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PRESIDENT
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The University of Surrey Students’ Union Newspaper
Wednesday 10th May 2011
FEATURES Does
Lauren Gilligan oil/
grind Bakita’s gears?
Interfering friend or Rubix
goddess, �ind out more on
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SCI & TECH friend or
foe during revision?
Thank goodness for summer
exams! Leaving the winter
blues behind, has resulted in us
becoming more productive.
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LIT Finally a novel you
can read worldwide
After A 100 years of solitude,
the Chinese government �inally
allow the publication of Gabriel
Marquez’s best selling novel
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SOCIETIES Be a match:
save a life
Find out about the new Surrey
Society, MARROW, which is
dedicated to �inding bone
marrow donors from a mere spit
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SPORTS B’ball Heat
tickets to be won
Just by answering some trivia
sports questions.
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DO YOU CARE!
Are Surrey Students
lacking compared to
others across the country?
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FR
EE
Issue Number: 31
Students hit the
on-line ‘ballot box’
Study: Spring babies are more likely to develop anorexia nervosa T OM GOULDING
News Editor
T
he University of Surrey
Student’s Union exceeded
its minimum target for
votes in a week of closely fought
sabbatical elections last month.
The elections took place
between the 4th and 8th of April,
which attracted 3,099 student
voters and managed to surpass
the expected turnout by 99
votes. However, this was down
on last year’s record-breaking
turnout by 297 votes, while
only 15 candidates ran in the
elections, falling short of the
projected target of 30. When
asked how more students could
be persuaded to stand in future,
Membership Services Director
Alan Roy told The Stag, “Ideally
we would start encouraging
students to consider standing
earlier on… one possible answer
is an embargo on campaigning
before elections start, however
that would be dif�icult to police.”
The new sabbatical team
includes Osama Salih as Union
President, Sam Ratzer as VP
Education, Dave Halls as VP
Welfare, Jake Willis as VP Societies
and Trung as VP Sports.
There was a mixed reaction
from Surrey students when the
Although anorexia is an uncommon condition; it is the leading cause of mental health-related
Student’s Union announced the
new team on its Facebook page.
deaths. A study by the British Journal of Psychiatry has concluded that temperature sunlight and
While the majority of students
an expectant mother’s diet may all contribute to an increased risk of developing anorexia.
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would have handed in their dissertations and final year projects by
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deteriorated. In the past few weeks, I have come to realise that the Charlotte Clarke
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Off Campus!
Tom Goulding
News Editor
I fatal
n this issue of Off Campus, how
Easter celebrations were cut
short in China, a technological
step forward for The Vatican and
good news in America…
For many people, a typical
Easter Sunday might include a
Cadbury’s Easter egg, a family
knee’s up, and a bout of irritated
channel hopping as every
primetime slot accumulates
with religious rhetoric regarding
crucifixion and resurrection.
Atheism and apostasy is self-
evidently on the rise in the
Western world, but even the most
disparaging denouncers might be
unsettled if the choice of Christian
celebration was removed entirely
from the Easter period. This
is exactly the case in China,
where last month plainclothes
police arrested members of the
Shouwang Church in North-west
Beijing for practicing their faith
without the authorized oversight
of the Communist party.
Despite the Church declaring
its Easter service held no political
agenda, dozens of people were
detained as they attempted to
access the area for prayer on
Easter Sunday. The move to hold
an outdoor event came after the
authorities evicted members
of the large “house” churches,
which refuse to fall under Party
regulation. President of the House
Church Alliance, Zhang Mingxuan,
was also arrested earlier on
the Saturday. It is perhaps not
surprising, that Communist
states have a history of religious
repression, only relaxing stringent
censorship on faith during periods
of public appeasement. The
foreign minister’s excuse for the
detainment, that the Shouwang
Church is an “organization with no
legal basis”, can also be expected
in a time of worldwide political
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Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Easter on Sunday Mass in St Peter’s Square, packed with about 100,000 pilgrims and tourists
upheaval and when the publicized
protests against Nobel Peace
Prize winner Liu Xiaobo’s ongoing
detention have embarrassed the
Chinese government. While many
UK citizens are can embrace or
reject religion on the basis of
individual choice, it is difficult
to contemplate that elsewhere
in the world, people wishing to
make a similar decision are being
branded as dissidents.
On the other side of the world,
the Pope was addressing those
who did have the choice of faith,
but through the unprecedented
medium of television. For the first
time in history, it was possible to
put your feet up and watch the
Pope’s Good Friday message from
the comfort of your living room.
Unfortunately for his UK fans
however, the message was only
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broadcast over the RAI network
in Italy (but on the bright side,
we’ve bagged Have I Got News For
You). Pope Benedict’s decision
to appear live on television to
address his subjects is the latest
incident in a revolutionary move
by The Vatican to cooperate with
the media: on Christmas Eve
last year, the Pope delivered the
Thought of the Day broadcast on
Radio 4. Could this be the Catholic
Church’s most recent strategy to
put an end to the controversy and
scandal surrounding the Pope? By
embracing the media, the Vatican
has rid itself of an anarchic
image and taken a step towards
modernity. While the Pope may
not have been able to deliver the
solutions that many his stricken
followers had hoped for in the
address, his effort to confront
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their individual problems rather
than preach from his balcony
to a distant audience, is a
commendable gesture.
Finally, there is good news
from America as Gabrielle Gifford,
a US congresswoman who was
shot in the head at a community
outreach event in Tuscon,
Arizona, has taken her first trip
since the incident to witness
a space shuttle launch at Cape
Canaveral. Her astronaut husband
Mark Kelly, having taken time off
to look after his wife in February,
set off on Friday 29th in command
of the mission. In January,
Giffords miraculously survived
a premeditated massacre at the
outreach event that tragically
claimed the lives of six people.
That’s all for this fortnight,
look out for the next installment
NEWS 03
Two
Surrey
graduates
tragically
encounter
collision
B
enjamin Joseph
Deakin and Oliver
James Guerreri, two
recent graduates from the
University who enjoyed an
active and social student
life here at Surrey have
tragically died in North
Wales over the Spring
break.
Ollie, 23, died on impact
whilst Ben, 24, later died
the next day on the evening
of Saturday 23rd April.
Hundreds of tributes
have been paid to both men
via Facebook, whose lives
were sadly cut short after
visiting North Wales to go
go-karting before heading
up to Liverpool for a night
out. They were described
as being “on the cusp of a
perfect life”.
It was one of three
serious accidents on the
roads in North Wales that
weekend. The Police are
still investigating the cause
of the crash.
Our deepest thoughts
and sympathies are with
their families and all of the
Surrey students, both old
and new, who cared for and
loved them.
May they rest in Peace.
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Male Sabbatical team to lead Surrey Students’ Union
Continued from front page
seemed pleased with the outcome,
some determined to question the
result.
This was due to Osama Salih’s
closely contested Presidential
victory by 26 votes, and an
accusation made by one student
that Dave Halls had been the
only candidate not to visit the
current VP Welfare for advice. VP
Welfare Georgina Emily Hancock
promptly defended her successor,
writing, “I have spoken to Dave
today and actually I understand
why he didn’t come talk to me. I
think he will make a very good
VP Welfare.” Another student
commented that 3099 votes was
an “absolute disgrace” given the
total amount of students studying
at the University.
Union Chair Rowan Ling
asserted that it was the aim of the
Student’s Union to reach higher
turnover targets, but was positive
that by educating the electorate
in the importance of the union,
the university would see “more
students engaged with the
process and ultimately voting.”
In response to concerns that
less students were participating
in the elections, Rowan Ling
emphasized how voting had
progressed in recent years, “2008
and 2009 saw turnout at 13%,
now we are seeing turnout at
18.7% helped by online voting.
This is really positive when you
look at the national picture;
according to NUS �igures, Surrey
would sit in the top 1/3rd of
unions in regard to turnout.”
Speaking to The Stag, the
NUS red tape denies disabled student her say
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winning candidates seemed
optimistic about the challenges
ahead. Osama Salih, who will be
returning as Union President
after a year serving students as VP
Socities, stated, “I hope to achieve
better communication
students using our new website
and student media, involve
“I’m a man of my
word... I fully intend
to spend the next
year doing everything
I can to ensure a
happy, prosperous and
fulfilling university
experience for all
Surrey students.”
students in decision making
where possible and celebrate
the culture on campus. I want to
make people more aware of the
diversity that our campus holds.”
Trung, who will be returning
for a second term as VP Sports
in the new academic year, stated,
“Unlike others I went for re-
election, which meant I could
go straight into the role. So
effectively I feel as though I’ve
already stared my new term and
am already working on the aims
for next year.”
“Throughout this year I have
worked to develop the ‘University
of Surrey Sports Strategy’ with
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the Sports Park and University.
It’s time to actually implement
the strategy. It will revolutionize
sport at this University.”
Newly elected VP Societies
Jake Willis, who is currently
studying international politics at
with
Surrey, was similarly ambitious.
“Over the next year, I aim to
highlight the diversity of our
societies system, and the bene�its
that participation can bring to
individual development, both as
a student and in building key and
transferable skills”, he proposed.
Sam Ratzer also seemed
pleased to have achieved the role
of VP Education, but told The Stag
that the responsibility of his new
position had quickly sunk in. He
stated, “The next year is going
to be a tough one as its the year
before the new tuition fees set in,
but the government funding for
most courses would have been
withdrawn already. A key aim is to
ensure the quality is maintained
in spite of the cuts.”
In contrast, Dave Halls
admitted that being appointed VP
Osama I Salih: Surrey Students’ Union elected President 2011/12
Welfare had yet to sink in, having
considered himself the underdog
throughout the campaign.
However, he was con�ident
that he would be able to ful�ill the
promises he had made to voters,
stating, “I’m a man of my word
when it comes to my election
pledges; I fully intend to spend the
next year doing everything I can
to ensure a happy, prosperous and
ful�illing university experience for
all Surrey students.”
The part time executive
elections are next on the Union’s
agenda, for Term three.
JACK WHITE Censorship, no con�idence votes and complaints
News Reporter
T
was cut short when the NUS the AGM Chair for his part in the
he Annual General Meeting
Democratic Procedures confusion of all attendees and the
of the National Union of
Students descended into disenfranchisement of disabled
chaos last month when a disabled “NUS paid staff are delegates.
student who was giving a speech Following the debacle, the
not accountable to the NUS Democratic Procedures
on access requirements was
censored for a technical breach of members.” Committee explained, “The NUS
NUS rules. paid staff are not accountable
As part of the NUS national to the members. Members
Committee abruptly censured cannot criticise staff during the
conference, the AGM was held
her, saying that it was against conference - we pass a motion
at the Sage in Gateshead. Many
the rules to criticise NUS staff. at the start of conference to
disabled students had complained
Eventually, unable to articulate prevent this. If delegates want to
throughout proceedings that
her problem without criticising complain, they must do so to the
thoughtless persons were using
NUS staff, the student walked off National Executive Council.”
the disabled access row at the
stage, prompting a deluge of boos Despite the outcry, the
back of the main hall as a route
and heckles to the Chair louder Democratic Procedures
from one side to the other.
than for any of the contentious Committee stood �irmly by its
At the start of the AGM, one
motions debated during the ruling. The incident painted the
disabled student was given
conference. NUS in a poor light at a time when
a limited time to present the
Three separate votes of no it already faces accusations of
complaint to the conference.
con�idence were held against failing to represent its members.
However the student’s speech
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Annual farewell lake party faced cancellation in 2011

Are the health, safety and �inancial costs putting this Surrey Uni tradition at risk?
of students dancing and singing.
One student suffered injuries
MALCOLM after being hit by a beer bottle
thrown across the crowd. Other
HUNT
USSU President
parts of the crowd became heated
as students clashed and a number
with questionable motives, safety
arrangements, clean up costs and
the potential for damage to the
University campus.
The cleanup operation alone
ran into the thousands of pounds
Rubix. We are trying to address
similar concerns with the Lake
Party”.
University representatives
were adamant the event should
be held in a safe environment
be required to show a campus
card. Party goers who are not
wearing wristbands on the night
may be asked to leave.Mr. Newby
added “We fully appreciate how
important this event is to many

T
he end of year ‘lake party’
has long been seen as the
�inal farewell for Surrey
students before the academic
year draws to a close and the
summer vacation begins. Last
year eyewitnesses estimated
somewhere between 2500 and
5000 students attended the
celebrations, making it the single
biggest student gathering on the
academic calendar. Despite its
success, the lake party was nearly
forced into cancellation this
year after a number of incidents
brought into question the event’s
safety.
The centre point of the 2010
lake party was the live DJ booth
set up in front of the famous
surrey ‘golf ball’ structure.
At its busiest the booth was
surrounded by many hundreds
of minor �ights and scuf�les
broke out.James Newby, Director
of Business Support Services,
said “Although the majority of
students behaved sensibly and
respectfully a small minority of
individuals, who may not have
even been Surrey students,
One student suffered
injuries after being hit
by a beer bottle
did behave recklessly, getting
involved in �ights and causing
damage to the campus.” These
issues led to an urgent review
of the event involving staff from
Health and Safety, the Estates and
Security Teams and the Students’
Union. The review considered the
numbers attending the event, the
presence of non student attendees
as extra staff were required to
clear away the great swathes of
litter left in the aftermath of the
event. Many campus monuments
sustained heavy damage leading
to considerable repair costs. It is
hard to measure the damage to
community relations caused by
the running Facebook shouting
matches between party attendees
and local residents, many of
which were lead by non students.
Some of the more extreme
options considered included
cancelling the event completely
and charging for entry to raise
money for improved security
and better staf�ing. “When large
crowds of people gather, some
having consumed alcohol, then
the risk of an incident increases
and appropriate controls become
necessary. The SU takes a number
of responsible measures to keep
partygoers safe during events in
without any signi�icant risks
to the students attending. The
Students’ Union discussed the
popularity of the event in recent
years and the impact it would
have if the lake party were
cancelled or ticketed.After a great
deal of frank discussion the group
concluded that the event should
be allowed to stand and should
remain free, provided that the
safety and security of attendees
could be ensured. This means
two important alterations to this
year’s lake party event.
Firstly, this year’s event will
not include a DJ booth or any pre
arranged music. Secondly, while
this year’s event will remain free,
students planning on attending
the lake party will be required
to pick up a free wristband in
the days leading up to the event.
Wristbands will be available
around campus and students will
students and want to �ind ways
of making it possible for it to go
ahead in a safe environment.
Eliminating the ampli�ied music
and DJ will help return the event
to its origins: a friendly, social
gathering of students celebrating
the end of their studies. The
wristbands will help by providing
some form of entrance control
that should not inconvenience
students but will enable us to
prevent unwanted gatecrashers.
We believe that these measures,
agreed with the Students’
Union, will allow students to
continue to enjoy this event in
an environment that is safe for
them and minimises the risk of
damage to their campus.”While
these plans have been agreed in
principle we would still welcome
your views. What do you think
should happen to the lake party?
ussu.president@surrey.ac.uk.

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NUS Conference 2011

All pictures courtesy of NUS

Left: Delegates await the start of conference. Surrey’s delegation is visible
on the end of row four. Above, clockwise from top left: New VPHE, Usman
Ali; Chair Ben Whittaker kept the crowd entertained for seven hours on
Day 1; victorious presidential candidate Liam Burns is applauded.

NUS remains united despite differences over international students pay.

During the official Annual
would be so unworkable that even
a consultation would be a waste
direct action and relationship to university unions General Meeting, it was heard that
following the lead of an increasing
of time. Furthermore, the scale of
campaigning needed would limit
Following the speeches, in favour of this amendment, number of student unions, USSU the elections to very rich students.
Jack White the conference turned to main including two current USSU included, the NUS would become All Surrey delegates voted against
News Team business - debate and decision Sabbatical Officers. an incorporated company. This the motion.
on policy motions. In particular The issues of housing and will see the NUS stop paying In a year that has seen a radical

B
etween the 12th and 14th
April, this year’s NUS
National Conference took
place in Newcastle. The University
of Surrey Students’ Union sent
five delegates including USSU
President Malcolm Hunt and four
elected students: Peter Smeed,
John Bannister, newly elected VP
Education Sam Ratzer and Union
Chair Rowan Ling.
Current NUS President Aaron
Porter opened with his big
speech. The embattled Porter
reminded everyone of why he was
elected in the first place, covering
all the appropriate points with
grace, intelligence and feeling. He
acknowledged the controversy
over his stance on direct action,
and apologised that he felt unable
to support more aggressive
protest.
“I did not get everything
right and for that I am sorry...
We didn’t have a good enough
plan and I hold my hands up to
that... Violence, whether against
people or property cannot be
justified unless you are fighting
for democracy itself”, he said.
Porter also spoke of the last
year’s successes, citing a cap on
fees that was not in the Browne
Review, a raised loan repayment
threshold that the Russell Group
campaigned to lower and securing
loans for part-time students.
He also denied deals with the
Government saying, “Every deal
that was offered was rejected, and
that was the right thing to do.”
a major battleground was
over grassroots opposition to
Government cuts, with almost
half the conference consistently
voting for direct-action policies.
The first significant motion of
the conference was a broadside of
policy against the Government’s
education funding legislation. A
number of amendments bolstered
the motion’s call for an array of
tactics to be used, including direct
lobbying of the Government,
street protest, public calls for
change and alliance with trade
unions and anti-cuts groups.
An amendment advocating the
creation of a four-year campaign
on education funding, but
crucially also mobility of students
from institution-to-institution,
proved controversial and only
passed after two vote-counts.
A wide-ranging motion was
also passed on universities
admissions policy. The NUS is now
mandated to comprehensively
campaign around access to HE
for those from unusual, poor or
otherwise deprived backgrounds.
In union development,
there was opposition to the
NUS’ sluggish response to the
funding crisis this year, a motion
passed mandating a massive
drive to increase student union
participation on campus and
training student activists. It was
amended by a specific focus on
building union democracy and
the use of general assemblies.
All of the Surrey delegates voted
health were top of the welfare
agenda this year. Two major
motions passed on lobbying
Government and universities
on support for safe, affordable
private accommodation for
students, and distribution of good
health information. One clause
could have particular resonance
at Surrey, “To affirm our stance
against commercial pub crawls
and damaging to individual health
and safety, local services and
community relations.” USSU has
recently banned the Carnage pub-
crawl from coming to Chancellors.
A broad motion also passed
calling for more support and
lobbying power for the Liberation
campaigns (LGBT, Black Students,
Disabled Students, interfaith
relations). Amendments were
included committing to action
against ultra-Right groups such
as the British National Party and
English Defence League.
In keeping with the
conference’s message
inclusivity, there was also near
unanimous support for a campaign
against the Government’s
changes to international student
admissions and visas.
The Government aims to make
it more difficult for universities to
sponsor students from overseas,
but many see the move as a
politically-motivated attempt to
cut immigration. Universities are
crying out, since many institutions
(and Surrey in particular) get a
lot of income from the high fees
tax and the NUS Trustees attain
limited financial and legal
liability for the organization.
However member unions that
are not themselves incorporated
may only be members through
a nominated representative –
unincorporated unions and their
thousands of students will be
connected to the NUS only by one
person. Surrey’s delegates were
unanimous in support for the
change.
Three motions into the AGM,
the call came for a change to NUS
elections. The motion proposed
that the NUS commit to direct
election by students of all NUS
officers. Currently the conference
delegates elect the NUS President,
Vice-Presidents and National
Executive Council. In spite of
strong support from students,
particularly at Surrey, the winning
argument was that such a system
of
Presidential hopefuls Byrne, Chowen, Bergfeld and Burns were informally
grilled by Sophie Rich of Sky News.
resurgence in student activism
and the denouncement of the NUS
President by the national student
body, the conference passed with
relative ease. Despite ideological
tension, the NUS maintained its
grounding in the political centre.
Following the last year’s
protests, the message of broad
unity among students has also
caused radicalism to re-enter the
mainstream after many years.
With many motions passed in
favour of wide-ranging tactics
in the face of the cuts, both the
activist front-line commandos
and the more sedate arm-chair
change-makers will find much to
like about NUS 2011.
Further information can be found at:
www.nusconnect.org.uk/conference
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NUS Elections 2011

A guide to the election and those who will represent you next year
NUS National President VP Higher Education
Winner: Liam Burns Winner: Usman Ali

C A
urrently the President of NUS Burns drew on his experiences li was clearly a firm Newcastle.
Scotland, Liam Burns played in Scotland, where the NUS has favourite as soon as he The key message was that of
to his strengths and combined successfully lobbied to save took the podium. substance over style. He used
an impressive track-record with a Education Maintenance Allowance While he made a vicious this to attack what he perceived
slick delivery and a strong message (which has been scrapped in attack on the idea of free as sloganeering from his rival.
of unity to win the hearts and minds England) and in his backing of trade university education, Ali drew In spite of his words, Ali’s
of conference delegates. unions. on his experience on the speech was light on specifics,
First to speak to the conference, The great rallying cry was to National Executive Council preferring to bring the crowd to
Burns took to the podium against a refuse to buy into a consumer model and played on the economic his side by populist platitudes.
background of rapturous applause. of students and to unite around a troubles of the host area of
It became obvious very quickly that variety of tactics, both laid-back and
he is a formidable public speaker aggressive, to reverse the changes to Michael Chessum
and that only served his cause. education funding. A spokesman for the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts,
Chessum presented the best arguments for the left unity bloc.
Mark Bergfeld Using a mixture of rousing polemic and measured argument, he
Heading up the left unity bloc was firebrand Mark. Despite popularity with the delegates, his left-wing stated the case for bottom-up organisation to fight and roll back the
rhetoric was too over-the-top to win over the vote. Bergfeld was later elected to NUS Executive. Government’s cuts, citing the success of protests over the winter.
Thomas Byrne
While his candidacy never seemed entirely serious, conservative Byrne nevertheless brought issues to
the table that he felt mattered. He was gracious in the certain knowledge of his defeat.
VP Union Development
Shane Chowen
First choice of Porter and unusually, an FE student, Chowen played second fiddle to Burns. What he
Winner: Ed Marsh

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lacked in Burns’ smooth delivery, he made up for by appearing totally genuine. A future President? s the incumbent, Marsh
was extremely popular
with delegates.
VP Society and Citizenship Advocating unity between
the Left and Right of the NUS,
he said, “anger and rhetoric are
Winner: Dannie Grufferty not the same radical,” in a direct
challenge to his Left slate rival.
Marsh called for a costed
plan to increase union activism,
with a workshop tour in the
pipeline and put apprentices at
the heart of his plans for new
student unions.

G
rufferty plainly saw consumerism saying: “A stood up for the marginalised Joana Pinto
that the first civic duty consumer gives nothing back, members of society. Media madam for the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts,
of students in today’s but students contribute to each Sharing something with Pinto played on her fighting experience and called for more
political climate was to fight others education.” candidates from the united Left aggressive campaigning and bottom-up, activist student unions.
the changes to education Civil rights were also key slate, Grufferty also highlighted
funding. She immediately to Grufferty’s campaign. She a wish to take on the far Right.
went on the attack, challenging
Aaron Kiely
condemned police violence and
Fringe meeting report:
Left slate candidate Kiely also seized on Government cuts as the key issue and stated a policy of no- international students
S
platform for the far-right – giving them no chance to spread their ideas. He also advocated work with the
Liberation sections, recognising the increased hardship of female, LGBT and ethnic minority students. ince Surrey’s student body is immigrant numbers, but because
30% international students, EU law stops cuts to EU migrants,
Aakash Naik The Stag attended this talk student migrants are the only
Naik made inclusivity his main point, saying he was not a political stooge, but an experienced on international students and the large cut that can be made.
internationalist who wants education for all, affordable transport and an increased Liberation focus. Government’s changes to visas. Stevens’ message was that
All the speakers were firmly students and universities must
Javed Sheikh against the changes, which make work together to bypass the new
Despite his manifesto being left out of the conference brief, Sheikh made a case for putting students it more difficult for institutions rules and lobby for their repeal.
first, politics second. He challenged fledgling politicians, saying strategy and awareness are key. to sponsor foreign students and Tim Johnson, Chair of British
make fluent English mandatory. Universities’ International
Newcastle University’s Deputy Liaison Association also attended:
Vice Chancellor Ella Ritchie spoke “The negative impact on the
VP Welfare of the lobby universities have
put together to try to stop the
UK’s reputation will be worse.”
He pointed out that the worst
changes. Reduced numbers of impact on universities will be
Winner: Peter Mercer foreign students will radically the management of international

M
lower universities’ income and student applications and the
ercer made protection providing, not depriving.” A population theme in his “allow up-and-coming alternative continuing burden of compliance,
of campus welfare He also promised to run a manifesto was sharing best countries to take the market.” which could mean financial ruin.
services his key. national rent-freeze campaign practice with unions, including Warwick SU President NUS International Officer
He said: “This is a time for.. and oppose HMO regulations. on hate crime. Dan Stevens (now on the NUS Christina Yan Zhang presented an
Executive) rejected the Home audacious plan to reverse the cuts
Sean Rillo-Raczka Pete Woodward Secretary’s plea that her “aim by the next Election, citing data
Lefty polemics, but with humanity. Knows value Perhaps just too little-known, he concentrated on is not to stop genuine students by the Institute for Public Policy
of welfare services as mature, part-time student. housing, health and student safety. coming here”. David Cameron, Research and calling on the BRIC
Stevens said, pledged to cut nations to lobby the UK.

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University applications
slow in reaction to £9,000 fees
Jack White language, arts and humanities. and Reading University it was
News Reporter The humanities courses found that three fifths of current
showing a significant reduction students would not have applied

T
he number of students
applying for university
places has slowed in
reaction to the prospect of higher
tuition fees.
The figures, published by the
University and College Admission
Service (UCAS), reveal that
while the number of prospective
students hoping to start university
in 2011 has risen by 2.1%, it
remains the lowest increase in
recent years. In comparison,
university applications saw a rise
of 15.3% between 2009 and 2010.
For many would-be students
faced with the prospect of
huge loan repayments, 2011
is likely to be the first year to
show a substantial increase
in applications for vocational
degrees, and a decline in
in applicants were classical
studies, linguistics, history and
philosophy. In contrast, there was
a 14% increase in applications for
nursing, and a 6.5% rise in those
hoping to read mathematics and
computer science.
In a recent poll conducted by
the market research firm High
Fliers Research, 12,658 students
from across 24 universities were
asked whether they would have
gone into higher education had
higher tuition fees affected them.
Over half of the students said they
would have found an alternative.
It was also revealed that women,
students in the North of England
and those who averaged three B’s
or less at A Level were most likely
to be deterred by the maximum
fees. In Lancaster, Liverpool
if they had been forced to pay
£9,000 tuition fees, while students
at Oxford and Cambridge were
the least likely to be deterred by
the charge.
UCAS has claimed that
633,811 applicants will expect to
start on an undergraduate degree
this year, yet only 490,000 places
will be available. This could see
over 100,000 students rejected
from the universities they hope
to attend. This year, government
ministers will allow universities
to offer 10,000 extra places to
would-be students, a compromise
that will not be made available in
2012.
In March, The University of
Surrey announced that it would Singapore Olympics Team
to train at Surrey Sports Park
be charging £9,000 tuition fees
from next year.

Women Table Tennis medallists team of 2008

Tom Goulding to compete at their very best

News Editor through acclimatization and

T
he Singapore Team has
confirmed it will train at
Surrey Sports Park ahead
of the 2012 London Olympic
Games.
The Singapore athletes will
make use of the top facilities
in two pre-Olympics training
periods, the first of which will
take place in July. It is also hoped
that by training in Guildford, the
team will be able to acclimatize
themselves to the conditions they
are likely to face in London.
“It’s great news that the
Singapore National Olympic
Council has decided to send their
athletes to train in the UK both
this summer and next”, stated
Sebastian Coe, Chair of the London
2012 Organizing Committee.
“The aim of London 2012’s
Pre-Games Training Camp
Programme is to allow athletes
training and I have no doubt that
Surrey Sports Park and Bisley’s
National Shooting Centre will
both support the Singaporean
athletes by providing excellent
training facilities.”
The Singapore Sports Council
Chief of Sports Development
Group, Bob Gambardella, stated
that the venue had been chosen for
its easy access and “international
standards.”
The news comes after the
Antigua and Barbuda National
Olympics Team also signed an
agreement confirming they would
train at Surrey Sports Park in
the run up to the 2012 Olympic
Games. The signing was presided
over by West Indies cricket
sensation Sir Viv Richards on
behalf of the national team.
The London Olympic Games
will take place between July 27th
and August 12th next year.

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Student Parliament at Surrey?
Sex, drugs and rock and roll? All-nighters in the library, writing essays?
A students union which encouraged participation and activism?
OLIVER DEED
Contributor
B
efore you came to the
Surrey, I bet you had
certain expectations
about what life would be like at
University.
Many column inches have
been dedicated to the �irst three
in the pages of this paper. I want
to take a look at the last of those
expectations in the proceeding
paragraphs.
Perhaps it’s the moaner
in me but the single biggest
disappointment of my time at
university has been the complete
and utter lack of respect for
democracy that our students
union has.
I’m not necessarily talking
about Sabbatical or Executive
elections although they are
purely exercises in populism
without substantive policy
discussion. I’m not talking about
the many Sabbs or of�icers that I
have come across in my two and a
half years at this university, who
work hard and sel�lessly, pursing
the best for those they represent.
I’m talking about the attitude
and cultural ambivalence that is
being perpetuated by a minority
within our union.
To my mind, the best example
of this is the farcical way in
which the concept of assembly
has been treated in the past year
Student democracy and participation are very much alive at the University of Hertfordshire, but many
students’ unions find drawing students out of their shells a real struggle
and a half.
In my time at Surrey, I can
count on the �ingers of one hand
the amount of times a proper
student assembly has been
called. The name has probably
been changed more times than
it has been called in the last two
years.
Why? That is the killer
question. I’ll take an educated
guess. It doesn’t suit the union
establishment to have a forum
in which students can scrutinise
and engage with the decisions
that have been made by their
sabbatical of�icers. Even more
frightening for the union is
the prospect that students
might actually pass substantive
motions that have to be enacted
upon by those people we
elected. And of course, we stupid
students would only pass stupid
motions which would lead to the
end of the world.
The worst argument I’ve
heard so far against a student’s
parliament with real powers
is the notion that it is those
with the “loudest voices”
who do go to the student’s
parliament, which means that it
is unrepresentative of the wider
body. There are two reasons why
this argument is ridiculous. The
�irst is that it assumes that all
students are apathetic and will
remain so forever more; the sort
of defeatist attitude espoused by
those who hold this view. The
second is that those who attend
parliament are only in it for their
own self interest and don’t care
for the rights and welfare of
others. That is entirely untrue.
All of us as individuals operate
within a distinct community
that the vast majority of us care
about.
Punishing those who wish
to engage in a parliament is the
quickest route to perpetuate
apathy and coax self interest out
of the active.
So it’s about time students
at this university started
asserting their rights in the
face of the centralisation of
decision making within our
union. Students’ unions are
co-operative organisations,
which should be driven by
their members. It’s time our
students’ union returned to its
roots and re-asserted the rights
of the average member. The
further down the hierarchy we
push decision-making powers,
the better those decisions will
inevitably be.
So my challenge to our next
Sabb team is this: Go against the
grain and bring back a proper
functioning assembly at Surrey.
If that is your only achievement
during your time as a Sabb next
year, you will have a legacy to be
proud of.
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BUSINESS
Breakdown in
communication?
PETER BAILEY
Business and Finance
C
ommunication is the
life-blood of human
kind. Without it, we
would struggle to differentiate
ourselves from any other living
being and we would not have
achieved many of the things we
are so proud of as a race. So why
do we often get it so wrong?
I am referring to the moment
when conversing with someone
when you feel in�initely
frustrated – the moment where
a poorly-chosen remark can
scupper a business deal or a job
interview: a sticky conundrum
of communication meltdown
where conversational progress
breaks down.
A good example of a
communication challenge as
a student is the relationship
with academics. At this
University or another, they are
an interesting and sometimes
prickly breed. Negotiating
coursework nuances and
in-class discussions with such
professionals can sometimes
lead to �lash points. I am sure
you don’t have to think too hard
to �ind an example of this.
But why do we reach
such impasses, and what can
we do about it? The recent
Sabbatical elections highlight
some good and bad examples
of how communication can
make or break a campaign.
Often I heard murmurings that
a candidate would miss out on
a vote because they “had not
reached out” or in a few cases
because candidate responses to
direct questions had alienated
an individual. Equally, the more
well-placed and prominent
expression of manifesto and key
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promises seem to have yielded
success. Such a campaign is
based largely on the media of
communication, which makes
it only more ironic that the
position of VP Communications
no longer exists at our
University.
“I know that you believe
you understand what
you think I said, but
I’m not sure you realize
that what you heard is
not what I meant”
—Robert McCloskey
Fewer things are more
important than talking. A few
employers I have spoken to
corroborate that if they “Can
have a good chat with (the
interview candidate) in the pub”
then they are far more likely to
consider them for a position.
Why? Because communication
needs to �low in universities
and businesses alike. People
need to feel comfortable but
engaged; free to speak but not
ignored. This is the challenge in
avoiding meltdown.
As students we have a diverse
and commendable grasp of the
art of communication. We daily
hold down conversations with
friends, lecturers, employers
and family with relative ease
and have the ability to tailor our
messages to the audience with
great effect. There are subtle
challenges involved in being
in the pub with a friend at one
moment, and then sweating
on an all-important project
presentation the next. These
are all good conditioning for
our skills and for our future.
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The brothers Lloyd Webber playing with Julian’s wife Jiaxin.
Watching the Lloyd Webber brothers, Andrew
and Julian perform: an experience to remember
Lasika Jayamaha
Features Team
T
he event was a gala in
celebration of the 60th
birthday of Julian Lloyd
Webber, younger brother of
well-known composer Lord
Andrew Lloyd Webber. The
concert would bring together
the Doyen of British cellists and
well-loved composer.
Having played the William
Tell Overture before with an
orchestra and supported my
cellist friends who formed a
recital group of 12 cellos the
programme for the gala caught
my attention. The gala featured
24 cellos as well as the William
Tell Overture.
I went through the
programme schedule, the
tickets and box plan and the
The hill town of Ooty near Bangalore is well known for its beauty
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venue again and again, but it
was beyond my budget for the
month and reluctantly decided
that I would forget going to
the event. Two weeks before
the gala however, I heard of a
competition to win a pair of free
tickets. I didn’t have to answer
anything just enter with email
via Facebook. This was my only
hope, although I just entered
for the fun of it, not expecting
to win. Two days before the
concert, I get an email stating
that I had won the pair of
tickets and I was completely
overwhelmed by the news.
The day arrived; my cousin
and I made our way to the
Royal Festival Hall in London
and were thrilled to find that
our seats were 14 rows from
the front – a very good view. It
was an elite crowd considering
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Solo Travel:
Part Three
Mark Allen
Contributor
B
angalore: one of the most
congested cities in India.
The bus station can only be
described as 'organised chaos' at
the best of times. Platforms have
sub-letters, going right down to
the T's and V's, each with about
15 routes on them. To travel
10km across town takes nearly
two hours in rush hour. I've
never seen anything that insane,
but it seems to just flow in a way
that it's been doing for years and
years.
On my second day, I decided
to get out of the hustle and
bustle, and visit a national park.
I eventually got on the right bus,
which had some 60's Bollywood
film on the go. Two young guys
next to me got chatting about what
the girls were like in England.
They convinced me to come
and have lunch with them and
the gala to be for Julian’s family also wanted me to come and meet
and friends. The programme their dad, who was in hospital. I
started with Julian conducting was very confused by this. Why
the 24 cellos followed by the would they want me to come and
William Tell Overture and his see their ill father? But I went
personal favourite Elgar’s Cello along as I was open to any and
Concerto. all experiences. We ended up
During the interval we were in a very posh private hospital,
on a side when Lord Andrew and it was amazing to see such
and his wife walked past us and a contrast from all the dirt and
left us in a state of excitement. dust. I think they just wanted me
The evening continued with to meet their dad, being the 'cool
Julian’s wife Jiaxin playing All I foreign guy they'd met on the
Ask of You from Phantom of the bus'... also my mad Hindi skills
Opera, joined by Andrew for Pie were clearly super-impressive!
Jesu. The evening also saw the On the bus back from the
world premiere for a piece by national park I met Jhootsa, and
Eric Whitacre and other well got chatting away as you do when
known artists. you're the only white guy on the
It was lovely to listen to bus (Bangalore also isn't very
the Philharmonic Orchestra touristy, so that gets you more
and view some of the best attention). After 30 minutes we
personalities in British music decide to grab a chaii, as he's
perform: a day to remember! waiting for his brother. One thing
leads to another and it's decided
that I'll stay at his house for a
couple of days. My hotel cost £4 a
night, but: “That's too much! You
come and stay with me!”
Again, this was a little extreme,
even for my wild actions so far. I
had also planned to leave my bag
with him whilst I went to Ooty,
an incredible hill top town. But I
trusted him, and I'm so glad that
I did. We chatted loads about
young Indian life, the economic
and social pressures, and even
things as simple as dating girls.
He was struggling to pay for his
tuition, which is in the region
on £300 a year, and his parents
supported him any way they
© Sandip Bhattacharya
could. He also told me that I'd
changed his outlook on tourists/
westerners as a whole, and that I
was really different to any other
tourists he'd spoken to. It was a
truly humbling experience and
something I'll never forget.
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Christian students mark Holy

Week with pilgrimage to shrine
Lasika Jayamaha Hall on the Tuesday and began all the eats they could possibly
Features Team our warm up and cross carrying make. One of the experienced
training the following morning, pilgrims said, “Do not expect to

S
tudent Cross is a pilgrimage
in which many walk
via different routes to
Walsingham, Norfolk during the
Holy Week. This year the Holy
Week took place from Sunday
17th April to 24th April – the walk
itself took place between the 20th
and 22nd April.
I had not heard about this
event before, but the bonus of
seeing another part of the country
and doing something adventurous
during the Easter break made me
sign up. I joined the Ely Leg with
four others from Surrey. In total
we were a group 27 that walked
63 miles in three days.
We first met at Ely Methodist
before we started the walk.
Though the weather was nice,
at times it was too hot to walk
continuously and we often
stopped for breaks and to nurse
of blisters.
The first day (Wednesday) we
walked 22 miles; the Thursday
was the longest with 24 miles,
leaving 17 miles for last day, Good
Friday.
It was not all pain and hot
weather. We had good breakfasts,
lunches and dinners, some of
which were hosted by Parishes
that we came across on our route.
The most awaited were the tea
and cake stops where the ladies of
the parish would go to town with
lose weight on a Student Cross.”
During the three days we
stayed the nights at parish and
village halls and had the customary
sing-song before bed. We also
met with others who had walked
from Oxford, Leicester, Kettering,
London, Essex and Nottingham
and walked the with them the
Holy Mile to Walsingham, where
we got proper beds and rooms to
stay in – bit more comfy.
Since the first walk in 1948
with men only, the pilgrimage has
continued for over 60 years. It is
and has been a pilgrimage with a
difference, with a new experience
and an opportunity to make some
great friends. Students at the Slipper Chapel at the Shrine of Our Lady at Walsingham

Music: is it an escape?
and interpretations for everyone.
Fran White We all have our favourite songs,
Features Team
artists and eras of music. The

D
o we take music for more
than its face value? Do we
use it intentionally to help
us? And most importantly, does it
make us feel like we have made an
escape?
Music has been around since
we can remember. It has always
played a huge part in people's
lives. The genres are developing
music has a way of influencing
people and their lives. Songs
allow for bonds to be created
through a shared love and passion
for similar music tastes.
Music is a diversion from our
daily life routines, it allows our
imagination to wander, imagining
the place which is being sung
about, dreaming what it would be

Sun-tan or self-tan?
year after year from classical to like to perform the song on a stage
indie, from pop to grunge. There to a sold out crowd. Absorbing
is something to suit everyone, it is the lyrics and sinking into a state
Jyoti Rambhai • Lee Stafford Fake My Tan – £8.99 [boots. available to everyone. of relaxation.
Features Editor com] It has developed with the Within music comes a sense
This gives you a temporary olive glow, though times; the technical side of music of identity, we listen to music

W
ith summer feeling like it has come early,
it seems that everyone is out enjoying
the Sun. Many adverts, as you may well
have noticed, talk of protecting your skin from the
sun by using their sunscreen. But in order to get
the most protection from using these products,
you have to keep re-applying it, at least every two
hours and if you’re trying to get that sun-tanned
summer glow, that can become a chore.
So here’s another method and it is probably
the safest way of getting that summer glow – self
tanning lotions. It is quick, easy and it doesn’t
have to cost a fortune. Here are some that are at
student-friendly prices and work just as well.
• L’Oreal Sublime Bronze Self-Tanning Gel
Tinted and Shimmering for Face and Body –
£13.47 [boots.com]
This is good for those who are fair-skinned, it
creates an even, natural looking tan.
• M&S Suntan Self-Tan Spray for Face and
Body – £7.50 [marksandspencer.com]
It has an easy to use spray for even coverage
and with a few applications gives you a deep
colour.
• Ganier Ambre Solaire No Streaks Bronzer
Dry Body Mist – £10.99 [boots.com]
This is easy to use and dries instantly. It also
leaves no streaks or patches and is great for
building a tan gradually.
can take a while to get an even colour.
• Lush Charlotte Island Body Tint – £9.95
[lush.co.uk]
With only natural ingredients this gives an
instant subtle tan of even coverage.
• Garnier Skin Naturals Summer Body
Moisturising Lotion – £4.99 [boots.com]
Allows you to gradually build up a tan to
whatever shade you want.
• Solait Tinted Bronzing Gel for Face and
Body – £4.50 [Superdrug]
Although this comes in a dark brown tube, it
creates lovely summer glow, however, if you’re
not careful it does streak.
• Clarins Delectable Self-Tanning Mousse –
£20 [clarins.com]
A little bit more expensive and takes a while to
dry, but worth it for the lovely colour it gives
your skin.
• St. Tropez Self Tan Bronzing Mousse –
£20.49 [boots.com]
Again this is a little more expensive but worth
it as it is light, easy to use and creates a natural
glow.
• Dove Summer Glow Nourishing Body Lotion
for Fair to Normal Skin (or Normal to Dark
Skin) – £5.10 [boots.com]
Works well, especially if you have sensitive
skin and gives a great summer glow.
has come a long way, from the
only way to hear music was by
it being live, to having record
players, radio, cassette players,
Walkmans and mp3 players.
Films have soundtracks, there are
TV channels dedicated to playing
music.
Music is one of the biggest
parts of our everyday lives; those
who create it are never out of the
media, constantly being watched
with people anticipating their
next move. Some bands have
practically created their own
era. It's hard to not be drawn in
by music, it almost follows us
everywhere we go – it is hard to
escape music.
Why is it that people go
through daily life with iPods stuck
in their ears, sit in their cars with
music on, sing when they're in the
shower, hum to themselves when
singing aloud is not acceptable?
It's accessible at any given
moment; we can often relate to it,
the lyrics have different meaning
for various reasons, the creators
become our idols, the sounds
become our imitations, the beat
becomes our energy. Music
doesn't simply stay on the radio
or TV it follows us throughout life.
Giving us memories, inspiration
and moments we'll never forget.
To use music as an escape is
practically free, although holidays
away are the usual escape for
most, music is an escape at any
given moment, even if it only lasts
for three minutes. It never really
fails to take our mind off other
matters, even if it's songs we hate,
or songs that are ridiculous.
Music can, assault our ears,
relax our minds, send our
imaginations wild, make us sing
until our voices break, lead us to
the dance floor with a carefree
attitudes. The reality is it's one of
the most perfect escapes.
As Bob Marley once sang “One
thing about music, when it hits
you, you feel no pain.”

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14 FEATURES
Special:
Royal Wedding
NISHA AND CHRISTIE
Fashion Team
L
ast month the world was
witness to the beautiful
and much awaited royal
wedding of HRH Prince William
and Kate Middleton. Whilst
the buzz around the wedding
started from the engagement
announcement on November
16th 2010, what everyone really
wanted to know was what gown
the bride would choose for her
special day.
The design and designer was
of course top-secret and kept
under wraps until the day of the
wedding, when it was revealed
to the world… its designer being
the wonderful Sarah Burton, for
Alexander McQueen.
Beauty Fact: We love
that Kate Middleton did
her own makeup for her
wedding. She looked
naturally beautiful and
glowing with fresh faced,
simple makeup.
Burton took over as creative
director in May 2010 following
the tragic death of Alexander
McQueen and was quoted: “It has
been the experience of a lifetime
to work with Catherine Middleton
to create her wedding dress, and I
have enjoyed every moment of it.
It was such an incredible honour
to be asked, and I am so proud
of what we and the Alexander
McQueen team have created. I am
thestagsurrey.co.uk
The Stag
delighted that the dress represents
the best of British craftsmanship.
Alexander McQueen's designs
are all about bringing contrasts
together to create startling and
beautiful clothes and I hope that
by marrying traditional fabrics
and lacework, with a modern
structure and design we have
created a beautiful dress for
Catherine on her wedding day".
The verdict? Absolute
perfection – the dress was
absolutely breathtaking, with
Kate looking every bit the duchess
she now is. Working closely with
Sarah Burton on the creation
of her dress, Kate Middleton’s
choice of McQueen is absolutely
re�lective of her innate fashion
sense, her love of fashion and she
proves her to be a modern bride.
The dress itself can be described
as classic with modern twist.
The shape and structure of the
gown, the sweetheart neckline
cut into a deep V shape and the
cinched-in waist, are all modern
touches, whereas the ivory colour,
French Chantilly lace, two-metre-
long train and full skirt are all
traditional.
The dress was also re�lective
of Kate’s personality and style
mantra. It was not over the
top or ostentatious, but simply
beautiful and elegant and totally
embodies the Coco Chanel ethic
that ‘less is more’. Her gown
has been compared numerous
times to that of fashion icon
Princess and actress Grace Kelly,
whose dress was also simple,
beautiful and elegantly re�ined.
Kate accessorised her gown very
simply with earrings given to her
as a gift from her parents on her
wedding day and a special Cartier
‘halo’ tiara made in 1936 given
to her by the Queen to hold her
stunning tuille veil in place.
The second ‘evening’ wedding
dress was just as stunning and was
again created by Sarah Burton.
Kate stuck with the sweetheart
neckline, ivory colour and full
skirt from her wedding gown,
translating the cut and shape of
her dresses from day to night,
however her second gown had
a gorgeous embellished waist,
perfect for the evening, and was
without a train. The dress was
paired with a cropped mohair
cardigan and her signature
hair: tumbling waves. It has to
be said that in their beautiful
simplicity, both of Kate’s gowns
are very accessible and without
pretension. Kate Middleton’s
wedding dress is set to become
one of the most iconic wedding
dresses of all time, it was simply
sensational.
features@thestagsurrey.co.uk
Top: Kate Middleton accompanied
by her father and sister in the
dress by Sarah Burton
Right: Kate in her evening dress.
Her full title is Her Royal Highness
Princess William Arthur Philip
Louis, Duchess of Cambridge,
Countess of Strathearn, Baroness
Carrickfergus
Above: Grace Kelly, the day she
became Princess of Monaco
Designer Pro�ile: Issa
NISHA AND CHRISTIE
Fashion Team
O
ne of Kate Middleton’s
favourite designers is Issa
– an already famed design
house with celebrities that was
thrust further into the fashion
spotlight when Kate wore an
Issa creation to announce her
engagement. The dress was an
instant sellout.
Issa is a London based fashion
company created by Brazilian
born designer Daniella Issa
Helayel, who says: “Issa is all
about effortless glamour and our
signature belted jersey dresses
take you from work to cocktails
whilst making women feel
con�ident, comfortable and sexy.”
Kate has often been criticised
for her notably safe and simplistic
fashion sense, however she seems
to have found a style that is suited
to both her personality and body
shape. Kate seems to opt for
meaningful details in her fashion
choices like fabric, elegant cuts,
cinched in waists and beautiful
colours rather than lavish, over
the top creations. The creations
of Issa embody everything Kate
seems to admire about fashion
and whilst some may doubt her
‘safe’ options she is becoming
somewhat of a fashion icon
making several best-dressed lists.
Here are some of favourite Issa
creations worn by Kate Middelton,
including her beautiful sapphire
blue engagement dress and our
favourite understatedly sexy coral
gown with plunging neckline
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“Y’know what really grinds my gears?”:

Interfering friends
Why do they insist on butting in!

Bakita Kasadha behind your back or including you

Deputy Editor in columns.

I
I swear I’m not a moany mare
guess I’ll find out if my friends all the time it’s just that I’d like
read my column by the awk- to make my own decisions and
wardness that will surely fol- have only myself to blame for the
low the next time I’m face to face outcome!
with them! *Disclaimer (because these
Now it’s fine to be a friend make everything alright):
that gives advice and comments obviously, this isn’t about any
on when your friends are being of my friends they’re all ace and
bleeping bleepers, however to not now I’ve gone and contradicted
approach your friend but instead the first paragraph!*
take it upon yourself to solve her/
his problem by conversing with
third parties - you’re the kind of “Y’know what really
person I have a problem with.
Most of the time they are
oils my gears?”:
the ones who have the most Lauren ‘legs, Grizzle’
unnecessary drama going on
in their lives, as well, and you
Gilligan
wouldn’t want to trade places
It’s not just the outward
with them for even a minute
appearance: the golden locks or
let alone a day… (I’m just being
the long legs; it’s the inner beauty.
honest).
Facebook told me that she
I’m just saying that maybe
may be people I may know, but
they’re trying to drag us down
not that she’d be someone I may
into the cesspool that is infested
enter a ‘complicated relationship’
with metaphorical electric
with. Our first encounter included
eels that have a hunger for
sticky floors and random coloured
confrontation and rubbing people
drinks at the 2010 Union staff
up the wrong way without any
party and she was rude and I
positive consequences.
didn’t really like her that much.
So, to any of you who are
friends of The Interfering Friend,
Note: She likes hugs, so if
you are now not alone; create
you’re drunk and happen to
a face book group or approach
be faced with the 6ft Rubix bar
Osama about starting a Society so
goddess, make your affections
that you can individually develop
known and give her a squeeze.
away from said friend.
As Billy Joel commented, ‘She
If you don’t have the
can wound with her eyes’ the
unnecessary nosey friend, then
condemning, apparently sun
I guess you need to start looking
damaged grey/bluey, things that
internally at all your annoyingly
you probably shouldn’t look at
meddlesome attributes that result
when she gives you her reply.
in your friends talking about you

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sciencetech@thestagsurrey.co.uk
Science & Tech
Sun: friend or foe during revision?
EMMA COOPER
Science & Tech Team
T
he sun has many bene�its.
It provides the body with
vitamin D, which not only
promotes the absorption of cal-
cium in the gut but also transfers
calcium across the cell mem-
branes. This helps protect against
osteoporosis (a condition that
affects the bones causing them
to become weak and fragile and
more likely to fracture).
Medical experts advise that
you get 30 minutes of natural
Scientists suggest that
the sun makes us want
to be more productive
and thus learn more.
sunlight a day before putting on
your suntan lotion to protect your
skin from cancer.
Sunlight also helps protect
against seasonal affective disor-
der (SAD). This is a type of de-
pression in which sufferers have
normal mental health throughout
most of the year but experience
depression in the winter months.
SAD is also known as “winter
blues”. It is no wonder that many
people report feeling happier and
Spring-born people more likely to develop anorexia
The average Anorexia sufferer has an average caloric intake of just 600-800 calories per day.
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more productive in the summer.
But can the sun really help us
during this intense revision time
as well?
Scientists have been investi-
gating this recently with all the
recent sunny weather. Looking
out into �ields and parks alike,
one doesn’t have to look far to spy
someone reading notes or high-
lighting a beefy textbook!
Scientists suggest that the sun
makes us want to be more pro-
ductive and thus learn more, giv-
ing us a boost in starting revision.
However, the content learned and
committed to memory isn’t any
higher and in fact can sometimes
be lower than that in gloomier
months. This is because students
become more easily distracted
by the sun, with all the activities
going on outside such as football
and tennis.
So if you are planning to revise
by the lake this year, remember
that you still need to actually look
at the book and not just at the
topless guy/ random hula-hoop-
ing girl.
Also, if you’re a hay fever suf-
ferer, you will be familiar with the
red rimmed eyes, blocked nose
and sore throat at this time of
year. So being outside doing your
revision may be counterproduc-
tive unless you’ve taken anti-his-
tamine.
Whlst the sun does have its benefits, it is a source of much distraction for students during revision time.
Another great solution for
�ighting hay fever (*from one hay
fever sufferer to another*); invest
in a good nose spray and eye so-
lution. You may look a little daft
spritzing your nose spray but the
effect is instant, clearing the pol-
len from your nose. And eye drops
have been my saviour on many an
occasion.
If you’re really suffering, it may
be worth taking a visit to your GP
or pop into the healthcare centre
The Stag
on campus as they may be able to
prescribe you with a short course
of steroids which are excellent for
short time relief.
Top tips for revision this sum-
mer term:
1. Make a revision timeta-
ble so you won’t feel guilty having
time off!
2. Hand-write your notes;
typed notes are not committed to
memory as thoroughly.
3. Make a study group;
HELEN FINN
Science & Tech Editor
A
study by the British Journal
of Psychiatry found that
babies born in spring are
more likely to develop anorexia
nervosa and babies born in au-
tumn have the lowest risk.
Anorexia nervosa is a serious
Anorexia is...the leading
cause of mental health
related deaths.
mental health condition in which
sufferers try to keep their body
weight as low as possible and
have an obsessive fear of gaining
weight.
It is often coupled with a dis-
torted self image as they believe
they are fat. Many exercise exces-
sively to lose weight or binge eat
and vomit or use laxative to get
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three or four minds are better
than one and sharing notes and
ideas as well as the stress will
surely make you feel better.
4. Reward yourself! If you
feel like that extra chocolate bar
from the Bookshop, now is not the
time to deny yourself anything!
5. Speaking of food, eat
and drink regularly, keeping your
body properly hydrated in the
heat is vital to revising effectively.
rid of the food.
The average caloric intake of
a person with anorexia nervosa
is 600–800 calories per day, but
there are extreme cases of com-
plete self-starvation.
Although anorexia is an un-
common condition; it is the lead-
ing cause of mental health-related
deaths.
The study suggested that tem-
perature, sunlight, infection or the
mother’s diet could be respon-
sible for the increase in anorexia.
It has also previously been
found that other mental illnesses
such as schizophrenia, bipolar
disorder and major depression
are more common among those
born in the spring.
However the study only fo-
cused on one aspect and more
research is needed to identify the
speci�ic factors that put people at
risk.
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Male pattern baldness

HELEN FINN if your father is bald, you are up which constricts the hair follicles
Science & Tech Editor to 6 times more likely to go bald on their heads. This causes the

M
ale pattern baldness af-
fects over half of men to
some extent over the age
of 50, and most men at some stage
in their lives. You might have no-
ticed it even affects our monarchy.
But what actually causes it?
Androgenetic alopecia, or male
pattern baldness, is the most
common cause of hair loss in men
and women.
The entire cause is actually
unknown, but it involves a variety
of genetic and environmental fac-
tors.
Many genes are involved, but
one of the most important one
lies on the X chromosome. This
means that androgenetic alopecia
will be inherited from the mother
– men receive their X chromo-
some from the mother. However
Prince William is a sufferer of male pattern baldness.
than men with non-bald fathers.
Male pattern baldness has also
been related to a group of male
sex hormones called androgens,
speci�ically an androgen called di-
Most Caucasian men
eventually go bald: 50
percent to 60 percent
start losing their hair
by the age of 70.
hydrotestosterone (DHT).
The X-chromosome gene
linked with balding controls these
DHT receptors. When men get
older, androgen levels increase
hair thinning and loss.
Hair follicles also become
more sensitive to DHT, which
causes them to shrink, shortening
the lifespan of the hair.
Most Caucasian men eventu-
ally go bald: 50 percent to 60 per-
cent start losing their hair by the
age of 70.
It usually takes 15-25 years to
go bald. However, some men go
bald in fewer than �ive years.
There are two treatments for
male pattern baldness – �inaste-
ride and minoxidil. However nei-
ther is available on the NHS – if
you want more hair, you will have
to pay for it!

Catching emotion
RACHEL LISMORE-BURNS The amygdala – the centre
Science & Tech Team
of emotion in the human brain

W
hether you loved it or
hated it, it would have
been hard to not have
felt the outpourings of happiness
and well-wishing on April 29th.
With 2.8 million Facebook status
updates in the 24 hours preceding
it, 1,000 miles of bunting sold and
5,000 street parties held across
Britain, it was clear that Britain
was well and truly gripped by
‘wedding fever’.
This ability to transfer emo-
tion from human to human is
“We’re quite a reserved
lot, the British, but
when we go for it, we
really go for it”
- David Cameron
thought to be innate and was
– plays a vital role in emotional
contagion as it allows us to ex-
perience and empathise with the
emotions of others. It is a path-
way in the amygdala and the sur-
rounding basal ganglia areas (part
of the cortex involved in move-
ment) that allows for the above
operations of mimicking and
translating emotions to occur and
thus damage to this brain area
can cause signi�icant problems in
one’s emotional capabilities.
This phenomenon is pres-
ent every day, in all of our lives.
By just talking to someone else,
neurons in our brain begin send-
ing signals to mimic their emo-
tion but it is during huge public
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Societies

Laura Gambell never met. You could be one of

those people. If you are 18-40

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you could be a match and save a
urrey Marrow would
life.
like to say a big hello to
Despite many misconceptions
the University as a new,
there is a new way to collect stem
upcoming charity and society.
cells which is a similar process to
The student-led branch of the
taking blood from a vein in your
Anthony Nolan Charity is aiming
arm.
to get people signed up to the
There are currently
largest and most successful
approximately 1,600 people in
stem cell register. It is the
the UK waiting for a stem cell
inspirational Adrian Sudbury, a
transplant. On campus we will be
young journalist diagnosed with
holding fundraising events and
leukaemia that believed more
holding recruitment days where
lives could be saved if young
you sign up to the register. All
people were aware about what it
you have to do is spit into a tube
means to donate. He petitioned
and we send it off to be tested!
to the Prime Minister and
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Government Ministers in 2008
If you open your eyes and ears
and the ‘Register and Save a Life’
you will realise how many people
organisation arose. Unfortunately
around you know someone
Adrian lost his fight with
who needs or has needed bone
leukaemia that same year but his
marrow, a music lecturer, Dr
legacy lives on, helping people
Miltion Mermikides is a six years
fight the disease and extending
post marrow transplant and
families time with their loved
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ones just that little bit longer.
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The register saves lives by
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Dance & Theatre
Rosas: The Early Works
LUCY AL-ZOGHBI
Dance Reporter
ROSAS
SADLER’S WELLS
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O
n 12 April 2011, one
of the most in�luential
names on the European
Contemporary dance scene
made her way to Sadler’s Wells
for a performance like no other.
The choreographer is the duly
celebrated Anne Teresa De
Keersmaeker - a woman who
entertains audiences with some
of the most iconic work of our
time. De Keersmaeker brings
her company Rosas, who formed
in 1983, to Sadler’s for a four-
night run entitled ‘Rosas: The
Early Works’. The programme
showcases the delights of Rosas
Arts Guts...
Danst Rosas - something of a
RACHAEL GIDEA
Dance and Theatre Editor
L
ast month Arts Council
England released the
information that their new
budget will see funding killed for
over 200 arts groups nationwide.
The biggest cut seems to
have come to visual arts groups,
followed by combined arts and
theatre.
Dance junkies might be
disappointed to hear Dance
Umbrella suffered 50% cuts and
more locally, funding for Woking
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signature work for the company.
At once an auditorium,
packed to full capacity, is plunged
into darkness - a far cry from
the cheery summer’s evening
that continues to shine outside
the theatre walls. Suddenly an
industrial, edgy accompaniment
dominates an otherwise quiet
stage. The industrialised
soundscape quickly creeps
up on the audience like a
phantom, before amplifying to a
thunderous, violent dynamic that
becomes uncomfortably loud.
Four female bodies are now on
stage standing in a horizontal
line. The aural is now painfully
silent - a juxtaposition from the
initial terror not to mention
a juxtaposition with the full
�low of rush hour traf�ic that,
like the daylight, has been left
outside. Here, the observer, or
Dance Festival was cut completely.
But the reason for these huge
cut backs leads back to the top,
where the Arts Council had its
budget cut by the government by
29.6% .
Culture has been victim to the
axe along with everything else.
The Arts Council has a thankless
task.
These are dark times for
the arts but ironically if there’s
anything that could lift us out
of it I believe it IS the arts. Art
can change, resist, endure and
transform.
should that be listener, is taken
on a rollercoaster of sensory
delights and this is only just the
beginning.
De Keersmaeker’s
choreographic style is one that
is unique, iconic and powerful.
...their tremendous
strength and artistry, are
a real pleasure to observe
She facilitates every ounce of
the body’s dynamic possibility –
instilling moments of strength,
softness and release. Her motivic
vocabulary is an essentialised
presentation of choreography
- motif and development
accumulate and adapt to
different body parts, location on
As well as actually generating
money for the economy, it lifts
the spirits, gives people voice and
meaning and helps us to make
sense of the world we’re in.
We have always worked with
less money, less space, short
deadlines… and the work we make
has the capacity to transcend
those practicalities.
Yes we’ve got cuts, but more
importantly, we’ve got guts.
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stage, and evoke a new feeling
or emotion. This is invention
and reinvention at its best; De
Keersmaeker refreshes the
observer’s perception of readily
available movement, maintaining
interest in the process. By
way of example, when dancers
locate to their own row of
meticulously-placed, mish-mash-
shaped, brown wooden chairs,
their movement has the power
to convey differing emotive
qualities. A clasp of the hands
sweep across the body with a
lunge on the left leg, a contraction
of the torso and drop of the head,
a cross of the legs followed by
a run of the hand through loose
hair - these few movements are
repeated continuously, not just
in a cycle, but in a constantly
changing syntax that provides a
dialogue of emotive possibilities.
My perceptions as an observer
are that these are weak, agitated,
paranoid women but then these
same movements are performed
with a different dynamic quality
and emotive intention. This is
made apparent as a swish �lick of
the legs from straight to crossed
�launts the feminine form and
the run of the hand through the
hair becomes a sexy swish - these
are now strong, empowered,
independent women. Pure
genius.
Notably De Keersmaeker
presents several images of
femininity. In their eggshell blue
sweaters, grey knee-length skirts,
black tights, white oversized
socks and light brown brogues
the four women are uniformed.
Uniformed in their costume yes
but also in their movement. The
piece is predominantly in unison
which perhaps represents the
women conforming to societal
expectations. Accumulative canon
occasionally breaks the mould
but again this shows the patterns
of trend and how we long to be
like others, and in the process be
‘normal’, avoiding individuality.
Brief solos appear downstage
in full beaming bright light,
detracting from the uniformity
of the other three dancers as
an isolated experience. These
solos reveal the inner state of
emotional turmoil that these
women encounter - an incessant
tug on the sweater, off and on,
in a state of paranoia - but then
back to the unison they go.
It has to be said that in theory
I shouldn’t like Rosas Danst
Rosas. I am not the biggest fan
of repetition as a choreographic
tool, it is often used as way of
clinging on to an idea for far too
long, and pieces that continue
past the forty minute mark often
shouldn’t, but Rosas Danst Rosas,
in all its 100-minute glory, is
different. This is a piece that had
me on the edge of my seat for the
duration. Beautifully lit, aurally
powerful – industrial, breath
upon release, movement-made
accompaniment infused with an
array of coughs, text message
ringtones and the occasional visit
to the toilets – this is as much a
choreography of dancers as it is
a choreography of the audience
who are watching it. And yet
De Keersmaeker retains and
entertains audiences all over the
world with this extremely long
piece. Surely then, the power
of dance is stronger than ever
because it has the potential to
engage the observer for the
same amount of time as a �ilm.
Full credit must be given to the
company of dancers who, with
their tremendous strength and
artistry, are a real pleasure to
observe. If you ever get the
chance to see this performance
live then go, you will not be
disappointed.
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Film
Films that
make you say

WTF?
Eunice Njagi
Deputy Editor

RUBBER
poor local enforcement officers
try and track down the elusive
murderer who, unfortunately
for them, can hide in plain sight.
Cert 15, 82 mins Although there are moments of

humour, such as the awkward
Dir QUENTIN DUPIEUX
pause after one of the policemen
on the case asks ‘Is it black?’ I

A
llow me to introduce you
to Robert...the killer tyre.
I kid you not; this bizarre
comedy/thriller features a car
tyre with telepathic capabilities
on a killing spree as its main
plotline. Set in a desert town, the
really see no justification for
the roughly $500,000 budget
spent on this film. It’s possible
there’s a hidden message about
environmental responsibility, or
the corrupting potential of power
in any form, but I just don’t see it.

Stu Squires
Film Lover
SCREAM 4
Cert 15, 111 mins
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Dir WES CRAVEN
Wes Craven returns to direct
the latest instalment of the
Scream series which sees Sidney
Prescott (Neve Campbell) return
to Woodsboro on the fifteenth
anniversary of the original
massacre. Sidney returns to her
hometown as part of her book
tour but, as soon as she returns,
Ghostface begins his killings of
Woodsboro High students once
more. Sidney, Gale Weathers-
Riley (Courteney Cox) and Sheriff
Dewey Riley (David Arquette)
must once again track down this
elusive killer whilst avoiding
being killed themselves. However,
we live in a new generation where
new rules apply to surviving
a horror movie; rules that the
returning characters must learn
from the new arrivals (Hayden
Panettiere and Emma Roberts).
This new instalment, eleven
years after its predecessor, sees
the new Ghostface recycling
scenes from the original massacre
with a new twist. Scream 4, unlike
other horror sequels, does not
take itself too seriously and adds
a sense of hilarity to its nostalgia.
It brings together the old and the
new in what should be the last
chapter of this series. However,
Ghostface forgets one thing about
remakes, and that is something
you must learn from watching
this humorous horror. So “What’s
your favourite scary movie?”
Probably not Scream 4 but it is
still definitely worth a trip to the
cinema.

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Battle:
Los Angeles
Mariam Nasir
The Stag Editor
BATTLE LOS ANGELES
Cert 12A, 116 mins
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Dir JONATHAN LIEBESMAN
M
arketing for a movie,
any movie, begins
during production.
Obviously, the team behind it
want to get the word around that
they have a new movie coming
out, and that it’s brilliant, so you
should go and see it. In some
cases, film-makers decide to
take a different approach to
this convention, wherein they
are very reluctant to make a
huge deal out of it. Everything
in moderation. Take Inception
for example, the details on that
film were kept very muted
throughout 2010 until the film
was actually released. With
Battle: Los Angeles, I don’t know
about you, but I didn’t know a
great deal about it -- the first
trailer I saw was during the
Superbowl, and I thought it was
attractive. There was very little
said about it, it was very much a
‘watch this trailer, be intrigued,
go and see’. The problem was,
once you saw it, you cared very
little about it.
Alien invasion movies are
always going to be expensive,
big on the effects, loud, bright. It
comes with the subject matter
-- you’re creating a war between
two different civilizations, two
different worlds, and you have
to go all out. It’s a great chance
for the film-maker, in this case
Jonathan Liebesman, to be
creative and show Hollywood
what he can do, but this film
doesn’t do that. It’s incredibly
predictable, dizzying, and the
aliens or whatever they’re
meant to be look like a doodle
you’d find on the inside page
of a 14 year old’s notepad. The
spaceships are big cars with
a tonne of spikes plastered at
every angle, and sound like
every spaceship in every generic
alien invasion film has ever
sounded.
Naturally, a lot of
comparisons were going to be
made between the film and last
year’s Skyline. There we focused
on a buncha’ obnoxious rich
kids who partied and then saw
a load of monsters outside who
tried to suck them into their
monstrous ships with beams of
light, yes like flies. That script
fundamentally consisted of the
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group making a plan, and then
Battle LA
pegging it outside, where one
of them would be eaten, so the
others would run back in, and
make another plan, rinse, repeat.
At least this movie focuses on
the armed forces, so we get more
bangs, and more explosions.
We move around a bit more, but
at the end of the day, the plan
remains the same. Move a bit
further, come up with a plan,
aliens attack, plan foiled, come
up with another plan, more
aliens, more plans. Again, and
again, and again. The first half of
the film, as you can tell, is really
quite dull.
We start by introducing
the characters, the members
of this certain squad, and we
find out a bit about each of
them. This scene is so pointless,
they shouldn’t have bothered
because none of it is touched
on again. One marine is in
therapy about something that
we’re not allowed to know...
apparently this is meant to
mean something? Of course not,
but they had to include some
character moments, so they
might as well get them out of The destruction of Downtown LA: Were you there?
the way right at the beginning.
Characters out the way? Check.
Good, let’s start blowing stuff up
now.
The film isn’t a complete
mess, although it is hard to
follow, the documentary style
of making the movie should
probably just be left to J.J.
Abrams and the Cloverfield boys.
Aaron Eckhart is a very good
actor, and is without a doubt
the best thing about the movie.
He’s a good leader, a hard-ass
with a soft side and a dark past,
and he does what he needs to
do with very little concern.
Everyone else just run around
him screaming for the rest of
the movie, so I can’t say they
stand out that much. Michelle
Rodriguez also turns up -- her
character doesn’t need a name
because she plays the same one
in everything she does.
Overall, this film promised to
be something else, but it doesn’t
deliver -- it’s dull, generic, and
unattractive. They went on and
on about how this film was going
to be like something out of World
War II, a war film with aliens
instead of nazis and I’m telling
you now, if that’s what you want
to see, go watch Saving Private
Ryan, and if you want to watch a
film about aliens, go watch E.T.
This movie is so not worth it.
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Literature
Uncensored
Picture of
Dorian Gray
Miranda Sullivan
Literature Team
F T
or all Dorian Gray fans,
Harvard University Press
has now published an
uncensored version of the classic
novel, over 120 years after the
original was attacked by the
British press for being “vulgar,
unclean and poisonous”. Sounds
interesting no?
Back in June 1890, Oscar
Wilde’s editor deleted text from
the novel which was deemed
inappropriate for readers of
Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine, in
which it first appeared. This most
notably included the homoerotic
nature of the relationship
between artist Basil Hallward
and Dorian Gray himself, as well
as references to Gray’s female
lovers as “mistresses”; indeed a
slamming from critics lead Wilde
to edit the novel further still
before it’s appearance in book
form in 1891.
Among many changes from
the original is the line in which
Basil tells Dorian “It is quite true
I have worshipped you with far
more romance of feeling than a
man should ever give to a friend.
Somehow I have never loved a
woman”, which was censored to
“From the moment I met you,
your personality had the most
extraordinary influence over me”.
Frankel, associate
professor of English at Virginia
Commonwealth University
stated “the time is ripe for the
publication of Wilde’s novel in
its uncensored form … It is the
version of the novel that Wilde,
I believe, would want us to be
reading in the 21st century …
I’m bringing it out of the closet a
little more.”
Not the uncensored picture!
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s
novel released in China
Christina Webb
Literture Editor
he first authorised edition
of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s
acclaimed novel One
Hundred Years of Solitude has
been released in Chinese due to
winning the rights in an auction
of a fee for about £600,000 and
will be released this summer.
Due to the author’s anger
at pirated editions of the novel
being prevalent in China, this has
been delayed; Marquez, in 1990,
claimed that he did not want his
books to be authorised in China
150 years after his death.
Thinkingdom House managed
Book Country: A New
Website for Aspiring Writers
Ready to put pen to paper?
A
new website,
bookcountry.com, a part
of Penguin Publishing,
enables aspiring
novelists to post their ideas,
samples and manuscripts online
and writers are able to receive
to turn the tables through a
subsequently successful letter to
the author in 2008 which read,
“We pay our respects to you
across the Pacific Ocean, making
every effort, shouting ‘great
master!’ just like you did to your
idol Ernest Hemingway across
the streets in Paris … We believe
that you’d also wave your hand
and shout back ‘Hello friend!’ just
like Hemingway did.”
Thinkingdom House is also
promising a crackdown on
pirated editions of One Hundred
Years of Solitude, which is
thought to be a considerably
difficult process.
comments and reviews on their
work from others. This changes
the process of publishing as often
to get a manuscript to an editor
included mailing the finished
project to numerous editors’
offices, where it would be briefly
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glanced at or not looked at.
It is hoped that the website
will attract agents, editors
and publishers, as well as help
writers to gain aid in perfecting
their own work from more
perspectives than usual.
Genres are used to help
writers submit their work into
narrow categories; romance,
fantasy, science-fiction, thriller
and mystery. Sub-genres are
included further to this, such as
steam punk and alternate history.
This summer the site will
generate revenue through
allowing users to self-publish
their books for a fee by ordering
printed copies.
The site also allows users
to discuss work, to meet one
another and explains the
business of finding an agent,
marketing and promoting a book,
using social media and handling
digital and subsidiary rights.
Molly Barton, the director
of business development for
Penguin, is now the director of
Book Country. She stated: “One
of the things I remember really
clearly from my early editorial
experiences was this feeling of
guilt.
I would read submissions and
not be able to help the writer
because we couldn’t find a place
for them on the list that I was
acquiring for. And I kept feeling
that there was something we
could do on the Internet to really
help writers help each other.”
28 ENTERTAINMENT: Music
Music
Willow Smith:
Growing up too fast?
Mike Sherlock
Nice Guy
S
omething that has gotten
to me recently in music is
young artists missing out on
childhood - the time of their lives.
With one of the richest dads
in the world, Willow Smith could
have had anything she wanted,
yet at the tender age of 9, she was
recording her undeveloped voice
to the tune of 'I whip my hair back
and forth'. She's nine, get the girl
a yo-yo!
A nine year old should be in
year four at school, beginning
to learn about ancient Egypt
or something. Long division.
Learning her spellings? Not
topping the charts with a nothing
single. How ridiculous does
everyone look whipping their hair
back and forth. A drunken night at
the Union, the song comes on and
Sounds of the Summer
Liam Conory
Nice Guy
W
ith the first signs of
summer finally looking
like they are on the way,
it is time for us all to be making
plans to shake off the stress
of exams. Whether it involves
makeshift barbecues in the park,
road trips to the beach or long
distance holidays in the sun, no
summer is complete without
the perfect upbeat playlist to
accompany every sunny day. Here
are a few of the of perfect summer
tunes to keep every day sunny,
even in the British rain.
After Dark – Count &
Sinden (feat. Mystery
Jets)
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there is immediate merriment as
everyone begins their organised
head banging session, only to
regret the decision by the end
of the song. You can give me the
Cupid Shuffle over this any day.
But no, because ‘Pops’ has
conquered the world, Little
Madame must follow suit, sooner
than she can read and write. If
she could actually sing then it
would not have mattered when
she released her first track. She
should have waited five or eight
years, the Fresh Prince would
have made sure his daughter still
got as famous as she is now.
I'm just bored of the music
scene being clouded by people too
young to even understand what
they are singing about. Anyone
else agree?
I'm off to climb a tree.
This brilliant dance tune
released last summer has the
perfect combination of bongo
rhythms and “Oooh yeahs” to
make a holiday-inspired sound
that is virtually impossible not to
shake a hip to.
Rad Pitt – Egyptian Hip
Hop
With a sound slightly
reminiscent of The Cure, with
added happiness, Egyptian Hip
Hop are set to be big in 2011
with their refreshing take on
electro-pop that was previously
dominated by La Roux. The
guitar riff and chirpy lyrics of
‘Rad Pitt’ epitomise the relaxed
atmosphere of a summer in the
sunshine.
Kiss Of Life – Friendly
Fires
Friendly Fires were the talk of
the town in 2009 with sets at most
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major festivals that had everyone
talking thanks to Edd, the front
man’s, dance moves. The maracas
and whistles of ‘Kiss Of Life’ are
perfectly suited to a festival,
with the sort of upbeat tune that
induces endorphins whether you
like it or not.
Laid – James
Most commonly recognised as
the theme tune from ‘American
Pie’, ‘Laid’ is the soundtrack
for youthful summers with no
responsibilities. With lyrics
describing an obsessive summer
fling, ‘Laid’ is a great sing-along
tune with a nostalgic review of
the lessons you learn in summer.
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FIVE
A
DAY
Lorna Salmon
Music Editor
Considering he played in the
Union recently (Friday 1st April),
it seems only fair to give Benji Boko
a mention. Throwing together
a mixture of different genres
and samples, Boko effortlessly
supplies a night of floor fillers.
I’ve chosen ‘The Jungle V.I.P.’, a
personal favourite that samples
The Jungle Book. Brilliant. But
coming in at number 1 this week
is ‘Wrestler’, a song that has that
serious ‘why the heck am I in
writing this essay, I need to go out
NOW’ effect. Trust me.
one ‘Wrestler’
Does It Offend You, Yeah?
In The Summer (Brookes (Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn
Brothers Remix) – Crystal
You)
two
Fighters
As if it is not clear in the
‘Rad Pitt’
Egyptian Hip-Hop (Some
Reptiles Developed Wings EP)
three
‘The Jungle V.I.P.’
Benji Boko (Nightmares
On Wax Presents Wax On
title, this song is a tribute to the Records)
four
sunniest, shiniest time of the year.
Exclaiming “Show me something
wrong with the summer?” Crystal
Fighters have created a playful
tune with a unique sound and
infectious dance beat that is ‘The Kids Aren’t Alright’
bound to be the sound of this The Offspring (Americana)
five
summer.
With these five tracks in hand,
it’s time to begin enjoying the
summer sunshine, whether
‘Good Bait’ Nina Simone
it is there or not. So crank up
those speakers and embrace (Black Is the Colour...)
the festival atmosphere of the
summer.
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New Music
Sam Bolton
Music Reporter
CIVILIAN
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H
ailing from Baltimore in
the States, indie folk duo,
Wye Oak, have created a
wonderfully raw and emotionally
fragile third album in ‘Civilian’.
As capable at being powerful
and bold as it is at being gentle
and timid (often it’ll traverse
both in one song), it is an album
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and dramatic, melancholic rock.
‘Civilian’s’ greatest
accomplishment, as is clear from
the start, is its ability to elegantly
weave expressive musical ideas
and haunting vocals into the lo-fi
production. The result of which
is a wholly cohesive record with
true character and personality.
The beautiful title track is a
highlight. Beginning simply as
a combination of front-woman,
Jenn Wasner’s tame, Laura
Marling-esque vocals, docile
guitar and deep percussion it
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The closer ‘Doubt’ is more
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The football season that keeps on giving
Aaron Ramsey scores the winning goal in the Arsenal v Man Utd match
2012 ticket race sees 1.8 million runners
SAM LIMBERT
Sports Team
T
he applications for tickets
to see events at London
2012 closed in the early
hours of 27th April with a surge
1.8 million people
applied for 20 million
tickets for the Games,
more than three times
the 6.6 million tickets
available.
of interest from the British public.
The �inal �igures released
by the London 2012 organisers
showed that a total of 1.8 mil-
lion people applied for 20 million
tickets for the Games, more than
three times the 6.6 million tickets
available to the public.
Of the 645 sessions that sports
fans could apply for, more than
50% will go to a random ballot.
There were some hopefuls left
disappointed as they were unable
to submit last minute applica-
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SAM LIMBERT
Sports Team
B
y this stage in most football
seasons, a number of issues
in most competitions are
resolved, leaving fans just to go
through the motions and formali-
ties of completing the campaign.
However, this season seems to be
different from any other.
In the Premier League, many
had written off Chelsea in the title
race. Many wrote Arsenal off, be-
fore backing them, and then writ-
ing them off again. The general
consensus was that Manchester
United would just grind out wins
and take the title without much
trouble. However, at the time of
writing, the title race has been
thrown back open after Aaron
Ramsey scored the winning goal
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for Arsenal to beat Manchester
United at the Emirates Stadium.
Chelsea’s recent resurgence
means they have a great chance of
retaining their crown with their
crunch match against Manchester
United on Sunday 8th May. With
three games left, it is still anyone’s
guess as to who will lift the title.
There are also intriguing bat-
tles up and down the table with
the race for Europe seeing Tot-
tions. After the online ticket web-
site had run smoothly since going
live on the 15th of March, the �inal
minutes saw the website slow un-
der the weight of applications.
The midnight deadline had to
be extended by an hour to allow
the �inal ticket hopefuls to submit
the sessions they wanted to see.
I joined those who’d left their
applications until late, but was
fortunate enough to click ‘Submit’
just before 10.30 pm, before the
delays began.
Organisers also revealed the
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sports that were the �irst to sell
out. Track cycling, rhythmic gym-
nastics, triathlon, modern pen-
tathlon and cross country eques-
The Olympic Stadium, Stratford, which will host the London 2012 games as well as the opening and closing ceremonies.
The midnight deadline opening and closing ceremonies,
had to be extended by an meaning ballots will be required
to �inalise the ticket holders.
hour to allow the final It was also said that a large
ticket hopefuls to submit
number of the swimming and ten-
the sessions they wanted nis sessions will need balloting.
It’s hugely encouraging for the
to see.
organisers, and all those looking
forward to the Games, that there
has been such a high demand for
trian went �irst, along with the tickets.
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tenham Hotspur at risk of miss-
ing out on European football for
next season after Liverpool’s im-
provement and with Manchester
City heading towards the top four.
At the bottom, there are still no
teams who have con�irmed places
in the Championship next season.
Six clubs remain in severe danger
of relegation with the �inal day of
Chelsea’s recent
resurgence means they
have a great chance of
retaining their crown.
the season on 22nd May set to be
decisive.
The FA Cup �inal on Saturday
14th May will see one team break
a barren run of years without a
trophy. Manchester City and Stoke
City go head-to-head at Wemb-
ley, with both sides desperate to
follow up impressive semi-�inal
performances. For Stoke, there is
also the chance of Europa League
quali�ication through winning the
cup.
Whilst teams �ight to make
it into Europe, those still in the
If the Royal Wedding is any-
thing to go by, London knows how
to put on a party and will have an-
other opportunity to show that to
the world in 2012.
Obviously a party wouldn’t be
great without anyone coming, so
successful ticket sales will go a
long way to deciding how people
remember London 2012.
Applicants who have success-
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Champions League this season
have served up interesting semi-
�inals. At the time of writing, Man-
chester United look set for Wemb-
ley after beating Schalke 04 2-0 in
Germany. In the other semi-�inal,
Barcelona and Real Madrid put
on an embarrassing performance
with both sides guilty of play act-
ing and needless scuf�les that
scarred the match. Ultimately, it
was two goals from Lionel Messi
that meant the Catalans emerged
from the disgrace to take a 2-0
lead into the second leg.
This season won’t be regarded
as a classic in terms of the quality
of the football, but it has undoubt-
edly been one of the most exciting
in recent years. The lack of �inality
about the season with just a few
games to go means that fans all
around Europe know the excite-
ment isn’t over yet.
fully secured tickets for the events
will have money taken from their
accounts between 10th May and
10th June, and will be noti�ied of
which events they have tickets for
by 24th June.
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Sports
End of season round-up
SURREY SPARTANS HOCKEY CLUB
half the squad decided to go on
holiday at the same time, the
team could have easily been title

A
fter a long and weather-
disrupted season, we
�inally have the chance
to look back and re�lect on our
�irst year. Overall this season
has been a success both on and
off the pitch. With 118 playing
members in the newly formed
club, organisation was always
going to be a challenge! With the
men’s and ladies’ training taking
place separately for the �irst time,
the off-pitch activities were even
more important. A range of social
events took place throughout the
year including bowling, Hasbro
games night and the highly
successful beer pong tournament.
The Men’s 1st XI successfully
achieved their target of securing
promotion to Surrey Division 1
despite a mid-season scare when
injuries mounted and the results
dipped. The team also had notable
victories over London Edwardians
1st XI and Old Kingstonians 1st XI
during the season who both went
on to win Hampshire/Surrey
Regional 2 and Surrey Division 1
respectively.
The Ladies’ 1st XI �inished 4th
in Surrey Division 7 but proved
they are a team to be wary of with
some close results with the top
sides. If it weren’t for the period
in November when it seemed
contenders. With the return of
some very strong players next
year, promotion is de�initely on
the cards for next season.
This season was always going
to be dif�icult for the Men’s 2nd XI
as they stepped into the shoes of
the former University of Surrey
Men’s 1st XI in Surrey Division
3. Over the season the results
improved, culminating in a 6-2
demolition of title contenders
Wanderers 5s. Unfortunately the
team was unable to avoid the
drop come end of the year. Next
season, the team looks to regroup
and challenge for promotion in
the Surrey Open Premier Division.
The Men’s 3rd XI �inished 9th
in Surrey Open Division 3 in a
rollercoaster season. The team
proved it was more than capable
in this league going on a 4 match
winning streak in February.
However, with frequent squad
changes, the consistency on the The Surrey Spartans Hockey Club.
pitch was always going to be
tricky. with match day squads ranging runner up, whilst the Men’s 1st make sure you put them in your
The Men’s 4th XI are still from 8 players to 15! XI �inished 3rd in the league and diary. The club AGM is to take
waiting for Sanderstead to The changes to training reached the semi-�inal of the place on the 14th of May in the
complete catching up on their made possible by the club have conference cup. Keep an eye out Living Room at the University of
postponed matches to �ind out also delivered success to the for the full season review of the Surrey from 11am. The Annual
whether they will be playing in University of Surrey BUCS teams. BUCS season. Dinner takes place on the 28th
Surrey Open Division 4 again next The Ladies’ 2nd XI �inished as We may now be in the off- of May with the Annual Dr. Colin
year. Player availability has been league champions, the Ladies’ season; however important Pacey Memorial Day Matches
the major challenge this season 1st XI and Men’s 2nd XI �inished events are still to take place so taking place on the 29th of May.

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