Deputy News Editor (2008/09)
Woodstock success raises £2,500Last Saturday Vanbrugh Paradise was host to RAG’s annual Woodstock event.
What I’m driving at here is that at the University of York, we simply organise housing too early. It seems to me that in the first few months of habitation in these hallowed halls it is impossible to grasp the character development of your ‘friends’ necessary for a year’s worth of co-occupancy.
LGBT Officers defend criticised gender neutral toilets motionA controversial motion for the provision of gender neutral toilets on campus has been passed at a UGM meeting last week.
Appeal for Claudia Lawrence information turns internationalAn appeal for information relating to the disappearance of missing chef Claudia Lawrence is to be broadcast on Italian television

Photo of the Day; Weds week 9
Presidential candidate Charles Bushby and passers by read yesterday’s Nouse
Photo credit: Adrian Choa
Record numbers attend York’s biggest charity event ‘World Fusion’Last week York played host to Fusion, the University’s hugely popular fashion and dance show.

Photo of the Day; Saturday week 8
Democracy & Services candidate Ed Durkin and Student Activities candidate Rory Shanks explain their policies to Vanbrugh students
Photo credit: Adrian Choa
The JB Morell library could soon be open 24-hours following pressure from the student body for longer opening hours.
Following a poor turnout in recent JCRC elections, concerns have been voiced regarding the involvement of students at York in the running of university life.
The annual Times Student Experience Survey has seen YUSU score poorly compared to other student unions, raising worries at the degree of student support for the union.
A York student will embark on a 72-hour hunger strike on campus, beginning this Sunday evening, to promote ecotarianism.
The University of York’s Student Union bar has been opened this week
Jewish Society’s ‘Hillel House’ has been subject to a break-in discovered in the early hours of the 14th of December.
We’ve all seen it, the poor soul stumbling outside Ziggy’s on a Wednesday night or crouched in the corner of some dodgy takeaway, dozing on the shoulder of an equally inebriated friend.
Role model defined for STYCs: 1. Do not pressurise Freshers into doing anything. 2. Do not, in particular, pressurise Freshers into drinking.