bare facts 'QnightUne 32710 Advertising 509275 Frìday 22nd February Red Ones es, it's coming upto that Meanwhile, there are prizes! The silly time again when fastest will be presented with medals. Y Oooohhh! everyone goes around donning Incidently, before I forget the fun- )ig red noses - and just for this run takes piace on Wednesday 13 ih 'year they've got hands on! March al 2.3(^m! So get thee along Why? Whoknows! Who cares! and raise Ioads and Ioads ands loads and Anyway, what can you do? Well loads (I ihink you get the message) of other than ripping down lo the nearest money! Oxfam and purchasing one of them There'sanice, lovely entrance form brìght red nasal apendages, howzabout somewhere inside! taking pan in the 'University Fun Ac- tion Event' - a fon run! Smiles! *So how far will I have to run?' I hear you wail! Well... it's seems not that far - along the campus perimeter in- faci. However.havingneverattempled it before, I must admii that I d(xi't really know! (Best Mavo. voice in my head!) Everyone is in vited lo join, however unfit and l'm sure you'll be allowed lo walk, if you plead nicely! Raring lo go(?) of course you are! Entry forms cosi £1 (the money goes lo Comic Relief) and should be sent to the Sports Hall, any time between now and Tuesday 12lh March l.(X)pm. In this week^ BF! The Truth Behind the Hunt Sabs. Why is the University digging a big hole? Ali the latest sporting details. Your letters - yet more complaintsl The new 'Opinions...' page. Along with news from the Union, ali those wonderful societies(!) and details of whats on and where. on & off campus this weekl Can there be more? Yup! Soreadon... Published By The University OfSurrey Students' Union Friday February 22 nd 1991 bare facts Readers' Writes Thanks&No bare facts Thanks Editor - John Garside l^ear Editor Sports Editor - Manoj Patel I must thank Nie Crotch for taking time lo reply to my recenl letter in such detail, but News Editor - David Gent am amused by his rq>ly regarding the craft Arts Editor - Andy Wilcock of walering down beer. To suggest thal Ads. & Finance - Simon anyone would take the trouble to add water lo thecasks themselves is ^surd. A farmore Barry l^-actical (and life presaring) method must Production - Neil Bailey, be lo introduce ti» water to the pipes be- tween the barréis and the laps. In diis way a Morgan Armer, Alistair Robert- whole barrel of beer can be watered down. son My originai letter was submitted as ^ Researcher - Kate Brittain The opinlons expressed on attempi to liven the otherwise stagnant dis- Typist - Jen HoUand cussion on the letters page. I have never seri- these pages do not ously believed thal üie Union has a policy Technical - Sean Purdy necessarily reflect those of of watering down the beer. I must however Cartoons - Jon George the Editorial Board. agree wholehearledly widi the views of Mr Printer - Mike Ramm Gennaro -1 too have noticed that the best bilters lack charisma of taste and colour. Is Please keep letters brief it possible that the beer supplied to the and to the point. Union is notup to Scratch, and that "students will drink anything"?? Â The views expressed in BF do Thanks go to my personal tutor for in* not necessarily reflect those of Fire Exits troducing me to the deÛghts of Wales House the Editor, the Editorial Board or l^ear Editor, - the best was wonderful and cheaper loo. Yours once again, the University's Union. Bare I would like to bring lo the attention of all students, staff and public who use the J McClane Facts reserves the right to edit ail Lecture Theatres, ihe following: contributions. On two separate occasions over the past 1~\ear Editor, ImustcriticiseNicCrotch'sreplytothe Bare Facts: two tenns, members of OFU have found ihat one or more FIRE EXTTs have been locked beer lettor of last week. I shaie the concems 0483 509275 shut in the lecture theatre building while it of the iwo authors but would noi have the Fax -0483 34749 isinuse. courage to ap{7oach the General Manager or the Club Committee regarding these mat- The first occasion on a Wednesday eve- ters. I have been to a Club Committee meet- ning, I found that one of the FIRE EXTTs ing and found il long, tedious and had been locked whilst OFU and the Ball- intimidating. as well as being on a Wednes- room Dancing Society were using the build- day afteriKMsn when I am naturally involved ing. in UAU sports. Join BF! The second occasion was on a Sunday aftemoon, only one of the FIRE EXTTs had Surely Bare Facts is a far more effective been unlocked añer the weekend. Games medium for raising such suggestions and it If this papery îhingy is to Soc had been using one of the theatres for reaches more of the studenl population than continue and improve then most of the aftemoon. At aj^noximaiely either the GM or Club Committee. I hope YOU are goin' to have to get 4pm, OFU went to the security desk and many more students begin to use Bare Facts asked for one of the security offícers al the lo try andmake the campus abetter place foi^ involved. desk to open the FIRE EXTTs. At 5.30pm all of US. f the FIRE EXTTs were still locked. Yours democralically, We need ANYONE who can: If you use the lecture theatres, make sure R Hariln thal all of the FIRE EXTTs are unlocked at type, string a few facts together all times. to make articles and features Bias? P Newton ^ear Editor, draw cartoons do a bit of fOFU Publlcfty Officer) Inreferencelo"GreatMusesthisweek", research here and there and BFFriSthFeb. photo-takers and developers Although evoyone is entitled to their etc... Qmet Drinking own opinion, I do find your review of Jun- l^ear Editor, ior Reid's "Actions speak louder than On Friday night I did not have a ticket words" rather biased. If you're reading this and for the Valentines Disco held in the Union, I am amemberof the Afiican-Caribbean thinking I could do that or woulc neither did I wish to attend. I would how- society, as we are called - not afiro-caribbean ever have liked to be able to spend a quiet as in your review - and I do like reggae. Il like to do that, then get In touch few hours with some fiiends over a pint or has lo be understood to be appreciated, and as soon possible! two. Unfortunateiy, there did not seem to be fuUy appreciated is mosily heredilary. Al- any where to go. I am sure that the same sub- though the artisthimselfmaybefrom Jamai- ject was raised during the last academic ca. I can assure you that reggae is a Meanwhile, thank you to year, with the Union re- iterating its policy caribbean rhyihm and noi exclusive lo everyone who has sent In of opening one of the bars as a quiet drink- Jamaica. Therefore anyone from the carib- ing area during major events. What hap- bean wouldbe just asqualiñed to review this letters and personáis - keep it pened?????? record as any Jamaican would. Up! Yours bemusedly, I wouldbe very happy to review this and G Jenkins any other record to add my opinion lo ihem. Yours faithfully. Vanessa Brathwatte bare facts Friday February 22nd 1991 The Truth Behind Hunt Sabs After a period of relative inactivity that he believed that 75% of farmers be- Mr Fennel also believes that the the hunt sabs have returned with venge- lieved them to be a service, and also pro-hunting lobby is growing stronger, ance since October. But what is the claimed that foxes did not kill lambs. due to fears that if hunting were banned, truth behind this group who are often He added that if people enjoyed hunt- then shooting and fishing could follow. pictured as a bunch of vegan animal ing, then drag-hunting, which started in As to relations with the sabs, Mr Fennel rights left-wing faschists. As a result I the nineteenth century, would prove a maintained that although people have a hunted down (oops!) Aaron Dunn, the suitable alternative, where no animals right to have an opinion, their behaviour chairman of US ABS, and incidentally a are killed. was doing their cause no good and that self-prophesed young conservative. In addition to this, Aaron illustrated it would eventually provoke an accident Aaron stated that the group has two how strong the anti-hunt lobby was, with the hounds. He also stressed there principle goals - the long-term aim of a with the Labour party now committed were many more deserving causes ban on hunting, and the more immedi- to providing time for a free vote on the which people could get involved in. He ate aim of preventing the killing of ani- issue should they come to power. An concluded by saying that many of the mals where a hunt does take place. This ex-Mayor successfully banned the hunt hunt followers aren't there to see the is done by distracting the hounds, either coming through the centre of Guild- fox being killed, but rather to revel in ^by mocidng the call of a hunter or by ford, and the sabs now include in their the beauty of hound-control such as at Westroying the scent by using a spray. numbers solicitors and accountants.