Archive for October, 2008
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El Paradiso Del Cibo
By Will Heaven — October 29, 2008
By all accounts, great men seem to have ‘a dream’. Not-so-great men have many, so two of mine are: to learn the Italian language, and to develop a love for football.
Waiting for Ramallah
By Laura Coleman — October 29, 2008
Politically charged and emotionally challenging, Welcome to Ramallah was a compelling and unflinching production. For the latter half, that is. The audience’s reaction (or lack thereof) in the initial scenes, reflected the slow and rambling start, which consisted of two sisters making unprogressive small talk.
William and Octavia
By Laura Connor — October 29, 2008
As a fresher, unaware of York’s theatrical tradition, I was oblivious to what this performance would offer. Upon entering the Drama Barn, I was experiencing an entirely new theatrical experience, of which I had no preconceptions.
Secret Solstice
By Laura Horton — October 29, 2008
It was with apprehension that I followed a shadowy-eyed young girl into the lifts of the Piccadilly Car Park on Friday night, with only a torch to guide my way. As the doors opened onto the top storey, I saw why the torch was necessary: the car park was completely black.
The Eye of The Storm
By Jim Bulley — October 29, 2008
Britain today is finally seeing the error of its ways. It has seen the danger of Blair’s Third Way. It is recovering from political inactivity. Politicians are thinking for themselves. There may be a choice between the two parties at the next election. Not so in the US, who appear to be treading in our erroneous footsteps.
La Zona
By Fred Ellis — October 29, 2008
Directorial debutant Rodrigo Plá emerges as the latest player in the burgeoning Mexican filmmaking scene with his charged thriller La Zona
Campaign Finance
By Hugh Salway — October 29, 2008
The complex and long-running debate on campaign financing in elections was rekindled once again last Monday as Barack Obama disclosed figures showing he had raised a phenomenal $150 million in September alone.
Wall Street
By James Gill — October 29, 2008
“Greed is good” – the motif which has guided the financial habits of the Western World for years, has finally come back to haunt us in the current credit crunch. Only fitting that it came from Oliver Stone’s 1987 picture, Wall Street, which clearly captured the ravenous capitalism pervading the Reagan years and beyond.
Credit Crunch
By Martin Wilson — October 29, 2008
The credit crunch has highlighted the stark differences between the ways that the US and the UK deal with crises.
Smith’s “spagi” bolognese
By Richard Smith — October 29, 2008
If, like me, you have an untold hatred of Enrico and Giuseppe infecting your TV screens with awful Italian accents and selling even worse jars-o’-sauces (whens’a your Dolmio day?), this simple, inexpensive and rewarding recipe is just the ticket.
Gomorrah
By Duncan Pelham — October 29, 2008
Gomorrah is a pressing polemic, if not an entirely comfortable viewing experience. In its depiction of a Naples suburb, tyrannised and torn apart by the Camorra, Gomorrah isn’t the usual multi-layered mobster saga we’re accustomed to.
Alex Lacy – York Sport President
By Alex Lacy — October 29, 2008
Last week was horrendously busy. As the first BUCS Wednesday of the term, it was a red letter day for York Sport, and, as I’m sure is well covered on the rest of these pages, the clubs performed admirably – as they usually do.
Matthew Jeynes
By Matthew Jeynes — October 29, 2008
While obviously York is a great university, one of the best in the country, I do sometimes find myself wishing it was like American universities. You know, the ones the size of a small town, in terms of facilities as well as students.
Paul
By Nouse — October 29, 2008
t doesn’t take a genius to figure out that The Dark Knight and Mamma-fucking-Mia have dominated the UK box office this year, and it wouldn’t be too taxing to imagine that The Dark Knight has done fairly well in the USA, the world’s biggest territory for film grosses.
Closed-door decision making has no place in a democracy
By Jenny Draper — October 29, 2008
Things haven’t been going all that well for YUSU recently, all things considered. Between the bitter, vicious scrap over the 24-hour bar in Langwith College and the racist slurs bandied about at the NUS seminar, not to mention last year’s vote of no-confidence against Welfare Officer Grace Fletcher-Hackwood. So perhaps YUSU can be forgiven for putting off thinking about the societies’ budgets this year. Perhaps it can even be forgiven for postponing meetings, changing the dates and generally messing everyone around. After all, it’s been a chaotic time for all concerned. But to decide the budget on their own, without negotiation, discussion or conciliation, is sinister in the extreme.
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