Archive for October, 2003
You Lose Some
Amber Martin reports on the fortunes of the women’s basketball first team
Mayor snubs student fund
Head of History: Mayor putting off fund donors – takes ‘moral stance’ but will back fund in 3 months
York Turns Out
York students descended on the streets of London on Sunday to take part in the national ‘Grants not fees’ demonstration, organised by the National Union of Students (NUS).
New campus expansion will ‘bring gridlock’ say residents
University plans to dramatically expand the existing campus, have come under fire from ardent Heslington residents for being “too intrusive” and “dangerous”.
The renewed criticism for the ambitious project was provoked by a presentation of the campus plans at Heslington Parish Church.
The threat from increased traffic, in an already overly congested area, was top of [...]
Student Union PR stunt turns sour
The SU were left red-faced on Saturday, after unwittingly inviting a Labour MP to front their London march publicity who had voted in favour of top-up fees.
Selby MP, John Grogan, had promised in 1997 never to back the introduction of top-up fees. But later, voted for, not against, the implementation of the fees, breaking [...]
Technician takes to public transport
As Heslington village chokes in the exhaust fumes, Lab manager Dave Hay was one of three eager commuters who agreed to abandon their cars for a week, as part of a national challenge to promote alternative transport.
The BBC News Online project saw Hay using buses, trains and foot-power to get to work. However, the [...]
Piste Off?
Kelvin Rollo, on travelling with Skiclub.
Not Quite the Expected Utopia…
Have you ever sat down to watch one of those late night films which you just know is going to be longwinded and boring, yet you haven’t been able to walk away becauae you really wouldn’t mind knowing what happens at the end? Well, this book is like one of those films. ‘Utopia’ is [...]
Christopher Reids…
Poet in residence – a preview of things to come…
Art on the Box: Any Better?
An improvement in arts on television?
You Win Some
Tom Round reports on the fortunes of the men’s basketball first team
New welfare campaign plans to make fear of crime stick
A new sneaky campaign between the Students’ Union Welfare team and the campus Security Centre has got underway this week. Its sole aim is to reduce the increasing crime rate amongst students.
Throughout the week, special "Nicked It!" teams will be doing "hits" in various college venues. The "Nicked It!" teams are on the lookout [...]
Osborne: Let the facts speak for themselves
(But I still might f*ck up)
YSCA clinches Dench
Judi Dench becomes new YSCA patron, but is this a sign of things to come?
Derwent Lord of the Flies
Derwent College is recovering this week, after suffering from swarms of infiltrating wasps and flies, worthy of a biblical plague. “Hundreds” of bugs infiltrated several floors, causing students to flee. The horror was compounded by the fact that it took over a week for professional exterminators to tackle the pest problem. During this period [...]
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