ed981029.qxd 25/11/98 21:33 Page 1 (1,1) Issue 946- Weekly Thursday 29 October 1998 Board-X snowboard Do You Know and skate festival he main purpose of the festival is to inform the Your Rights? Tpublic of one of Britain’s most rapidly growing sports, which has turned into a trendy urban lifestyle. Board- tudent hardship and debt is now part of the X is the only event that gives everyday life for hundreds of thousands of the public an insight into the Sstudents throughout the UK. The introduc- real world of the snow/ skate tion of tuition fees and the new funding arrange- scene. Inside the 3500m hall, ments are set to make this worse. NUS is fighting the UK’s leading distributors for a system of funding that gives students enough and retailers will show all the money to live on whilst they study, without the need new technical gear and street to resort to low paid and degrading jobs, and with fashion for the 98/99 season the support to take part fully in college life. Put the technical Advice Centre simply, the Government must provide more will offer free board service resources to students. NUS has called for students and Snowboard UK magazine will be hosting seminars for snowboard enthusi- to join in the fight against hardship. asts. Snow and skate videos will run all day in the video lounge or you can go Friday 30th October will see the launch of and play on the newest games in the Playstation games hall. the Student Rights Charter through a National Day Outside there will be a heavy snow fall with an awesome 60m real snow of Action. freestyle ramp where you can see some of the worlds top riders competing and Colleges throughout the UK are participating in the Day by encouraging as many people as possible to a smaller 25m polar slope where Joe public can experience that real snow feel- demonstrate their support by signing up to the charter. The charter amongst other things sets out the belief that all students should have the right to: Free tuition paid by the state Study free from hardship Decent, affordable accommodation Learning Resources at no extra cost Complaint and appeal procedures Study without discrimination or prejudice Extra-curricular facilities Childcare provision A decent wage for safe part time work Teaching and support from motivated and well resourced staff Information on all course requirements prior to entry In opposition the Labour Party labelled levels of Part time students have also been left without ade- student poverty in this country ‘a badge of shame’. quate support for far too long. The Government NUS agreed with the Labour Party then and has has extended access funds to include part time stu- not changed its opinion. Unfortunately the new dents but the amount of money available is simply ing. For the skaters out there, there will be an outside vert ramp and an indoor arrangements for students have brought in very lit- not adequate. quarter pipe. tle new money to tackle student hardship. NUS is Radio 1 will be broadcasting live from the event with some of London’s top calling on the Government to act urgently to alle- For details about your rights and the NUS cam- DJ’s spinning some phat tunes so in all it should be a stormin’ day out. viate a problem which is now having a hugely paign access our Students Rights Charter web page The festival runs from the 13-15 of November and costs £9 on the gate but if detrimental effect on the well-being of students on www.surrey.ac.uk/union/SRC. On the day of you want some freebies then complete this sentence: throughout the country. Action itself there will be copies of the charter and I want the free tickets to Board-X or else Student Rights information available in the I’ll……………………………. The voice of the students must be heard. Students Students’ Union. You will be able to sign up to The six most imaginative answers get the tickets. simply do not have enough money to live on and it the charter throughout the day in the Union recep- For further details contact Haggis at ch61ah or via Barefacts, entries must be in is because of this acute financial difficulty that so tion. The day of action offers students the chance to by 12:00 on Monday with contact name and address to claim your tickets. many students work long hours into the night to highlight and support the need for action on student Email [email protected] or drop your entries into the Barefacts Office. the detriment of their studies. hardship. Sign up and grab this opportunity. News 2 n Union 3 n Feature 4 n Music 5 n Entertainments Guide 7 . Reviews 8 n Notices & Personals & Crossword 9 n Features 10 n Surrey Pride 12 STUDENT COUNCIL - Thursday 5 November - watch out for details ed981029.qxd 25/11/98 21:33 Page 2 (1,1) 2 News Thursday 29th October1998 Letter Apology News in Brief Dear Editor, As News Editor I believe in responsible journalism. As such Noel Gallagher: “Drugs Are Too Boring” To make a change from the usual moaning letters and in response I would like to voluntarily apologise for a News In Brief arti- to your last editorial, mentioning sabbatical elections I'd like to say cle in Barefacts issue 941. I reported on the death of the 100m Noel Gallagher of Oasis had decided to give up taking drugs. The 31 the following. women's world record holder Florence Griffiths. Her career year old brother of fellow singer Liam has said that “drugs are too This year is going brilliantly. I take my metaphorical hat off to all ended amid allegations of drug taking. Her subsequent death boring for me now, I’ve calmed down now. I’ve kicked it on the the sabbaticals and union officers. There seems to be a real atmos- was said to be from a heart attack. It may have been inferred head.” phere of enthusiasm, dedication and sheer hard work, among that this was drug related. However it has since been found Noel has previously caused outrage when he claimed that drug abuse everyone involved with the union and all its sports and societies. that in fact it was due to a brain disorder. is so common that it’s like having a cup of tea. He also proclaimed his The most obvious display of this must be the invention of "The I apologise for any false impressions given. I would point out London home to be “Supernova Heights”, a reference to his cocaine Surrey Pride". It is making everyone feel good (even non sporting however, that given our limited resources at Barefacts we do snorting. people such as myself) and motivating clubs to try and achieve rely heavily on news agencies for our stories. Our mistake In an interview with New Musical Express Noel admitted that living more for the good of one and all. was therefore the result of poor information and was repeat- in London was “unbearable” for him and his wife Meg. “We’ve been I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank all those in the union ed through out the media at the time. burgled twice, we nearly got cleaned out one day. We’ve had the win- who have helped a fledgling, inexperienced committee rejuvenate dows put in.” he explained. Nightline this year. I hope this year Nightline can deliver for you Meanwhile Liam Gallagher is planning to get back together with his and for the callers. Poems wife Patsy Kensit. Liam has promised to stop his habit of bingeing on It's not often that these people receive public thanks and so I con- alcohol. gratulate those who have touched my union life so far: Harriet A Jewel in my bed Oasis release their new album of B sides next month. The title is Sims-President, Gill Venables-Student Affairs, Louise Tinker- I had a jewel in my bed “Masterplan.” Liaison, Alex Langley-Sports, Tom Sherwen-Communications, all glistening clean, Ewen Ferguson-Internal Affairs, Justin Beavis-Treasurer, Dave 14 Killed by storms Hamilton-Webmaster, the entire Barefacts team and the senior and just for a fortnight I was it & it was me. Nightline volunteers. You and the rest of the Union staff/soci- I fussed and awed at the beauty it possessed, Britain spent the early part of this week recovering from the battering eties/clubs are doing great jobs-a lot of it behind the scenes. I can it purred and crawled like a cat in my nest. of autumn storms. Several days of biting winds and torrential rain only hope that if and when I ever join your ranks that I can do as caused flooding and atrocious driving conditions all over the UK. Up to 14 died as a result of last weekends appaling weather. The damage well. Tom your job is certainly safe for now! Thank you all once I had a jewel in my bed again caused is expected to cost around £400 million. all foreign and new, The flooding in South Wales was the worst for 20 years. Police found Yours sincerely James Buller it made me feel rich for a while - it was true. (Now, just how many front pages is that worth Tom?!) a mans body, 25 miles from where he was initially swept away by the river Rhondda. I had a jewel in my bed but time does tease, Two experienced canoeists died in separate incidents as they braved Ticket News for the “All Clubs” for I was the bed and you the jewel all of these.