Archive for March, 2007
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Socialist Students protest against top-up tuition fees
By Jenny O'Mahony — March 6, 2007
The Socialist Students launched their ‘Campaign to Defeat Fees’ last Wednesday with a rally and a guest speaker from the University of Sheffield, Dan Randall, attending. The premise of the campaign is a push for the complete abolition of all fees and a reinstatement of the equivalent of £150 a week in grants for students, regardless of background or parental income.
B.O.B result in question
By Alex Stevens — March 6, 2007
The voting system at Battle of the Bands has been called into question after the winners, Clip the Apex, were booed offstage. Apply the Brakes, the favourites to win, and ska outfit Make it Better Later drew in second place, amidst calls for a more representative contest.
Langwith bar to face closure and conversion into an ‘artistic space’
By Milda Sabunaite — March 6, 2007
Langwith bar looks set to close after the college Provost admitted a lack of custom has left it a “dead space”. John Issitt, Langwith College Provost, has published a new report that contains plans to replace the bar with a coffee shop as part of a proposal to change Langwith College into an “artistic and educational socialising place.
Ancient scrolls found at Borthwick
By Helen Citron — March 6, 2007
Archivists at the University of York’s Borthwick Institute have sparked intense interest in academic circles with the discovery of a 600-year-old ‘gild roll’, which sheds new light on the York Mystery plays and life in Medieval York.
YUSU accused of bias over hustings
By Sam Thomas — March 6, 2007
A CANDIDATE in the SU elections has expressed anger over what she felt was biased questioning from current sabbatical officers at an official hustings event. At the ‘Question Time’ session held last Thursday in Derwent bar, YUSU President Rich Croker joined students in levelling questions at the candidates.
‘Campus Ken’ forced to leave
By James Merill — March 6, 2007
Students and staff have expressed their sadness that hairdresser Ken Fairburn is to leave campus at the end of this academic year, following University management’s refusal to allow him to renew his let on a room in Langwith College.
Violent students at large
By Raf Sanchez — March 6, 2007
An internal investigation into a violent assault on a student in Derwent Bar has so far been unsuccessful in identifying the attackers. First year Chris Wiggins was taken to hospital after being attacked by a group of other students during a screening of the Scotland-Wales Six Nations match on Saturday, February 11.
SU forum overrun
By Alex Stevens — March 6, 2007
THE YUSU forum website, designed to give prospective students an idea of life at the University of York, has been inundated with links to pornographic websites. The website is moderated by the six sabbatical officers of the YUSU Executive.
Late arrival of Ents Tech disrupts Club D
By Milda Sabunaite — March 6, 2007
The ‘Club D’ event of February 24 was disrupted after Ents Tech showed up over an hour late to set up the stage. The ‘Club D Funked’ event was based around live music sets from visiting artists Joel Owen and Soul Cellars and campus band Make It Better Later, all of which were cut short.
Nudes and no porters
By Nouse — March 6, 2007
A group of male first year students ran naked around campus on the night of February 23 in a bid to draw attention to the lack of porters in colleges.
University attacked in national newspapers
By Nouse — March 6, 2007
The University of York has been criticised recently in two letters to the national press. One letter, published in the Guardian, described York as “the graveyard of ambition.”
Women’s Week in York
By Nouse — March 6, 2007
York Will mark International Women’s Day with a week-long celebration starting on Monday, March 3.
York carbon study breaks new ground
By Sarah Foster — March 6, 2007
Dr. Haq, a Research Associate at the Stockholm Environment Institute based in York, has published a report claiming that the age group of 50 to 64 leave the largest carbon footprint.
Going down to Tuna Town
By Nouse — March 6, 2007
In my last column, I promised a foray into the world of older men and possibly women and, true to my word, I have much to report. After spending far too much of my student loan pursuing abortive relationships with ineffectual undergraduates, I decided to get a job working as a waitress (in a cocktail bar, of course).
To ditch or not to ditch my iPod?
By Ben Tattersall Smith — March 6, 2007
Let’s just get one thing clear: I love my iPod. I’ve had it well over a year now – longer than any romantic relationship I’ve ever been in and it’s arguably given me as much pleasure – so I don’t intend to part company with it in the foreseeable future. Late last year, however, saw [...]
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