Archive for May, 2011

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University of York drops six places in Guardian league table

York have fallen out of the top ten and into 15th place in this year’s Guardian university league tables.

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Ragan brace seals win for football seconds on Roses Sunday

Two goals either side of half time for Tom Ragan set the Men’s Football seconds on their way to victory on Roses Sunday.

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Will we ever overlook race?

The legacy of the Birthers poses a myriad of questions: where are we in the fight for racial equality, and how much further can we realistically eradicate what we term ‘racism’?

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Band of the Week: The Last Poets

Resident sound-nerd Tom Killingbeck thumbs through reams of musty vinyl so you don’t have to. Here are his weekly recommendations…

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Image: Philippa GraftonTrampolining goes Lancaster’s way for four Red Rose points

This year’s Roses tournament brought a disappointing loss, by a score of 186.1 to 169.7, for the York Trampolining Society.

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Image: Peter IvesonSevens success seals UYRUFC whitewash

The men’s rugby team wrapped up a successful Roses with a clean sweep of the rugby sevens matches

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Image: Philippa GraftonWomen’s hockey firsts secure four points on the JLD

The women’s firsts hockey romped to a 3-1 win and earned four points for the White Rose

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Image: Peter IvesonMen’s and women’s firsts earn points in indoor football

The men’s indoor football firsts – a hastily assembled team following some miscommunication – and the women’s indoor football firsts both won on a busy Saturday of Roses

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13 Assassins

13 Assassins sees the notorious Takashi Miike moving in new directions, and embracing a form which seems in some ways more mature than the twisted yakuza dramas he is most well-known for.

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The men's squash firsts in action earlier this season. Image: Peter IvesonWins for all three of York’s squash teams

The men’s squash firsts, the men’s squash seconds and the women’s squash firsts all enjoyed wins on the Saturday of Roses

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Image: Justyn HardcastleYork’s runners enjoy 10k whitewash

The University of York won 4-1 against Lancaster in the Running, the first time the event has counted for Roses points

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Image: Peter IvesonYork’s lacrosse teams enjoy dominance during Roses

The York Lacrosse club enjoyed dominance at Roses, winning all three games comfortably.

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Some of York's rowers in action at this year's White Rose Head. Image: Courtesy of UYBCFour wins out of six gives York’s rowers the points

Lendal Bridge was the site of York rowing team’s win in this year’s Roses. Lancaster claimed the first and last races of the day but were no match for York in the middle section where a series of relatively comfortable victories sealed the points

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Priest 3D

Priest 3D is a disappointment of a film, attempting to recreate the atmospheric horror of Underworld, but managing only to conjure images of a grittier Twilight.

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Pina

“What are we longing for? Where does all this yearning come from?” Wim Wenders’ 3D cinematic tribute to legendary pioneer of modern dance, Pina Bausch, spends an engaging hour-an-a-half asking us, without words, just that

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