Archive for February, 2006
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James Treasurer resigns after indecently exposing himself during college meeting
By Heidi Blake and Kate Smith — February 20, 2006
FORMER JAMES College Treasurer, Ethan Conner, resigned last month following a drunken incident at a JCR Committee Meeting in which he exposed his genitalia to fellow members.
Conner, pictured opposite, had become intoxicated over lunch following what he described as a “bad morning”.
Archbishop attacks Guantanamo Bay following UN human rights report
By Heidi Blake — February 20, 2006
The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu has launched an impassioned attack on the American administration for their refusal to close their detainee camp at Guantanamo bay, which he said reflected “a society heading towards George Orwell’s Animal Farm”.
York to have 200ft observation wheel
By Jo Shelley — February 20, 2006
The City Council have given the go-ahead to plans for yet another tourist attraction in York – a giant, London Eye-style observation wheel.
The attraction will soar 60 metres above the city and offer a 20-mile panoramic view, taking in the city’s historical centre, as well as the Minster and the river Ouse. It will have 42 viewing capsules, each with a capacity of eight people.
Brown: Lone Triumph
By Bob Higson — February 20, 2006
Air rage, arrogance and changing the world: Ian Brown remains as influential as ever as Bobby Higson found out when he met up with the living legend himself.
March, 1989: four lads from Manchester, the Stone Roses, have just released their eponymous debut album. It’s going to be well received; they already know this. On this album are eleven songs of guitar pop mastery that will herald a new dawn in British popular music and, as such, it’s pretty damn good.
York: an international perspective
By Alberto Furlan — February 20, 2006
For many, university is enough of a culture shock; however, as Albi Surlan explains, it’s even worse when you’ve travelled 4,000 miles
Every culture, every country has its quirks, idiosyncrasies and things that simply don’t seem to make sense unless you’ve been immersed in that particular culture for all your life. So for me, an Italian living here in England for the first time, there are a lot of things that I find peculiar and alien.
How to be a true flibbity-gibbit
By Rachel Ringstead — February 20, 2006
Can’t tell a bummerskite from a jannock? Rachel Ringstead gets tongue-twisted as she goes local in an effort to translate and master the art of Yorkshire dialect.
In the wake of Eats, Shoots and Leaves and the war on bad grammar, it is hardly in vogue to encourage the use of parochial slang these days. Yet for those seeking a cultural backlash, or simply the average community-sensitive student who is eager to foster harmonious town-gown relations, it can seem not only friendly and public-spirited but also shrewd to get to grips with the regional lingo.
A guide to avoiding campus ‘unbearables’
By Flora Bradwell — February 20, 2006
Awkward encounters with people best left in the past? Flora Bradwell reveals some survival strategies for the problems of living in a small campus
The price to pay for living in a quaint little city and going to a cosy campus university is the loss of anonymity. This is not to say that those who go round claiming ‘campus celebrity’ status are not completely foolish; but it does mean that no matter where the average student intent on minding their own business may go, they are bound to know, or at least recognise, a few people.
19/M seeks female scientist for fun, GSOH a must
By Nouse — February 20, 2006
The scientific briefing with Luke Boulter
With Valentines Day just passed, the sickening cards and small tokens of affection are neatly propped at the back of your bookshelves, ready to be dusted off and admired whenever you feel the need. Okay, so I am a bitter and lonely scientist, but what is it that causes us to lust and even fall in love with someone?
Why February is underrated
By Rebecca Gower — February 20, 2006
February is such a depressing time of year. Or at least that’s what the world would have me believe: you’d think, from the papers at the moment, that we should all be near-suicidal with despair.
Great novels, it’s a shame about the publishers
By Rebecca Gower — February 20, 2006
Penguin has recently reissued a load of literary classics – Lolita, Great Expectations, that kind of thing – along with a few, more recent books in a new ‘Red Classics’ line, complete with colourful, glossy covers. When I found a display of them in Borders, I was pathetically thrilled and duly bought three for the price of two. In fact, so enamoured was I of this new packaging that I later went on to the Penguin website to see what other titles there were in this range.
The politics of fancy dress: sewing and sniping, sequins and sabotage
By Lucy Peden — February 20, 2006
It’s the usual costume party dilemma: shop bought or home made? Lucy Peden dons her fairy wings and feather boa to talk tactics with participants in the RAG parade
The annual York RAG parade tends to elicit two responses; some recoil at the opportunity for the Make Poverty History brigade to publicly demonstrate their charitable sympathies, whilst others see it as a time to stockpile feather boas and poster paint.
Kidney Bean Curry with Butter-Fried Mushrooms
By Johan Carlin — February 20, 2006
This vegetarian curry has tons of taste without being too spicy.
Better than a degree?
By Nan Flory — February 20, 2006
Nan Flory meets Fusion President Caroline Jee and other students balancing their degrees with demanding extracurricular activites
In the cold winter months it can be difficult to keep up appearances; grooming just doesn’t get prioritised when skipping the beauty routine allows for another half hour under the covers. We are all sun-starved and disillusioned, half way through the academic year with another odious 14 weeks looming.
Literary endeavours
By Heloise Wood and Kirran Shah — February 20, 2006
Heloise Wood and Kirran Shah take a look at York’s aspiring student publications
Student life is synonymous, some say, with opinionated rambling. You should be studying for your degree, but exercising your hidden creativity and proving your intellectual prowess in print seems so much more attractive. At university you suddenly feel passionate about things that meant nothing to you before, you are questioning material instead of repetitive rote learning.
Return of the Roman entertainment
By Chris Bush — February 20, 2006
Chris Bush experiences an epic night at the Sheffield Crucible.
Howard Brenton’s epic drama The Romans in Britain opened last week at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield amidst a storm of publicity (in The Guardian at least). Directed by Sam West, this is the first professional revival of the play since its infamous debut at the National in 1980, which saw its director Michael Bogdanov facing charges at the Old Bailey for ‘procuring an act of gross indecency’.
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