Nye Williams-Renouf

Students are faced with the prospect of bal-

looning university fees as part of a raft of
government measures aimed at slashing the
national deficit. As part of his wide-ranging
university finance review that has been con-
ducted over the past year, Lord Browne of
Madingley is expected to recommend that
the current fee cap which limits annual fees
to around 3300 be significantly raised or
abolished in the near future.
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As Im sure most of you know,
Ed Miliband has just been elect-
ed as the new leader of the La-
bour party. After an extremely
close race with his brother Da-
vid, Ed won the contest by just
one percentage point, due to
overwhelming union support in
his favour. This had led many
pundits to suggest that he may
become just a mouthpiece for
union interests, but in his speech
to the party conference Ed was
careful to try and allay those
fears by saying that he would not
give blanket support to every
industrial action. In general, the
policies he laid out in that speech
seem to be somewhat more left-
wing than those the party has
supported in the past, but never-
theless Ed Miliband is still clear-
ly a New Labour politician.
Back when the candidates were
being announced, there was
some complaint that there was-
nt any room for serious discus-
sion about the future direction of
the Labour party because all the
serious candidates agreed on an
agenda that was fundamentally a
continuation of Blair and
Browns New Labour (every can-
didate except Diane Abbot had
served in the cabinet of a New
Labour government). David
Miliband initially appeared to be
the most likely candidate, as a
straightforward inheritor of
Blairs ideals. But partly because
of the media interest in the two
brothers as rivals, Ed Miliband
became the other serious contes-
tor for the job. In the end, he
won the nomination despite
David probably actually having
more support within the party.
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22 October 2010
VII.I
Stephen Perse
Foundation
The P eligraph
News in Brief
P4-5: World News Map

P6: The Gambia Story

P7: Summer Fires in Russia

P8: Clothes prices higher
than ever

P10: North Koreas next
leader shows his face

P15: The Shadow Child

P16: An interview with...
Ms Kedie
University fees set to rocket as
Browne prepares review
Eds election spells Red era for Labour
Sophy Tuck
2 The Peligraph
The constitution of the Labour party sets up
the procedures for voting for a new leader in
a somewhat strange fashion. Each candidate
receives a certain percentage of votes from
each of three branches of the
Labour party (sitting MPs,
members of the party in gen-
eral, and any member of a
Union who does not actively
support another political par-
ty). The percentages are then
averaged, and whichever can-
didate has an outright highest
total (according to a system of
AV) becomes the leader. In
this election, David Miliband
had a higher initial percentage
of the vote before second
choices were taken into ac-
count, and he also received
more support from both the
Parliamentary Labour Party
and the members of the party
in general, and in fact an over-
all majority of votes. But be-
cause of the system which
gives unfair weight to Union
votes, Ed Miliband won the
election.
Ed was popular with the Un-
ions because he was seen to
have more left-wing policies than his broth-
er. In his speech after he won the leadership
contest he laid out what his main policies
will be, both in opposition and if he eventu-
ally becomes Prime Minister:
he will try to keep Labour as a cen-
trist party reflecting and represent-
ing mainstream public opinion;
he will try to be a responsible oppo-
sition leader, only opposing
measures he actually believes are
wrong;
his economic policy will remain rea-
sonably pro-business, though he has
also said that economic policy
should reflect the needs of everyone,
not just the people at the top;
he does believe in aiming to cut the
deficit by half in four years, but says
that the government must be careful
with cuts so as not to put the country
back in recession;
he emphasised the importance of
civil liberties, and said that Labour
was wrong to impinge on them so
drastically;
his foreign policy will be based on
principles, rather than strategic alli-
ances; and he did not support the
war in Iraq, nor will he support long-
term deployment in Afghanistan;
he does not necessarily support un-
ion action, though he is sympa-
thetic to their requests for fair
wages and working conditions;
he believes strongly in the
need to tackle Climate change;
he does support voting
reform, and changing the system
to AV after all it was this sys-
tem within the Labour party that
got him elected!
like David Cameron with
his Big Society, Ed Miliband
believes that politicians should
try to foster the values of com-
munity and family, not just work.
Overall, his policies do seem to
be slightly more left wing than
those held by Labour in recent
years, but not actually as left
wing as they have been portrayed
as being because of his Union
support.




Was Labour right to elect Ed as
party leader? Follow the link in
the Peligraph email out today to
vote. Survey closes 29/15/2010.
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Ed Miliband: takingthe Labour party forward?
Union power helps lift Ed into Labour parapet
Fees potentially to be raised to
10,000p.a.
Middle classes expected to be worst
affected
Worst cuts in arts and humanities
subjects
Weakest universities to be allowed to
fail
The former BP chairman will present the
findings of his study to parliament in the
coming weeks; if his proposals are adopted
by the government, they would represent
the single greatest shake-up to the British
higher education model for decades, and
would potentially lead to university fees at
some institutions rising to up to 10,000
per annum.
The measures form part of the governments
cost-cutting exercise, but are not expected to
have as big an impact on research funding,
with around one sixth of the 6bn budget
expected to be removed. However, the over-
all reduction in funding for universities
from the taxpayer is estimated to lie at
around 37%, and will be achieved by slash-
ing universities teaching allowance by up to
two thirds, taking nearly 3bn from the
current 4.7bn budget.
The cuts would not necessarily be spread
evenly across all subject areas. Instead, min-
isters are believed to be considering the
possibility of removing state funding alto-
gether for subjects that fall under the mantle
of arts and humanities, focusing remaining
finances on supporting degrees in areas
such as maths, science, engineering and
medicine.
At present, universities are prevented from
charging students more than 3,290 per
annum in tuition fees, a figure many univer-
sities vice-chancellors believe to be far too
low. Brownes review is believed to recom-
mend raising this ceiling to at least 7,000,
with universities potentially allowed to
charge up to 10,000 if they agree to under-
write the additional 3,000 that students
would receive in state-backed loans. In this
way, it is hoped, the vast majority of the cost
of a university education will be passed on
to the same students who are benefiting
from it. The change will mark a major shift
in the way higher education in the UK is
funded, transferring the burden of its cost
from the state to the shoulders of students,
who will pay back increasing loans from
future earnings.
Indeed, it is expected that on top of the po-
tential 10,000 annual fees students costs
will be further topped up by a swathe of
stealth increases. Those most likely to lose
out here will be students from middle class
families; despite not being able to fully af-
ford the cost of university, most are ex-
pected to lose the option to grants and
cheaper loans for living costs, with support
instead being focused on students from the
poorest backgrounds. Subsidies on interest
rates that students pay on loans will also be
removed, and students who walk into high-
paying careers after completing their de-
grees may also be required to pay back more
than they borrowed. This premium will be
capped at around 20%, and will be used to
cover the costs of less remunerative degrees.
The extra levy on higher-earning students is
likely to be welcomed Vince Cable, the Busi-
ness Secretary, who has pledged to ensure
that well-paid graduates pay more for their
degrees than those who remain on lower
incomes. Conversely, concerns have been
raised over the viability of a system which
depends on taxing high-earning graduates
at a greater level. Many observers have is-
sued a warning that such a policy would
simply lead to the best and the brightest
British students obtaining their degree in
the UK before moving overseas to find em-
ployment. The proposal is similar to the
graduate tax suggested by ministers earlier
in the year which would have seen high-
earning graduates repay a greater propor-
tion of their income in taxes after taking
their degree. This concept has already been
acknowledged by the Business Secretary as
unworkable at the Lib Dems annual con-
ference, and many would question his sup-
port for a policy bearing so many similari-
ties to it.
Of greater concern is the damage any kind
of increase in the cost of attending universi-
ty would do to the Lib Dems credibility with
voters, an issue this paper raised last May.
Before the election, many Lib Dem MPs
(including Cable and the now-Deputy Prime
Minister Nick Clegg) put their name to an
anti-tuition fees pledge organised by the
National Union of Students (NUS). Students
have traditionally formed one of the strong-
est cornerstones of the Lib Dems electoral
support, and many have already expressed
dismay at the possibility that the Lib Dems
could abandon such a pivotal aspect of their
pre-election campaign.
Besides the impact of the increase in tuition
fees on students, the prospect of certain
universities collapsing as a result of in-
creased financial difficulties has already
been raised as a likely effect of the pro-
posals. Steve Smith, president of Universi-
ties UK (UUK), said; Brownes proposals
might work at the sector-wide level, but that
doesnt mean it works for every institution.
Somewhere like, say, Oxford, might be able
to charge 7,000, no problem. Others wont
be able to recoup what the state takes away.
A lot of institutions will be in difficulty at
that point. Most of the UKs leading univer-
sities, including the majority of those in the
Russell Group, are believed to be planning
to charge their students up to 7,000 a year,
while certain elite universities including
Oxbridge and some of the London universi-
ties are understood to be hoping to charge
students the full 10,000 annually. By con-
trast, many of the weakest universities
(mainly former polytechnics) are intending
to compete on price by offering cheaper
degrees to students. When asked for the
NUS take on the development, Aaron Por-
ter, president of the NUS, stated that as far
as were concerned the pledge still stands
and politicians risk breaking a pledge at
their peril. We will be looking to rely on
politicians to reject the creation of a market
in undergraduate fees.
Many are known to be worried about the
possible impact of cuts in funding from the
government, and some have already
acknowledged the real possibility that re-
search will be abandoned altogether in fa-
vour of a teaching-only policy. Furthermore,
up to 30 universities are expected to land in
severe financial difficulties, and the govern-
ment is likely to allow some to fail entirely.
Those in the worst position financially are
believed to number Gloucestershire, Cum-
bria and London Metropolitan.

Do you believe the government is
right to ask students to pay more
for their degrees? Follow the link
in the Peligraph email that comes
out today to vote. Survey closes
29/10/2010.
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University Fees face sharp rise under government proposals
3 VII.I
The report has been overseen byLord Browne of
Madingley
World News Map
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Nye Williams-Renouf
The Sunday Times ac-
cuses senior FIFA mem-
bers of offeringWorld
Cup votes in exchange
for cash
France: Republic rocked by riots
and strikes across the country as
workers protest against plans to
raise retirement age to 62
Democratic Republic of Congo: The
International Criminal Court agrees to
pursue the war crimes trial of DR Con-
go's former Vice-President Jean-Pierre
Bemba, dismissingan appeal.
Chile: 33 miners are rescued froma
collapsed mine shaft after spending69
days buried almost 800m below
ground level. The unprecedented
rescue operation has been covered
around the world.
Mexico: The
Mexican army
and police have
seized 105
tonnes of mari-
juana in Tijuana,
on the border
with the US -
by far the big-
gest haul for
years.
Germany: Angela Merkel, the
German Chancellor, has claimed
that the concept of a multicul-
tural German society has failed,
and says that immigrants must go
to greater lengths to learn Ger-
man and integrate into society.
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VII.I
The Sunday Times ac-
cuses senior FIFA mem-
bers of offeringWorld
Cup votes in exchange
for cash
Democratic Republic of Congo: The
International Criminal Court agrees to
pursue the war crimes trial of DR Con-
go's former Vice-President Jean-Pierre
Bemba, dismissingan appeal.
Chechnya: Armed gunmen attack
the Chechnyan parliament, killing
and injuringscores of people.
Saudi Arabia: A Saudi Prince has been
found guilty of murder after his male
personal aide was found beaten and
strangled to death in a London hotel
earlier this year.
Sri Lanka: The Sri
Lankan foreign
minister has cast
doubt on the va-
lidity of recently-
released images
purportingto
show the massa-
cre of Tamil com-
mitted duringthe
countrys civil war
Nothing quite beats that Just-Helped
-Humanity feeling; whether its drop-
ping a few spare coins into a buskers
violin case when you pass them in the
Tube or clicking a few buttons and
donating a more considerable amount
online. But no matter how you did it
and however insignificant that
amount may be, weve all got to admit
that we love that feeling of having
changed somebodys life for the bet-
ter.
Members of the Stephen Perse Foun-
dation have been going to The Gam-
bia to work with the people of the vil-
lage of Illiasa to help improve their
lives: Over the past 6 years, we have
rebuilt a school, taught the local chil-
dren English and built a chicken
farm. The close relationship between
the school and the villagers has al-
lowed us the privilege of witnessing
first-hand how the money raised- the
money you donated- is improving
every single day of the villagers lives.
These visible achievements are what
motivate the College to continue our
work in this small but slowly pro-
gressing country.
This year, there are eight students
from the Stephen Perse Sixth Form
College going to The Gambia at the
end of the year, but this doesnt mean
that you cant play a part in continu-
ing this huge and rapidly expanding
forget project, legacy: Donation box-
es will be placed in Reception and
throughout the schools and the Col-
lege, so even if its just spare change
please do drop it in. 1 is 43 Gambian
Dalasi- every single penny really does
help; Signs for cake sales occurring
over the next few months will be go-
ing up and all you have to do is bring
in a few coins on the day to buy one;
If youre at the College, there are
forms all around the school where
you can sign up to sponsor the Gam-
bia Team for the 25 mile charity walk
they soldiered through despite the
seemingly never-ending rain, persis-
tent wind and freezing cold. Some of
them did so without anything water-
proof to wear and one even endured
chest pain all the way from Upware to
Ely. If youre at the Senior/ Junior/
Prep/ Pre-Prep (were really not
picky) School and would still like to
sponsor the team, please contact ei-
ther Miss Allen or a member of the
Gambia Team.
One of the more personal ways you
could help out is by purchasing a
LOVE FROM label. The Gambia
Team will be purchasing a variety of
small presents for the village children
and for a small donation, we will add
a label to one of the presents and send
it as a gift from you. As a thank you to
you all, we will bring you back photos
of the smile on the face of the child
receiving their LOVE FROM you.
There is also the possibility of an Auc-
tion of Promises which works much
like an ordinary auction but as well as
items of value, this auction would in-
volve auctioning off Promises. These
Promises can be anything from
dance/instrument lessons to tutoring,
sessions in scrapbooking and cooking
or even dioramas worth hundreds of
pounds! However, this auction can
only go ahead with input from as
many of you as possible. If you or an-
ybody you know has any talent,
knowledge or experience you/theyd
be willing to share, please do get in
touch with either Miss Allen or a
member of the Gambia Team who
you can contact via their school e-
mail addresses.
With so many ways to get involved,
we can all do our bit and, by the end
of December, we will be able to send
the Gambia Team off with the assur-
ance that we will all have individually
been directly responsible for making
at least one persons day.
Not a bad exchange for a few coins
dropped in the GAMBIA BOX in
reception
Raisa Islam and Jane Wong
Stories from The Gambia
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VII.I
Drought, fires and smog: Summer in Russia
From late July through to early
September, Russia experienced the
worst forest fires in 15 years. This catas-
trophe was brought about by a heat
wave unparalleled in Russia for 1,000
years, and has killed possibly 15,000 peo-
ple. There was severe drought, mainly in
the west of the country, due to record
high temperatures up to 40C in Mos-
cow. This led to widespread forest and
peat fires, the latter being extremely
difficult to extinguish because the peat
burns underground and machinery can-
not access the fires due to risk of the
ground above collapsing. These fires
were so strong that Russias President,
Dmitri Medvedev, called a state of emer-
gency in seven regions of Russia and a
state of emergency was called in a fur-
ther 28 regions due to crop failures
caused by drought.
The consequence in Moscow
was a layer of smog due to fires in the
surrounding area, which, along with the
heat, had a detrimental effect on peoples
health especially for asthmatics, chil-
dren and older citizens. In early August,
at the height of the crisis, the number of
deaths per day had reached 700; twice
the normal figure. The sun could barely
be seen and people wore gas masks all
around, even on the underground, with
carbon monoxide pollution at quadruple
the normal level. Thanks to improved
weather and some rain later in August,
the fires became easier to reduce and
the heat wave was significantly calmed.
However, there was another serious
wave of fires early in September, which
killed 8 people and destroyed 900 build-
ings.
The main worry in relation to
these events now is the question of Rus-
sias wheat harvest. Russia is the worlds
third largest wheat exporter, and crop
failures due to drought have already had
an impact on world prices, which went
up by almost 50%from June to early
August with worries over low supply.
Even in August there were concerns for
Russias wheat harvest; Alexander Belya-
yev, Russia's deputy agriculture minister,
estimated that it would be about 25%
less than last years whilst The Russia
Grain Union said that it could even
drop by half this year. Now, with wheat
prices higher than ever, Russia have
banned wheat exports and the rest of
the world watch with bated breath to
see whether this measure will last,
which it could well do if Russia has a
poor winter harvest.
Rosie Lawrence
Cordelia Lupson
Celebrities such as Lindsay Lohan, Mis-
cha Barton and Britney Spears were
once solely famed for their talent,
whether it be musical or acting. Now,
however, rather than being famed for
their skill, and the exclusive reason for
which they desire to be famous, they
have each turned to various forms of
misconduct. Drug taking, alcohol abuse
and dangerous driving are several exam-
ples of offences that celebrities under
pressure have committed on a number
of occasions.
What has driven these gifted people to
such crimes? A huge factor will have
been the relentless hounding from the
press. Every single action being docu-
mented, resulting in no privacy whatso-
ever. Such pressure and acute attention
can only have detrimental effects on the
person involved, who has regrettably
captured the attention of millions of peo-
ple.
Whilst the invasive nature of the press is
clearly a vast factor, this cant be used as
an excuse to break the law. A celebrity
lifestyle comes hand in hand with drugs,
money and alcohol. It is up to the indi-
vidual to avoid such temptations.
Whilst you can only sympathise with
such unfortunate characters, it is unac-
ceptable to behave in such a way, espe-
cially considering, these celebrities can
be considered role models by children.
It would be disastrous if children thought
it was appropriate to imitate this behav-
iour. These celebrities should have
enough integrity to take their fame and
use it in a positive way.

Soaring Cotton Prices Lead to Sky-High Clothing Crisis
Have you got used to 2 T-shirts and throwa-
way jeans fromPrimark?Well, expect prices to
rise later this year and through into 2011. The
future of cheap clothes could be hanging by a
thread.
Clothes prices are to show their first annual
increase in 18 years on the back of the soaring
cost of cotton.
The disastrous floods in Pakistan and China
which destroyed 8.9 million acres of maize, rice,
sugar cane and cotton crops are the cause for
cotton prices beingthe highest in 15 years.
High Street names like Next, Primark, H&M and
Debenhams have pointed to higher prices.
Next bosses have suggested the increase could
total 8 per cent next year.
The jeans maker Levi Strauss and Hanebrand,
which owns the Wonderbra brand, have also
warned of higher prices.
The impact of higher cotton prices will also be
felt in the area of home furnishings, such as
curtains and upholstered furniture.
Figures compiled by the Centre for Economics
and Business Research(CEBR) suggest the higher
price of cotton alone would increase clothing
prices by 2.4 per cent by the end of 2011.
If Next is correct and prices were to rise 8 per
cent, once other cost increases and VAT are
added to the equation, the cost of a 50 pair of
jeans could go up by 4.
The CEBR figures suggest that a 2,000 sofa
could be 125 more expensive by the end of
next year.
The research was commissioned price compari-
son website, Kelkoo, whose UK managingdirec-
tor, Bruce Fair, said: Along with the imminent
rise in VAT, rising labour costs, and exchange
rate fluctuations, the price of cotton also plays a
key role in drivingup inflation on goods such as
clothes and home furnishings.
Unfortunately price increases among value
clothing suppliers may become unavoidable in
order for retailers to protect their profit mar-
gins.
Inflationary increases may also result in lower
levels of consumer spendinggiven that clothing
and furnishings are non-essential items, unlike
food and fuel.
So, we may be enteringthe end of an era where
Primark has been our saviour for acheap top or
a pair of snazzy jeans, but dont say we didnt
warn you!
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VII.I
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The Intensity of the Public Eye
Mischa Barton was arrested havingbeen
caught drivingunder the influence in Decem-
ber 2007.
In October
1965, Johnny
Cash was ar-
rested for be-
ing in posses-
sion of hun-
dreds of tran-
quilizers and
pills being
searched on
his way back
from a trip to
Mexico.
Caroline Breeden & Joycelyn Ho
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VII.I
Science in Headlines
Worlds Most Dangerous
Computer Worm Attacks
Iranian Nuclear Complex
Stuxnet, a worm completely different to
all preceding viruses due to its different
and much more potentially damaging
target is capable of taking over Iranian
power plant.
On the 26
th
of September it was announced that
Stuxnet, a wormwhich had already infected
over 30,000 IP addresses in Iran, had reached
the personal computers of staff at Irans first
ever nuclear power plant.
The significance, and the danger doesnt lie in
the risk to data stored within the computers
themselves but instead in the unprecedented
power this worm holds in its capability to break
into, not an ordinary computer, but a Program-
mable Logic Controller (PLC). A PLC is the
controller of many industrial processes such
as; sewage treatment works, damns or, as in this
case, nuclear power plants. As such the conse-
quences of amalicious hacker havingaccess to
these crucial systems could be devastating.
The reason why PLCs dont seem to have been
targeted until now is due to each PLC vendor
havingits own programminglanguage, makingit
harder for hackers to crack the codes and
change software. The Stuxnet worm managed to
penetrate the most common PLC language,
that used by Seimens. The worm has access to
the PLC through vulnerabilities in the Windows
PC that over sees its processes.
No-one knows who wrote the worm, but ex-
perts are in agreement that whoever it was
knew exactly what they were doing. The shear
complexity of the programminginvolved in the
worm has sparked speculation that it was creat-
ed by a foreign nation as part of an electronic
war against Iran and its nuclear progress.
Whether this worm is an attack on Iran or
merely a show of power by hardened computer
criminals one thingis for sure, security in im-
portant industries must be tightened to prevent
worms like the Stuxnet creatingirrevocable
damage.

Titanium foam shows po-
tential for use in bone trans-
plants.
A titanium implant has been developed with a
foam like structure designed to mimic bone.
This structure enables the implant to be flexible
and for the bone to grow around it
and in it makingit a truly integrated implant.
Although it has not yet been approved for hu-
man usage Quadbeck the company that makes
it is exploringits use with physicians

Call for legislation against
foreign species
Non-native organisms cost the European gov-
ernment around 12 billion euros a year in dam-
ages. More are beingintroduced every year as a
result of biological control and the release of
farmed organisms into the environment. Scien-
tists at the Copenhagen Neobiota conference,
are demandingEurope-wide legislation for the
next year.

Artificial insemination could
bias the sex of your child
Professor Michael Chapman fromthe University
of New South Wales has recorded the sex of
13,368 babies born in Australia and New Zea-
land between 2002 and 2006 usingArtificial
Fertility treatments and has found that the ratio
of boys to girls born by In Vitro Fertilization
(IVF) is 53%, and that for those born by intra-
cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) was 50%.
Consideringthat from natural fertilization the
ratio of boys to girls born is 51%it is likely that
somethingabout the fertility treatment is chang-
ingthe probability.

Stem cells created from skin
cells
Skin cells have been reprogrammed to their
embryonic state of induced pluripotent stem
cells in Massachusetts. This was carried out
using gene switches, chemicals which affect
the way in which a gene is expressed. Although
the technique is still in its early day, if it was
reproducible it could eradicate much of the
debate about the use of stem cell technology as
no embryos would need to be used. Also, as the
DNA itself isnt changed, only the way in which
it is expressed, a lot of the fear around altering
DNA would also become irrelevant.

Amelie Geddis & Olivia Cox
Recent
scientific
break-
throughs
mean
skin cells
could
soon be
used to
grow any
kind of
cell
Dinosaur Pile-Up:
Consideringthat Dinosaur Pile-ups debut album
Growing Pains is scheduled for release on
October 4th this is more of a pre-review than
an appraisal of an amazingcatalogue of work,
but if its in step with the recently released
singles and EPs it will be just that. The sludgey,
slow sound of Matt Biglands guitar and drums
brings hints of early Foo Fighters and Weezer
to a new generation, and Bigland also rules his
partners in the totalitarian way of these two
90s scene-setters, but in order for it to be this
successful it is obviously so much more than
simply a nod to the past. The witty, cheerfully
crafted lyrics levitate above the rut of teenage
angst and parent-hatingthat many semi-famous
musicians chosen to fall into, but are serious
enough to avoid the short lived hype that comes
with parody musicians. Songs such as Traynor
and Beach Bug are prime examples of the
heavy yet melodic drum-led tunes that make
DPU so fun and exciting, and what they lack in
originality is made up for by pure rawness. On
the darker side of things Love is a Boat and
Were Sinking is so overwhelmingly entrancing
that you dont notice the same riff being repeat-
ed throughout the song, although DPU riffs are
of superior breed to your average, which is
ironic consideringtheir Leeds rootsbut there
we go. To promote their upcomingdebut re-
lease DPU will be passingby Haymakers on the
18
th
of October. It will be epic!
Fun Lovin Criminals: The Junction
It was obvious that a 90s hip-hop/funk/rock
band would not have attracted the sort of
crowd I was used to, but when I walked into a
half empty venue of middle-age Caucasian men
it was humorous than awkward. This essentially
captured the spirit of band before theyd even
come on stage. Things livened up abit for sup-
port act The Chemists who had some pretty
good songs. Shame about the frontman singing
themwhose arrogance radiated right to the
back. After a quick fresh air break we returned
to find the place completely packed, raisingmy
dwindling hopes immediately. Although I hadnt
listened to their latest albumit possessed the
same schmoove-ness which they are celebrat-
ed for, although it lacked the rawness of their
earlier works. Lyrics that usually dealt with
recreational drugs, vandalismand crime were
replaced by ones of love. However, the charm
was still there whatever the font of inspiration.
Finally the moment we all waited for arrived.
The drum beat opening Scooby Snacks kicked
off, cuttingshort the inter-songbanter and
sendingawave of excitement through the
crowd, proof that a songbeyond the decade
mark had not passed its sell by date, even if the
audience had. Just as I thought the night had
peaked they whipped out another classic in the
form of Korean Bodega, a salute to marijuana
based fun. Soon after my feet began to hurt and
I had heard what I wanted so we decided to
leave, departingwith a sense of wonder at see-
ingone of the last bands to make hip-hop/rock
fusion fun on auniversal level. Clearly more
universally accepted by married, baldingmen
than todays youth, but universal all the same.
With the Workers Party of (North) Korea
meetingfor the first time in thirty years, it was
evident to the entire world that somethingma-
jor was goingto happen; and we were not left
disappointed.
KimJong-un, third son of the current de facto
leader of North Korea, KimJong-il, rose from
virtually unknown to a four-star military general
as well as Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party
Central Military Commission and a member of
the party's Central Committee. To surmise, the
next leader of the Democratic Peoples Republic
of Korea has been decided and with KimJong-
ils reported poor health, the Kim dynasty ap-
pears to be on the brink of enteringits third
generation.
The past would suggest that the most realistic
opinion to have on the matter would be a pessi-
mistic one if we consider that Kim Jong-il him-
self inherited leadership, and was decidedly no
more democratic than his autocratic father, Kim
Il-Sung(who, despite his death in 1994 remains
to this day the official leader of North Korea).
However, critical differences between the up-
bringingof KimJong-il and that of Jong-un sug-
gest that this may not be the case.
While Jong-il grew up studyingin the Far East,
Jong-un received his education in the considera-
bly more liberal and financially stable Switzer-
land; Jong-il studied Marxist political plays while
Jong-un allegedly prefer studyingthe game plays
of Michael Jordan; Jong-il minored in Military
Science, Jong-un quite likes to ski and has no
military or political trainingwhatsoever.
It is evident that KimJong-il was raised in a way
befittingsomeone expected to become Chair-
man of the National Defence Commission and
leader of North Korea; however, with two
older brothers it was only in June 2009 that it
was revealed both Kim Jong-nam(for embar-
rassingthe family in 2001) and KimJong-chul
(for being, in the words of his father like a little
girl) had been passed over in favour of their
youngest sibling: Jong-un. Until that time, Jong-
un was allowed to lead arelatively normal life
influenced by Western culture, morals and soci-
ety.
Armed not with weapons but a firm understand-
ingof the education system, economy and politi-
cal workings of a successful Western country;
with his apparent upcominginauguration Jong-un
will have the chance to change his country for
the better.
Although it can be guaranteed that Jong-il will
spend the rest of his days teachinghis son the
workings of the country and, even after his
death will leave him in the more than capable
hands of Jong-uns Uncle, Vice-Chairman of the
National Defence Commission ChangSung-Taek
but we can only wait and see whether KimJong-
un will challenge or continue the legacy left to
himby his forefathers.
Kim Jong-Il believed to have chosen 3rd son as successor
Raisa Islam
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KimJong-Il has been
parodied in a num-
ber of films, notably
Team America
Until very recent-
ly, little was
known about the
dictators third
son
Music Review
George Robb
For those of you unfortunate enough to
miss the BBC submarine drama, The
Deep, over the summer holidays, I shall
quickly summarise: Russians, nuclear
reactors, and enough sciency vocab to
convince me of its reliability, though
probably not most. The series culminat-
ed in the discovery of microorgan-
isms that produce hydrogen, along
with the compulsory objection
from the oil producing Russians.
Perfect holiday TV but probably
not a programme youd immediate-
ly link with real science. However
the world of hydrogen production
as a bio-fuel is changing; and tech-
nology is improving to make its
implementation as a viable energy
source more realistic.

When hydrogen is burnt in plenti-
ful air, the only product produced
is water (as well as heat energy), as a
result if hydrogen could be produced
economically and without massive inputs
of energy, it would be the perfect fuel,
with no emissions of greenhouse gases.
Currently most of the hydrogen used in
industry is formed by steam reforming
methane or natural gas. This involves
reacting such substances with water (and
then carbon monoxide) at high tempera-
tures. The overall process also produces
carbon dioxide as a bi-product. There-
fore current methods of hydrogen pro-
duction are almost as bad as burning
fossils fuels in the first place, some have
even asserted they are worse.

Therefore research done by Dr Percival
Zhang and his team at Virginia Tech
could prove to be extremely important
in the quest for the perfect fuel.
Instead of costly high temperatures and
polluting products, the research has
identified an enzymatic pathway (means
what you think- A string of enzymes
where each product formed by the pre-
vious enzyme is used by the next en-
zyme) which begins with starch and wa-
ter, and ends in hydrogen and carbon
dioxide.

Overall 13 enzymes are used in the pro-
cess, ranging from those derived from
rabbit muscle to those found in yeast. In
nature this reaction could never take
place as the 13 enzymes required (plus a
14
th
coenzyme which helps some en-
zymes to function) are not found togeth-
er in one place.

The process is spontaneous, cheap
(approximately $2 per kilogram of hy-
drogen produced), and requires rela-
tively low temperatures (30
O
C). Whilst
carbon dioxide is produced, the starch
used is derived from green plants and
as a result the same amount of carbon
dioxide would have been taken in by
the plants in their lifetime (carbon neu-
tral).
Now (the original research was done
in 2007) Dr Zhang and his team are
aiming to improve their process by
making the starting point cellulose;
starch is relatively expensive and re-
quires extensive processing before it can
be used.

It could be possible to travel 300 miles
on 4 kilograms of hydrogen, costing $8,
compared to $40 - $60 for petrol en-
gines. Hydrogen will prove to be a very
important asset in the meeting of the
important environmental goals and whilst
developing a sustainable economy.
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Olivia Cox
Could hydrogen be on the verge of revolutionisingcar
engine design?
Hydrogen, the deep and Green Energy
VII.I
Aunties Sandy and Ollys cheap and cheerful student cooking
1. Five a day in a bowl
As a student the words fruit and
veg will rarely enter your vocab-
ulary, so why not blitz it with
our recipe?


2. Easy Peasey Banana Ice
cream
This recipe is not exactly for pro-
ficient chefs, we guarantee that if
you can read the recipe you can
make the recipe. WARNING:
Not for the impatient....
3. Caramel Sauce
Just as easy as the banana recipe,
its practically impossible to ruin,
but why not try?



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Sandy & Olly
Welcome to our new cooking column, if you
can call it that; these recipes are more for the
universally challenged than the university stu-
dent.

Why not cut our recipes out and save them for your
days as a poor and penniless student?

Tip of the term: Need a rolling pin? Try a clean glass
bottle.
You will need:
- Dolmio Tomato sauce (or other
brand)
- Any healthy contents of your
fridge
- Pepper
You will need:
- A banana
- A freezer


You will need:
- Plain yoghurt
- Soft brown sugar



Instructions:
The beauty of this recipe is that you can
almost use anything in your fridge, the
directions below give examples but use
your imagination!
1. Chop and fry some onion
2. Heat tomato sauce (in microwave
or on hob)
3. Add the onions, some sweet
corn, finely chopped spring on-
ions, cabbage and mushrooms
4. Finally stir in some left-over
chicken and garnish with pepper
Instructions
1. Take a banana
2. Put it in the freezer
3. Leave for 4+Hours
4. Take out, slit open and eat!







Instructions
1. Take a few spoonfuls of brown
sugar (as much as you deem
necessary)
2. Swirl the sugar through the yo-
ghurt until a golden colour

Try eating with the banana ice-cream for
pudding or snack.
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VII.I
Crossword Corner
Across
1. Can go around the world yet
stay in a corner (cluea.b.c.
(it is singular)
2. The only word in the English
language to end in "mt"
3. Opposite of on and fire (clue:
its a type of room)
4. A god, a planet and used to
measure heat
6. What do you call your father-
in-law's only child's mother-in-
law?
7. Which country makes panama
hats?
9. What do you fill with empty
hands? (clue: they come in pairs)
Down
1. "Such stuff as dreams are made of" (
clue: poet)
5. The maker doesn't want it, the buyer
doesn't use it and the user doesn't see it
(clue: opposite of sky and sky)
8. Goes up, but can never come down
Answers in the next issue of the Peligraph
Reni Magbagbeola
Bobility (n.):
The quality of being a cheerful and lively person, who bounces back after all setbacks
(a quality some of us may need at this time of year) adj. bobilous

Flintoe (v.):
To stay up very late or all night doing homework

Poddle (v.):
To walk in a cheerful but purposeful way

Whatsity (adj.):
Having the properties of a whatsit or a thingamabob

Xint (adj.):
Fun and impractical

Zaelant (adj.):
Describes an approximate 7/10 rating

Ziomatic (adj.):
Something (usually an idea) which is so sophisticated that only the person who invent-
ed it can understand it (also used as a euphemism for wrong)
Words the English Language real-
ly should have: Part II
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The Peligraph is the Stephen
Perse Foundations official
student newspaper, and is
produced and published eve-
ry term by the students of
the Stephen Perse Sixth
Form College

Chief Editors:
Nye Williams-Renouf
Sophy Tuck


Contributors
Amelie Geddis
Caroline Breeden
Cordelia Lupson
George Robb
Joycelyn Ho
Natasha Burns
Minying Huang
Olivia Cox
Raisa Islam
Rosie Lawrence
Sophy Tuck



Staff Advisors:
Ms. McPhoenix


Letters to the editor or contri-
butions may be placed in the
box at reception or emailed
to:
schoolnews@perse.cambs.sch.uk
All contributions must be
signed, but names may be
withheld by request. The staff
reserve the right to edit all
contributions.
Natasha Burns
Caption Competition
Can you think of a winning caption to this image? The best caption will
be reprinted in the next issue of the Peligraph!
Answers emailed to schoolnews@perse.cambs.sch.uk by 31 October

The Shadow ChildPart One
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VII.I
MinyingHuang
Sophy Tuck & Amelie Geddis
What is your full name?
Helen Fionna Kedie (My middle name was
misspelt on my birth certificate)

Married? With kids?
Im married to Dan, and I have a daughter,
Maddie, in Year 6

What was the worst thing you ever did
when you were at school?
Im not sure I can answer that, because I
quite like my job

What movie do you like to watch again
and again?
The Godfather because it is an exploration
of good and evil also, Al Pacino is in it!

What movie would you watch when
youre having a duvet day?
I dont really do FEEL good films just GOOD
films. But having said that, I do love a good
box set The West Wing, The Sopranos, The
Wire

Which fictional hero would you fall
for?
Gabriel Oak from Far From the Madding
Crowd -- as a child I wanted to live in the
countryside and be a vet or farmer. Apart
from him I cant say Stanley from Street-
car, can I?

What is your favourite word?
Nidget its used in a revenge tragedy play,
The Changeling, to mean idiot

What is your favourite joke?
A joke? Oh I cant tell jokes I would al-
most go to joke school to learn to tell jokes




What do you spend too much on?
Films. I cant go into Fopp without buying
them. I cant just rent them, I need to pos-
sess them.

What would you do if it was your last
day on earth?
I would probably watch as many films as
possible with my husband, a glass of wine,
and some nachos!

Best thing about teaching at Stephen
Perse? Worst thing?
The best thing is the hummus sandwiches
and crisps at the Sixth Form. The worst is
that we dont get chocolate clairs at break
time like we did at my old school.

Whats your pet peeve?
Cheryl Cole she has very little talent and
yet is so smug ...

Worst hairstyle youve ever had?
When I was about twenty I had a really lay-
ered hair cut which made me look a bit like
Frankenstein

What book would you most recom-
mend?
The most extraordinary book I have ever
read is If This is a Man by Primo Levi, an
extraordinary account of life in a concentra-
tion camp This is perhaps not a book for
Year 7s, though

What three things would you take on-
to a desert island?
DVD/ TV Can I take a collection of films?
please!... no?... a trilogy? .. not even a tril-
ogy ..um Technically the Godfather 1 and 2
is one film!

Who would you have play you in a
movie of yourself?
Bette Davis - they dont make them like her
anymore!


Which fictional character do you
think youre most like?
Who would I like to be most like? Can I
answer that instead? Part of me would
quite like to be like Becky Sharp from Vanity
Fair; shes clever, shrewd, unscrupulous, but
always maintains a sense of humour.

What was your favourite lesson when
you were at school?
Well, my least favourite lesson was singing
because once a term you had to do a singing
test in front of everyone. Terrifying.

If you had to eat a live life form what
would you choose?
Yogurt

Favourite childhood memory?
Waking up on Christmas morning to discov-
er that I had been given a Paddington bear
with red boots.

What is the most important thing we
can learn from literature?
I can give you a quote that says it all: A
novel is a mirror that strolls along a high-
way. It also teaches us how to use semi-
colons!
Can you please draw yourself for our
readers?
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An Interview With...
There really is no such thing as art. There are only artists