Too many people today are interested in celebrities. But they are interested, and that makes celebrities effective organs in transmitting ideas. And that is what the ‘Make Poverty History’ campaign has played on, with Stephen Fry, Graham Norton and Jamelia donning the plastic or silicon white bands adorned with the words ‘Make Poverty History’. I applaud the sentiment. No right minded person would suggest that poverty makes a positive contribution to modern society. But what can a wristband do?

You can’t whinge if you don’t vote. This rhetoric against apathy rings deep within our culture of blame and accountability which consumes our daily lives. But who is ultimately responsible for this lack of enthusiasm? Are students disillusioned about the role the Students’ Union has to play? The SU comprises of a body of elected representatives for you, to do your bidding.

Is it really a shock that rats have been flourishing in Goodricke? Animals who live in such filthy and squalid conditions are bound to attract rats. It’s a shame that all the other students in campus have to run the gauntlet through this infested college.

Enough of what our writers and editors have to say,we sent reporters to find out what York students think of today’s issues.

1.How safe do you think campus is at night?
2.Will you be voting in the SU elections?
3.How do you feel about Ikon and Diva closing last week?
4.Does the sale of Sudan-1 products in Costcutter concern you?

While I do consider myself a fan of nouse - certainly in comparison to campus’ tit-seeking tabloid Vision - I feel I have to remonstrate with Robbie Dale’s latest stream of babble. The first two paragraphs were amongst the most horribly patronising attempt at journalism I’ve read; addressing anyone with the suggestion that they may be ‘confused’ by the sparkling intellect of His opening paragraph, and that they should allow Him to give us a ‘history lesson’, is to be arrogant in the extreme. To do so to fellow students - including those who read History or Geography, unlike Mr. Dale himself - is beyond belief.

Your critics obviously paid as much attention to the bands on Saturday as they did to their spelling. Was it a subconscious error to mistakenly name Nadsat Fashion ‘Nadstat Fashion’ because you knew that the real thing was simply far too good to be censured?

I was amazed by the journalistic trash published in the article “Blag your degree” regarding Computer Science students. The article showed an amazing amount of ignorance and a huge lack of humour. I am going to now go through each of your so called methods.

Joe Penhall’s Blue/Orange, which ran at Sheffield’s Crucible theatre until Saturday 26th, is a three-hander set in a psychiatric hospital in London. This production, the first revival since the play’s debut at the National in 2000, held many attractions, including its director, Kathy Burke, as well as Roger Lloyd Pack, better known as Trigger in ‘Only Fools and Horses’.

As something of a Jane Austen enthusiast, I was torn between excitement and dread before reading this book. Its premise – a group of six people meeting once a month to discuss each of Austen’s novels – was an interesting one, but was it going to some kind of slushy romance-fest that Austen herself would have balked at? As it turned out, I needn’t have worried.

I’m an old skool girl; I’ve got my 1982 Air Force One high-tops, my Casio F-91W digital watch (that’s right, the one you had when you were eight) and, if my housemates, who have to walk with me to lectures every morning, would let me, I would probably lug a boom box around on my shoulder, instead of my discman. As such, when I heard that Tobias Wolff was publishing a book called Old School I couldn’t wait to read it.

When it comes to investigating the rather daunting subject of adolescent mass-murders, the end product is almost always to speculate how exactly a parent could bring up a child capable of such a thing. In Lionel Shriver’s novel we are given a gripping, painfully honest account of the upbringing of a child, Kevin, who has murdered seven people at his high-school.

America has reacted angrily to Shapiro’s debut novel and its method of distribution (free copies at festivals and paying actors to ‘demonstrate’ against the book.) It has been heralded as the ‘Worst book ever written’ numerous times. Shapero’s protagonist, Sam, is a disenchanted Berkley graduate who follows a ‘wild, inner calling,’ in the Alaskan wilderness (his plight aided generously by LSD). Sam, known as ‘Ransom’, grows obsessed with the wisdom of a mountain ram (‘Ram,’ ‘Ransom,’ geddit?), subsequently isolating his girlfriend, Lindy.

It’s getting towards the end of term and those deadlines that seemed so far away are fast approaching. The inevitable week of all nighters is clearly in sight. Every student’s killer instinct comes into play, and you find yourself reaching for the caffeine. To save you the stress of minging coffee the bar and restaurants team put their heart rates at risk and sampled the quality of York’s caffeine.

Unexpectedly I like this place. So much in fact I’ve been back twice. The décor, although a little predictable is difficult to fault and I think successfully merges the original medieval with a modern bare-wood stainless steel interior. There was a slight mix-up with our booking- which is, in my mind totally unforgivable, especially as I rang up two hours before to change to non-smoking, following the near-miraculous and unsuspected success of my new year’s resolution.

I would consider Varsity to be a very cheap eat. Typical meal deals include two meals for £5, however, if you have an exciting varsity card, which I’d recommend, you can receive 25% off all drinks.