Archive for March, 2009

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The Pillowman

With a title as deceptively soft as the fictitious character which it describes, the audience might have been forgiven for expecting a whimsical, cheerful sort of performance from the cast of ‘The Pillowman’. But as the posters plastered over the Barn doors pointed out, “there are no happy endings in real life”

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Photo of the Day – Sunday week 9

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Photo of the Day; Sunday week 9
YUSU President-elect Tim Ngwena conducts his first interview with Nouse‘s Anna Bucks on YSTV
Photo credit: George Lowther

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Photo: Justyn HardcastleTitle decider looms large for Badminton firsts

A hugely successful season for York badminton culminates next Wednesday with a crunch tie against Durham as first meets second in BUCS Northern Conference 2B.

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Photo: Daniel MaddoxBuckmore Park success has York up to 29th in BUKC

York Karting Club completed a successful day’s racing in the third and fourth rounds of the BUKC last week to climb five places in the table and now sit 29th out of 52 teams.

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Ron Weir, Derwent Provost, passes away

It has been announced today that Derwent Provost Ron Weir died of a heart attack last night.

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Exit Polls predict narrow win for Langrish in race for President

Exit polls have predicted a slim 4 point victory for Tom Langrish over presidential rival Tim Ngwena.

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Photos: Arran Bowen-la GrangeOutstanding team performance too much for Newcastle

A solid collective showing was sufficient to hold off the challenge of Newcastle on Wednesday afternoon, and cement a top three BUCS League finish for our women’s tennis team.

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Rugby seconds brush aside hapless Bradford

York University seconds continued their winning form on Wednesday with a convincing victory over a hapless and lacklustre Bradford side that barely turned up.

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Photo of the Day – Saturday week 9

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Photo of the Day; Saturday week 9
The electorate make their decisions on yesterday’s final day of voting
Photo credit: Sam Newsome

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Eight motions passed after UGM

Eight out of nine of the UGM proposals put forward at Week 8′s UGM meeting have been passed

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York ranked fifth worldwide for post-doctoral research

The University of York has been ranked fifth on a list of the ‘Top International Institutions for Post-doctorate scientific research’ by American magazine The Scientist.

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Photo credit: Agência BrasilSyria’s Pursuit of Unhappiness

What kind of man is the President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad?

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Photo of the Day – Friday week 9

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Photo of the Day; Friday week 9
As campaigning enters it’s final day, undecided students analyse candidates’ policies outside McQ’s
Photo credit: Sam Newsome

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Papadofragakis to stop campaigning

Democracy and Services candidate George Papadofragakis yesterday announced that he doesn’t intend to focus any more time on campus campaigning due to other commitments.

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