Archive for November, 2010

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Photo: mllerustadIrish Republic expected to receive ­­bail-out loan

The governor of the Central Bank of Ireland, Patrick Honohan, has said that he expects the Irish Republic to accept a loan estimated to be in the region of tens of billions of Euros

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Photo: David ShankboneThe Spectre and Spectacle of Sarah Palin

It should be no surprise to anyone that Sarah Palin announced in a recent television interview that she is considering running for the office of President of the United States

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Photo: JurvetsonPerspectives: is Obama a Lame Duck?

Just two years ago, America happily unburdened all their problems on the knight in shining armour, who was to turn the nightmare into a fairytale. Today, the stallion has ridden away and the dust is slowly settling around America’s crumbling dreams. What went wrong?

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The party could be over for the powerful billionaire playboy. Photo: CiupixFinal Nail in Coffin for Italian Prime Minister?

The continued political crisis in Italy has escalated once again after four coalition members resigned, in an attempt to remove Silvio Berlusconi from power

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Photo: AntmooseBenefits of cutting MPs

The bill proposing a cutback of MPs from 650 to 600, and a comprehensive redrawing of the constituency boundaries in the UK was debated and passed through the House of Lords last week

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Cartoon: Sarah JilaniSupervisional support should be more than just symbolic

The University needs to invest more time in the assistance of third years’ future careers and the provision of transcripts

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Rehabilitation necessary for all sex offenders

So a student has pleaded guilty to 17 charges of making and having in his possession videos of child pornography. What a shining example of the things that undergraduates at the University of York can achieve. He will face trial in December and is likely to spend longer than a year in jail

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Student arrests

The violence at the Conservative Headquarters on the Demolition march two weeks ago should not be defended as the right way to protest; but the way the national media focused solely on this issue, covering it in every angle possible, detracted from the real reason and cause of the march

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Democracy & Services

A Constitutional Review may to the majority sound dull. It is true: there are few issues within the document which could affect student life at York quite drastically

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Transcripts

And so it seems, yet again, the University is providing students with another impediment to our chances of getting a job; particularly helpful in the increasingly tough environment of graduate employment

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YUSU Constitional Review: just another layer of bureaucracy?

The Democracy and Services position is to be put to the student vote, but will countless reviews increase representation?

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The future of humanities subjects is questionable

The recent tremors that have resounded through the world of higher education have ignited the resolution of literally thousands of students across the country

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University blunders shouldn’t backfire on students

I know very few students who would complain if over a thousand pounds was casually left in their bank account

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Cartoon: Helen TezapsidisFemale beauty should not be used as a bargaining tool

Amnesty International have often used the provocative slogan ‘Lap dancing is just girls having fun and being sexy, isn’t it?’ Presumably the expected answer is ‘no’

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by Charlotte Fairclough

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