Varsity Issue
THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER SINCE 1947 ISSUE NO. 763 FRIDAY 23RD NOVEMBER 2012 VARSITY.CO.UK Don’t rain on my parade PATRICK O’GRADY News: Roundup of the 03 whole Assange fi asco News: The creation of 04 the Universe comes to King’s Chapel Features: In search of 14 greener pastures Charlotte Keith Magazine: The rise of the EDITOR notoriously saw a small group of protes- with a stage invasion of around 20 disappointment from the NUS”, com- 20 tors storm 30 Millbank, Conservative people, and Burns was pelted with fruit plaining that protestors were marching R&B sad boy “No ifs, no buts, no education cuts”. Or Party HQ, resulting in violent clashes and eggs. He appeared unphased by past corner shops and houses, “rather rather, no more education cuts. ou- with police. ‘Demo 2012’ was a con- the disruption though, later tweeting: than anywhere politically signifi cant”. sands of students from across the UK siderably smaller aff air: while the NUS “Amazing day, 10k out, students’ unions Chris Page, the CUSU Welfare and crowded the streets of London on predicted a turnout of up to 10,000, the buzzing... And my egg dodging is pretty Rights Officer, agreed that the offi- Wednesday, as part of ‘Demo 2012’, a real fi gure was less than half that, some- fi erce.” cial route was “bizarre”: “it felt like a protest organised by the National Union where between 3000 and 4000. At least e overall feeling among the Cam- trivialization of the students to march of Students (NUS). e aims of the 100 students from Cambridge travelled bridge contingent was that this was a away from the seat of power, where march were diverse: to protest against to London on the coaches organised by lacklustre contribution to the student the decisions are made, to a damp park the rise in tuition fees, the cutting of CUSU.
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