NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY LIBM RY _p,cjy(ives_ t o --------------- SUBSCRIPTION DRAW 1719 wins a dozen cant of boor donated by Vaux Breweries 9S7 wins a £5 vouchor donated by Kard Bar, Croat Street NOT TO BE REMOVED 288 wlnt lunch for two (value £5) donated by the Barley Mow, Sandgate. 50 wtna 2 comphmentary tickets donated by the Gutbenkian Studio (by arrangement). 865 wine a £5 vouchor donated by Rip, Croat Street. 8 w in t en LP or tape (value £6) donated by Volume Recorda, Ridley Place. 186 wins 2 complimentary tickets donated by the the Tyneeide Cinema, Pilgrim Street. 1303 w in t a meal for 2 (value £5) donated by Wimpy, 24 Northumberland Street. 897 w int 2 free tickets to a Union Event. (See Chris Pyne, Ents Officer) by arrangement. 703 wine bottle of wine donated by Gilbeys Vintners. 328 wins Sunday lunch for two, donated by Luckies Corner Bar, St. Mary*! Place Eett. 473 w in t 2 free ticket* donated by Cannon Cinema, Wettgate Road. 182 w in t lunch for two or Happy Hour meal (value £5) donated by the Rupali Indian end Vegetarian Restaurant, Bigg Market 588 wins T-shirt donated by Vaux Breweries. 349 wins a £5 Book Houao voucher, Ridley Place. 12S1 wlna a meal for two (value £5) at Spiny Normant, Level 6, Union Society. 257 w in t e haircut and ttyte donated by Top Style II for f " 1175 w int 1 But Stop pett to Level 2 Friday Night Ditco. 999 w int Free Session for two persons in Last Resort (by trrsngement). 127 wins film developed (1 hour service) donated by Quick Pics, 37 Nelton Street. Newcastle University Student Newspaper Prizet to bo collected by Monday, 11th December, 1989. Thursday. 7th December, 1989. No. 812. Price 20p Fire-eater's tragedy at Polytechnic Inside Page 2 News Loans: NUS threaten to pull out of NatWest EXPLOSION Page 3 News A fire-eating student faces prosecution following a trick which went tragically wrong, leaving a female Condoms and Cucumbers: student in the R.V.I. with a serious thigh injury. AIDS Awareness Week T h e incident o ccu rred at tin bath. The trick evi­ a “Go As You Please” dently failed to work, as Page 4 Fourword event last Wednesday, the box exploded, dis­ which formed part of the astrously showering the Space Cadet: Polytechnic Students’ audience with hot frag­ The Fenwicks window display Aids Awareness Week. ments of metal, as well as The student fire-eater was glass from nearby strip the final act that evening, lights. Page 6 Letters and had told his audience Three students, all of he would “Get my act off them female, were taken with a bang”. by ambulance to the New­ Page 7-10 The Eighties Unknown to the Presi­ castle Royal Victoria Infir­ A retrospective view mary. While two received dent, Mr. Andy Bunting, o f the decade and Permanent Ents. treatment for minor cuts Officer, Mr. Graham and burns and have now Ramsay, who had vetted been released, the third Page 12 each act before the night, woman is still in hospital, the fire-eater had decided having received stitches to The Polytechnic Students’ Union, scene of last Wednesday’s accident. Stage and Screen to produce a controlled a serious gash in her right moaning. We immediately claimed that he had per­ police on Monday and explosion within a metal thigh. evacuated 300 people in formed the trick explosion received the following box, as a means of surpris­ President Andy Bunting about 5 minutes and rang before, perfectly success­ statement: “A file has Page 13 Music ing his audience. described the scene inside for an ambulance. We will fully. Police detained him been prepared and will be As far as can be ascer­ the building to Courier. be holding an internal at th e M ark et S treet Police sent to the C row n P rosecu­ tained, a small amount of “It was very frightening, inquiry to get to the bot­ Station that night, and tion Service for a deci­ Page 14 Sports News explosives had been con­ we were shit scared. All to m o f this m a tte r.” following an interview was sion. nected to a wire and placed you could hear was the The fire-eater, a student released. Tim Hammond, underneath an aluminium sound of screaming and at the Polytechnic, C ourier contacted the Heather Saville. Page 15 Sports Feature Secretary Page 16 Cuthbert, the The World Famous [uoa Personal Column W Union's lion elected “Annabella” Unveiled today before The logo has cost the Union not to be under-estimated. Brian Higgins was last Fri­ ducted by Chris Pyne, Ents Officer. your eyes is the Union’s new £3,000, at a time of severe After all, the more often the day elected Sabbatical Secre­ Courier wishes all its Corporate Visual Identity, financial constraints. Mr. logo is seen, the more deeply tary for the remainder of the Turnout for the election, which was conducted over advertisers, contributors, recently accepted by Coun­ Alan Fidler, the Union’s we as an organistion are academic year. two days, was disappointingly readers and printers, a cil. General Manager, justified engrained into the general The by-election was called low: only 343 valid votes were Cuthbert the Lion, as he is the costs: “The logo is very public’s memory.” by Steering Committee, fol­ cast. Chris Bailey, VP Wel­ Merry Christmas and good affectionately known, sym­ important. Take I.C.I. — Cuthbert the Lion, one of lowing the resignation of Mik fare, described the low turn­ luck in the 1990’s. bolises the idea of a caring they spent over £lm. on theirl the Royal ‘leopards’ of Eng­ Dennis, the former incum­ out as “unfortunate,” attri­ Union, reflecting its primary presentation last year. The land, is a mainstay of the bent, on 9th November. In the buting it to the fact that, absence of a Sabbatical Secre­ “there was only one serious function and origin. power of the saying ‘Presen-1 University’s own image, but tary, the election was con- candidate with a chance of But how important is it? tation sells information’ is as Alan Fidler explained, the being elected.” STOP PRESS... Union’s logo, it was decided, The candidates, apart from A 19-year-old student should be “apart from, but Brian were: Sam Robson still a part of the University. (SWSS) and the mandatory was raped at knife-point The image should be distinct RON (Re-Open Nomina­ in Leazes Park in the tions). The votes were cast as yet constant”. early hours of Tuesday follows: Brian Higgins, 206; morning. The design will be incorpo­ Sam Robson, 91; RON, 46. rated into many aspects of Brian started work on The man is described the Union. Anything from Monday of this week, and as being around 25 stationery and T-shirts, to said he was “looking forward years old, with dark hair. filofaxes and serviettes will to getting to grips with the He spoke with a local job” — a job made more soon be emblazoned with difficult by the fact that, accent. He had a one- Cuthbert the Lion. unlike the other remaining inch scar above his right To protect the Union’s Sabbaticals, Brian has not eye and wore jeans and image, it has been decided to benefitted from Executive dark training shoes. register the design with a Training during the Summer If anyone has informa­ patent agent. That way Cuth­ months. However, Brian UNION said: “The rest of Executive tion about her attacker SOCIETY bert the Lion will remain have been most supportive, or witnessed the attack unique to the Union of New­ and have been tolerant of my they should contact University of Newcastle upon Tyne castle upon Tyne. shortcomings so far.” Market Street CID. T.H. Brian Higgins Iain Pigg • T Shirts • Poster Flags # Lab coats # CROSS STREET # More posters than everybody else put together # Tate Gallery prints and postcards # Escher prints & cards 6 Days # Patches # Badges # Studded leather gear # 10-5 • Just arrived: Huge range of African s tu fT ^ Tel. 232 8688 2 COURIER Thursday, 7th December, 1989 ■New S' Brief Loans: NUS threaten Bus Mark Clements, a mature stu­ dent at the University of Kent, thought he had solved his hous­ boycott of banks ing problem by living on a bus parked on the University cam­ pus twelve months ago. The issue of Student Loans has prompted the National Union of However, he now faces evic­ Students (NUS) and our Union Executive to examine possible tion proceedings by the Uni­ avenues of fighting the scheme. versity authorities in the High Court. Maeve Sherlock, President of revenue from unpaid loans, banks' Mr. Clements, a third year N.U.S., states they will boycott their are reluctant to commit themselves electronics student cannot present bank, NatWest, if any con­ to a proposition which lacks definite afford the £40 to £45 a week crete moves towards accepting the financial parameters. Barclays feel cost of boarding or renting a loan scheme are made, even though that the low interest set on loans will flat in Canterbury. The Univer­ this will result in complicated seriously undermine the incentive sity only give priority to first “financial and bureaucratic prob­ for overdraft schemes, invariably in year students and according to lems”. a higher profit bracket, and the loss the Students’ Union has an ac­ The NUS has also prepared some of Union custom, some £2Vi million commodation problem anyway.