Archive for January, 2004
Air, Talkie Walkie
Since their last studio album, 2001's overblown ego trip that was '10,000 Hz Legend', French dance pop kingpins Air have clearly been hiding away in some sort of Parisian bunker, free from the fusses and feuds of the past couple of years. Their latest effort, entitled Talkie Walkie, apparently paying homage to the absence [...]
If Kilroy wants to air his narrow-minded views then it is his right
To a community of daytime TV loving students, the sudden withdrawal of the Kilroy show came as something of a shock to the system.
Where to spend?
While nobody could fault the university’s high aims for expansion and progress – we have already been named the University of the Year – the current housing crisis show that maybe York should be reassessing its priorities.
Dire Democracy
E-democracy as a principle is a superb one but wll it work in reality?
Rebel Galloway defies critics and returns to York
Students have expressed their “disgust” that a controversial MP who called on Arabs to “bomb” British forces during the Iraq war, has been “embraced” by the University.
A thawing of relations?
Jez Taylor The earthquake that shook Bam saw US aid workers helping rescue efforts but has not altered Iran-US relations
A threat to civil liberties
The Civil Contingencies Bill will allow ministers to by-pass Parliament
The rule, not the exception
Jacob Mukherjee The Kilroy affair tells us most about the British media’s attitudes on race
Peace or Apartheid?
Israel’s barrier doesn’t represent partition. In fact, it’s designed to prevent any form of Palestinian self-determination arising, argues Sam Southgate
In the quagmire of Iraq, resistance grows
Faced with growing protests by Shia muslims Blair is under fire on Iraq. And there’s still no sign of those WMDs.
Out of touch, under pressure
June’s ‘Super Thursday’ elections are a real test for Blair’s government
Playing out the Hutton diversion
Whatever Hutton’s findings, he won’t address the central questions
The Oil Crisis
Top-up fee ‘rebels’? Don’t make me laugh!
Breaking and entering
- Student break-in highlights campus wide security failures
- Search takes three months
- Con men active on campus
Barbican faces closure for two years
For decades it has been the student mecca for affordable exercise. But now the Barbican has confirmed that it will be closing its doors for two years.
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