Archive for March, 2007
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The Mules, Fibbers
By Emma Gawen — March 19, 2007
Time:Monday, March 26th Location: Fibbers Price: £4 on the door (£3 with flyer) Called ‘Bonkers but brilliant’ by The Guardian, in GQ’s Top 20 bands for 2007, ‘A clattering triumph of carefully managed mayhem’ by Time out and ‘an inventive blast throughout’ by Uncut. Supported by Stereofire + Redgate
Equator with PRIDE
By Nouse — March 14, 2007
Time: Thursday 15th March, 7.30pm Location: James JCR Contact: socs197 (at) york.ac.uk PRIDE are hosting an equatorial themed party, so don your sombraro’s and head along to James JCR from 7:30 onwards for drink, laughter and unicorn Piñata!! BYOB email: socs197
Battle of the Bands Correction
By Nouse — March 13, 2007
‘Clip the Apex’ were not booed offstage, as we suggested (“B.O.B result in question”, March 6th 2007). The crowd were objecting to the announcement of the result, and the article should have made this clear.
Ents tech correction
By Nouse — March 13, 2007
We wrongly reported that Entstech arrived late to the “Club D Funked” event (“Late arrival of Ents Tech disrupts Club D“, March 6th 2007).
Getting it wrong
By Sam Thomas — March 13, 2007
In the absence of our fine editor, who is taking a well-deserved break from having to deal with newspaper issues, myself and Emma the web editor have been dealing with the huge amount of feedback we’ve had on the last edition. I suppose it’s a little disappointing in a way that most of it has [...]
Slavery and anti-slavery lecture
By Nouse — March 12, 2007
Time: Tuesday 13 March 5.30pm Location: P/L001, Physics ‘Wake! Amakosa, wake!’: the poetry of Thomas Pringle (1789-1834), Secretary of the Anti-Slavery Society Professor David Attwell, English and Related Literature
Goodricke: St. Paddy’s Party 2007
By Nouse — March 9, 2007
Come along to the best event of the year… Time:Thursday, March 15, 2007 at 9pm – 2am Price: £3.50 in advance in YOUR:SHOP, £4 otd Contact: ents@goodricke.co.uk McQ’s from 7 will be turned into a traditional irish pub, featuring some IRISH KARAOKE! Be there by 10.30 to WIN free drinks at the GUINNESS BOOK OF [...]
Iain Duncan Smith Talk at York
By Nouse — March 9, 2007
“Social Justice and Policy Making in the 21st Century” Host: New Generation Society Time: Saturday, March 10, 2007 6:00pm – 7:00pm Location: V/045 Contact:info@n-g-s.org.uk Rt. Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP, the former leader of the Conservative party, will be speaking to the NGS at York. IDS remains at the centre of the Conservative party’s policy-making [...]
James Goes to Leeds, End of Term Party!
By Emma Gawen — March 9, 2007
James Loves Leeds! Time: Monday, March 12, 2007 at 7:30pm Location: Leeds Oceana Email: chair@jamescollege.com The second edition in the James Loves Leeds series….coaches leave under the library bridge at 7.30, and return from Leeds at 3a.m. £6 tickets, selling location tbc Will buy you: coach transport, vip access, glass of champange, and q-jump.
Distribution of Nouse sabotaged
By Sam Thomas — March 7, 2007
Nearly a thousand copies of Nouse were destroyed within an hour of its distribution by people intent on preventing its publication. Stacks of copies were found wedged in bins around campus. The newspaper is investigating all possible means of holding those responsible to account.
The pen, it seems, is mightier than the sword
By Heidi Blake — March 7, 2007
Drum roll, please. This is the first instalment of the Nouse editorial blog, taking you on a literary journey if not quite to the front line of cutting edge journalism, then at least to a nearby cafe where we can have a nice chat and a cup of tea. Blogs will be posted by me, [...]
Anti-Zionist talk on campus leads to religious flashpoint
By Nicky Woolf — March 6, 2007
York campus became a centre of religious tension last week as Jewish students from around the country arrived to protest at a lecture given by the controversial Rabbi Aharon Cohen (left) of the anti-Zionist sect Neturei Karta, who has been accused of holocaust denial.
OTC criticised for staging mock execution on exercise
By James Merill — March 6, 2007
The York detachment of the British Army’s University Officer Training Corps (UOTC) has faced fierce criticism in recent days for behaviour that has been described as “disgusting and ignorant”.
Porters’ lodges to reopen
By Raf Sanchez — March 6, 2007
THE UNIVERSITY has announced its intention to reopen closed porters lodges on campus, bringing portering back to the October 2006 service benchmark. The announcement comes in the wake of a number of campaigns by both students and academics, as well as an open letter circulated by Nouse bearing more than 1,400 signatures.


