Archive for October, 2010
articles
The necessity of a YUM seat
By Chris Montanaro — October 26, 2010
The burden in the debate on YUM’s membership of the Union Council is to prove why YUM is principally different to other societies, such that it can’t be represented by the Student Activities Officer
Frantic Fresher’s Fair is a bad reflection on YUSU competency
By Chris Bennigsen — October 26, 2010
YUSU have failed to make an immediate impact amongst this year’s intake
The Rise of the Rape Joke
By Laura Connor — October 26, 2010
A recent report made by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, ‘How Fair is Britain’, contained some positive statistics regarding the equality of homosexuals and ethnic minorities. But it also contained an extremely worrying feature for women
Tim Ngwena’s Twitter as seen by Ben Gascoyne
By Ben Gascoyne — October 26, 2010
Tim Ngwena’s Twitter as seen by Ben Gascoyne
The Nouse Student Survey 2010
By Liv Evans and Sam Lawson — October 26, 2010
Liv Evans and Sam Lawson present the results of the Nouse Student Survey 2010, a comprehensive review of student opinion and experience at the University of York
Big Bang branded ‘Big Con’
By Camilla Apcar — October 26, 2010
YUSU have been strongly criticised by a number of University of York students after only 900 of approximately 2300 scanned ticket holders gained entry to see headline act Marina and the Diamonds at the fresher’s week event “The Big Bang”
English Department opens new space
By Sam Briggs — October 26, 2010
The English Departement has opened a new space for students. The F.R. Leavis room will be used for “out of hour study and group discussion”
Death of University Professor
By Martin Spurr — October 26, 2010
A former University of York Professor, Kay Jones, died on 13 October 2010. Professor Jones was the founding Head of the Department of Social Policy and Social Work and spent 22 years in charge of the Department
PDF Archive: 26th October 2010
By Nouse — October 26, 2010
The PDF copies of Nouse from 26th October 2010
Nobel Prize laureate to lecture at York
By Hannah Ellis-Petersen — October 26, 2010
Professor Harold Koto, who was awarded a Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1996, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, is to give a lecture today in the Physics department
Langwith Bar Reps condemned by students for ‘horrific’ rape question in Freshers’ week bar quiz
By Hannah Ellis-Petersen — October 26, 2010
A number of students have expressed their concern over the inclusion of a “callous and insensitive” question in this week’s Langwith College bar quiz
Gallery claim YUSU ‘personally victimised’ them
By Hannah Ellis-Petersen — October 26, 2010
Controversy arose this week after the manager of The Gallery nightclub claimed he had been “personally victimised by the York Student Union”, after an ongoing deal between the two parties was severed earlier this year
Mass student protests over Browne Review proposals
By Victoria Lee — October 26, 2010
As students nationwide are rallying against the funding cuts and fee rises to higher education institutions, Nouse investigates the reaction on campus
LGBT email mix-up ‘outs’ its members
By Sam Lawson — October 26, 2010
YUSU’s LGBT Social has been strongly criticised after accidentally ‘outing’ 100s of University of York students
Commercial Services’ events fail
By Camilla Apcar — October 26, 2010
Considerably low attendance and a lack of organisation at a series of events run last week by Commercial Services saw many of the acts ‘booked’ for each night pulling out


