Archive for October, 2010
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Return to College Football overshadowed by suspected leg-break
By Henry Cowen — October 26, 2010
Another serious injury to an Alcuin player cast a pall over the return to College Football on the 22 Acres on Sunday morning.
Women’s fencers battle fixture list difficulties
By Jake Farrell — October 26, 2010
In a match which shredded the nerves and caught the imagination York’s only Premier League competitors, the Women’s Fencing Firsts lost their season opener in almost unfeasibly dramatic circumstances last Wednesday
York’s footballers off to a flier as 6-1 win underlines genuine promotion credentials
By David Ambrozejczyk — October 26, 2010
“I want no exam disruptions, lots of preparation for both sides and no excuses with the weather – I want to wipe the floor with Lancaster”. Strong words they may be, but ones that are spoken with the conviction from a president in charge of one of York’s strongest clubs
Cuts to Youth Sport Trust will curb English ambition
By Jake Farrell — October 26, 2010
As George Osborne announces the government’s Spending Review, Sports Correspondent Jake Farrell gets all political and assesses the cuts on sport
The Mixer
By Sports — October 26, 2010
What a start to the season it has been for sport at York. TM has rather enjoyed itself, one particular highlight was all and sundry, including messrs Asfahani and Ngwena attempting to dislodge a rugby ball trapped up a tree. Nobody was successful
Making the grade
By Henry Cowen — October 26, 2010
Deputy Sports Editor Henry Cowen talks to Ben Cox and James Freeman; two young sportsmen making their names in their respective sports of rugby and cricket
Review the value of education and be prepared to defend it
By Charlotte Hogarth-Jones — October 26, 2010
The Browne Report is going to change higher education forever, but at least it will provoke some nationwide debate and action
Privacy concerns will undermine welfare
By Hoagy Davis-Digges — October 26, 2010
University is a time at which many people are trying to establish an identity for themselves in which they feel comfortable and secure. Particularly early on in their stay at university, individuals are acutely conscious of how they portray themselves, and which choice snippets of life’s rich tapestry to share with new found friends
Big Bang needed bigger creativity
By Nouse — October 26, 2010
The mass student disappointment vocalised after this year’s key freshers’ event, Big Bang, was somewhat inevitable. Low capacity venues are a constant plague to University events. Every year students complain about the quality of YUSU-organised events. But the fact remains: we are students at a small University in a small city
Protesting for opinion
By Nouse — October 26, 2010
Very few people like to pay more money. Even fewer like to pay more money for something they already have. A lift on the cap for tuition fees was never going to be any different. We’re upset
Students shun Commercial Services
By Nouse — October 26, 2010
After reporting in the last edition of Nouse that Commercial Services were happy to host campus events for students during freshers’ fortnight, despite anticipating a loss, the news that attendees were as low a two at some of the events planned hardly comes as a surprise
Student surveys can make for uncomfortable reading
By Ben Gascoyne — October 26, 2010
What we are so often missing is any kind of personalised picture of our university; a ‘state of the union’
Moaning about Big Bang overcapacity is overblown
By Lucy Whitehouse — October 26, 2010
Tackling Freshers’ Week as a topic is tricky. It’s almost impossible not to slip into rampant clichés about the gut-wrenching nerves before arrival, or make a lame generic joke about how unnecessary the whirlwind of moving-in panic proved to be, or mutter something non-descript about the incredible bonding nature of the wild week-long party times, and how totally awesome everyone turned out to be
Falling foul of YUSU has turned Gallery into a no-go
By Camilla Apcar — October 26, 2010
YUSU took their approval away from Gallery with little warning, but students should question why this actually matters



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