers 26.11.2013

t’s inevitable that the landscape will change, but what term, this could ultimately lead to substantial economic loss. what I’m hoping to accomplish is to create a body of work that I’m hoping to accomplish is to create a body of work As a popular tourist destination and home to a large winemak- will stand the test of time as a document of a time and place. “Ithat will stand the test of time as a document of a time ing and farming industry, upstate New York stands to lose a If it will change in a bad way or a good way I can’t say, but we and place.” These are the ambitions of documentary photogra- lot. Nick, who spent much of his childhood hiking and fishing must do all we can to protect it. I’m hoping that my images will pher Nick Brandreth as he embarks on an inspiring project to in this area, wants to make people aware of these detrimen- help inspire people and make them realise what we have and demonstrate what stands to be lost with fracking. tal effects of fracking. “People have become blind to the way why it needs to be protected now.” Nick’s project, Upstate, is a chance to “make people aware things work. All we need to do is look at history and we’ll see Nick’s reasons for the project are certainly noble, carry- as to what’s happening right outside our door.” His plans are how this will end up. People will see a few years of prosperity ing the hope that it will inspire others to seek to protect their both unusual and ambitious; after photographing beautiful, followed by a crash that will leave them worse off than before.” land. Yet Nick is doubtful as to whether his images will affect natural landscapes across the state of New York, he plans to New York sits upon the Marcellus Shale formation which those running the energy companies. “I don’t see that the en- use historical photo processes to create a body of work which is rich in natural gas and is, consequently, a keen target for ergy companies care one way or the other about what I have to he describes as “a special bond between subject and object”. energy companies. However, its waterways provide water say. This project is for the land, and the people who love and Describing the techniques he will use, Nick said: “I will make for millions of people across New York and its neighbouring need this land. I feel we’ve become consumed in the bullshit my own emulsions, and use dry plate technology popularised states. Contamination of this water by toxic, carcinogenic and we’re fed through the media and I hope that what I’m trying by the Eastman Dry Plate Company in the 1880s. I’ll collect radioactive materials, used during the process of fracking, to do can break through to people if only for a brief moment.” soil samples in the areas where I shoot and, by using carbon would have devastating effects. transfer printing processes, I’ll use these actual soil samples Despite these shocking consequences, Nick believes that to create photographic prints that bear traces of the land they many people don’t seem to have grasped the extent of the “The dangers we face from document.” problem. “Most people today are disconnected to the world around them. People look at a map and unconsciously view fracking are not instantaneous: New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania as different places. “With my vision and ability to We all share the same air and water and what happens in one they are a long, drawn out, slow place can seriously affect another. If we end up ruining fresh shape images I can help to have water supplies there’s going to be a serious issue for millions death” and millions of people.” a positive impact on trying to Statistics have shown that Nick’s worries are shared by Talking to Nick, I could tell how much the land means others; according to a Siena College survey in September, 45 to him; this project is a truly personal and important piece of make serious change” per cent of New York voters were not supportive of allowing work. When describing the issues involved his words are filled high-volume fracking in the state. Thirty-seven per cent did with a refreshingly genuine appreciation and worry. “The New York is one of the last states in the US to make a support it and 18 per cent had no opinion or did not know landscape was formed slowly and deliberately shaped into decision on fracking. The pressure is on to save the land and enough to make one. what we now know as our home. Nick hopes to make a difference. “I felt that with my vision Fortunately, New York has a governor who is sympathetic The dangers we face from fracking are not instantaneous: and ability to shape images I could help have a positive impact to Nick’s views. New York has managed to curb the advances of they are a long, drawn out, slow death. Sadly, often it’s not un- on trying to make serious change.” Fracking, or hydraulic frac- fracking so far with a moratorium launched by former Gover- til our children become sick, our animals lame and our food turing to use its technical name, is the controversial process nor, David Paterson, which has prevented high volume frack- and water poisoned that we will see what we’ve lost. By then, of drilling down in to the earth and directing a high pressure ing in the state for the last five years. But by summer 2014, simply, it’s too late. I hope to make photographs that are a con- and high volume mixture of water, sand and chemicals into the this will no longer apply. Current Governor, Andrew Cuomo, templation of what we have now, what we stand to lose and rock, in order to release gas and oil. Where permitted, fracking hasn’t made his stance clear, but has delayed making decisions why it needs to be protected.” is able to make huge quantities of otherwise inaccessible fuel to go forward with fracking, until the results of a review by the The true message of the Upstate project is to not take the available for use. For many people struggling in today’s harsh Department of Health are announced. land you live on for granted. The earth is beautiful, but deli- economic climate, this has resulted in a greatly needed source With most US states jumping on the fracking bandwagon, cate, and needs protecting. “We’re at the point in human his- of income. I asked Nick what hope there was for New York. “I’m forever tory where it’s completely about sustainability. If we don’t fol- The problem, however, is that alongside the short-term the optimist and I don’t think the landscape will end up being low that path we’re doomed. Fracking is not sustainable in my economic benefits come polluted, over-used water systems, ruined, but one cannot rule out the serious possibility of that eyes. The short term financial gains are trumped by the fact exploited land, and the possibility of earthquakes. In the long happening. It’s inevitable that the landscape will change, but that you could potentially leave the land in ruins forever.” M M7 www.ey.com/uk/careers 26.11.2013

ARTS. PHOTOS COURTESY OF ARVIDA BYSTROM

“There is no beauty in death”

Can art heal? Faith Whitehouse talks to Kathryn Cartwright about photography’s role in her fight against leukemia.

here is no beauty in death,” Kathryn beautiful, aesthetic thing, as Kathryn explains: free from any of the medical nonsense that was Cartwright candidly remarks. “Many people romanticize death because they weighing me down. It means I was able to be “THer emotions have become numb, are afraid of it but when it’s their own death, it sixteen because I was supported by people who something that she imitates in her photographs feels much less dignified.” would let me.” of her fragile body ravaged by a five year battle So what should our response be to the A striking image in Kathryn’s work that with leukemia. Her photography is cold, dis- work? Should we pity her or draw back in hor- further demonstrates the strength of her as a tressing and raw. There is no editing to them, ror at the revelation of cancer? victim of cancer is a black and white profile of no fancy filters, no tools to blur out the horrific “Most people look at my work in two ways, her bald head. The head is the focal point of details – these are photographs that reflect the they either reply with a sympathetic nod of the image, while the expression on her face is 22 year old’s illness. gosh that’s terrible or stating I’m glad that’s not peaceful. Here she unashamedly parades the On her GCSE results day, Kathryn began me.” Our reactions show that we can never real- effects of leukemia in her “jolie-laide” man- chemotherapy. From that day the camera be- ize the awfulness of sickness. As Kathryn says ner. Remarkable is the strength of Kathryn to came an optic, an extra part of her body that “even photography has limits”. Photography take such a beautiful image about such an ugly took control of her emotions. It tracked the disease, to give “two fingers up” to cancer and journey from chemotherapy to remission and show that it has not impacted her beauty. remission to chemotherapy; a pattern Kathryn The overcoming power of photography is has become accustomed to. “Can art help over- “People romanticise most evident in her perseverance to continue come illness?” Now the camera is running out to take photographs. Photography has allowed of power, the optic is fading away as Kathryn death, but when it’s Kathryn to look back at her journey. She can see faces the real, honest and brutal truth that she the progress she has made and watch her “skin is dying. The cancer has destroyed her liver and their own it feels much knit together” by viewing the photographs on a a transplant is no longer a viable option. This slideshow. It has acted as a powerful medium changes everything and increases the meaning less dignified” in her recovery as, like many people experienc- of the camera in Kathryn’s life even more. ing adversity, it is difficult to be positive about Describing her photography as “jolie- the progress she has made. Using photography laide”, she attempts to show the ugly yet beauti- removes us from the experience of cancer, its has enabled her to “see how much worse it has ful truth behind cancer. She also tries to edu- only role is to act as a documentation for the been”. She can see her hair grow back, weight cate the viewer of her work on cancer: words disease. be put back on and her body be healed all in the are not powerful enough, but her photography “Nobody who hasn’t been through a seri- space of fifty frames. The art form has captured highlights the torture of the disease. Photogra- ous illness can understand it, no matter how her toughest moments when her body was frag- phy in her words provides a cruel visual refer- hard the artistic sick people try. I can photo- ile and brittle and has watched it revive, again, ence to the disease: “People can’t really see that graph my every moment until I die, but I have something that Kathryn is very grateful for. I was green with jaundice, or I had what was always said that I only ever speak for myself, no As the heaviness of her death hits her, probably the most amount of bruising brought one else. Even if they’ve been through cancer, Kathryn has started to place the camera in on by one fall, until I showed them a photo- we didn’t have the same experience. I can show a new light. No longer does she capture the graph”. you where I’ve been, but you weren’t there, and wounds, instead she takes shots of her com- When asked how photography has helped it’s only if you go there yourself that you will pleting her bucket list. Shots of her meeting fa- her escape cancer, Kathryn bluntly replies in truly understand what real sickness is.” Our mous people, travelling and the many gifts she two words “it hasn’t”. In fact, according to Kath- response can only be one of mixed emotions. is receiving now make up her collection. These ryn, “Photography makes everything a bit more However, there are lapses in Kathryn’s photographs do not graphically show death but brutally real.” This is evidenced in her creative photography where we can grasp the strength there is a stark reminder that this is Kathryn’s decision to not edit the photographs or Photo- of the victim, the sheer determination that she final visual chapter of her journey. Her pho- shop the gory, bloody details out in her pho- shows to “put two fingers up to cancer”. An tography from the day of diagnosis to after her tos. The reality behind the photography glides iconic photograph by Kathryn is her eating a death has left a lasting legacy in showing the over our stereotypical images of cancer that we pizza at a house party. An unedited image ex- journey of cancer. Not only has it supported see in the media and highlights the cold, dark pressing authority over the cancer by her tuck- Kathryn but it has also helped us in the seeing struggle that is never broadcasted. She shows ing into a large pizza, drunk. The story behind the full, horrific picture of illness. Death may fatality through clinical, distressing images the image is a conventional one. “I was drunk not be beautiful, but capturing it through art that remove all aspects of life. Death is not a at a party, on a break from chemotherapy and might help us to comprehend it. M M8 www.ey.com/uk/careers 26.11.2013 Get Your Fix Ask the Editors: Amy Blumsom Art School Stole My Virginity Dick Whitingham Clayton Pettet has caused a stir in the art world by announcing his plans to York Babrican, £15.50- £21 lose his virginity on stage. But is it art? See many famous faces star in the classic pantomime. YES NO Amber Benbow-Hart Amy Blumsom Deputy Arts Editor Arts Editor layton Pettet’s conceptual piece ‘Art School Stole f it takes place in an art gallery, it’s art. Theoretically. My Virginity’ is art. The Oxford dictionary defines But that doesn’t mean ‘Art School Stole My Virginity’ Cart as “the expression or application of creative Ican be considered artistic. skill and imagination, especially through a visual medi- At the risk of sounding clichéd, the project devalues um” and we have all those elements here. intimate relationships between two people - regardless of Clayton’s piece may be conceptual but it is also un- gender. By having sex on a public platform, the intimacy deniably visual; media outcry has focused on the detail of of the relationship and significance of Clayton’s virginity the audience who are there to see it. The medium is him is lost. and his partner. With “a light smattering of paint on their What’s more, the word “stole” in the title of the piece bodies” while they are “having sex on an upstretched has an aggressive quality, creating a sense of negativity Madness of George III piece of canvas”, not only will the performance be visual surrounding the loss of virginity. This conveys Clayton Drama Barn, £3.00-3.50 but also the resulting permanent work. Pettet’s virginity as something which has been forcefully You can’t question whether the ‘creative imagina- taken, rather than willingly - and dare I say it - lovingly The play chronicles George’s descent from supreme ruler tion’ is there either. His artist statement displays detailed given. to unwilling paitent. thought around his subject and in particular does what By drawing attention to virginity Clayton is not los- any art piece does, it challenges societal views: Is virgin- ing the supposed social stigma of being a virgin as he ity significant? Inherently heteronormative? A social claims, but monopolising controversial subject matter construct? The art of the act opens up these questions for the sake of being provocative. to debate. Pettet’s ‘piece’ is being used to stimulate debate with- Art is all about prompting thought in its viewers out making an explicit statement about modern percep- and this piece does that. Certainly Clayton Pettet’s piece tions of virginity and sexuality. This is dangerous ground, blurs the lines of art, but it doesn’t cross them. This piece as people will be, and have been, far too quick to project is art - just perhaps not the type we expect when we walk their own message onto the piece - which may not be the into a gallery. message Clayton intended.

Portrait of an Author: C.S. Lewis Festival of Angels On the fiftieth anniversary of his death, calls to tea and parental control. But looking at the Narnia books years later, it is impossible to York City Centre, Free Jack Hartley looks back on the life and ignore the Christian allegory that C.S. Lewis applied: ‘what might Christ become like if See the city magically transformed into a winter works of beloved author C. S. Lewis. there really were a world like Narnia, and He wonderland. chose to be incarnate and die and rise again in that world as He has actually done in ours?’ his must be a simply enormous wardrobe!” Simply Remarkably, C.S. Lewis’s creative enormous is a good way to describe the outpourings works were secondary to his career as a re- “Tand success of C.S. Lewis. He has long been counted spected medieval literary scholar, publish- among the greatest contributors to children’s literature of the ing work which is still widely regarded today, 20th century and 50 years after his death, his work has been an unusual and impressive feat for literary criticism translated into over 40 languages and has sold millions of cop- which was written nearly 80 years ago. He is also ies. regarded as one of the most influential Christian In 2008, the Times ranked him eleventh on the list of ‘the apologists of the last century and in the year 2000, 50 greatest British writers since 1945’, and this is testament Christianity Today voted his Mere Christianity the not just to his work as a children’s author but also his wide best book of the 20th Century. ranging subject matter. His works are incredibly wide ranging and this Lewis was phenomenally diverse in his writing and was diversity in output as well as popularity of reception renowned in many different genres, not least science fiction, has led to a huge interest in his personal back story. theological writing, Christian apologetics, autobiography and Such interest has led to creative works based on his philosophy.Of all of Lewis’s writing though, he is best known life, foremost in these creations is Shadowlands, Cleopatra for his immense imaginative collection, the popular film in which C.S. Lewis is played by the Chronicles of Narnia, a seven part Anthony Hopkins. Leeds Opera House, £39.00 series set in a land inhabited by talk- At the time, C.S. Lewis’s death went ing lions, fauns, giant bears, and largely under the radar, as it occurred on A modern interpretation by the Northern Ballet of evil Snow Queens. These stories the same day as the assassination of J.F.K. Cleopatra. remain classics of children’s litera- On the 50th anniversary of his death ture and the success of recent film though, the 22nd November this year, adaptations is testament to how his place in the hearts of the nation Lewis’s work has stood the test of will be formally acknowledged with time. the unveiling of a memorial in Poet’s The Chronicles of Narnia is an Corner, Westminster abbey, join- amazing work fiction, an escapist ing Chaucer, Shakespeare, Austen, dream of children pushing aside Dickens and other infamous literary the stuffy fur coats of the figures. adult world and break- The consistent popularity of C.S. ing through into the Lewis’s work is reflected in his char- crisp, clear light acters’ ability to revisit Narnia again of a snow covered and again as new readers do the same: Narnia, where they “And so for a time it looked as if all the can make their own adventures were coming to an end; but footprints, free from that was not to be.”

PHOTO CREDIT: SFJALAR www.ey.com/uk/careers M9 26.11.2013 Mining PHOTO CREDITS: DANIEL STRANGE for iPods Deborah Lam interviews artist Daniel Strange about being “an old fashioned traditionalist”.

ith performance artists like Pyotr Pavlensky nailing his scrotum to Red Square and Clayton Pettet losing Whis virginity in public making headlines, it is easy to overlook traditional fine artists like Daniel Strange. Printmak- er, painter and proud purveyor of humble sketching, he works as a primary school teaching assistant by day and an artist by night. His works distill everyday observations, stemming from his childhood practice of copying what he sees. Dan’s work is concerned with the growth of the developed West and its paradigm shift from labour-intensive to creative industries, moving its industry to exploit cheaper labour. Dan is particularly interested in news linked to this process of pro- duction and consumption, and when this “process of capital- ism” is in crisis. Regarding recent articles about Bangladeshi textile workers going on strike, he explains, “These little things reveal how this process works.” His linoprint ‘Mining for iPods’, depicting a man with a hard hat with miners in the background, is exemplary of his subject matter. “The title is a little bit cheesy,” he laughs. “I ab- solutely love when we open the boxes of these products and they say, ‘Designed in California’ and yet the actual minerals ily confess to being guilty of this occasionally), admitting it de- will live in a drawer that’s just mine.” A defender of the humble are dug out in the Congo or wherever, and done in appalling tracts from the art. biro, Dan also appreciates this non-traditional art tool and its work conditions… everyone knows they must be appalling, be- His project ‘The Logic of Compound Growth’, the title appealing honesty. He says it shows “someone trying their best cause that’s how you can make such technology so cheaply.” resembling a philosophical economics essay more than an art to note down what they’re seeing.” Acknowledging the danger of becoming a “boring moral- book, attempts to escape these preconceived perceptions of the Dan raises concerns that fine artists today “can sometimes ist”, Dan consciously avoids being too obvious when approach- individuals he portrays. Beginning with his portrait of Peter fall into the trap of thinking of Art History as this kind of treas- ing articles for potential material. “My slightly frustrated left- Brabeck after he implied that water should be a private com- ure trove to be raided for their work to comment on how art wing politics act first. I try to be political, but at the end of the modity, he thought, “If I do too much of this, it is just going functioned in the past… but I think it’s often not used as a way day, I’m trying to be an artist.” Working against his initial reac- to be a terrible book saying, ‘Here are people who I think are of talking about what’s going on today and that, I think, is a tions to press photographs, he refrains from depicting overtly bad, let’s look at these people.’” To circumvent this one-sided shame.” This is why he respects performance, video and con- literal images. Instead, he “searches for images which will en- portrayal, he included a greater range of people, marked ‘UN- ceptual artists who make overtly political work, despite being a capsulate that issue rather than find a perfect image and then KNOWN’, identified only by their professions, from a model to self-professed “old fashioned traditionalist”. Whilst managing just copy that.” victims of the system. Stressing the importance of doing away to come off as intelligent, humble and charmingly self-dep- Starting with a story rather than press photographs, he with “clear, easy categorisations”, he hopes this will make peo- recating, Dan stands by his art with temerity, declaring that sometimes feels “a little bit mean” creating his portraits. “I ple “think of their place within this system”. “I, like artists, have a message… Art for art’s sake isn’t a good don’t want to be picking on people just for an ad hominem With a romantic attitude toward the selection of media, trend for me.” attack on them. I always want to make sure it’s a part of a nar- Dan particularly enjoys printmaking, inspired by the German rative because if you say, ‘Oh this person is greedy; he’s got too printmakers of the New Objectivity Movement, due to the much money,’ that’s not politics, that’s moralising.” He tries to questions it raises about value and originality. “Every print is avoid crass depictions of “evil CEOs” (although he does cheek- individual, but… the only definite picture is the block and that “I try to be political, but at the end of the day, I’m an artist”

In spite of this support for artists with a message, the only time he would show any antipathy was toward art that was “too obvious”. “It really just depends case by case. Every time you go and see a show, and lots of people know this… you leave and you’re like, ‘It was good, but it was so obvious.’” Express- ing distaste specifically for Damien Hirst’s painted skulls, he bemoans, “We get it, Damien, it’s about death. You’ve always done death, and now you’re painting skulls because you’ve ma- tured now. You’re going through the grand master stage of be- ing a painter.” Minor outburst aside, Dan’s answer when asked why he chose visual art out of all the possible modes of self-expression is a testament to his commitment to honesty in his work. “If I can give my work a certain honesty, by which I can show peo- ple that it’s a bit rough and ready… people will respect it, not as a fine work of art which is finished and you don’t need to think about, you just need to admire… but as an open text. Nothing finished – you can continue it, you can change it.” While recognising the commercial art world can be ob- sessed with the avant-garde, Dan reminds us that “actually, people do like looking at pictures”. He may lack the audience of some part-time artists, but he manages to remain focused on a genuine mission: “I’m a young artist who is trying to make their way… with a limited viewership, a lot of the time my work won’t go very far.” However, he accepts that if he gets people to ask, “Why has someone decided to do that?”, that in itself is a success without sacrificing your genitals or virginity. M M22 www.ey.com/uk/careers 26.11.2013 FASHION. Meet the Male Model of the Year

Fashion Editor Rachel Thompson speaks with Daniel Lukikas, Fashions Campus style: Finest Male Model of the Year about what inspires his demanding career.

what are you aniel Lukikas, of Greek and Irish descent, is the youngest male model to win this year’s Fashions Finest Male Model of Dthe Year award, making the achievement at just 20. Partici- wearing? pating in campaigns and shows around the UK and abroad, it is hard to believe that he only started modelling to earn money to fund his degree. Daniel is currently studying Physiotherapy in Medicine at Robbie Hodges Keele University. First Year With such a demanding university course, you’d assume Daniel History of Art would focus on his degree rather than his modelling. This is not so. Derwent College He believes that balancing these aspects of his life has only helped him to thrive in both. He dedicates every hour of the day to do some- hen I got changed this morning I thing productive, for either his course or career. Both are stressful, was thinking more about comfort but the need to succeed really seems to drive him: “My degree and Wthan fashion. I always aim to look the modelling are draining, but also extremely different; one is aca- presentable and feel that my clothes reflect demic and the other is creative. I am a driven individual and I see my personality. They might be slouchy but every hour as an opportunity.” We complain about our hectic univer- I’ve not just thrown on some trackies and sity schedules, but Daniel also have to consider castings, shows and called it quits. jobs that demand his presence in any location, at any time. Today I’m wearing a Levi jacket, my jumper is from the Rockerfeller Center which I picked up on a trip to New York, I teamed the jumper with a H&M shirt just to “In my mind I will succeed” make it look that bit smarter, I’ve got on my doctor Denim Chinos from Urban Outfitters (a shop I really won’t mind living in!) and my Hearing Daniel describe what motivates him every day was trainers are New Balance. inspiring. He claims that the person who really inspires him is his What influences my style the most are mum: “Both my parents were driven people. Their ethos was to never adverts in magazines like iD and Dazed & give up and to always persevere. Making my parents proud of me Confused and men’s fashion blogs which is the most important thing in my life.” It is this ‘never give up’ at- have really taken off over the last couple of titude that helps Daniel to succeed in the pressured environment of years, showcasing so many creative looks and the modelling industry. designers. Daniel’s first London Fashion Week was last year and he walked For me it’s about never looking rough. If for designer Danish Wakeel. Daniel, who prides himself on being my clothes are more casual I’ll make a con- confident, admits that it was an intense few days. He said that he cious effort with my hair. If I was to sum up knew his first experience was always going to be daunting, but he my look I’d say it was urban workwear. hadn’t quite realised how many journalists and people there were When I shop I opt for sturdy and staple back stage all clamouring to talk to him. “The catwalk shows were pieces. I have a particular method when it intense but I was blessed to be there and saw it as an eye opener that comes to buying, if I think I want something further cemented in my mind that this is an industry I want to suc- I have to go back twice. It has to be worth it. ceed in.” Clearly, he wasn’t put off by the attention. If I’m compelled to go back then I’ll buy it no It was not for the fashion, fame or name that Daniel starting matter the cost. building his portfolio in 2009 and became interested in the model- ling world. His story is humble and real, about a handsome young man who was tackling a challenging and expensive degree, with par- ents who couldn’t financially support him. He didn’t moan about his hardship, rather used it to inspire himself to seek funds from else- where. His drive for pursuing this career was to offer his parents a better life, and he can’t think of a better way to thank them than by achieving what he sets his mind to: “In my mind I will succeed.” I asked Daniel about the perception of the modelling industry as ruthless and he said, “It is a bit of a generalisation. We are all in- dividuals and real people. Yes you will meet those who are unkind, male models needs to move on from the androgynous clothes hanger, I’m just lucky that I have been taught to deal with these kinds of he responded that the masculine gentleman is far more attractive people. The lessons I learned at a young age help me to embrace my and realistic. He has seen David Gandy pioneer this concept as the role as a model and really, we can all choose who we want to become, current face of Dolce & Gabana, and wants to follow in his footsteps. independent of whatever job or industry we are part of. I think this is In Daniel’s eyes, working out in the gym should not be a disadvan- what sets me apart, makes me different, because I have these lessons tage; it has helped him to stand out and it seems that the public and under my belt.” fashion industry are taking notice. Daniel’s family has helped to keep him grounded, and he be- In his opinion, “Skinny doesn’t look good, but eating disorders lieves that if you never give up you can never truly fail. “You will obvi- are not synonymous with the modelling industry, that is just a media ously have rejection and I have experienced it more than most with perception. Rather, it is the men and women who idolise these wafer my unconventional look, but this has never compelled me to change.” thin models and try to copy their looks.” He went on to say that, “If He might not fit the industry’s current more models showcase a real and nat- skinny stereotype, but with his idol, ural look, then disorders could remain David Gandy, paving the way for the a thing of the past.” Encouragingly, old fashioned, gentlemanly style, his “It is your individuality that girls, Daniel mentioned that what he place in the future of modelling looks finds attractive is someone with a love bright. separates you from the rest.” of life. Her appeal would be her non- Since winning Fashions Finest conformity to social pressures. There is Male Model of the Year, he has em- hope! braced many new exciting opportuni- Wrapping up our conversation, I ties. Daniel admits, “I wasn’t expecting it at all and was extremely realised that with Daniel’s strong, hold-fast mantra, I couldn’t let humbled by the whole experience.” The number of people who voted him go until he’d given me his advice for any potential models who for and supported him and his already substantial fan base truly want to break into the industry. He advocates being yourself, and reflect what he has accomplished at such a young age. New oppor- never letting anyone change you: “It is your individuality that sepa- tunities range from magazine and newspaper interview requests, to rates you from the rest.” He personally attributes his physical differ- new designers wanting to work with him. The next London Fashion ences as a ‘big guy’ - I’m talking tall, gym fit and muscular - with Week is looking extremely promising for this young model, and with making him stand out. He will go that extra mile and believes you a new manager, there is nothing stopping him from branching out. should “never ever give up”. Daniel is not your stereotypical, fame- Think you’ve got the style to The world is truly his oyster. What more could you ask for on a shoot: hungry, food-loathing model. He is an individual who prides himself outrank the rest on campus? looks, charm, character, and even training in medical care! on his roots. He wants to help pioneer the gym-honed gentleman Send your look to [email protected] Even with the award under his belt, Daniel doesn’t believe he look in the modelling industry, and has the brains and determination can rest on his laurels. When asked as to why he thinks the look of to go all the way. M M23 www.ey.com/uk/careers 26.11.2013 DIY: boys in it for themselves Holly Eve DEPUTY FASHION EDITOR IY is often considered the role of the man of the house, wearable, are to give a shirt a collar or pocket in a contrasting yet when a button falls off his favourite shirt or he’s ac- material, or to use interestingly coloured or shaped buttons. Dquired an embarrassingly awkward trouser-tear, the Bear in mind less sometimes really is more, and can be the handyman suddenly seems to flounder helplessly. Cue the difference between those with true style and the try-too-hard Hot wife/mother. Long gone, however, are the days when DIY sim- eccentrics. ply meant putting up a bookshelf: it is time, boys, to swap your Dye Everything: Tie-dye, dip-dye, stonewashed, hammers and hacksaws for some needle and thread. A clever bleached... 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All you need is a many various forms (smiley faces, yin-yang/peace symbols, bucket, some salt, some warm water, a big stirring spoon... and ham’s current do for diamante dollar signs) can be obtained from eBay for just a some poor, unsuspecting, fabric-victims to submerge. inspiration. couple of pounds. They are an easy, lazy way to add a bit of Quick-Fixes: Got a favourite pair of black boots or personality to a garment; simply iron on and add a few stitches brogues? Mesmerise your friends and make your shoes shine Christmas jump- around the edges for extra security. a beautiful deep green colour when they catch the light by pol- ers and Fairisle The Devil is in the Detail: Try using fabric paints and a ishing them with a green shoe polish. Want to give your foot- knits: A must fine paintbrush to apply intricate patterns to the collars and wear a quirky edge? Swap your plain laces for some garishly have as the cuffs of plain shirts. You don’t have to be a true artisan to make bright ones instead. The more they clash with everything else, a shirt look good: a few, simple swirls or a basic paisley pattern the better. Look even more dapper in your best blazer by pick- nights start to in gold metallic paint could easily make your shirt go from to- ing up a bargain vintage scarf from a charity shop and folding grow colder tally uninteresting to the talk of the town. In fact, true designer it into your top-pocket or as a fine cravat. Finally, add a beauti- and darker. shirts, with designer price tags, often aren’t hugely outrageous. ful brooch to your jacket lapel for that extra bit of character. Head to Urban Common tricks designers use to make their shirts stand out You can easily pick second-hand brooches up in charity shops Outfitters. from the bog-standard M&S multi-packs, whilst still being everywhere for under a fiver. They are not just for women! Hats: Snapbacks, beanies, caps and hoods. Covering your head suddenly looks so good.

Library nerds: Never has it been more important to look both smart and geeky.

Izzy Ashton tells us what’s going up and crashing down in the world of campus fashion. Sacre bleue! Isabel Marant H&M collection flops Dirty sports kit: worn all day is not Robbie Hodges acceptable. We get it, you play sport, FASHION WRITER now shower and change please. nknown to many women yet worn by all, Isabel Marant the best of us fall for (my submission to the Marni for H&M is the serpent of the fashion arena. Those wedge train- 2012 collection will forever haunt me). Uers your girlfriend’s wearing: Marant. Those Western Whilst I may sound bitter about my previous retail frivol- Butt cheeks: so booties she never takes off: Marant. That general studded-ness ity, surveys show that I am not alone. In the notoriously styl- 5 years ago. If we your girl pals can’t live without: you guessed it, Marant. ish Derwent College, a series of pieces from the Isabel Marant wanted to see them There is a reason this collection for H&M was eagerly an- Pour H&M collection were shown to randomly-selected male we would ask. ticipated. Contributing to the latent anticipation was the col- students, who were subsequently asked to guess the prices of lection’s significance as Marant’s first ever foray into menswear. said items. One hundred of the students estimated that the Trousers can and Commercially, Marant delivered a retail dream of a collec- jumper was being sold for less than it was, one student guessed should be worn tion. Trend-led, wearable, easily identifiable and good quality, £35 (half of the jumper’s actual price) and another speculated with a belt. it is little wonder men all over the world raided H&M’s online that it came from “a sub-standard high street shop, not much store, leaving it empty within minutes better than H&M”. Needless to say the of its release. Not only were Marant’s general attitude was one of repulsion classics, such as linen tees, available when the price (£69.99) was revealed. Flip-flops: in case for a fraction of the ‘Isabel Marant’ Further loathing ensued when I toed price, but identifiable design motifs H&M’s party line of “making high fash- you hadn’t noticed running through the collection in the ion accessible to all.” it’s freezing! We’re form of frayed wool, embroidery and There is an underlying paradox to knee-deep into No- monochrome knitwear (also digitally these designer collaborations. While the vember now, save transferred onto tees) littered the idea of democratising luxury goods to the flip-flops for range; providing it with cohesive uni- allow any plebeian to have a slice of the ty and designer sophistication. elitism offered by these designers sounds holiday. Shoes and This sophistication was also attractve. The exclusivity a ceratin eche- socks are the only way. present in the high-quality materi- lom of society look for in designers is lost als, notably the pure wool and sup- as a result of these colloborations. With- ple leathers, and the innovative way out wanting to sound melodramatic, col- these were used to create the Parisian laborations undermine (or expose) the Red trousers: “Look at my fucking designs which Marant is famous for, fashion industry. red trousers.” Nothing more needs to the mesh-like texture of the marled Therefore, whilst the hoo-hah sur- be said. purl-knit jumper for instance. All in rounding Isabel Marant’s inaugural all, it is fair to say that H&M churned menswear collection is totally justified out another perfectly purchasable collection and Isabel Ma- and given the overwhelming successful response, I urge any rant proved her menswear credentials, no questions asked. collaboration-junkies to seek help and avoid losing your all It was a nice and wearable collection: nice, wearable and your money. Yes, Isabel Marant Pour H&M wasn’t a com- unaffordable. Despite being a long-term fan of H&M - a fan- pletely unpurchasable collection, but you’d be a blind fool to dom based primarily upon their extensive research into sus- listen to their ethos of accessibility and pay their consequently Not tainable fashion, the provision of stylish eco-conscious cloth- extortionate prices. That’s not to say that I haven’t already set ing at filthy cheap prices, and their support of young design ‘H&M designer collaboration 2014’ on Google Alerts or that I talents- I have no desire to buy their designer collaborations. don’t know the staff at H&M York by name, but a little more They are overpriced booby-traps for fashion slaves, traps that honesty wouldn’t go unappreciated. Reliving tweed Move over mad men, the period drama influnecing menswear this season is peaky blinders. think 1920s birmingham, flat caps, tweed and corduroy. the men are brooding and the tailoring is sharp. )=6CA&D51@A&)/./&B7@55&?8535&AC8B&8=&7C=B8=6&BD5543&F#%"(&0>?A7>?&B85&8=&2;13:3&F#"(&0>?A7>?&H1B&31?3&F#$(&*@>6C5A&<>45;GA&>D=!&,1<5A&D51@A& 6@5E&3753:54&BD554&913:5B3&F'%(&2;13: 2CBB>=54&D78B5&A78@B3&F$"(&6@5E&2@135A3&F#"(&H1B&31?3&F#$(&1;;&0>?A7>?!&+@&-1@B5=GA&2;13:&A7>5A3&F&%(&6@5E B@>CA5@A&<>45;GA&>D=!& photographer - petroc taylor models- angus ryan and james potter fashion assistants - izzy ashton, alfie packham Creative director & fashion editor - rachel thompson M14 Facing www.ey.com/uk/careers 26.11.2013 PREJUDICE. Changing Faces, Changing Minds For over twenty years, James Partridge has been fighting prejudice against people with disfigurements. He tells Adrian Tschismarov why Face Equality matters.

here is a long way to go but I’ve never been less than (advanced medical makeup which can reduce the visibility adds interest to the show and they can be quite normal; they optimistic and, of course, getting some good things of disfigurements) is available in 150 UK clinics, seeing over can fall in love or have awful affairs. Everybody has their own “Tto happen encourages that.” This could easily be a 5,000 patients. In another recent success, a Changing Faces story.” summary of James Partridge’s approach to life and his work. Practitioner has been employed in Edinburgh Sick Kids Hos- When people with disfigurements are portrayed in popu- Whilst there is much to be frustrated about, in his public ap- pital, to excellent patient feedback. In addition to this, plas- lar culture, they tend to be placed in one role and one role only. pearances, newspaper editorials and all throughout our brief tic surgeons will also soon be required to complete a module “All too often there is the easy script that says ‘Oh, let’s just put interview, he is charismatic, approachable and positive. focussing on the psychological issues for patients with disfig- some scars on this person’s face’ and on the whole they become James Partridge is the founder and chief executive of urements. The glacial pace of the NHS as well as budget cuts a villain.” Any one case may seem innocuous, but for people Changing Faces, a charity that champions the cause of peo- mean that some medical specialties are “still in a semi-prehis- dealing with the harsh social ramifications of disfigurement, ple with disfigurements, meaning anyone with an unusual ap- toric era”, as Partridge puts it, but the charity’s progress cannot they can be immediately felt. This is especially true in schools, pearance due to birthmarks, skin conditions, paralysis, cancer be denied; an estimated 14,000 patients have benefitted from where Changing Faces clients have reported being called Fred- and scarring. It is a charity that finds it necessary to act on dy Kruger, Two-Face and any number of horror movie villains the behalf of people with disfigurements in many facets of life, with facial scarring. criticizing a looks-obsessed culture and its prejudices against Disney’s The Lone Ranger is the latest entry in this sad people with unusual appearances. It attempts to help people “There were moments when I tradition, with facial scars as the defining characteristic of its with disfigurements live productive and fulfilling lives, aiming realised that I could influence cartoonish villain, Butch Cassidy. The Lego set associated with to improve their treatment in education, the workplace and the film made the stereotypical assumption explicit in its de- medical services. how others saw me and behaved scription of Cassidy as “a ruthless outlaw whose terribly scarred A large part of Changing Faces’ strategy is “general face is a perfect reflection of the bottomless pit that passes for awareness raising and policy influ- ence, trying to towards me, by what I did” his soul”. Changing Faces expressed its concerns, and whilst increase professionals’ inter- Lego was quick to remove the offending description, Disney est, awareness, training and has still not responded to the criticisms. “Some companies put skills around the subject”. training targeted at health care professionals last year. their hands up and apologise, but there is discomfort. People But, as Partridge argues, There is also another side to the work of Changing Faces, and companies don’t feel very comfortable when you point out “being aware of some- which is the “Campaign for Face Equality”. This is an attempt that they’ve committed some kind of prejudice, even if they’ve thing is not necessar- to change the negative public representation of people with done it unwittingly.” As a result, the task of changing the cul- ily enough. Quite a lot disfigurements, a representation that leads people with birth- ture around disfigurement can sometimes seem impossible. of health profession- marks, skin conditions and scars to be considered less attrac- “Small victories don’t add up to anything really, but we’ve got als are aware of the tive, less successful and less likely to lead happy lives. This is a to start somewhere. We have to be persistent in our attempts patients’ psycho-social culture that, unfortunately, James Partridge is all too familiar to change people’s and companies’ preconceptions, and it’s not needs but they don’t with. going to be easy.” get to the next step. We In 1970, then only 18 years old, Partridge - a promising need to put systems and student about to start a Politics, Philosophy and Economics arrangements in place to course at Oxford University - survived a car accident with ex- address these concerns.” tensive burns to his face, body and hands. In the hospital, he “You can meet someone with a Despite this, Partridge was discouraged to look in the mirror for three months. “That and Changing Faces have was a very, very difficult five years of my life.” It started a long, disfigurement comfortably ” made admirable pro- arduous process back into social and public life. “I think ex- gress. The charity’s cruciating would describe it best. It would be impossible to “Skin Camou- describe every tiny interaction that I felt was difficult, or went I wonder then, if there is an assured way of speaking to flage” service wrong every time I went out of my house. I felt exposed and someone with a disfigurement without unwittingly commit- vulnerable.” ting some kind of prejudice. A section on Changing Faces’ “There were breakthrough moments when I realised website offers very broad advice: look them in the eyes, don’t that, actually, I could influence how others saw me and be- stare and treat them like you would everyone else. “It is very haved towards me, by what I did.” Yet even these moments generalised, it’s not perfect,” Partridge admits. “Our attempt is came with their own troubling realisations for Partridge. really to bring it to a sense that this is possible.” “I discovered that the more self-conscious I was, the “You can meet somebody with a disfigurement comfort- more self-conscious others were. But how could I feel ably. If you are worried, think about how you react when comfortable about myself when others didn’t? It made you meet somebody who’s bald or a wheelchair user and the for a very unpleasant experience.” principles are probably much the same - you don’t stare at his With time and experience, Partridge found it eas- bald head; you don’t ask her why she’s in a wheelchair. You ier to handle his situation, and in 1990, he published interact with them like with anybody else: nice weather, what’s the book “Changing Faces: The Challenge of Facial the score of the match, how come you’re here, who else do you Disfigurement”. “It was really the warm reaction know, and all sorts of small talk. The big talk, if it’s going to to that book that triggered me to try and set up a become big talk, comes later, and only if the other person gives charity, which I eventually did, and got it off the you signals to the effect of, yes, I don’t mind talking ground in the May of 1992.” about this.” “There was a great deal of scepticism that I As for the future of Chang- would ever manage to raise any money for a sub- ing Faces and the charity’s ject like disfigurement, unless I was desperate cause, Partridge is optimis- about it. But I wasn’t feeling desperate about it. tic. “There’s an important I wanted to create a charity that had a positive opportunity for students approach to the subject, but that was also chal- to think hard about how lenging – challenging to the culture and public these subjects are tackled. attitude and ridicule and unfairness.” When I was a student in This cultural current, however, is still strong, the 70s, the civil rights and is difficult to change in an era of ever-increas- movement was still relatively ing beauty standards. Flawless faces and bodies are unsupported, feminism was often depicted as the only way to happiness, con- very much a key issue of the tingent on buying certain products, wearing certain era, and in those days disability clothes and behaving a certain way. Aside from their politics had hardly been invented. public portrayal and perception, the mere representa- Forty years is a long time, and it may tion of people with disfigurements sometimes seems take that long to make face equality a like a depressingly distant goal. “Having a recurring familiar topic in the public mind. character on a popular soap opera like EastEnders Students forty years on from would be a great step forward,” says Partridge. The now will hopefully say, ‘ah, problem is that producers and screenwriters shy away that’s a given, we don’t from difficult, sensitive topics. “We need to persuade need to discuss it, of TV companies that people are not going to switch off course face equality is just because somebody looks a bit unusual. It actually important.’” M. M15 www.ey.com/uk/careers 26.11.2013

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“All too often there is the easy script that says ‘Oh, let’s just put some scars on this person’s face’ and on the whole they become a villain” www.ey.com/uk/careers M16 26.11.2013 MUSIC. 2013: A Year in Review Our Music team rounds up the standout records of this musical annum, from the most memorable to the downright controversial.

f you think 2013 has been defined astille have achieved huge suc- Iby house and garage, you’ve been Bcess over the past year, reaching missing out. Peace have spearheaded a number 2 in the UK singles charts with Birmingham guitar resurgence, set to ‘Pompeii’ just days before the release of continue into next year. They might be their chart topping album Bad Blood. arty wannabes, calling themselves Peace This hipster-pop group have successfully and having their first EP, Delicous, pushed the usual chart boundries, com- adorned with a watermelon peace sign. peting with the likes of Rhinna and One But since they are among the few bands Direction to produce a fresh and eclectic actually progressing the UK music scene sound which is becoming increasingly this year, we can let them off. ‘Wraith’ sought after. That hairspray-addicted has quickly become an integral part of frontman managed to get a song inspired the MIC soundtrack thanks to its funky by ancient Rome into the mainstream for riff and cocaine references, while ‘Fol- the first time since Foals’ 2007 hit ‘Cas- low Baby’ is the grunge anthem this 90s sius’. Notable tracks include ‘Things We comeback needs to get itself off. There Lost in the Fire’, a translation of his heart- hasn’t been an indie ballad so delicate break and ‘Laura Palmer’ which the band since ‘Mardy Bum’, but ‘Float Forever’ members poured their souls into, turning and for that matter. ‘California Daze’ are In Love, Peace. an idol into a blood-racing anthem. Bad Blood, Bastille. why we fell in love. Alex Donaldson Victoria Chater-Lea Columbia Virgin, EMI, Universal

ollowing the popularity of ‘Latch’ in his year saw the eagerly awaited re- F2012, Surrey band Disclosure’s first Tturn of electro legends Daft Punk. album from was certainly highly anticipat- Random Access Memories elevated the duo ed. It takes UK garage to a new place by to unforeseen critical acclaim, surpassing showing an awareness of a general pop aes- their previous studio releases. Although thetic but retains the classic electronic and Daft Punk fanatics were disappointed with house-like drops. Each collaborator bring the progression away from the synthesized a fantastic level of variety to their tracks. techno of classic Daft Punk, RAM repre- We see the likes of Sam Smith, Ed MacFar- sents, in Giovanni Georgio’s own words, lane and London Grammar appearing and “the sound of the future” with a new focus their individuality provides the foundation on a disco-funk sound and the importance for the brothers to produce some use their of live instruments. The surreal tones number one formula.. Highlights include combined with musical nostalgia and re- ‘Help Me Lose My Mind’ and ‘You & Me’. markable collaborations culminate in 80 Disclosure’s signature sound has come to minutes of unbeatable melodies. Semi- define pretty much every night you’ve been nal tracks include ‘Give Life Back to Mu- on this year., we’ve Search Results definite- sic’, ‘Instant Crush’ and ‘Within’, marking ly all had seem the bass faces ‘When A Fire Random Access Memories as the pinnacle Settle, Disclosure. Starts To Burn’ gets dropped. Alex Killeen Random Acess Memories, of Daft Punk’s creativity and innovation. Francesca Donovan PMR, Island Daft Punk. Columbia

anye West came, he saw (Jay Z’s aura Marling’s fourth record Kpoor album), he conquered. Yee- Lmarks a departure from her initial zus is the filthiest album of the year. As al- innocence into a realm rougher, darker ways Kanye is controversial: I’m not even and more self-assured. OIWAE deals with allowed to quote the sweet and sour sauce the fallout from a failed relationship: loss, line. But less outrageous songs like ‘Bound pain and eventual acceptance. Previous 2’ and ‘Blood on the Leaves’ display the albums had a somewhat literary, dream- sampling genius of this record, combined like focus. This latest LP is gritty and with impeccably innovative lyrics. Long deeply personal; almost Bob Dylan-esque, time collaborator Bon Iver feaures on ‘Hold with childhood and naiveté as themes My Liqour’, his etherial vocals adding a throughout. Her range has expanded and haunting resonance to a standout track in her guitar playing, particularly on ‘Lit- a standout LP. The production is a triumph tle Love Caster’, with its delicate Spanish from Rick Rubin, if anyone can pull off trap guitar, is beautiful throughout. And don’t rap its Kanye. Jesus, I mean, Yeezus will un- forget: she’s only 23. The waifish ingénue doubtedly go down as a landmark record, if of English folk has so much more to of- not just for ‘I am a God’ ft. God. fer. Our standout tracks include ‘Once’, Alex Donaldson ‘Where Can I Go?’, and the beautiful ‘Mas- Yeezus, Kanye West. ter Hunter’. Anwen Baker Once I Was An Eagle, Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam Laura Marling. Virgin

to the reach of his music and the number of people it drove him to really consider music as a career, “I was In !e Spotlight: Vance Joy has affected. One of the most emotional songs and the doing uni and I was also ticking away writing songs oldest on the EP is ‘From Afar’. It was pieced together and then at the end of uni I thought maybe I should Katrina Northern interviews. over a long time, as Vance explains “I had that line, ‘I spend six months just doing music and see what hap- love you from afar’… I wasn’t even thinking about writ- pens… that was about a year ago”. The rest is history. t’s been an exciting year for James Keogh, the twenty- ing songs in terms of really forcing anything… The He admits to being influenced by songwriters such five year old folk singer-songwriter from Melbourne. writing process can take ages, but the best songs usu- as Neil Finn from Crowded House and Paul Kelly but IHis debut EP God Loves You When You’re Dancing ally take a long while – let them simmer and they be- also “all the same music you guys probably listen to – came out earlier this year after he caught the eye of At- come richer because of that experience”. like I listen to that new Arcade Fire song a lot”. Hav- lantic Records. Now he has ventured to the UK. Vance takes his name from the book Bliss by Peter ing signed a five record deal with Atlantic, Vance has “I’ve toured in Australia and America so it made Carey where his namesake is, aptly, a storyteller and at least one shot at a full length album and will go into sense to come over here and dip my foot in the water it is that name that was recently announced as a win- the studio in Seattle after the tour concludes. With his and see if there was anyone around here who was inter- ner of two AIR awards (for breakthrough artist and EP casual charm and melancholic folk sound the future is ested in my music.” The sold-out shows are testament of the year). It was an addiction to song-writing which bright for this Australian sensation. M17 www.ey.com/uk/careers 26.11.2013 Kodaline and PHOTO COURTESY OF KODALINE their Perfect World

Alex Killeen catches up with Jason Boland, chatting Birmingham truths, recording the al- bum and keeping their music about the music.

he past year has been an epic and progressive journey for Kodaline, the four piece from Dublin. Their sudden Trise to fame is undoubtedly down to their emotionally poignant material and, Irish accents. I only got to sit down with Jason Boland the bassist, as the rest of the band was still knackered from what I presumed was a mixture of their gig at The Forum in London the previous night, the extensive journey to Leeds and a likely lethal hangover. After traversing through the maze that is the backstage of Stylus (the Univeristy of Leeds live venue) we finally managed to find somewhere to sit down. Opening with generic questions I asked how he was, how the tour was going, how the summer festivals went, all the standard stuff. The sudden acclaim must have was done by a mate of ours in Dublin who’s called Ste- and this is catalysing many bands’ success. “There is this been shocking, although he did mention that in the US, vie Russell and he’s a really great director. He’s actually new feeling that people have latched on to way quicker. it’s exactly like they were starting out again. They were the guy in the mask, he directed it, wrote it, acted in it Because we’ve all been in bands before and, you know, “back to small clubs” with only “400-500 capacity” and and it’s his job as well. We really wanted a narrative for it does, it feels like music is changing slightly, and it’s then immediately coming back and playing their “big- that one, just to go with the mood of the song and the moved forward. And I think with HAIM coming over gest shows to date in the UK so far” was “absolutely biz- message. We went back to him again for ‘High Hopes.’ from the States and stuff like that, music is in a really zare.” He iterated that they try to work with trustworthy direc- good position, that it hasn’t been.” The interview really sparked up when, by sheer tors but try to allow the filmmaking process to make the From the significance of originality, the conversa- coincidence, he mentioned that the band ‘lived in Bir- most of individuals’ creative potential. tion naturally moved to the other major success bringer mingham for about a year’. Not to be biased, but being This philosophy was built upon further when we to bands nowadays, the Internet and social networking, a native Brummie, my ears immediately pricked up. It discussed the nature of the band’s recording routine. a trait Kodaline are particularly attuned to. It provides only got better when he mentioned that they were liv- “We try to put as much of ourselves into the songs, so it’s accessibility and breaks the barrier between the band ing in Moseley - a mere ten minutes from me. Suddenly really the music that we want to listen to, that’s what we and their fans in a much more extensive fashion than we were discussing the “slightly trendy” haunts like, try to make” and that “we let the song say what it needs. anything before it. “People can latch on to what they love The Fighting Cocks, The Bull’s Head and The Prince of In the least poncey way possible.” Stressing the modern without buying it, you know, there’s Twitter and most Wales. significance of individuality, both as an artist and within of our fans have found us on YouTube or they’ve found When I brought up the Hare us through like streaming and Hounds, his instant reaction services and that’s a whole was “love it” and he mentioned different way to connect. the acoustic set in there; a per- “When you hear that four by four beat for the fucking And people are connect- formance I can only imagine. The ing with the music now, thought that one of his favourite twentieth time on the radio it’s like, rather than the image of gigs was actually the “Ultimate the band.” It’s a possibility Dubstep Orchestra” playing in that the internet can open the upstairs of a casual local of I like this song but… meh” us to an age of music, in- many a warring OAP and stu- stead of an age of genre dent, is nothing short of weird. aesthetics and artist ste- Upon mentioning the underestimation of Bir- songs he went on: ‘‘I think a lot of music just goes by reotypes. mingham’s music scene, it made me happy to see Jason the formula so much these days that that’s when it starts From talking with Jason for roughly half an hour I quickly defending the city, mentioning their rehearsal grating. You know when you hear that four by four beat got the feeling that Kodaline are intent on letting their studio: “We were in Rich Bitch, that rehearsal place in for the fucking twentieth time on the radio it’s like, I like music and their music alone define them. This was Selly Oak, and like, The Editors were in the room next this song but…meh.” summed up in his closing personal insight when Jason to us. There was a lot of really good music all the time.” Judging from what he described, they are extremely explained their name because obviously, a lot of creative Feeling like I’d moved off on to a slight tangent I meticulous in their own individuality-ensuring endeav- genius went into creating it, or not. “There’s no magic, asked about an aspect of Kodaline that has always in- ours. “We’re very much a studio band in that we just kin- it’s just, it sounded better the more we drank, that’s real- trigued me, their surreal and thought-provoking videos. da try everything and then you just take it all off and put ly all it was. We wanted to come up with something, that He emphasized the point that they try to make their vid- a few little bits back in until it feels right again.” Topping was just, what we thought was not a word, you know. eos ‘about the music as much as possible’ but revealed it off by saying that “if we have a ‘but’ about a song then That we could just take ownership of and let it be about that they actually put the video production opportunities it’s not gonna get through.” This is an increasingly popu- the music, ‘cause we were very much just trying not to be up online. When discussing ‘All I Want’, he mentioned it lar attitude among artists and the mainstream audience image-based, trying not to be a ‘the’.” M REVERB. “... One chord is fine. Two chords is pushing it. Lou Reed, Progressive. Three and you’re into Jazz.” M18 www.ey.com/uk/careers 26.11.2013 FILM & TV. Let the games begin (again) Review: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Rosemary Collins

he sequel to a blockbuster film is a risky agers are chosen by lottery to fight each other the Games is growing into a revolution, and role the media plays in manipulating how we proposition. Often film-makers play it to the death until only one survives. President Coriolanus Snow (Donald Suther- see the world, and even our obsession with re- Tsafe by repeating the formula that made The sequel picks up shortly after Katniss land) is putting her under pressure to prove ality TV. money the first time, with over-stretched and Everdene (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Mel- her loyalty. This is helped by a smart screenplay, ineffective results. Luckily this latest young lark (Josh Hutcherson) managed to survive Lawrence’s performance as Katniss mixes which manages to deliver a lot of exposition adult adaptation juggernaut takes a different the Hunger Games through Katniss’ lethal defiance and vulnerability in a way that really with minimum awkwardness and even some approach: expanding on the world of the first skill with a bow and arrow and a faked ro- makes the viewer feel the agony of her situa- black humour. Accomplished cinematography film in a way that feels natural, with the same mance that won the audience’s hearts. tion, and director Francis Lawrence does an and special effects make both the high-tech excitement and emotion. The story is less simple this time, because excellent job of lending the story breadth and Capitol and Katniss’ snow-covered home in The first Hunger Games book and film staying alive has just marked the beginning of depth. Catching Fire may be a Hollywood District 12 vividly real. This convincing back- had a straightforward but irresistible premise: Katniss’ problems. In addition to her personal money-train, but its depiction of the rebellion drop makes the tense and often brutal story in the futuristic dystopia of Panem, the popu- trauma and confusion about her feelings for against the Capitol and the pressure Katniss of Katniss’ struggle to survive and defy Snow lace are kept both entertained and oppressed Peeta, she still lives under a ruthlessly op- is under to maintain her image draw sly paral- grippingly real. by the annual Hunger Games, where 24 teen- pressive government. The support she won in lels with modern political conflicts, the heavy

The Counsellor Christoph Macdowall riter Cormac McCarthy’s ideas often translate well into film – look no further than No Country For WOld Men – but the very fact that McCarthy is writ- ing straight for the screen makes The Counsellor a flawed, but still sometimes effective, film. Michael Fassbender plays the counsellor in question, though instead of counselling, he gets involved in criminal activity through Reiner (Javier Bardem) and Westray (Brad Pitt). The plot is thin but the film becomes an unpleasant and sinister meditation on money, greed and consequences. While most McCarthy adaptations have turned his cen- Don Jon tral themes into atmospheric, involving pieces of cinema, The In Fear Counsellor is almost so rich that it becomes distracting. The Michael Brennan thoughtful and intense dialogue is built mainly on monologues Amy Wong and philosophical statements that give the characters depth, eductive glances, lips slightly parted: the alluring but make them annoyingly obvious symbols of the script’s eremy Lovering’s film debut is a stylish take on the fa- promise of sex. And this is just the advertising before themes. Cameron Diaz’s character Malkina, for example, is miliar story of two lost drivers being terrorised by a mys- Sthe film, used to sell cars, insurance and car insurance. made to be the embodiment of pure nihilism and evil, but Jtery pursuer. Alice Englert and Iain De Caestecker have Three boys, their legs propped up on the seats in front, half- while she is suitably cold and piercing, the very fact that she’s fantastic chemistry as Lucy and Tom, the couple seeking to watch, half-glance down to their phones: unable to break being visually compared to a leopard and coming up with state- commemorate their two week anniversary at a hotel. Admit- apart from this world of technology, even when paying ex- ments like “the truth has no temperature” in pretty much the tedly, Englert’s performance is a little one-note compared to tortionate cinema ticket prices. first minute of her screen time prevents her from feeling like a De Caestecker’s depiction of Tom, which sees him move ef- It is these two elements of the modern age which Don character with any interesting motivations. fortlessly between awkward shyness, cocky bravado, repressed Jon speaks about: our obsession with sex, our obsession with However, the film is not without its strengths: the omni- anxiety, anger and complete despair. technology and how the latter distorts our perception of the presence of evil within the dialogue and story is counterweight- Lovering’s decision to conceal aspects of the plot from former. The title is an allusion to the Byronic womaniser ed by the fact that director Ridley Scott gives the film a visually the cast generally pays off, giving Lucy and Tom’s distress Don Juan. But despite being a happy, sexually active Jersey stylish edge, from the memorable character wardrobes to the authenticity. However, the use of semi-improvisation tends douchebag, technology has turned the modern-day Don Jon (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) into a porn addict who prefers los- fantastic locations, and as expected, there is no questioning to result in frustratingly repetitive and inane dialogue. The ing himself in the fantasy to having to compromise with the the brilliance of his camerawork. The violence is primal and film is also plagued by the familiar horror movie mistake of practicalities of real life. vicious but always hiding behind a glossy surface. characters making illogical decisions. A particularly ludicrous The film’s use of the details of modern communication - Of the different performers here, Bardem’s acting best example is when Tom leaves the car and fails to take Lucy’s the buzz of a vibrating phone, the sound of a Macbook start- complements McCarthy’s writing style – for one thing, he frantic screams seriously, despite being terrified himself only ing up and the thrill of finding someone on Facebook - rings comes across as someone who actually does talk too much, and moments ago. true. But other times Gordon-Levitt’s direction tries so hard furthermore, it is not always what he says in his speeches that is A major strength of In Fear is that rather than opting for to imbue every frame with meaning that the obsession with the most effective, but what’s left unsaid. When explaining how cheap gory scare tactics, it focuses on the recognisable fear of technology borders on caricature. The extent of Jon’s sister’s a particularly nasty motorised murder weapon works he talks the sinisterly intangible dark, exaggerated by disorientation. commitment to her phone, while humorous, is so exagger- about it with both fascination and disgust, but doesn’t seem to The skilful camerawork makes it easy to empathise with Lucy ated that it trivialises Jon’s genuine addiction. The repetitive cycle which the film undergoes, while consider the effect it’d have on the victim. It’s up to us to decide and Tom. frustrating to watch at times, conveys the ways he has to whether it’s because he doesn’t care, or because he doesn’t want Point of view shots force the audience to share their cope with this addiction, showing the small, subtle changes to think about it. increasing anxiety as they are met with the same mislead- which take place within his struggle to keep it hidden from ing road sign yet again, whilst their isolation is emphasised his girlfriend Barbara. Scarlet Johansson gives an effective through shots which plunge the cinema in total darkness ex- ‘Jerseylicious’ performance, her surface-level ‘love’ and at- cept for the car’s lights. The earlier scares are perfectly timed; tractive features quietly contrasted with a fragile vulnerabil- in one scene, a sudden attack brings a jarring end to the peace ity and a subtle manipulation, though the film thankfully that has just been re-established following an argument. refuses to demonise or victimise her. Unfortunately, the tension is destroyed by the premature The film sometimes feels undercut by the glossy produc- revelation of the antagonist’s identity, meaning the last half of tion values: it boosts a colourful palette, swelling score and slick editing, alongside a couple of distracting celebrity cam- the film drags. Although the unhinged pursuer is initially un- eos. Don Jon is most affecting when it gels with its own mes- nerving, his lack of motivation makes his actions seem point- sage, that of stripping things back to the basics in life. And less, whilst the ending is too abrupt to be satisfying. the moments where it engages rather than simply preaches In short, In Fear fails to fully deliver or offer anything are when the audience are able to truly lose themselves in particularly ground-breaking, but the excellent cast and beau- the film. If they’re not too busy on their smartphones. tiful camerawork make it worth a watch. M19M8 www.ey.com/uk/careers 04.12.201226.11.2013

Doctor Who 50th The Time Lord Timeline Michael Brennan 23/11/1963 - First episode of Doctor Who, An Unearthly Child, Anniversary Special 21/12/1963 - First appearance airs, introducing the Doctor and his time machine, the TARDIS. of a Dalek. The Daleks would be- come the most popular monster on the show, boosting its profile through ‘Dalekmania’.

03/01/1970 - The first appear- ance of John Pertwee as the Doc- tor as well as marking the series’ move to colour.

08/06/1974 - Unknown Tom Baker takes over the role of the Doctor and with his long scarf and big hair he becomes the most iconic Doctor worldwide.

21/03/1981 - After a record seven seasons, Baker bows out as the Doctor, taken over by Peter Davi- son’s celery-loving incarnation. 16/03/1984 - Peter Davison leaves in “The Caves of Androza- ni”, and is replaced by Colin Bak- er, whose costume made many viewers wish the show had never made the move to colour.

1985-86 - Spearheaded partly by the BBC1 controller’s dislike, the show entered a hiatus. 18 months later, its return did little to im- prove the ratings and Colin Baker Review: ‘Day of the Doctor’ was fired from the role.

7/09/1989 - This marks the first Katy Sandalls and George Wood appearance of Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor, first in a wig pretend- ifty years: few TV series have reached such a this is a clichéd thing to say about Doctor Who, but ing to be Colin Baker and then, prestigious milestone. Then again, few shows the balance here was perfect, with an ending that post-regeneration, as the fully- Fcan reinvent themselves to new generations paid respects to the show’s past while eagerly look- fledged Seventh Doctor. of audiences the way Doctor Who has. To say there ing forward to the show’s future. was a lot riding on this episode is an understate- Plus we got a few unspoilt treats, like our first 06/12/1989 - The Doctor and ment, but show-runner Steven Moffat has pulled sneak peak of the new Doctor (Peter Capaldi), and his companion Ace walk into the off an excellent piece of entertainment without the return of fan favourite Tom Baker in his myste- distance together and the show’s veering too much into self-referential indulgence, rious role as the ‘Great Curator’. 26-year run is brought to an end. or the hackneyed melodrama that Doctor Who is But compared to other specials, The Day of the sometimes criticised for. Doctor succeeded not because of its nostalgic nods 26/11/1993 - To celebrate 30 There was something for everyone in the epi- or the thrill of seeing characters from the show’s years of Doctor Who, a special sode and for the fanboys and fangirls there was a past, present and future interact on screen, but Children in Need crossover with plethora of references to enjoy (Codename Cromer, because of the episode’s restraint on overblowing Eastenders takes place. Some anyone?). these elements as to provide a richly woven story things are best forgotten. For the later fan the return of David Tennant that lives up to the Doctor Who name. reminds us all why he is remembered as one of No one was there just for the sake of it, and 27/05/1996 - Doctor Who re- the best Doctors. In terms of the actual plot a few no one was made to stay in the turns for a TV movie starring Paul McGann as the Eigth Doc- cracks seemed to have appeared in Moffatt’s wall: TARDIS just because the tor, whose brief presence was the unsatisfactory conclusion to Kate Stewart’s at- writers had no role for extended by audio stories and a tempt to destroy the whole of London was quickly them. The Day of the short prequel to the 50th episode. passed over in order to get to the more juicy sto- Doctor left you want- ryline of the return of Gallifrey. ing more, an experi- 27/05/2005 - Russell T Davies Indeed, UNIT, Elizabethan England and the ence only enhanced finally brings Doctor Who back to Zygon threat served as plot devices to parallel the by cinema viewing. our screens with Christopher Ec- real crux of the story: John Hurt’s War Doctor Could its suc- cleston as the Doctor. Eccleston considering the decision to commit genocide on cess be repeated only stayed one series, paving the his race for the greater good of the universe. Hurt in twenty-five or way for David Tennant to guide is on fine form, playing an introspective role that even fifty years the show through its most popu- juxtaposed the livelier Doctors of Tennant and Matt time? It’s hard lar period ever. Smith (“Are you capable of speaking without flap- to tell. But the ping your hands about?” was a brilliant line). endurance of 03/04/2010 - Matt Smith’s first Having Billie Piper return as The Moment, a Doctor Who full episode airs and guides the Ghost of Christmas Future to Hurt’s Doctor, rather was almost show into a new era alongside than former companion Rose Tyler, was refreshing c e r t a i n l y new head writer Steven Moffat. - we certainly didn’t need another ‘Doomsday’ re- reaffirmed union (though the Bad Wolf references must have by this been irresistible!). episode. In fact, Moffatt really seemed to have pulled So Geroni- 23/11/2013 - Smith’s final full episode before Peter Capaldi’s era starts, it out of the bag for once. In his earlier series, he mo! Al- with Zygons, Daleks, David Tennant and Billie Piper all returning to cel- was criticised for making convoluted and unappeal- l o n s – y ! ebrate 50 years of this British institution. ing story arcs, and in the last series, every episode G a l l i f r e y seemed to lack any satisfying conclusion. Perhaps stands! M20 www.ey.com/uk/careers 26.11.2013 FOOD AND DRINK. Proud to be Indie

Grace Marsh talks to Mike Tattersall about winning awards, cooking with Paul Hollywood and riding his beloved tuk-tuk

ot everyone can say they’ve been personally Indie Ice’s twist on traditional kulfi has gained 18 invited to star on Paul Hollywood’s show. But Great Taste Awards, the most prestigious accolade in Nthis is the case for Mike Tattersall, owner of In- the foodie world, making Mike the only kulfi manu- die Ices, a Leeds based kulfi producer rapidly growing facturer ever to win such awards. Despite this, success in success. Mike set up Indie Ices in 2009 following a doesn’t come easily for an independent producer, par- career in the food industry as a technical manager in a ticularly in the challenging economic climate. Mike ex- factory.After deciding to leave this job, Mike became a plains: “It’s a hard road, a harder road than I expected house husband and was looking for “something to take it to be, I kind of expected restaurants to be flocking to [him] forward that could work alongside looking after me.” Perhaps his appearance on Paul Hollywood’s new the kids.” Indie Ices was born. Mike stocks his kulfi at series, Pies and Puds, will bring his deserved success. local cafes but also makes appearances at street food Fresh from judging on The Great British Bake Off, events, festivals and weddings with Asha, his custom Paul Hollywood’s latest venture celebrates food from “He was there eating my kulfi lollies built tuk-tuk named after Indian singer, Asha Bhosle. different artisans and local producers across the UK, Where did Mike conjure up such an original and in each of the series’ 20 episodes. Mike believes that inventive idea? On first appearances, it seems slightly he was picked out “because of Indie Ices’ interesting which was quite exciting really” surprising that Lancaster born family man, Mike, is background.” Hollywood puts a twist on a classic Brit- running a business selling an authentic Indian dessert. ish dish, which for Mike’s episode was creating an arc- But it appears that he has his Indian wife’s parents to tic roll filled with kulfi instead of ice cream. thank. After trying their traditional kulfi recipe, Mike Hollywood seemed to be quite the fan of Mike’s loved it so much that he began producing it from his products:“He was there eating my kulfi lollies which home in Leeds. As Mike comments on his website, “I was quite exciting really. He had three of them whilst was wooed as much by the recipe as by the woman.” he was on set and he seemed to enjoy them.” Selling to local cafes and restaurants, he uses good It seems that the British Bake Off judge does have quality ingredients to produce fantastic products. a softer side, which may come as a surprise consid- For Mike, the idea of producing kulfi “was a good ering his arrogant attitude and distribution of harsh marriage of my background (in the food industry) criticism on the show: “He was cool, very cool, quite with what I thought was a wonderful product when I witty and chatty. You can see he’s had years of experi- first tasted it.” He has never looked back since, recently ence, a bit of banter with people.” Perhaps the ability adding lassi, a yoghurt-based fruit drink to his innova- to switch personalities on and off camera comes with tive product range, which is sold at Leeds University. learned experience. For readers that are unaware of what exactly kulfi But Mike appears to have found the whole experi- is, Mike explained how it differs from ice cream: “kulfi ence a little overwhelming: “I think I was possibly too has a denser texture because of the production meth- nervous to have any banter with him.” od. They’re both frozen desserts but with kulfi, you’ll It’s unsurprising that Mike describes the whole ex- take milk and boil it for a couple of hours to reduce the perience as “quite a surreal process”. It’s not every day volume of it,” however, “with ice cream you’ll be tak- that a former househusband from Leeds gets such an ing milk and you’ll be whipping air into the product so opportunity; it’s certainly something that he deserves. you kind of make it softer and also a bit lighter.” Kulfi Never have I met such a humble man with so much is essentially a much creamier and denser version of passion for his products. If he can impress Paul Hol- ice cream. lywood then Mike is surely destined for success. M Mike’s biggest sellers are the traditional flavours such as mango, and almond and pistachio, but he has Indie Ices is on Episode 16 of Paul Hollywood’s Pies and also played with flavours such as Baileys, champagne Puds, which was aired on 25 November at 3.45pm on and mango and lime. BBC One. It will be repeated on Saturday 30 November. PHOTO CREDIT: INDIE ICES (TOP), BBC PICTURE DESK (ABOVE)

Traditional Christmas tipples Sunaina Suri

Mulled Wine: Christmas isn’t complete without a Eggnog: Another classic Yuletide drink. While it isn’t glass of this hot, festive drink. Traditional recipes were so popular here in the UK, it’s definitely worth a try. much spicier, using lesser-known flavours such as The sweet creaminess may not be to everyone’s taste, galangal. However, the following recipe uses the spices but this recipe’s hearty helping of brandy ought to we more commonly associate with this festive time of quell any initial criticisms... year. You can also add in some star anise or replace the honey with caster sugar if you prefer. Ingredients 2 pints of whole milk Ingredients 6 eggs 2 bottles of red wine 50g of caster sugar 6 tbsp honey 1 vanilla pod, split 1 orange, studded with cloves 200ml of brandy 1 orange and 1 lemon, sliced Cocoa powder for dusting 1 tsp ground ginger 1 cinnamon stick Add the milk, eggs, sugar and vanilla in a pot and 2 tbsp Grand Marnier (optional) simmer (make sure you do not let it boil or it will cur- dle) until the mixture thickens enough to coat the back Simmer all the ingredients in a pan for 20 min- of a spoon. utes, excluding the Grand Marnier. Divide the brandy between the glasses and pour Add the Grand Marnier and enjoy the rich and the eggnog mixture over. Serve hot or chilled. spicy flavours. Dust with cocoa powder and enjoy. CREDIT: KATE MITCHELL M21 www.ey.com/uk/careers 26.11.2013 An international festive season Come Dine With... Holly Knight by Erin Rodgers oving to York and starting university has been a period of enlightenment lactose intolerant student. For Mfor me; becoming accustomed to some, cooking is not so simple. my flat mates and their strange yet wonder- AThose with eating preferences, re- ful habits has certainly been a challenge. One quirements or intolerances often venture thing that I have noticed in particular is the out into the culinary world with caution. variety of wonderful new smells that I en- Lydia found out that she was lac- counter when entering the kitchen. The end tose intolerant around three years ago. of term is fast approaching and when trying As a medic, she spends most of her day to arrange a house Christmas meal, it got me on campus. She always has to prepare thinking, what should we cook? With an um- her lunch in advance; buying lactose- brella of cultures and traditions living under free meals on campus isn’t very easy. She one roof, I decided to ask everyone about their doesn’t risk getting fast food at the end of individual food related traditions at Christ- a night out, but unsurprisingly she feels mas time and over New Year. grateful for this the morning after... My housemate, Binura Seneviratne, The foods Lydia misses most are Ben spoke to me about the variety of traditional and Jerry’s ice cream, whipped cream, foods that he eats in Sri Lanka over the New chocolate and McDonalds chicken nug- Year period, which begins on the 13th of April. gets. Yet she’s found that not consuming A traditional meal for him consists of banan- lactose has lost her half a stone; having as, Kiribath - coconut milk rice, Aluwa - a car- to avoid certain snacks means she eats damom flavoured sweet made from rice flour, healthily. However, Lydia does have to be Kokis - a traditional deep-fried sweet dish aware of calcium deficiency. made from rice flour and coconut milk that Does Lydia think there are sufficient Binura describes as tasting similar to poppa- alternative foods available? She noted doms. PHOTO CREDIT: ERIN ELI that the ‘free from’ sections are usually I then went on to question Andre Smith- great, particularly at Sainsbury’s. Going Garber, who informed me of the different hunter’s stew containing sauerkraut, meats soup, Zelevi Sarmi – stuffed cabbage leaves, out for meals is harder and she often find food that he eats around Christmas time, and mushrooms, as well as Pierogi - sweet Oshav – stewed dried fruit and peppers with that restaurants have lots of gluten free which he spends in two continents. When cheese dumplings. These are followed by a rice, followed by a simple but tasty dessert of options but not many dairy free ones. in Nigeria, his grandmother makes pepper grand array of dishes for the main course. As walnuts with honey. Often in restaurants, she feels that her stew, pounded yam - which he described as well as this, Opłatek, a type of Christmas wa- When questioning Steve Scott from intolerance isn’t taken seriously and that having a soft texture like tofu, Okro - a veg- fer is broken into twelve and shared amongst Guernsey on his family Christmas meal, he staff just think she’s being fussy. etable stew, chicken, Jollof rice - a rice dish the family to symbolise the twelve disciples of educated me on what he likes to call ‘The How does Lydia’s intolerance affect for special occasions and Puff Puff - a spongy Christ. Chilli Game.’ This game begins with giving her Christmas Dinner? Well, luckily, af- deep fried snack similar to doughnuts. Born In Bulgaria, Georgi Galov celebrates on each family member a hot chilli. However, ter three years, her mum is really great in New York, Andre normally has a roast Christmas Eve. Only vegetarian food is eaten little does one unsuspecting family member at cooking with alternatives (Lactofree ‘Christmas Dinner’ for Thanksgiving but on as the day marks the end of a 40-day meat- know that their chilli has been injected with milk and butter), so her Christmas Din- Christmas Day he tends to eat ribs, steak, stir less period followed by religious Bulgarians. ‘insanity sauce’... The aim of the game is to be ner isn’t affected at all... Phew. fry and fried rice for his main meal. Before eating, Koledna Pita takes place, the the last person to reach for the relieving pot of It’s surprising products contain lac- My Polish housemate Franciszka gave most important tradition of the day. A loaf of yoghurt after eating the extremely hot chilli. tose. Lactose-free foods can still taste me a great insight into Polish traditions at bread baked with a coin inside is broken into On questioning the point of this game, Steve pleasant, and alternatives often avoid the Christmas. In Poland, it is tradition to fast on pieces and if the coin is in your piece of bread, had no answer. Call me old fashioned but I fattiness associated with dairy products. Christmas Eve to prepare for the big Christ- then you will be rewarded with good fortune. will certainly not be introducing my family to So give them a go and step into the shoes mas Day meal. To start, she eats Bigos – a Georgi eats foods such as Bob Chorba – bean ‘The Chilli Game’ this Christmas! of a student with lactose intolerance.

Pie worth the pilgrimage Robyn’s winter wonderland Robyn Whiting Robyn Whiting creates a festive-themed gingerbread house, adorned with reindeer, he US holiday of Thanksgiving is cel- Moving on to the pastry, melt the but- ebrated on the fourth Thursday of No- ter in a microwave and mix with the flour to Christmas trees and snowmen. Delightful design, and creatively decorated! Tvember. The celebration can be traced form crumbs. Gradually add small amounts back to 1621 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, of water to the crumbs and mix. The crumbs when the Pilgrim Fathers and Puritans from should form a firm, non sticky dough - if the Europe came together to celebrate a good pastry is too wet, add more flour. harvest. Place a sheet of clingfilm on the work A particular Thanksgiving favourite surface and put the dough in the middle. Roll is apple pie, which originates from Medi- out the pastry until it is just thinner than a eval England and was brought to America by pound coin. Then place the rolled-out pastry English Pilgrims. Despite its non-American in an ovenproof dish or tart dish, trim the ex- origins, the apple pie has become one of the cess pastry around the edge and save for later. most important parts of the Thanksgiving Put all of the apple puree into the pastry meal. Try this recipe of apple pie with a deli- case and decorate using the leftover pastry. cious twist - caramel sauce! Bake in the oven for about 30 minutes or un- til the pastry is golden brown. Ingredients For the caramel sauce, place the butter 225g plain flour and sugar in a bowl and heat in the micro- 100g butter wave until melted. Afterwards, stir in the con- 25g sugar densed milk and continue to heat for a further 30ml of cold water minute. Now serve and enjoy! 3 large cooking apples 50g caster sugar 50g brown sugar 50g butter 200ml condensed milk

First, preheat the oven to 180°C. For the filling, peel the apples, chop into small pieces and place in a microwave-proof bowl. Then place clingfilm over the bowl of ap- ple pieces and microwave for 6 minutes. Follow us on Instagram: NouseFood Mix the cooked apples with a fork to form Fancy your picture featured? Email [email protected] a puree and put aside for later. PHOTO CREDIT: ROBYN WHITING M22 www.ey.com/uk/careers 26.11.2013 Rwandan VOGUE. By Exquisite Design Designer Sonia Mugabo talks to Charlotte Wainwright PHOTO CREDIT: SONIA MUGABO about working within Rwanda’s flourishing fashion scene.

frikana” is the African way of saying “African” and “ex- Basomingera and complimented her on her dress. When she quisiteness” is the noun for exquisite, meaning “char- told me she had designed it herself, I was very intrigued. On “A acterised by beautiful design.” This is the description August 30th, during my nephew’s birthday party, we started of Rwandan-born fashion designer Sonia Mugabo’s latest talking about our passion for fashion and we knew right away fashion brand, ‘Afrikana Exquisiteness’, which was showcased we would be a good collaboration. She had appreciated my at the second annual Kigali Fashion Week earlier this month. senior show, so we decided to bring ‘Afrikana Exquisiteness’ While many of us are well aware of the numerous fashion to life.” weeks that are held across the globe each year, from London The message behind the brand, Sonia explains, is to help to Paris to New York, the Kigali Fashion Week is a new project share the Rwandan culture with the rest of the world, espe- that was launched in 2012 by House of Fashion. The aim of cially in the inreasingly popular African fashion scene. “West the project is to promote the Rwandan fashion industry, sup- African countries such as Ghana and Nigeria have boomed in porting local designers in order to help them compete and be the industry, getting a lot of attention from celebrities such as recognised on an international level. Sonia Mugabo was one of Beyoncé and Solange Knowles. The fashion industry in Rwan- the local designers to exhibit there this year. da is still young; most designers here are self-taught. But with Rwandan economy booming, I think this industry has a lot of potential. The Rwandan culture is very conservative, but I want to be able to share my culture, using my brand.” “Rwanda can one day become The concept of Sonia’s brand takes a particularly ethical approach. “There is a growing movement towards greater eth- the New York of Africa’s fashion” ics in the global fashion industry. The international market has been particularly open to young designers lately, “It was a spectacular experience. This being my first col- whether they are African or not, working lection I was particularly nervous and excited at the same time. with African prints, fabrics and materials. There was a lot to do in so little time, but it was all worth it; ‘Afrikana Exquisiteness’ aims to position the models looked beautiful and my designs were very much itself as the Rwandan reference in high appreciated. I was very thankful at the end of the night.” quality ethical fashion, working with local Sonia’s love for fashion developed from a very early age, women co-operatives in beadings, crafts kick-starting her desire to become a designer. “Ever since I was and tailoring using mainly Africa-made fab- a little girl, I was always passionate about fashion. Every time rics and material. This way, the brand will my mom would take my sisters and brother shopping I would create jobs, transfer skills and contribute to mix and match outfits and come up with different designs. In empowering local women and the country’s high school I was very good at math and sciences and my par- economy.” ents thought I would be an engineer or architect, but I knew I The brand currently has two lines, “I want to be able to share my couldn’t ignore my creative side.” ‘AE by BASO’ and ‘AE by MUGABO’, in It was this love of creation that encouraged Sonia to pur- which all clothes are tailor-made. For culture, using my brand” sue a career in the arts, choosing to make the bold decision to Sonia, the process behind these designs move to the US to study, majoring in Visual Communication was both meticulous and clear Europe, the US and Francophone Africa. Our Facebook page and Graphic Design, with a minor in Digital Media. During cut. “Being a Graphic Design- has been launched and has attracted over 500 people that have this time, Sonia completed numerous internships within er has made me a disciplined read, commented and liked the page and our Twitter account different fields of communication, including three intern- creator. I have a process where has also attracted followers. I was interviewed by The Guardi- ships in New York City, and one in Washington DC as a I research trends, colours, and an, Der Spiegel and spoke on the BBC Newsday radio show. All researcher for The Almanac of American Politics. The one pretty much what is hot at that of this has made us very optimistic for the future of the brand.” that created the biggest impact on Sonia’s life, though, moment, then go on to sketch Sonia’s optimism is certainly admirable. Though her ca- was an internship at Teen Vogue. thumbnails of different ideas I reer appears to be incredibly successful, she has had to over- “Being in New York and interning at Teen Vogue have. Then I come down to select- come much hardship in order to achieve her dream. “I lost a was the main factor for me to pursue fashion. All the ing the main idea that I want to lot of relatives in the genocide against Tutsis that happened interns there were so ambitious and hardworking execute. Once I have the concept in in 1994. I always talk about that time with my parents and and so I knew that I had to work as hard in or- mind, I know exactly what fabrics I siblings. We cannot thank God enough for having spared our der to make an impression. It wasn’t always want to use and the kind of audience lives, and for that we believe we were left for a purpose. This is easy, but I’m a firm believer that noth- I want to attract.” This audience, what motivates me to follow my dreams and work hard, so that ing comes easy. With the skills I Sonia tells me, is “the middle and I can give a voice to my loved ones, who didn’t get a chance to acquired there, I knew I had upper class of both high street and see a prosperous Rwanda.” to utilise them so that luxury retail market, in and outside The history of Sonia’s family seems to have made her even Rwanda can one day of Rwanda.” more determined to pursue her dream of being a designer, and become the New Although still in its beginning has encouraged her to approach life with a positive mind-set. York of Africa stages, Sonia has high ambitions of This is certainly evident in her design work, and has allowed in a fashion expanding ‘Afrikana Exquisiteness’ her, she explains, to see the beauty in everything. “I’m inspired sense.” as far as possible, hoping to gain by everything in life. I find inspiration by travelling, reading F o l - followers and customers across the books, falling in and out of love; anything can inspire my de- lowing this globe. “We’re working on opening a signs. Grace Coddington, Creative Director of Vogue, says it e x p e r i - boutique in Kigali and an online store best: ‘Always keep your eyes open. Keep watching, because ence in the where people around the world can whatever you see can inspire you.’ My favourite designers US, Sonia order. In the upcoming year, I’m hop- though are Elie Saab, Stella McCartney and Coco Chanel.” d e v e l - ing to exhibit in different fashion I wonder then, what Sonia sees for the future of the Af- o p e d shows around the world.” rican fashion scene. “I see an exciting future for this industry. h e r This a process which, Sonia With the fashion industry in Rwanda being so young, I think f a s h i o n explains, has already very much the world is curious about what Rwanda has to offer. With b r a n d , begun. “The marketing for ‘Afri- so much culture to explore in Africa, I think the world is in- ‘Afrikana Ex- kana Exquisiteness’ has already trigued by the diversity and richness that our cultures have. q u i s i t e n e s s ’, started. We participated in Kigali And with African materials being very vibrant, vivid and dif- along with Candy Bas- Fashion Week 2013, where we show- ferent, I think the Western fashion scene will want to see much omingera. The idea devel- cased the first collection of both lines, more African inspired clothing.” oped, she explains, during from which we received great feedback. At just twenty-three years old, Sonia has already done her time in college. “‘Afrikana We had an ‘Afrikana Exquisiteness’ much to propel the Rwandan fashion scene forward across the Exquisiteness’ started as the photo shoot with former Miss France, globe. But what’s the next step? “It is my only wish that ‘Afri- name for my senior show; being a Sonia Rolland, and several articles kana Exquisiteness’ will be a top notch brand, hopefully show- Graphic Design Major, it was a requirement have appeared in some of the most casing Rwanda-African inspired pieces on the runways of New to have a show in order to graduate. In August, read African papers and online York, London, Berlin, Paris and Milan. But I’m growing each when I moved back to Rwanda, I saw Candy magazines, distributed all over day and so is the brand. I’m looking forward to the future.” M M23 www.ey.com/uk/careers 26.11.2013

“The world is STUDIO) CREATIVE (ILLUME VANDE R. G. CREDIT: PHOTO curious about what Rwanda has to offer” M24 www.ey.com/uk/careers 22.10.2013 My shit week so far Thomas Fennelly his term has gone too quick for my liking. We’re already The pinnacle of my shit week actually occurred in ing elitist. It caused such a shitstorm Tnearing the end of November and already the commer- Courtyard and it was the fine management of the Univer- that none of us actually noticed. Ap- cialised, consumerist, global capitalist society that we live sity’s favourite eating establishment that rescued my week. parently their own students were in is focusing solely on Christmas. That’s over a month’s I’m sat enjoying my maiden voyage of one of the items on more embarrassed that this was worth of preparation for a mere twenty-four hours of poor their menu that I’ve never tried before – the meatballs with the only concerning news that dieting, family bickering and tin- garlic bread. Joined by my housemate, their press could come out sel allergies. Well, maybe that’s just he lackadaisically helped himself with. in my household, although I also to swigs from my obligatory pint of Anyway, the last laugh is have to cater for a cat that thinks “A dog isn’t just for Courtyard Coca Cola (and I maintain on them; they referred to the Christmas tree is a climbing that their Coke is better than the real a certain “York Univer- frame that needs dismantling. To thing). sity” throughout their cheer up my shit week, I’d love to Christmas; you can have it When he took his fourth swig attempted slander of see the University add some festive back, the glass slipped out of his our campus. cheer to the concrete, quadrilateral cold on Boxing Day too” hand and, from a two inch drop, he Y o r k architecture that this university managed to shatter the glass and its University is based on. So far, all I’ve seen is content across the table and my lap. is in Canada. posters for when the campus ser- Bemused, I went to carry on with my vices are open out of term-time and some fairy lights around meal before the manager suddenly leapt to my rescue. He the terrace at Courtyard (although, admittedly, these lights pointed out that tiny shards of glass may have got into my have been left up from last year). food and he’d hate for me to choke on my food (or, more An old joke goes that a dog isn’t just for Christmas; probably, he’d hate for me to file a law suit) and he went to you can have it cold on Boxing Day as well. As dark as that order me a new one free of charge. In short: Courtyard saved sounds (and please don’t report me to the RSPCA), life as a my life. I am eternally indebted to Courtyard. And to think dog is arguably the top of the ladder of reincarnation and that the highlight of my week would have been going round I hope that I’m good enough in this world to be reborn in the National Railway Museum on my own. the next one as a border collie or a Staffordshire terrier. I I should probably use this student press mouth- mean, think about it. If you want to get a girl, apparently you piece as an opportunity to issue an apol- can just sniff their arse and everything is fine from there on ogy to a few people that I may have in. You can defecate wherever you like, and then someone inadvertently pissed off. According will be right behind you to pick it up as you sit staring at to York St John’s newly-created them with your tongue out sporting a very smug-look. Peo- student press, I may have caused ple take you to the park and strangers that you pass in the something of a shitstorm when an street might come along and pet you. You can even get really unfortunate edit led them to ac- excited and bark when trains go past – and I love trains! cuse our university If I did any of these as a human, I’d be sectioned and/ as a whole (in- or incarcerated. Although, as a fully-grown adult, I actually stead of just still do the train thing. Look, I like trains. me) as be-

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THE INDEPENDENT poorer students, says Major

LEEDS STUDENT Jack Simpson POLITICAL REPORTER

t is “truly shocking”, according to former Conservative Prime Min- Iister John Major, that the private school-educated and affluent mid- ‘Joke’ candidate elected as dle class still run Britain. President at the Oxford In the UK, we like to think that, whoever we are, we have a good deal Union Student Union. In of control over our own lives. Yet the his personifesto, which treadmill-like – or should that be es- calator-like? – fashion in which chil- was written in crayon, dren born into affluent households he urges students to vote go on to occupy powerful positions in society seems to make a mockery for him because he reads of any such belief. Geography and wears Major said: “Our education sys- tem should help children out of the flip-flops. circumstances in which they were born, not lock them into the circum- stances in which they were born.” Yet the Russell Group recently LESHAINES123 published a pamphlet detailing which subjects should be studied by pupils aiming to apply for one of the country’s top universities. This was part of a bid to discourage state Those students from lower income families have the least chance of getting into Russel Group universities school pupils choosing subjects that were comparatively easy to score poorer backgrounds, pupils from economic groups that are not likely cation system itself is so intricately well in. “professional” families are 1.4 times even to apply to them. Educational bound to the rest of society that it is The odds of a pupil on free more likely than working class pu- institutions have a responsibility to often hard, if even possible, to sepa- Millions of pounds are school meals in Year 11 attaining a pils to go to a top university. attempt to raise the expectations of rate them from their causal environ- place at Oxbridge is 2000:1, com- The problem for universities at- those pupils aiming lower than their ments. spent by the Government pared to 20:1 for those who have tempting to tackle these problems is capabilities would otherwise allow. The question, then, of whether to encourage young peo- been privately educated. that they are often part of an intri- The education system must do we want a more equal society should ple from disadvanatged But perhaps most surprising cately linked set of institutions. And what it can to provide individuals not be placed merely upon the is the fact that even when they at- it is obviously extremely difficult for with pathways that counteract so- shoulders of those who work in the homes to apply to higher tain the same grades as those from any given university to help socio- cioeconomic hardship. But the edu- education system. education. Yet only 29 per cent of the population in the North has been to university, as opposed to Do donations damage democracy? 60 per cent has in London. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Callum Adams dal. It emerged that a number of se- POLITICAL ANALYSIS cret loans had been given to the La- bour party in the run up to the 2005 ith UKIP set to receive po- general election, and that, following YUTAKA TSUTANO tentially unlimited funds these loans, a number of lenders had Wfrom a self-proclaimed been nominated for peerages. This eurosceptic, ramifications have incident highlights just how damag- emerged. The real issue though is ing private donations can be. campaign donations themselves, A huge disparity in funding and their inherent ability to corrupt will undoubtedly warp the ability of democracy and freedom. citizens to acknowledge and assess Paul Sykes, one of Britain’s all of the parties available to them wealthiest men, has pledged “what- and, more worryingly, could enable Hook-up apps like ALAINBOURGOISE ever it takes” to ensure that UKIP the donor to have a say in the poli- emerges victorious in the 2014 cies of that party. The system must wTinder have changed, European Parliament Elections. be changed to ban all private do- if not killed, the notion of He has given no indication of how nations. In its place should be con- much he is willing to give, but it is siderable direct and indirect public romance in the university understood his money will be used funding. life. It seems that when to pay for UKIP’s advertising. How- The state currently offers small previous generations went ever, this is not an isolated case. In amounts of funding to political par- 2012 alone, the Conservative party Campaign donations could be harming the UK democractic system ties, but the level of this funding to university, finding a received over £13million, the La- must be improved and enlarged so partner was much more bour party received over £12million ent of a donation; let us ignore the tives. If we are to be represented as to ensure equal say for all politi- and the Liberal Democrats over £2 amount of the donation and let us in the proposal, development, and cal parties. common. Lots of students million. ignore how the donation is spent. creation of laws, then should we not While membership subsidies go through their studies It is a legal requirement for What are we left with? choose our representatives on a fair should remain to serve the day- parties to declare donations of over Let us consider the basic con- and equal platform, as democracy to-day running of political parties, without finding a partner. £5,000, and this is the only legal cept of democracy: a system of in- dictates? when campaign day comes all par- requirement on private party dona- dividuals equally participating in Of course we should. The ques- ties should be financially supported tions. Does that sound right to you? political self-determination, wheth- tion of party donations raised its equally and fairly to encourage a Let us ignore the source and recipi- er directly or through representa- head in the cash for honours scan- truly democratic election. Tuesday 26 November 2013 www.nouse.co.uk NOUSE: THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENT NEWSPAPER www.ey.com/uk/careers 19 Politics EU must be rid of corruption STEVECADMA Michael Hollins POLITICAL ANALYSIS third world farmers. Moreover, the EU ploughs hun- he European Union (EU) dreds of millions of Euros into states could be seen as a leviathan of that are considering joining. For ex- Tincompetence, and its budget ample, ‘pre-accession aid’ to Croatia follows suit. The budget is irregular, reached €320 million before a refer- immoral and improper. Its irregu- endum even took place. larity comes from the fact that, for Last year, the EU spent more 19 consecutive years, its budget has than Coca-Cola on advertising. In never been properly signed off by Ireland, when they voted ‘No’ in the auditors due to fraud concerns. 2005, millions more Euros were Last year, the EU wasted al- poured into the ‘Yes’ campaign, and most £6bn on fraudulent, illegal they were forced to have a referen- or ineligible spending projects. Its dum again soon after. The EU then error-rate, which measures irregu- could be seen to use its budget to lar spending, is now at 4.8% of the budget. If this sort of accounting The Euro, a were found in a private company, there would be prison sentences. “complete economic For example, the European Commission recently paid £14m and social failure; an for a programme to support female anti-democratic trans- teachers in rural Bangladesh, but over half the money was given with gression of national “no documentation”. Remember that none of this money is the EU’s sovereignty” outright; it comes from taxpayers. Why is the budget immoral? suppress democratic and fair debate. Well, the Common Agricultural Pol- In 2011, at the heart of aus- icy (CAP), which costs €55 million terity in Europe, the Commission The EU Budget should be under scrutiny as the commonwealth is under an incompetent leader a year, pays European farmers for called for an inflation-busting 11% their produce in subsidies. So what’s increase in long-term expenditure once they leave office. in Egypt? Or anywhere else for that our money? wrong with that? It allows Euro- from 2010-2020. For any politician, Baroness Ashton, the UK’s matter. The only thing I know of Well, we’ve got the inception of pean farmers to compete at below this would be electoral suicide. representative on the Commission that she has done is crush attempts the Euro, a complete economic and the market cost, meaning that third But the Commission is not and the highest paid female politi- in the House of Lords for a UK ref- social failure; an anti-democratic world farmers simply cannot com- elected. The top earners in the EU cian in the world, who earns more erendum on the Lisbon Treaty. transgression of national sovereign- pete - the entire European market is Parliament and Commission, those than either Angela Merkel or Hilary It was to my delight to hear ty, with referenda and democratic closed off to them. who earn over €100,000, pay a tax Clinton, has never stood for public that, according to Mr Barroso, the reform repeatedly rejected by the As a result, it is no exaggeration rate of 12%. Commissioners get office. EU was set to run out of money by Commission; and, of course, abso- to say that this kind of protectionist €20,000 a month plus expenses, She represents 500 million Eu- October. But never fear, Cameron lutely crucial legislation on olive oil economic policy directly impover- plus a €70,000 a year pension, plus ropeans on foreign security - where coughed up a quiet €3.9bn, no ques- in dipping bowls and the standardi- ishes thousands, if not millions, of €400,000 in ‘transition payments’ has she been during the uprisings tions asked. What have we got for sation of tractor seats. Oh dear... US-Saudi Arabia alliance built on tension

SAQQARD365 FELIX FORBES nuclear programme, the US risks POLITICAL REPORTER destabilising the balance of power and endangering Saudi Arabia it- he current furore over the self. US Secretary of State John Ker- negotiations on Iran’s nucle- ry visited the kingdom on the 4th of Tar programme has brought November, declaring in a press con- another story back under the spot- ference that “the US will not allow light- that of the deepening rift be- Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon”, tween the United States and Saudi in a clear attempt to put both Saudi Arabia. This crisis in affairs has been and regional fears to rest. He also brewing for a while and described as announced that “our friends here” “a slow motion car wreck”. would be “briefed on a regular ba- US influence in the region as sis”, addressing Saudi anger at the a whole is seen as diminished by a lack of consultation. series of incidents.Washington al- However, the relations are at lowed Egyptian dictator and 30- the moment cooler than before, year ally Hosni Mubarak to be both commerce and genuine need elected. Removing a stable, secular bind the US and Saudi Arabia to- influence from Egypt then cancelled gether. The US supplies military aid to the Egyptian military after it hardware and training, while the overthrew President Morsi. Israeli Saudis act as a sympathetic and sta- settlement plans in Palestine have ble force in an increasingly unstable continued near unabated, provid- region. Reports to the US Congress ing more reasons for anger amongst have also noted US-Saudi co-opera- Arab states aligned against Israel on tion in dealing with groups such as the issue. Al Qaeda, who pose a threat to each Promised aid to Syrian rebels, of them. Moreover, it has been noted whom Saudi Arabia supports, has by Kuwaiti think-tank Gulf Center yet to emerge in concrete form. The Syria, Palestine and the Iran Program pose a threat on the US-Saudi relation which is being put under tension for Development Policies that states last-second bargain with Russia to such as Saudi Arabia are still, for remove Syrian chemical weaponry, country would be building up its curity. Intelligence chief Prince Bandar now, reliant upon Western military when it looked like the US would military and setting aside around Saudi Arabia’s most strident Sultan, who also announced that he might for protection, with 50,000 at last use military force against the $15 billion to spend aiding other criticism of US policy in the Mid- would cease to co-operate with the US military personnel and the en- Syrian regime, will only have disap- nations in the region. This move to dle East came when it turned down CIA in protest at the lack of Ameri- tire US 5th fleet based in the Gulf. pointed the Saudis further. increase Saudi influence and clout a seat on the UN Security Council, can military action in Syria. Relations may well have cooled, but However, this cooling of rela- came as Saudi officials signalled in citing the “double standards” of the Worse however is the notion for now both countries seem to need tions has been brewing since late interviews that they saw the US as body. This was described as “a mes- that by potentially striking an un- each other too much to risk letting 2011, when it was signalled that the unreliable when looking to their se- sage to the US” by current Saudi equal bargain over the Iranian things slip. NOUSE: THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENT NEWSPAPER www.nouse.co.uk Tuesday 26 November 2013 20 www.ey.com/uk/careers Politics Turkey: listening to the silence

MICHAEL FLESHMAN Georgia Woodroffe POLITICAL ANALYSIS @Aiannucci urkey is often forgotten but Armando Iannucci, the situation for journalists Satirist Tin Turkey is dire. Turkey this year has dropped six places in the World’s Press Freedom Index, and “Born the week JFK was is ranked 154th out of 179 countries. Ercan Ipekçi, the president shot and Dr Who started. of the Turkish Journalists’ Union Been confusing politics (TJU), stated: “The government and fantasy ever since.” not only tries to silence dissenting voices, conducting robust opera- tions to break the opposition media, 22 Nov whether pro-Kurdish, left-wing or nationalist, but also intends to put pressure on journalists from ‘main- stream’ media, who do not dare step out of line. @GeorgeMonbiot “It is very difficult for our union George Monbiot, to organise solidarity with impris- Author, oned journalists: those who are not Coloumnist in prison are afraid of being fired, as was the case with a number of chief “Farage says #UKIP will editors following the critical cover- provide an “alternative age of the crackdown at Gezi Park in Istanbul.” form of entertainment” Since the unrest in May with if excluded from TV the Gezi Park incident, the TJU has estimated that in the six weeks fol- debate. But they’ve been lowing at least “seventy-two jour- doing that for years” nalists had been fired or forced to 22 Nov take leave or…[have] resigned.”The People have started protesting against the current regime as Turkish democracy is under attack Committee to Protect Journalists this year reported that Turkey is ist for BirGun, and correspondent an article about alleged sexual har- prison, “The authorities know that I now the “world’s worst jailer” for for Fırat News Agency, prior to her assment is not enough to persecute will never be silent.” journalists. arrest in December 2011. someone, especially as their job to She was released on April 26 @navneetkhinda Freedom of expression should She is known for dealing with uncover the truth. earlier this year, and her most recent be important, especially in a coun- controversial issues including po- “The truth is that they have trial hearing was the September 25. Nevneet Khinda, Undergraduate try which is in the process of apply- litical corruption, poor working nothing against me,” Kuray said, Of the 46 journalists and media ing to the EU. How can they expect conditions and the conflict between “They just accuse me of doing my workers arrested in December 2011, to be respected when they’re opress- the PKK and the Turkish army. She work, of showing the truths they in- 22 are still in custody. “What kind of respon- ing this basic human right to infor- is charged with membership to an All are accused of terrorism. mation? armed organisation and member- Is the new bill PEN International calls for “the im- sibility is R2P? Moral, One ongoing trial is the Group ship to a terrorist organisation. mediate release of all 22 detained legal? B/c if legal, failure of Communities of Kurdistan (KCK) The indictment against her, “merely placating the journalists pending completion of ‘Press Wing’ trial. The KCK is an or- however, shows no proper material their trial, and the dropping of all would have legal conse- ganisation allegedly affiliated with evidence. Their evidence is limited British public’s hunger charges against anyone accused of quences” the banned Kurdistan Workers’ to phone calls to other journalists, to see action taken on involvement in the KCK press wing 22 Nov Party (PKK). articles she wrote on the alleged which relate solely to their peaceful The PKK has been leading an sexual harassment of female Turk- immigration? ” exercise of their right to freedom of armed struggle against the govern- ish Airline employees and an inves- expression and association.” ment since 1984. Forty-four jour- tigative piece on the use of chemical tended to hide.” The European Federation for @BarackObama nalists have been accused of being weapons used by the Turkish army Kuray is an example of one of Journalists likewise demands for members of the organisation. against the PKK fighters. the many journalists facing this the abolition of anti-terrorism laws Barack Obama, One journalist involved in the How can the government dis- kind of oppression. Like many jour- when misused by the Turkish gov- US President trial is Zeyneb Ceren Kuray. She was criminate against someone without nalists before and after her, she con- ernment to criminalise freedom of an investigative journalist, column- any substantive information? Surely tinues to write inside and outside of expression. “Nobody who works hard should have to struggle to make ends meet. It’s time YORK to raise the minimum THE UNION wage #Raise!eWage” In Conversation With... 22 Nov

@daveweigel Mark Lawson Dave Weigel Slate Political Reporter

Friday 29th November 7.15pm “50 years ago today, JFK was assassinated by the Cubans, the Freemasons, LBJ, the Illuminati, Rich- Bowland Auditorium ard Nixon, the mafia, and Joe DiMaggio. RIP” 22 Nov Tuesday 26 November 2013 www.nouse.co.uk NOUSE: THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENT NEWSPAPER www.ey.com/uk/careers 21 Politics Not quite paradise? As David Cameron attends a controversial Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka saying engagement is a more effective tool than a boycott, Laura Hughes talks to Dr Saravanamuttu, the Executive Director of Sri Lanka’s Centre for Policy Alternatives. PRIME MINISTERS OFFICE n the wall of Dr Paikiaso- ally made a reservation under the thy Saravanamuttu’s Colom- name of one of the Boston bombers Obo office hangs an explicit and it was accepted. poster denouncing him “and his “So it’s all-pervasive in that gangs” as traitors. This is just one sense, you have the militarisation, example of the Sri Lankan govern- and then also allied to that the col- ment’s sustained hate campaign lapse of the rule of law. Impunity against a man who continues to defy is the religious intolerance part of the prescribed lines of state censor- that. The BBS [Bodu Bala Sena] ship. We met in Colombo, where he - all these groups have the support strongly condemned the notion of of Gotabaya Rajapaksa. He was the Sri Lanka as a formal functioning chief guest at their leadership acad- democracy. emy training. We have photographic Dr Saravanamuttu is the Ex- and video evidence which show that ecutive Director of Centre for Policy these people have been involved Alternatives (CPA). As a Convenor in criminal acts against Muslims. of the Centre for Monitoring Elec- Whilst police are standing there tion Violence (CMEV) and found- not doing anything. So you have a ing Board member of the Sri Lanka regime, which because of the allega- Chapter of Transparency Interna- tions of war crimes, have to literally tional, he believes Sri Lanka is under and metaphorically live and die in serious threat. “We are sliding into power. They can’t get out of power, authoritarianism. What you have is because once they do, they lose a power structure that is basically a their immunity.” dynastic project underpinned by a Dr Saravanamuttu believes that strong majoritarian ideology. All of between Commonwealth Heads of this is given a boost by the victory Government Meeting and sessions in the war. So you are dealing with in March in Geneva, there will be a As the Commonwealth talks ended last week there was no mention of the alleged human rights abuses threats coming from that dynastic Presidential election. They will call domination, and the almost com- and the number dead they don’t re- have them taking land away from service personnel for cultivation. for a mandate to abolish the thir- plete collapse of the rule of law, as a ally cover. They will be critical of civilians.” Citizens in the North “The particular land everyone is teenth amendment to the country’s consequence of the politicisation of governance issues in the South. So talking about is in a district in Jaffna, constitution, which created Pro- the institutions of the state.” largely it’s a self-censorship of the where the government have claimed vincial Councils and made Sinha- “The real no-go area for the most sensitive areas. Arguably the Tell the they cannot locate the landowners, la and Tamil the official languages local media is the defence estabi- most powerful man next to the Pres- “ which is absolute nonsense. 9,000 of the country. lishment. Because of the various ident is the Defence Secretary, Gota- international landowners are involved. Some- “Then tell the international attacks on media institutions, they baya Rajapaksa. There hasn’t been thing close to 2,500 have filed cases community that this is a formal went into self-censorship mode and a single cartoon depicting Gotabye community that now in court, so the notion that they functioning democracy and the peo- it hasn’t quite got out of it. So what in the last five or six years. They can’t locate them is unconvincing. ple have given them the mandate they won’t touch is any criticism of are terribly scared.” this is not a They are going to build government to abolish the thirteenth amend- the Defence Secretary unless it’s by The military is involved in the offices; there is talk of a presidential ment.” Describing the thirteenth a columnist. They won’t really cover economy and are now asking for leg- democracy ” palace. There is already a hotel on amendment as a flawed, incomplete what is actually happening in the islation to permit them to engage in that land, where landowners are not and inadequate document, he con- North and East. So anything to do commercial activities, “which is a bit complain of the government taking allowed to go in and see their land. cludes, “A political settlement has to with the whole issues of war crimes ironic as they already do that. You their land, and relinquishing it to Yet the main opposition party actu- go beyond that.” Responsibility to protect is just not enough UNITED NATIONS-GENEVA as they may sound. countries which did not have the For better or for worse, any same time to develop as the rest of kind of intervention depends on the the world. THE LAST WORD willingness of the parties involved. Others are more suspicious Yvonni Efstathiou Politicians might be reluctant and underline the selection of cases to proceed and use the R2P due where intervention is applied and he World Summit in 2005 in- to fear that the electorate might the abuse of military power. troduced a new term that of not agree with the policy and con- But there are cases in which Tthe Responsibility to Protect sequently lose their election.It is R2P applies. The international (R2P).This was in response to the thus obvious that self-interest and community are shocked by images crises of Kosovo (1999), Rwanda domestic affairs can overshadow like those from Libya and Syria (1994) and the Democratic Republic a ‘binding’ principle which states and were long advocating in favor of Congo (2003), and after various have agreed on. of intervention in the name of R2P. countries’ failed to reach agreement The R2P requires the authori- Context is everything and R2P did with regards to the International sation of the Security Council, yet it once have the potential to be really Commission on Intervention and constantly fails to get it due to lack good. State Sovereignty in 2001. Of course, things are far more According to R2P, states are R2P is an In 1994 around one million people were killed in the genocide in Rwanda complicated - we need to take into responsible for protecting citizens “ consideration other parameters too. against R2P crimes like genocide, interesting notion five permanent members of the Se- Court. Parameters which make any real ethnic cleansing, crimes against hu- curity Council makes it hard, if not Moreover, there are countries, change very difficult to implement. manity and war crimes. to tackle disasters impossible, to come to an agree- like the US, Israel and Sudan which Whether we like it or not, R2P As well as this the international ment. That was the case with Syria. have informed the UN Secretary is bound to fail, and it is frustrating community has to help the state to but does not Although the United States put General that they have no inten- to know that when we have the ca- fulfil their responsibilities. In this forward the motion to intervene in tions in becoming parties and con- pacities to intervene (for the right way, if the state ‘manifestly fails’ to refect reality” Syria, Russia and China vetoed it. sequently have no legal obligations reasons and not for our own inter- protect its citizens the international On another note, even if the despite previously signing the de- est) states choose not to because community has to intervene, ini- of political agreement. person responsible for R2P crimes velopment of R2P. they value their election more than tially using peaceful means like eco- China is suspect of but is re- is caught there are times when he On top of these realities, there the lives of thousands of people. nomic sanction and then as a last ceptive towards the development of cannot be tried. Thirty-one coun- are other concerns too. States re- The R2P theory is an interest- resort militarily. R2P whilst also being traditionally tries, including Russia, have signed gard R2P as an ‘assault’ and a ‘vio- ing notion that aims to tackle ‘hu- So far so good. However, things eager in humanitarian crises. but not ratified the Rome Statue lation’ to state’s sovereignty. Many man disasters’ but unfortunately are not always as easy or plausible The veto power granted to the and thus the International Criminal believe it is unfair to post-colonised does not reflect reality. NOUSE: THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENT NEWSPAPER www.nouse.co.uk Tuesday 26 November 22 www.ey.com/uk/careers

[email protected] Business www.nouse.co.uk/business The student Confectionery’s secret con revolution Do stealth price rises amount to an unreported Christmas rip-off? James Harrison investigates. Paul Blower COMMENT NATALIEJ hristmas will soon be upon conomics students across us, but many people may be Britain are questioning the Cdisappointed to find that the Eacademic syllabus being amount of chocolate we receive has taught on their university course. been quietly reduced, with the pric- In fact this is a trend that is uniting es remaining the same. The most students from various universities notable chocolates to be affected all over the country. It is even start- by this are Mars’ ‘Celebrations’ and ing to pick up support from notable Cadbury’s ‘Heroes’. Mars has cut academics and policy makers. the size of its tubs of Celebrations Brought together by a grow- from 855g to 750g, a reduction of ing unease at the rigidity and irrel- around 11 sweets compared to last evance of much of the theory that year. Meanwhile, tubs of Cadbury’s is lectured unequivocally at them, Heroes have been cut from 800g to they are seeking to overhaul the way 780g, equating to two or three fewer Economics is taught, and in doing chocolates this Christmas. so hope to earn Economics a little However, a quick look around more acceptance and respect in the any shop will reveal that these cov- real world. ert reductions in chocolate sizes are Undergraduates at the Univer- not only widespread, but have been sity of Manchester have formed the on-going for years. It also appears “Post-Crash Economics Society”, that most major chocolate brands through which they aim to chal- engage in it. Arguably the most ob- lenge the widespread teaching of vious case of the sizes of chocolate orthodox free-market Economics. being reduced is the Cadbury’s re- The societies’ organisers criticise launched Dairy Milk bars. In 2012, Popular chocolate such as Quality Street is slowly being cut in size and weight, but prices are remaining the same university teaching for ducking the Dairy Milk bars were changed, the issue of the financial crisis and having a new ‘curved’ shape. How- ing fall in prices. The reduced sizes confectionery products were being Christmas rush soon upon us, peo- claim that lecturers have too heavy ever, as part of this process the bar and absence of an equal reduction reduced in size but still costing the ple will be even less likely to check a focus on preparing students for was shrunk by eight per cent – from in prices has the result of shoppers same amount of money. the chocolate they are buying to jobs in the City. Students need to 49g to 45g. The 59p price of the bar, being hit with what amounts to a Confectionery companies claim see if they have been ripped off by be taught about economics now however, remained the same. stealth price rise. that continued cost increases over reduced chocolate sizes, focusing not just historically as markets are This year it was revealed The practice has become so recent years have forced these re- mainly on the prices. Cadbury de- constantly changing. They plan to that Nestlé had been carrying out widespread that, for the first time, ductions, with rising cocoa butter fended its reductions by arguing publish a manifesto arguing for the same practice with its Yorkie the Office of National Statistics and sugar prices playing a large role that they allow the company to hold sweeping changes to the University bars. Nestlé admitted they quietly (ONS) has revealed that the size of in this. There have also been claims its prices, aiding customers during of Manchester’s curriculum, with slimmed the bar down by 14 per chocolate bars and bags of sweets that the reductions in chocolate difficult financial times. the hope that other institutions will cent, shrinking from 64.8g to 55g. have been reduced by as much as sizes are part of an effort to combat However this approach is cer- follow suit. The process of shrinking Yorkie bars 10 per cent in the past year. The obesity and ill-health. tainly dishonest and plainly unfair In the 1990s, mathematical has been ongoing for years, with its government agency mentioned the This tactic by confectionery to customers, especially during the models came to dominate econom- weight falling from 70.4g in 2000, development in its latest ‘Consumer companies does make economic Christmas period, when choco- ics degrees, pushing out studies of to 68.2g in 2003 and 64.8g six years Price Index’ report, so that the pub- sense; reducing the sizes of the late is bought in particularly large critical evaluation and economic later. lic were made aware that they were products instead of increasing the amounts. Unfortunately, these thought. One student phrased it like Other chocolates such as Twix, getting less for their money. The price is far more likely to avoid practices will continue as they en- this: “A professor mentioned that Quality Street and Roses have also ONS said that consumers were fac- potential customers being put off sure that companies will continue economics would give me a way to shrunk in size, with no correspond- ing inflation “by the back door” as from buying the products. With the to maintain their profit levels. describe and predict human behav- iour through mathematical tools, Edward Rollett which seemed fantastic. Now after Is Snapchat the next one-hit wonder?DEPUTY BUSINESS EDITOR much studying, I have the math- ematical tools, but all the people I wanted to study have disappeared ech start-ups often seem un- will get lucky and be tipped to be hangs over the company is whether added extras can generate huge rev- from the scene.” able to resist the offers made the next big thing before everyone it can ever be profitable. It currently enues. Wendy Carlin, professor of Tto them by bigger tech firms. realises it is over-hyped and use- has no revenue and is instead rely- Whether it succeeds or fails economics at University College YouTube was bought for $1.65 bil- less (think X Factor’s Leon Jackson ing on investors continuing to pump Spiegel has taken a huge gamble. He London, said students had become lion by Google when it was only a to the tech industry’s Bebo). The cash into the business, having raised has bet $4bn that he can transform “disenchanted” by the way econom- year old back in 2006 and since current hype surrounds the two- another $60 million in June to con- his app into something that users ics is taught. She continued by say- then the race for acquisitions in the year old Snapchat, an app that is tinue paying staff and IT costs. are willing to pay for. If he fails he ing that despite the obvious flaws in technology sector has continued at extremely popular with those aged So how do you value a company risks going the same way as MyS- current teaching, there is a “huge pace. Over its lifetime, Google has between 16-24. with no revenue and an audience pace, Bebo, Friends Reunited, and inertia” surrounding the changing bought over 130 companies, com- that – although denied by its found- Farmville, to mention just a few of of curriculums that can “be cheaply pared to 90 acquisitions by Yahoo! The company er- seems to be primarily sexters? the tech fads that took the world by taught by any decently qualified and 40 by Facebook. The answer according to Facebook storm before disappearing again. economics doctorate”. “boasts that over “ Even in the past few years there is $3bn, an offer they made to the To continue the X Factor anal- Economics graduates need to have been a number of acquisitions 400 million snaps founder earlier this month. When ogy it could all go horribly wrong be properly equipped for the tower- with hefty price tags as the race to this was rejected, Google went one like Steve Brookstein, or be a roar- ing challenges and issues that face dominate social media continues. better and offered $4bn, which was ing success like… that other one. them in their future careers. Cur-

are sent every day JDLASICA Facebook paid $1bn for Instagram also rejected. CC PHOTO COURTESY OF JDLASICA ON FLICKR (2013) rently, they are not given the skills in 2012, Microsoft paid $1.2bn for For those who haven’t expe- Instead Evan Spiegel, founder needed to grapple with economic Yammer in the same year, and in rienced it yet, it involves sending a of Snapchat, hopes that the app can problems in the real world. Exces- this year Yahoo! paid $1.1bn for picture to friends where the image start to generate revenue by getting sive faith was put in abstract math- the blogging site Tumblr. Few of deletes itself after a few seconds. users to pay for added services. This ematical models, with not much the companies stay independent The company boasts that over 400 appears to be slightly ambitious; effort made to give them a dose of for long- Instagram was three years million snaps are sent every day, when even huge companies like Fa- reality. old when bought, Yammer was four, more photos than are uploaded to cebook and Twitter won’t ask users We need to find a better bal- whilst Tumblr was practically an- Facebook daily, although it does to pay to use the service, consum- ance that qualifies graduates to be cient at six. count the same snap being sent to ers are unlikely to be willing to pay more relevant and successful in the And so the search for next big multiple recipients. to send inane photos to each other. application of their field, and in do- tech start-up continues. Like a new Still, it is an impressive amount However, the continued success of ing so we might gain a bit more re- series of the X Factor, a company of users. The question that still apps like ‘Candy Crush’ proves that spect for this important science. Tuesday 26 November www.nouse.co.uk NOUSE: THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENT NEWSPAPER 23 2013 www.ey.com/uk/careers Business Christmas console war Co-op crisis continues Elliot Banks Chris Roberts

STIFTELSEN-ELEKTRON-IKKBRAN- box One or Playstation 4? £349.99 compared to Xbox One’s he Co-operative Bank is health was further compounded in This is the question that hefty £429 price tag, but the Xbox in disarray. It has featured 2012, when a deal to acquire more Xwill dominate the minds One does have Kinect, a high reso- Theavily in the news over the than 600 branches from Lloyds fell of gamers, children and parents lution body-movement sensor. On last few days after its ex-chairman, through. this Christmas, as the two consoles power and performance, the PS4 Reverend Paul Flowers, was filmed The decisions made by the prepare to do battle for sales. Both is technologically more impres- allegedly buying illegal drugs. This bank have caused such a dent in its companies are no stranger to the sive, characterised by its “cinematic is the latest scandal to affect the operations that earlier this month, games console market with both graphics”, with one critic Anand Co-operative Bank amidst what a group of US hedge funds had to the Xbox 360 and the PS4 amassing Shimpi highlighting “The maths has quite frankly been a period of rescue it with a capital injection of huge sales of over 79 million units works out to Sony having about a utter turmoil. But how does the close to £1bn. These private inves- since their respected releases. 40per cent peak potential graphics bank, founded on such ethical tors now have a 70per cent stake However, pass figures will not performance advantage”. The Xbox grounds in 1872, now find itself at in what started off as a member- dictate the success of either console One does have plus points though. the center of such a media storm? owned bank, leaving just 30per this time around. In gaming circles The user interface is multipurpose Looking back at the last few cent ownership for its customers. the Xbox One launch was a deba- with television, films and music entity and this would suggest why years of the bank’s activity might Just as the Co-operative Bank cle, with Don Mattrick – the former sharing space with games, appeal- the sales of the PS3 and Xbox 360 begin to provide an answer to that started making progress after the President of Interactive Entertain- ing to those who want a multimedia were broadly similar. In the long question. Strange as it may seem announcement of this rescue pack- ment Business at Microsoft - fail- unit rather than just another games term it could be the same for the to us now, the last decade has seen age, the Mail on Sunday revealed ing to understand the anger felt by console. Xbox also has better games Xbox and PS4 when the hype of footage appearing to show Rev. Xbox fans regarding constant inter- on offer from launch. Although the release week has gone making the Flowers purchasing drugs. The net connectivity and game sharing. games may not be groundbreaking, consoles a win for both companies. So what next bank’s ex-chairman now faces sev- On the other hand, Sony’s market- they offer variety with both For- The Christmas console war may eral enquiries, the latest of which, ing was flawless, confirmed by a rise zaMotorsport and Dead Rising 3; turn out to be a damp squib rather “for the Co-opera- “ ordered by George Osborne, ques- in share price, though this was not something the PS4 will lack on re- than a dramatic dash for Christmas tions the reasons behind appoint- that difficult to achieve given Mi- lease day. As you can see both con- sales for Microsoft and Sony. Both tive Bank and its ing Rev. Flowers as head of the crosoft’s errors on launch day. soles have pros and cons. The PS4 companies have produced strong banking arm of the Co-Op Group. However, what are the key is technologically impressive, but contenders but it all depends, as al- 4.6m customers? So what next for the Co-op- facts? On price the PS4 wins at the Xbox One has a multimedia ap- ways, on what consumers want. erative Bank and its 4.6m cus- NEON TOMMY proach. We also need Hardcore gamers will see which tomers? There is little doubt that to account for brand has the best offering and most will a period of rapid expansion for these latest allegations will have a loyalty. probably plump for the PS4 for its the Co-operative Bank, with 2002 destabilising effect on the current The term ‘Xbox/ fantastic internal operating sys- seeing the coming together of its attempts to rescue it. Sony fanboy’ has tems, whereas Xbox One offers a banking and insurance branches. We won’t find out much more been used constantly greater choice of games and multi- Things started to go wrong when about just how badly the bank has on blogs and gaming media for families and casual gam- the bank decided to form a merger been damaged until we get the re- website since launch ers. The choice will be about prefer- with Britannia Building Society in sults of the enquiries into both Rev. day and has charac- ence rather than any other factor. 2009. Flowers and the decisions made by terised the debate on The critic Brain Crecente summed That decision caused the bank the Co-operative Bank under his message boards. We it up best: “Never before has gaming to sustain huge losses: it had to tenure. What we do know, how- must not discredit had two such stand-out consoles to write off about £500 million of bad ever, is that the Reverend Flow- this debate, as brand choose from.” loans, and lost even more money ers is no longer quite so revered, loyalty is a powerful on an expensive IT project. partly responsible as he is for the It is a move that many analysts Co-operative bank’s current pre- say has been nothing short of dis- dicament. HOWARDLAKE Microso! Xbox One Sony Playstation 4 astrous, leaving the Co-operative Bank with a £1.5 billion capital shortfall. Price - £429 £349 - Price Poor judgment in 2009 was 500GB - Hard Drive made worse the following year Hard Drive - 500GB with the appointment of Rev. RAM - 8GB 8GB - RAM Flowers as chairman of the bank. GPU - AMD Sea Islands AMD Sea Islands - GPU By this stage, events in the sector, (800 MHz) where banks were falling like skit- (853 MHz) Xbox One tles, should have made it clear that Motion Camera? - Included Not Incl. - Motion Camera chairing a bank required banking vs. PSN - Online Capability? experience. This was not the case Online Capability? - Xbox Live with Rev. Flowers. With him at Backwards Compatibility? - No Playstation 4 No - Backwards Compatibility? the helm, the bank’s poor financial The true expense of Scottish independence

Gustave Laurent ly to rise alongside Britain’s, whose Proponents of the Scottish cause the extent to which oil and gas are tottering Eurozone, the future is DEPUTY BUSINESS EDITOR debt is predicted to reach more than underline that, with oil and gas as- highly volatile sources of revenues, very uncertain. To achieve this aim, £1.5 trillion by 2017. More crucial dependent on global markets and Scotland would have to carry out a hit’s fur ye’ll no go by ye! to Scotland’s future will be its defi- Scotland would prone to acute fluctuations that decade of ‘fiscal tightening’, either ‘What’s meant to hap- cit – that is, the difference between could deeply harm the Scottish cutting spending or rising taxes, or a Wpen will happen’ says the its income and its spending –. It was “have to carry out a economy. They also uphold that, re- bit of both. After years of austerity, I old Scottish proverb. After the No- reported that Scotland’s borrowing garding UK’s expenditures and rev- doubt that newly autonomous Scots vember referendum in 2014, the in 2009/2010 oscillated between decade of ‘fiscal enues, Scotland participated more will be delighted about this. Scots will know if their independ- 17per cent and 11per cent of GDP. than ‘its share’, generating more Therefore, despite pessimistic ence was written in their country’s Put into perspective with England, tightening’, either revenues than it spent. They argue prospects, Scotland, independent or history book as an unavoidable these figures reveal how crucial to that this trend of ‘fiscal surplus’ – not, will always remain the country fate. Although beautiful, Scotland’s an independent Scotland oil reve- cutting spending or when revenues exceed expenditures of Sir Alex Ferguson, whisky, tartan sovereign aspirations have a price: nues will be, consequently forcing it – has been largely constant for the and, above all, James Bond’s home- “Freedom is an illusion. It always to borrow slightly less at times and raising taxes, or a last 30 years, reinforcing the view of land. Scotland will always be Scot- comes at a price,”, wrote University substantially more at others. More- bit of both. a healthy and strong economy. land. GREENSAMBAMAN of York educated author, Jonathan over, the cost of borrowing will be ” This is all nice but advocates Troud. blurry for an autonomous Scotland. sets in the North Sea amounting to of an independent Scotland tend While various sources diverge Though it can now borrow at rea- a reported £1tn, there is no need to to turn a blind eye on the price of as for the price of Scotland’s inde- sonable rates now, research led by worry. They also argue that if Scot- matching EU debt requirements pendence, there is a consensus that the National Institute of Economic land assumed a population share of under the Maastricht Treaty. Ac- the country’s debt after independ- and Social Research (NIESR) sug- UK public debt, the country’s debt cording to the NIESR, the Scottish ence would amount to £81bn, a gested that the country would in in 2017-18 would be 5per cent government would have to run an relatively important sum for a small likely be faced with rising interest lower than England’s. annual surplus of more than 3per country. Scotland’s debt is also like- rate costs, above the UK average. However, they seem to omit cent for ten years and, with a still NOUSE: THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENT NEWSPAPER www.nouse.co.uk Tuesday 26 November 2013 24 www.ey.com/uk/careers

[email protected] Science www.nouse.co.uk/science A blind 21st century space race begins study, or Sam Wainwright SCIENCE REPORTER the Curiosity rover, which dian Space Research Or- 2 lost communication after the private space industry landed on Mars’ surface ganisation’s (ISRO) Mars separating from its carrier in the UK is also grow- in summer 2012, MAVEN Orbiter Mission (MOM), craft, ESA’s Mars Express. ing fast, employing tens of was it? MAVEN and Man- will orbit the planet. informally called Man- Up until 2010, the UK thousands of workers and galyaan launch for Mars. According to NASA’s galyaan, is a more mod- did not contribute funds contributing £9bn in value One Small Step for NASA, website, “The goal of MA- est mission, costing only for the International Space to the UK economy. Hollie Melton One Giant Leap for Indian VEN is to determine the £45m. Currently orbiting Station (ISS) because it Since 2010 joint gov- SCIENCE REPORTER Space Agencies. What will role that loss of atmospher- the Earth, it is India’s first was deemed not to be cost- ernment and industry Britain’s role be in the 21st ic gas to space played in interplanetary mission, efficient. Things are chang- initiative, Space IGS, was century space race? changing the Martian cli- and is set to be blasted to- ing though; on 1 April 2010 published, the UK has cre- Blind participants demon- NASA HQ PHOTO wards Mars in less than a the UK government estab- ated the Space Leadership strate light can give you focus. month. lished the UK Space Agen- Council, the UKSA, and Recent research at the If the mission is suc- cy (UKSA). Which in May have brought ESA’s Euro- University of Montreal has cessful ISRO would be one this year announced that pean Centre for Space Ap- uncovered brain activation in of four space agencies to the UK’s first official astro- plications and Telecommu- blind participants exposed to have reached Mars along- naut, Major Tim Peake, will nications (ECSAT) to the light. The results demonstrated side the Soviet space pro- visit the ISS for 5 months in UK. This month the UK that blind individuals had the gram, NASA, and Euro- 2015. Private space compa- space sector announced phywsiologically apparent pean Space Agency (ESA) nies are seen to be playing goals of growing the UK ability to see light with use of and it would be the cheap- an increasing role in the share of the global space a novel photoreceptor, author est orbiter to have done so; industry. market to 8% by 2020, and Steven Lockley said, “We were an accomplishment just in NASA has opened a 10% by 2040. This is a bold stunned to discover that the itself. competition involving pri- but ultimately attainable brain still responds signifi- This is all amongst vate companies to provide target for the UK space sec- cantly to light in these rare the recent discussion on commercial spaceships that tor. NASA’s MAVEN pre-launch three completely blind patients what Britain’s role will be could carry astronauts to If the UK can continue despite having absolutely no NASA’s 21st mission mate through time. Where in space. It’s fair to say that and from the International to punch above its weight conscious vision at all”. to Mars has blasted off. did the atmosphere – and Britain hasn’t made the Space Station. A role which as it has done in very recent The experiment asked The Mars Atmosphere the water – go?”. biggest impact on studies has previously been under- years, there is no reason three participants who were and Volatile EvolutioN Another Mars orbiter in space or interplanetary taken in house by NASA. that we won’t see Britain blind, to decide whether a blue (MAVEN) has a budget of began its multi stage launch exploration. In 2003, the Looking beyond the emerging as a world leader light was on or off. Surpris- $671m (£416m) and unlike two weeks earlier. The In- British Mars lander Beagle UKSA then, we can see that in the space sector. ingly, they were able to do so correctly at a level that ruled out luck. One author referred to this as “non-conscious awareness”. This finding was expanded York team takes gold at iGEM upon with a concurrent noise at the time of the flash – even more surprisingly, this affected Ellie Davis iGEM runs yearly. It so abundant and divide so cles from water. ions to produce solid gold the participants attentiveness SCIENCE REPORTER provides teams of under- rapidly that fuel cells would The first task of the particles. The team de- to the noise, suggesting an graduates from around the be both clean and sustain- bacteria was to find the gold signed their second DNA increase of attention resultant A decade ago, during world with a selection from able. However, as the York particles. This should have sequence. This one would of the presence of light. an Independent Activities the Registry of Standard team pointed out, the bat- been the easy part. Cells code for the production of In individuals with sight, Period, a group of students Biological Parts with which teries tend to be bulky and may produce transcription these molecules but in their light is important for keep- at MIT spend a month de- to build a new biological produce little energy. Their factors, proteins which con- own E. coli bacterium and ing us in synch with the time, signing a system to make system. This consists pri- plan was to take a fuel cell trol which of the cell’s genes this DNA would be acti- which has impacts on metabo- cells blink. The following marily of DNA sequences and make it better. are expressed. E. coli al- vated by the transcription lism and behaviour. During the year, this became a sum- and protein parts. With The team worked on E. ready produces a transcrip- factors produced by their day the brain is more active mer competition in which this ‘biological toolkit’ the coli to produce their own tion factor which responds gold-sensing DNA. and alert in order to respond 5 teams took part. Now, in teams must genetically en- masterpiece: Electricus au- to toxic heavy metals in its The final part of the to daily demands of life, it is 2013, the International Ge- gineer an organism to pro- reus. This bacteria, based environment. This means system was to produce elec- suggested that it is signalled as netically Engineered Ma- duce a useful new machine. on E. coli, could search out that the bacteria is already tricity. Microbial fuel cells such by day light. chine competition (iGEM) The team of biology and use toxic gold particles capable of sensing gold in simply tap in to this source This basis lead to a third has entries of over 200 and biochemistry under- in waste water supplies. its environment. However, of electrons and convert it phase in the experiment.Dur- teams from all over the graduates started by look- The system is designed to this transcription factor into electricity. ing the final phase participants world. It was into this fray ing at microbial fuel cells. be a sustainable and clean is not gold-specific, also Under the watchful underwent fMRI (functional that our York sent it’s very These batteries use bac- way to improve the efficien- reacting to copper and sil- eyes of team supervisors magnetic resonance imaging) own intrepid team of 14 un- teria to produce renew- cy of microbial fuel cells ver ions. On top of this, it Dr James Chong, Dr Gavin which measures brain activ- dergraduates. able energy. Bacteria are while cleaning toxic parti- naturally regulates 2 E. col Thomas and Prof. Mag- ity by detecting blood flow YORK UNIVERSITY genes so using in the team’s gie Smith, the team took changes – based on the fact system directly would lead their idea to the European that brain regions under use to some side-effects in the Jamboree. They were up will require blood. finished product. In the against 58 other teams In this case participants end, the team combined from around Europe. York had to match sounds while several genes, including a has come away from its lights were flashed in their gold-sensing one from the first ever iGEM entry with eyes, within less than a minute bacterium S. typhimurium, a gold medal. of the light brain regions re- to produce a new gene As put by Dr Chong: quired were active. Specifically, which allowed their bacte- “Team York have done areas important to alertness ria to selectively sense for brilliantly winning a gold and attentional regulation gold particles. medal at iGEM on their were active which lead re- Once the gold had very first outing. The fact searchers to conclude that light been found, it needed to that the students achieved activates a reserve of resources be processed. Again the this in the University’s that are left to monitor the team were able to utilize 50th year makes it all the environment. Authors, Lockley processes already present more memorable.” As 2014 and Carrier added to this, “Our in the bacterial world. A marches steadily closer, this results raise the intriguing recent discovery has shown is a time to toast all of York’s possibility that light is key to that some bacteria are able past achievements, but also maintaining attention.” to produce small molecules to look forward to its future The York iGEM team which react with toxic gold success. Tuesday 26 November 2013 www.nouse.co.uk NOUSE: THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENT NEWSPAPER www.ey.com/uk/careers 25 Science 5 things Expanding the nuclear chain you didn’t

CROWCOMBE AL George Watson thank the SCIENCE REPORTER Greeks for Plans to build a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point, al- ready the site of an operational nu- A computer clear reactor, were finalised recent- One may be astonished ly in an attempt to plug the “energy to hear that the Ancient gap” created by declining fossil fuel Greeks had there own ana- reserves, the decommissioning of logue computer. Perhaps older power stations, and escalat- while not well suited to ing costs. PowerPoint presentations As expected, these proposals and word processing, this have been met with some opposi- machine powered by hand tion – with the Fukushima incident was able to calculate astro- still within recent memory, this is nomical information such no surprise. Stories like Cherno- as the position of the Sun, byl haven’t helped the reputation of Moon and eclipse cycles. nuclear power, and, for some peo- Theoretically it could also ple, the word nuclear conjures up have calculated the position unpleasant images of mushroom of planets. All of this was clouds over Hiroshima. achieved simply through Nuclear fission, the splitting exceptionally clever use of of a single uranium-235 nucleus gears. into two smaller nuclei, currently Hinkley Point will be the site of a new nuclear reactor, increasing the energy produced from the original site. accounts for 18% of the UK’s total Central heating power supply, a percentage likely represents the change in mass, and strictly regulated, and a lot of spent stars, and a promising candidate To students, the idea of to increase as supplies of coal and ‘c’ is the speed of light. nuclear fuel will remain unsafe to for the “fuel of the future”, which central heating might seem natural gas (which still account for Because c2 is a very large num- biological organisms for millions of could avoid all of these problems. quite the luxury, but even 70% of our energy supply) fall be- ber, even a small change in mass years – this is inconvenient, to say It works using a very similar princi- the Ancient Greeks indulged low requirements in the next cou- can result in large energy output: the least, but when disposed of cor- ple to fission, by converting a small every now and again. Some ple of decades. Uranium supplies, Using uranium outputs around rectly the risk from nuclear waste is mass defect into thermal energy. of their temples were heated meanwhile, could last for more 3,00,000 times more kWh per kg negligible. While not currently a practical from under the floor using than 200 years, and that figure than using coal. There’s also the possibility of source of power, fusion is virtually a circulation of warmed air. could be extended by an order of The energy released heats up things going wrong with the reac- non-polluting and could generate magnitude with advances such as water, turning it into steam and tion itself. Accidents like Chernobyl huge amounts of power using lit- Automatic doors breeder reactors. driving a turbine to generate elec- are the result of uncontrolled chain tle more than water, with no risk Automatic doors may bring With such an abundant fuel tricity. This process is used for all reactions, a phenomenon delib- of a meltdown and few radioactive to mind the idea of using source under our feet, nuclear fis- fossil fuels, and the turbine itself is erately invoked in nuclear bombs waste products. the ‘force’ or the futuris- sion sounds like the perfect solu- very similar to a wind turbine or the like that dropped on Hiroshima, It’s unsurprising that this is the tic reality of Star Trek, but tion, but how likely is a meltdown, dynamo powering a bicycle light. but such accidents are freak occur- subject of a lot of current research, in fact the Ancient Greeks and is it worth the risk? To answer It works on the principle of rences caused by human error, and including here at York; the univer- were way ahead of us. In in- questions like those, it helps to be- electromagnetic induction: mov- adequate safety controls (such as sity is heavily involved in fusion re- stances such as the entranc- gin by understanding how nuclear ing a magnet near a coil of wire control rods) can prevent this un- search through the York Plasma In- es to Temples, automatic power works. will generate an electric current in der normal conditions. stitute and the multinational ITER doors were implemented A typical commercial fission the wire, a principle discovered by It’s more difficult, however, to project. using a cunning network of reactor works by giving a urani- British scientist Michael Faraday in defend against natural disasters, With a lot of kinks to iron out, ropes, spindles and buck- um-235 nucleus an extra neutron, 1831. as Fukushima taught us recently, however, viable fusion reactors are ets, ultimately being pow- causing it to become highly un- Of course, we now have a lot or possible terrorist attacks. Either still decades away – too late to plug ered by steam! This was the stable and split into smaller nu- of daughter nuclei left over, and of these could be devastating, and the energy gap. So for the moment, work of Hero of Alexandria, clei. The combined mass of these they’re of no use to us in terms of making the process as safe as possi- at least until renewables can catch hereby inventing the steam “daughter nuclei” is slightly lower power generation. Getting rid of ble is a major concern for engineers up, fission may have to suffice. engine thousands of years than that of the original nucleus, them isn’t simple, since many of working on nuclear power stations. With proper safety procedures, the before the birth of the likes and this mass deficit is compen- them are highly radioactive and Luckily, fission isn’t the only risk from nuclear power is very low, of George Stephenson and sated for by a release of energy – can cause serious health problems type of nuclear reaction. Fusion, and, for the time being, our need to James Watt. this is the meaning of the famous if not disposed of correctly. the combining of small nuclei like plug the energy gap outweighs this equation E = m c2. Quite simply, The storage and disposal of hydrogen into heavier elements like risk; that’s where Hinkley Point A vending machine ‘E’ refers to the energy released, ‘m’ radioactive nuclear waste is very helium, is the power source used in comes in. Another of Hero’s inven- tions is that of the seemingly immensely modern vending machine. Instead of buy- ing Coca Cola, the Ancient The nuclear power debate Greeks would insert a coin into For gress and increases the quality of Against One of the most significant is- a slot at the top of a machine life for people around the globe. sues with this type of energy is the to dispense holy water. This The arguments for nuclear power No other fuel source can The melt down at the Fukushima contribution to the proliferation was achieved by the coin are based simply on statistics and match the boasts which nuclear power plant in 2011 highlighted of nuclear weapons. Facilities that landing on a pan joined to cold hard facts. Nuclear is 8,000 can rightly claim, clean fuel, high the unstable elements of nuclear enrich uranium could be grossly a lever which would then times more efficient per kg of raw efficiency, low costs and sustain- power. misused as is the suspected case in release an appropriate materials than coal, this alone ability not to mention the promise The echo’s of Chernobyl 25 years Iran. Equally, the disposal of nu- amount of water by way of a should convince the world of it’s of progress. earlier were evident and it became clear waste is a contentious topic. counter-weight. use. Nuclear fusion is the tantalis- startling apparent that nuclear Radioactive waste remains danger- However, if more convincing ing goal of thousands of scientists power was fundamentally unsafe. If ous for thousands of years and the Alarm clock is needed then look no further than from all corners of the Earth, only a nuclear power plant is built in an government is still unsure of how Finally, the annoying device the amount of carbon dioxide it re- possible due to earlier work into area that is structurally unstable, to deal with waste from almost 60 that wakes you up in the leases, zero, that’s how much. nuclear fission. like the Fukushima plant, there is years of nuclear power. morning was also original- Nuclear is the best option for For all these reasons and un- a high propensity for natural disas- The cost of disposing the nu- ly designed by the Ancient the worlds fuel crisis, one day the countably more the future of en- ters to occur. clear waste nullifies the costs saved Greeks, who used water coal, gas and oil reservoirs will be ergy at this moment in time should The legacy of Chernobyl haunts by actually using this sort of power. clocks. A whistling sound depleted, if this occurs before we be nuclear. It provides both the en- nuclear power and it will continue The argument that nuclear power would be triggered by a ris- are ready then the consequences ergy security that is so desperately to as long as the topic is debated. is cleaner is also dented by the fact ing stream of water. will be unimaginable. needed without the downsides It is vital to consider the human the nuclear process needs fossil fu- Energy is the unwritten global of adding to the release of green- factor in the pursuit of sustainable els to physically mine the uranium power in the world: energy fuels house gases. energy and nuclear power consist- ore and then ship it into Britain. By Sarah Pryor production, furthers scientific pro- By James Ellis ently underestimates this issue. By Beth Jakubowski NOUSE: THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENT NEWSPAPER www.nouse.co.uk Tuesday 26 November 2013 26 www.ey.com/uk/careers >> Pages 29-30 Match reports from a decisive weekend of College Football action @nousesport [email protected] Sport www.nouse.co.uk/sport P!"# L$%& Badminton, banter and ‘blustery weather’

The Nouse Sport Team take a light-hearted look back at the last week’s sporting action on campus Beth Jakubowski DEPUTY EDITOR

inter may have descend- ed on the British Isles Win a familiar and brutish Good Week manner, but on the other side of the world the sun is shining and the sporting summer is in full bloom. In a far flung corner of the world, a tiny little urn is being fiercely con- Leeds Met men’s tested by two giants of the cricket Derwent men’s football lacrosse sec- world. The beauty of the Ashes has Derwent set up a title decider onds begun Down Under. with James later on this week, Leeds Met had So begin the long nights hud- after thrashing Langwith a bit of a shocker dled up on the sofa, draped in blan- 5-0. Tom Shelbourn had a on the 22 by all kets and surviving off endless cups stormer by scoring a brace, accounts last of tea. Before going to university I while front-man Josh Bew Wednesday. thought only a true English cricket grabbed a hat-trick. Of course, Things started fan could survive an away Ashes se- Derwent weren’t helped by badly for the West ries. I was wrong in my assumption, the referee, who denied them Yorkshire outfit, as they for I discovered a new breed of fan a penalty because they were found themselves 4-0 this week – the student cricket fan. “already 2-0 up”. Standard. down after the first Students have an unprec- quarter. Things got edented advantage in pulling the no better for them as Ashes all nighter, and it’s not just the game went on; their the youth, it’s the sheer wealth of defence was leakier than a experience that comes with stay- rusty sieve and another twelve The Ashes sofa York men’s badminton went in before the end of Both the men’s firsts and thirds teams the match. At least the away side scored - in fact, wild celebra- “ had a fantastic week in the BUCS watchers are an tions were sparked on the touch- integral part of the competition this week. Some excellent line as Met’s first and then second fighting spirit saw Andy Henderson’s goals went in. Unfortunately, they Barmy Army. ” side clinch a dramatic draw at the seemed to forget that they’d con- death. Meanwhile, the thirds claimed ceded sixteen. Whoops. ing up until the small hours of the a crucial win against relegation rivals morning. It’s experience gained Leeds to keep their hopes of staying up from that looming essay deadline alive. Well done, boys. Thomas Fennelly or that night where you stayed in Sports Editor Tom rather selfishly decided to Willow until closing – staying up have a birthday this weekend (how dare he?!) and watching the Ashes is nothing York women’s firsts and disappeared to London during Nouse compared to those traumas. football production, leaving co-editor Jim and depu- It’s the lunch break that picks It was a cracking week for ties Nick and Lewis to pick up the pieces at the off the weaker fans; staying awake UYWAFC as they kick- busiest time of the year so far. It’s not his fault during the lengthy break is a mis- started their season with though.* Happy birthday mate, we hope it’s a sion all by itself. Either you brave a fantastic 4-1 victory over good one.** the half an hour nap or you drink city rivals York St. John on copious amounts of tea and cof- Wednesday. St. John drew *It is. fee. For students, the lunch break first blood in the contest, **You owe us all a pint. is nothing, the library equivalent is but the girls in Black and that moment where you cave in and Gold responded brilliantly go to the vending machine. and put four past their dear By the time the tea break ar- neighbours over the rest of rives, most fans will have either the game to grab a thoroughly de- passed out on the sofa or are crawl- served three points. York are slowly ing towards their beds. At this moving up the league, while St. John The weather point most students are consuming are still pointless. (yep, again) caffeine intravenously. (In Willow It was another terms, this is the point where you testing time for the reach for the prawn crackers.) Sus- denizens of the Nouse Sport Team this tenance is key. week, as they were subjected to yet There are a few things that are more sub-arctic temperatures across vital to the Ashes student survival York women’s firsts lacrosse campus. Conditions on 22 Acres were guide. Firstly, do not subject your The lacrosse girls continued their anonymously described as ‘most blustery’, flatmates to watching cricket, they whilst it has been suggested that the 3G push for promotion this season with will never thank you. Secondly, buy had an identity crisis and accidentally a onesie, you’ll thank me when you a sensational victory over their thought it was located in Northern Nor- realise a student house is bloody closest rivals, Northumbria firsts. way. One particular member of the sports cold in the middle of the night. And Despite missing five major play- team actually froze to the JLD benches finally, don’t bother with the semi- ers through injury going into the on Wednesday, and was left in-situ until nar reading you feel you should do game, the girls found an extra naturally thawing out the following day. because you’re staying up all night; level of determination to battle the effort is commendable but ulti- their way to a 14-11 victory away mately futile because you won’t be from home. The wins puts York awake enough in the actual seminar top of the league with a perfect to be of any use. record and a superb goal differ- The Ashes sofa watchers are an ence. Up the Black and Gold! integral part of the Barmy Army. If you’re a student, you’re even more Bad Week integral because you’ll be the only one who can stay awake ... and still function the next morning. Tuesday 26 November 2013 www.nouse.co.uk NOUSE: THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENT NEWSPAPER www.ey.com/uk/careers 27 Sport Crossing the line In the final ‘Faith in Sport’ feature, George Barrett speaks to Scotland and Lions player Euan Murray about his rugby career and his faith in Jesus.

ALL IMAGES: CDR AITCH he modern international rugby player picture of the state of the human heart. I is one of the most impressive physical realised I was a sinner and that I had fallen Tspecimens that humankind has to offer. short of God’s standard, and because of that I Whether they were to play at scrum-half, knew I deserved nothing from God,” Murray flanker or hooker, you would not want to get says. “But then I saw that God sent Jesus to on the wrong side of a rugby player. Not only die on the cross for my sins – for all of my sins. are they giants, but they can also endure in- And I could believe in him with all my heart credible thresholds of pain. Just over a week and ask him into my life. I decided to follow ago Chris Robshaw sported the most enor- him no matter what, even if it meant losing mous of shiners and he simply shrugged it my friends, or my job, or popularity. And so I off, saying in an interview afterwards, “That’s asked Jesus to come into my heart and be the what test rugby is all about.” Lord of my life.” Underneath the hard-nut exterior, there So in his weakness, Murray found Je- is generally the perception that the modern sus and from there he explains how his life rugby player is macho, thick skinned and able changed dramatically. I’m interested to know to endure any kind of verbal abuse. then, what difference Jesus has made to Mur- By contrast, Euan Murray openly admits ray’s life and whether he now considers him- his weaknesses and inadequacies. self strong. Murray is a regular in the starting XV for “I can honestly say that Jesus has com- Scotland, having won 57 caps normally play- pletely transformed my life. He has taken away ing at tighthead prop, one of the most physi- my guilt. He has made me innocent in the eyes cally demanding positions on the pitch. Un- of God, despite the fact that I deserve to be like many props, who can often be portrayed condemned because of my selfishness. I’m as big slabs not a good of meat and person – I’m not a lot “I can honestly say that Jesus a bad person else, Murray that’s been wears his vul- forgiven. But nerability on has completely transformed I don’t have his sleeve. He to feel guilty is softly spo- for being a ken and will- bad person, ing to open my life.” because God his heart up. loves me and This facet of his character is interestingly jux- has spared me. Living in light of that is lib- taposed with his high pain threshold – he had erating. to quickly leave halfway through our conver- “In my walk as a Christian, God has given sation to allow the doctor to remove a toenail me such power. He has given me power to re- ever been hard for someone who so easily ad- to die for me – so surely I should want to work that had been damaged in training earlier that sist temptations. You know, the kind that men mits his weaknesses and shortcomings. hard at a job that he has been kind enough to day, before calmly returning to talking about are tempted with – drink, sleeping around “Well I had to leave Northampton Saints give me the gifts to do. deeper and more emotive matters. and so on. I used to like getting drunk, but [his former club] because of that. That was “I used to want to be the best so that I So how did Murray get to the stage where now I hate these things. I used to like wearing hard in one sense but it was also good because would look good. But now I try to do my very he recognised his weaknesses that lay beneath tight clothes but he has taken away my desire it taught me to rely on Christ more, and that best for God, play honestly and not be lazy.” the surface? to be vain. strengthened me and taught me. And what does Murray think of the fu- “It was during a lengthy period on the “There have been many idols in my life “I believe it is incredibly important to ture, particularly considering the relatively side-lines,” he says. “I had quite a serious in- that he has given me power to resist. An idol is stand up for what you believe in.” short shelf life of an international rugby play- jury and I realised how short life is and how anything in your life that is more important to I’m interested to know what exactly is so er? impermanent things are. I wanted to know if you than God. God deserves your time and en- important about Sundays. Surely it is just an- “Sport is not the most important thing in there was more to life than just living and dy- ergy, but an idol is something that you make other day of the week? The majority of rugby life,” he says. “The most important thing in an ing, so I began to read the Bible and look into more important than God. It is something supporters would give anything to be able to individual’s life is where they are going when Christianity with real seriousness for the first that you pour all your energy and time into. play club and international rugby and go on a they die. I could lose my life, I could lose my time.” It could be your studies, or being popular. Do British and Irish Lions Tour to South Africa, job, I could lose my health, and I could lose all For the first time in his life, Murray began you want all the girls or guys to find you at- but Murray has turned down the opportunity my possessions, but I will always have every- to look at the claims of Jesus and the Bible’s tractive? When that becomes more important to advance his rugby career to go to what some thing because I have Jesus Christ. perspective on the human condition. He re- than following God, that is an idol.” would consider an outdated and down-right “Jesus says ‘I am the way, the truth and alised that despite the fact that he appeared Murray is well known for choosing not boring institution every week. Added to this, the life, no one comes to the Father except by strong and self-sufficient, he was in fact help- to play rugby on a Sunday because of his re- Murray makes himself a nuisance for selec- me.’ Unless a man is born again he can’t see less and in need of God. ligious beliefs, and I am interested to know tors who would love to put him in their match the kingdom of God – he says you must be “The Bible paints an incredibly accurate whether taking such a stance on Sundays has day XV each week. Indeed, Murray missed the born again. If you haven’t dealt with Christ recent loss to South Africa in the Autumn In- yet, you need to. That’s the most important ternationals just over a week ago because the thing. match was played on a Sunday. Murray is sometimes labelled as ‘religious’ “Our life is so short,” he explains. “You see by a number of his fellow sportsmen and the it one moment and then the next it is gone. media. There are many negative connotations Building up money, or caps, or a career – I that people associate with this word, but Mur- can’t take that with me when I die. So for me ray seems to be painting a very different pic- Sunday is the best day of the week. It’s the ture of Christianity to the one our modern age day when I can refuel spiritually. Everyone is can sometimes present. obsessed with feeding their bodies, but not a Murray’s faith is based upon his be- lot of people are bothered with feeding their lief that the cross of Jesus has saved him, souls. Sunday is where I get the bulk of my not upon strict ceremonies and rituals. This spiritual fuel. It’s worth the sacrifice.” means that Murray can live a life of freedom I am interested to know how this out- and liberation because of his belief that he is look on Sundays affects Murray throughout deeply loved by God. the week in training, particularly if he knows Even if that means sacrificing playing on he won’t be playing at the weekend because a Sundays and spurning a potentially legendary match falls on a Sunday. Surely it must have career, Murray believes that there is some- an effect on his motivation? thing far greater and more fulfilling in life “My target is always to give 100% every than playing rugby. day, because of the love of Jesus,” he contin- Perhaps his sporting peers, or even some ues. “We are called as Christians to out-work of us, should consider some of Murray’s bibli- people and to out-love people. And that is be- cal perspectives. Maybe these beliefs are rel- cause Jesus is the one I serve, the one I follow evant to the big issues about life in the 21st and the one I fight for. Jesus loved me enough Century. NOUSE: THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENT NEWSPAPER www.nouse.co.uk Tuesday 26 November 2013 28 www.ey.com/uk/careers Sport The Beautiful Game

As women’s football grows in a golden era of British sport, Jamie Summers speaks to UYWAFC President Vicky DeCamp about the growing popularity of the sport on campus PETROC TAYLOR PETROC TAYLOR

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onfidence. Just one small word, but confidence is every- though. New directions are being taken so it makes our sport “We have the ‘Get into Sport’ session for anyone who thing in sport. It’s the key to unlocking potential, being worth talking about. Women becoming more involved in the wants to build their footballing confidence for free. We en- Csuccessful, and most of all seeking enjoyment from tak- men’s game is a fantastic thing, and I think a lot of good can courage everyone to come to training and then, from that, we ing part. come from that.” pick for our first team, who have separate training. British sport is on the crest of a wave at the moment, en- From speaking to DeCamp, the major theme that comes “But they also train with everyone else so there’s a commu- joying a golden era of sustained success. With participation across is a confidence in the future direction of the women’s nity atmosphere about us. People still keep turning up, which on the rise and a growing belief in a bright future, women’s game. That seems to be rubbing off on UYWAFC, and the ea- suggests we’re doing something right.” It seems that this sense football is one sport gaining prominence across the land – and gerness to expand women’s football on campus is incrediblin- of community is integral to everything that UYWAFC do. York nowhere more so than at the University of York. fectious. Sport’s ‘Key Contacts’ scheme has enjoyed a hugely successful With this in mind, I decided to catch up with UYWAFC “There’s only one women’s team registered with BUCS at start this term, receiving the approval of NUS LGBT Officer, President Vicky DeCamp to get her take on matters. If there’s the moment, but we’ve been trying since last year to push for a Finn McGoldrick. one overriding thing that comes across from speaking to her, second team because the interest has been soaring. Especially I was keen to enquire how this ties in with the dynamic it’s a sense of pride in the legacy being built at York. since the Olympics and the women’s World Cup which has the football girls are trying to create. It’s essential according “We’ve traditionally tended to be in the shadow of the been going on, interest from people has shot up.” The addition to Vicky, who was full of praise for the scheme: “We’re a club men’s game, but I think attitudes towards that are changing,” of a second official BUCS team at York certainly seems justi- that welcomes anyone. We don’t discriminate and we’re all-in- she said. “Women’s football is beginning to be seen as its own fied, what with the success of the firsts side recently. clusive so we see the Key Contacts scheme as a huge positive.” sport and be appreciated for its own merits.” Having won promotion last season, the Black & Gold “It’s a great way to advertise sport for LGBTQ people on She has a point. Whilst the men’s game is enduring its campus, and by being part of that we’re showing our sup- own crisis of confidence, women’s football is beginning to port for that message. Women’s football is moving away gain more attention. from stigmas and labels and that’s great,” she added. Love them or loathe them, Manchester City are one of “Women’s football is coming to Considering the desire to enter a second team into the richest clubs in the world, and this season they entered BUCS and the inclusiveness that the Key Contacts scheme a side into the Women’s Super League. Vicky points to this is encouraging, women’s football seems ideally placed to as an indication that the ladies’ game is on the up. be seen as its own sport” grow organically on campus. “Arsenal have led the way in women’s football nation- A key part of this is the development of the Women’s ally for a long time, but other clubs are starting to recognise College Football league, which DeCamp was eager to pro- it now. The more people get involved in women’s academies, thumped city rivals York St. John last week to kick-start their mote. “The College League began last year, and we’re getting the better for us it is as the more mainstream we become.” push for this campaign. DeCamp was hopeful about the team’s more coverage now. We won Roses team of the year in May, The picture hasn’t always been so bright, with certain fortunes, saying: “We were promoted last year; we were unde- which was excellent. To get that recognition from York Sport stigmas inadvertently being brought out for women within the feated in the league. Division three is more challenging, but we was a great way to celebrate our hard work.” game. “It’s frustrating that men’s football is often just referred see it as a positive because it pushes us to improve. It’s this which the team is keen to push; the more people to as ‘football’ and women’s football is considered differently,” “We were unbeaten in the first three games so that’s a re- get involved in college football, the more players the university Vicky explained. ally positive sign for us. It’s still early days and there’s so much side can draw upon, and the better the chance York has of be- “When another committee member and I were doing our potential; I’m excited for the rest of the season.” coming a force in the women’s game. level one coaching, we were the only girls there amongst lots of And the better the firsts team does, the more likely people What was clear in speaking to DeCamp was her desire to young lads. A coach said to us, ‘Well done for coming.’ He was are to get involved and see women’s football as taking a step open the sport out to more people. obviously supportive, but he was shocked that we were there. further. “Hopefully we’ll be able to enter a second team with “Having the College Football now helps people with their There wasn’t a problem as such, but there was no need to draw BUCS, and looking at the standard of other universities, that confidence, and more simply makes people realise that they a distinction in that way really.” shouldn’t be a problem at all. Once it’s established, we’ll see it enjoy the sport. I’d urge anyone to come along and try it; no- Whether intentional or not, those kinds of attitudes have blossom,” DeCamp argues. one should have any misconceptions about it being a male- undoubtedly been rife within the game for a number of years. “If people see us progressing, they see somewhere to go only sport because women can get involved too.” It seems natural, then, that putting women’s football in the with us. I think we are where we should be now, and the only That seems an appropriate message to finish with; there spotlight can only be positive – and it’s something that Vicky way is up really.” The sense of challenge against good op- is no doubt that women’s football isn’t yet as prominent as the couldn’t stress enough, saying: position seems to be what drives the women’s team to push men’s game on campus. “I read a piece by [Arsenal & England player] Rachael themselves even further. But what is also clear is their ethos But it is growing, and it is packed with potential to get Yankey, saying that people still come up to her and jokingly of inclusivity and collective spirit, which DeCamp hopes will stuck in. When I asked Vicky to sum in in one sentence why ask if she understands the offside rule. People mean well, but encourage more girls at York to get involved. people should get involved, she had this to say: “It’s enjoyable, there’s a backlog of stigmas attached that will take time to Speaking about how training works at UYWAFC, she said: and it’s a beautiful game. As cheesy as it sounds, I can’t really eradicate. “We’re very flexible, which I think is what is unique about York. put it better.” “Women’s football has been in the headlines recently We’re inclusive and let anyone give it a go.” You can’t really argue with that, can you? Tuesday 26 November 2013 www.nouse.co.uk NOUSE: THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENT NEWSPAPER www.ey.com/uk/careers 29 Sport Halifax in ALEX BYRON thumping win Halifax 7 Connor Meckin could only shoot at the keeper after going through one- on-one having raced past the Alcuin Alcuin 2 defenders. Andrew Rees Alcuin’s Andy Fernando had SPORTS REPORTER the last chance of the half when his long range shot was turned round the post by Atkinson. The resulting SIX SECOND half goals from corner was wasted and the referee Halifax secured them a third place brought an engaging half to a close. finish in the league, after a late Al- The second half started as the cuin collapse. first one ended, with both teams The earliest chance fell to Al- threatening to take the lead. Luca cuin’s Ben Carver, but he could only Nazzicone missed an opportunity send his shot wide of the goal from at the back post, while goalscorer the edge of the Halifax box. Miller couldn’t double his tally at Halifax drew first blood in the the other end. when a pinpoint pass from Gio Pi- An hour in, Halifax went ahead lides found Dan Jones. He managed when Kieron Gennoy found the bot- James go into next week’s fixture knowing a draw is enough to win the league, after beating Halifax on Sunday to square the ball across the goal for tom corner of the goal with a tidy Theo Miller to slot into an empty shot from inside the Alcuin box. Ben Carver pulled one back for one of Alcuin’s better players and After the match, Halifax cap- net. McCoy poked a dropping ball Alcuin in the 73rd minute when he was unlucky not to have scored a tain, Connor McCoy, concisely told Pilides found more space in wide of the post before Gennoy add- headed in at the back post from a goal earlier in the match. Nouse: “It was a game of two halves the midfield and a tidy pass down ed his second and Halifax’s third. knocked on corner. Carver had been Dan Jones added his second but the scoreline reflects that we the channel between the full back Receiving the ball a considerable and restored Alcuin’s three goal lead won.” and central defender found Connor distance from goal, he planted the Halifax: Alcuin: 4 minutes later after a fantastic pass Greg Fearn, Alcuin Captain, Meckin, but his low cross was well ball into the side netting past the Atkinson, Brookes, Green, Petrides, from McCoy. The Halifax captain said: “I think it came down to miss- cut out by the Alcuin keeper. helpless Alcuin keeper. Bull, Rillstone, Boyd Perera, Tuton, Ken- clipped a ball over the Alcuin de- ing chances. We hadn’t taken the It wasn’t long before Alcuin de- Halifax were now in the mood (Knott), Gennoy, nick (Twin) , Jones- fence to find Jones in acres of space chances we should have done. I servedly drew level, when arguably and Dan Jones made it 4-1 after 70 McCoy (C), Pilides, Williams, Fearn (C), after he drifted free of his marker. feel if we had taken our chances it the best passing move of the match minutes with a neat turn and com- Meckin, Jones, Nestor, Nazzicone, Jones’s finish was neat as he found would have been a different game. ended with Nestor firing low past posed shot from within the box. Al- Miller. Fernando, Carver. the side netting from a tight angle. We should have been 2 or 3 goals the Halifax keeper. cuin were panicked at the back and Oli Bull then headed in twice from up at half time, but in the second In response, Halifax launched Halifax had taken full advantage to Man of the match: Gio Pilides corners to round the scoring off at half at 3-1 down our heads just went a number of good attacks. However, put themselves in control of the tie. 7-2. down.” Vanbrugh beat Goodricke to secure fourth position

Vanbrugh 2 ried the ball up the wing to threaten resolute with every run being skil- the post. hopes of scoring a winning goal. the Goodricke goal. However, they fully countered before completion. Vanbrugh then began to make a Their efforts to continually probe were unable to convert this early As the half continued, neither concerted push into the Goodricke the Goodricke defence meant that Goodricke 1 chance as it was easily handled side seemed to be able to gain the half. This paid dividends when Elli- they were finally able to steal the Nick Morritt by Goodricke keeper Tom Neil. upper hand. This stalemate was al- ot Rous-Ross slotted home opening victory after a cheeky goal was di- Goodricke then seized possession most ended by Johnnie Gillbanks’ the scoring shortly before half time. verted past a disappointed Neil in DEPUTY SPORTS EDITOR and began to pile the pressure onto effort, which was well-blocked by Taking back to the pitch for the the Goodricke net. This win give their opponents. Aaron Hooper. second half, Vanbrugh went on the Vanbrugh the much-desired fourth VANBRUGH GRABBED a late Unable to find an opening, Sam Following this, Goodricke assault once more, hoping to main- place in the league that they were victory over Goodricke on Sunday Cottingham took a speculative shot seemed energised once more. Their tain their lead. This early spurt of aiming for, leaving them in a posi- to secure a fourth-place finish in the which sailed over the bar. Vanbrugh closest chance came once more attacking energy seemed to die out tion to participate in the College autumn league table. then began to probe the opposition’s from Gillbanks who, taking a pow- however, as Goodricke took back Varsity qualifiers next term. From kick off, Vanbrugh car- defence, but Goodricke remained erful shot sent the ball just wide of possession and went on the attack After the match, sombre ALEX BYRON themselves. Continuing to push for- Goodricke captain Johnnie Gill- ward, the men in green seemed to banks reflected; “It was disappoint- produce a lot of chances, but were ing to lose like that right at the end, unable to find a gap. This was until I thought we played well. To lose to a a melee in front of the goal resulted goal like that was so unlucky. There in their first goal, which brought the were some really solid performanc- scores level once more. es from a lot the players, we had the Following their confidence- chances in the first half to win it. It’s boosting equaliser, Goodricke disappointing that now we’ll miss continued to pile on the pressure out on the Varsity playoffs.” against their Hes West opponents, Meanwhile, jubilant Vanbrugh but chance after chance was skil- captain Max Brewer said; “I don’t fully stopped by in-form Hooper in think it’s the best we’ve ever played the Vanbrugh goal. but we’ve ground out three points in As the half began to drag on, a big game. It was very nice to score Goodricke seemed unable to keep a late goal like that. Generally it’s up their onslaught and Vanbrugh been a good season and I’m proud took repossession on the ball, with we got three points today.” Clemens Blasius making a startling run down the pitch for a shot which Vanbrugh: Goodricke: Neil was able to save. The Vanbrugh Hooper, Brewer (C), Neil, Gillbanks (C), assault then continued, with Rous- Graham (Pick- Watkins, Hurst Ross making another good solo run nell), Blasius, Coy, (Cortney), Cot- up the pitch. However, like Blasius Wignall, Grout, tingham, Fagan, before him, the front-man was de- Potts(Watkins), Osbourne, Crawley, nied by Neil. Rous-Ross, O’Brian, Cremi, Anderson, As the match came to a close, Sides (Craine). Sullivan. Vanbrugh earned a hard-fought win over opponents Goodricke to secure a top-four finish in the league table Vanbrugh continued to push in the Man of the match: Aaron Hooper 30 NOUSE: THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENT NEWSPAPER www.ey.com/uk/careers www.nouse.co.uk Tuesday 26 November 2013 Sport James top ALL IMAGES: PETROC TAYLOR after Went- worth win James 3 half, Jopson had a great chance to seal his hat-trick as he once again linked up with Ferrao, who played Wentworth 1 an inch perfect through ball to send Lewis Hill Jopson one on one with the keeper. DEPUTY SPORTS EDITOR However, a poor first touch led Jopson to rush his finish and the IT WAS a must win game this Sun- shot ended up rolling wide of the day for James and they duly deliv- post. Regardless, James left the field ered, beating Wentworth 3-1 in a the superior side at the end of the game that saw both sides enjoy their first half, comfortably in the lead fair share of opportunities in front and dominating the postgrads. of goal. James started the second half The opening ten minutes were in fantastic style. Having won a cor- fairly even; neither side had any ner, the ball was played into the box, clear cut chances but both sides before being flicked on to the edge of had opportunities from set pieces. the area where James’ Jordan Steel A nicely weighted Wentworth cor- was waiting. Steel scored a wonder ner was cleared early on and James goal as he volleyed the ball, send- could have scored from their first ing it rocketing into the top corner corner of the game as centre back of the Wentworth net, leaving the Callum Elliott rose above the Wen- keeper with no chance of saving it. tworth defence and headed a ball James had opened up a 3-0 lead which forced Wentworth keeper over Wentworth, and looked good Mladen Sarnaz to tip it over the bar. value for the lead. James’ Freddie Ferrao was The game seemed all but over, probably the first player to shine but Wentworth had other ideas. on an otherwise gloomy 22 Acres. They started to get forward more He made a darting run at the Wen- and created for themselves a series tworth defence, with the resulting of very good chances. Green was put shot being comfortably saved by through clear on goal, despite pro- Sarnaz. Wentworth on the other tests for offside, but his subsequent hand were creating very few, if any, shot sailed wide of the goal. clinical attacking moves. They of- Wentworth started to capitalise ten played long, hopeful balls into on their more positive play, win- their target man Dom Green, which ning a series of corners from their failed to materialise into any shots opponents. One of these chances on goal. led to the postgrads sealing their James started to apply some first and only goal of the afternoon. pressure higher up the pitch as An- The original ball in was cleared but drew Jopson began to look lively, Wentworth headed back into the making a run down the middle be- area and it was fumbled by James fore his shot was saved. keeper Andy Balzan. The ball then James eventually broke the dropped to Apiwat Waijakham, who deadlock as Ferrao, who continued placed the ball in the back of the net to look dangerous down the left, to earn what turned out to be a con- beat Wentworth right back Nick solation goal. Towson and squared the ball right James managed to win back to Jopson, who provided a power- possession more frequently towards ful finish to make the scoreline 1-0 the end of the game, and as a result, to James. frustrated the postgrads, who were Shortly afterwards, James dou- desperately searching for another bled their lead with another piece of goal in an effort to set up a grand- counter attacking football. stand finish. Jopson was once again played In the end, it wasn’t to be and through on goal and finished nicely James left the field victorious and to allow James to capitalise on their knowing that a draw next week will dominance and take advantage of see them clinch the league. some lazy Wentworth defending. After the match, James captain James continued to take the Ralph Gill told Nouse: “We got our game to Wentworth and could have defensive shape spot on, we gave so easily had a third when Ferrao them no time and pressured their James put three goals past Wentworth on 22 acres on Sunday morning, setting up a league decider with Derwent played in James captain Ralph Gill back line and their strikers on every who struck a low, hard shot that was first ball. We really cut out any po- pleased to get the result and it really well. I think we can go into James: unfortunate to go wide of the mark. tential threat and we broke away means that we’re in a very strong Wentworth: next season as a new team with our Balzan, Dangha, Sarnaz, Towson, Wentworth’s first real chance with two counter attacks, [Andrew] position going into the match next heads up and try and challenge for Elliott, Axford, Steel, Kosunalp, Hulme, of the first half came when Towson Jopson had a couple of great fin- week.” Ferrao, Wheldon, Papoui, Cuku- at least a top three spot.” crossed in a curling ball into the box ishes.” Wentworth captain Wayne Paes Gill (C), Fox, Ala- rova, Paes (C), Wai- “I thought James created quite from the right wing, which landed On Jordan Steel’s emphatic vol- was upbeat despite the loss, say- hasan, Jopson. jakham, Nicolaou a few good chances, but I think we at Green’s feet. Green played the ball ley he said: “Jordan scored the vital ing: “It was a good way to end our (Ibrahim), Green, drew the second half and probably back to Mutlu Cukurova who had a goal and it would have been a very season, we were missing four of our Beresch. deserved to win it. great chance to score, but blazed his different game if they had scored starting eleven because they were We can go out into Christmas shot well over the bar. that. It was an absolute screamer unavailable, [we had] a couple of Man of the match: Freddie Ferrao with our heads up and looking for- Just before the end of the first from about 30 yards. I was very injuries, but we conducted ourselves ward to next season.” Tuesday 26 November 2013 www.nouse.co.uk NOUSE: THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK STUDENT NEWSPAPER www.ey.com/uk/careers 31 Sport NUS officer praises Key Contact Scheme

PETROC TAYLOR Nick Morritt One issue raised was the per- DEPUTY SPORTS EDITOR ception of an underlying ‘lad culture’ amongst university sports clubs, NATIONAL UNION of Stu- which may appear intimidating to dents’ LGBT Officer (Women’s LGBTQ groups. It was suggested place), Finn McGoldrick, says she that although members of sports was ”blown away” by the positive teams do not deliberately engage in signs she saw after leading a key phobic activities, inadvertent insen- contacts event on campus last week. sitivity can have a damaging impact The Key Contacts scheme was upon people’s confidence. There- established at the start of this term fore, it was agreed that key contacts by Cass Brown, York Sport Presi- will work closely with the LGBTQ dent, with the aim of promoting and Officers and the university’s teams encouraging sports participation to ensure that the problems are ad- amongst LGBTQ and disabled stu- dressed. dents on campus. Ten focus sports The LGBTQ Officers present are represented by a key contact at were able to present their concerns present, and plans are afoot to ex- to key contacts, suggesting that pand this further from 2014/15. both parties need to enjoy an open The current ten key contacts, dialogue with each other to make alongside members of the univer- York a pioneering university when it sity’s LGBTQ Network, met McGol- comes to creating a friendly sport- drick last Tuesday for a workshop ing atmosphere. aiming to increase LGBTQ partici- The Officers were also keen to pation in on-campus sport. point out that representatives of the said; “The key contacts scheme All key contacts present recog- clusive and welcoming to all. The workshop began with Mc- LGBTQ community are often from seems a really good way to pool to- nised the importance of socials to Overall, the event was a major Goldrick discussing some of the re- an LGBTQ background themselves, gether sports teams, working with the fabric of campus sports teams success in bringing different groups search which the NUS has recently and so can offer a superb insight York Sport’s objectives on equality and the reputations which these together and progressing discus- carried out into LGBTQ participa- into the feelings of the people they and diversity.” events can carry. sions on issues which matter to stu- tion, which concluded that there is a represent. The key contacts were “I think it’s a really good With socials being one of the dents across the university; further large barrier which remains for LG- keen to forge invaluable links be- scheme,” said the NUS Officer. “I’m most visible and potentially en- events are planned for the remain- BTQ students taking part in sport. tween these two parties to ensure so impressed and blown away by joyable aspects of participating in der of the year. However, it was also found that rep- that awareness of LGBTQ issues how aware of all the issues everyone university sports, it was universally Cass Brown, was delighted with resentatives of these communities was spread around campus. was, and how willing to work with agreed that these must be inclusive the event, telling Nouse; “I think it’s that do participate generally receive Another major positive to come each other they were.” and welcoming to all groups of stu- been fantastic, really successful and high levels of satisfaction. from the workshop was the agree- McGoldrick commented that dents. Finn really got the key contacts talk- This formed the basis for a dis- ment that people do not have to be she will be keeping a close eye on A major breakthrough was the ing about issues that are relevant to cussion amongst the key contacts members of the LGBTQ community events at the university. “I’m really consensus that certain themed so- York and their clubs. about what can be done to improve to support their aims. It is hoped excited to see what they do this year, cials – such as ‘slag and drag’ - may I’m just thrilled with how it accessibility to sports at York. It was that the key contact scheme will they all seem really open and hon- appear insensitive to members of went, she was really engaging and agreed that the perception of certain help to encourage more sportsmen est which is totally what you need to the LGBTQ community. To tack- I think the clubs enjoyed it. We actions and attitudes is essential to and women across campus to sup- run successful campaigns. They all le this potential problem, it was have the LGBTQ network here and reaching a common understanding port these goals. seem willing to hit the ground run- agreed that sports teams will work I think some nice links have been – for both sports clubs and mem- Speaking to Nouse after the ning. I can’t wait to see what they do in tandem with the LGBTQ Officers forged already between the clubs bers of the LGBTQ community. conclusion of the event, McGoldrick over the course of the year.” to ensure that future themes are in- and them.” RAG society organise Sports teams show sports charity fundraiser silence solidarity

George Barrett head-to-head challenges with other “We realised that a really good Jamie Summers aimed at promoting peace through ONLINE EDITOR sports clubs to see who can raise the way to make money for charity is SPORTS EDITOR global campaigning. most money during a social in town. through sport. Sport Relief do it, as Commenting on the move, York THE UNIVERSITY’S Rais- The idea of raising money on do Chance to Shine, who are a crick- UNIVERSITY SPORTS teams Sport president, Cass Brown, told ing and Giving (RAG) Society are a night out is one that RAG are do- et charity, and we thought why can’t from across campus paid their re- Nouse; “‘This year, the York Sport putting in place bold plans to host ing themselves this term. This week we do this?” spects last Wednesday in aid of Union has decided to support Trans a charity fundraising sports cup, they are going on fundraising ral- Sport Relief host an event every Trans Remembrance Day by hold- Remeberance day. which, if everything goes to plan, lies in clubs to raise money for their two years, which features a number ing a minute’s silence before the All BUCS sports teams em- will be officially launched at the Winter Wonderland ball that will of international sports stars who start of their regular BUCS fixtures. braced a minutes silence before start of next term. take place later this term. The fund- come together to raise money for The day is the culmination of their matches to memorize those The competition, which will be raiser will be Christmas themed. vulnerable people in both the UK Transgender Awareness week, and who have been killed as a result of named the RAG Sports Cup, will be Superstars, the opening event and some of the poorest countries it aims to pay respects to those transphobia. This is just one cam- awarded at the end of the academ- of RAG week next term, will be one across the world. who have been killed as a result of paign that’s come out of the key con- ic year at the York Sport dinner to of the largest events of RAG week Lambert added, “It will be a transphobia - or the persecution of tacts scheme so far.” the sports club that has managed and will aim to promote the cup to fantastic way to get people involved the transgender community. Meanwhile, the men’s rugby to raise the most money for charity as many people as possible across and heighten awareness of RAG and Worldwide there have been 238 firsts also took the measure to post- througout the whole year. campus. the need to raise money for charity. reported murders of transgender pone their regular Wednesday even- University sports teams across The event is based upon the na- “Hopefully this will get the people in the last year, with the ma- ing social in light of the fact that this campus will be able to partake in tional Superstars event, which sees sports clubs involved in RAG in a jority of those being women. fell on the same date as Trans Re- this event, which is similar to the sports celebrities competing against way they were never able to in the York Sport’s new key contacts membrance Day and fellow sports current RAG Cup that is awarded to one another. past.” scheme aims at increasing par- teams were taking measures to the college that has raised the most The event will include a num- Assisting Lambert in the organ- ticipation in sports across campus mark the occasion. money in the academic year. ber of disciplines such as cycle ma- isation of the cup are Katie Barrett, amongst the LGBTQ and disabled Brown stressed that the move The cup will have the appropri- chine circuits and time trials on a member of the women’s firsts La- communities; therefore, the Black singifies the hugely positive impact ate slogan “Raise Your Game.” rowing machines, and will be held crosse team, and Cass Brown, York & Gold took the decision to pay that the key contacts scheme is hav- Money can be raised in a num- in the Roger Kirk Centre at James Sport President. their respects in support of the uni- ing on sports teams across campus. ber of ways through a series of College. If any sports teams are keen to versity’s LGBTQ Network. “It represents a big step in the methods. Hope Lambert, RAG events get involved in what looks set to be On the same day, York’s teams scheme, as the key contacts are in- These can include events such coordinator, has been charged with an incredible opportunity to raise also participated in the Peace One fluencing clubs to take tackling as charity sports tournaments, heading up the operation and spoke money for charity, they should email Day campaign alongside all other homophobia and transphobia at bucket collections at matches, and with Nouse. [email protected]. North-Eatsern universities, which is York seriously.” College Sport Euan Murray Match reports from Sun- The rugby legend talks day’s college football about his faith and his action career >> Pages 29-30 >> Page 27

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Derwent gunning for league title after thrashing Langwith Derwent 5 Askham made a mazy run down the penalty for a foul in the area, before Derwent scored an opportunistic cided in the only remaining fixture right wing to the by-line and into changing his mind and giving the goal. Josh Bew broke into the area of the season next week between Langwith 0 the area before crossing for Bew. free kick – citing Derwent’s two- after being neatly assisted by Har- Derwent and James. Derwent must Although Bew’s first shot was saved, goal lead for his change of heart. rison, and scored his second goal to win to take top spot, with James Jamie Summers he calmly struck with a left-footed Ryan Gwinnett beautifully make the scoreline 4-0 in Derwent’s holding a two-point lead, although effort to put Derwent ahead. switched play for Shelbourn to pick favour. it promises to be an exciting end to SPORTS EDITOR Derwent’s second goal soon fol- up possession, and he unleashed an Once again Derwent capital- the campaign. lowed. After peppering the Lang- effort past Cheshire to score his sec- ised on Langwith leaving them- Langwith captain Marcus DERWENT CRUSHED Langwith with goal with a string of efforts, ond of the game. selves open at the back, as Gwinnett Campbell told Nouse, “They were a 5-0 on Sunday at a chilly 22 Acres Andy Naylor picked the ball up on Inside >> Page 28 seized control of possession and really good side but it was a disap- to set up a thrilling title-decider the edge of the area and created broke forward. pointing end to the season. I was against James next week, whilst a chance for Shelbourn, who duly York’s women’s football Gwinnett then skilfully thread- embarrassed about that penalty but consigning Langwith to a bottom- obliged in slotting home to double team talk about the grow- ed the ball through to Bew, who I’ll make up for it next time.” place finish in the college football his side’s lead. smashed the ball past Cheshire to Meanwhile, Derwent’s Dave league table. A brace from Tom Morton then combined well ing popularity of the sport round off a superb hat-trick and Belshaw said; “We did what we had Shelbourn and a superb hat-trick with Marcus Campbell to forge an Langwith were then punished score Derwent’s fifth goal. to do. I was pleased with the effort from Josh Bew helped Derwent on opportunity for Langwith. How- on the counter-attack for Derwent’s The Hes East side then had the for Tom Shelbourn with two goals the way to victory. ever, Morton overran the ball and fourth goal, as they were quickly chance to get a late consolation goal, from centre-half, and Josh Bew as The match started brightly, allowed Askham to clear up any broken against and found wanting as the referee awarded a penalty for well. with both sides looking to adopt danger at the back, and Derwent in defence. Campbell had made a a soft foul in the area. Campbell Langwith worked hard, but we a fast tempo and Derwent in par- went in at the break with a two-goal good run forward for the Hes East stepped up to take the spot-kick, had too much quality in the final ticular getting the ball down on the advantage. side and passed to Ahmed Abu- but awkwardly sliced the ball over third for them. We’ve got to go and floor. A bizarre moment occurred af- Baker. the bar. beat James but I’m confident that After a string of chances, Der- ter half time when the referee blew However, the latter was quickly The result means that the au- we can go and win that game.” went eventually took the lead. Mark his whistle and awarded Derwent a dispossessed, and on the counter, tumn league title will now be de-

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