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Green
Week
W
elcome to the Green
Week Barefacts spe-
cial! This week is all
about raising awareness of
Green Issues both on campus
and more widely, what
GreenSoc are up to, and drink-
ing lots of doubles.
For a University at the fore-
front of new technology, we
could be doing a lot better in
terms of green policy and prac-
tice. Turn to the GreenSoc
centre pages to find out exactly
what the Union and University
have been up to.
One of the most achievable
ways of bringing a little green-
ness into your life is to recycle.
GreenSoc members have been
scouring campus for deposit
points, and the handy map (and
even handier boxes if you live
in University court) will make
it even easier!
GreenSoc are also interested in
wider concerns, not just those
relating to campus – apparently
there’s a world out there
beyond Yorkies Bridge and
Tescos. Green issues are very
topical at the moment, with the
proposed road taxes in London,
and the introduction of
Genetically Engineered food,
both of which have huge envi-
ronmental, economic and
social repercussions. See the
centre pages to find out how
these issues are effecting you.
This Green Week isn’t about
piously preaching about envi-
ronmental issues, it’s not about
sitting around with earnest
expressions talking about how
terrible the state of the planet
is. It’s about raising awareness
of topics and events that are
relevant to all our lives. And
we think that one good way to
do this is to get people to dress
in green and bring along a can
to recycle at Silly Night on
Wednesday. See you there!
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Green
The University
Barefacts
Budget
Briefing p2
175th Hour Victory
for Goldsmiths College
n the 26th February, the stu-
O dents of Goldsmiths College,
University of London, voted
overwhelmingly at an emergency
General Union Meeting to occupy the
Whitehead building, containing key
offices of the College. This was as a
protest at the termination of the pro-
gramme of studies of eight students, as a
result of non-payment of fees. 300 stu-
dents occupied the building in support
of the threatened eight. 110 students
from the College had not paid their fees
and were also facing the possible threat
of expulsion.
International Week - A Great Success
Ferzana Khan starring in the Afro-Carribbean Society Gala Night performance
News 1&2 n Letters 3 n SEX 4 n Ents 5
Music 8/9 n What’s On/Films 10 n Personals 11 n Surrey Pride 12
Week
of Surrey Students’ Newspaper
Green Week
Special
Centre Spread
NUS backed the occupation of the
administrative building from the outset.
After 175 hours of occupation, the
Union proclaimed Victory.
All of the demands were met:
1. All letters of termination were
rescinded
2. There are no longer any students being
threatened with expulsion “I can give you
and absolute assurance that no student
will be excluded from college because of
her inability to pay fees, provided this can
be shown to be the case.” Ben Pimlott,
Warden of Goldsmiths College.
n GREEN WEEK 6/7
N o 960
Debbie
Catchpole
Fencing Star of
Surrey Pride p12
3. College will now address the com- dent that no other College or
munication problem between Senior
Management and the Students’ Union.
4. “The college frequently calls on the
University can intimidate students in
financial difficulty into paying fees.
We see this as only the start of the
fight back against fees and the loss of
government to increase funding for fur-
the grant. We will be calling a
ther and higher education.” “ I therefore
National Conference at Goldsmiths to
fully support calls to ensure that stu-
dents, as well as the sector in general, learn the lessons of this victory and
receive an adequate share of the nation’s plan the continuing campaign to
resources, in line with the Government’s defeat fees and student hardship.”
education pledge to prioritise education
at every level.” Ben Pimlott The victory was made possible by
mass student involvement, over-
Sophie Bolt, General Secretary, said whelming support, unity of purpose,
“This occupation has set the prece- and determination.
e kicked off with an ple with a special Arabic smoking
W International Sports
Day on the 28th of
February with the help of Alex
pipe called an ‘argeele’ (Hubbly
Bubbly). Friends Of Asia with their
Mendhi (Henna) stall was also a
Langley, Sports Officer. It was fan- big attraction. All the other stalls
tastic to see so many societies par- were equally impressive.
ticipating and enjoying themselves
in such a sporting manner. A new Silly Night
addition to this years sports day Silly Night was held with an an
was arm wrestling which was a international twist, good laugh and
laugh and a sober (I think) end to a midweek relaxer to the whole
the evening. international week.
International Quiz D-Day Gala Night
Hari’s Bar hosted this ever Now this was the ultimate end to
popular annual event. Quite a few the week. Why spend hundreds of
societies came along and it was pounds for a world trip when you
thoroughly enjoyed by all. We can spend £5 and see it all in a
even learnt a few things about span of 5 hours? Gala Night; this
other countries. Thanks to Louise is when all societies showed
Tinker who made sure that it was everybody what international
all plain sailing and in fact week is all about. We had perfor-
Brilliant!! Hey! We even had a mances on culture, traditional
Welsh team participating,. That’s dances and a thoroughly informa-
the first and last time that I saw tive view of the Athens 2004
them, but their participation was Olympic plans. (I best book this
good to see and they are most wel- ticket now!) Martial arts from the
come to form a society. Malaysian society and colourful
fashion show from the Friends of
Exhibition Night. Asia society and a live musical
Now if you missed this then you show as well. I cannot thank
seriously should kick yourself real- everybody enough for making it
ly hard. I have never seen the union such a great success.
so colourful and full of life. The Jay Darbar
Arabic society attracted lots of peo- Overseas Students Secretary
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The Week In Review Your Budget by James Buller

uestion: Why do we put c) Sabbaticals that need to be care what happens to the people

Editor
Tom Sherwen
Q so much emphasis on
having quoracy at our
Student Council meetings?
present for reports.

These groups make up the

(su-comms@surrey.ac.uk) Low turnout at Union meetings
isn’t a new problem here, believe
it or not students have been lazy
Deputy Editor gits for as long as we can remem-
Vacant ber. We pride ourselves in this
country on our superb democrat-
ic system of government. The
Arts Editor same is also true of our Union, all
Daniel Jones decisions should be made by the
majority, hence the concept of
(ps51dj@surrey.ac.uk)
Union quoracy. If we truly
believe in this democratic system
News Editor then why don’t we stick to our
James Buller principles and tell people to go
home at inquorate meetings?
(ma71jb@surrey.ac.uk)
This way people may start to
take an interest when they realise
Features Editor nothing is getting done anymore.
Nick Walsh Of course this is all based on
(ps71nw@surrey.ac.uk) our strong democratic princi-
ples. We could just decide to
dump our principles and have
Music Editor the union run by a dictatorship.
Andrew Thomas The problem with this method
(ps71at@surrey.ac.uk) however is that we would need
a quorate meeting in order to
change our form of govern-
Sports Editor ment…….(oh the irony)
Paul Cliff
We could also put some
(barefacts@surrey.ac.uk)
thought towards the problem
for once. We should begin by
Commercial Manager looking at who does go to the
Student Council meetings. In
Vacant our experience a student coun-
cil meeting usually consists of
a) people having a quiet drink
in the Union,
b) small groups of politically
interested underground student
Deadline for Publication renegades,
Monday 10am
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
he final Skills Development session
minority of the turnout…..and
that’s a pretty small group of
people. The majority of the
‘audience’ are made up of peo-
ple who have an interest in the
result of a vote (societies, peo-
ple running for positions etc.)
The next thing to look at is
what gets discussed. Once
again in our experience topics
usually focus on detailed
aspects relevant to only a few
students, but once in a while
the regulars at Student Council
are shocked to find they have to
decide on big issues affecting a
lot of students…and guess
what? They’re not quorate!
The problem is the people who
attend are either specifically
interested in a topic to be dis-
cussed that meeting, or are just
political boffins (we don’t
include ourselves in this cate-
gory by the way). Maybe cer-
tain topics should have differ-
ent quorum requirements, per-
haps certain topics of general
interest should be advertised to
the campus population (the
majority of which do not even
know what Student Council is).
O.K. enough of the Union for
now. Last week Ahmed Ameen
asked us what the world wants
from the Iraqi people. This may
have been a rhetorical question,
but we want to answer it any-
way. Unfortunately the only
conclusion we can come to is
that the world doesn’t really
led by Rodney Bates and Nevin “Bob”
who lives in Iraq anymore. Any
news reports we receive are
generally uninformative and
C
hancellor Gordon Brown delivered the govern-
ment’s latest budget to the House Of Commons on
Tuesday. Speculation, rumours and leaks were as
rife as ever before the announcement, but some of the
politically biased towards the
West’s ‘strong stance’ on the economic changes still came as a big surprise.
issue. To the West the war isn’t
about what happens to the peo- The Chancellor unveiled a new approach to income tax and
ple, they are just the unfortu- brought in measures to encourage businesses to be more
nate innocent victims who get environmentally friendly. Below is how the budget will
caught up in all of our wars and affect the contents of Surrey students wallets. Following are
are forced to take second place the key points which affect us as students:
to the ‘important’ issues, such
as the onslaught of democracy
and control of our worlds oil ■ No change for alcohol
supply.
■ No change on VAT
Finally we are being told what
happens to all our hard earned ■ Pack of 20 cigarettes up 17.5p
beer money. Show Me The
Money Week is long overdue ■ Small car road tax down £55
and is now happening in that
most superfluous of weeks,
■ Basic rate of income tax down to 22p
week 10. This is something stu-
dents have wanted for ages, and
it seems that the dinosaur of ■ Income tax to be paid on incomes over
bureaucracy (the Union) has £1500 at 10p in every £1
finally got something to offer
us. A very good idea, a week of ■ No National Insurance for earnings under £87
discounts to help ‘sweeten’ us
up while we read how 12.34% ■ Leaded petrol up 4.25p a litre
of our beer pound gets sent to
■ Unleaded petrol up 3.79p a litre
aid gun smugglers in the
Middle East? Or perhaps just ■ Ultra-low sulphur diesel up 4.96p a litre.
an honest attempt at getting ■ Diesel up 6.14p a litre,
people to come along
and enjoy/inform themselves.
■ £100m for university laboratories and equipment.
Either way, we are definitely
not going to be cheaply bribed ■ £500m for the NHS casualty departments.
by bar discounts and dancing
girls. Your trusty reporters are
■ £170m for crime prevention.
going to abstain from any such ■ More money for public transport
bribes while we read about the
student / Union bar finance Reaction to the budget was customarily mixed.
transfer co-operative.
Conservative leader William Hague described Gordon Brown as
Laurence Stones and “the pick-pocket chancellor who shakes your hand with a smile
Samad Madude. after he has stealthily removed your wallet.”
Paddy Ashdown, leader of the Liberal Democrats accused the gov-
ernment of stealing his party’s policy’s. He stood up in the
Commons to say “If I sound a little grumpy it is because I frankly

T
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Letters to the Editor
Attitude to Special Needs
Dear Editor,
I would like to answer the points
raised in the letter from Andrew
Healy published in Bare Facts on
25 February.
I disagree that one cannot change
people’s attitudes towards disabili-
ty. The Student Advice &
Information Service runs regular
disability awareness sessions and
we are expanding that work to
invite disabled students to partici-
pate in future programmes. The
University’s Equal Opportunities
Policy makes it clear that every
effort will be made to avoid dis-
crimination on many grounds,
including disability, and in this
context I would hope that all mem-
bers of the University community
would agree that discrimination
and offensive language are
unacceptable.
The University’s Disability
Statement was published in 1996
(in response to the 1995 Disability
Discrimination Act) and it sets out
“the University’s commitment to
improving and enhancing provi-
sion for meeting the special needs
of its students.” It directs students
to this Service “....as the primary
point of contact for students with
special needs and staff seeking
information and advice regarding
Council - Let’s be realistic
special needs”.
I have just been appointed as Head
of an enhanced Student Advice &
Information Service. This is a
new post which reflects the com-
mitment which the University has
towards the provision of appropri-
ate advice and information for all
students. We have moved from a
corner in the Students Union to
our own newly furbished suite of
offices. We do much more than
‘just listen’ (although hearing
what someone tells us about their
needs is important).
We have one full time and two part
time members of staff whose role
is to exclusively support students
with special needs, including writ-
ing and applying admissions pro-
cedures, arranging on site accom-
modation, making exam arrange-
ments, helping applications for
Disabled Students Allowance and
claiming other funding, providing
dyslexia assessments, one to one
learning support, organising a
cheap loan scheme for PCs,
arranging volunteers and mentors,
advising on benefits, liaising with
Schools. They are also involved in
long term schemes for policy
development and researching into
regional collaboration with the
South East region for appropriate
provision for disabled students.
The University has agreed to pro-
vide a special needs Learning
Resource Centre based in the
library at a cost of some £25,000
and we hope that this will open in
time for the beginning of the next
academic year. Facilities will
include a brailling machine, scan-
ner, voice-activated software, a
large screen PC and dyslexia sup-
port software.
In addition, the Higher Education
Funding Council for England are
encouraging universities to bid for
an extra £6 million over the next 3
years for ‘improving provision for
disabled students’. This University
is currently looking at ways of
accessing some of those funds to
improve our services further.
We would be the first to admit
that there is still a long way to go
to make the University a fully
inclusive environment but let’s
us not ignore the considerable
progress that has been made. We
look forward to welcoming and
supporting many more disabled
students to the University of
Surrey in the future.
Helen Stollar
Head of the Student Advice &
Information Service
Dear Editor,
I am writing in reply to
Andy Gale’s letter in last
weeks BareFacts about
Student Council meetings.
It is all very well for him to
criticise the lack of atten-
dance and the subsequent
ways in which the meetings
are forced to be run. What
would be more helpful would
be if he could actually offer
some workable and realistic
suggestions about how we
can change the situation.
Nobody wants decisions
made and motions passed by
such a small number of stu-
dents. The figures cited in
Lyndon Hill's letter in the
same edition are of course
appalling. Mr Gale suggests
that if given the chance to
“debate something we actu-
ally give a toss about” then
more people would attend.
What perhaps does he mean
by this? Call me old fash-
ioned, but I think the deci-
sions re: the new sabbatical
positions “worth giving a
toss about”. This is some-
thing that will be changing
the face of the Union and
how it is run In response to
his comment about passing
the sabb job descriptions, if
they hadn't been passed at
the meeting in principle, in
the full knowledge that they
could be amended at a later
date, then they wouldn’t
have been able to go to the
University for approval and
the funding for their posi-
tions, as I understand it,
would have been lost.
The other suggestion put for-
ward by Mr Gale is to give
us more “than a few days
notice” about the meetings.
Umm, sorry, but haven't we
all known since the begin-
ning of the semester when
and where the meetings were
going to be?
Yes, there have been prob-
lems with the Student
Council meetings this year.
Lacklustre presentation,
inadequate advertising and
a frankly shambolic
demeanour. But all this will
hopefully change with the
appointment of a new Union
Chairperson to run them.
On a wider scale, like so
much else at the University
they suffer from a more
intrinsic lack of interest. I'm
not going to pretend to offer
any grand solutions on how
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this could be overcome, but
neither am I going to criti-
cise either. It's all too easy,
as Mr Gale has shown, to
berate things without giving
any advice on how to
improve them. Student
Council is an invaluable
mechanism for involvement
in decision making, and with
a little tinkering could
become the forum for debate
that we all want it to be.
So before you start to criti-
cise Mr Gale, I'd love to hear
what your solutions are. I
think it's also worth men-
tioning the old adage “peo-
ple in glass houses shouldn't
throw stones”. We’ve heard
an awful lot about the
Postgrad's Association this
year, run by Mr Gale; I'd
love to know how many of
its members turn up to
Student Council Meetings.
Let's all see if we can stop
whinging about the things
that are going wrong, appre-
ciate what's going well, and
work constructively to tackle
what's not.
Yours sincerely,
Andrew Jackman

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Dr Russ MACS - Twist & Shout

thought I would interrupt my week-

I ly Bare Facts column to bring you

some great news. We have just fin-
ished collecting information about the
T
wister
Karaoke were
and

destinations of last year’s graduates and
have found, for the fourth consecutive
year, an incredibly successful result.
74% went straight into employment, a
further 20% went on to some form of
postgraduate study, and only 1% were
unemployed. The other 5% were either
overseas students returning home or
graduates taking time out to travel or
put their feet up for a while! Although
we won’t know how other universities
have performed for a few months, it cer-
tainly looks as if we shall be at or near
the top of the lowest unemployment
league once again.
Of course, you may think that’s all his-
tory and what’s really important is what
happens to you. All I can say is that
Surrey graduates can enter the job mar-
ket secure in the knowledge that
employers value their degrees and their
experience. It goes without saying that
you still need to take your job hunting
seriously. Poorly completed application
forms or interviews inadequately pre-
pared for are just as likely to lead to
rejections. However, a measure of self-
assurance is a great asset and Surrey’s
employment record gives future gradu-
ates good reason to be confident.
the `highlights’
going on in the Hall
Bar last Thursday . The
events signal the con-
tinuing success of the
Maths and Computing
Society, MACS.
The student version
of the Maths and
C o m p u t i n g
Departments was keen towards an end of year dance/pub crawl
to build on the excellent results of our etc. - details to be announced soon.
recent charity event where we raised
£215 for National Kidney Research, Many thanks to all the students, post-
grads and lecturers who helped make
Liz Finigan took control of the night, the evening an entertaining one. The
if not herself as 50 students took an MACS committee hope to make the
evening off from sums and keyboards. end of year bash even better.
Jason Chan amazed all with his
Chinese Karaoke while others simply
left the audience dazed. The contests
from last months Blind Date returned
“to tell us how they got on” and pro-
vided “a lorra lorra laffs”. Games of
Twister also helped everyone get
caught up evenings atmosphere.
Photo’s of the goings on are available
at our website “http:www.mcs.sur-
rey.ac.uk/Student/MACS/ “
The proceeds from the night are going
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Slipping up in the
banana war
ou’ve heard of the
Y
grapes of wrath? Well,
prepare to let loose the
bananas of war!
The gloves have finally come
off in a dispute which has been
simmering in international
trade relations for over six
years and which would proba-
bly have received far less press
coverage if its subject didn’t
provide such great headline
possibilities.
The problems are something as
follows: United States corpora-
tions own at least four banana
companies in Latin America
and provide around sixty five
percent of bananas to the EU
markets. America believes that
the EU is favouring former
colonies in the Caribbean by
guaranteeing banana growers
in those areas somewhere
between nine and twenty five
percent of the EU banana mar-
ket and that this is “not fair”.
The matter has been take to the
World Trade Organisation
(WTO), but, according to the
EU, just in case the decision
goes against them, America is
already imposing tariffs on
European goods including cash-
mere products, chandeliers, pens
and coffee makers.
Another matter of interest, but
of (dubious?) relevance, is that
the “Chiquita” American
banana corporation has a big
funding role in American poli-
tics. The whole episode sounds
like something out of “Yes
Minister”.
Although vaguely comical, the
slippery issue, as Leon Brittan,
the (British) European
Commissioner who deals with
relations with the USA said
“leaves a bad taste” while a
senior British politician (seri-
ously) described the situation
as “totally bananas”. The prob-
lem is that, in their own way,
both sides are right.
The USA is correct, legally.
The EU’s guaranteed market is
against free trade rules, and
there is every chance that the
WTO will find against the EU.
However, the pre-emptive
imposition of tariffs on
European goods, even in the
rather unusual market niches
that have been chosen for
restriction, loses the USA any
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moral high-ground that it may
have had. These markets have
specifically been chosen
because the USA is the only
luxury goods market in which
small European exporters can
afford to trade. Scottish cash-
mere producers, for example,
now face a 100% tariff on their
goods export which effectively
shuts the market for them,
threatening jobs.
Jobs would also be in doubt in
the Caribbean. Without a guar-
anteed market some in the EU,
including a Spanish commis-
sioner, fear that the banana pro-
ducers may switch to narcotics,
a far more profitable trade.
Although America denies that
any jobs would be affected, in
particular those based in the
USA .
There are, already, signs that,
whatever the decision of WTO,
the banana war may be escalat-
ing. The American ambassador
has been called into the
Department of Trade and
Industry in London, while
Madeline Albright, who is to
politics what Kate Adie is to
journalism, flew in for talks
with Robin Cook. New points
of contention are forcing the
EU into importing American
hormone-injected beef; noisy
aeroplanes and the issue of
trade with China.
As usual in trade wars, the con-
sumer stands to lose out.
Comparisons between
Caribbean and Latin American
bananas have shown Caribbean
bananas to be smaller and
sweeter. If the banana market is
flooded with well-publicised
American-owned bananas then
it may be that Caribbean
bananas cannot compete, and
freedom of choice will be lost.
There are already sceptics who
say that the absolute rule of
free trade is a cover for
American world market domi-
nation, and while the world
waits for the WTO’s judge-
ment, perhaps we should
reflect that this is an issue of
fair trade for all, not just bil-
lion-dollar corporations, and
that sometimes maybe social
responsibilities should come
before money...
Jo Keech
SAS - making sewage sexy
urfer’s Against Sewage
S differ from many green
organisations in that they
manage to package their envi-
ronmental message in an attrac-
tive and fashionable way, a style
that many environmental groups
could probably learn something
from. However after talking to
the campaigners on the SAS
stand at the Sail Boat and
Windsurf Show I realised that
behind the nice T-shirts and cool
logos, SAS is definitely more
about sewage than surfing and
their serious message about
sewage is backed up by some
equally serious statistics.
Who are they?
SAS are apolitical and non-prof-
it making. Their aim is to cam-
paign for clean seas, beaches
and inland waters. Among other
things they run a data base of ill-
ness caught from contaminated
Surrey students desperate for sex
he Union was in a frenzy
T last Wednesday as it
became clear that Surrey
students are desperate for sex.
The evidence was gathered
when last weeks Silly Night
goers we treated to the benefits
of a Nightline publicity stunt.
Nightline volunteers spent the
night handing out free condoms
to students as they left the Union
for Bojangles, or possibly an
“Show me the money” - Week 10
water which has shown that
people who use the sea (such as
surfers and us sailors) are far
more likely to suffer from
sewage related infections than
those who don’t.
The yucky facts.
• There are up to 100 different
human viruses that can be
found in sewage, including
Salmonella, Hepatitus A and
Poliomyelitis.
• Every year 2 million tonnes of
toxic waste are dumped into the
seas around Britain.
• Despite a reported ten years of
water company clean-ups many
beaches are still awash with
human excrement, condoms
and other sewage related
debris.
• SAS argue that the only solu-
tion is for all sewage to be fully
treated and if you contact them
on (01872) 553001 or
early night. The various flavored
condoms went down a treat. The
problem of how to extract/ screw
more condoms out of the oblig-
ing Nightliners was apparently a
matter of constant debate in the
girls toilets. Several blokes also
came back, eager for more. In all
we distributed well over 400
condoms. Although on the night
the rule was one condom per
person, normally Nightline will
give out 3 each from it’s office in
http://www.sas.org.uk they
will be more than happy to fill
you in on all the gory details
of sewage treatment from filtra-
tion to faecal coliforms.
Even if you don’t want to
actively join the campaign the
nice surfer at the SAS stand did
tell me there was plenty of
things that everyone could do,
starting by realising that the loo
is not a sort of automatic waste
tal bores endlessly preaching
disposal unit. In many areas
recycling, they are a great
what is flushed down the loo
example of a group of people
only goes on to form a grue-
who through understanding the
some effluent cocktail of
importance of image are man-
bleaches, sanitary wear, deter-
aging to do something about
gents and condoms (that your
improving the environment that
very own sailing team might
immediately effects them
soon be swimming in).
whilst gaining a great deal of
respect in the process.
What is particularly impressive
about the whole SAS campaign
L Endean. (University of
is that they manage not to come
Surrey Sailing Team).
across as a load of environmen-
Surrey Court. ing service. This stall too was
Nightline also had a stall in the
main Union giving out leaflets
on subjects as diverse as restau-
very successful and we even
managed to recruit some more
volunteers.
rants in Guilford to dealing
with stress. The stall also sold If you need any of Nightline’s
personal attack alarms for £1. services then come to our office
The aim was to raise awareness or call 4949 or 01483 532710.
of where, why and what If you want to join up then
Nightline’s provides i.e. those please do likewise or come to
outlined above: free contracep- our weekly meetings in TB12A
tion, free information and of at 6pm on Thursdays.
course our confidential listen-
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OFU
0870 50 50 007 The Truman Show,
WWW.ODEON.CO.UK Sunday 14th March,
Fri Mar 5th - Thurs March 11th 1999 8pm, LTG
Friday

Patch Adams
12th

fri-sat 12.00 15.00 18.00 21.00
sun-thurs 12.15 15.00 18.00 20.45
Pleasantville
fri-sat 13.00 16.00 19.00 22.00
sun-thurs 12.15 14.00 16.00 19.00 20.00
The Thin Red Line
fri-sat 13.00 13.45 17.00 19.30 20.45
Saturday
Peter Weir made Robin Williams'
serious in the Dead Poet's Society.
He has now done what many people
thought impossible and done the
same for Jim Carrey (Dumb and
Dumber, Liar Liar)in this week's
OFU film, The Truman Show. The
film also stars Ed Harris (Apollo 13)

sun-thurs 12.15 14.00 16.00 19.00 20.00 who has been nominated for an
You’ve got mail Oscar for his role as Christof, the
13th

fri-sat 13.15 16.00 18.50 21.50 God-like creator of Truman.

sun-thurs 12.15 15.05 17.55 20.45 OFU and the Arts Department now
Life is Beautiful The film's fundamental story con- bring you his latest film, Career
fri/mon-thurs 12.30 15.15 18.00 20.45 cerns Truman Burbank who was
Girls, which is equally good. The
sat-sun 18.00 20.45 adopted by a television corporation
as a baby. For the past thirty years cast includes a broad selection of
Urban Legend British talent who portray the
he has been part of a twenty-four
fri-sat 12.50 (not sun) 15.10 17.30 19.55 22.20 hour TV soap opera broadcast to Director's visions beautifully.
sun 15.30 21.00 millions around the world. However
Sunday

mon-thurs 13.00 15.30 18.15 21.00 he doesn't know that he is in it. As The story centres around two col-
14th

This Year’s Love he walks through the fictitious town lege friends who spend a weekend
fri 12.15 14.45 17.45 20.30 of Seahaven he begins to question together having not seen each other
sat 17.45 20.30 his existence when a spotlight falls for years. During the weekend they
sun 17.15 20.20 out of the sky. visit people and places that meant
mon-tues&thurs 12.15 14.45 17.15 20.20 something to them during their stu-
This is the greatest piece of modern
A Bug’s Life dent years. Flashbacks are utilised in
filming to hit OFU's screen in the last
fri 12.00 14.30 17.15 19.45 twenty years. Jim Carrey, as Truman, this harsh drama to show their lives
sat 12.00 12.30 14.30 14.45 17.15 19.45 and relationships at college.
Monday

produces an unbelievably convincing

sun 12.00 12.45 14.30 15.15 17.45 performance (his greatest role to date)
15th

mon-thurs 12.45 15.15 17.45 in the most watchable and thought- Mike Leigh has produced, yet again,
Shakespeare in Love provoking film of the 90s. A superb a superb tale of life. His ability to
fri-sat 12.15(not sat) 15.10 18.30 21.20 way to spend a Sunday evening. notice the smallest nuances of
sun-thurs 12.05(not sun) 14.50 17.40 20.30 everyday life enable him to make
Madeline films that put him at the forefront of
sat 11.00 13.00, sun 12.30
Career Girls, Independent British Cinema. A
Urban Legend Wednesday 17th must see film.
Tuesday

fri-sat 15.30 21.15 March, 8pm, LTG

sun-thurs 15.00 20.15 Tickets are available from the union
16th

Life is Beautiful Mike Leigh directed the multi- or by placing a slip of paper in the
fri-sat 12.30 18.30 award winning 'Secrets and Lies'. OFU box in the Union post room.
sun-thurs 12.30 17.30

Lunar Lisa and Mystic Moonda

PISCES GEMINI VIRGO SAGITTAURUS
Thursday Wednesday

20th February-20th March 22nd May-21st June 24th August-23rd September 23rd November-21st December
It must be difficult to stand up You’re being kept in the dark at “I just called... to say... your Why is it you keep thinking
17th

when you’ve got your foot in
your mouth. Don’t change your
ways, people like the fact that
you’re incapable of saying the
right thing in the right situation.
Ah, bless.
Unlucky Object; A ski.
ARIES
18th
the moment, turn on the
lightswitch. That’s better now
you can see. In the future keep
your carrots peeled and your
eyes boiled.
Unlucky object; Tescos.
CANCER
22nd June-23rd July
phone’s been cut off”. You
haven’t been watching that wad
of cash (kindly donated by the
student loans company). Its
disappearing at the speed of
£100 notes per week (ouch
that’s fast). Now, I hope you’re
proud of yourself, don’t be so
flash (Ah- ah) in the future.
Unlucky Object; Two plastic
about number one? You’re not
that great and besides, number
four is quite nice and a little
more agreeable in social situa-
tions.
Unlucky Object; Number two.
CAPRICORN
22nd December-20th January

21st March-20th April
People keep being cruel to you,
that’s not very nice is it? Don’t
despair as the joke is on them,
everybody knows that Aries is
the most attractive, intelligent,
talented,....(“you just keep
telling yourself that Lunar
Lisa...yawn, yawn”-Moonda).
Friday
A dark rain cloud is hovering
above you. You’re feeling pret-
ty glum about most things at
the moment. Try and channel
your negative energies into
something productive, such as
playing tag with your shadow
for example.
cups attached by a piece of
string.
LIBRA
24th September-23rd October
You’ve been eating too many
chicken sandwiches, try bacon
and lettuce next time (unless
you’re vegetarian) because its
Love is in the air, and it smells
quite bad, so open a window or
two. You’re letting your fond-
ness for someone overpower
your brain. They’re treating
you like something they
scraped off their shoe....forget
about them and hang out for
next years freshers.

Unlucky Object: A postgradu-

19th

Unlucky Object; People who tasty. You’re tasty too, so give

make up stories.
TAURUS
21st April-21st May
You’ve been a naughty so & so,
stop eating everybody’s food?!
There really isn’t enough
Saturday
Unlucky Object; Everything.
LEO
21st July-23rd August
You look a bit strange at the
moment, remember that hair
mousse (as the name suggests)
that person you like a
kiss..mmm.
Unlucky Object; A person that
talks about sandwiches a lot.
SCORPIO
24th October-22nd November
ate.
AQUARIUS
21st January - 19th Febuary
Roll out the red carpets as this
week someone you haven’t
seen for a while will make a

Tea is great, we drink tea and surprise visit! Make sure you
cheese around... Drink is no is for your hair and not your
we like a little poetry. That was have pleanty of tea and Mr
20th

excuse for your savage teeth (erase that rabies scare

appetite, maybe a trip to Tescos
or a psychiatric ward is in
order.
Unlucky Object; A full moon.
from your mind). You may
need to spend a little more time
getting ready in the mornings.
Unlucky Object; A comb.
nice wasn’t it?... now you try...
you need to be nicer to people,
be more gentle, and think.
Unlucky Object; A cup of cof-
fee with some toffee.
Kiplings to keep you awake
when they tell you all their
‘exciting’ stories.
Unlucky Object; A puddle
(well you are a water sign).
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Green
Week
‘99
Fancy a Ride?
he Student Environmental Network (SEN) have been

T advertising a new way to travel. “Liftshare.com” is

a website service for students which provides cheap
travel and reduces traffic. It puts students travelling to the
same destination in touch with each other, allowing them to
travel together and share the cost. Similar projects are run-
ning successfully in Germany and Belgium, and you to can
experience the benefits in just three easy steps...

1) Get on the Internet. Go to http://www.lift-

share.com

2) Enter your travel details. The system will auto-

matically search for all possible matches and dis-
How Green is my University?
play these on your screen. o just how green are
3) Select the suitable traveller and contact them
by email. You will be then arrange with them a
S we? We’ve undertaken
some research to
examine the environmental
policies and practices of the
suitable collection point. Ask them to bring their different aspects of the
student ID with them, take yours, and be sure to University, starting with...
match it to the information given on email.
The Union
SEN argue that membership of the “liftshare.com” website
One obvious area of concern
will provide a secure means of contacting fellow travellers.
is the use of ‘floppies’ (plas-
It will be cheap, green and easy. Further information is
tic glasses), and more specif-
available on the “liftshare.com” homepage.
ically what happens to then
afterwards. For Green
Week, the Union are investi-
Saint Silly Night
gating the possibilities of
recycling them at the end of
Thames Water have been
digging about down by the
lake and doing a feasibility
study. They are investigat-
ing the possibilities of a
deep water hole, to supply
water to the campus, thus
saving energy.
Catering Facilities
The Hall Restaurant recy-
cles bottles, plastics, paper.
The Library Restaurant
however recycles nothing.
Furthermore, they have
stopped using any crockery
at all. Apparently this is
The new accommodation at
Off Campus
Gill Avenue is being built to
a similar standard. One of
the ‘problems’ of living on
Accommodation
Living off campus can give a
campus is that there is no
incentive to be green. We greater incentive to be greener
- why waste your beer money
don’t have to pay the bills
for long showers, kitchen on your electricity bill?
lights left on all night or
music playing when you’re Recycling is also possible –
not in. This means that a anyone living in the Guildford
Park Avenue direction has to
massive amount of energy is
walk past the recycling point
being wasted that could so
at the top of the big car park
easily be saved without any
effort at all. And having by Uni Court. And we all
have to go to Tescos – who
showers together is a great
way of being green! The have a handy recycling point
Accommodation Handbook in the car park.

Turns Green! the night, to see how feasible

this might be for the future.
A new development planned
is the introduction of two
Silly Night bins in each office in the
Wednesday Week 9 union, one for paper, and
one for everything else. The
17th March paper will then be recycled
doubles & mixer for a pound at a new paper skip, hope-
fully in the loading bay out-
side the Union.
Bring a can to recycle on your way in
& that Waste and Central
come dressed in Green The University
& Labs with equipment running
order your drinks with an Irish accent. through the night are consid-
erable consumers of energy.
(it’s St Patrick’s Day that day so you The Head of Energy and
have not excuse not to!) Efficiency at the University
is currently liasing with
Heads of Schools and others
to look at ways in which
A student from Surrey called Dean
energy could be saved.
Said “Throwing out cans is obscene”
Academic buildings are being
So why not drop tins examined for their energy
In the recycling bins efficiency, so depertments
will have even greater incen-
And help make the campus more green!
tive to be green in the future.
because the washing
machine has broken down.
Apparently a new one is on
order. Apparently it will be
here in May.
We have contacted the head
of the new catering com-
plex, to ask him what the
arrangements for recycling
will be. We are awaiting a
response.
On Campus
Accommodation
Well, some good news
here, but still room (!) for
improvements. The Halls
here are in general achiev-
ing better than the guide-
lines from the DETR in
terms of energy efficiency.
Twyford Court is designed
to be energy efficient, with
timers on the lights, walls
built for heat retention,
double glazing and roof
insulation.
should include a section on
how to be energy efficient in
halls. We are working on
this for the future.
Recycling facilities for halls
are minimal. However,
with the help of Green Soc,
the Union, and a little tiny
effort, it is becoming alot
easier! The explanation for
so few recycling points is
Services could not cope.
However, we are asking for
them to have a bigger budget
so that they would be able
to, and introduce recycling
points into (at least) each
court reception. In the
meantime, the very helpful
people from Green Soc are
experimenting with a
scheme to put nice labelled
boxes into kitchen to make it
alot easier to then take waste
to the nearest recycling
point. And if you still can’t
be arsed then we’ll even
come and collect it for you!
The general message from
asking awkward questions
and scouting around cam-
pus is that on a scale of one
to green, we’re generally
not doing too badly, but
that things could be so
much better. Even the
briefest of glances at the
huge overflowing skips
from one hall of residence
after just one weekend is
very demoralising.
There are steps that need to
be taken by the University
and by the Union to improve
the situation, and the
President of the Union is
currently working with the
University Energy and
Efficiency Manager on a
campus wide awareness
campaign. But there are
small things that we can all
do. Start by coming to Silly
Night, bring along a can for
recycling, and make the
world a better place....
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University Court Recycling

s part of our campaign to map, either by University Court So why are we only picking on dence to the main bank of recy- (with the help of Guildford

A promote recycling on cam-

pus, GreenSoc are plan-
ning to install three boxes into
residents of a member of GreenSoc.

There are 42 kitchens in University

each University Court kitchen.
These are intended for storing
glass, paper and magazines (but
not cardboard) and tins.
Once full, the boxes can then be
taken and emptied in to the recy-
cling bins shown on the recycling
Court, giving a total of 126 boxes
which Tesco are obligingly allowing
us to scrounge from them. Due to
the scale of the operation, the boxes
are still being collected and installed
at the time of writing, but we hope to
have most of the kitchens done
before Thursday of Week 8.
University Court residents, I
hear you ask. Could it be that
we’re jealous of them because
they’re a bunch of gits who have
posh new rooms and en suite
showers and we want to make
their lives a bit more complicat-
ed? Well, partly, yes. But the
main reason for choosing
University Court for this trial is
that it’s the closest court of resi-
cling bins (plus they’ve got
those bloody great kitchens
which can accommodate three
little boxes quite comfortably).
And what’s the point of the exer-
cise? The point, of course, is to
reduce the amount of waste that
we send to the landfill sites.
There is a second point however,
which is that if we can prove
Borough Council) that the amount
of material being recycled
through the bins has increased
significantly following this cam-
paign then we can use that evi-
dence to (hopefully) persuade the
University to provide local recy-
cling facilities for all areas of
campus. GreenSoc would like to
thank the residents of University
Court for their help in this matter.

We are what we eat..?

ne of the most controversial and sin- inadequate labelling. Over 80% of ity of findings based on animals such as Biotechnology companies claim that GE will

O ister topics on the news agenda at

the moment is Genetically
Engineered Food. This is your Green Soc
guide to what’s been going on.
Genetic engineering has the potential to
cause massive social, economic environmen-
tal effects world-wide. Imported foods with
GE ingredients are already being sold in the
UK, and the Government has now given the
go ahead for the commercial release of GE
crops. According to those campaigning for a
freeze on genetic engineering. There are
several main areas of concern:
The Need for Choice
Opinion polls (such as that carried out by
MORI in 1998) consistently show that the
majority of people in the UK do not want to
eat GE food – yet it is already in the shops.
People are denied a choice by the lack of
segregation and traceability of the crops and
processed foods contain maize or soya, and
so could potentially contain ingredients
from GE crops. The cross contamination of
non-GE crops threatens to eliminate choice
altogether. The bulk of GE crops are grown
in the USA where they are not separated
from conventional crops.
Health and Safety
There are substantial concerns about the
safety of GE foods. The process of genetic
engineering is known to have unpredictable
effects on the genetic make up of organisms.
The effects on human beings of eating GE
foods are equally as uncertain. Many GE
foods being imported in to the UK contain
genes which provide resistance to common-
ly used antibiotics.
Animal Welfare
Research in to GE foods often involves lab-
oratory experiments on animals. The valid-
mice and rats to inform us of potential harm-
ful effects on humans is extremely question-
able on both scientific and ethical grounds.
Social and Equity Issues
Avoiding GE food can be more difficult for
certain sectors of society. There is evidence
that low income consumers (such as students
then) rely on cheaper processed foods. These
are exactly the sort of products more likely to
contain GE ingredients. Crops normally
grown in tropical regions are being genetical-
ly engineered to grow in Northern countries.
For example GE Canola (oil-seed rape) which
is being field tested in Britain could destroy
the livelihood of millions of people in coun-
tries such as India and the Philippines.
Farmers are being forced into contracts with
private companies to buy both seed and chem-
icals. GE is a means whereby agriculture and
food production is being placed in the hands
of a few multi national corporations.
improve our food, increase crop yields and
even reduce the use of chemicals on farm-
land. But the need for the technology has not
yet been proven and so far there is no con-
vincing evidence of any benefits other than
profits being made by the industry.
Furthermore, GE in food and farming rais-
es many fundamental environmental,
social, health and ethical concerns. There
is already evidence of contamination of
conventional crops and wild plants, and
potential damage to wildlife. The effects
on human health of eating these foods are
unknown. Vital research on these issues is
either incomplete or has not been identi-
fied. The public has not been involved in
the decision making processes. It has
therefore been argued that it is imperative
that there is a freeze on genetic engineer-
ing in food and farming until we have
assessed all the implications for con-
sumers, farmers and the environment.

White Paper, White Lies..?

he Labour Government The content of the White Paper require action, but that action has

T elected in May 1997 was

committed to an integrat-
ed transport policy. One of its
first actions was to merge the
Department of Transport with the
Department of the Environment
to form the Department of
Environment, Transport and the
Regions (DETR), with Deputy
Prime Minister John Prescott as
Secretary of State. In August of
that year, the new Department
embarked on a one year consulta-
tion for transport policy, finalised
in a White Paper last July.
In the run up to its publication, it
seemed as if the traffic situation
was going to get better, and cam-
paigning groups such as
Transport 2000 were cautiously
itself gave some hint of the trou-
ble ahead. All the rhetoric was
there, but there was a gaping hole
in the place of clear timetables
and credible delivery mecha-
nisms. Additional transport cash
for councils, announced in the
spending review, was too small
to achieve very much. Worse
came as large sums were put in to
road projects which, although
reduced in number, were still
being justified on the discredited
economic development logic.
Then in November came the
Queen’s speech, which con-
firmed the worst fears of those
hoping for New Labour action on
transport. The speech, outlining
the legislative plans for the next
not been very forthcoming.
Campaigners are arguing that it
would be very easy to reward
companies and individuals with
tax breaks if they chose a means
of transport other than the car for
the journey to work.
We are now on the path to sus-
tained increases in traffic. The
White Paper has failed and the
failure will now manifest itself in
the full range of economic, social
and environmentally unwanted
consequences. Life will be very
unpleasant for all those who live
on heavily trafficked streets in
cities. Communities will become
even more divided by busy roads
running through them. Pollution

GreenSoc optimistic. Prescott made some

high profile promises to reduce
car use, to curb road building
and to improve the railways.
Meets every Tuesday Radical measures included road
pricing and work place car park-
Lecture Theatre J ing taxes. He seemed jubilant
and insistent that he had won an
6.30pm historic battle with the Treasury
to allow these new revenues to
be used by councils to achieve
their own transport objectives.
Green Week Barefacts written by Claire, Johnny and Rob
So what went wrong?
parliamentary session contained
nothing to shift car dependency,
the litmus test of transport policy.
The speech confirmed that the
White Paper had been a great
success in is use of language, but
a failure in its potential to make a
difference.
And what about the measures
that require no legislation? Both
taxation and integrated planning
fall into this group; they just
from exhaust fumes will get
worse, and the already climbing
rate of asthma will get worse.
Those without access to a car will
become increasingly disadvan-
taged, and the countryside even
more difficult to access on foot or
bicycle. The White Paper sug-
gested that transport policy could
move in the right direction, but
for its promises has achieved
very little, and the ramifications
of this will felt for years to come.
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Join The Dot The Drugs Do Work

Dot Allison. London Improv Theatre - 2/3/99
Introducing 28-year-old Dot
Allison, champion of underground
sounds, passionate leftfield pop
chanteuse, exuder of unforced
serenity and the first proper post-
acid house singer songwriting
siren. Formerly of great, lost dub
visionaries One Dove, whose only
album ‘Morning White Dove’ was
one of the great lost gems of the
nineties. Fastforward to 1999 and
Dot is playing her first ever-solo
gig, previewing material from her
as yet untitled forthcoming album.
As a background to the album, the
list of collaborators providing their
services are probably as good as
you’re ever going to get. Working
with Burt Bacharach’s famous lyri-
cist Hal David on the fresh pop of
‘Did I Imagine You’. Also Richard
Fearless of Death in Vegas fame
has helped out with production
“Let Him Entertain You!”
Robbie Williams. London Wembley Arena – 26/02/99
Robbie Williams, a cheeky lad,
similar to marmite – you either love
him or hate him. Onstage just after
9pm, as the Star Wars theme tune
blasts over the speakers, he launch-
duties, as have Andy Weatherall,
and Kevin Shields from My Bloody
Valentine. This sell-out gig is
awash with media types intent of
hearing a preview of her wondrous,
dulcet tones. Joined on stage with a
string quartet, the lush arrange-
ments complement the songs per-
fectly. From the soothing affection
shown on ‘Tomorrow Never
Comes’, to the rousing uplift of
‘Message Personnel’ there is real
quality in the songs and pure emo-
tion in the delivery. It is all over so
damn quickly, the six dreamy songs
all pass you by leaving you open-
mouthed and speechless. The final
number played is the new single
‘MoPop’, urbane soul, with an
ambitious chorus. Sung in her light
and airy style, with her voice wrap-
ping around the melody. I now
can’t wait to hear the album as
already the best night of my life”, a
feeling of pure devotion pours from
every corner of the arena. The
songs seem different tonight, super-
charged or ultra-harmonised, per-
judging from the quality of materi-
al its set to be a highlight of the
year. Nick Walsh.
for the encore, wearing a tuxedo
and a TFI Friday-style “massive
heeeeed” as the music for
“Millennium” kicks in (Robbie’s
own smaller version
Serum, Liz Horsman. The Borderline - 22/02/99
By the time Serum take the stage
there seem to be more people shak-
ing hands than clapping them.
Serum look to have an average age
of 16, but their fusing of Nirvana-
lite guitar rock and mock-Molko
vocals is competent, if not astound-
ing. The band look nervous, per-
haps because they’ve recently been
signed to Boy George’s own label
and he’s down there in person to
see just what he’s bought. Serum
veer between hard-edged metal
(‘Thrush’) and acoustic balladry
(‘Feeling is Believing’) before
winding it all up with the oldest
trick in the book, a very staged
It’s All Academic
Jo Holland & The Dutch Caps. Guildford, The Star - 25/2/99
It’s always better to start from
before the beginning. For those
who don’t know, The Star is
Guildford’s crusty hangout. An
olde ye tavern, which houses many
a hippy and hence the over 21’s age
limit. It gave your rock’n’roll cor-
respondent and photographer the
chance to rekindle feelings of
sneaking in underage. Oh, the joy!
of
Anyway ver ‘Dutch Caps’ were
stage-trashing. Liz Horsman, on the band are tight, but Horsman’s
other hand, is a very different kettle acoustic guitar is completely lost in
of fish. The moment she walks on the mix, betraying the fact that their
stage, both the audience and the soundcheck was cut short due to
band begin to feed off her casual time restraints. But no matter.
but assertive stage presence. Horsman’s vocals shine on the
Horsman may be as keen to avoid achingly beautiful ‘This is Blue’,
comparisons with Alanis and the band as a whole achieve an
Morissette as Placebo are to disas- intense unity on soon-to-be-
sociate themselves from prog rock- released single ‘Heavy High’.
ers Rush, but the similarities are Those who yearn for this kind of
undeniable. Where Horsman intimate, personal performance
scores over her Canadian counter- would be well-advised to catch Liz
part is in her writing, which fore- Horsman soon, since she will clear-
sakes overly verbose psychobabble ly not be playing rooms as small as
in favour of a more compact and the Borderline for long. Greg
ultimately affecting approach. The Sanderson
cians are able, and the 9 song set
Jo Holland
entertaining in parts, flawed in oth-
ers. One song ‘Cold Cut’ was truly
beautiful, a slow beatific number,
with a lovely sort of esoteric other-
ness. This was followed by a rather
prosaic drum and bass number,
(maybe) called ‘Daisy Chain’.
Recalling 4 Hero and Reprazent in
their jazzy, breakbeat, literality.
Respect due for even attempting

Photo: Andrew Thomas

es straight into the powerful pop fect for this sort of occasion.
dazzler “Let Me Entertain You”, “Strong”, Lazy Days (which flows
closely followed by breezy ver- into “Hey Jude”) and “Old Before I
sions of “Man Machine” and “Life Die” steam along as if driven by an
Thru A Lens”. The screens over- unknown force, Robbie swings his
head show a number of old, poten- hips and leaps around like a loon.
tially harsh, press clippings – “How Cheers of respect as Neil Hannon
Drink And Drugs”, “Robbie Rides of The Divine Comedy arrives
Rollercoaster”, “Who Ate All The onstage for “No Regrets” (a great
Pies?” Ear-numbing screams when support act tonight, and possibly
he interacts with the crowd – Robbie’s link to new indie popular-
“Three songs into the set and it’s ity). Our mischievous hero returns
A - O - CAY
An Interview with next big things, Cay
éclat success dropped. How does that feel?
Cay are Anet Mook, the fiery M: Yeah, great. It makes me
haired vocal point roughing it up on extremely happy to know East
guitar and voracious vocals, Nick West dropped the Human Leauge
Olofsson (guitar), Tom Harrison to sign us. I think that says some-
(bass) and Mark Bullock with the thing really good!
sticks. Since the first gig they How do you think the albums com-
played at the start of 1998, Cay ing along?
have moved swiftly up the ranks, A: Very well, yeah. Eighty percent
having been eventually baited by of it’s done, I’d say. We’re going
Warner subsidery East-West in the back in two weeks just to tweak it
autumn. It seems fitting to talk up.
about their progress. Have you got a good quote on how
You’ve had a pretty meteroric rise it’s going to be the defining moment
in the last year, has it changed you on late 20 century rock?
at all? M: People say nice things which is
A: Its given us more experience in sweet and that but we just do what
playing I suppose...but personally, we do.
once a scumbag, always a scum- A: Well i suppose it’s noise pop or
bag! Funk punk jazz. But we really like
Has it been good getting the press it and it’s out in May.
behind you? When did you decide you wnated to
A: Yeah! be rock stars?
You’ve been signed, when a lot of A: I never wanted to be a rock star.
bands aroumd you have been T: I don’t know about the star bit
“Bittersweet Symphony”). After a
perfunctory punk version of “Back
For Good” it’s finally time for the
song that arguably saved his career
– “Angels”. Robbie stands back
and listens to the crowd sing every
single word for him. He may be
mad and egotistical on the outside,
but he’s a soft cuddly thing under-
neath. And for four and a half min-
utes, it feels like he’s won.
Andrew Smith
but I like the rock bit!
Have you seen much of the rock
lifestyle?
A: Its hard work at the end of the
day. People think its great, but at
the end of the day it is hard work.
M: We do it for the sheer love of it
really!
N: We hadn’t planned to do this. Its
more a question of...there is no
other choice. All the other opportu-
nities just faded away.
Are you ever worried about the
bubble bursting?
T: It does every rehearsal!
A: I just think you should enjoy
today.
There’s an obvious comparison
between you and Sonic Youth. I
also read a comparison with Hole.
A: Yeah we get that a lot. Basically
everytime I have to give the same
answer: Hole sound a bit like
Nirvana and we like them and use
similar sounds to them.
N: I don’t really know any Hole
stuff to be honest.
M: We’ve been compared to a lot
of people that we respect like Sonic
Youth and if we get compared to
them thats nice
Do you aspire to artistic integrity
rather than selling loads of
records?
A: Definately, yeah.
Anet hails originally from
Holland...
Is there much of a music scene in
Holland?
A: The music scene is not great.
That’s something I like about
England, well London actually.
There’s no real indie or rock scene,
it’s more R ‘n’ B. But it’s good to
be here.
There’s talk of Three Coulours Red
(whom Cay are supporting) and
what nice chaps they are and then
even less direction in the conversa-
tion as the interview becomes a
chat and we disappear back into the
crowd to enjoy Three Coulours
Red. Daniel Jones
supported on the night by the dog-
gone Anna Ryder; a folk singer in
the Janis Joplin mould, but unfortu-
nately, 30 years too late. Obviously
from her organic, (some may say)
wood like act, she’s been a-roam-
ing’ and a-thinking’ her way
around the block a few times. It
shows in her songs one of which
was about the thrill she gets from
her car, with the poetic refrain ‘it’s
good to have my car back/ on the
tarmac’. Another song, one of the
highlights of her set was a sea-
shanty, truly inspiring stuff, enough
for someone to exclaim ‘a rare
originality’, but I think they were
still tripping from their bad acid
from the sixties. Good stuff, but I
wouldn’t want her as my mother.
Anyway, to the main act. Jo
Holland and The Dutch Caps, a
trim and technically adept nine-
piece. Obviously a student band,
hence the student-like name, and
throughout the set the cloying, stu-
dent-like in-jokes. Still, the true tal-
ent on show is self-evident, the two
singer’s voices are liquid in their
fluent freeness, the skilled musi-
Fatboy Slim Vs Sash!
Waiting to be served Andy and Kev debate who would be a better religious cult leader
A: What I’m saying basically is
that Fatboy Slim would make a far
better head for a cult than Sash. I
mean, come on, it just makes sense.
K: I don’t think so at all.
A: But look at him. His songs are
like mantras. The way the same bit
gets repeated over and over. It’s
like a Hare Krishna chant! Sash just
can’t do that.
K: Encore un fois! You have to sit
up and listen! He makes his point
lots of times in that song. An he’s
so enlightened, working within
loads of cultures and making them
one. He’s the single element in life.
How can Fatboy Slim mean any-
thing? He was in the Housemartins!
A: But if you think about it. In the
Housemartins for a while, fourty
days in the wilderness! He came
back, he found success, and conse-
quently he praised like he should
this sort of music, but it annoys,
when songs are introduced as ‘This
is drum and bass, if you don’t like
it tough’. Only because, it shows
they are setting their sights too low,
trying to do something that has
been done to death, rather than
doing something new. The choice
of covers was interesting, a ska-lite sant efforts to fill any spare space
version of the Grange Hill theme with more and more notes.
was hilariously cringeworty. The Sometimes less is certainly, unde-
interpretation of Beats niably more. Playing 100 demi-
Internationals ‘Dub Be Good To semi-quavers per bar is all very
Me’ was ruined by being too fast, well, but songs need to be able to
and also by someone bottling out breathe. The band redeemed them-
from doing the rap in the middle. selves by playing a track by style
Some bands’ songs you just don’t saviours Dee-lite. Which meant the
ever touch because they are perfect set ended on a high, and an encore
and you could never hope to add to was demanded, but due to time
them. One such song is restrictions (oh well) this wasn’t
Portisheads’ ‘Glory Box’ the rendi- possible. There is true talent in this
tion of this went down well but band, but maybe a side effect of
could best be described as faithful. being a music student is that, any
The sixth track ‘Miracle’, was a own compositions seem a bit stud-
poisonous, sugar-coated fusion of ied, contrived and too easy to refer-
80’s style funk and pop, which all ence. I suggest taking mind-
in all amounted to toxic, useless expanding drugs, but at the end of
MOR. This was definitely the low the day it’s your career.
point. Another irritant in the set Nick Walsh
was the keyboard player’s inces-
with his last single! It’s obvious, he
is the new messiah!
K: That can’t be possible. What
about his Gangsta past? All that
trippin’?
A: Hmmm, yeah, well, Sash.
What’s he ever done?
K: He’ll stay true to what he says.
He wants you to stay. He has a lot
of staying power. And he has that
aura of sexy class with his guest
singers.
A: You mean he’s kind of like those
He plays one of those awful guitar
cults who offer sex with members
keyboards on Top of the Pops.
to newcomers?! Fatboy Slim is the
K: He only does that because he’s
second coming yet Sash is just a
told to.
dirty old man trying to get it on!
A: So TOTP is giving him orders?
K: Sash could be the head of a huge
Like the Pope to his bishops? So
religion. He writes his songs in
even if Sash is a religious leader he
German yet they get translated into
isn’t the all powerful man at the
lots of different languages through
top? Fatboy Slim only plays his
Europe. Which is a bit like the
videos on the show. He bows to no-
Bible, except not in Israel. Sash
one!
encompasses everyone.
K: But his music says nothing.
A: But Fatboy Slim has a whole
A: His music says everything you
meaning to life. One religion may
need to know. If you skank along
have ten commandments but his
the rocks you’ll meet the fella, like
has just one. Better living through
walking the narrow pathway!
chemistry. No one can argue with
K: No way! Sash for the world!
that!
A: Fatboy for the slim! Oops...
K: Ah, but in the new Sash single
he says he’s going to colour the
Next week Andy and Kev try to
world. He’s going to bring every-
argue without using quite so many
one together as one for a better life.
song title puns!!!
A: There is one good reason why
Sash cannot be some holy being.
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SINGLES
GUS GUS – Ladyshave
(4AD)
Gus Gus are a band of hip
Icelandic artists. Sounding not
unlike the Stereo MC’s, in its
commercial, funky, dance vibe.
Probably, a bit mainstream
when compared to the rest of
the album, but still good to
groove to. 8/10 N.W.
URBAN SPECIES - Blanket
(Talkin’ Loud)
Thinking of all the post apoca-
lyptic visions that are strewn
upon us amidst the myriad of
future guessing films, they fall
into two camps. The dirty and
hopeless urban mess of T2 and
Bladerunner compare to the
sterile calm of Gattaca. In the
latter they’ll need to be stirred
up by the comedy rock of
Marilyn Manson, but the music
they will be listening in the
world of T2 as they hide away
will be this. The brooding beats
and chilling calm. The folky,
ALBUMS
WILCO - Summer Teeth
(Reprise)
‘Summer Teeth’ is the follow-
up to ‘97’s ‘Being There’,
which is surely one of the
albums of the decade. ‘Summer
Teeth’ sees Wilco move away
from their “No Depression”
roots, leaving the county
behind Jeff Tweedy and co.
imbibe the spirit of the sixteis,
The Beatles circa ‘Revolver’,
The Beach Boys and Neil
Young. This change is no rea-
son to worry, Wilco have this
pop thing sussed, they have
great songs, really great songs
in fact, a stunning assured pro-
duction that really lets the
music shine through. The lyics
on this album for the most part
are pretty dark and twisted, the
sound is one of summer pop,
Wilco have produced a warped
masterpiece. 9/10 R.W.
CORNELIUS-FM: Fantasma
Remixes/CM:Cornelius
Remixes (Matador)
STEVE EARLE AND THE
DEL MCCOURY BAND -
The Mountain (Grapevine)
While the so called “country”
music industry is complaining
that its acts are not selling as
much anymore, they should
step back and ask themselves
why. Their constant obsession
and drive towards MOR pap is
unbelieveable. Thankfully for
people who like their country
music to have some twang
there are artists working who
will fulfill that need. Here one
of them, Steve Earle, joins
together with another, the lead-
ing lights of the current blue-
grass scene, to perform a series
of songs inspired by, and as
a tribute to, bluegrass origina-
tor Bill Monroe. Steve Earle
hopes that just one of these
songs is performed at every
bluegrass festival long after he
is gone. The thing is, he may
well have achieved his ambi-
tion, there are some great and
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mellow soul and Imogen
Heap’s floating vocal. It’s all
they’ll need. 8/10 D.J.
SASH! - Colour The World
(X-IT)
Sash! as we know him: decent
track with pathetic lyrics
(‘colour the world’ is all they
say). The video that comes in
the single however it really
good, turning an ok single to a
good one. If you already like
Sash! This is well worth a look
(or listen); otherwise get it for
the beautiful Icelandic land-
scape and pretty women in the
video. 8/10 M.D.C.
STROKE - a real treat. 8/10 A.T.S.
Momentary/Temporary (XL)
This is the second limited edi-
tion release from Stroke, said
by many people who actually
know what they’re talking
about to be one of the best new
bands in Britain. The style and
quality is continued from their
These two albums are
Cornelius’s response to a bar-
rage of remix requests. ‘FM’
(Fantasma Remixes) is a for-
ward thinking, experimental
album including artists such as
U.N.K.L.E., Damon Abarn and
Money Mark (those three are
worth a good listen). The tracks
are very much on the edge,
evoking a variety of moods
such as ‘i’m skipping around in
a Disney cartoon’ to ‘just call
me moonbeam, i’m from the
rainbow camp’. Basically, its
quality listening and the ‘CM’
(Cornelius remixes) is equally
good. (featuring the same
artists as the first album). There
is a song for everyone in here
and you won’t be disapointed.
Some of the tracks have a real-
ly ambiant feel; cool man, have
you got the vibe? Right, i’m
just going to nip down
EastWest. 9/10 L.T.
TLC - Fan Mail (Arista)
After huge success here and the
ALBUM OF THE WEEK
memorable songs here. On
‘Dixieland’ he, once again,
returns to his passion for the
American Civil War as inspira-
tion for this Irish-American jig.
The Del McCoury band drive
the rhythm of this album, in the
absence of drums, with bass,
first release here, and my only
advice is to keep your eyes
open for an album. 8/10
M.d.L.
MOLOKO Sing it then
Smooth bass filtered over high
res harmonies to encapsulate
the mind and soul. Disarmingly
beautiful but only for a short
time. 7/10 K.M.
KENT - 747 (RCA)
Widescreen panoramic para-
noia. Kent fly in with the sec-
ond single from the partially
acclaimed ‘Isola’ album. It’s a
smooth landing, a few flashing
lights and an easy passage
through customs. A song that is
lovely but strangely lacking
indelibility. 6/10 D.J.
THE JON SPENCER
BLUES EXPLOSION - Talk
About The Blues (Mute)
The vocals in this group sound
like they are sung through a
handkerchief. The music is a
jumble of guitars, drums,
vocals and a backing beat, all
world over with
‘Crazysexycool’ and it’s
biggest single ‘Waterfalls’ TLC
return having been declared
bankrupt and Lisa “left eye”
Lopez burning down her
boyfriend’s mansion. Do not
mess with these ladies. The tact
employed here though is on the
attraction of cyber lovin’.
Computer voices chatter over
the girl’s harmonies and occa-
sional stabs at rap. One inter-
lude features one guy trying to
come on to one of them, then
all her friends, and getting
blown out for his trouble. Yes,
they put men down, but then
declare undying love for them
in the space of two songs. The
slick soon to be single ‘ No
Scrubs’ is set to be a huge hit
though. Confused yet sussed.
8/10 A.T.
JIM O’ROURKE – Eureka
(Domino)
Jim O’Rourke is usually associ-
ated with ‘difficult’ avant-
garde music, but for his new
album he has adopted more
accessible possibilities without
compromising any of his ideas.
mandolins and banjo, creating
the perfect backdrop for Steve
Earle. The duet with Iris
Dement, ‘I’m Still In Love
With You’ is a song that is a
pure bluegrass ballad, but the
absolute highpoint of the
record is album closer, and a
going on at vaguely the same
time. On one track they even
use what sounds like gospel
singers to add to the confusion.
I suppose it could be worse.
5/10 E.C.
HURRICANE #1 - The
Greatest High (Creation)
Bog standard indie stuff this.
It’s a ballad of sorts, which
reminds me of something from
Embrace. It may of done all
right commercially 3 or 4 years
ago when britpop was more
popular, however today its not
going to be a hit. 4/10 A.S.
EAGLE EYE CHERRY -
Permanent Tears (Polydor)
This is slow, dull boring crap. I
can’t ven see people who actu-
ally like him wanting to buy
this. Both remixes are
appalling. 1/10 I.P.
Taking a similar stance to bands
like Mercury Rev, in their
injection of a musical elixir into
dull Americana. This album,
has a more lush and pastoral
feel, than Mercury Rev
although they are all strands of
a similar progressive moptop.
One track has a pure Bacharach
feel, with a sunny grace given
off from the cheery Salsa beat.
Throughout, there is a feel of
Neil Young, whenever Jim
O’Rourke sings. Some of the
tracks are like experimental
ideas taken from ‘After The
Goldrush’, others are moving
instrumentals, but whatever, its
all probably something you will
ever of heard before. 8/10 N.W.
UNDERWORLD - Beaucoup
Fish (V2)
You remember that song which
chanted ‘lager lager lager’ all
over it? The one every beery
boy in the land jumped up and
down to in his small town
nightclub. Well here’s a revela-
tion. They were taking the piss.
Yeah, ha ha ha. Don’t you feel
silly? Well, you will do if you
buy this expecting more thun-
tribute to Roy Huskey Jr.,
‘Pilgrim’, a heartbreakingly
haunting song with a rousing
gospel finale. Bill Monroe
would certainly have been
happy to make this album. 9/10
R.W.
9
SINGLE OF THE WEEK
SOMATIC - Rocking Chair (Universal)
The debut single from the band who graced our Union’s main
stage not too long ago, and what a cracker it is too. Bursting at
the seems with emotion this is an ethereal, yet potentially down-
beat journey to Darksville. If the album is this good, we’re in for
This weeks’ reviews by:
Mario Dias, Andrew Thomas, Nigel Martin, Emma Clarke, Mark
de Lange, Adam Saxty, Andrew T Smith, Ian Purvey, Lisa
Thornhill, Rob Winder, Nick Walsh, Kevin Marston, & Daniel
Jones.
dering drums and inane chants. there’s nothing new, it’s all
Underworld have returned to
their minimalist past, all 303
lines and generic drum
been done before. There is no
doubting Noel’s talent but there
is enough of this type of music
machines. The first track fea- already out there to stop this
tures a vocoder, which, let’s becoming a success, you never
face it, has lost it’s trendy tag no though. 6/10 N.M.
since Cher stuck her decrepit
warble through one. But, from STEREOPHONICS -
then on we lose the gimmicks Performance And Cocktails
and simply get real. It’s a little (V2)
too minimal in places, and The Stereophonics debut album
maybe it could do with an ‘Word Gets Around’ was a true
anthem or two. Still, for purists classic with catchy tracks
it’s a must. 7/10 A.T. which you just couldn’t get out
of your head days. They’ve
NOEL MCKOY - Please now gone and released a follow
Take This Personal up. After a week of listening to
(Rightrack) it still nothing sticks in my head
The title of this album, whilst except ‘The Bartender And The
dubious sums up the whole Thief’ ,which is a easily the
concept of it - love, peace and best track on the album. Even
honesty. Noel has been writing the new single ‘Just Looking’
songs since his teens and this is hasn’t hardly any sticking
immediately apparent. The power with just the abstract
album could be described as a line ‘I’m just looking, I’m not
mix of Jazz, Soul and Funk and buying’ floating about. All the
makes for ideal background rest of tracks whilst sounding
music. It is very melodic and distinctly Stereophonics,
the song “Looking 4 a woman” screeching vocals, the lyrics
which was co-written with just don’t have the appeal of the
Stevie Wonder influences first album. There are a few
Noel’s entire sound which has songs on the album which man-
real feeling. Other key songs aged to bore me. Big dissap-
from this album are pointment. 6/10 I.P.
“Nightnurse”, “Personal” and
“You’re number one”, each
having funky beats and clever,
soft lyrics. I like this album but
Go See Live!
March
11: Twinkie @ London Upstairs At The Garage
12: Sidi Bou Said @ London Highbury Garage
13: Renegade Hardware Party @ London, The End
14: Afghan Whigs @ London Astoria
15: Creed @ London Borderline
16: The Lanterns @ London Improv Theatre
17: Shane Macgowan and the Popes @ Kentish
Town Forum
18: Symposium @ London Highbury Garage
Competition Time!
dEUS release their new album “The Ideal Crash” on the 22nd March.
To celebrate this Wild promotions are offering the Deus back catalogue,
t-shirts, and concert tickets to a lucky winner who can answer the ques-
tion:
Which European country do dEUS come from?
Entries to Wild (dEUS), Suite 204, The Old Gramophone Works, 326
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FEELING THROUGH THE PAIN What’s on in Guildford

Jason Falkner at The Garage, London. 1 March 1999
Jason Falkner, right arm Guildford Civic Hall (01483 444555)
heavily strapped to his body,
leads his band out onto the Oysterband (11th Mar / 7.30pm / Tickets £9) The Oysterband’s unique fusion of Rock and
small stage at The Garage to British Roots music has made them one of the most irresistibly exciting bands of the
a rapturous reception. This nineties. Regular headliners at Guildford’s annual summer festival in Stoke Park, tickets
is Jason’s first solo show in will be going fast for the band’s debut at the Civic.
the UK, people have trav-
elled a long way to witness Paul McKenna (16th Mar / 7.45pm / Tickets £12.50 - £13.50) As one of the world’s most
this occasion. Four days ago successful hypnotists, Paul McKenna has been wowing critics for years with the shear vari-
the show was cancelled and ety of his work. If you’ve never seen him before this is a must for your diary!
then reinstated as Jason dis-
located his shoulder, “I wish
something real cool hap- Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
pened” he says by way of
introduction, “but, I slipped (01483 440000)
in the shower”.
‘Honey’, one of the catchi- Suddenly Last Summer (Wed 3 Mar to Sat 13 Mar / Times vary / Tickets £10 - £21.50)
est numbers off his new By Tennessee Williams. Warehouse Productions now return to stage Williams’ chilling tale
‘Can You Still Feel?’ album of motherly love. Set in an exotic and macabre tropical garden, in the oppressive heat of a
gets the show underway. New Orleans’ summer, the tension slowly rises as we move inexorably toward the truth
Obviously unable to play about Sebastien Venables’ savage death, exploding with a final and haunting revelation.
guitar Jason plays key-
boards with somewhat reck-
less abandon, you can see The New Victoria, Woking (01483 761144)
the pain in his face on the
occasions that he needs to The Royal Ballet (Thu 11 - Sat 13 Mar / Times vary / Tickets £9.50 - £19.50) A stunning
play with both hands. new showcase from the illustrious Royal Ballet. Experience the unique style, elegance and
During the course of the breathtaking artistry of one of the world’s finest companies. Mozart, Stravinsky and two
show Jason, and his band of world premieres provide an exciting fusion of music and ballet culminating in the exquis-
just a few weeks, play all the hear the songs with a differ- playing some record or ite grace of Galanteries.
songs from ‘Can You Still ent musical slant, the key- another.
Feel?’ along with a some board led sound gives them The crowd however have
from his previous album a whole new perspective. not had enough and the Wilde Theatre @ South Hill Park Arts Centre,
‘Presents... Author The main set ends with exu- chants for “more” start, after
Unknown’. At times the berant pop of ‘Miracle a few minutes Jason leads Bracknell (01344 484123)
crowd shout for various Medicine, but the band soon his band out once again,
other songs from this album return for ‘I Live’, the single thanking the crowd for their Old Tyne Music Hall (Thu 11 to Sat 13 Mar / 7.30pm, Sat mat. 2.30pm / £6 & £7) All the
or from The Grays album, from the previous album kindness and he closes the family will enjoy singing along with the choruses of those well-loved songs, cheering the
but Jason tells us that the and then a simply stunning evening with ‘Holiday’ hero and hissing the villain in this sparkling show full of fun and laughter.
band don’t know them. For cover of Joni Mitchell’s from ‘Can You Still Feel?’. Compiled by Hossein Motevalli
‘See You Again’ the band ‘Both Sides Now’, which Maybe you had to be there,
are aided by some addition- leaves everyone amazed, but this was a unique and
al guitar from their tech. It after which the band say magical evening. The Thin Red Line (18) - Out Now
was certainly interesting to goodnight and the p.a. starts Rob Winder
Director: Terrence Makick feast of John Toll’s roaming
Starring: Sean Penn, Nick cinematography.
Nolte, Ben Chaplin, Jim
Caviezel, John Cusack and The story is thus: rifle com-
Elias Koteas pany C for Charlie are in the
midst of the propogated bat-
Two big WWII films in an tle for the Japenese held
oscar season will surely Guadalcanal, a crucial part
demand that individual of the Soloman Islands in
merit is tossed aside in the South Pacific. This is a
favour of a brutal, no-holds study of men at war, but
barred head-to-head. That unfortunatley a study of too
of battle, remembers the
this and Saving Private many men at war. You see,
final moments with his wife
Ryan both deal in a currency not only are the big stars
at home - war and love. In
of brutal visual honesty, pushed into bit parts, but
the same way, each of the
when previous WWII there are a small plethora of
other main characters -
homages have been less main characters, all contem-
Seargent Walsh (Penn),
candid, is all the more plating the Hell of their cir-
Colonel Tall (Nolte), and
strange. Well, if you like, cumstance.
Captain Staros (Koteas)
this is the more plausible
offer different outlooks or
and intelligent though ulti- It all gets a bit surreal at
coping strategies: rueful
mately less commercial of times and perhaps through
embitterment, failure
the two. Where Saving luck or Mallick’s genius this
induced power trip and utter
Privare Ryan sustains a seems to capture and reflect
nobility respectively.
thread of continuity with the the character’s and war’s
most ridiculous of plotlines, detachement from reality.
The elongated, stuttering of
The narrative, bled over
events and hanging sub-
The Thin Red Line rather silent moments of carnage
plots are frustrating, but
boldly omits any real story- or the calm and beauty of
there is something highly
line in favour of a study of nature, is one of nature’s
indelible in all this. Whether
the intricaicies, and that struggle and more often than
it’s the elegant look of it all
includes the futility, of war. not the source is the Karmic
or its lack of typical
Saving Privare Ryan keeps spirituality of Private Witt
Hollywood patriotic senti-
the punters happy with a (Caviezel). At other times
ment matters little. If you
spate of battles; the action in the tranquil Private Bell
see it - concentrate.
this, while less frequent, is (Chaplin), at perhaps the
framed within the visual most inopportune moments
7/10 Daniel Jones.
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11/03/99
Crossword No 97
Across
1. Naval officers (10)
7. Mouth-like opening (7)
8. Resort in the Bay of
Naples (5)
10. Small mountain lake (4)
11. Yellow-flowered plant (8)
13. A watch-chain (6)
15. Scottish small-holdings
(6)
17. Antelopes (8)
18. Mark left by a wound (4)
21. Bird’s perch (5)
22. Foliage (7)
23. Kangaroos, for example
(10)
Solution to Crossword No. 96
Across: 1.Joker 4.Jupiter
8.freight 9.idiot 10.arch 11.penat-
gon 13.japans 14.annals 17.gold-
mine 19.teal 22.antic 23.limited
24.shelled 25.Norse
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Surrey Pride
Ergo Forever!
ou may have heard
Y grunting and screaming
in Campusport last
Friday night.
Confused? Well, it was the
University of Surrey Boat Club
doing something even sillier
than their weekday early morn-
ing training sessions, a 100,00
metre row in aid of Comic
Relief.
The team effort was kicked off
early on Friday afternoon by
our star stroke, Ben.
Jonathan was next to jump onto
the already sweaty ergo, but by
the colour of his red face at the
end, he didn’t need a Comic
Relief Red Nose Hooter!
Surrey Pride Star Profile We had smooth changeover
after smooth changeover as dif-
Number 16, Debbie Catchpole ferent club members faced the
challenge.
Vital Stats;
Age: 22 (ish) Bring some sunshine into
Dept:
Nicknames:
Measurements:
LIS
Debs
The larger the better!
your life..meet the Toshiba
Sporting Interests (and why?): Fencing (I like playing Youth Dance Project
with swords!) s your life missing some-
I
Marital Status: Very single
Personal Info;
thing? Do you want to
work with enthusiastic
young people and create
something really special? Or
What is your favourite feature? On a man - a nice athlet-
you just want to take up the
ic bum!
dancing that you had to give
What do you go for in a man? A long weapon up when you came to Uni,
without the pressure of ISTD
Favourite Drunk? Vodka, lime and lemonade!
exams etc..? If so the
Favourite Food? Chocolate Haagen Das, but not from the
Toshiba Youth Dance
tub if you know what I mean!
Project could be for you.
Favourite Music? Soundtrack to My Best Friends Wedding
Sporting Info: I have become involved with
the group through my Dance
What does Surrey Sport give you? Got to meet HRH!
and Culture degree. My
What is your; assignment is to organise
most memorable moment in Surrey Sport? and promote, with another
Winning BUSA Championships last December with my dance student, the T.Y.D.P.’s
Commonwealth medal a close second!! upcoming debut perfor-
funniest moment you can recall from your days at mance in the Woking Dance
Surrey? When I introduced myself to Virginia Bottomley Umbrella Festival. At first I
at the opening of the Surrey Space Centre and she looked was nervous about the
really bored! prospect of organising 60
young people but now I
worst injury? Groin strain from a rather enthusiastic lunge.
can’t think of a better way to
worst STD? N/A use my dance knowledge.
Do you have any sporting superstitions? The children’s enthusiasm is
Always wear my fencing pants when competing. really infectious! It is worth
How does Surrey Sport affect your Social/Private life? going to see the performance
Doesn’t; it’s still hot! if only for the expression on
Is sex better before or after sport? Before, during and the kid’s faces as they per-
after! form to Robbie William’s
Who is your sporting role model? ‘Millennium’ and recreate
Michael Jackson’s ‘Smooth
Denise Lewis, plus I quite fancy Tim Henman, Iwan
Criminal’.
Thomas and Stephen Redgrave.
Which sports personality would you most like to meet? The T.Y.D.P. was an initia-
Dalton Grant - the funniest guy in athletics. tive originally created by the
Sum yourself up in 3 words? Loud, Fun, Mad. Woking Dance Umbrella for
Baby Macs Nominated Question: What’s it like, as a the 1997 festival. However it
woman, to wield such a mighty weapon? Empowering - was so successful that it has
shame most men don’t know what it feels like! been revived and will con-
tinue for the next three years.
It is an integrated dance
For next weeks final Surrey Star profile we invite you to
group, which means that
submit a testing question to turn the tables on the meddle- both able-bodied and dis-
some stitch-up artist, our Sports Editor, Mr. Paul Cliff. abled people are welcome.
Please e-mail your suggestions to ‘barefacts@surrey.ac.uk’ The group is comprised of
or pop them into the BF mailbox before 12pm on Friday. He young people from 7 to 20
will not be allowed to ‘edit’ them in his usual manipulative years old. The aim of the
manner, nor will he be allowed to veto any of the questions project is to encourage
you submit. Revenge is ours, Ben McCauley. young people to explore
their potential in perfor-
Three hours into the row,
“Captain Carla” was getting far
too familiar with members of the
Boat Club sliding backwards
and forwards in front of her(!) so
decided it was her turn to go on
the pull!
Four hours into the row, the crew
were putting themselves through
the full range of movements
whilst other gym users were
arriving, doing a workout, giving
us strange looks, and then leav-
ing. But I think Mike was work-
ing harder than any workout!
Five hours into the row, good
old Steve turned up with statu-
tory rucksack the size of
Africa(!) and new energy that
ate up the meters ticking away
on the ergo’s display. Roger
and Lorcan made a good sup-
mance. There are currently
sixty participants from the
area involved, with many of
the older teenagers working
as group leaders. The Project
have been creating the piece
in collaboration with
Chicken Shed Theatre
Company, who recently had
a number one hit with a trib-
ute song for Diana, Princess
of Wales, and are renowned
for their innovative and
stimulating approach to
working with young people.
The Project are performing
in the PMSC Youth Dance
Showcase in the Woking
Dance Umbrella, which runs
throughout March ‘99.
There will be a host of other
youth groups and local col-
lege students performing so
there will be something for
everyone. All are welcome
to watch this fun community
event. The T.Y.D.P. is set to
continue for the next three
years and would welcome
anyone interested in dancing
or helping with the group.
There is also a need for vol-
unteers to help out with var-
ious front of house and back-
stage duties throughout the
Woking Dance Umbrella
Festival. For further infor-
mation please contact Jenny
Lowde on ( 01483 ) 726448.
The performance will be in
the Rhoda McGaw Theatre,
Woking on Sunday 21st
March ‘99 at 3.30 p.m. and
7.45 p.m. Tickets are priced
at£7 and £5 concessions.
Call the box office now on
( 01483 ) 761144 before you
miss out!
Michaela Lucking
port team giving
him
breaks.
small
Six hours into
the row, USBC
were sooooo
close to the end,
and, as you can
guess, the grunt-
ing was getting
louder, and cli-
maxed(?) with a
loud “YES”
from Roger as he
finished his last
personal 1000
meters.
well done to Ben, Jonathan,
Six hours, forty seven minutes Marcello, Mike, Roger, Alex,
and three seconds after the Aroura, Lorcan and Steve, I am
start, the display finally showed very proud of you all. All I
the elusive 0 meters. I couldn’t could say at the end was “See
believe how well the crew you at 9am tomorrow for train-
worked, the support was excel-
lent, keeping everyone really
ing”. This time on water and in
real boats!
“Captain Carla”
focused and positive. A big
Girls on Top!
Surrey Netball 28 Glamorgan 24
he BUSA quarter-finals However, the toughest quarter
T started off fast and furious
with Glamorgan taking an
early lead of 3 goals. We then
was yet to come when Glamorgan
tempers went wild and many a
swear word was spoken towards
our team and the umpires.
thought that maybe we should
Although wind and rain were
start playing some netball, and
against us, thanks to some great
thanks to some great attacking,
attacking and defending we “took
came back for a half time score of
Glamorgan from behind” to win
12 to 10. Glamorgan were ecstat- 28 – 24 in the last couple of min-
ic with their winning streak, and utes of the match. Our Goal
showed this by their screaming Attack (Bam!) was nominated as
and shouting. So much so, that player of the match, and the whole
Little Miss Marvellous was afraid team showed great team spirit and
to leave Little Miss Tall by herself unity (Unlike Glamorgan!). Apart
with the “scary” goalkeeper. from copious bleeding (Horny!)
and some members of our team
Entering the third quarter, our
almost being knocked out
supporters had doubled in number
(Mischief!), we look forward to
(Thanks to Ben, Steve and
Gemma) which improved our the semi’s, wherever they may be!
Little Miss Sloshed and
game tremendously and we ended
Little Miss Horny
the quarter tied 18 all.