Archive for October, 2010

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Both players are intent on getting to the ball, but Paul Reiss of Alcuin unfortunately suffers a suspected broken leg in their game against James. Photo credit: Sam NewsomeReturn to College Football overshadowed by suspected leg-break

Another serious injury to an Alcuin player cast a pall over the return to College Football on the 22 Acres on Sunday morning.

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Photo credit: Sam NewsomeWomen’s fencers battle fixture list difficulties

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

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Mark Mcleod will be one of the first team members who are crucial this year as they seek to build on a very postive campaign from last season. Photo credit: Peter IvesonYork’s footballers off to a flier as 6-1 win underlines genuine promotion credentials

“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

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Will England be able to carry on producing the likes of Jack Wilshere when the government’s cuts begin to take affect on grassroots football? Photo credit: Ronnie MacDonaldCuts to Youth Sport Trust will curb English ambition

As George Osborne announces the government’s Spending Review, Sports Correspondent Jake Farrell gets all political and assesses the cuts on sport

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What this picture doesn’t show is that the ball was actually thirty yards away. Photo credit: Justyn HardcastleThe Mixer

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

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Kevin Pietersen may be a big name but he’s the kind of sportsman Cox and Freeman play against regularly. Photo credit: NIC_RMaking the grade

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

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by Maxine Mutten

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Cartoon: Samantha StrongReview the value of education and be prepared to defend it

The Browne Report is going to change higher education forever, but at least it will provoke some nationwide debate and action

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Privacy concerns will undermine welfare

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

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Big Bang needed bigger creativity

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

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Protesting for opinion

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

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Students shun Commercial Services

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

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Student surveys can make for uncomfortable reading

What we are so often missing is any kind of personalised picture of our university; a ‘state of the union’

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Cartoon: Sarah JilaniMoaning about Big Bang overcapacity is overblown

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

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Falling foul of YUSU has turned Gallery into a no-go

YUSU took their approval away from Gallery with little warning, but students should question why this actually matters

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