Bare Facts ist December '95 University of Surrey Students' Newspaper issue 863 National.. In This Issue WORLD er..Demo? AIDS DAY iSTOBcmeeR them along the route, and stage, with Jim Murphy chants for more money being (President of NUS) on stage, HURSDAY interspersed with requests for Üiey began to shout abuse and T (mostly conservative) politi- throw half full cans of beer at 23RD OF cians to have various nasty the stage. With the speeches NUS Demo NOVEMBER. things done to them. One over the demo officially come Thousands of students point of potential conflict was to an end most students sim- Page 3 winding their way across Westminster Bridge where a ply went home, but many London from Malet group of students decided lo went on to a further meet Street to Kennington hold a sit down protest, but the while others, tried to go to stewards managed to guide Charring Cross police station Park. The reason for this the rest of the demo around to demonstrate for the release procession - the NUS the obstruction. Once past the of 3 students arrested during National Demo against obstruction the demo thinned the march. Many of this latter Student Hardship. out and may have gone silent group failed to tum up at the Fourteen Surrey students were it not for a group of pri- police station after Splitting joined others, from mary school children swing- up in an attempi to outwit the Student Unions around ing on the fences, yelling and police. participating the spirit of the country, to protest for things. A case of the young For the Surrey students the more money to end showing their elders how it's day was enjoyable and they The Tedion Student hardship. done. Many other passers by retumed happy that they had explored The apparent poor show by showed their support by hoot- been apart of the demonstra- Surrey students tumed out to ing their homs and encoura- tion. Page 6 ging the students to continue. be quite respectable com- Rob Dorey pared to other larger univer- sities that only managed to Once at Kennington Park, there were a handful of mili- tum out a similar number. The tant students who began to march was generally good hu- jeer the guest speakers. At one moured, with protesters chat- ting to the police escorting News 3 NUS Demo Colour Section* Photos By Matt Pannell The demonstratìon gets undenvay Ai our External Ajfaìrs Offìcer, Kate Walker, does her bit Polke search one of the three Kingsway College students who threw orange paint at the Conservative Party Chairman Brian Mahwinney last week, in protest at the Immigration and Asylum BUI. The police didn 't find anything, as she had just thrown half a dozen eggs at the NUS President, presumably in protest at something elsemobody knew what. And here's one of those adoringfans welcoming Jim Murphy with the words '^ou scabby middle class labour careerist b*****d"as he steps up to begin his speech. At the end ofthe march, the speeches begin, and Press Offìcer, Louise Clarke, cleverly bans photographers from the photographers' enclosure. Sohere's arubbishpicture ofNUS President Jim Murphy (right), taken from miles away * Black and White are in fact colours. Anyway, who do you think we are - Today? (We have larger circulation!) 4 Union Information Crew Love Thy Neighbour Column FIND MYSELF inconvenience, but pain Do not park dangerously OD COMPLETELY and anguish? Do you comers. IAMAZED by the think they realise they are The students who did this FTER MANY week have probably already lack of considération and jeopardising their AYEARS OF downright childishness University career if they been contacted by the police, so will have learnt a lesson, ABSENGE, of people who are ranked are caught? albeit the hard way. For the through which we have amongst the top 3% of Similarly, students parking rest of you, I simply implore suffered much pain and the population in terms of on Benbrick Road are displa- you ali to show some con- loss, here is the long ying not only complete disre- sideration for our neighbours awaited return of the intelligence. Can anyone gard for the residents there, give me one reasonable - do not empty bins or throw Crew Column. but also a worrying lack of rubbish onto their lawns, or For all those people who common sense. explanation as to why park dangerously, or scream don't know, crew are those you would empty bins Do not park in such a way down the streets in the middle that hang around at bands and over our neighbours' that you are touching otber of the night. discos near the sound and gardens? Do you think vehicles Do unto others, as you would lighting desks, on stage and in that the minority of idiots Do not park across public have others do unto you. the roof. But, there's a lot realise they are not more to being in crew than pathways Sharon Baker simply causing having a beer belly and a ma- President glite(!) such as leaming both die artistic and technical as- pects of sound and lighting. I Andrea's Affairs In the weeks to come, we will Ijy to bring you some insight be able to buy your watch, standing on the accelerator into the workings of crew. your ironing board, your jum- and the brake of your car at Crew Star Profile IRST OF ALL per... back! But be quick or the same time. What was a F someone else will have it! positive response becomes (Number 1) DON'T FORGET unhealthy over-stress. the WORLD AIDS DAY BALLOON Stress So here's a few more tips to RELA A A A X. Relax- LAUNCH - Friday Ist As I said last week, I know a ation appears to be a forgotten December at Ipm in the lot of you are very stressed - art for some of us, and yet it's Amphitheatre, come it's nearly the end of semes- a vitally important aspect of along to show your ter, you've got 10 essays to our lives. We need relaxation commitment to the fight band in next week, you've got to give our bodies time to re- EXAMS. cover, to "recharge" our bat- against HIV & AIDS. teries. if we don't relax, we'll There will be Red We use stress to "perform" soon go "fiat" and then run better to life's little surprises the risk of illness. Ribbons, condoms and - like exams - the extra various other "goodies" "boost" heips us through Différent people have différ- Name: Bamey Jeavons too. them. Afterwards, this extra ent ways of relaxing, but if Age: ? (too old!) energy is bumt up overcom- Lost Property Sale you're feeling tense and don't Dept: Union Staff ing the situation and we revert Have you lost a book, a mir- know what to do try: yoga, Position: Technical Man- back to a relaxed state. In ror, a stereo, a necklace, a reading (not your textbook, ager other words, we used the try a comic or just a "picture" coat, a....the list goes on...? Crewname: Top B1 o ke Well, if you have lost some- stress effect to our advantage. book eg. on photography or your favourite aitist), listen- (from the Civic) thing come along to the Stu- Bui what happens when Why did you start crewing: dents' Union Reception on ing to some soothing music, a there's no Channel for all this Lacic of money. No, that's a Wednesday 6th December warm bath, a massage, a extra energy? It's a bit like lie, firstly to help my friends. between 12-2 and you might walk, some exercises, a smile even! And don't go straight to How many times do you bed after revising, your brain crew a week? Basically, a Bare Facts Submissions needs a while to unwind and little all the time stop thinking. Which band would you most like to see in the The deadiine for all submi&sione is That's ali for this week, ex- Union? Who moved the S.OOpm on Mondays. Submissiona can cept for once more - "GOOD ground? be emalied to [email protected] LUCK" to those of you who If you won a £niìllion and posfed in fhe BF box oufaide the have got exams - it's not long that day the martìans in- Communications offìce, or ghwn to Rob till the holidays now. vaded and were going to blow up the worid, what Dorey, the communications offìcer. Andrea Morley would you spend the money Student Affairs Offìcer on? A present for the mar- Don't fbrget to Include your name and (Welfare & Education) tians union card number. 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